#Ford is of course a fave

[psychewritesbs]

Ok but can we talk about how beautifully written Westworld is? the whole story on the nature of consciousness against human nature (ego) is just... yes.

Yes.

[stanpinesdykewife]

Speed dating is. The BEST fic I’ve ever read. I’m being so serious. And this is coming from a chronic fic-reader

I SCREAMED!!! this is insane and so so crazy to me!! thank you! i really really appreciate it!!!

i'm aware speed dating is near the top of the tag since it's kind of new so here are some other stan/reader fics i really really like (sunshine is my fave rn but otherwise in no particular order) under the cut!!

Sunshine by dipppyfresh (100,706 words, incomplete)

Your brother has gone missing, and the last place he was heard from is a town called Gravity Falls. You're going to find out what happened. You've been looking for an escape, and a certain family- specifically, a certain man- might help you do just that.

Sailor Stories by DesertWitch33 (8,770 words, complete)

As a tour guide in a small harbor town, you always promised yourself you wouldn't fall in love with the sailors that came in and out of the place- you know better than that. But when Stan Pines and his brother show up to investigate one of your favorite legends, your resolve is tested... and of course, there is the actual problem of being captured by ghost pirates on Halloween...

Natural Attraction by consult_the_potato (69,443 words, incomplete)

Making your way to your college lab-partner's newest research location, you're excited at the prospects of a fresh beginning in a new town. The house is quaint, the woods are deep and mysterious, and Stanford Pines is the same goofball you remember him being. Even with the addition of another research partner (a hick, as surprised as you may be), the duo in the cabin make for a great pair of roommates.

Ford's boisterous brother, on the other hand, is someone you think you'd rather keep at arm's length.

Must See: Mystery Shack by guilty_pleasures_abound (6,534 words, complete)

You're a travel writer, putting together an article of the pacific northwest's weirdest, most tourist-trap stops on the map. When you entered the Mystery Shack as part of your trip, you could have never anticipated just how up-close-and-personal you would end up getting with its colorful proprietor.

Stood Up by DesertWitch33 (8,695 words, complete)

Online dating is the worst, especially when you get stood up for a first date at the county fair. Luckily, a man named Stan saves the day.

Sweetcheeks by lady_brontide (12,548 words, complete)

Babysitting for Stan puts you in some weird situations. As a salesman, Stan Pines can turn any odd little mishap to his advantage, and he's turning a mortifying situation you found yourself in to an offer worth considering.

[baalzebufo]

HIII. can i just say. absolutely ADORE your gravity falls stuff!! i'd love to hear more of your headcanons (especially abt gideon) (that's my SON)

yes yeeees i was part of the Original Wave of Gideon Enjoyers back when like, episode 4 aired and it was about ten blogs who didnt hate his guts. i mean, i still want to throw him out a window, but I also think he has really interesting character stuff going on that some people just didnt wanna look at bc they hated him! which like, fair, he's a villain, but that freaky little dude will always be one of MY faves, haha

this post got. very long im sorry I had to put a readmore here haha but I haven't had an excuse to infodump about this for ages so here's a couple Things I like Thinking About... also a doodle I did the other night to break up the wall of text below

ok ok to start i LOVE him so much as a foil to dipper (and to an extent ford too) as examples of what the journals/that kind of power and information can do to people. its why im so adamant that he does actually have albinism, even if its not Technically Canon. dipper and ford both have a like, 'physical oddity' about them (birthmark, sixth finger) i think it makes sense for gideons to be his albinism as something that set him apart. all three are 'weirdos', were ostracised to an extent by the world, had that longing for something special or important, and then found it. and its what they DO with that which sets them apart

especially as a foil to dipper like... from time to time in the show, he gets a bit gung-ho about abusing the journals power for his own gain. but he has friends and family to reign him back in. he has more of a moral compass about not wanting to hurt people, generally. dipper never became like gideon did

this is getting into headcanon territory here but, my general summary of gideons childhood is an isolated one. only child, fairly sheltered, had some medical complications early in life which led to a lot of time on his own in hospital, attended school briefly and was subjected to significant bullying. and without a real support network outside of his parents who were very doting to the point of spoiling him because hes their Little Miracle he wasnt exactly well-adjusted even as a kid

but basically, that kid ends up finding this journal and learns about spells and evil artifacts and suddenly he has the power to make people like him. not only that but Fear him. he goes from feeling powerless to an absolute ego-trip. and his only close relatives would never tell their little boy 'no' about something, so they're not disciplining him in any way. its a perfect storm for a disaster to happen

it stems from this childish desire to go 'look at me im important and special and everyone likes me' and hes become so embittered already by people being dicks that he doesnt care if he hurts people on the way

that only really changes when mabel shows up and is the first person in town to approach him from a like... normal level. shes nice to him but not in the overly-saccharine and doting way his fans are, just in the way a girl who wants to be friends is. she treats him normally and is nice and he thinks she's pretty and that ALSO becomes a perfect storm of 'well shes nice to me and i like her so i must be in love with her and she is with me!' and, of course. kid who has never heard the word No before. so the later rejection becomes a HUGE sticking point and grudge to the point of being flat-out murderous

later in life with a little Introspection i think he'd realize it was less love and more just. basically imprinting on the first person to be normal and kind at him in years

UM. I should wrap this up i have so much in my brain. gideon was one of my earliest roleplay muses i'd write and draw with my pals, so I subjected him to a LOT of personal characterization stuff and also making a thousand AUs for fun. (aus always come in two flavours either its 'im going to make you marginally more well-adjusted' or 'im going to make you so, SO much worse')

ive got a soft spot for con-men and fake psychics and generally shitty little weasels and gideon just stormed into the show being a jerk with an aesthetic i adore and i was like ahhh. i want to punt him. hes my favourite.

ok im going to shut up now. last minute headcanon. gideon got into wood carving in prison art therapy because using a knife to stab something in a non-murder way helps soothe his urges. he whittles little people figurines

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[tinytinybumblebee]

hey. ur ford post made me cry apologize immediately with more ford content

Hehe ùwú I supppose I can apologize that way♡

• His tiny age widely varies. Sometimes he's a kiddo who wants to explore the world of fairytales with his brother (5-8), a teen who's reciting the digits of pi while solving Stan's daily crossword puzzle (15-17) or a tiny bitty baby boy who is just happily stacking blocks (in alphabetical order of course xD) and very fascinated by anything and everything (minus like, things triangle shaped, that shape seems to make him a bit fussy)

• When he's very small, he genuinely forgets that not everyone has six fingers like him. Like, he'll be sitting with Stan on the couch and suddenly grab Stan's hand with just the most upset and concerned face because he thinks someone STOLE Stan's extra digit!! (Stan can't help but chuckle as he lets Ford go on a mini adventure to find these elusive missing fingies, aka giving Stan a couple minutes to fix up a snack or smth)

• Kiddo Ford LOVES Stan's stories about his adventures. They're so different to his dimensional tales(stories of monsters and aliens just feel so mundane. But, tales about escaping jail or fishing up a huge fish?? Those are magical!). He likes hearing about how Stan managed to hot wire a car with just a bobby pin and chewing gum. That's so silly but so cool!

Ford is clinging to every word, and Stan has this beeming pride in him bc/ his brother is calling him "Super smart, just like (insert comic book hero)!" Certainly one of the highest of compliments!!

• Teen Ford it's hit or miss- it's a lot of complicated feelings in him. He loves Stan, that's his brother. They've done so much together. But there is the angsty part of him that still has unresolved upsets and issues. Thankfully, a teen Ford is a bit easier to get through to than big Ford- so, Stan can actually try to talk to him (it's awkward but, what deep hearted conversation with a teen isn't?) with either watching one of Ford's fave movies from their teenage years or, playing, as Stan calls them "One of those nerd games" and go from there.

• Also- bby Ford in one of these bad boys🥺💖

[csny]

my dream car is a ford f150 or f250 from some point between 1970s or 80s (any model in those decades is nice to me) in any two tone color (fave is brown/white but im not picky) with a standard length bed with a camper shell and now here’s tricky part: it would need to have a perfect working engine with no issues whatsoever and also it uses gas that isn’t bad for the environment and also drives 1000000000000mpg andobviously it has no gps screen or screens, it’s all physical buttons, and you can leave the headlights on and keys not in the car and it won’t auto shut them off, it’s an entirely un “smart” car, it predicts none of my needs, but also i can play any music on the speakers but magically, not necessarily using a streaming service just magically instead. And of course i’d get a classy utilitarian grill guard and a couple mini roof lights but i wouldn’t want them to turn on necessarily because i’m not about that flashy life

[extantodyssey]

god i am so crazy about otto. i keep wanting to talk abt his specific mental issues and then i remember that literally none of that is canon. just headcanon extrapolated from subtext within the game. i've been living in headcanonland for so long that i keep forgetting how little material this dude actually has in pn2. anyway you ever think about how the portrayals of him in each of the psy7's minds (save for helmut's) are either nonexistent or straight-up negative??? and also how he's the only psy7 member without a designated pair and just gets thrown in with whoever is Left in a particular situation??? because i do. i think about it. but on a lighter note you ever think about otto and helmut being besties? because i do :) i think that, despite being a scientist, otto has the mind of an artist. i think he treats science like an art. so i think he and helmut get along. (and also they're my 2 faves so of course i have to make them friends)

i am right there with you in headcanonland LOL, it’s so easy to forget that some things are literally just Something I Made Up

fun fact i literally think about that CONSTANTLY!! and it’s sort of difficult to try and figure out how much of the negative portrayals are more-so a reflection of the person’s psyche or their actual feelings about otto? and no matter what i can only imagine how devastating it would be for otto to find out that’s how he’s viewed by them!

i think it would more or less make sense for there to be some resentment there from the remaining psychic 7 with otto continuing to be in the public eye and the most well adjusted (on the surface), but i have always thought of it as otto just forcing himself to keep going because someone has to and he wants to keep their legacy alive in some way, especially as the first one ford recruited

and oh my god, professional third-wheeler otto mentallis, it literally KILLS me to think about it! and it’s not like he’s really making any other friends so really he’s just as isolated as the rest of the psychic 7 that are left even if he’s the only one still involved in the modern psychonauts (besides ford)… and even after the game, everyone else is reunited with their pair and otto is just left lonely, kind of seeming like he will continue to isolate himself even if he deflects with a joke about the crab sandwich

and i totally agree with you about otto being more of an artist than just a scientist! i think that’s very clear in how he talks to raz about his inventions being dreams and how all his machines are emotionally driven. i absolutely love the idea of him and helmet being besties and being able to talk to one another about their own respective passions :^))

[scotianostra]

Scottish pop singer/songwriter Dean Ford was born as Thomas McAleese on 5th September 1946 in Airdrie.

You wait all year for a Scottish singer/songwriter to appear, and two come along at once. Dean Ford was one of the most underrated artistes Scotland ever produced.

Tom, as he was still known as back then first began singing in public accompanying a jazz ensemble at the local Whifflet parish church dance hall. He formed his first musical group The Tonebeats at age 13, one of several he hooked up with during his teenage years. By the time he left Clifton High School in Coatbridge at age 15, he had been gaining more exposure as a featured singer. His break came after a performance with the Monarchs at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow in 1963, where he was seen by members of the popular east Glasgow band The Gaylords and subsequently invited to join the group.

McAleese adopted his stage name (a moniker he coined by combining the names Dean Martin and Tennessee Ernie Ford) and The Gaylords were re-christened Dean Ford and the Gaylords. With hopes of achieving more commercial success, Ford and the band relocated to London in 1965. The bands name came from a notorious post war Chicago Gaylords street gang.

Although the band were very popular and despite being crowned ‘Scotland’s Top Group’,they struggled to break through into the big time. The band changed their name in 1966, but although they were well received , they still struggled to make progress, this was despite Jimi Hendrix describing their 1967 song I see the rain, as the 'best cut of 1967, it did however make it to the top of the charts in The Netherlands!

Things started to go their way that year though when they played as Pink Floyds support at London’s Marquee Club, they started mixing it with the likes of The Who, Joe Cocker, Traffic Gene Pitney and The Tremeloes.They still lacked that chart success and CBS threatened to drop the band if they didn’t deliver soon, they famously rejected the song, Everlasting Love in 1967, Love Affair took the song to the top of the charts! Eventually the band had a hit with Lovin’ Things the following year, their follow up fared less well but in 1969 Marmalade became the first Scottish group to ever top that charts with Lennon and McCartney’s Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.

Marmalade went on to have 8 more top 40 hits over the years, my favourite was written by Ford and band member Junior Campbell, Reflections of My Life. Marmalade continue to show up at these 60’s shows but as far as I am aware none of the original band remain.

Dean lived in Los Angeles for much of his later life, but never forgot his routes, recording and releasing his final album, This Scottish Heart just two months before his death, the album of course having a Scottish theme with tracks like Glasgow Road, Bonnie Mary, Made in Scotland and For MacDougall included in the 30 songs, which also featured a remake of my fave Marmalade song, Reflections of my Life.

In 1998 Dean and Campbell were awarded a Special Citation of Achievement by BMI for attaining radio broadcast performances in excess of one million in the U.S. alone.

Dean, Thomas McAleese passed away suddenly on Hogmanay 2018 in Los Angeles, at the age of 72.

The song is Bonnie Mary by Dean, a song about our tragic queen, Nary Stuart.

We'll remember Bonnie Mary Queen of Scotland and Queen of France All the poets spoke of her great beauty And they say, she loved to dance

She married Darnley and they had a baby Oh, too soon, they took wee James away Then they chased our Mary out of Scotland Never to come back again

So they took a boat across the Solway Stepping on to England's northern shore She wasn't safe with Elizabeth in London Her fate was sealed forevermore

So it was to be, she was held a prisoner For eighteen years They shuttled her around Then one day, she called out to her maker Mary's head fell to the ground

So we remember Bonnie Mary Through it all, her dignity still shows All the poets spoke of her great beauty And our love for Mary grows Oh, oh, our love for Mary grows

[edge-oftheworld]

13 fave Christmas songs?

anon I’m not gonna lie to you I’m not the biggest fan of Christmas in general. it reminds me a lot of the commercialised and the colonial, oppressive side of Christianity and I find it hard to get into the spirit when neither of these things have been reconciled and the damage they’ve done to the planet and oppressed people hasn’t been resolved.

that said there are a few that hit well for me. I’m not sure I’ll make it to 13, but in no particular order:

Christmas must be something more by taylor swift. I just find it super cute the way she’s like ‘here’s to the baby boy that saved our lives’ like obv everyone is entitled to their own beliefs around Christmas and the holidays, but I appreciate the sentiment behind this song

do they know it’s christmas (feed the world) by band aid (which isn’t a real band, I can’t remember the full lineup but I’m thinking of the 1984 original with boy george etc.) I know it does have some problematic implications with the image it presents of africa, however, when I see it as what it is (a fundraising song trying to break us out of our feel-good bubbles and capture the heart of sharing from our plenty when we’re the ones who happen to have that privilege) it’s a lot more meaningful than a bunch of carols

dtkic (2014). the one where one direction sang a part and so did chris martin, to raise money for ebola. ik it’s kinda a cop out to put the same song twice but they changed it to make it a little bit less politically incorrect, and I’m putting it here to call on directioners who can tell, to tell me exactly which 1D members sang what. also, how cool would it be if we did a new one in 2024 to raise money for palestine and ukraine? (do I want 5sos to sing it? of course)

angels we have heard on high (I think that’s what it’s called). the one with the Gloria in exelsis deo. the modern version. I played it on viola once for a church event and it was fun

silent night. love how melodic this is

o holy night. I love the themes of the slave being our brother, freedom for the oppressed etc. To me that’s what Christmas is about.

taylors last christmas

colin buchanan’s parody of jingle bells, called jesus saves. it’s a bit corny and does present a more simplified evangelical penal substitution version of Christianity/the gospel (aka the one where it requires telling you you’re sinful) but it’s not super dark and it’s kinda fun and I appreciate it way more as an adult than I did as a kid

this one isn’t really a Christmas song but it captures the holiday season in Australia really well and how I grew up celebrating Christmas. Aussie BBQ by eric bogle. I’d encourage anyone who either wants to see their culture represented or wants to realise that the whole world isn’t the northern hemisphere to give it a listen. It’s hilarious as anything and has the best lyrics and little references. I prefer the Goanna Gang cover to the original, it’s got a couple lyric changes to be less problematic and they generally did it really well musically. It’s available on streaming services I’m pretty sure, but I’m not sure if only in Australia. dm me if you want the mp3 though I can post it

I’ll add something that’s not a Christmas song at all but has themes of going to see family: the road to gundagai. It’s a traditional Australian song or something, can’t remember the original, but there’s a cool parody of the main lyrics as well as the original on the goanna gang version. I might have to post that one because the parody verse starts with ‘there’s an old fashioned Ford made of rubber tin and cord’ and I can’t find the version I have on CD anywhere else

come thou long expected jesus

mum by luke hemmings (yeah I’m joining in the trend in this fandom to make this our de facto christmas song just because it contains the words ‘I’ll be home December morning). but anyway I love the themes of this song, and though it’s written to a parent it can also be applicable to a relationship with God, and reconciling that, which is a big part of Christmas to me. The ‘I’m so heavy, jump into my ocean, can’t you see me sinking?’ calling out to the person (or deity, if you’re me) who takes care of you to come and witness you, mirrors really well the ‘call’ of the people that Christmas was meant to be an answer to. which is still the call of the people in the land where Jesus was born especially today. so

tis the damn season by taylor swift

[ronsenthal]

tag game

✨get to know me✨

tagged by @whollyjoly and @xxluckystrike <3

- Name:

Jessica but since I don't really like my name you can use Jess or whatever you want

- Pronouns:

she/her/hers!

- Star sign:

So I'm a taurus, with aries moon and capricorn rising but theres is way too many aries on my chart for my own good

- # of siblings and fun facts about them (if you have any):

only child, but I do have a half-brother and we met like 2 years ago, he didn't even knew I existed and never talked after so I don't know if that really counts? (i have a really complicated family I know)

- # of pets & their names:

I have 5 (five) little monsters so we have Bowie (orange boy), Amy (white girl), Toto (black angry guy), Geminha (tortoiseshell girl) and Fedora (she is like grey with some yellow and white fur)

- Fandoms:

listen I am a mess but I think mostly BoB of course, some Percy Jackson lately, lots of Harrison Ford and Cillian Murphy??? IDK it's really all over the place

- Favorite color:

it's always changing but I love blues and lately I've been in love with some dark greens and stuff

- Favorite song:

Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie it's like the greatest piece of music ever written, and no this is not even a debate

- Favorite author (of anything readable - books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!):

I haven't been reading a lot in the last couple of years since I had burnout but some of my faves are J. R. R. Tolkien, George R. R. Martin and Bernard Cornwell. I got into graphic novels/comics quite recently and I absolute ADORE Neil Gaiman and Art Spiegelman. As for fics since I joined BoB fandom it's been @softguarnere

- Favorite fic type:

I don't think I have a preference at all as I read a bunch of different things, I'm not really into too angsty or fantasy AUs

- Favorite Holiday:

Idk I really like christmas because all of the mood with the lights, the songs and also because it means vacation time lmao

- Do you have a partner (romantic, qpr, anything!)?:

nope

- Hobbies:

I'm pretty boring since I like to listen to music, read, watch movies and tv shows and some sports on my free time. I also love to look at maps, go to museums and cook sometimes

- Fun facts about you:

Okay so most of you already know that I'm colorblind but I'm also ambidextrous so I can use both of my hands to drawn and write stuff, but it also means I'm so prone to mess up since I get confused sometimes. I have a pretty good sense of direction and distance, like at topography classes I could walk a straight line and tell the almost precise distance, it was a recurring joke my class

tagging, if you want!: @footprintsinthesxnd, @venus-haze, @mercurygray, @ronald-speirs, @bloodstainedsaint, @ewipandora, @georgieluz and @iceman-kazansky

[dimpledpran]

5 Songs Tag - QL Shows Edition

Thank you for tagging me @disasterbabygirlnick (x) and @morkofday (x)! 🥰

When you get this, list 5 songs from the Asian QL media that you actually listen to.

🎶They do not have to be custom-made for the series. 🎶Non-western tracks only. Let's support Asian music and languages! 🎶Feel free to tag anyone who may be interested in participating. 🎶Add #5qls tag to your post for others to find the new favourites!

Thangamey - Paava Kadhaigal

I can't stop screaming about Paava Kaidhagal enough, and this episode was so emotional. I love this song so much, and it is a beautiful song but I still feel so much pain listening to this. When this starts playing on shuffle, it always a bittersweet feeling.

2. เพลงที่เพิ่งเขียนจบ (Our Song) - Bad Buddy (Nanon Korapat)

Of course I was gonna include this. There is no way I was gonna leave this out. It is my baby's song from my fave series. It is special. I still remember not being able to process the song when it came out during episode 11. Like I could not watch the MV after the episode. It was such an emotional attack. I would have also included Just Friend?, but I could not find the rock version the both of them did for OhmNanon1stFM. That version of Just Friend was always be on another level!

3. 不忘 - The Untamed (Wang Yibo)

The whole CQL soundtrack is beautiful. But this is my favourite song from the OST. Yibo's voice is just so beautiful and it goes straight to your heart. He brings out LWJ's emotions so beautifully.

4. รักษา (Healing) - My School President (Gemini, Fourth, Ford, Satang)

MSP is a musical, and all the songs are beautiful! But my absolute faves are Healing and Come Closer. I'm adding an alternate version of Come Closer below instead. The way all their voices mash so soulfully here!! And I love the lyrics.

5. จังหวะตกหลุมรัก X อีกนิด (Magic Moment X Come Closer Mash Up) - Beluca Concert (Tay Tawan, New Thitipoom)

This might be cheating. But I do love Come Closer alot, and I love this mashup version of it so much. So I am linking this. Ford's voice texture is so similar to Tay's. So I love that they did this. I lost my mind when I heard it on the stream.

Honorary Mentions:

คิด(แต่ไม่)ถึง (Same Page?) - Tilly Birds Do I need to explain? This started the whole BB journey and is the anthem of the fandom.

ข้างกัน (City) - Three Man Down I liked the song after Vice Versa, but after MSP, I really fell in love with the song. It just tugs on the heartstrings so nicely.

เพื่อเธอแค่หนึ่งเดียว (Living For You) - Never Let Me Go (Phuwin Tangsakyuen) I screamed when he played this song on the piano in NLMG. I just really love how soft and vulnerable this song sounds. It's just raw with a voice and a piano. I love it.

Tagging: @highwarlockkareena @i-got-the-feels @fuujiikaze @first-kanaphan @telomeke and anyone who wants to do it (Just tag me if you do! I love getting music recs) ! No Pressure :)

[jasonvoorheehees]

1, 29 & 30 😄

1. Top 5 favourite horror movies?

In no particular order, here's a handful of some fave go-to movies!

Halloween

Malignant

Black Christmas

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1 + 2 (feels weird to not bundle the two)

House of Wax (2005)

I actually find it really hard to pick favorites lol

29. Favorite Production Design in a horror movie?

Like above, hard to pick just one, but off the top of my head, recently I enjoyed how Lisa Frankenstein looked, from the sets, costuming, the animated intro, and of course Lisa's drug trip.

30. A fun movie fact you like sharing with people?

The particular model of car (a 1978 Ford LTD station wagon) that Michael Myers hijacks at the start of Halloween doesn't have enough gas mileage to make the 150 mile trip to Haddonfield from Smith's Grove without needing at least one pitstop, even assuming Loomis had refilled the tank before going to pick up Michael.

Thanks for the ask!

[commehter]

hi there! i recently stumbled across your gravity falls fics on AO3, mainly your 'Knucklehead, Poindexter and Hotpants' fics, which i greatly enjoy. i particularly liked 'Stan's Guide to Locker room Politics.' it's amazing how you managed to take a small scene of Carla and make her into a fully fleshed out character that fits in seamlessly with Stan and Ford. I know you said you most likely wont finish those fics, but if you should ever write more of them someday, I'd love to read them!

Thank you! That's so sweet of you to say!

I make no promises, and I don't want to give you false hope, but I have absolutely gone back to previously abandoned story ideas before. Guardian, in particular comes to mind. It's still not finished because the storyline I have (very roughly) plotted out for it is rather long, but it sits at thirty-nine chapters after being revived by its readership twice.

Guardian was originally posted as an already abandoned, one-chapter concept/prologue. More of an idea than a story, really. But it received some noteworthy attention among my fics at the time (I was focussed on Gravity Falls and I am very much a niche author there. They weren't crazy numbers/stats. Just good for me.) and I realized it provided an excellent excuse to play with my fave three outside of a high school setting. So I kept going with it. At some point I even reworked the summary and that initial chapter.

The second time, the fic had been sitting abandoned for over three years at chapter thirty-seven. One person, over the course of days and what was clearly multiple re-reads, pretty much love-bombed (I'm using the term positively here.) the fic in the comments. It wasn't every chapter, or every other chapter, but it was obvious that even abandoned and without a proper ending someone out there enjoyed the story enough to come back to it again and again. The unexpected attention wasn't a magical panacea, but it did inspire me enough to go back and eke out another two chapters for the fic.

All that to say, don't underestimate the worth of the fanbase or your place in it. Audience reaction and participation down in the comments section can be an incredibly powerful motivator for many authors. You might be surprised how far genuine engagement can carry a story.

Happy reading!

[creature-competition]

Special Round: Kill!!!

It look like you found the secret poll! Or not so secret, after all, it's not very well hidden. You probably just scrolled a bit, and people are probably going to spread this around when they find it, or you could be awake when this poll is scheduled to release. You know, people have this false idea that poll runners are supposed to remain impartial. I vote in all of my own polls of course, but that's not too agregious, especially since I can't see how they're going without doing so. I included characters I'd never heard of before, and included ones that I felt I had to for whatever reason, but I also favored my own faves quite heavily. In fact, Ford replaced a character I had written my own submission for. It was the only one though, the rest are all organic, grass fed, and hand selected. Of course I tried to organize my matchups based on what seemed fair to me, but I ran into a problem: nearly every character I'm rooting for is losing. I severely overestimated and underestimated several characters. Finger Creature's losing, Aaarrrgghh is losing, the cake team is losing... Even Smallfry, the blog's mascot, was losing before people campaigned for him. I probably won't have any kind of revival round even if I do want them back in though. I wasn't planning on it from the start, but I'm a bit frustrated now that the turtle, who I had a grudge on long before he started winning polls, keeps coming back. Maybe If I have an empty spot for whatever reason, or do something weird for no reason. Anyways, this one's a bit different, you're voting for the character you wish to kill. That means the character with the least votes will continue in the main bracket. The other one dies, and is the only competitor to do so. And don't forget! It needs to be Springtrap Baby. For my sanity please please kill Springtrap Baby. I'm begging you. I need it obliterated. Good luck! Did you know I can read pretty fast? The same cannot be said about my writing. This took hours.

[starlightsearches]

Aaaaand maybe track 11, with Eddie? I’d choose a love song for him, but I really am curious as to what you’d do with this song…..eheh….ya know it, fave song is Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo 😅❤️❤️❤️

All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go

Track 11 - Hungry Heart by Bruce Springsteen: Pick a character and tell me your favorite song, and I'll write a short blurb or headcanons based on it.

Kas! Eddie x GN! Reader

thank you, irma! i'd never listened to dead man's party before, but it fucking SLAPS. i hope you like what i made for you 🥰

📼✨ mixtape milestone ✨📼 requests open through march 1st

Warnings: drinking, puking, ANGST, talk of death and mourning, making out, blood sucking for the sluts uwu, language, a very open ending

Your hand is getting cold.

You let your eyes wander down briefly, stopping when you spy the cause. There's punch spilling over the edge of your cup, trickling down your hand and leaving a sticky red stain behind.

Your mind's been on the run all night—or at least after the last four drinks—always looking for something simple to focus on but never staying long.

The sweaty condensation dripping down the windows. The thumping base traveling from the dance floor. And now the way the punch shines like blood against your skin in the spooky lights Steve spent the afternoon hanging.

"Hey, hey, hey."

A big hand covers your own, reaching for the cup, and you pull it back on instinct, trying to place the pretty brown eyes.

Steve. Of course. Speak of the devil.

He looks handsome, and very Harrison Ford-esque in the vest you found together at the costume shop. The costume fits him better than the Leia dress does you. In all the billowing white fabric, you look like a ghost every time you catch your own reflection.

So maybe that fits you fine. You hardly feel like you're here at all.

There's a crease between Steve's brows, and he reaches for the cup in your other hand. You pull back on instinct, sloshing punch in the other direction. It lands with a loud splat on the floor.

"I think you've had enough," he says softly.

Steve purses his lips, and you know he's holding back a whole slew of unhelpful phrases. You've heard them all—I know it's hard, but you have to try and enjoy yourself. Eddie wouldn't want you to be sad. He wouldn't want you to spend his favorite holiday crying into a pillow or blacked out on my couch. He'd want you to move on.

But Eddie's been dead for six months. So who gives a fuck what he would want.

You pull the cup to your lips, drink and drink and drink, letting the sweet sting burn any chance of tears from your eyes.

Steve only put this party together for your benefit. It was a nice gesture—going through the list of couple's costumes you and Eddie made together before, mashing the playlist of songs Eddie loved with ones people would actually want to dance to.

But you wish he hadn't. You wish he had let you wallow.

The empty cup crushes against Steve's waiting hand. You sway a little closer so he can hear you over the music.

"I'm gonna go dance."

There's a splash of guitar from the speakers, and you know it's one of your songs from the confused looks of everybody on the dance floor. Whatever. They get over it, swept up in the beat.

You let it take you, too, swinging around wildly, flailing with no concern how you look or who's watching. There was nobody around you wanted to impress anymore.

Eddie wouldn't care what you looked like anyway. He was a shit dancer.

Fuck.

The room is spinning. You're trying to keep with the beat, but there's the same lyrics, echoing over and over and over in your head.

dead man dead man dead man deadmandeadmandeadman. dead.

You're going to fucking puke.

Fighting through the crowd is like wading through a pool of bricks, which would still fucking suck if you were sober, and you are not. Catching on thrown back hands and angel wings, you stumble into the bathroom, just bending over in time to avoid vomiting a red stain down the front of your dress.

Your head has it's own heartbeat, pounding behind your eyes. You dip your cheek down to meet the cool porcelain.

There's no avoiding it. Hot tears spill over your face, plopping like raindrops into the basin. Fucking rock bottom, crying over your dead boyfriend on filthy toilet seat.

There's the sound of the door shutting and latching, just audible over your sobs. You lift your head, so dizzy and sad and hopeless it makes you angry.

"God," you're yelling, loud enough for it to echo off the tiles, "can't you see there's somebody fucking—"

He looks just like you remember him. And not in a good way.

The room already smells like sulfur, the way everything did down there—like sulfur and mold and fucking death. Eddie brought it with him. He brought it all. The holes in his hellfire shirt, scars peaking out of his collar, the mud and shit and blood staining his clothes.

He's got dark blue bags under his eyes, like bruises, cheeks sallow. Looking almost as tired as you feel. But he smiles, just the way he used to.

"Wow, sweetheart," —Eddie's voice is deep and gravelly as he kicks a boot up against the door, nodding back in the direction of the party— "this all for me?"

"Eddie."

That comes out as a sob, too.

He crosses the room in a few strides, a big hand at soft at your back, petting strands of hair off your sweaty forehead.

"Hey princess," he tries to smile, "long time no see."

Jesus. Your head's still spinning. You might puke again. It doesn't help that Eddie keeps going in and out of focus, like maybe you're dreaming this all up, the way his skin feels and the smell of him and the cute little curls in front of his ears.

"You were dead."

He huffs at you. "I think, technically, sweetheart, I still am."

He pulls one of your hands toward his chest, and there's nothing beneath it. No heartbeat. Just Eddie.

He doesn't expect it, the way you launch yourself at him, pulling him to floor. Eddie laughs, wraps his arms around you, his shaking lungs and the feel of his hands full of disbelief.

"I missed you."

You can tell he's missed you, too. He nods into your neck, hot breath on your skin.

"Why didn't you come back before?"

"Halloween seemed like a good time," he whispers, looking you in the eye, "wouldn't want to scare the neighbors."

His lips press tighter together. There's something he's not telling you. If you weren't so fucking high, you'd try to figure it out.

But you are fucking high—high out of your mind—and there's only one thing you want to do right now.

Eddie doesn't taste like death. He tastes like he used to, in the back of his van, in his bed or on the couch, his hands on you and his wandering lips, just bodies and kisses and nothing in between.

"Fuck, baby," he grunts, nipping at your ear, "you gotta be careful with me."

You shake your head. There's enough blood in him for the skin at his neck to turn a shade darker when you bite at it.

Eddie's hips shift against yours. He's breathing harder, although you're not sure where it goes, or what his lungs do with it once it's there.

"Can I- can I taste you, baby?"

"Mhmm."

It feels so good to be caught up in his arms again, you don't even notice the sting when his lips seal around your neck, the way his throat pulses with swallow after swallow. The groan he lets out is pained when he finally rips himself off of you.

Eddie cups your cheeks in both hands, thumbs petting at the left-over tears.

"Awww, baby. I don't think I should have done that."

You hardly hear him. Everything is fuzzy. You let your eyes fall closed, and the soft brush at your hairline could be his lips, or something you made up.

And then he's gone.

Steve's beside you when you lift your head again.

"Jesus, what the fuck happened to you? Robin found you on the floor and thought you were dead."

He's wiping at your neck with a cloth, or paper towel or something, and it hurts.

What did happen to you?

"I- I think I fell."

Steve hums, disapproving, cleaning the dripping blood from your neck, smoothing a bandage over the skin.

When you pull it off the next morning, all that's left of Eddie—or your vision of him—are two perfect little puncture wounds, and a few bruises in the shape of teeth.

[writing-whump]

Hello hello hello ☕ is here!

I guess I can ask what's your OCs favorite type of movie, documentary, or series this time. What would they prefer to watch while having some me-time, to have some fun, or resting? Actually I wonder their favorite movie though but I thought that it might be too specific and harder to choose, but of course please mention if they have a specific one/ones! And of course, not all of them has to like watching somethings, some of them might not prefer this kind of action.

How do I deserve these beautiful questions each day 🥰✨️

Isaiah: He likes political thrillers, movies inspired by real events and likes to compare movies from different countries. French and Czech movies just have a completely different flavour than Americans or English. He loves Perfect Strangers (French and Czech version), Masaryk (political thriller based on real events), Cop war (old French version and the new Slovak version). Otherwise he is pretty open to various genres, action or more dialogue heavy, even the occasional romantic comedy. He is the guy you tell your mood to and he will chose the perfect movie for you.

Seline: She loves series and movies both and is super into binging shows. Mainly into dialogue heavy and calm movies, thoughtful and romantic or downright action thrillers or action comedies for fun. Fave movies would be Pride and Prejudice, Last Night, After Sunrise, Becoming Jane, The Mirror has two faces. She also loves animated movies like Spiderverse, Luca, Princess Mononoke and the like.

Matthew: He likes the superhero genre a lot. Marvel movies, Avengers and all that jazz. Thrillers and detective movies are also great and he is the only one who actually enjoys horrors. He likes Avengers Infinity War the best.

Hector: Mafia movies all the way. Godfather is his fave classic lol. He also likes Tarantino movies for all the gore and good fight scenes and epic battles like in Gladiator and Troy.

Arnie: He likes watching movies in general very much. For relaxing he likes sitcoms like Big Bang Theory or Friends, but he loves scifi and mind games movies. His fave is Inception. He is also fan of specific actors like Dicaprio, Wahlberg, Crowe, Hanks, etc. He also watches anything that does well on Netflix, like Yellowstone or Bridgetons just to see what the fuss is about.

Dylan: Into action movies and buddy comedies or cop movies like Rush Hour or Leathal Weapon. Fight cheroegrapies and boxer movies work great, he adores all Rocky movies and sequels.

Rip: If it has fast cars or hired assassins, he loves it. His faves are Ford vs Ferrari, Fast and Furious, Collateral and The Jacakall.

Thank you for the question!!💕

[nimuetheseawitch]

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?��

L: Aiden Ford was too good for this world and his whole idea about infiltrating and taking out a hive ship and hooking the team on the enzyme was actually a pretty decent plan. A little morally bankrupt, but pretty enterprising for a butter bar LT who ran off into the unknown with a nasty drug addiction.

O: I shuffled my library and got Don't Rush by Tegan and Sara. The Top Gun brain rot is strong, so this is giving me Hangster vibes because of the lines I sing to find my other (giving obvious Rooster vibes) and you move so fast/I need to rush (giving obvious Rooster talking about Hangman vibes).

S: Hmm, personal headcanons. For you, my friend, I will give you a Lireal headcanon. This is probably pretty common, but I headcanon Lireal as aro/ace. She's just not interested in it really, although I'm fine with her canon pairing with Nick. She likes him well enough and isn't necessarily opposed to being in a relationship - she just wouldn't ever pursue one otherwise. But they're going to be interesting nerds together for sure. They both want to know the why of everything.

T: Of course as soon as I start thinking about this, all headcanons completely escape my head. I'm usually pretty flexible about headcanons and often hold conflicting ones at the same time. Ooooh, found one. John Sheppard knows how to sew. And generally a lot of my military background blorbos because this is a necessary life skill. But John Sheppard is most fun because he grew up wealthy and would've had people for that before he was on his own. Also, shout out to the origin of this headcanon theme: William Laurence in Temeraire, and my multitude of feelings about him and textile arts that have been talked out ad nauseum on NonBinaryStars' Compass series of fics.