#Except he's also a Whole Dumbass. Like zack always makes a point to talk to him

[zackmartin]

Trick or treat!

thank you, bestie!! happy halloween!! 🎃😈👻

ask box trick-or-treating: fic writer edition!

it's probably a little unfair of me to post a snippet from a fic that will never be completed, but it was for Halloween, so I'm sticking with the theme 😅 (also, forgive me, everything I have is still in very first draft mode)

Before Henry could process what was happening, Zack’s fingers were lacing through his own as he dragged him down the street. He stumbled across the pavement as Zack expertly snaked them through the hoards of trick-or-treaters-turned-monsters, Jasper and Charlotte trailing hot on their heels. Henry stared at their intertwined hands, almost forgetting for a moment that they were collecting supplies to fight against real live monsters while they scrambled to figure out how to stop an evil curse before sunrise. He knows this isn't exactly the most ideal time for him to be practically swooning over the fact that he's holding Zack's hand.

(also, as a side note, swooning is probably not the word I would've used in the final draft, but it's the only one I could think of at the time of writing lmao so I just kept it with the plan of editing it out later)

[mandareeboo]

If you don't mind me asking. Have you seen the new season of Carmen Sandiego Netflix?

I know I’m waaaay late on this and season 2 dropped fucking forever ago but I finally got off my butt and watched it and WHOO BOY I loved every dang minute of it!! I made a bullet point list for you but it kind of turned redundant so idk if ya’ll’ll get anything out of it but here she is!

Shadow-san and his brother’s backstory fucking wrecked me. The final scene where he’s bowed to the floor and his brother quietly leaves holy shit.

That said I legitimately cannot handle reading/writing the name “Shadow-san”. I just can’t. Mr. Shadow. Bitch. Pick a better name.

(Along the same lines: Paper Star-chan fucking killed me. I paused. It was bAD.)

Ivy and Zack continue to be 10/10 and I love them

Shadow-san constantly demanding to know why Carmen ‘hired’ a bunch of super-hyper millennials was great.

“Can I get this?” -Raised eyebrow- “Zack got ice cream and pizza.”

Shadow-san: I do not understand why I bother with you hooligans Zack: yew say that like you ain’t part of this family, bucko, but yer on the card.

The entire thing with Julia and Carmen at the fashion show was great. I will never be over it. Julia coming in like “Alright time to bust some crime” and Carmen effortlessly taking her sleepy-time gun, studying it, and handing it back before telling her her fashion is shit was amazing.

Julia is so smart and has such a great gut instinct and everyone holds her back or brushes it off except for Carmen and that episode rlly proved it- she readily handed her peeps over for Julia to lead and Julia fucking kicked ass.

Ivy honestly assuming Player lived “on the cloud” like he wasn’t a real ass person they have video calls with often was amazing I love these dumb children

The whole thing with widdle Black Sheep pestering Shadow-san to take her to Japan made my heart melt. You really do get the feeling that she looked up to him and tried to get him to pay attention to her the same way the other heads did, not realizing Shadow-san was caring for her in his own uptight way.

Ivy and Zack literally stumbling their way into one of the biggest worldwide conspiracies is just so… Them.

Carmen: I’mma make a quip about Boston. Ivy and Zack: SIDDOWN WE’RE HAVING A WHOLE ASS LECTURE 

Idk why it took me this long to realize that no one can really tell that Carmen’s talking to Player but it did. I always just read it as a Bluetooth earpiece situation, but it’s just a high-tech earring. Carmen doesn’t give a shit, obvi, but I can only imagine the looks she gets in public.

Ivy: we don’t have family. Carmen (screaming internally): UnDERstood.

I know that Carmen’s hair being so much longer just a few months after leaving VILE is just cartoon logic but I prefer the idea that she just wore a long ass wig until she got it to the length she’d always wanted but was too embarrassed to ask mom Coach Grunt for

La Chevre being 100% willing to just let Carmen walk out and never return and never telling anyone is such a really good small moment. 

Same with El Topo apologizing

Also Carmen trying not to fight Chevre and tossing a little floaty thing after him and Topo

Like you can really tell these people cared for each other for a long time, once

Shadow-san being a proud dad to his hellion adopted daughter is great

Carmen being lowkey salty for AGES about Shadow-san bringing up the possibility of a base is so damn petty I love it

“How does it feel to be wearin’ the coat?” “Pretty tight around the shoulders… but powerful.” Ivy and Zack stanning Carmen is so damn precious

THEY FUCKING STOLE??? A PATIENT???? AND AN AMBULANCE???? STOCKHOLM POLICE ARE HAVING AN ANYURISM RN

I don’t think we mention this often enough but on the rare occasions Carmen does get hurt it’s always so…. horrifying?? Like the times we see her falter aren’t from a kick to the face- it’s shit like cracking multiple ribs, it’s shit like being left in the tundra for hours until she literally needed hospital attention, it’s shit like being tied up and left with no way to get help on a train. The show doesn’t fuck around with its punches.

Carmen taking after her dad is so damn bittersweet

I love Chase but I’m terrified of what he’s gonna do with ACME power

Julia’s gonna end up a thief before this show is over and it’ll 100% be bc the dumbasses around her didn’t trust/listen to her in the first place