#hey so this is a scrap!

[jocelynscrazyideas]

can you plz do anything brodie ziemer!! like fluff or something

Minnesota skies ||

Brodie Ziemer x reader

summary: summer time rolls around, Brodie finds a way to sneak you into the boat of stars to star gaze under the moonlight.

warnings: not proof read! Sorry…

a/n: finally a Minnesota man!!! His hometown is 33 mins away from mine!!

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The pink morning sunrise wakes me up, I turn away from the low lights that peak through the white shutters. I see Brodie drooling a little, I laugh and clean him up. I kiss his cheek, leaving a residue of my lip mask that hasn’t evaporated off of my lips.

I tuck Brodie in as I leave the bedroom.

~

Brodie’s parents own this beautiful home in North Oaks. It’s a beautiful house back behind the lush green trees, the lake is so beautifully preserved and the weather is never better.

~

It’s about 6:28 AM, the crisp morning air fills the house, the carpet is freshly washed and vacuumed, the walls are painted, and the windows are so clear I can see the neighbors boat garage from the other side of the lake.

I felt my stomach bend in ways I never imagined. I walk over to the fridge, gathering eggs, orange juice, cheese, whipped cream, and avocados. I turn the stove on and set down a heavy pan from the cupboard from below the sink. I place some room temperature butter on the pan to “lube” up the pan.

I finish making breakfast for not only me, but for the Ziemer’s.

The bagels are ready, whipped cream, eggs and cheese, all stuffed inside the bagels, and the avocados slide around the eggs. Yummy. I turn around to go wake up Brodie, and he’s waiting for me on the top of the stairs.

What a baby. My baby.

"Are you ready for tonight?" I'm guessing Brodie is implying the party we are throwing tonight. He smirks oddly while slowly making his way down the carpeted stairs.

He rubs his abdomen while he bends down for a kiss. I swerve to peck his cheek, and I run my hand through his hair. I push his lips towards mine and he somehow sucks air out of my lungs. I feel him pull away while he smiles. Brodie reaches for the plate sitting behind me on the cold counter-top.

~

After witnessing Brodie inhaling the bagel sandwich, i finish mine and set the leftovers in the microwave. I leave a note on the whiteboard that sits in front of the pantry door, "Breakie in the waver!"

I changed into a small bikini, im hoping ill get a good tan with this cool back design. I notice Brodie having trouble with his sunscreen, i walk over after tying myself up. "Here baby." I apply some cold sunscreen on his muscular back, and he gets mine.

We play in the cold lake, we even decided to get the boat ready for the party tonight. "Happy Fourth my love!" Brodie laughs mysteriously, he cups my ass in his hands, lifting me up. I kick my feet in excitement, then I notice that we're getting pretty close to the edge of the boat.

suddenly,

Water gets up my nose, my hair is drenched, my swimsuit comes undone. Brodie laughs from under the water. He kisses my flared ribs, i feel so young and free.

"Brodie! Hurry! We don't have all day to set up!" Momma Ziemer walks out onto the deck, i watch as Brodie gets out of the water. I tie my swimsuit back up.

I get out as well, i step onto the Star, the boat the Ziemer's got when i became part of the family a year ago today. I replace the white pillows with blue, and red ones. I fluff the white cushions up, and i wash the leather seat for the driver. After setting up decorations, plates, silverware, and snacks I finally place the speaker into a cupholder, we never use this one, we always use the one built into the boat, but just incase i alwasy bring a smaller speaker on.

~

"Baby." Brodie knocks on the bedroom door. "Everyone is here. I just thought you should hurry up on getting ready, i mean you already look so beautiful." He closes the door as he steps closer to me.

He fixes my hair, and kisses the top of my head. I feel this electric spark between us. "Okay, im coming." I wink at him.

"No, I want to walk down with you." He whines, Brodie has this spot on the floor next to my vanity. Almost like a dog bed. Brodie, being the golden retriever he is, he snuggles up next to my foot and lays down on his life size dog bed. Waiting for me as he hums a song.

"Are you upset that i didnt help you set up the Star for the fourth of july party?" He stops. The silence builds up. I feel this warm air brush behind my neck, he can read my mind. "No." I blandly answer back.

"ok." He gets up and moans in my ear, "I. Love. You." He states, and he takes my hand as i stand up.

We walk out of the bedroom and step onto the top of the stairs.

My white ripped jean shorts and my red bikini top holds my excitemnt and thrill.

"I wasnt mad, i was just confused in why you couldnt help me with the boat like you were before you pushed us in the water, but I love you back." I embarrassingly whine. I leave Brodie on the top of the stairs and welcome in the rest of the Ziemer family.

I notice all of the little girls run up to Brodie and ask for some jucie, and the little boys all gather around him to play mini sticks. The pool is filled with play pen balls that are colored white, red and blue. Ballons are tied everywhere. Almost every corner of the house has a song playing, thats also including outside and the boat.

I run down to the dock to go see the other young aduts and teenagers drinking on the boat. "Hey y/n!" They all greet me.

"Who set the Star up? It looks so pretty!" One of Brodie's cousins mention. I smile and sit down in the drivers seat. I take a red plastic cup and pour some cold "water" in it.

I walk back up to the house, a little tipsy. Im not a drinker- infact i hate alcohol. "baby?" Brodie runs up to me. He sets his juice box on the back deck right beside the pool, he held my shoulders to check me out from head to toe.

"Im fine!" i walk away as i leave a kiss on his cheek.

~

After the party, i clean up a bit. The inside of the house looks like before. i make my way to the boat. the stars glimmer over me. Brodie meets me on the floor of the Star. I feel so safe and warm. He cuddles me. I hold onto him, hoping he doesn’t throw us overboard again.

[yourlocalabomination]

Would you guys still love me if I told you this was my 100th Ted drawing 😔

[golden-lovers]

[heynhay]

klance but they traded jackets and lance is absolutely clowning on keith’s stupid fucking cropped monstrosity but keith can’t retort because lance’s jacket is so comfortable and it smells like him and and and and—

you guys are good at this hang on

[ducktracy]

I feel like you would love Wander Over Yonder.

I WOULD AND I DO!!!!! I’VE SEEN WOEFULLY LITTLE OF IT and really, really, really want to commit to it. both times i’ve tried to watch it i’ve loved it immensely. i really need to commit myselffffff!! but in what very very little i’ve seen i’ve adored it. i love the energy i love the cartooning I LOVE WANDER!!!!!!!!!! i feel like since i’ve gotten into LT, where every character is some sort of absolute freak and has their own unique set of issues, i haven’t been Advertising my sheer adoration of obnoxiously happy little guys (to the chagrin of everyone around them). characters like SpongeBob, Lazlo, Chowder, Stimpy…. it’s definitely my favorite character archetype and Wander more than fits the criteria which is why i need to watch!!!! i’ve had multiple people say it’s an Eliza Show and i very much stand by that having only seen like 2 episodes

also, the prophecy is fortold because i drew this exact pose with Lazlo and Lumpus once upon a millenium. which i can’t look for right now because i’m on mobile. but mark my woids.

[skitskatdacat63]

Yes these have all already been posted, but 2023 Vettonso comp post for me because I'm going to have an emotional breakdown

[nemaliwrites]

an addition to the 'death is a woman and she's hot' series - consider: death is a MAN and HE'S hot

Consider: Mia, who knows she'll have to leave her sister behind. The only way she can get justice for her mother, the only way she can discover the truth, is by leaving the village. But then, who will be there to protect Maya?

She isn't naive enough to say Aunt Morgan. She's seen the way her aunt watches her sister: as though she's a stain on the family tree, a blot of ink that Morgan would like nothing more than to wipe away forever. Without leaving a single trace. As though she'd never existed.

Consider: Mia, who knows that her only option is to reach out to a higher power. The only way she can protect her sister is by looking to her heritage. Feys always protect each other - or they should, at least.

There are old spells and chants hidden in the village's archives. Most of them have been overlooked for years, though whether that's because they don't work or because they do, Mia doesn't know. Either way, she's about to find out.

Long story short, she ends up making a deal with Death.

You can call him Godot, he says, because he's the thing people spend their entire lives waiting for.

I'll make you a deal, says Mia. My life for my sister's. Take mine if you want - but keep her safe.

It's an interesting proposal, to be sure; he's never had a mortal make an offer like that before. Especially not one like her: one who carries death within her, one foot in the afterlife at all times as she channels the spirits he's taken.

In the end, they make a deal. He won't kill her, he says, but he also won't interfere when her time comes. That's fine with her, and when she leaves the village, it's with tear-filled eyes, yes, but her heart is much lighter than it was before.

What she hadn't realized, though, is that Death is...kind of annoying. Now that he's been called once, it's as though there's an open invite at any time of day.

He comes when she's least expecting him; she was in the middle of making coffee, and she jumps when he appears. He catches the mug in midair and takes a sip as though it's for him.

Mortals, he finds, are capable of amazing inventions.

She keeps coffee beans for him in her apartment, then, just so he'll stop stealing hers. He takes great delight in flipping through all her law books, offering cryptic comments that she takes great delight in ignoring.

The things that hold her attention seem to confuse him. Why waste so much time on these, he asks, when you're going to die?

The time will pass anyway, she tells him. Might as well use it while I have the chance.

At some point, she starts expecting his visits. At some point, she starts pretending that this is normal. That he's just another guy. A human. That the longer she can live in the moment, the more she can forget what's coming.

But then the fated day comes, and there's nothing she can do. There's nothing either of them can do.

True to his words, he doesn't interfere. It's hard not to. He knew he would be taking her one day - but that doesn't mean he wants to see her in pain. At the very least, he makes a promise to himself: that when Redd White meets his own end, it will be a painful one.

When Mia opens her eyes again, there's a hand held out to her. And for the first time, she sees him for what he is: Death. No human pretenses, not anymore. Red eyes, white hair - monstrous, some would say. She doesn't think so.

She wonders what she looks like right now. Bloodstained, perhaps. Dull. Lifeless. But by the way he looks at her, she doesn't think so.

I'll watch over the little one for you, he says. I promise.

I know you will, she replies. I trust you.

And placing her hand in his, she lets him take her away.

[kayvsworld]

sorry to be doing mcu throwback complaints again and EXTRA sorry for it to be about cacw and aou, sorry, i just am thinking again that if marvel had. in aou. committed to letting steve rogers see that captain america graffiti calling him a fascist with his own two eyes i would have forgiven many of their subsequent deeds and crimes

[hiraganasakura]

Hi so me being me I've decided to hyperanalyze the conversation Qrow and Raven had in Higanbana practically line by line bcus I have Many Thoughts and this is the best way I can think of to get them all out. If you can't tell I'm absolutely obsessed with these two. Btw.

Thanks to the RWBY wiki for providing transcripts for every episode, otherwise I definitely would have missed smth despite having just watched this scene recently lol

I put it under the read more for easier scrolling due to how long this post got!

I immediately noticed smth in the very first lines of the interaction:

Raven: "Hello, brother." Qrow: "...Raven."

You'll notice throughout the whole conversation that Raven never calls Qrow by his name, only condescendingly referring to him as "brother" this one time and never calling him anything else. Meanwhile, Qrow directly refers to Raven a total of three times throughout the conversation, and only one doesn't call Raven by her name (which we'll get to shortly)

On the other hand, Qrow doesn't bother with even so much as a greeting beyond simply stating Raven's name

It's different ways of communicating their distance. While Raven holds her relationship with Qrow over his head — never once, even outside of this scene, does she call him "brother" with affection iirc, only derision and condescension — Qrow doesn't seem to rly know how to greet her. He hesitates before saying her name and approaching her, as if trying to assess the situation before acting

Qrow: "So, what do you want?" Raven: "A girl can't just catch up with her family?" Qrow: "She can, but you're not. Now how 'bout we get on with it? Unless you plan on keeping these [drinks] comin'."

Again, Raven seems to bring up her familial ties with Qrow as a tactic to get him to do what she wants — in this case, stick around to talk to her despite him not seeming to rly want to. Frankly, it feels manipulative. We're gonna put a pin in this for now and come back to it in just a moment

Additionally, Qrow already knows that Raven's not just here for a friendly chat between two siblings, and sees right thru her facade that it is. Raven is here bcus she wants smth from him. But interestingly, it is Raven in V5 that says, in an almost frustrated/disappointed tone, "Family. Only coming around when they need something." There's another pin; keep both in mind

Raven: "Does she have it?" Qrow: "...Did you know Yang lost her arm?" Raven: "That's not—" Qrow: "Rhetorical question, I know you know. It's just obnoxious that you'd bring up family and then carry on like your own daughter doesn't exist." Raven: "I saved her." Qrow: "Once. Because that was your rule, right? Real 'Mom of the Year' material, sis."

Qrow dodges Raven's question about the Relic and instead brings up her hypocrisy in how she treats family. And it's a good point. Here she is lording her siblingship with Qrow over his head while simultaneously defending and upholding her rule that she is only obligated to help her own daughter a single time. Another pinpoint on our little conspiracy board

Also, here's the one time in this conversation Qrow refers to Raven as "sis". Like Raven's use of "brother", Qrow's use of "sis" is very pointed and with intent. But it's not to manipulate Raven, it's a snarky jab meant to rly hammer home Qrow's point

Raven: "I told you Beacon would fall, and it did. I told you Ozpin would fail, and he has. Now you tell me. Does. Salem. Have it?" Qrow: "I thought you weren't interested in all of that." Raven: "I just want to know what we are up against." Qrow: "And which 'we' are you referring to?"

A few things of note here. At some point in the past, Raven expressed an outright disinterest in Ozpin's inner circle, at least to Qrow. Qrow also feels excluded in the "we" Raven mentions being against Salem. To me, there seems to be a distinct possibility here that it wasn't that Raven felt personally disinterested in Ozpin's operations, but that she somehow felt excluded and feigned a lack of interest in order to protect herself. An idea that is further supported in my eyes by the following dialogue:

Qrow: "You should come back, Raven. The only way we'd beat her is by working together. All of us." Raven: "You're the one who left. The tribe raised us, and you turned your back on them." Qrow: "They were killers and thieves." Raven: "They were your family." Qrow: "You have a very skewed perception of that word."

And there it is. Raven's problem is laid out here for us, loud and clear: She feels like she was the one abandoned, not the one running away. She says it outright! "You're the one who left." To her, Qrow is the traitor, the one who left their family behind. If you ask Qrow (or, for that matter, Tai, Yang, and even Summer based on the scene in V9), it's the opposite

Bcus they have different definitions of family

Another thing to pin (I promise this will all become clear soon)

Raven: "I lead our people now. And as leader, I will do everything in my power to ensure our survival." Qrow: "I saw. The people of Shion saw, too." Raven: "The weak die. The strong live. Those are the rules." Qrow: "Well, you've certainly got someone strong on your side. I've seen the damage." Raven: "We couldn't have known the Grimm would set in as quickly as they did." Qrow: "I'm not talking about the Grimm. And I'm not talking about you, either."

Notice Raven's shift from "the tribe" to "our people". More of that guilt tripping!

Additionally, Raven is *obsessed* with rules. One save. The weak die, the strong live. Raven lives and breathes rules, even seemingly arbitrary ones. Guess what this is? Another pin!

Raven: "If you don't know where the Relic is, then we have nothing left to talk about." Qrow: "I don't know where the Spring Maiden is, either, but if you do, I need you to tell me." Raven: "And why would I do that?" Qrow: "Because without her, we're all going to die." Raven: "...And which 'we' are you referring to?"

Qrow's "either" here implies that he also doesn't know where the Crown of Choice is, which is... interesting. He's one of Ozpin's closest lieutenants, and is in the dark on where Beacon's Relic is? Wherever it is, it is such a closely kept secret that even Ozpin's best spy doesn't know where it is (maybe so that in the event Qrow gets captured by Salem he can't be forced into giving her the information?)

Meanwhile, Raven's "And why would I [tell you]?" implies that she does know who the Spring Maiden is (obviously. Raven's the Spring Maiden lol) but refuses to disclose to Qrow

A lantern sputters out after Qrow says "Without [Spring] we're all going to die." Now, I genuinely can't remember if this is headcanon or canon, but iirc Misfortune seems to act up when Qrow's upset. He's clearly tired of this little game of dancing around topics that Raven's been playing with him

And once again, Raven indicates a feeling of exclusion from Qrow's life in the iconic final line. She gets the final word in before leaving

We've finally reached the end of the conversation. Now what does all of this tell us?

And here is where all of those pins I wrote down are relevant. As I mentioned, the twins view family very differently

Qrow's view is pretty obvious: he views family as the ppl in his life who matter most to him. Unlike Raven, he does not view the tribe as family despite the fact that they raised him, disgustedly referring to them as "killers and thieves". It's implied that he was, in fact, neglected and/or likely abused by the Branwen tribe, saying in V6C4, "No one wanted me... I was cursed..." further explaining his distaste for them. Furthermore, despite not being related to Ruby by blood, they clearly consider one another family throughout the series, and he even seems closer to her than he seems to his niece who's actually blood related to him (I personally headcanon that he keeps more of a distance from Yang bcus she reminds him too much of Raven, who he feels abandoned and hurt by, but that's neither here nor there). Bloodlines and debts are secondary compared to loyalty, if they're considered at all. He is obviously furious that Raven only insists on saving Yang once and never directly interacting with her beyond that, despite Raven constantly guilting Qrow over abandoning his so-called "family" of the tribe. And yet. And yet. He still offers Raven a place back in his life, even if only to unite against Salem

Raven's view, to me, has been an enigma for a while. But after hyperanalyzing this conversation, after noting down all of those points of interest, I feel like I've finally cracked the code. Raven views family as an obligation, an exchange that always has an ulterior motive behind it. She seeks out Qrow only bcus she desires smth from him despite showing distaste when someone does the same to her; condescendingly calls Qrow "brother" more than his actual name and calls the tribe their "family" to try guilting him into doing what she wants; and feels fierce loyalty to the tribe but barely interacts with her daughter, only seeming to count one of the two as true family. She views the concept of family with cynicism and seems to feel an obligation to the tribe, as if she "owes" them for raising her

I think the two's perceptions of what defines family are all to do with the way the tribe treated both of them. This crosses a bit into headcanon territory, but as you can see by the above quotes and analysis, I rly don't think I'm just making it up entirely

As I already mentioned, I think it's implied that the Branwen tribe neglected/abused Qrow. In fact, we could probably blame their treatment of him for the deep self-loathing he has due to his "cursed" Semblance. But what about Raven?

Well, it's simple: I think she was abused, too, just in a different way. While Qrow was likely shown and told on a consistent basis that he was unwanted, unloved, undeserving of good things, Raven may have been shown and told she was wanted, loved, and deserving of good things... if she did what the tribe told her. If she repaid them for raising her and her brother, for being her "family". The way she uses her familial ties with Qrow as almost blackmail may be exactly the way the tribe treated her. Her obsession with following rules may stem from the fact that she had to follow the rules the tribe set for her in order to be accepted and deemed worth smth

As for her distance from Yang... honestly, I wonder if Raven is aware that Yang deserves better and keeps her distance as her way of doing that. When Summer confronts Raven in the V9 scene, Raven says, "...You're better at that life. Better than I was." She seems to have a fear and insecurity about being a good family member, a good mother, and maybe that's why she fled. Maybe she was scared of being like her abusers due to how she emulates them as a self-preservation tactic in so many other ways. Not entirely sure about this point tho

And I think too this is why the twins don't rly understand one another. They may have been unaware of the different ways in which the other was treated. Qrow, constantly unwanted and loathed, can't understand why Raven sticks around with the tribe; Raven, who obeyed the tribe and, in doing so, garnered enough of their favor to even eventually become leader, can't understand why Qrow can't just be "good", earn respect, and stay

This dissonance between the two experiences may also be completely intentional on the part of the tribe; abusers will often eliminate their targets' support systems in order to make them completely reliant on the abuser, so it's highly likely that the wedge was intentionally driven between the two siblings so that they could not find support in one another. This would also tie into why the twins seem to feel excluded from one another's lives and abandoned by one another: bcus they were made to feel that way by their common abusers, and did nothing to challenge these assumptions bcus they saw no reason to — and only seemed to keep proving one another right if they did

Which rly has some disturbing implications about how the Branwen tribe works. Like, do they just pick orphaned kids up off the street and abuse them into being perfect little bandits, molded to be of the greatest possible use and discarded if they're deemed worthless? Plus Qrow says his Semblance is how he got his name, which implies that the tribe also renames the kids they scoop up (possibly as a form of control or a way to make sure they can't be tracked down by any remaining family)? Plus there's the whole thing where Qrow and Raven were originally sent to Beacon to learn how to kill Huntsmen, which carries with it the implication that the Branwen tribe grooms literal orphan children into becoming stone-hearted murderers? What. The heck.

And if I'm right, if the Branwen tribe is that severely abusive, then like... wow, no wonder Qrow and Raven are Like That. They're both very deeply hurt people expressing it in different ways

I was considering adding their conversation at the Battle of Haven to this post, but I think that would be better as its own thing. Also I haven't gotten there on my rewatch yet so I may miss some details if I try to analyze it rn; it's better to wait overall methinks

But I have reached the point of my rewatch where we see Weiss and Whitley interact, and I think it would be very efficient to sum up what Qrow and Raven's relationship seems to be by using those siblings as a point of reference. Qrow = Weiss, actively trying to break free from and fight back against their abusers in different ways, while Raven = Whitley, continuing to do as their abusers want and have wanted as a method of self-preservation. Only, unlike Weiss and Whitley, Qrow and Raven have yet to come to a point where they can understand one another. I think that's a good way to briefly summarize the uh. Absolutely massive post this is.

In conclusion, I may have cracked the majority of the Branwen twins' pre-Beacon backstory purely by hyperanalyzing a single conversation. Oopsies

[tj-crochets]

It’s time to make coasters from a bunch of HSTs from the box of scraps I got!

I’m aiming for 4” ish square, and I’m making A Bunch so I can give them to my endocrinologist’s entire staff because they have hugely improved my quality of life. Like. By leaps and bounds. I’d make them all full quilts if I knew how many people worked there but that’s maybe a little much so quilted coasters it is! And maybe some quilted mug cozies!

[dreamypumpkins]

Introducing Ferry!

[saltyfilmmajor]

Save me, New York Public Library, You're My Only Hope

[tesnuzzik]

Unfinished panels for the old version of page 8 of the Raven and the Runaway

My rewrite means I won't be using these, I do wanna share it tho :)

[risingsunresistance]

family photos <3

[keeps-ache]

!! oooooooooops !!

[short-and-ugly]

okay this is it this is the last time im changing the shimejis this time ill actually get them done okay