#Thats why she’s such an overachiever

[poisoned-pearls]

Does Nami know about her parents' overblots?

YES!! Oh my god I am such a nerd abt this and stuff related to it- AUGH okay!!

So she knows Azul overblotted, and the very basics of it. His didn’t last as long so he doesn’t have as many long term effects. But details?? Ehh not so much. Not that it’s a secret, it’s just that Azul is a tad bit embarrassed abt it and she’s just not that curious abt it. She knows he overblotted, okay? So did two of the other adults in her life. And Azul’s business partner did (Idia, she ran into him somewhat often). Like it’s just something that happens. Not GOOD, but you know-

She knows a LOT more abt Jamil’s tho. She is quite literally banned from traveling to the sands by herself, (bc they’re scared asims will kidnap her and try to beat the loopholes they used to get Jamil out- it’s why she has the last name Ashengrotto) and she has been told as to why she never sees her grandpa, and why she barely sees her grandma on that side. Jamil also has a lot more long term effects from it. She just knows that (most) of the asims aren’t good people, and that she has to be careful around them, bc even if they don’t try to take her, they may treat her as less than.

What both of them have been aware of though is that she is FAR more at risk bc of their overblots.

having a parent that overblotted puts you at more risk to have an overblot, and to be weaker to it’s aftereffects, but TWO? They were warned by a lot of doctors about it- it’s why both of them avoided what made them overblot

She was spoiled a lot because Jamil wanted to make sure she knew she was worth just as much as everyone else, if not more, just to make sure no one ever treated her as less than.

Azul specifically made sure he built her confidence to an UNSHAKABLE level so no one would ever be mean to her, (also let her bite. She was a terror to people in school)

but she doesn’t overblot bc of that- her overblot is much more similar to riddle’s! She overblots because she admires her dads so much, but feels like nothing she does will ever live up to what they did.

[simelune]

welcome to childhood, odette <3 she's a perfectionist

[sturnsdarling]

teenage dirtbags, part one

a small collection of the times skater!matt and overachiever!reader realised they'd never be friends.

vibe check: flashbacks to childhood and high school, general loathing

1.2k words

A/N: i had this idea and couldn't get it out my head...i was trying to think of ways to establish the bad vibes and this was my best option.

introduction, part two

love and cigs, merc

the first day of middle school

It was just gone 8, and you were walking down the beige path towards your new school, books tucked in your arms, hair tucked behind your ears and your cream sweater tucked into your pleated plaid skirt. You looked perfect, as always, and had spent hours making sure of it. This was a new beginning for you, the start of your real academic career (you were a very intense kid) , and you were taking it very seriously, despite being only eleven years old.

Your brogues splashed in the little puddles that had formed on the concrete, the shiny leather being undisturbed by the water as it rolled off its surface. From behind you, the sound of skateboard wheels rolled against the beige floor, broken up by periodical slaps of a van shoe against the ground.

The sound got closer, and you thought nothing of it, along with thinking nothing of the giant puddle that you were absentmindedly walking closer and closer to. A boy with messy brown hair, an ACDC t-shirt on over a white long sleeve and work trousers he definitely took from his dad was fast approaching behind you, headphones in and not a care in the world.

You approached the puddle at the same time, and just as you did, the boy sped through it, splashing dirty brown puddle water all over you, and partially himself.

you screamed in shock, it was everywhere, and you were filthy.

"oh, crap, I'm so sorry" Matt said as he halted his speed, the sound of your scream pulling him from his daze as he jumped off his board and ran back towards you.

"what is wrong with you" you screamed, looking down at your now filthy outfit.

"it was an accident, I didn't me-" Matt began to speak, brows furrowed like a sad puppy.

"get away from me" you spat, shooing him away as he attempted to pat out the brown stains with the sleeve of his top.

Matts face screwed up in annoyance, he placed his board back on the floor, and was gone in a flash.

8th grade History class

"The French and American revolutions were one and the same, they ran parallel to each other and were reflections of the worlds desperation to be free from British rule" Matt said, answering the teachers question.

your brows furrowed in disagreement, "thats not right" everyone in the class turned from Matt, to you.

"and why's that, y/n" Your teacher spoke up.

"because the french revolution started in 1789, ours happened over a decade earlier, so they couldn't have been parallel" You said, your teacher grinning at you "and the french revolution wasn't about the British, it was about peasant revolt, and the abolishment of the French monarchy" your cadence was thick with pride.

Everyone in the class turned to the teacher, waiting for them to confirm who was wrong and who was right.

"very good, y/n" She nodded, continuing with her slides on world revolutions.

Matt was glaring at you over his shoulder, face riddled with irritation, you simply smiled, raising your brows for a split second before looking away. Matt rolled his eyes, and turned his attentions back to the board.

Lunch, Sophomore year of high school

You were sat just behind the resident table of skaters, not your first choice but it was the only table left where you could sit alone and read without having to sit next to anyone.

They were being idiots, as usual, throwing stuff at each other and making awful jokes. One said something about how they wish food fights were still a thing, and another agreed, picking up their mash potato and humming it at Matts head. The whole able erupted into laughter, Matt included.

He took a hand full of his spaghetti, and pulled his arm back in preparation to throw it at his friend. Just as Matt let go of the wet, red noodles, his friend ducked out the way, and Matts handful of food was launched directly at you.

It splatted on your face, covering your clothes and book in red bolognese sauce. The whole cafeteria gasped, laughs erupting from every corner as Matts face was riddled with a shocked smile, trying his best to hold back his laughter.

"Matt!" You screamed, taking your fingers and raking them down your face, pulling the pasta off.

Matt chuckled, holding his hands up in surrender, "sorry, y/l/n, my bad"

You clenched your jaw, slamming your book shut, squishing the spaghetti and got to your feet.

"you are the most insufferable, idiotic, stupid, worthless boy, I have ever known" you borderline screamed, picking up your bags and storming out the cafeteria.

All his friends turned back to face him with looks of 'oh shit' spread across their faces, all holding back laughs.

Matt smiled through the sting of your words, trying to play it cool and act like he didn't want to run after you and apologise. Who cares, he hated you anyway.

In the hall, Freshman year of college

Matt was leant up against the wall, talking to a girl he barely knew about skateboarding, or something else that you really didn't care about. He was obviously flirting with her, and she was relishing in it, peppering his arm with touches and twirling her hair round her delicate fingers.

You and Matt had somehow ended up in the same college, and you despised him for it. He never even had to try, he was effortlessly good at things, being handed your dream life on a silver platter with a smug smile and a nonchalant attitude. From a distance, your distaste for the sight ahead of you would look like jealousy, it obviously wasn't, it was pure hatred, and despite your better judgement, you found yourself walking over to them.

"what're you doin' here, y/l/n" Matt said, annoyed at the sight of you.

You ignored him, placing your arm round the girls shoulder and talking directly to her.

"I wouldn't waste your time, girl, I heard he gave half the volleyball team chlamydia" You said, the lie rolling off your tongue effortlessly as you tried to hold back your smile.

The girl scoffed in disgust, looking Matt up and down as she walked away. Matt tried to defend himself, shouting out that you were lying and that he swore it wasn't true. His efforts failed and he turned to you with a clenched jaw.

You couldn't help but smile, your tongue pressed to your teeth as he glared at you.

"what the fuck is your problem" matt spat

you shrugged, "I was bored"

Matt scoffed, "you were bored, so you told the only girl who's shown interest in me in months that I have chlamydia?"

You giggled, and with another shrug, you walked away.

Matts whole face tensed, and he stuck both his middle fingers up at the back of your head. You turned back, knowing exactly what he was like and returned the favour, flashing your perfectly manicured middle finger at him with a smug smile.

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[juneleaf]

i like to think varric is a long time friend of rook's and every time he visits her shes fired from yet another job that she just got. she's the unemployed friend on a random thursday at 3pm and thats why varric recruits her to check solas's matte ass bald head because he knows better than anyone that the solution to a martyr overachiever (unstoppable force) is literally Sam who just got fired from the Sephora counter (immovable object)

[sun-stricken]

Headcannoms about friendship between Bickslow and Gray? I like to think after the fighting festival he really tries to make it up to Gray.

Gray: ‘we’re chill. It’s fine.’

Bickslow: ‘my babies will now perform a dance of apology’

Also a scenario I’d like to share!

Lucy: hey, Gray I picked up your mail. Why do you have a letter from a modelling agency?

Gray: oh that. I don’t know they just keep sending me them even though I’ve told them no.

Lucy: you’ve turned them down repeatedly?! *while crying inside*

Gray: yeah? It’s weird ‘cause I didn’t even apply.

Lucy: Lucy kick!

i for some reason hadn’t considered the idea of them having a close friendship, but i am now so here! a gift !

i had so much fun with this

* my personal hc is that Bickslows dolls feel a lot of what he himself feels, and also theyre kinda like birds

* so they too try to make it up to Gray, they bring him little things they find, such as shiny rocks, pins, and other tiny objects they find

* Bickslow just nods in approval from the sidelines when they bring them to Gray

* They were both fairly awkward with each other post festival but after Bickslow gave Gray an honest apology they began to turn over a new leaf

* people find the friendship strange tbh, Gray is known as this vaguely calm and like, super normal guy, and Bickslow is just— not

* theyre surprisingly comfortable with each other

* they dont hang out a lot outside the guild, but thats not to say they dont ever,

* While they dont work the best together and it took a while be able to fight along side on another,

* If the Thunder Legion and Team Natsu have to pair up usually they do bc they’re comfortable with each other and trust can go a long way

* theyre both texting fiends, like its a problem how much they message their friends, so when they found out the other was the same oh my god was it a train wreck

* their conversations can go for hours and if you read through them youd probably have an aneurysm because the topics make no sense and Bix doesn’t even try to spell correctly

* They have gotten close and friendly but that doesnt mean theu ever know what to expect from the other, their opinions and thoughts are so different from each other, if rhey ever have the same idea its like all the stars and planet’s have aligned and world is about to end

* Bickslows hair is naturally black and Gray helped him dye it once and they deadass looked they walk out the smurf set for weeks, Bix’s bathroom looked like they murdered a hundred of them

* Gray has an affinity for collecting hand weapons (swords, spears, bows, etc) while Bickslow likes taking apart and building old bombs (actual explosive grenades, land mines, smoke/flash grenades)

* they bonded over it and talked about it in public and terrified about 20 people rhat were in earshot

* theyre both a big hit with kids

* Bickslow gets added to the long list of people who barge into Gray house unannounced

* a lot of the time they will talk (coughcomplaincough) about two different things in the same convo

* Bickslow: the cops were at my door again last night because of the inactive grenade i threw in the fountain, woke me up and everything

* Gray: ugh, i hate that, Natsu blew up a building again and Erza yelled at the both of us

* Bickslow: thats so rude, do you think i should make another one and send it to them?

* Gray: totally, she knew it wasnt me but i still got scolded

so happy ppl have realized how pretty Gray is, now we’re gonna talk abt it bc im an overachiever

* Hes been scouted by plenty of different modeling agencies over the years, which really boosted his ego but very quickly became annoying as hell bc he never even applied

* He gets a couple a month, and he accepted once just to get them off his back and found it really embarrassing bc he was everywhere

* his friends in and outside the guild bought the magazines he was featured in and teased him mercilessly and he never stepped foot in another agency ever again

* Hes really photogenic but hates gets his photo taken, most of the pictures hes in ‘willingly’ hes glaring at the camera

* he now just blocks the numbers they call him on and throws out the letter they send him, if they stop him on the street he will walk away before the conversation even starts

* when Lucy found out something inside her died a little

* she pestered him about it and said she’ll go with him! he wont even have to take the money for it! she’ll take it! 😁

* she gets shot down every time but that doesnt mean she quit trying

[challenger-fan-club]

Patrick is an overachiever and wants to make you finish faster than a phone call.

((Edit; I got carried away again.))

((Edit edit; i love him, i love him, i love him. I want him, I want him, I want him))

"I'm telling you, it was the worst date ever." Art moaned. He had been out on another unsuccessful set up to help him get Tashi out of his mind. "Theres no way, I have had the worst date ever." You bragged and smiled at him. Patrick passed you the bottle and you took another swig as he watched you. "I've never had a bad date." He said smugly. Art and you roll your eyes at him. "She didn't laugh at all, she didn't know anything about tennis." Art tried to ignore Patricks comment and go back to his point. "All your goods for is tennis right Art?" Patrick was trying to cheer him up in the only way that he knew, by annoying him and getting under his skin. "Not me." Patrick smiled and took the bottle back from you. "Come on then, tell us about your bad dates, take Arts mind off it." He smirked looking at you. Those eyes, that smug grin that he does. "Well, I had this recent tinder date..." you trailed off slightly, trying to see if Patrick could get a little bit jealous but it wasn't his style. He acts like he doesn't care. "We had been talking for ages and ages, he was smart and cute and funny... I liked him a lot." You tried to explain it more and more but Patrick was losing interest. "It's a bad date story, get to the bad date." He laughed. "I'm getting there jeez. so we're in my bed, everything is great... but it lasted literally five seconds."

Patrick straightened his back before leaning back against the sofa. "What did?" You were trying to be coy and to leave bits of it private but that was never going to happen. "The sex. I swear it was barely in and he finished." You took another gulp of beer and realised that it was probably too much information. Patrick gave you a hearty laugh. "Couldn't be me." Art and you rolled your eyes at him again. "Well I was very nice about it, very understanding, you know... it happens, it could be considered a compliment but then he said 'did you cum?' to me... as if I had the chance(!!). I couldn't understand why he even thought I was close. I'm telling you, no girl has ever EVER finished that quickly." You waited for Patrick to make his smart ass comment before Art took the drink away from you. "I don't get any complaints." Art speaks up and Patrick put his arm around him. "That's my boy." He placed a kiss on his cheek. "I hope you didn't lie to this poor man and you told him what you need." Patrick is so sexually supportive. "Well you see, thats when he pipped up and said 'he doesn't do that." You grabbed the drink again. "Do what?" Art had been pulled into the story. "ANYTHING, there was no foreplay, there was no offer of foreplay or play of any kind." You laughed telling them. Patrick started clapping and Art joined in. "You win. Best bad date." You pretended to take a bow as they joined in laughing. "Whats your record Art?" Patrick leaned back. "Record?" You questioned. "You know, how quickly you can make yourself cum?" Patrick said so matter of factly, as if it was obviously the answer. "I don't know Patrick, I don't time it." Art dismissed him. "Probably ten minutes for me." You offered before he had a chance to ask. Patrick looked at you smiling. You wondered if he was trying to picture it.

"She's calling!" Art almost jumped out of his skin as his phone started vibrating. "Tashi's calling." He stood up almost instinctively. Patrick took his turn to roll his eyes at Arts excitement. He eagerly answered, sorting himself and sorting out his hair. "Hey tashi." He said it so casually like he wasn't freaking out seconds ago. He gave himself the signal to excuse himself and Patrick watched him leave and close the door behind him. "So ten minutes huh?" He grinned at you again and you shrugged your shoulders as he moved himself closer. Before you tried to retort to him, his lips were on yours and he was kissing you. And you were kissing him back. Kissing you deeply, breathtakingly. His hands were on your neck and running up your thighs, playing with the fabric of your dress. He pulled your lip between his teeth as he started kissing your neck. Your moaning, it's almost instinctive under his touch. "Yeah, you like this?" He kissed at your neck so roughly and you were crumbling under his touch. "Patrick, please." You gasped and his hand moved from under your chin to in your hair, pulling with purpose to get closer to your neck. "Please what baby." the words came out so breathless and easy. "Tell me what you want." You gasped as he kept going and going at your neck. You felt his fingers trace outside of your underwear, rubbing over and over on your clit. He was rough and purposeful and you couldn't help but pant at his touch. He let your head fall back slightly as he moved his hand inside your underwear. He pushed quickly inside of you with his middle and ring finger whilst a finger stayed on your clit. He pushed and pulled out of you over and over, faster and faster, relentlessly. "Good girl, thats it come on." He moaned against your ear. "You want it faster?" he waited a beat for you to respond. "Good girl, such a good fucking girl." He was switching kissing between your neck and ear, hand still intangled in your hair whilst the other was working inside of you. You heard him chuckle a little. "God you're so good for me, imagine what I could do if I took my fucking time with you."

You were edging closer and closer and you could feel it inside your stomach. "Thats it." He kept saying it like it was a mantra. "no, no baby, look at me." He put his forehead against yours as he made direct eye contact with you. He kissed you again and when you shut your eyes, he would pull away. "Look at me." He demanded and smiled when you did what he said. "You've got five seconds. Cum for me." Your heartbeat was going at ten to the dozen. "Five." He started as he went faster and faster in and out of you. "Four, oh thats it good girl, you're going to do what I say." Faster and Faster. "Three, come on, you're so closeee." You could feel yourself dripping out of yourself. "Twooooo...." You were desperate, you would beg for him, you would do anything for him to count fucking faster. "One and a haaaaalf." You almost squealed that he was dragging it out longer and longer. You felt like you were going to pass out if he didn't let you come. "One. Now." You did as you were told and practically exploded on command. You never felt like this before but you were panting and exhausted and you didn't want him to stop and he didn't. He kept going, letting you finish all over his hands, all over the sofa and your underwear. Your moans were so loud, you forgot where you were and who was there, making you scream with his fingers.

You tried to control your breathing as Patrick took his fingers from you and put them in his mouth. You could barely move. You felt like your legs were shaking but you couldn't bring yourself to open your eyes. "Did you cum?" he said mockingly as you panted to yourself. "Did I beat your little record?" Your breath was uncontrollable as he sat and watched your chest heave over and over again. "I hate you." You bit your bottom lip as he watched. "No you don't." He smiled and laughed. Just on cue, Art opened the door to the room again smiling, not really noticing when Patrick slides himself away from you. "Tashi wants me to go over, do you guys mind if I bail?" Patrick looks at you as you try to regain some of your senses. "Nah, I think we should call it a night anyway, she's looking a bit fucked." You felt like your face couldn't get redder but Art was too busy thinking of Tashi to notice what Patrick actually meant. "Thanks guys." before promptly getting his bag and leaving. "Guess I didn't NEED to rush my time with you. I do think it is my turn though..." Patrick grinned.

[idensgarden]

you guys seemed to like my last au ranting post so. here we go

some more takes on classic gravity falls aus because i like reimagining things. Here's my 2 cents on reverse falls, which. i havent seen the visual novel if thats considered canon or anything to the au. i think uts like batman now where everything you apply to it is canon if it vaguely follows the premise

from what i've seen, it's more of a situation swap than a personality swap, so most parts of the au will follow that. but pacifica didn't come to gravity falls for the summer- she had to move here because her stupid dad got involved in a scandal or something and had to lay low. the northwests have inherited enough money to last them a good while, but apparently they can't go spending it on "trivial things", like pacifica's very important designer clothes. so she has to get... a... a... god, i can't say it without gagging, a JOB!!! at a worn down car sales shack!!! hold on. let me add a cut here.

okay im back. alright. at her job, pacifica meets gideon gleeful, who's basically gideon but less entitled, and surprisingly a bit like mabel. he's immediately the most annoying person pacifica has ever met. but he's the only company she has, besides mr. gleeful, who is way too cheerful to be pleasant and gives off major discomforting vibes, and mrs. gleeful, who makes her reflect on the lack of affection she receives from her actual mother and creates a deep pit of sorrow in her heart. just girly things.

(since gideon is much more pleasant in this au, his mother is much more stable, and takes the role of the primary caretaker since bud is too normal for me to write about)

the other employees are bad, but could be worse. the sleepy cashier with eyebags for eons and ROBERT written uncaringly on his nametag, and the overachieving pink-haired errand-girl who seemed to have a different name each time you asked her and a cartoonishly large bow on her head.

the longer pacifica works at her new summer job, the more fond she grows of it. when she's not hearing about gideon's annoying ramblings about wanting to be on broadway and the melancholy of settling for a mascot gig, she's actually feeling this gross sense of pride after actually working for something in her life, and getting sandwiches made for her by ms. gleeful (eventually nicknamed aunt agnes). pacifica hates to admit it and it keeps her up at night, but she's happier here than she's ever been. which is why she doesn't leave when she notices strange things happening around gravity falls.

ms. gleeful denies it, but gideon totally agrees with her- something weird is going on in this town. pacifica, going through an old car with an undefinable model much too damaged to repair, finds a journal in the glovebox, embedded with an X over an eye, and from here, the show plays out a bit like normal gravity falls. give it that unnerving, darker touch that the northwest manor episode had. some early episode ideas:

a full episode based on the what's-his-face comic, obviously without the mystery twins. pacifica gets a pimple, and thinks that since she's starting to get older, she's losing her adolescent beauty, and thus becoming less of a 'valuable asset' to her family. what choice does a girl have but demon magic? i hope this one doesn't backfire!!!

after the last episode, the effects of pacifica's fear of not meeting the beauty standard linger. after catching pacifica staring at multi level marketing get-pretty schemes, ms. gleeful decides to revoke her phone and take the kids camping, saying that technology is evil. it turns out she's right, as pacifica's phone has grown restless after it's abandonment and transformer'd into a beast, which is hunting them down in the forest slenderman-style.

pacifica doesn't believe in the tooth fairy- she's almost 13! it takes her a terribly long time to be appropriately afraid when it gets one tooth from her (gideon convinces her to just TRY putting one under her pillow) and becoming obsessed with harvesting her perfect teeth. inspired by ckret2's goldilocks au!! :)

and then comes episode four...

on her break (thank god!), pacifica sits down to watch some trashy tv, but can't stop seeing ads for this flashy tourist attraction called the mystery shack. at first she rolls her eyes, but the lights and the colors and all the cool effects just look to awesome to pass up. this town must be getting to her, because she'd never indulge herself with something like that before, but now she just has to go. she works overtime for money to see the shack, and gideon uses his allowance to go, too. (pacifica is surprised. why is he spending money on this? he said he doesn't even want to go!!! (gideon just wants to get closer with his first friend)).

the shack is run by a professional conman, who collects and shuffles the money dramatically at a fancy desk, called stanford pines (not actually, this is pre-ford). his employees were vigilant, and yet always exhausted- a goth girl with a sharp tongue and a bodyguard who always seemed uncomfortable in his suit.

but customers really came for the twins; mason and mabel, psychic slash drama slash comedy duo. the townspeople practically (sometimes literally) threw money at them. they were the same age as pacifica and gideon, but had this air of disconnect to them. in all their posters they had the same matching yellow earrings, contrasting their bedazzled blue outfits. their hair also seemed to be greying, even at such an early age.

pacifica was not happy to have spent her 45 dollars on watching two kids read fortunes more vaguely than a cookie and tell dumb jokes and do stupid dances, but gideon seemed jazzed.

the next day, there's a knock at the office door. the twins came to visit! pacifica is pissed. mabel asks to chat with gideon, and pacifica tells her to screw off, but gideon rushes out of the door with mabel, 0 hesitation. he probably has a crush on her for a bit like in canon, but it doesn't go anywhere.

dipper invites himself in, offers that pacifica could offer him some tea free of charge, and pacifica almost thanks him. she lashes out at him, and quickly learns that he is all bark and no bite, curling up like a scared kitten in the recliner. she picks on him a bit, barely noticing the glow of his earring, before mabel comes back out with gideon.

"alright, that'll be all! hey, can gideon take work off today?" she says. "we want to go get makeovers! you know, since we're best friends now and all."

for some reason, pacifica feels a strong pang of rage. but she doesn't act on it, just standing there dumbfounded as mabel doesn't wait for an answer, and gideon skips out of the shop with his new best friend.

it keeps pacifica up at night. she should be important to him!!! wasn't she his first friend?

wasn't he hers?

when gideon finally comes back, pacifica is still angry, but she's relieved. at least that wacko girl is gone- nevermind, she's back, and she's taking gideon out for tacos and pedicures.

it goes on and on and on. pizza night this, karaoke night that, arts and crafts here, a cool party there... pacifica knew that she should be mad. she should be frustrated- she was pacifica northwest! she should be the center of everything, she should be invited to these stupid get togethers, she deserved it!

but she wasn't angry about that. she was angry about gideon. and above all else, she was lonely.

so she did the responsible thing and communicated with gideon about how she felt and I'm lying I'm lying to you right now. she actually hunts down mason, demands that he spill the ulterior motives of mabel pines, and yanks him up by his shirt collar like a cartoon bully. at first, mason won't talk, but pacifica drops him on the ground and gets a good look at his stupid dumb constellation birthmark. she asks him about it.

"it's... not actually a birthmark. it's,, like a tattoo." mason confesses. "it's a long story. with a really gloomy sleep paralysis demon at the center of it. please don't tell anyone."

pacifica has no idea why it's that important, but utilizes her leverage, and blackmails mason into telling the truth because shes kind of a dick. he tells her that the whole mystery shack is a con made up of conmen and conwomen and conpeople, and mabel is trying to make gideon another cog in the cog-powered con machine and swindling him into giving up his family's business in order to expand the shack, showering him with attention and taking advantage of how gideon has never had any friends.

pacifica is outraged. yes he has, she decides.

she barges into mabel's backstage room in the mystery shack just in time to dramatically yell DROP. THAT. PEN!!! before gideon signs a waiver.

gideon is disgruntled, confused, and angry. "you're just upset that mabel is treating me like a real friend, something you never did for me!"

"i didn't know how to do that for you, i never... i'd never done it before!"

gideon squints and softens at pacifica's confession. oh. so she's not actually that mean, she's just repressed and lonely. she's just like me for real!

the two make up and hug, before the sentimental scene is destroyed by a loud "ENOUGH!!!" from mabel. mason dashes into the room to come to her aid, a bit sorry for leaking her plan, and the two use their cool crystal earrings to beat the shit out of pacifica and gideon.

"YOU WANNA HAND OVER YOUR PROPERTY TO ME SO BAD, IT MAKES YOU LOOK STUUUPID!!!" (cool psychic fight)

eventually, gideon manages to snatch the amulet from mabel, asking her what the diddly darn she's doing. mabel sighs.

"come on, gideon! i have braces! those mess with girls' emotions and hormones and stuff!"

"d-... do they really?"

"no, but you wouldn't know, you never had friends!" she towers over him. the whites of her eyes become a ghastly blue, her pupils shifting to a shape akin to a goat's. "come on, gideon! what's it hurt? your dignity? your family? your life's work? we both know you need approval. need to feel normal. like you're not a freak." her words are venom. "i can give you that. there's no reason for you to miss this opportunity. there's no reason for you to miss me."

pacifica is restrained by mason, reaching out for gideon. "don't believe them," she sputters. gideon looks up at mabel.

"you're right. it's just nonsensical. to miss this. miss you..." he takes her hand, as he speaks again.

"not when my aim is just getting better."

he takes his free hand and SOCKS mabel in the face and unclips her earring because i decided theyre clip ons and ripping it out is a little extreme!!! he throws it on the ground and stomps on it, and mabel is FURIOUS. she turns to mason.

"come on, bro bro!" she huffs. "do something!"

mason is still for a second. and then he shakes his head. "mabel, we need to talk."

"NOW!?"

as the twins begin to argue, gideon and pacifica take the opportunity to flee the shack and run back to the car shop. before ms. gleeful makes dinner, gideon asks if he can actually stay at pacifica's tonight.

ms. gleeful is okay with it, but pacifica quickly dismisses the topic. it's the thought that counts, but she didn't want to see her parents at the moment.

"you don't mind if i stay here tonight, though, do you, ms. gleeful?" pacifica asks.

"please, sweetheart, call me aunt agnes. i have a sleeping bag 'round here somewhere!"

she and gideon smiled at each other.

[twinsoftriumph]

last but not least...... Ames. the Came Back Wrong oc. who i am actually painting currently so if i like it i will post it :3

hashtag Edgy Backstory

ames wears Some sort of abyss mask modified just to be more unique but probably most similar to cackling cannoneer's. they also have melancholy mope hair, overactive overachiever's cape but modified to go around the whole body, anddddd. some sort of long pants outfit thats most similar to the aurora runaway outfit. or maybe like confident sightseer's outfit Again but more grey/cool toned.

no matter what outfit theyre wearing youre Barely going to see anything besides the legs anyway because theyre not one to take up much space or make very grand gestures

from isle! very interested in the history of the sky kingdom and spirits and the rebirth cycle (uh oh)

professional emotional wall builder. and archer i guess. they picked up that skill in forest back when vedesa still lived there which is how they met in my beautiful brain

they were the very eager sort of moth which eventually culminated in them having some rather large but also quite dangerous ambitions. aka fucking with the rebirth cycle and having to deal with the consequences of that

im still working on the finer details but they basically unded up stuck in the shattering void for A WHILE and witnessed a ton of memories suspended in time both of their own and other people's including from WAY before they were born and also feeling fluctuations of light and dark. very normal experience for one's psyche. but they escaped after like at least a year and theyre so normal about it and you cant even tell (lying)

vedesa's involvement comes from her being the one who spent ages trying to figure out a way to reach them which is how she ended up primarily spending time in vault in the first place and ALSO why she's trying to spend a lot less time in vault nowadays

so of course when ames escapes on their own theyre Pretty Damn Pissed but also really dont know what to do. and they lay low for another unspecified amount of time and are presumed missing or just permanently dead. they are very much neither of those

they ended up wandering into prairie after a while which is where they very much startled lalut due to literally looking like hell. lalut was very concerned to say the least but offered to take them in and they've been warming up to each other since :)

ames is just grateful to know someone who doesnt know their whole batshit backstory and is non judgemental and tries to just treat them like any other person

they are quite protective and will purposefully leer at people over your shoulder if they get bad vibes.

wicked chef. could theoretically be bribed with food (few have ever tried)

can be very meticulous and careful and is really quite gentle in most everyday stuff. very quiet footsteps. you will get jumpscared

used to be the lighthearted silly teasing type but has become a lot more dry and sharp about it. it has also become harder to tell when theyre just joking around

anyway theyre basically plotting to track down vedesa and properly confront her about what happened. id say yay for communication but god knows what they actually plan on doing or even what vedesa plans on doing with all that guilt. (guy who literally created them) (dont worry i have some ideas i just might draw them out another time)

[imustbenuts]

had to take a hard break from my yakuza kiwami 2 playthrough

yeah its the kiss scene. blasted me right out of the ride. sayama just lost her father less than 12 hours ago, admits shes emotionally shaky, and the writer decides kiryu should go in for a kiss right there?

in normal situations thats just sexual harassment. and i still dont feel the chemistry bc yk2 kiryu is behaving awfully weird around women in this entry. the things he does and say sometimes crosses into sexual harassment more than once. its so weird.

dude's behaving like he's got depression from losing yumi and nishiki the year before, dealing with significant social awkwardness and just does that. after repeatedly pulling away from girls who are into him in the cabaret social outings. o<-< whats going on.

my current question being, is he unintentionally treating sayama as a rebound bc she resembles yumi physically?

i see the hint of reused tropes with yumi. the same trope of how they're both beautiful. yumi with her gekka bijin and sayama with multiple characters commenting on her beauty multiple times. the age too, matches up with roughly yumi's before kiryu got sent to jail in y1, being mid 20s.

i also cant really accept the age part. kiryu is 39. sayama is 25. sayama is also an overachiever and these types tend to be more naive and inexperienced when it comes to dating and relationships. its a little... hm.... nnmmmmmnmng. hm.

anyway, if he is using sayama as a rebound thats leaning into evil on the ethical heterosexuality scale. not as bad as yumi getting killed -- bc how dare she moved on instead of waiting for kiryu? bad faith interpretation here yes, but a plausible interpretation nevertheless.

this is definitely some kind of weird bad writing and i cant get behind it at all.

i also dont know why they didnt add sayama into minigames and write more banter fluff if she's mean to be the romance interest for kiryu. there's nothing. i can invite majima who happily hops by despite having to juggle 3 VERY big jobs, but i cant invite sayama? we have a little mechanic of increasing haruka's affection by doing her requests but all sayama gets is cutscenes...? really....? at least try...

none of these alone would be a deal breaker necessarily, bc they do actually mesh well on the surface level. there was a few scenes that made me cheer for them. but there's too much when its all added together that it cant save the bad payoff.

there is actually so much going on that im wondering if kiryu's actually into women at all, and in fact, not seeing them all as harukas. 🤔

also now looking back at that bucket list scene in y8: sayama. im sorry. the writers should have given you a life beyond yk2 and allowed you to move on.

the game isnt over yet im sure theres gonna be more Heterosexual Bullshit coming my way. i need a drink.

[quillkiller]

I would love to know if you have any thoughts on Peter/Xenophilius/Pandora? I think it has potential as all pairs within this are already shipped. Peter with his two slightly spacey partners who get so excited about creatures he’s never heard of. Pandora and Xeno letting Peter talk about herbology. The three of them being the most chill people in the school and they’re so lovely to everyone. (Maybe they’re selling weed from the greenhouses but shhhh)

interesting!! i can see where its coming from, but to me personally it would never work :/ i have a pretty clear characterization of pandora and it differs a lot from the tiktokified/lunafication that i feel is the most popular one ??

i don’t even really ship her with xeno because i have a pretty clear characterization of him too (thanks to @standardlovers mwah) and to me he’s a californian/australian spiritual surfer type guy who doesn’t own a cell phone and ’lives in the moment’. the guy in the frat house who’s a little weird and does mushrooms and holds a seance but also chugs beers and ’loves his brotherhood’ and plays whatever sports there are. soccer i guess. sort of like that blonde guy in 21 jump street. to me luna is more like her father than her mother

pandora to me is an angry impulsive overachiever and she’s always a mess. insane god complex (i mean look at how she died….). i made moodboard for her once here. she swears in every other sentence, wants to be the best in her (male dominated) field, unorganized but organized in her own way. no one understands how she keeps track of things because its so so so bad but she gets it. she has her own system. she’s also loud and not great with social cues. she inturrupts people and is generally unpleasant. shes sort of evans opposite in a way. not that hes more pleasant, but he doesnt even really try to connect with other people. pandora wants to connect. i tend to ship her with dorcas, bella, barty or lily. she needs someone assertive and certain, and someone who can meet her where she is. someone who isn’t put off by her strangeness and unplesantness but is instead drawn to her because of it <3 and also someone who’s a tad bit gross like she is. to thats neither reg or xeno. even if xeno/pandora are canon. i see why and how they end up together. on the outside everything sort of fits. they’re similar in a spiritual sort of way, but to me their personalities would clash. xeno is too soft for her and panda is too harsh for him

and then peter. ive talked a lot about him lately and explained my characterization of him. stoner and ultimate autism swag and cooler than he both understands or realises. he needs someone bratty and annoying (like reg) to keep on his lap. i also can’t really see peter with a girl ? im not entirely against peter/sybill but its also not really doing it for me. so yeah !

mwah!! thank you for this ask!!!

[popstart]

The thing about Courtney’s portrayal in TT feels so off too. She wouldn’t want someone significantly younger than her. I don’t think she’d want someone who’s that immature either, like immature in the sense that they’re still learning about the world and everything around them since they’re just new to adulthood, yk? Ugh Courtney’s entire love life in TT was all so weird. Why did the author make her out to be a borderline pedo ughhhh

TT in general is ass at characterizing it feels like that one animation of duncan dying. do you know the one (insane sentence help meee) also big agree. like..... courtney..? of ALL people you could have dating someone much younger than them. seriously lmao.

maybe its just the hc of mine that she had to grow up/mature much quicker than normal mixing too much with my interpretation of her but shes such an overachieving asshole the thought that she would like anyone thats less than that is unrealistic as fuck. this girl hates immaturity and would avoid it like the plague when possible lollll

[cinamun]

Both of them for HoJay since my battery is actively depleting as I type/paste this 🙂

29%. Does your character have any triggers? Why do these things trigger them?

30%. What would hurt your character so badly they couldn't even breathe?

Plug that baby innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! lol

29% - Apparently Hope is triggered by very attractive men questioning her relationship status, however, I think Jayce's [redacted] fixed that. As to why, It was a trigger for her because she doubts herself. As an overachiever, and now perfectionist, she constantly second guesses herself, she wonders if what she's doing is right, if her best is even good enough and should she be doing something different. She needs a partner who can reassure her and she found that in Jay.

As for Jayce, I think he's triggered when he sees his mom. While he's happy to see her and loves her dearly, when he looks in her eyes he sees pain which triggers thoughts of his dad, losing his dad, the Problematic Boyfriend™ and what she's probably dealing with in that lonely, cold penthouse. He wishes he could better protect her and thats why seeing her is a trigger.

30% - For Jay, losing his mom. First and foremost. Her situation is the ache in his chest that he hides from the world and won't go away.

For Hope, anything happening to her parents. After the run away that was seen all over the Simblr evening news, she grew closer than she'd ever been to her parents, her dad especially. Her and Darren have a super special bond. He is superman to her. Losing her superman would cause irreparable damage.

[faces-in-unexpected-places]

Just walked by my boss’s office to see if she was still here because if she was gone, I was gonna dip out early and then she JUST HAPPENED TO OPEN HER DOOR AND ASKED IF I NEEDED SOMETHING ON THE WAY OUT because I was clearly looking at her door and I was just like “NOPE just walkin’ by your office all naturally for no reason” and she was like “you know Isaac if you need to leave early or have to travel, you can go, it’s Friday,” and I WAS LIKE “NOPE TOTALLY WASNT LOOKING TO LEAVE EARLY THANKS THO” AND THEN I WALKED AWAY?????

Why am I like this!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

She told me it was fine and I’m still like “nope I was an overachieving child and now that I’ve been caught trying to take a break and given VERBAL PERMISSION TO DO SO, I’m just going to guilt myself into staying”

FUCK ME THATS SO EMBARRASSING AND DUMB

[alyssalikestoreadbooks]

Tweet Cute - Emma Lord

"Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming ― mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger’s massive Twitter account.

Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper’s side. When he isn’t trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin’s shadow, he’s busy working in his family’s deli. His relationship with the business that holds his future might be love/hate, but when Big League Burger steals his grandma’s iconic grilled cheese recipe, he’ll do whatever it takes to take them down, one tweet at a time.

All’s fair in love and cheese ― that is, until Pepper and Jack’s spat turns into a viral Twitter war. Little do they know, while they’re publicly duking it out with snarky memes and retweet battles, they’re also falling for each other in real life ― on an anonymous chat app Jack built.

As their relationship deepens and their online shenanigans escalate ― people on the internet are shipping them?? ― their battle gets more and more personal, until even these two rivals can’t ignore they were destined for the most unexpected, awkward, all-the-feels romance that neither of them expected.

A fresh, irresistible rom-com from debut author Emma Lord about the chances we take, the paths life can lead us on, and how love can be found in the opposite place you expected."

Listen Date - July 2024

Length - 368 pages

Genre - Romance, Contemporary, Chick Lit

Rating - 8/10

Stars - ★★★★☆

Notes - The concept that the family has a popular Burger Resturant and runs a twitter account based off of it is actually really cool! I also like the idea of the anonymous texting app that reveals your identity the more you get to know the other person. That’s a cool way to get rivals invested in each other. Jack not liking the rich kids is a dynamic i’m interested in because of the power imbalance at play. Jack runs Weasel and it getting banned is the big start of the book.  The burger resturant stealing the grilled cheese idea is a good plot point to add onto weasel getting shut down, as well. It creates a lot of drama, which I love. Pepper having to deal with the shit storm of the social media fallout is tense and you can tell she doesn’t want to be involved, like, at all. I think its so funny that Barbz are mentioned in the book, and its so accurate to stan twitter. I like all the beef thats started with the company, and it’s sad that Pepper is the one who has to handle it. Pepper finding out who Bunny was was a really cool scene, and the backstory of how they originally met was cute. Their rivalry is so realistic and i like how it’s played out to where Pepper thinks she’s a bad person, when in reality she’s just human. Jack finding out that Pepper runs the BLB account was SUCH good drama coming to a climax. Jack not getting that Pepper IS BEING forced to tweet is such an annoying thing, because he just... doesnt get it!! but i do!! The relationship breaking between Pepper’s sister and her mom is the reason why she feels forced. Jack and Pepper quickly coming to a solution was SO NICE!! i LOVE how it’s not drawn out, and they easily decide to keep the feud going for business matters. It’s very smart, and it’s good manufactured fun. Jack stealing Peppers phone and locking her out of the account was such a bad action for such a good line of drama, but i feel this is a bit too far, even for me. I love the dynamic between Pooja and Pepper, and i think they compliment each other well. I think the solution was fixed a little too soon, and the characters come off just a little younger than they’re written as. Ethan and Jack having a sibling rivalry was something I wasn’t expecting, and i think it’s a really interesting thing to touch on when it comes to twins. Jack believes Ethan is better than him, and resents him for it. The So Sorry Blondies being on the baking page that Pepper send through weasel is SO INSANE!!! LIKE I CANT BELIEVE IT MADE A COMEBACK. i SO wasn’t expecting chekovs blondies. The reveal that Pepper’s rivalry with Pooja was one sided was cute and i think it’s a sweet way to bond their relationship. I think Pepper and Jack are so cute with their friendship and offer so much to the book that i dont get from other stories. theres something so authentic about those two. The fans running into Pepper and Jack and thinking theyre dating was so adorable and i generally just love this section of the book. The kiss between each other while talking about ship names is so fucking cute like im kicking and swinging my feet SO HARD!!!! I AM A PEPPERJACK SHIPPER. Pepper’s mom almost catching them kissing (but catching them together) was another shock i wasn’t expecting. Social media turning on Pepper and the photo of her throwing up getting posted is so mean. I can’t believe this is something ethan would do. Pepper find out that Jack is Wolf and blaming him for the photo is also realistic. She thinks he’s disappointed but he isn’t, and she doesn’t realize that. Pepper blurting out that he made it was so stupid. Jack talking honestly with his dad about what he wants to do with his life was sweet and i actually really liked that scene a lot. Veronica admitting she stole the recipe was very releasing for me. like yes girl!! finally! It was a sweet conversation between parent and child, and i love how it concludes with them going to Philly to talk to her sister. The ending being them all reading an article about an update on their love life was such a sweet idea for a “one year later” style chapter, and i generally just thought this was a really really cute book. I loved all the talks of social media, and i loved all the character dynamics. 

[blkkizzat]

Haiiii babes!!!! Hope u been well 😙

(Literally just came from rereading plug choso once again to keep it fresh in my brain hehe) istg i love him so bad but….nicki was right, trauma is the way. Him sharing that blunt with gouda bitch has me steaming every time smh. I would fuck cho infront of her but she dont deserve to see the dickk!

Venus in gemini and mars in aries HELP HSJKSKSK NO OKAY U and toji would be so good for each other 😭 yall can play games and he drag u back in so u dont get too bored hehe. My mars is in leo and my good friend studies astrology and she deadass do be saying thats the corruption kink placement hehe, plus i got some virgo in there too so my shit is obsesseddddd with corrupting purity whoops (and obsessive + possessive AF like i wanna be someone's first and their everything) which is so true cause i be fucking with ppl to make em obsessed with me and ion even want them jdksks. I js cant do virgin reader bc i have a SA trauma which sucks bc there are so many virgin reader fics and i gotta sit em out which is why i flock to shit like otaku!gojo where the man is a virgin like that heals me so much u have no idea lmao (even tho this pussy can squirt by itself, i would show virgin gojo all the tricks hehe) Yes ma'am i do fuck w astrology, and recently tarot a lil bit 👀 got me a lil reading and erthing hehe

Tbf i dont feel like u have a truly irredeemable character because they all have some sort of bg story (okay lets ignore reader from gf!choso literally killing a man bc DAMN when i say the dialogue you gave him had me stressing tf out, like i almost had an angry cry when he was airing out shit at the party. The bat scene from there was so iconic tho) like even plug choso, reader is a brat but i rlly feel like its bc shes an overachiever which i vibe w soooo hard. She's the definition of "honey u need to get some dick and RELAX" bc she trying to do it all and none of it is for herself. Im similar so i see her bratiness as a defense mechanism iykwim. Ngl the ending of pt 2 had me scared bc like i can dish it out, but i cant take it LMAOOOOOO like choso shared a blunt w some other bitch and i was already in tears istg he gon have to make that up to me smh. YESSSSSSS i love with the characters are still downbad for the reader even when she's a bitch like, thats the kinda ride or die i wantttt.

I feel u bc i cant do angst that effects the reader lol.

Guestprofessor yooooo i love that dynamic!!! I rarely read gojo (or geto too) bc i rarely find a version of him that doesnt turn his charisma into fuckboyness like it just aint for me, but w.e the girlies enjoy :p

Ohhh i do need to check out those websites even tho i have nowhere to go rip. I love me a gown but they almost never reach past my shins 💀 got that damn amazoness genetic smh

LMFAOOO ur so real for that. Tbh cho could be a virgin and id still talk to him like a two dollar hoe 😭

Sending u all the good vibes frrrrr its always fun chatting w u too kali babes 😚

🍒 anon

Awe you are so sweet reading it again. I hope I can get the next part out tonight for u, I’m getting 2 people to read so once they are done I will make changes and post. 

LMFAO im crying cause you are like the 3rd person who told me that part had them heated. But hehe funny you should mention fucking him in front of her…. *shhhh*

Yeah no I would need the games to keep me interested lmfao. Oooh corruption kink!  you know until Choso I never had one of those but I just want to ruin him dskhfkjhdkHSa. But relatable, sometimes you just flirt because you can LOL

Oh no, im so sorry to hear about your SA trauma. I completely understand. While I don’t necessarily have drama, I think another reason I lean towards bimbo!reader is I don’t like how society places a woman’s value on virginity. It’s a totally different thing that wanting to be someone’s first or even corrupting, cause im into those kinks too. I don’t like when it seems like the whole value of them is their virginity if it makes sense. 

I actually own a tarot deck too! But I haven’t studied it enough to do it on my own. I’ve had mine done by friends before though!

Lmfao yeah gf!choso reader is also a bit crazy, when I eventually do the p3 to that, it will go into more of how she doesn’t have bloodlust like choso, and actually wants him to slow down a bit so he doesn’t get caught (gf!choso finds himself not needing to kill as much bc he has reader as a stress release). But she doesn’t have qualms with blood or the fact he’s a serial killer lolol. She kinda slow lowkey lolol. Her mind: “killing is bad. But I love Choso and he loves me so Choso is good too.” I mean she joined his major cause she watched Dexter so she aint the brightest bulb. jhdfkhdskjfhsd. <3 Unlike plug!choso sorority bimbo tho, she is never ashamed of Choso and wants him to come to frat parties as her date (which he reluctantly goes to because he’s whipped and jealous as all hell). Ahhh I rambled about this too much lol

Oooh how tall are you if you don’t mind me asking? Im 5’7 and some of the gowns I got from there drag a bit so maybe you’d have more luck with them!

Mwahhmwahhh babes <3333

[ca-thaarsis]

24 hours of debate (+ speech). first tourney ever!! kinda proud, proved to myself im not as useless as i think i am. um i got 6th in spar (out of 68) lowkey sad ab that bc i kinda ate... idk i didnt think i was gonna get that far. imp semis lowk sad bc imp is my fav + i really enjoyed the quote topics!! i did 2- one ab how objectivity will always b clouded by our subjectivity (biases, upbringing, belief system) it was nice actually i really liked it i wish i had more cohesive ex tho and my 2nd fav was my proposed speech fair/oo (why we gotta color outside the lines - nuance b/w mural artists v graffiti artists, what if we go past societal boundaries, and positivity of staying w/in boundaries) another good 1 was responsibility n collective work (nuance b/w cooperation n collectivism [love u ms ****], why we must coop, what happens if we dont coop) overall, my imp needs work on cphesive examples and clarity in speech. decent tho. idk i messed up semis ugh. this is what i get for triple enetering. its fine ill win next tourney yk its not that bad. annnd ld octos!! super proud bc i beat AW and shes an advanced debater. i made my case frid and barely had evid so 5 win 3 loss is a very good track record. also speaker awards #15 woo. finally gonna get my trophoies. idk im just sad ab spar... LMAO in the morning i was gonna skip it. who knew i was gonna get to finals?? first torueny as well i did good. plus every1 was so nice!! i made some new friends n im super happy ab that. idk good first time. lil disappointed but thats just the overachiever in me. im happy, i didnt think i was gonna break all 3 events. triple entering was crazy. i can say- i did triple my knowledge so nice!! la reina '23 wasa dub :)