#I think I need to watch this again because I apparently missed this dimension

[flamingpudding]

I just thought of this idea while reading through Klarion’s (Dan’s) mother meets his fake friends au and that is a side post about the tcf gods and hero party founding out and interacting with Bite. (I think it would be funnier if the gods thought that Bite was just a person that ascended to the position of God of Death then him being the son of a God of Death or any other way to a ascend to godhood without the gods finding about Danny)

There’s multiple ways to do this with ether Bite getting in trouble and Danny having to help him or where like Dan’s situation Danny’s just visits him to check on how he is doing. It’s just that everyone is surprised that Bite is Danny’s son and Cale just looks at him like “How could a bastard god like you come from him” and just points at Danny

(You could make side post where the people of the world where one of Danny’s kids lives in meets him and is surprised)

I... LOVE THIS!

Honestly I wanted to write something for TCF for a while but never really had the guts to do so really before other than my brain thinking up scenarios...

Soooooo here we go!

[Added note: sorry this took me way longer than it should have. Just saw it in my drafts, and i was horrified for how long it had been in there....]

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Bite groaned as he leafed through his paper work that had accumulated once again. He had just worked through his latest pile and now there was another pile on his desk already. His mom was going to be annoyed that he was going to miss another family dinner. Hopefully he wasn't going to be the only one sitting out. He knew if he missed the family dinners to often his mom would just up and show up in his space or rather his dimension with the different worlds he took care of.

His head hit the table dramatically. Sometimes he hated being the responsible one among his siblings to the point that his mother trusted him with taking care of a couple of worlds of his own.

"You look tired God of Death." A voice hummed amused.

Bite had enough dignity to lift his head up so his chin was now resting on the table as he glared at Angelina, the Sun God, who in return only chuckled amused.

"If you are here to try and take Cale from me again...."

"He still hasn't agreed to be your Saint. I still got a chance."

Bite only glared more as he began to mutter. "No you don't. You already got Alberu, who should be mine but he is of the Crossman linage, so lucky you! You are not taking my child from me."

Angelina laughed amused. "You know Cale doesn't like it when you call him 'your child'."

The recent God of Death only huffed not dignifying her dig with a response as he pulled a random sheet of paper from the stack of his desk as he sat up straighter again. "Don't you have your own work to do instead of pestering me?"

"Not really." Angelina hummed. It was in that moment that Bite felt a shift, he shivered. Something wasn't right and that didn't have anything to do with the Sun God bothering him. Wide eyed his hands slammed down on his table as his chair clattered to the back when he stood. "Oh no...."

.........

"Oh is that so? Has he been bothering your 'Young Master' a lot?" Danny hummed, sipping politely a very good lemon tea. Mentally he was filing Cale away as a grandchild already, taking his son calling the young man his child very serious. Because come on, his son was raised in a Ghost Community, if he claimed that soul as child than that made him Danny's grandchild.

The old man, Ron, before him, smiled eerily as if sensing Danny's thoughts. Still judging if this man before him was a danger or not. Though the little dragon wasn't threading the man as a danger to Cale. Nor was the blond older Dragon that apparently instantly marched over the moment he had sensed Danny's arrival and was watching the white haired man critically too.

"Say, does the boy need another grandpa? You can never have enough grandpa's though. My son is calling your Young Master his child and... i wanna be a dotting, spoiling grandfather. Always wanted to be, but my sister didn't even let me spoil my own kids before." Danny smiled innocently as he let the little kids play with a harmless ball of ectoplasm.

Meanwhile, Cale while outwardly appearing very calm and collected, watching Ron and apparently a white-haired, other wordly deity, had a blank expression. And after he was done mentally questioning how the entirely different word system worked, how screwed up it was and how he could exploit it. Also started questioning, how such a man could be the God of Death's apparent father.

Once he was done with that mental gymnastic, Cale wondered... at first he wanted to ask that man for compensation for his sons doings but then... he thought if that man wanted to be a dotting and spoiling grandfather.... maybe there was a good way to use that to his advantage, after all he was trash.

Danny, meanwhile, enjoyed getting to know more extended family. He definitely was going to spoil this grandson and then the great grandchildren. And then he would also drag his son Bite home to have some words with him.

[kokoa-la]

Prompt from @help-i-need-a-cool-username

Jason has once again snuck into Gotham University. Now, before any assumptions are made onto why the crime lord would break into a college, the reason is because he likes the library. That's it. The public library is trashed and small, barely taken care of, but Gotham U's? It's beautiful. Multiple floors, organized and in sections, taken care of, alphabetical order, it's magnificent. The chairs were a reason alone to sneak in, but the students here added an extra charm. 

He had gone to the very back of the library on the second floor. This area was  pretty well hidden and enclosed. He would come here to read without anyone questioning him, even hiding the books he wasn’t finished with yet to continue on later. Jason wasn’t expecting someone to be so close to his spot though. A few tables across stood a student, thin, tall, with pitch black hair, baggy cargo jeans, and a white t-shirt. The other hadn’t noticed him yet, so he remained quiet and just watched. He was in front of a large white board on wheels, seemingly taken from the rooms he saw down the hall. 

“That doesn’t work, goddammit.”

On the white board was lines upon lines of equations- at least he thought they were equations, with most of them being letters and symbols rather than numbers. It made the vigilante’s brain hurt. The student - assumed STEM major - just kept mumbling to himself.

“Stupid physics, won’t allow interdimensional travel”

What? Jason may have been out of school since 15, but he knew no courses were asking for the answer to traveling between dimensions. It seemed the student had a habit of talking to himself when worked up or focused, possibly why he isolated himself from the rest of the library. 

“If your parents could do it, why can’t you? Think Danny, think!”

That sentence wasn’t concerning at all, but at least Jason learned the boy’s name. Danny seemed to have a strange background, what did he mean by ‘if your parents could do it’? Had his parents managed to travel between dimensions? The other was chewing on the cap of the white board marker, his other hand resting on his hip as he swayed back and forth.

“Oh! Oh! Oh! That! The thing! That thingy!”

Jason could practically see the lightbulb go on above Danny’s head. Just then the other erased a solid portion of the whiteboard and dropped to his knees, ouch. He started frantically scribbling, fast and messy, barely cohesive. Though, Jason was sure that if it was Tim sitting where he was instead, the boy could probably understand everything on that board. He’d stick to English literature, thank you very much. 

“That’s it! Oh my ancients! I got it!”

Danny practically jumped in the air, punching the air in triumph. Jason almost felt proud of him, this complete stranger he’s been watching, wow he was being creepy, huh? Danny shot both of his arms straight up, the marker gripped tightly in his right hand fist. 

“I did it!”

He looked so happy, so excited. He began to buzz, even spinning, before stopping mid loop and turning around slowly. Shit, Jason had been caught. To be fair, Danny hadn’t exactly turned around the whole time, meaning Jason was just watching his back the whole time as he worked through his… problem? It’s such a shame, Jason was thoroughly entertained by this random kid. 

“Uhhh, hi? How long have you been there?”

Oh shit, Jason had to talk now, didn’t he?

“Not very long, but long enough to know you were trying to solve interdimensional travel before apparently succeeding.” 

The color drained from Danny’s face. Whoops?

“Uhm, no I didn’t.”

Now that he got a closer look, the student looked like someone Bruce would adopt. Black hair, clear blue eyes, tan skin, sharp features, the whole nine yards. He was actually fairly attractive, maybe even cute. 

“Really? I could have sworn that you said ‘stupid physics won’t allow interdimensional travel’”

“I have no clue what you’re talking about.”

“Yeah sure, and I’m a student here.”

“Wait, you’re not a student here?”

“That’d only be true if you were lying.”

“Well I’m not so-”

“Uh huh, sure you’re not.”

“Look dude-”

“Jason.”

“Look Jason, there’s no way that I could solve interdimensional travel, the multiverse doesn’t exist.”

“Look Danny-”

“How do you know my name?”

“I won’t tell a single soul if you explain how you did it to me”

Curiosity won his gambit. Would he regret what he was about to say? Perhaps.

“Maybe over a coffee?”

He knew it was worth it when the marker hit the floor and Danny moved his hand to cover his red face. Well, it wasn’t the first time he’s done something he regrets, maybe this time it’d be a cute STEM major who knows the secrets to the multiverse. 

[ghost-bxrd]

How would Mini Bruce react to Batman slitting Jason's throat? Maybe not even during the Joker confrontation, maybe Batman was especially pissed the Red Hood had a child working for him and he threw the batarang but it missed and hit Jay's throat?

Oh geez, I think he’d go nuclear. Like, full out Robin King insanity for a hot second.

It’s going to become more apparent the further we progress through the story, but Jason really managed to establish himself as mini!Bruce’s parental figure during the time he spent in that alternate dimension, and a lot of the trust and love between them was established because Jason proved time and time again that he’s a capable fighter. Someone who’s not going down easily (the way his parents did). Someone who won’t ever leave Bruce behind if he can help it.

So, watching an older version of himself seemingly kill the only family he had left? In such a brutal fashion?

Yeah, you can bet this is the one time mini Bruce would go in for the kill… against himself.

And depending on how that goes and how long that rage and hysterical despair lasts… he would drop down by Jason’s side and just— scream. And cry. And try to stop all that blood from leaving Jason because Jason needs that blood please oh god why is there so much blood where are the pearls why can’t he hear the gunshot—

[m1ssunderstanding]

Get Back Rewatch 55 Years On: Day 13

Ah it’s “coordinate with the carpet” day.

John could probably say “2+2=3” and Paul would be like “Oh you're sooo right, John.”

Literally the ADHD antics (jumping over a chair because it’s there and you can and it would be funner than going around) are so relatable.

Ringo putting Zac’s picture up? I don’t know much about him as a dad. Does anyone know? I mean I know part of the reason he and Mo left india was because they missed their kids, and in late 66 when John was making HIWTW and Paul was working on TFW and George was off learning filthy eastern ways, Ringo stayed home and ‘enjoyed the baby’. Was he a really good dad?

John: I really liked how that lead singer was singing so soft and nice. Paul: like this, John? Like this? John? John, look at me, do you like this?

Literally why are you even there, Yoko. Like, genuinely, not for the bands sake or anything, but for your own sake, go find somewhere else to be! Something, something, one of the few ways to find success as a woman was to attach yourself to a man and she was hustling with the best feminist tools available okay, okay. Ugh, I just don't know if I could stomach it.

I heard John say “Rickie and the Red Streaks” and I was like, ummm, did you mean “Suzie and the Red Stripes”? But apparently it’s a real band. They were in the same Cavern show as the Beatles when they came back from Hamburg but never made it big. And Paul was purposely referencing them with Linda's pretend band because, as he said, he would have been happy to just have been them instead of the Beatles. 

“John, can you take a little bit of bass off your guitar?” The faces. Paul told him to take some bass off a minute ago, didn't he? Or he just knows how much John hates to be told that. Anyway it's the silent communication for me.

Paul: *stops his little wordless moan-singing for two seconds*. John: Everybody had a wet drea–SING, Paul! Paul: Ooohh yeah! He’s sooo happy I’m melting. Paul McCartney wants one thing in this life, and it’s for John Lennon to tell him to sing.

“He would’ve been president, you know.” John, bless your naive, lovely heart. 

Paul: shrieking. John: moves the microphone the way a mom takes the sharpie out of her toddler’s hand. 

“If you can get ‘em off Mimi’s wall.” I have a hard time with Mimi. Sometimes she’s adorable. Sometimes she’s horrible. I really can’t get a read. And maybe that was the problem. Maybe John couldn’t either. 

This moment. My little ND baby. Someone just hit your g spot, didn’t they? But to be fair, it is incredibly impressive. Billy has never heard the song before, and he just jumps in with the perfect fill? I love Billy. So talented, such a cutie, so cool, so kind. And look at him. Having such a good time.

The silent communication again here. “Are you hearing this?” “Yeah, baby, I’m hearing this.” Then, John vocalizes the decision. How many Beatles decisions were made like this? Thinking specifically of Brian's account of their decision for him to manage, but probably this happened constantly. 

Yoko reading “The Beatles Complete History”. I love that she’s like, “Everything John tells me is ‘Paul this, Paul that, wah, wah, wah’. I need to get some cold hard facts.” 

Billy’s piano actually is insanely sexy though.

John: *complains about his rock and roll finger* Paul, turning up the scouse: Come on, son, now try your hardest. John continues, soft, needy' Lookie, look at him. *holding up his finger* Paul, genuine: Ah, I know. I just love the different ways they take care of each other. 

Poor George, dissociating himself into another dimension as John’s crooning about Paul’s eating habits. Look. At. How. He’s. Looking. At. Him. You’d think Paul was in that moment creating the heavens and the earth. Nope. Just rocking back and forth like a catatonic, probably getting crumbs all in his greasy beard.

But seriously HOW is everyone in this room watching these two men, taking in to account all of their behaviors, scream "All I want is you!" at each other and not forcing them immediately into either fucking or therapy or both?!

Ringo’s holey pocket, my beloved. 

The guy with the RP accent and the suit coming up to John like the bad guy in every American children’s movie. “I’ve spoken to Mr. Klein.” Dun, dun, dun.

[tossawary]

Ended up thinking about "Dragon Age" again, specifically mostly DA2 and time travel fics. I think Hawke is the second-easiest DA protagonist for an author to throw backwards in time or into another dimension (the first is the Inquisitor, whose game has canonical time travel), because Hawke potentially getting abandoned in the Fade in DAI is an excuse for anything to happen.

More importantly, I think Hawke is the FUNNIEST protagonist to throw back in time for a redo, because they're not put in charge of Solving The Apocalypse for the majority of their game. The Warden and the Inquisitor are dealing with kingdoms, with the Blight and the Breach, whereas Hawke is "just" dealing with a city state and spends most of their initial time there fucking around trying to support their family. But WHAT a city. Hawke would have to go back and deal with fucking Kirkwall again in all its early, awful glory, a real powder keg waiting to blow.

The amount of time spent in Kirkwall and its incredibly violent game missions isolated to this one location across nearly a decade gives it so much character that, to me, it's perhaps the most entertaining DA location to explore as a place where ordinary people actually live (though, admittedly, many places in Thedas are fucking terrible), and Hawke's tragic relationship with that place as its hero is fascinating to think about. Hawke would have a lot to feel sad about, coming back to this strange place, with both good things and bad things undone, but I find it amusing to imagine that Hawke also actually missed this terrible place and its peculiar version of normal.

Here's a 400 word ficlet of how I imagine Hawke's reunion with Kirkwall going. I don't intend to write a full fic, it's just a scene that came to me with surprising clarity while out on a walk, despite how long it's been since I played a DA game.

KIRKWALL (AGAIN)

Garrett looked over the dark streets of Kirkwall and had to wipe a tear away from his eye. "This place is a shit hole," he said, in the same tone of awe others used for incomparable beauty. 

In front of them, a drunken sailor holding a bottle of whiskey and singing a terrible rendition of the already terrible song "What Do You Do With A Tranquil Blood Mage?" wobbled into a vegetable cart. This caused several turnips to bounce across the cobblestones. The cursing grocer picked one of them up, yelled, "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE WALKING, YOU DOG-FUCKING BLIGHTER," and threw it at the drunken sailor, whose head was saved by the fact that he lurched over to throw up in an alleyway, and the vegetable smashed into the side of a house instead. 

Inside the house, there was a crash, and then the shutters of an upper window flew open, revealing a naked man holding a crossbow. He yelled, "I'LL HAVE YOUR BALLS FOR A NECKLACE, YOU POINTY-EARED COCKSUCKERS," despite the fact that no one nearby was an elf, and then fired at the street below him. His crossbow bolt lodged into a wooden message board, which was mostly covered in old, vandalized paper posters for the Blooming Rose and other like-minded establishments, and the quivering "crossbow bolt" was revealed to be a rusty fork tied to a butter knife with string, covered in sparkly white and blue powder that glowed slightly. It matched the other mismatched cutlery already embedded in the wood there. 

The naked man with the crossbow slammed his shutters closed again. The people on the streets had ducked or raised a shield, but now easily went back to their business, apparently unsurprised and unworried. An old woman crouched down to the ground and stuffed the thrown turnip into the basket over her arm, then hastily walked away with her free loot. 

"I missed this city so much," Garrett said, and even he was a little horrified that he meant it so sincerely. There was no need for Carver to look at him like that. 

[prismartist]

the fight between wilbur and phil just. echoes in my head. partly because it's the most intense they've ever been to each other in rp (from what i know) and partly because goddddddddddddddd god how did we not see that coming. wilbur's been away for months; at this point he might as well not know anything about the island. he expressed multiple times that he has no idea what's going on; he has no context. he sees people joking and laughing and hyping themselves up to go on missions he doesn't understand and calling him hatsune miku. nary a mention of the eggs, not even in cellbit's big rallying speech. it's no wonder he didn't think anything was wrong. so when he's hit over the head with the news that the eggs are missing...

the eggs are missing, and the apparent determination and effort of the parents is collected into a group of people running down a sewer and giggling about a goldfish's memory? these people must be insane. at the least, they must not care that much.

and here's phil, trotting along and laughing too, going along with people that wilbur isn't sure they should trust (because he doesn't know them, why should he?), like his son isn't missing, like his granddaughter isn't missing. tallulah, who's been taken away before wilbur can come back to her. tallulah, with whom he still needs to meet again, to see just how much she's grown. what are they doing?

i do find it funny that later, he then says everyone else is "panicking". sure guy. it's not like you lost your cool earlier because you're missing crucial information or anything. okay.

so here's wilbur, accusing everyone of not doing anything, accusing phil of slacking, stating that they're clearly not taking it seriously enough when they have and it's tiring; i mean, imagine keeping that up for a month. phil and the others have worked tirelessly scrounging up scraps of what you can barely call evidence. and wil is saying it's nothing, that they have done nothing, which in a sense they have, but at the same time is so wrong, because how have they done everything and nothing? how is there still nothing after a month?

it's just bleach in a wound, and phil––oh phil, who's been aching so bad since they've gone, who calls out to them futilely, who fell into a coma dreaming that he almost found them, who grit his teeth at each and every teasing "clue" he finds––well, he snaps.

he's frustrated. all the tears, all the hunting, all the running around like headless chickens––sure, they could be being a bit silly, they could be fools for following the federation's every whim, but at this point they've exhausted everything, all of their ideas, so any fucking hope they can get they'll grab it and watch it disappear like smoke through the slits of their fingers themselves, because it's nice to have something in the palm of your hand for even a second. and then there's wilbur even suggesting that cellbit might be a traitor, when he's one of the people phil trusts the most, enough to share the evidence with. so of course he accuses wilbur of letting tallulah rot. wilbur doesn't understand. of course he doesn't. he hasn't been on the island.

in a sense they're both right. the federation lead ultimately led to nothing but a new toy, and wilbur is painfully naive as to believe that tallulah is just hiding around the island, blissfully unaware that the main theory right now is that she's probably in another dimension. he doesn't even know about the nether.

it's so. augh. phil and wilbur really out here reminding us that yeah, they are roleplay powerhouses and they will devastate all of us when put together in high-stress situations. god. gotta love them for that

[magixfairyix]

[Trix losing their memories in the comics. because I'm getting ideas for this storyline. Iorda is learning at Cloud Tower while also making sure Lucy, the little shit, doesn't tell the Trix about who they used to be]

[This happens after/before season 2 I think?]

[In Griffin's office]

Iorda: You wanted to see me?

Griffin: Yes. You have to make sure no one tells the Trix who they were

Iorda:

Griffin: Because some of my students are indeed idiots

Iorda:

Griffin: Miss Icy was correct about that, apparently

Iorda: Okay, they tried to kill me-

Griffin: Though now they may be able to heal and maintain normal lives. I don't know them much better than you do, but I can say that those three girls have suffered

Iorda: They tried to KILL ME-

Griffin: Watch them. Or you're expelled

Iorda:

Iorda: Fine, I accept

Iorda: *starts to walk out of the office*

Griffin: Iorda

Iorda: *turns around* Yeh?

Griffin: You're one of my best students-

Iorda: Aw-

Griffin: So don't mess this up

Iorda: -_-

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[The Trix vibing in their dorm]

[Iorda walking past and seeing Lucy standing in front of the door]

Iorda: Shit, that bitch-

[The Trix open the door]

Lucy: Hi! I'm Lucy. May I come in?

Iorda, whispering: Shit shit shit

Stormy: We don't have time for this-

Iorda: *walks next to Lucy*

Iorda: I fully agree with that!

Lucy, whispering: Iorda istg

Stormy: And... you are?

Iorda (trying not to technically lie 'cause Darcy is also there): A friend of Lucy's! We go way back! And now I have to hex her into Omega for something she did!

Lucy: Wait! I-

Iorda: *beaming and waving*

Iorda: Buh bye~

*The door closes*

Iorda: What the fuck was that?!

Lucy: :(

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[At the White Horse when the Trix try to throw the Winx's bus into the lake to flirt with the Specialists]

Iorda: *watching Stormy spell the bus*

Iorda: *facepalms*

Iords: Ffs

[When a monster in the lake appears and the Trix proceed to 'help']

Iorda: I'm getting a migraine istg

Iorda: *proceeds to help out*

[After the chaos has stopped. Stella is sus that the Trix were behind it, and Bloom makes a comment about how they truly need emotion outlits besides messing with them. Iorda's brain goes: healthy academic rivalry = healthy outlit = no taking over the magic dimension]

Iorda: Hey so um, those girls are my freinds

Darcy: Uh huh. Good for you

Iorda: I know your sister spelled the bus

Darcy:

Iorda: So maybe don't do that again

Darcy: Ha! Or what?

Iorda: Wanna bet?

Darcy:

Iorda: Okay, bye now~

[Iorda returns to the Winx]

Musa: Healthy rivalry created ig

Iorda: Let's just hope this goes well and doesn't blow up in my face

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[When the Trix find the seed of dissgrement, and then proceed to almost light the forest on fire while the Winx are on an assignment]

Iorda:

Iorda: Fuck you, Griffin...

[Iorda, who is also trying to find the seed for a competition at Cloud Tower, with Mirta]

Mirta: They are quite destructive...

Iorda: Hey, Mirta?

Mirta: Yeah

Iorda: How likely do you think it is that if I steal the seed from them, I wake up in a body bag tomorrow?

Mirta:

Iorda:

Mitra: See, this is how your ideas blow up in your face

Iorda: I'll take that as a, "your rivarly idea has stopped the Trix from causing any threats to the magical universe."

Mirta:

Mirta: Have fun waking up in a body bag

Iorda: At most, Icy will punch me in the face. I'll live

[Iorda yoinks the seed to dissagreement, Mirta doubing her choice of friends while standing behind her]

Icy: WHO THE FU-

Darcy: Oh. It's you

Iorda: Lol, this is our's now

Icy: I'M GOING TO KI-

Iorda: Come on, Mirta let's go

[They transport away]

Stormy: Well, she's a snake and underhanded

Darcy: *omnisexuality kicks in*

Darcy: That she is...

Stormy: *smacks Darcy upside the head*

Stormy: DUMBASS

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[During the Darko comic, where they are at the White Horse and Iorda overhears the plot to give a love potion to Bloom]

Iorda, mentally: I'm going to fuck this creep up

[Darko putting the love-potion drink on the tray, and Bloom takes it over to the table with the Winx, Iorda, and the Specialists]

Iorda: *taking the potion instead, blocking it off from her mind via her psychic magic*

Iorda: *fake-ass flirting while mentally plotting*

Icy: *about to kill*

Stormy: Icy ffs, relax

Icy: Do not tell me to relax

Stormy: Bitch, sister of mine, idiot-

Icy: What?!

Stormy: That girl is the farthest thing from straight. She's faking it

Darcy, sipping her drink: Hm, good to know

Stormy: No

Darcy: Hm

[Iorda and Darko walking out of the White Horse out of sight]

Iorda: *whirls around*

Iorda: Okay, listen here dumbass-

Darko: Excuse-

Iorda: I know about that love-potion shit, and guess what? Your plan to use that on Bloom was never going to work

Darko: How dare-

Iorda: I truly have half the mind to tear your mind apart right now, and believe me, that is something I rarely do. So the deal is that you don't come near any of my friends again

Darko: You-

Iorda: I wasn't asking

[Darko ends up leaving]

[Iorda and Darcy making brief eye contact, Darcy still in the White Horse with Icy and Stormy]

Darcy: ;)

Iorda: o_o

Iorda: *turns around and frantically calls Mirta*

Iorda: MIRTA I FUCKED UP-

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[callmehere-iwillappear]

rec list (last updated: 10/22/23)

aka 'if you liked [cmh] you might also like [insert other really good fic here]' bc there are So Many amazing fics out there good lird

few things. first off if you see a disaster twins bias no you don't. second i tried to find all the authors' tumblrs but there were some i couldn't - if you know any of the ones i missed let me know!

aaand third, there are just. SO many good fics i ended up splitting things up. this is the rec post for multi chapter fics, here's the one shot rec post

Multichapter Fics

Complete

A Twin Thing (@minumi-chan)

Four times Donatello rejects Leo's notion of them being twins, and the once (and future) time he embraces it.

GOD THE TWINS EVER.... funny in parts but also hurts in the best possible way and thankfully has a happy ending to soothe the pain. i literally love them so much

Because We Could Not Stop For Death (@turtleinsoup)

After Leo dies, Donnie builds an android of his twin. After Leo dies, he comes back. He does. And Donnie will not ever let him go again.

very very very very VERY heavy please mind the warnings but god. god. another take on the 'leo dies in the prison dimension' concept that btw WILL make you cry. like a lot. absolutely incredible study of grief. i am never going to be the same person after reading this

coming right on back for you (@taizi)

Rise!Mikey’s portal in the prison dimension takes Leo a little bit farther than he meant for it to. 12!Mikey finds a familiar-looking stranger.

soooo full disclosure i haven't actually watched 2012 tmnt. that said even without that, this fic rules. incredibly soft and heartwarming. i love them

Corrupted Upgrade (@dandylovesturtles)

His brothers think they don't need him anymore? Well, fine. He doesn't need them either. The old Donatello is gone. He'll build a new one. One that will make them regret they ever threw him aside. Building things is what he's good at, after all.

i can't say too much without spoiling the twist, but oh MAN guys it's real good. come get your donnie hurt/comfort juice rn. also for a hurt/comfort fic it has NO RIGHT being so funny so often

Dimensions Apart & Home Again

"Who said I'm hiding?" Leo scoffs. Normally he wouldn't take such a sharp tone, but he's tired and not in the mood for what he feels to be an interrogation in his own bedroom. "You all know where I am. I live here, remember?" “Yeah, very funny. And you know where we live. But nobody's seen you for two weeks.”

ooohhh post movie hurt/comfort my beloved... leo is isolating and donnie kicks his ass. metaphorically. mostly. meanwhile raph and mikey are also having a certified Bad Time but it's okay they all get comfort by the end

Havoc, Thy Name is Donnie

Donnie accidentally turns himself into a child while experimenting with mystic power. It's cute until Donnie gets his hands on his older self's tech and then it's really uncute and Leo and S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. are having a heart attack.

child donnie is an absolute MENACE and it's INCREDIBLE. terrorizes leo. terrorizes shelldon. terrorizes some random criminals. terrorizes april. terrorizes draxum. all in the course of a single day. 12/10

how to get very good at juggling (@radishhqueen)

The Krang invasion put a couple of things in perspective for April. One of them was how much she wanted her parents to meet the Hamatos. The only difficult part is…getting her parents to meet the Hamatos.

the turtles meet april's parents! it goes... about as well as can be expected. REALLY good april centric post movie fic

little kid with a big death wish (@remedyturtles)

Leo's mind rebelled against the sensation. The heaviness burst into awareness, body, limbs, lungs, blinking. The middle distance he'd apparently been staring in focused. Leo was awake. Leo was aware. Leo was alive. Being alive wasn't something he thought he'd be.

genuinely don't think i could ever recommend this fic enough. mind the warnings as it does get very heavy but. god. idk how to express how much this fic means to me in just a few sentences but like. you'll understand if you read it (also for. an actual summary: post movie recovery fic with a side of extra leo)

Nothing Haunts Us (like the things we don't say)

The boys learn the hard way that truths can hurt. Well, some of them.

truth spellllll you love to see it! lotta post movie angst + some good comfort at the end + bonus the boys actually being emotionally vulnerable and talking about their issues (even if it's not 100% by choice)

Trial and Error (@apatheticrobots)

Leo ends up in the past. This changes some things.

YES the healing (well. eventually).... big fan of the leos' dynamic in this one. also that One Scene (the one with the animatic. if you know you know) gives me goosebumps EVERY time good god

Unfinished business

When one dies leaving something undone, there's a belief, that they do not go gentle into that good night. They linger on until they've finished what they couldn't while alive. And for four turtles, that business is using the Poltergeist movie as inspiration.

bad future ending but make it HILARIOUS. tldr the future turtles haunt the SHIT out of the krang. that's all i'm giving you because that's all you should need. they fucking rick roll them. please

Use Only For Intended Purpose (me!)

That's probably not how mind melds are supposed to work.

sorry for reccing my own fic do you still love me /j BUT FR if you like post movie disaster twins hurt/comfort with a side of dream sharing. i got u

Where in the World is Neon Leon?

Leo practices portalling on his own. This is not a good idea for many, many reasons.

set over the course of the show + the movie! aka leo trying so so hard to be seen as reliable and getting incredibly fucked up over it. also making new friends

write this down on my headstone (it wasn't what i hoped for) (@bottledovercast)

it’s as he drifts listlessly through the cold-as-shit hellscape that leo’s willing to admit, maybe this wasn’t what raph meant. aka: i do not believe for one second that there were No Problems in between getting leo out of the prison dimension and the final scene of the movie.

i genuinely do not know how to do this one justice with words. it's written impeccably and the hurt/comfort is just. chefs kiss. please read it (+ has a sequel now that's also absolutely incredible!)

In progress

At My Worst (@teainthesnow)

Future Leo ends up back in time, stuck in the body of his younger self, who is still conscious but trapped within his mind.

genuinely LOVE this concept like there's a lot of (really good) future leo goes back in time fics but i'm pretty sure this is the only one i've read with them sharing a body? god the dynamic is. SO good. one of my fave future leo + present leo dynamics ever tbh. just. chefs kiss

I May Be Invisible, But I Still Look Good (@dandylovesturtles)

Leo is cursed by a mystic whatever thingy. But don't worry guys, he's totally got this! Getting back into his body? Easy peasy. (He hopes it will be easy peasy.)

will smith poses fellow ghost(ish) leo fic my beloved! ngl this one kinda has a special place in my heart so i May be biased BUT even aside from that it's just. so good. the premise is so interesting and it's written super well and in character and also i would like to give leo a hug PLEASE GOOD GOD

I'm Sorry, Teenage Mutant What Now? (@tangledinink)

When Hamato Yoshi is presented with the chance to return to the surface with his sons and give them a 'normal' life as humans, he takes it. He didn't think that they would forget about that whole turtle thing. But it seems kind of too late to tell them now. Surely they won't find out any other way, right?

human au! ... kind of. actually brooches au but they THINK they're human which is fine until, y'know, it's not. currently in the 'not' part of the fic and it's just going really great for everyone! you love to see it

In Which Donnie and Leo Make Themselves Everyone Else's Problem in an NYC That Isn't Even Their Own

It was a huge mistake on the Kraang's part to kidnap the wrong half of the wrong set of brothers and leave behind two very worried twins. And not just any twins. The disaster twins.

another crossover with 12tmnt which. again i have not seen, but like. this fic is just. REALLY good. it's set pre movie so there's not that trauma, it's literally just the twins fucking the 12 kraang up and living up to their nickname while the 12 turtles (and rise mikey and raph) look on in horror

i think i would prefer the prison dimension (@purplecatghostposts)

Leo gets sent to the Kraang Apocalypse Future that he really didn’t want to think about. Future Leo, Mikey, and Donnie are absolutely baffled by him. Nobody is happy.

you've heard of future leo in the present, now get ready for: present leo in the future! he gets dragged into the apocalypse instead of getting pulled out of the prison dimension back to his brothers and boy he is, understandably, Not Thrilled!

Last Grain of Sand in the Hourglass (@last-hourglass)

The one where the Hamato family is freaking the fuck out, Leo is lost in the Prison Dimension, and a very-time-displaced Leonardo refuses to leave his younger self behind. (Oh, and there may be some mystic hauntings afoot. You know, the usual result of messing with the space-time continuum.)

future leo gets saved while present leo stays in the prison dimension! there's A Lot going on in this one and half of it is BIG spoilers but just. oh my god. this shit is SO well written i am eating it

Mikey's Jam-Packed, Guaranteed to Get Donnie's Memory Back, Friendship Tour!

Donnie wakes up without his memory one day and everyone panics. They're just going to have to jog his memory the old-fashioned way! Through the power of friendship! [And a small (I was wrong. A very large) degree of violence and shenanigans]

donnie gets amnesia and SO SO MANY shenanigans ensue. also a tiny bit of angst but it's fine

Minor Interference (@bambiraptorx)

The turtles accept Draxum's offer to train them. Little does he know that they're only going to use it mess with him.

haha draxum accidental dad moments... well okay not entirely just yet but he's getting there! the turtles are PEAK teenager literally just causing problems on purpose and it's incredible

Mutant Ninja Midlife Crisis (@mutantninjamidlifecrisis)

In the midst of attempting to make peace with his death at the hands of the Krang, Master Leonardo is suddenly yeeted over two decades into the past, courtesy of his little brother.

YEAAHHH another future leo fic! mans gets dropped into the past and IMMEDIATELY kidnapped and brainwashed so things are going great (it's fine he gets better. you know how it is)

odd man out (@threestripeslider)

The one where Future!Leo somehow managed to luck out on a one in a million mere millisecond chance of a freak glitch in the space-time continuum that sends him back into the present, where the Invasion has been successfully driven back. And it looks like it was a one-way ticket travel.

DAD FUTURE LEO MY BELOVED.... he really took one look at these kids and said is anyone else gonna give them a third (3) dad and did not wait for an answer. also big fan of casey's high school adventures LMAO

Power Up

Leo also gets healing hands like his 2k12 counterpart. Sadly, they end up backfiring on him. Who needs to know though?

leo taking 'it's not about me' to the extreme. good god please get this kid some therapy and self worth. the AGONIES

The Lemonade Leak (@turtleinsoup)

The one in which Leo can’t sleep without his swords, because there is a monster in his room, pretending to be Donnie.

oh man. oh MAN. legit one of my fave fics out there. i'm not usually a big thriller person but this one GETS ME + the way the author writes the different perspectives is just. chefs kiss. genuinely has me on the edge of my seat every single update

The Neon Void

Five years. It's been five years. Hamato Leonardo was back. But he was no longer who he once was.

krangified leo! ... sort of. absolutely delicious angst and also i want to rattle leo's brothers. TALK TO EACH OTHER

Three-Sided Coin (@leglessstreetlights)

Highly self-indulgent fic where I put Leo, Future!Leo, and TurtleTot!Leo in the same room until they hug

what the description says! room is a bit of a stretch and present leo is fresh out of the prison dimension So There's That. some really sweet moments in this one though. tiny leo my beloved

this year we lost our dear brother leonardo

The aftermath of the Krang, and of pulling Leo out of the portal. 90% comfort and silly banter.

this is a series not a single wip but i'm saying it counts because i love it a lot. hope this helps <3 yeah what it says on the tin. immediately post movie family hours you love to see it

Times Five

Leo gets struck by a mystic beam that splits him into five parts of himself; literally.

god the TWIST. still losing my mind over it. the whole thing honestly. lotta dealing with leo's complicated emotions about the invasion and himself, really really good tbh

Write Me Well, My Love, Write Me Weird

When stories start popping up on various media outlets of the Turtleman, New York Cities own personal cryptid, most of the world shrugged. To the citizens of New York? fear, excitement, adoration for this odd and lovable creature. Everyone is quick to share stories and memories of their encounters, much to lament of Turtleman's older brother.

leo and donnie get spotted by humans (more than once) and said humans post about it on social media, as humans tend to do. raph is Not Thrilled. angst (and eventual comfort) ensues

[hannahwatcheshorror]

SILENT HILL (2006) REWATCH

It has its good parts but it is also overall not very good. It is fun for what it is and worth watching at least once or twice in my case. Glad they made a movie of this amazing game franchise but wish they did a better job with it I guess we will have to see about the sequel...

⭐⭐⭐.5

Trigger warning bug like creatures, barbed wire assault

Our film starts out with screaming and running (we love a hectic beginning). Our little girl named Sharon has night terrors about a place called Silent Hill so her adoptive mother decides to take her there against her adoptive fathers will. The girls get into the worst fake car accident I've ever seen. Just a thud and the mom, Rose, is out cold. She wakes up and we are now in the fog and fallen ash that is indicative of Silent Hill and Sharon is nowhere to be seen. The first creatures Rose encounters are these little goblin children who are burning from the inside out, and oh, these things were a special kind of Hell. She tries to leave but there is a literal cliff edge on the end of town (talk about your video games with invisible walls). Silent Hill is closed down due to the coal fire still burning underground, the fumes would kill you (the online websites failed to mention that), this is all what the husband Chris finds out back in town. Though none of it matters because Rose needs to stay to find Sharon.

There is trouble with law enforcement so Rose is getting arrested in Silent Hill which is Goddamn hilarious when you think about it. Rose is handcuffed which is not great for her. Now, back in the real world Chris is looking for them and the police have found the empty car and know they are missing along with a deputy, what they don't know is that the folks they are looking for are right under their noses just in a different dimension kinda thing. Silent Hill, baby! Where sinners go to repent! They just don't know it yet! The cop tries to take Rose away but the road crumbles into another cliff. Shocked, the officer still refuses to remove Rose's cuffs. Then something terrifying that resembles a human being crossed with a straight jacket that spits acid comes around and Rose uses that distraction as an opportunity to run. She is still cuffed though so that sucks.

The alarm goes off and suddenly the decayed world around her finds a way to become even more decayed, like flesh peeling off the walls, it is pretty gross but also very obvious CGI. Rose has to run to get away from her violently changing environment and we finally meet the infamous Pyramid Head who is a buff, sword-swinging, delight. (Also, Chris can feel her even though he isn't on the same plane as her.) The cop comes and saves Rose, now the girls are in it together which is good because Pyramid Head is still there fucking with them and making things worse. He nearly knifes them with his big-ass knife and his little creepy crawlers are all around. He leaves for no apparent reason other than luck for the girls and Rose lies to the cop telling her that everything is going to be okay. They follow Sharon's clues from the school to the hotel then to the church.

Pyramid head appears again not much later and rips the skin off of a lady which was gnarly and awesome but somehow it makes the church super suspicious of Rose and the cop (yeah, like it's their fault). “I will pray for you, Rose, but I won't expect you and your friend to return. Bye. 👋” Also our cop friend's name is Cybil, not sure how I missed that. We love Cybil. Anyway, Cybil totally saves Rose's ass again because the church fanatics were gonna kill her but then Cybil gets her ass kicked in a big way. Rose makes it down to the basement to do her big basement quest and she meets up with the nurses who look so spooky and hot because that is the whole point of the nurses, they were made like that because the main bad bitch envied the beauty of her nurses but never got to know them, it's part of why they don't even get to have a faces. God, I love Silent Hill lore. Anyway, Rose barely escapes the nurses after having to crawl under them, it got intense but it was really cool.

So, the story of the little girl and who-birthed-who was a little convoluted but basically the little girl who everyone decided was a witch and burned became a witch because she was vulnerable to possession after being burned up badly. Now Sharon is at risk of possession because she is related to the original witch somehow. Then we have Cybil burning above the fire which was brutal and awful. What a way to go. Finally Rose arrives and brings with her “the darkness” which is really sort of the light, the main bad bitch destroys the church and those who had hurt her in the first place. Then she allows Rose and Sharon to leave the location but not Silent Hill, if you catch my drift. Rose is making her way home but they are still in the Silent Hill dimension, what with the fog and the ash. Chris waits for them on the correct side of things and can sense Rose is near but cannot see her. Credits. 

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[chaserainbows]

Week 3

(vote bitch)

there's no mini challenge this time so we jump right into the thick of it, this time the contestants have to perform in a political debate

VOTE

fearghas won the challenge and diantha won the lipsync last episode so they get to choose their teams

fearghas chooses his sister of course but interestingly also chooses to team up with anabel even though i think he'd want to avoid her like the plague

maybe he's just that nice

diantha makes a bold strategic move with akari y because she's been killing every episode so far but she also chooses lynn who IS a winner yes but also pretty shaky in these types of challenges

give lynn a musical or a makeover though and she'll eat

that leaves grusha may akari l and agni as the leftovers

akari l and agni are coasting right now with only safe placements while may and grusha have a high placement each so they have some pretty inoffensive track records all around but that can always change

DIANTHA IS BACK

this challenge has a political theme and focuses on improvisation and quick thinking so this seasoned actress knows EXACTLY what to do

the two akaris do great as well along with lynn and may the girls are girling

meanwhile saundra does the worst BY FAR

this is a really hard challenge after all you need a concept for your politician character and you need to be quick enough to give funny responses while staying in character so you either do great or you bomb

fearghas and agni do pretty terrible as well which means that team fearghas is in serious danger right now

now this is a runway category

fearghas absolutely redeems his flop in the challenge while lynn grusha and anabel do great as well

imagine anabel's look for this runway you know she ate

meanwhile may does pretty bad here because her aesthetic is more focused on being casual and not very dramatic so a category that specifically calls to be as dramatic and wild as possible is a really bad matchup for her

and agni's REALLY struggling this episode if it's judged in teams they have to hope that may and akari l can carry them

but SURPRISE this challenge is judged individually AGAIN

this is the opposite of the original version of season 4 where practically every challenge was judged in teams

DIANTHA IS BACK HER SOCIAL EXPERIMENT ERA IS OVER

may and akari y secure top placements as well the girlbosses are in the top

akari y has been in the top 3 episodes in a row that's a legend

the bottom 3 consists of agni and the music siblings

if agni manages to save themselves we have a saundra vs fearghas lipsync on our hands and the world would not recover

but actually it's fearghas that manages to save himself (because his runway was good and agni's was not) so we do NOT have a sibling showdown

the simulator was not producing here saundra vs fearghas would be so iconic

finally an usable song

may would want to lipsync to this song SO BADDDDDDDDD but she definitely wouldn't want to be in the bottom

this song is literally from a movie named burlesque so you definitely need to have a more sensual energy here it's not super fast to be doing all kinds of crazy stunts but it's also not slow so you have to dance

AGNI GETS IT

meanwhile saundra lipsyncs like a live singer which is not a lot apparently

i was NOT expecting saundra to be second out

we do have to acknowledge that agni ate that though you wouldn't expect them to give that kind of energy but they did

it must be really tough for fearghas watching his sister get eliminated this early

meanwhile in untucked lynn and may are having a MOMENT what is GOING ON

fearghas is clocking anabel for being a bitch which is true but he could also be clocking her for being a police officer outside of the show which is also true but her cases are focused on creatures from outer space and other dimensions so he's probably fine

the akaris on the other hand they are not safe from miss anabel

grusha and anabel saw their teammates bombing this challenge and knew that they had to be ready in case the challenge was judged in teams but this does mean that they had performances ready for express which we did not get to see

do we want to live in the reality where they perform that song

diantha brought herself back from the brink and akari y continues to kill every episode there's really no contest about who the frontrunner is

meanwhile akari l is the only one who's been safe every episode now that agni was bottom 2

VOTE

saundra's track record forms a french flag that's cute

[flamingpudding]

DPxDC Family Week June 18 (Day 1)

Prompt: Parents | Discovery

A/N: I hope i did not miss the prompts but here is my Day 1 contribution! Enjoy!

AO3 Link: DPxDC Family Week Contributions

Danny sighed as he watched his parents lay out the display for their research as well as set up a showcasing of all their weapons. Why couldn't he skip this business thing like Jazz had. Oh right, Jazz was going to college next year and skipt out of this with the excuse of taking a college tour for Gotham Acadamy and their student programs. While he had missed his chance and was now stuck accompanying his parents to their meeting with a new potential business partner. In other words he was on parents babysitting duty.

Apparently Wayne Enterprise had shown some interest in regards to their research as well as ecto-powered utensils and weaponry. Danny was pretty sure that they only showed an interest because he had an accidentally meeting as ghost king with that Constantine guy who's soul became a trading game in the ghost zone. Apparently there was a Justice League Dark which needed some help with a couple rebellious ghosts. Instead of a Demon they had accidentally summoned Danny in his Ghost King form and Danny had used that chance to ramble on about the GIW and how half his council was close to demanding a war with the humans. They were pretty quickly interested in avoiding an interdimensional war, even promising to get the Justice League involved too and not only the Dark variant.

The moment Sam and Tucker heard about Wayne Enterprises being interested in a deal, they once again started up their discussion about whether or not Bruce Wayne was Batman's sugar daddy. Since the bat was a member of the Justice League. In a way he probably should be happy that his parents forced him to come with them, it gave him an out from his friends bickering. Don't get him wrong, he loves his friends, but if he has to listen to them argue one more time where or not Batman fucks a rich billionaire, Superman or Wonder Woman, he would be throwing them into the portal for an hour or have them deal with Technus alone.

Either way he was now helping his parents while they were discussing if they should or should not demonstrate the Fanton-Bazooka. His mom had already the Wraith Wrangler tested earlier while his dad had untangled the Fenton Ghost Fisher. The Fenton Finder was already on the table deactivated for now. Ancients, he was not looking forward to being its target, again. His parents were also already wearing the Fenton Specter Deflector which meant Danny was especially careful not to get to close to them since that thing still sapped him and the only one he had had the time to adjust and make his own ecto signature a exception in, was at home because he just forget taking it with him when his parents dragged him into the GAV.

Aside from the weaponry his parents had also brought out a bunch of their modified home appliances, like the Fenton toaster. Hopefully they wouldn't end up bringing the bread back to life during the presentation. Danny didn't think Wayne enterprise would be too thrilled about that. And the Ancients, did he hope that Bruce Wayne was not a fruitloop like Vlad.

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Tim sighed as he readjusted the necktie. What was Bruce thinking? Just because Constantine had contacted the Justice League about some negotiations that were going to happen with someone from another dimension known as the Ghost King, he was now stuck with trying to strike a deal with one of the only inventors that was actively publishing as well as selling research and weaponry that would work against ghosts.

Seriously that man and his contingency plans.

Just because he liked to have safety measures should negotiation with the Ghost King, who apparently can destroy entire dimensions, go wrong, didn't mean that the man could skip out on that meeting with the scientist couple and put that all instead on him. Really Tim had better things to do, like plotting a revenge plan on Jason for ratting out his coffee hiding space to Alfred. So what if he only slept like six hours in four days? He was still functioning very well.

He watched through the cams how the Fantons set up their display in the room WE had provided them. They were going to show off to a selected board and him. He eyed some of their weaponry as well as home appliances, they all had a pretty in theme green and silver design. Though he took special notice of the green glow or liquid some of them visibly contained that suspiciously looked very much like Lazarus Water. He would need to make sure to collect some samples if they didn't leave some willingly behind.

He also wondered how their son, who looked very much like an unwilling assistance, kept a certain distance from his parents after they put on some clunky looking belts. He got his answer as to why when he watched them longer. The poor kid got zapped apparently every time he got too close. Worse was that his parents apparently didn't notice or entirely dismissed it a second later if they noticed it.

The co-ceo of Wayne Enterprise narrowed his eyes at that, the detective in him screaming that something was amiss here. Sometimes the parents even carelessly reached out to touch their son, in what was probably supposed to be an affectionate gesture. The boy would flinch back slightly but they would still keep going only drawing back when the kid ended up flinching in actual pain and letting that show on his face. His parents then seemed instantly apologetic but only minutes later ended up repeating the same mistake distracted apparently by something else.

Tim took notes of this and decided that he would either look into their home life himself or ask Barbara to do it. He had a gut feeling that the kid needed some help and even if it were just a false alarm and these were actually good parents, it would be better safe than sorry. Taking a sip from his death wish coffee he readjusted the tie once more before closing his laptop.

It was time for the business meeting and he would make sure to watch their interaction and treatment of their child closely.

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Tim swore he was paying attention. The suspicious looks his board as well as the Fantons son were giving him just because he was typing away on his laptop while parallel listening to them as well as taking regular sips from his coffee was not him being distracted. Didn't these people ever hear about multitasking? Just because he sat in the back so no one could look into his laptop didn't mean he wasn't paying attention. For all they knew he was actively taking notes.

At these the Drs. Fenton didn't seem to mind it, they were easily distracted with just one well placed question from him. They would then go on and on about Ecto-Energy and all its uses and potential. By now the young CEO was pretty sure that this Ectoplasm had something to do with Lazarus water. Which only validated the research he was doing on the side even more.

It wasn't like he was hacking into Amity Park's network system, okay he was but it was surprisingly hard for such an in-the-middle-of-nowhere place. He only found an in into their network when he found a rather passionate online post about their local Vigilante being the Fantons son but got countered by several other users stating that they had seen the two of them at the same time several times.

That users net security wasn't the best so it was easy for Tim to find an in that way. He sent it to Barbara too, just in case she also had troubles. Really that town had an interesting firewall system that appeared to make no sense. It was also strange to see how little information was known about this place if you weren't tuned into their networks.

Like was that place a literal Bermuda triangle when it came to Information?

He looked up from his laptop just in time to see the Fantons go on about the uses of Ecto-Energy and how it can replace electricity if used correctly. Apparently their entire home didn't have to pay electricity bills in years now since they became self sufficient. They then went on showing off how to find the source of Ecto-Energy holding up something they named the Fenton-Finder. That thing beeped and then proceeded to insult them and point in the direction of their son.

Flustered they explained how because of an accident their son had their inventions tend to malfunction when he was close by. Their son very clearly grimaced when his parents shared that piece of information and Tim made sure to note that down too another point on the possible bad parenting list for the Fentons.

His attention turned back to his information gathering. That town's news looked like they got run over by 'ghosts' every two days. Additionally the entire town was not the least bit thankful to their vigilante Phantom, considering he found the same amount off news praising as well as bad mouthing their local hero.

So what if there was some property damage? At least they were somewhat saved form whatever these 'ghosts' were doing. He saved all the news clips he found regarding all the attacks this town appeared to have suffered into a separated folder. There had to be a reason why the Justice League hadn't taken any form of action yet. It couldn't be that one summoning going wrong in the JL Dark and making contact with a Ghost King was what it needed for them to step in, let alone notice the shit that went on in Amity.

Hell if nothing changed he would attempt to get Phantom to join Young Justice or his group specifically. The vigilante looked like a kid maybe a little younger than him, wait hold on. Tim pulled up the least blurry picture of the vigilante he could find and looked up from his screen just in time to see the Fanton's son back away from his mom hiding his arm behind him.

Did he get zapped again? Dear God, aren't his parents paying attention to the kid at all? He added another point to the bad parents tally.

Okay wait, save that for later, focus on the task at hand, Tim scowled himself mentally. Taking a good look at the teenager before looking back at his laptop screen, the young Co-CEO nodded to himself. Yup, maybe that post that got him into their towns network wasn't that far off. If you change the colors then the Fanton kid looked very much like Phantom minus the pointy ears and sharp teeth. Additionally now that he put them next to each other in his mind. The name Phantom sounded awfully a lot like Fanton.

What did the Fantons say their son's name was? D- d- Danny, Daniel? Good the kid needed a teaching in how to better hide secret identity connections. Wearing a pretty but telling logo on your outfit was a dead giveaway. The kid was probably some sort of Meta and if he had to guess he was the accident that his parents had offhandedly mentioned. Even more reason to have Barbara look into them more.

For now he was somewhat satisfied with his findings as he closed his laptop and gave the Fentons his full attention. He did not miss Danny (was it?) looking down at his phone for a second and then narrowing his eyes at him. He did his best to suppress the forming grin. Really the kid was very intriguing, if his suspicions were right, they rarely weren't unless Barbara had found something else, and the kid was somewhat impulsive then he would probably get a little visit from Phantom later. After all he had made sure to leave some traces behind to arrange this.

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When Tucker contacted him that there were two people outside of Amity looking into Phantom, he was not amused especially when Tucker also stated that only one of them could be traced back to Wayne Enterprise.

Really what he was doing was probably dumb and he could hear his sisters scowling in his head. But when they were back at the hotel and he excused himself for the night and asking Jazz to cover for him should anything go wrong he changed forms and flew invisible all the way back to the Wayne tower.

It took some searching but soon enough he found the room of the young Co-CEO that had to be the one that looked into Amity and his family. Finding the office empty, Danny frowned before looking around. He couldn't find anything suspicious, it was just a normal office. Crossing his arms while floating to the middle of the room Danny tried to think about it more.

"Not finding what you are looking for Phantom?"

His head snapped to the side as he turned around ready for a fight. Instead Danny came face to face with Red Robin. Great he definitely did not want the attention of their local Bat-Clan. Wasn't it enough that his home town couldn't decide if he was a menace or not? He didn't need Gotham trying to decide too. Considering how Batman apparently disliking Metas it already wasn't looking good for him. It was already bad enough that the Justice League had finally gotten wind of Amity.

"Look I am not here to cause trouble, I just…"

"You're just looking into why someone in Wayne Enterprises would look into you or your identity and you suspected the young CEO Tim Drake-Wayne because he spent the majority of the business meeting with your parents on his laptop?"

"How do you…?"

"I have my sources."

Danny eyed the vigilante; this was not what he expected. Wait, did he say his parents? His eyes widened and he heard the other chuckle. "Yea you make it pretty easy on how to discover your identity, kid. Might wanna take that post down discussing your identity. That's dangerous even if seemingly no one believes it. If people pay close attention it's easy to figure out."

Danny narrowed his eyes. Okay fuck, so some outsider had figured out his identity and that one happened to be connected to Batman who hated Metas… Dear Acients he was fucked.

"If you are planning to arrest me and give me over to the GIW, I will not hesitate…"

"Arresting you? No, why would I do that? This is more interesting. Though I admit the Fentons research is pretty biased, you're a good guy no matter how torn your hometown is on that matter. Besides, the JL is already looking into these 'Guys in White' the Ghost King has informed us about." Red Robin shrugged but Danny did not let his guard down. "I was honestly thinking about black mailing you to join the Young Justice League and then work with you together or train you to find out more about this Ectoplasm. I have my suspicions that it has something to do with Lazarus Water and who better to get to help than the kid that lived with scientists researching and had a lap accident that gave him powers that he is also actively hiding from his parents. I saw the video footage of you getting zapped by their inventions."

Danny flinched at the last part, phantom pains running through his arm that had touched the button but he forced himself to stay calm. "You are blackmailing me?"

"I would call it forceful recruitment for help with a case." The vigilante shrugged. "But essentially yes."

"What if I refuse?"

"I will relate the information to batman including your home situation and depending on what we find I will have a new brother in about one to two."

"Months?"

"Weeks. It all depends on your parents though. Are you even safe with them? I heard them talking about tearing you apart molecule by molecule."

"I am fine! They are good parents, really!"

Acients his panic was slowly setting in. What was happening? First Red Robin revealed that he had discovered his identity, then he was getting blackmailed, then told to help in a case about something called Lazarus Water and now his parents are under suspicion, of what?

Red Robin only hummed. "Hey Oracle, you heard the kid right? Only Static? No matter, please look into Daniel Fentons home life and potential therapy. Yeah I will be mailing B the rest of the entire report."

"Wait, what are you doing?"

"Getting a new brother." After a short moment of Danny staring at the other vigilante they added "...and sister."

What in the name of Ancients was happening?!

[fishparasite]

i haven't seen any of the others (pickman's model is on my list after i read the story, and i think i'll watch the rest of them at some point) so i can really only speak for witch house. and cabinet witch house is awful.

as a witch house adaptation, it's unbearably bad. as its own thing, it's bafflingly bad. i don't even know where to start.

there were much bigger problems but elwood (or um, frank. fucking frank) was done so dirty oh my god. elwood has a very specific role in the original story and i think it would translate very well to film. walter needs someone to talk to for the sake of the audience, and elwood is his friend. notably, no film adaptation has kept elwood as elwood in terms of his original role. in stuart gordon witch house, elwood turned into frankie, the attractive neighbor with the plot relevant kid. in cabinet, i'm convinced walter and frank didn't even like each other very much. we're supposed to think they're best friends but there's none of that there. frank just wants to have a normal job and maybe help walter a little. the elwood i know would never have to be CALLED to come over. (and then he did nothing. and then he was like "the world will never know what we went through last night." girl calm down, did you have to miss work?)

so i actually took notes the second time i watched cabinet witch house. the episode is titled "dreams in the witch house," because ostensibly, this is an adaptation of the short story. it took walter nearly half the episode to move into the house. there were 2 dreams (out of 4 in total) actually in the witch house, and one of them was drug-induced. so. dream in the witch house i guess. drug-induced adventures into the spooky forest.

dear god i hate the forest. i hate the forest so much. there are so many things to say about it but a) why make it the afterlife. why the fuck is it the afterlife limbo. how does it work. can they just never leave if they weren't ready to die? epperley says "it was my time i realize that now" (i'll get to epperley. i'll fucking get to epperley.) so could she just never leave? i'll also get to keziah as the apparent keeper of the forest, but the forest is genuinely so confusing. kind of futile to compare them at this point with how many changes there are, but the writer and director seem to believe that it is an actual adaptation of witch house, if one that deviates a lot, so i'll continue to compare. the original story was very much about math and other dimensions. there was no math, there was one dimension (with mentions of others? were they just more afterlife dimensions??), and there wasn't even any explanation of the properties of the forest.

you know, there was this article i read where the director was like "we enriched the female characters" and while i'm sure they thought adding more women without developing them in the slightest was a feminist win, epperley's one personality trait was being dead. i guess she had some sort of character development but again, at the very beginning she was like "it was my time, i realize that now" and she was still in the forest?? even though she was fine with being dead. so she had to be brought back to life through magical twin powers and then die. or you know, fade out. so no one else could leave? everyone is stuck there if they're not ready to die and if they don't have a super special twin to get them out?

keziah's the worst part. sure her design is cool but it's only good in isolation. she's shown as human in that book walter reads. (that stupid fucking book with SIX spelling/grammatical errors. i counted. and also zero logic. it's the only backstory we get on keziah and it genuinely makes no sense but we'll get to that.) she died--actually no sorry she was convicted of witchcraft, brought to salem to be tortured, THEN BROUGHT BACK TO HER HOUSE TO BE HANGED. but she was actually hanged in this? she didn't escape? dear god. ok so. she died, went to the forest not because she figured out how to travel to different dimensions but because she actually died (presumably??? i mean. that would make more sense but nothing in cabinet witch house makes any sense), she somehow became a tree. and she wants to escape. and it's implied that she's some kind of keeper of the forest. how the fuck did she become the keeper of the forest if she's just dead. why is she special. WHY IS SHE A TREE. WHY THE FUCK IS SHE A TREE.

HOW THE FUCK DID SHE GET INTO THE BOSTON ACADEMY HOW THE FUCK DID SHE DO ANY OF THAT. MATHEMATICIAN BUT ALSO A HERBAL HEALER. SHE CLAIMED THE ABILITY TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS DID THAT CARRY OVER WHEN SHE DIED. BECAUSE SHE WAS MORTAL SO HOW THE FUCK DID--

brown jenkin was literally useless. he was just there for the shitty intro that i hate so much and that awful ending that made no sense in the greater story. i hate this stupid movie.

they didn't even make the characters any good. i know i talked about epperley's one personality trait being "dead" but walter's only personality trait was having a dead twin sister. frank just fucking sucked. painter woman didn't even have a name. the nun...god the plot was horrendous. how was the plot so bad.

people are like "oh they gave walter more motivation than just 'smart guy who wants to prove a theory'!" but the thing is walter HAS a personality. or at least you could give him a personality without creating a whole new dead twin sister plot. original walter gilman is very much autistic. original walter gilman has interests and passions. original walter gilman is actually close to elwood.

i think the worst scene was the one where walter goes into the forest and brings epperley back. every part of that scene is so, so, so bafflingly stupid. ok so. he goes through the forest portal. we see keziah in the house. then epperley's like "something followed you in here." and keziah fucking. pulls her tree woman roots from the ground? as if she had been there a long time. if you think about it AT ALL it's so stupid and makes zero sense. AND THE KISS. THE KISS??? HELLO. HELLO. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT SCENE.

there was no math. there was no nyarlathotep. there was no violet light. those are the least of my complaints at this point because of just how bad everything else was but i still want to point them out. (also the house was built on a ley line??? girl at least be consistent with your stupid lore.)

the house was literally just there so walter could say "the key...it's twins" (which is. really dumb. also the way it was carved into the wall like that was also really dumb. person+person=key. twins. in case the geometry in the original dreams in the witch house was too much for you.) there were no angles.

the characters that were there were unrecognizable and badly developed and the new characters were even more one dimensional. painter woman makes me almost irrationally angry. talk about plot convenient prophecies i guess.

even the parts i liked were done so badly in the context of witch house. the design of the house was cool but it was Not witch house. i liked the wound on the ceiling but it was just so. whatever. the movie looked pretty i guess. wish the budget didn't go to something quite so bafflingly bad. wish i could say something nice about it that wasn't "looks pretty." yeah it's fucking abysmal. it's genuinely one of the worst things i've ever seen. between the stupid fucking plot and the terrible one dimensional characters and the packaging of "enriched dreams in the witch house" AND THE INCREDIBLY HIGH BUDGET THAT THEY DID NOT DESERVE (for that episode at least), it's genuinely awful.

the second time i watched cabinet witch house i decided to count some notable things so here you go if you're interested.

notably there were 33 "huh?????"s and 33 "that's really fucking stupid"s.

wish it was better. wish it didn't make me so fucking angry. at this point i almost wish it didn't exist.

Don't you think that the Cabinet's version of The Witch House was... abysmal? They didn't know what to do with their Lovecraft in either of the stories, in my opinion. Don't even get me started on Pickman's Model. Loved their other stories though!

Or what's your take on it? Did you like some parts?

cabinet witch house is one of the worst things i've ever seen in my life.

[willowbird]

oh your roomates drabble was so cute! if you want, can you do pynch + high school!au + fake dating + “my hands are really dry. sorry about that.”??

HI ANON I DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU I PROMISE!

Thank you, hope you enjoy!

(FUUUUUCK I missed writing Pynch. I'm gonna make a Pynch Prompt Game sometime soon, okay? Then y'all can make me write more of these two losers.)

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It was a normal Thursday, until it wasn't.

See, on normal Thursdays, Ronan was late to first period and then slept through part of second, and then willingly suffered a lecture from Adam after third about putting forth effort in school and blah blah blah Adam's eyes were really fucking pretty when he was annoyed. Oh, and his mouth. His mouth did this thing where it tensed at the corners that made Ronan want to nibble the tension away until they parted on a gasp. Then he would...

Well, that was neither here nor there. Because Adam was his friend and one (apparently) did not kiss their friends stupid. So. Whatever.

Point being, it had been a very normal Thursday so far. Late to first period, check. Second period nap, check. Adam's pretty everything during a lecture, check. Fourth period had gone more or less normally as well. But then, in the passing period right before lunch, things got weird.

Parallel-fucking-dimension weird.

Because as Ronan was tossing his books into his locker, Adam hurried up to him and said the most incomprehensible mix of syllables. They sounded suspiciously like "Ronan I need you to be my boyfriend" but that clearly wasn't possible because -as previously mentioned- they were friends and friends didn't date. If Adam were into him like that, Ronan definitely would have noticed. He noticed everything about Adam.

But here was Adam, looking at him with slightly wide eyes, an air of urgency around him. And maybe he didn't say that but he sure as fuck said something so Ronan kicked his own shitty brain into gear and managed not to rasp or stumble as he asked, "Come again, Parrish?"

"I need you to be my boyfriend. Please? Five minutes, I promise."

Wait, what?

"Wait, what?"

Adam looked back over his shoulder but Ronan was still too preoccupied trying to process all of that to even think about what he might have ben looking at.

"Come on, Lynch. You don't give a shit what people think, right? If it's a no, fine. But I need an answer now. Please?" He looked back at Ronan, then, those blue eyes locking on to Ronan's own and holding. He stepped closer. Close enough that their breath mingled as Adam asked again, softer, plaintively, "Please?"

And well, really. What the fuck was Ronan supposed to say to that?

Apparently, "Uh, sure."

Adam's grin was bright but fleeting and dazzled Ronan enough that he must have blacked out for a second and lost time because one moment he was looking into Adam's eyes and the next Adam was beside him and standing in front of them was Jason Peabody. Jason Peabody was a complete tool and thought he was God's gift to Aglionby.

He was also, Ronan knew, utterly infatuated with Adam. It was so disgustingly obvious. He was always showing up wherever Adam was, giving him stupid, shallow compliments on hos pretty his eyes were and how smart he was and how nice his sweater fit. Once, Peabody even went so far as to come pleading to Adam for help because his car "was making a funny noise", then shamelessly ogled him as Adam rolled up his sleeves in the way that made his forearms look like a fucking Greek god's to dig in under the hood. Ronan had almost ripped the fucker's eyes out when Adam had bent over and Peabody's eyes had gone right to Adam's ass.

Fucking letch.

And perhaps this was hypocritical of Ronan, but he thought that Jason Peabody should shove his unfortunate attraction right up his own ass and back the fuck off.

So it was satisfying to be able to watch the smug little grin melt off Peabody's face as he spotted Ronan.

"Oh, Adam, there you are. With... Ronan Lynch. Somehow I keep forgetting you two are friends." He said it lightly, with a little bit of a laugh, like he was teasing, like it was a joke.

Ronan felt his hackles raise and his teeth bare. Because how the fuck could he forget he and Adam were friends? They were together all the time. Adam was always sitting next to him, always looking out for him, always bickering with him and talking to him and giving him shit and trying to get him to better himself.

Ronan opened his mouth, not to say this exactly but something along the lines of 'fuck off', but Adam beat him too it.

Except what Adam said was, "We aren't friends, Jason," --and Ronan's heart went cold in his chest.

Peabody barely had the time to get his smug back on again, though, before Adam was continuing. And what he said sounded an awful lot like, "He's my boyfriend."

As if to prove it, Adam then grabbed Ronan's hand, and fuck it all but their fingers intertwined like magnets perfectly aligned.

And now, well, now it was Ronan's turn to be smug as all fuck. He grinned, baring all his teeth, and slung his arm around Adam's shoulders without releasing his hand, so that Adam's arm crossed over his chest and the other boy ended up nestled under his arm. Like their fingers, the rest of their bodies snapped together like they'd been manufactured to fit, zipped up by fate itself. Adam's head even bopped against Ronan's shoulder as he shifted his weight to lean into him, like it was just that easy.

Before he could feel too gay about that, Ronan honed in on Jason Peabody, who was gaping like a fish and had gone very pale.

"Got something to say, Pea-dick?"

"Pea-dick?" Adam asked, tilting his head to look up at him and Ronan could see the tug of a smile at the corner of his mouth even though his tone was cynical. "Really? That's the best you got?"

Ronan shrugged, keeping the motion small enough not to unsettle Adam's head. "Pea implies small. He's got to have a small dick by how much he's always trying to compensate, chasing you around so much."

"Pea-brain would work better, considering it's his mental facilities that have impeded him from taking a fucking hint. Plus is a pre-existing insult."

"Yeah from like, the eighteen hundreds."

Jason Peabody closed his mouth. He opened it again. Closed it. Opened it. Shook his head.

Then he sputtered, "Wh-what? You two? No. Wait. You're together?"

Ronan raised an eyebrow. "You aren't invited to the wedding so don't even ask."

"You're getting married!?"

Any thought that Ronan was taking the game a little too far into his own fantasies was washed away in a golden light of satisfaction as Adam said, without even a beat of hesitation, "Well we are going to graduate first. I'm not planning even a small wedding while worrying about college applications."

"I told you we can just have it at my church," Ronan said with a sigh, like this was a conversation they'd had many times before. He was actually pretty proud of himself that the words came out in a fairly convincing manufactured exasperation instead of the giddy disbelief attempting to manifest in the center of his chest.

Adam sighed, and this time didn't try to hide the fond smile on his lips - and either he was an even better actor than Ronan or he was genuinely enjoying this and really Ronan did not want to know which it was.

"And I agreed," he said with a small nod. Then he tilted his head back, pulling away just enough for their eyes to meet. "Your church really would be beautiful for the ceremony. But we'd still have to pick a place for the reception and legit planning would have to go into that. And maybe you're okay with just... throwing shit together and seeing where the chips fall, you know I can't do that."

God Ronan wanted to kiss him. He wanted to kiss him so bad. It would be to help sell the bit! Surely he could explain it away with that, right...?

But no, he wasn't going to kiss Adam. Not unless he knew for real that Adam wanted to kiss him to.

Instead, he just held Adam's gaze, and he smiled. "Yeah," he said, leaning his forehead against Adam's because it was as close as he could get without crossing that line, "I know."

"Well, fuck," said Peabody - making Ronan almost jump a little because for just a second he had kinda forgotten he was even there.

And maybe it was his imagination, but he thought that he felt Adam jump too - like maybe he, too, had gotten caught up in this weird moment where it was just them in a world where they weren't just Ronan and Adam but Ronan-and-Adam.

It certainly was not his imagination, though, that Ronan saw the dusting of rose on Adam's cheeks and down his throat, bringing out his freckles. Adam was blushing, but Ronan wasn't sure why.

"So yeah," Adam was saying now as he looked over at Peabody, "as you can see...." He gestured between himself and Ronan. "Like I said. Taken. Really taken. So, if you could get over yourself enough to back the fuck off - that'd be great. Thanks."

"Right." He still looked a bit stunned - Peabody that was - but he nodded slowly, offered a wobbly smile, and said, "Uh, congrats. And all that..." Then he tucked his proverbial tail between his legs and skittered off.

Ronan watched him go, his arm still around Adam, their hands still joined.

Once he'd vanished around a corner, Adam said, "Thanks for that. Uh. Yeah. Just. Um. Thanks."

"Yeah," Ronan said. "No problem."

This was bullshit, he should be so much better than this teenaged awkwardness - but he didn't really know what else to say, and he also didn't want to let go of Adam. So, well, he didn't.

And neither did Adam for at least another minute.

Ultimately, though, Adam cleared his throat and stepped away. Ronan let him go without resistance but also without hurry - so when Adam failed to let go of his hand, Ronan also did not let go. And they ended up standing there in front of the lockers, looking at each other, holding hands, for another full minute before Adam abruptly cleared his throat and fully released him.

"Uh. My hands are really dry," Adam fumbled, his voice sounding a little tight. "Sorry about that."

"I can get you some hand cream," Ronan blurted before he could stop himself. Then, because blustering just wasn't his style, he doubled down and said, "No reason you should have to suffer when your fiancé can literally dream shit into existence."

Adam blinked, then laughed. And fuck it - Ronan wanted to pocket that sound. Raspy and sharp, filled with edge. It was such a real sound - which said something, because for Ronan reality had always been flexible. "Real" wasn't usually an apt descriptor for him because, to Ronan, anything could be "real". But with Adam... with Adam it was different. Adam was to Ronan like the Earth was to the moon, a center with a powerful gravity that kept him from floating away into a fathomless universe he may never find his way back from.

"Thanks Ro," Adam said with a grin while Ronan was still reeling. Then this boy who really should have been a dream but was possibly the only real thing in Ronan's life, tilted his head and softened his eyes and said, "Oh, and the reception? The only place we could ever have it would be the Barns, don't you think?"

But before Ronan could really process it, Adam had shifted his bag on his shoulder and was turning away to head down the hall. "Come on, Lynch!" the impossibility that was Adam Parrish called over his shoulder. "We're gonna be late for lunch!"

And, well, all Ronan could really do at that point was follow him to the cafeteria, where they met up with their other friends and pretended it was just a normal Thursday.

He could indulge in more gay panic later, though, no worries.

[superhero--imagines]

Part 1 Here! / Part 2 Here! / Part 3 Here! / Part 4 Here! / Part 5 Here! / Part 6 Here! / Part 7 Here! / Part 8 Here! / Part 9 Here! / Part 10 Here!

A/N: I apologize for all the profanity in this part ahead of time. I think I’m going to do M/W/Sat updates, as long as my writing permits, and then maybe Wed/Sat updates. I got the day off because it snowed so I thought I would post this since it’s ready haha

* Well you’re royally f*cked

* There’s a big stupid smile curled on your face, and every time you try to hide it, it just comes back wider

* You really shouldn’t be happy right now

* “What has you in such a good mood?” Edward’s got a matching smile of his own.

* Oh shit. It’s fine, you’ll just play dumb.

* “How do you know I’m happy?” How about the dumb grin you’ve got on your face you stupid b*tch.

* You would have smacked your own forehead if you weren’t aware Edward was watching your every move

* You’re lucky Edward’s nice and he doesn’t call you out on it

* “Whenever you’re happy it kind of radiates off of you,” his voice lowers “you know because of your powers”

* Ah, you didn’t know you did that

* “So what do you think about the new girl?” You blurt it out like it’s an intrusive thought

* F*ck. Just-okay just play it cool. Play it cool.

* F********ckkkkk what’s wrong with you.

* Is being happy making you act like a moron?

* He shrugs

* “Just another human, I kind of wish everyone would shut up about it though. Having to hear people talk about her and think about her is getting annoying. It’s like being in a tunnel with one too many echoes.”

* Ah, so he hasn’t noticed yet.

* “I wonder what she’s thinking about.”

* Edward just shrugs again.

* What the f*ck Edward take a hint!

* “Edward?”

* “Yes dear?” He has the nerve to grin after using that pet name. The criminal is teasing you. Some best friend.

* And still it makes you outrageously happy

* You have to force your smile into a straight line

* “What’s the new girl thinking?”

* He looks over to her, Tyler and Mike are fighting for her attention, both of them a moment away from tugging on each arm and shouting “mine!”

* You see him search, you’ve heard enough about his powers to know right now it’s like mall food court level of chatter for him, but in a few seconds he’ll focus on her and realize he can’t hear her thoughts.

* Knowing how prideful he is though, he’ll probably deny it.

* “I don’t know I can’t read her mind” he says bluntly. “Do you think the school music teacher would teach me how to play violin if I asked?”

* “What?!?”

* “I know it’s kind of inconsiderate to ask but-“ you click your tongue

* “No not that!” You gesture towards Bella “you can’t read her mind?!? Isn’t that kind of a big deal?”

* His eyebrows thread together

* “I can’t read your mind either”

* Yes but you’re from a completely different world, in a body that radiates despair (and apparently joy now). You’re basically like some type of eldritch being from another dimension. 

* Edward doesn’t see it that though

* “Honestly it’s a relief, one less mind I have to tune out.” He walks ahead of you as you stay motionless in the middle of the hallway

* What the f*ck is happening?

* “Are you coming? We’re going to be late for Biology if you keep lagging behind like that.”

* How could you forget? The whole story starts because Edward is super into Bella’s blood! He fantasizes killing her for like- the entire class period.

* You were worried for nothing, just because they didn’t have the cafeteria moment isn’t that big of a deal

* The thought makes you both relieved and a little sad

* Still it’s for the best, this is the way things are supposed to be

* And who knows, if you have to leave maybe you can poach Rosalie and Emmett to leave with you

* And maybe Jasper, he won’t like having a human around the house all the time

* “Mr. Cullen, Ms. Eleazar” Mr. Banner hands you each a worksheet.

* Oh right the onion cell worksheet. Ah right the mitosis crap. Well hopefully Mike remembers enough that you both can hobble through

* “New year means new seating arrangement!” He tells you both excitedly. The seating arrangements on the projector.

* “Why am I next to Edward isn’t the seating arrangement supposed to be alphabetical?”

* “I decided to go by grade this time, you should be happy! Aren’t you two...friends?” You can tell your teacher is confused by the nature of your relationship, almost as much as you are. 

* “Super happy Teach.” You mumble taking your seat next to Edward who’s grinning like an idiot

* “You can’t say he’s picking favorites when it’s merit based.” He grins and you roll your eyes

* Angela’s sitting next to Ben Cheney, they seem to be discussing the trigonometry homework, and how it’s basically impossible

* Oh right, he’s supposed to be her boyfriend this year. 

* Personally you think Angela could do way better. But love is blind, you’ll ship it if you have to. 

* And right on cue Mike walks in, Bella following close behind. He takes his seat on the table behind you while Bella talks to Mr. Barnes

* “Why didn’t you guys sit with us at lunch today?” Mike is practically leaned over the entire width of the table.

* Before you can say anything Edward snorts

* “Because (Y/N) was getting lectured for staying out all night again”

* Mike looks like his eyes might pop out of his head

* “W-what? Out all night?! Without inviting me!” You roll your eyes.

* “He’s making it more dramatic, I went out for a run early in the morning because I couldn’t sleep and everyone was freaking out because they thought I got kidnapped.”

* Like any vampire or human stood a chance against you and your violent mood swings

* Mike’s so caught up in lecturing you about how you need to be more careful

* “There’s a lot of weirdos out there!” Yeah you live with them

* That he doesn’t even notice Bella’s taken a seat next to him

* Now that you get a better look at her, she is kinda pretty. She’s the kind of person who probably always looks good in photographs, no matter what the angle. Nice cheekbones and big brown eyes. Modest on boobs and butt, but she’s skinny so it works for her.

* “Hey, you’re Bella right?” You give her your friendliest smile, and you don’t miss the light blush that blooms on her face.

* You’re not sure whether it’s from your beauty or because she’s just not used to so much attention. She just nods.

* “Have you already seen the three whole things there are to do in Town on a Friday night?”

* Bella actually laughs at that. She’s got dimples, and little wrinkles that show up at the corner of her eyes. It’s cute.

* “One of those things is going to the library, so really it’s only two things.”

* She giggles again.

* “Is the other one going over to your house to play monopoly?” Mike asks, a grin arching onto his face

* “No my house is out of town, the other thing is to go to the school football game”

* “I’m not really a big fan of football” Bella hesitantly says, and Mike and Edward laugh

* “Yeah no one here does, everyone goes for the half time show, or just to hang out.” 

* You’re pretty sure your entire friend group only goes to the games to see your cheer routine, especially this year since you’re captain now. The first junior captain in a long time apparently. The news actually made the local newspaper.

* Everything is going good, and you’re starting to think maybe you and Bella might be friends.

* “Why don’t we have a board game night at our house again? Last time was-“

* You stop sentence, you were having so much fun you almost forgot why Edward was so obsessed with Bella.

* The slight breeze from the air conditioning brings her scent to you.

* You cover your mouth and nose with your hand

* Her scent is REVOLTING

* “(Y/N), are you okay?” Mike asks

* You vaguely feel Edward’s hand on your shoulder, has he not caught her scent yet?

* It’s pretty hard to miss

* Like gym socks, with a overly sweet base, it’s like-

* Your head snaps up, and your hand clamps over your mouth and nose even harder, but not because the scent is revolting

* She smells like cheese, perfectly aged Gorgonzola cheese, or maybe Brie?

* You smell the sweeter undercurrent stronger now, it’s like warm juicy peaches

* Roasted peach salad tossed with Gorgonzola and olive oil

* How many times have you dreamed about eating that while basking in the warm sunlight

* “I knew you shouldn’t have eaten those leftovers at lunch,” Edward says, but you know it’s performative, thank god he’s still got some sense after smelling her.

* “Mr.Banner, I think (Y/N) ate something bad, is it alright if I help them to the nurses office?”

* “Yes and hurry!” He’s practically shooing you out as Edward pulls you by the arm

* Nooooo, you wanna smell her moreeee

* You have the sense to not wine and keep your mouth covered.

* Edward doesn’t take you to the nurse, you both don’t stop walking until you’re at the parking lot

* “What the hell was that?” He asks, it’s the first time he’s seemed even remotely angry with you

* He seems more confused then angry though, you’re so shocked you actually sit down on the curb.

* And after a moment of hesitance Edward sits beside you, placing his hand over your own

* “She smells good Edward, like really good.”

* Edward laughs

* “Yeah I gathered that” he shakes his head. “I thought you were supposed to be a picky eater”

* “I aaaaamm” you moan, your head is cradled in your left hand. “She’s like one in a million”

* “You’re one in a million” you lift your head to see Edward looking at you with that stupid sh*t eating grin.

* “Really Edward my life is falling apart because I want to eat someone, and you think the appropriate response is to flirt?”

* To be fair, he’s always flirting, it’s basically apart of his personality at this point

* “You’re being melodramatic.” He chuckles and throws an arm over your shoulder. “Worst case scenario you kill her, Carlisle doles out his funeral punishment-don’t ask, and then we have to start over as freshman again somewhere else.”

* You groan, you finally worked your way up to a junior, you were just starting to get used to this crappy town, you don’t wanna start all over again in a new one

* “What’s the best case scenario?”

* Edward thinks hard for a minute.

* “Best case scenario...the music teacher agrees to teach me how to play the violin and I impress you with my magnificent playing.” You smack him on the arm.

* “Not the best case scenario for you!” You know he’s doing it on purpose. He just wants to make you laugh

* It works, you do laugh. How much more absurd could this situation get?

* “Everything’s going to be fine, if Jasper can handle having to smell 300 students he thinks smell good, you can handle 1.” 

* He’s got a point

* “Wait-didn’t she smell good to you?” Wasn’t that like, the whole d*mn point?

* His eyebrows thread together and he shrugs

* “Um, she smelled alright, no better or worse than the others. I’m not sure what you smelled-“

* What you smelled? The rich but refreshing flavor profile is sublime

* The f*cking heathen doesn’t even know what he’s missing

* “But to me she smelled like peaches”

* Well he kinda knows what he’s missing

* “She’s definitely anemic though, there’s a sever lack of iron in her scent” ah that must be that cheesy smell you’re getting

* Well ain’t this ironic. The girl who’s going to steal your best friend is only getting noticed because of you.

* “I don’t know, personally I prefer Henrietta the 3rds blood, but that’s just me” he’s lying, your blood is good and all, but it’s definitely still not on par with a humans blood

* He’s just trying to make you feel better.

* He rubs your shoulder, before patting it and moving to stand up.

* “Now come on, we have to make you eat some human food so you can throw up in front of the nurse and she lets us leave school early”

* You roll your eyes, anything to leave school early huh?

* “Yeah all right, lead the way Mr. Tall-Dark-and-Brooding”

* “Why do you always say that? I don’t brood that much anymore!”

* “You know how some people have resting b*tch face? You have resting brood face.”

* “Says the person who literally radiates despair” you shove him as you both walk towards the vending machine

* You take a deep breath as you watch Edward fumble with the vending machine

* The dork literally sticks a credit card up to the glass and demands the machine give him chips. 

* (Y/N/N) why isn’t this working? Am I supposed to insert my card through this slot?” 

* You laugh. You’re pretty sure he’s not doing this on purpose.

* “You’re supposed to use cash Edward.”

* You watch as he fumbles with his wallet muttering:

* “Do you think it’ll take a twenty dollar bill?”

* You watch in amusement as Edward tries - and fails- to use a twenty dollar bill, and then proceed to use obscure profanities to curse “this vile wretch of human technological advancement” 

* You feel a sigh of relief escape you.

* Yeah, everything is going to be fine. 

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[beccawasautocorrected]

DSMP: CATCHING UP WITH THE LORE, BUT I RECIEVED THE NOTIFICATION AN HOUR LATE AND I NEED RO WATCH MCC :'D. SAME DRILL AS LAST TIME

The green dude is still "he" and "him" and "his", Yada Yada yeah yeah yeahhh

Keep in mind that this is all roleplay.

♤-quotes

☆-important

♡-swear word censor

The twitch VOD is muted at the beginning, but it starts off with Tommy and Tubbo in front of "him" and Punz, and Tommy and Tubbo are dropping their things and "he" burned them all.

Omg "he" is making them drop everything EVEN FROM THE ENDER CHESTS, OH GOD.

Tommy gave away his How To S♡x book I'm sobbing-

Tommy's giving away his discs too

They're being led to a private part of the prison.

They dropped down a hole onto an obsidian platform over a giant pool of lava

THE ANTAGONISTS ARE TAUNTING THEM WHAT THE HELL

"He" wants to know why Tommy and Tubbo bombarded "him" after not bothering him for months

"He's" a gASLIGHTER YIKESSS

Tommy got scared by the mining fatigue effect again

"You can't play god." -Tommy♤

"Everything has a time limit. Nothing is forever" -Tubbo♤

"He" threatened Tubbos life to see what his limbo might look like, Jesus christ-

"I was never on your side, Tommy." -Punz

"HE" CALLED TOMMY AN ANNOYING BUG-

NO REASON???? "HE" SAID TOMMY RUINED "HIS" LIFE WHEN TOMMY SAID "HE" RUINED HIS

Tommy got scared by the mining fatigue effect again

"He" brought up Ranboo with the explosions OMG IT WAS RANBOO, "HE" MIND CONTROLLED RANBOO SO THAT HE'D BLOW UP THE PRISON, THATS WHY TOMMY GOT STUCK WITH "HIM"

Omg they brought up Vikkstar, LAZARBEAM AND VIKK ARE DEAD.

They killed them in so many ways-

"There's a whole another dimension with a dragon and an infinite void-" that's the End Realm. "He" found The End

PUNZ HAS DIED BEFORE, HE'S SEEN HIS OWN LIMBO.

Omg the chat is saying SLAY to PUNZ LMAO

"People need to die." -Punz♤

"PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO DIE, PUNZ" -Tommy♤

The antagonists said they must kill everyone in order to "balance" the world.

"He" asked Tommy why he didn't come back as a ghost before "he" revived him. Tommy doesn't know and doesn't want to know.

Limbo changes based on how you die and how many times you die

IS SEASON 2 THE RESTART??? IS SEASON 2 THE PURGE FROM THE ANTAGONISTS????? OH MY GOD☆

Ooh Tommy and Tubbo are test dummies, one of them is gonna die-

The pressure plate on the lava in the room their in is only for one person only, and the other one stays and dies. Punz and "the other guy" really said they were gonna leave and get lunch if neither of them leave. Punz wants a grilled cheese sandwich. They're gonna listen to music. Then when they do come back, they're gonna kill them both if they're still in the room.

"He" really said "warn the others about their inevitable doom and that's fine because it's inevitable" read a dictionary LMAO get some new words in your vocabulary

"I promised you to the end of the Earth but this looks like the end of MY Earth." -Tubbo♤

Wtf is a lurgie, is this some British thing I don't know about?? Cuz Tommy left the room because of it.

Tommy kept the discs from his Ender chest. "He" thinks Wilbur burned the discs, but no. Tommy told Tubbo to jump down the hole that would open once the pressure plate is activated and to not wait for him, but then Tommy realizes if he misses, then the discs are gone forever.

TOMMY THREW THE MELLOHI DISC AND MISSED, AND HE THREW THE CAT DISC AND MISSED AS WELL-

Tommy's inventory "glitched" and he lost both his discs, omg that's crazy, can't believe this happened, now Tommy's OBS "broke down", this is going in the bloopers reel. The stream is so laggy, and Tubbos just coughing-

THE CEILING HAS LAVA COMING DOWN FROM IT, THE FLOOR OPENED, TOMMY JUMPED, TUBBO DIDNT AND DIED, BUT THATS APPARENTLY NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, SO TUBBO JUST APPEARED NEXT TO TOMMY AND WE'RE GOOD NOW LMAO WHAT IS HAPPENING

They both managed to escape. "He" called them both idiots while laughing

Tubbo said they need to warn everyone about whatll happen, and Tommy said no. He's got TNT and flint and said he needs to do what he should've done a while ago

TOMMY IS GONNA BLOW UP PUNZ'S HOUSE

HE BLEW IT UP JESUS CHRIST

They're heading over to Snowchester now

Tommy is mourning his discs. They got him through everything.

"We've lost." -Tommy♤

"We're up against f♡ckin' Hydra. If we kill one of them they'll just sprout out another head." -Tommy♤

OH MY GOD, "HE" BURNED THE DISC TECHNO GAVE TOMMY, THE BOOK WILBUR GAVE TOMMY, THE DISC TOMMY PLAYED WITH SCHLATT, OH MY GOD THIS ACTUALLY KINDA HURTS-☆

Ngl, I hope "he" didn't actually burn those.

TOMMY STARTED CRYING NOOOO, BETTER BE FAKE CRYING, ISTG

Tubbo led Tommy to a giant platform and they went down a ladder to a giant room with a giant nuke. Tubbo claims this is Project: Early Dawn.

Tubbo thought that once "he" was defeated, he'd turn the nuke into a rocket and actually go to the moon. He was serious about L'moonburg

The nuke we thought was lost was actually the one used to make Project: Early Dawn. The person that stole the nuke was Tubbo. He thought he couldn't trust Jack anymore cuz he was acting different, so he hid it away☆

Tommy thinks killing the antagonists at the same time could save the server since they'll both be dead, they wouldn't be able to revive one another.

Tommy plans to lure both "him" and Punz together in the prison and makes Tubbo fire the nuke. Tommy is gonna sacrifice himself for the good of the server.

They're arguing over it now.

It doesn't look like there's any other ideas.

Tommy told Tubbo to live his life and make a nation called Tommyburg I cannot

"I broke death by staying alive. It's gotta be me." -Tommy♤

"I don't want it to be.." -Tubbo♤

They're breaking off the security bolts so that they can open the hatch to release the nuke

Hopefully comes up with the brilliant idea of a stasis chamber and sets it up off-camera LOL gets the tears rolling and then gets us with the "TOMMY LIVESS!!"☆

Tubbo keeps talking about a new person saving them and the server and I'm praying it happens but Tommy said his character wouldn't have a happy ending

No one would believe them if they said Punz was a villain. The fate of the server rests in the hands of 2 children.

Tommy pressed the button that opens the hatch for the nuke and a loud alarm goes off. 21 hours until the nuke gets launched.

Tommy suggests going to the bench, leaving the hatch open. No one visits Snowchester anyway. Maybe.

Wait what if Ranboo can't remember the things he's done is because every time "he" mind controls him, it makes forget whatever he did, like, it gets wiped from his memory as soon as "he" stops controlling him?☆

Tommy keeps saying it's his last time walking on the prime path, seeing his hotel, seeing L'manburg one last time.

Tubbo sounds desperate and sad and I'm sad too

Tommy asked Tubbo to put the Lmanburg flag in the crater on top of "his" obsidian contraption and let it fly high every single day, and to tell everyone of the life he lived, all the things he's done.

Tubbo is Tommy's legacy☆

"I want you to tell Michael. And Michael will tell his kids." -Tommy♤

"I'll be with Henry, Toby. It's okay." -Tommy☆♤

They're sitting on the bench and watching the sun set. It's quiet.

Tommy says we have to do this

"To the ends of the earth." -Tommy and Tubbo♤

"I'm gonna die tomorrow, Tubbo." -Tommyinnit. ☆♤

"Yeah.. yeah you are." -Tubbo_. ☆♤

DREAM SMP- THE LAST STREAM. TOMORROW AT 8PM GMT (3PM EST, 12:00PM PT, 2:00PM CT 1:00PM MT I'm going crazy with the times.)

I'll make sure to stare at twitch all day tomorrow so I won't have to miss it LOL

[theyreonlynoodlesmike]

It's Just a Movie: Part 9 (Poly!Lost Boys x Fem!Reader)

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Warnings: cursing

Word Count: 1928

This chapter is nothing to advance the plot and is completely just some feel good lost boys flirting cause I think we all need it

You and Marko climbed down the steps into the cave, having discussed the fact that you could probably help David with his planning since you'd seen the movie more than they have. You could at least help him with a couple of theories.  He carried the food for you, and the two of you caught the tail end of the conversation Paul and Dwayne seemed to be having.

"-such a sap. You couldn't be more obvious." Paul teased, and you were able to hear a loud thwap, which you guessed was Dwayne as it was immediately followed with a,

"Shut up, Paul. I am not." His quiet voice seemed to be louder, but only because of the acoustics in the cave. Marko, perhaps to save the brunette from any embarrassment, quickly shouted,

"We're back, boys." And you watched as Paul sat up. They'd been laying on the other side of the fountain, apparently both of them opting to sprawl out on the floor. Dwayne half-sat up a moment later, and Paul greeted the two of you by saying,

"Good thing you didn't eat her, otherwise Dwayne would've been-" And Paul was quickly silenced with a smack to the back of the head. Paul whipped around gripping his hair and loudly remarked, "Ow, you ass." But Dwayne only muttered back,

"You're the ass." As you and Marko snickered. The two of you sat on the floor with them, and you weren't surprised to see that they had sparked another joint. You looked over to see that David had vacated his chair, and, before you could ask, Dwayne said, "He's feeding." And you gave them a nod. You figured as much. He hadn't eaten with the others it seemed, but he did have to eat eventually. Paul took a long drag, tilting his head back to blow the smoke up towards the ceiling, before he pointed at you with a lazy finger.

"Y'know what I just realized," He started, and you arched a brow at him to continue. He took another drag, letting out a small cough before he said, "You've totally seen our vampire faces." He said, and you gave him a look. Yeah, no shit. Before you could vocalize that exact thought, Marko said,

"Yeah, why didn't you freak out when you first saw us?" Marko asked, and you almost wanted to tell them that you had been. Internally. Instead, you decided to play it cool and gave them a shrug.

"They're not that scary." You commented, and the boys each shared a glance. Suddenly, you felt like that was not the best thing you could've said. Now, you weren't lying. If anything, compared to some of the modern versions of vampires and horror in general, the boys weren't the scariest monster faces you had ever seen. Still, you flinched when you heard Marko growl and turned to see that his face was barely an inch from yours. His face had shifted, his eyes almost sunken in and golden yellow. His brow jutted out, and his fangs, well- He opened his mouth to make himself look more intimidating, showing them off. After the initial flinch, you couldn't stop your smile. You reached out, booping his nose.

"Y'know, your vampire faces kinda make you look like lions." You commented. "Very feline. Especially Paul's." You said, and you weren't surprised to see that Paul had donned his as well. Probably to help Marko scare you, but, alas, you hadn't started screaming like they had hoped. The curly haired blonde leaned back. His brows furrowed, and he stared at you.

"Nothing? Really?" He asked, and you gave him a grin and another shrug. You knew that they were just trying to mess with you. Rile you up. The best course of action was to deny them that, even if they had surprised you. Though, you just had to push it a little too far.

"You guys are too handsome to be scary." You said, and you regretted the words the second they left your mouth. You knew, you knew, that you shouldn't have let them know that you'd been attracted to them. Hell, they already knew you liked their movie, they didn't need to know that you had crushes on them. It wasn't like it was really your fault. They had purposely picked handsome actors to play the characters, and, well, those very same faces were the faces of them in their universe. You could already feel your cheeks reddening before the teasing even began.

"You think we're handsome?" Paul was quick to exclaim, and you shut your eyes and covered your face. You were totally screwed. Paul erupted into a loud chorus of laughter, scooting closer to you and stealing your other side as Marko remained on his.

"So that's why you like our movie so much, huh?" Marko joined in, and you desperately wished that you'd somehow fall back into your own dimension. If you knew one thing for sure about either of the blondes, it was that they were ruthless with their teasing. Hell, they'd convinced Michael he was eating maggots and that they'd fallen to their death. You sighed and pulled your hands from you face. There was only one way to get through this. To get it over with.

"Who's your favorite, y/n? Is it me?" Paul asked, and, even with your flushed cheeks and embarrassment filling your mind, you were able to say,

"I don't have a favorite. You're all-" You paused for just the slightest of moments, having made eye contact with Dwayne. He was staring at you, an amused smile on his face. You instinctively looked away, glancing at the blondes on either side of you and found that their smiles weren't much of a surprise. You quickly looked away and finished, "Good in your own ways, y'know." Your words were quick to flow out of your mouth, yet, it didn't seem to satisfy any of them.

"Oh, c'mon. You gotta like one of us most." Marko said, reaching over and giving your arm a squeeze. When you looked to Dwayne for help, he sent you a shrug. It seemed that even he was in on it, or, perhaps, he was just curious. But you shook your head and reiterated.

"I don't- I like you all." But, again, you found that those were definitely the wrong choice of words. Paul was practically laying on you as he said,

"Oh, you like us, hm?" He purred, leaning in closer. He brushed his hand against your face, and you could see his shit-eating grin out of the corner of your eye. "I like you too, sugar." Before he was brushing his thumb against your bottom lip.

"Shut up." You murmured, and you reached out to push his hand away. You knew he was a flirt, it was obvious from the movie. As much as you had been attracted to them, and wanted to take advantage of the current situation, you couldn’t help but feel embarrassed. And like they were just pulling your leg. Especially when the boys on either side of you laughed. Marko, who seemed to be just as big of a flirt as Paul, brushed your hair behind your ear and asked,

“Why? Are you getting shy?” Marko teased, having leaned in to whisper it in your ear. Your face was burning red, and you placed a hand on his chest to instinctively push him back. He held your wrist, chuckling in your ear. “If you had to pick a favorite-” Marko started, and you only saw one way out of this. So, before he could even finish his sentence, you said,

“David. David’s my favorite.” And the blue eyed blonde besides you immediately began to whine. Of course, that wasn’t what any of them had wanted to hear, or that was what you assumed. Paul had, obviously, expected you to choose him, while Marko...Well, you couldn’t guess what outcome Marko had wanted. Especially when he started to grin wider than ever. When you looked over at Dwayne, he sent you a shrug. You liked to imagine that he was playing off any disappointment he felt, but then he quickly stifled a laugh. Quickly, you added, “Cause he isn’t a jerk who asked.” Which made the curly-haired blonde chuckle and shake his head. You gave him a confused look, obviously missing whatever he, and Dwayne, was laughing at, when you heard footsteps behind you. You looked up, just in time to see David towering behind you.

“What’s this I hear?” He asked, and you swore that you couldn’t have any worse luck. His face and neck had been cleaned, and the only tell that he'd just returned from a feeding was the slight dishevelment of his clothes. While the terror twins teasing was one thing, having David join in was another. You had lied a bit. David was, in all senses of the word, a jerk. When he wanted to be, at least. You had only made the decision because he was the only one who wasn’t there, but it seemed that even that hadn’t gone in your favor. So, now, you had the blondes, and even Dwayne, snickering at David’s discovery. 

The blondes seemed to decide that your face couldn’t turn any redder, and their teasing quickly died off in favor of letting David tease you himself. Though, they could relay over any information to fill in the blanks. Marko looked up at the spiky haired blonde, and smugly declared, 

“Oh, y/n said that she likes you best. And we think she can help us, y'know, not die." Marko said simply, and you had half a mind to throttle him. Even if all of what he had said was true. The cherub faced boy let go of your wrist, and his partner in crime was quick to add,

"And she thinks we're all handsome. Too handsome to be scary." He said pointedly, and you dared to crane your neck back up to see the look on David's face. He looked amused, his ocean blues staring down at you from his spot above. A gloved hand rubbed his chin for a moment, and a large smile donning his scruffy face.

"Is that so?" He asked, arching a brow at you. You were stuck. You wanted to argue and deny, but it would be three against one. And, you were positive that any attempts to deny it would only further the case against you. Even though you were blushing, you tried your best to play it off. It seemed like that was your only option, and you said a cool,

"Don't let it go to your head." Even though you were sure it was too late. The remark earned a laugh from the leader of the vampires, and he reached his hand down to you.

"I'll try." He promised, but you knew better than to believe him. You placed your hand in his, and he helped you stand with a little less force than Marko had used. Though, it still made you stumble forward, practically into the vampire. He chuckled, steadying you by placing his hands on your waist. With one hand remaining at the dip of your waist, he reached out to cup your jaw and caress your face. Almost as he had done in the beginning of the movie. You tried to stop your breath from hitching, but it was futile. It made David grin, and then his smooth, calming voice rang out, "So, how can you help us?"