#idk.... bouncing around in my head

[gokartkid]

galex fic... pov: your childhood best friend that you haven't seen in years flies across the world to spend a week holidaying with you and the whole time you have a massive crush on him (unknowingly reciprocated)

“Is your flatmate always high?”

George’s bag landed on the floor with the thud. He tilted back onto Alex’s bed, arms landing above his head as he let out a long sigh.  

“No,” Alex said, then made a face, “well. Only when work is stressful.”

He manoeuvered George’s suitcase into the corner of the room. It was big, check in sized. He’d always been a terrible over-packer. Alex always took a 7kg suitcase at most on trips; economical.

A pause.

“I think he’s been high every time I’ve called you.” 

Alex looked down to see George’s face. His voice made it sound like he was saying something funny, but admonishing at the same time. He had a remarkable knack for sounding up on his high horse. Alex found it hilarious when it wasn’t directed at him.

“Work is stressful a lot.” 

It was a weak defence, and sounded that way even as he said it. 

He’d reached a truce with Lando, where he’d smoke outside on their balcony — very small — instead of in his room out of the window, also very small. They usually clocked off together and he’d always offer Alex a hit but it just never did anything for him. It made his hands all jittery, like he couldn’t think straight.

“Well,” George said, “are you stressed then?”

“I mean, yeah,” Alex sat down and let his head hit the mattress, looking over at George, “but isn’t everyone’s job stressful? You are, aren’t you?”

Stressful, but he could take a week off to see an old friend halfway across the world. 

“Sure,” George shrugged, “it’s fun though. I got a really good promotion recently so, it’s mostly a lot of onboarding, workshops and stuff, learning, you know.”

George’s job was something techy and corporate enough that he couldn’t really describe it without sounding like a wanker. 

“Well that’s good,” Alex said, diplomatically, “glad to know where those big bucks are going, you know, to feeding the brightest minds of our generation.”

They stared at each other, faces unmoving and awkward silence stretching. 

George finally cracked.

“Shut up,” he said, punching Alex between laughs. He mock-screamed, shielding his face and curling up into a ball, “you’re such an arsehole.”

Alex let it go on until they fell off his bed onto the floor, George straddling him as they made fake boxing noises. His rug scratched at the underside of his arms as they rolled around, warm patches where the sun had settled. 

“Mercy, mercy,” he raised his arms in surrender. His stomach hurt from laughing, “I give up! White flag!”

“Yeah that’s right,” George said, grinning from above him. They were both still breathing heavily, faces flushed. Alex blinked, and it was like he could only see in sharp details: the way George’s hair fallen out of place, messy across his forehead; the pink and red mottling across his cheeks and down his neck; his shirt pulled at the collar where they’d been roughhousing. 

Alex’s stomach felt tight, and hot.

He swallowed, mouth sticky and coughed awkwardly as he started to disentangle himself, voice overlapping with George’s.

“Well I mean I should—“

“Yeah, yeah sorry I’ll just—“

George sat back, cross legged looking up at Alex on the bed. He was still all bony elbows and sharp knees; a lanky kid turned into an equally lanky adult. 

“Do you,” Alex said, back of his neck prickling, “want some tea?”

He didn’t think George had ever looked so excited for a cup in his life. 

[waveoftheocean]

"i can see it in his eyes" 🥰

[disabled-dinos]

my addition for disability pride month

Parents: please teach your children about disability. Teach them that all bodies are different. Teach them that not everyone is like them and that’s okay, diversity makes life exciting!

Almost every time I take my wheelchair out, these kids are just staring at me like I’m glowing fluorescent green. It’s like they’ve never seen someone in a wheelchair before. When I tic, kids look at me shocked and a little freaked out.

And yes, I know they’re kids! I understand that they don’t know everything yet. But guess what? That’s your job as their parent. Not mine. Not any disabled person’s.

show your children pictures of people in wheelchairs, videos by and of autistic adults stimming, videos by people with facial differences, of people with limb differences, people with Down syndrome, people with dwarfism, people that use nasal cannulas, and so on.

Kids are not inherently going to be afraid of or rude to disabled people, not if you as the parent educate them from a young age. Teach them to be kind, not to stare, not to pet service animals.

We aren’t rare; your kid will come across us. We’re not “inspiring” OR “scary.” We’re people. That’s it. Educate them first so these are positive experiences! 💜

[corrodedcoughin]

thinking about how if Eddie was cornered for a fight he’d probably play to his strengths and try to freak out his attackers by bouncing around like old timey boxers, looking like a kangaroo and punching the air while saying ‘oh you wanna go??? You wanna go??? Well let me tell you! There’s going to be three hits!!! Me hitting you, you hitting the floor and the ambulance hitting 80 when it takes you to the hospital. That’s right. The old left, right, goodnight. The ol’ razzle dazzle!’

And the guys just…leave? Because what is this guy doing? And why is he moving like that?

Eddie munson: 1, bullies: 42. Things are finally looking up.

What Eddie doesn’t know is that Steve Harrington was standing just off to the side and waved the bullies on when he saw it all kick off. Not wanting to interrupt Eddie’s…technique…he did what he could without raising suspicions

[dysfunctionalcreature]

yeah Feyd Rautha and femme!Paul having the most fucked up unhealthy straight relationship to ever exist is fun, but ya know what could be equally as fun in a completely different way? Feyd and Paul having a relationship so similar to the best parts of Jessica and Leto's relationship that it's almost uncanny. Jessica seeing herself in the lovestruck gaze with which Paul watches Feyd whenever she thinks no one else is looking. Or seeing Leto in Feyd's devotion to Paul, his unquestioning loyalty to her.

And maybe Jessica disappoints Leto by birthing a daughter, maybe their relationship grows uncomfortable and distant as a result. But Jessica knows she wouldn't change a thing, because she sees how happy Paul is ruling with her Harkonnen husband.

Jessica ruining (or at least straining) her own relationship with Leto, to give Paul the love and power filled life she deserves with Feyd Rautha

[yyyaammmmmm]

theyre both trans bc i say so!

alsp an assortment of sketches from this cutsey footsie little au of mine where basically its XXX years into the future (omg! reincarnation! so unique!) but obvi Vash is still og vash bc plant core. he opened up a little plant shop bc once Earth and No Mans land started trade, plants and vegetation became so much more common. and then Mr Woldwood is a mechanic! he mostly does bike mods (angelina core) but he often is js doing little repairs around ye old hopeland!

and then they meet and kiss a lot and wolfwood has an incurable heart disease and he dies and vash agonizes over losing wolfwood so young again :3!

[targetlost]

AU idea

Chell goes back to the surface and finds that it's TOO advanced. Technology has made huge strides. In this AU the world wasn't ruined by the combine. But it's not like anything Chell left behind and she doesn't know how to relate or deal with it, so she goes back to Aperture. She ends up not telling GLaDOS because she has a feeling it wouldn't make her happy, and GLaDOS just assumes everything out there is wiped out. One day a group of robots break into the facility, thinking its a cool abandoned place to check out. By now robots have advanced to an insane degree and have mostly replaced humans on the surface. (One reason Chell was like "no thanks.") Eventually they come across GLaDOS and...she's a relic to them. Just a chunky, stationary ancient computer who can't even connect to the internet. They're like "were we really like this??" "Robots back then were so uncool," "I'm surprised it's still running" etc. Obviously GLaDOS is pissed off and insecure about them. Plus she's worried that Chell is going to be impressed by them and leave with them or something crazy. But to her surprise... Chell gets super defensive and protective over her and she ends up telling the robots off. It makes GLaDOS so happy.

[lilbitofmac]

There are no strings on me… or so I think.

[very-clever-name]

Would Dusky or Cliff have any part in your arc 4 au?

why yes they would

bc my handwriting is terrible, here's what the notes say

DUSKY

-is trying so. hard.

-thinks Bumblebee is the coolest dragon ever

-exchange student living with the SkyWings

-interested in architecture and loves seeing all of the different things around Pyrrhia

CLIFF

-biggest theater kid Pyrrhia has ever seen

-cannot be trusted with any princely duties

-wants to start an acting troupe

-visits Dusky a lot, tries to get him to "get out of his shell"

[dizzybizz]

ok what if i

[cuubism]

hello friends. despite my 9 million existing dreamling wips i'm feeling the need to branch out a bit for the sake of my mental variety. what pairing other than dreamling should i write a little something for? could be romantic or platonic

other way of phrasing i guess: any pairings you really want to see more fics for in the fandom?

[neurotypical-sonic]

you know how you can get headaches from like. gas leaks or shit like that. I imagine high concentrations if chaos energy would do the same. sonic goes super, wins the fight, then has to go lay down in a dark room for a couple of hours

[prapais]

— r. siken, snow and dirty rain.

[leatherbookmark]

our flag means death S2E3: the innkeeper

[theplatypusblue]

I don’t really know what I’m talking about but I think with Lloyd it all comes back to control, or like, the lack thereof in his life.

Cuz there’s the obvious bit with the whole destiny thing, where he doesn’t have control over the direction his life is going. Him wanting to relax with his family or spend time with his dad doesn’t matter; that’s not his decision to make. It’s all up to fate in the end. Then there’s the other thing with Morro’s possession, in which he loses basic control over his own body. I don’t even think I need to explain this one too deeply, it’s easily the most traumatic thing that’s happened to him (Splinter in the Blind Man’s Eyes says that pretty explicitly, even if it’s only like half canon)

And I think it all comes out in how he tries to deal with his visions in dr season 2. Cuz he can’t control when they come, and he tries so hard to make them go away but he can’t. Even beyond the distressing nature of the visions themselves, the whole situation must have been awful, just because he couldn’t really do anything about it.

(Also just a brief side note abt a thought I had that’s like, tangentially related to all this: there’s that nightmare he mentions in dr season 1, when Dorama’s freaky puppet thing comes to life. It’s a funny throwaway line but also. If you would allow me to get psychoanalytical for a sec. Maybe he’s having dreams abt puppets cuz like, subconsciously or whatever he feels like he’s been manipulated or “puppeteered” throughout his life.)

[rhiaemrys]

Tim Drake, to me personally, is a selective genius. More accurately, he’s just an insanely fast learner when something even mildly interests him (typically something mentioned by Batman and/or Robin). Unfortunately this leads to weird and inconsistent gaps in his knowledge.

Like, for example, and referencing a post about him being unable to work computers I’ve made in the past, Tim learned all about PC hardware because Batman mentioned upgrading the Batcomputers specs once, which was then plastered across forums with the title of like “BATMAN SEEMS TO HAVE THE BUDGET OF NASA, IS THIS WHERE OUR TAX PAYER DOLLARS ARE REALLY GOING?” and Tim wanted to harness the power of the sun to create something similar. This led him down a rabbit hole, and now he can create a super computer from someone’s spare junk drawer. However, when it comes to installing software and actually using the PC beyond its basic functions? Uninteresting. The only reason he learned later on in his Robin career was because Barbra found his lack of ability to hack deeply concerning and decided to remedy it. She provided the proper motivation.

Other weird ass conversations include:

- Was able to deduce the strain of fear toxin that Damian was under, synthesize an antidote, and track Crane down to his warehouse at the Docks district within a three hour time period. (Bruce offhandedly mentioned that they should start writing down the effects of different fear toxins so that they could eventually identify which was which to make antidote administration easier, knowing it’d be an insane and labor intensive task that no one would really do because they were doing just fine currently. Tim promptly created a spreadsheet, copped the cowl footage, and got to work. He learned advanced chemistry for this, promptly bringing his barely passing grade up to an A within two months.)

- Once was able to list the entirety of Haley’s Circus lineup over the years, correctly identifying which performers had been kidnapped by the Court of Owls, yet couldn’t name a single United States president before the year of 2012. (Got embarrassingly into circus performances because y’know, Dick is his hero and so he memorized the entire history of Haley’s Circus so he’d always know who/where/what Dick was talking about when he referenced his time there)

- Word for Word reciting an obscure peace treaty for an ALIEN NATION, but wasn’t able to tell Dick what the Fibonacci sequence was. (Starfire is Tamaranian and Tim assumed that she and Dick would get married one day and he didn’t want to be insensitive so he hacked into the Green Lantern files that all the Earth Lanterns update and got to work researching. Even the stuff that only tangentially mentioned the planet and people)