#I will have Dog™ and NONE of them can stop me then

[lazypanartist]

HELLO i fucking LOVE ur stobotnik and their kid series!!! its what initially got me to watching the movies and into the sonic franchise as a whole!!! can i request a stobotnik and their kid whos sort of like maria.... like they genuinely love the world and humanity despite (ahem) everything Ivo says. Maybe add in a sprinkle of shadow who sees reader and is taken aback by how similar they are to maria, and now stone + ivo has to deal with their kid having a new guard dog/brother HDSHSDH love ur writing, hope u have a good day!!

AHHH I'M SO GLAD I COULD HELP YOU GET INTO THE SERIES!! Super touched 💙💙💙

*Frantically googling Shadow's personality + Maria Robotnik*

*Having a Crisis™ because WOW OKAY*

Anyways! I've been working on this since the request rolled in, and am 100% invested. Willing to take related requests ^-^

Stobotnik + Sweetheart! Child, + Guard Dog Bestie! Shadow

Note: this is long. Like, LONG long

Your fathers have always loved you, if a tad.. oddly.

Papa Ivo doesn't understand your interest with the rest of humanity.

"What if one of those disgusting cretins gets my baby sick? What if someone actually wanted to hurt you?"

"No, it's far safer for you if you stay by his or Papa Stone's side. Or in the lab. The lab is VERY safe, you know. Well idiot proofed"

Not that he's calling his baby an idiot, of course -

Baba Aban, however, seems to understand you.

Of course he respects Papa's wishes, keeps you close when you do go out, but he tries to sate your interest in humanity best he can.

Always open to questions, and will try to answer everything as age-appropriately as possible.

"What does Papa do all day?"

"He builds things for the government."

"Why?"

"Because it pays well enough to raise you and keeps him busy."

"Why doesn't Papa like other people?"

He.. doesn't have an answer for that one. Not really.

"Just because" sounds too shallow, and "Because people can be horrible" is almost worse.

"To keep you safe."

It's not a lie, but it's not the truth, and the way you huff lets him know you're onto him.

Lets Ivo know before you two are finished with errands, in case you bombard the older man with questions next

They both try and keep you entertained in their own ways

Papa Ivo tries to keep you interested in his machines, how they can be used to better your life

Baba Aban takes you out for errands and helps teach you in the kitchen

Life is as balanced as it can be, considering your solitude growing up

Both dads help you set up a little greenhouse in the traveling lab

"For self sufficiency!" - Papa Ivo

"To give them a new hobby." - Baba Aban

"To keep me busy." - Baby You™

You know what's up

SO since we don't yet know how Shadow calmed tf down in the movie, bare with me here.

After the events of Movie 2 and then the unearthing of Project Shadow, you and your dads are living in the Crabmeat base deep in the Pacific

You and Baba Aban still surface occasionally for groceries and supplies, while Papa Ivo throws himself into his work to distract himself from his latest defeat.

During one surface visit, looking around the Seattle streets while on the back of Baba Aban's motorcycle, you see a strangely familiar figure on a similar vehicle.

You tug on your das's sleeve before gearuring toward the hedgehog

"Baba.. that's not Sonic, is it?"

He looks, does a double take

"Uh.. no."

He's stopping near the same lot the two of you are, and Baba instructs you to message Papa

"Found another alien hedgehog, will update"

He seems wary when the two of you approach, glancing between you as Aban steps closer, an arm in front of your chest to keep you back behind him

"Who are you?"

The hedgehog glares, and you slink just a bit closer to see him

"I am the ultimate life form."

"Decided by who?"

"That's none of your concern."

The two are almost circling one another now, Baba keeping you behind him, even if just barely

"It's my concern if you're here to.. to destroy humanity, or whatever."

You eye him from behind your dad, but he just huffs a laugh

"Destroy? I was created to preserve your human lives."

Your eyes widen again, catching his own before he glanced back towards your Baba

"Is that a problem?"

You tug at Aban's sleeve again, and he slows his movement, letting you peek out more from behind him

"No.. I don't suppose it is."

You finally slip out from behind him, smiling, and Shadow is hit, mentally, with the image of Maria, smile - the same energy as your own

A certain kind of sad loneliness, with an undertone of care

He doesn't know why he thinks of it that way

All he knows is that it feels like home again

The two of you see each other a few times after that, while out on errands with Baba

Papa wants to meet him - of course - but doesn't want another Knuckles situation

(He's very glad that the echidna didn't try and go after you for revenge - after the emerald was taken away, he wasn't sure he could have saved you)

So he lets you - and Stone - approach him on the surface

Not that you know explicitly that you're helping.

Neither of your dad's know about Maria - at least not explicitly - and Shadow still hasn't voiced why he's so attached to you

He finds himself following you whenever he sees you on earth

Of course you're with Baba every time, kept at arms length from Shadow, but he keeps coming back

Papa allows it because he hasn't made any threats

Baba allows it because he seems genuinely friendly

And doesn't seem to recognize him

Finally - FINALLY - Papa asks Baba to help bring him to the base

Respectfully, if possible. He wants to keep the peace, even if it's just for your sake

You get to be the lucky one to invite Shadow to the base

You smile when you ask if he'd like to come, and all he can see is Maria inviting him to see a new breakthrough from her grandfather

He says yes

Immediately

Your smile gets wider

"This is the first time I've invited a friend home!"

His poor, walled-off heart cracks just a little, and he gives Stone a Look™

Baba just glanced away before offering him a ride in a (rented) car

The two of you sit in the back, just talking to each other, while Stone contemplated how he got to driving one of the aliens.

To his home.

With his child in the backseat next to said alien.

As long as you're happy, and Ivo's happy, then he's sure he'll be fine

Shadow is still vague with answers around his past - every time you try and engage him about family, friends, childhood, home - he thinks of Maria

He still tries to answer you - he grew up in space, with his best friend and her grandfather.

She was.. sick. Very sick. And she died.

Conveniently leaving GUN out of the convo.

He sees the sadness you have for him - the same Maria held when she told him to go - and decides that he'll make space for himself in your life

If you let him.

ONLY if you let him.

The three of you make it back to crabmeat safely, and both of your dads hover, but let you interact how you want

Shadow sees a lot of Gerald in your Papa, but won't say anything.

He can't

Not yet, at least

He ends up staying the night, nested on your floor next to your own little fort, facing the door even in his sleep

Ivo tolerates it, if barely

He brought the hedgehog here to study, not to befriend his baby

"What if he has.. space rabies?!"

Stone just rolls his eyes as he shuts your door most the way, alarm systems all in place for the night

"This is the first time they've had a friend over, Ivo. We'll know if something goes wrong - just let them have this."

"This" turned into "a live-in best friend" rather quickly, to both parents' surprise (and your absolute delight)

Eventually, he caves.

He starts answering questions truthfully, the pain still rather fresh in his mind

He tells you about Maria, about GUN, about his purpose and pain

And you're there to comfort him

He's not graphic, and you don't push, and he appreciates it more than he'll voice, even to you

He figures that as long as you're willing to be there and listen, he'll be there to keep you safe company

Both dads are.. annoyed

Ivo thinks this new hedgehog is overbearing - always at your shoulder, keeping you company when he's supposed to be, never seeming to let you out of his sight

Stone thinks he's up to something, the way he lingers between streets when you're out, watching from the shadows (ha)

In reality, he's just trying to keep you safe

Your dads seem to figure that out when one of Ivo's ridiculous predictions comes true - you wander just a bit too far from Baba to look at some UV lights for your plants on Crabmeat, and someone grabs your arm as they walk past, jostling you enough that you yelp

Shadow is there in half a second, sending the aggressor to the floor before tugging on your hand, coaxing you down so he can look at the bruise forming on your bicep

Baba Aban is there a second later, lowering himself and helping Shadow turn your arm before helping you back up

"We should leave."

The three of you are silent until halfway back to the base, when Baba tilts the rearview to look at Shadow while he's druving

"Shadow.."

"What?"

He always glares when he talks to anyone besides you. Typically toward the floor or their chests, but right now he's looking your Baba in the eyes through the mirror, watching your father's gaze soften

*Thank you."

And thank YOU anonymous requester for all of this!

The requests for Sonic Movieverse, and this particular headcanon set, are wide open! Please send me reqs! I'm fixating like a mofo right now!!

[shawolsos]

I've been thinking about Henry and Alex's wedding again

I think that it would be absolutely balls-to-the-walls fucking mental. It'd be a royal wedding that even my parents and I (very much anti-monarchist) would watch and enjoy. I want a royal wedding that would give Piers Morgan cardiac arrest six ways from Sunday.

Like, speakers on every street corner blasting Bowie, Jagger, Queen, Blondie, Gloria Gaynor, Taylor Swift and One Direction.

If they HAVE to sing God Save the Queen, I want it sang by Adam Lambert while Brian May absolutely shreds a guitar solo on the top of Buckingham Palace.

An autumn wedding because Henry told Alex that if a wedding happens during term-time, kids get the day off school and who is he to deny them that.

Mexican food and burgers and hot dogs, curries and fish and chips. None of this pretentious canopies and whatever else it is rich people have at weddings

Cornettos and wedding cake made of red velvet and funfetti.

Elton John singing "Your Song" as a first dance.

Queen Catherine leading Britain's nobility in the Macarena and the Cha Cha Slide and Martha having to drag Philip onto the dancefloor.

Foreign Monarchs and Dignitaries and the fucking Prime Minister's Cabinet becoming wild party animals for one night and one night only.

Jaffa Cake donuts, because they're a thing and they are the best thing ever.

The presenting team has Holly and Phil but also Baga Chipz, Lawrence Chaney, Suzi Ruffell, Tom Alan, Rylan, Nick Grimshaw, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins, Courtney Act, Trixie Mattel, Katya Zamo and the original cast of Horrible Histories (cuz Henry loved that show as a kid and you can't convince me otherwise)

The guest list includes Britain and America's gay icons except for Ellen. The entire Harry Potter cast and NOT JKR every James Bond actor they can get and kids from Henry's shelters.

Traditional CofE readings but also passages from the great FEMALE writers of Britain and classical mythology and Sappho.

Mexican love songs in the middle of the service, that make everyone tear up, regardless of whether they understand Spanish.

Their personally written vows would be exchanged in a private ceremony the day before.

Ellen and Oscar walking Alex down the aisle.

Shaan and Zahra being event coordinators.

St. George's Chapel being decked out in beautiful floral arrangements.

Pez and Nora being the best best man and woman.

Pez, June and Nora getting blackout drunk and ending up in the same hotel room.

Bea and Catherine staying back to help with the clean up and taking loads of left overs back up to the apartment to share with the staff.

Ellen, Oscar, Luna and Leo managing to slip away from their security and going to a nightclub in Soho and sending some very confusing but hysterical voice notes to Alex.

Henry stopping the car to get a donner kebab because he's English and drunk.

Apartment 6F becoming royalists for the first and only time in their lives and setting aside a whole week to watch everything related to it.

Street Parties in London and Washington going from the night before until the night after.

Sweet elderly people who have been in the crowd at every royal wedding for the last sixty years and have become very supportive of the queer community ever since their grandchildren came out to them.

A proper English Bloke™ who looks like he'd be homophobic but isn't and a bi girl with pink hair and a nose ring getting absolutely plastered together.

A sea of Union Jacks and Star-Spangled Banners being waved alongside every variety of Pride Flag.

It'd be a royal wedding that literally no other couple would be capable of planning.

[oranjeleeuw]

fanfiction ideas master list

I will add new ideas to this on the go, and also update on the progress of each story regularly

Catboy streamer girlfriend Charles

Smut, 1-2k words at best, lestappen

Charles is doing game streams but he gets a bit more brave about acting up for the camera

He's still shit at it though

But he has a very supportive donator

It's Max

Charles doesn't know that

He got his cat ear headphones from this donator so he's responding to some commissions of this person

The fic is either description of Charles movements and thoughts or chat comments from twitch CUT description to Max pov

It's something equivalent of phone sex but through stream video/chat commands I guess

this was requested by my bf hfdhj <3

WIP state: only a draft

Toto Wolf uses Roscoe for spying (he fails)

Crack fic, all the teams on the grid mentioned, 1k words probably

Toto has this fantastic idea that Roscoe gets along with every pilot

So the dog can be used for some mischief

He sends the dog out in different silly scenarios to go off and spy on different teams, figuring out their strategies

But since Roscoe can't talk and he's not trained for this, the dog just collects pets

At the end Hamilton takes home his kinda sensory overloaded baby

WIP state: only a draft

My condolences

Lestappen one shot, hurt/comfort, more so comfort, will become sweeter in the end

Charles DNF in Zandvoort, Max is catching up with him right after the winner ceremony

Definitely more than friends (were we ever friends?), less than boyfriends relationship status

Max is praising the skills of Charles and goes on how he's wasting his talent at Ferrari

Charles ends up crying/having a breakdown bc what if it's not the car but him who's not performing any better

Max offers to take him down to the beach for a walk to clear his head (Charles stops crying and starts laughing when he thinks Max wants to take him to the nudist side of the beach)

They walk, look at the sea, enjoy the wind

It's peaceful, it is helping

They kiss, and kiss

Charles wishes he could treat everything as easy as it is with Max, even though nothing is easy with Max

But these corresponding things are what stick them to each other so it's fine

WIP state: 1/3 of it is written, rest of it is drafted out in detail

That infamous Ted and Robin pact

You know, the "let's marry each other if we are still single by 30"

Young Versainz with some added jump into their current age

“I mean it'd be fun to make a pact like that” Max prompts, which makes Carlos snort.

“Yeah, get me a home country where it's legal first” he says bitterly,

Toro Rosso days, Max and Carlos watch himym in their free time

Max fancies the thought of having someone secured for himself if things go south

Carlos is cynical

But the possibility of this pact lingers, haunting the thoughts of both of them

The emotional journey of Max Verstappen with men

Goddamn this boy is Gay™

I really want to have a self-indulgent analysis of how I see Max's relationship with the most important men in his life

Like I want to explore his feelings and flash of thoughts of sexual awakenings

Starting with Charles (as kids, young teenagers)

Jumping to Carlos which is a Very intense jump

Like losing virginity kind of a jump

Oh it was awkward but the best and most he'd wanted

Then the whole ordeal that is Danny Ricciardo for this kid

Goddamn he's so gay for him

Getting together with Carlos seemed so easy that he thinks maybe it's a sealed deal with Danny too

Like he likes him, that's obvious, isn't it?

Isn't it?

Then an older Charles enters the stage of racing (and Max’s heart) once again

Keep in mind this won't be an actual ship fic since none of the pairings will end up as couples, it's more so a study of Max emotions

[moony-mae]

This is a good analysis, but allow me to add a few more details. I promise there are no spoilers beyond the interrupted kiss !

I think the key details people tend to forget about Clive and Jill, they are deeply traumatized people with very low self-esteem, or even none at some points.

Just starting into their childhood in Rosalith. Clive was always trying to prove himself. It may seem endearing, but it's rooted in deep insecurity brought by Anabella. She emotionally abused him for years, and people looking down on him because he's the son of the Archduke didn't help. Jill doesn't fare any better. The poor girl was ripped from her home at age 6 to be a political hostage. While she found friendship with Clive and Joshua, from Anabella's inner voice we know she didn't treat her with kindness.

Just look at their scene on the balcony. Clive desperately tries to Act Cool™ in front of his crush, but he doesn't feel worthy enough to warm her when she's cold. Jill is probably still scared of what she saw of war as a small child, of people being ripped from her, again.

And then tragedy happens, and both of them become slaves for 13 years.

As you rightfully pointed out, Jill's response to her being transformed into the Iron Kingdom attack dog and all the horrible things happening around her was just to... shut down. To freeze her own emotions. Clive on the other hand, just drowns into his feelings. Of revenge, of loss, of feeling he couldn't stop the duchy from failing, he couldn't protect Joshua when it was its sworn duty.

When they reunite, Jill is suicidal until she finds Clive again, and Clive just learned that he is Ifrit and killed Joshua, so he's suicidal. He was going to throw himself into that river, if Torgal hadn't stopped him (one of my favorite scenes in the game, there are no words but it's so powerful). And then Jill wakes up, and he has no idea what to do with himself, but as you put it into another one of your posts (that lives rent-free in my head), once, they always thought as the other being part of their lives so they anchor into one another.

Jill is the light in the darkness, and so Clive follows it. At that time when they left the Hideaway, they didn't thoughts they would come back. They wanted answers for Phoenix Gate, for Ifrit, and then... heal and move on, hopefully. And as we know, fate catches up to them.

Fast forward the five years, when they had to lead people who just lost their home in a traumatic way (just as they did), to find a new place to be hidden, establish contact and trust with Cid's contact, freeing bearers, while being hunted by Hugo's men and more generally being the most wanted persons in the twins because of all of this. We also know they didn't spend much time together, as Clive couldn't summon Ifrit and Jill had to do the heavy lifting.

And, as you brilliantly put in, Jill probably didn't feel clean enough to be with Clive in a physical way. She needed to move on before she could invest herself in a physical relationship. And Clive would have never pressured her into anything.

I'm saying physical relationship, because when we find them again after the timeskip... You can see things between them have evolved. They are way more into each other's spaces and they don't hesitate to touch the other. And look how the residents of the Hideaway treat them : Obulus calls them lovebirds, and Otto is very sorry to interrupt them... when they are on each side of a desk over maps ? Probably deeply staring into each other's eyes, but still.

Their relationship may not have a label, or words on it, but they have the gestures. They may or may not have kissed in the time skip. But they love each other. They are each other's rocks and biggest supporters from the moment they reunite. Because what they needed was a safe place to heal and move on at their own pace. And it's exactly what they gave each other.

FFXVI Warfield musings

So actually considering how on earth Clive and Jill as two definitely-not-entirely-asexual-and-aromantic adults who are clearly attracted to each other could go five years without even kissing...

I think it would have to come down to Jill. Jill is pretty direct about when she wants something, and Clive would jump through any hoop if Jill asked for it; therefore, it makes the most sense that Jill didn't want to during that five years and Clive followed her signals. And I think that has got to come down to the Iron Kingdom.

"I want to choose a different path, a better path. To live on my own terms. But before I can do that, I have to come to terms with my past," she tells him before they leave for Drake's Breath. The first time I saw that scene I thought by "a better path" primarily referred to alternatives to the mindless murder she'd been forced to participate in and be adjacent to, but second viewing made me realize that it was about an alternative to her freezing out her emotions as a defense mechanism. That is what she sees as monstrous, that is what she sees as needing to change...and that is why she can't touch him yet.

"Now I can continue at your side with my head held high," she says after she kills the patriarch. That was a turning point for her. She needed to kill her abuser to "de-monster" herself in her own eyes before she could consider acting on her feelings (and probably other things too, but the fact she specifies at Clive's side and not, say, "continue on in life" or "continue with our mission" does imply it's a big part of her motivation). The infamous interrupted kiss is almost immediately after they return from Drake's Breath, so she's clearly in a pro-kiss mindset by that point.

Disclaimer: I do think arguments can easily be made for them having acted on it well before the scenes we see in the game; this is more of a "if they really did this kind of odd thing, why" kind of musing.

Secondary Disclaimer: I may currently be working on a one-shot specifically on this thing but had to write up my musings first because that's how my brain works.

[crowtongued]

{--You ever just get stuck thinking about dogs to the point of obsession watching nothing but How To videos about getting and training one yourself for literally years til you’re like an expert on it and then you meet the most fucking adorable pupper ever and you’re like holy shit I need one more now? Anyway yes hello I am Cawcky and the only thing I have room for in my tiny bird brain is Puppy ™ --}

[autisticlancemcclain]

“Oh, hey, Shi — woah, you’re bleeding!”

Shiro stops in his tracks, turning around to face his concerned teammate.

“Hey, Lance,” he greets, flashing a small smile. Lance doesn’t look at him, instead looking intently at the various cuts and bruises on his arm.

“Training,” Shiro explains. “Trying a new level, it was harder than I thought. I got beat up a little. I’m fine, though, don’t worry.”

Lance squints at him. “But you’re still bleeding! And it looks like it stings!”

Shiro shrugs, ignoring the small stab of pain from the deepest wound on his shoulder. “I’m okay.”

Lance sees right through his shrug, shaking his head and tutting (looking just like Coran, Shiro notes with amusement). He walks quickly over to Shiro and grabs him gently on the elbow of his prosthetic, guiding him carefully back down the hallway.

“Nope, nuh-uh. No avoiding medical care for you. Goodness, how do you lecture Keith when you’re just as bad?”

Shiro’s lip quirk up again. “I’m not as bad as Keith. Also, I’m his older brother. The rules of hypocrisy don’t apply to me.”

“You sound like Luis,” Lance says, snorting. “All older brothers are the same. Anyways, you’re not getting out of it! I have a first aid kit in my room and it’s closer than the MedBay, we’ll get you fixed up there.”

Shiro considers arguing more, considers refusing. None of his injuries are life-threatening, after all, and he has things to do.

But he can’t remember the last time he hung out one-on-one with Lance, if he’s done so at all. He can’t remember the last time Lance joked and played with him like he was an equal, a friend, rather than a hero to be worshipped. He’s not even sure if they are friends.

Also, Lance does have a point. His arm does kind of hurt.

“Yeah, okay,” Shiro relents, and walks beside him. Lance beams, and it’s such a joyful expression that Shiro can physically feel the dopamine producers in his brain going overdrive as a reaction. He grins back.

They walk up to Lance’s door, which he opens with a dramatic flourish.

“Welcome to my humble abode,” he says.

Shiro hums as he takes it in — it’s a mirror image of Keith’s, in terms of furniture (which makes sense, as Keith’s right next door). There are a lot of climbing vine plants all over — on the walls, hanging off the ceiling, crawling up from the ground. Shiro squints as he looks at a plant in the far left corner that appears to be a giant Venus fly trap.

“Is that a —”

“Don’t worry about it,” Lance says quickly, noticing what has Shiro’s attention. “She doesn’t bite. Well, humans. She’s fine.”

Shiro squints at Lance for a couple minutes, considering. Lance has the face of a guilty person. Lance also regularly brings home strays, but the kind of strays that tend to kill people a little. Both of these things indicate to Shiro that he should probably be An Adult ™ and handle the situation.

But Lance is pulling out the puppy dog eyes. And honestly? The plant’s probably been here for a while, and no one’s died yet. It’s probably fine.

“Let’s move on,” Shiro decides, making Lance sigh in relief even though he tries to be subtle about it. He brightens up quickly, though, clapping his hands.

“Okay! Band-aid time!”

He rushes over to his bedside dresser, pulling out a box with a wonky-hand-painted red cross on it. Shiro grins.

That is adorable.

“Cute case,” he comments, sending a pleased flush across Lance’s cheeks.

“Thanks! Pidge got me the paint.” He opens the box with a click, carefully counting out a bunch of band-aids, some gauze, tape, disinfectant, and a lollipop, which makes Shiro chuckle.

Lance gathers his supplies and scooches over to where Shiro is kneeling, dumping the loot between them.

“Okay, big shoulder wound first. The good thing about this is that Altean disinfectant has a numbing agent, so it won’t hurt. You need to stay still, though.”

Shiro holds himself dutifully in place as Lance carefully wipes a soft cloth over his cuts, paying especially gentle attention to the cut on his shoulder. After all the wounds are clean and dry, he meticulously sticks the bandaids — all sorts of bright colours — over each of the cuts. When that’s done, he takes a square piece of gauze and tapes it slowly over the bigger cut on Shiro’s shoulder.

After all the wounds are dressed, Lance mutters a quick ‘be right back’ and rushes over to his small ensuite washroom. Shiro hears the tap run as Lance washes his hands, and he coma dashing back a couple minutes later.

“Okay! All set!” He hands Shiro the lollipop, which Shiro takes, both because he likes lollipops and also Lance is adorable.

They sit in silence for a bit, Shiro working on his candy and Lance humming to himself. Shiro realises that he doesn’t really want to leave. Lance doesn’t look like he wants Shiro to leave, either.

“We don’t have any training or anything planned tonight,” Shiro starts. “And, uh, I’ve got nothing to do.”

He doesn’t exactly know how to ask to stay. He doesn’t want to be weird, doesn’t know if Lance considers him a friend. Is it strange, because he’s technically their leader. Is this a sort of boss/employee scenario? Should he —

“Heck yeah!” Lance cheers, fists pumped and everything. “I was hoping you’d stay! I have nail polish in, like, every colour, and a I’ve been if it will stick to your prosthetic —”

Shiro grins as he watches Lance flutter around the room, gathering a bottle of blue sparkly nail polish and all sorts of other supplies before sitting cross-legged in front of him.

He talks and talks and talks as he applies a coat of paint to Shiro’s nails as carefully as he applied the bandages, tacking on a question on every third sentence. Shiro hears a million stories about every single one of Lance’s family members, about Hunk and Pidge, about Allura and Coran, about people he’s never heard of. He hears stories about Keith, too, although those are bracketed by the occasional stutter and flushed cheeks. Shiro tells Lance his own stories as well, of baby Keith and Adam and his mother, of days at the Garrison and pranks he pulled.

They chat long past Shiro’s manicure, and long past Lance’s, too. They probably talk past dinner, but Lance has a stash of candy, so neither of them are hungry.

Shiro glances at Lance, in the middle of a tale about him and Hunk and a wild goose that Shiro hopes his a little fabricated, and he grins.

He’s looking forward to more nights like these. He can’t believe he ever thought he and Lance were anything but friends.

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based on this art

[the-writing-mobster]

| Baby Face Boys & Babes HCs! | Road Trip 🛣️🚦|

*Set in the 90s of course.

If you have any Head Canon requests like this, go ahead and drop them in my inbox. These are so fun to write out, so I'd love some ideas hehe. Also, let me know if you want head canons for specific characters ;)

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Sans: The Driver™

He's the one with the nicest car, so of course he'd be the one driving it. He refuses to switch unless it's with Alphys or Nick, those are the only two he trusts at the wheel besides himself.

He's a good driver... However he is a little too self confident about his own skill at the wheel. Sometimes he steers with his knee if his hands are preoccupied.

If someone is driving too slow in front of him he becomes very verbally annoyed. Makes a lot of jokes about bad drivers.

“Oh my God, what!? Why are you going 50 in a 75!? What, are you too busy masturbating!? Couldn't wait until you were home!?” — He only does this because it makes people laugh. If he were alone he would be completely silent, vibing to music.

If the road is empty, or if there's a slow poke in front of him... Or a speed trap, he'll just randomly teleport the car? It never ends badly but no warning!

You trust that he's not going to crash... But you still grip onto that grab handle... Just to be safe...

Nick: Dual Class Passenger DJ & Navigator

Has the best taste in music. Whips out the mixtapes and CDs faster than Clint Eastwood can whip out his gun. Always playing the best jams, and knows exactly what song will fit the mood and time of day or weather. He takes song requests into account, and has a wide variety of genres to listen from. The king of CD collecting.

Hates whatever is on the radio.

Also, none of his CDs are scratched he keeps them in pristine condition.

Occasionally he'll force everyone to listen to the news on the radio, and when it's just him and Sans awake, they'll turn off everything and talk endlessly about politics.

“Ugh, why do we have to listen to this?” “SHUT UP THIS IS IMPORTANT! WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW!”

As Front Seat Passenger, Nick is tasked with reading the map. Will occasionally get confused about the map symbols. Has gotten them lost before, and it was probably because the map was upside down. Sans and him bicker about directions constantly like an old married couple.

Can't ever fall asleep. Will start talking about really deep shit.

Every hour or so on the road, he opens the window to start smoking a joint. This is why they can't EVER get pulled over 😬

Alphys: Window Watcher™

While Nick is blasting tunes on the radio, she's blasting her own, international music into her headphones to drown the boys out. Not because she doesn't like interacting with them, but because they're so fucking loud.

Frequently gets motion sickness and migraines. ESPECIALLY if Sans fucking teleports. “STOP! Sans I WILL throw up RIGHT FUCKING NOW!”

Stares out the window the entire time with her music like she's in a music video. Very much lost in her own thoughts. ESPECIALLY if it's raining.

Points out horses and cows without fail every time.

When everyone is asleep, she'll take her headphones off and start chatting with Sans and Nick.

Always begs to stop at Starbucks to get her coffee fix. She needs to have her venti iced latte with double shots of espresso NOW!

Jonas: Road Gamer Extraordinaire & Snack Enthusiast

Relentless Slug Bugger, and License Plate Puncher. Stop the violence Jonas. Leave the boxing at the gym.

“SLUG BUG!” *punches the shit out of Midas's shoulder.* *Midas punches him back* “NO TAG BACKS! You can't punch me back until you see a slug bug." "I did see one, righ—” “That's the one I saw! I saw it first!” He is the reason Alphys has migraines.

Constantly snacking. Even sober he has extreme munchies. Gets territorial over the snacks... He didn't even bring them.

If you're eating a snack, Jonas literally begs like a dog. He does the dog face, with the puppy eyes, will rest his snout on your shoulder. As soon as you give him the food, he's done with you though haha.

Sans does the dad hand to get snacks, and Jonas reluctantly gives him some, but it's always the smallest piece imaginable.

Constantly goofing around

Falls into the stereotype of sticking his head out the window every single time Nick rolls his window down to smoke. It's the perfect opportunity for Jonas to roll HIS window down without getting yelled at about the air pressure.

The first to fall asleep. He's so peaceful and cute when he's sleeping 🥺... We all wish he stayed like that 😐

Midas: Gas Station Crawler

“Can we stop somewhere? I'm thirsty.”

Constantly asking to stop at every seven eleven he sees. Always has to use the bathroom at the most inopportune moments.

Is always checking out sunglasses at the gas station, but none of them are dark enough to hide his eyes so he can never actually get any of them.

Beverage fiend. Where Jonas eats all the snacks, Midas drinks all the drinks. Always gets Arizona tea, Monster Energy drink and Fanta Orange, always those three together, never just one. No wonder he has to pee all the time. 🤦🏼‍♀️

“Midas, maybe you should lay off the drinks, we really can't stop for bathroom breaks anymore.” “But I'm THIRSTY!” “THEN GET WATER YOU DEHYDRATED FUCK!” -actual conversation between Sans and Midas.

Never has his seat belt on. Reckless endangerment. Midas we can not get pulled over. Nick literally has weed, we'll go to jail PUT YOUR SEATBELT ON!

Always has to take the middle seat, but it's okay, he has prime position to pester EVERYONE.

Ironically asks “are we there yet?? Are we there yet?” every hour or so. It's gotten to a point where not even Midas knows if it's ironic anymore.

Maeve: Sleeping Beauty

Always in the very back, has the whole second row back seat to herself. Just sprawls.

Brings ear plugs to block out Jonas and Midas.

Usually just reads books and magazines when and if she is awake... And... Usually she falls asleep. She literally can not keep her eyes open.

Something about the lull of the road, the soft murmur of voices just past her ear plugs, puts her right to bed.

Is always the one who falls asleep an hour into the trip and wakes up super disoriented like "What? Where are we? How did we get here?"

Really enjoys driving in the rain. There's just something really calming about the rain drops on the roof of the car. Everyone is really quiet when it's raining, and the only thing playing is Nick's somber music to match the mood. That is when she'll take out the ear plugs to enjoy the peace it brings.

Can get comfortable in any condition, sitting, or laying down. While wearing a seatbelt. With the other seat belts digging into her sides. It doesn't matter. She's out like a light.

Any time they stop and Maeve stumbles out of the car, she gets hit with the "Ooo, look who decided to join us. How was the nap sleepyhead?”

Bonus:

Papyrus: Younger Brother forced to come with™

This was not how he wanted to spend his weekend >:(

Mom made him tag along and he and Sans are bitter about it. Still, Sans is trying to include him so he's been given Alphys's usual window seat.

Desperately trying to get his homework done while Jonas and Midas are being obnoxious.

“I'm TRYING to work! Please stop!”

Despite this... He low-key enjoys being included in the slug bug challenges and license plate calls. Like... Actually really enjoys them...

Gets really competitive about it too. Ends up winning of course ;)

Constantly complaining about the music being too loud, but really enjoys when Nick turns on the news. He just finds it super interesting okay!?

Bonus 2!

Frisk: EVERYONE BEHAVE YOURSELF WE HAVE A LADY IN OUR MIDST!

Sans lets her sit in the front seat, Nick is quietly bitter about it, but understands it's just because Sans wants her to feel special and also because... He doesn't want her to have to deal with Midas and Jonas's antics.

“Why can't she sit in the back?” “Because Jonas and Midas are HOUND DOGS!” “I wouldn't mind—” “—You're sitting in the front—” “okay.” “Damn, Sans doesn't trust us.” “such baseless accusations 😔.”

Everyone is on their best behavior. Jonas isn't punching anyone, Midas is drinking less drinks than usual, Nick isn't smoking, Sans isn't randomly teleporting... Maeve and Alphys are still off in their own worlds though lmao.

And Frisk loves being in the front seat. It certainly does make her feel special. Despite the front seat privilege, she's always leaning over the console to talk to everyone in the backseat.

Is actually good at reading maps. They get to where they're going a lot faster. Sans just smugly looking back at Nick in Alphys's usual window seat like "hah... See that, Nick? Looks like it's not that hard after all”

Much like Alphys, she's always pointing out things on the road, however it's moreso about birds. "Oh look, a hawk! You know the difference between a hawk and a vulture?” *goes off on a tangent about the differences between types of birds. Sans finds this really endearing.*

Always singing along to whatever song is on the radio. She's a decent singer, not the best, but she makes it fun. Everyone sings with her. It's super fun.

“Wow, she kind of makes these road trips a lot more pleasant, we should have her with us more often...”

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Here's a little diddy I thought fit the mood :)

[kumqu4t]

Ok so I just had a thought for creachur Y/N: So they can eat pretty much any plant. I'm talking able to digest HOLLY LEAVES and BARK straight off the plant and can eat poisonous mushrooms. HOWEVER, the company does not know this and one day Y/N is like "I'm REALLY hungry, I'm gonna get a snack" and everyone's like "sure thing kiddo" and she just grabs a fistful of leaves and starts stuffing them in her mouth and everyone panics because OH MAHAL Y/N NO YOU CANT EAT FERNS

@sleeplessdreamer14

(OKAY LITERALLY ANYONE WHO SEES THIS NEVER HESITATE TO SEND ME Y/N HEADCANONS/RANDOM CONCEPTS BECAUSE THEY BRING ME SO MUCH JOY!!!! i love adding little input and reacting to them and stuff so yea!! it kinda takes the pressure off of writing serious stuff but also gives me inspiration)

AND OBVIOUSLY I LOVE THIS CONCEPT BECAUSE @beenovel YOU HAVE AMAZING HILARIOUS ADORABLE IDEAS so you just know i gotta elaborate on it ;)

CULTURAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS GIVE ME LIFE SO STRAP IN Y’ALL 🙌

okay first of all i am so soft for middle aged/older men calling younger children or teens “kiddo” it’s just so Domestic Dad ™

so in this scenario i imagine that the company is constantly concerned that y/n is not getting enough to eat

and so when y/n is being proactive and admitting they are getting a snack because they’re hungry the company is like: 😄👍

but when the company sees y/n stuffing WILD LEAVES into their mouth

panic ensues

dwarves are tripping over themselves trying to run over to help

everyone has resorted to yelling in khuzdul

a fire has been lit under thorin and dwalin’s asses because they are SPRINTING

you know when dog owners try to pry their dogs mouths open because they’re trying to eat chocolate or plastic or something?

yeah that’s what is happening rn

“Y/N IF YOU LET GO OF THE LEAVES WE WILL GIVE YOU EXTRA SOUP TONIGHT PLEASE”

“SWEET FUCKING MAHAL Y/N WHAT ARE YOU DOING”

“WE HAVE SURVIVED COUNTLESS ATTACKS BUT ITS GOING TO BE PLANTS THAT KILL Y/N”

“SPIT THEM OUT Y/N! NO!! SPIT THEM OUT NOW!”

bilbo is all flustered and worried

“come now y/n let’s be rational now! we can’t eat every plant we find- no matter how appetizing they may look. Y/N I SAID NO!!”

y/n is SO CONFUSED

just like ??????? wut ????

and in all the confusion and yelling and HANDS IN THEIR MOUTH they spit out the leaves

y/n: wtf guys!!! not cool!! let me feast in peace!!

dwalin is yelling about not being stupid and having a “feckin death wish”

thorin looks very angry and confused and is trying to pry the leaves out of y/n’s mouth

bilbo is smacking thorin’s arm and demanding he “do something!!!” while also somehow scolding y/n

fili is beyond concerned

kili almost went into cardiac arrest and is very frantic

fee and kee’s big brother mode has been ACTIVATED

balin looks incredibly out of his element here,, poor guy very worried- he is too old for this shit

oin is already preparing a remedy

he is also too old for this shit

gloin’s face is red and he is pleading with y/n to “stop this foolishness this instant!”

dori is being (let’s all say it together. i know you know it)… a MOTHER HEN!!

#helicopterparent

nori is absolutely dumbfounded and has no idea what to do but he is trying his best

ori, knowing the vast dangers of poisonous or inedible plants, is on the verge of tears

he is frantically flipping through his notes to see what the protocol is for this situation (spoiler: there is none)

bofur is yelling A LOT and wringing his hat

bifur is also yelling a lot and waving his arms around (“SOUND THE ALARMS”)

bombur is horrified and fearing for y/n’s life (and taste buds)

time skip to after everything has been explained and the company has been appeased

(which takes a lot of time and the confirmation from gandalf that y/n is not about to drop dead or contract a serious illness)

thorin grumbles something that sounds suspiciously like “confounding creachurs going to drive me to an early grave”

dori almost faints with relief

everyone watches y/n very carefully when they eat dinner that night

fili and kili snuggle y/n in between them that night and hold them extra tight

thorin huffs in annoyance and exhaustion after the catastrophe that will henceforth be referred to as “The Leaf Incident”

but he gives you a forehead kiss nonetheless before tucking his three unofficial children into their bedrolls

dwalin keeps watch that night because this rattled him

HELP IM SOFT AGAIN

anyways yes i love this so much

and if anyone wants to add on to this PLEASE DO IT MAKES ME SO SO HAPPY

(also:

the company in mirkwood: okay but y/n isn’t going to starve because look at all the plants so no worries 👍👍👍👍👍)

[castillon02]

Spectre Fix-It

Am I going to write it? No. But if I could take a time machine and stop Spectre from happening the way it did, here’s how it would shake out: 

Keep the scene in Mexico. It was competently executed and Bond’s swaying skeleton hips are an essential part of this film. 

Keep the opening scenes with M, Tanner, Q, and Moneypenny. Love me some MI6 Squad. 

Recast C with someone who isn’t Moriarty Guy, so it takes us longer than 0.5 seconds to know that C is an Evil Evil Bad Guy. Give C a “pet the dog” moment so we stand a chance of suspecting that he’s just a bureaucrat doing his job. 

Un-damsel Lucia Sciarra ASAP. She’s the new Mob Boss of her husband’s crew, and a lot of them are more loyal to her than they are to Spectre, so Bond finds her essentially hiding in a house that’s been made into a fortress, her hired hands bristling with guns. He says, ‘Hey, if you help me stop SPECTRE it’s win/win bc we’ll both have assassins off our backs’ and she’s like, ‘I enjoy being the new Boss now that my husband’s dead, but how about you pay me back for disrupting the status quo before we make a deal’ and then there’s a discreet but clear implication that Bond gives her head. She’s sexily in charge and he knows he needs her help.  

Bond offers to get Lucia to Felix for protection. She says, ‘I’d love to kick SPECTRE out of here, and I’m going to do my best to disrupt their operations, but I’m not going to be able to hold the line for longer than a week. Tell your friend Felix I’ll see him before [X date].’ This gives Bond a time limit/adds some urgency. 

Nix the entire stupid foster brother storyline. Blofeld is a bad guy because he wants money and power and he’ll do anything to get it. He hates Bond because Bond wants to kill him for being a bad guy/because M said to. Boom. Done. Convoluted subplot gone. 

Cast someone else as Blofeld. You heard me, Waltz fans. He was a boring-ass villain. Not scary enough. You can blame a lot of that on the script and the direction, but also his villainous chemistry with Bond just plain sucked. Think about the tension between Bond and Le Chiffre in CR. There was none of that in SPECTRE with Blofeld. 

(god, I hope they get the right bad guy for Bond 25) 

Bond visits Mr. White and remembers to wipe the tapes because he’s not a terrible spy. HOWEVER, Hinx manages to follow him anyway...somehow? 

Bond tells Q about this when Q shows up, and Q is like “oh shit, someone in our network is accessing your Smartblood” and therefore he has a legit reason to turn it off, erasing access to Bond’s location from both sides. SPECTRE isn’t responsible for everything from CR to Skyfall because that’s stupid, but Q does confirm their vast reach across the globe, and that they took over some of Le Chiffre and Quantum’s old bases or something. 

They don’t try to make Madeleine into a love interest, or if they do they keep it slow-burn. They give Madeleine a legit character arc that involves confronting her fears after a lifetime of running and being afraid. 

The fight on the train can stay. 

...and, everything after the train fight except the MI6 Squad stuff is kind of shit? 

Bond and Madeleine walking into the dessert like “whattup we’re here to ask you nicely to stop being villains, no we don’t have a plan” gets replaced with an Actual Plan(TM). 

Blofeld’s torture device gets replaced with something actually scary. 

Blofeld’s hackneyed “woman in an exploding box in an exploding building” plot? What the hell was that? No. Blofeld shouldn’t need ridiculous props to be dangerous; he should be menacing in his own right.  

Even the Nine Eyes thing probs could be changed, considering...it’s kind of already a thing IRL? Like, keep the awesome MI6 Squad shenanigans, just make it so that Spectre is going to use the Nine Eyes to distribute its super secret information tracking program or something. Use C as an example of needing to be careful of smiling white collar criminals hiding in plain view.   

After capturing Blofeld, Bond invites Madeleine to work at MI6 as a psych there while they target the rest of Blofeld’s operations. It’s implied they’re both trying to work on being a little bit more mentally healthy together. 

There’s a shot of the MI6 Squad+Madeleine having a post-Blofeld takeaway right after everything and M being like, “yeah, it’s going to be a shitstorm, but we’ll weather it...and Bond’s just made a very good case for the 00s being reinstated” 

Bond mentions the Aston Martin and Q says something about it being a while before Bond gets another car from him, and Bond just says, “I have time.” 

Because he’s Bond, and he’s not going anywhere. 

[goodplace-janet]

I’m going to actually do some of the things I was tagged in recently! @lexakay tagged me in this one (thank you!):

Your last 1. drink: water 2. phone call: to my mom to explain that the guests she didn’t tell me about were here, so why was she not here?? DX 3. text message: also to my mom; an “okay” in response to a chore reminder. as you can see, i live a very exciting life 4. song you listened to: Champions by Fall Out Boy after seeing a lyrics aesthetic on my dash 5. time you cried: probably in response to recently read fanfiction

Have you ever 6. dated someone twice: ... kinda? define “dated” lol 7. kissed someone and regretted it: yeah :/ 8. been cheated on: no 9. lost someone special: to death? distance? the passage of time? these questions are too vague 10. been depressed: can’t remember the last time i wasn’t, tbh? 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: never

3 favourite colours: purple, emerald green, sky blue

In the last year have you 15. made new friends: i have some new tumblr mutuals, so i think that counts 16. fallen out of love: no 17. laughed until you cried: maybe? 18. found out someone was talking about you: no, and i honestly wouldn’t want to know 19. met someone who changed you: no 20. found out who your friends are: kinda? 21. kissed someone on your Facebook list: no

General 22. how many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: all of them 23. do you have any pets: one dog and one cat 24. do you want to change your name: nope 25. what did you do for your last birthday: got ice cream with my brother, and answered birthday asks on tumblr :) 26. what time did you wake up: 9:00 am 27. what were you doing at midnight last night: sleeping 28. name something you can’t wait for: my parents to go on vacation so i can have the house to myself for a few days 29. when was the last time you saw your mom: a few hours ago when i got home from my run 31. what are you listening to right now: my poor laptop wheezing 32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: yes 33. something that is getting on your nerves: my inability to retain a routine long enough to get my shit together in any meaningful way 34. most visited website: tumblr lol 35. hair colour: dark blonde 36. long or short hair: i have complicated feelings about my own hair and its ideal length (blame the lifetime of trichotillomania) but it’s currently about shoulder length 37. do you have a crush on someone: nobody who isn’t fictional or a celebrity

38. what do you like about yourself: um. 39. piercings: one in each ear, but i haven’t worn earrings in forever 40. blood type: O+ 41. nickname: Couscous, which is a play on my apparently unpronouncable last name, but nobody has called me that since i got out of the Navy 42. relationship status: single 43. zodiac: cancer 44. pronouns: she/her 45. favourite tv show: the last thing i watched was Sense8, so currently that 47. right- or left-handed: left 48. surgery: none 49. sport: running 50. vacation: i’d like to practice Italian enough that i can visit family friends in Italy and actually have conversations with them 51. pair of trainers: i have way too many because i haven’t figured out what to do with the completely worn out ones, so they just pile up in my closet when i replace them

More General 53. eating: more because it’s Time To Eat and less because i have any kind of appetite anymore 54. drinking: water 55. i’m about to: get back to transcribing zrs6 radio 56. waiting for: the weekend to end so i can get back to actual work and maybe make enough to draw a paycheck this week, wouldn’t that be nice 57. want: this quiz to stop asking vague af questions, thanks 58. get married: if the circumstances were right, i could see myself getting married, but it’s not like. a bucket list item or anything 59. career: god. i can’t think that far ahead anymore. i’d like to have a Real Job(TM) someday

Which is Better 60. hugs or kisses: hugs are the best thing ever 61. lips or eyes: eyes 62. shorter or taller: taller is really nice, but either is okay, i guess? 63. older or younger: older, i think?? 64. nice arms or nice stomach: arms, i guess? i’m too ace for this set of questions idk 65. hook up or relationship: relationship 66. troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant

Have You Ever 67. kissed a stranger: no 68. drank hard liquor: yes 69. lost glasses/contact lenses: no 70. turned someone down: for dates, yeah 71. sex on the first date: (or ever) no 72. broken someone’s heart: probably, but not like, intentionally 73. had your heart broken: not really? or it was long enough ago that i’m WAY over it, so 74. been arrested: no 75. cried when someone died: yes 76. fallen for a friend: yeah

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 77. yourself: lmao 78. miracles: not really (i feel like it has a religious connotation, but outside of that context, if you want to call an unexpected success miraculous, go ahead) 79. love at first sight: not in my experience 80. santa claus: no 81. kiss on the first date: maybe? depends on how the date went lol 82. angels: no

OTHER: 83. current best friend’s name: idk if there’s anyone i’d consider a BEST friend? i feel like that concept implies reciprocation of the Best Friend title, and i constantly worry that everyone secretly hates me so uh 84. eye colour: green 85. favourite movie: currently Wonder Woman

I’m supposed to tag people, but I’m not gonna, so if you see this and wanna do it, feel free