#no no don't feel sad! believe in urself!! be happy!! be optimistic!! etc etc

[sage-nebula]

To be honest I kind of just want to write a fic set after Frontiers where Tails ends up in Possum Springs and befriends that crew. Not for any plot reasons, there's no plot really, but just so he can hang around with a bunch of people who have problems and negative feelings and think it's A-OK to feel and express those negative feelings. They treat him like the kid he is because they're in their twenties, and he explodes with everything he's been through in a way to prove that he's not just a kid, and Mae responds with the NitW-certified understated, "Jeez." They take him to smash lightbulbs behind the Snack Falcon. They let him sit in at band practice. He helps Bea out at the Ol' Pickaxe so she can finally fire the creep that assaulted her. (She at first tells him that's probably a violation of child labor laws. He goes, "what are those." She says "fuck it" and hires him.) He and Lori get to gleefully shout, "everything sucks forever!!" while laying on the train tracks because sometimes you've just got to embrace the fact that, yeah, things suck! And maybe they always will! And maybe that's okay! Maybe it's okay to not be okay!!

There's no plot. This follows the events of NitW too, so there's no danger from the cult. Tails is aged up a little maybe, perhaps 12 so that he and Lori can be closer in age (since she's 14), because I want them to be besties and later pen pals. (She gets him a friendship necklace that's two halves of a star. Together they spell "BFF." She gives him the B, because he has a big brain, and keeps the second F because she wants people to think it means "fuck."

Tails: "So . . . Brains Forever Fuck?" Lori: "Exactly" :3)

I just think it would be fun and maybe what he needs. Everything's dying in Possum Springs and everything sucks, Mae is severely mentally ill, Bea is cut off from her dreams, Gregg and Angus have no way of knowing if they'll ever manage to get out, Lori was probably going to be the next target of the cult. But hey, they're still alive. They can still smash lightbulbs and build crazy robots and tightrope walk on the power lines and have knife fights (ok that's just Mae and Gregg) and play grunge rock as loud as they can during band practice. Angus can tell Tails about a universe that doesn't care, and people who do. Gregg can commiserate on what it feels like to feel worthless, and Bea likewise on how it feels to be overwhelmed but knowing you have no choice but to keep going anyway. And Mae can save him the trouble of paying for a shit therapist by telling him, look, the only therapist around will tell you to just journal your thoughts and feelings. So do that. Maybe it helps. She doesn't know. But she does it, so hey, might be worth a shot.

I don't know, I just like thinking about it. Don't know if I'll ever write it, but the idea of Tails and Lori M being pen pals regardless is one I like a lot (as well as Tails taking a burned CD of the band's EP with him when he leaves, and actually picking up on that journaling thing big sis Maeday told him about . . .)

[luthiest]

milestones !!

there are 4k of us on here now and like?? that's so many, i don't even know what to say except thank u and im happy ur here??? :’))) i’m doing my first of these ask list things as a kind of celebratory interactive activity, so choose a question and answer it urself too, if u feel comfortable !!

from @questionslisting

Name

Age

City that you live in

What do most people not know about you?

What do most people know you for?

Hobbies

What are your passions?

What do you search for in a significant other?

What are you most proud of?

When was the last time you had a significant conversation with someone you love?

Have you ever collected anything? What was it?

 List 10 things off of your bucket list.

What was the last thing you learned?

How many relationships have you been in?

Turn ons

Turn offs

Favorite food

Favorite drink

What is the best birthday gift you have ever received?

Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

Do you sleep during class?

What is the most expensive thing you own?

What is the cheapest yet most useful thing you own?

How many times a day on average do you check your phone?

Text or call?

Opinion on long distance?

What is your definition of success?

Favorite song?

Favorite artist?

Celebrity crush/crushes?

When was the last time you read for fun?

Favorite flower?

What is the best gift you could receive right now?

Any guilty pleasures?

What is one thing you would like to change about yourself?

What do you search for in a friend?

How many times have you said "I love you" in the past month?

Where did you last go other than your room/home?

Why do bad things happen to good people?

In your opinion, what hurts more? Being left out or being stabbed in the eye?

How many green shirts do you own?

Do you like anime?

What do you invest the most time in?

What was the name of the last book you read?

What's the difference between loving and liking someone?

Where are you most productive?

List 3 things you enjoy doing with friends.

List 3 things you enjoy doing alone.

Do you believe world peace will ever exist?

Do you have any allergies?

When was the last time you cussed at someone?

What was the last promise you made?

What was your last dream about?

If you won a trip to Hawaii and you could take 5 people with you, who would those 5 people be?

How many countries have you visited?

What is your favorite medium of art? (Music, dance, painting, etc.)

When was the last time somebody complimented you?

If you switched bodies with someone, how would you recognize yourself?

Do you consider yourself mature?

How many days in your life do you think you have wasted on tumblr?

What is your favorite quote?

If you started a new religion and you had to create 3 rules or commandments for your new followers to live by, what would those 3 rules be?

What is your greatest accomplishment?

Do you believe in the death penalty?

What are your goals for life?

What do you think your soulmate is doing right now?

If you could live anywhere, where would you live? The place can be in an imaginary, fantasy, or the real world.

What were you like in 2013?

Do you have a job?

Tell us a story about your childhood best friend.

If you could change one thing about society, what would it be?

How many all-nighters have you pulled before?

Is tumblr your favorite website? If not, then what is your favorite website?

What is the craziest thing you would do for a million dollars?

Does money equal happiness?

How many times have you experienced true happiness in your lifetime?

How many times have you experienced true sadness in your lifetime?

What is the funniest joke you have ever been told?

When was the last time you looked at the news?

If you could say one thing to the world, what would you say?

What is your favorite animal?

If you could earn a million dollars by pretending to be dead for 3 years, would you do it?

What is one thing that everyone is bad at?

What time do you normally sleep? How many hours of sleep do you usually get?

Does age necessarily equal maturity?

What is your favorite clothing store?

In the winter- beanies or gloves?

Would you rather have wings or a fish tail?

If you had the power to erase one person from the world so that nobody remembered him or her except you, would you do it?

What do you fear the most?

How many digits of pi can you recite?

If you could travel back to one year and relive it again, which year would it be?

Describe yourself in one word.

Describe your last victory.

What is the weirdest thing you have ever seen?

What is something you will never forget?

Would you rather forget all of the past or remember everything in vivid detail?

Have you ever broken a bone before?

Is it harder to love or to hate somebody?

Coffee or tea?

What are some little things that you do that have changed your life in a positive way?

How many hours have you spend on tumblr today?