#do will and clara even have a ship name? probably not

[nebulousboops]

I know most Willry stuff usually completely ignores Will's wife or has him cheating on her for the sake of old man yaoi but have we considered: the polycule?

[hazbinhotelxreader]

Mother Carmilla x gender neutral child reader

Words: 1.5k

“Let’s practice”

A/n: hii! Okay so I saw someone post that this would be a great image! So I decided to try it, (or course with permission)! So hope this is great!

(Idea from: lillonvia)

Info: Basically the reader is Carmillas youngest child, and is trying to learn how to use those shoes Carmilla has as weapons. Readers genderless so this is for everyone! Reader is between the age of 9-12

By the way I tried to make all the Spanish words masculine since it goes for all genders (usually)

Your mother, Carmilla Carmine, was an overlord dealer of the angelic weapons. Which also meant she was pretty much trained to use all the weapons she makes. Your older sisters, Clara and Odette, were also trained, not as much as your mother but still enough to defend themselves.

You ok the other hand, no. You being the youngest of the family made her more protective over you, even not letting you go to close to the weapons. It did make you feel left out.

Your sisters knew how to use the guns and some of the daggers, but those were never really your true interest, it was those ballet shoes your mother wore. Once your sisters told you what your mother did to that exorcist during extermination day with her shoes, you immediately thought it was cool.

You wanted shoes like that. Maybe some like your mother. Though you knew she’d never say yes, it was dangerous, or so you thought she’d say no.

Right now, you snuck into the room where she stored all the weapons. Cases of guns and daggers lined up neatly on the shelves, bullets on all the racks. You’ve never been in the room before, your mother never let you.

You started to look if there were any other shoes that your mother could have. You found some boots with them, they weren’t your size though, you were a kid and most of these clothes and weapons weren’t designed for children. You sigh as you keep looking.

Carmilla just so happened to be walking by to do a daily check on her progress, and you tensed and froze. I’m instinct, being the child you were, you hid. Hiding behind a large shelf that probably wasn’t a good idea to hide behind.

Carmilla walked in, her steps sharp and you could hear your mother’s steps. You hold your breath as she checked the room and weapons that were shipped in. You sighed in relief when she walked over to another area in the room, leaning over a little, but that made the shelf shake…and then it fell. You gasp and froze as the shelf crashed onto the ground.

Carmillas head snapped over to where the shelf fell and saw you. Her eyes narrowed as she walked over. “[Name]? What are you doing in here?” She asked in a stern voice, keeping herself from yelling or raising her voice at the fallen weapons and broken shelves.

“I-uh…” m, You struggled to speak. Carmilla stood up straight and crossed her arms, narrowing her eyes at you and waiting for you to speak up. You sigh and stand up, your head down. “I just wanted to…learn how to use angelic weapons too..like how you and my sisters do..” You say softly.

Carmillas expression softens as she looks down at you and sighed. “Mi amor, do you truly want to use these? They’re dangerous and I’d hate for you to get hurt.” Carmilla said stern but soft.

“Pleeeeeeaaaase!! mamá I really want to! I’ll do anything” You beg your mother and gave her some puppy dog eyes to add to it. Carmilla let out a soft smile and held a hand out.

“If that’s what you want mi corazón..” You smiled back and took her hand. “But, if you want to use the angelic weapons, clean this up. Now.” Carmilla said more stern, pointing to the fallen weapons and the broken shelves.

You chuckle nervously and nod. “Yes mamá” you say and picked up all the angelic weapons. While your mother stayed and watched. She began to ask you a questions.

“Corazón? Which weapon would you like to use?” She asked you gently.

“Hmm? Oh! Uh, I was wondering if I could be taught how to use…shoes like yours?” You rubbed your arm, slightly embarrassed to admit.

Carmilla smiled softly at the response. Clara and Odette never wanted to learn how to use their legs to fight, they preferred blades. Her heart warmed at the thought of her youngest child taking after her. “Of course Mi querido, though I may have to make some of your size. So training will not begin so soon.”

You mentally sigh at that, you wanted to train right away, but knew you’d have to wait. You nod and smiled sadly. “Okay mamá..I can wait.” You say. She came over and pushed up the shelf for you.

“Thank you mi amor” Carmilla said and ruffled your hair a gently with her large claws. You giggle softly and finish putting the weapons in their places.

It took about 6 days for the shoes to be made, mainly since Carmilla wanted them to be more durable for you. She came and got you from your room. “[Name]? I’ve got you a surprise” She smiled and sat on the bed next to you, smiling softly with a box in her hand.

You smile and sit up, sitting next to your mother as she handed you the box. You open it and gasp and smile when you saw the same styled ballet shoes inside. They were like your mothers but just a smaller size. “ay dios mío- thank you mamá!!” You hugged your mother by the side and she smiled back.

“Of course Mi amor..now why don’t we try these on? And we can start practicing if you’d like.” She offered with a smile. You practically bounce up and down as you nod excitedly.

“Yes! I’d love to!” You just to your feet with the box, pulling the angelic shoes out and tossing the body on the ground to clean up later. Carmillas heart warmed up from how excited you were to use and train in those shoes, taking after her rather than using the more dangerous weapons like guns.

You both walk down the stairs, in the middle of the purple room. You looked around and smiled. Carmilla smiled down at you. “Alright [name], let’s put those on and I’ll teach you some ways to use them. But you must listen alright?” She spoke stern but soft.

You not and smile, putting the ballet shoes on (with a little help from Carmilla since you were struggling with the ribbons), and they fit snug. “Okay! I’m ready to kick some a-“ you stop your words when you saw Carmilla glaring at you softly for you almost cussing. You nervously laugh and calmed down.

Carmilla walked over and started to speak. “First of all, let’s get you better adjusted to walking in them. Stand on your toes.” She commands you gently. You nod and attempt to stand on your toes, though you only lasted about 2 seconds. “Try again.” Your mother stood near you, more firm now”

“Dang it..” you grumble softly as you failed again. Repeatedly, you fail over and over again, your mother demanding you to keep trying and trying. “This is too hard..” you complain a little as you became more and more frustrated.

“Patience Mi amor..you’re doing well..just keep trying. It’s all about practice.” Carmilla encourages softly and sternly. You nod and take a deep breath, trying again.

After a while you were able to hold yourself up for about a minute straight, you smiled and looked at your mom. “Look! I’m doing it!” Carmilla smiled softly at you and walked over.

“See? I told you that if you practice you’d get better..now try walking to me while standing on your toes.” She encouraged. “Like this” she walked across the room with ease, she held her arms out. “Soon you’ll be able to walk normally in them. And when you master that, I will teach you how to fight with them.”

You nod and smile, trying to stay motivated. You started to walk to your mother. Though you failed a lot, standing on your toes were hard, walking across the room on them…oof..even harder. But you did have you mother to encourage you along the way. You kept trying and trying and eventually did it, and you celebrated a little.

“Good job [Name]. Now we will practice more and more everyday. Just be patient alright my dear?” Carmilla told you, giving you a smile of approval.

“Yes mamá, I understand.” You smiled back excitedly.

“Good..then i will expect you to be wearing those all the time around the house to practice.” She nods and ruffled your hair gently, walking away to do her duties.

You smiled and nodded at your mother. “You got it!”. You were excited to keep practicing, you were determined and motivated to train and impress your mother. You knew it would be long, but it would be worth it.

A/n: hi! Hope this was good! If I get comments for part 2 I could make it.

[evenstar0600]

greetings name twin! loved your Tom riddle fic. it was super good :) could I humbly request some headcanons for how different doctor who characters would react to you cupping their face??? thank you :)))))

hello, my lovely. and fellow Jace. thank you for your kind words!

PLOT: the request

PAIRING: various!doctor who characters x gender neutral!reader

WARNINGS: biting, the master (they are a warning by themself), mentions of the time war, angst, fluff etc

AUTHOR'S NOTES: reader is female in bill's part and is half time-lord btw. and reader is female in yaz's part.

THE NINTH DOCTOR

mans is shocked

like 100% will freeze and just awkwardly stand there

he'll eventually melt into your touch

since the time war, he's closed off his emotions

upon cupping his face, he'll become emotionally vulnerable around you

ngl, he'd probably say 'fantastic!' or something like that.

THE TENTH DOCTOR

bless this sweet baby's hearts

since he's the polar opposite of his previous incarnation, he'll be all for it

i can picture him blushing and smiling (like in the gif)

you'd have him twirling his hair and kicking his feet

100% would give you forehead kisses and cuddles

would be a bit confused as he's got a thing with rose but y'know, for the sake of fanfic they're not together

THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR

baby. baby boy.

he'd be all smiles and shit like that

he loves you to the edge of the universe and back

in turn, he'd cup both your cheeks too

100% would catch feelings for you after this

deffo would snog you

amy ships it

river, who knows what happens in the future, just smiles contentedly and knowingly

THE TWELFTH DOCTOR

"what the hell are you doing?"

i can picture him saying that

like nine, he'd be frozen solid

for at least a minute or two

he melts into your touch

he comes off as a grumpy old man but he yearns for affection

he'll even kiss your palm softly and brush his nose against your thumb

like with clara in face the raven, he'd retract your hand and softly kiss it

THE THIRTEENTH DOCTOR

she's gonna say shit like "brilliant".

also, since she's fruity asf she'll blush

much like her previous incarnations, she'll blush

and smile

this bby is made of sunshine and rainbows

i love her sm

might pull a chris chibbers and not kiss you (# we were deprived of a thasmin kiss)

SIMM!MASTER

would bite your hand

like 10000000% would bite your hand

depends on his mood

he'll either nip your hand or maybe its a full-on chomp

we've seen him in "the end of time", he ate two whole ass people that episode

he's either biting you or straight-up killing you.

there is no middle ground

MISSY/GOMEZ!MASTER

it depends which part of capaldi's era

if it's in series 9, then she'll do to you what she did to osgood.

dead

deadeth

unaliven't

if its in series 10, she'll freeze.

she might cry

will need cheering up

so cuddles

she might shrug you off but then a couple hours later, she might cuddle with you.

either way, its death or cuddles.

your choice

DHAWAN!MASTER

crazy ass fucker

like simm, he gives bitey vibes

instead of having half a mind to eat you or some shit, he'll nip your hand

or he'd scoff at your and push you away

third case scenario, if he's feeling vulnerable, he'll demand a hug

and god, if anyone hears about it, they're dead

canon, i'm his eyebrow

ROSE TYLER

she's so pretty <33333

given the era she's from, she'd probs say "i'm not gay"

for the sake of fanfic, i reckon she'd smile and give you a hug

i can imagine her giving really good hugs

will take you out for chips after

MARTHA JONES

she's stunning <33333

would be a bit awkward given her crush on the doctor

for the sake of the fic, she doesn't fancy the doctor

she might cry

but its happy tears

melts into your touch

would probably develop feelings for you

DONNA NOBLE

"wot"

^what she's realistically say

given that her ex-fiancee tried to kill her or something, she's a bit wary

would probably say something like "you wot mate?" or "not my type, sunshine" idk

the doctor is probably standing in the background like "miss girl what is going on here"

wilf might smile or something. (love wilf sm)

RORY WILLIAMS

would be so awkward it's cute

he's so sexy in the roman uniform

given he's married to amy, he'd be like "no thanks"

or he'd say like "i'm flattered but i'm happily- moderately- i'm married"

(again for the sake of fanfic, he and amy aren't together)

he'd 100% blush

river is, once again, smiling the background

RIVER SONG

she knows all

when you first met the infamous river song, she told you that both of you were, quote on quote, "close" in the future

after the ordeal with the weeping angels, you were terrified.

she comforts you and you cup her cheek

she smiles, knowing that this is the start of something brilliant

would maybe cry a little but would kiss your forehead

years down the line, you'd both reflect on how that was the starting point of your marriage

AMY POND

100% would flirt with you

like i'm not even kidding

rory would be like "wtf" in the background"

theres an episode where she started flirting with herself so i'm not even suprised

maybe, just maybe, would give you a smooch

CLARA OSWALD

your impossible girl

would be a tad shocked but would smile

bisexual queen

kisses your hand

then kisses you

no middle ground

melts into your touch 100%

BILL POTTS

bill is a sweetheart and one of my favourite companions

if you cupped her face after a stressful adventure, she'd pause

time would literally stop for her

she'd smile

since loosing heather to the sentient oil, love had been off her mind

then she met you: the doctor's great-granddaughter, the daughter of susan foreman.

might, just might, end up in a kiss.

the doctor smiles, missy deffo takes a picture and nardole cheers.

YASMIN "YAZ" KHAN

yaz is SO pretty and you can't tell me otherwise

sapphic queen

if you cupped her cheek, she'd hesitate before metling into your touch

her face would heat up and her heart would beat at a million beats a minute

might develop budding feelings for you

sapphic queen (#we were deprived of a thasmin kiss)

[powerpolyculeshowdown]

CANON POLYCULE SHOWDOWN!!

Beware of possible spoilers in the polls!! Some canon stuff isn't revealed until later!

RULES:

Implied canon*, ex-polycules (for example caleb/astrid/eadwulf from critical role campaign 2) and queer platonic polycules are all welcome! If that's the case for your nomination, please make sure to specify in the form!

One nomination per ship, do not spam

You may submit different polyships, but please do so as separate submissions

Word of god canon counts!! (stuff confirmed by authors but not made canon in the media itself)

Include the characters' names in your submission, polyship name is not required but appreciated

Please don't submit Leverage OT3. I'm sorry, but they just won the original Power Polycule Showdown!! It would be kinda unfair. They might come back for a champions battle, though! We'll see.

If anyone starts being an asshole to me, any of the voters, or even the contestants, they will be blocked.

No jokes about death ("ill kms if they lose", "if you vote for so and so kys", "if you dont vote so and so die") in my notes. I made this very clear multiple times during the previous showdown, but those make me uncomfortable, and i will block people over this. I don't care if it's only a joke. I'm a human being with boundaries, please be respectful.

Goes without saying, but no real people. There's also a few fandoms i'll probably disqualify for personal reasons - if you want to know which send me an ask

Be nice and have fun!!!

*What do you mean by implied canon?

Implied canon would be characters with a lot of hints in canon to a possible polycule, intentional or not - for example: aizo/yujiro/hiyori from honeyworks/heroine tarumono, where both boys like hiyori, and she likes both of them as well, and there's plenty of stuff to back that up even if canonically they aren't dating

Nominations form closed!

Automatic entries:

-Megaera/Thanatos/Zagreus (Hades game)

-Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi (Iron Widow)

-Aizo/Yujiro/Hiyori (Honeyworks)

-Iruma Suzuki/Clara Valac/Alice Asmodeus (Mairimashita Iruma-kun)

Posts for this one will be tagged #CanonPolyculeShowdown

[acaplaya-musings]

Voiceplay Visuals: Drunken Sailor

Man I've been waiting to get to this one!

Drunken Sailor was uploaded on the 12th of August, 2023, and like the other pirate-themed video Voiceplay did akmost two years prior, it features Jose Rosario Jr! It also features Matthew Buckner (aka "Bucky") in an acting role, as the "drunken sailor" that Voiceplay sing about. "Bucky" used to be a vocalist in "4:2:Five" for a while (iirc), and he's good friends with Geoff, and even helped with the choreography for Geoff's Monster Mash video! Just like Hoist The Colours, both the arrangement and video were done by Geoff (who also wrote an original bridge for the song! (genius that he is)), and he also co-directed the video (with Tony), and worked together with Eli on lighting design. This might be one of those posts where I get close to the picture-upload-maximum and have to start counting them just in case, but still, it would be for good reason! So let's go!

Group shot! Shoutout to Pattycake Productions for the set design!

I'm not sure if any of the group are wearing any of the same clothing pieces they wore in Hoist The Colours (I did a brief bit of visual comparison), but Jose, acting as the captain of this "ragtag motley crew" once more, is pretty close.

Also, Geoff is going with the bare-shoulders look again (we always stan), but so is Cesar! (Good For Him)

Not even 10 seconds in and I've already found a funnier-than-first-expected/realized screencap! I'm not sure whose face I love more here - Layne's or Geoff's 😂😂

Obligatory comment that Geoff was absolutely serving looks in this video! The subtle "guyliner" plus the light stubble and the black sleeveless shirt/tunic? I freaking live for it 👀👌

Jose staring right down the camera, and Cesar giving 110% as per usual 😄

Pfft XD

Crazy Eyes Layne back again! 😆

Also look at Eli's face! He's terrified by the story that Layne is 'telling'!

"I'll have that!" (also notice that when Layne makes the whale "eat"/bite the boat, Eli covers his head with his hands in distress! The Lore! The Lore!

PFFFT, if looks could kill! 🤣 (and the fact that he's still beatboxing the whole time really makes this 👌)

Voiceplay said in the comments (in a reply to someone) that "there were a few different takes of this shot, and this was the one where it looked the MOST like Layne was gonna burst into flame." I think they nailed it 😝😁

"Stick him in a scupper with a hosepipe bottom!"

Firstly, it sounds at least like Cesar is singing "hosepipe bottom", but the original line is "hosepipe on him". And despite what Cesar is implying with the wooden toilet seat, the line has nothing to do with toilets or bathrooms. A "scupper" is "an opening in the side walls of a vessel or an open-air structure, which allows water to drain instead of pooling" (according to Wikipedia). Ships have scuppers at deck-level, to allow for rainwater and/or seawater to drain off. So basically the line about "stick him in the scupper with a hosepipe on him" is about spraying the drunken sailor in question with a hose[pipe] (to try to sober him up with a dousing of cold water), in a part of the ship where the water can easily drain away afterwards.

"ew I can't believe I just touched that!"

Yes, that doll is definitely creepy, and I have no clue where Geoff got it from or what gave him the idea, but, according to Geoff in the comments section (comment from Voiceplay's channel, but it was almost definitely him who wrote it): "Her name is Clara and SHE HAS FEELINGS!" 😅

Also, the line "put him in the bed with the captain's daughter" probably isn't actually meant to be taken literally either. The main consensus that I've seen online is that "the captain's daughter" actually referred to a cat-'o'-nine-tails whip. (Not talking about the vocals or arrangement, I'm talking about song background/context! Which I've done before!)

EAR-LY IN THE M O O R R R N I I N N G G G

*YEET*

"Hey that's my cup!" (rip Eli)

Hey look it's the screencap my profile pic comes from! (And for good reason - Geoff is positively unhinged and Cesar's reaction is priceless 🤣)

Also apparently Geoff holding a wooden spoon while singing "I'm gonna carve his heart out" is a reference to the 1991 movie Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. "Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?" "Because it's dull, you twit. It'll hurt more!"

"And we should make him listen to Voiceplay while we do it!" "You... are a monster"

(I freaking died laughing first time I watched this bit, also look at Eli's smug grin! 😂)

Have I mentioned that he's gorgeous and I love him?

This video is really just pure unbridled/chaotic fun. It's the best 😁

Cesar twerking! Get it!

It took me an embarassingly long time to release that Geoff isn't actually sitting down in this shot here; he's kneeling instead 😅

Also note that while Layne, Eli, Cesar, and Geoff all freeze into place (in what is apparently sometimes known as a "tableau shot", Jose doesn't, instead doing a little bit of fourth-wall-breaking to give the audience a lighthearted half-shrug 😄

And no, I haven't forgotten the "bonus scene"!

"HEY! Hey, I'm not drunk!"

I'm just tired, because you simpletons been singing all night!"

(Also ayyy another Eli Eyebrow Raise!)

"Wey, hey, and up she rises. Wey, hey, and up she rises. Wey, hey, and UP she rises! Ear-ly in the morn... ONCE AGAIN!"

Aaaaand I've officially hit image limit! At least I did make some attempts to be conservative with screenshots! 😅

This cover is utterly fantastic - all the silliness of "Classic Voiceplay", with the serious skills and high-quality video production of "Modern Voiceplay"! The video is hilarious, the cover is ridiculously creative, and really it just highlights all of the things to love about each person in the video, visually/performance-wise and vocally!

Not many Voiceplay videos left for me to make posts about now, but there are certainly still ridiculously-amazing things to come, so stay tuned!

[anotheruserwithnoname]

Victoria - 4 years on

Today (May 12) marks the fourth anniversary of the first UK broadcast of the 3rd season (and possibly series) finale of Jenna Coleman’s Victoria in 2019. It’s amazing it’s been so long!

Of course Jenna has gone on to other work. As the season was finishing up on ITV, she was co-starring in a West End revival of All My Sons. A few months later she’d be in Thailand shooting The Serpent. Then of course C19 arrived (hard to believe, less than a year after Victoria aired!), and after a pause Jenna ended up in The Sandman, Klokkenluider, and other projects.

Is Victoria finished? Wikipedia’s page has it as cancelled, citing a statement by ITV dated from 2021 that there were no plans for a 4th season. I recall one article saying further production was unlikely due to C19 (which would technically put Victoria in the same company as GLOW and a few other series ended due to the pandemic, even though most other shows continued production). Daisy Goodwin, the show’s producer and writer, posted on Instagram sometime in 2019 that she’d written scripts for Series 4. And, of course, Series 3 (spoiler alert) ended on a cliffhanger.

There’s still hope that the show might return, perhaps as a one-off special. Yes, Jenna and Tom Hughes are no longer a couple - but there’s certainly precedent for exes to continue working together in TV and film, so that’s not necessarily a barrier. There’s certainly no time limit involved - Jenna could return to the role later in life quite easily (much as Judi Dench has done); in real life, Albert didn’t die for real until a decade or so after the events covered in Series 3.

But the fact remains Jenna has moved on. Maybe not into something ongoing (even Sandman S2 might only entail another one-off story, she won’t in in every episode, and The War Rooms is looking to be the TV equivalent of vaporware), but being tied to a TV series might have prevented her from taking on things like Jackdaw or the Lemons play - or whatever she might be doing next. She probably has no burning need or desire to return to Victoria (maybe not to the same degree she appears to be disinterested in reprising Clara Oswald), other than maybe the fact the series leaves viewers hanging so it’ll always remain a bit of “unfinished business” in that regard.

Her co-stars have also moved on. Nell Hudson is now a novelist; Margaret Clunie has been doing mostly independent films; Tom has been in several TV series and movies over the last couple of years.

But what we did get were 3 seasons (plus a Christmas special) of surprisingly light-hearted romantic drama, Vicbourne, Vicbert (I forgot the ship name), Jenna in nearly every scene, plus some great co-stars including Margaret and Nell, Rufus Sewell, and of course fellow Doctor Who-franchise veterans Tommy Knight and Eve Myles and, lest we forget, Diana Rigg also popped in for a visit when she wasn’t poisoning Joffrey Baratheon! LOL! I miss the show but am thankful we got what we got!

[jennnasmith]

hii this is a jenna and matt fic!! its not a ship but it’s a nice small one that ive made up about matt coming to surprise jenna behind the stage of LEMONS!! i really hope you guys enjoy this so yeahh tysm!<3

LEMONS SURPRISES

it was a cold breezy night in london, not for jenna and aiden of course! they had both only just finished their play called LEMONS(x5). clara and aiden bowed in front of their great audience “thank you!” yelled aiden, jenna had also yelled “have a great evening!” the curtains slowly began to go down as the audience whistled and clapped their hands together.

jenna and aiden went back stage, they had a few laughs together then went back to their dressing rooms. Jenna had a huge room, she was fixing her short blonde hair “what a mess..” she thought to herself “i dont even have much time left because i have to sign people’s posters and stuff” jenna was clearly tired from the show but she did whatever to make her audience happy. Jenna quickly put on her long black coat until she had two loud knocks on the door “come in!” called out jenna, it was one of the workers backstage, she turned around to look at the worker “yes?” the worker leaned his head against the door and said “there’s someone waiting for you, by the name matt” jenna looked confused “matt..” “matt!?” she exclaimed “but why would he come-“ jenna was speechless, actually she was too speechless. “Tell him I’ll be there in one moment!” the worker smiled and shut the door. Jenna began to brush her hair and fix her red lipstick, still repeatedly thinking “why is matt here?” “as in matt smith..the eleventh doctor!?”

eventually jenna looked better than before, she rushed out her room and noticed matts profile from the back, she’d never forget how tall he was compared to her. Matt didn’t notice jenna but she began to run towards matt, he was wearing a black hoodie, jeans and glasses “MATT!” jenna shouted. Matt heard jennas voice he turned around, this reminded him of when they were filming doctor who jenna used to trot around matt (matt actually said this just search what matt smith and jenna coleman will miss the most!!) “jenna!” matt exclaimed. Jenna jumped onto matt for a hug “what are you doing here?!” asked jenna as matt put her down “oh i just decided to surprise you after how many years..” “10 years” Matt’s face widened, pure shock! He began to slowly touch jennas face to see if she was actually real “10?! GOODNESS JENNA YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME FACE” matt yelled. Jenna mocked what he had just done to her “Boy you havent changed too” replied Jenna as she began to giggle, matt had the biggest smile “we definitely need to catch up on a few things” “y-“ jenna was cut off as she was told to go outside “wait there doct- matt! I just need to do this” Jenna began to walk off outside as matt watched her leave him again.

Jenna finished off giving her autographs to her fans who watched the show “sorry about that” chuckled jenna “it’s fine it’s fine” replied matt “so do you want to go out?” “excuse me?” giggled matt “no! as in to a cafe!” Matt nodded, jenna & matt began to sneak out of the theatre without paparazzi’s trying to take pictures of them and cause scandals again. The both of them had sunglasses on to hide their identity, they reached a cafe nearby luckily it was empty and just small. Matt and Jenna sat down on a table just for two “so you’ve definitely gotten bigger after that clara oswald role didnt you” jenna nodded “i do admit that I miss playing clara but I’m afraid she won’t be coming back” matt chuckled “same with me to be fair” jenna looked up at matt and smiled “i mean there’s a higher chance of you coming back since you played as the doctor although i hadn’t, i only played as a companion for two seasons like the others” jenna sighed “oh well, i wouldnt be able to probably anyway! Ive got house of the dragon” replied matt “fair enough” jenna ordered a coffee for herself and a cup of tea for matt without even asking him what he wanted “how did you know I wanted that?” asked matt “matt i think you forget how close we were before we split up, a cup of tea is your favorite part of the day haha” matts smiled began to fade. “I wish we could act in more stuff together jenna” jennas smiled dropped “me too but we’ve lost contact for 10 years and people would start to get suspicious over us” matt nodded at jennas comment “wish i was in the sandman with you” “as if!” matt laughed, “but really I do! I miss seeing you drink weird things in the morning” laughed matt.

Jenna and matt were handed their drinks “so hows tom?” Asked matt “tom? oh, we split up awhile ago” answered Jenna “who are you with now?” “Jamie” “jamie??” “childs, jamie childs” matt smiled “what about you Matt? there’s a scandal about you and milly alcock” matt raised an eyebrow “oh?” jenna smiled in a teasing way “it’s nice to see you two together” matt scratched his head in embarrassment “yeah yeah whatever” jenna giggled “remember the scandal of us two” mentioned matt “oh don’t remind me! my goodness!” Jenna gasped from that memory “those fake photos they did..lord!” Matt was laughing a little bit too hard “i wish we could go back in time” jenna muttered while she took a sip from her coffee “if you really want to act with me again how about we put a show on together? us two as the main cast?” suggested matt, jenna looked up at him? “but what at about?” asked jenna “all sorts! you can make it a comedy, musical, adventure mystery or maybe a romance..! people do say we play amazing as a couple” teased matt “oh shush” jenna laughed

the two of them talked about their ideas all night in the tiny cafe of london.

thank you for reading!! <3 if you have any suggestions please message me or comment them! thank you again!

- sophia

[massive-nerd-potential]

Ranking New Who Doctors by how funny they were on regeneration energy

I tried just going for the Doctor, not for any plot but sometimes it was hard to separate haha. I do think I kept the intertwining. At a minimum though! Drumroll please……

As for NUMBER 1: The man. The icon. The TENTH Doctor.

Counting the children in needs episode I think he‘s the one who gets the most silly regeneration time (also since there is practically no time jump between regenerating and the story whereas for the others, at least SOME time has passes or is skipped pretty soon afterwards

The episode that made me go "wow I actually wanna write down this quote now because it‘s so cool“

Wake up, be badass

Be woken up by the TEA? How British do you want to be??

Just let the poor man breathe for a second Jackie, good lord

Getting up earlier than he should to help Rose and her family after the attack is so heartwarming

And also irresponsible. You are an irresponsible man. You are in NO shape to steer anything, let alone a space- and timeship

NUMBER 2: the positivity after the angst that was 12~ the THIRTEENTH Doctor!

Doesn‘t know what a tongue is, apparently (she has never NOT had one)

….let‘s work on your perception of 19 seconds, huh?

Literally creates a full ass Sonic screwdriver with a bunch of spoons and a can do attitude

"Half an hour ago, I was a white haired Scotsman“

At this point I feel like crashing after regenerating has become custom

Literally forgets the name that makes up everything she holds herself to be

NUMBER 3: my man! The Doctor ever. The TWELTH Doctor!

More serious than the ones before

Takes getting used to since he is QUITE a different Doctor compared to 11

Grumpy old man tm

Just go to bed buddy, it‘s okay

Oh no the eyebrows have declared independence!

How dare Strax and Clara not wear labels, EVERYONE would confuse them like that

Really manages to find that sweet spot between being silly and high on regeneration energy while also already showing the character of the Doctor to come

DINOSAUR!

….sad Dinosaur. Make sad Doctor

NUMBER 4: The long awaited. The facial anomaly. The FOURTEENTH Doctor!

We don‘t see much of it :(

Absolutely no one can go "What? waHAT? WHAT?“ like David Tennant

No don‘t give the Dalek man ide- STOP IT

Reference to 13! "60 minutes ago I was this really brilliant woman“

Why the hell do you just have a plunger lying around?

13 was the first one sensible enough to maybe… NOT wreak her ship with her regeneration and do it safely outside on land. And what do you do? GET IN IT AND CRASH IT! Men and their vehicles, I swear…/j

NUMBER 5: probably the most underrated Doctor of them all. The NINTH Doctor!

Mostly wasn‘t seen at all

He‘s implied to have been travelling for a bit before, just didn‘t happen to have the time to check himself in a mirror

Literally all we get is "look at the ears…“

He gets extra points for going first so they couldn’t do much

Also I love him and he‘s silly enough anyways

If you want to, you can pretend all of Rose is just him running on a high of regeneration energy

He‘d blow up a house even without though

And finally, NUMBER 6, last but not least (though im this specific case… last and least): the ELEVENTH Doctor!

Fuck you doing making a literal child COOK for you, a several hundred year old guy, IN THE MIDDLE OD THE NIGHT

Stop spitting your shit everywhere it‘s disgusting and rude, who the hell do you think has to clean that up? Cause I know you won’t!

The ole crash again

Feels like more like a sitcom bit than a sci-fi Doctor Who scene, probably due to Moffats writing background

What is your obsession with food??

An apple a day keeps the Doctor away.. truly truly

You are really really bad at landing your ship in the right time…. But we know that much already

[pxiedustnblades]

*knocks on the door quietly, and then peek inside, bringing cookies and chocolate*

Hi Faye! :D How are you doing? I saw your requests for ask and questions, so, here I am bringing them to you! :D

1,2,3,6,9,13,20,27 and 28! :D I know they are a lot, so feel free to answer only the one you feel the most! No need to answer them all, if they make you feel overwhelmed. :)

--Nemo

Nemo!!

Oh my goodness thank you so much for the chocolate & cookies! Always a treat to hear from you. And always more then happy to oblige with answering those asks. While there are a lot, I am eager to answer them all. I am up to the challenge. Here, have some coffee for while you read.

1) Who was your first ever OC? Do you still "use" them? How have they evolved over time?

Aww this is a treat! My first ever OC was a HC’d lovechild between Kisshu and Ichigo from Tokyo Mew Mew. Her name was Claire Momomiya and I adored her like nothing else. Even so far as to making a silly little comic book with a school friend. The writing was atrocious and very cliche middle schooler wattpad weeb. 🤣 So you know, grossly cringe. Ugh since then Claire is still used be she is completely separate from her original counterpart. She now goes by Clara and has matured a great deal. Although I don’t use her anymore, she is still such a memorable and precious OC that she will never be discarded. I will find something for her one day.

2) Who is your newest OC Why did you make them?

Yvette is my newest oc! I made her shortly after I started playing God of War and saw Tyr’s design. After hearing what a gentle giant he was, and then seeing him in Ragnarok, I couldn’t help but be smitten. That and comparing my own height to his. 😳 He’s such a sweet, wise soul whats not to love though? Even if he is a bit of awkward giraffe lolol. Between that and general simping gutter brain, I wanted to give him someone to love and be loved by. But not by me lmao. No self insert here. But uhh my gutter brain was strong with this one because size difference make brain go brrr. And somehow these became the horniest, most mature, yet sweet canon x oc ship I have to date. Whoops?

3) Biggest self-insert OC?

OOH! That would be my sweet pea, Faline! Closest tie with her would be Florence. Although both are actual self inserts. Faline has been my longest standing Self-insert (going on 2 years soon) and one that holds most of my similarities. Including my height, build, my autism, my not-so-great childhood, trauma, and mental health. Genuinely v little difference between her and I.

6) Do you have any OCs without stories? Will you ever create one for them?

I mentioned it before but Clara is currently the one without a story. Although I’m not quite sure if you’re talking actual physical written & completed story or just a general background. I’m assuming the latter, but please correct me if I’m wrong. I will eventually give Clara a proper story, but for now she is content seeing me bond with my other OCs.

9) Favourite OC?

Oh my Gods, Nemo; how can you ask me such a thing? 🤣Just kidding I can actually answer this. My beloved Claudia is my favorite. She was such a treat to create. To go from a minor character made to push a plot point, to then being one of my biggest muses, she is a gem and a half. She is as complex as she is beautiful, and I look forward to continue creating stories for her and Darius.

13) Which story has the most lore?

Oh Gods “Saints & Sinners” by far. Ash and I have spent almost two years developing that universe. It initially started off as a silly “what-if” thing but now we have a whole world, timeline, rules, deities for every basic thing, A deity hierarchy system, Soul-bondings, rules for said deities, the reset system, etc. it used to only focus on four characters, now its expanded to following 8. 4 couples, all soul-bonded deities. It’s an incredible experience.

20) What story are you the proudest of? Why?

Hmmm probably “burn scars” as of right now. Its still in the works but its pushing me out of my comfort zone to deal with more graphic, emotion-heavy scenes. Trying to capture something like that is not easy, but considering it’s such a crucial part in Darius & Claudia’s timeline I am determined to get it right.

What are your favourite movies?

I’m not much of a movie person in general but the ones that have higher chances of holding my attention are animated films. I’m the worst when it comes to watching films. Its like pulling teeth to get me to do.

Thank you again for asking me everything Nemo! I hope you enjoyed!

- Faye

[trollprincess]

When I was a kid, I read a little bit of anything and everything that looked interesting. Right around the time I was ten, I picked up “A Night to Remember” by Walter Lord, the quintessential book on the sinking of the Titanic. This is also around the time Bob Ballard and his team located the wreck of the ship, so National Geographic and a bunch of other magazines were publishing articles and photos and artwork regarding the ship and the sinking.

I. Was. Hooked.

Now, this is pre-1997-Leo-and-Kate Titanic mania, but my parents latched onto “Jennifer likes Titanic” and got me every possible book they could on the ship. A lot of them were coffee table books with lots of information and beautiful artwork of the ship and the wreck by Ken Marschall. Some of the books covered the Lusitania and Britannic and Empress of Ireland, so now I’m not just Titanic girl, I’m shipwreck girl.

I was also into baseball and was watching the World Series in 1989 when the earthquake struck live on air. So I start diving into earthquake research. Then volcanoes. Then building fires. Then plane crashes. Before long, if it’s a book about a disaster, I’ve read it.

The thing is, it was never morbid. It was never like, “Look at these photos of the burned dead from the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire! Isn’t it gross?” It was, “Here, let me tell you about the woman who organized the factory workers to strike before the fire!” or “No, but you should know the names of the elevator operators who saved so many lives!” or “Listen to what the bosses did that put everyone in such danger, all to save a buck!”

My therapist once asked me why I’m interested in disasters when they’re so incredibly depressing. Which, yes, of course, they are, but also there’s hopeful stuff there too. People who survived despite the odds, problems which were found and fixed because these terrible things happened, memorials which were built to remember those who died. That’s what I end up getting hooked with - the final survivor they pull out of the wreckage, the person who does something gallant to help others even if they know doing so will sign their own death certificate, the people who show up with whatever they can to help out even if it probably won’t be useful because they feel like they have to do *something*.

Like, there’s so many depressing things going on in the world all the time, and I can’t always find the good in those stories all the time. But with Titanic, for example, I can think about the Strausses staying together in the ship because they refused to be parted or take a seat from a younger passenger. With the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, I can think about Clara Lemlich, a certified badass who unionized garment workers in the early 1900s in New York and led the Uprising of the 20,000 in 1909. (She even organized the workers at her nursing home in her old age. She was kind of amazing.)

So when I went back to college, one of the classes I had in my final semester was a literature class focused on nature writing. One of the books we read was “Into the Wild.” (Which I love as a book, but haaaaate because McCandless’s actions frustrate me to no end, but whatever.) Our final assignment was a presentation on a different book by an author we already read in class, so I did “Into Thin Air.” I did background on Everest exploration, the events of the 1996 disaster itself, memorials, and things which have been improved since then as a result.

I was only supposed to do ten minutes. I think I did twenty.

Now, I’m not a good public speaker. I’m nervous and stutter and get anxious being stared at. But that presentation was easy to give, because I wasn’t just interested in the subject matter, I’d literally read the book a half-dozen times before AND watched multiple documentaries on the 1996 disaster. I could have done the presentation without even doing the research. Even now, I could do a thirty-minute talk on dozens of disasters without any prep whatsoever.

When I got done and sat down, my teacher in the next seat leaned over and said, “You’re such a good storyteller.” I was grateful, except … I’m not. I’m really not. At least, not all the time. I have to be VERY into what I’m talking about. I’ve dictated to my phone at least part if not all of three books this year.

But I can tell THOSE stories. I can tell survival stories, I can tell rescue stories, I can tell stories of victims getting justice. Because look at what people can be! Not everyone is an unrepentant douchebag! Maybe everything’s NOT a big bag of ferret shit! Like, do some people suck? Sure. Do terrible things happen? Every day. But do good things happen in spite of all that, literally in the middle of the world falling apart? Weirdly enough, yeah.

Also, it’s grossly unfair that we skip over learning these stories because they’re depressing, and in the process allow the victims to be forgotten over and over again. The story of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory is one full of strong women who started over in a new country and were doing what they could to take care of their families, and people down on the street who did what they could, and Frances Perkins! The first female cabinet member who served as secretary of labor under FDR! Who was hardcore into workers’ rights and safety because the day of the fire she was having tea at a friend’s home nearby and went out to see what was going on and had the image of jumping girls burned into her mind.

Someone in the notes of that other post I made for the podcast questioned if it was informative or exploitative. I mean, aside from the answer I could have given, which is I don’t know, listen and find out? I get the worries of exploitation in darker non-fiction stories, especially given we were all just talking about the Dahmer miniseries being exploitative as fuck. But me personally? I’m pretty much in it to tell you true stories from history and share donation websites and remember the deceased and warn people how to respond to disasters and assure you air travel’s safer than it’s ever been and basically do exactly what I normally do to my coworkers and relatives and people I meet at parties when I actually GO to parties.

If no one listened to the podcast, if it was just me researching and recording it and that’s it, it’d still do me the service of allowing me to get excited about something, which so very often I find far too difficult. It gives something to focus on, to aspire to, and I’m so proud of it turning seven years old at the end of December.

[roseposts-stuff]

hi folks!!! summer holiday has begun for me (if we don't think about the fact that i have to study for exams i have in autumn, we conveniently ignore that!) but it is also time for doctor who series 7 (plus 2013 specials) thoughts by me. once again remember that my opinions are NOT stable and there's a lot based on Vibes haha, let's go!!

1. The Day of the Doctor (Sx1) - alright!!! this is so so fun, SO fun. 11, 10 and War are hilarious together i LOVE it, obviously i missed 10 so i love having him back, peter capaldi eyebrow reveal was INSANE i go !!!!!!!!! whenever i watch it, tom baker cameo... story itself is okay, but even if it's not completely perfect, it doesn't really matter because this episode is funny as hell and i need more 10 content in my life, such a fantastic celebration of (then) 50 years of doctor who, i think

2. The Angels Take Manhattan (7x5) - SO GOOD, timey wimey, which i always love, amy and rory's death is absolutely heartbreaking, and like let's also just take time to acknowledge rory williams because he died in this episode and he's, like, actually SO real and one of my favourite companions and he's brilliant. okay thank you. now then, let's continue, okay so the angels are brilliant in this episode and i love karen gillan and arthur darvill and matt smith and i loved having river back ofc, i always do, how they followed the book and!!! just such a great episode, i have no complaints

3. The Name of the Doctor (7x13) - really really like this finale, i love jenny, vastra and strax, even river appears, i honestly do like the reveal with clara and the cameos of different doctors, and the ending with war doctor reveal is so iconic i LOVE it

4. The Power of Three (7x4) - honestly i think this story is kinda underrated?? i LOVE amy and rory and all the domesticity in it, story itself isn't too special, but i love the characters so much, also rory's dad's cube log was hilarious to me, man i loved it

5. Cold War (7x8) - i really like clara in this, and i think the story is pretty good. i like how it visually looks, and the ice warrior was an okay villain i think, also i liked the old guy, HOWEVER my memory is slightly affected by the fact that i had a horrible headache when i last watched it with my little sister and my mum and had to keep my eyes closed for most of the episode also i might've slept/almost slept

6. The Rings of Akhaten (7x7) - we all love 11's speech at the end, i think? it is so good, the long song is beautiful i love it, i also like the kid and how clara is so kind to her, i like their interactions, overall i just like the story

7. A Town Called Mercy (7x3) - i like the story, it's not the best, but i do think there are some really great moments in this episode, man i love amy and rory

8. The Snowmen (7x0) - i like victorian clara and as y'all probably have noticed, i love jenny, vastra and strax. yeah, i like this one too

9. The Time of the Doctor (Sx2) - 11's regeneration is really great and i'll be so honest i was so sad when the cyberman head died istg it was so sad to me, also the beginning is so funny with 11 going to dalek ship with a bit of dalek with him etc, i really do often like steven moffat's humour. it's not a perfect story but i like it

10. Asylum of the Daleks (7x1) - i like oswin and amy and rory's story in this was really interesting and so sad, i love them so much man. i like this one

11. The Bells of Saint John (7x6) - i like the modern day clara introduction, it's a pretty good story imo, don't have much to say

12. Nightmare in Silver (7x12) - even i'm aware that the script is pretty weak, but the first time i watched this, it was the first time i liked the cybermen, now i appreciate them and find them interesting villains, but back then, this kinda made me change my opinion. i also LOVE the way 11 and mr. clever switch back and forth and PLAY CHESS!!!!! i LOVE IT it's easily the best thing in the episode, i always find times when shows do this kinda internal fights like the character fights against themselves or there's scenes in their minds, i love that so much

13. The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (7x0) - see the story is actually kinda beautiful and not bad, but i did NOT like the kids idk why but i didn't, the ending where 11 went to see the ponds was so sweet thooo and i'm glad the dad survived

14. Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (7x2) - GREG LESTRADE WHY ARE YOU HERE, uhhh, i do like individual moments in this and the robots were vaguely funny, but yeah, not the best

15. Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (7x10) - enjoyable, but not the best. i did kinda feel bad for the guy who was lied to, and i always love a story that has the TARDIS in a bigger role, also how clara got lost was so fascinating i liked it

16. Hide (7x9) - i do like some aspects of this, but i don't think it manages to be as scary as it tries to be. it's kinda boring at times and the romance felt a bit necessary, but i do think it's still enjoyable and i like how clara sort of realises how different and alien the doctor is

17. The Crimson Horror (7x11) - probably the only good thing was jenny imo, this is like probably my least favourite doctor who story, i HATE mr. smith with all my heart i HATEEEE it, all other worse stories have something saving them and making them enjoyable, in this episode i only like jenny, she's brilliant, but just. not enough to save the episode because i hate mr smith so much lol, idk it was too gross for me 😭😭

yayyy there we are!! honestly this was so hard probably because most of the episodes are Okay but nothing special

[edit: i changed the order a bit because i was so wrong previously and it bothered me too much 😔]

[rejaytionships]

75 & 15 for that self ship game! ^^

ty for the ask!!! ^^

75: Luis Sera (Resident Evil 4, 2005) - romantic/crush

(specified for the og game bc ik they changed him in the remake and i have yet to play it </3)

YAY i get to be mentally ill about resident evil

after my s/i ilona powers (she/her) was forcefully retired from STARS just like every other agent, she ended up pursuing her own rogue career in anti-BOW research, since she had a STEM background from before her time in STARS. this involves a lot of global monitoring for potential BOWs so that she can study any potential commonalities among all encountered viruses to see if there is a way to create an end-all vaccination to prevent infections, known and unknown

this is what eventually leads her to learn about las plagas, a mind-controlling parasite originating in spain. while trying to look into it, she manages to intercept and contact someone called "joaquin". in order to not draw too much suspicion, she used a fake name (clara becker) and presented herself as interested in collaboration. joaquin agreed, and ilona made her way to spain so she could extract her own test subject

over time, the two kept in touch solely through email. their emails slowly started to drift, however, from professional to personal, and when her email buddy learned that she was a single woman, he grew a little more flirtatious over the emails. ilona, still getting over leaving wesker at arklay and also being dumped by jill not long before first contacting this joaquin guy, was fairly receptive to the change in tone

once deep enough in their situationship, ilona and "joaquin" end up revealing their true identities to each other (surprise! joaquin was luis all along!), and the two do tread a line where they debate risking their current deal just to finally meet each other in person. this eventually does happen, and they get to have a romantic night together in some random rural part of the village, but then once they part ways ilona gets one final email that for safety reasons they could no longer work together

that was the last ilona ever heard from him, and even as she eventually moved on over the years, she held the memory of him near and dear

15: Truffles (Chowder) - romantic/crush

i don't have anything super solid so i'll give a gist! :D

a small note of context for my s/i gelato (any pronouns) is that they ended up in a polycule custody arrangement where every week they switch between endive's and mung daal's kitchens. this includes both for work and for dating. someone along the way lost a bet and now endive and mung daal split gelato

initially, truffles was not at all involved in this nonsense nor did she really care; honestly, gelato never fought for it at first, either. both of them were content just being metamours who were friendly with each other

however, gelato's a bit of a charmer and eventually starts to fluster truffles a little with how sincere and caring they are as a companion despite the two of them just being partners-in-law or whatever. truffles does have her secret mushy side, so gelato sporadically indulging her does woo her a bit

they haven't really made anything official, but the two of them are at a flirtatious level with each other, where gelato is the instigator and truffles gladly accepts it with her own verbal affections back at them

(they'd probably eventually date, they're just in pining phase for the main part of the selfship stuff ^^)

[taki118]

IruClarAzz Master Post Part 4

Just collecting all of the cuteness of the Love Trio and adding my commentary. This will cover the Music Festival Arc, Season 3 may or not cover and this one is a doosey. Also just saying ya’ll should read the manga theres more stuff and god the art does not translate sometimes. Its not everything everything but close there’s a lot of just little things and trying to focus on the three. (Also warning I may make jabs at the IruAmeri ship here and there just small comparisons showing why I don’t like it as much, no hate but if you don’t like your ship being talked about even slightly negatively probably look away.)

If you didn’t see it Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here and Part 3 here. This is gonna be long.

They look so cute in their winter wear.

Knowing they’d get swarmed after the Harvest Festival Azz went and got them matching concealment glasses.

Purson begins revealing secrets he’s witnessed this is Azz’s, he points out its not JUST Iruma he takes pictures of.

Clara scolds him a little but Purson reveals Iruma sneaks snacks in class.

Then they switch to scolding Iruma for his over eating.

They have to practice for the Music Festival with Clara and Azz on dance and Iruma on piano so they are separated again. Texts are cute.

This begins a fun chapter where the two have to learn to be in sync.

But their ways of thinking don’t mix easy. They go to look at how everyone else is doing.

They get the idea from watching the others to talk more.

But it ends up in arguing again until they realize they have one area they think the same.

They begin to laugh at how they said the same thing. Clara poking Azz is so cute.

Clara has a realization and its true. While Clara likely would have been put in the Misfits Class regardless Azz wouldn’t have if he hadn’t started the fight with Iruma. 

Iruma helps motivate and unite them but most importantly....

AZZ CALLS CLARA BY HER FIRST NAME FOR THE FIRST TIME.

And she is so happy!!! We’ve only seen her make these sorts of faces for Iruma before. She would go around calling him Alice despite his feelings on the name though so its good she doesnt remember.

They finally sync up. This is an important chapter for the pair and has been a long time coming. 

So Iruma gives Elizabetta a love letter as a kind of prop to get into character to play the piano but it causes Shax (who has a crush on her) and Clara to freak out along with Azz....interesting

The three play with costumes

Iruma gets smacked for his costume choices (which is an ongoing gag that he always gravitates towards armor) Clara and Azz fuss over him.

The class gets pre-preformance jitters causing our trio to end up huddle like this.

They do a compliment circle for the class this is Iruma’s can you see Azz and Clara’s?

Iruma stays out late to fix some things causing him to be zonked out the morning of the performance and gets watched by Azz and Clara.

One of the judges, the former demon kings...um well we arent actually sure what they were to each other, tosses Iruma around again poor Azz’s face.

They look so good in their costumes.

So after the festival the class has a party to celebrate their work and Ameri tries to get Iruma alone. Clara and Azz aren’t having it which while on par for Clara is rather new for Azz. (Side bar Ameri sweetie not the right time. You can say she didn’t mean right now but in a later chapter she did 100% want Iruma to leave his classmates and spend time with just her)

Now he openly takes their pictures. To anyone thinking he just crops Clara out nope you can see it on his phone shes still in frame. 

The class goes and plays some music together I like how Azz and Clara play the same instrument.

At the party Iruma is asked to do archery but they don;t want him running off. 

They are both aware that when alone Iruma tends to get pulled along by others so Azz goes.

There he finds Kirio who tells Azz this which again is interesting assessment.

Azz is touched by this thought, until...

Kirio reveals that Iruma is keeping secrets from Azz and isn’t who Azz believes him to be, promising to expose Iruma to him (he know Iruma is human). Kirio knows just how important Azz is to Iruma and wanting to see not only Iruma but Azz to fall deeper into despair plants his seeds. 

Noticing how dangerous Kirio really is Azz goes on the act nearly inducing his wicked phase before Clara arrives. Sadly she doesnt see him and he escapes.

This encounter though sets Azz back as he goes full protect mode.

He won’t talk to anyway and even keeps Clara away cause he’s so rattled by Kirio’s words.

He leaves Iruma alone to see Balam just long enough for Clara to snatch him up. And Its really funny. 

She takes this as her chance to praise him for his part in the performance he does the same and they are so cute. The ease in their touches is so sweet.

She even praises Azz too which is something I think she wants to do to his face but can’t cause of his literal walls. Iruma takes this as a chance to voice the thoughts he’s had about Azz’s shift and you think for a minute Clara is jealous but just wait. 

So this is the chapter I have been waiting to talk about since I started this god If I could I’d just post it all.

So I know there are some people who think that becauseof the art and tone shift only her Iruma confession was real and Azz was tacked on cause she was scared but I don’t agree with this. I think Clara 100% means what she says here that she love BOTH Iruma and Azz (whether you think only one is romantic and the other platonic irrelevant) She loves to different degrees perhaps but she whole heartedly loves them and believes that they not only love her back but love each other. I think she is very much aware of what she is saying. The issue is Iruma can’t keep up or fully comprehend what she is saying. 

And here it is! The name the Love Trio! See I hadn’t really considered shipping the three until this moment right here. Cause like what Clara is saying right here its like the base level of a poly relationship. You can’t just focus on one member you have to monitor and take into consideration everyone’s feelings.

Like even though Clara doesn’t like Azz hogging Iruma’s attention she recognizes something is seriously wrong with him and knows that it’s something only he and Iruma can fix. Again very basic poly stuff. And this is why I don’t think she was jealous earlier I think she was frustrated cause she knew she couldn’t help only Iruma can.

Again I don’t think Iruma fully grasphs what Clara is saying but he does know he wants to help Azz and look at her she’s so happy not a hint of disappointment. 

She just helps Iruma plan his dat.... I mean fun day out with Azz. 

So it isn’t until they’ve already spent some time together that it hits Azz its just them. Like the idea of spending time without Clara doesn’t enter his mind anymore.

So ummmm here’s the thing this chapter feels more like a date than Ameri waterpark chapter. They start it off by doing the totally platonic activity of picking out and buying clothes for each other then spending the rest of the day in said clothes. 

I didn’t put everything cause this thing is so long already but they buy food together and play around all over magic street.

So Iruma goes on to tell Azz about how his rank up has been weighing on him, that his both amazed at his achievement and feels he didn’t really earn it all at once. And Azz laughs at him for the first time. 

Iruma tells Azz that he not only wants to be around him and Clara cause he thinks they can all support and each other he NEEDS them around. And this def comes from his time during the harvest festival arc. Anyone who says they aren’t the most important people are just liars. 

Azz is so touched by that he starts to cry and has this totally platonic reaction. 

Azz goes on to think about how lucky he is to be so relied upon by Iruma, and reassures him theat he’ll always be at his side. And Iruma is so happy.

Again tel me this doesn’t look like a confession scene

Now people have argued the choice of words here, and it’s tricky words have different connotations everywhere and even ones that can’t fully be translated. Some consider that Iruma’s intent was more like best friends but the way he’s acting and how he words it, I think it’s something deeper and stronger that soulmates fits more. Now I am of the opinion that you can be a soulmate platonically but umm

Yeah. So I want to point out that Azz does include Clara in this. Were he told this at the start he’d try to exclude her but he’s grown fond of Clara and sees her now just as worthy to stand by Iruma’s side.

They then go to brag to the class about it. The implication here is that Azz went and told Clara immediately and they both agreed to do this. Cause Iruma is mortified.

Iruma explains what friends are and how he considers his classmates all friends and when explaining soulmates, as his cling, they think they are just as close too when compared to others. 

But Azz is not having it, even Clara is ready to throw down. Again Azz is willing to share this (to him) prestigious title with Clara, he doesn’t even question her presence anymore, but refuses to anyone he considers not on their level. And so out Love Trio is officially made in a sense.

This is up to chapter 182, I may wait a little for the next part for the arc to finish we’ll see but I’m in too deep to stop now. But yeah my thoughts are these three idiots just don’t fully understand what they are to each other.

[twelveteenth]

hello fellow insane people, take my twelve x clara drabble

TITLE: Safe

FANDOM: Doctor Who

SHIP: twelve x clara, whouffaldi

RATING: G, no warnings

WORD COUNT: 1638

ALSO ON AO3 HERE

“God you're so—“ Clara uttered, out of breath and bracing a railing inside the safety of the Tardis.

“Brilliant? Charming? Handsome…?” The Doctor said. He pointed his hands at his face and made a toothy, annoyingly cocky, grin.

“No, “ Clara whispered. Her words were inaudible to her grey haired friend as he puttered around the Tardis console, fueled by adrenaline from their narrow escape and looking for his next high. “You’re so…”

“Magical. Whimsical. Alluring. Egotistical? Well, with the way this list is heading…” He prattled on. “Perhaps, intelligent beyond your ability to comprehend? Though that’s not really putting us on a more humble path, even if it is true!” He circled the control panel excitedly so he was opposite Clara, who was still glued at the entryway, and keyed in something to the keyboard and monitor.

“So, Clara Oswald!” He chirped. “How do you feel about a visit to the Rotted Dynasty of Mercoralapse? Horrible name, but you’ll understand when you see Her Majesty’s teeth. Or maybe!” He called, turning his back to Clara to postulate into the air. “We can do Paris through the ages. We can start by seeing the Eiffel tower being built and end in 2734 with the Louvre’s best and finest collection of art of all time. What do you say?!” He flipped one last lever with a dramatic flare and the two lurched as they felt the Tardis take off.

The Doctor turned to face Clara and saw her frozen in the aisle. She was looking down, her face obstructed by hair.

“Incorrigible,” She muttered then looked up. Eyes wide and tearful and lips pursed from either anger or trying to hold those tears back, she repeated herself— louder this time. “You're so incorrigible!” She panted.

Her voice rang throughout the Tardis and the force of her words nearly knocked the Doctor over. He looked around as if unsure of who she was addressing even though they were the only two aboard.

“Me?” He feigned stupid, pointing a hand in at his own chest to reassure Clara, and himself, of the individual she was addressing.

“Yes you!” She sighed. A frustrated few years fought their way out as Clara readjusted her footing anxiously. “We almost died…” Clara breathed. Her words were a reminder to herself, as she was trying to process what had just occurred, but also to The Doctor who had seemingly so quickly forgotten. Clara’s breath hitched in her chest as reality settled in her like a ton of bricks. “We almost died. I-I almost died!” She sobbed. “And you are rushing off to the next adventure but… we could have died!”

The Doctor took a few measured steps towards his companion, still weary of her initial outburst and weighing, very seriously, the likelihood and impact of another.

“You’re… You’re so used to this i-it’s frightening. We were in danger, like seriously this time, not run of the mill fun adventure type stuff but… real danger. a-and you just walk away. how does it not terrify you. are you really that alien that nothing even scares you? Please tell me something scares you because if not then I can’t travel with you because if nothing scares you then there are no stakes then what does that mean for me? Where do I end up?

“Clara," He started.

“I need to know that you are scared of something, Doctor. please. I need to know that there’s fear enough of something in you to keep yourself alive. to keep me alive.” Clara demanded, tears now streaking through her makeup.

“Clara.” The Doctor reached a hand out towards his friend, beckoning her to meet him. Clara looked suspiciously at his hand, aware of his distaste for physical contact. “Clara Oswald," He uttered in what was probably the gentlest tone Clara had ever heard from this version of The Doctor. “Of course I'm scared—" He nodded at his outstretched hand. “Feel my pulse.”

His face was earnest and nearly pleading so Clara carefully agreed and grabbed her friend’s arm, pushing past his many layers of sleeves to place two fingers over the inside of the time lord’s wrist. He was right. Clara felt a rhythmic drumming of his two hearts pulsing blood at an accelerated rate. ba ba ba ba. ba ba ba ba. He was scared, or at least his alien body had been aware of some imminent danger.

The Doctor slid his wrist out from her grasp and laced his aged fingers between hers, a gentle motion of understanding.

“It’s rotten work saving the universe.” He told her, watching tears of frustration and subsiding fear billow from Clara’s eyes. “But someone’s got to do it. And it’s easier with a smile." He flashed his goofy grin only briefly and continued; “And it’s easier if my friends think I’ve got it all together. We’d never get anything done if everybody knew how scared The Doctor really was.”

Clara forced a laugh at this and used her spare hand to wipe her messed face. with his spare hand, The Doctor wrapped half of himself around Clara. She was sure that if she were to ask, The Doctor would explain the action as being for her benefit only, but Clara could feel him settle warmly into the embrace, as if he needed it as much as she did. He had been just as scared after all. Clara couldn’t imagine juggling that fear without someone to hold.

“Oh Clara Oswald," He muttered, resting his chin on her head and pulling his other arm around her. Clara locked her arms around his waist. “Of course I’m scared." He looked up into the sterling walls of the Tardis that had kept him safe for so long, that had been his home for so long. “If if nothing else… then of losing you… my Impossible Girl.”

Clara sobbed a few sharp exhales into his hoodie at the meaningful nickname. She sniffled and readjusted her face to the side so he could hear her speak. “I’m sorry for shouting at you,” Clara admitted brokenly.

“No bother," He laughed. “It’s good for the ego.”

“Yeah,” Clara said, pulling out of their embrace. She blotted under her eyes to try and fix whatever damage had been done to her foundation via mascara stained tears. “We have got to get that in check.”

“Hm!” The Doctor chided. He took a few steps backwards and away from Clara. “Good luck.” The man turned and replaced himself at the helm of the Tardis.

“So,” Clara sang, regaining some of her youthful cheer as she skipped towards the decorated console. “Rotted Dynasty?" She asked, still timid. “Is it as awful as it sounds?”

“Worse.” The Doctor grinned and met Clara’s gaze with that usual adventurous twinkle in his eye. “Potentially dangerous though," He admitted— his eyes tracked Clara’s face to gauge her reaction.

“Potentially dangerous…” She bit back the mischievous smile that was pouring onto her face. “Potentially…” She repeated, rolling the word and it’s meaning over in her mind. “I think I do ‘potentially,’” She settled, finally allowing that smile to brighten her face.

The Doctor grinned back, though posited another question to his friend in search of absolute confidence in her ability to continue in their travels. “… What about ‘certainly,’ ‘definitely,’ ‘absolutely’ dangerous?" He spoke as he maneuvered around the circular helm.

Clara looked down with serious consideration. that day they had been in absolute, certain, definite danger, and yet… she was still standing. She was safe inside the Tardis despite only moments previous being inches from death. Clara focused on the silver floors of the Tardis and her eyes travelled up the walls and ceiling. She was safe.Her eyes finally landed back on her time lord.

“As long as I'm with you,” She spoke. “I think I can do anything.”

The Doctor hid his softened face by looking down into the busy console— Clara had embarrassed him with her flattery; as well as frightened him. Clara was not the first to think she was invisible at The Doctor’s side. He recalled his many companions who had felt the same way and who had met such unfortunate ends.

as he ruminated, Clara backed away from the control panel of the Tardis. She turned and trotted up one of the staircases that encircled the center console.

“I'm gonna go change,” She stated, motioning at her clothes that had been muddied during their narrow escape.

“Clara,” The Doctor called after his friend before she could exit into the depths of the ship.

She turned, her big bright eyes meeting his cool serious face.

“I'll always protect you," He said in earnest, his words fueled by those he had lost.

“Yeah… I know.” Clara reassured him. and she did. She knew that out of anyone in the universe, she was safest with The Doctor. It was hard to remember at times, especially when staring directly down the barrel, but Clara knew that her Doctor would do whatever he could to protect her and keep her safe.

“Good." He choked out, putting a definite end to the sappy conversation which was rapidly putting cracks in his collected and mysterious facade. “Now go away,” He shooed. “You look horrendous!”

“Oh Doctor,” She laughed and crossed her arms. “Don’t pretend like you have any idea if I look good or not.” Clara shunned The Doctor and turned into a never-ending hallway.

“Your right,” He admitted and began fiddling with the Tardis’s controls again. “But you do smell like jet fuel and the Tardis doesn’t like you stinking up the place.”

“She doesn’t mind!” Clara corrected, shouting back over her shoulder and disappearing into another corridor.

“No,” The Doctor smiled into the controls, knowing that neither he nor Clara had truly been talking about the ship. “No, she doesn’t.”

[missbrunettebarbie]

All the Barbie protagonists I know -from best to worst

I feel like starting with a disclaimer that this is just my opinion, which should be implied. Anyway, this list took forever because I kept switching them. Look I am bad at picking favourites. The top 3 is actually pretty interchangable.

1. Eden Starling (Barbie in a Christmas Carol) - I love her with all my heart and then some. I love her design, her backstory, her personality, how unique she is from every other Barbie on the list. (Whoever came up with Barbie as Scrroge is a genius that deserves an Oscar) The fact that I relate to her in some aspects makes her even more loveable in my eyes. Also I think she deserves #1 spot because out of all the characters on this list she's the one I sorted before even rewatching her movie -and the rewatch confirmed the sorting. She's that memorable!

2. Princess Annika (Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus) - I love her too: her determination,her cleverness, her bravery, her justified anger. The "Destroy Wenlock!" speech alone guaranteed her a place in top 3. The fact that she doesn't back down even in the face of impossible odds - or maybe especially because the odds are impossible, her relationship with Aiden and with Brietta and her passion for ice-skating make her a very interesting character. Annika is a powerhouse and her entire journey is *chef's kiss*.

3. Merliah Summers (Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 1&2) - I think what I love about Merliah is that she put herself first, in both movies. Her first priority was her career as a surfer and only later did she come to accept her role as a mermaid princess. Her relationship with her mother is also great, I love them when they get along and I also love them when they don't - probably my favourite mother-daughter relationship from all the Barbie movies. Merliah's initial skepticism, her putside the box thinking and her competitive streak are delightful. Also her and Kylie might my favourite ship in the Barbieverse.

4. Blair Willows (Barbie Princess Charm School) - A Barbie with actual money problems?! Of course I was soft for Blair from the very begining. Her dedication and love to her adoptive family made her an instant fave. I loved that once Dean Privet helped her with her lessons she did her damn best to graduate from the school. She had her clothes torn, was accused of theft and looked in a safe, yet nothing stopped her.

5. Mariposa (Barbie: Mariposa) - I always had a soft spot for her as a kid. Her desire for adventure -for escape- the way she felt like she didn't quite fit in, her love for books, the somehow-anti-social attitude made her a perfectly relatable character in little!me's eyes. The way she refused to believe the rumors and the stereotypes in the second movie makes her even better. I loved her friendship with Catania and her romance with Carlos was cute too. Also her design might be my second favourite after Eden's.

6. Ro/Princess Rosella (Barbie as The Island Princess) - This movie is a goddamn masterpiece and Ro is a huge part of why. First I cannot help but be impressed by how adaptable she is: not only did she survive on a deserted island for ten years, she thrived. And then she had the courage to leave the only home she knew to go with Antonio and find answers about who she is. My heart ')). Then there is the fact that she risled her own freedom to help save the animals or how she was ready to step back and let Antonio do his duty and marry Luciana despite the fact that she loved him. And the ending wjere she finds her mother and starts singing the lullaby? It is what had cemented my love for this film and this character.

7. Corrine (Barbie in the three Musketeers) - In a lot of ways I find her and Merliah very similar -they both have goals they want to achieve and are somehow selfish because of it in the begining- but I think Corrine is a much kinder person: remember when she got that violin bow for one of the girls as a way to apologize? It felt like such a character establishing moment. I love that she took no shit for anyone, even the prince, and never faltered for one second in her desire to be a musketeer.

8. Princess Genevieve (Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses) - In a lot of ways she reminds me of Blair as she's a quieter personality but forceful in her own way. The way she always stood up for her younger sisters, her love for dancing, her relationship with her father and the fact that she was so heart-eyes when it came to Derek -seriously I don't think any other Babrie was so smitten with her LI from the very first moment- made sure she'll have a place in top 10. The only reason why she's not higher is because I love the others more.

9. Princess Annelisse (Barbie as Princess and the Pauper) - I think my favourite thing about Annelisse is that she completely understood her duties as a princess and was ready to sacrifice her personal happiness for her people. I also really like how she never shied from using her royal status- even if it didn't really work- or how she still tried to help the other taylor with the work when she was thought to be Erica, pity she had zero skill. Her relationship with her mom is my second favourite after Merliah-Calissa. Also collecting rocks is such an unique hobby AND she's a cat girl. Of course I love her.

10. Erika (Barbie as Princess and the Pauper) - Another cat girl! And so snippy and unafraid to be herself. Her dynamic with Annelisse is gold: Erika had all the reasons to despise Annelisse but instead clearly ~bonded with her from the very first moment and went along with an insane plan just to help her. Not to mention, she's the first Barbie who explicitly said "I am gonna fulfill my dreams and have the guy I love; what's this nonsense about choosing only one?" and I have to appreciate her for it.

11. Rapunzel (Barbie as Rapunzel) - The fact alone that she is best friends with a dragon gives her major points in my books. Her love of painting and the way she used it as a literal way of escape? Go, girl! The fact that she refused to let Stefan tell her his name just to make sure Gothel won't find out? Impressive and so spiteful! And the disgust in her voice when she realized Gothel had kept her prisoner for years because her father hadn't married her? Perfect.

12. Kristyn Farraday (Barbie in the Pink Shoes) - I really liked her enthusiasm for getting to actually be the characters she didn't even get to dance in the real world, the way her mind immediately internalized the rules of the fairytale-esque world despite how insane it was and how she refused to conform to the rules. I see the movie as an exploration of Kristyn's creepling fear of failure and the pressure she felt as a proffesional ballet dancer and seeing her come out triumphant on her own terms felt really good.

13. Actress!Barbie (Fashion Fairytale and Fairy Secret) - Probably the most three-dimensional of the "real" Barbies. I think what I like most at her is her determination to save Ken in the second movie. What can I say, I love a Barbie-in-shining-armour. I also like that she knew when to step back and let others do their jobs - in fact she doesn't so much in the first movie, just motivates people. If I had to pick a Barbie to have as a friend, I think she'll be my first choice. She seems like a good listener and someone who knows how to solve problems.

14. Elina (Barbie: Fairytopia 1&2&3) - She is an interesting character and one whose stories I do like, but something never clicked for me when it comes to Elina. Buut, this doesn't mean I don't appreciate her desire to save everyone or how she never drowned in self-pity when she was the only fairy without wings.

15. Clara (Barbie in the Nutcracker)- Clara doesn't get the chance to do much, but I love the glimpses of her intelligence we see (how she figured out the Nutcracker is Eric) or how she longs for adventure and excitment.

16. Thumbelina (Barbie present Thumbelina) - I like that she's an inventor and that she is ready to use Mackena to save her home, but overall I found her unimpressive.

17. Liana (Barbie and the Diamond Castle) - I always had a grudge on her as a child on Alexa's behalf. I always felt like Liana dragged her down. This being said, Liana is still a super smart cookie and very devoted to her friends so she avoids being even lower on the list.

18. Princess Lumina (Barbie: Pearl Princess) - The most memorable things about her are how she loooved having a job and how she refused to condemn the woman that may have raised her but had also kidnapped her from her family. Now both these traits should make her an intriguing character, unfortunately the movie is pretty boring and it never taps into Lumina's potential.

19. Princess Alexa (Barbie and the Secret Door) - Look I relate to her: Lover of books? Check. Desire to escape your life full of rules? Check. Not good with people? Check. But Alexa's development was so weird, the movie was very boring and felt like it had no trajectory and it affected the protagonist a lot.

20. Odette (Barbie in Swan Lake) - She just...doesn't do much. I wish we have seen her more involved in her own story. Not to mention I really didn't understand why she was so afraid of being in the spotlight or how being turned into a swan helped her get over it.

21. Starlight!Barbie (Barbie: Star Light Adventures) - I think my opinion of her -and the whole movie- can be summed up in the world "meh". There is simply no spark of life here.

22. Teen!Barbie (Barbie Diaries) - I have such an overwhelming repulsion towards "unpopular" girls wanting the be popular. Especially since I cannot see what exactly is holding Babrie back from being happy? She seems to have everything (great friends, nice life, good grades and music talent!), but doesn't care about any of it. Not to mention, she's the only Barbie who has to settle for a guy that was pining for her while she only saw him as a friend and I resent that.

[strawberrylemonz]

Campfire Tales

Part 3 of my series!  Thank you for 100+ followers!!!

As usual, do ask me any questions you may have regarding this series! 

This is dedicated to both @petrichormeraki and @applepie1000

Enjoy!

Part 2

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Part 4

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“You’re gonna burn the ‘mallows”

“Am not”

“Are too”

“Am not”

“Are too”

“Calm down, you two”

Everyone was sitting around the campfire as Tommy brought out the sticks and marshmallows. He had already taken out the rest of the supplies to make snacks and drinks using the fire, doing his best to make sure that everyone was comfortable before he explained his time before joining the hermits.

“You doing alright?”

Tommy stiffened at the sound of being addressed so suddenly. Turning to his side, he saw his older brother smiling up at him. Tommy had been feeling very anxious since the group began their hike up to the campfire, so the sight was comforting for him. He returned the smile to his brother, who extended a hand out to him.

“Let me help you with those, Toms. Just sit down and relax for a bit. You’re probably very nervous.”

Now, Tommy would usually bite back with an overconfident comment, but Tommy didn’t feel like his usual self. Instead, he shrugged his shoulders and handed Grian the remaining supplies. Grian, in turn, grabbed the supplies before sitting his little brother down on a seat. Ruffling his hair with affection, Grian handed Tommy some marshmallows before setting off to finish handing everything out. 

“You get near that majestic cat, Iskall, and I will stab you”

“Okay, okay, I’m backing off.”

Peering up, Tommy saw Cleo scoop up a cat, before walking off to sit on a different log seat. Iskall, in turn, nervously laughed as if he just escaped death. ‘Wouldn’t be an understatement.’ Tommy thought with slight amusement. Iskall then turned to Tommy, smiling at the younger boy. Tommy, returned the smile, waving at the man. Iskall saw that as an invitation and proceeded to sit down next to Tommy on the log.

“Nervous?”

“Is it really that obvious?”

“Well, yeah. You started to tone down on the cussing when we arrived at Pirate’s Pier. You stopped cussing in general when we took Captain Puffy’s ship to the campsite, and you haven’t cussed since. You’re also fidgeting around a lot.”

“Shit”

Iskall let out a laugh as Tommy shoved his face into his hands. Patting the young adult’s back with care, he did his best to comfort Tommy.

“Hey, it’s alright. We’ll understand if you decide to stop telling us. But don’t push yourself to either share past your comfort or to coop up all your feelings. It’s not healthy for you, and we’ll all attack you with care and affection until you feel better.”

Tommy barked out a laugh as he playfully pushed away Iskall’s face.

“That’s all you lot have been doing since I arrived. Been acting like I’m your baby brother, or some shit.”

“Well, that’s the case. At least, for one of us.”

At that, the two peered over to Grian, who was putting up the left over supplies with haste, obviously eager to begin unraveling his brother’s pain.

“He seems more hyper than usual”

“I’m pretty sure it’s on the account that he found out that his favorite raccoon is, in fact, his younger brother.”

“I hope he isn’t disappointed-”

Tommy was interrupted when a hand covered his mouth. Feigning irritation, Tommy peered over at the owner of the hand, Iskall. Quirking an eyebrow at him, Tommy gave a pointed look. Iskall huffed before removing his hand from Tommy’s mouth.

“What the hell was that for, Isk-”

“Don’t say that.”

“Don’t say what? Your name?”

“No, Tommy, not that. Don’t say anything about Grian being disappointed in you being his brother. The two of you have been acting like brothers since the day you two met. You guys are two peas in a pod, burrowing in bases together and pranking any fool who let their guard down. He is more than happy to have you as his brother.”

“How can you be so sure when you say that?”

“Because, Tommy, I saw how he reacted. The two of you obviously couldn’t see that well, with the two of you weeping up an ocean-”

“-Did not-”

“-Did too. Anyways, I saw his reaction to putting the pieces together. It was a whole new Grian, one we never got to see before. His facade fell the moment he saw who you were. Something changed in his eyes, and he held you with more pride and love than he ever did before. He’s more than happy to have you as family.”

Tommy furrowed his eyebrows before looking Iskall in the face. He wanted to doubt his words, he really did. He wanted to believe that he didn’t deserve so much of Grian’s love, that he didn’t deserve a special place in his heart. One look at Iskall’s face, however, was more than enough confirmation that he wasn’t being lied to. As much as Tommy wanted to avoid his brother’s love, he knew he couldn’t. All Tommy could do was to just pray to Clara that this brotherly bond would not be torn apart and bombed, just like his last two. He just wanted a family member he could rely on, not one that would break him with betrayal and miscommunication.

“What are you two talking about?”

Tommy peered up to see Grian standing there, munching on a melted marshmallow. Rolling his eyes, Tommy snorted at him as Iskall laughed.

“Talking about how much of a big man Toms is.”

“Hey! Watch the sarcasm! I am a big man!”

Grian snorted before sitting down on the other of Tommy, getting comfortable on the log. The two brothers shared a smile before Tommy faced the rest of the group.

“Everyone ready?”

A chorus of confirmation was given, a single nod to return them. Sighing, Tommy situated himself and cleared his throat.

“I’m severely grateful for all of you, truly. You’ve all looked past the fact that I was a bastard and decided to keep me around. You guys helped me come to terms with things that I once thought was impossible to come to terms with. You’ve all even helped me heal from those stupid, shitty triggers. I really don’t know where I’d be if I hadn’t ended up here, especially looking back to where I was at my previous server.”

He saw everyone’s face gain some form of affection at his words. The pat on his back and the hand on his was all he needed to know that he woild go through with this. They’ve housed him and healed him for over 2 years, they deserved to know what they saved him from.

“Alright, it all started when I got an invite to Dream’s server, the Dream SMP.”

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Grian didn’t know how to react, how to feel. How could he? It’s not everyday that you find out that the amazing big brothers you idolized weren’t so amazing after all. How could the people that vowed to look after their baby brothers turn around and break the youngest one? Tommy claimed that everything was a misunderstanding, and that he deserved his punishments, but no one deserved punishments that severe.

“-I tried telling them how that made me feel, but Technoblade and Wilbur said that it had to stay in the pit. Tubbo tried to tell me that it wasn’t a big deal, but he was terrified of fireworks for so long after that. Not just fireworks, loud noises in general.”

Grian could tell how uneasy everyone was feeling, but they all understood not to prevent the boy from sharing. He had a lot of built up trauma that he tried forcing away, and that wasn’t healthy for him. He had to get everything off his chest, for the betterment of his mentality and health in general. Grian tried not to grimace as Tommy moved onto the death of the president, how he died of a heart attack. Doing his best to make sure his brother was comfortable, he periodically offered the younger boy drink and snack breaks in order to collect his thoughts. Tommy was grateful for these. 

“-He was so mad that we reinstalled a person to be our leader, saying that we betrayed him, but that’s not the case! I promise you it wasn’t! I wouldn’t have intentionally betrayed someone that I saw as my brother, my idol, my...my friend.”

Grian put an arm around the slouching boy and after making a mental note to help him fix his posture offered him a hand. Tommy happily accepted the comfort, trying his best to compose himself.

“And then he...he...”

“What is it, Tommy? What did Techno do?”

“He asked me if I wanted to be a hero. I didn’t even get to properly answer him. I still remember his words, they are forever engraved in my brain. ‘You wanna be a hero, Tommy? Then die like one!’ Then he set fucking withers on my nation, my home. Pathetic, isn’t it? Haha, and that’s not the worst part! That wasn’t even the worst disaster to have happened on that stupid, cursed day. My nation was blown up, and when I had turned to see what happened, I saw Wilbur, standing there, laughing at the chaos. Next thing I knew, dad- er, Phil, he...he killed him. I lost Wilby. I couldn’t save him from his madness.”

His voice had gotten much quieter as he spoke about that painful day. If everyone wasn’t so quiet they would have missed it, the way Tommy’s voice broke and quivered. Trying not to break, he leaned into his older brother, not paying any attention to the height difference. Grian, in turn, was holding his little brother as if the world would crumble if he let go. His brother was dead, the other blinded by his personal morals. And his father, his hero, murdered his son in front of the others. Grian did his best to listen to what Tommy was saying, not wanting him to feel unsupported. He just sat there and listened.

“-He didn’t even say goodbye to me. He just stood there as Dream took me away. Ghostbur went along with me, which I was grateful for, but the company of a ghost can only go so far, especially when it’s of your late brother.”

No one could believe the burdens put upon the shoulders of these two boys. They shouldn’t have had to deal with any of this, yet they were forced to do so. They couldn’t get mad at Tubbo, he didn’t deserve to be despised after having to deal with such a stressful decision at such a young age. Iskall took over trying to comfort Tommy while Grian tried to drink as much water as he could, as if it would drown all the emotions he was feeling. He felt absolutely sick hearing what Dream put his baby brother through. He suddenly felt amazing at being a Dream slayer. He was sure Tommy would find comfort in that. Tommy eventually got to the end of his stay with Techno. 

“I was hoping that he would understand why I didn’t stay, why I had to leave. As much as I care for him, he was feeding in to my negative thoughts, and I had to prevent myself from becoming everything I didn’t want to be. He didn’t get it, though. I still saw him as a friend, a brother, but he only saw me as a selfish traitor. He only saw me as someone who wanted to use him as a weapon. Phil called me a traitor, too, and they took down my tower. It’s okay, everyone sees them as ugly pieces of shit. Tubbo and I began to slowly heal our friendship as we prepared for Doomsday, but that’s when things got weird. As Tubbo and I went on a walk to discuss our plan, some weird portal opened up in the ground. I felt weightless as I fell in, and then I ended up here. I’ve been here with you guys ever since.”

Before he could say anything else, Tommy was engulfed into an embrace. Grian buried his brother’s face into his chest, kissing his brother’s hair as he rocked him back and forth. Iskall joined in and rubbed the boy’s back, Mumbo approaching and supporting Grian and Tommy’s weight so they wouldn’t fall. Xisuma stood behind the two, hand on Tommy’s shoulder. One by one, Stress, Scar, Joe, Tango, False, everyone began to join in on the comfort circle to give support to the brothers.

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Grian and Tommy had not detached from each other since the campfire. No one pointed that out, not this time. They just gave the birdie personal space with his raccoon of a brother. Everyone gave the two smiles, wishing them goodnight as they all left to stay in the lodging of their choosing in the adventure park. Tommy and Grian waved at them before turning to leave to their choice in lodging. After a while, they arrived to their destination, the Antarctic Empire. After standing in the hall and debating which room to stay in, they eventually decided to stay the night in Grian’s room. Once the were changed for bed, the two just sat on the bed, unsure whether or not they should talk about something or force themselves to sleep. Finally, sucking in a breath of confidence, Tommy spoke up.

“So, since festival week is in a few months, wanna help me plan our outfits and hand out fliers?”