#gloomysoup rambles

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thinking of a fic. here to share. it may become something. it may not.

so the title is already figured out. it's 100% going to be Not Another Rockstar and it's going to be loosely based on the song (same title) by maisie peters. i say loosely bc i don't yet know how exactly it's all going to play out and i only have like bare bones of an idea at the moment but i need to get it out into the world otherwise i'll forget (y'all honestly hold me accountable)

so here it is: famous!au steddie, with a side of buckingham probably bc i said so.

unclear how steve is famous yet (leaning toward model, maybe actor), but eddie is the guitarist of famous metal/rock band corroded coffin (can't decide which genre but maybe they start in metal and change genres over time to be a little more on the hard rock side who knows)

steve has a long complicated history w rockstars. he's dated more than his fair share, and he's over it. to him, they're all the same: douchebags who drink too much, do too many drugs, and only really want him around as arm candy and a good fuck. he's sworn off dating rockstars for the rest of his life. and he does really well, until he meets eddie. now i'm imagining their first meeting is as simple as it gets. steve has no idea who eddie is at first, but eddie absolutely knows who steve is. and he THINKS steve knows.

so they go about their relationship. they choose to keep it relatively private, for a while. they get papped a few times, but steve assumes it's because of him. it's never mentioned by either of them. eventually, though, steve starts to notice things. specifically rockstar traits in eddie. nothing crazy, just little things.

when steve finally puts it all together and realizes who eddie is, he panics. he swore he would never date another rockstar, and here he is dating one of the biggest rockstars of the time. in his panic, he disappears. completely off the grid. no one knows where he went except his best friend robin, because she was with him. eddie freaks out because he thinks he's done something wrong. he scared steve off. he ruined everything, just like he always does.

plot happens and somehow (maybe this is where buckingham really comes into play i don't know) everything works out and steve realizes that eddie is just another rockstar. he's eddie, and steve loves him. the end.

i don't know, it's just a random little worm that wiggled its way into my brain when i was listening to the song the other day. it may be nothing who knows 🤷‍♀️

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okay i've been thinking about something for a while and i wanna see what others' opinions are because i don't really see this talked about like ever and i'm curious.

we all know wayne works nights. it's written into fanfiction all the time. in a lot of works, it seems a pretty prominent detail. i'm just wondering if it's ever been discussed what exactly he works. bc there's several distinctions when it comes to night shifts. i know this, bc my mom has worked nights on and off my entire life, only recently being moved to day shift at her current job.

like, there's a big difference between overnight hours, yknow? like, for example, it could be 11pm-7am, which is actually pretty different from, say, 8pm-4am. plus, all of this affects eddie's schedule too. yes, he is his own individual with his own mode of transportation and doesn't necessarily RELY on wayne as much as he would if he was a kid, but they still live together. it still has an impact.

personally, knowing he works in a bigger plant, as opposed to any other smaller company, i always headcanon he works a similar shift to what my mom did before they moved her to days; overnight 12s, 6pm-6am. maybe that's just where i go bc i know what having a parent working that schedule is like, but i wanna know what others think.

what work schedule do y'all usually headcanon for wayne munson?

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genuinely i have a draft right now that only says "widowed, single parent omega!steve meets serial monogamist rockstar!alpha!eddie" that i apparently created at the beginning of may and added absolutely nothing else to. that one line is all that exists. i have no recollection of making this draft, nor where i intended to take that thought. if anyone has any ideas what that could mean, let me know. surely i had a good idea at the time, or else that draft wouldn't exist.

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okay guys genuinely i HAVE to work on when the world stops turning tonight. i have not updated that fic in so long. it's getting out of hand. if you see me on here again, send me a message. make me stop. threaten me for all i care. this fic needs finished. at least this chapter.

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writing fanfiction at family gatherings is something i do well and often. no one knows i'm writing my gay little stories about my fictional characters right now. no one knows i'm making my barbie dolls kiss. this is the most motivated i've been to write in a good while. things are happening.

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another edition of Soup's Crochet Adventures for anyone who cares (probably no one tbh)

i've upgraded to a small army of octos (octopuses? octopi?) and a singular dragon that needs a lot of work 🫠

that is all. good night.

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taylor announcing TS11 tonight threw me SO HARD but i am not mad about it. already plotting the steddie potential tbh. also preordered the cd for my collection bc how could i not.

the tortured poets department??

SCREAMING steddie rn ngl

i can feel the potential in the air. i need this.

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do any of y'all scroll through music and find a band name that just makes you laugh (or sounds really cool for no reason) and you HAVE to listen to just one song because it's funny but then it's not funny anymore because they're actually really good and you get hooked?

bc that's actually happened to me several times before. the most notable cases were Hot Milk and Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers. like, tell me those band names don't sound hilarious. you can't. but the jokes on me, because i've listened to girl sports by teen jesus and the jean teasers like... so many times.

anyway stream girl sports by teen jesus and the jean teasers. i promise you won't be disappointed.

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i just finished sitting through a THREE HOUR LONG zoom class tonight and i'm gonna be so real either way yall. i was 100% writing steddie fanfiction that entire time. i had my little notebook out jotting stuff down and writing scenes and whatnot for 3 fucking hours because i was so bored.

my only solace in taking this class is that one of my coworkers is ALSO in the class and we were texting on and off the whole time. we also got put in the same small group for an activity (god bless our instructor for putting us together tbh)

anyway now i'm gonna pass out in my bed because i'm exhausted and i still have to go to work in the morning.

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is anyone else like unhealthily obsessed with hazbin hotel right now or is it just me? specifically the soundtrack. it's quite literally the only thing i've listened to for like a week straight. i cant stop. i put poison and loser, baby on loop daily. for hours. i had a 30 min drive home the other day, and those were the only two songs i played the entire drive.

this soundtrack lives in my head rent free. mixing the living tombstone with broadway actors is like crack cocaine to me. i couldn't stop even if i wanted to.

please send help.

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started writing for @steddieangstyaugust today. y'all are woefully unprepared for the hurt i plan to release into the fandom all next month. my brain is churning with ideas. i have wips that should have my attention but they've been tossed to the side for the time being. good luck. you'll need it.

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so i don't know if y'all are aware, but i recently took up crocheting. my moms been trying to get me into it since i was like 9, but i never really picked it up. and then i decided on a whim to teach myself how to do it specifically for one project idea that i had.

anyway i just learned how to crochet tiny ducks. i've made two so far. at this rate, i'll probably end up with an army of tiny multi-colored crochet ducks. what will i do with said ducks? i do not know. but they will probably exist.

*here is a photo of said ducks for reference. they do not have names yet. will take name suggestions below.

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the week i've had has led to me, laying in a steaming bath, a face mask on my face, and new girl on my ipad. the lights are off. i have a candle on my sink, and i am thinking steddie thoughts.

my life may be a wreck, but at least i have new girl and steddie.

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thinking about best friends, ex-friends til the end. better off as lovers.

thinking about yellow checkered cars. windows down.

thinking about half-engraved tombstones and casting spells over the west. thinking about love songs in my own way.

thinking about happily ever after below the waist.

thinking about pete wentz. always.

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in case you aren't aware, this week is teacher appreciation week, and i am a teacher of small children. it's been a rough week so far, honestly, but my day was made a little brighter today when my bosses came around to deliver bouquets of flowers and candy for all of the staff. while there will always be room for improvement, like any workplace, i am pretty lucky to work for some great directors. they do a lot for us, and truthfully rarely let us go unappreciated. so happy teacher appreciation week to any other teachers out there. i see you, i feel you, and i appreciate you.

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i have put many a thought into my personal omegaverse lore simply for the hell of it, as one does. is it too much to make an entire powerpoint on said omegaverse lore? i have NOTES, yall. like i physically have one of those tiny notebooks (it's blue) that i can hold in my hands where i wrote with actual pen a shit ton of fucking notes on various omegaverse lore. why? because i felt like it.