#memory funk

[deathandnonexistentialdread]

something about this exchange is giving '20+ years of marriage'

[rocksibblingsau]

I usually wait for the most current "Incorrect Quotes" to be answered before making another one but it seems like the last one I did is either lost in the askbox or got got by tumblr (no hard feelings btw I know this stuff happens all the time lmao and I still have that one saved on my notes so if it truly got lost I can just resent it)

But I was really feeling like making another one, sooo.... Enjoy "Even even even more Incorrect AU Branchs and Adjacent Characters Quotes Yippee"!

Val: I am not out of control! I'm a law abiding citizen!

Rock Branch: Really? Name one law

Val: ...Don't kill people?

Rock Branch: ...That's on me. I set the bar too low.

Laguna: Can I be frank with you guys?

Trollex: Sure, but I don’t see how changing your name is gonna help.

Synth: Can I still be Synth?

Techno Branch: Shh, let Frank speak.

Prince D: Okay, truth or dare?

Funk Branch: Truth

Prince D: How many hours you slept this week?

Funk Branch:

Funk Branch: ...Dare

Prince D: Go to bed.

Funk Branch: I don't like this game.

Chaz: I think we should kiss.

SJ Branch: And I think you should die but we don’t always get what we want.

Kim-Petit: Uhm, Wani, why are we pretending we're this guy's family again?

Wani: We need money!

Baby Bun: We're scamming him?

Wani: I was thinking more like flat-out stealing from him...?

Baby Bun: What?! No way!

Ari: Why not? We already stole Branch-kun!

8 years old Kpop Branch: Hey, guys.

Gomdori: No, we didn't. Branch-kun can think and talk for himself, he can do whatever he wants!

Kpop Branch: I wanna steal

Baby Bun: *Offended gasp*

John Dory: You’re alive...

Parasite Branch: No need to sound so disappointed.

Holy: I can't believe ya live nearby and ya ain't letting anyone crash at your place

Country Branch: You people already know too damn much about me.

Gus: I know exactly three facts about ya, and one of them is that ya won't let any of us crash at your place

Classical Branch, sewing: I am absolutely delighted by sewing needles! I make a scarf, I can make a hat, I can stab a hooligan's eye out of their skull, I can make mittens... The possibilities are endless!

Dante: Beloved friend, could you care to repeat that middle part if you were so inclined?

Classical Branch: I can make mittens!

Hickory: Are you sure dis iz de right direction?

Dickory: Ya, I am as sure as I am honest!

Yodeler Branch: In dat case, vve're definitely lost.

Demo: If Val, Petra and I were drowning, who would you save?

Rock Branch: You three can't swim?

Val: It's a hypothetical question, dude! Who would you save?

Rock Branch: My time and effort.

Funk Branch: I really like Eminem

Cooper: I prefer skittles

Prince D: He's talkin about the rapper

Cooper: Why would he eat the wrapper?

Parasite Branch: Time sensitive question, how do I flirt with boy???

Rock Branch: Throw rocks at him

Techno Branch: Hot Dogs

Smooth Jazz Branch: Kill him.

Parasite Branch: Thanks, guys!

Funk Branch: Lownote is too tall for me to kiss them on the lips. What should I do?

Rock Branch: Punch him in the stomach! Then, when he doubles over in pain, kiss him.

Country Branch: Tackle 'em

SJ Branch: Dump him.

Kpop Branch: Kick him in the shin!

Classical Branch: Absolutely not to all of those! Just request him to lean down!!!

Canon Branch: Fine! Judge all you want but...

Canon Branch, points at Classical: You married a lesbian.

Canon Branch, points at Country: You left a man at the altar.

Canon Branch, points at Funk: You fell in love with a gay ice dancer.

Canon Branch points at Rock: You threw a girl’s wooden leg in a fire.

Canon Branch, points at Funk: And you live in a box!

I will try to hunt down the last incorrect quotes. I have 400 messages.

I love these though, especially the first two.

[timmurleyart]

The game has changed. 🤖🤖🟪⬛️🟧🟥🎵

[discoholicmusic]

🎶 DO YOU KNOW THESE ALBUMS?

[killerinstinctgold]

ive been super depressed lately and just very anxious over having to move in the next month, but ive been taking the cope pill trying to ignore those feelings lol. im waiting for this beautiful girl i ordered off ebay and im just soooo excited!!

[tearlessrain]

seriously can catastrophes stop happening for five minutes my brain is already fried from the ones we're already experiencing

[twospiritstooprideful]

I love my moots

[jonathanbyersphd]

Older Teens hanging out but it's just Jonathan and Robin forcing Nancy and Steve watch Grey Gardens

[rodpower78]

Rick James and the Stone City band live at the World's Greatest Funk Festival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1979.

[rocksibblingsau]

(Funk Branch and Parasite AU Crossover Part 2: Memory Bugallo)

Branch: D, I love ya to death and back, but you gotta start getting ya shit together, dude! Come on, you're going to king someday.

Prince D: ...

Prince D: Well, yeah? And- and you're adopted! How bout that, huh?

Branch: So are you???????

Cooper: Wait what?

Branch: Holy Boogie Wonderland! I... I forgot ya where there, Coops.

Cooper: How is D adopted if we are-

Prince D: Ya gotta stop doing that, man. We're going to give the poor guy AND ourselves brain damage with how many times we're altering his memories!

Cooper: Huh???

Branch: Look, it aint my fault he just showed up someday and started following you around! I'm only used to one of ya, I'm a creature of habit leave me alone!

Prince D: It's chill, bro. So... we're equal?

Branch: We're equal.

Branch: Ya still doing the memory wiping, tho.

Prince D: Shit.

Cooper: Can someone explain to me what's going on? I'm a little confused-

Prince D: Of course, Coops. Let me just- look over there!

Cooper: Here?!- Oh, hey bros! What are we doing?

Prince D: Ol' reliable. Wanna hit the roller ring?

Branch: Once you clean your room, sure.

Prince D: Damnit, I thought you forgot about that!

Either Cooper is the easiest mind to alter or he's the hardest mind to mess with. No in between.

[timmurleyart]

Dressed in technology. 🤖🤖🟦🟥⬛️🟩🟨🎵

[kelcolrite]

Not super feeling predictions tonight in the wake of everyone we've lost this week but of the two matches I know that are still booked

Mysterio is gonna mop the floor with Waller but I expect an interference with Theory, resulting in an all out beat down by the LWO. This could put Waller and Theory together for tag matches to build the rivalry. We'll see how THOSE egos do together.

Iyo will retain her title. It's not time to drop it yet. Zelina has really grown since starting up with the LWO so I expect some really good high flying spots but I think it'll be a clean win on Iyo's part.

Pretty sure they want a rivalry with Iyo and Bianca but I don't think Bianca is 100% yet after the knee spot at Summerslam.

[astorythatwritesitself]

Hell why not I’ll roll again: shrios sorry brainrot + Only Poppies Grow Where I Last Saw You

Contemplating this as Halcyon plays, clearly this is supposed to be the angst mines, right?

... anyway this immediately puts me in the mind of my like - one of my little monkey's paw 'Thane Lives' scenarios for post ME3 - man's alive and well, but Adrian's.

Officially. MIA.

Realistically, presumed dead by virtually everyone except like a third of current/former Normandy crew, and Thane is... well, both channeling his grief and doing what he can to confirm things one way or another; he's on Earth, aiding the search for bodies, and perhaps, survivors. The blast from the Catalyst has severely fucked most tech, so it's a long, tricky job. Heartbreaking - but occasionally, almost miraculous, it can be like seeing the dead come back to life.

And yet he does not - cannot - believe the reports from a seaside camp, that they found Commander Shepard washed in with the tide.

That's what the dogtags say, anyway; and while lab tests against prior samples are a bust due to records getting scrambled, they do have both elder Shepards present to test DNA against, and it is a match. And - look, a full on clone couldn't fool Thane, he knows it's her.

Which, great! Cause that makes one of them!

Yeah, while there's a little bit of patchy recall - she recognizes her parents and Joker fairly ok & feels some empty recognition towards her crewmates- it's very quickly apparent that Adrian's lost most of her memory prior to like, her very early 20s. So, you know, very fun times for everyone involved, particularly the guy who's already been half mourning and trying not to totally lose himself in what memories were there - now she's there, but sees him as little more than a stranger. 🙃

And beyond that - the general consensus is, well, try to fix that, right? But there's a few members of the crew (Joker, Ashley & Tali, probably) who are hesitant - and Thane is trying to figure out how to articulate that forcing Adrian to remember would be straight up cruel, and yes it's painful but gods be damned, he loves her and knows what it's like to keep reliving the worst day of your life, if Shepard can finally have some peace, then let her.

Shepard, meanwhile, is like. Mostly focused on physically recovering and re-learning how to walk after having about half her body rebuilt again, and doesn't have any helpful answers regarding the mental part of her recovery. On the one hand: clearly she is Someone Important, these people hanging around seem to Mean Something, and even if she can't remember why... there's that hollow little ache every time she sees them, like taking a step without realizing you're going over an edge (to badly quote lemony snicket lol).

On the other: the bits she's picked up of Shepard's life sound like way more of a burden than she wants to bear. So, she politely yet firmly asks everyone to fuck the hell off for a little while and let her breathe for a few.

It could just end there...

but I'm a sucker lol. The setup lets Thane still be around as Adrian’s recovering, and as she has some time to just. Fucking rest for once without a bajillion nightmares, she decides... yeah, if things return naturally, fine, she'll take it. But if Shepard’s life was half as fucked up as it feels, just learning them as facts without the experience recall, she'd rather let that go.

That doesn't mean she's necessarily letting the people go, though; it becomes a sorta slice of life/recovery fic, Adrian slowly re-learning about the people in her life and how those relationships might or might not change -

But also a strange, sweet little journey with Thane. He remembers plenty of course, and tries to keep his distance at first because yeah he's alright at looking calm but internally his emotions are a wreck... but it's almost like the first time, quick talks that stretch a little longer, not-at-all subtle looks (Adrian may not recall much, but her tastes haven't changed & she's still weak for dark eyes and a cool coat lol); support when some things do start coming back - Akuze does return, a few scattered pieces through the first battle of the Citadel, some elements of Virmire - but relatively muted, compared to how they affected her before.

She never does remember their first courtship, but she likes spending time with Thane after all, especially once she's cleared to start getting some time outside - he's sweet, good to talk to, and she did very much appreciate that he seemed willing from the start to accept if she didn’t want to focus on recovering things. Idk man just increasing Soft moments, and yes it hurts Thane, knowing the Shepard who awoke him is essentially dead... but he's coming at it this time with a different perspective too, no longer expecting to die any time between now and next Tuesday, y’know? It's not like he's quite exactly the same man Shepard left on the Citadel.

So it's different - but maybe a bit of a gift, getting to fall in love all over again and dream of a future together from the very start.

[stuckasmain]

Was going to say something.

Forgot 😡