#help for houston

[philosoforger]

[wordy-little-witch]

I am now hip deep in the Edge of Midnight campaign from legends of avantris and lemme tell you some shit -

1) I would lay down my life for Jericho Sticks without any hesitation. Torbek and Jericho are my sons now, no takesies backsies.

2) Lethica and Marius are so perfectly aligned to be end game lovers but I personally adore the idea of them being queerplatonic if only bc it's funny to watch people be confused and I think Lethica would adore that.

3) you can pry the concept of Briggsy having a some kind of magical fantasy cellphone equivalent from my cold dead hands - sending stone or smth idfk - and he's been keeping his buddy/boyfriend Torbek updated on all this like "Becky you would not BELIEVE what happened today-" ((listen I know the flirting bit between them in the yuletide one-shot was a feycurse but leave me alone it's funny as fuck))

4) briggsy @ jericho in ep 24 appropos nothing: Jerry, maybe we have to kiss ((sad, silly twinks with Literal Darksides are his type /j))

5) I have a friend-crush on Nikkie and I will never recover

6) I have an unyielding NEED to have Jericho get a final hit on a boss and yell yeehaw

7) I know stylistically Jericho doesn't have "skin" but I personally hc that his clothes aren't effectively his skin, he has a burlap body - and he has "tattoos" in the form of embroidery. It started when he had to stitch up his own cuts and stuff and he just kept it up.

8) Only Yorgrim has any constant sense of cooking in an actual kitchen-like setting. Farryn, Marius, and Briggsy can do journey or on-the-road cooking, but it's never.... great. Lethica burns everything somehow or gets the bright idea to 'experiment', and it's never good - she's fine if she's got clear end goals. Jericho is understandably skittish around fire due to his body and straw, but he is the closest to being able to cook well and do so semi regularly.

9) Virgil is a weird mix of a hater and lowkey overprotective. He does hate being imprisoned, but also he's kinda bound here so he HAS to keep this disaster of a bard safe. He refuses to admit he might have a soft spot. He is Stressed.

10) Farryn doesn't get the appeal of Girls Nights, but Jericho does!!! They join Lethica for some fun relaxation. Briggsy once asked why Jericho was allowed since he's also a dude, and Lethica just responded "he's allowed to be there - on account of him being a scarecrow and not a literal man after all." It's an inside joke which later has to be explained - Jericho is nonbinary but doesn't rightly care about stuff like that.

11) Yorgrim is the group dad, no I will not explain.

12) sometimes after a battle, Lethica and Marius will help stitch up some of Jericho's tears. Farryn may also add in random flowers she finds around because it makes him happy.

13) Briggsy is small but mighty. The only person he has yet to pick up and carry is Yorgrim - he swears that one day that tombstone will be gone and he'll be able to do it. It's all the rock's fault, he's sure of it.

Spoilers under the cut (caught up to present)

OKAY so I am caught up completely and have decided that Canon is not important leave me alone

• Yorgrim did not die - he got wounded heavily but survived.

• Farryn almost got taken but they got to her in time. She is mute for a time due to injuries and trauma - idk if she ever talks again bc we could use more sign language in the world. Maybe it comes and goes, fuck if I know, idk and idc

ONWARDS TO SILLIES

• Lethica strong armed her way into giving Jericho The Talk after he revealed he had no idea what a penis was. Scarecrows cannot blush, but apparently his fiendish glow can ebb and flow and he glows much MUCH brighter when he's embarrassed - she tries so hard not to laugh.

• Adella and Jericho btw are simply besties. His "crush" on her is a friend crush and Phillip just finds it painfully cute. ((Also -> Jericho has mommy issues and Adella always wanted a son/nephew/little brother. Peaceful alignment))

• Dark Mode Marius is a colossal flirt but still a giant dweeb. He's cool and suave until someone flirts back - then he's a mess.

• Briggsy is very happy with his Kannon & makes "shooting my shot" jokes at every and any opportunity

• Yorgrim, with his reward, manages to finally lay many souls tonrest but he still carries the tombstone on journeys - just not constantly now. He still believes he must pay penance, but it's a little easier to share the burden.

• Farryn, with her own reward, has not chosen to activate it yet. Something tells her to wait, to bide her time and remain. She does, however, get a little more at ease with the others. She and Jericho have come to an understanding, too - that being they they are a package deal, no takesies backsies, and they refer to each other as twin, much to the confusion of many, many, many people. WLW and NBLM solidarity.

• Jericho is pining HARD for Marius, but he's absolutely terrified of damaging the friendship so everyone is watching two oblivious dummies look longingly into each other.

• POLYAMORY POLYAMORY POLYAMORY

• Marius grows rather fond of Virgil, and the sentiment is very much NOT reciprocated bc this angry knight vampire is not good enough for his vessel and he's mad about it.

• Yorgrim: I've only had my friends for a few days, but if anything happened to them, I'd kill everyone in Druskenvald and then myself.

• I fully expect for Jericho to somehow befriend an enemy in disguise, not realize, and accidentally fuck up the evil plan with the powers of puns, music and friendship (/j)

• the first time the party sees Jericho presenting more feminine, he's been lended one of Lethica's dresses after his own clothes got torn up and the rest are being washed. Marius has a nosebleed and faints. Briggsy is staring somewhat respectfully. Lethica is trying valiantly not to laugh. Farryn and Yorgrim regret not dying when they had the chance.

• Marius: i cannot have a relationship because I have sworn to follow the duchess of sin

Lillith: whoa hold up, Do Not use me as an excuse to avoid the cutie pie over there. Besides, he has a demon. I'm queen of hell. I can make a small exception.

Marius: shit

• Briggsy Bi Icon: OH if ONLY Jerry here had a DASHING KNIGHT to SAVE THEM from this PERILOUS INCIDENT

Jericho: captain, I'm just getting off of a horse??

Marius: no no Briggsy has a point, no maiden should be unaccompanied or unassisted. Allow me-

Lethica&Farryn: We Know What You Are

• Yorgrim is watching all this inter party flirting and is definitely wondering if he's gonna have to have an aside with everyone about flirting tactics and communication skills. Briggsy is making it worse by enabling everyone.

• Farryn gets some sweet, succulent healing, that is all.

[tomatossauces]

musical brainrot

[livebloggingmydescentintomadness]

been suffering a lot lately from what i call "august syndrome". this is a disorder caused by being alive when it is august.

[canadian-pug-cartel]

Resisting the urge to yap about Dallas and Houston and about how Dallas was forced into the roll of a parent and how this effected them in different ways but hurt them both

[teathattast]

I can't get you off my mind

No matter what I do

I'm wishing you were here with me

It makes no difference

I only think of you

And I'm living out my fantasy

[barbaricjester]

URGENT: OUT OF POWER AND NEED FOOD

5/17/24

My family and I have been without power for over 24 hours ever since the tornado blew through Houston and tore the power towers down.

Everything in our fridge is going bad, we can't cook, and our water is hit or miss right now.

If anyone could help, we could really use some money to be able to get stuff to eat today,even if it's just fast food or crackers. We still don't know when the power is coming back.

Cshapp

Pypl

Kofi

Vnm0

Thank you!

[velvet4510]

please reblog for bigger sample size. :)

[mind-lost-in-the-stars]

AU where Tom adopts/takes care of Max would be designed to take me out specifically because the timeline is brutal and angsty and wonderful….UGHH stay with me while I yap for a second

I imagine Max would have fallen into Tom’s care in his sophomore year of high school (Max would be about 15 around this time). Tom is the coach of the football team and has seen Max coming to practice with unusual bruises and burn marks ever since 8th grade (I like to imagine there is some kind of Hatchetfield Middle that also has a little football camp for older middle school kids that Tom helps out with), and Tom has been working to get Max out of his father care since then. Max ends up in the care of the Houstons which includes Tom, Tim, and Jane because the accident has yet to happen since it’s the beginning of the school year. Max still has anger issues (not as bad as we see in NPMD; I imagine his bullying would be at its peak his senior year as a sort of last hoorah since his “life would be over after high school”), but he never bullies or hurts Tim, and Tom keeps him in his place. Max also now once again has a mother which is something he’s missed for a long long time (I know Jane isn’t implied to be the best person in Nightmare Time, but I like to think she’s a pretty good mom). As time goes on and winter roles around, Max feels happy for the first time in a long time. He helps Tom build things, plays video games with Tim, and sometimes he even helps Jane cook. He starts bullying people less and maybe his grades even start to improve.

Then the accident happens and Jane dies.

Of course Jane’s death hits Tom and Tim extremely hard, but Max loses a mother for the second time. He feels indebted to Tom for saving him from his father, so he steps up for Tom and Tim. He grieves with them, but he doesn’t let his emotions show since Jane wasn’t really his mother or family. His father taught him that men aren’t allowed to show emotions and should instead be strong; Max internalized this deeply and while he was getting better at it since Tom is so kind, Jane’s death has set him soooo far back. Max finds outlets for his grief in cooking and football, but it’s not enough. It’s not enough and he’s still restless and upset; he goes back to bullying just a handful of nerds—the nerdiest of nerds. He keeps bullying Pete, Ruth, and Richie. Once again it’s not as bad as before, but it’s enough for Max to feel like he has some control of his life again.

Fast forward a year, and it’s Black Friday. Max has still been bullying the nerds, but Tom doesn’t know since it’s so minor. He’s noticed that somethings been up with Max, but he’s been so caught up in his own grief and keeping it together and Max says everything is fine so he doesn’t look into it too much. However, Tom does hear about this Tickle-Me-Wiggly doll and wants to get one for Max and Tim since they both deserve it after everything they’ve gone through. In an attempt to connect them both more with his family (and because he feels a bit bad leaving them both alone right after thanksgiving), Tom calls Emma to come watch the boys. Emma brings Paul (her not boyfriend) along, but Paul was also put on babysitting duty, and he’s watching over his nephew: Richie. Max is obviously surprised to see the nerd, and Richie gets a bit terrified but doesn’t want to ruin this for Paul or Emma. Max complains with Tim that he doesn’t want Tom to go, and rightfully gets pissed when Tom does leave to “get a new blade for his bandsaw”. It’s no use, and Tom still goes Lakeside mall to get both of his boys a Wiggly. Max is mad, but Emma is a master at dealing with angry people; she’s a barista, she does it everyday.

The group of Paul, Emma, Tim, Max, and Richie all hang out for the day. Richie shies away since he’s very much scared of Max still, but Max doesn’t pull any shit with him. Richie thinks it’s because adults are around, but then Richie also sees glimpses of Max acting like an older brother to Tim, and he starts to wonder. He wonders about the period where Max didn’t bully him, he wonders about how Max ended up in the Houston’s care, and he wonders what it would be like to be Max’s friend. Max doesn’t have anything to prove at his own house. He let’s himself be more involved in the board games and bonding shenanigans, and even makes a few jokes that Max laughs at.

Maybe life could turn around for all of them…

Since Black Friday takes place during their junior year (I think this is right timeline wise, but I may be wrong) which would give them time to be friends and heal and all that good stuff (assuming they all live past Black Friday). Max gets to live and have a family with the Houstons and gets to learn to be friends with Richie and maybe even the other nerds.

fuuckkkkkkkkkk now I need to make this a whole ass fan fiction and universe ughhhhhhh……<3

also it took me til half way through writing this fucking essay to realize that I was just making my 5 favorite Hatchetfield characters (Richie, Paul, Max, Emma, and Tom) all connected, and I just think that’s a little silly

if u read this whole thing, ur one of God’s strongest soldiers o7

also pls pls plssss let me know if u think of other stuff to add

[scarletspider2the2ndpower]

Chasm: Curse of Kaine (Vol. 1/2024), #3.

Writer: Steve Foxe; Penciler and Inker: Andrea Broccardo; Colorist: Brian Reber; Letterer: Joe Caramagna

[yshouldugivewhenucanget]

Black Friday time.

[cranberrymoons]

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[fallinginaforrest]

Sketchbook dump!

[iris0s]

@galactikburzt hey thanks for letting me draw Apollo!!! I enjoy the : ))

[horangislittletiger99]

Wanna have sex with Houston in the back of the van

[micarocks101]

Kaine uses he/she. You understand. Reblog.