#about; || aspen;

[archive-double-knots]

brain decided to remind me that aspen exists. so now im thinking about her.

specifically: I'm thinking about her clawing at the trunk around her waist, fingernails prying at the wood until splinters are stuck in her skin, blood beginning to oxidize around her edges, scratches mark the entire trunk, there's no bark left until you get to where she can't reach--the tops of the trunk dig into her stomach, and if she leans too far one way she begins to bruise, and the rough edges will even puncture through her shirt and into her skin. she can't feel her legs, and she's not even sure if she has them anymore. the entire clearing around her is void of sound, not even bird songs are heard, and at night it's dark, unnaturally so, the stars are the only light and even they seem dim in comparison.

Some days, Aspen's throat goes raw from her screaming into the woods; but she's not even sure if she could be heard from the center of the clearing. she coughs up blood from how much she screams some days. Other times she's silent, so silent and motionless that one could mistake her for a scarecrow. Then without warning, she'll flail in a desperate attempt to free herself, only ending with more blood, more bruises, and her chest heaving as her lungs burn.

There is no escape, and she receives so little visitors, it's not surprising she tries to grab onto anyone who gets close enough. the few creatures that do come through the clearing regularly stay far enough away from her that she can't hold them, they avoid her eyes, and they won't even look at her. They know better. They know the consequences for doing so. But that doesn't make it any easier on Aspen.

She knows the only way out of her prison is to burn it. But no matter how much she tries, she feels his eyes, she hears the singing, and it taunts her. On the rare occasion she'll see the light through the far off trees and she screams, thrashes, but it never gets closer. The clearing never changes. Nothing ever changes here.

[gazbusters]

husband!gaz with his beloved pregnant!wife <3 – lowercase intentional

– ♡ –

⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹ he is absolutely ecstatic when you announce to him that you're pregnant, picking you up and spinning you around

⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹ now he's been pampering you before, but now? princess treatment to the MAX.

⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹ doesn't really care about a gender reveal, he loves you guys' kid no matter the gender they turn out to be, but you insist on at least baking a few muffins or a small cake with colored filling!

⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹ once you do do a reveal it was just you two during a cute little picnic! he takes a bite of whatever baked goods you made and the filling is… green? of course he comforts you when you start crying :(

"oh hun, I'm so happy we're having a little Shrek baby, don't cry…"

– ♡ –

⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹ once you're in your third trimester you suggest doing that trend where you strap a big watermelon to his stomach, giving him a taste of what you feel day by day … he gave up after three hours

⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹ safe to say that he won't let you do a single thing anymore until it's time for labor – househusband mode activated

⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹ trash? taken out. dishes? done. hungry? takeout. want something home-cooked? just say the word. laundry? done. you crave chips/chocolate/ice cream but you just ran out?

"go rest on the couch, luv. here's the remote, I'll be back in 10."

[just-a-lil-theatre-guy]

[ TJ hasn’t left the house in weeks. Ever since that vision, she had been in her bed, clutching her scar or just staring at herself in the mirror. They were traumatized and scared of ever leaving the house again. She cried most of the time. Sometimes she called out for her father or mother, but they knew that her parents wouldn’t come. TJ hears a knock at the door. ]

@achildwithnoname

Um, hi Aspen says awkwardly. They hadn’t seen TJ in a bit, and since she was one of the closest things Aspen had to a friend, they figured they should check up on them

[biteofcherry]

"We shouldn't-" your voice wavered as Chris unzipped your denim shorts and pushed them down.

You already felt exposed in what he insisted you wear, but now he was depriving you even of the scraps that barely covered your body.

"We're undercover and- and-" you tried to reason with him, but your brain seemed unable to follow the reasonable thinking.

Definitely not with Chris getting down on his knees, kissing his way down your body as he did.

His breath was hot on your skin; big, calloused hands rough on your trembling body.

You braced your hands against the rickety bathroom counter, gaze flicking up to the door which Chris purposely left unlocked.

"Exactly," came his reply, voice dark and sweet as honeyed whiskey. "They should believe you're my good little slut. And in their eyes this is what sweet pieces are for."

He pulled your panties down and hoisted one of your legs over his shoulder.

"They get licked into a drippy mess in a cramped bathroom at a gang's house and then pumped full of cum."

His nostrils flared as Chris leaned to your already damp heat. You saw a smirk forming on his lips as he looked up at you, a dark gleam of satisfaction in his steely-blue eyes.

"So make sure they hear you moan, baby. And keep begging like a needy slut I know you are for me."

[aspenaspenaspenaspenaspen]

Only my friends can call me Aspen

If I dislike you then you’ll have to painstakingly write out all 5x aspens in my username when you refer to me

[whumpy-wyrms]

i just love the concept of an immortal human whumpee being kept captive by a vampire whumper. the whumper can take however much blood they want and the whumpee will never die.

[lamp-shading]

idrc what your personal stances on plurality is as long as youre respectful and not hateful/harassing others but you cant go on saying some shit abt this towards endogenic and mixed origin systems. Like you really cant claim youre all for mental health advocacy and call people "schizos" for having experiences you dont agree with (even though theres definite proof of their existances being real. look into astraea's web and lived experiences of non disordered plurals in early 2000's spaces i beg of you this isnt a new concept.)

Also before yall get on my ass yes I know in aspen's description they say theyre schizophrenic but by calling others schizo in a derogatory and insulting way you are being so fucking ableist. Just cus you are schizospec doesnt mean you can throw around these fucking words towards others. I hate involving in syscourse but theres no way in HELL you should be getting away with this.

again, idrc what your stances are as long as youre being respectful, anyone can interact with this post but just know that if you say this ableist shit (calling endogenics schizo, delusional, etc) to justify your stances, congratulations, you fucking suck!

[lynzishell]

The Present 🤍 San Myshuno

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Transcript below the cut:

Phoenix: [whispers] G’night Annie. Love you.

Phoenix: She’s finally asleep. Dawn: Oh good. Phoenix: You wanna watch a movie or something? Dawn: Um… no. Not tonight.

Phoenix: What’s on your mind? You seem down. Dawn: I need to tell you something. Phoenix: Okay. Dawn: You remember the letter, the one from your dad?

Phoenix: The one you said you shredded? Dawn: [nods] Yeah, I didn’t do that. I kept it in case you changed your mind. Phoenix: I’d be lying if I said I was surprised. But I haven’t changed my mind, and I’m not going to. Dawn: Why?

Phoenix: You know why. Dawn: I guess I just don’t understand. I really think you should at least read it. See what he has to say. Phoenix: It doesn’t matter what he has to say, Dawn. He’s never been a father to me. He doesn’t get insert himself into my life and start now. Dawn: I know, but… Look, if you read it and still choose to throw it out and never contact him, then that’s fine. I’ll never bring it up again. But at least you’ll be making that decision with all of the information.

Phoenix: You read it. Dawn: Yeah. I did. Phoenix: I suppose that shouldn’t surprise me either. So, what does it say then? Clearly there’s something in there that you think is important, so what is it?

Dawn: Well, I- I think you should just read it. I think it’s better coming from him.  Phoenix: That’s bullshit. I don’t care about him or anything he has to say. But I care about you, and I want to know what has you all twisted up. So, tell me. Dawn: … Phoenix: Dawn? Dawn: Fine. He’s nine years sober, he lives out west, and he has an eight-year-old son… You have a brother.

Phoenix: … Dawn: Do you— Phoenix: How long have you known this? Dawn: … Phoenix: Right. You’ve kept this from me this whole time? Dawn: I’m so sorry. It wasn’t my intention to keep it secret. I just thought you needed time, so that’s what I told him, and then life just got so busy and before I knew it weeks and months were going by, and I—

Phoenix: W-wait. Back up. Told who? Dawn: What? Phoenix: You told him I needed time. Who’s “him”?

Dawn: I said that? Phoenix: Mhm. Dawn: Okay, look, I just sent him a short email and told him that we got his letter, that you didn’t want to speak to him, but I thought maybe you just needed some time.

Phoenix: … Dawn: …

Dawn: Phoenix? Phoenix: …

Dawn: [walks over to him] Please talk to me. I know you’re angry, but— Phoenix: Angry? That’s a fucking understatement.

Dawn: I’m so—

Phoenix: I have been very fucking clear how I feel about this, about him! And yet you went behind my back and contacted him?! I can’t even wrap my head around that! What the hell would possess you to do that? I ask you to destroy the letter, and you do this?! And you keep secrets from me?! I— You knew I had a brother and yet, every day, EVERY FUCKING DAY, you looked me in the eye, and you said nothing! For months! What the fuck, Dawn?! WHAT THE FUCK?!

Dawn: [reaches out to him] Phoenix, please calm do— Phoenix: Do not fucking touch me right now!! Dawn: [flinches away]

Phoenix: Shit. I’m sorry. [deep breath] I’m gonna go for a run. Dawn: What? Now? Phoenix: I can’t be here. Dawn: Please don’t go. Phoenix: I’ll be back. I just… I need to think.

[ffiahh]

FLEETING MOMENTS

praise:

/preɪz/

express warm approval or admiration of.

palestine

"COME ON, YOU CAN TAKE MORE OF ME, HM?" She teased, jutting her hips forward ever so slightly, enjoying the way your mouth widened and your throat expand for her cock. It was a little uncomfortable, your knees dug too far in the pillow and now they were pressing uncomfortably in the carpet, and your jaw was stiffening, there was spit running down your chin, and onto your knees; maybe sinking into your carpet as well, but it didn’t matter, did it? Not with her dark gaze running along your quivering form, and her strong fingers hooking onto your chin. Her grip was bruising, no, really; you caught a glimpse of your fucked out face, and flushed out cheeks in the mirror behind her; your dazed eyes could just make out the red imprints of her thumb and fingers.

You could feel the slow slither of her thumb sneaking past your wet, open lips and settling heavily into the curve of your tongue, far enough to reach the back of your mouth. All you could do was be good and take it.

“Good job.”

[sirfetchd]

rose and aspen's first meeting (new version)

[thatdisasterauthor]

New year, new branding!

Well folks, here we go! Big announcement time! After a lot of thinking over the last year about myself and my art and writing and where I want to go with everything, I have decided to stop operating under just my name and rebrand everything under a shiny new umbrella! The name Aspen & Copper is inspired by my favorite trees and the place I grew up, which has copper in the name. And, as you can see, it's a very outdoorsy theme with topography and mountains and camping and such. I'm stupidly in love with it, honestly.

As for WHY this is happening, I needed a more clear dividing line between who I am and what I do, and operating under just my name wasn't allowing me to do that. But a big rebrand like this is no easy undertaking! It is, in fact, still in progress and probably will be for awhile yet given how busy I am. But the new website is officially done, and that was one of the biggest pieces. If you have time, please go poke around the new site. I'm quite proud of it!

What this means for YOU, my lovely subscribers and fans, is the following:

My books will still be by Katy L. Wood, but they'll be under the umbrella of Aspen & Copper.

I'm in the process of switching most of my socials over to Aspen & Copper. (More info on Tumblr specifically here in a sec.)

I'm retiring my old email address and switching over to Hello@AspenAndCopper.com, so if you want to reach out to me about projects or anything else, that's the spot to do it! The old email still works, but if you reach out to that one you'll be redirected to the new one.

The www.Katy-L-Wood.com URL will now redirect to www.AspenAndCopper.com.

That's about it! All my projects are still going ahead as normal, just with this lovely little new brand leading the way.

What this means for tumblr specifically:

This blog isn't going anywhere! But I do have a new blog, @aspenandcopper, (which isn't fully set up yet, shhhh...) which will eventually JUST be my art and writing so there's a (somewhat) cleaner way to navigate all that stuff just on Tumblr itself.

Also, I am toying with changing the name of this blog at some point, but I haven't found anything I like enough yet so for now it shall stay my name. Don't worry, if I change it I'll make sure to make the change very clear to everyone!

Newsletter:

I swear I'm going to get better about sending out my newsletter. 😭 To make it more fun for anyone who signs up, I'll be including an exclusive look at new art and writing stuff in each one! The most recent one had a sneak peak of a little doodle of Royal and Shiloh that I'm cleaning up and finishing, and a piece with Dustin and Vivian I've been working on for awhile! Plus a fun snippet from my book, Camp Daze, which is (finally) launching on Kickstarter very, very soon!

You can sign up for the newsletter super easy on my website.

Speaking of Kickstarter

Like I said above, Camp Daze is FINALLY launching soon, so be sure to sign up to be notified about the launch. More info about that coming soon.

[gazbusters]

Himbo!Soap who is so smitten by how smart his partner is, always admiring them as they talk about their work/degree/college assignment

Himbo!Soap who secretly starts reading into some of the stuff they know so so much about, wanting to be able to ask question just so he can see the way their face lights up and hear the enthusiasm in their voice

Himbo!Soap who won't hesitate to show off his partner and their intelligence whereever the pair goes, praising them and loving how flustered they become

Himbo!Soap who coos at his partner as they lay in his arms late at night, telling them how pretty they look all fucked stupid by his cock

Himbo!Soap who pushes the mixed juices of him and his partner back into their hole, telling them to be careful or else their precious brain will leak out<3

[rheakira]

So, anymore info on Robin?

Because I love that version of the kindness soul so much

I'm so extremely glad to talk more about my kid.

Have some arts of my baby. (I'm always happy to draw her. 💕)

Robin actually had their own adventure through the Underground! It was short lived unfortunately (like all souls), but they had managed to survive quite a while from making friends Underground.

She was very lucky to be picked up by a monster she met in Snowdin, a big tough monster man named Aspen who was rough around the edges and pretty introverted, but couldn't bare to see a human kid all alone in a kingdom where humans come to die.

They bonded because Robin had a natural empathetic heart and couldn't possibly fight their way through the Underground alone. It reminded him of someone he once lost, and as a result, he felt the need to redeem himself by seeing to it that they survived as long as possible. Aspen became an older brother figure for Robin! ✨

Aside from Aspen though, Robin had come across plenty of monsters who appreciated meeting such a kind and gentle human after centuries of being told they're heartless and dangerous. Her time there was brief, but she had some lasting impacts on some of the folks that lived there.

Honestly, the next time you go to Grillby's and you see a specialty burger called the "Robin Special", you can guess where the name came from now and who assisted on the recipe. 💚

[visemes]

victusinveritas, tumblr // time to orbit: unknown, chapter 119 - sight // nazrigar, tumblr // sanborn western camps // ttou, chapter 53 - autonomy // martianlukeart, tumblr // ojibwa, tumblr // ttou, chapter 18 - crew // rainer maria rilke, the book of images // victusinveritas, tumblr // ttou, chapter 6 - recovery // the epic of gilgamesh, herbert mason translation // ttou, chapter 18 - crew

aspen greaves - what's in a name

time to orbit: unknown by derin edala

[shkika]

btw it did get worse. im insane over that stupid bug

dont worry i am too

[whumpy-wyrms]

doodles of the brc guys PLUS a new guy!!! he’s a werewolf and his name is Harley! far into the future of the series (don’t read if you don’t want spoilers), he helps Aspen escape and eventually turns him into a werewolf and rescues him. Harley and his pack take Aspen in and care for him, and they have a little wolf den where they all snuggle up together and it’s so warm and cozy. Aspen’s one of them now and he couldn’t be happier. He finally has a place where he feels like he belongs and he gets to turn into a wolf and it’s the most free he’s ever been and will be for the rest of his life!!! i love these guys so much