#her tapes are somewhere they're pretty funny

[ask-the-totally-real-peppino]

Lil' angy baby eglantine

(Yes, at the grand old age of three days, Eg decided she was sick of people touching her!!! Unfortunately, she got touched a lot, bc the gummy bear stage meant a lot of being moved around and needing to be cleaned frequently!!! So all she could do was angrily wheek or squeal like a desert rain frog!!!!

Also fun baby Eg fact; During her time in the time in the lab was the only time she smelt nice!!! Mostly like strawberry milk, bc she ate a lot of milk and fruits)

[smusherina]

yard work - chapter 11 (regina george x reader)

fandom: Mean Girls (all media)

pairing: Regina George x OFC/Reader

summary: You'd been in the same class as Regina George since kindergarten. You'd lived on the same street even longer. Once upon a time, when life was sandbox disputes and who got the swing first arguments, you'd even been friends. Now, in junior year of high school, you doubted she even remembered you. The same couldn't be said about you. You definitely remembered her.

chapter 1 / chapter 2 / chapter 3 / chapter 4 / chapter 5 / chapter 6 / chapter 7 / chapter 8 / chapter 9 / chapter 10 / chapter 12

Making the scrapbook was cathartic. Remembering the good times, the innocence of your childhood, was as much of a joy as it was painful. The pictures were all quite good quality since Abuela had had a film camera. Some photos had been taken with a digital camera, which had probably originally belonged to the Georges and ended up in your possession somewhere along the way.

Regina and yourself playing in the Georges' backyard and swimming in their pool, beaming smiles directed at the camera. You could almost hear the laughter. I miss when we used to be able to just have fun together like this. I guess it's a part of growing up.

Regina in a white frilly dress, carrying a small basket of flower petals, donning a crown of roses on her head. She was pouting, clearly unimpressed by the whole thing. You hadn't been at the wedding since it was a George event, but Regina's mom had been so elated her daughter had gotten to be the flower girl. I remember I was so jealous you got to go to a wedding and I couldn't. You hated it, though, which was funny. You used to leave the room whenever your mom insisted we watch the tape. I wonder if she still has it.

You sitting with Regina, hip to hip, on plastic chairs while a newlyborn Kylie slept in your laps. Regina, eyes stuck on her baby sister and a thoughtful look on her face, while you looked at the camera with a smile. She's growing up so fast. Don't think I don't know you care about her. There's gonna be a time you'll regret not spending time with her. I already feel it.

Mrs George, Abuela, Regina, Kylie in her mom's arms, and you grouped together at a parking lot. You and Regina had on little graduation gowns and had scrolls in your hands. Elementary school graduation. The summer before middle school. End of an era. I love your mom's clothes, they're so nineties. Does she still have those jeans? You should get ahold of them before somebody else does...

Remember when I sliced my hand open when we were peeling apples? That was a time for sure. I still have the scar!

You taped pictures onto the pages, wrote little things here and there, hoping the labour of your love wouldn't end up in the garbage. Or if it did, Regina would read skim through it first.

I think this album was the first time we agreed on music. Britney Spears really brought us together, huh? We even learned the choreography of Baby One More Time. Mrs George loved it. I bet there's a video of that somewhere.

Mostly the scrapbook was filled with anecdotes about your childhoods together. You did write a letter of sorts on the first page, regarding your intentions with the whole thing.

I made this for you to commemorate the good times we had. You know me regrettably well, so I think you know how I tend to hold onto things. I still have that gaudy pink Build-A-Bear you made me for Valentine's Day that one time. It's one of my most important possessions, only second to the memories we have together. You'll always be a friend to me, Reggie. If not forever, or from now on, then back then. I love you. Yours, Jorts.

You'd pretty much finished the whole thing by the end of the weekend. You spent Monday and Tuesday decorating the front cover, mostly because you purposefully put it off. You cut out letters from magazines and glued them there, painstakingly forming the words Reggie & Jorts. You'd tried to come up with something clever, but making a pun or a dumb joke felt like cheapening the whole album. A simple name made up for with fabulous decorations!

You weren't much of a painter, but you figured it'd be fitting if the album reflected its contents. It was fine if the roses you painted looked like a five-year-old did them. A good majority of the pictures featured you and Regina huddled around a crafts table, similar projects scattered all around you, young with clumsy hands but filled with artistic passion.

The album in itself was an earthy green colour, something Regina undoubtedly found ugly. The flowers brightened it up somewhat, but there was only so much ages-old acrylic paints could do. You outlined some with Sharpies. If you didn't know better, one could assume it looked like that on purpose.

You took it with you to school on Wednesday. You had it weighing your backpack down the whole day. You sweated under all your layers, and by the end of it, you were sure you were sporting some epic pit stains. Gross, but you were so nervous. You hadn't broken into anyone's locker in so long. And it was Regina George's locker.

You loitered around the hallways as they emptied out steadily, people heading home or off to extracurriculars. As you approached Regina's locker, you swallowed down your nervousness and got to work.

It wasn't hard. The combination locks were all old and weak, more of a formality than an actual barrier between one's stuff and a burglar. The lock clicked open easily and you wasted no time in stuffing your album inside.

"Hey!" Just as the resounding click of the lock going back into place came, a voice called out to you. "What are you doing with Regina's locker?"

"Uhh..." Gretchen Wieners stood at the intersection of hallways, hands on her hips and accusatory eyes burning holes in you. You made the swift decision that you did not have time for this. You booked it.

"Hey! Get back here!" Gretchen, surprisingly considering her heels, started after you. "What did you put in it? You cannot prank Regina, or- or, oh, was it a bomb?"

"It's not a bomb!" You shouted over your shoulder, sprinting towards the exit. The aggressive clacking of Gretchen's heels on the floors as she ran after you would surely haunt your nightmares. How could she even keep up with you?

"If it's not a bomb then what!" How was she closing in on you? It seemed like she was not even fazed by your little race, meanwhile, you were already winded. The exit was not that far away, but it felt like miles.

"It's Regina's business now! Ask her tomorrow at school or something!" The doors to freedom approached. "Stop chasing me!"

"Stop running!"

"No!"

You burst out and quickly hopped down the stairs, two at a time. Gretchen was still on your tail, but once she got to the top of the stairs shouted: "Karen! Tackle her!"

You hadn't even noticed Karen fucking Shetty. There was no not noticing her when the girl sprinted at you with perfect athletic form and squashed you like a linebacker.

You collided and flew into the snow. Better than the concrete of the footpath but it still hurt like a bitch.

"Get off of me!" You tried to get out from under her, but Karen was surprisingly dense. She was small but it was as if there were stones in her body instead of organs. "Fuck!"

"Keep her there, Karen, very good."

"Thanks!" Karen beamed, which was a much more common expression on her than the bloodlust she'd shown earlier.

"This has nothing to do with you." You snarled, still wriggling. "This is between Regina and me."

"Whatever's between Regina is between us," Gretchen said, all hoity-toity. "Now, tell me exactly what you put in her locker."

"A fucking photo album." You hissed, closing your eyes and clenching your jaw. What lie could you come up with? "Our families used to know each other. It's mostly pictures of her, so I just thought to... Return it."

"Oh, that's so nice!" Karen's hold loosened and you went to escape.

"Nuh-uh, not good enough." Just like that, Karen's weight slammed back down onto you. Your breath wooshed out of your lungs.

"What more do you want?" You wheezed out, getting sick and tired of this.

"Why was it in your possession?"

"I don't fucking know! It just was!"

"Hmm. And why couldn't you just give it to her?"

"You think that would've gone well, Gretchen? Seriously?" You turned your head with great effort, staring up at the girl. "Please, just let me go."

"I don't think I believe you." Gretchen squatted next to your head. "We're going back and checking it's what you say it is. And then you might be free to go."

"Fuck you." You hissed but made no move to book it when Karen hauled you up.

"That's not very nice." Karen pointed out.

"I don't want to be nice to Gretchen right now." You had no real issue with Karen, even if she had just tackled you.

"Oh, okay." You couldn't see her when she was holding your wrists behind your back, but you could imagine she was bobbing her head up and down like she was known to do.

You were walked back into the building, going mostly without a fight. Gretchen strutted along proudly as if capturing you was some great victory. Regina had trained her well. You weren't sure if that was impressive or just sad.

"Open it." Gretchen gestured once you were back at Regina's locker.

"I need my hands to do that." You helped out, smiling at Gretchen like she was stupid. Sputtering and offended, she instructed Karen to let go.

Instead of running like you should've, taking the chance you could get out if Karen didn't get a one-up on you, you obediently cracked the code again. Was it selfish that you kind of wanted others to know about you and Regina? Was it totally horrible of you to want to know it was real and have proof of that? Well, if it was, there was no helping it.

Gretchen snatched the album from the locker before you could even think to touch it. Karen sidled up to her, peering over her shoulder as she opened it.

You stood by, waiting for their judgement and looking at the ceiling. There'd been a water leak right there, based on the discolouration. Gross.

"You... You're J. J is for Jorts." Gretchen said. She sounded weird, like hollow or something. "J is for Jorts." She said again, breathy and disbelieving.

"What?" What the fuck was going on?

Karen spoke then. "She talks about J a lot. Like, a lot a lot. A whole lot." You nodded slowly as Karen went on. "J's like, her true love. It's so cute."

"J is not her true love, Karen! They are both girls." Gretchen pointed out. You had to agree. "Are they?" She looked you up and down judgementally.

"Yes. I am a girl." You said. It was true, you were female and around the age that it was acceptable to be referred to as a girl. Even so, it made you distinctly uncomfortable.

"Hmm." Gretchen didn't seem to believe you. Karen was busy cooing at the pictures of small Regina. It was sheer luck they hadn't bothered to read your writings.

"Look, can I go now? I know I'm busted, you're probably gonna confiscate the album, and Regina will never see it. Happy?"

"No. Karen, please put it back in the locker." Gretchen said, not taking her eyes off of you. Karen did as asked with a pout. "What is your relationship with Regina?" The album was back in the locker, but it hadn't been locked again.

"Nothing." And that was true. There was nothing there anymore.

"That's a lie and you know it. If you're J, then you've known each other at least since middle school. Based on the pictures, even longer."

"Who is J?" You asked in exasperation.

"Somebody who she has protected for years now. Somebody who is always better than we could ever be." Gretchen pointed between herself and Karen. "J is important to her."

"Okay, well, good for J, I guess."

"You're so infuriating." Gretchen sighed, pinching the skin between her eyes.

"You aren't the first to tell me that."

"Of course, because Regina has said that to you. Because you've known each other forever. Because you're J."

"Listen, I may look a bit butch, but I have a perfectly ordinary girl name."

"That is not the point!" She spoke fast and high-pitched. "You. It's you. You've been under our noses this entire time! Do you realize how much easier things could've been if you were around?"

"Excuse me?" Now, you were really lost.

"You're excused," Karen said cheerfully. You nodded to her in thanks.

"We could never be as good as you. It was like we were placeholders for the ultimate pretty girl she'd somehow let slip. And it's you. In a flannel and hoodie, ratty jeans, dirty shoes, no fashion sense to speak of. It's you." She said that last part with contempt.

You were reeling. Regina had talked about you to these two. Had compared them to you, cited that you were better. For years she'd done that. She'd never forgotten about you.

"Look, Gretchen, I'm sorry Regina's treated you badly." You'd lost the need to defend her, even still. Then again, even if you hadn't, there was little you could argue about with the two she'd tormented the most. "You can probably tell this is something Regina doesn't want coming out."

"What does that matter?" Gretchen asked, eyes far away and legs beginning to pace. "We could- could finally bring her down. Yes. We have J, we have everything she wants. She'll come grovelling."

You took a deep breath. You didn't feel angry, you were too tired to get angry at mean girls at this point. Besides, nobody could rile you up like Regina.

"You're wrong." You put it plainly. "What Regina's been doing to these people, to everyone around her, is wrong. But what I find despicable is how everybody is the same. I know her reasons, I can sympathise with her, but I can't say the same for you. So tell me." You paused to take a deep breath. "Why?"

"I'm not good at riddles, I'm sorry." Karen said, looking genuinely apologetic.

"It's okay, Karen, Gretchen can answer for you both."

"She deserves it." Gretchen said, steel in her tone.

"You sound just like Cady Heron and Janis 'Imi'ike. She hurt them too. What do you think ruining her life will achieve?"

"I'll be the new Regina George."

"Do you hear yourself? You still idolize her. If you're gonna be the new Regina George, it's always going to be a Regina George world. Don't you want to be Gretchen Wieners?"

"No!" She screeched. "Gretchen Wieners is lame, boring, too eager, a slut, desperate-" She took a deep breath.

"Okay." You said. "Why? Because Regina said so? Why would you believe her? She's just the same as you. Look," You pulled the album back out.

"Here we're in the Georges' pool. She would not go to the deep end. Y'know, she refused to even go in without those arm floaties for the longest time. Eventually, some boy made fun of her for them and that was the last time.

"And in this one we're driving back from summer camp. Regina was already tall enough to go without a booster seat, but I wasn't. She'd just thrown the biggest tantrum 'cause Mrs George didn't allow her to take off her seatbelt to sleep. She went out like a light, anyway.

"We're in Six Flags there. We'd just gotten those ice creams and you can see that Regina's isn't sticking to the cone all that well. Right after the shot, it just slid off. Regina was inconsolable. I offered her mine so we could share, and that seemed to be good enough for her but her dad was not having it. He threatened to take us home if she didn't stop crying right then, that it'd be all her fault that their whole family wasted money and time on this stupid trip. Eventually she calmed down and Mr George didn't have to drive us back."

You sighed. "I already tried this with Janis, in a way. I don't think Regina would appreciate me airing out her personal life like this, but... I don't know..." You closed your eyes for a moment. "I just want people to stop making things worse for her. She's been so wrong for so long, and I know I can't keep defending her, but I just don't think revenge will make her regret anything that she's done."

Karen hummed. "My auntie's been teaching me about karma. So, like, if she feels what she's made others feel, then won't that like... Fix her?"

"I don't want to hurt her." You said, resolute. "Maybe, it could be the most effective way to make her see her shortcomings. But I don't want to. I do not want to hurt her." You looked between the two. "And that's where we differ, I guess."

Gretchen didn't say anything, eyes glued to a picture from the Six Flags trip. Regina had mustard and ketchup smeared all over her face while she was holding a napkin to your lips, in the process of wiping your face.

With that, you snatched the album from her hands, deposited it back into the locker and slammed it shut. The lock clicked. Without a word, you began to talk towards the exit. Neither of them followed you or said anything to you.

You couldn't stop people from taking their revenge. You had done your best to be diplomatic. Evoking sympathy in hormonal teenagers wasn't something easily done, or maybe you were just shitty at it, but there was little else you could do. If you went ahead and retaliated, hurt them for hurting someone you cared about, the lines blurred.

You'd just be another mean girl.

Notes: Sorry for the delay! The next chapter will be the last one, unless I start rambling or something. After that, I'll do a less structured series of epilogues. Loosely related oneshots, that kinda vibe.

Also, my writing assistant stopped working in the middle of this, so if there's stupid typos I'll come fix them later.

I swear to fucking god if the taglist doesn't work I'll start breaking bones.

Taglist: @autorasexy, @wedfan2, @unadulterated-moron, @modernsapphicism , @9unknown0 , @sage-rose2000 , @massive-honkas , @nattys-swiftie , @likefirenrain , @luz-enjoyer , @dandelions4us , @natashamaximoff-69 , @alexkolax , @jareaul0ver , @here4theqts , @charleeeesworld , @natsbiggestfan1 , @brocoliisscared , @yellowwallflowers , @scarlettbitchx , @ayoungexwife , @cyberbonesworld , @syddie-reads , @screechcat , @theenglishswiftie , @gabby-duhh , @sweetmissnothing , @masterofpuppets-10 , @l1lass , @starved-mortal , @nothanksbye07 , @nenas19 , @jvuyii , @starry-night17 , @reneeswife24 , @glorioushamsterqueen , @krononan , @slug-on-bike , @rayisaknight , @chaseatlanticlover91 , @reginassweetheart , @mirage018

(this actually makes me angry. why. why doesnt it work. i type in the @ and then i type in the name and then it shows up in the lil' box and i click it but then it don't show up ;-;)

(this is cyber bullying. the cybers are bullying me.)

(anyway, if you want to be added to the taglist there is no gurantee if it'll work, but i'll add you if you want! just comment on this post :) if anybody has any ideas why it's like this, lmk!)

[fry-house]

As y'all know I love TCM 1 and 2 but I find it incredibly funny that, despite the fact so many Texans worked on the movie, the geography in it is a fucking mess.

To start, the first movie is stated to take place in the fictional town of Newt, in the also-fictional Muerto County. Most people assume Newt to be located somewhere outside of Austin, given that's where it was filmed. Makes sense. The TCM game even goes with this interpretation, with a map showing them in the Travis County area.

But at one point in the movie, Drayton mentions needing to drive over to Childress. As if it's nearby.

Slight problem with that-

THEY'RE SIX HOURS APART. So then you think, okay, maybe Newt isn't near Austin, maybe it's farther North.

But the second movie throws a wrench into things.

If we go with this, then the Childress thing is again bizarre, as it's pretty far North. It also conflicts with the Austin area setting.

As seen here, Austin and Travis County are closer to Central Texas. Nobody from Texas would call this South, unless they were fudging it a bit I suppose.

Moving on, we have Stretch and LG's radio station being located in Burkburnett. Now, Burkburnett is another real city, and it's near the Oklahoma border. The movie seems to know this too, as the station is named K-OKLA, and the Red River (which separates that part of TX and OK) gets mentioned. Nice and realistic! However, at one point Stretch describes Burkburnett as being "at the top of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex"...

Personally, I wouldn't describe a two hour difference as being "at the top of" an area. And Lefty apparently drove two hours just to ask Stretch to play her tape on the air.

I will give them some credit though: One cops mentions sending Lefty back to Amarillo. There is in fact a Rangers department in that city. They also have the Texas vs OU game being played in DFW, which is correct, as they traditionally face off at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Points for those details! But in terms of picking a location for the main events, things are a lot more scattered.

Anyway yeah, I know it's just a movie, mistakes happen, no big deal, but the inaccuracies are just really funny to me, in particular the Newt situation. Feels like Newt is TCM's personal version of Springfield.

[adhdduckie]

jjk headcanons ( as people in a class )

my masterlist here

feat- Yuuji, geto, gojo, megumi, nobara, choso and panda

pt 2 here

Yuuji : I feel like he's the kind of guy to do absolutely nothing in classes, like does the bare minimum studying and somehow end up like getting okay grades but like everyone thinks he cheats or something, but like no he doesn't he just has a little brain somewhere in that head of his. like in all his fight scenes he has a really good fighting tactic and is quite observant but like acts like an idiot. Like that friend everyone has that seems dumb but isn't as dumb as they seem. I think Yuujis handwriting would be like one of two things; like either its handwriting that only people who are able to read it are his friends and the teacher, or like no one can read it and he gets called up to explain what word he wrote. I SWEAR HE HAS ADHD

Gojo:

omg that one guy in everyones class that is so obsessed with himself but if you get pass that they're kind of adequate? like they have friends that actually care about them but like their friends are so done with their bullshit like if gojo says something so narcissistic shoko or someone would like slap the back of their head and apologise for him? Like we know he's pretty, he knows he's pretty, goddamn everyone knows. Grades- so focused on himself he's doing the bare minimum . His handwriting is fucking chicken scratch. Gojo needs help-

Geto

that one guy that seems so friggin sweet and nice but like they've got these fucked up views that you usually don't uncover till much later and then you're just super concerned but you don't know what to say? kind of like the weird kid but like actually crazy views ( ex. "monkeys" i think thats what he called non-shamans) but like a bunch of girls have a crush on him and he actually has friends? Grades- pretty good, i feel like he would study a lot. i feel like his handwriting is like readable but like slanted to the side.

Megumi

undoubtedly that stoic kid but has a bunch of friends who are like crackheads but not actually crackheads. He definitely has the best grades in the class- i believe he has a funny obsession with like specific kinds of washi tape like ones that have little dogs on it, like his notes are so pretty and he writes his a's funny like the way it shows up when its typed (a) like i do this but like i feel like he would too, and he would put lines through his z's. that one kid that's notes are so pretty it's like they spend hours on it but he somehow does it in in class and keeps up with all his notes, like each topic is color coded. his handwriting would be so fricking fancy like you have no idea how he does it but its like so normal to him.

nobara

that one girl, that like has a shopping addiction and will refuse wearing anything that isn't the best of the best cotton or like silk. like she will be constantly complaining about how she doesn't have anything to wear but never wears the same outfit more than once a month like you have no clue how she does it, but if you go over to her house she has a fricking walk in closet and her clothes are colour coded, like she's got one section for black, one for red and so on so forth. Her grades, are like terrible for someone you've like never seen studying but she always says she does for like hours on end. her notes look like someone hung her from the ceiling and forced her to write them, like they're weirdly long and big but like when she writes essays they're quite good. When she does exams and stuff she doesn't do well in the slightest (#relatable), but she's super smart in class.

Choso -

since he's like super old but looks like a mid 20s guy, Imma do him too. That one kid that seems so scary but is like a total cinnamon roll. He's like that one kid that everyone wants to be friends with but for some reason he's really intimidating. Like for example, if you say something he doesn't like, or doesn't agree with, he'll just kind of stare at you and be like ??? wdym you don't like butter on toast??? its the best. I feel like he also has this unadulterated hatred for mayonnaise, he'll specifically ask the lunch lady like "miss, is there any mayonnaise???" i headcanon him as having this really cute love for like shiba inus, like his background on his computer is this really small and adorable dog but like everyone expects him to have a doberman or something. But no!!! SHIBA INUS. I think his handwriting would be so old fashioned like he doesn't write words such as "they've" he'll write something like "they have". Unnecessarily drags out words when he says them but like it's so cute cuz he's adorable. has no idea what goes on in class but actually does really well in his studies. I feel like he'll be that kid with the newest stuff but he has no clue how to use them.

Panda

the fact that no one even finds it strange how theres a panda in their class is concerning but maybe like they think he's a kid who just likes looking like a panda. HE LOVES SAUSAGES. like has like three of them in his school bag like buddy?? um go for it i guess. His grades are literally the worst. He'll be like OMG GUYS I GOT LIKE 32% like bro what?? his highest grade ever would be like 58% no clue how hes gonna get into uni. his handwriting?? Like gojo. Chicken scratch. He loves listening to music in class and doesn't pay much attention but somehow never gets in trouble?

Let me know if u guys want a part two!

[kitkatt0430]

Woo! All caught up on Doctor Who now and... I am going to be wondering who the heck Mrs Flood is until Christmas, aren't I???

I really enjoyed Rogue, though it was hilarious to me that Rogue was basically Rose and the doctor was basically Jack Harkness. You cannot tell me that the vibes and parallels were not there because they totally were. Somewhere Jack is laughing at the Doctor for this one.

I think I'd have enjoyed the Bridgerton homage more if I watched Bridgerton. It's not a show that rally calls to me though I'm always pleased to see my mutuals who follow the show are enjoying themselves watching it.

Loved Ruby with the battle mode earrings. She keeps those going forward right? We all agree, Ruby keeps the battle mode earrings? Of course she does. I would.

Overall I'm not really sold on the Doctor/Rogue ship. I mean, they're both cute about it and I'd read fanfic about them. But there's something about single episode romances that always ring a bit hollow to me. This one is better than most. But there's still something that's missing. And maybe it's just because love at first sight seems unrealistic to someone who never falls in love at all. How can you fall in love with someone you don't really know? That's just bizarre to me - are you actually in love with them or the idea they represent?

Still, like I said, it was a cute ship despite not having much substance yet. So I hope it gets some cute fanfic to follow. (I'd love for them to have a reunion... one day. Though I'd accept Jack rescuing Rogue too. It'd be funny to me.)

The Legend of Ruby Sunday/The Empire of Death was a pretty good duology, though I think the whole Ruby's mom was important because Sutekh couldn't see her thing was kind of a let down. It kind of works, however, if you consider...

It didn't start snowing around Ruby until after she met the Doctor. Until after she started traveling in the TARDIS. Until after Sutekh saw this random woman 73 yards away whose face he couldn't see... point at him.

The Doctor assumes she's pointing at him. So does everyone else. I thought maybe she was pointing at the TARDIS because maybe she could see Sutekh and was sending a warning for the Doctor. And maybe Sutekh thought the same thing. That would explain his obsession. His need for an answer. What made Ruby's mother so special that she could see Death when no one else could?

Turns out... she couldn't see death. She was pointing at the sign and thinking that's what she'd name her daughter. She'd name her Ruby.

Humans are a little psychic in the Doctor Who verse so it's possible that with everything else going on that night - the goblins, the Doctor, the TARDIS, Sutekh having a melt down because he thinks he's been spotted - left enough of a psychic impression that led from one woman thinking 'I want to name my daughter Ruby' to Ruby receiving exactly that name.

And with both the Doctor and Sutekh thinking something is up with Ruby, that's where the snow came from. Because didn't the first snow instance happen with the Doctor there and not Ruby? It focused on her afterwards, but I could swear it happened to the Doctor alone the first time. (Obviously gonna have to rewatch all the way through sometime soon.) Perhaps it could be some aspect of his true species starting to bleed through now that he knows the truth.

Ruby would have Christmas music in her soul because of course she does. Christmas eve is when she was born and she was understandably obsessed over finding details about her birth mother on a tape that had on it, preserved as best a VHS could, Christmas eve.

And so Ruby had the music within her because it represented her mother and herself and the missing connection between them. It snowed because the Doctor tied himself to that moment, over-identifying with Ruby as a foundling and wanting to know who Ruby's mother is because he wants to know who his real family is. And no one could see the face of Ruby's mother because Sutekh could not see her and because he could not remember her face the Memory Window could not allow anyone else to see it either.

And I really, really think it has to be Ruby's mom pointing that caught Sutekh's attention. Because how many people have walked by the TARDIS since the Fourth Doctor era? And presumably Sutekh didn't see all of them clearly. Hooded cloaks aren't exactly unique. But she stopped, out of his reach... and pointed at him. Or at the sign beside him, rather. But he didn't know that. He was getting so close to finally being able to enact his revenge on the Doctor and destroy the universe in one fell swoop...

And this woman comes from nowhere and sees him. Taunts him. Or so it seems. So close to his goal, paranoia had to be running high...

The ending was bittersweet. Ruby gets to have what the Doctor doesn't. And he loves that for her even as he's grieving for himself anew. Ruby gets to know her birth mother and father. She has a loving foster mom. She has family that wants her and loves her.

The Doctor's step parent abused him. Any evidence of where he came from is lost. The likelihood of ever meeting his parents is likely nonexistent. He's happy for Ruby... but he's finally grieving for himself. For the what if's that will never be.

And then there's Flood and the Christmas episode had better tell me who the heck she is. She's too vaguely sinister to be Susan, the Doctor's granddaughter. Though it would be interesting if the were Susan Foreman after all. But if she were a Time Lady then my first thought would be the Rani. The name is probably completely wrong for the Rani's aesthetic but still. It'd be interesting if it were her.

[rubykgrant]

I just thought of El Hazard for the first time in like... 19 years???

Back in ye olden days, the way you watched new anime shows was, you randomly find it at video stores, and your friends also randomly find OTHERS at different video stores, and you let each other borrow the tapes. Sometimes the anime you discovered this was would be something beautiful that changes your imagination for the rest of your life. Other times, it is just the weirdest, most stupid thing, but something about it will be fascinating, so it still gets stuck in your brain somewhere... and many levels of this in-between.

Let's see how much I can remember...

I only remember a few characters' names; Mokoto, Namami and her brother Jinai (that was their shared last name, but nobody called him his first name except his sister, and she barely talked to him, so I don't recall what it was), their teacher... I wanna say Fujisawa. I remember... Shayla-Shayla (could be spelled different), Ifurita, and Diva.

As for the plot; it starts with the 3 teenagers and their teacher at a normal school in Japansc, Jinai is ticked off at Mokoto for... reasons? Suddenlt a very strangely attired lady just APPEARS, seems to know Makoto somehow, and sends him with the others off to a wacky magic land. They get split up there, and Jinai winds up with big beetle monsters known as Bugrom (I remember that name because it honestly sounds kinda cool), and their queen Diva (she's technically also a bug monster, but just looks like a Hot Lady). Jinai is able to understand the Bugrom, and the others all discover their own strange new powers. Fujisawa gets enhanced strength but ONLY if he avoids smoking and drinking alcohol (he got isekai'd into being sober). Makoto discovers he can vibe with ancient technology (Nanami eventually finds out she can see through illusions cast by... I forget, Phantom Elves, or whatever they're called).

The plot picks up when the main group is found by some people from a kingdom; they mistook Makoto for a missing princess. Her sister is very worried about her, and Makoto looks EXACTLY like her int erms of facial features. To keep the kingdom from panicking, Makoto is asked to dress up as her, which goes OK... until the princesses girlfriend sneaks into the bedroom at night and tries to get frisky. Fun fact; this girl, and later on the missing princess when she's found, are blatant no-shame lesbians. The girlfriend (I'm sorry, I do not remember her name), has a very high sex-drive, and her philosophy is- "If you can't be with the one you love, then love the one you're with". She is pretty flirty, and pretty handsy. On the on hand, get it girl! On the other... maybe calm down a little. You're scaring the hetero hoes. Oh, and Makoto gets a talking cat friend that can shape-shift into organic armor for him. Sure

Stuff happens, the group eventually finds out about a machine called The Eye of God (a big round ball of technology in the sky), that could be a weapon, but could also be a way for the humans to get home. There are 3 priestesses who guard towers or something, and the only one I cared about was Shayla-Shayla (cool fire lady, heck yeah!). This is basically a harm anime, with most of the girls getting a crush on Makoto... but it really has sort of a different vibe than some of the others? For one, Makoto has a whole personality. For another, not EVERY girl digs him (in fact, Nanami and Shayla-Shayla sort of just have the beginning of crushes on him... the other girl only likes him in drag. most of the female characters are just chill around him). Some of the stuff that happens; the princess who has been looking for her missing sister finds out her fiance is a Blue Elf Guy (thanks to Nanami), and helped kidnap her sister. They get the missing princess back, and she is just. A huge bitch. Which is kinda funny- oh, we miss the princess terribly! When shall she be returned to us? Then she comes back, and she just sucks.

There is some other "unstoppable weapon" that can be activated with a key-staff. Jinai gets the key, and the weapon turns out to be the girl who sent them here! Her name is Ifurita, but when she awakens, she seems emotionless, and doesn't recognize Makoto. He tries to set her free from serving whoever holds the key as her master, by using his techno-powers to re-wire whatever it is that compels her to be obedient. She's so surprised to have the chance to make her own choices, and begins to warm up to Makoto. Some other stuff happens, and Ifurita gets, like... sent to a pocket dimension? Or something? Where she sleeps again for many years. When she awakens, she is at the school, in modern-day Japan, where she meets the Makoto who doesn't know her. She sends him and the others to El Hazard, so they can begin the events that lead to this point. Just as she accepts she may never see him again, another portal opens up, and an older Makoto appears. Now that this "time-loop" is complete, they can be reunited.

It definitely isn't the best things ever, but it had some beautiful animation and really interesting concepts. As far as harem anime stories go, it isn't as horrifically annoying as some are (a lot of the girls deserved better character designs, but that is a pretty common issue, unfortunately)

[kteezy997]

Family Video Boy// S.H.

Hello, I am new to this tumblr biz, but I'm gonna give it a shot. Here goes (:

plot: y/n stumbles into the Family Video store, browsing for something for her babysitting kids to watch, and she runs into an employee that she recognizes: Steve Harrington

y/n was exhausted from working all day, and now she was to spend the evening babysitting. Hopefully, a movie or two will keep the children's annoyances at bay.

She entered the local Family Video store in Hawkins on her way to the kids' house. The store had a decent amount of people inside. It was the beginning of a Friday evening. Most people here were probably having actual movie dates, but not her, of course she was stuck being the god damn babysitter.

She looked around some, and found the kid section, starting to browse. After a moment, she felt a presence, a person walking up closer to her. The person cleared their throat. "Well well, I wasn't expecting find a babe like you in the kids' section." y/n looked up and met the pretty brown eyes of a boy. Well, he wasn't a boy, he seemed to be a couple years older than her and he wore a dark green vest with Family Video embroidered in orange on one side of his chest, the other side had a name tag: Steve.

He placed his hand on the aisle holding racks of VHS tapes, or empty VHS boxes, she didn't really know at this point, maybe they kept the actual tapes in a stockroom in the back. Maybe this was the most attractive man she had ever seen in her life. "Can I help you find something?" Steve asked, his head cocking to the side. y/n came back to her senses, shook her head, "Oh, no, thank you. I'm just looking. It's not for me, though, I'm babysitting tonight."

Steve nodded, "Oh, I see. Boys? Girls?" y/n kept looking at this stranger, feeling like she could place where she had possibly seen him before. "Um, they're girls, four and nine." His hair was really something, something special you didn't really see all the time. "Okay, gotcha." he said, walking a little further down the aisle, stopping, then kneeling down.

"Here we go, we got E.T., a Muppet movie, and the Fox and the Hound." "Oh." she said, walking over to him. "Not much selection for female children." She kneeled down next to Steve, and he sighed a little, "Yeah, I know. But don't knock the Fox and Hound, it makes me cry every time." "Me too, I've seen that one. The kids might like it though, it's a cute one." He then handed the VHS over to her, "Congratulations, you made your first selection." he grinned, giving her his best dreamy eyes. He was definitely flirting with her.

Y/n blushed, and took the tape from him. The eyes, the hair...the body, she knew him! Of course! "You're Steve, Steve Harrington." she said. He smiled bigger, "Yep, I am. And you are...?" he was squinting, as if he was trying to place her as well. "Uh y/n. You went out with my sister, Laurie. You came over to our house a couple times." Steve's eyebrows raised a little and his mouth made a slight O shape. "Oh, yeah! I knew I knew you from somewhere. You were younger then." "Yeah. Funny how time works." she quipped.

Now that she put it together that he went with her sister, she knew that there was no way he was into her. Laurie was beautiful, smart, and everyone loved her. She was popular and perfect. It drove y/n nuts. No one paid attention to her. All her life, she had been "Laurie's little sister" and nothing more. She walked over to a different section in the store. Steve followed her, "So, Laurie: what's she doing now?"

"College. Nursing." Y/n had been through this conversation a hundred times, with every neighbor and older relative she came into contact with. She was over it. She did not want to keep having the conversation. Not with Steve. Her first real crush. She couldn't believe she nearly forgot about him until he was right in front of her again. She knew at the time that it was probably wrong to have a crush on her older sister's boyfriend, or whatever Laurie and Steve were. But a crush it became, nonetheless.

"Oh, cool. I remember her talking about that." Steve continued on talking, "So, uh what about you?" Now this was different. "What about me?" she asked, really not sure what was going on. No one asked about her, ever. "I mean, what are you doing? Working? Going to school?" he said, clarifying. "Um, I'm-uh" now she was nervous, "I'm working, and taking community college classes a few days a week." "Nice. What's your major?" "Just Liberal Arts." she said, with non-committing shrug of her shoulders.

Steve nodded, like he understood you, "Seems like you're a little undecided or something." He wasn't speaking very loudly, not like he was before, like he was putting on a show or something. It was like she was feeling a connection to him. The way he was speaking now, was feeling more intimate. "Yeah, just trying to figure things out, I guess." she said.

.....

Steve checked y/n out, put her in the Family Video system as a new renter, and as she was getting ready to leave, he stopped her by saying, "So, y/n, like what time are you done babysitting tonight?" She blushed again, "Um, I don't know, like ten-ish?" "Cool, uh are busy after?" Steve asked, biting his bottom lip. Y/n couldn't stop the grin from forming on her lips. "No." she responded, shaking her head.

"Would you wanna hang out, with me? I could pick you up." "Yeah, I-I'd like that." she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear shyly. "Um, you got a pen and paper? I'll give you the address." "Oh, yeah." Steve acted a little flustered, searching the counter for a pen, finally grabbing one and handing it to her.

After writing down the address, she slid the paper across the counter to him. "Awesome, I'll see you later, y/n." "Yeah, can't wait. Bye Steve." y/n smiled sweetly and then walked out the front door. "How'd that one go, dingus?" said Robin, nudging her friend teasingly as she came behind the counter. "Good, actually. I'm gonna see her later tonight." he said, looking over at her. "Oh?" Robin was obviously surprised, as her buddy Steve hadn't had much luck with ladies recently. "Good for you, dingus."

Author's note: I have no idea what this is. I’ll do a part two.

[the-firebird69]

This is what it looks like but the fuselage is complete and the glass doesn't look funky this big chunk missing in the body in the front that's not missing and it doesn't look as much like a light cycle car and the tires are wider and it is very very fast the concept came from me right here in my time but you see me in. And it's not a fly car but it can be made into an easily using the gasoline motor that's in it and it's just a gasoline motor and it's rear drive with the rear motor and it's direct link and it's very very fast and the hull or frame and shell and body is all titanium alloy on a quarter inch thick over the whole body with special glass and it has to be at that speed if you hit a bird or a rock or a pebble you're in a lot of trouble in case you fly off the road or out of control has ejection equipment to make sure you don't hit the road and it has all sorts of other things in it that you need for to go that fast safely this car is not for amateurs and I want me and one temporarily just to sit in one and he picked Martin to try and go with him and it's kind of funny because you think it might work because he does all these movies where he's like this ride along guy and it's a lot of fun it looks like Dan from Mexico even though it's not him and Dan was not bad except for that day when you kind of got a week a weak spot he couldn't handle when he was hearing so I said to him I'm going to threaten you and just keep going and you'll be fine and I have to for you this if you hear it cuz you guys do it to me it's backwards but and I don't really mean it so you thank me a lot I would kind of like separating ways instead so I did just move to your house for Christ sake so he did international left and he's fine and now it's just impossible he won't stop doing the stuff but besides the point the point is that there's a lot of power from below and that's what they're using we have to negate it it's way over the top cuz people will modify it into a fly car or will sell it to them as one it's very fast as a regular car it's 4,000 miles an hour on the road most has to be a pretty decent road and straight but it'll go very fast on the wavy road in the streets of LA if you can go about 250 mph places and long straightaways like the 10 about 500 easily safely is it going to slow down very fast and can go very fast in accelerating and I can beat the top fuel drag racers and I can beat the regular drag cars 0 to 60 or in the quarter and I'm challenging them right now and if you back down I'm going to sell cars by saying you back down and I'm going to put it on tape and you know we can get it if you don't like it I don't care I'm sick of being massive wimps you'll have to take over this whole world to defeat your clone army and that's what we're doing it doesn't work as well.

These horsepower is 5000 with the supercharger it's 6500 horsepower how I achieve the horsepower is a secret it's a gasoline motor and it's 12 cylinders it's the car of my life it'll never be the level of my life but it's a beautiful car and Hera loves it and she made her own and yes it's pink and mine's blue and I love blue the sky is beautiful we'll start selling marbles it look like the Earth or the blue with like clouds she started doing it this morning and people love them they're collectors items cuz they're at her shop and some of them have are like maps and some of them can be used at night on your walls and it shows the map of the world it makes love for the Earth a nice thing. And I asked her to make one for the freedom center and one for the Star Trek command that glows and shows the whole Earth and rotates at the same rate and she said that's a lot of money and I said I can pay for it and she said good so I gave her a car her color too now she's making her own.

0 to 60 is somewhere around 1 second and the quarter mile is about 2 seconds or 2.1 and people say it's impossible and I said no it's not.

I was trying to sell them now and it's $10 million dollars for a regular one and that's twice as much as the most expensive supercar and I'm trying to hire Sherry to show it and she doesn't want to everything grandma is doing is cursed I said everything she's doing was keeping it around and it didn't wasn't enough she said you're probably right so she's agreed to do it and it's going to be cool because she looks like Sharon Stone and it's a look that Hera has and she agreed with it before I asked it's because the queen to the other one and people know she's not clean cuz she's doing that kind of stuff no but so she gets it and Hera likes the idea. The car is exquisite it's got all the top line stuff in it the interior is Corinthian leather real leather and it's real Corinthian leather the controls are of a very expensive mahogany it is very nice and extremely fast and powerful holds a lot of gas 30 gallons and it goes about 20 mpg city 80 mpg hwy. What about 80 it does that you can do that around here all day and night it is a very spacious car on the inside for two people there's a little bit of cargo not much maybe two grocery bags but if you drive in this you'll know why it's awesome it's very bullet resistant has a class A rating copperheads can't get through any of it and about 100 ft and 50 cal would have trouble at 200 ft and copperheads. The tires are airless and they have structure and everything is titanium alloy nothing it is not even the motor is it's new tech the engine is new tech and the drive is somewhat new tech no way can it go that fast using the regular drives. It's the fastest car on earth and I want it in magazines and I have an idea what to do and I need to meet with Olympus now because it's his idea and it's much like the light cycles that the clones took that we took back and we're going to go ahead and do it

They're for sale now and very few people buy them I believe unless I sit in one just like the Aston Martin it changed the Earth and everything in it and this will make a huge difference these people see what they're doing wrong and they'll be able to compete a little enough for us to have cover at least

Zues

I have my own my copy this idea and he likes it because I'm his friend and he shares but I'm a spy too and I handle myself and he knows it's great it's greatness and I'm saving lives with it

Hera

Bone chilling isn't it you didn't say anything about how fast it goes flying it's about 300,000 miles an hour in the atmosphere for real it has little wings that extend out it is very very fast it's got new turbines that are different and it runs in the gas motor rear wheel drive too

Thor Freya

Holy s*** that's faster than the Star Trek Enterprise even the new one I'm going to have to have one and I want him to sit in one probably before I get one it'll be gone before I even get at my house or near it and I know how this is he has to have a way to get there he has to have money let's have a reason to do it let's try and give her over paranoia and we do his car okay so we have to try and do this and he doesn't want to get captured it's partly handled and we need to get him some funds this is ridiculous says he won the lottery and there's a whole bunch of other funds and people want to help they can come in and start helping and you need help he says I need help with Starfleet and I do this could be the car we already had a car but it's just a runaround car this would be a real one and for crying out loud this is perfect it's right in the right genre and it looks like it it looks almost exactly perfect for it and it's for captains and up and I'm going to put that out there see if it works and it's not that much money the fly car is about 30 million but still that's not a ton of money but still you might have to sit in it even for us to get it's not that many commanders and captains so let's roll on this the each base has them but geez you know

Commander Kirk

I'm amazed this is so fast this car is awesome we love it we love our son and our daughter and the two beautiful people and this weird idea and boy is it strange what a strange kid he likes to make things much more valuable than they really are in the end idea to do this before you send it with other things and he did it with the the new turbine and it's amazing some of his ideas that work so well and these people abuse them and don't get anything they need to get out of the way they really do they need to leave and they won't I need to be removed by force and Kirk sees it and a ton of other people so I could give us a break you don't do anything it works and you're going to sit there okay looks like we were in world War II so now we're going to head and we're recommending that they do things and if they don't we're going to force it.

Now mac daddy said the last few sentences and he means it and we mean it too we don't need you people in the way right now you need to take a break he went to New York saying your song came back and bothered him you're terrible.

Olympus