#{ this is long & rambly & from her og blog }

[tales-from-elysivm]

★。／ falling in love with you ＼。★

ask: this was a request! but I can't find the ask on my old blog, but I do know that it was a quirkless!assistant!reader with midoriya, todoroki, bakugo, shinso, monoma, and kendo. I did cut off monoma and kendo since I feel like I don't know enough about their characters, if that's ok!

pairing: midoriya x gn! reader, todoroki x gn! reader, bakugo x gn! reader, shinso x gn! reader (separate)

fandom: boku no hero academia

word count: 3,722

tw: none, wholesome fluff with some swearing on bakugo's section

notes: this had taken a really long time on my original blog, so im happy to finally be able to share it, if you're from my OG blog, and you were waiting, im sorry it took so long! and since I can't get back into my old blog anymore (I lost the password), please resubmit your asks at anytime and ill try to get to them asap!

! be sure to like and reblog if you enjoyed !

~the meeting~

You’re first introduced to Class 1A/1B as a stand-in for a sparring partner in hand-to-hand combat. It was better - in Aizawa’s opinion - for you to brush up on your skills while also putting his students in a more hands-on approach to learning. You stand before the class, ready. 

You challenge whoever is confident with their skills so far to come forward and fight you. Over your shoulder, Aizawa stands huddled in his sleeping bag. He isn’t too worried, he trusts your abilities to handle his class, and besides, you needed to grow to tolerate them quickly.

None of the students wanted to fight you at first.

There was at least one of their close friends that teased them because they had noticed you staring at them out of all the other blue-clad students. So, of course, to avoid further embarrassment, they step forward to be the first example.

The rules are simple. No quirks. Just simple hand-to-hand. The first to pin the opponent for at least half a minute is the winner of the exercise.

I. midoriya 

~ after the meet ~

Izuku really didn’t want to fight you

He didn’t know your strengths, your weaknesses, your quirk, your skill set, how powerful it was versus what it looked like, etc. (cue the nerdy rambling). He had no notes on you!

Izuku had seen you in class every once in a while when he wasn’t busy. You sat by the teacher’s desk grading papers and sometimes assisting Aizawa by running errands or taking over while he took a nap on the floor. But based on your stature and appearance and the fact you were wearing a school uniform, you seemed to be a student as well.

That leads to plenty of interesting theories about you!

“I think they’re a villain!” Kaminari said light-heartedly. It sounded like a rather malicious thing to suggest, Izuku thought, despite his wider grin. “In like… a rehab program or something.”

“Why would they send a villain to a school for a rehab program though?” Iida pulls his drink from his mouth. “It’d be much more likely they be put on community service or in more safe environments.”

Izuku looks across at you.

You’re sitting away from the teachers at the moment, trading notes with a girl in class 2C, laughing as you both scribble away and discuss some class that he can’t quite hear. You wave her off before moving down the table to another group who are slurping ramen over a table full of messy textbooks and broken pens. Izuku knew these kids to cause enough trouble for everyone, but they push aside their bowls and utensils and kick off their bags so they can let you sit with them. 

Hm.

Have you always looked so pretty from this far away?

~ falling in love with you ~

My boy falls hard and fast… save him…

Izuku always pays attention during a class, but he always tries to pay a little more attention when it’s you that’s teaching <3

After assisting Aizawa for a few weeks into the term, Momo asked who you were. In all the “excitement” of having to shephard a class of hormonal superheroes around, you had forgotten to introduce yourself!

He pulls out his hero notebook and begins taking detailed notes on you

[Y/N L/N], your power stats and small doodles of you in the bottom corner. Some more detailed, some awfully sketchy, but he never feels he got it quite right

Aizawa pats your head and dismisses you from your teaching duty for the day

For the rest of the class you resign yourself to your desk and join the students in learning the next emergency protocol

He thinks you might be looking away when he glances at you

Are you looking at him too?

You’ve ruined him, he’d swear on it. He can’t help it, just by looking at you. The swell of your hips when he can see you walking in front or behind him, the way your eyes light up if he even gains the confidence to talk about his hero notebooks with you, the little shocks he gets when your knees touch on the floor of his dorm room. Or maybe he finds you distracting in some way? Your voice drags him from each lecture, even if it’s not aimed at him. Your smile lures him in. He’s sure you have to have a quirk somehow, hidden there that you haven’t told him about yet.

Do you find him as distracting as he finds you?

Among his many nervous habits, a new one is born. What is it? Well, drawing you in his notebook. 

It’s during one of these very creepy-sounding moments that he remembers he never actually asked you what your quirk was. Nor had he seen it in action before

Other people had wondered about it before, but no one had an answer

So he asks you

You laugh.

It’s almost shocked, but partly sad. You tell him, quite simply, that you’re quirkless. And that Aizawa gave you the position in 1A because you were willing to become a teaching assistant on the side. Though you suspect it’s favouritism, he wants you to have a good education, UA is a nice place, he’ll be close by in case any shit goes down. 

If anything Izuku falls even more in love with you. Hearing you ramble with him about your favourite heroes, how you want to be your own hero even if you can’t do the same things as they can, and you’re still here talking to him.

You’re one of the first people he tells about All Might passing on his quirk to him. He’s worried you might be envious of it, or hate him for lying his way into UA, but you beam at him and assure him he’ll be the best Number One Hero you’ve ever seen.

Yeah, he’s definitely fallen a bit harder, if the sweaty palms and nervous heart skip is enough to go off of.

~ fighting for your attention ~

Now imagine this poor, sweet, innocent broccoli-head of a boy finally falling in love with you! He’s smitten with you

But now he’s watching you interact with his classmates interact with you a little more closely

He doesn’t mind of course, he knows everyone loves your personality and just the feeling you give off. It makes them feel warm and safe and you being quirkless limits any sense of a threat to those who are more sceptical

What he doesn’t like is that he knows some of them fancy you

Some of them love you

He begins studying harder, training harder, works out more so he can make sure he can hear your sweet praises and warming smiles

Any “good job!” and “i’m so proud!” you can offer him is cherished. He cherishes you

So he gathers his courage to try harder just for you, so you can think of him as your number one hero!

Now the only question is; do you cherish him?

K. bakugo

~ after the meet ~

An unbridled opportunity to inflict pain on an (admittedly) attractive stranger?

Fuck yeah

Quirk or no quirk, he was going to absolutely destroy you. He was sure of it!

Shitty hair said you looked oddly familiar, but who cares?

Katsuki had seen you around in the dormitory building, of course, he never paid you much attention. You were wearing a uniform, so he guessed you were a student. He thought you were boring. 

Pretty, but boring. 

Not that he was looking, shut up–

Maybe if he kicks your ass a bit he’ll stop getting so distracted

Or…:

Are you fucking kidding?

You kicked his ass! Barely breaking a sweat! 

One minute he’s preparing to just kick you in the gut and land a right hook to your face, but then he steps into the field where white lines have been drawn and you smile at him. You wish him good luck and bow before getting into a fighting stance. 

He draws a blank after that. Sure, he lands the first kick, but gets your thigh instead so you skid across the pitch. Then you effortlessly sidestep his next swing and he just wants to blast your face off in embarrassment.

Then, most painful of all, you punch him right in the gut and kick him until he’s down. 

He’s butt-hurt, as expected and refuses to even look at you.

Shitty hair slaps his shoulder and laughs as he joins the rest of the class. You brush dust off your uniform and prepare to fight Mina next. 

“That was something huh?” Kaminari jests, snickering. “I should’ve gotten that on camera.”

Katsuki decides just then that he’s going to make your life hell for what you’ve done.

~ falling in love with you ~

He’s not falling in love with you, shut up-

Ok so he’s a grouchy boy anyway right so of course he’s not going to admit it as quick as the others 

In fact he makes it a goal in life to annoy you enough until you hate his guts, then he might feel better about wanting to grind your face into the pavement 

He kicks your chair out when you go to sit so you slam into the floor, shut the door to the classroom in your face, shoves you in hallways at every chance he gets, and even becomes so petty he begins stealing your favourite snacks and drinks out of the fridge and cupboards 

Smug bastard even devours them in front of you just so you know that it was him 

He hates them but that doesn’t stop him! 

And - as much as he doesn’t want to admit it - he kinda hates the small flicker of disappointment that flutters behind your eyes before you offer to go on a snack-run for everyone on your way 

Dammit!

He makes it sound like your idea that he stalks alongside you to the grocery store.

“You’d probably get lost if someone wasn’t around to hold your hand,” he’d mock you. If you inquire if he’d hold your hand around the store, he’ll definitely leave you behind. Don’t tempt him. And if you laugh he’ll walk back to the dorms and leave your ass to wonder where he went, searching through aisles for him. He knows you would.

Begrudgingly, he knows somewhere in him won’t let him abandon you there. What part? No idea but he hates it. 

Which is why he is now escorting you on the seventh snack-run of the month. You push the trolley around because even with all your begging he won’t do it. Shopping list in hand you throw in bags of snacks and surprise treats for your classmates.   

You have everything stacked up now. Popcorn for movie nights, and each person’s specific sweets, but instead of heading towards the cashiers, you’re turning towards the scoop-and-weigh section. 

“Oi, dumbass!” Bakugo doesn’t follow after you at first, and he doesn’t care that people are turning to stare at him. “Cash register is that way!”

“I know that.” You smile and disappear behind the aisle. He really has no choice but to drag his feet to follow. When he comes around the side you’re scooping a bag full of honey-roasted almonds - ones he knows you hate but his mouth waters at. 

“What are you getting those for?” He curses how soft his voice is now, but he can’t help but wonder why you’re buying them now.

“They’re your favourite, right?” You respond.

“Yeah?” How did you even know that?

You must be reading his mind with some hidden quirk or something, because you quickly explain that you had questioned Kirishima about the hidden stash in the cupboards one time and he had told you almost immediately. So, why not grab some more when you noticed that his stash was getting low?

Without letting him answer you walk past him to the checkouts. He watches after you, mouth dry. He can’t even think of an insult for you right now.

Fuck!

~ fighting for your attention ~

He still won’t admit it to himself so don’t expect a massive, dramatic confession from him (…yet)

No, he’s willing to fight anyone and everyone who wants your affections from the sidelines 

Someone looks at you a little too long? (Punch them)

Someone touches your shoulder during a PE class? (Make their life hell)

Deku asks for your help on an essay and you respond with an all-sweet smile that just rubs him the wrong way? (Kill him - but not actually)

Jealousy is a dangerous game for Katsuki 

(He’s not jealous don’t even ask—)

He’s willing to completely flip the tables so that maybe you’d notice that something’s different: he doesn’t kick your chair out anymore, or eat your snacks, or try to fight you in the hallways 

Instead he does all of that for pretty much everyone else—with exceptions for Kirishima of course 

Anything so he can deny that he’s gone the slightest bit soft for you when you both sit in the common room and eat your respective snacks, talking about some annoying classmate that had pissed him off for the fourth time that day 

And god dammit, won’t you just notice that he appreciates you? 

S. todoroki

~ after the meet ~

Now, my first question is, is it vague curiosity or a drive to urge his strength forward that makes Shoto fight you?

It’s the strength training, he reasons

He doesn’t need it of course, he’s capable enough, but that doesn’t stop him from arguing with himself that that could be the only reason

And no, it’s definitely not because he can see you giving him a curious look over the heads of his classmates, and certainly, not because Kaminari gives him a knowing grin because even he can see you staring at him

So he puts himself forward as a volunteer

For the training… sure

Even after you lose to Todoroki he’s courteous about it. You both bow out of respect and he rejoins the line. After that he doesn’t expect to see you very much after that, perhaps never again. He thinks, despite the theories, you might be a student-teacher from a different academy.

But no, the next week you show up to their regular classes. And not long after that, you’re both working on group and pair projects together.

Like today, it’s theory. Emergency Evacuation in a Disaster. You pick some form of ‘emergency’ and then plot out an essay with detailed instructions for evacuation for the project. Simple. You pick a disaster and begin the essay.

You ask him questions in between, just general small talk, asking how his day is and the like. But he appreciates it. He knows that you know who he is and yet you just ask him normal questions. (Let’s say this is before his arc to make friends.)

You praise him for his strength in your battle and it makes his heart pound. Is he sick? What does this mean? 

What do you mean when you say you like his company? How does he get you to stop? He doesn’t like not being in control of how his heart is beating.

~ falling in love with you ~

I don’t think that originally it would be obvious to you that he fancies you

He’d be courteous at first, hold the door for you, compliment things about you, pull out your chair or save you a seat at lunch, it’s simple little things

You don’t notice of course, you just think he’s being nice

But to literally everyone else, it’s so obvious to them that he’s already completely smitten with you. He barely talks to anyone else… and yeah he doesn’t talk much with you either but he tolerates your company more than others

And he’s a gentleman so why would he outright say anything?

(That’s the reason and not that he’s afraid to, yeah totally-)

So instead he sits and listens to your conversations 

It’s not your fault he’s having a bad day, but at the moment he’s giving the cold shoulder to everyone in 1-A. 

That doesn’t stop you from dragging your chair up to his small desk during your break and eating there with him. He doesn’t tell you to leave, because he doesn’t think he can. He just watches you pull out utensils and begin to eat. He hasn’t even bothered with his own food, he can feel a pit swallowing his stomach, like he couldn’t cram anything in there if he wanted to.

“Bad day?” you ask, like you couldn’t already tell. “Don’t wanna talk about it?”

He nods at you. He can’t lie. And he sure as hell can’t ignore you.

“I understand,” you give a thoughtful hum, eating a bite of your food. “My day was pretty crappy too. It gets like that sometimes, you just gotta keep going. You can’t stop living just because your head’s a bit heavy.”

He didn’t ask for your advice, and maybe before that would’ve bothered him that you didn’t stop talking, but now he can’t find it in him to be frustrated. His annoyance deflates at your presence. You radiate this homely comfort he hasn’t felt in a long time.

Shoto goes through the effort of pulling out his food, just so you might feel better about it.

He forces out the words;

“And your day? Tell me about it… please.”

~ fighting for your attention ~

Now shoto is less likely to actually try and confront others about their shared affections

In fact in normally takes him a good while to officially realise that he loves you

But pretty soon he just begins to seek you out more

As he grows more social, earns new friends and becomes accustomed to everyone, you work with him closely to help him learn social cues and overcome his trauma

He comes to like touching you, whether it be a hand on his head, touching knees in the dorms, a simple hug, or you leaning on him until you fall asleep on him during the winter. He feels comfortable with you

But with this realisation comes one more;

He wonders if he could handle going back to living without you

H. shinso

~ after the meet ~

Now, shinso’s quirk is pretty hard to implement in a fight, which is why he mainly prefers hand-to-hand

Overall, he feels tired, if not a little bored, by the spar with you

He hadn’t noticed you at all before this lesson in 1C, but his teacher had said that you were helping by moving down from 1A

Why, he couldnt figure out

But nonetheless, he finds you watching him while waiting to spar you in your first physical education class together, so he volunteers

And he quickly gets disqualified– 

He swears he doesn’t mean to, but almost as soon as he begins the fight, you overwhelm him.

What you lack in a visible quirk, you make up for in speed, kicking and jabbing and ducking away before he can get a hit in. It’s when he finds you hovering over his shoulder, about to throw a punch to his face, that he panics and asks for your name.

A bit confused, slowing down a little bit, you give it to him, and almost as quickly, you’re under his control. The teacher immediately barks at him to release his control, and he obliges, but he’s still disqualified and you’re given an instant win. When you stumble, regaining your own self-control, you look up at him in bemusement. 

But you don’t look scared at all, instead you smile at him.

“Brainwashing? That’s a pretty cool quirk, huh?”

You confuse him, and he’s not sure if he likes it yet. 

~ falling in love with you ~

After you move down to 1C to work on your General Hero courses, you begin to grow closer with Shinso 

You don’t think that his quirk is any different to the others at UA, which he is somewhat confused by

‘Some of these guys can set people on fire! Brainwashing doesn’t sound too different to the others you see here’, was your only explanation whenever he asked about it

Overtime, you become one of his only friends in 1C, he tolerates you

He spends most of his time with you, studying, eating, talking, he helps you write papers on general hero practices, telling you about his history with children being scared of his ‘villain quirk’

All things considered, he trusts you, and i dont think he could say that for many other people at UA

You both sit cross-legged on the floor of his dorm room. He very rarely decorates it, but you begged him to let you set up the fairy lights and little cat decals that were meant for his wall. Begrudgingly, he agreed.

So that’s what you’ve been doing, arranging kitties on the wall over his desk. Cute little art pieces that resemble grey and calico cats. 

Meanwhile, he’s studying on his floor, laying back and occasionally sneaking glances at you to see if you’re tangled in the lights. Soon enough you have them strung up nicely in the corners of his dorm-room, sending soft gold light over his purple hair. He doesn’t move until you lay on the floor beside him, looking up at the ceiling.

“What do you think?” you ask, leaning up on your elbows to admire your handiwork.

He’s quiet for a moment, just looking at you, taking in the view of your side-profile. 

“They look nice.”

Shinso isn’t talking about the lights.

~ fighting for your attention ~

Listen, usually Shinso absolutely hates using his quirk for anything out of villain fights, because if he does he feels like he reinforces the idea that he might be a villain too

But, when it comes to you?

He’s relatively tame at first, he doesnt get too jealous or overprotective as someone else might (cough, bakugo, cough), but it doesnt mean that he doesnt need reassurance sometimes

If it gets to the point that another one of your suitors is making you uncomfortable, then by all means, hes asking them what theyre doing and forcing them to walk away

And afterwards, having that little moment of supposed villainy feels worth it

Just keep smiling at him

im sorry this took so long!

I hope you guys enjoyed

[catinasink]

greetings from the sink

am i in post limit jail? nope :3

most recent edit: 12/01/24

im the one and only cat btw. if you even care.

also im the ultimate faggot btw (established via the fag bracks)

uhmm decorate my tree? if you wish?

main shit

minor. (my birthday is november 8 :3c )

i go by cat and nico and pluto and neptune and echo and siffrin and calypso mainly and you can call me any of those

it/any/ask :3c please :3c

unlabeled-ish polyam aspec faggot <3

dont call me your friend + no /p tonetag (im aplatonic :] )

no chain asks + no tag games + no donation asks please.

uhh no real dni? just no porn blogs follow me pls im a minor 👍

if i fit your dni criteria just like. block me or softblock me or smn idk

more

i post silly stuff (i rb a lot lol . i og post in the flavors of gaypost, sillypost, ventpost (sadly often), lyricpost, fandompost, etc etc. i also spam rb often)

i have two cats, kim and shego (or floorshitter); a sister (she/her); and the irls (as in real life people i know; i tend to use irl as a term to describe the people i am close to irl) i mention most are pb / pissboy (he/him), cherry (they/any), eve (she/her), and fire (they/them)

pst timezone (usually)

scorpio sun saggitarius moon scorpio rising . ok yeah thats a fucking Lie the constellations have shifted but i cba to check again lol

i speak english + russian, learning german + hebrew

couple sideblogs, including @nymph-of-the-sea (rp blog for calypso from pjo) (no i never use it); @catinabath (for when im on post limit); two gimmick blogs; i definitely dont own @totallynotcatinasink; as well as @forehead-kiss-mutual-kill-polls :] a few others but ill keep those secret 💥

matching descs w @shrimpysstuff (shrimpy !!!) and banners w @evilhomoashell (starr !!!)

i have three very lovely qpps mwah mwah <3 also a very dear spouse <3 n a lovely boyfriend-adjacent-thing <3

i have an ao3 if that matters :]

discord server link :3 preferably join if youre around the age of a minor so everyone feels comfortable

literally just a cat in a sink btw

pretty sure i have an ed, might post about it sometimes :[

um. i htink blood is kinda hot. i will post about it (untagged. lmk if i should tag it via asks or dms or something)

i refer to any drink as lemoande. or try to 👍

fandoms im in / rb from

warrior cats. i love em

will wood. hes so silly . is this a fandom idk

genshin impact. grhghrhgr

pjo. whoag

isat. save me isat

object shows. i like object shows. namely ii, hfjone, objectified, n bfdi

danganronpa. uhmmm yeah haha dont look at me

mcr. maybe??

tags

most of my og posts: #cat's rambles

asks: #cat's asks

schoolposting: #cat's schoolposting

ventposting: #neptune is complaining again

lyricposting: #cat's lyricposting

bandposting: #pluto’s bandposting

liveblogging: #cat liveblogs

art: #cat's art

music i write: #cat's lyrics

polls i make: #cat's polls

pics of my cat: #cat's cat

yearning sighhhh: #nico catinasink is yearning

queued or scheduled posts: #queue you

posts i write in my notes app: #drafts

submissions: #eris' submissions

the penis saga: #the penis saga

pissboy mentions: #my lovely pissboy

lightning anon: #lightning anon

blender anon: #cat's blender anon

rizzler anon: #rizzler anon

brain anon: #🧠 anon

pineapple anon: #pineapple anon

sparkle anon: #sparkle anon

mcchicken anon: #mcchicken anon

sink lore: #happenings of the sink

dreamscape nexus: #dreamscape nexus

posts i want to look at later: #fave

posts of mine that are more popular than others or i want to find em later: #save

posts that i am not done with: #save for later

i tend to only tag the following tws: sui, sh, ed / eating issues, and emetophobia pls lmk if i should tag anything else !!!

i would prefer if the following were tagged: sui, sh, ed / eating issues, vomit / emetophobia, long posts, rb bait, gore :] also pls dont use "~" around me !!

have a good day

[intimidating-fettuccine]

here's a question that has probably been asked before: how did you come up with you rewrites for the characters? all of the backstories you gave them are really interesting and, while I haven't read the originals in a long time, I think I like what you did more. I found your work only in the past couple days, but I like it a lot; your versions of the creeps feel the most like real people that I've found since my interest in them reignited. but yeah, love your work.

(also, I may show back up in your ask box, so may I be "embroidery anon"?)

Firstly, thank you very much!! I tried really hard to make them much more realistic/three dimensional instead of just “oohhh I like to kill people!!” Ya know? I’m glad that people like you over time have liked that aspect of them :)) Prepare for some rambling though-

As for coming up for their specific backstories, that’s a little hard to answer I think just because of how long it’s been since I started doing that. I’ve been into the creeps since I was 11 and I’m turning 23 in a couple weeks so, it’s been a long ride. The creeps grew up alongside me and I think for some of them their stories just sort of evolved in my mind over the years. I mean I’ve literally been in the fandom for longer than several creeps like Toby, Pup, Helen, etc.

The basics are just I’d look at the original story for most of them, decide what I think I could keep, and what I’d like to change. For a creep like Toby, I wanted him to still have a good relationship with his mom and sister, and I still wanted his sister to die, but for Natalie I made her brother an ally to her and someone she loves and trusts instead of one of the bad guys. But I mostly wanted to make the writing darker and more in depth, I wanted them to be darker and more realistic as people.

I also wanted different backgrounds for them, like Toby/Helen/Natalie coming from very rich and influential families, EJ in my canon growing up in a cult, Jason and LJ both being toys instead of just LJ, things like that.

The thing about rewriting them I think is that most of the OG stories are not… The best written stories ever? Most of them were written by preteens/teens and not the most realistic pieces of media. Like in Jeff’s, being burned by fire made his hair turn black and his skin turn white, which is not really how fire and burns work?? And then he went on to burn off his eyelids which also not a great idea? I’ve actually had people get upset that my Jeff has eyelids but like if he didn’t he would be completely blind and in literal agony because his eyes would be completely dried out. That’s not a great design imo, but it was also written by a child so like, that’s why.

Most of my designs just sort of pop into my head randomly though. I get an idea like for BEN I wanted him to be close to his mom, but I didn’t want her to still be living so I went okay, how do I expand on that? And that’s how I came up with my version of his story, with his mom dying young from illness and his father being abusive and resentful.

I wish I had a better way of explaining it but that’s just sort of my general thought process. I started to look at them more as individual characters/OCs instead of just the original lore, which I mean most blogs for the creeps these days have their own lore too. I don’t think my creeps are the best ones ever (except in my heart), but I also had a lot of fun writing them and coming up with their backgrounds. I got influenced a lot by songs and media and they just gradually came into fruition :) I’m glad they were good enough to reignite your interest.

(And also yes, you may take that anon name ^^)

[meerealsssss]

intro !!

reading is recommended so you know what you're getting yourself into :3

last edit*: 11/29/24**

*latest update in the likes/dislikes/fandoms and tags category

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Hi! I'm mee. (weird ass name.)

[or call me 'm', mee might be confusing]

she/her

pet names/nicknames are allowed! :3

side blogs are @m-writingphase (writing blog) and @sambroadlysbignaturals (fanfic of my own book)

matching pfp with @moonysfavoritetoast

EST

fandoms ᐛ :

(highlighted purple are fandoms im mainly interested in/talking about)

pjo

bsc (OG, ANN M MARTIN, BOOK VERSION)

dogman!

captain underpants

south park

gravity falls ⁉️⁉️

doors!

pressure (kinda?)

little shop of horrors!

brokenly beloved (my own book/story)

likes :3 :

music (abba, weird al, whoever writes gravity falls songs)

writing

drawing (barely)

rain/thunder

warm weather

reading (books listed above)

sleeping

musicals/theatre

emojis/emoticons

dislikes >:( :

ads

a certain 'parental' figure

umbrellas 😖

mn'ms (candy!)

extra

child of Apollo

capricorn (born dec. 25🎄‼️)

i play the flute (terribly)

im not religious (but i will respect you if you are)

i will love you forever if you send anon love /p

tags!

my rambling - #mee's silly silly

answered asks - #asks 😍😍‼️

band class tag - #band class is wild

my book - #brokenly beloved

my art tag - #mee's silly sketches

my writing tag - #mee's writing :3

school posts - #sckahool !!

theater/theatre posts - #theater shenanigans

random one word posts - #mee's one word shitpost

posts formatted like a letter to someone - #mee sending non existent notes again

dreams i have - #mee dreams shit

small (mainly vent) posts that come out of nowhere - #ignore my rambling

big long vent posts - #mee's public diary

big long post (not vent, mainly silly) - #holy YAP

random 'chapter' names based on experiences - #life chapters

pjo tag - #percy jackass

may add more over time

DNI

racists, pedophiles, z00philes, porn blogs

if you hate on therians/furries, LGBTQ+, other religions, and don't respect them then this isn't a place for you

this is meant to be a safe place

names of people i talk about!

evan - @moonysfavoritetoast

ace/mercury - @amg2/@honkshuah

alex to the power of r (attpor) - irl alex from school (he/him)

apollo - usually my dad

dragon/🐉 - my stepmom

mr mystery - my soc studies/web teacher

ms kopykat - last year's ela teacher

mrs dodds - last year's math teacher (very fitting)

mr skeleton - last year's science teacher

mr margarine/margarita - last year's soc. studies teacher

mr sharpie - my second band teacher

mama - my sixth grade teacher

kitty kat/katlynn/kat - main book character from a book i wrote

peyton - a former-friend of kat

alex to the power of b - alex from my book

sam/sammy baby - another friend of kat

jazon - zombie from my book

haley - a more childer child from my book

where else am i?

my youtube

my tiktok*

*tiktok is mee.realsssss it wont let me put link

pintrest (almost never active)

old intro here

[stepswordsen]

【KHR AU】 XanLena ❤️💜🔥🪷

Nguyễn Selena (Nguyễn Nguyệt Vân Liên) 💜🪷

Figured it's been a long time since I posted about my wife, Selena~

Nguyễn Selena is my KHR OC who is a Vietnamese non-binary assassin. Her Vietnamese name is Nguyễn Nguyệt Vân Liên.

Her name, Selena, means "moon" 🌙

Her Vietnamese name, Liên, means "lotus flower" in Sino Viet 🪷

In my KHR AU, she joins the Varia as one of their members and lives at their headquarters with the rest of the core Varia members. My wife has NB flag colours~

My wife and her NB swag~ 💜🖤🤍💛

I mainly ship Selena with Xanxus.

In KHR, Xanxus is the leader of the Varia, an independent assassination squad under the Vongola mafia family. He was initially one of KHR's major antagonists.

Selena 💜🖤🤍💛🌙☁️🪷

English name: Nguyễn Selena (グエン・セリナ)

Vietnamese name: Nguyễn Nguyệt Vân Liên (阮月雲蓮)

Japanese alias name: Gen Suzuha (阮月雲蓮)

I resketched Selena's hair recently 💜

I resketched these quickly so it's not as refined but I'm still experimenting/trying to decide how I want Selena's hair to be drawn, whether I want to keep the curls in the back or not.

I feel like her ponytail is pretty iconic to her design. So if Selena got a TYL (10 Years Later) design, then I'd just add a bun on top of the ponytail.

Didn't redraw everything yet but just updated this for now

I redrew the bow and it has better lines but I prefer how pointy the shape of the OG bow was so I'll just combine the two eventually. I just wanted to get the new Selena down

Though both are nice! I just like how the shapes/silhouette of the hair are clearer now.

The XanLena chibis are pretty old doodles, so I'd like to redraw it sometime, but I still think it's cute ^^

My friend Feuri told me he likes how the softer upturned eyes of the OG Selena has a softer expression, so I'll keep both expressions ^^

I love both eyes in the Selena doodles hehe

Art Rambles

XanLena Doodle WIPs ❤️💜

Some recent + old doodles I drew before. I'm planning to refine them eventually!

Xanxus is wearing áo dài ("Long dress"), a type of Vietnamese traditional clothing

Selena is in her usual outfit I designed for her ^^

I think my art style is improving nicely! The way I draw faces is getting more refined

I'll redraw the hair later. I just sketched this quickly for now. Cuz I was just thinking about how I wanted to draw XanLena together more

I have a XanLena art idea in my head... Just need to get started with actually drawing it

Did a quick colour test today. I'll draw the rest later.

I wanna do a big XanLena piece eventually... And also XanLena in traditional Vietnamese clothing~ Matching couple clothing! 🥰💞

I rambled more about XanLena and Selena below.

You can read more under the cut!

Context

I added context for my mutuals who don’t know much about KHR, but would still like to tune into my KHR AUs and KHR OC stuff. Feel free to read only if you want!

Vongola Family = The KHR protagonist, Tsuna, is currently training to become the 10th generation boss of the Vongola family. Tsuna and co. are the Vongola family’s 10th generation guardians.

Varia = The Vongola family’s elite independent assassination squad. Their leader is Xanxus.

Source: (X)

Nguyễn Selena: Relationship Chart 💜

Selena's Name Interpretation 🌙☁️🪷

Notes

Misc Rambles

Sorry but I don't want to retype all this again so I'm just copy pasting from my Notion doc and side blog. I also included my rambles with friends!

Selena's info sheet and character relationship chart was inspired by FGO Materials' character profile formats where it lists a chara's general info, usage of pronouns, quotes, relationships with other charas, etc.

I still need to revamp the quotes with Selena's relationships with the other Varia members so I just posted Xanxus' part for now

Selena is the type who's calm and gentle but likes to keep to herself regarding matters that don't concern her. She's more aloof when she doesn't know the person well, but eventually opens up to the other Varia members.

I imagine Selena speaks in a really polite and formal way to Xanxus out of respect for him.

Xanxus and Hibari are my no. 1 fave KHR characters (tied) 🥰

Also used Glaze on my art as protections against A/I fart.

Also I'm just thinking of the recent FGO: Summer 7 event with Douman growing cursed morning glories (vampiric shikigami), flowers that suck blood.

I NEED THIS FOR SELENA...

DOUMAN BASED!!!

Selena's man eating plants 🥰💞

Selena is very soft and gentle, but she can be a little unhinged, as a treat!

Selena is a gardener and florist (flower enjoyer and enthusiast)

[allamericansbitch]

I feel like you’re one of the only sane big blogs on here that is actually real and doesn’t just kiss taylor’s ass. So so many blogs you think they’re normal about it and then guess what they’ll start romanticising her and the kelce guy.

I don’t even recognise Taylor anymore. She’s now so absurdly famous and overexposed in my eyes, and she 100% feeds this- But maybe it’s just my introverted self who thinks being a celebrity would be an absolute nightmare. I think it doesn’t help that I only became a fan during the lover era, so I only really got into her when she seemed a bit more down to earth and real (I really liked how stable her and Joe were/seemed) and the massive fame and hysteria around her during the og 1989 era was not at all my speed so to see it even worse now sucks cause she was a big comfort during lockdown for me.

Sorry for rambling. Love your blog ❤️

Aw thanks. I appreciate it ❤️

I agree Taylor (from the outside) seems like she was on such a good path lover era, she had such good boundaries and was private but also having fun in public, doing new things and actually being politically active…. Idk what’s going on now but none of it seems healthy long term

[bugeyedfreaks]

Hey there!! I've lurked on your PPG blog for so long and always loved everything about it: the fantastic art you make and reblog, your jokes and observations, your critiques of the awful reboot, and especially the way you truly "get" the og show and just love its weird quirkiness that most people overlook! I was too shy to like your posts or send any asks for a long time, but I'm a long time fan of your blog and I'm so glad you're still around :)

Anyway all my rambling aside, I wanted to share some rare, possibly unofficial PPG merch I found a while ago!

They're actually charms/pins you put through the holes of Crocs shoes to display them as you walk around, if you can believe it haha! I don't own Crocs nor plan on getting them, but I was so surprised and delighted when I saw these at a random little stall in the middle of a walkway at a mall near me that I couldn't help buying them. :) They're about an inch tall and really high quality too. I'm not sure what they're made out of but it's rather rubber-like and pretty thick! I have no clue if these or any of the other, more-modern-pop-culture charms they were selling were actually official, but if so it's interesting (and a pleasant surprise!) they used the og art style for them when so much merch uses the reboot art style (or a mix of both, which is even worse somehow).

I quite like the poses they picked for these too! I definitely recognize Bubbles' and Buttercup's being movie-era/post-season-4-era promo art, but Blossom's is a mystery to me! The style looks more like season-1-to-4 I think (just look how different her head:body ratio is compared to her sisters' lol), and I don't recognize the pose at all (but I *love* it, so much action/movement in it!) both of which surprised me! If you happen to know where it's from I'd love to know!

!!!!! Awwwwwwww, you're way too sweet! 💖 I am so glad that you decided to unlurk and send me a message. I appreciate you and your many kind words!

And ooooooooh, the famous Crocs Jibbitz. It’s entirely possible that they could be official since, as you know from reading my rants about this sort of thing, whoever’s running the brand does allow manufacturers to go hog wild with using different eras of OG art. Buuuut if you bought them from one of the kinds of mall kiosks I'm imagining, and because Bubbles' one arm is miscolored, I would assume they're probably not legit... which is okay, I am 100% all for good quality bootlegs here. 😂 I swore that I had a better version, but this is the best I could find in my files:

...so it IS official art from somewhere, at least, and I swear I've seen it used on merch and stuff before. I reversed image searched for it and all I got was a link to this wiki page. There are pics with Bubbles and Buttercup that also have that shadow behind them, and yeah, they're definitely the S1-S4 designs (Bubbles is just ripped straight from that iconic pic of the three of them). Maybe these particular ones were images used on one of the CN websites at some point? No idea. It's definitely gotta be stock art from that era though.

[btsqualityy]

TW: ED/ lost loved ones.

hi my love. my life has been so hectic & i’ve went through sooo much shit in the past few months, good & bad. i lost my grandma, bought a car, working non stop, & im changing a few lifestyle habits to cater to my health since i lost a shit ton of weight due to stress & my ED flare ups 🙏🏾 but i just wanted to let u know that i love you 🤎 i’ve been in a creative rut when it comes to my makeup, i used to do a makeup look everytime i had a day off, but now i just rest on those days whenever i can. i learned that being patient with myself, & not rushing the process helps me come up with my best work & i feel like my most authentic self. (no shade to anon at all!!) but i noticed the ask “did you give up” & it prompted me to send this, bc one of my followers asked me the other day on insta if i “gave up on makeup,” & i told her i didn’t give up, but life just be life-ing 😭 so in a general sense, sometimes you can love what you do so much, you end up having to take lil breaks here & there in order to give it your all. & sometimes, you don’t even mean to take a break but LIFE be LIFE- ING 😂😂😂 i don’t wanna make it seem like im speaking for you at all! just thought that any other creator who may be just as busy as we are could see this & relate 🫶🏾 p.s. “love a black woman from infinity to infinity�� HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUEEN 🤎✨

My girl! Im sorry for your loss and I’m happy to hear that you’re prioritizing your health and happiness!

But I completely agree! I literally never meant to take as long of a break as I have and I’ve been going back and forth so much about lately. Like, I miss writing and still love it as much as I did when I started this blog and I still have so many ideas. But also, working full time and trying to maintain a life where I’m not miserable everyday and maintaining relationships with my family and friends and this guy, it’s hard to balance all that with this blog. I have so many moments where I’m like “dang, I should write something today” but I literally can’t find the energy to most times. I’ll literally open my drafts, write a sentence, and close the draft 😭🤦🏽‍♀️

This blog feels like such a part of me now and it’s been weird to not post something everyday. Like, if you’re an OG, you know the blog has NEVER been this quiet 🤣but I don’t know. I’m about to be 25 in May and life is just so different than it was when I was 19 and starting this blog. I think that’s also something that’s been bothering me, that life is different now and trying to figure out how to still make time for the things I’ve enjoyed for years

ANYWAYS, that was a lot of rambling but yeah. I love you more and thank you for always being so supportive! 🫶🏽❤️

[verpine95]

OK ITS MY BLOG AND IM TALKING ABOUT SPIDER-MAN (can't forget the hyphen between spider and man) AND SPIDER-MAN SUITS NOW

this was copy pasted from me talking about it to people and i wanna share it here for anyone who cares and this is literally just me rambling because i want to and i love spider-man and im not a lore master so don't be mad when i mess up my lore

(beneath the cut and it's long as an fyi)

One of my favorite spiderman suits/characters is Spiderman 2099 aka Miguel O’Hara. He’s a guy from the year 2099 where the modern day heroes have passed and we live in a cyberpunk world p much. He works at a big company and pisses off the big boss who gets him addicted to a drug that like chemically bonds to your dna. He goes in a machine that’s supposed to change his dna back but it accidentally gives him spider powers. He can shoot webs (whereas peter uses webshooters), gets sharp claws and teeth and super fast relexes. He like peter is a bit of a cunt. Fun fact his suit was originally a dia de los muertos costume that he repurposed. It was also originally supposed to be black and shown with blue highlights but over time it’s been changed to just blue.

My other favorite suit for spiderman is the Scarlet Spider suit. This is from a guy named Ben Reilly who's a clone of peter parker (it's a whole thing). But anyways he realizes he's a clone and goes off to try and live his own life. He changes his name to Ben Reilly because of Uncle Ben and then Reilly because that's Aunt May's maiden name. He dyes his hair blonde and changes his name which is such a trans mood. Even tho he's distinguishing himself from who he "used to be" (read who he's cloned from) and that person is the same gender as him. It still feels very much transitional because changing your name and hair to me feels trans like (I also HC peter as trans a lot anyways sooooooooooo). But while he's trying to live his own life he says he doesn't want to be a hero. But lo and behold people are in trouble and he can't help himself so he heroes again. It's supposed to be a makeshift shoddy suit but I love the way it looks. He actually invents new types of webshooter stuff the the OG peter hadn't thought of too.

I don't like a lot of what they've done w his character cause they've killed him off so many times and also made him a villain twice but I just ignore it and think about the parts I like

At one point he takes over as The Spider-Man and uses this suit which I also think is cool but I like the scarlet spider suit more

In one comic line we see Peter Parker's daughter use Ben's suit after he's passed away which is also cool (yes it's kinda titty-ish which is an issue but I still enjoy her)

another suit i like is the superior spiderman suit from when doc ock body jacked peter parker. There are a couple things I like from the arc and many I don't but I do like the suit design

anyways that's my spiderman rant about the things i like

[2truehearts]

Hoi Hoi!

I don't know if we have time since the EBG is ending, but if time permitted, I would have loved to have the chance to explore and fish around the little nuggets you dropped for what happened with You and Ayato and how Venti got involved.

I think the Delusion idea is pretty inspired, and considering how in canon, they were widely available in Inazuma, that's such a fun idea to throw into an EBG scenario. I really want to know how the whole thing came about and what happened storyline wise, both from an in-universe explanation and from an ooc one.

There's so many questions I have, and while I don't know if they'll ever be resolved this go around, from what I've seen of your blog's storyline, it sounded like it was going to some interesting places.

So this is your stage.

If you wouldn't mind, I would love to hear more about what you had planned and your storyline. How did you envision what happened during this EBG?

And thank you for playing along with the Ayato sabotages. :)

WAAAAHH THANK U 4 ASKING NONNIE!! and ofc!! since u asked, i'll ramble on LMAO

it's utc bc it's a bit long (plus there's mentions of self-h-rm, f1res & bvrning, bl00d, d--th, injvries, and t0xic manipvlation!! please view at your own risk!!)

so, to start— my sona's (i'll be referring to myself as that for now if u don't mind!) plan was to quietly settle down in mondstadt with venti and at least try to love him wholeheartedly till the end of the ebg .. but, well, that didn't work, considering the asks (and letters) i got from others that made me falter and that plan went to shit.

venti noticed, burned down the estate out of fear that i'd leave too soon and got jealous because this was the time allotted for him to receive be loved truly and purely—but that got sliced in half; switched my vision with a delusion to stop me from leaving (it was the same one as my og dendro one so i didn't know it was a delusion, which was why in vi's 💐 anon ask there was a snippet of dialogue where my sona was very confused because why would venti call this a delusion when it looked like my vision? keyword; looked).

i fainted because i used the delusion too much and lost a lot of blood (when my sona's anxious, she h*rts herself to focus on the pain then heals with her vision, which is why she wears slightly long gloves), then he tried burning the estate, injured ayato in the process, which got me a letter from ayaka telling me to come over (to which i hesitantly agreed to, scared because one, i don't know this woman (a few of my past memories were blurred because of overusing the delusion), and second, i, ironically—don't like seeing people injured). i stopped getting asks (letters) abt it, but if i did get more i would've played along further and would've gotten close to ayato through the child in this anon's ask, healed his wrist, and would later be locked returned back to mond—where venti would fully answer the letters in my stead because again, too much use of a delusion can cause someone to age and die.

if you still see this nonnie, feel free to ask more questions n stuff, and i hope you enjoyed the ride dshjsdhjskaaskaskas >:D!!!

[broadway-vriska]

((hi there! This is a rare out of character post from the VA of this vriska in particular.

With Valentine's day around the corner and the impending Mindfang 8om8 ahead of us, I wanted to warn you all I've prepared 4 songs for the occasion :) as well as Queued some banter from her, since I'll be busy thet day.

mindfang is polarizing and as such, wanted to let y'all know the tag for this event is "m!a: Mindfangs quadrant day takeover" incase anyone wanted to block the tag for any reason. All her songs have a sexual/blackrom lilt to them.

I'll leave this posted for a little so the warning isn't missed.

There will also be a disclaimer attached to the first song posted, regarding the heavy nature of topics that are engaged with when writing from her perspective. We've all read Homestuck. You know by now.

Please don't hesitate to ask me to tag anything in particular and I will do my best to accommodate. While I hope to write and record a variety of topics and depth, I don't want to expose anyone to potential triggers that can be avoided with a simple tag. Otherwise, I hope y'all enjoy what I have planned! It's been a lot of fun putting together.

Though I know this whole Broadwaystuck thing is Specifically not roleplay heavy, I hope I can still adequately illustrate the characters we love (and loath) with a new life.

Not to be a Serket and ramble here, but I may for a moment.

I auditioned for this role on a whim.

I've loved Homestuck so much and for so long and became active in the fandom after the prime of the OG bws. While I've made music on fan albums, artwork, roleplayed on all the sites even up to this day -- I've almost never felt more of a sense of community than with this lovely group of singers and vas. Only second to hsrpc.

I'm seriously in love with what we're fostering here and all the love and positivity that goes into what all of my costars do. I love filling requests for someone and making their day when it's done. I love learning to better record, act, and sing while enjoying myself!

My blog in particular is small, but the notes and comments I get on it make me feel connected to something bigger. And music's always done that for me.

Funny enough? It wasn't until I started roleplaying Mindfang a couple years ago that I even liked Serkets. Like, at all. They've really grown on me. Especially now that I have a (semi shiny new) bpd diagnosis to project onto them B)

Anyway. If you read all this, thanks! It's late, I'm tired and sentimental.

I dont ll't expect to ever break character again here, at least to this degree, but I wanted to be earnest for a moment while giving a heads up for some more intense content ahead.

[ktownshizzle]

Have you ever watched “I May Destroy You” on HBO/Max? The first episode of her struggling to get that first draft out to her publishers lol . This made me think of my fav fic writers like you and how you may feel pressured by us to get the chapters out.

I have not, lovely anon! Buttt. I haven’t been on here long enough to feel that pressure I guess. I posted my first story Wild & Free end of August if I remember correctly. And you guys, my OG readers, have been an absolute joy to interact with. So far I still feel like I am in control of my time, motivations, plot etc.

My blog is still new, but am approaching another follower milestone which is at 500. Woohoo 🎉 Feels like only yesterday I wrote Sweet & Spicy to celebrate 250. I am thankful you’ve found something of value in my ramblings.

Tumblr has so far been fun and a good escape from reality and my two jobs as a mom of 2 and a corporate slave in a tech startup. (The first I love and would not trade for the world; the second 10 out of 10 would not recommend lmao. But it does keep the lights on.)

Lastly, don’t think I missed it, but THANK YOU for considering me as one of your favorites. I don’t know what I did to deserve your love and support, but I hug you, I kiss you (with consent) and I am grateful for you. 💕🫶🏼

[sinfulpetgirlrd]

So on top of.... Everything else I've been doing, I have my own og story I'm writing. Its an intro novel to the character I created for this writing prompt I did back in august. This one 👇

sooo... here's chapter one(also ty Mercus for always betaing my stuff)

Chapter One: The New Case

“What does it mean to be innocent? A dictionary would tell me that innocence is the lack of guilt, knowledge of wrongdoing, inexperience, and purity. But to me—and now to you—it means ignorance. Ignorance of what lies beneath the surface, of things we were never meant to know.... like the ‘thing’ living at 3008 Jackson Blvd. Innocence means blissfully unaware of this thing’s ominous influence. It means tossing and turning all night without medication, or being too anxious to leave the lights off when leaving home.... It means having to ask yourself if it is all in your head.... God, I wish it were all in my head... I miss innocence.”

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 Audio Blog entries (MP3 Journal files) recovered from an HP 5 Cpu, 3.6 Mhz, 40gb Hard Drive found plugged into a Hp 12 Cpu, 45 watts-PC recovered from unit#13 in the JR Plaza hotel in downtown East Garfield Park in- the words on the screen blurred, their edges blending together, as Detective Diane McDermott rubbed her tired eyes, feeling the strain of exhaustion weighing heavily upon her. 

She sat at her desk in the bustling police precinct, surrounded by a symphony of voices, ringing phones, and the faint hum of fluorescent lights. Her partner, James ‘Jim’ Porter, was perched on the edge of her cluttered desk, his eyes scanning a multitude of files, notes, maps, and post-it’s. His scruffy appearance—a combination of his messy, dirty blonde hair and the patchy facial hair that she was constantly trying to convince him to shave—gave him the appearance of an academic trying desperately to research and prepare for his doctoral thesis.

A thesis that was based on nothing tangible. The pair had a lot to sort through, a year's worth of shit at least, but all of their ‘evidence’ appeared to be nothing more than a series of coincidences and wild assumptions. Truthfully, the only thing keeping them tethered to this mystery were those cursed tapes... those haunting MP3 files that echoed the ravings of a deranged individual. Each one was filled with apocalyptic prophecies, convoluted conspiracy theories, and endless ranting about ancient, conspiratorial, demon-possessed little girls. They were nothing more than a jumbled mess of unverifiable, nonsensical rambles that would have fit right in with a crazed religious cultist group or the ravings of an internet troll. Completely useless.

Only reason they were bothering with the tapes was because they were all they had— well, besides the long, long list of missing persons. ‘Persons’, who included the creator of those tapes, one Lucas Tomlinson. A guy who, judging from his tapes, could have been experiencing some severe psychological problems or may have actually just been insane.... 

According to his wife, however, he was perfectly sane. An excellent family man who apparently worshiped the ground his young daughter walked on. Lucas had a perfectly ordinary life as far as anyone knew, working a regular job at a small accounting firm in the city, where he was loved and adored by his co-workers for his kind and considerate nature, as well as his sense of humor. He also volunteered his free time to his church’s day care, as well as helping his wife run the community garden located in their neighborhood. He had an infant daughter, Sarah, an incredible wife, a successful career, and was living the American Dream... Until he stayed at the JR Plaza Hotel, which sat across the street from 3008 Jackson Blvd. After that… after that, he was simply one more name on the long list of missing persons currently flooding the department.

‘That place has more bad luck than a black cat in a cage full of dogs.’ Diane rubbed her throbbing temple, feeling the pulsating ache reverberate through her fingertips. With a frustrated exhale, she all but slammed the overburdened laptop closed.. As it skidded and bounced across the cluttered desktop, she ran her fingers through her thick, dark hair, the strands tangling between her trembling digits. Seeking solace, she leaned back in her worn-out chair and fixated her weary gaze on the cracked ceiling above. Diane tried to shake off the suffocating feelings of discouragement that seemed to weigh her down with each passing moment. It had been nearly three long months of tireless researching, hours spent gathering and analyzing data, meticulously cross-referencing information, and painstakingly piecing together the puzzle of their new case - one that now loomed ominously over them. But in the end, the culmination of their efforts yielded nothing but a vast void of empty promises and crushing failure.

Sitting there, eyes shut and hands clasped behind her head, Jim’s calm voice broke through her somber thoughts, moments before he stood up and motioned towards the empty mug on her desk. “Break? Shitty dinner food, coffee and a smoke.... or three. I could go for that. What do you say, Dede?” His question was accompanied by the typical raised eyebrows and half smirk his thin face had offered her time and time again over the last two years. Diane met her partner’s deep brown eyes as a forced, tiny grin curled one corner of her mouth upward into a knowing, wry smile. Nodding in agreement, she reached her arms straight into the air and heard several satisfying pops, followed by a relaxing wave of relief rushing down her spine. The sensation pulled an inadvertent sigh of comfort from her lips as she rolled her head from one shoulder to the next. 

“Definitely, but skip the cigarette part. Those things will be the death of you,” she uttered, wistfully remembering the days when the stench of ash clung to the clothes of her now non-existent father, whose constant chain smoking eventually claimed his life far too early. Although Jim was like the big brother she never had and one of the few people Diane really enjoyed being around, watching him kill himself slowly was difficult, almost heart-wrenching, especially considering the horrors and suffering they encountered each and every day. Yet somehow he chose to keep going... kept up the ‘wall-of-defense’, pushing on in that brusque, no-nonsense manner that never seemed to falter. It was both inspiring and puzzling to the cynical woman.

Blinking twice at the rebuke, Jim waved her comment aside. “I’m almost 50, Dede. If they were going to kill me, they already would have. You might consider celebrating these things.” He gestured toward his own face, his features twisted into a wry smirk, then added, while reaching out to pick up her mug, “Now are you coming or not?” He waved the empty mug under her nose to emphasize his point.

Grumbling in mock annoyance, Diane snatched the cup from Jim’s meaty hand before looking over the mess that was her desk. Her green eyes lingered on the bulging folders, piles of papers, and various sticky notes that littered its surface. They contained all the information on Lucas Tomlinson, the JR Plaza, and 3008 Jackson Blvd., including every police report, witness statement, and crime scene photo she had been able to gather from the Chicago PD’s internal servers, the DMV, and a variety of public records offices. There was still so much more that needed to be done, so many leads and hunches that needed to be followed, but... she supposed it could all wait until tomorrow. It was well after midnight, after all, and even Jim - the seemingly unstoppable workaholic - needed to take a break. Nodding to herself, Diane took a deep, steadying breath before rising to her feet. “Yeah alright. But I drive, you pay,” she stated flatly, as she shoved the files into the top drawer of her desk, then locked it for safekeeping.

“Yes! I knew you’d see things my way,” Jim declared triumphantly as he turned and moved over to his own desk. Digging around in the bottom drawer, he pulled out his car keys, a pack of Marlboro cigarettes, and a worn black leather wallet. He haphazardly stuffed each into one of his many pockets before pulling his jacket on and tossing the keys to his partner. “Here, you can drive my baby,” he uttered, watching Diane’s eyes light up with delight and appreciation as she caught the keys.

Jim’s ‘baby’ was a 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme he had been restoring for over three years. It was a hulking beast of a machine that stood out in a world full of SUVs and hybrids. Painted in a gorgeous glossy black that seemed to gleam in the sunlight and glow in the moonlight, the car was an absolute masterpiece to behold and was pretty much the envy of every cop in their precinct. It also ran like a dream, thanks to Jim’s meticulous care and attention to detail, and his refusal to cut any corners. This included its beautiful creamy leather seats that were undoubtedly the most comfortable seats Diane had ever been lucky enough to sink into. They cradled a person, hugging them, and making them want to fall asleep just sitting there. “God, it feels like cheating on my poor car sometimes...” she confessed, with an excited chuckle while pulling on her own black leather coat and hat. “I’ll let cap’ know we’re heading out for the night,”  she added as Jim simply nodded and gestured for her to hurry up. Shooing her away, the man walked through the rows of desks toward the lobby and elevators.

Watching him leave, Diane twirled the keys in her right hand as she looked at her desk once more and ran a hand through her short brown hair. That awful sense of defeat from earlier continued to weigh her down like an anchor, causing her to worry her bottom lip as her eyes took in all her hard work. If there was another answer lurking within the maze of facts and figures she couldn’t find it. Tilting her head in though, she quickly jotted down the hotels’ address on the back of an unused business card and tucked it into the inside pocket of her jacket. “At least you’ll have something to start with tomorrow, Di. Can’t expect to do much, when you’re running on fumes,” she hummed to herself as her feet carried her forward, eager for a warm beverage and a few hours away from work.

[chisatowo]

I should rly draw the snake triplets more I love them sm but also grrrrr human

[lagaudiiere-archive]

RE: NANCY THE SLUT WHEELER THINGS:

Can we talk about how paranoid Nancy was when she walked into school the day after her first time with Steve? ( Chapter Three: Holly Jolly ). Mind you it was a lot of things, like the fact that she had to have left before her & Steve had a chance to talk about it, but it’s a small town, people talk & you best be careful what it is they end up saying about you because that sticks with you until you leave ( if you leave. ) You see how jumpy she is, the way she almost withdraws into herself, shoulders slightlyhunched, head down ( contrast this with how comfortably & casually she walked in with Barb an episode or two ago, & it really highlights the difference. She may not have been popular before her & Steve were a thing — arguably, she wasn’t even whenthey were, she was just in that crowd, but she was comfortable where she was & she was confident — she was smart, she was little miss perfect, at least in other people’s eyes. ) She literally jumps when Steve meets her at her locker, she’s practicallybraced for an onslaught of something, be it harsh words or something. Steve notices ( he always does seem to notice when something’s off with her, which is so important because Nancy Wheeler’s first & automatic instinct is to insist she’s okay, that everything’s fine, everything’s great & Nancy vc: it’s bullshit.

But this has been her coping mechanism & the only way she knows how to deal — until someone calls her out, or notices. Steve notices — although this time it is quite obvious, people often see what they want to see but he still asks ) & he asks if everything’s okay. Instinctively, automatically, she responds. It’s like a gut reaction, ❛ Yeah, yeah totally. ❜ But then after a moment’s hesitation, she does tell him. ❛ I just — I feel like everyone’s … staring at me. ❜ & she looks around, as if to emphasize her point. What I find really interesting is that, Steve automatically knows. He doesn’t miss a beat. ❛ Oh I didn’t tell anyone. ❜ So apparently this staring & slut shaming thing is a common theme in Hawkins, or at least in their school. You even see bits of this when Nancy mentions the other girls Steve’s been linked to. It’s stupid, but it’s how things are, & they’re looked at differently because of their choices & what they have done with others. Either that or, once again, Steve knows exactly what’s wrong with her, or going on. I’d say it’s a mix of the two at the very least. She knows it wouldn’t have been him, her immediate response says as much but then she goes — but what about Tommy & Carol & them?

Again, she’s uncomfortable, words a little hesitant, & he immediately dismisses it, says she’s being paranoid — but then, once again in Steve Harrington fashion, he realizes it isn’t enough & says exactly what she needed to hear in that moment tbh. She had been nervous & anxious, & shy, & she didn’t know where they stood anymore especially what with his previous relationships, & he eases all ( or at least most ) of that away with what she needs to hear & you can see her body language relax.

Phew. Still with me? Now let’s talk about Nancy the Slut Wheeler things.

We initially find out something is up when some stupid boys honk at her & talk about her movie. She’s immediately uncomfortable & it takes her a second but she’s smart & the town’s small. She’s running. On her way there, you see people glancing at her, the women quickly looking away, people standing at the theater pointing at the big crimson letters ( starring NANCY THE SLUT WHEELER. ) She’s literally staring there, openmouthed, unable to even imagine how this came about, & it’s probably all that paranoia from before, except it’s a million times worse because it’s real & it’s not just people at school that are going to be talking, it’s everyone. Friends, people at school, classmates, teachers, neighbors, her parents, Mike & his friends. Again, bear in mind, while she had done nothing, we have seen the mentality of the town, & it’s a small town. The moment the anger & shock wears off, you see tears gathering in her eyes & she’s looking around because she knows, this town talks, this town is small-minded &right there is her proof — a couple walking past, looking at her as if she’s some freak ( the wow the woman says doesn’t help ) & the guy pushes her to keep walking as if being near Nancy is bad. You can see her breathing heavily & my heart literally hurts. Let’s not forget what last night had actually been & what hell she’d already been put through. She’s trying so hard to be okay, & I find it worth noting that few things get real reactions out of her because she tries so hard to be fine & strong — this & the night before have both gotten real reactions.

Nancy, who’s been trying all her life to maintain this persona of perfection, of being okay, has everything literally just crashing before her eyes.

& she hears laughter. She sees Steve. The boy she’d finally trusted & let in, the boy she was telling Jonathan earlier in the woods how great he was ( again, a huge contrast to the start of the show when she was insisting they were just make out buddies — see, Nancy isn’t someone who says to your face how she feels, the actions & the little things show it. )

I don’t want to even talk about that moment because it’s all kinds of awful, but I find it incredible how she literally walks away. She could have yelled at him, explained something, but she literally just turns on her heel to leave. Again fast forward bc we all know, which btw, she doesn’t even get two seconds to deal or be to herself because of the fight.

Still with me? If so you’re really the real MVPs guys.

The aftermath. She’s able to forget about it temporarily or at least push it aside, ignore what happened for the time being because she’s got far bigger things to worry about. Forget school, forget that stupid chemistry test she’s got, forget the stupid gossip, she’s seen the monster & she needs to find Barb ( let’s not even talk about when she finds out Barb is gone, we’re at novel length already. ) But what about after? When she goes back to school, or walks the streets? How many more times will she have walk the streets, shoulders hunched, this time not because she’s being paranoid. How much worse is that? How many more boys will honk at her way, catcall, follow her around, bother her at school? This looks even worse because for the time being, she’s not with Steve either, however long that is, so she does start to look like that Becky, & whoever else she’d said she wasn’t like in that night they studied together. How many women & couples will whisper things as they walk hurriedly, how manyparents will speed up just a bit with their children when they see Nancy? By the way, she doesn’t drive or have a car, & now that Steve isn’t picking her up, how does she get to school, what about that? What does she say to her parents? We’ve seen Nancy& how she deals, she doesn’t.

She doesn’t say anything to her parents, the same way she doesn’t tell anyone about her trip to the upside down, the same way she hadn’t told anyone about her family’s situation before Jonathan. But she’ll be more quiet at the dinner table, be moreremoved, & she’s already dealt with so much, she really doesn’t need this on top of everything else? What does she say to Mike? Because again, he’s probably at the very least heard, & idk about you but when something awful happens that my younger brother knows, I want to tell him but at the same time, I can’t because, even if I’m not at fault, it’s embarrassing? She’s ashamed, & it angers her because she knows she shouldn’t be? And plus, she’s supposed to be the older sibling, she’s supposed to be the stronger one & help him, not vice versa. & again, they’ve both been through hell, so she doesn’t want to add that. More uncomfortable silence, more hunched shoulders, more pouring it all into herself, more being not okay & insisting she was.

tl;dr Nancy Wheeler went through hell & god dammit she deserves the world & people don’t give her nearly the amount of credit she deserves.

[life-in-the-monster-haus]

Monster High the Movie Review Part 13: Finale & Final Thoughts

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Look at all of these random background monsters who could have been canon Monster High characters. wasted opportunity. But Clawdeen is happy!

Cleo is redeemed! (a little)

"No Apologies" is a great song!

Dracula has been busting his daughters balls about her grades this whole movie and when she tells him she does witchcraft he tells her "a Vampire doing witchcraft Is simply not done! so you must be the very best witch!" proving I don't think he really cares what Draculaura does with her un-life, as long as she puts her all into it.

And that was the movie! Do I think they needed to float? no. but it was still a cute ending.

...wait this is a movie in 2022... which means! after credits scene!

This movie seems pretty confident it's going to get a sequel and I hope it does. I want to see more Monsters! and I want my franchise to do well! But this scene implies that some person with coke nails wants to destroy Vampires and they need Draculaura to do so. so the next movie is going to be Draculaura focused!

Final Thoughts

This review took me 3 days to write, 114 screen shots taken & part of my sanity withered away. Thank you for coming with me on this journey. I am Jess, The admin of Life In The Monster Haus. I started this blog on June 25th 2013. 2 years after Monster High had already taken over my life, I love this franchise and I wanted to share that love with the world. Life in the Monster Haus's name came from my love of 3 things: Monster High, Lady Gaga's Haus of Gaga and Barbies Life in the Dream House. We are 1,500+ strong and counting! I am truly grateful and humbled to have so many of you following my ramblings about the franchise that means so much to me. I was in a dark place when Monster High found me and I feel like I owe them a lot.

I owe you a lot and because of this I feel it is my civic duty to give you guys the goods. I went through this movie with a fine toothed comb then took what I found and put it under a microscope. I have consumed every piece of media in Monster High's canon except for the books and what I found in this movie was shocking! it is a fairly faithful adaptation of the source material! Is it a perfect adaptation? no, it's not. there is a lot wrong with it. but OVER ALL? it's not bad, I don't hate it and it doesn't make my inner child sad like the reboot did. I'm very biased about the reboot, I openly mock it and it scarred me. I'm a fan of the OG series, the Webisodes, the diaries, the movies. I loved it all and I drank it all in like a fine wine. So now we have this new things that I am trying to be critical of with an undying love for G1 and a raw seething hatred that I have for G2. I went into this planning to give it a fair shot, I went in with an open mind and I had a good time.

I think the people who hate this movie on the basis it's live action, are children, both literally and metaphorically and I think the people who hate it on the grounds that it's different from the OG series are bitter grumpy old farts who don't know how to adapt and won't survive the winter and to the people who are "boycotting it" because "The director is racist"... grow TF up will ya? ... MOST directors in Hollywood are racist! does that make it okay? No! But if you start weeding out movies in Hollywood who AREN'T directed by a racist you're gonna be left with like, 5 movies. New Flash: racism is everywhere! it's raining from the sky, it's in your food, it's effing everywhere and We do not punish the entire cast & crew of this movie because the director did some awful shit. the make up and the costumes on this movie aren't perfect - but it's about on par with a Nickelodeon movie. The actors put their all into these performances and everyone looked like they were having a good time! All of them had to sit in make up for hours every day and MOST of them had to wear color contacts because of fantasy eye colors! do you have any idea how tedious and annoying that crap is? They endured all of that shite for us and most of them are kids or baby adults! Do not Boycott this movie, you won't hurt the director you'll hurt every single cast, crew and actor who needs the paycheck & for many of the actors it's the very beginning of their rising star, don't snuff it out.

This move was a perfectly serviceable adaptation. it's not bad, IS IT GOOD???... I'm gonna say yes, it is. I enjoyed it and I'm pretty critical of anything that's not from G1 but I feel like this movie is a happy compromise of what we liked about the OG run of Monster High and bringing some new fresh flavor to the brand. the best of both worlds. I had fun watching this and children will too.

One thing I don't like is I've been seeing reports of the live action actors and the voice actors for the CGI show being bullied, some to the point of them leaving social media and to that all I can add is, what TF is wrong with y'all!? Monster High was affiliated with 3 anti-bullying campaigns ( We Stop Hate, The Kind Campaign & LemonAID Warriors ) AND a campaign to protect LGBTQA+ youth (Mother Monster would be so disappointed). To borrow words from our own Frankie Stein "Did I just walk into the Monster Pre-school?" do y'all really think this kind of behavior is what the creators want? or what the OG creators want done in their name or on their behalf? Do you think ANY ONE wants this!? do you think bullying actors makes you a better fan!? most of these actors are kids, act like you got some sense!

You love Monster High!? then embody Monster High! I was a huge jerk before Monster High taught me kindness - but I can forget it real quick if I catch any of you bullying the actors or each other or anyone over something stupid and trite like "you don't like the direction the franchise is going" Go blow smoke up Mattel's ass if you take issue with the direction of the franchise, they can actually do something about it. The actors? can't and you can complain to corporate overlords, that's okay by me but leave the actors alone.

TL;DR: The movie is good please support the official release, Don't Boycott the movie because of the director, Be nice to the actors and each other.