#I bet it was Verne’s idea

[writinandcrying]

TMNT HEADCANON / how the turtles text

A lot can be said from how someone express themselves through texting, so this is just some crack / light headcanons !

Not really based on a single version per say, more that turtles have been deprived of social interaction for the majority of their life and I think texting them would be an very interesting experience lol

Idea based on @avery73 last random turtle post (thanks for being one of our strongest soldiers and writing wonderful pieces 🫡) English is not my first language and I didn’t proofread this, if there is any grammatical erros pls don’t hesitate to tell me!

Mikey

🎢 Single texts

🎢 Just like this

🎢 Loads of it

🎢 You got 60 new messages

🎢 in the past 2 minutes

🎢 Loads of gifs too

🎢 And voice memos

🎢Oh look

🎢6 personality tests links

🎢What do you mean you won’t do it

🎢He needs to know what kind of cupcake you are!!!!

🎢 And music recs

🎢 Your phone won’t stop vibrating

🎢 for the next weeks

🎢 After you meet him (Honestly really annoying unless you have a crush on him)

🎢 For the latinos/latinas; if he EVER finds out about WhatsApp and the stickers. Oh you are so done. If you have an older phone that shit WILL blow up / malfunction for SURE

🎢 uses TONS OF EMOJIS !!!!! 😍😍😝🤪😋🤩AND CAPS AS WELL!!! 🥳😽✌️👅🗣️

🎢Mikey live reaction when you ask if he’s upset that you asked him to tone it down a notch with the texting on a busy day:

🎢 Will lowkey tone it down with the emojis when he finds out some ppl find it cringe, but with his angels cakes ???????? 🫵 YOU BET 🗣️ HE WILL SHOW YOU WITH IT 💋🫦💅🏻🤳🏼💃🏻🕺🏽🙈🦋🌺🧡🌚🌻🔥💥🌟

🎢Will accidentally send you some random ass emoji that wasn’t supposed to be on the context of the text, also the autocorrect is def not his friend

Mikey : how’s it going baby gorila

Mikey: babygirl*

Mikey:

Mikey: I’m sorry

🎢 adds emojis to very contacts in his t-phone:

Leo: Leader of the pack 🐺 🐢 🫡

Donnie: Eistein 📚🧬⚗️ (Raph also shares this name on his t-cell)

Raph: Murderous teddy bear 🧸 🧨

Splinter: Mafia Boss 🪤 (no one knows about this name tho)

April: Chanel N.6 🎤(or World of Apes 🦧 lmao)

Casey: New York Hockey League 🏒

Vern: Some dude (adds 🦅 so he knows it’s Vern and not “some random dude”)

Y/n: angelcakes pookie wookie baby boo boo love of my life !!!!!! 😍🥰👀🧚🏻‍♂️

🎢Mikey live reaction when Raph yells at him to stop flooding the chat, followed by mikey texting him “make me” (they are sitting next to each other):

Donnie

🔭Huge blocks of it in the speed of light. many topics, many questions and also explanations at just one sitting

🔭But won’t hold back on a smart ass short cut response for one his brothers (literally has the sharpest tongue)

🔭Will hardly uses emojis, only when it’s a single text to express an emotion (most current used emojis: 🤓when he does something impressive 💜: for y/n 🙄: when venting about something annoying Leo / Mikey / Raph did)

🔭Will want to discuss random ass problems he has encountered in his projects, in forums online, specially if you ever show interest in debating / doesnt hold back into showing your strong opinions

🔭 Has named their brothers as “Failed Lab Experiments” and managed to color code their messages (has the only t-phone that has this feature)

🔭Donnie creating the most unique and smartass way to charge his phone just cuz he can:

🔭Deadass his reaction when texting his crush 👀:

🔭 Has modified Mikey’s phone so he doesn’t have access to emojis for a whole week after his baby brother decided to spam him “out of no where” (after Donnie won consecutively 10 Mario Kart matches AND ate the last 2 slices of cold pizza)

🔭Result: mikey spammed EVEN MORE and only spoke to EVERYONE by Japanese emojis. Leo and Raph begged demanded that donnie install his emojis back cuz they were DONE with the whole situation

Failed lab experiment N.4: ( ๑‾̀◡‾́)σ" °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° (♡´౪`♡)

Failed lab experiment N.1: Stop.

Failed lab experiment N.4: ┬┴┬┴┤ᵒᵏ (･_├┬┴┬┴ Failed lab experiment N.4: (;﹏;)

Failed lab experiment N.2: You stupid IDIOT Failed lab experiment N.2: look what you've done now he’s sad

🔭 Donnie also has to deal with his brothers thinking he is their personal Google (he will always answer their questions, even out of spite):

Failed lab experiment N.4: Donnie what’s a Cochlear implant

Successful lab experiment: A small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing. The implant consists of an external portion that sits behind the ear and a second portion that is surgically placed under the skin.

Failed lab experiment N.4: :0 yikes

Failed lab experiment N.4: Okay thanks!!!!

Successful lab experiment: Stop asking me stuff when you can just Google it.

Failed lab experiment N.4: But I like talking to you 🙀😔

Failed lab experiment N.4: You are my favorite turtle Siri!!! 😉

Successful lab experiment: I’d prefer if I wasn’t... Also, why are you curious about cochlear implants?

Successful lab experiment: Mikey?

Successful lab experiment: Mikey!!!!!

(He still doesn’t know why)

Raph

🥊 Barely uses emojis. Lowkey barely texts? doesn't see the appeal to it, rather prefer to hang out with you 1 on 1 than being far away from you (will never ever admit to it. maybe after 3 years in a relationship)

🥊as a friend: he wont be the one spiking a conversation, but might keep going if he's truly bored (this is prone to happen during daylight / evening when they still can't go out) but will probably be the one to ask to hang out when he needs an outlet and such 🥊*sees messages* eh i'll reply later *completely forgets about it*

🥊 will effortlessly take the most breath-taking pictures of new york during patrol and send it to you 🥊 if you are already his s/o / someone he trusts: will most likely text you to ask about stuff (if you need anything or something he needs from topside) or to diss / vent / gossip about his brothers 🥊 will send embarrassing pictures of his brothers to you cuz he can't deal with that shit alone lmao

🥊 will either be pretty clueless with the most random ass stuff or out of propose just to tease you: y/n: jniasunoakpfa raph: what was that y/n: keyboard smash? raph: how do i do that y/n: just press anything raph: 7 🥊 Raph Live reaction as soon as he realizes he has feelings for you:

🥊 Also Raph Live reaction when he comes to terms with this feelings and has an excuse to ignore Leo (even if he doesnt like texting) just bc he can ignore Leo as he pleases:

Leo

🎏 Perfect texts 🎏 looks like an email/letter sometimes 🎏 to most people: 1 message with divided topics. pretty direct 🎏 when he can't reply right away: "Hello. I'm happy you wrote to me. I try to reply promptly but currently I'm not available at the moment-" Like omg bro RELAX. 🎏 to his s/o: 70% direct, the other 30% likes to send little reminders, either with songs or pretty things she has seen during a patrol with a "thinking of you" message. lowkey romantic when he doesn't even mean to be, def shows how thoughtful he is 🎏 prefers to call you rather than texting. especially if you are dating/has a crush on you he might not even realize why he likes calling you so much, until it hits like a brick that he just wants to hear your voice 🎏Leo when he calls you and doesn't know when to "intervene" / his time to talk back (god forbid he's unpolite and interrupts you):

lowkey him listening to April vent about smth dumb shit Casey did /any human friend venting and he doesnt know how to react lmao 🎏Just like Donnie, has favorite emojis and will only use it in specific situations (this will take time for it to happen, like after years Donnie first invented the t-phone and finally relized he didn't had to be so formal when texting): 🐢 when talking about team work or his brothers / 🪷 for meditating or mindfulness (thinks its peaceful) / 💙 for his boo and his boo only / 😏 only in a relationship, especially when he's feeling scipy (extremely rare for it to happen over text tho)

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Group chat (more than one reaction)

💚 catching social cues irl can be hard, you are telling me there are hidden social cues in texting too??

💚 “Nah shut up” group, doesn’t care much about it and won’t change their ways: Leo, Raph

💚 Will research about it, will talk to every single human he knows (yes. you. Vern. Casey and April) Needs to know the social cues. NOW: lmao try to guess

💚 Also needs to know, but for meme reasons, he has to say up to date w the terminology/ slangs: another hard guess /j

💚 Oh btw, Donnie totally uses /j /Tw /srs terminology WHILE he texts fast AND huge text blocks. none of his brothers know how he does it

💚Will over use fresh lingo he has learned overhearing humans on patrol, shows, from his humans friends to the point it’s almost unbearable: Mikey 💚Live reaction of Raph and Leo trying to understand when Mikey or Donnie spamming the group chat with their extremely recent memes or hyperfixations:

💚the chat WILL be flooded with things related to their favorite basketball teams, show they want to see or dumbass pictures of their daily lifes, example: Mikey: *has sent an selfie*

Mikey: you know y/n

Mikey:If you’re fortunate enough

Mikey: your internal organs will spend their entire lifespan in absolute darkness

Mikey: but mine?

April: oh boy here we go

Mikey: Hasn’t. 😏😏😏

Y/n: Oh?

Mikey: *send another selfie flexing muscles* you see when you fight crime everyday-

Raph: yeah he shallowed a glow stick

[god-syndicate-if]

How would the RO's react to an MC that's oblivious to their flirting?

I accidentally deleted the ask, it was a bit longer than this but I don't remember all it said except the general idea! if you're the asker I'm sorryyyy, feel free to resend if I missed anything.

Riley: Oh god you two would be oblivious together. They're going to flirt with you, you're going to flirt with them. and everyone in the bar is going to watch what's going on and start bets on who realizes their feelings first.

Franco: Head in his hands, at the bar crying. "Do they not get what I'm saying or are they just too nice to reject me?" Full on existential crisis mode. Jackie has to put a trauma blanket around him.

Verne: If they've gotten to the point where they realize they actually like you (which would be a while.) and they're actually flirting with you openly and you aren't picking up their hints... Then they'll just end up cornering you in a hallway or some place when you're alone and laying out in very clear terms that they're romantically and/or sexually interested in you.

Mitch: Increasingly frustrated, but he's bad at speaking about these things so his 'friendly' gestures will get slightly more and more elaborate until it's gotten out of hand and someone else around you breaks and tells you.

Sigourney: Just flirts with you more. And more. And more. And after a certain point she's just wondering what she can get away with.

Dame: Finally gets you alone and says "MC, I... well. I'm not... you see. When... Um... Okay so the other day... Oh. We've been talking and... I just..." and then they give up and wordlessly walk away.

Rebel: She loves the chase so this is golden for her. She's acting no different, except now she thinks about you WAY more than she already is.

[knickynoo]

Back to the Future: The Animated Series, s02ep013 "Verne Hatches an Egg"

✨Last episode of the series!✨

Previous episodes linked here.

In this episode: Verne gains a cute little buddy, creepy Mr. Wisdom returns, and a jarring final moment with Real Doc

Well, friends, we've reached the end of our journey into the world of the animated series. It was almost exactly one year ago today that I posted my review of the first episode, and it's been a super fun project to work on. I'm kind of sad to be done with it.

Let's see what this last episode has in store for us, shall we?

We start in the lab, where Doc is making adjustments to his latest invention, the "ELB Pediatric Policer."

It's basically a lie detector designed to be worn by children, lol. When a child does something they know is wrong, or if they lie about something, it flashes with lights and blares a siren. He plans to present it at the Annual Convention of the Home Inventors of Mad Geniuses.

Gonna be real with you, Doc—not sure how I feel about this invention. Sounds like a good way to raise very anxious, paranoid children.

Anyway, this reminds Doc of something that happened to Verne when he was doing show and tell one day.

The cartoon begins with someone attempting the steal the DeLorean. They're shrouded in shadows, but it's pretty clear that it's Verne. He's got a pretty high track record for DeLorean thievery. Doc's security system catches him, though, locking him into the car, setting off an alarm, and taking a picture, which is sent directly to Doc's room.

Quick little sidenote, but I don't think I've mentioned that Doc regularly calls Clara "Clarabelle" over the course of the series. When he's woken up by the alarm system, it's the name he uses to call to her, and I was like, "huh. why have I never written about this in my posts?" I looked it up, and Clarabelle (the spelling according to the subtitles on the DVD) is a variant of the more official spelling, which is Claribel. It means "bright and beautiful" but seems to be a pretty obscure name, as it's only listed at .009% usage at the height of its popularity in 1893.

So, I'm left wondering: Is the animated series implying that it's perhaps her "real" name, with Clara being her nickname? Or is this just an affectionate nickname Doc uses for Clara? And if it's a nickname, is it something Doc simply thought had a nice ring to it, or is it because he's secretly a big fan of the Disney character Clarabelle Cow??

That's Clarabelle with her boyfriend Horace Horsecollar, btw. If you even care.

Verne tells Doc that he was only taking the DeLorean so he could go looking for something cool to bring to show and tell. Doc decides to help him out by letting him borrow an arrowhead he has. Verne is psyched, but before he can even reach the school building, Biff Jr. intercepts him and demands his lunch money. He steals the arrowhead from Verne.

Verne's teacher isn't happy that he had nothing to show or tell about, and she tells him that if he doesn't bring in something the next day, she's going to make him play Prince Charming in the upcoming school play. Which is a really weird threat if you ask me!! How does one force a child into a lead role of a play he doesn't want to be in just because he didn't have show and tell? What kind of school is this?

Verne is horrified by this news on account of he'd have to kiss some girl named Beatrice. He says he'd rather be, "dead like a dinosaur" which gives him a sudden idea. I sense a bad decision coming! And I bet Marty is going to be in on it because he always enables Varne in these types of shenanigans.

Yep. I knew it.

The boys take a quick trip to prehistoric times, where Verne swipes a dino egg for show and tell.

Shortly after arriving home, the egg hatches, and Verne finds himself caretaker to the world's cutest dinosaur.

Look at that guy. (Verne faints when he sees it)

Within the hour, the dinosaur has already grown significantly, and it escapes outside to the yard, where Verne begs Jules to help in hiding him. Just then, they hear Doc approaching and quickly work to form a ridiculous story in which the dino is their friend who painted himself green because they're playing a game involving aliens.

They're able to get away with it on account of Einstein is so afraid of the dinosaur that he launches himself at Doc's face and refuses to move.

Doc decides to take Einie to the vet, leaving his sons and their "friend" to continue their game. Jules insists Verne return the dino, but Verne wants to keep him as a pet. He names him Tiny.

It doesn't take long for Tiny to go missing in town. He ends up at the Tannen home, where Biff Jr. is watching Mr. Wisdom (who you may remember from an episode earlier in the season). If you don't, you just need to know that Mr. Wisdom is an evil children's TV show host who also happens to be one of Doc's old college roommates.

Mr. Wisdom announces that he's offering $50,000 to any viewer who can capture and send in an alien, bigfoot, or dinosaur. Very unfortunate timing, huh? Biff captures Tiny and sends him into the Mr. Wisdom show. After airing a special episode featuring Tiny, Mr. Wisdom plans to kill him and sell pieces of him to research labs for money.

Thankfully, Verne comes clean to his parents, and they work together to form a plan and sneak onto the set to free Tiny.

When Mr. Wisdom starts his show and reveals the "dinosaur," it's really just Marty and Jules on stilts.

Jules looks just like the monkey in that one meme.

The family gets home and prepares to bring Tiny back where he belongs. Before he goes, he spits out a baby tooth, which Verne is excited to be able to take to show and tell.

With that story wrapped up, we go back to Real Doc, who teaches us a little about eggs using a raw one. While he's talking, he takes out the lunch he'd packed, of which one of the items is a hard-boiled egg. Can you guess what happens? Yeah, he mixes up the two eggs. After some time to think about it, he feels pretty confident that he's figured out which one is the hard-boiled one and. And he just BITES into the egg, shell and all, like an absolute lunatic. And he's wrong about it being the hard-boiled one.

Who does this? Who on EARTH eats a hard-boiled egg in this manner? Are you telling me that Doc regularly leaves the shells on his eggs and bites into them like an apple?? He eats the shells? Is that what I'm supposed to take away from this??

We're ending the animated series with the revelation that this is how our beloved scientist finds it acceptable to eat a hard-boiled egg?? What am I supposed to do with this now? How will I make peace with this information?

Join me next time for nothing. The animated series is over, folks. Doctor Emmett Brown eats eggshells.

Adiós.

[doctorbrown]

MCFLY JULY ‘24 ⸺ 「 30 / 31 * BLIND SPOT 」

April 16, 1991

“Mom’s gonna lose it when she sees that,” Verne says, scrunching up his face as he studies the nasty bruise swelling up around Jules’ left eye. It’s gnarly—so much so he reaches out to touch it, prompting Jules to swiftly smack his wrist away—purples and reds and blacks blossoming out from his eye, his upper eyelid swollen, encroaching on the eye itself, and Verne whistles, not envying his brother’s position.

That looks like it hurts.

Last time that happened to him, his face ached for days and Curie only made it worse, trying to help with the bruising by licking it clean. It was almost as bad as the scolding lecture Mom had given him.

“I know,” Jules says, heaving a sigh of resignation well older than his twelve years. “I don’t know what’s going to be worse, her worrying about this and sitting us—”

“—You! Don’t drag me into this, it wasn’t my fault this time!”

“—down for another one of her lectures about why we shouldn’t let ourselves get provoked into fights with the other kids or the look on Dad’s face.”

“Mom,” Verne answers without a moment’s hesitation, “no question. Dad only freaked last time ‘cause the school called him and made him come down there and made it sound like something bad happened to you.”

All the kids in the school had talked about it for a week, how crazy old Doctor Brown burst into the school like a madman and chewed out not only the principle, but the teacher who’d allowed such an incident to happen right under her nose.

Peter Weintraub spent the whole next day telling anyone who would listen that Doctor Brown got so angry he threatened them with one of his creepy death rays and Verne nearly marched all the way to the upperclassman’s lunchroom to even out Peter’s stupid, smug face with a second black eye.

God, he really hated that kid sometimes. And Jules had to sit in classrooms with him every day. The thought nearly makes Verne shudder.

Jules barks out a sound between a huff and a laugh. “Yeah, Dad doesn’t get angry often but he really wasn’t happy that day. But that just gave Peter another reason to start running his mouth like the jerk he is.”

Verne kicks a rock in their path, sending it flying down the street. “He musta messed up real bad this time if you hit him after you promised Mom you wouldn’t.”

Throwing his head back, Jules lets out the loudest, most exaggerated sound of exasperation and disgust a twelve-year-old could possibly manage. “He started going off about Dad again! And not with the usual stuff either. I still hate it that people think Dad’s just some crazy failure ‘cause we can’t tell them about the You-Know-Whats or all the other cool stuff he’s been inventin’ for them, but you know what he says.”

That it doesn’t bother him because it’s nothing he hasn’t heard all his life, and probably in far worse ways than anything these kids can come up with. Verne nods, understanding all-too-well.

“So fine, he can say whatever he wants and if the others laugh with him, they don’t know anything. But this time he went too far, talking about how Dad’s too old, sayin’ stuff about Mom, and I just lost it.” Jules goes to rake his hand down his face and thinks better of it at the last second, diverting his energy into following Verne’s lead and sending a rock hurtling down the street with all the pent-up anger he can summon. “Next thing I know I’m hitting him and we’re yelling and—ugh, Mom’s gonna kill me.”

“Mom’s not gonna kill you. But she is gonna give you That Look that makes you wish you could steal one of Dad’s Machines.” Suddenly, Verne snaps his fingers, taken by a brilliant idea. “I bet Uncle Marty’s got some makeup at his place we could use to cover that up. And he won’t rat on us to Mom and Dad.”

[vilandel]

🥝🍐🍑

For the fruit writing asks please? Thank you! 🌻

Hello Acacia and thank you for the ask 💙

🥝 What’s your favorite trope/AO3 tag to write? I love writing romance, that is certain, also any kind of fluff, be it domestic or platonic. What I also love are forgiveness and redemption stories (probably why I love the Silvas and especially Nozel so much). Happy Endings are also something I love and if, IF I write angst, never without a happy ending! I could write bittersweet, though, but more in oneshots and less in multi-chapter fics. One tag I start using to love on Ao3 is "Papa Nozel is best Nozel" 🦅

🍐 Is there anything in canon that you absolutely hate and love to fix in fics? A wrong choice made, a fuck-up in characterization, a misunderstanding never cleared up, a conversation never shown onscreen, etc… Hm, probably anything involving the Silvas? Especially Nozel and his path to become a better brother. I also like to think how the teams at the Royal Knights Tournament would have been, what friendships and dynamics. I especially love Finral-Leopold-Hamon and I want to write something about it. Like Hamon visiting the Black Bulls just after the tournament, because he was with Finral on a team (remember how Hamon appreciated Finral) and he certainly felt ashamed about what Langris did. Or how Finral and Leopold would feel about Hamons death. And I certainly would love to make Rill and Charmy realize! There are probably other things, but this is what comes to my mind right now.

🍑 If you could make a connection between your favorite character and another work you care about (whether a crossover/fusion or a wonderfully “pretentious” literary reference) what would it be? How would it work? If I could, I would love to make crossovers with Black Clover and some of my favorite classics. Remember that I got the idea for Rosette mostly by reading Agatha Christie, so Silvas in an Agatha-Christie like story is something I love to imagine. Or some of my favorite ships in a Jane Austen universe, especially Nozessa, because sometimes I feel like Nozel has a bit something of an Austen hero. Or putting my fav characters in Jules Verne's Journeys. One of my favorite Children Books is The Last Resort by Roberto Innocenti. It tells the story of an artist who lost his imagination and in order to find it again, he ends up in a lonely inn at the sea. Roberto Innocenti is practically self-inserting himself and all the people the hero meets at the inn are basically his favorite authors and fictional characters. I love reading this story especially when I have a writer's block and need to find my own imagination myself. Then, I imagine this story at this inn, while meeting my own favorite authors and characters. You bet that Black Clover is also part of it. I'm always thinking to write something like this myself.

[eveandtheturtles]

All 4-1 challenge: Summer surprise Part 1

Summary: the gang goes on vacation. Leo is suffering. Part 2 should be out soon!

Ship: turtles (including Jennika) X OCs (m!Oc, nb!Oc, cis!OCs)

Rating: T for suggestive behaviour.

A/N: Set in swak universe. Post all the stories to be told. Apologies for mistakes - dyslexia and being non native English speakers causes trip ups lol. Each part should have at least 1 prompt line lol. Leo's poly bi (Peter cis gay and Amelia cis questioning), Raph omni (Mirka amab nb), Mikey aro pan (gay partner), Donnie demi (Kara cis pan). Jennika is translesbian and Cheryl cis lesbian.

The name Sprinkles is borrowed from And, Love series by @madammuffins Y'all should read the entire Love series from them.

Tagging: @turtle-babe83 @thelaundrybitch @leosgirl82 @sharpwindow @dilucsflame33 @m1dnyt3-w0lf @scholastic-dragon @pheradream-15 @tinkabelle19

The darkness enfulged the tarmac. The silhouette of a single aircraft loomed in the distance. Leo, Donnie, Raph and Mikey sneaked carefully through the night.

"Why isn't Jenni with us?" Mikey whispered to Raph.

"Shh!" The red bruiser hissed.

"What can you tell me Donnie?" Leo leaned in to his tech brother.

"This is strange, according to my scanners we should be overrun by Purple Dragon activity! There's no one here!" Donnie double checked all his tech.

"This is a trap!" Raph growled.

Suddenly the runway lights lit up leading to the aircraft and it became illuminated brightly. The turtles looked up squinting, drawing out their weapons.

"Gentlemen!" Peter popped up from the airplane's door. He was wearing the captain's hat. "Glad you could join us!"

"Babe? What the hell is this about?" Leo put away his katanas.

"You guys have fallen right into our trap!" Cheryl popped up from behind Peter. Next to her was Kara grinning ear to ear.

Donnie huffed. <Did you hack my tech?> He signed to her.

She wiggled her eyebrows at him and blew him a kiss. Donnie snorted and shook his head. Of course.

"So what is this about?" Leo looked at the three humans.

"Vacation!!" Cheryl pushed forward running down the stairs. There were blue-purple-orange-red flower necklaces in her hands.

"Just go with it." Another person joined the crew by the airplane's door.

"Jennika?" Leo stared at her as she started to walk down to meet them. "You knew about this?"

"I found out about it today morning, when Cherrybomb dropped the news on me," she snickered.

The flower necklaces ended up around the neck of each turtle. Leo was too stunned to protest, Mikey was excited to get his, Raph tried to run away but Mikey and Jennika stopped him. Donnie just accepted his fate.

"Whose idea was this?" The purple clad turtle asked.

"Take a bright guess." Jenni gestured with her head to Kara who was watching them with a Cheshire smile. Of course, she had to be the mastermind. "Ask her the details."

"W-what about dad?" Leo started going through the reasons they shouldn't go. "What about New York??"

"Verne gonna spend time with Splinter, Casey and April are also staying behind," Cheryl reassured him. "Kara send an email to Chief Vincent so she won't be surprised. C'mon Leonardo, have some fun!" She tried to encourage him to get into the summer spirit.

"Yeah, Leon, have some fun," Jennika said pulling Cheryl against her. Her tone was more mocking though. "C'mon, I want to see my girlfriend in bikinis. I bet you want to see at least two people scantly clad on a beach." She kissed Cheryl's cheek and got a giggle from the human girl.

"Well..." Leo swallowed heavily. His eyes drifted up to Peter. "Wait, Amelia's here too?" He looked quickly.

"What about Mirka?" Raph craned his neck to see if he could spot his partner up on the plane.

"Yep. We got ahold of almost everyone," Cheryl confimed. "We couldn't catch anyone for Mikey tho... Sorry, unless you can call someone last minute?"

Mikey thought for a moment. "Yeah! I've got a guy!" He pulled out his phone and stepped to the side.

Leo shook his head. "We're not exactly equiped for a beach time," he tried his last line of defense.

"All packed. Splinter helped," Jennika shot it down quickly. "Everyone did actually."

Leo felt like he needed to sit down. This was pure check-mate. They all outsmarted and outnumbered him.

"C'mon Leo, it won't hurt to have some real holidays once in a while," Donnie tried to convince him as well.

"Fine, fine..." the leader finally gave in. "You guys win," he sighed. Then he muttered as he climbed the stairs. "I sure hope there's some stiff drink in there."

But he couldn't help but smile hearing the cheers of everyone else.

The take off was delayed by about an hour but finally everyone was ready to leave. Mikey's companion was greeted with cheers from everyone else.

Leo hid from the inevitable party with Peter in the pilot cockpit.

"I didn't know you have a pilot license?" He said, barely fitting in the pilot seat. Private aircrafts weren't build for mutant turtle comfort.

"Sorry, it was supposed to be a surprise but I'm kind of looking to change career," the man admitted. "Hope you don't mind."

Leo waited for the tower to give them clear before he spoke up. "No, but I would kind of have preferred to not be ambushed by everyone," he sighed.

"They mean well," Peter smiled softly as the airplace began to roll down the runway. "Me and Ames can tell you had a lot on your mind lately, Fearless Leader," he teased his boyfriend. "That chasm on your forehead is getting bigger."

Leo narrowed his eyes with a small twitch to the corner of his mouth. "Watch it."

"Or what~?" Peter snickered and winked. He pulled the joystick to himself and they were up in the air.

Leo waited until the aircraft was levelled. Then he leaned in to whisper in Peter's ear. "You'll see, when we get there~" His teeth grazing the man's ear.

Peter blushed. "I'm flying!" He squeaked.

"And then you'll soar," Leo snickered and left the cockpit to check on the chaos bunch and talk to Amelia.

Mikey didn't waste any time. He already was trying to get everyone to play some drinking game. Leo shook his head and promised to join later.

Amelia was in the back, with Donnie and Kara on her left. The two were somehow already making out. Even Raph with Mirka and Cheryl with Jennika were keeping their hands to themselved. Not the local geniuses it seems.

"Hey sweetheart," Leo smiled, sitting across from her. He shot one look at his younger brother. Then he took small metal marble from his pouch and flicked it over the side of Donnie's head.

"Ow!" Donnie jumped back then noticed Leo and Amelia. "Sorry..."

Leo ignored the glare he got from Kara.

"My saviour," Amelia joked. "How you're holding up?"

"Thinking about a revenge on you and Peter later," he said.

Amelia winked. "Promises, promises~."

"So," Leo looked to Donnie and Kara. <How did this all happened?> He signed his question to the main perpetrator. <Whose plane is this?>

<It belongs to a client of mine, I landed a pretty sweet freelance job and as a payment I asked if he could get me on one of his islands for a week.>

<A week?!> Leo couldn't believe that. He thought this would be like a weekend!

He hid his face in his hands. "I'm surrounded by crazy people," he muttered.

"There, there," Amelia stroked over his shell and slid a glass of whiskey closer to him. "At least we're all hot."

Leo just made a noncommital sound of suffering. This was going to be a really long week.

[hellsitesonlybookclub]

Around the world in 80 days, Jules Verne

CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TALKS RATHER MORE, PERHAPS, THAN IS PRUDENT

Fix soon rejoined Passepartout, who was lounging and looking about on the quay, as if he did not feel that he, at least, was obliged not to see anything.

“Well, my friend,” said the detective, coming up with him, “is your passport visaed?”

“Ah, it’s you, is it, monsieur?” responded Passepartout. “Thanks, yes, the passport is all right.”

“And you are looking about you?”

“Yes; but we travel so fast that I seem to be journeying in a dream. So this is Suez?”

“Yes.”

“In Egypt?”

“Certainly, in Egypt.”

“And in Africa?”

“In Africa.”

“In Africa!” repeated Passepartout. “Just think, monsieur, I had no idea that we should go farther than Paris; and all that I saw of Paris was between twenty minutes past seven and twenty minutes before nine in the morning, between the Northern and the Lyons stations, through the windows of a car, and in a driving rain! How I regret not having seen once more Père la Chaise and the circus in the Champs Elysées!”

“You are in a great hurry, then?”

“I am not, but my master is. By the way, I must buy some shoes and shirts. We came away without trunks, only with a carpet-bag.”

“I will show you an excellent shop for getting what you want.”

“Really, monsieur, you are very kind.”

And they walked off together, Passepartout chatting volubly as they went along.

“Above all,” said he; “don’t let me lose the steamer.”

“You have plenty of time; it’s only twelve o’clock.”

Passepartout pulled out his big watch. “Twelve!” he exclaimed; “why, it’s only eight minutes before ten.”

“Your watch is slow.”

“My watch? A family watch, monsieur, which has come down from my great-grandfather! It doesn’t vary five minutes in the year. It’s a perfect chronometer, look you.”

“I see how it is,” said Fix. “You have kept London time, which is two hours behind that of Suez. You ought to regulate your watch at noon in each country.”

“I regulate my watch? Never!”

“Well, then, it will not agree with the sun.”

“So much the worse for the sun, monsieur. The sun will be wrong, then!”

And the worthy fellow returned the watch to its fob with a defiant gesture. After a few minutes silence, Fix resumed: “You left London hastily, then?”

“I rather think so! Last Friday at eight o’clock in the evening, Monsieur Fogg came home from his club, and three-quarters of an hour afterwards we were off.”

“But where is your master going?”

“Always straight ahead. He is going round the world.”

“Round the world?” cried Fix.

“Yes, and in eighty days! He says it is on a wager; but, between us, I don’t believe a word of it. That wouldn’t be common sense. There’s something else in the wind.”

“Ah! Mr. Fogg is a character, is he?”

“I should say he was.”

“Is he rich?”

“No doubt, for he is carrying an enormous sum in brand new banknotes with him. And he doesn’t spare the money on the way, either: he has offered a large reward to the engineer of the ‘Mongolia’ if he gets us to Bombay well in advance of time.”

“And you have known your master a long time?”

“Why, no; I entered his service the very day we left London.”

The effect of these replies upon the already suspicious and excited detective may be imagined. The hasty departure from London soon after the robbery; the large sum carried by Mr. Fogg; his eagerness to reach distant countries; the pretext of an eccentric and foolhardy bet—all confirmed Fix in his theory. He continued to pump poor Passepartout, and learned that he really knew little or nothing of his master, who lived a solitary existence in London, was said to be rich, though no one knew whence came his riches, and was mysterious and impenetrable in his affairs and habits. Fix felt sure that Phileas Fogg would not land at Suez, but was really going on to Bombay.

“Is Bombay far from here?” asked Passepartout.

“Pretty far. It is a ten days’ voyage by sea.”

“And in what country is Bombay?”

“India.”

“In Asia?”

“Certainly.”

“The deuce! I was going to tell you there’s one thing that worries me—my burner!”

“What burner?”

“My gas-burner, which I forgot to turn off, and which is at this moment burning at my expense. I have calculated, monsieur, that I lose two shillings every four and twenty hours, exactly sixpence more than I earn; and you will understand that the longer our journey—”

Did Fix pay any attention to Passepartout’s trouble about the gas? It is not probable. He was not listening, but was cogitating a project. Passepartout and he had now reached the shop, where Fix left his companion to make his purchases, after recommending him not to miss the steamer, and hurried back to the consulate. Now that he was fully convinced, Fix had quite recovered his equanimity.

“Consul,” said he, “I have no longer any doubt. I have spotted my man. He passes himself off as an odd stick who is going round the world in eighty days.”

“Then he’s a sharp fellow,” returned the consul, “and counts on returning to London after putting the police of the two countries off his track.”

“We’ll see about that,” replied Fix.

“But are you not mistaken?”

“I am not mistaken.”

“Why was this robber so anxious to prove, by the visa, that he had passed through Suez?”

“Why? I have no idea; but listen to me.”

He reported in a few words the most important parts of his conversation with Passepartout.

“In short,” said the consul, “appearances are wholly against this man. And what are you going to do?”

“Send a dispatch to London for a warrant of arrest to be dispatched instantly to Bombay, take passage on board the ‘Mongolia,’ follow my rogue to India, and there, on English ground, arrest him politely, with my warrant in my hand, and my hand on his shoulder.”

Having uttered these words with a cool, careless air, the detective took leave of the consul, and repaired to the telegraph office, whence he sent the dispatch which we have seen to the London police office. A quarter of an hour later found Fix, with a small bag in his hand, proceeding on board the “Mongolia;” and, ere many moments longer, the noble steamer rode out at full steam upon the waters of the Red Sea.

[bri-to-the-future]

Season 2, Episode 1- Mac the Black

And here we go again! Apparently we’re out of fluid for the disc cleaning machine at work but we should be getting some more in tomorrow morning so hopefully i can get the disc cleaned at my shift tomorrow and watch the last two episodes afterwards

I hear season 2 has a new intro so lets see how that goes

I heard correctly! The visuals are just clips fron season one which is lame when season 1’s intro had unique animation but i do like the new remix of back in time a really lot

LMAO CAPTAIN PATCHY FROM SPONGEBOB VIBES

SS CLARA THATS SO CUTE

Marty babes you should know by now that you suck at lying

AH WHOOPS I POSTED IT TOO SOON

Im gonna add more lol hold on

EW DOC THAT GUM WAS ALREADY CHEWED

Verne why havent you learned your lesson about stealing the delorean yet

MARTY WHY ARE YOU LETTING HIM DRIVE LOL

Marty please just apologize to jen

Heres an idea: go back in time and buy the tickets before they sell out!!!

Marty dont you dare lie to these people like this

Of course hes a wanted criminal…

Captain hook lookin ass lol

YA LITTLE GOOF AWWW MARTY AND VERNE ARE SO CUTE

Oh god how much ya wanna bet mac the black is a mcfly?

HIS OUTFIT IS LOVELY

Oh mac the black is def not a mcfly rip

I love that verne is so good at impressions its funny lol

WHY DOES EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE PAST FIND MARTY HOT

Theyre so dumb oh my god

Lmao rest in peace

I love marty actually his voice grew on me so much

Hes so funny

HAHAHAHA “wow! I thought you could only do that in cartoons!”

Why are so many ladies secret agents in the past!?!?!?!?

Awww it was a letter to jen thats cute

NOT BILL NYE CHUGGING SODA OFF SCREEN-

No more biff jokes?????? Wait im genuinely sad about that

[factorlong]

Hyperspace baltimore

Marc Kamionkowski talked about dark matter that is neutral, but couples to electromagnetism through a dipole moment.Nima Arkani-Hamed talked about “ghost” fields as dark energy.Jacob Bekenstein talked about modified gravity as a replacement for dark matter.Eva Silverstein talked about inflation from nontrivial kinetic terms for string-theory moduli, including potentially observable signals (!) of non-Gaussianity in the cosmic microwave background.Ann Nelson and Neil Weiner both gave talks on interactions in the dark sector (undeterred by my skepticism).Alex Szalay gave an interesting talk on the huge data sets appearing in modern astrophysics - we’re moving from terabytes to petabytes, leading to files that would take years just to search using ordinary methods.Shamit Kachru talked about compactifying extra dimensions in string theory and the string-theory “landscape” of possible vacua.Angela Olinto gave a nice review of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and neutrino experiments.Gia Dvali talked about modified gravity in cosmology (as I blogged about recently).The participants were all theorists working on particle physics, string theory, and cosmology - overlapping fields with a lot of activity and connections these days. It went pretty well, so we’ll see what kind of reaction the paper gets. In the end it was for naught, as I complained about having to make the electronic version and received a chorus of requests to just go ahead and give the blackboard talk, which I did. My talk was scheduled at the very end, so I didn’t get any work done, but split my time between socializing and making an electronic version of the talk (which I had given previously, but only on the blackboard at seminars). It was a small, fun conference the idea was to keep it simple and informal, so that people could spend time talking to each other and perhaps even get some work done. The club's slogan, "Ad Luna in Flamma Gloria" is roughly Latin for, "To the Moon in a blaze of glory".Back from sunny, cicada-ridden Baltimore and the conference mentioned previously.On the ride itself, references to club-owner Colonel Impey when passing by his mining machine.Įven following the re-theming of the attraction away from its original incarnation, references to the Gun Club remain in the building and queue. The Victorian interior of the queue is themed around a lounge owned by the gun-club with their designs for the Columbiad being visible. The club's name is even found on the side of the Columbiad cannon and above the stairs leading to the Loading Station. The queue and exterior of the original Space Mountain in the Discoveryland area of Disneyland Paris was themed around the Baltimore Gun Club. In the novel they build the Columbiad in Tampa Town, Florida with Barbicane being partly motivated to oversee the construction of the spacecraft due to a bet with his rival Captain Nicholl of Philadelphia, a plate-armour manufacturer.Īppearances Space Mountain (Disneyland Paris) The Baltimore Gun Club originates from Jules Verne's 1865 novel De la Terre à la Lune as the creators of his speculative space-craft. Of note there was the Electro-de-Velocitor which allowed for the bullet-like spacecrafts of Space Mountain to return to Earth and Bluemoon Mining Machine which was used by Impey for asteroid mining. They would also obtain two notable devices which assisted in their space operations. To note was the cannon which they had built in the structure which became known as, " Space Mountain" where they held public-access space travel excursions at the 1899 Worlds Fair. The Columbiad Cannon worked by firing space-craft with humans inside out of Earth's atmosphere. At some point following the American Civil War, the club's president Colonel Impey Barbicane oversaw the construction of The Columbiad Cannon, a cannon intended to achieve space travel in the 19th century. The Baltimore Gun Club was an American society based out of Baltimore, Maryland which was dedicated to firearm design.

[sublimegentlemanalpaca]

Both Halves!?

Was going through the Dragons Apprentice a while ago and it seems a theory I had was wrong. I assumed the Silverware fat Tamerlane House, supposedly from the Titanic, was retrieved by Verne going down to the Titanic for the express purpose of getting the Silverware. Or possibly be a reference to the Time Bandits with the implication of Poe buying the stolen Silverware from said Bandits. Nope! Apparently Poe just somehow has Both Halves of the Freaking Titanic in the Repository with all the Time Machines, The Stuffed T Rex, and the Giant Penny (which I’m realizing is probably a reference to Batman.) I’m just...how? How’d you fit a Whole Ship in there Poe? Like I’m guessing it had to be put in there before the floor ceiling to the Repository was built..or the Repository was built knowing you’d have to fit both halves of a Sunken Cruise liner in there! I’m just baffled by that. Come to think of it...who’s idea was it to get the Titanic ? Make of this what you will. Al, the Chronographing Cottager and Prince of Naming

[j-nope-not-today]

Do you like me

TMNT Leonardo x reader

Genre: fluff. Maybe some crack?

A/N: writing is my therapy so I'm sorry if this sucks. It's not exactly proof read.

"Why are you crying?"

I quickly looked up to see the blurry figure of Leonardo standing in front of me.

"No reason, I'm fine. You should go back the others will wonder where you are.." I quickly wiped my tears and turned away from him.

Sitting myself on the edge of the building and looking at the street below me. Watching the cars go past each other.

"Can I sit?" I turned to see him pointing at the spot next to me and I nodded.

We sat with each other in silence and I debated telling him what was on my mind. We had always been close friends, but I don't think he would understand the feelings I had.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Leo asked and I looked at him.

"No..not really." I muttered.

"That's okay you don't have to we can just sit here."

"You..would be fine with that?" I was confused I figured he would want to know what was bothering me so he could jump into leader mode and help.

"No if you don't feel like you can tell me or you just don't want to share.. that's okay we can sit here until you feel better if that's what you need." Leo smiled at me and I gave the best one I could muster back.

"Thanks..that means a lot to me." I nodded before looking back at the cars.

The silence and company was nice. A nice change from sitting alone with my thoughts and feelings. It was nice knowing if I wanted to talk he was there and if I didn't want to he would be okay just being with me.

"Why?" I turned to look at him and he looked down at me.

"Why what?"

"Why are you doing this. I know we're friends, but I figured you would go all leader mode on me." He sat in silence and debated with himself before speaking to me.

"Well I didn't think that would be a good idea to pressure you into telling me what was wrong if you want me to know you'll share and I care about you more than I like to admit so I'm fine just keeping you company."

"Good answer Leo." I finally smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Are you feeling any better?"

"Being with you..yes I feel better." I moved and stood off of the ledge before turning back to him.

"Come on big guy they probably think we're making out or something." Leo stood and nervously looked at me.

"W-Why would they think that?"

"I don't know..but I bet they'll say so" I stood there for a moment before grabbing his hand and pulling him to the exit door.

"Let's just go back." I pulled him with me and we made it back inside to the others.

April and Vern were bickering about God knows what as Raph, Donnie, and Mikey turned to look at us.

"What took so long?" Donnie asked and offered me a slice of pizza that I gladly took from him.

"They were probably making out.." Raph muttered.

"I heard that and see I told you so." I looked at Raph before turning to Leo.

"Yeah..you were right." Leo muttered before taking some pizza from Mikey.

I bit into my slice before laughing at them as Leo and Raph began to argue. I slowly made my way over to April and Vern.

"Hey.." I looked between them.

"Vern get lost." April nudged him out of the way before grabbing my elbow and bringing me to the small kitchenette.

"Well? You told him right?"

"No..I couldn't."

"Come on y/n he definitely likes you."

"I know he does..I just have reasons why I didn't say anything."

"Coward." April shoved my shoulder and laughed.

"I am not!" I angrily bit into my pizza and glared at her before moving back to the others.

I knew he liked me and I had for a while, but I couldn't tell him I liked him. He was so busy and he had to focus on saving the city and on his family. He couldn't add me to the mix. Plus what if he really didn't and he only saw me as a friend? I couldn't lose him.

"You okay?" Leo looked at me.

"Yeah..Just tired." I bit into my pizza to avoid any more questions and went to turn away.

"I'll take you home."

"Oh no you don't have to do that Leo! I can-"

"She would love too!" April shouted before shoving me towards the door.

"April no-" my protests were cut off as she shoved me out of the door and closed it in my face.

Leo stepped out after a few minutes and I frowned as I finished my pizza. Knowing I no longer had a way to avoid conversation with him.

"Let's get going. What was up with April?"

"I think she's going through something I don't know. We should leave." I quickly walked down the stairs and Leo followed behind me.

"You seem like your avoiding something she said to you!" He shouted after me.

"I am!" I raced out of the building.

I knew he would catch up so I conceded and stopped in an empty alley before he landed in front of me.

"Your a lot faster than you think.." He huffed and I brushed some hair out of my face.

"Oh..sorry." I laughed and went to move around him.

He placed a hand on my shoulder stopping me and I groaned.

"Your gonna have to tell me what she said. Especially if it's got you acting like this." He motioned to me as a whole and I rolled my eyes.

"She didn't say anything wrong..the reason I was crying earlier..was because of you." I fiddled with my hands before going to leave.

He reached out and stopped me again.

"Tell me what I did wrong..I didn't mean to make you cry. How can I fix it?"

"Ughhh! See! That's what I mean! There you go again caring about me and being so nice and stuff." I threw my hands up before looking at him.

"what?"

"I care for you more than I would like to admit..." I muttered.

"What do you mean?"

"Do you like me..as a friend or something else?" I asked him and a look of realization dawned on his face.

"I like you. As more than a friend. I thought you knew that?" He smiled at me.

"No..I didn't, but it's nice to know you like me the same way I like you."

Leo smiled at me and moved to stand in front of me. Leaning down to my face.

"Would it be okay..if I kissed you."

"Yes." I breathed out.

I closed my eyes and let him lean forward before I pressed myself into him. He was gentler than I thought he would be and the kiss was the sweetest I had ever had. I pulled away and looked up at him.

"We should leave." I grabbed his hand and pulled him with me.

"Where are we going?"

"To tell everyone." I smiled at him before walking back inside. Leo close behind me.

[sparxymcfly]

okay but in how one of my absolute favorite moments in the trilogy is in part three when Marty says “Great scott!” and Doc says “yes, this heavy, isn’t it?” and that lovely aspect of friendship where you pick up on each other’s habits? And the idea that one day Jules and Verne are going to say their first “great scott!” because of course they will, and how Marty already has so many little tics from his dad that they made visual gags with it in the first film and how I guarantee he’s picked some up from Doc. How Doc runs around a lot when he’s thinking and planning and Marty just trails after him because running around and just being next to each other is how they roll. How Doc and Marty have an entire thing around physical contact- Doc grabbing Marty all the time and Marty grabbing Doc’s arm or just tapping him and it’s all just so full of trust and comfort. 

The idea of Doc picking up on Marty’s tics and continuing to describe things as heavy or seeing signs of Marty in his surroundings, in the musicians that perform at festivals and in the kids around town continuing it even into that section of time where he’s stuck in 1885 still working on the time machine, and it’s just that little extra reminder of someone he’s working to get back to. How Marty even when he’s feeling the full effects of his trauma might sit in science class and think about Doc, how random facts Doc taught him might come up and remind him. How Clara might point out Doc’s little learned habits to him the same way she prodded about time travel when it was bothering him, how they could talk about that and how the story sharing this could have led to might’ve extended to both jules and verne attending to listen to their dad talk about his best friend. how that could’ve extended to that ever so popular and ever so cute headcanon of how verne takes so much after marty, and how I’ll bet even jules commits some of the stories to memory and takes part in being silly. how once they’re all together again in 1985 or 1986 or wherever and whenever they are and they continue to build on this shared knowledge and presence of touch and memory and habit.

listen I am simply. i’m feeling a lot of things tonight. thanks. love is good and soft. thanks for coming.

[afterthegreatunknown]

After finally (finishing) going through the Six Baudelaires AU Tag, having asking as anon to @unfortunate-stranger-losers (who I hope doesn’t mind getting tagged) about creating a curse concept idea for their AU with other characters during my browsing (reading) of the tag, it’s time to present the Curse Concept ASOUE AU No One Asked For...

The Seven Six Widdershins Family Members AU

What is this Curse Concept AU?

Exactly as the name implies. There are seven six members of the Widdershins family. The Netflix!Widdershins Family and Book-Verse!Widdershins Family (with Book-Verse Headcanons) instead of being the canonical family of three, are now combined together to make a family of six.

(Movie!Fernald was present when it was form, and with a very active role. Ultimately though, Movie!Fernald ended up not playing a very active role; that said elements of him are sort of haunting around, and Book!Fernald fills the void of Movie!Fernald but not really.)

How in the WORLD are they related?

Netflix!Widdershins: Patriarch, Father and Stepfather; ~65 years old

Book!Widdershins: Eldest (Adopted) Son of Netflix!Widdershins, Stepbrother to Netflix!Fernald and Netflix!Fiona; ~39 years old

Neflix!Fernald: Stepson of Netflix!Widdershins, Step-Uncle to Book!Fernald and Book!Fiona; ~34 years old

Book!Fernald: Stepson of Book!Widdershins, Step-Grandson to Netflix!Widdershins; ~29 years old

Netflix!Fiona: Stepdaughter of Netflix!Widdershins, Step-Aunt to Book!Fiona (And Book!Fernald but she’s younger than him...); 17 by TWW

Book!Fiona: Stepdaughter to Book!Widdershins, Step-Grandaughter to Netflix!Widdershins; 15 by TMM

(Basically, almost everyone could be mistaken for either siblings or cousins; Netflix!Widdershins being an old man is exempt.)

Names for Netflix!Widdershins Family Members

Netflix!Widdershins due to development changes from the initial idea to the concept idea now, takes elements of a Snicket OC in the AU: Widdershins’ Sr (Widdershins’ Adopted Father). But my Snicket OC name or headcanon name for Netflix!Widdershins didn’t quite fit for the AU, so I went with a new name: Ephraim, which originated from the Hebrew word meaning ‘fruitful’.

Netflix!Fernald I knew off the bat needed a French Surname as his first name. I ended up with Verne, a reference to the French author, poet, and playwright Jules Verne. Netflix!Fernald also goes by the name of Nemo, a shout-out to Captain Nemo from Jules Verne’s most well-known novels, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Netflix!Fiona’s name was the hardest one, because I wanted it ‘matching’ with Fiona’s name (meaning ‘fair’ in the Gaelic [Irish] language). I ended up going with Tegan, which derives from the Welsh word teg (fair) that means ‘darling’, ‘loved one’, or ‘favorite’, and I’ll can say that in the AU, Netflix!Fiona is the favorite child of Netflix!Widdershins.

Regarding My Face Claims for Book!Widdershins Family

Book!Widdershins in my headcanon, because my initial image of him when reading TGG, is (half) Cambodian. I don’t have a face claim for him (I go back and forth between two Cambodian actors who fit the image I have), but for the AU, Book!Widdershins’ Face Claim is Rous Mony from Buoyancy (2019). He needs facial hair, and well, that type of mustache will do (it’s not the canonical one, but it fits).

Book!Fernald does have a face claim (sort of; I think Arthur Darvill is very close to my personal image), but it doesn’t work for the AU, so I needed a new one. I ended up with Andrew Garfield from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). I don’t know why I went with Andrew Garfield in this role in particular. I think it’s because he looks like a mess, and Fernald is a mess all around due to his life choices.

Book!Fiona, just like Book!Widdershins, I don’t have a face claim for (it’s hard for me to find the right brown hair actress, especially in their teen years). But awhile back, I was listening to the ASOUE movie soundtrack and suddenly thought, “Hmm, I bet if the movie continued on, Fiona would be a blonde.”  And thus came the face claim of AnnaSophia Robb from Race to Witch Mountain (2009).

About a certain fire...

While I go with the theory Mrs. Widdershins worked with Gregor when creating the Medusoid Mycelium and she ended up dying in the Anwhistle Aquatic Fire for my book-verse headcanons, this is not the case in the AU. There’s no choice but to pull a Netflix ASOUE by having to omitting their importance and put it on other characters.

Mrs. Widdershins, both of them, are dead in unrelated fires and no one in the family has a role (indirect or direct) in them. To get back on topic, when it comes to the players of the Anwhistle Aquatic Fire, in what is a major divergence for the AU, Book!Fernald didn’t partake at all in the fire, like how Netflix!Widdershins controversially didn’t partake in the fire.

Book!Widdershins and Netflix!Fernald still partake in the fire with their canonical motivations/implied canonical motivations; Book!Widdershins did it due to his dislike of Gregor’s actions + possibly did it on Kit Snicket’s asking, Netflix!Fernald did it due to being horrified of the dangers Gregor didn’t care about. But with Book!Fernald being absent, there is a serious ripple effect that changes how half the characters behave and act in the AU.

One Last Note

If this screams ‘April Fools Day’ joke know that it’s not I swear the timing just happened to be a coincidence and it just occurred to me now as I write this final part.

I don’t plan on making the Seven Six Widdershins Family Members AU into a full-length multi-chapter fic (it’s too much), but I did made content that is mainly incorrect quotes of how I picture their dynamics, as well as summaries and script format scenes of things that happened in ASOUE when Fernald is involve (or not). I also have more concrete stuff akin to a proper fanfic, but many of those need to be edited before I even think about posting them.

To those that made it this far, congratulations on reading to the end of the Curse Concept AU post alongside me. Please enjoy this incorrect quote of the Seven Six Widdershins Family Members, featuring Movie!Fernald (it was made when he was still around with a very active role but with no name, while the Netflix!Widdershins Family Members are edited with their AU names).

*Everyone is standing around the broken coffee maker*

Ephraim: So. Who broke it? I'm not mad, I just want to know.

Everyone:

Widdershins: ...I did. I broke it, Father.

Ephraim: [Beat] No. No you didn't. Verne?

Verne: *absolutely offended* Don't look at me, Stepfather. Look at Fernald.

Fernald: *is not amused* What?! I didn't break it.

Verne: Huh, that's weird. How'd you even know it was broken?

Fernald: Because it's sitting right in front of us. [Beat.] And it's broken.

Verne: Suspicious.

Fernald: No, it's not!

Tegan: If it matters, probably not, but Niece Fiona was the last one to use it.

Fiona: *offended* Liar! I don't even drink that crap!

Tegan: *crossing arms* Oh really? Then what were you doing by the coffee cart earlier?

Fiona: I use the wooden stirrers to push back my cuticle. Everyone knows that, Tegan!

Widdershins: *trying to take control* Okay, let's not fight! I broke it! Aye! Let me pay for it, father!

Ephraim: No! Who broke it!?

Everyone:

Fernald: You know, I just realize (Movie!Fernald) been awfully quiet.

Movie!Fernald: Oh, REALLY?!

*Everyone starts arguing with one another, pinning the blame wildly*

Ephraim, now outside of the room: I broke it. I burned my hand so I punched it.

Ephraim: I predict 10 minutes from now they'll be at each other's throats with warpaint on their faces and a pig head on a stick.

Ephraim: [Beat]

Ephraim: Good. It was getting a little chummy around here.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Big Pharma's vicious battle against universal covid vaccination

Last week, the Biden administration broke with decades of US policy when it supported a patent waiver on covid vaccines. It was the first time in generations that the US Trade Rep acted on behalf of the people, rather than corporate greed.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/10/comrade-ustr/#vaccine-diplomacy

Taking steps to make vaccines universally and immediately available isn’t just the right thing to do — vaccine apartheid is slow-motion genocide — it’s also the smart thing to do. Billions of unvaccinated people present quadrillions of chances for the virus to mutate.

Don’t listen to the unscientific claims that viruses “tend to become less virulent” over time. Remember, the mechanism by which super-lethal strains go extinct is that they kill all their hosts (that’s us, folks).

Likewise, ignore the racist lie — peddled by morally bankrupt corporate shills like Howard Dean — that brown people in poor countries can’t make vaccines.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/08/howard-dino/#the-scream

Making mRNA vaccines is miraculously efficient, requiring less than 1% of the capital and materials of conventional vaccine production and less than 10% of the time to retool for new vaccines:

https://coronavirus.medium.com/manufacturing-mrna-vaccines-is-surprisingly-straightforward-despite-what-bill-gates-thinks-222cffb686ee

The pharma industry knows this, but it’s willing to make a bet that it can outrun vaccine resistance, rolling the dice on the human race to further its shareholders’ fortunes. For months, they’ve been carpet-bombing DC with anti-waiver lobbyists.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/27/bruno-argento/#pharma-death-cult

When the Biden admin sided with human survival over profit, it sent shockwaves through corporate America. Even Bill Gates — who more-or-less singlehandedly killed every effort to make a universal, public domain vaccine — changed his tune.

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/gates-foundation-reverses-position-covid-vaccine-patent-protections-mounting-pressure/

But pharma isn’t done. They have redoubled their efforts to prevent the Global South from making its own vaccines, even if that means that the 2.5 billion poorest people on Earth won’t be vaccinated until 2023/4.

Writing in The Intercept, Lee Fang reports on leaked documents from pharma lobbyists and powerful lawmakers that show how influence-peddlers are going to war to defend the right of multinational corporations to risk our species in the name of higher returns to capital.

Take the memo that Jared Michaud of PHRMA circulated to colleagues on Wednesday, identifying Buddy Carter (R-GA) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) as the chief water-carriers for the industry's agenda, describing a letter that uses anti-China rhetoric to oppose the waiver.

Michaud also suggests that Senator Tom Scott (R-SC) might be biddable and serve pharma’s interests in the Senate, “but this is not yet final.”

Michaud, meanwhile, laid out a set of talking points to circulate to lawmakers. These lean heavily on the idea that Chinese and Russian companies will gain unfair advantages over US firms and implies that China has tricked poor countries into fronting for its interests.

Another talking points memo, marked CONFIDENTIAL and identified in its PDF metadata as originating with PHRMA’s Meg Van Etten, makes a series of nonsensical arguments about vaccines depending on exclusive rights, conspiculously failing to mention billions in public subsidies.

Taken together, these internal PHRMA lobbying memos bear a striking resemblance to the letter GOP lawmakers sent to Biden. It’s a rare glimpse into the direct pipeline industry has into officialdom, whereby they get to serve as ghost-writers for our “public servants.”

The pharma industry spends $24m+/year lobbying Congress and is a leading source of campaign contributions. They have been on the wrong side of history since the AIDS epidemic, where they led the fight to punish Nelson Mandela for demanding access to anti-retroviral medicine.

The scariest thing about pharma’s influence isn’t how much money they spend, it’s about how kack-handed and infantile their action is.

I’ll never forget the smirk on the PHRMA rep’s face at WIPO when literature from public interest groups went missing and turned up hidden in the toilets.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/13/public-interest-pharma/#gates-foundation

Running around screaming “China! China! China!” is just…idiotic. I mean, some very smart people with doctorates in chemistry and related fields work for the pharmaceutical industry.

But clearly, when pharma sends people to DC, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending liars and cheats. They’re sending genocidal maniacs. And some, I assume, are good people.

[vulearanger]

Pocky! Part 2. Fem! ReaderXLeonardo.

You were standing on the roof, slowly breathing with a fresh air. Eyes hurts a little because of the tears, but with every breath you calmed down. Amazing... You perfectly knew that Leo is not the one, who will betray someone, or cheat. He was a perfect man. You wanted to be with him, and Leos move showed you, that there's a hope for you to be happy.

But memories loves appearing at the "right" moment, waking up the fear and making you fell unconfident about this.

- Do you really think, that i'm interested in this? 

- But...you told me that i'm...

- Oh, about that. Ha-ha-ha! - your ex laughed, and that brokes your heart more and more. - Oh, did you really thought that it's the truth? My dear, just look at yourself! You're a weirdo! Sexy, but weirdo. No one will like you, you should understand this! 

- Then why you made everything of this...for me?.. - tears were falling on your cheeks, your soul was tearing apart with every breath. 

- I was bored of course! - he/she turned around and looked at your eyes with a smirk. - I used you, my dear.

You took another deep breath, swiped tears from your cheeks. It's been two years and this pain wasn't so strong. But it's reminds you to be careful with everyone.

At the meantime, Leo was confused and scared. What happened to you? Did he moved too fast? Maybe you didn't really wanted to play this game with him? He was worried about you but the fear, that he would do everything worse, if he will follow you, paralyzed him. April saw this, she placed her hand on his shoulder and said "go".

Ninja carefully got up to the roof and tried to find you. He breathed in relief when he saw you sitting on the bench. But the tears on your cheeks made his heart ache in pain. He slowly went to you and then both of met each other with a sights again.

- Y/n, i'm sorry, - said Leonardo getting down on one knee in front of you.

- For what?.. - you looked at him in surprise.

- I shouldn't have kissed you and been so persistent... I'm sorry that i made feel so uncomfortable.

- Oh, Leo, no, you made everything...pretty. Honestly. I...i even liked that, - you hide your eyes under your hair, feeling how your cheeks became hotter, and Leo looked at you in amazed, his heart started pounding faster. - It's just... because of my past relationships... They were really awful and there's still residue inside of me and...i just a little afraid.

Residue of past relationships? How? How could someone dare to hurt you and not appreciate your soul? That was a low act and he was sorry that you had to met those people in your life and after rebuild yourself alone.

He couldn't help but take you hand, carefully stroke your hand with a finger and kiss it softly, closing his eyes. Another prove that humans can be awful to each other. Your heart left one beat, but then you smiled and placed hand on his cheek.

- You're such an amazing person, Y/n, the karma will get these guys for making your life heavy, - he whispered, breathing the smell of your hand. - I promise, no one will hurt you like this anymore and anything like that if you will allow me.

- Like a knight?

- Like a knight, - he smiled and looked at you, his blue eyes sparkled under the moon light.

And he was fascinated by you again: the moonlight lit up your face, turning your eyes in a lighter colour. You're the most beautiful creature that he ever met in this world.

You smiled a little wider, looked away from embarrassment and took out of your pocket a box with pocky sticks.

- I... - you opened it. - I'm suggesting to try again our round, - you took the edge of the stick and looked at the mutant.

- It's a pleasure, - he smiled, sat next to you on the bench and places another edge in his mouth.

Your heart were beating faster again, like in previous time, but right now you wasn't afraid. Both of you understood what happened between you and it's mutual. Wen your lips were close enough, Leo placed his one hand on your waist, pulled you closer to him and another hand appeared on your back, you wrapped around his neck your arms, and Leo kissed you more sensually then the last time.

- Told you it's a good idea! - said Mikey, when he got back with April and Donnie in the apartment.

- But Y/n cried!

- Well, we all didn't thought that she would react like that, - Donnie turned off the camera. - Still, the result worths of it.

- O yeah! - Mikey looked at Raph, Vern and Casey. - Get ready your money, boys, i won the bet!

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Here's the end of this little drabble. Hope you liked it!)

[joot-aro]

thanks araki for talking about my favorite jojo and my favorite minor villain i will inject this straight into my brain

(image id under the cut)

[image 1 id: a screenshot of the jotaro page in jojonium where araki talks about his thoughts on various different characters. it reads:

"The idea of making the main character of Part 3 Japanese was something I had thought of doing around the end of Part 1. I had originally planned Jojo to be a trilogy, and thought it would be appropriate to have the final, fated confrontation take place in present-day Japan, but I didn’t want it to be a tournament-style affair, like what was popular in Weekly Shonen Jump at the time. That’s when I had the idea of having the characters head for a specific destination, like a road movie, taking inspiration from Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days. Years later, a certain TV comedian took a trip across Eurasia along a similar route. Just like with Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken) coming out before Bizarre Stories in This World (Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari), I'll say that for the record, Jojo did it first (laughs).

Clint Eastwood, who I love and respect as an actor, served as the model for Jotaro. Jotaro’s trademark pose where he points his finger actually was inspired by Eastwood pointing his .44 Magnum. Even details such as Jotaro’s catchphrase being “good grief” take inspiration from parts that Eastwood played, where he'd have lines like “A bank robbery? You have to be kidding me...” That’s why Jotaro seems a bit “rougher” compared to other Jump protagonists. Joseph might be a little easier to get into from a Weekly Shonen Jump perspective, but Jotaro actually fits my image of a hero to a tee.

My image of a hero is that of a loner. As opposed to someone who does the right thing looking for compensation or attention from others, my idea of a hero is someone who is an unappreciated symbol of justice. There are times where taking the correct path leads to loneliness. I also think that heroes shouldn't be in the business of making friends. Jotaro goes on his journey while keeping his feelings bottled up inside because he’s a “lone hero.” He doesn’t celebrate in an over-the-top manner when he defeats an enemy. For him, a throwaway “good grief” is plenty.

Jotaro has become big enough to function as a synonym for JoJo as a whole. I’ve actually based subsequent JoJos on his visual design and differentiated them from there. My original vision for Jotaro was having him journeying through the desert while wearing his school uniform, and with that, fantastical and bizarre things would happen to him during his day-to-day life. On top of that, it’s not your everyday uniform. He's got a chain hooked on to his collar, two belts... I played around with his design quite a bit until I got something that conveyed just the right amount of rebellion. Speaking of teenage rebels, you know how guys used to have chains hanging from their pants, connected to their wallets? I drew Jotaro with his chain on his uniform first (laughs)! Let's add that to the record as well." /end id]

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[image 2 id: a screenshot of the elder d'arby page in jojonium where araki talks about his thoughts on various different characters. it reads:

"Given the evolution from the Hamon to Stands that came with JoJo entering Part 3, I wanted to include some battles that didn’t just boil down to fistfights. I mentioned this in the Hol Horse retrospective, but I wanted to keep the face-offs between the Joestar party and DIO’s minions fresh by switching back and forth between one-on-one battles and team battles, and as part of that, I needed to add some variance to the Stand abilities themselves as well. I actually did a “gambling battle” in Cool Shock B.T., but I wanted to try doing it again differently as a Stand battle. D’Arby came from my desire to do that.

I think of gambling as something where you bet your own soul and pride as part of the process. To me, the money and chips you actually use at a real casino are just a representation of your soul. So it felt natural to have D’Arby take the souls from his opponents once they lost. Well, the fact that I can depict it the way I did is all thanks to the concept of Stands (laughs). As far as gambling is concerned, you can only win or lose—there is no in-between. With D’Arby as the sole challenger, I wanted to give him the mental fortitude and strategic cunning to give Jotaro a run for his money, as well as be able to instill some fear.

I had D’Arby face off with the Joestar party in a few different ways. I like coming up with ideas for gambling because you can turn almost anything into a bet. Bets involving animals are particularly interesting to me. It’s hard to predict what they're going to do, so it works as a bet. I like situations where it doesn’t seem possible to cheat, but maybe they actually are somehow. It’s also important for the bet to feel like it fits JoJo. Poker is pretty mainstream, so I assume many of you have played it before, but the key point to winning at it is perfecting the “bluff.” It’s less of a surefire way to win the battle, and more of a battle of wits between you and your opponent, testing just how much you can fool them along with just how gutsy you are, so I think it was appropriate for the final face-off between Jotaro and D’Arby. I really enjoyed drawing the D’Arby battle, so I introduced his younger brother before the final showdown with DIO. I didn’t want to give readers yet another poker match, so that time I had them play video games instead. Video games have all kinds of genres, like baseball or racing, so I had plenty of ideas to play around with, just like with the gambling theme.

Looking back on it now, I think introducing the D’Arby brothers and the Oingo Boingo brothers in Part 3 separated Jojo from other manga, because it allowed me to add just that much more variation to the battles. Jotaro and D’Arby’s gambling battle led to Josuke and Rohan’s dice battle in Part 4, and in JoJolion, which is being serialized right now, Josuke and Jobin’s beetle fight. Battles in JoJo can be both fistfights and battles of wits. I think the D’Arby battle might have been the starting point for that." /end id]