#it is very funny to look thru my ‘mine’ tag

[bright-and-burning]

i finish writing a fic and the itch to make things STILL does not go away?? rude.

[cinnaminsvga]

Hi I'm the crackhead that's been spamming your notifs liking and reblogging until almost 5am

I love you and your brain and i mean that in the most awe inspired way a human can say that to another human. At this moment tonight you are my new van gogh i love you

Also i need to know if there's anymore lonely hearts club info we're getting??

When i say i cant sleep because i have to know all the details that i dont know

HI!!! it was very amusing to see your journey through my notifications ASHKDJASKD watching someone go thru tlhc for the first time is always a pleasure :') it's always super funny when you get to the angst drop and the sudden realization that "OH SHIT THIS IS GETTING REAL DAWG" happens HAHAH

thank you so much for enjoying tlhc so much (and reblogging the masterlist like thrice with your comments lol and also ur so right mitski's my love mine all mine deserves to go on the playlist... i should really update my tlhc playlist soon)

as for tlhc details... i guess you could sift through my tlhc ask tag (#textau) and read through them but other than that idk what else there is to say!! i did find my old tlhc planning doc and i guess here is some info that might be useful to you... mostly inspiration details for when i was writing tlhc at the time :D

(ps: i was really obsessed with midsummer night's dream + dead poet's society at the time and borrowed a lot of imagery/symbolism from them when writing tlhc :')

also this planning document is fragmented and really fucking long so i just screenshotted the only section that was comprehensible... sorry if this isnt what you were looking for HASJDKAS its been so long since ive written tlhc that i hardly remember what i might have forgotten to talk about!! lemme know if you have any questions and i'll try to answer!! i love tlhc and love talking about it so... yeah thank u again for your excitement over this silly little au ilysm)

[oingomyboingos]

Tag 9 people you’d like to know better. I was tagged by the lovely @icannotreadcursive

Last song: spotify tells me it is Honeymoon (Forever) by Hellogoodbye, which is off of my ineffable husbands playlist. I have good omens brain rot rn 😅 accepting fic recs if u have any

Currently reading: I have been slowly churning my way thru Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. 1950s Mexicana socialite must go investigate her cousin’s mysterious illness. the cousin lives in a spooky manor after she has married into the once-rich family of a British aristocrat, whose failed mining enterprise hangs over the town like a spectre. ALSO Tombs by Junji Ito—I very much enjoyed the title story and the one about the deep sea creature.

Currently watching: Recently finished Kingdom, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s a korean period drama with zombies. The king dies while the queen is waiting to give birth, and the current heir starts a coup. What do you do if you’re from the queen’s clan and desperately want to stay in power? Why, infecting the king’s corpse and turning him into a zombie sounds like a great way to buy time until you have a new heir. The costuming is excellent (THE!!!!! HATS!!!!!!) and the characters are genuinely so likeable.

also going apeshit for star trek lower decks

Current obsession: I blame david tenant’s wonderful acting because after bingeing good omens 3 times in the past few weeks I have now returned to doctor who and am attempting to watch the 13th doctor. it’s fine. not the best quality writing. Im curious to see where this “lone cyberman” plot goes. the evil microplastics episode was silly. i want to know more about “ruth.” i liked the mary shelley bits, but I am slightly put off by the writers not letting thirteen think on the fly. ten always used to come up with these crazy schemes in the moment. meanwhile, in the mary shelley episode, they keep asking thirteen for help and she goes “yeah my brain isn’t working right now check back later.” like, hm. I don’t like the written in incompetence. or perhaps it’s the phrasing/set up of it that’s getting to me? it’s not that there weren’t challenges that were tough for ten, but the writers’ hand wasn’t so….evident? it always felt like big time lord brain working on the problem. now it’s as if they’re telling us “hush we haven’t gotten there yet so just deal with her being dumb no we will not give you more info yet or a satisfying reason for her to act this way.” i’m also not the biggest fan of the whole “oh look at me i’m talking to myself” jokes. I know they’re trying to make the character quirky and likeable, but the joke wasn’t funny the first time and now i’ve heard it like 8 times. save me. I have heard that her final season is better, so hopefully that’s true. I think I will be taking a break for now though so that I can watch more star trek lol

alrighty I’m supposed to tag 9 people i want to get to know better so! let’s go: @kayliflower @dolly-macabre @cosmosredshift7 @godofsickdreams @idylls-in-juniper @minecraftgender @transathenacykes @lezbfrenz @great-exhibition-of-1851

(only if u want to!)

[freemansasks]

hi

just so you know thib blog makes nme insane 😭😭😭😭😭😭😢💗💗💗🔥💥💥💥i used to follow it at some point thru development and i just decided to ocome back and read thru it all after seeing a post from ur mainblog in the half life tags and im soooo 😭😭😭😭 i greatly enjoyed reading this blog @ the time but now that im like . Older. and have more critical thinking skills UOU WOULD NOIT BELIEEEEEVE THE TOLL THIS BLOG IS TAKING ON ME RN.... SOOOO SO "SLASH POSITIVE" ... ive recently been on a ummmm like . Half life kick i guess its been a hyuge "special interest" of mine for a few Years now [crazy!] and this blog is 1 of the things thats always made me insaaaane 😢uve told such a beautiful story . i really really have loved seeing you become more and more creative and weave such a beautiful anmazing story thruout all these Funny Posts . the way you explore the dynamic between your interpretations of gordon and arthur WAAAHHH ITS SO GOOD 😭😢 ur work on this blog has been a huge inspiration for me for such a long tim e and um . I Loe You. thank you so much for crafting this beautiful story... WAAAUUGHHH i hope youre always having the best day aever and you never stop being creative uou have such a beautiful knack talent for art and everything

i lvoe you

Oh crikey!! Hello there haha

Thank you so much for the kind words!! I'm very glad you enjoyed it haha. Honestly, it's been a while since I've looked at this blog- considering I started it when I was still a kid stuck in my hometown, I think I did alright. I'm at my second year in university now, and I credit this blog with getting me out of some tough spots!

[musicals-n-cartoons]

For the Future Reaction

I actually watched the episode on the day it released (thank you vpn!), but other things have distracted me from writing. Here is my second-to-last Owl House reaction!

Before the special

I have no self-control when it comes to spoilers so I spend the first day the special was leaked looking thru spoilers before promising myself to start avoiding spoilers. this turned out to be surprisingly easy for me. I don't use Tiktok or Twitter, and Youtube was very obliging in not recommending spoilerific videos (in fact, I suspect that Youtube just straight-up forgot that TOH was an interest of mine). the only difficulty was making sure to ban the right Tumblr tags

anyway, I learned that Boscha and Kiki were surprisingly the main antagonists, and that Luz's palismen wAS A CAT-SNAKE I KNEW IT! YES! I mean, the cat was unexpected, but I have been rooting for either bat or snake since the beginning, so this was nice

From the teasers, I learn that the people of the Boiling Isles were turned into puppets, so that explains what happened to them. the Collector is playing dolls with them I presume

The special

oh, we are starting from the "big sister" scene again

Collector theme, what a jam

we seem to be following King's pov

Raine's rhapsody!

the song evolves into a theme for a wordless montage of what's going on in the Boiling Isles

the In-Between! why is Luz here? where is everybody else?

wait there is a weird golden ghost in the distance, what could this mean? are they trying to contact Luz?

Willow loving the red grass is too cute

Hunter meanwhile is a little on edge

in general, the witch kids are happy to be back

aww, Camila is trying to like the Boiling Isles for Luz's sake, she's so sweet

Luz appreciates this but is unmoved

Belos lashes out at a ghost? hallucination? of Caleb

Camila is so lost in dealing with Luz that she is asking children for help

Willow's advice is to say that it is ok to fail, which seems too easy to me to work

ooh? looks like Willow is refusing to show weakness

finally, we learn what Amity's palismen means. she wants to forge her own path, eh? yeah that jives with my understanding of the character

wait, Eda already?!

"where's your titan" ironically, he's with the Collector

it looks like the Collector's playing the hero in a land of puppets

not Eda, just Terra playing as her

Terra sucks, both as an actor and as a person

I can't help but get the impression that the Collector wants to be Luz

Matt?

turns out that the kids of Hexside were spared

MAN-THOLOMULE I CANT-

New Hexside: teenage wasteland

poor Braxas

Camila does not appreciate what the kids have done to the place, fair

the kids commemorate principal Bump the only way they can: as the raddest principal alive

"who's tall Luz" snerk

the Hexside kids reconnect with their squad

Matty's last name is Tholomule?!

it's funny how Belos just says no to all attempts at ghostly guilt tripping

one last!? you are telling me that Belos makes multiple grimwalkers at a time?!

this was in the second teaser, but someone pointed out that the Collector is hovering around like a jpeg

Mama-Dalia?! the Collector got no taste

Mama-Dalia doesn't want to be no mama

The Collector bedroom is on the moon, cool

huh, is the implication that the Collector was an outcast and thus lonely? lot of Collector/Luz parallels here

Boscha's mad with power

Despite her current low mood, Luz can't help but act in a dramatic and heroic manner

so Boscha got a pair of evil advisors

don't worry, Luz got an alternate path, use the memories in her mind!

Eda! you're alive! and she can't help but test the boundaries of the rules

there is a whole Clawthorne hiding place here

Matty's a surprisingly good leader

plan "possess a grimwalker" failed

is Belos' new plan to possess Odalia?

OH GOD, RAINE

lotta memories

Willow tries to cheer Hunter up with a "one of us", but it doesn't work

Boscha's trying to get under Willow's skin again

The advisor was Kiki all along! I forgot about her

Belos strikes, but the Collector blocks!

oh here he goes manipulating again

"no ideas of her own" Luz is tired

botched ice glyph, call back

Boscha pulls a "we can rule together" with Amity

Reminds me of that old theory that Boscha cares more about her relationship than Amity did, guess this confirmed it

Willow is freaking out man!

Titans can cancel out Collector magic, no wonder the Collectors tried to wipe them out

finally a Noceda heart to heart

UNDERSTOOD!! this whole scene was great

Willow finally allows herself to cry

Magic of Flapjack, the theorists were right

Ha, I see that Willow blush moment!

Willow vs Boscha rematch when!

wait, that's not a catsnak- omg it can shapeshift! TOH crew done it again

"snakeshifter" I love you already Stringbean

the Collector pulls that sinister "I want a new game" trick again

Wait, it's over already?

Reaction to other reactions

the owl house tag reached number 1 with 4300 notes (interestingly enough, ts4 was at number 6. was simtimates really that exciting?)

people are meming on Boscha's crush, I haven't even thought of that, that makes it so much funnier

the fact that only the kids are surviving in the Collector's playground... man

"Philip Wittebane has been diagnosed with late-stage Puritanism (incurable)."

someone pointed out that lucity aren't falling apart from casual touching anymore, that's sweet how comfortable they are with each other

ooh, good eye noting that callback to "die in your arms" "this is make-believe” moment. it's not make-believe now

Raine really is possessed this time, they can't get a break

oh, that ghost in the In-Between does look like a titan trapper

some people are saying this was a little slow? I felt that it was actually too fast, it kept jumping from moment to moment

someone pointed out the Boscha-Wrath parallels, I aspire to this level of analysis

Someone pointed out that Luz got a very villainesque aesthetic, what with the dark purple magic; I can see it, and I am here for it. I love how Luz looks like an edgy jock but is actually a sweet nerd. no more villain queer-coding, we're queer villain-coding

lmao at Stringbean taking Luz's "I want them to be whatever they want" literally

someone imagined Amity giving the break the shell of the world speech and now I can't stop imagining it also

Predictions for the next special

the next special needs to fulfill two requirements imo: the final climax that solves all the problems and completes the main themes; and a satisfying epilogue so we can say goodbye to all the characters. the problem is that these two requirements conflict with each other. if the epilogue is too long, the special would seem weirdly off-balance, with large chunks of the runtime having little to no conflict. but if the epilogue is too short, how are we supposed to process the show's ending? I guess the showrunners can try another montage...

anyway, predictions. first thing first, no major character is going to die, dear god, this is a children's show. At most, someone is going to sacrifice themselves and come back

I think that the Collector would be talked down at the climax, probably by Luz relating to them, really connecting to a troubled kid one last time

Belos would probably be defeated after the Collector. Luz going "eat this suckers" to Belos would be fun

then I guess Luz has a discussion where she finally accepts that she belongs to the Boiling Isles? or she could realize this in the lead-up to the Collector. I imagine that she would build a new portal and commute between realms (remember she mentioned in "yesterday's lies" that building the portal is easy once you know what to do, you just need a power source. like a certain star child...)

let's see, anything else... oh right! that in-between guy! they will probably be important to Luz's development (considering she's the only one they want to contact) but damned if I know how. maybe they are a lost titan who will reveal the secret Titan/Collector lore that will give clues on how to deal with the Collector?

I am guessing that Luz will meet up with Eda fairly quickly, for that early burst of heartwarming. I would love to see Camila and Eda interacting and bonding over Luz

I wonder how rigged the "new game" that the Collector want will be, and what will be the stakes. who will be King's best friend forever? control of the Isles? their lives? actually, judging by the misconception of King's intentions that made the Collector believe Belos, it might be over whether the Collector will go back to the in-between or not. it could tie into the loneliness themes

speaking of themes, this season is going to be about grief apparently. maybe they will show the Collector being sad over being the only collector? maybe even survivor's guilt? many possibilities

[rileyesquiremd]

I'm riley!!!!!

Hi hih i hihi! Im Riley Esquire. Not my real last name. AND im not a doctor either. Now that is only a taste of what you will learn in this upcoming intro post!

INFO... UNDER THE CUT!

Sooo >:3 a few things about me .

Im 22! Im a transguy, he/him but any prns if you know me and you like to have a little gender fun im not stopping u. im bi, just incase you need to know for having a crush on me reasons.

This is a sideblog, so if i follow you it'll be from dyna's blog, which isnt mine but we share a body so you know rest assured SOMEBODY in here will be looking at your posts!

A couple things I like:

Dancing/music/concerts/raves!!! pls send me music recs anytime i love listening to new songs.

Explorin, finding out abt new things to do and see. idc if ive never birdwatched or taxidermied an animal before or if ive never rummaged thru a scrapyard but id love to try it with u!!!

Doodling my friends and loved ones, and rendering my husbands pieces w him.... here we have posted some but we dont update as often as we should!!

Talking w people and helping out! body energy levels are low but id love to stay up all nite chatting with u or. well id say helping u move in to your place but i dont know you and i cant go all the way to Seattle to help you.

NOw lets get specific!!!!!

I have a letterboxd!!!! me and my headmates share it, so theres a lotta genres in there. but generally, i like fantasy, sci fi, adventure, action, drama. sometimes its a little hard for me to keep up with artsy movies but ill watch them. and i generally dont like horror at all. (sorry beau)

i dont play games TOO much, but i like co op games(tho, im not very good at them, so sometimes i get discouraged when i lose a lot.), adventure games, rpgs, casual games, and boardgames!!!!

asfor books!! i dont read too often but ill read anything. i've recently read the mysterious benedict society which was really charming. id honestly love to read A Thornbush Tale/Chesscourt series from The Northern Caves, I wish they existed........

comics! I kinda just hang out and read them with beau thats more his thing. but i like the comedies! ha ha funny sidekick go!!

MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

generally, i have a lot of overlap with Beau's taste, so, rock/metal, electronica, EDM and industrial. however they lean toward synthwave more and i like more classic rock and oldies stuff. he HATES it when i want to play Everyday by buddy holly. but IM sayin, his names fuckin BUDDY!!!! this song cant be ominous

uhhh but ya send me songs !

as for specific medias, u can ask me abt them, but im not making a list of things im into! you will just have to find out.

but rest assured. triggers will be tagged. posts will be queued. you will have a great day!

and remember:

be kind!

[honeybeewhereartthee]

https://at.tumblr.com/honeybeewhereartthee/crystal-hearts/8e6d5hpzlqke

At the end of this chapter, you always put like numbers for an explanation. If you want because I was kinda lost, put numbers on the story like a reference. Also the second reference I didn't understand, I hope if you could explain, so I can enjoy and understand the story. And, I hope you do more of these aus they are so entertaining!!

I read twisted wonderland au and saw you'll put Helter-Spider so here's a link that maybe can help you with their personalities, I guess?

https://at.tumblr.com/lucaasunn/helter-spider-kohaku-ramble/i7bieo3jd5ex

Just a thing, in Crystal Hearts, that time when Kohaku made the soul link, I wasn't surprised you put his Helter-Spider version, but for some reason I can't stand it in a good way, that version makes me flustered and perhaps is because his event was the first on getting a 5 star card and I don't regret it, his outfit is so gorgeous!!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LIKING MA' STORY AND AU. ♡(> ਊ <)♡♡(> ਊ <)♡♡(> ਊ <)♡

(•́︿•̀) oh the second one is based on the same dorm mate chat if you put the same character on the screen. Rei and Eichi talks about the file that eichi saw Infront of the dorm room or around the dorm littering on the place and it's about idols --its Aira's research paper about all stuff idols and stuff that eichi is curious what's inside but is too scared what type of information aira gather around from internet or whatnot. (I'm going to look for the twitter translation and add link later if I found it. I don't bookmark it (｡ŏ﹏ŏ)) and AI from Aira name could mean Artificial intelligence or AI. Idk I thought it's funny joke too since at some point he likes to tweet and updated in social media when it's comes to idols.

Soul Link of Kohaku (CHAU) turning out to be his new 5* is because there's not enough time, he reach out to have strong enough powers to defeat reaper of frost ability of CB mayoi. The first one to quickly let him borrow their power is Helter spider Kohaku. Based on all his 5* stat, Helter spider isn't the strongest 5* of his thru based on card state sadge Who is from My Twisted wonderland AU. (Spoiler: kohaku in the Twisted wonderland AU have a role of the Mad Hatter, if you add the fact that kohaku felt about the whole thing when he have glimpse of forgotten regression, it's ALL MAD. (◠‿◕) making it more have connections to one another.)

Also for the Twisted wonderland AU... The title is based on the songs and lyrics interpretation of mine. (• ▽ •;) not the card, only a bit of mv because of a lore of twisted wonderland au. If you see the tag in the post, Madness Mansion of Helter spider is Niki's story (・_・;) but of course it's an interactive story so it would end up as different as plan, since most of the questions would be ask and readers would decide what to do next from multiple choice or what they added in the comment :D.

Thank you for the link thru! I will keep it mind.

Hope I answer them if not Ill DM them (◕દ◕)to you!

[clutchpowers]

any good lego city undercover fic recs? or fanartists? i'm absolutely starved for fan content

or fics i have friendly offer and snapped, personal favs of mine and for fanart ive got halfbreeddege, koroboko, my cool pal TUUW, midnightblue05, doodletrash01 (occasional posts), itorotu (archive), kd_spleen (dig thru their archive), brickamatiic, kimuyellow (single coloring page), cyberstarfox, buckeywanderer / buckey-city (archive), megume_walker (photos), andante-ace (single piece), this perfect piece by my friend you should also look at all their art actually its very epic LOOK AT ALL THEIR ART RIGHT NOW, aaaaand this piece by soulless-sanctuary that ill force you all to look at for 2 weeks straight because its actually perfect (theyve got a few more pieces in the tag). also this tiktok im sure youve all fucking seen. but hes actually funny. honestly dig through the videoes a few of them actually stand out.

sadly though a lot of fanart is lost, i know a JP artist deleted all their LCU art, a mario artist deleted their LCU anni piece, an artist that posted a little had some LCU pieces that are also lost to time.... it sucks but yeah. at least theres still a good bit out there! have fun :^]c

[mostlymaudlin]

Rules: List the first lines of the last ten (10) stories you published. Look to see any patterns you notice yourself, and see if anyone else notices any. Then tag some friends

thx @sillyunicorn and @you-remind-me-of-the-babe this is cool!!

all of these are snowbaz except #2, which is andreil.

1. Your Hand In Mine (E), 2k

“Can I touch you?”

2. Nothing Is Fine (T), 2k

Ah, this isn’t good, is it?

3. Playing for Keeps [the "learning the game" remix] (M), 2k

It takes Baz forever to get ready.

4. Very Silly, Very Sexy (E), 2k

Baz puts his hands over mine, stopping me halfway through unbuttoning his shirt.

5. Fuck the Beach (T), <1k

“I can’t believe you made me come here.”

6. You Can Have It (E), 6k

I don’t have time to appreciate that Baz is strong enough to tear a tree from the ground before he’s on me.

7. On the Borderline (E), 2k

Baz comes with his cock untouched as I fuck him, and not even because I made him.

8. Bestie Status Achieved (T), 2k

Sometimes it really does feel like I need to make new friends.

9. Love Bites (M), 2k

“Babe, babe, babe… I have an idea.”

10. Give Us The Stars (M), 2k

When I roll over, I find Baz staring at me.

BRUH i wrote #7 while super fucked up on pain meds literally the same day i had fucking surgery and i still think its SO FUNNY i wandered into the notes app and typed that

i think it's fair to say i almost always start w some kind of attempt at scene setting. only two of these (2 and 7) start with introspection, and those two fics are mostly about introspection, sooo yea. the scene setting thing makes sense tho bc i was taught to write thru news writing, where the best practice is lede (lots of vignettes, shld be visual) followed by nut graf (haha nut) (but like -- some kind of distillation of what u should expect form the story). i think most of my fiction writing follows similar storytelling patterns.

i tag @urban-sith @snowybank @tea-brigade @seducing-a-vampire

[actualbird]

tot ao3 fic recs part 5: character studies or just any fic that made me go, "damn, author knows/interprets this character AMAZINGLY!!!"

previous tot fic recs post can be found at the very bottom of my tot masterlist

these are fave fics ive read that made me further Understand the tot character in question, that opened my eyes or delved deeper into an already visible trait, that well and truly studied tot characters like a bugs under a microscope (affectionate).

all 6 fics here feature no ships and are completed

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it waits for you by quarterweeb

“I hope you liked the city; it’s a favorite of mine.” Artem nodded, and the old woman smiled indulgently. “Did you visit Vienna, too?” - Inspired by Billy Joel's "Vienna."

focus on artem, outsider pov

this fic is the most recent one on this list that i read and oh my god, it made me actually cry. real tears, yo. in the span of 1.5k words, artem wing was gently pried open and told the exact kindness he NEEDS to hear and also will have the MOST trouble believing. the prose here is so like, beautifully simple, just an everyday conversation that can happen to any of us. but then there are lines of dialog that happen that artem is never gonna forget.

and also im never gonna forget a very specific line here. it's been etched into my BRAIN. i wont spoil it tho, GO READ THIS! ESP IF UR AN ARTEM ENJOYER!!!

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artblock by quarterweeb

There’s the sound of some slapping, and then a switch flicks on. Cody blinks against the light, although it’s still kinda dim. The whole hallway looks...gross. It looks gross! The walls and the floors are just gray-brown concrete with little posters and stuff hung up to make it look less like a jail. In front of him is a guy with normal clothes on and dog tags. “You look like an asshole,” Cody says, because it's true and his parents aren’t around. - Cody Teller is locked in the depths of the Stellis Art Gallery, when some random guy comes out of nowhere to help him out.

focus on marius, outsider pov

yo, i think quarterweeb is a master of outsider pov by this point. this is another one of her fics and it's SO DELIGHTFUL!! LITTLE KID POV and thru this pov the fic takes us thru this like, rlly sincere snapshot of who marius is when hes connected over something he loves: art. thru just the interaction in here, a very clear understanding of marius shines thru even if the fic isnt going too "deep" so to speak.

all in all, this is funny and very earnest read!!

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Two Degrees (of Separation) by samandspam

“... After all, I have two doctorate degrees, whereas Artem has only one.” Sure, he only had a doctorate in law, but he had managed to pass an exam that had a one percent pass rate with flying colors. He may have the patience and goodwill of a saint, but Neil and Celestine had honed on his subtle pettiness. But such was the saying: you should always lookout for the quiet ones. or alternatively: Artem is a petty guy who does not take lightly to being called out without reason.

focus on artem, comedy

who says character studies have to be "serious" all the time? not sam cuz this fic is a frigging HOOT. showcases an artem wing that, under what many think is a wooden sign that says No Fun Allowed, is a person who actually is Very Fun Allowed (Because Of Spite). sam is super great at taking what you "expect" a character to do and then turning that on its head in a way that still completely fits, and that specialty is v much highlighted here!

v much recommend if you want something lighthearted!!

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Penne for your thoughts? by samandspam

"If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him... The people who give you their food give you their heart." — Cesar Chavez or alternatively: artem makes food for the nxx. a series of three (maybe four) drabbles where artem makes food for marius, vyn, and luke.

focus on all nxx boys, comedy, found family

i like to call this fic "i cant believe pasta counts as therapy!" kJBKJKFGS but rlly, this fic is the 2nd in a series where artem is rlly fucking good at making pasta and each chapter delves into each nxx boys' insecurities or feelings. and then those feelings r met with warmth and comfort and pasta. each chapter shows a rlly wonderful understanding of who the boys are thru what they fear and how to address those fears.

in this fic, you'll get a laugh and also maybe a cry if ur a repressed bastard like me who really kins luke, HAHA. deffo give this a read if u want to feel an ache in ur heart but then like, a hug after that.

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Despite All Odds, It Seems I've Met My Match by sure_galena

Now that she’s facing him — and at a closer distance — Artem notices there’s something familiar about her eyes. He’s used to seeing them each time he looks in the mirror. “Who—” Artem clears his throat, trying to shove away the pinpricks of fear, the snake’s fangs beginning to poke at him. “Who are you?” The woman stops about a meter away from him, keeping a cautious distance between them. “Artemis Wing, senior attorney at Justitia Law Firm. And I’m inclined to ask you the same question.” * Or: after an NXX mission causes Artem to get transported into a parallel universe, he meets the genderbent counterparts of the NXX Investigation Team.

focus on artem, found family

man mAAANNNNN!!! this fic is such a huge fave of mine!!! the artem wing we know and love ends up in a universe where things r the same but Not Really. that in itself had me hooked but then galena goes the extra mile by using this fantastic premise as a way to make artem realize and confront his flaws and fears. that + some rlly cool plot + SO MUCH FOUND FAMILY FEEEELLLSSSSS //SOBS. artem's pov here is exquisite, it's got this solid/strict vibe in how he handles himself but also this like, looping and almost endless questioning of his faults as a person, IT'S SO GREAT TO READ!!!

artem enjoyers, check this fic out!!

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In the end, all I hope for is to be a bit of warmth for you by sure_galena

When Vyn is away on a business trip and needs help with his plants, Luke (and the rest of the NXX crew) end up signing up for more than they thought they would

focus on luke, action, found family

nothing brings a team together than fighting a giant evil plant that vyn supposedly ordered!!! vyn, what the HELL?? but srsly, this fic is wonderful and i love it to bits. galena back at it again with a wonderfully absurd premise and then uses that premise to dissect character and this fic's victim is Luke Pearce. take it from me, self diagnosed luke pearce enthusiast, that this fic is incredible. be it through little quirks luke does with his phone contacts or how he strategizes a battle plan or the thoughts only us readers are privy to in his internal monolog, this fic delivers a LOVELY interpretation of who luke is. all the while telling a very entertaining and well paced story.

im pspspsppspss-ing luke enjoyers, come here, read this fic, it's great!!

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[sylvctica]

[ GET  TO  KNOW  YOUR  WRITING  PARTNER! ]            

knowing your writing partners can potentially make writing together a lot easier.   repost, don’t reblog.

NAME: Aid! at least that’s what ppl online know me as, tho i did go by Resu at one point when i was active in the early days of the bleach RPC, but i eventually dropped it for Aid once i picked it up as a nickname.

PRONOUNS: she/her, nothing too fancy here!! tho i don’t mind masc stuff like ‘dude’ and ‘bro’ being used around me.

PREFERENCE OF COMMUNICATION: uhhhh usually discord, but god i am terrible at replying i am so sorry to anyone who chats with me. 😭 tumblr IMs work as well tho i’m just slow, or just post replies/tag chats cause they’re pretty easy on my brain.

NAME OF MUSE(S): just one whole Sylvie!!! or Sylvatica. or Foras. or a bunch of nicknames they’ve got LMASOAMO.

EXPERIENCE/HOW LONG: I think I’ve been writing on tumblr for the last ... lemme look at my first blog ... may 2013? i did a bit of writing on devART before moving here from 2011-2012, so roughly 10-11 years of RPing experience.

BEST EXPERIENCE: i’ve had so many good experiences!!!! and i’ve met a lot of dope friends thru tumblr (shoutout to @afacere​​​ for chugging along with me for so many years). it’s hard to pinpoint any specific experiences cause i value rlly everything and everyone that has helped me develop my muses (esp with sylvie) cause you guys helped to shape them into the muse they are today.

RP PET PEEVES: it’s funny cause i know i have them, but i’m blanking out so hard on what they are. thankfully it’s not as much of an issue any more (esp with the new dashboard view u can use on any blog so it mitigates it), but i remember the days super tiny container themes were the jam and everything was ant-sized and im like ... please. 11px or 12px sized font won't kill you or ruin your aesthetic, nor will 500/540px sized posts (or even 400+). i distinctly remember coming across a blog way back in the day where the container size was unironically like... 300x200 or something and i’m like ... why tho.

MUSE PREFERENCES FOR ANGST / FLUFF / SMUT: uhh, fluff? i do love me angst, but since my muses flow on their own, maintaining angst is hard and sylvie is very much not a muse that’s prone to any form of sadness or depression, so those threads are very few and far between. i enjoy more fluffy/silly stuff overall cause it makes me feel good!!!

PLOTS OR MEMES: memes mostly because they work with my low energy, but i enjoy the small plot (or big?) when they come around and inspiration strikes or a mun and i find something we’d both be curious in exploring--but memes take priority usually.

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES: both!!! im just slow with long replies because it requires focus from my brain and with me working so late, im usually low on that. slow replies function best with my energy and focus, but i lov me a good juicy long thread.

BEST TIME TO WRITE: *it’s a mystery plays in the BG* my energy is random as hell. i usually try to write on weekends cause it’s when i have the most free time, but i end up usually sleeping most of the day to recover from the work week. otherwise, i dont rlly have much free time to write until after midnight on weekdays, and by that point my brain is usually buzzed out.

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE: to a degree? a lot of myself bleeds out into my more active muses. i can be a lil stupid like sylvie with stuff flying over my head, i cope with humour like they do, i love food too and nature ... it’s mostly surface level stuff though, cause their insecurities and what not do not touch much upon mine outside a few instances. mostly because they’re not human, so a lot of their things do not overlap with mortal issues LMASOASMASO SO TO SAY ANYWAY.

[banhchao]

omg that blackpink self insert vid you recommend in the tag!! while i'm aware idols images are essentially marketing tools (idk how to word it sorry 🤧😗, it never crossed my mind that it also has smtg to do with fans using them as OC material lolol

hi anon! i just got off of work lol so i’m ready for dive into this ask! thanks for sending hehe ~

i’m not sure if you have already watched the video but i’ll mention some brief points i-spy made that sorta stuck out to me as they explained the “blackpink as a self-insert character” phenomenon. you explained it perfectly; idol images are carefully crafted and curated marketing tools to sell the idea of their “persona” and “tropes”. members follow specific aesthetics, behaviours, styles etc. to fit their persona, most likely hiding their complete true selves (as all human beings really are incredibly nuanced and complex) and selling these “characters” along with the music. as we see idols as characters most of the time (as this is what we are usually shown) it’s not surprising that fans fall into the phenomenon of projecting themselves onto idols and turning them into self-inserts and their own personal Y/Ns, Lisa being notably the most popular for girls, Jimin from BTS for men & Jungkook from BTS as the most famous love-interest insert (hence the popularity of the liskook & jikook ships). fans will choose either the idols with the persona they want to be or relate to most as their self-insert.

funny confession: when i was 12 years old, i was guilty of this self-insert phenomenon! i used to write fanfic of snsd & 2pm (lol old stuff) where jessica jung was my personal self-insert & yuri & tiffany were inserts of my two closest friends. at the time, i related to jessica a lot as her persona was “ice princess”; someone cold, violent, standoffish, hot-tempered. i was a particularly aggressive person (i still am tbh lol) so i channeled her as me & wrote the story loosely based on my own life events. it’s interesting because it wasn’t as if i couldn’t write my own OCs; it was that i was attracted to jessica’s looks & personality & was able to curate a life that was like mine but much more interesting & exciting. 12 years old was actually one of the best years of my life lol so it wasn’t a factor of feeling lonely and unsatisfied but reveling in the bond i had with my friends thru the vessel of kpop. it was really just me being young and aspiring to be like these idols who i looked up to and saw as my role models (i still love snsd with my whole heart lol).

nowadays, Lisa is the most popular self-insert option especially for international fans; she’s pretty, thin and conventionally attractive, she’s foreign in Korea thus seen as “exotic” (from other’s pov not mine lol... exotic is not a compliment tho many believe it is), she’s talented, she’s branded as the group’s personal badass (and who wouldn’t want that?) thru the use of aesthetics from black culture (we will not dive into this tho lol) whilst simultaneously using her aegyo on variety shows (multi-faceted) and yet she’s quite a private person despite her popularity (as we can see from her instagram, everything is very vague). she’s the perfect self-insert for international fans; pretty & skinny, foreign in korea like them, a “badass”, private and mysterious and naturally gifted, hardworking and talented, wears nice clothes and presents visually-appealing aesthetics so they are able to project whatever they want onto her. she’s the main character - in the end she will get the guy (or girl), win the competition, solve the mystery etc. hell, if Lisa were an idol when I was 12 I probably would have used her as my self-insert cause she’s also se Asian lol. and it doesn’t stop at Lisa or even blackpink; we know so little of idols’ actual selves and only of what they share, all of which is pre-curated as marketing tools that they are perfect character material. in blackpink’s case we can actually pinpoint why their stans can be quite... obsessive and protective lol; as they see the girls as themselves, any sort of criticism is seen as an attack on themselves.

main character syndrome is actually something i’ve been watching videos on lol where basically ppl aspire to take on a mindset of being the “main character” of their own story or film so as to take control of their lives and live their lives to the fullest. it has its pros and has its cons but relatively it’s harmless so long as it’s not taken too seriously or deeply (cause that can breed into selfishness and narcissism lol). as nowadays we have become invested in being the “main character” or “y/n” and start applying these tropes to ourselves whether it be thru labels, fashion, aesthetics or activities we do to build up our main character profiles... it’s no surprise that with Kpop idols being at our disposal with carefully crafted personas in place, fans will project onto them and use them as self-inserts as a form of escapism when life is feeling mundane, dull and not worthy of the “main character” title.

i-spy mentions that this is most likely to happen when ppl feel lonely and unsatisfied with their lives that they can escape and take form in the idols they look up to. young girls are especially vulnerable as they are more subject to developing insecurities growing up. if they can’t be the conventionally attractive confident badass in real life, they can be lisa who’s persona encapsulates that. much of my life, I’ve been... empty and unsatisfied lol (sometimes I still am) so I understand these ppl’s attraction to projecting on idols. I think so long as it’s not too deep or taken too seriously, doing so (especially for young girls) won’t cause any harm and may actually direct their paths in life. these idols are like... their vessel into discovering themselves - what they like, don’t like etc. the reason why many ppl write fanfic or participate in role plays is because they admire qualities in these ppl and find them to be the perfect characters as they are still figuring out themselves and what they want in a significant other. i think so long as ppl acknowledge the bigger picture as they embark on these journeys & don’t sink too deeply as to lose their identities or deepen any insecurities (or fall into toxic behaviours or unhealthy habits), I think self-inserts are relatively harmless. it’s only when ppl aspire to be these idols (who are not even themselves really) and latch onto unhealthy practices to look like them, act like them etc. that self-insert behaviour becomes dangerous.

anyways idk why i went on a tangent lol but thanks for the ask! blackpink is quite fascinating especially it’s grasp on its fans.

here is the video if you guys haven’t checked it out! (ED MENTION TW)

[mermaidxatxheart]

Bake Sale

Pairing: Bucky X Reader

Word Count: 1562

Warnings: None, really. Not even swearing-surprising I know. Brief mentions of anxiety. Mostly it’s fluff.

A/N: This is just kind of a fluff piece I wrote one day when I was feeling a little unsure about my own skill as a writer. I hope you like it. Don’t forget to send me some love in the form of comments and asks or messages.

Bucky knew something was wrong the moment he opened the door. The smell hit him like a brick.

 Baked goods.

 Cookies, pies, muffins, sweet smelling breads. It smells like a god damn bakery in your house.  And while he’s an absolute slut for your cupcakes, it always means something is wrong.

 “Y/N?” He calls softly, walking through the house. He finds you in the kitchen, headphones in, probably turned up to maximum volume. You’re stirring something in a glass bowl, a dark brown almost fudgy looking concoction, brownies. Plates and plates of everything you possibly know how to make cover every inch of the counters and table. 

 What is he going to do with you?

 He steps forward and leans against the counter, dipping his finger into the bowl and tasting it. You let out a blood curdling scream and drop the bowl. If it weren’t for his super human reflexes, it would have broken and all the delicious brownies would have been wasted. You yank out your headphones and glare at him.

 “How many times have I told you, if you’re home alone, use the stereo. You have to be able to hear if someone comes in.” He says softly.

 “Let them. It’s not like I have anything worth taking.” You growl.

 “Absolutely, you do.” He says seriously.

 You scoff. “Sure, a TV that doesn’t work, books no one wants, a bed that’s just about to break. Yeah, it’s a real fucking treasure mine in here.” You rub your face roughly, but he notices the tears you’re trying to hide.

 He cups your face in his hands, tipping your chin up so that you have to look at him. “Something far more precious than all that shit.” He rests his forehead against yours and squeezes his eyes shut. “Do you know what I would do if someone hurt you? If something happened to you?” 

 Your breath washes over him and he’s lost, drifting over an ocean of pain but none of it can touch him, because he has you. His hands trail down your neck, thumbs tracing the front of your throat, before he grips your shoulders. You know he cares about you, he hasn’t made it a secret, but he’s reluctant to make a move. He wants to be better before dragging you into his shit. 

 “Bucky,” you breath and he crushes his eyes closed. 

 “Do you know what I would do?” He repeats, hands sliding down to your hands, holding them against his chest. 

 You shake your head slightly.

 “I would break the world to bring you back. You need to be safe. I need you to be safe.” He whispers desperately.

 “I’m sorry, Bucky.” You say softly. His name on your lips is heaven to him. Sometimes, he pretends not to hear you just so that he can listen to you call him over and over. 

 “Now, tell me what’s wrong? What’s with the bake sale?” He asks, pressing a kiss to your forehead.

 “I can’t do it. It won’t be good enough.”

 “First of all, that’s bullshit.”

 “Why would anyone want to read anything I write? It’s just crap. What was I thinking? I’ll never be as good as-“

 “I swear to god if you say J.K. Rowling, I’m going to scream.”

 “She’s so fucking good!” You run your fingers through your hair and Bucky groans.

 Loudly.

 “Doll, she’s not the standard. Yes, she’s good. Yes, everyone loves her and yes her books are still widely popular. But that doesn’t mean that she has the monopoly on books people love. You wrote something amazing. It’s touching and funny and so very you. And I don’t know if you noticed, but people tend to love you, so why wouldn’t they love your books?” Bucky presses his fingers to his temples for a minute. “You know, Steve gets mad at me. He can always tell when you fill out my mission reports. He says they’re far more entertaining than mine.”

 “He does not. You lie.”

 “I would never. Come on. Leave the brownies.” He says, pulling you towards your office. “No, leave the brownies.” He catches you as you try to go back to them. He lifts you up around the waist and carries you to your desk. 

 “Bucky!” You whine, pulling a small chuckle from him. 

 He spots the manuscript on your desk, ready to go off to get published. He’s so proud of you for finishing it. He knows how much it took for you to finally get there. He’s not going to let your anxiety get in the way. He sets you down, but he can sense you’re going to run-your muscles tense as your bare feet touch the floor.

 “I’ll catch you and drag you back here.” He warns and you sigh loudly, leaning into his side.

 “Fine, grumpy.”

 He slides the thick stack of papers into the Manila envelope and seals it. He scrawls your address in the corner and slathers several stamps in the corner. 

 “Where are your shoes, Doll?” He asks, looking down at you.

 “I’m not telling.” You cross your arms over your chest and he has a hard time not following the movement. 

 “That’s fine. I don’t really need you to walk to the mailbox.” He shrugs, stepping away. You nearly fall before catching yourself on his muscular arm.

 “Bucky!”

 “Come with me.” He holds out his hand for you and he can see the fear in your eyes. “Baby, please. Come with me.”

 You slide your delicate, soft hand into his big, rough one and squeeze it gently. “I’m trusting you.” You whisper.

 He knows how hard that is for you. He nods once, pulling you to the door. He pauses long enough for you to slip on your shoes. 

 The sky outside is dark, a storm is rolling in. You rub your bare arms, even though you love bad weather. “The sky is so grouchy today.” You snuggle up against him as he leads you down the steps. 

 He adores the feel of you against him, the way you crave to be close to him. You’ve never pushed him to move faster, always content to take things at his pace, and fuck, he loves you for that.

 He stops in front of the blue box at the end of your street and hands you the envelope. “Go ahead.”

 “No-I can’t.”

 “Of course, you can. You’ve been heading for this moment since you were three years old and picked up your first book. You can’t give up now.” He pushes the envelope into your shaking hands.

 You turn to stare at the innocent blue box. He gently opens the flap and it squeaks with rust. Lightly tapping the back of your elbow, he guides you forward until you have no choice but to tip the package inside. He closes the flap and turns to you. Your eyes are filling with tears and he cups your face gently. Your hands fist in his shirt at chest level and before he can react, you’re kissing him. 

 Your lips are like silky heaven, moving against his own. They taste like sugar and chocolate and he knows you were sampling the dough before baking it. His hands grip your hips as his brain catches up, then his arms wrap around you and crush you to him. He can feel your pulse under his hand, it’s racing a mile a minute. 

 He knows he should pull back, you need to breathe but for the first time in seventy years, he feels like he can breathe. He just can’t make himself back away now. 

 You break first, resting your forehead against his chest as your fingers card through his hair.

 “Bucky, I-“

 “I love you.” He rushes. He doesn’t want you to apologize, he doesn’t think he can stand to hear you say it was just a mistake. He’s crazy about you and you need to hear him say it.

 “I didn’t mean to-“

 “Please-don’t say that.”

 “Let me finish, rude. I didn’t mean to rush you. I know you need time. But you were standing there and you’ve helped me through so much, every panic attack, every tantrum, every emergency. You’ve been there for me, James. I just wanted you to know that I’m here for you, too.”

 His heart breaks into a million pieces as you speak. His chest physically hurts. He hugs you tight against him, burying his face in your neck.

 “How did I get so lucky?”

 “I love you, too.”

 He holds you like that for a minute until he can control himself again. Once he steps back, his eyes roam your face, memorizing every detail. 

 “We have a small problem.” You start and he tenses.

 “We do?”

 “I have a bakery in my kitchen.”

 “Oh, we can take all that to the compound. They’ll go nuts for it.” He says, taking your hand and leading you back to your home. 

 “Yeah right. Steve will kill me and there will be a bunch of diabetic avengers running around.”

 He tips his head back and laughs loudly. “Are you kidding? Steve will be the first to dive right in. And you’ll forever be on Wanda’s good side.” He pulls you tight against his side and rests his mouth on the top of your head. 

 Sometimes, things can be worth the wait.

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[k-l-a-n-c-e-a-c-a-d-e-m-y]

okay whatever 🍓 go crazy

“Go crazy” don’t mind if I go stupid as well 😈.. JAMESSSSS FUXKING GLOMPS U ... kisses u on the lips and headbutts u so hard:::: jamejamejnsmwjsmns...... so ofc I have to start off by saying I love you bc u said it to me and I’m going to say that u said it first 🥺 jamelta fans how do we feel knowing James fell in love first 😈😈 OKAY OKAY BUT FR... u know I love you so totally and completely and we really are best friends... u are the perfect combo of everything I love and I’m the perfect everything so it’s why we vibe so hard.... but ok we are soulmates actually and I think I’m destined to annoy you for the rest of time.... I don’t rlly know how we like met met? Like i know YOUVE been mutuals with NEFF for a long time (samflam rights!) and the earliest interaction I remember is you making that “we irritating” nyarustones meme that made me lose my mind like that’s when I was like “omg he’s a funny guy....” I genuinely love and hate how funny you are like ... ur FUNNY.... the DTC?? Literally had me crying and when u made that server abt me?? I was on the FLOOR I cannot believe u rounded up all my mutuals and was just like “hey guys 😈” and like tht whole hour of us just being in the server for the first time I don’t think I’ve ever laughed that hard.... omg omg one of my fav things to do EVER is like bond with u.... like when we bonded over hating the twin AU ... or liking mangoes....... like idk idk I like making u happy ;-; like making u happy (and also Jonah) is legit my prime driving force for reading ALL of Naruto cause I love like seeing what u have to say in response to me losing my mind over it like.. Man U live like this..? I also love how like our interactions are infamous where like ur mutuals I’ve never spoken to know me... like that power:... wow.... and eventually ur mutuals become mine and so like bc of u I’m making more friends and 🥺🥺 holds ur hand so hard on my Lilypad..... ur also very very smart like way smarter than me and I know that’s not saying a lot but ur incredibly intelligent and I love like how u comprehend media like I have no idea STULL what A.A. is abt or dgs but I still look forward to reading ur posts on it bc ur one of the only people I trust on this site.... omg omg also I’m 99.9% sure u were the forst person I turned post notifs on bc yeah I HAD to know whenever u posted abt me (duh I love delta posts 🙄) but also I’m just looking forward to anything u have to say.... I value ur opinion highly ... *closes my eyes and looks away so fast* also I think ur the first person that turned post notifs on for me/.: I do appreciate that u like ALL my posts bc I’m comforted that like no matter what u HEAR ME... wven if it’s just me meowing for attention again.... but yes yes that one time we were all in a VC was so fun and we ahould rlly do it again... I wanna get us all together and play AU or like things like that bc ur so fun to be around grrrrr .... I’ve been diagnosed with love James disease and my symptoms are showing so mf bad!!!! Like I always like joke and stuff abt asking for kisses and stuff but I want u to know I value you and ur time so much;;;; we are best friends!!! And yes my fam also know abt u (they esp know that ur the one making me read Naruto) esp my like IRL friend ... she thinks we’re crazy obsessed with each other and yeah maybe we are keep scrolling 😑 also I have a tag for u that I sometimes go thru just when I need a smile >u< u like esp helped me come outta my shell on here so to speak... like I’ve been here since like 2012?? And I rarely if ever interacted with my mutuals... but like you and me we basically “talk” everyday and so like BASICALLY.... u gave me the confidence to be sooooo annoying on main 😈 like now? I reply to like all of my mutuals posts even when it’s smth like “I saw a dog today” I’m like MUST ACKNOWLEDGE..... and ur like the same way so we like have that together yanno.... also my fav thing to do ever is annoy u it’s so fun..... every time I act out... it’s for u personally ❤️❤️ I ALSO THINK ITS SO FUNNY THAT UR LITERALLY LIKE A TSUNDERE ITS SOOO

[stfutoya]

50 Questions You’ve Never Been Asked

i was tagged by @yuiaka thank you sm!!

1. What is the color of your hairbrush?: white!

2. Name a food you never eat?: bacon, i’m not a picky eater but that’s one food i will pick out if my plate has any akshjakj

3. Are you typically too warm or too cold?: too warm, i get hot sooo easily

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?: hmm i think i was walking my dog??

5. What is your favorite candy bar?: one that has milk chocolate and white chocolate in it!

6. Have you ever been to a professional sports event?: i used to do competitive cheerleading for a while as a teen so yah i was at a competition once (it was like. between the cheer teams in finland or smth?)

7. What is the last thing you said out loud?: ‘’i’m gonna go in my room now’’ to my mom

8. What is your favorite ice cream?: raspberry!!

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?: coffe with oat milk

10. Do you like your wallet?: yes i got it from my best friend for my bday last year, it’s red and has little my in it :(

11. What was the last thing you ate?: a banana

12. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend?: i don’t remember if it was weekend necessarily but i bought two new jacket last week (i think it was last week lol)

13. The last sporting event you watched?: does haikyuu count lol

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?: i don’t like popcorn asfghgs

15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to?: my best friend, i sent her a funny tiktok video lol

16. Ever go camping?: yeah! i love camping and outdoors

17. Do you take vitamins?: i should but i literally never remember to

18. Do you go to church every Sunday?: absolutely not lmao

19. Do you have a tan?: not at all, i’m either white as a sheet or red as a lobster, no in between

20. Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza?: oooo both are very good but maybe chinese food since i don’t eat it as often?

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?: nahhh unless i have lipstick on

22. What color socks do you usually wear?: i wear knitted sock made by my mom and aunts, they are usually in warm colors

23. Do you ever drive above the speed limit?: i can’t drive but if i could i probably wouldn’t since i hate reckless drivers

24. What terrifies you?: i reaaally dislike the dark i’m a big baby lol i also don’t like seeing a lot of bugs? like one bug is alright it doesn’t matter but if there’s a whole army of them it makes my skin crawl

25. Look to your left, what do you see?: i’m on my bed, so my pillows

26. What chore do you hate?: laundry oh my gooood it sucks (also doing dishes)

27. What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent?: it sounds pretty funny ngl

28. What’s your favorite soda?: moomin soda!!

29. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive-thrus?: usually i go to fast food place but i don’t mind drive-thrus 

30. Who’s the last person you talked to?: my mom

31. Favorite cut of beef?: honestly i have no idea what this means and at this point i’m too afraid to ask

32. Last song you listened to?: OOHH i wanna dance with somebody, i wanna feel the heat with somebody

33. Last book you read?: i’m currently reading aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe but i’m not so far yet 

34. Favorite day of the week?: saturday! it usually means no work and i can just relax lol

35. Can you say the alphabet backwards?: do i look like i have the braincells for that? (the answer is no)

36. How do you like your coffee?: i drink mine with one sugar and oat milk! used to drink it with more sugar but i cut it down 

37. Favorite pair of shoes?: my white nikes that have bright red bottoms and logo

38. The time you normally go to sleep?: around 10 since i have to wake up asscrack of dawn

39. The time you normally get up?: 4:45 l m a o but if i dont have work i will wake up around 8-10

40. What do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets?: sunsets! i think they are more romantic

41. How many blankets on your bed?: two but i only sleep with one

42. Describe your kitchen plates: my own are pastel pink ones from ikea but my mom has navy blue plates

43. Do you have a favorite alcoholic beverage?: vodka with moomin soda! it’s kinda like a berry soda?

44. Do you play cards?: only with family or friends, i’m pretty good with any card game tho

45. What color is your car?: i don’t have one but if i could choose i would want a black car

46. Can you change a tire?: no ajsh but if i ever get my license, i will try to learn

47. Your favorite province?: i have no idea

48. Favorite job you’ve ever had?: i have pretty much disliked every job i have had lol but the one i have now is pretty neat! i do groceries for our online customers

49. How did you get your biggest scar?: hmmm i have one on my pinky toe when it almost got cut off by a waterslide lmao but other than that i don’t have that many scars?

50. What did you do today that made someone else happy?: i helped out a granny at work and also helped my co-worker to open her lunch 

i’m tagging @todorokees @plusultratempo @shoutosm @choiashley @honeymeh @warmyukis @sugawara-shoushi @matchakosei @citrusveins @tsukkis @neeksknocks @launchstars

[softschnappi]

Welcome to Derry!

Word count: 2.6k

Warnings: swearing?

Based off of this headcanon of mine!

A/N: AAIIEEEEEE this is FINALLY done after a whole YEAR! I am so proud of this idea and I think it’s the best one I’ve come up with and I don’t even know where I came up with it like I just randomly pulled it out of my ass and it kinda blew up?? And BRUH I think it - unfortunately - fits perfectly with the canon ending in ST3 so I did end up changing some stuff from the original plan…hope you enjoy!

“Shit,“ Jonathan muttered under his breath.

Will sighed in response and leaned his head against the car window. It was pitch black outside and their car was the only one on the road which was surrounded by tall, ominous, swaying trees and bushes. 

Jonathan had been driving his car with Will accompanying him in the passenger seat across the country to Maine, following behind his mother and El in a big Uhaul truck that held all of their belongings for the new house. They had been on the road for a few days, stopping at restaurants and drive-thrus along the way. All was going well and they were almost at the new house until a car cut in front of Jonathan on the highway and he couldn’t see what exit his mother took. All he knew was that the truck was nowhere to be seen.

After an hour of driving around it started to get dark and Will started to worry that they were really lost. They had no way of contacting Joyce other than to ask for a phone at a gas station and call the new house, but they weren’t even sure if she and El had even arrived yet. They were both equally horrible at reading maps. The one thing they were sure of was that they were definitely in Maine since they passed the Welcome to Maine! sign a while ago. So they tried their hardest to read the state map of Maine and of some of the towns they passed, but Will knew they were lost after neither of them could figure out the map and he tried to get Jonathan to admit it but he wouldn’t. However, after driving around in the dark in the middle of nowhere for twenty more minutes, he caved.

“I told you we were lost,” Will rolled his eyes and continued to stare out of the window. It was really dark on the road. Too dark. Way too dark. 

Jonathan sighed and put his hand on Will’s shoulder. “Fine, we’re lost. We tried everything we could, but don’t worry-”

“Don’t worry?” Will scoffed and glared at his older brother. “We’re lost in a state we’ve never been to in the middle of nowhere at night and we have no way of contacting mom. Even El couldn’t get a clue of where we are because she lost her powers.” He turned away and looked back out the window, hiking his feet up onto the seat and pulling his knees to his chest.

“Will, calm down. I’m sure there’s like a gas station around here somewhere,” Jonathan assured him. “We can get directions there and everything will be fine.” He desperately hoped that what he was saying would be true. 

They kept driving along the road for fifteen more minutes before they saw the first building with bright lights since the sun went down hours ago. Will and Jonathan noticed the gas pumps at the same time and cheered in unison. After four hours of being lost, they were finally going to be on their way home!

“Okay,” Jonathan started as he pulled up to a pump. “While I fill up the gas, you go in and ask for directions. They’ll have to have a map of where we are. I’m counting on you to remember what they say, okay?

Will nodded and opened the door, climbing out. Just as he was about to shut it he turned to Jonathan with a grin. “Let’s just hope they don’t lead us to Florida. Although, haven’t we always wanted to go to Disney?”

“The more time you waste talking the longer we’re stuck here,” Jonathan chuckled and put the gas pump into the car. “Now go.”

The store had all its lights on and Will could hear the faint music playing when he approached the door. He looked through the glass and saw a man with a yellow and black gas station looking uniform sitting at the cash, looking down and writing something. Perfect!

The man looked up at the sound of the chimes clanging when Will opened the door and stepped inside. He had short brown hair that was longer on one side, swooping down and almost covering his right eye. He was tall, lanky, and looked about Will’s age. 

“Hi,” The man whose name tag read Bill greeted. 

Will shuffled to the counter and looked up at him. “Hi there. Um, my brother and I are kinda lost and I was wondering if you could tell us where we are? Oh, and I’m also going to pay for the gas.”

“Well, you-you’re in D-D-Derry, Maine,” Bill stuttered, looking back down at Will and tapping his fingers on the glass that held all of the lottery tickets underneath him. He watched Will silently look away and cheer in victory.

“Great!” Will smiled at him. “So, I was wondering if you know how to get to-”

“I’m sorry, I d-don’t do well w-w-with directions,” Bill apologized, looking down and scratching the back of his head. 

Well, shit. They were so fucked now. Will and Jonathan were going to have to stay the night in the car somewhere and their mom is probably worried to death about them-

Bill must have noticed how deflated Will became after he told him that he wasn’t good with directions because he immediately tried to tell Will that he knew someone else who could help him. He stumbled into the back room and Will heard some bickering between him and another person.

A few moments later, a taller, much more annoyed man appeared behind Bill. Will’s eyes widened and his mouth went dry at the sight of him: curly dark brown hair, brown eyes, big square glasses, soft-looking lips…He almost looked like Mike. Almost. Oh, how he already missed Mike.

But Will quickly forgot about his best friend as he felt his heart racing and his cheeks heat up as the very attractive man’s expression turned from agitated to…interested after he looked Will up and down.

“Scratch that, Big Bill,” The man said with a smile on his face, “No need to pay me. I would be honoured to spend my precious time helping out this lost eye candy.” 

Eye candy? Will almost choked on his own spit at that one. He couldn’t believe that this random hot stranger at the gas station just implied that…no. That couldn’t have been what he meant. No way. No guy ever just hits on another guy like that, especially a stranger in public. Not possible. But regardless, it made Will’s face heat up even more. 

The man stood beside Bill and leaned his elbows on the desk, holding out his arm for Will to shake. “Richie Tozier, at your service,” He greeted Will with a wink. 

Will gulped and tried to calm his nerves as he shook Richie’s hand. Holy fuck, his hands were so soft and his own were so clammy from being so nervous. 

It was kind of embarrassing for Will to be this much of a mess and have been turned into complete mush ever since he laid eyes on Richie. He tried to snap out of it. It wasn’t every day he got an opportunity to speak with a hot guy and he wanted to make the most out of it.

“I’m Will Byers. And my brother and I are lost. The end of our trip is Derry so thank God we’re here, but we need to get to Palmer Lane,” He explained after taking a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. “And we have no idea how to get there.”

Richie reached underneath the desk, much to Bill’s displeasure who kicked him for getting too close. Will now noticed that Bill wasn’t actually writing anything but instead he was drawing. A bunch of birds, specifically, and it was looking really good. But his gaze was torn when Richie stood up and slammed a map on the counter and reached for a highlighter. With a yellow cap between his teeth, he drew three lines on the map and turned it around for Will to see.

“I don’t know what was so difficult about telling him where Palmer Lane is, you fucking wet end,” Richie turned to Bill and said. “Derry is the size of a penny.”

Bill rolled his eyes. “I thought h-he would w-want directions for o-out of town. And watch your language at wuh-work.”

Shaking his head, Richie mumbled something under his breath before turning back to Will. “So.” He started, pointing to a highlighted road on the town map. “This gas station is located on this road, which you need to take,” His finger slid down to the other road. “Until you get to Main Street. You turn onto that and then,” He pointed to a street right of Main Street. “You turn right onto Palmer Lane. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.” 

Will and Richie smiled at each other and Will thanked him. He noticed that Richie had become closer to him than he was before he pulled out the map. Will’s heart was beating fast in his chest as he looked into Richie’s chocolate brown eyes, swearing he saw stars in them, but he looked away quickly in fear of the other noticing that his cheeks were turning pink again.

“Say, I’ve never seen ye ‘round here, bucko,” Richie said to him, his voice suddenly very Irish. “What’re ye doin in a shighthole like Derry?” 

Will chuckled softly at his attempt to speak in an Irish accent. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t perfectly on point, either. “I think you need to work on that accent a bit more before it’s perfect,” Will encouraged Richie with a smile. “And I just moved here. Trying to find the new house.”

Richie’s face lit up and a joyous smile spread across his face. “Well, I’ll be,” He said, switching to a Southern accent. “We get a first look at the fresh meat before errybody else!”

“I’m sorry about him,” Bill apologized while shaking his head. He looked just about ready to stab Richie with the pencil in his hand.

Will waved his hand. “No, it’s okay! I mean,” He looked to Richie, shyly. “You’re funny.” 

“You bet your fur I am!” Richie stuck his tongue out at Bill, who rolled his eyes.

Will blinked. “You…bet your fur?”

“Derry slang, my friend. You’ll be hearing plenty more soon enough.”

Will hummed in response before he remembered the other reason why he was in the store. “Oh! I almost forgot to pay for the gas,” Will said as he put fifteen dollars on the counter. “It’s pump-”

“Five,” Bill finished as he entered the money into the register. “Yeah, you’re the o-only one hu-here.” 

Will looked down, feeling embarrassed. “Right.” 

“So, are you going to Derry High in the fall?” Richie asked in his normal voice, pushing his glasses up on his face. 

“Yeah, going into grade eleven.” Will picked up the change and put it into his pocket. When he looked back at Richie, he was still leaning over the counter but now had his elbow on it and his face resting on his hand. Watching as Richie quickly looked him up and down again, Will gulped as he began to rock back and forth on his feet. Richie didn’t even wait until a time when Will wasn’t looking to openly stare at him. Fuck.

“Cool! Me and Bill go there, and all of our friends. The same grade, too,” Richie smiled at Will, tapping his fingers on the counter. “Speaking of which, our friend Mike lives on Palmer Lane. So I’ll probably see you around before school starts!” 

Will one hundred and ten per cent wanted to see Richie again before school started. There was no way he could go a whole month without seeing Richie’s handsome face. Will’s heart started to beat faster in his chest because Richie seemed like he really wanted to see him again. If he went to see his friend Mike then he could drop by the new house and hang out and- oh fuck, Will was already falling for him.

“Yeah!” Will smiled at him. “My place is the one with the moving van outside.” His eyebrows furrowed as he blinked a few times before opening his mouth again. “I just realized I don’t know what my own house even looks like yet,” He laughed. 

Richie chuckled and looked back down at the map displayed in front of them. “Well, speaking of home, you better get on your way, buttercup. It’s almost 1am, and you don’t want ol’ Bob Gray coming to eat your toes and take your money.”

Will didn’t hear anything he said past “Buttercup.” His eyes were wide and his mouth was suddenly dry. Richie just…called him…Buttercup. Buttercup. Although he didn’t want to get ahead of himself, his brain automatically registered everything that had happened ever since he walked in the store as flirting. Richie, a super handsome guy he just met, was flirting with him. Him. Will could feel his whole face heating up again, getting hotter than it’s ever been before and he probably looked like a tomato.

Richie was scribbling something down on the map with a pen before he closed it up and handed it to Will. 

“Did you just call me buttercup?” He wanted to make sure he had heard him right.

Richie blinked. “Yes. Because, y’ know, your hair. You look like a Reece’s cup. I didn’t mean for it to be insulting-”

“You didn’t insult me,” Will shook his head. “It’s just nobody’s ever called me that before,” He smiled up at Richie and took the map. “Do you call all your customers candy-related names?” He asked, remembering how Richie had called him eye candy at the beginning.

“Nope,” Richie said, popping the p. “Just you, buttercup.” 

“Oh,” Will whispered, beaming. Then he did something he’d never done before: he put his hair behind his ear. Isn’t that something girls did when they talked to a guy? Will had no idea why he did that, but there was no time to worry over it. He’d just remembered that Jonathan was waiting for him in the car and they needed to get to the new house.

“Well I think you’re right, I better be on my way home,” Will said as he stepped away from the counter. He didn’t want to leave, but he knew he had to. “It was nice to meet both of you! Thanks for the directions, Richie.” 

Richie waved at him and even Bill looked up from his drawing to tell Will to come back again.

“See you soon, Will,” Richie smiled at him. “Twas nice chatting with you! Watch out fur the hobos!” He added in his Irish accent. 

Chuckling, Will walked over to the door. “Have a good night!” He shouted as he walked out of the store, looking at the ground and trying to hide the huge grin on his face. He hadn’t even got to the new house yet and he already made a friend. He thanked whatever Gods there were that he was able to run into such a handsome guy like Richie and have him - maybe - take some sort of interest in him. Oh, he was so handsome. Will kept thinking about Richie’s curls, the freckles on his face, and his chocolate brown eyes as he made his way to the car. 

“Got the directions?” Jonathan asked as Will climbed into the passenger seat of the car.

Will opened the map and was drawn to the writing in the top right corner:

Derry Gas: 207-396-7289

Richie Tozier: 207-826-2591 

☺

“Yeah,” Will smiled as he felt his heart rate speed up once again. “I got them.”

Maybe Derry wasn’t going to be so bad after all.