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alpinelogy · 6 days ago

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Coming off age fic

That has definitely 100% always been there

ask me about my wips based on only the google docs title

Yup, this one was totally there the whole time. Yup. Definitely

This is alternatively known as my latest attempt at saddling one of my guys with a child, and as a side hobby I do rather enjoy making Pierre suffer. And I do think I peaked with this as a wip doc title. Change my mind.

Anyway, 3k Pierresteban yapping down below the cut, starring Pierres teenage daughter as the primary instigator of anything. Also this isnt proofread asdfghj

So first of all, on Pierre's daughter cause she has already outgrown the title of The Kid. And also because I already love her and I have emotionally attached myself to her.

Anyway meet Lucille Pascale Gasly. The name is being workshopped but yes, she gets an obnoxious French name with Pierre's moms middle name thrown in there for good measure probably. The first name was largely the fist French name that I thought of that I liked so it might get changed but the spirit of the name stays. Then Pierre has his dad's name as his middle name and I wanted Lucille to have a middle name so Pascale it is. In my heart she is also the only Gasly granddaughter so she is spoiled as heck by her grandparents.

Lucille is actually sort of an accident baby. Her mom is probably some French or maybe Italian or mayhaps even Spanish actress or a model of some kind that Pierre slept with a couple times and she ended up pregnant and keeping the kid. Pierre, for once in his life, embraced the concept of being responsible and is actually a wonderful dad and his coparenting relationship with Lucille's mum is lovely. He is the main parent mostly cause A) he is technically unemployed so he has more time and B) he is the former racing driver and knows more about racing then Lucille's mum could ever so it makes sense that hes the primary custodial parent. But yes, their coparenting relationship is a textbook example of a good relationship (and also for the record its a generally well known that Pierre was never properly together with Lucille's mum. They are two mature adults who made mature decisions they considered the whole way through and not being in a relationship does not change the fact that Lucille is their kid and they care for her).

So yes, Lucille is loved and has a great relationship with both sides of her family. Which means that she is also a grade A menace, more about that later tho. Something about apples and trees idk. Pierre did not mean to be one of those dads whose kids follow in their footsteps but she did ask about racing and then wanted to try karting and the rest is history. He does however maintain that if she ever wants to change where she is going with her life she can at any point, no questions asked. Unfortunately Lucille is dedicated to the bit. And a menace on top of that.

Present day, Lucille has taken the junior formula series by storm. Other girls have made it further than she is right now, but its the sort of if she was a boy she would already probably be hailed as a generational talent thing (Pierre for his part is terrified of that prospect. Charles helps tho, both directly by being a good friend who too was once seen as a generational talent and indirectly by proving that being a generational talent isn't necessarily a curse). F1A? Easy work along with a couple other F4 series. FRECA? Done and dusted. F3? Cannot be that hard, right?

This is where Esteban comes in. Somehow after retiring he has started working with F1A and became some sort of an ambassador in higher junior formula making sure that no matter what the girls have someone to bat for the. Or something like that, its not really important, but he does have a history of being friendly towards the Alpine juniors and iirc hes one of the few drivers on record directly supporting the F1A girls so from his side of things, its not that far fetched. Alternatively, something something Susie did her thing, look I just need it for the plot okay?

And despite Lucille very much having someone in her corner, hi yes her father is a retired F1 driver as well, its not going to change just cause of that. And also, she is not even going to argue because she is hella curious about who Esteban is.

Cause here is the thing: she knows her dad and Esteban knew each other. She has seen the photos from when they were younger at grandma Pascale's place, she knows who Anthoine is and why her dad looks always slightly more scared and why he fiddles with the cross chain he wears more whenever she has to race at Spa even though they changed the circuit, and no one has gotten more than bruised there in years, decades even, and she has obviously met Charles before. Countless times. He might as well be a fifth uncle to her with how close he and Pierre are. So she is damn curious what gives about Esteban.

The fact that they were teammates makes it even more baffling. She has met Yuki plenty of times, sure she does not see him as often as Charles, but she privately suspects it has to do with the fact that Charles lives significantly closer than Yuki does. And sure Pierre's not close with his other former teammates but she has met plenty of them over the years, bottom line the year she was racing in F1A and she hung out around the F1 paddock more she said hi to most of them whenever they appeared at a GP.

Even worse, she has seen the race replays, she has watched Brazil '24 countless times, she has seen the pictures. She really wants to know what gives, he sounds like such a cool person, and her dad gets so fucking sad whenever she asks. Or whenever she wants to watch any race from 2023 or 2024, especially Brazil. She watches those on her own now, there are plenty other fun races both her and her dad can enjoy together. She is sort of insane about the rewatching races thing. They're like movies to her. Shes an F1 nerd through and through, only movies she's ever seen are either when her friends physically drag her to a cinema or its a movie her mother acted in because she is dedicated to the whole 'well if I know every single race my father ever raced in front to back back to front I should probably at least know the movies my mum acted in' bit.

So Esteban is very much a mystery. And she is nothing if not determined. And a menace, as established.

Meanwhile Pierre absolutely fucking forgets that yes. She is now in F3 racing internationally again. Right. Yeah. She will run into Esteban, its a miracle she has not run into him just yet, he works with F1A, she raced in F1A, he is aware of how much she idolizes him and maybe if he just told her that they had a falling out she would stop asking him about Esteban and stop being so curious. But he cannot bring himself to talk about Esteban, he has been putting off unpacking everything about Esteban, from start to finish, for decades. He can continue a little longer.

And then he rocks up to Albert Park for the first race of the season, where F3 is one of the supporting series. Lucille disappears somewhere into the F3 end of the paddock immediately, Pierre takes the long tour around to say hi to the people in the F1 paddock. Its a habit he developed two years back when Lucille was racing in F1A, he is a rich unemployed father, of course he will show up to most if not all of her races and he might as well say hi to his friends along the way. Charles definitely probably still hangs around in some capacity I fully believe.

And by the time he gets all the way to the F3 paddock, Lucille is back to being a bit of a menace to the entire crew (an affectionate menace, to be said. She may be a lot but she also has manners. Her mum made sure of that. And Pierre helped as well. Probably), and Esteban. And thats where Pierre starts suffering and he does not stop suffering for the rest of the season.

In hindsight, it makes sense Lucille already met Esteban, they do a shit ton of testing in junior series before even the first race weekend, and Esteban is more or less meant to be her mentor, of course he would be there for all the testing. That does not mean he actually thought about it until he has been confronted with the reality that yes, this is actually happening.

Because he is an engaged dad, he is unemployed and does not need to be employed for several lives probably so he can and he will go to as many of Lucille's races as possible or until she kicks him out. But now he gets front row tickets to the fact that the one person Pierre is sort of hung up on - romantically or otherwise - has taken his daughter under his wing and that she is adopting some of his mannerisms and especially driving quirks. He knows she took this corner that way because thats how he saw Esteban take it. Hes seen the telemetry when they were teammates, he is allowed to peek at Lucille's telemetry as well, it is very close considering this is a different series decades later.

And he knows that she takes after him a lot in driving, but she is still developing at a rapid pace, Esteban's advice still has a profound impact that cannot be understated. So he gets to spend the entire damn season watching Lucille sort of become a blend of his and Esteban's approach to driving. And it hurts. A lot. He cannot stop he, he shouldn't stop her from driving, and he is still immensely proud of her, but at the same time there is a slight pain in his chest when he sees her race that wasn't there in the previous years.

As for Esteban, he is sort of. Weird about the whole thing as well, though he is much better at not letting it show. It felt bittersweet, when he realized that there is another tiny Gasly running around first karting races and then later single seater races. Maybe he even avoided the F1A paddock more than usual the year Lucille was competing in that series. But he also has a job to do and he has processed most of his feelings on his and Pierre's falling out, whats done is done, there is no point in dwelling on it.

So he has moved on, and when during testing he meets Lucille for the first time, she does have a lot of Pierre's personality traits, both cause she is his daughter and cause he is the primary parent. She is loud and brash and friendly, always down to something slightly unhinged, but she also can be serious and thoughtful if she tried. Which is not to say Pierre was not serious and thoughtful, but there is a distinct difference to the way Pierre was when he was serious and the way Lucille is when she is serious.

It sort of hurts to how she immediately clicks with her new teammates, how it only takes a few minutes before she pulls out her phone to show off the cats that hang around her mums villa in southern Italy because that is so reminiscent of Pierre and his easy friendships, but its fine. He gets a little misty eyed when he remembers how he, Pierre, Charles, and Anthoine were at that age but he shakes it off rather quickly. Its in the past now.

And over time, as he sees her drive its yeah. She has some of Pierre's mannerisms and she is so obviously his child, but she is equally as obviously not him. Maybe there is something in him that pushes him a little bit more than usual to make sure she succeeds, but at the end of the day, she is a firecracker and she works so hard on her own, never riding on her fathers coattails, she can and she will fight for her own success on her own with her own skills and abilities. And Esteban will do his best to be sure she makes it because thats what he does, thats what he went and decided to do after he retired, thats what he enjoys, seeing the next generation succeed with more ease than he did, with less pain and heartbreak along the way.

(He probably regularly gets invited to non single-seater races as well by the kids that he once mentored. It is one of his favorite things, seeing his kids succeed)

Sure, he is a bit miffed at first about Lucille asking so much about him, for fucks sake she is Pierre's daughter and Pierre has never stopped talking about Esteban at least to the media but then he does answer some of her questions and it sort of occurs to him whats going on. He has been fairly over the falling out for years, longer than either of them have been retired, and its still hard for him to talk about it in private, much less to someone like Lucille, who is so close to the whole thing, it must be even worse for Pierre. Esteban is not stupid, he is fully aware that Pierre is nowhere as over the whole thing as he is.

So he does tell Lucille the broad strokes of the story and when she admits that her dad does not like talking about it and that he gets sad when they watch races from when he and Esteban were teammates, he ruffles her hair maybe because he always inevitably gets attached to the kids he is in charge of, an older brother sort of feeling, and they move onto car setup and how to best drive around the circuit. More neutral terms.

And the season goes on. Lucille is good. Really good. And it cannot be chalked up to the way the team set up the car, her teammates are doing okay but nowhere near as good as Lucille is. I am absolutely giving her Hungary and Monza as a win, Pierre probably sheds a couple tears when he watches her on the podium as La Marseillaise plays. And this is just F3. He will be bawling when she wins her first F1 race. No one told him being a father would be like this the universe is out to get him he is convinced.

Esteban too, gets maybe slightly more attached to Lucille than he does to the other kids. He does his best to keep his own feelings out of his work, but sometimes they slip through and sometimes, though more and more rarely as the season goes on, he thinks he maybe does it for the kids that he and Pierre once were, but this slowly becomes more and more rare.

And honestly, I've sort of lost the track of plot here, but at some point Pierre probably realizes that he and Esteban cannot go on like this again. Seeing each other so often, working towards the same goal, and still ignoring each other.

Therefore, at some point, I'm thinking lowkey after Hungary maybe, or during the Hungary race week (the second to last race week of the 2025 calendar for reference, Monza is last), that could be fun, Pierre decides to end this weird non armistice. Hungary if there is one last plot thread to be resolved, Monza if I just wanna end with this. Lucille wins the F3 championship, probably, Pierre finally stops his last little bits of denial that yeah, she is staying here, racing is what she wants in her future, he has to stop the denialism. That could probably be tied into the whole proper peace not an tentative armistice thing. Like I said. I lose the plot in the middle, but the F3 season is ten race weekends next year, so there is not that much time to make plot happen anyway lol.

But yes thats how it ends, probably. Or at least that's the end I imagine for now but its very much stc. They cannot start over, not fully, they have too much history for that, but at the same time they have not seen each other for over a decade, did not exchange a single word. They have changed, grown up, no longer the teenage boys they were when they fell out, nor the adults that forged a tentative friendship that got unceremoniously broken the moment Alpine dropped Esteban, they are both adults, proper ones this time, both role models to the new generation, they should man up and ignoring their feelings, especially Pierre.

Lucille of course also slowly matures throughout the fic. I'm strongly debating if its gonna be from her pov or from Pierre's. I'm leaning towards Pierre just cause most of the fic is about him, and how Lucille is lowkey on some days smarter and more emotionally mature than him, for being in the kids barely finish highschool here sport she is surprisingly smart and adult about a lot of things. Maybe an unfortunate sideffect of growing up with separated parents. But yes, Lucille at the end of the day is 16 turning 17 in the fic probably, she is going through a lot as well, she should have a little bit of a coming of age growing up as well 🙂‍↕️

(Another reason why Pierre isn't big on how fast she's progressing through the ranks -- shes still young and while hes probably not like a massively involved with anything like this, he still was over 20 when he got into F1 and its probably a good thing that he was this old)

Extra stupid thing I just thought of: the team in F1A that sponsored Lucille is Ferrari, and even though her mum is Italian and she has Italian citizenship and could in theory race under the Italian flag she refuses and is annoying and French about it. Alternatively Renaults back baby and more French than ever.

Also yes, as a short person I have decided to curse Lucille with being short as well. Shorter people have closer to hell or something, thats why she is such a menace.

Hopefully this made some semblance of sense, I did not mean for this to take several hours to write and to wite 3k words. Yeah. Yeah... I will just end the yapping with this

#ask #ask game #jay tag #lucille is annoying and french and that is the foundation to anything that happens in this fic. annoying french people being french #pierre loves her dearly. he also really wants to strangle her on some days. unfortunately its largely his fault she is like this and he #very much knows its his fault #anyway 3k words guys. do yall understand why answering these ask games takes an evening per ask? cause i cannot shut up

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sadnessisavegetable · 9 months ago

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Betsy and Bertha, and Bingus and Tabatha.

I have thoughts about all of these chickens different personalities, and I think it’s funny that they came rather close to the extremes of both Ghirahim and Zant’s behaviors (though simplified).

More information and rambles under cut! I only shortened with a cut because I rambled long!

Betsy is a friendly and sweet chicken who genuinely likes people. Bertha is an angry freak who killed the rooster (metaphorically, I know there are no roosters in Stardew Valley) for no reason except him looking at her wrong.

Bingus is the most anxious and loud velcro chicken ever, she needs to be held and put in little pajamas or she will scream. Tabatha is a menace, but in the way where she is rather imposing and seems to be the boss, she’s acting like a rooster.

The reasoning behind the naming styles:

Betsy(brown) and Bertha(void) are little old lady names that Ghirahim liked for his two ladies.

Tabatha(blue) got that name because Zant thought that she needed a weirdly grandma name that also radiates strength in his brain.

Bingus(white) was named like that because Zant thought it was hilarious. Bingus also looks like she knows her name is Bingus.

And yes, they are all in the same coop, which leads to interesting dynamics that Zant and Ghirahim speculate on outside of the game since they share a co-op farm.

Bingus velcros to Betsy if Zant is not around to hold her or let her follow him. Betsy is very casual and raises most of the ducks that are hatched, so Bingus is like a hapless coparent but she’s doing her best. Bertha herds everything, chases everything, bites everything except Betsy and the ducks. Bingus gets herded an awful lot, poor thing. And Tabatha gets bitten a lot by Bertha, though Bertha also behaves like a rather clingy lover to Tabatha during the winter for warmth. Bertha is not allowed to sit on eggs to hatch them because then she doesn’t let anyone approach the coop.

#they’re married in game but not irl because Ghirahim doesn’t like the idea of outliving Zant irl #but he does like the idea of marrying and divorcing him over and over in the game for fun #ghirazant #ghirahim #zant #legend of zelda #loz #tp zant #twilight princess zant #my art

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ablinkntime · 4 months ago

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[ reading ms. marvel: mutant menace and snickering at logan and deadpool coparenting kamala lmao - ]

#ooc ⧫ shut up manda

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samaraxmorgan · 5 months ago

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HIIIIII HERE TO FORCE YOU TO TALK ABT YOUR WIPS >:) SOOOOOO. first of all, for roommate sukuna, what are you MOST looking forward to writing/exploring???? i feel like there’s SO MUCH w their relationship to see and i am SO EXCITED FOR ALL OF IT!!!!!!!

and also ….you already KNOWWWW i’m obsessed w ddr yuji HAHAHAHAHA AND OFC EARLU 2000s UNCKUNA!!!!!!!! I STILL GIGGLE I LOVED YOUR HCS FOR HIM SO MUCH AAAAHHH HOW FAR INTO THEM ARE YOU????

EEEE HI BABEY!!!

So I’m REALLY excited to put out Ran From The Cops!! Basic synopsis for that one is p much that we ask Sukuna for a ride home from work but he’s the world’s most reckless driver SKAKSK!! That one is the idea I had that started the entire series!! Him driving like a maniac on his motorcycle while evading the cops and we’re SCREAMINGGG at him to pull over but he refuses to <3 He’s such a menace I love him to death

And I’m ALSO really excited to finally reveal his backstory!! In some parts that I haven’t posted yet I have some very subtle little hints thrown in to foreshadow it >:) and also some… not subtle hints BUT I’m just really excited to show the depth of his character!! It’s gonna be angsty and plot twisty and I’m SO excited for everyone to see it!!!!

SO for DDR Yuuji I have the outline written for most of it!!! I just need to actually make it pretty :) I’ve just had so much Sukuna on the brain that I haven’t really been working on it unfortunately :(

And for early 2000s Unckuna SOOO!!! That was the first fic I ever wrote and I only have the draft of the first chapter and a half written, but I haven’t worked on it in MONTHS I really wanna rework it now that I have more writing experience!! I’ve written like 6k words for it and I’ve had some ideas kinda rotating around in my head with it, like I originally planned to make it really angsty but I scrapped the idea bc it was already gonna be so long. I wanna write the full series and THEN start posting it once it’s done so that I can play around with it a lot and not get stuck in a certain plot line bc I already posted stuff and then can’t change it anymore yknow? I have an itty bitty little teaser here if you want a little glimpse into it!!!

Okay and MORE on Tough Love, the original idea I had for it was that there would be no reader insert or any romance and that it would be completely revolving around familial love with Sukuna and Yuuji. Basically it would be a series of oneshots taking place at different times in Yuuji’s childhood that weren’t in chronological order, and then you would be able to piece together The Lore(tm) as more parts came out!! But I scrapped that idea and made it romance because I didn’t think anyone would care about reading something that isn’t romance :( so I think that’s WHY I’m struggling writing it so much is bc I wasn’t originally planning on going the “Sukuna dates Yuuji’s babysitter!” route and it was moreso gonna be “Sukuna helps Jin coparent after his wife (Kaori) dies and Sukuna is BAD at parenting BUT HES DOING HIS BEST!!”

#lots of my wips are ideas I’ve had since before I started writing like #I am so invested in them #they were my maladaptive daydreams ASKAKAKA #so I’ve thought about them SO MUCH but it’s soooo much to put into words asksksksk #ask box #samaras yapping

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quillyfied · 2 years ago

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Things I’m noticing on this rewatch, which I’m hoping to take slow and ponder on but we will see how it goes, PART THREE (obviously major Good Omens season 2 spoilers throughout, specifically for S2E3)

- First, going back to the previous episode: thank you to the person who reminded me that the Dirty Donkey pub is the pub that Crowley plans his holy water heist in!! (Which means Crowley LITERALLY planned his heist on Aziraphale’s stoop, unless Aziraphale moved the pub to be closer to himself in case it happened again. Hmmmm.)

- Also. I have been reminded that “Give me coffee or give me death” is a modified quote of “give me liberty or give me death” by an American revolutionary. Which. Explains all the Statues of Liberty around the place. I am Slow.

- Anyway, to e3: the fact that Jim has a labeled mug and hot chocolate canister. I feel like he tried to ingest something he wasn’t supposed to, so Aziraphale made sure he had his name on his things XD

- The sex worker is a treasure, for one; I hope I am reminded of her name soon.

- MURIEL. SWEET ANGEL BABY. Sorry they’re not a baby but they are so adorably innocent and inexperienced. I love that Aziraphale treats them so kindly despite his obvious terror. Though. It is a kindness that reminds me of my coworkers. I work in childcare. I know a “childcare” disposition when I see it.

- Okay, the framing there: the box, and the hat. The mystery, and the detective cap. Excellent.

- The gentle tutelage, Muriel’s scrunchy face when they realize what tea is for—I’m just SCREECHING.

- AND CROWLEY GETTING IN ON IT. THE WAY HIS WHOLE DEMEANOR IMMEDIATELY GOES FROM BITCHING TO DELIGHTED. AAAAAAAAAAH.

- AND HE’S SITTING. ON THE ARM. OF AZIRAPHALE’S CHAIR.

- The coparenting. Muriel’s utter naivety. I’m just.

- “I’m not sure how you lot have managed to stay in charge.” “I’m not sure we actually have.” SAY IT LOUDER.

- OKAY BUT HOW DOES HELL MEASURE MIRACLES THO

- ONE FABULOUS KISS CROWLEY. IS THAT ALL IT TAKES.

- “To tell if humans are in love you need to wait a few days” not bad advice really but also unrelated how many days are in like 6000 years? Asking for a friend.

- AZIRAPHALE TALKING TO THE BENTLEY AND IMMEDIATELY BEING A BIGGER MENACE ON THE ROAD THAN CROWLEY. VINDICATION.

- Thing the first about the opening theme: Crowley crawls up the cliff and Aziraphale lands on it. Just a nice touch.

- The movie theater in the opening has a different feature title and picture on the big screen every episode. I missed it for the first one but last time it was “A Companion to Owls” (which is a verse from Job that I only know because the full quote is “I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls” and it was a lamentation but of course teenage Quilly thought that was the coolest thing she had ever read). This time: The Resurrectionists, coupled with a shot of the Gabriel statue.

- I think Crowley’s hair is s1 color in this minisode but I can’t be sure. Lighting is…not. :P

- THE BONUS CONTENT SAYS NEIL GAIMAN THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO LET DAVID TENNANT DO AS MANY SCOTTISH ACCENTS AS HE CAN THIS CHAPTER. I AM DELIGHTED

- The second Elspeth says “English” Crowley starts losing it, which in turn makes ME lose it.

- I love the bringing back in the discussion from the book about privilege making its way here, and given a more visceral illustration and testing. Though I love Crowley literally helping Elspeth pull the wagon, a thing I’m not sure he’s ever willingly done in his life, and poking holes in Aziraphale’s arguments all the way.

- Wee Morag’s morals have about the same utility in this situation as Aziraphale’s, tbh. I’m not sure I have the mental capacity tonight to deconstruct that the way it deserves.

- Aha! Knew I recognized the tune in the car! Danse Macabre!

- He is AFFECTIONATE towards the BENTLEY. Which Crowley can FEEL.

- YELLOW CAR. DAMN YOU JOHN FINNEMORE.

- but it is pretty, Crowley!

- Spoilsport.

- I fully did not internalize the tartan hills and Nessie the first time around. I saw them. I immediately chalked them up to personal fever dream.

- The demon’s name is Josh. Why is that delightful??

- He wears a kilt! And has a wonderful little monologue about dung pits and tongue ripping!

- Beelzebub being off is subtle. Almost too subtle.

- The many stacks of books Crowley carries around and then chucks this episode. Love it.

- Crowley not having a cow about a fly seems weird tbh

- Vavoom. Where tf did he learn the word vavoom

- “David Tennant has occasionally played a doctor” OH HAS HE NOW

- the almost musical pulls Michael Sheen does for miracles this season. Lovely.

- Also: the dual nature of Mr. Dalrymple. Needs bodies to do good and study so he can save lives. Treats the people bringing him the bodies like dirt.

- Okay: is Crowley freezing time, or just putting Dalrymple in a mental time out? Very curious to know. The trivia bit on the side references the s1 trick of having Jean-Claude’s actor stand very still to achieve the time stop there, so perhaps freezing time?

- Alright moment of silence for how very very good Crowley’s outfit is this scene. Yum.

- The instant penny drop when Aziraphale realizes the reason for the body snatching, how he immediately uses prevention of future harm to classify it as Good.

- Also. His emotional reaction to the kid’s tumor. ;A;

- Edinburgh is so colorful!!

- HIS SMUG LITTLE GRIN WHEN HE POPS OUT HIS HAT AND NOTEBOOK. Also, wtf is in his hat. What is that.

- Okay but the double sided sign, and how Aziraphale first sees the Jesus side. IMPORTANT. PAINFUL.

- PRESS 66. That’s what’s in the hat.

- And Aziraphale being every bit as awkward as Muriel in his interrogation. Just slightly less weird. Angels.

- Listen I’ll probably say it again at episode 6 but the sheer magnitude of the importance that Gabriel and Beelzebub fell in love over the course of a year—with EACH OTHER. Not with earth or humans or creation. Just each other. Hggk.

- Alright, but Aziraphale DOES see the other half of the sign here. Does he get it? DOES HE GET IT?? No. Of course not.

- “I’ll help but it still doesn’t make it right.” That is such an uncomfortable truth to sit with. The whole adventure is, really. The whole show. SHADES OF GREY.

- Okay, I’m pausing this episode way too much, it’s been over an hour since I started this episode, but—the way Aziraphale overcorrects is. Sad? Elspeth and Wee Morag aren’t here to decrease human suffering. Outside of their own, of course, which can also be achieved by digging up a body that’s fresh. Scope of intent and how Aziraphale simplifies and moralizes it. Huh.

- Lot more this season about Aziraphale’s miracle allowances, too. Very interesting concept.

- MIGHT HAVE SLIGHTLY OVERDONE IT ON THE HOLE. MIGHT YOU INDEED.

- interesting how his dithering is what causes his chance to heal Wee Morag to slip through his fingers. And yet raising her is out of the question. Can Aziraphale even do that? We know he and Crowley together generate a ton of power, but what about on his own?

- interesting that elspeth takes Wee Morag to Dalrymple and is already contemplating suicide despite her actions suggesting she intended to keep on living. Hmm.

- Dalrymple the Ass. Not just unwilling to get his own hands dirty but disparaging of those who will. Another moral dichotomy.

- And elspeth also not wanting to get dug up? Wee Morag’s death affecting her?

- CROWLEY OFF HIS HEAD WITH LAUDANUM IS THE FUNNIEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME

- How much is 90 guineas compared to 5 pounds? …google says a guinea is worth slightly more than a pound. So. For the eight pounds Elspeth and Wee Morag were aiming for, for the three pounds shafted that Wee Morag died for…Aziraphale literally had over ten times that amount in his pocket. MORALS.

- …the stupid special features had the math onscreen already. Sort of. Heck.

- Yeah okay this scene adds way more context to Crowley asking for holy water fifty or so years later. Yikes. YIKES. The implications of it all!!

- Asking the phone nicely. Love these little Aziraphaleisms.

- The awning of a new age XD

- The little tipping of his cap!! Adorable!

- Nina and Maggie actually TALKING. HEY CROWLEY ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION???

- The rain is overdone and the awning rips. Gosh. Whatever could that be implying?

- Seriously how is Crowley able to pull these spells out of Jim?? And seemingly ONLY him???

- Alright, this prophecy bit. Seems to me to be about the future, also about the past, which is very biblical tbh. Specifically Isaiah. But I’m not up to snuff enough on my Bible to tell what all Gabriel is quoting. Besides the Buddy Holly.

- HELLO SHAX

- Okay, realizing that no angels pop up in Aziraphale’s shop in season 1, either. Gabriel and Sandalphon enter from the outside. I’ll need to rewatch to see if Aziraphale actively invites them in, or if it’s just blocking. I think it might just be blocking. But what an interesting detail, that only humans can enter at will and all else must be invited!

- The threatening of Aziraphale continues. The anxiety of Crowley intensifies. The obliviousness of Jim resets.

- Always too late. Poor Crowley.

Yeah this took an hour and a half to watch XD but I’m having fun. And killing quite a lot of time. Am I making sense or creating a thoughtful analysis? No, I don’t think so. But I’m solidifying the canon in my head, at least.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #gos2spoilers #good omens season 2 spoilers #good omens 2 spoilers #I should link and unify these posts #idk man just having fun at this point

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menace-behaviour · 2 years ago

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*Buck got a rescue dog and is absolutely in love with her*

Eddie: *Looking at her* It’s not even that cute.

Buck: Eddie, are you seriously jealous of my dog, right now?

Eddie: Jealous?? No! I don’t get jealous! Especially, not about a dog.

*Later in the night*

Eddie: *To the dog* Listen here, you little boyfriend thief.

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ao3gobi17 · 2 years ago

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Hi!

I just wanted to say that i really love wainfleets’ teasing of miles. Thats his love language i guess lmao (Also; All the characters *chefs kiss*)

he‘s kinda coparenting with Quaritch. 🥹 His vibe is fun but slightly annoying uncle. Skjfifi love your fic to pieces!!!!

So because i have to know, if Wainfleet had a kid would he be similar to Quaritch or would he be a more laid back?? Like if he were in the same situation as Quaritch?

Thank you!! <3 Yeah I agree, that's Lyle interacting with Spider the best way he knows how 😂😂 He's definitely wedging himself into that space and I think Quaritch is amused and tolerating it, but it's a lot more weird for Spider who barely knows the guy!

If Wainfleet was Quaritch.. oof I like the question but I wonder what the answer is. I think he'd not necessarily have these loyal followers that Quaritch has to pull it off (Spider has yet to clarify if they're being paid or are friends or what, but it's clear already that Q is the big boss in their eyes). But lets say he does and it's this exact scenario.. Wainfleet would mostly still be himself. He'd be less prone to anger the way Quaritch is:

Spider: You're not my dad!!

Quaritch: *looks for someone to murder*

Wainfleet: That wasn't very nice, my guy, you think I changed 5000 diapers for you to think you can snark at me now?

He'd also probably look to bond with Spider through play, would probably try to buy him something ridiculous that he might want and would generally keep menacing him.. while I guess Quaritch as the right hand man would be trying keep Wainfleet steady!

#custody #gobibside

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buckvalentina · 7 months ago

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a bucktaylor baby would be a beautiful menace to society and eddie and taytay would be THEE funniest hateful coparents i stand by this

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not-another-robin · 1 year ago

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Okaaaaaay let's go. Here's my no capes au! Deets under the cut. The ages are absolutely goofed just work with me here.

Bruce is not a millionaire. Thomas Wayne gave up his money to be with Martha and Alfred. Thomas and Martha weren't murdered, they died in a car accident. The family doesn't live at Wayne Manor, they live in an apartment somewhere in Gotham. Bruce is a nurse, he specifically works in a children's unit. He's stands offish and curt to adults, but he's warm and kind to kids. He wears a bat pin to tell kids a story about something scary that happened to him - when he was attacked by a bat - and how sometimes you need to be brave and face your fears. Some kids call him "bat man" because they don't remember his name, his coworkers call him that as nickname.

He met Dick after he was taken to the hospital when his parents passed away. They bonded and Bruce took him in. Dick is a young teen, maybe 15. He can be a bit broody because he's at that age, but overall he's a good brother.

Damian is around 3, he's still Talia and Bruce's kid. Talia and Bruce were never married, but they're on good terms. They coparent Dami, for now Talia visits the states but when he's older they plan on giving him time wherever Talia currently lives (she moves around for work). Dami is obsessed with his bat onesie.

Alfred is a stay at home grandpa, and he nannies for kids in the apartment building (Tim, Duke, and Steph). He looks after all of the children because Bruce and the other parents work late nights or odd hours. He is the only one who's trained in combat, as he was in the special forces. Parents who work in shady business feel safe leaving their kids with him.

Tim lives in the apartment next door with his father, Jack Drake, who is also not rich in this AU. Jack tries his best to make ends meet with honest jobs but has to turn to goonery sometimes. Tim is 7 years old, he loves to skateboard inside (no one else loves it)

Duke also lives in the apartment complex with his parents and cousin. His mom works in social work and his dad in construction, so Alfred looks after him until they get home from work. Duke is really smart and goes to a gifted academy, he's 6 but is in 1st grade.

Steph goes to the same school as the Wayne kids, she's is Cass' class. Her dad used to leave her alone for long periods of time, but now she goes home with Cass and stays at the Waynes when he's not around. She is a menace (affectionate)

Cass was adopted by Bruce after fostering for her for a few years. She still has contact with her mother but it's limited. She does ballet, soccer, and martial arts. Duke and Steph are her besties, they have bracelets.

Jason is in foster care, Bruce is looking after him for now. His mom is working on getting custody back, and the family supports her efforts. Jason can act out sometimes, but when he's in the right environment he's a very kind and happy kid.

Does anyone wanna hear about my Borderline Unrecognizable no capes au where everyone is just normal

#no capes au #batman #batfam #i don't feel like tagging

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splinteredhq · 2 years ago

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CHARACTER NAME: caradoc dearborn

CHARACTER FACECLAIM: ash stymest

CHARACTER AGE/DOB: 21 // july 28th 2001

CHARACTER PRONOUNS/GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY ETC: he/him, punk, biromantic ace

OC OR CANON: canon

CHARACTER PROFESSION IF RELEVANT: tattoo artist

SCHOOL ATTENDED & HOUSE IF RELEVANT: hogwarts, ravenclaw

ALIGNMENT (the order/death eaters/etc) + GENERAL OPINIONS ON THE WAR/THEIR SIDE: the order, all the way. caradoc says “fuck blood purists” and “fuck freaking murderous assholes” but he also has a very strong “fuck government” attitude which sometimes clashes with those more pro ministry aligned in the order. a little anarchist punk, what else is there to say.

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY:

– it’s important to talk about his father and grandparents from that side first. not blood purists per se, but incredibly elitist and conservative, his father absolutely had to marry someone of “a fitting status” (preferably a witch). he had a little rebellious phase, got together with a muggle girl, oh look a child, oh look you’re disowned for real. hit the brakes hard, mostly due to being young, stupid and incredibly spoiled growing up. a circumstantial asshole.

– now, caradoc’s mother. oh, his dad is probably the least cool thing she has ever done in her life, because she’s a lifetime subscriber to the “coolest person in the room club”. a punk rock singer, writer and producer, she can, has and will throw more rocks at cops. decided that if she has to be a single mum, she might as well be the best single mum out there. we love her.

– now caradoc grew up all the way in the punk scene, he was raised to express his opinions loudly, which meant that it got him in all the possible trouble, especially because he was also very smart and articulate, but with zero regard to pleasing people.

– then, surprise! hogwarts letter! you’re a wizard, caradoc! your dad’s family suddenly cares about you, caradoc! because you have their surname in ministry paperwork, caradoc!

– so he goes to hogwarts and makes it his mission to be the biggest possible menace to his paternal grandparents (his father he doesn’t give enough of a shit about). excellent student when he puts his mind to something, full-time detention king the rest of the time, makes a surprising amount of friends that way, including thea.

– he also becomes friends and gradually grows closer with marlene mckinnon, an important fact to keep track of because around the time of their graduation they had a short fling and well,,, congrats, caradoc! you’re absolutely ace. also marlene is pregnant and you’re about to be a father. great! (he has never heard his mum sigh as hard as when he told her)

– he absolutely had a mini breakdown over it, but then promptly decided that what’s a better way to say ‘fuck you dad’ than be the best parent he could possibly be (also the child just simply didn’t deserve a shit father).

– and he’s trying very hard, he’s not extremely good at it, but he’s doing his best ok, life’s a mess.

– despite there being nothing romantic between them still, he and marlene have grown even closer now, and it’s a friendship he treasures dearly. they’re coparents! and they somehow make it work.

– he got into muggle tattoo art first at around sixteen, found a magical artist right after hogwarts and apprenticed for a bit, currently owns his own tiny studio in london. likes to really go out there with combining various charms, both for artistic and practical needs, like magical protection.

– really wanted a reverse dark mark tattoo for the order but got “caradoc, no"ed

OOC INFORMATION:

NAME/ALIAS: t

AGE: 22

PRONOUNS: they/them

#caradoc dearborn app #accepted

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