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A fic about Alex Claremont-Diaz's chaotic coffee habits for @rmd-writes, brought to you by the extremely rogue and inadvisable duo of @dustratcentral (ifyoustay) and me (Lolaland).
(updating every couple of days).
NOW COMPLETE
CURSED IS A STATE OF MIND | E | 6/6 | RWRB
Alex Claremont-Diaz is well aware that he’s an absolute catch. He’s intelligent and quick witted, has an ass that absolutely refuses to quit and was once voted ‘most attractive law student’ in a slightly irresponsible and probably unethical NYU student magazine poll. Which is why he finds it super fucking weird that his new roommate, Henry, thinks his caffeine consumption habits are a bit off-putting. So what if he has some unconventional drink choices? It’s not like Alex can’t vehemently defend all of them. OR 5 times Henry has something to say about Alex’s coffee choices and 1 time he says nothing at all.
Chapter 1 - a wake-me-up and a pick-me-up
Chapter 2 - cereal coffee
Chapter 3 - lukecold
Chapter 4 - pre-made, post-warmed
Chapter 5 - dip it
Chapter 6 - the fat hasn't separated
#Cursed is a State of Mind#rwrb#red white and royal blue#rwrb fic#red white and royal blue fic#alex claremont diaz#henry fox mountchristen windsor#coffee habits#alternate universe#new york city#the ring-in but rwrb and worse#ifyoustay and lolaland strike again
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the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again
#yeehaw#1k#5k#10k#posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours?#also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that!#unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference#edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense#also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags#1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now#he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic#2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign#like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock#3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing#it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is#extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once#it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life#i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about#Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect#if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it#aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week
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Absolutely wild how asoiaf/ fire and blood set up Lysa Tully and Viserra Targaryen to be unsympathetic bratty teenage girls and expects me to hate them instead of the cradle snatchers they are forced to marry like I think Lysa shouldve poisoned Jon Arryn even harder actually and Viserra shouldve strapped Jaehaerys to that horse and sent him careening head-first into a brick wall
#and yet when i say hoster and jaehaerys deserve to be [REDACTED] im the bad guy#like oh no this pretty 15-17 year old girl doesnt want to marry a man who qualifies for a state pension card UMM???? YES??????#jon arryn you were impotent because my mind powers were cursing ur dick through various paralell universes
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Things that would kill a Victorian child:
Victoria Isaacs
As she should.
#legends of avantris#curse of strahdanya#victoria isaacs#im in a weird state of mind#ignore me a little bit#look at the pretty lady
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a very self indulgent twipri au i made... vampire!zelda x vampire hunter!link..
in which a rancher from ordon is suddenly afflicted with lycanthropy, and hunts down the cursed hylian queen who is absolutely, DEFINITELY responsible for it...
(spoilers: he's Mega Wrong)
a bit more info about the au below the cut!
"Link, go assassinate the Hylian queen so we can go back to living normally." instructions unclear i have fallen in love with her
midna is somewhere probably maybe once i figure out what to do with her .
#tloz#zelda#loz#link loz#zelda loz#my nyart#so .#my first au huh#poor zelda isnt evil btw . much like in twipri shes kind of Stuck in a very very cursed kingdom with not much she can do#she was probably very confused when meeting the ~hero of legend~ and he says hes here to kill her#she was like WE ARE SUPPOSED 2 BE BESTIES!! AND ALSO SOULMATES. why are u calling me ebil :(#especially because she feels horrifically guilty about not only the state of her kingdom#but also like. shes a vampire. She Eats People#so for link to call her a monster... she kind of agrees i guess#but no she had nothing to do with links curse lol.#he just assumed she did... and she politely told him otherwise#he does not believe her#and of course#when he DOES fall in love with her#he assumes hes being enthralled or something and is like YOU CANT FOOL ME !!!! YOURE INTENTIONALLY POISONING MY MIND......#he just outs himself like a giant doof lolololol#anyway#also. ik. the elephant in the room.#i have no idea how midna plays into this... she'll find her time... maybe
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Theory with no coherent proof on my part: brenner only visibly ages rapidly when a portal is open.
#brenner 'dies' very early on after rhe portal opens in s1 so we dont see the effects#but in s4 he looks considerably older.#then in s5 he apparently has a whole bald cap - portal that opened at the end of s4 has been open for approx 1.5 years#theres the tie in to the ptsd/trauma metaphor with the UD representing repressed memories#or repressed memories aka 'lost time' in someone memory#the whole thing where ppl with traumatic childhoods cant remember their childhoods very well and it comes back sooner or later#i wonder if there is a supernatural tie into that in st? like when a portal opens to the UD all that 'lost time' suddenly is allowed back#into the light aka out of the subconscious and into the conscious re flashbacks and memory retrieval#i dont believe NINA at all beyond the flashbacks el has before brenner got involved#bc it seems to me that brenner possibly took advtg of els vulnerable state to possibly manipulate her memory retrieval#which irl has been a long time point of controversy which is psychologists convinving patients that they have memories of trauma#they dont actually have. which idk how valid that is but brenner is a psychologist so if anyone he could find a way#also when the 'lost time' comes back to the surface brenner ages bc of those time loops begin to unravel. the real years brenner has lived#take its toll rather than him de aging as time loops back again to the beginning#very dr who of him. or at least every time he dies its another time loop thats created except from our perspective as the audience we#wouldnt know. because we are only watching from a set linear timeline (1983-1986) and we dont see the time line resetting itself#since all the timelines are similar enough with only small differences ('easter eggs')#tying this into the wheelers- their name literally means 'creator/operator of wheels' aka time loops. so are they The Source?#with the subtext surrounding 'truths' and 'lies' in ST i dont necessarily believe all timeloops are created equal#one must be the 'true' timeline while the others must be 'lies'. aka lonnie saying how people sometimes make things up 'to cope'#that and the heavy subtext behind hawkins being a cursed town. not necessarily anywhere else in the US#and how you can only open portals in hawkins per alexei#makes me thinks these arent legitimate timeloops. like time isnt physically looping back and rerunning events bc otherwise it wouldnt only#affect one small town in indiana. also we dont see the UD/the MF be able to affect time itself but rather ppls perception of time aka#mind control and memories. meaning that could it be time isnt actually looping but rather everyone in hawkins has their memories wiped and#recreated every time there is an inciting incident (which is unknown)#^this doesnt really explain how brenner is able to revive every time he dies unless brenner is actually an admin of this system and lives#'outside' the time loop. so. brenner is a video game character actually whos actual player is blissfully safe from harm outside of the the#computer screen#isnt this just the plot of the matrix. with 'the source' (the central computing core aka the wheelers?) and keymakers etc etc
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#my republican co-worker#pulled me aside today#to tell me her daughter is pregnant#we're in Tennessee#she's white#the father is Black#i wanted to scream at her#tell her to get out of the state#go somewhere where she'll be safe#but i just listened#she's mad and excited#and happy and frustrated with her 30 yo kid#doing something so dumb#she said she's with her 'no matter what'#and i wanted to scream about her voting for people that think those words are a curse#but i just kept listening#i don't know how to feel#part of me is seething with fury that she thinks her whiteness protects them#part of me is realizing that yes#times have changed#and there are things you can't change back#no matter how hard Project 2025 tries#and maybe my co-worker and her like-minded friends#will be the ones that hold the line#or maybe they won't#maybe they'll be like the Latinos voting for the guy that wants to deport them#idk#it's just all so infuriating#and so fucking sad
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The Sorority vs the leash I am putting them all on + Leo Dilisnya.
also yes our party is like 1/2 redheads. we used to have more. we thought it was funny.
#curse of strahd art#curse of strahd#curse of strahd pcs#our DM wouldn’t let us call ourselves Fake Out so we opted for the Sorority.#We used to be a party of entirely she/her pronouns with one he/him who we called our weed dealer#then we had a party member die and leave so we now have another guy. but the plot twist is that he’s actually a dealer.#and one of the members came out as nb#also. leo dilisnya.#this does not matter. the sorority is a state of mind#you’re a coward if you think otherwise#CoS: The Sorority#(of shadows)#there was a point where when Ireena was revealed to not be the Tatyana in our game (SAVED!!!) where we were all like#is it me? jesus?#our one off joke became real important#don’t test your DMs with your sillies guys#“Wouldn’t it be funny if we were all redheads?”#it wasn’t.
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Hello Lola my dear, I have seen your unhinged ask in my box and will be answering it soon, but in the mean time I thought I'd uno reverse you and ask some of the normal asks for you, too. Please feel free to answer any or all or none at all, whatever speaks to you.
17. Assign each of your fics (or selection of them) a cryptid.
21. If you were starving and had to feast on one of your fics to survive, which fic would it be?
an uno reverse! how very dare! thank you, sara!
17. I don't actually have that many fics, but i will assign my 7 most recent with terrible explanations:
a. the rainbow fish (tarlos) - a yeti because i simply couldn't ignore it (wrote this fic so fast, loved every minute).
b. double, double, acting trouble (firstprince) - a british big cat because the concept is so outlandish it can't be real.
c. ALTA (tarlos) - the mongolian death worm because it invaded my brain and caused me so many issues but i couldn't get rid of it. like a bad animorphs book.
d. cursed is a state of mind (firstprince) - mothman. it's sinister, and it's cursed and no one in their right mind would want to give a giant, evil bird caffeine.
e. (un)professional services (tarlos) - bigfoot, for the same reason as (a) - could not look away, could not stop writing.
f. catch and release (firstprince) - a champy, because its a teeny tiny monster in a lake (and this fic is about rowing).
g. oh baby i'm a fool for you (tarlos) - i mean...i think this one is obvious. the loch ness monster because this fic was about as cursed as the whole concept of resume and imprinting.
21. I'd be chowing down on ALTA, purely because it's the biggest and it would help me survive the longest.
#cursed ask#lolaland answers#cha-melodius#double double acting trouble#rainbow fish#ALTA#cursed is a state of mind#(un)professional services#catch and release#oh baby i'm a fool for you
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this election feels so hollow even though it’s likely ostensibly gonna be a good outcome. labour really just sucks fucking ass rn huh
#if the tories lose bad enough to make lib dems the opposition though… a guy can hope#I think it’s the fact that this is the first general election I can vote in that’s making me lose my mind a little here#I have done basically nothing but read today. I DO know a whole bunch more abt voting systems and the nightmare the tories have been now tho#I’m just kinda like. okay so what happens next? bc labour WILL do some decent shit but they also. fucking suck.#planning to look into the local green party once I’m back at uni bc I could actually do stuff there#I think I’m just dealing with a little bit of whiplash going from doing a biology degree where Everything is about climate change#like unambiguously it gets brought up in every topic (I DO focus on ecology and agricultural stuff and not like genetics but still)#clear consensus from literally everyone you talk to that shit has to happen right the fuck now.#it’s not even like I’m unaware of the state of policy rn I KNOW it’s a nightmare to do anything but we at least TALK about it#and then this election where it’s barely a footnote. biggest thing is the sewage dumping everyone’s talking about and yeah fucking finally#but is that all you’ve got?? the labour manifesto is bleak. it has a section and the stuff they’re proposing isn’t bad but it’s so little#and yeah no they’ve changed the official line on the manifesto to ‘make Britain a clean energy superpower’#I SWEAR it was different a few days ago#maybe I’m being pessimistic bc their plans for clean energy if they actually do them could be huge especially if they manage it by 2030.#it’s just that I know what the targets are and they’re already pulling back on shit like EVs bc of the shift right and I am So Tired#two party politics is a curse. as much as reform is an actual nightmare them getting a decent vote share might actually be the thing that#gets people talking abt proportional representation again bc they are nothing if not good at being loud#did you know we had a fucking referendum in 2011 bc what the fuck. and it went SO BADLY even though people generally supported it#god idk I think I’m once again being naively optimistic about people and election coverage has been very good at knocking me down a bit#people generally are good. I have to believe this. but man the british public is making that really fucking hard#genuinely I think a good chunk of that is down to first past the post driving politics to be divisive and aggressive#like is it the only problem? fuck no. but it’s definitely poisoning the way this shit goes bc when all the parties do is jab at each other#what are we actually doing here#idk I’m gonna stop now but this is taking up a ridiculous amount of bandwidth rn I can’t wait for it to be over#already dreading what the next election could look like in 4 years if starmer continues to suck ass bc I don’t trust him to not like at all#luke.txt#I said i was done but I just looked at the lib dem manifesto and oh my god it’s actually pretty good on this? holy fucking shit
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(via "Spring is a State of Mind" Magnet for Sale by Cursed-Quotes)
Spring is a State of Mind.... as are most seasons tbh lol
#redbubble#redbubble shop#the cursed quote shop#shop#spring#spring is a state of mind#state of mind#spring has sprung#quote#quotes#phrases#sayings#words#word#words words words#t shirt#shirt#bucket hat#sticker
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Captions. Now.
#every time we touch#the lego brick finds me sleeping at night when i close my eyes i can hear her voice growing louder and louder as she stedily approcahes. i#can feel her breath against the back of my ear as she whispers when that begins my heart drops as i cascade into yet#another state of lucidity loosing my mind slowly as her voice corrodes my internal functions and that damned brick is all i can ever feel#or see help me i am lost without her yet i am deteriorating with her#oh Kaguya why did you bestow this curse on me why did you have to die with her memory ingrained on my very being#TELL ME KAGUYA WHY#fuCKING WHY I SEE HER I FEEL HER NEAR I CAN SENSE THE BRICKS BY BRICKS BY BRICKS GROWING CLOSER TO THE GATES OF HEAVEN BUILD BITCH BUILD#yOU TOO WILL HEAR HER HYPNOTIC TONES AS YOU DRIFT TO SLEEP THE LAND OF FORSAKEN DREAMS GODS WHY WJY#hi Dionysus :3
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guys life update i have a history exam in like about 24 hours and i haven’t memorised anything i’m 😺😺 doing so well rn
#currently cursing out the capitalist system with my friend like my exam isnt tomorrow#here for a good time not for a long time fr#does that even apply to this context#idk i’m not in the right state of mind HELP#ICY THINKS OUT LOUD
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hm. henry cried the first dozen or so times he and scott had sex. the first few times were bad tears and they had to stop. the next few times were bad tears but he insisted they finish because he knows scott is going to be careful with him and it’s just overwhelming. the tenth time it hits him like a bus how cared-for he feels and weeps with relief against scott’s shoulder. the few times after that, he cries softly with a smile on his face as scott kisses his tear tracks away.
#i love sappy sex dont LOOK at me#notsfw#tw sa mention#creelarke#stranger things //#in no order my favorite types of sex are:#sappy and emotional. silly and fun. and the loudest nastiest messiest shit youve ever witnessed#and in my heart of hearts creelarke has all of them <3#i say things#no i will not EVER shut up about them fucking now#ive cursed myself#this will be my state of mind forever now
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had a dream that there was a house for sale ‘close to where i lived’ (in dream, not in actual world geography), and it was extremely cheap for where i live, but the reason it was so cheap was because it was actually cursed, and it was a pretty major fixer-upper outside of the curse
also the kitchen had like six fridges (this was acknowledged as weird by me in the dream, and by the contractor dude who was also on the house tour, but the selling couple just thought it was convenient)
#the curse was that stairways and hallways would get ridiculously small unless you had the right state of mind#which i somehow got into by reshaping things into a text adventure momentarily#and when i dropped back into 'actual world' i could push back against the curse as long as i focused#anyway the house only cost like 110k so i was seriously considering it (except for how i don't actually have that money yet)
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and what if nero thinks of himself as a tool for the three magicians he knew for a decade. what if he only limits as himself as a pawn, what if that's why he so easily threw himself as a sacrifice to protect his friends.
#im giving myself pain because i just know maydare would diverse from this#nero knew his worth but as a prince rather than as himself. he have SO MUCH trust on his familiar that it will bring rescue to his team#kanon told nero why he saved him and told him about the future war just when he was 6 years old. he kept that in mind and what his life is#for. kanon literally told nero that he's gonna be a necessary pawn in the future lmao?? kanon who had gone through so much could not care#less for some ordinary people ig since he was so detached from emotions... he's straightforward to nero and nero took it pretty well?????#ANYWAY rereading nero.... nero didn't seem to mind dying??????? like what the hell boy????????? he's not freaking out about himself#dying at all. rather he's concerned for the things happening around him and the people worrying about him????#'beatrice saw me and let out a small cry. did i look that bad?' YOU'RE IN A STATE OF DYING. NERO YOU WERE STABBED.#IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BODY. A CURSE IS SPREADING IN YOUR BODY. NERO???#'What was i doing/ thinking about things so detachedly when it hurt so much that it felt like i was going to die' YOU😭#he knows he can't die here. he know he have so many things left to do.#this entire time he's fighting through the curse he did not say anything. the only words he uttered was makia's name. his concern for her.#he felt like he can't die without confirming if she's okay. once he knew that she's already he felt relieved that his vision is turning#white. nero what the fuck omg. i know he's been fighting off the curse the best he can and he's getting tired but nero oh my god#be concerned for yourself boy#for ten years he don't value himself as himself but rather someone who is a pawn for this world and the three magicians.#he's well aware of the purpose of his life. he's already set to serve those three magicians specially kanon for saving him and teaching him#various of things. also what was shatoma saying what did she mean#'What? I merely did what i could do for you wou didn't need any help.' what do you mean#first off i wanna point out the way she replied to nero's apology and thanks 'i merely did what i could do for you' i don't know how to#describe it but it feels like she was familiar with him in a fond way?? that added with 'who didn't need any help' she knows what he's#capable of and i think shatoma knows he can overcome it by himself? but my boy is like. gonna pass out. i think she's genuinely worried lol#each magician had something to do this volume- eska had to go find makia and thor and bring them to ulysses#ulysses makia and thor had to release pan faunus while eska puts up the defense. shatoma could've gone with eska or with kanon but no#she went to where the rest were- it's probably to check on the people in the labyrinth.. i want to know if she knew about nero's injuries..#oh that reminds me- shatoma is in lune ruschia's uniform so she's probably in the labyrinth before nero frey and lapis came back#she and eska probably arrived *after* nero makia and frey went out to find lapis#eska goes to find makia and thor while shatoma went in the labyrinth before gt9 came back#🦋'...Kanon? He's going where he needs to go.' in which nero thought 'So Brother's on the move.'........... he knows he knows..#shatoma trust nero enough to know how capable he is.. maybe she even trust him enough to let him know about their plans since he's
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