#am I crazy? possibly

[katytheinspiredworkaholic]

Dual Correspondence

Pairing: HotchReid

Summary: Sequel to Correspondence, picking up where we left off. Spencer has moved in with Aaron and Jack, and everything is perfect. Until it’s not. But then it is again. And up and down they go, on a rollercoaster filled with every twist and turn that life can throw at them. Navigating such obstacles isn’t easy, or fair, with difficult foes and situations that test everything they are and dream to be together. But the thing about trying to be with someone you love through it all, is that sooner or later you realize the hard times don’t have to be conquered alone. 

Important Tags: established relationship, timeframe around season 8-9, self beta'd, shameless use of ‘The Five Love Languages’ as a theme, relationship problems and solutions, exploration of family dynamics, angst, fluff, sex, peril, swoon-worthy life events. (Do I have to say it? You all knew it was coming.)

CW: prominent age difference, probably some cursing let’s be honest, show-typical violence and psychopathology, sharps and guns at some point, discussions of relationships that get pretty deep and personal, talks of PTSD, mental illness (specifically Spencer’s mom), death (Haley’s) and mourning, personal boundaries (physical, emotional, and sexual), some miscommunication in places. But also mentions of marriage, adoption, families and all the shapes and sizes they come in. Finally, sexy times: explicit sexual content in certain chapters. More/specific CW/TW will be added as the story is written.

Posting Date: 04/01/2023 (updates every 1st of the month)

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Part 01 (Found Family vibes)

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[manguopudding]

i think they should have all worn dresses :( what a missed opportunity TCH

[twinstxrs]

so much happened in this whole episode but i’m still on fig infiltrating ruben’s dream, making it look like the place where his friend was murdered, and then disguising herself as kipperlilly & repeatedly saying different variants of “somebody needs to take the fall for this, and it’s not going to be me. it’s going to be you.” while adaine as the elven oracle shows up next to her. can you imagine waking up from that, the idea of a horrible truth being pinned on you by your friend to save her own skin while the personification of fate and destiny stands there, almost as a promise that this is GOING to happen to you. we don’t even know if this kid is guilty. my god.

[rosykims]

so i think solas's lyrium dagger is the same "blade that would end the war" from merrill's fen'harel story in da2 btw

and sam winchester voice get this. we know the dagger was extracted from da2's red lyrium idol right. and likely purified during the ritual discussed in tevinter nights. which is interesting because "a glowing blue blade that has the capacity to resist or possibly even cure the blight"?? sounded incredibly familiar to me :) so with that i would like to also point out the similarities btwn solas's dagger and the sword maric theirin found in the deep roads from david gaider's 2009 tie-in novel the calling. lol

also worth noting that he and fiona banged shortly after he found this sword, and later, after the birth of alistair, she found out she had been effectively cured of the taint and had somehow reversed the calling. the only grey warden ever recorded to have done so.

[sallymew4]

EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOURE DOING RIGHT FUCKING NOW

EVERYBODY SHUT UP IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[toqiuh]

His Worst Nightmare

[wireveined]

hmmm

[hellonerf]

i was so distracted by goring ame on his birthday that i almost didnt notice ame being a cutiepie in the new chapter! i would pinch his cheeks... i want to crush his face. black triangle was so super cute here

[eddiewithcat]

losing my mind actually just a little bit

THE WORDING IS SOOO… “instead of revealing that he is also in deeply in love…” WHEN THEY COULD’VE SAID SOMETHING LIKE “instead of charles saying” BUT …. revealing? such! a choice!

“…would not make sense for charles’ character” oh so basically you are telling us that he does in fact feel these strong feelings for his best friend but he is going to push it down, and act like they don’t exist and slap on a fake smile to really bring it home? like what he has been doing for everything else in his (non) life?

okay! okay yea! so cool! totally normal and calm about that!!!!

just wanted to add the second screenshot because i am also very curious on how the heck this confession will leave their friendship as time goes on…. hoping for the angsty route but i will take anything!

[podargus-strigoides]

thinking about the fact that my current favourite characters are

Space Managers Who Like to Work Out. And Have Moderate to Severe Decision Paralysis of Sorts.

they are having a work break at some sort of space station. curly is talking about one time where he got a very bad sprain at the gym one time. he's drinking chalkboard protein shake. talita is eating bugs. all is well

[dumbfaec]

You ever have a core memory of something that has stuck in your subconscious?

There was this FHFIF x Alice of Human Sacrifice AMV I watched on youtube back in 2009 and has long since been deleted. This is a sort of recreation I did so I can prove to myself I'm not crazy.

Anyone else seen this video?

[polar534]

I've been thinking about what after means for my Rook and Neve. Writing it out as an exercise more than anything. Then I remembered that before there was an after, there were two weeks of hell. Those two weeks sticking with Neve on some of her darkest nights even when after seems to finally stick.

Because of course there are nights where Rook is out late. That Neve's normal exhaustion from the cases she works during the day finally hits her shoulders. The weight of the never-ending work she puts in with the remaining members of the Veilguard to try and patch up the world left behind finally catching up to her. She passes out at her desk, not remembering where Rook said she'd be. She wakes to find herself alone...

And suddenly Neve is thrown right back to those two weeks of waiting in the Lighthouse. To the quiet aftermath of Tearstone Island.

Thrown back to the days with Emmrich consulting her on ways to narrow the search, his hair an absolute mess. Blood hastily wiped across his face, his cheek cut from the shaking of his hand as his razor reminds him just how uncertain he really is. Books tossed and piled high in his office, all dead ends. She hears Taash's rage, throwing furniture that always seemed to mend itself back together. Hears them roaring into the night, trying to get their voice to carry far enough for Rook to hear. To just find them already. Remembers Lucanis locking himself in his room, his eyes bloodshot from wrestling control between him and Spite. Both unable to do anything but wait. Both blaming themselves. His questions seem to echo her own. Why had Rook called out to him before she disappeared? He was right behind her. He was the closest. Why didn't he catch her before she fell?

She's brought back to Harding's quiet sobbing hiccups and the scout swiftly drying her eyes when she saw Neve approaching. Inexplicably trying to hold it together all for her sake. Even as reports came in from all over Northern Thedas. As the news breaks of the world to the South falling to the blight. The deafening silence coming out of Minrathous, from Dock Town, somehow echoing even louder than the world's cries for help.

She's brought back to the times she was asked to enter Bellara's room to find something. Maybe an artifact that Bel had been tinkering with would help. Of course Neve would find it, she understood Bel's system better than anyone else. Nevermind the fact that her hands shook as she picked it up. That the entire room felt wrong, and her stomach flipped to stand within it.

That unease never leaves her, even as her eyes are unable to look up at the decaying nest of feathers and fur that Assan had left behind in his favorite spot. Closing her eyes only makes her see Davrin. Makes her think of just how much she would give to hear his confidence one last time. To see the determination he carried in his shoulders with everything he did, inspiring the rest of them to keep going.

His never-ending faith in Rook.

The Grey Warden's oaths her uncle taught her echo in her head.

In death, sacrifice.

She's brought back to the nights where she shakily entered Rook's room, taking care to make sure no one else would see. Neve isn't one to hope for anything, she's played that game and lost too many times. But maybe, maybe she'd catch the world off-guard. That this nightmare would come to it's end and she'd walk in to see Rook, passed out on the couch in her room, snoring loudly enough to cause an echo down the hallway.

Telling herself she knew better when the room is empty, letting the door shut behind her and ignoring the frost gathering on the glass, preventing her from seeing the water beyond...

[percijester]

NINJAGO FANS!!!! VOTE FOR ZANE IN THE AUTISM SWAG TOURNAMENT!!!!! AND MY LIFE!!!! IS YOURSSSS!!!!

ITS @autismswagsummit !!! (i realize now i shouldve linked it earlier oops..)

[jackietaylorsghost]

YELLOWJACKETS (2021)

[phoannix]

“CHONKY BOI”

so fucking real ford <33

[c0rl3on1s]

do we know the month reggie went into the cave or when he got his dark mark?????

IF NOT WHAT IF IT IS A DAY IN AUGUST BECAUSE HEAR ME OUT REGULUS’ STAR CANT BE SEEN DURING AUGUST(not visible 22-24 and difficult to see because of the close proximity to the sun) BECAUSE ITS TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN AND HEAR ME OUT WHAT IF ITS LIKE JAMES TRYING TO PROTECT REGULUS FROM EITHER GETTING THE DARK MARK OR GOING INTO THE CAVE!!

HAPPY STARCHASER/SUNSEEKER/JEGULUS DAY TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE!!!!

edit: so according to google ai overview he died april 13 soooo idk what to think anymore