#but -40* will literally kill you even if you're prepared

[prankprincess123]

Me, a Canadian: ...I need Elrond to hug me...

JRR Tolkien, about Elrond: "he was as kind as summer"

Me, a Floridan: so basically Elrond is really brutal

[ckret2]

✨⚠️ Wasting Away Again in the Goldilocks Zone ⚠️✨

If you're new here, this is one of those "human Bill in the Mystery Shack" redemption fics, you know the drill: Bill illegally escapes death via reincarnation; the Shack crew imprisons him til they can figure out how to kill him; but they won't, because Bill's gonna make friends with them and literally everybody else in town. Whether they like it or not.

Featuring!! The slowest redemption arc you've ever read; "human" Bill that doesn't decide being trapped in an alien body is fine; show-style episodic plot structure; individual plot arcs for characters you've never even cared about; so canon compatible we even include the dang coloring book; and so TBOB-compatible over a year before TBOB came out that I'm considering taking up a position as the Oracle of Delphi just so Apollo stops barraging me with dodgeballs.

New chapter every Friday, 5pm CST! Yes, that includes this Friday!

For art, doodles, upcoming scene excerpts, and posts about characterization & plot plans, see my #bill goldilocks cipher tag. For the fic itself, the first few chapters are on AO3, but tumblr's 60 chapters ahead:

⛓️ 1 Part 1. Bill returns, in a bedsheet toga.

⛓️ 1 Part 2. Bill tries to murder the Stans & Soos (with time travel).

⛓️ 2. Dipper and Mabel save the day (with time travel).

⛓️ 3. A tense evening as the Pines prepare to get rid of Bill.

⛓️ 4. Plot twist: the Pines physically can't get rid of Bill.

⛓️ 5. The gang goes to a diner at 3 a.m. for hostage negotiations.

⛓️ 6. Bill escapes from Theraprism. [NEW!!!]

⛓️ 7. "How'd Bill get here" flashback; plus, entering his new prison.

💇‍♀️ 8. Bill gives himself a haircut and depression.

💇‍♀️ 9. Bill & Ford grudgingly have a sincere conversation; regret it.

💇‍♀️ 10. The kids decide Bill won't ruin their summer. Also: Pacifica!

📓🔺📓 TBOB BOUNDARY: Everything above this line has been edited for 100% compatibility with The Book Of Bill and posted to AO3! Everything after this line has not been edited... so it's only 98% TBOB compatible. 📓🔺📓

🧚 11. Mabel gives Bill the most beautiful makeover ever. (It's not.)

🧚 12. Pacifica advertises Harry's Hairy Fairy Formula. Bill wants it.

🧚 13. Pacifica refuses to share; the twins discover its side effects.

🧚 14. Mabel wins Bill's eternal friendship with arts & crafts.

💭 15. Bill, Ford, and Dipper have nightmares that are Bill's fault.

💎 16. Ford has a fun day with Mabel but everything goes wrong.

💎 17. The day goes right again thanks to healthy communication.

🎥 18. Mabel's Guide To Local Animals, co-starring Bill Cipher.

🧊 19. Wendy snoops into the weird things happening in the shack.

🧊 20. Wendy meets the weird thing (it's Bill).

🎂 21. Stan & Ford's birthday party! Bill gives evil gifts.

💭 22. Bill "helps" Dipper's nightmares; no one knows his motive.

👁️ 23. Bill's ex is back in town and nobody's happy about it.

👁️ 24. Everyone's even less happy to learn Bill has a sex life.

🧿 25. Mabel and Bill make friendship bracelets! :)

🧿 26. The Pines take Bill to the mall. He wears terrible things.

🧿 27. Bill breaks Mabel's heart (and panics to fix it).

🏳️‍🌈 28. Bill talks his way into going with Wendy to Rainbow Club.

🎃 29. Bill contacts the Henchmaniacs on Summerween morning.

🎃 30. Costume making. Mabel pries into Bill's past, with crayons.

🎃 31. The Trickster's pals trick-or-treat; and Bill terrifies Dipper.

🪮 32. Dipper & Mabel make a poppet to control Bill.

🦷 33. Stan takes Bill to the dentist. In handcuffs.

🦷 34. Dentist & tooth fairy attack. Stan & Bill are still handcuffed.

🦷 35. Bill & Stan reach a painful understanding and stop the fairy.

🛁 36. Anime night; and Mabel makes Bill do community service.

🛁 37. Bill plots escape and runs into Wendy. Dipper panics.

🛁 38. Bill has the worst and stupidest day of his afterlife.

🌅 39. A cultist finds Bill; Bill tries to re-recruit Ford.

🚙 40. Gideon broadcasts car commercials; invokes Bill's wrath.

🚙 41. Bill apologizes for bullying Gideon. lol no he blackmails him.

🌕 42. Bill tells Dipper secrets of the universe; predicts an eclipse.

🌖 43. Gravity is disappearing; Ford and Fiddleford investigate.

🌗 44. Ford & Dipper drag Bill hiking; Bill faces his death.

🌘 45. Ford demands answers Bill can't give as totality looms.

🌑 46. Totality. Bill decides whether Ford lives or dies.

🌒 47. Bill feels rotten but finally explains the eclipse.

🌓 48. Bill has a complete mental breakdown.

🌔 49. The gang limps home. (Plus: a second dimensional eclipse.)

💿 50. Bill finally processes that mental breakdown.

💿 51. Dipper and Mabel try to remember the Axolotl's poem.

📖 52. The gang reads Flatworld. Bill isn't thrilled.

📖 53. Mabel tries to get Bill to talk about his home world.

⚛️ 54. Dipper, Ford, and Fiddleford do paradox physics.

📖 55. Mabel learns college-level geometry.

📖 56. Mabel & Bill have fun; Dipper & Ford prepare for murder.

💀 57. The execution of Bill Cipher.

💀 58. Everything you wondered about how Bill escaped.

💀 59. Everything you didn't wonder about how Bill escaped.

💀 60. Everything you never imagined about how Bill escaped.

✨✨ 🪐 61. The Axolotl finds the second dimension's corpse. ✨

📙 62. Soos vacuums the attic (wow exciting)

📙 63. Soos decides how he feels about Bill's treatment.

📙 64. Fixin it with Soos: home redecorating!

🎥 65. The gang makes plans for the night.

🎥 66. Dipper's Guide to the Fremont Nightwigglers

🎥 67. Mabel's Guide to Secret Sleepovers

🎥 68. The aftermath of everybody pulling all-nighters.

🏖️ 69. Beach episode! The Pines fish! Bill tans!

COMING SOON:

🏖️ 70. Bigfoot, Agent Powers, and the cool teen gang.

Hey!! Go read chapter 61 now! I posted it out of order so you probably haven't read it!!!

🪐 61-2: The 2D massacre is so much worse than the Ax thought.

🪐 61-3: A building inspection in the Nightmare Realm.

🪐 61-4: Even when Bill fixes things he breaks them.

🪐 61-5: A shape meets Bill as the world burns.

🪐 61-6: The gods & Bill negotiate him leaving Dimension Zero.

COMING SOON:

🪐 61-7: The gods deal with Bill not leaving Dimension Zero.

EVENTUALLY WHEN WE GET BACK TO NORMAL NUMBERING THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE:

🕴️ 71? The government investigates the Mystery Shack... again.

I skipped chapter 61 because it was about the destruction of Bill's dimension and it was scheduled to post the week TBOB came out. By the time I finished rewriting it to be TBOB-compatible, it was like, 5 or 6 chapters. I'm gonna finish posting them first to see how many chapters they actually are and then I'll update the numbering of the subsequent chapters.

This post was last updated November 15, 2024! If you're seeing this post as a reblog and it's been a while since then, check back on the original post to see if more's been added!

[steddieas-shegoes]

"Where did we put the freaking bag?!"

DM request from @lillemilly: "Where did we put the freaking bag?!" Can't remember if you've written ftm pregnancy Steddie before. But i have a mini promt of either Eddie or Steve freaking out because they can't find the hospital bag when its time to go. I keep joking about forgetting my own bag (do date saturday) 😅 I promise you even if you do forget your bag, there is nothing in it that you can't send someone to go back for or that can't be bought in an emergency at the hospital! Also, I literally (and I am not recommending this at all it's just a funny lil story) packed as I was having contractions at 5:40 in the morning on the day Liam was born. My mom came into my room and asked what I was doing and I said, "just like, things, ya know?"

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"This is terrible and I hate you and I hate this and I never want to do this again. You have the babies."

Steve was in pain.

Everyone told him labor usually started slow, there was plenty of time to get to the hospital before the pain got unbearable.

Everyone fucking lied.

He'd woken up from a dead sleep to a wet bed. Eddie, of course, slept through his water breaking and the immediate panic that he was still not due for two weeks coming over him.

But only until Steve woke him up by slapping him multiple times on his arm and yelling that they had to go.

Eddie was currently trying to remember how to function as a human being while Steve was breathing through another contraction, the pain piercing and getting worse every single time.

"This isn't normal is it? Like, this should be slower?" Eddie was asking as he tried to lace up his boots, grunting when he had to start over.

"I don't know, maybe I'm just lucky," Steve gritted through his teeth.

"Okay. The bag. Need the bag." Eddie stood and turned around in a circle. Turned again. "Where is the bag?"

Steve was going to kill him.

He was going to have to be a single father because Eddie was an idiot.

That must have been written all over his face because Eddie suddenly clapped and started running out of the room.

Steve pulled his jacket on, already mentally preparing for the next contraction, certain that if they didn't get to the hospital within the next 30 minutes, he would be having this baby in their bed.

"Where did we put the freaking bag?!" Eddie yelled from another room, possibly the bathroom.

"Please, my sweet angel, please do not have your dad's forgetfulness," Steve sighed, hand on his stomach. "Is it in the living room?" He yelled out.

Eddie was quiet for a minute, then appeared in the doorway.

"Not there. Not anywhere. Do we even have a bag?" Eddie asked.

Steve blinked at him.

"I'm getting in the car. If you aren't there in five minutes with the bag, I'm driving myself to the hospital and you're not invited," Steve said as he slowly waddled out of the room.

"Oh!" Eddie yelled, brushing past Steve in the hallway and right out the door.

Steve just barely made it to the front door when another contraction hit.

"It's in here! I found it! See how prepared I was?" Eddie yelled from the car, proud smile on his face.

"So prepared," Steve snarked back.

Eddie helped him into the car and drove much faster than he should have to the hospital.

On the ride there, Eddie was holding Steve's hand, singing along to some music, and through the pain, and the frustration, and the fear, Steve smiled over at Eddie.

"I'm glad I'm doing this with you, Eds."

Eddie lifted his hand to his mouth, kissed the back of it, and smiled.

[spacexseven]

On the angel idea, during duo soukoku both stuck with darling. What if angel Fyodor (maybe Nikolai?) just shows up out of nowhere and takes an interest. What would everyone’s reaction be?

(ABSOLUTE CHAOS)

i will say, it's very hard for me to include nikolai's personal values? with him being an angel, so this is just a silly little What If? thing. so nikolai's doing this own little thing

cw: nikolai typical behavior

you'd think that being housemates with literal demons would desensitize you to anything...otherworldly, but nothing can prepare you for whatever nikolai was. he introduced himself as your "guardian angel", and apologizes for being gone for so long, promising to be by your side from then on.

you're already sure that he's a fraud, but the pretty wings behind his back and the golden halo, paired with his otherwordly energy convinces you, at least a little, that his words may not entirely be a lie.

but your hopes are shattered when soon, you meet with the very unangelike personality of nikolai, especially towards your roommates. you've never heard such graphic, violent threats until you overheard nikolai threatening to kill dazai, never seen someone so excited as the prospect of angering chuuya (apart from dazai, at least), and never thought you'd have a guardian angel that did his job so badly.

with nikolai by your side, your chances of getting into a very risky situation and facing imminent death increase by at least 40%, though he tries to reassure you by promising that you'd become an angel if you died. he makes fun of you, hides your things in his coat, and writes down every single 'sin' you commit in a little notebook. suddenly, you're starting to wonder if the wings and the halo were fake too.

but when he wants to, he does a good job at keeping you safe from chuuya + dazai, constantly annoying them to get them to leave (as he says, "fighting fire with fire"). he doesn't let dazai drag you down to hell, and doesn't let chuuya's cult get their hands on you. he still has those times when he goes eerily quiet and stares at you for no clear reason, sometimes asking you strangely morbid questions, but he immediately snaps out of it and goes back to his fun persona.

you come to realize that he's not all that much better than dazai and chuuya. it's almost like you've just gained another unwanted housemate. he lingers in your space for longer than you'd like, inspects your things without any regard for your privacy, and drags you wherever he wants, even if you're not willing to go.

about powers, nikolai has some kind of divine energy. he doesn't ever tell you about it in detail, but you've seen him glow at times when he's particularly irritated or excited, and you assume his coat is some manifestation of his powers, because dazai swats at it like it offends him in some way. that, and the fact that the demon duo are constantly complaining about feeling sick when nikolai's around, more so when he's all glowing. (you don't think to ask if he can do that to humans too).

there's obviously some things he's hiding from you. he doesn't tell you why, if he was supposed to be your guardian angel, he was missing for so long, only assuring you that he had been watching over you for a while now. when you tell him that you don't hate dazai and chuuya's company, he looks...upset. he frowns and tells you that they're no good to have around; the exact same reasons he uses to keep you away from your human friends, too.

when you see him glowering over at someone who had bumped into you, his body glowing and his hand reaching into his coat, dread immediately fills you. it's only amplified when you see the weapon he brings out, with a frightening grin on his face. it's times like this that you realize you'd rather have him as your protector than your pursuer—at least this way, you were alive and (mostly) unharmed.

[swanjiwi]

Swanjiwi's One Piece re watch journey

Masterlist<3

> EPISODE 34

I love how Luffy doesn't have to think even a second about Nami killing Usopp. He just knows she wouldn't do that the minute he heard Johnny say it

Sanji not giving a flying fuck about everything else the moment he saw Nami again 💀💀💀 And then he wasn’t being just a dumbass and unlike the rest he realized she wasn’t alright and had to think for a moment

"A reason for me to stay here? There is one. He's (Luffy) staying here." Zoro, you're so loyal, I need someone like that in my life

(I'll add this here because he can be such a little shit)

Nami remembering the happy times with the crew ("I honestly felt like always being with them, if it were possible")

I still think it's weird that Sanji didn’t have heart eyes for Nojiko until Usopp said she's Nami's sister

> EPISODE 35-36

Luffy’s just going past the Fishmen "I'm Luffy. I'm taking a walk." And then Hachi just said "Have fun"💀

Bellemere ;;;;;;;;;; Their story is so important to me

> EPISODE 37

It's really heartbreaking thinking about when Nami said that it was easy to solve something with Arlong because money solves everything. And her believing he wouldn't break their promise...

She was just a child when they made that promise, and she kept on hoping, kept on believing in the possibility of buying the village's freedom...

And she had to grow up so fast. On Arlong Park she talks differently trying to appear like she's bigger, stronger and older, but in the end she's so young and trapped in something she never imagined and no one prepared her for it. She is so strong, but it all comes crumbling down...

AND THE THE VILLAGE FEIGNING IGNORANCE BECAUSE THEN SHE WOULD BE FREE TO LEAVE

I HATE IT HERE

And then she goes to face Arlong, and she cries... and her face.... :((((((

Sanji is so fcking weird, I need a word or two with Oda

I can't help crying after the hat scene. Nami's VA did an amazing job. It just makes me cry more, and of course, the significance of Luffy just entrusting his hat to someone else....

For some reason, i think the different angles for the part when the four are walking to face Arlong is funny

> Episode 38

Moomu is so cute :(( I'm so sad

Sanji, you're so cool... sometimes

Them: "the only way to save Luffy is by defeating the Fishmen"..... Guys, Luffy is literally going to run out of air before you are able to do that 💀

This is the first time Zoro and Sanji have relied on each other

> Episode 39

Without thinking very hard, I can only remember two times Sanji has cared openly about Zoro and that's here bc Zoro’s wounds are still fresh after fighting Mihawk, and then in Sabaody when they are escaping and Zoro is still very weak because of Kuma... Them in Wano could count, but Sanji wasn't very vocal about it

I still think it is so cute how Hachi goes inside to find his swords

Sanji understands everything around him so well.... and then he stills throws himself into the water knowing Fishmen could kill him easier there💀 "Marimo I know you are worried and i know the situation is dire but you are injured so I'll jump there to my death to save Luffy" And then again, it's because he understands everything so well that he knows there weren't better options

> Episode 40

I love Sanji’s fighting style so much. It's very entertaining

USOPP HAMMER USOPP HAMMER USOPP HAMMER USOPP HAMMER

> Episode 41

"Please die with me" Nami 😭😭😭

"If he (Luffy) loses, then you will all die." I know that's the truth, but why would you say that Sanji 🥲

Nose.... Jaw?

> Episode 43

Nami's pen stained with blood falling to the ground.... and then "USE!?" followed by Luffy destroying Nami's map room... This episode is so important to me

Sanji is so dumb omg

Of course Zoro cares a lot even when there are times when he doesn't show it, but i think i realized that after he said to Nezumi "Don't ruin people's fun when they're finally happy". I took that, and after that, for the next thousand episodes, I just assumed he cared even when he said he didn't

> Episode 44

Nami is such a brat when she's with Nojiko and Gen, i love her. It's not like she's not her genuine self with the Strawhats but her role there is different there (and it makes sense she would act more like a kid with her sister and Gen (who is practically a parent figure))

Sanji and Zoro talking normally, thank you (they literally didn't properly meet each other until that moment.) We don't get many moments like these between Zoro and Sanji (like, both of them talking this way) 1. Here... mmmm ???? 2. Wano? I could count some other moments but it's not them peacefully talking...

"My deepest conveniences

Deepest concussions

Deepest com-

That."

GEN YOU'RE SO IMPORTANT TO ME

I'm impressed that Sanji is actually with women... and they are there with him because they want to. The second time is in Fishmen Island with the mermaids

The different reactions to Nami steal everyone's wallets. Usopp and Zoro thinking about how she's still a thief (therefore a bad person that could betray them again (but you're all literally pirates now, who cares💀, its better for you if she knows how to steal something from time to time)) and then Luffy loving it and Sanji supporting women's rights and women's wrongs (Oda could've just leave Sanji to be like that but he had to adhere to the time's funniest joke which was being a fucking creep I guess 😒)

The village's screams going from "You thief!" to " Take care" and "Come back anytime" 😭😭😭😭😭

Her tattoo AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

To end, two screenshots of Nojiko because she looks very cute

[spiderh0rse]

freeman's mind notes pt8, e36-40 (plus secret e0)

e36

delighted to put his hands on a gun again even if there's blood on it

he wants more things to shoot

doesn't think he's fired a gun before (second assertion of this fact) but it does feel familiar

has had a reoccurring dream of being Snoop Dogg

thinks the barnacles were made by the biology department

someone in Biology named Heather than Gordon tries to hit on sometimes. She is supposedly stone cold

calls himself The Freeman again

everyone was proud of the pollen that killed people

"goat cheese massacre"

return of the Fall Damage. Bemoans the lack of shock absorbers and drugs

confused at why he's wearing the HEV suit

vaguely remembers the ResCas proper

would not drink neon hi c ecto cooler

he doesn't like liars

black mesa is NOT a tourist trap

he is right tbh. Trespassers literally do have rights. You're supposed to make any unreasonable dangers clear and obvious. Warn with signage or some shit

aims to think like a squirrel that has anger problems

the nation of Freeman

yeah this sequence of events is normal and leads to promotions

e37

had some job interviews in grad school. Never knew how to answer their questions

thinks of the building as alive AGAIN

oh hey we're in the part of the facility that Physics of the Crowbar did astoundingly well

gotta avoid the blood shower :(

this gunk BETTER not get in his hair

he doesn't want to smell like mcdonalds

GROWLS

meat chunks in his hairrrrrrr

he no longer likes orange

he's 80% sure cheetos aren't made like this

undertow fuckin with him

his values have sunk since he woke up

prepared for when he gets Alzheimer's. He'll escape room his way out of the retirement home easy

wants a sword cane when he's old

you just shot a SNOT MONSTER, sir.

he remembers everything? (he does not) (he thinks the string theory crowd got into AnMat)

plans to sell the satchel charges to Eddie

yes the magnum does grant godlike ego

he isn't an optimist

this is NOT a democracy he has a GUN

"BLAH!!!"

freeman have you butchered animals before or

would love to land in a ballpit

naptime :>

bat JUMPSCARE he CANCELLED THE CREDITS. SHOCK. AWE.

e0

new intro. Tram ride to some vending machines.

attempts to flirt with the hazard course hologram

doesn't comment on the HEV suit's voice this time!

he's not coming back to the hazard course

only getting HEV suit training because he's capable of physical activity

derides the game-based language of the tutorial

"hup! hoo! hah!"

i WISH there was rubber padding around the knees of the suit

fatphobia,,

he always wanted to be a hamster man

finds the long jump module cool

"nreeeeeeoooow"

could press buttons all day!

Slur count: five.

e38

back to cafeteria intro

he can't sleep :(

HATES the room's vibes

self hypnotizes again. Lmao

TANK OF ACID! SUPERB!

he is a CAT

his faux-southern accent sucks so bad. hillbilly but worse

no come on you can dodge an incinerator

liked the Addams Family. Identified with the Thing, he says.

concrete corridor agnostic

double dead end!

he feels like strangling something.

feels like he wouldn't mind the nickname Dr. Stranglelove

growls again

backup backup gun dependency does rely on state yeah

he wanted a banana milkshake

he's talkin specbio,,,

he remembers lasers are BAD

limbos on by that awful tripmine

"BLLLAAAAAAHHHHHHH"

e39

[incoherent raging] followed by "wait! I have satchel charges!"

deeply comforted by having this amount of explosives. Wants to draw a smiley face on one

welllll the radiation sign is a bit off the requirement but that's a half life note not a freeman's mind note. He should know though

claims his geiger counter is trendy and fashionable

we have reached the non OSHA compliant location

he is clearly being sarcastic here but he does talk about seeing what was probably a mall santa

jello knees..... He's in painnnnn

this isn't even a SPA

he feels like he's in a sub in the cramped metal halls

back to the classroom analogy

it IS the amps that kill you yessirre

part of the opposable thumbs club!

takes the time to study the trapped alien grunt. Says it could get a management job

he hates biolabs :(

goes through the Atom Experience

incoherent babbling

he Remembers that everyone wants him dead. Shoots a probably innocent guard

now plans to kill the whole world

he's a gun farmer :>

usually when stuff goes long he concludes that everyone wants him dead

he's honestly a little relieved that he doesn't have to guess if people want him dead or not

doesn't recognize the vox

GRAPPLING HOOK MENTION

e40

new intro, shotgun-elevator shaft

the eternal issue of understaffing: doing weird bullshit always

"superbus" w/e well superbia is pride so I'd imagine this is "greatness" followed by whatever words he isn't reading

he isn't reading them because he doesn't know latin

human body staircase,,

door conspiracy!

actually thinks before he pushes a button

"woah-hoho-oh..."

hiccups :(

he gets really nervous after killing people

oh the subtitles have suddenly cut out

his normal work was in quantum mechanics and general relativity

stumbles over his saying "I don't know"

"there's no actual right to privacy but it's implied by the rest of the constitution. And this gun,"

prototype cheese slicer or pita cutter- you decide

HE CAN'T HELP ANYONE IF THEY'RE NOT CALM

RELAX AND FOLLOW THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE

back to hitting any button he sees

he is never going to ask for yellow space maggots jumping at his face

a list of things that makes freeman happy: lasers, food, painkillers, bed rest, not being persecuted, getting his life back on track. Lasers may be listed first here but it is below the rest of these

avoids the gauss gun

seeing body parts lying around used to bother him

wants to sprinkle cloned body parts lying places and tape people finding em

big laser? Badass.

gonna shoot down a satellite with that baby

[karume-everything-else]

Day 14 "This is killing you!"

Reader x Shota Aizawa [BNHA]

You couldn't stand this. Shota always got hurt doing his job as Pro Hero and that left you to fix him up every single time. Today was especially difficult because part of his elbow had been disintegrated completely as if it simply turned to ash or something.

"Why are you always trying so hard?" You sighed, "You won't make it to 40 working like this Sho."

"[Name], that isn't what this is about." Aizawa rolled over onto his side to face you, "I wasn't prepared for the guy that came at me. Even with my nullification quirk, he hit like a truck."

"Then explain your elbow..."

"I couldn't see that guy so..."

You sighed and shook your head, "You're way too reckless, you know that?"

"I'm extremely sensible thank you very much."

"Reckless." You poked gently at the edge of what would eventually be scarred tissue, "And its that recklessness that's going to kill you."

"I'll be fine."

"You can't even acknowledge that this is killing you, can you?"

"I said I'll be fine [Name]." Shota's baggy eyes looked up at you, "This is quite literally part of my job to risk my life. Its always been like this."

You folded your arms and huffed. This whole self-righteous 'it's my job' spiel was getting old fast. It felt like no one wanted to take you seriously just because you didn't attend a hero course. That didn't, wouldn't stop your quirk or your worries. You just wanted your lover to be safe, but because you weren't a hero, your opinion might as well be dirt.

"Listen, sweetie." Shota's voice dropped a little, "It isn't like I don't know this. I just, I have more important things to worry about than my health. For instance, your health."

"Then stop worrying about my health before that stubborn attitude gets you killed. You can't do anything when you're dead you know."

"You act like it's so easy to just stop that kind of worrying as if that isn't why you keep fighting me whenever I come home in bandages."

You turned to look at him, "I just don't like seeing you all roughed up like this. It hurts me emotionally to see you on the brink of helplessness because we both know you're too stubborn to let your injuries keep you from working."

Shota moved slightly, resting his head on your upper thigh. You couldn't stay upset at him. Not when he kept doing stuff like this. And even if he was wrapped like a mummy, he still had the strength to pull you down under the covers.

[clintbartonswife]

in the dark of the night i think of you

Pairings: remus lupin/sirius black, james potter/lily evans Summary: remus before the first full moon after the fateful halloween night Whumptober prompt #2 : thermometer / delirium / 'they dont care about you' Notes: mentions of death, war, self-harm and injury. even remus' hallucinations are mean to him. masterlist   || whumptober2023

The night before the full moon was always the worst.

When he was a child he had found it unbearable, coddled by his mother while his father looked on with guilt-laden eyes. They had held him when he cried, always doing their best to prepare him for what was to come.

It was impossible, of course, to prepare a five year old for the pain of their bones reassembling. For the reality of living the rest of their life with a condition that took such a toll, hiding a secret and gaining new scars every month.

He grew to fear the anticipation more than the transformation itself, working himself into a state every time he saw the moon thickening. His parents could do nothing about it, trapped in their helplessness, clinging to each other as his screams tore through the night.

The shame followed the fear.

When Remus was old enough to understand the concept of shame and embarrassment, he could finally name the look on his father's face when talking about his son's 'condition'. That shadowed him through the rest of his life - every new scar just another tally mark of the ever present shame that he brought to his parent's life.

That soon fuelled resentment, Lyall taking up extra hours at work to avoid him, eventually leaving him and his mother with nothing but bad memories. He hadn't even gone to Hope's funeral.

His time at Hogwarts had helped to ease that overwhelming shame, though it still followed him in every avenue of his life. He was taught that he deserved to love and be loved, wholly and without holding back. It had been a tough sell, but by the time he had graduated he finally found it in himself to believe that he had a family that accepted him.

He enjoyed the surety for less than a year.

A cough ripped through him, Remus groaning as another chill racked his body. He tugged the threadbare blanket higher up, curling in on himself in an attempt to retain as much heat as he could.

The cottage he had found was literally crumbling around him, allowing the cold November air to penetrate every corner of the room where he had set up a makeshift bed. As Marlene loved to say, beggars cant be choosers, and he knew he was lucky to find any kind of structure hidden this deep in the woods.

With shaking hands, he took the thermometer from between his lips, squinting to read it in the dim light.

"Shit, 40."

This was just his luck. Hiding out in an abandoned building with a raging fever the day before the full moon.

If this fever killed him, he wondered, how long would his body be left to rot? No one knew where he was - hell, there wasn't anyone left in the world that cared.

"You always were good at the pity party, eh Moony?"

His heart skipped a beat, tears rushing to his eyes at the familiar voice. He didn't dare look up, wanting to hold on to the impossible for just a few seconds longer.

"You know, ignoring us isn't going to change anything."

"Lily -" he breathed, somewhere between a sob and prayer.

"Wow. Okay. I see the favouritism happening right now."

He finally looked up, tears flowing freely. James and Lily stood above him, pity in their eyes and hands entwined.

"How -"

Lily smiled sagely, kneeling by his side, phantom hand placed on his forehead. "You're burning up."

Remus let out a shaky laugh, breath visible in the air. "Right. I'm dying."

"Dramatic!" James sang, flashing a cheeky grin. "You're not dying Moony, you're just finally losing your mind."

His shaky laugh turned to an outright chuckle, the noise even shocking himself. He hadn't laughed properly since -

He got rid of that thought, instead heaving himself in to a sitting position, wrapping the blanket around his shoulders. "Yeah - that makes sense."

Lily shook her head fondly, lightly slapping James' chest. "Be nice."

Remus rolled his eyes fondly, "I always hated it when they'd treat me like I'm fragile, especially before the full moon."

"See, my flower? I'm simply treating Rem like I always have. No need to go easy on him just because I'm a ghost and all."

"We're not ghosts, dummy. I think we're part of his subconscious -"

James gasped, "Are we in your head?"

"That's an awful place to be right now -"

"Is that your way of asking us to leave?"

Remus' smile dropped instantly, looking down at the floor in shame. "No - I'd never... and I - I'm sorry I wasn't there. That I didn't... I -"

"You couldn't have known he'd betray us."

Remus' head swirled as he whipped it around, Peter stood near the doorway, waving sheepishly.

"Took your time, Wormy!" James greeted cheerfully, "Did we interrupt your very important death plans?"

"Not exactly... I got lost. Everything was white and I didn't quite understand how to get out."

Remus snorted, that snort turning into a laugh of disbelief, and then dissolving in to wheezing. Tears ran down his cheeks, contrasted by the smile on his lips.

"Remus?"

"Great. We broke him."

"Don't look at me! I just got here!"

The three of them began to argue, the noise weirdly comforting. It reminded him so strongly of sitting in front of the roaring fire, his friends littered around the common room all debating over the best Bertie Bott's flavour. Sirius tracing shapes on the back of his hand -

"They don't care about you."

Remus froze, blood running cold at the harsh voice. Even after all these years, his father could still suck all the air out of a room.

He looked back up. His friends had disappeared, replaced by his father's looming figure.

"Look at you. You ended up just like I said you would. Alone."

"Da that's -"

"I don't want to hear any more of your pathetic excuses."

"Ex -" Remus choked down his tears, refusing to appear weak in front of him. "This wasn't my fault."

Lyall laughed. A mean, bitter laugh. "You don't really believe that though, do you boy. Those aren't even your words!"

He was right. Of course he was right.

Remus' self-hatred ran deep, supplied by a never-ending well that had been hollowed out in his early life. He found that he would seek out punishment in a way to repent - getting in fights over summer, developing unhealthy drinking habits, even volunteering to immerse himself in the werewolf pack at the height of the war.

During fifth year at the apex of his academic stress he had allowed Sirius to practice his stick and poke on his body. The repetitive sharp pain had been soothing, and a small possessive part of him liked the fact that he wore Sirius' art - something that none of the endless stream of girlfriends would ever have. They had made it more bearable to look at his scarred body, seeing evidence of love instead of reasons for shame.

Of course, even that had been robbed from him. The tattoos instead represented his failure - permenantly marked by the man who had taken his life from him.

"Look at me, boy."

Remus' head moved as if he had been slapped, connecting his eyes to his father's.

"Your friends are dead because of you."

He swallowed heavily, hands curling into fists under the blanket, pulling the fabric impossibly closer to his body.

"You dated that deviant and allowed him to blind you from his true intentions. You might as well have delivered them to the Dark Lord yourself."

Remus' mouth opened, but failed to produce any noise.

The thing was, his father was right. He had been warning him all these years to avoid attachment. Remus was cursed, bringing nothing but pain to those around him.

"They died knowing that you had let them down."

He blinked back tears as James, Lily and Peter reappeared behind his father, faces expressionless.

"We thought we were safe." James spat. "We trusted you."

Lily's voice was uncharacteristically cold, "I was in front of Harry - he saw death before he ever understood joy."

"He didn't just kill me... he blew me up." Peter lifted his hand, showing that one finger was missing, "They couldn't even find my body."

Tears finally began to fall as they all began walking towards him, a cacophony of insults and blame being thrown at him in cold and uncaring voices.

" - couldn't save Marlene -"

" - just a monster -"

" - father was right about you -"

" - Dorcas died for you -"

" - disappointment."

A strong gust of icy wind ripped through the shack, Remus wincing at the intensity of it. When he reopened his eyes, he was alone.

His sobs rattled through his entire body, hunching in on himself as his nails dug into the tattoo on his forearm.

For the first time in his life, he wished for the glow of the full moon.

[silversiren1101]

I would love to hear your take on Cheliax!

Ahhh Cheliax, my favorite Golarion nation! Everything about how it came to be with the Even-Tongued Conquest to the SHADOW that it has become. It is fascinating.

So Cheliax was formed in the earlier 4000s when this governor decided to just secede from Taldor when Taldor was dealing with Qadiran invasions, and he was so influential that he became known as the Aspex the Even-Tongue because of how little bloodshed happened with this 'conquest'. He took what would be Galt and Isger by force, but Andoran and the strix came through his diplomacy alone, and that is a remarkable feat. They even had a holiday for him called Even-Tongued Day!

You look at Cheliax now and it's like, okay, this nation that was formed from a relatively peaceful secession is now... run by literally devil fascist state where slavery is a state protected business and everyone is a second rate citizen if you're not a wealthy Egorian elite.

HOW?! It's uncomfortably close to some stuff in real life, but I really love to look at it in this fantasy lens.

Cheliax was the star of the Inner Sea. It was massive. It held everything from Korvosa in Varisia to Nidal to Isger to Galt and Andoran... that is HUGE. It was the fated land of prophecy, where Aroden was supposed to reappear in Golarion to herald the start of a new Age, the Age of Glory.

But it never came to pass.

Aroden straight up died (we think) and the entire country erupted into violent civil war.

For FORTY YEARS every noble family torn the entire country apart to take control for themselves. It was long and violent and bloody, with the areas that would be Galt and Andoren taking the opportunity to secede in the turmoil. The Hellknights even warred with each other, that's how bad it was. Different Orders pledges themselves to different families they thought backed their specific ideals and they tore themselves apart. Several orders rose up, unofficially formed from mercenary groups to desperately enforce order. Several Orders were erased from history with how ruthlessly they were eradicated by other Orders. That's how bad it was, that even the Hellknights were not a single unified force in this.

It wasn't until one family resorted to literally selling their entire line to Hell to win that the war started to turn. The Thrunes managed to convince the bulk of the Orders to back them (the Pyre and Thorn resisted, which, GOOD), and it was the single greatest mistake the Orders ever made. Restore law and order now and deal with the consequences later, because 40 years of civil war have passed and Cheliax won't be around any longer if we keep fighting...

And now the entire country has been sold to Hell by the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune. The once peaceful life with the strix is no more, as the armies of Cheliax try to eradicate them. They've lost Nidal and Korvosa and Kintargo and Galt and Andoran...

Cheliax is an infernal shadow of what it used to be, and nothing paints a better picture of this than the former capitol of Westcrown, whose pure white marble is cracking and still has entire districts left to rot, overrun with undead and thieves.

It's literally my dream to have a Civil War 2 AP. It's heavily implied that a few of the Orders are preparing for Thrune to turn on them: the Scourge in particular. The Erinyes Company is literally attacking Scourgeknights in the street and killing them. The Scourge has a hidden escape tunnel from Citadel Demain into the Barrowood. They are READY for this. I desperately want this AP. I want to drive a sword into Abrogail Thrune's heart and free Cheliax from her infernal chains.

[jeffsatursdayss]

The Eclipse Ep 1

Yes, I made notes on this, I have done it for quite a few different shows on my first watch but this completely boiled my brain so I need to type it out to make more sense of them. I also don't remember doing it so be prepared for an f-ton of nonsense

I watched this on YouTube so it's gonna be based on the four parts on there, with time stamps cause I need to order my thoughts

Part 1:

1:10 - Suppalo is a cult, I've watched literally on episode and I am utterly convinced of this already

5:02 - Khaotung is literally so hot like man wtf, you literally just finished taking a piss or something what

8:58 - "Catch me if you can" no joke I actually freaking screamed when he said this, and the thigh grab

11:10 - poor Ayan, I don't know who tf that guy is yet by my god I feel sorry for Ayan cause damn ✨trauma✨

12:52 - Khao is really hot, my gremlin brain was going absolutely feral at this point

Part 2:

0:15 - that's the high school from Bad Buddy, I shouldn't have recognised that so easily omg

0:55 - the ✨tension✨ is literally so palpable I could cut it was a knife

1:08 - Akk is definitely in a cult ( can't remember this part but probably accurate)

1:20 - EXCUSE ME!!! "You punch me once. I kiss you once." You confidently gay mother fricker Ayan are you trying to kill Akk and everyone else???

2:32 - Khao is such a good actor holy shit

3:35 - definitely a cult

4:15 - head teacher is scary af

7:00 - Pinkie knows something, I'm not sure what but she knows, and I know she knows

Part 3:

2:15 - Kan (I think that's his name?) gay panicking over Thua ( if I get names wrong I'm sorry but I know who I'm on about) is so hilarious and I'm so here for it

4:13 / 4:30 - Akk is 100% brainwashed oh my lord

5:15 - bro is not subtle ( also don't know who this is about, but applies to literally all the characters so far)

6:10 - how is Akks room so organized, the hell?? Is it something to do with the creepy cult? It probably is isn't it... Damnit

6:30 - oh Akks gay panicking, good for him (don't blame him Khao/Ayan is freaking hot)

8:40 - Kan and Thua being gay again, except now Kans deflecting with heterosexuality, wonderful

Part 4:

0:20 - god those 3 are so freaking weird, is this potentially a secondary cult?? If so I don't want it

1:25 - this place is definitely a cult, nothing is changing my mind about that now

3:30 - why does the guy who jumped the cliff look low-key like Earth (MLC) in certain angles???

4:05 - tragic backstories for the win

4:20 - oh Khaos crying, that's not good, baby don't cry

4:47 - seriously who is the dead guy, why is he in a photo from Suppalo, was he like a teacher or something?

5:15 - boys you are so unsubtle it's not even funny anymore, it's bordering on creepy

6:05 - confident gay Ayan/panicking repressed gay Akk, young love, so beautiful

6:40 - that cleaner guy is also creepy af, dude why are you just standing there!!!

7:50 - those 3 are still creepy

8:27 - why is there a hashtag about the school being creepy, what is this?

8:48 - Akk is 100% brainwashed, I've made up my mind

9:03 - Ayan is not ruining your school's reputation honey, you're doing it yourselves by being a freaking CULT!

9:35 - I WAS RIGHT! The guy was a teacher! I still don't know why Ayan knows him or gives a Frick but okay

After Watching:

I know there's a plot, at least I hope there's an f-ing plot, but currently the plot is not plotting in the way it's supposed to be plotting

I literally went through the 5 stages trying to figure out what the Frick is going on

How do I have so many notes from like 45 minutes?? There's something wrong with me, I swear

But!

New hyperfixation here we come I guess?? God I really hope not honestly, I'm still in Not Me and KinnPorsche

[hyenaswine]

like let's call it what it is. you don't move your elderly father with uncontrolled diabetes to a remote region of a foreign country where they don't even have cars & he can't even receive mail just because you think you deserve unfettered access to scuba diving. not if you're a sensible person. oh & THEN spend literally all his money so there's no chance he can get back to the US.

my mom & i have been financially supporting them by sending money every couple months, but to do so i've been using my cousin's venmo because there was no easier way to transfer funds since we can't even send a check (my mom transfers to my bank account, then i use my venmo to send to my cousin, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S FOR HER DAD). my uncle has just set up his own venmo account & instructed me not to tell my cousin about it because apparently she has either been spending the money or withholding it from him. i don't know what else to call that except abuse.

i was also completely convinced during the early days of the pandemic that she was going to expose her dad to covid & kill him because she kept posting insane conspiracy theories & anti-vaxx shit to her facebook. but i think them being so remote & the travel bans keeping tourists out helped insulate them from it. this was actually the last time i spoke to my cousin & i deleted my facebook shortly after.

my mother said to me, with her full chest, "when i married your dad i didn't sign on to take care of his whole family." she has known my uncle & been part of his family for over 50 years. it's HER family. i don't understand how i can hold such profoundly different values than the person who raised me, especially ones that feel so fundamental to the core of my being. maybe it's because she's a goy, idk man. why the fuck wouldn't i take care of my family when i'm able to?

anyway. the second i got wind that something was up with him i applied for my passport & paid $60 extra to get it expedited so i could go down there & see for myself. i fucking hate flying & am deathly afraid of it, especially with everything going on with boeing planes currently. but i just feel like there's no other way to figure out what's going on without physically going down there to see for myself. he's a very stoic person but he drops these little hints that are super alarming, like that he's lost over 100 pounds & can no longer walk very well or leave the house much. also we both live off the same trust fund, plus he must have savings & retirement money from working as a nuclear engineer for so many years, so it's disturbing that they're apparently just OUT of money. how did you run out so fast? what is she DOING down there, buying gold bars?

it's probably going to suck. it's probably going to be really emotionally difficult for me & i'm going to be really angry with my cousin. i'm going to need to have difficult conversations with both of them & i'm sort of dreading it. my mom is so far doing what she can to be as unhelpful as possible, & i know from almost 40 years of experiencing her that she's not prepared to cope with any of the emotional stuff & simply Won't cope with it, she'll avoid avoid avoid til her dying breath. i'm going to have to take charge & i might have to be a bitch & it's very hard for me to cope with the thought of my family being angry with me or disliking me cuz it hits those abandonment triggers SO hard. i'm going to have to be the responsible one & pretend like i'm capable when really i have no idea how the fuck to get them out of this situation. will i need to contact a lawyer? how does one even do that?

anyway i feel a lot of stupid progressive guilt about vacationing in a colonized Exotic™ country but it's really not a vacation. i mean we WILL be staying at the hilton & i WILL be snorkeling, but again, it's compensation for the hassle & emotional distress.

im going to belize basically because my uncle is being elder abused by his daughter & im trying to intervene. but i WILL be enjoying the beach for my troubles.

[vampthropologist]

there is much more i could send u that’ll be greater than the klm song like any of the websites but this’ll probably just take years off ur life lol /lh

https://youtu.be/vpTT4M6Okes (Dream)

https://youtu.be/ZQt9rWYhv7E (Gamzee)

https://youtu.be/b8feTDua8EE (Sans)

https://youtu.be/kcAuiWNABpY (Wilbur soot vs Nanami)

https://youtu.be/7aUKQMU-VH4 (Dream)

https://youtu.be/sf6JGu6MaII (Monokuma)

https://youtu.be/D1mMbhPM5x8 (Luke Skywalker)

https://youtu.be/L2jqGb82zuE (LaLa)

https://youtu.be/G3uaroAWGoE (hot human lighting mcqueen)

<3 luv u!

NNOAISNDONASOIID NOO NOOO NOOOO why do the lyrics make sense 40% of the time? Why is the video like that??? I think all the songs will suffer from poorly placed Danganronpa references but ALSO HE IS DISSING HIM FOR BEING ILL??? AND NAGITO RETURNS WITH SLUR ACCUSATIONS?? THOSE ARENT EQUAL

Nagito you are a stoner too even if it's not shown, also the voice doesn't match him. HONK?? WHAT IS A HONK??? HUH??? This guy says mf a lot doesn't he? I am not far enough into Homestuck to understand all these references. Also it's hilarious to think that in preparation for this Nagito has read all of Homestuck. I wanna see a homestuck nagito sprite. actually i don't. please don't bring that into this world. FINGERS IN HIS ASS WAS THE ONLY GOOD REEFERENCE it's too bad it's sandwiched between mf and mf and mf and mf. GOAT DADDY??? GOAT DADDY?? ultimate bottom. bottom. sir. SIR.

Before starting there must be a fingers in his ass in here. Ok now I'm starting. THE SANS VOICE NOOOOOO. Everyone is making fun of Nagito for being gay. Sans isn't dissing him, he's just explaining Nagito's plot poorly. What does Kanye have to do with this? You better make a fingers in his ass joke. Nagito sounds like a nerd character from a cartoon. This rap battle was just simpsons vs nerd kid roleplaying as sans and nagito with no rap experience. Truly a disappointing performance.

Oh lordy I saw this in the reccomended before checking the list. They said her name out of tempo I'm already aggravated. What are Pants and ConnorEats? Are these references? YOUR LYRICS ARE SHITE BRITISH BOY. Stop saying her name it's not helping your horrible flow. His references don't hold any weight because I'm not an smp fan and then he comes out here calling her a camgirl. HAMILTON REFERENCE??? Her wordplay is better than his.

Another Dream one? Okay. WAIT THIS CHANNEL HAS LESS THAN 400 SUBS?? Let's see how it compares to the first one. Is the same guy doing both voices? NJASSNKJDkK DAMN THE CALLOUT. That line dropped flat Nagito I'm dissapointed. Oh they were 2 different guys doing the voices. Huh. This was mediocre.

The intro and the 200 subs really sets the scene. AHSKDJJBKKAHKASDDBKHDB UKELELE BACKING TRACK AND GUY JUST DOING HIS BEST. "You're just a twink with fucking yellow hair"- Monokuma. There are nagito napkins? HE JUST FINISHES WITH fuck you. MEGALO VANIA NOOOOO. this is just improv. This is literally improv. Or for Nagito's side it's improve because it really feels like when your classmates make a beat on the desk and another comes to rap to it freestyle. fuck you no fuck you no fuck you no fuck you <- basically. "I killed all your friends." "I again don't appreciate that." That's why in this Danganronpa, my hope is all that. Truly words to live by.

Sky, Elijah, Gabriel, how did you find this video? The person has 39 subscribers. This video has 229 views. How? MS paint opening scene. What accent are they doing for Luke?? He's BRITISH! lymploma. lymploma. your dead dog run over is the only time you're feeling "ruff". I have chills. Followed by I'm a Jedi from tattooine weilding a cool stick the only schtick you see is Hajime's which you'll never get. This is said by MS paint Luke skywalker. While you die like Chiaki. NAGITO DIES TOO??? HE IS DEAD??? HE LITERALLY DIES IN THE GAAME??? was star wars once considered neo nazi fodder?? WHERE DID THAT LINE COME FROM???? HELLO??? he keeps going "hah?" in between his lines. WHY WAS HAJIME THERE WITH A CENSOR BLOCK??? I applaud the creator for attempting to do fast lines. They just rhymed poo, goo, R2D2, fortune, and Beru.

Who is Lala, I guess I'll find out. Once again a small channel. I don't know where you keep finding them. Those lines were all flat and bad. Wait that's it?? Okay. Less than mediocre and not amusing.

This better be good with such an absurd catch. BJHJHBKHASBKJbSAKJ OKay I'll take it.

This was an exploration to the obscure corners of the internet. Do not try this at home. Thank you for your sacrifice of actually finding these.

[sariels-world-ella]

Some Sw!Fallenswap pre-events Soriel moments (mostly Fallen!Sans being iconic Autistic malewife and this AU Soriel being... Well.. Fallen!Soriel)

Sans: Oh my Toby Fox, I am SO SORRY!! I JUST REACTED! I HAVE BAD PTSD!! ARE YOU OKAY?!?!?

Toriel: Sans, I almost accidentally killed you.

Sans: SO?!?!!? I F**KING HIT YOU!!

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Toriel: Sans.. why are you holding me?

Sans: you stubbed your toe, so I will limit your walking needs.

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Toriel: Sans.. It's not a big deal...

Sans: I. Forgot. Your. Favorite. Color.

Sans: I HAVE FAILED YOU!!

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Toriel *gets a papercut from book she's reading* : ow (SUPER QUIETLY)

Sans *bursts in the room with a first aid kit: Stay calm! I have medical experience.

Sans: I would have also destroy the book for harming you, but I love and respect books to much to ever do such a horrific thing.

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Toriel: how much trivia are you going to be telling me?

Sans: depends on how much you're willing to listen to.

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Toriel: SQURIAL🐿️!!(Squirrel!!!!) *About to angrily chase it*

Sans: *incinerates it with gaster blaster*

Toriel: ...

Sans: threat has been terminated.

Toriel: Seriously, Sans?

Sans: of course I am, unless it happens to be part Phoneix.

Toriel: ...

Sans: I like the Phoneixes, they are all determined little bad@$$es.

Toriel: WHAT THE F-

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Random person: hi!

Toriel: WHO SENT YOU TO TALK TO MY BELOVED?!?!?

Sans: ... (Internal Confusion, visible apathy)

Sans: yeah, why are you talking to me of all monsters?

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Toriel: I hate squrials(Squirrels)

Sans: I am prepared to commit a genocide against all the squairls(Squirrels).

Papyrus: and that's why the underground Monstarian Squirrel went extinct!

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Sans: I broke bones

Toriel: OH MY-

Sans: not my bones.

Toriel: ahhh sh!+, What did you do now?

Sans: ripped a human kid's soul out after stabbing them to death.

Toriel: that's... Attractive AF.

Sans: what.

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Toriel: I love it when you do your flapping thing

Sans: uhhhh... Really...?

Toriel: my mom does that.

Sans: oh right.

Toriel: you're doing it again.

Sans: I'm not moving.

Toriel: no, brushing off moments that you were excited and happy by saying it in a monotone or mundane, medcore voice

Sans: is that... Bad..?

Toriel: no, but weird considering the fact you literally jumped over a table to give my mother a hug out of excitement when you found out she was Autistic.

Sans: (monotone) oh.. yeah... I did do that.

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Toriel: Not that it bothers me or anything, we've been dating for, like, 40 years and married for two weeks but it's been 3 months since you actually shown physical affection towards me

Sans: I held your hand yesterday.

Toriel: yes, which caused you to get nervous about holding my hand without asking, which caused you to have a panic attack, which THEN triggered a half an hour long seizure.

Sans: I held your pinky in the ER, that counts, right?

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Sans: here.

Toriel: it's a... Empty Bottle?

Sans: gift.

Toriel: *short pause* oh. I'll.. put it in my room.

Toriel: Psst.. Papyrus.. Does he do this often..?

Papyrus: oh yeah! That's his thing! He collects random objects and he associates things with monsters he knows even if they are completely unrelated, so he saw the glass bottle and associated it with you.

Toriel:does he give you stuff?

Papyrus: totally! He likes to give ne rocks, pinecones, nature stuff and random but interesting garbage...

*pause of silence*

Papyrus: I. have. so. Many... PINECONES.

[tiannas-ocs]

I'm only going to send a few questions bc I know how overwhelming this request can be, but can I please ask for questions 4, 13, 19, and 40 with all of your characters OR alternatively just the ones you are vibing with most rn!! The choice is all yours ahh I'm so excited to learn more about your babies!! 😄💖💖💖 I hope you're havin the best day ever Tianna I love you!!!! 💕

(okay first of all, Matt i love you so much and honestly you and your support is a big reason why i even made this blog in the first place so THANK YOU)

okay so now that im done crying about how awesome you are and how i don't deserve you:

4. What do they consider to be an unforgivable action? Why?

Rosemary Addams: Manipulation. She prides herself on being a tough, independent witch, so being manipulated is unforgivable, especially when she's manipulated by someone she cares about. That person could lose her trust forever, and it'll be damn near impossible to get it back.

Honey Baker: Honestly, you could probably throw dirt at this girl and she'd forgive you. But people messing with her best friend, or her dad, is something she will simply not tolerate. She has a rolling pin and is 100% prepared to shove it up someone's ass if need be.

Demeter St. John: Ignorance (I guess that’s not really an action but still). People who hate on others for being "different" deserve to rot in hell, in her opinion. There's absolutely no excuse for making someone feel bad about themselves just because you don't understand them.

Seraphina/Angela Mills: For someone whose job is literally to kill people, there isn't much that she won't forgive, to be honest.

13. Describe your character's typical wardrobe for the regular day.

Rosemary Addams: I think Gothic Chic would be the best way to describe her style. Her clothes mainly consists of black and other dark colors like the other witches at her school, but definitely more high-end since she comes from a wealthier family than most.

Honey Baker: Always in something comfy and loose, like baggy jeans and a t-shirt or a long, flowy dress. Loves earth tones, mainly oranges and browns. She's always getting her clothes messy so she never wears anything too fancy. Plus, she wasn't exactly rich, so expensive clothes weren’t really at her disposal.

Demeter St. John: Pink. Just....Pink. When she was a kid, she became obsessed Legally Blonde and Elle Woods' mostly pink wardrobe. Since then, every outfit she's ever worn has had at least a bit of pink in it. Also, almost all of her clothes are thrifted. Her foster parents had to take care of six kids and certainly did not have the money to buy designer brands and such. So, she works with whatever she can find.

Seraphina/Angela Mills: In the Enchanted Forest, she wears gowns fit for royalty. Her dresses usually took on the same dark tones as her mother's, favoring dark blues and reds. In Storybrooke, she always dresses to impress. Her mother expects her to always look her best, so she very rarely wears clothes for comfort. No jeans, no t-shirts, not even sneakers. Think....Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl.

19. What does your character consider to be their lowest point?

Rosemary Addams: She loves her parents, but her biggest fear is to end up like them. Her lowest point is realizing she's becoming exactly what they want her to be. Cold, power-hungry, no close friends she can rely on.

Honey Baker: Honey prides herself on being a very accepting person, in that she doesn't judge people right away like her rich classmates do. I think her lowest point would be judging someone before knowing them. She'll definitely feel extremely guilty and it'd be something she thinks about for a while.

Demeter St. John: She’ll never forget the time she made her foster parents cry. She had been missing her biological parents more than usual and took her anger and frustration over their death out on them. She’s extremely grateful for them, and her lowest point is definitely making them think she feels anything but love and gratitude toward them.

Seraphina/Angela Mills: Definitely the first time she took a life. It was like the point of no return for her. And it’s not even that she killed someone, though she obviously feels remorse over that, but she’s just disappointed how easily she gave in to her mother’s demand in the first place. It was at that moment she became exactly who everyone expected her to be, and she’ll never forgive herself for it.

40. Your character's friend has just been mugged. What's their reaction?

Rosemary Addams: Will not hesitate to put a curse on the mugger right there on the spot. Also, thanks to her uncle, she’s quite skilled in sword fighting, and if she happened to have her sword on hand when the mugging occurred, there’s no doubt she’d start swinging.

Honey Baker: Not much of a fighter either, but considering her best friend is the King, not many people would have the bravery to mug him in the first place. If it really came down to it, she’d yell and make a big scene, drawing attention to the robber which would hopefully get them to back off.

Demeter St. John: Would definitely start freaking out. Wouldn’t know what to do. Ultimately she’d feel very helpless. She’s certainly not brave, or dumb, enough to think that she could take on a mugger, but she doesn’t really trust law enforcement either so she’d be hesitant to get help.

Seraphina/Angela Mills: Kills them. She’d definitely use her magic to stop the robber in their tracks. Nothing too dramatic, like she wouldn’t set them on fire or anything like that, but simply freezing them in place seems like something she’d do.

[thrythlind]

So, I discovered this webcomic only recently when the creators' twitter account ended up on my feed somehow with an advertisement for one of their other projects. I clicked through to their profile and found a link for an upcoming episode of this one and it's quite endearing.

The premise of an anime character becoming real is interesting and reminiscent of a character idea of mine who gets offered one of three types of magic related to stories. One was to bring characters into her world, one was to shift her world to be more like a story, and the third was to embody characters from stories. She opted for the third because it only affected her. ... And realized it was a real thing later when she started embodying a villain she absolutely hated (since it triggered on passion rather than liking). Granted, it was still her filtered through that character so she was still basically a decent person, just behaving in a bit more sinister manner.

Personal point of speculative fiction relatability dealt with, I'm going to move on to the more interesting stuff.

Now, if you were expecting life and death adventure with this, you'll be disappointed. It literally is a slice-of-life comic. There is a leaning toward romance since it revolves heavily around the developing romance between the two leads, but it is a more general slice of life comic regarding life as a queer person.

It deals with issues like what it means to come out or knowing when you're ready to do so. It talks about the fact some people might have a difficulty reaching that step (to be honest, I haven't told most of my family I'm ace despite having come to this realization around 3-4 years ago in my early 40s.) It presents several sexualities, looks at ally-ship, gender identity, and the peer pressure that can come from both straight and queer cultures.

Given the lovely mix of neurodivergence and asexuality I dealt with as a kid in high school in the early to mid 90s and lacking even the vocabulary to be able to discuss or identify this sort of thing, I can recognize a lot of my own confusion and discomfort from the teens through to my forties. I'm very much remembering how I've referred to myself as "broken" several times from my teens to my forties as I tried to understand what was "wrong" with me.

On learning that asexuality and aromantic were things I then didn't consider myself that because, hey, I like shipping people and sometimes read erotic stuff... though usually skipping most of the sex scenes. So even after learning about asexuality in my late 30s, I didn't figure out I was on that spectrum until my 40s (now 46). And it's only recently that I've started to cast off the "I'm broken" part of my thinking and understanding why the handful of failed attempts to ask a girl in high school or woman later out resulted in immense relief when I was turned down.

There's also a lot of other topics going on here as well. One repeat concept is the discrepancy between the image of how you view a person versus the truth of what that person is. It deals with loneliness and suffering in a crowd. I so much identify with Ravyn as someone who has had to put a leash on "rant mode" for most of my life, often unsuccessfully. And I can scarily see my high school self making the same mistakes Ravyn is making with regard to Yuriko and seeing her as a static and simple character.

The comic has also touched a bit on mourning, something I suspect that is the reason why Ravyn latched so hard on to Lady Vengeance. It reminds me a bit of what Mandy Patinkin talks about his motivation for the "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." scene. About how he channeled his anger at the cancer killing his father onto the villain.

If I had any complaints, it would be the reference to The Hero's Journey because I find Campbell's theories increasingly fail the further you get from Ancient Greece and Rome, but I will admit that it is good device in this case to get Yuriko second-guessing herself.

On the Hero concept, btw, I am reminded again I need to write more Divine Blood. I had planned for Mao Semezou or one of her kids give their family opinion on the idea of a hero. IE: A hero isn't a person, it is an idealized image people create out of the stories they hear about a person's acts. As long as you realize that a Hero has it's uses.

I'm looking forward to see where this all goes.

When gritty anime protagonist, Lady Vengeance, is brought to the real world, she’ll learn there's more to life than darkness and revenge…and she'll find love with a kind-hearted cheerleader. (GL, WLW, queer, lgbtq, girl love, girlxgirl, yuri) Reading this will make your day better. #Slice of Life [GL] #webcomic #WEBTOON

[mittensmorgul]

Do you think it's possible they're setting up a Saileen endgame (and potentially a destiel ending in parallel), and the 3 years of buildup that Sam had with Rowena was just there to prepare him to become a witch? Like, I understand what you're saying about Sam building something with Rowena that was his own. But maybe, while that relationship was incredibly important for him, it wasn't meant to be his romantic endgame?

Could be, but honestly I would be so Big Mad on Rowena’s behalf for that? If her entire character journey was literally in service to Sam, only for her to be fridged and get nothing for that, you know? That... is... that would be worse than what they did to Eileen back in s12... I hope you can see that.

Completely aside from shipping reasons, Eileen had been a two episode character. We met her, learned her history, and then met her again during an episode that informed us she’d been carrying on a relationship with Sam almost entirely through destiel parallels, and then was fridged. Eileen, we hardly knew ye, but your death made Sam cry. (heck, it made me outraged enough to write an episode coda, and I think I’ve maybe felt compelled to do that... a grand total of three times now, ever... it was BAD) But JUST looking at the character from a narrative standpoint, *we barely knew her*. She was potential that we never got to see come to fruition. TWO. Episodes.

Rowena has been in nearly 40 episodes across SIX SEASONS. We have gotten to know HER as a CHARACTER. We’ve been able to watch her grow from her first scary introduction in 10.03, to learn WHY she had become That Sort Of Witch, her traumatic life, her motivations and aspirations. Yes, she bonded with Sam over not only their shared trauma but their shared “destiny,” that Sam was always the one who would kill her. We watched her become FAMILY. Family who died by Sam’s hand (which is tearing him up now), because of that Destiny, but also because Chuck had left them no other choice.

Can... can you see how that would be super bad if they just left it that way... One more woman fridged, not even for “manpain,” but just to push one aspect of Sam’s character development like that? Yeah... when you leave all the shippy stuff aside and just look at these two women as characters, it gets really >.>

But there’s some things we know about magic, in part FROM ROWENA. That is adding some layers of concern over Eileen’s return that had inspired a similar concern in me the moment Mary came back. What’s dead should stay dead. Cosmic consequences. And all magic comes with a cost. I believe the folks with the alchemy meta lately have been referring to it as The Law of Equivalent Exchange.

there’s... I mean, the episode is called Golden Time, and nothing gold can stay. There will be consequences for all of this... and it was lampshaded at the beginning of the episode:

Sam: No. I haven't had a vision since Colorado. I think maybe they stopped.Dean: Oh, I doubt it. Not until Chuck gets his end game, you know? The Winchester Bowl. Cain and Abel 2.0. This is God we're talking about. G-O-D. Wouldn't be too worried about finding him. He'll find us.

How much of this episode was Chuck’s plotting for them? After the previous two episodes I have a REALLY hard time thinking Chuck would just... stop poking at them, you know? So what’s this apparent win actually setting up in terms of “Chuck’s story?” When we know what he wants is the suffering and death of the Winchesters? Let’s just say I am really concerned for Eileen.