#{Musings}

[johannestevans]

jeeves is a criminal, which is what makes him such a great valet honestly.

he has a murderous streak in him and is always ready to bash in the brains of a policeman, he LOVES to steal, he's a masterful pickpocket, he always knows which horse races are fixed, he carries ROOFIES at ALL TIMES

the thing is when people only know about jeeves as like. A Big Good Butler from Pop Culture they just can't appreciate that he's not just a valet and not a butler, but that the WAY in which he gives good service and is an expert on anything is that he's criminally insane. and sexy

[lafamilledelioncourt]

I have a favorite, and she's the meme queen

[thatdisasterauthor]

I find it fascinating that we now have two originally unplanned prequels to beloved childhood series...es that are both (at least partially) from the POV of the dictators that were responsible for the events of the original series. And both of them handled that damn well, showing said dictators as their younger selves without glorifying them while foreshadowing who they would become.

[ximenaserrano]

@jake-fieldsrp

There's something I want to say

But maybe not today.

[plaidos]

project zomboid is the greatest game ever fucking made

[two-bees-poetry]

Guys, tomorrow I get to see my girlfriend in person again after 8 months of long-distance-

I’m also meeting both of her parents and her older sister for the first time, which is very nerve wracking.

I’m feeling lots of feelings, but the loudest one is I-can’t-believe-I-get-to-hold-you-again :’)

[mysterionrisez]

they could announce a new south park season at any second now that its 2025. everyone be careful

[xyywrites]

“Chaos didn’t knock—it kicked the door in with a smile and a clipboard full of unsolicited advice.”

[coffeeandmoorland]

I was harvesting pomegranate seeds in my kitchen this morning, the house quiet except for the rhythmic clinking of the arils as they fell into the glass bowl on the counter. As my fingers bit and tore into the pith, I found myself falling into meditation, envisioning all of the women who came before me who practiced this task across millennia. In this liminal, sacred space, there were no language or cultural barriers, or even the confusion of time; only a breath of a moment where I felt my soul reach out for theirs, whispering, “I carry you with me across all time. You are not forgotten. You remain in everything.”

[ladylynse]

What if Lancer met Danny when he was four instead of fourteen? What if Danny wandered away from Maddie at the mall and crossed paths with Lancer?

I mean, the less fun answer is that Lancer would probably try to help Danny find his parents; if they can't find them in the crowd, then going to see if an announcement can be made. I don't see Lancer ignoring him, of course, and he might want to help but not know the best way to do it; there's a reason he's teaching high school and not kindergarten. Dealing with this age group isn't his strong suit.

But let's pretend, for a moment, that Danny wandered off because his parents are arguing about Christmas stuff again, and he's just Done. And that Jazz is distracted enough that she doesn't notice and that Danny gets far enough away by the time she does notice that her hysterics don't immediately alert Lancer to Danny's family.

What if Lancer is confronted by a four year old who refuses to tell him a) his last name, b) who his parents/guardians are, or c) where he lives? He can't just hand this kid over to the authorities, can he? He should really at least try to stick with the kid to make sure he's safe until he can get enough information out of him to get him back safe or until his parents come looking for him--right? The boy looks healthy and isn't shying away from him, and the questions he does answer tells Lancer this isn't a situation where he needs to call the police or protective services.

So this is how Lancer finds himself in the kids section of the bookstore, waiting for Danny to pick out the book he wants read to him on the bench outside said bookstore, listening to this child spew off an impressive number of facts about space because he absolutely refuses to talk about Christmas (except for grumbling about how his parents always fight, but Lancer learns enough to think that both parents do celebrate the holiday and merely disagree on how it is to be celebrated, rather than belonging to other religions and celebrating different holidays, and that--fighting to the point of having a runaway son aside--his parents do seem to care about their family) but is still willing to accept the gift of a book.

Lancer had never thought he was particularly good with young kids, but somehow, by the end of it, he thinks he's made a friend.

Even Danny seems somewhat reluctant to leave, not to mention chagrined, when his parents bring out the bullhorns/megaphones to announce that they are searching for their missing son, and Lancer returns him.

Their other child quietly pulls him aside while the parents are suffocating their son in hugs to thank him for taking care of her little brother, and Lancer makes a mental note to keep an eye out for this family in the future.

This turns out to be much easier to do as the Fentons more than earn their eccentric reputation, but he soon realizes it's a lot easier to track the parents than their children. When Danny and his sister turn up on Lancer's doorstep the next week with cookies, he has to invite them in and make hot chocolate and show them his train set, which they take to gleefully, but they give no indication that they've been dropped off for the purpose, and he rather suspects they got his address out of the phone book and came over on their own.

He waits longer than he probably should to phone their parents, but he enjoys their company.

It's nice, not being alone over the holidays.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

wtf

what is HAPPENING

[werewolfbarista]

y'all have 2 be proud of me because i managed to clean up the depression pit our room turned into pretty well . my leg is getting BETTER.......!!!!!!!!!!!!! STRONGER.

[lafamilledelioncourt]

one thing I love about writing in IWTV is in my notes/drafts, i keep calling daniel and armand, at the vampire lestat concert, the 'belt-loop situation'.

i'm sure five whole people find that funny, but a 70-year-old baby vampire holding onto a five-hundred-year-old twink's belt loop in a crowd of a rock concert makes me giggle every time like I'm five years old.

[johannestevans]

young servant absolutely enchanted watching one of the visiting noblemen working at falconry, and said nobleman who misinterprets his interest and eagerly invites him down to meet the birds

servant just thought nobleman was very pretty. he is absolutely fucking terrified of birds.

[aparticularbandit]

I know this is talking about in person.

But.

Isn't this how we made friends here on ye olde tumblr.com.

By showing up here all the time and being a familiar face in a place where people share our interests.