#frankie-in-the-ferns

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Taskmaster series groups (part 3) and their vibes

Series 11: All on a night course for something.

Is Charlotte studying something to do with children? Yes.

What are the others studying? We have no clue but they're working darn hard. (And by that I mean they like to discuss their life more than actually work. They got on the topic of the etymology of tree once.)

Night school makes them feel like they're in a different world, with only them and the building they're in. Oh well. They won't lose their minds, maybe?

Series 12: Book reading evening, not a book club despite what many of them think.

Honestly they just came to get out of the house and actually talk to people, helps pass the time doesn't it.

Series 13: A community drama group.

Honestly none of them are big on acting or drama in general but they suppose they might as well. Just a mash of characters that don't really fit but none of them are going to start a fight with each other. (Not really, Chris wouldn't really allow that since he is the peace-keeper.)

Series 14: Family vibes, found family vibes.

Dara and Sarah definitely are an uncle and aunt from different sides of the family just trying to herd the others and hope they don't get hurt. Fern and John are the most like their kids and Munya is sure he doesn't even need parenting. (Munya does need parenting but it's just better to let him think he doesn't.)

Series 15: Detention kids.

Has Frankie been called in because Ivo's been in detention from not talking to teachers too much? Yes.

Did he also end up in detention? Yes.

Jenny would be there for ignoring the rules during lunch time.

Kiell because he gave attitude to a teacher.

Mae because they started a fight.

It's a very awkward situation because Ivo really just doesn't want to be here. Frankie is planning to leave at the first chance he can get, dragging Ivo with him and the others if they want. Jenny is also making an escape plan but it involves less 'walking-out-the-door' and more costumes and sneaking. Kiell is playing on his phone and has already had his headphones confiscated. Mae wants to break the silence but is very aware they're the only one willing to talk to the others in the room.

[not-a-matopoeia]

I am descending into madness you can not stop me and my Loid in New Balances (like the Dad shoes TM) propaganda.

I like to imagine they just show up one day, he nor Yor know how they got there, Frankie is pleading the fifth, and Yuri thinks the whole situation is ridiculous- while secretly thinking its hilarious.

He just starts wearing them, to protests from everyone, after a week where he has to take care of on Anya on his own, and go to job because Yor is out of town on business. Because of course thats the week WISE decides to schedule him back to back to back cases.

It was Sylvia, she thought it'd be funny

these are the shoes btw

[b3amoor3]

Keychain designs!

[sugarcoated-lame]

WIP Wednesday

thank you sm for the tag! @pearlessance 💗💗

so… i don’t really have a ton written for any of these 🥲 so instead of a snippet, i’m just gonna list the fics i’m currently working on!

• pre-outbreak/no-outbreak joel x baker!reader

• no-outbreak joel x reader series based on the book/movie ‘safe haven’

• jackson joel x pregnant widowed!reader (will probably be a miniseries with 2 or 3 parts)

• pre-outbreak tommy miller x sarah’s teacher!reader (one shot) based on this little blurb

• older bf!frankie morales x inexperienced/virgin!reader (might be a miniseries)

• on the road (the title is probably gonna change lol) - post-outbreak tommy miller x virgin!reader

​i also have an idea written down for a grumpy x sunshine dave york x barista!reader fic, but idk if i’m actually gonna end up writing it lol 🫣

no pressure tags: @sebsxphia @hangmanssunnies @joelsdagger @joelsgreys @sunlightmurdock @mrsmando @guiltyasdave @floydsglasses @floydsmuse @rhettabbotts @honeyedmiller @desert-fern @startrekfangirl2233 @itsokbbygrl @tonysopranosrobe @joelslegalwhre @joelsgreenflannel @inthe-dark-tonight (ik i’m a bit late to this, so sorry if you’ve already been tagged) ❤️

[couldsewyouastitchandsavenine]

Seasons — Javi Peña x reader

this is literally 1312 words of Javi mush. and no, don't look at me like that — soft Javi is the hill I am ready to die on. this one is for @iamasaddie. it can be read as a standalone but it kinda follows the same pattern as Frankie Morales fic I posted recently.

Javier isn’t one for summer.

He finds no charm in the swelter, no joy in the length of its days. Days that stretch endlessly, blurring into sleepless nights filled with incessant thoughts, as aimless and restless as ceiling fans. 

For Javier, summer spells oppression. Heat that clings like a second skin. Discomfort that saturates. Sweat that doesn’t let go. It brings chaos—within his mind and on the streets below his balcony where he spends the humid evenings smoking one cigarette after another.

It’s a ritual. A twisted kind of comfort. Peace. The only constant in his life.

The change comes unexpectedly—an icy trickle down the back of his neck. One, two, three, and then some more. Irritation is poised to erupt, but he pauses and tilts his head back and up. But instead of a brooding sky, there are droplets falling from the balcony overhead where a jungle of plants greedily laps up the water, nurtured by hands he’s never seen before. 

His reaction, when it arrives, is a stifled grunt, swallowed by the city’s noise and a curl of cigarette smoke. And with that Javier rolls his shoulders and pivots around, retreating into the sanctuary of his apartment. 

Your apology, tender and tentative, barely touches him before it's quashed by the sharp clap of the balcony door slamming shut.

The fall that year makes a swift entrance, and the first gusts of wind come with Javier’s first glimpse of you. You, with your light and effortless steps as you descend the stairs while he drags his own upwards to his fortress of solitude. And there is a brief pause; an exchange of glances. There’s your smile, bright against the fading light. And there is his nod, curt yet not unkind. 

“¡Buenas tardes!” you greet as you pass him by, the scent of blossoms and freshly turned earth in your hair—a fragrance so potent that, for a heart-stopping second, Javier aches for the sun-drenched days of summer he claims to detest. 

They carry on, these encounters you share, each brief and subdued: at the building’s entrance and at the compulsory tenants meetings, on the stairwell, when he's alone or when his arm is wrapped around a woman he won’t recall the name off the day after.

And it’s always the same. Your greetings, effortless and warm, contrast to his muttered replies; the way you start conversations he never tries to finish, offering smiles he won’t return. Each time, he retreats swiftly—back a little stiffer, his goodbye a bit sharper, a rehearsed move in the dance of social pleasantries. 

Because, it’s easier that way, he thinks. Thus, he makes sure to rehearse his apathy, dons it like armour, even as his defences falter in the privacy of his thoughts.

Javier rarely speaks to his neighbours, especially not to you, but he finds himself going against the current of the river he knows so well. 

He catches sight of you at the building’s entrance, grappling with an oversized fern whose lush leaves nearly conceal your form. Compelled by a rare impulse, he moves to help without a moment's hesitation. His hands stabilise the verdant mass as you navigate through the doorway, his movements surprisingly smooth and decisive—perhaps even natural—as you prop the door open for him and usher him into your world.

Inside, your apartment unfolds like a secret garden. Plants claim every nook: they sprawl across the floor, drape over shelves, crowd upon tabletops, and tumble from window sills. And it is exactly how Javier imagines your soul to be—warm, vibrant, and a sanctuary adorned with trinkets and photographs of beaming faces that mirror the smile you offer him—a smile he admits, perhaps only to himself, he has started to anticipate.

"Planning to supply Bogotá with oxygen single-handedly, are you?" Javier ventures, a trace of humour threading through his words for the first time as his eyes pause its wanderings around the slice of your home you've revealed to him.

When you laugh, it’s airy and delightful, resonating through the room like a melody. He places the fern in its designated spot, and his posture softens for a moment, though his hands linger awkwardly at his hips.

"No," you reply, the amusement clear in your tone, "I figured if I'm going to be surrounded by walls, I might as well make them beautiful."

And Javier wants to say it—the words teeter on the tip of his tongue. He wants to tell you that the beauty of these walls comes not from the lush greenery but from your existence among them. He wants to confess how many sleepless nights he's spent sprawled on his sofa, the soft creaks of your footsteps overhead weaving through the silence, rendering the darkness less oppressive, the nights less suffocating. But the words stall, barricaded behind a wall of reticence he can't quite breach.

So instead, he just smiles—a small curve of his lips—and looks down at his feet, shuffling slightly. His eyes linger on the worn fabric of his boots, a stark contrast to the vibrant life burgeoning around him in your apartment. Inside, a torrent of thoughts and unspoken words churns tumultuously; yet outwardly, he remains the terse man with a gun and a badge from the apartment downstairs, shielded by his solitude yet silently reaching out from behind his carefully constructed barriers.

And you take what he’s offering, with a tilt of your head towards your small couch as you speak, “Would you like some coffee?”

The first days of winter bring cool winds outside, but inside Javier there’s a new kind of warmth, gentle yet persistent. It’s in the way he now looks forward to the accidental encounters he used to dread before, and it’s in the glances that perhaps linger just a moment too long. 

And it simmers with the brief exchanges on the stairs that no longer feel brief, with shared moments that seem to pause the time itself, and the fleeting touch of fingertips when they accidentally brush. It doesn’t knock either. Rather, it effortlessly crosses the threshold of his apartment—and his heart—sometimes with the misdelivered package, other times carrying a batch of freshly baked pandebono.

As the spring washes its colours across the city, so too does something fragile and new between Javier and you—something not born of chance, but chosen, nurtured like the budding blooms on the city’s trees. 

It sneaks up on him with a cup of coffee in the morning, and a glass of whiskey as dusk falls. It clings to him, just like your conversations—the ones you lead with thoughts and tales, spinning the strands of tapestry Javier’s learning to read. A mosaic of people he’s never met and concepts he’s yet to grasp, but he finds himself wanting to learn.

Just as the first birds of paradise bloom, the summer begins once more. Heat still clings like a second skin. Discomfort still saturates, and sweat that doesn’t let go. But this time he embraces it, just like he embraces you when he pulls you closer and draws you onto his lap; into his life. 

And from there on, it’s just closed eyes, subtle touch of noses, gentle words and gentler kisses. It’s you, and it’s him, and it’s his rough fingertips, and the soft skin underneath. And it’s whispers, and promises—the ones he intends to keep, and it’s blossoms, and sweet nectar on your tongue, and it’s peace and everything in between. 

It’s his lips against your hair, and it’s the way you hold him. As though he could keep you warm. As though you are able to stitch wounds old and new; keep him safe. And he knows you could, he trusts you that you can, so when his breath hitches, and his body stutters in the sea that is you, Javier doesn’t seek a shore. Instead, he leans into the storm, allowing the current to sweep him toward the solace found in being utterly, hopelessly lost in you.

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tags: @pedroschka, @itscolleenhere, @idontcareihavenoidea

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there are a lot of fun lil things to catch up and enjoy and shout out so think of this as my lil newsletter of the week :)

been a lot of great discussions on the rest is entertainment recently! a few i recommend: 1) in this ep richard discusses the former (😥) importance of the edinburgh fringe and how the pipeline standup>stage>stardom has completely changed with the popularisation of social media and the instant delivery of topical comedy (loved the vittorio shoutout!); 2) in this recent ep (8:17) richard talks about the integrity and motivations of professional tv quizzers, like those on the chase; and 3) in this another recent ep (20:33) richard passionately criticises the emmys allowing the bear to compete as a comedy series and yet again stands up for out-of-work as well as underappreciated comedy writers

rob beckett & romesh ranganathan are doing promo for the new season of rob & romesh vs, so here is a ridiculous video of them doing "impressions" on ladbible lmao

david mitchell's new series ludwig comes out this week!!! this is a wonderful interview with david + rave reviews are rolling in from the guardian, the radio times, and more

larry dean had a small speaking part in the netflix film this time next year, which is out now!

icymi global superstar, drag artist, and scottish comedian/enne lawrence chaney took over trixie's channel a few weeks ago

GRAHAM NORTON SHOW IS BACK ON FRIDAY!!! 9/27 Lady Gaga, Colin Farrell, Demi Moore, Richard Ayoade, and Jack Savoretti & Miles Kane 10/4 Hugh Grant, Sebastian Stan, Greg Davies, and Neneh Cherry

i know i talked about this last week but just so everything is in one place here are the links for bobby mair's and harriet kemsley's episodes of the divorce podcast

vic reeves recently made a few comments about wanting to get back with bob to do something new 🥹

some new books out! and most of these include book tours — including richard osman in the USA this week!!! tickets here We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Friends of Dorothy by Sandi Toksvig Jokes, Jokes, Jokes by Jenny Eclair Frankie by Graham Norton

speaking of people coming to north america here are a few coming up: 9/5–10/3 Jamali Maddix 10/11–10/27 Sindhu Vee 11/8 Michael & Jack Whitehall 11/9–13 Paul Chowdhry 2025 Romesh Ranganathan, Mo Gilligan (can anyone else believe ben elton went to mf abu dhabi but couldn't make it over to the usa for a show or two 🥲)

david o'doherty has a new podcast out with max rushden called what did you do yesterday?, and the first guests include elis james, lou sanders, alex horne, josh widdicombe, and suzi ruffell

just a reminder that fin taylor is still...fin tayloring over on ig

joe lycett is currently filming a series for sky where he goes to all of the birminghams in the usa LMAO he's giving sneak peeks of his country-wide travels on his social media so check them out hehe

fern brady won big at the sky arts awards :")<3

[jolalibrary]

undercoverpena's birthday bash masterlist 🍊

a place where all the things birthday bash will be stored. and will be updated as soon as jo can, but if she's slow, she's eating cake* *cake may also be frankie morales

BIRTHDAY BASH INFO | BIRTHDAY GALS NORMAL MASTERLIST

THE PAINT SHADE CORNER

🎨 javier peña. the man. gifset - @iamasaddie

🎨 fern frankie moodboard - @secretelephanttattoo

🎨 pretty in pink (javi p x reader fic) - @sawymredfox

🎨 joel miller almond butter moodboard - @evolnoomym

🎨 three p's in a moodboard - @janaispunk

🎨 brakelight red javi gifset - @pedgito

🎨 pistachio pea (javi p x reader fic) - @morallyinept

🎨 english violet video edit (ft. tim) - @survivingandenduring

🎨 banana dreams ficlet moodboard (ft. frankie) @inept-the-magnificent

🎨 cadet gray (tim x plus size reader fic) - @nerdieforpedro

🎨 crushed berry moodboard - @elfhydrangea

🎨 aero sky fic blurb and moodboard (frankie) - @eupheme

🎨 pink melody moodboard - @hellfire-state-of-mind

🎨 in another life (javi p x reader) - @ozarkthedog

🎨 safe harbour (santi x frankie) - @yopossum

🎨 mauve memories (frankie) - @schnarfer

🎨 cerulean eyes (frankie + pool party) - @mothandpidgeon

🎨 atomic tangerine - @jennaispunk

🎨 cambridge blue (motorbike!frankie) - @toxicanonymity

🎨 rainy days (frankie x reader) - @thetriumphantpanda

🎨 unwrapping gifts (frankie x reader) nsfw - @msjarvis

🎨 renew blue moodboard - @milla-frenchy

🎨 wisteria way (javi p) - @hellishjoel

🎨 when can you come back again? (javi p x reader) - @thundermartini

🎨 midnight green - the day before (frankie x reader) - @just-mj-or-not

🎨 sunny day (frankie) - @kedsandtubesocks

🎨 woo red (dave) - @evolnoomym

🎨 and for dessert? (javi x reader) - @miss-oranje-disco-dancer

🎨 wait (joel x frankie x santi x you) - @luxurychristmaspudding

🎨 jardin green (frankie) - @valeeeez

JO'S SPRINKLES OF LOVE

🍊 el's beanery for @secretelephanttattoo

🍊 freedom felt like summer for @thetriumphantpanda

🍊 the dave york sight for @goodwithcheese

🍊 the yearly round up (fanfic)

[shortqueershakespeare]

Taskmaster S1-17 contestants and how they'd feel about tumblr

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A tier list ranking the taskmaster contestants from series 1 to 17 and little Alex Horne by their relationship to tumblr

Tier one, a purple square that says "would run their own fan blog of themselves": This tier has a picture of Alex Horne

Tier two, a red square that says "Shameless tumblr girlie (gender neutral)": This tier has pictures of Sam Campbell, Joe Lycett, Joanne McNally, Lucy Beaumont, Lou Sanders, Desiree Burch, Morgana Robinson, Sophie Duker, Sally Phillips, Aisling Bea, Fern Brady, Mae Martin, Mawaan Rizwan and Alice Levine.

Tier three, an orange square that says "has a tumblr but would die of shame if anyone knew": This tier has pictures of Joe Thomas, Rose Matafeo, Ivo Graham, Susan Wokoma and Josh Widdicombe.

Tier four, a dark yellow square that says "would know how tumblr works": This tier has pictures of Nish Kumar, Richard Osman, Iain Stirling, Ed Gamble, Katherine Ryan, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Munya Chawawa, Paul Chowdry and Katy Wix.

Tier five, a light yellow square that says "aware of tumblr's existence": This tier has pictures of John Robins, Tim Key, Charlotte Ritchie, Lolly Adefope, Phil Wang, Jess Knappett and Sara Pascoe.

Tier six, a light green square that says "would enjoy the concept of tumblr": This tier has pictures of Hugh Dennis, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Sian Gibson, Joe Wilkinson, Rhod Gilbert, Noel Fielding, Sarah Millican, Chris Ramsey, Ardal O'Hanlan, Steve Pemberton, Sarah Kendall, Richard Herring, Al Murray, Dara O'Briain, Diasy May Cooper, Dave Gorman and Russell Howard.

Tier seven, a dark green square that says "has absolutely no idea what tumblr is": This tier has pictures of Bridget Christie, Johnny Vega, Mark Watson, Roisin Conaty, Sophie Willan, Bob Mortimer, Julian Clary, Sue Perkins, Frank Skinner, Paul Sinha, Mike Woziak, Jamali Maddix, Judi Love, Jo Brand, David Baddiel, Alan Davies, Kerry Godliman, John Kearns, Lee Mack, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan.

Tier eight, a turquoise square that says "would be actively horrified by tumblr": This tier has pictures of Jon Richardson, Mel Giedroyc, Doc Brown, Tim Vine, Nick Mohammed, Katherine Parkinson, Jenny Eclair, Frankie Boyle, Victoria Coren Mitchell, James Acaster and Guz Khan.

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(new!) pinned post bbgs!!

i am unable to donate to any Gaza/genocide campaigns because i’m a minor, but i’m more than willing to reblog and platform campaigns!!

CURRENTLY WORKING ON A VISUAL NOVEL CALLED COIN SLOT PASSION!! :D

Dni List: Homophobes, Racists, 18+ content or blogs, Sexists, Fujoshis, MAPs, ableists, proshippers, nsfw agere, Transphobes, TERFS AND RADFEMS >:/

Accounts: @kinnie-central (i only post on there once in a blue moon) I post kinnie bingos on there. And @gir-parodyaccount where it’s basically just a Gir from invader zim parody account @costasella is an rp blog for my pressure oc :)

Fandoms I rp: I love roleplaying and my dms are always always always open! Absolutely NO nsfw. NONE. I may not always answer super fast. I get demotivated really easily too just fair warning T-T

ROLEPLAYS: closed for now!

Roleplay Information! Just to skip past the whole HUSTLE BUSTLE OOH what character do you want to be oh but i wanted to be that character, I'll list the ones I usually play as for the fandoms I roleplay :) If there is more than one listed it's not because I rp all of them in the same one, it's if you wanna be that character then I can be a different one and I'll be ok with it :)

Aggretsuko: Shikabane, Fenneko

Ace Attorney: Any

Avatar: Toph, Mai

Amphibia: Marcy, Dr. Jan

Adventure Time: Fern, Magic Betty

BSD: Dazai, Ranpo, Edgar, Fyodor, Nikolai, Kyōka

Blue's Clues: Green, Rainbow, Blue, Magenta

Battle Kitty: Kitty, Orc, Aeon, Iago

Cookie Run: Pure Vanilla, White Lily/Dark Enchantress, Mystic Flour, Elder Faerie, Espresso, Affogato

Dsaf: Dee

Danganronpa: Kyoko, Celestia, Sayaka, Mikan, Chiaki, Nagito, Ibuki, Shuichi, Kokichi, Rantaro, Angie, Tsumugi

Undertale/Deltarune/UT AUs: Dream/Shattered, Ink, Fatal Error, Geno, Blueberror

DDLC: Yuri, Sayori

Dogman: Any

Dandy's World: Astro, Razzle & Dazzle, Twisted Glisten

Death Note: L, Near, Misa, Teru (sometimes???)

Dialtown: Phonegingi, Karen

DHMIS: Yellow Guy, Sketchbook, Lesley

ENA: Ena, Merci, Shepherd

FNAF: Charlie/Puppet, Sundrop, Moondrop, Eclipse, Withered Bonnie, Lefty, Lolbit

FPE: Any

FNF: Nene

Ghost and Pals: Christopher, Arc, Cakey, Creative Piko, Kennith, Epta, Evelyn J.

Hello Puppets: Riley

INMIMB: Embry

Invader Zim: GIR, Gaz, Zim

Lalaloopsy: Rosy Bumps N Bruises, Bea Spells A Lot, Spot Splatter Splash, Crumbs Sugar Cookie, Pillow Featherbed, Charlotte Charades, Dot Starlight, Furry Grrs A Lot, Haley Galaxy

MLP: Fluttershy, Twilight Sparkle, Princess Luna, Sci-Twi, Gloriosa Daisy

Max & Ruby: Max

MHA: Tsuyu Asui, Mei Hatsume, Tamaki Amajiki, Kinoko Komori, Anan Kurose (Thirteen), Reiko Yanagi, Mawata Fuwa

Monster High: Frankie, Twyla, Draculaura, Rebecca

MCSM: Olivia, Jesse, Xara

Night in the Woods: Mae

Omori: Sunny, Basil

Over the Garden Wall: Any

Octonauts: Peso, Tweak

Ouran High School Host Club: Haruhi

Project Sekai: Nene Kusanagi, Mafuyu Asahina, Rui Kamishiro, Ena Shinonome, Emu Otori

Pressure: Any

PPG: Bubbles, HIM

Pepper's Playhouse: Any

Popee the Performer: Eepop, Popee

Pokemon: N, James, Kieran, Allister, Piers, Klara

Portal: Any

Raggedy Ann: Any

Regretevator: Party Noob, Prototype, Scag, Bive

Splatoon: Any

Sesame Street: Any

Stardew Valley: Maru, Krobus

Star Vs. The Forces of Evil: Eclipsa, Celena

She-Ra: Entrapta, Double Trouble

Sanrio: Any

Sonic: Silver, Tails, Shadow

Skullgirls: Painwheel, Marie, Squigly

Steven Universe: Spinel, Peridot, Blue Diamond, Blue Pearl, Rainbow Quartz 2.0

Smile For Me: Kamal, Questionette, Dr Habit

Shopkins: Any

Steve Saga: Green Steve, Rainbow Steve

TTS/Vat7k: Cassandra, Varian, Nuru

TSAMS: Sun, Solar, Eclipse, Ruin, Bloodmoon

TTATC: Tack

TWF: Banny, Susan, Billy

TMC: Any

TMA: Michael (Pre-spiral and spiral), Helen (Spiral), Nikola Orsinov, Anabelle Cane

The Lego Movie: Benny, Unikitty

Trolls: Any

The Stanley Parable: Any

The Case Study of Vanitas: Vanitas

TOH: Hunter, Raine, The Collector

TMNT (mostly rottmnt): Donnie

TAWOG: Any

Vocaloid: Fukase, Yowane Haku, YohioLOID

Welcome Home: Wally, Sally, Poppy

Wordgirl: Dr Two Brains, Toby, Wordgirl

Yuppie Psycho: Tiki-Taka

Yandere Sim: Oka Ruto, Amai Odayaka, Supana Churu

Yo Gabba Gabba: Plex

FANDOMS: (oh boy here we go. I have no life can you tell?)

Purple- Fandoms I love to roleplay!

Orange- Fandoms I roleplay sometimes.

White- Fandoms I don't roleplay (but am still in)

Animal Jam, Aggretsuko, Animal Crossing, Ace Attorney, Avatar the Last Airbender, Angel Hare, Alice in Wonderland, Amphibia, Adventure Time, Angel Beats, A Short Hike, Animaniacs, A Mall Near You, Ann, Attack on Titan, Bungo Stray Dogs, Bigtop Burger, Bandori, BURNER, BFDI, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Bluey, Blue’s Clues, Battle Kitty, Bonnie’s Bakery, Baldi’s Basics, Blackout Hospital, Cookie Run, Crowscare, Cemetery Mary, Camp Here and There, Critterspace, Captain Underpants, Corpse Factory, Cuphead, Creepy Tale, Dayshift at Freddy’s, Danganronpa, Deltarune, Doors, Doki Doki Literature Club, Dungeons & Dragons, Dogman, Dandy’s World, Death Note, Dialtown, Demon Slayer, Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, Death and Taxes, Death Mark, Ensemble Stars, ENA, Ever After High, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Fundamental Paper Education, Fatum Betula, FNF, Ghost and Pals, Gorillaz, Good Omens, Genshin Impact, Ghost Eyes, Gravity Falls, GRIS, Gavril, Hello Charlotte, HFJONE, Happy Tree Friends, Honkai Star Rail, Hooky, Homestuck, Hello Puppets, Hero Hours Contract, House, Hypnospace Outlaw, Harmony and Horror, It’s Not Me It’s My Basement, Inside Job, Inanimate Insanity, Invader Zim, Indigo Park, John Doe, Kirby, K-On!, Littlest Pet Shop, Lego Monkie Kid, Lego Batman, Lord of the Rings, Lalaloopsy, Lucky Star, Lain, League of Enthusiastic Losers, Little Nightmares, Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling, Lost in Random, Leftovers, My Little Pony, Max and Ruby, Minecraft, Marionetta, My Hero Academia, Monster High, Moon Phase, Minecraft Story Mode, Mad Father, Milk Inside a Bag of Milk, Milky Way Prince, Mario, Night in the Woods, Ninjago, Nimona, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Needy Streamer Overload, Nana, Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch, Omori, Over the Garden Wall, OK K.O, Octonauts, Ouran Highschool Host Club, One-Eyed Lee and the Dinner Party, Project Sekai, Pressure, Parappa the Rapper, Powerpuff Girls, Pepper’s Playhouse, Popee the Performer, Pretty Cure, Pokemon, Portal, Regretevator, Raggedy Ann, Rumbling Hearts, Resident Evil, Rythm Heaven, Splatoon, Secret Alliance, Star Trek, Sesame Street, Stardew Valley, Strawberry Shortcake, Star Vs The Forces of Evil, Sailor Moon,  She-Ra, Spooky Month, Sanrio, Spiderverse, Studio Ghibli, Saiki K, Sonic the Hedgehog, Skullgirls, Steven Universe, Sally Face, Smile for Me, Shopkins, Steve Saga, Tangled the Series, The Sun and Moon Show, The Future Diary, Twelve Forever, The Thief and The Cobbler, The Walten Files, The Mandela Catalog, The Magnus Archives, The Lego Movie, Tattletail, The Muppets, Toilet Bound Hanako Kun, Trolls, The Stanley Parable, The Case Study of Vanitas, The Legend of Zelda, Twisted Wonderland, The Hobbit, The Owl House, TMNT, The Amazing World of Gumball, Transformers, The Prototype, Undertale, Undertale AUs, Underverse, Unikitty, Vocaloid, Varian and the Seven Kingdoms, Welcome to the Night Vale, Watamote, Wander over Yonder, Welcome Home, Wordgirl, Yuppie Psycho, Yandere Simulator, Your Turn to Die, Yo Gabba Gabba, Yu Gi Oh, Yume Nikki

KIND OF fandoms that I'm in kind of/have been in/am no longer in/know of: TADC, Hazbin/Helluva Boss, Musicals, Encanto, Barbie, SCP, Naruto, Scooby Doo, Care Bears, Jujutsu Kaisen, Dragon Ball Z, Dead by Daylight, Red Dead Redemption, Peach Girl, Amanda the Adventurer, Calico, Connection Haunted, Delicious in Dungeon, Our Wonderland, Dead Plate, Therapy With Dr Albert Krueger, Vincent the Secret of Meyers

my MAIN pronouns are they/it/he/xyr

extended pronoun list Bug/clown/alien/cat/paw/kit/aer/elau/delau/cupcake/glitter/snail/rain/plant/dino/worm/dragon/draer/draerself/rocks/xe/xyr/scene/:3/gloo/kandi/honk/xir/ze/ne/ nym/nis/nim/ner/phey/phem/ve/vem/ver/vim/ce/cir /moth/mothself/ghostself

emoji pronouns: 👽/👾/🐝/🪱/🐛/🐌/🦕/🪼/🐟/🐳/🍄/🥀/🍮/🎲/♟️/🎥/📼/🎞️/📺/📻🕰️/🗝️/♠️/🍓

[thebeesareback]

Where to find multiple people from Taskmaster outside of the show

Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned: David Baddiel, Frank Skinner

Big Fat Quiz of the Year/Big Fat Quiz of Everything: Mawaan Rizwan, Judi Love, Noel Fielding, Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican, Jo Brand, Romesh Ranganathan, Asim Chaudhry, Rose Matafeo, Mel Giedroyc

The Cleaner: Greg Davis, Asim Chaudhry, Sian Gibson

Cuckoo: Greg Davis, Asim Chaudhry

Doctor Who: Mawaan Rizwan, Ardal O'Hanlon

The Inbetweeners: Greg Davis, Joe Thomas, Susan Wokoma

Eight out of Ten Cats/ Eight out of 10 Cats does Countdown: Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Richard Osman, Joe Wilkinson, Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett, Sara Pascoe, Lolly Adefope, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Jessica Knappett, Phil Wang, David Baddiel, Rose Matafeo, Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Lee Mack, Morgana Robinson, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love, Sophie Duker, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Sam Campbell

Frankie Boyle's New World Order: Frankie Boyle, Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Desiree Burch, Fern Brady

Feel Good: Mae Martin, Charlotte Ritchie

Fresh Meat: Joe Thomas, Charlotte Ritchie, Rob Beckett

Ghosts: Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie, Jessica Knappett, Katy Wix, Bridget Christie, Keill Smith-Bynoe

The Great British Bakeoff: Rob Beckett, James Acastar, Sue Perkins, Mel Gierdroyc

Hypothetical: James Acaster, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Liza Tarbuck, Phil Wang, Lou Sanders, Rose Matafeo, Guz Khan, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, Judi Love, Dara O'Briain

Have I Got News for You: Roisin Conaty, Dave Gorman, Mel Giedroyc, Nish Kumar, Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Phil Wang, Jo Brand, Richard Herring, Desiree Burch, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican, Ivo Graham, Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont

Off Menu Podcast: James Acaster (host), Ed Gamble (host), Greg Davis, Nish Kumar, Alex Horne, Dara O'Briain, Katherine Ryan, Joe Thomas, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Bob Mortimer, Jamali Maddix, Morgana Robinson, Bridget Christie, John Kearns, Keill Smith-Bynoe, Mae Martin

Outnumbered: Hugh Dennis, Katy Wix, Lee Mack

Late Night Lycett: Joe Lycett (host), Katherine Ryan, Daisy May Cooper

The Last Leg: Josh Widdicombe (host), Romesh Ranganathan, Lolly Adefope, Jessica Knappett, Johnny Vegas, Sophie Duker, Lucy Beaumont, Jo Brand, Frank Skinner, Joe Thomas, Katherine Ryan, Greg Davis, Russell Howard, Roisin Conaty, Aisling Bea, Joe Lycett, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, James Acaster, Sally Phillips, Nish Kumar, Alex Horne, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang, Jamali Maddix, Guz Khan, Desiree Burch, Munya Chawawa, Susan Wokoma, Rose Matafeo, Kiell Smith-Bynoe

Miranda: Joe Wilkinson, Mel Giedroyc, Sally Phillips, Liza Tarbuck, Katy Wix

Mock the Week: Dara O'Briain (host), Hugh Dennis (every episode), Frankie Boyle, Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Al Murray, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar, Kerry Godliman, Rhod Gilbert, Ed Gamble, Desiree Burch, Chris Ramsey, Sophie Duker, Sarah Millican, Ivo Graham

Man Down: Roisin Connarty, Greg Davis, Mike Wozniak

Not Going Out: Lee Mack, Hugh Dennis, Tim Vine, Katy Wix

Parenting Hell: Josh Widdicombe (host), Rob Beckett (host)

Paul Sinhar's TV Showdown: Paul Sinhar (host), Rob Beckett

QI: Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Richard Osman, Dave Gorman, Sara Pascoe, Hugh Dennis, Lolly Adefope, Aisling Bea, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar, Tim Vine, David Baddiel, Jo Brand, Rose Matafeo, Johnny Vegas, Alan Davis, Desiree Burch, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, Bridget Christie, Dara O'Briain, Ivo Graham, Jenny Eclair, Julian Clary, Sue Perkins

Quickly Kevin, Will He Score?: Josh Widdicombe (host) (busy guy), Ivo Graham

Rob and Romesh vs...: Romesh Ranganathan (host), Rob Becket (host)

Russell Howard's Good News: Russell Howard (host) (obviously), Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan, Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Aisling Bea, Iain Sterling, Lou Sanders, Ed Gamble, Chris Ramsey

The Russell Howard Hour: Russell Howard (host) (obviously), Paul Chowdhry, Jessica Knappett, Lou Sanders, Desiree Burch

Would I Lie to You: Richard Osman, Bob Mortimer, Phil Wang, Rhod Gilbert, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Sian Gibson, Jo Brand, Katherine Parkinson, Lee Mack, Sarah Kendall, Desiree Burch, Ardal O'Hanlon, Judi Love, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican, Lucy Beaumont

Very Modern Quests: Alice Levine, Greg James, Joe Lycett, Phil Wang

Enjoy!

[ghostbird-7]

Categories of taskmaster contestant

Old and could not give a fuck if they were paid (and they are), delightful- Jo Brand, Alan Davies, Hugh Dennis, Richard Herring, Julian Clary, Frank Skinner, Frankie Boyle

Young foppish man who is inexplicably and hilariously into it-Ian Sterling, Ed Gamble, Chris Ramsey

Oddly capable and also I’m super gay- Sophie Duker, Bridget Christie, Aisling Bea, Mae Martin

Makes you feel delightfully like you’re on acid- Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Bridget Christie, Bob Mortimer, Mike Wozniak, Fern Brady

Young whippersnapper who’s having an absolute ball of a time- Alice Levine, Lenny Rush, Lou Sanders, Sian Gibson, Rob Beckett, Sara Pascoe, Joey Lycett, Lilly Adefope, Katherine Ryan

Lost their fucking minds- Rhod Gilbert, Joe Wilkinson, Liza Tarbuck, Daisy May Cooper, Katherine Parkinson, John Kearns

[stone-stars]

songs in c3e70: deer old dad (timestamps from the ad-free version. does not include the generic combat music. “a wizard’s tournament” is the recap song.)

Balnor the Brave - 7:29

Blackthorn Hall - 8:30

Ode to the Archipelago - 13:16

Bittersweet Sixteen - 14:51

Hospitably Hostile - 17:20

Balnor's Bad Dream - 20:44

Balnor the Brave - 23:26

Winter Sprite - 24:58

Left is Left and Right is Center - 28:22

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 30:26

Gunvar - 32:54

The Red Fen - 33:54

Greener Shades - 35:26

Slumber in the Stump - 36:14

Zelbuldar 3 - 38:46

Mothership Lobby - 39:35 and 43:29

Left is Left and Right is Center - 46:34

The Multiverse - 48:46

Goblin Dirigible - 50:56

A Friend For Life - 53:49

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 55:40

Tower in the Distance - 58:57

Frankie Vantasmo - 1:02:22

Malscurial - 1:07:02

The Mindflayer's Lair - 1:08:16

Bonkginya, Fia Bonkginya - 1:12:23

Malscurial - 1:17:15

Sir Reynard - 1:20:41

Malscurial - 1:22:26

context for each song + notes under the cut!

Balnor the Brave - 7:29 - Balnor grieves Truehare

Blackthorn Hall - 8:30 - Duck Team celebrating / Kenna's first beer

Ode to the Archipelago - 13:16 - Calder makes an ice luge / Revelry with the Green Knights

Bittersweet Sixteen - 14:51 - Entering the Summer Court Castle

Hospitably Hostile - 17:20 - Calder brings up Leonore to Robert / Robert explains their past

Balnor's Bad Dream - 20:44 - Robert explains Leonore's treachery and betrayal

Balnor the Brave - 23:26 - Robert explains his order's mission and that they have failed Queen Cirilla

Winter Sprite - 24:58 - Callie's read on Cirilla (naive)

Left is Left and Right is Center - 28:22 - Discussing Gunk's future

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 30:26 - Robert offers the Green Knight's service if DT will help bring Cirilla back

Gunvar - 32:54 - Robert reminisces about Queen Cirilla

The Red Fen - 33:54 - King Lestibourne

Greener Shades - 35:26 - Duck Team's sleeping quarters

Slumber in the Stump - 36:14 - Duck Team going to bed

Zelbuldar 3 - 38:46 - Ma Goblin hologram

Mothership Lobby - 39:35 - Ma Goblin gives them a net gun for the Fatebringers

Mothership Lobby - 43:29 - Ma says she can scan automatons

Left is Left and Right is Center - 46:34 - Sol uses Lestibourne's bath water

The Multiverse - 48:46 - Sol crits to recharge his spores

Goblin Dirigible - 50:56 - Green Knight forces gathering / Saying goodbye to Robert

A Friend For Life - 53:49 - Callie gives Robert a stag fern as a token

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 55:40 - Green Knights preparing to fly out

Tower in the Distance - 58:57 - Arrival in Autumn

Frankie Vantasmo - 1:02:22 - Discussing an approach to the castle

Malscurial - 1:07:02 - DT + Balnor land among the elementals + automatons

The Mindflayer's Lair - 1:08:16 - Callie scans an automaton

Bonkginya, Fia Bonkginya - 1:12:23 - Communicating with Ma Goblin / Automaton overview and discussion

Malscurial - 1:17:15 - Entering Charbin's castle

Sir Reynard - 1:20:41 - Charbin shows Bearlain in a cage / Betrays them

Malscurial - 1:22:26 - Charbin's forces start attacking

Notes: "Slumber in the Stump" is credited as "Moonshine's Stump"

[roosterforme]

roosterforme's fic challenge #love is in the air tgm

Let's celebrate Valentine's Day the Top Gun way! Choose a love song, any love song that you want, and write a fic about one or more of our favorite Top Gun characters!

Rules:

Please use the #love is in the air tgm hashtag!!!

Once you have your song selected (first come, first served, no duplicates), please send me an ask letting me know which song and character(s) you want to write about. If your song is not listed below, just let me know what you want with your ask and I’ll add it (within reason, of course). If your song has been claimed already, I'll let you know so you can choose another one

You can use the song in the fic however you would like. Use it as the title, use some lyrics, have the song playing in the background, anything you want!

Minimum word count: 1k

There is no real time limit, but please try to post around Valentine's Day, or during the month of February.

Please make sure you tag me (or send me a message) when you post your story so I don’t miss it. I can’t wait to read and reblog!

Please reblog and share this with anyone who may want to participate

If you’re under 18, do not submit or read smut

Songs are listed after the cut:

If you don't see a song you like, send me an ask and I will add it for you!

Current Playlist:

1 @familyvideostevie Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye (Bradley)

2 @semperhuggs Perfect by Ed Sheeran (Jake)

3 @bradshawsbitch You're My Best Friend by Queen (Bob)

4 @gretagerwigsmuse Everlasting Love by Love Affair (Bradley)

5 @bradshawsbaby My Girl by The Temptations (Hannix)

6 @wkndwlff Slow Dancing by Aly & AJ (Jake)

7 @beyondthesefourwalls Wildflowers & Wine by Marcus King (Bradley)

8 @roosterforme Hello, I Love You by The Doors (Bradley)

9 @hangmanbrainrot At Last by Etta James (Jake)

10 @cherrycola27 Desire by U2 (Bradley)

11 @theharddeck Yours by Russell Dickerson (Jake)

12 @bradshawsbaby Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli (Bradley)

13 @wildbornsiren Can't Help Falling In Love by Elvis (Bob)

14 @thedroneranger Talk You Out of It by Florida Georgia Line (Jake)

15 @whisperofsong Late Night Talking by Harry Styles (Jake)

16 @mothdruid Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars (Javy)

17 @sometimesanalice Like I Can by Sam Smith (Bradley)

18 @little-wiseone Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding (Jake)

19 @bolaurel You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes (Bradley)

20 @high-bi-imgonnacry Next Thing You Know by Jordan Davis (Jake)

21 @thedroneranger Kind of Love We Make by Luke Combs (Bradley)

22 @cherrycola27 Burning Up by the Jonas Brothers (Jake)

23 @laracrofted Delicate by Taylor Swift (Bob)

24 @beyondthesefourwalls The Good I’ll Do by Zach Bryan (Jake)

25 @cherrycola27 Until I Found You by Stephen Sanchez (Bradley)

26 @blackwidownat2814 All of Me by John Legend (Jake)

27 @godsfavoritebabe Endless Love by Luther Vandross (Bradley)

28 @cassiemitchell Friends Don’t by Maddie and Tae (Jake)

29 @sylviebell Everything Has Changed by Taylor Swift (Rooster x Phoenix)

30 @madsnowstorm Beyond by Leon Bridges ft Luke Combs (Jake)

31 @jynxmirage If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys (Bradley)

32 @bussyslayer333 Lovefool by The Cardigans (Bob)

33 @desert-fern La Dah Dee by Cody Simpson (Jake)

34 @cassiemitchell Worldwide by Big Time Rush (Bradley)

35 @jynxmirage Tennessee Whiskey by Chris Stapleton (Jake)

36 @desert-fern Dandelions by Ruth B (Natasha)

37 @avaleineandafryingpan Like My Father by Jax (Bob)

38 @roosters-girl Just What I Needed by The Cars (Bradley)

39 @hangmanstigerlily Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon (Jake)

40 @call-sign-shark Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer (Mav)

41 @myfaveficrecs I'll Make Love to You by Boyz II Men (Bradley)

42 @roosterforme The Kind of Girl I Could Love by The Monkees (Bob)

43 @rae-gar-targaryen This Old Heart of Mine by the Isley Brothers (Mickey)

44 @shrimping-for-all Letters by Why Don’t We (Bradley)

45 @bradshawsbitch Secret Love Song by Little Mix (Natasha)

46 @floyd-luvr About You by The 1975 (Bob)

47 @floyd-luvr Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (Bradley)

48 @semperhuggs Need You Tonight by INXS (IceMav)

49 @nocapesdahling You Send Me by Sam Cooke (Jake)

50 @nocapesdahling By Your Side by Sade (Bradley)

51 @ssprayberrythings Black and White by Niall Horan (Jake)

52 @daughterofautumn All You Need Is Love by The Beatles (Mickey)

53 @daughterofautumn Lay All Your Love On Me by ABBA (Bob)

54 @callsignseagull I love you by JP Saxe (Jake)

55 @gennyanydots Untouched by The Veronicas (Bradley)

56 @gennyanydots Here In Your Arms by Hellogoodbye (Bob)

57 @thebirdandthebee Congratulations by Mac Miller (Bradley)

58 @endofdays56 Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx (Bob)

59 @notroosterbradshaw These Arms of Mine by Otis Redding (Bradley)

60 @avengers-fixation I Don't Wanna Set the World On Fire by VoicePlay (Jake)

61 @amysteryspot I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston (Bradley)

62 @beyondthesefourwalls I Don't Love You Like I Used To by John Legend (Javy)

63 @valhallaas Love Me Tender by Elvis (Jake)

64 @daughterofautumn Your Body Is a Wonderland by John Mayer (Mickey)

65 @hangmans-wingman I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith (Jake)

66 @tongue-like-a-razor Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden (Bradley)

67 @tongue-like-a-razor I Wish It Would Rain Down by Phil Collins (Jake)

68 @hurricanerex666 Kiss Goodnight by I Don't Know How But They Found Me (Bradley)

69 @roosterbruiser Fruits of My Labor by Lucinda Williams (Jake)

Songs You May Want To Use:

At Last by Etta James

Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer

Desire by U2

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Just What I Needed by The Cars

You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes

Late Night Talking by Harry Styles

I'll Make Love To You Boyz II Men

Can't Help Falling In Love by Elvis

Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli

Beautiful Stranger by Madonna

Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding

Lovefool by The Cardigans

Best I Ever Had by Drake 

Perfect by Ed Sheeran

Love Story by Taylor Swift

All You Need Is Love by The Beatles

Need You Tonight by INXS

I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston

All Of Me by John Legend

Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars

My Girl by The Temptations

[jisokai]

& we'll be brothers again

“Luffy?”

The youngest boy grunts next to the eldest, cramped in their nest. He’s tired, on the verge of joining Sabo’s snores on the other end.

“You ever think about what you wanna be in your next life?”

ace & luffy tags: spoilers for marineford, post-time skip, reincarnation, angst... i think? 3.4k words | oneshot, complete

read on ao3

a note: This is set sometime post-timeskip. I started writing this before I reached Dressrosa, so I initially intended for it to be between Sabaody and Dressrosa. But then Dressrosa was... well, Dressrosa. So I don't know where this fic fits anymore T-T but probably post-Dressrosa LOL

“Luffy?”

The youngest boy grunts next to the eldest, cramped in their nest. He’s tired, on the verge of joining Sabo’s snores on the other end.

“You ever think about what you wanna be in your next life?”

Luffy’s blank face schools into a frown. He turns his head to look at Ace, wondering what runs through his mind to ask that sort of question.

“No. Why would I think about stuff like that?”

Ace hums, unperturbed. It’s quiet afterwards, only the sound of the wind and the rustling leaves passing between them. Luffy thinks that’ll be the end of it, closing his eyes and readying to forget about the whole conversation as he falls asleep.

The water is calm today.

The water is calm, and so is Luffy.

The crew is chatting, still acclimating to their returned companionship, sharing tales of time apart and dreams moving forwards. The Sunny rocks gently against the waves, rhythmic splashes thrumming through the wind. The wood of the deck creaks as the captain walks towards the edge, peering into the vast, endless blue of the ocean and sky. The clouds are gentle, like the swirling hair of a god.

“Nami,” he calls.

The navigator hums, turning towards her captain.

“Let’s go this way.” He points at an angle from the front of the ship, less than ninety degrees right.

“Huh? But the logpose—”

“I know,” he says. His voice is strong, but not rough. He is calm today. “I just gotta feelin’.”

Nami sighs, not having the will to argue. “Okay, but we’re following the logpose if we don’t find anything in a couple days.”

Luffy nods. “Yeah.”

The island is unusual. It stretches through the shape of a crescent, a globe of earth that was shot through the side. The water at the center is dark, a deep deep blue that commands mystery. The Sunny docks on one of its points—at a cluster of rocks that transition into a forest. The trees feel familiar to Luffy, with large trunks that could hold a home. Franky comments that they’re hardwood, strong and reliable for ship repairs. They stand surrounded by a carpet of green, the smooth fibers of ferns and sedge and the occasional bush of flowers—hibiscus and plumeria.

A breeze flutters by, sends tingles of whispers across his skin—secrets, he thinks. 

The crew watches their captain leave the ship, eyes skeptically following him and his lack of enthusiasm. He’s subdued, with a calm aura that reads as unsettling. Some of them wonder if this is a change that surfaced deliberately in the past two years. Others wonder if it means something is wrong.

Luffy treads carefully into the thick of the forest. His sandals crunch along layers of leaf and twig, erupting pops that imitate the cracking of bone. But the landscape is serene, with chirping birds and soft rustles of the occasional rodent, pawing through bramble or scurrying through the canopies. Luffy takes it in slowly. Carefully.

His steps eventually toe the line of a blackened patch of land. His face remains unchanged while his eyes move across the ground, spotting charred trunks, scorched earth, brittle remnants of vegetation—the ones that somehow didn’t quite turn to ash. Before him is a scene of black and white and grey, and the tiniest sprinkle of green sparsely dotted across the dirt.

“A forest that relies on burning.” Robin’s voice is level as she vocalizes her thoughts behind the captain. “It’s not uncommon. Fire is an effective tool to clear land and maintain biodiversity.”

“Huh,” is Luffy’s response, watching in his periphery as she lowers herself. A handful of hands rummage through soft black and grey to pick out little brown ovals. He turns to look at her many palms when she stands.

“Seeds,” she explains. “Some plants need a high enough temperature to open their seed pods—in most cases by fire or extreme heat. Fires both destroy and create.”

Her captain huffs. “‘Kay.” 

He walks onwards while she continues searching.

The ground goes from grey to brown as Luffy ambles to the center of the crescent. He walks along tan sand like sun-kissed skin, bronzed by a life of adventuring. If he squints at his feet they nearly disappear, almost the same color. Sometimes his toe bumps a pebble, always a rich brown or black. The trees fade, opening to a beach at the center of the crescent, the cove-like interior. The only stray plants are tufts of black grass, folding strips of paper that shimmer in the breeze—threads of coals. They stretch from the shore to the base of a mountain range standing tall against the ocean.

The mountains are bright, a blinding white against the blue of sea and sky, like clouds that reflect the sun. They’re hard limestone, jagged edges of rock that rose from the earth, made from the remnants of others. There are faint lines of grey that run through them, slithering ribbons of hardened sand. They allude to an earlier time, crediting those who existed before. And then there are swirls of black that glide through the surface, crossing the orderly stripes of stone with no rhyme or reason. There are only a few.

Sanji’s voice trails over, from the cluster of rocks where the shore touches the water. “Hey, check it out. Looks like tons of mussels over here. And the shore is full of fish! They hardly move if you come close.”

Usopp hums beside him, crouching to see for himself. “Woah!” he exclaims. “What d’ya think that over there is—some sort of slimy algae? I wonder if I can extract the mucus for one of my attacks…”

Chopper makes a sound of protest, like he has other ideas for how to use it—a salve, maybe. Luffy tunes them out, heading the opposite way towards the mountain.

It doesn’t take long for him to stand atop the highest peak, despite the jagged surface of the ridgeline and the lack of trail. From the summit, the darkness of the cove’s water is even more striking, a harsh line where the hole sinks endlessly, a pool of dense saltwater that swallows sunlight. As the night fades in, it goes from blue to black. All tidal activity comes to a halt, bringing the water to complete stillness. A perfect mirror of the stars and moon above.

Zoro huffs as he crests the peak shortly afterwards the sun sinks into the water. He stands behind his captain’s seated form by the ledge. “Shit,” he grumbles. “How the hell did I get up here? At least this damn island is small.”

Luffy snickers, breaking the calm blankness that struck him since arriving. “Stupid Zoro.”

The swordsman grunts, but lets the comment roll off him unbothered. He’s not in the mood to get angry, instead letting his eyes flit to his captain sitting in front of him, face partly illuminated by the moon above. He knows Luffy, being the first mate and his best friend. Zoro knows he’s not the brightest, but something feels different. Something… good, he thinks. He shrugs to himself, not concerned so long as the change isn’t a threat.

Luffy comes across Nami the next morning, in the scorched remains of forest. She and Robin run their hands through the ash and charcoal along the island’s floor. The older of the two shovels earth from a small hole, recording observations about the soil composition. The younger sifts for clumps of black char, to mix with a solvent in hopes of refilling the inks for her maps. 

The captain frowns at the sight, chest tightening as he watches Robin stab her spade through the ground. Red clay collects in its fold, a deep shade, wet and runny like a slip—like the earth is bleeding in her hands. Then his face relaxes in surprise, at the familiarity of the color: the kind of reddish-brown that can be molded into cups and plates, but also rolled into round beads to be strung together.

This island is weird, he thinks. Eerily peaceful, no predators in sight, offering everything they could need before they continue their journey: food, wood for the ship, plants and animals that can be used for both harming and healing. A project for Nami and something weird for Robin to be excited about. Even Brook gets to play his music in the quiet length of the island, a short enough span that Zoro is easily found when he wanders off. It’s warm, with fresh air. And it’s isolated, the crew only docking from the captain’s pure instinct. He thinks maybe they have the ease of never being found here.

Nami speaks when she sees him, thoughts in the same line. “Luffy, I looked through the records of the Grand Line, but nothing matched the description of this island.”

“Huh,” he replies, unsurprised. “You think we’re the first ones?”

Robin answers. “It appears so. There aren’t any traces or evidence that people have made contact before. To be frank, this island is quite strange. I think it’s relatively young—based on the mountains and the forest. But then I don’t understand how there’s so much clay in this area.”

Luffy doesn’t get what she’s trying to say. It sounds reasonable that clay would be in the ground.

“It’s such a shame,” Nami adds. “I wish I knew how to make an eternal pose. This is a perfect place to come back to when we need a break.”

Luffy doesn’t answer. He has a feeling he’ll know how to find his way without one.

The crew is ready to leave after a few days, enough time for them to restock and take advantage of the island’s offers. All but Luffy. He frowns stubbornly when Nami argues with him, unbudging but also unable to answer her when she asks why he wants to stay. 

“Just gotta feelin’.” And he does (have a feeling), but he can’t explain it. He could say it’s one in his chest, a tightness that hasn’t gone away since their arrival—almost a sort of anticipation for something that has yet to happen. The only way he could articulate it would be to say that everyone’s had their thing the island offered them. Everyone but him. He just feels like he should wait.

Luffy watches his navigator’s face as it twists with irritation. His own is blank before stretching into a carefree grin.

“Don’t worry Nami, it’ll be fine. Besides, you said it’s a good place to take a break—so take one already!”

He snickers as she grits her teeth.

Luffy dreams that night. It’s an unusual occurrence for him, usually dreaming while awake, where he can charge towards them freely and make them real.

But this dream pulls him years back, nearly a decade earlier in a different forest. There are three sake cups sitting on the stump between him and Ace and Sabo, stolen wine poured into them to be lifted and clinked and downed. As brothers. A trio of troublemakers, fighting and stealing and surviving together. Luffy relives a series of memories, flashes of the many adventures they had before he even turned ten. He notices that he’s crying in most of them, brothers swooping in to save him—if they weren’t the reasons for his tears.

When he wakes, he recognizes that the whole scenario is unlike himself. Both the dreaming and the lingering in his memory. He doesn’t read into them, ready to hmph and move on. But there’s a feeling in his chest that won’t go away—like a tugging, or an emptiness. All at once.

After a few more days, Nami is no longer the only vocal advocate for leaving. Most of the crew feel an itch to get moving, get doing—except for Usopp, enjoying his slice of life on the one island that hasn’t tried to kill him. 

“Luffy, seriously, what are you waiting around for? You’re normally the first one to get a move on,” Sanji complains.

The captain once again refuses to budge, face blank. “I already said I don’t wanna.”

“We can’t just wait around here because you have a feeling,” Nami interjects. 

Sanji nods. “Yeah, what happened to King of the Pirates? Beating all the other guys in the next generation to the One Piece? Meeting Shanks?”

Luffy huffs at the mention, nearly a growl. He does care about those things, how could his crew doubt him? When have they ever been so opposed to taking a detour before? They always get where they need eventually—it always works out when they’re together.

Zoro watches closely, the twitch of his captain’s nose and lips. When he speaks it comes from his place as first mate. “He’s the captain.”

The cook scoffs, face twisting in annoyance. “I know,” he seethes.

“Doesn’t sound like it.”

Luffy can’t bear to listen to them argue, body too tense to be amused. He storms off. Nobody chases him.

No matter how fed up they might be with their captain, the crew would never leave. Everyone knows this. So they argue, yell and shout and say hurtful things, but they don’t leave. They wait with him. And Luffy waits, uncharacteristically quiet—subdued—as he tries to understand why this island called for him.

It happens during their last argument, a heated mix of shouts and growls on the sandy shore. Zoro stands firm on Luffy’s side with a quivering Usopp. Robin and Chopper are at a distance while the others exchange heated words. Sanji’s hands grip at his captain’s shirt, shaking him in attempt to convince him to use common sense for once in his life.

“God, Luffy! This is getting to be a huge waste of our time—”

And Luffy fumes. An anger so intense it’s impossible to describe floods his veins. He glares at his crewmate, his gall to call his waiting a waste.

“You better shut the hell up,” he growls, teeth nearly grating.

“I will once we get the hell out of here!”

Luffy’s hand comes to the cook’s wrist, squeezing harshly in threat. Threat of escalating things further, threat to get physical if he keeps it up. But Sanji doesn’t back down, ready to meet his captain’s violence if that’s what it’ll take for him to listen.

A flame bursts in the forest, roaring behind Sanji in Luffy’s peripheral.

The captain’s expression falls, anger evaporating as he turns his full attention to the fire. He is struck breathless by the sight—licks of red and orange that rise quickly above the trees, as if commanded by the ground beneath. His hand on Sanji’s wrist slackens, then tightens as he yanks it off and runs.

“Hey! The hell you think—”

But Luffy is gone, sprinting across the sand, swirling clouds tracing behind him. His body moves on its own, fueled by nothing but that deep, deep emptiness in his chest beckoning him forward.

In the minute it takes him to arrive, the fire reaches its end. It only claimed a section of the forest, benign by its own volition. But that section is cleared, charred and fallen. All that remains is a floor of black and grey, with lingering orange from still-hot coals.

Luffy’s chest heaves. He feels like he’s still sprinting even when he comes to a stop—at the edge of sand and embers. Ace’s smile flashes through his mind.

The realization hits him like ice water, a forceful dump over his head—head filled only with thoughts of his brother. His brother, his brother, his brother. Tan skin, freckles, black wavy hair. A smile like the sun and the crescent moon all at once. With marked skin and a gaping hole in his chest, standing above him protectively. His brother, with the power of flames, known first to many by his title: Fire Fist.

Luffy’s body thrums with life and heat and pain, that initial anticipation multiplying infinitely. His face twists and stings at the flood of tears that start to spill. He doesn’t register his body’s movements as he tries to run forwards, screaming, “ACE!” with his entire chest and being. He falters, legs liquifying before he can take a single step.

The reaction is immediate.

“Ace?” Zoro asks. His voice is breathy, from sprinting with the others to follow their captain.

“He’s…” Luffy pants, gasping for air. He’s a fish on the shore, suffocating. “He’s here. Ace is here.”

Uncertain expressions flutter through the crew, a mixture of concerned frowns and skeptical glares. Chopper is the first to answer, the first to believe.

“You think Ace is on this island?” he asks hopefully.

A flash of intensity crosses Sanji’s features, maybe a sinking strike of regret. He adds, “Any idea where he is? The island is small, so we should be able to find him pretty quickly.”

But Luffy shakes his head, face crumpling as tears continue to fall. He’s the crybaby brother, the first one to sob, the troublemaker that always caused a mess his older brothers’ always had to clean up.

“I wanna be something cool,” Ace says after a few moments. Luffy opens one eye and turns his head to look at him. “When I’m reborn, I wanna be something that everybody loves. Like a star. I don’t… I don’t wanna be another person.”

Luffy frowns at the admission. It makes no sense to him—stars aren’t born, they’re just there. As they’ve always been. He feels angry, hurt even, but doesn’t understand why. Why would Ace want to be something like that, something that… that would be so far away?

“Hmph,” he grumbles, turning away. “Then be a stupid star or whatever. I’m gonna be a king, or someone cool like Shanks. And you can be a star high up in the sky while Sabo and I get to be brothers again.”

Luffy’s foot kicks forward, lifting traces of sand and a small cloud of dust. Golden-brown dust, nearly the color of his skin. Soft sand with occasional clumps of dark rock, speckles in the ground. Freckles, even.

“Ace is here,” he tries again. “He’s… he’s—”

Zoro grabs his captain by the bicep, holding him firmly before he falls. “Luffy! What the hell? Spit it out already. We can’t go around looking for him until you tell us where he is.”

Luffy’s face is long, stretched sadly as his eyes continue to water. 

“It’s Ace,” he says again. “Ace is the island.”

An island that relies on the destruction of fire to start new life. An island with tanned and freckled ground, with limestone as bright as a cheeky smile. An island with mountains that rest like a pile of bones, white and dry with dark markings: etchings that will never fade. An island with fields of grass, black as the night, rustling through the breeze like tufts of wavy hair. An island with red watery clay beneath a thin layer of soil.

(His brother’s fire, the endless flame of his passionate life despite having reached its end. His brother’s skin, tan from time in the sun and freckled with infinite, ever changing constellations. His brother’s grin, shining white teeth, always a smile of reassurance. His brother’s bones, strong and sturdy before him, coated with flesh and a tattoo of a loss they shared. His brother’s hair, thick and wavy locks, covered by his own signature hat. 

His brother’s beaded necklace, made from heated and glazed clay, scattering across the ground when its string finally breaks. His brother’s blood, spilling from his chest before him, for him. Always.)

An island unknown to anyone but his little brother’s crew—located only by that strong, unwavering compass in the beating muscle of Luffy’s heart.

Ace was reborn, not into another human or creature: beings that hurt and wound. Instead he rose from a sliding fault of the earth’s crust, fueled by hot lava beneath. He rose impossibly fast and became a stable, giving source of life that rests in the warmth of the open ocean. And now Luffy stands atop him, on that skin-toned shore in the body of the crescent, a curve carved by an object shooting straight through it, down towards the molten center of the earth to dig a deep abyss. The points of the moon-shape circle around the boy in a protective hug—a shield: the strong arms of an older brother, his duty always first and foremost to look after his siblings.

Ace lived.

The thought passes through Luffy that when he’s reborn, he’d like to be a neighboring island, another dot on the ocean, one in a cluster of three. When Luffy passes and he’s offered new life, another life, he’d like to be Ace’s brother once again.

This time: timeless. Together.

thanks for reading! <3

something about writing for one piece makes me feel invincible and completely unafraid of what anyone thinks LOL. Luffy would be proud.

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so what's everyone's favorite new aether genes ^^ show me scries you like!! :D here's some plans i have with dragons!! my favorite genes have definitely been the harle/jest, and so many of the terts are absolute BANGERS!!! dia and koi are of course favorites, and im enjoying fans more than i thought!

all of the dragon links + what they are under the read more! :D

Patina - Copper harlequin / Bronze spinner / Spearmint spores Frankie - Lavender chess / Wisteria Lacquer / Spruce Capsule Lichen - Fern slime / Fern sludge / Fern fans Sweetpea - Twilight tapir / Rose paisley / Seafoam koi Riptide - Iris jupiter / Magenta noxtide / Navy fans Chime - Magenta chrysocolla / Royal Facet / Iris Diaphanous Melody - Fog wasp / Fog constellation / Fog soap Harmony - Peach harlequin / Peach jester / Peach Diaphanous