#eret's a sailor first

[otwdfanfic]

Oh and also 7 so you can indulge in talking about your ocs (the beloved beans)!! <333

I ended up busy all day yesterday so I decided to add some little drawings to spice up my reply <3 I'm gonna resist yapping about Baldur and Cato for this one, and I'm gonna save our sweet Bjorn and Eret for later yaps. Instead I decided to focus on some other dragon hunter OCs!

People who have read OTWD might remember Sikka for her antler hood or nadder spear, but under the hood she's got incredible tattoos called tunniit. Tunniit are part of the Inuit tattooing tradition that Eret’s tattoos were inspired by. In real life they’re typically seen on women, and these days a lot of women are getting them again to keep their traditions alive, so I decided that based on Eret’s I would give each northern tribe their own kakiniit that identify their tribal affiliation and family. Since our httyd northern tribes live in the Arctic between Greenland and Russia, I figure the tradition probably spread from Greenland! The forehead portion is similar triangle shape for everyone in Sikka’s tribe and represent antlers (there might be variations in exact design based on the family). The chin portion represents one's individual role or honors a family member. Sikka's represents a herder tracking the hoofprints of a reindeer, and her mother had the same. She belongs to the Reindeer Tribe of Reindeer Valley, near Griselda's Fortress and was only 16 when she joined Cato's crew (she's ~21 in OTWD). Griselda refused to hire her at first bc her mother had ended up in a terrible, fatal conflict with one of Griselda's top men that caused controversy between her tribe and the hunting operation, but Cato insisted on giving her a chance. He's extremely proud of her skill and loyalty, and she loves him like a brother, so betraying him in OTWD was not an easy decision. The moment he realizes Sikka's abandoned him is when he decides our heroes have really got to pay, bc he hasn't just lost a payday or even his second chance with Gustav but also his horned shadow. I'm SO excited to see her again in Into the Polar Night, she's going to have a very important role and I think it'll surprise everyone. Hopefully it won't be too long before I post a playlist for her <3

The other two OCs here will only appear in Gustav's short which is tentatively titled How To Hunt Your Dragon LOL

Ragnall is the quartermaster of the Goregutter, the first hunting ship that Gustav and Cato work on, and he's essentially Gustav's boss despite not being much older than him. He manages the ship and deck for the captain Harald Bloodaxe, who handles the business side like choosing where to port and hunt. Ragnall does hunt dragons but he doesn't manage the dragon hold where they're kept, that's up to a slavic man named Wyrmhart (Cato's boss). His mother was the witch Skuld, and he grew up working whaling boats in Thunderhead Bay, and some of the men grumble that he practices witchcraft. He's strict but generally fair, and likes Gustav just because he's a high quality sailor relative to a lot of the hunters. On the other hand, he despises the mainland vikings who are converting to christianity and their christian Saxon neighbors, so he's particularly prejudiced against Cato, who barely even speaks fluent norse at this point (if he'd bother to ask, he'd learn that Cato isn't a christian, but you know how prejudices are). Ragnall is pretty important to the overall OTWD series for a few different reasons actually, so I can't wait to write his story. I think everyone will find it shocking and fun hehe >:)

Siraj is the 19 year old son of an extremely wealthy trade lord from Marrakesh who pays to bring a lot of Griselda's cargo through the Mediterranean. He's apprenticing under Harald and Ragnall to learn the ropes (literally) of sailing and managing a trade business because his father wants him to have practical knowledge before taking over the business, since he's been raised in a very privileged and comfortable life. He went to university in Marrakesh, so he speaks multiple languages and really boggles Gustav's mind with his knowledge haha. He's really sociable and is Gustav's first friend on the Goregutter, they have a fun gang of friends. The only thing he's not involved with is the actual dragon hunting, since that has nothing to do with running a trade empire. He does go home after his time on the Goregutter so he isn't involved in the plot of ITPN or TOTG, but I imagine that he keeps traveling all over the Silk Road and making friends everywhere before taking over his dad's business.

Whew that was some MAJOR yapping but I'm so glad for the chance to talk about some of my dragon hunters. A lot of the hunters are just background people to me, like the background Berserkers, and I don't really consider them OCs, but these three definitely are <33 my actual reaction to this ask:

[residenthesitant]

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i just like hearing you talk about your fics. tell me more about any of them (=ↀωↀ=) <- giving u a stare like a cat

waow. thatsa lotta stars. i will do. three. my three most recent. because i have commentary about all of them.

i recently put up THIS FIC for the mcytrecursive. the title is from "whose eye is it anyway???" by jhariah (which i recently heard live!!!) bc that entire song is about revenge and what happens when you try to get it. important lyrics here are "If it’s an eye for an eye then we all go blind / If it came to it would you cross that line?" which generally just explains quackity's whole thing of getting revenge against techno for punching him out at wilbur's funeral (a fight which HE started, in the first place), and the lines "And the weight of your crimes weighing on your mind / Is it a knife or a lie is it in your back? / Is it all I need? Is it all I have?" which imo really is what eret's whole deal is in this fic. she's haunted by what she's done and is doing everything to try and not be that person, and maybe by helping others she can help! but. no. no, instead, her ex-boyfriend gets murdered in her living room and she has to call his CURRENT boyfriend to come pick up the body. lol.

i participated in the dsmp rare pair big bang and wrote a canon-setting courtly love au, because if there is one thing i have a special interest in, it's middle and early-modern english literature. the thing i want to talk about the most with that fic is all of the allusions to literature and all the characters eret gets compared/compares herself to. she is repeatedly compared to Tamora from Titus Andronicus for marrying her enemy's leader and becoming a pawn in his political game while also using him in return, which is kind of seen as a betrayal to her prior people; to lady macbeth for the way she is Fucking Haunted by her crimes; and to criseyde from Troilus and Criseyde for her role in her relationship specifically with quackity, in which she kind of winds up betraying him by not choosing to run away with him during/after manberg/pogtopia. she also gets compared to queen gertrude from hamlet for marrying the enemy king, at which point she fully just quotes the play because i love that trope.

and finally. ive been doing a sweeney todd au. the one thing i REALLY want to talk about most with this is a MAJOR spoiler for the final chapter, though i've been dropping hints here and there throughout (go 2 the comments comment on my fic read it please). instead, i will discuss why people are american in a fic that takes place in Victorian England and how everyone has a Full Name in that fic.

bbh: full name is b. addison halo, "bad" to his friends, and he stowed away on a sailing ship bound for london when he was a teenager

schlatt: actually he doesnt have a full name, but he came to london after running away from NYC 30 years prior to the start of the fic because he was doing Crime in his 20s

ranboo: full name is Ranboo Love, first name is chosen. in london because he decided to become a sailor at 16 and see the world. unsure if his surname is gonna come up, but if it doesnt, that's okay because neither does anthony's and he's the anthony character

dream: full name is reeve taken, "dream" to his friends. based on the french word "reve" meaning "dream." came to london 20 years ago after inheriting his grandmother's pie shop. originally from virginia!

quackity and foolish arent actually from north america in this fic but arent english - foolish is egyptian and q is spanish, neither of these things will probably come up Ever.

tubbo's full name is Tybalt.

[hiding-in-the-vault]

I'm not sure about your last post : do you want people to ask about your AUs or to talk about theirs ?

In case it's the second I had a whole AU with pirates DSMP : Wilbur and his crew (the L'Manburgians) are pirates looking for freedom, stealing the navy and the rich to protect their freedom. They are pursued by Dream, captain of the Navy (first fight breaks out when Sapnap, one captain, lost a ship). The L'Manburgians are state's enemies but the King, George, actually quite likes them and always makes it so they can escape. Things reaches a statu quo with Dream getting more and more frustrated by his inability to keep the Sea safe (especially bc his King doesn't seem to take the threat srsly).

With Eret (former pirate)'s help, Dream manages to take down L'Manburg ship and take every pirates prisonner. George steals Dream's keys to break the prisonner out, not thinking farther than he wants them out and not argue with Dream.

Dream take the betrayal terribly and ask for a break, which everyone (except George) knows mean things got too far. Punz goes with him, Sapnap stay to keep George and the kingdom sage. Eret gets the noble place in the King's court they asked for against L'Manburg betrayal.

Wilbur spirals after the loss of his ship and Eret's betrayal, meaning a loss of everything he believed in. He tries to restart the ship's legend, but new recruits (Quackity) propose themselves as captains, showing off their good allyship with the great pirate Schlatt. Wilbur loses the election... and Q too, short circuited by Schlatt who bribed the majority of the sailors.

The man almost kills Wilbur and Tommy to avoid any regrets from the crew (creating ironically immediately regrets in the crew), and they run away.

Schlatt keeps building up his float, becoming a gigantic threat on the see against George's Kingdom. Sapnap and Eret tries to coordinate each in their own way a defense (Eret tracks back Wilbur and Tommy and offer them a refuge, which Wilbur accepts very reluctantly and with copious amount of insults/Sapnap is always on the naval front). Tommy, finally saying in one place, manages to contact Tubbo, who tries to keep him updated on Schlatt. Annoyed by Niki's opposition to killing children and women while razing town, Schlatt make her walk the plank, darkening his crew's moral.

Tubbo's betrayal is swiftly paid for when a dark silhouette steal his letter and send him drowning in the sea. Luckily for Tubbo, Niki wasn't far, clutching to the ship to stay alive in the small boat Fundy had hidden down until they reached the coast. She saves him last second. He reveals to her what he knows about Wilbur and Tommy and they go there, both suffering terrible illness and unable to report for now. Tommy is very worried but Eret covers the doctor.

In a bold move, Schlatt attacks George's land. The army is floored by the pirates' efficiency and Sapnap came to the horrific conclusion that the pirates know too much : they must have had insider info which means there's a traitor in the King's Court. And indeed, he finds George, in full happy tears reunion with Dream (who got a knife in hand but it's unclear whether he'd do anything). Sapnap immediately defends his King, who can't understand Dream would betray them. When Punz arrive to help Dream, Sapnap and George are forced to run away.

Wilbur hears the commotion and Tubbo wake up just long enough to confirm Schlatt had plans to take the kingdom for himself. Wilbur, still shaken by his own doubts, goes out decidely. He immediately falls on Techno (The mysterious letter stealer ! He was on the search for his mate's son who disappeared mysteriously with his ship. As of now, he was a threatening pirate enrolled under Schlatt to find the best clues). He forcebly make himself Wilbur's guard at least until his mate arrive. Tommy follows.

Eret is coordinating the war effort as best as she can, Sapnap having left to check on George. Still, Schlatt forces are too big. Then arrives Wilbur who rallies first his own crew then Eret's men to fight against the pirates. Recognizing the legendary captain, many pirates rally him. Schlatt's men are beaten, the castle secured back by Eret - Schlatt dies on his ship at the news, cardiac arrest Q could have healed if he so wanted. As people are celebrating, Wilbur is intrigued by the silhouette of Dream who guides him in the caves under the castle. There, he finds a ginormous amount of dynamite and no Dream. By activating that trap, he'd clear the castle of the map and liberate the sea from all the laws the kingdom applies on it. He hesitates (the reader won't know what he would've chosen) : but the explosion happens anyway. Only a fragment of it though, as if the line between the main explosive and the rest was cut. Tommy and Techno find the pirate under the rocks, unconscious.

Eret is elected to be the new Sovereign as they were the most present. Sapnap and George are in exile. Dream and Punz are still around, dangerous threats both against the kingdom and the pirates. Q took back Schlatt's place and is fighting to create his very own name out there. Wilbur, after being unconscious several weeks, wake up but has no memory of anything. Tommy thinks getting back on a ship will help him gain memories back and Tubbo greets them on the new "L'Manburg".

There's another arc behind but idk if that was even interesting here lol

I know there were A LOT of liberties taken with canon but I just typed that resume out, I'd hope the final product is more polished. And I'm not sure if total plagiarism is good, but on the other hand I don't like how some characters relations/interractions appear ? So, still in progress. But there's at least one AU ^^

The answer to your first question is always an enthusiastic Both :]

Anyway, that was an interesting read! Can never go wrong with a fun pirate themed re-write! That said, nothing wrong with taking liberties with canon either. Why not, after all! But even if you kept it closer to canon, I don't think it would really fall under plagiarism since it's more of an adaptation, but hey im no lawyer!

Anyway. Them vibes. You mentioned readers, so i'm envisioning this in a fic format; it sounds like a lotta fun :D and a lotta work : D but hey I believe in you. If there's anything I understand, it's the AU grind~

Tho me being drolo pilled, so I can't help but wonder what Dream's goal is, if we don't have the whole revive book thing and the prison to head his Plan™ like in canon.

I also like the detail of Wilbur getting amnesia in place of dying. Sure it's a cliche but whatever, it can be fun. There is angst angstier then death sometimes ;p

[p-artsypants]

Blurb #31

Guess who's losing steam? It's me. Don't worry, I still have plenty blurbs to post though.

I'm going to try to share 70 blurbs from my WIPs and unfinished fics to celebrate reaching 70 posted fics! To help with this endeavor, please feel free to send me a word or a fandom you know I write for, and I'll share the blurb. IDK if I'll get 70 prompts, but let's try it! Send as many as you want!

“Is this the place?” Marinette asked. 

“I think it is. That Argonian at the Winking Skeever said Broken Oar Grotto got its name from a cave in that sunk a ship. Well, there’s a ship right there, half buried in rubble.” 

“Okay, so what’s the plan? We just go in and start blasting?” 

“No. This is a stealth operation. I will make us invisible. We’ll sneak in, and pick them off one by one.” 

“You mean…I have to kill people?” 

“Marauders, My Lady. If we don’t kill them, they’ll keep killing sailors and cripple Solitude. We have to stop them.” 

Marinette nodded heavily. “You’re right. Let’s go.” 

“Do you have a weapon?” 

Marinette withdrew her golden and glass dagger she had found in Potema’s tomb. “I have this.” 

“Excellent,” Eret drew his own dagger. “I will try to do most of this. You need to stay safe. Don’t hesitate to use your magic when it gets dicey.” 

Marinette nodded. 

Eret took the staff from his back, spun it in a circle, and then disappeared. 

Marinette looked down to her own hands to see they were gone as well. “Eret?” 

“Right here.” He moved, and she could just faintly see his form distorting the image behind him. It wasn’t a perfect invisibility, but it was close enough. “Remember, you may be invisible, but they’ll still hear any noise you make. Step lightly, and don’t speak.”

They went together into the grotto, where they soon heard the first two bandits, presumably on watch. 

“…and just can’t stand working for these stupid scale skins. We do all the work, and they hoard all the loot. Where did Jaree-Ra even put it all?” 

“I heard he keeps it in the drowned boat by his quarters. Says he keeps it there for ‘safe keeping’. He’ll probably kill all of us before splitting it.” 

“So let’s just take it while he’s sleeping and get out of here!” 

“Let’s wait a bit. I have a feeling we won’t be having to deal with him much longer.” 

As they spoke, Marinette felt Eret grab her wrist and begin to pull her up the ramp leading to the two talking. 

She could barely slightly see Eret proceeding to the other end of the platform to the second bandit, leaving her with the first. 

How was she supposed to do this? She had never killed anyone before! A chicken, yes. All you had to do with them was cut off the head—

She acted quickly before she chickened out. Almost exactly the same time Eret did, she sliced the throat of the bandit, and he fell dead. 

“Well done,” Eret whispered. 

“Yeah…” she whispered back.

[ao3feed-crimeboys]

I Would Go 'Most Anywhere (To Feel Like I Belong)

by terrible_writing_here

“I’m seventeen now, and,” Tommy stammered for a bit, “I don’t have a fucking clue what I’m doing!” Tubbo turned his body towards him a little more, “I’m going to be eighteen next year, and then, my dad could step down at any moment and I just..what? Have to be ready to lead a fucking kingdom? A fucking country?” He tugged at his blond hair, “I can’t do it. I can’t fucking do it.”

“Come on Tommy, don’t be like that.” Tubbo crossed his legs, frown deepening with confusion. Tommy was very open with Tubbo, but this was probably the first time he’d heard him speak so genuinely about something like this, “You’ll figure it out!”

“What if I don’t?” Tommy held his hands together tightly, like he was the only lifeline around. But how could you be a tether when you simultaneously felt you were drifting away?

Words: 1382, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Dream SMP, Sleepy Bois Inc

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Wilbur Soot, Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Niki | Nihachu, Alexis | Quackity, Grayson | Purpled (Video Blogging RPF), Phil Watson | Philza, Toby Smith | Tubbo, Ranboo (Video Blogging RPF), Luke | Punz, Sam | Awesamdude, Darryl Noveschosch | BadBoyHalo, GeorgeNotFound (Video Blogging RPF), Fundy (Video Blogging RPF), Dream SMP Ensemble, Sleepy Bois Inc. (Video Blogging RPF), Eret (Video Blogging RPF), Cara | CaptainPuffy

Relationships: Wilbur Soot & TommyInnit, Wilbur Soot & Technoblade, Tommyinnit & Philza, Tubbo & Tommyinnit, Purpled & TommyInnit, Fundy & Wilbur Soot, Niki | Nihachu & Technoblade, Niki | Nihachu & Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & Tommyinnit, Purpled & Punz, Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & Kristin Rosales Watson

Additional Tags: Found Family, Sleepy Bois Inc-centric, Wilbur Soot and Technoblade are Siblings, Good Parent Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF), Phil Watson is TommyInnit's Parent (Video Blogging RPF), Alternate Universe - Royalty, Wilbur and Techno aren't pirates but they are sailors, King Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF), Prince TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Prince Toby Smith | Tubbo, Tommy doesn't want to be a prince, L him I guess, Grayson | Purpled and Luke | Punz are Siblings, Ranboo & TommyInnit Friendship (Video Blogging RPF), Toby Smith | Tubbo & TommyInnit Friendship, A whole bunch of them are royalty okay, I MAINTAIN THE RIGHT TO CHANGE TAGS (with warning), Tags will change and update okay

[wendy130]

That’s not a fish (Part 1)

//Title to story may be subject to change.

// I will be using he/him pronouns for Eret thorough the entirety of this writing. I am aware that he uses all pronouns; this is to make the writing less confusing with other characters.

// Based on an rp I did with a friend. This isn’t an au. There may be a part two for this, but do not ask for one.

// Warnings: description of drowning (no one dies), the ocean

----

"It was a dark and stormy night."

That's how they always started in the stories.

Eret grunted as he marched through people's scurrying forms, all of them busy with throwing the pools of water that threatened to pull the ship down off of the deck.

Damn those stories to hell. He ducked under a few sailors, his eyes darting around, trying to find someone. Why was it always so hard to find the one person you needed?

Normally, he'd be one of the many bailing the water out, but he had other matters to attend to first. From behind his glasses, his eyes locked onto a figure afar.

"Puffy!" he shouted, striding closer to the woman. She turned to face him, wiping water off of her face as she stared at him with a tense form, "what's-"

"Just a normal storm," she interrupted him, shouting loudly. The crashing waves made it hard to speak normally, "be careful around the edges, Eret."

He slowly nodded, a grimace on his face as he ran a hand through his soaking wet hair. He opened his mouth to say something more, but she threw a bucket at him. He caught it with fumbling hands.

"I- Puffy," he tried yelling back to the captain but shouted in surprise as he felt a bigger than usual wave crash into the side of the ship. Both Puffy and him stumbled back, leaning against the railing and tightly holding onto the tiny, wooden beams for support.

The two exchanged alarmed looks before tilting their heads towards the dark waters.

"That seemed... like it was caused by something else," Eret yelled, forgetting his past worries.

Puffy searched the seas with a hidden intent as if she was looking for something. For someone. She frowned deeply and turned towards him,

"Stay away from the edges," she warily shouted, making no comment on his worries.

"What did you see?" Eret inquired, trying to search the waters like the captain had too. She only pulled him back from the shoulder, giving him a stern look.

That look meant that she was done talking.

Eret frowned, sending one last glance back at the churning waters before heading off to help the crew. He bit back a yelp as he felt another wave crash onto the side of the ship.

As he steadied his swaying figure, he glanced around at the abled men, women, and people who barely seemed affected by the harsh conditions.

He supposed it was only normal for them to be so resilient. It was fairly charming to see them all work together.

He also supposed that he'd have to get used to this, both to his dismay and excitement.

Eret pushed himself to help with whatever he could, passing buckets full of sloshing water back and forth between people and helping out with the masts. After only an hour, he was bone-tired, wheezing in exhaustion.

He really did need to step up his game.

Compared to his homeland, it seemed as if the sea's world needed more force than any battle he had fought before.

Eret yelped as a force from behind him pushed him closer to the edge of the boat. He barely had any time to fall back before a heavy bucket was thrown into his hands. He hesitated for a moment before hurling the water out of the bucket and tossing it to the nearest person who beckoned for the container.

He continued on like this for a while, falling into a steady rhythmic pattern before his arms also grew weak with weariness. He recoiled back as his felt his hands slip on the bucket. He fumbled around, barely catching the pail.

Many hands grasped onto him, pulling him back and pulling the bucket out of his hands. He stumbled back to the middle of the ship, one of the crew members giving him a stiff nod.

He staggered back, his reaction timing slow compared to everyone else on the ship. He was barely able to dodge the people barreling around the deck, and he found himself back at the edge of the ship again.

He was about to push himself back to the middle of the deck so he'd be able to take cover under the deck, but a spark of curiosity burned at the back of his mind. With a single shake of his head, he turned to face the waters, looking for any sign of what Puffy may have been looking for.

He gasped as he felt a lurching sensation alongside a scraping pain on his arms. He was hit with a heavy sense of vertigo as he tumbled downwards- why was he tumbling downwards?

His question was quickly answered as he felt a frigid splash of liquid hit him with full force.

The air in his lungs was knocked out as water consumed his weakened state. His throat and nose burned as water forced its way up into them, and he violently coughed, shoving his way back to the surface.

He was only able to take a short breath before a harsh wave crashed into him, sending him back under the water. He forced his way back up, taking another breath before he was pushed under again. His lungs burned from the lack of oxygen, and his eyes stung from the salty water surrounding it.

Eret wildly glanced around the water, seeing only black inkiness underneath him. He breached the surface of the water again, helplessly looking for the ship he rode on. He cried out as he saw it already far from him,

"No!" he dazedly gasped, "wai- come back," he fruitlessly called out, flailing his arms around, trying to paddle his way to the ship.

It was pointless. He was in dead waters now.

Eret desperately tried anyways, though, clinging onto the diminishing hope that they'd turn around to find him.

A pit of despair grew in his stomach as he saw the ship grow smaller.

Surely they’d notice, right?

He wouldn’t be stuck and left for dead... right?

He almost choked on another wave that tugged him under the water before he surfaced, coughing.

He had gotten him screwed just because he was curious enough to look for something that didn't exist, hadn’t he?

His mouth dried as he felt the waters around him shift and move unnaturally.

...It didn’t exist..... right?

He shakily glanced down at the murky waters, half expecting to see a giant tentacle shoot out and drag him into the depths of the waters like in the stories.

He saw nothing for a moment, unable to discern anything from the foamy, angry waters, but.... as he stared for longer, he saw a giant dark figure circling him.

The outline vaguely reminded him of a shark tail with extra fins, but it had a different front- as if there was another part attached to the shark.

He shook his head, clearing his mind of any possible imaginary projections of his fears before looking back.

Nothing...

He almost sighed in relief, but, instead, a screech ripped from his throat as another wave crashed down on him. He was forced back under the water, given barely any time to gasp for new air. Thrashing wildly, he burst back up, practically coughing his lungs up as he gasped for air.

The waves had picked up in strength again, making him repeat a tiring process of trying to stay above the water. It was a loosing battle, though. Every time he came up for air, he was pushed under.

His muscles burned from use and lack of air, but he pushed on, clinging onto the threads of life.

 As he was pushed back down again, he kept his eyes open, looking around him for anything. His eyes burned from the salty waters, but he kept them open anyways.

He barely suppressed a gasp of shock as he saw a large shadow from afar.

This wasn’t a projection of his mind, was it?

He surged back to the surface with a newfound fear.

If he didn't die of hypothermia or drowning, he was most definitely going to be the victim of this creature.

That of, he was certain.

He desperately tried keeping an eye on the massive shadow, but it easily blended in with the stormy water, and he lost focus on it.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck,” he trembled, weakly paddling around to keep his head above the liquid around him. 

A sinking feeling grew in his gut as he searched around himself for the creature.

He couldn’t find them from around him, so that meant....

Look down, look down, LOOK DOWN-

His eyes shot to underneath him, only to meet the gaze of two glowing green ones.

By Primes, he was so dead, wasn't he?

[averyroundpumpkin]

Mafia! Ruffnut and Tuffnut headcanons

Warnings: Mention of torture and arson

Tuffnut

Stoner

Smokes week everyday

Got high on crack once

Tbh....make that 4 times

The gang wonders how he's still alive

He and Ruff are in charge of drug dealing

Hiccup tries to find someone new to do the dealing because they mostly end up consuming some of the drugs

Always unsuccessful

He's basically immune to hangovers at this point because of how much alcohol he drinks

Him and Snot are drinking buddies

Still has their stuffed yak . They keep it in the middle of the living room

It terrifies clients and business partners

He finds their suffering amusing

He still has chicken

Barf and Belch have tried to eat her multiple times

Acts dumb but is actually smart as hell

Walks around in just his undies when he's at his mansion

Ring the doorbell first a beg

Speaks to Snotlout's victims while Snotlout tortures them

Snot finds it distracting, but when we slips up it hurts them more so he tolerates it

Forgets to wash his clothes

Breaks into Snotlout's house just to steal his suits

It's happened so much times that Snotlout is unfazed by Tuffnut's antics

Tuffnut also breaks into Snotlout's house just to watch TV....also in his undies

He and Ruffnut always break theirs and can't be bothered to buy a new one

All their maids are terrified of them

His suits that he actually owns are always torn up

Has a memorial for Macey

Gets emotional everytime he sees it

Ruffnut

Ruffnut is a hot mess

Doesn't think about the consequences of things when she does them. She does does them just to do them

Arsonist

Loves it when Hiccup send her out on missions because it means she gets to blow up places

Thats one of the reasons she carried a couple grenades in her purse

Yes ,she carries a purse

Its full if spikes and has yak fur on it . But she loves it

Gets flirted with a lot

And she's confused because she's the embodiment of repulsive and there are literally more women out there

I mean, she wrestles bears and boars for sport for pete sake , why won't they leave her alone

She's more annoyed that the man that she actually wants to get in bed with doesn't seem to notice her

Eret cough eret cough cough

Send him erotic pictures

Gets blocked

Creates new accounts

And thats bad cuz...he's literally the enemy

"Cmoooooonnn mann , its just a quick f*ck. They won't notice."

Stalks him on all socials

He always tells its her because her usernames are horrifying

The only reason Tuffnut is still alive

Saves his sorry butt almost every mission

Gets into brawls a LOT

Especially if they're out with Snotlout

Always rolls her shirts up to her belly button

Rolls her sleeves up to her shoulders

Has semi hairy legs

Barely washes her hair

Swears like a sailor

Had a one night stand with Throk once

Drops by the docks to feed Scauldy sometimes

Sits with her legs open

Extremely rough skin

Hates big messes

Unless she made them

Excellent shopper

Can sniff out fake designer brands

[trashland-llamas]

Cursed Lore: DSMP, Origins Mod SMP

This is cursed lore where i take existing lore and make it worse. this is pt. V; I II III

Tubbo's literally Tweak from South Park. He was accidentally transported to the DSMP by Ranboo when Ranboo was still a young enderman and didn't have control over his teleportation abilities. Ranboo doesn't remember it b/c he never wrote it down in his memory book. Tubbo wasn't purposely left on the side of the road, Ranboo just didn't know how to deal with a person in midst of having a caffeine induced seizure. The seizure being why Tubbo has no recollection of his life as Tweak, gaining an odd form of retrograde amnesia. Since marrying Tubbo, Ranboo has learned how to properly administer first aid from Ponks.

Origins Niki is a Stellers sea cow hybrid and is the only one of her kind left, the others being hunted into extinction by sailors and fur traders. She’s been around long enough to the point she knows how to speak/read Atlantean. Jack sits near the shore with an umbrella and baggy clothes on as Niki still splashes him, forgetting how he's a blazeborn. He listens to her stories from Atlantis times and when her fellow sea cows were still alive. In return, he tells her of the nether and what’s going on in the mainland the rare times he ventures from his volcanic house.

The egg was created by the wither cult, using Eret’s blood. The egg would be akin to a philosopher’s stone in that it’d revive them to a living state. Simply having to create a potion using it.

Eret’s eyes were able to calm the withers’ aggression & in doing so, they treated him like their leader. Eret usually just put them into a prolonged coma—until the Egg gained sentience and had them try to drain as much of Eret’s blood as possible. Once the Egg lost what control it had—still new to its abilities—Eret decided to purge the cult. In which time, the wither’s slowly turned on him.

Quackity once accidentally hitched a ride to the 1910s via Karl. Still thinks it was due to his broken pocket watch as it was stuck at 19:10; using military time for his governmental responsibilities. Not knowing where he was, he walked into the first place he found which happened to be Sigmund Freud’s office. Inspired by the absurdity of Freud's theories and the night he spent with the psychoanalyst, he became a psychologist himself after returning to current times.

[honeybunnybeez]

Duuuude. Sfw alphabet for Eret or Bad??? Or even Fundy. All very underrated and I need see much content for them -⚰️

SFW alphabet:

C!BadBoyHalo:

♡Reader is Gender Neutral!

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

Bad is pretty affectionate when it comes to you, almost never leaving your side if he can.

He's very affectionate physically and verbally, clinging to you and giving you kisses while calling you sickly sweet pet names and praising you. Despite what he's supposed to be, he's incredibly adorable and hard to resist.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

The friendship starts after you're introduced to him thanks to Skeppy, who you met first around the server and clicked well with. After getting to know you better and seeing you get along great with Skeppy, he easily accepts you as one of his close friends.

As a best friend he's kinda clingy, often wanting to see you and knowing what you're up to. He also likes to make sure you're okay and comes to visit you often, making sure no one messes with you.

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

Cuddles are his jam and given the opportunity you two would probably never leave the bed for the whole day. He doesn't have a set cuddling style, though one thing stays the same and it's that he wraps his arms around you pretty tight.

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

He does seem like the type to want to settle down. It sounds like a very nice thing to do once everything in the server calms down, well, if it ever does calm down.

Domestic life wise, he's pretty decent at it! His best chore is cooking, he makes a pretty good meal when he cooks.

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

Depending on the situation and what led up to it, I think it'd end on good terms but he would get very emotional while doing so. He would be crying while apologizing and explaining why he feels like a romantic relationship wouldn't work as to not hurt you too severely. He still wants you to be in his life as his best friend though so you two do keep in close contact if you're okay with that.

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

He is rather loyal and commited to the ones he loves so I think he would get married. Maybe after being together for 6 months or a year would be when he pops the question.

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

He is very physically and emotionally gentle with you, not wanting to hurt you in any way.

Sure he does tackle hug you in his human form but in his demon form with his tall height he makes sure to treat you like glass if he ever handles or holds you.

Emotionally he doesn't ever want to say mean things to you. He always apologizes profusely (almost crying himself) if you ever get truly upset with something he teased you about.

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

Loves hugs, the moment he sees you he's running up to give you a big old hug. Hug him back, please. Please, (y/n). Hug him back, he wants you to.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

He used to say it quite often back when you two were friends, so there's no exact way to tell when the I love you's started to be genuine.

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?)

Lord above, we've seen this man be jealous. He's super jealous when you start to spend more time with others. Can and will blow up your communicator asking you where you are and who you're with. Sometimes Skeppy joins in too half jokingly. If you're with Quackity you bet your ass you're getting dragged somewhere far away from the man.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

Loves giving you surprise kisses and half expects you to return the gesture. ESKIMO KISSES! All the eskimo kisses, he loves them. He love giving and receiving eskimo kisses from you so much.

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

Oh he adores kids quite a bit. Innocent, active and still full of life, he thinks they're precious. Though he can't really handle the spoiled ones, the ones who scream and throw really bad tantrums when they don't get what they want in the supermarket.

I don't think he's capable of having his own kids with his partner (being a demon and all) but he'd like to adopt one or two if you're into that idea. He's had experience raising Sapnap (and he doesn't hate bad's guts as far as I remember) so he's sure he can handle it.

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

Before you wake up he likes to stare at your peaceful face while you rest. At first you did get a bit surprised when you wake up to see a pair of dimly glowing eyes staring back at you so closely. Now, you just instinctively reach out to give him morning kisses when you wake up.

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

He holds you in his arms while you slowly drift off to sleep. Sometimes he hums a soft happy tune while playing with your hair as your eyes grow heavy.

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

Skeppy totally tells you a few of Bad's secrets before you two started dating, only very minor ones though. Other than that, he's a pretty open book and if there was a secret he has he spills pretty easily when you say his name in a dissapointed tone.

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

Unless you insult him or swear like a sailor on purpose to annoy him, he has a good bit of patience with you and your shenanigans. If you're best friends with Skeppy then you're bound to get into a little bit of trouble.

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

He remembers things about you quite well. Such as what you like to eat, what your favourite ore is, your schedule, etc.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

He loves you and he loves his best friend Skeppy too. He enjoys every moment you guys are all together but his favourite moment was when you three all hung out with one another watching the sunset on the roof of your home. It was all so unsually calm during those few minutes. You 3 totally held hands, just saying.

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

He knows you can hold your own but even so he does get pretty defensive when others try to threaten you. Will stab a person for you if they really hurt you, no hesitation.

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

He puts in a lot of effort to make you and everyone happy! It doesn't always feel like a chore when he's trying to find something you like or helping you around here and there. Anniversaries with him are simple but they're very sweet and memorable.

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

Oh boy, his clinginess and jealousy does tend to be a bit of a problem. You have to remind him that you need personal time too. He always pouts when you say that and often times you do give in because of it. Though, if you really do need to be somewhere without him, promise to spend your next free day with him and he'll happily agree.

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

Not very concerned, he's aware that he looks a lot different than others but he doesn't think it matters when almost everyone in the server is a different kind of human or hybrid. Everyone's different and that's normal, he thinks.

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

Sure we know that Skeppy is his whole heart both metaphorically and literally in a sense, but he would be devastated if anything were to happen to you. He would feel like a part of him is missing and it would frustrate and upset him to no end knowing that the missing piece could never be found again.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.)

In his 9'6 form he will carry you around in his arms like a doll just to tease you. He think you look adorable as you whine and tell him that you aren't a toy to haul around.

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?)

He wouldn't like someone who takes advantage of him or does things he doesn't like consistently on purpose. Like, teasing him is fine, he does that too, but don't do what he doesn't like on purpose everytime you see him. He just thinks that's disrespectful even if you were just teasing.

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?)

When he sleep he's absolutely wrapped around you. Laying by your side, arms and legs wrapped around your torso and waist respectively. You are his pillow now and you're being held hostage until he's decided he's satisfied.

A/N: Hey ⚰! Thank you for the request! I have to admit it was a little hard not to make it reference poly!c!skephalo because of how often its referenced that Bad and Skeppy are close to one another. (Someone please give me an excuse to remake this with poly!c!skephalo-) Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed reading this!

(Requests are open and anon is on!)

[fandomracket]

SPOILERS Tales from the SMP | City of Mizu

We have six five characters. Isaac, Cletus, Benjamin, Charles, and Ranbob and Karl Jacobs. The first four are fishers and Ranbob is a descendant of Ranboo. Karl ?

Cletus wore the Fundy's fursuit and oddly defensive of Quackity (Lowkey thief). Burned to death.

Benjamin says Language much like BadBoyHalo. Doesn't curse like a Sailor. Tried to swim in lava.

Charles is the best friend of Cletus. (Cletus denies it in Hell) His wife owes him money. Slain by Ranbob.

Isaac... Karl?

Ranbob has bad memory. He's also very lost. Somebody help him. Oh wait. Nevermind he likes the Dre and killed everyone.

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Inaccurate History/yet to be proven:

George is best and longlasting king (excuse me... no lol. I'm joking)

Eret killed George ?

Sapnap had wives (he has 2 husbands and they still have yet to get married in my knowledge).

Sapnap bench presses mountain ? (Proof. I want it)

Fundy is a dog

Fundy is Tommy's pet (lmao)

Ranboo has great memory (... yeh no.)

Skeppy turns Yellow ?

Skeppy's skin was from poison ?

Skeppy and Bad married ?

Bad was known for prolific cursing

Tubbo is leader of Manburg Warriors (what the what? This confused me so much)

Manburg was inspired by Quackity

Tubbo eats bees

Tommy was the follower

Tommy's wife and goddess is the Queen.

According to Ranbob, Dream was a good man.

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More of my comments:

Technoblade ruins the immersion halfway lmao.

Ranbob was so sus. Also, very monotoned and flat. (Was that an attempt of copying Ranboo, Dre?)

RIP Bad's XP.

Isaac barely had any background. Despite us being in his POV the whole time.

In that 2nd Poll, after knowing the most voted gets killed, almost everyone was trying to save Ranboo (Charles) and just voted Bad (Benjamin).

Ghost Cletus is called Gletus. And he was the only one given a ghost name.

Ranbob idolizes Dream. This could have something related to Ranboo's character but we don't know.

KARL LORE. It was so cool. Also, Time travel may or may not cause memory problems.

[dreamsmp-au-ideas]

Pirate au, Tommy, Wilbur, and Eret are nobility, so they honestly don’t know much about being a sailor when they’re first captured by the SMP. Fundy was a blacksmith’s apprentice at the time, so he doesn’t know much either.

Tubbo was the first of the five to be captured, about six months before Wilbur and Tommy. He’s been sailing all his life, with the most legendary pirate on the high seas. He sees the four of them struggling and helps them learn before they’re killed for incompetence. It’s thanks to that that they all survive to steal their own ship.

Of course once things have calmed down, the others teach him some of their own skills in return. When asked how he knew so much, Tubbo admits his dad is a sailor and nothing else.

Tubbo helps three nobles and a blacksmith apprentice how to sail and survive in the ocean. He has the braincell in those years.

And then we got everyone teaching him some of their own skills in turn and I just find that heartwarming. Man I love this au.

[shyrose57]

🌹When i say man of its own i mean mind of its own i think google to mess that up i'm really sorry for not checking and his blessing whenever he's doing something the outcome will always be good so the outcome of his project is something he will always be proud off

Why did dream closed off the end is because the secret inside the end and the power the end have like you know it gives you the power of flight because of

elytra a closed off after wilbur blow up the country because he's afraid someone will open that

And yes the end is her domain originally it was supposed to be a void given by motherinit (their friends) so it's a black canvas for her to do projects that she will be proud off

Oh we could call them by their domain sure makes life easier

So flower (mum-bo) her domain is the earth she sometimes travel around the world to give blessings to those farmers or just give life in dead lands but sometimes she stays in the forest so steak if you go in there you might not come out in that forest he raised her children( as a side note i named her flower because i think tubbo will point out the flowers that's on her head or arms) also she has a bag of seeds but if planted in a desert or somewhere where no life is no plants whatsoever the seeds will grow and the lifeless area will turn into beautiful paradise

Also how will foolish( i dub thee cousin of life) be in there so here's the thing secrecy dreams mom is best friend with puffy so puffy is a sailor and when secrecy traveling around they met each other they have a talk and secrecy is so fascinated at the deep secret and mystery puffy solve when she was sailing around so sometimes secrecy with would give puffy hint about secrets in the sea and puffy will solve it one time secrecy have learned that some other god already had a son or daughter so she's quite jealous because whenever her best friend is away she's alone so she made a clone of herself with the help of life (who i do not know who is yet but i got an idea) so then she got two children dream and and when puffy come back she has foolish he's the mystery puffy is trying to solve and yes they share custody dista also exist but she is in another server but she sometimes visit( maybe she and lani both exist in the server and their best friends) she also has a scroll that keeps all the secrets dreams blessing is that he has hint about people's secret he doesn't know all of it he just has hints to help him

So motherinit/void her domain is the void she stays there but tommy is not staying there will she is but when tommy was in his toddler stage she's sent him to the earth were there he lives for bit because she's afraid tommy might lose his mind on the void she will visit tommy but when something happen like at some part of the void is eating the piece of the world gonna like the rising void mod video that tommy made so she asked death if her family can take care of her son( void also had a magical item which is a sewing kit the void cracks she will just saw it back together like nothing happened that's why tommy is so good at sewing) tommy's blessing is that every time he's alone he doesn't feel lonely he always feel warm whenever his lost in the dark he will always find his way back sometimes when he's alone he will always feel a warm embrace his mother's embrace

Mumza /death her story is like romance forbidden love so philza is supposed to be dead but death fell in love with him they met he also fell in love has a son but sometimes death can't always be with her family because of her job but don't worry she has holidays going to make this as wholesome as possible( so she also has a soul lantern where she keep all the evil souls in you also keys that will open the gate to heaven hell for the purgatory to the souls) wilbur's blessing he has a lower chance of dying because his mother don't want to see him yet but of course he's dumb so he died i'm sorry i'm still salty about what happened ghostbur!! Why did you leave us aahh

Also technos mom i saw a clip where techno said his mom will make them cookies so the first thing that came into my mind is the goddess of peace and harmony the exact opposite of techno let's make it so technos dad is the blood god practically opposite attract that's his parents relationship they cancel out each other so they're perfect technos father also have voices and when the voices got so loud his mom got scared and take techno to the earth where phil found him also his blessing was supposed to be he will always have peace but because of the voices a curse that was passed to him by his father you know bloodline the blessing was canceled but sometimes bits and pieces of the blessing show up and he will have peace and the voices will quiet down for a bit ( his mom has an aura a very calming aura that brought peace to anyone that came across her)

( i kind of want to make nikki flowers assistant bakery and have a flower shop i want to make her flowers apprentice)🌹

That actually makes a lot more sense, thank you for the clarification. 

And Ranboo’s blessing seems pretty cool! What are some flaws or limitations to it? 

So the End was open previously? Was anyone aware of that, or did they just not know about it in general? Is it just the Smp’s End that is Pride’s domain, or all Ends?

Is Flower a goddess who’s followers would mainly consist of farmers? Does she have a specific forest she stays in? If so, what’s it called, why is it dangerous, and do her kids stick around there, when they were growing up? 

Secrecy and Puffy being friends sounds really awesome. So Dream is a clone of Secrecy? Would that make him a full god? Or? And who’s the other person she made? And is Foolish, like, a young god? Or is he as old as Secrecy, but just rolling with the adoption thing? Where does Eret fit in here? Is Drista one of Secrecy’s kids, or did she just reverse adopt Dream and get on her way? 

Was Tommy created, or adopted? Why doesn’t he have his mother’s immunity to the void? Because he’s mortal? Or did he just not inherit it? Tommy lived in a different world before, and the void destroyed it? Was Void just not able to fix it like usual, or did she just decide to take the opportunity to get Tommy somewhere with more people, or? Tommy’s blessing sounds cute, actually, very sweet.

So Philza was suppose to die? Did Death save him, or let him return to the living? Is he her angel? And hey, she’s still around, awesome! Why does Wilbur have a lower chance of dying, as the blessing? Is he like, more resilient? I miss Ghostbur too, but now that they’re technically two separate beings, consider this-Death adopts Ghost son into the family too, and now he helps out in the Afterlife instead of being stuck in Limbo. 

Not gonna lie, I figures you’d make his mom the Blood God, but this is an interesting take. Why harmony and peace, exactly? What does the Blood God’s domain consist of? Does this make Techno a full god? If so, what’s his domain? Why’s he down on earth and not doing godly stuff? Who’s voices frightened Harmony, and why did she decide dropping him on earth was the best solution? So he only has bits of the blessing? How does it show up? 

(And you could always have Niki as Flower’s kid, or follower too, if you wanted)

[nowornever13587]

MCYT Oxenfree Chapter 1

Edward’s Island.

Fundy POV

“It used to be a military base. Then it became a ranching thing, then it was turned into an army thing, then it became a bird thing and a museum or whatever. Henry Fonda stationed here, I think, for a bit. Unless he was Navy.” 

I listened to Tommy rattle on as I leaned on the rail of the ship. The salty smell of the ocean filled the overcast sky. But thankfully, it was only slightly cold. Just enough for a light jacket..

“Who’s Henry Fonda?” Eret asked, unaware that you should never ask Tommy questions when he’s explaining things. He had a tendency to not hear them.

“And around Christmas time, this little breakfast place used to sell these amazing polar bear sugar cookies…” Like normal, Tommy went on. I laughed to myself, peering back over the edge of the ferry for wildlife in the water.

“Hey,” Tommy poked me. “Are you still with us? You haven’t said anything for like… 10 minutes.”

“Oh! Yeah, yeah. My mind just drifted for a second.” I turned back, checking my watch. It was 8. Right on time.

“So, you all moved in?” Tommy continued to talk to Eret. 

“Um, not really. I just got in this morning.” Eret chuckled.

“And how did Fundy’s mom meet your dad again?” Tommy was eager for gossip. 

“They met on vacation in London. He got lost in a garden and thought she worked there.” Eret took it in good humor as we walked back in the boat. 

I took the liberty of exploring the small craft. It wasn’t that old but still had that air to it. Slightly chipped paint and worn seats. How they got worn, I never understood. Only bird watchers and history nuts ever headed to Edward’s island anymore. Particularly not in the winter.

“Hey, there’s an old ship's wheel up here.” I called down to the others from the second story as I bent to read the placard. “It’s a replica from a… Portuguese caravel, it says.”

“Yeah! I think the Portuguese discovered the island? I dunno. I mostly slept through the maritime portion of history class.” Tommy shrugged.

“Says the kid who’s been ranting about the island for the past 18 minutes.” Eret teased. Tommy shot him a teasing glare as I came back down.

“So you guys just met tonight?” Tommy continued.

“Yeah, I was… I’d been out at school and the timing had just never worked out.” Eret shrugged.

“And what does that make you to the Furry? Second cousin or something?”

“Step bro and I am not a furry!” I groaned

“Yeah, yeah! At least you seem cool!” Tommy laughed. “Cool guy, cool eyes. You get a cool new sibling living right in your house! Wearing your clothes… eating your food ... Sharing your toothbrush.”

“Ew!” We both grimaced. The conversation dipped awkwardly.

“So… how do you two know each other?” Eret prompted us.

“Oh, from way back when, like paleozoic. Grade school era.”

“I moved from the Netherlands in the first grade and Tommy was the one I got partnered with on the first day.” 

“Passengers,” Suddenly the robotical intercom kicked on, nearly scaring me out of my skin. “We’ll be arriving soon. Check under your seat-” 

“Check under your seat to make sure you don’t leave behind any grandchildren.” Tommy commented over the recording sarcastically. 

“And if you picked up a complimentary disposable radio, remember to tune to 102.3 at the various plaques…” It droned on.

“Ooh! We should get a picture!” Tommy suddenly stood, dragging Eret and I back to the bow of the ferry. 

“Fine. Just… hold the camera out. Like… far. I don’t look my freshest right now.” I told Tommy as he pulled out his phone. I ran a hand over my ears, trying to smooth down my fur that had puffed up due to the humidity.

“It’s true, Eret. This is like B Minus Fundy.” Tommy grinned.

“Take the picture you child!” I nudged him. 

“I am not a child!” Tommy retorted while holding out the camera. We all smiled as the audible click came from the phone.

“There! Great. I’ll magic erase all the warts out and stuff, so don’t worry.” Tommy checked over the photo.

Eret made a face at the mention of warts and rolled his eyes. 

“Hey, Furry. Did you remember to bring that radio? The little portable one?” Tommy piped back up.

“Yeah.” I sighed, ignoring the comment as I took the object out my pocket.

“Our high school has a radio station and Finn- he’s a friend of ours- he’s filling in because TapL went on vacation with his family or something.” Tommy explained as I began twisting the knob to find the station. “It doesn’t matter. What matters is that he’s gonna say something like… basically right now about our thing so…”

We all intently listened to the radio as I found the right station, 88.3.

“... Which I played because Karl wouldn’t stop singing it during math class!” Finn seemed to be talking about the song that was just on. “But… oh! Look at the time! Just after ten o’clock. Which means my dear friend Tommy and his bros are probably just touching down on Edwards island for the yearly bash on the beach…. Or whatever we call it now.”

“But anyways, I promised him that I’d play a song from his channel, so hope you're tuned in, Tommy! Here’s Able Sisters- Sable and Mable from Animal Crossing. He’s been tormenting me to play it for ages so here. Please stop.” 

The familiar song came on. I groaned quickly, shutting it off.

“Haha!” Tommy crowed. “I finally got him to do it!” 

His victory rant was cut off as the ferry’s horn blasted above us. 

“There’s no radio reception on the island.” Tommy continued. “I’m glad I got to hear it before it went totally kaput.”

“If we can’t use it, why’d you bring it? Not just for the boat?” Eret inquired.

“Um, no. You’ll see. Don’t expect too much but… nah. It’ll be fun. I won’t undercook it.” Tommy waved his hands mysteriously. “You’ll see.”

We all shut up as the boat began nearing the dock. The old man running the ship helped us get off, before pulling away again. 

“Oh boy! Smell that clean air, lads! This ain’t city livin’!” Tommy gestured to the now dark heavens. “My other friends should be up around the bend.”

“Actually,” Eret said nervously, waiting at the top of the dock stairs. “I mean, I don’t mean to be the guy to break us up already, but Tommy, could you do me a favor? Can I have two quick minutes with Fundy?”

“Uh… you sure?” Tommy hesitated. I glanced back up at Eret. The older boy seemed sincere.

“Something wrong?” I wondered.

“Nothing’s wrong. I just need a minute.” Eret glanced at the street light above.

“Alright, but- Look, I don’t wanna go up by myself. I mean, can’t we just stick together? You’re gonna have all night to say, like… whatever.” Tommy pleaded, using his puppy dog eyes. 

“But you were going to meet your friends, right?”

“Yeah but there further-”

“Tommy, it’s alright. Just wait for us at the end of the town, okay?  We’ll catch up with you there.” I reasoned. 

“Alright.” Tommy sighed, walking off. “Though this is a really strange way to start off, splitting up.”

“Thanks man!” Eret called after him, before turning to me. “He seems nice. Funny.”

“Yeah, he’s… what did you want to talk about? Before I suspect something nefarious.” I teased, coming back to the top of the stairs. 

“Listen, I just wanted to grab you ahead of time and say you’ve been…. Cool… about everything. And I guess it’s just - for me, I’ve never moved anywhere, ya know? And, like, getting a new family at the same time kinda feels like I’m skipping the training wheels.”

“Not that it’s bad! You and your mum have been great!”

“Eh, we’ll make do.” I nudged Eret playfully. “Lemons, lemonade, however that goes.”

“You idiot.” Eret and I laughed. 

“Oh, thanks for setting up the attic for me, by the way. It’s cool, how it’s a little bedroom.” 

“No problem…” I looked at the dark water. I really didn’t want to touch that subject. “It’s nice, at night, isn’t it?”

“Yeah. Not chilly.” Eret nodded. “We can- we can catch back up with Tommy now. I didn’t mean to take so long.”

We walked down the stairs into the parking lot. Commenting on the lonely car, I noticed a blocked off road. I decided to ignore it in favor of heading up the long staircase to the little shops that made the town of the island. 

“Oh, what’s that?” Eret pointed at the statue as we reached the top. A bird on a pedestal with a whale below it. 

“I forgot this was even here.” I chuckled. “It’s a monument to some submarine that was sunk off the coast.”

“Oh, wait. Can’t you do that radio guide thing like the boat said?” Eret looked excited. “I wanna see how it works.

“Sure.” I pulled the thing out of my pocket.

“It was…. 101 or 102, I think.”

I found the station. The voice of some tour guide came on. 

“Named after the Hawiian god of the sea, the USS Kanaloa was launched on January 15, 1941 and commissioned into service at the end of that year under the command of Lt. C. Dream...”

“Never heard of this before. Kinda creepy in a way, right?” Eret murmured. 

“On October 28, 1943, it was sunk by the Japanese sub chaser Tokisada some 25 miles off the coast of Washington…”

“Yeah, I hate thinking about it. It reminds me of those scenes in movies where sailors have to seal somebody up to drown or else the flooding will take the whole ship, you know?” I shivered at the idea.

“... and remains, to this day, the only submarine casualty in American waters. Eighty-five officers, as well as twelve Army passengers, were lost.”

“Yeah, no. I always thought submarine duty was, like, the worst possible war assignment. There’s no way out if something goes wrong.”

I turned off the radio as the recording began again. We continued through the town. All the stores were closed. Probably because it was starting to become winter and we took the last ferry here. 

“Hello kids. The other guys and gals must be further up, so be quick now.” Tommy’s voice suddenly called from the top of a ramp. We laughed, running up to him. 

“Okay, speed-read definition of Edwards Island. This is a tourist trap with shops and beach. Nobody lives here except some geriatric named Mr. Halo. But, cross my heart and hope to die, we’ll never mention him or any other old person’s name again.”

“We are here to drink and be stupid. A tradition apparently started by bored recruits in the nineteen fifties who would sneak dates over from the coastal towns. They literally called it ‘trawling’.”

“Wow, interesting.” I lightly mocked. Eret snorted behind me.

“Yeah, like kids at camp or something.” Tommy shrugged. “So, to summarize, we are not allowed here after dark. The town is shut down, and we - the L’manberg High Junior Class- have come to commit improper acts.”

We came to a fence just taller than me. I frowned, glancing at Tommy. 

“The beaten path officially ends here. The beach is past the fence a way. I think Nikki told me that there’s a way that they used to get over there, but… I can’t remember how. I mean, can’t be too difficult.” Tommy looked around.

“Dumpster?” Eret pointed to the relatively empty bin sitting by the edge of the path. 

“Perfect, we can push it over and close the lid.” I got beside him and helped. 

“And the other thing about this nowhere island,” Tommy stayed back to finish his story. “Is the weirdo caves.”

“The weirdo caves?” Eret echoed incredulously. 

“The whole reason Fundy brought the radio is because when you go to the- it’s like ‘front’--

“The mouth.” I supplied.

“The mouth of this particular cave, you can sometimes pick up frequencies to stations that don’t exist.” Tommy grinned. “You’ll hear voices or just... sounds… And they’re impossible to get anywhere else on the island. Crazy, right?”

“It’s, um, it’s pretty creepy… at least I’ve heard.” Eret and I managed to get the dumpster into place. 

“I did it once. It’s amazing when it works.” 

“Okay, back up a minute here. What about that Mr. Halo guy? Is he the saint for the island or something?” Eret looked back at the town below us. 

“His family, I think, like owns or owned some of the island or something… he’s been shackled in the same spot for like seventy years. He’s kind of what you’d call a local legend. His house is on the other side of the woods.”

“I can’t imagine living in the same exact house looking at the same exact wall for that long a time.” I climbed up the dumpster and hopped over the fence. The other two joined me a heartbeat later.

We walked down the path, finding the trail that dipped down to the beach.

“Oh, before we get there, I should mention-” 

Tommy was cut off by laughter. 

“Who’s that?” Eret asked from behind me.

(Sorry if it's too long. But I shall try to post the next chapters every few days or so. Each should be around this long.)

[astronomical-bagel]

please tell us about this pirate dsmp au you keep talking about. anything. one sentence. i am So Intrigued. (also theres a song i found that makes me think about it--Shackleton in The Endurance album, i don't remember the artist)

Anon anon anon you do NOT know how happy you just made me. I’ve been working on this for MONTHS, ive even gone so far as to write an outline. I’ve NEVER done that before, even with my 100k word fic. This au is my BABY. My CHILD. I‘ve done SO much worldbuilding and you bet your ass I’m working on more.

Here here here, I’ll ramble under the cut, because I’ve got so much to say

Okay, first! im not gonna spoil stuff but I wanna give you the crews!! The first name of each list is the captain, and the second is their first mate!! Also, there are some names that are in more than one list, but that’s just because they decided to switch over to a different one!

The Blade

Techno

Phil

Wilbur

Tommy

Tubbo

Ranboo

Niki

Jack

Quackity

Eret

Sapnap

Karl

Fundy

Fate Fatale

Puffy

Sam

Connor

Callahan

Corpse

Schlatt

Hannah

The Diamond Red Duckling

Bad

Skeppy

Antfrost

Ponk

Hannah

Nightmare

Dream

George

Drista

MD

Mamacita

Ossium

Quackity

Sapnap

Karl

Shitass

Terry the butcher

Charlie Slimecicle

MD

I’m super proud of my crews sjsjs even though some of them are so so short but I don’t have to introduce ever sailor on the ship, so I don’t gotta worry too much lol.

As for the namings, The Blade and Nightmare are pretty obvious, but Fate Fatale was named after Femme fatales, bc Y’know, puffy is a woman and she will kill you, but the first part was change to Fate because it is INEVITABLE that she kills ya, or so they say. Ossium was named after Quackity’s horse (it means bone in Latin). I may or may not change this one, but I like the idea of ppl calling the Bone Ship, and Quackity calling it his Ivory Steed or smth. I would t called it las Nevadas, but that’s still a country here lol.

the plot doesn’t actually line up with cannon chronologically, there is no L’manburg ship that Wilbur and Tommy are on and Wilbur blows up (though his backstory does include that he was the captain of the Symphony before his crew mutinied. I’m rlly proud of that name), there is no ‘Tubbo being the captain’ or whatever, there aren’t even any discs (they weren’t invented until 1880 or smth, and this is set in a vague 1700s time). So, it’s a pretty organic plot line. But! I do keep somethings in! Like exile, for one. It’s not actually exile, but it’s got the ‘Dream manipulating Tommy‘ part in it!

Speaking of Dream!!! There’s magic!! There’s magic in here and my writing teacher helped me write the entire magic system!!! I’m bit gonna put all of it down bc that is LONG and also some of it is spoily, but basically there’s 3 types of magic: Nether, End, and idk Earth magic? Still working on the name of that one. Anyways, the Nether and End are basically the afterlifes, but because of demons there can be travel between. It’s basically unheard of for an Earth person to go through to the other side (or a dead person to come back 👀👀) , but there’s legends. Nether demons are curious and and come over fairly often, therefore there’s more known about the nether.

Each person can be aligned with one of the three magics (more than one will kill you, end of story) and learn them— Earth being the easiest, as it is easily gained naturally (sirens, saytrs, druids) and easily learned. nether is the second easiest, with Nether demons being almost common in some places, and End being the hardest and most dangerous to learn (but the most beneficial!)

If you havent guessed yet, Ranboo is an End demon, and Bad is a nether demon. Tubbo, Puffy, and Schlatt are all saytrs, Sam is a siren, Hannah is a druid. Phil studies End magic, and thats how he gets his wings!! Elytra!!

Okay, since this is getting as long as some essays, I’ll just leave with a few fun facts:

in the Antarctic Empire, it’s an old custom to grow one’s hair out of theyre keeping an important oath, to show their commitment. Their hair is also very commonly a bright red!!

El Rapids, a small island nearby to the badlands, was annexed by Las Nevadas

people from L’Manburg are called L’men. Or British. Lots of people don’t know why they’re called British, but there’s stories about L’Manburg once being a colony of a small country called Britain, but when L’Manburg grew to be bigger than the country, it just kinda... ate it. Like agar.io

despite Britain once existing, the landform is nothing like our Earth’s

All demons have an energy source in the center of their chest that produces their magic. A Nether demons is called their Star, and an End demon’s is called their Pearl!

as a very very last thing, here is a list of swears used in this universe:

Prime

End (by the end, for end’s sake)

Ender

Nether

withering (used in the same way as fing but not as f, usually used for corruption-y things) (These withering vines won’t stop growing)

Mother (usually by Ranboo, its not as common) (Used alone, but also Mother knows, Mother knows best, Mother up above)

“By her scales” (referring to mother)

“By the bell” (Referring to the worship bell used in many religions and cultures, usually less of a curse and more used as a promise

Endermites (mostly used by ranboo but tommy and tubbo pick it up, maybe phil) (used like “fiddlesticks’)

anyways thank you for letting me ramble ehe, please don’t hesitate to ask again, I’ve got so much more to talk about. (also I was listening to the song you recommended on repeat while writing this. It loops so well!!)

[haseti]

One thing I will never apologize for on this blog is Eret’s love of the sea. It’s literally apart of him and he can never be away from it too long. He just misses the crashing of the waves. The smell of the salt in the air. The feel and pull of a storm as it comes in. He loves the sea. And everything about it. 

[nostalgic-pancakes]

Watching the starlings as autumn draws in

Summary: Tommy and his friends try on some skirts, and he reflects a bit on how they all got here. (It's a happy story) Title from September by Sparky Deathcap

Pairings: None! Platonic everyone (esp in irl fics_)

Read on AO3 (preferred place to read)

Word count: 2570

Warnings: None, except for surface-level references to the exile/prison arcs, but not much.

Other notes: I wrote this in a fit of madness last night in like three hours at 2 am, so i’ll probably edit it honestly but for now, enjoy! (If the CC’s ever display discomfort with this type of fic I will take it down)

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"WELCOME BACK TO THE STREAM, BOYS!" Tommy exclaims, rubbing his hands together as he starts rapid-fire answering questions about the stream, and the stream title from chat. It's funny, how over time, Tommy's come to see Chat as this one entity- an old friend. The nervousness of answering questions as a fifteen year old with nothing but a big personality, a twitch account and a copy of Minecraft is all but gone now, nineteen years old and happier than he's ever been.

Dreadfulzombie19: what are u doin this stream

"THANK YOU FOR ASKING, Dreadfulzombie19, today is gonna be a bit different, innit Tubbo?" Tommy raises his voice a bit at the end of his sentence, just loud enough for one of his flatmates to hear him. When Tubbo yells back an affirmative, Tommy turns back to his setup. Chat's gone a bit wild again, even though he, Tubbo and Ranboo have been living together for over a year now.

"Okay, okay, calm down chat- so recently I was at university, as usual right? And I had an eight AM class again, and… yeah I can see you all can relate."

"BUT! BUT! On my way back to the flat, I saw something really cool." Tommy hesitates in his speech to take a sip of coke again- his blood pressure's been acting up lately and watches Chat to wild again, asking him what he saw.

"Okay, so there was a shop- new place, which doesn't happen often this is fucking Brighton- and they sold skirts and dresses and stuff with adjustments for AMAB sizes!" Chat goes a bit bonkers, but Tommy's mod team- a little smaller than it used to be, now that he isn't the centre of YouTube or Twitch attention anymore, none of them are- are handling it, and pretty well.

"So I had to go, right? As many of you probably know, last year, I made the astounding discovery that gender-based stereotypes and expectations are, in fact, fake and I should not give a SHIT. And so I go in and look through the stuff- it's a really poggers shop by the way, and I find the perfect thing- it was the most poggers skirts and shit, okay? So, today's stream is going to have me wearing this pogchamp shit and wearing it right, with the help of…" Tommy ends his monologue by picking up the joke shaker-things that Phil had gotten him as a housewarming gift last year and indicates for his first two helpers to enter the office.

In walks his mother, face obscured from view as always, waving to the camera, and Wilbur, also wearing one of his only skirts for this occasion. Eret had taught him, on a phonecall in the skirt shop that week about the different types of skirts with a handy diagram. Wilbur's was a pleated circle skirt, brown to offset the bright yellow of his sweater and beanie, the same colour as his hair. It's very swoosh-y, so he's wearing black leggings with his regular shoes too. Motherinnit's also wearing her favourite skirt, a baby blue prairie skirt, Tommy thinks, and it's one he's seen fairly often.

Wilbur ducks down in order to show his face to Chat, and ruffles Tommy's hair while he's at it. Tommy's taller, but not by much, so Wilbur still fucking makes short jokes, That fucker.

Chat is now going so fast that he simply cannot read anything but some of the all caps messages and can barely make out some of the emotes.

"Okay, OKAY, CALM DOWN CHAT! WE HAVE TO GET TO FUCKING BUSINESS!" Tommy yells into the mix, like he did when he was sixteen and used the 'many people find me annoying at first' intro. Nowadays he just lets the content speak for itself. Anyone who wants to be here already is, by now.

Wilbur laughs a bit, and that hasn't changed at all. "Tommy, how is chat supposed to calm down if you're not calm?"

"I am their god!! They will obey via sheer digital willpower!" Tommy replies back, pretty zealously (What? An English Literature class is mandatory for his film degree, and The Great Gatsby by Zelda Fitzgerald is a good book, as are most of the other assigned ones. He's had entire conversations with Techno with just lit quotes and it drives everyone insane. Tommy loves it.) Chat seemingly has listened to his godlike abilities, with a few OG's spotting his half-quotation of one of Dream's last lines in the Dream SMP. The rest are spamming 'MOTHERINNIT'.

"If having a shitty magic trick book from a washed-up politician makes you a god, then what does that make me?" Wilbur replies, with one of Foolish's lines and swatting his hand at Tommy. Tommy swats back.

"Bitch" "Arsehole" "Shithead" "Fuckface" Wilbur finishes cheerily, as if this happens all the time. It does. Chat's used their antics now, four years of consistently making content together will do that for you.

Eventually Motherinnit reminds them both to get back on Topic, and Tommy goes back to facing the camera, addressing Chat directly.

"Today, my beloved mother, and my idiot brother-" "hey!" "And maybe my flatmates will be joining me to show off some cool as SHIT skirts! And a dress or two. We all have our selections, right?" Everyone nods in affirmative, even Tubbo and Ranboo. Though the camera can't see them. Ranboo's just come home from his final class, then. He should probably take the first hour back off, and judging by how Tubbo is forcefully judging Ranboo to the shower, he probably gets it. Tommy signs an affirmative to both of them, and gets back to the camera, where Wilbur's showing off all of his (very poggers) very stupid brown or yellow skirts. Tommy's are in cool colours, for fuck's sake.

"Oh yeah, Puffy just confirmed she'll be on stream! She'll be here in about twenty minutes, accounting for fucking traffic, and Niki' going to get onto VC after her own stream, what game is it this time?"

"GRIS." Wilbur answers.

"Poggers- she is the SHIT and will join us soon! So expect some QUALITY QUALITY content this stream!! Remember to not spam her chat to finish faster." Exclaims Tommy, even if it ends up as a light warning, as he picks up his own very poggers skirts from the extra armchair in his office to show the camera.

One is the classic red and white, mostly white but with bright red on the waist (elastic) and the bottom, and it reached to about Tommy's knee, if worn at the hip. It had no pleats, but the red bits were a very nice velvet texture, and while the skirt was heavy, it still had very much swoosh value, and pockets!! Big ones!! He slips the skirt on top of his jeans before entering camera view, the skirt visible in all its classic Tommyinnit glory, as he takes his place right next to Wilbur, who just took. a quick spin at the behest of several dono's., Skirt spying out from his lower shins all the way to his knee, making visible one of his (many) petticoats. ("What? It's cold all the fucking time here, Toms.") Tommy also makes a quick little spin, skirt flying outward, not upward, so it looks like he's hula hooping for a moment there. Lastly, Motherinnit spins around too, and while her skirts do not swoosh, she looks opulent, like she was about to go to waltz with the enemy, for whom she has a dagger in the back of her dress for. (He finished Anna Karenina and the Six of Crows duology within the same week and has not yet recovered. Jack Edwards is laughing at him as he thinks in his English Lit Graduate glory.)

It's fun, trying on different skirts- he and Wilbur accidentally bought the same dress at one point, which they paired up to wear, darting off into their respective changing rooms while giggling like idiots with their checkered blouses and the grindl skirts that Niki had sent over when she heard of this stream idea, laughing the whole time. Tubbo enters as dramatically as possible with Puffy, and while Tubbo looks really fucking good in his handkerchief skirt with embroidered bees and plain white shirt, it's Puffy who steals the show with an exact, real life version of her red banquet dress.

Fans from way back in the SMP, before Tommy had started branching out start going insane and are bringing back emotes Tommy wasn't sure were still available, but she is fucking stunning- deep shades of red and crimson, with slits on either side of her waist and all the detailing. She'd gotten the contact for her dressmaker through Bernadette Banner, Tommy recalls- she was so fucking cool when she streamed with him once, and gotten him to swear less and supplant those world's with bigger ones to intimidate instead. While he still curses like a sailor as part of his persona, it's less so and he does way less in real life these days, unless the situation calls for it. It's also just rude, especially in uni libraries, where he spends too much time these days wondering why he didn't read more as a kid.

Puffy's stolen his audience for a WHILE, and Niki coming on hasn't helped any, so Tommy exits camera view for a while to hug Ranboo really quickly- he's had midterms and has basically been dying all month.

Everyone on this stream- Tommy, Wilbur, Motherinnit, Tubbo, Puffy, Niki and Ranboo enter the camera frame after entering their dressing rooms for the last time on this particular stream, Puffy with full in-character wigs and makeup, Tommy in an Edwardian-Gothic reminiscent black and red dress, Ranboo in something he bought when he gap-yeared in Japan, punk lolita or something, Niki flaunting her pink in a Marie Antoinette style show of finery, Tubbo dressing in all green this time, something like a very deranged biology teacher who hasn't slept in days (Tubbo hasn't-Tommy has to get into that), Wilbur like a forest-nymph, all earthy tones and swishy fabrics and nature highlights, and finally Motherinnit, who hasn't changed but is here to take pictures as they all lean in together to fit into frame, as drastic as their height difference is. Niki is going to be edited in later, and everyone on the 'Dream SMP but nobody does Dream SMP and we're all fucking nerds' discord server is going to get a copy.

The stream wraps up there, after about two hours, and it's only about six in the evening- a far cry from the late nights and long hours from the beginning of Tommy's career, so everyone runs to their changing areas for the last time, into pajamas now, and packs away all of the clothes they wore, properly, as to not incense Karolina Zebrowska, and Jemma, Dan's wife, who would look at them disappointedly and nobody wants a sad Jemma because that means no cooing at their son. Also it just feels shitty.

Everyone huddles in Tommy, Tubbo and Ranboo's living room, and they out on UP for like, the millionth fucking time (they still cry when Ellie dies), and Tommy is leaning into Wilbur's side and feeling his mum play with the hair in his very small, stubby ponytail he's developed by being in Uni as he and Tubbo intertwine their legs together and Ranboo rests his head in the tangle of limbs, playing with his fidget cube. Puffy stays on Wilbur's side, intently texting someone and smiling the whole while, and Tommy takes a moment to reflect (something he's been getting better at doing) on how the actual hell they all got here.

The Dream SMP was always going to end- everyone knew it, if course, they were the fucking writers. But by the time they did, not only were their respective brands too closely intertwined to just… sever that quickly, but they'd become too close to even want to. So the SMP discord never shut, even though Dream and George had planned it months ago, and they continued supporting each other with their interests. Wilbur made a lot more music solo, with his band and even just random ass streams where he practiced guitar for an hour. He kept playing Minecraft, but it wasn't his main focus. A bunch of people left. More stayed. YouTube left him alone.

Dream, George and Sapnap are still Minecraft streamers, but their YouTube channels are mostly blogs of them being poor excuses of adults with other former SMP members joining in sometimes. Tommy and the Dream Team were closer than ever, even though the seeds of their friendship had been sowed when they used to linger after heavy streams together, reassuring each other that none of that was true and that nothing like… that would happen in real life, because Dream had used real abuse tactics, and those still hurt unless immediately taken care of. So they were. It was a running joke that Dream was stuck at 99 million subscribers since nobody really wanted the face reveal anymore. The other Dream team members were doing peachy.

Phil and Techno were also still primarily Minecraft streamers, but they also released things like advice videos and mental health stuff, especially for relationships. They had a new scripted series where Tommy was a minor character. The dadza jokes were still as real, and yes, outside of streaming, both of them were lovely people and responsible adults (mostly). They collaborated with DanTDM and co a lot more now.

Puffy and Niki kept doing games, but did lots of different ones, testing point and clickers to triple A titles, and making it all fucking hilarious while they were at it.

So where had that left Tommy?

After the Dream SMP, he'd kind of had no idea what to do, and he was going to University for the first time, so he just… did whatever he thought would be fun. He learned about vintage fashion from the queens themselves- Mina Le, Bernadette Banner and Karolina Zebrowska and had fun learning how to sew for the first time, fixing and making his own clothes for the first time, clunky as they were, Wilbur had cried, genuinely, when he saw the Lovejoy shirts that Tommy had made for the band. He'd found a genuine love for literature in university, so Tommy started talking to booktubers and studytubers like Jack Edwards and Noelle Stevenson. Tubbo and Ranboo had joined him, fucking around in any YouTube niche they found even remotely interesting. Eventually, they all found a happy medium- a bit of everything.

Some people obviously weren't happy with that but Tommy was happy as he was, making what he liked with his best friend's, living together close enough to most of their friends (family) to have fun and drop in on one another at ass-o-clock in the morning to comfort, to laugh. His sub count hasn't gone up in a while- most of his audience is static, with about 80-90k online on a stream at any time.p

It was a nice feeling, to have carved out a space for himself and the people he loves, and be is so, so glad that he got this chance.

Looking at his mostly asleep family, Tommy thinks 'yeah. Life is good.' as the last thought before he sleeps.