#I don't think she'd punch me if I hugged her but I also would not hug her without asking

[nounpolycule]

River Song for the unhinged character bingo! :)

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii sorry this took forever unfortunately my brain has been sooooo fuzzy for the last month. And also I went a bit overboard. Oops. Anyway. River <3

[Image description: A bingo board titled "Unhinged Character Bingo" in all caps. The title has two emoji faces around it - a too-wide, strained smile and a sobbing face. The rows read as follow:

1

“Daddy issues” (This square is covered by a screenshot of the Doctor Who character River Song and her father Rory Williams in the episode A Good Man Goes to War, the screenshot is of the scene that is their last interaction before Rory discovers that River is his daughter).

“*Incoherent sobbing*” (This square is covered by a screenshot of River inspecting the spacesuit she had been regularly trapped in as a child in the episode Day of the Moon).

"They just like me frrrrr” in all caps (This square is not covered).

“Angst angst angst” in all caps, with each repetition of the word being larger than the last (This square is covered by a screenshot of River right before she dies in the episode Forest of the Dead).

“God fucking damn it let them be happy” in all caps (This square is covered by a screenshot of River holding her diary, looking off-screen at the woman who is about to kidnap her in the episode Closing Time).

2.

“My pwecious widdle bubbububbub bububb” with a teary face in the corner (This square is covered by a screenshot of River and the Eleventh Doctor laughing under an umbrella in the mini episode Rain Gods).

“I torture them because I love them” with hearts (This square is not covered).

“I torture them because I hate myself” with a smiley emoticon in the corner (This square is covered by a screenshot of lyrics from the song Stay Soft by Mitski which read “[Chorus]/You stay soft, get beaten/Only natural to harden up/You stay soft, get eaten/Only natural to harden up”).

A crude drawing of a person gripping a figure in their teeth. Their slanted eyebrows, bared teeth, and wide eyes indicate strong emotion. There is an incomprehensible caps-lock keysmash behind them. (This square is covered by the cover for the Big Finish audio I Went to a Marvelous Party, which is from their series The Diary of River Song).

“I want to cradle them gently in my arms” (This square is covered by a screenshot of River and the Twelfth Doctor gripping each others’ arms and smiling in the episode The Husbands of River Song).

3.

“Go to ~fucking~ therapy” in all caps, in a shouting bubble (This square is covered by the cover for the Big Finish audio Signs, which is from their series The Diary of River Song).

“Why are they like this” with the word “why” in all caps. (This square is covered by a screenshot of River holding her arms out addressing a crowd while the Twelfth Doctor looks at her, appearing somewhat confused, from the episode The Husbands of River Song.)

"I’m so normal about them” in all caps with “(free space)” below it in all lower case (This square is covered by a screenshot of lyrics from the song Venus by Ana��s Mitchell which read “She came curving, soft and hard/Carved out of marble, tall and fair/Her heart is a temple and/Lover you better kneel if you ever enter there/She don't need no one/Don't need no one/Don't need no one to hold her hand/I just want to see her face again/I want to see her again“).

“If anything happens to them I will blow myself up” (This square is covered by a screenshot of Melody/young River looking frightened in the episode Day of the Moon).

“*Puts them in a snow globe and shakes aggressively” (This square is covered by a screenshot of River during the scene in which she marries the Doctor in the episode The Wedding of River Song).

4.

“I would take a bullet for them” (This square is covered by a screenshot of River reading her diary in her cell in Stormcage Containment Facility in the mini episode First Night).

“I would try to hug them and they would punch me” (This square is not covered).

“They are insane" in all caps, surrounded by sparkles. (This square is covered by a screenshot of River jumping off of a building in the episode Day of the Moon).

“Crying and punching the wall: "I hate you. I hate you."” (This square is not covered).

"Leave. Them. Alone!!!” in all caps (This square is covered by a screenshot of River, who is visibly upset, trapped in a spacesuit being used to control her actions to force her to kill the Doctor in the episode Day of the Moon).

5.

“I will kill anyone who hurts them.” (This square is covered by a screenshot of Melody/young River regenerating alone in the street in the episode Day of the Moon).

“I need to dissect them under a microscope” with a drawing of a person with eyebags holding a scalpel (This square is covered by a screenshot of River drinking wine with her parents in the episode The Wedding of River Song).

“Mommy issues” (This square is covered by a screenshot of River kissing her mother’s hand as she is about to be taken by a weeping angel in the episode Angels Take Manhattan).

“Hey do you want to hear a ten hour speech about this character” (This square is covered by a blurred screenshot of a conversation between two people on Discord).

“Get the fucking adoption papers.” (This square is not covered).

The covered squares result in many near-bingos and two bingos (one down the first column and one across the third row).

End image description.]

(image description adapted from @chronicfandombrain)

[deathbxnny]

hey I need you SO BAD to do like an arcane reaction where they’re drunk and what they do/say while it and btw I love your writing

What Arcane characters are like when drunk. | Vi, Caitlyn, Jinx, Ekko, Sevika x Gn!Reader

So this may have become a little too angsty for some of them, so uh... don't mind me-

Also, thank you so much! I'm glad you love my writing. It means a lot to me!<33

Content: Alcohol obviously, some potential heavy angst, Pit fighter Vi, established romantic relationships, some toxic behavior, this has been written by someone who has never drank a sip of alcohol in their life so I'm sorry if this is unrealistic, sfw

Reader has no set pronouns.

((Not fully proofread))

》VI

Her being drunk wasn't unusual, and in fact, it has become the norm for her at this point. It was the only way for her to numb the agony she was going through every day, and there was no stopping the cycle she was in. If she wasn't drunk, then she was fighting. But even the line that was drawn between those two states she was constantly in was becoming blurry and unintelligible. Things were getting out of hand, and so was her aggression towards everything that moved, anything that cared for her.

But at least you were still here with her, trying your best to keep her together and intact when she refused to be.

She can be cruel and unfocused whilst drunk, often either yelling or punching things to express her frustrations, and yet she never dared hurt you. You were the only light she had left, and she'd be damned if she snuffed you out, too. But this doesn't mean that she can control her words at times. She says things she regrets all the time, insults that cut deep or accusations that made no sense were common. Yet you stayed, you always stayed.

A part of her knows you deserve better, but until Jinx showed up, she refused to wane off the bottle that kept her even partially functioning daily. In a different life, she'd put the bottle down, however, and just finally hug you instead.

》CAITLYN

She doesn't drink much, and when she does, it's in strict moderation. She has a reputation to keep up and can't let her sharp senses falter at any time, especially once she becomes the commander of Piltover. But when it's just the two of you attempting to relax after an impossibly stressful day, the alcohol helps her relax and become more open with her troubles. Her grief had manifested into an uncontrollable force she shyed away from every speaking on, but in drunken moments like these, she'll allow herself to find melancholy in your arms, her flushed face pressed into your shoulder as she did so.

She may cry or laugh of the worries of the day, maybe break down from the guilt and frustrations, let the anger quell over but only still hesitantly even with her judgment clouded. This is a very rare state to see her in after the loss of her mother, and she trusts you to keep this vulnerable part of her safe and sound in your heart behind locked lips.

With that said, knowing how emotional she can get whilst drunk, she tries avoiding drinking too much during functions in case things get too much out of hand. She'd rather not make a fool of herself infront of everyone after all.

》JINX

She doesn't typically drink. But the few times she does with you at her side, she somehow becomes extremely calm and lazy. She'll practically lay in the chair she was sitting in, eyes squinting at a far away point on the wall, whilst she seemingly contemplates life. Most would think that the alcohol would enable her crazy tendencies even more, but alas, it simply turns her mostly docile.

I say mostly, as she usually mentally comes up with the craziest plans instead, all of which are questionably more unethical than the last. She'll eventually lose herself in those thoughts and become either unresponsive or mutter the silliest, incomprehensible things known to man. And there is certainly no in-between.

With that said, she will probably eventually snap out of it and begin rapidly speaking about all these thoughts to you without a single care in the world. Drunk Jinx is somehow less miserable and yet absolutely doesn't like the feeling of it afterward. Sure, it makes her mind stop thinking about her issues and past, but it still feels wrong, hence why it's rare to see her drunk.

Her terrible hangovers alone also cause her to stay away from alcohol in general. It's definitely not worth that pain to her.

》EKKO

Another person who doesn't drink often at all, albeit out of his responsibility as a leader. He has to be a good role model for everyone and only drinks when the occasion calls for it, like a festival or get together with friends and you. That's when he lets loose a little and allows himself to drink more than he probably should, resulting in a very clingy and loving Ekko.

His alcohol tolerance is embarrassingly low, and he always tells himself that he should know better than to down so many glasses at once... yet it's hard to keep count after about 2 and a half of them. Or so he'd say after he sobers up in the morning, much to your amusement. During the time he's fully hammered, though, he'll always have a hand in you and slur his words rather heavily, whilst he practically near proclaims his love for you for everyone to hear. This often results in you having to slap a hand over his mouth before he embarrasses himself further... which is somehow he hates.

He gets teased by the others all the time for it and glares when they mock his loving tone of voice that he only uses when he's in that impaired state with you. This alone makes him abstain from even a singular drop of alcohol... until the next festival roles around and he forgets to keep count again.

But hey, maybe he'll remember next time because you sure as hell won't remind him.

》SEVIKA

She drinks at bars all the time with you, although it's rare to see her ever get completely drunk. She has an extremely high tolerance to alcohol and it shows when there is barely a difference in her behavior. The only thing that may indicate something influencing her would be a slight slur in her voice and her being unwilling to get up or move around much at all. She'll just want to relax and play poker in peace, even if it starts getting hard to see the cards after a while.

Another way to tell that she may be getting drunk is by her sudden overprotectiveness. Sure, it was always there and never left, despite you being able to handle yourself alone. But when she's drunk, anyone that looks at you for too long in a way she doesn't like will either be punched in the face or yelled at to keep it moving.

She also definitely always denys being drunk or even tipsy when you ask her. Whether out of pride or stubbornness, you'll never know, but she will never admit to it. It doesn't matter if she denies it whilst being unable to walk straight either.

[fandomfucker]

💳 💥💳💥💳💥💳 Rhea Ripley social media posts / talking bout her girlie in interviews part 2 pleaseeeeeeeee 🥵🙏

I mean, if yall are insisting…🤷‍♀️

For the purposes of this, you're not a wrestler

Part 1: https://www.tumblr.com/fandomfucker/745782885181734913/do-you-think-you-could-do-one-for-rhea-were-its?source=share

Also, currently getting my first tattoo as I write this so please ignore any possible grammatical errors

With the ass video going around, you’d repost it with a “😋🍽️” caption and she would immediately repost it with a “��🏻‍♀️🍑🍽️” or sum shit to rile up the fans

You don't have a hug social media following yourself, but they do often ask for more content. Specifically outfit of the day(s)

You make Rhea do them with you because she makes you feel more confident and in every video you can see her just staring at you in the mirror the whole time

I've already said Rhea will bully people off the internet for being me to you. But you? Oh my god you’re worse than Rhea is

If one of her co-workers says something even slightly unkind about her in an interview (Becky👀) you will go with Rhea to her next show and find them backstage

You don't even wrestle or fight but Rhea has had to pull you away from multiple people now because you will fight anybody and everybody for her

One of said fights happened to go viral online, no punches were actually thrown as Rhea had dragged you back first though

People online either loved the love between you two as a couple, or wished they had a partner absolutely willing to throw hands will someone over them

Rhea would do your makeup for videos and she'd always do her makeup on you to see what it would look like

She also does voiceovers on your own makeup videos, or a day in the life, or something

The fans always eat it up too cause Rhea's commentary is hilarious

Whenever you're backstage and Rheas going to take photos, she’ll ask you to do the shoot with her so that her fans, and yours, can get sexy pictures of you both to thirst over

Totally not because she loves seeing you both look like that and wants a picture for her lock screen

Rhea started a war of bad facetime screenshots between the two of you on Instagram and you're determined to win

To the point that you have called people to interfere in the background while Rheas at work to get a bad reaction photo out of her

She's too proud to admit it, but it's worked several times

Your tiktok has pretty much become a house reno account

You build all the furniture and shit, make the cool decorations and put them up, paint, do everything yard-eorl related while Rhea picks out what's pretty and the pretty colors

She'll also help you carry heavy stuff around cause she's jacked and you like watching her work but she mainly kinda just like, flounces around

The fans are dying for the two of you to have a show on HGTV together

Which may or may not be in the works

SCARY DOG TREND

It went VIRAL

that's how most mosherz were introduced to you as Rhea’s partner

You started vlogging, though not very often, just so that you could have the permanent memories of all the different experiences between you and Rhea

You only post like once a week but people eat it UP

You have your own merch now

Most of its the two of you but there is a shirt or two thats just one of you

There are mercy plushies of both Barry and Luna that you always have to put up for pre-order cause they sell out in seconds

Clothes for said plushies are in the works

She posts little video clips of you on her story the same way she does her dogs

And it's always the embarrassing ones where you're completely cuddled into her and shit

She got Saints of the Undead (the people who make her leather jackets) to make you a personalized one as well even though you don't wrestle

It's your favorite thing in the world and you wear it more than you should

Like it matches with nothing that you're wearing it with

But, it says “Mami’s” on the back of it so you make sure to wear it especially when you go with her to Raw, Smackdown, any povs, etc so that people know you belong to her

[greyspirehollow]

Vesuvia weekly ; The courtiers' Guilty Pleasures !

Pairing : The courtiers x reader Fandom : The Arcana visual novel Warnings : none. Pure fluff.

Volta :

I like to believe she loves dancing, like ballet, and the opera ; she loves the pretty dresses and the music,, and will secretly try and get some costumes custom tailored for herself, which she'll keep preciously in her closet and put on when she's alone, to admire herself in the mirror and imagine being on stage, amidst the crowd of pretty dancing people and musicians.

I'm pretty sure she would love to be able to fight. Being short comes with a lot of disadvantages,, I'm pretty sure she would like placing a few punches or kicks just right in people sometimes. Maybe she's already asked Vulgora to train her in the past, too.

Loves going to Portia's cottage. Loves Pepi. The flowers. The leaves. It's all so pretty ! And Portia's so nice !

She'll get all flustered and stutter if you ever ask about those secret hobbies of hers, but she'd want to share too, and even get a little frustrated by her conflicting emotions.

Vulgora :

I think they like being calmer and softer when no one's around, and to be treated calmly and with kindness (I'm sure they like being hugged, but you will never for the life of them see them admit it).

They like to play chess with the Countess, even if they loose systematically.

I have a feeling they'd love to go hunting too, with or without a falcon/dogs, or someone else's company.

I think behind their very loud and impulsive facade, they're a rather secretive person, not used to open up about things other than the plainly obvious, and so their little hobbies would be hard to discover unless you look into them a little, or generally get interested in them.

Valdemar :

I think they can play the violin, and some forgotten old instruments. They like how they have to make their finders dance over the instruments to make music.

They're a pretty manual person I think, and can craft little things here and there when they're bored ; pretty sure they tried embroidery even. Very steady hands (heh.)

and fashion. No one can convince me otherwise ; they have a sense of fashion and just don't exploit it. They don't dress often, if ever, or openly comment on people's outfits. but they COULD. IF ONLY THEY DID ARGH-

Secretive person as well. But you'd have no way of discovering any of that if they didn't want you to.

Vlastomil :

Always loved the sound a harp makes. He'd kill to learn how to play it, but he's never dared to take that initiative. It's just such a beautiful instrument, so calming, and it looks really nice to have it lean against you...

I think he'd also enjoy taking walks in the forest, and go lay down in some fresh and humid dirt, listening to the little river nearby, the chirp of birds, the leaves in the wind, the rays of sunlight peeking through...

We know how much he loves his worms, but what if he liked other things as well? what about isopods? tiny lil things.

You may surprise him indulging once or twice, but he'll always stammer a half-made-up excuse and shift the topic of the conversation quickly

Valerius :

Cat person. Loves cats. Wants cats just so he can sit in a big chair and have one on his lap and pet it menacingly while he sips his wine. Will not admit it.

LOVES velvet. Would wear velvet every day of his life if he could ; but he feels it's maybe a little too much in certain scenarios, so avoids it. He does have a cape in the back of his closet, which he wears sometimes when the halls of the Palace are desert.

Actually like to let his hair down ; thinks it gives him a mysterious charm (which yeah, if he styled it a little better), and one time you caught him mindlessly twirling his fingers into his strands.

He's not necessarily secretive, it's just he's learned court etiquette a lot, and so has taken the habit of hiding and bottling his personality down. That part at least.

[woso-lover234]

your steph x teen!reader fic seems really cool!! eager for when it continues!!

is there going to be a fluffy bonding moment next or some angst??

Struggling Part two-

Later during team bonding night Steph came over to you and asked if her and Sam could speak privately with you. You looked behind Steph at Sam who just nodded so you bedrudingly stood up and followed them to one of the unused media rooms. They sat on one couch while you sat by yourself on the one across from them and shifted uncomfortably.

"Do you want to tell us what's going on?" Sam asked and you shook your head

"Nothings going on why?" you asked hoping your question would bring them off the subject. You know you said you wanted to be heard and listened to bt you couldn't help but feel like this was a trap.

"How's school? Any homework or assessments?" Sam asked with a raised brow and you shrugged

"Dunno" you said looking down at the coach as you squished it every now and again

"Well that happens when you don't show up" Sam continued and you looked at her

"What does that mean?" You asked confused as you were naive and didn't think she'd find out you hadn't been going to school

"You know what it means." Steph this time replied firmly but you also heard a pinch of disappointment which made you sigh and your shoulders sag

"oh" you said defeatedly. You were torn; on one hand you wanted to tell them what has been happening at school but on the other you're scared they won't believe you.

Unknowingly to you Steph and Sam shared a look and decided stern captains weren't the way to go with this situation and instead decided to comfort and make you feel safe enough to tell them what was wrong. They moved to either side of you and wrapped you up on their arms and that alone nearly made you crumble.

"Cmon kiddo you can tell us what's wrong. We promise we won't judge you and we'll help you the best we can even if that's just sitting here with you, giving you big hugs or leaving you and getting mini" Sam said as she rubbed your shoulder

"Not mini" you mumbled while Sam and Steph shared another look over your head

"why?" Steph asked confusedly as usually you would go to mini for every little problem you have

"she wouldn't let me explain and she'll get mad at me" you let out as a few tears slid down your cheeks which none of your captains saw due to your head still facing the couch.

"Is this about the punch?" Sam finally connected the dots while you just nodded as more tears fell down your cheeks and onto the couch which caught both of their attention as Steph brought you properly into her arms.

"Awww bubs, it's ok" Steph shushed as you were now full on sobbing into her arms as she rubbed your back reassuringly.

"she wasn't mad at you" Sam said as you and Steph turned to her slightly and her a really look "ok she was in the moment but I promise she isn't now and she's really worried about you, actually everyone is" Sam said grabbing one of your hands and holding it between her own.

"Look we know something is wrong but we're not gonna force you to tell us ok?" Steph said and you shook your head at her

"No I wanna tell you guys" you said after you had taken a few deep breaths and regained your breathing.

"Ok then, that's fine too" Sam said sort of surprised at how quickly you had given into telling them.

You told them everything. Down to every key detail but they didn't complain and on one hand were haooy you were expressing this with them but on the other sad they hadn't listened to fully in the first place. They were also mad at them girls and decided since you didn't like the teachers at your school anyways they were gonna talk to Tony about you doing homeschooling instead of going into school.

"Thank you for telling us all that" Steph said "we promise to listen to you next time and every time" she explained as she held your face in her hands so you would look at her. You nodded happy that you got the guts to speak up a bit more.

"Should we talk with mini?" Sam asked as you shook your head

"Maybe tomorrow I'm really tired" you stated which was backed up by a yawn.

"Ok kiddo whenever you're ready, good night" Steph said giving you a hug followed by Sam before you left her embrace and walked up to your room and got ready for bed.

Steph came back to the room later to see you asleep with a slight smile on your face as opposed to the tear tracks she had known you had the last time she came to check on you.

[00belle00lovely00]

Well, since poly ships are now an option, curious to see how you'd view DogDay x CatNap x CraftyCorn 🫢

(I don't personally ship those three together btw. Just curious 🧡💜🤍)

OH! OF COURSE! I've noticed as of late that this ship in particular is VERY popular.

And yes! Poly ships are very much welcome since I'm poly myself. And to be completely honest with you, the majority of the ships I mention don't specifically fall into my favourites, but boneless I still love these concepts you'll give me! Hey, even you could say it helps me improve my writing skills!

🧡💜🤍☀️🌙🎨🧡💜🤍☀️🌙🎨🧡💜🤍☀️🌙🎨🧡💜🤍☀️

PLEASE... BY ALL MEANS.... THIS SHIP GOTTA BE CALLED FLOWER BOUQUET. IT'S LITERALLY THREE TYPES OF FLOWER SCENTS IN A SINGLE SHIP. Wait is vanilla a flower?- no?- yes?- no?- eh. Same thing

shy x extrovert x introvert

Wouldn't it be downright hilarious to picture Catnap and Dogday being Craftycorn's muses for paintings? IT'S A CUTE CONCEPT, YOU ALL KNOW IT.

Could we all just agree that she carries and costume-made diary everywhere she goes?

Both Dogday and Catnap in my head would've probably intimidated yet striked Craftycorn's interest in every way. Catnap, even though somewhat too quiet or too lazy to go on with the day, is a very calming type of person who rarely gets angry at others or anything for that matter. And as for Dogday he's legitimately a sunrise and smiles kind of active guy, which in a way Craftcorn found them both endearing. And BECAUSE of that, she would've had a crush on them both at the same time and battled with her own feelings the whole time in who she liked the most, or in some way, even hoped she didn't since her nerves would be the end of her.

Craftycorn would too take her feelings out in drawing, just like in anything for that matter, and what would be her biggest fear? Catnap and Dogday seeing the things she has drawn at the end of the sketchbook.... don't ask what it is. We all know what it is.

Their date? Literally a cosy sleepover.

Their favorite activity? STARGAZING!

Wanna know what's ironic? While Craftycorn would be all insecure and overthinking about the whole situation, Dogday and Catnap would be noticing these patterns of nervousness and literally girl failure, and start to equally agree that they find that strangely attractive. And amusing. But that's Catnap talking.

They both also think she's pretty as hell.

And yes. they talk about it all the time because ✨communication and consent is the best romantic gesture✨

Even though Craftycorn is a very shy and soft-spoken girl, she's SURPRISINGLY VERY capable of defending herself and others she really cares about. And I'm talking both verbally and physically. She'd be able to pull out a punch on whoever complains about ANYTHING related to Catnap, Dogday or even her. You go, girl!

Okay... actually, changed my mind. She would do it but feel INCREDIBLY guilty later.

They watch My Little Pony and Carebears together on a date. Change my mind.

Could you all imagine how GOOD it would smell the air of their houses was every time they hung out? Like- you're telling me the air would be jasmine scented on one corner, vanilla to the other, and then lavender in every cushion? MY GOD.

I wonder if they do PDA. Craftycorn and Catnap would be most likely to do it but very lowly (like holding hands or wrapping an arm with each other), while for Dogday he would WANT TO... buuut he doesn't want to cross boundaries. So he'd keep it to himself. And probably crying inside not to pounce on top of the two of them into a tight hug.

They love it when Catnap helps them to sleep, especially lullabies.

OH IMAGINE THIS. What if Craftycorn knew Spanish and called Catnap "Lunita" (little moon) and Dogday "solsito" (little sun). NO- IM-... IM NOT SAYING THIS BECAUSE I'M HISPANIC AND I ADORE HEADCANON CHARACTERS THAT RELATE TO MY COUNTRY- THAT IS NOT-

Okay, that or "my sunshine" and "my twilight". IT'S CUTE OKAY- I KNOW IT'S CORNY BUT WE GOTTA LOVE CORNINESS FROM SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T SHOW IT MUCH

(for context to the next headcanons):

Catnap in my own interpretation is a selective mute. All due to the 'red smoke incident' that occurred a few nights ago. He was so terrified of how not only his lavender gas was transported into that horrendous gas that made his friends laugh ever so hysterically and dementedly, but his body acted in a way that made no sense whatsoever. His movements were strange, creepy, and terrifying. So much so that it scared Catnap beyond thought. Even though all argued that it was just a 'collective nightmare' they had due to the circumstances of the storm. It didn't change anything Catnap went through. Everything he saw...

And at the end of the day, he decided to make a silent vow. Where he wouldn't let that smoke ever come out of his mouth again, even if it cost never to open his mouth. Never to speak again.

Why all that lore dump? WELL. IMAGINE. CATNAP KNOWING ASL/SIGN LANGUAGE. IT IS THE COOLEST THING EVER.

DogDay and Craftycorn after hearing about Catnap's vow, they were EXTREMELY worried about him. On some occasions, they tried to speak some sense into him about the mere thought of never talking again, but at the end of the day, they had to respect Catnap's decision. SO IN EXCHANGE, THEY WANTED TO LEARN ASL TOO! AND IT IS SUPER CUTE AND- KAINFIYLIAHDFCHASKDCFHNAKSJDCFHALNKUH-

Craftycorn also thought of teaching Catnap how to draw, with of course Dogday coming in to learn well. Since it was an alternative and temporary idea on communication while everyone else was catching up on Bubba's lessons on ASL.

OH NO... CRAFTYCORN- I JUST REALIZED SHE DOESN'T HAVE FINGERS- SHE HAS HOOVES! THEREFORE SHE CAN'T THEORETICALLY DO ASL. OML SHE'D BE ASHAMED ASF.😭

For some reason, singing doesn't accidentally make the scents of any of the Smiling Critters out of their mouths. So whenever Catnap can, he tries to open up from his comfort zone (with the encouragement of the others) to sing them to sleep with a nice lullaby.

🧡💜🤍☀️🌙🎨🧡💜🤍☀️🌙🎨🧡💜🤍☀️🌙🎨🧡💜🤍☀️

I swear to god my AO3 fans are out for blood now. They probably gonna be mad asf if they find out I'm wasting so much time on this than the fanfic chapter I'm writing.

EVEN MORE NOW DUDE- THEY GONNA FIND OUT I WANNA WRITE ANOTHER FANFIC 😭

THIS IS GONNA END UP LIKE WHEN I HAD MY WATTPAD ACCOUNT... PLEASE... MERCY ON ME YALL... MERCY

[not-a-space-alien]

Can we maybe go a bit easier on Angela Carini? It's true that her reaction to the boxing match with Imane Khelif ignited an absolute shit storm of racist, transphobic, and exorsexist abuse, but I don't think she did it on purpose and it's dishonest to paint her as transphobic or a sore loser because she cried after the match. She's said that she regrets not shaking her opponent's hand and she was emotional because she realized she'd messed up her chance at the Olympics.

All this controversy certainly made me sad, and I also felt sorry for my opponent, she had nothing to do with it and like me was only here to fight," she said.

"It was not intentional, in fact I apologize to her and to everyone. I was angry, because my Games had already gone up in smoke. I have nothing against Khelif and on the contrary if I happened to meet her again I would give her a hug."

Source. (Note, the IBA is the organization that tried to disqualify Imane based on some BS "gender testing" and has since been stripped of accreditation.)

I think this is important because both of these poor women are being propped up as opposing figureheads in a culture war that neither of them really want anything to do with. This white woman did not perform well under pressure because she was at the Olympics which is an extremely high stress environment, racists and transphobes saw an opportunity to use her as a prop to abuse an intersex, nonwhite, masculine-looking cis woman and took it, and now people trying to fight back against that are throwing her under the bus to try and counter that. I would probably also start crying if I got punched in the face really hard. Granted I'm not a professional boxer but I would be mortified if people interpreted me getting emotional as some sort of evidence that my opponent shouldn't be allowed to compete or the match was unfair or that I was mad she beat me. The perceived fragility of white women is used as a prop against poc and trans women regardless of what actually happened, how the people involved actually feel, and what's actually "fair." Nobody looking for a reason to be bigoted towards Imane Khelif actually cares about Angela Carini's feelings or what prompted her reaction. Obviously Khelif is being treated much worse than Carini and is the main object of abuse in this incident, but both of them are being treated as symbols of ideology and not people with feelings and goals. I think it's easy to forget that among the deluge of anger and flippant tweets.

[whoiwanttoday]

I saw Barbie last night and this might seem like a real strange pick related to that but it was a big preview event and it meant the whole thing was just… selling us Barbie stuff. This included trying to sell us the sound track and music videos and full play throughout of a lot of the songs. There was pink cotton candy fro everyone, posters, Barbie dolls being handed out. I didn't win a Barbie and just thank god, because I would have given it to a kid and I don't need that pressure. Most of the adults who won one gave it to some kid in the audience and I immediately thought about how I couldn't deal with that pressure. There was a girl behind me who was so excited for this movie and someone gave her one and guys, she was so happy and I was so happy because she was very big and she was black and I just thought she'd be ignored because I damn well now how the world works and I just assumed someone would think she was too old for the doll she very clearly wanted but they didn't. She was still hugging it when the movie ended and you'd think that would make my heart sore but after about 3 seconds of her getting it I felt extra dread about all the other little girls who were disappointed they weren't picked to get a Barbie and just thank god I didn't have to choose cause I already feel bad for them. Anyway, it was a whole thing and I quite enjoyed the movie. It's not perfect, it gets a little too preachy with a message I agree with but it can cause it to drag in points. It's also hilarious, gorgeous, and wonderfully acted so you should see it cause it's not perfect but it was damn good. Pretty bold for the literal text of a movie to be fighting the patriarchy when the last movie I saw about toys had big robots punching the shit out of each other and the theme of that movie is that it's pretty cool for giant robots to punch the shit out of each other. Anyway, among the music videos at the start was Dua Lipa performing Dance the Night and i thought, boy, she sure is hot. She's also a Mermaid Barbie in the movie and pretty hot there too. So I am posting her. Today I want to fuck Dua Lipa.

[braveclementine]

Dear Father, Let's Chat

Warnings: 18+readersonly

Copyright: I do not own any Marvel characters or locations. However, I do own my OCs, which consist of Penny Fury, Elizabeth Nelson, Elijah Chan, Katya Venice, Violetta Moscow, Lan Le, Josh, Trang Tien, Ahni Jallow, Mai Ito, and Ghaida Kashual as well as other OCs that will come up throughout the story.

"Penelope." Her father pulled her into a tight hug in front of all the other Avengers. She hugged him back just as tightly, feeling both extremely happy with seeing her father again, while also feeling an underlying current of anger as well as just the slight pinch of guilt.

"Hi daddy." Penny mumbled, feeling like a little girl again. The Avengers were moving around them, being greeted by their friends and family- and sex partners she had to keep reminding herself. They were all sleeping together.

She watched as Wanda hugged Pietro as he came off the plane, the both of them smiling. But when she reached out for Sam, he dodged her touch, and murmured something to her. Penny watched Wanda's smile become sad, nodding in understanding, and turning back to Pietro.

A different sort of guilt seemed to punch her gut. She quickly looked back at her father. "Dad, I think we need to talk."

"Are you alright?" Her father asked, putting an arm around her shoulder and started to lead her back towards the tower. It was far colder here in New York than it had been in Sri Lanka, almost as though- ha!- she'd traveled across the world.

"Are you hurt? Did they touch you? Rape you? Should we run pregnancy tests and tests for HIV and AIDS?" Her father asked with no filter at all.

"I'm not hurt. I was never raped. I was touched a bit, yes, but never actually, you know." Penny let the thought finish. "So no, the tests are unnecessary."

Her father relaxed just slightly. The doors to Avengers Tower were opened and Penny looked around as the hot warmth of the building enveloped her.

She'd always wanted to come to Avengers Tower. She knew Tony Stark had built it- well had it built- and that it was Avengers Headquarters. The lower fifteen to twenty floors were filled with the non- Avengers who did other work. Mostly SHIELD agents, but also High School and college interns for engineering projects. There was also a side lab for students in sciency fields like bio-chemistry or microbiology.

The lobby was open and sparse, looking nearly like any other lobby of a grand building with white marble tiled floors. The furniture was all black leather, about six TVs, and two huge chandeliers.

"I hope you don't mind," Her father said as they nodded to one of the men outside of the elevator and they stepped into it. They clearly had the elevator all to themselves, which was made of glass and she could see out across the city as it started to ascend, "I would like you to stay in the tower for a week or two while everything gets sorted out. We still have to track down Blonsky and the folks that Rumlow used to kidnap you. The Avengers will be your best line of protection, though they all know to leave you alone."

Penny sighed, "Dad, at least one of the Avengers is my soulmate. You can't think that I shouldn't see who else is, right?"

"I would've preferred you not to interact with them." Fury sighed. "As good as they are at heroes, they are terrible at keeping relationships and I already know that you'll get hurt. They aren't loyal Penny."

"Agent Wilson told me about their endeavors." Penny replied.

"That's surprising. I would've assumed Stark would've spilled." Fury muttered.

"Agent Wilson said he was willing to give up the- er- orgies for me. Be loyal to me." Penny replied. "He also said he believed the others would do so too. And I think I should be allowed to at least give them a chance."

Fury glanced over at her and Penny stared back. Her father sighed, running a hand over his face. "Penny, I don't want to see you get hurt. Physically or emotionally."

"I'm old enough to make my own decisions, especially about my soulmates." Penny answered. "I'm more warning you. I'm not really asking for permission."

"I know. You're way to much like me." Fury muttered. "But at least heed my warnings. They've been used to simply doing just about anyone who lives in floors sixty to seventy whenever they want. Adding you as their soulmate to the mix is going to shake things up one way or another. As much as I love you, things will be shaken in their bonding's and ranks. Things might even get awkward between some of the heroes. So make sure you're swift in the rules you set with your soulmates."

"I will, don't worry." Penny replied.

"Are you sure you don't need anything from me?" Fury asked as the elevator started to slow.

"N-" Penny started and then looked at her father, "A psychiatrist. I. . . well I can't really talk about some of these things with you. A female psychiatrist preferably."

Fury nodded, pulling her into his arms once more and kissing the side of her head, "I'm glad you're safe."

"I love you dad. Thank you for sending them to rescue me." Penny whispered.

"I love you too."

The elevator doors opened and they drew apart. Fury nodded to her and then Penny exited the elevator.

"Penelope?" A dark skinned man asked. He was slender, pretty tall- probably 6'1- dressed in a simple T-shirt and jeans.

"Yes." She said.

He held out his hand, "Colonel James Rhodey."

"Nice to meet you." She said, now recognizing him. He looked very much like his picture, but she hadn't been able to place him right away without his army uniform on.

"Glad to see you're alright." James replied, yet Penny also saw that hint of worry behind his eyes. Probably wondering how her presence would affect the rest of them.

Penny wondered just how many of the Avengers she could possibly be mated to, and wondering if she was mated to anyone outside of the Avengers. What if it was just Sam?

Yet, somehow that seemed worse. Then Sam would have to watch as everyone else continued on the same and he was left out. Almost as though he was being excluded. It would be better if Penny had more soulmates so that they could all be together and it would be somewhat the same.

"Anyways, I can show you to your room if you'd like." Rhodey suggested.

"Yes, thanks." Penny replied quickly.

It was a trip back into the elevator and she noticed they went up to floor seventy-one.

"No one is on this floor yet." Rhodey replied. "When Kamala, Peter, and some of the other high school superheroes join in, this'll be their floor as well. Of course, your room might change depending on if you go from staying temporarily to permanently or what not."

Penny nodded and Rhodey opened up the room. "It's got all the basics- or what Tony considers basics anyways. If you need anything more personal though, all the girls are staying on floors sixty-four and sixty-seven. Except Elizabeth and Katya. They stay with Elijah and Lan on floor sixty-nine."

"Thank you." Penny replied.

"Any announcements or smaller questions F.R.I.D.A.Y. can answer." Rhodey said, lingering in the doorway. "I'll let you settle in. I have no idea what we're doing for dinner, but F.R.I.D.A.Y. will tell you when it's decided."

"Okay, thanks again." Penny said. Rhodey smiled and he closed the door behind him as he left.

Penny looked around the room.

It was very large, with thick white carpets. The bed in the center of the room was also extremely large, perhaps to fit five or six people in it. Then again, it probably was.

The dressers and accompanying furniture was all white to match everything else in the room. The closet already had basic T-shirts, jeans, and skirts in the closet. There were also several agent wear.

There was a minifridge that had rootbeer, Pepsi, Coke, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Orange Fanta, green and blue Gatorades, different flavors of Bangs and Monsters, along with Milky ways, 3 Musketeers, Milk Hershey, Mr. Beast chocolate bars, and Recess Peanut butter cups.

"Nice." Penny muttered, taking out the Mr. Beast chocolate and a Coke.

She put both on the bedside table and sat down on the bed. She rubbed the spot on her arm where the Falcon tattoo had appeared.

There was a sudden knock at the door.

"Yeah! Come on in!" Penny said.

She was surprised when Elizabeth stepped through the door. She'd changed out of her superhero attire and was dressed like she was about to head out. Blue jeans, an olive green long-sleeved shirt tucked into her pants. A thick black belt with a chipped bronze buckle, cinching the pants tight. She had a simple small silver necklace with a cross around her neck and was wearing small black heeled boots about an inch and a half. Her long brown hair had been pulled back into a neat ponytail.

"I wanted to check in on you." Elizabeth said quietly. "You had a hard flight from what I understand."

"You're the one who almost died." Penny pointed out.

Elizabeth shrugged, "So a daily occurrence. What's new? My fault anyways, I'm usually much better at the missions than that."

Elizabeth paused, looking down at Penny. Penny felt the strangest feeling she was being analyzed. Elizabeth sighed, putting her hands in her pockets. "I know the atmosphere is weird. It's because we don't know where you stand. Nick has made it completely obvious that if you're with your soulmates, they're no longer able to participate in the orgies. Which is fine, you know? You should be able to have loyal soulmates. What hurts you here, in everything not just the relationships, is indecision. It's okay to think something over, but you have to be quick about it. I know you're going to need time to get to know your soulmates. They're great people, trust me. And we're all extremely relaxed here. If you want your soulmates. . . loyal is a weird word. We're all loyal to each other. But if you'd prefer to be their only partner, they're going to do it for you. And the rest of us aren't going to have hard feelings over it. But we did just get back from a very stressful mission and feelings are going to be running high. Now, what do you want for dinner?"

Penny blinked. She'd taken in most of what the girl in front of her had said until the last bit, "Did you. . . did you just give me a heartfelt speech and then completely change the subject?"

"Yep, I do that a lot. I'm OCD and ADHD and I can't focus on only one thing. I'm scatterbrained, I know way to many weird facts, and I'm pretty sure I'm crazy. What do you want for dinner?"

Penny knew she liked the girl at that moment. "No idea. I'm not really hungry."

"Of course you aren't." Elizabeth responded and Penny was once again swept up into confusion. "You're used to eating in a different time zone, not to mention there probably wasn't a lot of food that they gave you to eat. You know, because the submissives who are known as 'pets' aren't allowed to have good food or a lot of food in large quantities. So you're stomach has been shrinking from a lack of food. But you should eat now anyways just to restart your schedule. Come on."

She didn't even wait for Penny to respond, already half-way down the hall as Penny darted out of her door and caught up to her.

"Where are we going?"

"Kitchen."

Elizabeth responded calmly, stepping into the elevator.

"Who cooks?"

"A couple of us. Usually Wanda or me. If it was left to the guys, they'd order junk food every night and then we'd be a bunch of fat superheroes."

"I thought you were a small town superhero."

"I was." Elizabeth agreed. "Till I found out my mom was part of HYDRA and she sent my brothers- who weren't actually my brothers- as super soldiers after me. Lovely, yay. Nick promised to protect me and my friends. I still get to do my small assignments and everyone's happy. Nick likes to send me on missions as a secret weapon. Everyone always underestimates me."

"I can see that, no offense." Penny replied. Elizabeth didn't really look like a fighter.

"None taken." Elizabeth said. "I don't look like a warrior. But then again, I rarely have to deal with hand to hand combat. I just call up water waves and drown people. It's more of a mental strength. And then the people who do know about my powers assume that if there's no water around, I'm useless. But I'm not." Elizabeth flashed Penny a wicked grin, "I can use the water in their bodies to choke themselves. You know the body is made up of sixty percent water. It's a handy trick."

As the elevator doors opened up in a large common room with basically every Avenger imaginable, Penny made a side note to never get on Elizabeth's bad side.

Suddenly, a giant shadow swooped down on the two of them. "What's for dinner Queen of Ice?"

Elizabeth smirked as Penelope stared up at Thor. "I don't know yet. What do you want?"

"You." Thor smirked.

"Ha." Elizabeth teased, rolling her eyes. "Elijah wouldn't let you after this afternoon."

"Isn't Elijah your soulmate?" Penelope asked in confusion. Elizabeth grabbed Penny's arm to drag her past Thor and into the kitchen which- compared to the other room- was completely empty.

"Oh yeah. Soulmate, Husband, dom, master, handler." Elizabeth rattled off, pulling open cupboards and pulling out things in a seemingly sporadic manner.

"Handler. . ."

"Look, like I said, we're all together. Elijah is my soulmate and he's my master. So he decides when, where, and who I get to interact with." Elizabeth said this all calmly and unconcerning as though they were simply talking about the weather.

"Which can be a right pain in the ass when I have to become aware of how I treat him whenever an orgy comes up, otherwise he makes me sit and watch and I can't participate." Elizabeth complained. She looked over at Penny. "He's got a voyeuristic kink so he likes to watch. Especially watching me with other men."

"Isn't that. . . strange to you?" Penny asked uncertainly.

"Maybe at first." Elizabeth shrugged. "But now I like it. You find that with all of us, there's just about every kink here. So you find the kinks you're okay with and you stick with 'em. No one makes anyone travel outside their comfort zone. And for every person that's got a kink, there's at least one person to reciprocate it. It's a complex and beautiful system."

"And I'm going to screw it up?"

"I didn't say that." Elizabeth shrugged again. "I'm guessing you've never had a lot of true interaction. But tell me, how would you feel about joining us? Not me, obviously. I'm straight as a board. But most of everyone else out there is either straight girls or everyone else is bi. And you could even have Ahni, she's only into girls. If you're into girls of course, there's no shame in being straight either. But is that something you'd even want?"

Penny had no idea. She'd never even thought about herself joining in. She wondered how her father would feel about that.

Before she could say anything, Tony Stark strolled into the kitchen. He shot her a wink and then tried to grab whatever Elizabeth was making.

"Anthony!" Elizabeth scolded, hitting him over the head with a heavy wooden spoon. "Hands off."

"Damnit." Tony muttered, sitting down next to Penny. He looked over at her. "I'm Tony Stark."

"Penelope Fury. You can just call me Penny." She responded, flinching harshly at the tattoo that was appearing on her left shoulder. She pulled her shirt sleeve down and glanced over to see a peacock there.

"Fitting." Elizabeth commented slyly.

"I like peacocks." Tony pouted. He had pulled his shirt off and was trying to look at the tattoo on his back.

"Yeah, I bet." Elizabeth continued, "Handsome, proud, and a pain in the ass."

"It's a red panda." Penny informed him as he paused looking at his tattoo, glaring at the ice princess. Penny giggled a little.

"Cute." Tony grinned. "So, what are you girls talking about?"

"Sex and orgies." Elizabeth stated bluntly before Penny could even think of a topic to lie about.

Tony chuckled, "Already? Good lord Elsa, she's barely been here for an hour."

Elizabeth smirked and Penny was suddenly aware of the thick smell of cooking meat floating through the kitchen. Hamburgers, by the smell of it.

"Alright." Elizabeth said and Penny watched as several dishes full of food were flung onto the table. She was vividly reminded of Beauty and the Beast with the dancing dishes, except these dishes were floated onto the table by water waves. "Dinners served."

[leerentouls]

the good life

A brief snapeshot of Angel's life on Sanctuary.

i just wanted to write something and i have ideas but ough... writing's hard 3 and also im sick rn. rip. also! shocker, but i'm writing during the day...??!?!?!?! usually it's at like. 3 in the morning LOL also shoutout to MoodiestMags love the Rise to Grace series o7 <3 cw for mention of suicide

there's some stuff i wanted to mention in this ficlet - like the difference/similarity between Lilith + Angel wrt eridium addiction, and Moxxi and/or Roland at all (or a bit more) - but alas :'3 maybe in another ficlet or so

"Hey Angel, pass me that wrench?"

"Sure."

Angel's half-there in the moment, delving deep into code for additional defences for Sanctuary, but she still grabs the tool Gaige asks for and waves it in the other girl's direction.

"Thanks."

"Yep."

Six months and still Angel doesn't feel totally comfortable here. Mostly, but then, occasionally, she'd catch a glimpse of someone looking at her. Hyperion's Siren, she'd heard from one of the residents, and she'd never wanted to rid herself of her own face as much as she did then. She understands it, and it was more out of surprise then condemnation, but...

Then there was Lilith. And Mordecai and Brick. And Tiny Tina. And- to be honest... everyone. Everyone. Every Vault Hunter, every resident, everyone who knew of Handsome Jack-

But it's not like they go out of their way to make her feel unwelcome. Anymore.

Angel backs out of the code, closing her eyes and pinching the bridge of her nose. Progress has been made, she reminds herself; people don't quite regard her with such revulsion or contempt anymore (but they remember), and people talk to her, whether resident or Crimson Raider.

(She almost wishes Tim was here. She feels bad about that. She could fix it, if she just talks about it.)

DT beeps, and Angel hears Gaige shift out from where she was fixing up. She knows what's next; it's familiar now.

"You OK, Angel?"

"Yeah," she replies, rote. "Overthinking. You know."

She flinches when Gaige reaches out to rub her shoulder in comfort. A flinch, or trying to shrug her off, Angel could call it either-or, and for whatever reason: her father's ghost hangs over her shoulder like when he would try to calm or restrain her, and that's why she's flinching or rejecting this comfort, or perhaps because she doesn't deserve it, at least not yet. It's been a hard and steep hill to climb in such a short time.

Gaige isn't to be deterred, so wraps an arm around Angel's shoulders fully, pulling her into an awkward side hug. Angel acquiesces.

(She thinks of Tim's face in the shuttle.)

"You wanna come with me next time?"

"Vault Hunting?"

"Yeah! Or just hunting."

"Oh! Yeah, actually, I'd like to get out for a bit, whenever you go next."

(Her voice, cool: He's on his way to kidnap your Siren, sir.)

"Cool," Gaige says, grinning and playfully punching Angel's shoulder. The Siren fakes a pained groan. They both re-settle into the groove: code and machinery, side-by-side. Angel keeps a half a mind fantasizing about Vault Hunting for the pure joy of treasure-hunting, rather than as a means of exerting control over a planet's people. They're not even here of their own will, usually: prisoners or children of them, or deserted here. It's not their fault. Ah, c'mon now, back to the joy of hunting for fun.

(At the precise point where Handsome Jack could only deal with so many interferences at once, so he had Tim posted on the Jackpot. He'd live - for a time, at least.)

It'd be cool to see everyone in action while also being on the same playing field, instead of watching from "above". There again, Angel would be too busy keeping up to actually watch them. But it'd be cool all the same - being part of the team (so long as she doesn't fuck anything up, or not too badly), and proving her worth.

... Or just proving her potential as a Vault Hunter. Angel nods to herself; yes, potential. Maya said that her worth is more than what she can do for other people, that she is inherently worth being respected as another person. That was nice.

(He'd even outlive Handsome Jack.)

... Maybe... maybe after this next outing, whenever that is, she might mention Tim and the Jackpot. Moxxi'd be interested, she thinks.

(But not her.)

It's not a bad life here. She hopes to make it up to Tim.

[rose-lizzzy]

[Previous Part]

Katherine looks at him, looks to the side, and sighs. "After the Spring unlocked my feelings again, Gem came and helped me a bit, I decided to go with her to the Cliffs because I wasn't feeling well here."

Scott simply nods along.

"I was feeling a little bit better, I wasn't as paranoid and edgy as before..." She sweeps her tears away with her wrist. "And Gem asked me if I wanted to talk with Pearl, I said yes, since I... well, destroyed a whole house. So, she went to the Cliffs, and I was preparing to talk to her, apologise and everything... And... She had brought Shrub with her..." She stopped for a while, maybe she wanted for Scott to interrupt her, but it was mainly so she could think of what to say next.

"When I saw her, I was scared for a moment... then my body went into attack mode, and I just tackled her... I used my claws, and I punched her... And I sai- no, I shouted at her every raw emotion I feel towards her... and maybe some stuff that was simply said for the hurt that it would generate."

She hugs her knees, and hides her head on them. "I'm a monster, Scott."

Scott wraps an arm around her. "Hey.....no...that doesn't make you a monster, Katherine. That makes you a victim. You were a victim of Xornoths torture, and so was Shrub. You both went through horrible things. Of course you're going to have side effects from it all. Shrub had a few issues too at first, but she had time to adjust to it. You haven't, but you'll get that time. You also had much more damage done to your mind and body...."

Katherine sniffles. "...But..what if I killed her..."

"She'd come back. Besides, she'd already be dead, and I haven't seen a death message." He comforts her.

She looks up at him. "You think so?"

"I know so."

She wipes her eyes, and then gives Scott a hug, while the elf hesitantly returned the embrace.

"Now...do you want to go back and help them out? Or should I go by myself."

Katherine stares at the ground. "I...don't know. I don't know how I'll react if I...see her again."

Scott sighs. "Katherine. You're not alone. We're all with you. And I'm sure you wouldn't have to see her if you don't want to."

She thinks for a second, and then nods. "...Alright...I'll come...I wanna apologize to Gem...and Pearl.."

The elf nods, and they take off. She'd get around to apologizing to Shrub.

Katherine follows after him, a little bit slower, and together they make their way back to the Crystal Cliffs, one worried for his friends, the other filled with guilt.

[lesbianwyllravengard]

for the ask game pick a character your hardly know the name or context of and rate em completely based on your feed

Ooooh okay!

I'll do Harrow from the lesbian books (I hope that's her legit name and not just the book title lmfao)

Now let's be clear I know nothing about her except that she's wlw. And also she wears like skull face paint or smthn. At least, I don't think that's her real face shgffdsgfh.

(There's a lot so I won't bother drawing lines for bingo)

I feel like if I read these books I'd be feral over her, and I also think there's most likely a lot wrong with her, and I don't think therapy would be strong enough to make her normal anyways. Idk if she's like cagey about physical affection but I feel like she'd punch me if I tried to hug her. I also know nothing about her parents but I get the feeling they're not great parents. I don't think I'd relate much to her, though I could be wrong, but I'm sure I'd have empathy for her.

These are fun.

[snailsbigrace]

Pre-Trauma AUBREY Headcanons

(Discontinued)

A/N: This one's from my Wattpad and I really like it! I thought it turned out amazing so I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Warnings: None!

Word Count: 1.3k

- "I don't wanna feel better, no one's ever gonna love me like that again..."

- Likes to match with MARI! Sometimes if she wants to match bows she'll give MARI one of hers since MARI doesn't really wear them!

- Will try to put a bow in KEL's hair, he hates it and she finds it funny. She will eventually give up and put it on one of the others.

- BASIL smiles and lets her, he'd love to wear one of her bows, especially if it's one she likes! If she likes it so does he!

- MARI would also let her, though she'd remind AUBREY to be careful with her hair as she's done it nicely. 

- HERO would be embarrassed by the request and will take a moment but will eventually agree to let her. MARI would compliment him on his new hair accessory and he'll be GONE.

- SUNNY doesn't want her to so she won't, but she will pout for a moment before going back to normal.

- I definitely think AUBREY is trans. Of course if you don't believe she is feel free to ignore this one! She realised before she meant BASIL that she was and immediately tried to make her body more comfortable for herself by wearing more girly clothing such as dresses as well as bows in her hair. She is still sometimes uncomfortable by the way she looks underneath her clothes but she has amazing friends who support her 100%!

- She often likes to avoid home as much as possible so she's always willing to go out at any given moment.

- AUBREY doesn't invite her friends over to her house ever because she finds her living conditions and her parents embarrassing. She knows her house is a little dirtier and older than her friends houses, and her parents are always having problems that she doesn't want her friends overhearing. 

- She likes to pretend to give KEL cooties and she giggles while she watches him scream and try to get cooties off of himself.

- She has had a crush on HERO before. Of course it was just a child crush because he's older than her so he's cooler. At least that's what she thought.

- During this short period of time she followed the guy around like a lost puppy and he was super confused but just shrugged it off.

- Overheard her talking to Mr. Eggplant about how she liked him.

- He had to explain to her that right now she was just too young to be in a relationship like that and that he liked somebody else. But he said they could be best friends instead!

- AUBREY likes to swing with SUNNY and MARI. She knows MARI can't do much with her knee so if they swing they can talk, have fun, get exercise in, and keep MARI safe!

- Sore loser, not as bad as she is when she's older but still a sore loser. Hates it a lot more if she loses to KEL or SUNNY.

- Sometimes borrows KEL's clothes because sometimes she needs to. She doesn't really mind though. They stink sure, but they're super comfy so it doesn't matter!

- KEL likes helping her out anyway, it makes him happy to know he's helping someone out! 

- She also likes to borrow MARI's sweaters, jackets and stuff of the sort! 

- AUBREY likes listening to songs with deeper meanings! She likes guessing what the deeper meaning is with SUNNY and BASIL. 

- She's tried to help MARI play a song on the piano before, she wasn't very good but she was super happy that her and MARI got to do that together, she hopes they can do that a lot more after the recital!

- When she's upset she likes to keep to herself, she usually gets mad when she gets upset so if she's feeling really angry she'll punch a tree. It hurts but she doesn't really mind.

- Her hands and knuckles are covered in bruises that all her friends worry about but to her it's nothing that special.

- BASIL is super worried, always trying to convince her to not do that as he doesn't like seeing her hurt! He'll go get HERO or MARI so that they can bandage her up! He'll give her a hug!

- KEL is also very worried, but is a lot more angry at her about it! He hates it when she gets hurt and knowing that she's hurt always upsets him! She should be more careful! He tries to bandage her up himself, he'll also kiss her hand after as that's what his mom does after he gets hurt and fixes him up. 

- SUNNY doesn't really understand, nor is he very quick to anger. He'll go get MARI or HERO so that they can help her. He'll give her a hug!

- MARI is saddened by this, she knows that AUBREY needs to get her feelings out somehow but she hates that it involves punching things, she tries to encourage AUBREY to punch softer things that won't hurt her hands. She also bandages up her hands!

- HERO panics, he immediately fixes up her hands. He lectures her about it after but if she's upset he'll give her a hug, reassuring her that even if he doesn't like it he'll be there for her and if she needs to talk she can rely on him. 

- If she's upset and doesn't get the chance to beat a random object up she always vents to HERO or MARI. Since they're older she sees them as knowing what to do!

- MARI always gives her great advice because she knows AUBREY will follow that advice, she'll probably also give AUBREY a big hug!

- HERO is like MARI and he gives great advice! Comforting AUBREY is a lot easier than it is to comfort SUNNY or BASIL to him.  

-  She wants her room to be pink! But she knows that'll never happen, so she just keeps hoping that one day when she walks up her whole room will be painted!

- Never was given a chance to believe in Santa, or the Tooth Fairy, or the Easter Bunny.

- AUBREY swears and it's a bad habit that HERO and MARI are trying to fix. They assume that her parents must do it a lot for her to be doing it this much.

- Cries when Mr. Eggplant gets dirty. She runs up to HERO and begs him to wash it and he always agrees and she just waits with a longing look on her face.

- She has a hard time sleeping, she doesn't know why, she just can't. She always just lays in bed for hours, hoping that anything will pull her into sleep.

- Is amazed when she sees the stuff HERO and MARI do in school. Like wooooah... You did that? I don't even know what that is :0

- AUBREY hates when it's time for her to go home, she loves her friends and she hates home so when she has to leave she almost cries, she wishes she could just stay with them forever and never have to go back to her home.

- She usually does cry when she gets home, because she's immediately reminded that her life isn't the greatest away from her friends.

- She's usually the one that ends up trying to clean the house as her parents are too busy arguing. Her mom always judges the way she cleans.

- Her dad tries to help sometimes when he's home, which isn't very often and he's not arguing with her mom. 

- AUBREY's very down on herself, but she doesn't tell people nor does she act like it. She acts all confident in front of people but secretly thinks very lowly of herself.

- She hopes one day she can do something that will impress MARI!

Thanks for reading! <3

[karlyanalora]

2 April: When were you diagnosed and when did you know that you're autistic? If you're self-diagnosed, when did you first suspect that you're autistic and when were you sure?

Self-diagnosed. My mom suspected since I was quite young that I was autistic. She was afraid I'd use that knowledge as a crutch for disorder influenced behaviors that were hurtful to others. Which was valid.

Little me had zero empathy. You know that parenting trick where you tell two fighting siblings that they are allowed to beat the crap out of each other and their neurotypical empathy is supposed to stop them from doing just that? Yeah, apparently I gave my little sister one heck of a punch. (I do have empathy now, but I'm not sure when or how that happened? Maybe when I realized my actions had an impact on the feelings of others?)

So while I like to think it wouldn't have happened, knowing me, I can see why my mom thought I would take the knowledge that I have autism and use it as an excuse to be a jerk. Unfortunately not knowing I had autism and how that made my experience different meant I was doing a fine job of being a jerk purely on accident. (My poor younger sister. It's not a surprise our relationship only began to mend when I learned about autism.)

When did I first suspect I was autistic? The Temple Grandin movie. You see, I liked hugs from my mom but any touch from my younger sister made my skin crawl. I was very vocal about this (sorry sis). Anyway, I saw the Hug Machine and realized I didn't like my sister's touch because it wasn't as firm as my mom's. (Not like sis could fix that since she wasn't strong enough to make it firm enough.) I was also the family hypochondriac (since learned what I thought was "sick" was just really that I'm hyperaware of my body and what that feels like can change a lot day to day.)

So anyway I came away wanting a hug machine and saying I had autism. My parents panicked and convinced me I was not autistic. (Understandable but not great parenting moment. We've talked about it.)

I was homeschooled for a lot of reasons, one of them being my mom knew I'd be eaten alive by my peers. (Thank you for sparing me that.) But my peers couldn't be avoided and at age 12 in a homeschool group play, I discovered bullying. It was an awful time in my life with lots of complicated factors. My mom and I worked hard with trusted adults to identify what I might be doing that could be bothering these teens so much. Couldn't find anything and my mom realized it was probably my autism. There were other outside factors besides that, but she realized it was a mistake not to tell me.

A lot of my schooling involved my mom giving me non-fiction books to read. So I didn't think anything of it when she gave me one on autism she'd heard about on NPR. She assigned me a lot of books on autism. Really good books about the history of autism, how perception and scientific thought has changed on the matter, and so on. (Wish I could remember the names but I will go find them if asked.) I saw myself in those books and this time my mom nurtured that and together we found resources that would help me navigate the social world with less heartache.

So I knew by age twelve. Sometimes I miss not knowing. I was peacefully oblivious to the fact my peers didn't like me and were ostracizing me (my mom could see it though and it hurt her because she knew how wonderful I am). Now, I see it. And man, it hurts. I've learned to mask to prevent bullying, but I don't know how to stop.

But if I didn't know, I couldn't have learned. I'd still be hurting those I love by accident. Heck, I still do sometimes. Just because they understand I don't mean it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt them emotionally. I've been able to learn a lot and develop some very fulfilling relationships. I've been able to help others more.

An important reminder that I am not speaking for the community at large. This is my experience and I'm looking forward to learning more about ones that don't match.

[thatonebirdwrites]

When they reached the giant Christmas tree downtown, Lena stopped to look up at its lights and tinsel. Sam waited at her side, knowing that whatever troubled Lena would come out in time. It's usually how their late evening walks would go. Lena would ask her to come for a walk, they'd wander around downtown and eventually end up by the park, and then Lena would share what she needed.

Tonight, Lena turned to Sam with furrowed brows. "As a Luthor, everybody wants something from me."

Sam tilted her head and took a steadying breath. If she needed to go beat up someone for Lena, she'd do it in a heartbeat. Though Sam was pretty sure her punch would only hurt her hand if 'she' was who Sam thought it was.

But Lena surprised her. "She just wants me." Tears filled Lena's eyes as if she couldn't fathom this.

"Oh, honey." Sam opened up her arms. Lena stepped into them and held on tightly, her tears hidden by the press of her face against Sam's coat.

"It feels too good to be true," Lena whispered. Her shoulders trembled with her silent sobs.

"Lena, you deserve to be loved and cherished, okay?" Sam rubbed Lena's back, gently. "From what I've seen of her, she seems to worship the ground you stand on."

Lena pulled back and wiped her eyes. "I might have ran when she confessed," she admitted, quietly. "I panicked."

"Then what are you doing here with me?" Sam lightly pushed her shoulder into Lena's. "Go tell her how you feel. Then kiss her senseless."

"Sam!" Lena choked out a laugh-sob.

"Oh come on, Lena, the way you two gaze at each other? Practically eye-fucking right there."

Lena lightly swatted her sleeve. "You're incorrigible."

Sam grinned. "And that's why you come to me to chat."

Lena huffed but the smile was back. She looked less shaken and far more calm, which was a relief. Sam had been really worried when Lena had showed up, pale and shaken, to ask for the walk.

"So what's stopping you from telling her how you feel?" Sam figured it best to give Lena a little push.

A deep sigh rippled through Lena's thin frame. "I'm a Luthor," she said, softly. "She's a Super. Everything I touch seems to cause more harm than good."

"Oh, stop that." Sam frowned and prodded Lena's shoulder with her finger. "You're being ridiculous now. You've done so much good. Not just with your company, but also the many times you helped save the world. Saved Kara's life. Saved mine. What you touch? It's caused more good than harm. Far more good. You're a hero, Lena. Not just to me but so many others. So take those negative self-thoughts and throw them in the ocean, please."

Lena looked at her for a long moment. Slowly, a smile spread across her face. "Thank you for that. I needed to hear it." She straightened her shoulders and looked up at the tree. "Do - do you really think-"

"Yes, Lena," Sam interrupted with a roll of her eyes. "You deserve love and care and you deserve her. And if she's told you that she wants you for you, then there you go. There's your answer. So what are you waiting for?"

"I don't know." Lena's shrugged with one shoulder. "Sabotaging myself I suppose."

"Don't make me drag you to her apartment and shove you in there," Sam threatened.

Lena did laugh then. "Okay, okay. I'll head over." She pulled Sam in for another hug. "Thank you."

"Welcome." Sam patted her back. "Now let's finish this walk, so you can go get kissed by your girl. Then you can call me and tell me every filthy detail."

Lena threw her head back in a full body laugh. "Fine." Turning, the pair headed back to their vehicles. Behind them, the tree lit the area in a sheath of rainbows, and above them, the moon illuminated the path like a blessing.

How do you know she’s the one?

[xxgoblin-dumplingxx]

Pt. 2 on Batmom reacting to Damian’s appearance?

"Where's Y/N?" Diana asked, looking around. There was a new child and two missing- it was weird.

"Gone," Bruce said looking uncomfortable, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Gone where?"

Bruce coughed, "She's taking some time away."

"What did you do?" Diana asked suspiciously, eyes narrowing. She watched the Batman wince and consciously trying not to glance towards the little boy who was glowering at her. Glancing from him to Bruce she felt her eyes widen, "You utter dog," she hissed, "How could you-"

She broke off looking to where the boy had gone from glowering to looking interested, pretending not to listen. "I hope she hits you with her car," she whispered.

"She'd have to get close to me to do that," Bruce snorted.

"Well allow me to help her," Diana said fiercely, Punching him in the chest, leaving him winded. The only reason she hadn't hit him in the face was that she felt that should be your job.

"Diana-" he panted, rubbing his sternum, "I didn't-"

"Well, obviously you did," she scoffed, going in search of Alfred. "Men. None of you are worth the trouble."

__________

"Why didn't you stab him?" Diana scolded when you open the door.

"I couldn't even look at him," you murmur, letting the Amazon pull you into a bruising hug before she let herself in the door.

"I punched him for you."

You cringe and she added, "Not in the face though. I figure if anyone deserves to give him a proper beating it's you."

"I take it you also talked to Clark?"

She nodded and helped herself to a cup of tea before taking a seat. "He's on his way as we speak. Likely giving Bruce a hearty scolding- I asked Alfred to tape it for you."

You smile a little and curl up on the end of the sofa. You'd wanted to keep the private. At least until you'd decided how you were going to handle this. A divorce- while viable came with paperwork. And it WAS true that Bruce wasn't really in a position to argue with you. About anything. You could walk away with anything you wanted relatively easily. There was too much to just walk away from. Too much history. But now that people knew about it and battle lines were being drawn- it made things even more complicated. It was no longer a You and Bruce issue.

It was you and Bruce and the kids, and the fucking Justice League... They loved some juicy gossip. And Batman cheating on his wife and producing a child definitely qualified. And Given Bruce's persona as a generally not very likable asshole... If it came down to it, your leaving could effectively leave him out in the cold.

"Wanna go wander the beach?" you ask, "There's a bar that does a decent margarita."

The Amazon smiled. It was no small wonder you didn't want to talk about it. And far be it from her to make you. If you wanted to drown your sorrows, she'd just make sure you didn't wind up lost at sea or something. "Where are the boys? Alfred said-"

"I sent them back up to Bruce- it's not unusual for one or both of us to disappear for a while. But me and the boys at the same time? Tabloid fodder for weeks. And I don't think Damian is ready for that- Bruce either for that matter. The Kid deserves time to adjust."

And that, Diana reflected, was why Bruce needed you. Courage wasn't always running into battle. And Sacrifce wasn't throwing yourself into a one-person crusade. It was also why she was pleased to call you her friend. A lesser woman would have simply thrown them all to the wolves. And she could see the war on your face. She wasn't sure you could do it.