#I SAY THAT'S MY BABY AND I'M REALLY PROUD!!!!!!!!

[poppitron360]

Big “I’m Back, Bitch” post after my Hiatus.

Hello All!

This is kinda just intended for close moots or anyone who was worried about me or is interested in Poppi’s Personal Life Lore, just to keep you guys up to speed on how I’m doing after some time away and what to expect from me in 2025.

SO MUCH has happened in the two months I was away from Tumblr so for starters, here is a brief list of updates I have about My life/Fandoms/General shenanigans in no particular order

- The Ithaca Saga came out and it was AMAZING. I completely ignored my stockings that Xmas morning and instead just listened to it. By the time Christmas day was over I’d already listened to it about six times.

- Yes I was at the watch party along with 206,000 other people. It was truly historical.

- The Helluva Boss sinsmas special came out and almost made me cry. It’s been a while since I was posting about that show, but dw I still watch it

- I’m now on book 3 of Magnus Chase and YES YOU WERE ALL ABSOLUTELY CORRECT I LOVE ALEX SO MUCHHHHH. Expect some Alex Fierro/Fierrochase/Jack x Riptide content from me soon

- The Star Wars Disney+ shows are better than they’ve been since Mandolorian Season One.

- HAPPY 2025!!! This can’t be a real year. 2017 was still last year. No way we’re halfway through the 20s already.

- I had a BIG LIFE UPDATE that for personal reasons I can’t share online but it was BIG and also GOOD and I’m really proud of it. It was also unexpected and not the reason I took time off for. Idk why I’m including this bc I can’t really say anything about it but I need y’all to know that something good happened. It seems like when I vent about personal stuff here I only talk about the bad but good stuff does happen sometimes too.

- I got a weighted blanket for xmas. It’s so cozy and I love it.

- I have started getting into making OCs. Some for fandoms, some not.

- Penelope is now my favourite character in Epic.

- I’ve been writing this fanfic about the children of Percabeth, Solangelo, and Valgrace going on a TLT-style quest together so stay tuned to either read that or watch me give up on it and then just infodump about the plot I would’ve written if I’d had the energy

- I’m finally caught up on The Amazing Digital Circus

- I’m finally caught up on Agatha All Along (I still have the last episode to watch)- I think Joe Locke is stuck playing Sad Gay Baby-bois for the rest of his carrer now.

- Joel Smallishbeans won Wild Life and Grian is making 7hr Hermitcraft videos now.

- I performed in a play

- I have a 133-day streak on Duolingo!!

- Technically my one year Hyperfixation anniversary of Percy Jackson! I count it as the first Wednesday after Christmas as that’s when I watched the TLT musical for the first time. Because of this, whenever I doodle an SPQR tattoo on my arm when I’m bored, I will now draw two lines under it instead of one.

- Less than one month into 2025 and I can already predict that “The Challenge” is gonna be my top song of the year on Spotify

- Overall, I’ve just been trying my best to relax and take it easy, and I think I succeeded, which is good because that’s what I needed.

Now for the slightly less lighthearted stuff. I need to set a few things straight, for myself more than anything.

Firstly, I want to clarify that mentally I'm fine. I realise my leave was sudden and might’ve worried some people, and I apologise, but I am safe. You don't have to worry about my health or wellbeing.

This too will pass, and you'll get more dedicated, hyperobsessed Poppi back again once this has all blown over. Although, the aforementioned “BIG GOOD LIFE UPDATE” might complicate things.

Holidays are a stressful time for me, as I’m sure they are for you. With that on top of work and life stuff I needed to shed some mental load and unfortunately Tumblr was the first thing to go. And it will be the first thing to go again when something else stressful shows up. Adulting is hard you guys.

I've made it no secret that I've had some stressful stuff going on in my life these past few months. Yes, I am back from hiatus. Yes, I'm taking the time to rest and take care of myself. But I do not have the physical capacity to fully administrate a Tumblr blog on top of everything else right now.

So from now on, things are gonna be a little bit different around here. I won't be making posts every day and I won't be writing large fanfics or working on any complex fanarts.

I will need to take more hiatuses as things pile up.

I don’t know when exactly, but consider it a fact (unless I say otherwise) that this will happen again.

I know a lot of you will be understanding but I want to set these rules for myself so I don't feel any pressure from my brain to provide for you all. As I'm sure most of you will relate, I have a kinda all-or-nothing attitude to my interests, and as of this point in my life I can't afford to give my all to my blog. So expect a lot less from me these next few months.

Also, still nothing on the Autism Assessment Application stuff, in case anyone was wondering about that. This is the reality of living under the NHS. But by talking to people I’ve still been able to get the help and support that I need regardless of a diagnosis. And I also have a bunch of fidget toys now!!

Anyhoo, sorry for the ramble. I neither assume nor expect everyone will bother reading this so thank you for taking the time if you did. I wanted to put all of this in one post so I don’t need to keep talking about this and boring y’all with personal details in case you’re not interested. On with the fun fandom fiascos!!

I thank you all for your patience and being so kind and considerate while I needed some rest. I could not hope for a more awesome corner of the internet to exist on. Love you all. Stay safe. I’ll see you soon!

— Poppi <3

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[goldenlionprince]

Stay

And here is the final part of the Charity Gala plotline for @sorenphelps The Bodyguard AU (find the other parts here, here and here or in the collection on AO3).

It's the longest mini fic I have written for this AU so far so you can either read it here or on AO3

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James is a little bit tipsy. Or maybe a lot.

During the gala he only had a glass of champagne or two, sipping it while talking to all those fancy people, trying to get them to commit to their donations. But once the whole thing was done and the guests had left James had gotten the red-headed bartender to pour him some shots.

And he might have lost count on how many he had.

He deserves it, really, to be a little drunk. He has done it. He made it through the whole gala, he deserves to wash the lingering pain his parents' absence causes away with as much alcohol as he pleases. His heart is heavy and so will his head be in the morning but right now James doesn't care.

“I think that's enough,” Sirius eventually says and cuts him off, which is a little unfair. They manage to get to the car and all the way back to James' apartment but the details on how are a little blurry to James. He's pretty sure he sang along to a song on the radio, probably really badly since he's not the best singer, but he can't even remember which one it was.

When Sirius parks the car James stumbles out of it as soon as he can, his legs a lot more unsteady than he thought. He catches himself on the car door and laughs.

James has always been a lightweight. Maybe the vodka shots weren't the best idea he ever had.

“You're a mess,” Sirius says when he comes around the car to James' side and isn't that the truth. James' whole life is a mess, really, but at least the mess brought him something good too.

“Hi,” James says with a grin, swaying on the spot. “You're probably wondering what is a place like me doing in a guy like this?”

“Yeah, something like that.” Sirius shakes his head fondly and takes a step closer.

“I'm hilarious,” James offers and finally lets go of the car door. He tries to take a step but his legs are still not working properly and the world is spinning too much – rude – but thankfully Sirius is right there so James can catch himself before falling face first onto the floor. Grabbing onto the front of Sirius' suit is much more preferable to kissing the floor. Speaking of kissing though, he's very close to Sirius' face now.

“Hi again,” he says, dropping his voice a little lower to make himself sound more seductive. “Do you come here often?”

Sirius just raises an eyebrow at him. “Every time I drive your car.”

“Baby, you can drive my car,” James sings and winks at Sirius. It's possible he uses both eyes for the winking, he's not entirely sure about it.

Sirius just laughs at him and makes sure he doesn't fall over from swinging his hips to his song. “Okay, let's get you to bed so you can sleep it off.”

Bed sounds fantastic to James. “Hey, Soldier Boy,” James says and wraps his arms around Sirius' neck. “Did it hurt?”

“Did what hurt?” Sirius asks with a frown at the sudden question.

“When you fell from heaven.”

Sirius just stares at him for a moment. “Okay, that's it. You're going up,” he says and then James' world flips a little when he gets thrown over Sirius' shoulder. James can't do anything but giggle and hold on.

They manage to get upstairs to the apartment and all the way to James' bedroom without that much trouble. James is almost sad when Sirius finally sets him back down. The view from up there was just too good.

Standing turns out to be a little easier than moving but not by much so James flops his butt down onto the bed. Sirius should be proud of him since he's going the 'better safe than sorry' route with this.

Getting rid of his tie though or opening the buttons on his shirt turn out to be the next big challenges.

Sirius clicks on the light on the nightstand. James blinks like an owl at the sudden brightness. He's a bit unsure though how the light will help with the mess he made of his tie.

“Let me,” Sirius says, his voice low as he steps between James' legs. Warm fingers gently brush aside James' fumbling ones and manage to save him from the messed up knot James somehow managed to make. He slips the tie off James' neck and James isn't entirely sure if he's breathing properly, especially when Sirius goes down on one knee in front of him to help him get rid of his shoes.

“Think you can get up one more time? Would be easier that way to get you out of the rest.”

James has somehow swallowed his tongue within the last minute so he only nods. Sirius pulls him back up into a standing position and while James is still swaying a little he's not falling over.

The suit jacket slips off James' shoulders easily and then Sirius' fingers are on the buttons of his shirt, and yes, that order makes a lot more sense than the one James tried earlier.

“You know,” James says when Sirius slips the shirt off his shoulders, shivering at the feeling of Sirius' fingers brushing over his skin. “When I was imagining you getting me out of my clothes I was hoping for something a little bit different.”

“I bet you were,” Sirius says, holding James' gaze as he pops the button of James' trousers and drags the zip down. James' brain might have short-circuited after that because the next thing he knows he's out of his trousers, thankfully without falling over, leaving him in nothing but his pants and socks until Sirius pushes him back down onto the bed and grabs James' favourite hoodie for him. He helps James into it and James sighs in bliss at the cosy warmth.

Sirius chuckles softly. “Get some sleep, Genius,” he says and tries to take a step back, away from James, but James grabs his wrist, stopping him in a sudden rush of panic.

“Stay,” he blurts out, looking up at Sirius in an almost desperate plea. “Please. I just... I can't...” James can't find the words to describe why he can't be alone tonight, why the loneliness is threatening to suffocate him with the ghosts of his parents still lingering.

Thankfully he doesn't have to, not completely. Sirius pauses and looks down at him, considering. “Can you keep your hands to yourself?”

James lets go of Sirius' wrist as if burned and raises both hands in surrender. “Promise,” he says, voice still a little slurred, then frowns. “I mean... I've been told I am a clingy sleeper.”

“I sleep with a gun under my pillow,” Sirius says without missing a beat. James can't help but laugh, letting his hands fall back onto the bed.

“I'm not even a little bit surprised.”

Sirius steps away from the bed and James resists the urge to grab for him again. But Sirius doesn't go far, just far enough to have room to get out of his clothes.

It's not a sexy strip by any means. It's quite methodical. Watch. Waistcoat. Shirt. Trousers. Still James can't look away, mesmerised.

“Move over,” Sirius says when he's done, stripped down to his underwear. James moves up the bed, leaving the side closer to the door for Sirius. He takes off his glasses when Sirius gets into bed beside him and puts his gun under the pillow as promised.

The light switch clicks off.

“Thank you,” James mumbles into the darkness, his eyes already dropping now that his head hit the pillow. The weight of Sirius' body right next to him is a comfort and relief.

“Get some sleep, Nerd. You need it,” Sirius answers but James barely hears him, already drifting off to sleep, floating away on the warmth of the alcohol in his belly. He links his fingers with Sirius' and then he's gone.

**

James wakes the next morning to an empty bed, but the side Sirius slept on is still warm.

He sits up and grabs his glasses from the nightstand, nearly knocking over a glass of water he finds there along with some painkillers. Grateful James pops the pills and drinks down the water before he rolls out of bed, already regretting the shots from last night. His limbs feel heavy and his head is pounding, his eyes hurting in his skull.

It's the price he has to pay. Groaning, he makes his way to the living room. He can't wait for the painkillers to kick in.

James finds Sirius in the kitchen, already dressed, which is a shame, really. “Good morning,” Sirius says and James only grumbles in return.

Sirius chuckles softly and pushes a glass over the counter into James' direction. “Drink that.”

“What is it?” It doesn't look very appealing at all, kind of grey with a weird texture. James is almost surprised it doesn't smoke.

“Believe me, you don't want to know,” Sirius says with a grin and a shrug of his shoulders, leaning his hip against the counter. “But it helps.”

James looks at him, the one good thing that came out of all the mess James' life has turned into. “Thank you,” he says and doesn't only mean the weird looking hangover remedy. He means the distractions and the company, the friendship and the little stumbles his heart does whenever he looks at Sirius. A stumble he is more and more sure means more than just a little crush he has on Sirius because the man is stupidly hot.

Sirius picks up on James' strange mood, because of course he does, but before he can say anything James leans in and brushes a kiss against his cheek. “Thank you,” he says again, picks up the glass and walks over to the couch.

They could be good together, James is pretty sure of that, and he will work on it. That Soldier Boy better watch out because James won't let him slip through his fingers easily.

But first he has to get rid of this hangover.

[godl3ssingodscountry444]

I know this isn't what this account is usually for but I do want to come on here and say a few things just about the current state of American politics. If I'm being really honest, I'm really scared, I'm disappointed, I'm angry, and I'm sad. This feels so much bigger than it has ever felt. Watching people talk about ICE raids has been terrifying, I'm scared for my friends, for my community, for myself in the future. Please if you can, help people and spread awareness. I am an immigrant who is the daughter of immigrants, who's mother is the daughter of immigrants, who's grandparents were the children of immigrants. My family made their life here, I feel so lucky to have the financial privilege I have and that is a direct result of my grandparents moving here with my mother. For as much as I complain about being here, this country has given so many people, myself included, so much opportunity. And to think that I had this melting pot propaganda force fed to me down my throat only for this country to turn around and threaten mass deportation to people who want to be here it is so hypocritical and it is hurtful. I'm Latina and I am proud and I am hurt seeing people call my people, people from my country and people from the rest of Latin America, call us lazy, call us stupid, call our countries garbage, to let someone speaking for the president talk about how many babies we make like we are not so much more. I've seen it with my own two eyes, my Latine peers are the smartest, highest achieving, kindest, and most accepting people I have ever met and to see people call these people I love such horrible things is so deeply upsetting I cannot even begin to describe the pain. I do not understand why we insist on turning these people who want to be here away. And if we're being real, these Latine people that people complain about come from countries the US has destabilized, the government causes the problem and complains about the result, they light the paper on fire and complain about the ash. The amount of hatred that we will see come to light in the next four years is terrifying. I'm sorry to the women of this country, I'm sorry that our bodies will be seen as modes of reproduction instead of vessels of a human life. I'm sorry to the Palestinian people who's genocide this country will continue to fund. I'm sorry to the people of color and queer people and to anyone in the financial 99%, to disabled people, and to anyone who cares about others, to anyone who will inevitably be left behind. I know this feels very pessimistic and if I'm being honest that's how I feel. That being said I do believe in the goodness of this country, please protest, speak up, fight, riot, and help your neighbors because the government serves you, me, us, we do not serve them. Your love is political, so love people, love everyone and show it, even the people who disagree with you, love, as so well put by James Baldwin, is not a popular movement. It is in these moments I wish I was religious but I am not so I only hope the best Xxx

[friendship-bracelet-collection]

Memes and fun bracelets

And then we got to some of the last bracelets in my collection for now. This is a mix of memes, general words like Phandom, and the lone bracelets that doesn't really go into any specific sets.

Starting out with a fun one is a few rings! I made more but have given them away to friends. The black one says PINOF in morse code!!!

Then there's PHAN and PHANDOM made with rainbow pattern! These I would like to make more of in the future.

Golden Pig is the first one I made before I got pig charms, so this is just fully gold beads of different kinds.

Legalise Catboys is made with pony beads, where the white ones are glow-in-the-dark. And the cat beads i got from my friend Percy.

Phaby is silver because i wanted it to be. Whoever gets this bracelets also get a loose baby, cuz i couldn't get them to be charms.

Some Nostalgia bracelets:

Placenta is a remake of one I made for the Danish show, and I chose dark red glass beads because a placenta is bloody.

BBC Radio 1 is red cuz that's the colour I think of when I head BBC1, prolly because of the BBC Play logo when I watched Doctor Who.

Square Hair is meming on Phil's hair on that gameshow. I had square wooden beads in matching colour to Phil's dyed hair and Dans mop of hair. The pattern in the beads here is taken from Dans shirt:

Vegas Vlog is based on the non existing Las Vegas Vlog, and the colours are taking from the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

Emo Hair is just black beads because of the emo hair both of them had.

The Hand is cream because its close to a pale skin colour. I made this one because I spitted the hand charm on a random pair of thrifted earrings.

Top Dan Memes is black for Dan's branding, with a few red beads because that's usually the colour people use when doing top of something lists.

Ranch is white in different sizes with two shades of green mixed in to look like ranch dressing. I'm very proud of this one.

Slit is glassy silver all around with stars on because like phaby, i just thought it fitted.

Rat Boy Summer is based on the shirt Phil wore last summer. I added a colourful bow for a little flare, as well as an ice cream to really hit home that it's a summer themed one. The Hello Kitty beads are for Dan, and the normal small beads are just chosen at random to be colourful.

Superglue is white in different sizes and shades, which I copied off of a bracelet I traded to at the Danish show, but they had used heart shaped letter beads.

Dip & Pip is just a bracelet for the new nick names they have gotten. I used the turquoise beads I had because it paired nicely with the green i used too.

Lastly, here's one based on the Dan And Phil Beats logo. The colours pulled from the logo got used in the letter beads and the hearts the rest of the beads are pure white to make the colours stand out.

[madebysimblr]

Receptionist: Good morning Mr. and Mrs. Mason! Dr. Westbrook will be right down. She's just finishing up with someone.

Matty: Great, thanks.

-

Talia: Matty, Gemma? I'm ready for you. Come on up. Do have a seat. Do we need anything? Water, tea?

They shake their heads.

Talia: Alright. As usual how about we start with how you both are feeling right now. Gemma?

Gemma: Tired.

Talia: [nods] Matty?

Matty: Irritated.

Talia: I see. Both are important to discuss. I would like you two to take a moment and decide together who talks first.

-

Matty: I'm going to go first.

Talia: Ok. What's irritating you, Matty?

Matty: [heavy sigh] My father. He's been going on and on about how proud he is of me this last month. For “making it all work” and shit. It's patronizing. Mostly I think he's just talking out of his ass, but yesterday he called me saying that I'm going to get a promotion-

Gemma: He did!? That's good!

Talia: Gemma, no interrupting please. You'll have your chance to respond in a moment. Continue Matty.

Matty: I mean…. Yeah it is a little good. But it feels like he's just making all my decisions for me again. Like I don't get a say.

Talia: So you are irritated that it feels like your father continues to run your life for you?

Matty: Yeah... A lot of choices have been made for me the last 4 years.

Talia: They have. We're going to put a pin in that however, as it's Gemma's turn to talk. Gemma, you said that you were feeling tired. Care to elaborate?

Gemma: It's nothing. Just Kitty still waking me up a lot during the night.

Talia: Remember, the way you feel isn't nothing. It's important.

Gemma: Right.

Talia: So, is it really only because Kitty is waking you two up.

Gemma: Not us two. Just me.

Talia: Why is that?

Gemma: Well... The baby monitor is on my side of the bed. If she makes the smallest sound it wakes me up and I'll go check on her.

Talia: I see. How many times do you get woken up on average?

Gemma: Um… Maybe 6 or 7 times a night? I'm not sure.

Talia: Hm. Matty looks like he has something he wants to say, so we'll open the discussion about your current feelings.. Remember that you're on the same team. Then we'll move to how things have been going since we last spoke.

[bunnykaye]

Iain De Caestecker as Arthur Pendragon The Winter King, Season 1, Episode 1

[moongothic]

Madoka is the promise you won't turn from a child, full of hopes and dreams and the wish to save the world, into a bitter adult who just wants to hurt others and ruin people's lives

Madoka promised to be there for you to remind you of the person you wanted to be and to stop you from becoming what you sought to destroy

Madoka made that promise and became the very embodiment of it

[timothyslucy]

SO PROUD OF THIS GIRL BTW. 🥹😭🫶

[iamfitzwilliamdarcy]

i'm not giving a nuance option because this MUST be from snyderverse lex and i can see that not happening- you can still tell me though what i missed!!

i wanted to give more specific quotes but the poll blocks don't let you go for long (i also reduced a lot of specifics like daddy's fists and abominations, wagging his finger in front of clark's glowing eyes)

[three-headed-monster]

we're already wet (and we're gonna go swimming)

Luke fucking hates My Tie.

or, a back-door luke hughes character study

[gwahren]

Anyway 45 year old Elethea in Veilguard in her MILF era, her hair is starting to go white, she has to wear reading spectacles, she has a cool and improved prosthetic leg, and she's keeping Ferelden together with her BARE HANDS. That's my wife.

[nsewell]

bryony slaying the brood mother ✌️

[babykittenteach]

2023 in review! I made an effort to try more things and it worked mostly (at least for TV and movies). New things, new-to-me things, and new installments of old things all had characters to love even if I didn't necessarily feel fannish about them, and I'm hoping 2024 does, too.

[astrxealis]

i will return on tumblr soon bcs i'm graduating hs soon and acads r done so i have a Lot of time on my hands for now Anyway can i just say am very proud of myself. got into the Top 1 school in my country, top campus, and a vv competitive stem course. yay 😁💝💘❤️‍🔥✨

[volivolition]

Idk if you saw or not but a new chapter of the fury of a shattered mirror dropped last night! I haven’t read it yet but I thought I should let you know 😎👍

awughgh HELL YEAH!! ive been away from my laptop for a while so i didnt see, thank you birdy!! :] this is the best news ive had all day hkjgh <33 excited very excited going to read it now <33

[hood-ex]

What? No. I'm not crying over the fact that Mario cupped Luigi's face and then pressed his forehead to Luigi's when they reunited. I'm not. Doing that. I'm