#this has been stuck in my head all day

[were-changing-cake-vaults]

Gem would like to pretend that things are normal around Magic Mountain.

Or, well, that everyone else is normal, and she’s keeping all the weirdness to herself. She’s the one who decided to go a little creepy this season, after all, and as far as she can tell, she’s the only one smelling the rot coming from the river. All her neighbors should be fine, and have only commented that her boat burns a lot of coal fumes that sort of reek. It’s definitely not rot, and things are normal for them, and they are decidedly abnormal for her.

Which is fine! Gem wants her friends safe! Sure, she’s been hearing weird gurgling noises from the flooded caves that line the beaches, but she’s probably just hallucinating. Or maybe Scar is smacking salmon heads on note blocks again, despite living on the other side of the mountain. And sure, Impulse died and came back completely washed of color, but that’s just a demise thing. It’s just the creepy she dragged along with her- Joel’s totally fine, and that’s enough evidence for her.

Well, it would be if not for the fact that the salmon she’s been getting from fishing are starting to look…strange, all sharp-finned and much slimier than normal. And the cod, too, have far too many gills, like gashes down their sides. Grian pulls up a fish one afternoon and Gem swears it’s got six eyes, but Grian only remarks them as “weird patterning” and shoves it right into the furnace for cooking.

He’s been eating a lot of fish, recently, straight from this very river, the one that smells of rot. Caught them all himself. He’s also been fishing a lot- Gem doesn’t know the last time he worked on his base. He keeps trying to dredge up a book. She asks him one day why he keeps going if he’s already got a ton of books from the water, and he sounds haggard when he replies:

“The book, Gem. I’m not looking for a book. I’m looking for the book. It’ll give me all the answers I need. I haven’t found it yet, but the ocean will provide for me. I know it’s the next one.”

Something in the way he looks at her makes her gut twist. His eyes are empty, glossed over, and she knows the joke is that he looks like a cod, but it’s- he’s different, now, washed out and shiny skin, little to no meat on his bones, bags like pits under his soulless eyes. Something about the way he phrased that—the ocean will provide for me—makes her spine recoil back, feet dragged backwards towards her boat. A fear-stricken laugh bubbles up Gem throat as she tries to remember the last time he wasn’t fishing. When was the last time he slept?

Come to think of it, when was the last time she slept? Isn’t there a warning for those who stay up too late?

And when she tells him it’s an addiction, Grian just laughs it off, throws his rod into the sea, and pats the seat next to him. And then there she is, fishing alongside him, like she was always doing. She was planning to do this, yes. More and more of Magic Mountain arrives, plus Etho, who brings along a disc to put them in the mood. It’s a swan song.

The ocean sings back. It gives her an image of a great tall lighthouse, cherished by watery angels, who dance around it. It gives her the size, the colors, the materials to recreate it in verse. She smiles. It tells them all to knock another hermit off the list of survivors. She grins.

Before turning to join the group on their quest, Gem looks into the water one last time. Staring back is a well-kept woman with long, shiny red hair.

There is a book in her hand.

[cptnleviackerman]

[swingingthehatchetnow]

So WHEN you’re STUCK

Saying

BAH HUMBUG

When you’re

Sʜᴜᴛᴛɪɴɢ 🎄

ᒪIᖴᗴ 🎁

𝕆𝕦𝕥 🎉

Think of HOW

THIS SCROOGE 👉😡

Turned Things

𝒜ℛ𝒪𝒰𝒩𝒟 ‼️‼️

[jfht]

“Why not..?”

“I wish you were a girl.”

-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

Arthur loved Charles

Charles loved Arthur

💔💔💔💔

[readyforthegarden]

EEEEAAAAIIIITTT HAS BEEEN SAAAAAAIIIIAAAAIIIIAAAAIIIIIAAADDD BY THE LAAAIIIIIIIKKKKEEESSSSS OF THE LIHIVINNNGG AND THE DEYEAD

[fridaycore]

L + rats + rats + we are the rats + celebrating yet another birthday bash + michael + it’s your birthday today

[queenie-blackthorn]

so i was rereading lady midnight, and i got to the part where emmas showing cristina around the institute (kinda “introducing” her to the blackthorns)

emma says that ty really likes animals n is always outside annoying lizards n stuff, so i started thinking

ty knows a lotta animal facts. like a lot.

i wonder if he knows abt how common homosexuality is in animals

n that helps stop any internalized homophobia shit from going on bc “if it happens in animals, then it must be natural”

[sage-lights]

🎶 if you break, make a mistake 🎶 i'll step in for you 🎶 if you laugh, fall on your ass 🎶 i'll step in for you 🎶

[twinsunsintatooine]

okay jo-sh-ua will-iam dun

[agooberscanons]

"Mmmmmph, today is so quiet...and boring...uuugh..."

"......Hmmmm..."

"I am so, so bored

Bored right out of my brain

If I don't die first

Betcha I'll go insane

'Cause I've got nothin' else to do

I'm stuck here wastin' time

But just wait, Oh Materia

I'll get back on the road

And make you mine~

I'll search high and low

Till I've gathered 'em all

I'll have orbs piled up

'Bout a billion feet tall

I'll have so much Materia

I won't know what to do

But until I can make you mine

I'll just patiently wait

And dream of you~

I am so, so bored

Bored right out of my brain

If I don't die first

Betcha I'll go insane

'Cause I've got nothin' else to do

I'm stuck here wastin' time

But just wait, Oh Materia

I'll get back on the road

And make you mine!

Doot-doo-doo, doot-doo

Doot-doo-doo-doo-doot-doo

Doot-doo-doo, doot-doo

Doot-doo-doo-doo-doot-doo~"

[molotovmetro]

Merwin: "Hey, Salim's got a kid right?"

Jason: "Yeah, why?"

Merwin, grabbing him by the shoulders: "Jason. This is what we have been training for. You have the chance to put YEARS of theory into practice. You're the chosen one, man. The stars have aligned to give you the opportunity to become a legend. Do not let us down."

Jason: "I'm not gonna make a 'your dad' joke to Zain, Merwin. "

Later

Zain, walking into his house: "Jason? What are you doing?"

Jason, with no hesitation: "Your dad."

[hey-moonwtf]

✨✨✨Steddie as John Mulaney quotes:

Bonus: Steve describing Eddie ✨

[francisbegbieslefttit]

Klaus: I made you a friendship bracelet

Sparrow Ben: I don’t care for jewelry

Klaus: you don’t have to wear it

Sparrow Ben: No! Back the fuck up I’m wearing it forever

[acornpirate]

"Zoro, can we talk, one ten to another?"

"I'm an eleven, but continue."

[awyanno]

In double life, soulmates share pain. But that’s only one take of the soulmates concept; how about:

Soulmate Dances.

Just like,… it’s something you instinctually do/feel. It’s a dance that matches the vibe of how you and your partner are as a team.

Take Bdubs and Impulse for example: Swing dancing (specifically jive or boogie woogie)old married vibes while still being fun and energetic, you dance together but can switch out (I see you trying to start that polycule bdubs).

Ren & BigB? Perhaps a waltz or a more basic salsa.

Team rancher? Probably more of a basic tango since; 1. Literally matches Tango’s name & 2. it’s often regarded as one of the most intimate dances (which is kinda the whole vibe of the ranch (r.i.p. ranch)) 3. they’re pretty comfortable with each other but still pretty new to eachother 4. this is the thought that kickstarted everything so now idk what I would change it to

Im unsure as to what other dances would fit the other soulmate pairs due to the fact that I have very limited knowledge on dances & dance types :/