#i guess mass effect is a bit off but it's also honestly kinda simple

[adozentothedawn]

Thoughts about Rogue Trader so far:

Well that sure was the fastest promotion I've ever gotten. xD I'm kinda sad about it, I was hoping for a mean space mom, but I'll take it.

I like the characters so far! Although Abelard does not appear as space dad either for now, but that's alright he's still cool. As are Indira and Argentum.

I am a bit confused by the gameplay and am uncertain how much of that is just Warhammer things I don't get or strange choices. I'm sure the "wounds" label probably comes from ttp so whatever, but the fact the whole characteristics and skills thing seems a bit unbalanced to me for now considering that Int controlls nearly half of all skills alone. But maybe I'll know better once I've gotten a better handle of it. It just seems unintuitive as a whole right now. I like the combat though! Might turn the difficulty a bit higher even, I'd like to get a bit more of a challenge I think. (That said, story mode does do what it's supposed to. It should be extremely easy, I just changed my mind on what I want) Still somewhat confusing like the hologram thing I think might not entirely work as intended but I'll get a handle on it.

Main criticism for now: This game is badly optimizied. Apparently that is a notorious Unity sin so I won't blame them too much, but I do hope they'll patch it soon, this game should not make my cooler run louder than BG3. Turning off v-synch and putting a lower fps cap has helped for now, but come on.

[popculturebuffet]

Animaniacs: King Yakko Review (Comission by BlahDiddy)

Hello my beautiful technicolor rainbow! It’s time for Animaniacs, and while there is no balonga in my slacks there is one last christmas review for my friend to finish up, and after two visits to Acme Lab for the spinoff we’re finishing up with a look at Animaniacs proper.  Suprisingly for a show that stands so easily on it’s own it’s existance is entirely thanks to another show: Tiny Toon Adventures, which had largely the same staff, including ep and co-creator stephen speilberg and Todd Ruegger, who was brought aboard from A Pup Named Scooby Doo. Since TIny Toon was a colossal hit with tons of awards and merch, including some very good video games I wish Warner would find a way to re-release, I mean.. come on if disney can rerelease the disney afternoon games (If...not..for..switch), and LIon King and Aladdin games (If somehow FOR switch), then Warner, which has it’s own game stuido no less, can put together a collection of the good Tiny Toons games when the new show comes out soon. 

Point is it was a mass sucess and Warner Bros likes money, so they had Speilberg try to get Rutger to come up with another show for the two of them to do, something with name value. Rutger found his inpsiration when seeing the iconic warner water tower and taking some platypus characters, came up with our heroes and the rest is history.. well okay he retooled them from plataups’ to early looney tunes and other toons style characters minus the racisim of say bosko the tall ink kid but still, the rest after that is history. And the rest of this review is after the cut

The show was, and KINDA still is, a variety show: taking a page from looney tunes, as well as tex avery’s other work, the crew decided rather than just focus on the warners, to instead create a whole cast with various ensembles to work with so we got Pinky and the Brain, The Goodfeathers, Rita and Runt,  the Hip HIppos, Katie Kaboom, Chicken Boo, and my personal faviorite Slappy Squirrel.. and the bane of my existance, Buttons and Mindy.. or rather Mindy’s Mom. The kid did nothing wrong.  So naturally the first thing Animaniacs related I cover.. is an episode entirely breaking from format for one 20 something minute Warners cartoon. I do intend to do more animanics stuff in the future, so i’ll hopefully get a chance to talk about everyone, I just feel unlike with say house of mouse most people reading this probably know who they all are, and I can save any deep dives for if I cover the characters specifically. Spoilers: there’s probably never going to be a buttons and mindy deep dive unless someone tourtues me by paying for it. 

So with that out of the way, we can dive into the episode.. which I won’t be covering in my usual recap it point by point because the writers have freely admitted that’s not what Animaniacs is about. While some of i’ts SEGMENTS are more story based like Pinky and the Brain, Goodfeathers and Rita and Runt, most are just based on simple set ups to reams and reams of gags. And I love it. I grew up with this stuff not just Tiny Tunes and Animaniacs but the classic Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry and Droopy shorts. 

Their well timed, well executed feats of comedy and most have aged pretty well.. emphasis on MOST. I’m keenly aware why there are several gaps in the shorts for both Tom and Jerry and The Looney Tunes on HBO Max, including all of the Pepe LePew and Speedy Gonzalez shorts. Also all of Droopy is missing. 

My grumblin aside though, it is VERY NICE to have all the classic Warner and Tom and Jerry shorts at my fingertips and it was one of the biggest selling points of Max for me. Last year I gained an intrest in the old disney theatrical shorts, hence my various birthday specials, so I BADLY wanted to revisit the theatrical shorts I grew up with. And honestly.. Max is the best way to do that: their in crisp hd, in neat season collections (Though the Looney Tunes one is better sorted, tom and jerry’s seasons are just.. random smatterings of shorts across various eras), and most importantly EVERY SHORT they felt comfortable with putting up there is on there. Every. Single. One.  I make a big deal about this because Disney.. has only maybe 30-40 of their hundreds of shorts on there. Now lucky for me the vast majority are still on youtube and I get why some really arne’t suitable.. we probably don’t need the donald duck short where he prepares to shoot a penguin in the face or the Goofy short where his own reflection, the goofy equilvent of tyler durden I guess?, keeps saying “Hey Fat” to him. And yes BOTH of these actually happened. But.. there’s MANY shorts with no clear excuse why their absent like the triplets first apperance, gus’ only apperance, and one a friend told me about.. that time mickey built a robot to box a gorillia. Again not making this up, just wondering why you can’t restore the rest of these for plus. They’ve ADDED shorts ocasionally, but it still dosen’t make a whole lot of sense to just.. not have them all up there. and to not put them in some sorta collection for easier consumption but hey it’s Disney. They either full ass things or half ass it. There is no middle ground.  Point is Warner.. actually cares about their heritage in shorts and honors it and thus has everything avaliable in the best quality, so tha’ts nice.

My point after that detour is I really love this kind of humor, and now as an adult I can see the effort the timing, pacing and character chemistry these shorts had takes. And Rugger and co.. they got it. They got it down perfect. And this episode is a great show of that and just how they barely updated this format for the 90′s. But as I said it’s more about the jokes and basic setup, our heroes are slotted into x scenario and just left to run wild. It’s been the basic seutp for looney tunes, tom and jerry and all the gag based greats, and it works perfectly here. Sure there’s some setting and continuity with the warner lot, scratch n sniff, ralph, plotz and in the reboot Rita, but it’s mostly just our heroes go up against “X asshole” and it just works. 

And that’s.. entirley what this episode is. The short is an homage to the graucho marx film Duck Soup, which given the warners were based on the marx brothers that isn’t a huge suprise, a film like brian’s song I have not seen, but genuinely want to. The basic setup is the same: An underqualified womanizer, though since htis is Yakko it dosen’t get past hitting on his chancelor, played by hello nurse, constantly, which is still.. ewwwww... but clearly not the same thing, becomes king of a small nation and ends up at war with another country. There were spies and other stuff in the original short but that was left out to streamline things.  But this homage stands on it’s own fine: The basic plot is this: Yakko, due to being a distant relative and the last one alive, becomes king of the small happy and very musical, as the wonderful opening number shows, country of Anvilania, which makes anvils and why yes there is one MASSIVE anvil gag as a result at the end. Yakko says he’ll try his best and geninely tries to with the shenanigans you’d expect, including Dot not gettnig Polka Dot’s are a thing and instead taknig any mention of it as a sign to polka, Yakko again hitting on his colleague and wanting ot get a new anthem because the current one by “Perry Coma’ puts people to sleep. Honeslty that gag didn’t do it for me: Partly because I genuinely know next to nothing about Como and he’s far past my generation.. and because despite this, SCTV did a MUCH better Perry Como gag over a decade before this episode that while still left me baffled as to why anyone cared about mocking him, was 80 times funnier and felt far less like you needed to know who he was to be funny. 

That being said it’s one of only three running gags, and jokes period that didn’t land for me. The other ones being the hello nurse bits, because it’s aged really badly to have Yakko harass one of his employees and his age is hte only thing that keeps it from scuttling the episode as he’s just 13 or 14. Maybe 15. 

So SO glad I now have that on hand whenever i need it. The other being the “Your highness” joke as it just.. dosen’t make much sense and isn’t very funny. But that’s it: a refrence i specfically don’t get and I doubt most of you will, and if you do fine we all have our frames of refrences, a joke that’s dated very poorly, and one that just.. didn’t land. And even then the Perry Coma thing’s third use to knock out the opposing army DID work for me as did the VERY clever joke of “Sire” “Maybe later”, so even the weaker bits still had some legs.  But getting back to what little plot there is the king of the rival country, upon hearing this, assumes he can easily intimidate a child into giving him the throne and goes to a royal reception. Instead, as you’d expect, the Warners mistake him for a party clown, show him no respect and fail to take his delcration of war seriously, and while in a REALLY great gag, and the reason i’m not doing a strict summary is 90% of the review would be me saying something to that effect, Yakkos’ call to action for his troops ends up having them all run off in fear, the Warners take out the army as noted above and then in one of the most GLORIOUS climaxes in the series history...

 In which the Warners give the bad guy “all the anvils” as he requested. I sadly coulnd’t find a clip of it but seek it out if you got hulu, my words can’t do it justice as they hit him with anvil after anvil in increasingly clever and insane ways till the guy finally gives up and it .. is glorious.  Other highlights not already mentioned include: The opening song, the bad guy dictator from the other nation not being able to hear because of his helmet and his attendee having to lift it, leading to Yakko taking off his helmet just to end the “what’ running gag, Yakko’s bit explaning his distant relation and more.  So yeah not a ton to say on this one. It’s a very good, very funny episode but also very typical of a warner cartoon in structure, just stretched over 22 or so minutes. As I said with few exceptions the jokes work, the anmation is crisp as always, and the climax is one of the series best. A crisp, quick watch and a nice quick review after a week of with some really tough ones behind me and ahead of me and a month of rather large ones a few weeks out. So yeah if you like animaniacs, even ifyou’ve seen this one worth a watch, if you have any more animaniacs you’d like me to take a look at feel free to comment or comission and until the next rainbow..

[tracingdreams]

Daiya no Ace: The Dramas - Special “They’re Doing An Interview!” Part II

An explanation… To keep my brain from rusting I started a project to translate the drama tracks that came with the character song CDs and other stuff relating to Daiya no Ace (because I love them and they’re all hilarious). My disclaimer - I am not a native speaker of Japanese, but I will do my best!

Daiya no Ace Season II: Drama CD, Track 01: “They’re Doing An Interview!”(Part II of III)

This is a longer drama from a proper Drama CD, and so I have split it into three parts accordingly. The whole drama also has quite a wide cast <3.

Part II - Featuring Miyuki, Furuya, Sawamura, Kanemaru, Toujou, Haruichi.

The story so far….

Miyuki has been told by Rei that there are magazine interviewers coming to speak to the students about their play. After freaking out Zono, Miyuki has headed off to talk to the first years about it.

Furuya: An article interview?

Kanemaru: We’re going to be in a magazine?

Tōjō : Which means…we’ll be read about all over Japan.

Furuya: Even my parents in Hokkaidou?

Eijun: My grandpa out in the sticks, too!

Miyuki: Yep, that’s about the size of it.

Eijun: WOOOOOOOOAH! This is really a huge deal then, isn’t it!

Miyuki: What the heck’s with you, suddenly yelling like that? It’s not that big a deal!

Eijun: No, no, no, it’s…now how do I put this…you know…

Miyuki: What!?

Eijun: For example, um…for those of us at school with family that’s far away…well, that family is probably worrying about things. “Is he doing okay?” or “Is he bothered about anything?”

Miyuki: Ah…mm…yeah, I suppose that’s true.

Eijun: Right! And at that very moment! Um…for example, say…Harucchi…

Haruichi: Eh? Me?

Eijun: Yeah. Say Harucchi, in the interview, when asked what his senpai are like, answers with something like, ‘they’re all great people, but they can also be really strict!”

Kanemaru: Well, that’s a normal kind of answer to give, isn’t it?

Eijun: BUT! What if, when Harucchi’s family read it, they worry, ‘what does he mean by strict? Are things just really hard for him?’, and fret about it. Surely that would be an unbearable shock for them? They might think, ‘Haruichi, are you all right?!’

Kanemaru: They wouldn’t think that!

Eijun: But, think, if the image in the article showed him with a troubled expression, and it tugged at their hearts…

Kanemaru: (annoyed): What expression are you talking about now? It’s not gonna happen like that!

Harucchi: It’s true. In my case, my brother’s here as well, so…

Miyuki: Honestly, I’m amazed you can think up all of that as a scenario.

Eijun: BUT!

Kanemaru: In that case, are your family going to worry about you?

Eijun: Huh?

Kanemaru: Is your grandpa gonna be like, (he adopts a frail old person voice) ‘Is Eijun all right?’?

Eijun: (thinks hard, then): Nope. No way.

Kanemaru: Then it’s not going to happen in other houses, either!

Eijun: Ah….I…see.

Miyuki: Seriously. You really are ‘Bakamura’.

Eijun: (growls): But the effect of mass media…!

Miyuki: (cuts across him): In any case, that’s the situation. I’m relying on you guys!

First years: Yes sir!

(and Miyuki leaves. Escapes, while he can, before Eijun starts on one of his long tangents!)

Tōjō: But…you know…it does make you kinda nervous, doesn’t it? To be interviewed for a magazine.

Kanemaru: Well…yeah. I guess so.

Furuya: What will we be asked?

Haruichi: Ah! Maybe we should have asked Miyuki-senpai that!

Kanemaru: That reminds me. Miyuki-senpai’s been interviewed like this before, hasn’t he? In the same magazine.

Tōjō: Huh? Has he?

Kanemaru: Right, Sawamura?

Eijun: Mm…mm.

Haruichi: Eijun-kun, did you read it? That article.

Eijun, Yeah, I did.

Tōjō: What kind of things was he asked, and how did he respond?

Eijun: Erm…what was it now? The thing he’s best at cooking is…fried rice? Something like that.

Haruichi: Eeeeh?!

Kanemaru: Are you for real? Best cooking dish?

Furuya: (shock): Best…cooking…

Kanemaru: They ask stuff like that? Tōjō, do you have a best cooking dish?

Tōjō: No! I can’t cook!

Kanemaru: Me either! This isn’t good! What are we meant to do?

Eijun: Well, I feel like that’s what was written…but also, maybe it wasn’t…

Kanemaru: Which one!?

Eijun: Well…at that time…I was just impressed that he was in a magazine as a first year. My head was kind of full of that fact…the truth is…I don’t really remember the contents…

(there is a long silence).

Furuya: Ah. You don’t remember.

Haruichi: Ah.

Kanemaru: What do you mean? Don’t scare us like that!

Tōjō: So, realistically, what should we talk about?

Haruichi: If you think logically, it would probably be focused on baseball, right?

Tōjō: I see. So basically our ‘appeal points’ then? [Translator note – I think he means as players, but you know, knowing Tōjō, maybe not  ;)]

Haruichi: Yeah, something like that.

Furuya: Appeal point?

Kanemaru: Your strengths as a player…your special features, what they are, stuff like that.

Tōjō: But…it’s surprisingly hard to do. It’s not something you can easily recognise in yourself.

Haruichi: Furuya-kun’s are already well established, though. With his strong pitching arm, or the ‘Kaibutsu-kun’ nickname (Translator note: Kaibutsu = monster).

Tōjō: Mmhm, that’s true.

Furuya: Mm…but…(it seems like he’s blushing).

Eijun: Don’t get all embarrassed about it! It’s not like you at all, Furuya!

Haruichi: It’s difficult to say things like that about yourself, though.

Kanemaru: But you’re the same, Kominato. Your special feature is pretty obvious.

Haruichi: Uh…me?

Tōjō: Of course! To use a wooden bat in high school is pretty unusual.

Haruichi: Ah…I see.

Eijun: In that case, the write up would be something like this, right? ‘Drawn out from beneath his angelic appearance, and inheriting from his brother his slightly wild remarks, the wooden bat wielding demon, Kominato Haruichi!’

Haruichi: Hey! Stop making me sound like a movie title!

Furuya: I feel like I’ve heard of that movie…

Kanemaru: More to the point, (to Eijun), you’re really good at coming out with random things about people.

Eijun: Hahaha! It’s a gift!

Kanemaru: That kind of talent is totally unwanted.

Tōjō: But if you have a catchphrase like that, it is memorable.

Kanemaru: Yeah – if your special skills are readily apparent.

Tōjō: Then what if we were to give you a catchphrase, Shinji? What would it be?

Kanemaru: Me?

Eijun: What are Kanemaru’s special play features, anyway?

Tōjō: Well, he’s good at hitting straight balls. And he has power over short distances.

Haruichi: He’s also good with the speed gun.

Kanemaru: (embarrassed): But if you only say good things about me, I’ll get embarrassed. I have a long way to go. I still make errors in important games.

Eijun: In that case, for Kanemaru…

Furuya: Did you think of something?

Eijun: Mm. ‘Incredibly strong at straight-balls! However, a guy who sometimes screws up! That guy Kanemaaaru, Kanemaru Shinji!’

Kanemaru: SAWAMURA! You…

Haruichi: Well, he definitely nailed the key points there.

Tōjō: Then what about you, Sawamura?

Eijun: In my case….hrm…I know. ‘With a roaring left arm, throwing a clear straight ball and seven shades of breaking balls, the Flaming Southpaw, Sawamura Eijun!’

Kanemaru: Why is it that only yours sounds cool?

Haruichi: Mm, and the fact you say it without the slightest bit of embarrassment…that aspect alone is frankly awesome.

Furuya: Seven coloured breaking balls? What does that mean?

Eijun: Well, straight-ball, change-up, then the two seam, the cutter, then there are various types of moving ball…

Kanemaru: The two-seam and the cutter are still under development, aren’t they?

Haruichi: More importantly, including a straight-ball while counting breaking balls is a bit…

Tōjō: But it does seem to fit Sawamura, though…maybe it’s missing something?

Furuya: Yeah, definitely.

Haruichi: I wonder what…something Eijun-kun-like…

Eijun: Like me?

Furuya: If you think about it…

Kanemaru: Ah! If you think of Sawamura, you think ‘idiot’, right?

(Everyone basically sighs).

Eijun: Ah! What’s that? I’m not an idiot!

Kanemaru: What’s with that reaction? You realise it yourself, don’t you?

Eijun: Even if I do, it doesn’t mean I want to hear you guys say it!

Kanemaru: See, you do think so!

Eijun: I don’t think so! Absolutely not!

Tōjō: But even if that’s the case, Sawamura’s catchphrase…(he’s thinking)

Eijun: Hey, no, Tōjō, why are you making it about being stupid?

Haruichi: What could it be?

Kanemaru: A left-handed pitcher…whose key skill is idiocy…

Furuya: Baka-sawan. (Translator’s note, this is a clever wordplay! A Sawan is a southpaw pitcher – literally ‘left arm’, and it also echoes Sawamura’s name. Baka is self explanatory. Basically Furuya calls him the Idiot Southpaw).

Eijun: Furuya! You!

Kanemaru: (laughing): That’s pretty good.

Tōjō: Yes! It’s simple and easy to remember!

Haruichi laughs awkwardly.

Eijun: It’s not in the least bit good! Talking about people as though they’re some kind of idiotic youth…surely there’s a better way of saying it! (Translator’s note – the first part line is an approximation, I can’t make out one of the words because righteously indignant Eijun swallows it in his rantage)

Kanemaru: No, let’s go with it! It fits perfectly.

Eijun: Stop it! If it gets widely known, what will you do then?

Haruichi: Calm down. There’s no way it would be in the actual article.

Eijun: Grrr.

Tōjō: But what kind of questions WILL they ask us?

Kanemaru: What if we’re too nervous to speak at all when the journalist is right there in front of us?

Furuya: Yeah…I feel like it would be nerve-wracking.

Haruichi: If we run over it a few times, maybe we’d get used to it.

Kanemaru: Then, shall we practice?

Eijun: Practice?

Kanemaru: Mm. So I’ll be the interviewer and ask questions…you try to respond to them.

Haruichi: It’s an interview rehearsal!

Eijun: I get it! So that’s what you mean? Ok. Ask me anything!

(To Be Continued in Part III)

[onfyexo]

Laundromat - Tom Holland x Reader Series

Warnings: angst (kinda), mentions of substance abuse metaphorically, language 

Ohhh shiiett! This may or may not be the last part of this little series! Read this and let me know if I should continue or leave it up to you’re own interpretation :’))

Part 4 - the feeling of withdrawal has such an effect on you and meanwhile, Tom keeps thinking about you after the departure

*Tom is in bold

https://soundcloud.com/ginsengxx/shes-in-my-dreams

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On your drive back home, it was hard to focus on the road with the thoughts rushing through your mind. You had already slammed your head against the steering wheel once you saw Tom pull out of the parking lot first. You felt dumb, you felt stupid, yet you felt lucky and honored to have been in his presence; hence why you beat yourself up physically and mentally.

Driving seemed dangerous to you because of you. You definitely didn’t want to be anywhere else but home from then on. The feeling of withdrawal from Tom felt like a drug. You had injected yourself with his charisma and wanted to live off of his high forever; you didn’t care if you overdosed on him.

It took the strength you had to pull all your baskets out and carry them inside the house. And when you realized that Tom had touched the exact handles minutes earlier, you wanted to scream.

How am I supposed to get through the rest of the week after what just happened?

You debated whether or not you should call in “sick” for work tomorrow. You also debated whether or not you should post on social media about your bizarre encounter but you didn’t want others to disturb him if he came back to that same laundromat. Crowds of people could be waiting for him the next time he came and he would immediately feel let down and betrayed.

So many decisions and so many choices were open for you and yet, they all made you seem like a psycho. You could be that person who posted “I JJST FUCKSK MET TOM HOLLAND” on Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr. But in all honesty, you were still trying to catch your breath.

The only action you could do once you stepped foot in your flat was plop on your bed and think about him to no end. You switched between multiple sleeping positions but nothing felt good enough. Sleeping in Tom’s arms felt so much better to you at the moment.

The tears came soon after and they were because of the love you felt. And you wondered if Tom would forget about you after today. Considering how busy he is, you were sure of it.

There’s no way he would even think about me after this?

But you would be surprised at what Tom was actually doing. Him on the other hand, kept replaying your facial expressions in his head while driving.

Damn. He thought.

His knuckled clasped his steering wheel hard; turning pale in the process. He had to tell Harrison about this while they went out to eat. Maybe talking with his best mate would help him decide if he should try and see you again.

They were going to a simple restaurant that was downtown. But first he had to change his clothes.

The same images flashed through him but he didn’t get tired of it. The way you looked at him intrigued him. The way you spoke to him intrigued him. The way you acted intrigued him.

He was actually glad that he had a certain place to remember you by if he was never able to see you again. He felt silly for praising a laundromat in his head but “oh fucking well” he thought.

-

“Shit dude! I didn’t even get their number or anything!”

Harrison was really surprised Tom was distressed over something like this. He witnessed his best friend stuttering every other word and having trouble picking up his food with a fork which shouldn’t even be that difficult. He could tell Tom was struck over with attachment in the most eccentric way.

“Tom listen to me, that was just today that you met them. And what if they were weirded out by you wanting to exchange numbers anyways!” Harrison exclaimed, trying to calm down his brother but to no avail.

“Ugh, I could tell they knew me.  They called me beautiful for fucks sake!”

“Wait! They said that?” Harrison almost choked on his drink while listening intently with caution.

“Yes man! I’ve never seen anything like it. And I want to keep seeing it, I don’t care.” Tom huffed with so much force and let his head fall in shame. His appetite wasn’t as strong as it usually was for today and he wondered if you were the cause. The tone of his voice had changed from excitement to tell a story, to anxiety that made him want to drop everything.

“I don’t know man. I guess you could can try and catch them next week. Maybe they go the same day every week and since today’s Sunday, do it next Sunday.”

Harrison felt sympathy for Tom and hoped his advice was meaningful. But Tom was treading on thin ice, and if he wanted to go farther than friendship with you, he would have to realize his risks. He would only wait until later to warn Tom if you were actually there again next week.

The rest of the brunch was silent except for when the server checked up on the two boys.

~

You had proceeded through your week semi-normal. You decided not to call in for work and push through everything. Daydreaming became more frequent though, and this damaged your coordination; even your co-workers and classmates could tell.

You would be lying to yourself if you said you hadn’t driven past the laundromat every other morning, hoping to see your russet-eyed boy. His Audi was nowhere to be found each time you checked so you gave up and concluded that his washer machine and dryer were just temporarily broken or not even installed yet.

Tom had continued on with his week in a clumsy fashion. He lost his train of thought more than ever. And practicing his scripts for upcoming films was a challenge. He found himself re-reading the same lines in a row before cursing at himself; causing Tessa to stir and look up at him with confusion.

He was aware that a friendship could blossom if he kept in contact. He knew you would open up to him, he just had to be gentle with you. You were a treasured delicacy to him and he didn’t care if he had to hear yapping from Harrison if he went further with you in the future.

Next Sunday approached fast for you and slow for Tom. The same routine started again with your laundry. You had gathered your color-coordinated clothes and coins for the day.

The feeling of dread was present again, not only because a lot of people could be there, but because Tom might not be there. You would for sure keep going even after today.

I guess I shouldn’t give up.

While putting your baskets inside your car, you realized how beautiful dawn seemed today. With sunrise approaching, the vermillion tones and flushed shades of pink covered the sky above you. It calmly put you at ease while you drove to the same place you met Thomas.

It sucked that you didn’t have anyone to share this dilemma with. If you did tell anyone, you didn’t trust them enough to not spread the word. The last thing you wanted, was for Tom to never come back here again if a mass of people kept showing up just for him.

On the other end, Tom needed Harrison’s assistance for today in order to make this chance work. Since he didn’t actually need any of his clothes washed, he asked Harrison to drop him off anyways and just wait for him in case you weren’t there. Harrison didn’t have a problem with it and met Tom at his place at 6 am.

“Tom are sure you need to be up this early?” Harrison questioned, using one hand to steer and the other to accentuate his concern.

“I'm positive! They got here around 6 the last time and that's what time it opens.”

“Alrighttt. I’ll just wait in the parking lot.” Harrison sighed while turning left to see the laundromat in the distance.

Tom began sitting abnormally in the passenger seat when he saw that your car was nowhere to be seen. His eyes grew wide and the expression of sadness was apparent on his face.

“Fuck dude fuck. I don’t see her car” He stammered with tension as he pointed in the distance where you car could’ve been.

Strings of curse words exited Tom’s mouth the closer he got and Harrison took it all in with worry. Tom kept taking off his baseball cap and putting it back on in the course of a minute to wipe the perspiration forming on his forehead.

“You’re really losing it man.” Harrison exhaled while finally pulling into a parking spot.

“I guess I’ll just wait for a little bit and come back ok?”

“Ok man, don’t stress about it. It won’t be the end of the world.” Harrison reassured with pat on the back and decided to pull his seat back and sleep while he waited since it was so early.

Tom got out of the passenger seat before scanning the area in case he saw you arriving in the distance.

Once he rubbed his sweaty palms on the side of his jeans, he opened the door and took a seat. Luckily, no one was there again and the familiar smell of detergent soothed his senses. No other sound was present except for the manager watching a sitcom yet again in his office.

You felt frustration build up when you saw a car in the parking lot that wasn’t Tom’s. It was a simple sedan that you had never seen before and if it was someone other than him, you would honestly scream.

The windows were too tinted to see anything so you trusted your gut that maybe it was only one person inside. You had gathered all your baskets that were stacked high in front of you.

Using your hand to balance the baskets and the other to open the door, you entered and heard definite silence at first. No machines were running and only the muffled tv in the background could be heard.

“(Y/N)?!”

That same accented voice you were acquainted with, filled your ears faster than you could gather yourself. Goosebumps formed at his vocalization filled with excitement while cold sweat covered your neck and back underneath your clothing.

Instead of simply placing your baskets down to see him, you dropped them with carelessness and saw Tom rising from his seat with the widest smile. His fair-skin met your eyes and his ivory teeth hit you with electricity that made you smile back with just as much intensity. There was more stubble around his mouth and there was discoloration around the bags in his eyes but you never doubted how beautiful he looked to you. Not once.

Rushing at each other in a tight embrace felt like the fantasies you came up with had realism in the deepest parts.

“T-Tom! It feels so good to see you again”

“I can definitely say the same sweetheart. I’ve missed you...” There was relief, passion, and tranquility in the words he spoke and he wanted you to feel his longing.

He missed me? Thomas Stanley Holland missed me.

To think you would be hugging Tom in a laundromat was something you wanted to carry along with you with utmost joy.

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Part 1 - https://bangtanscope.tumblr.com/post/172785019225/laundromat-tom-holland-x-reader-series-mini

Part 2 - https://bangtanscope.tumblr.com/post/172810255305/laundromat-tom-holland-x-reader-series-warnings

Part 3 - https://bangtanscope.tumblr.com/post/172837117775/laundromat-tom-holland-x-reader-series-warnings

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