#here's hoping it actually sticks 🤞

[lesbianweed]

thrilled beyond words to report that it's no longer 89 degrees in my room. it's at 78 now and while that's not perfect it's infinitely better than yesterday

[foreveralwaysanauthor]

Hello from Camp Northfield! Well, technically, I'm sitting on a bench outside the Dickinson Memorial Library down the street from camp, but still. I barely have access to technology here since the camp has no service whatsoever apart from phone calls out of the office, so I had to walk 45 minutes to get to the library to post this, but I'm here, and that's all that matters! I got your post notification on the walk to the library, but I can't read it because it refuses to load up here in the middle of East Bumfuck, so I think next time I plan to come here, I'm going to have to start binding our stories as books so that I have some form of entertainment between teaching archery courses and meal times. I swear, sitting around in between groups is like a new form of torture with this heat. It's been straight 80s-90s with heat indexes pushing it into the 100-105 range. I thought I was tan, to begin with, but now I look like the afterpicture of some cheese-filled recipe you find online - crispy and golden brown. I swear, I'm going to end up melting out here.

Anyway, enough about camp and the blistering heat!

I didn't realize it would be so damn hard to work on one story at a time when I have ideas for two completely different stories bouncing around in my head. Now that I'm away from home and have nothing other than notebooks to write my ideas in, I'm realizing just how screwed I am, as ideas for everything under the sun have been vying for my attention. I swear, it's like a volleyball game with my last shred of a brain cell as the ball. STDP is obviously one with 33 pages of the next "episode" done while I'm still in the beginning stages of the chapter, but Camp Wanamaker 2: Electric Boogaloo has been bouncing around in the background like a child hopped up on sugar. That's probably not going to be the official title, by the way, but that's what I've been referring to it as, so that's what I'm calling it until I decide what else to call it 🤣

I'm also constantly pestered with ideas for three other stories - True Colors (Through the Valley sequel), The Mark of the Archer (Percy Jackson AU), and Unsinkable (a super long one-shot, Titanic AU I've talked about before). As these all require a lot of research (the last of the three being part of the birthday surprise I was going to work on for you as it's very Carrie/Miles-centric), they'll require more time to be worked on when I get home at the end of the month, but where I've already started on STDP and parts of CW2, I don't think they'll make an appearance for a while, especially not the multi-chapter ones.

In the meantime, I'm definitely going to be working on STDP as it's my primary story right now, but I'm working on CW2 in little bursts on my phone when someone with a hotspot stops to chill with me - writing down ideas and quotes and working on one chapter that's been gnawing at the bars of its cage for a long time now lmao. Like I said, I have notebooks, but carpal tunnel sucks, and I have to take a lot of breaks from writing STDP. Now, while you wait for me to get home from camp and write out more, I have a gift! Alongside my chapter title ideas (and a few of my side notes for a few lmao) that I plan on incorporating into a few stories when the time comes, I'm also giving you a random snippet I enjoyed writing that will go into CW2 further down the line and two other snippets - one from STDP and the other from CW2. None of them have been edited yet, and I think I wrote some parts more in the present tense than I normally do, but that's just how I do it sometimes when I'm scribbling things out, so I guess you could consider this your warning so you won't be too thrown off by that. Also, I left them a bit vague for a reason, and I won't say which one belongs to which story, but I'd love to see if you can figure out what belongs where. Besides, I'm always up for a bit of light torture, so enjoy!

Here are a few of my chapter title ideas to give you a good idea of how some of these stories will progress...

And now, I hope you enjoy these little tidbits of chapters you'll hopefully see soon after I get home!

[faithst]

WAKING ZB1 UP WITH KISSES

pairing zb1 (ot8) x gn!reader

genre fluff

note omg my first emoji anon ⁉️ thank you sm for liking my works and congrats on being my first emoji anon !! i hope you enjoy this 💕

masterlist<3

— zhang hao

there’s two types of people in this world; one that’ll get annoyed if you wake them up and one that’ll be absolutely fine to be woken up

and then theres hao, confused 😦

his head is in another universe right after waking up

where, who, what? he doesn’t know either

you decided to kiss him awake cuz why not <3

hao sat up, hair messy and sticking up to random places

he takes a glance at you, slowly taking in the fact that he was easily woken by kisses

knitting his eyebrows together, his facial expression perplexed 🧐

“why were you kissing me when i was asleep? i can’t kiss you back like that..”

— sung hanbin

so HECKING happy

wakes up instantly ‼️

but he acts like he’s still asleep just for more kisses

it worked for a bit until he couldn’t stop smiling like an idiot

he can’t even muster out a sentence without giggling

insists you wake him up like this every single day

he also does the same for you 🫶

“i’m still a bit sleepy, you should give me another kiss.”

— seok matthew

this man is a 50/50

maybe he’ll wake up, maybe he won’t ; let’s test the chances today !

you place a kiss to his forehead, his nose, his cheek–

suddenly, you feel strong arms pull you towards him and both of your lips connect

jokes on you ! he was already awake

he’s grinning so hard rn

right when you thought he was gonna actually wake up, he falls right back asleep

holding you in a tight embrace so you are forced to sleep with him

“that was fun. okay, time for bed!”

— shen ricky

he’s confused at first

once he realises you were kissing him awake, it’s over for him 😊

his entire face and ears covered in hues of pink

ricky tries keeping his cool, acting annoyed and pulling the blanket over his head to avoid embarrassing himself

“don’t do that, it’s too early!”

when you do actually stop, he’s becomes a bit sad

he finally sits up and looks to you whom has a bright smile

a bit hesitant but he musters up all the courage he has to ask for more kisses (in his own way ofc 🤞)

“…ugh, fine. you can keep kissing me..”

— park gunwook

another shy one !

but he’s mostly giggly abt it

he won’t let you stop, he WILL ask for more and will not let you miss a single spot on his face

“one more kiss, please!”

he’s too cutie patootie for you to decline 🥹

also, he doesn’t want to be woken up by any other way now

he might take naps on purpose just for kisses

his whole day is made and once he feels like he can take on anything for the rest of the day 💪

“you missed a spot here, kiss it please!”

— kim taerae

if lovestruck was a man; it’s him

you are literally his muse 🎼

the moment your lips fall onto his face

his eyes flutter open to see you infront of him

to others, you may look a bit messy, face somewhat puffy from just waking up

but to him, you were the equivalent of an angel that fell from heaven

+ you kissing him awake; god, he was so inlove..

his dimples showing as he smiles from your soft touches, the natural light from the window shining over his delicate features

“please keep waking me up like this.”

— kim gyuvin

he’s a bit difficult to kiss

only because he sleeps face flat on the pillow 😭

so you’d have to move him to the side a bit and USUALLY he accidentally wakes up by then

but in the minuscule chance he doesn’t

he gets annoyed that you woke him up 😦

only for a bit tho !

he has a very very very soft spot for you

so when he finally stirs awake and realises you are kissing him

he pulls you into his arms and gives you kisses on both of your cheeks

“what a nice way to be woken up by!”

— kim jiwoong

wakes up instantly

the moment your lips touch his forehead, he immediately sits up

if you ask him why, he doesn’t know either cuz he’s just as confused as you 👍

stares at you for quite a while before retracing his steps and realising you kissed him

and suddenly he’s a blushing mess

it’s really sudden tho 😭

like, he was staring blankly at your face earlier and now he’s giggling like a kid

“i like your kisses..”

© keiwook | 2023

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[love-fictional-ppl]

Petite!fem!reader w/ a high metabolism

Part 1

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Summary: this is part 2 to a request. reader goes off on “almond mom” for judging her for eating while out w her man🤞

Pairings: Sabo x reader, Trafalgar D. Water Law x reader

Warnings: language, Karens, mentions of sex, drinking, food (obviously), characters are kinda ooc

A/N: this was requested so long ago and I genuinely feel horrible for how long you have had to wait for a part 2. I hope that you atleast enjoy this @babbiebooc

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Sabo:

Tbh he finds it cute

Is that bitch that compares it to his little brother

Will ask you if you ate or if you’re hungry

Doesn’t fuss too much about your eating since he knows you can handle yourself

The revolutionary army had sent troops to an island village. You and Sabo at the moment had plenty of downtime.

“Sabooooo, I’m hungryyyy,” you whine.

“Let’s go get a bite to eat then,” Sabo replies. Wandering around looking for a tavern or restaurant, you finally spot a tavern.

You and Sabo find a spot to sit, out of the way but able to observe who came in and out. You were especially hungry today having ate nothing all day. You decided you didn’t mind spending money since you had just gotten paid.

Sabo ordered himself something to eat and a drink. You both chat and enjoyed your food and each other’s presence.

After a moment you noticed the slight frown on Sabo’s face. You sat and listened for a second and heard a woman talking with her family.

“It baffles me how some women can’t even have the decency to use proper table manners in front of their men,” you were fuming hearing her words.

Before you could do anything, Sabo spoke up, “And it baffles me you don’t even have the decency to talk about somebody you don’t know out of earshot.”

The woman looked flushed and overall embarrassed, nonetheless she went back to eating silently this time.

You couldn’t help feeling butterflies after seeing Sabo stick up for you.

“You know, that was really hot,” you told him.

“Was it?” He responded, cheeky.

“Why don’t we head on out of here?”

Sabo didn’t respond, he simply set down a sack full of berries to pay. He then, grabbed your hand pulled you and dragged you out the place.

Trafalgar D. Water Law:

He doesn’t really care honestly

In his opinion eating is healthy therefore if you wanna eat a entire buffet, knock yourself out

He only finds it odd that you eat so much but barely put on 2 pounds

Thinks ur stomach is a wormhole

You were hungry and wanted to get something to eat, Law originally wasn’t gonna come but then after 10 minutes he decided to join you.

You browsed the market set up in the town considering cooking something yourself, then you spotted a restaurant with the best looking desserts.

Law wandered off to go find a bar but promised he would return. In the meantime you decided to order yourself almost the entire menu.

While you were busy chowing down on a chocolate cake u hear a woman talking a few little girls. Maybe her daughter and her friends?

You hear the withered looking woman say, “You see how she’s sitting alone, that’s for a reason. Eat like that and you’ll be just like her when you’re big girls.”

You started tearing up out of frustration. “Actually you witch, there’s a reason why I eat the way I do. And I’m not alone, thank you very much, I have a boyfriend who will be here any minute. When he does get here me and him will be leaving to go have sex, have a good day.” You slammed the money on the table, oblivious to the fact Law had just witnessed the whole thing.

You heard Law say something like stupid cunt and turned around to see him glaring at the woman.

You almost started sobbing out of relief to see him. Law stared back at you with a relaxed smile and calmly asked, “so are we gonna go have sex?”

Laughing uncontrollably, you reply, “hell yes.”

Smiling like idiots, you walk back to the ship hand in hand.

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A/N: ok so I was gonna include kid but my tumblr is glitching where every time I save the draft it deletes his part😭😭

[ageless-aislynn]

Today's Super Important Mass Effect 2 update:

No more worries about Accidental Fish Neglect Homicide, whew!

I am a little worried at what happened during that dinner with Kelly, though. Why did she say she hadn't stayed up that late since her collage days when I talked to her again? WHAT EXACTLY WENT ON?

I'm sure it was just that we were having such a great conversation that we lost track of time. Yeah. That's all. *nodnods* 👀😉

(Heh, I do love Kelly but I didn't want to romance her in this playthrough, just get her to feed my fish. 🐟💖)

Moving along... What is Photo Mode even FOR if you're not taking cute pics of your space hamster, right? 🌌🐹

And in other news: ZOMG I FORGOT THAT THE COLLECTOR SHIP MISSION IS UNAVOIDABLE ONCE YOU'VE MET CERTAIN CONDITIONS. I WAS NOT READY, FRIENDS.

I was, in fact, so not ready that once I was unstoppably booted off the Normandy and onto the Collector's ship, I reverted to a previous save to see if I could build Shepard and the team up a bit more. I replayed 2 HOURS OF GAMEPLAY in order to make sure I'd taken all of the upgrades that I could, lol. It was a decent tradeoff, I'd say. 🤷‍♀️😉

Now, all of the guides I've seen have recommended that a Sentinel Shepard take the shotgun when you're offered a choice of a new weapon but I went for the sniper. I thought of what was the one weapon I really wished I had so far and it was something that would let me hang back and take out enemies. So, therefore that's my playstyle and that's what I'm sticking with. 😉

The Collector's ship remains a giant pill, IMO. 😑 But I was able to get through the platform fight with only one death. And considering I died more times in that fight on CASUAL than I have so far playing ME1 and 2 on Normal AND ME1 on Insanity put together, I'd say that was a big improvement, lol!

There's a reason why I have a cap of this particular Critical Mission Failure screen. I saw it A LOT in that first fight, lol! (This is actually after I got killed AND my dead body flopped off the platform; talk about adding insult to injury, lol! 😱😉)

We just recruited Tali and I think I made a mistake in talking to her too much because Kelly informed me that Tali Wants To Be More™️ I wished that I could've asked, "With you?" because that was honestly my first thought, lol! Anyway, I'm going to avoid talking both to her and Miranda until I get Jack's romance locked in so I don't have to actively friendzone either one of them. That makes me feel so bad! 🥺

Anyway, I'm continuing to test out things that I hope will help me in my eventual Insanity run. I'm going to see if I can successfully complete the game by skipping the Lair of the Shadow Broker, Arrival and Overlord missions, just to avoid having to do their combat on Insanity. I know it will muff the story and have consequences for the end of ME3 and could even potentially mean that I get the worst ending in 3 by not having enough War Assets. But my goal is to just get through all 3 games and get their Insanity achievements. After that, I'll go back to playing for the best possible outcomes.

Only 6 more cheevos to go! I've been working on Overload and Warp since those are 2 of my Sentinel powers, but haven't had the chance to do Incineration. However, I'm about to do Mordin's Loyalty mission and I've read that there are several spots where you can farm this one with his Incineration ability, so that would be great if it works! 🤞😣🤞 It's tricky because to count, you have to destroy a shield/armor with said ability. So you have to take the shield/armor partially down first, then finish it off with the ability. But most of the time, before I can, one of my squadmates kills them. It's like, "Yeah, thanks for the hustle, frens, but I'm TRYING TO DO SOMETHING HERE." 🤷‍♀️😉

Oh well, I'll be back through ME2 as Femshep if I can't get it now or during my Insanity run, so should get them all eventually. That just leaves Insanity 2 and 3 and the lone ME3 cheevo to upgrade a weapon to level 10 (which has to be done via New Game+).

I really didn't expect to get this many achievements and I still don't know if I can get these 2 Insanity ones but I'm excited to try!

Love you, friends, and hope you're doing great! 🤗💖

[medusaspeach]

I think you're right that there's, unfortunately, not many safe places to post artwork. Maybe, if you're comfortable with it, you could create a YT channel for speed drawing and maybe doing a voiceover about the mythology or something. That'd be considerably more work, but it also has the chance of earning your revenue which could be nice.

Anyway, I'd stick around on Tumblr if you're not comfortable with Instagram. You could start gradually switching over; posting a little there, a little here, plugging your Insta on these posts, and eventually migrating over, but if I'm going to be honest, I don't know that it matters much, considering many places are unsafe for artists in the AI sense. At least Tumblr gives the option of not having your work scraped, but unfortunately, no system is perfect, and there will always be that asshole who does it anyway. I think we can really only hope that AI ends up being a phase, similar to how NFTs have mostly died out by now. I see a lot of AI opposition these days, so fingers are crossed as an artist myself. 🤞

I've actually been toying with the idea of doing some drawing videos for a while now... maybe I'll actually get to it. 🫠

I don't mind Instagram for certain things, it's got a nice gallery format for phones. I will most likely continue to post my work here (for now), but plan to start gradually posting over on Bsky at some point.

I get so annoyed when I see AI art, it's fast and cheap compared to hiring artists and so I imagine some people/companies will continue to use it. I just hope for more regulation. I see people selling "their" Ai artwork on stickers and prints on Etsy all the time, and it drives me nuts.

[dani-ya-dig]

OKAY I FINALLY HAVE TIME SO ITS TIME FOR DANI TO FINALLY RANT ABOUT THE SAM AUDIO!!!

Written as I’m listening to the audio again so I don’t forgor.

I think it’s been out long enough to avoid spoiler but I’m gonna put the cut just because this post is probably gonna be really long.

The beginning of this audio scares the shit out of me not matter how many times I listen to, like he is fucking ZOOMING. At least this time he has a reason to be zipping all over the place. Unlike in his “talking about the future” audio where that motherfucker used vamp speed up the stairs for no goddamn reason

Also I appreciate the fact that Darlin ran into Sam, fully shifted. They hit him first and only then were like “oh yeah I’m a giant wolf rn”.

CHRIST DARLIN! THE MAN JUST SHOWED UP LET HIM BREATHE BEFORE YOU JUMP HIM

Ugh love me a Sam reverse comfort audio. This is DELICIOUS

Circling back to Sam’s tendency to bury his emotions in the moment, and only allowing himself to feel them when he is in a safe space (cough cough Darlin)

“I guess that says a lot about what family is to me” STOPPPPPPP

“Apparently I’ve got a knack for landing myself in shit. And then sticking around long enough to get convinced it’s all I deserve” IM ACTUALLY FUCKING CRYING I HATE IT HERE. HE IS ME FR.

“I. Am not. A Solaire” DAMN RIGHT SAMMY! GET HIS ASS!

Sam kind danced around this part but I noticed it immediately. The way he kind of paused when he talked about William putting giving him a house as a form of trying to make himself more favorable to Sam. Sam worded it as him favoring stability and needing that. But also like… one thing that Sam talks about repeatedly in his playlist is how important the idea of home is to him. And William gives him a house… an attempt at giving him a home, so that the “home” is inherently tied to him in Sam’s mind.

I know it was well intentioned on William’s part but god it feels fucking grimy nonetheless

Sam might not think that William is and evil mustache twirling villain, but I do /j

Real footage of William Solaire rn

“I’m a healer. Not was. Am.” YES THE FUCK YOU ARE SAM!

No because actually Sam is so right. He IS still good. He CAN still help. I’m not 100% on the lord of vampire or how difficult it would be for a vampire of Sam’s age to externalize magic. But it’s pretty damn impressive that he can do what he can do even after his core was entirely replaced. He must have been a STRONG like super strong freelancer for that much of his powers to remain after his turning. But it’s also not just healing magic he can still manage even though that definitely would have been his specialty and the type of magic he studied the most. The other types of magic we have heard of him doing are also cleaning magic and earth elemental magic (WHICH YO???). Like that’s impressive imo.

Also we have all talked about Sam joining Shaw Security on night shift at this point. BUT!!! After Sam talked about how he wanted to be a healer still but only wasn’t because that wasn’t what the house needed from him. I hope that he gets hired on as Shaw Security’s professional healer <33

I don’t know how viable that would be. But I think it could work. I don’t imagine he would be patching up multiple huge injuries everyday so it could 100% work!! GUYS I SWEAR PLEA–

(Erik if you’re spying through your secret tumblr account give me what I want)

Sam will never have to go to another summit again 🤞

NO ONE WILL PUT THAT MAN IN A SUIT AGAIN!! HE IS FREE!

Sam and Darlin are so in love with each other. They deserve to be happy, just for a little bit. I need a moving audio with them. Them just packing up their shit <33

Okay did I love this video. Yes! It was Sam, so like that’s bound to happen with me lmao. But also like it was just nice. I enjoyed it. I hope Sam gets to find more of who he is outside of the house.

But also because my hyperfixated menace ass can’t keep my nose out of spoiler I KNOW THAT SAM BITES DARLIN IN THE BA AND I JUST COSSBDKDBX

Look I get why it happened logistically. It’s been a long time coming, and now that Sam’s out of the house of Solaire, they aren’t going to be facilitating his need for blood bags anymore. So he is gonna need to feed on something. It makes sense.

But I wish that decision like that regarding trauma Sam has around his turning would stop being made in the aftermath of very emotional moments. Like when he decided he was ready to go further with Darlin, I wish it would have come from a place of “Ive worked through everything that happened to me, and I love you, so I really want to take this next step” instead of “I’ve seen so many people die, and I have been reminded how fragile life is, and I am terrified of the thought of not getting to do this”.

Idk maybe it’s just me, but things like that don’t feel like decisions that should be made when you feel like life is crumbling down around you??

Also it brings up the logistical issue of, Erik didn’t explain that to the non-patreon listeners. So like… if it gets brought up in future audios a lot of people are probably gonna be a little confused, since I only know because I snoop through Sam spoilers.

Eh. But all in all, live laugh love Sam Collins and stay livin la vida loca I guess

[voxasks]

To the creator of this blog!! I love love how dedicated u are to your blog and it shows with how organised and well looking the editing is. Especially the pinned post updates! You’re doing super great and hope it’s also fun for you along the way:3

Best wishes and just so yk I have my notifications on this blog on cause it’s so fun to read this blog ✨🤞

Also with that I’m blowing my cover here as “- melon anon 🍉” since I noticed my username is literally “sillygoofymelon” so it’s not exactly difficult to make the connection and wouldn’t make sense to stick to anon. So I’ll reply in red only haha as that previous anon just so you know.🤔

(  hahaha  thank  you!  and  actually,  i  wouldn't  have  noticed  if  you  didn't  send  this  in.  i  take  a  lot  of  inspo  aesthetics-wise  from  @hellishradio  !  do  send  them  an  ask  or  check  them  out  whenever  you  have  the  chance  :D  and  OMG  AGHH  IM  GLAD  how  can  you  put  up  with  the  notifs?  i'd  imagine  they'd  get  annoying  after  a  while  because  90%  of  this  blog  is  just  an  excuse  for  this  man  to  be  even  more  of  an  asshole  than  he  already  is,  my  god.  but  haha,  alright,  noted!  )

(  p.s  tell  me  no  one  else  has  notifs  on  for  this  blog  bc  vox  is  such  a  bastard  AGH  )

[dumbass-tumbler-cryptid]

Love your stuff what will be updating Visited on the son? Maybe?🤔🤞

Thank you 😊. I had hoped to finish it sooner but then I got side tracked with an au someone sent me. I’m close to finishing the last part of that but I’ve also been on a trip all weekend so I haven’t really been writing much (but I have been think up a complete new fic that I really want to start writing but probably shouldn’t until I finish other stuff) . I’ll get back to writing Visited when I get home tomorrow. I plan on just chilling for the next two days so I’m hoping to get a lot done. In the meantime, here’s a snippet!

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“Alright now what sound does B make,” Miles asked his son. Spider’s reading lessons were displayed on their living room t.v, Miles standing off to the side of it with a pointing stick in hand, playing teacher. His son sat on the couch, looking hilariously small on the oversized furniture. Spider was wrapped up in a blanket, clutching it close as if to shield from the schooling, the pout on his face a permanent fixture since the lesson began.

“Bah,” Spider spat out.

Miles sighed. “You know for a kid that’s right y’a look mighty miserable.”

“This is stupid!”

Miles pinched the bridge of his nose, “well son if y’a had passed this portion on your aptitude test then we wouldn’t be doin’ this. But y’a didn’t because y’a couldn’t even read the questions. So it’s not stupid. Knowin’ what sounds all the letters make will help y’a sound out words when we get to readin’. Y’a listen to the sounds, y’a figure out the words and just like that y’a can read.”

Spider defensively crossed his arms, glaring at the floor, still obviously unimpressed. “It doesn’t matter,” the boy mumbled, the words barely decipherable by his father, “I’m a moron anyway…”

“What did you just say,” Miles' anger was rising, hoping that he’d actually misheard his son.

Spider cast off his blanket, leaning forward on the couch, “I said I’m a moron!”

“Don’t you dare say that about yourself,” Miles shouted, wagging a finger at the boy. Spider shrank inward at the yelling but Miles' fury was too high for him to stop, “who told you that! That damn McCosker!”

Spider curled into a little ball, “yeah.”

Miles took a deep breath, trying to quell his rage. You can’t yell at him, he reminded himself, you're scaring him. He crossed the room, kneeling to his son’s level, laying his hands on the boy’s shoulders. In a much more gentle tone he said, “I’m sorry for yelling. I was just mad on your behalf. You are not a moron. Don’t you ever say something like that about yourself ever again y’a hear me.” Spider nodded. “Now tell me what happened when McCosker insulted you.”

Spider was quiet until he found the words, “we tried school a while ago. I couldn’t sit still and that made him angry and when I didn’t get the lessons he got more angry and started yelling and calling me a moron and an idiot and stupid….”

Miles had to stop himself from completely flying off the handle and going straight to McCosker’s apartment to beat the shit out of him. “How old were you?” Spider answered by holding up a hand all five of his fingers splayed. It felt like a knife to the heart for Miles. His poor boy had already been through so much and Miles could have prevented all of it if he had just made better choices. He took his son’s little hand in his own, looking him directly in the eye with a soft encouraging gaze. “Now you listen up. Sometimes when people are mean, like that mean ol’ Nash McCosker, it’s really because they’re unhappy with themselves. They gotta tear everyone else down just to feel good inside. Once you know that, those people can never hurt y’a again. They are sad and pathetic. You are kind and resourceful and strong. And you are most definitely a smart boy. Y’a couldn’t win at hide and seek, or safely make your way through the jungle all by yourself or speak two languages or take care of yourself for as long as y’a did if y’a weren’t incredibly smart.” Spider’s cheeks turned pink, a bashful smile on his face. Miles cupped his face in his hand. “Do y’a believe me now?” Spider nodded. “Good. Now can we try your lessons again?”

[ruthless-rainbow]

Hey, all my thiam frens and mutuals. 👋 Those of you still here. I just wanna say that I am gonna try to ease into being more active on here again. I've been really letting all the mental/emotional stuff weigh me down for so long and it's hindering me and my creative growth. There's still so much I want to create for this ship and so many stories I wanna tell, and so many of your stories I'd like to capture in art form. The fire still burns bright for these boys. 🥺😭💜😍

The holidays are here and I wanna do a few peices for them and I still have more 'A Call from the Ocean' to come. I'm hoping to get the actual first chapter up really soon. 🤞 And I have more creature!AUs in the works.

Thank you so so much to those that have been sticking with me this far. You really don't know what it means to me. 💜

[littlerosetrove]

My initial Spoiler Thoughts for 8x12.

Oh so the time jump is only 5 weeks since episode 8x10. Thus last week, 8x11, was maaaybe 4 weeks after 8x10.

Eddie was banking on getting a firefighting job. I get it, I do, but uhhhh yeah you should’ve had a plan B regardless.  

Yeah that was not financially responsible of Eddie to buy the ps5, and it does come across as trying to win over Chris, which is so not like Eddie. 

Bobby gave such a glowing review, it backfired. Oops. 

I do have a bias against Helena, but To Me she’s just… kinda encouraging Chris to stay with them. Yes she’s a mom, so in that respect, I get where she’s coming from, but at the same time Eddie is working on the house, and damn if it would be nice if she would be actively helpful in 1) supporting Eddie (ever), and 2) helping to repair things between Chris and Eddie. Ramon said “give him time,” but dude. Chris has had a lot of time already. Granted Eddie hasn’t been great in working on repairing things, but now that Eddie is there in person, both of them need a little push. Not constant “give it time.” No, be active. 

Chimney, the husband that you are. <333

Eddie wanting to give up immediately and go back to LA, specifically to be a firefighter, since he thinks that’s all Chris is proud of him for. It takes Buck, the reasonable one here, to tell him, no, you went to Texas to be with Chris, so figure something out and stay there. Don’t come back. 

To be fair, why would anyone park directly underneath the car that’s hanging out of that garage? 

Eddie, you’re embarrassing. Oh my gosh.

Oh goodie, Eddie’s lying to his parents and Chris. 

“Stop talking.” Ha! Thank you random lady who used to be an Uber driver for helping Eddie to, in some ways, get his head out of his ass. 

Once again here’s Buck with the sound advice. Thank goodness for Buck this episode. 

Really enjoyed the scene between Maddie and Athena. Damn I’d love more of that, and just other characters who don’t interact often. Spice things up! 

Jee-Yun is the one that helped Maddie get her voice back. =’)

Chris also being the reasonable one. He recognizes his dad needs money, thus gives back the ps5 so he “can stick around.” Hm, so Eddie will be sticking around, but it’s unclear if it’s for good yet because this is 911, and things can change on a dime. Even so, it would take something drastic to get not just Eddie, but Chris to want to move back to LA. But for now? Welp, looks like Eddie is settling in Texas.

Wow. Is that the first time we’ve ever heard Eddie say “I’m sorry” to Chris? Either way, it’s not something Eddie says often, hardly ever honestly, to anyone. Hey, a step towards some growth for Eddie. Good. 

Well, at least Eddie apologized for lying about getting the job as a firefighter. Like a said, it’s a step in repairing things with Chris, but it’s not yet even touching on the Elephant in the room. I look forward to when that happens. 

Overall I enjoyed this episode. It focused on character work, and some characters that have been needing it this entire season, so woohoo! And I think the next episode will focus fairly heavily on Hen, and maybe Karen? Yay!! I hope this trend of 8B actually being good continues, because 8A was rough. 🤞

[solemnswearings]

update

i've gone ghost for so long, i'm sorry 😭. here's what's going on with my pjo x marauders fic (Wings of Wax and Feathers on ao3):

I've decided to go on a hiatus for rn ("no shit dude, you've been gone since, like, november"). I've almost finished the first draft of act 1 of the fic, but there's a lot i want to go back and change (like I'm probably gonna change the jily plotline quite a bit and a couple minor things characterization-wise) and I've decided i want the fic to be pretty much posting ready so i can release chapters with an actual schedule i can stick too. life's too hectic and i have far too many hobbies for my limited free time to try writing, editing, and updating the fic all in the span of one month (perfectionism isn't doing me any favors either). the hope is to have summer to finish and edit act 1 then be re-uploading it by the time fall rolls around 🤞.

Thank you to anyone who has read the fic and stuck around as i floundered my way through ao3 and the stuff that comes with actually posting instead of just letting the doc decorate my desktop ❤️.

[luckyqueenreign]

Found someone’s predictions about recoupling and they make so much sense

“Alright so my predictions are as follows:

Casa side:

Amelia goes first and switches to Marshall(he clearly caught her eye)

Grace goes next and I think she's gonna overcome her doubts about Ozzy and stick

Bella/Chloe goes after that and based on her "it's better to switch" talk I think it's safe to assume she switches(probably to Francis though Hamish is also possible after all they did have the twerk moment (personally hope this is not the case 🤞))

Finally it's MC's turn and you get the option to either switch to Andy or the other boy Bella/Chloe didn't pick or stick

Villa side:

Elliot goes first, he switches(He has no reason not to since he thinks MC is gone+he has the least amount of attachment to MC)

Ozzy next and I actually think he will switch cause this will then deter grace who put faith in Ozzy despite her having doubts and give Marshall more material to slander Ozzy with

OG LI/Roberto goes next and suprise suprise they stick 😐.

And finally Amelia's partner sticks”

So I dont know if they'll do it like the show where we see everyone come out at the same time...for example if Amelia is first than whoever she's coupled up with would come out and we'd see if they stuck or twisted. If thats the case then Amelia / Roberto - I think Amelia like u said is twisting to Marshall and totally agree Roberto will stick and will be sent packing (if they are doing it like last year where if u dont couple up u are sent home)

I agree with Ozzy / Grace going next but heres whats tripping me up about them. my mc kissed Ozzy on her way out of the villa and I told Amelia that I wouldve picked Ozzy had I had the chance. so it makes me think since he's my #1 LI wouldnt the game want to screw that up and make him bring back someone? bc I hope after we confessed we liked each other and he dumped Grace that, that would be the start of something....idk im still v confused about what the game is going to do with him. def agree that Grace will stick tho.

Bella/Lewie (in my playthrough) so I actually think she is going to stick and the only reason being that FB doesnt usually have more than 2 switches from each side. even in s2 if u didnt switch then it made Chelsea switch. But if you did then she stayed loyal. So I guess the main question is are they going to force us to recouple?? Especially since we're technically single. I think Lewie will recouple...that is IF Ozzy doesnt recouple. so basically is the game going to force us to care about in my case Lewie when ive moved on with Ozzy.

Then boom MC comes in and Shock and Awe everywhere. The boys are going to be beside themselves. There was no mention of this on their postcards!! I think the game is going to make us couple up with one of the casa boys because wouldnt the "host" need to give Elliot the option to couple up with MC too? And that would kind of ruin the surprise. So Elliot will twist and recouple with a casa girl.

We know for sure that Flo is coming back in and we assume Ivy is coming back too because we know she's in future episodes....but I go back and forth on who is coming back with who.

[ageless-aislynn]

The initial previews of the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster are out and I just had to take some screencaps from Ruba's playthrough of the first 30 minutes!

Frank did get aged up a bit for some reason but at least my man is still thicker than a Snickers! Look at those brawny shoulders! 🥰

2006!Frank is one of the pre-order bonus looks if you want him aged more appropriately. I don't even care, though. I don't mind him looking a little seasoned, lol! *chef's kiss* (I can even get used to him not being voiced by TJ Rotolo but I still really wish they'd cast him again. His voice is so iconic as Frank to me, what can I say?)

Did we NEED a close up shot of Carlito's hairy chest as he walked towards the camera? Yes. Yes, we did. *nodnods* 😜

The remaster was kind to both of the Keyes siblings, lol! Carlito and Isabela are both looking pretty darn beautiful! 💖💖

And speaking of beautiful...

Jessie, my beloved, is looking gorgeous! 😍😍😍

Zombie hugs, lol! Seriously, though, the fact that your options when you're grabbed are now buttons instead of "every move is the same two buttons but it depends on which direction you move the stick, which order you do them in AND which direction the zombie is facing to decide which move you actually DO" is just... Oh man, if nothing else, I'd love to play this game just for this improvement! 😎😎😎

But you know what I'm here for, of course...

Leah, my sweet angel! Only one quick shot of her in this video but I'm really hoping to find somebody else who shows the full scene where we meet her because I'm BEYOND excited now that all of the NPCs are voiced instead of their dialogue just being text! In the 2006 version, the couple of things that Leah says aloud are the exact same thing that about 4 other female survivors all say (and they all share the same voice actor), so it's going to be fantastic for Leah to finally have her own voice! 😇😇😇

Mannn, I have to say, as much as I'm too scared to try the Denuvo Anti-tamper on Georgette (it might be fine or it might irrevocably wreck her and I couldn't get her back to how she's blessedly not crashing anymore), I'm so super sad at missing all of the pre-order and digital deluxe bonus stuff. 😭😭😭

I'm trying to be chill about it but, man, I hope they'll offer at least the 2006!Frank and Frank in Chuck Greene's outfit for purchase down the line. 🤞😖🤞The 17 other costumes say they'll be sold individually, but the 3 pre-order bonuses only say they "may" eventually be available for purchase. OHHHHH, I WANT THEM, FRIENDS. I WANT THEM SO MUCH, I CAN'T EVEN.

Anyway, just had to share my excitement at seeing some of the actual gameplay, cutscenes and the like!

*shakes fist at Denuvo* WHYYYYYYYYY MUST YOU SCARE ME AWAY? I had this in my cart to pre-order, you meanie, then I start seeing all of these horror stories about BSoD and system instabilities and now I can't trust that you won't wreck Georgette! 🤬🤬🤬

(I should mention that many, many people have reported that Denuvo works fine on their computers. But, if you've been reading my blog since last December, you'll know that, sadly, Georgette is not normal. She spent the first 5 months of her life in endless Blue Screens of Death, freezing, crashing up to 8 times an hours, etc. She has finally stabilized and is working correctly but if Denuvo DID cause a problem and I had to reset her, I don't know that I can replicate all of the things that caused her to stop crashing/freezing/etc. That's a BIG, MONSTER WORRY, friends. I don't want to go back to having a barely functioning, unfixable computer again. Ugh. 😭😭😭)

[woodchoc-magnum]

7, 27, 33

(7) Honest opinion of the show now - look I was pretty disappointed with the end of Season 6 and I made those feelings known. I also took a bit of a break during the hiatus, from Tumblr mostly, and just kind of recharged my batteries. At the moment, I am feeling cautiously optimistic for the new season - I'm genuinely happy that Tim is back, even though Lone Star is a dumpster fire that he's responsible for. I am really happy with the network change and I'm hopeful that it will breathe new life into the show. I'm excited for the cruise disaster; I think it's going to be great.

I still think the bones are there if they do finally commit to making Buddie canon. I hope all these Buddie pics that Tim is dropping mean we're actually getting something good this season. I hope that we can do away with the female love interests once and for all, because it's exhausting and I'm over it.

So yeah, I will reserve final judgment until the new season starts, but I'm feeling good about what we know so far. 🤞

(27) what would it take for me to quit the show - honestly... Ryan leaving would probably do it once and for all. I can't imagine enjoying it without Eddie. Even if they doubled down and introduced real love interests for Buck and Eddie, I'd probably stick with it.

Either that or I have to get to the point where I'm dreading watching it and spending more time hating it than enjoying it, and I'm not there yet. I'm still excited and hopeful.

(33) reason I started watching - well I love disaster movies, and this looked like a disaster movie in a TV show starring Angela Bassett so yeah, I did not need much convincing. Been here since day one, baby!

ask me about 911

[kanalcoin]

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