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poppysmc · 9 months

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Forget me too

PART III.a

“Morgan- This is … my daughter, Elizabeth” Poppy’s voice shakes, unsure of the situation. This was not at all how she wanted Morgan to know she has a daughter. Morgan stiffened and looked blankly at her, she had an idea but the confirmation still threw her off.

“You- your daughter…” Morgan trailed off, her gaze fixed on the little girl. Elizabeth looked curiously up at her. Morgan can’t help but smile. “She looks just like you.” Morgan said softly.

"You can call me Lizzy too. I'm five and a half! I want to be a palea-paleontologist when I grow up.” The girl's face lit up with excitement as she proudly pronounced the words correctly. She looked up to her mother for reassurance. Poppy nodded and smiled softly, Poppy lovingly ran her fingers through her daughter's hair. Morgan watched the soft exchange.

“Hi Lizzy. It’s nice to meet a fellow dinosaur lover.” Morgan shifts her attention back to Lizzy, her smile soft and genuine. Poppy was taken aback by the sight, feeling a twinge of nostalgia as she witnessed Morgan's smile once again, even if it wasn't directed at her. The warmth emanating from Morgan's expression almost took her breath away.

"You look a lot like your Mom," Morgan complimented, still amazed at how much the little girl resembled the woman standing before her. “How rude of me, my name is Morgan.” Morgan smiled as she introduced herself.

"You're Mommy's friend! She's always talking about you." Lizzy's excitement was obvious as she jumped up and wrapped her arms around one of Morgan's legs. Morgan chuckled warmly and patted the little girl’s head, feeling a rush of affection for the adorable little girl.

"Is she?" Morgan

"Liz, why don't we take a seat? Let's not bother..." Poppy began, smiling apologetically at Morgan as she attempted to gently pry Lizzy away. But Lizzy was determined to stay with her “Aunty Morgan."

"I want to sit with Aunty Morgan," Lizzy said shyly, seeking permission from Morgan. Her eyes held a pleading look, and Morgan found herself unable to resist. She had a soft spot for blondes, and Lizzy's charm was hard to resist.

Morgan looked at Poppy stoically, a mile away from the warmth she’d shown her daughter. "It's alright. I don't mind at all," she said, welcoming Lizzy's company. Morgan couldn't help but feel grateful for the unexpected joy that Lizzy brought her.

"It's okay, I still haven't ordered yet. Why don't we find somewhere to sit?" Morgan's warm smile invited both Lizzy and Poppy to join her. Morgan held Lizzy's hand as the little girl giggled, excitedly babbling about everything she could think of. Poppy remained momentarily frozen, her heart conflicted by the emotions that surged within her. Oh, how she wished the scene was how she imagined it, wished the scene meant different things, how good Morgan was with her daughter. How she could have been-

Both Morgan and Lizzy turned to her at once, their expressions similar and curious as to why she wasn't following. Lizzy eagerly spoke up, interrupting Poppy's thoughts. "Mom, let's go!" she exclaimed, reminding her mother to join them.

Snap out of it, Poppy. She chided herself for getting lost in her thoughts. With a smile, she walked over to them, her heart filled with affection for both her daughter and her… Morgan. For a moment Poppy could almost believe that the three of them were a family like she had always dreamt.

"What do you guys want?" Morgan asked, taking Lizzy's order first and then Poppy's. As Poppy moved to stand and go with her to the counter, Morgan's expression turned sour, unnoticed by Lizzy, it made Poppy stop, her hand hovering over her purse. For a moment she had forgotten that she and Morgan had drifted apart.

Poppy glanced at Morgan as she came back to the table, but she quickly looked aside, as if engrossed in her own thoughts. Morgan made an effort to suppress her feelings, her feelings for Poppy were far more complex than she cared to admit.

#poppy min sinclair #poppy x mc #FMT

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cosplayinamerica · 11 months

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Writer : Amy Densham

Whether your kids live in rural Iowa or downtown NYC. If they have cosplaying parents or only they just learned about Halloween. Astrid and Leah bring that excited, welcoming, Con energy to their student’s computer screens all over the world.

The platform is Outschool. It’s been around since 2015 and started as a go-to for homeschoolers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Outschool grew beyond homeschooling. It became a place for learning and socializing whether you homeschool or not. Now serving over 1 million learners in 195 countries, Outschool has thousands of classes for ages 3 - 18. Learn about dinosaurs from a paleontologist. C# coding from a game developer. Or cosplay from an expert seamstress and a professional actress.

Astrid Turner, bubbly and all smiles, remembers standing in line at a Con: “The cosplay community is one of the most supportive and wonderful communities out there. When I cosplay, it’s not attention on me. It’s attention for something we share. We already know we like the same things. The craftsmanship, the idea that you’re there together, dressed up, having an experience together.”

Astrid teaches Cosplay Costume Design and Creation Workshops and anything else costume-related (just send her a request). She can pleat a skirt, put a bodice in, and bring kids out of their shells with ease. Part of her class includes real-world skills like comparison shopping; if you’re asking mom to buy it, you need to have a plan.

What does Astrid hope her students walk away with from taking her class ? Ask about her experience teaching online classese.

With a classroom maximum of 5, Astrid gives personalized attention to all of her students. Some enroll with a clear costume vision. Others just love Anime. Either way, Astrid helps them follow their own creativity and make it a reality.

Do they need a sketch? No problem. Does the fabric need to be washable? She knows just the thing. And costumes are just the beginning. Her eyes light up when she talks about intuitive, introverted students growing and connecting as the weeks go by. Someone who barely spoke in their first class is now the first one to share their progress and welcome a new student. They find their people and their voice.

Leah Johnson, artful and confident, talks about her experience at Cons: “It feels like everyone is a family. They want to welcome you in. It’s an excitement of sharing. Always. Of what they’ve made, what they’ve done, other cons that they’ve gone to, and people they’ve met. Everyone there wants to inspire each other.”

Leah teaches Special FX, Halloween, and Cosplay Makeup or one-on-one classes by request. Some of her students want to become professional makeup artists. Some want to scare their grandmas with fake wounds. In both situations, Leah is raring to go! And so is her washable Mehron Practice Makeup Head - currently sporting terrifying clown makeup from her last class.

Every class is unique. Some learners pop in with full, top-of-the-line makeup kits and some join with leftovers from the makeup wearer in their house. Part of the fun for Leah and her students is figuring out how to create looks with what you’ve got. It’s a great life lesson too. Sometimes you’ll need a specific product but sometimes you just need to be resourceful. Leah playfully refers to it as preparing for the zombie apocalypse when you won’t have all the tools. Her personality beams through the screen as she uses her makeup head to show makeup techniques, up close, and with student-requested variations. For Leah, the online part wasn’t her favorite. There’s an unquantifiable distance when you’re interacting online. You aren’t in the same space. It’s not the same as in person. But she makes that work too. And it’s a small inconvenience compared to the big benefit: bringing creative, accepting spaces to students wherever they are in the world.

HOW IT STARTED

Astrid and Leah both grew up loving costumes but they didn’t find out about cosplay until much later. In each of their separate hometowns, they were that kid in full costume at the grocery store. Or decked out like crazy on Halloween. Sound familiar?

Astrid remembers her first Ren Faire: “My first costume was a disaster but I was so proud of it! Ever since then, I knew I wanted to make costumes.” Growing up in a rural area outside LA, she always wanted to go to the San Diego Comic-Con but she didn’t have anyone to go with and didn’t want to go by herself. None of her friends were cosplayers - a term she didn’t even know existed.

She taught herself to sew, learning by creating more and more complex projects. Elaborate Elizabethan gowns with striking details for the next faire.

As she grew older, Atrid took a detour, exploring other career paths but she came back to sewing when her kids were small. Making clothes and costumes for them brought back that magic. And the internet showed her there was a whole community out there. No longer the only cosplayer in town, she dove in head first.

Now Astrid and her 3 kids (ages 13, 10, and 7) attend Cons every chance they get. In full costume, of course. She enters competitions in the handmade category and, though she’s modest, has taken home more than one win. In middle school, Astrid was big into theatre, Shakespeare, and creating Renaissance costumes.

An actor, director, voiceover artist, and singer, Leah cosplays characters from Arwen to Cruella De Vil to Mary Poppins. She teaches makeup and cosplay on Outschool but does both professionally for film, theatre, and events. To name a few, she designed costumes for the TV show Kookville and a stage production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. She even did makeup and created costumes for the movie Demon Squad, which you can find in Season 13 of Mystery Science Theatre 3000. She believes that cosplay isn’t just about expressing yourself, it’s about developing yourself and creating a full aesthetic. Beyond that, she wants her students to know, they can make a career out of their creative passions. And she’ll help them do it.

Leah talks about her first Ren Faire experience: “It felt awesome because I was trying to be intentional about creating a costume for me. Not for a play. Not for someone else based on their vision. It was my vision. It was what I wanted to do.”

You feel different in your cosplay. The persona, the confidence. It can be hard to describe but Astrid and Leah teach toward that feeling in every class.

Specializing in Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance costumes, Astrid also cosplays Collei from Gensin Impact and loves growing her skills in the anime genre. She even runs a social club on Outschool where Genshin fans can hang out virtually and game together.

Astrid beams: “A lot of kids and adults choose a character and they try to match that persona. It’s a little bit of safety. I’ve had people scream ‘OH MY GOD ITS COLLEI’ and run over to me. Under normal circumstances that wouldn’t happen. But at Cons, it’s so exciting. It’s amazing to connect with other people through that persona.”

*** Leah, with her cosplay weapon collection behind her: “You feel more confident in your character’s costume. It’s a projection of your best self. A lot of work, your imagination, and your brain is now projected on the outside. People can see that part of you that they can’t see in any other situation.”

Leading by example, Leah shows her students that they can make their creative passions into careers. She beams when she talks about a student getting confident enough to make an Actor Instagram account. Or doing professional-level wedding makeup for their entire family.

Teaching online from Arkansas since 2018, Astrid volunteered for the first-ever Outschool Cosplay Convention in 2021. Now called GameCon, the 2-day event featured presentations at different times of day for different timezones. Sessions about costume design, makeup, theatre performance, and more. And, most exciting of all, the costume showcase. Every kid got a chance in the spotlight to show off their creations. Astrid, laughs now: “I burst into tears when I logged off. It was such a rush of emotions. I found my people! I wish I had this when I was a kid.”

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#cosplay #remote learning

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lordkingsmith · 5 months

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Adam Park OC Children

Adam’s a great guy and a total fucking sweetheart and the comics have and do him a disservice. I can’t fix that, but I can soothe my inner annoyance and give him a load of kiddos and loving relationships in all the alternate realities I can think of. And talk about the child he does canonically have in Coinless. Nameless Coinless boy also gets an au version. he deserves it, and his dad too.

Canon Children:

Unknown Mother;

Apparently a boy of unknown name, personality, or age. Child aged, maybe? So…probably anywhere from newborn to early preteens because the kid would probablyotherwise have been a sentry? I don’t know, I just… think they could have done a lot more with this mystery kiddo? child being assumed dead and then avenging Adam dying would have been a very cool plot twist! but no! he's so light on character he's not a character! He's a mention in a backstory to make Adam tragic! Who's his mom, who is he, how old was he, what illness did he die of, did he die of an illness, I-c'mon. there's light on character and then there's this. May the child come back in a reboot or just in general. And be a badass. I wish this for all of them, by the way.

My OC and Alternate Reality Kids for Adam:

Eugene Skullovitch;

Eugene doesn't believe in himself, but Adam does, did, and always has. They started dating after Adam encouraged him to play the piano in the talent show. Adam loves his music, and they're both encouraging of each other. Aisha is a surrogate for their son, Lukas. Given how close she was to Adam, it was only natural in her mind to offer. She loves him, loves he's found happiness, and when they decided they wanted kids she wanted to help that happiness grow. Lukas Park's 17, plays piano, and volunteers at the animal shelter. Adam's a doctor and while Lukas respects and likes this, he'd rather be a veterinarian. Or, like Skull, a professional classical pianist. They support Lukas with whatever he wants to do or be, and he loves the fact he's not being pressured. Skull once sat him down with a list of every job he's ever done (the list was actually more like an entire manila folder bursting out the sides, it was frankly impressive), a ranking system and how much each profession made. Everything from a cop to a detective to an undercover agent for the government to a waiter at a bar to a judge at a pet show to rockstar to pianist-it was comprehensive and a little overwhelming, but at the end of each profession Skull said if it was what he wanted, he'd be proud. At the end it left Lukas fairly calm and certain no matter what choice he made, it'd be the right choice for him, and his dads would support him in this. not associated with a color

Tommy Oliver;

They’d been friends since a bit before the transfer, and Tommy was Adam’s leader for years on three or four different ranger teams. There’s a level of trust there you don’t usually get, and they were both black and green rangers in their lives. After Tommy became Dino Thunder Black, and shortly after a divorce between him and Kat, Adam and Tommy started spending more time together. The getting together thing was an accident. Both of them at a Christmas party and then things going from one thing to the next, and Tommy says he’s never felt so at home waking up in someone’s arms.

They have one son together, Isaiah Park. Tommy cashed in on a favor owed by Grace, and soon enough JJ Oliver was trying to figure out where his baby half brother had come from. His opinion was Adam, because he was shorter. It wasn’t until several years later they were able to explain it in a way JJ would understand and accept. But they never let him live the cute story down, to his embarrassment. Given Tommy’s immunity to time fluctuations and manipulations by the Machine Empire, they found out they were living in the same town as Time Force. Tommy was able to complete a doctorate in, to Adam’s perception, a day. Tommy is a lead paleontologist due to this, and Adam works at the museum. However given Tommy being Tommy, there is currently a divorce. Tommy wears his trauma on his sleeve and Adam has given up trying to fix him.

Isaiah Park is sixteen. He’s quiet, thoughtful, and tends to think with his emotions rather than his mind. Lucky, charming, and a natural heartthrob to his school, though he doesn’t seem to notice. Loves music, especially classical, and reading. He hasn’t really thought about being a power ranger, though he wouldn’t say no if he was asked. He was babysat by the Dino Thunder team as a kid, and kidnapped by Mesogog once. All hell broke loose when this happened, and Isaiah’s unsure if he wants to be a ranger when this sort of danger could happen to any of his loved ones. Tommy and Adam are currently in the process of divorce, and Isaiah’s getting used to that idea as well, but it’s nice having JJ to talk to about it.

He has enough to deal with with his dads. They love telling the story of when he was three, they’d go “see you later alligator” and “after awhile Crocodile” and he’d respond, loudly and enthusiastically; “bye bye, froggie!” To this day he’s been unable to get them to stop telling this story to his friends, love interests, and any adult who’d listen. JJ feels the pain. Isaiah is not associated with any color. This is probably a good thing. However if he was, it’d be black.

Aisha Campbell;

It was just natural for them to get together. They’ve been friends together since forever, they’ve always been friends and it progressing to a little bit more made sense. They got married a little after joining SPD together. They have four kids together. Wendell, aged 26, Rocky, aged 26, Koniqua, aged 19, and Jacqueline “Jaq” Park, aged 17.

No way they weren’t going to name one of their kids after their closest friend aside from each other. Rocky was best man at their wedding even. When they found out they were having twins they simply used the middle name they were intending for a boy for Wendell. Rocky’s the older by eight hours, Wendell was a more difficult pregnancy and took his time, which actually was a foreshadowing to the twins’ personalities.

Rocky Park is rambunctious and a goofball. He loves making people laugh. Like his mom he’s empathetic and strong willed. Like his dad he’s prone to flashes of intense introspection, but never for long. Surprises people with his love of classical music. He’s enthusiastic to the point of being intense. Can be hard for him to dial it back. He’s a yellow ranger for his team.

Wendell is everything Rocky is not, and is a little bit of a little shit. He's often not noticed by other people, and tends to use that to his advantage. He knows his brother is a yellow ranger, and while he's not a ranger, he takes the opportunity to tackle or ram cars or steal from the monsters of the week. he's not noticed and it gives other rangers openings usually. He's given Rocky everything he's stolen, and is pleased when they're incorporated into the team's arsenal.

Koniqua is a lover of poetry, fables, and the history of the power rangers. She's determined to be one of the scientists who creates a new team, or unlocks the mysteries of the grid for general use. Pragmatic, quick thinking, happy to help her dumb brothers. They don't think she knows. She knew who'd saved her as soon as Rocky said "you're safe now civilian" and tried to act dumb. She barely resisted the urge to call him out. Doesn't bother fighting the monsters, her brothers got that covered, but she does help get other civilians to safety when needed. not associated with a color. She's going into historical costuming, with the intention of working for tv productions.

Jaq would love to know why earth is so valuable to bad guys that they keep trying to take it over. Genre savvy type, and doesn't take shit. Has psyched out two villains and one of the comedy duo by just asking over and over "okay but why". Not popular, has two best friends and they're all kind of outsiders. Prefers it this way. You will not find Jaq anywhere near the monsters when they appear, she's gone and dragging her friends off with her. not associated with a color, but has made the big bad main villain question themself and then cry. her brother was torn between disappointed, impressed, and terrified of his little sister. Jaq's considering maybe being a therapist specializing in rangers and their villains would be a lucrative career move.

Rocky DeSantos;

They make too much sense for anything else, they were best friends since the beginning. They adopted a kid who lost their home in a fire brought on by a monster. Peter's eleven and scared of the world. Adam and Rocky fully understand, but hope he can open up. They care for him and are worried about him. Peter DeSantos doesn't know how to feel about power rangers as parents after what happened, but he's glad Adam and Rocky are stable and they do try. It's just hard to open up. They have time, though, and that's what matters. Adam's been helping with his anxiety by showing him how to sew. Whenever he gets scared and his dads aren't there, he sews little projects. It helps and he's proud of what he makes.

tangential au; Rocky and Aisha and Adam are together with all above mentioned kids, and Aisha and Rocky's two kids. They live on a large ranch and the kids are thriving.

Scorpina; fascinatingly there is an episode where the Stone Canyon Trio deal with her in a human form as an exchange student named Sabrina. Adam was way into her. Coinless version Adam's finding Scorpina hot in general and she's flirting. A weird pairing but hey, there's a good history of evidence for mutual attraction! Of the trio Scorpina was always more flirtatious to Adam than Rocky or Aisha (this also makes him similar to comic!Skull in that a love interest is a long lived alien pretending to be a teenager for ulterior motives. imagine bonding over that extremely specific thing happening to you, yikes).

Scorpina is not banished to the dark dimension, and like Rita and Zedd, becomes good via Z-Wave. She simply takes the form of her human persona, the now young adult exchange student Sabrina. As Sabrina, she decides to see if she can patch anything up with Adam. Adam for his part needs to think about it. It's not that he doesn't trust she's redeemed, it's just so much has happened can he forgive her and accept the version of her genuinely trying to make things right? It takes a year and a half, and in the meantime they do see other people. But, eventually, they get together. They have a kid who's half alien, as Sabrina's species wasn't changed, she is more interested in looking human to help distance herself from her misdeeds, and blend in. For a time, at least, she eventually goes back to her true form when their daughter Luna Park is thirteen and develops her stinger. This is mostly to teach their daughter how to correctly use said stinger and other abilities without hurting herself or loved ones.

Luna Park is nineteen, very fashionable, calculating, and very good at getting her way. She generally doesn't do this maliciously, and works at a youth center, as the fundraiser manager among other things. She's extremely good at getting people to invest their money in good causes and very good at public events. She's a shapeshifter, but not as accomplished as her mom. While she looks like she'd be snotty or full of herself, she takes a lot after Adam and is very considerate and very polite and encouraging. However this doesn't mean she's a pushover, and she's sent more than one person who thought they could rough her or get handsy to the hospital. Rarely uses her stinger, Luna is an accomplished fencer and hand to hand combatant, though prefers kickboxing to martial arts. Think Daphne Blake with a stinger. Luna is not associated with a color

in a tangential au, she's a power ranger mentor and the green ranger for the team, when necessary.

tangential coinless au; Scorpina keeps protecting Adam, affectionately nicknaming him 'my little froggie' (to his concern), and doesn't let him die. However this annoys him because it sometimes mean she doesn't even let him fight. Eventually they produce Luna, and she's raised in the palace, often passed around by the sentries and Kim. Adam's not allowed by Scorpina to partake in anything potentially life threatening while Luna's young, and he gets placed as stay at home dad/personal body guard to own child duty. Eventually, Luna becomes a commander of black sentries, and works fairly well with the coinless. for the most part. Not much is different personality wise except she's more willing to commit murder and injury. Skull adores her too, and helps with the training when she's a kid.

Carlos Vallerte;

Several years after Adam transfers Carlos his Color, and after they team up, and a year after Adam joins SPA, he and Carlos reconnect. They got along well each time they teamed up, and after everything they get the chance to actually be able to get to know each other again properly outside of power ranger stuff. While both are busy with respective lives and careers, they do have joint custody over two kids, Miguel and Gwena. Aisha surrogated for Miguel, Gwena is an adopted alien girl from Inquiris. It's been a challenge to balance their careers with their kids, but they make it work. Generally, they don't live on earth, they currently live on K0-35 when not on duty with their kids.

Miguel is 13, and quite interested in nature, and earth. He's never actually been, because life kept getting in the way, but he wants to eventually. He's been promised he will, and that's nice. He likes ninjas and puzzle books and horror movies. Especially likes vampires, Carlos is just. Accepting this is going to haunt him for the rest of his life. Told Miguel if he wants to become a vampire that's fine but he needs to wait, and find someone who's not on the galaxy's most wanted list. Or working with a warlord or conqueror. the list of suitables is extremely small. Miguel's also thirteen, and he's realizing maybe he just likes the species in general more than the idea of becoming one. Loves vampire and zombie movies best. Not associated with a color.

Gwena is seven and from Inquiris. Any question given to her is answered with a question. Given how much human children do this in general...you can imagine the annoyance. Carlos and Adam quickly learned to phrase the questions as open ended statements for Gwena to respond to with statements of her own. She's very smart for a seven year old, and wants to know all the answers to all the questions, but is happy to question everything for the sake of asking the question. One day wants to go to earth, but also wants to go back to Inquiris again. She's also heard a lot about two infamous women from Inqiuris; Dimitria and Divatox, twins and very proficient in their own rights. At the moment, she flips between pretending to be Dimitria the good mentor, and Divatox, the pirate. She's seven so neither Adam nor Carlos are worried, but they do hope she'll decide Dimitria, who's a friend of theirs, will be a worthy role model, and not Divatox before the Z-Wave. not associated with a color, that anyone knows of. However Inquirians tend to gravitate to white or red color schemes in their clothing so it's hard for her dads to actually tell. Likes fables and magic and playing pirates. Vicseron, a friend of Dimitria from Inquiris, is Gwena's biological father, but was killed. Her mother also died, and Gwena had nobody. Dimitria had reservations about how well she and Divatox could look after a child. She brought the child to the most dependable ranger couples she could think of.

Prince Trey of Triforia;

While Trey crashed in Aquitar and needed help, when they sent him to earth to the other zeo rangers he helped them first, several times. Adam was, like the rest of them, very curious who the mysterious gold was. When they met properly, he had a little bit of a crush. When Jason took gold so Trey could slow down whatever was happening to him (his logos, pathos and ethos had split into three people, thoufh all of them were of the same mind. Triforian thing, apparently. It took a bit to get used to, to say the least.) Adam spent as much time as he could in the command center with Billy and Trey. They talked quite a bit, and Trey got a bit smitten with the curious green ranger.

When Trey was restored and he got zeo gold back, he decided to stick around for a little while to assist the other zeo rangers, and he and Adam began seeing each other. Adam thought it was kind of odd a prince wanted to date him, but he wasn’t against it at all.

They have one daughter. Crown Princess Tara, aged 20. Adam’s a diplomat between earth and Triforia, and Tara lives mainly on Triforia with Trey. She inherited Zeo Gold, and is noble, calm, and carry’s herself regally as she can. She does have her moments though, and feels like she can’t live up to her parents legacy, sometimes. She does try, though. She never stops trying. She’s going to be the best queen. It’s hard for her to believe it, but she’s going to be. Trey’s a great king, and he’s her dad. And Adam’s awesome, and he’s her dad too. And her teammates are awesome too.

Tangential au; Triforian life span might be longer than humans (I’ve got no idea, heellpp) and she’s the gold to the canon grandson of Tommy’s team. She’d be in the equivalent of early 20’s, in the hypothetical longer lifespan idea.

(we needed a green/gold lol. and this works, they did talk a little in canon. not much but I'm taking the opportunity)

Dulcinea;

She thought he was charming and sweet, and every bit a prince if he just had the self confidence to see it, himself. She made a child using magic, some years after the events of the movie. It killed her, but the child is hers and Adam's. He was confused and deeply saddened when he got the kid and the explanation. He loves Garrett, but it's a bit difficult. Garrett is an owl shifter, like his mother. He greatly resembles Adam. Garrett is 16, and doing his best. He's friends with the punks at his school, and has the constant air of wiser beyond his years. Often lives with Rocky or Tommy and Kat or any other dozen of Adam's friends while Adam's working off earth. He's got an odd, very inhuman air around him, even to other half human alien hybrids. There's something about his owl self that bleeds into his human form. He's never felt at home anywhere he's ever been, and he feels like he should go back to the planet his mother's from, guard what's there. He's a bronze ranger, and Adam wonders if this is from Dulcinea.

Unnamed Mother;

Adam made a mistake in highschool and while the girl wanted to keep the baby, her parents didn't think it'd be a good idea. Adam offered to take the baby off her hands, and while his parents disinherited him over it, Nemo grew up with a village for parents. Skull, Bulk, Aisha, Rocky, and Tommy and a few others off and on, all helped him during high school, with Aisha and Rocky stepping in during college, and Skull after, helping with whatever expense Adam needed. Nemo's fourteen, healthy, happy, and thriving despite everything. Adam's doing okay as a single parent, it's been hard but he's doing good. Adam's a tailor and Nemo mentioned wanting to go into this as well, and Adam about teared up he was so proud.

Coinless verse child has been given a happy alternative woo~

if I missed any, let me know! I think I covered most of Adam's possibilities ^-^

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mhaccunoval · 17 days

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tagged by @jaybirdsdelight in this get to know me!!

do you make your bed?

i try to at least smooth out my blanket whenever i'm going to be up and out for a while... make it a Little neater despite the chaos that is my bed...

what's your favorite number?

8 and 46!!

what is your job?

i work on campus as a lab research assistant in our zooarchaeology lab :-)

if you could go back to school, would you?

i mean i'm still IN school right now because i'm nearing the end of my third year of college. but i want to go for my masters and a PhD after i graduate (<- too ambitious for his own good)

can you parallel park?

if i tried hard enough? i think i've only tried it once or twice so i'd probably have to be coaxed and have someone spot for me

a job you had that would surprise people?

this is my first job but by proxy is always surprises people when they found out i'm majoring in anthropology and somewhat that i work in our zooarch lab so

do you think aliens are real?

i'm alien agnostic... i don't believe in any of the ""proof"" people have already come up with but we live in a complex universe where it would be hard for there Not to be other life out there.... though i also enjoy aliens exist by blink-182 so ;P

can you drive a manual car?

not in the slightest... i'm willing to learn but. i don't currently know, no

what's your guilty pleasure?

i feel guilty liking most of the things i like. including learning about niche topics (<- said because he flexed radium girl knowledge in class earlier)

tattoos?

the sluttiest thing a man can do is have a thigh tattoo (i have a 10,000 days eye logo on the top of my thigh surrounding by 'little things' + tool lyrics in my mom's handwriting)

favorite color?

green and purple...

favorite type of music?

i always say rock (particularly alternative) but. i AM listening to beastie boys as i type this so. what's the truth

do you like puzzles?

photo puzzles are alright but i prefer cognitive puzzles. and i say that my lab work is a puzzle since it takes a lot of thinking and trial & error

any phobias?

roaches are a big one. for no fucking reason (that's a lie. i'm born and bred floridian so i've had one too many run-ins)

favorite childhood sport?

i didn't really do sports... all i did was taekwando... but i did enjoy horseback riding

do you talk to yourself?

frequently... mostly when i'm alone and thinking aloud / ridiculing myself. though i also mouth/mumble lyrics to myself a lot

what movie(s) do you adore?

THE PRINCESS BRIDE. pacific rim. PUSHING DEAD. JUNO. PSYCH 2: LASSIE COME HOME. i have too many....

coffee or tea?

i'm picky about both but i have to say coffee... i drink it more often and like it a little bit more than the teas i know i like

first thing you wanted to be growing up?

paleontologist 👍 i mean technically there was probably a thing or two before that but. i just think it's funny to mention six year old me coming out the gate with this one

[spiritually tagging my other mutuals!!!]

#mhac.txt #tag game #thank you jay!!! <333 #i was in class earlier when you posted the tag so i'm only just getting to it...#and i am getting eepy so i am too lazy to tag people

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aurora-ze-aquarius · 2 years

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any headcanons on McQueen’s home life as a kid?

I may as well ask about The King and Jackson Storm too 👀

Oooooooh ok

I have a few

⚠️⚠️TW//CW: This will contain mention of child neglect, ab//e, and gaslighting

Look after yourself if needed

Lightning McQueen

Though many headcanon him to have the worst father in the world, in my version, he's more estranged and neglected rather than flat out constantly berated. Don't get me wrong, it's still terrible, and his dad was still a horrible person. In this story, Lightning wasn't fearing every waking moment of his life.

McQueen's earlier years were actually very happy. He had two loving parents, who supported and loved him dearly.

His mother was a huge fan of racing and motorsports. They would often watch NASCAR tournaments together, and she also had some very old tapes that featured older racers of way back when (Doc was one of them).

However, she soon grew ill, and sadly passed away, leaving McQueen and his father distraught and heartbroken.

His father especially, was incredibly devastated. Though he continued to look after Lightning, he was practically absent in his emotional needs.

Lightning was a picture perfect replica of his mother.

(As a Car) : Same shade of red paint, same blue eyes, strikingly similar body shape.

(As a Human) : Same blue eyes, same blonde hair, at some point he had the same amount of freckles on his face.

Yet most notably, he was incredibly passionate at racing, just as much, if not even more than she was. And because of this, Lightning's father struggled to connect with his son.

Lightning grew up without a proper father figure to guide him. The last time he spoke with the man was when they were arguing about whether or not Lightning should pursue racing as a career just before he left for the racing academy.

Lightning's aware how much his mother's passing has hurt his father, but he can't forgive him for basically shutting him out when he needed him most.

He wouldn't worry about it though. He has a family here in Radiator Springs, and couldn't ask for more.

Lightning grew up in the middle class. He wasn't rich, but they managed to live comfortably.

Had a bisexual awakening during his teen years, and was mega confused.

Would often save his allowance to buy tickets for any races that would take place in his town.

At some point he wanted to be a paleontologist, but found it too boring.

Wore Dinoco pajamas to bed his whole life. Even now, after rejecting the sponsorship. He loves his dinos. You can't take them away from him.

Strip Weathers

Strip 'The King' Weathers used to live out on a ranch in his younger years. Used to look after the animals every so often.

However, sometime growing up, he soon developed an interest in racing, and soon enough, he and a few buddies of his would find themselves watching live racing events. His biggest inspiration was The Fabulous Hudson Hornet, for obvious reasons.

During his teens, he would participate in street races, and would often win them.

Sometime later, he got into racing full time, with a sponsor that wasn't Dinoco yet.

One day, he found himself watching a demolition derby, and got into contact with Lynda.

After winning a couple of races, he was soon approached by Tex. The two hit it off quite well, and Strip began to race for him.

Strip was also from the middle class growing up. Didn't have a lot of luxuries, but they lived comfortably where they were at.

He and Lynda used to be highschool sweethearts, but they broke up, and reconnected when they met again later in life.

Had a son, but passed away in a crash on the race track.

Cal is now their child, and if anyone dares to bully him, Strip will not hesitate to step in, especially before Lynda gets involved. She's scary when angry

Jackson Storm

From a young age, Jackson was already pressured to be the picture perfect child for the picture perfect family.

Straight hair. Straight As. Straight forward— (I'm sorry)

His parents were always so critical of him, always expecting perfect scores. Perfect performances. Never less than that.

He was spoiled, given whatever he wanted. The newest xbox, the latest phone, whatever it was. As long as he did well in school, he can have it. Yet despite that, Jackson never felt satisfied, and he never knew why.

He didn't have a lot of friends growing up. He didn't like the children of his parents' friends, and he didn't know if the children he interacted at school were worth his time.

As he grew older, he seemed to have developed an interest for racing. His parents often tell him it's childish, but he didn't care. He secretly had a collection of magazines about racers, his favorites being that of Lightning McQueen.

As much as he loved racing, he didn't exactly want to be an actual Piston Cup racer. He wanted to be an ESports player. But as to satisfy his parents, he applied to become a mechanical engineer for collage.

He dropped out once he was sponsored by IGNTR. His parents have disowned him since.

Came from a really rich family, but his parents never paid attention to him.

Can actually play the piano and keyboard, and actually enjoys doing so. His mother made him learn how to play them at a young age.

Had a huge crush on Lightning growing up, but would rather die than admit to it.

May have several undiagnosed disorders due to his parents not liking the idea of how it would 'taint' their image.

Extremely closeted Bi

I'll probably edit this later, but for now, this is what I've got

#pixar cars #cars fandom #pixar #lightning mcqueen #jackson storm #strip weathers #cars 2 #cars 2 (2011)#cars 3 #🌌✉️#🌌📝#🌌⚠️#humanized cars

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shuttershocky · 1 year

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maybe responding to such a personal post like this is kinda rude but oh man that like… reignited my motivation more than anything ive heard in my time at college yet. ive always been shit in school but i had an especially horrible time last year, failed too many courses, and ended up on probation. im terrified honestly because i have very strict parents that made probation sound like a death sentence when they told me about it before i started college. but goddamnit i love my program and i love what i study and i don’t care how many years it takes anymore im sticking to this shit until i graduate. anyways i guess im extremely grateful to have read that today. thank you!!!!!

Listen to me very carefully: If you love what you're studying no matter how hard it gets, you must keep that love with you no matter what happens.

Let's say absolute worst case scenario, you're kicked from the school despite your best efforts and they won't let you back in despite your best efforts. You keep that love with you still. You WILL find another way forward.

Something you learn when you're done with your schooldays is how insignificant all of it really is. I don't mean unimportant to you, but insignificant in how every point of no return in your life isn't the last one until you die; life makes you keep on living, and that means you can always keep going. There's always still another chance out there.

When I was a teenager, every adult around me stressed how my peers and I were at a critical point in our lives. Which colleges we apply to, which ones we would pass, what courses we would take, and whether we graduate with honors would change the rest of our lives; but none of them ever taught me that they wouldn't determine the rest of our lives either.

After having my childhood dream of becoming a paleontologist crushed (I'd have to go abroad which my family couldn't afford), I changed track to wanting to work on video games. However, my scholarship contract came with a set list of degree courses I could choose to take (all STEM stuff of course), and as this shit was written in the 1950s there was obviously nothing about game design in there.

So in between classes and during breaks I would go to local gamedev meetups and listen to lectures and seminars. From there I met some devs I would intern over the summer for. From there, I got hired as a writer for two different jobs, and took another internship (this time with college credit!). When I graduated I had mediocre grades that would never get me a six figure software engineering job, but I did have plenty of work experience for the industry I actually wanted to work in.

The first studio I worked in as a graduate didn't have an opening for a game designer but did have one for marketing, and they were small enough that I'd basically still be working on the games anyway, so I shrugged my shoulders and went for it despite no real relevant marketing experience. I got the job.

Years later when we were downsizing due to the pandemic and I got let go, one of the people I worked for in my college days was now looking for a writer for a mix of both marketing copy and editing in-game text, and well shit, I just spent some time learning how to write marketing copy, what a coincidence.

Don't get me wrong. Living under capitalism has a way of sticking you into dead ends and life in general likes to mix you up and slam many doors in your face. You'll grow up in ways you did not foresee nor plan for, and if it's not soul-sucking boredom it's the fear of the unknown that will be chasing you as you stumble your way through life.

That's why i'm telling you to hold on to that love of what you're studying. When you realize so many decisions are life-changing but none of them can truly set the future in stone, loving something like that helps you find your way forward.

And if later on you find that it's not what you want, let it go without fearing you wasted your time. I firmly believe that you can always find something new with what you learned, and that love is never wasted.

I still have my old dinosaur books from when I was a kid. I didn't just want the stuff written for children, I wanted the lavishly illustrated books with scientific descriptions and essays that I thought real scientists used (it turns out even these are just laughably baby shit to them).

These books were what taught me how to read and write more complex English, which eventually became the skills I used to find work as a writer decades later.

#Don't ask though how I learned to speak in English #The answer was Bananas in Pajamas. and maybe Spongebob

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butters-flower-mom · 2 months

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what does pepper want to be when she grows up? :)

Just like when I was a little girl, Pepper wants to be both a paleontologist and a veterinarian. And also just like me, she'll stop wanting to be the latter once she realizes nearly passing out from the sight of blood and injuries would kinda make that an impossible job for her.

#south park #pepper posts #answered asks

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magnoliamyrrh · 1 year

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you know i actually think this is one of the worst fucking parts of csa and incest. i despise admitting it, i absolutely dispise it but theres still times when i miss him. not most times. but theres times. theres still times. theres times when i wish i could pretend all the shit just didn't happen. i tried. there were times when i tired. talking to him was only more red flags. but i missed talking to him. were both insane and hes more insane than me but growing up sometimes i felt like maybe because of that at least we understood each other. i do understand him better than anyone else. for the most part he doesnt understand me anymore. but it scares me how well he does at times. three summers ago when i had a mental breakdown i picked up the phone and called him for the first time in years crying like some foolish child wanting her daddys comfort. clearly, i hadnt learned my lesson well enough. sometimes i still want to. foolish and short cited. it was not always bad and that is what makes it hard. if it was it would be easier. i still remember. he would take me to his architecture studio. he taught me how to make mosaics. hed let me help him on his projects, out on the worksite id be measuring and cutting and putting up mozaics. id stay up with his wife at night and make moonstone lamps. he made me sets of moonstone jewerly. i still have them. he made me jewerly and toys out of leather, delicately painted and cut. he taught me how to paint. he taught me how to draw some things. hed stay with me and drew all the things i wanted him too, dragons and portraits of my lps and whatever pokemon i was obsessed with. i still have them. they still smell like him. my artstyle still has his style within it, spirals and swirls so distinctive, a certain surrealism and abstraction, a obsession with gold. down south we would go digging through the dacian ruins in dobrogea, come back with old pieces of ancient pots and pans. he knew history, much of it. he knew theology. he knew anthropology. he still does. when i was little he would buy me these paleontology sets i was obsessed with, youd have to dig out little plastic dinosaur bones, wed spend hours by the black sea as i dug through them. i always wanted to be a paleontologist. is that why i do anthropology now? is that why a fascination and longing for the ancient is within me? he would take me to church. we spend new years in a monestary, sung verses echoing in its small wooden, painted frame. we spend many nights in them. the smell of frankensece in the air. i still burn it. hes still all over me. hes still in my blood. blood of my blood, he is my blood. lately when i look in the mirror i dont see him anymore, but i still know hes there. i look like his mother. i have his eyes and his hair, but lighter. i have the same bad teeth and the same cigarette obsession and my laugh sometimes cracks like his. he was sick. he is sick. he had to give me his sickness because he couldnt carry it alone. unfair. but i still feel responsible for him. i still miss him. i still do. i still remember the reasons i miss him. i missed him. i wanted him to be around more there were times as a child when id cry and think, at least he woukd understand. i hated him. and never wanted to be around him again. and yet i still loved him. what a nightmare. i wish i didnt remember anything at all

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grem-archive · 1 year

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Tag Game To Better Know You! Send this to people you’d like to know better!

Oh, geez, so I’ve never really done one of these before haha but thank you to @draw-a-circle-thats-the-compass for the tag!

What book are you currently reading?

Unfortunately, I haven’t been reading much lately, but I am looking for suggestions! The last thing I read was Pox Americana by Elizabeth A. Fenn. It’s about the smallpox epidemic that hit North America around the time of the American Revolution and its effects, but it simultaneously takes you on a broader look at the impact, such as on Native American populations and the outbreak in Mexico City. Granted, it was for a class but a wonderful read that will make you not only think about history but reflect on the pandemic of today.

What’s your favorite movie that you saw in theatres this year?

…

Top Gun Maverick…I went and saw it three times with three different friend groups.

What do you usually wear?

Ah, well, the winter fit is usually sweatpants of some kind coupled with any random assortment of t-shirts, both short- or long-sleeved, then some kind of hoodie or jacket. I’ve been trying to break in a leather jacket though so that I can paint it! That thing is far comfier than it should be.

How tall are you?

5’ 5” or about 165 cm.

What’s your Star Sign? Do you share a birthday with a celebrity or a historical event?

I am a Cancer. I don’t really believe in astrology, but I know far too much about it because of friends. They tell me I am a “classic Cancer,” and I’m not sure if that’s good or bad. And I do! June 21. I share a birthday with Chris Pratt and the U.S. Constitution. It’s also the day the Sox pitcher Rube Foster no-hit the Yankees 2-0 at Fenway in 1916. Make of those what you please.

Do you go by your name or a nick-name?

I go by my nickname Jill, or Grem/Gremlin online. Call me whatever the hell you want though, I’ll reply regardless.

Did you grow up to become what you wanted to be when you were a child?

I wanted to be so many things as a kid. Astronaut, microbiologist, paleontologist, a whole plethora of other things… As long as it had to do with using my hands for something and getting to learn and sate my obnoxious curiosity, I would be happy. Doing archaeology checks all those boxes, so I can’t be mad! I’m a recent convert to anthropology and I love it. Learning more each day just makes me love how diverse the Earth and its inhabitants are. I’m a filthy optimist, okay?

Are you in a relationship? If not, who is your crush if you have one?

Single and vibing.

What’s something you’re good at vs. something you’re bad at?

I don’t think I’m much good at anything, but I guess I can draw! Would love to be better at writing.

Dogs or cats?

Don’t make me choose.

What’s something you would like to create content for?

To keep it in the scope of Hetalia, I would like to continue the historical fic I started writing centered around the American Revolution, as (early) American history is my secondary study. But I’m not confident in my skills enough to continue it. Forget posting it anywhere. But I had a prologue, first chapter, and second chapter in different states of completion before putting it down.

What’s something you’re currently obsessed with?

Cold War-era armor.

What’s something you were excited about that turned out to be disappointing this year?

My grades. [rimshot and laugh track plays]

What’s a hidden talent of yours?

I don’t think being ADHD-fueled human encyclopedia counts so…I can write with my toes. I can sing and play euphonium, too, I guess! Idk guys fr

Are you religious?

Not particularly. I am a very lazy pagan, at the very least.

What’s something you wish to have at this moment?

All my friends and mutuals with their fine asses right in front of me so that I can give them all ginormous, lung-squeezing, spine-cracking hugs. Y’all need to stop being gorgeous double-cheeked-up baddies on this Tuesday evening.

I’m nominating @sunnysssol @ironicorange @cicadatalia @magictrio1118 @sunnylolli @modernday-jay @abbittheturtle because you are all wonderful and are either close beloveds or super chill!

#callsign gremlin checking in

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spacefinch · 7 months

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More Magic School Bus headcanons!

Here’s my headcanons for what each kid does when they grow up!

(They’re all scientists!)

Arnold: Geologist. I also think it’d be neat if he’s a geology teacher as well. Instead of apples, his students bring him cool rocks. (This headcanon was inspired by students bringing my geology/oceanography teacher rocks.)

Phoebe: I got a few options for her: ornithologist (bird scientist), lepidopterist (butterfly and moth scientist) or botanist (plant scientist). Whatever she does end up doing, she’s sure to put her whole heart and soul into it.

Keesha: Microbiologist. (Yes, this is because of the pickle episode.) For non-science careers, she’s probably a dancer or does work in the movie industry.

Ralphie: Chiropterologist, or a scientist who studies bats. In the chapter books, he really likes bats. In the show, he’s a bit slower to warm up to them, but he learns to like them.

Tim: Marine biologist or ornithologist (if Phoebe decides she doesn’t want to study birds professionally). He’s also a well-known illustrator and nature photographer.

Wanda: Herpetologist (scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians). She prefers a hands-on approach to her research, and everyone agrees she takes after her mother.

Carlos: Paleontologist. His favorite dinosaurs are Velociraptor and Archaeopteryx, if you’re not counting modern-day birds (which he loves too).

Dorothy Ann: Astronomer or astrophysicist. She specializes in deep-space objects such as stars, black holes, and faraway nebulas.

Mikey: probably a computer programmer or engineer of sorts. Very hands-on with his work. He might also help make improvements to his friends’ science equipment.

Janet: Paleontologist— and Carlos’s rival, at that. The two of them are always going off at each other via research papers.

Notes:

D.A. and Carlos have named things they’ve discovered after each other. Carlos named a feathered dinosaur after D.A. Meanwhile, D.A. named a star cluster after Carlos.

Ralphie has a doctorate (everyone here does because they are that hardworking and ambitious); however, he’s probably the most chill about it.

Someone: Hey, Dr. Tennelli!

Ralphie: Oh, no, no, no. Dr. Tennelli is my mom. Please, Call me Ralphie.

A look at Carlos and Janet’s intellectual arguments:

“A Theory About Dinosaurs,” by Ramon, et al.

“A Conflicting Theory About the Same Dinosaurs,” by Perlstein, et al.

“Dr. Perlstein (the Paleontologist, not the Geologist) Was Wrong and Here’s Why,” by Ramon, et al.

This continues for several more research papers, eventually ending in a temporary truce:

“If We Knew What We Were Doing, It Would Not Be Called Research, Would It?” by Perlstein, Ramon, et al.

(And of course Tim does illustrations for both papers.)

Dorothy Ann still has her parrot named Dinah, but she also has some new pets too. First is a dog named Laika, after the first dog in outer space. Second is a cat named Asimov.

Phoebe’s house is full of plants, both outside and inside. Everywhere you look: plants. The outside plants are all species that are native to where Phoebe lives, and they attract lots of birds and insects. Phoebe keeps her more exotic plants indoors, and likes to propagate them to give to friends.

Mikey plays the piano as a hobby. He has a service dog, though I’m not sure what breed. And he’s very passionate about disability rights and accessibility.

The whole gang lives near one another. Options: Same neighborhood, different houses. Same apartment, different rooms. Or everyone lives in one big house.

About the last bullet point: yes, the former students of Ms. Frizzle’s class (plus one sibling and one cousin) live in a sitcom.

Never though I’d bring MSB Rides Again into this discussion, but hear me out. Jyoti is part of the Science Gang. I personally think that she and Mikey would do engineering stuff together.

They all enjoy hanging out together and watching Star Trek!

Ralphie attempted to build another robot to do everyone’s chores. It did not go well. Hopefully he as learned his lesson and will leave the robot-building to the coding and engineering experts.

#magic school bus #headcanons #scientist #science #wholesome #brot11: science house #brot8: science house

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gerec · 2 years

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Au-gust 2022

1. Underwater 2. Artist’s Muse 3. Countryside

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4. Dinosaurs

Pairing(s): Cherik (as kids) Warnings: N/A

A sequel to this ficlet written for AU-gust 2020!

Once the movie ends, they’re all herded up the stairs to Erik’s bedroom, where their various foam mats and sleeping bags have already been laid out on the floor. They’re much too excited to fall asleep quickly, though luckily, Erik’s mom pretends that she can’t hear them giggling and whispering to each other as soon as she closes the door.

“That was such an awesome movie,” Alex says, from his spot between Hank and Darwin. Charles’ bedroll is right beside Erik’s, who’s decided to forgo the bed so he can sleep with everyone else on the floor. “The dinosaurs looked so real.”

“Yeah, it’s way better than looking at old skeletons,” Darwin adds. “I mean, the museum was fun but imagine if the dinosaurs there were like the ones in the movie! How cool would that be?”

Predictably, Hank scoffs, because he loves science and history and – since their class trip – has decided he’s going to be a paleontologist when he grows up. “You know none of that stuff is real, right, in the movie? Skeletons are real; they’re the remains of an actual dinosaur.”

That sets off a round of bickering between the three friends, which Erik promptly ignores, rolling his eyes and scooting his sleeping bag closer to Charles.

“Did you like the movie?” he asks, nudging Charles’ shoulder and slipping him a piece of candy from his hidden stash. Charles has already brushed his teeth so he can’t eat it now, so he tucks it under his pillow like a secret treasure. “Jurassic Park is one of my favorites.”

Charles sighs. “I loved it. I loved all the different species of dinosaurs, especially the triceratops.”

Erik wrinkles his nose. “Really? But he doesn’t do anything except lay there on the ground! Even the brachiosauruses were better than the triceratops!”

Huffing indignantly, Charles counters, “I can like him if I want to, Erik! What about you? I bet you like the T-Rex ‘cause he’s big and scary and has the sharpest teeth!”

Erik grins widely, baring his teeth, making Charles laugh when he pretends to take a big bite of his arm. His squeal draws the attention of the others, and pulls them into the discussion about everyone’s favorite dinosaur.

(Hank, Alex and Darwin all choose the velociraptors, which doesn’t surprise Charles at all, since they also tend to travel around in a pack and work together to cause a surprising amount of chaos.)

“Okay but who’s your favorite character?” Darwin asks, “I liked Dr. Malcolm. He was smart and funny.”

“Me, I liked the chief engineer, Ray. Too bad he got eaten,” Alex says. “What about you, Hank?”

“I guess…Dr. Wu the main scientist? He was really smart, cloning the dinosaurs from DNA. Not that you can do that in real life but it’s still kinda cool.”

“Erik?” Snorting loudly, Erik grabs an empty cup and drops it rather dramatically over his Captain America action figure. “I liked the lawyer getting eaten by the T-Rex.”

Everyone groans in his direction, then turn expectantly towards Charles to hear his pick.

“I liked Dr. Grant,” Charles says, after careful consideration, even if he’s been thinking since the ‘T-Rex in the rain scene’ that Dr. Grant is the absolute best. “He’s smart, and handsome, and he took care of the kids.”

That draws a rather intense look from his best friend, Erik’s brow furrowing in surprise before his lips turn down and he whispers, only for Charles’ ears, “You think he’s handsome?”

“Well yes, I mean—”

“You like him? Like…like him, like him?”

Charles’ cheek flush hot from the pointed questioning, and decides to turn the spotlight on Erik instead. “Maybe? Why, are you jealous?”

If anything, Erik’s expression turns even more sour, and he ducks his head under the sleeping bag so Charles can’t see his face. “What if I was?”

“Then I’ll tell you that you’re being dumb, Erik Lehnsherr, because I don’t like anyone more than I like you.”

“Really?”

Charles smiles and pokes his finger at Erik’s covered head. “Yes, really.”

“Hey what are you guys whispering about?” Alex interrupts, which is enough to nudge Erik out of hiding, pulling his head out from under the sleeping bag to grin over at Charles. He fluffs his pillow a bit and rolls onto his back, moving around until he’s pressed up against Charles’ side.

“Nothing. Everybody, go to bed,” he says, reaching out to give Charles’ hand a quick squeeze. “Goodnight, Charles.”

“Goodnight,” Charles answers, and doesn’t let go of Erik’s hand.

#gerec writes #cherik #au-gust 2022 #dinosaurs #day 4 #kid au #jurassic park is the best there is no contest

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