#(and also if they're a cool character outside of their terrible parenting? still terrible parents but at least they're cool!!)

[lady-of-the-spirit]

At least Yu Ziyuan was a boss bitch AND a terrible parent. Jiang Fengmian is just a terrible parent.

[spider-jaysart]

Any hot takes or unpopular opinions about super sons?

Here's some for the animated movie first:

Jon's voice doesn't suit him at all for the age he's supposed to be, it just kept throwing me off a little everytime he spoke with it. It's definitely not terrible though, it's just not for him at all

Idk about others opinions on Damian's voice though, but I really loved it. I felt like it fitted him pretty well and let his daring and mischievous side stand out really nicely. It's my favorite for him personally

I don't like that they white washed Damian in it once again when they could've definitely given him his darker skin and green eyes (I know this one's very popular already, but I just wanted to say it still). And when they showed the pitcher boy in the baseball game, he literally had EXACTLY those features on himself, which made it really feel like it was an actual annoying tease of some sort, since his model strangely looked way more like Damian than Damian himself did

And also besides all of that stuff, when Damian is in his Robin model, I feel like he looks perfectly fine and cool, but his civilian version looks a little weird to me for some reason. And I know that his hair in his Robin form is also a little funny too because of how long it is, but I don't really have a problem with it lol

Now for the ones outside of the movie:

I'm not so crazy about them being a Nightwing and Flamebird duo as adults. I want them to become their own identities, but not by using those mantles, cause it's still not completely theirs and isn't really fitting for them to me either, not even the Batman and Superman mantles either. Other characters like Dick, Chris, and Bette have already used them and made their names with it. Damian and Jon both actually deserve their own that let them shine in their real unique ways and stay independently remembered without their titles getting into the mix of confusion with other hero's. Everyone is allowed to have fun with it obviously though, no matter what I think

For a day job as an adult, Jon should become a scientist instead of a writer or reporter for the Daily Planet like his parents, because that's just totally boring and he's also his own person, not their twin. Just cause he's their child, it doesn't mean he's gonna be exactly like them and daydream about their hobbies. And it makes a lot more sense for science being his dream job too, because he's shown plenty of interest in it before

And for Damian, he should become a vetinarian as an adult, and credit to my good friend @camo-wolf for this next part here that I love, which is that he also owns his own company as a ceo to do it too, so he also has many more helpful clinics opened everywhere instead of just one

I'm not too crazy about their trinity with Lizzie and just can't see the boys having one either. It feels like it's just another thing to make them even more like their Dad's once again imo, but I think they're better off being kept as just a duo still. And unlike many other Damijon and Supersons fans, I'm also not crazy about Lizzie herself either :| (Not saying that I hate or dislike her though). I will say that the stories with the three of them together are pretty fun and cute though, despite what I feel about her. Oh, and for another little thing, even though it's Damian and Jon's thing in their relationship to fight and argue over things, it feels a little overdone in those books and feels like they're being more like just nasty to eachother with their certain comments and want to actually just get the other mad constantly

Speaking of groups, besides the boys having their little Supersons duo to themselves, as kids Damian and Jon definitely should've had their own awesome superhero team together a LONG time ago with characters their own age that could've grown with them like how it was originally planned for canon, instead of them both being shoved into ones like Teen Titans and other already established ones like that, because those groups have so much of their own stuff going on that just doesn't fit the boys and all of the members in them are usually much older than them too. For my idea about what they would have, I like to think that it's a fun group separate from the Supersons duo that both Damian and Jon lead and their main members could've been young close friends of theirs, like Maya Ducard, Kathy Brandon, and Colin Wilkes, and then for additional ones, it could be Tai Pham, Maps Mizoguchi, Flatline, Respawn, Suren Darga, Chris Kent, Irey and Jai West, Lian Harper, and even though I play around with their ages a lot in my own universes like randomly switching them both from toddlers to tweens whenever I feel like it, I'll say Mar'i and Jake too (idk if I'm forgetting any others). Then for the team name, I choose "Legacy's Youth" or "Youthful Legacy" or "Legacy's challangers"

And for another thing to do with groups, Dceased should've just let Maya and Kathy be the girls that teamed up with the boys, instead of forcing a deaged Cassie Sandsmark into it just to date Damian, create a trinity, and be the girl in a boys group, because unlike her, Maya and Kathy are the ones who actually have real relationships and history with Damian and Jon that were already made outside of that universe, so they both would've been much better picks. And without all of that dating stuff too, because them being boys and girls doesn't mean they should have to (plus, Damian and Jon seemed like they were the ones that were actually dating and also married to eachother instead in the story anyways lmao, so that's more proof that there was literally no need for it)

Jon's electric powers that came out during his Injustice crossover are so lame, cause that's not anything new. His solar flare is so much more dope and unique than that, what happened to it?!?! I prefer it way more

The team up reunion Supersons book that came out with Older!Jon and Damian in his new suit felt like their personalities were kind of swapped in some parts of the story, which was kind of weird to see and bothered me a little

During Damian's first time visit in the future, Jon should've been way more protective and stood up for him better when Saturn Girl and the other legion of heroes members began saying their hateful and nasty comments out loud about him right in front of his dang face. And even more defensive he should've been too when Saturn girl started messing with Damian's mind out of nowhere like it was okay and then put him to sleep, instead of just letting her like he did. He should've had complete second thoughts about the whole team right there and decide to leave after how uncomfortable they've made things, instead of still joining them anyways like they're still cool and forgetting about what had just happened. Jon's actual entire reaction during it all was just so naive and felt so ridiculous to me, it was disappointing

Jon and Chris Kent can both exist together at the same time, there is no problem with it at all. And just because Chris was taken away, that doesn't mean Jon's existence should be hated for it, it's the fault of DC writers for what happened, not him

Damian should also be able to finally have a sweet relationship with his Mother already instead of it still being dragged away from him all the time and also still being considered as an abusive one for him, because 1. being horrible to her child is ooc for Talia and 2. Damian deserves to have her in his life, not just Bruce as a Father. He should also be able to have a good relationship with the rest of Al Ghul's too and even a sibling relationship with Respawn as well, not just the ones he has with the Batkids. I know that some (or most?? Idk lol) fans don't like him because they say his origin made Ra's look bad for having him be abusive to him, but that's all very unnecessary blame on Respawn's character that he doesn't deserve at all, it was just a role he was put in as a victim, it's obviously the fault of the writers who wrote the story to be that way. I also feel like it would've made more sense that Slade raised him and was the one who had actually abused him, because he's done it to his other kids in the past anyways and him being a toxic parent is actually very in character for him

The Fortress of attitude is literally catching dust now that Damian and Jon have both completely forgotten about it for some reason, it deserves to make a comback!!

Jon used to have a dog named Ranger, I'm not sure what exactly happened to him (I guess he was forgotten about or whatever), but he shouldn't have been erased. He was adorable

I prefer Damian's pushed back spikey hair so much more over his current flat and long one, it fits him better. The current one does look nice on him and I get the reason behind why he has it, which is pretty sad, but it makes him look too similar to Tim and I don't like that. The same artist who made Damian's new hair that way in the first place also doesn't draw Flatline's spikey hair either, which makes me think they might actually have something against those kinds of hairstyles lol

Damian would so get along with Lois because of their sass and Talia would actually love Jon for how great he is to her Son

Annnnd I think that's probably all of my unpopular opinions about the boys for now lol

Thank you for the ask, anon!! I enjoyed answering this!

[intertexts]

Oh wait

You like fucked up towns?

Do you perhaps have any thoughts on towns and how to make them more fucked up? :]

(^^ words of something trying to make a small town map that’s fucked up)

OH. HUH. FUN QUESTION. i feel like. i am a terrible person to ask for thoughts on things like this because the extent of my writing is like, gay ass character studies & shit. but. i do have a ton of thoughts on fucked up towns.

the most important thing, i personally think, is having your town be grounded in a real regional place and it has to be a place you love. it's so difficult to make that shit up from scratch and still carry a real weight. and the horror or strangeness or sadness of the town should come from the reality of it.

picking a few of the easiest examples: welcome to night vale, night in the woods, h.p. lovecraft's miskatonic county. the fucked-up-ness of all of them springs from the nature of the place itself. they're not interchangeable, and they all have different emotions linked with them.

night vale is, very loosely, a satire of unbothered american suburbia in the face of-- well. all the horrific shit that post-9/11 unbothered americana ignores! and the strangeness and beauty of the setting comes from the easy and pleasant and mundane way that its citizens interact with the horror. it's day-to-day, it's chill, it's normal. yeah the faceless old lady who lives in your home is running for mayor. yeah the angels who work the community garden and live with josie finally won the case for their existence we can acknowledge them now cool. (& also of course night vale is a southwestern desert town & it doesn't let u forget that!! it's hot and sunny in the day and cold at night and there's sand dunes out by the edge of town and beaches with no lakes and it is very grounded in its setting!!)

possum falls from nitw, on the other hand, is a love letter to to those old, death spiraling pennsylvania rust belt mining towns. it isn't as heavily supernatural of a setting (outside of the old god in the mines the elders are sacrificing the most vulnerable members of the community to for nothing but the continued hollow, wheezing survival of something that should be allowed to die) but it's very grounded in the reality of those places-- the omnipresent forest, the dinky grocery store, your old high school classmate sitting out on her apartment steps at sunset, the feeling of being out in the autumn cold at dusk and the empty subway station and the weathered, half-hearted historical remnants of local pride and the ghost of the closed mine over it all. the type of dead-end, black hole, potholed main street town that you know you're gonna live and die in because it's what your parents did and what their parents did and god knows how you'd even make it out.

lovecraft-- i mean, mandatory disclaimer on his insane racism of course. up to u if u wanna read of his work, a lot of his short stories r very short etc. but crucially, for what we're talking about here, lovecraft was fucking in love with new england in the way that people who r born and raised in new england r insane about it. his lovecraft country/miskatonic county/arkham county is set in massachusetts, and he's very clear about why everything's set in mass: bleak, lonely, ancient, haunted by the sea and the lingering ghosts of twisted puritan ideology. his fucked up towns are the dark hidden backwoods, the port towns, the wretched things brought by settlers who have been a parasite upon the woods and the rocks and the fields for hundreds of years, etc, the feeling that something has gone wrong and perverted here and it's far too late to fix it.

so like, tl;dr-- don't try and make somewherw generically weird. figure out what place makes YOU go crazy go stupid. pinpoint Why it specifically makes u go crazy go stupid, as opposed to everywhere else. crank that shit up to 100!!!!

[stitchlingbelle]

Watching Halo, episode 1

Things I Know About Halo:

The Master Chief is a badass supersoldier who Doesn't Take Off His Helmet.* (I thought it had turned out he was a woman and the fan base rioted but apparently I mixed him up with Samus Aran?) There's a couple AI people, Roland the orange dude and Cortana the hot chick. There's a guy named Arbiter, I think he's an alien? Aliens destroy a lot of planets. There's some sort of mystical Old Ones leftover tech? (Is that the Halo part?) Names I have heard: Miranda Keyes, Dr. Halsey, Makee, Thomas Lasky, Chyler Silva**

That established, let's give this thing a go!

Nice opening scene. The costuming and set design are good, definitely have that Star Wars-esque vibe but are doing some of their own specific things that ground the world. The characters definitely gave you that lived-in-universe feel of established relationships and community right away. (Also I'm delighted by their use of Korean and their made-up alien language. Again, nice worldbuilding.) I am, however, confused. There's also an entire rebelling against the galactic empire thing going on? No one told me this. How do these people find the time with all the aliens?

Oh shit, THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE ALIENS. Oh noooo.

The violence is really well done. The explosion plus blood splatter shot was great. Good use of camera work to minimize the more difficult to pull off FX shots while still getting the brutality across. The helmet-cam shots are a good storytelling choice while also being a fun nod to the games. I do not envy the stunt people fighting in these suits, though. They made them look powerful. They did not make them look dexterous, graceful or effectively designed for hand-to-hand combat.

Noooo they killed the little kid! ...and everybody else. Man, I liked those guys. Poor Kwan. (Is she in the games? Is she this ineffective? She was like, I'm going to help! and then just... didn't.) And then the Spartans just... walk off?

DO NOT TOUCH THE WEIRD ALIEN TECH. You're a Master Chief! I have it on good authority that keeping people from touching things they shouldn't is a major part of your job! Set a good example for your troops! Also, check your six.

It's Dr. Halsey! Mad scientist alert, this woman does NOT seem to adhere to ethical guidelines. Nice lab coat. I don't trust you. Why do you have a person in a pod? (Why do you have them right where your boss can see them if they're not supposed to exist?) Who's Miranda Keyes and why do you have beef with her? Departmental rivalry?

Wow, Miranda is a lot younger than I expected. Also, that was terrible. Take care of the girl, butter her up, THEN ask her for shit. And do it in person, the hologram thing was weird and off-putting. Not sure that Kwan thought this through-- there's a happy medium between agreeing to be their propaganda mouthpiece and openly threatening to lie and say they caused the massacre, sweetie.

Alien homeworld (or homebase, idk)-- very cool design, good effects-- why is there a human here? Oh, THIS is Makee? What is her deal? Great costuming.

HALSEY IS MIRANDA'S MOM??? Wtf. Also I like Miranda, I don't think she knows what she's doing outside of her (own) lab but it sounds like her heart's in the right place. Great parting shot at dad, but also, maybe that's why your parents worked (for however long. Are they still together or not?)

Great scene with Kwan and Master Chief over the meal. Humanize him with a joke and then WHAM, dead mom story. I like how they're not letting you assume that Madrigal's people were just wrong about the Spartans. Nope, straight up, this guy commits atrocities because he never questions his orders. (She implied that she was there? How did that part go down?) Fortunately teenagers question everything, especially orders! Just in time to make you question this one...

From here on out it's action action action, with a lot of quick character bits mixed in (Halsey and Captain Keyes exchanging looks, the Spartans all listening to Halsey above their orders, high command doesn't trust their own creations-- how many different ways of monitoring their own ships do they have? This is taking surveillance state to a whole new level.)

YAY for Kwan getting a useful moment! If human strength does not avail, use guns tools, that's what we invented them for. No, Kwan, this man does not have a plan. I'm kinda sad the alien artifact activated, it would have been entertaining to watch the other Spartans get involved. (John: "This is our new pet. No, we will not be handing her over to be executed. Yes, she hates us all for very specific valid personal reasons. Roll with it.") Aaaand off they go, escaping to where? Not sure they know and I, with approximately 1% knowledge of this universe, certainly do not.

Finally, hopping back to address the One True Issue that divides the fandom: the helmet scene. It depends on how much the Never Remove the Helmet thing is an irl game artistic choice vs an in-universe character choice. If it's not an actual THING for John-117 himself, then I don't have any problem with it. Different mediums and all that. If it's like the Mandalorian thing, then yeah, it felt a little rushed, but still a necessary moment for humanizing him and building trust ASAP with a hostile teenage girl with a gun.

In conclusion: this was much better than I was expecting! I really enjoyed it and will probably watch the rest of the season while I bake today. And honestly it's been so long since I watched scifi on TV that it was sort of nostalgic? I was just ridiculously pleased by things like establishing shots of Reach and futuristic teenager haircuts.

Thanks so much to ATBNL and @sarnakhwritesthings for talking me into this!

*Has anyone done a 'John-117 is a Mandalorian' crossover yet? Someone definitely has, right?

**The last two do not appear in the TV show and also one is dead, except they're actually alive and married because @authortobenamedlater is in charge here.

[incohorace]

Good luck for school, sundorwine!! ps tell me more about the fucked up family wip

thank you!!!!

ok so the fucked up family wip is still very much in development + has minimal plot lmao

however here are some random facts 👍

i think at the end laura burns the house down (tells the others it's an accident but daniel Knows). and then as the family is standing huddled outside cordelia (the youngest child) asks "where are we going to live now?" and renee just starts to laugh. and she laughs and laughs until she's breathless and as the others are all staring at her in shock she points behind them at the house. and when they turn around there it is. hallowick estate. looking exactly as it always has.

also i think the way it's narrated is gonna be really fun! because the main story is told from the pov of teddy, the son of matilda and therefore the grandson of cornelius, and he narrates the events that are actually happening in the present. this narration is broken up by chapters in which the various parents – the original ten who were adopted by cornelius – and occasionally their spouses, rant about each other or cornelius or recall something that happened in the past, and this is a little disjointed and not in chronological order. so i think that's going to be very cool

i'm actually still trying to figure out the main plot – the bit that teddy narrates – but i have a few options: one of the parents disappears; one of the kids disappears; renee gets married; luca's return triggers stuff; there is a ghost (maybe cornelius? maybe an 11th kid? maybe one of the grandkids?)

im answering another ask about this where i go into detail about the characters' relationships and exactly how and why they're so incredibly fucked up about each other but it's honestly so complex im going to end up drawing one of those relationship webs or something hdhahsbdb

but yeah!! there's some random stuff :3

oh and here is that post briefly explaining who each of the 10 lmao

ALSO HERE IS TEDDY

and here is neil!

he's laura's son and teddy and he are secretly dating so he's one of the most major characters other than the 10. also this picrew doesn't show it but he's naturally blond and he dyed his hair with teddy's help in one of the tiny rickety hallowick bathrooms and did a terrible job <3

[darlingandmreames]

Hi I'm rotating my OCs in my head like rotisserie chickens and I've decided to make that everyone else's problem. So here are the questions posed by a cool post I have saved about my OC D.J.

1. What is the character's go-to drink order?

Okay so the original question was aimed at bar/restaurant drinks but I'm going to split this into bar vs cafe/coffeeshop.

Bar: he's used to drinking in shitty bars in ports, so his go-to is usually whatever beer is local/cheapest. However, his preferred drink is whiskey and he's a particular fan of heavily peated whiskey.

Coffeeshop: black coffee, occasionally with a shot or two added is he's particularly tired. He's also an avid drinker of terrible energy drinks.

2. What's their grooming routine?

Relatively minimal outside of the bare necessities due to spending much of his life living on various boats. He mostly just lets his hair do its own thing (it's thick enough and with a nice wave that it generally works out). If he knows he's going to be out and not wearing a hat he might put some loose-hold product in to keep it manageable, but he often wears hats on the boat so it doesn't usually matter. Regarding shaving, when he was working longer fishing/salvage jobs, he got into the habit of letting his beard grow out for however long he was out and then just shaving when he got back to port. Now that he has an entirely port based job with most outings on the boat only being for a day max, he generally keeps a stubble beard.

Despite not generally caring about his grooming routine, he is very particular about what soap he uses. He's found certain brands that he thinks are the best for getting grease and oil off and by god he WILL die on that hill.

3. What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go?

His most expensive purchases have mostly been for work gear, but his disposable income generally goes towards alcohol and books. He drinks less now than he used to but still enjoys spending evenings in a bar (especially now that he's more settled in Reykjavik and has a favourite local place) and will get a drink or two pretty frequently. He's also an avid reader, thanks largely to growing up in an extremely rural area and then spending much of his life on boats. He knows where all the good used bookstores are in the various ports he used to regularly sail into, and would exchange/buy books between ports so that he always had something to read.

4. Do they have any scars or tattoos?

Several of both! He has a number of tattoos on both arms and up onto his shoulders. Some are ones with specific nautical meanings (a swallow for having sailed 5000 miles, a polar bear for having crossed the Arctic Circle) but others are just because he liked how they looked. His largest tattoo is an octopus on his shoulder that goes partway down his arm.

He also has a number of scars, mostly from work accidents. Some are relatively small but he has several large scars on his torso. He got them in an incident which resulted in the death of most of his previous crew but he doesn't talk about what happened, not even with the other surviving crew member. He's rather self-conscious of those scars and doesn't like when people ask about them. He also has scars on his knuckles from fights.

5. When was the last time they cried and under what circumstances?

While drinking alone on the anniversary of the death of his previous crew. He was drunk enough that he doesn't really remember it and even if he did, he wouldn't admit it happened.

6. Are they an oldest, middle, youngest, or only child?

Youngest! He has two older brothers but doesn't speak to either of them, or his parents.

7. Describe the shoes they're wearing.

Steel toed work boots. They're practical and well worn in, and they're what he wears when he's off the boat. On the boat, he also has a pair of rubber work boots

8. Describe the place where they sleep.

Very sparse. He's never had an actual apartment before and is used to living in a very small space out of a few duffle bags, so the idea of decorating an actual apartment is...not something he's used to

9. What objects do they always carry around with them?

A knife! Sometimes several

[strangerhottotties]

Grease and Grunge Prolouge - E.M. and B.H.

Series Summary: Nancy convinces your friends to be camp counselors for the summer. It goes sideways when you discover both Billy Harsgroove and Eddie Munson are there too... and they're both set on screwing your brains out this summer.

Episode Summary: You just can't seem to wake up from this nightmare of the boy who's been harassing you all semester. Also you need to find a summer job and you partner up with Eddie Munson on your final project of the year.

Warnings for this chapter: tw:period blood, nightmare with Billy, Billy harassing the reader, trapped in a dream, dom!Billy, praise kink, reader's parents are strict, dirty talk, nipple play. Reader's mom not being the nicest, everyone lowkey bullies Steve. No character deaths!

Rating: Explicit, 18+, MDNI

Author's note: oh. yeah. starting heavy, i know. There are a lot of themes involving strict parents and guilt/shame based behavior. I'm laying some ground work for the camp story I promise! There will be camp counselors!

Tap. Tap. Tap.

That's what rouses you from sleep. You're too foggy at first to open your eyes. Your eyelids are too heavy.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

It's slow. Taunting. Your breath involuntarily gets fuller. You suck it in through your nose sharply, your lungs expanding like they haven't for hours. The stretch to your ribcage burns and satisfies all at once and your mind tries to catch up with your body.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

The muffled call of your name really is the trick that has your eyes fluttering open. With a sleepy noise falling from your lips, you wet your dry mouth and lift your head to see what disturbed your heavy sleep.

Nothing seems out of place, you decide after a moment. But your still under the fog of your dreams. They taunt you with sweet whisper of someone's cologne and cigarettes.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

The window. Something's tapping the glass, your realize and your head lolls toward it. It's a confusing site, one that doesn't alarm you in the way it should, only enough for you to push yourself up, blankets slipping down from the warmth of your cocoon.

You swallow thickly because it almost looks as if Billy Harsgrove is outside your window. The call to reality is slow and dizzying, but his pearly smile and hooded blue eyes are unmistakable.

His lips move around your name like he's dangling it out of his mouth. "Won't you open up?" You make out through the muffle of the glass. And then he lifts his finger, palm raised up as his knuckle tap, tap, taps the glass like before.

Your feet move on their own accord, too confused and curious to see why Billy was crouched on the roof of the porch, right outside your bedroom window. His eyes glitter as your toes meet the 'Oasis Blue' shag carpet your mom let you pick out at ten.

Robin liked to make fun of you for it. It was the bane of your sleepover-existence, thinking back on how you'd begged your mom because it would make you so cool even though it completely clashed with the ombre, 70's wall paper at the complete opposite of the color spectrum.

Sometimes you'd let the intrusive thoughts take over and you pick at the wall paper despite knowing how terribly wrong it was to do. Despite imagining your mother's reaction to you destroying it. Your dad had never installed wallpaper before in his life and the edges bubbled and didn't quiet line up, leaving little imperfections.

Sometimes with little imperfections, they nag the back of you mind. They itch. So you itch them back and it's just so satisfying. It calls to you. It sings so high pitched, like ringing in your ears and you just have to pick. Only the rip of paper, so quiet, drowns it under a tidal wave.

You step back, realizing you only stoked the fire, more shame climbing up your throat with an acidic taste in your mouth.

Because you really, really shouldn't have. Because it was wrong.

So you took to hanging up band posters and faded album covers for warped records. Patching over the little itches like bandaids.

It feels like floating as you move to the window. Limbs heavy and tired still as you reach to open it. The screen to the window has been discarded against the asphalt shingles.

When Billy leans close, you lean back, plopping backwards onto your ass with uncoordinated movements. "Atta girl," he hums. His hand leans him through the windowframe and when he's ducks through he towers above where you're currently seated on the floor.

"This doesn't make any sense," you insist quietly, voice thick with sleep still. His chuckle accompanies the sound of crickets as the humid chill of late spring night brings in the scent of rain.

"Why not?" He asks, grinning. His eyes cold and empty. Dead.

You gulp when he slowly moves his boot between your thighs and begin scooting slowly across the carpet.

"Because your..." you crackle out but lose the word to the fog of reality.

His eyebrow lifts as he moves with you, listening to the lack of your response. The silence continues too long. "Don't be shy now," he repeats like he did in Spanish II this morning. The whisper chilling you to the bone, "You're gonna be good girl, right?" The burning cold of his gaze digs at your bones. Some of his curls are falling forward.

Your back meets the bed. Billy kneels in front of you.

The Beatles album cover is fluttering like water on the wall.

This is a dream. Holy shit! This was a fucking dream!

"Because you're not here Billy!" You expect him to vanish. To fade into consciousness. You expect him to become a shadowy monster in the next moment to come eat you.

You don't expect him to chuckle at you. "But you're not going to wake up until I say to, good girl. I'm gonna give you exactly what you need," he purrs out to you. Humming like a big panther. His big panther paw gathers your cheeks in his fingers. "Isn't that right?"

You nod shakily in his hold. Terror makes you tremble as your dragged upward and pushed back onto your bed.

"I wanna wake up!"

Amusement twinkles in his eyes from above you. In the darkness he peels his jacket off. The leather glitters as he reveals the bright red of his shirt.

"Oh, I know you do, sweet girl." He leans over you slowly, his lips parting for you to see him bite his tongue like he was rolling a toothpick in his mouth. "What did I say today to make you wanna touch yourself so bad tonight?"

You pant beneath Billy as he slides his hands under you thighs and around. You moan when you get pulled into him roughly meeting his groin. The feeling makes you aware of the wetness between your thighs.

"Lemme guess?" He says, minty breath fluttering over you both. "Was it me telling you that I get this dirty little fantasy about you? About what a good, good girl you are? About how hot it is to make you feel bad," he hums, his eyes almost glowing blue.

"Look how lax you are in my hold, bet you want it bad." He scoffs loudly down at you. "Or was it how you have this fantasy about me?" He demands. "About how dirty I make you feel?"

"Not... not real. This is a dream, just a dream."

"Or is it this one?" He demands, drawing up your shirt. "One where I put your fucking tits in my mouth." You gasp when he pushes up your shirt up over your shoulder. The fabric pulls across your neck but you twist to look down and watch. His eyes glitter and you watch his mouth open, tongue sliding out of his mouth and he seals his lips around your nipple to suck. You can feel it, despite this being a dream. The warm welcome of his tongue laving over your nipple is too much.

"Oh, fuck, Billy," you gasp when his chuckle vibrates you breast.

"What a good, good girl. Good girls get rewarded, baby, don't they?" When his eyes flutter up to yours, he grins something dark and malicious. Then he's back on you, his teeth sink in and you moan loudly, accidently rocking your hips into him. A pleased purr rolls around your nipple and Dream Billy rocks back into you. His mouth releases your breast and lets it bounce. "Now you can wake up." He winks when he looks up at you.

Your alarm ringing has you jerking out of bed with a thumbing heart. You slam a hand down blindly to find the button until you hit it quickly. Trying to recover from that freakish nightmare, you can still feel the teeth scraping over your skin. What did Robin say about sex dreams? Some cultures believed they were demons?

Then there's a stickiness to your thighs that feels odd when you shift in the sweltering bundle of sheets. And oh shit! You jerk up and wrench the blankets off your sweaty form. The obvious dark stain easily lit by the morning sun painting the sky a gorgeous lilac.

A horny period dream. Great. And you were prepared to enjoy the sunrise without an early cycle.

You're morning was a clash of fantasy and disappointing reality. You step into the shower and reflect under the water with the burning shame that came with the fucked-up dream you just had.

The first time you met Billy was in Spanish II at the beginning of the semester. He got assigned to sit directly behind you. The good girl certainly knew who he was. Reputation of perfection was truly false, however. The only mark on his record it seemed, was the fact that he was such a pretty boy that girls flocked to him. Women too.

Your idea that he might be secretly nice was blown to bits shortly after meeting. Little mouse, he'd called you. It confused you at first. And then the torture began and you realized it had nothing to do with how you looked and everything to do with him being the big, hungry panther. He was playing with what he wanted to eat. You knew the moment it truly began, having replayed it in your head a thousand times.

You were partners for a project. Assigned. He hadn't wanted to participate and you were nearly pulling your hair in frustration as he watched you. Not just walked, evaluated you as prey. Tilting his head, poking and prodding you metaphorically. You had no idea that every response you had was only fueling his desire to torment you. "You're real cute," he'd finally rumbled, making you flush and ignore him.

"Can we please just focus on these conjugations?" You whine quietly, not wanting to escalate him.

It was his vicious smile that caught your attention as he slowly leaned in across the table towards you. "I bet a good girl like you gets even cuter when you're stuffed full of someone's fingers, don't you?"

Ding, Ding, Ding.

He hit the fucking bullseye with getting under your skin, that much was obvious when you turned cherry red and tried to bury yourself in your textbook.

You got paired with him all the time to this day, despite you pleading with the teacher to move your seat away from him. And as much as you wanted to lose your patience with him, you would breathe through it and continue on. Being paired with projects with him was horrible. He was pushy and purposefully annoying. Always running his mouth with a whip of his tongue. That tongue.

He said the dirtiest things. You'd had vague sex dreams before but you'd never been trapped in one. The chill of it still clung to the edges of your mind.

There were more important things to do today than digest your psyche. Like find a summer job. Yes, that was it.

"Mom?" You call, shuffling into the kitchen, snagging one of the green apples out of the bowl of bruised fruit.

"In the basement!" She calls. Ah. She was doing laundry.

"I'll do my own laundry when I get home!"

"What?" She calls but you hear her footsteps approach. "I don't like how you do the laundry," she responds.

"Well," you start uncomfortably, "I got my period early and I woke up-" your mom heaves a sigh, easily silencing you.

"Have you rinsed the blood out yet?"

"Not yet, I just showered," you reply meekly.

"You need to rinse it out a soon as possible with cold water or it'll ruin those sheets. Hurry up so you're not late to school. I'll wash them." She grumbles and walks away, leaving you mulling it over at the top of the steps before pushing the apple back into the bowl on the counter and heading to go get your sheets, trying to let it roll and not sour your mood.

Another deep breath and you head upstairs to pull the sheets off and head into the shower to rinse them. You set them by the washer in the basement before heading upstairs to dress for school.

"Do you have all your homework done?" She questions.

"Yeah, and the extra credit for Franklin's class too."

She sends you a smile that makes your stomach a little sick, only because you know what her next words are going to be as she tucks some of your hair behind your ear.

"Ah," you breathe, "that's my good girl."

"Thanks, mom. For the sheets too." She nods.

"Off to school, now."

It's a exactly point seven miles to Robin's house. It only takes about fifteen minutes to stroll down to her house. Once you'd made it there in seven minutes and thirty four seconds.

Today as you approach, she's already perched in shorts and a sweatshirt on the damp brick railing of her porch. "Hey, loser!" She calls. You smile and wave up at her.

"Hey, nerd!" You giggle back and drop your bag beside you as you drop onto the top step.

"Dude, you look like the walking dead," she grunts out. "Did you do anything other than study last night?"

"Not really. Ever since I got that 'B' in Spanish II my mom's been riding my ass. On top of that I woke up in a puddle of my own blood this morning. Totally soaked down to the mattress." You sigh out.

"Shit, bad morning then."

"Yeah, do you got any asprin?"

"Yeah. Here," she goes digging through her bag quickly.

"Then when I told my mom, she got kinda mad."

"Seriously? Why? Not like you could help it." You let her shake a couple into your hand as you toss them back, wrinkling your nose at the nasty taste.

"Not like, mad, mad. Just like, sighing and rolling her eyes 'n' stuff. I think she's just, like, stressed out lately. My dad's been pulling double shifts again."

"Your dad's always pulling double shifts." You shrug, glancing out at the yard.

"Can I borrow your paper?" You ask.

"Knock yourself out." Climbing to your feet you throw your next words over your shoulder.

"Worst part, I got one of those weird dirty period dreams last night about Billy." She gags dramatically as you scoop the waxy sheets out of the wet grass and shake excess off it.

"Ew!"

"You're telling me! I was trapped in a dream with him. I'm totally just blaming hormones." When you are sitting beside her, you focus on flipping through it to find the help wanted section. "Can't wait to graduate next month," you whine.

"What with that 'B'? There's no way your eligible to graduate!" She teases with exaggerated shock. It works though, a smile cracking on your face. "What are you looking for anyway?"

"A summer job, I don't know that I'll be able to stand another summer filled with summer reading. I want to go out. Do things. Maybe kiss someone."

"Just kiss?" You pass your friend an amused smile and shrug as the familiar rumble of Steve's BMW approached.

"Maybe get really dirty with it and hold hands. Oh! There you are!" You shake the page loose.

"Good morning, ladies!"

"Morning, Steve!" You call, climbing in behind Robin as you fold your stolen newspaper sheet down and buckle up.

"You know I can pick you up from your house, right? You don't actually have to walk down every morning."

"No offense, Steve, but my mom would kill me if she saw me climb into a boy's car. Even if Robin was there." Steve's nods and goes to shift gears.

"So, is that what you did with Billy in your dirty dream? Hold hands?" She jokes and Steve whips away from the shifter.

"Ew! You had a wet dream about Billy?"

"Robin!"

"What! It's Steve!"

"Yeah, don't be stingy, give us the deets!" You groan, head lolling back. "I will not drive until we hear about this wet dream." You knew Steve could be petty.

"Fine! He bit my nipple!"

"WWWWHAAAT!?" Robin cackles with that and Steve blinks wildly, confused.

"HE CAME IN TO MY WINDOW AND HE BIT MY FUCKIN' NIPPLE! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME! I WAS TRYING TO WAKE THE HELL UP, DUDE!"

"That was your dirty dream? Billy biting your nipple?"

"What do you want from me, Harington? He talked dirty and then right before I woke up he told me it was time to wake up and my alarm went off."

"Just not as... dirty as I expected." You flush, if only he'd seen it himself...

"A classic horny period dream," Robin chuckles as she calms down.

"What?" Steve demands, more confused. "Those are two considerations."

"We work in a video store. You know classic and horny go together all the time!"

"No, no, no, not that!" He groans out, actually moving into gear now. "Girls are so not horny on their periods."

"Definitely not true," Robin replies, and you both stare at him.

"It's like not possible, right? Right?"

"It's a hormonal reaction, man! What are you talking about? Are you listening to you?"

"Steve," you start, leaning forward. "It happens, it's just... messy."

"So then... period sex is supposed to be good?"

"I hear it can help with the cramps actually."

"But be careful," you advise, "everything is extra sensitive, so go slow and gentle."

"Oh yeah! It can hurt otherwise." Steve's eyes are huge as he takes in the road before him.

"Why do girls always use the excuse of their periods than?" He asks after a long moment.

"Cause you feel bloated and gross and most guy don't want to dive dick first into a cavern of blood and clots." Steve tries to hide his gag at what Robin says and then nods furiously.

"You know, I thought hanging out with girls I'd hear about more gossip and feelings! Not this can we change the topic? Please?" You and Robin both laugh at him.

"Sure. What did you raid our morning paper for?"

"I need a summer job."

"Uh, family video?" Steve offers.

"No thanks." Robin gives you a half hearted gasp of offense. "How many times have you been asked by some creep what you'd recommend from the adult section?"

"Twice this week. Point taken." Both of them seem to be appeased by you response.

"The pools always hiring."

"Billy works there," Robin reminds.

"Perfect, maybe he can bite her nipple."

"Aw, c'mon," you whine when Robin bursts into side splitting laughter. "Whatever," you grumble as Steve grins at you in his rear view mirror. You send him a half glare back and rest against the window.

When the bell to announce the beginning of third hour began, disappointment welled in your gut. It was caused by the empty seat one row over, two seats forward. Not even Robin understood why Mr. Franklin's Creative Writing class was your favorite. She'd just assumed you liked the short stories and poetry.

In all actuality, it was Eddie Munson.

The metalhead with no filter was never phased by any sort of attention. He truly let his freak flag fly with zero regrets, bulldozing his own path despite anyone else's opinion in mind. Something you'd never been able to pull off. It was a freedom you admired with a great passion.

Particularly this was your favorite because when he did participate, he was absolutely amazing. Concocting well thought out, adventurous tales with dragons and orcs. Epic ballads or even tragic poems. Truly, it was amazing.

You'd been looking forward to listening to his animated retelling of today's assignment. The extra-credit you knew he'd gravitate to despite it being announced last week that he was going to graduate with you next month. His final attempt before they wouldn't allow him to get his diploma.

"Alright, everyone settle, we're going to get started," Mr. Franklin calls. Next to you Tommy Hagan and Tammy Thompson are still giggling and you're too irritated to find any of it cute. "Tommy," the directness of his voice silences the room. "Take Eddie's seat for the day." That sinks disappointment straight down into your belly. Like that was the finalization. An acknowledgement that today's creative writing class would be boring and a little lonelier. Even if you never actually spoke to Eddie Munson.

Tommy rolls his eyes and moves up to the front of the room to sit beside the desk.

"If anyone has there extra-credit where they were asked to write horror story, you can bring it up and set it on my desk so I can grade it." You reach into your bag, dragging out the three back to back pages of your store on notebook paper. You'd already peeled the edges and stapled the corner before you fell asleep last night.

The shriek of sneakers on the wax floors in the hallway has everyone glancing at the door. You suppress to your relief, when Eddie flies through the door, panting. His long hair billows behind him as he struts in and holds it up a stack of notebook paper. It's crumpled and messy. From here you can spot something on the edges of the paper.

"Sorry, I'm late," he laughs, grinning at the teacher.

"It's alright, good to have you today, Eddie." The one sentence makes Eddie beam. "Drop it on my desk, I can't wait to read it." The metalhead is quick to drop it on his desk before moving back up the isle to the only open desk beside you.

You try to ignore the tightening in your chest as he struts. The chain on his pants bouncing with his gait. When he drops into the seat next to you, he passes you a heart stopping smile and you can't help but pass one back, cheeks flushing.

"Hi," he offers as the teacher begins to write today's topic on the board in chalk. Knowing he was probably only talking to you since Steve and Robin both bought their weed off him and recently started to hang out with him. You'd heard them talk about how cool he actually was, despite the drug dealing.

"Hi," you squeak back quietly.

"You did the extra credit too?" He asks, eyes bright. You nod, climbing to your feet and moving to set it on the desk as well. When you sit, the lecture starts, and all conversation is stifled.

The two of you spend the next twenty minutes stealing glances at each other as the lesson is filled. It's halfway through class that you get to experience Eddie surprising you again.

"I need everyone to find a partner and Tommy and Tammy, I will assign partners for you. This is going to be the last assignment this year. It's going to count as your final so take it seriously! You've got sixty seconds, go." The room erupts with excitement and the metalhead turns to you.

"Do you want to be partners?" He asks, eyes glittering. It nearly steals the breath right out of you, and it really shouldn't flatter you the way it does. You don't mean to sound so breathy when you laugh at yourself quietly.

"Uh, yeah, sure," you agree with the surrounding squeals of metal tables and chairs shifting. You find yourself looking away under the intensity of his dark gaze.

"Fuckin' awesome!" He pushes his desk up beside yours and eagerly follows with his chair.

"What did you write?" You ask, catching his attention but the extended silence between you makes you realize it wasn't specific enough. You wince mildly and try a second time... a little worse than before. "I mean... the, um-" you gesture with you pen towards Mr. Franklin's desk.

"Oh? The extra credit?" He grins.

"Yes," you breath in relief and decide today: you're going to be bold. "I, um, have to admit," you laugh shakily at yourself, feeling ridiculous and lame, "I'm a little disappointed I didn't get to hear it." You don't expect the shocked look on his face.

You nearly regret saying anything as he seems to stop working for a moment, frozen. He starts to rise in his seat but he's grabbing the front of it and turning both himself and the plastic towards you fully, caging you in between his long legs.

"Oh, now I gotta hear why you are disappointed. That has to be remedied." His eyes are completely full of life and it threatens to suck your soul out with it. You could get lost in them.

"A horror story? Isn't that right up your alley?" You don't miss the way he bites his lip. "You're a really good story teller," you promise, "I suppose I was waiting for your masterpiece." You're surprised by the pink flushing of his cheeks and his delighted laughter.

"Tell you what," he hums, leaning Iin just inches from your face, forcing you to look him in the eye as your heart wants to tear right out of your chest, "as soon as Franklin grades it, I'll give you your very own reading of Eddie Munson's Horror Extravaganza."

You try to suppress your smile and fail miserably. His excitement is just too cute. "Really?" You manage, accidently squeaking in the process.

Eddie's eyebrows shoot up and he presses one of his ringed fingers across his mouth. It takes him a second to respond as he dramatically sinks himself against the side of his desk. It's his eyelids flutter and those dark eyes rolling back into his head that you get caught up by. You're completely unaware of how wild that one word was driving him insane. You could ask him anything in that tone of voice and he'd absolutely crumble.

"Abso-fucking-lutely," he groans out, "just be prepared for a bloody, gorey mess."

Seemed to be a common theme for you today. Your finger, blindly scratches through your hair.

"Okay, has everyone found their partners? Alright, let's go over the final project! I'm passing out the rubric..." you spend the rest of class too focused on the earthy smells that Eddie radiates to really listen to the teacher. Especially after he takes off his jacket and exposes the bat tattoos decorating his forearm close enough for you to touch.

You spend what feels like forever hyper aware of his presence right beside you, jumping a bit when his foot bumps yours. "Sorry," he whispers.

"It's fine," you whisper back. And then his foot stays and you can feel heat creeping up the back of your neck like you were under the midsummer sun.

You forget that your not supposed to pick at the wallpaper. Biting your lip, you shift minutely. Your foot lifts just a bit you just needed a little friction. Just a touch. Eddie's breath hitches beside you as your foot skims across the top of his and stops on the inside of his foot, tangling your ankles.

When his breath hitches, there's just this... quiet little idea that rattles in the back of your mind. What would he sound like saying all those dirty things Billy always did?

He'd be unabashedly loud, wouldn't he? Like he always was. You tried to imagine his voice instead. Hard to focus on anything when this was the sound of tearing wallpaper, drowning everything else out. You could feel the heat of his skin as he rubbed his leg against yours, riding his pant leg up you can feel his coarse leg hair against your skin.

The shame crashes over you in a hot wave when the bell rings, reminding you that good girls didn't play footsie with hot, tattooed metalheads in class. You snap to your feet.

"Maybe we can work on this project Friday night. I should have the extra-credit back by then. My place?" Eddie asks in a cavalier manner, and you can't meet his eyes with all of the mortification.

"Lunch," you squeak meekly, "find me at lunch and we can figure it out." And your rushing from the room without a second glance to look at him. It was half way down the hall that you came to a full stop and want to cry because of a single realization.

Did Eddie Munson just ask you out?

Eddie was no where to be found an hour later. And hour after you'd barely been able to keep up in physics with all the back and forth in your head.

After scanning the cafeteria twice, you make your way to your normal table, nervousness rising in your belly. Your mildly relieved when you see Steve and Robin chatting at their normal spot. You waste no time in dropping your lunch box down beside them and grabbing Steve's arm.

His eyes widen at you. "Well, hello to you, too."

"I need you're guy's help. Now."

Robin and Steve both shoot to their feet, collecting their trays. "How about outside today?" Robin asks and you can only nod quickly. They herd you toward the doors that lead to the picnic benches - Steve following behind and Robin in front as you all head towards the wet tables.

It must have rained during class, which is fantastic because now there's no one to over hear this.

"What's wrong?" Steve asks as soon as the doors shut behind you guys.

"I think...Eddie Munson might have asked me out?"

"Dude! What!?" Robin gasps. "What'd you say?"

"I'm not surprised." Steve hum. You freeze in your steps to face him.

"Why?" You ask him quietly.

Steve shrugs like it's not a big deal. "He's asked about you before is all." Robin punches his shoulder for you. "Ow! What?"

"Well what did he ask about, Steve!" Steve rolls his eyes.

"Like basic shit!"

"Like what?" She presses. "We need specifics!"

"Like if we were friends! Like if you were cool!"

"And?" You ask.

"And what? And are you!?" Steve gasps, flabbergasted. You nod once, staring up at him. "I told him, yeah. Of course your cool, now can we eat? I'm starving!"

"Okay," you sigh and you all move to sit in the cold wet patches on the table.

"So what exactly makes you think he asked you out?" Robin insists as you all sit but the door to the cafeteria is thrown open and Nancy and Barb come out with their lunches.

"There you guys are! We've been looking everywhere for you!" Nancy calls, there's frantic waving from your best friend as the two of them approach.

"No Jonathan today?" Steve asks.

"No he had to take Will to his appointment today," she replies and makes a face at the wet bench. You don't miss Steve pulling off his jacket to drape over it for her.

"Shhh, c'mon, spit it out," Robin insists. Ever your wing man.

"Well, he asked me if I want to partner with him on the final for creative writing and I agreed. And he might have been flirting with me and I think I was definitely flirting with him-"

"Wait who?"

"Eddie Munson, keep up, twinkle toes," Robin chirps.

"Ew!" Nancy wrinkles her nose. "You don't like him, do you?" Her eyes widen at your blush. "Oh my god, you do don't you!" You give a grievous groan.

"Yeah, yeah, I think I do." You wave a hand and the whole table gasps. "He's kinda cute, you know, in like... a messy, crazy way and you guys should hear how he writes. It's amazing."

"Leave it to you to find golden qualities in everyone," Barb offers you with a sweet smile. You smile back at her warmly.

"Okay, so what exactly did you do that was flirting?" Steve asks dubiously.

"I... told him I want to hear the horror story he wrote," you begin slowly, "and I kind of... like... this? With my leg?" And you hook your ankle like you hand in class with Robin beside you. Everyone ducks to look.

"You played footsie with Eddie Munson?" Nancy giggles. "That's actually really adorable."

"Well... the bell rang and I realized how much my mom would ground me if she ever found out that I was flirting with a guy like Eddie. And I tried to bolt when he asked me if I wanted to work on the final this Friday at his place... so he could also read to me his short story." You glance around at the reactions.

"He was definitely asking you out. Maybe he'll bite your nipple and make your horny period dreams come true."

"Not helpful, Steve," you hiss out.

"Uh, what?" Nancy says when Barb chokes on her sandwich.

"Nothing," you insist.

"So what did you say in response?"

"I told him to find me at lunch." Steve groans.

"Why not just say 'yes'?" Barb asks.

"Because he mom would never agree. And she has to run everything past her mom. Even hanging out with me."

"So secretly date him," Nancy says. You don't miss the satisfied little smile that flutters on Steve's face. Reminding you of their secret relationship a few years back. However, they certainly got caught.

"If I don't pull it off, I'll be grounded until I die. And I need out of the house so bad. I haven't even had time to look at the job boards today."

"Come work with me," Nancy offers.

"At the Hawkins post?" You demand.

"No, no. I'm skipping this summer and Jonathan and I are going back to the summer camp this year. It's a lot of fun. Plus we get a discount for Will and Mike to go."

"It is a lot of fun," Steve insists. "Kids rotate out all summer for different things and you get to do activities with them but mostly the teachers take care of them. You be helping with breakfast and things. You still get weekends off to kind of do your own thing. Pays shit but you'd be out of the house all summer in one of the cabins."

"And all of us hang out on Saturday nights, play dumb games. It's like college kid's spring break all summer."

"And someone hooks up every year- ow! I wasn't referring to just you!"

"So?"

"Actually, that sounds really nice. I could use some space from my mom."

"I'm going this year, too." Barb chirps.

"Robin, you should totally apply too! We could all have one last hurrah before college and it'll be fun."

Robin mulls that over. "Yeah, I think I'm over the creeps at Family Video. Steve will you take us to apply tonight?"

"Yeah, sure. Nancy would you be cool with me going this year?" He ask. She jerks like she's been whipped. Her jaw opening as she tries to find the words. The whole table slows to watch.

"Of course, Steve. We're all friends. This will be so much fun, you know? It's going to be a summer we'll never forget."

As you pop more fruit into your mouth, the door to the cafeteria opens again. Everyone glances over and there's silence as you see Eddie approaching across the wet grass.

You stand, terror filling you. Today you will be bold. You promise yourself as you meet him halfway. Eddie grins and you feel like your floating across the grass towards him. "There you are," he hums.

"Yeah, I looked for you before we sat down."

"I had to stay late to talk to Kilton about a couple last minute graduation requirements, hope you didn't think I got cold feet. I was little worried when you bolted as soon as the bell rang." It was incredible how he didn't even show a wink of nervousness.

"Yeah, sorry, about that," you offer, turning really red as he steps closer. "I didn't honestly even register much of what you asked me until I was in the hallway."

"Oof. Should I be offended that the part you missed was me asking you out?" He teases, stepping closer. So, he was asking you out!

"I hope not. It's just... complicated, is all." You admit.

"Do you even want to hang out? We can figure something else out for the final-"

"I do, I do," you insist, eyes meeting his, attempting to show him how genuine you were about that. "I just... don't know that I can... or that I'm allowed to I should say." A knowing smile crosses his face.

"Ah, Mom or Dad?"

"Mom," you reply. A sorrowful little song fills your heart when he grins and kicks at the grass with his foot. The way he jumped to this conclusion so fast made you wonder how many times he'd heard parents banning their kids from him. "But... maybe," you start quietly, "maybe I can tell her Robin and I have to study for our physics final."

His eyes light with something mischievous as he tuts your name. It sends a thrill through you, hearing the way he rumbles around it as he chuckles. "Are you offering to sneak out and come over to my place?" You smile and shrug a little, letting that tearing sound just continue. "You're too good," he seems to say mostly to himself. "Way to good for me." He hits you with another stunning grin. "Where should I pick you up?"

Thills shriek through you, vibrating your soul like strummed your heartstrings.

"Robin Buckley's house?" You offer. He passes her a glance and nods in affirmation.

"On one condition," he breathes then. You meet his eyes as he leans in almost close enough to kiss you. "You know that frilly black skirt you always wear with the little flowers on that?" You nod. "Wear that." You flush cherry red as he turns without waiting for a response and walks away.

Maybe... maybe this could work. Maybe you could get away with peeling some more wallpaper without your mom noticing. Maybe you could date a boy for a month before you had the best summer of your life.

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My reviews on Manhwas

Alright so, recently I've began to fall into the great Manhwa hell, as if I didn't have enough fandoms.

But I neither have friends to chat about this with, nor a Discord chat where I can fanby about it, so I just decided to throw it in here.

These are both Manhwas I recommend and my opinions on them. If there are any spoilers, They will be striked through and in blue for anyone that wishes to avoid them (if anyone even reads this lol).

1. The Villainess Reverses the Hourglass (악녀는 모래시계를 되돌린다)

Premise: Aria was a terrible person and was sentenced to dead by being beheaded. In her final moments, she discovers her step sister, Mielle, actually manipulated her during her entire life just so she could get Aria killed. She then is beheaded, and wakes up in the past, in her child body. So now, she must work to both survive and get her revenge on her sister.

Lovely story, and my first Manhwa. The art is simply stunning, and all the characters are very flashed out and developed. Aria (MC) is the pettiest person alive and I'm here for that.

Also, I noticed a trend where, even though the manhwa has "Villainess" in the title, the MC is usually a total angel. Well, not here. Aria is egotistical and a total Diva, she has her goals and one of them is her revenge and by all that is sacred she'll get it.

Mielle is a great villain, she has grown a lot in her own pettiness and tactics since she was a child, and I really like that. Also, watching her suffer for being a terrible person is delightful.

The Male Lead (Asher) is also really cool, I like how he's both witty and friendly, and how much he truly admires Aria and her achievements.

The side characters are also pretty good, and they get a lot of focus because of their interactions with the main cast.

Again, The art is S T U N N I N G. Look at this:

Literally all panels are drawn like this or better, I'm in love.

All in all, an awesome read, 10/10, I love this a lot.

2. The Monster Duchess And Contract Princess (괴물 공작가의 계약 공녀)

Premise: Leslie's life was terrible, and always centered on her big sister, Eli. After a failed attempt of her family to grant Eli her sister's skills and knowledge, Leslie searches for the feared "Monster Duchess" in an attempt to survive.

Another one with incredible art AND incredible characters. Leslie is an absolute angel, and seeing her grow as a person is awesome.

The gender envy I feel with the Duchess is unbearable, she's utterly perfect. And the entire family is so dotting and loving and sweet, my little grinch heart can't take it.

She's perfection, really.

The plot keeps getting more and more mysterious, and I'm here for it!

I love each of the main characters a lot, and even the villains are well done and fuel your hatred.

Also, Eli Sperado and her Dad can choke on those black flames for all eternity.

Another 10/10, although I must warn anyone that wishes to read this that the translations sometimes are very spotty and messy, so it can be a bit annoying.

3. I'll be the Matriarch in this Life (이번 생은 가주가 되겠습니)

Premise: Firentia was a girl that died in Korea in her past life, and was reborn into an influential family as the illegitimate daughter of the third son. Her life was pretty terrible, with in the end, her family ending up in poverty and disgrace because of her uncles and cousins, while she was exiled from the family. After another accident, she wakes up in her past, now with a goal: Become the Lombardi matriarch and stop the other family heirs from bringing it to ruin.

Awesome art and Awesome plot number 3! This is so good, genuinely. Firentia is such an awesome plotter, and her goals and actions are very well developed.

The Male Lead is my baby and I shall protect him, and the side characters? Utterly stunning.

The twins are the cutest fucking shit, seriously. Like, look at these two?? I'm dead. Although, all the children are very, veeery cute.

I like how Firentia subtly manipulates things around her to get what she wants. It's similar to Aria, but she's much more mature and knowledgeable, and has a much less petty goal.

Guess what? 10/10. Yeah, I know, I'm terrible at grading, sue me.

4. The Twins Siblings' New Life (쌍둥이 남매의 뉴라이프)

Premise: Arien and Arjen were a pair of twins that died in Korea, and were reborn again as twins and as the Emperor's illegitimate children. Now, with only each other to trust, they must do their best to survive.

My current obsession. I really like this one. The art is not on the same level of pure Awesome like the ones before, but it's pretty good nonetheless.

The plot is pretty nice, but I must warn you: DO NOT expect them to act like adults. Honestly, just forget they're meant to be reborn in this world. They're just normal children and that's it. They act like children, and they think like children. Honestly, I think the author just wanted to make this story about them as children and their producer went and said to make them reincarnates because that Isekai shit is popular nowadays (And to justify they having memories of their newborn days). Seriously, just ignore it, the experience reading will be much better.

Other than that, the story develops nicely. The characters are all very good and the plot is very mysterious. I am holding myself back to not spoil anything, aaaaa.

There is also only one another thing that disappoints me: Arien is very clearly the MC. The story is told by her eyes and we only know what Arjen thinks or feels when he says it 9 or by subtext). I really wish it was more balanced, because they're both different people and have different perspectives, and also I really like Arjen.

I have absolutely no idea where this plot is gonna go, and honestly? I like it. It's very rare when I don't know how things are gonna develop because of other stories, so it feels very fresh.

The brothers are freaking awesome. I was so scared they were going to hate the twins and be petty, because of other manhwas that are like that, but they're so loving and sweet?? All hail these idiots. Also, Daddy is the biggest dumbass of all, this poor clueless man.

An 8/10, because of the complaints above. Still a good read, and I really like it, even with it's defects.

4. I'm A Stepmother, But My Daughter Is Just Too Cute! (계모인데 딸이 너무 귀여워)

Premise: A seamstress dies of overwork in Korea, and wakes up in the body of Abigail, the vain Queen, and the evil stepmother to the princess Blanche. Yes, It's like she stepped into the world of Snow White, and she must now do her best to live and.. Dote on Blanche with toys and dresses as much as possible?

Again with the awesome art and nice plot. Why are there so many manga with awesome art?? I'm so envious.

May all hail this crispy, delicious art.

Abigail is a whole mood, and I enjoy how she is inserted into the life of someone who had already lived and had a reputation. Her actions baffle a lot of the characters, as do her motivations, and I'm here for it.

The King has also an amazing backstory that's very tragic and yikes. I enjoy it, really. Not something you see in men's backstories that much.

Also, I'm kinda saddened by the fact the MC and the king are bound to become an actual couple. They would be such good platonic friends stuck in a political marriage. I was robbed, y'all.

Abigail greatest ambition is to get to design a dress for Blanche and have her wear it, and you know what? Good for her! Sometimes, it's good to have an MC that is not plotting against world at large.

Also, her mirror? Verite is simply perfect, I love this guy. I non-jokingly ship him with Abigail more than her with the King.

Blanche is a sweetheart, she deserves to be in my "adopted children" wall.

For now it's more of a Slice of Life than anything? But I also don't know what happens in the novels, so I'm just going to wait.

For the current lack of a grater plot, this gets a 7/10. Still pretty good and entertaining, especially for when you just don't feel like trying to understand deep plots with lots of elements.

5. Beware of the Brothers! (그 오빠들을 조심해!)

Premise: Another one of those "I lived my life and then wake up in the past." Hari was adopted by this family after the death of their only daughter, and although her parents love her, her 3 older siblings very much don't. She lives a miserable life in their hands, and when it's the night before she is to get married and finally escape her brothers, she wakes up in the past, and has to deal with them all over again.

Another nice art one, and the background characters are very nice, as is the MC.

But for me, it has a big problem. And that problem is the main ship. It's Hari with her eldest brother, Eugene. Even though they are not related and yadda yadda yadda, they were raised as such, and thus it bothers me. Also, Eugene is as plain as white bread and just as generic when seen as the Male Lead.

I ship Hari with Johan, even though I know it's not gonna happen, Ugh, the pain..

For me, the main point in this is Hari's relationship with her other siblings and the other background characters. I'm here for that wholesome sibling interaction. Her relationship with Erich, specially, is awesome. I love these two so much

It also kinda lacks a plot? Other than the relationship development and their story as a family, but again, I have no idea how they will develop this.

Also, pet peeve? Why do they keep using Oppa instead of translating it properly as brother? I get honorifics and stuff, but it's so annoying.

I give it a 6/10. Good characters and good relationships outside of the bloody incest thing, and it's a good enough way to pass the time.

There are two more that I've read, buut it's like 4am and I'm sleepy as all hell, so I'll just add it in a reblog or attached post later, and I plan on doing this for other future manhwas as well.

Do you have any recommendations or comments or just wanna talk about any of these manhwas? Hit me up!

[bengallemon]

.... So I wasn't going to do the DTA for this kiddo by @help-im-a-gay-fish ... But then I did it so welp

Here's the backstory and stuff I came up with:

Crescent was an accidental child, but Killer and Nightmare loved him anyway, going to great lengths to look after him and keep him safe as best as they could. However, Dream heard rumours of him having a little nephew and thought that Nightmare would be a terrible and dangerous parent, so he set out to "free his child". AKA kidnapping Crescent while he was still a blob.

Crescent never knew who his parents were, being raised by Dream, who made it his goal to make Crescent as completely unrelated to Nightmare as possible. Despite that, he ended up with tentacles anyway, his bones just being a naturally darker shade. However, Crescent lived in constant pain, though it became easier to deal with and ignore.

After years of living with Dream as his "parent", Crescent discovered that the thing causing him pain for basically his entire life was Dream's positivity aura, it even staining his soul and causing problems with his own emotional state. After eavesdropping on some conversations between Dream and others, he figures out that he was abducted just after his birth because Dream thought he could raise the child of darkness and psychopathy better than Nightmare and Killer, who had been searching the multiverse in desperation.

Crescent grew to hate Dream for causing so many problems, including not even teaching him how to fight or anything. Crescent ran from Dream, determined to find his parents and finally be happy. After some time alone wandering, Crescent accidentally stumbles over Cross, who decides to just keep an eye on him, even teaching him how to use a weapon and fight.

A few more years later, Dream tracks him down and tries to take Crescent back. Crescent begins to really hate how Dream is doing all this to him, before Cross basically tells Dream to f*** off and take Crescent straight to Nightmare and Killer, where he stays with them and reconnects with his fathers.

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Yeah I love happy endings. Lots of angst and suffering but then the happy ending the character deserves.

I feel like Crescent would be a quieter person, more content to be on his own, getting more irritated around a lot of people. He'd be chill on the outside with most people, unless he notices they're bad people or someone he likes, to which he'll gradually be nicer to them if he likes them, or more murderous if he doesn't like them.

He would hate Dream being mentioned, sick of remembering just how much pain he had to deal with just by being near him. I feel like Crescent would have a high sensitivity to positivity, freaking out if there's too much since he would link an unhealthy amount of positivity to it being Dream. However he wouldn't like too much negativity either, his mood changing to reflect it.

As for magic and weapons, I decided on a little sickle thing, since it's sort of in the shape of a crescent. Magic would be forcing out a surge of fear or hopelessness, summoning little sickles of silver or red magic and just using his tentacles. I think Crescent would just accidentally radiate this little aura of despair until he becomes aware of it and finds some way to dampen it.

And yeah I think that's it. (Also those damn circle things on the sleeves were a nightmare to draw, I have decreed them as evil even though they do look pretty cool.)

[truthisgoldenau]

IT'S PRIDE MONTH

for a moment there I accidentally had Pierce's photo under Marian's name oop

Time to officially confirm some AU canon LGBT stuff! Each character is their own pride flag but I'll add in other stuff that's canon in universe plus some bonus stuff at the bottom.

First up is Freddy Fazbear Jr! Gay all the way.

He's definitely the "move I'm gay" type

Was honestly super freaked out to tell his dad but went with the bold approach of bringing home his first boyfriend and blatantly announcing their relationship as such as a challenge and was honestly surprised his dad wasn't bothered by it

He was around 13 at the time and so the twins and Fred were still in touch with Maddie's parents and brother. All three were incredibly supportive (and still would be)

He absolutely had a crush on Bonnie Burnette even though he had never talked to him. Since the twins and Bonnie went to the same high school he knew of Bonnie, thought he was a dreamboat, but because Bonnie was somehow in with the popular kids (it was the money 100%) Freddy didn't even bother

Frankie Fazbear! My ace son! (The ears are wrong blame the app lol)

Honestly doesn't even know he's ace until much later

He's had crushes before but he's never been in a relationship (part of it is the attempt to communicate since he's mute sort of stops him)

He wasn't even sure it was worth mentioning to his dad so Fred never knew

This boy can hold so much love in his heart but he's not a very physical person that's all

Fred Fazbear Sr! YES. HE'S BI.

Only Maddie even knew he was bi. That he knew of. Some people probably figured it out with his over the top always on personality.

Fred was constantly sure that Pierce picked up on it particularly after the Christmas mistletoe fiasco but if Pierce gave a shit he never said anything.

Frankly it was amazing that more people didn't pick up on it. He was over the top about everything until a point.

While he didn't overreact to his son very blatantly announcing he had a boyfriend, he was very proud of him. It was a very Fazbear family way to come out. Even though he got so distant, he was always proud of his boys.

Bonnie Burnette! Also bi!

Being constantly surrounded by the popular crowd and always being the sort of stand out with purple hair and stupid purple bunny ears didn't do much to make Bonnie feel like he could even tell anyone he was bi.

Really the only reason he was even in the popular crowd was he was rich.

It made him less of a target for bullies at least cause the jocks wouldn't stand for anyone messing with him.

Knew Frankie from math class and honestly wished he could have talked to the quiet kid with bear ears as an alternative to the entirety of the popular group

Sort of in the background of the AU story very quietly develops a crush on Freddy and then thinks "oh God I like the troublemaker NO"

Chandler Cicily! Lesbian!

Would absolutely describe her sexuality as "girls"

She's starting to discover it during the AU (even if it's not a topic that comes up but that's why there's this post about stuff lmao).

She's the baby of the group since she's 16 when the story starts and relationships aren't important to her yet

But the crew still support her when later she's like "maybe I just wanna bake things for a cute girl and let her put flowers in my hair is that too much to ask" (Marian always chimes in with "mood")

Marian Mengele! An absolute bi icon!

Listen, her one goal in life may be to find her lost childhood friend, but that doesn't mean she's solely interested in this one Irish redhead

That said she's definitely only dated redheads

She's not afraid to be open about her orientation. It doesn't bother her. She's seen as weird already what can it hurt.

That said she falls for Finn so goddamn fast when she finds him that she questions herself and then is like "no wait I'm definitely not straight"

She's very upfront with Finn about it. There's no reason to hide this from him (or anyone) and if they're a thing she wants him to know.

Finn being the wonderful human being still loves her and it doesn't bother him. Why should it? He's just happy to be with someone who loves him.

Chetana might be Chandler's fake big sister but Marian is like fake mama when it comes to Chandler finally coming out.

God bless Finn for being the kind of person to sit and let Marian braid his hair with flowers because that's one of Marian's favorite things to do when her partner has longer hair and Finn's never really bothered with keeping his hair short THESE TWO ARE ICONIC I love them

Pierce Graves! A shitty pansexual icon

First off he absolutely knew that Fred wasn't 100% straight he had no idea how it wasn't immediately obvious to everyone

That said Pierce literally did not give a shit who knew about his sexuality

As shitty as his whole personality was he could turn on the charm easily

His parents definitely knew but he was already a punk ass rebellious teen at the time so they have him the "be careful, don't get anyone pregnant" talk and worried from afar. If it bothered them, Pierce never knew because they made sure that he could still count on them (even though at the time Pierce didn't really talk to them much about anything)

Fred absolutely knew though I mean they were good friends

He's not a romantic. He's never really had a meaningful relationship because he's not that type of person. To be honest, there's a piece of him that saw relationships that worked and wondered how that would feel but he knew that wasn't for him. He figured that out way early on when he asked his granddad why he didn't have a grandma and Mortimer Graves didn't sugarcoat the answer. "She wasn't happy with me. I gave her the choice. She could stay and be miserable with my lack of a decent personality even though I was already struggling to not be such an ass or she could go and find someone who actually made her happy. She chose happiness, and while it sucks that she drifted out of my life and your dad's, she's better off."

Pierce could frankly always tell that he was more like his granddad and as much as he sometimes wanted to know if he could even out up with a meaningful relationship, he avoided it. Better to not hurt anyone and wonder than to become the catalyst for someone else to overcome, right?

Fritz Smith! Gay!

The shy bumbling mechanic of the early 90s Freddy's ? Gay? It's more likely than you think

He was still far in the closet in the 90s He was young, living at home still because he had just gotten out of school, and while his parents weren't super conservative, he also didn't know how they'd take it

Found a friend in the day guard Mike Schmidt early on. Mike was looking for a roommate since his last one had moved out and Fritz jumped at the chance

They are like totally boyfriends by the time they cameo in the story though

Mike Schmidt! Another gay icon!

Mostly invited Fritz to live at his apartment because he felt bad that this poor shy mechanic was getting constantly harangued about the animatronics having problems

Was glad to let Fritz complain about it and even cry it was very stressful but Fritz needed the money

Mike liked him. It would be hard not to really. Fritz was a sweetheart.

Mike didn't ask him out till much later though he wasn't quite sure that Fritz was gay and didn't want to ruin their friendship.

Luckily it didn't and as it turns out they worked well in a relationship.

Fritz's parents had to take some time to get used to it when finally Fritz got the nerve to tell them but as soon as they did there was no end of support from them

Mike's parents were the opposite which was mainly why he already lived by himself but oh well he got a cute boyfriend and cool parents-in-law later it was kind of a win

Daniel Hartford-Dunn! Gay!

Presenting Maddie's older brother!

outside universe fact, he's loosely based in my actual cousin who lives in California with his husband.

He's 7 years older than Maddie was. Despite that, they were still close. Maddie's parents wanted more kids but struggled to get the two they had.

He's an accountant for a corporation and his boyfriend (and later his husband) is a pilot.

Last time he saw his nephews in person was at Maddie's funeral. He misses them terribly but over the years less and less contact came from his brother in law

Sometime in 2006 though he ends up getting a call from his nephews and there's this great reunion.

He's just. This chill older guy. Who loves his family. And doesn't care what people think.

Since I can't put anymore photos, here's the bonus content!

-as mentioned last night Dr. Phillip Guy is on the ace spectrum. I don't have anymore details about that at the moment unfortunately.

-Charlie Emily is a lesbian. The Emily twins were born in 1980. They haven't appeared in the AU yet even as cameos but they exist. Considering in AU canon the Emily family is alive and well in Hurricane, Utah without an Afton to be found, Charlie's dating her childhood friend Jessica at around the time the AU events are happening.

-Sammy Emily is trans and bi. Both Henry and his wife (who I know I at one point named but don't remember what it is anymore) love their two daughters to pieces.

That said I'll make a post at a later point introducing the Emily family because so far I've only officially given the design for Henry and not the rest.

In line with canon, Spring Bonnie/Springtrap can be counted as gay.

While Fred kept the shows at the diner pretty simple and straightforward, there was definitely this subtle underlying idea that Spring Bonnie and Fredbear were a content gay couple although if asked it was easy to present them as friends. At least, that was during '81-'82

However!

Fred also had Henry help him program in a special one time only song called Springtime for his and Maddie's anniversary in 1983, which was of course a love song. Fred always thought of that as being mostly for his wife, and partially as a turning point thematically for the two characters.

Henry was on board with this. They still kept it subtle, but there were clear moments where it was pretty much certain that the only way to interpret Spring Bonnie and Fredbear was as a couple. It was either so subtle that no one was bothered or Spring Bonnie's chosen voice was so ambiguously non-binary that no one thought it was odd.

Fred had plans for it to become more "canon" but never got to implement them since Spring Bonnie got damaged before he could.

Springtrap, being sentient and able to later interpret his emotions, is very confused about how he as a machine was meant to feel about this character he knew but the more sentient he becomes the more aware he is that he misses Fredbear and that he loved him. It's the cause of a lot of internal conflict for him. But he can be counted in the category of LGBT characters in the AU.

Happy pride month ya'll! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[concreteenthusiast]

@nikinihachuofdrywaters

I've taken some time to think about what you said and I decided to answer you in a reblog. One because I think you bring some important points to the discussion and two because the word limit in replies is a pain.

First of all I want to take a moment to apologise for the agressive tone of my original post. It was admittedly written in a moment of anger, and while I still agree with the contents, I should probably have taken a bit to cool off before typing it up.

That being said I do understand the point you're trying to make. I also do recognise that it is not my business to tell you how to cope (though I would encourage you to find a less self-deprecating way, if possible), however this doesn't retract from what my post was trying to say. That being that these takes end up hurting a lot of people directly.

That doesn't mean you are a terrible person for joking about it. If my original post made you feel that way I am sincerely sorry for that, but this is very much an issue of conflicting needs. Because sadly this isn't an issue in a small corner of the fandom, but a very widespread idea, and that's a problem and it does have consequences.

For one people can't tell if you're making a joke to cope or if you agree or if you genuinely hold that opinion when they look at a post. And due to most of the fandom not being in your situation (on the posters and the readers end), which is something you have to consider, they will most likely not assume the first option. This hurts people actively and directly, even if that's not the intention, that doesn't lessen the result. And I can tell you it does hurt people, because I know multiple people personally who this specifically affected negatively in a major way + making them feel unwelcome/unsafe.

Even if it wasn't about the individual person, its just not a nice atmosphere to have in the fandom, it makes it hostile. And there is a point to be made about there being a lot of young people in the fandom, and no, they're not stupid, but these ideas do get internalised and it can be harmful and downright dangerous in some cases.

Does this mean I will forbid you from making those jokes and posts? No. I can't, frankly, and even if I could, you're your own person and you ultimately have to decide where your priorities are. But it is important to consider angles outside of your own to do that. And in the end that's all I'm asking for. I'm asking people to be aware of the implications and decide if the risk is still worth it to them, cause its really not a very hidden one.

Which is why I mentioned conflicting needs. If this is what works for you right now I won't stop you or reprimand you. I'm not your parent. But I do think the harm caused by doing it in an open space like say tumblr (or twitter and so on) outweighs the reward here, and it would be better if you found a way to perhaps take these jokes somewhere where it won't hurt others. If that be your friends or a group chat/discord, or whatever else works for you, really. But somewhere where who it reaches can be moderated. That place isn't social media. Even when you're coping there's still responsibility in what you do and how that affects people. We can't avoid these posts, we would if he could, but this site is full of them and we can't filter them. But you can look out where you make your jokes.

And if you make posts like that publicly you do have to accept the possible harm that causes and you can't really blame people for getting fed up about it either, whether you personally use it to cope or not.

Tldr.: making the joke to cope sadly doesn't take away the harmful implications/hurt it causes, but you can choose to take the joke somewhere where it won't hurt people.

(also the reason this isn't in the crit tags is cause this isn't a character critical post. I'm not judging either character here, I'm judging how the fandom handles the situation. c!Niki and c!Wilbur are the characters in question, so it's in the main tag. That being said do feel free to block the "fandom critical" tag since I did tag for that.)

I'm so sick and tired of the narrative around c!Niki and c!Wilbur since he's come back and it honestly makes me sick to my stomach.

Niki is allowed to be angry and hurt. That doesn't mean she is justified misdirecting that and she definitely isn't virtuous for it nor is it a "girlboss moment". It hurts them both.

And Wilbur didn't leave or betray her. He killed himself. He committed suicide. That's not a betrayal. That doesn't make him a terrible person. That's tragic. And yes, Niki still can feel like that, but that doesn't make her right. It's called an unreliable narrator. Wilbur wasn't "a villain finally slain", he was a desperate man who lost everything and then killed himself. That's it. It's not funny to joke about that.

Making jokes about how the man who was actively suicidal and went through with it should "go back" or get punched/hurt for it is honestly fucking disgusting. It's horrifying.

I'm honestly asking you what you think that would solve? It wouldn't make Niki feel better. It would actively make Wilbur feel worse. What does it solve? Catharsis isn't punching a man for his own suicide. That's fucked up.

If you've been making these please consider there are mentally ill people on this site. And they aren't stupid. They can tell the implications behind your "jokes".

There are mentally ill and suicidal people on this site that see your posts and I can tell you it actively harms them. It makes them feel like shit. It scares them. It makes them feel disgusted with, and ashamed of themselves. It makes them feel like bad people.

And I'm not going to sugarcoat this because when you are dealing with these topics you have to think before you make a joke because for some people it isn't just a "joke". Some people live with these feeling every day. Many come here to cope and have a space that makes them happy. And they see a character many find comfort in and can relate to, for him be villainized and hated and people saying it would be better if he stayed dead. They see people blaming him and hating him and calling him terrible for his own suffering having hurt other people on his way down, while his literal suicide gets ignored. They see them tell him he should die again. I don't think I have to say what that does to someone, especially when you are suffering the same thing.

If your post sends that message, if your funny haha joke makes mentally ill people feel selfish and like shit maybe it isn't funny and you shouldn't make it. The narrative won't be moral for you, it's filled with unreliable narrators, but that doesn't absolve you of dealing with topics sensibly. It doesn't absolve you of thinking before you make things that can harm people. And for gods sake, I don't care how much you hate c!Wilbur, I don't, hate him to your hearts content, but do it somewhere where you're not hurting a broad range of people. Actually think about the implications before you post.

[askeimi-moved]

Okay since I dont have a computer available right now to change her info page I'll basically write all of Eimi's new info in this post and update it as soon as I can. Because I figured you guys might be curious now. Anyways!

Name: Eimi (havent figured out a new last name for her yet, I'm terrible at naming my own characters lmao)

Quirk: Pyrokinesis

Quirk Information: Eimi has the ability to control fire. It could be fire from a candle up to a burning building, she can control it. Well, mostly. Fires too big she has difficulty controlling, like said burning building. It's always handy to have someone with a water based quirk to help her with it. If she pushes herself too hard trying to control a fire that's too difficult for her, she may overheat herself and pass out, so her costume has cooling pads (is that the right word? Idk lol) within it (as like, inside the cloth and stuff, not directly on her skin. It's kinda like a giant clothing ice pack) to help her with that (and not make her prostheticarm not explode on her or something-). Alongside ot all, her normal body temperature is a bit more than what's usually normal due to her quirk. So she usually carries a water bottle with ice cold water in it outside of hero training classes and school in general.

Current Hero Costume: (I still gotta redesign what her current one looks like, it's kinda different from her canon pro hero one to say the least so bear with me lol)

Pro Hero Costume:

(Again, didnt finish her hair bc it's now 5 am for me and I'm tired but can't sleep, save me)

Personality: Shes usually pretty nice to everyone she meets, unless they're an asshole in general or just to her. Or if you piss her off. She'll be pretty salty about it. Other than that she likes to draw and play video games as well with the friends she has. Most of the time shes good at the games she plays but is terrible at fighting games like Super Smash Bros for example. As for her drawings, shes pretty good! She likes doing traditional art more than digital though. Overall she's pretty chill and also the kind of person that'll do her best to help people and try to make you feel better if you're upset.

Family: Of course she has her mom and dad, but she also has an older brother who's already a pro hero and working at an agency. He hasnt told her which one though because hes stubborn. (Also no, like before her parents arent alive anymore, but for a different reason. Other than, well- last time, her dad was killed in his work as a pro-hero by a villain who badly hurt him in a battle, and her mom unfortunately was in a bad car accident when she was in her first year of middle school.)

Continued in part 2!

[depressed-celestial-body]

Honestly? Switch the first and third and you're spot on.

Maxie IS technically a villain. His whole thing in gen 3 is that he basically wants to evaporate oceans because he thinks pokemon need more land to walk around on. His counterpart is Archie, who wants to flood the entire planet by he thinks pokemon need more water. Both of them were best friends at one point. They're actually probably the most tame villains in the whole franchise. They want good things, they just apparently failed every science class ever. In ORAS, he and Archie go "oh shit we fucked up" when they realize the world is like actively ending because of them and then asks the protagonist to help them fix it.

Lillie is spot-on basically. She also happens to be a genius. Her mom is the main villain of gen 7, but she's kinda just mad with grief and trying to resurrect her husband (Lillie's dad) who has actually just been chilling on an island with no memory the entire time

Now Ghetsis? He's just fucking awful. He's my favorite villan. But he's fucking AWFUL. Like I literally have to put tw here for him so

TW: child abuse- mostly emotional, some physical in the manga

Ghetsis basically wants to rule the world. Simple concept. But the fucking way he goes about it bro...Okay so he finds this little kid in the woods one day. The kid doesn't talk bc he was literally raised by pokemon and just doesn't know what talking is. So Ghetsis is all like "ah yes innocent child that I can manipulate" so he named this kid Natural Harmonia Gropius, N for short, for some fucking reason. And basically he cuts N off from the outside world and tells him that people are bad and terrible to Pokemon and he's gotta save them all by separating pokemon from their trainers. BTW this is just a ploy for Ghetsis to steal the Pokemon. N doesn't know that, he thinks he's just helping out his pokemon buddies and then Ghetsis makes N the king of his cult that is there to steal pokemon oops I mean rescue them. He goes around the Unova region giving speeches in which he approaches literal children and tells them that merely being in proximity to their pokemon is actively hurting them

Also Ghetsis is the first character in the pokemon franchise who straight up tries to kill the protagonist, who is again, a child. He basically forces his giant ice dragon pokemon to impale you. N shows up and saves your ass.

He also shows up in gen 7, smacks the shit out of Lillie and takes her hostage, and then demands that you surrender your pokemon "if you value this girl's life"

In the manga, one time Ghetsis beat N up with his cane so badly that the entire cast present in the panel thought he fucking died.

So yeah. Horrible guy, still my favorite villain bc i think it's really funny that he's the most evil character in the franchise but he's just like your average gen x parent nowadays except he has a dragon and a cool fit

no. you’re wrong.

emolga is the babiest baby to baby

😤

Look man, I see your point. Emolga IS very baby...however, it can fly. Glide. Whatever. The point is, that is a very unique and useful skill. Babies are helpless, therefore this gliding ability makes Emolga LESS baby than Fennekin, whose entire gimmick is eating raw ass twigs off the ground. You know who else eats random shit off the ground? Babies.

[baka-monarch]

Actually, here's some tips for teacher characters:

The school board is dumb. Teachers absolutely hate the school board because they change what and how teachers have to teach their students at least once a year and when they do teachers have to go to school (the one they work at) to relearn how to teach students in the new "correct way", even if the school board just made up a bullshit curriculum that doesn't even make sense (it never does, they have no idea what you actually need to do when teaching)

Most teachers actually care about students, they usually learn names fairly quickly (unless you wanna make a quirk for name forgetfulness) and will do anything in their power to help a student.

Teachers that don't care usually will break the law. Like, it's illeagle for a teacher to break student-teacher confidentiality (if there is something going on with a student and a teacher knows, it is illegal for the teacher to tell anyone else apart from parents/guardians, counselors, and depending on the situation, the principal), teachers are not aloud to actually touch a student's belongings unless given permission by said student or they have a warrant, teacher is not allowed to touch student without their concent, it's illeagle for teachers to verbally abuse students, a teacher can not force a student to do anything, teachers can't keep students in their room if they ask to leave for either mental health or physical health reasons, teachers/school nurses need permission to give a student medication, if a phone is confiscated it is illegal for the school staff to go through their phone/device, and teachers can not force a student to learn a certain way (I hear it's common for teachers to force kids to write right handed, that's actually illegal)

Teachers have a life outside of work, if a teacher doesn't give much homework it's because they know that you have a life too, also they don't want to grade homework. If a teacher gives alot of homework, it's because either a class is failing (not one person), or they just have a stick up their butt and think that kids need it to learn. (Younger teachers tend to assign less homework)

Most teachers don't give a shit about the dress code and only enforce it because they think the other teachers are going to give a student a harder time so they fix it before someone else yells at them which isn't actually going to happen

Gossip. OH MY GOD, teachers LOVE gossip, whether a guy, gal or nonbinary pal, they love that gossip.

Coffee is mandatory, if a teacher doesn't like it they still drink it from a lack of sleep (because of the cursed grading god dammit)

Choir teachers are bitches and will treat their students as if their family. They are also savages and WILL insult everyone in a 20 mile radius. Black coffee, nothing else, that is all they consume. They are going to gossip with their class. Half the week is just karaoke days, aka, play music and chill, don't forget to sing when the super attendant comes by.

Art teachers love history more than history teachers.

History teachers are huge nerds that not only tell great stories but yes they do like comic books and video games.

Science teachers treat students like childhood friends and will do a bunch of cool stuff and welcome story time in class.

If a student does something funny, all the teachers know before the other students or it gets put on social media. They are FAST with that gossip.

If a teacher has a kid, all the teachers that work where the kid goes (whether their parent works there or not) will already know everything about them and will automatically make them the teacher's pet. I should know, I'm a teacher's kid, it's terrible to be assumed to always be a good and always get away with things because they assume it couldn't have been me uwu

Lady teachers hate guy teachers because they don't get enough paid sick days for if they're giving birth. They hate the guys because the guys don't have to worry about the possibility of getting fired because they're having a child.

Art, history, and science teachers all get easily distracted if enough students start telling stories. The whe lesson will be paused to have a discussion about whatever stories everyone in the room has.

50% of the time foreign language teachers have been to that country, other 50% is they couldn't find a teacher in time for the school year and just hired some rando off the street who could speak another language.

Alright, that's all I can think of for now! Feel free to ask questions!

It's always so weird to read and write teacher characters because I know what the actual behind the scenes of it all is like because my dad is a teacher. So not only do I know everything that a teacher has to do to teach, prepare for the curriculum, and the grading system, but also all the laws that apply to teachers, schools, and their workplace. Like, someone might write a teacher doing something for a student and I'll be like "oh, that's illegal", or they'll explain how a teacher chose their own curriculum to teach and I'm like "actually the school board comes up with it and has teachers go to training every summer because they have to relearn how to teach a new thing because the board is always changing it"