#apartment they're staying at

[bumblingbabooshka]

Sarek & Amanda’s First Date: Let’s meet up after work. Do you want to get a drink? This bar’s a bit loud. Do you want to chill at a coffee shop? Sure, sure. Let’s take a walk around, stretch our legs. Look at that view! Let’s sit on a bench for a while. It’s gotten pretty late, do you want to grab something to eat? Does this place have Vegan options? Is this kosher? No, let’s try this place...this place...oh, perfect! Let’s take another walk, that was a hefty meal. Have you ever been to -? Have you ever -? Oh my house is pretty close by. Do you want to see that movie? No, it’s terrible, don’t worry. Do you like-? Do you like-? God, sorry I fell asleep. No no it’s fine, don’t go out in this weather - this late...you can sleep on the couch if you want to be all proper but I’ll sleep on the floor if you do. Good morning. Do you want breakfast? I don’t have anything in the fridge, do you mind if we head to the store? By the way you’ll never believe what she-! Ugh, this song-! Do you know how to cook? Haha, rich boy. Here, let me show you...well I only know the very basics. I just wanted to tease you. Do you need to be going soon? Oh good, I wanted to go see a museum with you. But let’s get coffee first. Tell me about-! Tell me about-! It’s already the afternoon, huh? Hey, they’re doing something in the park! Let’s stay and watch for a little. Have you been to that place? It’s Vulcan run but I’ve never tried...oh, it’s good! By the way I have to do some shopping for my sister, do you want to come along? You don’t have to. No, I want you to. That’s a marvelous necklace. For me? Haha oh no it’s way too much! Fine, but you have to get one too. Right? So let’s get something simpler...is it too much if they match? Ah, it’s raining! It’s fine, just run! Haha we’re soaked. Do you want to take a shower? No, not together~! It looks like it’s gonna pour the rest of the day. Does it storm on Vulcan? Tell me about-! Let’s order something and play cards. Let’s try to eat in silence but I’ll giggle the whole time. Sarek, do you know how to play music? Let’s make music. Let’s fall asleep together, leaning against the couch. I want to open my eyes and see you first thing. Good morning. Good morning. Do you have work today? Come meet me right after, okay? Okay. I’ll be waiting!

[theflirtmeister]

i love the drama of saw behind the scenes, they almost drowned leigh, cary actually got stuck in his chain + accidentally cut himself with the hacksaw, one of the camera operators concussed himself during the razor wire trap, tobin got stepped on multiple times + got stuff thrown at him, james was having a breakdown over not getting the right shots, the set was being dismantled around them, shawnee had the flu during her interrogation scene, i could go on

[ethanhuntfemmefatale]

sometimes i think about an AA universe where Edgeworth didn't have to be shuffled off every 5 seconds so he could maintain credibility as a rival....where Phoenix didn't have to win every case...yes AA is a game yes i understand why it did that for the narrative. but when I look at those lonely scared 24 year olds from AA1 i can't help but think that their version of a happy ending would be to be able to get used to each other. to face each other over stupid cases and small things. Sometimes one winning, sometimes the other, until it hardly matters anymore, all that matters is finding the truth together. I want them to take each other for granted!!! i want them to look at the other across the courtroom and say "time to face this bitch for the hundredth time i guess!!" these poor bastards have never had anything approaching emotional stability before let them have each other damn it

[owlyflufff]

bokuto being a clingy partner in the morning and akaashi being a clingy partner in the evening

[anoant-haikyuu-dump]

Timeskip fukutora ramblings based on this post I made a few weeks ago:

To save money they cut each other's hair at home. Tora's is easy, especially since he stopped bleaching the mohawk after highschool, but Fukunaga's is more of a challenge. One time Tora cuts it so poorly that it's a borderline-bowl cut, just awful. To make matters worse this happens right before one of Fukunaga's stand-up shows. Instead of getting pissy Fukunaga embraces the situation and incorporates it into his set, which ends up being a hit with the audience. Despite that Tora's still apologizing for weeks.

Since Fukunaga's not a big talker (with the exception of when he's on stage) he brings an assortment of instruments and noisemakers to cheer for Tora at his volleyball games. Cowbells, airhorns, thundersticks, hand clappers, drums, maracas, a kazoo, you name it. The rest of the team—unaware that he's Tora's partner—are always pointing him out as the crazy guy in the stands with a one-man-band. Tora's both mortified and deeply endeared by it.

The first time Kenma visits their apartment he's horrifed by how scuffed it is—cardboard boxes everywhere, a severe lack of furniture, no utensils expect for two pairs of take-out chopsticks?? At this point he's already making bank off streaming so he orders them a bunch of stuff without asking ("Seriously guys, you've been living here for however-many months and don't have a kitchen table??" "We like to eat on the floor.")

Fukunaga works part-time at a hibachi restaurant and sometimes Tora swings by just to talk to him. He usually stays way too long and ends up getting kicked out; the only reason he's not fully-banned is cause he orders a shit ton of meat every time he visits.

Later on when they're both relatively successful Tora's teammates find out he's dating someone and bother him endlessly about introducing them. When he finally caves and brings Fukunaga along for after-practice drinks they're all like "That. That's Shohei Fukunaga. The famous comedian. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US YOU'RE DATING A LITERAL CELEBRITY." Tora genuinely had no idea that Fukunaga was that well-known since he's so normal to him

[hkblack]

Let me tell you a story...

It starts in the summer of 2021. Honestly it probably starts a little before that. 2020 through 2022 ish are a bit hazy because there was a lot of sitting around at home doing nothing.

Somewhere in that haziness my partner goes “wait, you haven’t watched this Good Omens show yet? And you haven’t read the book? … oh no. You should do that.”

And immediately after finishing the show I knew I was in trouble. I knew if I read the book I would absolutely fall down the fandom rabbit hole and be trapped, and so for a very long while, I didn’t. Until I did.

And then in August 2021, I wandered into fandom. I had been lurking. Seeing what AO3 had to offer. Crawling back onto Tumblr. But I had a story idea, and I needed a beta reader. And the last time I was in fandom, LiveJournal was still a thing, so I didn’t know where to go.

I found out about Discord, and I signed up for a thousand servers, it felt like, and in one server I bravely started sticking my neck out.

There was talk about someone writing a Human AU on a farm, and farm animals in general, and I chimed in about goat-scaping. And then I made the joke that would seal my fate.

“I don’t know if I could write a kid fic, but you know. I could write a kid (goat) fic.”

It was meant to be a short, sweet, meet-cute. Professor Aziraphale has a goat from the goat scaping team break into his office. Based loosely on a campus experience where a member of the goat-scaping team at a campus I was on tried (and failed) to get into a classroom once.

A simple formula. Maybe a 4+1? 4 times a goat broke into Professor Aziraphale Fell’s office, and one time it didn’t.

I even found the first beta reading request. First chapter done, I’ve got four more planned. Rated T.

Ha.

I started writing Chapter 5, you know, the final chapter, and realized—there’s more to this story. These characters have life, and story, and who doesn’t want to see more goats? Also, had I truly fulfilled the “kid-fic” portion of my joke?

I think we can all agree that no, no I hadn’t.

So, I kept writing. But I also found my stride in other Discord Servers and in Fandom in general. And in the winter of 2021, I went on a beta-reading blitz for the Gift Exchange happening in the Do It With Style Events Discord server. I read something like 14? 15? stories in a very short amount of time and in doing so, got to know some really amazing people and began to carve out my spot in the community.

From this server I found folks with lived goat-experience who were willing to share and advise me. From this server I found beta readers and brit pickers willing to cheer me on and guide my writing to the best version it could be. I found friends and joy and I found community.

And if you look very carefully through the pages of Bleating Hearts, I think that at its heart, past the puns, past the obvious fast burn love story, and the crooked Luce Matin and demanding James Starr, and even beyond the goats, it’s a story about finding your place in a community. While we talk about Aziraphale and Crowley and their relationship, so many people have asked me about Anathema and Crowley at the chicken coop (we only got to see Newt and Aziraphale in the bedroom). The most commented on scene is Anathema pulling the car over and getting Aziraphale’s consent to go to Tracy’s for lunch.

It's a story with goats, romance, and drama. But it’s a story about community.

I have thanked the people most involved a thousand times over, and I will always take an excuse to thank them again. @ambrasue, my ride or die beta reader. She is who to thank for the sentences making sense. And for me not beating you all over the head with the word “Gently.” HolRose, for the Brit-Picking and second pair of eyes when Ambra and I had gone cross-eyed, and always, always, always having a kind comment ready to go for every chapter update. @writingordinaryrealities, for all things Goats, and for not laughing at me when we met in person and I lost my cool over real life goats.

@mirjam-writes! Mirjam made me my first ever fanart for one of my fanfics! And so many more of you have followed suit and I never know what to say when I see it but I always make a noise and run excitedly to my partner and flap my hands and show him his heart and he always gets the dumbest smile and goes, “I love when people make you goat fanart. You are adorable when you’re verklempt.”

But also, the DIWS and Good Omens community. Every single person who shouted at one of my snippets when I needed a boost and shared a bit of what I was proud of. Every single person who tagged me in a goat video—you all have tagged me in so many goat videos. I watch each and every one of them. Every single person who got excited when I said I was finally ready to start posting.

Because you see, that support, that community, led me to pay it forward. At TIC4 in 2023, I had just finished my panel on beta reading and was feeling a bit amped up. I saw in the chat that someone wanted to talk Slow Show and Human Aus and, I don’t know if y’all know this, but uh, I’m a big fan of human AUs. And so I hopped into the break out room and met J.

J is a lovely human who has been fandoming since the OG Star Trek days with Kirk and Spock. She had found a physical copy of Slow Show and just needed to talk to someone, anyone about it. She wasn’t sure what the Archive was, she was still learning her way around digital fandom, and I instantly wanted to reach out and help her find community and joy the way I had when I got started in the fandom. So, I sat down and I gave her my favorites. I told her how to find me on socials. We connected on Discord. We sent each other long letters back and forth on Discord sharing our joys and frustrations and our love of GO and talking about all sorts of other things. And it has been amazing listening to her stories and getting to know her.

Unbeknownst to me, J had reached out to @brunheiffer to ask for a physical copy of Bleating Hearts. Now—I’m all for fandom in the physical space, but it’s never even crossed my mind to do more than something printed out at my home printer, hastily hole punched, and shoved into a binder so I could sneak fanfiction reading time during 5th period math class after I was done with my worksheets many, many, many moons ago. When brunheiffer reached out and asked if they could print and bind a copy for me—I didn’t know what to say. Or do. Or think. I think I keysmashed? I keysmashed after I made my partner read the message out loud. And then I went and looked through tumblr and all of brunheiffer’s excellent work. And then I went, “Do I say yes?” and he went “um YES OF COURSE YOU SAY YES. WHAT”

So, I said yes.

I also said yes to progress shots and got to watch some of the coolest work ever. I didn’t know how books…ya know…booked. Witchcraft probably? I’m still convinced there is witchcraft involved, but there is also an incredible amount of skill, and time, and patience, and hard work, and love that is put into making a book a book. And learning what I did, and watching the process, and seeing the care that brunheiffer put into each of the three (THREE!) sets of books that were made (one for me, one for brunheiffer, one for J), was just stunning.

Do you know, J reached out to me and apologized for not asking me first and asked me if it was okay that she had reached out and asked if brunheiffer would do this for her? Why would I ever be against something so heartfelt and kind?

I cried.

I legitimately sat in my office and cried.

When people ask me how I write the way I do, or why I write, or anything along those lines. I have the same answer. “I write for myself.”

Oh sure, I started to write Bleating Hearts to make Ambra laugh and/or have feelings, but at the end of the day, when I write, it is because I need to get the bed time stories I tell myself at night, the day dreams while sitting on the bus, out of my head and somewhere else—so that a new movie can play. And when I write, I write knowing that I will come back to that story. That I will forget the little pieces (because I have a pretty shit memory tbh), and I’ll be able to go back, and wrap myself up in the comfort of the story I have written, and be surprised by some of the little details I left as presents for myself. And be excited. And be happy. And watch my favorite movie again.

So every time I see someone make art of this story, or talk about how they love the story, or how happy it made them, or the feelings it inspired, or how reading goats made them want to write their own fanfiction—I get, well, like my partner says, “verklempt.” I don’t know what to do with that feeling, other than to just be overwhelmed that somehow something I made to entertain me has brought other people so much joy. Has helped people connect and find community.

What a powerful and beautiful thing that is.

Not everything I write is going to be Bleati—y'all I am just going to call it Goats. Calling it Bleating Hearts feels so weird. It’s Goats. That’s the name of the story. That’s my name for the story.

Anyway.

Not everything is going to be Goats. I’ve got some wips in the hopper right now that are um…lots of angst and heavy spice. Not everything I write is going to be liked by everyone. Some of it may even offend you.

But knowing that this one thing has inspired you all to the point that I’ve been gifted the ability to hold my story in my hand?

That’s powerful.

And it only exists because this community, this Good Omens community, has come together and chosen joy.

There’s some bad apples out there, there are in every bunch. But I am liberal with my block button and have been blessed to find a welcoming and warm community that creates some amazing and incredible art—whether that’s like actual like digital or pen to paper art, or the fiction you write, or the podfics you record, or the meta analysis you write, or the playlists or the animatics or the beta reading or the shouting unhinged support or the role playing or the plushies, or the books you bind—this community is full of incredibly creative and amazing people.

So thanks, y’all, for letting me part of your community, and enjoying my silly little goat fic. And thank you brunheiffer and J for this amazing gift.

If you haven’t read it, or just want to reread it, you can read Bleating Hearts (GOATS) on Archive of Our Own.

All my love,

HK

(I am the most cringe sap on main right now. No regurts)

[insuspensa]

A horrible, uncomfortable little laugh bubbles in his chest as this chunk of his magnetic tape heart pulls away from the rest, as his wet eyes search Jon's eyes and eyes and eyes, their two figures framed by those still, silent wings. Of course it was always going to lead to this. Perhaps there won't be anything left of him, by the time Jon is finished. Perhaps Jon already started devouring him the moment they first crossed paths all those years ago. He holds out the piece in his bloody palm, nothing more than a dark tangle still attached by a few strands, and takes a slow, shaky breath. "Take it."

JonElias Week 2023, Day 6: Dreams and Nightmares. This is an excerpt from a scene @paradisepuppet and I wrote during NaNo last year.

[yugiohz]

alternative where bakugo and deku do find to each other again but only in their mid 20s (none of the dramatic stuff such as bakugo almost dying etc. happens so they have to figure things out at a more realistic pacing without any storytelling mechanisms lol). they reconciliate in their teens and bakugo mellows down a bit and they have a civil relationship, but bakugo still has a mean streak and short fuse that is a bit exclusive to deku lol, so they don't really hang out but 1. their parents are really close and 2. they do have a lot of mutual friends and 3. work in the same field, so they see each other pretty often and bakugo sometimes has to drive deku around and it pisses him off and deku feels a bit awkward and unloved and yeah. but then the drama catches up on them (i love angst) and sth bad happens and bakugo realizes that he really should get a grip and be not just civil but kind to deku because - he realizes that when his frontal lobe is finally developed - is his friend?? so bakugo takes their relationship more seriously and approaches it with mindfulness and they end up having the relationship they end up with in the manga because all roads lead to rome and this is my mind palace and even if i think that in a normal setting, it would realistically take bakugo much longer to change and become so vulnerable with deku, i want them to have a happy sappy friendship idgaf

[pocketramblr]

It's all my fault

[averagemartian]

Gen V really missed the opportunity to make Luke/Cate/Andre a (closeted) throuple instead of that dumb cheating plot

[zaphiyy207]

Thoughts

"Every life changing events, there's no doubt we'll change."

"But one thing I wanted to stay unchanged is being beside you...so.."

"If there's a next life, let me be reborn with you."

[hella1975]

so there's a reason my new job got back to me so quickly about my application and that's bc it's an absolute fucking shambles like actually perfect timing for me to decide to rewatch the bear bc i have never more felt like ive been thrown into a broke on-its-knees establishment trying to crawl its way up the ladder where i am somehow a godsend to them. my old job was crazy and shambolic in the sense that the industry is just Like That but this one?????? insanity. every 5 mins i am questioning what im doing with my life. ive already had a walk-in fridge moment

[bylertruther]

oh fack.... just had my biweekly reminder that jonathan has only ever wanted to protect will from harm, offer him a safe space, and encourage him to love what he loves without shame, and it's all of that which literally saves will's life and keeps him safe when he's in the upside down and later in the shed scene.... will singing "should i stay or should i go" his favorite song which jonathan first showed him... will hiding out in castle byers which jonathan built with/for him.... the song then helping to give will an opening to take back enough control for him to speak to his family in morse code... the shadow monster + vecna + lonnie all symbolizing forced conformity vs jonathan protecting will from that time and time again by being there for him, seeing him, and loving him as he is... jonathan carries so much guilt because he feels like he's never there when will needs it most, but it's his love for will that kept will alive.... he feels like it's his fault that will was kidnapped, that he should've been there for him that night and onward, but he was there for him! he was with him the whole time, helping and protecting him as he always has!!! when stranded alone in a world so dark and so cold and full of monsters, will used the tools his brother had given him to protect himself... i just... they're so... 🥺 THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUUUUUCH 😭😭😭😭

[fighting-these-demons]

Divorce Saga Domon - A Haunted Honk Prequel

Hello Internet Stranger looking up G Gundam on Tumblr dot com!

This is an idea for a fic set in an Alternate Universe involving Queer Non-Canon Relationships between the characters of the series.

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Ended up outlining a completely different fic as a Segway for an explanation instead of making progress on the Royal Flush Haunted Honk AU's Clown Motel Fic like I wanted to but uh....

For y'all's review for the AU: A Prequel Outline - Divorce Saga Domon

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Hey real quick - I'm thinking of maybe changing the timeline to 2 years post canon as opposed to 3 years and change post canon.

The reason being: I had a thought that this scene could either be part if the fic or if it's getting to big then it could be a stand alone tie-in prequel fic as part of this AU but - like

Immediately Post Divorce Domon Needs Space and runs off. As one does. And he runs to Earth because he just wants to Get Lost for a while.

He has Argo smuggle him out to avoid detection.

Argo has Andrew help stow Domon in a storage hanger of a Neo Canadian supply ship that's returning to the US - they have trade often enough and share agricultural resources - which leads to Domon ending up in New York when he hits Earthside pavement.

He's privately worked on his English the last couple of months and after being dropped in New York with a different hairstyle, outfit, and accent he's unrecognizable. 

He considers making his way west to get some solitude in the wilderness, but something about that initial plan feels off now that he's on the ground.

Chibodee is also Earthside for a special series of prize fights aimed at raising charitable appeal for the US in the eyes of Neo Americans.

Domon decides to hit up Chibodee for a fight on a day between matches hoping it'll clear his head and give him the clarity to decide on a course of action. What ends up happening is an unexpected heart to heart via blows and a breakdown.

Domon is happy for Rain and Kyoji, and he knows it's not true; but he feels like he lost a piece of himself when his relationship with Rain fell apart.

Domon's instinct is to run after that but Chibodee knows this city and Domon doesn't hide out for long before Chibodee drags him back to his place to stay and just "Chill out and breathe. You don't have to be anyone but yourself here. You can take as long as you need to find out what everything changing means for you." Friends and teammates stick together.

So Domon spends a few weeks with Chibodee sparring and hanging out in New York. Chibodee does a frankly awesome job at containing his feelings because he's focusing on Domons feelings and being a good friend first and foremost. Whatever he's feeling can wait until after Domon is done going though it.

There's a bit of a twinge in Domon's heart as he leaves that he can't really place.

After he returns to Neo Japan and gets settled back into life with his family, The Dreams start.

They're mainly set in New York. Small things first like noticing Chibodee's smile and his eyes. Then sparring sessions that begin to turn lurid.

He thought these kinds of dreams would stop after he was married.... he doesn't know what to do about this.

I just figure it gives more clarity and sense of time for the journey from Comphet Marriage Dissolution to Feelings to Confession. Idk.

But I got stuck on a bit and then had this thought and needed to get it down before I lost it and it was so long it made sense to make it its own post as opposed to several replies.

The Maize and Clown Motel will probably still be 3 years and change post canon for clarification.

@thedragonchilde @amplexadversary @youreaclownnow

[prowerprojects]

Rouge's been letting Shadow crash on her couch. He keeps saying it's a temporary arrangement, but it's been going on for years. At this point it's just his bed.

Tails has a room specifically for Sonic at at least a couple of his workshops, but Sonic never personalizes them and keeps calling them "guest rooms".

[mildmayfoxe]

my german cousins (like a 60s dude and his wife. it's so funny to think of them as cousins bc he is really uncle aged. but my dad's sister was a lot older than him & this is her kid) are coming to see my parents and do tourist stuff ~in america~ so my mom texted me a bunch yesterday to ask if i would be willing to show them all around boston (they are also going to nyc and niagara falls) and i REALLY considered ignoring it all altogether bc i would love to not see my parents but manfred and his wife don't deserve that so i called [my parents] today to see what their plan is & of course they have none. i was thinking i could weasel my way into only seeing them all for a day or half day but then my mom said she was thinking the german family could stay at my uncle's house and she and my dad would stay with ME for the weekend and i had to shoot that down immediately. not only would that be barely feasible; if i had to spend all weekend with them in my house i would have to do something drastic. i am really dreading all of this because not only is spending time with my family draining they are also going to make a big fucking fuss about how i wear masks and don't want to eat indoors and i wish i didn't have to deal with it at all lmao. why manfred and his wife want to even come to boston in the first place is beyond me. why can't you guys just spend more time in new york man. leave me out of it