#and the aunts just have this. HOW?? Look

[bodiesinourcellar]

i like that they show a picture of a young jonathan in the movie like ok? thanks. look at his little outfit.

[s0fter-sin]

still thinking about gaz doing ghost’s skincare

even when they’re on base and the worst of the all-encompassing exhaustion is held at bay, he knows ghost doesn’t have the energy to spare to do any kind of in depth routine; knows as much as it makes him feel good to feel soft and clean and cared for, he won’t be able to keep up with it by himself

gaz just didn't expect how good it would feel to do it for him

how accomplished he'd feel when he figured out the right combination of products to soothe ghost's sensitive neglected skin without him breaking out or getting even more dehydrated, the best moisturiser for his scars, researching no-wash products so he doesn't have to get up once they've started; all ghost has to do is lay back and let gaz work

it's an honour, not only to be trusted enough with ghost's - with simon's - face but also to watch him lose every ounce of tension in his body

they usually - and how amazing that they have a usual, that this has become a routine - end up with ghost's head in his lap, a soft pillow beneath his head so he can just rest. it's not uncommon for him to fall asleep entirely as gaz follows his steps

bottles of cleansers and serums and moisturisers all bought just for him, each one dutifully researched with ghost's skin type in mind, all stored in a black leather bag moulded into a skull bc gaz found it browsing one day and thought it was too perfect. ghost doesn't even know what they all do, just knows how blissful it is to feel the gentle pressure of gaz's fingers massaging his face; following the contours of scars that haven't pulled or flared since they started doing this

gaz never tells him about the rollers he could use instead, the applicators that are technically better for his skin bc it would mean he'd know that gaz uses his hands just for him; that he can feel how much he craves his touch and knows he enjoys it just as much, if not more than the actual results

gaz just tells him that a thorough massage after everything is applied is necessary for all the products to marry up and sink properly into his skin and spends the next half hour smiling down at his superior as he lets go of all his pain and trusts him to keep him afloat

[fallout-fucker]

Sole Survivor Headcanon

Kind of OC based but it's also vague (Although Minutemen leaning) so like. If your Sole wasn't a soldier or lawyer. Or anything. Just a skill-less bastard. You might like this. Enjoy.

Sole being trusted by so many factions just for breathing is so funny actually. Like they deadass crawl out of a cave, freshly traumatised, and told they're a General? Because they helped someone? Cool, yeah, sure, uh-huh. That's a great amount of pressure to handle on top of their circumstances.

I like to think that everyone also assumes they're insanely clever. It's not that Sole isn't, per se, but everyone treats them like a genius. A prodigy. People have told Sole they understand why Preston trusted them so much because the Commonwealth 'needs their level of knowledge and intelligence to get better'. To which Sole is always bewildered, because their 'extensive level of knowledge' is just. High school level. Basic science lessons.

They know about evolution and stem cells and stuff. They know how disease and antibodies work. They're praised for changing people's opinions on vaccination when, with the help of Curie, they start a campaign to bring back vaccines. Their goal was to fight the viruses that had been brought back from near extinction from 200+ years of no healthcare system, no scientists and doctors to cure them. A tilt back in the direction of accessible Pre-War healthcare.

Sole knows history. They know what to watch out for, how to spot tension between factions. They know how to avoid more war, lessons learned from textbooks and late nights with post-it notes. They know how to piece together a scale and pin point the tipping point to stop it before shit goes down because they did a project about it on a WW1 assignment. The Great War. The irony is not lost on Sole when they contemplate that name for too long.

They're decent at Maths. Decent enough to make sure the caps and donations to the Minutemen are being put to good use. To make sure the book keeping is up to code and every cap is accounted for, and what it should be put towards. Like trying to bring back vaccines from 200 years ago. Negotiating with Vault 81 to let Curie use the old lab there goes way more smoothly when they've got the caps to make a worthy case for the cause.

Sole knows why people assume their mind is unmatched, though. In a way it is, sort of, they suppose. Since education is rare in the Post-War world, and even then it's not at the level it was Pre-War, Sole just seems smart. Everyone thinks they are.

Sole never knows how to handle it.

Are they complicit for letting people believe they're a genius? Should they keep up the charade so people listen to them? The thought keeps them up at night. Preston laughs at them for it.

MacCready reminds them of the many times they looked like a dumbass in every other circumstance where they lacked knowledge. 210 years of missing out on General Wolrd Stuff will do that to ya. It's not necessarily their fault, but he still likes to drag them for the time they got food poisoning because they didn't realise some of the new plants had to be cooked before consumption.

Every time someone acts in awe of Sole's intelligence, MacCready snickers because he was there in the early days. Sole had hired him to watch their back. Soon enough he became their mentor on how to shoot a gun properly. How to maintain it. What to eat, what not to eat, what to definetly not eat. How to make sure mole rat meat is 100% cooked. How to safely remove as much radiation as possible from water and food when you have only basic supplies. He would never think Sole is stupid. They know a lot compared to most people, but learning how to survive and knowing how to count are very different types of knowledge. No, he'd never think they're stupid. But he definetly humbles them, which Sole is actually happy about. He still affectionately calls them an idiot and reminds them of the time they tripped over their own laces, alerting the radstag they were hunting of their presence. And the food poisoning thing. And the incident with the bucket. And when they almost touched a deadly plant because they thought it would look nice in a vase they found.

Thing is, Preston taught them basics of how to shoot and fight before they left Sanctuary. MacCready picked up the workload when he met Sole and realised they'd likely get them both killed if he didn't. Cait showed them hand to hand combat and lockpicking. Everyone at some point taught Sole something. So Sole goes red from embarrassment when being complimented on their mind, because they know they're gonna get an earful from their friends later. Affectionately bullied. You know Deacon has some blackmail level information from the months he followed them. They all sit at Sole's kitchen counter and share stories of Sole's embarrassing misadventures over breakfast. That's just what a family does.

[softdedue]

GUESS WHOS A MARRIED MAN

[bucephaly]

I think i need to add a section in the reconnecting masterpost about like 'to reconnect you absolutely need to learn to shut up, sit down, and listen without feeling to need to talk and take'

So many people come into the groups like 'I'm new here and I just found my ancestry and My Ancestors are calling me to learn ceremony and I need an elder to teach me!!' Like oh my god shut up, you really need to just. Observe and learn for the first few months at Least before you even consider opening your mouth

[jellyjamheadobb]

[gxlden-angels]

I hope it isn't obvious how much my eyes glaze over whenever a family member makes a normal conversation about Jesus

[albonium]

wild to me that it takes hours for people in the usa to vote. it's never taken me more than 10 minutes and that's including the inevitable chit chat with the people there because they're either my parents' neighbours or the parents of people i went to school with.

[godblooded]

the way i have no one to grieve with and it’s fucking killing me slowly.

[arundolyn]

ohhhh my fucking god nobody needs to like know any of this medical tmi but it is literally 11 pm and if im kept up one minute longer when i just laid down trying to go to sleep by my mother YELLING REPEATEDLY that she needs to pee. im going to actually go insane. she got a catheter in. Yesterday. it is working. she won't listen to anyone when they tell her that this is the case. help me jesus. im sure if a nurse comes to check on her tomorrow they'll probably get the same response. my brain will simply explode

[viperwhispered]

Aunt Nerine & the Briar Valley Incident

Okay, so. I think I'm kinda set on what happened with the whole "not allowed to visit Briar Valley" bit.

I mean I've had a vague idea ever since whatever, just couldn't decide on the exact details / people involved.

But, to set the scene:

Aunt Nerine is (was?) a princess of another fae realm. Not in direct line of succession, but close enough to be considered important and to hold the title.

(Malleus talked about the small fairies hailing from Faeland in Fairy Gala, and I'm under the impression that Briar Valley is not the only realm / country for the fae in general. Of course, feel free to drop some correcting lore my way if I'm mistaken.)

(Also where said realm is or what it'd be called? Idk, I'll figure it out at some point - unless something has happened to the place since. Anyway.)

And, being a princess and a member of the extended royal family, back in the day, Nerine would sometimes visit Briar Valley, and in general would have interactions with the royal family there.

Including one Maleanor Draconia.

And, like... Stubborn and arrogant as Maleanor may be, there's just something fetching about that princess, you know?

So Nerine gets a bit of a crush.

Maybe not even just a bit.

(Idk the exact extent of it myself yet, since I'm not sure either how much they would've interacted and just how young they would've been, relatively speaking, when things happened. But anyway, the feelings are there.)

Alas, Nerine’s signature spell, which lets her detect affectionate feelings between people, doesn’t work in relation to herself.

So, even when she cast it on Maleanor / in Maleanor's presence, Nerine still didn’t know if her feelings were reciprocated or not.

However. she did find some unexpressed feelings in the Maleanor, Raverne (and perhaps Lilia) tangle, and nudged them to light.

In a... less than subtle way.

Maleanor Draconia, of course, was not the sort of person to exactly appreciate the fact that spells with compulsion/control elements were cast on her. Not one bit.

So, it was only Nerine’s significant position within another realm (and the involvement of Raverne & Lilia) that led to her only being expelled from Briar Valley - rather than her being smitten to dust by a very angry dragon.

It still made for quite the international incident between the two nations, but not quite as bad as it could've been, had Maleanor retaliated unchecked.

For more information on aunt Nerine, here's the masterlist

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[britneyshakespeare]

I have to be so honest and vulnerable with you for a second. I keep thinking of getting another complete works of Shakespeare

[thewingedwolf]

when i say “my parents” i’m usually talking about my mom and stepdad. this does not mean i like my stepdad or respect him as a parent. on the contrary i would say he sucks as much as my father but in the complete opposite way. i simply respect my stepfather’s right to be a bad dad. if my actual father can be shit from a butt and still call himself a father, the idiot who actually raised me deserves to claim me too.

[huginsmemory]

Where's that one Ford art post thats like I'm in the best years of my life clutching a hot pink thermos thingy with hot gurl juice when he's clearly not. cause damn . Yeah

[lunadademonsartfrfr14]

You close my eyes and hug me close. You do not hurt me like a mother.

[luc-not-skywalker]

Season 4 is so funny because there's all this shit going on and Jack's biggest issues are appendicitis and having to be in a long-distance relationship with Sayid

The best part of the season however is James being Claire and Hugo's big brother