#respect pls

[spooksier]

me when the emotionally repressed character is revealed to have had something happen in their childhood that was completely out of their control but changed them in a way they can never come back from

[laundrybiscuits]

The officer leans close, jabbing a finger into Steve’s chest. “You’re damn lucky it ain’t ten years ago or one state over,” he growls. “You could be looking at a felony charge, serving 15 to life. We didn’t stand for this kind of thing in Hawkins when I joined the force.”

Steve just folds his arms and gives the officer a bored look. “Okay,” he says. “Good talk. Can I see my boyfriend now?”

The officer sneers, but he steps aside to let Steve through. They’ve got Eddie cuffed to the hospital bed with another gun-toting guard in the corner. 

“Jesus christ,” snaps Steve. “He’s not gonna escape, he can’t even walk right now. Why don’t you clear out and give us a little privacy, huh?”

“Sorry,” says the guard, not sounding all that sorry. “It’s for his own protection.”

Fuck. He’s gonna have to hope Eddie can follow his lead. All that practice pretending to be a wizard or whatever has to be good for something, right?

He perches on the side of Eddie’s bed and takes his hand. He can do this. “Hey, gorgeous. How’re you feeling?” 

“Uh,” says Eddie, eyebrows doing something hilarious. “Steve?”

“It’s okay,” says Steve. He rubs his thumb over Eddie’s knuckles. This is the most they’ve ever touched, he thinks—the most that was just skin, no layers of denim or leather in between. Not even a layer of blood and dirt. 

He swallows and keeps going, willing Eddie to develop freaky mind-reading powers all of a sudden. “I know you didn’t want to tell anyone about us, but I had to, baby. I’m sorry. I had to tell them you were, y’know, with me when…when Jason killed Chrissy.”

“You didn’t have to tell them about us,” says Eddie slowly. He’s giving Steve kind of an intense look. “Honey-pie. I’m sure there’s gotta be another way. One without as many consequences for you that you might not have thought all the way through.”

“There really isn’t,” Steve says. Thank god Eddie’s so quick on the uptake. Sure, he’s being a stubborn dick about it, but at least it doesn’t seem like he’s going to let anything slip. 

“Fucking hell,” sighs Eddie. “Don’t suppose we can put that pesky little cat back in the bag. Okay. Darling angel, light of my life, corndog of my soul, who else knows?”

Corndog of my soul, Steve mouths to himself. “Just the cops. And Robin and Nancy, obviously. And—oh, remember Hopper?”

“Do I remember Hopper, he asks. Oh, pudding-pop. The late Chief Hopper and I spent so, so much quality time together over the years; he was practically a father figure to me. And just as with my actual dear old dad, his departure was cause for great rejoicing in Casa Munson.”

“Sorry to break the bad news, then. Hop’s alive, and he—uh, he knows everything.” Steve tries to communicate the scope of everything by kind of tilting his head back and forth. “He’s been…helping.”

“Huh. No shit,” says Eddie. Steve can’t tell whether or not he’s getting it. To be fair, there’s a lot to get. “Okay, gallant knight errant of mine, any news on whether or not I’m getting sprung from this charmingly appointed dungeon?”

“We’re…Hopper’s working on it. That’s why I’m. Y’know. Here. To tell you that they know about us.” 

“Cool, right, understood.” Eddie closes his eyes, leaning back on his pillow. It’s so strange to see him in nothing but a hospital gown against white sheets. He looks like a wrung-out dishtowel. 

There’s a commotion from outside, raised voices saying something like you let him what and haven’t even interrogated the Munson kid yet and not a legal status you fuckin—

“Time’s up, sweetheart,” says Eddie, mouth quirking up into the ghost of a smile. “Anything else you wanna say before they decide to upgrade my security?”

“Uh,” says Steve. He’d mostly been focusing on getting the basics of Eddie’s alibi across in a convincing way, and he can’t remember if there were any other details Eddie should know. 

He hears the door slam open behind him, and panics. “Love you, bye,” he says, and ducks in to brush a quick kiss across Eddie’s chapped lips. The last thing he sees as he’s hauled bodily out of the room by a pissed-off detective is Eddie with his eyes gone enormous and shocked, lifting his uncuffed hand to his mouth, looking and looking at Steve like something is always going to be different from now on, forever.

(ETA: small continuation here!)

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i think that in small tightknit communities, all residents should receive a coupon book on their bday that allows them to commit [x] number of nonviolent crimes per year

[dyoungs]

HAECHAN ♱ SMOOTHIE (240329)

[suchawrathfullamb]

when that anti claimed will didn't love hannibal back like dear friend where were you when right fucking after hannibal tried to eat will's BRAIN he still didn't think hannibal deserved to be hurt or die and manipulated everyone to orchestrate their escape and even THEN STILL didn't turn him in but simply resigned like the brokenhearted man he was and practically said "it's too hard to love you please leave me" AND THEN WOULD RATHER DIE than be away from him but knew being with him was too painful and dangerous and delicious and he knew he could never get a hold of him but he'd RATHER DIE than have him caged again, or killed, or have him leave him again like do you get this? HE CHOSE MOTHERFUCKING DEATH over separation. AND YOU STILL HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY HE WASN'T IN LOVE??

[evenmoreofadisaster]

I sure hope you guys weren't expecting something hardcore for this one

Winner two: ELOM animatic

I found this audio on reels and could not get this out of my head until i made it

When Raph finds Two in ELOM

[aworldwithroses]

I see this image floating around and if anyone knows the source, please let me know so I can properly credit them.

This piece of art lives rent free in my head because it reveals an astounding selfishness in the player base that reeks of entitlement. People miss the point on this so hard and I’ve seen people even get angry with Melina for wanting to kill you rather than thanking you.

Before you do this ending, she abandons you. The game takes it upon itself to have Melina talk to you and remove any ambiguity: she isn’t fulfilling her destiny for her mom. Through watching YOU enact your will upon the world, she became motivated to fulfill her destiny as her OWN person. She wants to do it because it’s HER decision, and she won’t allow anyone to deny her that, not Marika, and not even you.

When she pleads to not take the frenzied flame, she is very explicitly clear, one of the few times she doesn’t mince words, about the consequences. The world you create is one she fundamentally disagrees with, a philosophy that is abhorrent and nihilistic, and one she refuses to take part in. She does all of this because she believes that life deserves a chance, and even a struggling life filled with sorrow is still meaningful and beautiful. She respects and wholeheartedly believes in the sanctity of that life, and desperately wants you to respect that.

Taking the flame to “save” her, fundamentally disrespects her on every level. You disrespect her core beliefs, you reject her bodily autonomy which is super fucked up considering she doesn’t even have a body. You take from her a critical life choice that was hers to make. You kill everything she ever held sacred, including Torrent. And then people expect this to be a grand declaration of love, when in actuality, this isn’t an act of love, it’s an act of selfishness.

[deerspherestudios]

New Discord Server!

Hi fireflies! As of 13th January 2024, the Discord server has been moved to a new one. The old one is still up for archiving purposes, but for new and old players this is the place to go if you'd like to meet other players for Mushroom Oasis discussion, chats and general tomfoolery (so much tomfoolery,,,)

You can join it via the link here!

Disclaimer: Despite being the official Discord, I didn't personally make it! Big big BIG thank you to Ajax and Toast​ for making and managing the new server!

They've been working hard on it for a while now and I'm so happy to see it up and running thanks to their efforts! ❤️🍄

[shummthechumm]

OPALINE IS FLURRY HEART TRUTHERS!!!! THIS IS HOW WE CAN STILL WIN!!!! (<--in denial)

[gunsatthaphan]

"actually I prepared something too."

[archersartcorner]

I think the Bad Kids deserve to cry a lil. As a treat. IT’S CATHARTIC!!!!!!!!!!!

[alchemicaladarna]

A second Korean creator is arriving on the QSMP this Wednesday, and I just want to remind everyone to please extend the same kindness, respect, and hospitality for this creator and other creators that will be joining QSMP later on as well!

Another reminder to please be patient with the translator, and give a lot of grace and respect for the new languages, cultures, and communities that will be joining us soon as well!!

Also please remember to behave in chats, read chat rules before sending a message, and be aware and respect cc boundaries too!

[golfylester]

It's so interesting to me how Dan portrays himself as being the woke one (he is. don't get me wrong), yet Phil sometimes points out his missteps and corrects him. He told Dan to use they/them pronouns for the people who sent in messages to stereo. He pointed out that his relationship with his fake wife was still queer bc he was bisexual. Phil seems to be a lot more socially conscious than he lets on. At least of queer issues.

[rayes-rain]

As a kataang girlie myself, seeing so many zutara shippers saying they hope it becomes canon in netflix atla makes me sad for them. Like, girl, you deserve better.

[tinukis]

ummmmmm.....

ok bye 🏃🏃🏃

[daily-hanamura]

Hanamura Yosuke's first appearance vs last