#brady thread.

[stalkist]

open to: females. plot: inspired by this and maybe leading to something like this ( u.sfw video ). it can be that finn helped her with something and she gratefully promised him compensation, or it can be that he's b.lackmailing her in exchange for not snitching on something she did. connection: relative ( full / half / step ), best friend, neighbour, sister's friend, dad or brother's girlfriend, colleague, and anything else that works. please read rules before you interact. do not like this starter.

groan scratches throat as the elimination message flashes across the tv screen, the controller tossed aside while a train of expletives aimed at his teammates course through his mind. maneuvering to a sitting position from his resting spot on the mattress, finn's dark eyes fall on the female keeping him company on this lazy sunday morning. “ hey, you remember that favor you owe me ? you know, for . . . ” male's lips curl into a smile, aware that she's likely incapable of forgetting the very event that led to being indebted to him. “ you said that you'd do anything, right ? ”

[unproduciblesmackdown]

revisited some parts of deh i hadn't in a while via obc boots, mostly kicked off by audio of an aus tour show, & it's like now hang on lol reevaluating the whole of heidi's material / that arc like i have been too generous what in the....kind of worked backwards from good for you b/c for that song i've Been like sympathetic re: alana & jared's sections while like Shrug at heidi like i'm on evan's side there really. but the whole thing is like, sympathy for heidi's feelings aside, i'm on evan's side b/c like yeah heidi has feelings & insecurities too but it's not the same peer to peer like fellow unpopular couple of students as parent to child & i'm looking at it all like The Whole Thread is heidi's insecurities as A Mother & the demand is on evan all the time to not just Not cause her insecurity but also assuage ones that have nothing to do with him, e.g. what's he supposed to say about digs at his dad's wife

& like really going over that First Scene i.e. opening scene post evan's soliloquy i.e. anybody have a map it's like. sure only increasingly like Oh Boy when evan not being able to order pizza despite the online option is met with the "you Need to be able to order dinner for yourself" ft. that he should be "too old for this" (disability....grow up) (not a direct quote but rather yknow the "you're a senior in high school, evan" intro) & nothing about like, support or alternatives, certainly nothing about it being Okay that he couldn't. just that he Has to do this thing this way (why. or else what.) & also just the simple fact that evan has been honest about "something wrong with him" / something he did that he figures she wouldn't like & gotten this wholly negative response about that just being Unacceptable to hear, regardless of the "positive" pivot like you can do it re: school, just must not be Trying enough, just must be evan's own attitude or something else about him, the letters had better help....& all this revisiting inspired by beau woodbridge evan's delivery after heidi says the line about Her Not Wanting To Hear (framed about Her Feelings if evan were to Tell her about this) about evan having no friends, & like the delivery of "neither do i??" like a sort of nonplussed indignation that is a kind of "how do you think *i* feel about it??" like no yeah what about evan's feelings about him dealing with his problems here, the one not having dinner, not having friends, not Not having anxiety, etc. like obviously heidi like every person ever has feelings & problems too but it's that the parent's problems are supposed to be Made Up For by the child somehow, while evan's problems are framed as Being A Problem for his mom, how she feels about Knowing about it, try harder please okay evan....but cue, yknow, how she resents evan feeling any responsibility for Her Problems in gfy yknow not insofar as she's been embarrassed to tell him like "yeah money is a problem" when it's been about pushing him to get scholarships but rather when the murphys know (maybe just via evan implying they're Not Rich to zoe after zoe is like ah, to be poor....) that heidi will need Financial Support for college for evan & then heidi like i'm not That poor & to take money would be wrong (always the reminder heidi does not know everything re: evan & connor isn't true either)

which, that last part of her dinner at the murphys pre gfy was really this time hitting like ://// whew okay. all of it always grating lmao but like, "i don't want evan to get the idea etc" like ma'am he's sitting right here? he's seventeen? can't just Declare the ideas evan will or won't absorb even though like yeah also clearly it's about her pride as A Good Mom being wounded & just putting it on evan by expressing it that way like no i have to be A Good Mom via my example, is why i must decline....& like i'm sure it can all be softened depending on how heidi is played but still like, this is about her Full Story / Material, & just what is written lol like even if she was more [pensive emoji single tear] in delivery or something, vs watching the obc like full anger & contempt by this point & i'm like yeah this Shouldn't be familiar if the excuse of like "well heidi is messing up in this Special Occasion, an outlier" really went that far. or was actually out of line w/how she acts other times. or how this all resolves. but heidi storming out While lashing out at evan / blaming him like my god lmfaooo & like. speaking of "do you think the murphy parents did read between the lines & think evan & connor are secret gay high school lovers" like gee evan having no problem moving in to the murphy household, keeping secrets from his mom like his ostensible epic friendship w/connor, not talking aobut her or really trying on his own to involve her, being fairly alarmed when Surprise Dinner With Your Mom, heidi acting like That??? like "do you think the murphy parents read between the lines to think evan is abused by his parent" i mean like lol lmfaooo on both points like heternormativity? the normativity of abuse & parents Owning their child as well? in the murphy household? but you know. of course no deh is not supposed to be about that but i'm like, uh oh, whole time i was like "well my own perspective based on what i learned from personal experience & then learned About such experiences isn't that relevant at least to heidi b/c it's supposed to be that she's Not Like That at the end of the day" but i'm like is it in effect though lol, is it really that different In Essence if not also like "yep the way heidi acts is just directly familiar sometimes. maybe often. or always" difference in degree like. plus just that how often is whatever particular lens/perspective like Useless to apply

anyway & that fight in the leadup to gfy is wild & just like further illuminating re: how the whole time, from the first scene, it's like okay to heidi what's most important in her motivations is Her Insecurity about how anything about evan supposedly reflects on her being a mom, like. again that heidi has no idea everything about evan & connor isn't true & she's just going sicko mode at evan b/c the murphys Aren't His Family, yknow, She is, & that entitlement that's supposed to come with it, evan can't have these other adults acting Parently towards him re: money & housing & dinners & feeling fond of him or anything, all circumventing her status as His Mother....the whole "sorry i can't give you more than that, shit" "well it's not my fault other people can" like yeah sorry about your feelings heidi, yeah it's not "nice" of evan to say that but i'm not like yes evan must never even think things that aren't nice(tm) much less say them, that again like even if we sympathize w/heidi there b/c obviously yeah she'd be hurt & feel insecure. even if we suppose that was mean of evan. i'm like well yeah he's right. just setting aside the apparent universal desire for a life as closely approximating the brady bunch as possible, it's like hey yeah look evan's been getting dinners this way, re: him not ordering a pizza at the start of a show. turning out to be less important like "well at least you've been eating, good" than evan not doing so through the Proper efforts to Become Normal(tm) & of course that like. coming from another mom staying home making him food is unacceptable b/c she imagines this is supplanting her / making her the Bad Mom vs this Good Mom & then taking it out on evan to make her feel Good Enough(tm) like truly just the usual fallback refrain of "ohh sorry i'm not perfect / have feelings / have problems" which is true for everyone ever but yknow evan is the one having to Defend his feelings & problems & imperfections against the fallout of "failing" to be "responsible" for mitigating or fulfilling heidi's & she's the one who can break out "i'm your mother" whereas evan's less overtly declared "i'm your son" about her potentially failing Him is what gets met with more contempt & "ohh sorry i'm not perfect & have feelings & problems" & her starting off Good For You. great

& like the way All That illustrates, like the way evan getting dinner now through a different now available avenue is, to heidi, more about her own feelings than about [evan gets dinner now], like just that expanded to how it's not Okay that evan's problems seem to be getting better / he's getting more support / he's doing better or anything as soon as heidi becomes insecure about her not having the role she wants in it. the entire thread about her being bothered about evan not telling her things, lying about things, hiding things, like yeah evident that she Is worried about him but same as she's evidently worried about him in the first scene, when, again, we Did see him share something honestly with her & she was like "UGH evan jeez i Hate that you told me this" & then her input is to tell him to Get Good, yknow, must be his own failures, get on that. gosh why would he keep anything from her. & then yknow we have that line later on, evan like you don't know me & heidi like "i thought i did" (contempt again) & like the main issue of this not being like "oh no if i Don't know him or about his problems then i'm not supporting him like i thought i was / he's not getting the support Overall i thought he was" but rather like i can't believe evan is doing this to me / her insecurities & evan's "responsibility" for them, again, rather than yknow. evan's wellbeing regardless of her personal feelings? & we're ready for resolution after heidi inadvertently reads his diary to realize he was that sad & it's like. even if he wasn't That Sad like none of that response was okay. at any point lol like it's still the issue of her dynamic with him where evan is In Charge Of how heidi feels & that obviously she can act on this in the ways she can & what can evan do about anything but avoid her / not share things / idk indeed move in with this other family lol, sorry about the pretenses (also obviously like. murphy parents not doing that much better. certainly larry like, are you kidding? never changes his mind that all connor's problems were connor's fault & Failings & now his reaction to it is about facing any insecurity & Rejecting It as no i'm always right & just have to hold out forever. vs that zoe is also bearing the brunt of being Trapped In The Family(tm) but cynthia dares to be like "no, i feel like i failed my dead son" & "no, i don't feel someone 'has to be the bad guy' who tramples boundaries")

like speaking of boundaries. ppl having always pointed out "uh oh, heidi's not good with those" or the point like "in gfy heidi's also mad about the rejection by her ex-husband & just putting that over her fight w/evan" like not beating the [parent making their child the one in charge of them & their feelings & actions] allegations.......

& you know, the resolution like "ohh you were sadder than i knew" like okay Now that matters instead of heidi Just being insecure that he wasn't sharing this with her already, thus the important part being how that makes her feel like a bad mom vs like, how evan is actually doing & her actual role in this beyond what makes her feel best, personally? or that like oh i'm Not going to not be here, physically, in this house....like okay. but what about the actual dynamic you have while around him & you will always be around him, b/c like, has that changed from the start. how is heidi going to offer support re: evan Feeling Like This that's different from "you Need to order pizza and Need to get your cast signed, Just Do It" or that b/c she doesn't want to hear otherwise like well then of course evan won't tell her, or maybe a therapist if that's not confidential, or other people if it'll get back to his mom, or the internet if that'll get back to his mom which i guess it will. is evan gonna be not in charge of her feelings anymore. i'm just like yeah evan find yourself in college sure get outta there idk if you're even rude along the way. & obv shoot larry into the sun

[bittcrsuite]

@persephonyed liked this post for a closed starter ♡ plot: in source ! muse: liam brady. 25-29. bartender.

liam should've known that when he walked into the same bar he met them in, they would be the first person he saw. of course. he couldn't walk past without bringing attention to himself. instead, he plastered a weak smile on his face and slid onto the barstool next to them. "surprise."

[willow-thomas]

where: sharky's halloween party for: @paxton-brady

Willow moved through the crowd with a smile. The party was bigger than she had imagined, but she was excited to see everyone's costumes. Halloween was always a fun holiday to see everyone's creativity on display. "Nice antlers." She laughed as she spotted Paxton. "You enjoying yourself?"

[leomlarson]

closed @paxton-brady

location: pax's bday party

Leo had a drink in his hand, but he was startlingly sober. He'd been nursing it so as not to get replacements handed to him by friends who meant well. It was important the remained clear-headed; he didn't want to make an idiot of himself on Paxton's birthday. Well, no more of an idiot than he'd be sober.

Even without the alcohol, Leo was having a blast. He'd already found Stevie, the Ron Stoppable to his Kim Possible, and pulled her outside for a photoshoot — his ginger wig and ill-fitting nylon suit, her naked mole rat, and all — and parties were his element anyway. He was a social butterfly, a flitter. He just loved people.

But he was there for Paxton. Leo had been hyper-aware of not taking up too much of the other man's time — after all, they were all there for Paxton. Still, there was a present he'd been working on for a week burning a hole in his bag and, a semi-respectable amount of time into the party, he decided that he couldn't wait any longer.

He tracked Pax down easily, touching him gently on the elbow to get his attention and offering genuine apologies to both him and the person he was talking to. "Hey, can I steal you for a second, whenever you've got the chance? I've got something for you."

[ziggykyeons]

closed for: @paxton-brady

where: pax's place, for his birthday house party

Drink in hand and with a sway about him that made it suspect that it was far from his first drink of the night, Ziggy's other hand land's on the birthday boy's shoulder to get his attention, bleary-eyed but happy to be there as he speaks.

"Man, do you know how much I love you?" He asks, looking at him over his thick-rimmed black glasses that he had donned for his costume. His magnifying glass had already been stolen, and he felt oddly warm from the waist up in his orange turtle neck but cold from the waist down in his red skirt.

"I love you this much," He says with a ruffle of his friend's hair after he indicates to his full Velma look, which had taken more effort than he had anticipated to pull together in an Instagram worthy way in February. "And don't you forget it. Happy birthday!"

[buddywellls]

closed for: @paxton-brady

where: sharky’s halloween party

"You're here," Buddy states rather obviously, unable to ignore Paxton's borderline obnoxious antlers that stuck out in a crowd. If he couldn't have guessed who was beneath the Joker make-up, he's certain just the sound of his voice was enough to give him away to his ex-boyfriend, "So are you Dancer, Prancer or Vixen?"

[thefvrious]

@cannib4l for andi

Brady'd been at the club several times, watched Andi several times, but he'd never mustered up the courage to speak to her before now. He wanted to have something meaningful to say, something she'd remember, and, so, when the opportunity presented itself, then he spoke. To compliment her: "Pretty and smart. We're gonna get along just fine."

[clueless1995]

i hate americans actually

[atticuscortes]

for: @paxton-brady

where: brady residence, pax's birthday!

"Motherfucker!"

Atticus laughed, setting his very fitting twelve pack of Pink Lemonade Smirnoff Ice's on the kitchen island. One hand reached to slap against Paxton's and pull him in, the other coming up to clap him on the shoulder.

He knew, of course, that there'd been a possibility of him drawing the birthday boy as the other half of his dynamic duo, but walking into the kitchen to see him there in all of his Ken glory had Atticus feeling even better that he'd decided to go all out on his Barbie costume, blonde wig and all.

"You look great, man, but fuck, I was this close," he pinched his fingers together as he pulled back, "to going with the rollerblade look, but believe it or not I actually already had the cowboy hat." Tipping it in Paxton's direction, he grinned before going to snag two of the bottles he'd brought, one extended the other's way. "Happy fucking birthday, dude. Thanks for the invite, I fucking love a costume party."

Mostly because he liked to win. Even if there was no official contest, it was absolutely still a competition, and he would crush.

Tapping their bottles together in a silent cheers, Atticus took a long sip of his before asking, "so, how's thirty three treating ya so far? Would you say it's...sublime?"

[maura-cortes]

with: @paxton-brady

where: all night diner, 3am - 1st jan.

Maura isn't sure how her night had ended up sat across from Paxton, her hair tied up into a messy bun, a stolen hoodie off of the backseat of his car slumped over otherwise bare shoulders after he'd been at her beck and call.

(something about her not being able to walk home at 3am by herself, which, once he'd left that doubt in her mind, she agreed with.)

Heels kick at the ground under the seat, her head moving to rest in folded arms on the table in front of her as she lets out the most dramatic sigh anyone has heard since 2024 begun.

"where are my fries?"

[atvrvxia]

&. @dismaltouch​

liked for a starter ( 2 / 5 )

                         “DID YOU want to come with my to the garden centre? i’m going to buy some seeds and some pots for my new plants.”

[unproduciblesmackdown]

au where when jared tells evan that was like the exact formula for secret gay high school lovers evan is like oh my god i can't undo that with a deft [no homo] & jared is like i can do evasively deniable gay subtext....there's a reason i was the only cit with keycard access to the (what's Gay in Camp....) computer cluster this summer (heteronormativity retired!)

[bittcrsuite]

@heavenstrck liked this post for a closed starter ♡ plot: in source ! muse: liam brady. 25-29. bartender. 

"you're wasting your time." liam laughed as he worked around the bar. he loved opening shifts for a few reasons. opening never started before eleven a.m., he got to listen to his own music, and he got to see her. the one who was relentless about liam's dating life. "and i'd be wasting her time if i went along with it. she's sweet. just... not my type."

[wyattxwheeler]

starter for @bradylevitt

location: local hiking trail

"You get out camping much this summer at all?" Wyatt questioned Brady as they started out on one of the trails. His pack was tightened against his waist as they walked, water bottle in hand. "I didn't get out at all," he admitted with the shake of his head, "really such a shame but I just kept having to work and with all the Fourth of July incidents," Wyatt shook his head, "this is probably the first time I've been out since winter."

[leomlarson]

closed @paxton-brady

Leo was milling around downtown, taking his time as he ambled through the streets and stopping into all of the shops that caught his eye. It was like something out of a Hallmark movie, the way that everyone had come together to decorate for Valentine's Day. It was endearing, and Leo was eating it all up.

He was halfway down the street, a bouquet from Flora and Fauna tucked under one arm, a couple of blind date books under the other, when he came across the Comic Emporium and a little smile took over as he peeked inside and saw Paxton. He checked his phone quickly — perfect, it was close to closing time. Without hesitating, he headed in and plucked an azalea out of the bouquet. Leo came up behind Paxton, flower in hand, and cleared his throat. He waited until the other man turned to grin and say, "For you. Happy Valentine's Day. I'm also here to steal you away for a walk after you close up, if you're free."