#and the heavens open up--

[slashingdisneypasta]

Imagine

You're walking home, or to work or school, or wherever- and you get caught in the rain. It starts to downpour. Like, big fat droplets of Gaia tears; Thick 'my son-husband has secretly hidden children within me causing a terrible migraine so welp; here baby Cronus, take this flint sickle and castrate brother-daddy' kinda rain. I'll stop with the Greek Mythology now, I'm sure you get it. Heavy rain.

You're getting soaked despite whatever you're using to protect your skin from it all (A binder, a bag, your jacket, a hat,.. an umbrella perhaps), your nose is cold, and you can barely see 10 feet in front of you apart from any street lights around, when-

A car pulls up directly next to you. You have the horrible panicked moment of 'am i going to be kidnapped today', before you recognise the car and the side door is thrown open in front of you.

Your F/O gestures and/or calls for you to get in. They knew you would be out at this time (They're familiar with your basic schedule ^^), saw the downpour and thought immediately 'Oh shit wait, Y/N's out in this'- and came right over to get you out of it.

What's their car like? Is it sleek and well taken car of? Is it a regular old thing? Does it look like its gonna break down any time now?

Do they have a blanket for you to throw over your legs? Or do they throw you their coat??~~~

Do they enforce seat belts? Are they gonna refuse to go if you just pull the blanket over your shoulders and 'forget' (Or genuinely forget) to buckle up or will they lean over and buckle you themselves?

Are they taking you to your destination or are they taking you to their house because you need a hot shower and to get warm or you're gonna catch a cold? Are they kind about it or bossy? XD

Will they stop by a drive thru to get you something to eat and/or drink? Maybe something lovely and hot?? Or are you two the crazy people who eat ice cream when its cold 'cuz it wont melt'?

Possibly most importantly; Is their any chance that your F/O would kick you back out into the rain for any reason? XD

[oncamelliastreet]

how it feels when i find a byler fic with multiple parts and is over 100k words and it has a rare trope that nobody else seems to like that much in it and it’s ongoing and the latest work was updated 3 days ago:

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

*grabs the Vanguard Vaggie idea and scuttles back under her goblin rug*

OKAY BUT

Imagine, like after they retreat back to heaven, the other exorcists...start talking. They start talking *behind Lute's back*.

At first it's pain and bitterness and betrayal at Vaggie fighting them. 'How could she do this? How could she hurt us?!'

Then, maybe during some hit and run nonsense that Lute has them doing, the conversation shifts. They start noticing that Vaggie doesnt go for the kill unless she has to. Doesn't maim. She always gives them the chance to run, to go home... And they start talking. They talk about those better times with the Vanguard. They wonder aloud why she fights for hell. And maybe, just maybe, they talk about how they miss her. They miss Vaggie. They miss having that feeling of her looking out for them.

I wonder how long it might take for one of them to linger. To lower their weapon. To take off their mask.

Even then, it takes a long time for the first exorcist to *stay* after they should have retreated. For them to ask for a place to stay. But as more and more start to come to Vaggie, to the *Vanguard*, and ask for a home...charlie cant help but be grinning as she holds Vaggie's hand.

ayyyyeeeeeee!!!!

what if there was that slooooow realization that when Vaggie was around, their vanguard, they all felt more like a team together. she liked things done Right and done Well- wasn't bothered with competing- took training and exterminations Seriously- kept them all sharp sure but also turned something that was just Adam's shits and giggles, just a GAME, into a purpose and a duty again. something to be proud of and do their BEST at (while still having fun)

so yeah when Adam and Lute come back with her halo saying she's sided with hell, betrayed them all, damned herself and gets to rot there with them- there's that anger. oh they HATE her for doing that-

because they miss her

and things were better, they all felt better, when she'd been around, and that's gone now and it's her fault

or adam and lute say so anyway

can you IMAGINE in this au, the shift when Lute 1v1s Vaggie... and doesn't come back to heaven with her head?? DOESN't beat her? and Adam's DEAD?

and so are so many of them actually- dead exorcists that vaggie helped kill, that vaggie helped fight off

why?

three years her being in hell and she'd never fought any of them or hurt any of her sisters when they came flying down- (and she COULD have) (used to be one of the BEST after all) it's only when they're sent after her HOME that she fights, almost as if-

as if killing isn't what she wants to do anymore, if she can help it

thats. not the same as turning against them. not the same as her siding with hell- even so lute and adam still wanted her dead, and even then, she'd let lute LIVE...

is that weakness and betrayal?

but she's not weak, if lute couldn't kill her. and she never killed any of them until they came after her. is that still betrayal?

or is it something else

is there anything kind of betrayal here. are they on the wrong side of it...

im not sure, if any of them would take off a mask willingly- risk hell-

i KNOW that even ONE moment of hesitation would get lute turning on them, just like she did with vaggie- worse maybe, now very aware of the danger of letting fallen angels live- HER mistake, not killing vaggie when she had the chance all those years ago

and if a wounded and abandoned exorcist staggered to the gate's of the hazbin hotel? if some of her other sisters went looking for her- KNOWING this time what the supposed 'betrayal' and 'sin' had been?

(a moment of hesitation)

(before one of them drops her weapon to knock on the hotel door)

yeah. they'd find charlie running to help them inside. probably already pulling out bandages- a demon with first aid gear in her pockets, always carried just in case, nothing like they were expecting-

they'd find their Vangaurd waiting there too, having gone ahead and made things safe for them to follow, just like always

that'd be pretty sweet

[bombtastic-monkii]

Harmony + Tibby

Broken Record + Tacky (OC)

*for my "Disharmonized Heaven" AU

[angelsdean]

lol I mean, first of all I take anything some random person says abt the pre-covid finale with a grain of salt. Second of all, any heaven endgame is still shitty imo, it's sending the message that queer characters can only be happy in death which uhhh sucks. Third of all, any resolution where dean “suddenly” realizes his sexuality just does not jive with me bc that man has been flirting and sleeping with dudes and comfortably bisexual for decades. But anyways.

[screeching-painter-witch]

little queer xie lian and feng xin. so many thoughts

little xie lian being fascinated by feng xin and not quite realising what he's feeling. just that he loves being around feng xin and sometimes he feels a warmth in his chest when feng xin smiles.

or when he makes a joke and feng xin laughs like it's the funniest thing in the world (isn't there a canonical precedent for them sharing the same sense of humour?) and xie lian feels like his chest is exploding and he's breathing a little quicker, almost like he's physically exerted from training

he sees feng xin being nervous around a girl and doesn't like the sour feeling the sight gives him, but he doesn't dwell on it much because then feng xin turns back around to him and he gets distracted by their conversation.

maybe feng xin also feels weird around xie lian but he thinks it's just a combination of respect for his crown prince and affection for his friend.

and maybe mu qing is the only one who is less sheltered and fully aware of his feelings, but thinks he's the only one who feels this way. he thinks xie lian is infuriatingly beautiful.

but he also resents him for capturing feng xin's attention so easily. he resents both xie lian and feng xin because now there's even more ways their lives are easier than his.

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[okayjokesover]

I just had a horrible thought about how gross people are bound to be about any sort of funeral or memorial service, like I really hope they can just keep it as private as possible? I don’t want pictures, I don’t want to know who did or didn’t go or who seemed the most upset or what the fuck ever else, I want his friends and family to be able to mourn in peace. Like I keep thinking of those photos of Nick & Mark Ronson at Amy Winehouse’s funeral & how every time I see them I’m like “I shouldn’t be seeing this, it’s not for me”, & how this is the exact same scenario, like it is NOT my business & unless you are a close personal friend or family member of liam it probably isn’t yours either, jfc

[whatmattersisyou]

Little AU where Xie Lian works in a flower shop and Hua Cheng is a customer coming every Wednesday to get flowers/plants and every week he gets a different one

Sometimes it's a potted plant, other times it's a small bouquet of flowers with colours so vivid you can almost taste them on the tip of your tongue, and then there are times where he comes in, looks around, asks Xie Lian some advice and then just buys some soil to help the plants grow nice and happy.

Does Xie Lian notice this fascinating, super attractive customer visiting his shop every Wednesday and seeming super keen on learning everything about botany? Does Xie Lian ask his boss to change shifts so that he can work full-time on Wednesdays and have a bigger chance of talking with him?

Nobody (except the whole fandom) has to know.

Then there's this one time Hua Cheng gets a tiny succulent and it was actually one of Xie Lian's favourites cause nobody ever bought it cause it was tiny and people thought it was ill or something while it was just very smol and cute and adorable and like

Seeing Hua Cheng choose that very specific plant makes Xie Lian super happy cause Hua Cheng seems to love plants just as much as he does and it must show on his face, cause Hua Cheng smiles then -a full blown bright smile that turns his eye in a soft, happy crescent moon- and Xie Lian is blinded for a second and he just stares, wide eyes and ears reddening and-

And-

I can't say Xie Lian falls in love cause he probably already is, but his heart is beating so loudly and his brain short circuits as he stares at that smile, at the smol dimples in Hua Cheng's cheeks, and Xie Lian doesn't know what to do. He's just a man. He doesn't know how to handle that much cuteness (hotness).

So he quickly takes Hua Cheng's money and starts blabbering about "needing to get something form the storage room" and goes hiding among the flowers.

It will take him the whole day to notice the small paper Hua Cheng left close to the cash register.

~Gege, wanna get coffee during your break next Wednesday?

[trashfire-nia]

hot fuzz is a great film, guys

[bitternace]

WHY ARE YOU SO EVIL!!! /POS. ATTACKING YOU.

Xemnas and Xigbar for 37 if that number hasn't been done? If it has, how about 74?

no puedo pedirle lo eterno a un simple mortal // ay, todo lo que he hecho por ti.

[ID: a mostly black and white drawing with a purple overlay of xigbar and xemnas shown from the hip up on the left side of the image. the background is black and has some diagonal lines with a bit of transparency on the right side. the shadows are harsh, with only a bit of light falling on their faces.

they stand before each other turned to the audience. xigbar, holds the handle and the middle of No Name before him, head tilted down as he looks to the audience. xemnas stands a full head taller behind xigbar, his left hand held some distance below the bladed tip of No Name, his left eye is covered by his fringe.

xemnas visible eye is painted ochre with a white pupil, while xigbar's eye is white and gold. The eyes on no name's handle and the gazing eye on the blade are a vibrant cyan. the caption reads the spanish lyrics "i can't ask a simple mortal for a forever" and "oh, everything i've done for you." /End ID.]

close-up under keep reading.

[ratatatastic]

the dmen portion of the lockerroom is superior

edmonton oilers @ florida panthers game 2 | 6.10.24

[thevioletcaptain]

...i see people are on twitter posting lies for clout again

[faaun]

Jack Marsh (2005), Friendship Otherwise - Toward a Levinasian Description of Personal Friendship

[reachexceedinggrasp]

I've mentioned before I have zero chill about Heaven Sent and do not want to hear anyone's objectively wrong negative opinions about it, but I honestly have to stay in the Whouffaldi bubble even as far as analysis and praise. At least people have to be accepting of the idea or possibility of the ship, not dismissive of it. Not because I need everyone to ship it, but because not realising the love story exists inevitably creates terrible takes on S9 and those people usually shit on Hell Bent and say it ruins the three parter.

The ship is canon and it's woven extremely deeply into the fabric of the story, so much so that if you're oblivious to the romance you will erroneously conclude that the story wasn't coherent. I constantly see people say Hell Bent undoes everything from Face the Raven and Heaven Sent or renders them pointless. And that's because they don't understand what was actually happening. There's still a disturbingly large number of people who say we never found out what the Hybrid was.

It's the single most consistent thing about people being unfair to Hell Bent, even more so than the ones who are just angry it isn't a story about Gallifrey. They're mad because they thought Heaven Sent was about getting over Clara's death and moving on, therefore Hell Bent was a big narrative backtrack. A lot of people say this, totally unwilling to consider that maybe it's not that this one episode radically departs from the thematic impetus of the entire series and is randomly exempt from the heavy, heavy foreshadowing in every other episode, maybe- actually- they missed something.

[saturnvs]

tomorrow i'm visiting a stable where i might start having equine therapy eventually.. nervous but excited!!