#I’ve been obsessed with this song lately and I’ve always been obsessed with the titans so this is like my niche little overlap

[donnatroyyyy]

Standing in the yard— Standing in Titans Tower

Dressed like a kid— Holding on to the team and each other and being heroes even after everything

The house is white— the tower is the same and so is everything inside, like it’s frozen in time

And the lawn is dead— THEY’RE not the same, and the never will be again, the pain’s changed them and twisted them into people that would’ve been unrecognizable to the people that saw that tower as home. No matter how long they try to hold onto each other, they know they can never go back to when this tower was happiness and peace and not just the graveyard of ghosts of all the people now gone, including themselves

[gloriousburden]

Tagged by: @abby118 ! ❤️

Rules: Answer and tag nine people you want to get to know better and catch up with

Favorite color: Purple, blue, and black!! I like green as well, but those will always be my first choices.

Last song: I believe it was either Intro / Flowers by Grimes, Unravel by Björk, or Kinetic by Radiohead LOL I listened to a lot of music last night

Currently reading: Nothing! But I should read something.

Currently watching: NOTHING! I fear I won’t ever be free from the shackles of Attack on Titan, and anything with Loki in it!

Currently craving: In my life… change of schedule, please! Food wise… maybe a slice of chocolate cheesecake or anything involving a lot of protein 😭

Coffee or tea: TEA ONE HUNDRED PERCENT! I hate coffee, and I’ve been obsessed with green tea lately. Wish I liked coffee though it seems like so much fun and there’s a lot of variety.

Hobby to try: I’d like to get more into sewing/up-cycling clothing! I have a lot of old clothing I don’t wear, and instead of just getting rid of it… I want to learn to modify it to my current style. Been brainstorming that recently.

Current au: N/A not much of a writer currently.

Tagging: I don’t think I know of nine people to tag, but… @gemini-serpentis, @silverpen-and-paper, @unityrain24, and anybody else who sees this and would like to do it! No pressure. Apologies if you’ve already been tagged lol.

[aheathen-conceivably]

1, 10, 12, and 25! - lgl

LGL always a joy in the inbox 😊

1. What’s the last screenshot you’ve taken for your story?

Trying to get them spoilers here, huh? 😜

The last screen I took was actually while testing some pose edits. It is a blessed photo, so please enjoy (and speculate)…

10. Is your story fully planned or are you still working things out? is there a definitive end?

Kind of, definitely, and yes.

More specifically, I have a number of specific details planned out. I always like to ramble about how it’s like scaffolding being built toward the sky. The higher you go the less the structure is there, and you can see all the cracks and still need to figure out how to actually get to the next solid point, which is where the inspiration and flexibility comes in. But overall, yes, I have the final scene of the story written. Imma need a whole ass team if I’m ever gunna get there at this rate though 😅

12. Do you actually play the game or do you just use it as a storytelling medium?

Specifically in the Darlington save? Probably like 20/80 at this point. I play between story shoots to kind of mimic the arcs, so it’s more me just imitating my own story in gameplay vs. actually playing the game and letting it influence my writing at all.

25. What inspirations have you drawn on for your story?

Goodness, gracious. Everything? If that’s a fair answer? 😅

Movies I love, books I read, history I’ve studied, songs that hit, fellow storytellers, tropes that make my brain itch, personal experiences, the color of the sky sometimes, a single word my husband says. Honestly? Fun times out here when you’ve got the Darlington brain rot.

To narrow it down I think that the 1890s/1900s were more inspired by my own aesthetics and decades challenges in general, and things got a little more personal around 1910 (which is why I usually tell people that’s when I start to really like the story). Those years were heavily inspired by Downton Abbey and Titanic (of course). And as broad stroke inspiration, I’m sure y’all know I’m fond of the “it glitters so brightly you don’t even see the tragedy until it’s too late” vibes that Titanic has (cue my other favorite films Cabaret and Moulin Rouge).

The 20s are inspired by New Orleans, I cannot state it enough. By everything I felt in my years there and everything I learned during my MA. More specifically, it was heavily drawn from Mister Jelly Roll and Empire of Sin. We also have some Gatsby in there, of course 😉

Now in the 30s I’m really having a blast, because I feel like I’m pulling inspiration for all the previous decades (Gatsby references coming when?) as well as hinting toward future ones (a certain littlest heiress and her obsession with the Wizard of Oz comes to mind). Combined with that is so much rich inspiration for this decade itself, coming heavily from Route 66: A Cultural History and The Grapes of Wrath specifically , as well as broader ideas of Americana, country and blues music, and the symbolism/beauty of the desert.

This decade has also really made me realize just how much inspiration I draw from place, and how it not only influences my style of descriptive writing (which in and of itself is inspired by Anne Rice), but also makes me so interested in how a location and its history influences people and the path of the story. I feel like it grounds me not just in a time period, but how that time period may have been different in specific locations and how different characters react to those factors.

[surr3al1sm]

I’ve been listening to the Titanic (the musical) soundtrack obsessively lately bc I saw it irl a few weeks ago and it was wonderful. And every time this song (or its reprise) comes on,

My brain almost always goes to him,

I genuinely don’t know why but this song fits him so much. I wish I could back this up more, but I truly can’t. It does go sort of hand in hand with my head canon that Cygnus (the city) is partially built on water.

[hammah-head-shark]

Idk if anyone will care because this is very niche BUT

Here is my interpretation of "Foreign Language" by Nothing But Thieves from a Jearmin POV <3

If you have any alternative interpretations, I would love to hear them!!! (Plus if there are any other AoT fans who love NBT I would be so happy lmfaooo)

DISCLAIMER: This is all just my own thoughts and headcanons, a lot of the analysis I have isn't necessarily keeping to the canon story, and has a lot of assumptions based on things we don't see in the anime/read in the manga! It's all silly fun because I love Jearmin, and I feel like this song fits them :) <3

Sometimes I don't understand you Same road, just different direction Same note, but different vibration I've gotta admit, you're not all it seems You've got planets in your eyes Guess it's not my thing But you make it look alright

From the perspective of Jean

“Same road, different direction / Same note, different vibration” -> Jean and Armin work really well together as co-leaders of the Paradis team during season 4. But sometimes Armin says/does things that Jean doesn’t understand/agree with at first, but he trusts Armin enough to go along with it. This could also be interpreted as the fact that Jean and Armin were originally meant to be one character, but Isayama decided to separate the personalities into two separate characters. So whilst they are in sync a lot of the time, there will be moments where they differ from each other.

“I’ve gotta admit, you’re not all it seems” -> Armin is stereotyped as the weakest link, and is treated like an underdog (he himself has very little confidence in himself), he’s not physically strong, but he proves that his intelligence and ability to come up with good plans is incredibly useful. And Jean misjudges him at first.

“You’ve got planets in your eyes” -> Armin’s ambition and dream to see the ocean. The childlike wonder and fascination, he can’t just stay behind the walls forever. He is his parents’ son, after all.

“Guess it’s not my thing / But you make it look alright” -> Jean doesn’t have the same fascination as Armin does. He only became a scout to make a difference, to help people and further humanity, not necessarily to explore outside the walls. However, seeing Armin’s absolute bliss when they reach the ocean makes Jean much more interested in the world outside the walls.

And I know that we've been so tired lately Want a change and like those movies from the old days You've been making us watch Well, it's a foreign language to me, baby But I love hearing you talk

“And I know that we’ve been so tired lately” -> In season 4, the Paradis squad have been too busy trying to stop the Rumbling and everyone is exhausted. Jean and Armin haven’t had a chance to talk about their relationship?

“Well, it’s a foreign language to me, baby / But I love hearing you talk” -> Reiterates that Jean and Armin don’t always understand one another, but Jean loves hearing Armin talking about whatever it is - whether it’s his theories (like when they were talking about the female titan in season 1), his dreams (seeing the ocean), or leading the scouts like a true commander. ("Foreign language" is also a reference to a previous lyric "those movies from the old days you've been making us watch", and also a later lyric, which mentions an Italian film which is *obviously* in Italian, and therefore, a foreign language)

I'm intoxicated by you Day drunk, hit the double feature A "life sucks then you die" t-shirt And a stolen kiss That's not all you need I've seen the look in your eye L'Avventura dream (L'Avventura dream) I hear it call you in the night

“I’m intoxicated by you” -> Reference to when they were drinking with the refugees. Armin and Jean spent a lot of time together in Marley during their undercover mission, and this moment in the tent is symbolic of their evolving relationship. Jean’s initial impression of Armin was that he found his friendship/obsession with Eren creepy, but now Jean and Armin have a closer bond than ever before.

"A "life sucks then you die" t-shirt -> Jean is a pessimist, and has a dry sense of humour. Armin isn't, he's just tired of his current life.

"And a stolen kiss / That's not all you need" -> a reference to the film mentioned on the next line. Maybe Jean and Armin's relationship starts out as a kiss that was an 'in the moment' type of kiss, maybe after a near death experience? Armin isn't that kind of person, he can't just kiss someone for the hell of it. It has to mean something. And maybe Jean also realises that when he kissed Armin, it wasn't just an adrenaline-led moment, but it had deeper undertones to it.

“L’Avventura dream (L’Avventura dream)” -> this references an Italian film from the 1960s (‘L’Avventura’, or ‘The Adventure’), and is described as a film where events happen with very little explanation or signals. This idea that things just happen and you should just go with the flow. This could relate to Jean and Armin’s relationship, as there’s no big gesture that shows a shift in their relationship. One day they were just a lot closer than before. This theme of “going with the flow” could also be a call for spontaneity, doing things just because. Living through a war could make someone want to do something they wouldn’t normally do, because they don’t know if they’ll live through it. For example, Jean and Armin getting together?

[Chorus repeated x2] And I know that we've been so tired lately And I know that you've been looking for a new way to, to make the world stop Well, it's a foreign language to me, baby But I love hearing you talk

“And I know that you've been looking for a new way to, to make the world stop” -> Throughout season 4, Armin didn’t want to resort to violence to stop Eren and the Rumbling - he was sick of the fighting and bloodshed. He wanted to talk to Eren and sort things out peacefully. Jean (and the other Paradis members) wanted the same, but deep down, they all knew that they wouldn’t be able to get through to Eren. Jean just had sympathy for Armin and his useless hope.

Essentially, this song talks mostly about their relationship throughout season 4, and the shift from small moments they have together pre-season 4, to their relationship (/friendship, you can interpret this however you want, I suppose!) being more focal and obvious to the audience.

I had so much fun doing this analysis, and I have a couple of songs in mind for other ships (currently have 2 contenders for Eremin..👀) so if you liked my analysis, feel free to suggest other ships/songs that you’d like me to interpret for aot ships!! :)

(I probably won’t analyse for Eremika or Aruani, because I’m not a huge fan of those ships- but anything else lemme hear them!!)

[the-traveling-poet]

thanks for the tag my love @levispersonalslave 💛

Favorite color(s): I’m rather partial to yellow, but turquoise will always hold a place in my heart.

Favorite flavor(s): anything with lemon or blueberry flavors, artificial or natural, but I also love savory like garlic or cheesey lol.

Favorite genre(s): For music I’m a fan of most genres honestly. Except for deathcore type of metal. I’m fine with it overall but too much of it spikes my anxiety (it’s the loud insistent screaming that does it). For movies, I’m a sucker for the ‘end of the world’ or ‘assassin goes rouge’ tropes!

Favorite music: I have a lot of favorites, but if I had to narrow it down some, I’d have to say 2000’s pop, i.e. MJ, JT, Backstreet Boys, Maroon 5, etc.

Favorite movie(s): Lord of the Rings!!! I’ve been a huge nerd for Tolkien’s lore for over 10 years and my obsession has yet to die.

Favorite series: Attack on Titan. 1#. Always. But a close second would have to be either Blacklist or Supernatural.

Last song: Fallen Angel by Three Days Grace. I was blaring that in my car leaving work yesterday xD

Last movie: I think the last movie I watched was Con Air? Such a good one lol.

Currently reading: Does fanfiction count?? If so I’m trying to carve out time to get to my moot’s writing T-T

Currently watching: I’m still finishing Blacklist and Supernatural lol yes I know I’m late to the party I’m just always busy.

Currently working on: Again, do fics count?? I’m working on The R.O.S.E., a Levi x OC fic!! It ain’t doing so hot but maybe some day.

tags/ @humanitys-strongest-bamf @humanitys-strongest-brat @sixpennydame @sellowbabe @levicakey @levi-ackerman-ds +anyone else who wants to join!

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favourite colour(s): every shade of blue

favourite flavour(s): cinnamon, cherry, teriyaki

favourite genre(s): fantasy, magical realism, mystery

favourite music: honestly I'll listen to pretty much anything, from hard rock to classical music, but I have a special preference for 80s hits and Japanese indie

favourite movie(s): Pride and Prejudice (2005), Howl's Moving Castle, Shrek 2

favourite series: Good Omens, One Piece, Haikyuu!!, Gravity Falls

last song: Your body is a weapon by The Wombats

last movie: Glass Onion

currently reading: The house in the cerulean sea by TJ Klune

currently watching: One Piece, Buddy Daddies

currently working on: in a creative sense, working on a zosan royal au fic, several fanart pieces and a few fantasy au concepts I'm excited about; in a personal sense, working on my insecurities, hoping to improve my lifestyle by trying sports for the first time (kendo, specifically!) and studying for a competitive exam

@goldenandhappy @ftld42 @bryttdaffodil @doremiinas @ats0mi @mafuwara @miyakiyoomii @heart-cores @omiishii

[buddydollysims2]

get to know me tag!

@nervosims tagged me! thanks so much! I love doing these every once in a while :)

rules: tag 9 people you would like to get to know/catch up with

last song you listened to: well, when I was tagged I believe the last song I’d listened to was It Ends Tonight by All American Rejects, but earlier I was listening to Qveen Herby and ended on Pink Cadillac.

last show you watched: I think the last new-to-me show I watched was Midnight Mass on Netflix, which is fucking phenomenal; do watch it if you haven’t seen it. I bawled like a baby at the end. Erin, my beloved... 🥺 I’m gonna add listened to too, because I listen to podcasts far more often than I watch any movies or shows, and since Is We Dumb just ended, I got into Can You Don’t? and the first episode was really good! I’m excited to hear what they do with it. No Accounting For Taste with Kyle Kinane and Shane Torres is also very good. (I’m a comedy junkie for the most part, if you couldn’t tell).

currently watching/listening to: always Qveen Herby. I started listening to her ironically but she’s actually everything and I love her so much. But right now I’m just bumpin’ to Wild Party’s Phantom Pop album, ‘cause I was in the mood for it. As far as watching, I have Stranger Things in my queue because I haven’t got to it yet o__o and First Bite because it looks really really good—praying it doesn’t disappoint my gay vampire-loving heart.

currently reading: Between books right now but I just read The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna, which I’ve been recommending to literally everyone because it’s just. It’s perfect, it’s everything. (Aro/Ace Protagonist if that sweetens the pot for you!) I will say though, if you look into it and intend on reading it, it’s very trigger heavy as there are very explicit descriptions of SA multiple times throughout the book. I had to take breaks from it a couple times as I was reading, but it was so worth the read. I tried to start Frankenstein because I’ve never read it before, but it’s a bit tough to focus on when I usually read because it requires more concentration, being from an earlier time and having more flowery language that’s easier to get lost in. So, I think when I can get back out to the bookstore I’m gonna pick up The Sirens of Titan and reread that, Kurt Vonnegut has never disappointed me, I always feel so refreshed after reading a Vonnegut novel, but I didn’t really comprehend TSOT when I read it in high school.

current obsession: One of my OCs; a resurrected death god who attempts to live the normal mortal life he was robbed of.

5 songs I’ve had on repeat lately: (According to my Spotify) 1. Confetti - Qveen Herby 2. Free - Florence + The Machine 3. Curls - Bibio 4. 1985 - Bo Burnham 5. WILD - Qveen Herby

I tag: @simsisit, @carrotsimspia, @pollination-technician-27, @simvac, @simspirations2, @slythersim, @simnationlifebefore, @beau-broke (love your blog! where’s your simblr at? I’m dumb and can’t find it), and @s1ndle ♥

No pressure to do this if you hate tags! y’all are just a combo of the most recent unfamiliar people in my activity feed (thanks for checking in!), some I already knew but haven’t interacted with a lot, and a few of y’all I just love. You know who you are (I hope!).

[batarangsoundsdumb]

yet another ask dump yeehaw!

do you ever think that jay's mother was one of those bitch who believes in horoscope and tarots and things like that and so he believes in these things too, or it is just me projecting?

sheila haywood took one look at jason's birthchart said 'nah this won't do' and left.

Wait, but what happens when the justice league does find out that Bruce and John fucked? Lmao it sounds like it would be hilarious, really, I don’t want a justice league that doesn’t make fun of Bruce for like his entire life.

barry runs out of the meeting immediately and comes back with an entire sti testing kit. diana fully seriously wants bruce to get tested while bruce is sitting there like 'come on guys, you're being ridiculous, i already checked twice'

john is standing in the corner clearly offended while bruce is just like 'don't even say anything, constantine, you fucked a shark'

tim was like "i'm drake now" and everyone was like ahh so your fursona is a dragon and tim was like pffffft no. ducks.

on the one hand, good for him, on the other hand, bro, how do you still have a secret identity when your superhero name is just your last name,,,,

Your fic on ao3 was GOLD PLEASE CONTINUE I loved Dinah's cameo btw ( @purple-vixen

thanks so much! i already continued but this ask is like 10 years old because i'm a notorious procrastinator (also yes! i love dinah so much aahhhhhhhhhhhh)

I've FINALLY been watching the Batman animated series and I gotta say, after watching "the gray ghost" I am CONVINCED that Batman is a closeted super hero geek who was 100% freaking out the first time he met Superman and is just REALLY good at hiding it.

bruce internally: holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit holy fuck holy shit bruce externally: get out of my city, alien

AHHH ur multimedia fic is the only thing that brings me happiness anymore continue it forever pls

uhh thanks, but can't continue it forever because my attention span is that of a toddler on crack on a good day and i can't function without at least 10 things going on at the same time and music in the background

Oi, so I'm getting into dc and watching batman the animated series, and they use fruitcake a lot. Which I thought was very funny and wanted to share w you - Denilla

wait like fruitcake (food) or fruitcake (derogatory) ?

young justice 🤝 teen titans slut shaming batman

tim drake and dick grayson to their respective teams 'you guys stop it, that's my dad'

Happyhoganon: If an eighty year old Batman had fought crime in Gotham City for decades and the only threats to him and the city lately are a wheel chair bounded Penguin, your usual purse snatchers and a few con artists popping up every now and then, how well could the Dark Knight do in maintaining the peace in Gotham despite him being just somewhat fit to do that as an elderly man (which says A LOT given how old he is)

uhh he'll probably do what my grandpa does and that is ruthlessly prank them until they die of shame.

in the death in the family interactive movie there's an ending where Jason is tasked with raising Damian and he decides he's gonna raise Damian to take down the waynes and al ghuls which uh maybe isn't great BUT the idea of Jason raising Damian... PRICELESS. CHAOTIC. I just need more people to know about this :)

yes i saw that wow holy shit but jason would accidentally drop damian on his head one (1) hour in and jason just yeets him into the lazarus pit.

Headcanon: The Penguin has a really hard time fighting any of the Robins because of his avian obsession means there's always a small part of his mind that's like "Birb. Child. Protect" ( @subspacecadet )

as soon as dick becomes nightwing the penguin is like 'you know what, fuck this dude' and shoots at him.

Y'all talking about King Shark dating Constantine, let's not forget about John literally hooking up with Satan

listen there's a clear difference between monsterfucker and satanfucker in that king shark is literally a shark and satan still looks like a normal dude

Does everyone in Gotham think Batman is a teen dad?

everyone in gotham thinks batman has been around since gotham was founded, but they do think that bruce wayne is actually a teen father and dick grayson's biological dad.

why. why would you do that fancast when you know it will only hurt people

what? i loved my fancast it was really well done. i did it with good representation in mind and i really managed that with alfred pennyworth being ✨italian✨

Seeing james charles a jason gave me psychic damage how dare you i need to wash my eyes

well that's a you problem isn't it?

do you think dick grayson thirst tweets about nightwing just to annoy his family/cause problems on purpose in general?

he thinks nightwing is hot, next question.

holy jiminy cricket batman, its as cold as the good lords ass crack in here!!

i- what? this is why i don't fuck with english expressions it's way too goddamn weird

Brooooooo, your teen dad!Bruce au is soooo good. I've got brainrot.

Honestly if you ever write anymore, I'd read that shit twice. Sign me the fuck up. Good stuff, Good Stuff.

uh yeah i'm thinking about writing a fic, but i have exams coming up and i don't wanna fail because that would suck. but after i'll certainly be writing more tho

your teen dad AU is so great! bruce acting like a big brother for all of like a week before he's telling everyone about his son. what if in the AU dick meets the JL because they need to rescue him? maybe he's in trouble/kidnapped at a gala and bruce starts calling for JL. clark finds him and has to fly with dick to bring him home - that's how dick and clark meet and superman becomes dick's fave hero. he goes around the manor thinking he can fly with a red blanket draped around him like a cape.

actually- if you want a young dad! bruce fic with like that kinda stuff(just with damian) go check uhh- in for a penny by cdelphiki. it's really good and bruce is like 24/25-ish. (and dick's there!!!)

This account has solely convinced me that Tim is a trash goblin ( @hamilcat-and-magic-turtle )

because he is. that boy has slept in dumpsters on multiple occasions even if he is the son of a billionaire.

Okay but when you said victory dance I did think of the whole justice league defeating the big bad and then they all start flossing

well that's exactly what hal jordan does and that's why batman uses a gun now. no but the victory dance in my opinion is like the 'we're all in this together' dance from high school musical.

The horrors in Invincible s1 was nothing compared to the comics, I cant wait for s2

oh well okay, i mean i personally react to horror and violence by laughing awkwardly so i can't wait to be called a monster for accidentally laughing at a mass murder.

I'm currently watching Batman: The Brave and The Bold and- Bruce is just talking about Oliver like he's an old love (@nightwings-kid)

okay im going to watch that lmao that's totally and completely in character for him tho.

The invincible comic is like super gratuitous with its violence so much so I'm shocked the show was able to adapt it in a faithful way! Anyway had the show been live action it absolutely wouldn't have the same impact as it does as an animated show and I'm so glad so many people agree with me on that

also because a live action casting would've been like uhh amanda stenberg for amber, the dude- the guy from the supernatural but with a mustache for omni-man, and scarlet johanssen for debbie grayson

Debbie grayson is a milf, yes. You're welcome for the invincible propoganda, now you can questions your life. Bruce def seems like the perfect father next to Omni-man. Like they really took a rip off justice league and I was like well, now I'm attached even tho I was like hah I know who they're supposed to be. And then bam- death gore death gore gore gore sad Mark grayson just had to have daddy issues. Why does every character have daddy issues. I'm sick of the attacks

because daddy issues make a person arguably funnier, that's why i'm not even remotely funny (haha good dad flex). i liked that it was dark contextually, but not in the colouring, bc i hate when it's like 'uh yeah graphic murder and now a shot so dark you have to sit in a dark room and squint at the screen to faintly see the characters. (like dcau ugh)

About the Wayne insurance, for a moment I thought you would put the video with moans over the waves.

i mean- i could've done that, but rick rolling seemed more family friendly.

Its the first time in forever that im surpise rickrolled, i usually expect it. Congratulations (i really should know better this is tumblr)

i get rickrolled so often but i actually like the song so i dont really give a fuck

Actually, my information about Damian and John's kids is outdated because it was revealed that the old men telling the kids stories about the Supersons were actually Jon and Damian the whole time. I was blinded by my thirst for Grandpa!Bruce Wayne but I was wrong... I liked my version better, tbh (@artemisa97)

fair enough. but i'd honestly like to see damian and jon getting together, just because it's a really fun dynamic and their friendship was really cute when they were kids. (also idk maybe it would be nice to have one (1) main batfam/superfam character that's not cishet)

How am i JUST finding your blog skdskfkd you're so fucking funny and ur takes are hot

i thought u were calling me hot :( but youre not :( crime detected (but lmao thanks)

So I have depression and I swear that your memes are one of the few things that have made me laugh so thank you 💛🥺 (@katekanebadass)

aw you're welcome, and i hope you're doing okay!

The metropolis memes are so funny, I love them 💀😌

i think metropolis is also so fucking funny it deserves more attention imagine having your entire police force being upstaged by an alien from kansas and his kids

as an american i feel your complete lack of knowledge of us geography is just so sexy (platonic) ❤️

thanks so much (i also don't know any other geography, i'm not kidding, like you can tell me you're from hungary and it will just blank, there will be nothing that comes to mind)

In the DC universe they don't say "Can't have shit in Detroit" they say "Can't have shit in Gotham"

this just reminds me of that guy whose porch got stolen like the steps to his door, and i'm thinking of people living in gotham and waking up without a front door and going "can't have shit in gotham"

honestly all i know about chicago is the bean, so. what would gotham's famous sculpture be?

gigantic gargoyle statue in front of one of the police precincts because a villain thought it was a smart way to keep the police inside, but it's too heavy to move.

why tf do people go on about how batman "works alone" or how he's the "lone wolf" when he like 38290202 members in his family

bc people think it's cool that a grown man in his 30s has no friends or family instead of calling it what it is (sad)

Bruce is gotham's sugar daddy

why would say something so controversial yet so brave.

my favorite batfamily fanfictions are the ones where they use their shitty codenames, unironically, in any context

dick: gerard way are you in position, gerard way are you in position

tim: for the last fucking time, my codename is 'totally not count olaf' this week, abbafan 3000

dick: shut up my codename isn't 'abbafan 3000'

dick: it's 'abbafan number 1' and you know it

I have a feeling Tim drake is ur favourite batfamily member but okay u don't have favs if u say so ok

i mean he is, i won't deny it. but i love each and every one of the batfam just the same, i just have a weak spot for short dumbass nerds, because i'm a short dumbass nerd.

Omg i fuckin love boy meets world too fam shsjkfk

bro boy meets world was the shit!!! it was just fire and awesome and so fucking great like bro. it was so good im not even going to be accepting criticism

you know I find the whole "joker completes batman" thing a bit disgusting considering the horrendous stuff the batfamily went through because of the joker and let's not get started on the "joker has a point" thing like yeah he's this cool complex villain but he's absolutely batshit crazy

like yes! i get what you mean the joker just fucking sucks man he doesn't do shit for batman's character or the batfam he's literally just annoying as fuck. like the joker has a point' shit is so stupid. i will accept 'magneto was right' because he fucking was and i think he didn't do anything wrong, but joker? he's just like that. he's not even cool and complex he's just a weirdo with a bleach kink at this point.

ALSO YOUR RACISM POST- SO TRUE BESTIE

thanks bestie, i'm glad you agree.

in today's essay of why I think cass should become batman- I was thinking Tim would probably be the most efficient batman in many ways but I also think he wouldn't want to be batman tbh none of the batfamily members would want to be batman because they're trying to outgrow him but cass is the one who wants to represent the symbol that is batman

absofuckinglutely i will say it again and again that cass represents the batsymbol more than anyone in the batfam, in batgirl (2000) she literally didn't care about anything else than bruce's oath to not kill, she thought the batsymbol was more important than anything in gotham. she's just an excellent character because her motivation to not kill is not 'i'm scared i can't come back from it' or 'well my dad says no murder so i'll go along with it' but that she's killed somebody as a young child and she never wants to kill a human ever again and that's so fucking beautiful for a new batman like yes.

need more cass, duke and tim inclusion in gothamite memes

yes yes, a tall order of cass, duke and tim coming up in 1-14 business days

oldest to youngest batfam members cus I'm confused as shit

okay order of being taken in: dick, jason, tim, cass, damian, duke order of age: alfred, bruce, dick, cass, jason, tim, duke, damian (though cass and jason are around the same age general consensus is that cass is a little older)

I'm so confused Steph is a redhead?? like how was it that hard to get this right? the source material is literally right there and free

cw is jared, 19

do you receive anon hate? if so, how do you deal with it

uh no, i'm not remotely popular enough to get anon hate and i also don't say a lot of things that would attract anon hate, but i do send anon hate to @the-real-peter-parker because he forgot about the specialists from winx club

Wait how many languages do you speak??

uhh- 5 if you include latin, but that's a dead language and i'm really bad at it. but english, my native language, german, and french also, tho german and french not fluently.

You can mix aguaepanela with aguardiente 😈 and is tasty

okay but now i'm curious if the liquor deserves the 😈 emoji or if that's a you problem. but i googled it and it looks like something you'd take one sip of and then not remember the rest of your evening.

[kennathegaefrog]

1. 22

2. Libra

3. 5”6 or 5”7 idk

4. Pansexual

5. They/He Agender

6. Spicy Coated Peanuts

7. INFP-T

8. House

9. In the UK

10. From time to time

11. I’ve had covid once

12. Recently: Obsession-Exo, Chains-Nick Jonas, Skin-Sabrina Carpenter

Songs I always come back to: Put it on me-Mistah Mez, Rebecca Rosher, Reflections-The Neighbourhood

13. Read or write

14. Nope, I’m still at uni

15. Lately I’ve been going to bed in the early hours of the day and waking up around noon or later. However when I have lectures I usually wake up earlier(as I have early classes) and try to go to bed at earlier times

16. Definitely a messy person

17. Burgundy or any shade of Blue

18. I’ve never moved

19. Nope, I’ve taken a lesson or two but I’m definitely not confident driving

20. A few close friends and a couple distant(that I’m getting to know better)

21. Single, though I really want a gf rn

22. With someone

23. Racism, homophobia, transphobia, anything to do with numbers, studying etc

24. Music, reading, writing, drawing, dreaming about my future, binge watching shows, titans, pretty little liars, Nikita, cod, Harry Potter, Osemanverse, SJMs books, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s books, noughts and crosses series, etc

25. I like that I’m straightforward, I like that I’m starting to try harder, I like that I’m not letting things stop me from doing what needs to be done, I like my nose, I like all my smiles, I like my music taste (literally any kind of music lmao), I like my book taste, I like my writing and my writing style, I like so much more about myself that I know in my heart (that I cba to type out lmao)

introduce yourself

just some basic questions 

how old are you?

what’s your zodiac sign?

how tall are you?

what’s your sexuality?

what are your pronouns and gender?

what food do you eat when you’re sad?

what’s your myers-briggs?

do you live in a house, an apartment, or something else entirely?

where were you born?

do you journal?

how covid safe are you?

what songs do you have on repeat?

what do you do when you’re alone?

do you have a job? what is it?

when do you go to bed? when do you wake up?

are you a clean or messy person?

what’s your favorite color?

how many times have you moved?

do you know how to drive?

do you have a few close friends or a lot of distant ones?

what’s your relationship status?

would you rather sleep alone or with someone else?

what are some things you dislike?

what are some things you like?

what do you like about yourself?

[isolemnlyswearpevensie]

Lightning in a Bottle | Edmund Pevensie x Reader

Warnings: None :)

Time/Era: Modern AU

Word Count: 2.6k

Summary: Music is Edmund’s love language, apparently. 

Request: Hey! Could you possibly do a cute high school au with Edmund? Maybe they’re both crushing on each other and everyone knows except themselves, anything you wanna do really haha 😂 thanksss :)

A/N: Thanks for the request!!  God, I love Edmund so much. And here, we have indie boi Ed. This oneshot is inspired by  Electric Love by Børns. (Specifically, the video linked) This is one of my favorite songs, and I thought it fit the indie-main-character-high-school vibe :) I didn’t really nail the “everyone knows but them” thing, but still crushes! Enjoy ~

masterlist | here is a playlist of the songs in the mixtape mentioned | read on ao3

Edmund Pevensie was obsessed with listening to music, particularly with old musical technology. While it wasn’t uncommon to have a fascination with cassette tapes or vinyl records, it hit a special chord within Edmund’s heart. Something about listening to music, old and new, on the outdated tech made the music sound better, hit harder, and stick in his mind better. He was the type of guy who took the AUX on long car rides to play one of his thousand Spotify playlists. 

Another notable thing about Edmund was that he was very intelligent with very high standards for himself. He was a natural at academics, having been in advanced classes since he was young, and he was the guy everyone hated in math class. After dozing off in class, and mouthing off to the teacher every now and again, he still came out as the teacher’s favorite and a straight-A student. 

The majority of the time, though, he tended to keep to himself. While he was genuinely liked by his peers and was rather charming, he didn’t really consider anyone his friend. Unlike his older brother, Peter, he liked to remain closer to the shadows with earbuds in his ears. He knew he could never fill his brother’s shoes; Peter had basically come into Cair Paravel High School to be captain of the soccer team. He was so good that even though his grades were subpar at best, he received a full-ride scholarship to Archenland University to study sports medicine and play on their soccer team. 

Then there was his older sister, Susan, who won her Student Body President campaign by a landslide. Everyone liked Susan; she was patient, gentle, and got along with pretty much everyone. She too got a pretty large scholarship to Beruna State College and is double majoring in child education and European history. 

Finally, there was Edmund’s little sister, Lucy. She was only a freshman at Cair Paravel, and very into student council. Edmund thought she was practically made to be an ASB kid; she was excited, friendly, and much too kind. Lucy made the switch to high school seamlessly and had a big group of friends by the time the final bell rang on the first day. 

Edmund was a senior now and he couldn’t wait to get out of high school. The people were unintelligent, he was constantly compared to his siblings and he was ready to start his life. Edmund had high ambitions to become a lawyer, specifically criminal law. He didn’t really have much to leave behind at this school, so he was just trying to get through it as soon as possible.

One thing he would miss was the quiet girl that sat behind him in his music appreciation class. Edmund didn’t really want to take the class, but at the last minute, he discovered he needed to fulfill an arts credit to graduate. He appreciated music and liked easy classes, so he chose this one. Little did he know it was mostly analyzing classical pieces. 

Y/N was super cute in Edmund’s eyes. She always mumbled sarcastic comments whenever their easily excitable teacher, Mr. Tumnus, would stretch when over-analyzing a stanza of music. By the time October passed, Edmund had grown quite fond of the girl. She almost always was reading a comic book of some sort instead of paying attention in class. Y/N even ended up lending Edmund a few for his viewing pleasures; he always made sure to return them in the exact condition he received them. Batman seemed to Y/N’s favorite. 

Y/N loved watching Edmund write. He held his pencil wrong and always had ink smudged all over his hand. Maybe it was because he was a leftie, or maybe it was because he wrote too fast. Probably a little bit of both. His handwriting was also weirdly slanted to the right, which didn’t make any sense to Y/N. He was left-handed but his letters slanted to the right? Not the mention how half of it was in cursive and half of it was in print. It was definitely messy but, oddly enough, still intelligible. 

“What are you listening to?” Y/N asked Edmund. “Better not be Christmas music. Christmas was last month.”

Edmund pulled an earbud out of his left ear and turned so he was sitting horizontally in his chair. He leaned an arm on the top of her desk and grinned. “Currently, I’m listening to Can I Call You Tonight? By Dayglow. What are you reading?” 

“Currently, I’m reading Volume 1 of The New Teen Titans,” Y/N copied Edmund. “I’ve never heard of Dayglow, are they good?” 

Edmund smiled, offering her his earbuds. “Listen and see for yourself.” 

As she listened Edmund searched her face for any clue to what she’s thinking. Her face housed a small smile so he concluded that she enjoyed it. Once the song ended, she took out one of his earbuds and placed it on her desk. 

“I like it,” She concluded, listening to the next song. 

“Good, so do I. It fits my mood for today.”

“What’s got you so happy today? You have a great way of showing happiness, by the way.” Edmund was dressed in all black with his hood up. Edmund rolled his eyes. 

“What I can’t be in a good mood?” 

“I never said that, Pevensie. You just look very Edmund-y today.” Y/N pulled the other earbud out of her head and held them out to him.

“No, keep listening. I’ll play some music for you throughout class and maybe you can tell me what you think at the end?” He pulled his hood off of his head and smoothed out his hair. “And what do you mean Edmund-y?”

“I don’t know, all black, hood up, dead look in your eyes.” 

“I don’t have a dead look in my eyes!” Y/N giggled at her own joke. “Just for that, I’m going to take this.” He snatched the open comic book that laid open on her desk. 

For the remainder of the class, Edmund dictated what Y/N listened to from his phone. He played everything from The Beatles, to The 1975, to COIN, to Duran Duran. Every now and then, Edmund would peek his head back to see her eyes glued to the back of his head. Her body swayed to the music almost lazily, and a smile graced her features. For some reason that made his stomach feel fuzzy. 

She returned his earbuds at the end of class, and he returned her comic. 

“That was fun,” Y/N complimented, shoving her materials into her bag. “I like the get better song you played.”

“I Wanna Get Better by Bleachers,” Edmund corrected her as they left the classroom. Music Appreciation was the class of the day for them, seeing as they were seniors who left at lunch, so the two started making their way towards the parking lot. 

“You have to meet your sister right?” Y/N asks, pulling out her I.D. so she could leave campus. “The really sweet freshman girl? Honestly, you two are so different I wouldn’t have guessed you were siblings.” 

“Oh, Lucy, yeah. We grab lunch every Thursday before I drop her back off for the remainder of her classes.” The two showed their I.D.’s to the campus aid and walked into the parking lot. 

“That’s sweet. We should grab lunch sometime, or something. It could be fun! We could do our analysis questions about Bach.” Y/N started to walk in the opposite direction and Edmund felt his cheeks warm. Luckily, Y/N’s back was now towards him. 

“Yeah, sure. Don Giovanni, right?” 

Y/N’s laughter could be heard as she grew further away. “That’s Motzart, Pevensie!”

Edmund shook his head and met Lucy. She was leaning against his car looking bored. 

“Who was that? Is that your girlfriend?” Lucy asks, opening the door once Edmund unlocks the car. This made his cheeks flush more. 

“No, she’s just the girl that sits behind me in Tumnus,” Edmund puts the key in the ignition and starts the engine. 

“Then why are you blushing?”

“I’m not, Lucy. It’s just hot in the car, it’s been sitting out here for ages.”

~

 One day in the middle of March when Y/N walked into Music Appreciation, she noticed a small rectangle box on her desk. Upon opening it, she found a cassette and a note. The note looked as if it was typed using a typewriter. 

Y/N,

I’m not very good when it comes to words, but I’m good when it comes to music. Hopefully, this says it all. Enjoy, my love. 

Side A //

Electric Love / Børns

I Love You So / The Walters

Fallingforyou / The 1975

Your Song /  Elton John

Someone To You / BANNERS

Side B //

Babe, Can I Call? / The Hunna

Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy) / The 1975

Luv, Hold Me Down / Drowners

love somebody like you / joan

TV Dream / Larkins

Y/N didn’t recognize most of the songs, but just reading the titles made her blush. 

“Mr. Tumnus? Did you happen to see who left this on my desk?” She held up the cassette so he could see. He shook his head. 

“No, sorry.”

Other students started to trickle in and soon the bell rang, no trace of Edmund. It wasn’t uncommon for him to skip this class, it was basically pointless, but it made Y/N sad every time he wasn’t there. 

The door swings open and a drenched Edmund steps into the classroom. Without even looking up, Mr. Tumnus addresses him. 

“You’re late again, Mr. Pevensie.”

“Sorry, I got stuck behind a group of Sophmore girls who wouldn’t move.”

“In the rain?” Mr. Tumnus raised an eyebrow.

“No, if it was in the rain I would be wet right now, sir.”

He plopped into his seat and started raking his hands through his wet hair. His cheeks were slightly rosey, as were his nose. His lips were pinker than usual and they stayed slightly parted. Hair stuck to his forehead as he ran his fingers ran through it and the hair on the nape of his neck dripped down his back. Y/N had to stop herself from staring at him with her jaw unhinged. 

“What’s that?” He whispered, noticing the open present on Y/N’s desk. He had taken up sitting horizontal in his chair at all times so he could more easily talk to Y/N. 

“It’s a mixtape. It was left on my desk when I got here,” Y/N responded and handed him the note. Edmund took it and began to read; his eyes scanned the paper and his lips moved slightly as he read. Y/N couldn’t help her this time, so she allowed herself to stare. His lips were always so pink and so puffy. She fantasized about how soft they must be. 

“Wow, looks like someone really likes you,” He comments, placing the paper back on her desk. “Do you have a cassette player?”

Y/N didn’t even consider that. Who the hell has a cassette player in the year 2020? Apparently, her answer was evident on her face, and Edmund chuckles. He reaches into his bag and pulls out a walkman and a pair of earbuds. 

“Here, you can have mine. I got a new one last month and I don’t really use this one as much.”

Oh, Edmund has a cassette player in the year 2020. 

Y/N smiled, taking the player from his hand. “Thanks, Ed.”

“Wouldn’t want you to miss out on those songs. Whoever made that has good taste, you’re lucky.” 

~

When Y/N got home tonight, she took out her walkman. It sat easily in her palm, just big enough for the cassette to fit inside. On the bottom, “E.P.” was scratched into the plastic. She smiled and put her mixtape inside. 

As she listened, she couldn’t help but let her mind wander to Edmund. They had grown much closer in the past few months, even going lengths to hang out outside of school. Y/N learned that not only was Edmund extremely intelligent, but he was the funniest person Y/N had ever met. He always had a sarcastic comeback or joke to offer her, no matter the subject. He had also let many of his walls down, letting Y/N get to know him better. It all felt so comfortable and natural. No longer was he just the cute guy from Music Appreciation, but he was the pain in the ass that Y/N had fallen for. And Y/N had fallen hard. 

Against her first impression of the mixtape, Y/N had actually heard all of these songs. After the first day in January, Edmund had lent her his earbuds near-daily and she would listen to whatever he played for her. Her eyes widened. 

Why would Edmund carry around a cassette player he didn’t use? And to school for that matter? And the note; it was typed because Edmund had such distinct handwriting! Y/N rewound the cassette and listened to it again. Why didn’t she realize in the moment?

~

“Hello, Y/N,” Edmund greeted in the parking lot the morning, he happened to park next to Y/N. He gripped the coffee in his hand and got his backpack in the trunk. “How are you on this fine morning?”

“Tired, I stayed up, like, half the night listening to that cassette I got yesterday.” Y/N slung her own backpack over her shoulder. He closed his trunk and locked his car. 

“Yeah? And what did you think?” The two started walking towards the building. 

“I thought that the songs all sounded oddly familiar.”

Edmund took a long sip of his coffee. “Like you’ve heard them before?” 

“Mmhm,” Y/N hummed and walked onto campus. She held one of the straps of her backpack as she walked. “Almost as if this dumbass guy I know played them for me a while back,” Y/N’s voice was teasing and light. 

“Yeah? Who is this guy?” Y/N stopped walking and looked up at Edmund. 

“Thanks for the mixtape, Ed.” 

“Whaaaat...just because this guy has great taste in love songs doesn’t mean it was me. I’m flattered though, really,” Edmund took another long sip of his coffee. 

“Oh, what a pity. I actually got excited when I figured out it was you. Considering normal people don’t just carry cassette players in their backpacks. Especially not ones they don’t use anymore.” Y/N’s voice was thick with sarcasm. 

“Excited?”

“Yeah. I’ve kinda liked that Edmund guy for a while, but he doesn’t like me back so…”  

“You like me back?” Edmund was grinning from ear to ear. 

“Yes, babe, I like you back. I have since October since I started letting you borrow my comics,”

Edmund placed his coffee on a bench and pulled Y/N closer to him by the hips. 

“October, huh?” Y/N smiled bashfully at Edmund’s tone but nodded. 

“What? You’re cute, I couldn’t help myself. Plus, now you make me cute mixtapes.”

Edmund leans down and places his lips against hers. They were just as soft as she had imagined. Y/N wrapped her arms around his neck, her fingers quickly finding the hairs at the nape of his neck. He pulls away and leans his forehead against hers. 

“Be my girlfriend, then?”

“You nerd,” Y/N took a small step forwards and pecked his lips again. “I would love to.”

[troop-scoop]

Mistakes & Regrets I

Summary: When a trip to your Dad’s hometown of Hawkins goes wrong, you end up in the year 1983, and have to learn how to cope with being stuck in the past.

Pairing: Steve Harrington / Future!Reader (Slow Burn)

A/n: This is my first stranger things fic, I’ve done other fandoms, and i’ve been itching to get this idea out, let me know if you liked the first part, and if you want to be tagged! (Pls be nice, i’m shy lol) (Also, I had this on a side blog, that I decided to bring to my main blog)

•••

The 1980’s were weird, that was your final opinion. Mainly because it was so much like home, they had phones, they dressed almost like you were used to, they had music you’d grown up on, like The Clash and Elton John, but a lot of the songs that were decades older than you, were new to them.

And while you knew every lyric to ‘The Safety Dance’ and ‘Come on Eileen’ everyone around you was still trying to learn them, and would jumble them from time to time. But at the young age of two, you were dancing along to The Clash while your dad laughed and danced with you.

Knowing that some songs you loved wouldn’t come out for up to twenty years later made you upset, not being able to listen to Nirvana. Suddenly you wanted to be in the car, listening to your dad try to sing along to Ed Sheeran or Taylor Swift. It was always amusing seeing his reaction to the newest songs on the radio while he drove you to school.

There was another thing about this time period that you found weird. They actually had lockers. All of the lockers from your school had been taken out in the late 90’s when a kid hid a gun and drugs in his, so no one had lockers except for in the locker room. So having to remember two different combos was a pain in your ass.

“L/n!”

A heavy sigh escaped your nose as your lips went thin in fake annoyance even though he hadn’t fully approached you.

“What do you want, Harrington?” You questioned, turning from the open grey locker to see him just a few feet away.

He gave you a look of fake offense as he leaned against the locker next to yours a hand over his on his chest, sadly were the latch of your own was, so you couldn’t use the door as a shield,

“Hey, now, who said I wanted anything? I just wanna talk to my friend.”

You were kind of friends. He was nice, at least to you. Though you’d seen him be a douchebag to other students. The cliche you’d seen in a movie of highschool. The popular guy who only cared about popularity and the people he was around. And you didn’t know why he thought you were a good person to be around, because when you were six you accidently set your curtains on fire while the babysitter fell asleep. And you were pretty sure you gave off ‘crazy bitch’ vibes.

You turned back to the locker and shook your head, grabbing your English textbook and looking back to him, a hand holding onto the door while you leaned into it. “Okay, why do you want to talk to me?” You questioned with a fake smile.

“Alright, grumpy. Tommy H, Carol, and I wanna hang out at yours tonight. My parents don’t leave for three more days, and  Carol’s mom hates Tommy, and you know how Tommy’s dad is.” He explained, looking down at you.

You hummed in amusement. “Not happening.” You responded, grabbing the hood of his hoodie and placing it in his locker, closing the door in on it. “Have fun.”

“Y/n!” He exclaimed in a sudden panic at being stuck in your locker, not being able to pull himself loose. “This isn’t funny, I will tell Mrs. Click!” He threatened as you stepped back, a genuine grin on your face as you looked up at him.

“A tattle tale? Didn’t think you’d stoop that low, and also, Mrs. Click? You think I’m scared of my History teacher? She’s afraid of saying ‘Wench’ out loud while we reading historical texts. She’s not intimating.”

Steve nodded a bit in thought. “Yeah… Okay, maybe I didn’t think that through, I’ll go to principal-”

“If I get suspended, I get suspended.” You shrugged. “Find a way to get me something to listen to music on, and something that has music on it, and then I’ll let you go.”

“Are you… Are you bribing me? Y/n L/n is bribing me? The new girl is bribing me.” He said in awe, still grasping onto his hoodie, looking at you with his mouth agape and his eyebrows raised.

When you only tilted your head he groaned, pulling on the cotton material. “Fine, Walkman or Record Player?”

“Hmm… Walkman.” You replied.

“Queen or Blondie?” He questioned, a smile coming across your face as you reached up to the lock.

“Both.”

Steve rolled his eyes as you unlocked your locker, setting him free. “That wasn’t fair, you look innocent.” He grumbled.

You mimicked his eye roll, closing the locker and walking away through the hall. ‘Fair’ being repeated in your head. Nothing was fair anymore to you. You’d been normal, just an annoying kid who was obsessed with Grey’s Anatomy, and history. That was what you had to your name. Your friends had once watched the bad uneducational tv show with you just to try and understand your obsession, you dad even had given it a chance, only saying that most of the characters were annoying.

But you only had history now. And some of the things you were supposed to learn in AP European history haven’t even happened yet. And it was freaking you out.

What was freaking you out more? Knowing you had a ‘classmate’ in your History class, who sat next to you, and was your relative. Your dad’s brother.

Sitting next to him was strange. Because he was your uncle. He’d been the one who bought you your first bike, and watched you fall off and break your wrist after your dad had let go of the bike.

To say that being his partner on a history project was weird, was an understatement. Because the entire time you felt like hitting your head against the desk, because he didn’t really change.

“What’s so important about a quote?”

“Are you serious?”

“As serious as the Titanic.” You responded, brows furrowed.

He stayed quiet for a moment. “I don’t know.” He admitted, receiving a chuckle from you as you watched him flip through the book. “I don’t even understand this project.”

“Come on, we have to choose a quote from a historical piece of fiction, We were assigned Romeo and Juliet.” You said grabbing your book and flipping to a certain page. “Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” You teased, knowing that the page you were on didn’t have that in there.

The boy was technically older than you, but right now, you were the same age, and he was shaking his head with a smile. “It’s like she wanted him to be stalking her.” He responded.

“What?”

“She’s asking where he is.” He shrugged. “It’s weird, cause he still doesn’t come out when she asks that.”

“That’s not what she means. It’s early modern English. Phrases were different. She’s asking why he has to be Romeo. In modern words it’d be ‘Romeo, oh Romeo, why does it have to be Romeo.’ She’s upset because the guy she likes is in the enemy’s family.”

The boy looked at you, eyes scanning your face for a moment, looking for any hint of you joking, but he didn’t he finally spoke. “You could teach this class better than her.” He said in a hushed voice to make it so Mrs. Click didn’t hear.

“No-”

“L/n!” The two of you snapped your attention to the older woman who was scowling. “Back to work!”

You rolled your eyes and looked back to him as the bell rang. “That’s our cue.”

The 80’s were weird, and you didn’t like them. What with being so similar to home. With your uncle in the same history class as you, and being close to your dad, but older than him and not seeing him as your dad. And knowing people around you who were almost Baby Boomers, and in your time, would reprimand you for the jokes you made and your views of the world.

Being 16 in your time had been easier, able to cheat off websites for homework, and texting, which seemed to have been taken for granted by you.

Here, you couldn’t say you didn’t have a mom, but rather two dads. Because it was the 80’s and you knew the comments you’d get. You also couldn’t say your full name. That the dad you were genetically related to was the one who gave you the second last name that your uncle had and everyone would question it, and it pained you not being able to go by it, because he’d taught you more things than anyone else ever had. He’d taught you how to ride a book, and said that he’d be disappointed if you ever got ditching class, and that if you were going to do it, not to get caught for his sanity.

You would regret ever coming to this town with him, and you would regret the choice to ever run out of Enzo’s after your other dad yelled at you for being drenched from the rain after you ran in, finding that it was a formal restaurant and not a casual one. You’d regret going into the woods and getting lost, because all you wanted, was to be held by your dad and have him tell you it was going to be okay, You wanted to hear him walking down the hall late at night when he couldn’t sleep and you were hiding under your blankets with your phone, tying not to get caught for being up late.

But you had the fear that you’d never see your dad, as your dad. That you’d have to continue growing up in a time that has been written in history books. That you’d have to watch as technology progressed, and that you’d be conscious and aware for the year you were born.

You were still a kid, even if you didn’t look like it. Just six year ago, you’d been in elementary school, and you still got nightmares and went to your dads’ room because you were still scared of sleeping alone. You hadn’t been since, until now. You could barely sleep at night in the unfamiliar room of the motel you were living in, without your parent’s room down the hall.

But you were trying. And you wanted to redo everything, if you could build a time machine, you would. But that hadn’t even been available in your time, let alone 83’.

[theotherackerman]

My Mind Turns Your Life Into Folklore

My Mind Turns Your Life Into Folklore

COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: Any recognizable elements belong to Attack on Titan.

NOTES:

Current time: Wednesday , January 6th

Flashback: Mikasa, age sixteen

chapter twelve: stand there like a ghost

It’s 5:30 in the morning when Hange’s alarm went off.

It woke Levi too.

“Go back to sleep,” Hange said as they got dressed.

Hange had packed already last night but Levi doesn’t want them to go. He knows they have to, he

knows they’re only thirty minutes away but there’s also the irrational side of his mind that tells

him that’s also too far. He doesn’t want to miss a moment he has left with them.

He sat up, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, “too late.”

He found his robe hanging on the back of the door. He felt self conscious about his burns on his chest.

He did the good partner thing and carried Hange’s stuff out to their van.

“I’ll call you tonight,” Hange reminded Levi.

“Okay,” he replied, never been good at this.

He hates saying goodbye.

Too many people have gone from his sight only to be lost.

Hange kissed him, banishing the bad thoughts from his head for just a moment.

“I’ll call you tonight,” Hange reminded him again.

“Yeah, yeah. Drive safe.”

“I’ll text you when I’m on campus.”

“Whatever,” he still tried to play it cool, “just be safe.”

“I will.”

Hange got into their van and drove off.

Levi made his way back into the house and upstairs. When he passed by Mikasa’s room, he can’t

help but notice that the room door was wide open.

He decided to peek inside.

Eren was asleep on her floor while Mikasa was sound asleep on her bed.

He’s not even surprised at this point.

As he walked away, he couldn’t help but wonder if they’ll get back together any faster than they got together.

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They were sixteen.

Eren had already got permission from Levi to ask Mikasa out so at least that wasn’t an issue.

Levi scared that absolutely shit out of Eren.

He’s ex military. He did time in jail previously before he was military and he’s the one who taught Mikasa to fight.

So yes, Eren was absolutely terrified of Levi Ackerman.

It’s not Eren’s fault he happened to be in love with Levi’s cousin.

He’s not sure when it started.

Maybe it had always been there secretly, gnawing at him.

His mom used to tease him about Mikasa, he knew he would have had her approval if she was alive. Did he really care about dad’s?

Not really.

That would require his dad to be around and sober.

He sat down at his normal lunch table. It was just Jean, Eren, Connie, and Reiner at the table at that point

“I think I’m going to ask Mikasa out,” Jean said..

“Dude, finally,” Reiner said as he patted Jean on the back.

“I can’t wait to show her my moves,” Jean smirked.

Eren wanted to punch Jean in the face. They had had their fights as kids and for the most part, they had grown out of that. However, the idea of Jean asking Mikasa out before him, made Eren want to punch him in the face really hard.

Thankfully, Mikasa, Historia, and Annie were the next ones to arrive at the table so talk of Jean asking Mikasa out disappeared.

What an asshole was all Eren could think.

Did he go and ask Levi?

Probably not.

Besides, did Mikasa even like Jean?

Did she even like Eren?

“Are you going to tell him you like him?” Eren heard Historia ask Mikasa as they left lunch.

“No, it won’t matter anyway,” Mikasa said before Historia took her hand.

“I still think he likes you. Maybe he’ll even ask you out.”

“I doubt it.”

Eren’s stomach was turning.

Mikasa had never talked to him about who she liked.

Who did she hang out with besides the girls, him, and Armin?

Fear swept over him.

She did hang out with Jean sometimes.

He had seen Jean at her locker a few times.

Towards the end of the day, he went to meet up with Mikasa so he could drive her home. He turned the corner to see Jean with one of those fake roses behind his back. That’s not the worst part.

The worst part was Mikasa was laughing and smiling while Jean was talking.

Fuck it.

Eren drove home alone.

He had been home for about fifteen minutes when there was a pounding on his door.

Apparently, it had begun raining since he got home because there was a rain soaked Mikasa standing there with a look that could kill.

“You better have a reason for making me walk five blocks in the rain.”

“Why didn’t you ask your new boyfriend to take you home,” he scoffed, not letting her inside.

“Uh..I..who?”

“Jean, don’t act stupid.”

“Eren, you heard that? Were you spying on me?”

As he shut the door, he saw tears in Mikasa���s eyes.

It only took about two seconds to realize his mistake.

“FUCK!” He yelled before he ran out into the downpour.

Mikasa had only made it a few steps away from the door when he grabbed her arm.

She looked back at him, “let go of me.”

“Are you dating Jean?”

The rain was getting harder.

“What?” She pulled her arm free from him.

“Are you dating Jean?”

Lighting struck, thunder rumbled.

“I need to get home,” she said, still refusing to look at him.

“Mikasa, are you dating Jean?”

“NO!”

“Do you like Jean?”

“No! Why are so obsessed with Jean right now? I told him no! That I liked someone else.”

“Who?”

“It doesn’t matter, he clearly doesn’t like me back.”

“Just tell me who.”

“Why? So you can get mad at me about them too? And leave me to walk home in the rain again? No, thanks.”

“We don’t keep secrets from one another.”

“Eren, it doesn’t matter. Just go back inside.”

“Mikasa, just tell me who it is.”

“Why does it matter?”

“Because I want to know.”

“YOU! I like you, Eren.”

He grabbed her arm again, yanking her closer to him. He put his hands on her face and his lips crushed hers.

There was a sound of surprise from Mikasa but she’s quick to respond.

It was clumsy. He’s never kissed anyone before but the way her lips feel on his make him wish they would have done this a lot sooner. The way her lips move in sync with his, he can’t get enough. So he continued to kiss her in a thunderstorm.

They finally broke apart, panting. Foreheads resting on one another. Eren’s hooked and he wants more .

“You’re going to get sick,” he said before pulling her inside with him.

She dropped her backpack on the floor and hung her coat up on the coat rack in the living room.

“We should change.”

Eren nodded in agreement before leading the way to his room. Mikasa knew the way, she’d been there a million times but this felt different.

He opened his dresser, pulling out an old t shirt and sweatpants. He handed them to her.

“Will you be my girlfriend?” He asked.

Fuck it, he wasn’t going to just ask her on a date.

“Yes,” she replied.

“Cool. You should go change.”

She returned  moments later and Eren had mindlessly started playing his guitar.

She sat down on the bed next to him.

“Does that mean all those love songs were about me?” He teased her.

“Shut up,” she said, giving him a small shove.

“You’re not denying,” he smiled at her.

“Shut up. Not all of them.” Her face was getting redder.

“Just most of them then?” he laughed.

“So what now?”

“Don’t ask me, I’ve never been in a relationship before.”

“Well neither have I.”

“I’d never even kissed anyone until today,” he replied, putting his guitar down.

“Neither had I.”

For some reason, it made his heart swell.

He was her first kiss.

”I think it stays the same except now I can do this,” he replied before kissing her again.

This he could get used to.

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Mikasa woke up.

She saw Eren asleep on her floor, she had to blink to make sure he was actually there.

It was strange.

She ached for him.

Yet there was a part of her that would not allow her to have him just yet.

Make him earn it , a part of her whispered.

If she must, then she must.

Maybe this time their relationship wouldn’t be so easy.

She silently pulled clothes out of her closest before disappearing into the bathroom.

After she got ready, she went back to the room to see Eren still asleep.

Everyone else in the house was still asleep too. She wondered why she was awake this early. Her sleep schedule had been a mess lately. She sat down on her bed, mindlessly scrolling through social media, not wanting to do anything else at the moment.

Eren’s phone went off.

An alarm.

He groaned as his hand searched for his phone. He hit the button to turn it off before sitting up. He reached into his backpack then pulled out a medicine bottle and a bottle of water.

He opened the bottle, took the pill and a drink of water, and then put it all back into his backpack.

Mikasa hadn’t realized she had been staring until he yawned and his shirt raised a bit.

What was with him not wearing shirts that fit right?

He hadn’t  been wearing a shirt yesterday and now this one was too short.

It was like he was trying to kill her.

Her eyes met his and he smirked.

She looked away as her face turned red.

Eren laughed.

That only made her face get redder.

“Oh come on, it’s cute,” he said as he flopped down on the bed next to her.

“It’s not cute,” she muttered looking down at her phone.

“Were you like before we started dating?”

She didn’t answer him.

“You were? How did I not notice?”

“I don’t know. I thought I made it pretty obvious that my feelings were more than just us being f riends.”

“Huh. I guess...I should feel really stupid for thinking you’d like Jean for awhile there, then.”

“You really should.”

“I...I’m sorry.”

Mikasa nodded, “you’ve been saying that a lot lately.”

“Yeah, I know.”

She looked over at him, guilt was clearly written all over his face.

She decided it was best to change the subject. “You think Annie and Armin will be okay?”

“Probably. They’re the smartest of all of us. So if anyone could make it, it’s them.”

“Yeah, I think so too.”

“Do you ever think about that?” He asked.

“What?” she played dumb.

“You know, having a family...”

She had once when they had been together. She had assumed that they were headed down that path but look at what assumptions had done to her.

“Was that in your future for us?” Eren asked.

Her eyes met his again. “Yes,” she replied.

He nodded before looking down.

“It still could be,” she whispered.

His eyes met hers. “Yeah?”

She nodded.

“We’re really bad at this,” Eren laughed.

“It feels like torture.”

“Glad to know it’s not just me.”

“I’m afraid. If I just let you back in and then….”

“I know. I get it. It just sucks that there are these constant reminders of what we were, what we could have been right now. I see why you came over yesterday.”

“If I said anything to any of them, they’d understand. I just don’t….”

“Want to ruin anyone’s happiness? I get it.”

Of course,  Eren understood.

He always understood her when no one else did.

“It hurt worse because you were my best friend," she stated.

“I know.”

She put her phone on her night stand, then rolled over on her side so she was facing Eren. He rolled from his back on his side facing her. He reached out, gently running a finger down the side of her face.

“I really wanted to kiss you yesterday,” she confessed.

There were no more secrets between them.

If this was going to work, the filter that had been there needed to go away.

If Mikasa expected Eren to do that, she needed to do the same.

“We’re horrible at this,” he laughed.

“Do you ever think we were better off as just friends?”

“No.” There was no hesitation in his answer. “Do you?”

“I think….we were inevitable.. We would have ended up together one way or another.”

“Were?”

“Are.”

He smiled at that, “just so you know, I really wish Zeke wouldn’t have walked in the other day.”

Mikasa’s face went red at the memory she had just been thinking of yesterday.

“I wish he wouldn’t have too,” she whispered.

They stared at each other.

Eren’s gaze went from her eyes to her lips and they were both thinking the same thing. They wanted one another desperately and this whole waiting thing was absolute torture for both of them. Eren reached his hand and cupped her cheek. She leaned into his hand.

Mikasa knew she was right.

They were inevitable.

She wanted him to kiss her. She wanted to kiss him. But neither of them could just give in. There was too much for them to lose this time.

Eren quickly sat up. “I’m..uhh..going to go change.”

“And take a cold shower?”

“Yeah, actually. That too.”

Mikasa waited until he left and closed the door before she allowed herself to laugh at the situation.

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After his ice cold shower, Eren found the rest of the house was buzzing.

Sasha was cooking breakfast, Levi was making coffee.

Annie, Ymir, Historia, and Armin were already seated at the table. The two dogs were also seated at the table in their own two chairs.

“Sawney! You want bacon?” Ymir said to the dog sitting next to her.

“They’re going to get fat,” Annie commented.

“Look at his face, Annie. How am I supposed to say no to this face?”

“Are you going to say that about my baby too?”

“Yeah, probably. I mean I get to be the fun aunt. You’re the mom. You get to discipline. Just like Eren who is awkwardly standing there gets to be the fun uncle. Armin get to discipline the kid. This is how things work,” Ymir stated as if it was a known fact.

“Why are you standing there awkwardly?” Sasha asked.

“Well I had an idea in the shower but I’d need all of your help for it….including Levi.”

Levi’s snapped towards Eren. “Why would I help you?”

“Where’s Mikasa?” Eren asked.

“In the sun room with her headphones in. She said she got a good idea for some lyrics this morning. Why?” Historia asked.

“Because my idea is for her. I’m taking your advice, Annie. Big gesture, romance. All that."

“You have my attention. This better be good,” Levi said.

Eren felt like he was in one of those mobster movies and like he was about to make a deal with the Godfather.

[tomaturtles]

TAG GAMES GALORE bc i just got through my mentions on desktop and saw i missed some tag games i got tagged in </3 ty guys ily i’ll tag people in the end and anyone who gets tagged is free to pick which one(s) you wanna do if any :] starting with one @cinnamqn tagged me in!! Thank you Cinna :D 💖💖 List 10 different female faves from 10 different fandoms, then tag 10 people! 1. Amy Rose (Sonic the Hedgehog) 2. Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10) 3. Starfire (Teen Titans/DC) 4. Webby Vanderquack (Ducktales) 5. Stephanie Brown (Batman/DC) 6. Trainer Leaf (Pokémon) 7. Uraraka Ochaco (Boku no Hero Academia) 8. Amethyst (Steven Universe) 9. Luz Noceda (The Owl House) 10. Toph (Avatar The Last Airbender) Next up is two I got tagged in by @thinkfvst!! Ty Rae 😁 💖💛 10 songs on shuffle that come up on your Spotify 

1. Turn it Off - Paramore 2. Build You Back - Dark Signal 3. Lucy - Skillet 4. My World - SR-71 5. The Climb - Miley Cyrus 6. Re:Re: - Asian Kung-Fu Generation 7. So Am I - Ava Max 8. Hero - Skillet 9. Yo Girl - Heathers the Musical 10. Two Birds - Regina Spektor --- Favourite colour: pink!!!!!!

Last song: Your Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Last movie: i Think it was Son of Batman? It was probably a DC movie

Watching: been watching the ‘66 Batman show to fill the Funney DC Show-shaped hole in my heart after i ran out of DC Super Hero Girls and Teen Titans Go episodes to watch on Netflix and it’s been a blast <3 (also to clarify Batman ‘66 isn’t on netflix. but it should be) 

Reading: I just got done reading Robin War + We Are Robin + Batman and the Signal yesterday while our power was out and it was great :]

Sweet, spicy, or savoury: mostly sweet or savoury but depends on my mood tbh. rn i could go for some chocolate

Tea or coffee: Coffee (as long as there’s sugar) -- And last but not least a few by @arataka-reigen, thanks Gi!! 🥰💛💖  5 Things That Make Me Happy  1. Engaging with my hyperfixations +  Infodumping to friends about them + listening to them infodump about their interests 🥰🥰🥰🥰

2. I’ve been picking up felt sewing again and i really like it!! It’s cool having a plushie you made yourself :D

3. Doing stuff with my friends!! Both irl and online but missing my irl friend group + my fav cousins rn since we’d usually always meet at this time of year </3

4. Drawing my fav characters <3

5. Going to bookstores/comic stores and browsing the stuff in there (esp comics and manga!!) -- 3 ships: gwevin, robstar/dickkory,uuuuuuuuhh that’s a niche one but i can’t think of anything else rn so speedamy

Last song: Never Too Late by Three Days Grace

Last film: other than the one mentioned earlier i watched Mickey’s Christmas Carol with friends the other day :]

Currently reading: [vaguely gestures] dc comics bc i’ve started reading several comics and finished very little. debating on picking either 90s yj, new teen titans or super sons back up next

Currently consuming: i had some soda earlier

Currently craving: the willpower to finish a way overdue secret santa gift </3 i only have the bg left to finish

17 Questions 17 Answers

Nicknames: Toma, Duda, Dudinha (the last two from my irl name)

Zodiac: Libra

Height: 149cm (4'10?)

Hogwarts House: hufflepuff

Last thing googled: adam west fairly oddparents

Song(s) stuck in my head: Storybook by Heather Dale

# of followers: 1779

Amount of sleep: 6 to 7 hours,8 if i get to sleep in

Lucky number: 8

Dream job: despite having a whole psychology degree i have No idea </3 i think i’d like to work with kids though!!

Currently wearing: a nightgown (it’s pink with a bear plushies stamp :) )

Favourite: 

Song: Face Down by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus made it to the top 5 im both my last spotify wrappeds so let’s go with that

Instrument: lowkey attached to the electric keyboard bc i took classes on it for quite a while even if it didn’t stick much

Author: i haven’t been reading consistently enough to answer this JKHJK

Animal noises: CATS

Random: i love plushies. my fav activities when going out include going to toystores and checking out the plushies. i have too many already but is that going to stop me from getting more? no

Recent picture: currently obsessed with this ttg screenshot

and now for TAGS (no pressure to do any, also feel free to do just one or all of them depending on what you feel like doing!!) @cinnamqn @thinkfvst @arataka-reigen​ (if you guys wanna do one of the ones you didn’t tag me in jkghjk) @clown-prince-of-lies​ @aliens-on-neptune​ @zinatina​ @ohnonotthemagain​ @your-nightmares-ex​ @biconkuroo​ @brucewaynegf​ @tilltherachis​ @cookiecabbage​

[surveys-at-your-service]

Survey #351

“the writing on the wall  /  a psalm of napalm  /  abandon all hope, but try to stay calm”

Do you have bad posture? Oh yeah. Are your eyes sensitive to sunlight? VERY. How many miles can you run without stopping? An astonishing zero miles. Who is the most attractive person you know personally? My high school friend Alon, probably. Have you ever dated someone who was very vastly different from your “type”? No. When was the first time you said "I love you" to a significant other? When I dated my first real boyfriend Jason at 16. I actually said it very early in because I thought I was "supposed" to, and I did REALLY like him. How old were you when you first lived alone? If you’ve never lived alone, how old do you think you’ll be? I haven't yet, and idk. What do you wish you had been better prepared for? Ha, adulthood. Is there anything about you (physically) that you think turns people off of you right off the bat? My weight. Do you know anyone with a semicolon tattoo? I have a semicolon butterfly tattoo on my wrist, and while it's very subtle, my Mark tat features a semicolon, too. It's outlined by a quote he's said ("you are important, never forget that"), and the "i" is a semicolon. Idk if I know anyone else with one. Have you ever overdosed on a drug? Once accidentally, once purposefully. Have you ever kissed a guy you didn’t want to kiss? Yes. Who was the last guy you cuddled with? Girt. What is something you’ve had a toxic reaction to? The breakup with Jason. In the last picture taken of you, how did you pose? I just tilted my head, smiled, and gave a peace sign, haha. Mom wanted to show my sister how I looked with a dozen wires and other shit attached to me for my sleep study. Have you ever made a fake Facebook account? If so, why? No. If you were an Eevee, what would you wanna evolve into? Probably Espeon? They're so, so majestic and beautiful. I'd love to feel like that, lol. What flavor was the last piece of gum you chewed? Raspberry lemonade. Did you ever used to watch the show Teen Titans? Nah. When you were in school/if you are in school, do you actually share your grades with your parents? If you got/get a bad grade, do you hide it from them? My mom always stayed up-to-date with my grades. I never really had anything to hide. Have you ever been the designated driver? Once or twice, yeah. Were you obsessed with Webkinz when they first came out? "Obsessed" is an understatement. I was that kid with dozens upon dozens. They were pretty much my favorite thing. Who do you subscribe to on YouTube, if anybody? Oh Jesus, looooots. Are you wearing nail polish right now? What color? No. Neon colors, or pastel? Pastel. Are you currently pregnant? Do you wish you were/weren’t? I'm not and have zero desire to be. Have you ever had a dog? A good number of them throughout my life. Is there any drama going on right now in your life? No. Does your hair fall out a lot? No. What’s your favourite type of bird? Barn owls. I also love ravens and crows. How many friends do you have on Facebook? 126. What was on the last sandwich you ate? Pb&j. What sort of music did you listen to when you were in high school? The same as I do now: metal and its various subgenres. Have you ever gotten back together with an ex? No. How far away is the closest store to your house and what is it? I'm actually unsure which is the closest. We live in a cul-de-sac with a bunch of houses, and the street opens into just outside the main city, so there's a lot of stores. What is your favourite Thai dish? I've actually never tried Thai food. How many contacts do you have in your phone? Very few, but I don't feel like counting. Are there any candles in your bedroom, and what scent are they? No. What pet names do you use with your significant other? I'm single. Do you have to wear a name badge where you work? I don’t have a job. Can you hear anything right now? Yeah, I'm watching Gab Smolders play Skyrim. It's a game I've always wanted to play myself. Is there anybody else in the room you’re currently in? No. What’s the name of the store you usually get your groceries? Walmart. Does your house have a porch/balcony? It has a very, very small porch. What is your mother’s first name? Donna. Did you have a tree house as a kid? No. Are you afraid of speaking to large audiences? I'm terrified of it. Have you ever cried from being so mad? Oh yeah, it's very common for me to cry when I'm mad. Have you ever taken a bath with someone? As a kid, yes. Do you have any brothers? One older one. Does your family use coasters? Is anyone in your family excessively tidy? No. Do you wear pajamas to places other than at your house? Ha, yeah, just depends on where. Do you take showers in the morning or at night more? Morning. I used to be ALL about night showers, but I just love how refreshing they are in the morning. It's a good start to the day. Do you snore? Steal the covers? Roll around in your sleep? I steal the covers SO bad and roll around a lot. God bless whoever marries me. You see the person you fell hardest for. What do you do? I can guarantee I'd be a total deer in headlights and probably tear up or just straight-up cry. Have you been/are you depressed? It's nowhere near as bad as it was once upon a time, but I honestly am depressed these days. Who is the one person you can completely be yourself around? I only feel entirely "safe" doing that around Sara. Are your popups blocked on your computer? Yeah. Are your parents night owls or morning birds? My mom's a total night owl. She absolutely hates sleeping because it's "such a waste of time" to her, but of course she does it anyway. I haven't lived with my father since I was like 16, so idk what he's really like with this stuff now, but I'd call him an early bird, particularly because his job has him up early anyway. Do you have high blood pressure? No; my blood pressure is actually extremely low, so much so it scares every doctor who hasn't treated me before. It's a medication side effect and seriously sucks, because I am absolutely always light-headed and dizzy. Have you ever pumped gas? No. Are you affectionate? Very. What would a perfect yard look like for you? Hmmm... I'm going to include things I know I won't realistically have for maintenance reasons, but what's ideal. I would loooove love love at least one really big tree with maybe a birdhouse and like a bat box (is that what they're called?), and I'd love tons and tons of flowers to feed bees and other wildlife. A koi pond would be amazing, but that's one of those things I know I won't actually have. A pool would be really nice, preferably inground, and having a spot in the shade would be perfect. Some berry bushes would be cool, and grape vines... Man, I'm really fantasizing now, haha. What is a topic that you have just recently become interested in? Nothing very recently, but I'd say the most recent would be uhhhh tarantulas, though that's been a thing for many months now. What is a feel-good song that you’ve been listening to lately? None lately, anyway. I can tell you "Jump" by Van Halen is the staple "feel-good" song for me, though. What are some things you enjoy seeing pictures of? Meerkats... Mark... more meerkats and Mark... oh also meerkats and Mark... Is there anything you are scared/awkward about talking about in life? Don't talk to me about sex. Has a pet ever stolen food from you as you were eating it? AS I was eating it, no. What is the weirdest compliment you have ever been given? I have no idea. What’s stronger - your upper or lower body? Jesus, I couldn't tell you. I'm just weak, period. Women tend to have more lower body strength, so I GUESS maybe that, but given the fact my legs are horribly weak, I don't know. My arms aren't strong, either. Are you very careful with your technology (phone, laptop, etc) or do you take risks that could damage them? I try to be mindful and careful, but you could say the way I pick up my laptop sometimes is risky. Have you ever been in the newspaper? What for? I think so, as part of my graduating class? But that would be a LOT of people... so I actually don't know. I have this faint memory of being in it with other people, but idr. Would you say that the area you live in is particularly picturesque? Ew, no. What is your favorite type of cat? One does not simply pick ONE favorite kind of cat. I love Persians, Ragdolls, Siamese, sphynxes, bengals, Abyssinians, and I could go on and on. If you had your way, what color(s) would you dye your hair? I have A LOT of colors I want to dye my hair, but the ones I'm currently most interested in are pastel pink, creamsicle orange, and lilac. Do you like seafood? If so, what is your favorite? If not, what is your favorite type of food? I only like shrimp. What religion/spiritual path intrigues you the most, if any? Paganism. It's the one I think is closest to what I believe in, and I just find it all very interesting. I love the nature focus. Would you ever consider getting dreadlocks? Nooooo. How many times is your cartilage pierced in your ears? None anymore. :( I miss all my piercings that closed while hospitalized. Have you ever had a pet bird? Nah. It'd be cool, but I don't want one enough to actually get one. Do you like dinosaurs? I looooove dinos. They were my obsession as a kid. My first dream career was even a paleontologist. Do you like going for long walks with friends? If my legs worked like a healthy fucking human's, I would love to do that again. I would literally collapse if I tried to go on a long walk now. Do you miss anyone from school? I miss a lot of people from school. I'm thankful for Facebook for that, but even that's not enough, really. What is your favorite flavor of Jolly Ranchers? Watermelon, I think? Was there a strawberry one? How are your parents right now? I'm assuming Dad's fine, and Mom's okay, just stressed as she always is. Can you take naps, or does it make you feel horrible? Man, I love naps. They're like, mandatory for my existence, lol. If you celebrate Christmas, do you get a real tree or an artificial tree? A fake one. Have you ever been told you were a good writer? Yeah. Do you watch music videos? No. Do you own an account on Club Penguin? Haha awww, remember the worldwide heartbreak when that site shut down? Anyway, I did as a kid. Do you like lemonade? Sure do. Was your first kiss perfect? To me it was. How do you feel about the first person you kissed? I feel a lot of things about him. As of right now, how do you feel about your future? Nervous. Who is the last person you ran into unexpectedly? *shrugs* Is sex something special, or just for fun? It has to be something special for me personally. Do you follow fashion? If so, why? Not at all. Have you ever played a real pinball machine? No. Do you like the smell of BBQs? I love the smell, but don't like the food. Do wasps scare you? Yes. Are you currently trying to get over someone? I mean, yes and no. I don't think I'll ever be fully over Jason, but I feel like I'm as "over him" as I'll ever be, maybe. I hope I can even further let him go, but we'll just have to see. Have you ever dated someone with longer hair than yours? Yes. Have you ever worn flip flops in the snow? HA, oh yeah. If it's only a dusting, I don't care at all. I pretty much always wear flip flops. How old were you when you met your first love? I was 15. If you could have one more pet, what? JUST one? Probably a Brazilian Black tarantula, ideally. I technically want a western hognose snake more, but given I already have a snake, in this hypothetical situation, I'd take the spider. Would you rather have an owl or a snake? Ha, speaking of snakes. A snake, even though I adore owls. What do you order at Chic-Fil-A? I don't give my business to Chick-fil-A. They're reigned by homophobic, transphobic pieces of shit that have given monetary contributions to anti-LGBT foundations, including most disgustingly those that support conversion therapy. I admittedly looooove their chicken sandwiches, but I just can't in good conscience go there. Have you ever been addicted to cigarettes? No, given I've never smoked and will never. Which do you use more? Facebook or Instagram? Facebook. Did you enjoy your past relationships? Yeah. Do you like '80s music? '80s metal is great. Something you would NEVER buy? Drugs. Have you ever questioned your sexuality? I first questioned if I was bisexual in middle school, 8th grade I think, but I went into denial about it given I was Christian at the time. Looking back, there were many clear signs of me liking girls too, I just didn't notice them until a few years ago when I came out as bi. Do you like Star Wars? No. What is the best thing about life? Experiencing love, both platonic and romantic. Are you superstitious? No. What show/concert have you gone to that you didn’t like much? I haven't experienced a bad concert before, but then again I've only been to one. Is sex a must in your life? Nah. Have you watched porn alone before? I've never watched porn period. I have absolutely no desire to watch two random people go at each other. What do you think about weed? It should be legal everywhere, but treated similarly to alcohol in that there are legal repercussions to doing certain things, like driving, under the influence. There are just too many benefits for many health conditions to ignore. Have you read the entire Bible before? No. I've started to before, but I didn't get far.

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My Favorite Pairing

Thank you for the tag @burnsoslow!!! It was a hard decision between these two and Bryce & Casey... but this felt like a little bit more of a challenge... so, here we go lol

Book: Distant Shores

Pairing: Edward Mortemer x Peyton Bellamy (I used my series Tides of Fate for this where it would diverge from canon)

Relationship status: It’s Complicated

 Song(s): My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion. Ok so this is cheesy as hell, I know, but I swear I’ve heard hints of this song as part of the music that plays during the kissing scenes with Edward in the game. Plus, after that last chapter yesterday and the possible futures, it just kinda hit me all over again as perfect for them. Aaaannnddd…maybe it has something to do with the fact that @burnsoslow gave me an idea for a scene in my series that is based off of Titanic. So yeah, the girl who hates cheesy things went all in on this one LMAO

Ideal date: They love to sneak away together up to the crow’s nest late at night when everyone is asleep. They know they have their own quarters to be alone together, but going up there reminds them of how it all started for them during Peyton’s first night on the ship. Plus, it’s a killer view.

A show they watch together: Ok, so obviously there’s no TV for them, but they secretly love to watch Maggie and Henry bicker over Henry’s cooking and Maggie’s obsessive control over the ingredients he buys (and how he stores them). Peyton often makes jokes about it being better than her favorite sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, from the future, and all Edward can do is smile and shake his head at her obscure references.

Their favorite meal to share: It’s not so much a particular meal, so much as it is where they eat it. They love to get dinner at the tavern in Tiburon whenever they have the chance. It’s not that they don’t love Henry’s cooking, it’s just that sometimes he gets a little too creative. They both prefer a simpler (and familiar lol) cuisine.

Favorite thing about each other :  

Physically: Edward loves her long, dark brown hair. Whenever they are out to sea, she keeps in it a sideswept braid so that it is out of her way and out of her face. But at night and when they are docked, she lets it hang loosely and he cannot get enough of running his fingers through it. Peyton honestly couldn’t be happier about that because she absolutely adores the feeling of him playing with her hair (both because it’s such a tender action and because it feels amazing). He also loves how expressive her eyes are – she can school her face into any expression she desires, but her eyes always give away her true feelings. But that’s probably only because he can’t take his eyes off of hers and the way they practically change colors with her moods.

Peyton is an absolute sucker for Edward’s eyes. The deep brown of them always sucks her in (she’s always had a thing for dark brown eyes), to the point where he will start laughing at her because she was so lost in them that she didn’t even hear what he was saying to her. She also loves his hands – the way they are always so strong, yet gentle, when he holds her near. It’s as if he’s afraid if he doesn’t hold tight enough, she’ll slip away but also is afraid to hold her too tightly because he doesn’t want to break her. She’s also learned to read what the different ways he holds her in those hands means – the way she can tell what she needs by the way he’s holding her.

Personality: Edward loves how stubborn and passionate Peyton is. As much as it may drive him crazy a lot of the time some of the time, he loves the way she never backs down from him. He met his match, in more ways than one, when she appeared on the admiral’s ship that day. She will call him out on his bullshit when necessary and is never afraid to speak up with a different idea than his. But, at the same time, he knows she has his back without question. What’s more is that she uses that passion to motivate the crew when he can’t seem to find the words himself.

Peyton loves how fierce Edward is. He carries that with him in everything he does – from pillaging and plundering ships, chasing down the admiral, and protecting the crew to most importantly loving her. Even before they started to figure out whatever this is between them, she knew how important she was to him. He may not have said the words, but his actions were screaming loud and clear.

Who ...

made the first move: Well… I mean, Peyton tried her first night on the ship (back when she was still technically a prisoner) but they got interrupted. The first successful attempt came from Peyton in Edward’s cabin after she was pulled into a time rift. She was injured and Edward was worried, so his guard was down and he didn’t put up as much of a fight as he normally would have.

cooks better: Edward, although Henry hates letting him in the kitchen.

dances better: Peyton because Edward forgets to dance when she’s around. He’s too busy staring.

wakes up first: Edward. My girl hates mornings with a passion. Dear, sweet Edward does what he can to make sure she doesn’t have to wake up early if at all possible. And when he does have to wake her up early, it makes sure it is a delightful experience.

is funnier: Peyton. Her sharp, sarcastic wit was an acquired taste for the brooding captain, but now he doesn’t know how to get through a day without it. (In fact, if he does, he knows there’s something seriously wrong.)

is more organized: They both actually mesh pretty well here. Obviously, the confined spaces of the ship have force Edward to maintain organization. Add to that the fact that Peyton is a control freak that hates clutter and you have a very, very organized cabin. Actually, make that the whole ship. LOL

has a better taste in music: Peyton would say her (she had more options in the future), but Edward says everything she’s described to him sounds terrible (although he loves to listen to her sing songs from the future when she thinks she’s alone, even if he’d never admit it).

is more likely to scream at the sight of a spider:  Without a doubt, it would be Peyton. She’s taken every challenge that comes with being 200+ years out of her time in stride, but at the first sight of a spider she is freaking the literal fuck out. The first time it happened in front of Edward, he laughed so hard and long that the spider was gone before he could try to kill it. She will never let him live that one down.

cries more at movies: She’s not a crier, but since Edward’s never seen a movie, it would have to be Peyton.

is more likely to steal all the covers at night: Edward. He knows he does it too, but he doesn’t feel guilty because it means that Peyton curls up tight against him. It’s the only way he can get a good night’s sleep.

the first to fall in love: Oof. This is tough. Peyton was definitely the first to admit her feelings, both to herself and to Edward, but I actually think Edward fell first, even if he didn’t exactly realize that’s what was happening. It was why he was so adamant that they maintain the distance in their relationship. He was not only worried about the danger his love for her would put her in, but also how he might not be able to resist her if they were to grow closer.

the first to say I love you: Ok so I technically answered this in the previous question, but I love this moment, so… It was definitely Peyton the same night as their first kiss. It had been a hellacious night for her and she was done denying her feelings for Edward. Not to mention he was threatening to send her back to the future, so she knew she needed to pull out all the stops to get her way.

Tagging @anotherbeingsworld @raleiighcarrera if they would like to join in

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thank you to @archetypesinthefog for the tag! 💙

rules: list ten songs you’ve been liking hearing lately, then tag ten people.

in no particular order....

1. NFWMB - Hozier

2. Prayer X - King Gnu

3. Seven Nation Army (Glitch Mob Remix) — The White Stripes (this always gets me so pumped lol)

4. Love Is A Bitch — Two Feet

5. Ophelia— The Lumineers (i’ve always loved this one but i’ve been listening to it a lot recently)

6. But I Do — Clarence “Frogman” Henry

7. Land of Confusion — Hidden Citizens

8. World on Fire — Les Friction (reminds me of attack on titan lmao)

9. This Night — Black Lab (this song has been living rent free in my head for years)

10. Soul of A Man — Koda (listened to this obsessively after the initial trailer drop lol)

Tagging: @rose-of-orlais @gaymingbinosaur @luna-drinker @fromathelastoveritaserum @reshiramgirl88 @rinavasqwibqwib @captainlavellan @alois-prancy @randomwordsandstormydays @il0vemyfriends