#hi clem hope u like it

[sheisbeautyweareworldass]

louis in ladbible for @berlinini

[cosmicheartz]

I should probably be going to bed but I was thinking a lil abt recovery arc Clem and how he has a bit of an identity crisis due to the fact that his depression was a huge part of his personality/identity and in a weird way he found comfort in the misery and now that he’s bettering his mental health that sort of fog/misery funk he’s been in has been clearing up and now Clem is struggling a bit to figure out who he is/wants to be

[scullyy]

Say Yes to Heaven

So I pumped this out on my work break a couple days ago after seeing this fanart from @ozonegrrrl and it was too cute gAh I wanted to share with u all xx

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The opportunity was right fucking there.

Just why, in the name of everything holy, did that have to happen right. Fucking. Now.

Despite the rim of her hat only leaving the most gentle of 'bonks' against his forehead, it echoed so loud in her chest like the worlds most obnoxious gong.

Clementines mouth was immediately hidden away with her own palm, locking away whatever kiss she had been hopeful to share with him.

"Oh fuck- shit I'm so sorry, Lou. This isn't- oh fuck my life." A string of soft swears left her mouth in rapid succession, the brightest shade of red known to man emerging on her hollow cheeks.

It had been a full minute of her panicked ramblings before she finally noticed the uncharacteristic, and oddly unsettling reaction from Louis.

He was silent.

And damn near as red as she was.

Just a few moments ago, he was sporting the most relaxed aura that had them enwrapped from the world; just the two of them and a calming tune.

But now? The moonlight did nothing to hide the - what Clem assumed - panic on his young face. Eyes so wide she could make out the stark red veins within. Lips slightly apart as if a secret was threatening to spill out like a dark wave fighting in a storm.

"You can try again, y'know."

And there it was. A raging wave will always return to the calm shores, where it's supposed to be.

When her eyes, somehow full of equal desire and uncertainty, met with his own... Louis just about snapped.

Soft lips against plush ones, his warm hands were quick to envelop her cheeks, to hold her as close as humanly possible.

I got you.

I was yours the moment you walked in here.

[httpiastri]

devil in disguise – cn21

clement got into a fight.

genre: angsty??

pairing: female reader x boyfriend!clement novalak

warnings: mentions of blood, alcohol, fighting. basically describing an anxiety/panic attack so stay away if that might trigger you!

requested?: no

author's note: two pieces of writing in one day? who am i??? 😵 jk jk, this has just been sitting in my drafts for so long (since halloween-) and i just got tired of not posting it, so i just wrote an ending and here we are. welp. not super happy with this one, esp not the end, and im not sure how accurately i described the panic/anxiety (like. i just experience, i don't remember it after it happens. 😐), but i hope u enjoy!!

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"i can't believe you, clem."

the anger is still bubbling inside of you, yet your actions tell a different story. you've got one of his hands in yours, pressing an ice pack against the back of it gently to hopefully stop some of the swelling and bleeding.

"hey, baby-"

"no, don't you 'baby' me right now. bloody hell, what were you thinking?!"

to say that clement's halloween party had been a failure would be an understatement. you aren't exactly an avid party-goer, most often preferring to stay at home with a good book or a favorite show playing on the tv. in fact, you couldn't even recall when you last attended a party before this one. but, knowing that you're a big fan of halloween, clement invited you to his theme party. your boyfriend had promised to stay by your side and make sure you were comfortable, knowing how you sometimes get intimidated by large crowds, and it all went smoothly for most of the night. until it didn't anymore.

it all happened so quickly. one moment, there was a hand on your waist – one you assumed belonged to your boyfriend – and you leaned into his touch. the next, the hand was ripped off you and you spun around to see what was going on. and then, all you could see was clement's fist flying towards the stranger's face.

silence washed over the apartment momentarily, only to soon be shattered as screams and the thuds of fists against skin consumed the room.

but to you, it all went quiet. it felt like the world slowed down, and you were stuck watching as your boyfriend punched some dude you'd never seen before. you couldn't move, frozen in place as more people started getting involved, pulling the two apart or throwing punches of their own.

you felt yet another hand land on your shoulder, but this time it belonged to marcus. he pulled you back, away from the commotion, tucking your face into his chest to hide you from the ongoing fight. your lungs felt tight, your vision growing blurry.

the crowd scattered moments later, everyone but clement's closest friends leaving hurriedly. marcus guided you to the bedroom, ensuring that you weren't panicking completely before going out again to help out.

your relationship with clement is still relatively new, and you're both experimenting to find your dynamics and get to know each other. you know that you have a lot to learn about him – you just never thought that this was what was hiding behind his cheerful exterior.

clement's apartment is completely empty by now, with scattered plastic cups filling the floor and the pop music turned off. you make it out of his room once you know the coast is clear, tiptoeing into the living room to find him sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. his knuckles are still bleeding, just like a few bruises on his face.

"i wasn't thinking, i guess," he mumbles, eyes strictly focused down on his lap. he leans back slightly against the couch cushions. "i know you're too innocent for these kinds of things... i shouldn't have told you to come here in the first place."

you shake your head lightly, removing the ice pack and instead reaching for the box of wound cleansing wipes you'd gotten from his bathroom. "it's my own fault for asking if i could come."

clement smiles as he looks at you. he's come to learn how soft-spoken, shy, and timid you are; how you have a way of calming those around you. it's one of the many things making him fall for you. he's never been with anyone like you before, and it's different in such a refreshing way. "don't be sorry," he hums. "you had no idea what was going to happen."

"does this happen often?" you ask, beginning to rub a wipe against the bruises on his knuckles. "do you get into a lot of fights at parties?"

he pauses for a moment. "well... stuff like this does happen at times." he sighs. "i know it's bad, but... sometimes, you can't control it. i'm just sorry you got caught in the middle of it." your wipe is quickly filled up with dried blood and other dirt, and when you bend over to the couch table to put it away, clement's free hand reaches your hip. his gaze is on you when you lean back, his hand giving you a quick squeeze as a slight grin makes its way onto his lips. "do you find it attractive?" he raises his eyebrows teasingly. "having a guy who knows how to throw a punch?"

"honestly?" your eyes meet his for a quick moment before you stare at his wounded hand again. your voice is lower than before when you start speaking again. "you're... it's a bit... scary..."

clement is shocked. he hasn't realized the effect this has on you – surely, he understands that you could be afraid of a fight, but being scared of him? it breaks his heart. the novelty of your relationship makes him a bit unsure of how to act around you, but he's worked so hard to build up your trust and to make you feel comfortable around him. to have it all be broken down in just one night makes his heart drop.

"oh, love..." he says. "you have nothing to fear. you mean too much to me," his hand moves from your hip to your cheek. "and i would never ever lay a finger on you."

you can't find it in yourself to look at him or say anything, but you manage to nod your head and take a breath before you start cleaning his hand again. he leans forward to press a sweet kiss to your cheek, your skin heating up where his lips had touched you. he smiles at you – until he looks down at your hands again.

"hey, you're shaking." a frown reaches his face, eyes flickering up and down between your hands and your face.

"oh, i am?" you ask, trying to focus on continuing to wipe his knuckles so you don't have to think too much about your feelings and the reality of the situation. "i didn't realize..."

"darling, you need to relax. it's been a long night." his hands wrap around yours, thumbs grazing over the skin of the back of your hands. "you don't need to clean my hands, i'll be fine."

"but-"

"no buts. i'm sorry for..." he stops for a moment, eyes studying you closely. "hey hey hey, you need to breathe properly. take a deep breath."

you hear his words, but you can't do what he tells you to do. your throat feels like it's closing up and your breaths get shorter as your head grows dizzy. it's all a downward spiral; your anxiety increases when you can't breathe, and breathing gets even more challenging as you get more stressed.

clement almost panics himself when he sees your state, but he must stay calm for you at this moment. he places a hand right below your collarbone while you shut your eyes. "big breaths, lift my hand," he says, voice low and tone soothing. his other hand reaches for the back of your neck, tilting your head back slightly to free your airways.

you concentrate on his touch, your short breaths through your nose only making your chest rise slightly. his thumb strokes the side of your neck as he breathes with you, demonstrating and guiding you in the hope you'll copy him.

"good girl," he whispers. his hand lifts and lowers with your breaths, quickly at first but the speed decreases as you calm down bit for bit. "you're doing so good. just a little more now..."

your thoughts are still clouded with anxiety but as more oxygen enters your system, your body relaxes a little. you focus on your breathing as clement's hand leaves your chest and moves down to your side again, moving up and down your ribs. the tears have been rolling down your cheeks for a while, though you haven't noticed until now, and the coldness of the tears brings you back to reality somehow, and you realize;

you're crying in front of clement for the first time ever.

you feel so exposed, naked, vulnerable. sobs begin to escape past your lips once you lean forward to hide your face in the crook of his neck, and he wraps his arms around you. "hey, it's okay," he starts. "everything is going to be okay. i'm here."

he presses a soft peck to your temple as a hand strokes the back of your head. your hair is still bundled up in your fancy hairdo but the halo headband you'd worn for the party is removed, the rest of your cute little white outfit covered up by the oversized hoodie you'd picked up from clement's bedroom floor. his devil's horns, ironic, are a bit crooked but still clipped to his locks.

"sweets, what happened here?" he asks, shuffling around to pull you onto his lap so that it's easier for you to hug him.

your head is still buried in his skin, his mild scent soothing as you sniffle. "i- i-" you groan at the way you aren't able to get any proper words out, the frustration blending with the panic and mixing into one big soup of despair. "i don't know-"

he rubs up and down your back, sighing. "okay, we don't need to talk about this right now. but," clement leans back slightly, taking your face into his hands and tilting your head up towards his. "if my fighting affects you like this, i'll stop it." his eyes are staring straight into your soul, and it feels like he's trying to prove that he really means his words. "you're the most important thing for me right now, i'm not going to lose you over something like this."

clement is shocked by not only his own words, but also his feelings. the two of you haven't been a couple for a long time, and yet, his heart aches at the mere thought of you ever feeling this bad again. he knows he can't let this happen again.

"i promise you that. okay?"

you nod, unable to get any words out, but it's more than enough for clement. he gives your forehead a kiss, and one on your nose, and one on both of your cheeks. then, he makes sure to press a quick one to your mouth so it doesn't feel jealous.

"how about this," he starts and you raise your eyebrows. "i go make us some tea, we drink it, and then we go get some sleep. how does that sound?"

"perfect."

he picks you up and puts you down on the sofa, tucking you in with a blanket before giving you one last peck and disappearing into the kitchen. you can hear his soft humming of a song you'd danced to earlier today, and you relax into the soft cushions.

clement's awareness of his actions, along with his promise to get better, makes a sense of calm wash over you; you allow yourself to believe that maybe, just maybe, everything will turn out alright after all.

[d-a-r-l-i-i-n-g]

this is a weird request lol, but could you do a marlon, violet and mitch x fem reader with narcolepsy? like they sleep ALOT...

tysm lovely, u dont gotta! have a good dayy

Ofcc sorry if I got to this late I always answer requests from others, so I hope you didn't think I wasn't going to do your request <3

♡˗ˏ✎*ೃ˚ :clementine: ♡˗

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Clem knows that you sleep a lot and honestly she doesn't really know what to say, I mean she thinks you are so cute when she walks in on you sleeping, and she can't help but laugh, but when she has to wake you up she always does it gently, sometimes she tells the others to quiet down when you are sleeping, she does get kind of confused as to how you could sleep in a literal apocalypse, but oh well, when it's the two of you, she loves coming up and cuddling with you when your sleeping, and when you're awake you two basically just talk and hold hands and dance around the room, once you had a dream that you and clem we're outside in the rain playing around in the court area (honestly forgot what you call it but yk the area with a statue and bunch of benches where they all eat) and from then on you thought it was the best idea, once when it did rain you clem and AJ played in the rain together stomping on puddles and such, but when you sleep it also means clem gets a chance to sleep as well, I don't think she could care less how long you sleep, just as long as your awake to help the others, to get food, and kill of walkers.

˚ ༘♡ ·˚꒰Violet꒱ ₊˚ˑ

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Alright, first of all, how can anyone sleep during these times she knows she can't, it takes her ages for her to fall asleep, let alone sleep all the time, she kind of jealous that you sleep all the time like a baby, with no troubles, she would always tell you to get up, and for you to stop sleeping, and it annoyed you obviously, anyway when you two got together she realised that she slept much better with you like she would cuddle up to you and you two would sleep for ages, this time Louis would be the one waking you two up, any way you two would go out and star gaze and come back, and cuddle and fall asleep, she would let you sleep on her, or lay your head down on her lap, if anyone had a problem with it you know she is gonna be the first to snap back, sometimes she would run her fingers through your hair gently whilst you slept, and she honestly found you adorable, when you did sleep, you looked at peace.

↳-Louis-༉‧₊˚✧

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You know he is teasing you for sleeping a lot, like you look so adorable sleeping, just like Vi and clem he doesn't understand how you could sleep in a world like this so peacefully but at the same time he does understand, I guess sleeping makes you forget about the shit that's going on in the real world, but you did it so often, so he had to come and wake you up, he didn't want to you looked so peaceful lying there, but he had to, once you two started to date he would cuddle up beside you slept, it was a peaceful moment, a moment where he forgot what was going on outside, you would read him stories before going to sleep and he found it adorable that you would nearly sleep anywhere if he had a camera he would take so many pictures of you when you slept in the music room he was kinda bummed just means he couldn't play his piano or he would wake you up when you were awake though you two were menaces always so hyper and did everything together, and if your that type of tired person or just calm, he'd be the one that's energetic, and cracking jokes, what can I say he loves you so much. (they all do)

[the-faceless-bride]

OMGGG WAIT TWDG REQUESTS R OPEN IM, I don't write 4 them but I sure would if i found people who like this masterpiece, I'm sending in a request feel free to not do it if u dont have the in sports, just let me know 👀

okay so may i request maybe fluff headcanons w Luke (my man😫)

btw im so sorry again for almost blocking u but we have lots of fandoms in common and i think we could get along pretty well- i swear im not mean💀

It's really no problem, I'll be careful not to spam like before. I'm sure we'll get along great too! 🦇💖

Luke TWDG Fluff Hc

You met in Winter, you were scavenging around before it got dark making sure no one was around and if there were any hidden supplies around.

That's when you spotted a man crawling his way out of the frozen lake, seemed like he fell in and was desperately trying to get out. You pondered for a moment, you didn't know this man... He could be dangerous. He could have been part of a dangerous group, but then again you didn't know if you could spare anytime it was getting dark quickly.

But when he spotted you and you stared at each other, you looked at his brown eyes, his wet hair, and finally his blue-tinted lips.

He was gonna freeze to death if you didn't help... And you would feel guilty if he did and you didn't try to help even a little.

Now here you and Luke were, you both wandered around and found a small home that even had some small bags of food that were still good.

He definitely told you about his old group, about how they were trying to make it to a house but he ended up falling through and thought he was done for.

He honestly thought he was too

He likes to talk about the two young girls he considered to be his 'little sisters' Sarah and Clementine were their names, and he laughs about how sweet yet scary Clem could be sometimes when he was in that group.

Sometimes he has nightmares about what happened in his group with Carver/Bill, about Kenny and his Eye, Sarah and her dad, Beca turning... He fears what happened to Alvin, and how worried he is about the group with the new baby.

He likes to be cuddled on those nights, he curls in on himself and lets you wrap your arms around him.

Luke can be very playful, he likes to play races with you when you both do anything that involves traveling, mostly when you are scavenging.

Luke doesn't like the idea of moving camp, even though the little house you found has some unrepairable damage and food is getting low he hates the idea of traveling after what happened to his group when they had to leave their home

Luke loves when you kiss his forehead as comfort and he always kisses your nose in response back to it.

Ok, I would write more but the HCs are all random I will do a better Hc for him that has a bit more structure, I hope this is fun to read anyway. 😭

[yamatologistt]

im like, what, 10 years late to the whole walking dead game thing but i was way too young back then to understand the game. i hope people still enjoy it, its a really good game (and sad) but im only up to season 3 right now (i only really liked s1 and s2) but im not finished so i cant really make decisions rn

i just want to talk about ben rn and evaluate him cause im rewatching it and now that hes my favourite i notice more things about him now. (i literally look at him everytime hes in frame even if its just showing the back of his head oml)

but anyway i see a lot of ben hate and sure i get it but i dont at the same time ben is so silly how can u hate him

- to start, when we first met ben in the woods, he’d already been through some stuff, like he saw his classmate off herself and turn into a walker, his camp got raided and he was left with 1 friend and his teacher (who both still die btw) so most of what he had left before the apocalypse was gone

- when lee is rationing out the food, if he gives ben food first, kenny comes and tells lee that there’s kids that need food too, and ben literally is like ‘sorry i didnt want any trouble’ like cmon, and he’s literally a kid too he deserves the food as much as anyone else

- on the train he is interested in the controls and being up there, so we can see that he generally enjoyed it. but once lee gets the engine going, kenny comes and ben immediately has to go babysit katjaa clem and duck (he is also visibly upset) AND THEN later on lee asks how ben was doing and he says ‘im watching the girls and not working on a mega cool train’ (let him on the train immediately 😠😠)

- ok, so maybe he did sneak supplies to the bandits and i think this is just me being biased but i feel like him giving the supplies held off the bandits a little. i mean think about it, they moved on from the st john’s farm and started taking from the motel, right? im not sure how the bandits asked ben (if they made it clear then i forgot) but if he refused wouldnt the bandits come attack even earlier? i mean they needed the supplies right, and if ben didnt give them anything to begin with they would have raided the motel anyway. i mean they knew where they were even before the st john incident. idk its just a thought

- i think it was cool how ben managed to confess to lee that he was the one who slipped the bandits supplies. like you can tell ben is a good guy cause the guilt was almost literally eating him from the inside. and even though ben isnt one of the bravest people, he still confessed knowing that lee’s reaction wouldnt be pretty. (also his stance when leaning on the train railing was so silly to me)

- after they meet christa and omid, ben tells lee that his biggest fear was to be eaten by the walkers. i mean he literally said that if he got bitten he would off himself 😢😢

- also ben was always referred to as a child but he was never treated like one, everyone excpected him to be brave and strong but in reality he was just some scrawny highschool student who was scared and couldnt live up to his impossible standards. man, i really just wanna give ben a big hug

- if you tell ben to “kill anything that gets in” he responds with “you know you’re talking to me, right?” poor ben

- even though his biggest fear is getting eaten by walkers, you still have the option to leave him behind, and let him go at the bell tower. i mean how could u do this to him hes already gone through enough

- lastly, the part where ben tells off kenny is literally iconic, that scene singlehandedly made ben one of my favourite characters of all time, i was like everyone else, i didnt care about ben because i thought he was a bad guy since i never really payed attention to him. but i swear when he was telling kenny off it felt like i was being told off too. i mean his point was valid too, kenny had his family to say goodbye to, and ben (and literally everyone else) never got to see their family, (or they saw them as walkers, lee and clem,, :( )

- i know the last point was meant to be the last one but cmon its ben i could type this for ages longer but yeah. he had the literal best character development in the game. at first he was some stupid kid who was always messing up and before he died he was an amazing character who deserved literally everything. omg i cried so hard when he died cause when he fell i was like, oh i think its ok the fall wasnt too far and he said he only hurt his leg, but bro once we saw what really happened my heart sank bro it was so sad i really hoped nothing bad happened to him ☹️☹️ but i think kenny did the right thing cause like we said, his worst fear was the walkers getting to him. gosh i feel like i watched his death for the first time ages ago and i still cant stop thinking about him man

anyways, i would literally do anything to give ben a massive hug, he did his best and he was literally so funny too :((

(thanks if u read this far btw, i just wanted to rant about this man i love him so much and i will defend him with my life) 😠‼️

[connorswhisk]

Loose Leaf

fic fill for @thecrusadercomrade !! thanks so much for requesting and i'm sorry it took so long fdjl;sajkl; hope u enjoy <3

also on my ao3

She probably draws him about a million times, over and over again in her tiny sketchbook with the cheap colored pencils and the slowly dulling pocket sharpener. Fighting walkers, splattering scarlet blood all across the white page. Riding a horse, with Clem on the back of the saddle right behind him, arms circled about his waist. A lot of those pages end up stuffed between the cracks of the dumpster lid (Clem’s not tall or strong enough to lift it fully on her own) because in her opinion, they’re just not so good. She doesn’t like them, and so she figures neither would Lee.

She draws him a million times. Over and over again. But he isn’t the only one to make an appearance in her little book.

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The family is easy, probably the easiest thing there is to draw in the whole motor inn. Clementine’s had lots of practice drawing families, for school art projects and things like that, but it’s easier to draw people she knows are alive instead of the parents she doesn’t.

Kenny with his mustache and his hat, Katjaa with blonde hair that’s a little too bright because the only shade of yellow Clem has is lemon. And in between them, shorter than either but smiling bigger than both, is Duck. Clem has lots of fun dotting in the freckles all over his round, happy face; she thinks the stick-figure version of him looks very accurate.

(She considers adding a bunch of creepy-crawly spiders in the blank space beneath Duck’s feet, but ends up deciding that might be a little too mean.)

She gifts it to them, eager and proud at breakfast one morning. Kenny and Katjaa aren’t actually eating, Clem notices. Kenny eyes the granola bar his son is pigging out on with a pained expression on his face; Clementine quietly tucks her snack pack into her pocket, and though her stomach whimpers in protest, she resolves to eat it after. She can wait, just a little while longer.

Kenny looks at her like he has no idea what she’s talking about when she holds the page out in her tiny hand. “It’s like a family photo of you guys,” says Clem, slightly anxious. “Well, kind of…”

Kenny still says nothing. Clem tries not to take it personally - Lee doesn’t have to tell her so in hushed whispers just between the two of them, she knows Kenny’s been itching to leave the motel and the food situation definitely isn’t helping matters. Katjaa smiles, tired but kind, and carefully takes the drawing from her before the silence stretches out too long.

“Why, it’s lovely,” she says softly, angling it just so that Duck can see. “Look, Ducky, Clementine drew all three of us.”

Duck frowns. “Why did you make me have chicken pox? ”

“That’s not chicken pox,” Clem giggles. “Those are your freckles. ”

“Oh!” His teeth are crowded with leftover granola bits as he beams, big and wide and white. “Awesome!”

“Yes, it’s very nice.” Katjaa smiles again at her. “We’ll be sure to tack it up in the RV, right on the wall where everyone can see it. Right, Ken?”

Kenny sighs, distracted. “Yeah, yeah, that’s - that’s fine, honey.” He glances down at the paper for just a second, and his mouth twitches a little. “My mustache ain’t that big.”

“I wanna draw!” Duck exclaims, leaping to his feet. “Clem, can I borrow some paper and your pencils?”

“Ok,” Clem replies. “But you have to promise not to be too rough with them, or else they’ll break.”

“I promise!”

“You two stay in sight!” Katjaa calls after them as Duck dashes away, Clem fast in tow. It doesn’t look like it’ll rain, so maybe she’ll get out the chalk, too. Duck always likes playing with the chalk, or at least for as long as he likes playing with anything before he gets distracted again.

Once Kenny’s and Katjaa’s backs are turned once more, Clementine pulls the snack pack out of her pocket. She’s so hungry that the stale breadsticks and fake cheese are gone in mere seconds, and even then her tummy still growls, pathetic. Duck looks like he wants to ask her for a bite. She doesn’t offer any, and s he feels terrible about that but she’s pretty sure not eating would only make her feel worse.

(Years later and she still has it, even after all of them are gone.)

– – – 

Doug’s always been nice to Clementine, and she’s glad Lee saved him. Carley was kind too, and pretty, but…Lee made a choice, which is something you have to do sometimes, she knows that now. Even if the choice isn’t exactly a fair one.

(She wonders what she would have done in the same situation, forced to pick between two strangers. She never can seem to come to any sort of conclusion.)

But Doug doesn’t treat Clem like she’s a silly little girl, not in the way some of the others do. He talks to her like she’s just another adult, and Clem likes that because if she can pretend that she is just another adult, maybe things won’t seem as scary as they really are, not anymore. Doug shows Clementine how the bell system he rigged works to warn them of movement nearby, and the faded old Uno pack he sometimes breaks out has seen Clem her fair share of sneaky, smirking wins against a befuddled Lee and a frustrated Kenny.

So Doug is another person that is very easy for her to draw. That yellow shade is still a little too lemon-y, but Clem adds some brown, blends it in a bit against the page the best she can, and maybe this time it looks a little closer to his actual hair color. She makes the big green sweater extra fuzzy (fuzzier than it is in real life) and adds a teeny laser pointer in Doug’s hand, shining its red beam directly into the eyes of an oncoming walker and blinding it.

Doug smiles when she gives it to him. “Wow,” he says. “I look badass.”

“Swear,” admonishes Clem.

Doug raises his eyebrows. “Does ass really count as a curse word?” The grin doesn’t leave his face. “This is super awesome, Clementine. Thank you.”

She nods. “I just thought…I just thought you might wanna keep it.”

Carefully, Doug folds the drawing in half, then into quarters, and finally into neat, creased eighths. “Knew I still carried this around for a reason,” he says, drawing his wallet from the back pocket of his jeans and sliding the page inside it. “See, there you are. Now I’ll have it wherever I go.”

Clementine beams. “I like that,” she tells him, rocking back and forth happily on her heels.

(It’s still in his wallet, as far as she knows, the night that he dies. They leave his body on the side of the road, and they leave the drawing with him.)

– – – 

Larry doesn’t like Lee, and he doesn’t like Kenny, or Duck, or…much of anyone, really. But he usually isn’t as cranky to Clem as he is with the others, and though she doesn’t know why, it’s enough to inspire her to give him a drawing. 

He folds it, just like Doug did, tucking it into the breast pocket of his sweat-stained bowler shirt. “Reminds me of the ones my daughter used to make in school.” His voice isn’t hard, but it is still very gruff.

Above them, Lilly scoffs, adjusting her position on top of the camper van. “You never held on to those,” she accuses. “Why start now?”

“Times change,” says Larry offhandedly. “People change, ain’t you know that, girl?”

“Well,” Clem says, slow and unsure. “Well, I hope that you like it…”

“He loves it.” Lilly’s teeth are gritted hard enough to crack. “Don’t you worry about that, Clementine.”

Clem scurries away before their voices get too loud for her again. She doesn’t draw Larry anymore after that - it doesn’t feel right to.

(She sneaks it out of his pocket when Lee isn’t looking, after…after Kenny drops the salt lick. The paper is weathered and torn between her fingers and she pushes it to Lilly with shaking hands before she can think any more about it.

Lilly glares at her hard like she’s just sprouted some freakish second head, and Clementine lets go of the paper quick as a flash, sobs and runs back over to Lee.)

– – – 

It feels more than a little obvious to draw Ben. He’s all alone, and scared, and no one at the inn fully trusts him yet. Lee warns Clem to stay frosty around him, just in case. But all Clementine sees is a boy, and even though he’s a lot bigger than Duck or her, he’s still very, very afraid.

She doesn’t really know how she should do it. Drawing him with his friends who died seems cruel, and she doesn’t know enough about Ben to know what he likes to do, or what he used to like to do.

So she draws him in a big field, sitting under an apple tree, a shiny red delicious in his hand. Clem’s parents once would take her to a field just like that, on the way to Grandpa’s house through all the Georgia farmland. Everybody’s different, but she figures that Ben might find that sort of memory pretty and peaceful, too.

“You’re…Clementine, right?” he asks her unsurely as she approaches him at his spot up against the motel’s grubby brick walls. The grave Lee and Kenny dug for his coach is still fresh and loamy with loose, dark earth.

She nods. “I made this for you,” she says, thrusting the paper forward and into Ben’s hands. “It’s ok if you don’t like it, I won’t get mad.”

He sort of blinks at the drawing, like he isn’t super sure what it is he’s looking at. “Is this…me?”

Clem frowns. She thought that that was obvious. “Uh-huh.”

“Oh.” Ben looks up at her, then back down at the page, then at her again. “Um…thanks. It’s really - good. It’s really good.”

“I said I wouldn’t get mad.” She sticks her hand back out, expectantly. “Give it back if you don’t want it.”

“I - I want it!” Ben’s voice cracks. “I do want it, it’s really good. Thank you, Clementine.”

She nods again. “If you ever wanna draw with me and Duck, I still have a lot of paper left.”

“I don’t know…” Ben chews his lip, like he thinks he’d look stupid for hanging around the little kids. “I’ve never been that great at art.”

“Duck’s awful,” reports Clementine happily. “No one will care!”

Ben’s lips wiggle a little like he wants to smile. “Really?”

“Really,” she says.

And no one does.

(Clem doesn’t know what happened to Ben’s drawing in the end. Maybe she doesn’t want to.)

– – – 

“I like to draw everyone.” She adds a finishing touch to her figure’s glasses, before presenting the end product with a slight flourish. “See, that’s you!”

“Hey, it is.” Mark grins. He hasn’t been here long, but he’s funny, and any new face is an excuse to use something new to sketch. “Were you in art class at school or something?”

“Yeah,” Clem chirps, flipping to the next available page in her book for a blank slate. “It was a lot of fun. I liked to paint a lot, but I don’t have any paint right now. So I use my pencils and sometimes the sidewalk chalk.”

Mark’s dirty fingernails tap-tap-tap on top of the wooden picnic table. “I used to take art classes too,” he says, and his voice sounds kinda sad. “Before I joined the Air Force…”

“They didn’t let you draw in the planes?” asks Clem, choosing from her pencils a bright red, her most sickly green. “I rode a plane once. It was long. I drew everything I saw outside the window to pass the time.”

Mark shakes his head, laughing a little. “If I wasn’t flying the plane, I was busy doin’ somethin’ else with it. Didn’t really have a whole lotta time for hobbies.”

“That’s lame.” Clem looks up at him. “You should draw more now. Since you have the time.”

“I - I guess that’s true, isn’t it?” Mark shrugs, and glances back down at the tabletop. “Whoa. Whatcha makin’ now?”

Clementine doesn’t stop what she’s doing. She presses down harder with her muddy brown, dirt and death and decay.

“A walker,” she answers, and when she’s done with it Mark is gone and his picture is left behind, fluttering in the breeze.

Clem stuffs it back into the binding of her sketchbook. Even if he doesn’t want it, she’ll keep it around. She likes the way she shaded in the darkness of his leather jacket, the little shines on the lenses of his glasses.

(Mark pretty much avoids her completely after that. Clementine wonders if he’s drawing on his own, the things he always wanted to. She decides that maybe she doesn’t quite care, and she feels horrible after the farm.)

– – – 

Her mom and dad. Sandra. Carley, Glenn, Shawn and Hershel, her friends at school, her Grandpa, her little cousins, her teachers, Mrs. Earnshaw from across the road, Sailor Moon and She-Ra and Bugs Bunny and other cartoon heroes to help come and save the day.

These are the things she draws in between, and she has no one to share them with.

– – – 

She actually never gives Lilly one, though she draws her many, many times. She’s a little too scared, a little too chicken-shit (as Duck likes to say) to actually go through with it. Lilly hadn’t been happy when Clem had given a drawing to Larry and so it doesn’t seem likely she’d want one of her own. 

But she’s scary, and sharp, and Clementine draws her a lot. Filling in and out of the margins of her notebook, angry and shouting and mean. A few times, she leaves her book face-open on top of the picnic tables, in the hopes that Lilly might wander by, take a curious peek and see herself reflected back in all the pages.

She never does wander by, so eventually, Clem stops trying it, and that’s all there is to that.

(Years later, Clementine stares a woman she once thought she knew hard in the eyes and imagines taking a match to those drawings, each and every one at a slow and burning time.)

– – – 

He isn’t the only one to make an appearance in her little book. But in the end, the one she draws the most is still and always Lee.

[sweetheartreader27]

Been a while since I got back here, I'll just randomly leave a brainrot fanfiction about my finest man in TWDG-Luke. Hope you all like it.

My Casanova <3

Now time for the fanfic:

Title: "Rubies"

Pairing: Luke x Fem Reader

Words: 1,958

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Y/n, was a very timid and quiet, with a short raven hair, blindfolded woman was recently joined the cabin group. Somehow, she got along with the others on the group. However, the groups couldn't ignore that y/n was wearing a blindfold when she clearly said she is capable at seeing.

"Why do you wear the blindfold?" Luke asked with curiosity which y/n replied: "I-I just wanted to enhance my other senses, y'know, my smell, hearing, touch, and motion vibrations from my surroundings. I could even Identify where you are right now"

"I uh well, that's impressive, I just couldn't believe you could do it." Luke replied. Now he start to approach y/n with full of wonder thought on his mind. "I wonder what the color of your eyes is..." he said while leaning in a little at y/n. Y/n boop her nose to Luke's and said: "don't bother pretty man, I'm telling you they are ugly. I even hate it" in a tone of calm with a hint of sorrow but Luke doesn't notice her tone since he is too focused on how their lips are almost to close.

"U-Uh oh okay, okay" Luke said while blushing hard with his hands up. Y/n sense the flustered feeling of the man she secretly like but scared to fully love him due to her defectiveness, she stepped back and felt her cheeks burned. "Y-yeah-" she was cut off with a huddle Clem slamming the door open.

"What happened?!" Y/n asked.

"We got attacked" Clem replied.

"What?!" Y/n and Luke both shocked from what they heard from the girl.

Now the room was filled by Carlos and Rebecca, they talked with Clem about the situation and what's need to be done and who will be stay put in the cabin to watch Sarah.

Y/n butted in; "I could stay here, I'm not scared to go with you all but I suggest bring Clementine with you, she knows the route where Pete is and besides it will be more okay if Sarah will be here with an Adult"

"Are you sure, Y/n?" Carlos asked with concerned. "Yes, I'm definitely sure, don't worry I'll protect her, Carlos" y/n assured Carlos, now he agreed to her and got out of the cabin with the others.

"Stay safe, beauty" lightly playful said by Luke which y/n go on the flow; "you too, handsome " while matching it with a soft smile, soon after the back door closed.

Y/n proceed to go upstairs to checked on Sarah. "Hi sweetie" she try as blissful she can be to greet the girl. "Hi y/n" Sarah replied.

Y/n and Sarah started to make a conversation, soon start to take pictures until...

"Can I see what's behind your blindfold?" Sarah asked. "Uh Sarah-" y/n got cut off by Sarah's plead; "pleaseeeeeeee". With a sigh of defeat, y/n took off her blindfold and slowly opened her eyes and look at the little girl who has a awestruck shock, mouth opened. "It is weird, right?" Y/n nervously chuckled. "YOUR EYES ARE SOOOOOOOO SHINY AND BEAUTIFUL!!!" Sarah said in squeal, y/n shhh her and calm her downed. "Omg omg omg omg omg! You have the most beautiful eyes than me nor from the rest!" Sarah's compliment makes y/n softly smile, she never thought someone would like her horrid eyes. She was about to speak until she heard a squeak from the outside.

"Stay right here, Sarah" Sarah oblige and do what y/n said to her. Y/n goes down and was about to lock the door until it swings open, revealing a old man in a brown coat with fur and a sloppy moustache.

"Hello there beauty, what's your name?" The unknown man asked.

"What's YOUR name" y/n rebutted.

"Name's George" he reached his hand for a handshake but y/n refused. "Hmmm, you're timid with a eye catching ruby eyes" "what do you want?" Y/n asked while looking see through to the man's soul. The man and y/n make a small chit chat while the man just suddenly search the cabin without permission, after a couple of trouble minutes, the man finally left and say; "rubies, pretty pretty rubies" Now the man was completely gone. Y/n hurdle up to put her blindfold back.

After a couple of time, the group got back with Nick but without Pete.

"Where's Pete?" Sarah asked, "Pete- Pete's gone..." Luke replied with sadness.

After a short moment, Sarah bluntly tell that there was a man came inside and y/n talks to him.

"Did he say his name was?"Carlos asked.

"He did but I have a feeling he is lying about it"

After Carlos questioned y/n, Sarah suddenly butted in saying; "he saw a picture of me"

Carlos was shocked and start yelling at Sarah; "A picture?! Why are you taking pictures?!" Sarah was about to answer her father when suddenly y/n butted in; "it was my whole idea, I'm sorry-" "no it's my fault, it's my idea, I'm sorry..." Sarah said to her father who calmed and try to forget it. After a while of briefing, they all start packing their own respective stuffs, y/n and the group finally got out on the cabin to find another place to put as a safe zone.

While they are walking, Luke started to talk with y/n. "Are you sure about going with us? I- I can't promise it won't be rough but-" Luke was about to finish his sentence when y/n replied; "Ofc I'm with you guys, but I'm gonna stick with Clem until she find the person she is looking for, I am not gonna leave the kid alone" "that's a win win, we are lucky to have you and Clem on the group" Luke said while chuckling, she then felt Luke's presence more close to her, "y'know y/n there is something I want to tell you-" "walkers!" Carlos voice interrupt Luke's sentence, Luke sigh;"on it".

Luke and Carlos start to clear off the dead on their path, soon after they reunited with the others. "Looks like the walkers are popping out from the woods, so we better get going" Luke commanded the group until suddenly y/n goes upfront and slowly removed her blindfold, scanning the far view and both side view then said; "couple of walkers on our both sides, they are still far but they could keep up" then y/n gave a look at the group.

The group...

The group was so shocked, their mouths are open wide, couldn't believe what they were seeing right now, until Sarah spoke; "you finally show your rubies, sis!" Carlos looked at his daughter and asked; "wait, have you seen her eyes before?" Sarah giggled and nod, y/n butted in; "it's nothing special, Carlos. Besides I must be open to you all now and keep all my senses functioning especially since we are in an exploring mode right now"

The group start to get back at walking. After a while of it, it's now evening.

"Well this spot should be a good temporary sleeping zone" Luke said in a sigh of relief; "well, let's start having dinner and next is rest" Luke nodded at Carlos's statement.

"Luke can you take the watch for tonight?" Carlos asked, "oh uh-" "I can take it, Carlos" y/n joined the conversation so sudden, her looking at Carlos on his eyes with her crystalized ruby eyes. "N-No you don't have too, y/n" Luke suddenly held y/n's hand that causes her to blush and looked at directly at Luke's eyes, staring at his soul. Luke blushes more harder than to y/n, he couldn't handle the uniqueness and beauty y/n possess after all the time Luke saw her cover up, especially her eyes.

Carlos coughed to take the attention of the 2 young adults, then Luke let go of y/n's hand; "why don't you two take the watch first?" Carlos suggested. "That would be just fine by me" y/n agreed. "I-I agree too" Luke also agreed. "Okay, let's wrap the night up " Carlos said.

The group started to eat and soon after start to sleep for the next morning, leaving Luke and y/n fully awake to watch over. The night was quiet and calming, y/n loving the feeling of the night air but her mind is tingling from the fact that she is up with the man she likes that she couldn't build up a courage to confess on. On the other hand, Luke feels the same and now he will not let this opportunity to waste...

They sat at a log and then- "Um s-so, y/n where did you get your eye color?" Luke asked.

"It doesn't matter, but if you are really persistent about it. My eyes are from my father" y/n replied in a calm quiet voice. Y/n start to storytell Luke about her eyes her family history, and many more about y/n's life.

"Man, that's rough"

"hehe well yep"

They were both suddenly looked in each other's eyes, soon Luke spoke while holding her hand up and then- "there's something I really want to tell you, y/n"

Y/n nodded shyly.

Luke sighed and started to speak up; "since you got in the cabin with Clem, I couldn't believe how beautiful you really are, you are always so kind, generous, timid, badass, smart, strong, and hell you even volunteer to clean the whole cabin to make sure everyone will be safe from a slow made bacteria as a token of gratitude for us, especially Rebecca. Y/n, I like you, always been and will never change, will you be my girlfriend?"

After y/n hearing all this, she doesn't hesitate to crushed her lips to his, savoring each other delightful and passionate taste. After a long lovely kiss, they broke it to catch some air, panting and staring to each other's eyes, feeling the love bond they have made lingering on their body, resting their foreheads to each other. Y/n spoke;"I felt the same, Luke, I really do. You are a kind hearted man after I finally get to know you, you are always attentive, active, caring, loving, strong, and you are always ready to risk yourself to make sure all of them are safe" y/n caress Luke's cheek which her palm received a soft kisses and brushed, suddenly y/n remember why she can't love him; "but, I'm annihilated my feelings because, y'know, my eyes, I consider myself defective and not worthy for your love, I'm a horrid red eye gal and you are a Casanova-" before she could finish her sentence, she received a kiss to shut her up and a hug to lock her on his embrace. Luke pulls away and says;"Don't ever think of like that okay? The matter of fact, your eyes really do beautiful, matches up your energy and the vibe you give on the first glance. I would never ever stop loving you, I will cherish every single moment I have in this earth to shower you with compliments because you deserve it"

After y/n heard of it, she couldn't help but smile while tearing up. After all the time she has getting mistreated and considered her as a threat, this is the first time she felt ease and appreciated especially it came from her MAN starting from now on. Y/n hugs Luke tight and loving every seconds of it until sunrise.

Time skip......

It's already sunshine, everyone got a full sleep, well, except y/n and Luke who only got half but it's totally worth it and now all of them are back at traveling. Luke holds y/n's hands and give a soft kiss to the back of her palm, making y/n giggled softly. The group already got the hint, that, thankfully these two already hit off and got together.

[dreamtydraw]

hi dreamty :3 here's a clem doodle for u!!

i hope you feel better soon. taking care of yourself mentally or physically isn't always easy so i hope you can get some rest <3

stay hydrated, wear your favorite clothes, eat ur comfort food and talk to your friends. it will get better, it will happen

i like listening to games ost when i need a good cry, maybe it will help you too!

however your day went, you got through it and i'm proud of you <3

I ONLY SAW THAT NOW OH MY GOSH-

This is adorable and I thank you a million time for taking a moment to draw clem that lovely of you.

I’m feeling better today so that a good thing. I’m stressed because I have to handle a lot of thing at once and I’m very bad at handling gestion cksiiddi.

The shop reopen in almost a week so i’m sending the last remaining package while also preparing the new stickers and trying to not disappoint my teachers with my final homeworks ( and damn they are giving us a lot- )

So I am doing good if we don’t look on the overwhelming stress, hopefully it’s all cleared by this weekend 😭😭😭

Tons of love and I hope to anyone who’s feeling bad that you’ll feel better soon darlings. Mwah

[northern-passage]

Hi, I just wanted to wish you, author, a good day and hope you are well. I would also like to give an extra hug for Clem because I just really love them.

thank you!!! mayhaps i will post a little intimate clem snippet later today just for u...

[swallowtailed]

palisade 48! finalisade pt 3!

eclectic's scene: yall. YALL. THE GARDEN OF FIDELITY. this is exactly what i have been hoping for all season. fidelity and her garden, her locus of control, are an invasive species introduced by colonizers on the planet palisade (which is a body). introduced species can be both a symptom and a direct method of colonization. the garden of fidelity is deliberately spread, and grows opportunistically (ex. in the dark, on goop) out from colonial settlements--as much a part of the infrastructure of colonialism as city city etc. which resonates perfectly with the whole tm-era garden thing, because like... a garden is created intentionally, altering the land for a purpose. agriculture is contextual. and for it to be fidelity, one of the mirage divines, doing this!! so anyway. very excited about this addition.

uhhh what was this scene about again, aside from introduced and invasive species as a vector of colonization. oh yeah right. love that eclectic is like, i will get in touch with the actual divine i was created from and use the divinity left in me to break a prison open, and i will not acknowledge it at all. i hope he and august get to argue at some point. they're such interestingly opposed characters.

also, setting: really reminded me of the fifth season. (the bit in the geode at the end. u know.) and i gotta say, a blank corporate building sitting in a deep dark cave is actually the scariest thing they proposed

thisbe's scene: ok, doing this out of order for the plotline. very pleased that we immediately got to visit the afflicted lands. i do really love when the divine cycle is in the space of divines being literally the thing they are. which is not nearly always the case but i did feel like this scene was framed in that way. so, yknow, "what's a divine" is the eternal question, but also sometimes someone uses integrity to break the hold of guilt and opposition on leadership. as a writer with a serious interest in thematic structure i simply enjoy it. also it's paired with questlandia's emphasis on clear priorities and goals, so we have both thisbe's pragmatic approach almost independent of the divines involved and august righteousness witnessing something extremely on the nose for his current position

thisbe's relationship with cori being exhausted is so good. i mean, sad. but putting the mechanic of exhausted relationships into the blue channel's whole situation is, i think, very clarifying

the divine kingdom... miserable, obviously. very curious if that is something that's going to last into p3

clem's scene: the problem, as i see it, is that the most compelling question raised by having clem onscreen is the potential to ask, like, can mbreak finally separate themselves from the principality. and this was raised in the episode! but the problem is that they can't actually confront that, because having clem as a pc requires her to stay present and tied to the rest of the cast, and so no progress can be made because clem has to be There, Forever. which was already fully litigated in partizan! ok. i'm done.

things i enjoyed about that scene: august hating everyone in the room and also himself. jesset shooting clem in the face. (eta oh my god i forgot to mention jesset's gun hand. jesset what is going ON.) mustard red fucking Appearing.

[twdg-and-stuff]

Hey! Can I request Vi, Clem, Marlon and Mitch x reader, if u take requests for them, with a s/o who is 6'7 foot, intimidating as shit, has tattoos and scars all over and their reactions and/or if they actually like it?

Hi! I hope you like this!:)

She was terrified of you

But she wouldn’t tell you that

She tried to act all tough around you

But it was kinda hard since you were so tall

One night you stayed outside after everybody had gone inside

She went outside to go stargaze and saw you

You guys started talking

And became really close

Eventually you started dating

Violet loves how tall you are

And she gets scary dog privileges so that’s a plus

You didn’t really scare or intimidate her at first

She had met intimidating tall people before

And knew they weren’t gonna hurt her

You guys became close quickly

And one day you two started dating

She loves how intimidating you are

She thinks it’s funny how everyone else gets so scared

She would love your tattoos and would think your scars looked badass

Marlon is so jealous

He definitely asks you to give him tattoos

He isn’t intimidated he’s just super jealous lmao

You guys became super close

And you started dating

He loves how tall you are

And he especially loves all your tattoos

He asks what each tattoo means

And if you ever gave him a tattoo he is so excited

And won’t stop showing it off

He is so scared of you at first

Like Vi he tried to act tough around you

He’ll show you his carvings

And he’s definitely a little jealous of how tall you are

You guys weren’t that close

Until you asked for him to show you how to carve a knife

And after that he would follow you around like a lost puppy

He loves that he has scary dog privileges now

And he might ask you how you got so many scars

Overall Mitch loves how intimidating you are

[spacedlexi]

Would love to hear u talk more about Clem and Minnie mirroring one another if u haven’t already 🦅

i have Not >:) cracks knuckles

talking about minnie can be hard since she Really only exists in eps 3 and 4. eps 1 and 2 keep the twins pretty mysterious we only learn a few things about them. i think the most important thing we know about them tho is that they (or at least minnie) provided a sense of relief for the ericson kids. tenn saying how minnie would sing them "dont be afraid" when they were feeling scared. i think its safe to assume she wrote the song Specifically to have a way to make the other kids feel better when things were rough

when the twins die the kids lose this emotional support and we can tell its been hard on all of them (some more than others). but then in comes clementine. our girl whos been carrying the "light in the darkness" motif since season 1. and although she got that shit a little dirty in seasons 2 and 3 (ava going off in s3 about how clem and aj are light and hope and shit so we're still supposed to see it (and recognize that clem has become so Dark in s3 without aj)), she got her light back when she got aj back and she'll die protecting him

clem (and aj) fall very quickly into the hole the twins left. now its clem who makes them feel safe. first with finding them food then protecting them against the raiders ("youre our savior clem" "we were more scared than we let on when you met us. you made that go away"). its not an accident theyre put up in the twins room. and with the way violet grabs the frame and looks at it sadly we can even assume clem sleeps in minnies old bed (also the old torn down paintings seem to only be on ajs side of the room and hes got his whole "i wanna be an artist too" thing going on). clem has unintentionally taken on minnies old role of making the kids feel safe and reassured

then we finally meet minnie. and based on how the others described her there is definitely a piece of herself that shes lost (that shes killed). her light is gone now. and although her motivations have been warped, they remain the same. i do genuinely believe she is still trying to protect the ericson kids and do whats best for them, but just in the only way she thinks she can to stop more people from dying. she might even think the pros of living with the delta are worth the cons. clementine is the one teaching them to fight back but minnie knows from experience that fighting back just gets you killed, so she feels like if she can just stop clementine then everything will be fine ("youre the FUCKING problem here" "i wont let you get them all killed" and she does seem genuinely concerned if clem and vi are fighting in the cell. and obviously we know she doesnt want anything to happen to tenn). both minnie and clem want to protect the ericson kids they just have conflicting opinions about which is the right way to do it. but minnie Does show her ass when she ends her "if you just do what they say you can live" speech with "you can be rewarded just like i am" 👀 oh girl... she didnt just give up she gave in. killing sophie was her breaking point and i really wish we knew more about how that scene went down outside of lillys dramatic retelling i would like to see it objectively please. but based on the way lilly tells it, minnie (im sure begrudgingly) accepted her place at the delta before it even came to that, and was probably just pulled along by sophie when she tried to escape. which is probably why (im assuming) lilly gave her the choice to kill sophie to stay with the delta (her New family), and she did... she kills a piece of herself when she does this (only compounded by the twin imagery), and i think her seeing clem fight back reminds her of sophie and brings all those feelings to the surface. and if she can just kill clem everything will be ok, cuz it worked last time....

minnie singing "dont be afraid" when attacking them on the bridge. a song that once brought them peace now being used to herald death. but since she approaches already singing it she was probably singing it to soothe herself as she succumbs to her bite, walking away from the wreckage she blames on clem, her delta family dead (she Did care about them in a fucked up way), using a herd of walkers against them the same way clem used a herd of walkers to attack the boat. all minnie cares about at this point is finding tenn, and she does, and shes gonna take him with her. just like clem looking for aj, finding him, and taking him. but where clem would die to protect aj, minnie wants to kill tenn to take him "home" with her. add to this ajs feelings about ending up alone without clem and wanting to be walkers together if it came to it. this is why tenn dying on the bridge feels narratively fulfilling to me even tho i hate it 😭 tenn wants to be with minnie (and sophie and their parents) and death doesnt scare him. it kinda comforts him. him and minnie dying together here is like the dark fate clem and aj barely avoid

and then vi fitting into this as she became tenns caretaker after the twins left. she also wants whats best for him so her and minerva fighting at the end for tenn is interesting. especially since violet (and louis but he wasnt tenns caretaker the way vi was) can die throwing him over the gap. i like the layers violet adds to being in the bridge scene, and it makes it even more sad when she cant protect him because thats all shes been trying to do since before clem and aj even showed up. plus aj shooting tenn puts violet in a similar position to louis in regards to marlons death

i really love the ways violets route adds to all the minnie and tenn stuff. and the way we can see clems influence change her. how a saved violet is ready to fight with clem but a kidnapped violet believes in minnies goals and thinks giving up is the safest plan for everyone. because regardless if you save her or not violet ALSO wants to keep the ericson kids safe and just doesnt know the best way to do it. clem encourages violet to step up and minnie encourages violet to give up (warping her character growth which is why i cant Not save her 😭 and the betrayal of it all). using violet as a common denominator is another way to differentiate between clem and minnie. then throw the romance on top of that.... you can see why i get a little...Sillay.. this is ALSO why i dont like vinerva in any romantic capacity post the events of ep3 and why i love seeing vi with clem. its what they each encourage in her. minnies weakness, clems strength.... why seeing vi and minnie fight clem makes me want to cry but seeing clem and vi fight minnie makes me jump off the walls LETS GOOO

and i havent even talked about lilly yet.... how if lee took lilly up on her offer in S1 about stealing the RV together clem couldve ended up in her custody.... i definitely believe clem looks at minnie and sees some broken scared part of herself in there. she is Fiercely Loyal and would do anything for her family so if she was raised (or broken) in that environment (and it seems very "ends justify the means" with the delta as it sounds like its actually pretty good over there if you can look past the intimidation and torture and kidnapping) i could definitely see her being the one standing behind lilly in some other universe. its what lilly still tries to do with her but its too late (and so lilly tries it with aj instead which is still a way to get to clem). but clems grown now and shes been making her own choices for a long time. shes already been through this with the new frontier (and hell even with carver at howes). she'd die before she gave in. and minnie made the choice to kill her sister to save herself

even with the little info we actually have on minnie she still works pretty well as a foil to clem. this is why i find it easier to talk about minnie when comparing her to clem like i feel like its her main purpose. i feel like theres still more i could say its just eluding me. its not a coincidence that minnie almost takes clem down with her in the end. why shes the reason clems able to get bit. minnie blames clem for her own demise and she's gonna get in one last fuck you. and minnies fate is one clem is desperately trying to avoid. kinda 👀 to be taken down by your narrative foil

[maidstew]

hey lily!!!!! thank u sm for sending me asks whilst i was away, it was a lovely thing to come back to 🫶

so here i'll drop some miscellaneous modern hcs for the fun of it (summer edition!!!!!!)

- every summer coral and mizzen go back to visit ireland for two and a bit weeks. they're from a small seaside town where everyone knows everyone and its so great to be able to see their family again.

- mizzen spends his entire time at the beach and there is a point where there is sand EVERYWHERE in their parents house and there's no way of cleaning it because there's just so much of it.

- coral buys a million pretty souvenirs for lucy gray because she can't pick which one that she'd like the most.

- coral and mizzen go surfboarding at one point and they fall over so many times. there's a video mizzen has on his phone of coral going total wipeout.

- the weather is pretty good but on the ONE DAY that they decide to go swimming/surfing it absolutely pours down to the point they can't tell what's rainwater and what's seawater.

- by the time they come back all of coral and mizzen's clothes are either soaked beyond belief or unchangeably sandy.

- when they come back they do a caravan holiday with tanner and treech (and later lamina and brandy).

- mizzen is great with the 2p machines and has a tactic he uses (brandy helps him later) that allows him to get a ridiculous amount of tickets (like 10,000 or something.)

- treech is terrible at claw machines but tries to win something for lamina every time and continues to do so even after he fails 10 times in a row and wastes all his money.

- lamina however is VERY good at the claw machines and wins treech like a million different plush sonics 💀.

- tanner and coral spend half their time at the bar because they think they're somehow above the festivities of caravan holidays. but then mini golf or hide and seek gets mentioned and they lock in.

- they watch some horrific reality tv show every night (probably love island) and scream at the tv when the contestants r being stupid.

- genie and dennis go on a road trip throughout the summer, both declining to go on extravagant luxury holidays with their families (genie because her father would be paying for it and dennis because his brother would be going.)

- they stop off at all sorts of places, they see art exhibitions and try a bunch of different food that they want. at one point diana and apollo join them but only for a few days.

- they go to parties at night and end up realising that half of the mentors are somehow also there??

- livia cardew is somehow not on a luxury holiday somewhere with her mother which makes them laugh (she leaves the next day for her first class flight and arachne comes with her.)

- persephone has a seaside holiday with clemmie!!!!

- they do a no devices holiday where they stay at the beach half the time and read books together.

- this could be interpreted as clem x pippa or just friendship but either way its adorable.

- panlo and sheaf spend the summer on panlo's parents farm. it's really relaxing to both of them since they rarely get any time off of their intense jobs.

- lucy gray spends her holiday in scotland with the covey, travelling and playing music. she buys lots for coral and jessup while she's there and somehow ups coral in how many gifts they got eachother.

that's all i have 4 now but i hope u enjoy this and also hope u loved ur holiday!!!!!!

ahhhh oh my gosh bel thank you so much for all of these thoughts <3

mizzen & coral being irish!! mizzen is impossible to pull away from the beach and when you do not only does he bring back all the sand but also any little ‘treasure’ he can find. his mother also makes him turn out his pockets because he’s known to try to sneak in little creatures.

lamina winning all the plushies <3

tanner and coral at the bar…they are sipping their fruity drinks and talking shit….

genie & dennis weirdo road trip!!!!

pippa and clemmie seaside no electronics holiday…it’s giving sapphic….

i love all of this !!

[anatheyma]

Wazzup Eddie, it's ur partners friend Clementine >:)

Just gotta ask, are you as excited for Creep 3 as he and I are? I'm literally gyrating and throwing up and throwing it back in a circle. I be bouncing, bouncing, bouncing, bouncing, bouncing up and down in excitement. I am hoping we get more awkward silence moments like from the first movie.

Also how tf do u have so many ppl simping over youuu!? I want people to simp and stalk me :( teach me ur ways

*Sits in my timeout corner because I have exceeded my internet usage. I live in the backrooms where they contain me*

HI CLEM, adrian's mentioned you before! i AM excited for creep 3 yes!!! love the first two films!

also, i honestly have no fucking clue 💀 i guess i manifested stalkers enough and then i got them and now i'm obsessed with them myself. uhm.

i will free you from the backrooms clementine!