#she heard some weird shit and followed it how is that a crime

[wooziswonderfulworld]

Overdoing It

Tw: drug use, overdosing, drug caused seizure, suicide, teen death

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Floyd watched in silent shock along with everyone else, hands covering his mouth momentarily stunned

He’d just been set free, he was alive, Velvet and Veneer where about to be arrested when Velvet collapsed

At first they thought she was acting dramatic. But then she started shaking, bad, her eyes rolled back and her limbs seized wildly

Everyone gasped seeing the former pop star having a full on seizure on stage, Veneer was panicked, trying to protect his twin from the camera

“Help me!” He cried out looking desperately at the trolls

Velvet was seizing from how much Troll essence she had consumed, she essentially overdosed herself

No one really knew what to do-But Floyd did, and no matter how much the two hurt him, he wasn’t going to sit back and watch

Floyd looked at Veneer, with seriousness “protect her head” He instructed “how long has it been since this started-?” Floyd asked “Veneer! Her head” Floyd repeated seeing him frozen but it seemed to knock him back to reality and he quickly held her head

“About a minute” Branch said “okay-keep timing it” He said earning a nod “Is there an ambulance coming?” Floyd asked the police “yeah they’re on the way” they said

John Dory seemed to notice some people in the crowd recording “HEY DIP SHITS-PUT YOUR DAMN PHONES AWAY THIS ISN’T A LAUGHING MATTER” His voice echoed, luckily Trolls naturally could echo their voices to be heard, it made sense with how small they where

Viva and Clay managed to find away to turn the large screen off so now it was near impossible to see what was going on

“Veneer-I’m going to need you to remove her shoulder pads” Floyd said “But-her head??” He asked eyes brimming with confusion (and tears)

Poppy, Bruce, and Clay extended and formed their hair into a cushion, luckily troll hair was pretty thick so that also helped

Veneer swallowed thickly before taking the shoulder pads, glad his sister was sensible enough to wear something underneath

“I-I don’t understand why this is happening!”

“Well I assume neither of you did your research before deciding to huff Troll essence. We’re basically Drugs to other creatures” Clay said “using us to much can cause an overdose and well this”

Veneer looked teary eyed, he should’ve done his research! Damn it damn it damn it!

“Veneer! I know you’re beating yourself up, but now is not the time-“

“Guys-I don’t know much about seizures but it’s been 7 minutes” Branch said, the ambulance pulled in and just in time Velvet stopped shaking but she was still unconscious

Veneer quickly followed jumping in

Floyd didn’t care about a thank you nor did he expect one

“I warned her” Floyd stated sadly, She might have abused and tortured him consistently for 2 months, but he didn’t want the teen to over do it

Which is exactly what she did

“Shut up troll! You don’t know what you’re talking about!” Velvet sneered after spraying herself a total of seven times

Despite the agonizing pain Floyd still tried to get into her head “Velvet-I do know! I’m literally a troll!”

Velvet just rolled her eyes tossing him to the side

“Floyd-come on man, we need to go home” Bruce said bringing him back to reality

“Do you think she’ll be alright?” Poppy asked, Floyd was silent “no” he answered solemnly “fame can do stuff to a person, especially one so young” He said shaking his head

A few days into their trip home they heard the news

“Former teen superstar Velvet was pronounced dead after overdosing on “Troll essence” Her twin Veneer is currently in prison for the crimes the two and will be up for parole in 4 years”

Floyd sighed, He knew it would happen, but it was still sad. The two were what? 16, 17? Velvet ended up killing herself wanting to be the best, and Veneer wanting nothing more than to make his sister happy, and now he was all alone.

“Is it weird that I feel responsible?” Floyd asked no one in particular

“No…You didn’t ask for them to do that, I’m sure you warned her. I mean, even when the Bergen’s wanted to eat us they knew better then to have more then two trolls…at least that’s what Bridget told me”

Floyd nodded softly looking over at the pop queen who had spoken “I did warn her, she didn’t listen though, too caught up in the fame and luxury I was providing for her with my talent”

“Do you think…this will get us classified as some type of illegal drug?” Poppy asked, Floyd was silent, would they?

“I would assume so, at least over there, maybe other places too. More laws in place because of us”

“What do you think will happen to her brother?”

Floyd looked up thoughtfully “hard to say-He really loved Velvet…It’s gonna be tough for him but, he has potential to continue his life as a better person, I just hope he knows that too”

“You sound unsure” Poppy said looking at him, Floyd sighed “he saw his twin seize in front of him and probably saw her flat line and then got thrown into prison. He lost his only family and other half and got his freedom taken…he’s only 17 too, and it’s not like he can be released on bail considering his crimes involved kidnapping, torture, attempted murder.”

Two months later they got the news

“Two months after being put in jail, former pop star singer Veneer was reported dead in his cell, MRPD have yet to issue a cause of death but it’s safe to assume suicide due to losing his twin Velvet after she overdosed on Troll essence which has now been deemed as an illegal drug.”

Floyd was afraid this would be the outcome, unfortunately he was correct.

“So, I guess that means we can’t go back there huh?” Clay asked “I mean if we’re considered an illegal drug now, it’ll be hard for us to go anywhere outside Trollstopia”

“I mean, Vacay Island doesn’t really have a law enforcement? At least that I know off, everyone knows each other and I’m the only trolls there and they’ve never tried to use me to get…high, or something so I think we’ll be safe going there, but other places with other species…aside from the Bergen’s, I’m not sure” Bruce said

“I assume you expected this outcome?” Poppy asked looking at Floyd “as unfortunate as it is…I did, I hoped he wouldn’t but, I’m not surprised” He said shaking his head

Some might say this was karma, they did say Karma was a merciless bitch

Floyd shook his head, He didn’t care about how ugly karma could be, despite being tortured and used for months, Velvet and Veneer didn’t deserve to die

Velvet who wanted to be noticed, heard, loved and Veneer who wanted to be with his sister. So caught up in what he provided for them, Velvet ended up using two much that it killed her, despite knowing it would she didn’t stop…was that also suicide? and Veneer who couldn’t stop her because he knew it made her happy and he got to spend time with her. Now he didn’t have her, he had no one anymore, he felt so hopeless that suicide seemed to be the only answer he could think off

At least they were together again. Twins could never be separated for to long after all.

Floyd glanced at his white roots, a reminder off what happened, he wondered if others would accuse him off murder, he was the cause of everything after all

“You told her though, you told both of them, they didn’t listen” He reminded himself, He was still recovering from his time locked up. He didn’t need to add guilt to that list

Walking out of the bathroom he laid in his bed and fell asleep. He didn’t know things would pan out this way, or maybe he did and didn’t want to believe it would. Life was fucked up though, you couldn’t really do much to change what happens to people

He’s just glad that now there will be more precautions around using Trolls for personal gain, he just hoped others were smart enough to listen.

[kesleyjo]

I'm having some finale wine and I think I've got it. My final resolute head canon of Riverdale.

Keep in mind I have not watched the end of season 5 through the end and have absolutely no intention to, but I've seen and heard enough about *gestures vaguely* all of that to still stand by this.

Disclaimer: I do not believe this is what the writers intended whatsoever. This is all my imagination. I do however believe in this canon whole heartedly and its as true to me as whatever RAS's vision is to him. You choose who to trust.

Okay so first and foremost the entire series is written by Jughead. It's all his writings that are probably all sitting in a google docs draft folder.

I justify this due to the following:

He is the narrator

The entire series is obsessed with Betty Cooper for good or ill (I'll get to it)

Its all kind of sort of been alluded to that its all Jughead's writings anyway. At least in S1, again. I'll get to the why of that in a second.

He started writing season 1 in his junior year (so a year after the events of the S1). He read In Cold Blood (on his own, not for class, very important to him that you all know this) and was like "Hey my town had a murder and I have some trauma around it, so I should totes do this." And thus S1 is born.

This is why that season is (relatively) more grounded and far more realistic than the rest of the series because its based on a real true thing that happened and the real feelings and emotions of people involved. It has the least amount of exaggeration (but enough, because Jughead) and has the most coherent plot, which would make sense since Jughead isn't making anything up, he is recalling events.

This is also the only season that directly ties Jughead's narration and the plot to the book Jughead is writing on page, and thus tying them both together. Because again, its a thing that really happened.

So the characterizations, motivations, and actions of everyone in season 1 is the model of how and how these characters actually are and are a base for further exaggeration.

Seasons 2-4 are also based on true events but are exaggerations/interpretations of things that really happened, but are altered to make them more interesting to Jughead's readers (heh).

I don't want this post to be a novel so here is a brief listing of that I am thinking here for some of the main plots (but if you have a plot you want me to fit into this canon let me know):

The Black Hood: When Jughead showed Betty his first manuscript (S1) the positive constructive criticism she gave was that, "True crime is really popular right now, so this fits in with the zeitgeist." And Jughead ran with it. Fred also had his first heart attack at this time...we all know where I'm going with that so I'll just leave that there. RIP.

Making Hal the Black Hood: Hal leaves the family after the Polly debacle and finding some racy pics on Betty's computer (she sent them to Jug, she wasn't a camgirl) and decides to start his life over with a woman who is far more moral (and probably like 2 years older than Polly)

The Serpents/Class War with Hiram: Not a gang, just those under the boot of the rich that Hiram tries to eradicate through good ol fashioned gentrification. Archie and Veronica also start spending more time doing rich people shit and that drives a divide between the two main couples of the core four. But less about political plots and more about teenagers growing apart because of different interests

Season 3: Putting this all together because Jughead was having a hard time finding a plot here. So he focused on Alice's new weird young boyfriend who actually ended up taking off with Polly (leaving her twins), his newfound obsession with DnD (Betty was exhaustedly supportive of this) and Kevin's endless talk about the new megachurch he just joined. He and Betty also started watching a lot of horror films and Hitchcock at the time which leads us to...

Season 4: He and Betty go off to different schools but its because of college, not because Jug is the chosen one (again see why he is writing all of this himself). He meets a lot of pretentious people that challenge his relationship with Betty and he turns it into a mystery.

So now we have made it to 4.17. Ugh.

Okay so Jughead has written all of this, and reading everything back feels that Archie and Betty (who go to the same college now and are friends again after growing apart after he dated Veronica) have grown too close and Jug self destructs.

He self sabotages so hard and makes a story up in his head that Betty would be much happier with Archie who is doing perfectly mediocre at college while Jughead flunked out.

So he and Betty break up after a lot of frustrated fighting.

And he begins to write Betty differently. Wildly differently.

(You can't tell me this doesn't make more sense than whatever the hell happened in the show.)

Jughead dejected from his failure at school and his breakup Writes on and off for the next few years. His next main attempt is S5. His attempt at more realistic writing.

(Its also after Betty enters his life again, because at her core Betty is his muse)

He works through his fictional frustrations of Betty and Archie as a possible couple (They never dated. Archie is actually a aromantic pansexual who does not do commitment) and realized that he made it all up and they have nothing in common.

Jughead and Betty get back together at the end of "Season 5" but Betty tells him that writing about their real life is what tore them apart, so he needs to not use their relationship in his writing anymore.

So Jughead decided to get weird and wildly experimental with his writing. And because Jughead is not a particularly good writer S6 and S7 are born.

Betty, absolutely running out of positive things to say about his last few writing attempts tells him that maybe these exaggerated versions of their lives that bear no resemblance to the real world have run their course, and he should try something new.

So Jughead wraps up this now unrecognizable series of writings and moves onto something new.

With Betty diligently serving as his editor. She got distracted with her new job and left him unattended for those last few seasons and look what happened.

Also I realize that Archie/Veronica/Cheryl/Toni are absent in this so briefly

Archie: He always was in awe of Archie and slightly jealous of what he perceived he had over Jughead...this is why he is the quasi-hero and also why he tortures Arch and treats him like an idiot.

Veronica: I cannot stress this enough. He and Veronica have no relationship. She is his friend's girlfriend and his girlfriend's best friend. The only thing he really knows about her is she is rich and hot. So he makes that her core personality and slaps on whatever traits fit her best for whatever plot he is writing at the time.

(This is also why almost all the women Veronica, Tabitha, Jessica, and Toni all are at some time his love interest. Self instert fan fic Jug. We see you.)

Cheryl/Toni: He and Toni are friends and Cheryl is her girlfriend who endlessly terrifies him. That is the core of her characterization.

I already regret the fact that I am sharing this long-winded mess with the world...but I can't take it back now.

Enjoy. And if you don't that is fine. It's my head canon not yours. Go make your own.

Have fun on finale night folks.

[mariana-oconnor]

The Devil's Foot pt 3

The last part of the story and still no devilish feet in sight. I have to assume it's the name of the drug at this point, because otherwise I don't know what's going on.

Last time Holmes and Watson did a very stupid thing and almost died a very stupid death. Then they declared their undying devotion to each other and it would have all been ever so sweet if I hadn't wanted to bonk their heads together to try to get their brains working via percussive maintenance.

⬆️Holmes and Watson's last two braincells there, right before they killed them inhaling an incredibly fast acting lethal poison.

"It would be superfluous to drive us mad, my dear Watson," said he. "A candid observer would certainly declare that we were so already before we embarked upon so wild an experiment."

Holy shit, that poison gave Holmes the ability to read my mind.

"But the cause remains as obscure as before."

I wonder. Could the weird poison that Holmes doesn't appear to have come across before possibly be linked to the famous explorer/adventurer/lion guy who has been to many exotic and distant locales?

Maybe?

Perhaps?

"I think we must admit that all the evidence points to this man, Mortimer Tregennis, having been the criminal in the first tragedy, though he was the victim in the second one. We must remember, in the first place, that there is some story of a family quarrel, followed by a reconciliation. How bitter that quarrel may have been, or how hollow the reconciliation we cannot tell. When I think of Mortimer Tregennis, with the foxy face and the small shrewd, beady eyes behind the spectacles, he is not a man whom I should judge to be of a particularly forgiving disposition."

Multiple murderers? How very un-Occam of you, Holmes. I did entertain the possibility for myself for a little while. But if he did the first one he must have been in league with the second murderer, or at least close enough that they knew what he'd done. (By second murderer, I mean lion guy. Unless it turns out to be the housekeeper getting revenge. The only other option is the vicar and he'd have to be supremely arrogant to have brought both crimes to Holmes' attention).

Also, we've been through how you shouldn't judge people's characters based on their appearance, well, not their facial features.

But yeah, this all lines up with what I was saying at the start before Lion guy showed up.

I had heard the click of the garden gate, and now the majestic figure of the great African explorer appeared upon the path.

In my head, this guy is literally just an anthropomorphic lion.

For a moment I wished that I were armed. Sterndale's fierce face turned to a dusky red, his eyes glared, and the knotted, passionate veins started out in his forehead, while he sprang forward with clenched hands towards my companion. Then he stopped, and with a violent effort he resumed a cold, rigid calmness, which was, perhaps, more suggestive of danger than his hot-headed outburst.

This is the sign of an entirely rational and calm human being.

"I have lived so long among savages and beyond the law," said he, "that I have got into the way of being a law to myself. You would do well, Mr. Holmes, not to forget it, for I have no desire to do you an injury."

Yep...

He's clearly in no way a danger to society.

Absolutely not. I would feel completely safe in his presence.

I do not understand why he has such a strong and obvious reaction to the first bit, then attempts to back pedal and be all 'No idea what you're talking about'.

I mean, I do get it, but I don't get why he thinks it's going to work. As previously stated he absolutely should keep asserting that he has no idea what they are talking about. But it's such a transparent ploy after he's already lost his cool.

"I saw no one." "That is what you may expect to see when I follow you."

This line goes hard.

I love it.

Ninja Sherlock

🥷

"Yes, Brenda Tregennis," repeated our visitor. "For years I have loved her. For years she has loved me. There is the secret of that Cornish seclusion which people have marvelled at. It has brought me close to the one thing on earth that was dear to me. I could not marry her, for I have a wife who has left me for years and yet whom, by the deplorable laws of England, I could not divorce."

ACD's war against the British divorce laws continues. I have tried to look up the history of divorce law in the UK, but it is an incredibly tangled web that I do not have the inclination to untangle at this time. Although I just learnt that until 2012 people in this country couldn't get married before 8am or after 6pm. Weird.

I think we can all agree, though, that ACD thought the divorce laws were bloody stupid and he was right.

On the outside was written "Radix pedis diaboli" with a red poison label beneath it. He pushed it towards me. "I understand that you are a doctor, sir. Have you ever heard of this preparation?" "Devil's-foot root!"

"The root is shaped like a foot, half human, half goatlike; hence the fanciful name given by a botanical missionary."

But how tho?

Which half? I don't understand how you can have half of each of these... does it have toes? Is it a hoof? How? I cannot work out what this would look like at all.

Does it have five little hoof toes?

I don't understand.

"Among other things I exhibited this powder, and I told him of its strange properties, how it stimulates those brain centres which control the emotion of fear, and how either madness or death is the fate of the unhappy native who is subjected to the ordeal by the priest of his tribe."

Mortimer. Mortimer, Mortimer, Mortimer. You're dead, so I guess this doesn't really matter now, but you don't... take the incredibly obvious poison from the incredibly mentally unhinged man and then use it when he's still in the country. Not when it has such obvious and unique effects. This is what is called Bad Planning and Obvious.

It's like you wanted him to kill you. Is that victim blaming? probably. But you're also a murderer, so... does it balance out?

Also, Mr Lion Man, don't... tell people about your weird crazy poisons and then follow it up with 'also you could kill people with it in this country and law enforcement would never be able to detect it, lol.' Especially not if you're suspicious of the guy.

So many bad decisions in this story.

"I well remember how he plied me with questions as to the amount and the time that was needed for its effect, but I little dreamed that he could have a personal reason for asking."

Yeah, because that's a really unsuspicious line of questioning.

'So, this undetectable horrific poison. How much would I need to use... hypothetically, of course... to like... kill three people. In a room the size of... ooh, say my siblings' card room? And how long would it take? Just asking... out of curiosity. No reason other than purely scientific interest. I'd never actually kill anyone with it. Bu-ut if I wanted to...'

Lion man... you should not be allowed access to hazardous materials. Your OSHA compliance is poor. That needs to be in a locked poison cabinet. You shouldn't be handling it without PPE and you definitely shouldn't be letting untrained and unvetted people in there.

"My soul cried out for revenge. I have said to you once before, Mr. Holmes, that I have spent much of my life outside the law, and that I have come at last to be a law to myself."

But sure, he can get off because he was killing the first murderer... I guess. I'm not as sympathetic towards him as I've been towards previous people. Maybe because he doesn't strike me as the kind of person for whom this was his first or last kill. His reaction to Holmes seems like he's prepared to just murder anyone who gets in his way. Previously the people Holmes has let go have been people who killed as a last desperate attempt to free themselves or were pushed too far past their breaking point in one instance.

This guy just... seems like he wouldn't bat an eyelid at killing again. And again. And again. For far less reason.

"And now, my dear Watson, I think we may dismiss the matter from our mind and go back with a clear conscience to the study of those Chaldean roots which are surely to be traced in the Cornish branch of the great Celtic speech.”

I still think this is nonsense, but sure. I have discovered that apparently someone somewhere apparently wrote Holmes' paper on the subject and published it in 1998. Which is a thing.

Thanks Watson for warning me against poisoning myself. I'll bear that in mind. Perhaps you could take your own medical advice?

[yanderu-deredere]

at the risk of sounding extremely weird, have you ever heard of the game cookie run kingdom? if so, could you do some of your yanderes reactions to a darling that's absolutely obsessed with the game? maybe even to the point of having physical merchandise and going to events in person?

a/n: HELLO?? SHUT UP!! HAVE I HIT THE JACK POT?? THIS IS US RN!! 🥺🤝🏼🤡 (im the clown) but neway holy shit, what's the chances that id have a follower that's into yanderes and cookie run kingdom?? i don't know what to say other than thank you for winning ask of the week and here's your request! hope you enjoy! i know cotton candy cookie is from cookie run and she hasn't been transfered to cookie run kingdom but A PERSON CAN DREAM OKAY!

warning: i definitely nerded out onto this post and im so sorry, some gacha gaming terms like whaling (putting down a lot of money to get a specific character you want) and pay to win (paying a lot of mini transations LOL)

soren kumar ★ profile

Soren doesn't know about the app but he should. Yeong-bae has definitely mentioned it to him a good handful of times but he's bad at remembering things he's not interested in sometimes. For you, though, he'll try it. He definitely ends up not liking it though. He just doesn't get it. You sit there and watch the cookies fight the cake? Okay, and then what? You level them up so they can fight tougher cake? Interesting. The aesthetic is cute enough but he doesn't know if he'll play it in the long run. He'll definitely play it up in front of you though since he doesn't want to insult something you love

I think the one thing that'll really interest him is Parfait cookie. He knows what it feels like to busk, to have to work your ass off to get recognised, and then to finally have all that hard work be paid off. So, he likes her because he can relate to her. But he doesn't like her enough to pay to win or anything. Unfortunately, he's one of those people where he's just really lucky and he ends up pulling her multiple times (you definitely need him to press the button for you when you're pulling for cookies you want LOL)

When it comes to you, he'll indulge you. He doesn't get it at all. They're just cookies and the game isn't even that fun. But it makes you happy and there's nothing in the world he wants more than to make you happy. So, he buys you the merch, he goes to the events with you (disguised, of course, since he doesn't want the date to be cut off by paparazzi) and he lets you spend his money on the app. He does give you a cut off every month. You're only allowed to spend $500! No more! Maybe a little more on special events but-- Oh, don't give him those puppy dog eyes....

eun-jeong yoo ★ profile

Eun-jeong is definitely just a casual fan. It's cute, it's popular, he likes the aesthetic. It's just something he uses to pass the time sometimes when he's alone in the vet office. He'll log on every day to get his dailies done and he'll make sure not to waste any freebies he gets but he also doesn't spend any money on the app at all. He's free to play all the way. Also doesn't put too much thought on his team just sticks with the automatic teams or a team of his five strongest cookies. The biggest crime is that he just arranges all of his buildings in a grid pattern and literally doesn't care about how they're organised.

His favourite cookie is Financier cookie for sure. Eun-jeong kinda looks up to Financier cookie's personality. He loves that she's so strong-willed and that she's able to protect the people that she cares about. Low-key, Eun-jeong wants to be like that for you. He wants to be able to protect you and he wants to be able to be someone you can depend on like how a lot of people depend on Financier cookie! He also loves her aesthetic a lot.

When it comes to you, Eun-jeong would definitely fuel your addiction. He won't pay for anything on his account but he'll definitely give you his card if you want to pay to win. Also would definitely go with you to events or get you merchandise of your favourite cookie (and of Financier cookie so the two of you match!)

liam arieh ★ profile

Liam doesn't know anything about the app until you mention it and, when you do, he checks it out. He's literally only been on it for an hour but he's already dropped like $100 like it's nothing. He's pay to win all the way and he's not ashamed of it LOL. He's already got the most popular and powerful cookies because of it. He's literally out here whaling. Definitely the type to be super into it when he starts but then like slowly plays it less and less. He'll always keep going back to it though because he likes having something the two of you both do together

His favourite cookie is Clotted Cream cookie just because he likes his vibes. Personally, I think scheming cocky bastards attract each other but that's just me. Liam also just really likes his aesthetic and likes the fact that he's a really powerful cookie. Sometimes, Liam will even ask you if the two of them look like each other. Cringe

When it comes to you, of course he supports your addiction. If you think he's willing to drop money just for his account, wait till you see how much he's willing to drop for yours. He'll also be happy to go to events with you and buy you merch. In fact, he'll buy you all of the merch! Your entire room will be infested with merch of your favourite cookies (plus some of Clotted Cream cookie, unfortunately)

ayaka yamato ★ profile

Ayaka knows the app. It's cute and it's popular so of course she's checked it out! She's definitely here for the aesthetic and the aesthetic only. She doesn't care about any of the strategy, the statistics, the gaming; nothing. She just likes that the cookies all look sweet and cute. Unlike literally anybody else on the list, her kingdom is thematic and decorated perfectly. She uses the kingdom save system so she can change her kingdom every single time her favourite color has changed. She has a set up for pinks, purples, blues-- And, of course, she's achieved this by using money to buy all the decorations and buildings, of course! All her cookies have the best skins too LOL cus, unlike everyone else, she spams the costume gacha instead of the cookie gacha.

Her favourite cookie is actually Strawberry Crepe cookie! It was a good tie between Strawberry Crepe cookie and Strawberry cookie. I think, if her darling's personality was a lot like Strawberry cookie, then Strawberry cookie would be her favourite because she finds her really really cute, her aesthetic is adorable and she's strawberries! But, if not, her favourite is Strawberry Crepe! Ayaka just relates a lot to being small and being looked down on but then absolutely kicking ass LOL And she likes that Strawberry Crepe has big dreams for herself! Plus, Strawberry Crepe cookie has the absolute cutest aesthetic too

When it comes to you, of course she'd support your addiction. She'd be way more hands-on about it though. If your kingdom looks like trash, she's taking your phone and she's fixing it! It doesn't have to be color coded like hers but c'mon, put some more effort into it! At least have little sections or something! And she'll definitely dress the two of you up in outfits inspired by your favourite cookies hwen the two of you go to events! It'll be so fun!

ryuunosuke yamamoto ★ profile

Ryuu is already a huge fan and when he finds out that you're a fan too? He'll literally scream because the two of you can be fans together! He puts some thought into his kingdom decoration but not that much. Kind of just lines up all his shops and then decorations are in the other half LOL Definitely tries to get into the strategy part of the game but he's super bad at it and ends up just being slightly better than most players. He's only slightly pay to win but he's a recovering addict, okay! You're not supposed to go cold turkey when you quit!

His favourite cookie is Sea Fairy cookie. He's been a fan of the franchise since the original Cookie Run app and that's where he fell in love with Sea Fairy cookie! The way she's always longingly looking into the night sky, missing the love of her life (cough Moonlight cookie cough), and all the sad voice lines! He feels so sorry for her! Plus, she's his strongest cookie! And her aesthetic is so beautiful!~~

When it comes to your addiction, he'll try to do the good boyfriend thing and steer you away from it. He wants to be responsible and he knows, in the long run, it's bad to encourage it. But, oh god, he knows the pain. If you really really want to pay to win, though, you might end up dragging him back into his addictions too not that he would complain that much. Hewon't be as hesitant bringing you to events and buying you merch though! He'll get you guys matching couple stuff! Maybe you can be the Moonlight cookie to his Sea Fairy cookie?

ryouta watanabe ★ profile

Another disgusting Cookie Run Kingdom fan LOL You might not even have to tell him you're into the game, you'll find him wearing merchandise of it or something somehow. He's the type that loves the aesthetic but also he's in the top 1% best players of the game. His team is doing like 200mil damage or some crazy shit. He's like over calculating the strats, making sure he's equipping the right stuff, etc. It also helps that he's pay to win the whole way (and it's probably the reason he's broke). He's also the guild master to one of the top guilds in the game and he's super strict about people logging in and doing their part. If you're inactive for a week, you're out! It's the top guild for a reason LOL

His favourite cookie is actually Cotton cookie and it's because she's one of the best support cookies in the game-- LOL but also because she's super cute and soft and kind and innocent which reminds him of you. No, it doesn't matter if you're some buff 6'6 guy! Cotton cookie still reminds him of you! That's how he sees you! This soft support character he needs to protect because your HP and defense stats are very low but you give him so much support and he just loves you so much!

When it comes to you, he definitely supports your addiction. In fact, he supports your addiction way too much. He'll like help you out with your team composition if you want him to, he'll let you borrow his card if you want to, he'll invite you into his guild, he'll remind you to log in every single day! He'll even log in for you if you'd like! And the two of you can just sit together on your phones, beating the asses of some cute cake hounds or something

yeong-bae kigal ★ profile

Another idiot with way too much time on their hands LOL Yeong-bae is definitely way too into Cookie Run Kingdom and it shows. A lot of their salary goes into gacha games and mobile games. In fact, they have like several phones because of it (one phone for work, one phone for gacha games, one phone for photos, one phone for normal stuff). It's really unfortunate. But they're a lot like Ryouta where they're the 1% of players on the app because they're so good at calculating strategy and stats. Unlike Ryouta, they also care a lot about aesthetics so they make his kingdom look good too. They're both on the same guild! They're actually an officer in Ryouta's guild LOL

Their favourite cookie is Pure Vanilla cookie and, not to be repetitive, but it's because he reminds them of you! Pure Vanilla is so healing and good, someone that brings so much light to everyone around him. That's what it feels like being around you! For Yeong-bae, just standing next to you is like standing on stage, in the spotlight! And being with you, talking with you and spending time with you, is like being healed by Pure Vanilla cookie! Definitely way over-levels Pure Vanilla cookie because of this sole fact LMAO

When it comes to you, what is he earning for if not to fuel your life joys? If he can't make you happy by letting you whale or by letting you buy your favourite merchandise, what's the point in being a popstar? Unfortunately, he can't easily go to the events. He'll have to wear a mask the entire time or he'll have to wear a disguise. But it's worth it if the two of you can go on a cute date!

[rainyraisin]

OKAY SO, RETICENT INFO DUMPS!!! The first half of Raph's wasn't in my notes so I had to steal it from Instagram. These are from 2 weeks ago so the characters have more to them at this point but I'll only keep infodumping if people ask :)

Raph continuation:

Raph is the only brother other than Leo who goes up to the surface, usually to get more fun things for his brothers rather than what they genuinely need. Mikey receives spray paint gear and painting supplies, also said to be from Splinter, but Raph suspects he knows who its truly from. He hides in his room whenever Splinter actually does visit so he doesn't get into a fight with him and "scare him off" for a few months. The only crime Raph really commits is stealing. Despite his temper and tendency to get into fights, he's actually quite responsible. He's the one who stops his twin from committing too many crimes. The vandalism he permits, the arson he does not. He wants to be closer to Mikey and Leo.

Mikey:

Mikey is 15 and the younger twin by 2 days!!! He's more of a traditional artist and enjoys painting. He was introduced to spraypainting by April and does it around the lair pre-season 1, to Splinter and therefore Leo's dismay. Following the start of season 1, he starts doing spraypainting with Casey which was a big bonding activity for them. Mikey struggles with expressing anger verbally and does it through other things like burning stuff or going out to spraypaint. He was almost caught by the police once due to him being too loud and disturbing the peace whilst spraypainting to relieve some stress. He's the best cook in the family and when he was deemed old enough by Leo he was allowed to start cooking for them (with supervision of course, and Leo handled things like knives). He wants to be a cool older brother to Donnie but tries a bit too hard and kinda just comes off as weird yet kind funny. They're still not the closest though. He wants to be closer to Donnie and Raph. Later on he bonds with Donnie a bit through baking as his little brother enjoys the chemistry part of it (he is completely banned from the stove though). Raph is their taste-tester.

Donnie:

Donnie!! The youngest at 13!!! (And a half as he will constantly remind you). Donnie is autistic but literally has no fucking clue, just like the twins with their ADHD. He's a bit clingy to Raph and shares similar traits to him due to spending the majority of his life around him. He acts the same way around April as Mikey does around him, trying to be a cool little brother. April doesn't understand what the hell he's trying to do. He questions why Splinter brings him materials for his inventions yet seems so disapproving of them. Donnie feels like his brothers view him as a liability first and family second. Leo tends to try keep him out of the way a lot of the time, mostly when sparring, which leads to him being weaker than his brothers in that aspect, although Raph eventually has enough and begins sparring with him in secret. Don is the reason they met April as he went out looking for Splinter when he was 9 and got lost, only finding his way back to his brothers due to April offering to help him. He stole Leo's coat so the majority of his features are covered up. She only realises that shit might not be right here when he tells her he lives down in the sewers but like, is she really gonna leave a kid to get home alone??? No, ofc not.

April:

April! The oldest of the group at 17!! She will lord the fact that shes just over a month older than Casey over him for the rest of his life. April acts quite apathetic and snarky but genuinely does want to help her brothers cause she cares a lot about them. She just doesn't know how to and she feels so guilty about it. She also tries not to get too involved in their personal stuff because she thinks that they don't view her as a sister. She hasn't met Splinter yet but has heard a lot about him from Raph and isn't very fond of him. She doesn't like Casey too much at first as she's worried he'll break their trust and reveal her brothers' existence to the world but over time they grow closer and become friends. When she first met the turtles, she was a bit freaked out cause holy shit there are mutant turtles in the sewers why why why why why- But she came to realise that they were just kids trying to survive and warmed up to them quickly. She came round as often as she could to make sure they were okay and eventually bought them all radios in order to keep in contact with them better (she let Donnie mess with them to increase the range). Very supportive of her brothers cause like, who else is gonna be? Their dad sure isnt and she's the only one who knows about them otherwise (until a certain goofy guy comes along)

Casey:

Casey Jones!! Second oldest of the overall group, also at 17!!! He's just less 17 than April (don't question me I can english). He's the catalyst for the series as a whole and is completely confused by what the fuck is going on the majority of the time- bro is just slowly learning how fucked up this family is and he's just like "ARE U GUYS OKAY??? 💀💀💀". He wants to help the sillies stop being so damn emotionally constipated. He is also a silly little vigilante guy‼️‼️‼️ He is not very good at it but don't tell him that he's trying his best. He also plays hockey cause he slays like that. He is very loser/affectionate. He's definetly been arrested a couple of times although never actually sent to jail or anything, just made to wait with an officer until his dad comes to pick him up. He acts way more confident than he is. (I have way less on him than everyone else atm lmao I'm sorry)

Also just realised, here's a very old Leo infodump, like literally from the second day of Reticent's existence

Anyway if there's anyone who wants to know more about all of the sillies or even just one particular silly, throw an ask into the box!!! :D

[away-ward]

Was martin scott ever described as attractive? Or even handsome? Because i think that can also add some criterias of: 1. Emmy's level of beauty, 2. why martin can get away with many low-levelled and some even serious crimes, for years, because not only was he might already got a backing from his higher ups, but he was also really good at being a manipulative piece of shit, BUT his looks might help him too, as in he might also be an outwardky attractive man. This came to my mind because i remembered about kai's lolita discussion about how a lot of conventionally attractive people can get away with a lot of things that non-conventionally attractive people can't, i feel like martin can fit this description too.

Another thing is if Emory's look was really ugly, or even slightly undesirable, in a town where superficial beauty is VERY VERY VERY important, she would've definitely been bullied for her looks, and it's not just because: 1. Her brother was a cop, 2. She was A smart nerd who can't seem to have any social skills or get along with her peers, 3. Will grayson called dibs on her, so that puts more attention on her than necessary, be it by girls who were jealous of her, or other boys who just wanted to bully others because of her association with will (stupid high school things).

I also feel like if em's not conventionally pretty, we would've heard damon calling her ugly at least once, and no, it's not to assure will that he didn't want anything to do with her, like he did in that locker room. Granted his type is blonde, pale skin with blue eyes, so idk, maybe this is not really a credible answer. I just said that because damon just like to insult others for the things he thought they were lacking, and i don't think he wouldn't go beneath himself to say things like this about emmy, especially before the cemetery scene.

We also saw emmy in kai's pov but it's without any mention of her beauty, just her dress and hair, but i don't think it's that surprising to me that he didn't talk about her features because she wasn't facing him, and also because they were classmates, and not gonna lie, i wouldn't have given a second thought about my classmates' looks either, EVEN IF they were the most beautiful people on earth. I guess the school air really changes the way i look at them, like i can admit that they're good looking, but their beauty wil unfairly lost their flair in my eyes as compated to when i meet someone conventionally attractive that's not my friends. Maybe just me.

I have a headcanon that emmy age like a fine wine, and really look the most gorgeous in her late 20s and later on her beauty just increased in her 30s and 40s, because of how amazing the "happily healed-confident-mature-career-mother" women look would look on her. I think she would have this type of sophisticated and calm elegant femininity, that would enhance her beauty even more. I think for this story, emmy is most likely conventionally beautiful, just like the rest of the FMCs, because of my reasons above, but like you said, a different kind of beauty, so her features might just not be the stereotypically beautiful according to the Western standards, might even have some mix feature?

All in all, i honestly don't care if emory's conventionally beautiful or not nor have i ever really imagined the faces of any characters i've read before. Idk, i'm really bad at imagining the face of a character, especially if they follow a certain "standard" or not. I just drgaf about this particularly when i read or even irl, as long as i get their general vibes or aesthetics, i'm all good.

What about others though? What do yall think? What do away-ward (what do we call you btw?) think? (Btw, i'm a different anon).

I don’t think Martin was ever described as attractive, but then it would have been kinda of weird if he had? Our main POVs were his sister and Will. Other than that, the horsemen would have thought of him the most, and they probably wouldn’t think of him that way.

But I see no reason why he couldn’t be. You’re right that it would add to the reasons people trusted him. I think the reason he got away with so much is that he fell in with Evans early on in his career and Evans protected him. As Winter said, “Money does the talking in Thunder Bay.” And we know that Martin killed Rika’s father when she was 13, so it’s not a leap that he started working for Evans a few years prior to that. However, we also know that he married a rich woman. It’s totally plausible that he’s not hideous to look at.

That being said, he’s one of the few characters my brain automatically provided a face for with no rhyme or reason. Fred Savage.

So not the most attractive person alive. Still, there's something about him that says "you can trust me" and yet... I don't feel like I can. But it's only this specific episode of boy meets world.

Martin gives off similar vibes, except way worse. I couldn’t get Fred/Stuart’s face out of my head when reading about Martin. In other parts of the episode, he does get caught, which was good, but his whole way of defending himself was so sleazy. Like how Martin would come off calm or kind, like he wasn't about to abuse Emmy.

I don't know why my brain provided his face, but it did.

Another thing is if Emory's look was really ugly, or even slightly undesirable, in a town where superficial beauty is VERY VERY VERY important, she would've definitely been bullied for her looks, and it's not just because:

True. They probably would have gone after anything. So I don’t think Emory was ugly, but I also don’t think people took much notice of her looks. It always makes me think of the Dorothy Parker poem “News Item” (sorry, still on a Dorothy Parker kick, so it’s readily in my head). It seems like it applied here.

“Boys seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses”

For those not familiar with her, she was a poet and wit from the 1920s, known for her satirical humor. This poem doesn’t mean that girls who wear glasses are unappealing, just that boys tend to go for the more outgoing girls and overlook those with a more studious personality. Anyway, I’ll move on.

we would've heard damon calling her ugly at least once, and no, it's not to assure will that he didn't want anything to do with her, like he did in that locker room.

Damon certainly didn’t have a problem speaking his mind or insulting girls. He said Arion had the brain power of a Pringle, so you’ve made a great point. I’ll also bring up that in the first shower scene, after Em rejected him, he said something along the lines of “too bad” and it “wouldn’t have been a chore,” implying that he would have enjoyed it not only because he’s getting what he wants, but because she’s attractive. This is probably the first time someone has really seen her body without the baggy uniform or overalls. She even wore a swim shirt with long sleeves. I felt he was suddenly aware of just how attractive she was.

like i can admit that they're good looking, but their beauty wil unfairly lost their flair in my eyes as compated to when i meet someone conventionally attractive that's not my friends. Maybe just me.

Oh, really??? That's interesting. I feel that I’m the opposite. People become more beautiful the more I get to know them. And yeah, I can say that I find strangers attractive, but it would only grow from there if we were to become friends. Sometimes, when talking to my friends, I’ll just sit and wonder at how beautiful they are. All their little quarks add to it, too. There was a doctor who quote that really nailed the feeling for me, but I don’t want to bring in too many other things. I think this post already has enough external stuff.

headcanon that emmy age like a fine wine, and really look the most gorgeous in her late 20s and later on her beauty just increased in her 30s and 40s because of how amazing the "happily healed-confident-mature-career-mother" women look would look on her

This is excellent and I love it.

emmy is most likely conventionally beautiful, just like the rest of the FMCs, because of my reasons above, but like you said, a different kind of beauty, so her features might just not be the stereotypically beautiful according to the Western standards, might even have some mix feature?

Yeah, and I mean, that’s the assumption, right? None of us pick up a book and think “this character is probably mediocre and ordinary”. Or at least I haven't. They may not be the most attractive person in their universe, but I’ve always imagined characters as pretty or whatever.

I do wonder how mixed Emmy is. We know she has some Jewish heritage on her material side, but what about her father? Sometimes I hate when authors are vague about stuff like that because it does leave you hanging. The name “Scott” doesn’t really indicate anything. She’s got naturally tan skin, but again, that doesn’t answer the question. I mean, I probably wouldn’t do anything with the information if it were available, but it’s nice to know all the same.

I just drgaf about this particularly when i read or even irl, as long as i get their general vibes or aesthetics, i'm all good.

Haha, yeah. Like I said in the post about faces, it’s one or the other for me, but I never force it. And it doesn't matter how descriptive the author is, I'll never be able to piece their face together. I much prefer if there's general description (hair/skin/eye color), plus one or two features (scar/crooked teeth/crooked nose). I'll handle the rest myself, thanks.

I never sit and think “what does this character look like” unless I’m trying to show people what vague sense I get of them in my head. Other times, I get a face and nothing the narrative says changes that. Character as blonde hair? Oops, too bad. My brain gave them brown. We’re just gonna roll with it.

What do away-ward (what do we call you btw?)

Huh. I guess I should have introduced myself at some point. When I made this blog, it was with the sole intention of posting ‘hell yeah’ and then leaving, but then I realized people probably wouldn’t see it because I didn’t look like a real blog, so I just went from there. But all that means is I never gave consideration to what the name of the blog meant. Away-ward was literally like… “I’m leaving after this”. I’ve wanted to change it, but I also don’t like changing things that people readily recognize, so it’s stuck around.

Anyway, you can call me KO. It’s a variation of the pen name I’ve been using since I started writing. Nice to meet you.

[fwacchi]

On mobile & sorry if I said anything weird my first language isn't english & for not using puntuation I'm not good at it

Hello! This is just a mini rant(kinda)(since no one that I currently know are into vtubers or know what they are & I just wanna talk about it) but I just came across this tiktok short/edit (don't really know what to call it 😅) but she basically trying to expose? Vtubers (mostly nijien) (mostly nina in this case) but she was a minor (it's in her prof.) & I found on one of her edits/videos she was asking ppl for shoutout bc she 'needs her fame back' & that just makes me feel weird about it like.. Idk.. I think that recently I just had seen some ppl trying to cancel some vtubers on tiktok for stupid things like fu-chun getting 'cancel' for liking/reading BL even though he's bi if I'm correct (ik that some of the cancel aren't really recent but tiktok just kinda stated to put those videos on my for you page recently) like for vox I kinda get why he's was cancel but at the same time not bc sure you can feel uncomfortable & all but for me personally I think that calling him a p*do was too mush like lately ppl have been throwing that word around to losely & I just think that he over share to much but yeah

Btw it's ok if you don't want to respond to this you can just ignore it but have a good day/night also I hope that your first day in college was good! My younger sister also just started college & she was saying the same thing as you so just know that you aren't alone 🤣🤣

Your English is reallyyyy good!! <3 and good luck to your sister too!!!

I've wanted to talk about this topic before but didn't really have the chance to but now that you've ranted about it, I'm gonna reply to your rants with a rant of my own so buckle up 😌

(there's literally an essay down there so enter at your own risk 👁️👁️)

This is exactly why I barely go on tiktok anymore. when I used to be a diehard fan of kpop artists, shits like this was way more worse. At some point, it started disturbing me to the point I actually never went back on tiktok again. That's how much I hated that app back then. Literally just one or two months ago I opened that app again, thinking I could have a peaceful life in vtubers fandom but oh lord I encountered a hate video.

It was something similar to what you said, but what I saw was a video saying "canceling nijisanji en" and I thought it was a joke or something so I went to the comments section to see what it was about. And the whole comment section was filled with "omg yes" "ugh shifting to nijisanji jp right now" "well at least shu is safe💀" honestly, I was like huh??? seems that they were talking about most of the nijisanji en boys interacting with an artist who was apparently racist (or something else i'm not really sure) but yeah that's the bits of it. [I saw a comment under the specific post saying something like "if this is how yalls attitude is, then don't even think about coming to the jp side" and I was like SLAYY GIRL YOU RIGHT ASF] sorry I'm pretty much gatekeeping niji jp from toxic fans like that who could just hate on their so called "oshi" on a baseless rumour.

First of all, I'm on twitter literally everyday and have heard nothing of that issue. Or maybe it's possible that I could've totally missed it. Secondly, even if the issue is true, I'm pretty sure the en boys wouldn't have interacted with the said artist if they knew about it. Like girl, vtubers don't have to know everything about everyone on internet. Just because they don't follow up on who is who and who is supporting what doesn't mean you have the fucking rights to cancel them.

Let me tell y'all something mind blowing. Reading BL isn't a crime. Surprising? Get that into your fucking mind. BL is a genre just like Mystery, Romance, Historical and etc. Even if you're straight you can read/watch BL it's not wrong. It's not wrong as long as you don't fantasize about it and get off on it. If you're a straight person reading BL (yaoi) and getting turned on about it and being public about it, then seek help. That's just so wrong. You girls don't like it when men jerk off to lesbian porns so it goes both ways.

This is me speaking for myself as someone who enjoys BL and I would love to read GL genre too. But there's just none that suits my taste and BL stories are being published more and more rather than GL. That's the main reason I read more BL and not GL. It has nothing to do with me being a freak. I don't even read much yaoi like BJ ALEX, painter of the night, etc. I mostly enjoy fluff BL genre because I see it as any other romance. (if you have good gl manhwa/anime/donghua/manga recommendations, please share it with me👁️👁️)

And calling vox a p*do? that's just way too offensive and wrong. Did you see him having dirty talks or actually having sex with a minor? No you fucking didn't so stfu. You don't even know who he truly is behind the avatar so what gives you the rights to say something so horrible about him? And this goes to everyone else. Even if a person you know, or barely know, is a prostitute, slut, playboy or whatever, you do not get to judge them. You're not their parents/family members so you get no say in their life. Just stfu and live your own life instead of judging others'. UNLESS you see them committing real crimes which is against the law of your country then report them to the police. That's all you have to do.

Now, I don't want to categorise all tiktok users as one group but most of the people, I repeat, MOST of the people in tiktok are underage, or simply just utter fools who have no morals in them. Especially those hate accounts (and this goes to EVERY hate accounts. not just the ones dedicated to nijisanji/vtubers).

I see some accounts saying "this is a troll account. i actually love [insert name] so much🥺" no. If you love them as much as you claim to, then you wouldn't even think about hating on them like that even for a joke. That's just disrespectful.

What do they really get out of this hating behaviour? likes? shares? comments? fame? well if that's what they want then they're really doing it in a wrong fucking way. I didn't know people could be happy getting those achievements from such a nasty way. They have little to none shame. Possibly bringing down someone's career because of their stupid behaviour isn't something to be proud of. Their parents surely wouldn't be proud of it either. Am I mean? well not as much as they are and at least I'm only speaking facts.

It's literally so easy to shut up your mouth if you don't like something. Like, go find something else you enjoy instead of hating.

+the nijisanji en family has been getting bigger these days which is why they're getting more hate that are visible. The only thing we can do is comment something to put some sense in their shitty mind(which will end up going over their head considering how dumb they are), report, block and scroll away. Fools like them can't be fixed unless they themselves realise what they're doing and how it harms others around them. We really shouldn't be wasting our time and ruining our mental health over some dumb asses.

[badassbarmaid]

@down-the-fox-den​

Tifa was beyond exhausted.

She didn’t know exactly what was going on, but it felt like Hell on earth as Hawkins locals led a massive manhunt for Eddie Munson. She refused to believe he was the one guilty for those murders. As she walked down one of the quieter streets near where she worked, she tried to work out how everything got so bad so fast. Crazy shit happened in Hawkins all the time lately, like the fire at Starcourt the year before, or all the weird missing people and rumors around the labs beyond the city limits.

It became the norm for those that lived here to hear stories like that. But to blame it all on a game? While she wasn’t all that knowledgeable in Dungeons and Dragons, she knew it wasn’t some cult. She knew it when she was in school watching Eddie and his gang talk about it at lunch, or when she saw some of the younger kids pick it up and follow him around like little puppies more recently. What was wrong with living in a fun fantasy?

Better than this shithole, she thought to herself as she tosses aside the smock from the bar she finished her shift at. What was the point? Everything was going right to shit, she was worried about Eddie and her other friends, and all she wanted was a smoke and a decent night’s sleep. She hadn’t even heard from the rest of Corroded Coffin, which was weird under normal circumstances, but with their fearless leader missing, she supposed it made sense.

Without realizing it, Tifa had found herself wander into the local trailer park. Caution tape still moved in the breeze around the Munsons’ trailer, her heart sinking as she imagined how scared Eddie had to have been. Drawn to the darkened home, she cautiously took steps up to the entrance. Eddie, where did you go? There was no sign of even his uncle around; they had to have moved him out temporarily since it was a crime scene...

Slowly, she made her way inside, her eyes at first drawn towards the mattress on the floor in the living room area. “What the....fuck?” she muttered to herself as she glanced upwards and saw...a portal of some kind. Did she have some contact high from work? It moved like it was breathing and the brunette wasn’t sure if she wanted to run out of there or get closer.

[thoughtsinblue]

Sunday Confessions.

I once had a friend who went to the church every Sunday, but she didn't go to church for the sermons or the community or because her mom forced her to, no. As far as I know, she was never religious either, God, she wasn't even Catholic. Every Sunday though, she went to church to confess. Just to confess, that's it.

You see, this was way back in high school. Back when I'd do all kinds of stupid shit like jumping off of the first floor to escape the security guard (don't ask), avoiding school like the plague, getting caught by my friends trying to meet my crush followed by binge-listening to Taylor Swift because "she knew how I felt," you know, typical high-school-aged antics. We've all been there (at least that's what I tell myself to make me feel better anyway.) When I first heard this rumor about my friend, I couldn't comprehend it. It didn't make any sense to me. I'll admit, I found the concept of going to church for the sole purpose of confession sounded pretty cool. But what was I supposed to confess to? Now, I wasn't the brightest. I wasn't an ideal by any stretch of the imagination, but that being said, I hadn't committed any horrific sins to confess to. And wasn't confessing to atrocities without being held accountable - the entire premise of confessions? (Again, I never said I was bright.) And so, I eventually dropped the idea and forgot about the entire thing. That is, until a few days ago.

You see, since then, I do feel like I've done confession-worthy things. A few sins here, a few atrocities there (in hindsight, my Taylor Swift inspired playlists now seem like crimes against humanity.) Needless to say, the well of sins is ever-giving. As the years passed, I've come to realize that we are desperate for, and in desperate need of absolution. Imagine all the times you wish you heard someone say, "It's okay, kid. It's alright. You're alright." Imagine the sigh, the relief, the exaltation you'd feel. I'm sure you're no stranger to that either, you've heard those words a few times. But I wonder if they'd have the same effect if they were as commonplace as "fuck me" and "fuck this."

 We deal with so much on a daily basis. So much uncertainty and guilt and (I absolutely hate this word) trauma, and most of the time, there's no one to help us out. Is it because we as an entire generation have decided to push away people who display even a semblance of care towards us? Or maybe everyone's too busy dealing with their own problems to help us with ours. Either way, what do we do when there's no one to tell us it's okay? Those of us lucky to be able to afford it, go to a therapist. But for the rest of us peasant folk, some days we find a coping mechanism, some days, we subject ourselves to some convoluted self-righteous penance, at times, we repress it for another date, or maybe, just maybe we go to church and confess.

For the record, I still think it's a little weird going to church just to confess, but I get it now. I wish I'd known this back then. Maybe I could've helped my friend better.

I'll leave you with a thought:

In our desperation for absolution, we've completely overlooked what we're really after - catharsis.

- Neelay

P.s. If you liked this piece, maybe you’ll like this playlist: Absolution and Catharsis.

[toadstool32]

im delirious i just had a GREAT idea this requires having terminal homestuck brain and also liking the idea of batman being fucked up in a funny way. putting this under a read more bc i want u to choose to ruin ur day

ok so like are your familiar with spicyyetis davekat halloween special? well i hope you are now.

ok now are u familiar with bruce wayne? are you familiar of his habit of accidentally acquiring kids left and right and also his perfect mental health?

ok now are you seeing what im seeing

im thinkiong like years in the future like im p sure there was a panel of bruce telling stories to one of his grandchildren like it was very cute right hand on im pulling up the panel

Batman Lost #1 a tie in for dark knights metal

do you see that those are kids , little children running around the manor with an old man bruce just chilling in his murder mystery office, this is the best thing i have ever seen.

so like ideally bruce would have a very happy life retired and with all the rest of the bats taking over in crime fighting n shit and his sons and daughters however many he gets are gonna fill the place with kids eventually bc picking up strays is like, a bat requirement u know, however, im not thinking in a positive way or even a coherent way.

back to YM&O did u see old man dave hoarding kids in a very lonely mansion bc of his fear that the kids are one day gonna be the nly thing that will remind him of the loev of his life or whatever yeah you see where im goin with this.

like i can see it perfectly in my minds eye bruce trying to cope with yknow life and stuff n finally accepting that hes not a one man show and maybe as he gets older hes like alright i gotta, take care of myself? and no matter how much my kids may hate me at times and try to shot me i know they love me and they would be Very Sad if they had to bury me, like , again i mean and so hes like well now im old and trying out this taking care of myself now what and hes like oh i know ill take care of the kids and then at the start dick is like weird but ok better late than never!!! i guess!! but oh wait actuyally sorry old man i cant hang out but u can hang out with timmy and damian ok bye have fun and at this point evryone is like almost thirty and are like trying to subtly get away from bruce bc they were raised independently and also theyre grownups damnit (cass is a treasure so she hangs out but also she knows whats up its chill) and then it expands to the other kids like he starts trying to act as this doting old fatherly figure (hes goin senile its what is HAPPENING) and its not until dick is like haha have u heard jason just got kids following him around thats cute and bruce is like YES THATS IT like he gets hardcore empty nest syndrome except the nest was always kinda full u know? thi pile of leaves and bird shit is gonna overflow,anyway like a few months later dick comes back and theres Horrors tm in Manor bc bruce definition of kid isnt constrained by like, species,(do you think jarro would want more siblings?)

so like the house is packed with kids, all sorts of kids, some arent even kids, some are straight up science experiments and bruce is like I Love My Family :) alfred has been dead for over 30 years and yet bruce finds the way to drag his ghost back to the house so they can coo at the kids together (alfred look at my new daughter isnt she cute yes master bruces shes quite charming what will all the eyes, yes youre right she is) jarro is having fun having siblings but he still tries to win bruces attention , cass is almost encouraging bruce to get more kids (i want a new sister) tim and damian are scared but in different ways jason went there once and said Not My problem (hes also scared) barbara doesnt know the extent of the problem and is just amused the titrans know and dick is the last to know (but only bc i find it funny) if u ask what about duke i dont wanna inflict this hell on him he scaped early amen also the justice league either enables him or is subtly trying to stop him (it is. not working)

[hannahwriteshorror]

Forgotten (Chapter 1 - part 1) - By Hannah Elizabeth Fisher

Chapter 1

“Your mother hates me.” “Nico, it’s been a fortnight nearly, would you shut up? She doesn’t hate you.” “She clearly does,” I didn’t say anything else though, we still had three hours left of our journey and starting a fight right now wouldn’t be the best idea I’d ever had. Adam sighed loudly and shook his head as he unlocked his phone to play a time passing game. Weekly Worrisome Tales, a true crime podcast we followed weekly played quietly through the car radio, which was connected to my phone. The velvety female voice was explaining the ins and outs of the murders committed by Ed Gein in the early 1950’s. It was three-hour drive to Maine, where the carnival was being held. We had snacks, drinks, and Spotify on hand in case we got tired of hearing about lamp shades made from human skin. I volunteered to drive there, hoping it would keep my mind off the party. But Adam’s mother and her passive aggressive comments during our Christmas soiree had been on my mind since that day: “Are you sure fitness is the way to go? Is that the right career for someone who is to be married to a future prolific art dealer?” “Mother, we aren’t even engaged.” Adam had tried to ward her off, it didn’t work. “What, he hasn’t asked you? Why haven’t you asked my Ads to marry you? Don’t you love him? It is a big commitment… maybe you’re not ready? If I were you, I’d be worried about the money, it’s a big day and you have a big family. And we obviously want you to get married in a church… can you do that, as a, what is it, a Buddhist?” “Mam, it’s time for you to help me dish up the vegetables.” Adam pulled her up from the chair she had perched on. He took her elbow and glared at me as he forced her into the kitchen. What had I done wrong now? She protested at him in Welsh. “Onid ydych chi'n meddwl bod hyn yn gachu? Adam had taught me certain words simply for moments like this. I knew she said something was “shitty.”

I focused my eyes back on the road as we pulled up to a red light. Pedestrians began to cross in front of my car. I watched each one of them as they went about their day, wondering if any of them had any deep dark secrets. “… jars of what is believe to be fingernails from several females…” Maybe she’s got a foot fetish… what about him? His expensive trainers probably mean he sells drugs on the weekend… my thoughts snapped back to the party quickly when Adam spoke. “She just wants the best for me, Nico...” “If it’s not my career it’s her casual racism. I genuinely think I’d rather come toe to toe with Ed Gein himself. She scares me.” “…they also found a chair that had been upholstered in human skin…” “You’re being dramatic. Let’s enjoy this weekend.” The light turned green and I turned the car around the corner as Adam changed the subject, a subpar attempt to take my mind away from the Christmas party. “I spent like, three hours the other night looking into Lost Lands carnival. All I could find was a blog from some guy called Steve… I chatted to him a little bit but I still don’t know much.” “Steve?” I raised my eyebrow as I pulled the car left, I could feel my stomach gurgling. “We need to eat once we’ve dropped off our bags at the hotel.” Adam ignored my complaining, clearly deep in thought. “Yeah, Steve. He writes a lot about how he and his partner have been to this carnival before. He’s only got like two pictures up on there though which I find so weird.” He thrust his phone into my face. “Why wouldn’t you take more pictures at something like this? Imagine if he had a DSLR, the artwork from this could be worth thousands. The lights, the colours… Nico, look at it.” With my free hand I wrapped my fingers around his wrist and pushed it away, my lips pressed together. “I’m driving.” “Christ, are you hungry or something?” “Shit, if only I had just said that two seconds ago and you heard me?” I could almost feel Adam burning a hole into the side of my head with his green eyes. “What do you want me to say to her, Nico? She’s my mother, “excuse me, mam, woman who gave me this existence, stop being a dick to my boyfriend”?” “…he also had the peeled faces of nine different women attached to his walls for decoration…” “I mean, yeah, that would be pretty damn great.” Adam let out a sigh and turned to face the window, I rolled my eyes. “You’re right. Come on… tell me more about Super Stan and his amazing blog.” “It’s Steve,” Adam corrected me. “Alright, Super Steeeeeve.” “We’re meeting him at the restaurant later on.”

My mood lifted once we were sat at a table in a restaurant close to the hotel, drinks in hand. My Apple watch flashed as my heart rate increased by the hour. We were both extremely excited to find out what the Lost Lands carnival had in store for us. The closer we got, the wider the smile on my face grew. We spent all night theorising over dinner: “I hope there’s like a really cool ring master or something, you know like in the movies?” “Is that not more of a circus thing?” I raised my eyebrow at Adam over my glass of vodka and diet cola, he smirked at me. “I guess so?” “You’ve watched too much American Horror Story. Listen, babe, I don’t think you’re well versed in carni-oligy. “ He kicked me under the table and pushed his half-finished plate of fresh cherry pie towards me. “You want some? It’s like crack, just saying.” It oozed blood red syrup across the white plate, cream marbled against the glistening cherries. I took it and started to dig into the crumbling pastry just as a hand with an oversized skull ring on the wedding finger tapped on the edge of our table. I looked up, mild annoyance must have overtaken my features as the man quickly apologised. “No, oh my god, I’m really sorry for disturbing you!” “Don’t mind him, it’s just his face. Are you Steve?” Adam kicked me again, this time a little harder. I glared at him and carefully placed the fork back down. The pie looked so good I found myself regretting the decision to stay away from the deserts menu and wishing this man would get a phone-call… or break out in boils. “Sorry, yeah, hi. This is my partner Sid,” he gestured to someone sitting at the table next to theirs, they had long blond hair and a he-does-this-all-the-damn-time expression. The person gave a small wave and went back to checking their phone, obviously done with the night. “I just- I know you want to talk about the carnival in town, Lost Lands? This is our second time after creating the blog… and the first time I’ve come across someone else attending and I-“ “I’ve been reading some of your stuff while we were chatting the other day. Your Creepy Carnivals around the States post was really interesting. I really need to ask you why you only posted two pictures of Lost Lands though…” Adam side eyed me, and I rolled my eyes while mouthing Super Steeeve. “Honestly?” At this point, Steve was pulling his chair across to sit down. Sid stayed in their place; they must have been used to this happening a lot. “There isn’t really much time once you get in there. Obviously there’s the picture of the guy at the entrance…” Steve produced his phone and tapped for a moment before showing the two of us the photo. Adam nodded, but I hadn’t seen it yet. “May I?” Steve nodded: “Of course!” He carried on chatting to Adam as I took the phone from him. I looked closer at the picture of the person standing in front of what looked like one half of an arch way with a lit up white sign that said LOST... The man was bald and covered in cracking white face paint, with black rings around his sunken, angry eyes, and green paint smudged across his lips. I glanced at Adam’s wallet that was sitting on the table, the leaflet we had gotten two weeks ago poking out of the top, still covered in white greasepaint. He had carried it everywhere since we had received it. I looked back at the picture and my eyes travelled to the man’s hand. He was reaching out as if he didn’t want to be captured, smears of white and pink paint over his fingers. I felt myself nodding, tuning back into the conversation as I handed Steve his phone back. “-and really, everything I’ve written in that blog is a mixture of the only things myself and Sid remember, it’s a total blur. We think we had this amazing experience, bits sometimes come back to us. Nothing major. But as soon as we slept on the Sunday evening… we had forgotten. So we were hoping we could fill in the blanks this time.”

[gh0stchoir]

"You're no idiot, Tao", Toga said, and Twice nodded in agreement. "Yeah, it's not your fault she was with you. That's all on her!" Neither of his two personalities liked seeing the younger upset. Tao didn't listen though, to him it was clear it was his fault. Had he not allowed Filo to befriend him, she wouldn't have been worried about him running off on his own. She wouldn't have followed him, wouldn't have gotten kidnapped and wouldn't be bound to a chair right now. He should have pushed her away from the beginning, then none of this would have happened! "Hey, guys?" Dabi's voice interrupted Tao's thoughts. He turned to look at the burnt man, as did everyone else. Dabi simply pointed to the chair Filo was bound to. The girl's eyes were wide open, focused on Tao. He froze, feeling the dread rising in his chest. No matter how much she heard, it must have been enough. Hell, the fact alone that he was free should be enough to clue her in on his relations to the League!

"So. Given I am bound and you're not, I assume you belong with the League of Villains, Tao." It was not a question, her voice was even as she stated the obvious. Tomura got ready to turn her into dust the moment she'd say something bad to Tao. He would not let his mind be hurt more. But to everyone's surprise, Filo's eyes didn't fill with hate, nor did her face change to one of hatred. Quite the opposite. She started to pout. "Rude. You could have told me that, I wouldn't have snitched on you. I mean, come on, I was very vocal about the fact that I don't hate villains. Well, not all at least. I certainly don't hate you. In case you didn't notice, you're my best friend. And for real, you're no sociopathic villain who only wants to commit crimes for shits and giggles and selfish boredom. I don't think anyone here wants that." She looked around, twisting her head as far to each side as she could. "Quite honestly? With all I know about everyone here and their goals? Dude, I agree with your wants. And to some extend even with the methods. I'm not cool with attacking students, but the rest? Some heroes do deserve to be taken out. Like Endeavour. Acting all so heroic in public and to his family he's an abusive shit. I won't cheer loudly, but I'll cheer when Dabi finally ends that bastard. And society won't change when no one does anything. And if the heroes refuse to do something, well, who else but the villains is left for it." She ended her rant with a shrug, leaving the villains in the room stunned silent.

Tao stared, frozen in place. Relief hit him like a truck. "Untie her, please." Was all he said. Everyone stayed frozen, still shocked at the words. They thought she was another goody two shoes, wanting to eradicate all deemed villains. Yet her she was, explaining the complete opposite. It was weird. Having someone on the 'good' side their whole life, genuinely understanding the struggles and problems of the 'bad' side. It was relieving.

Tomura felt so much relief. The person Tao mainly got attached to understood them. He wouldn't have to hurt her or worse. If she was telling the truth of course, in which he believed she was. He could atleast trust that she wouldn't hurt Tao, which was one of his top priorities.

"I'm so sorry..I-I didn't mean to drag you into this.." Tao muttered as he rushed to Filo. He swiftly cut the rope to free her. He was too caught up in his feelings and doubt that she would still view him positively, that he completely forgot about her stance on villains. "A-and I'm sorry for lying- please forgive me..!" He bowed his head in shame. The rest of the room stayed silent. All still stunned and processing what the fuck just happened.

[anthonysstupiddailyblog]

Anthony’s Stupid Daily Blog (190): Wed 21st Sep 2022

On Twitter this afternoon the New Scientist page Tweeted out that there 20 quintillion ants currently walking the Earth. I Tweeted back asking them what would be the heaviest thing that they could all lift up if they worked together and someone on Twitter commented "Your mother". I looked at the guy's page and saw that he had 11 followers and so I'm ashamed to say I sank down to his level and replied "True. She's probably heavier than all your followers combined". Tuned into tonight's Hollyoaks. This Verity and Shaq shit feels so damn pointless. They're obviously going to give us some convoluted bullshit reason as to why she decides to forgive him and then they'll get back together so they might as well just have her decide to forgive him after flipping a coin. A bit of comic relief running though the show was that Tony had ordered too many coconuts for the coconut shy. I know the Silas story is going to end with an explosion (& a death or two) but if it were up to me it would end with Silas being lured into the middle of the village (Like the ending of Halloween Kills) & being pelted to death & buried under a mountain of 100 coconuts. The main story of todays episode was Victor forcing Sid to sell his secret stash of drugs so he could use the money to get the fuck out of Hollyoaks. Victor said that if he didn't get him his money he would kill Juliet. The episode ended with Victor and Sid fighting over his gun and Victor accidentally being shot to death. I thought that a better ending for that episode would be if just after the end credits we saw the cop that Victor punched in the stomach just sneakily walk up to the corpse and kick it in the knob. The dumbest part of the episode was Yaz uploading an episode of her podcast which recapped the crimes Silas committed in the past and addressed the rumours he was still around. The McQueens ordered Yaz to take the episode down incase Silas heard it and started to make alternative plans to get the McQueens. OK...let me get this straight: This plot is based on an old man (who probably doesn't know what a podcast is) regularly searching iTunes & Spotify for true crime podcasts about HIM?! This was ridiculous but I have to say if the show released an in-universe podcast hosted by Yaz going over the various crimes that have happened in the village I would 100% listen to it. Before bed I watched the zombie film Let Sleeping Corpses Lie. Man what a revelation this film was for me. For the longest time I've thought that because I've seen so many horror films I was immune to their effects and couldn't be scared by them, that was before I watched Let Sleeping Corpses Lie. I've known about this film for a while as it was featured in Mark Gatiss's Horror Europa programme and I can remember the clip featured on that show was the scene where Guthrie is first scene and that freaked me the Hell out so maybe I resisted it for that reason. Thankfully I eventually ended up checking this film out as the plot and cast are great and there are scares aplenty. It's weird how a horror film with a huge budget with impressive special effects can't scare me at all but a film with practically no budget can scare me with the sound of drums and the heavy breathing. Every time I heard this effect I tensed up a little as I was on edge for what was coming next. As scary as the shot of Guthrie in the cemetery is, this is just an appetizer for the much creepier main course later in the film. The scene where George and Edna are trapped in the tiny basement when Guthrie shows back up was terrifying as fuck. This is the first time in a long time I have felt like I was with the characters in the movie and wanted to get the fuck out of that basement. I had to resistthe urge to fast forward through this scene which is something I thought I'd never do again. This movie is a fine example of the fact that sometimes less can be more. The cause of the zombie outbreak being to do with pollution is an interesting take and that's all it ever comes across as, an interesting idea and it never seems like director Jorge Grau is using this movie to get preachy about the dangers of pollution. This is the first time I've seen a zombie film where a zombie can bring another dead person back as a zombie which I thought was really cool and it happens during the aforementioned basement scene which made it even scarier (and one of the corpses Guthrie reanimates looks like Christopher Lloyd and the other one looks like the dead woman in the bathtub from The Shining).  I also like the fact that they find a clever way of working a subplot into the mix with the gruff, hippie-hating Inspector who suspects that George and Edna are behind the mysterious murders. So not only do our heroes have to figure out what the fuck is going on but they have to do so while evading the law so it feels like double jeopardy. I love the way they shoot the beautiful British countryside. To me these rural areas are perfect for a low budget horror movies because they're always nice and quiet but sometimes there's a feeling that there could be something sinister lurking nearby. The director also makes it a point to experiment with the camera a little bit by giving us a few interesting shots including many POV shots from the zombie's perspective and a shot directly facing the zombie ramming the wooden post into the camera like it's the church door. All of these extra little details the director did in order to assure the audience he did his best to make it as entertaining as possible in a unique fashion and to demonstrate that he isn’t just painting by numbers don't go unappreciated. The climax of the movie where chaos ensues at the hospital is fucking tremendous and I'm sure Danny Boyle must have thought so too because the end sequence in 28 Days Later is like this hospital scene on coke. My faourite part is the bit where Martin's dead body is being taken into the hospital and we see him wakes up and that he has a cheeky grin on his face. He actually waits until the other officer leaves and then attacks. This is the first time in a zombie movie I've seen a zombie bide it's time rather than just sit up and go crazy. As the movie was winding down I was starting to think that I might have just sat through the perfect zombie movie...then the ending...urgh. The ending makes literally no fucking sense. How did the zombified George know where to find the Inspector? How did he know he had booked this particular hotel? How the fuck did he get into the Inspectors room without being seen? How long was he in there and what did he do while he waited for the Inspector to come back home? Did he just inwardly sing the Nations of the World song from Animaniacs to himself over and over again like I do to pass the time when I'm waiting for the bus? What would he have done if a maid had come in before the Inspector? He doesn't eat the Inspector after he kills him so he was literally only concerned with killing this one person and no-one else but if a maid had come in and he let her go she would have phoned the police and dozens of them would have arrived and blown his plan so he would have had to kill her to make sure this didn't happen. My God I love this film but THIS ENDING IS ABSOLUTELY GOD DAMN STUPID......But, who the fuck cares? The rest of the film is so well shot, so imaginative and so scary that I'm willing to overlook how monumentally stupid the ending is (and even if it is stupid it's still a feel good ending and it's probably the first time that I've felt happy for a zombie). It just goes to show that you should never fall into the trap of thinking that a particular genre of movies won't have it's desired effect on you any more as it might just be the case that you haven't found the right one yet. Favourite quotes:

Inspector: Justice has been a bit slow in these parts with all this permissive rot going on. Maybe people learned a thing or two from my example here

The Inspector: I wish the dead could come back to life, you bastard, so then I could kill you again.

The Inspector: You're all the same, the lot of you, with your long hair and faggot clothes. Drugs, sex, every sort of filth! And you hate the police. Don't you? George: You make it easy.

George: [to The Inspector] Hail Hitler!

[digitalstowaway]

Scout AU: Scout finds herself in the defendant's dock! What happens? (I thoroughly expect Mr. Wright and/or Apollo and/or other members of the Wright Anything Agency to defend her; Edgeworth is worried but believes in her innocence and tries his best to help?)

(oh anon you just made me so happy)

It really shouldn’t come as a surprise that Scout is found in the middle of a murder with all evidence pointing towards her guilt, but it doesn’t stop it from hurting everyone.

Edgeworth tries pulling all the strings he can to make sure the trial happens as soon as possible (as soon as there’s enough evidence that can prove her innocence) and that Phoenix gets all the time he needs at the crime scene to investigate. He doesn’t sleep for a week. He can barely eat. He’s devastated.

But Phoenix promises him that everything will be alright. He takes the case with Apollo as his co-counsel. Trucy is too upset to do much since her best friend was just accused of murder, so Phoenix just has her and Edgeworth keep each other company (which is very nice).

Scout likes acting tough and stoic just like her father. When Phoenix and Apollo visit her in the detention center, she has her riding crop (a gift from her aunt) and she’s holding it together pretty well. She’s making some snarky comments here and there. But then something happens--Phoenix mentions something about how worried her father is, how they’re combing the entire crime scene for every shred of evidence they can find to help her--and she starts to cry. She breaks down. She wants out, she wants to go home with her daddy. She didn’t do it, Mr. Wright, and she’s scared. Phoenix promises her that he’ll prove her innocence and tells her to keep her chin up. 

Edgeworth stays with her in the detention center as much as he can. Again, he pulls strings. He sits with her and dries her tears and tells her that Phoenix will take care of them. That they can trust him.

It kinda feels like Maya’s first trial all over. Phoenix is there with a young girl (though Scout is much younger than Maya was) relying on him. The only difference is that Edgeworth is watching from the gallery, pale and frightened rather than opposing him with cruel smirks.

And of course, Phoenix and Apollo do their thing. They get her acquitted in a couple of days (maybe she was trying to carry out her own investigation of a murder and got caught). She runs into Edgeworth’s arms after the trial, and he holds her tight just as he did when she was a toddler running up to him after his own trial. It’s the most emotion Edgeworth ever shows in such a public setting.

He grounds her for two weeks for snooping around and getting herself accused of murder. And she really has no problem staying home and out of trouble for a while (it is, after all, an excuse for her and her daddy to stay in together and take a little bit of time to heal).

[upat4amwiththemoon]

Knocking on your door

Summary: During one of the most weirdest things happening to Kate, she happens to forget someone important.

Pairing: Kate Bishop x fem!reader

Warnings: sort of Hawkeye spoilers! won’t follow the plot completely

Word count: 911

a/n: some love for Kate <3

Tags: @thought-of-you-and-me

“That was amazing!” Kate yells as she throws her bow and arrows to the ground at her aunt’s apartment. “All those trick arrows, where did you get them? Are there more of them?”

“No.” Clint grunts, sitting down to the couch and putting the TV on.

Kate sits next to him, continuing on her rambling about the day they had and all the cool arrows she got to shoot. Clint doesn’t really listen to her, more engrossed with the show on TV. Pizza dog is sitting next to Clint, enjoying the head pats he is getting from him. The joyous mood gets cur down quickly, when harsh knocks can be heard from the front door.

“Are you expecting someone?” Clint asks, already on the edge.

Kate shakes her head, looking at the door as the knocking continues. She gasps. “Shit!” Patting all of her pockets, she looks for her phone. Finding it, Kate sees all the unanswered texts and calls. She runs to the door and opens it. “I’m so sor-“

“Tell me, why did I hear about your apartment burning down from your mom?” Y/N steps indeed the apartment, slamming the door shut. “You ran out of our date, ignored all of my messages and then suddenly went AWOL for two days.” She lists on while walking further into the apartment. “And then I find ou-“ She stops. “What is the Hawkeye doing here?”

Kate stands next to her sheepishly. “Y/N, meet Clint. We’re partners.” Clint shakes his head at the comment. “Clint, meet Y/N. She is my girlfriend.”

“I’m starting to doubt that.” She glares at her.

Kate cringes at the tone of her voice. “I really am sorry. If we could just go,” She points the kitchen so they could have some privacy. “And I can explain everything.” Y/N hums. With a last glance towards the Avenger, she walks to the kitchen. “Just a second.” She whispers to Clint and goes after Y/N.

“Do you understand how worried I was?” Y/N starts, keeping her gaze on the floor. “I thought you were dead! Or or kidnapped or maybe you just decided to break up with me and not tell or-“

Kate puts her hands on Y/N’s cheeks and kisses her. “I’m so sorry.” She mumbles, holding her close. “Jack was acting weird in the charity event, so I decided to follow him. I found a secret auction. Then some people attacked it and I found Ronin’s suit and used it to fight them and then Hawkeye found me and we became partners! And now we fight crime together.” She rambles a slightly simplified version of the events that happened after ditching Y/N at the charity event. “I got so busy that I forgot to tell you I’m okay. Besides, I’m never breaking up with you. You can never get rid of me.”

Kate grins when she hears Y/N giggle quietly. She moves a strand of her hair behind her ear. “Why do you always get yourself into these crazy situations?” She mumbles. “I don’t want you to get hurt.”

“I won’t.” Kate assures, giving her a one more kiss. “Come on. You need to meet someone else.” She takes her hand and leads her into the living room where Clint is with Pizza dog.

Y/N gasps. “You got a dog and didn’t tell me.” She kneels to the ground and starts petting Pizza dog who walks over to her with a wag of his tail. Clint watches the two. “I’m sorry Mr Hawkeye, you’re very cool as well. I just really love dogs.”

“Clint is fine, kid.” He chuckles, shaking his head.

“See how easily I get her forgiveness.” Kate looks at Clint smugly, wanting to boast herself, and her relationship, to Clint. “I’m the best girlf-“

“I have not forgiven you yet.” Y/N grumbles, keeping her attention at the dog. “This dog is just more important right now. Aren’t you? Yes you are. Such a good boy.” She coos at the dog as if he can understand. He wags his tail and snuggles closer to Y/N.

“Oh.” Kate mumbles, kind of jealous of a dog right now. He glances at Y/N before turning back to Clint with new determination. “I’m still a very good girlfriend!” She assures him, though he really doesn’t care. “This one time, Y/N almost fell and caught her. And then-“ She continues rambling every single time she somehow saved Y/N.

Y/N rolls her eyes with a grin on her face as she sees Clint nodding along. “She really likes you, I’m sure you’ve noticed by now.” She mumbles to him as Kate continues with the stories. “She wants to prove herself to you.”

“Oh, I’ve noticed.” Clint nods. He watches Kate pace around the room. “She is a good kid.” He whispers quiet enough only Y/N hears.

Y/N moves her gaze to Kate. She smiles, feeling full of love towards her. “She really is the best girlfriend.”

Kate gasps, stopping. “I heard that! You forgive me!” She hugs Y/N tightly, squeezing the living out of her. Y/N laughs, falling to the ground with Kate as they loose their balance. Pizza dog starts licking their faces. Clint smiles at the sight. As much as he wants to be with his family right now, this isn’t too bad. He really is warming up to them.

[lucifer-is-a-bag-of-dicks]

can't stop thinking of this op danny/guardian spirit/young justice crossover that I can't write because I don't have the DC universe background knowledge for it so I'm gonna just dump the concept here

be prepared for a lot of rambling

so the JL consider Amity Park a Safe Zone in case of dire emergencies

but nobody is told why, only the top members of the Justice League know anything about the place, Robin probably breaks into Batsy's computer and finds something about some hero there named Phantom but he can't find any other info about him or the town other than that he's trustworthy

and maybe the Young Justice crew get fucked up and the JL are indisposed or being distracted or something and the safe houses are compromised so Robin has to be like 'alright team I know this One Place that's supposed to be like a last resort safe space' so they all end up in Amity Park, and their pursuers are right on their tail until they hit the edge of town and then some fucking force of nature comes down on the bad guys following them out of nowhere and fucks them up

they would just be like 'holy shit who is this guy how come we never heard of him??'

and Robin is like 'oh hey so you're Phantom? Batman said this was a safe place to go when we're in trouble'

and he's expecting Danny to know some shit or have a plan or a safehouse to take them to

but Danny's just all 'uhhh this place gets attacked by inter-dimensional monsters every other day why would he send you here for safety? also Batman knows who I am???'

Robin is just confused as all hell because apparently Batman has this town listed as the Ultimate Safehouse and its hero is listed as Trusted but he's never even spoken to the guy?

real sus

but Danny takes them in and finds some abandoned house for them to stay in, and promises that whoever is chasing them will not set foot in this town, like they might have to deal with some ghosts popping up but human threats are no problem

and they're in this empty house that's, okay well it isn't dilapidated or anything but it has no power or water or even security, Phantom just tells them he's got their backs while they recover and don't worry about it

but Robin wants answers so he's quizzing Danny on who he is and why Batman trusts him

but Danny's got no idea, he's surprised the JL even know who he is because nobody has ever come to see him, nobody has ever given him any indication that they even know he's here, which he was kinda peeved about because he had to tackle every ghost attack by himself

but the Justice League not only knew he was here but apparently volunteered him to look after them?

he's a little bit pissy about that, Robin cannot entirely blame him, Robin thinks this whole thing is weird, like there has to be a reason, the JL don't just ignore kids fighting crime on their own, they would have invited him into their team, offered him help and training, not left him to figure it all out alone

although the kid was pretty powerful, he took out a whole crew of bad guys in one breath, literally

true to Danny's word, nobody finds them, the guys who had been hunting them down and chasing them everywhere can't seem to track them here, either that or Phantom just keeps getting in their way when they try, they feel so safe here, safer than they've ever felt before

Megan picks up that there's something unusual about the place, it's like the town itself is telling them that they're safe here, the air is full of love and warmth and comfort, somebody here wants them to feel at ease, somebody here wants them to feel safe

Robin still thinks it's sus

he starts to wonder if Batman was coerced by this psychic force to mark the town as a safe space, but he's pretty sure Batman's too savvy for that, besides, Megan was certain that there was no coercion or ill intent plaguing their minds, it's just a general atmosphere of safety

and she's pretty sure it's coming from Phantom

they witness a ghost fight or two and are amazed that the JL have been ignoring these pretty significant threats and just let some kid handle it alone, sure he has the same powerset as the enemies plus some, but he's still a kid and he's alone

none of them would ever have been allowed this much freedom or this little assistance

super super sus

after the JL finally get out of whatever issue they've been stuck with, they come pick up the kids and Danny is there like 'oh hey I think I need an explanation because what the fuck guys'

and Batman in all his blunt glory just tells him 'we were advised not to interfere unless absolutely necessary'

Danny obviously Does Not Like this answer and wants to know who this guy is that's ordering Batman around, then low and behold, Constantine shows up, immediately balling out Batman because 'why the fuck are you in Amity Park rn I made it VERY CLEAR that this place is a delicate fucking ecosystem if Superman gets god damn overshadowed we are all gonna have problems'

aaaaaand suddenly it all makes sense

Danny realises that any hero who's powerful enough to take on a ghost literally cannot risk that power in the hands of creatures that can just take over their bodies at any time, especially when this is a standard ability in all of Danny's enemies

but he's still shitty because like 'y'all could still have called me or something it would be nice to know I wasn't totally alone out here ya know'

and Constantine is all 'kiddo I literally had the god of time show up in my bedroom at 3am to tell me to make sure none of these fucks tried to adopt you as a side kick, one of them has a track record with this kinda thing it's a legit problem, I couldn't give these fuckers an inch, this town was off limits. so WHY ARE YOU ALL HERE RN'

aaaand Batman has to explain them a thing, basically Phantom is considered so fucking OP and has such an omniscient connection to the town itself that it makes for the perfect hiding place and defence for anyone in dire straights, and it really is only supposed to be a last resort, the side kicks had absolutely nowhere else to go with all of their safe houses compromised

aaaand that's how Danny learns that he is kind of more powerful than most of the god damn Justice League

hope you enjoyed this because I am never gonna be able to actually write it, have a nice day ✨