#finally made some time to draw her again yay

[funny-friends]

good doggone afternoon

[fernsnailz]

it's time... for the TEAM DARK FEST! 💥💥💥💥

me and @serpentineshine are hosting a little tournament to finally determine who the best Team Dark member is! this week there's gonna be goofs, bits, and even a special prize for the winner 👀

however, the most important prize of all is what awaits at the end of the festival! ...but that's a secret right now.

💥 cast your vote below! 💥

(oh also if anyone makes any propaganda for their fav character. tag me i wanna see)

video transcript below the cut! ⬇️

A blue announcement screen with scrolling text reads “SPECIAL FENSNAILZ ANNOUNCEMENT.” There’s a looping animation of Squeak the cat in the middle. It disappears, cutting to a shot of a studio space.

In the studio, SNAIL, SHINE, SQUEAK, and a VASH PLUSH all sit at a desk with a large CRT TV on it. Squeak and Vash are on top of the TV, and shelves with various items line the walls. Everyone seems to be unaware that the camera is rolling - Snail is reading the script, Shine is drinking from a mug, and Squeak is licking her butthole. Vash remains motionless.

Snail notices the camera zooming in, and throws away the script in a moment of panic. Shine and Squeak sit up to face the camera as well.

SNAIL: Coming at you pre-recorded, it’s Snail, Shine, and The Beasts!

SHINE: We’re here today to announce a special tournament we’re hosting: the TEAM DARK FEST!

SQUEAK: Eep!

VASH: weemp womp :]

SNAIL: You know ‘em, you love ‘em-

SHINE: Or hate them.

SNAIL: It’s all about TEAM DARK this week! Fellas, turn on that TV!

The camera cuts to a close-up of the TV as the screen flips on. Three shitty photos of each Team Dark member appear on the TV under the question “Who is the best member of Team Dark?” Every Team Dark member’s name is misspelled underneath the photos.

SHINE: Time for the ULTIMATE question: Who is the best Team Dark member?

SNAIL: Oof. We’re turning them against each other, huh? That’s dramatic.

SQUEAK: Meep! (HOLY SHIT)

The camera zooms out to a wide view of the studio, but zooms out much further than needed for a split second. For some reason, this is all being filmed on a green screen set, and the shelves behind the cast seem to be edited in. Not only that, but this studio is either widely over-staffed or widely under-staffed, because the boom mic is held by seven Chao stacked on top of each other. The camera zooms into a closeup of Snail before much of this information can be processed.

SNAIL: Well, it’s obviously Shadow. I told him if he won, I would get him ice cream after soccer practice!

The camera pans over to Shine.

SHINE: No way, vote for Rouge! She can carry like. Nineteen mountain lions. Give or take

The camera pans over to Squeak and Vash. Squeak points at a crude drawing of Omega that seems to say “VOTE OMEGA.” It is upside down. Vash holds a cute little sign that says “I <3 OMEGA” that he likely made himself.

SQUEAK + VASH: ?????????????? (we didn’t hire anyone to translate this part.)

Back in a wide shot, Snail and Shine stare blankly at Squeak and Vash. Squeak licks her butthole again. Vash is now Real. Someone off-screen sneezes very convincingly.

SHINE: This poll will run for ONE WEEK before we announce the winner! So little time…

SNAIL: Everyone make your vote count! The winner of this festival will have a special page in my… 

An image of a porcelain snail appears over a white background as an echo-y human voice says “SECRET UPCOMING PROJECT.”

VASH: bweep bwaa :] (Yay! Prizes!)

SHINE: The final verdict will be decided by Twitter AND Tumblr, so commit as much voter fraud as you please!

Squeak bites Vash and he screams. They both fall off the TV and make a surprising amount of noise. Snail and Shine stare in shock.

SNAIL: See you in seven days! And hey, if you want to participate… tag me in any propaganda you make to fight for your favorite Team Dark member!

Squeak and Vash explode.

[burningcheese-merchant]

Wake up, BurningCheese/GoldenSpice babes, new poorly drawn blorbos just dropped

They look cooler in my head, I swear.

the images didn't show up the first time wtf lol

The kids are finally here, yay. I promised I'd show you them, and I finally stopped being an asshole and followed through. Almost got 200 followers and I'm very grateful for it - really, I'm nobody. I'm just some clown who says dumb stuff and makes dumb memes and writes cringey stories, and yet I convinced almost 200 people to tune in. Thank you all so much, users on here and anons in my inbox alike. As a token of appreciation, you can all endure my rambling about my OCs and witness a person in their early 20s draw like a 12 year old.

The boy is Pepper Jack (or Pepper Jack Cookie). He's the firstborn and older than his sister by a few years. He takes after his mother in a lot of ways, primarily in her appearance (save for nabbing his father's red eyes). He's incredibly bright (and a smartass lol), preferring to think his way out of conflict rather than fight his way out... not that he's above violence at all, if that glaive doesn't give it away lol. He harbors a deep sense of love and loyalty towards his family and his peoples, and carries the weight of his responsibilities and heritage with as much confidence and poise as he can muster. (There are/will be times where he stumbles, of course. He's not perfect. He struggles a lot more than he lets on, really. But he tries his best, for everyone's sake.)

The girl is Matar Paneer (or Matar Paneer Cookie). Again, she's the younger one by a few years. She was all but made in her father's image, save for inheriting her mother's eyes. She's a little firecracker: lively and fun-loving and stubborn as a mule. She doesn't ask "can I have/do this thing", she tells you "I'm going to have/do this thing". Golden is proud as anything to see her daughter be so greedy... until that greed comes into conflict with her and Spice's authority lol. But she's a good kid, despite being such a handful. She has an enormous heart and is not afraid to stand up for others/what's right, and she loves her parents and brother more than anything in the world. She might doubt her own capabilities, she might secretly fear that she's not strong enough to do what she needs to... but she keeps pushing anyway, because she'd honestly choose death over quitting.

Your eyes are not deceiving you, Pepper Jack's wings are blue lol. There's an actual reason for that. And that USO (Unidentified Sitting Object) in Matar Paneer's hair is a lotus (the cheese one in the GCK decor set lol). There's a reason for that, too. I thought it would be cool to give Jack a glaive and swap out the normal blade for that of a khopesh sword (glaives are not Egyptian, they only saw use in Asia and Europe, but I just HAD to give him a glaive), to add that Egyptian touch. Paneer's supposed to be wearing a pattu pavadai, it's a traditional Indian dress for young girls. It's a blouse plus a skirt. She's holding katar, Indian knives (Cilantro Cobra has them, too). And her hair's supposed to be in a low ponytail.

Merchant thinks that if they explain what their terrible drawings are supposed to convey, people will understand their intended vision and the pain will stop

I sat down and did research into both Egyptian and Hindu mythology for the sake of drawing inspiration for them both. I'll explain in detail in another post, but basically: both of them take after one Egyptian god and one Hindu god each. Golden takes after Ra and Spice takes after Shiva, so I figured I'd follow along that line.

Please flood my inbox with questions about them now. I've really been dying to talk about them for ages now. I've drafted extensive character sheets for them both, I even made up in-game descriptions for them lol. They're my little fankid blorbos and I love them :') I hope you all come to love them, too

(Also, I'm sorry they're on lined paper. I'm visiting family rn and that's the only paper my grandmother has in her house. I'd have to drive to a stationery to get printer paper and I'd really rather not drive in this particular country lol (shit roads, even shittier drivers). I'll doodle them on printer paper whenever somebody remembers to bring me some)

[berrysemifreddo]

Vampire Ominis🧛

Ahhh finally got some time to make a decent image again. So this one was actually inspired by @evaslytherpuff 's great fanfic Things That Go Bump In The Night (VERY NSFW! MDNI Warning!!!) and I was reading this part "he gripped her chin with his free hand and yanked her head back against his shoulder" and I was like dayum, I could make an image out of this!

So basically I made a magic poser mannequin first (this pose would be very hard for AI, from my past experience), and then used Photoshop and my new drawing tablet (yay!) to paint out a rough shape of what clothing do I want them to wear (if I don't paint anything, Flux will just output nude like what's originally there on mannequin image), and used the Flux Depth LoRA to generate an initial image first. (BTW, I wanted to make it PG-13 and not R-rated hahaha so more people could enjoy it)

(My workflow is...ugh it's very much a mess, just look at my folder😅)

Basically the things worth noting is that vampire fangs are actually hard to make in Flux, and that's why I was using this LoRA and fortunately it worked really well. My Omi LoRA doesn't really have this capability to directly generate him with vampire fangs, that's why I had to inpaint for a few times in the process. Apart from that this LoRA really helped with upscaling.

Finally, again, you can play around with my Omi model here or directly download the LoRA safetensors file from here. Hope you guys like this image I made today!🥰

[cup1dt3a]

Heeeeeeeeey I saw you write about wally, I was wondering if you could do one of wally the stalker? the reader watched it since he was young then he stopped watching it but still wally chased him, i think he writes right english is not my native language

Tysm for the request! Hope your day is going well or gets better!And don’t worry your English is pretty good mines also bad sometimes T_T

“ Please be a bunny Wally please!” You said crossing your fingers.

“ I think I’ll paint a bunny! What a great idea!” He cheered.

You were watching your favorite show “ Welcome Home”. The best show in your opinion! You’ve loved the show ever since your parents left you alone to put in whatever you wanted while they went somewhere else sometimes watching the show with you or to the kitchen one or the other mostly. You were too busy watching Wally and his friends. Wally was your number one favorite! Along with Julie!

This show was all that you would talk about and sit through for hours on end. Unless you had school or wanted to go outside. You loved the show and vowed to never stop watching it it was sooo amazing! Who would ever not want to watch this it’s too amazing!?

“ Yay! You’re so amazing Wally!” You exclaimed jumping up and down.

Everything was so amazing right now you’ll never stop watching this show youd rather die than stop watching this!

Everything was so horrible! Right now you are regretting so much and so many choices that led you to these horrible migraines!

You stared up at the ceiling not wanting to get out of your bed. Groaned as your alarm clock squawked at you again to get up. It’s not like you had anything to do today so you don’t know why you set an alarm. Must’ve been out of habit. That’s the second time this week when an alarm went off when you just wanted to sleep in. It’s only 10am so you decided to go back to sleep shutting the alarm off. After a few hours you finally woke up without the annoying alarm to disrupt your slumber. It was now 12:30 so you did what anyone would do. Sit in your room all day and watch TV.

That was until you suddenly got a text from your parents. They have been so paranoid since you got your own house. You agreeed either way to come over just to ease their worries and see them. You had lived at least 3 hours away from them so it’s rare you ever really saw them. You stretched out popping your back before going to get dressed.

“ Oh! How’s my baby been?” She exclaimed with opened arms to a tight hug you think she might even be picking you off the ground.

“ Very well actually a little sleep deprived but well.” You said as she rolled her eyes with an “ of course.”

You chuckled at her “ enthusiasm” just happy to see her and your father you had no idea was at the moment. As you asked she just pointed out the window with him tending to his garden. Ever since you had gotten your own house he’s done nothing but treat his garden like his own child. Good for him to have a hobby but you were convinced he literally thought of it as his baby. You literally once saw him having a full on conversation with his damn petunias.

“ So how’s it been? “ you asked her while she replied “ It’s been well just missing my baby.”

You sighed as you both chatted for a while. A few jokes here and there and just catching up. You hadn’t been at the house in two months so it was refreshing to have some familiarity. Your mother then went onto talking about your fathers “favorite child” a.k.a what you called his garden and just remenicing over what you would do as a child.

“ Oh come on _____ you used to just love Welcome home you’d make so many drawings. You even spray painted your hair blue! And made us pain your room the color of what’s his name…Walter? No Wally! Yes Wally’s pants!” She laughed as you frowned in embarrassment.

“ Uh that blue spray paint was such a dumb idea though. Blue really isn’t your color honey. Plus you turned all the bathtubs blue. ” She said looked at a picture of you with blue hair spray paint.

Now starting to remember all the cringey things you did as a dumb kid. Jeez! You were literally obsessed with that show! You wondered how you even forgot it form how much you idolized it. The your mother took a picture you had drawn out it was of you and Wally. As stick figure’s wow you were such a Picasso. An art exhibit would want this in the garbage.

“ It’s my favorite along with the pictures of you trying to hug the Tv.” She giggled.

“ Why Yes! Mother dearest it fucking fell on top of while while you laughed your ass off. Such amazing memories.” You sarcastically announced.

“ Listen just because you moved out does not mean I won’t shove a bar of soap into your mouth.” She stated upset for you using such ill language.

You apologized with a chuckled before hugging her seeing it was getting late. You went outside to try and find your dad. You went over to his garden to see him chattering with them while watering his favorite marigolds. He had waved over to you upon seeing your arrival hugging you as you came over. You both just quickly chatted for a bit due to your long trip. It wasn’t anything your mother couldn’t fill him in on so eventually after saying your goodbyes as you hugged them.

You got into the car taking off just before a pair of dark eyes watched you in though the corner of your mirror.

While you told your parents everything you hadn’t told them one thing. You had a bit of a stalker situation as you’ve been calling it. Every morning you’d receive an envelope with a heart shaped sticker keeping it together sometimes red or pink. But every time you checked them out they had the weirdest thing written on them. Things such as

“ My sweet dreamer you looked so beautiful sleeping I couldn’t help but never take my eyes off you” red meant they would be very creepy.

“ I miss you my sweet dreamer. Do you miss me? I love you so much. Do you love me?” The pink ones were sweet but just…so odd because you hadn’t been seeing anyone at the moment and they always said I miss you.

But this time when you got home it had and apple sticker on the envelope and was here a lot earlier than expected.

“ I see you went back home. Did you miss me? Do you remember me now? I love you <3.”

“ Wow another letter from my stalker how lovely.” You sighed.

You brought the letter to the police station as always.

“ This is the 7th time this week and they know I went to my parents house. Shouldn’t this be enough to have some kind of investigation?” You asked as they shook their head saying what they always did “ I’m sorry but there isn’t enough evidence for us to make it an investigation of any sort.”

You nodded before stomping off once you got outside. This was ridiculous. Everytime you were trying to get help they turned you down. It’s like you with your ex Timmy. Like seriously Timmy Turner Who? But besides that you just wanted to know if someone was either in your house or somehow got access to it. You didn’t have the money for cameras or for the power bill to run your phone all night while it charged. Sure you were a bit of a cheapskate but what if you need the money. You’d rather die than be in debt to the power company! You refuse to be their bitch!

You angrily poured plopping yourself down onto the sofa to watch Tv. As you flipped through the channels you saw a familiar logo show. You hurriedly flipped back to it. The Welcome Home logo and theme song suddenly appeared. The bright and colorfully vibrant show blinded you for a second before you eyes adjusted to it. As you watched the episode you had started to unlock old memories. Such as those being your favorite episodes and two Wally Darling.

“ Omg! I remember this!….Wow Frank is such a mood and underrated. Ha! And they say he’s the straight man? He’s done nothing it give Eddie bedroom eyes.” You chuckled chatting throughout the show.

All was going well before Wally asked what to paint.

“ Well Neighbor what should I paint today?” He asked tilting his head looking at the audience.

“ Eddie and Frank kissing!” You shouted getting super pumped up from the show like you used to.

It was relaxing really to think back to your old childhood memories. Remembering all the fun you had and innocence you once had too. But your mindset was now back onto it.

“Hmmm? Eddie and Frank kissing that such a bold thing to request but I’d rather it be me and you my sweet~.” He smoothly said while you where left speechless.

“ Damn the writers were thirsty for this episode.” You said fanning yourself wondering how it was so smooth.

“ Oh no my sweet no one had written these lines all of them were made by me. I’ve been so sad without you won’t you stay around longer neighbor.

Oh shit

Two posts on one day Yay! I’m on a roll will it be three next? Not sure but this turned into a crack fic so quickly hope @blu3n you enjoyed it and it was up to your standards! And ty all sm for supporting me! I really appreciate you all for the sweet comments you leave! Hope you are all doing well or that things get better for you <333

Sincerely-Cup1dT3a 💌

[spicycalamar1]

You. Fellow Splatoon artist

I wanna hear about your ocs so use this ask to talk about them

OKOKOK YAY

um most of my ocs dont have alot of art.. i mainly post on twitter and the algorithm HATES oc art so i never draw them🥲..(this will just be a ramble tbh)

This is Lovina <33 (she/her)

shes based on neopolitan icecream and dresses in himekaji gyaru fashion! i made her to be a cafe owner which is located in splatsville. she has 2 younger siblings(both unnamed) based on strawberry icecream and vanilla icecream. lovina is known to hang out with idols, making her well known to the media!

Lovina mains z+f splatterscope!(she loves decorating her weapons💕)

This is crow/no.1333 my oe oc! (he/they) crow isnt his real name, they cant remember it!

before oe's events he was a general in the octarian army before the octos were sent underground. tartar had taken many of octavios army but this was the only army general he was able to get, so during oe's events once tartar sanitised him, tartar kept him close.

after oe's events, when the octos got to paradise, he wasn't sure what to do with himself.(also crow only remembers some of their memories, he remembers working in the army but not alot about him as an individual)

hes not got any hobbies really(except maybe photography??), he works at grizzco nearly 24/7. crow mains nearly any long range weapons eg e-liter, hydra, explosher..

he lives underground but has a spare small flat in splatsville, he prefers it underground tho, he hasn't seen octavio since hes been free.

hes quite cold... hes a workaholic and he misses working for octavio ALOT!

This is idol group, Final Paradise. this group includes my 4 unnamed characters 🥲 i took alot of time designing them to the point i didn't name them!! i can show their concept designs in another post if anyone wants.

after escaping the underground together, these 4 were determined to explore inkdia together! once blogging their journey they settled near the coast.

these r their outfit designs since i haven't drawn them fully yet! also yes, they are based on different times of day + weather

okok final ones

This is my idol duo Aster (he/him) and Cinthus (she/they). group name : travelling soul

i dont have any plot for these two except they are supposed to be from callie and maries childhood! originally this duo was a group however i didn't redesign the other 2🤧. also their names are also based on flowers 💐

Aster mains tenta brella + explosher

Cinthus mains any splatana + new squiffer

shout out to these 3, never used them for anything but i love their designs deeply!

ive got so many unused/not drawn ocs, id love to use them again or atleast draw them again💕💕 i also have alot of idol + agent designs and hcs!

thank you for asking sweet person🫂🫂

[remotepixel]

Hi!! Can you write something for the platonic Yandere Avengers with a meta–human teenage reader? Something resembling emotion management. The reader can cause apathy, joy, etc. BUT at the same time he does not want to deal with the avengers

Hi!!! Thank you for requesting!

Tw: yandere themes + kidnapping mentions.

The way you meet the Avengers would really depend on how vocal you are about your powers.

-If you’re a vigilante of sorts, relying on triggering criminal’s emotions and fighting them head on, they would reach out first (they don’t really want unidentified superpower kids running around).

-If you hide/use your powers for smaller things, it would probably be another event (e.g. winning a national competition) that draws their attention to you.

Either way, as time progresses, you’re able to clearly see their obsessiveness surrounding you, and, obviously, you don’t want to be apart of that.

-Apathy was the first emotion you tried. If they simply didn’t care about you, they would you leave you alone, yeah?

-Yeah, no.

-If they didn’t yet know of your powers, they could take a good guess now.

Obviously all of them wouldn't be fans of it but I think Tony would hate your powers the most.

-He already struggles to deal with his feelings so constantly supplying him with more messes with his head, especially when it's a clear sign you don't like him.

-He would spend hours reaching in hopes of finding a solution.

Natasha would be a close second.

-Growing up as a spy who was taught to lack any emotion, there's a lot of unprocessed feelings still there.

-In a way, the apathy isn't that different from how she normally feels, or at least presents, but knowing someone else is trying to control her emotions again leaves a bitter taste in her mouth.

Steve, on the other hand, doesn't think too much of it.

-He's aware that this is your coping skill and this whole situation is a lot to handle.

-He'll still hang out, trying to ignore the chokehold of unwanted feelings you’re sending his way, and talk to you like normal.

Bruce would probably be uncomfortable but try to follow Steve's footsteps.

-In a way, the apathy is nice compared to the guilt he feels.

-He knows, probably the most out of all of them, the obsessiveness they all feel isn’t normal at all.

-However, he still goes along with Tony’s experiments and ideas of how to stop (or even better, fully get rid) of your powers, despite any regrets he knows he’ll have.

Clint is also a bit reluctant.

-Thanks to having a family on his own, Clint knows how to deal with kids.

-But those ones don’t ignore him and send him the emotional version of a death threat.

-I think he’ll go along with the other avengers for their sakes rather than his.

-He has a family to ground him, make him self-aware and less overbearing as the others, but he’s not going out of his way to stop them either.

Thor’s a bit unaware of how you want nothing to do with them.

-He wouldn’t be good at dealing with your powers, but he’s dealt with Loki for all his life, and he’s sure you’ll turn around eventually.

-He’ll try to ‘deny’ any emotions you’re sending him while acting too casual for a god trying to befriend some teenager.

If you don’t warm up after a few months, they’d resort to kidnapping.

-It wasn’t their favourite idea, since it would definitely take away any process they’ve made (not that it’s much), but it now means they can constantly be around you and you can’t do anything (yay!).

-Your powers would either be taken away, or useless (e.g. staying a certain distance away if it’s range limited), leaving you completely defenceless.

From there, it’s a waiting game for stockholm syndrome to kick in so you can finally realise who your true family :)

[suckerfordylansstuff]

New Journey (S.H.) Chapter 9 Season 4

Pairing: Steve Harrington x henderson!reader

Summary: Back to Hawkins for spring break. Y/n believed it would just be a quiet time to cherish with her loved ones, but one day in and another mess had already began.

Warnings: cursing, blood, (death... sorry)

Notes: Yay, we're nearing the end of season 4 as well. Took some creative liberties with how they formed their plan on this one, but I think I haven't messed up anything from the show. The epilogue is going to come in a few hours so stay tuned! Thank you for reading, please enjoy the chapter and stay safe out there! 💕

P.S. I have some interesting ideas for one-shots that follow the story and I am planning on getting them started right away. If you have any ideas that you want come to life, ask away!

Chapter 8 << Masterlist >> Epilogue

A couple of hours later, you were ready. Everyone was suited and geared up. Your first stop was at Vecna’s house where Max, Lucas, and Erica will be waiting for the rest of you to continue the plan. After your goodbyes, Steve started driving again. The sun slowly but surely set, leaving a golden hue surrounding you and, if you weren’t nervous as hell, you would have found it beautiful.

Finally, you arrived back at Hawkins. Steve parked the trailer a little further away from the trailer park so you wouldn’t get spotted. You got up from your seat and made your way to the rest who were around Nancy, awaiting her instructions.

“Okay. I wanna run through it one more time. Phase one?” she looked up at all of you, expecting someone to answer her, Robin jumping in on the opportunity.

“After a small change of plans, we-” Robin points to her, Nancy, and Steve “meet Erica at the playground. She’ll signal Max and Lucas when we’re ready.”

“Phase two.”

“Max baits Vecna. He’ll go after her, which’ll put him in his trance.” Steve answers next.

“Phase three?”

“Me, Y/n, and Eddie draw the bats away.” Dustin said, Eddie silently agreeing by playfully annoying your brother as he ruffled his head, bringing a small smile on his face. It made your own plan even more important.

“Four.” you heard Nancy demand the final step.

“We head into Vecna’s hopefully newly bat-free lair, and…” Robin shakes the self-made bomb in her hand “Flambe.”

“Nobody moves on to the next phase until we’ve all copied. Nobody deviates from the plan, no matter what. Got it?” she asks you all and you answer back.

“Got it.”

You gather your things and start getting off the trailer one by one. All of you were silent, carefully making your way back to Eddie’s home. Steve goes in first, turns on the lights and prepares to get through the portal again.

“Be careful.” Dustin says to him from beside you, and in return Steve pats his shoulder.

“Thanks, buddy. Here goes nothing.” he said under his breath and starts climbing the poorly made rope successfully landing on the other side. A proud smirk on his face as he looks up at you and sends you a wink.

“Whoa, what does he want us to do, applaud?” Robin asks sarcastically, making you chuckle.

“Come on.” you told her when Steve finished setting up the mattress on the other side and helped her get through as well.

In no time you were all back in the Upside Down. You go outside with the girls ready to bid your goodbyes.

“Make sure you fry him up.” you tell Nancy as you give her a quick hug.

“Will do.”

“Also make sure Robin doesn’t burn up on accident.” you point at your other friend who immediately looks offended.

“Hey! You’re the one who wanted to be a responsible sister and left me in the field.”

“You can handle it.” you smile at her opening up your arms wide for her. As you stepped away from them your heart clenched to say and do more, maybe tell them you love and care for them, but you couldn’t show them what was happening inside of you, or they would try to stop you. In the end, if everything goes right, your plan will be nothing but a thought you had due to the adrenaline and fear inside of you. They don’t have to know.

You start walking back to the guys, Steve’s words catching your attention.

“If things here start to go south, I mean, at all, you abort. Okay?” you bite your lip as you continue listening to him “Draw the attention of the bats. Keep them busy for a minute or two. We’ll take care of Vecna. Don’t try to be cute or be a hero or something. Okay? You guys are just-”

“Decoys.” you finished his sentence after placing a soft hand on the small of his back alerting him of your presence.

“Don’t worry. You can be the hero, Steve.” Dustin told him making Eddie nod his head.

“Absolutely. I mean, look at us. We are not heroes.” Eddie looked as if he meant to say that comically, however, his eyes showed just how scared he was. You couldn’t blame him.

“They’ll be safe.” your voice made Steve turn and face you, his arms immediately opening up to let your embrace in “Come back alive.” you whispered into his ear.

“We’ll get through this together. Right?” his question was harmless, just something to ease the situation because he knew you were going to be okay. He was actually very glad you would be far away from the real danger. At least he knew you were going to get out of this alive.

You didn’t. And the mention of your old promise to each other broke your heart. So instead of answering, instead of letting your, maybe, final words be a lie to your boyfriend, you leaned in for a kiss, a passionate one that helped ease the storm within you. He responded quickly, returning the force of the kiss back. However, your moment was broken by an annoyed voice.

“Stop doing that in front of me.” your brother whined.

“I have every right to kiss my girlfriend goodbye before going on a killing mission.” Steve argued back.

“Yeah, just not in front of me.” Dustin sassed right back at him.

“Bye. I love you.” you kissed his cheek after letting a small chuckle out.

“I love you.” he returned it. It took a small moment for him to leave your group but he eventually started walking over to Nancy, and Robin.

“Hey, Steve?” his movement stopped when he heard Eddie calling out his name “May him pay.” he gave him a small nod, and after a quick look at you and Dustin, his own journey began within the forest of Upside Down Hawkins.

You watched them disappear into the darkness before getting back to work.

“Come on, boys. Our fortress awaits.”

“Lead the way, High Elf Erida!” Dustin brought back memories with the use of your D&D name, making you chuckle on your way in.

“How are you doing over here?” your head turns to look at Eddie coming outside to check on you. You were nailing some pieces of wood to the windows so the inside stays protected when the bats get really angry at you.

“Good. Just making sure these stay up. All good upstairs?” him and Dustin were up to the roof setting up Eddie’s music gear for the plan.

“Yeah, everything is almost set. I’ll go tell Dustin to come down so we can help you.” he turned his body to leave but you were quick to stop him, thinking this would be the perfect moment to warn him.

“Hey, uh… Eddie?” he gives you his whole attention as he nods for you to continue “I need to tell you something.”

“What’s up, Henderson? Or should I say what’s down?” he chuckles a little but stops when he sees you not reacting to the joke “You know because we’re in- Never mind.”

You cleared your throat before speaking up again “If something goes south later on, stay with Dustin.”

“What?” he looks at you confused.

“I decided to stay here so I can make sure Dustin stays safe. Not that I don’t trust you, but I’m his sister. And I made a promise to myself that if something goes wrong , I’ll deal with it. No matter what.” your voice is stern, your eyes never wavering from his own.

“Wait, what? No. You can’t do that. We’re a team, you’re not supposed to throw yourself into danger. We’re decoys, remember?” he tells you, not wanting to believe what you were saying.

“I’m not asking you Eddie. I’m telling you. You haven’t seen what I have these few years. Everything can and has gone wrong. What we’re doing is dangerous, and I am willing to make every sacrifice to ensure that he stays safe. All I want from you is to stay by his side. He’s gonna need you.” you want to be strong but you can’t help it when your voice softens in the end.

“Y/n…” Eddie’s eyes are furrowed, and you decide to send him a smile to ease the heavy air around you.

“Just hold him back and tell him I love him. Okay?”

He can see that you mean your words so truly he could do or say nothing to stop you. As a game master, he has written hundreds of scenes where heroes sacrifice themselves to save their loved ones. Letting go of their own fears to help the rest. He always thought those were just stories, words on a piece of paper that never really fit into the cruelty of the real world he was in. But when he got into this mess he quickly realized how wrong he was. Your selflessness, Steve’s courage, Nancy’s determination, Robin’s loyalty, and Dustin’s cleverness made him see that.

So, he decided to respect your wishes and made a promise to himself to try and be as brave as you all were. At least try to be “Okay…”

You let a breath out when you heard him agree. You were glad Dustin was going to have one more person to look after him if you didn’t return “Thank you.”

“Are we nearly done with our fortress?” Dustin’s voice is heard before he walks out to face you. You make sure to change your demeanor immediately so he won’t suspect anything.

“Sure are, kid. Go check with Eddie what else we can use while I finish this up.” you point to the window before you and he nods his head, already turning away to complete the task.

“Great.” you notice however that Eddie is kind of stuck in his place, his mind full of thought “Come on, Eddie, or the bats are gonna getcha.”

Luckily Dustin doesn’t suspect anything and his words seem to get Eddie out of his trance.

“So pushy.”

After almost half an hour, you are finally done with the trailer. You stand back with the boys admiring your work.

“Not bad.” Eddie says and your brother quickly agrees.

“Not bad at all.”

“Now for the fun part.” you scoff at Eddie’s words.

“You mean the deafening part?”

His whole body does a 180 turn as he points his finger at you teasingly “Don’t you dear speak about Metallica that way. They’re gonna save lives.” you push his shoulder and guide him inside the trailer. You enter his bedroom and the boys freeze at the sight of it.

You can hear Eddie whimper beside you before he began walking forward again, slowly “It’s like… She was destined for an alternate dimension.” he stands before the electric guitar and calls out for your brother “What do you say, Henderson? Are you ready for the most metal concert in the history of the world.” he asks him after he picked up the guitar from its stand.

“Is that a rhetorical question?”

“You’re both dorks.” you tell them and turn to leave the room and them behind, making your way up to the roof.

The boys stare in your direction before smirking at one another, adrenaline coursing through their veins in excitement “Let’s do it.” Eddie said and followed after you.

You are not sure how much time you were waiting but finally the radio sparked to life, Robin’s voice informing you to start phase three.

“Copy that. Initiating phase three.” Dustin answers and motions for you to plug in the stereos.

“Let’s hope they hear this.” you say under your breath and turn the volume all the way up before nodding over at Eddie to start.

“Chrissy, this is for you.” he takes his pick from his necklace and starts playing his guitar. The music is so loud that for a moment you shut your ears, but the surprise quickly left you and you ended up sharing a moment of happiness with your brother as you enjoyed Eddie’s skill.

Every now and then Dustin would check with his binoculars if the plan was working. Finally, he spotted the bats and called out for Eddie.

“We gotta lock down in T-minus thirty seconds!” he signals with his hands the time you have left and Eddie nods. Your eyes keep shifting from Eddie to the creature closing in, your breaths becoming shorter and shorter as you felt like those 30 seconds were a lifetime.

Dustin continued to inform Eddie about the time every 10 seconds when finally you were down to just 5. Eddie continued to play and your panic rose.

“One!” Dustin yells and you grab his shoulders, forcing him to get off the trailer and head inside. Eddie stopped, placed the guitar down, and followed after you.

“Come on!” you called out to him, grabbing his arm and running inside the trailer quickly. The bats were right behind you, and you had only a couple of seconds to close the door and get inside safely.

Your back was against the door, panting as you tried to calm yourself down.

“Dude! Most metal ever!” Dustin said in excitement and they both began jumping up and down.

You chuckled at their antics and went in to hug them both after they had stopped. They returned it and you sighed “We’re not done yet. Get into positions.” they nodded and you all grabbed your weapons, your backs facing each other as you circled around the room waiting for any unwelcomed movement.

You can hear the bats shrieking outside, calling for you to come out. From time to time one of them would strike the trailer in hopes of tearing it but to no avail. Suddenly everything stopped which made chills run down your entire body.

“Hey, dipshits! Give up that easy, huh?” Dustin yells out and you immediately shush him.

“Is that really necessary?” Eddie asks him, obviously agreeing with you and the fact that you need to stay quiet.

Your eyes kept on searching for something to happen when noise came from above you.

“They’re on the roof.” you said, and Dustin cursed.

You followed the clattering sound, you in the front, Dustin behind you, and Eddie located at the back. You realize that the creature has made its way near the air vent. You stopped before it, holding your weapon high.

“They can’t get in through there, can they?” Dustin asks you and before you can do anything, the bat answers his question by breaking through the trailer. For a moment you were taken back but none of you held back. You began screaming and went over to stab the living shit out of them.

It was never-ending, more and more trying to make their way inside. You felt a loss from beside you and saw from the corner of your eye Eddie leaving your group. Dustin calls out for him to come back, and he does but not empty-handed.

“Get out of the way!” Eddie kept on screaming at you and you obeyed without any second thought, stepping back quickly, your weapon falling from your hands. He had grabbed his shield to close the hole in the roof and stop them from getting in. It luckily stays on there, due to the nails you had put on it.

You take a deep breath “Nice thinking.”

“Thanks.” he answers you before high-fiving your brother. You hoped this would be the end of it but the clattering and the shrieking hadn’t stopped.

“Are there other vents?” you asked Eddie and his eyes open.

“Oh shit.” he jumps down from the chair he was on and heads further into the trailer.

You pick up your own weapon again and followed him into his room but you were too late. The bats had already found the other way in. Dustin hadn’t realized you had stopped so he ran past you and into the room, but you were quick enough and were able to grab him and pull him behind you. You closed the door and began walking backward, away from the room. The bats were quickly tearing through the door.

“That’s not gonna hold!” Dustin yelled in fear when he took a look at the sight before you.

You turned your head around trying to come up with a solution, deciding on your own plan. When your eyes fell on the rope in front of you, you pushed Dustin at it “Go! Go! Go!” he didn’t waste a second and began pulling himself up. He was so focused on making it across that he didn’t realize you weren’t following behind. He didn’t see you picking up your spear once more.

“Don’t do this…” Eddie begged you, grabbing you by your arm, but you ignored his pleas.

“You promised.” you handed him the rope and got free from his hold, turning toward the exit.

You tried your best to ignore how Dustin was calling out for you to get back, finally understanding what you were doing. You weren’t sure how you were going to get the bats away but you needed to do something.

Your palm touched the knob but before you could open the door, a hand falls on your shoulder forcefully pulling you away. Your body hit the floor and when you looked up you saw Eddie open the door and after giving you a last look, close it behind him.

“No!” you screamed after him. Your feet guided you to the door which no matter how hard you pulled and pushed, could not open. He must have blocked it somehow, you thought “Eddie!” you banged on the door as you heard the shrieks slowly disappear from around you.

“Y/n, what’s happening?” Dustin called out for you, desperately trying to understand what was going on.

“Stay there! I’ll go after him!” you said and gathered your weapon again.

“No! I’m coming with you!” he said and started climbing the rope again but you couldn’t let him.

“No.” you said sternly and cut the rope which caused it to fall on both sides, your brother’s body hitting the mattress. You could see his red eyes as he looked up at you through the hole. Your heart could not bear the sight “Stay here.”

“No!” he kept on screaming for you to stop, cried as he saw you pull the mattress away from the gate on your side. For once in his life, Dustin didn’t know what to do. He only knew that he couldn’t bear to lose his sister and one of his best friends at the same time.

With the door blocked you had to find another way out. You decided to break some of the wood you had nailed on the windows and, after a bit, managed to break enough of a hole to climb through it.

The moment your feet hit the ground you looked up and saw a dark cloud in the sky. The bats were following something, or better, someone. Eddie was driving them away.

You looked around you and spotted what was blocking the door. Eddie had nailed the shield on it. You pulled it out, yanking the door open in the process, and placed it on your back. You grabbed one of the other bikes you had priorly left there and began cycling over to where Eddie was. Only when the cold air of the Upside Down hit you did you realize that tears had fallen from your eyes. You quickly dried them off with your palm and pushed your entire body to bike faster.

This wasn’t supposed to go like this. Eddie was supposed to listen to you and let you do this for the both of them. For all of them. Why did he have to do this?

After following after them for a bit you saw the bats had begun doing circles around something. Eddie must have stopped.

When you finally arrived you saw that the sight before you was not pretty. Eddie was standing in the middle as the bats flew around him. He was trying his best to scare them and fight them away. You let the bike drop to the ground and took out your own weapons. You tried desperately to break through the wall of bats but it was too hard to fight them. Each time you killed one another two appeared making it impossible to go over to Eddie and help him.

Suddenly you heard a cry and almost lost your bearings when you saw him on the ground, bats holding him down, just like they had done with Steve. You tried to run to him but something pulled your leg, bringing you down as well. The bats were all over you, scratching your body with their nasty sharp nails, their teeth finding their way to your hair, clothes, and face, but you had decided you wouldn’t make it easy for them. You kept your spear in the air, tearing wings and arms off of them with each swing. But they were too strong and too fast. They knocked the shield out of your hand. You feared you were not quick or strong enough to continue. Your breaths were becoming shorter as terror settled in. At least, you thought, you had bought some time for the others. You and Eddie achieved your original goal. Those were your thoughts while your hands were covering your face, hiding yourself from the horrors of the Upside Down.

Small cries and yells fell out of your lips every time the monsters would mark you. A sharp nail landed on your left cheek, the pain and shock taking over your entire body. You didn’t know how much longer you were able to hold on to when suddenly they stopped. Stilled in the air and fell on the ground like machines that had a switch-off button.

Before you could decipher what had happened, a pair of hands shook your shoulders and Dustin’s face was in front of you “Y/n? Are you okay? Y/n?”

Your brother’s face was a blessing and a curse to see at this moment. You were glad to see him okay, unharmed by the creatures, but the look of terror in his eyes was enough to fill your body with rage, willing to burn this place down just for him.

“Dustin? What are you- I told you to stay back!” you yelled at him even if your arms were already hugging him.

“I couldn’t.” he answered but a cough from behind you took your attention.

“Eddie.” you whispered in realization and hurried over to him, your brother following after you, limping all the way.

“Oh, God. Eddie.” he finally said when he fell down opposite of you, his hands taking his friend’s quickly.

“Bad, huh?” Eddie joked but you were in no mood to laugh even pitifully at his attempt to make you feel better.

It scared you seeing him like this. Even when you were in high school Eddie was someone you thought indestructible. You had judged him from his behavior and part-time ‘job’, familiar with the small bags he was trafficking behind the school. He had scared you, worried you when you found out Dustin was hanging out with him but now… Now you’re scared for him.

The blood on his face scared you. The wounds he had all over his body scared you, and the way his eyes were glassy fucking terrified you.

“No, no, no. You’re gonna be okay. You just need to go to a hospital, okay?” Dustin answered franticly, his hand landing on his back to lift him up. You fall into action quickly, trying your best not to hurt him even more. Your attempts were unsuccessful as he groaned and let his body fall into Dustin’s arms.

“ I think I just… I think I just need a second, okay?” Dustin nodded his head at Eddie’s words.

Your hand moved without thinking as you brushed some of Eddie’s hair away from his face “Why didn’t you listen to me?”

“Because you’re more important.” he answered without missing a beat, making your heart clench in your chest.

“Eddie...”

“I couldn’t run away this time. I didn’t, right?” his eyes were pleading with yours to answer him.

“You didn’t run.” you shook your head, trying not to let the tears fall down your cheeks.

“You were a hero.” Dustin whispered, voice breathless and you longed to stop everything to help him. But wasn’t that what Eddie had achieved? What you wanted to do?

It was only now that you realized how wrong you were to even come up with that plan… If you hadn’t, maybe now Eddie would be back in the trailer, waiting for the others to do their job. Or maybe, the bats would have gotten to all three of you. They certainly would have managed to bring the same fate to you if they hadn’t magically stopped on their own. Maybe…

“Thanks.” despite his pain, a grateful smile graced him “Promise me what you asked of me. Only you can succeed in it.” his eyes fell back to you and you shook your head. He knew the only important thing between you two was to keep Dustin unharmed. It warmed your heart to see him so cared for, your little brother finding new people to trust, and help him, to love him for who he truly is. For the longest time, before you came to Hawkins, it truly felt like it was just the two of you against the world. But, now, it wasn’t just you, and even if sometimes it could feel a little bittersweet, it made you happy to see him, and yourself, finding others who can make your lives better.

Eddie was a true friend, and you would owe him your life and Dustin’s forever.

“I think you just proved your words wrong, Eddie.” your hand tightened around his to reassure him. His smile was weak but certainly there as you whispered back your promise “I will.”

He nodded and turned to Dustin “You’re gonna have to look after those little sheep for me, okay?”

“No, you’re gonna do that yourself.” Dustin was so emotional he could barely argue as the sobs came and developed him, his voice raised, fear controlling him. At the sound of his crying, all you could bear to do was close your eyes tight, your breath caught in your throat as cries started falling from your own lips.

“Nah, man… Say, ‘I’m gonna look after them’. Say it.” Eddie begged and only then did Dustin agree.

“I’m- I’m gonna look after ‘em…” his voice was small, exactly like he felt right now. Watching his friend die in his arms when moments before he thought he was going to lose both of you…

“Good. Cause I’m actually gonna graduate. I think it’s my year, Hendersons. I think it’s finally my year.” he smiled as if he was fine, but you could see his glassy eyes become more and more prominent “I love you man.” a few tears fell from his eyes and you are quick to catch them, caressing his cheek in a comforting way.

“I love you too.” Dustin responds when his friend begins choking “Eddie? Come on!” he called out for him, to bring him back, away from the pain and darkness “Eddie!”

But it was only a few seconds before Eddie’s body stilled and you finally let your own chokes out. Dustin was screaming out his name as he shook him. You took hold of his hands, the three of you hugging, saying your goodbyes silently.

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Winner of Hearts

a/n: this late upload was not planned I'm so sorryyyy, but updates will be like everyday again so yay. and get your tissues ready.

 Next week quickly turned into 2 months. One Direction was in the Finals. Over the past few months the band had become a family., with you all deciding to stay in your tiny room over splitting up. You couldn’t imagine life without all 5 boys in it. Of course the nicknames stuck and you really enjoyed each of the boys having their own nickname for you - though you think they liked it more than you.

“Hey bug, can I draw you?”

“Bow, why are you still in bed?”

“Only Petal can have my food.”

“Bear? Can you play with my hair?”

“Oi! Bunny’s cheating! How does she always win?”

 Bentley and Beverly came to visit with your Nan and Pap a few times. You were so proud of how far Bev had come in her schooling and was soon gonna be an apprentice for some designers. Bentley had changed career paths and decided being a model was truly what he wanted to do. He had the looks, and the height, he just needed the connections. He had one job for a local clothing shoppe that you made sure Bev sent you pictures of.

The bakery was even better. Nan and Pap had got so many people to come in (they know it was because of you) that they had to hire people to help around. They still did most if not all the baking but they definitely had help and you were thankful. They were only in their late 40s, (47) after having your mom when they were 16, and then your mom having you when she was 16. They were around the same age as the other mothers in the band, but to you it felt like they had lived two lives. 

Being able to go out and see everyones old lives was a special moment for all of you. You were glad something was arranged for Niall after the weather prevented from you all heading to Ireland. Louis' old school definitely was the biggest surprise. He had you stay by his side the whole time claiming ‘ I need my best friend by my side’. And you were more than happy to be there with him and the rest of the boys.

Seeing where Harry grew up was so special. Over the course of the past two months you had definitely gained feelings for him and Niall and it seemed to you that they were in the same boat, but you knew it wouldn't go anywhere for a long time. Harry made sure you and Niall were holding onto him as the mass of people around his front drive were mad. You and Niall found a picture of baby Harry and asked the fan if you could steal it, to which they screamed and showed the paper into your hands. You knew how much Harry missed his mum and Robyn and it was so special watching him reunite with them.

Next was your home town of Hazel Grove. You knew you wanted your first stop to be the bakery. Swarms of people - more than the other boys- were waiting outside of the bakery and as you and the boys stepped out the cheers could have made you go deaf. They were chanting your name and had signs of all different things, even baby pictures that you knew all the boys would try to sneak pictures of. 

Seeing Beverly, Bentely, Nan, and Pap all together again was too much for you to handle. You knew that after this that there would be a ton more people waiting to get to this bakery. “A free pastry on me!” you yelled standing on a chair by the front doors to everyone who was standing around. “But only if you promise to come back!” They all screamed and laughed and the boys helped pass out pastries to everyone in line. 

You finally made it to your cottage a little while away from the bakery and the boys marvelled at how perfect the cottage reminded them of you. The Williams parents had moved to Australia and had lost connection with the three of you, but Beverly and Bentely were unbothered as they knew your grandparents treated them like their own. After Beverly and Bentely helped show all of your baby pictures to the boys -especially Niall and Harry- you went and stayed in your room for the night before you were off to Bradford. 

“Oh my god.” Zayn muttered next to you holding onto your hand tightly. You giggled at his reaction to all the people. Zayn’s outcome was so special knowing he was really a quiet kid and that seeing all these people where he used to go for fun was such a shock for him. 

Last but not least, Wolverhampton. We had a gig there and Simon joined you guys for the last leg. The performance felt so real and it made you all really want to win this. 

The next big thing after that was your birthday and the boys made sure to cause havoc on your birthday, starting by waking you up super early. 

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUTY!” they all screamed pulling back the privacy protector. You knew they were going to pull something so you decided to get them back. “Except today isn't my birthday.” Your voice was scratchy and you saw all but two faces drop. “No today 9 December you were born, Bear.” Harry now whispering informed you. “Yeah Petal, today's your birthday. You’ve got a picture of you and Beverly with balloons and cake that say ‘9 Dec’.” 

You couldn't help but smile and open your eyes to see all them smiling at you with party hats. “Thank you lads, but it's still dark outside.” you whispered with a shaky laugh at the end. They joined you laughing quietly. “I will ask you where you managed to find those party hats later. But right now i'm going back to sleep.” they all laughed and Liam, Zayn, and Louis kissed your head before getting back in their own beds. “Wait Petal.” Niall and Harry were now sitting at the edge of your bed. “We want you to open your gift now.” Harry handed you the small -decently- wrapped gift. You opened it sluggishly and smiled widely when you saw what it was.

“We remembered you saying you needed a new one. So we put our money together and got you one. Do you like it, Bear?” You looked at it in its full glory. A new bonnet for your hair… with Niall and Harry’s faces on it. “Where did you manage to get this?” you chuckled while switching it with the one you had on. “We’ll tell you later. Go back to sleep Petal.” They were getting ready to get up but you stopped them. “No, stay with me.” You slid into the middle of your small bed and patted either side of you. They each chose a side and you snuggled into them both while Harry pulled your blanket over you all. 

A few hours later Liam and Louis woke Zayn up, and when they went to wake you up (you had to wake up Niall and Harry. They only ever woke up if it was you) they saw you with both boys heads snuggled into your neck and chest. “I'm calling it now. Those three are getting married.” Zayn pointed out and the L’s agreed. “Let them sleep a little longer.” Louis spoke softer than he would ever admit looking at the tiniest hint of smile on his best friend's face as her boys snuggled further into her. “Bunny, do we have a lot to catch up on.” he spoke to himself getting back in this bunk on top of you.

Then it was the Finals. The first performance was so exhilarating. Seeing the winter wonderland come together and hear all the harmonies under the solos. It was perfect. The second performance was even more magical, being able to do a duet with Robby Williams was even better. You all sounded so good and looked even better in your best dressed.

But, besides everything joyful outside of X-Factor, inside was getting more serious. 

It was the morning of 12  December and you were all sitting between you and louis bunk, and Harry and Nialls. “We’ve come so far… what happens to us if we don’t win?”

The topic had never been discussed yet and by the way everyone's face turned, you knew it was one that needed to be held. 

“I guess because we made it so far I didnt think about what happens after.” Liam offered up as everyone was sitting in silence. “So what do we do if we don't win?”

“We stay together.” Harry spoke up with no hesitation. You looked up at him to see the desperation in his eyes and softly pulled his head into your shoulder, you knew he needed comfort in this situation. “We stay together.” you confirmed and you felt Niall's head nod against your lap while looking at Liam and Louis also nodding their heads. 

“Then we have a final performance to get ready for.”

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“We are so so happy to be in the final. It’s unreal. We can't believe we're here.” You all sat around Liam as he spoke.  “It's kinda crazy to believe we all came in as soloists. So much time has passed.” You added on. 

“I think if we won our lives would change forever and we’re ready for our lives to change.”

You and Liam had the first Solos

I thought I saw a girl brought to life

She was warm, she came around like he was dignified

She showed me what it was to cry

Well you couldn't be that man that I adored

You don't seem to know, or seem to care what your heart is for

I don't know him anymore

Then you all sang together for the last chorus

I'm all out of faith

This is how I feel

I'm cold and I am shamed

Lying naked on the floor

Illusion never changed

Into something real

I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn

You're a little late

I'm already torn

Torn

You walked down the stairs and when you all got down you couldn't help but hug each other like it was the last time. As the judges talked the audience cheered the band's name and you couldn’t help but smile. “Only formed a few months ago, you know, pretty much put together for this show, and knowing now you're all best mates. How does it feel to be here on Finals night, Louis.”

You looked at your best friend from across the group as he answered. “You know it's an absolute honour to be here and that song that we did, it was the first song we ever did together. It was- it was just great. Perfect.”

Dermot had watched the live stream from Louis' hometown of Doncaster and everyone was screaming to vote for One Direction. 

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“Please lets welcome back the finalists and the judges.” You walked out when Dermot called you guys and the anxiety in your chest made you want to run back to the dressing rooms. You stood next to Niall and Zayn and could feel them both fidgeting while Dermot talked. “I will now tell you the two acts with the most votes and will compete head to head for the X-factor title. The act who has received the fewest votes, finishing third, will be leaving the competition tonight. Good luck to everyone.”

You could feel everyone holding their breath around you. “The first act going through to the next stage of the final is…”

You were happy that Matt got through, but that meant you were only one spot away from staying or going. 

“So, One direction and Rebbeca. One of you has made it into the top two. And one of you has received the fewest votes from the public and is out of the competition.” You held your face in your hands anxiously and Louis reached over to comfort you the best he could. 

“The second act who will be in the final is… Rebbeca.”

You didn’t know what to do. You all just stood there before the cheers around told you that Rebbeca had won, and she was a friend. You all walked over to her to congratulate her before Dermot was calling you back. “We're gonna talk to you in a second but first let's watch your time on the X-factor.”

You could barely watch through the tears. The blurry images of all you coming in as soloist to when you were put into the band flashed first. You guys getting through the judges round and your first Live performance, followed by all of your excursions and meeting Emma Watson and your final performances. Louis and Zayn hugged you a little harder when they saw you wipe your tears. 

“I can tell by all of your faces you're absolutely gutted, but how has this experience been for you?” Since Louis was closest he answered first. “It's been absolutely incredible. For me the highlight was when we first sang together at the Judge’s House. It was incredible and unbelievable and you know we’ve done our best, we worked hard." Everyone cheered at Louis' answer and Dermot moved onto you.

“Autumn, the only girl in a boy band.” that gave you a laugh and Zayn shook you softly as a tease. “What's gonna happen to One Direction now?”

You looked at all the boys before answering.

“We’re definitely gonna stay together, and this isn’t the last of One Direction.”

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A return to the romantic in Chapter 21, Richly Enjoyed Mundanity! And no matter how much spell checkers try to convince me that's not a word, it is, godsdammit! Thancred finally gets the chance to give Urianger the teacup he got for him at the Crystarium now that Urianger's not dying anymore! Yay!

Read it on Ao3 at the link above, or check out the first chapter on Tumblr here.

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How Thancred continued to come up with novel recipes using their limited resources, Urianger could not begin to fathom. Before Thancred had arrived on his doorstep, Urianger had lived off of bread hardly worthy of the name and whatever fruits and vegetables the pixies saw fit to leave on his pillow — after ensuring they were in no part harvested from a leafman, of course.

Yet once again, dinner with Thancred was a delight. Rich cheese melted over succulent onion soup suffused the senses, warming body and heart both. The bread he had baked with it was soft and fluffy beneath fingers and teeth, and hardly deserved to be in the same category as the hard loaves Urianger had once made. And the roast that crowned the meal was tender and savory. Truly, it was a marvel of Thancred's culinary prowess. Or perhaps an indictment of Urianger’s, but it made for no less enjoyable a repast for it.

Thancred's foot brushed his beneath the table, the lack of space coaxing their legs together. His toes grazed against Urianger’s ankle, scuffing lightly along Urianger’s when he bumped his knee against Thancred’s. A small smile rose to his lips, hidden behind his water glass and a cough. Conversation was light, small talk quickly run dry when there was little they did not do together, but that was fine. Thancred listened with what appeared to be genuine interest as Urianger discussed the anatomical augmentation of familiars, and Minfilia at Thancred's side answered readily enough when he inquired about the progress of her training with her new daggers. Her eyes even seemed to sparkle as she spoke, detailing some new technique she'd uncovered the day before and sought to perfect.

Thancred's fingers brushed Urianger’s as they both reached for the water pitcher at the same moment. They lingered perhaps longer than was strictly necessary before drawing back, a polite, "Oh, go ahead," on Thancred's lips. Such a simple touch, and yet Urianger felt it burn through his cheeks, a light flush of heat rising to grace his face. It was nice, Thancred’s touch, even in such simple moments as these. And how odd that still felt, to so richly enjoy such mundanity.

Minfilia's chair scraped as she stood. "Um, I should— get back to my studies," she said, eyes flicking from Thancred to Urianger and then down to her own hands, fiddling with themselves before her. "Thank you for dinner. Please excuse me."

She'd scampered away almost before she'd finished speaking, retreating to the loft with the book she'd been reading earlier. Urianger frowned in her wake. She'd been doing that a lot of late, vanishing quickly after meals and making herself scarce. "Have I done aught to upset her?" Urianger asked, turning back to Thancred.

Thancred shrugged, unconcerned. "Maybe she's restless. There's not a whole lot to do here, and not everyone can content themselves with their nose shoved in a book for moons on end. Maybe now that she's gotten a taste of what she's missing, she wants more excitement." He chuckled, reaching to snatch another slice of bread to stuff in his mouth. "Or maybe it's just the unknowable inner workings of a teenage girl at play."

Urianger doubted they were that unknowable, but he let the issue lie. Maybe he could ask her later. If he had done something to make her uncomfortable, he wanted to apologize — just as soon as he could determine what that something might be.

But he couldn't deny the time alone with Thancred was nice. Thancred’s hand grazed his, more purposefully this time. His wrist twisted, fingers tangling with Urianger’s across the table. Urianger smiled at him, at the light flush that stained his cheeks, and at the answering heat that seared through his own.

When their plates had been cleaned of the last crumb of Thancred's scrumptious feast, they took to cleaning up together, as they so often did: shoulder to shoulder, pressed closer than strictly necessary as they labored together over the sink basin. Thancred hummed a familiar tune, his hip nudging in against Urianger’s as he took hold of the bowl in Urianger’s hand. The smile that graced Urianger’s lips seemed to be a permanent feature, contentment simmering beneath his breast. It was nice, to have him there. To touch him in so casual a manner. To lean over and capture his lips when the desire struck, though heat still burned through Urianger’s ears as he reached with water-drenched hands to tip Thancred’s face towards his. Thancred’s own smile spread his lips tight beneath his, a pleased chuckle rumbling through him to ghost against Urianger’s cheek.

And when the dishes had been washed and dried and tucked away, it was nice to have Thancred’s hand in his, fingers tangled together as Thancred drew him closer and kissed him properly, the flavor of the evening meal on his tongue and the clean scent of his skin in Urianger’s nose. His free hand skated up Urianger’s back, calloused fingers digging in lightly against his bare skin. They sank into the weary muscles along his spine, kneading gently at them.

Urianger couldn't help the luxuriant hum that drew from him. Face aflame, he pulled back, apology on his tongue, but Thancred laughed before he could give it voice. "Feel good, does it?"

It was good that Thancred was shorter than he; it made it less noticeable when Urianger dropped his chin, fingers fiddling bashfully with the chains at his hip as he nodded.

Thancred smiled at him, warm and wonderful. "Come here." Urianger let him draw him forward and coax him down into a chair. Thancred took up a position behind him, near enough that the heat from his body seeped into Urianger’s skin.

The first brush of Thancred’s hands up his back was gentle, tentative. Mapping out the muscles that lay beneath his skin. As if he hadn't grown familiar enough in their moons together.

And perhaps he hadn't. For all that they had grown intimately acquainted each other's lips and tongues, his hands had remained remarkably circumspect. A light touch against Urianger’s side, a clasp of his shoulder, but Urianger had never really felt Thancred’s hands on him properly before. Nothing quite like this, that was for certain.

The dig of Thancred’s thumbs into his shoulders nearly drew another embarrassing sound from him. It escaped in an exhale instead, tension Urianger hadn't been aware he’d been carrying slipping from him. Knots worked loose beneath Thancred’s expert touch, pleasure creeping into Urianger’s muscles wherever his hands traveled.

He melted into Thancred’s touch, yielding his body to him — or his back, at least. And his neck, head tipped forward as Thancred carefully unclasped the collar adorning Urianger’s throat to knead his thumbs into the skin below. Urianger hummed his appreciation as Thancred’s hands wandered lower again, dipping beneath the fall of Urianger’s robe to dig into his shoulders, his upper back.

Urianger’s pulse fluttered in his throat as Thancred’s hands worked at his muscles. Could he feel it? He was so close, and his hands seemed to be everywhere on him. Never before had someone touched him like this, so freely. So intimately. The dig of Thancred’s fingers into sore muscles was a marvel, easing strain from his body — while at the same time the press of his warmth at Urianger’s back and the wandering hands on his skin made butterflies dance in his stomach. It was... a pleasant feeling, to have Thancred so near. Not overly different from laying next to him on the sofa or in bed, perfectly sweet and chaste. And really, there was nothing odd at all about Thancred touching him like this; entire professions were made of such relaxing techniques.

(Professions were made of a lot of more intimate touches as well. Urianger steered his mind away from that unhelpful thought.)

And Thancred was exceedingly good at this. Even without a frame of reference, Urianger could be sure of that. His fingers sought the tension in Urianger’s shoulders with a delicate precision, easing them back down any time nerves threatened to tighten them. His fingertips hesitated briefly over Urianger’s collarbones before slipping back up, gliding once more over his neck and along the curve of his spine. It would be easy to get lost in the feeling of Thancred’s hands on him, caressing, embracing.

The press of his lips against his hair brought Urianger back to himself, Thancred’s low chuckle resonating through his ears. He blinked as Thancred’s hands slipped from him, unsure quite how long they had lingered like that. "That was... very nice," Urianger said. His voice came out thicker than he'd intended, and he cleared his throat. "I know not what I have done to deserve this." To deserve any of this. To deserve him.

"You don't have to do anything to deserve it, Urianger. If I'd known how badly you needed it, I would have done it sooner," Thancred said easily, fingers ruffling through Urianger’s hair. He scratched lightly at his scalp, tucking the loose locks behind his ear. "Your shoulders were so tense."

The heat settled in the tips of Urianger’s ears deepened, and he covered his awkwardness with a laugh. "Thy ministrations have worked wonders on that, rest assured."

Another kiss, this time to his lips as Thancred leaned around the chair to capture them. His mouth worked at Urianger’s, lips soft and gentle where they curved against his own.

When Thancred pulled back, his gaze was as warm as his kiss had been, the corners of his eyes crinkled with his smile. "I have something for you."

Curiosity slipped through Urianger as he stepped away, a touch of bashful pink staining Thancred’s cheeks. Was he nervous? That was unusual for him. He was always so confident and self-assured; it was almost intimidating. But to see him like this, a blush dusting his skin and his fingers pushing awkwardly through his hair... It was cute. He was cute. It made Urianger want to get up and hug him.

Thancred was back before he had the chance. He pressed a newspaper-wrapped bundle into Urianger’s hands. It crinkled beneath his fingers, its shape fairly unrecognizable beneath the layers of paper. "When didst thou..."

"When we were at the Crystarium. I would have given it to you earlier, but it didn't seem very important while you were recovering."

He'd carried it all the way here from the Crystarium and kept it safe all this time. Urianger’s fingers found the seam along the underside of the bundle, dragging his nail through the tape so he could unwrap it.

Thancred's lip twitched as he watched him carefully unfold the paper to reveal delicate porcelain below, painstakingly painted with elegant flowers and twisting vines. Gold shone along the teacup's lip, its graceful rise shaped like blooming petals to make for a truly unique appearance. "It's exquisite."

"I wanted to replace the cup I broke on you before," Thancred explained, rubbing at the back of his neck. "I know that one was your favorite. This one's not the same, but hopefully—"

"I love it, Thancred," Urianger cut in. Thancred jumped, wide eyes lifting to his, and Urianger smiled at him, pouring every onze of the appreciation that thrummed through his heart into the expression. "I shall treasure it dearly."

Redness spilled over Thancred's face, the pink dusting that had persisted over his cheeks deepening to a true flush. "I'm— glad," he said. There was an innocence to the smile Thancred offered him in return, sweet enough to make Urianger’s chest ache.

Urianger leaned in, careful to keep the teacup from being crushed as he curled a hand around Thancred’s neck and drew him down for a kiss. For all his fluster, Thancred melted into the kiss well enough, lips melding to Urianger’s in the most tender of embraces.

When Urianger pulled back, Thancred seemed calmer, more settled. He almost lamented the loss of a flustered Thancred — but he liked him better like this anyway. Confident, amiable. Comfortable. His usual self. Urianger let his eyes fall from him back down to his new teacup, admiring its graceful architecture. "Wouldst thou care to join me for a pot of tea?"

Thancred laughed, taking the hand Urianger extended him and lacing their fingers together. "It would be my pleasure."

[Chapter 22] | [Masterlist]

[Kofi/commissions]

[yuukei-yikes]

do u have any mama kisaragi headcanons?

yesss!!! i do!! in fact im gonna draw her in some kagefuture comic. idk when or how but she HAS to show up so she will. yay

anyways. mama kisaragi is an overworked office lady who isn't the stereotypical anime mom. she can't cook very well she's too tired to clean the house and she's too sad to do anything with her appearance. yay

shes very close to momo but because of shintaro, momo is very much the glass child. during the time shintaro was a shut in, momo and her were the closest theyve ever been BUT since both of them worked so much they still didnt spend a lot of time together. i think kisaragi mama keeps promising momo they'll do this and that together but for one reason or another they always cancel. BUT they're still close

and then when shintaro finally gets out of the room.....!! post str kisaragis... everything is abt him again. momo is SO upset because now she has actual time to spend with her mom but all she does is talk and talk about shintaro and how much she's walking on eggshells around him bc she doesnt know how to approach him without scaring him off (a feeling momo also has abt him but she's sick of having every conversation with her mom be about him). momo's the kid thats gets told "youre just so much more independent and you dont need me as much as ur sibling does and that's a relief" and momo's like 🫡cool.

anyways i think she's like. really kind and pretty fun but also no bullshit kinda person. an overworked single mom of 2 kids. u know damn well she'll just yell for everyone to shut up and behave like immediately. its really cute how shintaro mentions his mom is scary when she's mad hehe. like in the novels when ene woke shintaro up with a really loud alarm his mom almost fucking kills him LMAOOOOO like i definitely think she's very stern

since shintaro and momo are Like That i feel like their mom (and dad when he was alive) is very much the teasing kind yknow those families that are constantly roasting each other. yesssss... they'd banter a lot!!! first time ayano ever goes there she's like omg why do u fight with ur mom so much :( and shintaro's like. what. we're not fighting what do u mean.

also sorry I'll mention takane i love takane. bc of their family banters so much takane kinda fits right in and shintaro's mom really loves her when she discovers this is the person she always heard shintaro speak to. from her perspective takane is a very good online friend shintaro made and the one who helped him through that really hard time(which is honestly not far off) sooo yeah she loves her (much to ayano's envy)

this is more kagefuture adjacent but. i hc shintaro getting a lot of moneys from selling songs for commercials and momo is famous so. they're both very comfortable economically after they grew up very low middle class with a really hard working mom. so i think both are always getting her gifts and paying stuff for her... heheeee. in the comic where momo shows up i wanted to somehow add it in the dialogue where shintaro says he'll take her out to eat that he'd take their mom too. i think shintaro would be taking momo and their mom for good food pretty often, even though he's a really cheap guy he always ends up spending a lot on others LOL yknow that spongebob episode where mr krabs falls in love with mrs puff and starts buying her a shit ton of stuff but wants to die when he realizes how much money he spent. that's shintaro he's SO cheap but always loses sight of things wanting to look like a gentleman and he's like OUGHHHHH looking at his bank statement

[numberonetacostan]

swoops down like a eagle

I have arrived with ref sheets and explanations for my designs:33 (I forgot to do mic💔)

Nori rambles : Part one, two, and three!!!

Starting off with TACO BIRB!!!!

I think Taco would be more of a owl, probably a Northern Hawk-owl , or a Barn Owl! (owl enthusiast speaking)

She would hide her wings in her shell, seeming like a bird with no wings or smth:3

Moving onto KITSUNE MEPAD!!!

He is a 9 tailed kitsune, but I may forget to draw some tails:((( Once I made this design, I realized that mephone would probably have to be a kitsune too, but since I wanna be awesome, mephone is a fox:3 (foxes are related to kitsunes btw!) Mepad would definitely use his tails to warm taco up whenever she’s cold :D

And finally!!!!!! TACO BAT!!!!

i think Taco would definitely be a fruit bat:33

And I took inspiration from your “taco disguises herself as a mouse” statement!! I like to think that she made a movable mouse tail from uhhhh idk and mouse ears from cardboard! (For the scuba-diving episode in S1 she probably replaced them with plastic or something)

yeah!! That’s all:33 oh btw if you have any ideas on what to give a loved one( like a boyfriend ) for their bday? It’s kk if you don’t!! <3

Hi again, Nori!!^^ welcome back, and thank you for sending in your drawings!!!! They're very cute!!!! :]

I don't know a ton about owls, but I do think Taco would be one over other types of bird!!! A nocturnal one seems perfect for her, yeah?

Awwww, Tacopad snuggles!!!!! Absolutely <3<3<3 She is so cold all the time actually so lots of them please!!!

Taco bat!!! Yay!!! Bats can have pretty big ears too, so she might not even need to make fake ones!!!^^

As for your question about gift giving- I'll go for personal experience here if that's okay! My partner and I are usually pretty candid about what we both want, giving each other specific items. It's also good to pay attention when your partner makes casual comments about things they may want!!! Then you can surprise them with something you'll know they'll like!!!^^ hope this helps!!!

[aphicelend]

Misaki Shirayama

26 y.o | 1.52 cm | Japanese | April 4th | Aries

(APH) Human | City Ver. | Colorful AU | BOX AU

Tags: #Art/HC tag | #Posts related to her | #MisAme

Wanted to do a profile for her here 💦 Misaki has been one of my fave oc's since 2012 and i'm having fun drawing her a lot again, and I love to put her in my other oc's stories 💃 so here's info of her hetalia AU(?

i wrote everything in spanish and im lazy to translate it properly so, google translator yay

| Personality

Introverted | Temperamental | Stubborn | Agressive | Kind | Caring

Misaki is a young woman with a fiery personality, she has little patience for stupidity. She is a hard worker, and likes to put effort into what she likes. She is also stubborn when it comes to opinions if it is not her way she will not do it, she tends to violence when someone bothers her. Her pride is something precious to her.

Despite this, when she gets upset she needs her time to calm down and then apologize. Even so, Misaki is a girl who cares about others, her way of showing her appreciation is through actions, especially cooking.

Socially inept, having lived surrounded by “nations” Misaki behaves awkwardly with other humans, for some reason she always feels distant and finds it difficult to understand them.

Having grown up with nations, Misaki did not develop “parental affection” or someone to consult her problems with, because she considered that Japan would not fully understand her.

He usually feels a constant feeling of loneliness, his heart is a hard shell that makes it difficult for him to let in emotions like love.

| BACKGROUND (Hetalia AU)

Strip about her background

In this AU, Misaki was raised by Japan who took care over her as she was abandonated. Her childhood was kinda chaotic, surrounded by nations of course she didn't grow like other kids, she felt distanced.

Japan tried his best to give her a normal life, of course he wasn't used to raise a kid. Misaki always wondered why did he took her? He felt lonely? She would never know.

She always had a sense of loneliness, a feeling of she doesn't belong where she is. Mother? Father? What's that, she only had "weird uncles"

Misaki was very problematic at school, her classmates teased her a lot and she answered back with violence.

Through her adolescence, she kinda developed a crush on Yao, and she was rejected, of course, the man only saw her as a little sister.

More about it here.

Time heals, she tried to moved on. On Uni, she meet a guy named Kazuo, they clicked and became a couple, Misaki thought that finally had someone who cared for her deeply, but no. The guy cheated on her. That was the point that made her close herself.

-> She lives alone in an old traditional house that Japan left for her, she works as botanic in a national park in Kyoto.

| Interests and facts

She LOVES gardering and plants. She has a traditional garden on her house and it's her first priority.

She's very good at cooking, Japan and China taught her very well.

Also Romano as shared with her some italian recipes so she could "learn something good"

Her way to show love is giving you food.

Her dream is to open her own restaurant.

One of her interests are kimonos, she likes to make her own

Favorite station is autumn, she loves when trees go orange.

Loves cats, and bunnies, loves cute things.

She likes minimalist clothing, plain clothes or stripped patterns

Her face may look annoyed but she's kind, and gets along better with girls.

She has been mistaken for a minor

Does she feel something for Alfred?? who knows.

She's just afraid to someone break into her heart and get too attatched.

| RELATIONSHIPS

I made this chart

| Music

Mostly vocaloid because i'm a weeb

Balsam / Misaki - About her loneliness

The Beast / Misaki - Her fear to open her heart

I'm glad you're evil too / Misaki - Her wish to find someone

Girl Pilot / MisAme - Their dynamic, Alfred trying to reach her but he can't

I can't stop the loneliness / Misaki - the song says it all lol, maybe her fear that its too late?

Hammer Song And The Tower Of Pain / Misaki - Pushing everyone away it's the best

MAD HEAD LOVE / MisAme - Their dynamic, they're idiots.

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If you got this far here's some old misaki drawings, old hetalia? ocs? she used to have friends and now she's DEPRESSED.

2012 | 2014

[quibbs126]

So I have now made the new version of that Ceres Sabrina outfit idea I had

Here’s the original for comparison

I admit, I’m not the biggest fan of how the final drawing came out, I think mostly because of the too thick lineart, but I don’t entirely care because I really like how the sketch I made turned out

And also, I accomplished my goal of the anatomy/proportions not looking weird, so yay

Side note on the lineart, I’m trying around different lineart options right now. My usual marker I like, but I feel like it’s also too thick and not enough line weight, and Syrup’s been good, but my problem is it’s somewhat too slow, it doesn’t have the snappiness my Marker Pen or the sketch brush you see me using here does. Which I’m also not in the mood to keep because it feels too basic for proper art and not just sketches

I’m shopping around for new options at the moment, so my lineart brush may be somewhat inconsistent

Pokémon actually was a pretty good reference point. Over the weekend, I got some images of the Kanto League characters, and what I’d do is trace over their bodies, and then go over those traces into basically shapes

I have those final shape sketch ones in my photos now, and this is what they look like for anyone curious

So I’m trying to use these as my reference when drawing anatomy, and I think here at least, it turned out pretty well

I used Sabrina as my body reference, though I used Lt Surge for my hand references, at least in the initial sketch with no hand detail

The struggle mostly came when time to do the hands and mainly the rings. I still don’t think they look great, but they’re passable I suppose. Similar with the face, I just couldn’t get the expression to look right or look correctly proportioned, at least not compared to how I usually draw. But again, rest of it’s mostly good

As for her outfit, it is different from the original, and it’s honestly much closer to Sabrina’s Let’s Go design, but I don’t entirely care because I think it looks good. The top with the gem was inspired from the time I was trying to give Ceres a Tiki inspired outfit

Speaking of which, her new outfit’s colors are supposed to be based off of Tiki

I even changed up her orange hair bits to be that same color. I kind of wanted to change the main hair color too, but I wasn’t sure what to. Thinking on it now, I probably could have just shifted it to a more pink/red color, but oh well

The design’s also vaguely supposed to be based on an idea where Ceres never escaped Professor Giro and instead was basically made the Humans’ living Weapon instead of the machine it is in canon. In that idea that’s why she has the rings, as inhibitors, and her corset probably also does some inhibiting, as well as having an inhibitor collar she doesn’t have here. I don’t have much more on the idea, and I’m not sure that’s what I’m going for here, but I wanted to mention

Also one thing I wanted to mention of the old piece but still applicable here, this design gives me evil team admin vibes. Like with this outfit and scenario, Ceres would be a higher up in some evil team like in Pokémon. I have absolutely no clue what an evil team would look like for Evoland 2, other than presumably the Magi and Professor Giro being part of it (though I can’t imagine Giro as the leader), nor do I know what Ceres would be doing there. Unless we’re going back to the “being controlled by them” idea, or she has secret ulterior motives. But it sounds neat in my head

Anyways, I think I’ve said my piece. I think this new drawing turned out pretty well, and I hope you enjoy it

[teryyyg]

Intro post :3

Hey everybody! Here's the proper introduction post I never got around to doing since I resurrected my tumblr account:

I'm Tery (she/her) and I draw and make comics. I'm 24 (turning 25 TOM). I've been on this site since I was in high school and this place is pretty close to my heart. I'm so glad I've made the decision to return.

I like to either sketch whatever or make comics in the morning as it is the only time I'm free.

Some things I love right now (not an exhaustive list):

Ranma 1/2 (remake)

Dandadan

Moomins

Smiling Friends

Things I love still (also not an exhaustive list):

Adventure Time

Inuyasha

OG Ranma 1/2

Skins UK

Freshmeat

other british teen shows/movies

Community

FRIENDS

B99

BBT

the midnight gospel

studio ghibli

00s/90s teen movies

pinterest, tumblr, reddit

Right now, I'm getting into a lot of new things like:

movies (I've just started going through this list from letterboxd)

keeping a physical sketchbook

classic lit (i used to read a lot of philosophy and nonfic...and wattpad)

music (i used to either listen to podcasts, yt vids, white noise or piano, or same old songs over and over again)

making more playlists

GETTING MORE SOCIAL (irl and in socmed)

physical books and building my own library

chinese language

taiwan (going there next month)

blogging like it's y2k

Stuff I love to draw:

fan art

stills from movies

memes

human bodies

any colorful things

comics

i like to put speech bubbles on everything

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I'm here to socialize and be part of the community. I want to make more friends and support other artists. I reblog excessively the things I love. I don't have organized tags yet, so my blog is a mishmash of my art, other artists' and misc.

I'm on substack and bluesky (at least where I'm active the most). The rest are on this link.

I'm also doing DREWSCAPE's diary comics and archive them in here. Also doing A Doodle A Day Challenge.

I'm not the most organized person so things will be chaotic in my blog, but I'm working on the tags now and I hope that will straighten things out a bit.

YAY, finally did my intro post! Nice to meet you! :3

[ps-cactus]

"Honk!"

"HONK!"

Two nifflers crash into your bedroom. One is Marina, and the other appears to be a male. They instantly eat up all the chocolate prepared for them. They squabble over the last piece but stop when you scold them.

Then Marina comes over to you and climbs into your lap. She digs around in her pouch before pulling out another note and a quill. The other niffler then takes her place and pushes a record with another note into your face before leaping down and looking for treasure. Marina whacks him over the head and then the two of them vanish into the bookshelves.

Note #1 (with the quill)

So I absolutely ate up your Omilyn post and love it so much! They are so cute together! I especially love how she finishes his notes and he loves listening to her voice. And the walks, aww! I noticed while also reading up on Alyn that she loves art and often doodles.

What would happen if Ominis caught her sketching him? Or if another student did and told him? What would he say or do?

The quill is magic so it will help you put thoughts to words :)

Note #2

While digging I noticed you put a Hurt's song for Ominis and Alyn once so I checked them out. I don't know if you have listened to all their songs but a couple I think would fit Ominis and an MC are "Stay" and "Somebody to Die for." So I included them on this record. I'd love to hear your thoughts on if they fit Omilyn and if you like them.

On the topic of love songs, I have a question just for you.

What are your favorite love songs? What type of music do you find the most romantic?

PS: the second niffler is Aqua btw, Marina's mate. I had him come because Marina couldn't carry everything. If they are any trouble let me know and I can take one back.

Oh yeah, I couldn't wait till Feb. 😅

your secret valentine 💘

MORE NIFFLERS 😆💖💖 HELLO AQUA

Hi secret Valentine 💖 I'm late again but I finally made it to the inbox YAY and was so happy to see your message 🥹💖

SO

1. She doesn't usually draw people, but if she would and Ominis knew... there would be some sarcastic remark, like 'thought you were studying, didn't know I was the subject' , and then he will go spiralling - does she find something about him worth capturing on a paper? she might have been watching him closely for a long time? that would make him feel some odd warmth. If he asks her about it, she'd probably get flustered and would try to brush it off and he would enjoy that a little too much 😁

2. YES. Yes I did listen to all Hurts' songs 😆 at least back in 2019 when I was in my peak of fangirling. Yes these two fit wonderfully for Ominis x MC (starts sobbing already)

My fav love songs and music I find romantic - The first thing I thought about is Aerosmith 'I don't want to miss a thing'. Also maybe I'm being not creative here but 'Wicked Game' by Chris Isaak, 'While your lips are still red' by Nightwish, 'All the way 4U' by Poets of the Fall, 'I think they call this love' Elliot Reay, 'Neutron star collision' and 'Bliss' by Muse. There are so much more but I'm bad at remembering such things when asked 😆

Thank you again my secret Valentine, have a wonderful day/night, feed the Nifflers well 😆💖💖💖