#IT'S A GOOD SHOW GOSH DURN IT

[truths33k3r4]

" Don't ya know that we's a family? Would I let ya down? No way.

.. Just hold on, kid, till that train makes Santa Fe.... "

Finally finished my fanart for @allyheart707's Little Subjects!!

If you don't recognize the lyrics, they're from the Broadway play 'Newsies.' :) The song is about the hopeful dream of two young newsboys to someday go to the glorified town of Santa Fe, and escape all of their woes and lack of freedom. Soooooooo you can see why I picked it for my fanart of Ally's au. ;)

( I actually originally had the plan for Mikey and Donnie to be taking the place of Annie, from the 1982 film, but decided that the song from Newsies would fit better. :) The building where Mikey and Donnie are staying, is what the orphanage looked like that inspired the story of Annie! )

Anyways, I hope you like it, my friend!!! :) And I hope you're feeling better today!! Praying for you! <3

Two down.... four to go.. but first- Imma take a break cause I can just FEEL the carpal tunnel crawling up my fingers and wrist XD

~ Melissa

[kraymerman]

Spread all across Michigan, there are large stretches of thick, shadowing forests, stretching from Lakes Michigan to Huron, and more than half of the UP is taken up by the waves of wooden, green-topped goliaths. The trees are so thick, offering shelter to all kinds of life, that it's not uncommon to find neighborhoods where the deer are so close that they might as well be neighbors, peeking out of their homes among the trees when there's nobody around, or when the sun has set and the moon rises, or to hear owls calling their inquisitive calls into the brisk northern night.

But deer and owls aren't the only woods-beasts that wander the forested plains of greater Michigan. Some folk speak of dogmen, muscular, canines that walk on two legs, heck there's a whole song about it. The song goes "the best advice you can get is never go out at night". This is gosh durn good advice, because the Dogman isn't the only creature that wanders those woods. There is a beast that blends into the trees, its skin like coarse, dark tree bark, standing at 7 feet tall, its arms and legs long enough to reach the tops of the trees and thin enough to slip through the tightest fits between branches. Around its shoulders it wears a pelt made of thousands of small twigs, that rattle and sing in the hollow wind, like a rattlesnake, or a wooden wind chime. Protruding from its crown, two twisted, gnarled roots burst, twisting up towards the sky, like antlers. It stalks in the night the endless, unknowable forests of Greater Michigan, raking its sharp claws along stones, leaving deep, too deep, gashes, or letting out deep, bone-chilling cries that almost resemble the sound of old wood, creaking and cracking under the weight of the chilling north winds. And its eyes almost glow in the night, like those of wolves, a true predator. This is the beast known as the Barkman.

The Barkman prowls just beyond the tree lines, far enough in that you won't see it, but not far enough that it won't see you. It's a carnivore, too, and with strong, sharp claws and jagged, splinter teeth, it is well equipped to hunt, kill, and devour its prey.

Luckily for us, though, the Barkman don't show up much. It keeps to itself, and we do the same. We get the clearings, the Barkman gets the woods, and its content satisfying its hunger with birds, rabbits, and the occasional deer. But, when night falls, and the moon rises into the air, the Barkman may become more bold. Like the deer it shares the woods with, it breaches the boundary and ventures out into our settlements, wandering the headlamp-lit streets, hunting for fresh prey. Or, if a human dares to cross that boundary themself, and enter its territory, they best turn around and leave, fast, 'cause you've left the land of man, and as far as the Barkman is concerned, you're free game. Ask any Michigander about the woods, and they'll tell you how, if you linger away from home too long, lost among the trees, a sudden silence will fall upon the lands, no wind, no rustling of leaves, no tweeting of forest life. When you hear that, run, 'cause that silence means the Barkman is watchin', and it's givin' you a warning or, if it's in a hunting mood, a head start.

So listen to the Dogman song. There's something out there that wanders those woods, a hunting beast made of bark and woodchips, of rich, free trees and dry, crackling kindling. Beware the Barkman, and don't go out at night, or you might become no more than blood and crackling flesh, feeding the maw of the wooden man of the eternal Michigan forests.

[marta-bee]

With DS9, it’s the little things. Take this exchange from “For the Cause”: 

QUARK: Can't you do something about these lapels?

GARAK: Such as?

QUARK: I don't know, I'm not a tailor. Just make them look good.

GARAK: Oh, make them look good. And all this time I thought you wanted me to try to make them look bad. I wish you'd said that before. It's so much simpler when the customer explains what he wants.

QUARK: Rudeness will get you nowhere. I don't need another waiter. 

At which point Kira bursts in; Garak has been making googly-eyes with Ziyal, a half-Bajoran teenager Kira has taken under her wing and whom she does not want Garak to have anything to do with. After she’s done, Quark goes back to berating Garak about his tailoring choices: “ You told her. The pants are about a metre too long. So, are you cancelling your date with Ziyal? “

I can’t emphasize enough that Garak is a dangerous former spy and assassin, and at this point that’s the worst kept secret on DS9. Sisko knows. Odo knows. The dude who changes the lightbulbs and flushes out the quantum residue from the power generator almost certainly knows. Quark definitely knows. Three episodes later he hires Garak to kill him. 

And he accuses this man, who is also quite skilled as a tailor, of making his bloody pants a meter too long.

Quark, who’s a Ferengi which are notable for being ridiculously short. Quark, who is complaining in the middle of a fitting about how things still aren’t right, meaning this is almost certainly a custom piece he’s been fitted for at least once already.

And I can’t stop laughing. Because it’s delivered in this utterly deadpan, self-entitled “the customer is always right” tone. Put in the current vernacular, Quark is being the perfect Karen; but he’s doing it with a vicious glee at being mean, at being able to be mean but in this utterly witty way, to a man who could quite easily snap his neck.

It’s perfect. This show is perfect. How were they all so gosh-durned good?

[fizzingwizard]

We got episode 3 “Into the Digital World”! And the good news is we are still Very Much at it with the Taishiro lol

This pic pretty much sums up the whole episode for me:

❤️!

Spoilers under the cut...

So let’s knock the most important thing off right away, at the end of the ep they DO go to a real digital world!

And it looks like a child’s fantasy... a beautiful natural world full of amazing creatures. I have no idea how similar it’s gonna be to the world we know, though! So far everything’s different, even things that seem the same. Keeps me guessing.

The landscape is pretty intriguing. Looks like a planet/moon on the horizon? And I’m sure that interesting island’s gotta mean something...

But back to the beginning.

So last week, I was all boggled because they introduced Omegamon and Jogress so early. It was easy to think that since they’d started this hype wave, they were gonna keep riding it out, especially with Hikari and Takeru seeming to receive magic feathers and all. Well, that’s not really how it goes down.

The battle is very quiet, with few words - none at all from Taichi or Yamato until Koushirou gets their attention. I am not 100% sure about this, but from the way Taichi looks to the side when an attack comes his way and Omegamon then takes it out, I think it might mean Taichi and Yamato have some mental work of their own to do to help Omegamon fight and that’s why they’re so quiet. But that’s just a thought. I do love the idea that the kids’ ties to their Digimon have more of an affect on their ability to battle than just their evolutions.

One thing a Jogress does is make you glow. Yeah yeah, we glowed before too. No, I mean GLOW.

Like, nonstop.

Also, I have figured out that Taichi and Yamato must have suction cups on their shoes and that’s how they don’t fall off Omegamon while he’s hurtling all over the place

Cue awesome rock version of the theme song battle music!! Omegamon kills nu!Diaboromon the same way he kills him in Our War Game, with a STAB. But that doesn’t stop the missile. Here I thought would be Koushirou’s turn to shine, but aside from continuing to keep tabs on things, he doesn’t get to join in the fight this time.

Omegamon is somehow able to detect missiles, I guess?

And lock on to the infected one, which conveniently shows an actual lock, is red, and even has the monster’s eyeball symbol. We also see a bunch of Digi code before this.

He absorbs the powers of all the Crests into his sword (!!) ...

(notice they’re still glowing!)

... and stabs it. Because in Digimon, stabbing is always the answer.

BOOM shakalaka

People of Tokyo: Wow that’s bright! I should probably avert my eyes or put on sunglasses. But first, to Instagram!

Thanks, Kouushirou’s computer.

The missle blows up way up high and no one gets hurt. They also don’t seem to care all that much about what this is either! Seconds later everyone’s devices lose power, including Koushirou’s computer. He is very distressed, but the outage doesn’t last long.

Yamato and Taichi’s suction cups finally lose their grip and they fall away into a bright light...

Omegamon became a butterfly!!

It is now certain, Taichi didn’t pull a Kouichi xD He’s perfectly fine. That’s the RIGHT way to get in and out of the digital world at a train station. Take notes, kids.

OK before we move on I must take a second to appreciate these text messages Koushirou receives from someone named Mr.Unknown (gee I’m sure we’ll never hear from him again!)

OMG my life is

WHAT KIND OF REACTION IS THAT TO YOUR IMMINENT DEATH!?!?

“Someone stop it!” Suddenly Japanese (also from Mr.Unkown)

Twenty bucks says this guy is Gennai? Ryou? Wallace? KEN?!

no don’t bet against me please, I have no money.

Have an adorable Hikari, who didn’t get to do anything with the feather in the end. Who knows if she even really has it. She DOES seem to totally know what happened with her brother though. Takeru might know also? But Hikari definitely does. Our little oracle is back.

So Taichi is fine, Koushirou is fine, Yamato is fine. They all get back to the human world safely. Taichi and Koushirou head home, wondering if all that really happened, talking about what could happen next. More importantly, the Taishiro power returns at full throttle.

Koushirou: Do you know about this? This? This?

Taichi: Hmm... hmmm... hmmm.. thinking makes my head hurt...

(Like I rag on Taichi for not thinking but tbh he’s quite the thinker and planner... maybe more so in this season than in the original.)

Gloves returned to pocket. Goggles still at the ready.

Then Taichi reaches out his hand... Koushirou stares at it like he’s not quite sure what to do with it. And Taichi’s like, “Thank you so much, for everything, you were a huge help!”

Koushirou: “But I didn’t do anything.”

Taichi: “You helped so much by doing all that research! You’re awesome!”

Koushirou: :D “Y-Yeah!!”

He agrees that he’s awesome!! My baby!!

They shake hands! They’re such good friends now!

... Then Taichi walks backwards out of the elevator with his hand still outstretched, staring at Koushirou

WHAT

WHAT THE HECK IS THIS!?!?

This show producers aren’t even TRYING to hide their bias hahaha okay that’s the Taishiro fan in me but HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO READ THIS SCENE CMON LIKE!?

So Taichi’s about to go home, and at this point I’m thinking “I guess Koushirou’s never gonna ask that question about camp...!”

Then Taichi is like, “Oh yeah, didn’t you have a question about camp?”

Fricking. TAICHI.

I am absolutely stunned that it’s him who brings up Koushirou’s original errand xD Koushirou himself has completely forgotten about it! (Too busy basking in the glow of being called awesome about twenty times in what this episode establishes is less than an hour!)

Seriously Taichi is SUCH A DAD!? His mom comes home and tells him about her day. Hikari comes over and he pats her on the head and tells her she was brave and did a good job. All he needs is a newspaper and a tie to reach peak Dad-ness.

Hikari: “Thanks big brother!”

Taichi: “...? For?”

So about Yamato... on the elevator Taichi realizes he never found out where Yamato lives...

... It’s Shimane. Grandma’s house in Shimane! Well I mean, they could make it somewhere else, but the point is it’s super inaka countryside. Yamato has a call with Takeru which makes it seem like they indeed don’t live together, as Takeru shyly asks Yamato if he’ll come visit since it���s summer break, and Yamato says he does intend to go to Tokyo and see him. Not sure yet who Yamato’s living with, if it’s still his dad or he lives with his grandparents in this version, or there’s some other reason he’s not in Tokyo...

Yamato also asks if Takeru’s okay, and Takeru replies he was inside all day so he’s fine. That’s what makes me think Takeru knows about Yamato going to the digital world. He might not, but I like the idea that he does. My guess would be he knows because he’s seen Yamato do it or something, whereas Hikari just knows because she’s psychic :P

Then guess what! WE GO TO CAMP!

Only for like, two minutes, though. That was a bummer for me. Camp is just a vehicle to introduce a couple other characters, then they go home. Well, we don’t need two of the exact same show I guess... I’ll just appreciate this as a nod to the original.

First we see Jou! He’s hancho again and trying to tell other kids how to use a knife. He immediately cuts his finger. Good ole Jou I can’t wait to have him back.

Taichi and Koushirou are walking around camp and Koushirou trips due to Jou yelling and basically throws his laptop straight into the air

Laptop: “FREEEEEDOM!”

Mr Superior Reflexes AKA Taichi quickly grabs Koushirou and prevents him from smashing face first into the dirt. GOSH THEY JUST WILL NOT STOP WITH THE TAISHIRO. I CANNOT.

Koushirou: “H-H-Human c-c-contact?!?!?! Is this SKINSHIP”

Like y’all know this isnt my fault right? I wouldn’t have to say these things if the show didn’t make it so durn easy. Bahahahaha.

Guess who catches the laptop! Soooooraaaaa!

My girl is back! She’s got butterflies!

Koushirou says he knows who she is because the girls in his class always talk about how she’s so cooooool!

This episode establishes that Sora is 1) popular 2) well-liked 3) responsible 4) quick-thinking 5) athletic 6) Taichi’s old friend 7) coooooool in like, thirty seconds.

Taichi and Koushirou continue to spend aaaaaall their time together. My one complaint here is that all they do is talk about the digital world. And while I know it’s no surprise, the one thing I always loved about old Adventure was that to a certain extent, the kids got to act like kids. Of course they had uncanny adult wisdom and ability to sit still, lol. I understand that. So far in this show, they’re not really acting like children even a little bit. It’s all superheroing. That’s how I feel at the moment though - the only one I expect to really act like a child is Takeru, and probably Mimi, I’d guess. I do hope we get to see a larger range of personality from all of them in the future. It is only episode three.

Koushirou’s icon is a pineapple <3

So there’s a new threat but it’s not as obvious as the old one. Another power outage happens but they don’t know how important it is right away. Then both Taichi and Koushirou’s digivices start to glow! Taichi runs out, and here we finally got some new personality from him, something beyond friendliness and bravery: He really, really wants to see Agumon again. He’s already feeling the depth of that bond and it’s really been weighing on him that they parted so abruptly. He has so many questions. I would say, Koushirou talked about the digital world non stop because he finds it interesting, but Taichi talked about it because he misses Agumon. (Koushirou after all hasn’t met Tentomon yet.)

Before he can run out, Taichi runs into Hikari in the living room. She’s worried, and she clearly knows what he’s up to, but all she says is “Itterasshai.” I super appreciate that the set up and lighting is the same as these scenes between the two of them in original Adventure! It’s a total throwback to that hallmark ep of Adventure, episode 21.

Unable to think about anything but seeing Agumon again, Taichi runs outside to the train station where Koushirou is (I wonder if the train station is going to become like their base point or something). He doesn’t even notice Sora, but she notices him...

... and in true Sora fashion, immediately turns around and starts chasing after Taichi without a word xD

ugh I will always hate how PINK she is in this

Sora: “Taichi’s running somewhere awful fast... he has that look on his face... he’s going to get into trouble ugh I just know it”

The digivices glow and both Taichi and Koushirou disappear into the digital world. As they go through the vortex, we see a bunch of colored lights...

So this one is clearly Taichi and Koushirou, and Sora as well. My guess is she gets swallowed up as a result of following Taichi.

However, over here we have Yamato, Jou, and Mimi, but why would they all be together? Yamato’s fine, but how are the other two getting in?

It doesn’t seem like Takeru’s joining this time, which is interesting. But I might be wrong - only episode 4 will tell.

Taichi wakes up in the real Digital World and is finally reunited with Agumon. End episode 3 <3

I’m really curious about what’s coming next! I’m still pretty shocked that a Jogress happened so early, but I’m gonna guess now that we might not see it again for a good long while. My prediction is that Yamato’s gonna be more like the lone wolves of other seasons (Ken, Ruki, Kouji, etc) who don’t want to join the main team right away, then suddenly just do. Everyone loves a rogue hero. I am super excited for the whole team to be together though so we can see all those personality dynamics grow! I really want them to not go home for a while and have to live by their wits, but I don’t think that’s the way this show wants to go, it wants the drama of going back and forth between lives... OTOH, we now know for sure that it IS summer break, so I suppose they don’t really have a NEED to go home. Maybe we’ll get a bit of both - they usually go home after, but sometimes end up on a longer stay?

I think what I need most from this show is the rest of the team before it will really feel like Digimon Adventure to me. So looking forward to episode 4!

eta: I totally forgot about the pics I took of the trailer for next week!

Look how awesome this is! This is exactly what I am hoping sticks around for a good long time! We need the partners to bond and we need to live up to the name of “Adventure”!

Since the trailer only shows Taichi and Sora, I wonder if that means everyone’s split up. Koushirou’s light seemed a bit distant from the other two in that screencap up there, so maybe he lands somewhere else and they all have to find each other. Makes sense, really. I’d expected that for the other three but figured Koushirou would be with Taichi... but it’ll be awesome if he has to try to get by on his own in the beginning. Also, so excited for Birdramon!

Bonus: I found a vid on youtube that claimed to have English subs and I clicked out of curiosity... this is what it wrote when Taichi says “Koushirou”:

X’D Koushirou has so many nicknames now. DJ Wiseman, Kou the Bro, Awesome, Taichi’s New God, Godzilla... I love Youtube.

[pangurbean]

Pardon me while I rant a bit. I try to keep things upbeat. But sometimes.

Some. Times.

Today, I started my placement matches. I had won every placement so far, either as Tracer (WOAH) or as Symmetra.

Imagine my glee when for the fifth game, we got to Junkertown. (the above highlight is not from that match. it is merely there to show HOW TO HOLD THE GOSH DURN CHOKE WITH A SYMM AND A  REALLY BIG SHIELD)

So, the other team of four we were teamed up with had a pretty good comp. There was a Mercy, and I believe an Ana? A Junkrat who switched off a lot, and some dude who started out as a Rein (I was psyched) but then switched over to Roadhog. I was less psyched, but still feeling pretty good.

That changed. Rapidly.

It wasn’t until the other team was approaching the third point that I can actually remember getting healed. (you see where this is going, yes? just wait, it gets better)

The opposite team was doing full-on pirate ship and rocking it. We didn’t have enough tank, and our other healers weren’t sharing to stop them.

Of course we got blamed. Specifically, my Symm pick. (here’s where it gets better)

The next round of J’town starts up, we’re on attack. THE DUDE TOOK SYMM. LIKE. LONG ENOUGH TO START THE GAME WITH ME COMMITTED TO TRACER. Of course he wanted me to Bastion. I told him flat out, I suck at Bastion.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I do. 

At the end of the whole thing (we barely made it around the first corner) of *course* they blamed the entire loss on Symm. Natch, Thirty pointed out the utter stupidity of taking a 200 hour main’s main out of spite because they’re too idiotic to realize that maybe THAT WASN’T WHY WE LOST. I may have embellished a bit, but the gist is the same.

Needless to say, we played another round, and me-oh-my, we brought that round back for the pretty green plus side.

And yes. I absoLUTEly played Symm.

[cranberrybogmummy]

Fanfic Triple Threat: The Storm that rocked the universe (Doctor who/Gravity Falls/Rick & Morty)

It must have been the middle of the night when the drifter showed up at the back door of the mystery shack. They couldn’t hear the faint scratching at the back door. So the drifter mustered all of his strength and knocked harder.

Eventually the door opened Soos looked down and saw a a stranger: a ragged,  burned, injured, man, collapsed on the porch, flies circled his head.

“Dude you alive?” Soos asked.

The man looked up at Soos. “Is…. this… Gravity….. Falls?” He said. Each word was croaked out in a painful way, also he sounded British?

“Yeah Dude, but you need to get a hospital. I’m calling 911.”

The man smiled slowly, he had an unnerving smile and squinty eyes.

The Man looked Soos squarely in the eyes. “No… you aren’t.”

Soos felt a weird twitch in his brain. “Naw, I guess not.”

“You… will… take… me into … your house  and care for me….” The man said.

“Yeah I will.” Soos said. Why not? It was easier then taking the guy to the hospital and didn’t they have some burn ointment in the medicine cabinet? Soos bent down and looped his arm over the man’s shoulder. The stranger really didn’t weigh much at all… It was easy to help him into the house…

“Just one more thing? Am …I at ….the mystery shack?”

“Yeah.”

The strange drifter smile deepened and he stifled a laugh that turned into a cough.

“You okay?”

“Oh, I’m so much better then okay, Jesus Ramirez.”

“Heh. You know my name…. that’s not suspicious at all.” Soos said sincerely.

~~~

The Stan o’War II sat in the Port of Portland.

“This is weird,” Stan said. “Soos should have been here to pick us up.”

“Well,  he’s just late, he’s running your business now, maybe he’s got other concerns…” Ford replied.

“Naw, he wouldn’t  be late, that’s not him.”  Stan said.

“Hey I think the Mabel and Dipper are here.”  Said Ford.

“GRUUNNNNNNNNKKKKKLLLLLLESSSS!!!!!!!!!” Mabel screamed running up to them and folding both of them into a big hug.

Dipper trudged behind he was still wearing Wendy’s old hat. He smiled in a tired way.

“I’m So glad to see everyone!” Mabel said. “Wait… where’s Soos, he was supposed to pick us up and take us to Gravity Falls.”

“That’s what we’re wondering,” Stan said.

“How long has it been?” Dipper asked.

“About a half hour,” Said Ford.

“Huh, that’s not like him,” said Dipper.

“He hasn’t even been in touch with us for two weeks,” Mabel said. “We usually video chat all the time. He was real excited, couldn’t wait to show you guys the new attractions him and Mel made. I called and texted all of them, no one answered.”

“So you’re saying this is suspicious?” Dipper asked.

“Yes, I suppose so,” Ford mused. “but we don’t know for sure.”

“I just texted Wendy, she said the shack’s been closed for two weeks, this isn’t good. Something’s happened, I know it” Mabel shouted

“Then why are we standin’ here gabbin’ about it, let’s find out what happened!” Stan said.

They rented a car, piled in and headed out to the falls.

~~~~~~~~

Melody was slightly shaking as she carried the tray up the stairs to the master bedroom, Soos and her used to share it, but the drifter and taken it over since his arrival.  She took a deep breath and knocked at the closed door of the bedroom. Soos opened it, his eyes blank, not seeing her.

“Ms. Melody with my brekkers, on time for once.” She’d once loved British accents, now they were ruined.

Melody looked down, she didn’t want to meet his horrible squinty eyes. Since he’d been cleaned up, the drifter it seemed had receding sandy colored hair and slight goatee, He was still covered with cuts and burns. He spent most of his time in bed, but had ordered Soos and Abuelita to ransack Stan’s old office also the room Ford used to sleep in.  She didn’t look at him as she walked forward and set the tray down on the nightstand.

“Eggs and toast with Marmalade!, looks scrummy! And there’s my tea, I hope Granny made it properly this time, don’t want her to suffer do we?” He said. “Aren’t you going to answer me, Mels?”

Melody tried so hard NOT to look at him. She didn’t want end up like Soos or Abuelita, hypnotized under his control.

“No.” She muttered

He sipped the tea. “Aren’t you going to look at me, Melody? Aren’t you?”

She didn’t reply.

“I know Stanford Pines hid the plans here. I know he had a secret lab, but I’ve searched this place top to bottom and still can’t get in it!” He exclaimed. “That doesn’t make me happy.”

She looked up, kept focused on Soos, who just stood there looking blank and miserable, it hurt her so much to see him like this.

“Look at that big lump! What did a smart girl like you ever see dummy like that?” He said. “Nevermind,  I know one of you KNOWS the code to that lab. I’ll get it out one or another. I’ll make him hurt you or his Nan, if you don’t tell me.”

Melody sighed. “I don’t know the code.”

There was an evil joy in the drifter’s voice. “Or should I make him hurt himself? Which would be worse for you? C’MON LOOK AT ME AND ANSWER! I AM THE MASTER AND YOU WILL OBEY ME!”

She looked up at that round, face with it’s squinty eyes and thin smirking lips. She could feel her brain starting to switch off….

”Nononononono- Little Bopeephaslosthersheepanddoesn’tknowwheretofindthemleavethemaloneandthey’llcomehomwaggigngtheeirtailsbehindthem Little Bopeephaslosthersheepanddoesn’tknowwheretofindthemleavethemaloneandthey’llcomehomwaggigngtheeirtailsbehindthem—“

She could feel her mental resolve coming back.

“—SHUT UP!” The Master lunged at her ready to strike.

There was knocking at the door, loud and obnoxious.

“SOOS, MELODY, UHHH SOOS’S GRANDMA! WE’RE HERE, WHAT’S GOING ON? OPEN UP!” It was Stan’s voice. Melody never felt so glad here that Jersey accent in her voice.

Soos began to stir, at Stan’s voice. “Mr. Pines? Is that really him?”

“Soos we brought snacks and glitter!” Mabel’s shout from downstairs.

“Oh my gosh! The Pineses are here. Pines? Or Pineses, I never can—“ Soos began.

“Be quiet!” The master chided irritably. “Wait….” he got out the bed and limped to the window and drew the curtains back glancing out he commented. “That’s Stanford Pines, we need him.”

~~~~~~

Stan, Ford, Dipper, and  Mabel had been waiting outside the shack for what seemed like an eternity when Abuelita Ramirez finally opened the door.

“Come in be careful we under new management.” She said.

“Where’s Soos and why’s the Shack closed durning prime business hours?!” Stan demanded.

“Quiet Stanley I think something’s wrong.” Ford said.

“Why are all the blinds down?” Mabel asked. “And why do I smell tea and burnt rubber?”

“Where’s Soos and Melody?” Dipper asked

“Sssshhh, will answer later.” Abuelita said.

They walked through the creaking dark mystery shack until they got to the office.  Soos stood by the door, so did Melody neither of saying anything their heads down. The chair was turn back to them.

Abuelita locked the office door behind them and the feeling of discomfort grew tenfold.

That’s when the chair spun around and the Master looked at them grinning from behind the desk.

“Who the heck are you?” Stan said. “And what did you do my shack?”

“Me? I’m the Master and you are going to be my guests for the summer!” The master said. “Wait did I say guests? I mean hostages!”

“I’d like to see you try, ya limey bastard!”  Stan yelled, grabbing his golden knuckle dusters.

“We’ll fight you!” Mabel shouted, defensive glitter clutched tightly in her fist.

“Whoever you are won’t get away with this!” Dipper said..

“…wait!” Ford said flinging his arm out. “This isn’t an ordinary human! If my calculations are correct we are dealing with dangerous alien, a Timelord from Gallifrey!”

The Master’s smile widened. “Bingo! Now give me access to your lab and papers! There is certain being a I need to make contact with… you know him as Bill Cipher.”

“What?! NEVER!” Ford Cried.

“Thought you’d say that so I’m going to——“ The Master began.

Then suddenly with a flash of light and smoke, a figure appeared:  a thin teen with patchy borne hair in a ragged yellow shirt and gray pants.  He pointed a silvery gun at the Master and in a  cracking quavering voice he spoke with that was oddly familiar he said:

“M-M-my n-n-name is M-M-Morty Smith on behalf of the Time Agency under t-t-the Authority of Time baby, you are under a—a—a-arrest, and I’ll KILL you if you don’t-don’t.—“

“Blendin?” Mabel whispered

“Why’s he calling himself Morty and what’s he doing here?” Dipper whispered back.

“Go on do it then and kill me,” The Master smiled.

Morty fired the gun, it sparked and crackled but nothing happened. “Oh time-shit! I’m screwed now!”

[arodrwho]

dw liveblog below

...my durn internet frozeified. i’m gonna miss bits when it skips to catch back up, alas

“space, the final frontier” what? a nerd ? IT FROZE I’M MAD--and skipped some, bc of course it did. asshole. --ok now we’re back in business

“i want to have a baby with u” oooo “--and as soon as my radio’s fixed i’m gonna tell u just that” oh gosh

“you’re wasting your breath” literally lmao

SPACE ZOMBIES

a skull? helo skull

“what do u want from me?” “the truth” “don’t be unreasonable”

dude she was tryna read, why u interrupting

“doesn’t feel like space” “now it feels like space” what a nErd

oh no space zombie

“he’s just standing there, it’s sick, it’s disrespectful” i love how u think of these things? ur just. a v kind person, generally speaking, & i appreciate that about u

“the universe shows its true face when it asks for help, we show ours by how we respond” a nice line

“any questions? good” dude u interrupted her. do not go treating bill like u treated martha. respect her heckdang curiosity and opinions, don’t shut them down

“do people ever hit you” “well only when i’m talking” hah

.....nardole pls shut up

“it said expelled” yes it did. 10/10 observation points

it broke their sonic. that sucks

“we’ll be horribly murdered” dude ur scarin the fuck outta her? can u let her live perhaps?

“relax, or die” helpful, nardole. very helpful

“great, we rescued a racist” “excuse me?” oh dear. can we maybe not--not play this for a joke? that’s an uncomfy sort of. thing. oh good it’s done now

.....nardole, please stop. also was that ? meant to be a pun on jewish, or. [squints] anyway, i was neutral on nardole before, but now...not so much. he’s annoying

“can they learn? evolve, grow?” are u learned from the last adventure w/robofriends?

“oxygen. that’s what we’re missing” o goodness. she done told u

“so don’t hold your breath” “or my lungs’ll explode” “you were listening. good job”

BILL. BUDDY. BILL BILL FRIEND BILL BUDDY FRIEND BILLL HOLY FUCK Gd o not cut to commerc--U CUT TO COMMERCIAL

BILLLLL

......she has a helmet i bet the dr who gave theirs up if she has a helmet--y ea  look there they are they have. no helmet. what a shock. what a surprise. who would have guessed ever in the world

“he died” “he should’ve done. dunno how he survived” respiratory bypass

“the doctor. he walked in vacuum for far too long. he paid a price. he’s in section 12″

oh. he's blind

“it’s temporary” if u say so my guy “i’ve got stuff in the tardis that can cure anything” =/ unsure how i feel about the “cure for anything” thing, feels a bit too jkr to me. i rly prefer like. the “accomodation for everything” hcs, those are better

NO BLUE FRIEND. nooo

“what’s happening” did nardole just say GUESS? fuckin rude???

“fined for dying” ohhhhhh shi iiiiiiiiiit it was the company wasn’t it. to make a profit

“business as usual” oh my god am i right oh fukc

BILL. U CAN’T JUST LEAVE HER? GIVE HER SEOMETHING????

i missed sometihng, obviously. do they not die permanently? are they stored somewhere? ???????

did she just call for--her mother oh no. oh nooo oh no oh fuck

“your life is in our hands” okay, does that mean you can return it? like. can u hand it back

“stop bein such a quitter” lmao

“everyone says it’s not their fault. yes it is. all of it. it’s all your fault. so what are you gonna do about it”

“she’s no more dead than you are, and i am, and everyone on this station is” y eahhhh

“not just revenge, it’s revenge as bright as the sun, it’s revenge you can see across galaxies”

“are you out of your mind?” “ah, yes, completely, but that’s not a recent thing”

“there’s rescue ships on the way” “no there isn’t!” coolio

“die well, it’s the finish line, it’s winning!” o...kay? but can we get to the part where they’re alive somehow ?

she’s alive ! yayyy

but the others are dead still? gosh

o. a hug. they don’t seem to mind much though, which is. interesting. near-death experience on her part making it alright, or is it just that they’re not as against it as they used to be?

......nardole will u fuck the hell off. you’re annoying and now uncomfortable too. go away

“we’re back on the tardis. when did that happen” as though u couldn’t tell that by hearing alone? this is ur home dude, what kind of nerd joke

“promise me you’ll be loud” “promise” ahah, nice

a yoyoooo. and a stimming nerd

“laterz” “.....laterz” an echoing nerd

nardole shut up

they’re still blind aren’t they. they are, aren’t they. the glasses, the “i can’t”

--my recording broke off there but i’m. assuming the answer there is yes

welp

that’s a thing now

[calicochao]

Appreciation Post for my physics teacher

My physics teacher is so gosh-durn cool.

Ok so, a few days ago, she told the class that if 90% of us participated in the survey we were randomly selected for, she’d get us all doughnuts!

Though on the day we had to take the survey, only 70% of us showed up to take it. RIP the doughnut dream, right?

WRONG! The next day (today), she got us all donuts anyway!

BUT IT DOESN’T END THERE

She told us all that if we were gonna have 2 donuts, we’d have to split our 2nd doughnut with someone else (because there were barely any left). So me and my friend in that class got up to get another doughnut to split. But when we got to the doughnut box, our teacher walked up and handed us each a WHOLE doughnut. This was like 5 seconds after she had just said we’d need to split it.

Like bruh. That was awesome. I mean, to be fair, my friend and I are two of the most well-behaved students in the class, but still, it was great.

AND the time we got to mess around with hot wheels. I was able to bring some of my special hot wheels! I would’ve brought the Golden Toilet car, but I lost it... Whatever, the plunger broke off anyway.

And then, at one point, I needed voice actors for a project and was talking about it to my friend, and my teacher heard and STOPPED THE CLASS TO HELP ME FIND VOICE ACTORS IN THE SCHOOL! I mean, I didn’t finish the project anyway, but she told me it would’ve been amazing.

She also lets me draw in class (don’t worry, I always pay attention to the lesson!), which is SUPER cool to me, because I love drawing. Like, seriously, if I wasn’t able to draw in class, I’d probably be more stressed about school than I already am. And because I’m at the front of the class, she often sees my drawings and is all, “Oh, that’s so cool!” And she’s so supportive???

And when like half the class doesn’t show up, she puts on a movie for the students who came and that’s just awesome, because then the absent students don’t miss any work AND the present students have fun! And they’re always good movies too!

AND YESTERDAY SHE WAS PRINTING SCIENCE MEMES AND CUTTING THEM OUT AND I WAS JUST LAUGHING SO HARD BECAUSE memes are wonderful. I love memes.

IN CONCLUSION: My physics teacher is amazing.