#Leo gets possessed by mod

[repairr-boy]

!! Sick intro post !!

Name: Leo Valdez, at your service !!

Age: 15-16 ish

Gender: Male:) (🏳️‍⚧️)

Birthday: July 7th

Cabin at chb: Cabin 9, Hephestus cabin. (Though most of my time is spent in bunker 9...)

Godly parent: Hephestus

Mortal parent: Esperanza Valdez

Prounouns: he/him

Sexuality: bisexual ✨️

People you know:

Nico di angelo: @emo-mcdonalds-lover (cool guy, kinda scary)

Will solace: @sunshine-boy-official (nicos bf, built like a ginger cat)

Clarrise la rue: @swirly-lord (scary, I heard she slayed a drakon once)

Hazel levesque: @the-gems-keep-popping-up (nicos half sister, can make gems appear)

Lou Ellen Blackstone: @da-great-lou-ellen (witchy vibes, overall cool person)

Jason Grace: @that-one-golden-boi (supposed to be dead, really really pretty (🫵🏳️‍🌈) )

Piper McLean: @beauty-queen-of-greece (girl kisser, thief (me too bestie, me too) )

Tags:

Leo spouts fire - in character posts

Leo gets possessed by mod - ooc posts

Also, if you want to join the rp, dm the nico blog, or me !!

Ooc:

Hiii, I'm cleo/avery, I use they/he, and I run this blog . My main account is @wretched-meadow !!

[sentient-stove]

Leo Valdez headcanons. Hand them over.

(oh god that hand. it scares me)

-leo lost a few fingers killing gaea (whether from crush or burn damage it doesn't matter) no one's noticed yet because he woke up from coming back to life and his brain just... adapted to it. he noticed it ofc but like, he still has a decent amount of motor control so it hasn't exactly become a problem yet

-all of the hephaestus kids are stupid strong no matter their build. like weirdly strong in a conditional way if that makes sense. leo could probably lift a car if you got him distracted enough and asked him to move it. the second he realizes what he's doing he's back to normal human strength though

-he's a polyglot. you can't shit talk around him in a foreign language because he probably knows it already.

-idk if this is common knowledge, but in the foster system, you're not allowed to cut your hair to a style that doesn't match the one you entered the system in. no major body mods at all- like big haircuts/dyeing hair/piercings. for this reason, i think after he gets to the waystation he grows his hair out as much as he dares and gets a shit ton of ear piercings. like half a dozen up each ear, hair to his waist kind of thing. he's never had that much choice over his appearance before and so it's kinda freeing to have that (and it makes him look like his mom more just a bit, to have his hair so long)

-maybe kinda sorta was violently in love with annabeth chase during the building the argo ii era. poor guy had a massive crush but never said anything because he respects the preexisting relationship she has

-he calls jason after any major event. 'calls'- as in he sets a voice recording and talks like he's having a conversation with jason, like they're both still alive and okay.

-doesn't ever go back to new rome after the events of toa. part of him doesn't feel welcome because of the whole possessed thing and the other part doesn't want to be in jason's home without jason there. he instead goes to a trade school or university in texas and moves down there. still does weapons commissions for camp/olympus if they reach out though

[savelockwoodandco]

At this point, I wonder if it is still possible to save Lockwood and Co... It seems so unreal to me. But I also have so much hope that the efforts will eventually succeed.

Hi Anon! Thanks for sending this in!

We've gotten a couple messages like this, and decided to condense our answer into just one -- but hopefully a good one.

We totally understand the idea of saving it seeming unreal. It's been 4 months since cancellation -- four months and a week, if we're being more precise -- and summer has gone by with our feverish effort supporting it. Add to that the week-by-week hashtag posts, email campaigns, and our frankly incredible trending streak -- which has gone on as long as we've been cancelled -- and it's easy to understand why people might be feeling a little in limbo.

Of course, there's always posts by CF, the cast, associated crew, Agents Stroud, and other people related to the show to make people both hopeful and fearful. One fan's encouraging post could be another fan's death knell, and there's no way to predict how an update, a like, a retweet, or anything else will make you feel.

(The only thing we can predict your reaction to is pictures of the lovely Leo, which is to forfeit all mortal possessions to the Leo. It's what he deserves, and certainly what he Demands.)

But we, along with our lovely Anon and others, truly do have so much hope that efforts will succeed. In fact, I -- the humble Tumblr mod -- still stand by what I've said since May: we are going to succeed, and Lockwood and Co will be on our screens again before long ('long' in the relative sense, of course -- it takes time to film and edit!).

My confidence is matched only by my pride in you all and my wonder at the way fans from all over the world have stood up for our show and those involved. And if you think this doesn't apply to you --yes, you reading this -- specifically, let me fervently assure you that it does.

Every drop in the bucket, no matter how small, is part of the waterfall, and we have an incredible waterfall here.

As always, we the mods are assured that Nice Things are coming, and that, for the time being, we only have to do what we can with what we have.

The wheels of TV grind slowly, but they grind fine -- and knowing about every tiny happening within CF would drive us all mad, rest assured.

So yes, all we'll know about is the end result, but let's be real, all we need to know about is the end result. Saving the show is what matters, not the intricate legalities that get us there.

Things can and will turn out well for us. Let's keep adding our drops to the bucket.

And a picture of Leo in motion, holding a treat in his mouth, ready and expectant for the celebration:

[the-real-persassy]

𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔, 𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗´𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏-𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍

༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄

𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚎: 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚢 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚘𝚗

𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛: 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚎

𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢: 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 18

𝙲𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚗: 𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚗

𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝: 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚘𝚗 (𝙸𝙻𝚈!!)

𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚜: 𝙷𝚎/𝙷𝚒𝚖

𝙰𝚐𝚎: 17

𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝: 𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎? Percy… 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚎 6´1

𝚂𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢: 𝙱𝚒-𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕

༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄

𝙼𝚈 𝙵𝚁𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙳𝚂

Nico di angelo: @emo-mcdonalds-lover (My cousin, tried to fight me(couldn’t reach me knees-))

Will solace: @sunshine-boy-official (shines brighter than my future)

Clarrise la rue: @swirly-lord (Can and will beat your ass-)

Hazel levesque: @the-gems-keep-popping-up (Like a sister to me!)

Lou Ellen Blackstone: @da-great-lou-ellen (Scary af)

Jason Grace: @that-one-golden-boi (Supposed to be dead, isn’t, my bro)

Piper McLean: @beauty-queen-of-greece (Absolute vibes)

Leo Valdez: @repairr-boy, THIS BOY IS ON FIRE-

Annabeth Chase: @wise-girl1248 MY LOVE

Juniper: @rootedinserenity Absolute icon

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𝚃𝚊𝚐𝚜:

In character: Persassy speaks

OOC: Mod possesses Percy

Asks: Persassy gets a quest

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OOC: (Btw OOC will look like this)

Hey! I’m Kitkat! I use she/her, I am a minor (don’t be weird y’all 😭) I run this blog! It’s my first rp blog so I’m very new to this, but yeah! My main account is @ihavehomework2dobutimhereinstead

[desceros]

i cant believe infinite singularity is the thing that Finally makes me get that second ear peiercing ive been thinking about.... desceros what have you done to me!!!!

amaranthine 🤝 infinite singularity

body mods as a mark of possessiveness and belonging +REALLY HOT SEX

i will never be the same 💜

i bestow upon you this lovely art i made earlier this morning. and by art i do mean meme i spent way too much time pulling together because i was doing so during my work hours and getting paid to make a funny haha re: my turtlefucker fics

i was gonna make a joke about giving my favorite turtle my favorite kinks, but truthfully i think at this point that honor might go to leo hahaha (i mean. he's basically tied for favorite unless you put a gun to my head and Make me choose so. makes sense.)

[chmydarling]

FULL NAME. louis james easton

NICKNAME. lou, louie, nabi (u kno who u are!!)

ALIASES.‏ world's biggest dumbass (alleged)

HEIGHT.‎‏‏‎ 5'8" (a hill i am willin to die on. turn on ur location canon, i just wanna talk)‎‏‏‎

AGE. 18 (psst the b-day i decided on for him is super soon and is july 30th folks- national frenship day :')!!)

ZODIAC. leo

SPOKEN LANGUAGES. ya boi is p fluent in both french and spanish. he also knows a lil bit of latin thanks to his private school upbringing (and absolutely detests it bc to him, it is unbelievably complicated and he cannot grasp it for the life of him). ALSO, a special sum1 may or may not be teaching him some korean... <3

𝐏𝐇𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒

BODY TYPE. although he's naturally built pretty slim, he has some trouble eating healthily and/or enough, bc he ends up getting distracted by something or someone else. like, he can't get this one song out of his head, so he has to go work on it etc. most of the time, he keeps himself running on caffeine and candy

VOICE. it upsets me greatly that his singing voice had hella potential, had it been encouraged and nurtured (seriously, go listen to his lovely and incredibly talented va sing). aLSO, as one yt commenter helpfully pointed out during the scene where he's telling tenn to move, when he raises his voice, he's got a lil bass in it, which is something that u don't hear from him too often

DOMINANT HAND. i'm super duper tempted to hc that he's ambidextrous (esp as ambidextrous individuals have apparently been found to possess high levels of creativity). and yes, he would show off about this all the time

POSTURE. god awful. he was and is forever getting stick from his fam bc he will sit in the most absurd and inconvenient places n positions. tho he will often sit up straight if he's seated at like a table on impulse, bc his father made a point of correcting and scolding him for it every time he slouched (p.s. he hates that) ‎

SCARS. he's got one on his tummy ‎from having his appendix removed when he was younger‏‏

MOST NOTABLE FEATURES. ‏‏‎ ‏‏f R E C K L E S <3 a super beautiful n contagious laugh andd.. bIG ASS HANDS THAT I WILL NEVER STOP TALKING AND THINKING ABOUT

𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃

PLACE OF BIRTH. idk why but i feel like he's a cali boy somehow

HOMETOWN. westlake village, ca maybe? (it even sounds money af sksksks)

SIBLINGS. only child

PARENTS. james easton, a very successful and self-made businessman, not so much as a parent (in lou's opinion) and elizabeth/lib easton, who once dreamed of becoming a famous actress. before she stopped

𝐀𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄

OCCUPATION. ‏‏‎ i can see him working as a waiter and/or barista and maybe going on to be a stagehand and play at weddings and such. though, he does have dreams of making it big as a musician and/or singer

CURRENT RESIDENCE. in a mod au, i can absolutely see him moving to a big city like ny or something

CLOSE FRIENDS. vi, marlon ‎

‎FINANCIAL STATUS. incredibly irresponsible pftt. he is always broke bc his eye is forever getting caught by the latest tech and obscure ass items ‏‏‎

DRIVER'S LICENSE. in a modern au, he is honestly spongebob at boating school lmao. he has failed his test more times than he can count. instructors quake when they learn they have to teach him sdjfhsdjfh

CRIMINAL RECORD. squeaky clean (he's a good noodle). tho, i can absolutely see him getting in trouble w the law for pulling some of those super elaborate pranks, like putting laundry detergent in a fountain or something sksksks

VICES. ya boi has a taste for the finer things, so i can totally see him indulging in fancy ass expensive champagnes and wines (red wine is his fav)

𝐒𝐄𝐗 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄

SEXUAL ORIENTATION. pan

PREFERRED EMOTIONAL ROLE. ‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎‏‎‏‏‎he really wants to be a source of support, love and encouragement for his partner (and he is, regularly). but he also really likes and needs to feel supported and loved, too (though, often, he has no idea how to go about this)

TURN OFFS. greed, cruelty, lack of empathy

TURN ON'S. ‎bravery, confidence, passion in their interests

LOVE LANGUAGE. ‎a lil bit of all of them tbh, giving n receiving! (depending on his partner's preferences and comfort). he loves cheering on and supporting his partner and wants to do things for them and get them lil sentimental n big flashy gifts. he adores quality time and is all about physical touch. he's just basically a big walkin ball of love honestly ‏‏‎

RELATIONSHIP TENDENCIES. ‏‏‎ ‏‏i think he's quite prone to seeking validation and reassurance (he's genuinely that one meme that's like, me on our wedding day: r u still into me bless im)‎

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𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐎𝐔𝐒

CHARACTER'S THEME TUNE. i hear him in a lot of motown love songs and many of stevie wonder's hits. like, anything romantic or soulful, upbeat n funky- that be him

HOBBIES TO PASS THE TIME. playing piano (learning and playing any instrument he can get his hands on honestly!), singing, baseball, gaming, movie marathons

LEFT OR RIGHT BRAINED. ‎‏‏‎ ‎right-brained, for sure ‏

SELF-CONFIDENCE LEVEL. undeservedly low and wavering. like, outwardly, he's this social butterfly, life-of-the-party type. but, he is v much insecure and not at all content w himself (largely due to his father's constant battering of his self-esteem over the years *blows a raspberry at louis' dad*)

tagging: all of you beautiful ppl <3

[kadextra]

Adding onto this :D

Korean members joined, their names are

Acau (ah-go)

Jungryeok (joong-nyok)

YD (why-dee or yahng-ding)

KongKong

and a Korean egg named Chunsik (choon-sheek) he’s super polite and cute

a German member also joined, his name is LetsHugo

Kia did a great overview, so I’ll go more in depth:

yes Mr. Duck was replaced by Mr Bunny. there is a new spawn on a different part of the island where everyone is, and a new currency system. yes Cucurucho and the bear workers are still around but there are also new black bunny workers that roam the island too. they each have tie colors that correspond to the languages colors, and most have been given names by islanders

Red tie - English - “Donny”

Yellow tie - Spanish - “Sipi”

Green tie - Portugese - “Bobinho”

Blue tie - French - “Lapin”

Purple tie - Korean - ?

Orange tie - German - ?

Steampunk outfit - English - “Ollie” - the create mod shop-owner bunny

There is a new ghostly character called Sir Reaper who gives extreme tasks to people for high rewards. he has been teasing “something sinister approaching from the forest” but we don’t know what that is yet

and you’re already aware of the admin situation so I won’t get it into it. the lore reason for the eggs absence is that they ate a weird fruit called a “Ghostberry” which sent them into a coma. the Ghostberry seems to be connected to Sir Reaper. the eggs needed a medicine made by the islanders to wake up, and the current eggs on the server are Chayanne, Tallulah, Richas, Pepito & Leo.

A Tubbo/Creation lore recap was already done so I’ll go more into other characters lore!

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q!Fit - yes his deadline arrived and he was forced to leave Pac & Ramon. he was teleported by Madagio to “Vaccus Island,” a Federation-owned island that is no longer in use after some unknown disaster. Fit listened to recordings about the island as he climbed up a large mountain and met Madagio, who pushed him into a pit. The pit was filled with the corpses of Federation workers. q!Fit has been in the “corpse hole” (fandom given name ajdjgkgk) on Vacuus Island ever since, for over a month.

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q!Roier is still in the body of a rat somewhere & his twin Doied is still using his appearance acting in front of others.

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q!Foolish and q!Tubbo made Town of Fobo together. their eggs, Leo & Sunny started to get along much better. Foolish spent the majority of his streams breeding and murdering horses for countless hours to achieve a perfect stat horse

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q!Tina was already ashamed of being a demon, but started to feel more ashamed after falling into more of her demonic instincts bc a mysterious force from the netherworld was trying to contact/bring her back. She talked with q!Mouse about demons and we learned some interesting details about the demon history & society. The mystery force went after Empanada and also q!Bagi, putting them in danger of being hurt. q!Tina distanced herself from her loved ones out of fear that she’d bring harm to them by proximity.

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q!Philza was possessed by the Enderking (villain character from his hardcore series) whose influence made him very greedy, yell at his eggs, and try to attack them. Phil exiled himself out of shame and fear, and got fully possessed. Chayanne left in the middle of the night to confront his father, and battled him for 3 days straight until the Enderking was beaten out of him (hah beat by a child)

q!Phil has been deeply remorseful ever since, would be unable to forgive himself if it ever happened again, and the Death Family is trying to patch themselves back up. Phil also really misses Missa, who he calls “my moon.”

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q!Badboyhalo has a lot of crazy lore to go over because he has been the most active

q!Bad slowly lost his memories and died from his soul vulture infection & radiation poisoning, lots of crying and philosophical emotional talks led up to it. I second you watch the Sweet Despair stream its so beautiful. theories were confirmed that he is a fallen angel too!!

so yeah he died and his character was gone while we followed the ghosties (canon chat)’s POV that got split off him and watched over the eggs.

q!Bad resurrected a week later but with zero memories of the island, and had to re-meet all his friends + the eggs who he quickly got close to again. he became best friends with the Korean member YD!

Cucurucho moved into his house, starting a whole roommate arc between them which kinda developed into something more… Cucurucho gave him lots of gifts and flirted with him. they went on a date with Tubbo as the waiter. rumors started spreading around the island (pushed primarily by q!Pac, #1 cucuhalo shipper) that they are in a relationship.

q!Bad also became friends with Ollie the steampunk bunny, who asked him to build a Ferris wheel and host a theme park for Cucurucho. during that whole arc he got into a mess with the other bunnies (who were testing the rides) because they kept getting injured on his Ferris wheel. Donny & Sipi became his mortal enemies and Bobinho tried to steal his house.

Bad tried to make amends with the bunnies by building them a carrot-shaped home to live in. but, Donny, Sipi & Ollie fell into deathlike comas around their dinner table after eating Ghostberries. (this lore was the introduction for Ghostberries)

q!Bad had no idea what happened and hid the bunny bodies under the floor. Bobinho walked in at the wrong time and snapped an incriminating photo of him. q!Missa accidentally discovered the bodies one night, and q!Bad appeared behaving uncharacteristically scary and threatened him. bro literally became a horror creature and jumpscared the poor guy repeatedly

Bobinho a few days later was convinced Bad poisoned their bunny friends with Ghostberries, and said they’d make sure he is severely punished for it. q!Bad got scary again and killed Bobinho to stop them from running their mouth. a few minutes afterwards, he completely forgot he did it and buried the body. (us theorists think this is either a case of possession, or something screwed up with his resurrection that split his soul?? it’s spooky)

Since then, Bad has been spending happy times with his nephews & nieces but also getting super violent for Cucurucho’s attention. the past few days he has exploded nukes in Cucurucho’s office / the spawn building 3 times, all that’s left is craters. we don’t know what’s gonna happen with this

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meanwhile, Cucurucho has recently been busy as a single parent with an egg of his own named Nacho. they are very silly and star in the QSMP official streams which are structured like a saturday morning cartoon

that’s all I got for you :3

to see Richas tune into Bad & Mike’s streams he is there most often!

Hi. I lurked your blog a lot a while ago but I stopped watching qsmp in January and eventually lost track of what was going on in the server except for some of the stuff with the admins. I also lost interest in Portuguese around January because after what happened around That Time, even that was just making me sad and upset.

I'm remembering that around this time last year was when I started watching a lot of qsmp, and I miss it. (A whole damn YEAR?!) And I miss some of the fanbase too. I learned just as much about language and culture from people in the fandom as I learned from the server itself. I especially miss the Brazilian CCs and I want to start watching them and/or qsmp again (Pac and Cellbit especially) and trying to learn Portuguese again. But I have no idea what's been going on and it's surprisingly difficult to try to figure it out by digging around on tumblr.

May I please ask for a quick summary, if you're up for it? Just as much as you feel like, it doesn't have to be extensive if you do it. I would be incredibly grateful but I know it might be a lot of work. (I already know about the stuff with Cellbit's ex, but I have no idea what else has been going on with him.)

And honestly, the main thing I want to know is the situation with Richarlyson's admin. If they're no longer in the project, that's okay, it's probably best for their health and I support it. But I just need to know if they know how loved and appreciated they are. Richas was my favorite egg and the admin was my favorite admin too. I hope they're doing well, wherever they are and whoever they are.

Sincerely, some random American

Hello!

Anon I will try my best but I have to be honest with you, I haven't kept up that well since january (my mental health was really fucked from all that happened and I needed to take a step back) but from important bullet points that I can remember

Please people add onto this so anon can get a true lore recap

- we had the server restart that introduced the mechanics of coins system and all that

- the mr duck from before was apparently replaced by a mr bunny

- Badboyhalo fucking died and then came back without any memories (if you want to see him dying the stream is sweet despair and it's beautiful and sad one)

- Tubbo died too but also came back

- Creation lore (literally cannot explain this, need some tublings on the job please)

- Fit's mission deadline arrived

- Fit was sent to a pit by Madagio (his boss) and like, he is still there right now

- on Cellbit, well, he was having a skate arc (literally, he would skateboard everywhere)

That's as much as I can remember right now (it's 3am so my memory is extremely fucked) and if anyone wants to add onto this please do, clearly I couldn't remember everything lmao

Now on Richas situation, he is currently on the server, he woke up and was on Bad's stream earlier today! So he is still around and shows up on Mike's streams a lot and also Bad

I'm sorry that I couldn't be of much help </3 but like I said, january fucked with me and I couldn't keep up as much or I would get physically anxious, so

[therandombanjo]

Songs From 2019 (one per artist)

Another mixed bag of stuff i either enjoyed a lot, thought was excellent or interesting (regardless of taste… sort of), emerging artists to maybe look out for, and generally music that for whatever reason connected with me in some way, including the odd earworm i just couldn’t shake. Some artists are left off just to vary a little more from some other popular lists. Hope you enjoy some of this too and find something new to be taken by. Please do buy their music if you can and hopefully from a local independent record store if possible to support their work. There’s a spotify playlist (below) for easier listening but I’ve also posted a few links to extra things on some of them if you want to check them out.  Spotify:

(As ever…. as i don’t tumblr or blog or anything (besides this list), this won’t be seen by many (if any?) people so if you like it or think it’s of any worth in any way, please do share this along)

In Alphabetical order:

A.A. Bondy - Killers 3 Abdallah Oumbadougou - Thingalene Alasdair Roberts - Common Clay Alex Rex - Latest Regret Andy Shauf - Try Again Angel Bat Dawid - We Are Starzz Angel Olsen - All Mirrors        bonus. her collab with Mark Ronson “True Blue” Anne Müller - Solo? Repeat! Antoinette Konan - Kokoloko Tani Arthur Russell - Words Of Love Asmâa Hamzaoui and Bnat Timbouktou - Sandia Baby Rose - All To Myself BCI - Grateful Bedouine - When You’re Gone Benny The Butcher - Crowns For Kings      ft. Black Thought Ben Walker - Afon Better Oblivion Community Center - Chesapeake Beverly Glenn-Copeland - A Little Talk     (from a reissue of her 2004 record Primal Prayer) Bibio - Curls The Big Moon - It’s Easy Then Big Thief - a. Not    b. Cattails    (from 2 excellent albums released in the same year: “U.F.O.F” and “Two Hands”) Bill Callahan - a. What Comes After Certainty    b. The Ballad Of The Hulk Bill Fay - Filled With Wonder Once Again Bill Orcutt - Odds Against Tomorrow billy woods - a. Spongebob w/ Kenny Segal     b. Western Education Is Forbidden    ft. Fielded        (From 2 excellent records this year: “Hiding Places” with Kenny Segal, and “Terror Management”) Black Country, New Road - Sunglasses Blu & Oh No - The Lost Angels Anthem    ft. Kezia Bon Iver - Hey, Ma Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Beast For Thee Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman      (”supergroup” of the great Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D Johnson & Josh Kaufman) Brent Cobb & Jade Bird - Feet Off The Ground Brighde Chaimbeul -  O Chiadain an Lo Brigyn - Oer Brittany Howard - Stay High    (the video for this, with Terry Crews, is a delight) Bruce Hornsby - Voyager One    ft. yMusic Burd Ellen - Sweet Lemany Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and Thomas Bartlett - Kestrel Caribou - You and I Caroline Polachek - Door Cate Le Bon - Daylight Matters Caterina Barbieri - Arrows Of Time Clairo - Bags Cochemea - Mitote comfort - Not Passing The Cool Greenhouse - Cardboard Man    (a pretty hilarious song about David Cameron) CRAC - You Can’t Turn Your Back On Me    (Unreleased old track from ‘76) Cross Record - PYSOL My Castle CZ Wang and Neo Image - Just Off Wave Damon Locks / Black Monument Ensemble - a. Rebuild a Nation   b. Power Daniel Norgren - The Flow Danny Brown - Dirty Laundry Daphni - Sizzling    ft. Paradise Daughter Of Swords - Fellows      (Mountain Man member Alexandra Sauser-Monnig’s 1st solo record) Dave - Psycho David Kilgour - Smoke You Right Out Of Here David Thomas Broughton - Ambiguity     (from the 15th anniversary reissue of his remarkable debut album, The Complete Guide To Insufficiency) Denzel Curry - RICKY Destroyer - Crimson Tide Dry Cleaning - Dog Proposal Dubi Dolczek - Do The Gloop Durand Jones & The Indications - Long Way Home Ela Orleans - The Season      (From 2012 but on a career retrospective, Movies For Ears, put out this year) Elkhorn - Song Of The Son Emile Mosseri - a. The Last Black Man In San Francisco b. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)    ft. Mike Marshall         (both from the wonderful score for the wonderful film The Last Black Man In San Francisco, the latter a cover of an old song sung here by the guy who sang “I Got 5 On It”!!) Erland Cooper - Haar Ernest Hood - Saturday Morning Doze        (from a re-issue of his “self-released proto-ambient masterpiece” in ‘75) Fat White Family - Feet Faye Webster - Room Temperature Fennesz - In My Room Fernando Falcão -  As 7 Filhas Da Rainha Sumaia     (reissue from ‘87) FKA twigs - cellophane Florist - Shadow Bloom Flowdan - Welcome To London Fontaines D.C. - Roy’s Tune Four Tet / KH - Only Human French Vanilla - All The Time Gang Starr - Family and Loyalty   ft. J. Cole Georgia - About Work The Dancefloor Girl Band - Shoulderblades The Good Ones - Will You Be My Protector?   (of Rwanda) Grand Veymont - Les Rapides Bleus       (of France) Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - Sunkwa     (of Ghana) Hailaker - Not Much HAIM - Summer GIrl Hana Vu - Actress Hand Habits - placeholder Hannah Cohen - Get In Line The Harlem Gospel Travellers - If You Can’t Make It Through A Storm Hayden Thorpe - Diviner     (Former Wild Beasts frontman’s debut solo record) Helado Negro - Running The Highwomen - Redesigning Women Hiss Golden Messenger - I Need A Teacher Holly Herndon - Frontier Homeboy Sandman - Far Out Hoops - They Say Hotel Neon & Blurstem - Language Of Loss House and Land - Rainbow ‘Mid Life’s Willows Ibibio Sound Machine - Wanna Come Down IDER - Saddest Generation The Innocence Mission - On Your Side International Teachers Of Pop - I Stole Yer Plimsoles    ft. Jason Williamson (of Sleaford Mods) Jacken Elswyth - The Banks Of Green Williow Jaimie Branch - nuevo roquero estéreo Jake Xerxes Fussell - The River St. Johns Jamila Woods - ZORA Jayda G - Leave Room 2 Breathe Jenny Hval - Ashes To Ashes       Jenny Lewis - Red Bull and Hennessy Jesca Hoop - Outside of Eden     ft. Kate Stables (of This Is The Kit) and Jesca’s 12 year-old nephew Justis. This live performance is so sweet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUPmE_hU7Ss Jessica Pratt - As The World Turns Joanna Sternberg - This Is Not Who I Want To Be Joan Shelley - Cycle John Blek - North Star Lady Jordan Rakei - Say Something        bonus. under his DJ pseudonym: Dan Kye - Focus Jo Schornikow - Incomplete Joseph Shabason - West of Heaven Julianna Barwick - evening Junius Paul - Baker’s Dozen Kali Malone - Spectacle Of Ritual Kate Teague - Sweetheart Kate Tempest - a. Firesmoke    b. People’s Faces Kelly Moran - Halogen (Una Corda)       (from a record full of all the bare piano parts she played for her prior record before all the editing and processing) Kim Gordon - Air BnB Kindness - Hard To Believe     ft. Jazmine Sullivan KOKOKO! - Buka Dansa     (Congolese collective upcycling discarded materials to make their instruments) Konradsen - Baby Hallelujah     (of Norway) Lambchop - Everything For You Laura Cannell - a. Sing As The Crow Flies     b. Flaxen Fields Laura Stevenson - Lay Back, Arms Out Le Groupe Obscur -  Planète Ténèbres Leonard Cohen - Happens To The Heart Leo Svirsky - River Without Banks Little Simz - 101 FM Lizzo - Tempo   ft. Missy Elliot Loren Conors & Daniel Carter - Departing Lou Roy - Bite Low Chord - Walkk Lower Dens - Galapagos Mahalia - What You Did    ft. Ella Mai Majja - Black James Dean Maria Somerville - This Way Maria Usbeck - Amor Anciano Mary Halvorson & John Dieterich - Vega’s Array      (Mary the recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Grant this year, because she is) Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan - IV Matana Roberts - As Far As The Eye Can See Meitei - Ike Melanie Charles - Trill Suite, No. 1 (Daydreaming/Skylark) The Menzingers - Anna Messiahs Of Glory - No Other Love      (from a collection of rare black gospel from the Midwest between ‘65-’78 put out on Tompkins Square) Mica Levi - a. Hosting     b. Lobo y Lady (from the excellent Colombian film Monos) Michael Abels - a. I Got 5 On It (Tethered Mix)    b. Pas De Deux (both from the terrific score to the excellent Jordan Peele film, Us) Michael Kiwanuka - Living In Denial Michael Nau - Poor Condition Mike Adams At His Honest Weight - Wonderful To Love Minor Pieces - Rothko      (duo of Ian William Craig & newcomer Missy Donaldson) Modern Nature - Footsteps Molly Sarlé - Twisted      (Mountain Man member’s 1st solo record) Moodymann - I’ll Provide Moon Duo - Stars Are The Light Moor Mother - After Images Moses Boyd - Stranger Than Fiction Moses Sumney - Polly Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron - Love Without Possession MSYLMA - Inqirad (Rihab-U Dhakir)     (Saudi Arabia) The Murder Capital - Don’t Cling To Life Nardeydey - Freefalling The National - Rylan   ft. Kate Stables (of This Is The Kit) The New Pornographers - Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - a. Waiting For You   b. Bright Horses   c. Night Raid Nivhek - After Its Own Death: Side A    (Liz Harris of Grouper) Noname - Song 32 Octo Octa - Move Your Body ODD OKODDO - Auma      (Kenyan/German duo) Øyvind Torvund - Starry Night      (Norwegian composer) Pet Shop Boys - Burning The Heather Petter Eldh - Fanfarum for Komarum II Porridge Radio - Give/Take PREGOBLIN - Combustion Purple Mountains - a. Snow Is Falling In Manhattan    b. All My Happiness Is Gone   c. That’s Just The Way That I Feel Quelle Chris - Obamacare Quinie - Whas At The Windy Rapsody - Ibtihaj   ft. D’Angelo & GZA Reb Fountain - Faster Rian Treanor - ATAXIA_A1 Richard Dawson - Two Halves Robert Stillman - All Are Welcome Róisín Murphy - Incapable Rosalía - Milionària Rosenau & Sanborn - Saturday Rozi Plain - Symmetrical Ruth Garbus - Strash Sam Lee - The Moon Shines Bright   ft. Elizabeth Fraser (of Cocteau Twins) Sam Wilkes - Run Sandro Perri - Soft Landing SAULT - Smile and Go Seabuckthorn - To Which The Rest Were Dreamt serpentwithfeet - Receipts    ft. Ty Dolla $ign Sessa - Flor do Real         (of Brazil) Sheer Mag - Hardly To Blame Shit and Shine - No No No No Sinead O Brien - A Thing You Call Joy Siobhan Wilson - Plastic Grave Six Organs Of Admittance - Two Forms Moving Sleaford Mods - Kebab Spider Slow Meadow - Artificial Algorithm Snowy - EFFED    ft. Jason Williamson (of Sleaford Mods) SOAK - Knock Me Off My Feet Solange - Binz Sophie Crawford - A Miner’s Life Squid - Houseplants         bonus. Their cover of Robert Wyatt’s  “PIgs..... In There at End of the Road Festival) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DktZtQbo-YU Stella Donnelly - Old Man SUSS - Ursa Major Swamp Dogg - Sleeping Without You Is A Dragg   ft. Justin Vernon & Jenny Lewis Tami T - Birthday  Tenesha The Wordsmith - Why White Folks Can’t Call Me Nigga Theon Cross - Activate     ft. Moses Boyd & Nubya Garcia Thom Yorke - Dawn Chorus Tierra Whack - Wasteland Tim Hecker - That World Tiny Leaves - Respair Toya Delazy - Funani         (of South Africa) Twain - Death (Or S.F.?) Twin Peaks - Dance Through It Tyler Childers - All Your’n Vagabon - Water Me Down Vampire Weekend - This Life Vanishing Twin - Magicians Success Velvet Negroni - Confetti Vendredi Sur Mer - Chewing-Gum      (of France) Victoria Monét - Ass Like That Vieo Abiungo - Cobble Together Visible Cloaks - Stratum      ft. Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano Warmduscher - Midnight Dipper Weyes Blood - Andromeda Wilco - Love Is Everywhere (Beware) William Tyler - Our Lady Of The Desert Willie Scott & The Birmingham Spirituals - Keep Your Faith To The Sky     (from a collection of obscure 70′s era gospel on Luaka Bop, “The Time For Peace Is Now - Gospel Music About Us”) Xylouris White - Tree Song Ye Vagabonds - The Foggy Dew Zsela - Noise

[askhellember]

Wtf is up with your neck when you use patroller--

Am I that big?

Mod teddy 🐻: My best guess is that Leo is basically possessing the patroller;now Leo already has a certain amount of muscle spasms normally, but it only gets amplified when he uses the patroller.

My theory is that the regular twitches are caused by neural damaged Leo received during the fire, and the straining caused by possessing the patroller only puts more pressure on Leo, making the twitches more frequent.

[solarmoonsims]

The Sims 4 Zodiac Challenge

Basically, I’ve been really interested in Horoscopes recently, so I thought, why not bring this love into the sims? There are other Zodiac challenges out there and this one is specifically inspired by this website. All of the descriptions come from this website. Some of the rules are the same but I decided to bend most of them to fit my gameplay style (I know that kinda defeats the purpose of a challenge). This challenge is not intended to offend anyone and is purely for fun. Now, I present to you my Sims 4 Zodiac Challenge!

  Basic Rules

- Your founder and heir are allowed to look however you would like them to but they have to follow the traits and aspirations listed below their sign.

- You are allowed to use money cheats or freerealestate for your first house but no more after that

- Mods are allowed

- CC is allowed

- If you do not complete a goal for one of the generations, you lose

- Most importantly, have fun

  Generation 1: Aquarius

“Aquarius-born are shy and quiet , but on the other hand they can be eccentric and energetic. However, in both cases, they are deep thinkers and highly intellectual people who love helping others. They are able to see without prejudice, on both sides, which makes them people who can easily solve problems” 

Traits: Creative, Genius, Self-assured

Aspiration: Leader of the Pack

Career: Politician

 Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Politician career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Wellness skill

- Go to a yoga class every Sunday

- Have 3 kids and get married as an adult

- Have at least 4 friends

 Generation 2: Pisces

“Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back.” 

Traits: Cheerful, Childish, Art Lover

Aspiration: Soulmate

Career: Painter

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Painter career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Painting skill

- Get married before you have kids

- Own a dog and a cat

 Generation 3: Aries

“As the first sign in the zodiac, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings.” 

Traits: Hot-Headed, Ambitious, Active

Aspiration: Chief of Mischief

Career: Secret Agent

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Secret Agent career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Fitness skill

- Get into a fight with 5 different sims

- Be enemies with your sibling(s) until you are a young adult

 Generation 4: Taurus

“Practical and well-grounded, Taurus is the sign that harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world and physical pleasures. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.” 

Traits: Geek, Unflirty, Materialistic

Aspiration: Mansion Baron

Career: Scientist

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Scientist career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Logic skill

- Get married as an adult

- Have only 1 child

 Generation 5: Gemini

“Expressive and quick-witted, Gemini represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.” 

Traits: Noncommittal, Dance Machine, Insider

Aspiration: Party Animal

Career: None

Goals:

- Complete your aspiration

- Start a Social Media Blog

- Become rich off of your inheritance

- Go to the club every Friday

- Cheat on your partner and have an unexpected baby

- Live in the city

 Generation 6: Cancer

“Deeply intuitive and sentimental, Cancer can be one of the most challenging zodiac signs to get to know. They are very emotional and sensitive, and care deeply about matters of the family and their home. Cancer is sympathetic and attached to people they keep close. Those born with their Sun in Cancer are very loyal and able to empathize with other people's pain and suffering.” 

Traits: Gloomy, Jealous, Family-Oriented

Aspiration: Super Parent

Career: Veterinarian

Goals:

- Run a successful Veterinary Clinic until you quit

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Baking skill

- Go through an emo phase as a teen

- Quit your job once you marry your spouse

- Back your kid’s lunch everyday before school

- Have family movie night every Saturday

- Have 1 child with an A in school

 Generation 7: Leo

“People born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause.”

Traits: Self-Absorbed, Materialistic, Romantic

Aspiration: Master Actor

Career: Actor/Actress

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Acting career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Acting skill

- Reach level 10 of the Charisma skill

- Become famous and live in Del Sol Valley

- Spoil your kids with your money

- Never get married and have kids with multiple people

 Generation 8: Virgo

“Virgos are always paying attention to the smallest details. Their methodical approach to life ensures that nothing is left to chance and their heart might be closed for the outer world. This is a sign often misunderstood, not because they lack the ability to express, but because they won’t accept their feelings as valid. The symbolism behind the name speaks well of their nature, born with a feeling they are experiencing everything for the first time.” 

Traits: Bookworm, Perfectionist, Vegetarian

Aspiration: Best Selling Author

Career: Writer

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Writer career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Writing skill

- Have a home library

- Complete a collection

- Have an argument with your spouse and break up then (your choice if they get back together)

- Have 2 children

 Generation 9: Libra

“People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful and fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for Libra-born, and with their victorious mentality and cooperation, they cannot stand to be alone. The Libra is an Air sign, with expressed intellect and a keen mind. They can be inspired by good books, insurmountable discussions and interesting people.” 

Traits: Outgoing, Cheerful, Goofball

Aspiration: Big Happy Family

Career: Social Media

Goals:

- Complete level 10 of the Social Media career

- Complete your aspiration

- Be best friends with your spouse

- Marry your high-school sweetheart

- Volunteer with your family every weekend

- Take lots of pictures of your family and life

 Generation 10: Scorpio

“Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness.” 

Traits: Ambitious, Genius, Good

Aspiration: Master Chef

Career: Detective

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Detective career

- Complete your aspiration

- Reach level 10 of the Cooking career

- Reach level 10 of the Gourmet Cooking career

- Get a divorce

- Get remarried as an elder

- Have 3 kids

 Generation 11: Sagittarius

“Curious and energetic, Sagittarius is one of the biggest travelers among all zodiac signs. Their open mind and philosophical view motivates them to wander around the world in search of the meaning of life.” 

Traits: Loves Outdoors, Noncommittal, Active

Aspiration: Outdoor Enthusiast

Career: None

Goals:

- Complete your aspiration

- Go to Granite Falls once a season

- Sleep outside once a week to “embrace the outdoors”

- Live in 3 different worlds before settling down

- Go to every festival

- Make money freelancing

- Master the Comedy skill

 Generation 12: Capricorn

“Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way.” 

Traits: Ambitious, Snob, Mean

Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy

Career: Tech Guru

Goals:

- Reach level 10 of the Tech Guru career

- Complete your aspiration

- Have no kids

- Master Logic skill

- Have at least level 5 in 3 other skills

- Live in an expensive house by the time your an adult

- Surround yourself only with other snobby people

- Buy an expensive item every Wednesday

 That’s it!

You have reached the end of the challenge. I hope you enjoyed and make sure to check out this person for credit.

[repairr-boy]

OOC:

Guys. Guys the trans leo au is getting to me. Guys what if I gave him religious trauma and made him trans. I DONT WANNA SEEM LIKE IM COPYING WILL THO IM JUS PROJECTING AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[broken-clover]

Some GG Headcanons

I got into a nice little chat with @thestarcutter (please follow them, their art is awesome and they’re just a really cool dude) asking about their headcanons and now I kinda want to post some of mine! 

Admittedly, a good number of them are about Zappa and Bedman because they’re both my faves. Some of my HC’s are more serious than others.

For clutter reasons, I’ll put em under the cut. In hindsight, I have a lot.

-Zato, Venom, and Millia all have PTSD to some degree, Millia also has depression.

-Ky also has PTSD from his wartime days and sometimes just needs to go sit somewhere quiet.

-Sol has ADHD.

-Sol is very skilled in knitting/sewing, partly because it was a necessary skill during war and partly because it keeps his hands busy during downtime while bounty hunting

-Zappa came from a small Australian farm town and moving to college as a transfer student (and then getting possessed) was his first time in a big city. Hence why he seems to well-built despite being a coward and why his social skills kinda suck.

-Being possessed causes all manner of eldritch insanity on Zappa's body. Not even just the expected sprouting limbs and whatnot, even the standard backbend severely distorts his skeleton and changes his internal organs around.

-Raven has had an insanely large number of body piercings and mods over the years, done in every place and then some.

-Ky and Sol are both bi. 

-Baiken is Agender (kinda canon, seeing as how her profile states that Baiken ‘abandoned her gender’).

-I-no, Elphelt, Sin, and Axl are pan.

-Bridget is an awesome baker and puts it to good use in Jam's restaurant.

-Zappa is also a pretty decent cook.

-Venom and Axl are/were casual friends and played billiards together.

-Slayer actually owns a massive number of nice suits but that is all he wears ever. He even sleeps in them because he's just that extra.

-Perhaps kinda AU-ish, but Bedman manages to survive somehow and gets adopted either by Venom and Robo, Axl, or Zappa and gets actual friends that care about and support him. Alternatively, Ky continues his habit of adopting villains and he basically acts as a grumpy cat who's dickish and asocial but basically harmless.

-In addition to being masochistic, Raven is also a serious sugar junkie and spice freak. He douses a large amount of his food in some kind of sweetener, pepper, or both. He's rotted out several sets of teeth, but they just grow back.

-Axl nicknames pretty much everything, from his opponents to his moves.

-Zappa has a pet border collie at home named Lila and Axl had a pet corgi with Megumi.

-As a kid, Sin had a bad habit of adopting every stray he found without telling Ky.

-Sin and Leo both stash snacks all over the castle in various places and it drives Ky nuts.

-Bedman, Faust, and Answer are on the autism spectrum.

-In addition to being a very skilled soldier in multiple fields, Potemkin is also a highly accomplished artist, and some of his works are famous around Zepp for their beauty.

-On more than one occasion, a drunk Axl has gotten into a guitar fight with I-no. Raven took photos.

-The heart charm Zappa wears around his head is a local tradition that symbolizes that someone is single and looking for a partner.

-Sometimes, Sol gets old advert jingles stuck in his head and accidentally makes movie references and it pisses him off that nobody know what he's talking about.

-Axl and Raven can commiserate with him and that just pisses him off more, especially when Axl deliberately sings ad jingles to get them stuck in his head.

-On one instance Both Ram and Sin tried to dye their hair pink like El's to see how it would look.

-Upon finding out about it, Leo also did too.

-After being denied as a host for a Forbidden Beast, Venom attempted to steal one at least once out of desperation (I’m also writing a fic where he succeeds)

-Millia's love for cats goes back to her childhood, when she raised and fed stray cats on the edge of the assassins' training camp. Having something soft and cuddly and nonjudgmental to be around was the highlight of her crappy upbringing.

-The process of actually putting Bedman to sleep was very painful and somewhat illegal and it left a good amount of mental trauma.

-Ram is afraid of all arthropods (canon), including crustaceans. Sin once scared her with a crab.

-May uses Johnny to get things off of high shelves because she's a shorty.

-Bedman hates wearing pants under any circumstances.

-Bedman is very sensitive to textures and prefers soft things, wearing or touching anything itchy or coarse stresses him out.

-Zappa is covered in scars under his clothing from the various wounds he's gotten while possessed

-Zappa does not know that his fashion sense is ridiculous.

-Axl is well aware that his fashion sense is ridiculous and does not care.  

-Venom used to make baked goods in an attempt to make Zato happy. Over the years, he's gotten very good at it, hence why Zato gave him a bakery.

...yyyep. I probably have a problem with this series. 

[emalynnstone]

Harry Potter Fic Recs

This is my very picky fic rec list that includes my all-time favorites. They’ll be separated off in these sections: Severitus/Sevitus, Drarry, Harrymort/Tomarry, Snarry, and Other Pairings. Check it out :) :D Hopefully, I might add a second part to this list later hehe XD 

Gen

Dead Man Walking is a Regulus mentors Harry fic and it’s just so good? Like? I mean. I’m sorry, I just don’t have words for the amazingness that is this work. I refuse to say this is abandoned cause it’ll break my soul so it’s a WIP. Don’t anybody tell me otherwise! 

Severitus/Sevitus

Harry’s First Detention and Harry’s New Home are my absolute favorites in this category! I’ve reread it so many times and the utter fluff and the growth in their relationship gets me every time <3 Rec this times a million! This starts in Harry’s First Year and goes from there. Also, what Harry calls Voldemort cracks me up EVERY TIME and I devolve into tears cause the utter cuteness just gets me! Complete.

Emerald Eyes makes me wish Severus had actually responded this way in canon. He’s not perfect, but their relationship grows and develops well <3 Complete.

In Care Of is a pretty popular fic, I believe, so I guess it’s sort of moot to rec it, but here you go. Features animagus!Snape and Snape realizing he’s pretty blind to Harry, which is my favorite moment in these fics! Complete.

To Shape and Change is a Snape time travels story and he fixes things pretty logically cause, you know, it’s Snape lol. I do like how he takes care of Harry though and it’s definitely a mentorship relationship between the two. Complete.

Perception is Everything is a different Severitus and there’s not enough where Snape realizes his mistakes and fixes it when Harry’s older, mostly cause it’s harder to deal with a hardened Harry. But this one manages it SO WELL and it’s definitely amazing! Wish there was more to this AU tbh. Complete.

Self Preservation is so adorable! Harry goes with Snape because he thinks that since Snape scares everyone, he’s safe with him! I like how their relationship grows slowly, at least on Snape’s side lol, and it’s so fluffy! Definitely another favorite! Complete. 

A New Place to Stay is my ABSOLUTE favorite in this category! I’ve reread it so many times and love it and get sucked into it just as much as the first time! I SO wish Horcruxes had been handled this way in canon and Harry grows so much with positive adult attention and it’s so beautiful, you know? I love it so much and rec it times a million! Complete and very long! 

Murtlap Thief and its sequel are also really good and occurs in Harry’s 4th year. It’s really cute how their relationship grows and natural too :) Definitely love it and features cute!Harry! Complete, as is its sequel! 

Definition of Home and its sequel are AMAZING. I mean, it’s oliver.snape, are we even surprised? But it’s soooo good! READ IT. You won’t regret it! Oh, it also has a little epilogue series here. Complete! 

Far Beyond a Promise Kept is a Harry and Snape time travel story! It’s a mentor story and it’s just so good! Once again, oliver.snape sooo... :D Complete. 

Unexpected Effects can be a Severitus or a Snarry, depending on if you read the alternative ending. Let me just say this... basilisk!Harry. I know you want to read it ;) 

A Year Like None Other: is any Severitus list complete without this? Love it, just love it. Also, the Draco/Harry friendship is my thing. Complete, but the series is a WIP! 

Harrymort/Tomarry

Don’t Fuck With Florists (They’ll Fuck You Up) is a time travel and Tomarry. I love it because Harry just fucks with Tom and Tom still falls in love <3 It cracks me up but it’s also believable :) One-shot. 

Lucifer is perhaps my most favorite Tomarry one-shot because it’s a soulmate AU and yet the way their relationship grows is very believable. I like that Harry doesn’t make Tom completely good, but he’s not as bad as he could be without Harry. One-shot. 

The Love of a Good Wizard is the VERY first Tomarry I read and it will always hold a special spot just for that <3 I also just love Pansy in here :D Really, it’s totally cute I love me some possessive!Tom XD Time Travel. Complete. 

Seventeen Years is totally weird but also my favorite because it’s so very much like Voldemort to be this way :D It’s a muggle!AU.... but Harry and Voldemort are still not normal muggles :) Sort of incest, I suppose, but not exactly. One-shot, sadly. 

As Portioned From the Whole is so very messed up and so delicious for that. It’s also so beautifully written! It’s a Voldemort raises Harry story, but a Harrymort as well. Still updating! 

A Snake Named Voldemort is so fabulous, why haven’t you read it yet?? Features: Parseltongue!! Complete. 

Harry Potter and the Shadowed Light is a WIP and a Tomarry, but it’s SO GOOD. OHMYGOODNESS. READ IT. It’s just amazing what the writer does with common tropes and makes it totally unique! I just love it and I’ve reread it and it’s just so good! READ IT. 

Avarice is just so good. Horcrux!Harry and it’s just so deliciously dark that I can’t handle it <3 It’s a WIP and I love it so much <3 Part one of a series! 

Harry Potter and the Darkness series is the ultimate Harrymort series for me. It’s just so good <3 Pretty sure it’s a classic, but I couldn’t not include this! 

Solace in Shadows is not exactly a Tomarry since I’m sure it’s Gen, but it’s a Diary!Tom kidnaps Harry story :D Poor Harry <3 Almost 200k and a WIP

Death is But the Next Great Adventure is a MoD!Harry and it’s just really adorable Harry’s relationship with Death :D A WIP and I love it! 

Your Name On My Heart is an AU and Tom and Harry are soulmates, and it’s also just so well-done :D I love it! It’s a WIP but near the end, I believe. 

The Glass Serpent and the Dark Horse: First of all, this is an AU in that Tom Sr. rescues Tom Jr. from the orphanage. Yep. Never read a story like that, so read it, if only for that :D Tom Sr. is so lovable here <3 Definitely different from the usual bastard!Tom Sr.! Also, a Tomarry <3 WIP. 

on top of the world is me inserting my own Harrymort here amongst all the others because I’m #shameless lol. But I do enjoy writing this story and it’s a Harry joins Voldemort story and you should totally read it and warm my heart and make me smile :) :D *puppy eyes* Currently 34k but I do regularly update ;) :D <3 

Snarry

Invisible is a WBWL story, but it’s handled well and angsty enough with redemption. Also, Snape’s and Harry’s relationship isn’t the focus and occurs later on in the story. It’s a friends-to-lovers sort of story, and it’s very natural the way they fall in love and beautiful for that. Not only that, I just love how this writer develops the world of potions in here! Also it features apprentice!Harry and I love it :D Complete and very long! 

6 Lessons From a Dead Man is basically pre-slash, but it’s still so good! It happens post-epilogue and features alive!Snape. Basically, Snape kidnaps Harry and his children. Not going to say anymore. One-shot. 

Courtship Rituals is a definite favorite, maybe just cause I’m a sucker for courting, but also cause it’s Meri and nearly 60k of utter well-written goodness. One-shot. 

Back in Time is so cute that I can’t help but love it. I sat down and read it all in one sitting cause it was very addicting. Actually, reccing it makes me want to reread it lolol. Time Travel. Complete. 

My Name is Cameron Sage is a Time Travel! And a friends-to-lovers and I’m a sucker for them. I truly love it <3 Oh, Harry also has red hair in here I believe? I’m pretty sure. That just sticks out to me for some reason so.... :D Complete. 

A Convenient Marriage: I gotta admit, I’m a sucker for the slow romances and I really like the forced marriage trope. It’s a very slow romance, but Harry personally grows a lot and I just love it <3 

The Slytherin Method is my FAVORITE Snarry EVER. Okay, just, Draco/Harry friendship? Harry using his Slytherin side? I mean, daaaaamn but this has so many of my favorite things <3 Even better, Harry pursues Snape ;) Complete. 

Omega!Verse is a trilogy and this a link to it, it’s still a WIP but on the 3rd book so, just read it. It features A/B/O, but it’s done differently and features politics. Also, another Harry pursues Snape, but I love how he goes about it <3 It’s also an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story and they’re my thing. WIP. 

The Mating Rituals of a Crabby Hermit is just so cute :D I like how Snape is characterized and it features pining!Harry <3 

Thicker than Water is a chan story and features manipulative Snape, but it’s also really beautiful too. I just really do love it and Harry doesn’t remain completely oblivious to Snape’s manipulations throughout the whole story. One of my favorites, but if you’re not into it, don’t worry about it. One-shot. 

Drarry

Heir is a Drarry, but unfortunately was abandoned before that truly takes off. I think it was in the beginning stages. However, for those of you who like the Horcrux influencing Harry more and a bit of Voldemort mentorship, this is so for you! It’s amazing and almost 200k, even without the Drarry! 

A Change in Perspective features deaged!Harry and him in all his cuteness! Well-written and so very fluffy, even though it has its angsty moments. Definitely rec it, if only for the pro-Slytherin-ness hehe. Complete.  

Who Shagged Harry Potter? is so very hilarious and I keep rereading it just for the laughs. Fluffy as well <3 One-shot.

The Devil’s White Knight is a time travel Drarry and features lots of family bonding and fluff before the Drarry develops, but I definitely love this one and have reread it quite a few times. Complete and sequel in the works. 

Leo Inter Serpentes is my absolute favorite rewrite of canon! It features Slytherin!Harry (which is my weakness) and a BAMF!Narcissa. Oh, and Sevitus as well :) :D Just finished Book 6 and still a WIP! 

Conception of Dreams is a creature!fic and features possessive!Draco. Really, I read it for those two things and it totally delivered <3 

Secrets is THE Drarry fic. I mean, ohmygoodness. First of all, wish canon had gone this way. Also, just really, really love this and READ IT. NOW. Complete and satisfyingly long! 

Malfoy Flavor is a Severitus as well and while it’s slightly ooc at times, it’s still really good. Complete, with one-shot sequel. 

A Brother to Basilisks is so good! It’s nearly 500k, y’all. I mean, ohmygoodness. Also, parseltongue! AND A BASILISK. YES. JUST READ IT. WIP! 

Malfoy Child features deaged!Draco and Harry is so sweet. I mean, are we surprised? Complete. 

Azoth is my favorite Drarry fic for sure. It’s an EWE fic and an 8th year as well, and Harry ends up apprenticing under Snape for potions and it’s so good? Like? Can I even explain it? Just read it. Complete. 

I Choose Him is a fourth year AU and so beautiful. I mean, I just love the canon divergence and the way things fall. It’s very fluffy and definitely something you’d read to pick up your mood, at least from what I’m remembering! Complete. 

Simple Acts is such a good series. Just, read it. It’s so beautiful. This writer’s Drarry fics are an utter work of art, no joke. WIP series. 

The I Do Series is over 800k for the series alone. I’m just saying that’s amazing and SUCH an amazing way post-canon is done. Also, this story is my definition for Drarry <3 WIP series. 

The War Mages Trilogy is so good. It’s a time travel and Draco’s and Harry’s relationship are utter goals, also the way they completely ruin everyone’s plans? Yes. Just, yes. The first story is complete! 

Bound Prince series is a 7 book series and complete! Harry’s and Draco’s relationship is definitely interesting in here and I do really like it :) Features lots of smut lol but it has a plot-necessary reason. Complete. 

just a bit of magic: lol here’s me being #shameless again. This is a two-shot I am writing (first part posted and is 11k) where Harry is a Muggleborn and Lily is alive. It’s utter fluff. Seriously. I gave myself cavities writing it. Just read it if you want some Drarry fluff :) <3 WIP and I plan on making the AU a series. 

Other Pairings 

Every Flavor Beans was my first fic of this pairing and my favorite for that reason, but it’s also just so manipulative that I love it for that? :D Initially Drarry, but.... :3  Harry/Lucius. 40k One-shot. 

A Malfoy’s Ways features dark!Harry and I just really love this one-shot! Harry/Lucius.

Influence of Souls features a dark!Harry who doesn’t give an eff about anyone who isn’t Sirius. Oh, this is a Harry/Sirius btw, and sooo good :D Complete.

face death in the hope is a Regulus/Harry Time Travel and is a WIP, but so well-written :D READ IT. I mean, there’s Regulus in it. Need I say more?  

The Beguile and Devotion of a Black Heir is my ALL-TIME FAVORITE HP fic, hands down. It’s over 300k and a WIP and it’s just so good? I mean??? So well-written and has so many of my favorite tropes and it’s just SO GOOD. This writer is after my heart <3 

Taking Chances is a forced bonding fic and a Percy/Harry. I just really like it for the rare pairing and the way their relationship grows <3 One-shot.

Sleep tight, love is sooooo adorable! It’s a Harry/Charlie story and I just really love it :D Harry ends up working in the reserve and it’s just so great! Complete. 

But, Harry, It’s George is just the cutest and just read it. It’s Harry/George, if that wasn’t obvious lol. One-shot. 

The Tribulation of the Blue Moon is an amazing AU, if only because the whole story takes place outside of the Wizarding World and features werewolf!Harry. It’s a Harry/Fenrir and I love it <3 Complete. Sequel in the works. 

Wizards and Werewolves Don’t Mix is a cute story and full of fluff. I just love how the relationship grows <3 Harry/Fenrir. Of course, towards the end had a part that I was very much against and almost made me drop the story, but I pushed through and the ending made it worth it. If you want to know what that one part is, feel free to message me! Complete. 

Silver Arrow is an AU and it’s so well-written :D I love it! Harry/Fenrir. Complete. 

Now, I have way more favorites and a lot more good fics to rec, however there’s a lot. So, here’s a link to my ao3 bookmarks. The fics I mentioned above are my absolute favorites, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have way more lol. 

[turtimagines]

Hi, I was wondering what the turtles reaction would be if there S/O 's Abusive ex-boyfriend cornered them and tried to get them back

TRIGGER WARNING ABUSE - UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP

Leo:

He wants to fucking kill him.

“If you ever touch him/her, call or even look in their general direction, your body will be split in two and left for the fucking crows.”

Raph:

Almost does kill them. 

They’re so beaten that they’re almost unrecognizable.  Cuts, bruises and blood covers their face as they lay on the ground.  They have enough broken bones that they’d be in the hospital for weeks.  You’ve never seen Raph so enraged.

Donnie:

He’s actually scary when he’s pissed.  Well, pissed isn’t even a word to describe how Donnie reacts.

He’s possessed.  Something just clicks, like primal instinct.  Donnie sees that the love of his like is being threatened by this piece of filth and he just… loses it.  No emotion on his face whatsoever as he just goes to beating the shit out of this guy, pushing him around and not saying a word.  If it wasn’t for you telling Donnie to stop, he would have most likely killed the man.

Mikey:

Once he sees the guy lay a finger on his love, he immediately flings him backwards onto the wall and glares him down.  

“What gives you the damn right to lay your fucking hand on them?! Huh?!  Give me one damn reason not to break you right now!”

That angel you see everyday has turned into something you have never seen before, and nothing good.  He leaves the guy off with a warning, and that next time he won’t be so lucky, or in good as shape.

-Mod Kala

[imagineyourstars]

Sorry but i absolutely want to ask this one! Can you make a headcannon of Knights plus Chiaki, Mao and Nazuna when their s/o bring them to a lingerie store together? I'm so sorry >

I promised some angst but I’mtaking a break from it already wwww it’s painful to write…. This request is socute though ?? I loved it, it was super fun ! I hope you like the headcanonstoo !! – mod mademoiselle

Tsukasa

Thought circuits broke ! This is anemergency ! Tsukasa is now unresponsive !

He thought your shopping date was mostly going to revolved around clothes and didn’t even consider underwear. He didn’t dare say it, but he didn’tactually hear you when you suggested going in the lingerie store next and hejust nodded happily. Now he’s regretting he didn’t ask you to repeat yourself…

His cheeks are just as red as hishair and he’s waiting near the entrance of the shop. Sometimes he shyly turnsaround to check if you’re done yet but then… ! He sees ! He saw too much !!

He’s that one weirdo facing a wall,eyes closed, and counting very loudly to distract himself while you’re pickingunderwear.

But it turned out to be useless, andhe’s now haunted by the fact he saw your underwear !! It doesn’t matter if youweren’t wearing it yet, he’s still seen it !!! Sometimes he remembers thiswhole incident and gets really flustered.

Arashi

He’s super happy you took him along for your shopping session ! Especially since you trust him enough to bring him to your favoritelingerie store !

He picked some very cute sets inlovely pastel colors, and you were astonished as to how much they suit you !Turns out Arashi has an eye for things that would look just great on you.

He won’t stop gushing about how cuteyou are and how everything would look great on you. He’s really having a hardtime picking, sometimes !

He kinda wants to buy some forhimself, but ultimately settled for matching pajamas with you. He can’t wait tocuddle with you while wearing them !

Sometimes you get the feeling he’shaving even more fun than you shopping, and truth be told, he’s kind of makingyou into his very own model. He can’t help it, he just loves seeing you allcute and happy wearing adorable lingerie !

Ritsu

“Shopping… ? Do I really, really have to come…. ?” He ended upgoing with you anyway, but only because you promised you’d make it up to himlater.

His eyes widened a bit when youentered the lingerie store together, but he’s trying to play it cool and actnonchalant… even though he stares at the displays occasionally…

He got weirdly involved in theshopping session, showing you things he likes and coaxing you into trying themon. Unsurprisingly, he likes dark colors and lace the most ! He gets veryblushy around them too.

He’s constantly peeking into thefitting room, eyes bright. He can’t wait until you get home to give him aprivate fashion show !

Needless to say, he was in a supergood mood for the rest of the day, humming happily and holding you close tohim constantly.

Izumi

You weren’t sure he’d even agree tocome with you, but he was 120% into the idea. There’s just something he lovesabout seeing you in outfits he chose !

He’s strolling casually in thelingerie store and looks like he’s used to it. He was a bit confused about how lingerieeven works (“Of course I know howyou put that on ! It’s, uh… You know what, just do it yourself. I’ll watch.”)but he’s an expert at matching it up.

Sometimes he just stands there, staringat a display, eyes glossy and smiling weirdly. You’re not sure whether youshould call out to him or just leave him be. Maybe he’s lost in his imaginationor something ?

He wants to get a say in it ! If hecan’t pick at least one set for you, he’ll be sulking. He has great tastes, soyou can definitely trust him with that ! Well, what he likes is kinda riskythough…

Gets extra touchy-feely andpossessive after that. And a bit cocky, too. “You know, that one set I picked…I want to see it on you often, got it ? I wasted an entire afternoon helpingyou out with shopping, so… won’t you make me happy too, mmh ?”

Leo

Come on, going shopping with Leo ?Sounds like you’re gonna have a bad time. He won’t stop hiding inthe clothes racks.

For some reason, he’s super curiousabout the lingerie. He’s constantly picking up stuff, prodding it, trying it onhimself in the middle of the store… “Hey hey, looks like you can use that likea catapult ! Look, if I put something in here and pull… Hey, it works ! Wahaha,I’m the best !”

He’s having a lot of fun showing youhorrendous stuff and pushing you to try it on. You can’t even tell if hegenuinely likes it or if he’s just making fun of you.

Oh, but don’t worry : he’s going tocalm down instantly once you try the lingerie on. He’s peeking in the changingroom shyly, cheeks tinted pink, and he hides whenever you notice. “Ah, I didn’tsee anything, I swear ! Really !”

He ended up buying two pairs ofsuper fuzzy socks for himself because he literally fell in love with them. They’rehis favorite now.

Chiaki

He can’t exactly say shopping is hisfavorite pastime, but… ! If it’s for you, he’s ready to do just about anything !Even going lingerie shopping… ?

He’s really flustered. He’s following you around like a puppy, clumsilyknocking racks over… all in an effort not to look too much at the clothes ondisplay.

Expect him to hide in a corner withyour bags, patiently waiting until you’re done. He sees it as a mission againsthis own curiosity ! He must protect your purity !

Will stand firmly, arms crossed, infront of the fitting room to “guard” it against possible intruders. He peeks inonce in a while, but only to check if you’re done and “report”. “Nothingunusual ! How are things on your— Oops ! I-I didn’t mean to peek, sorry… !”

He got out of the store cheekspinkish, and a bit disoriented… but he’s happy you’re happy ! And, well… if heintends to fight for your sake, he’d better man up a little bit, and nothingbetter to start training than lingerie stores !

Nazuna

Although he’s kinda flustered at thethought he’s gonna go inside a lingerie store for the first time, he wants youto see him as your cool and reliable boyfriend ! So there’s no way he’s refusing to gowith you !

Do not comment on the fact he’sblushing. He knows. And he doesn’twant you to notice. He’ll just turn away and pretend he’s looking at anotherrack to hide it, just long enough to regain his composure.

He can’t help but imagine you ineverything he sees, which doesn’t make things easier… While he’s trying to lookcool by picking something for you, he’s worried you might not like it or thinkhe’s a pervert, so he just sticks to giving you his opinion when asked.

He’s super worried what you pickmight be uncomfortable, and he didn’t look convinced when you laughed andexplained it’s actually not that unpleasant. It still doesn’t look super comfyto him…

He was super proud of himself fornot being too flustered, up until you promised you’d show him everything hehelped you pick once at home. Congrats, you completely broke him.

Mao

Part of him is super smug! He feels really cool, going lingerie shopping with you like the mature and reliableboyfriend he is ! But the other part is, well, super awkward.

What if you think he’s a pervert forlooking ? What if he gives you bad advice ? What if you trystuff on right in front of him ? His mind is buzzing and he doesn’t evenregister you’re asking him for his opinion on one set you like.

He can’t pick between two things to save his life ! He just clumsily points to the one you look like youlove the most. Everything looks great, how is he even supposed to choose ?

You caught him fiddling with a brawhen he thought you were not looking. He was trying his best to unhook it fast,and failing miserably.

He was relieved to get out of thestore, but glad he made you happy by going ! And he hopes next time, he’s goingto be a bit more helpful. Maybe if you give him enough practice…

[leomontefiore]

“There are hours when there seems to be no past or future,  Only a present moment of pointed light  When you want to burn.  When you stretch out your hand  To the flame.”

- The Family Reunion by T.S. Eliot

General Information:

Name: Aureliano Casimiro Montefiore, prefers just Leo Pronunciation: Awe-reh-lee-ah-no Ca-sim-eer-oh Mohn-tey-fee-ohr-ee Age: 35 Date of Birth: 06/17/2010 Birthplace: Genoa, Italy Nationality: Italian-American Gender Orientation: Cisgender male Sexual and Romantic Orientation(s): Panromantic pansexual Occupation: Mechanic, thief & all around saboteur for the Nephilim Dominant Hand: Ambidextrous Astrological Sign: Gemini Blood Type: AB+

Appearance:

Wardrobe: Black or grey when he’s working, but in more casual situations he’s partial to leather jackets (sometimes pants too) with form fitting t-shirts or button downs. Refuses to wear shoes that he can’t easily run or climb in. Piercings: One in each ear, used to have a tongue piercing that healed over. Hygiene: Fastidious, borderline fussy. Has a full skincare routine with multiple products and takes exceptional care of his hair as well. Makeup: Depends on the occasion. He can do his makeup, but rarely does. Perfume / Cologne: Woody scents like sandalwood or vetiver. Tattoos: None, too easy to be caught that way in his opinion.

Health:

Diet: Largely what he grew up with, he had to learn to cook at an early age. Most American junk food doesn’t appeal to him, but he does have a weakness for Nashville hot chicken that he tries very hard not to indulge. Fitness: Still working on getting back to where he was prior to hospitalization, but he is very agile and fit. Focuses on free climbing and flexibility for obvious reasons, but given his ability requires a lot of him physically, he’s careful. Posture: Walks on the balls of his feet and holds himself very carefully, as if he thinks he might need to run at any time. Exceptional posture most of the time. Allergies: None Chronic Illnesses: Moderately severe hearing loss in both ears Mental Illnesses: Mild PTSD

Voice:

Accent / Dialect: Northern Italian, his English is very good but the accent is very much a part of his speech. Chronologically, English is his third language. Voice: A soft tenor, he has had to work on speaking louder since his injuries. Laughter: Gentler than expected, staccato and easily morphs into a giggle. Impediments: None Languages: Italian, French, Spanish, English

Family:

Mother: Sabina Rossi (estranged, location unknown) Father: Teodoro Montefiore (deceased) Siblings: Luciana Montefiore (younger half sister) Spouse: None Children: None

Home, Work, and Education:

Level of Education: Has a G.E.D., but he’s mostly self educated. Current Home: An apartment in the industrial end of Pansaw, nestled in an old warehouse that he bought cheaply and had made livable. Pets: Houdini, a formerly stray tomcat he took in Roommates: None

Miscellaneous:

Hobbies: photography, motorcycle repair and modding, cooking Guilty Pleasures: Trashy action movies and/or a good Negroni Most Prized Possession: His vintage 2020 Kawasaki Ninja H2R Pet Peeves: People sneaking up on him, being bothered on public transport Phobias: dying alone, being imprisoned, any harm coming to his sister