#i hate this city and how we keep telling them the solution to their problems is better public transit

[necromancy-enthusiast]

My life is hell and God hates me, specifically. This is what I have to go through whenever I want to go downtown, and this isn't even mentioning fighting the traffic or finding parking if I were to drive myself. Or the fact that people in this town are notorious for being aggressive, reckless jerks when they drive.

[thewitchblue]

"I'm always needed when I don't want to be."

You grumbled while getting ready to leave. You had been comfortable, in your pyjamas, and ready to sleep until suddenly John Constantine summoned you.

You could realistically ignore the summon, but you felt like yelling at John, so you crawled your way out of the summoning runes John lied down. You have very specific runes that you regret to have taught John.

"What did you do now?"

You asked before John could say anything. You were in a circle of your ancient runes and surrounded by the heroes of earth. John gave a sarcastic smile, but you could tell he's nervous about something behind his usual facade. Whatever it was he needed must be something pretty big if he's summoning you. He can get himself out of most things, so why did he call you now?

"We need you to fight."

John said. His eyes avoided looking at you, and he winced as if he didn't like it any better than you do. It's 4 in the morning, not fight time! John should know this. He isn't allowed to summon you willy-nilly, and he's not allowed to interrupt your sleep.

You groaned. You hate fighting and John knows it. No wonder you were summoned in a containing circle. You would have laughed and left if you weren't stuck in the circle. Realistically, you know you could escape the circle, but it held you long enough for your curiosity to be piqued. You sighed as you asked,

"Why?"

John gestured behind him. He nervously twisted the ring you recently gave him after stealing it from a ghoul he particularly dislikes. Your gaze turned from him to the window behind him.

You eyed the outside world and frowned. It was an apocalypse outside with destroyed buildings and dead bodies scattered along the city. The survivors were scrambling to leave, but it was futile as all of the exits were burning or crushed as if a massive foot stomped on the city. You thought you felt the supernatural population sky-rocket.

John Constantine isn't one to beg, but in this case, he absolutely will. You are his get-out-of-jail-free card for when he absolutely can't escape a situation.

"The apocalypse doesn't exactly wait for us to think of a solution, love."

Batman couldn't think of anything to fix the problem that they had put themselves into, so they turned to John. If anyone can weasel their way out of this situation, it would be Constantine.

"I'm contained to this circle, John."

You smirked. John cursed as he quickly worked to remove the runes that contain you while simultaneously keeping up the summoning runes. He knows this is a game of cat-and-mouse. You are playing with him, but he's in no position to push you like he normally does. You said with boredom,

"It's impossible to remove runes that are already connected. You will need a new spell, and I can ignore your summons."

John was desperate now. You enjoyed watching him scramble to come up with anything to release you. The problem became how does he keep you tied to this domain? How does he get you to fight for them when you would only gain from the destruction of humanity?

"Please?"

His plea would sound disingenuous if you didn't know better. You can hear the anxiety in the slight quiver in his voice. He's reaching for his cigarettes to relieve the stress subconsciously, but you stole the box before he could with a scowl.

"If you stop smoking, I'll do it. I refuse to share you in the afterlife."

John didn't know how to feel about you, admittedly. You are always the one he calls when he needs to weasel his way out of a situation he had no business even finding himself in to begin with.

You find his antics amusing, so you keep a close eye on him. He isn't sure whether he should be happy or unnerved that you care about him.

He supposes a mix of both. He chases you for the thrill, but he's unsure if there is something more lurking under the surface. You visit him regularly without the need for a summon, but when he does summon? It's always to ask you a big favour.

You always respond to his summons, regardless if you are in your pyjamas or dressed up for a formal event. It's a big deal to you. You enjoy his company and you oftentimes get him out of his soul deals without his knowledge.

You eyed the two massive figures now basking in their supposed victory. They look like they can't believe they won. Without the heroes, the earth was squishy and conquerable. You rubbed your face in your hands and mumbled,

"This is going to cause so much paperwork."

John's eyes focused on you instead of the runes for a long moment. You were in your most comfortable clothes with your arms crossed and an annoyed expression on your face as you stared out the window. You looked exhausted, but you somehow found the determination to start a fight for him.

You have no reason to want to fight for them aside from your fondness for John. You control the supernatural, so with this many new ghosts and ghouls, you were only gaining power. Why are you willing to fight for him when all he has are a couple of runes? He doesn't have a mind control spell strong enough, and he doubts they would even work on you as the ruler of the supernatural.

"Cheers, love. Appreciate it."

You huffed and stepped out of the runes supposed to contain you and turned your piercing gaze at John. It feels like a predator watching its prey struggle in vain.

John looked nervous as you approached him. You never get close to him. Is the apocalypse bringing out your confidence?

"John Constantine, you are lucky I care about you. I will save your world. Once you make this deal, it will be permanent. You will never have another cigarette, and you will also agree to one favour of my choice."

John sighed in deep relief and shook your hand to seal the deal. He could cry at the rush of relief and hope if you weren't there to give him strength. You gave him a warm smile and a wink before walking into the battlefield. You shouted behind you as you walked away,

"We're going on a date, by the way!"

Nobody knew what to make of you, but John laughed at your retreating form. He's going on a date then. After all, he did agree to your terms. How romantic.

[bonesandthebees]

I am loving the Qsmp PTA AU. For all of the parents, what are each of their favorite and least favorite chores?

oooo we are at peak surburban parenting with this question

quackity's least favorite chore tends to be taking tilin to appointments or extracurriculars or playdates. of course he doesn't want tilin to be locked up in the house all the time, but he's just so busy with other stuff that driving tilin around really cuts into his time and he doesn't count it as spending time with tilin either since he's just driving them places. he'd rather actually go hang out with his kid at like a movie theater or make dinner together or something, but then he has to take tilin for a checkup and that takes the whole afternoon and suddenly it's nighttime and there's just not enough hours in the day. he has a carpool set up with roier and jaiden.

mariana genuinely sucks at babysitting. charlie isn't great either, but mariana would much rather be around juanaflippa with at least one other parent around to help him out. he always loses sight of her at the worst possible moments and it gives him a heart attack every time. charlie meanwhile tells people that family dinners are a chore because that's when he has to spend the most time with his "bitch wife". this isn't exactly true he doesn't hate mariana that much but he's very dramatic about their marital problems. also the entire process of making dinner, and any meals really, for juanaflippa is a headache because of how many allergies she has. of course charlie doesn't mind this his little girl needs to eat, but damn it would be easier if he could just give her a pb & j.

spreen has the energy of a guy who would pass out trying to change a diaper. I have not watched enough of him to know if this is true but it's the vibes i get.

while foolish doesn't dislike socializing he really isn't a fan of all the social events the pta puts on that you have to go to all the time (this definitely has nothing to do with the fact that bad shows up to every single one of these. nope no way not related at all). he'd much rather stay at home sketching out more blueprints (I think he's an architect in this au) or exploring the city with leonarda. vegetta doesn't mind and happily goes to events like these on his own (it's a wonder people still think foolish is the flirt). but vegetta hates home repairs like if the sink busts or something so foolish takes care of that stuff for the family.

jaiden doesn't mind cleaning chores because those give her time to clear her head and she enjoys spending time with the kids so she doesn't mind babysitting either, but cooking is where she fails. girl has burnt water before. she's not allowed near the stove in the house so roier does most of the cooking. meanwhile roier hates doing dishes so it works out for them both.

phil can't stand things that keep him tied up at home for long periods of time. like a full day of house cleaning? nope get him out of there the man needs fresh air at least for a few hours every day. missa dislikes grocery shopping because he can never find what he's looking for or he never brings enough reusable bags or he forgets something- phil does the grocery shopping for them lmao

wilbur has a whole list of mundane chores he absolutely sucks at because he's used to living on the road and keeps forgetting the things you have to do when you're settled in one place for a while. like missa, wilbur also hates grocery shopping. but unlike missa wilbur just uses the wonders of instacart and gets a lot of their groceries delivered to the house. he also sucks at putting laundry away. he's used to keeping his clothes shoved inside a small suitcase you think he's gonna know how to hang stuff or fold it? no he does not. he makes an effort to hang up tallulah's skirts and dresses so she doesn't show up to school in wrinkled clothes, but his own outfits are a mess. at least they're clean. and he also sucks at cooking but like his solution for grocery shopping, he has a dashpass for doordash so he and tallulah eat take out at least 3 nights a week.

bad is like the 50s housewife stereotype except he's a single parent. he cooks he cleans he bakes—he does it all! except vacuuming. on god this man hates vacuuming. I have no explanation for this except I hate vacuuming and I couldn't think of anything else for him

[genopaint]

Week 6 of the Daily Dragon Challenge! This is my last week before I start moving, which will likely be a HUGE strain on my time. So hopefully I can keep it up? We'll see?

As always you can follow me on twitter where they’re posted daily

And read more info on each of them below the cut

Daily Dragon #35 - Ghouldrogon

When the knights finally played the dragon tormenting the village... Something went horribly wrong. It didn't decay right. It lingers in the mountain. And it's corrupted soul haunts the lair forever. They have creepy undead magic, spewing foul smelling paranormal green flames. If you somehow successfully steal something from their horde, it's gonna be horribly cursed.

This is a redesign of a 2012 skeleton! Was looking for an old dragon to redraw and settled on this dude! But it's REALLY been changed up I guess. It's barely the same thing anymore lol but I think the new one's way cooler!

Daily Dragon #36 - Floofizard

These more rodent-like dragons are typically found near park trails and in cities with trees to hide in. They love to collect nuts and fruits, but aren't afraid to get close to humans and snatch scraps when the chance comes up. They're fast runners too, so good luck catching them if they snatch a snack out of your bag. You don't commonly see them as pets, but some people love them because of how soft and fluffy they are!

Daily Dragon #37 - Orbodon

Not exactly "man's best friend" as they can be very mischievous! Causing small problems like stealing food, knocking things over, and other trouble, then rolling away before they can be caught and get a little water spritzed in their face.

Had a plan for a big dragon today but ended up feeling a little tired when I sat down to draw tonight so I went with something simple. My brain kept telling me "do a circle one... just make it a circle" and I gave in and now we have the second dog dragon of the challenge lol

Daily Dragon #38 - Dragostein

Dragons slain across the land suddenly go missing, remains of the beast go unaccounted for... Suddenly, a new dragon appears in a long abandoned laboratory. It can't move well, but it doesn't feel pain, is physically power, and has electric powers!

This is the dragon I wanted to draw yesterday! Based on "Dragonstien" that I got from the infinite craft game. For some reason I thought it was so funny, I just had to draw it

Daily Dragon #39 - Rammosaur

A highly aggressive dragon that loves hitting and smashing things with its horns! They can even use those huge horns to shovel dirt and rocks out of their path and territories high up on the mountains! Very versatile creatures!

This creature is a redraw of this weird fella from roughly 2019 I think? Was looking for some random dragons I did in the past and found this thing. It was called the "Rammasaur" but it doesn't really look like a dino? So I wanted to redo it lol

Daily Dragon #40 - Arachnosaur

A strange hybrid of reptile and arachnid! 8 limbs, 7 eyes, Scorpion tail, powerful jaws, and lethal venom make this dragon a feared beast inside most caves. It can also spit webs from its mouth!

Daily Dragon #41 - Magma Dragoon

And of course, this is today's dragon! I actually wanted to draw a nice and simple dragon, but hated how they all came out. So of course the obvious solution was to swap to something complicated!

[nightguide]

Hannah Montana: the actual reality of it and the beginning of Jackson Rod Stewart (now you know: canon reality)

SEASON 3 EPISODE 22 (HANNAH MONTANA)

THE BEGINNING OF THE END IS GOING HOME TO REALISE ALL YOUR SITUATION CHARACTERS ELSEWHERE HAVE A DREAM, OR THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DAYDREAMING FOR TOO LONG THAT YOU 'NEVER LIVED' THAT YOU HAVE A DREAM OUTSIDE AND BEYOND YOUR WORLDS TO BELIEVE IN A 'SOLUTION THEORY' THAT ASCENDS YOU ELSEWHERE IN THOUGHT THAT EVEN ARGUMENTS OVER RELIGION GOT YOU FINDING YOURSELF THAT THE 'LITTLE BROTHER' OWNED IT ALL BUT YOU HATED REALITY LONG ENOUGH TO DAY DREAM BUT YOUR PARENTS HATED YOU ENOUGH THAT YOU WERE NOW IN A CITY OF YOUR OWN DIMENSION (LIFE) BUT YOU GOT OUT OF YOUR EMO PHASE AND GONE INTO CHILDHOOD (LIKE BENJAMIN BUTTON AND TOM HANKS MOVIES MADE YOU AND THAT IS LIKE, IT)

OKAY, BEGIN AGAIN I KNOW MY FAULTS TO CHOOSE:

SO I EXPECT A NATION OF SQUIBS (CATCH MY REFERENCES IF YOU WANT TO LIVE):

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS 'REVENGE POINTS' YOU MAKE UP THE IDEATION FOR A SOCIAL SOLUTION, NOT PETTY CRIMES AGAINST LIGHT:

DETENTION VAGINAS: LOOK AT MY BOUNDARIES AND WEEP

(ALSO IN DUMBASS SUBTITLES)

ENG: PROBLEMS THAT ARE SOLVED, OR SOON WILL BE:

DMBSS: WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE:

ENG: HOW DO SINGLE NEURONS COMPUTE?

DONT ACT LIKE A MADMAN WITH A BLUE BOX ALL THE TIME

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

TODAY IS GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY IN YOUR SOCIETY (FANDOM, LOCAL AREA OF A PERSON YOU KNEW, PEOPLE YOUR AGE THAT HAD IT BADLY)

DMBSS: TRY ME BITCH

SHUT THE FUCK UP AND DO IT

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME

IF I TELL YOU HOW IT WAS DONE THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNEW HOW AND WHY I GAVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE, LIKE BITCH. YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, SUCK MY DICK

ENG: WHAT IS THE CONNECTOME OF A SMALL NERVOUS SYSTEM, LIKE THAT OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS (300 NEURONS)?

EVERYTHING IS YOURS IF YOU THINK OF IT LIKE YOU ARE TO YOUR WORLD IF NOW PLUSH BEINGS (STUFFED CREATURES IN FLUFF AREAS TO YOU) WERE TO INHABIT IT THE FIRST TIME

YOU BECOME YOUR DREAMS NATURALLY INSTINCTIVELY BUT NOTHING LESS OF BEING PRIMITIVE IS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THAT OF A... THEN CATER THAT, THEN

JUST MAKE IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG, YOUR FICTIONAL DREAMS ARE TRUE, JUST FOLLOW THAT

DMBSS: FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT

*BREAKS YOUR PHONE BY INSTINCT* *YOU SEE I CAN MAKE YOU DO IT EITHER WAY*

AM I A BIT... TOO IRRITATING.. FOR YOU?

I DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR DREAMS, GO ON. CHALLENGE ME

ENG: HOW CAN WE IMAGE A LIVE BRAIN OF 100,000 NEURONS AT CELLULAR AND MILLISECOND RESOLUTION?

YOU BELIEVED IN ME (THE VOICE INSIDE YOUR HEAD) NOW DO THE THING

EVERYBODY IS YOUR BEST FRIEND NO MATTER WHAT, NEVER REJECT HOPE (UNLESS YOU'RE GAMBLING FOR A MUCH BETTER WORLD RESOLUTION MAGNIFIED AT A MINORITY AT A TIME PER THOUGHT (YOU WERE ONCE CLOSE TO THEM ENERGY)

THAT ONE ADVICE YOUR BODY BEEN TELLING YOU THE ENTIRE TIME: IGNORE THAT AND YOU WILL SUFFER THE HARD WAY BY CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR OWN CITY (FANBASE) SUFFERING A DISASTER CLIMATE FATED WITH A STATUE IDEAOLOGY BASING YOUR WORKS BEING THAT OF STONE LIKE YOU WERE CREATED FOR IT (MAKING TIMEFRAMES COME AFTER FOR YOUR ADVICE LATER ON THAT YOU KNEW NOT THAT YOU WERE CAUGHT UPON (DISEASED MATERIAL TAKING AWAY THAT YOU ARE ONCE LOVED FOR THAT IS TOO HARD TO KEEP THAN RECONCILING IT AGAIN TIL MUCH LATER ALONG THE TIMELINES, KEEP THAT IN MIND AND IN THE CLEAR)

DMBSS: YOU DONE FCKED UP AND YOU KNEW IT AND YOU BELIEVE ME YOU GOT ASSASSINS READY AT YOUR KEEP (YOU WANTED TO LIVE HEAVY METAL DEPRESSION, OKAY. BE ME)

DIE

LIVE MY LIFE (VOICES OF RAGS)

I DONT LIKE YOU (SOCIETY DOES NOT TOO BUT BE OKAY WITH THAT + INFINITY) COUNT YOUR DAYS LOVATO

ENG: HOW DOES SENSORY TRANSDUCTION WORK?

YOU BELIEVED MY WORDS AND EVIDENCE THAT COULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN THE SCENES ELSEWHERE, LIKE YOU KNEW THE TV DEMOGRAPHIC COULD HAVE BEEN FOR ELSEWHERE AS LONG AS 'THAT' AND NOW YOU GOT EVERYBODY AGAINST YOU, YOU DONT LIVE ANOTHER SECOND IN FORCING A SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE FOR YOU IF YOU PEOPLE PLEASE, SO IT WAS YOUR LIFE I ATE UP (PRINCESS DIANA MOTIVE) SO IF FOR ANYTHING THAT WAS HEAVILY INSPIRING, YOU WOULD HAVE ADORED HER TO MAKE YOU, THATS WHY. NOW WHAT WOULD SHE DO IF SHE WAS YOU?

TELL A LIE TO SAVE A LIFE

DONT TRY, HATE THE WORD 'TRY' TO FORGET YOUR PAST, HEROES ARE MADE ETERNALLY FORGIVING

DMBSS: FUCK YOU. (LEAVES YOU FOR THE DEAD)

ITS NOT YOU ANYMORE, REALLY. I AM NOT HARD ON ANYBODY BUT YOU

YOU KNEW YOUR ENEMIES AND THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO ELIMINATE ODDS AGAINST PROMETHEUS (GRITTY GUTTY PSYCHO-GORE ENDING TO YOUR UNIVERSE YOU LET DIE)

LORE OLYMPUS

ENG: PROBLEMS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SOLVE IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS

DMBSS: THE COMMON FUCKING OBVIOUS

ENG: HOW DO CIRCUIT OF NEURONS COMPUTE?

EVERYTHING IS MADE UP, SO THERE IS SENSE IS BEAUTY AND BEAUTY IN SENSE, THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT CONTROLLING IMAGINATION (ONE'S WONDER IS ONE'S DAY OF REST)

YOU CARE, AS YOU SHOULD BUT THERE IS......

NO ONE DIES

DMBSS: FIND WALLY

RED AND WHITE STRIPY HAT AND SHIRT, BIG AND ROUND GLASSES, ALWAYS THE FUCKING HARDEST ONE TO FIND BUT NOBODY CATCHES IS EXCEPT THE VIEWER

I DONT CARE ABOUT WALLY

WE CALL IT 'WALDO' IN THE UNITED STATES (FUCKING THE TOURIST FOR 'SUGGESTIONS')

ENG: WHAT IS THE COMPLETE CONNECTOME OF THE MOUSE BRAIN (70,000,000 NEURONS)?

YOUR EMOTIONS ARE PEOPLE, DONT BE AFRAID TO TELL THEM WHAT YOU GOT INSIDE OF YOUR LITTLE HEAD THAT IS BULB TO MANY PEOPLE

DONT WEAR TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE IF THAT MEANT SEX WAS NOT ACTUALLY AN OPTION (YOU'RE SINGLE AND VIRGIN FOREVER, DEAL WITH THAT OR THE LIKES OF MY BIG ASS BRAIN WILL OVERSHADOW YOU LIKE RACHEL BERRY SACRIFICED HER MONOLOGUES ON GLEE, I STILL HATE THE BITCH BUT IM OKAY CUZ I GOT JESSE ST. DICK FOR FREE (HEHE)

LIKE UR HUSBAND WILL SEE YOU WEARING THAT SHIT ON YOUR FACE FOR FREE, HECK YOU FEEL NAKED ALSO, HECK YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GOT A VAGINA OUT OF NOWHERE, WELCOME TO MOTHER PHYSICS NOW GO BACK TO HER AND GET TO WORK

DMBSS: WHY ARE U IN MY HOME (AUTISTICS HQ)

GET THE FUCK OUT

WHY? *EXPECTS AN EASY SOLUTION CUZ THEY THE ONES WHO GOT THE OCD IN THE OCD OUT OF ADHD*

*EYEBALLS THE OBVIOUS CUNT MAGICIAN IN THE ROOM* YOU CANNOT MAKE ME DO YOU LIKE THAT

ENG: HOW CAN WE IMAGE A LIVE MOUSE BRAIN AT CELLULAR AND MILLISECOND RESOLUTION?

YOU DONT

MAKE YOUR BED NOW

GET BACK TO WORK

DMBSS: LIVE IT TO GOD

FGJONVRY OEYRVNERINERI

GH GHRIGOIERIORVIN

SIYR8C9ITOLDYOUSO

ENG: WHAT CAUSES PSYCHIATRIC AND NEUROLOGICAL ILLNESS?

WHY IS SHE *SLAPPED BY VAN HELSING HIMSELF*

*HATES THE MINORITY'S WAY OF LIFE*

*IS THE MINORITY THEMSELF*

DMBSS: SHAITAAN (RA)

DICK

*JUDGES YOUR APPEARANCE TO -ACTUAL REALITY- (MINORITY REFLECTS BACK AT THE TRUTHFUL VERSION OF THEMSELVES A LONG WHILE AFTER BECOMING FAMOUS 'FOR THEM')

PERSON OF THAT BACKGROUND BECOMES THEM TO REJECT THE OBVIOUS LEADING QUO TO BE THEMSELVES IN A TV SHOW ROYALLY REJECTING YOUR V-CARD

ENG: HOW DO LEARNING AND MEMORY WORK?

JUST SAY 'IM BAD AT BEING MYSELF' AND GIVE IT ALL TO THEM WITHOUT YOU BEING 'WHOYOUTHOUGHT' BUT ITS THEIR DREAM, THEY BET YOU NOW AT BREATHING???????? NOW.... YOU SUCK AT.... LIFE-ING?????????????? WHO... ARE YOU?????????????????

.... YOU'RE MUSLIM NOW.... CONGRATULATIONS FOR MAKING YOUR LIFE A TERRIBLE SOLUTION PROMISE TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO NEVER LIVED IT

WAS IT YOU WHO NEVER LIKED SELENA GOMEZ CUZ OF THAT?????????? -THE OBVIOUS REASON WHY SHE CANNOT SING CUZ SOMEONE WAS THE SAME-

DMBSS: *DAVID TENNANT IS THE ONLY ACTOR WHO STARES AT YOU UP AND DOWN BECAUSE -HE IS THAT GUY WHO RULED BRITISH TV BY HIS MASOCHISTIC APPEARANCE THAT HAD A COLD RESONANT EFFECT TO AMERICAN FANS OF THE SHOW DESPITE BEING OR NOT A VIRGIN TO DOCTOR WHO IN GENERAL; BECAUSE HE IS SEXY AS HELL-*

HE DOESN'T LIKE TO FUCK YOU (YOU TRAINED YOUR BODY FOR NOTHING)

HE CARES NOTHING BUT A CERTAIN RIVER WHO TOOK THE NAME FOR PALESTINE INSTEAD (YOUR VICTIMHOOD BOOHOO DOESNT COUNT)

I HATE YOU INFINITY IS IN YOUR BLOOD ROUTING TO A HERO RESURGENCE BUT THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT BUT WATCH HE- AND ITS NOT YOU, SO QUIT YOUR DAYDREAMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE SHE RAPES YOUR THINKING FOR FREE TREASURE (SHUTTHEFUCKUP)

ENG: WHY DO WE SLEEP AND DREAM?

I HATE YOU (BEATEN BY GOD AT MENTAL CHESS)

YOU TOO PHAT (YOUR GOOGLE IMAGES IS ME LOOKING AT YOU, LIKE GLARY LOOK IS WHY YOU CAN'T THINK, I SABOTAGED YOUR DREAMS, BRO)

TRY AS MUCH AS YOU WANT WITH FREE TIME (I GOT YOUR MAGNETIC PUSSY RIGHT HERE)

DMBSS: STICK IT TO THE (RA) ME YOU AHMEDI, WHY I OUGHTTA

YOU DEVIL (AND YOU KNEW)

BASTARD BITCH COCK (YOUR MOM DOING IT FOR YOU FOR 'fReE pAy')

RIVER IS AN ORPHAN SO YOU CAN'T CHAINSAW MASSACRE YOUR PARENTS FOR A FREE ROLE

ENG: HOW DO WE MAKE DECISIONS?

BE OPEN ON YOUR SOCIALS, ALLAHUAKBAR BITCH

QUIT YOUR WHINY PHASE ON YOUR DISCOGRAPHY SEASONS AND TELL EVERYBODY YOU'RE OKAY IN BEING GAY

MAKE IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG, STOP USING YOUR FANS FOR FREE SEX AND TELL YOUR MOTHER HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HER FFS

DMBSS: ALLAHUAKBAR IS MY MOTHER, DID YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I EARNED (AND ITS YOU RIGHT BACK TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT PAYING THE POOR 'DAJJAL COINS' FOR FREE AILMENT CURES WHEN YOU KNEW *BITCH SLAPPED BY SCIENCE IN REAL TIME PHYSICS*

DISEASE (UR THEIR FATHER NOW)

ASTAGHHHPHIRLLAHH (AND YOU'RE THE SHAITAAN IN THEIR LIFETIME)

*IN MOCK PASHTUN ACCENT* wHo IZZ ThiZZss DEmI LOFVATU aNdd wHy ISZZSHE makING ME CHAppATI AT 3Am, *in resonant high pitch frequencies* HmMM?

ENG: HOW DOES THE BRAIN REPRESENT ABSTRACT IDEAS?

DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO YOURSELF, CUZ THE NEURO-DIVERGENT COMMUNITIES DO IT TO MAKE THEMSELVES FEEL AT HOME, BUT YOU KNEW THE LATTER WAS NOT TO MAKE JOKES ABOUT THEM (PLATFORMED SOCIAL STATUS PIGS) AND NOW YOU COMMITTED RADAR JEALOUSY OVER WHO YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITH (THEIR WORRY)

IF YOU DO, ONE OF THEM LIKED YOU. ACCEPT THAT AND TAKE IT TO THE GRAVE

MAKE SURE YOU GIVE THEM ENOUGH IDENTITY DIALYSIS TO ENSURE THEIR COMFORT STAYS WITH YOU SINCE YOU LEAVE AFTER ONE EMBARRASSING 'OOOPS'

DMBSS: DMBSS

YOU MADE IT THEIR LIFE TO BE YOUR LIFE AND NOW YOU MADE IT YOUR LIFE TO BE THEIR... WHATEVER, THEY'LL GROW ON THEIR OWN TO THEM BEING BETTER THAN YOU THAN A CERTAIN DAY YOU STUBBED YOUR PINKY TOE AGAINST A WOODEN TABLE AND SPONGEBOB FLIPPED A NERVE IN SWEARING IN AQUATIC SEALIFE TO THEM MIDDLE FINGER GOD ALLAHUFUCKYOU BACK AT YOUR DISCOGRAPHY PHYSICS (THEY ARE YOU BUT HATED YOUR GUTS THE SAME WAY A GOMEZ ADAMS WILL GLADLY BE EATEN ALIVE BY A GIRL BAND SHE BELONGS TO FORYOURBULLSHIT TO BE KNOWN LIVE ON TV: YOU'RE UNO FILES NOW)

YOU NEVER WERE THERE IN THEIR LIVES (DADDY ISSUES LIVE ON CAMERA)

PAKISTANI MEN, YOU'RE INTO PAKISTANI MEN YOU UGLY TWOHT

ENG: PROBLEMS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SOLVE, BUT WHO KNOWS WHEN:

DMBSS: YEAH, NOW WHAT. (PEGG AND FROST STORYLINE NOW)

ENG: HOW DOES THE MOUSE BRAIN COMPUTE?

PLUTO SAGITTARIUS

MARS INQUISITIVE

CHANDLER BING DENIAL

DMBSS: DICK HEAD ASS FUCK EOUGUH UEIN YW OIEF EGFUYGCFU

DAJJAL!?

I DONT FUCKING THINSKSO

*ACTUALLY THE REPRESSED GAY ONE IN THE ROOM*

ENG: WHAT IS THE COMPLETE CONNECTOME OF THE HUMAN BRAIN (80,000,000,000 NEURONS?)

YOU DO IT (LIKE INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS IS WHAT YOU ALREADY OWN)

COMPLETE HANNAH MONTANA SERIES TELLS YOU THAT

DISNEY RULES YOU BITCH

DMBSS: PRIVACY REGULATIONS

WHY DID MILEY STEWART KEEP HANNAH A SECRET FOR A LONG TIME

WHO MADE SHAPES UP TO THINK YOU WERE ANYTHING LIKE ONE, LIKE WHAT DID FAME DO TO YOU THAT MADE YOU SO STALWART TO HUMAN LIFE (ALIEN RX????)

AM I... PHYSICALLY ABLE BODIED TO YOU???

ENG: HOW CAN WE IMAGE A LIVE HUMAN BRAIN AT CELLULAR AND MILLISECOND RESOLUTION?

YOUTUBE

WATCH IT

OOO PRETTY

DMBSS: WHYWOW

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USURPER

SIMPSONS REFERENCING YOU EVERYWHERE (HA. DACKHTAH)

ENG: HOW COULD WE CURE PSYCHIATRIC AND NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES?

HATE MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR ONE THING THAT SELENA GOMEZ CANNOT DO (WHICH IS WHY THEY GRADUATED WITH AN ITCH IN THE ROOM: THE FUCKING REASON WHY HUMANITY IS LEFT WITH ABSOLVED TRAUMA ABOUT A LITTLE SISTER BEING PROGRAMMED BY THE RUSSIANS)

YOU'RE MADE UP BUT YOU KICKED THEIR ASS FOR IT (BLAME KEANU REEVES)

YOU'RE IN CILLIAN MURPHY'S PANORAMIC COMPLEX CUZ OF HIS VAGINA - I MEAN OSCAR

DMBSS: ALL CONDOLENCES ARE TO CHRISTOPHER'S LEE, ECCLESTON AND NOLAN (THE THIRD CHRIS THAT HATED GOD TO MAKE A DOCTOR, NOW GO GET YOUR OWN)

I'M THE DOCHKTA. NOW FUCK YOU OFF WITH THAT WORLD CLASS DEGREE AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS THAT YOU CANT FIND ANYONE LIKE ME (I DUMPED YOU)

Y U LOOKING?

CHINK

ENG: HOW COULD WE MAKE EVERYBODY'S BRAIN FUNCTION BEST?

BLACK GUYS KNOW HOW TO VIBE BUT YOU'RE THERE AT THE WRONG TIME (RACIST REVERSED)

CHINKS ARE NOW NEURO-DIVERGENTS THINKING AGAINST THE GRAIN CUZ OF THEIR OCD-HD TERMINATOR PERCEPTION ARC VALUES HUMAN TRADITIONS MORE THAN THE ECO-SYSTEM WHICH GRADUALLY PROVES THE MOVIES POINT: YOU'RE SHIT AT LIVING

PAKI'S ARE NOW THE NEW ORANGE

DMBSS: ARNIE SCHWARZENEGGER MK11 BET YOU TO IT

ENG: PROBLEMS WE MAY NEVER SOLVE

DMBSS: *TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE CAMERA DID NOT FIND* THAT (MOCKS YOUR WORLD IN CHINESE MOTHER DEFAULT)

ENG: HOW DOES THE BRAIN COMPUTE?

DID YOU LIKE THE VIDEOS I SENT YOU? : )

*SAD CUTE FACE* WHY DID YOU NOT RESPOND *MORE SADDER CUTER EMOJIS*

ITS OKAY I WAIT (ACTUALLY GAVE UP LIVING.... FOR THAT)

DMBSS: ...DICK AROUND AND *RAPED BY THE CAMERA*

THE SEXY HORNET AT THE BACK WANTSYAHUNI WHERE IS IT (THE DAD YOU PROBABLY KNEW FROM A NEWSPAPER OR A COIN THAT HAD HIS NAME WRITTEN ON IT)

WHEREISIT (YOUR FIRST WIFE ENERGY FROM THE SAME MAN)

WHYIOUGHTTAMAKEYOU (NOW THAT SOCIAL CLASSISIST EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE FUN OF BUT IS THE REASON WHY THE KID IS LEFT CUTE PLUSHY SAD AFTER A MINUTE OF HER BEING LET DOWN BY .... TV CELEBRITIES)

ENG: HOW CAN COGNITION BE SO FLEXIBLE AND GENERATIVE?

DIDYOULIE? (YOU KNEW THE FAULT IN YOUR STARS)

WHATDIDYOU*SHOWSITYOU* WHY(ACTUALREASON) AND DID YOU DO IT (STRESSED BUT MELTING FLAKE 99 ENERGY BY SUPERMAN ALL ALONG)

DAMN YOU *GETSITDONE10/10THEFIRSTTIMECORRUPTEDMAGNETENERGYBASTARDHQHEKNEWBEST(ACTUAL HERO FORGOTTEN REMEMBERED CUZ HIS PRICED JEWEL WENT ELSEWHERE ON THAT COP AND MAGNET TV SHOW JAHANNAM SHE CALLS IT)

DMBSS: YOU DO KNOW HE IS RIGHT (LOONEY TUNES PHYSICS MAKES HIM TWEETY BIRD OF THE TV SH- AND YOU KNEW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT)

JAHANNAM (YOU RESPECT HIS CULTURE)

RAMADAN (YOU LIKE THE ENERGY)

YOUR MOM IS MY BITCH (YOU'RE PROBABLY DEAD FOR NOT THINKING SOONER THAN THE LGBTQ PREROGATIVE)

ENG: HOW AND WHY DOES CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE ARISE?

BASTARD (THE ACTUAL VIEWER)

FAT ASS (LAZY DEMOGRAPHIC)

IM GOING TO.. (YOU'D NOT DO IT BUT YOU HATE THE FAMOUS META-SLUT FOR IT)

DMBSS: SHE IS MY DAUWHORETER (DAD-KID ENERGY LATER ON THE LOVE FOR THE FAMILY BLOODLINE)

YOU BASTARD BUT IM A GOD (DAD BUT DAUGHTER GETS IT)

I AM CHILL (DAJJAL ENERGY ELSEWHERE BUT AT LEAST THE CAMERA (HUSBAND) LOVES HER)

I AM YOU (KILLS YOUR CONFIDENCE TO LET DAD LIVE ON (MOM ASKING YOU FOR HELLP)

ENG: META QUESTIONS

DMBSS: KEANU REEVES IS NOW A RETARD

ENG: WHAT COUNTS AS AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THE BRAIN WORKS? (AND WHICH DISCIPLINES WOULD BE NEEDED TO PROVIDE IT?)

DID I ASK YOU FOR COCAINE??????? HUH! DICKHEAD????? *SNORTS THIN AIR FOR RELAXATION METHOD*

*YOU SEE THIS* NA *IDC* I LOVE YOU INFINITY (ACTUALLY THE TV SEX GODS WHO ARE WITH THE PRIMEDIAL RIVER SONG ALL THIS TIME *I WIN TIKTOK* SHOWS YOU MY NIPPLES FOR FREE ENERGY *FUCK YOU CILLIAN MURPHY* COUSINS ADORE THAT 'STICK IT TO THE MAN H20 ENERGY THEY ALWAYS LOVED ABOUT THAT ONE RETARDED FROGGODBROTHER*

I'M GAY THIS TIME (LESBIANS SUPPORT IT)

DMBSS: YOU GOT HIM, NOW WHAT

FUCK

THAT

OUT

MILEY HAS NOW GOT A NEW CHAPTER BUT THERE IS NO IFF BUT SEEING WHAT A BABY CAN DO IN PAGE 105 IS YOU ALONE NOT FUCKING AROUND THE MEDIUMS (TV SHOW SHIT LORE HAS A MORAL COMPASS IF USED AS GHOSTS THEN SAYS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (US TV SHOW) THAT HAD YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE 'WITCHES DANCE' FUCK THAT)

LETS SEE HANNAH MONTANA'S POV READ PROLIFIC FILES OF MILEY STEWARTS LIFE (ACTUAL NAME)

TOTAL NEURON (BASICALLY A BULLSHITTER IN THE MIDST BUT TELLS YOU AS IT IS: NO LIE, THE MAN IS A VIRGIN): SHAPE SHIT UP MILEY

TOTAL GLIA (THATS U ALL ALONG, FUCKING LIAR): THE VIEWER DOES NOT BELIEVE YOUR JOURNEY WITH A HEMSWORTH (THOR) LIKE YOU COULD HAVE MADE IT PRETTY FUCKING BELIEVABLE THERE

OLIGODENDROCYTES (THIS U (THE SPECIAL VIEWER) ALWAYS IN HER FUCKING MIND): U DID DRUGS, GOOD FOR YOU NOW LOOK AT EVERYBODY JAYWALKING CUZ OF A SLEEPING BEAUTY (TV SHOW SPLIT SAYS U LIEEEEE)

ASTROCYTES (HER LINE ON DOCTOR WHO ENDS WITH THIS CITATION QUOTE IMAGING YOUR CAREER ALL ALONG (HER DREAM NOW)

MICROGLIA (RICH SWEET IS THE CHERRY ROSE HEAD BEING A TRAITOR IN REAL LIFE TO SAVE ASS YOU FUCKED UP AT LAST TO NEVER: YOU RADIO LIED TO EVERYBODY ABOUT TRACY BEING A GOOD GUY MERICAN TO BAD GUY BRITISH GONE GOOD, THIS IS U NOW): SAVE IT FOR THE PAPERS, SHE'S YOUR COUSIN NOW (LINNA XIX IS RELATIVE TO HOLLYWOOD FAMILY NOW CUZ HER AUTISM COST HER UP HER OWN HOME CUZ OF A DUMMY LOVATIC PANDEMIC SITUATION IN ITALY NOW (WHERE THE SHOW TAKES PLACE IS IOTA MURICAN ALL TIME BEST FRIEND (YOU COULD HAVE MARRIED FOR HEALTH SUPPORT) BACKSTABBED YOU FOR 'SOCIAL SENSING SITUATION TO 'WHERE IS MY NOHSE' BLACKMAILING A JAPANESE LINGUOAMERICAN DUOLOGY OF A JAPANESE FRONTIER BEING RESCUED FOR PANDA POLICIES (IN MY HEAD NOW, YEAH THIS IS THE ULTIMATE FAMOUS, JACKSONRODSTEWART PRSEZZTING)

GRANULE CELLS: (IM THE REASON... NOW) YOU DO REALISE... YOU HAVE LONG TERM EFFECTS FOR WHAT YOU DO THAT MAKES UP A HUMAN BODY RESTORING SOCIAL HELLFIRE THAT MAKES UP A BODY OF ONE MAN, NOW THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF NOW HONESTY COMES AT A CONCLUSION THAT YOU WERE AND ALWAYS WILL BE IF YOU HAD NOTICED IT THE FIRST TIME (SOCIAL HONESTY CATERS THE WORLD FOR ONE PERSON KNOWING YOU THAN EVERYBODY DEJECTING THE LATTER FOR A REASON): WHERE ARE YOU SMILEY STEWART???? *LOOKS FOR YOU COMICALLY*

NEWBORNS: 0-50 (SMWC): ASSHOLE RIGHT NOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS

NEWBORNS: 0-59 (SH): YOU'RE DEAD BY THEN (NIGHTMARES IN YOUR WEALTH)

NEWBORNS: 17-95 (SH8): YOU CAN ALREADY HEAR US

FEMALES: 120 - 18 (SMWC): YOU'RE A SELENATOR

FEMALES: 49 - 84 (SH): YOU HATE TIME (ACTUALLY THE GOOD GUY)

FEMALES: 17 - 45 (SH8): I DONT CARE ABOUT YOU (LOVATICS WHO KNOWN LINNA IN HER LIFETIME)

MALES: 128 - 225 (SMWC): GLEE CAST FUGITIVES (ELSEWHERE)

MALES: 200 - MAX (SH): YOU KNEW LEE PACE

MALES: 20 (SH8): FANSONS

CEREBELLUM: 90 (SMWC): NOW, JACKSON FORGIVES YOU

CEREBELLUM: 200 (SH): HEY LINNA : )

CEREBELLUM: 5-INFINITY (SH8): OHMYGOSHITSDAVIDTENNANTONTV, I KNOW HIM (MIMICS HIS DOCTOR IN REAL TIME)

P. 176

AMPLITUDE (I HATE YOU BUT YOU'RE OKAY ANYWAY):

TOTAL NEURON: DIS BITCH (OBVIOUS BAD GUY ON TV FUCKED UP FOR WHAT)

SMWC: SAY IT TO MY FACE (NOT THE WRITER BUT YOU WHO NEVER HAD THE AUDACITY TO CAST YOURSELF IN THAT PLACE THE FIRST TIME)

SH: I TOLD YOU SO (WHY ISNT SHE MOVING: YOU CANNOT STRIP CASH HER TO A WEDDING THERE ANYWAY (YOUR DEAD COUSIN WHO NEEDS HELP)

SH8: I'M NOT IN THE MOOD (YOU WERE FAMOUS FOR THAT)

FREQUENCY (THE HELL WITH THIS *DOES IT THEMSELVES FOR THEIR JOY IN THE END*)

CEREBELLUM: WE... LOVED THAT (TV HELL NOW)

SMWC: YOU. DUMBASS (YOU LOVED ME TO DIE?????????)

SH: I KID YOU NOT (ACTUALLY THE BABY HERSELF GOT TO BE FAMOUS)

SH8: I SHIT YOU NOT I DID THIS (SHE COOKS YOUR FAVOURITE EVERYTHING BUT YOU KNEW HER AS 12 YEARS A SLAVE)

COMPLEXITY (SHIT, I DID IT AGAIN *AUNTY BRITNEY HATES YOU*)

SMWC: WELL..... WE'RE WAITING (THATS HER)

SH: SHE IS TOO GOOD (EVEN WILL SMITH HIMSELF FOUND A SHEIKH HE CAN RELATE TO IN REAL TIME; NOW THAT SAYS SOMETHING)

SH8: I GOT DAVID TENPINBALL MACHINE FOR FREE AND YOUR GRANNY HATES YOU (WHYYYYYY?. *BBC ENDING LOGO IS IN PREVIEW*)

THIS IS WHY YOU DONT WANT TO BE A LOVATIC, YOU'LL GET SHAT ON BY COST OF LIVING CRISIS IN YOUR CRISIS CUZ NOW THE TORY GOVERNMENT STOPPED WORKING FOR YOU TO CURE 'AIDS DAJJAL' NOW (TV SHOW SYNOPSIS)

I HEREBY SALUTE THE BRUNT RUNNER OF HER ALL AND THE MAJESTY DAJJAL DI MUCKHHH DI RUKSHAAA REPERTOIRE TO ALL PROBLEMATIC POSTS TO THE GUINIVERE SCANDAL OF 'THAT SLUT MOBSTER TRUCK FIRE' TO THE ONE AND ONLY MISS DELLY SCOTT HR OBE

I SALUTE MY EXPECTATIONS FROM A BLACK BOUNTY

[lionessinarms]

The Month In Between chapter 5

CHAPTER 5

Two weeks has past and Firetown's repairs are moving quickly. Wade and Ember have been working really hard at their jobs but haven't been seeing each other as much as they would like. They try to at least grab lunch or dinner together when then can but Ember's new welding job leaves her very exhausted. Bernie has even caught her falling asleep rebuilding some shelves at the Shop. There's been no time for dates. 

Wade has been going above and beyond on his inspector job. He is only responsible for pointing out the violations that need to be fixed. He instead takes time in his reporting. Giving the knowledge he's been learning from his mom, he writes individualize action plans to get the building up to code, and on budget. It's extra long hours on his laptop at night but to him it's well worth it. Wade hates giving building owners the bad news and not being able to offer a solution. Which is why he takes in the extra work to help better the community he feels connected to. Gale takes notice of this and has him in her office.

"So Ripple what did you want to meet with me about?" Gale asks.

"Well, I wanted to request a transfer for next quarter to the city Ember's internship is at. That is if I'm doing a good enough job." Wade says without confidence.

Gale then tells Wade, "Kid, I'll be real with you for a second. I only hired you as a favor to your mother and you were this close to be fired. Finding that leak was your last chance."

Wade looks nervous and gulps.

Gale continues, "But then all of a sudden it's like you found your spark. I never seen any inspector be so thorough and have these amazing actions plans for the city repairs. You're on fire kid! You really got a passion for this."

Wade questioning himself says, "Well it's easy when you connect with the people you are trying to help? I just want to help them through it other wise I feel like all I do is give bad news all day."

Gale says, "Well it's working. Your the reason the repairs are going fast in Firetown. Keep up that attention to detail. In the mean time I'll look for your replacement and you are going to train them to be exactly as you are now. I'd hate to loose ya but I get that that Fireball of yours is cute." Gale does a wink.

Wade with a smile gets up and shakes Gale hand. "Thank you Ms. Cumulus. I won't let you down!"

Wade gets back to work in Firetown but then heads to an outdoor mall on his lunch break. He had to white lie to Ember about having the work through lunch but this secret isn't harmful. Wade stands outside a jewelry store. He takes a confident deep breath as he steps in. Wade looks over at a Water couple around his age being helped by a salesman. They are picking out matching wedding rings and they look very happy together. A Water salesman steps up to help Wade.

Salesman, "Hello sir is there anything I can help you find?"

Wade gets excited and rambles, "Yeah hi, I'm shopping around for an engagement ring but my relationship is still new but amazing. I really just need a better idea for what to budget for the next few months before we move in together."

Salesman, "Great. You came to the right place. Let me show you some styles and do you happen to know her ring size?"

"Actually no." Wade holds his hand to look at it.

"No problem I got a chart you could look at." The Salesman holds up sizing chart.

Wade points over the a very small size but then again Embers digits are very thin. "She's around this size."

"Oh, that's pretty small for Water." Says the Salesman.

Wade was taken back by surprise. He never really thought about how strangers view his relationship with an Element not of his own because frankly he doesn't care. Now it's time to test if he is in the right place.

Wade then goes, "Oh yeah I forgot to mention she's Firish can you should me your selection of fireproof rings please?" Then Wade gives the salesman a look of I dare you to say something Elementalist.

The Salesman looks surprised for a second then gets back to his job, "Of course they are right over here, My mistake I should of ask you first."

Wade is relieved and laughs it off, "Haha, not a problem."

After some time, Wade steps out of the jewelry store. He looks up and does a dreamy sigh but then a young woman's voice breaks his good mood.

"Wade Ripple? Is that you?" Asks a very attractive Water girl his age.

Wade has a look of horror on his face but quickly changes it to not be suspicious. He then fake smiles and says, "River. Hi, crazy seeing you again." Wade doesn't have a mean bone in his body as awkward as this, is he's a nice guy.

River runs up and hugs Wade. Wade clearly not wanting to hug back gives her a small pat on the back. 

"Wow it's been what almost a decade? You've really grown up." River then notices his name tag and flirtatiously goes, "And a city inspector now?"

Wade takes a few steps back as soon as River lets go of him. Wade looks like he's partially melting, his hair slopped down, he's sweating, and runs his hand on the back of his neck. "Yeah.."

Lucky for Wade. The Salesman interrupts, holding a piece of paper. "Sir you forgot to grab the estimate for your engagement ring."

Wade turns to the Salesman completely forgetting River is there. "Oh thank you." Wade looks down at the paper and smiles. It's like his watery waves on his head have come back to life and he stands proud.

River is staring at him in shock then goes coyly, "Wow Wade sounds serious. Does she know about me?"

Wade doesn't make eye contact with her as he folds up the paper and puts it in his bag. "Actually yeah she knows and it's very serious." He makes eye contact with River when he says serious.

River chuckles at Wade, "Well it's good to see you again Wade. Tell your mom I said hi." And with that she structs away.

Wade immediately turns the opposite direction and says to himself, "Pfft, yeah my Mom never liked you." When he is far enough away he pulls out the estimate. Wade takes a breathe in, does a dreamy sigh out feeling confident. "I got a lot of saving up to do."

Nearing the end of day at the job site, a worker in a suit passes out paychecks in envelops and hands Ember hers. Ember almost forgets she is getting pay for this work, "Oh thank you." She opens it and is shocked by the amount.

Next scene is Vinny with the check in his face and just laughs at Ember's surprise. "Ha, yep that is what an apprentice welder makes plus you've been making killer OT on the weekends."

Ember pulls the check down and stares at it for a second, "Dang!" She then paces and rambles, "This? This is so much! I mean my glass internship coming up is paid too but this welding job isn't just taking care of my travel costs." Then is dawns on her. "It will cover all my living expenses while I'm there."

Vinny goes with his arms held up, "Well what an amazing opportunity you have and the experience you're gaining from welding is going to help you prefect your glass making. Especially if it tempered."

Ember gets a bit honest with her boss, "Well it's exhausting work though not gonna lie."

Vinny isn't insulted by it and puts his hands down. "I know that waterfall hasn't been easy. I'm lucky I've been tolerating it as well as I have. I have a team working on converting some fire proof suits to water proof. Water guy actually came up with the idea."

"That's great and about time." Ember then takes a moment and ask Vinny, "Hey can I ask you something personal?"

"Sure kid." Vinny genuinely not fazed and is actually expected what she is about to ask him.

Ember is a bit nervous and she holds her arms to her sides close. Worried her question might be insulting but she goes for it anyway. Rambles a bit too. "Well it's about your parents, I'm in a mixed Element relationship and me and my parents had no idea that that was even possible." Ember nervously flared up a bit with her hands up, "Not that we're prejudice towards other Elements being together we just simply didn't know. Wade and I just kind of happened." Ember smiles at thinking of Wade.

Vinny give a warm smile and laughs, "Yeah you and Wade remind me a lot of my folks. My mother is Firish and dad is rock hard stubborn. I guess that's why the fell hard for each other."

Ember laughs but let's Vinny continue.

Vinny gets a little serious, "I learned very quickly we were not like most families but we all stuck together. Me and my five other siblings."

"Five wow." Ember thinking that's a lot of kids.

Vinny laughs then continues, "Ha ha yeah but we all love and support each other. That has been the biggest lesson growing up as a mixed Element is how to love yourself and each other. Love is alway worth it."

Ember smiles and goes, "Yeah I know. Thank you for telling me."

Back at the shop now. Ember is helping her father finish stocking shelves for the reopening tomorrow. Flarrietta, Flarry, Cinder, and Clod are working too. As they are working Ember has just told Bernie about her first pay check.

"Whoa! That's a lot of money! Maybe I should of become a welder?" 

Flarrietta chimes in, "Are you kidding Bernie? You were made to create this shop."

Flarry says, "It's the gem to our Firetown."

Ember agrees, "Yeah Àshfá."

Cinder goes up to her husband, "You really got a strong heart for this and I wouldn't of had it any other way. Besides doing any repair work always brought out your temper. You hate it and you know it."

Bernie puts his arm around his wife, "Ahh you're right. Serving the community did bring me such happiness. Speaking of happy how are things with you and Wade Ember?"

Ember leans back on a self and has a dreamy look on her face. "Oh Àshfá, he's wonderful stopping by the job site when he can for us to have lunch together. But we haven't gone on a real date in a while because we are both so busy with work."

Flarrietta chimes in again, in support of Ember. "I keep hearing stories about how he has been going door to door in Firetown teaching everyone how to keep water out. Even helping create plains for the repairs of each building. He's the nicest Water guy ever, very polite, and respectful too."

Clod adds, "He gives me water when I'm thirsty since the pipes here don't have water in them anymore."

Ember smiles warmly as her father goes, "Okay okay, I'm warming up to the water guy."

Ember sincerely tells her father, "Thank you Àshfá. You have no idea what that means to me."

Bernie's expression gets a little serious as they walk over to the back, "Hmm, I just wish you guys happiness but I know there will be judgements from others. I wish I knew more on how to protect you from that."

Ember tells her father, "Well, I started talking to Vinny about that, he's one of six kids."

Bernie surprise, "Six?"

Ember laughs then looks at the clock. "Oh, I better get going to Element City."

"Oh?"

Ember forgot to tell her parents, "Yeah Wade invited me over to watch a big Windbreakers game."

Bernie confused, "Wind what? Game?" 

"Glad the Wetro is up and running again but the motorbike would of been a shorter commute." Ember turns and gives her dad a hug. "I'll be back home later on tonight."

Author's Note: WADE IS GETTING A RING!!!! XD

[anaalnathrakhs]

auuuurgh

i feel so fucking bad. i want to do things so badly but there's always the looming threat of my parents waking up eventually. they'll be awake and doing stuff when i wake up if i go to sleep. scheduling driving lessons feels so fucking complicated cuz they have to be like a month in advance at least. and i have no idea how i'll be in a month. and things might happen. and it feels scary to plan for the future. i miss sports so bad but everything feels so complicated. the bouldering gym costs money. i went and it was... okay but i started feeling like a goldfish going in circles after like one go. the bike pump is cooked bc we havent used it in many years (cuz we live up a FUCKING HILL i fucking hate you) and both my bike and my dad's are deflated as fuck. the municipal bike rental in my city costs money and it's not covered by the bus subscription. i don't have the roller skills for going down this MOTHERFUCKING HILL with them, nor navigate the MANY hills in my town. i got to swim a couple times recently and it just felt so small. i miss being a kid and actually having fun. enjoying the things i did. i can't do two miserable pullups without my brain screaming at me that my life is worthless and everything is boring and feed me a bottle of vodka and two months of restrictive behavior lest you'll never feel happiness again. school is difficult but rewarding and im doing my best. living with my parents is making me wish i could fucking poison their coffee in the morning. guess which has mandatory breaks and which im obligated to handle as soon as i come home, and on days off, and on holidays, and every fucking time they want to talk to me and do things with me. holy shit. i get it. you were sooooooo vewy sad uwu when i was more solitary, and now you're sooooooo glad i've finally learned to shut the fuck up (most of the time) and participate in your activities! awesome for you! then why do you fucking complain when the very real consequences of catering my life to please you poses you an inconvenience? holy shit i'm doing my best, i'm trying to be what you wanted because i KNOW i was a difficult child all my life and i don't want you to struggle any more than necessary now that i can do what you expect of me. are you not happy. sorry i can't be fucking perfect. sorry i'm so horrible and bitter-hearted that i can't enjoy normal things like family meals and spending time with you.

"our relationship isn't only problem-management" FOR YOU MAYBE IT ISNT. my entire fucking LIFE has been problem-management. why did you have a kid if you weren't prepared for it to struggle? why didn't you take half a look at dad's childhood, or my uncle's childhood, and understand that there was going to be some problem-management to do. i would've liked a little less being dragged to amusement park trips and out of the country vacations, and a little more help for my mental health. maybe it wasn't all problem-management to YOU because you halfassed a quick bandaid on it and then left me to manage it however i could. i know it's a very complicated situation with no breakage-free outcome, and i don't know if i would've done it better had i been in your shoes, but 1st of all THAT'S WHY I NEVER WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN AND IF I EVER THINK ABOUT IT YOU CAN KNOCK ME OUT AND TAKE THE GONADS AWAY, and 2nd of all i wish you would stop insisting i have no reason to not trust your help or ask you for help nowadays. not only you have repeatedly not helped or made it worse in the past, but you have kept doing that recently. which i understand, i am older and you do not owe me massive changes for something i can take actions on myself, but then obviously i'm not going to keep asking you for help with the same problem and asking for the same solutions. stop telling me i need to resolve it I KNOW IM WORKING ON IT. and yeah sorry i don't want to shift the whole blame of communication troubles on you, because god knows i suck at that, but you have to understand that "but you didn't say anything at the time :(" is not an argument. i was barely 13. i didn't voice an anxiety i had about something i hadn't tried yet. then i spent four days calling you on the phone begging you to help me out, the entire weekend from the second you came back for me friday evening to sunday before going to sleep begging you to not make me go back, and you still said "lol no you're not gonna give up this easily". and you tell me that, again, as if i was supposed to have said something earlier (when it was preemptive anxiety that could've ended up being unfounded) and then you'd have been all cool and dandy with it and not made me go?????? just admit i have reasonable reasons to not trust you to offer executive help on my problems it's alright i'm 18 you don't have any obligations anymore.

it's so fucked up i'm so fucked up. i havent been normal a single second of my life. i was kinda going beyond the need to be explicitely invited to everything, cuz i thought that it was kinda irrational of me and that most people would just tell me if i started going to far. but then i act weird anyway and my friends dont say anything at the time and then rib me about it later on, and i just have no fucking idea what i should and shouldn't do anymore. i dont want to put any pressure on my friends because we're all fucked up and full of irrational and raw maladapted behaviors, we're all mentally ill and not even fully young adults, and i want to do my best to extend the olive branch anytime i can, which they also often do for me, but then i don't know what to do, am i validating something that does more harm than good? how do i bring it up without hurting them and making everything worse? i don't know what people expect of me, i don't know what people want out of me, i don't know what i want out of people, i don't know what's good.

i've read that essay about hippie subcultures and drug culture, "mind openness" and ego death and how it could be reached without drugs and how straights who do LSD still won't get it. and i'm gonna be honest, i've never done hallucinogenics, i've never even experienced hallucinations, i don't want to make a faulty comparison, but a lot of it really resonated with what i felt when i was in permanent calories deficit. i felt depressed and anxious sometimes but also so often the world felt beautiful. peaceful. i could fucking sleep. i could enjoy the moment. fucking meditate even. i feel like i'm going mad. i want to go back so badly. god i remember when i started binging/eating a maintenance amount of cals again. it was so bad it felt so fucking painful to feel like nothing was enough AGAIN.

im tired i think im gonna manage going to sleep. every day i hope it's the day i can fall back into restrictive patterns again.

[vatt-world]

hi

movie star

I think we should start looking at the blocking.

Josh, you want to set that up?

Right, thanks, Rebecca.

Oh, thanks.

It's okay?

Yup. welcom to rebecca im good

//

So…Marilyn Monroe, she was part of the, you know,

the actor's studio.

Mm-hm.

We should see it. The classes, the characters.

Okay, the problem with that is that in this scene

we just don't really have enough time to get into all of that.

But that's exactly my point.

There really isn't time in any of the scenes

to dig into her psyche.

They're too short.

I mean, personally, I'd rather see longer scenes

and a little less singing and dancing.

Heh, well, it is a musical after all.

Yeah, but it doesn't mean it can't be deep and smart.

I mean, and that song, it's boring.

I mean, it should be more fun.

Okay, you know what?

Um, this sounds like a longer conversation.

Wha…Uh…

I'm driving you crazy, aren't I?

No, not at all.

Yes, yes, I am, I know.

I'm such a pain in the ass.

[Cars honking]

Boring! She thinks my music is boring.

It might be a little less boring //

You see? This is exactly what I'm talking about.

This scene, it's just getting started

when suddenly I… ? Break into song ?

You know what?

Uh, this sounds like a sidebar conversation.

I didn't want to interrupt the rehearsal, the--

Not to worry.

I think everyone could probably do with a break.

Okay, that's ten.

Oh, um, don't forget. // And if she wants you to write an extra-long scene

before dig deep, you will write that extra-long scene

and you will have it on my desk by 5:00, understood? // Anyway, the real reason I came by

is to talk about the scene.

I just got the pages from Julia.

It's inspired.

She's such a talent.

Mm, I agree.

In fact, it gave me so many other ideas

on how to deepen the rest of the show.

Oh.

I'd love to get everyone together for a pow-wow. // ou run a bar in the city

you're gonna get your hands dirty.

But if you're looking for a way out of this with me,

you're don't have to hire a Detective.

Just tell me you're not interested.

I'm not looking for a way out.

It's just…

I've been through a lot.

Okay.

So now we're getting somewhere.

And I'm out of practice.

You can take this as slow as you want.

You're the one who's always rushing around.

I'm just such a… //

We have a lot to show you.

Wonderful.

Okay, ladies and gentlemen,

let's take it from the top, please.

Rebecca, you ready?

You better believe it.

The challenge for the act is to use sense memory

of childhood trauma.

All: ? Aaah, use the past ?

The actor must deploy the conscious

and dig in to the unconscious.

The challenge for the actor is to learn to be private.

I dig it the most.

I'm through with Hollywood.

It's New York and the actor's studio for me.

And if any of those boys from Hollywood come a'calling,

you can tell them I said this… // rebecca unable to sing tom says great they will sit down she is on key find costructive solution we need ivi back real ivi need tosing debra and tom ivi enters rececca sings with tom dev and kathy talk rebecca talks to derek actors studio songs boring

she thinks boring - tom angelina calls

alright nick whats wrong with u rebecca with acting coach - derek ex bf comes write that scene to tom - angelina rebecca with angelina talk about scene other ideas rally the troops derek meets angelina keep it tht way rebecca meets team u need bigger skin - angelina meets bartender i have been thru a lot derek - challenge for actor

publicity kathy and derek talk can we start something idea what r u doing tonite i hate her y dont u direct she cant sing it let them in who should sing it karen will sing they exchange clothes - kathy rebecca i texted u dev u never came home movie star problem smoothies no free minutes i having food with rebecca in indian restaurant i want to be keith richards can i borrow ur phone stop messing around with me she went home voice on ur head i think marlyn should sing that song

Karen, can I talk to you for a moment, please?

Sure.

Everything okay?

Why, did I do something wrong?

No, no, sorry.

I'm just letting you know I won't be needing you anymore,

obviously.

For Marilyn, I mean.

You won't be needing me?

I wouldn't be so sure of that.

No, I mean, Rebecca's gonna be needing all my attention.

And I'm just the understudy. I get it.

Don't worry, Derek //

understudy

she doesntshowup star plane hicup u want to understudy kathy - derek asks i know all the blocking iva i was a mess -iva dev and kathy meet times sq walk trian wreck mom and kid eva she walks thru times sq music kathy sexual harass tells dev rebecca will be soon angelina in bar talks to bartender bartender gives money derek u can be smarter towel dance songwriter/tom sings kathy do u have a pencil …gives her direction derek bartender makes him meet rockstar kids perform angelina meets rockstar -- nolimit to return kathy /eva walk thru times sq debra and kid talk tom and date talk at coffee ..reading newspaper debra calls husband angelina on computer just do it derek angelina bartender u introduced us kathy at home /derek comes u did great work/ i want to apologise derek meets boyfriend fight karen bf hit me why dont u start call u bombsell latest investor - randy cobra debra in restaurant kathy singing infront of derek rebecca duvall comes

hell on earth its a lot i have a audition tom and bf meet republican fundraiser ava with pills i worked ass of on that workshop going thru stars we need title whats the problem finish the script can we get hughes ivi len rushes maryln workshop talking i got the commericial greenscreen costume tom and gal talk ivi works as background marlyn on brooklyn bridge it wasnt anything she wears green screen debra husband meet michael u came to my house we are looking with new director she lands everything iva im not sick of that sick what are u reading ivi's glasses ivi takes tablets replacing with derek with hughes are u in or out he puts on backup uniform she sees tablets ivi are u there ivi walks out u are about to go on u didnt fight enough ivi dad is leaving kathy and ivi become friends they dance at times sq ivi falls flat on bed its 5am i would not answer phone thanksfor meeting out here they come up with title bombshell

[the-firebird69]

We have a lot of people here in punta Gorda that are spent and people keep on saying stupid things and we're tolerating it we have a lot of dangerous stuff out there and a lot of dangerous things going on I want this curtailed he can't think we need his help I'm putting it to Olympus he's done a lot of things in sacrifice a lot so if she and having a lot of trouble and people are not paying attention and you're plowing over him and I was doing it too he tells me we have to get it done but please we have to meet and you're plowing over me and I understand it but that is something that causes things not to work right even if there's nothing for us to look at which would be very rare and not right

Thor Freya

I've been thinking about it he's telling us what to do you guys are talking about it we talk about it and we agree or not it goes around a little but this is ridiculous we're arguing with these idiots if they're stupid or not and if they're losing or not everyday and you keep saying it I don't want to talk about it you should know your status by now and we say it and start blabbing sudden all sorts of odd topics and a very strange people and massive massive losers and really want to lean on us and want to start talking like there are kids and I hate them they're going and we know it and we're bringing humanitarian aid to keep chaos from breaking up in the cities up north and we're asked why we're doing that and we're going to bury it with ice and sand and what's the point and we know what the point is at this time so we need to do it and he did say it and did approve it cuz we said that we're working together but she's complaining and he is a little bit too and says they're completely rude and the same things and sniffing and being very inhuman and assholes and we're going after them and he said we're not used to it and we do we need people to shelter us from this repetitive horseshit it doesn't help us we're reminded that we're in a dire situation every few seconds and it's torture and we didn't assess it properly still and what he says is they're threatening for stuff and we hear it clearly and maybe some people are using it says listening devices and if they could have someone tone it down a little or I don't know how to do that but they're using me as a listening device and Hera needs to meet with you guys and find out what to do you need to have a meeting on this topic and that was our son and we agree with Hera what to do and we're not doing it people are doing the job and these people are messing up and they have to listen and listen through him and she is too she doesn't want to miss stuff the whole point is that a whole bunch of people might be doing it no fighting City Hall and he wants to say that we need to train and we need to be faster and have more people possibly as a solution we're trying to tell them to shut up and they don't they would go out and we hit and we might be causing chaos in a war and doing excessive stuff today is a great example and I'm going to use it

Nuada Arrianna

This is perfect in the meeting is set up and we understand the problem now

Olympus

[jade-parcels]

The genshin men: fatherhood edition

With: Childe, Zhongli, Kaeya, Diluc, Xiao, Venti, Albedo and Baizhu

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Childe:

Ajax loves kids and he’ll make that known early on in your relationship

Like...This man wants five or more kids but he’ll settle for four. He dreams of a big family, getting to surround himself with you and your kids every night for family dinners, everyone getting together for big birthday parties or reunions! That’s his dream life! Plus, in Snezhnaya, most families have more than two kids anyways

He will cry so hard when his babies are placed in his arms for the first time, I mean he’s a mess. Nose is running, eyes puffy, lost of sniffling lmao he is so excited to be a dad!! Don’t you dare tell the other Harbingers how much he cried...What do you mean you took a picture when he wasn’t looking??? Hey??!?!

With his obscene amount of mora, he’ll buy a huge house that will accommodate everyone. Anything you want will be purchased that day or within 48 hours, the same goes for the kids

But they’ll all learn to be thankful for what they have. They’ll learn to fight, fish and speak multiple languages. He has high expectations but let’s face it, he’ll be proud of them no matter what

You’re gonna have to be the one to put your foot down though because Ajax doesn’t enjoy being the ‘mean parent’, he has trouble saying no to the kiddos which can create some tension between you and your husband. He has good intentions of course!! He doesn’t wanna say no to those cute, freckled faces!!

Zhongli:

Zhongli is nervous about having kids because he’s immortal. So this will go one of two ways. 1. You have the baby and the baby ends up not being immortal (or you adopt a baby who is not immortal) Then he loses you both. OR 2. You have the baby and it inherits his immortality and becomes an adeptus. Now he and the baby will have to watch you die while they both life forever.

Either way...It hurts him to think about because he loves you!! He wants to have a family with you!! He wants to give you that perfect family life every human desires!! But he’s torn

You two will just have to figure it out.

Zhongli will be a strong, male figure for your kid(s) and he will instill that traditional kindness and respect into their behavior. ‘Please’ and ‘thank you’ always, always offer to help someone who needs it, do good deeds and you will feel accomplished, be the best you you can be, alway try your hardest because that’s all that matters

He will be sure that your kid(s) always feel loved ALWAYS. Zhongli will tell them stories, cook for them, take them to school, anything that needs to be done. When you’ve had a rough day, he’ll step in to take over for the night without being asked. He shows interest in everything your kid(s) like and he will do his damn best to display every piece of artwork they make or every pretty rock they find

He...will make a great dad :’)

Kaeya:

Ooooh brother, at first Kaeya says no he doesn’t want kids but...Then he starts thinking about it

He observes the happy families that walk around the cobblestone streets of Mondstadt, how the kiddos smile and laugh with their parents. He’ll patrol in the afternoons, usually rounding the corner just in time to see the city’s kids leave school for the day, watching as they all run down the street to go home to their parents or play in the fountain together...Yeah, that really warms his heart

He’d want one or two kids, preferably two to avoid an only child being lonely. He isn’t on the best terms with Diluc but he can admit that they had a great childhood together, playing at the winery and running around as brothers do

Kaeya would be a very patient, understanding father. He doesn’t have much of a temper so he’d use the kids’ mistakes as learning opportunities instead of getting upset at them

He would be obsessed with the kids when they’re babies though oh man if you thought you had baby fever, he has it times ten! He loves holding the baby, watching with a twinkling eye as his baby grasps his thumb with its tiny hand... adorable

And if your kids inherited his eyes, his star shaped pupils that his ancestors passed down to him...He’s gonna get emotional

Everyone at the knights’ headquarters and the Angel’s Share will get sick of him REALLY fast cause he won’t stop bragging about how cute and smart his kids are lmao

Diluc:

Diluc would be such a soft dad don’t even get me started

He loves you so much of course he wants to have kids with you! Is that even a question?? He won’t be the one to bring it up unless he gets the feeling that you want kids but once you ask, he’ll agree so fast

He’ll be grateful to even have one kid with you :’) and he’ll be fine with however many kids YOU want. You want one kid? Perfect! You want four? No problem, the manor is big enough for ten! You...you want ten...? Time to hire some more maids then lmao

Diluc is a worry wart though, he’ll be afraid to hold the baby, feed it, bathe it, he’s terrified of hurting the baby or the baby suddenly hating him. So just help him out!! Cause when he gets comfortable with the baby, he’ll be in full dad mode

He isn’t embarrassed to walk around the manor, conducting business with a baby strapped to his chest!

Diluc is a very kind, gentle dad who will always offer helpful solutions to the kiddos’ problems. He’ll make sure all of their needs are met while also trying to avoid spoiling them... Too much... There will be a fair amount of spoiling...

His own father wasn’t too affectionate with him so that’s why he’ll be affectionate with his kids! Hugs and kisses when he tucks them in at night, big dad hugs when they get home from school, holding their hands in the busy streets of Mondstadt. His father was a great dad! He just aims to be better.

Xiao:

Like Zhongli, he worries about the mortality thing. Since he’s an Adeptus, his kid will certainly be an Adeptus too if you have kids together.

He also worries that his kid(s) will hate him. His duty is to kill demons which means that rain or shine, holidays, special occasions, day or night he’s gotta be ready to go slaughter demonic beings. So he’ll inevitably miss out on important stages in the kiddos’ lives

And admittedly... He’ll be scared of his kids lmao

They’re screaming, crying, barfing, pooping, laughing, screaming again...He can’t predict their behavior. It’s unsettling. All of that goes away one night when you sit him down and place your sleeping baby in his arms. His eyes go wide...And he just watches. This tiny, little baby...Feels no fear for him. It’s comforted by his presence. He almost cries...ALMOST

He’s still pretty much the same Xiao we all know and love but now he has a kid. “Slaying demons is what I do...Hey, go back inside and finish your dinner. Yes, even your vegetables. I don’t care that you don’t like them-...Fine. Don’t tell your mother, bring them to me. I’ll eat them” cute :)

He’s a protective dad and husband, he’d never let anyone or anything harm his beloved family

Venti:

Venti....does not want kids. He thinks they’re cute! He likes the idea of kids but he knows he wouldn’t enjoy actually having kids

You two already have so much fun together!! You don’t need a kid!! You guys have dogs!! Dogs are like kids! But they’re more independent and they’re cuter!

He’ll feel bad if you want kids and he doesn’t, he really will! But it’ll be nearly impossible to convince him cause he’s made his mind up :/

Venti’ll make it up to you somehow though, he’ll take you out more and show you all of the adventures you guys can have if there aren’t kids around

But for the sake of fatherhood headcanons, let’s pretend he gave in. Venti would be a very caring dad. He would cuddle the hell out of this kiddo and sing to them :’) the only problem is that Venti doesn’t like being tethered to one place for too long so he tends to take off and not come back for a few days... :(

Albedo:

Albedo wants kids mostly just to see what fatherhood would be like. He’s always been curious about what that part of his life would be like so why not have a kid

He’d be good with one kid, two at most cause after practically raising Klee, he knows how some kids can be and...He doesn’t have the mental capacity for more than two kids at a time lmao

He tries his best to show more emotion in his face. We all know he usually sits like this 😐 and goes ‘wow im so happy right now’. If you didn’t know him, you’d think he was bored out of his mind right? So he’s gotta work on that. And when he musters up a smile for the baby and it smiles back at him????? Yeah...He’s gonna try to smile a lot more now

He definitely softens up once he becomes a dad, he shows emotion more than he used to and surprisingly, he takes time off of work. Shocker, I know! He decides that he’s been in the lab long enough and that he wants to be able to be there for these moments with you and his kid(s) :’) :’) He trusts Sucrose and Timaeus to take over for him for a couple hours

He keeps a journal for each kid and writes down the date and time they have their firsts or just interesting things they do ->

- 8/4: Baby sees and plays with a cat for the first time

- 9/5: Baby smacked me in the face and laughed so hard she threw up

-9/12: Baby learns that pulling my hair gets my attention. She now continues to do so

-10/15: Baby stays at Aunt Klee’s house for the first time

Baizhu:

Baizhu really loves kids, he works with them a lot and he considers Qiqi to be his daughter anyway but in terms of you guys having a kid together, with his condition he can probably only handle one kid running around

He will do his absolute best to be a good dad. Even if he feels like death, he’ll help change diapers, feed the baby, care for it when you need a break. He isn’t contagious so when you’re sleeping and he feels gross, he’ll sit back against the pillows with the baby on his chest, the three of you resting together (though he doesn’t fall asleep...that would be dangerous for the baby)

Baizhu already tends to nag at you about your health and lifestyle choices but now?? He’ll be a menace. He’ll be constantly evaluating your baby’s condition, checking to see if a certain food is giving them a rash or making sure their skin isn’t drying out. He’s hyper aware of your baby’s health and will be the one to treat them if they get sick

He’s a busy guy since he runs the pharmacy but he will always do his best to be present for your baby’s big milestones! And when your kid cries cause Baizhu’s medicine tastes like shit, he’ll do his best to not be disappointed in their reaction lmao

When you leave him alone with the baby, he’ll wrap a scarf around himself to tie the baby to his chest while he works and...he looks so cute :) dad baizhu <3 <3 <3 <3

Bonus points for him buying the baby toy medical equipment so he can get your kiddo interested in medicine :)

[thequiver]

Had an amazing talk with @capes-and-arrows last night about a key aspect of Ollie’s character and I thought I’d share.

Oliver Queen is always listening but what is he hearing?

Because like…… for all his ego, Ollie’s character is really defined by these ideas of how others perceive him and if he’s surrounded by and large by people who don’t like him or think he’s a good person……. What sorts of things is he internalizing?

And I can’t get over that line in GA 1988 #75 where when asked who wants to kill Ollie, Dinah says “and several close friends.” That’s really indicative of how bad Ollie’s self esteem actually is? That he’s surrounded himself with and considers people who want to kill him friends? Ollie’s ego cannot more clearly be a mask, it’s something that’s expected of him. It’s part of the walls he’s built to mask his loneliness and insecurity.

All he wants is to be ordinary, but he wasn’t born into that life so he just keeps accepting burdens until he snaps. But all anyone around him cares to see is the moment he breaks and tries to go isolate to be able to process and they accuse him of shirking responsibility and running away from his problems. The thing about Ollie’s self isolation is that it’s self destructive and results in him coming back with solutions. He doesn’t just run away he runs away and thinks.

Things happen to him and he takes and takes and takes and doesn’t thrust his problems onto anyone else and then he gets called selfish when he finally breaks under the pressure that nobody ever offered to help him with. And this is really encapsulated by his time in Seattle. Cause even Dinah, who’s living with him, doesn’t offer to help carry the weight- the only person who does is Hal, and because he’d left Ollie after Hard Travelling Heroes, Ollie let his hurt get the best of him and turned him away, and Hal still comes back to help Ollie when he needs him. The only people we see to really try to help him are Shado and Eddie….. like yeah no wonder the man’s fucked up?

And like Dinah watched as Ollie kept taking on more responsibility in Seattle, as her refusal to let him in drove him to trying to be useful to a city that hated him. Like…… Ollie’s put his everything into helping her recover from Longbow Hunters, he’s gone to therapy with her so she knows that she isn’t alone, he stays with her after she rejects his proposal, he tries to plan a vacation for them that she rejects, he pushes down his disappointment that she doesn’t want kids and doesn’t pressure her on it at all…. And she tells him that she’s jealous of his SON, a grown man he’s mentioned ONCE and only interacted with once in the same issue she says she’s jealous of him…..

Like yeah. Ollie’s very clearly internalized this idea that he is what others say he is. So he just accepts what they say about him as being valid even if it isn’t. He keeps up the image of himself that they expect to see because it’s clear that showing them what’s underneath the mask isn’t going to get him any sympathy or help. He isolates because it’s what’s encouraged by those around him

[blzzrdstryr]

Galatea

Yandere(?) Albedo x gn!reader

Wordcount: 2410

CW: Panic attacks, hallucinations, slight dehumanization.

...and his creation was so beautiful: silent and non judgemental, pure and demure, it would endure any of his whims of love and passion.

Albedo looks calm as usual as he scoops the honey from the beehive, even though he doesn’t wear any protection; Bees are angrily buzzing nearby, but otherwise not attacking him. It would look strange to you if you didn’t know the answer: insects are not real. The alchemist created them, turning pure slabs of carbon, water and organic matter into tiny fuzzy bodies, as you watched the scene with wide eyes, one moment and a non-living becomes living. He commented on the whole process and while you tried your best to listen to him there were so many scientific terms and jargons in his speech that after some time you zoned out, preferring to observe the birth of insects instead.

There are bones and flesh and organs growing and fusing together. They writhe and convulse as blood starts to fill them. Whose body is it?

“Is this for examination too?”, you remember that Albedo was collecting honey several days ago, albeit in much lesser quantities, and when you asked what the alchemist was doing, he said it was for comparative analysis.

“Well, you could say that” alchemist looks at the full jar and closes the lid, “Previous analysis showed that this honey has the same compounds as the natural one in the same proportions and isn’t dangerous for consumption”. You nod, urging him to continue - even though Albedo isn’t the chattiest person, you noticed how talkative he becomes when you ask him for explanations.

“Smell and taste are usually dependent on the composition, but there is always a place for exceptions, so I decided to conduct another experiment, one that needs your help”

You raise eyebrows - alchemist, despite actually enjoying your company, usually didn’t disclose much of his work :“Is that so? How can I help?”

Small smile appears on his lips, subtle and controlled, “I want you to taste it”. He looks happy.

You have seen that smile long before. You can’t remember where.

You hate sweets, but there's something stopping you from declining. It's bone-deep and chilling, woven into every fiber of your flesh. You can’t get out the needed words, even if you wanted, with your lips somehow shutting tight at the mere thought. There's something stopping you from saying "no" to Albedo and you assume it's gratitude.

***

The honey turns out to be as sickly sweet as the one from the real bees. You frown, as you take another sip of tea, trying to wash down the saccharine taste from the tongue. Albedo sits in front of you and scribes something in his notebook, throwing occasional glances at you from time to time.

“It seems that we’ll need to keep this secret from Klee” you muse, no longer tasting the nectar on your tongue.

“Why so?” he asks, still writing - his handwriting is too small for you to see from this distance. You could stretch your neck to have a better glimpse, but it would be rude to do, so you refrain, curiosity still nipping at you.

“Well, you know what a big sweet tooth she is, and if she learns that your bees don’t sting...”

“But they do sting, just not me”.

“Why?”

“Bees were created with my will, so they just can’t. It’s against the nature of alchemical creation to oppose its creator”

You hum, processing the new information and guessing how far he would teach you that in your own alchemy lessons. You are far behind Sucrose or Timaeus in your studies, still stuck on basics, but Kreideprinz doesn't look displeased or bored with you. In contrast, mentoring you is something he really likes, judging by the rare smiles he allows himself to show. He proposed to teach you one day and you couldn't find it in yourself to turn him down.

You thought it was strange at first how the recluse seemed to favour you, but then as you familiarized yourself with a man you realized that he liked all things unseen and unheard before and your selective amnesia must be the one.

There are large gaps in your memory, but you can remember some small moments - peeking into a cave and plunging deeper into a forest out of curiosity, spending hours in the library, completely captivated by the book before you, feeling satisfied from finally solving an advanced math problem.

None of the memories include people.

It's an identity forming memories, Albedo theorized when you shared your concerns, experiences shape who we are, [First], and maybe that's why you retained them, they define you.

Were you as reclusive as him then?

A bit later you see what Albedo was drawing: a familiar bird and decapitated head. You are disturbed - how does he know my dreams?

***

Mondstadtians are weird, it’s the first time you leave Albedo’s lab and side, deciding to take a quick stroll around the city and look around. Some look at you with wide eyes, as if you just grew a second head before their eyes, some shamelessly whisper things to each other.

The knight that was assigned to look after you for the duration of the walk is no better than them. He also treats you like some sort of oddity, with all that persistent glances and hesitancy to interact with you.

What kind of person old you were to prompt such a reaction?

Walking along the streets of the city you can't remember any of it. Books that mentioned amnesia and other memory related issues stated that visiting once familiar places can help with overall recollection. Walking along the streets of the city you can't recollect any of it, memories slipping past your fingers like water.

You can’t remember the blue cloudless sky above, or the deep clear lake of the same shade or the gentlest breezes playing with your hair. You can’t recall the bright red roof tiles, or the giant windmills that dwarf other buildings, or the statue of the anemo archont overseeing the city. You can't think of once being among the other idle citizens, of praying and worshipping Barbatos, of participating in the windtrace or Ludi Harpastum. There’s emptiness where a familiarity should be, a dull ache rotting and festering at the back of your mind - I don’t belong here, I never did.

You don’t feel like a part of Mondstadt, not even a single part of you does. There’s an invisible yet unbreakable wall separating you from other people. You can smile and chat and be all polite and nice, yet there’s always a certain coldness and caution others treat you with. You want to be both accepted and left alone, feel loved yet be distant enough to avoid any emotional hurt.

Of course, there are people who managed to get close to you - Albedo and Klee, with the former one being your official caretaker and mentor and the latter being as bright as the Sun, you doubt there’s anyone that couldn’t fall under little girl’s charms, except acting Grandmaster Jean.

That must be why you act so warm towards them, why you decide to bare your soul and feelings towards them, no matter how scary it can be. That’s why you play with Klee, engaging her in less destructive entertainment than the fish blasting and that is why you never refuse Albedo in any of his requests, be it a quick walk on a sunny day or assistance in his experiments.

***

A familiar dream.

You see a giant owl, it's yellow eyes piercing right through you. It's a majestic creature, with snow white fluffy feathers and razor sharp talons. Bird looks at you with all knowing eyes, and then spreads its wings, soundlessly flying in your direction. You dodge it, still marvelling at its grace, as the bird continues its way to the giant head laying behind you.

You turn back still tracing the bird's flight, eyes then turning to the bodiless head. It has the face of an aged man with wise eyes, it's lips move silently chanting. There's something hypnotizing in the chant - listen to me and you will now, listen to me and I will tell you, listen to me and you will learn things that he doesn’t want you to know.

You take a step, hand outstretched to touch it. It burns your skin, and the world around you darkens, all sounds stop and soon enough darkness consumes the bodiless head too, leaving you all alone.

A memory comes.

You're absolutely naked and shivering with Albedo hovering above you. He says something but you can’t understand the words, liquid(?) in your eyes and ears. You hear Sucrose and Timaeus in the background too and how excited they sound.

You turn your head, catching the sight of slabs of pure carbon, bottles of water, pieces of lime and ammonia solution and the rest of organic and inorganic matter lying around you.

There are no thoughts and feelings - you are nothing but an empty vessel that needs to be filled.

"Timaeus, bring the blanket" It's Albedo's voice, “Sucrose, check.. [First]’s temperature. I will observe them”

“[First]?”

“It’s a fitting name”

The memory ends. You wake up.

***

You wake up to Albedo sitting near your bed. It's not a rare occurrence with him frequently checking up on your health, but the memories of previous dreams make you almost jump when you see his silhouette again.

"Uhm, hello?" you still sound husky from sleep.

"Apologies for coming here, I heard your whimpers and decided to check if everything was alright". His face looks as impassive as ever, but there's a concerned tone in his voice. He must be extremely worried then.

"I..” you start but then trail off, unsure what to say. Is the revelation that you dreamt even true? Aside from the strange coincidence and sense of isolation that loomed over you, becoming a bit unbearable with each day, you had nothing to prove your nonsensical conclusion: you are not real.

“I saw a dream, of me lying among the lime and carbon and water” Albedo gives you an intense stare, eyes and expression completely unreadable: “it wasn’t just a dream, was it?”

A moment passes and then another and you feel even more stupid with each second to just come to that conclusion, not to mention saying it outloud. And then the most unexpected thing happens: Albedo nods.

“Yes, yes it happened to you” he suddenly sounds tired, as if he admitted a dark, dark secret, that it arguably is. A shock goes through you, as you start to gasp for air - it’s one thing to speculate and guess, it’s completely different to hear a confirmation.

You can’t exactly remember what happens next - you think you broke down right there and then, as alchemist awkwardly tried to comfort you. He was explaining how and why he created you - he thought that your creation would give him answers he was looking for, solve his internal conflict, and then he started to wonder how different artificial life is from the natural one and that’s why he decided to give you memories.

It was hard at first, he says, to push back the existing ones back and replace them with new. Make you believe that you were born too. Memories were his favourite thing to do, he had a theory you see, that people are majorly products of their environment, and he wanted to prove that with you. That’s why he decided to mold you into a person with traits he usually finds valuable.

In the end you found yourself nursing a hot tea mug with a few drops of calming concoction dissolved in it. Albedo is lingering around in his own disquieted fashion, as you rethink your whole life - can it even be called a life anymore?

You glance at the alchemist fretting around you, frowning, and unsure what to do, the warmth and happiness you felt upon seeing him replaced by disappointment and confusion. Albedo isn't the one who you thought him to be, Archons, you're not the one who you thought yourself to be!

Suddenly the way all others interacted you became crystal clear - they treated you like oddity because you were one. You remember Klee and how she always seemed to love calling you her "bestest special friend". No way they don't know of your origin. No way they will ever treat you like a person.

There's an ache when you think about Klee also turning away from you; She is a sunshine personified right now, spreading her kindness and enthusiasm without even trying, but who knows what will happen once she grows up, will she have a problem with her peers because of you, or she'll adopt the general public's opinion of you? The thought is almost enough to send you into a crying fit again. You want to run far away.

"I want to travel" you finally say, there's no way you can integrate into society when everyone knows what you are and will always see it before who you are. You want to run away and start anew somewhere far, so the rumors will never reach that place and no one will look at you with that wide eyed stare again. You say what you think about this whole situation.

"Please, don't" he says and you of course stop, legs no longer listening to you, "I understand you are distressed right now, but running away isn't the solution"

"But I will never be able to truly connect with anyone, they know it, of my birth, right? The whole city knows about it, right?"

"I know that you want to feel loved, I… We are the same - before your creation I felt the same loneliness, I couldn't bond with anyone save for Klee, but interacting with you was far more pleasant than expected. Relationships are needlessly tiring and I never understood why people focused on them so much, yet now, looking at you I can understand them. I love you, [First], you are perfect".

You still again, now stunted by his words and sudden love confession. It's all so sudden and strange and confusing and you are too tired and too shocked to deal with this, so you decide to distance yourself. "I can't love you in return"

"But you will"

"Why do you think that?"

"It's against your nature to oppose me in anything"

Note: Galatea is an ivory statue created by Pygmalion, who later fell in love with it. The head in reader's dream is decapitated Mimir, a figure in Norse mythology who is known for his knowledge and wisdom. His decapitated head was reciting secret knowledge and giving counsel to Odin.

[misslovasstuff]

Why Dazai is a complex character

We all know how hard it is to get in this man’s mind, right?

First, let’t take a look on what makes a character complex:

- Conflicted or contradictory motives - Change or grow as a result of the story’s actions - Decisions advance the story’s plot - Create conflict in the story’s plot or theme - Learn something about themselves

 It fits Dazai perfectly, right? Now let’s take them one by one.

1. Conflicted or contradictory motives

- to die/to find meaning/to save others/? What the audience is given to realize is that Dazai wants salvation through death. His desire to die comes with a shade of humor to hide how sad and tragic it really is. Other than that, one motive of his is the promise he made to his friend who died on his arms. You see it right? Dazai’s motives are contradictory because he saves people but can’t really save himself. Although Dazai is on the side of ‘good’ which is actually something that doesn’t really exist in BSD world because everything is more like in a gray area, his motives are more focused on others rather than himself. While on the mafia, his focus was on himself, his doom and suffering. That’s what made him so miserable. People aren’t sure whether Dazai has changed, and they question his conflicted motives. But in reality, it’s very simple. Dazai has no hidden motives other than the ones we already know. He’s not the type to aim for power and fortune. Dazai just wants a bit of happiness, he wants to answer questions that are impossible to answer. I’d like to quote a Dostoevsky saying:

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

2. Change or grow as a result of the story’s actions Dazai’s grow is something people fail to see. I’ve read thoughts on this matter and some claim that Dazai hasn’t changed at all. That is partly true.  Before Oda’s death, Dazai was not open to people (and still isn’t) but the difference stays on how he dealt with it. In the dark era, Dazai drowned himself in misery, seeing only darkness and claiming that this is how it always has been for him. Whilst in the time being, Dazai hides his misery behind a smile and happy facade. Bsck then, he made no attempt to change, nor did he tried to look things differently. Dazai was alone, completely. There were times he was surrounded by people he genuinely cared about, like Oda. Now, the thing is, without Oda, Dazai may have never gotten the development he got. Hardly would the things lead differently if Oda was still alive. With Oda, Dazai felt comfortable, not judges. He felt like he could open up with him because Oda would always listen to Dazai without joking around or judging him. That’s the reason why Odasaku was the only person that came close to understanding Dazai, because he was the only one Dazai opened up to. I believe that is becuase in reality, Dazai trusted Oda. We know how easily he can see through people. Perhaps, he saw in Oda that kindness and goodness that intrigued him. He saw such integrity and selflessness that made him lower his guard.  Their relationship was beautiful. They let aside the ranks and always had each other’s backs. Sometimes, between two people, it just clicks. It feels like you’ve known each other for a long time and you find yourself comfortable, you let yourself be. That’s how Dazai was. Maybe, the only thing that kept him happy, was his friendship with Odasaku and Ango. Because those were two people that accepted him the way he was, people who appreciated life and had dreams and goals, something that Dazai longs to have. When Odasaku died, Dazai’s hope died with him. Although extremely intelligent, Dazai is optimistic. He had hope that he’d find a solution to his problem, but Oda’s words shattered him.

Dazai did not cry. But you can tell that he’s ready to. Look at his face and tell me that that’s not the most devastating Dazai you have ever seen. His lip trembles and his eyes give away how hard it is for him, how hard it has always been. This is the moment that Dazai takes the decision to change, keeping the promise of his friend to become a good man and protect others.

3- Decisions advance the story’s plot Dazai is the one who comes up with brilliant strategies, but that’s not all of it. 

- He took Atsushi under his mentoring and hired him as an agent in the ADA.  Atsushi plays a very important role in almost every mission or situation that ADA is in.  If Atsushi wasn’t in the ADA, things might have gone completely different. - Dazai decided to join the good side. Yet again, if Dazai didn’t join the ADA, there would be no Atsushi, no shin-soukoku and probably the ADA would have already fallen due to the immense power the mafia would have with Dazai in it. More people would die, wars would destroy the city and things may have gotten to be worse. - The creation of shin-soukoku The plot goes around Atushi and Akutagawa as the new generation of the double black, a powerful duo brought together for the good of the city, to defeat the greater evil. Their mentor, who sees the potential in them better than everyone else, has forcefully made them work together, which had successful results. If Dazai didn’t make such decision, Atsushi and Akutagawa may had already killed each other. - Dazai decides almost any plan and strategy there is. He plays his cards well and the way he thinks and acts determine the aftermath.

4- Create conflict in the story’s plot or theme - Dazai’s a problematic character for a lot of reasons. He’s lazy, distracted, unbothered, mysterious and secretive. Sometimes, unwillingly he creates conflicts that sometimes as viewed lightly by the audience. Like the shin-soukoku conflict. A part why Aku hates Atsushi is because he is Dazai’s junior  and that he gets almost everything that he himself once desired. He gets praise and acknowledgment from Dazai. The latter, has not acknowledged Aku that way he wants to, but surely he has acknowledged him on his own way. Dazai made him part of the new double black and puts his trust in him and Atsushi. Dazai too believes in the quote that ‘only a diamond can polish a diamond’. Furthermore, we have the conflict between the mafia and the ADA. You may think that it’s not directly tied to Dazai, but he plays a major role. Having Dazai in the opposite team, makes it harder for the mafia to create successful operations. Not only Dazai’s intelligent and cunning, but he’s an ex-member himself which makes him even more of a threat to the mafia. His suicidal tendencies is the reason why he met Atsushi in the first place. So in a way, Dazai drives the plot of the story.

5- Learn something about themselves I believe that this is the point we are all looking forward to. Although we have already caught a glimpse of Dazai considering his worth as a human being in the Dead apple movie, but also in the manga countless times.

Just look at his expression. How his eyes close so peacefully when Atsushi claims that he does things that let him know that Daza’s a good guy (visiting graves and also in the end of the movie...)

Dazai sees himself rather harshly. He judges himself for his past and puts himself in constant misery. Maybe he doesn’t accept the fact that he’s a ‘good guy’, but he’s desperately trying to be.

Take a look to the following panel (chapter 50)

You can tell how much Dazai wants to help and this warms my heart so much.

“Yosano could heal me and I could help in the search”

 He clenches the sheet because of the frustration of not being able to help; that his ability is holding him back. 

HE’S BLAMING HIMSELF.

Like one would say that he’s injured, or that he was shot, but no. Dazai puts the blame on himself like he always does.

I’d like people to acknowledge Dazai’s growth because our boy is trying so hard. Dazai literally went from hell to salvation. He has already found his salvation but he hasn’t recognized that yet.

In conclusion, Dazai is the complex character we so much love. In the future, maybe we’ll be able to see him a bit more happy. Genuinely happy.

(sorry this was very sloppy but I hope you get the point)

[teddy06writes]

With Ghastly Consequences

Part Two of A Dangerous Game

{I wasn’t going to do this till later but ThE IdEaS were flowing}

Requested by this anon: “I don’t mean to be a bother but if you could possible make a part 2 for the “a dangerous game” fic that you made? It was amazing!!”

and this one: “ Dude I need more poly Dream team with SBI family reader what if reader came back as a ghost but it’s like Ghostbur so she doesn’t remember everything?”

Sooo....

Dream x George x Sapnap x Reader + sleepy boys x sibling!reader

trigger warnings: yelling, swearing, mentioned character death (its you, you died in the last one)

premise: after your death, everything was hazy; this is an account of the events sparked by your ghostly return

(y/n/n)- your nickname

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You’d drifted, for a while, in a greyish abyss for a while, knowing that there was a choice to make. 

The void, though being of course, a void of nothingness, was peaceful, and gave you time to come to terms with what had happened, and come to the solution to the question. 

And as soon as that happened-

You were gone again. 

~~

“Philza!” 

The man froze over the brewing stand, the bottles in his hands beginning to tremble, “(y/n)?” 

“Dad!” You grinned as he turned around, looking dumbfounded, “I didn’t know you were coming here- when did you get in? Oh I can’t believe you finally came!” 

“D- Do you not remember?” His voice was low, shaking almost as much as his hands. 

“Course I remember- well I remember some stuff. Like you and Tommy and Techno and Home and- and Pogtopia- and Dream and George and Ni- Sapnap- oh- wait-” your voice dropped to a whisper, “You know how they were- y’know, my partners?”

Your father nodded. 

“Don’t tell Wil,” You said quickly, “He’ll get mad.” 

He nodded blankly again, still staring at you. 

“Well what's with you? Why’re you looking at me like that?” 

“Y- It’s just- your back. I- I was devastated- more than- when WIlbur- er- when you died. But n- but your back.” There was quiet relief in his voice. 

You nodded, “Course I’m back. Like you could get rid of me that easy.” 

Phil dropped the bottles onto the crafting bench, rushing forward in an attempt to embrace you. 

You shuddered as he passed through your spectral form, sadly mumbling, “Uh, yeah. I kinda pass through things now.” 

Phil smiled sadly, “Still, your back, come on, come on, lets go find Techno, he should still be around here.” 

You nodded, following him down that ladder, “That's what I wanted to ask, where is here? Why are you out in the arctic?” 

“Oh, uh, just to get away from everything, you know who Tech hates his governments.” Phil attempted a joke. 

“Oh, yeah- I wouldn’t want to be there with Shlatt either. Strange he didn’t just go back to pogtopia though.” 

Technoblade looked up from where he was sharpening his axe, at first his face reading confused, then guilty, the carefully blank, “Things have changed (y/n). People, change.”

“Like Wil? I rember Wil being mad about something- do you think- no it wouldn’t be that, I was careful.” 

Techno winced, glancing Phil’s direction, “Uhh, we- we don’t talk to Wilbur any more. Not- not since he- er- not since you died.” 

“That man is no son of mine.” Phil spat.

You looked at him confused, “What happened? Did you get in a fight?”

“It’s- not our place to tell you.” Techno said finally. 

“hmmm, okay! So what have you guys been up too?” 

~~

You hummed a tune, drifting down the prime path, headed towards L’manburg, toward home

Phil and Techno had warned you that things had changed since your death, but that didn’t deter you from going back.

Coming over the hill, you looked over your beautiful country, the walls, which you knew were gone, seemed to be partially rebuilt, and distantly you could see Fundy over seeing construction.

At first glance everything seemed fine, but as you got closer the atmosphere seemed to change, a sort of anxiety hanging in the air over the city. 

Slowly you floated up to the platform your nephew was standing on, “Fundy! You’re rebuilding the walls!”

The fox jumped, “(y/n)?” 

“When Techno said things had changed I didn’t think he meant Shlatt was putting the walls back!” 

“(y/n)- your- your back?” 

“Course I’m back,” You chuckled, “You miss me fur ball?” 

“I- you- your back?” He repeated.

“Yeah, what’s going on round here? Why’d Shlatt have a change of heart- wait- did we win? Did I die and miss us winning? Is Wilbur putting the walls back-” 

“Wilbur isn’t here any more.” Fundy interrupted bitterly. 

Your brow furrowed, “Why is everyone mad at him?” 

“Come on, lets get you too Ranboo, Tommy and Tubbo, they’ll-” He sighed motioning for Jack Manifold to take his place, “Well they should tell you at least part of it.” 

He led you down off the platform, toward the podium that still stood in the center of L’manburg, at your look of confusion explaining, “Ranboo’s a new comer. Uh- he’s- different, half enderman, we think, eye contact isn’t his thing, so be aware of that.” 

You nodded as he pushed open the door, “Hey- guy’s drop what your doing, this is important-” there was a small thud, “No not literally Ranboo- it’s a figure of speech.” 

You drifted past him into the room, smiling at the flustered looking enderboy, your brother, and his best friend, “Hello!” 

Tommy’s breath hitched, his lip beginning to tremble, “(y/n/n)?” 

“Hi Tommy! Hi Tubbo! Hi person I’m assuming is Ranboo!” 

The tall boy waved awkwardly, “Hi?” 

Fundy cleared his throat awkwardly, “Uh, I have t’get back to work. They’re- confused. I-” He gave Tubbo a ‘this is your problem now’ look before quickly turning and leaving. 

“Uhh... (y/n). You’re- back?” Tubbo laughed as if he couldn’t believe it. 

Tommy was still staring at you in shock, “(y/n)?” 

You drifted across the floor to be near him, “Tommy what’s wrong?” 

Your brother burst into angry tears, “I thought you were gone! I thought that he took you away from me! He- he fucking thought- that bitch thought he could take away my sibling! Just- just because of some- of some fucking-” He fell off into hiccups, tears still falling down his face.

“That bastard! He- he fucking killed- he- and for what? Cuase he didn’t fucking like who you were seeing?” Tommy muttered, moving back past Ranboo to sink into a chair.

“Who? Who didn’t like it?” You asked. 

Tommy let out a bitter laugh as Tubbo looked at you sadly, “It’s- nothing.”

“Hmmm, well, what’s going on here then? Did we win the war?” 

Tubbo nodded, “Wilbur- isn’t here anymore, he- he- sort of betrayed us, and we chased him out. So we’re rebuilding the walls, so he doesn’t do anything else, and me and Tommy are co presidents.” 

You nodded, but were still confused, “What did Wil do? Is it why Phil said he wasn’t his son any more?”

Ranboo gulped awkwardly, “Uh- from what- er I- uh heard, yes.” 

“hmmmm, I hope it wasn’t anything too bad.” You sighed. 

You stayed with them for another hour, talking about L’manburg, and the presidency, until Niki arrived, breathless, having heard you were back, “(y/n/)!” 

“Niki!” You looked over her, something seemed off, less bright, less Niki.

She glanced around the room, “How about we go for a walk, to catch up?” 

There was something desperate in her voice, and you weren’t stupid enough to ignore it, “Of course.” 

She gave you a strained smile, motioning to the door, “Let’s go then.” 

Soon you were out wandering through the city, many of the crowds were gone, though you could see signs of life in open windows, and small restaurants, “Niki what’s going on here? Something isn’t right.” 

“Nothing is right, not since we got rid of Wilbur.”

You looked up at the walls, now seeming to loom twice as tall as they once did, “Tommy and Tubbo- they’re anxious about something.” 

Niki nodded, “The whole country holds its breath. Tommy is angry, and Tubbo is paranoid. They think Wilbur will blow up the country, and that he’ll have help, the walls, the security checkpoints- none of this is what L’manburg was founded for.

“The people are terrified, everyone tells them something different, they’re waiting for the country to be driven into the ground.” 

You gulped (can ghosts gulp?), “Well that isn’t good. Maybe- Maybe- hmmmm, Maybe you should be in charge Niki! You- don’t tell the others- but I think you’d make a better president than any of them!” 

“If I could I would (y/n), but it’s not that simple,” She smiled sadly, looking around with a sigh, “Why don’t you go find your boyfriends? Have you gone to see them yet?” 

~~ “Georgie!” 

The King blinked, quickly pushing back the small sense of hope, he was just imagine things again, he thought to himself, he had to be. 

“George what’s wrong?” 

The voice was closer now, and it was the cold sensation at touched his shoulder that convinced him it was real enough to look, blinking in surprise again at your gray form, hovering next to his desk, “(y/n/n)! Oh my god! (y/n/n)!” 

You grinned, “George!” 

“Your back!” The goggles were quickly pushed off his face, dropped down onto the top of the desk, “Y- your really back!” 

You nodded eagerly, “I missed you! Well- I mean, it wasn’t that long that I was gone. At least I don’t think- anyway I missed you!” 

“I- (y/n) it’s- it’s been nearly a month.” 

You cocked your head, “Huh, that's weird.”

“George who are you talking...” Nick trailed off as he entered the study, “(y/n)?” 

You could see the tears in his eyes as you awkwardly waved, “Hi Nicky.” 

“Holy shit.” He muttered, “I- we thought you were gone- I mean- when- when Wilbur...” 

“When Wilbur what?” You asked with a chuckle, “Everyone keeps saying he’s done something, but no one’s told me what.” 

Both men froze, sharing a looking, “Don’t worry about it.” 

Nick quickly swiped away tears, “So your back?”

You nodded, “I’m back- hey, have you guys noticed how L’manburg’s being all weird now? Niki says Tommy and Tubbo are running the country into the ground.”

“Well- they’ve refused all foreign aid, we tried to offer them help- after the war, paying for damages and such after they sorted out there Wilbur problem,” George sighed, “And so far only Eret’s tried reaching out to talk to us, help with our Dream problem.” 

“Yeah, where is Dream? I miss him and I can’t ping him, cause ghosts don’t have com tablets.” 

“Even if yours hadn’t broken it wouldn’t help. He disappeared after Wilbur- did that thing,” Nick sounded all to broken for your liking, “He hasn’t answered any of our messages.” 

You frowned, “Well that's not like him. Maybe he just left his tablet somewhere- or maybe he just got busy doing something again, you know how he gets during manhunts.” 

“(y/n),” George tried gently, “He- smashed his com tablet, said something about going off the grid, undermining the server. He probably isn’t coming back.” 

You froze, hover in silence for a moment, “No. No that’s not true- he wouldn’t- he wouldn’t leave us! You’re lying to me! He loves us! He’d never leave! It’s not true! He wouldn’t do that! Your lying!”

Nick seemed shocked at the outburst, “(y/n)- we were just as upset but he left- gone insane-” 

“STOP LYING TO ME!” You exploded, “He wouldn’t do that! I know he wouldn’t! Your just lying!” 

They watched you sink to the floor, spectral tears flowing down your cheeks, mumbling, “You’re lying, you’ve gotta be lying, he- he wouldn’t he wouldn’t do that.” 

~~

“Wilbur!” 

Your brother flinched, he’d planned for this, he reminded himself, as soon as he heard the rumor's. 

“(y/n).” He stood up, turning to face you, ignoring how he’d begun to shake. 

He didn’t regret what he’d done. 

At least that was what he told himself. 

He knew what he had had to do, and he done it, and he had no regrets for his actions, because it was all in the plan.

“Wilbur what’re you doing outside L’manburg? I thought they said they chased you out.” 

“I missed it.” He said simply, forcing back the choked noise that had started in his throat upon seeing your grey floating form. 

“Did you miss me? George and Nick said I was gone for almost a month, that that was how long you and Dream were gone for.” 

“Don’t fucking talk about that man.” Wilbur spat. 

At your face of shock and horror at what you said Wilbur grinned, “Oh yeah, I know all about them (y/n). Them, and You, and everything before your death.” 

“Why do you hate them so much?! Can’t you see that they make me happy?! What did they ever do to you?!” 

“THEY TOOK AWAY MY SIBLING! MADE YOU TURN AGAINST ME! AGAINST L’MANBURG!” Wilbur yelled. 

Tears started to slip from your eyes again, “Wil, I never turned against you- your my brother, I love you. Why is it so hard for you to see I’d never turn on you? Who I love has nothing to do with it.” 

“Oh it has everything to do with it!” He laughed, finally managing to shut off the tiny part of his brain that screamed at him to stop, “You’re fucking dead because of it!” 

You blinked, “N- no! It’s not because of them! I died in the war! Dream was trying to protect me! I died so we could be free again!” 

“No (y/n)! You are so fucking stupid! Your dead because I killed you! I killed you because you were turning against me! Because it was the only way to get those fuckers to get there hands off you!” 

You let out a choked sob.

“And guess what? I don’t regret anything. I killed you so that they would suffer! Suffer from loosing you the way I had! And it worked and so none of the cost matters!” 

“No wonder everyone’s mad at you,” You sad shakily, “You’re a monster Wil.” 

“And I’m not the only one.” 

He sounded almost proud, gesturing his chin upward, at a patchwork of scaffolding as being stretched across the sky above L’manburg, distantly you could see someone in a neon green sweater running across the top. 

~~ “Dream, what are you doing?” 

The man only sighed at the serious voice, “Getting revenge. It’s what they would have wanted.” 

“Is it?” 

He finally turned away from the contraption, staring through the slits in his mask at the Spector that hovered in front of him, “So you really are back.” 

“Dream,” You could almost see the wall he had put up when you died, repeating, “What are you doing?” 

“I’m going to destroy L’manburg.” His voice was cold, steely, too close to that which you remembered from the day he and Tommy had their duel. 

“You think that’s going to make things right? You think that’s going to put me- my spirit to rest?” 

He faltered, “It has too. Wilbur killed you, and now he’s going to pay.” 

Slowly you moved closer to him, across the narrow walk way, “Clay why did you leave them? When did you break your com tablet? You knew they needed you.” 

“I- I had too.” The smile on his mask was all to haunting, a broken reminder of the past. 

“They needed you and you left them. You put them aside, for this? To be a villain?” 

“If I’m a villain then so be it.” 

Down below the people of L’manburg were beginning to raise alarms as you spoke, “They love you. I love you. You don’t- you don’t need to be the villain my love.” 

Slowly he reached up, slipping the mask off his face, “I know, I know but- but this is the only way.” 

Gingerly you reached out, hovering your hand right where it would rest to cup his cheek, “It isn’t the only way. You don’t have to do this. You don’t have to cause this destruction.” 

“It’s the only thing I know how to do,” There was anguish seeping in to his voice, “I don’t know if I can do anything else.” 

You longed to embrace him as he fell to his knees, “You don’t have to do this Clay.”

“I don’t know how! I don’t know any other way to make Wilbur pay!” 

“Clay look at me, look at me, there is another way- you don’t have to do this, We love you- we miss you- Nick, George and Me, we can just, climb down and go and find them and then run away together, leave this all behind!” 

“Keep them safe.” He sniffed, wiping away angry tears. 

“Yeah- yeah- we can build a little cottage, and plant flowers in the window boxes- and forget all about this,” You were phasing back into the material world, nearly by Dream’s sheer willpower as he pulled you into his arms, “And we can forget all about this, but only if you don’t do this.”

“I don’t know if I can... (y/n) I don’t know if I’m strong enough.” He sobbed. 

“You are darling. You are. You don’t have to do this. You don’t have to do this Clay, we love you.” 

He sniffed, sitting up a little, one of his arms reaching away, both of your breathing unsteady as you looked up at him, desperation in your eyes...

And then the tnt hit the ground. 

The world exploded into fire, ripping away his words: 

“I love you too.” 

[darkandstormyart]

Xicheng fic recs

(figured i might make a list of my own)

(to be expanded as i dig out more treasure/remember stuff)

in no particular order:

Deep as the Yearning Night by FreckledStarKnight

“At first, it was pure chance. The second time was accidental. And the third time? Well, they say the third time’s the charm, after all. Lan Xichen discovers that Jiang Wanyin sings beautifully and is immediately enamored by it. His pursuit of Jiang Wanyin’s secret talent leads to a discovery and a series of events that he did not anticipate at all. Not that he’s complaining, of course. He got what he came for and more. Or, how two sect leaders get together through the song called love. CQL-verse.“

post-seclusion lxc

trying to get jc to sing

bonus lxc & jin ling feels i hadn’t considered before

cute

Always use protection by hesselives

“In which Lan Wangji attempts to hire a new bodyguard for his older brother, a well-known traveling exorcist. Jiang Wanyin doesn’t even make his carefully considered list of Top Ten Candidates, and yet here he is.

Lots of wandering in the countryside, distant yelling, and mildly inconvenient spirits.”

bodyguard au

honestly just really intersting worldbuilding

Rewrite the stars by Arashii

“Five great kingdoms have been fighting for years and when the kingdom of Yunmeng is destroyed, the Crown Prince Jiang Cheng vanishes.In Gusu, Lan Xichen makes an offer impossible for Jiang Cheng to refuse. His life or revenge? There’s only one option and Jiang Cheng swears loyalty to the man he hated the most his whole life, the Crown Prince of Gusu, Lan Xichen himself.Written for XiChengFest2020 - Day 4“

ROYALTY AU ROYALTY AU

enemies to lovers!

flashbacks! i love flashbacks so much ohmygod

No paths are bound by Arashii

“In seclusion, Lan Huan has the support of a ghost no one has seen since the massacre of Yunmeng Jiang. His feelings start changing with the often visits and conversations they share. Before Lan Huan can confess though, he ascends, leaving everything and everyone behind him.

Two hundred years later, back to the Human Realm and without powers, the Martial God Zewu-Jun has a mission to uphold. His Heavenly Calamity started. The clues are little and the support comes in the most unexpected form, the current Ghost King: Sandu Shengshou. Now they need to stick together to contain a menace that is slowly growing.“

TGCF AU TGCF AU

ghost king jiang cheng come on

doesn’t follow tgcf plot, just the setup so no spoilers

jiang cheng gets the dogs and the xichen he deserves

once upon a dream by cafedeolla

“Xicheng soulmate AU

An au where your dreams are small snippets of your soulmate’s day. They’d show small things like buying coffee, reading a book, or hanging out with people from their perspective.

The problem was that people always have expectations and Jiang Cheng knows he always falls short of them. Time and time again.“

soulmate au, but being soulmates is more a problem than a solution

misunderstandingssss all over the place

now with a squel (in progress?)

Lan Furen series by jagaimocchi

“Jiang Cheng leaves Lotus Pier before the Wen Internment Camp and before the destruction of his home. When he meets Lan Xichen on the run from the Wens after the burning of Cloud Recesses, his plan to live a peaceful life away from cultivation sects is quickly derailed. Now, free to make his own choices, he cannot find it in himself to leave the other man's side.

With love, patience and time, Jiang Cheng finds his own happiness and peace with his past.“

have you ever wanted a fic where jiang cheng peaces out from home in search for a better life, bc he’s Had Enough??? jags got you covered

adorable xicheng

good uncle-dad-figure Lan Qiren

ongoing <3

Just around the riverbend by JungleJelly

“One day.

Jiang Cheng just wanted one day of peace and quiet, away from home, away from his responsibilities, away from his idiot brother and his nutcases of a mother and father. Just a few hours alone — him and a boat and nothing else.

Clearly, that was too much to ask for.”

now with a new story in the series which is adorable too!!!

mermaid!lxc need i say more?

Bad ideas (where they lead) by JungleJelly

“Jiang Cheng is a busy man. Fortunately, he is also a huge pushover when it comes to his sister, so when she recommends that he start doing yoga, he agrees pretty easily.Featuring Lan Xichen in yoga pants, Jiang Cheng’s inability to handle a crush, and, perhaps most importantly, a big fluffy dog.“

done for 2020 MXTX MiniBang

yoga instructor Lan Xichen

Jiang Cheng is: struggling with a crush on the yoga guy from youtube & very angry about that

If there’s a price for rotten judgement by TheWanderingHeart

“All Jiang Cheng wants to do is, well... his job, really. Other than that? Keep the city safe, keep his nephew alive, keep his sanity intact (if possible).

So when his brother calls with unexpected news, he knows all of that is about to fly out of the window.

***

[Every instinct is telling him don’t ask, you don’t want to know. By this point, Nie HuaiSang has scooted closer to listen. Jiang Cheng takes a steadying breath and pulls out his antacids. “What did you do?”]”

superhero au, come on

jc just trying to do his job in peace

(he can’t)

i love it so much oh my god *sobs*

The Form of Boneless Ice by TheWanderingHeart

“Mythical beasts have long ago been driven to extinction by the gentry — hunted for sport, but more importantly for their magical cores. Since then, there remains only one creature that has never been caught. The Jiang’s retreated a long time ago. Abandoning land altogether, they sought safety where the humans could not reach.It all comes to a head though, purely by chance. (Or is it by fate that a spontaneous decision allows for them to meet? If fate were a rock!) Jiang Cheng suddenly finds his whole life balanced on the head of a pin — on the flimsy promise of a human boy. In his opinion, things cannot possibly get worse!(But then they do when the Wens decide it’s finally time to search for the elusive merpeople, and suddenly nowhere is safe.)“

there she goes again, with another beautiful xicheng story full of awwww and mythology

actually one of the first xicheng fics i read

i chose it because there were mermaids

painfully accurate takes on Jiang family dynamics

kids! lots of kids!

Let me Slytherin to Your Heart by TheWanderingHeart

“Jiang Cheng never thought he'd return to Hogwarts, but in hindsight, he probably should have known that someday he would.With his nephew about to start school, he reluctantly takes his good friend's bad parenting? career? advice and ends up tumbling head-first back into the madness that he hoped he'd left behind... and rediscovering some feelings he thought he'd left behind too.“

Harry Potter au!

just really fecking cute

lots of snakes

[I am not going to link all of Jo’s fics, though I probably could, just my 3 favourites. UOSB is there by default]

Talent Hunt Crew Finds Angry Guy Shouting On College Campus, Recruits Him For Vocal Projection Abilities by oh_fudgecakes

“Jiang Cheng, resident Angry Guy and heir to a conglomerate empire, has never been the apple of his father’s eye. Quashed under the shadow of his brilliant brother, the music prodigy Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng sees his chance to turn things around when he is recruited by the All-Stars Lan Talent Hunt. One problem: he can’t sing to save his goddamn life.As he struggles to develop his nascent singing abilities, Jiang Cheng finds himself sucked into the whirlwind drama of reality TV, helped along by his adoring siblings, his irritable vocal coach Wen Qing, and strangely enough, the unfairly attractive host of the All-Stars Lan Talent Hunt, Lan Xichen. Somewhere in the glare of the stage lights and an unexpected first love, Jiang Cheng stumbles upon the thing he was searching for all along: the courage to dream — and to attempt the impossible.“

done for 2019 MXTX Big Bang

uuuuuuuuuuh i might have cried maybe

heartwarming? painful at times? lots of family love?

slowburn xicheng being lovely

The Provenence of Hope series by velithya

“A chance meeting on a night hunt sets a course of events into motion that will change everything. Featuring Xicheng getting together, recovery for Lan Xichen, healing for Jiang Cheng, and always, always, hope.“

got everything. feels. hope. love. ~~healing~~

A Small Measure of Peace by Sandstone112

“With his brother in seclusion, Lan Xichen finds himself in temporary custody of his nephew with little to no expertise in the child-raising department. Uncertain and alone, Zewu-Jun is willing to do everything to be the person Yuan needs—even if it means inviting Sandu Shengshou to a playdate.“

a loooot of adorable family times with jc and lxc taking care of their nephews

good grandpa lqr!

canon but fixed and less painful

🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋if you wish to avoid scurvy:🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋

Some day I’m gonna make you mine series by locketofyourhair

xicheng getting together through the years

friends with benefits but the real benefits are the friends we made along the way

Take me over (take me tonight) by velithya

jiang cheng has a tattoo and lan xichen doesn’t stand a chance

i'd be the sweet feeling of release (mankind now dreams of) by piyo13

two bros, chilling in a cave, no feet apart because they don’t want to lose their cultivation powers what are you gonna do

haven’t read yet and shame on me, but AM GONNA:

Upon Our Silver Bridge by TheWanderingHeart obviously

““When the path ignites a soul, there's no remaining in place. The foot touches ground, but not for long.” ― Hakim Sanai

**

Lan Xichen's sorrows have caught the attention of something. Unlike the adventures and foes they have faced before, there is no obvious enemy here to defeat. If this is the same thing they thought had taken Nie Mingjue's life, then he believes it is fated for him to die as well. Nothing can stop the black fire when it wants to burn.Jiang Cheng is sure his part in this is over. Wei Wuxian is back, his grand adventure concluded, and he'd never been at the centre of it anyway. So what does it matter what happens to him in the end? Slowly, he will come to realise that there will always be a battle to fight, a story to tell, a choice to make, and there is no such thing as an end to anything.“

it was difficult to do things in 2020 and few i regret not doing more than not reading uosb yet :’(

i will tho

Emergency Help Wanted by piyo13

“EMERGENCY HELP WANTED I lied when I got my job. I told them I had a kid so I could leave early from work to pick him up from daycare, take him to doctor's appointments, and occasionally miss a day when he's sick. Long story short, I'm in too deep. I didn't think it through. Looking to rent a kid for bring your child to work day. Must be a boy ages four to six, longish dark hair, likes soccer. Must also be artistic as the macaroni noodle paintings I made seem a little advanced for his age. Also, I will pay extra for someone willing to play the role of husband when dropping him off. He's a prosecuting attorney who often brings his work home. Message me for further details. Serious inquiries only.“

Running Our Hands Through Embers by MarvelousMar

“If asked, Jiang Cheng would compare falling in love with Lan Xichen to a moth inevitably drawn to a flame.It burned.***In which Jiang Cheng discovers that even death can't help him escape from his trauma, so he embarks on a quest to save the people he loves, fix what he can, make the love of his life fall for him, and maybe, somewhere along the way, do a little bit of healing.”

The Beginner’s Guide to Moving On by InvincibleMel

gone from ao3, but i think there’s a link with a pdf going around

[transmalewife]

what i do like about the "just 100 companies are responsible for 70% of emisions" narrative is that it (in theory) helps people focus on larger, legislative action rather than take a personal responsibility approach to fighting climate change, and that it reminds them that it's fine if you need to take medication that's only available in plastic packaging, if you forget to take a reusable grocery bag sometimes and need to get a plastic one, or even if you go on vacation by airplane every so often.

what i don't like about this narrative is that it can lead people to feel helpless and give up entirely because "there's nothing we can do" and that it can make them refuse to take even the slightest action they can on their own because they think it won't make a difference.

Those companies by and large are producers, refiners etc of oil, gas and coal, with a few mining and building materials companies in the mix. And the thing is, these companies do not extract that oil and burn it somewhere in their evil lairs just for fun and profit. (ususally) they sell it. to you. for profit. people getting stuck in this mindset of "nothing will change until these companies magically disappear so i might as well not change anything about my life" is fucking ridiculous because imagine if that did happen. imagine if tomorrow, legislation passed that outlawed these companies' existence and anything from taking their place. Your life would change pretty drastically. You wouldn't be able to drive everywhere. you wouldn't be able to buy all your plastic packaged products. you wouldn't be able to heat your house, if you use coal to do that. I understand that a lot of those are out of your hands. If you don't have access to public transport, you're going to have to drive. If the only option where you live is coal, you have to use it for heating so you don't freeze. But if, like in my city, the local government bans heating with solid fuel, gives you 5 years to make the switch to gas or central heating, and gives out grants to help with that, and yet you still choose to keep warm by burning literal plastic bags of your household garbage in your 19th century ceramic stove, (something I have seen with my own two eyes and smelled with my own two nostrils) you might, in fact, be part of the problem.

And you're not stupid. Sometimes you take your car because you can't be bothered dealing with bus schedules, Sometimes you buy plastic bottles because you just didn't care to take your waterbottle. Sometimes you order something online from the other side of the planet, because you really wanted it. I know that because I do it too. I can tell the difference between times where I need single use plastic (medication etc) and times where i'm too lazy to properly recycle something, or just want to treat myself with something that has a high carbon footprint. and the complicated thing, is that it is, to some extent, fine. You were not put on this earth to worry about it every second of every day. But you weren't put on it to help kill it either, and I really hate how eagerly people take to the extremes of "no waste ever" which is impossible and will only make you burn out and settle in "I don't care at all".

The solution is a compromise. Think of what you personally do that is damaging our planet, and how you could reduce that. Even if you don't believe these things will help right now, think of it as a way of getting used to this ideal sustainable future world you're waiting for.

For example, I'm horribly allergic and also constantly sick in the winter. I've pretty much had a cold non stop since 2008. That's several packs of tissues per week, every week, for 14 years. that's a lot of fucking trees, not to mention the plastic packaging and shipping of them. So last year I switched to reusable, fabric handkerchiefs. I still buy the paper ones so i have backup in case i forget to do laundry, and don't feel guilty about using them. just because you pretty much need a smartphone or computer to exist in a modern world, and just because it's not your fault the companies mining the minerals needed to make them are killing our planet, doesn't mean you need to buy the newest one every year. Just because clothes these days are designed to break rather than last and you are being taunted by advertisers every moment of every day to buy the newest fashions, doesn't mean you shouldn't bother repairing them when they do break, and it especially doesn't mean you should just throw them away when they do. at the very least use them as rags for cleaning. The best thing I ever personally did for the environement is getting everyone I know to at least try menstrual cups. And recycling, which, yes, the data shows it doesn't change much currently. But if every piece of aluminum was recycled, it would.

It's fucking absurd to wait for the end of overconsuption and overconsume in the meantime. You won't survive the switch. And believe me, it's so liberating to live without the guilt when you have to, or just want to do something bad for the environement occasionally, when you know you're doing whatever you can in other areas.