how do mafia Svet and Mickey meet? are they instant bestie worsties or does it take some time for them to grow on each other? does Svet interact with any of the Gallaghers or just Mickey? (I also need you to know that firefighter Debbie is INSPIRED and I adore it.) how do Mickey and Ian end up getting together—is it a meet cute, a meet ugly, or maybe it's through Mandy somehow? and speaking of, how does Mandy fit into this au? (I love this whole au concept and I hope you don't mind me asking all the questions!)
okay okay. much to think about. i do not mind all the questions in fact i love them im so happy that this au has resonated with people!! i have a lot of thoughts so forgive me for the long post.
svet and mickey met in their late teens (she's like 19, he's about 17) i think. she was living off survival sex work, much like in the show; the person she worked for directly was operating under terry. mickey came in at some point to collect dues and while he was there an argument started up between svet and her client. he got in the middle of it, both for money's sake and because it's shitty to act like that, but the fact that she was willing to take on this 6'3" dude impressed mickey. the fact that she chewed him out for scaring away her client pissed him off, but the whole event was a foundation of rapport between them. every week when he came in for terry's fistfuls of cash, they would chat, and it developed into proper frenemy-ship. for both of them, it was nice to have a confidante as well as someone who was willing to call them out on their bullshit. the rest is history basically.
as far as their interactions with the gallaghers: fiona actually sees very little of either of them. she spends more time around colin, who's in charge of the gambling ring. mickey and svet are an implied presence. post-college loan, it's svet who sees lip and carl a lot - she's way less likely to outright threaten a cop when they come knocking, so everyone (gallaghers and milkoviches alike) tries to make sure she's the spokesperson. debbie doesn't have a ton of contact with them, but when she does, it's mickey, hightailing it away from burning buildings or cars or barrels. she keeps her mouth shut.
and of course, ian.
well, okay, let's start with mandy actually. i mentioned confidence tricks in the other post - this is mandy's jam. romance scammer of epic proportions. catfish, yeah, but also blackmailer and high-end pickpocket (think that robbery mickey and ian pulled in s4, but often subtler). the long-con stuff didn't start until she was old enough to pass for 20s, but she swiped her first wallet when she was 12 and has been living for it since then.
her first meeting with ian is very much like what happens in canon: she flirts with him in school, takes it a little too far, and he brushes her off. he comes out to her pretty much immediately, though, and they resolve to remain friends. around winter break that year, when ian is 15 or 16, the gallaghers hit a rough patch - this is before anyone has steady jobs, and a strike by hurricane monica leaves them barely scraping by. so mandy offers to talk to her brothers about finding work for ian. this is how, five years before he's allowed to drink, he ends up bartending at a mafia front.
ian and mickey are, by gallavich nature, deeply messy for a very long time. their first time is a late night at the bar; it’s nearing the end of the night, things are starting to clear out, but mickey is hanging around and he's being a dick. he's rowdy, loud, angry about something and mouthing off to just about everyone, ian very much included. ian's fed up with it - tells him to shut the fuck up, get the fuck out, or if mickey's really that pissed, give him an hour to close down and they can hash it out. so mickey shuts up and waits. as soon as everyone else is gone, mickey is swinging; it’s a pretty evenly matched fight, but ian gets pinned to the wall. there's a couple seconds of charged eye contact......... and then mickey's fumbling with the button on his pants and ian's shirt is off and okay, fuck, they're doing this.
their fuckbuddy era lasts until ian quits to go to emt school - they go a couple years without contact, but things do pick back up. but that deserves its own post.
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Mother and daughter have very different reactions to something...
This is actually a follow up picture to an art piece I actually haven't started yet. 😅
That's how art works, right? Well stay tuned for what this is in response for later. I think it will be worth it. 😉
What do you think Bellafrancesca and Mandy are reacting to? 🤔
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Movie recomendations amanda!! Pleaseee
I don't have much of a chance to watch movies nowadays, but I like horrors. Terrifier's good, realistic gore and I like how unpredictable it is. I Spit On Your Grave is good, cathartic, if you skip over the rape scenes. I always do. I prefer watching a man get a shotgun shoved up his ass. Slashers are good too, I like the first and second Scream movie, but they got old pretty fast. As a kid, I liked Alice In Wonderland, the animated one, it was pretty funny; a nice escape from reality. Watched Midsommar a few months back, that was pretty weird but also cathartic. Main character found a home, as fucked up as it is, and I relate.
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did these back in june to prep for artfight and forgot to share! >:D
Image ID: Four pages of colored sketches depicting different characters in various outfits! Images share the text "Alt Outfits" and "*All clothing colors can be changed or shifted, and the clothing pieces can be swapped with eachother! Or put em in other outfits idc."
Characters depicted are as follows:
Top Left: Cinnamon, a short pink-red cyclops with four arms and horns, whose outfits vary from casual (t-shirts, flannels, swimtrunks, winter gear) to formal (sparkly vest, dress shirt with suspenders). Colors are purple, yellow, red/pink, or black!
Top Right: Mandy, an orange cyclops with freckles and curly hair with a generally casual style in blues and oranges. Features a work outfit, two formal outfits (dress and suit), and two seasonal outfits for autumn or summer!
Bottom Left: Butterscotch, a lanky teal/blue cyclops with butterfly ears and black curly hair. She has casual, loose-fitting clothes (patterned shirts, loose pants) in muted colors. She has one outfit with a sparkly green jacket and matching eyeshadow!
Bottom Right: Marshal, a white-furred cyclops with blue eyes and dyed hairtips. Leans heavily casual with a lot of long sleeves/pant legs. Includes a hoodie, leather jacket, blue flannel, and a t-shirt. Generally purple with hints of orange, pink, and cyan.
End ID.
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