#just think of all the possibilities

[pix-writes]

Ford x OC where they have a dynamic sort of like Anastasia/Anya and Dimitri in the Anastasia movie. I'm thinking of it in a mystery trio type au plus scientist-postgrad assistant! female reader/OC

They're like sort of rivals to lovers?

Dialogue examples under the cut (inspired from the movie)

Ford: Look, I think we've gotten off on the wrong foot...

OC: Well I think we did too... But I appreciate your apology.

Ford: (sputters) apology! Who said anything about an apology? I was just saying that-

OC: (cutting him off) look, please - don't talk anymore, okay? It's only gonna upset me!

Ford: alright, I'm fine with being silent in the lab if you are!

OC: alright.

Ford: fine!

__________

OC: fine!

Ford: stop fiddling with that thing & sit up straight! Remember you're representing the university.

OC: hmph! How do you know what college reps do or don't do? (Knowing damn well he's never been one before)

Ford: I made it my business to know (has known just in case he got asked, sees OC is annoyed) look, (name), I'm just trying to help.

OC: Stanford, do you really think I'm a great scientist?

Ford: You know I do.

OC: Then stop bossing me around!

Fids: *suppressing laughter behind his notes*

Stanley: (proud) Heh, certainly has a mind of her own!

Ford: (muttering) yeah, I hate that in a woman.

________

*OC gives him the middle finger*

________

*ford and fids showing her their theories and monsters they've encountered*

OC (looking from one to the other): okay, I thought you were crazy from the beginning, but now I think you are both mad!

*Ford is observing her work for the job and is walking around the lab counter she's working at*

________

OC: Hey, what- why are you circling me, were you a vulture in another life?! Give me some space to do the test!

________

*Stan enters the shack with lunch after they've been bickering*

OC: Thank god you're here, please, remove him from my sight!

Stan: what did you do?

Ford: me? It's her!

*OC gets creeped up on and punches ford in the face, realises who it is and is mortified*

OC: Oh my gosh, I'm sorry! I - *sees he's being possessed by Bill* oh, it's you! Well, that's ok then!

Bill: FUCK I think you broke his nose! Hahaha, OW!

OC: *sighs and gets the first aid kit* men are such babies! If you're so powerful why don't you just heal it for him?

Bill (with tissues stuffed up his nose): 🥲

[whimsythepuntable]

The existence of redeemed Sir Pentious AUs where he doesn't remember Hell implies the existence of at least one sinner Adam AU where he doesn't remember shit about his life in Heaven.

[qiinamii]

one braincell transfer (divided by four)

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

Hot take

Night furies are actually perfectly evolved for hunting and killing other dragons and the only reason they aren't a dragon-hunting species like the death song or deathgrippers are is because DreamWorks couldn't have their adorable main character dragon be a "cannibal"

(below I'm gonna try to summarize what we've figured out in a convo with friends on discord)

(also tw animal death via predator)

First of all yes I'm aware that pretty much every decision made about their design was with consideration of the effect it would make on human audiences but hear me out

Night furies are most iconically known as dive-bombers. They are built for speed, high maneuverability, night-time camouflage and for striking targets from above. If we remove human settlements out of the equation (which would not have existed long enough to actually influence night fury evolution, come on), what does that leave us with?

They aren't built for catching fish for sure, they aren't very hydrodynamic and their head is round, wide, and their teeth are dull. Honestly, the monstrous nightmare is much better suited for catching fish, with its long neck, almost pelican-like jaw and rhamphorhynchus teeth

Compare to

Yeah the jaws look kinda like a porpoise of some sort but for that the whole body would have to be a lot more aquatic imo. The light fury looks a lot closer to an aquatic diver, it has a sleeker body, rounded fins instead of spikes, and a long neck.

I don't really see them hunting land animals either, they just don't look like they're adapted for that minus the resemblance with large felines and even then, they're too large to effectively hunt in forests.

The one thing I can kinda imagine them hunting is large mainland megafauna, but we're working with a setting that takes place pretty much exclusively on islands. And overall, dragons are the only abundant species there with the exception of fish and human-bred sheep and chickens.

In general, night furies have duller teeth, smaller claws and are smaller than most dragons. Disregarding the movies making Toothless weirdly OP, a night fury would be disadvantaged against most dragons in a 1v1 fight and besides, it has four huge weak spots that would highly discourage it from a direct physical fight - the primary and secondary tail fins. One unlucky rip in the membrane and the night fury is fucked.

The night fury however noticeably resembles falcons, given their dive-bombing ability and high maneuverability.

Falcons too have smaller beaks and weaker claws compared to most birds of prey, and for that they compensate by simply picking up speed, balling up their talons and Punching. Really. Hard.

And they use that ability to kill other birds, even much larger ones, by knocking them right from the sky.

Here, the night fury's plasma blast works the same way as a falcon's punch. Dragons are fire-resistant, so what the plasma blast does is really just a densely packed bolt of energy that has the effect of either stunning or outright killing prey by damaging its spine. And what the plasma bolt doesn't do, rapid contact with the ground would finish. And if even that doesn't do it, the night fury's wide jaws and dull teeth are just fine for simply clamping around the unlucky dragon's neck and strangling it, like a lion or a pitbull.

The night-time camouflage allows the night fury to soar for extended periods of time perfectly unnoticed in the night sky, and by the time it strikes, the dragon wouldn't even know what's coming.

Unless

Say the hunting night fury is aware of other dragons sleeping under the trees, as most dragons probably would at night (village raids aside, most dragons seem to be diurnal), so how does the night fury get them in position where it can use its signature attack? Well, there's That Iconic Screech Of Death. Since in the movies it tends to appear not just during dive-bombings but also when charging up a blast, I imagine it's something the night fury is able to control to some degree. So by simply fake-diving in close proximity to sleeping dragons, it can effectively terrify them into leaving their hideout and fly out into the open where it can easily take them out.

I dunno, the possibility of night furies as predators to other dragons just makes so much sense to me, I really don't know what other reasons there would be for them to evolve these particular adaptations.

And one more little headcanon to add to this whole rant - since night furies are significantly smaller and less equipped for dragon vs dragon fights and are primarily speed-based predators, I imagine there is this very likely scenario:

There is one dragon who resembles a hyena, a lil bit

Ok, rant over

[egophiliac]

YO TREY CLOVER IS HERE !!!

TREY NOOOO you weren't supposed to look so cool, I was supposed to be able to save my keys for all the upcoming birthdays, how could you do this to me --

also hey. hey Trey. what's in that bowl.

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

A whole new meaning to Gay Chicken.

(For: Anonymous raffle winner!)

[oscarlovesthesea]

ok but he was fully flirting here. I think it's so funny that Charles was like "idk if I'm in love with you but we have all eternity to figure it out" and then literally an episode later he was like "welp time to start thinking about this!" and immediately started openly flirting with Edwin. you go bisexual king

[juniemunie]

[Abandoned by the Lightners, his heart became cracked with hatred.]

Hitting a lil' too close to home?

[lilislegacy]

*percy seen from a far, wearing a suit*

piper: do my eyes deceive me or is percy jackson wearing formal clothes? since when does he have the ability to look like a domesticated human being?

frank: how come HE, percy of all people, king of untidiness, can wear a cream linen suit and look like a celebrity, but when i tried one on i looked like a man-child going to a high school dance?

hazel: sweetie it’s just because it’s such a casual suit, and you’re much more elegant than percy is!

annabeth, turning to them: um okay, hi percy’s best friends? can you guys compliment him without insulting him?

leo: his ass looks incredible.

grover: has he been working out?

annabeth, side eyeing them:

annabeth: okay, you have all now either insulted him or hit on him. how about from now on, you do neither?

rachel: how about we do both? because i’ve actually just perfected doing them at the same time

[oldbutchdanielcraig]

ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to speculate about the sexual and romantic undertones of celebrities’ professional relationships

[violent138]

It would be hilarious if Dick (recently dumped) and Jason (perpetually uninterested) were discussing their lack of dating prospects and Tim asks what they're talking about and Dick explains before going, "High five Timmy" and Tim's like "Yeah no thanks, I've got [bitches]." And both Jason and Dick are stunned.

[furetzu]

unsatisfied

[knifearo]

being aromantic is like. hey btw you're going to live a life that is the culmination of most of society's worst nightmares. sorry lol ✌️ but then you turn around and take a really good hard look at it and it turns out that living in that nightmare is fucking awesome and you get to wake up every day and take that fear that other people have and laugh and hold it close until it's a great joy for you instead. and being happy is a radical act that you define instead of someone else. and you're sexy as fuck that's just a fact of life i don't make the rules on that one

[egophiliac]

ANNIVERSARY GROOVY BOYBAND! THEY ALL LOOK SO GOOD, I also love the hades reference with idia! Ik ur probably really swamped with the book 7 brain rot but I wanted to know ur thoughts. I also wanted to mention that I am so card deprived I feel like I need a replacement event to take tsumderlands place

AUGH NO I LOVE THEM. 😭 UGH now I really have to think about if I want to try pulling for Grim again. dangit. heck. I already got his little pedestal to add my guest room shrine, but...now I kinda need the boss himself...

also, the implications of it not being an OB thing, Idia can just. Do That? apparently? do you think he ever just sometimes does it by accident? what am I saying, he absolutely sometimes does it by accident.

gosh though. this event has been SO cute in general! I was wondering who'd get the focus for year 5; I could not be happier that the answer is apparently EVERYBODY. :D all the dorms get their own special songs! so many cute little scenes!!! the lowest of stakes bringing out the highest of pettiness in everyone!!!!!! it's excellent.

(also, because I will make literally anything about my diaboys...I know these events are typically sorta, let's say chronologically unmoored with regards to story. but the further implications that this takes place pre-episode 7/Malleus' Big Existential Crisis, and yet...some of these lines?)

[stars-obsession-pit]

Stephanie Brown stopped eating her burger and just stared as a teen stumbled into the fast food joint.

Literally stumbled. Living in Gotham, Steph was no stranger to seeing scuffed up kids, but this guy was seriously fucked up. His hair was matted down with blood across the right side of his head, some of it blending in with the dark purple of his black eye. And judging by how he was gripping onto that side’s shoulder while its arm hung down, she suspected the damage extended down at least that far too.

She was on her feet in an instant, bumping her table as she stepped out to approach him. “Holy shit, are you okay?”

He let go of his shoulder just long enough to wave her off. “Nah, it’s cool. I just want some food.” In that brief moment, the injured shoulder seemed to shift slightly, and he grimaced before quickly putting pressure back. Wait, was it actually dislocated or broken and not just bruised? Why wasn’t he getting medical attention?!

“I really think you ought to go to the hospital. Or at least a clinic.”

“No, really, I��ll be fine.” He tried to smile at her reassuringly, but the blood in his mouth was not helping matters.

She felt flummoxed, and before she could format a further response, he stepped around her to approach the counter and the shellshocked looking cashier.

“Hey, can I get uh… I dunno, a burger? Whatever’s quick and has a lot of calories. I’m starving.”

The cashier continued to stare for a moment, then shook their head rapidly and spoke. “I– uh– alright, okay, sure. Yeah. Anythin’ else? An’ what name’ll it be for?”

“Nah, that’s fine for now. And it’s Danny.”