#i wanna see an interaction between them and the fun gang

[nooooough]

Wrong game

[himbo-in-limbo]

[a random head canon thingy idk cuz my I pad is charging n I can't draw rn 😞] Glamrock Bonnie/Glamrock Freddy

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I like to think Bonnie often goes off on his guitar during live performances (leaning towards it sounding like heavy metal) n often forgets he's playing for children LMAO

The kids love it regardless but the gangs like "dude again?" His longest solo was like a good 3 minutes...

He craves to have artistic freedom, I'm assuming the rest do as well tbh

Imagine hearing Freddy practicing his vocals, since we see chica shredding her guitar in her spare time I wonder if he dose the same?

I bet Freddy also likes to help whichever staff member is doing heavy lifting n he sees them struggling with the cargo n just goes "Oh please it's the least I can do! You all do so much for us, I wouldn't want you to hurt yourselves."

Also likes to help because Freddy has trouble just doing nothing...he needs to be doing something!

Or else he gets a bit antsy

Which is why he loves conversing n little tasks!

Bonnie calls the people closest to him "Carrot cake" bc he loves it sm and he loves them sm

In terms of the OG Trio I see chica being the one they protect the most like that's their baby sister to them 🥺♥️

Side note that it's a shame we don't have enough interactions between chica n Freddy in the game...

Like I wanna know if their just as close to each other as Freddy and Bonnie were

Bonnie gets excited hearing stories that the staff members tell him (if he's friends with em) about the outside world...

He LOVE'S it when they share their favorite music with him! He likes to analyze the guitar solos n usually that sneaks into the next concert hehe

He wants to go outside so bad...he often looks outside any windows and wishes he could just step outside for a bit...

This is also something I think the rest have in common.

They are happy working with the kids! They love their job! They would just like to feel the sun n quite literally touch grass...at least once!

Going back to Bonnie loving carrot cake he dose actually have a slight problem with it similar to chica...just don't leave your slice unattended with him, like a magic trick it'll disappear ✨

I like to think Bonnie originally didn't have eye liner but he saw one of the staff members have some on and he just told them "I want that! Can you put that on me?!" And ever since then it's been a part of his iconic look

Freddy laughs to hard at simple jokes like dad jokes kill him, which is why when he tells them sometimes he can't finish the joke 💀

His laugh is so cute n contagious 😭♥️

Everyone groans but they laugh at Freddy's reaction anyways

Bonnie's laugh is dorky, he snorts on occasion and the others call him out n he gets embarrassed

All in good fun of course!

If Bonnie were to blush I like to imagine that his whole face goes red like you can always tell when he's flustered hehe

Honestly I believe Freddy has that classy rizz, like he's such a gentleman, he'd court you properly is all I'm saying

As for Bonnie he's flirty, if he likes you he'll be teasing you a lot

He likes to bully his crush a tiny bit by making em all flustered, and yes he challenges you to bowling quite often!

It's his favorite bonding activity what can you do

He's such a good teacher for bowling too! Has to be for the kiddos of course!

All in all these boys have a heart of gold

They'll inspire you in some way n leave you feeling happy! And you do the same for them! Their still learning how to modify their hugging power tho!

It's strong! 🧡💙

[rafedaddy01]

Part 1

You not know who you’re dealing with (r.c) pt2

A/n: I decided to make this a first person pov

Not proof read

���I told you, you don’t know who you’re dealing with” Rafe said as he tossed my bunched up panties at me and grabbed his shirt off the floor, putting it back on he headed for the bedroom door.

And that was the story of how I met Rafe Cameron. Kook king, and as I have come to learn, the towns biggest asshole.

He slept with anything and everything that could move, he had a bad drug problem and despite what I may have said that night, he is nothing like Sarah.

It’s been a few weeks since that party and me and Sarah are still tight. I go over sometimes and I see Rafe, but he doesn’t make eye contact with me. It’s like he’s trying to avoid me.

“Hey Rafe!” I finally said.

I was over after school doing some math homework with Sarah and came down to the kitchen to get a snack. There he was, leaning on the counter with a class of whiskey in his hand. He looked pissed but I didn’t realize that until his blazing red eyes turned to face me.

“What the hell are you doing here” his voice was cold, distant, no emotion whatsoever. So why did it make me wanna strip immediately for him and get on me kne- focus!

“Uh, just doing some homework with Sarah” I said shifting around his body and grabbing an apple out of the fruit bowl.

His gaze never left mine, for a brief moment it looked like he checked me out.

“How- uh- how have you been?” I said biting my lip and looking at the ground, cursing myself for still standing here. He clearly didn’t care and I felt so stupid. But I couldn’t help it, that night he made me feel something. Something I haven’t felt in a long time and it was exciting.

He scoffed as his jaw tightened, he gave me one last look over and smirked before pushing the slide door open and exiting, just like he did that night when his lips were so deliciously wrapped around my- no! Focus girl!

“Hey Sarah” I said walking back into her room. She nodded up at me but didn’t say anything, clearly too focused on her homework.

“Why is your brother such an asshole” I broke the silence. I didn’t even know why I was asking her, I’ve only know this girl for a few weeks and I’m already prying on her personal life.

“Oh no. What did Rafe do this time?” She said sighing and tossing her pencil down.

“Oh no he didn’t do anything, really. He just seems- I don’t know, distant?” I said.

“Yeah Rafes always been like that. He’s a little… strange” she said looking at the carpet.

“Anyway. I’m going to hangout with John b tonight, wanna come?” She said wiggling her eyebrows at me and smirking.

As we met up with the rest of the gang who I’ve hung out with a couple times, they were nice and I always had fun with them, but I couldn’t help thinking about what Sarah said. I felt bad for Rafe, he seems so misunderstood. There’s a story there and I intend to find out.

Tonight was something called the bonfire, so we were all gathered on the beach, kooks and pouges, which apparently is a forsaken rival of the two, weird town.

Kie was sitting with a group of hippies smirking and exposing pollution to them, JJ and John b were handing out beers too a bunch of tourists and trying to score, pope was talking to some girl about a dead body, Sarah and me were sitting on a log in front of the fire.

“Sarah!” A gentleman’s voice said coming up behind us, he was gorgeous, like that boy next door vibe but he looked drunk as he slurred his words and stumbled over to the log. “Top, what do you want” Sarah sounded annoyed.

Top, as she called him, sat down on the log between me and here. “I miss you baby, why did you leave me?” He said nuzzling into her.

He smelt like alcohol mixed with weed and vomit, I had to actually plug my nose and try not to throw up as I watched there interaction.

She pushed him off and he scowled. “What? Is that pouge sick better? Seriously Sarah? You know you could have had a good life with me, I would have given you everything you wanted but instead you were such an ungrateful little bitc-“

“Topper!” A voice beamed from behind us, I turned to make eye contact with Rafe.

His chest puffed out as he strided over to us.

He walked up to topper and got up in his face. “I told you to leave it alone man! What the hell are you doing here” he slapped topper on the back of the head and pushed him away from our group, topper obeyed like a little lap dog and scurried away.

Rafe stopped and turned his head to look at Sarah, he scoffed and shook his head. He then made eye contact with me, my heart was thudding in my chest. He held his gaze for what seemed like hours and I could see pain, sorrow, heartbreak and danger wrapped in his blue orbs. All too soon he disconnected his gaze and stormed off towards topper.

“Let’s go” Sarah said grabbing my hand and leading me towards Rafes car.

“Where are we going? What happened, Sarah are you okay?”

“I’m fine, topper was my ex and I- I cheated on him with John b, he’s also Rafes best friend and it’s all just a shit show, but we’re going home, let’s go”

We got in the back of Rafes truck, he glared at me through the rear view mirror before starting the engine and driving off.

Tonight was Friday so I told my parents I would be sleeping at Sarah’s.

“Thanks for letting me stay again” I said as I help her pull the fancy comforter and pillows off her bed.

“Of course! We’re friends and it’s what friends do. Now, if you need anything at night I’m kind of a sound sleeper so just feel free to get up and roam” she smiled as we climbed in bed and slept.

I woke up with a strangely dry throat, I headed downstairs to the kitchen. Sarah’s parents were home, besides her little sister wheezie and Rafe.

I poured myself a glass of water and sat up on the counter, the moonlight was lighting the whole room and it was quite beautiful. I sat there for a few minutes just watching.

I finally decided to head back up, turning around I saw Rafe leaning on the wall not to far just watching me, shirtless.

Oh my god oh my god.

“Rafe! You scared me” I laughed as I poured more water and headed towards the stairs.

“You should be scared, pretty girl” he said as I passed him.

“What do you mean?” I turned back around and he was so close I could smell the coke off him.

“You really wanna find out?” He said coming closer to my face.

“Like I said that night, I dare you” my voice was a whispered but because he was so close he heard me perfectly.

He grinned as he plucked the glass out of my hand and downed it.

He walked back over to the kitchen counter and placed the glass down.

“Hey!” I whispered-yelled as I approached him

I barley had time to say anything else as he smashed his lips to mine, I automatically became limp, falling into his arms and letting him smother me.

I moaned into his mouth which he devoured and groaned back, he lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around him. He turned us around so my ass hit the cool counter.

He kissed my neck and down my exposed chest.

My head was thrown back as his fingers came between my legs and rubbed me through my pajama shorts.

“Rafe.. please” I whined as he teased me.

“You don’t know how I’ve wanted to taste this pussy again” he grunted as he teased harder.

“Fuck, please!” I begged.

“Not Ike this” he whispered, kissing my lips softly and pulling back.

Just like that Rafe Cameron disappeared into the night.

Just like he did that night, and now I’m wet and horny all over again!

@mysterioussmae @f4ll-for-you @v21sstuff @rafeysworldim19 @baby19sthings

[patchwork-crow-writes]

What do you most want to see happen in Deltarune Ch 3 & 4?

Couple of things! Top of my list being more nuanced interactions between the Fun Gang - I wanna see Ralsei kinda lose his rag at Kris for opening a fountain after he went on about the Roaring, I wanna see Susie begin to twig that Ralsei and Kris might be keeping things from her about the nature of the dark worlds/darkners, and I really wanna see Kris have a few more opportunities to explicity assert their agency, preferably at a moment where it'd cause the maximum amount of chaos and upset >:3

To be clear, I don't want them to fall out just for the sake of it! Rather, there's this sense that as close-knit as they are right now, it's all very surface-level. I wanna really see these characters reckon with the notion that the idea of their friends they hold might not be entirely accurate or reflective of their foibles, and then through that come to a greater understanding and appreciation for one another.

(pls I need it so bad I love these kids so much they deserve the universe ToT)

I'm also really curious about how future Kris and Ralsei interactions are going to be handled in each chapter - in short, whether we're gonna get more acid-tunnel-esque situations. I can't wait for people to lose their minds over the option to pet Ralsei - complete with interactive minigame ala Pokemon Amie - and the Discourse it'll inevitably conjure up, it's gonna be great!!!

Thanks for the ask Ferro! :D

[somewhere-in-a-microwave]

Sanrio characters that I wanna see more often

Ms Anna and Chowder

Who were only seen in Cinnamoroll's epik backstory movie, Cinnamoroll: The Movie. They're so cute I'm sad we don't get to see them often. I need to see an interaction between Cinnamoroll or a mention.

2. Princess Lulu (Or Lulu-Hime) of the Sygnus Comet (I think)

Originally from the Little Twin Stars animated series. Not to be confused with Lulu (left side) of the Magical Twin Comets who is mostly seen with their twin Lili (right side), notice that they're all friends with the Little Twin Stars...

So for clarification, I call the top one Princess Lulu or Lulu-Hime and I call the bottom one Lulu Comet or Witch Lulu.

3. Coro Chan: The first Sanrio character ever.

This guy basically started it all and I think they deserve more recognition.

4. Charmmy Kitty (and Sugar)

Charmmy Kitty is Hello Kitty's pet cat. If that didn't make sense to you, Hello Kitty is not a cat (or a human) she is an entirely different something and identifies as a little girl. Charmmy is a cat.

And Sugar is Dear Daniel's pet hamster.

5. Wolf (or wolves???)

Fun fact: My Melody was originally an oc Sanrio came up with for their Little Red Riding Hood fanfic (that was the most funniest summary of MyMelo's origin). Unfortunately for the wolf (who's unnamed) has not been getting proper treatment from Sanrio. Their first design looked nothing like a wolf and in My Melody No Akazukin, they were more toonish but felt out of place design-wise. However, I do find them goofy (in a good way). Bro was My Melody's original rival before Kuromi was created

6. Wookami

An original character from The Adventure of Hello Kitty and Friends. He was a sworn enemy to the gang, a supposed criminal? (not really), a devilish troublemaker, lives on the moon (I don't know which other Sanrio characters live on the moon, but it would rather hilarious to think that there would be neighbours for him) and orders fresh warm milk every Thursday, cuz he's a girlboss.

7. Egbert

Also a character that was only seen in the series, he seems to look up to Badtz-Maru. Unfortunately, we don't know much about him, other than the fact he has a mother.

8. These fricking goobers

They are all seperate characters from a different series. Little Kitty is a sentient doll based off of Hello Kitty and they both coexist????

9. Kuromi's 5 vs the new gang

Imagine the beef...

10. Them.

(From top left to bottom right) Fangora, Catnip, Grinder and Mowzer (I wonder if anybody else even remembers Mowzer)

I don't know if they count, but I'm putting them here. Man, these guys (and the MyMelo Wolf) really need to get updated. I really like their charm and colours.

[thefourchimes]

Can you tell me more about the Four Chimes AU?

What paths did you originally have planned for Robin? I wanna see how close my own ideas are lol :D :D :D

And tell us more about the Chimes themselves please? Like what are they like? What kind of abilities do they have? I may need some ideas for a fight scene... hehe

so. four chimes au my beloved. the reason why my url name is the way it is, even when im an encanto centered blog AHSFUIAHSF but yeah, here we go then! also, finn mentioned you can send him asks too, he would love to answer you about this as well yeye

anywho, lore dump time! made with a tag team between me and finn

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Can you tell me more about the Four Chimes AU?

the four chimes verse is essentially an amalgamation of my want—need—for badass max, max angst, elumax angst, just general party and co angst, apocalypse four shenanigans, several unexplored character interactions and dynamics, the four horsemen of the apocalypse concept, and everything else that comes with this plus things i wasnt able to mention its very self indulgent ngl

but yes, it's about the apocalypse four (max, patrick, fred, and chrissy) and how they get turned into the upside down four horsemen of the apocalypse aka the four chimes of catastrophe by vecna, and they become his way of furthering chaos and destruction in hawkins, while also using them to get rid of his thorns aka the party and co

nobody's having a fun time lol

i've already got a lot of it planned out, i just need to write it lmao asufhaishdf

its funny because this all started when finn sent an ask to his friend about how the four victims of vecna are paralleled to the four horsemen of the apocalypse

on top of me already thinking about this, i saw the ask and pretty much ran with it

also, here's a bonus just for you! the following are the arc names of the og four chimes au (and technically still the general arc names regardless of the sub aus, tho ofc with some differences here and there):

pre-shattering

during catastrophe - the four chimes

during catastrophe - contact to familiarity

during catastrophe - jailbreak

during catastrophe - void dark

during catastrophe - escape the dark

during catastrophe - resonance

during catastrophe - the end

post-apocalypse

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What paths did you originally have planned for Robin? I wanna see how close my own ideas are lol :D :D :D

so robin is very feral yes AHSIFUHASf

im pretty sure i explained it a bit before but robin got hit by an arrow that was meant for nancy in the ciquest au, and because of nancy, she's able to find the will to fight back against the infection instead of succumbing to it, making it her own

One and the chimes sees how she's evolving and don't like it, so lence's suggestion of getting nancy takes priority, and so it happens

nance becomes quest and now the battle is on

robin is obviously devastated and the gang is slightly in shambles because of how much nancy brings to the table, and now she's gone—no, worse, she's being used for the other side

so robin steps up to the plate in multiple ways, trying her best to fill the void nancy was forced to leave behind

the burden on her is so heavy considering she got a power she technically never expected to have nor wanted, but now it's on her to make the most use of it

she usually questions why it was her who was in this situation and literally not anybody else who she thinks could definitely do better

lots of questions and wondering for her

now, unlike with renegade, she doesn't lose herself technically, but she gets close, like a lot

though should i mention that there was a little kidnapping that happened? the person who was kidnapped in question being someone who is very important to robin and may have caused a some strain and conflict for her and the chimes?

yeah, the chimes kidnapped steve to lure robin to them so that they can take her down

it was conquest's idea :)

robin was very much not happy about that btw

lots of things happen and as said, robin was very much close to losing it so many times but she doesn't for a couple of reasons

renegade is a completely new take and direction of ciquest and just four chimes in general, and im so interested in seeing where it goes, so very interested <333

i feel like im not able to tell robin's full story here, both because we want to keep some things hidden and also because my brain is kinda not working rn AHSFUHASF mb on that one

but yeah, that's generally it, tho if you got more questions, feel free to send an ask to either me or finn, and if we remember something in particular, we'll make sure to mention it

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And tell us more about the Chimes themselves please? Like what are they like? What kind of abilities do they have? I may need some ideas for a fight scene… hehe

here's the longest part because...lore dump yes

the chimes our beloveds <33

so the chimes. in our 68600 messages (as of the moment) of a four chimes dump, we've built up the characters and personalities of the chimes, and somewhere in this thread is the scattered information on them

now, i unfortunately dont have the time and patience to go through the thread to find all of the little information, but we'll do our best to give a good rundown of their characters

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here you go with the characters and personalities first:

famine

wields throwing knives

very loyal to One (meaning he gaslit her so much for that loyalty to come to be, a consequence of being his first chime)

wants to be the leader because she thinks (and is gaslit to think) that she deserves it (One really likes to cause discord between his chimes)

having no prior connection to the main gang—or thorns as they call the gang—besides eddie who is dead and a spectre here, so she's the one who has the least moments of "remembering their past life" before

is very brutal and ruthless and likely the one the gang got the most injuries from in a general sense

death

wields a large scythe

my secret blorb

most likely to actually defy One, and fun fact, he has an au called the runaway au where he, a chime in the middle of the battle between the upside down and right side up, got to run and escape from One before certain things happened, which then causes a chain reaction in this au ofc

he's a coward, and this plays a lot into his actions and interactions

technically had a connection with nancy in the gang, but with conquest here, it gets harder for him to connect, but robin actually steps up to the plate here

war

wields a sword

is the most balanced out of everyone when looking at his loyalty and his defiance to One, in the middle of the pack in that sense

his past life of abuse shows up a lot when it comes to One, so he tends to throw others under the bus to not get caught in the crossfire (not that he wants to do this, but he also doesnt want to gain One's ire)

just generally very chill, the most chill out of every one here

is the medic of the team because of how he's the personification of war

has a connection with lucas in the gang, so that's something that gets him to "remember" some stuff in a way

pestilence

wields bow and arrows

finn and mine's blorb

leader in og, former leader in ciquest/conquest

if you can only see the rambles we have on her…it will take days to get through

will take the bullet for the other chimes when it comes to One's ire

vec has a tighter hold on her because she's max

literally connected with everyone, will have a lot of moments where she feels familiarity (and will subsequently get punished for it later)

second most gaslit by One in a way, which is big oof

conquest

wields a sawed-off shotgun

the leader in ciquest/conquest aus

very protective of all the chimes and especially lence

vec also has tighter hold on her because she's nancy

last one to fall, was suggested by lence to be taken

more aware of things than the other chimes, but still completely controlled by One

same case as lence, but even more so considering she's been there since the start of it all (does her best to take most of lence's punishments as her own when One goes after them)

gets very hyperfocused with robin (vaguely aware the thorn makes her weak in some sense but quest doesn't care), but is frustrated she cant hurt her too much because lence will get hurt too (and maybe another reason deep down, but she doesnt acknowledge it)

all of them

they're all dog coded

One can summon them/call them whenever and its shown through the shivering cold in their necks, like what happens with will

One wants them to be just the way he wants them, meaning the way they died and got transformed into chimes must be how they are no matter what (this includes clothes, hair, weapons, and everything in general)

the only new addition he accepts them to have are new scars :')

the chimes have such a complicated relationship, but at the end of the day, post-vec, they love each other

note for them individually: there's a lot more that i want to add but my brain is blanking a little and i am probably forgetting some things, but here are some of the important things to note (remember this is incomplete to everything we wanna add ASFHUIASFh)

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some relationship notes (by pairs, groups are another story)

min clashes with death when it comes to lence, but otherwise are fine with each other, neutral in general but are connected as the first two chimes of One

min and war are not quite friends, more distant than friends but closer than allies… (very interesting when you note how they were in their Before)

has a very one-sided antagonistic rivalry with lence, especially when it comes to the leadership position (this changes a bit when quest is in play as she's the leader, but there's still the rivalry with lence despite not being leader in ciquest/conquest), will be very callous in a way with her, but they actually work well together, especially as the similar twin concepts of famine and pestilence

quest is able to take min's bitterness mostly in a stride and keeps her in check from being too antagonistic when it comes to leadership roles and just generally (helps because quest understands them in a way, though she doesnt understand why she does)

death and war are more or less chill with each other, most cordial relationship out of every single chime relationship and the least tension filled, just vibing so real (though war knows death is a coward and death knows that war knows it)

death and lence are surprisingly close, only second to quest for lence (and death too technically, which is inspired by their Before), this relationship is due to the fact that in canon, max got to see and technically interact with chrissy, patrick, and nancy, but never with fred, so we saw it and ran with it and now they're close here

death and quest are more or less okay with each other, and their Before helped them understand each other better, unlike the other chimes' Before affecting their relationships in another way

war and lence are complicated, since war throws lence under the bus the most (especially in og) to avoid One's ire, and lence understands why, because of her own Before (and it doesnt help that she takes bullets for the other chimes), but they're both fine more or less

war and quest are similar to min and lence with the similar concepts, war and conquest, fire and lava, war follows quest to the T (just like he does with lence in og but more so here with quest), and they work well together because of their similar concepts

lence and quest are the closest out of everyone, helped by their Before and their instincts with each other, confides with each other a lot and are just helping each other no matter what, tho ofc this comes with the consequence of One seeing this "weakness" of theirs and using this bond between them to punish them when he sees fit

although here's a note about this too: finn said "honestly tho their relationships r So complicated its hard to capture in a few sentences", and i agree, what you just read is just some general thoughts on their relationships, but god is there so much more to them all, and if we want to really show you the relationships in full, we would have to ramble it all out ASHUFIUASHF but yeah

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here you go with their abilities:

famine

knife throwing, very fast and precise

the fastest of the chimes

can cripple the energy and power of a person

takes down the food supply and wilts crops

can take the energy and vitality of a being and/or object

death

scythe proficiency

is the slowest of the chimes

everything related to death

teleportation through the shadows

summon bone beings

forming shadow tendrils kinda

exudes the ambiance of the end of life, striking a deep sense of fear

war

fireeeee

flame sword, very proficient with swords

second fastest of the chimes

use the molotovs and flamethrowers against the gang because fire for real

hot skin, literally

can cause a sense of crisis and rage in those near

lence

causes sickness (through arrows) and disorientation of people (through aura exuded)

poison arrows

has a balisong (one she had as max—this is an hc we have) and uses it as an extra weapon

second slowest of the chimes

infect people to insanity or to do her bidding

also wilts flowers and plants in general

aura vision (she's blind because of her interrupted transformation due to el but she can see the sort of "auras" of beings, especially the upside down ones)

quest

gun proficient (obviously)

very precise shots

her gun can either fire in a scattered way like a shotgun or only one bullet at a time, it depends on quest herself

lava (we were thinking mix of fire and earth for conquest, hence lava)

also hot skin, literally

in the middle of the fast and slow spectrum

can summon different types of guns, smaller guns takes less energy for her actually, but One doesn't like that so she doesn't do it much, if at all

all

sort of intangibility (only works when they're full on chime mindset, if their anchor selves start waking up and breaching the surface, they become vulnerable and the intangibility doesnt work)

connected to One's power

summoning their weapons

connected to their hounds (their horses)

faster healing

technically immortality (as long as One is around)

and bonus!

robin

connected to lence, draws power from her

trying to infect her even more causes robin to grow stronger and lence to grow weaker (this is important to note heheheh)

means she's a bit more feral though (she gets close to losing herself but doesnt fully)

becomes more durable and stronger and the best at dealing with the chimes in the long run

also faster healing

another note: i am very sure i forgot some things so yeah, assume this list is incomplete AHSFIUHASF but thats what we can remember off the top of our heads

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anywho, yeah! that's pretty much a lore dump and a half, except i also know its not complete and there's still so much more we want to say but are unable to mention it for several reasons

but maybe those are asks for another day (wink wink, go check out @lumaxramblings' askbox too yesyes)

thank you for the ask! and i hope this helped with the renegade au yesyes <33

see ya around

[cowboyrainy]

Tuberculosis in Red Dead Redemption 2

In the beginning of the 20th century, Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, was the second leading cause of death, after Pneumonia. It caused 25% of all deaths, throughout the 1600-1800's Europe. The disease has been around since antiquity and has been discovered in 17,000 year old bison. 

On March 24 1882, German physician and microbiologist Robert Koch, identified and described the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. Today, March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day. Before this discovery, it was believed (commonly in New England) that the disease was caused by vampires or curses. 

During chapter 2, when you collect the depths from Thomas Downes, he'll cough on Arthur, transmitting tuberculosis. Tuberculosis takes a few months or even years to develop and to start showing symptoms, but in poor living and health conditions it can take only but a few weeks for symptoms to show. Active infection occurs more often in people with HIV/AIDS and people who smoke. Today a diagnosis of active TB is based on chest X-rays, microscopic examination and culture of body fluids. Common symptoms include, chronic cough, fever, cough with bloody mucus and weight loss. 

Living in the countryside in 1899 could certainly be unhygienic and put you at risk in many ways, especially when you live outside, like the Van Der Linde gang does. The first sign of Arthur's TB is often considered to be in chapter 4, Shady Belle, when he talks to Herr. Strauss about the depths. If you choose to rob a homestead with Javier in chapter 2, you can hear Arthur cough at the end as well, but since you can complete this Companion Activity before confronting Downes, the only way Arthur could have contracted the disease, is when Thomas Downes breaks up the fight between Arthur and Tommy during "Americans at rest", but it seems unlikely this is a TB cough, due to the short period from exposure to disease (Let me know your opinion :) )

In chapter 4 after "Revenge is a Dish Best Eaten" Arthur writes in his journal,

"Keep feeling sick but I'm sure it's nothing".

There are three stages of TB. Exposure, latent, and active disease. Exposure is simply when you are exposed to the bacteria. Latent is when the bacteria is in your body, but you don't feel sick. Latent can then develop into the disease, where you do feel sick. The symptoms can be mild for months. This means Arthur could experience coughs, fevers, night sweats, weight loss and feeling sick or weak, for a while without the bloody coughs and chest pains. I think one reason that his TB develops fast is, like mentioned earlier, poor living conditions, bad hygiene and stress. There was no cure for TB back then and the only thing the doctor can prescribe Arthur is rest and getting somewhere warm and dry, which is the exact opposite of what Arthur's been doing / is going to do.

In 2021, 10.6 million people were diagnosed with turberculosis and around 1.6 million passed away from it. It's the second deadliest infectious disease, after Covid-19.

Trivia

The doctor in rdr2 who treats Arthur, Joseph R. Barnes, is likely named after Joseph K. Barnes, a US physician and surgeon general, who served President Lincoln and Garfield. 

The doctor's appearance looks sort of similar to Robert Koch

TB was also known as "the romantic disease". Many romanticized the disease, finding the bed written, skinny people beautiful. Some also believed the fevers and toxemia from TB assisted the artistic talent, allegedly helping people to "see life more clearly" and "to act decisively". 

Hello! Thank you if you've read this far. I've been trying to make this blog my primary, but that's not really an option, so i might make my primary a bit more personal, so i can interact more with the community lol. I enjoyed writing this alot and hope someone else found this as interesting as i did. Might make a part 2 to this post, but i'll definitely keep posting "essay" or what ever you wanna call them, because they are great fun to research and write (my autistic brain is happy) . Have a great evening :)

Also! Here are some great videos about TB, the victorian view of illness and fashion, that i think you should watch :)

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a little life ˚ପ⊹ ⭐️ 4/5 stars

I wanna preface by saying that this 'reveiw' is simply an opinion and its most definitely just for fun, I like talking about things I like talking about—and this—is one of them, thats all.

contains spoilers !

reading length time: 7 days

⭐️ Things A Little Life Did Well

1. Jude's Trauma & Relationship's With His Friends

Not only is the writing style in this book utterly gorgeous but it's written in a way that makes you know Hanya did her research. There's this really strong connection between Jude and the rest of his friends, ( and though there is some context lacking on how exactly they became friends in the first place ) It's doesnt defer from the belivebilty of their relationship and I like that. It's also worth mentioning that you get hooked on wanting to know wgat exactly happened to him and when you do it's kinda of like this 'ohhhhh' moment, and you appreciate the fact it took so long for him to reveal anything about himself other than the most vauge and obvious things. With what he went through, it really makes alot of sense.

2. The Use of Strong Platonic Relationships

It's honestly kind of refreshing to read about the friendships in this book, I think the theme of struggling in a relationship that isn't romantic is so much more realistic for us and for this book obviously. It's also alot of fun reading the dynamicw between not only yhe main 4 but other friends and friends of friends and how the support and love for thoes people goes both ways. My favorite example of this is Jude and his unwillingness to forgive JB and how JB's struggle through addiction compromised weather or not Malcom was "allowed" to be friends with him or not, Jude's and Wilhem's reactions both felt right for their character. I also loved Jude and his adoptive parents relationship, they were exactly the kinds of people Jude would gravitate towards and it was nice to see really.

3. The Prose

Like I mentioned before I adore this writing style, I mean you kind of have to enjoy reading it somehow—the book is over 700 pages long ! It's written it's a way that you literally have to want more. You want to know what happens next and Hanya does a good job at making sure you do, ( despite the insanity of the length otherwise )

⭐️ Things A Little Life Did Not So Well

1. Repetition

Okay don't hate me for this but lowkey, I was evvverr so slightly starting to get sick of Jude and the BULLSHIT, like I feel like right before Jude is abused by Caleb there could have been at least 100 pages taken off, like looorrd have mercyyy, and it's not as if Jude really annoyed me anyways it's more of the fact that there were some interactions and self hate monologues that...could have just been left of I suppose. I think my the 500th page we understand the kind of person Jude is and to be honest I wish she had left some things up to interpretation instead of blatantly stating what it was.

2. The Unlikelyness of The Main 4 and their Careers

Okay yeah, everyone is so well off and somehow they themselves and their friends can just afford to hop to Paris and Peru every other weekend, riiiighht. Like in Wilhem's case I would understand, he's an actor so it's different but everyone else..? I mean what possible could Citizen and the gang be doin in China for the week, ( and don't say vacations because thats just wrong ) like hello? It's also worth mentioning there's hardly anything historical context outside of the world, I feel like despite the multitude of countries people visit there's so little happening in the real world it makes it feel like a closed box.

3. The Villians

Okay okay here me out, It's feels so unrealistic that everyone Jude had met in his entire 15's was so blatanly evil, ( perhaps there was also a black and white character issue here as well..hmmm) what really got me was Dr. Traylor how paper thin the human evil in him was, I understand Luke and I understand Caleb but the counselors? And then the psyco doctor that ran him over with a car? I get that it was supposed to be so detrimentally awful but idk somehow it was so awful it kind of missed the mark ( it felt over the top is what I'm saying )

⭐️ Overall ;; It's a sad sad book with a great story told, I think besides the general mishaps about the book Hanya did a really good job at telling a story about severe abuse and if not for the sentimental elements it had it would have been 5 stars, anyways.

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So the relationship between Tettsu and Nikka was implied to really be an on again and off again type of relationship so they were apparently broken up at the time. But they could have elaborated that a lot more.

That's how I feel about Dan. Nothing against the actor, not any thing against Aya Asahina's husband at all (which is still weird to know that they're married). But I can't tolerant Dan as a character in any way.

Kizzy hanging out with Naomi, Lala, possibly the Strawberry Girls but only if she wants to catch their ignorance. And the original characters too. Not sure what the connects are between the female characters. I might have to figure that out. Anyway. More interactions between the female characters though since you never seen them together before for reasons that I still don't know why. So more female characters.

Daruma and Oya are definitely the most reckless gangs in SWORD.. I don't think they care what happens to themselves because they're so stupid. Some Sannoh boys are like that too. But I could really imagine Rude Boys, Sannoh and possibly Rascals teaching them out to fight a more careful way to fight. At least for protecting the right body parts.

I thought that too. Conversing about their business. And Rocky kinda complimented Hyuga to some extent, because he mentioned how he respected Daruma's passion for fighting. It's a twisted compliment.

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I don't know if my name is considered popular anymore. And my own name is also unisex too. And, apparently, my name is the boy version; that was not my mother's intention since she preferred the spelling to my name rather than the other spellings. But still. I just prefer aliases.

Exactly. Unusual names, bizarre names, eccentric names are fun for a character to have rather than some plain names everyone else has for their characters. But that's just my biased opinion about that though.

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Yes. When it comes to the overly expensive, extravagant, fashion that they have.. Certain clothing would be too expensive to replace unless that clothing is covered in blood. Since blood might be difficult to get out of white clothing. Which reminds me about a thought I had about the White Rascals and blood, I really will get to that in a moment too.

So maybe White Rascals can make an exception, just with Blue, when they need sewing done to their torn clothes and missing buttons too.

Even though I love the fashion for White Rascals, I would also have to that sometimes annoys me to know outfits like in Rocky's End Of Sky is completely white. So you can barely see the sewing details of many clothes they wear for that reason. Like Rocky, add a splash on color in the material - besides the gloves anyway. I wanna slap him for that.

But at least whenever I write the End Of Sky era to the story, I'd have the knowledgeable of what Rocky's outfit looks like for all descriptive reasons I can think of. So that is a plus side to having those pictures.

Yes. Blue and Rude trade buttons, patches, patterns and even certain material for what they want. And not only does she help Lala alter her clothes, but also the children too, because they're clothes are twice in size on the children. Extra materials could be used for other things.

I still wanna slap around the Sannoh boys for not committing to style, Cobra is the only one with real style amongst the Sannoh boys. Or it's possibly Noboru and even Yamato have style. But no one else though.

In an alternate timeline.. What would have happened in Rascals found Sarah before Warriors did? Seriously. A woman who was in an abusive family, she became a fighter to protect herself from men but just only goes after any men who don't deserve the violence she does to them.

Kizzy won't discriminate. She will fight anyone and everyone, doesn't matter if that person is man or woman. She'll fight anyone she has to.

The only time I've heard a SWORD leader wanting to fight a girl, I may have to say that was Murayama. The time Oshiage wanted to tell him, y'know, that she had a crush on him.. He thought she wanted to fight.

I still don't know which of my characters are fighters, if they are really fighters. But I've had a thought. Blue's the middle child of five siblings though.. Two brothers, two sisters. I imagine her being more of a type of pacifist (like Mitsuya). But, because she comes from a big family in obvious ways, she might know how to defend herself in the situations that are more rowdy or violent. She doesn't fight, but will if she would need to. That was really a thought I've had for her character anyway.

Wait! I thought that interaction was between Koo and Chiharu? Since I remember a scene between those two. Nevermind. The scene that's between Koo and Chiharu was from the first movie, not the second.

I sent a manga scene to you. Hyuga really does enjoys biting people, I think the man needs a muzzle to prevent him from biting anyone else now. Or maybe those muzzles that psychopaths wear in the asylums.

So like in the first movie... He used those musical sticks - I don't know what those musical sticks were called, but he used those as weapons until he decided to use his hands. And, for some reason, I could really imagine a dagger inside the handle to the umbrella he had with him.

I have many diagnosed conditions. Asperger's Syndrome, Attention Deficient Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety and also Depression to list a few of my mental disorders. I won't list every type of condition I have. But those might be the more obvious conditions.

So I will actually give the main character might diagnosed conditions, at least some of those conditions. Since the disorders barely have the proper representation in media.. Especially because of stereotypes.

That was the thought I had. Like in Borderlands. She was in a building that collapsed, got severely injured, even cut off her own leg because of infections. That's what I thought after sending that last message.

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When it comes to horror genres, he would definitely enjoy the whole final girl type to horror movies. He would enjoy the psychological and supernatural horror genres because female characters aren't the only characters getting abused. So you will have to talk him into watching gorier horror movies and shows. But, not just for horror, I could really see him enjoy shows and movies with strong female characters who's well written. Like Orphan Black for example. That's only one example.

And I don't know why this thought is really funny to me.. But imagine. Girlfriend talks Rocky into watching Alice In Borderland. Obviously, I'll see him hating Niragi and Bando (men who abuse or murder women). I could see him liking Chishiya just because he supports transwomen. But the funniest reaction he could have is seeing the two main actors looking like his friends, Noboru and Tsukumo. I couldn't resist not to.

Obviously. Cobra, Rocky, Smoky, and even Takeshi would be mature about the whole situation for the most part. Rocky.. That depends on which child, the son or daughter, because he'll go after anyone who is mean to his princess. Because he's so protective like that to his girls.

Why can I imagine Murayama doing that? Maybe because Murayama just wanted an excuse to finally fight someone again, so he is actually the chance for that reason. Because he really wants to fight. But even also to protect his child at the same time to. So it's the win situation.

Even if the fathers just showed up to confront those children who has bullied their child or children, or even confronted the parents about it, their appearance is just intimidating enough for most people anyway.

Okay. So.. The blood. I've had a thought. Obviously the White Rascals, their signature color is white. Their clothing is predominantly so white with the occasional color like black and grey mixed in, sometimes red too (for Rocky). But imagine a Rascals is in relationship with a woman though. And she is menstruating. Between their between being white material. I can even imagine that Rocky's furniture and decor is white, black, silver and maybe gold. So think of an embarrassing situation in which the girlfriend accidently bled on herself, or their clothes if she's sitting on Rocky's lap, or the bedding and furniture. Definitely a whole embarrassing situation for women. I know most of the White Rascals men are really mature enough not to make a scene over some blood. But that is always a really embarrassing situation for woman though, regardless of the connection between Rascals and the women. I may be overthinking this situation. But still. I don't know what will happen.

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I was listening to Nemophila.

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True. Maybe. Whenever you're watching Asian shows and movies, but especially Japanese, that wouldn't be surprising seeing someone was just eating ramen. But it was really convenient that commercial came out at the same time as those movies though. I'm overthinking this.

Obviously everyone gets along with Kaito. He's quiet! Silent. This man doesn't waste his time arguing with anyone, especially not with Kizzy.

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Oh! You never told me what you thought of this post..

*SWORD leaders in a meeting*

Rocky: It’s pointless to fight between each other, we should be working together. 

Hyuga: What are you gonna do if we don’t, tell your mom?

Rocky, instantly: What mom.

Or the post about how Jesse is like everyone's original character in a story, like an insert type of character. I thought that was a funny post.

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I have no filter, So I never know if I said anything considered offensive to them, since everyone would act and react differently about things.

And, being autistic, I'm horrible with social cues so people have to tell me if I said or did anything that makes them uncomfortable.

And since we're over a screen, that's also difficult to figure out how all these interactions would turn out too. So there's also that too.

boo, boring. they really should’ve stuck with tettsu and nikka, i thought it was nice. as for dan, i really started to not like him in the last movie, but then i thought back to the other movies and the seasons and realised i didn’t actually like him that much in those either. him yelling at cobra was my last straw though.

kizzy would rip the strawberry girls to shreds for the crap they said about the sword leaders. i think if anyone’s gonna help naomi and yamato get together, it’s going to be kizzy playing matchmaker. she’s got the most experience after all, being apparently the only one in the sword district in a long term relationship. let kizzy take lala shopping! she’s gonna steal rocky’s credit card; what’s he gonna do? complain about helping a woman?

rude boys are going ‘stop throwing your bodies around like that, protect your heads, you’re going to hurt yourself and probably break something’; meanwhile sannoh and rascals are like ‘learn how to throw an actual punch, you’re damaging your hands way too much - stOP BITING’. daruma and oya are not listening.

i can see rocky probing to make sure the women at daruma’s place are being treated respectfully. because he’ll kick hyuga’s ass if they’re not.

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my name is still, unfortunately, very popular and there is a decent handful of famous people with my name, spelt the same way, so i get comparisons about it. like ‘oh, like the singer?’. i kinda wish my parents had gone with their first choice and called me ‘paige’.

i can only see myself using a ‘classic’ name if i can swing an interesting personality out of it.

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i could see the rascals trying to offer to pay blue for fixing up their stuff, even if blue says it’s a ‘favour’ and she’s fine to do it for free.

details always get lost on fully white outfits. which is a shame because that jacket is so pretty. like i get the whole vibe, wearing all white, it’s their thing, but bestie …… you’re like. glowing. that’s too much white.

the kids definitely need clothes that fit. i’m just imagining her in nameless, surrounded by all these kids as she resizes clothes for them or measures them so she can make stuff in the right size.

cobra, yamato, and noboru are the only ones with style in sannoh ……. but also i’m biased because i like them more than dtc 💀

kizzy will brawl with anyone. let my girl throw hands. let her fly in and fight sarah to protect her rascal boys!

even with murayama, i think he would’ve taken it easy on oshiage. like just a fun fight. not like how he fight todoroki. fighting is flirting to murayama, clearly.

so blue will throw hands if she has to, but she’s not jumping into a fight like the oya guys? i can also kinda see her at oya high just breaking up the smaller fights, just older sister-ing around oya.

the koo and chiharu scene was in the first movie. koo and pi is in the second. both are so good! i love koo, so much actually. he’s kicking ass and he’s also. exhausted. let him have his day off.

slap one of them hannibal lecter masks on hyuga. no more biting, you lil bastard. also that manga page, he really said to cobra’s face ‘i’ll bite your neck off’. sir please.

i don’t know that she could have cut off her own leg, since she was 10 when she lost her leg. but i could see her getting badly hurt at the complexes since they weren’t exactly well-kept and there were probably some spots where the floors could have been damaged enough to fall through.

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rocky has the classic reaction that everyone else had while watching aib; he sees niragi get set on fire and goes ‘finally!’ ….. and then niragi proceeds to show up in season two. and don’t forget last boss/kaito! even though they look nothing alike.

rocky hears the phrase ‘boys will be boys’ and he’s killing you with his mind because he’s in a mature parent space where he can’t physically fight. he’s shooting eye daggers at you. you’re gonna take psychic damage. he’s getting into an argument about it.

murayama wins because of course he does. then waves at his kid in the crowd of children that has shown up to watch, just like ‘hey sweetie, you wanna get ice cream before we go home?’.

any of the leaders show up and the smart dads are to their kids like ‘apologise to that kid right now’. the idiot dads are getting their asses handed to them.

the rascals absolutely have period stuff and changes of clothes - for both themselves and the girls. they’re all respectful and comforting.

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kaito isn’t arguing with anyone. he’s just doing whatever kizzy wants him to do. he’s chilling. he’s making heart-eyes at kizzy and relaxing and making no attempts at stopping kizzy from encouraging fun while koo’s annoyed in the bg.

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everyone else gets very uncomfortable and just ‘rocky are you …. good?’. koo is standing with the rest of the rascals like ‘ffs’.

naoto went ‘all of my friends get to be in the movies, what about me? :(‘ and then they wrote jesse in and made him all ‘incredible fighter’ and ‘prison gang’ and ‘everyone thinks he’s cool’.

i love the manga page of cobra and dan drawing cats. cobra’s shitty cat pic and noboru still being like ‘i like cobra’s best ☺️’. they’re besties!!! also cobra’s signature with the star ⭐️

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A tired sigh left Casey as he looked to the bundle in his arms, having finally gotten the four month old to sleep. They were a screamer, and did not go down with a fight; it's why Casey had offered to help out his neighbour in the first place, to give them a night to actually sleep. They were not kidding when they said their kid was fussy, but it wasn't anything 'Uncle Casey' couldn't handle. At least the kid was asleep, at last, and Casey couldn’t help but adorable. Despite the screaming, they were adorable. Grinning, he leans in close, idly beginning to baby talk the sleeping child, rambling and babbling absolute nonsense to them, even though they couldn’t hear it. It didn’t last long though, Casey soon finding himself joined by Raphael, 

Shoulders hunched the second he heard Raph's voice, Casey quickly holding up a finger as he spoke through a harsh whisper, 

 "Ssh, keep it down would'ya? I jus' got the kid t' sleep." 

He looks back to the child in question, thankfully, they're undisturbed. Looking back to Raph, Casey chuckles quietly, 

 "What? Nah, Button's 'ere aint my kid," Their name also wasn't Buttons, it merely being a nickname, "They're my neighbours from down the hall, I'm helpin' 'em out that's all," He shrugs it off, Casey just liked to help, "Kinda like how I help look after Angel, an' Ryan, an' the other kids on the block," He explains, "With Button's 'ere, I'm now Uncle Casey t' 'bout," He thinks for a second, "Twenty kids - yeah, that soun's 'bout right." 

 That was a lot, but Casey didn't mind. Proven by the way he looks at the child in question; there's a soft warmth to his gaze, not usually seen when out hunting Dragons. It's clear though he loved the kid, Hell, he loved all the kids he took care of like they were his own, 

"Hey Raph?" He soon speaks up, "Wanna hold 'em?" He offers, "It aint like they'll remeber bein' held by a giant Turtle if they en' up wakin' up, 'sides, maybe yer'll enjoy holdin' a lil' guy." 

 And then Casey, carefully, more carefully than anyone would think Casey is capable of being, held the child out to them, 

 "C'mon Raph, they aint gonna bite yer."

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Breaking around from the lair and sneaking out to get some god fun, well busting some skulls of the low lifes that used the night time to go about causing trouble. With a second thought given maybe certain gang members, sporting dragon tattoos were out and about as well. And well he was friends with a certain dragon hating puck head? Smile to Raph's beak and soon as he had the manhole cover placed back into place he was making headway to Casey's place. Sure they be up for another brawl with those purple dragons after all. Raphael got to Casey's place pretty easy he knew some short cuts here and there so it cut that travel pretty quick, not to mention the amount of times they 'offered' to walk Casey back home to avoid the guy staying over at their own. Eh Raph could get it Casey was like a bull in a China shop.

Making his way up the fire escapes once he got to the building they lived in didn't take long to reached Casey's place. And took even less time for Raph to figure his way in, not that it was hard. You think a guy going around taking the law into his own hands would be a bit better about keeping his own place secure ignoring the fact Raph and his brothers were trained in breaking in so easily to places. He can hear Casey let out a clear tried sigh once he gets the window opened up. Hmm seems Casey might be worn down? he still climbs on in and pauses when. Was Casey baby talking just now? Well now Raphael's interest and curiosity had piqued as he walked on in finding Casey fair quickly in their little place. Cradling something in their arms smirking a bit as he could see this giant of a man cradle a bundle in between his arms, clearly babbling to it. maybe cause the first time he met Casey they knock a baseball bat to him, but watching them being just so well soft? uh it was different.

"Uh so whatdya know big bad Casey Jones, is also fluent 'n motherese. Eh maybe better at it than English." Of course that was how Raph decided to make his presence known. Casey greeting Raph by hunching down suddenly as if the little bundled he was holding might set off somehow.

 "Ssh, keep it down would'ya? I jus' got the kid t' sleep." 

"Kid?" Raph asked but he did lower his voice, sure of course it made sense Casey wasn't just in his place baby talking to himself or worse his baseball bat. but the kid was still a bit of surprise Raph looking down at the bundle in Casey's arms, they seemed out still. Cute. Raph thought soon shifting his attention back to Casey as he crossed his arms over his plastron. "Uh I didn' know ya had a kid Casey." To be fair they didn't know one another all that much still but he kind of figured a dad would make mention of having a kid at some point right? Only for Casey to lightly chuckle a bit over Raph's remark. Leaving the turtle to slightly rise his brow at that confused on what he said would been seen as funny.

"What? Nah, Button's 'ere aint my kid,"

"buttons?" Raph asked there was no way that was the kids name right? but also it wasn't Casey then after all? "oh? whose is it?" Raph asks leaning over abit to get abetter look at the kid, yeah they didn't share any of Casey's traits he guesses. Then again neither did Raph and his brothers to Splinter so his thought can't be all that blamed.

"They're my neighbours from down the hall, I'm helpin' 'em out that's all,"

Course Casey was guy seemed pretty happy to offer a hand where ever he could.

"Kinda like how I help look after Angel, an' Ryan, an' the other kids on the block,"

Raphael offered a nod of his head to show he was listening but his attention was a bit more on the sight of this kid so comfortably sleeping in Casey's arms instead. Buttons seemed pretty content where they were comfortably nestled into Casey's hold. The kid despite all the talking was clearly sleeping peaceful, soft gentle resting breaths only given. Yeah seems like Casey has quite a lot of experience with kids adding truth to their statement.

"With Button's 'ere, I'm now Uncle Casey t' 'bout,"

Raph's eyes flicker up as Casey takes a moment to count, ready to tease them over being able to count up to whatever number they were going to say.

"Twenty kids - yeah, that soun's 'bout right." 

About to make his joke now but Raph's kind of thrown off from it when he sees the look in Casey deep blue eyes, as they look back down to buttons themself. Raph's never seen that look on them before, he seen that stare Splinter looked at each of his brothers and himself with that gaze. Casey loved this kid as if this kid was his own. Casey had it for a moment when mentioning Angel and Ryan and again at the number even. Raph let his joke die in his throat as he sort of just observed Casey for a moment. So used to that more fierce look to his eye, so could Raph be blamed for being maybe just a little interested in this more calming gaze they were holding. Letting the big guy have his moment, before he leaned in a bit more for a better look at the kid. Casey man be this clumsy human wrecking ball able to take a hit a give a better punch but he also had a clear gentle soul if this little tike was clearly so clam well sleeping in their arms like this. The sight alone was setting some weird warmth in his shell, slowly spreading out as he stole another glace at Casey once more. His heart felt like it was being squeezed suddenly. from how softly they were smiling at Buttons right now. The faintest twitch of his beak made his smile lopsided for a moment. A faint sigh escasped him as he just took it in and.

Shit.

Raph back away some now as he straightened up how he was standing "eh I better take off, got ya hands tied after-"

"Hey Raph?"

Raph lets them cut him off just now "uh yeah?"

"Wanna hold 'em?"

Raph took a step back as if Casey had asked him to hold a ticking bomb just now "what!" he exclaimed at least being smart enough to keep his tone low and soft when he did get the offer to hold them just now.

"It aint like they'll remeber bein' held by a giant Turtle if they en' up wakin' up, 'sides, maybe yer'll enjoy holdin' a lil' guy." 

Casey stated as if that was what Raphael was worried about just now, part of him was ready to bolt away but watching how gentle and carefully Casey was moving to hold them out towards Raphael had his stop in his tracks. He still hadn't taken them yet just Staring between Casey and Buttons in that moment.

"yeah but" Raph begins with ready to dismiss the offer altogether. Thing is he kind of did wanna hold them.

 "C'mon Raph, they aint gonna bite yer."

"I ain't scared of 'em bitin' me i'm scared of dropping them dimwit."

Raph pointed out no feeling like his had some point to prove as he huffed a haughty breath towards Casey. Looking back to Buttons he could only feel his nerves grow worse he didn't wanna drop them or suddenly make them cry if they woke up to find a giant green turtle holding them. But well he did wanna kind of hold the little thing, they seemed pretty deep in their sleep so it should be fine right? he could always hand it back to Casey after all. He lifted up his arms letting that self-conscious feeling fade for just a moment, as he slide his arms out under Casey's own so they can gently and slowly. Very Slowly hand the baby off to Raphael. He made this tiny body now in his arms his temporary nucleus. Cradling them in his arms, close so they wouldn't slip or rock about to much. Raph even his stance and the moment Casey's hand were pulled away he could feel the rest of the kid weight dip into his arms. A few thoughts ran through his head as he looked to the kid. Was he doing this right? was he too cold for them? but slowly all that worry went away as he found himself feeling clam.

Raph just smiled to himself a moment. The kid was pretty cute though, little chubby rosy cheeks. The tiny small button like nose, itty bitty hands. They were just so small. Yeah of course they were small they were a baby. Babies are small but also, Buttons was just so tiny it was so unfair, what right dose this little thing have being this tiny? Raph felt like his hear was being tugged at as he cradled them carefully the worry of dropping them still very much there in his mind. This little thing was so bizarre but also amazing? Watching them continue to sleep as if unaware of their new setting place. Suddenly there was a weird twinge in Raph's shell as he stood and looked over the baby so content in his own arms. He sort of buried it for now that wasn't a thought to care about. "Their so small." was all he did voice to Casey finally, a slight warm chuckle following as he got lost looking at the little bundle.

[sketchncanto]

My Encanto Headcanons

I think about these almost on a daily basis so I'm gonna dump them here because I'm obsessed lol

Also most of these involve Bruno because I'm obsessed with the man.

Okay here we go!

Mirabel has made it a thing to sew a doll of everyone in Casita's favorite thing. I have a storyboard idea where she sews Bruno a rat and he almost cries lol

Luisa constantly bench presses whichever family member cooperates. Most of the time it's Camilo or Mirabel or both at the same time. Antonio always cheers her on.

Antonio sleeps in Mirabel's room every other night because he gets lonely in that big ass room of his.

Everyone in Casita is obsessed with being around Bruno now that he's back. The grandkids always wanna be around him, Augustin and Felix are always trying to hang out with him, and Alma, Julieta and Pepa constantly try to baby him. Bruno finds it slightly annoying (since he got acclimated to being alone for over 10 years), but he truly loves the attention and deals with it.

Bruno and Mirabel form a "family weirdo club", complete with their own handshake. Whenever they both have free time, they find a place in or outside Casita and literally just draw and sew and talk to each other about life and whatever's going on with them. They have the cutest uncle and niece relationship! (platonic of course, I shouldn't even have to say this)

Antonio finds out about the family weirdo club and he insists on joining. Mirabel and Bruno let him join lol then they have the hangouts in his room up in the trees.

Pepa and Julieta love to gang up and attack Bruno's face with kisses. He hates it lol he always manages to break free and scurry off to wash his face after lol

Isabela is always putting her Tio on to new selfcare practices. Like both of them have a night where they just do face-masks, DIY conditioners and talk about plants and stuff. Usually Mirabel, Luisa, Dolores and Antonio join

Camilo and Bruno are like.. the menaces of the house--just absolute gremlins. Tweedledee and Tweedledum. They share the same braincell and it just bounces back and forth between the two. Just constantly being loud and annoying while acting out scenarios and plays they wrote, (I like to imagine Dolores and Isabela always yelling at them to shut up from the other room), poking fun at Pepa and scurrying around hiding and scaring people. Best friends lol

(I've seen this one a lot but I'm adding it anyway) Dolores DEFINTELY used to take Bruno food and take care of him before Casita fell. She was constantly sneaking him food, taking his dirty dishes to the kitchen, stealing salt and sugar for him whenever she could, etc. They'd hang out and just talk about telenovelas and life and whatever else.

Pepa loves to just pick up Bruno and walk around with him sometimes. He hates this too, but he allows it because he secretly missed it.. doesn't make him feel the greatest about his height though.

After dinner every night, Bruno falls asleep at the table-- like minutes after his last bite. Everyone teases him about it and tells him goodnight before he finishes eating. He denies it every time like "I'm actually going to bed this time, watch" and then he knocks out less than 5 minutes later, drool and everything. Most of the time they leave him at the table and someone (most likely Julieta) brings him a blanket and pillow. He eventually gets up at like 4AM and slithers to his room or to that hammock in the other room

That's all I got for now! I can't wait until we get a follow-up series or movie to see the day-to-day vibes of this family. I need all of the Tio Bruno content. I need to see him interact with his nieces and nephews.. I also may end up boarding some of these later when I get the time and energy lol Hope you enjoyed! :)

[uplatterme]

There is no title, I wanna fuck Hanma on Kisaki’s grave

cw: switch!hanma, dom!reader, public sex, overstimulation, amab!reader, power struggle, creampie, kisaki slander (sorry)

a/n: i missed hanma so now you get this

MINORS DO NOT INTERACT

There’s always been some tension between you and Hanma. The way you two flirted with each other in front of other gang members was so frequent, it disgusted them so much, especially Kisaki.

You never liked Kisaki and Kisaki didn’t like you either, the only reason you were a part of his plans was because you were useful. Honestly, he was just jealous that you and Hanma had something going on while he was pining over some girl who’d never return his feelings.

Still, you always got the bad end of the stick. He’d found some way to humiliate you, and that was the time you completely cut him off along with Hanma. You weren’t expecting him to come along with you but it was a bit disappointing when he actually did it.

Too bad for him, because two years later, he’s now dead and in an embarrassing way to die as well.

And another too bad for him because today was the day his grave was stained with you and Hanma’s cum fertilizing the grass near it.

It was a very coincidental meeting with him in a graveyard, you just honestly wanted to smoke and you found this place on the way.

“You grew out your hair?”

Your voice startled the hell out of him, since he’s a fugitive now, he couldn’t help but to be wary of his environment. However, out of all the things he didn’t expect you to be here.

“What, you insult my hair now?” He scoffed at you, fingers on his cigarette. Just like the past, you thought.

“Nah, I think it looks fucking hot.” You complimented him, making Hanma laugh. He hadn’t done that in a while.

“You sure you aren’t talking about yourself?” He retaliated giving you that same look when you two used to flirt back then.

A slight breeze of wind suddenly went by. It was as if Kisaki was haunting the place telling you two to stop or he’d vomit.

“So. What do you do except running away from the police?”

“Honestly, not a lot. It’s fun though if I’m going to be real with you. Fucking entertaining, but a bit lonely.” He answered, almost as if he was asking you to do something about it.

He ruffled his already messy hair and dropped the hood that he was using to hide himself, showing his pale neck.

There was nothing else this conversation could go to besides it being a sob story about your regrets. Of course, the totally right answer is to ignore all those problems and turn to bad habits.

You pushed him down and kissed him, taking the cigarette out of his mouth and throwing it away. You could feel the smoke entering your lungs, the toxicity of Hanma’s air filling yours.

“Are you that eager, (Name)?”

“Fuck off, it’s been two years. And don’t expect me to ignore your eyes when I kiss you. It looks like you’ve missed me a lot, huh?”

“Just shut up and suck me off already.” He said, chuckling at you.

“Excuse me? I think you should get on all fours.” You instructed him but were only met with rejection.

“Come on, are we fucking or not (Name)?” He questioned you, getting impatient with the way you were acting. You were also getting impatient with him.

You sighed, not believing what’s happening right now. “You know I don’t do that, Hanma. So either get on with it, or I’m fucking leaving.”

He laughed once more. Ugh, you couldn’t believe you forgot. Hanma Shuji is one annoying asshole.

If Hanma wouldn’t cooperate with you, then you’d make him. Even if that would take you acting on his orders for a while, you’ll do it.

“Fine, wipe that grin off your face and c’mere.”

“I knew you loved me.” You rolled your eyes at him. Your guys’ banter was enjoyable, to say the least.

You take his cock out and you could already see him struggling to keep in a whine. He hadn’t done anything sexual for a while, being too busy for any of that. He missed you, he missed you so much. You were the only one he had left.

“Y-You’re doing so well, Ngh…” He groaned, his hands placed on your head, holding onto your hair as he tried to contain himself.

You immediately slowed down when you saw him closing his eyes. It was as if Hanma’s dick was being tickled by a mouse. “(Name)…” He cried out for you, begging for more friction.

His hips were already thrusting himself into your mouth, you didn’t need to do anything anymore. You patiently wait for him to get there, with your mouth open and him doing all the work to cum.

“Argh… Aah…” He let out noises as his pace kept going faster, the hands that were previously placed on your hair were now being used to push your head onto him, fucking your mouth as it if was a fleshlight.

His grunts became faster and louder, it was a surprise that no one was here already. It was clear that he was nearing an orgasm, so you finally decided to do it.

You grabbed the base of his cock and at first, he thought you were helping him out. But no, it was the opposite. You firmly tightened it around him, earning an annoyed moan as you prevented his orgasm. “Ah… Hah–Fuck you, (Name)…”

“I already told you that I’d gladly do so. If you did what I asked for you then maybe you would’ve come so much right now, you wouldn’t even remember your name.”

He collapsed onto the ground, tired from standing. “I-I’m not doing that, asshole.”

“You’re not? Fine. Jerk yourself all alone, maybe imagine Kisaki while you do it too. That’s what you want to do, right?”

Hanma sounded out a ‘tsk’, watching you stand up ready to leave. He didn’t want to let you win, but with the way his cock was aching right now, he wasn’t sure if he would be able to walk normally without cumming.

He sighed. “You win.”

You give him a large smile. “You won’t regret this, babe.”

Your own dick had been hard this entire time, you couldn’t wait anymore. You lined yourself up near his entrance. His ass was all out for you, knees on the grass while he awaited what you were going to do.

“No lube?” He asked.

“We’re at a graveyard, Hanma. No shit. Besides, I’m sure you’d like it even more when it’s painful, right?”

Hanma’s head instantly rolled back when your tip entered him. He was clenching so hard on your dick, it felt much more amazing than a normal pussy. You wanted to mess him up so bad already.

He felt so good just twitching around you, his ass shaking just for you. You slapped his ass, taking him by surprise as he let out a spurt of semen on the ground. Hanma was panting like a dog waiting for you to move. “Put the whole thing, already. I can take i-it.” He sounded less confident by the way he ended that sentence.

But if he said so then so be it. You pushed yourself in one go, ignoring the sobs that came out of Hanma’s mouth. His head was buried down as deep as it could, throat dry wanting to scream from pain but he couldn’t because it was too much.

You’re always so mean to him. “Look at you quiver. Don’t blame me, you were the one who said you could take it.”

Your thrusts were hard and always filling. You weren’t moving fast and that was agonizing. The way his dick twitched each time you hit the back of his prostate was enough to make him cum but you were doing it so slow.

“Is there a problem?” You asked him, continuing fucking his entire hole and shaping it to your cock.

He felt so damn good, it was as if Hanma was made for this job. The job of that being your whore.

“G-Go Faster…” He cried out loudly once more when you thrust into him again

“I knew you loved me.” You mocked his words earlier, and the sheer embarrassment of it ringed through Hanma’s head.

Unable to take it anymore, his tattooed hands went to his cock and stroked himself so he could cum already. “Oi, what are you doing?”

A snarky grin was patched onto his pretty face. “If you don’t go faster then I’ll just make it work. Bet you’d loooove that, don’t you?”

This bitch.

“Get your hands off now. I’m wrecking the hell out of you Shuji.”

You knew how to have sex, and soon Hanma will know how experienced you are.

You pull yourself out of him, leaving him empty. He acted like a brat when you did so, not like that was any different from his usual behavior. His whines just became more pathetic.

“Do you usually take this long–Ah! Mmpf–aah!”

You shove your whole cock inside of him and finally went faster and rougher than before hitting his sensitive spots like they were nothing. You fucked like someone in heat and Hanma was taking all of it.

“God! Fuck!” He screamed out, having to rely on Kisaki’s gravestone for support.

You could tell he came from how much he spilled under you, and the way he finally tired out from making those cynical comebacks of his.

But you weren’t finished yet, were you?

You started pumping him again, not even giving him a head start that you were going to do so. He hugged onto that gravestone for his dear life, cock twitching once more from you. Shit, if you keep looking at his eyes and fuck him like that every day then Hanma would just want to escape his fugitive life and be with you instead.

He whined continuously, body bouncing back rhythmically with the way you thrust into him. You gave him another slap which resulted in a rather loud moan from him.

“See, this is what you should’ve done in the beginning. Just making noises like the cumdumpster that you are.” You nagged him, pulling back his head with his long and messy hair.

“Do you want me to fill you up, slut?” Your toilet’s Hanma’s mind was hazy from the way his ass was being punished with your cock, yet he still managed to aggressively nod when he heard the fact that you were going to cum inside of him.

“Take it, then.” You said, finally reaching your high and cumming directly inside of him.

When Hanma felt your warm liquid pumping into him, the thought of it got him so mad that he had to cum once more. “Aaah–! Mmf–God!”

The visual of it was something out of an adult film, the way his asshole was leaking of your seed but he was trying to keep it in, clenching every now and then, not letting it escape.

His knees gave up on him and he slumped right in front of Kisaki’s grave. Barely half of his name was readable from the way Hanma’s own cum splattered onto it. His heart started racing when he realized what he had just done.

He had sex directly on his dead friend’s grave.

On the other hand, you weren’t faced by it. Was this another one of your comebacks to Kisaki? It actually wasn't that deep, whatever Hanma was thinking of.

You really just wanted to fuck him.

And fuck him you did.

[traumatised-confused-individual]

MOVIE NIGHT

Eddie munson × reader

I got this prompt idea from @just-plenty-of-prompts and i thought it would be the cutest fic for eddie munson x reader.

Prompt: i dont care of its 2am. I'm lonely. Come watch a movie .

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Hawkins gets boring at times. It's the same faces you see everyday, the same interactions, the same places to eat and the same old dramas. These days the talk of the town is the romance igniting between robin Buckley and nancy wheeler. Most of us saw it coming. Not the parents. Steve the hair harrington was betting on it for a week but why wouldn't he be? He's robins bestfriend. Totally platonic.

I'm in the hellfire club which by the way all of the town thinks is a demonic cult. So we're basically the freaks of the town. By we I mean me and Eddie munson plus the rest of the gang.

"Hey freak!" I roll my eyes and flip jason off. I don't get how chrissy puts up with his existence everyday.

Great another unbearable day at school and going home really isn't fun either. Eight hours of listening to boring lectures and watching jason practically piss everywhere to mark his territory.

The movie store. That sounds like a good idea. They have everything. Eddie didn't attend school today. He's so getting his ass kicked by me. He cannot just ditch me at school.

"Hey guys!" I say as I ring the bell "Anyone available?"

I look around for movies. The store seems empty. Robin and nance are probably making out in the back room. It won't be much of a surprise.

"Oh hey y/n" Robin stumbles over to me.

"Hey. I was just looking for movies."

"Cool. I was just..erm..well I.. did you know that monkeys ride on their mother's back?" She blabbers.

"No I didn't." I smile at her.

"Now you do" she chuckles nervously.

"Well I'll just get this."

Working part time is important. I live alone. No parents. No siblings. I have to provide for myself. The school helps out financially for my school stuff but that won't get me too college. The mall is annoying. Working there is even more annoying. Boss makes me stay extra hours to cover other shifts that don't belong to me. Eddie didn't show up to work either. I had to cover for his shift. He owes me big time.

"Im taking off now." I shout.

"Alright. See you tommorow. Make sure munson shows up too."

"Will do."

I lay in bed. Its boring here. I have no friends. Its hard to make them honestly plus everyone is intimidating except for mike and his group they're cute kids and their nerds.

"Pick up." I call him again.

"Stop. Calling. Me." He hangs up. How dare he hang up on me.

I call him again and again.

"It's 2 in the morning." He groans

"Oh is it?" Wanna watch a movie?"

He sighs, "It's 2 am y/n. No i don't."

"I don't care if its 2 am. I'm lonely. Come watch a movie."

"Ugh fine. Please await my arrival."

"Awaiting. Get your ass here quickly. You owe me."

I hang up. I move to the kitchen to make some snacks. I'm out of everything. Eddie must've fed them to the kids he brings over. Not in a creepy way. Sometimes its as if him and Steve have opened a babysitting club. A knock on the door. He better have gotten snacks.

"Please tell me you got snacks."

"I missed you too." He rolls his eyes and then holds up a bag. I hug him.

"Yes you're a life saver."

"So what are we watching. Ms. Lonely"

I stick my tongue out at him.

"Top gun or The karate kid."

"Top gun. It has better music."

"Done. You better show your ass at work and school tommorow."

"Yes ma'am. Now come on."

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Everyday i spend a minute mourning him. He better show up in s5. Anyways this was a very spontaneous one. Hope you like it. Requests are open by the way so feel free <3

[edgarsullivans]

my top 4 s10 eps by how excited i am for them just by their cast, promo photos, ep names + descriptions!

1. the company of men

- sullivans back!

- i love felicia + sullivan scenes bcs i think they are quite similar characters without really realising they are, and from the photos nancy posted i think we’ll defo get some!

- honestly the gentlemen’s club setting sounds really interesting especially with sullivan as we haven’t really seen him interact with anyone outside of kembleford before- im assuming it’s outside of kembleford idk

- BRENDA!!! i love brenda sm, but it’s going to be kind of bittersweet because i really loved bunty + brenda as a duo and i don’t think we’ll see that again, but im interested to see the dynamics between her and felicia, sullivan and mrs devine!

2. the winds of change

- honestly this is more apprehensiveness than excitedness

- im really hopeful for a mrs m and bunty goodbye scene at the very least. i love both of them sm and it doesn’t at all make sense in their character arcs to leave kembleford, and if they write it down as bunty going back to london + mrs m as going back to ireland ill probably cry. mrs m would not leave kembleford, she loves it with her whole heart, and as long as father b is there she wouldn’t leave. when he gets threatened with excommunication in s9 she stayed with him because their not just colleagues, they are best friends! she would not leave esp not without saying goodbye! same with bunty, in s7 we see that she actually sees herself staying in kembleford, “what, go back to london?” so i really don’t see her leaving either so there’s gotta be a good explanation for both of them.

- im really excited to meet mrs devine and see how goodf is going!

- might cry because all the og father b gang is officially gone now :(

3. the serpent within

- the title gives me the idea that someone in the central cast has betrayed sullivan, which im really excited for! i totally wanna know who it was!

- I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IF SULLIVAN ENDS UP STAYING IN KEMBLEFORD AS MAYBE A PI?

- does goodf become inspector????

4. the hidden man

- a string of murders is something very new to flambeau, so im excited to see the plot!

- “sullivan pays father brown a visit” seems awfully friendly, to me it suggests they are co-operating together which will be so fun! im really excited to see father b + sullivans dynamic because it’s going to be so different from s2 + 3 for sure.

- WHOSE THE WOMAN IN THE PROMO PHOTO?? i can’t wait to find out.

[anystalker707]

Pleasantly Surprising

Pairing: Gerard x Reader Word count: ~ 4 000 Genre: Fluff / Enemies to lovers Summary: (Y/n) meets a nice group of guys in a concert. Warning: Blood, but no violence or wounds description.

Requested on Wattpad

a/n: This one if for you blood kink bastards </3

(Y/p) = Your pronouns

Feeling the cold night air filling my lungs with a faint smell of grass is much better than the smoky and sweaty, heavy air present among the public that gets worse near the mosh pit. I lean back against the brick wall, feeling the cold surface through the thick jeans of my jacket, digging into my shoulder blades as I try to control my breathing, quietly watching the band leaving the stage to give place to another.

My throat feels dry, aching the slightest after I swallow around the sharp and cold breaths, so I look around for a stand to buy at least a soda, ankling over to the nearest one. The line isn't actually that long – thank hell –, but that doesn't prevent a random bastard from trying to cut in line.

"Hey, what in the fuck you think you're doing?" I raise an eyebrow, pulling them back by their collar and they just look at me with this sulky face, bottom lip sticking out and lip ring glowing lightly under the reduced lighting. "No cutting in!"

"Says who?" they retort bitterly. "What you gonna do about it?"

"Aw, bold, aren't we?" I raise an eyebrow, glancing down and... the motherfucker is wearing school clothes, lacking the tie and shirt untucked. Private school. "What are you? Not like the other kids? The line isn't even that long, stupid."

"Fuck off," they sigh, shrugging out of my grip and harshly fixing their clothes.

"Frank– Fuck, Frank, the hell, can't we leave you alone for a single second?" A random voice suddenly interrupts our interaction before a tall person approaches, a motherly and worried air lacing their gaze. They look from me to Frank before exhaling, raising an eyebrow, at which Frank shrugs. "I'm sorry for whatever Frank did, he–"

"Fuck, no, Ray!" Frank cuts them off, "you're not playing the good guy here! I was just trying to–"

"Trying to cut in the line, yeah, very nice of you, isn't it?" I roll my eyes, twisting my mouth. At least he isn't lying, but is he stupid or something? Why would he try to convince us what he was trying to do was alright?

It looks like Frank is going to argue for a second, but ends up just groaning through gritted teeth and looking away with a sigh and tense shoulders.

Ray doesn't look any amused, only observing Frank like who looks at a puzzle after having tried to solve it for weeks without success. They shake their head, turning to me instead. "I'm Ray, he/him, nice to meet you. Sorry for Frank, what he did is... unfortunately usual."

I observe him looking at him from head to toes. School uniform just like Frank's, tucked shirt, loose tie. "Hi. I'm (y/n), (y/p). And don't worry, I would've done the same," I breathe, looking away from the two to hand the person behind the counter the money after pointing to the drink I want.

"What?" Frank gasps. "You would've done the same and still acted all like that towards me?"

I roll my eyes, sighing. "Me doing it doesn't mean I like being affected by it." I grab the change, shoving it in my pocket then step aside for Frank and Ray, cracking the can open.

"Y'know–" Frank crosses his arms over his chest, throwing his nose in the air, "–my momma says that you should treat the others as you want to be–"

"Aw, honey, so you'd like me cutting in the line right in front of you? Shamelessly?" I raise an eyebrow at him, unable to hold back a grin when his face gets bright red, hands balling into fists. Not gonna lie, it's kinda cute how he twists his mouth. Frank is about to curse when Ray is shoving a couple of cans into his hands – a sigh leaves his lips instead. "Two for each?" I question and sip on my drink.

Frank smirks, looking at me with humor. "Yeah, wanna watch me drink them at once?"

Ray rolls his eyes at Frank, shoving him out of the way after noticing there were people behind them. "We're actually with two other friends. Are you alone here? Do you wanna come along?" He smiles, ignoring Frank's complaints, so I opt for doing the same.

"I guess that'd be nice," I hum, shrugging. Otherwise, I'd be going home right now and Ray actually seems nice... I mean, Frank does too, but I'm not feeding his ego.

The other two stand against a brick wall when we find them, both quietly chatting to each other until seeing us approaching. The first one doesn't exactly react, more interested in the can Ray hands him, but the second, greasy punk, hums questioningly, straightening their posture as taking a good look at me almost like I did to Frank earlier. "And who are you?"

"(Y/n), (y/p)," I mutter, looking at them from over the rim of the can, taking a sip of my drink.

"Found lying in the trash when I approached," Frank adds, but doesn't seem so confident after I playfully shove him aside.

"Gerard, he/they," Gerard replies, eyes never averting away from mine. What is he, kind of a gang leader? Got a hell of an ego, though a bit differently from Frank – I'm noticing a pattern here, huh. "Mikey, he/him," he continues, nodding to the other guy.

I throw my empty can in a trashcan before leaning in towards Gerard. He tries to escape the touch, but he's against a wall, there's nowhere to go. How cute. "Belleville High," I say, finally able to make out what the small black letters embroidered on the chest area says, and step away, allowing Gerard to breathe. "Isn't it that private school? Catholic one? Wow, who'd know I'd find BH students here!"

"Stereotyping, are we?" Frank raises an eyebrow. It's impossible holding back a smile at him.

"No, never," I chuckle. "It's just a... rare occurrence. You came here right after school?"

"Not really." Ray shakes his head. "Just didn't have the opportunity to change. Good thing it's Friday, tho," he chuckles humorlessly and I nod in a silent agreement.

"And where do you study?" Frank takes a better look at my face. "If you study, that is."

I scoff, but don't reply just yet. Mikey is the most tidied up out of the four whereas Gerard has his tie loose around his neck, shirt untucked, blazer all wrinkled. "Of course I study, dumbass!" I glare. "But I'm in the public school near the park. But I've seen you before." I nod towards Gerard. "Just don't know where."

Gerard's eyes narrow. "Are you sure?"

"It's not always that I see a greasy vampire looking around, so yeah."

A silence hovers between us for a moment, both of us staring at each other until he feigns unamusement, looking away – I smile with a stupid pride swelling in my chest.

The night ends with us exchanging numbers after a solid hour of joking around and throwing sarcastic insults at each other. Teasing Gerard was particularly fun because he often ran away from the whole joking or at least tried to and even Mikey laughed when it failed, though sometimes succeeding when Frank finally managed to get the spotlight on himself. Ray is sweet, despite being the perfect example for 'looks like a cinnamon roll, but can actually kill you.'

Gerard got my attention, to be honest.

Saturday and Sunday go by quite slowly and thankfully texting the guys every five minutes doesn't make it as depressing as usual. Texting Gerard isn't the same as texting Frank – who replies a text to each word I send him –, however. Gerard often replies with a word or a vague comment and guess what? I'm only more interested.

No Gerard manages to slip between my thoughts during school, but it ends up happening as soon as I step past the gates. Belleville high, isn't it? Shitty elite, but they don't really seem to be like that... let's see if that wasn't just great acting. That's not even a mile away from here. I look down the street, the direction opposite to where I would usually go. It won't hurt to say hi, right? Not to mention I've got nothing to do for the rest of the day.

Belleville High's classes finish about ten minutes later compared to my school's, so I don't bother walking too fast, but not slow enough to let my palms get clammy or overthink anything. Amazing how I can feel like this about people I only met once. Okay, whatever, take a deep breath because I guess I know these curls.

"Look at who we have here!" I throw an arm around Frank's neck, interrupting whatever they were doing and attracting wide eyes towards me. Turns out I found them earlier than expected, hanging out in the park.

"Damn, are you everywhere?" Frank raises an eyebrow at me and presses his lips together, though never stepping away. Blood?

"Who knows?" I joke. "Also..." I trail off, only now taking a good look at them. "Man, what in the hell fucking happened to you guys? Seriously–" I yank a paper off Frank's back, sighing at the 'kick me' written across it and hand it to him, shaking my head. What fucking idiot did this? How the hell did they even get into a fight? It doesn't seem like they were fighting each other.

Frank groans poorly, wadding the paper into a ball and tossing it at the nearby trash can. He's got a few scratches above his eyebrows and blood trailing down the corner of his lips. Mikey and Gerard are probably in the best state out of the four – Gerard got blood trailing down his nose and same for Mikey, though on opposite sides and Mikey's cheek is smeared with blood. I can't say the same about Ray... I don't know how he's not even wincing with all that blood trailing down his face.

"Well," Mikey breathes, bringing a hand to the back of his head, "you can say that–"

"Why do you even want to know?" Gerard steps forward, hands clenched into fists by his sides. "You got nothing to do with it, okay?"

"Aw," I breathe a chuckle. So he wants things to happen like this? But does he have the nerve to keep it? I may not have known him for long, but the attitude is clearly foreign, unmatching. "And what, baby? You lost, didn't you? And you're a fucking sore loser!"

"I just don't see why you should know." He twists his mouth, looking at me uninterested, but it doesn't take long until he's looking at me with these eyes, irises barely seen, eyebrows scrunched close. "And don't talk to me like that! Maybe it would even be better if you fucked off and left us alone, don't you think?"

Man, he talks a lot. Too much. No wonder why he's in such a state. Maybe he'll shut up if I...

"Holy..." Frank trails off with a quiet chuckle and I'm certain Gerard would have glared at him if he wasn't processing what just happened.

Meanwhile, Mikey and Ray stare at me with wide eyes – as wide as Gerard's, but they're not as petrified as Gerard is, for sure, only with hesitant, unsure grins on their faces. I suppress the urge to laugh at Gerard, instead more focused on rubbing my tongue against the roof of my mouth, trying to get rid of the salty and metallic taste.

A quiet sound comes from Gerard as he finally moves, maybe a groan, not sounding really comfortable. He brings a hand up to his lips. The perfect trail of almost dry blood is now smudged, following the direction I licket it to, having the blood smeared across his chin and bottom lip. "Ugh, ugh, ugh," he groans, frantically cleaning his lips and chin with the back of his wrist, against the sleeve of his blazer. "What the fuck? You're gross!"

I roll my eyes with a sigh. "Man, I wonder why I thought being an asshole could be solved."

"Eh, trust me, he isn't normally like this," Ray says with a shrug, looking at Gerard like if he was a chained angry dog even after receiving a glare.

No one gives Gerard's tantrum much attention as we soon sit down on the grass and change the subject before we can notice. Surprisingly, Gerard sits down next to me. Even more surprisingly, he leans closer at some point and whispers, "well, look at who's the vampire now."

Saying Gerard's words got stuck in my head would be an understatement. Maybe it's a nightmare, maybe it's not, but it does get me randomly blushing or stupidly grinning during random times of the day. Nonetheless, school the following day does help a bit with cleaning my head a little.

After a few hours of staring at blackboards, the setting changes to staring at records hanging on the walls and it's honestly better. Incoherent, loud chatter being changed to music of my choice is a lot better, even if I need to talk to a customer now and then.

"This is the place I told you about. I've only been here once, but it seems good," a voice says from the outside, but I don't look up from my homework.

"Never been here," someone else says. A pause follows then their footsteps sound clearer and I sigh, shoving my things on the space under the counter.

"Hello, good afternoon," I say automatically, holding back a groan at how my eraser insists on falling and grabbing it fast. "How can I help you?" I finally look up just to freeze. And the four have the same reaction, to be honest. "I knew I had seen you before," I say to Gerard.

"What a small world!" Frank approaches, immediately narrowing his eyes and throwing his nose in the air as looking over to me. "So you're not a rebel who only wanders around and goes to free concerts during the night and stalks us?" He raises an eyebrow, looking around the place, inspecting the shelves full of records and CDs.

"So you only got one set of clothes?" I mock, staring at his school uniform.

Frank exhales, shoulders dropping. "We just got here from school." He motions vaguely to his messenger bag and I nod, humming, not like it matters a lot.

While we talk, Ray and Mikey wander around, talking quietly to each other and sometimes taking a record in hand, but Gerard... he stands there awkwardly, observing Frank and I with a lost gaze. What is he doing? Trying to act all cool like last time? Or doesn't know how to react?

"Hello," I greet, which sounds more like a question. Frank turns around to look at him, apparently understanding Gerard as much as I do.

Gerard presses his lips together and steps forward, also leaning against the counter. "You didn't mention you work here."

"Didn't have a reason to." I shrug.

The corner of his lips twitch and he's holding eye contact until sighing. "Okay, whatever. Got anything new on Misfits or Pumpkins? Also, Bauhaus." He glances at me, black strands falling over his eyes for a moment before he's pulling them away. Cute.

"Of course." I grin, moving to the cabinets behind the counter.

Frank eventually darts off as I show Gerard the records and cassettes like he wanted. I glance around to make sure Frank is paying attention to whatever Mikey is telling him and Ray before I turn to Gerard again, grinning lightly. "Y'know," I mutter, leaning forward with my elbows over the counter. "I've got passes for a bar concert tonight. Wanna come?"

"What do you mean by passes?" His eyes never avert from the records – he runs his fingers over them delicately, examining each of them closely.

"Each ticket was about ten dollars and they're sold out, but the store is sponsoring the event and I got free passes." I smirk, watching his eyebrows raise lightly. "I usually can get one person in with me. What do you say?"

He pauses. "Why me?"

"Because you're the one I know the least." And also the one I'm interested in. "Pick you up at seven, what do you say?"

He sighs. "I'll text you my address."

.

"Wow, you're..." Gerard stares at me with a blank face, standing there and letting all the cold air get in. He rushes into the car, closing the door carefully.

"I'm...?" I raise an eyebrow, sinking my foot down on the gas, pulling away from the sidewalk.

"I don't know." Silence. "Not what I expected."

"Glad to know." I grin. "You're also not what I expected. You're never what I expect, to be honest..." He wasn't all open in the beginning, but also wasn't the asshole he was in the park – in his defence, at least, he had just gotten out of a fight, nerves still on edge. At the store, however, he seemed more like himself. "Also, you're looking good."

Gerard's eyes are surrounded by eyeliner and a red eyeshadow – definitely nothing I would see him in, but also nothing I'm disappointed about –, bringing out his paleness. And for the first time, he isn't wearing that stupid school uniform and fancy shoes are replaced by platform boots. A leather jacket clutches his shoulders, decorated with a few studs and patches, and covering a nice Slipknot shirt. And there are his jeans, fucking tight and I swear I hadn't noticed this guy got such a nice ass and, fucking hell, it's difficult not staring at his thighs flat on the seat, with a chain falling over one of them.

"Thank you," he mutters quietly. Even in the reduced lighting, I can see his cheeks gaining a red tone before he looks away.

The place is crowded, but not overly – which is why the tickets were even sold, at first place – and it's fun seeing Gerard's chin drop when he looks at the sign of the place. To simplify, everyone is either always wanting to play in this bar or come watch someone play and the tickets are not only always sold in small quantities, but also expensive.

"Let's go," I chuckle after having spent a good moment observing Gerard.

We jog across the street, towards the entrance, just straight away skipping the whole line. The guy in charge of letting people in looks at us indifferently, in a silent question, muscles clear under the tight staff shirt. Even if there's no visible difference in his expression, he does relax a bit after I show him my pass and steps aside to let us in.

"Wow," Gerard mutters, almost inaudibly.

"You like it?" I ask as we walk through the people. No answer comes. He stayed back, of course; the boy is kinda shy and hesitant, after all. "C'mon!" I take a hold of his hand to pull him with me until we're in the bar area, which's much calmer. He stands there for a moment, looking around, until I point at one of the stools, sitting down on the one beside it.

Gerard shifts on his seat, hands resting on his lap and clenched into fists. He observes everything with wide eyes and I can't bring myself to avert my attention away from him. He's beautiful.

When the band starts playing, however, the atmosphere starts changing. It's a classic punk band – the kind of people you'd see around in skate lanes, spraying anarchist messages on a building's wall or behind a McDonald's counter – and the music is good, nonetheless, raw and emotional and demanding. Great to dance to.

Gerard is shy, as already stated – what makes me wonder how he even agreed on coming –, taking a good time to actually stand up from the stool and join me.

His hand is warm under mine, maybe not as warm as his cheeks seem to be. I had taken it in mine to pull him up from the stool, only, but he didn't let go and... oh well. Aren't you interesting, Gerard? I grin to myself and take his other hand to pull him to dance with me; that if you consider moving around to the rhythm of the song some kind of dance, but Gerard doesn't complain.

I'm not sure how much time goes by – I only question myself about that once the band is saying good night, breathing audibly as they get off the stage. The live music is replaced by a momentary incoherent chatter when loud music fills the place again, this time coming from the speakers. Gerard and I are out of breath when averting our attention from the stage to each other. My arms feel a bit sore after all of that, almost the opposite to my numb legs.

"Wanna grab a drink?" I nod towards the bar. "We can go to the alley to take a breath, then."

"Sounds good."

The non-alcoholic drinks are as cold as the night air, suddenly making it even more obvious how much we jumped around to the band's sound. We lean against the wall opposite to the side of the bar and I look at Gerard, watching his chest rise and fall fast, only coming to a longer pause when he brings the glass to his lips. He observes something above us, maybe the sky, but I don't care.

"Your nose is bleeding again." I suddenly note, seeing the dark red trail now almost reaching his upper lip. Not a surprise. He hurt his nose not much over a day ago and all the jumping must have opened the wound.

"Fuck." Gerard brings a hand to his nose and sighs when seeing the red stain on his fingers; I chuckle softly, halfheartedly. "What? You wanna lick it again?" he teases, raising an eyebrow at me. He apparently opts for not ruining the sleeve of his leather jacket, regarding it more than his school blazer.

I roll my eyes, smiling helplessly. "Well, if you'd like me to," I decide to tease back, looking at him through half lidded eyes.

"Ah, you wouldn't dare!" He chuckles, blood staining his lips according to how he talks.

"You think so, honey?" I raise an eyebrow. A few stutters come from him, but I just grab his glass and set it aside with mine, on the ground, before stepping towards him. "Tell me, why are you always so... bold around me? It's clear it's not part of you, as Ray even said." I suppress a humorous chuckle at how he frantically backs away against the wall, having nowhere to go. This brings me memories. "Maybe it has a specific reason?"

Gerard's eyes are wide, lips twitching, though no word ever comes through and his expression changes instantly once I get a hold of his hips and pin him to the wall. Feeling the heat coming from his cheeks is almost possible and all that resistance is gone, tendering into compliance and shyness.

"Look at you, Gerard," I mutter, rubbing circles into his hips as leaning in. "How surprising can you be?"

Having Gerard only letting out a quiet whine in response as his hands rest hesitantly over my shoulders make my heart flutter in my chest. I finally lean in, pressing my lips to Gerard's; he returns the kiss right away, lips sliding against mine easily.

And there it is; the rich metallic taste of Gerard's blood. I run my tongue over his bottom lip, snatching a hum from him, which turns into a whining-gasp once my teeth sink into it slightly.

His hands tighten around my shoulders, I grip harder onto his hips in consequence and he's sent relaxing back against the wall. He never had control over the kiss, but he's suddenly just giving up on the power at once with a quiet sound, slowly wrapping his arm around my neck to pull me closer and I gladly deepen the kiss.

"Wow, love," I breathe as soon as we part the kiss, lungs screaming for air. Gerard doesn't reply verbally, with his lips brushing lightly against mine and, by now, the blood is starting to get sticky, on its way to drying, also on my lips.

"I hope we can go out more often," he mutters shyly, not long before burying his face in the crook of my neck.

[disaster-j]

okay but how fun it will be for sean to be given the dummy that white is to take care of and properly show him how it is to be in the gang as white and just do all of these shenanigans with white being himself i want to see it so badly i think it will show how they complete eo even more, like he was almost giddy on that mission with white it was so cute it's like he's finally not confused by his behavior and the way it makes him feel and just lets himself adore white!! also... i loved the short namo scene where she was talking about brutalist architecture, her and sean's interactions are always so sweet but well... she said something about coming there later with her friends so i'm assuming she's going to see seanwhite hence her question later but i just don't know what to make of it cause she seems kinda irritated? and well sean really doesn't seem to be interested in her romantically at this point and the other conclusion would be that she thought he was leading her on but she's the one always declining his offers to give her a ride etc... like maybe it's cause black was supposed to be this enemy of sean and suddenly she sees seanwhite and feels like she doesn't know her friend anymore? i really don't know

1. I cannot wait to see Sean get to know White properly and realising how much of a risk taker he can be and just fret over his safety all the time. I'm expecting a protective streak to develop as their relationship progresses. Them going on missions together and having fun little debates is something I'm living for, I wanna see it so bad 😭😭😭

2. I love every interaction Sean has with Namo, it really shows how nice and soft he can be. I like that his interactions with Namo, and with Yok to a lesser extent, show that as much as he likes to put up that cold front he's a very soft and caring man on the inside. His anger and trauma have made him want to hide his softer self but it's still a part of him.

3. I don't think Namo seeing them kiss is gonna be the angle they go with. While Namo did say she's come back with her friends to do her thing, Sean told her to wait till he's done with what he needs to do. While they don't explicitly say it, Namo does seem to understand that the work Sean does for Kumpha is a lot more than bike tune-ups. At this point we can all agree Kumpha is more than just a garage owner and that the garage itself is really a front for them to operate out of. Namo may not know the details but she does understand that the kind of stuff they do is risky. She wouldn't just show up without an all-clear from Sean first.

4. I genuinely don't think there's anything romantic between Sean and Namo. I think that the writers have deliberately made her be his closest friend so as to force viewers into acknowledging how we view male-female friendships, especially in BLs. Just because Sean and Namo aren't explicitly gay people assume there must be something going on between them even though Sean clearly stated otherwise and neither of them have shown any clear signs of romantic interest. I think that they're friends and don't see each other as anything more.

5. I think that her questioning Sean about Black was a red herring from the beginning. They put that scene in the trailer out of context because they knew what viewers would assume. So when it ends up being a platonic thing between them they're forced to think about why they were so sure she must like him. Because from where I'm standing it really seems like she's curious because Sean has been telling her about his issues with Black and now his attitude towards him has suddenly shifted to something completely different from before.

(I talked about Namo and Sean's relationship here too in case you wanna check it out!)