#[ sarah // hc ]

[marilynslove]

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･˚ · . boyfriend rafe hcs <33 (sweetheart-ish edition !!)

౨ৎ - bf!rafe who literally can't keep his hands off you : whether it be at parties with his arm slithered around your waist, fingers absent mindedly drawing shapes on the skin of your arm while taking a sip of his beer - trying his best not to roll his eyes as topper rambled about sarah. or when it's just the two of you at home, cuddled up on the couch while watching a cheesy romcom you'd somehow managed to get him to watch - or at least pretend to watch. but, who was he to turn down an opportunity to hold you close? why leave you be when he could be there, running his fingers through your hair n gently rubbing your thigh?

౨ৎ - bf!rafe who's constantly giving you attitude : "baby, does this look cute?" you mumble, holding out a denim mini skirt you'd grabbed from a shelf - it's material slightly washed out. looking up from his phone, he sighed a little. "i don't know, does it?" shooting him a dirty look, you huff. "'m serious, yes or no? please?" ".. yes - it looks good, bunny. now can we go? been waiting for ya to pick out all the clothes you want for hours." with a pleased smile and a quick peck on his cheek you nod. "thirty minutes, actually."

౨ৎ - bf!rafe who's literally the dryest fucking texter ever : like, this bitch will leave you on delivered for hours. even when he does respond his words are vague. on some "ok" "gm/gn" "👍" type shit. but he makes up for it by calling you throughout the day - asking if you're okay, what you have planned, if you wanted to come over. and honestly? you can't complain, not when his voice sounds so .. !! 's better than any text he could send. or most, at least.

౨ৎ - bf!rafe who loves to take you on late night motorcycle rides : he lives for it, might be one of his favorite things to do with you. with the way your arms tighten around his torso when he drives faster - your scoldings being lost in the sound of the wind, earning a quiet chuckle from him. he knows you love it though, the thrill, the adrenaline. though he loves the rush, he also savors those moments of tranquility - when he's taking in everything. the feeling of your warmth against him, a stark contrast to the night's cold air against him. or the sounds of the ocean's waves washing up against the sand as you drive by, the saltiness of the water lingering in the air. and even though he dreads the end of the night, he can't help but melt into the kiss you give him before you sneak back into your house.

[turtletoads]

diversity win! the captain of the infinity is gay

[filthyslashertoad]

Slasher First Date Headcannons

Oh yeah guys, guess who’s adding more characters! ME!!!! So…introducing…PETER STRAHM AND… MARK HOFFMAN!!!! (air horn noises)

Also just to be clear I’m writing for lestat and Louis from the movie NOT THE TV SHOW(It’s just not that good imo)

Peter Strahm

Is a hopeless romantic that 100% believes in love at first sight.

Talks way too much and gets very passionate when sharing his own interests.

Is the type to bring you multiple different flowers because he wasn't sure what you'd like.

Prefers first dates to be at restaurants or cafes.

Mark Hoffman

Is an asshole to you the first time he meets you because he thinks that it counts as flirting?

Quickly becomes absolutely enamored by you and wants to know everything about you.

The day after he definitely finds you walking down the street and blares his sirens to get your attention and say some cheesy pickup line to ask you out on another date.

Michael Myers

The closest you're gonna get to a first date with him is him showing up at your house and eating all of your food while staring at you from a nearby hallway.

Don't expect a first date kiss, but do expect a sentimental staring contest before he leaves.

Amanda Young

Your first date was probably being in a jigsaw trap she either made for you or both of you being in the same trap. (She doesn't have much of a social life)

Quickly becomes attached to you and goes out of her way to make you survive the trap.

Bo Sinclair

Hits on you when you pass through the town and invites you to have a picnic on his lunch break(Which consists of beer, crackers, a few blueberries, beer, and hotdogs)

Tells you all about mechanic stuff and some of the prettier parts of the town.

After lunch, he invites you to go out with him if you're passing through(fixes your car for free).

Vincent Sinclair

Teaches you how to make candles and mini wax figurines. (It's harder than it looks)

Makes a tiny doll version of you and him and gives them to you.

Not much talking happens during the date(obviously) but he makes up for it with hand gestures.

Patrick Bateman

Hears one of his buddies talking about you and how beautiful you are and automatically decides he needs you to be his girlfriend.

Pulls out the nines, I'm talking Dior suit, Givenchy shoes, and he even buys new hair gel before your date so he looks as fresh as possible.

Will most likely talk almost the entire date about his accomplishments while using business jargon.

Lestat(Interview with a Vampire)

Most likely had the intention of seducing you to suck your blood but realized that you had more to you than what seemed.

Invites you to go to the opera with him and Louis but ends up taking you to a much more secluded section of the opera house.

Wants to turn you into a vampire on the first date(I don't even know what base that reaches)

Louis(Interview with a Vampire)

Isn't much of a romantic(anymore) so it's more so a deep conversation shared between the two of you in a beautiful garden.

Asks you what it's like to be human and what you admire about life.

Gives you a bouquet of his favorite roses as a surprise.

Michael Emerson

Wants to really really impress you so he takes you to a bunch of places that are "hidden" and brings a bunch of snacks. (Doesn't mind also going to see a movie)

Definitely tries to kiss you on the first date.

After your date Sam teases him all night about his crush on you.

[joelsbeard]

Pre-outbreak!joel with his babies 🥺 part 1

I need more baby ellie and ellie and sarah as biological sisters fics 🙃

joel is absolutely the type of dad to get into the crib with his babies so they'll stop crying. One day he gets up at night to go put sarah back to sleep when she wakes up crying but then he never comes back to bed, and you wake up wondering where he is so you wander around until you go to sarah's room and see that she's fast asleep on top of joel in her crib 🥺 legs sticking out and everything. Ofc he does the same with ellie, who ends up being even more of a daddy's girl so it becomes more of a common thing with her than it was for sarah.

They love doing kangaroo care with joel and sleeping on his bare chest 🥺 you have a bunch of pictures on your phone from when you'd catch ellie or sarah in their diapers and sleeping on top of joel while he's asleep and snoring too lol

ellie's favorite stuffed animal as a baby was either her giraffe, elephant, or lamb ( yes I couldn't pick one I'm sorry). She'd call her cute little lamb "lamby" 🥺. Ofc she had to have an elephant, ellie and her lil elephant 🥺. When joel would give ellie a kiss sometimes she'd hold her stuffed animals up to his face so they could get kisses from daddy too lol.

You and joel love sticking your faces into ellie and sarah's adorable little chunky cheeks that are so soft, especially when they're babies. You can 't help but press your lips into their chubby little cheeks and watching them squish, and inhaling their baby scent, joel always holds them tight and gives them a bunch of smooches on their cute little faces until they're red in the face from laughing so much, and you love hearing their baby giggles.

Their favorite thing is when you and joel go on either side of their faces and give big smooches on their cheeks at the same time, all the baby fat just squishes and they look like this 😚 since you and joel love pressing your lips so hard to their faces lol.

You love squishing your little squishy babies, they're so soft and cute. Whenever you and joel point their rolls out or their adorable baby fat when you're giving them a bath or changing them you always like to coo at them and go "oh my goodness! look at those little rolls, that's where all the milk goes, all right there🥰😭" and give them a little tickle

You and joel think you make the cutest babies (you do 😉 and a lot of people agree) with their big doe eyes and soft little cheeks and adorable pouty lips. He loves calling them his little baby dolls bc they look like absolute dolls. When people on the street or in the grocery store see them they always tell you "oh my god she looks like a little doll, your baby is adorable 🥺"

[bigmack2go]

When people ask what ships i have in newsies im always like

BRO??? I can maybe tell you the ships i dont have that’ll go faster. There are like three.

[yellowsugarwords]

Have you written anything Lee, Clem, and Sarah? like Lee managed to survive to season 2?

oooo I’ve done a lot of ‘what ifs’ but never one with lee!!! I hope you enjoy, I wanted to play around with the context of this one :)

Surprisingly, Carlos and Lee didn’t mesh at first.

They vaguely respected the other,

Purely because they, too, were raising a child,

But that was the extent of it.

Because of that child, they kept their distance from one another.

It was the only way to ensure Clementine’s safety.

It had to be the way to ensure Sarah’s.

Milling about the ski lodge, Lee always had an eye out,

Glancing cautiously out the windows,

Trying to get a better read of the new members of their group.

“I feel ya,” Kenny said,

Approaching Lee from behind,

And settling a hand on one of his shoulders.

“It’s weird to trust folks these days.”

Lee turned to look at him.

“But these are good people,” Kenny began, “I promise.”

“I’ll hold you to that,” was all Lee said.

Later that evening, Sarita wandered into the living room,

A large box in her arms,

Grinning from ear to ear.

“What’s that?” Clementine used hesitantly,

Going closer to inspect it.

“Christmas decorations,” Sarita said proudly.

From upstairs, Sarah heard the commotion and looked over the railing.

“To decorate our tree. Sound fun?”

Clem smiled, excited to do a nostalgic task again.

“Really?” Sarah said from upstairs.

It caught their attention from downstairs.

“Want to help us?” Sarita asked.

Sarah’s eyes lit up,

And she scurried down the stairs.

As she went, she missed a step,

Almost tumbling down,

Before Lee swooped in and caught her from behind.

“Careful, now,” Lee said,

Carlos watched from the bottom of the steps, hesitant,

Ready to jump in himself.

He calmed down when Lee stepped in,

Thankful,

And giving a small nod to show it.

Lee gave one back.

Gradually, Carlos and Lee seemed to naturally trade off roles.

Carlos would watch over Clementine’s back,

Just like Lee would watch over Sarah’s.

Rough time had passed.

Enough trust was built.

Carlos could never forget the way Lee went out of his way for Sarah,

For everyone.

Once, when a swarm hit the lodge,

With Sarah and Nick outside hauling in firewood.

Lee threw himself between Sarah and a walker,

Slaying it,

Then scooping her up and running inside.

Later that night, Lee tucked the two in,

Smiling, he ensured Sarah had a blanket to her chin.

He pulled Clementine’s up to her nose,

Just the way she liked it,

Then went downstairs.

By the time he got down to the main floor, Carlos cleared his throat,

Looking for his attention.

Lee spotted him at one of the tables,

Two glasses sitting in front of him.

By the time Lee got closer, he could see it was whiskey,

Two glasses,

One in front of Carlos,

One that he slid toward Lee.

“Don’t ask where I found it,” He said with a smirk.

Lee grinned.

“You deserve it.”

Lee could see the genuine appreciation in his eyes,

And took a seat.

They clinked their glasses.

“To Sarah and Clem,” Carlos said.

Lee felt his chest grow warm.

It was  a familiar sensation:

That of family.

“To Sarah and Clem,” Lee repeated.

Then, they both sipped away.

For the rest of the time, maybe it could be this way.

Even if it was temporary, it was worth it.

Purely for moments like this.

━━━━━━ 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜!! ₊˚⊹ 𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝐣𝐚𝐫   ♡   𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐢 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫

[nya-nya-agere]

spud agere hcs if thats okays?

Hihi! Sure!

TW for some angsty stuff

🪣 He’s not sure what little age he is, but he’s a babyspace regressor

🪣 Sarah is her CG!

🪣 Constantly regresses involuntarily, and it’s very unpleasant, especially when they’re alone

🪣 He used to love cats before the invasion, but now he’s terrified of them

🪣 Sarah made the mistake once of getting her a cat plushie, and it sent her into a panic attack (But they had lots of cuddles, and a conversation once she calmed down)

🪣 Their tics get especially bad when they’re about to regress, or they’re upset. Sarah can tell right away when they add an extra “spud” to their sentence

🪣 More times than not, he has nightmares at night, and wake up regressed

🪣 A very clingy baby! She has bad separation anxiety, and will spend hours following Sarah around

🪣 Due to the aforementioned nightmares, they will ask to sleep with Sarah. She can never say no

🪣 Sometimes Sarah will coax him to regress on bad days, so he can freely vent his anger and anxiety

🪣 She uses the camp’s old uncomfortable pillows as her designated “Punching Pillows”

[cozy-phantom]

ethan would love painting his nails if it didn't make him dysphoric

benny would love painting his nails if he didn't have internalized homophobia

rory would love painting his nails if he knew it wasn't against the rules or something

sarah loves painting ericas nails

erica loves painting sarahs nails

[cal4hysteria]

i like how the entire tmc fandom agreed sarah is a lesbian. like you guys are so real for that

[khanumshahrzad]

Christina's "love"

[joelsbeard]

Sarah and Ellie growing up as biological sisters part 1

I imagine sarah and ellie having a 5-8 year age gap, i think it'd be so cute for sarah to have a lil baby sister

Ellie is definitely the daddy's girl out of the two. Although both of them love you and joel pretty equally, there are times when ellie definitely reaches for him more. Lucky for you, sarah is a mama's girl so you never feel too unwanted.

Sarah and ellie adore each other, when you gave birth to ellie sarah started following you around and always wanted to carry her little sister in her little doll carrier or stroller so that she could be"just like mommy 🥺"

You and joel love blowing raspberries on their cute little tummies, especially when they were < 1 year old bc their baby laughs were so precious

You and joel made sure to include sarah as much as you can in activities after ellie was born so that she wouldn't feel neglected, and she's always so happy when you tell her she's such a good older sister (and she is!)

whenever sarah comes back home from school or somewhere else she always runs to see her baby sister and goes "hi baby!" and gives her a little kiss 🥺

when sarah first met ellie after she was born and she's sitting on the bed next to you and holding little newborn ellie she gives her a kiss and looks up at you and joel and goes "i love her! 🥺"

whenever joel comes back from work and lil baby ellie sees him she gets so excited she does a little happy baby dance and wiggles with excitement and gets the biggest smile on her face. He goes over to her and crouches down and holds out his arms to her and goes "hi babygirl, did you miss daddy? Daddy missed you so much!" and he picks her up and gives her big chubby cheeks some big raspberries and she's nonstop giggling.

[its-a-ducky-mess]

Speculation: Sarah's Potential Neurodivergency

Some certain viewers and fans of Sarah & Duck have posed a certain question over time. So much so, that it's even one of Google's autocomplete results and one of the suggestions when you so much as look up the show or its characters. That question being...

"Is Sarah autistic?"

While (to my knowledge, and at the time of writing this) no staff of the show have put out an official word, some fans have theorized based on evidence seen in the show that Sarah is in fact autistic/neurodivergent. One such user is @beenovel, an autistic individual, whose theorizing has gotten me to do some of my own research over time as well. I will be paraphrasing and using their evidence here, marked by "quoted italics". I do not mean to steal their evidence or their work, but using it to compile a stronger collection of evidence for this theory/headcanon. Please check out their original analysis here.

As a warning, this post is incredibly long.

Clothing

"She has comfort clothes. A lot of cartoon characters wear the same outfit over and over again but Sarah is shown to have other clothes, she just likes her outfit best. When one of her shoes gets a hole she is very upset about the prospect of replacing them. I also like to think that the reason she’s always wearing her beanie is because (like me) she finds the pressure on her head comforting."

The shoe point is from Tapping Shoes. More about this will be elaborated on later, although it is worth mentioning that Sarah tried to play off the damage to her favorite shoes in order to keep them before being convinced to look for new ones.

While it's unknown as to her exact attachment to her pink jacket, Sarah has been shown to prize it. When the zip pull breaks off of it, she becomes incredibly upset and near-unresponsive. So much so, that Duck had to push a whimpering Sarah all the way to Scarf Lady's house in Haber Dasher.

[Source: Series 3, Episode 37, Haber Dasher]

When at her door, Sarah could only muster a heart-broken "Zip..." as she presents it to Scarf Lady. When Scarf Lady's solution doesn't work, Sarah sighs in resignation and hides behind a curtain.

Sarah's beanie/cap/hat is near and dear to her, as seen in Balloon Barnacles where she is upset over the possibility of losing her very first hat made for her by Scarf Lady. She's also had the hat long enough for it to appear (potentially) years earlier in the past, during the flashback in Duck Flies. The head pressure idea actually does have some more ground to it. During Cloud Tower, which takes place on a hot day, Sarah doesn't wear her jacket, but keeps the hat. Also in Doubles, in her tennis outfit, she actually does forgo the hat, but replaces it with a headband. This give a neat amount of credence to the pressure angle.

Favorites

"Her hyperfixations are sea cows (also known as manatees) and lemons. In one episode they are going to the zoo to see the sea cows and she mentions it’s been five days since they last visited the sea cows and the narrator replies with “[the sea cow]’s probably [wondering] where we’ve been”. This implies they often visit the zoo just to see the sea cows. For me, I was obsessed with otters... there was this one aquarium I used to go to... and it was my favorite place to go, even as an older teenager. I can watch them for hours and be perfectly happy, and Sarah seems to be the same way."

This moment is at the beginning of Paisley Sea. (This episode also contributes to another theory I'll post about later!) The zoo and aquariums are a frequent setting for certain episodes. Apart from having a poster of a sea cow in her bedroom, Sarah was upset at not getting the chance to adopt a sea cow during Basking Shark, seemingly disappointed at having to settle for the titular shark. Sarah also practically explodes with happiness upon seeing a baby sea cow during Paisley Sea.

[Source: Series 2, Episode 17, Paisley Sea]

In addition, every visit to the zoo that's occurred, Sarah has sought out the sea cow and greeted it at least once, if even for a moment. One such occurrence is in Planetarium Aquarium, where she even went back to say it was "still her favorite" and giving it a thumbs up despite not visiting them for a proper amount of time.

[Source: Series 3, Episode 15, Planetarium Aquarium] This is also a very adorable screenshot.

"She also has lemon water all the time. I don’t know if that’s a common British thing, but I know that my mom and I (both autistic) prefer our water with lemon in it because it adds flavor and makes it easier to stay hydrated."

Lemons remain a very present theme/motif throughout the show even outside of the lemon water drink.

[Sources: Series 2, Episode 13, Shallot Circus (top) | Series 1, Episode 32, Puncture Pump (bottom)]

Sarah has a lemon themed telephone, bike valve covers, and had difficulty picking a singular item from the cafe's menu in Lemon Cafe (although being on a very short time limit didn't help), let alone pick a drink. In the same episode, she goes through a lot of work to make her own lemon cafe. Sarah is the sole human enjoyer of lemon water within the show, and solely during Lemon Cafe, she seems disappointed when Duck, Umbrella, and Bug dislike lemon water, and seemingly doesn't understand why exactly they don't like it like she does. I say "human enjoyer" because Flamingo during Scared of Stairs drinks and likes lemon water, much to Sarah's enjoyment.

[Source: Series 1, Episode 30, Scared of Stairs]

Learning

"She loves learning things and pretty much every time she has a question that her dad the narrator can’t answer she looks it up on the computer or goes to the library to find out more. She gets very upset if she can’t find a satisfactory answer."

While I am personally a "NarraDad" truther as well (Despite the evidence which I'll discuss along with the theory in a future post, maybe), that's not the point here.

There are many points where Sarah will look something up on the computer in the technology room for answers, such as in Slow Quest and Tortoise Snooze. Sarah is also a frequent library visitor, and a few episodes take place there or are visited for a part of them (such as Cheer Up Donkey or Lost Librarian, to name a few).

Sarah also repeats back certain words or phrases sometimes (like repeating 'shokupan' from John during Fluff Bread), which beenovel says is how autistic children learn inflection, and hypothesizes this is a vocal stim for Sarah. She often mispronounces words, new or otherwise. Such as, saying "burger" instead of burglar (Constable Quack), "elephants" instead of eloquent (Mountain Mints), and "eyes, sky, dry" instead of "eins, zwei, drei", which is "one, two, three" in German (Woolly Memories, Duck Hotel). Possibly the funniest of these examples is Sarah pronouncing "itadakimasu", a Japanese phrase said before you begin eating, as "it's a ducky mess" (which is where I get my blog's handle from!!) during Fast Slow Bungalow. Sarah also clearly pronounces "hello" and "yes" as hullo and yus. Merchandise and social media confirms that she says them with a U as opposed to their proper versions. She also combines "it's nice" into "s'nice" at times, even to the point where the Narrator says s'nice and has to correct himself (Bench Blocked). "Suppose" also gets this treatment, sometimes sounding like "s'pose"

[Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgYt4c2yHWQ | https://shop.sarahandduck.com/collections/art-prints-1/products/sarah-duck-a-z-art-print-sdaz]

On the topic of "proper" things, during Extra Bounce, Sarah and friends are brought to a room within the bouncy ball machine that houses unusually bouncing balls. The Narrator remarks "This must be the room for all the balls that don't bounce properly." Sarah then looks a bit upset and replies with a corrective/offended "Bounce differently."

beenovel writes "Autistic children are often upset at the prospect of toys or animals being treated differently just because they don’t do things the “right” way or are perceived as “broken”.

Sound Sensitivity

Tapping Shoes comes back into play here. Sarah sometimes shows an aversion/discomfort with certain noises, most prevalent being sudden, unexpected noise. In Tapping Shoes, when she unknowingly wore tap-dancing shoes and walked into the tiled kitchen, she became surprised and covered her ears first thing. She tried to quiet/muffle them, trying to get them to not make any sound until she's told that they're supposed to make sound. Before entering the noisy carriage in Train Fudge, she recoils back due to the noise and again, covers her ears first thing.

To link to another few point beenovel makes, Sarah becomes frustrated when others don't follow along with her games, such as her idea for her birthday in The Mouse's Birthday. Throughout the episode, all she wants is a quiet birthday, but is constantly annoyed and upset when her friends are loud, so much so that she retreats to the closet to escape the noise. beenovel states they've done this on multiple occasions as well.

Focus, Concentrate! /ref

Sarah has sometimes displayed inattentiveness and lack of focus, even when she's "supposed" to be focused.

"This is a common little kid trait but it’s more intense in autistic kids."

A possible instance of this is in Perimeter Pals, where while waiting for Tortoise to finish crossing their biking path, Sarah and Duck elect to take a break. They then nap for much longer than anticipated and have to scramble ahead to continue their park trip.

Funny Duck

"She’s taken an interest in an “odd” animal companion, and treats him more like a sibling than a pet."

Sarah may have a hyperfixation on ducks as well, in no small part due to Duck's presence in her life. Apart from her shirt and pajamas featuring ducks on them, she has a Duck shaped window in her house, as well as having a Duck costume already made and prepared before she even had the idea to swap with Duck during The Play.

[Sources: Series 1, Episode 3, Cheer Up Donkey | Series 1, Episode 35, The Play]

She is also very emotionally attached to Duck and becomes downtrodden at the possibility of not being around him for a long period of time. She dearly misses Duck for the short time they're apart during Duck Flies, almost unable to fathom doing anything without him.

[Source: Series 2, Episode 40, Duck Flies]

This feeling of togetherness seems to go both ways, as when Duck does come back at the end of the episode, the Narrator remarks "It seems Duck missed you too."

The Bench

Sarah is strongly attached to a specific bench in the park. She treats this bench incredibly seriously. When highlighting various parts of town, she holds the bench to a higher regard than a playground (Outside Outside). Sarah doesn't like going to other nearby parks because they lack the bench (Fancy Park), and gets very upset when something prevents them from sitting there, such as a fairground obscuring it (Fairground), or a sleeping teenager (Bench Blocked). Duck, without any word from anyone, offers to bite the teenagers leg of his own volition, which Sarah gives him the okay to do. The Narrator has to interrupt Duck, and Sarah is shown with an excited look right before Duck is about to bite. When the Narrator wonders if there's other places to sit, Sarah shakes her head "no", and gives a hesitant, begrudging headshake when the Narrator pressed her if they've actually tried to look for a place.

[Source: Series 3, Episode 14, Bench Blocked]

Later in the same instance, Sarah herself tries to bite the guy but is stopped by a squirrel. Sarah and Duck sit on the bench even while the paint on it is still wet, and are so relieved that they can sit there that they don't notice the paint on them (Fancy Park). Likely the reason Sarah likes the bench so much is because she met Duck there when she was younger (Duck Flies).

Making Friends

Going back to friends, she seems a bit awkward when meeting real people. Inanimate objects or animals, not so much. She meets Rainbow, the celestial bodies, Cake, Bug, Umbrella, Leftover Wool, and more and seems nonplussed about it. In contrast, when she meets John and Flamingo during Doubles, she walks back into her yard after exchanging neutral greeting with an awkward pause, and without the Narrator prodding, likely would've not continued a conversation. In addition, she confuses John for a girl and Flamingo for a duck, likely trying to make sense out of the new people using herself and Duck as reference. John sounded like he had a higher voice when he said hello to Sarah, so maybe she just assumed John was a girl by that. Sarah also seems a bit awkward with adults she isn't familiar with/hasn't met yet, like Music Lady and Cloud Captain, though that might just be a common kid trait.

Organization and Spontaneity

"She likes having things be organized and in their place. She also likes categorizing/matching colors."

"She enjoys looking for things. Many episodes start with [Sarah] and [D]uck looking for things like crunchy leaves, green patches of grass, things that match the colors on her color wheel, fluffy clouds, etc."

Sarah has rows of identical hats in her closet, her tuba is always seen in her room when it's not being used, and she has a drawer full of her previous drawings in the living room (Picture Planes). The color wheel point references Rainbow's Niece. Cheer Up Donkey begins with Sarah and Duck counting grass in their back garden.

Sudden interest in random things is also a trait Sarah exhibits. She often declares things to be good, saying "this one is best" or similar. Octagon Club is the best example, she sees an octagon in a shapes book, and goes to find things around the area that's octagonal. She forms the titular Octagon Club and quickly invites many other friends into it.

Literal-mindedness

Sarah often takes some of the Narrator's jokes or metaphors seriously. Either that, or the jokes completely fly over her head. Kite Flight provides this exchange:

Narrator: What we need is a windbreak.

Sarah: Don't break the wind, we need it!

Mountain Mints also has this:

Sarah: The mint's at the top!

Narrator: Fine, why not… Perhaps I'll find a nice chocolate log cabin.

Sarah: [excitedly:] Ooh!

Stimming

Sarah, when excited, sometimes does this sort of shaky-fists gesture close to her face, usually accompanied by an excited 'oooh!' or other hushed surprised sounds. She does it a few more times in the series, but at this moment, other examples are escaping me.

[Sources: Series 1, Episode 1, Lots of Shallots | Series 3, Episode 11, Fluff Bread]

Smaller tidbits I couldn't really fit anywhere else

She also sometimes does things in a formulaic fashion. Whenever she steps in snow or crunchy leaves, Sarah remarks "good crunch" (Seacow Snow Trail, Mountain Mints, Boo Night, among others) and becomes upset at Duck (albeit only for a brief moment) when he crunches some leaves in the path faster than her (Boo Night). She has commented "good crunch" since early childhood, as seen in Duck Flies.

Sarah originally would've kept her hair long and grown out simply because Scarf Lady didn't give her a good hair cut the "last time" during Hair Cut. She keeps trying to avoid it by preoccupying herself, and when she does eventually go to a salon, she tries to get Duck to take her place and admits that she's scared to the stylist. All in all, she lets a bad experience get the better of her and makes her catastrophize when trying something again.

Sometimes Sarah does things only she herself would like. One example I could think of is Cheer Up Donkey. Sarah played the tuba, which Donkey didn't like, but she was so into playing the tuba that it took the shouting of the Narrator for her to stop. When asked to try something that cheers her up and what makes her happy a short time after that, she immediately grabs the tuba again and has to be preemptively stopped before playing it again.

One more attachment related point similar to previous interests. Something ends up wrong with Sarah's tuba during Music Fixer, so she goes to the Music Shop to get it checked out. Music Lady tells her that she can hear what instruments think and that her tuba was saying it was too small for her (though that was just Bug). Sarah gets upset over having to replace her favorite instrument with something else and ends up not finding something that suits her before the episode's resolution.

As a final, sort of funny thing, Sarah is friends with a rainbow, and the rainbow lemniscate is the symbol of neurodiversity.

To my current knowledge I am not on the autism spectrum, and for that I do not wish to seem like I'm speaking on behalf of the autistic community. I do have ADHD however, which I was recently diagnosed with (I recognize those two are not the same thing). Thinking back on my childhood, a lot of Sarah's behaviors struck chords with my behaviors. Especially the sound sensitivity and lack of understanding with plans, those two were very prominent growing up, and the sound portion is still somewhat of an issue for me right now. Regardless of if Sarah is "canonically" autistic/neurodivergent, fans can interpret the cast of characters however they want, and I think it's sweet for kids watching Sarah & Duck to be almost represented in a way. It's also very nice that Sarah is never treated differently nor excluded from things because of her mannerisms. She's Sarah, and Sarah is s'nice.

[yellowsugarwords]

Could I ask for single dad or uncle Luke and Nick headcanons, please?

oh my god, I’m a sucker for stuff like this. I’m going to make this for Clementine, but also Sarah (bc season 2). I took a little twist on it, but I hope it’s okay!!

Clementine hated turning to Luke and Nick for advice.

They were like the angel and devil on her shoulders,

Only sometimes they were both the devel.

That being said, as much as she loved them, they were,

What was the right word?

Overprotective.

Clementine made her way to the front door of the ski lodge,

Adjusting her backpack over her shoulders.

Luke turned, catching her before she started down the staircase.

“Where are you going?”

Clementine closed her eyes and stopped.

“Getting firewood.”

“By yourself”

“Sarah is coming with me.”

“Sarah?” Luke and Nick said in unison.

Clementine finally turned around to face them.

She crossed her arms disapprovingly.

Deep down, Clementine knew Sarah wasn’t the best partner to accompany her.

It wasn’t that they hated her,

But she wasn’t able to handle it if something went wrong,

And there was always that risk.

“Well be fine.”

Luke squirmed in his seat.

“I should go with you,” Nick said, getting ready to stand.

“You?” Luke teased, standing first. “You’re kidding,”

Nick scoffed. “What?”

“You suck under pressure, Nick. Come on,” Luke scoffed.

“I used to be.”

“Nick, you’re the same.”

“No, I’m not!” He declared defensively.

By the time their argument came to a pause, Clementine was already gone,

Of with Sarah into some nearby shrubs,

Set to be back before dark.

The two of them were like needy brothers.

But more than that.

They acted as though they had responsibility for her.

Uncles.

Uncles that teased her constantly.

So, regular uncles.

The upgraded form of a brother.

“Hey, Clem, can you take my cooking shift tonight?”

Clem turned Luke’s way and scowled. “Why?”

He gave a sheepish smile.

“Nick and I are in the middle of a crazy game of Monopoly.”

“You’ve got to be kidding.”

“It’s gonna take just a bit too long to finish and it’s going to collide with my cooking time.”

“Are you serious?” Clem asked,

Crossing her arms,

Raising a brow to the sky.

Luke paused.

“Clem, I am so close to kicking his ass.”

Clementine audibly groaned,

Uncrossing her arm and rolling her head in agitation.

“I’ll owe you one.”

“Luke, I already collected wood today.”

“Then I’ll owe you two!”

Without waiting for another answer, he turned on his heels and ran off.

“Thanks, Clem!” Luke called over his shoulder.

Clementine groaned and turned,

Making her way to the kitchen.

She loved them,

Even when she hated them.

At dinner that night, Clem smirked,

Watching the stoic stare of Luke at his dish,

And Nick’s beaming grin.

“How did your game go, guys?” Clem asked,

Devilishly smirking Luke’s way.

He scowled and looked up.

“I totally kicked his ass,’ Nick said triumphantly,

Popping a greedy spoonful of beans into his mouth.

“Only barely,” Luke scoffed.

“That’s not how an ass-kicking works,” Nick teased,

Stealing food from Luke’s bowl this time.

Clementine couldn’t help but snicker.

Karma.

The next day, Luke agreed to go fishing with Clem.

To make up for his failure the prior day.

The deal was he had to carry practically everything back.

But, on the bright side, he got to spend time with Clementine.

He always enjoys her presence.

As they fished, they quietly wished and giggled,

Not wanting to draw any walkers to their location,

But also enjoying their little quips with one another.

Across the river, suddenly, heard a twig snap.

Luke���s head snapped up.

He waited.

Snap! again.

“Clem,” he said cautiously.

Instinctively, Luke walked over to Clementine,

Pushed her behind one of his legs,

And placed a hand on the bow attached to his back.

His other hand lay at his other side, palm open,

Assuring himself that Clementine was still behind him.

“Stay back,” his voice was low and hesitant.

Everything was so fast, Clem barely registered what happened.

“Luke?” She whispered,

Nervously.

Luke set a hand on one of her shoulders,

Keeping her close,

But keeping her out of harm’s way.

“Come on,” Luke said softly.

He kept his eyes ahead as he grabbed their basket of fish,

Then, turned back to Clementine.

“Let’s get out of here.”

Clementine looked up at him,

Cautiously,

Worried.

“Don’t worry,” Luke said softly,

Reassuringly,

Setting a hand on her far shoulder, keeping her close.

“I wouldn't let anything happen to you.”

Clementine felt her chest grow warm,

Remembering how protected she now was with her new group.

Remembering how much she loved them.

Her awkward uncles.

Her little family.

━━━━━━ 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜!! ₊˚⊹ 𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝐣𝐚𝐫   ♡   𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐢 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫

[supercasey]

It's the Bright family! They're a disfunctional bunch, but............ yeah, there's no defending some of them, but they're still my little blorbos 💖

[lanawinterscigarettes]

The Craft characters dating someone who's clumsy

A/N: I finally watched The Craft about a week ago, and I gotta say I'm totally in love with all four girls (especially Nancy) so naturally I've decided to start writing for them now lol. Feel free to send in some requests if you want to <3

Warnings: none

Sarah

Is both slightly amused and moderately worried, meaning she may chuckle a little if you bump into something but will drop everything all at once if it looks like you've actually gotten hurt

"Please be more careful, I don't want you getting hurt"

Gently patches up any kind of injury you might have while lightly scolding you at the same time

Nancy

The least concerned, she often rolls her eyes at you whenever you get hurt (and might even make fun of you a little, I'm not gonna lie)

"God, you're such a klutz"

Won't pay much attention to it unless you get seriously injured, and even then the most she'll do is throw a box of bandaids at you and tell you to be more careful the next time

She doesn't have the best bedside manner tbh

Bonnie

Gets super worried every single time you accidentally trip or fall over, even if it's glaringly obvious that you weren't actually hurt

"Oh my God, are you okay? That looked like it really hurt"

She just really cares about you okay </3

Covers your 'injury' in tons of colorful bandaids, regardless of whether you need them or not

Rochelle

She deadass thinks it's funny and giggles at you before offering to help you up

Also thinks it's funny whenever you pout at her for laughing

"Sorry, sorry, but the way you fell was hilarious"

Gives you kisses to make up for it <3

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[arson-09]

i posted the tamsand poetry my homie wrote to twitter and one of my moots saw it and said “you have the strangest takes” which made me giggle because i then remembered she is like. a normal fan of acotar while im used to being on our side of the fandom and its SO funny