#fitzy

[multi-fandom-lunatic]

Can't spell "Fitz" without "fit" which is why he looks good in everything he wears.

[224bbaker]

S2 Recording Update: we really, deeply, truly cannot wait for you to meet fitzy

[marine-indie-gal]

Just a Simple Drawing of Star & her own Group of Friends Together.

Considering that Ambre and Etno have their own Groups, Star has one of her own too.

Star (c) Me and @luci-the-stan-18

My Version of Star (c) Me

Cleo, Kiko, Patches, Fitzy, Fergus, and Posey (c) Me

[anyyyyram]

just tiny wan Francis who’s counting his money, reading the book about little whale and sitting in his little chair🤲🥺

[fitzycoffee]

Is it getting better?

He's listening to music :3

[jackbatchelor3]

A Fitzy mention!

[augisaurus]

fight club by fitzy is such a frickin good song and I'm definitely not listening to it on repeat and I most definitely haven't memorized all the lyrics

[safyresky]

don't mind me just going on a wee vent below the cut! enjoy this jacqueline instead of the vent!

(an oldie but a goodie, saved this as "something about being stabbed as good emotional trauma". ok i go vent now)

BUYING A CAR HAS BEEN AN EXPERIENCE?

I know I blog about him every so often but Fitzy is, for context, the very first car I ever drove and have been driving since getting my permit in 20 fucking 11. TWENTY ELEVEN! HOLY HELL! I low key picked him out lmao, my parents brought us kiddos to the dealership when we had to replace the civic as old as me bc it got TOTALLED on the HIGHWAY by a TRUCK REAR ENDING IT, and my mom pointed out the Fit and went ou this one's cute!

And I stood beside it and went holy shit. It's me sized. And I sat in it and went OH MY GOD I LOVE IT. And it was BLUE and had a SPOILER and a lil bug eyed face and looked like it had FEELINGS and I said to my dad "if we get this car I am driving it"

I was 11 or 12 lmao.

My dad was like "We'll see about that"

in my head I was like "it's 4 years! we'll still have the car!"

I guess my dad wanted to trade it in? He didn't, lol, and then I got to learn to drive in Fitzy! AND BOY DID I DRIVE HIM! My siblings did, too, so Fitzy's been a real champ in our lives! We all learnt to drive with him!

I didn't take the car fully from my Dad until about, 2019? I got the car for a year in 2016/17 and it was EXCELLENT, I LOVED having it, the ability to just GO PLACES?!?!?!? BEAUTY! I covered some oil changes and bigger fixes and Fitzy kept. On. GOING.

I named Fitzy in 2017 when I had him for the year, and it caught on then! And he was such a verbal lil car (mostly bc things broke a lot bc he was also 10 at that point and FILLED WITH RUST BEGINNINGS) and he pulled to the left always which was funny bc like, why. We never knew. Honda didn't know. Mechanics didn't know.

He has ALWAYS had a slightly loud muffler, but not obnoxiously. It was very FUN to accelerate on the highway with him.

In 2019 my Dad's work went remote; so I took the car back home with me and became the main driver. It was, in all but name, my car. I had to save him from being declared unsafe by fixing the shocks, but we had many many years after that! My GOD we drove all OVER. It was FUN! It's still fun! but not very safe anymore I'm afraid ):

My duderinos, I fucking LOVE that car. And it has been such a hard 365 days for him ):

About this time last year I learnt that the rust had progressed to the point where the rear passenger seat had a giant fucking hole under it. I was given the ok to still drive it, but the moment someone sits back there? DANGER MOBILE. So, I put the seat down and it became CONDEMNED. Given the wedding, Richard and I kept making trips up and down and we had a HELLA snowy winter so the roads? COVERED in salt. and if you live anywhere like Canada with brutal winters, you KNOW salt is a KILLER on cars.

So, Fitzy's rust got worse. Every time I went for oil changes, they'd remind me hey, rusty car. maybe think of a new one? Then we'd discuss how feasible this is and they'd make it driveable bc it wasn't in the cards to get a car--between shit markets, FITS NOT BEING MADE ANYMORE!!! AND Richard also having to replace his car (rip Goldie you are missed every god damn DAY), it was in our best interest to keep Fitzy going as best as we could.

So I DID

We MOTORED. I've done 120km ish on that car JUST ON ME OWNSOME! And it was FUN! I love that car SO FUCKING MUCH. I know like, it's just a car, blah blah, I GET IT but like. GOD. He's important to me!!!!

So this year rolls around. And Poor Ftizy. My god. He is going through it.

January: wheel well pops off and tire shreds the plastic. I call CAA, they bring it to Honda, Honda tells me to put the car down. Nothing has changed; they just saw the rust and are more SALES oriented as opposed to my mechanic!

February: alternator goes

March: muffler has lost an anchor point; won't stop rattling along. Rust on the bumper finally gets to the point where the bumper pops out of the side. Y'all. I duct tapped that boy. Fucken eh.

April: MUFFLER BREAKS INTO 3 PIECES. FITZY HAS GONE FROM STOCK CAR FUN TIME TO HOLY SHIT SOMEONE HELP THIS CAR. We're planning for the wedding so I cannot fix him, alas.

May: Fitzy is benched ): bc muffler ): Goldie picks up the slack; post honeymoon, mechanic finds some expensive fixes. Asks Richard if they're band-aiding or what? Richard makes the executive decision to leave it, arranges a new used car with his mechanic. RIP Goldie; enter Ruby.

Late May: Given Ruby joining the fam, I get Fitzy fixed. We can't replace both cars anytime soon so. Here we go!

The mechanic recommends a muffler specialist down the street; they fix Fitzy up REAL NICE. He drives like he used to! I was like, we will be SAILING THIS SUMMER! HELL YEAH

So what happened?

Upon Richard getting a new car, I was thinking more and more about Fitzy. And the anxious levels alllll year every time I went to drive waiting for the next shoe to drop (the next thing to break). I started doing research, to see what the best car to replace the Fit would be. I start pricing shit out, seeing if two car replacements in the same year is feasible. June rolls around.

June: I went to the mechanic.

Regular maintenance; they do what they can, and they see how the rust has progressed.

The answer: WORSE. Worse enough that new rust related problems have appeared, and they break down everything wrong with the body:

still got the flinstone hole

anchors for back seat belts are compromised due to corrosion levels back there

spare tire carrier is rotten

left AND right rockers are rotten

left front axle seal is leaking

essentially, if someone rear ends me? I'm crumbling WITH the car. The structural integrity of cars today is such that they crumble AROUND you, keeping YOU safe. Fitzy...didn't have that ability anymore.

So after a month long deep dive into used HRVs vs Fits, and what's around, and what I'd like, I book a test drive for an HRV, and...got it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So now Fitzy is finally being retired. After I've saved him from the brink of death about 2 times. It was BOUND to happen eventually--I just wish it hasn't been the SAME year as wedding and Richard's car replacement and EVERYTHING ELSE going on this year.

But my GOD, am I EVER relieved! I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am for the new car and being able to DRIVE! WITHOUT WORRIES! Well, Fitzy worries lmao. The worries of collisions or things are there, but my god is it ever nice to be able to GO PLACES AGAIN WITHOUT FEARING FOR MY SAFETY! And Richard and I have had to coordinate drives and trips bc one car use only for the most part and it was getting hard!

BUT GOD IS BUYING A CAR EVER EMOTIONAL

On top of me pack bonding with my Fit, this weekend was a WHIRLWIND:

test driving the car was fucking NICE

the sales staff was gr8 and didn't rush us or force us to buy. answered all my fit and hrv related questions; all of richard's more financial/warranty sort of q's.

They tell us to take lunch to go talk it over, and we do

we have a 2 hour discussion over omelettes at a ma and pa diner about if we should do this, given what we learnt about the market while there and our own needs

this included: can we function with one car? do we feel financially secure enough for this? Will leasing/fianncing (which is what we did) break the bank? y'know, all that fun adulty shit

ultimately, you can't put a price on A) safety, and B) mental health! and not having a car that works has SUCKED for my own, bc a huge portion of my independence has been GONE, and it has SUCKED

so, Harley, Fitzy's replacement, has been acquiered.

HERE'S THE EMOTIONS PART THO.

SATURDAY:

upon making this decision amongst ourselves, we inform the parental units! my fam: relieved as FUCK. Proud and happy for me. Figuring out what to do with Fitzy now (that's a whole thing)

Mother in Law? not so much

IMMEDIATELY gives Richard the MEANEST lecture on everything he and I discussed over lunch and the past month, berates and guitls and just ruins the vibe

RICHARD gets all upset about it, we spend the drive back home venting about it, mood very ruined, doubts seeded (despite us doing our research and making sure we weren't getting fucked and such)

we get home and he THEN has to call her back and let her yell MORE before she goes "I'm calm and just concerned" and he explains what we did and how it's working and all that jazz and how we are going to be ok

this whole experience was exhausting

SUNDAY

sleep tf in bc we are TIRED

my parents call to chat about Fitzy and tl;dr: they have steel dealers there that'll pay a lot for Fitzy and want to bring him back and scrap him there

this was a whole thing. "can you drive it up?" i could but do NOT feel comfy given the issues cited at the mechanic. "what if we drove it?" same issues! your safety is important to me! "we can tow it" that'll be pricey "we can tow it ourselves!" can the van do that? and so on

turns out they were doing that bc they remembered the van they had, which had the EXACT SAME ISSUES AS FITZY (rust was killing it, then the muffler broke and they fixed it, then the power steering needed replacement but was in such a rusty area it could result in MORE damage they'd have to pay to fix, not the mechanic), and they got 0 money for it. So. My Mom was determined to find a place that'd give us a decent amount for Fitzy

And also, she and my dad are grieving the car too lmao, one of the places was called car heaven and my mom had. emotions about it

so that was a LOT to deal with, on top of MIL's finance lecture we did not need bc YEAH GIRL WE BE KNOW? Yeah

"blah blah PARENTS CARE" THEN THEY COULD AT LEAST BE NICE ABOUT IT. OR STRAIGHTFORWARD ABOUT IT

but we get that wrapped up and my parents find a way to tow the car home safely for all of us, promise to make sure the van is safe enough to do that :)

MONDAY

so after ALL THAT exhausting shit, comes the Big Day: INSURANCE DAY

Richard and I get quotes online when we can at work, to come home and call and settle on the best rates

on lunch, I get YET ANOTHER FINANCE LECTURE from my friend in STATS and it felt AWFUL.

"i dont wanna be like ur MIL," she said, AFTER KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED THERE!

it SUCKED. didn't help that she was tired bc she had a bad night sleep, but man did it make me upset and sad! I KNOW the interest is a LOT but WE ARE NOT FLUSH WITH CASH AND DO NOT HAVE GOOD CREDIT AND HAVE BEEN SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH ON CAR REPAIRS. Everything I've paid into Fitzy this year alone? COULD COVER THE NEW INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE Y E A R

i dislike being talked down too and i dislike people talking to me like i'm stupid bc I feel like a lot of people take my bubbly-ness and like. general friendly-ness as a clue that I've got NOTHING going on up there and I can be taken advantage of

AND SURE MAYBE I'M NOT THE GREATEST WITH NUMBERS OR BUSINESS TALK, BUT I'M NOT FUCKING STUPID AND I FEEL LIKE ALL MY FRIENDS WHO ARE OLDER THAN ME ARE LIKE "haha. you are baby" THE FUCK I AM! I HAVE INSURANCE NOW

not that I didn't before. but now I have me OWN policy

AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY SO PAINLESS? SHOPPING AROUND INCLUDED?

so YEAH.

It's been a very emotional few days between lecture after lecture and trying to make these decisions with a lot of people undermining you and today before coming up to the laptop after we got insurance worked out, Richard turned to me and said "your spirit seems so much lighter now" and it IS! I CAN DRIVE WITHOUT NEEDING TO DO A NERVOUS SHIT AT EVERY ON ROUTE AGAIN! I DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT NEW WEIRD NOISE! HARLEY (that's Fitzy's successor's name) DOESN'T DO THAT SHIT! I HAVE A WORKING CAR AND THE MONEY WE WILL SAVE FROM BAND-AIDING OUR BEATERS WILL BE A NICE CHANGE OF PACE! AND I AM TIRED OF PEOPLE TALKING DOWN TO ME AND TREATING ME LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING! GAH!

Soooo YEAH. If you've made it this far, that's what I've been doing the last 3 days. CAR STUFF.

Fitzy, you were an absolute G, and I love you so goddamn much, you will always be the BEST CAR I have EVER had, and you will ALWAYS BE in my HEART and I will remember you FONDLY! He's got a space in CS now--he always has but it's even more cemented now (Jacqueline drives Fitzy. And he is. In his PRIME in CS, and I think that's the best thing I could do to remember my lil blue anger machine for forever) and I am going to miss that car so much but THANK YOU, FITZHERBERT. HE GOD DAMN FIT!

(THAT CAR PHOTOGRAPHED GOOD IN THE GOD DAMN SNOW! And dw dw Pate will have a new home in Harley! RIGHT ON THE DASH. Or on the rear view, tho I may go full old portuguese lady and put a rosary on there (we got a very pretty one from a family friend for the wedding and I uh. I'm kinda vibing it)

[goldenworldsabound]

Bean pile :D

[valtsv]

"objectively physically attractive but in possession of negative rizz" is one of my favorite character concepts. i think it's so great when there's an absurdly hot person who's just a complete fucking loser. the mood is unsalvageable the moment they open their mouth kind of deal. you get no bitches because you're so sucks.

[multi-fandom-lunatic]

What if I told you I stopped pressing buttons?

[anmolsmsblog]

Squishmallows Original 5-Inch Halloween 4-Pack – Gabin Pumpkin Axolotl, Fitzy Goblin Holding Latte, Malcolm Bat Mushroom, Ms. K Purple Clown – Official Jazwares Plush (Little)

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[marine-indie-gal]

Introducing Star's Friends from her Neighbors (especially since many of them are from Ambre's Friends except the Last Two (A Cat and a Pug) are from one of The Space Goofs' Other Neighbors, but regards, they do count as her own Friends despite their own Owners not having a Kid of their own).

Kiko (Pet of Kai), Mischievous and Comedic Parrot who loves to do some Tricks and Pull some Light-Hearted Pranks on Others, the "Class Clown" of the Group.

Patches (Pet of Mathias), Smart and Intelligent Guinea Pig of a Genius, the complete Brains and Brawns of the Group whose always very smart of solving mysteries.

Posey (Pet of Tyson), Shy and Timid as she is always frightful, she does try her own best to be Very Brave and is the Most Kind-Hearted One out of the Group.

Cleo (Pet of Jade), Charismatic and Fun-Loving who serves as Star's BFF, she's very Tenderly, Moral, Friendly, and Smart whose willing stand up for Others.

Fitzy and Fergus (Pets of Harold and Rebecca), A Very Playful Duo between Cat and Dog who serve each other as Brothers. Nothing like a Chaotic Family Freud between them.

Space Goofs (c) Xilam

Characters (c) Me

[anyyyyram]

I love butler Francis so much🥺 hope to see this card in English mayoi this year

[thatpunkmaximoff]

[Book One of Four]

Story: 4 out of 5 Smut: 2.5 out of 5

I’ve missed sports romance and Elle Kennedy so much. As soon as I started reading, I couldn’t stop. Even when a certain trope I don’t like popped up (love triangle), I still continued to read.

Summer and Fitzy were so perfect for each other, but it took them forever to realize it. Well, to be fair, they realized it a lot sooner but Fitzy couldn’t explain his feelings and Summer had that thing with Hunter, and yeah… it was a mess.

While the story was fun and entertaining as hell, I still felt it ended rather abruptly. I know there isn’t a book of novellas that kinds of ties up everyone’s story like the Off-Campus series, so I’m hoping to see more Summer and Fitzy in the other books.

* Kappa Beta Nu girls are smug bitches. I don’t like them.

* Okay, so maybe Bianca is okay.

* Fitzy is a tattooed, hockey playing nerd… I love him already. (I forgot everything from the Off-Campus series, sshhhhh 🤫)

* Ew. Summer kissed Hunter..?

* Ohhh. She has a learning disability that she’s really insecure about, but masks it really well. I wonder how Fitzy will react when he finds out.

* She heard Fitzy call her “fluff”. So that’s why she kissed Hunter.

* New friend alert? Hello, Brenna.

* Gross. Now Hunter thinks he’s got dibs on Summer just because his tongue was down her throat on NYE? Barf.

* Ouch. Just when things are going good… there’s a misunderstanding in the kitchen about reading and books. This is gonna be so frustrating.

* Nooooo. Don’t cuddle Hunter. Cuddle Fitz!

* Ughhh. And now there’s this Nora girl already seeming possessive of Fitzy just because he was looking at Summer? 😩

* Gross. I don’t like this Professor Erik Laurie. He’s skeezy af. And Nora bore witness to their conversation. She’s gonna flip it and make it seem like Summer is trying to seduce their professor. Bitch.

* Oh man, Summer and Fitzy finally having it out tugged at the heartstrings. I just wanted these two together so bad.

* And this is why I don’t like Hunter. He can happily kiss another girl during Spin the Bottle, but god forbid Summer kiss a dude that isn’t him. Fuck this guy.

* Ohhhh, they’re friendly-ish now. He’s gonna help her study and she’s gonna let him sketch her for his game!

* Ugghhh. I hate that Hunter is into Summer and now wants to ask her out. He’s gonna ruin the whole dynamic when she says no and realizes she’s into Fitzy.

* Summer, nooooo.

* I don’t like this love triangle bullshit. I hope Hunter does something horrendous, like cheat, for Summer to break things off with him. Then again, she’s not wrong about Fitzy not being clear about what he wants.

* Goddamn, Summer. You really blew Fitzy in the locker room when you still have a date with him teammate?! Not cool.

* And Fitzy, you dick. I can’t believe you bailed on that talk.

* I fucking hate this assistant Dean or whatever he is. Summer told you a professor made her uncomfortable and you blame her!? Fuck you. I hope you get fired.

* Fuckkk. She went on the date with Hunter, only to basically tell him she wants Fitzy. A sense a fight coming 👀

* Hunter’s handling this like a pussy.

* Fuck that drunk tech dude. I’m so glad he showed his true colors and Fitzy didn’t go work for him.

* Dean walked in on them. Omg 😆

* The professor is a fucktard!

* Omg. That text dude called and apologized to Fitzy! Where’s Sunmer’s apology, asshole?!

* Oohhh. Fitzy is gonna walk in her fashion show 😏

* The professor really tried to rape Nora?! wtf! I’m so glad Summer was there.

* Wait, what. The end? That was kind of… abrupt.

[jackbatchelor3]

Where's Fitzy when you need him?