#hyperfocusing just a lil bit

[nirrvana]

demon haunted by the voices™️ my beloved

[mrghostrat]

(Tumblr won’t let me post from my GO sideblog but hi I’m @spot-o-bodysnatchin)

Ok so I just wanted to say I absolutely adore your writing and art style, loved your Paris teachers AU and Chapter 5 of your Streamer AU was just 😚👌 Literally GASPED like 🫢 at Crowley’s panic over the secret angel crush account!!!!

And I wanted to ask…. They mentioned they’ve both been single for a long time. They’ve also lived together for a really long time. Was there a point where either of them were actively dating someone else (and having them over etc.) while living together? If they have, do you think you’ll bring this up in the story?

Also one idea if you’re looking for an extra angsty/jealous/self-conscious storyline may be to have one of Crowley’s exes show up at the Edinburgh meetup? Maybe they’re also a streamer?? Just for that lil extra bit of tension thrown in 👀

Anyways I agree with everyone else to take your time especially during this time of year, but excited for new fic updates!! Appreciate u!! 😊

IVE BEEN THINKING, vaguely, about this. i think it’s a good opportunity for conflict and tension but ive put it off because, i just Do Not Enjoy writing jealousy as a plot device.

it’s partly why my first GO fic (In A Place Like This) was the polar opposite of that: crowley watching aziraphale flirt and chat up human men, and instead of being jealous he’s just impressed and proud

but the way i’ve written streamer AU so far, it only seems fitting. i do picture them as having dated other people, but crowley’s flings never went anywhere (hard to put 100% effort into someone who isn’t aziraphale) and eventually he gave up dating altogether when he realised that about himself. aziraphale would’ve had a few more long term situations, but he too stopped bothering just because of the Way He Is (introverted, hyperfocused, allergic to inconvenience).

i’d love to fit it into the fic somewhere for the juicy tension, but not 100% set on when. for now it’s just floating around waiting to slither into a fitting conversation

[inkblot-inc]

Just A Few RCD HCs

Summary: These are Just some general headcanons I thought up for Jeweler!Wanda and Metalworker!Reader. Check out where it started by reading Rough Cut Diamonds

[Everything else in the RCD Universe]

Pairing: Jeweler!Wanda Maximoff x Metalworker!Reader

Warning(s): There's mention of sexy times so 18+ aka MINORS DNI, other than that none that I can think of, bud.

Note(s): Umm...I reread RCD and just thought of a few thingy things, some wholesome and not so holesome thots. I hope you enjoy :3

Word Count: somewhere close to 600 maybe bc headcanons (I just didn't check after it went past 500 m' sorry)

*squints* I give NO ONE permission to repost or translate my work. Make your own shit

Wanda makes time to come by often enough that your coworkers know just to send her back to your area

"Skitch! Your lady's here-" "Again!"

They're respectful dw

Lifting up your welding helmet just to see Wanda simply watching you work has been something you've become used to every Friday

Making Wanda your own little rings for her to wear

because obviously.

making lil dainty ones that can stack on top of each other and even a few full-finger rings

You yourself didn't wear a lot of jewelry, maybe a few rings and a chain

Despite that, Wanda definitely makes pieces specifically for you.

somethin like the waves ring with pietersite from Clocks and Colors or the starry night bracelet from Etah Love, that kinda vibe

it's giving silver>>>gold

You'd show Wanda how to do an efficient stick weld.

she'd definitely quick to catch on with her own experience, she really took to TIG welding as well

The glasses she usually wears don't protect enough for what you do, so you have to lend her your helmet.

You have to hold it in place from behind because it's too big on her head 🤭

Y'all for sure have more sex in the shop. 100%

Like I'm about to sound like ya'll are constantly fucking at your job and you're not~ 🙄

I can guarantee you both aren't doing the deed in respectable public more than you do in private

I'm just hyperfocusing for a sec, get off me-

I dunno why you guys don't try it at her workplace more, but somethin about the vibe of your shop specifically gets Wanda ready to jump your bones.

Like to Wanda, her place? Great. Your place? Also great. The maker's Damned??? UGHH 😩

Your back office is the prime spot no doubt-

Logan: 😑😮‍💨

Your Coworkers: 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️

Your Workbench: 👀

jkjk you both aren't nearly that egregious about it, but they do tease you about it when they notice something happened in the back.

"Skitch, that's what your workspace at home is for-" "You are the literally the last person who needs to rag on me about workplace ettiquette, Remy..."

Also, something about the indents Wanda's rings leave around you neck and biceps from her grip are just-aghhh 😵‍💫

And it's too warm to be wearin' your shacket all the time so just proudly showing off all the marks Wanda leaves on you 😌

There were a few times where you were left to lock up the shop while Logan was out, and you and Wanda fucked at your main workstation...

Eh, the shop's got blinds and curtains to cover the windows-

Even then, it was only a few times

Wanda's already said she want's to be nowhere near the band saw, so...

Back to the wholesome bits-

You would actually weld a sandwich unironically.

AKA ruin a TIG welding torch trying to make a "welded cheese sandwich"

You may be a trained professional, but your survival instincts seem to be wayy down sometimes...

Hey, curiosity is the mother of invention and all that *shrugs*

Wanda won't actively participate in your shenanigans usually, but she will watch to make sure you don't hurt yourself.

You've made plenty of small metal sculpture pieces that Wanda has displayed around her place.

Looking at them and paying attention to the little details she remembers watching you put into them actually helps Wanda maintain the drive that she's kept throughout her career.

Wanda, as ambitious as she is, does have moments where she holds back some of her vision with designs that she's scrapped or held off perpetually in favor of making something reliable instead of something too "unexpected" for her to come out with.

She definitely gets in her own head about it a lot, but with a new set of eyes, your eyes on them, you encourage her to pursue them. You help not only broaden but brighten her horizons.

[missamyrisa2]

I love your attention to detail when it comes to worshipping navels/belly buttons. It's wonderful! That is all

And I looooove the synergy of your ask and name~<333

the navel, that cute belly button is just endlesslyyyy fascinating and tantalizing to me. Likeee first of all, you can say bellybutton and it sounds like tickles as I've mentioned in the past. But then it gets even more tinglyyy to draw out the pronunciation~~

Or maybe that has just forever glued into my mind because once I was exchanging pictures with someone and we were requesting what we'd like to see and out of the blue she simply said "bellybuttonnnnnnnnn"

But yeah! How can I notttt appreciate and love on every detail of this cute imperfection near the center of gravity on a beautiful person, located atop their cute twitching tummyyyy ~ landlocked by two royal chest buttons, lovely sensitive sides, adorable ribbies, a pair of delicious hippies with their hip dips, a field of sensitivity on that abdomen, and ooh yeah, the most royal zone itself! There's suchhh a webwork of feelies around the bellybutton, like any path out leads to a gorgeous tickle zone~~ and all roads lead back to the navel~

It realllly is the lovely crown of sensitivity on a tickleee~ and it can be worked with like anyyy tool or technique~ little probing twists of the q-tip, flirty brushies with a makeup brush, playful pokes of the finger in and out ~ seductive dipping of the tongue~ skittery nails around the rim~ buzzzyyy vibey teases inside with a lil massager or toothbrush~! The best tickles are where you can reallly detail a bodypart and the bellybutton is so uniquely designed that you can spend sooo much time doting on every bit of it~

Not to mentionnnn~ the source of adorable giggles~!! Even when not tickling it directly you can rest your had on it adoringly as the other spots are worked and just drink up allll those reactions. And it's just like one of those spots you can focus on and make someone blushy with no effort. I meannnn~ I get soooo unbearably blushyyy squirmy wriggly if someone is giving mine attention ~ whether talking about it, looking at it, or mmmmhhhh wanting to touch it~! And that's exactly what I loooove to inspire in a ticklee toooo. That lovely sensation of having alllll that attention on an adorably tiny work of art right on your body, a little cute divot you take for granted every day that is now going to by hyperfocused on and loved and pampered but also teased taunted and bullied before snuggled and worshiped~!

[angelpuns]

Alr! RA has done a little googling and reading and so far what I've found is it probably isn't time blindness, but general time distortion. So according to this psychology website I found generally time awareness and such are, as most things are, connected to dopamine and we all know certain things (adhd, ptsd, autism, really most mental illnesses/disabilities) mess up your dopamine levels (it's also connected to norepinephrine which is basically adrenalin), so the main thing I saw that messed with your perception of time is waiting for something that gives you a boost of those. Generally it's a pretty common experience for it to feel like getting what you want is taking forever, but because with most of the previously listed disabilities/illnesses, a person would tend to get hyperfocused on what they want and it'll also feel like it's taking forever. It could also happen at random because again, with those, your dopamine levels especially are all out of wack and when that's messed up, everything controlled by it is messed up too, hence the time distortion. That's just what I found, I'm taking a psychology course this year in highschool so I'll ask if we can talk about that a bit too! :3 hope that helps a little.

Ahhh that makes sense. I've been like this since I had a big thing happen back in October ( thankfully it also coincided with me getting into tmnt so yay ) so it makes sense that waiting for something good to happen is messing with my funny lil head :)

It really does feel like things are passing me by sometimes even though some of them happen say of and I just??forget :///

Oh well, it is what it is. Hopefully when I get my own space again my mental health will start being a bit better.

Thank you RA!!! I usually look into this stuff myself, but I've got a lot less spoons lately than I usually do ;-;

I hope you enjoy your class!!!! Tyyyy

[deadallover]

I've always been interested in aliens, it's a very cool idea, for creepy and for silly, ive drawn various alien themed pieces in the past (a LONG ass time ago now so not my best), my only original species is a silly lil alien. But recently I got so obsessed with the glorp cat twitch emote, I bought an alien phone case, and then I got really into voices of the voi d which is even more aliens! So im so fucking hyperfocused on gleeby deebys rn. I may make a glorp cat themed oc even tho I know its probably a bit overdone and generic, I just wanna doodle one.

[kowaindar0u]

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tried to draw some but it's nOT WORKINNNGGG tonight so some vamp-au things I'm thinking about

- Soooo cause Yuichi has to sleep during the day and work at night, and Saseki has classes, that usually leaves I think just the evenings, but... he wants to spend more time with him if he can so... maybe during the day, when he doesn't have class Saseki reads on the couch while Yuichi lays over his lap and sleeps lol. And honestly Yuichi can probably sleep heavily enough that he could just use him as a table, put a laptop or sketchbook on him and work away askdjsjd. And moving him to get up for a snack or the bathroom wouldn't bother him much either 💀

- Yuichi often re-realizes that like... he has TWO boyfriends and never stops being floored by that fact lol

- he still hates going grocery shopping but he will do it bc it's not as bad if he can go in the middle of the night lol. also I mean he can probably pick up a good amount of stuff at his work anyway !

- I know Rai and I already talked about Yuichi getting hyperfocused counting pills but it's still so funny to me imagining him doing that cause I feel like it's one thing he really could not be shaken out of asksjdjdj like ... if they're gonna give him that task they gotta know he's not gonna do anything else in the meantime but he will do it so quickly and accurately lol

- nooooo i just imagined Yuichi misjudging the time it takes to get home vs the time the sun rises too much and coming home in a panic and with burns on his skin ;-; it heals fairly quickly cause vampire but saseki maybe still puts some aloe on it or something to help soothe it and comfort him a lil ? Especially cause the sun is one of the few thing he knows for sure can and will kill him lol

- at some point when yuichi finally figures out how to go bat form and saseki can just put him in his pocket or on his head and carry him around ... HOW FCKING CUTE I love bats especially the itty bitty ones I cry ...saseki living tje dream lol

- usually he sleeps in his closet if he's by himself for the day cause... darkest place and closest thing to a coffin he's got lol ... but maybe sometimes he'll pull in a pillow or two from their bed to hug or pull the curtains shut and curl up in the middle of that big ol bed

- sometimes he might just pick saseki up for no reason other than because he can hold him like that 🥺

- sometimes he still tries to eat lil bits of human food even tho he knows he'll pay for it not much later lol he just can't resist ;-;

Buy a stupid candy bar from a vending machine on his way home from work and eats it. Then goes and tosses his cookies in a bush 💀

"worth it..."

-

PS @zantedeschia-praesul I just realized I've been drawing Sase with a white shirt and black vest omg but in ur pics it's the other way around !! my apologies lol asksjdj idk why my brain totally flipped that

[jujutsushiboat]

🕯️,🪐!

ohhh hello, thank you for the ask!! <3

🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?

oh, like a good 2? i loathe editing. i'm adhd as hell, and i want to publish a fic as soon as i typed the last character in.

going through it and editing after being finally done with the writing part is hell. but i wouldn't put it at 1, cause sometimes it feels good to correct some stuff and make a good sentence sound a bit better. but yeah, not my cup of tea.

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

this is such a cute question!

i think i'm pretty content in my life at the moment, and i'm absolutely grateful for it.

finally getting back into writing after not writing anything for years feels amazing. i might be hyperfocusing on it right now, but at least i'm invested in a hobby that's stimulating and fun! and coming to tumblr and interacting with this lil fun community just makes the experience much better.

i have the best friend group i could ever ask for. i finally found a group of fun, non-toxic people whom i can have amazing conversations with, trust them with my life, and just generally be my unfiltered true self around without having to feel self-conscious.

a lil bit cheesy, but after shitty situationships, toxic guys, and just a whole lot of heartbreak, 4 years ago i found this guy who is an annoying piece of shit an amazing, thoughtful person and my best friend. he got me into anime, too, so it's his fault i got like this. anyway, he supports me, he tolerates my bullshit, and living with him is just so fun and i'm grateful for it.

thankyou sm @orchidbutch, i hope you're having an amazing day!! <3

[blazefirefox]

i finally caved and made an Ena OC-

Well, here's my lil' diva ThEna! (pronounced like 'Athena' but w/ out the a)

The reason I made that poll for color schemes was because I couldn't decided if I wanted ThEna to be pink/indigo or pink/seafoam, but I think the second option works better. She's seen in the Dream BBQ setting, and knows that version of Ena very well (they're buddies, gal pals if you will).

Time to go a little more in depth about her sides:

ThEna's greenish side is her "left brain-esque" photographer persona, or her day job as she puts it. They have a more outwardly aloof and doesn't give a crap attitude, and can be a bit hard to talk to (especially bc they has a bit of an ego). All of this said, she does take her job as a journalist very seriously and is determined to find "the truth", whatever that means. Her "black & white" form (for lack of a better word) for this side is triggered when she gets stressed about not knowing everything about something, and in this form, she gets super analytical, and can stay in this state for days trying to find a solution to her problem, often neglecting her health and surroundings. they literally just turn into this:

ThEna's voice headcannon for this side is Michael Kovach.

On the other hand, ThEna's pink side is her "right brain" vocalist side, and although she loves photography, singing is definitely her more preferred hobby. Her night job, as she loving puts it, is singing at a large scale karaoke bar, and yes, she is very sleep deprived. They're very well-liked in their workplace, the bar itself being one of the only places where being an Ena isn't an immediate social death sentence. Their ego from their photographer persona can be seen in this side as Vocalist ThEna can be an absolute diva. This side is more likely to get blackout drunk, mostly because of her love of gin, which her friends are only slightly worried about. Her black and white form is triggered when she gets very passionate, or when she has a sudden outburst of any emotion (it actually mostly triggers when she sings a really high note), and will become extremely hyperfocused on what she was talking about/doing (also her diva-ness will rise by 75%). Her voice headcannon for this side is Eva Noblezada.

Some extra notes:

the strap on Photographer's design is supposed to be a camera strap, i was just to lazy to draw the camera

Meanwhile Vocalist has one of those microphone headpieces that i just realized now is stupid bc i already have her holding a microphone but i think it looks nice so whatever

I already mentioned it a few times, but her sides are based more on right brain and left brain rather than emotions (ignore that they're on the the wrong sides)

Her geometric hand is more of a mix of classic Ena & Dream BBQ Ena's hand, while it is 'clawed', they're more dull

The stripes on her right arm and left leg glow in the dark

ThEna has 4 co-singers/friends (which i'll design eventually) that she hangs out with the most, and they're also some of the only ones who can handle being around her photographer persona

Since they have a day job that is often mentally exhausting and an all-night job that can be physically draining, their sleep schedule is absolutely horrendous

Of course she does have some self-confidence issues, which she tries to hide with her outward ego and diva persona, but she can't help but slip up sometimes

the weirdest think about them is that their 2 sides actually get along; they don't normally have a default side, but ThEna is more commonly seen as their photographer side during the day and a vocalist at night

They met Dream BBQ Ena when they were taking some photos of some of the wildlife(?) and was so hyperfocused that they didn't notice Ena coming up to them to try and talk and they were freaked tf out. After some banter, they became 'acquainted', but got closer as time went on

ThEna sometimes invites Ena to the karaoke bar, just to hang out. Ena actually likes these visits bc the bar is pretty Ena-friendly and is one of the places where she isn't judged for literally existing

here's another silly drawing i did of ThEna

The dialogue for Photographer is picked from Jax from The Amazing Digital Circus and the dialogue for Vocalist is from one of Eva's vlogs (i think)

Before I go, I just wanted to say that one of the big inspirations for me actually making her is @bashzzey's amazing Ena OCs and art, and I just wanted to shout her out, so if y'all haven't seen her art, uh go check it out :]

ok bye now-

[aannonn]

voices headcanons!!

Been thinking this for a while now, and thought it would be cool, so now here we are! =D

Lil' note; I personally like to headcanon them all as stickfigures who have no voice, but silly lil' images and/or body languages to convey what exactly they are saying without having to speak, but I also like to imagine how it would be like if they had voices! Just a fun lil' thingy that I wanted to make. (*^▽^*)

aand because, in case i ever do another ava/avm fic which includes dialogue, I need some references from my own headcanons so I wouldn't forget. xD

I like to imagine that if […] had a voice, it would be like…

彡- ,, The Second Coming | Orange (he/she/they/z/yawn)

* ˚ Finn from Adventure Time voicelike ; Calm voice. Relaxing; Perhaps comforting? A little thinner.

✦ Orange prefers simpler, more basic things; Cozy, basically. So I feel like that their way of speaking would be neither so fast nor so slow; Fast enough to be firm and confident, and slow enough so people (sticks) don't get lost in the middle of its speech.

~ I feel like z would also use more basic, simpler-to-understand words, no matter how not-appropriate-for-simple-words the situation is. (lol)

彡- ,, yellowstickfigure | Yellow (he/it/zhe/neb)

* ˚ Varian from Tangled voicelike ; Calm, steady, confident voice, although with a lil' bit of a frantic, crazy tone when hyperfocused on his thoughts.

✦ Yellow is one of the smartest in the group, always thinking before acting; I like to think zhe would use more complicated and difficult words to express nebs thoughts, perhaps making some references to games here and there. ~ Fae also strikes me as the type of person(stick) who would be a fast-talkative when expressing nes thoughts out loud, but who would slow down his speech whenever talking to someone.

彡- ,, redstickfigure | Red (she/he/they/ne/xae)

* ˚ Enthusiastic, thin and curious voice; A bit like a ChildLike voice. Although she can make his voice a little more comforting and soothing when talking to small/sensitive animals. (Or when comforting their friends!) ~ I also like to think that purr voice is softer than it seems, nis just quite lively and curious, so much so that xaer voice conveys her emotions very well.

✦ Red is lively and curious, loving and affectionate and a little aggressive; Fast-talkative. She often expresses his thoughts in a curious way and as if he is rambling. Their friends can understand him perfectly because they are used to her speech mode, although other sticks have a little more difficulty understanding xaer.

彡- ,, bluestickfigure | Blue (he/she/they/it/one/bloom)

* ˚ Fluttershy (mad/confident) from My Little Pony voicelike ; Firm voice, yet soft and comforting. Although with a slight hint of dizziness due to his drug netherwart addiction and the fact that they sometimes consumes inedible things, which makes her voice sounds a lil' bit drunk.

✦ Blue is primarily a pacifist, more likely a peacemaker; Ones way of speaking would be neither so fast nor so slow, although it leans more towards slow in a way.

~ The types of words bloom would use would be basic, like Orange, although bloom sometimes uses more complicated words too, like Yellow.

lil' note; Since, out of everyone from the ColorGang who used images (or text) to convey their voices without actually speaking at some point, Blue is the only one in the group who haven't 'said' anything yet, so my headcanon about its voice + his way of speech may change in the future! teehee

彡- ,, greenstickfigure | Green (he/xhe/they/one)

* ˚ His voice is probably the softest of the group, although pretty firm and confident. Their calm and comforting and so, so soft voice is like music to the ears. Xhe very often that not hums.

✦ Green is a perfectionist and likes extravagant things; One way of speaking is similar to Rarity from My Little Pony.

~ Xhe always greets his friends in an affectionate way (darling, love(platonic), dear, bro, dude), although instantly as if note was on autopilot.

~ Faer way of speaking is fast, although not so fast to the point that people(sticks) cannot understand him; They can vary between speaking complicated, simple, basic or beautiful words.

teehee- And that's the end!

I will probably make a second part, since I also have other voices headcanons for the other characters, so...

Next Part!

Welp! I think that's it..? xD

Cya ~ !

also- a lil' random thing;

haha 69 funni number

(thank u btw!! &lt;33)

lil' edit: edited!! ^^'

[feralsteddie]

So i need to hear about you Steve & Argyle friendship thoughts because I keep seeing them in your tags and I think they’re such an underrated duo that would probably get along so well together?????

ohmygod THANK YOU I’ve been waiting for an excuse to go off about them. Fics always leave out Argyle or have Steve just think he’s Jonathan’s weird friend and like, I get it, but we could do so much better guys

Like okay I have a couple of different ideas for them. One is nearly canon compliant (aka Hawkins still splits open so we still gotta wait on a boss fight, but Eddie lives, bc I said so) and the other is au where Vecna bites it, Eddie just got a lil nibbled, the charges got dropped, and everything is in the realm of fine. Gunna talk about the first one. This is definitely a bit of a mess of rambles. Enjoy.

It takes a while for them to actually have their first conversation, given everything.

Argyle is with Jon most of the time, who’s with his siblings in the cabin they’re fixing up, all hyperfocused on the impending return of Vecna and the town cracking open. Steve is running around the hospital between Max and Eddie’s room and threatening doctors if they even look at Eddie sideways or if he thinks Max isn't getting proper treatment.

So they just… don’t really cross paths. Argyle’s heard some of the stories about Steve from Jon, so he’s not too quick to go seek him out and Steve just could not care less about the other new guy along for the ride, he's too busy. Doesn’t even learn his name until about two weeks after they get to town and Robin dragged him by his ear to the cabin bc it was the only other place he'd relent to being at the moment.

Their first full conversation is actually about Argyle's daily foraging. He sees Argyle walking around, avoiding the traps and occassionally stopping to pick something and drop it in his bag. So, he's curious, and Steve's been friends with genius children and Robin long enough to be a good listener for things he doesn't quite get, but unlike the fifteen year old assholes Argyle seems cool with answering his questions.

With the ground kind of rotting out from the cracks in Hawkins, and the increasing likelihood the gov is gunna put up a quarantine any day now, they talk about how to best dry and keep things. Medicinal vs Food, how they can sub out ingredients in recipes for what they can find because it turned out they were both pretty damn good cooks.

From then on it just kind of turns into a Thing.

They both see how the other isn't really taken seriously by anyone in the group. Like, their respective best friends love them and don't look down on them, but there's always this kind of air that whenever they open their mouths they're gunna get some eyerolls. Argyle is the guy who can drive, Steve is the guy that gets hit a lot. They're not really necessary for planning.

So they help as much as they can in other places, together.

They make sure the group is fed, and sleeps, and doesn't do anything that raises their potential of being killed any more than necessary. (Joyce and Hop try, they really do, but they're busy harrassing government officials)

Jon hates how they get along, like, don’t get him wrong he knows Steve’s changed, is a good guy and all that, but come on Argyle is his best friend thanks and with how weird everything had been with Nancy he’d really like custody of Argyle back thanks.

Robin thinks it’s nice Steve has another friend their age, and knows how much easier having him around made getting used to the whole Monsters Are Real thing. (That being said, they require a certain amount of Robin-Steve one on one time or they WILL die. Or at the very least be insufferable to everyone around them)

Argyle got Steve into pineapple on pizza.

Steve braids Argyle’s hair whenever he needs to get it out of the way.

They talk to each other about their parental situations, about feeling like they’d never be what their parents wanted them to be. Argyle’s parents worked hard, wanted him to go to university and find a well-paying career; didn’t like that he was perfectly content with community college and kind of just wanted to open up his own restaurant one day. Steve's pretty sure his parents were disappointed the day he was born, and completely gave up by the time he only got back rejection letters. Argyle misses his, they were so worried when he’d gone missing for a few days, and their worry didn’t get any less when he finally called and told them where he was, but they’re not going to force him back. Steve’s parents still haven’t called, and he wonders if they remember that he’s still in Hawkins at all.

They don't hang out all the time. They've each got their respective best friends, and Argyle and Jon are usually the only two who manage to wrangle Mike, Will, and El. Who are constantly trying to sneak away to enact some half-baked plan they're sure will end it this time. Steve's got Dustin and Erica by the scruffs of their necks half the time, and his hands still full at the hospital the other.

They find out the two of them make a really good monster hunting pair though. Rob, Steve and Argyle end up on the same Team during scraps with the Upside Down Monsters. They've both got the most insane observation skills. Each quick on their feet and are really good with improvised weaponry. (Robin's able to fill in the pieces based on things they point out, is kind of the only one who really takes what they say seriously enough to utilise it.)

Argyle becomes the second person to come out to him on a bathroom floor while bloody. Argyle doesn't even really think anything of it, didn't even realise Steve hadn't known about his gigantic crush on Jonathan, just made an offhand joke about hoping his best friend thought the new gash on the side of his arm was as cool as the matching one he had with Nancy. They apent about an hour just talking about how he'd liked Jon from the moment he met him. Thought the awkward loner was cute and sweet and even after he found out he had a girlfriend back home he'd still wanted to be around him. Was content to be his best friend as long as he was happy, and did his best to move on with other people he could see himself caring for.

About a month after Eddie's back, Steve makes the third coming out to happen while bleeding on a bathroom floor. He'd kind of already known that he liked guys, but hadn't ever really thought too hard about it before. But he was having a bit of a freak out and Argyle and Rob both just squeezed into the dry bathtub with him. Let him have a full panic about liking a guy he'd kind of hated before spring break, a most likely straight guy who'd bodied a demodog that'd tried to sneak up on him and- hey did he mention just how hot that had been after they'd both calmed down from a mutual panic attack?

After that Rob, Argyle, and Steve will occassionally just get together to scream about their crushes. Robin still not sure what's happening with Vickie but they held hands guys, girls hold their friend's hands alll the time though right???

They smoke about it, a lot.py

[changbinsboobs]

Your readings are so interesting ! I have been loving them so much. About Han being more stable than you thought, I agree and it doesn’t really surprise me much. I feel like the fandom sometimes hyperfocuses way too much on his mental health- they make it seem like anxiety (or any other mental issue) is an inherent personality trait of his, which is why a lot of fandom seem to think he’s a mess. Also I feel like a lot of people can’t wrap their heads around the idea that somebody with anxiety could possible enjoy the idol industry- performing, interacting with people, being on stage etc, therefore he must constantly be in distress (which is a lil ableist ngl)

Like, I’m sure he’s still a bit immature, and has some growing up to do, but he’s not walking around with SOS tattooed on his forehead ya know?

Anyway, love your readings. Can’t wait for the dorm dynamics one you mentioned in your other post - I’m so curious what goes on with in Chan and IN

Thank youu💗💗💗 and yeah I've noticed that with other members or other idols too in general. Like they hear something about the idol (in hans case that he has social anxiety) and they project that on any little "weird" behavior that they exhibit (by weird i mean something thats outside of the persona the idol usually portrays). I understand the good intentions of wanting to protect their belived idols but a fan can't really do much protecting if we're being honest. And more often than not (almost always) the fans' interference does more damage than good. Imagine you get an anxiety attack once, because you're swarmed by people. And now the whole world thinks you have an anxiety disorder. Maybe you've never thought of yourself as someone with anxiety, maybe this happens like once every 5 years. But now everyone talks about your anxiety and kind of unintentionally forces that on you. After a while you start identifying with it and might indeed exhibit auch symptoms. And because of that whole thing fans do when they escalate a little situation they've only witnessed a fraction of - i believe lots of idols are afraid to share more deeper stuff with their fans, just because they'll take a small piece of information and immediately infantilize the idol and turn it all into a much bigger thing than it is. This - even if it comes from good intentions - is a harmful behaviour many fans should unlearn because it keeps their beloved idol quite and in fear of sharing whats on their heart with their fans. Thats my thoughts on the matter😅got a bit long tho.

And about han, tbh i forgot he had anxiety before you mentioned it here😅 why i thought he's much more unstable is actually because of his songs and what he often shares in interviews as well as the members about him. He has said several times he feels alienated from the world and has difficulties socializing and fitting in, at the same time he's a very sensitive and creative person and has even some genius like traits - and all this taken into consideration i thought he would be having a much harder time sorting out his thoughts and finding his place in the world. But he seems to be actually doing really fine, which makes me happy cuz i think he's such a charming, sweet guy🥰

And yeah, i think ill be doing that reading the following days sometime. Its def not too far back in my queue:)

[ytwokid]

Random question but, do you have any VPN or similar privacy recs?? Poor and trying to get into media piracy and torrenting, but I'm kind of sus of google search results' reviews, and sites like Spyware Watchdog don't have sections for things like VPNs and email providers yet.. Guess I'm willing to shell out some dollars for a decent VPN, but I'm poor enough to be scared of it being a waste if they're not as legit as they say. Asking you because you seem pretty Tech Savvy and cool.

shux shux shux, I appreciate that.

tldr Windscribe or Proton VPN. paying a lil bit is worth the peace of mind as far as torrenting goes.

now.....

I mostly go 2 reddit for recs specifically from piracy ppl, but I can personally recommend Windscribe. it's Abt 9 bucks a month and pays for itself ez it you're torrenting a lot. they also let u earn free gigs of data n shit-- I think u get a free allowance just on signup.

howeva, if u would like to explore more of ur options I recommend looking specifically at forums/reddit/somewhere where there's genuine user feedback n not articles (they're all just affiliate links.) SomeOrdinaryGamers I think also has a VPN rec video up some place maybe n his judgement is always excellent. u want something that doesn't keep logs mainly.

that being said, the ultimate privacy wet dream that a lot of VPN companies/bad internet users try to sell you is a farce. if u truly truly want anonymity it requires a lot moar stupid inconvenient bullshit that I cannot even begin 2 explain here..</3 it's very hard to be private anymore, especially on the technological side of things. everything is tracking u all the time.

one thing u can do immediately today for free is look your name up on Google and public data aggregators like spokeo/pipl/etc to find where your personal information may be and request it to be taken down. and most importantly -- use different usernames as much as possible, don't leave breadcrumb trails between different "spheres" of your life. 99% of doxxing takes place via Whitepages n hyperfocused social media combing.

BUT! for basic media acquisition (ARRRRR).... Windscribe or perhaps Proton VPN should be all u need 2 avoid maximum legal death at the hands of mega media corporations.

p.s look into TOR n alternative operating systems if u really wanna become as private as possible.

[ac-art-and-stuff]

It's 2024 so I decided to redesign team LCAF! (I literally started drawing on the 3rd and full hyperfocused on this so hard my arm hurts now)

Starting out with the team's leader, Lillian "Lily Pad" Maria!

She's got new magnetic thigh holsters for her weapons that double as armor! Her side shave has migrated over to the opposite side! She's got piercings now! And I pushed the heart motif as much as I could, with lil heart earrings, heart button, heart kneepads, and heart(ish) toed boots. Also, I made her white waist cape turn sheer with the yellow as the accent rather it being full opaque yellow with white as the accent.

Next we've got Clara Ginger!

She's got an entirely new outfit, and her bag is nowhere to be found! She's got more red in her design to compliment her partner, and she's got some red tint in her glasses now! Plus she's sporting some lip makeup and now she has some sweet lacy gloves, as well as some nice lacy tights! I also took out the brown in her og design since it made the design too busy.

Next it's the partner in question, Adrienne "Enne" Leroux!

The general vibe of her outfit is the same, just a bit more detailed and with gold accents, but I completely redesigned her symbol (to look more like an eye) and her mask! It's now held onto her head by the same logic that holds Adam Taurus's mask and Ilia Amitola's WF mask to their respective faces... ~anime physics~ She's also got some new opera gloves! (also fun fact, when I originally came up with her concept, I didn't realize the author of the original Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux, had the surname Leroux. It was a fun coincidence that I decided to keep ^.^)

And last but certainly the one I redesigned first, Frosk "Fro" Alaguna!

He got a full rehaul of his outfit design (to reflect his 'party animal' personality a bit better) with an open wetsuit top, some sweet wetsuit bottoms, and some sick goggles. Plus, I wanted to be able to show off his top scars (cause they're cool and I subscribe to the idea of stylized top scars are dope as hell). And I gave him a tattoo. For funsies. He's also got a sling thing that I saw on Menagerie extras and I wanted to make it obvious that he's from there since his gills can be overlooked... plus I've decided that it holds his weapons :D

[lovesick-jester-from-hell]

I come offering an f/o question whenever you have the time 💜 (If this has been asked before, I apologize 🙏🏻)

What love languages would you say they're most likely to use? Feel free to choose a single f/o or multiple if you'd like :3

OHHHHH OKAY I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE THO!! If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to ramble a bit about all my beloveds 👀💞

Freddy’s is physical touch, obviously. Dude is handsy as hell and loooooves to be all up in my personal space. Words of affirmation too, he’s a chatty lil sweet talker.

Gabriel doesn't have a specific love language – he’s so starved for any kind of affection and so unused to giving it out that he just does whatever strikes him in the moment. And he’ll take whatever shows of affection I can give him (which is usually quality time since that’s my love language).

Amanda’s a mix of acts of service and words of affirmation. She’s a bitch who likes to be busy, she doesn’t like being stuck in her head because that’s a bad place to be for her. So if she can do something for me, she wants to do it. But she likes receiving words of affirmation.

Jack’s definitely a words of affirmation type of guy. Unfortunately, he tends to get a bit….. well, hyperfocused on his science work and/or his plans for world domination, so he'll disappear for long stretches of time. Actual time spent with him can be sporadic. But he’ll also wax poetic about his love if given the chance and on occasion he'll do some gift giving too. He’s invisible and steals nice shit whenever he wants, he doesn’t give a fuck (he does about me tho 🥰🥰🥰)

And as for Karlach, since she can’t touch anyone without burning them, her love language has to be quality time. It doesn’t matter what we’re doing. But she wants to be doing it with me. She’s also really big on physical affection, but the infernal engine makes that kind of impossible for a while. Once a solution for it is reached, though? She is not fucking letting go lmao

[the-s1lly-corner]

Hieronymus w/ an S/O who has plushies

Because I, the admin, also have loads of plushies + I did a similar prompt with creepypasta characters + but I'm currently hyperfocused on bump rn

He gets it! He really does! Especially if you have them as a comfort thing

I like to think he also collects things; as an interest.. call it self projection but I feel like he'd have a collection of cool rocks

He will never, EVER make fun of you for having them, much less tease

Doesn't matter if you're just collecting them, or smuggling them in bed, he's not gonna even think of anything mean

He picks them up if they ever fall over, when you're not in the room.. sometimes gives em lil head pats, or straightens up any bits or accessories they have on them

He doesn't know that you know he does this

Its sweet, me thinks

Toooootally won't buy you any plushes he notices you eyeing

"Oh this?" He says as he holds a package, he's looking nervous, as if he's hiding something

He just wanted to surprise you!!

If there's a boiling isles equivalent to it, he would definitely take you on a date to build a bear

You make matching bears

I would dive more on this idea but I've never been so idk what all goes down there so bear (ba-dum tsshh) with me

Carry your plushie around with you because it brings you comfort? Hieronymus is sending a mean glare to anyone who dares giggle

There will be blood if someone actually tries to steal it, titan forbid

Okay well there wouldn't be, but he'd be real pissed on your behalf and would do his damndest to get the thing back (likely without violence) and scold whoever took it

Overall, he's really chill about it but he wont sit back and let people be mean to you