#Penny Castillo

[simkarta333]

31%. What is guaranteed to make this character smile?

Random number generator gave you 1 out of 11, so Penny Castillo it is!

She is the embodiment of sunshine itself, she is the sun and pureness. Everything and anything is guaranteed to make her smile! The sun shone? Smile! The flowers bloomed? Smile! She got a kiss from her gf? Smile!

[noelslamenttt]

2015 sugar cloud clip

[charlies-storybook]

Mrs and Mrs Castillo-Laurens

There was a soft knock on the door to Penny's bedroom. "Who is it?"

"It's me, darling." Someone called out from behind the door and tried to open it.

Penny stopped in her tracks, leaving the open earring hanging from her ear, and rushing to close the door. "But, Nina! The groom can't see the bride before the ceremony!" Whined she.

Nina chuckled, trying to overpower her fianceé from closing the door. "I am no groom, am I?"

Penny just silently pouted. Nina saw everything through the crack of the ajar door. "Let me help you finish getting ready, everyone is waiting." Nina bribed her bride gently.

Not even five minutes later, a father was walking his daughter down the aisle to marry the love of her life.

"Penelopa Castillo, do you take Nina Laurens as your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"

"I do." Penny was looking at her soon-to-be wife with loving and teary eyes.

"Nina Laurens, do you take Penelopa Castillo as your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"

"I do."

"I now pronounce you wife and wife, you may-"

But Penny interrupted him. "Can we kiss, now?"

The priest smiled and nodded, a little chuckle escaped his lips. "You may kiss the bride now."

So Penny did as she was ordered, jumped around her now wife's neck, and kissed Nina as if her life depended on it. Everyone started cheering.

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[tkdrawz]

Some of the TMNT fandom (and, frankly, society) really ain't shit.🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[From left to right: Princess Fiona (Ogress Form) (Shrek) Eep (The Croods) Gloria (Madagascar) Dijonay Jones (The Proud Family) Luisa Madrigal (Encanto) April O'Neil (TMNT Mutant Mayhem)]

These ladies are female protagonists in their respective franchises. All of them have different body types that contrast from the default thin, petite body type that we're used to seeing. And all of them are BEAUTIFUL! 💖

Three of these ladies became love interests that ended up in healthy relationships with partners who love them for who they are. Also, four of them are women of color. (idk if Fiona counts. While she is green, she started off white so... 50/50? 🤷🏾‍♀️) That part is especially relevant to this post because Twitter got me EFFED UP. I'M ON ONE, ON TWO, ON THREE TODAY!

So the concept art of Mutant Mayhem's April O'Neil was revealed by James A. Castillo, an artist who worked on the movie.

And people are DRAGGING HIM LEFT AND RIGHT! Being disrespectful to both him and April's design. I can tell you right now not even a third of those quotes aren't positive! There is a vast difference between criticism and insults:

💛"I do not like this design. Besides the color yellow and her red/ginger hair, she simply doesn't read as April O'Neil." That's criticism. This expresses disproval of the design without any vulgarities.

💔"Rethink your entire career. "Artist" my ass! This shit is garbage! She looks like she sleeps in a van and smokes so much weed she reeks of it. You failed." That's disrespect. And I don't think I need to tell you why.

Normally, I tend not to discuss such sensitive topics on my blog (religion, politics, discrimination of ANY kind, etc.) for my sanity and out of respect for others with opposing views. But today, I will make an exception.

I would love to include Luisa, who alongside April was mocked and disrespected heavily for her appearance, but I wanted to speak on this matter from the perspective of a plus-sized African American woman. Luisa comes from an completely different background whose culture and standards I am not entirely familiar with. I can't speak on what I don't know. Respectfully.💜

In the black community, women are faced with colorism, texturism, constant comparison, and body image negativity on a daily basis. And a good amount of it comes from our own community! Our shade, our 4C hair, our weight, our attractiveness, our lifestyle! It's brutal out here!😭😭😭

However, in terms of media a plus-sized black girl is seen as ghetto, loud, and undesirable with a side of attitude. The best example I can think of is Dijonay from The Proud Family.

This is the show I grew up on! The theme song, the characters, the Suga Mama, ICONIC! I love Dijonay to pieces, but as I grew up I realize that she was, in some aspects, a negative portrayal. She was always chasing instead of being "the chase". She was a horrible friend to Penny. And she sucumbed to a lot of negative stereotypes with barely any redeeming qualities. And this was very disheartening considering that she was the darkest one in the group. And the heaviest. And as a little chubby wubby in the 2000s with THIS as my representation? I have to give the writers a bit of the side eye. Was she any better in The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder? To that I would say.... meh. I love her in the reboot, but they could do so much more with her in my opinion. I still haven't seen them address the issue of colorism. 👀

While she is not a human, Gloria is voiced by a black woman (Jada Pinkett Smith) and imitates the sass of a black woman so... yeah. She's included. Gloria was persued by two men. One was the suave, flexing hippo Motto Motto. And the other was her friend/neighbor from her childhood Melman. She chose the latter for good reason of course. Now in Madagascar, Gloria wasn't mocked or criticized for her weight. In fact, hippos are known for their weight. However, she was seemingly fetishized for it. By Motto Motto to be exact. And being fetishized is NOT better than being ridiculed.

Unlike Dijonay, April was the chase, a love interest for Leonardo. I admit, I was SHOCKED that she was gonna be persued. Let alone that the writers wanted to try another Turtle/April pairing considering how April and Donnie went...😬. Now her backlash was on a completely different level. One that I wasn't even prepared for....

While Gloria and Dijonay are original characters, Mutant Mayhem's April O'Neil is a different interpretation of the character that has existed since the 80's. The same can be said for the Turtles, Splinter, literally everybody else! Every show and movie for that matter! And with every story, she changes. Design, motivation, relationships/dynamics, even race as of lately. All of it changes. And change isn't bad. In my opinion, it keeps things fresh and interesting instead of spoon feeding us the same story and concepts over and over again. Change challenges us. Change motivates us. However, some people don't like change nor want to accept it and adjust. And that's life. That's just the way it is. But change is necessary in order to progress.

She wasn't bad in the movie AT ALL. I absolutely adored her! And the dynamic between her and Leo wasn't akward or uncomfortable at all. It was handled really well. Ayo Ediberi did an incredible job bringing her to life! (GOD, I loved her in The Bear! Shameless plug lol)

That being said, I understand some of the sensitivity that fans have when a character changes so drastically you can barely recongnize them anymore beyond the bare minimun. (See also Sonic Boom's Knuckles) But the blatant discrimination, rude comments, and the boldness, THE AUDACITY, that some of these nasty Twitter fingers with their dirty fingernails have to type such disrespect to the artist that I can't repeat up here was wild af. Like, I can't believe we have to share a planet with some of them! Uggh!😷(But that's Twitter 24/7 so what's new?) Her and Rise April don't deserve the hate they get. You don't have to like them. Art is subjective. But to insult and harrass the artists and the people who look like the characters, then mask it under the umbrella of "tHaTs mY oPiNiOn" is 🐱. I said what I said. And I will say that shit again.

Also, just because she's black doesn't mean we can't have another white April O'Neil ever again. We know goodness well they could make another iteration of TMNT and make her white if they wanted to. Heck, I encourage them to explore other races and cultures too! New York is full of them! And it's not like all the other versions of April up and vanished. You can watch them anytime on Hulu, Netflix, Paramount Plus, etc.

One more point I'd like to make is that I am an African American woman who is currently on a weight loss journey. As a plus-sized girl, I had incredibly low self-esteem and picked up toxic, unhealthy eating habits from starving myself to overeating BECAUSE I starved myself. Also, I have experienced both sides from being disrespected and made fun of to being complimented and persued. I was at my biggest weight 2 years ago and I have made incredible progress to lose weight since then. People can lose weight. It is achievable! I went to school with some people who were way bigger than me that lost the weight by senior year! Just because she's big in this movie doesn't mean she can't lose weight by the sequel. Like I've said before, it's not wrong to encourage health and fitness!💪🏾 In life, they call this a glow up. A "remember how you treated them in high school" type of comeback. People can, and are allowed to, change. And it's not wrong to embrace your body and the skin you're in. It's all relative!💖

This post isn't to convince you to change your mind. And it won't make the bullies go away. I can't change the world overnight, nor am I trying to. At the end of the day, you're the consumer. It's your choice. Your prefrence. I can't tell you how to think.

I just wanted to spread a bit of awareness that plus sized people exist. And they will always exist. Everyone is deserving of representation in media in all facets. No matter their shape, size, shade, or sexuality. There are so many people from different walks of life who deserve to be seen and on screen. And the amount of visibility for black girls this year alone is amazing! And I want the same for other women of color, too!

Don't let this trash ass society and the people in it who prefer AI/robots over human beings, fake over real, and bad over good tell you otherwise. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. YES I AM TALKING TO YOU. YOU ARE AMAZING! YOU DESERVE ALL THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE AND MORE. YOUR STORY CAN CHANGE LIVES. BEING A GOOD, HARD WORKING PERSON DOES PAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN! YOU ABSOLUTELY MATTER IN THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT. WE SEE YOU. I SEE YOU. AND I ADORE YOU. RAISE YOUR SELF ESTEEM, ADJUST YOUR CROWN, WEAR IT PROUD, AND DO YOUR BEST!

Be good to one another. Take care.

💙 -TK

[wanide69]

My version human of Freemart

Martha Castillo,Penelope "Penny" Andersson and Belinda Sladen

Ruby Evans,Brooke McKenna and Inés De la Cruz

[iheartfinalgirls]

My Choir Designs

Ocean 

-Design mostly based on Tiffany Tatreau’s Ocean

-Straight orange hair that will go insane in the humidity (She always wears her hair down, like nobody has seen her with her hair up. Constance saw her in a ponytail ONCE.)

-Wears glasses (She literally just looks like the nerd emoji.)

-Has buck teeth (She was supposed to get braces but her parents spent lots of the dental money on a new bong.)

-Freckles everywhere

-Iconic headband

-Acne that she’s desperately trying to treat

-Wears her uniform very neat with a red bowtie.

-5’2

Noel

-Design mostly based on Kholby Wardell’s Noel

-Black hair (He cannot get it wet because he will literally just look like a wet cat)

-Black nail polish that always ends up chipping by the end of the day (He picks his nails).

-He has acne but tries to cover it with foundation.

-Foundation is the only makeup he will wear and he spends all morning trying to make it look less noticeable because he doesn’t want to get bullied.

-He has hairy legs because he’s too scared to shave (He does everything he can to hide them)

-Wears his uniform neat with a black tie.

-5’11

Mischa

-Design mostly based on Chaz Duffy’s Mischa.

-REALLY REALLY REALLY dark blonde hair.

-Iconic backwards hat (He cannot enter a public space without it).

-Promise ring from Talia.

-He has stubble because he hardly ever shaves.

-He has lots of body hair in general. (He hit a growth spurt at an early age)

-Eye bags because he just doesn’t give a shit about sleeping.

-He is a bit muscular but also a bit chubby.

-Wears his uniform in an unorganized way, his sleeves are rolled up to his elbows and his top couple buttons are unbuttoned.

-6’0

Ricky

-Design mostly based on Scott Redmond and Yannick Robin Eike Mirko’s Ricky.

-Curly dark brown hair.

-They have noise-cancelling headphones that look like cat ears.

-Wears glasses

-Mostly uses a wheelchair because it makes communicating easier, whether it’s through ASL or through the AAC device.

-Speaking of their AAC device, it has stickers all over it, they’re mostly sci-fi themed, space themed, comic book themed, or cat themed.

-Wears their uniform pretty much the same way Noel does but they’ll occasionally wear the girls jumper under the sweater vest (They also always have cat hair on them, so they need to carry a lint roller in their school bag).

-5’8

Jane Doe

-Design mostly based on Emily Rohm’s Jane Doe.

-Light blonde ringlets + a black headband with a little bow.(Just imagine the 2016 wig)

-The doll has a white lacy dress with a black ribbon around the waist and black buttons.

-Her face is completely white minus her pink cheeks. Her lips are red and small. Her eyes are big and completely black (Light doesn’t even reflect off of them).

-The separation between her head and neck is cracks.

-There are cracks that start from the corner of her mouth and end under her chin. These cracks allow her to move her mouth to speak (They look similar to a marionette’s mouth).

-Her body is curvy and looks like a corpse.

-Her white shirt is replaced with a white blouse with puffy sleeves that get tighter around her wrists + platform Mary jane’s

-6’0 (6’4 with platforms)

Constance

-Design mostly based on Lillian Castillo’s Constance.

-Coiled black hair that fades into purple at the end (She always plays around with her hairstyle, sometimes its in space buns, half-up half-down space buns, one big bun, or just down sometimes.)

-Wears pastel jewelry.

-Her glasses are rounder than Ocean’s and Ricky’s.

-Nails always painted in pastel colors.

-She just likes decorating herself in lots of pastel colors in general (when she gets pimples, she wears those smiley face pimple patches).

-She is plus-sized (if you draw Lillian’s Constance, draw her plus-sized for the love of god)

-Her shirt is buttoned up but she always forgets her tie.

-5’4

Penny

-Design. Mostly based on Emily Rohm’s Penny.

-Really long brown hair (She hasn’t cut it since she was 14) usually done in twin braids + bangs obscuring her eyes.

-She wears goth jewelry that she always fidgets with (goth Penny is real TO ME).

-She secretly carries her doll in her backpack (Only the choir knows).

-She got pushed down the stairs a lot (before people started ignoring her) so she still has some injuries and bandages on her.

-Her body is curvy.

-She has hairy legs because she HATES how itchy her legs get after shaving.

-Again, her white shirt is replaced with a white blouse with puffy sleeves that get tighter around her wrists (the reason her shirt is different is because of her sensory issues) + platform Mary jane’s.

-6’0 (6’4 with platforms)

[marcmarcmomarc]

RWBY Spanish dub

Team RWBY

Ruby Rose: Valentina Souza

Weiss Schnee: Romina Marroquín Payró

Blake Belladonna: Alondra Hidalgo

Yang Xiao Long: Mireya Mendoza

Team JNPR

Jaune Arc: Óscar Flores

Nora Valkyrie: Analiz Sánchez, Regina Carrillo (young)

Pyrrha Nikos: Berenice Vega

Lie Ren: Alan Fernando Velázquez, Zoe Mora (young)

Team STRQ

Summer Rose: Ale Pilar

Taiyang Xiao Long: Arturo Mercado Jr.

Raven Branwen: Fernanda Robles

Qrow Branwen: Germán Fabregat

Beacon Academy

Professor Ozpin: Mario Arvizu

Glynda Goodwitch: Maru Guzmán

Peter Port: Francisco Colmenero

Bartholomew Oobleck: Beto Castillo

Salem’s Inner Circle

Salem: Irasema Terrazas

Cinder Fall: Dulce Guerrero

Roman Torchwick: Sergio Gutiérrez Coto

Emerald Sustrai: Alicia Vélez

Mercury Black: Erick Salinas

Neopolitan: Agustina Cirulnik

Dr. Arthur Watts: Armando Réndiz

Tyrian Callows: Miguel Ángel Ruiz

Hazel Rainart: Octavio Rojas

The Hound: Mario Castañeda

Leonardo Lionheart: Humberto Solórzano

Vernal: Rebeca Patiño

Tock: Simone Brook

Atlas Military

James Ironwood: Dafnis Fernández

Winter Schnee: Xóchitl Ugarte

Penny Polendina: Cristina Hernández

Caroline Cordovin: Magda Giner

Ruby’s Group

Oscar Pine: Luis Leonardo Suárez

Maria Calavera: Ángela Villanueva

Dr. Pietro Polendina: Gerardo Reyero

Team SSSNN

Sun Wukong: Alexis Ortega

Scarlet David: Alberto Bernal

Sage Ayana: Abraham Vega

Neptune Vasilias: Enzo Fortuny

Nolan Porfirio: Pepe Vilchis

Team CFVY

Coco Adel: Liliana Barba

Fox Alistair: Geezuz González

Velvet Scarlatina: Carla Castañeda

Yatsuhashi Daichi: Óscar Garibay

Ace-Ops

Clover Ebi: Raúl Anaya

Vine Zeki: Eduardo Giaccardi

Elm Ederne: Gabriela Guzmán

Harriet Bree: Karla Falcón

Marrow Amin: Ricardo Tejedo

Happy Huntresses

Robyn Hill: Erica Edwards

May Marigold: Ruth Toscano

Joanna Greenleaf: Yvette García

Fiona Thyme: Lupita Leal

The White Fang

Ghira Belladonna: Emilio Guerrero

Kali Belladonna: Rebeca Manríquez

Adam Taurus: Alejandro Orozco

Corsac Albain: Emmanuel Bernal

Fennec Albain: Eduardo Garza

Ilia Amitola: Monserrat Mendoza

Schnee Manor

Jacques Schnee: Arturo Mercado

Whitley Schnee: Moisés Iván Mora

Willow Schnee: Yolanda Vidal

Klein Sieben: Jesse Conde

Ancient Times

Ozma: Roberto Salguero/Ricardo Bautista

God of Light: José Luis Orozco

God of Darkness: Salvador Reyes

Jinn: Danann Huicochea

Ambrosius: Rubén Cerda

Xiong Family

Hei “Junior” Xiong: Eduardo Fonseca

Lil’ Miss Malachite: Leyla Rangel

Miltia and Melanie Malachite: Lourdes Arruti

Team CRDL

Cardin Winchester: Raúl Anaya

Russel Thrush: Yamil Atala

Team FNKI

Flynt Coal: José Ángel Torres

Neon Katt: Meli G

Arc Family

Saphron Cotta-Arc: Erika Ugalde

Terra Cotta-Arc: Carla Medina

The Ever After

Little/Somewhat: Angélica Villa

Curious Cat: Ángel Balam

Blacksmith: Carmen Sarahí

Jabberwalker: Víctor Hugo Aguilar

Jinxy: Jaime López

Red Prince: Pascual Meza

Herbalist: César Bono

Alyx: Julia Bilous

RWBY: Grimm Eclipse

Dr. Merlot: Sebastián Llapur

RWBY: Arrowfell

Amoncio Glass: Alfonso Grau

Hanlon Fifestone: Óscar Gómez

Bram Thornmane: Trujo

Olive Harper: Leslie Gil

Bianca Prisma: Cecilia Gómez

Roane Ashwood: Alicia Barragán

Ivy Thickety: Edurne Keel

Ruda Tilleroot: Jessica Ángeles

Minor characters introduced in Volume 1

Shopkeep: Eduardo Tejedo

Xiong Goons: Ricardo Mendoza “El Coyote, Carlo Vázquez

Cyril Ian: Víctor Ugarte

Lisa Lavender: Alondra Hidalgo

Police Officers: Daniel Lacy, Patricio Lago

Sailors: Marc Winslow, Noé Velázquez

White Fang Goon: David Bueno

Penny’s Driver: José Luis Miranda

Minor characters introduced in Volume 2

Tukson: Octavio Rojas

White Fang Lieutenant: Roberto Gutiérrez

“Deery”: Alicia Barragán

Perry: Arturo Castañeda

Councilman: Kevin Adrián

Minor characters introduced in Volume 3

Bolin Hori: José Antonio Macías

Nadir Shiko: Edson Matus

Brawnz Ni: Abraham Vega

Bartender: Carlos del Campo

Nebula Violette: Karla Falcón

Dew Gayl: Jessica Ángeles

Ciel Soleil: Camila Díaz Fraga

Amber: Ximena de Anda

Atlas Ship Captain: Víctor Hugo Aguilar

Minor characters introduced in Volume 4

Mayor: Alfredo Gabriel Basurto

Blacksmith: Jesús Ochoa

Dying Huntsman: Nando Estevané

Captain: Víctor Trujillo

News Reporters: Eduardo Fonseca, Sonia Casillas, César Costa

First Mate: Paulina García Casillas

Oscar’s Aunt: Kerygma Flores

Higanbana Waitress: Claudia Garzón

Businessman: José Luis Orozco

Businesswoman: Karina Altamirano

Henry Marigold: Emilio Treviño

Angry Businessman: Héctor Estrada

Trophy Wife: Ximena de Anda

Husband: Arturo Cataño

An Ren: Kerygma Flores

Kuroyuri Blacksmith: Alan Bravo

Boys: Luistio Comunica, Regina Blandón, Ana Layevska

Li Ren: Idzi Dutkiewicz

Mistral Pilot: Manuel Campuzano

Atlas Pilot: Hernán Bravo

Minor characters introduced in Volume 5

Mistral Pilot: Irene Jiménez

Menagerie Guards: Tatul Bernodat, Mark Pokora, Andrea Coto

Bartender: Víctor Covarrubias

Shay D. Mann: Esteban Desco

Sienna Khan: Lileana Chacón

Saber Rodentia: Ricardo Brust

Mata’s Mother: Gloria Obregón

Mata: Luis Fernando Orozco

Yuma: Bruno Coronel

Ramen Shop Owner: Ángel Mujica

Small Girl: Ivanna Corona

Trifa: Miriam Aceves

Mistral Police Captain: Rommy Mendoza

Minor characters introduced in Volume 6

Dee: Dan Osorio

Dudley: Alejandro Orozco

Mistral Woman: María Álcazar

Nubuck Guards: Raúl Solo

Red-Haired Woman: Rossy Aguirre

Terminal Soldier: Miguel Ángel Leal

Minor characters introduced in Volume 7

Drunk Mann: Raúl Aldana

Drinking Buddy: Héctor Emmanuel Gómez

Forest: Moisés Palacios

Fria: Isabel Martiñón

Councilman Sleet: Daniel del Roble

Councilwoman Camilla: Graciela Gámez

Minor characters introduced in Volume 8

Atlas Commander: Itatí Cantoral

Shovel Mom: Denisse Aragón

Disgruntled Grandmother: Diana Santos

Fiona’s Uncle: Gabriel Pingarrón

Crimson: José Luis Rivera

Madame: Rona Fletcher

Step-Sisters: Annie Rojas

Rhodes: Idzi Dutkiewicz

CCT Voice: Sonia Casillas

Minor characters introduced in Volume 9

Mouse Leader: Betzabé Jara

Townsperson: Kate del Castillo

Toy Soldiers: Ricardo Mendoza “El Coyote”, José Arenas, Ramón Bazet, Diego Becerril, Óscar Gómez

White Pawns: Cecilia Gómez, David Bueno, Enrique Cervantes, Ramón Bazet

Toy Guard: Roberto Carrillo

Hawker: Erick Selim

Teapot Lady: Maythe Guedes

Paper Pleasers: Iván Bastidas, Luis Carreño, Irwin Daayán, Gaby Cárdenas, Denisse Aragón

[suckaysuamigos200]

este dibujo lo hice por el cumpleaños de el actor de doblaje Beto Castillo Quién es conocida por ser la voz de Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange en el Universo Cinematográfico de Marvel y en los proyectos animados de Marvel desde el 2016, Maui en Moana: Un mar de aventuras, Bérgamo en Dragon Ball Super, Rufián Narigón en Enredados y Simon "Ghost" Riley en la trilogía de Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

en los juegos de warioware el fue la voz de el abuelo científico Cyborg de penny y propenso a que le duela el estómago Dr. Crygor (él también fue la voz de Master Mantis)

le deseamos un gran cumpleaños 🎂🎉. ‎

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I made this drawing for the birthday of voice actor Beto Castillo, who is known for being the voice of Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and in Marvel animated projects since 2016, Maui in Moana: A Sea of adventures, Bérgamo in Dragon Ball Super, Rufián Narigón in Tangled and Simon "Ghost" Riley in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare trilogy

In the warioware games he was the voice of Penny's stomachache-prone Cyborg scientist grandfather Dr. Crygor (he was also the voice of Master Mantis).

We wish you a great birthday 🎂🎉.

[brandnulife]

Riverdale Characters Who Should've Appeared in the Final Season

Alan Mayberry

Anthony Topaz

Arthur Adams

Ms. Appleyard

Bernardo Bixby

Britta Beach

Brooke Rivers

Mrs. Burble

Carlos

Charles Smith

Chic

Chief Russell

Chuck Clayton

Coach Clayton

Commandant Carter

Darla Dickenson

Diana Whitley

Dodger Dickenson

Donna Sweett

Dreyfus Starkweather

Eddie

Elio Grande

Eric Jackson

FP, Glady and Jellybean Jones

Farmer McGinty

Ginger Lopez

Heather

Hermosa Lodge

Holden Honey

Howard Taylor

Janet Weiss

Jeffery and George Augustine

Jessica

Jillian Drake

Jonathan

KO Kelly

Katy Keene

Laurie Lake

Lerman Logan

Loudres Luna

Louis Cypher

Malachai

Marsha Lin

Marty Mantle

Moose and Marcus Mason

Malcolm Moore

Melody Valentine

Minerva Marble

Mad Dog

Mrs. Mulwray

Ms. Wright

Nana Topaz

Nancy Woods

Nick, Simone and Xander St. Clair

Oscar Castillo

Paul Sowerberry

Peaches 'N Cream

Penny Peabody

Rick

Ricky DeSantos

Sabrina Spellman

Samm Pansky

Sherry Winters

Sierra McCoy

Sister Woodhouse

Sweet Pea

Terry

Tina Patel

Toby

Trev Brown

Valerie Brown

Xandra Cabot

[cadybear420]

Masterlist of all my important Choices MCs (and their LIs). (NOTE: List is subject to frequent updates) OLD POST. The proper MC masterlist is here.

Unlinked and uncolored MCs do not have a sprite made for them yet.

You're welcome to ask me questions about any of these MCs! Yes, even the ones that I haven't fleshed out as much yet, it will help me build their characters better.

Anthology Profiles: AKA Singular Profile Braindump Posts for the Series that go through different MCs (eg. HSS, ILS, Untameable, RWB)

HSS: Jordan Price (Prime f!MC), Evie Ayana (OG f!MC), Cher Lee (HSS:CA f!MC)

ILS: Jo Hunter (Woods f!MC), Harper Addison Vance-Fisher (Beneath demigirl!MC), Cedric Zhao (Within m!MC)

MCs with Completed and Thorough Profiles

OG HSS f!MC: Evie Ayana (LI: Aiden Zhou)

MCs with Basic Simple Profiles

ILW m!MC: Cedric Zhao (LI: Jocelyn Wu, but also likes Amalia De Leon)

MCs for stories where I've completed playthroughs with their "official" story routes (links go to images of the MC sprite, profiles still pending)

ILITW f!MC: Jo Hunter (LI: Lucas Thomas, but also likes Andy Kang and Connor Green)

ILB genderfluid demigirl MC: Harper Addison Vance-Fisher (LI: either Tom Sato or Parker Shaw, most likely Tom)

BP f!MC: Cady Asshunter (LI: has trysts with all of them)

TNA f!MC: Eh IDC (LI: White Samuel Dalton)

MCs for stories where their specific story routes are in progress or need a replay (links go to images of the MC sprite, profiles still pending)

HSS Prime f!MC: Jordan Price (LI: ends up with Julian Castillo in OG HSS's prom)

HSS:CA f!MC: Cher Lee (LI: Ajay Bhandari) and her trans m!Twin Bear Lee

ES f!MC: Emilia Harris (LI: undecided)

TRR f!MC: Lew Asshunter (LI: East Asian Liam "Sexy Thicc Man" Rys)

BB trans f!MC Jasmine Yin (LI: White Adrian Raines, Kamilah Sayeed, and Jax Matsuo; can't decide which of them she becomes closest with though)

PM m!MC: [Name Still Pending] (LI: Black f!Hayden Young and Sloane Washington)

AME m!MC: [Name Still Pending] (LI: Probably MacKenzie Harris)

TH:M f!MC: Otto (LI: none, she's had and still somewhat has the hots for Ansel Crane and they have at least one hatefuck hookup)

MAH f!MC: Peggy Stone (LI: White Tyler Woods)

TPA f!MC: Jane Bond (LI: Agent Callum "Booty Galore" Grey, undecided which version)

DLS m!MC: Dick Ryder (LI: Hispanic Charlotte King, or rather "Peg" King)

MCs for stories where I haven't even started their "official" playthrough yet (links go to images of the MC sprite, profiles still pending)

OG HSS m!MC: Alan Parke (LI: either Emma Hawkins, Maria Flores, or both)

OG HSS f!MC: Violet Jones (LI: Michael Harrison)

ES m!MC: BJ Kingsley (LI: Estela Montoya)

PM f!MC: Penny (LI: Probably m!Hayden Young but I'm not sure)

AME f!MC: Jamie MacLeod (LI: Marries Jen Espinoza on the show, but her true love is Carson Stewart and she ends in a threeway poly relationship with them)

ROD f!MC: Adelaide Zhou (LI: Most probably Colt Kaneko)

TH:M m!MC: Bill (LI: Eris Huang)

LOA f!MC: Anjali Bhandari (LI: East Asian!Gabe Ricci, Aislinn Tanaka, and Joaquin Morales)

COP f!MC: Roslyn Rose (LI: m!Trystan Thorne, not sure which version)

MCs I have planned for stories I haven't even touched yet (links go to images of the MC sprite, profiles still pending)

TE f!MC: [Name Still Pending] (LI: Either Beckett Harrington or Griffin Langley)

Alpha m!MC: [Name Still Pending] (LI: East Asian f!Channing Lowe)

Alpha f!MC: Luna (LI: None, she is not interested in Channing and prefers to clap the cheeks of Asher and Markus)

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Burnin’ For You (9/?)

A/n: hello! This is chapter 9. By god it took us a long ass time to get here. Worst writers block of my life. If you’re reading this thank you! I’m incredibly proud of this chapter despite the fact it took me three months to write.

Special thanks to @literarypeachtea & @portaltothevoid for their help in editing and support.

Pairings: Eddie Munson x OFC!Penny Castillo

Platonic!Steve Harrington x OFC!Penny Castillo

Platonic!Robin Buckley x OFC!Penny Castillo

Warnings: blood, violence, cursing, grief

Word count: 5.5k (hooo boy)

Taglist: @portaltothevoid @madaboutmunson @plumxwrites @chaoticmunson @riffcrusader @literarypeachtea

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The brisk night air whipped across Penny’s blood-stained cheeks as fallen leaves crunched beneath the group’s footsteps. They had made their way back to the train tracks from the junkyard.

“You’re positive that was Dart?” Lucas asked Dustin as they traveled down the abandoned railroad.

“Yes. He had the exact same yellow pattern on his butt.” Dustin replied, exasperated.

“He was tiny two days ago.” Max interjected.

“Well, he’s molted three times already.” Dustin explained to the red-haired girl.

“Malted?” Steve questioned.

“Molted.” Penny corrected him, kindly.

“Shed his skin to make room for growth.” Dustin elaborated.

“Like hornworms.” Penny said, offering up an example.

“When’s he gonna molt again?” Max asked.

“It’s gotta be soon.” Dustin responded. “When he does, he’ll be fully grown, or close to it. And so will his friends.”

“Yeah, and he’s gonna eat a lot more than just cats.” Steve said, unaware of the issue he was about to cause Dustin. Penny smacked herself in the forehead, for as smart as she knew Steve could be, he didn’t think before he spoke sometimes.

”Wait, cats? Dart ate a cat?” Lucas asked, stopping abruptly. His tone betrayed his frustration. The group followed suit, standing on the tracks.

“No, what? No.” Dustin denied vehemently.

“What are you talking about? He ate Mews.” Steve added. He was completely oblivious to Dustin’s floundering.

“Mews? Who’s Mews?” Max asked Steve.

“It’s Dustin’s cat.” Steve answered, continuing to dig Dustin further into the hole that he’d started. Penny’s eyes grew wide.

“STEVE!” Penny whisper-shouted at him, elbowing him roughly.

“Ow!?” He looked at the girl indignantly, eyebrow quirked.

“I knew it! You kept him!” Lucas shouted angrily at his friend. Steve backed away slowly, not wanting to get caught in the crossfire.

“No!” Dustin continued denying any inclination that he’d kept the baby demogorgon. “No. No. No I… No I… He missed me. He wanted to come home.” Dustin avoided his friend’s gaze as he admitted the truth. Instead, he looked at the ground, trying to hide the shame and sadness that crossed his face.

“Bullshit!” Lucas exclaimed.

“I didn’t know he was a demogorgon, okay?” Dustin met Lucas’ eyes, bristling at the accusation.

“Oh, so now you admit it?” Lucas questioned further.

“Boys, stop it!’ Penny warned. She shot them all a pointed glance, her face showing her exasperation.

“Yeah, guys, who cares? We have to go.” Max added, trying her best to diffuse the situation that was quickly growing out of hand.

“I care! You put the party in jeopardy! You broke the rule of law!” Lucas continued, eager to make his point heard.

“SO DID YOU!” Dustin shouted, enflamed.

“What?” Lucas asked, confused.

“You told a stranger the truth!” Dustin cried, pointing to Max with his flashlight in, briefly blinding her.

“Wha- A stranger?” Max scoffed, blinking the light out of her eyes, and clearly hurt by the statement.

“You wanted to tell her, too!” Lucas screeched.

“Yeah, but I didn’t, Lucas, okay?” Dustin yelled directly in Lucas’ face. Penny was about to step in and break them apart to prevent them saying anything else they would regret. But as she moved to step in between the sparring duo, she heard something. She stopped abruptly and glanced at Steve, who met her eyes with the same sense of urgency she felt.

“That was not my fault!” Penny heard Dustin shout before Steve cut in.

“Hey, guys.” He called out to them. But they continued arguing, ignoring Steve’s very valid concern.

“HEY, DIPSHITS!” Penny whispered at them, grabbing their arms and separating them. Her voice was firm but her grip gentle, garnering their attention just as a loud menacing growl sounded in the distance. Everyone immediately moved toward it, leaving the railroad tracks and Max forgotten.

“No, no, no. Hey, guys, why are you headed towards the sound?” Penny ignored Max’s question as she turned to grab her by the hand and pull her with them. Towards the sound wasn’t great, but being left out here alone was ultimately worse.

“Shit.” Max said, as she was dragged by the older girl. They made their way carefully through the patch of trees, and ended up at a lookout.

“I don't see him,” Dustin said. The group stared out at the expanse of darkness beneath them. Lucas pulled his binoculars up to his face and peered through them before landing on what he had been looking for.

“The lab. They were going back home.” He stated morosely.

“Mom.” Penny whispered.

Penny moved toward where she knew they could get down. She only stalled her gait when she felt a hand gently clamp around her wrist.

“Pen, we need a minute to think of something. I mean, we can’t just go in there guns a-blazing. Mainly because we don’t have any guns.” Steve said half-heartedly. Penny rounded on Steve, snatching her wrist from his grip.

“NO! My mom is in there, Steve! We don't have time to come up with some half-assed, cockamamie plan, okay? That’s my mom! She’s all I have left. And I can’t do it again, Steve. I WON’T!” Penny shouted. She’d feel bad later for being so harsh with him, but at the moment, she didn't care.

“Pen, if you go right now, you’ll get killed. And then what’s your mom gonna do? Just let us figure this out, okay?” Steve spoke softly to her. He’d seen what happened to Penny when her dad had died; he knew she was terrified in this moment.

“We talk and we walk. Together.” Dustin added in, lightly taking Penny’s hand in his own smaller one. The gesture didn’t assuage Penny’s fear, but her anger dissipated.

“Okay.” Penny adjusted the strap of her backpack, still holding Dustin’s hand. They traipsed through the trees, the distance between them and the lab growing smaller with each careful step they took.

“So what’s the plan?” Penny asked. Still frightened, her mind was playing every scenario out in her head.

“Well, while you’re pretty great with that machete, I don’t think we should go in there without more weaponry.” Steve said simply.

“Maybe Steve can beat up the guard and we can take his gun?” Max interjected helpfully.

“Steve against a guard with a gun? Sounds messy.” Dustin said.

“Yeah, no.” Steve added.

As they came up to a clearing, Penny could make out headlights.

“Hello? Who’s there? WHO’S THERE?” A voice called out to the group.

As the party came out of the woods into the clearing, Penny heard two voices shout in unison.

“Steve?” Nancy and Jonathan both said in disbelief.

“Nancy?” Steve questioned.

“Jonathan?” Penny asked.

“Penny?” Jonathan countered.

“DUSTIN!” Dustin shouted, wanting to feel included. A single look from Penny quieted him.

“What are you doing here?” Nancy asked Steve, confused.

“What are YOU doing here?” Steve fired back.

“We’re looking for Mike and Will.” Nancy responded indignantly.

“They’re not in there, are they?” Dustin asked, fear clouding his soft features.

“We’re not sure.” Nancy replied.

“Why?” Jonathan asked, confusion etched into his face.

As if to answer his question, a guttural screech tore through the quiet night from the direction of Hawkins Lab.

“What the hell is going on?” Nancy shouted in a volume that was comparable to the sound they’d all just heard.

“Well, we don’t know, but I’m willing to bet this has to do with the gate, or a gate.” Penny responded. Jonathan squinted at her as he took in her appearance. Her dark hair was painted even darker by the red blood caking it. Burgundy coated her face, from the tips of her eyelashes to her parted lips.

“Pen, why do you look like Carrie at the prom?” Jonathan waited for an answer he wasn’t sure he wanted to know.

“Demogorgon.” Penny shrugged.

“Oh, Pen, you’ve actually got a little…” Steve gently pulled a stray piece of demogorgon from her hair.

“Oh, thanks.” Penny said, somewhat sarcastically, but equally as glad that she didn’t have skin in her hair.

Nancy looked between the two of them, nostrils flared.

“Well, when was the last time you guys saw Mike or Will?” Nancy asked everyone, perturbed.

Everyone started speaking at once.

“We haven’t seen Will —“

“I haven’t seen him since —“

Nancy didn’t wait for an answer.

“The power’s back.” She said, loud enough for everyone to hear it over the chorus of voices.

The group immediately turned toward the looming building.

“The gate!” Jonathan shouted, as he began running towards it. Everyone fell in line behind him. Jonathan made it to the guard booth quickly and began frantically pushing the button to open the gate, to no avail.

“Let me try.” Dustin said, pushing Jonathan out of the way.

“Hang on —“ Jonathan began.

“Let me try, Jonathan!” Dustin shouted as he turned to press the same button Jonathan had been mashing. “Son of a bitch, you know what?”

Miraculously after about the millionth button push, the gate began to squeal, opening to the dark abyss that led to Hawkins Lab.

“Hey, I got it! I got it.” Dustin chuckled out.

Nancy and Jonathan ran to his car and got in quickly.

“You guys stay put. We'll come back for you!” He shouted out the window as they sped through the gate.

Penny walked over to Steve. She could tell he wasn’t in the happiest of moods.

“Hey.” She said, softly, not wanting to startle the young man.

“Hey.” He replied grimly.

“I’m sorry.” She blurted out, sincerely, but still not what she had planned to say.

“For what?” He asked.

“For blowing up at you back there. It was… pretty shitty of me. And… I’m sorry about Nancy.” She answered, struggling to find the right words to console the jock.

“Pen, I know you didn’t mean to do that. I know you’re just scared for your mom. And don’t worry about the “Nancy” of it all. I was a bad boyfriend, plain and simple. I can own up to that.” Steve tried his best to convey that Penny wasn’t at fault for her minor meltdown and tried to stop her from worrying about him, though the latter clearly had little effect. Her face fell blankly, unamused.

Penny opened her mouth to respond but was cut off by Max.

“Guys.” She said, getting everyone’s attention, while running toward the grass. Penny turned to see headlights coming toward them.

“Look out!” Dustin said, moving out of the way of Jonathan’s incoming car, honking as it barreled down the dimly lit asphalt. Penny moved quickly pulling Lucas and Steve both to safety in the nick of time.

It careened by them, horn still blaring. Another car came up just behind it. Upon further inspection, Penny saw it was Chief Hopper’s police van. She let out a breath she hadn’t known she was holding.

“Let’s go.” Hopper said, not leaving them any choice, not that anyone would decide to stay. Though, Penny would be lying if she said she hadn’t considered staying and looking for her mom.

“Come on, let’s go. Let’s go! Come on!” Steve said ushering the children into the back seat where Mike was sitting. Steve got in behind them and Penny was the last to hop in the car, taking the front seat next to Hopper.

“Okay, let’s go!” Steve shouted, smacking the door of the car.

“My mom?” She asked Hopper, dread in her eyes.

“She’s in her car behind us.” He answered her calmly.

Penny stuck her head out the window and turned back. She sobbed out a sigh of relief when she saw her mother was indeed in the car behind them.

She ducked back into the car and turned to Hopper.

“Thank you! Thank you.” She cried reaching to hug him before remembering he was driving and she was also covered in blood. She pulled back abruptly.

“Kid, do I wanna know why you’re covered in blood?”

“Uh, probably not, Chief. It’s not human though, so that's a good thing, right?” She chuckled at herself. Hopper looked at her blankly.

“That's a relief.” He replied sarcastically.

They made it swiftly to the Byers residence, Penny’s mom had turned down the street to their own home, having seen her daughter climb into Jim’s car. If there’s one thing Carolyn Castillo knew, she wouldn’t be able to pull her daughter away from doing the right thing.

They all shuffled into the home. Penny was last to walk in, she stopped in the doorway looking briefly at the disarray of papers that took over the once cozy space. She shut the door behind her and glanced toward the scene in front of her. Jonathan had placed Will on the couch gingerly, and was knelt down next to him, Nancy was stood behind him for support. The boy looked devastated. Hell, Penny was devastated, so she couldn’t even imagine what Jonathan was feeling at that moment. Will was unconscious, his face was gaunt, and his body looked impossibly small. The rise and fall of his chest was almost imperceptible. If one didn’t know any better, they’d think him dead.

Penny shook the thought from her head and looked around the house, taking in more of the scattered drawings as she walked toward the dining area. She shed her backpack and her blood covered leather jacket, placing them both on the floor by the kitchen table. She couldn’t help but notice how cold the usually warm house was.

“What the hell?” She finally muttered. Papers were littering every inch of the home, some completely colored black, others with lines of blue, and each of them connected to make an intricate pattern on every surface she could see.

“It’s the tunnels.” Mike told her. Penny caught on quickly. These must be connected to the one under Dustin’s house. She followed what she deemed bodies of water and the quarry. She found where Dustin’s house would be on the map and there, in a thick black line, was the tunnel that Dart escaped from.

“That’s how they’re traveling. That's why we couldn’t see them going to the lab. And that’s how Dart got out of the basement.” She told Steve, turning towards him. He was staring at Nancy and Jonathan. Penny placed her hand — coated in now-dried blood — on his shoulder and squeezed comfortingly. He looked at her with a grateful smile. With one last squeeze to his shoulder, Penny went to the spare room where she kept clothes from her nights of babysitting, grabbed a towel, and went to the bathroom. She knew Joyce wouldn't mind if she showered, especially given the fact that dried remnants of a dead demogorgon were caked onto her skin right now.

Penny turned on the water and shed her bloody clothes. Careful to stow her undergarments somewhere where they wouldn’t get any more carnage on them. As she stood under the scalding water, her mind wandered to El. She knew the girl would be able to help them in this situation by at least being able to provide them with a little backup. Though, if she was being honest with herself, she simply missed the young girl. Penny had grown attached to her after she and the boys found her in the woods last year. The party felt incomplete without her.

Penny remembered how El had clung to her last year. Being the only girl in the party at that time, Penny was best equipped to be there for El emotionally, though Mike had been there for her as much as he could. She remembered when they discovered she had powers, how she’d encouraged her to show the other boys. She remembered when El had cried in her arms. She remembered so much and yet it wasn’t enough. Penny missed her immensely. She knew El was alive. She could feel it, though she couldn’t explain how she knew. It felt like a tingling in her head. El was alive and she was strong.

Penny looked down at the crimson water pouring down the drain and shuddered. Her hair took several shampoos before the water ran clear, and then she conditioned it. Despite scrubbing every fleck of blood off her body, some stains remained. She sighed, turned the water off and stepped out. She dried herself off and towel-dried her hair before getting dressed in her spare clothing: a striped fitted t-shirt, high-waisted jeans, and a pair of low-top white Converse that she’d left there once by accident.

Penny emerged from the bathroom to find Hopper on the phone, his loud voice booming through the home.

“Hawkins Lab. Yes. The lab in Hawkins. There were creatures and they were killing people, Dr. Owens stayed back. Sam Owens. Dr. Sam Owens,” his voice growing impossibly louder. “I don’t know how many people are there. I don’t know how many people are left alive. I am the police! Chief Jim Hopper! Yes, the number that I gave you, yes. The 6767. I will be here.” He growled out, slamming the phone back on the hook.

“They didn’t believe you, did they?” Dustin said, matter-of-factly.

“We’ll see.” He responded.

“‘We’ll see’? We can’t just sit here while those things are loose!” Mike shouted, standing up. He was clearly frustrated. Penny placed a hand on his shoulder, trying her best to comfort her younger friend.

“We stay here, and we wait for help.” Hopper said lowly, effectively ending the conversation. As the police chief, his word was law, after all. He walked away, presumably to find Joyce, who had holed up in a room the moment they’d gotten there. She’d looked devastated and Penny could feel grief rolling off her in waves.

“This is bullshit.” Mike said, anger lacing his words.

“Mike, I know it’s bullshit, but we can’t beat them right now. I’m sorry, but we can’t.” Penny said her grip tightening on his shoulder as his anger flicked away revealing nothing but sadness.

Everyone looked downtrodden.

“Bob died.” Mike said, at last breaking the silence. At his words, Penny’s heart broke for Joyce. She remembered how kind Bob had always been when he came to pick up Joyce for their dates. How his eyes followed Joyce when she was running late getting ready, the love he had for her filling them to the brim. How he’d helped Penny herself once with a particularly hard math question, and how he didn’t care if he and Joyce were late for their date if it meant that Penny understood her homework. How he never had a bad thing to say. Then her mind drifted to Eddie. How could she ever protect him from this? From this new life that had been chosen for her? Hawkins was cursed; did that mean that everyone here was doomed to die? Could they change that? Could Eddie and Robin live full lives if they were stuck in Hawkins Hell? Life felt like it had been sucked out of the room at the magnitude of the situation in which they currently found themselves. Mike stood and walked out of Penny’s grip over to a block wrapped in rubber bands.

“Did you know Bob was the original founder of Hawkins AV?” He asked the group. Penny knew the boys were all in the AV Club with Mr. Clarke, having picked them up from school late a number of times.

“Really?” Lucas asked, eyebrows raised, eager to learn more.

“He petitioned the school to start it and everything. Then he had a fundraiser for equipment. Mr. Clarke learned everything from him. Pretty awesome, right?” From the tone in his voice, Penny could tell he was gearing up for something.

“Yeah.” Dustin and Lucas said simultaneously. Mike walked back towards the table, cube in hand, and placed it on the table.

“We can’t let him die in vain.” He said with slight vigor.

“Well, what do you wanna do, Mike?” Dustin asked. “The Chief and Penny are both right on this. We can’t stop those demodogs on our own.” He finished, simply.

“Demodogs?” Max asked.

“Demogorgon dogs.” Penny explained, the name had rattled around in her mind once or twice before.

“Demodogs. It’s like a compound. It’s like a play on words-“ Dustin continued explaining, ultimately getting cut off by Max aggressively saying, “Okay.”

“I mean when it was just Dart, maybe…” Dustin offered.

“But there’s an army now.” Lucas said.

“Precisely.” Dustin said.

“His army.” Mike said quietly, though everyone could hear him.

“What do you mean?” Steve asked from behind them.

“His army! Maybe if we stop him, we can stop his army too!” Mike exclaimed, excitedly. He walked quickly toward Will’s room. Everyone scattered from the table and followed him. He pulled a sheet of paper off Will’s desk, showing it to the others.

“The shadow monster.” Penny and Dustin said together.

“It got Will that day on the field. The doctor said it was like a virus, it infected him.” Mike explained with fervor, on the brink of tuning everyone into his revelation.

“And so this virus, it’s connecting him to the tunnels?” Max asked, beginning to understand what he was saying.

“To the tunnels, to the monsters, to the Upside Down, everything.” He confirmed.

“Right, woah, woah, slow down. Slow down.” Steve said, struggling to comprehend what this all meant.

“Okay, so, the shadow monster’s inside everything. And if the vines feel something like pain, then so does Will.” Mike said, slowing it down a bit.

“And so does Dart.” Lucas added.

“Yeah it’s like what Mr. Clarke taught us — the hive mind.” Mike continued.

“The hive mind?” Steve asked, still not completely grasping the theory.

“It’s a collective consciousness. It’s a super-organism.” Dustin explained.

“And this is the thing that controls everything.” Mike gestured to the drawing in his hands.

“It’s the brain.” Penny said, having fully caught on to the concept.

“Like the mind flayer.” Dustin said. Lucas snapped his fingers, understanding immediately what he meant. Others were still lost.

“The what?” Steve, Penny, and Max said at once.

Dustin rushed out of the room with everyone hot on his heels. Penny smacked the door of the room Joyce and Hopper were in, jolting them to attention, as she ran toward the kitchen. Dustin pulled a Dungeons and Dragons book out of his knapsack. He flipped the pages with gusto until he finally reached the page he needed. He slammed the open book on the table as everyone gathered around it.

“The mind flayer.” Dustin said, pointing out a creature on the page.

“What the hell is that?” Hopper asked, having joined the party quickly after hearing the frantic bang on the door.

“It’s a monster from an unknown dimension. It’s so ancient that it doesn’t even know its true home. Okay, it enslaves races of other dimensions by taking over their brains using its highly developed psionic powers.” Dustin explained to everyone.

“Oh, my god, none of this is real. This is a kids’ game.” Hopper said exasperated.

“No, it’s a manual. And it’s not for kids.” Dustin said assuredly. “And unless you know something that we don’t, this is the best metaphor —”

“Analogy.” Lucas interrupted.

“Analogy? That’s what you’re worried about? Fine. Fine. An analogy for understanding whatever the hell this is.” Dustin shouted.

“Okay, okay, so this mind flamer thing —“ Nancy began, before getting interrupted by Dustin correcting her.

“Flayer. Mind flayer.”

Nancy sighed at him. “What does it want?”

“To conquer. It believes it’s the master race.” Dustin told her. Steve stammered for an example.

“Like the- the Germans.” Steve said, seeing everyone meet him with a look.

“Uh, the Nazis?” Dustin asked him. Steve scrambled.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Nazis.” His voice lost strength as he spoke.

“Uh… if the Nazis were from a different dimension, totally.” Dustin said, as Hopper ran a hand down his face. “Uh, it views other races, like us, as inferior to itself.” Dustin continued.

“It wants to spread and take over other dimensions,” added Mike.

“We are talking about the destruction of our world as we know it.” Lucas furthered the discussion.

“That’s great. That’s great. That’s really great. Jesus!” Steve said nervously, turning away from the table pacing a bit.

“Okay, so if this thing is like a brain that’s controlling everything, then if we kill it…” Nancy began, beginning to understand where the boys were leading them.

“We kill everything it controls.” Mike said to his sister.

“We win.” Penny exclaimed.

“Theoretically.” Lucas said.

“Alright great. So how do you kill this thing? Shoot it with fireballs or something?” Hopper asked, buying into what Dustin was trying his best to sell him. He took the book from Nancy to look at it.

“No, no, no fireballs. Uh, you summon an undead army, uh, because… because zombies, you know, they don- they don’t have brains, and the mind flayer it… it… likes brains. It’s- It’s just a game.” Dustin stuttered out, losing steam in his argument.

“What the hell are we doing here?” Hopper said angrily, tossing the book back on the table.

“I thought we were waiting for your military back up.” Dustin countered, poking the bear. So that’s who he was on the phone with, Penny thought to herself.

“We are!” Hopper yelled, turning back to look at the boy.

“Even if they come, how are they gonna stop this? You can’t just shoot this with guns!” Mike’s voice got angrier by the second, and Penny could tell Hopper was losing his patience as his face grew more red with each passing second.

“You don’t know that! We don’t know anything!” Hopper argued.

“We know it’s already killed everybody in that lab!” Mike said, adding fuel to the fire.

“And we know the monsters are gonna molt again.” Lucas added.

“And we know that it’s only a matter of time before those tunnels reach this town.” Dustin said.

“There’s already one under Dustin’s house and I wouldn't be surprised if there are more since these drawings were made.” Penny concluded the argument.

“They’re right,” a small voice said from behind them. Everyone turned around to Joyce’s tear-streaked, determined face. Hopper's face betrayed him in that moment. The second his features softened, Penny could tell that his resolve in sitting and waiting was starting to crumble.

“We have to kill it,” Joyce’s voice broke on almost every word she said, Penny could feel how overcome with sorrow she was. “I want to kill it.” She shook with newfound resolve.

Hopper stepped toward her fervently. “Me too. Me too, Joyce, okay? But how do we do that? We don’t exactly know what we’re dealing with here,” he told her softly, not wanting to add weight onto the heavy load she was already shouldering.

“No. But he does.” Penny declared, gesturing to the unconscious boy tucked-in snugly on the couch. Penny walked forward toward Will with resoluteness, Mike following close behind her.

“If anyone knows how to destroy this thing, it’s Will. He’s connected to it. He’ll know its weakness.” She stated.

“I thought we couldn’t trust him anymore. That he’s a spy for the mind flayer now.” Max reminded the group.

“Yeah, but he can’t spy if he doesn’t know where he is.” Mike suggested. Despite the dire situation, Penny couldn’t help but admire the boy’s brilliance.

“The shed!” Jonathan proposed eagerly.

Mike sped off to the back door with Hopper following close after him, presumably to check out the shed.

Penny slid over to the phone on the wall and lifted it off the hook. She heard a cacophony of objections, but she turned around and said, “The Byers have call waiting and I’ll be quick about it. I don’t need my two best friends dying because they decided to take a late night stroll or something.” She turned back to the phone in her hand and dialed a number she knew by heart. The line trilled before the other side picked it up.

“Penny, please tell me this is you.” The voice on the other end said, full of hope.

“Mami. Oh, thank god you got out of there. I should’ve warned you it was happening again. I'm so sorry.” Penny whispered into the phone.

“Mija, todo está bien. I’m safe, and I’m not going anywhere. Okay?” Lynn reassured her daughter.

“Okay, Mami. Necesito un favor. I need you to call Robin and Eddie, and tell them not to go outside — I don’t know, make something up. You can find Eddie’s number in the phone book under Wayne Munson.” Penny told her mom. She would be damned if anything happened to the people she cared about.

“I’ll call Robin. But Eddie’s here right now, he stopped by to bring you something while I was making dinner, so I’m feeding him. Lo estoy protegiendo. No lo dejare salir p’afuera.” Lynn was protecting Eddie and wouldn’t let him go outside, much to Penny’s relief.

“Gracias, mami. Thank you so much. Please stay safe, the both of you.” Penny said into the receiver.

“You too, cariño. Ten cuidado. Te quiero.” Lynn said.

“I will be careful, don’t worry. I love you too.” Penny said before placing the phone back on the wall. Sometime during the call, Steve had walked up behind her. He tapped on her shoulder, getting her attention.

“We’re gonna be disguising the shed with whatever we can find.” He told her as he walked slowly, waiting for her to follow him.

“Oh, shit, okay, let’s go.” They began gathering stuff throughout the house, before hitting the motherlode in the garage. Tarps upon tarps. They began collecting them, and Steve broke the comfortable silence.

“So, uh, you’re friends with Eddie ‘The Freak’ Munson, huh?” He said, a little warily. He’d never outrightly ever spoken to the guy, though he knew what Tommy and Carol said about him.

“Yes, I am, he’s one of my best friends, and don’t call him that.” Penny said in a tone that he knew meant business.

“Shit, sorry, my bad. I didn’t know you guys were so close.” Steve said, his curiousity piqued.

“He’s… sweet and he has a big heart. And he’s not some cult leader like those bozo friends of yours say he is. He’s good. Too good for this town.” Penny said with a lovelorn grin, though she hadn’t meant to look so lovesick.

“Oh. You like him, don't you?” Steve said with a smirk. Penny spluttered before conceding.

“Is it that obvious?” She said, sheepishness weaving through her features.

“It’s not NOT obvious.” Steve said, chuckling. “For what it’s worth, I’m willing to bet he likes you too. He’d be crazy not to, Pen.” Steve offered kindly, and Penny could tell he meant every word.

“Thanks, Steve.” She said, offering him a sincere smile.

“Uh, Steve. I know you said not to worry about the 'Nancy of it all,’ but can I worry about you?” Penny asked him, treading carefully over the broken eggshells that were Steve’s relationship.

“Why worry about me? I’m hunky-dory. I’m a-okay. I’m totally fine.” Steve said unconvincingly.

“You’re totally fine? Are you sure you’re not ‘totally’ lying? Come on, Steve. You know about my huge crush on Eddie Munson, it’s only fair.” Penny countered.

Steve sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, mussing up his once coiffed locks.

“No, you’re right. I’m not fine. I just. I was shitty, too. I should’ve listened to her about Barb. We should’ve told her parents. I just wish someone would choose me. Not even my parents do.” Steve’s voice broke off, waivering. Penny placed everything she was holding down on the ground and motioned for Steve to do the same. He was confused, but did it anyway. All at once, Penny engulfed him in a hug that he quickly reciprocated.

“Steve, there’s someone out there for you. I just know it,” Penny squeezed him impossibly tighter trying to convey everything she could into the embrace. “You, Steve Harrington, are a good person. No matter what Tommy or your parents or Robin or even Nancy says.” She gripped his shoulders, and looked into his eyes. “You are enough. You are kind. You are surprisingly great with those kids. And you are one of my favorite people. We just need to figure out how to get you to see that, too.”

Steve's eyes glossed over, brimming with unshed tears. This time Steve was the one to pull her into an embrace.

“You’re too good for this world, Castillo.” Steve said to her, as a single droplet fell from his face and raced down the girl’s arm, which only caused her to squeeze him tighter. She pulled back with a smile, and ran her hands down his arms.

“You bet your ass I am, Harrington. Now let’s go get this fucker outta Will.” Penny said, grasping his hands lightly one last time, before dropping them to retrieve the tarps she’d set down.

They both went outside to the shed with the tarps they’d gathered from the garage and began working in silence, stapling the large pieces of fabric along the walls to cover anything that Will might recognize. Nancy came in and immediately took the other side of the tarp that Penny was struggling to put up.

“Thanks,” Penny huffed out, a demogorgon she could take without breaking a sweat, but a tarp had her winded.

“Anytime, Penny.” Nancy said before continuing to speak, barely above a whisper. “Is- Is he okay?” She glanced over at Steve who was working diligently with his back toward the two girls, either unaware or ignoring the fact that Nancy was in the shed with them. At her words, Penny stopped and looked at her, eyebrows raised in disbelief and the rest of her face dripping in annoyance and sweat.

“I think you know that’s not my question to answer, Nance. Ask him yourself. But let’s be real here, would you be?” Penny whispered back, her words and tone harsher than she meant them to be.

Nancy looked at her, mouth agape at the tone that her former friend had taken with her, before deciding she ultimately deserved it.

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AND THERE YOU HAVE IT. CHAPTER 9 AFTER THREE LONG MONTHS. if you’ve stuck around this long. Thank you! If you’re just getting into the story now, HI. I can’t guarantee I won’t have another writers block but I will not be allowing another three month hiatus to happen.

Thank you for reading ❤️

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[vitalphenomena]

RELATIONSHIPS ON & BEYOND THE BLOG: inspired by similar post by @jupiter3

RICHARD HAYES (& Evelyn Hayes @rekant ) are the parents of JUNIPER HAYES.

They raised her in a scientific facility in the desert. Here, they also created SPIRIT, BURNS, HARRIS, AND LILA, who all escaped with Juniper a long time ago. They destroyed the entire facility and left its inhabitants for dead.

Spirit, Harris, and Burns work together in the drug trade. Juniper works at a restaurant and takes care of Lila.

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IDRIS (a cult leader) and RACHEL KNIGHT are the parents of ELIJAH, SHIPLEY, and MACKENZIE (in that order I think). Rachel is murdered by Shipley when he is 12. Elijah is murdered by Mackenzie when they are 19 and 22, respectively.

When Rachel dies, Mackenzie strikes up a friendship with recent cult recruit CASS HWANG. This relationship becomes romantic. In young adulthood, they open their relationship to include JM HAMILTON before the cult falls apart.

This open relationship has also expanded to include, in various but limited capacities, Elfgar Mason (@natophonetic ) and Mr. Johnson (@alulars ), Jesse Hagen (@jupiter3) and Cassius Baird (@bluedprints ).

ROSE SINCLAIR (& her brother Henry Sinclair @bluedprints ) join Idris's cult when they are young. Henry and Elijah have a romantic relationship. Rose and Henry flee the cult when Rose is 12.

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Spirit went on a road trip (with Houston Morin, Flynn Nichols, and Rin Zucker @jupiter3 ) to track down Shipley and stop him from murdering people because he does that. Shipley was ultimately eaten alive by Rin.

Two-ish years later, Spirit is involved in a torrid psychosexual affair with Flynn. In many verses, four-ish years after that, Flynn and Juniper begin a sexual relationship. Flynn impregnates Juniper and they have two children together: Davy and Lucy.

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KIERAN GLASS starts a different cult in New York. He recruits recent doctoral degree recipient CAIN ROSALES VILLAFUERTE, who legally changes his name to CAIN GLASS. Kieran and Cain recruit numerous people (including Penny Smyles @bluedprints ). In many verses, Kieran is fixated on Spirit and her abilities.

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MARYANNE BARKAN works at a strip club with Yesenia Castillo Mejía (@883333 ), Rowan Quinn, and Chloe Keaton (@jupiter3). She is close with former employee Tracey Roxas (@natophonetic ).

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BUSY NOLAN is the sister to and personal assistant of infamous actress Kitsey Nolan (@jupiter3).

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WESTON WESTMORELAND attends the same "final survivor" support group as Ajay Zielinski and Kitsey (@jupiter3 ).

[nicocastillo]

nico castillo ·✥· all's faire in lunar cove

In his defense, Nico initially tried to stick to the theme ("old timey", unspecific beyond that), but has definitely ended up in the mud slide multiple times, mostly on purpose. He's been bouncing easily between there, the ocean and hot springs, the enchanted forest, various pubs and taverns, and the med tent. His clothes get more worn and period-appropriate for a lowly peasant with each passing day, and anything elaborate or ornamental was abandoned within the first hour. Farm boy vibes abound, but he'll carefully wash up any time someone requires medical aid, and if you do need treatment, you'll probably be given a wildflower or a copper penny or a stick of rock candy as a token on your way out of the tent. Ask him to do an accent at your own risk.

[lunarcovehq]

"Come, Watson, come!" he cried. "The game is afoot." 

WHO DONE IT? - PLOT DROP #3

Welcome players for the game is on! The Lunar Covians who rsvp'd have all received their roles and clues for the evening. But, now it is time to put them into action.

You all have been invited to the billionaire and inventor of the newest steam engine on the market, Mrs. Cara Davers, dinner party for one reason or another. Some of you were brought here under the guise of a social event for the elite, others felt as though they had been threatened to attend and even more believed they were there for a dinner in memory of the late Mr. Davers. But, what is certain upon arrival is that this isn't your typical dinner party...

CALLING ALL PLAYERS

Join us on Saturday over in discord for our Murder Mystery dinner! While the event is mandatory, this IC discord event is optional and is sure to be a bunch of fun. Participation will count as activity for the week as well for those who RSVP'd last week and are active within the discord channel.

We have sent out all of the invitations detailing out your character's persona and clues your character is personally privy to, but if you have not received one yet, please send a message to the main so that we can resend it to you.

The instructions for how the murder mystery dinner will play out will happen in the discord channel step by step, but if you have any questions in the meantime concerning your character's role or clues, feel free to reach out privately to Becca so that we can talk you through it.

Also, please keep your character's clues to yourself for now. The fun part of the game is trying to uncover clues from everyone else as you go.

How you can prepare: Before Saturday, if you can create a new discord tupperbot or temporarily edit the name of your discord tupperbot to reflect the persona your character will be taken on that would be great. There will be some admins examples in the chat shortly. Below is also a list of the attendees that you can review before the dinner party begins.

And last but not least, we hope you have a brew-tiful time!

MRS. CARA DAVER'S DINNER PARTY GUEST LIST:

Your Host, Mrs. Cara Davers - Played by Brielle Rivas

The Hollywood Starlet, Blaze Starlight - Played by Mason Mahir

The Drunk Sea Captain, Captain Richard C. Mahn - Played by Culver Blithe

The Professor, Professor Blake Nightshade - Played by Kui James

The Butler, Ms. Pennington "Penny" Pennyworth - Played by Elif Karadaş

The Heiress, Ms. Milan Marriot - Played by Safiye Yildiz

The Cook, Ms. Ginger Schnapps - Played by Dilan Selvi

The Nurse, Nurse Joy - Played by Jonah Rivas

The Widow, Mistress Ivy Hemlock - Played by Briar Reed

The Cars Salesman, Camry Chevrolet - Played by Ralph Middlemas

The Valet, Addie Valley- Played by Aiyla Baysal

The Maid, Mademoiselle Pain- Played by Ben Anak Bandi

The Social Climber, Carrie Eastwood - Played by Julian Chandler

The Working Wife, Mrs. Goldie Berg - Played by Poppy Hastings

And her Trophy Husband, Mr. Heiss Berg - Played by Aaliyah Rose

The Uninvited Guests:

The Inspector - Played by Sheriff Cavanaugh

The Lighthouse Keeper, Old Mr. Jenkins - Played by Nico Castillo

[wanide69]

The human names of the bfdi-tpot characters

The male

8-Ball:Owen Baker Vik

Balloony:Bailey Pond

Black Hole:Ben Homer Black

Blocky:Blake Kennedy

Bomby:Bobby Mix

Cake:Casper Kay

Clock:Clarence Lowe

Cloudy:Cloud Carey

Coiny:Conner Neville

Donut:Dennis Peters

Eraser:Edgar Sánchez

Firey:Finley Irvine

Firey Jr:Finley Jr

Fries:Fern Livingston

Gelatin:Garrett Hill

Grassy:Gary Fay

Lightning:Lewis Knight

Loser:Lucas York

Marker:Mark Fisher

Nickel:Nick Leon

Pen:Peyton Andersson

Rocky:Ricky Mostyn

Snowball:Scott Baker Willis

Spongly:Sergio Furlán

Stapy:Stanley Pine

Tennis Ball:Terry Baker McKenzie

Tree:Trent Fay

Woody:Woody Long

The femela

Basketball:Betsy Baker Smith

Barf Bag:Barbara Battle

Bracelety:Bridgette Cagney

Bell:Bella Cheng

Book:Brooke McKenna

Bottle:Bonnie Talbot

Bubble:Belinda Sladen

Eggy:Emily McGee

Fanny:Fanny Volkov

Foldy:Foxley O'Dell

Flower:Florencia "Flora" De La Rosa

Gaty:Gabriella Tyler

Goflball:Grace Baker Jung

Ice Cube:Inés De La Cruz

Leafy:Leah Fay

Liy:Lily Toyo

Lollipop:Loretta Pollock

Match:Martha Castillo

Naily:Nelly Allen

Needle:Natalia "Nataly" Kimura

Pencil:Penelope "Penny" Andersson

Pie:Piper Lawson

Pillow:Petra Willow

Pin:Paulina García

Puffball:Pamela Baker Saxby

Remote:Rose Moss

Ruby:Ruby Evans

Saw:Serena Watts

Taco:Taylor Campos

Teardrop:Teresa Dross

The no binary

Price Tag:Paige Taggart

Winner:Wilbert Nixon

Profily:Porter Fry

Fun fact: Penelope and Peyton (Pencil and Pen) are twins, although Penny acts as Peyton's older sister.

Trent, Leah and Gary are siblings of different ages (Tree is the older brother, Leafy is the middle sister and Grassy is the younger brother)

Finley and Finley Jr are cousins ​​and Finley Jr's family named him after his older cousin (Firey) and their families live in different countries (Firey's lives in Australia, his native country, and Firey Jr's lives in the USA). )

All characters that have "ball" in their names in the human version have Baker in their middle names.

[spectaculardistractions]

To Ricardo Urgoiti New York, 1 April 1940 Dear Ricardo, Your letter arrived when I was least expecting it, and it has successfully erased all resentment, because I fully accept your apologies. I understand the inhibition you mention, because I’ve also felt it at times, although never quite as criminally as you. Castillo wrote and said he had also given you a friendly ultimatum after fruitless attempts to discover how you were. It looks as if you’ve finally replied. Castillo is a good friend to you and from what I’ve always seen, a true friend. I was glad you wrote to him. I tried various ways to get news of you. Amorim, as you know, was one. Among others, the last was Angelillo, who was in New York for a few hours, but I found out too late and didn’t get to see him. Ugarte also wrote saying you hadn’t replied to him either. I can see now that you are still battling on in the hope of producing films. I’m surprised you are not already a master producer in that city, coming from such a good, penny-pinching, artistically and morally bankrupt school as that of Buñuel-Remacha. I am sure that sooner or later ‘you will triumph’, although that triumph would be more assured if you had the aforementioned gentlemen at your side. I’m not even going to attempt to ask for news of our friend, as he’s the only one about whom I’ve heard nothing for such a long time. Thanks to the vital energy that drives me, I’ve not yet fallen into despair. Since arriving in America, I’ve not earned a single cent. I’ve survived thanks to good friends. It was absurd of me to attempt to get anything done in Hollywood. After a year there, I moved to New York last November and here, although I still haven’t found a job, I do have high hopes. Better not to discuss them though, in case they are dashed. I can say that they have to do with film and radio. If my situation is not resolved by June, I plan to travel to Argentina to ‘produce films’ Urgoiti style. I shall install myself right in front of Filmófono Argentina and make films at half the price, and far viler than the infamous Juan Simón’s daughter. The only difference will be that the characters will call themselves ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’. I hope you will rush over to join forces with me, but I shall refuse. More seriously: I may have access to some capital over there to produce films and, if that happens the money would be up front. I’ll be in touch with you in due course. Spanish Filmófono has been good for its debts, my mother has written to say that they are going to pay her 5,000 pesetas a month until they’ve returned her investment. I’m sure she could do with it. I forgot to say earlier that my idea for starting negotiations with Argentina would be to ask for a small cash advance to spend three months studying the possibilities in Buenos Aires. I would, of course, get in touch with you straight away and would be really delighted if we could work together again. I’ve changed somewhat as far as the practicalities go, and in a way that would suit any studio, although I am still as committed, ideologically, as I was in my twenties. I owe this new sense of the practical side of life partly to our ‘Juan Simón-esque collusion’ in Madrid and partly to the hard times I’ve faced in this country. The idea of being able to work the way we did in Madrid would seem like the ultimate prize to me now and the best thing that could possibly happen. Send Aurora appropriate greetings from me and tell her that my wife is trying to emulate her, for at the end of June I am hoping she will give me a ‘robust daughter’. Trouble always comes in twos (threes). Kisses for the children, and for you, my warmest regards, Luis 741 West End Avenue, 3E

Jo Evans & Breixo Viejo, Luis Buñuel: A Life in Letters