#he's my special baby and i love him

[whumpcereal]

Your made-up people are not stupid! Also, I'm terrible at engaging without specifics. But I'll give it a go. :')

Um... I've been following the kennel and I'm really enjoying it! Pet whump's way outside my norm *and* it's not fantasy, but it's still drawn me in. I'm really enjoying your writing style and I love Will's sarcastic self-deprecating sense of humor/coping.

I just saw your post with the pics of Will and Tommy 👀 I love visuals, so thanks for that!

I began reading the kennel late and then went back to the beginning. I'm really curious about Wills's past and his relationship with Tommy.

Honestly, if there's anything you'd like to infodump re: the kennel, you have a willing audience right here.

I hope you stay safe! 💜

Ah, sweet William! I can infodump a little bit about him (and thank you so much for your willingness to distract!).

Will is an only child. His parents were mismatched high school sweethearts who married when they were really young. Sometimes, that works; for them, it did not. Will's mother, in particular, felt very restless in the relationship and felt like there were too many things she never got to try. She left Will and his father when Will was in the third grade.

Will's dad is a very sensitive guy who didn't quite understand what he'd done to make Will's mom run off and who really didn't understand what to do with an eight-year-old boy on his own. He loves Will, but he hasn't always been a model parent. He worked a lot, and he didn't know how to deal with his own feelings let alone Will's confusion and hurt. He grieved out loud in front of his son, and that set an expectation for Will that he should always be ready for people to let him down--and that he should question whether or not he's worthy of other people's love, because if his Dad (who was his superhero when he was little) wasn't enough, how could Will be?

Will's dad did have the wherewithal to recognize that he didn't know how to do everything by himself, so Will spent a lot of time at the Mahoneys'. Will and Tommy met in second grade. They sat next to one another in class. Tommy liked Will's Ninja Turtles tee-shirt; Will liked Tommy's light-up sneakers. They built forts out of cut grass on the playground and played Spiderman (Tommy was so good at climbing the play structures that, for a hot second, Will thought Tommy might be Spiderman). When Will's mom left, the Mahoneys offered Will's dad whatever help they could, and he took it. Will had dinner there several nights a week, spent the night more often than he probably should, kind of became another son. Will's dad felt guilty about that, and maybe a little sad that he couldn't provide Will with all of that, and withdrew. He loves Will, but he thought he was doing him a favor--giving him the room to have the kind of family he deserved.

Tommy never resented Will's closeness, and the Mahoneys never made Will feel like a burden, but he felt like one anyway. He's always scared that he's going to chase people away the way he thinks he did his mother and, to a lesser extent, his father.

As they went through middle and high school, Tommy's talent and devotion to dance started to change their relationship a little bit. Will was super proud of Tommy and always stuck up for him when other people made fun of him for dancing, but Will also felt a little jealous that there was nothing he was good at, nothing he could be special for. He was an average student, an average-looking guy, just...average. And that was fine, but he just didn't get why he couldn't have something.

Then came Jessie.

She and Will started dating during their junior year of high school. Tommy never really liked the way she treated Will. Will was such a people pleaser that he spent all of his time trying to do whatever it was he thought might make Jessie happy, and Jessie took advantage of that. She also knew how to keep Will in line by exploiting the things she knew he was self-conscious about, his size especially. They dated for three years, and for about half of that time, Will and Tommy didn't really talk, because Jessie thought Tommy didn't like her (he didn't) and that Will should take her side (he did). She left Will halfway through college. She'd been sleeping with someone else for a while. Will was prepared to forgive her (of course he was), but she told him that she wasn't attracted to him. That kind of set him on the path of negative self-talk we find him on in the story.

Tommy did go away for school, but he and Will were constantly in touch, with the exception of the Jessie period. However, Tommy moving to the city and starting his life reminds Will that he has no idea what he should do with his own. It's very scary for him, and that's why he's clinging to Tommy so hard at the beginning.

There are a lot of things Will doesn't realize about himself--that Tommy values him tremendously and actually would have felt completely lost at different points without Will; that his dad loves him more than he knows how to express; that he has a wonderful, giving heart that deserves to be rewarded. Both Annie and Tommy will try to help him with that, but once Will is eventually safe again, it's going to take him some time to work that out.

[christakisbang]

[car-toons]

My favorite part about reverse Adrien is that he still gives off prep energy, most likely because of his father. He rebels, but the rebellion is small, in the haircut and eyeliner. But when he transforms in the Claw Noir, his rebellion is free and he goes FULL PUNK! I love my son so freaken much!

[asmoslverboy]

A moment of curiosity: Dottore. (male!reader) (also, not very serious of a fic.)

"So, you're basically saying that you killed a previous lover?" You ask him, furrowing your eyebrows. You weren't as scared as you were amazed. Intrigued, perhaps? I mean, not only did he manage to make a woman fall in love with him whlist his reputation was below the rocks— he also took her out on a date and killed her. And on top of that, he made it look like wild animals committed all those unspeakable crimes to her.

Dottore simply looks at you, his head cocked to the side, his lip curled as if he was two steps away from inviting you in his bed. "It is wonderful, is it not? I must admit, it was not one of my easiest feats back in the day, nor one of the most... rational ones, however, the reactions I recieved— nay, the situation received— were quite the satisfactory ones."

"So what you're telling me is that you were an impulsive, little attention seeker?"

"That's not quite what i–" Dottore stopped mid sentence, suddenly the correspondence of your words hitting him like a bunch of bricks that were caught up in a hurricane.

"This is not– there is no need to dwell on my past acts, my darling boy. They are not relevant to the current me in any shape, way, or form." He cleared his throat. "And she wasn't my lover, moreso just someone who happened to experience college crushes through my image."

With that, you sat on his lap, as you often did. "Would you have killed me, too, if I was in her place?" You were unserious in that matter, obviously, though Dottore seemed to take your question in the unintended sense.

"Entirely depends on how you'd have been in her place. If you were to simply act like her, with the only difference being your appearance; then I'm afraid the outcome would have been no different. However, if you were one who crushed on me in my days at the Akademiya, and you approached said crush as you did in our actual past, I'm certain that we'd have ended up in a similar position as we are now"

Does this man ever take breaths as speaks?

"Besides, my little prince, how would it be possible that you took her place, in order for that to—..."

Perhaps you should have never asked. Unfortunately for you, and for any passing by his office, he would not stop yapping about the scientific possibilities of the scenario you suggested.

[cupiidzbow]

we’re autism4autism have i ever mentioned that

[penaltyboxboxbox]

having to think about guanyu not getting a seat next year really like. feels like my head is being put in a hydraulic press

[greg-montgomery]

Texts from Aaron or Greg (or both if you want) when you wake up and they're working on Valentine's Day 🥹🥰😭

our loves 🥹

[luck-of-the-drawings]

smth smth about 'the thing that the character did that you thought was rly rly funny in the moment is actually linked to a terrible trauma that lies within said character.' or wahtever.

[the5n00k]

Lego Monkie Kid spoilers for seasons... Basically spoilers for every season actually, two image shitpost below

[edenfire]

I'm having too much fun with my barbie doll🌸

[lilac-multifandom-multishipper]

transfem vil: broke

gender-fluid vil: woke

transmasc vil: bespoke

[tylerpitlicktruther]

does anyone else think that it couldn’t be more appropriate that Rusty was the one that coined the “little suzy homemaker” nickname for sid like???

of course he did, that’s literally his mother. 🩷

[boxwinebaddie]

my favorite baby style ncu continuity is cute tiny hopeless romantic kindergarten disney prince stan falling in love with kyle broflovski at first sight and buying every flavor of ring pop trying to propose to him like 'you are...the most Beautiful person i've ever seen.'

and evil feral kindergarten nj kyle threatening to bite him, fight him and end his pitiful life like 'and you are...so Gahdamn WEIRD. stay the hell away from me, yA FREAK!' and trying to bear mace him skdhs

— but then k-garten stan doing something incredibly wholesome, mindboggling stupid and storybook chivalrous to save k-garten kyle's life, the ice around his cold black heart melting, bein forever changed and falling head over heels in love w boy hero k-garten stan...

...all to take the fATTEST L OF ALL FUCKING TIME because he is too emotionally constipated to confess his feelings and end up gettin stuck in the super best friend zone FOREVER bc every day perfect stan marsh gets lovelier, handsomer and....Fucking STUPIDER.

[jotunvali02]

Edgeworth's laugh gives me life

[marchsage]

i had the delightful opportunity to draw green's birthday banner for specord!!! happy birthdayyyy to the guy of all time :3!!!

[elkkiel]

I have made sleep token progress with father! He admits that he likes the music a lot and appreciates why I personally connect with the lore, he's just still hesitant about it because of the cult metaphor/aesthetics.