#I am thinking about their roadtrips all the time btw

[tasty-littl-snack]

Still thinking of the "remember when we listened to this album together late at night... while driving in Ohio" from this weeks pod watcher. Why did Shane say it like that.

[intertexts]

YIPPEEEEE WILLIAM WISP SURIVIVAL HORROR ARC !!!!

EPISODE 28 TRIVIA (this is a long one):

- "that was the most important lore dump william has ever gotten and he wasn't even there for it"

- "i feel like this smoke clone thing is like a black hole for bits where if I roleplay with myself for long enough I start to create actual dire consequences and I don't know how I feel about that"

- each of the islands does actually have a purpose to teach them something! mato had gone to each of the guardians beforehand and told them basically "these kids are coming, i want you to teach this one this thing" or whatever. the first one was for vyncent to learn to stop overthinking things and learn to trust in his surroundings. this one was for william to learn to take these kinds of things more seriously. HOWEVER. this guardian didn't really want to do that, so she gave them a lore dump instead. the next one is dakotas!

- william power loss lore: "william IS alive. this arc i have just been constantly messaging bizly to think of ways to circumvent william taking any personal responsibility or trying to get his powers back. now that he knows there are other whisperers he just wants to find THEM and trick them into doing his job for him. he just wants to retire like tide wanted them to and hang out on the beach"

- grizzly says it's been a long time since they've had a dark serious session and he's ready to get out of bit mode and get back to that. smile emoji

- they took william sending the smoke clone in his place originally as a bit but then realized it was actually completely in character for him to do something like that because he's a coward! charlie says like yeah he can't turn intangible or invisible anymore he's vulnerable as shit this lady crawled out of the mouth of a giant snake he's terrified!

- they all miss being on the winnebago roadtrip hehe. THEY ALSO MISS BEING THE PURPS :( i think I said this back when you were first listening to the purps. do you remember me saying one day you will miss the purps. do you miss the purps yet. I miss the purps-

HEY BTW LORE DUMP TIME. YOU GOT TO LEARN ABOUT CLARENCE TODAY!!!!!! :D

- charlie: "so now my plan is to recruit mato and the other whisperers to replace me because they can do everything I can-"

condi: "actually, they can do everything you *cant*"

-a chorus of DAMN DUDE-

- grizzly says he doesn't want william to be helpless he doesn't want william to not be on the team anymore etc and charlies like "he's not helpless he has a chainsaw now!" and says he wants william to have a couple different weapons based on horror movies (chainsaw, axe, shotgun, maybe a machete or something etc etc etc)

- OKAY THANK GOD WE'RE GETTING INTO THE POWER DISCUSSION NOW. I'm about to restore your hope a little bit. here we go:

charlie: "yknow ive actually been really struggling with this arc and I've been messaging bizly a lot about it because AS A PLAYER I really want william to . well I want him to die again!! the whole thing with william is that he bit off a lot more than he can chew, curiosity literally killed the cat in his case and he was suddenly saddled with all this power he didn't want and responsibility he couldn't handle. and now dakota has basically given him a get out of jail free card and he has NO fucking interest in putting himself back that position. william is a bit of a noodle right now but he WANTS to be a noodle. he's alive again, he can feel shit, he's loving it. so any chance he can get at all to not have to take that responsibility back he's gonna take it. so now I've put myself in a position where as a player I DESPERATELY want him to have his powers back but I know in character he basically needs to be forced into it because he would never voluntarily choose to do that to himself again"

<< dude you don't understand HOW MUCH of a relief that was for me to hear the first time. i was like OH THANK GOD charlie as a player is in the same position i am as a listener. and also now that im in the position of being able to look back on this I can appreciate williams in character stance on things a lot better. yeah it fucking makes sense that he doesn't want to DIE again. hes been basically numb for the last three years of his life, of course hes gonna get a huge rush out of being able to feel things again. he never wanted to be a superhero and now that he doesn't have to he just wants to be a kid. head in hands. anyway. im rambling back to Actual Trivia

- grizzly: "I hope you get put into a position where you have to choose between saving one of your friends or staying alive"

bizly: "i dont think it'll be as straightforward as that"

- bizly then explains the plot of spiderman 2 in the most convoluted silly way ever. however they mention the part where that little kid comes up and tells Peter Parker he looks up to spiderman as a hero and this is important for the next piece of trivia

- condi: "does anyone look up to the Prime defenders"

bizly: "yeah!"

Charlie and grizzly: "fuckin WHO? WHY? we SUCK"

bizly: "bookworm looks up to you guys, there were those kids in the park after the cartoon thing"

condi and charlie: "yeah but those are both just dakota because we accidentally bullied bookworm he hates us now"

bizly: "well. yeah. people look up to DAKOTA." *everyone starts laughing* "well because he's a hero! and he wants to be a hero so he acts like one. it's not about people looking up to you its about... understanding and accepting the responsibility you have because of the gifts you've been given"

charlie: "what gifts bitch im ALIVE"

bizly: ".... for now"

- WILLIAM JUST NEEDS TO GO GHOST AGAIN (<< sorry they said a danny phantom reference I got excited)

- "william fucking dies for real this time and gets replaced by goobleck" im pretty sure I explained goobleck in a different trivia time . i hope. because if I didn't this probably looks insane

- OK AND THEN GRIZZLY OF ALL PEOPLE starts weirdly seriously insisting that ashe is dead. "yeah man ashe is dead. totally gone. he's the Trickster now" and EVERYONE ELSE is like "whoa dude what? this is so un dakota like of you what the fuck"

- grizzly starts making up scenarios that he thinks will make william snap back into hero mode and goes "will you follow me into battle?" AND CHARLIES RESPONSE is "yes. dead serious. if anyone so much as comes at you on this next island I WILL blow their head off with a shotgun"

- charlie brings up the fact again that william is "basically a call of cthulu character who turned into a looney toon over the course of 50 episodes" AND bizly says there *are* more serious episodes coming but probably not until after training arc is over (<< me who has future knowledge >:]c)

GOOD TRIVIA.... GOOD ROLLED. fuck yes it's sick to get that insight from charlie,,,,,,, my reasoning the whole time so far has been "bro would not have named his fucking character wisp and based his entire story around this one thing and have an unresolved character arc around this one thing and then just decided nahhh he doesn't want to." which. yeah!!! tracks!! & of course he wouldn't want that back!! cant wait for william wisp to die again somehow :] <- i FUCKING made that prediction like a month ago and i'm still standing by it. this fucker has like one more death in him this season i think. actually i think maybe he'll get killed By someone since he doesn't really..... have the capacity to accidentally die in stupid ways anymore. whatever. we'll see. anyway god wiwi is so call of cthulu to me... honestly my first impression of him was like. x-files twin peaks maybe buffy shit. that specific 90s mystery/horror/comedy vibe to me... the boy who went hiking alone and was lured off a cliff by supernatural forces who then reanimated his dead body.... (slightly relatedly one of the best hikes back somewhat near where i used to live was called breakneck ridge :] thats what i'm always thinking of irt him... its super pretty also u should look it up) anyway. god. enough wiwi talk I MISS THE PURPS.... I WAS ALSO JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS. HEAD IN HANDS.

mannn. i'm so excited to see where this goes i love all of these threads. can't wait for heavier stuff incoming. i wanna see wiwi blow someones head off for coming at dakota.theyre so terrible.

[sarahtheconjurer]

@ghosttmachine tagged me in a get to know you meme thing (tyyy!!)! So. Here i am posting for oncce lez goooo

Last song:

Technical answer is post traumatic blues by corey taylor, bc ive been using the spotify dj thing and it keeps giving me metal that i o ly kinda like. The funner answer was rhe barbie movie ost since me and my friends literally just got back from it n my friend mariana had me play it in the car. Not rlly my thing was catchy (barbie movie was good btw! Posts abt it being like. Not the deepest critique of social issues and the like are correct but it was a fun time w a lot of heart + rlly great production value + honestly. Very funny. And i watched it w two of my best friends so :})

Currently reading:

For books:

When the Angels Left the Old Country

I haven't touched it in a hot sec, but its a queer, historical fantasy ya book based in jewish folklorex about an angel and a demon that leave europe, after a girl goes missing from the village they've set up shop in. It's very light and whimsical which is not my usual fare, but I'm enjoying it! Its very heartfelt and the two main leads have very good chemistry. And its always cool to see angel/demon lore outside the usual christian sphere.

For manga: steel ball run (part 7 of jojos bizarre adventure) its. A story about a cross continental horse race to find the body parts of jesus. Which is the most coherent way i can put it. Im rereading it w two of my friends rn and im enjoying it! It isnt my favorite part, but its up there, and features some of the best stuff in the series. This is. Also a story featuring a pair of ride or die protagonists with a very strong dynamic and chemistry (honestly, best 'set' of protags in the series) and so much comes from their bond. Its at the point in the series where it started getting a monthly release and it shows, w some rlly gorgeous art. Gyro and Diego are highlights artwise because the former doesnt have a stand he just. Has these steel balls he spins and throws around, so you get very dynamic shots of him just. Chucking them that the author uses in super creative ways to lead the eye and compose panels and the latter. Can turn himself and other things into dinosaurs. Have you ever seen a dinosaur ride a horse? Its fucking sick. It also has some interesting themes of american imperialism and christianity, of all things, which i think are done, well in some respects, esp given the authors track record. IT ALSO HAS SOME OF THE WORST STUFF IN THE SERIES THAT MAKES ME WANT TO KILL HIM W HAMMERS.

Currently watching:

Nothing in particular, but ive got a p big to watch list (Trigun, mob psycho, etc) and i just watched the barbie movie, like i said.

Current obsession:

Guess. Take a guess.

Jfc jojos bizarre adventure is holding me at gunpoint. Its not good its not bad (besides when it is) it its own tier of media. I forgot how much 15 year old me was obsessed w it and so i foolishly rewatched it thinking id be. Normal. I was wrong. God. I've never seen anything like it! It's so clearly a passion project from someone who's very eccentric and so it goes from absurd and stupid and comedic to circling right back to being very human and poignant. Like, it's about love! And familial trauma! And prevailing in the face of great tragedy! And also killing the president because jesus told you so! It's got a myriad of flaws from technical writing issues to genuinely tasteless/bigoted content, so its not some untouchable media, but ive been enjoying it a lot.

Part 5 and 8 are my favorites for very different reasons.

Part 5, Golden Wind, is abt a bunch of weird mobsters on a roadtrip through italy to kill their boss. It has a very charming supporting cast who are a sort of found family of societal rejects, brought together by this guy named Bruno who acts as a leader + mentor + sort of dad? To them. They're all surprisingly fleshed out characters, esp for this early on in the series, and their group dynamic, combined w some of the best fights in the entire show, really sell this part. The main character and main villain are. Not good. Sans a few aspects. Tho. Like i forget giorno is there half the time. (Giorno is my beloved stale cracker of a character but hes MY stale cracke, tho)

Part 8, Jojolion, is uh. Hm. It follows this amnesiac dude who wakes up in the dirt, as he tries to piece together the person he was. It's set in an au version of the town from part 4, w some characters being spins on old ones. Its the most recent part, and it shows. Its a lot better structured, paced, and developed compared to earlier parts. The mystery running through it has a lot of fun twists and turns, the themes are coherent, and the pace is slow, but not meandering. The supporting cast is fun (the lead's romantic interest is an actually decent jojo woman and they have a very cute relationship, and the family the main character is sort of adopted into are all fucking insane) but the real draw for me was the main character. Josuke (the second. Theres another josuke from an alternate universe in part 4, anyway) is probably my favorite jojo. I could go on about him, but compared to the others, he feels the most real? Theres this very grounded sense of frustration abt him as he tries and fails to piece together who he is, while everyone around him seems to have somethimg they need from him, or an idea of who he SHOULD be. He isnt a hero, he isnt even all that noble, hes just trying to find himself and if anyone out there loves him. He's blunt, one track minded, and is doing the jojo equivalent of spamming x to skip through all the dialogue bc hes not here for anyones shit beside his own. Jojolion somehow captures the feeling of being a weird, displaced pseudo adult trying to piece yourself together, while everything Keeps Fucking Happening. I love it so much. But by god does the ending suck hoooooly shit oh my god dude jesus christ. Fucking. I hate tohru i hate tohru i hate tohru fjcjendnxzlzm. Anyway jobin sweep

OTHER OBSESSIONS INCLUDE OCS AND DND.

Im currently running a csm tabletop n curse of strahd game, and am in a ravenloft game. They're all very different but i love them all.

Ravenloft game is a sort of sequel to the curse of strahd game i was in a while bsck

I play pageturn (kenku paladin) and coda (changeling flavored as fallen angel, bard). Ones a 13 year old w a kill drive going through a double crisis of faith while somehow being the heart of the group and the others a shapeshifting corrupted celestial, whos trying to find themself. we are currently exploring the fomain the latter was imprisoned in and have found the eye of vecna and. I am. Excited and concerned for what our wonderful dm has cooked up.

Chainsaw Man game is a high stakes office drama following the worst group of devil hunters youve ever seen. Its more episodic and light than my other games which is a nice change of pace, and i rlly like the energy our group brings to the table. I am always horrified and surprised by whatever new government supplied human rights violation they commit next! Every character is uniquely sad, while still maintaining the token csm dark comedy abt them. We are currently revisiting a mystery allll the way back from our first session and im stoked for some stuff i have planned.

Sippy Crew (curse of strahd game) is drawing to a close and ahh i could make a whole post abt how much these guys mean to me. Its been a joy dming for this group of freaks and watching as they come together not into a found family, but a group of distinctly doomed, but fiercely loyal individuals. They've had two pc deaths, even more close calls, and have lost so much, but they're pushing through like dandelions in concrete. Its genuinely the most emotionally invested ive been in a ttrpg, and am so excited, to see their journey come to a close, and will miss them dearly.

Both jojo and ttrrpgs have been a way to reconnect with friends i dont usually talk to as much, and strengthen the bonds of the friends that i do, which is why theyve hit so hard, haha.

anwyaY this turned out way longer than it needed to be bUt.

@turtleslothart @500sunstone you. Do this.

[mojaves]

😭🍧🌋🕷🙈🙉🔪🎵 for caleb >:33 also HAIII i hope you're havign a great day!!!! <33

HIIII THANK YOUUU!!! HOPE YOURE HAVING A GREAT DAY TOO :D

😭 CRYING - what makes them cry? do they cry easily?

he does Not. he needs to though. Badly. it would fix him,,, he isn't necessarily emotionally constipated but my god. dude. PLEASE talk about your feelings. just once. Please. that being said though the one thing that would absolutely break him + make him cry for the first time in YEARS is seeing someone he cares about deeply get hurt in one way or another. he Will be insane and he Will be inconsolable about it.

🍧 SHAVED ICE - do they still have any objects from their childhood? what significance does it have to them? what would their reaction be if they lost it?

he still has some paints and paintbrushes that his granpda got for him,, he doesnt use them anymore bc theyre no longer available,, and he does NOT!!! want to throw them away. ever. they remind him so much of all the time he spent w his grandpa going on fun little roadtrips as a kid so they could draw together. if he lost those?? well honestly him wanting to just throw himself off a bridge wouldnt even be an exaggeration. that would be the END for him. he CANNOT!!! lose them. it's all he has left to remember his grandpa by.

🌋 VOLCANO - how bad is their temper? is it a slow boil, or a instant explosion?

oooghhfjh now this is a good one bc it entirely depends on who he is with. 0 tolerance policy for anyone he used to work with at kang tago/biotechnica. if you pissed him off even a little bit youre going to hear about it. immediately. it's not even that he's losing his shit or anything or even an especially explosive temper. he just wants to shut you down then and there. and then never have to deal with it ever again. doesnt raise his voice or anything, just very calmly explains to you everything you are doing that is making him want to kill you with his own two hands. he sounds so relaxed but you can see how angry he is in his eyes. which i am Obsessed with. honestly. if he starts walking closer to you while being like that. start running/ [important sidenote he would never be like that w anyone he is close to. btw. he CAN explain things that are bothering him. like a normal person]

🕷️ SPIDER - what is their biggest fear? do they have any irrational / mundane fears?

HMMM,, bc of his job most fears wouldve been ripped away from him at this point bc of how dangerous many missions were, and he wouldnt have gotten Anywhere if he was a shivering little beast the whole time. HOWEVER!! he has never fully gotten over his fear of heights. like he can be normal about it i guess?? but oohh trying to hide how terrified he is is SO exhausting he'd rather die. also very VERY scared of losing everyone he loves and has ever loved. but thats nothing to worry about at all ever. of course. [he needs therapy]

🙈 SEE-NO-EVIL - whats a side of your oc that they don't want to show other people?

that he is actually very vulnerable and soft and mostly just. Sad. but he doesnt want people thinking he's weak,, he just wants someone to hold him. he wants to be shown love again. even if it's just for a moment. but he never lets anyone get close enough to be able to see that, in case they end up using it against him. he has So many barriers up but theyre So flimsy. they can be broken down so easily. but no one has ever tried,, Yet.

🙉 HEAR-NO-EVIL - what is the worse thing your oc could hear from someone?

honestly theyre is not much that can be said to him that will cause enough emotional damage to break him, other than like, hearing someone he was close to got injured/died. he's heard it all countless times over the years. but if i HAD to think of something,, probably someone calling him a coward. that would change something in his brain for the rest of forever, to the point where he will be hellbent on trying to prove that he is NOT!!!!!! a coward. life is so difficult. his job is terrifying. he doesnt know when a job is going to end in him getting killed, or worse. and to call him a coward would be overlooking all of that, all of the effort that it took for him to get where he is now. and he would HATE it. so much.

🔪 KNIFE - how do they react to injury / misfortune befalling their loved ones (significant other, family, friends)? do they put themselves at blame?

luckily enough he knows not to blame himself for things that are entirely out of his control - i.e. someone getting injured on a job when he's not there. obviously it's not his fault, he wasnt there to change anything. people get injured sometimes. it's just a part of life. he's not going to waste time carrying the weight of it all on his shoulders, he's gonna shut up and HELP. patch them up. do some stitches if necessary. get an ice pack. his brain kind of disconnects a bit, ESPECIALLY if it's a loved one, bc otherwise he would not get anything done. he would be too busy shaking and crying. he Has to get all the important stuff done first [stopping bleeding, cleaning them up, whatever], and THEN!! he can have an insane screaming crying throwing up moment. bc they are always the priority, not him. he needs to focus on their needs before he can focus on himself.

🎵 MUSIC NOTE - what is their playlist like? their favourite artists? do you associate a particular song with them?

now this is going to take so long. so many weeks or months even to answer bc i do not yet have a playlist for him WJHJHDSFFGS but trust me. trust me when i say the Second i have some sort of playlist going for him. im going to be SO annoying about it. even more so w the kind of music i think he'd listen to. bc that is very important to me and i can never be normal about it.

[celestie0]

WOW ITALY THAT'S EXCITING! I’ve always wanted to visit Europe (or anywhere outside Asia) but I haven’t gotten the chance yet 😭💔 ESPECIALLY ITALY. I NEED TO EAT AT LEAST ONE PLATE OF PASTA IN ITALY BEFORE I DIE 👹

but oh my gosh it does suck to travel around when you aren’t feeling your best :((( I hope you’re feeling a lot better now, ellie! get lots of rest and drink plenty of water !! (not me lecturing the med student LMAO)

as for me, I’m doing good! I’ve been lazing around, enjoying my last few weeks of freedom before uni starts. I’ve also been self-studying pre-calc ! I took AP stats back in high school because the uni I was originally aiming for allowed students to take stats instead of calc so I never properly studied pre-calc and calc 😭 (I was homeschooled btw so my subjects were pretty flexible) but plans changed and I decided to enroll in a different uni that required to take both stats and calc for the course I’m taking soooo 💔😭

but on a happier note, I’m meeting up with a close friend I haven’t seen since her family moved to Australia about 10 years ago !! her flight is in a couple of weeks and I’m sooo soo excited wbdjssj!! we’re gonna gossip about lame irl boys and gush about hot fictional men for sure 🤫

that’s all from me for now! I hope you’re enjoying your vacation so far! 💖

- 🫶 anon

HIII darling omg i’m so sorry this took me a while to respond to things were a lil hectic over here 😭😭😭

HAHAH no fr the pasta here is magnificent and the pizza too. literally the most random spots on the side of the road have like the best pizza i’ve ever eaten in my life. it almost makes the travel nausea n dehydration n chronic exhaustion worth it 🤣🤣 (i am such a delicate person)

thanks my love!! gosh idk i’ve just been STRUGGLINGGG out here like my body really struggles when it’s been taken out of its ecosystem n i am feeling the effects 🥲😅 buuuuut we’re flying back home today n tomorrow so :”) im gonna be happy to be home, except i leave for roadtrip right after buuuut at least it’ll be in the states where there is iced coffee n central air conditioning. BUT I STILL LOVED ITALY SM I DONT WANT TO SOUND LIKE I WASNT SO HAPPY N GRATEFUL TO GET TO TRAVEL HERE 💗💗💗

yesss my love enjoy that freedom!! hope you’ve been indulging in hobbies that may have escaped you when busy <3 ik that’s what i used to do when i had breaks from school lol. ALSO SAME I TOOK AP STATS IN HS TOO EYYY also noooo omg that sucks but it’s ok bb!! soon enough it’ll be over n you never have to look at calculus ever again 😭 it’s so good that you’re pre studying for it tho i think that’ll really help you for sure!!

AW OMG FRIEND REUNION THATS SO SWEET i hope you two have the best time!! seeing ppl you havent seen in forever is soooo crazy but sm fun cuz it’s like wow sm has changed but sm has stayed the same too n it’s like wow. especially chidlhood friends!! have u guys kept in touch over the years or is this sort of out of the blue meet up after being apart for a while?

thaaaank youu darling i am typing this ask out while suffering from a mild tummy ache so tysm for the sweet words that have distracfed me temporarily from the pain 🤣 much love from me!!

- ellie 💕

[agentlizardofowca]

Its choice btw. I had to really go through and stare at ur list of works really long to make a decision which of yours is my favourite and i think i have it boiled down to Better Left Unsaid (most amazing roadtrip sexual tension and that final action scene), Hide Your Nemesis Under the Bed (i LOVEEEEE Little Shit Phineas) and Let's All Assume the Worst (HOWWWW can a fanfic make me feel both tickled AND hurt at the same time 😭😭😭😭)

Baby, that's like 1/4th of my works 😂 But I forgive you, Choosing is super hard sometimes. I'm really intrigued with the fics you chose because:

better left unsaid- is my biggest and longest fic, I poured my heart into this one, and I am also very proud of writing a "full story"

Hide your nemesis: I feel like this fic really cemented me as a writer in this fandom, for a while it was what people know me by

Let's all assume the worst: I thought of the premise and had the first draft written in a week. I couldn't stop thinking about it, it was awesome

Thank you!!! 💗💗💗

[anarchistbitch]

IIIIIIIIIIIII bloody hate tumblr, Ive been trying to get all the songs we've reced each other into a playlist but it is not showing me all our asks and the ones it does show me are not in order and i wanted it to be in order ugggghhh im stabbing the screen right now mentally,

anyway at work my team is making a playlist so we can listen to everyone's music taste and here's the link to it, add some in my name please and thankyou<333 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4KeIWHO0lqkpDjXFPxWB7v?si=MToywKdbQM2JdiQWq1se6Q&pt=5d863cd3287ba2fae6b8184d7edce597

xhjdsflsdkf it's so always so funny and embarrassing remembering how this all started, all because i was too shy to take off the anon, but hey, here we are <3

and god yes, monaco is perfect for a roadtrip, it is also perfect for this one fic that i read back around 2019 or 2018, just yesterday i was talking about it with a friend bc it was HUGE fic in the fandom, to the point that there was discourse about the fic which is just fucking ridiculous but anyway, you see, idk if you heard about vld but that shit was huge here on tumblr and i was motherfucking obsessed and then the fandom grew very very large and it just kind of imploded but that's not important, the fic was a current time au where the characters were fake dating for a family reunion and the post breakup-bc-we-caught-feelings-but-we-think-the-other-didnt scene would be SO good with Monaco on the background, tasty 👌🏻

re:the job, yeap, ive been working since february bc i needed a break from uni and this way i justified it to myself and actually work has been so good for me for real, ive met a bunch of people that have become close friends, work has allowed me so much rest compared to mfucking architecture, it's also allowing me to pay for a psychologist which is great and yeah, overall a positive experience, the only problem is that now i dont wanna quit working but i know that i cant both work and continue with architecture, and it is making me question how much of my life i am willing to give to this career, bc i feel so much better now mentally, even my friends have told me how different i seem and how much better i seem to be doing right now that im not at uni and just *slowly slips down from the chair into the floor dramatically*

and you're right in both accounts lmao, it's hot as hell outside, especially since i just went home for the weekend and jesus christ the heat and humidity there are no fucking joke i tell you, on the plus side i came back by plane and that was so nice, right before take off i was SO nervous but after we did i really enjoyed it, it helps that it turned 8 hours in a cramped seat into half an hour in a slightly less cramped seat lol, some of the pics i took bc i couldnt help myself will follow this paragraph that just ran away from me literally but anyways, it's horribly hot outside but at work they always have the bloody aircon either too high or too low, no in between with those people

the edit also had me on sliding dramatically to the floor holy shit, the song fits Miles so well and im just 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 it's so easy to have that part get stuck in your head btw, i halfway think about it and i have it stuck in my head for at least the next hour

song rec of the ask: heaven iowa by fall out boy, i fucking love fall out boy, they're my band for real

-M, aka Denisse, aka blue iconed mutual who wanted you to know bc they had a major crush on you but didnt want you to know bc she is shy as fuck aka just a silly goofy person who covers her eyes and groans when she thinks too much about the anon asking bc they get embarrassed easily jsfhjds byyye love you, take care, sending you tons of hugsssss

back to old traditions-> me answering every ask 3 weeks late😔

oooooh lemme search them up and make a playlist later :)) i mostly have them in my liked akshually

what if i added oli london huh. what if i added peppa pig🤨oink wsbdfjkerkjh idk if i had good song recs rn but ill try to add smth later :3

. . . . .

do i . a person whos been on tumblr for almost 8 ish years know about Voltron:Legendary Defenders - the ships from which top the tumblr ecosystem almost every year- the fandom from which i have trauma(not actually but i did cry at shiro's implied death and subsequent clonign lmaooo😭😭😭)

dm me the link bby🤙🏽🤙🏽[i stated on the side of. ahem . omegaverse/werewolves plus soulmate aus]

im glad that youre happy with ur job!!! im entirely unqualified to give any career advice [seriously though -my chosen career is like. its good but its also like 7 years of studying and idek know if i should pursue it rnnn] so honestly🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

honestly im just real glad that ur doing good <3 being in college/uni is both good and bad but hey its not like you cant go back to it at anytime yk? you'd be doing incredible things anyway, it'll just have different terms

ahh the weather here is so shit it's always on the edge of raining and then its like nah😜

i actually like love airplane pics on insta , also the mountains!!!! my old flat used to be near a mountain and i miss it so much😭

i couldnt see atsv in theatres cause of so many things but i finally saw it and it was. like actually life changing . and also i have to fuck miguel o hara btw

OH MAN. i need to confess smth. me and my friends had , a file. like a plastic file with paper with lyrics to FOB songs that we used to write in our free periods and sing in the back of the class😭😭 i miss it so much [it being time. place, ppl. yk how it is]

so much for stardust ended up being one of my fav albums of their forever- after mania and save rock and roll

[but seriously the words 'scar-crossed lovers' brought back the 14yr old geek obsessed with fantasy books in me out again]

😳😳😳

omg well heres to my blue iconned mutual who i wouldve been dming a lot sooner had i been a lit bit more brave but am ultimately glad to have known even after a little longer

much love and many hugs 😚😚😚

[bimrsadler]

Heyyy, how are you doing today?? Are your requests still open? Cause if so, would you mind writing an Arthur x reader, could be gender neutral if you prefer it, if possible in a modern setting where they are doing a roadtrip and stop at a hotel but if that's too weird don't worry about it, I just really want a "there was only one bed" type of thing doesn't need to be a smut or anything like that just a silly fluffy one? Idk I am sorry, if this is too complicated don't worry about it, either way, hope you are having a nice day/night!! I really like your writing btw!

Safety in a storm

A/N: thank you and it’s not weird at all, no need to be sorry! I love a fun trope/cliche honestly lol, hope it’s what you were looking for!

Pairing: Arthur Morgan x gn reader

Words: 1,357

Warnings/tags: fluff, mutual pining, “there was only one bed”

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Your hand dangled lazily out the truck window, feeling the warm breeze flow between your fingers. Lightning flickered through the dark clouds on the horizon, adding to the already electric atmosphere of your post-concert high. The company beside you certainly made things exciting as well.

When you asked Arthur to attend the concert with you, he admittedly wasn’t your first choice. Your friend had flaked at the last minute and while you knew Arthur was a fan of the music, the idea made you nervous. You were close and had known each other for a good while, but a road trip was a lot of one on one time that you were unsure how to navigate. Lately you found your heart rate picking up and words not quite connecting smoothly whenever he was around.

The night had gone better than expected though, you and Arthur had a great time at the show and the conversation flowed freely on the way there. When you first started getting to know each other he was more reserved. But after some time you cracked through the hard shell around him and discovered he could be soft, easy-going and kind.

“Damn I don’t like the look of them clouds…” he grumbled in his deep voice. As if on cue droplets of rain pattered the windshield slowly at first, before quickly becoming a downpour.

“I didn’t even think it was supposed to rain today.” You pulled out your phone to check the forecast, “we’re under a storm warning and it looks like it’s gonna last all night.”

Arthur looked worried and was clearly struggling to see through the curtains of rain. “Shit, maybe we should find a place to stay? If you’re okay with it that is?” He shot you a nervous glance that made your stomach flip.

“Yeah I’m fine with that, don’t think we really have a choice anyway.” You chuckled meekly and rubbed your neck, “I’ll navigate to the nearest place but reception’s bad right now…”

After a nerve wracking drive in sheets of rain punctuated by Arthur’s cursing, you finally got to the destination. It was a roadside motel, not the best you’d seen but still with a charming enough quality and a diner across the road.

You stepped into a puddle as you got out of the car, breaking up the reflection of the neon signs wavering on the wet blacktop. Rushing to the entrance to get out of the rain, Arthur still managed to take the opportunity to open the door for you, holding his hat to secure it from blowing away as he waited for you to run in first.

Arriving at the front desk Arthur pulled out his wallet and gave you an “I got it” look. The receptionist smiled and welcomed you. “Howdy ma’am, what kinda rooms ya got available?”

“Not many I’m afraid, just a few single beds.”

Arthur paused and fidgeted with his wallet, looking at you questioningly. “I uh…that okay? You can have the bed,” he muttered.

You nodded, comfortable with sharing a room with Arthur but suddenly terrified of what might or might not happen. But why did it matter? You invited him as a friend after all.

Drenched from the rain you removed your jacket as you entered the room while Arthur did the same, trying to avert your eyes from the visual of the soaked white shirt clinging to his broad physique, hair and muscles showing through the thin fabric.

“Look like I said…I can sleep on the floor and you can take the bed. I hog the sheets anyway,” he laughed sheepishly as he rubbed his stubble.

“Arthur it’s fine, it’s a big enough bed.”

“It ain’t that I just don’t wanna make ya uncomfortable…”

“I promise I don’t mind, it’s just sleeping.” You worried that you didn’t sound convincing and weren’t hiding your nervousness well. You trusted Arthur implicitly and it was just sleeping, but you found yourself pining for something more.

“So uh, ya mind if I take this off then?” Arthur gestured to his shirt awkwardly.

“Course not, I wouldn’t ask you to sleep in wet clothes,” a flushing heat spread to your face and chest as you walked to the bathroom to avoid giving yourself away.

When you came back out came Arthur was standing beside the bed, adjusting the blankets so that more was on your side, and putting an extra pillow under your own. “I don’t need as much so I thought you might want ’em.”

Trying your hardest to be nonchalant about how good he looked, you thanked him with a smile and sat on the edge of the bed to take off your watch and jewelry for the night. A booming crack suddenly cascaded through the room causing the lights to flicker, and you to jump. “Shit…” you breathed shakily.

You felt Arthur’s calloused fingertips gently touch your shoulder, giving you goosebumps despite the humid air. “Y’okay? Don’t like thunder?”

“No, I’ve hated storms since I was a kid. We had bad ones where I grew up, tornadoes and everything.” Your voice wavered and you couldn’t help feel foolish. “Honestly it’s embarrassing.”

“Hey…” Arthur’s voice was barely above a whisper. “Ain’t gotta be embarrassed, we’re all afraid a somethin’ and I’d say storms are pretty understandable.” He sat beside you with enough distance to be respectful of your space, but still set a soothing hand on your shoulder. For a man of his stature and at times intimidation, he was amazingly tender.

“Anythin’ I can do to make ya feel better?”

Your mind raced as you considered your next words carefully, but your heart came to the conclusion that it was now or never. “What if I said I’ve wanted this for a while now? Your company?”

Arthur looked down sheepishly, the blush blooming in his face like a flower. “Well, I’d say your taste in company is questionable,” he chuckled, “but welcome.”

You brought your palm to Arthur’s cheek, delicately stroking with your thumb. “And I’d say you gotta work on that confidence, cowboy.”

He raised his chin and smiled, the light and careful touch on your shoulder became firmer as it moved down to your waist. His other hand cupped your face and pulled you in, pressing his lips to yours gingerly.

Briefly, he pulled back to look in your eyes and gauge your reaction. You responded with a reassuring smile and a hand on his sturdy chest, the thump of his exhilarated heart pulsing against your palm. With that, you were pulled in closer as Arthur continued. His lips were warm with long, languid movements, the short beard he sported softer than expected against your skin. The scent of fresh air and rain still lingered on him, mingling warmly with hints of leather and smoke. Giddiness rushed through you, realizing you had no idea how much you really wanted this.

Arthur pulled back and rested his forehead against yours, keeping his eyes closed momentarily as if savoring the moment. “How’s that for confidence,” his gravelly voice asked with a sly smirk.

“Pretty damn good, handsome.”

The thunder cracked suddenly causing you to flinch as you’d nearly forgotten about it all together.

“Here, how bout we getcha nice ’n comfortable?” Arthur stood to pull the covers back and waited for you to get underneath them before joining. “Just so y’know I’m still happy to give ya space if ya change yer mind.”

“Thank you Arthur,” you turned over to your side with your back to him and pulled his arm over your waist, “but I want this.”

“I’ve wanted this for a while too darlin’,” he planted a kiss to your shoulder. “Sure am glad ya invited me tonight.”

You quipped, “even if it means being stuck in this crappy motel?”

Arthur chuckled, “way I see it I’m just lucky to be in any bed with ya.”

Arthur embraced you tighter as the storm continued, his heavy frame behind you a calming presence. Breathing in his scent, you exhaled all of the tension you’d been carrying, relieved that your feelings were shared and out in the open.

[vicea]

Sapnap’s alt stream on February 04, 2021 (for those who missed it or can’t watch the entire stream. It’s more informational and random facts than anything)

sapnap is letting sylvee help ministate his karl’s and quackity’s marriage ‘cause she wants a license LOL (ty anon for fixing my mistake)

sapnap called “bullshit” on the height guy who got 5′9″ for George’s height (he live reacted to the tik-tok)

sylvee and sapnap argue about whose cat is better for a while. After a bit, Dream comes in coincidentally and Patches follows and they start praising Patches and how she’s the best cat.

patches doesn’t shed that much, she likes her fountain water, she has very soft meows. Patches will meow at you if you look at her and talk to her

sapnap chugged some hot sauce out of fucking nowhere when dream pointed out how nice and organized his set up was but then there’s just a random bottle of hot sauce. he then eats celery with hot sauce and likes it...? (dream judges him hard in the bg LOL) 

sapnap and dream wants to do a just chatting while eating spicy hot wings on monday night (no facecam) (dream can’t even handle spice)

Dream said that it’s likely Sapnap and George are just the same height and that he’s for sure the tallest  

sapnap wants to eat the chicken soup dream’s mom made for dream because dream was saying it was the best cs ever LOL

dream sits crisscross on sapnap’s floor when he goes into his room

dream likes peanut butter - has not had it for 3-4 years now

“dream vs sapnap who would win? if I had a gun, I would win” -sapnap

dream loves takis over hot cheetos- but he only eats very little b/c he can’t eat spicy for the life of him (he needs melk otherwise) sapnap does not like takis as much though

sapnap and george were being “annoying” and wanted to do a adlib for dream’s song - like a “hey” in the bg or something lmao

sapnap and dream plan to live together for the rest of 2021 

if you could only have one food for the rest of your life-- sapnap answered with burger and dream got real analytical with his answer: pizza

dream was praising Moe’s queso 

DREAM TEAM WILL RELEASE COLLAB MERCH. the podcast is not priority, they’re sort of taking their time with it but it will come out! and sapnap has a facecam video possibly coming out in March

apparently dream does not wear his own merch and does not own any gnf and sapnap merch smh

dream has pictures of patches in a reindeer outfit >:(

the original plan was supposed to just drop roadtrip completely out of nowhere at 12 am EST but fans found out LOL

Drista is apparently pretty tall-- up to Sapnap’s shoulders (holy crap)

sapnap: “what’s bts?” - Dream said that Sapnap would like Dynamite because it’s like a good entry into kpop since normally, people would not listen to it since it’s in Korean

sap and dream can see themselves getting their ears pierced

sapnap has the biggest dumptruck

sap and dream agree that strawberry milk slaps. dream also likes banana milk 

george joins the stream and before he could even speak, dream correctly predicts what he’s going to talk about, then george immediately talks about the height tik tok -> sapnap mutes him right after 

sapnap was afraid of leaking Dream’s song before it dropped LOL

Sapnap’s Very Important PSA “I want a reassessment [of his height], Kentai_Haven. This is a message from Sapnap. That water bottle you used was incorrect. I would like a reassessment. If you want, I can find the right water bottle for you. I’m formally asking for a reassessment.” 

SAPNAP WANTED TO MEASURE PATCHES INSTEAD OF HIS HEIGHT

Sapnap and Dream are strictly obeying COVID guidelines by not going out at all :]

dono: “what do you think of gnf?” sapnap: “gnf is okay.” dream: “oh that gogy guy?” sapnap: “yeah that weirdo.”

dream hasn’t had melk on its own in a while (but he’s had drank it on its own in the past)

Sapnap misses Texas :( He says Texas is better than Florida. But Dream is saying that Florida has a lot more to do, it’s just COVID making it uninteresting. They will do a lot of stuff together when lockdown is over.

Dream’s PSA: “Stay inside and wear a mask” 

HHN - Halloween Horror Night !! Dream wants to take sapnap there :D

Sapnap doesn’t remember anything from Spanish class

Dream took 3 years of Italian (or French) mf doesn’t remember anything either

sap plays chess against randoms with the help of dream + george who helps sapnap get check (btw dream does not hear sap’s audio)

sapnap knows Nothing about kpop but Dream Does :D

Nothing is messy in the house thanks to Dream’s mom LOL

sapnap calls patches patchie sometimes

sapnap watches subbed anime

bbh joins and compliments chat and helps sapnap out with chess too

dream leaves and says to “stream roadtrip” 

sapnap jams out to roadtrip so much <3

sapnap stalemate in bullet chess against a rando and finally plays against george -- sap wins b/c george wasn’t properly trying. They go again, George wins this time. for the third game, george won but sapnap didn’t let the chat see his defeat (anon mentioned that george won 1st round. i’m not sure tho)

george tried singing the chorus lmfao but he doesn’t know the lyrics to dream’s song

I might’ve misheard or missed out on some info so apologies in advanced for that!

[heliads]

IT IS AGGRESSIVE COMPLIMENT TIME!! These were a bit inspired by musicallisto's current roadtrip event, and I will be sending them to all my mutuals!! ☀️☀️

Liiiiissssaaaa, my bestie. I think I first became aware of you after seeing one of your Newsies pieces? It was a while ago, I realize, but I will always be glad I decided to send you that drabble request for your celebration. From the very beginning, I wondered how somebody as obviously and amazingly talented as you was only writing on this hellsite (affectionate). From the start, I remember I kept thinking, how does somebody who writes like this not have whole novels in bookstores?

But then we became mutuals, and I realized there was so much more to love about you than your writing. Even before we started interacting as moots, when I was just one of the many people who were sending you requests, you were always so sweet to me, and I got the sense you genuinely respected and cared about everyone you interacted with. And since we became moots, you've always supported my work and random posts, whether they were fancasts or me needing your help casting my original story (the first chapter of which is halfway done, BTW!!).

My point is, you've been there for me. You've answered me when I wanted to talk about stuff, watched a random action movie from 2010 when you undoubtedly had better stuff to do just because I recommended it, and always responded to the three-comment-long rants I'm constantly leaving on your work, even when it's just to say you're glad I liked a silly pun you included. I don't have a lot of people like that IRL: people I can talk to about pretty much anything, people who always respond when I interact with them, people who will hype me up and listen to me. You do that for me, and I don't know how to properly express how grateful I am for that.

In short, you are an amazing, incredibly talented, super sweet, funny person, and I am honored that we are mutuals and that I get to call you a friend. I hope you're doing well!! 🖤🖤🖤

raven, this is so sweet!! i am literally tearing up, omg. if you're glad that i was responding to you, you have no idea how glad i have been that you are in contact with me! it is so meaningful to me that i can have your comments and kindness on this site, you have no idea. plus the a-team was literally everything to me. they crash landed a tank in a lake and did it whilst being a found family! what's not to like??

needless to say, i am obsessed with you and everything that makes you such a wonderful person, and i will be jumping at the chance to read your original story the second i can <333

[eggicup]

As I work on the Roadtrip-cord lore chapter one- WHICH IS 84 SCREENSHOTS OF LORE- but I honestly don't mind. I'm really enjoying running the account and all the stuff, the outline of the story is basically already there for me including the dialogue. I might ask someone to help me write it from time to time(I'm looking at you @ace-of-tnt) because there's so much lore in so little time that the discord has existed.

But back to my topic at hand, love interests-

There are characters that are confirmed to have love interests besides the parents, which are:

Quacks x Flower

No, I am not kidding.

Also Knife x Destruction/arson

It is unclear whether this one is a joke or not but I'm going with it because my character does.

But I was thinking, c!Quacks is a c!Tommy kinnie when it comes to romance- c!Knife is just a c!Wilbur kinnie without being topped by a fish and a pretty duck girlboss.

I was thinking about c!eggi's romance kinnie while I was reading FundyXD, because comfort ship, and was like c!eggi would totally be someone who is courted by a god and is just so conflicted and confused because she wouldn't expect it, but she accidentally befriends people very easily and gets along with people- so she should understand why it happened.

But then c!eggi's dad is c!Fern who's a fucking a god so the other god would be confused yet conflicted also. And when I mean gods I mean like gods lower than the dsmp people because yes, they are gods so to speak in the universe and the kind of stuff is weird-

I feel like I mainly thought about this because I can't see her in a relationship but I can see her being courted by a god or eldritch being which is very conflicting also because I just love her being confused by this-

Not canon yet btw, just me wanting to see c!eggi confused-

[sneezefiction]

roadtrips & camping

Tendou, Tsukishima, and Asahi x Reader - Roadtrip & Camping Headcanons

request: “Could I request going on a road trip and camping with tendou please? Maybe also tsukki and Asahi if you’re down for that”

a/n: haven’t written for Tendou or Asahi before, but oh i love them so. this might b one of my favorite headcanons :,,,D thank you for the request!

warnings: none!

total wc: 950

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Tendou:

if anyone is the perfect roadtrip companion, it’s Tendou

you’ll both take the drive in shifts, but you actually don’t mind driving a majority of the trip because he is SO entertaining and will be sure to keep you wide awake

one moment he’s singing out the car window, his red hair lit up by the sunset and 5 minutes later he’s asking you about your favorite food and searching for a restaurant that serves it

oh, and when it comes to music, you best believe it will be loud 

you and Tendou prepped a road trip playlist so far in advance that there are over 30 hours of music on it (and it’ll keep growing throughout the trip bc you’ll be vibin so hard)

he’ll dance. a lot

you’ll both be equally as excited to check out random shiny objects, old & dusty towns, and to just hike or walk around parks and cities

Tendou’s energy is infectious. you’ll be grinning ear to ear for miles

but when you stop for the evening (each night at different campgrounds), you’ll have to keep him focused on the little tasks

he’d much rather explore the camp and show you weird bugs than set up tents and cook dinner, but you promise you’ll venture out with him after the camp is set

once everything is put together, he’ll entwine his hand with yours, drawing you toward the woods at twilight

you’ll both be huddled together near a stream, the running water calming your restlessness from being cooped up in a car all day

he’ll love the way the final minutes of sunlight stream onto your skin and he’ll pepper your face with smiling kisses

Tendou isn’t one for tradition, but because he loves you and this trip so much, it’ll become a summer ritual

Tsukishima:

okay just because Tsukishima likes to be all sour and mean doesn’t mean he hates having fun

it just means he enjoys things… differently

when you first suggest a road trip he’ll probably be like,

“Oh, yes, death by my obnoxious s/o. Perfect.”

but when you let him pick the destinations and promise to be super sweet the whole time, he can’t say no

i think Tsukki will be particularly infatuated by rolling hills or towering cliffs

he’ll want to go somewhere with big canyons and lots of history and you completely oblige because seeing him remotely interested in something is big news

he’ll want to drive a majority of the time since y’all are taking his car, but he’ll let you do the navigating and DJ work

but he’s one of those “My car, my music” guys lmao

luckily, you’re used to sharing earbuds with him at school and have several music artists in common (you’ll already have several collaborative playlists to choose from for the trip)

when it comes to long drives, y’all actually share in some super personal discussions

if Tsukki is tired enough or if it feels a little too quiet, he’ll just start speaking, not realizing he’s letting you in on parts of his past. car therapy sessions ftw

he’s not big on camping, so y’all actually collapse the seats in the back of his car and lay out pillows, sleeping bags, and blankets

Tsukki won’t admit it, but he genuinely likes camping out in the car w/ you

he’ll spoon you, holding your head against his chest with one hand and wrapping his arm around your waist

if you can handle it, Tsukishima will tell you creepy stories and when a particularly eerie part comes along, he’ll blow on your neck, making you shiver and fuss at him

but you know you both love it

Asahi:

this teddy bear of a human would actually be the one to suggest a road trip!!

he’d have all the gear, snacks, maps, and extras put together, packed neatly in the back of the car all ready to go

Asahi will pull up to your house and have sodas and coffee and chips, but you’ll both eat half of the supply before getting even a few hours out

this big guy may be timid, but not when it comes to animals and nature

he’ll want to visit any wildlife reserves, big zoos, and stop to take photos of deer and animals he isn’t used to seeing

Asahi also has bikes hitched up on the back of the car, so you guys are definitely going on bike trails throughout the trip

sunscreen is a MUST and he begs you to use it throughout the trip

he definitely wears a bandana whenever y’all roll the windows down to keep his hair out of his face don’t @ me for this, i feel it in my bones

surprise, surprise! your final destination is a beach front camp site !!

y’all arrive around sunset and the ocean is reflecting a sparkling, orangey-pink hue

if you lift your arms out to the side to feel the ocean breeze, i am 99% sure Asahi will wrap his arms around you like the “I’m flying, Jack!” scene from Titanic

after the tents are set up, you both walk the beach for hours

imagine this with me: kicking salty water at each other, contagious fits of laughter, and wrapping your arms around the back of his neck, giving him adoring kisses

at night, you both lay underneath the stars, listening to the ocean waves crash

he’ll point at the sky and ask you which star you think is his favorite

you guess a few times, but eventually give up

then he’ll point to you and say, “Out of all of them, you’re my favorite.”

hella cheesy, but we love him for it

btw he’ll secretly save the most beautiful seashells he found from the beach and give them to you as presents when you get home

so precious

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tags: @cherryonigiri

[cedarlike]

2-2-22

(loving the twos rn)

as i am recovering, it's becoming more and more clear to me how much more....bearable this pain is. I'm uncomfortable, sure, but i can bear it. Gladly, i will bear it, because this pain has meaning.

when i was still in college, i went up to boston, mass. to visit some friends and go on a roadtrip together up to my favorite natl. park in maine (Acadia!). on the very first day, i attempted to ride a skateboard for the first time and failed so miserably that i was left with an unset broken ankle for over 10 days before I could get surgery.

this pain is something different entirely, becoming almost inexplicably soft, and tender. when i move my arms, the pain reminds me. when i twist to sit up, the pain reminds me. when i look down, i'm reminded that all of this, all of this uncomfortable-ness

it's all okay- because it means i'm healing.

-

i read my cards for the month (using Jewitch's Lillien Deck btw, which is amazing) and was told to pay attention to my negative self talk— which is fair, considering i don't really like to think about it.

i do realize i'm very hard on myself. I'm trying to be better about giving myself grace. I can't grow if i don't have any wiggle room, y'know? right now there's nowhere for these bony elbows to go. this should change.

february's theme: two of cups (reversed)

self-love.

here's a handy diagram i found:

[pekorosu]

just a lil “if ash lived” headcanon that i need to unload somewhere bc i've been holding it in for a long time

- set within the manga ‘verse

- takes place when ash and eiji are in their early 30s... so around the mid 1990s?

- i don’t get the weird animanga trope where older = longer hair, so they’re gonna look the same... maybe with slightly shorter hair bc they get regular haircuts now 

- (note: i've always interpreted long-haired eiji as symbolic of the fact that he couldn't move on from ash’s death)

- ash and eiji will continue living in the states, idk if still in NYC or somewhere else. they’ll move around a lot though.

- ash will mostly remain underground as he had to fake his death after lao’s stab, but he does it in a "hiding in plain sight" kind of way. only a handful of people know he’s still alive.  

- ash spends most of his time on the computer, mostly coding, hacking, being a nerd, among other fun stuff.

- he also takes on “jobs” anonymously, and occasionally from max (who’s still into investigative journalism) when he needs info that can only be obtained through Dubious Means.

- i also like to think that ash's a bit of a hacker robin hood lol. but he isn’t doing it purely out of the goodness of his heart, as part of it is a subconscious need to atone for his “sins” and cleanse the gnawing and persistent feeling of shame that gets amplified when he’s around eiji.

- also whatever he’s up to these days would ofc still be Highly Dangerous and Illegal, but it keeps him busy and would sate the part of him that’s still hungry for adrenaline without him having to engage in stuff like active bloodshed or substance abuse. basically that’s how i imagine he’d try to cope with life the only way he knows.

- eiji continues to do photography and other part time gigs bc he does not like the idea of mooching off ash forever, and he slowly makes a name for himself.

- ash and eiji live together but they are NOT together in a romantic sense... not yet >:)

- therefore eiji will probably date other people in the meantime, which gets a little troublesome bc it's not like he can bring them home to where his secret Very Important Friend is secretly hiding.

- ash will maybe have one-night stands every now and then. or not. idk. this isn’t a very important detail.

- anyway there will be lots of clueless but mutual pining :)

- ash especially, is of the opinion that they should start living separately bc someone will eventually track him down, maybe someone who has a past or present grudge on him. combined with his current activities, it’s only a matter of time before eiji would unwittingly get dragged into his problems again.

- eiji is v adamantly against that plan bc he's sorta developed a debilitating sense of paranoia that ash might just get killed somewhere while he’s not looking. not that ash isn’t paranoid either, but his insecurities often tip the scale over to “eiji is safer away from me” than “with me”.

- basically they’re doing their whole “stay. no, leave. no, stay” dance all over again, but like, dragged out over MANY YEARS.

- you thought eiji’s letter would’ve cleared up any crossed wires? 

- HELL NO

- like yea, there was probably a beautiful honeymoon period of about a year or two after they reunited, before their respective trauma and issues started creeping in and fucking things up again.

- esp on ash’s end, i think he’d engage in a lot of self-sabotage. and eiji is only human, he has his own limits and baggage too.

- there will be a government conspiracy plotline but on a smaller scale compared to canon that i am unfortunately not knowledgeable enough to worldbuild on, but it will probably have something to do with cybercrime/cyberterrorism/stuff like that bc it needs to tie in with ash's hacking shenanigans.

- i've heard that sing ends up becoming some sorta political big shot in yasha? idk, i haven't read it myself, but since china’s rising status was mentioned in GoL i imagine the plot should relate to that somehow.

- therefore sing would also get to be in this story! 

- i guess this means yut-lung would come into the picture at some point as well, and it would be a good opportunity for a redemption arc but i haven’t given it much of a thought bc i’m indifferent to his character orz SORRY.

- look i can’t do plot, but i am basically envisioning a political thriller with a side of slow burn romance (wait, you mean like a rehash of canon?)

- i’m thinking max is the one who kicks off the story by bringing something fishy to ash, and they just end up uncovering more and more and MORE stuff as they keep going.

- so for like 80% of the story, ash and eiji will be separated bc ash will be busy spying or infiltrating something... and being at the center of Plot Things, while max and eiji will be more on the outside dealing with the journalist side of things. i’m fond of max-ash interactions but i’m also REALLY CURIOUS about max-eiji’s dynamic :D

- meanwhile sing will be like, half in and half out i imagine. he's versatile like that lol

- ...i did NOT mean that in a dirty way

- anyway, this will provide ash and eiji ample space to work out their issues separately, as i think living in close quarters for so many years has actually been aggravating them. ofc those issues don’t get 100% resolved by the end, but some time apart from each other to cool off and spend with other people should provide a bit of perspective.

- i want ash to make some NEW FRIENDS (!!!) that are on the same wavelength as him bc there’s only so much that he can tell eiji and i’m sure he gets rather lonely, so there will be OCs that he will meet in the middle of Plot Things.

- ash will get trapped at some point. preferably with sing so they can have a much needed heart-to-heart talk. they’ll have a lot to hash out, ranging from the events in BF, shorter’s and lao’s death, all the way to ash’s love life. 

- btw i like the idea of eiji and sing being close drinking buddies who confide in one another but ash is kinda, justalittle, not very happy about that LOL 

- i mean, it's not like eiji can confide in ash when ash is the topic at hand, ya get me? as for sing, he’s similar to ash in the sense that they live dangerous lives, so i imagine he just finds it nice to be able to hang out with someone mundane like eiji every now and then.

- not to say that ash and sing aren’t talking to each other at all, but i think they’d have a bit of a rift between them. sing probably does feel some resentment, both at ash for killing lao AND at himself bc he knows deep down that given a choice, he would’ve saved ash over his own brother. ash can sense that tortured vibe, so eiji’s like their middle man. AND THAT’S WHY THEY NEED A HEART-TO-HEART TALK

- (SIDE NOTE: i want akira to have a role in this too. i actually have a separate headcanon that happens prior to this story... kinda like an alternate GoL? 

akira goes to the states to visit eiji, but ash is also there, yeah? akira and ash start out sorta prickly with each other bc ash is all weird and standoffish and always cooped up in his room. she probably mistook him as a jobless model mooching off eiji at first since 1) eiji and ibe have never spoken about him back in japan (cuz he’s supposed to be dead), 2) why would eiji be living with some random hot guy? unless they met during one of his photography gigs? right??? 

and then she ends up witnessing them in the middle of a tiff, which makes her not like ash even more bc HOW DARE HE YELL AT POOR OKUMURA-SAN??? UNGRATEFUL JERK!!!

but over the course of her visit, she snoops around learns a bit about their history and gathers hints as to why their r’ship is kinda strained. also ash and akira somehow end up bonding (reluctantly) over their emotional insecurities and part on a friendly rivalry to win over eiji’s affections (which eiji is completely oblivious to. also akira may have been 100% serious but ash was just jokingly playing along with her (OR WAS HE???)). anyway long story short, ash teaches akira some cool tech/IT stuff along the way so that leads to her gaining an interest in the field. 

she won’t be able to do much in this story, but a minor role would be cool :)

 ^ a lighthearted gyoza-making scene amid all the angst)

- (SIDE NOTE #2: i ALSO want cain to feature in this, but bc canon provided very little bg info on him it’s hard for me to figure out where he’d fit. but i suppose that’s precisely why it would be great to include him, since i can just make up my own backstory! lol. for now, i think he should be connected to one of the new OCs to make him more central to the plot. or heck, he can be involved himself! ...yeah, i’m just salty about how cain was treated more like a convenient plot device compared to the other major side characters. we barely know anything about him even though he was one of ash’s most trusted allies. #caindeservedbetter2k20)

- anyway, back to the main story. ash (and his new "friends") barely escape where they’re held hostage. ash would be rusty with combat now as he’s spent the past few years doing only stealth work and being rather sedentary. 

- so there’ll be lotsa old man!ash jokes like them poking fun at him whenever he complains about his back hehe

- when they finally emerge outside they find themselves in the middle of nowhere! they then hijack a passing pickup truck and do a roadtrip back to civilisation. ROAD TRIP FTW

- at this point, quite some time has already passed and ash even has a fuzzy beard and mane and all. he’s standing at the back of the truck with a small smile on his face and the wind blowing in his hair, thinking GONNA GO BACK AND SEE EIJI, MISS HIM LOADS, HELL YEA 

- (bonus: this song and this scene is the catalyst for this entire headcanon btw)

(drew this about a year ago. i was trying to imitate the manga’s art style... and the ash i had in my mind was a little different. i’m too lazy to redraw, but he’s fuzzier now okay! MORE FUZZ! like an actual freakin LION!)

- meanwhile, eiji and max will get into some deep shit around this point? 

- eiji in the pic above was me imagining that the Bad Guys had tossed some damning evidence (eg. severed body part?) on the ground like “ash’s dead/ash’s in a lot of danger now so hand over all the info u have”

- and eiji and max are like. SHOOKETH

- this would be the 3rd time ash has “died” after all, and as they say... 3rd time's the charm...

- eiji almost gives in, but then max spits in their face like fuck no and then... yeah. they get beat up and taken away or something lol

- EDIT: hmm... what if the Bad Guy is someone IN the government, and he uses his power to get eiji and max arrested for aiding and abetting a wanted fugitive (ash). and then ash has to rescue them... JAILBREAK STYLE

- also it might be cool to introduce ash's mom somewhere in this story... maybe SHE'S the villain! mwahaha *drama intensifies*

- anyways they will get saved by ash and gang bc that’s just the way things go, BUT! only on the condition they already made it out at least 80% of the way bc GODDAMN IT👏LET👏EIJI👏BE👏BADASS👏FOR👏ONCE👏 

- (that is, after he overcomes the initial shock of ash possibly being dead again... again...... again............)

- there will ofc be moments of “oh my god, you’re okay” "i thought i lost you...!"

- something like this, because one can never have enough cheesy reunion scenes

- this will eventually lead to REVELATIONS (of the romantic kind, yes) 

- buuuut they will never say "i love you" directly to each other bc ash is too emotionally constipated and eiji is too japanese. it's okay, they will communicate it through heated stares 👀

- i would love for there to be a scene where they have to be separated again for Plot Reasons and ash sorta hesitantly goes all "...will you wait for me?" as a direct parallel to canon!eiji's "i'll be waiting" and it’s like,

- FINALLY! 

- FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! ash has finally allowed himself to ask for this, to let himself want it! 

- and eiji would be like OF COURSE I WILL YOU BIG DUMMY, ALWAYS AND FOREVER

- but i think it'd be hilarious if eiji pops up while ash's in the middle of the final showdown and ash's like WTF I TOLD YOU TO WAIT FOR ME and eiji's like I WAS WORRIED OKAY YOU WERE TAKING SO LONG

- idk how this is supposed to end...

- oh wait! since the plot is government-related, maybe Someone will be able to pull strings to wipe out ash’s criminal record (past and present) and give him a brand new 100% legal identity, as thanks for his efforts? or maybe ash (or sing) just does it himself somewhere along the way LOL. anyway, he’ll be able to start over with a fresh clean slate and finally work on recovery FOR REAL NOW. yes this is a happy ending AND it didn’t require him to go to japan /flips off canon

- ...i realise it’s never going to be that simple but W H A T E V E R

- (also they probably will visit japan in the future with that shiny new passport... gotta meet the in-laws and all y’know)

- who do i gotta pay to write this cheesy self-indulgent fic for me

[swanqiu]

mun questions! 10, 11, 14, 19, + 20 i Could Not Choose

——— from these questions for the mun.

10. How do you feel about the interpretation of your character vs the fandom? i actually think recent fandom interpretations of cho have been a lot better at focusing on her character outside of the prone-to-weepiness girl we see after GoF. not that her crying is a bad thing, but there used to be a time where it really felt like that was all anyone knew her for and it was frustrating bc we saw so much more to her than just that. there's also been a huge surge of appreciation and love and fics for her in recent years, so i am obviously heart eyes about that at all times, esp because so much of these fics get her character and explore her emotions SO WELL. i think there's still a good portion of fandom that tends to see her as more timid and neatly put-together and hesitant tho? whereas i think she's a lot more comfortable at making waves and standing up for what she believes is right. movie!cho is very different from book!cho, so i think that’s where some of the discrepancies come from. i also think people overlook the sporty aspect of her a lot (in favor of her being more docile and focused on books— which, to some extent, i can vibe with), and i also like the thought of her having both type a and type b tendencies! (but tbh i'm really just the BIGGEST fan of her character getting all this love and attention and fan content at all, sooo 🥰.)

11. What’s a thread you’d like to do in the near future? rivals rivals rivals rivals rivals!! i d love a good rivals to friends plot (or just straight up rivals vibing off of each other), because it would be so much fun to see her challenged.

specific wishlist plots tho? hmmm it would be cool to have more threads in cho's hometown— which is an rp option, even if i'm still working out and beta testing it, but i love that world so far. 😌 (also ever since rewatching stardust, i! want! piracy! plots!!)

14. Would you get along with your muse? listen— i'd LOVE to be cho's friend; i really think she's so sweet and so much fun and has an easy time making friends with all sorts of people. she'd absolutely have my back, and i'd gladly be her thirdwheel and personal hypewoman. we'd make lunches for each other and go on roadtrips during the weekends and i'd hold her hair back when she goes off at parties lmao. she'd absolutely join movie stream nights btw. we'd also talk about our respective crushes on athletes and go to hockey games together and call each other up to scrimmage on saturday mornings (and then go for BRUNCH afterward).

19. What’s your opinion on blog themes? How do you feel about your own? lmao i don't really like my blog theme (it hasn't changed in the 8+ years i've had this blog yikes)! i haven't found a theme i've liked enough to change it to tho, but with the way that the dash has changed over the years to allow users to view profiles and pinned posts and google docs and carrds from the dash (ie. navigating to someone's full-on blog webpage with the theme isn't really necessary anymore since you can get all muse/mun info externally), i'm curious if blog themes and putting as much work into them will still be the norm!

i do think that a lot of rp themes i've seen focus more on aesthetics than on functionality or legibility, which is a personal choice i don't really care for lmao. 

20. What’s something that would make you unfollow a mutual? hm. i don't think i've had to unfollow anyone yet? i'm really thankful that i've never come across drama on my dash or between people i follow, but i think i'm usually pretty good about reading people's pages in the first place and vetting profiles to keep an eye out for personal things i'd stay away from. but i'd probably unfollow a mutual if that person is starting drama or spreading unwarranted hate and negativity about another writer (which i see as different from a call-out post if someone is actually doing something damaging or jeopardizing to others). like... why is there blog-to-blog negativity lmao. it's rp. it's not that deep. we're all just vibin, sharing our one (1) collective braincell here.

[jlf23tumble]

Okay, so besides time passed, what else did you rread this month that you loved? (monthly fic rec anon! needing your takes like this month's rent and thank you for reccing that fic btw, it killed me)!

Mannnn, I always feel so good about answering a fic request, yet I feel so conflicted in this specific moment? The world is on fire with what feels like momentum to make some real change, I argued with a low-key racist neighbor and WON, my fish who has literally grown an erect nipple on his (her?) back (i have photos) has a plan of action, I am literally drunk, let’s do this!!! I’ll start with Time Passed (by coffinofachimera/ @belialsmiracles) because for real, this fic is SO FUCKING GOOD, it has stayed with me for more than a week now, it has ruined me for other fic, I think about it constantly, I want to yell about it with everyone, it’s easily my fave of May, of this year, of last year, of next year, we shall see! We’re in a pandemic AND a revolution, let’s read!

The Clark Kent Affair, by @wishforwishes, one direction, harry/omc, 2k. Harry goes in disguise to get some action with sexy results (this is the world’s worst description for an excellent fic on very much every level, sigh)

Us, We, Me, by @homosociallyyours, one direction, harry/harry, harry/louis, 2.3k. Harry takes some shrooms and experiences their true self (spoiler: she lives in daydreams with me, she!)

Let’s Snuggle Forever, by gloss, star wars, finn/poe, 2.4k. THE BANTER, that is all, well, that is NOT all, but this one is so good and HOT, don’t let the title fool ya

live show, by @hereforlou, one direction, harry/louis, 3.4k. I’m in love with the way the author is taking this series over multiple fests in these mini bursts of PERFECTION

You Called (I Missed It), by nonsensedarling, one direction, harry/louis, 4.4k. Gimme that sweet, sweet phone sex, plus the twist in this one, plus the banter, plus the perfect length, equals chef’s kiss

A Slippery Slope, by @sulkingroom, one direction, ben/harry, 4.7k. This author ALWAYS nails so many emotions in such a short space, this time, fertility kink, and god, yes, kill me (just know I rec alllll of her fics, any topic)

dream lover, by @disgruntledkittenface, one direction, louis/harry, 5k. A girl direction imagining of bethenny/carole, real housewives of NYC? YES PLEETH

Jamhn series, by BethXP, great british bake off, james/john, 5.3k. I’m rewatching season 3 of GBBO, and pining desperately for more James/John content, and this was the best I could find this month...o, for a GBBO fic server!

battling on the regular, by YesIsAWorld/ @louandhazaf, one direction, louis/sam, 5.7k. I’m so down for Louis pairings by writers who a) characterize his overall strength and b) opt for someone outside BBC Radio 1, this fic has it ALL!!

Love At Home, by @vondrostes, one direction, harry/xander/zayn, 6.9k. How is it possible to tie in covid, roadtrip, zayn reunions, breeding kink AND angst into such a short fic? WHAT SORCERY!

Living After Midnight, by @alienfuckeronmain, the hobbit, bilbo/thorin, 7.2k. This one’s a wip, and I edited the first five chapters so far and want to DIE with how much I love every bit of it. Who knew this would be what would get me to watch this movie, L M A O

A Slow and Steady Rush, by godots/ @girlhoodandothercults, one direction, louis/harry, 11k. The aching TENDERNESS of this fic, fuckkkk, it stayed with me for days, the feeling of going to a concert and connecting with someone on a spiritual level, everything about it, just wonderful, soft

fallin’ and laughin’ at the drinks we spilled, by enbyharry/ @non-binharry, one direction, louis/harry, 14k. WE LOVE TO SEE TENDER GENDER, ANY DIVISION, THIS TIME, AU DIVISION!

No Friends and An Empty Heart, by Maelstrom_Roots, one direction, louis/harry, 36k. Fleabag is still on my list to watch, so I have no idea how perfectly this matched it, but wow, the grief and how it hits you, FELT THAT

Say Something, by @kingsofeverything, one direction, louis/harry, 100k. The very second the author started teasing this, I was right there, and I read it in wip form like a vulture on a desert highway...did not disappoint! 50YO divorced pregnant omega Harry? WILL READ EVERY TIME