#i just wanna sell out my funeral

[sentimental-boulder]

NEW tie dye hank stickers are now available in my etsy shop!!

[brionysea]

kind of mike wheeler coded

[theprestigiouscorelton]

I Just Wanna Sell Out My Funeral // The Wonder Years

(PC: Me, 35mm Film)

[lexirosewrites]

Hi Lexi! I can’t count how many times I’ve told you how amazing you are, you’re probably tired of hearing it.

Have you ever considered writing professionally or just having your writing published by someone other than yourself? Not to brag(kinda but not really) but my older sister is very close friends with an omega verse writer who writes omega verse books and they sell very well.

I know you already have a job as a nurse (I know it’s something in the medical field, if I’m wrong I sincerely apologize) you work really hard at. I find myself enjoying your fics more than regular romance novels, and I know that other people feel that way too.

My sister’s author friend goes by a stage name which a lot of authors do to keep their privacy. She used to write fanfics in Highschool and she’s been writing for almost a decade now. She’s got a great selection of books and her husband along with her friends and some of her family are relatively supportive.

I know that’s not the case for a lot of people because the stigma around omegaverse and and even eroticas is that it’s “weird” and “perverted”. She done very well for herself as an author, which a lot of writers strive to do. Her novels have become her main source of income.

Again she does not share her real name or any personal information about her with her fans. I feel like I’m giving you a sales pitch 💀.

ANYWAYS just some food for thought, The authors name is Giovanna reaves, if you wanna check her out. Her books are amazinggg and I think you two have a similar writing style. Her most popular book “My One Night Stand: My Forever”, is really good but my personal favorite is “The Pirate and His Omega Thief”. It’s incredibly well written and soooo Steddie coded, I instantly thought of you when I read it.

Jesus, this got long but just throwing that out their. Do whatever you’d like obviously, its your life and you already have dozens of loyal readers on Tumblr and AO3.

Sending love ❤️❤️❤️ Toodles 😋

this is very sweet, thank you! i’ve dabbled with the idea before and it’s definitely something i’ve considered for the future. at the moment, it isn’t anything i’m pursing, however that doesn’t mean i won’t change my mind! nursing pays the bills but idk if i’ll be able to do it forever

i think the tricky bit about it is that my brain does not like monetizing fun things. i have a couple of side hobbies that i occasionally make money from (photography, singing at weddings/funerals), but i never wanted to pursue those things professionally because i know it would make me not enjoy them as much

i will for sure check out Giovanna’s novels because i have read some original omegaverse ones before and quite enjoyed them too!💕

[lesbianreaderidk]

mha females x nb reader incorrect quotes (pt 2)

i didn't realize that this has mostly mina and kyoka with the reader-

I love writing tsu being passive aggressive

Mina, talking about Y/N: WHAT THE FUCK I WAS ARGUING WITH THEM AND I SAID “OOH YOU WANNA KISS ME SO BAD” AND GUESS WHAT? THEY DID. THEY KISSED ME. WHAT THE FUCK WHAT DO I DO.

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Y/N: My crush isn’t picking up on my hints. Momo: What hints have you given them? Y/N: Well, I think about them a lot. Y/N: And sometimes I even think about talking to them.

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Momo: Ooh, somebody has a crush Kyoka: Pfft, I don’t have a crush on Y/N I just think they’re cool, it’s not like I stay up at night thinking about them. Later that night Kyoka, very much awake: Uh oh.

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Y/N: I love you. Tsu, not paying attention: What was that? Y/N: I said I’m selling you to the zOo-

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Momo: Would you guys be there for me if I was going through something? Kyoka: Nope, absolutely not. Toga: I hope it sucks, whatever you're going through. Mina: I hope it emotionally scars you for the rest of your life. Y/N: I hope you reach out to me so I can ignore you. Tsu: I can't wait to go to your funeral, knowing I could've changed that outcome

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Mina: Dumbest scar stories, go! Toga: I burned my tongue once drinking tea. Momo: I dropped a hair dryer on my leg once and it burned. Ochako: I have a piece of graphite in my leg for accidentally stabbing myself with a pencil in the first grade. Kyoka: I was taking a cup of noodles out of the microwave and spilled it in my hand and I got a really bad burn. Y/N: This entire class has given me emotional and mental scars

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Kyoka: Just a minute. I need to go take out the trash. Y/N: Oh. We're going out? Kyoka: Wh…

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Mina, about Y/N: Can I tell them they look nice? Momo: Sure. Mina: Can I tell them I respect them? Momo: Maybe, if they ask. Mina: Should I show them an oil painting I made of us surrounded by our three cats and four dogs? Momo: … Momo: I’d save that for later.

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Ochako: How the hell did you crash the car?! Y/N: So I was just driving today, right? And my navigation told me to go straight. Y/N: I was like "woah, that's homophobic". Instead, I went gay. And, THAT'S when I got into an accident. Ochako: … Toga, with a proud smile: And THAT'S who I'm in love with, ladies and gentlemen.

Ochako: HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?

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Y/N is telling a story Kyoka: Wow, Y/N, this story has everything! Action! Adventure! Romance! Mina: Romance? Kyoka: I have a crush on them.

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Y/N: I don't know how to tell you this, but… I love you. Tsu: That's great, Y/N. Especially considering the fact we've been married for 6 fucking years.

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Shigaraki: So anyways have y'all seen Toga? Twice: I think they went in Y/N's room 'studying'. Dabi: Doubt that. I heard groans there. Meanwhile in Y/N's room Toga & Y/N, fighting:

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Y/N: Tsu and I are no longer friends. Tsu: Y/N THAT IS THE WORST WAY TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WE’RE DATING!

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Mina: angrily presses Y/N against a wall WHERE'S THE MONEY?! Y/N: … Y/N: Are we about to kiss-

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Y/N comes home absolutely drunk, undresses, and stands in Momo's bedroom. Momo: Babe, are you.. coming to bed? Y/N: No thank you, I’m sure you’re lovely but I have a girlfriend. Y/N: Lies on the ground and falls asleep Momo: …

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Tsu: Stop doing that. Y/N: Stop doing what? Tsu: Saying things that make me wanna kiss the hell out of you.

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Definitely doing more of these (if anyone wants a certain fandom I can certainly do that) :]

[waltwhitmansbeard]

Prom with Vaxleth?

26. Prom setting this in grow with the flow! buckle the FUCK UP

It starts with a social media post—Vex's, to be specific. Vax groans, his phone hovering just a few inches above his face, and Keyleth turns her head away from the business email she's been writing and rewriting for the last half hour to ask, "What is it?"

"Look." And then the phone is shoved in her face, and she's looking at—

"Is that you?"

All limbs and sharp angles, a teenage Vax in an ill-fitting tuxedo, his hair slicked back with what must be an entire container of hair gel, gives a sultry look to the camera. He's back to back with his sister, who's wearing a shimmering blue strapless gown that makes her legs look a million miles long. They each wear a snowdrop, him on his boutonniere and her on her corsage.

"Is this your prom photo?" Keyleth snatches the phone, grinning from ear to ear, to look even closer. "You two look so good!"

"We look so dorky." Vax tries to grab the phone back, but Keyleth keeps it deftly out of reach. "Apparently, today's the tenth anniversary, and Vex decided to air our dirty laundry on social media."

Keyleth scrolls down to read the comments, and since Vax is tagged, the Grow with the Flow audience is having a field day. "Oh yeah, this is fun. It's half bullying you, half asking to have a threesome with you and Vex."

"Disgusting."

Keyleth finally returns the phone. "Did you guys at least have fun?"

"Well, I hooked up with both the prom queen and the theatre teacher, so...yes."

Keyleth's jaw drops. "At the same time?"

"No." That prompts more questions than it answers, but then Vax asks, "What about you? I wanna see sexy prom photos."

She snorts. "Good luck. I didn't have a prom."

Vax sits up in bed. "For real? Why not?"

"I wasn't kidding when I said Zephrah is small. My graduating class had eleven kids in it. We just had a bonfire instead. That was the first time I successfully shotgunned a beer. There may be pictures of that somewhere!"

Vax pouts, hooking his chin on your shoulder. "So you've never gotten to dress up all pretty, make all the boys and girls go oooooh?"

"Um, well, I got a pretty nice dress for my mom's funeral."

"Oh fucking hell." Vax swings his legs out of bed and snags up his phone. He paces a line in the kitchen, dialing someone and pressing the phone to his ear.

"Who are you calling?"

"My sister. We are fixing this."

.

Honestly, Keyleth forgets about it. The podcast is really taking off, and pretty much any time not spent researching and scripting and recording and editing is spent coordinating sponsorships and doing the annoying paperwork that comes with owning a business. Vax has some project that he's working on, but he won't tell her what it is, which is fine, because she has more than enough projects on her own plate right now.

She doesn't think to question it when Vex tells her they're going shopping one weekend. Vex likes to shop—well, no. Vex likes to window-shop. Vex rarely spends actual money. Except this time, they go to a little corner boutique, one that sells gowns for weddings and galas. She doesn't know why, but Vex is insistent that she get this long-sleeved emerald green dress that hugs her curves. She tries to argue that it's a ridiculous expense, but Vex promises her they'll do a photoshoot with it for the podcast, and hey, they've been making some pretty good ad revenue these days, so she caves. It's especially hard to say no when Vex buys a dress herself, a slinky black number that makes her look like danger.

She definitely doesn't connect the dots when Vex and Pike burst in unannounced one afternoon when Vax is out, each laden with bags of makeup and hair products. Keyleth's tugged away from her editing to get dolled up, for fun, they insist. The next thing she knows, they're all dressed up, each in their own beautiful gown—Pike's poofy golden dress makes her look like the sun incarnate—and Keyleth's being shoved out the door.

She probably should have figured it out before Vex pulled her car up in front of the botanical garden, where a red carpet lined with silver and gold balloons leads inside the building, but no, it takes Vax, dressed in a sharp black suit that fits like a glove with a slim green tie that matches her dress perfectly, stepping out holding a homemade sign that reads Will you go to prom with me? that she finally fucking gets it.

Crying, she throws her arms around his neck, chastising him for keeping such a momentous secret from her, but Vex is there to scold her for ruining her hair and makeup. Her friends lead her inside, where she's shocked to find the gardens filled with people, most of whom she does not know. Vax explains that he put the call out for anyone in the city who missed out on their high school prom and wants a second chance, with all profits from ticket sales being donated to Keyleth's favorite conservation organization. Keyleth dissolves into a mess again, but Vex and Pike get her cleaned up enough for the evening to begin.

And oh, what an evening. Scanlan's band plays them through a night of dancing, drinking, and all around fun. Keyleth has never spent so much time on a dance floor in her life, but even though she takes plenty of spins with Percy and Grog and the girls, she is happy to have so many with Vax, who can go from an elegant waltz to a shockingly gymnastic twerk with a simple key change.

Some of the other prom attendees are podcast listeners, and Keyleth is so grateful to get to put faces to the numbers she spends more time than she likes to admit obsessing over. Everyone takes thousands of pictures, and she is so excited to see the #growwiththeflow hashtag come morning. The gardens are filled to the brim with people just loving life and enjoying each other's company, and Keyleth, who had never put much thought into what it meant to miss out on such an adolescent right of passage, is beyond grateful to experience this night with these people.

When the evening is winding down, and most of the revelers have either gone home or gone to another location to continue the party, Vax tugs her by the hand deeper into the gardens, far from the area set aside for the event. He boldly strides past a sign forbidding entry, saying "This is not even in the top ten most interesting places I've trespassed" when she stutters in protest.

He stops when they're surrounded by the most beautiful blossoming cherry trees Keyleth has seen since she left Zephrah. The glass ceilings of the botanical gardens let in the light of the stars above, and the entire scene is so fragrant and beautiful. "Vax...this is lovely."

"So are you." She wrinkles her nose at him, and he kisses it. "Did you have fun?"

"I don't think I've ever had so much fun in my life. I can't believe you kept this a surprise from me for so long."

"I can't believe you didn't catch on. I mean honestly, Keyleth, don't tell me I have to be the brains in this relationship, because if that's the case, we're screwed."

She punches his arm. "Jerk."

"Yeah, well, this jerk has one more surprise for you. Look over there." He points over her shoulder and she turns. She squints in the low light, but she sees nothing beyond the cherry trees except more plants.

"I don't understand, is there supposed to be—" She cuts herself off as she turns around to see Vax on one knee, a small box in hand. Her hands fly to her mouth, her eyes instantly watery.

"Keyleth, I am not a man of the gods." His voice is cracked, strained, like he's choking back tears of his own. "There is little that I have ever had faith in in this life. Until you. Until I fell in love with a girl I'd follow to the ends of the earth. Until I learned that fate did not mean that my life was a cart on a track, hurtling toward an uncertain future I couldn't avoid, but rather a certainty, a knowing that in this life, in any life, I am yours until I die and long after. And now my faith is in how much I love you, in how much I know you love me. And I may be a lovesick fool, but I have every faith that love will carry us through whatever the gods have in store for us." Keyleth is openly weeping, her breaths coming fast and sharp. "So, then, Keyleth..." He opens the ring box, revealing a pair of rings, one with a gorgeous smokey gray stone. "Will you marry me?"

She doesn't answer him, choosing instead to tackle him into a kiss that knocks him pack onto the stone pathway of the gardens. She kisses him until she can't breath, until the crying and the laughing and the hyperventilating has him sitting her upright before she passes out. Her hand trembles as he slides the rings onto her finger, and it isn't until he closes the ring box again that he pauses and asks, "Uh, wait, was that a yes?"

"Oh, you are definitely not the brains in this relationship." And she kisses her fiancé again, beneath the stars and the cherry blossoms and the eyes of the gods.

[onyourstageleft]

today has been a day

1a) woke up early as hell to be productive before work

1b) still can't shake a sinus infection so I've been snuffling and miserable through the whole day

2) worked a whole 8 hour day in the baby room at the daycare

3) got a "wanna have sex" text on my way to my car (I did want to) however...

4) get home to my partners mad as hell bc our management company had to kill the vibe and announce our lot rent raise (another $55/month starting in July) so didn't actually get to have sex

5a) started planning to move out by July of next year so we looked at places for sale out of curiosity

5b) found a place we actually really like that is feasible right now

5c) called and left a voicemail for our financial advisor about it and also called an agent and scheduled a tour of the place for tomorrow

6a) as we're discussing what questions we have about the house to ask tomorrow my MIL calls bc...

6b) my husband's aunt just passed last week and they're dealing with funeral planning but deceased aunt's kids are being shitty (stealing her stuff from the house that she lived in with my MIL to sell/pawn)

6c) so husband is talking her down from a breakdown while also telling her to report the Aunt's car stolen bc it's technically held in probate but her son with a very storied criminal past took it from the house earlier today to "keep it safe"

7a) while that call is going on my mom texts me to tell me to approve an Amazon login which (long story short) is fraudulent so

7b) I have to completely reset my Amazon account and tell Mom how to actually deal with the recurring scam charge on my grandmother's credit card

8) finally get to finish making (and eat) the slow cooker dinner I started on before work today

oh and like twice through all of this phlem gets caught in my throat so badly that I have to go to the bathroom to deal with the threat of throwing up mucus. so that's been my day

I'm ready to go to bed

[suqarbreadz]

bro the new amazing digital circus episode was SOOOO GOOODDDDDDD MANNNNNNN UGAGHAUGUAHGGHGHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

EVERYONE GO WATCH IT NEOWOWOWOWW💥💥💥

SPOILERS below the cut btw if u wanna read my rambles vvv

BROOOO THIS EPISODE?? WAS LIKE

emotional?? and im so here for it, the whole thing with pomni and gummy goo?? TEEARS. AND THE OST HIT SO HARD WHEN THEY PROPELLED OUT OV THE LIL MODEL AREA THEY WAS IN OH MY GODDDDDD I WAS JAMMING UNCE UNCE UNCEEUCNEU🎵🎵🎵🎵🎺🎺✨✨✨✨✨

did yall SEEE THE NEW PLUSHIES??? LIKE??💖💖💖💖💥💥

i kinda want the vinyl they had a while ago lowkey GOD the soundtrack is such a banger?? bro looks like this everytime they cook music for this show:

ALSO this keychain oh my godddd

THE PACKAGING AD HE LOOOOKKS LIKE AN EDIBLE GUMMY AYOO??? dude im so in love with GLITCHS merch like all their plushies, figures, stickers, keychains etc are always peak and ALWAYS LOOK SO GOOD??? LIKE MAKE THIS THE STANDARD. PLEASE. i wanna buy everything so bad cuz ik itll sell out prolly BUT OOO MY WALLET IS CRYING MANNN

anyways 💥 BACK TO THE EPISODE

the ending where they have the funeral for kufmo (im prolly spelling that wrong) WAS SO SUPER SWEET???? and pomni realizing that shed have her friends to pull her back :( :(((((((((((((((((((((((((( im gonna explode dude UGHGHGHG I ALREADY WANT EPISODE 3 AND THIS ONE JUST DROPPPED

but but BUT

quality over quantity >>> am i right lads or am i right lads

OK RANT OVERRR if yall wana yap bout it send an ask maybe just put a lil "SPOILERS FOR TADC" at the beginning or smth just in case !! anyways brb imma save up money for EVERY PLUSH AND MERCH THEY GOT UGHGHGHG (p.s. sorry if this is all over the place im just on cloud 9 rn this show is so good and we only 2 eps out LMAO)

[solquesana]

It's hard coming back here, where I spent my late teens and early 20s. There are a lot of urls and usernames that I can recognize outside of here but others that never quite made it out. I kept notifications on for them in case they posted something - or maybe if they had scheduled one for us to see. It was the last bit of hope in the corner of my head for years.

As if I don't know that people move on, or that they never got to...

I miss the art, the little whispers of extra thought in the tags, but it's like a house made of my scars. I miss everyone I've ever met. I miss my friends and even my exes despite the pain. I see beauty in so many things and I mourn.

I've spent so much of my life in grief. Why couldn't I be stronger? Why did we not work out? Why is it that digital infrastructure feels so fragile and fleeting? Why'd you have to go?

I know we're all constantly learning, I'll always be ignorant. I can accept that and learn and grow. Yet I yearn for absurd and unrealistic things. I wish I had the ability to carry the weight of the world. I'd carry all this guilt and pain and toss it away. And I'd go to my friends. I'd choose everyone else, over and over. I know I would - given the freedom and means to do so.

It reminds me of this song I hear and they sing, "I just wanna sell out my funeral, I just wanna be enough for everyone."

and it makes me think about when you told me to protect my softness, cherish it even -

but I hear him cry out in that song and I know he gets it too. I hate that it's still me who's been singing along.

I swore I'd love me more.

[grape-rpsources]

Bottoms 2023

' Tonight is the fucking night, okay? '

' We’re finally hot. '

' That made me so sad. '

' I don’t need this negative, really sad attitude. '

' You got suspenders over your nipples like a goddamn freak. '

' I think you want to be here. '

' Everyone hates us for being gay, untalented, and ugly. '

' You look like a little Dutch boy. '

' You look super religious. '

' I don’t want to say it but we’re fucked. '

' You’re attacking me and it’s giving me a migraine and it’s giving me PTSD to all the other times I’ve had migraines! '

' Okay, I might be ugly but these aren’t overalls. '

' You’re the sidekick, not me. '

' Nice try, [NAME], but my vagina belongs to the government. '

' Maybe I should buy a gun. '

' Listen, self-defense is instinctual common sense. '

' We are literally at the bottom, we’re the lowest of the low. '

' Maybe we should go before someone cool comes up? Before I die? Pick one. '

' Once a girl tried to kill me with rat poison, so I took her outside and punched her ‘til she died. '

' Punch me. Just punch me. '

' Fuck, when did you show up!? '

' Can I be honest? You’re a man who’s not coping with what’s going on. '

' Sometimes, when you have a new hobby, don’t show up. '

' That’s my favorite way to be an ally, you just say you’re doing something and then you don’t do any of those things. '

' Are you stressed? Because I’m stressed. '

' My dad left me and I’m incredibly punctual. '

' I’m gonna finally reverse-stalk my stalker. '

' Stop smiling, I’m kicking your ass. '

' You little bitch, it’s actually working. '

' I literally jack off after every single therapy session. '

' All women are hot to me. '

' I feel like I kinda killed the vibe. '

' We’re having fun, we’re selling panties. '

' You’re really, really brave. '

' I can’t answer that question ‘cause I don’t know how to read. '

' I’m getting revenge. I’m gonna fuck up some football players and I’m buying a gun. '

' Don’t get distracted ‘cause we could be fined, like, two dollars for this. '

' I really value when people use violence and raise their voices for me. It’s actually one of my love languages. '

' I don’t really see how we recover from this. '

' Well, you have no friends and a skank as a mom. '

' This doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth it. '

' I’m just concerned cause, like, your wrists are so small and the pen is so heavy. '

' You’re pathetic, [NAME]. '

' I’m not a fucking idiot, I just look like this. '

' Is this about the time I said Amelia Earheart was a fake hero? '

' Man, I knew women were evil. '

' Do you care about anyone other than yourself? '

' If you don’t wanna borrow firearms then why are you here? '

' I’m not your gay yoda, [NAME]. You’re too old for this shit. '

' Invest in yourself, teach people to fear you instead of love you. '

' I never had many friends and that’s… that’s sad. '

' How old are you? I put whiskey in that. '

' It’s bloodlust, man, that’s not the point. '

' Circle of bad vibes. '

' This is the most important day of your life. Forget your wedding, forget your funeral, fuck your bar mitzvah, this is what matters. '

' You scaring the shit out of me, boy, you alright? '

' Do the apology, instead. '

' Well, that is obviously a red flag. Are we not reading that as a red flag, that’s crazy! '

' In your fucking dreams, [NAME]. Which you don’t deserve to have. When you sleep it should be, like, total darkness. '

' Oh wait, I’m gay! '

' Is porn even real? '

' I feel like I have asthma now. '

' I do wanna say, I feel like you killed that guy. '

' The sheer amount of lies I told is… shocking. '

[yeahx10]

10 songs from my on repeat tagged by @futurelovur !

all-american bitch - olivia rodrigo

are you awake? - lauren mayberry

born to run - bruce springsteen

ivy - frank ocean

there it goes - maisie peters

cool about it - boygenius

stay away - carly rae jepsen

bubble - stayc

i just wanna sell out my funeral - the wonder years

(coffee's for closers) - fall out boy

this was hard to pick actually. but fun! tagging @satellitemp4 @sureasthesea @boygenesis @timehascomeagain @justinefrischmanngf and anybody else who wants to do it

[belit0]

This is what I’m talking about.

My Chemical Romance- Kill All Your Friends/Itachi

It’s the “you can sleep in a coffin but the past ain’t through with you” line that got me. Poor guy.

Okay but the fact i fucking love how this turned out, fr.

I think it's kind of obvious i have a special type of love for crazy Akatuski! Shisui, but yeah, I just love inserting him everywhere when it comes to Itachi🤣❤️‍🩹

ALSO THIS IS SUCH A GOOD SONG FOR HIM¿¿¿ LOL

He died.

Itachi watched him fall, listened to his words, tried to stop him, felt the water at the end of the cliff fly in all directions as his best friend's body finally hit the surface. He spent days, years, mourning his death, thinking of a million ways he could have prevented it and drowning in sorrow, pain.

Hell, he even got the fucking Mangekyō for it.

"Well, you can hide a lot about yourself, but honey, what are you gonna do?" Shisui, the other half of his soul, his person in the world, the death he grieved for so long, towers over him. He speaks with a smile and a bandaged eye, wearing a unique black robe with red clouds.

The place is dark, without much vision or resources to guide him towards understanding, but his eyes do not detach from that marvelous figure he misses so much. Itachi is always ready for ambushes, any surprise attack, but he remembers thinking about how the person who took him knew every move, every skill he could use against him.

Nothing makes sense, and it is that very reason that led him to let his guard down. His best friend was always superior, his master in many ways, having the facility to catch him off guard.

If there is someone who can break through all his barriers without alerting his senses, it is the one Uchiha who teached him everything he knows.

"And you can sleep in a coffin, but the past ain't through with you." He approaches, crouching down in front of his face and moving the hair that rains in his eyes. He treats him as gently as ever, as if nothing had happened, as if he hadn't jumped into that river years ago.

"We are all a bunch of liars, tell me, baby, who do you wanna be?" What happened in between? How did he survive it? The resolve he had when he let himself fall is something Itachi's mind never managed to forget, the guilt he always felt for finding himself unable to stop it, Shisui standing firm in his conviction to die.

How could that be? How did he get his other eye back?

How is he alive?

"And we are all about to sell it, 'cause it's tragic with a capital T, but let it be." He stands again, and doesn't bother to untie the rope that restrains every part of his body. Shisui knows him from head to toe, knows how to stop him, knows how to contain his power and prevent him from being able to fight.

After all, he's been his companion for longer than they could ever remember.

"We all wanna party when the funeral ends, and we all get together when we bury our friends." Sinking in shock and confused surprise at seeing him alive, the Uchiha never imagined he would find himself in such a situation. No one expects the person you love to commit suicide in front of you and then come back as if nothing, unhinged but oh so beautiful as always, to kidnap you.

"It's been eight bitter years since I've been seeing your face... and now you're walking away." Is all he manages to reply in his stupor, tearing words from his mind as if he had forgotten how to speak, forcing himself to remember the ninja he is.

Shisui's image, seeing him again, wipes any trace of power from his mind, feeling like a wet puppy in front of an evil owner. He can't understand, and doesn't think he can get answers from the one who was once his best friend.

Nor can he afford to stand still.

Shisui seems intent on leaving him there, restrained, and disappearing to who knows where. With no information on him, he could be surprised by anyone in this vulnerable situation, with no possibility of defense. He has to get free, not let him walk away from him, appeal to what little is left of his best friend.

He has to forget his feelings, emotions, act like a rational ninja, the tool of death and destruction he always knew to be. His hands are tied, his arms and legs too, ankles, but he must find a way to break free.

"I will die in this place, Shisui." He knows better, and that whatever the other Uchiha is planning clearly doesn't involve killing him, but he needs to summon whatever shred of conscience is still in his mind, try to get to the Shisui he always knew, who taught him how to live.

If it is through manipulation and lies, so be it.

"Sometimes you scrape and sink so low, I'm shocked at what you're capable of, Itachi. I've been watching you, seeing how you move, how you handle yourself with your missions and with people, you can be truly nasty you know?" He wears a lopsided grin on his face, mischief mixed with madness, and the Uchiha he misses and remembers would never say things like that. It's as if all the light he once had has vanished, lost among whatever happened to him after he fell into the river.

He is not the same Shisui he loved.

"And if this is a reunion, I ain't feeling the love, darling! What happened to my little Tachi, hm? I thought you'd greet me with a kiss and a hug!" Each statement is more incoherent than the last, without following a clear train of thought. He laughs like a maniac and paces from side to side in the dark place, as if deciding what to do with himself.

From the ground, Itachi can only watch.

"We are all a bunch of animals that never paid attention in school, so, tell me all about your problems." He refocuses his gaze on him, and walks over until he sits cross-legged in front of his bound body, like a small child waiting to be told a good story. He props both elbows on his knees, using his hands to support his chin and look down at him with a strange smile.

Itachi doesn't answer, unable to channel his ninja instincts and act as if this was just any enemy, too many feelings in the middle to be rational. "You're not going to tell me? Well! Let's pretend you asked me, so I'd answer with 'I was killing before killing was cool!"

He laughs wildly again, holding his belly and leaning back, unrestrained. What happened to him after he fell? What event screwed up his head so much to become... this? Such a pure being of light, full of kindness and love, totally corrupted by... what?

"And now you should answer with "you're so cool, you're so cool, so cool"! You make me sound crazy, bro, talking to myself and all that shit."

He wants to cry, curse, punch something and kill someone all at the same time, but his body continues to be paralyzed not only by that rope, but by emotions. What is happening is inexplicable, too strong to comprehend, and his best friend is no longer who he was.

"Shisui... please..."

"You'll never take me alive, Tachi." In a moment of infinite clarity and harmony, the Uchiha speaks again as before he fell into the river, as if those years had not passed and he was still the same as always. He even gives him a sweet little smile, the kind he always used to give when he spoke.

For a strange moment, his Shisui reappears on the scene, complete and intact, without any sign of insanity or mental instability. It's as extraordinary as it is deranged, but Itachi is under the illusion that it's an effort his best friend is making as a way of saying "hello, old friend, it's been many years."

"Do what it takes to survive, 'cause I'm still here..." Now he seems to be talking to himself again, looking at the ground and concentrating on his own voice. He stands up and walks quickly, determined to get out of that place and leave him there without any kind of explanation, moving farther and farther away.

In the echo of those dark walls, Itachi can hear a "You'll never get me, you'll never take me, you'll never get me alive" as his captor disappears without caring about what happens to him.

"You're walking away, and I will drown in the fear." He replies as if he might hear it, sinking into the panic growing in his chest and thinking that this must be how civilians who get caught up in ninja conflicts must feel.

The greatest display of the terrible power Shisui has over him, making him feel like a helpless child and the luckiest man in the world, all at the same time.

[thewizardlywyrm]

Found out yesterday that the company I work for is giving department leads big bonuses depending on how much each store made/how well we scored, etc. I am a lead. My department, along with two others, was excluded from this.

Meanwhile, they just cut hours for non-leads again.

For context, I have been prepping for months for, and am about to enter, one of two of the most gruelling holidays for my line of work. We are projected to make not just my store, but my company, a massive fucking amount of money.

My hours have been so cut at my store that it's been me and one other person ( who works twice a week in my dept so I can have days off and works a different dept the rest of the week ) for three years. Three years of running a department solo under horrific conditions, keeping up in sales with the highest selling stores despite all of that.

And they gathered us in a room yesterday to tell us that everyone else would be getting extra money. All the people who get teams, and vacations, and higher pay.

And those of us who struggle with literally one other person twice a week? Who make sure funerals and weddings happen despite everything? Fucking. Nothing.

The people who work the hardest, under the leaders? Hours cut.

I'm so fucking mad right now but not sure what steps I could take. I need this job very badly as I'm not only supporting myself but a friend in crisis.

If anyone knows of a firing-free way to raise concerns and maybe get others in the company to raise a fuss for the lower rung workers, I'd be really grateful. Just wanna see and make some fucking change. I haven't gone through hell for six years to just uproot and go somewhere else that'll likely be the same. I want to make lasting change.

[mustardflavoredbear]

I used an incorrect promt generator, so take my silly because my ass has not been drawing. I've only been crocheting

Teddy : Is something burning?

Double Trouble , leaning seductively on the counter: Just my desire for you.

Teddy : Double Trouble , the toaster is literally on fire.

Teddy : I love you.

Double Trouble , not paying attention: What was that?

Teddy : I said I’m selling you to the zOo-

Double Trouble : Sorry I’m late, I was doing things.

Teddy : Hi, I’m ‘things’.

Double Trouble : Wow, they really hate us.

Teddy : Yes, perhaps they’re homophobic.

Double Trouble : But we’re not gay, Teddy .

Teddy :

Double Trouble :

Teddy : We’re not?

Teddy : I feel like doing something stupid.

Double Trouble : I’m stupid, do me.

Teddy : How do I tell Double Trouble that I want them to yell at me like they're Gordon Ramsay and I'm a poor little chef who just ruined his crème brûlée?

(This could go both ways)

Double Trouble : So you like cats?

Teddy : Yeah.

Double Trouble : *tries to impress them by slowly pushing a glass off the table*

Double Trouble , to Teddy : We had a date!

Double Trouble : *aggressively points to Hello Kitty Coloring Book*

Double Trouble : Look at me straight in the eyes and tell me the truth, Teddy !

Teddy : You can’t expect me to look into your eyes and be straight.

Double Trouble : So... what would you do if you were in bed with me?

Teddy : Depends. Is your bed comfortable?

Double Trouble : Yes.

Teddy : I'd sleep.

Double Trouble : Talk dirty to me, baby~

Teddy : The dishes.

Double Trouble : Wh-

Teddy : They’ve been there for 4 days and it’s your turn to wash them. You still haven’t cleaned them and I have asked you to do so several times.

Double Trouble : Hey, I’m getting in the shower. Wanna help me out?

Teddy : ...Have you never taken a shower before?

Teddy : How do tall people people possibly sleep at night when the blanket can't possibly cover you?

Double Trouble : Teddy , it's four o'clock in the morning.

Teddy : So, you can't sleep, huh? Is it because of the blanket?

Double Trouble : Did you hear glimmer got ligma?

Teddy : Who's glimmer?

Double Trouble : Ligma balls.

Teddy , at Double Trouble 's funeral: I need a moment with them.

Everyone: Of course. *They leave*

Teddy , leaning over Double Trouble ′s coffin: Okay, listen here, you little shit. I know you’re not dead.

Double Trouble : Yeah, no shit.

Teddy : Wow, Double Trouble , you want to hold my hand before marriage? How awfully lewd of you.

Double Trouble : We literally had s e x yesterday.

Teddy : That's NOTHING compared to the lewdness of holding hands.

Double Trouble : I like your new shorts!

Teddy : Thanks, they were 50% off!

Double Trouble : I’d like them better if they were 100% off. *winks*

Teddy : The store can’t just give away clothes for free.

Double Trouble : Thats’s… not what I meant.

Teddy : That’s a terrible way to run a business, Double Trouble .

Teddy : This date is boring!

Double Trouble : This isnt a date. I said I was going to the store.

Teddy : Then why did you invite me?

Double Trouble : I didnt, I specifically said "dont come with me" then you said " fuck you Double Trouble I'll do whatever I want!

Teddy : Why does my arm shake and turn bright red when I’m eating dirt?

Double Trouble :

Double Trouble : Why are you eating dirt?

Teddy : Did I ask you if I should eat dirt? No, so answer my question.

Double Trouble : I wasn’t that drunk.

Teddy : You colored my face with a highlighter because you said I was important.

Double Trouble : BECAUSE YOU ARE!

Teddy : You smell so good.

Double Trouble : So lick me, then.

Teddy : Huh?

Double Trouble : Huh?

Double Trouble , texting Teddy drunk: There's a fucking oul outside.

Double Trouble : Ouwl.

Double Trouble : Owul.

Double Trouble : Houl.

Double Trouble : Oul.

Double Trouble : How the fuck do you spell it...?

Double Trouble : Hoot hoot.

Double Trouble : There's a hooter outside my window.

Teddy : Wait, so how big are you though?

Double Trouble : Uhh, 6'3-ish?

Teddy : No, I mean like in bed. How big are you?

Double Trouble : Still 6'3? Just... Sideways…?

[mccek]

Oh, we all wanna know.

Where'd the American dream go?

Did you give up and go home?

Am I here alone?

Oh, when the credits roll,

I'll watch as the screen glows

The moments when I choked, all the fears that I've outgrown.

At least I hope so.

I was just happy to be a contender.

I was just aching for anything.

And I used to have such steady hands

But now I can't keep 'em from shaking.

TuesRock pt.19 (2)

[aqueeracademic]

morse being queer (and other commentary) pt 12:

season 3, episode 4, “Coda”:

- opening with a funeral

- how very camp

- morse taking his lil test 🥰

- morse is such a know it all im obsessed with him

- “only in oxford”

- last time i checked there’s porn everywhere babe

- thursday insinuating they’re gay just to piss them off is so….

- i guess we can’t all be perfect

- also strange is so casually badass i’m fully obsessed with him

- the coughing thing is so embarrassing 😐

- debryn thinking morse is talking about nature studies when he says “stag films”

- he’s so 🥺🥺

- debryn always gives morse a well needed reality check and i respect him sm for it

- i, too, would stare at morse for an entire concert if the opportunity presented itself

- “come and see me”

- morse’s face immediately looks panicked and blushy he’s so embarrassing 🙄

- sam leaving 😭😭😭🔫🔫🔫

- morse is always so flabbergasted by how thursday does business

- “i was frightened for the most part.” “of what?” “of being found out. being found wanting.”

- that’s gay! in case you were confused. it’s gay

- this professor is so weird 😐

- i don’t like him at all! and i don’t like that hes using morse’s previous trauma to guilt him into investigating his wife

- thursday getting suspended for police brutality is… not something i can be all that upset about

- like sucks but 🤷‍♀️

- that’s how it goes

- he needs to rest his cough anyway tbh

- trewlove is SO CUTE I AM OBSESSED

- morse awkwardly whipping out the word bird to really trick the bingo guy into talking to him is so funny to me

- he’s like “the uh… 🤢 b-bird.”

- take a BREATH morse

- i refuse to believe that “spotted dick” is a real thing in the UK

- y’all gotta know how that sounds

- morse is so terrible with women i hate him 😀

- “a fellow must have the latest this or that to impress the ladies” and morse being like 😬

- it’s so gay

- joan being like “you’re right, it’s not your place to say.” and then morse being like 😮 is real!

- “let it go, for your own good.” “that’s rich, coming from you.”

- i HATE THIS DAMN PROFESSOR

- people don’t ever let morse just suffer in peace

- i just spilled water all over myself and missed his entire conversation w that other professor but i’m not gonna rewind we r just gonna live w it

- strange is… getting gradually less cool the longer the show goes on

- like i need him to calm down.

- i know he’s above morse now but he is so like… determined to be perceived as above him it’s uncomfortable

- and beating someone up RIGHT AFTER thursday gets suspended???? let’s get it together

- thursday is incapable of taking critique from morse and i don’t understand why

- he’s RIGHT and you should listen to him

- “morse? people will say we’re in love.”

- that professor is so fucking funny

- also clocked morse as a lil 💅 right away

- bank robbery is so crazy

- not all the main characters being directly affected!!

- bright moves SO DAMN QUICK when strange comes in i love him

- HOLY SHIT

- trewlove’s partner getting shot is so crazy to me she cannot catch a break

- morse is a lot braver than people give him credit for

- he straight up called an ARMED ROBBER stupid without hesitation

- i love him

- morse casually solving an entirely separate case during the robbery is wild

- trewlove 🥺🥺🥺

- winnie 🥺🥺🥺

- bright keeping that gun is something that can be so personal

- this guy is a FUCKING snitch

- a snitch.

- and i can’t stand him!

- debryn pulling up fully prepared to tend to bodies is so sick.

- joan is a RIDE OR DIE TYPE BITCH

- ok he didn’t deserve to die just for snitching but like…. the line “i don’t like liars but i hate a grass” is SO ICONIC

- joan’s reaction to the leader telling his little crony to put morse down is wild

- the way she closes her eyes 🫤🫤🫤

- final straw!

- lowkey thursdays voice….

- just kidding!

- no i’m not.

- coughing up a bullet?

- thursday is the coldest man alive.

- the way my MOM JUST SAID “yeah, you wanna be a hero by selling somebody else out. asshole. he’s a coward.”

- she gets it!

- strange is a ride or die ass bitch and i respect that even if i don’t like him rn

- morse holding joan when the guy blows the lock off 🫤🫤🫤

- i love them

- i don’t ship it!

- but i love them

- “the chambers empty! and he’s too stupid to count to six!”

- morse is so………..

- thursday needs to get his act together 😐

- like u fr gonna murder someone in front of ur daughter??

- THERE WAS A BULLET LEFT??????

- i hate morse

- hes so self sacrificing

- no way he j goes back to his job after all that

- he’s so filled with fear all the time i just need him to breathe

- “love, morse. imagine that.”

- he’s so disrespectful i hate him

- oh my god morse is so fine

- he has NO BUSINESS sitting in that chair like that

- morse realizing he loves her is something that makes me so violent

- i hate him

- i mean i have never related to a fictional character more in my life

- but i hate him

- this MAROON PULL OVER

- he knows he looks good

- “just give it a chance” = “just give me a chance”

- “you mean the world to them. you mean the world…”

- and then being UNABLE TO SAY IT??????????? i’m so fucking sick

- her reaching up to hold his face and him feeling a little hopeful only for it to be her checking his wound

- listen:

- i talk all day about morse being queer and how much he likes men and how he should end up with a man but like

- joan is the second person this SEASON to leave him

- the second person he loves who leaves him in the span of a few months

- he lost jakes in the spring and joan in the fall and he’s all alone for winter 🫤

- so whatever i think about his sexuality isn’t important because either way he KEEPS getting left alone by people he loves and, not only is it important to his character, it fucking HURTS

- and i love him.