#i love me a nerdy alt boy

[stardustsirenmelody]

STOOOOOP OMG 😍 He's the cutest nerd ever.

[somethingswift19]

Alt+Nerd= <3 Pope x (f) reader

| Warnings:

| Summary: The bubbly alt girl falls for Pope, the nerdy and serious guy.

| (a/n): I had a good reaction to the alt reader x obx so I wanted to continue that a little bit :) I'm so tired so if this is awful I apologize but I had fun writing it so that's really what counts right? Not proof read.

Leaning up against the lockers you watched as the whole pouge friend group walked past, sighing to yourself. Since freshman year you had had a thing for the smart one, Pope. He was so cute and serious and when he got all serious it made him even cuter and more adorable in your eyes. He was misunderstood and looked over a lot for John B and JJ. And even when he wasn't being looked over, he rarely noticed when girls hit on him. Green flags tbh.

But this brings you back to today...as you watched them all walk passed you knew you were probably not his type considering he was dating Kiara but a girl can dream. You had your black and blue hair straightened and pulled back into pigtails, neon green glasses, black cropped hoodie, skinny jeans, and orange nike airs on. "Hey! You ready for class?" your best friends voice snapped you out of your trance.

"Oh yeah, sorry," you shook your head and smiled before grabbing your bag and walking to AP biology. Tapping your pen on the desk, you day dreamed as the teacher went over the previous test. This was your favorite class but today you were just distracted. Before you knew it, the bell rang and you realized you hadn't taken a single note. Shit you thought. But that's when you had the idea... "Hey Pope!" you yelled after the boy as you ran to catch up to him.

"Uh...hi?" he looked at you confused. Honestly fair considering you have had probably two conversations with him in total. "What's up?"

"Oh, well...I kinda have a problem," you began. "Is there anyway you can go over the science notes from today with me? I didn't quite get all of it." Correction, I was staring at you like a total stalker for the entire class and wasn't paying any attention.

"Oh uh, yeah sure. Meet me at lunch and I'll give you my notes," Pope said as you nodded.

"Lucky I have the smartest guy in school in my class!" you responded cheerfully.

"Well technically Thomas Jennings is the number 1 in our class so he would be the smartest. I'm probably top five-" he rambled on before you cut him off.

"Pope," you stated. "Take the compliment and go with it. A cute girl is calling you smart."

As lunch rolled around, you met up with him and you copied down his notes from the day. "I like your glasses by the way." This snapped you out of you concentration.

"I'm sorry?" you asked not quite processing.

"Your glasses," he smiled. "They're cool. I like them."

"Oh," blushing hard core, you smiled. "Thank you!"

"Sorry if this is weird," he started, scratching the back of his neck. "You remind me of someone."

"Yeah? And who might that be?" you put your pen down and smiled. You were in the conversation now. Can't take this for granted.

"Abbey from NCIS," this time he came across as shy.

"Wait, no way! Thank you so much! I've always loved her and Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds. I think that's where my style comes from. But Oh my God Thank you!" you knew you were rambling but fuck it. "Wait you watch NCIS?"

"Oh yeah, I love that show," Pope chuckled at your enthusiasm. "I always wanted to be like Duckie. I want to be a coroner."

"That's so dope," you smiled. "I want to go into forensics."

"That's not people's usual reaction to that," he stated.

You could stare into his eyes all day, good God, "Hey, we should meet up at the wreck after school. I mean if you want."

"Yeah! My friends and I were already planning on meeting up there later," he started. "You can come with us."

"Ok! I would love that!," this time it was your turn to chuckle. "Maybe after we can have some alone time? Just the two of us?"

"Wait...what?" the quizzical look he had on his face was adorable.

"Here," you said grabbing his arm and writing your number down. "I've been flirting with you for the past half hour for the record." You winked at him and started grabbing your things.

"I-I'll text you," he called after you and JJ looked over at him giving him a thumbs up. You knew he was watching you leave as you walked out of the cafeteria.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Time Skip After Shool~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As soon as you got home, you got ready to meet up with the pouges and considering this was the first time, and you were hanging out with pope, you had to look decent. Deciding on ripped black skinny jeans and a blue halter top with David Bowie vans high tops, you threw your hair into a half up half down bun and put on some lashes. Your green glasses still adorning your face. Dabbing on some lip gloss, you took one final look at yourself in the mirror before heading out.

Pope's friends were really nice and very chill honestly! Kiara was standoffish at first but quickly warmed up. And you learned Sarah Cameron was nothing like you expected! "So Ms. (Y/n)," JJ exclaimed throwing his arm over your shoulder. "Pope has told us a lot about you." Pope was signaling for him to shut the fuck up but that's not what JJ does.

"Has he now?" you giggled looking over at him.

"I wouldn't say a alot..." Pope was trying to hide his face now.

"Really?" JJ began. "So she isn't the cool, colored hair girl who is the only person who is better in science than you?"

"And she isn't the sweet and talkative girl who reminds you of...what's that show again?" Kiara chimed in laughing and using hand motions.

"Ok, ok, leave him alone," John B very kindly said. "And the show is NCIS."

"That's right!" everyone exclaimed at once embarrassing him and making you laugh and look at him sweetly.

"So exactly how smart are you to be better at Pope in something?" Sarah asked putting a french fry in her mouth.

"Oh, um," you were blushing now from the attention. "I'm just freakishly good at science. He's still smarter than I am." He smiled and shook his head at you. After a couple hours the two of you snuck off, but not without whistles from the others. Walking down to the shoreline, having your feet touch the water as you looked at the shells and things washing up. "Thank you for inviting me to hang out with you and your friends."

"Oh, it's no problem," he stated. "Thanks for writing your number on my arm. JJ was proud." This caused you to chuckle a little bit.

"Earlier you said I wasn't what you expected," you said softly. "You aren't what I expected either."

This time his facial expression was nervous as he snapped his head to look at you, "In a good way or a bad way?"

Smiling widely up at him, "In the best way."

"(Y/n)?"

"Pope?"

"Do I have permission to kiss you?" he asked slightly awkwardly.

"Always," you responded sweetly. As your lips met, it was everything you had dreamed of. His hand came to rest on your face gently as he pulled you in closer causing you to throw your arms around his neck. The nerdy guy kissing the goth girl in the moonlight? How many cliches can you guys check off at once? But none the less, this was the perfect night.

[cloudyskiiees]

tdi world tour swap au, but it swaps everybody! :)

(i had this idea a few months ago so im posting it here for the giggles!)

the swaps!

chris and chef

noah and alejandro

heather and sierra

owen and izzy

zeke and dj

bridgette and harold

gwen and cody

lindsay and tyler

duncan and courtney

lashawna is swapped with justin (he is still not in the season!)

i wanna see lashawna and noah hatred. i wanna see lashawna angry that another competitor who uses their looks to sway others appears. give it to me. lashawna who wins all the boys over with her flirty charm, and impresses all the girls with her witty banter and leadership skills.

give me brooding alejandro who is best friends with resident goofball izzy. alejandro desperately wants to hate her, she’s so loud and clingy, but she’s also so genuine it’s hard not to like her! he’s been stuck with her since she helped drag him through the first few challenges in season one!

also noah absolutely despising izzy is rlly funny to me. she constantly calls him “nono” and he wants to strangle her everytime! (he secretly likes her bc he’s still noah, but that also means he’s much more vocal about his annoyances with everyone)

owen is. batshit insane. that’s about all to be said about him. gives constant stories about growing up in a lab and that’s how he can eat almost anything, claims the government is after him. most people believe him.

give me harold whose still incredibly nerdy and smart, but with incredible aura. everyone loves hearing about all the different camps he’s been to, it explains how cool he is! give me weird off putting bridgette that’s constantly infodumping about the ocean and animals. i love her.

PATHETIC DOWN BAD GWEN vs angsty punk cody. oh lord i want pathetic gwen and punk cody. gwen is a silly music prep and cody is an alt heartthrob. help me.

JOCK LINDSAYYYY <3 give me lindsay who is incredible at softball. give me tyler who’s an incredible fashionista. fashion boy x jock girl and they’re both idiots MMM YES

duncan and courtney is a relatively common one but i love them nonetheless!!! delinquent courtney… purple streaks in her choppy hair, constantly breaking the rules of the game. strict class president duncan, who constantly has to keep court from attacking everyone!!!!

i love the concept of zeke being more of a gentle character who adores animals and has terrible anxiety, it feels fitting! give me freak dj. allow the boy to go feral. i wanna see him be a little nuts he deserves it!

give me super tdi obsessed heather, who barely cares about winning. give me bitch sierra, who still knows everything about everyone, but plays a perfect villain because of it. her and noah would actually want to murder each other the whole season!

and chris and chef ofc… give me snarky and witty chef, who takes delight in everyone’s torture. give me chris who reluctantly cooks for the bratty kids, constantly yelling at them and grumbling about being too good for his job. they’re obviously in love.

anyways the possibilities with such a huge swap for everyone so so ehienwjwbejeb i just adore different tdi aus <3

[po1sonous-l0ve]

What kind of fashion would the seven wear?

From what we've seen, on the Argo II they were wearing clothes that were compatible with armour and was flexible enough to do demigod stuff in.

But what about casually?

Here are my personal hcs, but I'd love to hear yours!

Percy: Skater boy style, ripped jeans, beanie, denim jacket over a hoodie and basketball shoes.

Annabeth: Quite messy, nerdy, with a messy bun, a flannel shirt (probably one of Percy's) over a tank top, a skort, black tights and some form of boots.

Hazel: I think soft girl would fit her personality, or maybe something bright and colourful like a yellow turtleneck under dungarees and wellington boots. I definitely think she would be modest, considering her time period.

Frank: I think he would either wear a black muscle shirt or big, baggy hoodies with skinny jeans/joggers

Leo: Leo would defo wear overalls everywhere, probably with a white buttoned shirt, or a blue polo and jorts.

Jason: Jason is for sure the opposite of Percy, with a cream shirt buttoned up the the neck, black slacks and loafers.

Piper: I like to imagine Piper being a bit alt, with hello kitty tank tops, random stripes of colour in her hair, leg warmers, ripped tights and a black skirt layered with belts.

Let me know if you want me to do anyone else!

[bookshelf-dust]

So I have this one thing on my mind for so long now and finally decided to request it (only if you want to of course)

Reader is like a complete alt girl, metalhead, nerdy etc and part of the hellfire club. She and Eddie (or Gareth, I can't decide I love them both) are like super close, but more like teasing each other all the time, can't let go of each other and too afraid to confess their feelings for each other. She's there everytime they play at the hideout and this time, she's super late and Eddie/Gareth wants to pick her up. Her brother opens the door and the boy goes to her room only to find her maniacally cleaning her room and desperately looking for a great outfit, dancing and singing to Abba with her whole soul, she doesn't even notice the guy standing in the doorframe. But then, to her absolute surprise, he chimes in.

Have a nice day!

Sending lots of hugs. 💓

honey honey

eddie munson x fem!reader

word count: 1,563

warnings: swearing, fluff

a/n: hi sweetheart! thank you so much for your request. i decided to go with eddie—and i really hope that’s okay—because i haven’t written for him very much lately. this is a really sweet idea!! and i’m really sorry that it took me a while to get this done. school’s been kicking my ass lately. thanks for sticking around. i hope you enjoy this!! <333

————

“So when are you gonna say something to her?” Mike’s voice comes from over Eddie’s shoulder.

Eddie turns his head, hair whipping around with the motion. “What are you talking about, man?”

Mike rolls his eyes. “I mean the fact that you’re practically on the floor every-time you see her. It’s gross.”

Eddie stops where he’s been walking in the hallway, boots screeching on the floor. “Michael, if you don’t shut the hell up, I’m replacing you.”

“What?” Mike exclaims, “You don’t even have anyone to replace me with.”

Eddie sighs, and then gives the boy his most condescending smile. “Are you underestimating me, Wheeler?”

Mike looks at Dustin, and then at Lucas, both of whom coincidentally look around the hall like the posters tacked up on the walls are the most interesting things in the world.

“N-no. I-I’m not, I just—”

Eddie nods, never taking his eyes off of the younger boy.

“Mhm. That’s what I thought.”

————

The parking lot is full of muddy puddles and leaves from the stormy weather over the weekend. Eddie spots you where you stand shoving things into your car.

The boy creeps up behind you before he goes in for the kill, lunging for your waist.

You feel arms around your middle and know who it is before you see him. Eddie squeezes you right and lifts you just enough so that your feet leave the ground.

When he sets you down, you turn on him. You backhand him in the stomach. He groans and hunches over exaggeratedly. “I should kick your ass for that, Munson. Tell Wayne you’re harassing me.”

Eddie gasps. “Tell Wayne? What kind of tattle-tailing is this?”

You smile at him and Eddie wills away the blush that threatens to spread across his cheeks. He can tell it doesn’t work with the way your eyes sparkle.

“At least he’s nice to me,” you say, shutting your car door behind you, keys in hand. He’s postponing your going home, but you can’t exactly bring yourself to mind.

“You’re such a pain in my ass,” Eddie remarks.

“Well you haven’t kicked me out of your cult yet, so that’s something.”

This time it’s Eddie who smiles at you. It’s a gorgeous grin, one that makes his entire face light up.

“Oh, I’m sorry I didn’t see you after the show last night,” you start. “I forgot that I had that essay due, and I needed to—”

“And you needed to finish it.” Eddie’s laughs. “Yeah, Gareth told me. It’s okay.”

He reaches for the hem of your sweater, playing with the crocheted fabric. His pinky grazes the top of your thigh and you feel a shiver run down your spine.

His fingers find the pocket towards the bottom of your cardigan, and the button pinned there.

“This the one Robin found for you?” He asks, patting the smooth finish so that the safety pin on the back clinks. The button has Cliff Burton on it.

“Yeah,” you tell him. “You don’t like it?”

“No, I do,” he assures you. “Very metal.”

You grin. “Wish I had a James one, too, though.” Eddie snorts.

That’s supposed to be a hint, you think. They have the same damn haircut, after all. You’re a simple woman.

You’re not sure if he takes it, so you move on.

“Well, I wanted to tell you how good you did. And I know I say that every show, but last night especially. All of you seemed to be having a lot of fun up there.”

Eddie lets go of your sweater, taking your hand in his instead, palm facing upwards. He starts to trace the lines and creases in your skin with the tip of his finger.

“It was fun, yeah.” Eddie avoids your eyes. You find that he seems to get shy when he’s being complimented or talking about things he’s proud of. “It was all songs we’ve practiced forever and don’t really have to think about when we play, you know? It felt natural.”

He presses his thumb into the center of your palm and you both look up at the same time.

“‘M proud of you, Eddie.”

The boy snorts. He thinks about how he wants to kiss you. He wonders if you feel the same.

Eddie settles for pressing his forehead to yours for a few seconds. He lets your hand go.

“See you later, yeah?”

“Yeah,” you say.

Eddie kisses you on the cheek. His lips are warm and their presence lingers on your skin long after he’s turned to walk to his van, a mess of frizzy curls and jingling chains.

————

Eddie sounds a little worried when you pick up the phone. “Sweetheart? You okay over there?”

“Yeah, Ed, I’m fine. What’s wrong?” You’re oblivious it seems.

“You were supposed to come over? So I could take you with me to the show?”

It’s been a week. You don’t have any essays this time around, so you’ll be good to see him after too. That is if you even make it at all.

Eddie hears shuffling on your side Your eyes widen as you look at the clock on your nightstand.

“Shit!” You shout, making Eddie wince at the pitch of your voice.

“I’m so sorry, Eddie!” You continue. “I lost track of time, digging through my closet and I—oh my god, let me find my keys and I’ll be on the way—”

“Y/N.”

You stop rambling. Eddie’s using that tone that makes you stop in your tracks, no matter what it is that you’re doing. It’s gentle, calm even, but you can hear the smirk in his voice. It makes you feel warm all over.

“Yeah?”

“I’ll just come pick you up,” he says. “It’s not a big deal. You finish whatever it is that you’re up to, okay?”

“Yes, my lord.”

Eddie laughs and you can picture the way he’s probably tossed his head back, the way his nose is scrunching.

————

Your younger brother opens the door after it’s been insistently knocked upon. He sweeps his arm out, letting your friend inside.

“Why, thank you, my liege,” Eddie says, already making his way to where he knows your room is.

Your brother has no idea what that means.

You, on the other hand, have your music up so loud that you have no idea Eddie’s even there yet. You have half an outfit on: your good jeans and your pajama shirt. You’d put the music on thinking it would help you find something to wear. It’s done nothing of the sort.

“I’d heard about you before,” you sing, settled in an ever growing pile of clothes.

“I wanted to know some more…”

You find a shirt, and pull it on, victorious. “Honey honey, let me feel it, a-ha, honey honey.”

You don’t even hear Eddie knock on your door, but you do see him when he comes in, and it scares the shit out of you, even if you are mid "honey honey."

“Fuck, Eddie! Why!” You hold a hand to your chest.

“You’re music’s so damn loud!”

“You don’t have any room to talk,” you say, lowering the volume.

“This is what you do when I’m not around? Listen to ABBA? What will your Jamie-waymie think?” Eddie’s grinning like the Cheshire Cat. He’s so pleased with himself.

"Fuck you, Munson. ABBA is good shit."

"I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that, okay?" Eddie eyes the mess that has become your room. "Why the avalanche, may I ask?"

You roll your eyes. "I was trying to find something to wear to your show, shithead."

"Rude to say that to someone giving you a ride." He crosses his arms and sits down on your bed, though he has to stop and yank a pair of jeans out from under his ass first.

"Go ahead, don't let me stop your rave."

You fight the urge to say something smart and look for a pair of socks. You spend a few moments looking for a matching set, and then settle on the floor to put your shoes on.

You're halfway through lacing one of them when you hear it.

The song has changed by now, but either way it isn't you singing this time.

"I used to think I was sensible..."

"It makes the truth even more incomprehensible."

Eddie's voice. You spin.

"What was that?" You ask the boy.

His lips tick up at the corners. "I don't know what you're talking about."

You aggressively finish lacing your other shoe. "Don't bullshit me, man! You were singing along to this! Is that what you do when I'm not around? Listen to ABBA?"

Eddie reaches for your hands to pull you up from the floor. "I can't listen to ABBA for you?" His voice has softened, and he sweeps lint from your shoulder.

"For moi?" You ask incredulously.

"Yeah, you fucker. You started listening to Judas Priest for me, did you not? I think I can deal with a little ABBA. I might even like it."

You smack a kiss on Eddie's cheek, and he goes bright red.

"That's just not fair," he says, chuckling.

"I think it's totally fair." You think about when he kissed yours the other day in the parking lot.

Fair enough that Eddie even lets you listen to two whole ABBA songs on the way to The Hideout.

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please let me know if you liked this! feedback is always appreciated!! comments and reblogs mean more than you know. <33

[belphieslilcow]

Cass nervously walked through the mall, trying his best to avoid any of the middle stands from beckoning him over to give him samples and try to sell him face creams. The human hadn't walked through the mall by himself since he got lost in one during a high school field trip.

He avoided all the normie clothing stores and tried his best to not look when he passed by the place that sells lingerie, he knew what stores he liked so there was no need to browse anywhere else. Though he was sure this particular store isn't what Asmo had in mind when he wanted him to get out of the house and buy a new outfit.

The blond boy finally stepped into the Hot Topic, alt music playing as one of the workers welcomed him. He grinned to himself as he searched through the various clothes, while he tried to stay away from his old all black aesthetic in favor of his newer pastel one, the opportunity to shock everyone in the group chat was too good to pass up.

He found the pants he wanted fairly quickly, as well as an accessory or two to complete the fit, but he couldn't decide on a shirt. He didn't want to go with something just nerdy, that'd be too easy, he then pulled out a shirt from one of the clearance racks and his eyes lit up with a devious smile, it was too perfect.

He fidgeted with himself before taking a breath and talking to an employee, "Uhm, excuse me? Would it be alright if I used one of the changing rooms?"

_

House of Lamentation (New) - 8

Cassian: I just got back from my shopping trip!!

Asmodeus: Yes!! I was on the edge of my seat waiting for you to get done, oh I wish I could've been there to help you out, I'm sure you were so lost without my fashion guidance...

Cassian: Don't worry, I think I got something good, I took a picture in the changing room so I'll send that in a sec.

The chat was then filled with various messages back and forth, asking about Cassian's day out, if he was alright socially, if he ate anything good while there, nice and normal stuff.

Mammon: Oi!! Stop keeping us in suspense I wanna see what ya bought!!

Cassian: lol okay okay sending it now

Cass flopped in his bed and sent the picture before waking up his laptop and turning on a gaming video.

The picture was of Cassian in the dressing room, wearing dark gray baggy jeans with various zips, pockets, and chains. To match with the cluttered design of the bottoms, he had on several bracelets on each wrist, even going so far to wear a black choker with a silver pentagram charm.

The real star of the outfit was his t-shirt, plain black with text that read "Satan Loves Me".

Mammon: WHAT?? WHY'S THE HUMAN REALM GOT SHIRTS ABOUT SATAN??

Mammon: WHY DIDN'T YOU GET ONE THAT SAID "THE GREAT MAMMON LOVES ME", HUH??

Cassian: sowwy mams, you're just not as popular as Satan when it comes to the human world =w=

Satan: Personally, I think you look wonderful, Cassian. You look good in black.

Cassian: aww, tyyy

Belphegor: If it weren't for the fact that it was Satan's name on your shirt I'd agree.

Beelzebub: I also love you, Cass.

Their talk continued throughout the evening until Lucifer forced everyone to let Cass get rest, as if they each weren't gonna text him on their own as soon as they got the chance.

[confessionsofabargainbinaddict]

My Favorite Albums of 2022*

*not necessarily from 2022

Over the past 12 months, I've somehow acquired 260 CDs, so instead of doing a standard, "Top of 2022 list," I figured I'd share 10 favorite additions to my ever-growing collection, no matter if they were released in 2022 or not. I'll also do it in alphabetical order by album name for simplicity's sake (and 10 out of 260 is already subjective enough!). Here goes!

Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost

The brilliant wordplay more than warrants Tyler's oozing braggadocio but the fact that, in many cases, that same braggadocio is only thinly veiling deep insecurities elevates this to a truly astonishing level. "Drama, I need you. Can you turn the noise up?" isn't about getting the party hyped, it's about drowning out that critical voice in the back of your head. It's a call for help. It's a masterwork by an MC who's, somewhat surprisingly, coming for a Top 5 spot.

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems

The CD came with liner notes and lyrics but you basically need a magnifying glass to read them. But you should get one. Because they're worth it. Verbose, brilliant, genre jumping hardcore.

The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field

Do you remember when "Mr. Brightside" came out and it basically was the "end-all, be-all" song about jealousy? "Expert in a Dying Field," is "Mr. Brightside" for breakups. The rest of the album is just icing on the cake. But the icing is also ridiculously good. Like nearly as good as the cake itself.

Origami Angel - Gami Gang

Dumb puns for song titles ("Neutrogina Spektor," "Tom Holland Oates," "Bed, Bath, and Batman Beyond,"), Pokémon, Game Boy, and Taco Bell references, and a smattering of sick riffs, anthemic choruses, and furious tapping. These 20(!!!) songs are more than just an album, they're a goddamn mission statement for a new generation of nerdy emo kids.

The Hotelier - Like No Place Is There

I can imagine Guy and Ian listening to this album and saying, "yeah, this is exactly where we imagined the genre ending up 30 years later." Devastating, cathartic, rough around the edges, but full of melody, and, most importantly, empathy.

Drug Church - Hygiene

Folks keep labeling this "hardcore," but its New Wave and 90's Alt-Rock influences are too abundant to keep it pinned down. Plus, it's catchy as fuck. An excellent 26 minutes that gets better with each listen.

Pusha T - It's Almost Dry

Focus on the latter half of Pusha's statement of purpose: "Cocaine's Dr. Seuss." It's not just that he raps about slinging coke, it's that he loves the words he uses to rap about slinging coke. That joy, that creativity, that fun is abundant on these 12 tracks. Hell, he even gets Jay to join in. (Hot take: Jay's verse on "Neck & Wrist," is better than his verse on "God DID.")

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

A stone-cold-classic that I finally picked up on CD. Maybe my favorite from the fab four.

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future

Stripping away the vocal acrobatics and spectacle that instantly hooked me, Denzel keeps his tone simple and direct and his lyrics powerful and personal, further highlighting his talent and chameleonic abilities.

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Holding the controversial opinion that DAMN. was a clear step backwards, from the opening moments of "United in Grief," it was clear that K. Dot made a sharp turn back to the complexity and nuance of TPAB and GKMC. It's a deeply uncomfortable listen, giving us an in-depth view of a man struggling to find his true self and how that clashes with who others want (need?) him to be. It's messy and difficult and problematic and exactly the type of album only Kendrick can make.

Other assorted 2022 stuff

Favorite Albums NOT acquired in 2022:

mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister

Polar Bear Club - Clash Battle Guilt Pride

Broadway Calls - Comfort/Distraction

Iron Chic - The Constant Ones

The Beths - Future Me Hates Me

The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation

Hot Water Music - Light It Up

Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

Queens of the Stone Age - Villains

Favorite Live Bands seen in 2022

Cursive (Irving Plaza - 1/26)

The Wonder Years (Webster Hall - 3/16)

Motion City Soundtrack (Terminal 5 - 6/19)

Less Than Jake (Saint Vitus - 12/12)

Favorite Movies watched in 2022

Terrifier 2

Nope

Don't Look Up

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Inside

Favorite TV Shows watched in 2022

Severance

Joe Pera Talks With You

The White Lotus

Abbot Elementary

The Rehearsal

Favorite Books read in 2022:

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

Sellout by Dan Ozzi

The Power Broker by Robert Caro

Favorite Podcasts listened to in 2022:

Love and Radio

The Secrets Hotline

Detoxicity

Will Be Wild

The Trojan Horse Affair

[coridallasmultipass]

(This is just an apology I owe someone I will probably never see again. Please ignore, I just needed to get it off my chest 16 years later. I'm not a good person, and I was very cruel as a teen.)

Hi. I'm sorry I wronged you. I treated you terribly when you gave me that letter. It was my fault, obviously. You were such a kind person to me, and we could have been great friends. You shot your shot, and that was totally normal and fair. I just want to explain why I reacted that way, because it was completely uncalled for.

I was living as a girl then, and had no idea that I had this trans man living inside me all along. I didn't know it, but my friendships with men felt so important and validating to me. I felt like I could be one of the bros without realizing that there was an actual personal reason why I needed that validation and mirroring. I guess, at the time, I would have chalked it up to 'daddy issues' from having a continually absent father figure,' which is incredibly reductive and dismissive, and was never genuinely my issue. I felt safe when it was me hanging out with some guys, especially when we often had more interests align which was rare to find in female friends. It's not easy being a kid into metal, alt fashion, art, and nerdy things, when you live in a rural small town where sports is considered the 'ideal' for teens. But you already know that. You lived it, too. You just didn't have the societal pressure to perform femininity, when you're not a girl, on top of it. ((But who knows, you could be a trans woman right now and struggling with your own issues from the other side, I really don't know you.))

But boy, did I PERFORM femininity. The metal scene wasn't the best inspiration for women. You had to be a hot sexy metal babe or you wouldn't get dick. No love for the androgynous women (except lesbians. Go lesbians, I love you.) At least that's what it felt like to 14-year-old me. I had to struggle with the fact that I wanted to look like the band members, not the women they were pictured with. I showed my hairstylist pictures of band men and short-haired Rihanna so I had at least one girl on there. I don't know where I'm going with this. I tried to do both perform the femininity, and doing small things to look more like the band guys I idolized, finding excuses to portray men in acting/roleplay/costumes. 'Because I had a crush on them, right?' No, because I wanted to BE them. Iwanted to be wanted as a man. Not as some metal babe. Being desired as a woman felt horribly invalidating, and I couldn't have ever explained why until now.

It's not a valid excuse, but I reacted that way because I felt safe around you. So safe. You were a dude, my bro, and I could be myself without feeling like I'm being 'tested' for performing human femininity like I did around girls. Like I walk into a room and everyone stops and glares at me. That's what I felt like, that hypervigilance, without knowing what that word meant. You were a good friend, kind, interesting, naturally attractive, and cool. I can't explain it, but it felt like betrayal when you gave me that letter. Suddenly, I was a 'love interest' and not 'fellow bro' and it hurt me so badly to believe that our friendship was built on you viewing me as a girl, not an equal. (That sounds absolutely horrible, I'm not implying that women are 'less," just that it made me feel like I was being unseen, that your feelings were for someone i was not.) I felt like our friendship was built on a lie. I felt disgusted at myself for reasons I didn't understand.

I reacted horribly. I wrote you that shameful e-mail in response. I tried burning that letter because I'm a dramatic hoe, but couldn't get the fireplace open, so I had to blow it out and instead melted and shredded it into the sink disposal. My mom came home and smelled the smoke and thought I was trying a cigarette. (I didn't try a single drug until I had a cigarette in fall of 2017, age 23.) Do we address the situation like an adult with calm words and ponder why we feel all these negative emotions, or do we SINK GO BRRRRRRRR DESTROY THE EVIDENCE?

14-year-old Cori go BRRRRRRRR, apparently.

I mean, I was a KID. Kids are mean as fuck.

It's no excuse, but I can look back on that now and say definitively that it was a result of not understanding my gender identity. I know I'm gay (not to mention, aro), but I did things counter to that, like have a phase of being a lesbian/bi/pan-preferring woman. if being attracted to women made me feel more butch and manly, then 'hey, look at that chick's thighs, bro…' I was gonna play it up.

Anyway, my point, discovering gender was like, literally taking off a suit of armour that never fit right because it was too small for me. I took off that suit of armour at age 19. It felt freeing to have no gender at all. I could do anything I wanted to find what fit me, trying on anything and everything. I finally found that fit in 2015. I'm a dude. This armour fits me perfectly now, and it flexes with my movement. But i still have the chafing and bruises from wearing the wrong armour for so many years.

I should have gently told you that I wanted to stay just friends. Instead, I was spiteful and mean for something that was my own fault. I refused to address my own gender problems, avoiding them entirely and dumping them onto you. I should not have been so immature as to do that and then entirely avoid you forever after.

So, I am deeply and truly sorry. I have regretted it every moment since I clicked 'send.' I hope you've entirely forgotten me by now. I hope you're doing well and still playing music and being your own creative self. I hope you're making mad bucks doing whatever the fuck you love. I'm sorry.

[ghosttownwherenoonegoes]

**emerges from my lair** So... I love metal music and punk and goth, just alt music in general, and I am OBSESSED with D&D and Fantasy movies and books and shows, ESPECIALLY Lord of the Rings. Tbh I didn't think much of Eddie when he was first introduced, I actually found him kind of obnoxious, and if we went to the same school I'd probably avoid him (me being a socially awkward, shy-until-you-get-to-know-me Introvert I do not mesh well with people who are extremely... bombastic) until/if I found out what an actual sweetheart he is ❤️ But my god I love how dorky and unashamedly nerdy he is. I honestly think that's his most attractive trait, alongside how sweet and kind and caring and loyal and selfless he is. And his eyes are so fucking beautiful and I just wanna run my hands through his long hair.... And I'm gonna stop now before this just becomes me gushing over how hot Eddie is.

I guess as far as habits go... Honestly it goes along with being socially awkward and shy and kind of naturally quiet until you get to know me. I suck at making conversation unless it's about a topic I'm interested in or have a lot of opinions about (like D&D or Tolkien or music). I also do say "Jesus Christ!" a lot like Eddie does in the show, which was a detail that made me feel so seen in such a weirdly personal way XD

That's way more than 1 - 5 sentences sorry XP

So, first of all, Eddie is SO SO SO IN LOVE WITH YOU!!!!!! You are perfect for him in lots of ways!!! You both enjoy the same types of music (and he loves how you go off on gatekeepers and people who try to stir shit about him; he always looks at you like you've just hung the stars in the sky, his jaw slightly loose and his big chocolate eyes fixed on you). You are both OBSESSED with D&D, fantasy, books, Tolkien... you pretty much speak each other's language so you both sort of... fall in love together, hands reaching for one another as you hit the floor, the strength of the love you find and then decide to nurture rendering you as breathless as the fall itself...

... That is, once you found out how much of a sweetheart he actually is. You thought he was obnoxious at first, making himself loud and annoying on purpose... but then one day, you saw him square up in front of three freshman, his arms held out and behind him protectively to crowd the boys to his back (you later find out that these boys are Dustin, Lucas and Mike), putting himself between them and some jocks. You had almost actively avoided him until that point, but once you found out how much of a softie he actually is, you began to pay more and more attention to him and that was when you knew that he was it for you. It happened slowly and then all at once.

Eddie, for his part, had fallen head over heels for you, but he had kept it to himself, not knowing how to approach the situation. But his Uncle raised him extremely well given the circumstances in which he became Eddie's legal parent, and the two of you initially used D&D and fantasy worlds to bond before you both felt brave enough to be vulnerable and open. You could gush about him for hours and you absolutely should, because for every minute you go on and on about him, Eddie goes on and on about you for two. He tries to return every gesture, every kiss, every hug, every cuddle, every compliment, to you, he tries to match you every step of the way. You have a very healthy and close bond.

He would definitely let you touch his precious hair, and he would want to help you with your hair or anything else you want him to do. He loves you so much. He loves your protectiveness, your strength, your kindness and compassion, the way you encourage those around you, the way you're so you even with what you've gne through, and he's always very proud of you. There are times you both say "Jesus Christ!" at the same moment in the same pitch, and it always makes Uncle Wayne chuckle. You're made for each other.

[buckmepapi]

IM. Not. Okay. I’m having an aneurysm. I’ve been seeing this guy for a few weeks now. He came to my home for the first time last night. In my room. Where my bookshelf’s are.

He picked up a spicy book and asked why I had little post it notes on some pages. He got to the smut page. Fuck. My. Life.

He read a few lines, set it back (in the right place may I add!) tapped the book and said “that’s good to know”

WHAT WAS GOOD TO KNOW!! Home girl was getting RAILED in the book. I’m not prepared to see this man again

(Side note My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey is a good read 5/5 would recommend)

OOOOOOH CHILE ,,, that was spicy and he deffo seems like he’d be planning some shit 🍆

I’ve actually never read an actual smut novel, so I will 100 percent check it out !!!!

Also I’m gonna post some long soppy shit rn; I finally left that toxic ass guy back in April that I was seeing for like 4 years (some of u may recall posts I made bc literally every single one of u would reply to the posts telling me to get out asap lol) and I started seeing this guy in June and boy lemme tell you

He is a skinny nerdy tattooed guy that radiates alt dilf energy with his sense of fashion and has a big thick dick that curves lord have mercy

He is literally so emotionally mature, like my god he treats me like royalty and will do anything for me. He moans and whimpers when we fuck, he’s also starting to come out of his shell and talk abit during sex now which I’m dying over, he knows all my kinks and is on bored, even jokes about breeding and I’m like 👀👀👀👀👀

He eats pussy like a god like I’ve never had sex feel good before. I’ve spoken about sex before on my page and I was pretty much lying bc I was overcompensating bc sex has never felt good for me but everytime this guy fucks me I feel like I’m in heaven and I’m always saying “oh my god?” Or “how are you doing that??”

Side note; I still can’t cum though. It’s not really him bc he feels incredible when he does literally anything I get all over chills I just get too inside my head bc no one’s ever made me cum but myself but he’s getting their with praise and reassurance and verbal stuff like dirty talk etc so I know damn well he’ll be able to do it one day. He understands and doesn’t get defensive or upset and blame me , he listens to what I want and learns.

Like I can not reiterate how this man is so mature emotionally and mentally, he’s empathetic, we’ve cried in front of each other many times. He even cries when I cry lol, when I’m upset he crouches down in front of me and holds t my face and looks at me when he speaks to me and kisses my forehead and I AHHSJDLSOAJSKA

We’ve said I love you to each other now, we’re dating/seeing each other exclusively and have been since we first met. We aren’t in a relationship yet and we’ve discussed it before but due to our past issues we’re taking it slow and waiting till it feels right so we don’t rush into anything too quick.

And!!! I let this man sleep over at my house every weekend. If y’all know me y’all know I have insomnia and also can’t sleep around people whatsoever. I feel so sleepy around him constantly and fall asleep next to him within 30 mins — he literally makes my inner child feel so safe and protected.

He understands my disabilities, is learning sign language to communicate with me when I can’t hear, helps me when I’m non verbal, looks after me when I’m in pain or tired, he understands my sensory issues and doesnt say hateful things to me about my disabilities or triggers. He understands my CPTSD and helps me during episodes — this man !! Holy shit!!!

That’s why I’ve been so quite as well bc I’m so happy ;; he’s coming over tomorrow after his shift at work and will be here till Monday AAAAAAAA

[goldenpixel]

can u talk more about the feral boys smoking and examples of why u think they do? i’ve Always thought especially sapnap has, and him and dream probably smoke a lot together irl (also the way dream always clears his throat??) but i haven’t had anything to really back it up to other people other than a Feeling. idk if ur the same but .. yeah

Honestly, for the most part it is just a Feeling, I like to call it my Gaydar for Stoners, but Sapnap especially I’m like 100% sure

Other than the time that Sapnap straight up told Tommy he was high (which a lot of people write off as a joke, but I firmly believe he was just a little too high and forgot Tommy was streaming, which would explain Tommy’s “huh? This is weird and strange and has definitely never happened before” type of response), there’s also the time that Sapnap was on Dream’s stream and he lit a Hot n Spicy McChicken on fire with the blowtorch that was in arms reach of his set up (what other reason can you think of for a 19 year old to have a blowtorch in his bedroom - on his desk that he likely spends most of his time at - if not for dabs?), and then there’s also that one time pretty soon after the blowtorch thing that he could be heard igniting a lighter in the background while Dream was talking. And that’s just the things that I can think of off the top of my head

Dream is much more subtle about it, but if we look at his behavior in other people’s streams, especially Sapnap’s since they moved in together & Train’s latenight streams, you can’t count the amount of things he says/does that could very easily be attributed to him being high/a stoner. The big thing that I can think of right now is whenever he asks Sapnap if he wants food or Sapnap brings up their eating habits. I know that this can be explained away by them being young guys living on their own, but that combined with Sapnap being all but confirmed and Dream being very open about his mental health (weed can help anxiety, depression, and adhd among many others), just makes me think that he and Sapnap get absolutely blazed together. (also how he hesitates and giggles a little bit whenever someone asks him if he drinks or does drugs)

I think George used to smoke a ton, and probably still lights up sometimes, but not to the same degree that he used to. George was a party animal in college and statistically, British youth actually smoke more than Americans do, despite it now being legal in America. This one is not based in any fact at all, solely just an observation combined with the vibes, but every single one of George’s outfits that we’ve seen him wearing outside of his home are stereotypical seshfits (comfy outfits for the purpose of being as comfy as possible while high)

Most of my stuff for Karl, like George, could just be because he’s a busy gamer boy, but I’m gonna list them out anyway. First, every solo-Karl alt stream I’ve ever caught, he’s been absolutely schlumped playing some mindless game like slither.io, and idk about any of my fellow weed partakers, but when you’re alone, being slouched and stoned at 2am-5am playing something like that is one of the greatest things ever, especially when you’re listening to the music that he almost always is playing. Then there’s that photo I posted a while ago with Karl and Mr Beast eating the Dream Burger, where Karl looks absolutely blasted, and I’m sure if we were to go back through old photos, videos, vods, whatever, there would be many many more just like that photo. And remember that old photo of Karl when he met Valkyrae? He looks like the epitome of the nerdy kid in high school who everyone thinks goes straight home, does his homework, and then plays video games until school the next morning, but he actually has a major smoke sesh before the gaming starts, and if you’re the lucky one to figure this out, you’ll suddenly have access to the highest quality weed that that school will ever see

Quackity is the one that I’ve got the least proof for, just because he’s always so Quackity. Like, if that boy is smoking regularly, it’s gotta be pure sativa, or he’s just timing it perfectly that he’s rarely high on stream, and probably never on his own streams. I’ve actually been meaning to go back through his vods and see if I can find any substance to it other than vibes and the fact that I firmly believe the feral boys have had smoke sesh calls more than once

If anyone wants to add or refute anything, feel free!! I love discussing this stuff, cuz it’s almost certain that we’re never going to get clear answers cuz they need to keep up their mostly family friendly images. Swearing and sex jokes are one thing, but if parents were to find out that they openly smoked weed a lot of kids would 100% be banned from watching them

[adultswim2021]

Ephemera Week (2002)

Mission Hill (originally aired on WB, 1999-2000)

Mission Hill was a perfectly good animated series from former Simpsons show-runners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. It was a sitcom about cool young people in a cool young people city. Andy French is an aspiring cartoonist, intended to be a Matt Groening type who would (over the course of many many seasons) eventually find success and get his own super-successful animated series called THE SIMPSONS: SEASONS 1-8.

The premise of the show was that Andy’s parents retire and sell the childhood home, displacing his nerdy high-school aged younger brother Kevin. Kevin moves in with Andy and learns how to be a cool city style guy, you know, the kind that’s always “walkin here!” and sucking off Bob Balaban in the men’s room and whatnot.

The show is at least better than the bad seasons of the Simpsons, and has a cool alt-comics style that suits the show really well. Not to damn it with faint praise, it’s a good show. There are a handful of GREAT episodes and plenty of strong jokes. There's news of a revival in the works focusing on Gus and Wally, the older gay couple in the show. It's supposed to take place in the same era the show originally aired in, which is just great.

Like Baby Blues and Home Movies before it, I did catch this show randomly on it's network of origin. I saw one or two of the final episodes to air on WB. I liked it! I was glad to see it get revived for a run on Adult Swim. I've wanted more episodes ever since.

I don't think the show is available for streaming anywhere, which is too bad. It came out on DVD with special features. That DVD set was reissued on DVD-R without special features, so... buyer? be wary. There's also a number of music replacements that ruin some of the scenes. At one point I had a bootleg set where somebody took the DVD video and replaced the audio with the as-broadcast version of of the show. Good luck finding it.

Here's an episode guide showing their debuts on Adult Swim. Bold episodes were originally unaired, making their debut on the channel. Also note: episodes had an innocuous title and a spicier in-house title in parentheses. It’s real Police Squad! shit.

12AM Monday Morning:

May 20: Pilot (or The Douchebag Aspect) May 27: Andy Joins the PTA (or Great Sexpectations) June 3: Kevin's Problem (or Porno for Pyro) June 10: Andy vs. The Real World (or The Big-Ass Viacom Lawsuit) June 17: Andy and Kevin Make a Friend (or One Bang for Two Brothers) June 24: Andy Gets a Promotion (or How to Get Head in Business Without Really Trying) July 1: Kevin vs. the SAT (or Nocturnal Admissions) July 8: Unemployment Part 1 (or Brother's Big Boner) July 15: Unemployment Part 2 (or Theory of the Leisure Ass) July 22: Kevin Finds Love (or Hot for Weirdie) July 29: Stories of Hope and Forgiveness (or Day of the Jackass)

11PM Sunday Night:

August 4: Happy Birthday, Kevin (or Happy Birthday, Douchebag) August 11: Plan 9 from Mission Hill (or I Married a Gay Man from Outer Space)

ALSO NOTE: There are about five episodes that were in early-stages of production and if you poke around you can find scripts for these episodes ( here as of this writing). A full animatic and table read for “Crap Gets In Your Eyes” exists if you search for it. 

MAIL BAG

London Arbuckle ASKS! or, states! sorry I’m writing this lead-in without having read the whole message yet.

Another confusing Baffler Meal thing: the deleted cold open that's on the DVD. It gets called back to in the actual episode ("Between two steamed buns", "Nine dollars!? For what?") and provides crucial context, BUT it also gets contradicted in the actual episode (SG sells out for "one serious speaker" instead of owing a restaurant money). Also I remember all the ads for this episode used a clip from the cold open! It always kinda bothered me that they cut it but boys (matt & dave) will be boys!

I do think the cold open is nice and I always make a point to watch it with the episode. In my mind they are as essential as watching that boring Terry Gilliam short before Meaning of Life. The next step is pointlessly editing them together using Nero. Yeah, that’s the ticket

Here’s ANONYMOUS, baby!

It's summertime and we are talking about Adult Swim and I gotta ask when's the last time you've been to a pool. Have you ever in your adult life enjoyed the benefits of an adult swim. Tell us just how much you like splash around. Yes, that would be quite illuminating I'm sure (rolleyes).

Man, when was the last time I went into a pool? It’s been literally years. I think the last time I swam I did a bad job. I am definitely am getting “bad job” vibes off my hazy memories. Man, my memories used to be precious. Damn!

do you think theyll ever work with george lowe again in any major capacity or do you think he's just bad news.

I was about to say “isn’t he on American Dad” based on him name-checking American Dad as one of his many credits but I just looked it up and he was only in one episode. Damn. Somebody give George work he seems nice.

beakman's world, anyone? The wild and wacky world of Paul Zaloom? Hmm? Anyone?

lol you wish...

Baby Blues really was my everything back in the early 2000s, it may not have head the punk rock cred you clearly seem to crave it was a soothing balm for myself as a new father in a scary world (9/11 and all that, terrible stuff).

you raise a good point, that you’re a huge dork “with child” and I’m cool and laughed at 9/11 because it was funny to me, actually

Just read your Baby Blues "take down" and I gotta say: In the immortal words of Mike Francesca, "You're a fool. ho-kay? A total fool."

Uh huh. Yeah okay. Mike Francesca hordes pot bellied pigs in his apartment and lives in filth. He stinks, and so do youd

Baby Blue is like every animation nerd's wet dream. What if they made the rugrats with only the parents part. And here it is. Be careful what you wish for, chunky.

Yeah and it’s too bad because judging from the previous mail bags my audience is primarily made up of BABIES.

[whyiask]

Okay so. I started out with a writing alt, @ranger-njoyc but I don't use that account anymore, and we're just gonna post fanfic on main.

Fandoms I've written for so far: Sanders Sides, Fablehaven, The Owl House, Agents of Shield, Nevermoor, Dream SMP.

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The Owl House

My Beautiful Stranger. ✤ AU: "I work in the library and I’m a little concerned for your health bc you never stop studying" ✤ Luz, a library assistant, decides to talk to the mysterious girl who is always in the corner of the library. ✤ Lumity ✤ wc: 907 ✤ x.

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Fablehaven

i’ll see you on the other side ✤ "AU where instead of Kendra throwing fruit at Ronodin, she walks up and gives him a hug that he desperately needs" ✤ In which Ronodin gets the much-needed hug he deserves and Kendra questions her perception of the world. ✤ platonic ronodra ✤ wc: 1465 ✤ x.

15 Days Til’ CotTG ✤ 15 one-shots posted in the 15 days before Champion of the Titan Games was released. ✤ Day 1: Love ✤ Day 2: Dark & Light ✤ Day 3: Fairytale ✤ Day 4: Fire ✤ Day 5: Voice ✤ Day 6: Sick Day ✤ Day 7: Beginnings ✤ Day 8: Discovery ✤ Day 9: Betrayal ✤ Day 10: Unrequited Love ✤ Day 11: Journal(pt.1) ✤ Day 12: Journal(pt.2) ✤ Day 13: Journal(pt.3) ✤ Day 14: Spy AU ✤ Day 15: Legacy ✤

12 Days of X-Mas ✤ It's winter time at Fablehaven! The whole family is coming over, and fluff and holiday bonding is bound to happen.

My Partner in Crime ✤ Warrenessa Mortal Childhood Friends AU ✤ multi chapter ✤ When a mysterious new family moves in across the street from Warren, he is immediately drawn to the thrill of suspense. After befriending their daughter, Vanessa, together they team up to explore the secrets of the town. But being associated with the Santoro family might have more consequences than Warren could’ve ever imagined. Soon, he has a real mystery on his hands- one he is determined to solve before Vanessa inevitably has to leave town forever. ✤ updates randomly ✤

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Sanders Sides

Superpowers AU one shots:

New Year's Party - in which Virgil and Patton take a breather from their friends' New Years Party. x.

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Requests:

"that pet name was so gushy but also so cute." Princxiety. In which Roman has a beautiful voice and Virgil takes a much needed nap.

"I'm proud of you." Loceit, platonic or romantic, your choice. In which Janus is a good friend and Logan finally gets the attention and concern he deserves.

"your an idiot." "but you love me." Dukeceit/Demus. In which Remus goes to Jan for help.

“i’ve got you.” Princxiety, platonic or romantic. In which Virgil has an anxiety attack and Roman helps him calm down.

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One shots:

it didn’t matter anyways ✤ platonic LAMP & platonic or romantic Princxiety ✤ wc: 2526 ✤ summary: set post POF, Roman has a breakdown and Virgil is there to help him ✤ tw: crying, little bit of blood, self-deprecating thoughts, depressing thoughts(kinda) ✤ genre: HURT/COMFORT with mostly hurt and a tiny bit of comfort at the end ✤ x. (no ao3 link atm)

Once Upon a December ✤ creativitwins, platonic lamp/calm ✤ wc: 1476 ✤ summary: Roman has been singing a song to himself, but something is always missing. The same song has popped into Remus’s mind and he can’t stop humming it. Maybe all they’re missing is each other. ✤ tw: a bit of gross stuff having to do with intestines during Remus’s bit in the middle ✤ genre: light angst --> fluff ✤ x.

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Multi chapter:

Just a Stupid Dare ✤ princxiety, slow burn, enemies to lovers ✤ high school au ✤ When Virgil Summers, the second most feared kid in the whole school, is dared to befriend Roman Stone- a nerdy theater geek with only two friends- Virgil doesn't hesitate to accept. But things get a little more complicated when he realizes he genuinely enjoys Roman's company. (And he totally doesn't fall in love along the way. Of course not.) ✤ tw: unsympathetic dark sides, bullying, manipulation, fake friendship ✤ genre: hoo boy this one is angst with only a tiny bit of fluff and pining ✤ updates every week on sunday ✤ x.

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Dream SMP

more bitter than sweet ✤ TUA au ✤ tw: canon-typical violence (for tua) ✤ multi-chapter ✤ 42 children around the world were born with superpowers over the course of several years. Reginald Hargreeves adopted 7 of them, and somehow raised them to be the most dysfunctional family to ever exist. Now, with the impending threat of an apocalypse looming over their heads, they'll have to either set aside their personal problems with each other or watch the world burn. ✤ updates every week on saturday ✤ x.

The Ultimate Guide to Surviving the City ✤ fic universe ✤ city au ✤ Wilbur's Guide to Taking Control. X. ✤ Sam's Guide to Speedrunning Fatherhood. X. ✤

[leverage-ot3]

what I want to see in the reboot:

the crew at a comicon. I head that one of the leverage books was about this, but I’d love to see that in an actual episode. 

speaking of nerdy fun, how cool would it be to see them at a ren faire??? just think about it: parker would have to be an elf, sorry. her with elven ears and a cute (but capable of a wide range of motion) getup? im soft.

summer camp au? I saw a tumblr fic about it and I think it could be cute. it could kinda be like the fairy godparents job- eliot in charge of some type of sports (archery, fencing, etc), hardison would be in charge of arts and crafts (this boy might be a genius with tech and in general tbh, but the show did such a good job of showing that he’s also very talented with the arts- sculpting the statue for The Miracle Job, forging the old diary in The King George Job, etc), parker would LOVE to be in charge of a high ropes course.

I saw another headcanon about the crew stealing a college and honestly? fucking B E T. they would and would make it so much better!!! it’d have to be a private college, of course (there would be too many issues with a state school and honestly private colleges tend to be more problematic/more corrupt). 

please, please, please, please, please make an episode where they take down a cult, im begging. that would be such a good episode. definitely a mindfuck episode like The Experimental Job (4x11). as a psych major that episode in specific terrified me for a number of reasons, but it brought up a lot of good talking points about veterans and vulnerability (also see The Homecoming Job- 1x02). I’ve seen a few posts about a job dealing with a cult (here’s one) and I think it would be really interesting 

I heard that the next season might take place in louisiana (maybe new orleans ???), which I kinda hope isn’t true for a number of reasons, but mostly because eliot deserves that damn brewpub and it makes him so happy and I’d hate to see that he had to leave it. also, I kind of wanted an episode with amy (the waitress from The Broken Wing Job- 5x08), possibly dealing with her and her passion for art. maybe she’s enrolled in an art school- or better, she runs one for disadvantaged kids ??? and runs into some trouble in which she’d work WITH the leverage team to do a con

MORE STERLING being DONE with leverage shenanigans!!! give me feral!sterling like in The Frame-Up Job (5x10)!!! give me sterling that protests every step of the way but conveniently looks away and “whoops, the team just disappeared, I have no idea how that happened!!! diddly dang darn it, they got away again!!! sorry guys!!!”

PLEASE give me some eliot AND hardison punching some alt-right neonazis. pls. it’s for my mental health.

I’m pretty sure a quarantine episode would be Cursed™, and cause all of us to collectively have vietnam flashbacks of the quarantine era. I think combined with The Rundown Job (5x09) and The Broken Wing Job (5x08) we have enough virus-and-isolation feels so I’d personally be good with them not doing an episode related to covid

the team takes down a circus that is still using and abusing wild animals!!! because first I’d LOVE to see acrobat!parker swinging up in the air like a pro and being in her element, but also because those places are the fucking worst and need to Go Down. give me eliot having to pose as an animal trainer with deep sympathy for the animals being abused, quietly talking soothing words to them when he thinks no one is around (correction: hardison is, in fact, around, and filming his boyfriend’s softness to save for later). give me charismatic hardison playing the role of ringmaster, running and flaunting about and being passive-aggressive to the circus master. give me eliot freeing the animals from their chains when they are finally able to shut the place down and relocate the animals to sanctuaries (his hands shaking just a little as twists the key in the lock, because he too was once an abused, caged animal in his own right and he knows how liberating it is to finally be free). 

a date episode that keeps getting crashed by some sort of criminal hijinks that is decidedly not theirs. eliot: “I  just want one (1) normal date, damn it!” secretly, they all think these dates are still fun, because like them, it’s unique and interesting

this is less of an episode idea and more of something I just really want for the reboot: ot3 marriedness. give me all the blatant showings that the three of them are, in fact, a loving polyamorous relationship. give me the three of them living together at the very least. give me hardison giving both parker AND eliot cheek kisses (“damn it hardison” eliot Does Not Blush™ when this happens). give me eliot cooking dinners for them, putting in too much effort to get them to eat healthy things because “do you guys want to get scurvy or what?” give me ALL the domesticity 

[you-have-a-type]

Today I start a series I think I’m going to call

“Explain yourself please”

An in depth look at why I have, what might be referred to as these ‘issues’.

So with that in mind here is my first entrance.

Explain yourself please, number one - Johnny Silverhand

Picture it, there is me, a nerdy girl on the cusp of emerging into the grand all consuming pass time of roleplay games. I have been trying out dungeons and dragons and a little bit of Vampire games. Then some one says to me, “hey you ever played cyberpunk?”. Well needless to say I was hooked. The setting was the right kind of cool. The characters were the right kind of sticking it to the man. It was just the game that clicked for me. Then there was a mission at the back of the 2020 core book that talked all about certain characters (spoilers ish for the 2077 game follow) that mission was called never fade away. Go look it up. It’s totally the memory mission Johnny and the games intro to alt. I read all and something just clicked. This rockstar, fighting for what he believed, against the system. It didn’t help he was very 1970s rockstar. My weakness. I held him in a great light, played a lot of rocker boys. Always wanted that silverhand swagger. He was beautiful, punkish and a beautiful bad boy. Sure he was an asshole but look, what rock stars are not.

That was 20 years ago.

Johnny had faded into my “i had a bit of a crush on this dude in my teen life” he still popped up but that beautiful leather clad anarchist just bobbed along happily. Then I saw the teaser trailer for cyberpunk 2077. Well I saw it, my husband heard me shriek within the first few seconds of the trailer about it being cyberpunk. I saw the ad in the background with alt in it. It all came back. My pre order done I pawed over everything cyberpunk. Then the news came. Keanu.

I can see it Johnny is on maybe his third clone body why wouldn’t Alt have tuned it up!

Anyway I started to play my first play through (currently on 3.5 which can be described as my I did this the rocker boy way, I did this the corpo way and the I wanted to bang Kerry way) again spoilers of a kind ahead.

So Johnny eventually turned up and was a huge douche. I put the controller down and looked at my husband, then loudly proclaimed “what have they done to my boy” after being coaxed back, I realised what had happened I was getting the attitude I loved about him, but more directly. The snippy quotes, the impotent rage because he can’t go and be Johnny. My poor boy they took away his claws for plot. In the end I wanted to romance him. Couldn’t. By the Second play through I went full Corp. and it got to me because I was disappointing to him. I cried at the end of that one. With Johnny it’s all emotional. And kudos to CDPR for actually getting the character correct. Because if you don’t feel a connection to Johnny by the end, even if you are a casual fan you are playing the game wrong.

So in summery Johnny is hot. His ass is hot. We all know this, but for me. He turns up in my lists because I’m emotionally invested in the man. Have been for a long time. Long before Keanu. He stands for a lot of things I adore.

Plus he is always my OTP with Kerry!

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[hiccanna-tidbits]

5, 6, 7 & 8 for OTP asks with Hiccanna!!

HELL YEAH BRO

Soulmate AU: Who is eager to meet their soulmate? Who absolutely does not want to meet their soulmate?

Anna, hopeless romantic and “true love” fanatic that she is, is incredibly down to meet her soulmate. One of her biggest fears is being inherently unlovable and that no one will ever love her for who she is (parents dying and sister shunning you has to leave some abandonment issues babyyyy), so she takes a lot of comfort in the idea of a soulmate--at least one person is basically certain to love her, right?

Hiccup, meanwhile, is apathetic at best and annoyed by the idea of a higher power dictating who his girlfriend is at worst. Unlike Anna, he doesn’t really fear no one will ever really love him for who he is--rather, he just accepts it as fact. Growing up with no friends and an emotionally-distant father, Hiccup came to believe that he was never going to feel the kind of deep, boundless love he’d seen between other people--and he made his peace with it. Being a more introverted scientist and inventor-type, Hiccup tends to spend a lot of time alone anyways and believes (maybe not fully accurately) that he prefers it that way. Besides, the logician in him thinks the whole “magic cosmic soulmate” thing is probably bullshit, and he just can’t figure out how something like soulmates could ever be backed or supported by modern science. Ultimately, Hiccup figures he’s going to date who he’s going to date (if he can even find any girls who are interested, that is), and he really couldn’t care less what the stars have to say about it.

When Hiccup and Anna do finally meet, and eventually start dating (knowing how shy and awkward they’d both be about confessing, it would take months to years after them meeting to actually get together, even in a goddamn soulmate AU), it isn’t revealed that they’re soulmates right away. Maybe it’s revealed by their hearts glowing a certain color when they first realize they’re in love with the other person? Idk. 

When Anna finds out they’re soulmates, she’s absolutely stoked. Like the girl probably runs around their home for a solid 15 minutes planning a soulmate reveal party or something. Hiccup, meanwhile, is just kind of like “Oh! Neat!” and then immediately goes back to whatever he was doing XD

Anna is a bit hurt that Hiccup is so, ah...unconcerned about them being literally destined to be together. She’s mainly worried that it means that he doesn’t like...cherish their connection enough and whatnot. After he picks up on the fact that she’s kind of upset about his definitive lack of a strong reaction to the whole thing, he explains to her that he didn’t really care because he’d 100% date Anna whether or not she was his soulmate. Saying their souls were deeply connected was basically just putting a formal title on what he already knew.

And Anna has to take a minute, because honestly? Hiccup confidently saying he’d be with her in any reality, even one where he risks angering cosmic forces to do so, is actually much more romantic than them being supposedly “fated for each other” since the beginning.

Single parent AU: Which one is the single parent? (Alt. if they’re both single parents: Which one is open to starting a new relationship from the start? Which one is never planning on finding love again… Until they meet the other and are instantly smitten?)

I think I’ll have Zephyr and Nuffink be the single parent kids because I Just Think They’re Neat! That, and I honestly can’t bear to make lovechildren for Anna with anyone but Hiccup XD (those of you who know me will know making Krist/anna lovechildren in any context is RIGHT OUT).

So in this AU things didn’t work out with Astrid and Hiccup is pretty heartbroken over it :( I imagine she ultimately left him because she wasn’t really feeling the spark anymore, and they have joint custody of the kids. Meanwhile, Hiccup and Anna were neighbors growing up, and were pretty close friends as kids until Anna moved away and they lost touch. She eventually comes back to their hometown as an adult, and she and Hiccup reconnect. They’re also both like “ah shit, my old buddy got HOT” XD

I actually think Anna and Zephyr would really hit it off, mainly because Anna sees a lot of what she loves the most about Hiccup in Zephyr. Zephyr has Hiccup’s anxiety, cynicism, inventive streak, overall social awkwardness--and because Anna knows Hiccup so well and knows how to best accommodate all of his quirks and oddities, it’s not hard for her to extrapolate how best to befriend a younger version of him XD Zephyr, meanwhile, has had trouble befriending kids her age due to her bluntness and general “nerdiness,” so she’s always happy to find someone who accepts her unconditionally and takes a genuine interest in her wacky inventions--even if it’s her dad’s new girlfriend, who by all accounts should be a weird person for her to get close to XD Zephyr also devours science books like they’re going out of style, and is very pleased that Anna is more than happy to listen to her ramble on and on about random science trivia. Zeph still loves her biological mom, for sure, but she starts thinking of Anna as a second mom. She brags to all the kids at school that she has two moms, which leaves them very confused and wondering if Astrid ended up marrying another woman after she divorced Hiccup (which, to be fair, wouldn’t be entirely out of character).

Nuffink, meanwhile, is a little more unsure about the whole situation, if mainly because I headcanon him as a bit of a mama’s boy. He doesn’t dislike Anna so much as he’s just...wary of her, and doesn’t know how to feel about his dad falling in love with someone who isn’t his mom. He also can’t help but feel out-of-place when he, Zephyr, Hiccup, and Anna go out on “family outings” because he kind of looks like he doesn’t belong. With her reddish-brown hair, her blue eyes, her aundance of freckles, and her fondness for wearing twin braids, Zephyr could definitely pass as Anna’s daughter (I’ve even seen Anna used as an older version of Zephyr in video edits, which is hilariously ironic). Although Nuffink has his dad’s eyes, he very much has his biological mom’s hair and doesn’t look like he’s related to Anna at all.

I think what helps them finally bond is that they both have a love of combat! Nuffink definitely does some kind of martial arts or fencing training if he can access it, and Anna is more than happy to teach him some swordplay and spar with him if he wants! Because Sword Anna is best Anna, fight me. Nuffink is also open-minded enough that hey, if his cool big sister likes someone that much, she can’t be that bad. Hiccup is just...continually super impressed with how much Anna knows about fighting--and it makes him fall all the more in love with her, because he loves that in a woman XD Once Nuffink warms up to Anna, he’s constantly trying to impress her ith how tough he is--mostly shown by him ramming his head into walls. Poor Anna worries about Nuffink a lot XD

I imagine there’s a little bit of tension between Anna and Astrid in this AU. Not really because Astrid resents Hiccup moving on--she’s actually pretty happy for Hiccup that he found someone better suited for him than her--but more because she worries Anna is trying to replace her as the kids’ “true mom” XD Anna, meanwhile, can’t help but resent Astrid a little for breaking Hiccup’s heart and doesn’t get why they kids can’t just have two moms! The more people who love them, the better, right???

I don’t imagine Anna and Hiccup having any biological kids in this AU, because I think two stepkids would be plenty for Anna! Of course, since Zephyr and Nuffink are Hiccup’s, she loves them with all her being and tries to be the best stepmom she can be. But I think having more than two kids would stress Anna’s ADHD ass the fuck out, and she doesn’t strike me as the sort of person who would feel a need to have biological kids with Hiccup if she already had Nuffink and Zephyr to parent. Our girl is perfectly happy adopting!

Doctor AU: Which one is the longsuffering doctor? Which one is the patient?

Hiccup is the long-suffering doctor, although not entirely by choice. Often he wonders if being a doctor is actually what he wanted, but his dad was like “WELL SON! YOU’RE SMART, SO YOU GOTTA BE A DOCTOR SO YOU MAKE BIG BUCKS!” (I’m headcanoning in this AU Stoick is a professional athlete of some kind, and has made BANK since he was young. He can’t really conceive of his son NOT pursuing a well-paid profession). Hiccup doesn’t really want to disappoint his rather intimidating dad, so he goes along with it.

It’s not that he dislikes it, when all is said and done. He does care about people and wants to help them, although he hides it underneath about 10 layers of snark. Still, it’s stressful and thankless work, and often he worries about whether he took the right path. Too late to pursue something else now, he supposes.

Then he meets Anna, rushed to the ICU with a collection of third-degree electrical burns. She tried to plug all of her Christmas light strings into the same power strip, and uh...it did not go well. Hiccup is there monitoring her vitals when she wakes up, and she just kind of wearily sighs and admits to him that living on her own wasn’t nearly as fun or exciting as she thought it would be. As it turned out, Anna had insisted she could be trusted with putting up her apartment’s holiday decorations, and she very much should not have been.

Anna ends up having to stay a couple weeks. She needs a small skin graft (yeah, she fucked herself up THAT bad), and then needs a bit of time for the surgery wounds to heal. Hiccup is assigned to do checkups on her regularly, and starts to look forward to it. Her perky disposition (despite being stuck in the hospital with burn wounds) is contagious, and she never fails to make him laugh after a long, draining shift. As stressful as his job is, Anna becomes his one respite.

He has to admit, it’s nice to have at least one thing to look forward to.

Hiccup is a little sad to see Anna go. Of course, bumbling, socially awkward foot-in-mouth fool that he is, he doesn’t have the courage to ask for her number so they can keep in touch. That would, uh...probably be unprofessional or something. Besides, it would probably crush his heart and soul if she was weirded out by his soft spot for her so like...maybe best not to even open himself up to the possibility.

Then, not two weeks later, Anna shows up at the hospital again--this time having broken three bones in a hiking accident. Apparently she got too excited about a particularly nice view, and toppled right off the top of a very steep bluff. He, once again, takes on her care, and is delighted (albeit guiltily) to have her back. He, once again, has something to make work not suck as much!

Oddly enough, this turns out to be the first of many hiking accidents. Anna comes in next month claiming to have nearly burned her arm off in a rogue campfire, and then again the next month claiming to have been mauled by a bear (although Hiccup is pretty sure those bleeding gashes were just left by a very big dog, and Anna is too embarrassed to admit it). Odder still, Hiccup distinctly remembers talking to Anna during her first hospital stay about how much he loved hiking and the outdoors, and now all of her new string of injuries just happen to be hiking-related. He can’t help but be baffled about how her insurance even covers all of this, but apparently having a family lineage distantly related to Norwegian royalty has its perks.

On roughly her 7th hospital stay, Hiccup finally gathers up the courage to ask Anna for her number, if only because he figures it would be nice for them to see each other without Anna having to nearly get herself killed first every time XD

Bodyguard AU: Who is the bodyguard? Who are they protecting? Which one is secretly pining for the other?

OMIGOD SO

I HAD AN IDEA FOR THIS

What if Anna was sent to bodyguard Hiccup in an AU where Arendelle is a lot more militaristic???

Basically what I'm thinking is that this is in an alternate timeline, Hiccup didn't injure Toothless's tail when he shot him down. The beginning of HTTYD plays out the same, but Toothless can still fly and just yeets off after Hiccup frees him, supposedly never to be seen again. However, this still leads Hiccup to believe he may not be dragon-fighting material after all. The poor boy still yearns to find a way to prove his worth to Berk, though.

As Hiccup gets older, his strength doesn't really improve, and it becomes clear to Stoick that he's always going to be pretty scrawny. Because of this, he's hesitant to put Hiccup in dragon training for the sake of his son's own safety--and hey, Hiccup seems to have lost interest in dragon-fighting anyhow, so it's not like Hiccup will fight him on it. Nonetheless, the dragon raids are getting worse, and Stoick worries about Hiccup being able to protect himself at all. Knowing most of the older villagers are busy with dragon-fighting and other jobs, and honestly doubting any of the village's teenagers would protect Hiccup if push came to shove, Stoick sends out an appeal of sorts to neighboring villages and kingdoms requesting a bodyguard for his skinny disaster of a son.

Back in Arendelle, shut-in princess Anna is surprised yet intrigued when a messenger from the Viking village of Berk shows up at Elsa's coronation. In a timeline where Hans and Anna don’t have their chance encounter, Hans sets his wooing sights on the newly-crowned Queen Elsa (and fails), and no push ends up being strong enough to make Elsa lose control of her powers at the ceremony. Anna, however, still feels hurt by her sister’s seemingly reasonless rebuke earlier in the evening and finds herself aching to explore the world outside her castle and be close with someone--anyone--again.

When the Viking messenger requests a bodyguard for the Chief of Berk’s son, Anna is quick to volunteer. The messenger scoffs at first, but to his surprise, the soft-looking princess isn’t entirely unqualified. She filled many of her long, empty childhood hours training with the Arendelle guard, and her swordplay is admirable. To prove her worth, Anna faces off with one of the Berkian warriors in a duel--and holds her own shockingly well. While Queen Elsa is hesitant to let her sister run off to a faraway nation, Anna vehemently insists that Arendelle doesn’t need two monarchs, and this will be great for diplomatic relations in the long run. Of course, she also longs to explore and get away from the place she’s been trapped her entire life, but Elsa doesn’t need to know that part.

When Anna arrives in Arendelle, Hiccup has absolutely no idea what to make of his new bodyguard. On the one hand, a girl who’s good with a sword is hot, and he’s long since given up on Astrid anyways. On the other hand, Hiccup is definitely irked that his dad sees him as so weak and incapable that he’s the only Viking in the village who needs a full-on bodyguard, and he hates feeling like he’s being babied and coddled (not that this is Anna’s fault). Still, his bodyguard is essentially the only person who’s ever seemed to actually want to be friends with him in...well, his whole life, and honestly? He’ll take it.

Anna, meanwhile, still aching for love and connections of really any kind, is nigh-instantly smitten. His brains, his creativity, his constant snide jokes, his snark-coated good heart, his weird, messy hairdo--all of it has an 18-year-old Anna completely over the moon. Hiccup, feeling hopeless in the world of romance after being rejected by Astrid, is honestly just relieved to finally have a friend--to the point that it doesn’t even occur to him that Anna’s a girlfriend option.

Not long after she arrives in Berk, Anna is put into dragon training to prepare for raids. She does a bit of training of her own with Hiccup, teaching him some swordplay to try and boost his confidence. It’s not hard to tell that he has mixed feelings about having to have a protector, and Anna hopes that by teaching him some basic fighting skills he can at least feel a little better if he’s ever in a situation where she isn’t there to defend him.

As she gets deeper into her dragon training, Anna asks Hiccup why he never gave dragon training a go. Granted, him being as physically small as he is would be a disadvantage, but he could still learn to hold his own decently well using speed and stealth. It would help him be able to protect himself, if nothing else. Hiccup seems very reluctant to talk about the whole subject, but he says Anna needs to trust that he knows he can’t kill dragons. He tends to give the shortest answers possible to her questions, and nigh-instantly changes the subject. When Anna presses too much, he gets snippy.

As they get closer, Hiccup finally opens up to Anna about the time he shot down a Night Fury and couldn’t bring himself to make the final kill. He admits to cutting the creature free, and how the dragon nearly killed him--only to spare Hiccup just as Hiccup had spared him. “I saw more than just a ruthless killer when I looked into that dragon’s eye,” Hiccup tells her. “I saw myself. I think there’s so much more to them than anyone knows, but...you’re the only person I feel like would actually give me the benefit of the doubt on that.”

During the next raid, Anna pays closer attention to the dragons than before. She watches how they interact with the villagers, and notice that they never seem to go out of their way to go after people. They only fight Vikings when Vikings initiate, and the dragons’ main concern always seems to be taking sheep and fish. Left to their own devices, they don’t seem to want to hurt anyone.

Unfortunately, Anna standing off to the side and trying to watch what all the dragons are doing leaves her distracted--and vulnerable. She’s not prepared for a camouflaged changewing to melt out of the wall behind her, whipping around and backing her into a corner. Anna grabs for her sword but can hardly move, frozen in terror as the massive dragon stares her down.

She holds up an arm, bracing herself for a wall of fire, but none comes. There’s a swish of wings and a gust of wind blows her back. When she looks up, the dragon is gone.

It would’ve been beyond easy for the dragon to kill her. The creature clearly saw her--could have taken advantage in her moment of frozen stupor and burned her to a crisp. And yet...the dragon spared her. Just like the Night Fury had spared Hiccup.

Anna realizes Hiccup might be onto something.

Together, Hiccup and Anna decide they’re going to get to the bottom of what dragons are really like--and why they’re stealing the village’s food. While claiming to go out for “battle practice,” Hiccup and Anna track down dragons and study them in secret--observing them, writing about them, seeing how they behave and how they interact with one another. They’re surprised by what they see: left to their own devices, dragons are good-natured and compassionate, and they take care of their own. Strangely, they never seem to feed the stolen food to their young. Hiccup predicts they’re not actually keeping it for themselves, and taking it somewhere nigh unreachable for humans. For what actual purpose is anyone’s guess.

Anna starts using the info she gathers observing dragons with Hiccup in dragon-training. She finds ways to sooth them and calm them down in the ring by using things they seem to enjoy in the wild. Scented grass, bits of fish, soft touches, slow, gentle movements. The village marvels at her newfound skills, and can’t help but wonder where she developed such a knack for controlling dragons despite spending basically all her time around “Stoick’s little runt.” She couldn’t be training with him, of all people...could she? Astrid, for one, is definitely none too pleased about her spot at the top of the class being threatened.

Meanwhile, Anna and Hiccup can’t help but grow fond of the dragons they watch. They start becoming more bold, and leaving snacks of trout and mutton for the scaled creatures. Anna is delighted when the food ends up attracting none other than what she’s pretty sure is the same changewing who spared her, as well as a curious snaptrapper. She’s never gotten to see a snaptrapper up close before, and is completely undeterred by the triple-jawed four heads. Rather, she is far more preoccupied with coming up with the perfect name for each head.

“Omigod, he’s so PRETTY! And he smells like CHOCOLATE!”

“...you know they probably emit that scent to lure in prey so they can slice it in three, right?”

“CHOCOLATE, HICCUP!!!”

With each new meal, the local dragons grow more and more comfortable with Hiccup and Anna. After a while, the changewing and the snaptrapper even let Anna touch their noses. Anna falls in love with watching the changewing seem to melt around the forest as she camouflages, and rolling in the mud with the snaptrapper after a summer storm. Hiccup starts catching what seems to be glimpses of the Night Fury he freed, and it appears that the curious creature has come back to investigate him.

The Night Fury appears more and more, drawn in by Hiccup’s trout feast. Hiccup notices the dragon’s wing is injured, likely shot by someone from the village. Although he’s not completely helpless, he’s having trouble. Hiccup sets to work on his most daring project yet--making a “brace” of sorts that can mend the ripped wing.

When Hiccup and Anna attempt to distract the Night Fury long enough to climb up and put the wing brace on, something unexpected happens. The dragon shoots up to the sky, both unwitting passengers clinging onto his tail for dear life.

Once they get their bearings and clamber up to his back, the Night Fury (who Hiccup has nicknamed “Toothless” for his retractable teeth) takes them on a flight through the clouds. Unable to help herself, Anna laces her arms around Hiccup’s waist--if only so she can supposedly “hold on better.”

Hiccup, of course, still doesn’t get it.

The flight takes a sinister turn when Toothless takes them to the dragon nest, and Hiccup finally gets his answer about where all of the villages food has been going--to their queen. Unsure what to do or how to free their new friends from the Red Death, Hiccup and Anna promise each other one thing or sure--none of the rest of Berk can know about the dragon nest. If they attack it, it spells disaster for both dragons and Vikings--not to mention the question of how they got there is sure to dig up their secret dragon-related activities as of late.

With each dragon raid, Anna finds herself more and more reluctant to fight dragons--especially now that she knows what’s actually going on. She only does the bare minimum to protect the food and the village, never going out of her way to attack a dragon or landing a killing blow (although by this point, she’d definitely be skilled enough to). During one particularly intense raid, Anna is finding it harder and harder to fend dragons off without doing lethal damage. While driving out a particularly tenacious monstrous nightmare, Anna happens upon the same changewing she’s befriended in the forest, limping to safety.

It would be incredibly easy to finish the dragon off, but Anna refuses. The dragon knows she’s beat, and so Anna lets her leave without so much as a swing of the princess’s sword.

Unfortunately, Astrid sees.

After the raid, Astrid storms up to Anna and chews her out in front of the whole village, yelling about how weak she was to not go for a dragon kill when she had the chance. It turns out Astrid’s also been noticing Anna going intentionally easy on the dragons, and how much the Arendelle princess seems to hold back when fighting him. Astrid knows it’s not physical incompetence, or a lack of skill--she’s seen Anna subdue plenty of dragons in training.

No, it seems to be the princess’s heart that’s weak. Her kingdom must be nothing but a bunch of bleeding-hearted morons, and she’ll never be tough enough to really belong in Berk.

As he watches Astrid yell and the Berkians all turn to sneer at the scene, Hiccup feels a sudden rush of protectiveness for his friend. Tears are starting to form in the corners of her eyes, and something gives in him seeing her subjected to the very ostracization that left him completely alone for so many years.

He walks up beside Anna, and suddenly he’s shouting like he’s never quite had the courage to before.

“You’re wrong, Astrid! You’re all wrong!”

Before long, he’s spilling everything--how dragons are intelligent and caring creatures, how they’re only stealing food to feed a ruthless queen, how he’s sure humans have killed far more dragons than vice versa. The village stares, horrified. When Stoick storms forward, Hiccup and Anna know it’s nothing good.

Stoick is disgusted. The very bodyguard he had brought all the way out to Berk to give his son strength did nothing but fill Hiccup’s head with softness and dangerous lies. He banishes Anna, warning her never to set foot in Berk or speak to his son again.

Hiccup will not have it. He says if Anna’s leaving, he’s coming with her. He’s made his choice, and he’s standing by the only person who ever really treated him with unconditional love and kindness.

“Fine,” Stoick says simply. “We’ll be rid of two traitors, then.”

Cast out from Berk, Hiccup and Anna find themselves with a new mission: Find the nest before the rest of Berk does, and take out the Red Death once and for all.

With the help of Toothless, the Changewing (who Anna has nicknamed “Flicker”), and the Snaptrapper (whose heads Anna have very creatively named Leafy, Greeny, Spiky, and Badbreath. It’s beyond Hiccup how she tells all of them apart, but she’s very adamant about which is which.), they find the dragon hive again, and attempt the impossible--attacking the queen. It seems hopeless at first, but once more and more malcontented dragons see what they’re doing, they join in and rebel.

It’s a tough fight, but the two humans and the revolting dragons come out on top. Not before the Red Death has one last hurrah, though--letting out a final, massive blast of fire that knocks Hiccup askew and sends him tumbling down into the flames. Toothless, Flicker, Anna, and the Snaptrapper dive after, and are quickly engulfed in red and orange.

Meanwhile, the Berkians have sent out ships following Hiccup, Anna, and their dragons, guessing the nest is where they were headed. By the time they get there, the fight is over--and Stoick and Gobber just manage to catch a glimpse of Hiccup plummeting into the flames.

Anna screams Hiccup’s name until the smoke burns her throat so much she can’t anymore. She remembers swooping underneath him and just managing to grab hold of his limp body before everything goes dark.

When she comes to later, it’s still dark--but she feels something soft and warm in her arms, and feels scales pressed against her back. Her arm is searing with pain, but she barely notices it as her eyes adjust to the darkness. Hiccup is curled up against her--groaning, but alive.

Not sure she’ll ever get another chance, she puts a hand on his cheek and finally tells him the truth. “I love you.”

He opens his eyes and looks, gaze shocked until a slow realization washes over him. He smiles. “I love you, too.”

They both pass out, still wrapped up in each other.

When the flames clear, Stoick sees what looks like a pile of dragons, all pressed together with their wings folded in. Slowly, they lift their wings to reveal two humans--charred in places, but alive.

Wracked with guilt, Stoick realizes he was wrong. Hiccup’s new bodyguard helped his son become stronger and braver than the chief of Berk ever imagined.

It turns out taking down the queen saved the dragons and the humans, and thanks to Hiccup, Anna, and their dragon friends, Berk will never have to worry about dragon raids again.

It turns out Hiccup’s leg and Anna’s arm didn’t quite make it out of the fire. Luckily, Gobber has always been handy at prosthetics--and Hiccup manages to make a fairly dextrous and functional metal hand for Anna. Anna is utterly delighted with how cool it looks.

After the whole Red Death incident, it’s decided that Hiccup is probably competent enough that he doesn’t need his own bodyguard anymore. Nonetheless, Anna is welcome to stay in Berk as long as she likes. And with new dragon friends and an incredibly cute new boyfriend, she’s not going anywhere anytime soon!

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This is in reference to this post! I’ve already done these questions for Moanida. Theoretically still willing to do any questions I haven’t yet for Hiccanna and Moanida, although these were exhausting to write out so I might not give as long of answers XD