#flippy was the one who asked anyway

[azureforreal]

All the special stuff I did for Valentine's day

CW: Suggestive stuff

I'm terribly sorry you have to see this...

Some comic extras

Aaaaaaaand the afterbite (Aftercare)

[starry-bi-sky]

Just so you know, I've reread your answer to my ask about how you'd rewrite "Double Cross My Heart" in your Danyal Al Ghul au several times over. And I'll just say, your whole breakdown and revision of that trainwreck of a Sam centered episode is the very reason why when it comes to the phandom, both alone and in dpxdc crossovers I tend to lean more towards fanon Sam instead of canon.

Because the people that like her yet acknowledge her glaring flaws do a far better job of bringing her to task when she's being unreasonable or hypocritical in a way that's fair than the supposedly professional storyboard writers.

Anyway, you mentioned that you don't like amethyst ocean and prefer gray ghost. Same here. (though I also like pink astronaut) Since then, I can't stop imagining Danyal/Danny with the "Damian experiencing his first crush" headcanon applied to him. The idea of him treating Valerie with suspicion under the assumption she somehow poisoned or hit him with some kind of hidden anti ghost tech that affects both his human and ghost side, when in reality it's simply him developing feelings for her is just absolute hilarity. To me if no one else.

FIRST OFF YOU ARE SO SWEET <33 the fact that you've read my post about Double Cross My Heart SEVERAL TIMES means I'm now morally obligated to die for you. I'll admit! I was a bit harsh on Sam a little in my original response, because I was irritated by some depictions of her in fanon painting her as someone who could do no wrong and had the only braincell in the group. So I was kinda picking on her a little bit. Would I change a thing? No, I love her character, I just love dissecting her flaws even more.

AND ALSO YOU'RE SO RIGHT ABOUT THE DANYAL THING. That's so cute and so funny, effective immediately it is now canon🧑‍⚖️ . He fought Red Huntress earlier that day and she got a lucky good hit on him, and it's literally that one Marina reaction image where the first panel she looks shocked, the next she looks into it. At least part of it. That's literally what happened, and the next time Danny runs into Valerie at school his heart flutters.

Danny puts up this whole conspiracy board because Valerie smiled at him and his heart went all flippy-floppy and what is this FEELING. He shows it to Sam and Tucker and they both are doing that hands folded prayer-style pressed against their mouths in concern thing, and they don't know whether they should laugh or cry.

Because on one hand: oh my GOD, Danny. But on the OTHER: on my god, Danny. He's never gonna live this one down but that's because if they don't tease him about it, they're gonna get all mopey and sad about it. Just another reminder of their best friend's tragic, mysterious background.

aaa. There are some headcanons I wanna go over (like how when they go on a date, Danny and Valerie have this cute heart to heart where Danny admits that he's not used to being open with people, but he wants to try to be with Valerie because she makes him really happy. He's so shy and almost flustered, and Valerie is so charmed by this side of Danyal Fenton that she's not used to.) but I REALLY wanna think about this in terms of episodic because it was super fun doing it last time, and I really enjoyed it.

If you remember (and you prolly do since you mentioned you read the last ask you sent me several times) I said in the Gregory post that I deleted a (frankly good chunk) of writing that included how i would change the Valerie episodes leading up to the Gregory one, but I deleted it because it was kinda irrelevant to the ask, and admittedly I was getting myself all twisted in knots about it.

But I kinda wanna do that now.

So. If you don't mind I am. Gonna do that. And luckily for me! I found the website I can do. that for free, and have it pulled up! It's the same one I used for the last post to chart out the gregory episode.

So, Shades of Gray! I lowkey want this episode to be like, subtly hinting at the idea that Valerie might develop a crush on Danny first. But ultimately it gets the two of them properly introduced and established with each other, and Red Huntress going.

The episode starts out with Danny being chased by Dash because he got a bad grade in a spelling, obviously if he tried that with Danyal he's gonna get his shit wiped. So! Change! It's Danny heading to his next class, he's texting Sam and Tucker, expertly maneuvering around people in a combination of teen-texting-habit and assassin training awareness. Kinda aware of what's around him, but also not and just trusting instinct.

We meet Valerie when she's showing off a (frankly unflattering) purple polo shirt that costs, AND I QUOTE: "$579, and worth every one of my dad's pennies." to Paulina and Kwan. Girl, this shirt is a few shades off from that NEON "error, image not found" magenta. It looks incredibly unflattering on her considering it's neon-y-ness and the orange skirt and headband she's wearing. Sweetheart, get your damn money back, or at least pick a different pair of pants.

I'm telling you this because I can't resist changing the design. So instead of. that.

She is INSTEAD wearing like, this cute, ruffled, soft pastel purple crop top and some cute jean shorts. Her hair is in like, passion twist braids with little gold cuffs in them. She looks SO cute guys, so cute.

Of course maybe they made it look ugly on purpose because in the show she gets coffee dumped on her 30 seconds later from Danny crashing into Paulina while running from Dash.

I've thought of three different ways this could go, and can't pick which so I'm just gonna write them out and see which one I'm drawn to more.

Kwan, Paulina, and Valerie are standing in the hallway. Not next to a corner but close to one. Danny turns the corner, does not run into them. He briefly looks up from his phone when he hears, they kinda stare at each other, and Danny idly, disinterestedly looks at Valeria, then compliments her with a single; "Nice shirt." Pretty anticlimatic ngl, but it startles the trio a little bit because Danny doesn't often talk to other people outside his circle unless he's in some kind of group project or has to. So for him to compliment Valerie unprompted is startling. This could or could not end with one of them snarkily saying "thanks its worth more than your entire wardrobe" which Danny would take offense to because, lets not kid ourselves, Danyal and Damian Al Ghul were raised as pseudo-princes in the League. Without missing a beat he shoots back: "at least i have a personality beyond being rich." and then disappears down the hallway.

The trio begin walking down the hallway, crash into Danny. HE gets coffee splattered all over him and he immediately reels back, instinctively reverting back to his mother tongue and hissing out arabian curses as coffee drips down the front of his red hoodie and shirt. It's even in his hair. Thankfully the coffee is not as hot as it started out, but it's still uncomfortably warm. He wipes the drink from his eyes, flicks it onto the ground, and hisses out; "watch where you're going!". The trio? Kinda unsure of how to react at first; Danny is unpopular, but not unpopular enough to be worth bullying -- besides, everyone knows he wouldn't tolerate it. But then I think Paulina finds her tongue and says "what did you say?". Danny turns to her and says; "I said; watch where you're going. Need me to say it in Spanish? Mira por donde vas!" He flicks off his hoodie, grumbling in arabic about how he's going to smell like coffee all day, and stalks off. I'm pretty partial to this idea.

Valerie still gets coffee dumped on her. But instead of sic'ing Kwan on him (because she knows that won't work), she just says a few choice words to Danny and stalks off with Paulina and Kwan to go find somewhere to clean off the coffee. Danny approaches her later and gives her a list of cleaning stuff that can get coffee stains out of her shirt. And when she tells him it's made of like, this super specific fabric that needs this really specific stuff to clean, Danny raises his eyebrow at her and says that he knows, and it is a list of stuff that can clean out the stain without damaging the shirt. He says he's not an idiot, and he knows how to recognize X-Fabric when he sees it. Just because I'm fond of pseudo-prince Al Ghul here being a bit of a snob and has an extensive care and hygiene routine. He uses this moisturizer or cologne that makes him smell faintly like sandalwood and vanilla because that is my favorite scent. Tucker jokingly handed him a 13-in-1 once while they were doing a quick supply run with Sam, and Danny literally dropped it like it burned him.

I'm really partial to two and three. So i'm going to get a second opinion. [...] Second one wins! Thank you, Naviii~ <3.

Danny could just intangible the stuff off him, but that would raise questions and also I want him to go the rest of the day stained with coffee. So it stays, and he's in a sour mood for a good chunk of the day. He runs into Cujo when he disappears down an empty hallway, and gets even more irritated when his ghost sense goes off - but hey! If it's Skulker, he can at least pulverize the dude and let off some steam. But nope! It's a puppy!

And Danyal Al Ghul, local ex-member of the world's most deadliest "we speak for the trees, the trees say fuck you" group of environmentalists ever, immediately feels his troubles melt away, and he croons at Cujo. "Oh hello, habibi. Who do you belong to?" And drops down to the ground to let Cujo sniff his hand. Cujo does so, and then starts vying for his attention, and Danny is grinning very wide and very genuinely and is more than happy to give it. "You are a much better surprise than that wretched poacher. Do you have a name, pretty thing?"

Cujo has a collar on, so Danny touches it, lifts the tag, and sees the Axion labs "A" symbol on it. He hums, narrows his eyes, and murmurs "Where have I seen this before?" But before he can flip it around, Cujo then turns monstrous. We cut to the title screen!

I want to say, the next scene is in Axion labs. The way that Damon (Val's dad), Valerie, those two guards, and his boss reacts, it heavily implies that the existence of ghosts have not reached the whole of Amity Park, and that the city itself is still largely unaware of their existence. Considering that Damon's security system doesn't allocate for ghosts, and when Danny crashes at their feet, Valerie literally asks him; "What are you!?" and she seems surprised when tucker later tells her its ghosts, and is even unaware that Danny's parents are ghost hunters.

When Valerie gets coated in dog ecto-slobber, Danny does grin a little under his little half-face balaclava. Because yes, karma! He is petty, and he can't help but flip to his feet and snarkily, smugly say; "I know what I'm not," and as he says this, he leans forward and plucks some of it out of her hair, "Covered in dog slobber." and then he flicks it away.

Before Valerie can retort, Cujo breaks into the lab, and Danyal mutters curses and bounds after him. The lab gets destroyed as per canon, and Damon gets fired.

The garage sale scene happens pretty normally, when Valerie says her little "oh great, word has already oozed down to the bottom of the social grapevine." Danny's response is snarkier than in canon.

"And here Tucker was just offering some simple help to you, you looked like you needed it." He says icily, and Tucker pipes up and says "we all just want to help!" because I don't fully see Danyal being that generous especially to someone being rude to his friends.

Sam dryly says "I don't." and Danny just stays silent, neither confirming nor denying anything. He just raises an eyebrow and turns his eyes to Tucker, who is laughing nervously.

"Well, Danny hasn't said no. So most of us want to help! That's two thirds." And he gestures awkwardly to Danny, who is wearing a red muscle tee hoodie, showing that he's rather lean. "And Danny's the strongest between the three of us, so he could be a big help! There could get a lot more work done."

Valerie is not convinced, as in canon. Although for my Gray Ghost heart she does check out Danny a little bit -- but quickly shakes it off because she's still very deeply entrenched in the status quo. "Thanks, but I'll pass."

Before Danny's ghost sense goes off, I do want him to wander around the yard sale for a moment just to see what's to offer -- collector of trinkets and pretty things, he is. Projecting, I am. Slightly GNC Danny ftw, it is. There's a table of jewelry up for sale that he's drawn over to -- and almost immediately disappointed by. It's pretty, and extravagant and very obviously expensive, that's for sure, but that's not the problem. Valerie sees him looking and marches over to him, still upset that he and his friends are still there.

"Put that down, that stuff is worth more than your own wardrobe." She snaps at him, and tries to snatch an expensive, luxury sapphire necklace from his hands, and is immediately met with an icy glare from Danny as he yanks it away from her fingers.

"Who says I can't afford it?" He says -- and he can't, not really, not with the allowance he gets from the Fentons and not with their funds. However, despite their limited contact, Danny still does meet with his beloved mother. One word from him to her, and she'd ensure he got a hundred of the very same necklace. "You? You can't either, Gray. Not anymore."

Valerie looks embarrassed and furious, but Danny continues, and tosses the necklace to her. She fumbles, but manages to catch it. "I don't want this junk anyways. It's gaudy and too western. I look better in gold."

Now his ghost sense goes off, and he turns away from Valerie. He doesn't run off immediately, lingers long enough to see who the ghost is and what the danger is. And when the ground begins to shake, he grabs onto the table and reaches out on protective instinct to hold onto Valerie before she can fall over.

As you can tell, this is for my gray ghost heart. Although valerie's clothes do still get destroyed by the street water, unfortunately. And Cujo shrinks down to size by the time Valerie makes it over to her dresser to try and grab it.

Danny audibly mutters, "Its that dog again." and hurries over to scruff the thing before it can wander off. Cujo is wagging his tail and immediately, enthusiastically licks his face once he's got him up to eye level. Danny cracks a little smile, "Hello habibi, you're a little troublemaker, aren't you?"

"you know this dog?" Valerie demands, and stomps over as Danny gets Cujo settled into his arms. Sam and Tucker hurry over as well, looking mildly frazzled.

Danny scoffs at her; "Don't be ridiculous. I met him a few days ago-- wait;" and he pauses to check to see if Cujo is a boy, "--ah, yep. Him. -- I met him a few days ago in the hallway after Sanchez dumped her coffee all over me. He was rather friendly, but he ran off before I could see who he belonged to."

Sam leans over to look at Cujo, and wiggles her finger at him; "He's kinda cute, and he likes you."

Dannny has a moment where he wants to boast, of course he does, I'm fantastic with animals. But instead he keeps mum. His smile just kinda softens proudly, and he hoists Cujo into his arms a little better.

The moment is shattered by Valerie, who points accusingly at Cujo. "Whatever it is, get it out of here before it ruins anymore of my stuff!"

Annnd before Danny can do just that, Cujo begins wiggling to get out of his arms and run around. He manages to, with his ghostly strength drag Danny across the lawn before yanking himself out of his arms and knocking them both onto the sidewalk -- scraping Danny's arm in the process -- and running around.

Rather than his leg, Cujo bites Danny's arm -- and has a strong enough grip on it that he unintentionally pierces flesh and causes him to start bleeding -- and begins dragging him. But before they can reach the moving van, Danny gets his fingers wrapped around Cujo's collar, finds some purchase -- even if it means his bare arm is being dragged against the sidewalk, and yanks hard on Cujo's collar with a harsh; "HEEL."

Cujo immediately stops, and sits. Danny honestly wasn't expecting that to work immediately, but it does! And with Cujo still, he keeps one firm hand on the collar and uses his other arm -- which is now painfully road rash'd and bleeding -- to help sit up.

Sam and tucker and Valerie rush over to help. "Oh my god, Danny, are you okay?" only for Danny to hold his bad arm up to stop them from getting closer, and whirling on Cujo to scold him. He's upset enough that he reverts back to Arabic, but Cujo seems to get the point across and wilts.

Danny feels bad, but can't show Cujo any affection unless he wants to accidentally reinforce the behavior. He points to his side, and Cujo obediently goes to sit but his feet. Now he turns to the other three.

"To answer your question." He looks down to his arm and very gently brushes his fingers against the road rash, brushing out the little pebbles stuck in his skin. it stings like a bitch, and he faintly grimaces. Then he inspects the dog bite on his wrist "I'll be fine."

Even Valerie looks worried; "That looks really bad, Fenton. I think you should go to the hospital--"

"No." Danny immediately cuts her off, "No hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton keep a first aid kit at home, I'll just use that."

"And what about the dog?"

"I'll figure something out."

And then they scoot off.

Cafeteria scene goes as canon, nothing much to change there other than the fact that when Valerie sees Danny, his arm is all bandaged up and he's wearing a batman merch t-shirt rather than a muscle tee, she feels a little guilty. A small part of her kinda wants to ask how he is, but the larger part that's still big on the status quo and is still humiliated by being shunned by her friends, just wants to go eat in peace. So she doesn't say anything.

(although i am thinking that if she runs into him again later after the cafeteria scene, she asks him what he did with the ghost dog, and he lies and says Phantom swooped in and took Cujo from him.)

The park scene goes relatively the same as well, at least in the beginning. But instead of Sam and Phantom being all "he's an untrained dog" they're instead all "let's see what training he does have. Maybe it can be refined."

"You're good with animals Danny, and you're the only ghost in the area. You handle it." and then she tosses the dog obedience book at him and wanders off.

Danny doesn't need the dog obedience book, so he tucks it into a pocket dimension in his cape and whistles for Cujo. There's that whole tumble down the hill, that whole chase scene happens.

I do wanna say, I actually really like how inexperienced Valerie is here. Idk maybe it's because I haven't watched a tv show in a long while, but it's nice to see that she's not immediately good at it. She wobbles on the hoverboard, two out of the three disks she threw at Danny missed, and the third only hit him by chance. She's amateurish, and I really appreciate that.

"Let me guess, first day on the job, isn't it?" and he still gets cut by the third disk like in canon. He's not impressed or convinced when she says she's going to take him down -- it's one quick once over that tells him enough.

Wobbly feet, unsteady balance on the board. -- Her first time using it, she's unconfident and doesn't trust her own tech, as if she didn't even make it herself. She's unused to the board.

Improper trigger discipline, and shaky hands on her gun. She's holding it with one hand and far away from her like she's afraid of it going off, despite the fact that she's the one on the other end of it.

Tense all the way up to her shoulders, her voice is full of false bravado. She has no idea what she's doing. Danny's thoroughly unimpressed. At least the Drs. Fenton and Walker (maddie got her doctorate with her maiden name) trust their tech wholeheartedly and treat them as an extension of themself, just as Danny does with his blades. Just as this new ghost hunter does not.

And, of course, the way she goes flying off her board the moment she fires her bazooka. Although Cujo does still come to the rescue, although like in canon, he grabs Danny by the foot. Danny manages to recollect himself though and hoist himself over Cujo's back like he's riding a horse.

This is the biggest scene change and possibly my favorite change. The fakeout makeout scene. Now, let me preface this by saying that I love the fakeout makeout concept. I think it's hilarious, and I think it's even funnier if Danny is actually rather down with the concept because the assassin-undercover part of his brain thinks it's a simple-in-a-clever way in order to brush off suspicion. I think Sam and Tucker both are very down to kiss their very attractive best friend, and whenever it comes up there have been arguments over whose turn it is to kiss Danny.

BUT. I have an image in mind for this scene, so I want Danny to be alone for this. So Cujo takes him to a cluster of trees and bushes where Sam isn't at, and Danny sends him off with a ball as per canon, but rather than get tackled by Sam, he dives up into a tree and transforms back to Al Ghul before Valerie can reach him.

He is reading the Dog Obedience book, and scares the absolute shit out of Valerie. And it's never a bad day to hurt Danny, so little miss firstie over here fires into the trees, and juuuust about skims Danny's arm. The same one that has the road rash and dog bite on it, that he's forcibly prevented himself from rapidly healing because that would arouse suspicion.

"ماذا بحق الجحيم كان ذلك!؟" ("What the hell was that!?")

Valerie knows that voice, and instantly turns ashen. "Oh no." She flies up the tree and finds Danyal sitting snug amongst the larger limbs, the dog obedience book in his lap, and he's hunched slightly and holding onto his burned arm tightly.

"Oh my god, I-- I am so sorry--" she doesn't have the time to be upset (or snarky or mean) about why he's there, considering she just shot him. Danny snaps his head up and glowers furiously at her.

"Wh- why did you do that!?" He stammers over himself, trying to find his english. Part of it is an act, part of it is genuine anger because she could've killed him with that thing. He loathes incompetence, and she has it in buckets. "Watch where you're aiming that, Trigger Finger, you could've killed me!"

Valerie is all flustered and mortified, can't even find it to get angry back. "i- I am so sorry, Fenton. I thought you were something else--"

"Something else!?" Danny yells, "So you blindly shoot?! What is wrong with you!? Don't you know any trigger discipline!?"

Iiit's. a mess? Valerie offers him a lift to the hospital, or at least out of the tree, and Danny snarls at her not to touch him, and that he's not going anywhere with her on that hunk of sheet metal. He tosses the book at her and says to make herself useful and hold that while he gets down. Valerie feels really guilty -- too guilty to protest or be mad about how angry he is with her.

When he gets down from the tree he takes the book back from her, and then asks her how she even knows his name anyways. They've never met before. "Actually, now that I think about it," he narrows his eyes at her, "you sound like someone I know."

And then he reaches for her mask.

Valerie flies back, stammering over herself and briefly forgets to feel guilty in order to feel panicked and indignant, and then just goes "What are you doing!? You're crazy, we've never met before!" And then flies off.

And, before I continue, I will say right now. Danny, as himself, forever and always from then on refers to Red Huntress (or Scarlett Hunt, as I'm thinking of as an alternative) as "Trigger" or "Trigger Finger" respectively. Whenever they run into each other as Scarlett and Danny, he always calls her Trigger and asks if she's killed anyone yet. Valerie feels really bad from then on about hitting him, because where she hit him ends up scarring.

When she's gone, Danny mutters to himself that that sounded like Valerie, and goes ghost to go find Sam and tell her what happened.

Hallway scene stays the same, and -- actually, I was gonna make fun of the fact that Valerie didn't know the Fentons were ghost hunters when it's the whole reason the family is ostracized. But you know what? I can believe it. Kids will follow the crowds' lead. Witch hunts and all that.

"So, Tucker tells me your parents are ghost hunters!"

"Yeah? What else has he told you?"

Before Cujo shows up, they do actually manage to hold some kind of conversation. However, Danny uses the time to go: "Look, if you're planning on getting into ghost hunting, try not being like the hack I met yesterday."

Valerie laughs nervously, "Ah-hah, no of course not! But uh, hack?"

Danny scowls, and twists towards her with his arms crossed -- he's wearing a red hoodie today, and a band tee. -- "Yeah! I met some chick yesterday while at the park, and Little Miss Trigger Finger shot me." He says, "Your weapon should be like an extension of yourself, not something you just use! Trigger Finger was flailing that gun in her hands like it was a ribbon, and incompetence like that will get someone killed. Your weapon -- whether it be a blade or a firearm or a blunt object -- should be as easy to move as curling your fingers, and just as easy to trust. It should not be a stranger, but a part of you. A weapon must know how to use itself if it wants to be of any use to anyone else."

Sam cuts him off with a high pitched, nervous giggle, and wraps her fingers lightly around his shoulders and tugs him back, sliding her arms around the front of his chest like an anchor. "Danny." she hisses at him quietly, and Danny snaps his jaw shut and looks away.

Tucker also laughs uneasily, "Sorry," he says, leaning around Valerie to get her attention, "Dan here uh, gets really passionate about improper weapon handling. It's one of his quirks."

Danny looks away and mutters something under his breath in arabic.

(You know this already, but Sam and Tucker still don't know about Danny's past. But they've heard him talk about weapon mishandling enough times -- and have seen him fight -- to know that the way he talks is more than just theory. He has personal experience with weapons, and has unintentionally before referred to himself as one. But whenever they ask about it, he clams up and denies any sort of involvement.)

Valerie doesn't really know what to say to that, but Danny seems to know a lot about proper weapon discipline. So she might try her chances with getting to know more about it from him later, if she can catch him. She also silently makes note to get herself acquainted to her own tools like Danny was implying.

And then Cujo shows up, and things happen as canon. Oh but wait Tucker lands on Valerie while she's trying to figure out how to open the thermos, and I want to say that she hears him say "I can help you. valerie!" before he lands on her. So her confronting him after she gets out of the basketball hoop, and practically beegs him not to tell Danny about being the same girl who shot him. She really does think his help could be valuable in the long run because of his knowledge on ghosts and weapons.

Lovestruck Tuck of course, agrees. Not without some tentative hemming and going; "I don't know Val, Danny's really clever. He'll figure it out eventually if you don't do something to hide your voice, it's pretty recognizable."

For this episode, her voice stays the same but in the future she'll be working on a voice mod, and until then refuses to speak around Danny if she knows he's present. If she has to talk, then she forcibly tries deepening it.

Anyways things proceed as canon, Danny overhears the boss with Damon say "I know we should've never gotten rid of those guard dogs."

He mutters to himself "Guard dogs? Wait..." and he holds up Cujo, peering at his collar, and finally realizing where he recognizes the symbol on the tag. Immediately his expression darkens, "Oh fuck no, they did not."

Things go as canon, although Danny sneaks in not only to find what Cujo is looking for, but to hack in and get records of their guard dogs to confirm his theory and to steal them -- plus confirmation of termination of said dogs. So he can blackmail the shit out of Axion Labs later. He stays invisible and uses his league training to sneak around, and actually gets the guard dog records and confirmation before he runs into Valerie and they fight. Danny purposely keeps his distance and focuses more on dodging.

"you're a pretty lousy shot" Valerie says when he blasts above her a metal support beam above her.

Danny retorts sharply, "I could say the same." And although she can't see it, he bares his fangs at her. "Or have you forgotten about what you did to the ghost hunters' boy a few days ago?"

(He can be VERY petty)

Which, of course, infuriates and embarrasses Val. Things remain as is, Danny finds the squeaky toy, he tells Valerie he doesn't own the dog -- although he also says that he belongs to the very same Lab that fired her dad -- she refuses his apology, Tucker pretends to get caught by the Axion security lab. Etc etc.

Danny later reveals that he also stole the records about the guard dogs and how Axion Lab wrongfully euthanized all of them in favor of a security system they didn't even end up using, and was planning on anonymously releasing it online so that Axion could face the consequences for their abuse. Tucker has to beg him not to, because then that would reveal that someone else had gotten into the lab that night and would put Valerie's dad in hot water again.

Danny... reluctantly agrees. For now. But he'll be holding onto it, and keeping his eye on Axion Labs. This sort of cruelty will not go unpunished forever, he'll make sure of it.

ending goes as ending does. They go to the dumpty humpty concert, they speculate where Valerie got her suit. Etc etc. At the lunch table I think Valerie stops by Tucker and co's table to talk to Tucker -- they seemed to end on a good note that night -- and she asks Danny how his arm is.

Danny eyes her quietly, and turns his head away. "It'll heal, so long as Trigger Finger stays away from me." and he does see Valerie wilt a little, and kinda feels bad. But also, she fucking shot him. He's lowkey less angry about that tho and more angry about her total weapon incompetence

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When its just Tucker -- and ykw, Sam too, who Valerie would know knows she's Red since she was yk, right there next to Tucker when he fell on Valerie -- and Valerie, he tries to reassure her about Danny's apparently grudge against Scarlett Hunt.

"Aw, chin up Val, I'm sure Danny will come around to your alter ego eventually! He just.. needs some time to heal! Literally, because you... shot him."

and when Valerie realizes Sam knows too, Sam points her pen at her and goes: "The only reason I haven't told Danny is because Tucker is also my best friend," she leans into Valerie's space; "But so help me Moses, if you shoot Danny again, I will not hesitate to tell him. And i will, in a heartbeat."

She leans back, crossing her arms; "So you better learn to control your finger, Trigger."

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Danny having beef with Red Huntress in his civilian form was not actually in the original cards for this episode, but it came to me as I was writing and I could not pass it up. I think it'd be hilarious and also like, a real point of idk conflict for Valerie. Just one more reason she wants to be abetter ghost hunter because otherwise she'll hurt people -- shooting Danny left a mark on her, and she feels really really guilty about it. Especially after finding out it scarred.

And also it's like, objectively hilarious? It's like the Love Square from MLB but its more like a Hate Square instead. Granted Val and Danny don't hate each other but my point still stands! It's there if you squint.

Every single time Danny runs into Scarlett he calls her Trigger and asks her how her aim is, and whether she knows how to use that weapon of hers. Valerie is both very frustrated by his unwillingness to forgive her and very ashamed by the fact that she's frustrated by it. He has every right to be mad at her, she could've seriously hurt him -- and she did -- but still, his animosity is grating sometimes.

Danny does eventually get over her shooting him in his civilian form -- considering she shoots him all the time as a ghost. But what he refuses to get over is the fact that it happened at all and her lack of proper discipline before she decided to jump into the fray.

No no no, that he is still burning furious about. Tucker wasn't kidding when he said that Danny was passionate about proper weapon handling. The fact that Valerie didn't even acquaint herself with her weapons and learn how to use them properly before deciding to hunt down Cujo and Phantom is the thing that keeps his burning "hatred" against Scarlett as Fenton going.

Idk if it's ever actually confirmed that Valerie and Tucker are dating, its kinda implied that they started. But I'm gonna say that they were only in a talking stage (one that Valerie only initiated for her own needs) and after this episode it doesn't go anywhere, but they remain kinda friends. That way, Valerie can show up a few more times prior to Flirting With Disaster and lowkey hang with the gang without Tucker and Valerie actually dating.

So i was actually going to share a few more headcanons too with Gray Ghost, and delve into the "Flirting with Disaster" episode, but this got... really long, and took me all evening to write (curse adhd) so I am. not going to go into that jadlfh. Plus I have to think more about them and come up with more cute headcanons.

Like how Danny calls her affectionate petnames when they're dating/sorta-dating the moment he settles into the relationship and becomes comfortable with it. One morning when he walked into a class that they shared, he smiled at her all warm and fondly said "Good morning, beloved."

And normally that might sound too strong in the fledgling beginning of a relationship, but Danny somehow manages to make it sound super natural and not at all too-much-too-soon.

Literally everyone's jaw dropped in that room. They've never seen Danny act that way, and Valerie somehow manages to invent a new shade of maroon on her dark skin. She does this cute little giggle-snort and waves her hand at him bashfully. Danny looks very endeared.

Paulina turns to Dash and angrily demands to know why he doesn't call her any cute petnames that aren't babe.

Oh and before I forget: As Phantom, Danny calls Scarlett Hunt either "Scar" or "Little Red Riding Hood" (or some variant). It pisses her off, which he does really like doing. Also, compared to how he fights ghosts, he goes remarkably easy on her. He doesn't even unsheathe his sword for her -- which she does eventually notice and gets angry about. She thinks he's doing it to look down on her.

When it's not. She is Squishy Fragile Living Human In A Meat Shell. He is Immortal Ghost With Powers. And A Sword. And A Decade Of Assassin Training. He could kill her a dozen different ways if he didn't hold back like he is, and he doesn't want her dead.

okay okay that's all I've got for now BUT, as a bonus, while I was making those three different scenes for the coffee splash scene, I stopped midway because I got art bunnies for danny for the first time in forever, and went ahead and drew him. So!! Things in Threes Danyal doodle be Upon Ye!

[storm-and-starlight]

Here, I'm bored, so have my headcanons for how much non-heroes know about the Robin situation

Most people, at this point, are Aware Batman Exists. He's a part of the Justice League, he's talked about in most hero discussions, there's a photo record of him both in Gotham and outside on League business (though the Robins have a much more extensive photo record, especially Tim).

Similarly, most people, even those who don't care about superheroes at all, are vaguely aware that there has to have been more than one Robin

Like, first of all, Robin is famously the og kid sidekick and yet there's been a Robin around for like twenty years, so even if someone has no knowledge whatsoever usually if they get asked they take a moment to think about it and then go "yeah I guess there would have to be more than one by now?"

Also the Tim -> Damian transition 1.) took place post-Batman's cryptid era, 2.) took place in the age of social media and internet communities, and 3.) was really obvious (extremely pale kid in his late teens who mostly worked solo and fought with a bo staff to non-white child who is never seen without Batman and has a sword), so it got passed around the internet for a while that "holy shit there's a new Robin? did the last one, like, die???"

(Tim eventually jumped in to be like "no I'm not dead I'm going by Red Robin now calm tf down")

So anyways the average person is aware that there's been more than one Robin, and that there's probably been like. three? if they think about the timing of it at all.

Also: considering that both Nightwing and Red Robin are established (if not well-known) adult superheroes, as are Spoiler, Orphan, and now the Signal, the general assumption is that Batman is running some kind of hero training academy? and most of the Batfam is Robin "graduates".

People who are genuinely knowledgeable about the superhero community will give you the answer of "we have good evidence that there have been five separate people in the Robin uniform, four of which were Robin for multiple years and then there was also that blonde girl who showed up for a week but no one knows what was going on there."

Robin I was Robin for like a decade-ish? and then after spending more and more time with the Titans stopped being Robin to make room for the new guy? and changed his name to Nightwing? and that's the generally accepted storyline, but there's not a lot of solid evidence because this was very firmly in Batman's Cryptid Era and he was very camera-shy.

Also, while the fact that Robin I became Nightwing isn't, like, common knowledge, that's mostly because it's not something most people think about. It's very easily Googleable.

If you type in "what happened to the first robin" you're gonna get like three different reddit posts asking the same thing and the top answer is usually something like "he probably graduated and started going by Nightwing. Evidence: Robin (black haired, just under six feet, very acrobatic, leader of the Titans) disappeared off the Titans' roster and then a week later Nightwing (black haired, just under six feet, very acrobatic, new leader of the Titans) showed up, he's known to work with the rest of the Bats in Gotham a lot, the uncertainty's just because no one's said "Yes, Nightwing was the first Robin" out loud somewhere it could be recorded"

It is confirmed that Titans Robin is the og Robin -- he's mentioned working with Batman several times in old Titans interviews and things.

The transition from Robin I to Robin II wasn't spectacularly well-known at the time unless you particularly liked Bat-spotting, but these days it's pretty well recognized that ten-ish years after Robin showed up, the old one graduated and the new one showed up much younger and a lot less flippy than the last one. Batman was still in his Cryptid Era, so there's very little photographic evidence, but what there is is is pretty clear on the fact that Robin II is much younger than the Titans Robin.

The transition from Robin II to Robin III was not really known about at all at the time it happened -- this was like... juuuust in the beginning of the social media era? and Tim and Jason look more dissimilar than Dick and Jason but no one was getting a close look at either Robin II or Robin III anyways. Mostly what people knew was that Robin disappeared for a while and Batman went... crazier than usual, and then Robin came back and things started slowly calming down again.

What's known now is that Robin II is "missing, presumed dead".

No one really knows what, exactly, happened, but at some point a post collating all the evidence went mildly viral online in superhero drama communities that Robin II and Robin III are almost definitely not the same guy.

Their accents are different, the costumes are different, Robin II was in the 15-16 range when he disappeared and the Robin that showed back up was definitely in the 11-12 range, Robin II was a lot more willing to just punch people while Robin III is more techy

and also Batman's actions post-Robin II's-disappearance make a whole lotta sense if you look at them from the perspective of "something real bad just happened to his sidekick"

Like. Robin II could have retired. But also no, he couldn't have.

Robin III to Robin IV is, as aforementioned, the most well-known of the transitions, and also the one that solidified the understanding that Robin is a temporary position -- it wasn't super widespread knowledge that there were multiple Robins until all of a sudden Sword Robin showed up, and then all of the obscure forum posts cataloguing the different transitions got spread around a lot and now "there have been five Robins" is general knowledge among people who keep tabs on superheroes.

The four "main" Robins all have rough timelines known and discussed, and then the fifth Robin is Blonde Robin/Girl Robin

People know for a fact she existed -- there's definite evidence in the form of five-ish clear photographs of a girl with long blonde hair in the official Robin suit, two of which have something that is largely agreed to be Batman in them, and a handful of reliable eyewitness accounts, but the most that anyone can say about Blonde Robin is that she existed? and was around for like. two weeks? maybe?

TL;DR average layperson knows that there has to have been like two? three? Robins by now, right? Doesn't the latest one have a sword? Average Gothamite is like "yeah, there've been like four and one of 'em definitely died and then apparently there was a blonde girl for a bit?", someone really into superhero lore could tell you rough (year/month) estimates of when each Robin switched over, how long they held the position, and what happened to them once they graduated.

[picklebunbun]

Helloooo !!! If you don't mind, can you make a Flippy/Fliqpy x reader who as a DID (dissociative identity disorder) and the other alter hurts people who get a little too close to them without asking them first and they absolutely hate insects, like , they would literally try to kill them with a knife (and surprise ! They success) but only if you agree of course !

⌗. ➞ྀིྀི⚛️! : cw; I tried to research about DID, but since it's rare to get it, I have very limited information about it so I sincerely apologize if it's not accurate. Descriptions about insects getting squashed counts as gore, correct? Insanely violent reader, this is a bit more angsty than crack, reader needs a hug and so does Flippy ,

➵ Flippy / Fliqpy x gn ! reader this is supposed to be read as romantic

{ angel's notes 🪽; new style, kind of, anyways, if anyone has DID, please tell me if I got it right }

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now playing [girl with one eye]

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before you realized you had DID, you couldn't remember what happened in your life. It was just like your life was birth and then adulthood, blanking on the memories in between .

when Flippy asked you about your childhood, you couldn't say anything. It was kind of awkward after that, you just both stayed silent .

large portions of your memory were gone by a snap of a finger, nothing made sense, it was like you took a long nap for hours and all your former friends cut off all contact with you with no explanation .

ever since then, you had trouble dealing with how you acted, you thought that everything was wrong with your body, your face, every individual cell in your skin, it didn't even felt like it was your OWN skin, so what gave you the right to judge it anyways ?

sometimes you felt like anything could set you off, suddenly getting angry at every sound, fire running up your nerves and getting major headaches from anger, a volcano waiting to destroy everything .

first of all, these systems or rather, system, not plural, was used as a defense mechanism against anything related to your trauma, even minor things like color or a specific sound. In a way, it was protecting you, maybe that's why a gigantic part of your life was missing .

when Flippy opened up to you about his disorder, it was such a relief for you, which also led you to admit that you had the same problem, which also led to you two talking about it. It was such a relief to have this conversation with someone who doesn’t think you’re crazy, even better, someone who could actually relate to what you were feeling .

the thing about your system, however, it’s defense mechanism was similar to Flipqy. It made it harder for you guys to fully trust each other. If your system took over but not Flippy’s he ended up getting hurt, but, this was a way to keep you safe, after all .

although, you did find that you calmed down from how you were before. You switched almost every time, 24/7, always being reminded on what happened to you, but since meeting Flippy, it was like all your once, dark, unlit, lightbulb just suddenly beamed with energy .

the thing is, even if Flippy fully gained your system's trust, it'd be really hard to convince everyone that you weren't dangerous, and you really didn't switch that much, it made you even more upset because everyone in the town trusted the green bear more. You thiught everything was out of place, that you didn't belong here, why live in a world that thinis it'd be better if you died anyways ?

it struck up a lot of identity issues ,,,

you and Flippy had a talk about it, it's refreshing when he comforts you, treating you delicately like an injured bird .

even if everyone hates you, as long as Flippy was next you, you'll be fine, his company is all you'll need .

it's so weird you have such an irrational fear about bugs but barely any reaction to guts and bloodshed, seeing you freak out about an insect while making sure that the soilders of WW1 eradicated the creature was definitely a sight .

bringing out a whole bazooka ಠ_ಠ ,, ?

even worse when you switch . 😭

COMES HOME WITH THE WHOLE HOUSE DESTROYED .

,,,

" hey [system / name] I ,, - WHAT HAPPENED ,, "

" ,, there was a bug "

stressing the man out oml . 😭

at least he doesn't get any bugs in his house anymore,,, BECAUSE THERE IS NO HOUSE .

chasing around a silverfish with a knife around the house

" you'll hurt yourself like that ?! "

" NOT BEFORE I HURT THIS SON OF A B TCH FIRST "

" CHRIST ALMIGHTY , [system / name] "

thank gyatt he can calm you down because everyone in the town would've been on fire .

it doesn't matter, he always loves you either way ! ❦

[happyk44]

Been trying to write some nonsense abt PDs but struggling because how do you word thoughts again? Anyway, some updates to the propensity list! New ones are bolded!

Zeus/Jupiter: OCPD and Autism (based on being the god of law and order, and justice, as well as king of Olympus)

Poseidon: BPD, Bipolar Disorder, Conduct Disorder and ASPD (based on the idea of a moody and volatile sea)

Neptune: SZPD and ASPD (based on the idea of an emotionless and uncaring sea)

Hades/Pluto and Thanatos/Mors: infertility, and, in rare cases, sterility (self-explanatory)

Ares: IED, ODD, Conduct Disorder, and ASPD (self-explanatory)

Hypnos/Somnus, Morpheus, and the Oneiroi/Somnia: Excessive daytime sleepiness/Hypersomnia, Maladaptive Daydreaming, Narcolepsy, and Parasomnias (self explanatory)

Pasithea: STPD (based on her being the goddess of rest, relaxation, delusions and hallucinations. While STPD does not involve hallucinations, it does involve distorted cognition and perceptions, as well as magical thinking, which I think fits within the delusion part)

Hermes/Mercury: Kleptomania, Restless Leg Syndrome, and Elopement (self-explanatory)

Aphrodite/Venus and the Erotes: Hypersexuality, Paraphilic disorders, Cacophobia, and HPD (self-explanatory)

Apollo: HPD (I mean... it's self-explanatory, right? We know who he is, lol), and Nyctophobia (self-explanatory)

Nyx/Nox and Erebus: Photosensitivity/sun allergy (self-explanatory)

Athena/Minerva: Arachnophobia (canon)

Akhyls: Major depressive disorder and Cherophobia (self-explanatory)

Lethe: Dementia and Alzheimer's (self-explanatory)

Hephaestus/Vulcan: Pyromania (self-explanatory)

Demeter/Ceres: Seasonal affective disorder (based on the fact that winter is representative of Demeter's sadness that her daughter is gone for the whole)

Phobia and mania descriptions:

Cacophobia: fear of ugliness

Nyctophobia: fear of the dark

Arachnophobia: fear of spiders

Cherophobia: fear of happiness

Kleptomania: inability to resist urges to steal items that are not needed (impulse control disorder)

Pyromania: inability to resist urges to start fires (impulse control disorder)

Considering Body Dysmorphia Disorder for Aphrodite's children for obvious reasons, but I'm not sure that's likely? Like fear of being ugly, I can see, but the concept that they themselves are ugly or parts of their body doesn't fit is a little flippy-floppy, so idk.

Also thinking about DPDR for Hypnos and the dream babes, or his wife Pasithea since I think it could work with her delusion/hallucination aspect. However, as someone who frequently experiences DP, idk if I would characterize it as a delusion or hallucination 🤔🤔

Similarly - alcoholism/substance abuse for Dionysus's children? It seems obvious but as the god of wine, surely they would have a higher tolerance for the stuff. Possibly that still relates to being capable of developing a dependence on it? But idk.

As always, feel free to hop into my asks to chat about your thoughts or ideas - whether you disagree or agree with the above. Always curious to know what other people think 😊

[asher-agere]

I just came back from trick or treating and I am so tired. My legs ache so bad. It is always a bad idea to do things that require a ton of walking for me because of how weak I am… but I got tons of candy so it was worth it!!

Per usual, I have yet another request for you. Can you share your thoughts on caregiver Yosano with a little who refuses to share their feelings out of fear of Yosano being angry if they’re not absolutely positive… and they don’t do this when not regressed it is specifically when they’re feeling little only!!

- Fyodor Enjoyer

Candy is so super awesome! Where I live there’s no trick or treating :( It’s a culture thing sadly. Make sure you rest up! Don’t want you pushing yourself to far hehe

Caregiver Yosano + Scared Little

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⚬ Yosano would always be kind and gentle. She’d never ever lash out or get frustrated with her little one! As a doctor she’s used to handling kids, or those who throw tantrums like children (Glances at Ranpo the man-child and Dazai our residential doctor hater). At most she might do some light teasing? So when her little one is suddenly scared to express how they’re feeling she’d be surprised to say the least! She can’t understand what she could’ve done to scare them like that… But she’s able to assume it wasn’t anything she did

⚬ She’d give plenty of options for the little one to communicate how they’re feeling! I’ve seen many different systems, colors (Red bad, yellow bleh, green good), numbers (0 bad, 10 good), or even temperatures (Warm good, cold bad)! Of course that’s still a way for them to need to say how they’re doing. So she completely understands if that’s still too much. If they keep saying they’re doing good when they’re clearly not she’ll stop asking, not wanting to overwhelm them!

⚬ I think the best solution to the problem would be to give the little something to hold that shows their mood! That way they’re not verbally saying they’re going bad, it feels less overwhelming and scary! A beautiful example is the flippy octopus plushies?

These things! They can flip it to the angry side so they don’t have to verbally say they’re doing bad. Other options though can be like colored bracelets, colored pacifiers… Subtle things!

⚬ Above all else though her best way to know if something is wrong though is just to know her baby! Watch their breathing, hold them in a way she can check their heart rate. She’s a doctor after all! She’d know all symptoms of anything going wrong!

⚬ Another tiny thing that I think would help is she’d explain things that indicate they’re upset! For example “I notice when you twist your fingers it usually means you’re upset” This gives an opening!!!!! It shows the baby that she notices these things, so they’re able to start using it as an indicator! They’re not directly saying they feel bad, they don’t need to explain, but it lets her know. Only if she’s paying attention! If she’s busy she wouldn’t notice, so they wouldn’t be a bother! (They’re not a bother anyway but I get the anxious baby way of thinking)

⚬ When Yosano sees any of these various signs that something is wrong, she never asks what’s wrong! If they’re too scared to even tell her that they’re feeling bad they definitely wouldn’t feel comfortable voicing what’s upsetting them. Instead she’ll just sit the baby down in her lap and say things until she notices a shift in their behavior! Examples “You know I love you right?” “And I would never be mad at you” “You’re definitely not a bother darling” The shift can be bad or good! Whether they’re reassured or get more worked up. It means she’s found the sensitive topic and is ready to cheer up the baby!

⚬ Once she’s found the sensitive topic she goes all in with the praise! She’ll reassure them on every possible thing relating to the sensitive topic! All while gently bouncing them in her lap! She’ll be whatever they need. If they need to cry into her neck, that’s ok! If they wanna play to distract themselves, she’s got their toys all ready! She finds the issue and makes it all better!

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I love caregiver Yosano! She’d be the best at noticing and stopping panic attacks, handling depressive episodes… All suffering babies need a caregiver like Yosano

I’m very sad that I can’t boop my wonderful Anons who bring me so much joy :( My solution however! Is this

*BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP BOOP*

Have a wonderful day!!

[9haharharley1]

The Proposal, ch?? teaser

Killian stopped as he entered the house, hearing music from the kitchen. It was familiar, something he hadn't heard in at least a few years. Elvis wasn't someone he typically listened to.

He hadn't thought Walter would be a fan either.

He could see the kid at the table, tinkering with some new project. The kid could barely keep that big brain of his occupied, and if he wasn't working on some project for R.T.U.V. then he was working on some personal project or other. He'd barely left the kid alone for an hour while he took a jog to stretch his legs and get some air, and already Walter had taken apart the toaster. He's surprised it actually took this long.

"What are you doing?" he asked, chuckling as Walter nearly fell out of his chair, so engrossed in his work he hadn't heard Killian enter. He jerked his head over with wide eyes. Killian raised his hands, the fingers on his new hand clicking a little. "Easy, kid. Didn't mean to startle you."

"Who's startled? I'm not startled! You didn't startle me!" Walter rambled. Killian just rose a brow with a small smirk. Walter coughed. "Right, uh..." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Sorry. I guess I was spacing pretty hard."

"You have to learn to be more aware of your surroundings," Killian stated. He strolled to the sink, filling up a glass of water and taking a sip before taking a seat next to the younger man. Walter wouldn't look at him. "Might get you hurt one day."

Walter gave a sad little snort. "Yeah, well... it wouldn't be the first time." Killian felt a burst of anger, first at the thought of any who would dare hurt such a sweet kid, only for it to settle at the realization that he had also hurt the little genius. He released a slow, controlled breath. Walter shook his head. "A-anyway," he stuttered, "h-how was your run?"

"Oh, it was quite exciting," Killian said, leaning back in his chair, arms crossed. He grinned at the wide eyes the kid gave him. "I saw some birds, saw some trees." Walter's lips pursed, eyes narrowing. Killian smirked. "I think I even saw a fox."

"Okay, now you're just teasing," Walter grumbled.

"A bit, yeah," Killian admitted. The song on the radio changed, Heartbreak Hotel switching over to Blue Suede Shoes. He figured Walter was listening to a playlist instead of a radio station. "What are you working on?" He gestured to the mess on the table.

Walter's eyes widened. "Uh... The flippy thing on the toaster wasn't working..."

Killian rose a brow. "Seemed to be working fine this morning."

"Okay, fine- I got bored!" Walter admitted. He threw his hands up. "The bread was taking too long to toast, and I was getting impatient! So I thought, maybe I could make it heat up faster. Instant toast!"

"You're going to strain the heating element if you do that," Killian pointed out. "Wears it out faster."

Walter sighed. "Yeah, I know. Worth a shot, though, right?" He gave Killian one of those shy smiles.

"Never hurts to try." Killian ignored the soft feeling that little smile brought him. He glanced over at the counter where Walter's little cobbled together radio sat. "Although," he started, "I never would have figured you for an Elvis fan."

"Well, you would figure correct," Walter admitted. He looked back down at the toaster, clearly avoiding Killian's gaze. "My, uh... My mom loved Elvis. She and my grandma used to listen to all kinds of old music."

"And how old counts as old music?" Killian asked, trying to lighten the mood.

"Anything before I was born," Walter said with a laugh. "But really anything before 1991. Mom was a big Queen and Michael Jackson fan."

"At least she had some taste," Killian muttered. That earned him another quiet laugh, and he counted that as a point in his favor. As the song ended and the opening notes of the next started, Killian had an idea. He grinned a little. "Although, Elvis was the King for a reason."

Walter looked up from where he was screwing a panel back in place, brow raised in curiosity. "And what's that?"

Killian stood, holding out his new hand to the younger man. Walter looked confused but took it, only to yelp as Killian hauled him from the seat, catching him around his thin waist with his good arm. He watched as pale cheeks flushed bright red, grinning down at the boy as he adjusted his hold on Walter's hand. "He certainly knew how to set the mood." Walter stared back with wide eyes.

"Wise men say"-

Killian led with a step away from the table to the more open space of the kitchen, chuckling as Walter stumbled over his feet.

"Only fools rush in"-

"Follow my lead," he murmured, pulling the youth closer. Walter only seemed to blush more, looking away from Killian's face to his chest. This seemed to only make him even more embarrassed, and he glanced off to the side.

"But I can't help"-

He couldn't seem to figure out what to do with his other hand, eventually placing it on Killian's upper arm. The kid barely came up to his shoulders, and Killian tightened his grip around his waist, pulling him impossibly closer. He was so small in Killian's arms.

"Falling in love with you."

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Because I have zero self-control and @gilly-moon asked so nicely, how could I refuse?? And yes, Walter built him a new arm.

[bo-bo-bean]

No one asked for this but I'm writing it anyway.

TRAFFIC LIGHTS SHIP

The ship between Pop, Disco Bear and Flippy? *chef kiss*

I never thought I would love them so much! They're just all sad geezers who make each other feel better with hot chocolate nights and snuggling-

Pop. Man needs a break XD He needs some love in his life and help with his son, but doesn't realize dating these two dorks helps him realize he comes in the equation of love.

Disco Bear, I feel, is a closeted gay who refuses to even think about opening the door, right? That's just how I see him. Or he could be a MetroSexual, soooooo there's that

Flippy. What to say that isn't already said XD Canonically, he had PTSD and a split personality disorder; the creators said so!! (Ask me for the link to that). Boy needs so much love and care. (I also feel when he's about to flip, the two bears just smother him in love like a weighted blanket and whisper sweet nothings to him.)

Together, they just help each other lift one another higher and stronger...! Pop would make dinners at night, Disco Bear would let the two vent about their days, and Flippy makes the best god damn cookies later on for them to snack on while watching old black and white movies.

Also also! Cub! Am I adding him in the ship? Hell nah, that's just creepy. BUT how would Disco Bear and Flippy react to Cub?

Flippy would be the BEST father figure, I feel. He basically held the army on his shoulders after that whole Tiger operation to make up for it, I'm sure! I mean, man went from Private to Sargent for a reason, right? He would teach Cub some things, maybe is prone to spoiling him a bit with baked goods. He also makes him socks and sweaters!! He would knit while having Cub in his lap, either asleep or babbling along.

Disco Bear would be a great parental figure with at least surveillance every hour or so. He can teach Cub things EASILY, but he mostly dances with Cub. (Bet, he taught Cub how to twerk, Pop did NOT appreciate that). He's still a fun dad who takes Cub out of the house to the beach or the mall or out to eat! He also acts like he knows what Cub is saying

"Baba-oooboo!"

"*gasp* You don't say!"

"Aba! Gooya!"

"She didn't!"

Yeah just like that.

Now how would Pop and DB react to Fliqpy?

Hoo boy

Pop would do everything in his power to help Fliqpy calm down and he is shockingly really good at it! He would hug him tight, hum in his ear, offer one of his son's toys as a stress toy, even makes him hot drinks to calm down...! Until Flippy is back, the veteran ain't leaving his sight.

Disco Bear. That's a tough one but I think he would use the element of surprise! When he sees Fliqpy a little too late to stop the transformation, he would dip him and smooch him until he's so red, he's purple! Maybe also dance with him or grab an emergency super soaker XD Seriously though just have a water gun before leaving the house every day.

Again, no one asked for this, but I needed to write this man, this ship is my life and blood and I wanna cradle it and make it a home cooked meal. (that's my love language. If I love you, I will fucking make you a home made meal from my heart. I'm a wizard with chicken noodle soup)

[treetownconfessions]

htf tierlist(?) on what i think each of them would say if i asked them who their favorite person in town is:

giggles: "petunia because shes my girlfriend!!!!!!! duh!! ^_^"

cuddles: "toothy because hes my best friend :)"

toothy: "hngngnhgrg *drools* splendid..,.,"

petunia: "giggles :) she gets me"

lumpy: "its hard to choose!! ummm. uhh. hmgmgmn"

handy: ":/ petunia :/ :/ :/"

russell: "yargg pirate noises or whatever" (i donr like russell guys)

pop: "my infant son. who else do you think id pick. why are you asking me this."

lifty: "shifty :)"

shifty: "can i say least favorite :) because it's lifty."

flippy: "oh i dont like picking favorites..,., everyones pretty nice.. i dont think mine would make much sense anyway if i told u. haha. ahah"

fliqpy: "*shanks me with the same fervor as a homeless british man*" (its flippy)

splendid: "favorite?? pshsh. i couldnt choose. i like everyone equally!!" (he doesnt)

sniffles: "i dont think of stuff like that often. im a fan of splendid though ^_^"

nutty: "hrgrgehhehehehehehehhehernfbgw"

mime: "^_^"

disco bear: "myself ;)" (nobody likes him)

flaky: "oh i havent. thought about it so idk. lammy???"

lammy: "should i have one? i couldnt have JUST one..... maybe petunia. or giggles. :)"

.

[theradicalace]

today on “things literally no one asked me to do": i charted out my headcanons for all (most of) the htf characters interpersonal relationships. several of these have little to no basis in canon and are just based on what amuses me

this shit is damn near illegible even to me, so under the cut is a full explanation and notes on each relationship. be warned, it is VERY long

to simplify, we're gonna sort these by character

cuddles!

good god, this bitch is friends with everyone

cuddles+toothy: current romantic relationship. friends to lovers my beloved <3

cuddles+giggles: past lovers, current friends. it was like an "everyone thinks we should date, so we will... i guess?" situation that neither of them were really into

cuddles+flaky: current friends. he's a bad influence on them, they keep him from breaking his legs 90% of the time.

cuddles+lumpy: current friends. these bitches are dumb god bless.

cuddles+nutty: current dislike (one-sided). cuddles thinks this guy is SO annoying.

cuddles+lifty & shifty: current friendship. something about this unlikely friendship brings joy to my little rat brain. they're going to go spraypaint a building together 💖

cuddles+petunia: current friends.

cuddles+disco bear: currently neutral.

cuddles+handy: current friend (one-sided). cuddles thinks handy is soo so cool.

cuddles+sniffles: current friends. more of a "friend of a friend" situation (the shared friend being toothy) but they get along :]

cuddles+russell: current friends. yknow those people you just see around all the time who you aren't super close with but get along with anyway? yeah

cuddles+mime: current friends. cuddles comes to watch them perform a lot :)!

cuddles+flippy: current friends. they get along, mostly

toothy!

toothy+giggles: current friends. "isn't it weird to be friends with your boyfriends ex" not to toothy!

toothy+mime: current friends. similarly to cuddles, toothy comes to watch mime perform a lot :]

toothy+handy: current family. they're brothers in the better version of htf that exists in my heart. i know in my soul toothy is the younger brother

toothy+nutty: current friends. "we all got that one homie who ain't gonna make it"

toothy+lumpy: currently neutral. they just don't have much in common

toothy+sniffles: current friends. "c'mon man, you're gonna get some sun today whether you like it or not"

toothy+splendid: past sexual relationship. they fucked at a con once and toothy is still not sure if he dreamed it or not

toothy+shifty: past sexual relationship. a few one night stands when toothy wanted to fuck a guy who didn't give a shit about him lol

giggles!

giggles+petunia: past lovers, current friends. they were both trying to figure some stuff out. they ended up not being a match as lovers, but they're on good terms.

giggles+nutty: current friends (mutual)/dislike(one-sided). giggles has a bit of toxic mean girl in her i'm sure of it. she doesn't really like him but keeps him around because??? reasons unclear

giggles+flaky: past lovers, current friends. "the one that got away" in her eyes. is there still feelings? potentially. will she do anything about it? absolutely not.

giggles+lumpy: complicated dislike. she wants to be on better terms with him, but she's easily frustrated by his antics.

giggles+disco bear: enemy (one-sided). she is going to skin this man alive.

giggles+pop: currently neutral. she likes the pictures he posts of cub on facebook and that is the extent that they interact.

giggles+flippy: current flirting (one-sided). she thinks he's hot but he's too busy being mentally ill to notice.

giggles+lifty & shifty: current dislike (one-sided). guess getting kidnapped leaves someone a little sore?

giggles+mole: current friends. they get along, but aren't close.

giggles+sniffles: current friends. friend of a friend situation.

petunia!

petunia+handy: current lovers. voted tree town's cutest couple 5 years in a row

petunia+mole: current friends. "this is my boyfriend's boyfriend!"

petunia+disco bear: current enemy (one-sided). does anyone else hear a taser?

petunia+cuddles: current friends. this is another "friend of a friend" situation. bit of "my ex's ex" going on too.

petunia+lumpy: current friends. literally just because it's funny.

petunia+lifty & shifty: current dislike. 2 for 2 on the whole kidnapping thing.

petunia+splendid: currently neutral. she's more of a flash fan...

handy!

handy+mole: current lovers. "oh my god they were roommates"

handy+cuddles: current dislike (one-sided). thinks he's annoying as all hell.

handy+russell: past flirting, current friends. they almost had a thing going when they were younger, but russell fucked off to sea before anything came of it. they're on friendly terms now, though.

handy+giggles: current friends. "that's my girlfriends best friend." he respects her.

the mole!

mole+splendid: currently neutral (one-sided). he just thinks it's funny to fuck with him

mole+mime: current flirting. weird sort of "i hate this guy so much i could kiss him" energy.

mole+sniffles: currently neutral. somehow they ended up as coworkers.

mole+lumpy: current friends. mole is truly just here to see what sort of insane bullshit lumpy can pull off next.

nutty!

nutty+sniffles: complicated romantic relationship. there's tension there, but sniffles is too scared to say anything, and nutty is physically incapable of the introspection necessary to recognize what he's feeling

nutty+flaky: currently neutral. they tend to be too different to really end up in the same area much, but there's no hard feelings.

nutty+lifty: current sexual relationship. they're fuckbuddies i just know it.

nutty+shifty: current friends. shifty is charging this man EXORBITANT amounts of money for lsd.

splendid!

splendid+lifty & shifty: current enemies (one-sided). oh he hates these two so much. he's so pissed that he still blushes when they hit on him, too.

splendid+giggles: current flirting. damsel in distress, anyone?

splendid+mole: current enemy/rival (one-sided). "this is the biggest threat to my secret identity" *camera pans over to mole walking into a wall*

mime!

mime+nutty: current friends. aut4aut t4t friendship. i will not elaborate.

mime+petunia: current friends. they fake flirt because it's funny to them.

mime+giggles. current friends. they tend to get along

mime+shifty: complicated romantic relationship. mostly culminates in a mutual "oh for fucks sake, why HIM of all people?" they could have something really good if they would sit down and talk but mime is nonverbal and shifty is allergic to communication

russell!

russell+lifty & shifty: current dislike (one-sided). he is SO mad about the sunken treasure.

russell+giggles: current friends. he signs her environmental activism petitions. gotta protect the ocean!

lifty and shifty!

L&S+petunia, giggles, and russell: currently neutral (one-sided): these two don't give a fuuuuck lol.

lifty+shifty: current family. the brothers EVER. they care about each other but literally would never admit it, not if they were tortured or bribed (okay maybe if they were bribed)

L&S+splendid: current flirting (one-sided). make no mistake, neither of them are actually into him, but they think it's so funny to watch him get flustered. have successfully flirted their way out of him arresting them on multiple occasions.

flippy!

flippy+flaky: current lovers. they can make each other worse. oh my god they are so bad for each other. therapy immediately, both of you.

flippy+lifty & shifty: current enemies. he is hunting them for sport <3

flaky!

flaky+disco bear: currently neutral (one-sided). they're flattered by his occasional flirting, but they're not interested

flaky+lammy: current friends. these two are ALSO bad for each other good god. seek professional help.

lammy!

lammy+petunia & giggles: current friends. poker buddies!

lammy+pop: current friends. just because it's funny.

lammy+sniffles & nutty: current friends. bad influence on them <3

disco bear!

disco bear+petunia & giggles: current flirting (one-sided). *dude, she's just not into you starts playing at max volume*

disco bear+flaky: current flirting (one-sided). trans inclusive radical misogyny /j

disco bear+pop: current lovers. old man yaoi. i will not elaborate.

[picklebunbun]

Heyyy, I'm here for a request, platonic because I just think I'm extremely cute for not doing it!

Could you do a Flippy/Fliqpy with their lesbian best friend and reader who, as a very arrogant and childish but sweet and kind personality, was forcefully married to a really violent man for years by her parents because they can't accept that she likes girls

Flippy/Flipqy + comphet lesbian! Reader hcs

❁

———————༻☁︎︎✿☁︎︎༺———————

hcs or oneshot/series: headcanons

fem! reader, feminine terms, you/yours pronouns

genre: pretty angsty, but there is fluff dw

romantic/platonic?: platonic

fandom: happy tree friends

cw: domestic abvs3/viol3nc3, homophobia, mentions of bruises, misogyny which causes reader to get physically ass@ulted

(angel’s note🪽: aghh ! I’m sorry for not responding to y’all’s requests for so long,, I have to practice this thing for english since english isn’t my mother tongue, btw the scenario is last btw. This request is actually pretty sad, AND I LOVE IT !! Anyways, enough talking, here)

~~~

Flippy hc’s

at first, when he saw you, he honestly thought you were a bit egotistical. It was until he actually took the chance to meet you that he realized how sweet you were

you are such a hoy to be around, in the whole god-forsaken town he could actually be around you when he goes into a violent killing spree, and he always sees that your safe

when you said you were a lesbian he was very supportive, even asking if you had a girlfriend or a wife

though, when he asked that question you seemed to be a bit anxious

you admitted that you had a husband, but it wasn’t like you were actually in love with him, your parents just set you up with him because, well, they just don’t like the fact that you’re a lesbian

coming out to them was a hellish experience, it made it hard to actually trust anyone with your secret

don’t get me wrong, Flippy was extremely confused, like why would you marry a man if you don’t even like them? It was only when you explained to him why and what comphet was

over a period of time, he saw you patch yourself up, everytime it was something different, whether it’d be your wrist, eye or your whole neck and collarbone

it was an understatement to say that he was worried, it didn’t take long to figure out the situations you found yourself with your husband

he was extremely mad, you has to physically stop him from murdering your husband (bless your heart because I would’ve let him end the bastard in a heartbeat). You were like a little sister, you mean so much to him, it’s scary to think that one day the son of a [can’t say bad words] would go too far and you’d be 6 feet under

it’s okay though because when you finally can’t take it anymore, he’ll always have a weapon ready ⁂ (or he’ll call the police idk)

~~~

Flipqy hc’s

actually injures your husband, like not even joking

he sees him as a enemy so he’ll treat him like an enemy

stops only if you forcefully push him off, but no one can escape Flipqy, so just be prepared when he comes into your house and you see a dead corpse next to you

you are so tooth-rottenly nice, why would anyone hurt you. The only ones who would hurt you are apathetic blood-sucking psychopaths (which could be Flipqy but he actually likes you so)

your childlike personality kind of freaked him out, it was like dealing with a little kid. Flipqy wasn’t that good around kids, his system is only “kill or be killed”

maybe it was just a cover from the burden you carry on your back but it’s not like it was your fault, besides, it shouldn’t even bother him

Flipqy got some time getting used to you especially with your cockiness, he thought you were annoying at first, maybe he attempted to stab you, maybe not, idk

but when he finally trusted you, he made it his mission to protect you. Since Flipqy only knows about the war he basically saw you as a comrade, someone actually worth protecting

~~~

scenario:

italics: thinking, bold: yelling

this situation made you way nervous than you should’ve been. You were about to come out to your best friend. You were a lesbian, you have been for a long time, marrying men just didn’t appeal to you when you were younger and it definitely didn’t interest you as you got older. Your parents on the other hand didn’t like the fact that you were showing interest in other girl, they said “in order to be a proper lady, you have to marry a man”, what a joke.

You wanted to meet for coffee, just to get out of the house. It was so scary being around your husband. Some days, you don’t know if he’ll outright choke you or break a chair from how angry he gets.

“hey, [name]!”

“oh! hi flippy!!”

You ran up and hugged him, he embraced your tackled by hugging you back

“didn’t you want to talk about something? You sounded a bit nervous on the phone..”

“uhh, ya! let’s sit down”

You bit your lip, you were stressing out, obviously, Flippy wouldn’t judge but it was that 1% of doubt in your brain that made you think otherwise. You fiddled with your fingers

“did you already order for us?”

“huh? Oh! Yeah I did! I’m just great like that”

Flippy chuckled, you returned that gesture with a warm smile, but then it immediately changed into a frown

“something’s on your mind.. what is it?”

you exhaled, Flippy straightened his posture, it must’ve been something important

“I know you said that you’d never judge me… so.. there’s something I have to get off my chest. I am a lesbian, I like girls, wlw, and I knowthatitmightbewrongbutIjustcan’thelpit-“

“-woah woah calm down, the only part I caught was the fact that you were a lesbian”

“.. yes.. I am, I’m just a bit scared that you won’t accept me just because-“

“what? That’s crazy, I don’t care what sexuality you are! I’m not even the one dating you, it shouldn’t matter”

Those were the words you were you waiting to hear. You didn’t have to worry about it anymore

“so, do you have a girlfriend yet?”

~~~

[chrisevanslovesposts]

The Gilmore's First day at Chilton

Harper sat beside Rory who sprayed whipped cream in her mouth as Lorelai painted her toes. Harper was reading Harry Potter she was Goblet of fire, the most recent one that came out. Harper had read many books in her life, but she always refused to read Harry Potter as  she thought they would be stupid (there not) till now. 

"That's nice." Lorelai said looking at Rory.

"Thank you."

"Don't move, please." Lorelai told her as she put the cap on the whip cream.

"So, why are you insisting on doing this?"

"Well, because you're starting private school tomorrow."

"We're gonna be wearing shoes. Nobodies gonna see our feet." Harper said looking down at red toes.

"Okay, but everybody knows that private-school girls are bad. And bad girls always wear red nail polish. Are you nervous?" Lorelai asked the girls 

"About what?"

"About starting Chilton."

"Well, I wasn't until I heard about all those bad girls." Rory said making Lorelai laugh when they heard yelling.

"Guys!Guys. XTC- Apple Venus Volume 2!" Lane ran into their house 

"Whoo." Lorelai yelled standing up.

"But you only finished half of my toes!" Rory yelled back at Lorelai ran into the house.

"Who cares?! You're gonna be wearing shoes anyway!" Lorelai yelled as both girls stood up going into the living room. 

%

Harper was woke early by her alarm. She showered and got ready then went to Rory's room making sure she was awake. Then both girls went to their mother's room to see her still out like a light.

"Mom!" Both girls yelled.

"What! God. Hi." Lorelai jumped looking at them like they were crazy.

"What are you doing??!" Rory yelled at her.

"Having a heart attack." Lorelai rolled back over.

"I thought you were up! It's 7:10!" Harper told her.

"What?"

"It's 7:10!" Harper yelled at her and grabbed her pillow.

"Stop it. It's a quarter to 6:00." Lorelai grabbed her pillow back.

"No, it's not!"

"Yes, it is. I set the clock for a quarter to 6:00, so it's-" Lorelai was shut up when Rory showed her the clock.

"It's 7:10! Damn." Lorelai whined getting up.

"We can't be late on our first day of school! Do you know what happens to people when they're late on their first day?"

"It's shorter?" Lorelai answered as she looked for clothes.

"They're labeled That late girl."

"Oh! So dramatic. Where's the bathroom?"

"We have to go! What if there's traffic? Mom!" Rory yelled as Harper led her to the bathroom and she clothes the door behind her.

"I had this all planned out. I was gonna get up early. I was gonna get coffee. I was gonna take a shower. I was gonna pick up my clothes from the dry cleaners.Oh, my, god. My clothes." Lorelai opened the door.

"What?" Harper asked.

"I don't have any clean clothes."

"7:15."

"All my nice things were dirty."

"7:16."

"I was gonna wear my blue shirt with the flippy shirt. I look so great in the flippy shirt." Lorelai turned to her daughters.

"It's 7:17."

"You know what, time lady? Why don't you go downstairs and warm up the car? That would be really super. Thank you." Lorelai shoved both girls out of her room.

"Just hurry!" Rory told her then her and Harper went downstairs. 

"7:18." Rory said as they heard their mother yell.

"oh, for the love of god!"

"It's, 7-" Rory went to say as Lorelai came down the stairs.

"Don't even think of finishing that sentence. What?" Lorelai asked as both girls stared down at her outfit.

"Nothing. I just didn't know the rodeo was in town." Harper told her mother.

"All right, that's it. I'm bringing the baby pictures." Lorelai said grabbing two picture frames off the table.

"No!" Both girls yelled.

"I'm sorry." Rory told her. 

When getting to Chilton all three sat their staring out the windshield at the big school.

I remember it being smaller." Rory spoke.

"Yeah. And less..."

"Off with the heads." Harper finished for her mother.

"Yeah." Lorelai said before moving her head to the side to see higher up.

"What are you looking at?" Rory asked her.

"I'm just trying to see if there's a hunchback up in that belle tower."Lorelai told.

"So, how do we look?" Harper turned to her mother and she turned to her daughters and smiled.

"You look great."

"Really?" Rory asked her unsure.

"Really. You guys are amazing kids. Both of you have earned this. You just go in there and show them what smart really is. I love you. Call me if you need me." Lorelai patted both the girls arms.

"You're kidding, right?" Rory asked her mother.

"No!"

"Call me if you need anything. I'm great at making up dirty cheers." Lorelai smiled at them.

"You have to come in with us."

"Harper, come on."

"You have to meet the headmaster."

"Well, look at me. I can't meet anybody who does anything in there."

"Mom."

"I look like that chick from The Dukes of Hazard."

"This is our first day. You are not getting out of going in there with us. Period." Rory told her and she gave them both looks before they all got out and Lorelai covered herself with a really long jacket.

"So where do we go?" Lorelai asked.

"Uh, the Ambroise Building." Rory looked at her piece of paper.

"Which is.." Lorelai looked around.

"The big scary one." Harper said fixing the strap off her backpack. 

"Oh, great. Thanks for the input." Lorelaid said as they all started looking around.

"Lost?" A guy nearby asked.

"Oh. yeah. We're looking for the headmaster's office, The Ambroise building?" Lorelai told him.

"Ah. Okay. Well, this is it right here. Go inside, down the stairs, make a left, and the headmasters office is at the end of the hall." The guy told her.

"Great thank you." Lorelai smiled at him as Rory put her arm on Lorelai's back and went to lead her forward.

"You're welcome." The guy said and it was silent so they went to walk away.

'I'm Ian Jack. My daughter Julia goes to school here." The guy stuck his hand out.

"Hi. I'm Lorelai Gilmore. These are my daughter's, Harper and Rory." Lorelai told him pointing at the girls.

"Your daughter's? Really?"

"Yep."

"Wow, thats great. Uh, I mean, daughters are a great thing." 

"We're big fans."

"yeah. So, is your husband here? I'd love to meet him."

"I'm not married. I'd love to meet your wife, though." Lorelai told him as both girl looked at each other.

"I'm divorced."

"Shame."

"Yeah."

"Excuse me. I really got to-" Rory tried to speak.

"Right. We gotta go meet the big guy. And I gotta get back to work." Lorelai told him as they walked away.

"Where do you work?"

"At an Inn. The Independence Inn. I run it." Lorelai walked back over to him.

"Really?"

"In a different outfit, of course."

"It's was nice to meet you, Lorelai Good luck in school, Rory, Harper. I'll tell Julia to look out for you."

Great. Thanks."

"See you." Ian said before walking away.

"What a nice, nice man." Lorelai said as Rory looked at her.

"You're feeling pretty good about yourself right now. Aren't you? Do you want me to get you a mirror?" Rory asked and Lorelai's smile dropped.

"I'm back. Let's go." Lorelai grabbed the girls arms. 

They walked inside seeing even more stuff and people.

"Oh, good. More big stuff." Lorelai said sarcastically as they walked down the stairs. 

"Turn left." Rory said and they walked into a white hallway with white and black floors as the bell rang. 

They walked up to the last door that read Headmaster Charleston.

"You ready?" Lorelai asked

"No." Both girls told her.

"You ready?" Lorelai asked again after a couple seconds.

"Yes." both girls said this time.

Lorelai opened the door and they walk in and see a stern looking lady sitting at a desk working on something. 

"um.. excuse me. Oh! How-- wow. Hi. I'm Lorelai Gilmore. This is my daughter's Harper anddd Lorelai Gilmore. I named her after me. I was in the hospital all whacked out on Demerol. Never mind. B-b-but we call her Rory. It's short for Lorelai. She'll answer to either one or even hey you. dependng on the -- is the headmaster here?" Lorelai cleared her throat as the woman stood up.

"One moment." The lady said opening the door right behind them. 

"See, that's what happen when you go to bed with your makeup on." Lorelai explained as the woman closed the door before opening it right back up.

"Headmaster Charleston will see you now." The lady told them.

"great." Lorelai said as they walked into the room

"Ms. Gilmore, I'm Headmaster Charleston." The guy in front of them shook Lorelai's hand.

"Hi. Wow. It's really nice to meet- Mom." Lorelai said when she looked over and saw Emily sitting down on the couch.

"Um, ex-"Lorelai said then walked over to Emily.

"What are you doing here?"

"I came to wish my granddaughters good luck on there first days of school."

"But-"

"Rory, Harper, you look wonderful in that uniform!"Emily took Rory's hands.

"Wow. Now I'm your granddaughter. Now how come I wasn't on Friday?" Harper asked as Headmaster Charleston eyebrow's raised at her. 

"I-I'm gonna go find the bathroom." Harper turned and walked out of the room. She walked past the stern looking lady and sat down on the bench outside in the hall. 

After Lorelai and Emily had come out and walked away after wishing her a good first day Harper went back into Headmaster Charleston office. 

"Sorry, about that." Harper gave him a polite smile and he gave one back as she sat down in the chair beside Rory and Charleston sat down behind his desk

He put his glasses on and got out a bunch of paper. 

"You're both obviously bright girls." Charleston said as he read the papers.

"thank you." Both girls thanked him.

"Good grades. Teachers like you. Not a lot of social activities, though." Charleston looked over at them.

"Oh, well, just living at Stars Hollow is kind of a social activity, actually." Rory told him with a small smile.

"Nothing in your school appealed to either of you?"

"We work at our mother's Inn after school sometimes. And Rory was in the German club for a while, but there was only three of them, then two left for French club after seeing Schindler's list. I was in book club but I kept getting to far ahead and reading on without them so they kicked me out." Harper explained to him.

"What are you aspirations?" Charleston asked

"I want to go to Harvard to Study Journalism and political science." Rory told him first

I want to go to Harvard and Study English, communications, and Journalism." Harper told him afterwards. 

"On your way to being..." Charleston looked between the girls

"Christiane Amanpour." Rory told him

"Jane Austen." Harper nodded along.

"Really?"

"Yes." Both girls answered him.

"Not Cokie Roberts? Or Herman Melvin?"

"No."

"Not Oprah, Rosie, or one of the women from the View? Or how about Shakespeare, Cervantes, or Bronte?" 

"No."

"Why do you wish to be Christiane Amanpour?"

"I don't wish to be her, exactly. I just want to do what she does."

"Which is?"

"Travel, see the world up close, report on what's really going on, be a part of something big."

"And to be part of something big you have to be on TV? Why not lead the police on a high-speed chase? That's a quicker way to achieve this goal."

"Being on TV has nothing to do with it. Maybe I'll be a journalist and write books or articles about what I see. I just want to be sure that I see... something." Rory explained to him.

"And why do you want to be Jane Austen?"

"Kind of like Rory I don't want to be her. I want to right a book like she did. I want to right a book that people are still reading over 200 years later. Still affects people over 200 years later." Harper told him as looked down at the papers again.

"You'll notice the debating team's also missing from my ReSUMe." Rory told him making him sigh and set the file down standing up.

"I've known your grandparents for quite some time."

"I know."

"In fact, I was at a party at their house just last week where I had the most delicious lobster puffs I've ever eaten. I'm very fond of them."

"That's nice."

"None of this, however, will be of any benefit to you guys. Chilton has one of the highest academic standards of any school in America. You may have been the smartest girls at Stars Hollow, but this a different place. The pressures are greater, the rules are stricter, and the expectations are higher. If you make it through, you will have received one of the finest educations one can get, and there should be no reason why you should not achieve all your goals. However, since you are starting late and are not used to this highly competitive atmosphere, there is a good chance you will fail. That is fine. Failure's a part of life...but not part of Chilton. Understand?" Charleston asked looking between the girls before Harper gave him a warm smile.

"So you liked the lobster puffs, huh?" Harper asked him and he gave a hint of smile before leaning forward and handing them their files.

"Take this to Miss James in the administrations office across the hall." Charleston told them and they grabbed their stuff than the files and walked out.

The bell had rang just as they walked into the office. They walked up to the desk she a lady flipping through a papers.

"Hi. I'm looking for Miss James." Rory said setting the file down on the table.

"Name?" The lady asked.

"Lorelai Gilmore and Harper Gilmore. But I go by Rory." Rory told her and she got out two files.

"Fill these out." She passed one to each of them then took the file.

After filling out the papers the lady started handing them cards.

"Here's the dining room, the science room, the theater. Here you locker numbers, here's your schedule. Take this map. Here's the rules of the school and The Chilton honor code. Here are the words to the school song, which must be recited upon demand. This can happen anyplace, anytime. If you do it in Latin, you get extra credit.Do you have any questions?"The lady asked them.

"Uhh, not at the moment." Harper shook her head.

"If you do, you can make an appointment to see your guidance counselor, Mr. Winters. He handles everything but Bulimia and pregnancy. For that, you have to go to the nurse or coach Rubens. Welcome to Chilton." The lady gave them a fake smile. 

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Harper sat listening to her new teacher when Theodore opened the door of the classroom and stood to the side while the teacher talked to them. Harper made eye contact with him and they smiled at each other before Harper listened to the teacher talk. After a few minutes he introduced Theodore. 

"Hi, I'm Theodore Grant, you can call me Theo. I'm gonna be telling you guys my story and how I became an accountant so young." Theodore told everyone looking around as all the girls swooned at him.

"So I a pretty smart kid, loved to learn new things. I was always teaching everybody around me. I was to skip grades but my 9th grade year, right before high school my parents got a call from Harvard University. It just so happen that I was smart enough to skip high school all together go straight to college. I was already in college classes in my 9th grade year so when I got to college I already knew most of it. Which helped me get through college a lot faster than most. Once I was out of college, last year, I started working for my father, I'm his accountant. Any questions so far?" Theodore asked looking around when one girls hand shot up.

"Yeah, are you in a relationship at the moment?" The blonde girl asked giving him flirty eyes.

"That doesn't really pertain to the subject, but yes, I am." Theodore told her making Harper blush. 

At the end of class the teacher gave Harper a binder to help her catch of all of the work they have been doing. As Harper walked out of the class a brown headed kid walked up to her. 

"Hey, baby." The kid put his arm around her, to which she shoved his arm off of her.

"I'm not your baby." Harper told him and he smiled bigger.

"Oh, I get it. Playing hard to get." The boy said leaning down acting like he going to kiss her.

"Harlem. What's going on here?" Theodore asked the brown headed kid grabbing Harper's hand. 

"Oh, Theodore, nothing I was just messing around with her." Harlem said looking at Theodore fearfully then scrambled away. 

"Thank you." Harper smiled at him as he put his hand on her back guiding her down the hallway.

"Your welcome. He usually listens to me. We were in middle school together and he said some really vulgar things about some people close to me and, well,  ended up with a black eye." Theodore explained as Harper nodded her head as they walked into the lunch room.

"Really? Actually makes a lot of sense." Harper said. 

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Lorelai was sat leaning against the jeep when Rory, Harper, and Theodore all walked out. 

"Mm. Hey, guys." Lorelai said pulling them both in for hugs. 

"So, this whole plaid-skirt thing- my idea?" Rory asked

"My day sucked , too."

"Promise?"

"I swear on my mother's life." Lorelai said as Harper pulled out of the hug but Rory kept hugging her.

"I brought some coffee." 

"Why, I'm shocked."

"Triple caps, easy foam.If that doesn't work, we'll stick out fingers in a light socket. Come here. What do they expect you to get smart all in one day?" Lorelai asked after grabbing the girls bags.

"Oh, they expect a lot of things." Theodore said sarcastically making Lorelai realized he was there. 

"Oh, hi." Lorelai smiled at him

"Hi, Theodore Grant. You can call me Theo." Theodore shook her hand as Lorelai looked at Harper then back at Theodore.

"Lorelai Gilmore. So do you go here?" Lorelai asked him pointing to all the big buildings.

"Uh, no I work for my father as an account. I'm out of school. Out college. I graduated a little bit earlier than everyone." Theodore told her.

"Oh, uh, how old are you?"

"19" Theodore told Lorelai and all the color that had drained from her face came flooding back

"Oh, okay. So what are you doing here?"

"Oh, I have to teach a class about being an accountant things, share my story, things like that." Theodore told her 

"Fun." Lorelai nodded her head.

"Yeah, it can be. I've gotta head off now. But it was nice to meet you Rory and Lorelai. Bye "Harper." Theodore said kissing Harper's cheek before walking off to his car. 

They all got in the and Lorelai turned to Harper.

"So, Theo." Lorelai raised an eyebrow at her.

"Yeah, I know, I'm sorry. Remember the boy I had the huge crush on I told you about how 9th grade year he went to college cause he was just that smart? Well, that's him. I was visiting Stars Hollow high school the day I was cleaning my locker out and we talked then. Then Saturday I went to the movies with him, went to Luke's. And now were.... well, were dating. But not officially." Harper explained as Lorelai nodded along. 

"One of the girls already hates me, the guys are weird." Rory spoke as she set back in her seat.

"Weirder than other guys?" Lorelai asked

"Yeah. They kept calling me Mary." Rory told them  

"You're kidding me? Wow. I can't believe they still say that." lorelai rolled her eyes.

"What does it mean?" Harper asked

"Yeah. Is it bad?"

"Mary. Like the virgin Mary. It means they think you look like a goody-goody." 

"You're kidding?"

"No."

"What would have they called me if they thought I looked like a slut?"

"Well, they might have added a Magdalene to it."

"Wow. Biblical insults. This is an advanced school." Rory said making all three of them laugh.

Lorelai started the car and they drove home.

That night Harper walked around town with Charlie before meeting Lorelai and Rory outside of the Lukes. When she got there Lorelai looked between her daughters before looking at Luke.

"Hey, what do you guys think about Luke?" Lorelai asked them as they looked over at him wiping a table down.

"What do you mean?" Rory asked.

"I mean, do you think he's cute?" Lorelai asked watching him.

"Oh, no. No way." Rory shook her head.

"No way, what?"

"You cannot date Luke." Rory said putting her hand behind her mother and guiding her forward.

"I think you guys would be cute." Harper muttered getting a look from Rory.

"I said nothing about dating Luke." Lorelai gave Rory a look.

"If you date him, you'll break up. And we'll never be able to eat there again." Rory told her as Lorelai chuckled.

"I repeat, I said nothing about dating Luke." 

"Date Al from pancake world. His food stinks."

"I cannot believe what I'm hearing. Al's food does not stink. Al stinks." Lorelai as they walked past Luke's.

Harper looked behind them to see Luke walking out of the dinner looking right at them. She smiled and gave him a wave. He smiled back and waved before turning around and walking back into the dinner. 

[wrasslin-lps]

Shut Your Mouth!: Part 1, the Heat rises

Lucky walks into the arena, looking like a preening indy cunt, where upon he is instantly jumpscared by Michael Cole who asks him how he feels on his upcoming debut.

The option highlighted is the one I chose

Cole says good luck. Thanks for wasting my time you pile of cartilage! Speaking of wasting time, LuLu's off the leash, to wander around in the first person.

So, see ya!

You can wander around the arena and the city, and find generally not a lot! It's a cool feature, but I can't imagine wandering often

It's a good job every city in America is New York, because dressing this gay somewhere else in 2002 would backfire.

LuLu's first match is against 3 time WCW World Champion Diamond Dallas Paige - the might has fallen and fallen brutally since the WCW invasion, but for a Power Plant trained wrestler like Lucky, this is still a huge deal!

The match is a quick squash in Lucky's favour, and he wins with his Shooting Star Press. After the match, fellow rookie Maven says "wow you're cool. I can help you!"

Fuck off you condescending prick! This fucking jobber coming over to lecture me... even an indy prick like Lucky has some pride!

After a surprisingly close match with fellow flippy shit dude Billy Kidman, Lucky's hero DDP attacks him!

And he's saved by sigh Maven.

What cunt brought a Maven sign to a Kidman vs Luckstar match!?

Next week there's a tag match between DDP and Kidman vs Lucky and Maven. This prick cannot take a hint.

During the match Lucky ever so slightly cheats massively and attacks DDP with a table, and the referee is a total jerk about it and DQs him. This is Maven's fault.

Despite the DQ loss, after the match DDP calls Lucky a scumbag and explains that he hates him - challenging him to a streetfight!

Lucky, eager to get revenge on this dickhead without Maven getting in the way. Next week, Maven gets in the way.

FUCK OFF

Anyway, the match goes well

Getting a screenshot during a match is hard...

After the match, that CUNT Maven ""congratulates"" me.

FUCK OFF AND DIE

[aevyk-ing]

Went back home after my third book presentation and my head started aching.

Lately, I've been quite worried about masking and thinking I have to mask no matter what if I want to be a writer who does presentations and other stuff. Like, can I unmask and be myself and still sell books?

Normally, when I mask a lot, I'm so tired the next day I can't do much. Today I'm tired and with a little headache, but I'm overall fine. Does that mean I didn't mask as much as I used to? Last year, the presentation left me needing a whole week to recover.

Anyway, I'll talk about my therapist to see what she thinks. Funny tidbits of the presentation:

-Person: Maybe you're the next J.K. Rowling!

Me: Yeah, I hope... no?

-My father asking when I'm going to write a "serious" book (I write fantasy and I consider my second book to be quite brutal, but whatever).

-Somebody asking if this book (Aury) is fluffy and calm because I was feeling that way when I wrote it (like I literally said I wrote it when we were filling boxes with our stuff in fear the house would collapse and we were evicted).

-Sorting a tote bag and it going to my mother.

-My hair doing a flippy thing but only in one side.

-Getting a commission for creating a video afterwards.

[livycheshire]

❄️~°• Arctic's heart •°~❄️

❄️~part 5~❄️

Synopsis:

After finding out that's she's pregnant, Red now sets off towards her old home even if the road is long.

Disclaimer: I do not own happy tree friends, I have made this au with the help of @thetravelerstale, I do not own Flippy, Flakey, Flipqy or Tiger general, I only gave them last names and first names for the storyline, everything else, plotline and other characters belong to me.

Warning: time skip, pov changes

~°no one's POV°~

Later that day, back at the dorm, Red and Justin sat on the couch, sitting in silence, as Red tried to process everything.

Red whimpers softly, "th-this can't be..." she says. Justin on the other hand, held her close "hey, it's going to be ok, I'm sure you'll be able to stay here-" "and what do you know you dumb dog?!" Red said, angrly, as her quills flared up.

Fortunately, Justin moved his hands away on time. As Red continued on "I should have never listened to Marie! I should have just stayed home like you suggested! But NO dumb little me decided to go with HER and now look at me!" She said through tears as she ranted, before crying more.

"this is All my fault..." she whimpered more, before she lay on the other side of the couch, and away from him.

"I-I'm so s-sorry... I can't stay here..." "Red-" "no! Justin, I'm a danger to you." Red stated as she got up.

Justin followed "Red, it's only hormones! Sure there increased tenfold by the pregnancy, but it's nothing to be scared about, besides, I can handle a few quills even if they are tough to take out." He said before sighing, already seeing Red taking out folded boxes and her suitcase.

"Here, at least let me help... it's the only thing I can do so you don't have to leave your final days here with regret." Justin says softly, making Red pause with her back towards him, before she sighs and looks down, her quills relax a bit.

"O-ok..." she says softly, nodding , before sighing softly, as Justin smiles softly and nods before he starts unfolding boxes and taping up the bottoms of the boxes. While Red focused on getting her clothes folded, and put into her suitcase.

While Justin went to get packing tape and started taping bottoms of boxes, and helped gather all of Red's stuff.

Justin sighs as he puts pictures and photos of all of their adventures in a box, "Red it doesn't have to be like this, you can live with me and mom, and not have to worry about anything, free living until the little one is born" he smiles as he tries to pick the mood up, but as he looks at Red, he falters a bit before sighing.

Red puts her clothes away, sniffling and rubbing her tears away. "What's The point of staying if I'll just be a problem, Justin? I mean,who wants to deal with a pregnant porcupine anyway?" She said while zipping up her suitcase, after her clothes were all packed. Before she looks at him.

Justin's ears droop slightly as he stares back at her.

She sighed and looked away feeling guilty. "I'm sorry Justin, but I already have my mind set..." "so this is a bittersweet goodbye then?" Justin questions before she nods"I believe so..." she looks down as they sit in silence for the rest of the time of Red packing her stuff. Not one word said. It was inevitable, and Red knew...

~°•time skip•°~

It was now night time, as Red got ready to leave.

Sighing as her and Justin packed the last of her stuff into the car she's renting, "are you sure that going back to happy tree town is the best? What if you get killed during your pregnancy?" The male dog asked as Red slammed the back door.

She looks at him with tears "I know... But Jay, but... I just... I- ugh!" She groans in frustration as she leans against the car. "Twelve weeks... Justin I'm twelve weeks pregnant by a man I, so, drunkenly met all because of Marie and her stupid friends! Just I'm 20 years old! I'm not ready to be a mother- ah!"

Her ranting was stopped, as Justin hugs her tightly and petting her head down to her lower back, ignoring the stinging of her quills sticking into his arm. "You are more than ready Red, don't you ever doubt yourself all because you aren't sure whether you're ready or not..." He says softly.

Red tears up more, and hugs him back, before crying into his chest. "I'm going to miss you so much, Justin..." She mumbles into his chest, as Justin rests his head on top of her's and sighs softly.

"I'll miss you too, quills" he says as tears well in his eyes, before he lets go, and looks at her, holding her shoulders, wiping away her tears before walking with her to the driver side door and opens it for her "Red, be careful in happy tree town... I don't want to hear that you've died..." He says.

Red looks at him and smiles softly, but sadly, "I know, but for now, this is goodbye" she says as the car engine roars to life. "But I don't like goodbyes... Only see you later." She smiles one last time, before closing the car door and drives out of the college parking lot.

Leaving behind her hopes and dreams, as she drives of to start her new life, her new future, with the small package she's carrying.

~°• few hours time skip •°~

~° Red's pov °~

After stopping at a gas station, I sigh.

"well, it's after midnight, I should probably find a place to stay at for the night. But what places- well, there might be a few motels around, so if I can find one, then I should reach happy tree town by Friday night, so it's a good thing that I didn't sell the house after mom passed away." I thought aloud.

before jumping a little at the sound of the gas pump flicking off. I sighed before getting out of the car and putting the pump up.

Getting back into the car, and diving off, I turned on the radio, listening to music as the nighttime nature, becomes a blur in my vision as the car comes up to speed.

Humming softly to the song, I started to think 'maybe... Things won't be so bad, maybe being a mother can help me be a better mother than my own? Ah but then what would happen if they have no one left? What if they don't make friends in time?'

I shake my head lightly, "no that's stupid... Don't think like that Red, stress isn't good... But even then, I hope I run into someone familiar..."

I smile slightly, as the trip home, is a long road.

[ask-pico-and-friends-99]

*The camera turns on yet again as Pico managed to calm down his best friend Flippy as a red porcupine with an orange belly and white flakes falling from her quills walks in horrified*

"I-is no one going to mention what happened to Cuddles?!"

"Hey babe, sorry... The Cursed Idol somehow found us and made me flip out... I think Pico hasn't actually seen me flip out like that before."

"No, it's not that... I just wasn't expecting it... Anyway... This is Flippy's girlfriend, Flaky."

*Backs away nervous* "P-Pico... Why is there a camera in my face? Y-you know I'm camera shy..."

"It's ok, Flaky... These guys are just my internet friends who are going to ask us dares, give us questions, and other stuff."

"A-as long as it doesn't involve us d-dying... We do that a lot already..."

"I know! Hey Pico, you should bring your other friends here and we can have a picnic or something!"

"A-as long as Pop doesn't forget about the fireworks... And flips you out..."

"Relax, babe... It won't be an issue..."

*Pico laughs*

"I'll certainly think about it, Flippy... Anyway! Thanks for joining me and peace out! Say bye guys!"

"Bye everyone! I hope to see you all soon!"

"B-bye everyone..."