#they are now stuck together

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

weeee more fantasy au doodles

[andallyourlittledooms]

Do you guys like my new hamsters

Inspired by these posts and the various tags left under them

(bonus version under cut)

[midnightdemonhunter]

we're scared and we're coming for--

[killa-trav]

inseparable

[tawfee]

the couple ever

original ^

[skitskatdacat63]

Can we talk about how in all the 2011 Post-Qualifying pics, Jense and Seb are always gravitating towards each other, and then Mark/Lewis are just🧍‍♂️

[seance]

GOOD OMENS (2019-) / ALL THINGS END (Hozier, 2023)

[tinybro]

jasico server was chatting about the cupid scene and jason getting nico's memories blasted straight into his brain and how jason being shot with one of cupid's arrows while with nico and this was just never brought up in canon again and now i'm thinking like...what if that's just how cupid's arrows work? not by magically manifesting love for someone out of nothing, but by giving someone the perspective that'd make them fall in love naturally? jason gets a front row seat to nico's memories and instantly understands him intimately and can trust him completely without any doubt or suspicion

so what if jason, after slowly realizing he's totally in love with nico, just thought back to the arrow incident and it made him second-guess everything? because maybe he's only feeling this way because cupid hit him with an arrow with only nico was around and it's no different than any other god messing with his love life

[daffi-990]

Fuck it Friday

Tagged by @steadfastsaturnsrings @wikiangela @theotherbuckley @jamespearce9-1-1 and @thewolvesof1998. Go and check out what they’ve shared (Wolf posted the first chapter of a new fic!)

Writing has been slow for me lately due to it being school holidays (I have two young kids and I haven’t had much time alone for me to truly sit down and write). But today I did manage to get some stuff written for Rival Firefighters 🚒 so here you go …

They’re still shaking hands and smiling stupidly at each other when the ambulance behind them explodes, a big fiery ball of metal that Buck finally realizes as he turns to watch the flames, he could have been in.

“You guys hungry?” Buck and Bobby turn to Eddie who seems completely unfazed that the ambulance he and Buck had just been in had exploded.

Buck stares in awe at the man and then bursts out laughing, Eddie soon joining in.

Bobby shakes his head and mutters. “Great, now there’s two of them.” He claps his hands together to get their attention. Once they’ve gotten their laughter under control, he pulls out his wallet and holds out a debit card. “Go and grab yourselves some food and then we’ll head back to the station.” He nods over to two food trucks down the street from the empty parking lot they’re currently in.

Eddie looks hesitant to accept the card, but Buck has no qualms and plucks the card out of Bobby’s hand, flashing Eddie a beaming smile. They walk to the trucks and order the greasiest burgers on the menu with extra fries (in case Bobby gets peckish) and step to the side as they wait for their food.

“So …” Eddie licks his lips nervously and Buck finds himself tracking the movement. “Why did you suddenly hate me today?”

Letting out a sigh, Buck leans back against the side of the food truck, enjoying the warmth that the truck is emitting. “I didn’t hate you.” Eddie gives him a deadpan look like he doesn’t believe that for a second. “I didn’t!” Buck insists. “I just strongly disliked you and how easily you fit in here. I already told you that.”

“And now?” Eddie pushes, obviously not satisfied with Buck’s answer.

“Now? Well I think —” Buck pauses for a second so he can find the right words. Eddie however uses it as an opportunity to be an asshole (affectionately).

“Don’t hurt yourself”

“Shut up” Buck laughs, kicking his leg out at Eddie who laughs and dodges it with ease. “I was going to say I think I like you again, but now I’m not so sure.” Before Eddie can retaliate, their order is called and they go to the window to collect it.

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[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

everybody stay with me im shifting back into speculation & analyzing mode, this time about everybody's favorite pair of besties. ill put this under the cut for everyone's sakes

and please, take all of this with a Hefty grain of salt.

so ive been... thinking about a thing. a maybe-possibility. which if this has some merit, the part of me that loves characters having a good time and feeling good feels is screaming in fear. but the louder part of me that loves angst and hurting characters is rubbing its little fly hands together.

short version: i think Barnaby is going to emotionally distance from Wally, if not outright grow to resent him. maybe temporarily, maybe not.

full version: *cracks knuckles* strap in folks. so.

first of all, an entire chunk of Barnaby's bio is dedicated to his character relation to Wally. everyone else only has one-off lines dedicated to their relationships to other neighbors - even Frank & Julie just have single sentences about each other (note that they're described as "partnered with" and "depicted with" respectively. more on that soon). even Wally's bio has his Barnaby mention tacked onto the end of his first paragraph instead of being its own dedicated section

and then there's their character designs - their bios explicitly point out that they share characteristics; color schemes, hearts on their soles, similar outfits.

they were made to be best friends. literally. this quote is what made me start turning this theory over in my mind (sourced from @ /theneighborhoodwatch's collected & absolutely fascinating livestream trivia)

it appears that Barnaby literally did not have a say in whether or not he and Wally are friends. their bios even say "illustrated pages note that they were best friends multiple times." they have to be best friends.

which brings us back to Frank & Julie. they briefly reference each other in their bios, but they aren't described as best friends. it's incredibly likely that they were meant to be a romantic couple - i briefly covered that theory in this post (dont read the first one i was going insane) but they managed to avoid that. Frank and Julie defied the script and chose to be best friends instead.

and then in the trivia document a few more character relationships are briefly touched on, like how Howdy considers Barnaby a close friend, and Sally considers either Barnaby or Poppy as her closest friend, etc.

everyone else seems to be choosing who they're close with. they're forming their own opinions and dynamics and relationships. & its interesting that Barnaby is stated for both of these - as if implying that he may return the friendship feelings, or at the very least he's developed enough of a relationship with them to earn their affection

Barnaby and Wally... i doubt they ever got that. they were best friends from the start, no development, no choice. it's written into them.

and then there's how their relationship has been portrayed so far. i believe i saw an ask where Clown stated that Barnaby is very polite to Wally, which struck me as odd. have you ever had a polite relationship to your best friend? have you ever seen best friends be polite? i'd be surprised!

best friends mess with each other! they tease and rib and roast! what is a best friend for if not mutual tomfuckery?! jesting around? playfully pushing boundaries? a Polite best friendship... that's a straight up oxymoron. no such thing. that sounds boring and exhausting.

not only that, but the fact that Barnaby is often used for Wally's painting segments, and is the go-to guy for teaching Wally something new, is kind of concerning. it gives me the vibe that a big part of Barnaby's literal reason for existing is to be Wally's friend & guide.

which would make the fact of him being described as polite to Wally make sense. of course he's not going to push their relationship or try to deepen it - he's forming his own dynamics with the other neighbors. with Wally... it's already established. that is how they are with each other. that is what they are to each other.

and it's not like Wally can be the one to introduce nuances. i don't mean that as a slight or anything - he's just the way he's been described and the things stated about him that make me think that he wouldn't really... know how to? it just wouldn't occur to him. he probably thinks his and Barnaby's relationship is what a best friendship is and is how it should be.

but they have to hang out. they have to refer to each other as best friends. and while i believe that Wally does wholeheartedly think that they're best friends, close as can be... i doubt Barnaby feels the same. like - yes, he probably does care about Wally. everybody likes Wally.

but it's gotta be frustrating for Barnaby, especially as time goes on and he becomes more himself as a person over just being a character playing a part. it probably stunts his relationship growth with others, since his ~best friend spot~ is already taken and who would want to encroach on that? especially since its taken by Wally mcfuckin Darling?

their friendship might become less of a role and more of a responsibility. Barnaby might grow to feel obligated to stick with Wally as his "best friend". someone invites Barnaby to hang out and/or help with something? sorry, he has to pose for Wally's painting. Barnaby is trying to do his own thing? sorry, Wally is knocking on the door and asking for help with something.

i wonder if Barnaby ever hopes that Wally will go to someone else, or feels relief when he does. and then does he feel irritation/guilt over that denied hope or that granted relief? then does he get angry at himself for those emotions?

how would this effect how he treats Wally and acts around him? this confusing muddle of emotions and this strange growing resentment for his painfully earnest friend who only ever means well, if he means at all.

it makes me curious whether or not this theory has merit. and how this could come to a head. what would Barnaby, in this situation, do if/when he discovers that they're puppets on a set, and he's literally written to be Wally's bestie while everyone else changed their scripts and chose their own relationships.

personally, i don't think he'd be happy, and i doubt he'd handle it well.

[perpetuallyboo]

WHAT IS THAT MELODY???🔥🔥🔥

[raviollies]

If you struggle with meal prep I highly recommend bento boxes because having compartments changes the game

[jaekaicx]

the trio always default to hanging out at anne's house, because to sasha and marcy, her place has always felt more like home than their own. its instinct for the three of them, at the end of a long day of school and sports and clubs, for their feet to walk the path to anne's house. her parents already know to have five place settings prepared. they keep the sleeping bags in anne's closet. anne hardly ever spends her nights alone anymore.

until one day, anne returns home without them

she isnt alone, far from it. her house is still anything but quiet. but it doesnt feel whole. the small signs, the remnants of their presence she hardly ever noticed before, are all that she sees. the bodies she falls asleep next to dont hold that same warmth

[heartorbit]

NICCORI CORI CORI CORI CORIANDER

[quickhacked]

"The outer reaches of space remain unexplored by humankind to this day, but its greed is relentless. We grasp and yearn and hunger for knowledge— answers to questions we cry out into the endless void expecting to understand, expecting the stars to respond. The stars will not, but one day something else will— and we will not like what it has to say." — Rome Solomon, Beyond the Exosphere (1965)

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[markantonys]

rand and elayne got a different meetcute in the show, which means the garden meetcute is still up for grabs, and it would be ideal for gawyn to meet egwene before the coup even if only briefly, and it would also be ideal for him and elaida to meet rand before he's gained widespread infamy as the dragon, and it would also be extremely cool for egwene and elaida to meet before they become rival amyrlins.

hence, i propose an early s3 sequence where the waste crew is passing through caemlyn and rand and egwene both fall into the garden, giving gawyn the bi crisis of his life, and then both get hauled off to almost be arrested by their mutual future mother-in-law and their mutual future kidnapper. i would like to see it.