#but also serious and badass

[crushedsweets]

It makes me sooo sad when people make a cute/happy/familial/ship/fandomy creepypasta post and they feel the need to be like “but I get it’s totally unrealistic like it could never be canon like I know they’re actually heartless and would kill eachother but I just like when they’re happy ik it’s cringe stupid fanon though” YOU DESERVE TO MAKE A HAPPY OR SILLY OR CUTE POST WITHOUT REPRIMANDING YOURSELF FOR ENJOYING THE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS YOUVE PROBABLY LOVED SINCE CHILDHOOD!!!! YOU SHOULDNT HAVE TO DEFEND YOUR INTEREST IN LIGHTHEARTED FLUFFY CONTENT!!! IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO CONSUME POSITIVE CONTENT!!! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CONSUME HARDCORE EDGY CRUEL GRUESOME CONTENT IF ITS NOT YOUR PREFERENCE!!!! Please. We all want you to be happy. Whether you enjoy fandom-style content or dark serious horror.

[steddie-there]

Eddie notices it first at Dairy Queen.

It's the first time since leaving the hospital that he's been somewhere with the whole party that isn't Steve's house or the Hoppers-Byers cabin. The younger children crowd the counter, talking over each other as they count their money and decide what to get, while the older teens and adults hang at the back, looking at the menu. Then Erica steps over to Steve and says something Eddie can't quite make out. He nods, winds his way through the gremlins, and places his order. When his name is called, he picks up two cups of ice cream and hands one to Erica, who takes it with a smirk and a comment Eddie can't make out, although it has Steve laughing and shoving playfully at her shoulder.

Eddie turns then to look at the other kids but none of them even seem to notice that Steve has seemingly paid for Erica and not them. It's confusing because Eddie is sure Henderson, at least, would be kicking up a fuss about it. Not even Robin says anything.

But, then again, maybe Steve owes Erica money. Or he lost a bet. Eddie is aware how fierce the younger Sinclair is in collecting on her debts, having made the mistake once and once only of asking her to buy him a soda. So, if no one else is bothered, neither is he. He shrugs and enjoys his sundae.

But then it happens again the next week at Baskin Robbins.

And again two weeks later.

When the last ice cream truck left in Hawkins comes through Steve's neighborhood and the only one to get anything is Erica - at Steve's expense, of course - and the other kids don't even grumble beyond wishing they hadn't blown all their allowance at the arcade, Eddie decides he's had enough.

"Okay, what is it with this ice cream thing???" he bursts out as they all settle back down next to the pool.

The burble of conversation stops as everyone turns to look at him, then glance around at each other.

"What ice cream thing?" Mike finally asks, genuinely confused.

"What ice cream... the ice cream thing!" Eddie splutters. "The thing where Steve always buys Erica ice cream and none of the rest of you munchkins seem to care!"

There's a collective ohhhh of understanding, but Eddie is still completely in the dark. He gestures for someone to explain.

"It's because of Operation Child Endangerment," Dustin answers, casual, like it's a normal, non-question-inducing answer.

Eddie scrunches his brows together and lets out a confused bubble of sound at the same time that Steve buries his face in his hands and groans, "I thought we agreed not to call it that."

Erica laughs and wags her finger at him. "Uh, no. Just because you demanded we change it doesn't mean we agreed to."

"...little lost here. What's Operation Child Endangerment?" Eddie asks, glancing sideways at Steve. He can see, between his fingers, that the other boy's face has gone bright red.

Steve groans again and sinks forward to let his head hang by his knees.

And so Eddie finds out everything about the summer of '85 and Starcourt mall. He already knew the basics, but he's still fascinated. Horrified. Impressed.

He watches Steve through the whole retelling, jumbled as it is by the kids all interrupting each other to add something they thought was being forgotten, and feels his heart ache inside his chest for the beautiful boy across from him. Watches him hunch his shoulders when Erica explains the deal they made, the one that's got her free ice cream for life. Watches him puff up a little with pride when Dustin describes him knocking the Russian comms operator out cold. Watches him squeeze Robin's hand when she mentions the Russian torture and drugs. Watches him tug El into a hug when Jonathan talks about having to cut into her leg.

Eddie watches Steve - brave, loyal, loving Steve, who won't break a promise or a deal even after he most certainly could - laughing with their friends, taking their ribbing and teasing them in return, ruffling Dustin's hair and splashing Erica, almost starting a party-wide splash fight.

Eddie waits until everyone is distracted by Max chasing Lucas across the pool after his cannonball knocked her from her floaty, various advice being shouted to both, then moves to sit next to Steve on his pool chair.

"That was, uh, a lot," he says quietly.

Steve bites his lip, turns a little away from the chaos in and around the pool, although his eyes still track the chase, Max having almost cornered Lucas. "Yeah, yeah it was," he replies, just as quietly.

"Pretty impressive," Eddie tells him, knocking their shoulders together.

Steve shrugs. He snorts as Max finally catches Lucas and dunks him a couple times before they both dissolve into laughter.

Eddie bumps his shoulder again. "Seriously, dude, you gotta know how cool you are."

"I guess," Steve says, still not looking at Eddie, fidgeting with his hands instead.

Eddie thinks he knows what thoughts might be running around inside Steve's head, so he puts a hand over Steve's. The jittery motions still under his touch. "Hey, you got them out of there. You didn't know what you were walking into and you all got out alive. I call that pretty badass."

Steve finally turns to him. The look in his eyes makes Eddie want to pull Steve close, hold him until that look disappears. But he doesn't, just squeezes Steve's fingers.

The corner of Steve's mouth ticks up, just a little. "Thanks, Eddie." He looks like he might say more, but suddenly Dustin lets out a whoop and they both turn to the pool. Jonathan, Nancy, Robin, and Argyle have started a game of chicken, Nancy on Jonathan's shoulders and Robin on Argyle's.

They watch, laughing, as the girls wrestle until they both go tumbling into the water together and come up spluttering. Steve's head is thrown back, his shoulders are shaking with giggles and Eddie feels a grin stretch across his face.

He leans forward to rest his chin on Steve's shoulder, his hand still over Steve's, a teasing tone in his voice when he says, "So, hey, I was wondering. What would it take for me to get free ice cream for life from Steve Harrington?"

Steve turns his head and Eddie pulls back so they can look at each other. And that's all they do for a long moment, Eddie's breathing speeding up when Steve's gaze drops to his lips.

But all Steve does is turn his hand in Eddie's grip, so he can tangle their fingers together. He squeezes Eddie's hand, then stands, grinning, tugging Eddie up with him.

"C'mon," Steve says, pulling Eddie over to the pool before jumping in with a splash. Eddie ducks away from the water, grinning like a fool. When he catches Erica's knowing smirk, he just shrugs helplessly and follows Steve in.

Maybe he owes Erica some free ice cream, too.

[deeply-unserious-fellow]

I DON'T have a favorite ship dynamic I DON-

...fuck-

[hekatiane]

Been liking this character for almost 10 years and her lore is still not out I will go insane

[timetravelstudies]

This got long and annoying so its under a cut now

The way in the fight w the museum director insul gets the same big injuries he has given trianon (so far), aand particularly the ones that T thinks back on often as specific sources of fear/humiliation/control (pepper sprayed in the eyes; kicked in the balls; choked with smth small and thin ((wire / car window)))….. im too tired to formulate a proper Thought abt this but the fact this all happens right in front of tjat one painting of dante & virgil in hell + insul and the director are in the exact same pose right as insul is about to die* is obviously so meant to evoke the idea of contrappasso….. at this stage trianon isnt “””strong””” enough (doesnt understand Insul enough and most importantly doesnt fully inhabit himself and his own strengths) to be able to pay back Insul’s violence (as he does later, though not in such a literal way anymore) so tje director will do for now🥰 bc they both need to descend into hell they both need to be subject to physical and psychological violence in order to strip down layers……. so its cool how the director serves that purpose for this phase 1 both in story for insul himself (who eats shit in this fight) and also as a sort of alert for the reader like make no mistake they are BOTH gonna get put thru the ringer. even the top has to wade through cocytus! or smth

[elvenbeard]

Life during Wartime

@pinkyjulien's new Sandstorm Collar is just made for stealthy badlands missions, including blowing up 150 Million €$ AVs to get to one (1) guy that might hold the keys to your cure!

[sobeksewerrat]

stop reducing Lute's character to just her relationship with Adam stop reducing Lute to just her relationship with Adam stop reducing Lute to just Adam's girlfriend or lieutenant stop reducing Lute to just Adam FUCKING STOP-

[quibbs126]

You know I have to wonder, why did IDW decide to have Galvatron and Arcee twins, of all characters?

It seems like such a random pair of characters to make related to each other. Like I feel like their only connection is being from the 86 movie, and I’m pretty sure almost any other character there could’ve worked better, as either Galvatron’s twin or Arcee’s

I mean it’s what the Wiki told me, I don’t really know the specifics, but again, it’s so weird, why did they do that?

[snikt111]

if i had a nickel for everytime i loved when a fictional character named carol was in a qpr sometimes romance sometimes platonic relationship with weird an awkward wet cat …man…

id have two nickels. which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

If this is what Snyder's directional style is like then that explains why a lot of the acting his movies can feel off. It doesn't seem like he's big on giving actors detailed feedback that they can use to inform their performances, leaving them to work out for themselves if he's pleased or not with what they're doing from how he says "cut". Which isn't good. There's a big difference between giving your cast breathing room and giving them so little actual direction they begin to feel insecure about their work.

[skelekins]

OwO

It’s the middle of the night and you hear something weird. So you get up and peak out into the hallway. You can see the glow of the television from downstairs and the faint drone of quiet recorded speaking.

But there’s another sound. It’s odd. You go to the top of the stairs only to see.

Stone. Sniffling with his handkerchief out and hugging one of the couch cushions to his chest. He notices you instantly, his eyes bright and wet.

“THEYRE SO DUMB,” he’s still pretty loud despite trying to keep quiet, you can hear Jewel snicker from his closed room door behind you. “THEY JUST NEEDED TO TALK AND NOW THEYRE BOTH DEAD AND AND,” Stones eyes are drawn back to the screen and fat purple tears well in his eyes.

“ITS SO BEAUTIFUL, they loved each other so muuuuuch!” The massive 10ft skeleton flopped to his side in tears. You considered silently returning to bed.

[yusuke-of-valla]

God there's a timeline where Once A Ranger copied a little more from Boukenger vs Super Sentai and the main Oberdrive team goes missing in another dimension and Tyzonn has to run around and get help from past rangers except he's ALSO making his sad little puppy face because he LOST ANOTHER TEAM

[boyfriendyke]

vash truly is one of the most characters ever. like. he's a normal guy. he's a gunslinger. he barely uses his gun. he's lame. he's a dork. he's the most badass character ever. there are two (2) different instances of him barking in the anime. he has an evil brother. he's cain and also abel. he's an angel. also an alien. he's good with kids. he's a staunch pacifist. he's naive. but also he's aware of how inconvenient his views can be. he's a staunch pacifist. and he's killed before. and he's everything to me <3

[minty-bunni]

I think I have a type with ships because my two favorite ships are Elleon x Jelena from Tera and Antoine x Evka from Dragon Age.

[vicompte-de-latarteaucoing]

Just a few edited vignettes from The Last Swordfish, don't mind me...

[sweetandglovelyart]

Tumblr Mobile wouldn’t let me upload videos directly so I uploaded this to YouTube instead and am sharing the link here. I’ve been putting together voice headcanon videos for various Kirby characters. This is part one, which has my voice headcanons for Captain Vul, Bandana Dee, Sailor Dee, and Nightmare. I’m also including explanations for why I chose the voices that I did under the cut.

Clancy Brown as Captain Vul: Clancy Brown is the voice of Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob. I feel like that’s all of the explanation that this choice requires lmao, Vul reminds me a lot of Mr. Krabs.

Nancy Cartwright as Bandana Dee and Yeardley Smith as Sailor Dee: I headcanon Bandana and Sailor Dee as being siblings, and since Cartwright and Smith happen to voice a pair of siblings (Bart and Lisa Simpson) I thought that their voices were fitting. I could also see their voices working for Waddle Dees in general and not just for Bandana and Sailor.

Ricardo Montalban as Nightmare: Ricardo Montalban passed away in 2009 but I really like his voice for Nightmare so I still included him here. I wanted to make Nightmare actually sound intimidating and wanted to give him a Spanish accent since I have a headcanon that he raised Meta Knight/Meta Knight speaks with a Spanish accent from growing up hearing Nightmare speak with one. Montalban was famous for playing the villain Khan in Star Trek (if you’re not into Star Trek you may also recognize him as the grandpa in the Spy Kids movies) and he was really good in that villain role, so I felt like he’d be a fitting choice.