#irkenclemcuttie

[doritofalls]

“M-Morty! I need you to-”

“Um…a-actually! I’m kind of b-busy today, Rick…”

“What-”

Turning his head Rick could only see a part of Morty leaving the garage’s doorway before hearing the front door close a moment later.

“…Huh. Little j-jerk.”

~~~~~~~~

“So uh…w-why did you want t-to meet me here?”

“I uh…just wanted to h-hangout.”

“O-Oh. Cool.”

Morty cursed his nerves for making him practically squeal the last word. He swallows thickly, looking up at Alex timidly. He was looking at his feet timidly, face red. Even so, he was towering over him.

’How was he so tall?’

He shook his head, forcing an awkward smile. “Do you like…cat videos?”

~~~~~~~~

“M-Morty! Pabluahss the-”

“S-Sorry, gotta go!”

The door slams again before Rick can even turn, and he thinks he might break a blood vessel with how hard he’s furrowing his eyebrow.

~~~~~~~

“Y-You’re really good!”

“Yeah? Thanks. I actu-”

Morty stumbles forward nearly knocking Alex down when a portal opens behind him. Alex turns, pulling Morty close as he watches in awe at something he’s only ever he’d heard about happening behind him.

“Mobuurghrty! Why have you left ag-”

“…”

“…H-Hi, Rick.”

Rick looks at Morty, dumbfounded. He then glances to Alex who was holding him protectively close. He narrows his eyes and steps forward.

Alex clears his throat, biting back his nerves as he releases Morty with one hand, holding it out to the elder.

“H-Hey. I’m- well I don’t know if you’ve heard about me-”

“W-Wait! I haven’t-”

“Wha- why n-not?”

“J-Just because my family-”

Rick rubs his face, annoyed and in disbelief. Morty had a boyfriend. A jock, too. He never thought he’d see the day.

Of course both were stuttering, awkward idiots.

“Alright. I get it.”

Both teens shut their mouths with a click.

Rick sighs, dropping his hand with a huff. He glares at Alex making him tense, face bright red.

“Weekdays M-Morty’s mine after school. W-Weekends I could care less ablughbout.”

Morty looks at him in shock. “R-Really? I can-”

“Yes. F-Fuck, Mort. Don’t act like an idiot a-around your boytoy. This i-is a one in a lifetime opportunity.”

Alex was about to stand up for Morty when the other suddenly hugs Rick.

“Thank you!”

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it’s been a while since @irkenclemcuttie​ sent me this amazingly cute fic about morty and alex, but i definitely wanted to sketch something to accompany it :’) thinking about them in awkward first date sceneiros is just The Stuff. thank you, i’m so glad you ended up liking alex so much!! 💖

[acelaces]

I love your ping bro stuff! Any headcanons on what Li would do for Lee if he ever got bullied? I personally like to think Li teases his bro all the time but would grab his staff at the mention of someone else doing it. 👈👈

Oh yeah, most definitely. He’s calmed down a little since the incident with Irwin but the Pings have to have a talk about counts as a threat ‘of an injurious nature’ and what is technically just harmless smack talk 

[roxaeri]

I wish for your opinion on something: MDD Baldur as a babysitter/brother figure to Atreus. Yay or Nay?

Okay look I came out of a deep haze after reading this because I dO have an opinion on MDD Babysitter/Brother Baldur. And I’m so sorry it’s one of the sides of MDD I’ve neglected this whole goddamn time.

I started writing this in the morning but forgot all I’d written for Baldur and then got caught up reading my own work, so sorry it’s late.

Anyways, I’m fucking hERE for it. I still have such a soft spot for Baldur, it’s obvious whenever I write about GoW.

Of course Baldur and Kratos, Awkward Men become Awkward Friends. Mainly due to their kids and the mediation of Rost and Aloy.

But I’m thinking it’s another cook out. Probably one towards the end of summer. Baldur’s been invited because he’d gone to pick up the boys but they were invited because they thought Baldur would be late.

He isn’t.

So now he’s joining Awkward Fam for dinner.

And ya know, even when the mountain of a father this tiny child has and you know that man is skilled with weapons that you shouldn’t have to worry about him handling knives. Sometimes ya do.

Because despite practically living in his steel toed boots, Kratos does own regular shoes to wear outside of work. Like say in their backyard for a cookout.

And all his cooking knives are ridiculously sharp because of course they would be.

And then suddenly it’s Baldur and four teenagers of varying ages and the animals while Mimir drives Kratos to the ER for his foot because mAN—

Anyways what else can the DBPG crew do for Atreus other than dive right back into video games.

“None of you really change between live streaming and just playing, huh?”

“Is this weird for you, uncle?”

“Extremely.”

“I always forget you watch the show sometimes.”

And maybe it’s because Atreus has never seen his dad get injured and/or curse like that in front of him, but the kid seems extremely small on the same couch he usually sees him sitting on stream.

“Oh yeah. Started as just me watching when the boys were here. Got tired of the whole, ‘We just play games uncle,’ every time I asked how things went.”

“Now I see you in the chat nearly every stream.”

“Are you?”

The boy is curious and a little excited about that. They still don’t really know each other. But then Baldur's not sure how long he can sit around Kratos without annoying the hell out of him. Over a kid friendly internet show's chat is one thing.

“I check in when I can.”

Anyways Baldur’s doing his best to clean up everything even tho he’s never really been there and finish cooking what hasn’t been tossed in the ground.

Probably being followed by the Awkward Dogs. They’re not begging for food. Just. Judging.

As they do, ya know

“I swear, kid, I’m gonna end up punting your wiener dog across the room.”

“He does that.”

“Yeah, I’ve noticed.”

“They’re both curious. Jörmungandr’s just small.”

“He’s fuckin tiny and in the way is what he is. And the other one--"

“Fenrir.”

“He looks like he wants to eat me.”

“That’s just his face.”

And Atreus—well, he’s currently the only one in the house who knows what all they got for dinner earlier. And also where everything is.

((Also Aloy is dozing on the couch herself. She just got off work.))

((Magni and Modi only know what the snack cupboard looks like and what drinks they can have from the fridge))

But cooking with Baldur is a lot different than cooking with his dad or Mimir or literally anyone else.

Artist he may be, a cook Baldur is not. Not to the degree Kratos apparently is.

“I don’t know anything about using grills.”

“I’m not allowed to touch the grill on my own.”

“Back inside then. I’m familiar enough with a stove.”

Enough meaning that he can make easily prepared meals. From scratch is something’s he’s never had to worry about really.

“Your dad does know that you can get frozen mixed veggies.”

“I assume he does. He just likes it better this way.”

“And you don’t have anything easier for us to make in place of all this, huh?”

“Not a lot. We have snacks. Some stuff we can microwave.”

“You’re a little punk who runs a video game show. How do you not have more?”

“I can eat it. Just not a lot of it. So we usually only buy it when I’m feeling better.”

“Right.”

Because kid’s got a slew of medical issues, and Baldur can’t be one to talk about it.

But Baldur’s the type to just suffer the consequences of a bad food choice.

Atreus isn’t.

They decide to fry up some veggies anyways and cook some rice. Because neither of them are really up for more without Kratos or Mimir.

And Baldur just watches this kid between helping him in the kitchen and checking in with his friends to play a short match just—get quiet and tired.

And it’s the ache in his bones that makes him ask about it when Atreus is sat at the table scrolling through his phone.

“Worried about your dad?”

“Mm. Kinda.”

He honest. Which is surprising in itself.

“I mean, no matter how bad it is, he’s still gonna get up for work in the morning. That hasn’t changed my whole life. But he doesn’t get hurt or sick all that often. It was always mom and me. Even Mimir sometimes. Not dad.”

“And your sister?”

“Uncle Deimos says she’s a lot like dad health-wise.”

“So just a paragon of fitness.”

“Yeah, I guess. She’s gonna be healthy for a long time. Well, she doesn’t push herself like dad does, so probably longer.”

“. . . How old is your dad?”

“Older than you’d think.”

Which, once Baldur gets him talking, kid keeps talking.

A lot about tattoos once Atreus remembers what Baldur does for a living.

“My parents never told me who did theirs. But Calliope and Io:nhiòte always talk about you when asked about theirs.”

“Well, that’s up to the person whether they talk about their artist or not. Depending on how personal it is for them and how they feel about the artist. I’d like to think I’m friends with those girls.”

“You are.”

“And it’s just natural to hype up your friends.”

“But you also have awards and stuff, don’t you? Magni and Modi say you get invited as a guest artist still.”

“I don’t go as often anymore.”

“Would you do mine? When I’m old enough?”

“With your dad’s permission at 16, or your own when you’re 18. And you pay me.”

“Well, of course.”

“What you have in mind?”

“Well, I guess some like my mom’s. So I’d still have a part of her with me.”

“Your name's Greek, isn’t it? But you look like you’re more into Heathenry.”

“Dad named me. Mom liked it. But the rest is mom raising me. And dad being fine with it. But I think he just—doesn’t feel connected to anything like that. Because uncle Deimos and Calliope are like that, too.”

“Now that I get.”

And just—Baldur unknowingly getting adopted that day.

((Kratos is fine. Of course he's fine. He comes home to a surprise late night DBPG stream. And stir fry.))

((Rost shows up to late night DBPG stream-turned-competition and more-than-just-stir-fry.))

[mollypaup]

I hope this isn't too random or rude, but everytime I see one of your posters I notice the tag 'New Game Plus!' I can't figure it out and it's haunting me. @_@: I was wondering what it meant?

That’s my personal tag! I realize my tags are a little nonsensical but:

-new game plus! = personal tag

-save state = I want to be able to find this post later

-scratches = art tag but sometimes other original content ends up there too

-LEO >:( = my writing tag

-dopamine machine = tag for my cat Mona

[inv8der]

What is...what is keek?

uwu

[konsaurusrex]

@rockin-these-riffs dragged me into this so I might just give it a shot

Top 3 ships:

Dipcifica from Gravity Falls (even tho I hated that ship when the show was airing it has grown on me so much is now one of my favorites), Gwenvid from Camp Camp (the over enthusiastic cinnamon roll and the dead inside bitch? Sign me up for that) and Kontrina from Grojband (look they basically never interact but they’re in love. Period.)

Books I’m reading:

The Dinosaurs Rediscovered by British paleontologist Michael J. Benton, plus the books I’ve gotta study on for the exams

Food I’m craving:

Pasta alla Carbonara, fried chicken (an honest-to-God fried chicken not that shit they sell you at McDonald’s and that I always ask with my sandwich) and generally oriental food (there is this Japanese/Chinese/Thai restaurant in my town that I haven’t been at for months due to quarantine)

Tag 9 people? Probably not but let’s see if @artist-emerald, @its-laney-penn, @irkenclemcuttie, @shantiicartoonz, @hauntedwintersweets have time to play ⚡️

[mera-kiin]

List 5 things that make you happy

Tagged by @hadeswearsprada thanku thanku🙏💜

the T H e A T r E

A capella recordings of my choir practicing (miss u guys :'>)

People who have a tangible sense of passion around them

My family, who I love very much

Weird Artsy shit

Taggin @irkenclemcuttie @backlandsofbutter @matutine

[sometipsygnostalgic]

Come on @irkenclemcuttie​ that is such a reductionist take. Saying the original God of War series was about nothing but SEX AND MURDER is like me saying the new game is about nothing but walking up a mountain and abusing your child. 

The old games for a start had a much more original combat and navigation system, not seen in other game series, whereas this new game seems to borrow much from The Last Of Us in presentation and Tomb Raider in combat, with more melee. 

Now I’m being reductionist!

I think Assassins Creed Odyssey, as cursed as it is, accomplished the system God of War tried to do but better. 

[staygoldponebone]

Bro, a headcanon:

Pony accidentally calling Darry 'dad'.

That is all.

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submitted by: @irkenclemcuttie​

[eene-fangirl]

Thank you for the request @irkenclemcuttie

“I said…” Eddy hesitated, holding back going to lie to cover himself. No, he postponed telling Edd the truth for too long. How was he going to get any sleep? “… I love you.”

Feeling relieved, and yet so scared, Edd lost all ability to speak. All these years pondering if Eddy could love him, Edd came to the conclusions that it was impossible. 

“You…”

“If you ask me to repeat it a third time I am taking you to an ear doctor!” Eddy warned, pointing a finger in his face. 

“No… uh… I mean, I heard what you said, Eddy.” Edd cleared his throat. He wiped a minute piece of dust off his desk. “I um…”

“You don’t know what to say,” Edd finished his sentence for him.

Edd cautiously looked towards his bedroom door, on alert as a meerkat. He was very distracted, tangling his words. 

“What, you think your parents are actually home?” Eddy huffed.

Edd stared longingly into Eddy’s eyes trying to transmit his feelings, thoughts, anything that he could do to make his tongue form words. 

“It’s not…” Edd nervously looked towards the door again.

“Would you just talk to me?!” Eddy snapped making Edd jump. Eddy looked as if he was going to tear his hair out. Not to mention he was antsy ever since he welcomed himself into Edd’s home. It was clear that he hadn’t slept much the night before either. 

“Eddy, I love you, too!” Edd admitted hastily before even thinking it through another second. 

Now that that was out of the way the confessions didn’t seem to relieve any of the tension. It only made them more nervous. At first, Eddy thought it was a car horn, he realized that it was his own heart pounding that it hurt so much.

“So, now what?” Eddy asked, brushing a hand to smooth out his hair tangled hair. He hardly even brushed it when he got out of bed. 

“I wish I had a hypothesis.”

“What? Double Dee, this ain’t no science experiment!” 

“I have never felt these emotions before, Eddy!”

“We had feelings for Nazz!”

“Did we really?” Edd asked him.

At first, Eddy thought that it was a stupid question but then again Edd had a point. Was he really ever in love with Nazz?

“So, how do we know we’re in love if we don’t know what the heck love is?” Eddy asked.

Edd smiled shyly. “Maybe we should date.”

Surprised, Eddy smirked. “You mean, you’d actually want to date me?”

Flushing, Edd looked more relaxed now. “I wouldn’t mind… I have… dreamed about it.”

“Really? Where do you picture our first date?” Eddy asked turning up his brow.

That made Edd flushed more. “Um… just to share a dinner together.”

“Do we share a milkshake, too?” Eddy teased. 

“We can if you would like. As long as you open the door for me.”

“Sure, anything for you!”

They were quiet again. It all felt so new.

“Guess that’ll take some gettin’ used to,” Eddy admitted putting his hands into his pockets. 

“All relationships need time,” Edd said, nervously smiling.

[doritofalls]

I'm so glad you gave Morty someone to love. He deserves affection, bro. Also,, curious,, how did the two meet? :v

aah, i’m glad you like him!! :] it’s been such a long time since i did anything with his character but i do still like him and am mostly content with his design and writing - while also still thinking morty honestly deserves someone that would appreciate him and someone he could lean on for some emotional support. his life is literal hell, dude. 

they’re in the same math class! i’m pretty sure according to my original drafts alex was repeating the class - probably thanks to an unrecognized learning disability because he can’t do math for shit -, since he’s a year above morty. plus the idea of morty pining for jessica while alex is pining for him in the same room just sounded really ironic in my head. 

though alex noticed morty way before morty noticed him beyond a level of recognition - he’s sort of the athlete/jock type, a crowd morty doesn’t really associate with. most people know of alex, since he’s pretty popular, but not a whole lot of people know him. it’s safe to say alex had a little old crush even before he got to interact with him, which grew into a big old crush once they did become friendly. however, i imagine it wasn’t exactly the quickest of get-togethers - with it being high school, alex not Officially being out and morty still having feelings for jessica. but hey, they got there. eventually. a couple seasons tops. 

[bemyusername]

inspired by a post by @irkenclemcuttie

[roxaeri]

Kratos impulse buys a small kitten. He keeps it in his jacket pocket. He loves her completely. She also gets a small jacket.

Atreus can't get over how cute his dad is when catching him cuddling it.

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@irkenclemcuttie​

her name is Leda

[ect0coolest-blog]

@irkenclemcuttie aha y ea

[eene-fangirl]

Vibe check-

Thank you so much @irkenclemcuttie This made my day!

[doritofalls]

Ahhhh, I'm sorry to keep bothering you but I want to write about Morty and Alex and I was wondering if you thought Rick being jealous of his little scientist being taken away was a good idea??? Just,,, Morty suddenly swarmed with positive and possessive bros,,,,

you’re not bothering at all, don’t even think that!! :0 i am always happy if someone is interested in my ocs haha - though i’m warning you, if you do write about alex i may die of happiness and it won’t be pretty. 

i did plan on the relationship between alex and rick - from alex’s side, it’s pretty much pleasantries till he actually realizes how demaging rick’s influence is on morty, and how dangerous their “adventures” really are. in the beginning he has a pretty idealized star trek-ey concept of it all. from that point on though, he just kind of drops the niceties, but you don’t need to fear for rick. 

on rick’s side, the relationship goes from mild annoyance to more of an outright dislike - he views alex as completely temporary and their relationship kind of a mix of teenage hormones and both of them being emotionally needy kids. morty spending time with alex also limits his avaiable free time, which he already has dibs on, so that’s very much there too.