#idk if i will sell this one as i do not know the stance on the creator about making adopts

[weekly-eons]

Mau I request an Asexual Nucleon, if you can do fakemon?

It is funny I got this request by 2 different people

[ghostreblogging]

Danny stays looking like a fourteen years old forever. And takes advantage of it any chance he gets like

Danny is looking for John Constantine. And has been looking for this motherfucker for ages. But he knows he's gonna be in a meeting today at the watch tower. So he just shows up.people out of the meeting doesn't even stop him. Those that try, he just looks at them with big eyes and says. "The others said he'll help me"

And couldn't stop him.

He kicks the door open. John looks like a deer caught in light. Idk how that saying goes. The leaguers are all up and ready to fight now.

"Sorry, but I heard John Constantine was here and I really need to talk to him" his voice on the verge of fake panick

Wonder woman is the first one to lower her stance

"Dear, why do you need to meet that man?"

"Oh-h. I CANT TELL" He sputters a bit to sell the act.

Idk how to continue this but he acts so innocent. Like a dumb kid . Nobody believes Constantine. Like I'm all for Danny trying to make himself look older but he just came to accept that, looking like a kid has some perks

[bubbles-for-all-of-us]

Hi grl! First of all I wanted to tell you how much I ABSOLUTELY ADORED your kaz x reader series (exactly as you are)! The way you treated kaz character, how he actually cares (even if he tries to mask it) about the reader and his crows, how he wants to be better for reader, and how he consideres himself weak when he fails at a simple thing like touching his loved one or expressing his feelings... Besides, I hate it when people just ignore kaz haphephobia and trauma but, again, your work was amazing.

Now that you're taking requests, could you maybe do a one-shot/two-shot about him and non grisha crow!fem!reader? Maybe a flangst/fluff, something to do with him trying to overcome his touch aversion brick by brick for her, or with a sunshine reader who's been through so much trauma but she's a sunshine (not naive) with everyone to try and lighten their moods and hide her trauma... or idk literally about anything you can think of (I just want some kazzle dazzle content tbh hehe)

Thank you so much, you're great <33

Your girl is rusty when it comes to Kaz but boy do I miss him. So, I hope you will enjoy this!🫧

warnings: abuse, blood and implied violence.

Petal

On nights when Kaz felt like sabotaging himself, and that was most nights, he forced himself to watch your restless form as nightmare after nightmare ripped through your mind, making you claw at the plush blanket beneath you, drenching you in cold sweat. Kaz forced himself to watch because it’s his fault. His fault that he didn’t see it. How could he sit here and claim that he knew it all? Knew even the exact time a leaf was going to fall from a tree when he missed something so important right in front of his nose.

Kaz remembers the time you had first stepped into the club. Hair windswept. The cloak way too thin for the winds outside. You had barely given yourself a chance to look around before your whole body grew stiff as you prepared yourself for the worst. See, Kaz had been forced by Nina to hand out leaflets about the club hiring new staff. “You can be wiping your ass with the coins you have and I’m there alone with cracked skin on my hands”.

But everything had screamed at Kaz to say no from the moment he saw you. Too sweet. Too pure. Too innocent. Who even wears flowers in their hair in the dead of autumn? Yet he couldn’t look away. “We don’t sell cakes here, move along”, his cold voice cut through the silence, as he motioned you back to the door with his cane. One more beat of surprise and fear. And yet another beat came out clean and steady. “I can sell beer too or whatever that you sell here”, your hands had been clenched in fists as you spoke. A slight tremble. But even the dismissive silence hadn’t chased you away. “I can mop the floor, I can do it all. Can even sing if guests need entertainment. I just…”, that whole time you had been talking to the darkness. Since the club was empty still Kaz was a fan of hiding in its corners. “You don’t even have to pay much just so I could buy some food”, that had stirred something deep in Kaz. Imagines of Jordie flashed by. Empty stomachs. Cold streets. But then if you were suffering from the same fate he had you wouldn’t be standing there shining like the sun in the spring sky.

But Kaz hadn’t even been close to imagining what you were going through. Nina had fallen in love with you almost immediately so the hustle of you two twirling through the club had become a regular sight. It was the difference in your stance that the first monthly pay had made. You had been late to work the first day after. Your movements were slower. Eyes hollow and tired. “Well one of us celebrated nicely huh”, Nina had nudged you, “Up all night spending that earned coin”, you had returned her smile with a somewhat made-up smile of your own but that had been the first time Kaz had an inkling that something was happening behind close doors.

“You can eat food in the club, you know”, Kaz had managed to find you alone in the storage room, organizing the boxes. Your hair was falling out of the loosely done bun, draping across your face in such an enchanting way that Kaz had to make sure to not let his jaw hang low. You had swept some of it away with the back of your hand, “there’s no need, plenty of food at home”, you said. It was a slight jab and your eyes instantly had grown wide at the realization so you added, “Thanks to you, of course”.

Kaz had humbled, letting his gaze linger. “You can also, as an employee, stay here for the night if there’s a need”, and there it was that sharp bob of your throat. But you shook your head, “I appreciate it but”, you shrugged, “I’m fine in my own home”. You wondered if he was going to push or order you to do so but Kaz had simply turned around and walked away but his mind was already set. Just things had been set into motion even sooner than he expected because a couple of days later you had once again barely been walking at the end of the week.

“You’re stalling orders, man don’t like waiting”, Kaz said firmly, for the first time making you flinch slightly. “I’ll pick it up, I’m sorry”, you said bluntly, reaching for two more pines when Kaz’s eyes drifted to your exposed wrist.

The end of his cane pressed against the purple mark, “What is this?”, his tone was cold, dripping ice. You knew how he was with his investments. No flaws. Always useful. “I… A barrel fell…”, you mustered, making Kaz raise a brow, “A barrel?”. You nodded eagerly, maybe too eagerly. “And left fingerprints on your skin? Do you think I’m stupid?”, Kaz’s tone had turned sour. You quickly shook your head, “Of course no, you are the best…”, “Who did this to you, YN?”, Kaz cut you off making you look up at him instantly.

You couldn’t tell him. He couldn’t know. “It’s nothing…”, you whined right as Kaz stepped right in front of you his gloved hand now the one wrapped around your aching wrist. That not only was purple and blue but also broken. “Looks like something to me. Who?”, Kaz demanded. His electric blue eyes pierce your soul. You let out yet another whimper as your eyes started burning with tears. You had a feeling what end the person would meet and her and now you were the one vowing the thread of life. “My father”, your voice had been barely a whisper but Kaz’s face had turned ashen. And then he turned around. As if haven’t just given him your biggest secret.

“Kaz”, you called after him. Wanted to reach for him yet more than aware that he hated touch. “Go to the office in the back of the club”, he turned back, white medical wrap in his hands, “You are staying in the house from tonight”. Taken back all you could was watch him. As his trembling hands reached for your wrist, wrapping it up for support.

“But…”, you muttered. “Nina will bring you food and then walk you to your new place”, he was speaking as if all of this had been set for months. “Kaz…”, you tried to cut in but it’s like your words didn’t reach him. “You won’t be working for the rest of the week”, he grumbled and you failed to understand if that annoyed him or not. “Kaz, please”, you muttered but once his eyes met yours his expression was like nothing you had seen before, “Any stuff you want for yourself from that place?” You blinked a couple of times before shaking your head. Kaz’s fingers lingered on your skin before he dropped your hand, “Good”, he said as if you had signed your life away to him fully and stepped out of the back room.

Now weeks down the line here he is. With your father’s blood on his hands. Still lingering. It didn’t give him the closure Kaz wanted. The old fuck died too quickly for his liking. Not to mention that Kaz hated the man even more now because even if physical he wasn’t here. His actions still haunted you. “Please”, you cried, head turning to the side as you tried to flee from the horror, “Don’t lock at the door, no, papa”. Kaz pulled back from the wall he had been leaning against, crossing the room in a couple of strong steps. Then there was the choice that he had to make. He doubted that seeing him first thing out of a nightmare would make you happy. So he slowly, through gritted teeth made himself lay on the side of your bed. Now his own frightened eyes watched you because Kaz could feel the heat from your body.

Your head turned to the side with another plea, this time hitting Kaz’s arm. His whole body got ridged. The salty smell of the sea filled his senses. But then a content sigh leaves your lips and Kaz sees the tension in your body fading. The content was minimal. Your forehead was resting against his upper arm, fingers grazing his palm. Kaz took a sharp breath in. Making himself turn to look at you fully. His heart practically clawing at the chest at the sight of your clam features. All because of… but he didn’t let himself entertain that thought. Not now. Not tonight, “I’ll always protect you, petal”.

[snifekinner]

based on my favourite insulting horoscopes meme, i give u:

insulting you based on your favourite hetalia character

france: every surface in your house is sticky and i wouldnt sit on any of them. i would ask you to clean between your toes for once, but u wont see this post because that would require taking your hands out of your pants.

england: you are very self conflicted; you feel the need to assume an ironic stance at all times which you think makes you look intelligent but actually just makes you look a prick. everyone is sick of your condescending attitude. grow up.

germany: if you want something done, you'll do it, even if it involves walking directly through a brick wall like the kool aid man. your nerve and commitment is second only to your chronic denial of danger. you are an idiot and you're gonna die young.

italy: you are a sweet, simple soul who just wants to draw people kissing. your friends keep you around as a kind of charity case - you're the friend version of a rescue dog, and you also sometimes start whining for no reason.

japan: no one in your life knows the real you and thats why youre gonna die alone and be eaten by your cats. your loved ones will make millions selling off your manga collection. you have never touched a real boob.

usa: you have the same sense of humour and obsession with drawing penises as a 12yr old boy. anyone who even glances at your social media can tell what your kinks are, you pervert.

china: you definitely have back problems, and you sigh every day before logging into social media yet you continue to do it. you eat food directly out of the fridge or pot because plates take too much time.

russia: idk what your problem is but i bet its hard to pronounce. you're either medicated or you should be. you do tell really good stories but you cannot tell when someone isnt interested in them.

canada: you seethe more than julia stiles in 10 things i hate about you, yet you find it impossible to say no to people. you are passive aggressive and basically a coward. no one respects you.

[the-s1lly-corner]

Oooh idk if someone already asked for it but what about how TADC cast would react if they were under a mistletoe with their S/O

TADC cast x reader under the mistletoe!

i know i literally just said that i was going to post because i just came down from a little..... emotional high (negative) but i feel too guilty not answering stuff today so im probably going to answer this and a few more simply because im going to feel so guilty if i dont do anything today which is just going to make me feel worse than i already do so uhuhuhuhuh... jack stauber coming in clutch rn i know i usually answer stuff in the order of them being sent in but to do a silly compromise for my silly people pleaser mindset im going to knock out the ones that are easier for me sooooooo

CAINE:

oh you just know that hes the one who planted the mistletoe in the first place.... i mean as soon as he found out about the tradition, assuming he didnt already know.. i just know hes going to do whatever he can to get you under it. does he know that he can ask for a kiss? yes! but he wants to be festive and do some traditions and stuff! gives you the biggest "kiss" he can give you when you finally get stuck together under one... probably knocks you back a little bit from how enthusiastic he is...

POMNI:

very shy about it, i think she would give you a cheek kiss rather than a mouth kiss, especially if there are other people around. pomni doesnt strike me as the type to one to full on kiss their partner when theres an audience, so i hope you can understand her aversion! its not that she doesnt want to kiss you, shes just shy about the eyes watching the two of you... though, she would be more inclined to do it if it were just the two of you in the area!

RAGATHA:

honestly she looks like she would love christmas. i dont know why and i cant explain why. so i think she would love most of the activities and traditions surrounding it. and yes, this includes the mistletoe! i think for most of these, the mistletoe would be hung up by caine to really sell the festive mood.... and ragatha likely wouldnt have planned this, but inevitably you guys get under it at the same time. not as against PDA as some of the others, i think, so i think she would give you a very gentle kiss on your lips. very bashful if you beat her to it, though. kind of folds her hands together and digs her foot into the ground... you know the stance, hopefully.. kind of swaying a little while her face is burning up

JAX:

probably makes a big stink of it, whether trying to deny the kiss or to lean into it. i can honestly see both... does NOT let you be the one to initiate the kiss, since while he hates PDA, i think he hates it more when hes on the receiving end. say it all the time, its a vulnerability thing for him. he doesnt like other people seeing him flustered... now will a simple kiss from you make him pink in the face? probably not, but he would rather not risk it! plus, he wants to take this as a moment to tease you! will not let you live it down if you even get the slightest bit embarrassed from whatever hes going to do under that mistletoe

KINGER:

think i mentioned this in the kiss cam request, but kinger is not against giving you kisses when theres an audience. like he wont full on make out with you in front of others (ignoring the fact that he doesnt have a mouth, much less a functional one) but i am a firm believer that he and other characters with a nontraditional mouth just nuzzle into your face in place of kisses... hmm... probably make a big show of asking if he can go ahead, afterall hes royalty! whats a royal without chivalry! very gently presses where his mouth would be against your lips for a few seconds before walking you guys to where ever you were planning to go before someone stopped you and alerted you both of the mistletoe above. generally very sweet and dorky, i think

ZOOBLE:

does not like giving or receiving affection in public, the furthest they are willing to go is hand holding and simple name calling.... if no one is around when you guys are under the mistletoe, theyre more than willing to let you have your kiss, but if theres even one person around, theyre going to show a little aversion to it... on one hand i want to say that they might suck it up and lean into their "its whatever" attitude, but i dont feel... like that suits them, and on top of that whats the point if someone is clearly not having fun/not comfortable, you know? so theyre more likely to gently reject you... though i like to think that they make up for it by giving you a kiss behind closed doors!

GANGLE:

freezes like a deer in headlights when someone loudly announces that you guys stopped together under a mistletoe, the eyes of her mask going wide and her mouth just going straight... if she has her comedy mask, she might be a little less.. frozen, but not by much... but with her tragedy mask? nope, shes totally still and quiet, poor thing.... you almost feel bad, so really theres a chance you just take her away from the scene rather than kissing her.... doesnt like being put on the spot for things like that, especially if the person alerting you guys of the mistletoe is making a huge scene (either caine or jax... though with caine it would be more so lighthearted fun with no malice, whereas jax is just being jax)

[lemonmatronics]

THE POPPY PLAYTIME CHAPTER 3 TRAILER IS SOOO!,?!.?.!.

What a great treat to wake up to—Excuse me while I go insane and spill some thoughts, reactions, theories, and predictions below please

ahem

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

SO LIKE FIRST OFF this chapter is gonna fuck, like this looks SO good holy shit

The setting and environment looks amazing but also the new hands mechanic along with the mask ohhhh this is gonna be FUN

Okay rambling about screenshots I took time

First off the environments look great, holy wow

The house itself looks kinda small so idk if that is the orphanage itself or some kind of set. Cause you can see fake sky walls around it, but like this is Playtime Co they would definitely do that to the orphanage also to give an illusion of outside. Either way it looks GREAT and I’m really excited to explore this setting

Just a nice shot of all the critters

I’m really curious if all the critters are gonna be utilized somehow. We know about Catnap and Dogday already, especially after the trailer itself. Though there was also the footage of Bobby running down the hall, looking like a normal plushie, and possibly seeing Hoppy in the trailer too. (I’ll touch on that later)

New Poster

Definitely looks like some company propaganda to try and keep kids from being afraid of CatNap. Judging by the files we got before looks like the results were a mixed bag. Considering the gas is there in the poster it’s definitely a company only poster, not something they could sell outside. They manipulated this kids so bad man :(

A CLEANER LOOK OF THIS THING,,,

THATS A SKELETON COMING OUT OF PUGAPILLAR’S MOUTH…Like that’s just straight up human remains.

I don’t think we’ve ever seen that before in this game. Like blood yeah plenty but BONES? They’re definitely amping things up for this chapter and I’m 100% here for it.

Besides that there’s a ton of plushies and such stabbed onto this weird thing. Is it a shrine? It doesn’t look like it could really move tbh, and if it was meant to be alive those parts aren’t doing anything to help it.

This poor mf

I’ve seen a lot of people speculate this is DogDay, which is a valid guess, but tbh my first thought was Hoppy. You can tell they have long droopy ears, which lines up with both candidates to me. Though I think the ears look a bit slimmer than what Dog Day’d would be, plus the angle on the head looks more like they’re dropping from the top of the head rather than the sides. I feel like if this was DogDay the whole head silhouette would be different because of the ears, which makes me lean towards Hoppy more.

I know her toy gives her long pointed up ears, but going off art and animation her ears can definitely fold

So I don’t think it’s out of the question that as a Bigger Bodies being her ears could fold over like that, especially while stuck like this.

Now I could be the one wrong here but I really think this is Hoppy. Won’t know until the game itself though so, I won’t treat either as divinities yet. It could just as easily be the case everyone else is right and it is DogDay, there’s evidence for that as well (Again, I’ll touch on that later).

So much happened here where do I even start

Obvious out the bat I guess, Kissy Missy is back!! And looks like Poppy isn’t ditching us alone either! Man I cannot tell it Poppy is good or not at this point, gray area? Trailer dialogue definitely sounded like she was supporting us.

“We’re coming! Just hold on!”

It’s really nice seeing Kissy back, really excited to see how she’s gonna help and play into this. I’ve been on the stance that she’s good ever since she helped in chapter 2 so this is really cathartic for me lmao.

As for what Poppy says here I found it interesting, like really interesting. Like, hearing it the first time made me think she casually confirmed something massive interesting. Granted, actually thinking about it longer, it could mean something else entirely. But was that the whole point?

“What’s happening down here is bigger than all of us. I need you. So we can revenge on those monsters who’ve tortured you, who’ve tortured us.”

“Those monsters who’ve tortured you”

Now, once I thought about it this is most likely referring to the literal monsters in the factory. Huggy, Mommy, CatNap, so on and such. But that’s not what my initial assumption was.

When Poppy referred to “monsters”, by first thought was the people working at the factory. I thought she said people at the factory tortured us.

I thought she confirmed that we’re a toy.

Once I thought about it longer, it doesn’t actually confirm that. But what if that’s the entire point? A double meaning line?

Now the player being a toy theory is something that’s been around since chapter 1, a theory I’ve fully stood by since then and still do. I like to think that’s why our character is completely silent, we’re a toy that can’t speak. Mute toys is something we’ve seen plenty of in the factory, more so than toys that actually talk. (Unless you count stuff like the Smiling Critters cartoon or the cardboard cutouts, but I’m talking purely living beings here.)

So while this doesn’t confirm the theory, this line is definitely throwing wood into the fire for me.

DogDay

Wether or not the chained Bigger Body above us DogDay or Hoppy, we have it confirmed here that DogDay is featured heavily in this chapter as an enemy. Again, I really wonder if the other Smiling Critters will show up as threats as well. Maybe a mixed bag of good and bad critters. If the chained up Bigger Body is DogDay, I wonder why he chases us after we assumingely set him free.

One note I’ll give that is to evidence for the chained bigger body being DogDay is that in the thumbnail you can see a shackle on his wrist

His arms are also long and lanky, which is why I won’t completely rule out it possibly being him there. It’s just as possible that it is him, both feel very plausible to me.

Though looking at the game footage, I’m not sure if can can see anything on his wrists. Additionally his arms look much wider than the one in thumbnail.

Additionally, the DogDay in the thumbnail looks so much like a…mascot suit? You can see seams and stitches all over him. Even other Bigger Bodies don’t look like that. Which is something I wanna give its own post to to figure deeper on.

So is this even the same DogDay at all?

It’s not completely out of the question there could be multiple DogDays, though that begs the question, what about other Smiling Critters? What about other toys as a whole?

Here’s my prediction on it. One Bigger Bodies experiment, and then there’s smaller ones approximately the size of their normal toys.

I think the DogDay in the thumbnail is a result of the Bigger Bodies testing, and the one actually chasing us is just a smaller more “normal” DogDay.

But if that’s true then it begs the question, what about other critters? We’ve seen a smaller Bobby before, does she also have a Bigger Bodies version?

Do they all have a Bigger Bodies equivalent?

Is there still a normal CatNap?

Again, all speculation but this chapter especially is really tickling my brain.

And finally we’ve got the man of the hour

Man he is so much lankier than I thought he would be. That definitely explains why his face was so high up on that one cam footage though. Here I was thinking he’d be bulky!

There isn’t too much to say here other than CatNap is definitely gonna be an imposing threat, and I’m very excited to see him in game. So far we’ve mainly seen him through silhouettes, and light peeks at small portions of his design. Seeing him better is game is gonna be a thrill and I’m so ready for it!

Additionally, just for the sake of adding on, we’ve seen these posters apparently from overseas get spread around lately

Both of these definitely look like they’re meant to be company only posters, ones you’d find in the schooling and orphanage areas.

The left poster telling kids to go inside right away when recess is up, nothing super deep here. Just a peek at the schooling that had here, and that these kids had their lives completely contained within the factory.

The second poster is CatNap telling Huggy to go to sleep, another attempt at convincing children CatNap isn’t dangerous. If Huggy is fine they will be too, right?

Anyways that’s my initial thoughts and reactions right after watching the trailer. VERY excited about this game, it’s been awhile since I’ve been able to brainstorm on my own over a game like this so I’m really looking forward to what this chapter has to give.

[hanasnx]

i hope this is okay to ask, i'm not trying to start discourse or anything i'm just genuinely curious. do you think it's easier for you to say "never settle" because you lucked out big time? from the way you describe your bf, he seems like a great guy and from reading your posts it seems like this fairytale movie love story fell into your lap which unfortunately isn't a reality for most people. the universe was definitely on your side in this instance so all i'm wondering is if you hadn't met this great guy would that still be your stance? idk if any of that makes sense. sorry for the inconvenience.

for most of my life i did not date because nobody was ever good enough for me. im extremely articulate about what i like. i’ve had my fair share of testing out relationships sure, but for the most part i didn’t like anyone. i’ve had a couple of girlfriends, fwbs, one night stand etc etc but none of them came close to what i have now, and i attribute that to not being afraid to be alone. i was available to notice my boyfriend, i was in tune with my intuition to know what i wanted, and then i didn’t let the opportunity pass me by when i went for it to give him my number. also i never suppressed myself either, i was vulnerable. which is another thing people are scared to do. and sometimes it doesn’t work out, and that’s fine, but this time it did.

luck has stuff to do with it sure, luck has a lot to do with everything. but it’s also about intuition, following your instincts, and putting yourself out there. of course i’m privileged to have my boyfriend, i am privileged to even know him as a friend if that’s how we stayed. but saying “it’s just not a reality for some people” is odd when it’s a matter of waiting and discovering yourself.

i’m a catch too. it’s not just my bf that’s a great guy, im a great guy. he deserves someone like me the same as i deserve someone like him. i worked on myself too before i got a relationship. and now we work together on making our relationship enjoyable and fulfilling. we both are really good at communicating.

if i hadn’t met him, i would still have that stance. i’ve always had that stance. and i will always have that stance. i’d rather be alone (and was stubbornly, willfully alone) than be with someone who doesn’t live up to my standards, i would not have settled. and i would’ve been fine being alone if i couldn’t find someone to meet them. a relationship is not a right.

never settle. don’t sell yourself short. and be alone.

[get-your-fuckin-star-bitch]

[unwinding au] - season 3, part ?????

Aaaaaaaaagh i feel like I’m missing something what is it what am I

OHHHHHHHH

Michael didn’t get out of the institute using the mirrors, he doesn’t like using the mirrors (at all)-

He took the tunnels. He had no idea where he was going, but he took em anyway, cause he figured he had the best chance at finding the right way through.

He actually also took the tape recorder that was there, I was wrong. He didn’t want anyone to find out what he’d done (they sort of did anyway :( ) and also it had just become a “comfort item” at that point.

He sort of feels the same way about the recorders as Martin does, but also feels like they give him a sort of anchor to steady himself with so he can keep himself together.

[CONTINUED BELOW!!!!]

I really wish I could find some good maps of London so that I could plot out his course, but he tries going to his own apartment initially, only to find it surrounded by police/law enforcement.

So he feels very much like he’s got nowhere to go.

For the first time, he wishes he could just loose himself in a crowd and find himself somewhere else.

He’s just… too tall for it. He’s worried he’d just get spotted immediately.

But it turns out that doesn’t matter anymore. It’s as if no one can really see him, or at least can’t pick him out from the rest of the crowd. Which, by the way, is really uncomfortably bump-y and jostle-y, and he hates it just as much as he used to, but it works.

Not just to hide him, but to get him to where he’s going.

Somehow, he finds himself inside of a department store.

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so I decided it’s probably either Peter Jones or Harrods… but……

How tf do UK department stores work

help

Ummmmm heck it’s fine I’ll just wing it and revise later, at least i’ve got a vibe

So, Peter Jones and partners, runs into someone he knew before the institute.

I don’t know her name, but she’s pretty and a fantastic person and I tried to draw her one time but I don’t feel like it came out quite right, however I’m still going to drop it here.

(Uuuuugghhhhhhhh yeah there’s a lot I don’t like about how I drew this, I don’t feel like I got her features right and I wish I could go back and change it but it’s PENCIL and erasing/redrawing is ANNOYING aaaaaa /lh)

(I’m actually not going to insert the drawing. I just feel like it’s probably wrong in a hundred different ways, and I’d like to research some stuff further first before I make a finalized design.)

She and Michael talk a little bit, her manager comes over and does the whole “you’re paid to sell things to customers, not chat with them,” thing and Michael actually glares at him!

Yasmin(a?) (this is why i want to do more research, I don’t feel like that’s right aaaaaa) is completely taken aback by this, because the Michael Shelley she’d grown up with had barely ever glared at someone in this sort of a situation.

Michael was a tiny bit surprised by it, too, but fuck it- he was fed up, tired, on the run, possibly turning into a monster, and this clerk was being completely unreasonable (in his opinion). He was having a bad day and hadn’t seen his friend in years, couldn’t he just leave them alone?

Apparently not. The manager was getting very disgruntled, and curtly acknowledged him with a steely-eyed stare, and told him that if he wanted to make a fuss over the store’s management rules, he should leave the department and go speak with the (police? Upper management? Idk).

And thus a small standoff occurs. I’m honestly impressed that the manager could remain rigid in his stance with this tall guy basically looming over him, but by god he did- and then the usual thing of “I’m going to call the cops.”

And naturally, Michael gets both upset and a bit panicked.

The guy turns away to call someone on his phone, then notices some strange movement out of the corner of his eye and turns around to see Michael, looking… definitely different from how he did before.

He’s trying hard not to look at his friend, cause he feels like if he does, he’ll scare her, but the manager is staring right at him, into his twisting face, and screams after taking a few moments to register what’s going on.

And then Michael leaves.

——————

The police get there far too late to catch him exiting the building, and naturally, daisy is a little more than a bit miffed by this.

He’s just glad he could get away at all. He’s actually unaware that the police are following him.

Thing is, he didn’t actually even hurt anyone, he just scared the manager and ran away. Supposedly, no actual harm done, (the manager’s now marked but Michael doesn’t need to know that 🫠), so the police leave.

He considers checking in to a hotel or something, but… it feels like it’s too… risky.

So he just… sleeps wherever.

It’s awful.

His friend’s probably trying to figure out where he went, just so she can understand what the heck’s going on and why the police are trying to find him, cause last she heard, he was working at the infamous “Magnus Institute”, which, as far as she understands it, is essentially a fucked-up library of weird things. So maybe things had gotten a little too weird for him, or he’d just been some kind of serial-whatever this entire time. They hadn’t even explained the situation to her when they’d questioned her about him. She fully thought she was going to be arrested as an accomplice or something, which would have been awful, but apparently all they cared about was getting him.

And she kind of wanted to know why.

I mean- look. Scaring someone’s manager with a gun or blackmail or something is one thing. But with just a look? That stuff was not normal, she knew it wasn’t, and he was gonna have to spill everything to her.

Once she could find him, at least.

She took a few days off from work to wander around and see if she could look for him in… the shops, maybe, or nearby apartments. But nothing came up. No sandy-blond-haired skinny tall bastards in the directory, or around there anywhere. (Sounded like she was ordering Starbucks or something every time she asked around about him.)

She nearly tripped over him when she was passing through (insert place name here, I really need to get a map or else I’m just going to end up playing mad libs with location names for this, lmao).

She had been trying to find a bar she thought he might be relatively more comfortable at than the others in the area. Bars in general did not seem Michael’s style, but she was running out of options, and hey, he’d obviously changed at least a little bit since she’d seen him.

But the expression on his face when he looked at her, startled, confused — hell, maybe even hopeful — was exactly the same expression he’d worn that day that the two’d met each other the first time.

They’d both been different then, in their own ways. But now, it seemed like one of them had changed… well, a little more than would be possible for the other.

Still him, though. She could be sure about that.

And he needed some help.

“Hey.” She said simply, in greeting. “No complaining, no insisting on not bothering someone, we’re going to get you a bed.”

[dirty-lit]

Okay idk if this will last but I notice the rp community is dying so I'm gonna help out by posting people's anonymous rp ads for others to find. Hit up my ask box. (Edit: you MUST be 18+ OOC, this is 18+ ooc for 18+ ooc only)

And the one thing that ALWAYS revives communities is dirty, depraved, shocking things uncensored. So bring all your most disturbing rp requests here (and your sfw wholesome ones too) and don't explain your trauma. Because that will slow down the community we're trying to revive and attract irl abusers.

Love it or hate it but you know I'm right. Sex sells, shock keeps fanfic sites thriving and just that shock is what gets some people finding their fandoms after initially going there out of morbid curiosity.

So I'm taking a neutral stance on everything and doing the dirty work few people are willing to do (shout out to those already doing this, I love you). Send me your ads, as long as they don't go into too much dirty detail or read like IRL requests I won't have to censor them to appease the hellsite. Any subject, any trope, any fandom as long as it's allowed on Ao3 it's allowed here. We're gonna follow the example of the people who are thriving. (Include specific tags if you'd like me to use them!)

Friendly reminder: if you dm links or copy/paste even edited messages en masse: the hellsite might remove YOU! (Utilize throw away/side blogs for dms!)

[erins-quinn]

“about the blogger” meme

thanks for the tag @currymanganese @cruciomione and @ashluvsu4ever (some tagged sydneys-adamu but that’s still me!! lol) this is late as hell but y’all are real cool! 🩷

star sign: scorpio! as far as all that other stuff like rising and moon and sun I’m not sure.

favorite holiday: I don’t have one but I’d have to say christmas for the food

last meal: chicken soup bc winter slapped me in the face now I’m sick

current favorite musician: don’t have one! I kinda hate music

last music listened to: “I know the end” by phoebe bridgers. doesn’t help my I hate music stance but that song is great so what I will do is put that song and just that song on repeat for months and not even touch anything else. I’ve also been listening to the parade revival bcr for months now.

last movie watched: blue beetle I think? and that was kind of a while ago. but great film! a lot better than I was expecting.

last tv show watched: besides just putting stuff on for noise im gonna say jury duty. an incredible watch you should consider if you haven’t already.

last book/fic finished: it was sydcarmy but I can’t remember the title. but it’s about their first fight in the cross over between whatevership and relationship and carmen gets sick and I’m also sick so!!

last book/fic abandoned: I mean I don’t read books, so that’s abandonment all on its own and if I abandon fics im not gonna publicize that lol.

currently reading: … not a book. and honestly idk basically besides re reading I’m currently reading most sydcarmy wips. I haven’t read for a different fandom since june lmao.

last thing researched for art/writing/hyper-fixation: I think “how to make a crochet coaster” I’m thinking about starting to sell and of course idk how to go about it but I figure actually making shit is a good start? who knows.

favorite online fandom memory: this isn’t a “fandom” per se (say? idk) but back in 2020-2021 I used to spend a lot of time on twitch and I got really attached to this one guy and his community. anyways I called a pop tart and a toaster strudel the same thing and got positively annihilated by the chat. twas very funny.

favorite old fandom you wish would drag you back in/have a resurgence: hmmm idk. for the sake of not having the same answer twice I’d say maybe cobra kai. I really miss loving that show and the ship I was attached to had meta that reminds me of sydcarmy. when the engagement was high it was really fun and if people suddenly decided to start caring again I’d go right back.

favorite thing you enjoy that never had an active or big “fandom” but you wish it did: american vandal!!! it’s less that I want it to have a big fandom because really who wants that and more I just wanted to know the show was appreciated, which it wasn’t :(

tempting project you’re trying to reign in/don’t have time for: I was almost roped into embroidery and punch needling and then I had to actually consider the fact that there’s no way I could commit to that. maybe one day tho.

if u see this pretend I tagged you and do it! :)

[digitalgate02]

Hi! I hope your month has been proceeding well. About your Xros Wars Legends AU, I find it ironic and hilarious that Daisuke, who's super sus about shady people, became a shady person himself in it, like, he just became what he is wary of. Also, I'd like to know your personal thoughts on Gulusgammamon, his role in the GG series, his relationship with Hiro and Gammamon too. Based on his angry disgusted look directed at Canoweissmon after they separated, I don't think he thinks highly of his white counterpart before the latter turned his philosophy against him. After that, it was a different tune. Do you think the Endbringer thread will be picked up in some future GG continuation? Was there even any foreshadowing for that plot drop? Eat fruits and sleep early!

Oh boy there's multiple questions there... I'll do my best to answer them all (^・ω・^ )

"I find it ironic and hilarious that Daisuke, who's super sus about shady people, became a shady person himself in it, like, he just became what he is wary of."

Well, that's something I didn't think of before, lol

Though in this AU setting he's being forced to be shady and sus. It's not something he enjoys or is proud of. Because he’s being hunted by the villains and mean spirited digimon who might want to sell him in the black market… And The Watchmaker kinda forced him to pull this shady role (except he only did that because he couldn’t turn his back on Taiki-Tagiru-Yuu at all)

About Gulus & my opinion on him and his role in GG:

I think I’ve talked about it before? Possibly in my post trying to explain what I got from the final episode. I don’t think Gulus was entirely vile, but more rather a creature who gained a twisted view of the world thanks to a traumatic experience. He lost his home planet and this set him into this idea of the world being a dog eat dog scenario. And then you have the sweet side of Gammamon, which is so naive and gentle… I prefer to not treat Gulus and Gammamon as a separate being – the episode showed a duality between both personalities in a more visual style, but might remind you that all of that battle and talk of “inner universes” are mostly in poetic and figurative way to express an inner battle happening inside Gammamon’s mind. In which yes, the kids and BloomLordmon managed to get inside Gammamon for a moment – and this is why you get Canowissmon and Regulusmon getting separated: it’s because it happens inside Gammamon’s mind.

Gulus in general was one of the things I was waiting for the Digimon franchise to do a long time ago: A kid with a villainous digimon. And no, by that I meant something different from Tailmon’s case in both classic & reboot Digimon Adventure – I mean one where the kid is basically a human Wormmon and the digimon a Kaiser-mon. Well, I guess this is what we got~ But at the same time, you can notice there’s times that showed maybe Gulus wasn’t entirely evil. Because in his debut episode he screams to Hiro to get out of the way when trying to attack Angoramon and Jellymon, but since Hiro stayed there he just canceled his attack and reverted back to Gammamon. And every time the enemy had some evil behavior that could end with the trio and the mons dead, Gulus would butt in and save them all. So for a villain – or rather, anti-villain – he was showing signals of him starting to change for a little.

Or this is what I thought until ep 66, lol.

Note that I’m not saying he didn’t do anything wrong, because he did and oh he did. It’s times that maybe he was slowly getting changed by Hiro & co., hence the good Gamma’s personality.

By the way, I'm still keeping my stance on the finale and how relieved I am that Gulus wasn't destroyed and yes was shown that he's still Gammamon despite everything -- More like "accept your flaws instead of getting rid of them" message, I think.

Now I think this Endbringer thing could be an open opportunity for a sequel in format of a drama CD or manga, or a standalone movie idk. But I’d rather prefer none of those (I have personal reasons, please do not ask for details) and that they could just move on and work on something brand new with no ties to GG or any other series at all. I’d rather prefer to make my own particular and delusional sequel, without demanding or asking Bandai & Toei to make it real.

[filthybonnet]

I just wanted to say thank you for the stream last night. I've been following you since my first day here and I keep appreciating your works. I don't know, after all the meanness you had to bear, how it's possible you're still so kind to anyone. Please don't give up

Awww thank you!!! You're too kind!!! Unfortunately The Phandom on here is very cult of personality gatekeepers and years ago I pissed off the gatekeepers, who till this day swear they aren't gatekeepers. However the whole Phantom Italy experience just proved to me they are gatekeepers or try to be. None of them went to Italy, yet they were the first to post every single photo or video clip here on tumblr. Being involved in Phandom on other sites showed me where exactly they got that stuff, yet they act like they own it and control it on here.

Then later on and up till now I have the nerve to have nuanced political views and we all know you can't have those on the internet. And people in Phandom can't be seen hanging out with me while I have those because it means you agree with those things because that's how the world works. /sarcasm Though seriously I had friends on here get hate mail just because they were friends with me and they had to be like "Bonnet has been nothing but kind to me and has explained her stances to me" and yet they still harassed them.

Then the ultimate thing I did to piss some of them off was I jailbusted the London Post Changes "Love Never Dies" Boot. Several of the gatekeepers had but would never trade or sell it because the master of it marked it "not for trade" but then dissapeared from the trading scene. I spent a lot of time trying to track the master down to no avail. I then spent a lot of time going to various places and I finally tracked it down outside of these gatekeepers (I won't reveal how) but once I had it, I put it up for anyone and everyone to download. I was like it's a 10 year old boot nobody is going to get hurt. I got hate mail for it but I got way more love and thanks from people who wanted to see it.

And as my recent posts have showed I just got doxxed on another site for just advertising I was going to show this. Like IDK. And this doesn't even touch the drama that happened in my once popular Phantom Discord server. But those people involved will probably never even admit my Discord server was the place to be after the tumblr porn and nudity ban but I could bring screenshots if I wanted to.

My goal with my Italy boot is to do what I did with that Love Never Dies boot. As someone who got into boot trading, I know what happens with rare boots, traders hoard them and those are the ones people want to see and then never do. However because I have these idiots on that other site yelling copyright I'm going to hang low on it for a little while. Plus so far I'm the only person I've seen admitting to having a full boot And I know that must be really pissing off the gatekeepers. I'd be lying if I didn't admit pissing them off added joy to my making the boot.

I know this was long, but thank you for your kind words and watching with us last night! It was exciting to share it with all of you but also a little frustrating because I saw it 4 times live there were so many times I wanted to type in the chat you just had to be there.

[centrally-unplanned]

I don't think Altman's tweet gives enough to properly extend charity one way or the other, so I suppose this isn't a defense of the tweet. But this stance expressed properly is pretty much fine, as the Social Network has a version of the "Fight Club Problem". Fight Club portrays the story of the protagonist's alter-ego forming a masculinity-driven, reactionary, rebel-outsider terrorist cult, and they are the 'bad guys' of the movie. But it portrays them so A: compellingly, and B: attractively as part of that narrative, that, actually, idk man I can kindof see their point? They are 'wrong' but you also hate what they are fighting as well and see the appeal of the refuge they have built.

For Fight Club, this makes its a "good movie", because its fiction. These people aren't real, you aren't going to wipe out all debts with a bomb, so really challenging the audience's understanding of what society values through the metaphor of a violent cult is very effective. Like I am trying to convince you of the value of getting punched in the face! That is a hard sell! I gotta make it sexy, make Brad Pitt the man pushing this line, and now maybe you are questioning if you have ever really felt alive, just a little bit. Its meeting the audience where they are.

The Social Network is not 'fiction' in this same way. Its not terribly accurate, sure but its portraying a very real path people have and do take in life. It aspires to a sense of reality, and as such is telling the audience to see this is as possible for them. So what is the reality that it is selling?

In The Social Network our 'protagonist' Marky Z is dumped by his girlfriend Erica for being an asshole. She shows up one or twice throughout the movie to be a killjoy. The rest of the film shows Mark genius-building a website, pulling the rug out from under some trust fund snobs, fucking chicks in a bathroom, whiz-kidding his way to rubbing palms with The Greats, dropping millions in cash on cool shit and articles from his meal ticket's name, and beating the shit out of everyone who tries to stop him. He wins, and wins again, and wins some more. Which is why when you google "The Social Network quotes" its all shit like this:

Which apparently had a dart board deciding on how to use the bold text feature, but you get it. And sure, there is the "I have no intentions of being friends" line 10 entries down, but thats...just funny? Its not some like gigantic own, its a breakup.

So you have the final scene of the movie, Mark alone in his room, having burned the bridges of all of his friends...and also being one of the richest human beings to ever live and looking like a total genius. And this is a movie about 'reality'.

First, most people would, in said reality, take that deal. You will just idk go make more friends! Friendship isn't Disney films and shounen anime, its not the be-all-end-all and its not a binary thing, they shift and change over time. The movie spent 85% of is runtime on Mark being a badass, and a few minutes here and there on him not having a girlfriend. He's a billionaire, he can go buy one, and by that I mean his social status and success and superintelligence will make him attractive to many amazing people giving him the chance to form authentic, long-lasting connections. Its a fine enough movie ending but as attempt to make the idea of being Mark look bad, it fails, completely. All it really does is give him a tragic veneer to make him kindof hot.

Second, this is a movie about 'reality'. I know, when I am watching it, that it is a biopic, that this Mark isn't real but Mark Zuckerberg is, the life he lived is real. And the actual Mark Zuckerberg...is married with three children. To his wife, who he met before he even started Facebook. Zuckerberg is actually pretty famous for being nice and sociable, none of that Cumberbatch's-Sherlock-coded aloof intensity is real. And you know this, watching it! It was a creative liberty taken to give the film more of an arc. So if you, as someone seeing Mark win and win and win some more, would love to be that in your life, but are maybe worried about the social isolation thing? You do a 1 second google and go "oh, never mind. I can have my cake and eat it too". Reality isn't just, reality balances nothing on its non-existent scales. The Social Network sells you a sexy dream and then hangs a Do Not Enter sign, listlessly, with no lock, on the door of that dream, and thinks no one will open it.

Obviously they do - and this is pretty common for media. People are (sometimes) smart, and they are self-aware, they can separate out the elements of media and use it as they see fit. I will critique The Social Network for this - if its goal was make such separation difficult for the audience to swallow, it failed utterly in that goal. I personally don't even think it was - I think those tragic elements were just the flex of the craft; the film needed more arc, more balance, so counterweights were invented. I'm not surprised audiences discarded them; they were very flimsy weights.

Silicon Valley geniuses think that The Social Network is a movie about how creating a start-up is good

[nerafris]

You are so, so right. If there’s a thing that I hate, it's seeing people being mean towards others. It's completely unnecessary and can have a real negative impact on someone's day, or even their mental health. Taking a moment to consider the impact of our words can make all the difference. Venting is natural, but it should never come at the cost of someone's well-being. There are so many better ways to handle frustration (*naughty*)

WoW It's like LOL but with a storyline?

You forgot to mention that Unravel isn’t free ahahah

Where are you from?

I know this might not have much value bc we don’t know each other and I’m anonymous, but you seem to be the type of person that is great to have around. You are smart – you literally seem to be able to talk about anything; you have emotional intelligence – this is such a great quality to have; you are sweet, and you seem like a caring girl. I know it’s rough, but I hope you recognize you’re worth fighting for. The world needs more people like you.   

A lit bit of text, bbbbbbbut I do like to read what you have to say

Exactly, there's way healthier ways to deal with frustration, and more fun ones yeah. And way more productive things to do with one's time than to "offer feedback" to random strangers that neither want it, nor will be seen again. People that want to learn will seek that knowledge out in environments way more conducive to learning, and people that don't have a right to that stance - it's completely okay to not care about the same thing to the same degree, people often forget that.

God now i feel old, forgetting not every1's familiar with WoW ^^ It's uhh significantly different from League :P The gist of it is - you make a character that you then take on adventures in a world that you share with other players, who you team up with for group challenges. It does have a storyline tho honestly it's *far* from the selling point. I uh honestly didn't think to mention that, guess that shows a decent bit of privilege there ^^ Anyway if you're particularly keen on trying the games out i'm pretty sure they're included in the EA Play library, which can be accessed for $6/month, or the PC Game Pass thingy which includes more stuff at $10/month. So grabbing one of those for a month can get you a lot of mileage. Tho i understand avoiding that and sticking with f2p if gaming doesn't figure that much into your free time :) Unfortunately i don't really have good recommendations for games there, the only recent ones i've played are the honkai games (same company as genshin), and idk if i'd wanna recommend those :P Lovely little country - Serbia, where everything is at least mildly fucked. It's not a terrible place to be but it's also not particularly good either. Now again, thank you for the kind words, tho having the space and time to think through and formulate responses to the best of my ability does make me seem way better at communicating than i am when i gotta do it on the fly. And also it's easy to seem like i can talk about anything if the said anything are topics i'm interested in ^^ I'll put my best effort in regardless, it is only polite after all and you can always learn sth new, but if someone starts talking cars or most sports i'm falling asleep or leaving that room instantly. I recognize on like a philosophical level that everyone is worth fighting for, the issue is that i can't fathom why any1 would wanna do that for me - there's way better options available.

[slasherlouvre]

one (poly sinclair) concept I've been thinking of since yesterday evening (again) is just

pre-relationship, Bo just knowing you're into all of them

eventually there comes a situation where the chemistry just gets too much and you do get closer, he's running his hands over you, talking softly just into your ear, teasing you about all the things you're "probably" into; calling you out on how you're trembling, your breath hitching, y'know

and when he's got you to the point where you're so needy your about ready to sell your soul just to have him touch you, he mentions his brothers

asking if you want him to make you cum, if you need him - or if you'd prefer Vincent instead? maybe Lester?

mysh-brained you is like "what the heck" but also getting really flustered, but he is keeping a distance now, no contact, wanting a response

and you can only whimper, saying that you don't know, don't care, can't make that decision - and he will go all "oh, does this little whore want all of us then?"

at this point you're basically just a pile of embarrassment and neediness, you know he wants you to answer but you just can't and that's what you tell him, just whining and begging "Bo, please"

he does relent - apparently - and finally touches you, gives you that orgasm you wanted, but he does not stop

so while you're squirming and trying to het away, he'll lean in close once again and ask you your stance on exhibitionism, if you like being watched

if you'd want his brothers to watch him making you cum, again

you don't even need to respond, the way your breath hitches and your whole body shudders says it all-

and yes we're back to me wanting Bo to sit behind me on the sofa, holding me against his chest and fingering me (or throw a vibe in there for all I care), making me cum again and again while Vincent and Lester watch

maybe Vincent is filming it, wanting to capture your expression and every tiny movement of your body

also imagine eventually just getting so frustrated cause it's too much and not enough and you ask Bo for more but he's already using three fingers and does his little darling want a dick? is that it?

you can only whine and nod, and of fucking course he will once again raise the question of who you want though

unless you state any explicit preference though it'll be him, keeping you like that though, back against his chest, so you can give his brothers a good show

might ask if you like them watching, the idea of them getting off on this, if you'd maybe even like to watch them, right now

all consensual btw no one's being pushed to do something they aren't comfortable with

idk maybe this kinda stuff is too much for some people, i know some want to keep the brothers seperate even if you're with all of them, i'm just

i want all of them at the same time ok

i also want bo to fuck me while vincent films it (me) and lester is just casually jerking off yknow

i am a simple [REDACTED]

- 🔪

KNIFEY, I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!:!;!,!,!!!

SORRY THIS TOOK ME FOREVER TO REPLY TO, I WANTED TO GIVE IT THE ATTENTION IT DESERVED ❣️❣️❣️

This is absolute perfection^^ so I'm just gonna continue on with this same beautiful thought process:

Bo, ever the boldest, needs to be the one to take you first even though he knows you'll belong to all three of them soon enough. He's made you cum so many times you've lost count. With his thick fingers, with his mouth, even a vibrator if you'd like, but there's a reason he stops himself short of actually cumming in you after you finally take him.

It's all been in preparation; arousing you with his rough, practiced touches, and stretching you out, making you even more wet with the precum leaking from the tip of his stiff cock.

You're too overstimulated on the pleasure he's giving you, you don't even notice Vincent handing the camcorder to Lester- much less his purposeful steps toward your blissed out figure against Bo's chest.

(we'll imagine this taking place on a bed for the setting's sake since...the couch is prob too small here)

Vincent lowers to his knees in front of you, and for a moment you're finally the same height as the twins. Bo remains bottomed out in you from behind; his solid hands keeping you steadily balanced against his thighs.

and Vincent now pressed flush against your front, your hands having nowhere else to go besides up his chest and around his neck for support.

Bo is an ass man through and through, and Vincent wants nothing more than to memorize every single one of your heated expressions no matter how subtle, so this position suits them both just fine.

And before you even realize, Bo is whispering words of encouragement against your burning ears. Nipping at your neck, and lifting your thighs from behind so Vincent can enter you as well.

You're stuffed SO FULL with the both of them, it's almost unbearable. Your legs instinctively wrapping tightly around Vincent as he bottoms out as well, and one of your arms reaching behind you to grip at Bo's hair from how much they have your back arching between them.

Even with how possessive they can both be individually, sharing your first time together seems almost natural, expected even. And they make sure to put on a very good show for Lester who's still recording the whole thing while desperately getting himself off. He's the youngest, so he'll just have to deal with the twins taking you first, but thankfully he's happy to be patient- slotting himself within you easily from all the cum leaking out of you by that point, and jackhammering into you with an unbelievable amount of energy before he too empties everything he has to offer within you 🥴❤️‍🔥🥴❤️‍🔥🥴❤️‍🔥🥴❤️‍🔥🥴❤️‍🔥🥴❤️‍🔥🥴❤️‍🔥🥴❤️‍🔥🥴❤️‍🔥

[neoncrowpen]

Imagine Joe Goldberg scares the reader (who works with him at Mooney's) when she is about to go into the basement and he stops her. Idk if I want her to be locked in the box. I wouldn't have an issue if she was but I wouldn't want her to be angry I'd rather her be nonconfrontational and quiet. Idk I didn't think much of this through lol

A flurry of emotions rattled your bones. Heartbreak was the first. This seller dropped the books on your counter with a frustrated eyeroll. He explained that his uncle had passed these ‘useless’ books down to him and that he expected more of a real ‘inheritance’. You looked at the rare copies of beloved children’s stories, Anne of Green Gables, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and three Dickens books you were sure only existed in old libraries, not in some New York bookstore.

Whoever the seller’s uncle was, you hoped he passed away with some peace. He would be rolling in his grave if he found out how little his nephew cared for his inheritance. You bought the books, of course, for Mooney’s without Joe’s permission. You figured asking for forgiveness later would be acceptable in this circumstance.

Your fingers ran over the books, taking in their condition. After looking them up, you realized how much these copies were really worth. Your Anne was worth well-over ten thousand and the Dickens could pay your rent for the month.

Your phone slipped in and out of your hands in a panic. Joe needed to know what you had. You got it for a fucking bargain, too.

Your fingers flew wild across your screen: Come quick!!! You won’t believe what I just did. Rare copies of children’s books. Holy shit!! You snapped a picture of the stack and sent it his way. Your heart swung against your chest to see the immediate texting bubbles from him. Either, you were fucked or you did really, really good.

Joe writes back: How much did you sell them for? You know you’re not allowed to do that unless I’m there. I’m on the way.

Your shoulders slumped. So much for any recognition. You looked over the pile of books as they slowly turned into a significantly high dollar amount instead of paper and words. You couldn’t just let them sit there. You eyed Ethan who swept the floor to the beat of whatever he listened to with his headphones. He wasn’t too far away. He could watch the counter while you transported the books to the basement.

Scooping up the children’s books, your shoes creaked across the old wood floor. Pride took over your senses. Surely, you wouldn’t be in that much trouble. You bought this stack of books for five hundred when they were worth so much more. Besides, you saved these books. They were better off in your (and Joe’s) hands than anyone else in this goddamned city.

You stopped in front of the basement door. A single hand reached out towards the handle, but before you could turn it, a low growl rose the hairs on your neck.

“Don’t.” Joe said. His eyes set into you making all confidence disappear from your head. You gulped. Shifting your stance, your hand quickly went back to cradling the pile of books.

“I—

“What did I say?” He glared you down.

“But—

“I told you two things. One, don’t buy rare books from anyone without me here,” Joe placed a firm hand on the basement door, completely closing the space between you. The only thing blocking him was the books and the inch of air he allowed to stay between you. “And two, don’t go into the basement.”

“I’m sorry.” You averted your eyes from his. You felt Joe pull the strings of your puppet body tighter.

“How much did you spend?” He asked.

“Five hundred,” you mumbled out. He took the books from you, looking them over. He unlocked the basement door, letting you follow him down the stairs. His silence overwhelmed you enough. You started one of your infamous ramblings. “Before you yell at me, just listen. The seller’s uncle passed them down to him. They must be from a private collection or something. I looked it up and those Dickens are worth my rent, Joe. All of them are worth thousands.”

The bright lights of the sealed bookcase stung your vision. Your mouth kept running as you followed Joe into the box. He handed you each book one at a time to shelve it inside the box.

“I don’t know. If he hadn’t sold them to us, think about what would’ve happened to them. He would’ve thrown these away if I didn’t. So, if you really think about it, I did a good thing, right? I mean, did you see this one? It’s so well-loved that the binding falling apart and—Joe, what are you doing?”

You didn’t pay close enough attention to see him close the door on you. He pulled out the key, leaving you locked inside. His averted eyes returned back to you when you called out his name again.

“Joe?”

“I told you to follow instructions, and lately, you can’t seem to even do that,” Joe said. “You need to learn your lesson, Y/N.” Your mouth hung open in shock. Dread seeped into your legs as Joe’s puppet strings lowered you to the ground. Joe’s hands found a comfortable home in his pockets. Your mouth ran dry of words. This couldn’t be happening.

“Joe?”

“If you’re good, I’ll talk to you when I close up,” he said, turning back and going up the stairs. “I’m going to keep the lights on. I know you’re afraid of the dark.”