Early June, 1986. Having It All.
After a long day at work, Hyde kicks off his boots.
Becca is dozing away, and Jackie is getting ready for bed, he knows that much. Jackie does her show right after the crack of dawn, and he heads out right after she gets back at around ten.
"No PR today, doll?"
"Thank God, no." She slips off her heels with relative ease, running her fingers through her loosely permed locks. "But I got another call from Donna about the interview with that Ukrainian guy. You know, the guy who just moved in across from Vic and Maura."
"You mean the guy who lived in Chernobyl?" Jackie nods, and Hyde awkwardly clears his throat. "At least he got the hell out."
After giving him some updates, some welcome and some long-winded and generally unwanted, he shuffles out to a fucking slow rat race. Chilling out at Grooves, tolerating whatever new shit the mainstream music machine has to offer. That bubblegum pop Jackie loves, and worst of all? Hair metal. Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, all that shit.
"Yeah, I learned today that Becca hates Motley Crue." Hyde adds, "She screams at the top of her freakin lungs."
"Good for her." Jackie nods in agreement, with a jovial laugh. "She loves Blondie."
He adds a notable caveat. "And Zeppelin."
But this evening, Jackie rushes into the living room, and Becca is in her mother's arms. In a little Zeppelin shirt, gazing at him with her bright blue eyes.
Jackie kisses his cheek, leaving a red lipstick stain, and Becca clings onto his neck, refusing to let go.
"I can't get her to go to sleep." Jackie dramatically sighs, running her fingers through her loosely permed locks. "She's a night owl, just like you."
"She likes white noise, just like you. Or just noise." Hyde blows a raspberry, and Becca giggles. "Think I should turn on some Zeppelin? Stairway to Heaven?"
"I think you mean Blondie," Jackie competitively proclaims, "Zeppelin won't get her to sleep."
"Neither will Blondie."
"How about Peter Frampton's guitar solo?" Jackie suggests, only half joking, "But really, she likes your voice."
Sensing her cue, he takes a squirmy Becca from Jackie's arms. Becca quickly settles, like a handprint in cement. "I think it's time for bed, kiddo."
Her blue eyes go wide, as her clammy hand awkwardly collides with his face. "Da da."
He smirks, only vaguely attempting to hide his elation. "Did she just say..."
"She did." Jackie interrupts, and Becca rubs her eyes. "I think she's tired."
But Hyde is nearly gobsmacked. "You're not gonna ramble on and on about her saying Da Da first?"
"Oh, I will," Jackie exclaims, kissing his cheek, "Later."
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I've seen the last '"g-d made you perfect" that I can handle, and it's led me to a realization about how I think of g-d.
I don't think we were made perfect. We were made human. And, if I'm honest, the only perfection in my mind is g-d, and that sense of perfection is what differentiates humans from g-d. If humans were as perfectly-made as g-d, I for one wouldn't see the point in following, believing, trusting, caring for, or loving g-d.
I guess for me, I see the ways in which humans alter the Way We Were Created that I really don't think it's right to speculate as to if there's a limit to altering our abilities or bodies. For instance, as a trans person, I've definitely been inundated with this idea that because g-d made my body "perfect" that I shouldn't alter it ever, but isn't that a dangerous precedent? Is it really so, that our bodies are magically made perfect, as g-d that to even tamper with the idea of change would be the same as cursing g-d? I really don't think that's compelling.
I love thinking about just how much g-d is placed into people, but I don't think it warrants restricting the ability to learn, create, grow, or change. Thank g-d that He created the ability to change!
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Sketch dump! I havent done one of those in a while. These are all from June-July while I was on vacation.
First we have Layal! The delightful Mother of Monsters, aka the Ghost Zone’s most evil mama bear AND my take on a fem!danyal dan! I like to imagine she could pummel Dan into the ground, but that stands true for any and all of my au Dans. Bc i am INCREDIBLY biased.
She mostly lives on her island in the Ghost Zone, taking in monsters of the Infinite Realms of all kind and raising them as her own. Surprisingly enough, she does genuinely love her children. That’s about where her love ends. She stole the minotaur, his name is Asterion.
Then we have Daini-Yel! He’s from an au i’ve never actually talked about on here. He’s literally just Danny for an Epic!-inspired au. He's an unknown entity in the newly released open-adventure, odyssesy-inspired game "Nautilus", and he is not a part of the game's code :). He showed up three months after the game's initial launch, and was discovered during a live when a streamer was on their way to fight a boss much similar to Circe and the streamer accidentally took a detour and found his pathway (of which did not previously exist).
He's very friendly! And offers you, the Captain, a strange liquid with even stranger powers called "Ektolai", in order to help you fight Circe. His whole vibe and creation is literally just the song "Wouldn't You Like" from Epic. If you run into him enough times at the start of the game, you can convince him to join you on your adventure as part of the crew. He's a powerful ally and a very good friend, despite his strange awareness of the world around him...
Oh, but be warned... just like the rest of your companions, your actions have consequences and what you do affects their opinion of you. Daini is no different! Your close allies can quickly become enemies.
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