#like happy for you buddy but like 9 people have come out today. i think i gotta clean the toilets tomorrow
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but it is extremely funny that when mal finally gives up the ghost and says something about the a at the end of his name the only reaction he gets is jade going "dat's nice :) 👍" and polly going "yeah yeah whatever. huh i'd be cleaning the toilets right about now"
#like several gender/sexuality reveals in mr retroactively change the context of EVERYTHING that came before but mal is just like. ok#still he/him-ing on principle its not even what i personally think but like with mal. im with polly on this one#like happy for you buddy but like 9 people have come out today. i think i gotta clean the toilets tomorrow#monstrous regiment#maladict#the way people play it fast and loose with pronouns when discussing mal online is so incredible to me like thats#thats exactly what happened in the book. it doesnt even matter you know SOMETHING is going on there#discworld
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Jumping onto your post about Tommy and cancel culture. People need to remember the general audience for 9-1-1 is people in their forties and fifties, who most likely did shitty things very similar to the things Tommy did in the begins episodes at one point in their lives, then grew and changed in the same way he did. So the notion that the show would circle back to before this obvious growth and portray him as some sort of irredeemable monster is laughable. Because they would be alienating a big chunk of their audience by doing that.
Post that Anon is talking about for reference (it could also be this one but the other one links back to this one anyway)
This is exactly why I have a love-hate relationship with Josh's monologue from Episode 6!! Because it is absolutely true that younger queer people (or queer people who came out in more recent years) who haven't learned their history could never understand the kind of things people had to do to protect themselves. And I immediately clocked that the whole plotline about Abby was supposed to be an indirect explanation for why Tommy acted the way he did in the flashback episodes and it was actually the writers subtly speaking to the viewers who still didn't understand. And that's such an important conversation to have but I don't know why they didn't just make the episode about that instead of bringing Abby into it.
Like, it would have been so much more impactful and just as easy if, instead of Tommy offhandedly mentioning he was Abby's ex-fiance, Chim and Hen were joking about how Tommy used to act when Gerard was captain of the 118. And instead of Buck not understanding why a gay person in the 2000s wouldn't feel safe enough to come out, he could wrestle with the fact that Tommy had once been a bigot who hurt his friends and we could see him work through that with the viewers.
I dunno if they just didn't know how to write that or if they're afraid they wouldn't be able to redeem Tommy to certain viewers if they acknowledged that part of his backstory and preferred to just keep ignoring it in the hopes that people would just move on. But the fact is that Tommy's story is relatable to so many people who watch 9-1-1 and I'm sure a lot of them were excited to see that portrayed on TV. And I'm just really sad for those people who have to see other fans act like they don't deserve to be happy.
Queer history isn't all drag queens and Stonewall riots. It's also people like Tommy who had to hide who they were and do shit they shouldn't have because not everyone is brave enough to throw the first brick. Even today, being queer in real life isn't always like Heartstopper or Buddie fanfictions. Sometimes it's scary and it's messy and there are so many good people who do a lot of bad shit out of fear. And maybe you don't think that's right but it happens and those people deserve the chance to redeem themselves and be a part of the community. It's time we start telling their stories too, not just the perfectly noble ones.
#maybe you've never actively participated in racist or homophobic actions like tommy did#but if you claim you've never allowed people around you to say something bigoted without speaking up or calling them out#because you were afraid of what would happen to you#you're either a liar or extremely privileged#and you either need to do some soul-searching or you need to sit down learn your history and listen to what others have to say#because i think we can all see a little of ourselves in tommy#and it's so important for us to be able to acknowledge that that behavior isn't right#but it is possible to redeem yourself and make up for it if you put in the work#911 discourse#911 abc#911 show#tommy kinard#bucktommy#tevan#buck x tommy#thank you thank you for the ask
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Knightstone Household: Chapter 9, Part 9
Adam wakes up in a good mood. It’s his day off meaning he can take some time to work on his skills. First up though, food for the family. He cooking away but actually thinking about the painting he wants to finish when he feels things get hot. The food caught fire! Smiling through the chaos he took steps to douse the flames and, leaving hot breakfast for his family, heads upstairs to shower.
Suzanna: Good morning Silas
Silas: Morning Mummy
Suzanna: Are you feeling well still? You didn't catch a chill from the snow?
Silas: Yeah I’ll be fine
Silas speed eats his leftover pancakes so that he can do some reading before school. He’s been feeling like mysteries. Suzanna leaves him to clean the dishes and do other chores while a freshly showered Adam sits down. He’s not too sure about Silas reading such a big book when he’s not even eight but Adam read plenty of books he shouldn’t have when he was young. Seems silly to tell him off for curiosity that’s harming no one else.
After he’s finished Adam heads back upstairs to the veranda. He has a set of easels up here, the surrounding views often inspire him. Thinking hard he begins to paint. His day job is critiquing art but he enjoys creating his own works. When he finishes he congratulates himself on another excellent art piece and after some thinking decides to sell it to the local gallery to increase his fame.
Suzanna: Silas if you don’t leave now you’ll miss the bus
Silas: Sorry mum. Can I invite Ruth and Tyree around after school
Suzanna: Sure, I’ll let your dad know. Have a good day
Silas: Bye Mummy, love you
With one son at school Suzanna went to check on the other. Pollock had been having a sleep in but was happy enough to get up and be put in front of food. While he ate Suzanna carried on with her chores, four people made a lot of laundry.
Pollock: MUMMY
Suzanna could hear him from the bedroom and went back to get him out of his high chair. Before she put him down however she gave him a big snuggle.
Suzanna: What are you going to do today
Pollock: Not no
Suzanna: Whatever you do you let Daddy work when he needs to okay Moondust
Pollock: Yes Mummy
While Suzanna started tending her garden before her shift the frost slowed her down and she didn’t manage to finish. Going to find Adam she asked if he could finish it, kissed him on the cheek, and sped off to work. Adam went outside and watered some of the plants, although it was a bit tricky to tell what needed a drink in the snow.
Adam checked the machine but the washing was still spinning so he got out his guitar and practiced a few songs. Pollock, who had been reading inside, came out at the sound of music.
Pollock: Daddy play
Adam: Sorry buddy, I need to practice
Pollock: No Daddy. I play. Daddy watch
Adam smiled as Pollock began the task of moving himself down the stairs and jumped in the snow. He was glad Pollock was content to entertain himself.
Eventually the washing was done and Adam hung it up before collecting Pollock to take inside.
Pollock: Why in Daddy
Adam: We were outside for a while, don’t want to get too cold. Can you feel the heater inside
Pollock: Yes. Daddy can play?
Adam: You want to play or you want me to play with you
Pollock: With Daddy
The pair played for a while but Adam wanted to work on his writing so he took Pollock in to the office room with him.
Adam: Alright Pol, stay in here where Daddy can hear you okay
Pollock: Kay Daddy
So while Adam worked on his latest book Pollock happily played with the toys, enjoying scuttling through the tunnel especially.
Pollock: What Daddy do
Adam: Hmm? Oh I’m writing my book
Pollock: Huh?
Adam: It’s a science fiction book called We Came From Sixam
Pollock: Did Daddy
Adam: No Daddy didn’t. Mummy and Daddy came from earth carriers. But when you write books you can make up your own stories. My main character comes from Sixam
Pollock: Oh. Kay
Pollock grabbed his tablet and sat by Adam as he did his final edits. Eventually Adam felt like the book was good enough to go to the publishers. With Pollock escorting him he went to the mailbox and posted off the manuscript. Later in the evening his publisher called to let him know the book had been nominated for an award, very exciting!
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idk who else to go to with this but i have so many people sending me hate because i don’t like bucktommy when i literally never even post about them????? they keep calling me toxic and a hater and i’m not i just have shipped buddie for years and i don’t vibe with tommy…. it makes me sad because this fandom used to bond over buddie so much but now i just see angry tommy fans (and admittedly some buddie fans but nowhere near as many) spreading so much hatred and rudeness while turning around and calling buddie fans toxic when we just want to ship our 6 year long standing ship… and like i said i genuinely never post about bucktommy, and if i do say something about them that can be perceived as negative then i always tag it “anti-bucktommy” and i NEVER tag it bucktommy so that they don’t have to even see it! It hurts to open up the app not knowing if i’m going to have another person calling me homophobic or a fetishizer (i’m literally queer) or calling me a toxic bitch when i literally don’t do anything but post happy buddie content 9/10 posts! and like i said i know i’ve seen some buddie accounts go to extremes and i’m not defending that, but i’ve seen people who will call out even the slightest apprehension to bucktommy as if they stepped on someone’s grave, while simultaneously bullying and harassing buddie shippers for minding their own business… like i can’t even go into the buddie tag and it’s people attacking us left and right while the bucktommy tag is nothing but everyone gushing over them… i hate that we can’t enjoy a 6 year old ship anymore because half the fandom decided to jump to this other one that has barely gotten any screentime between two characters that don’t really have chemistry with each other and they want to berate us for it and call us names. I’m not a fetishizer and I’m not toxic, I’m just a late 20s queer girl who wants to talk about buddie without a barrage of hate and insults thrown at me but I can’t do that anymore… 9-1-1/buddie used to be my safe place but now i can’t even come on tumblr because i’m worried a stan will be lurking in my asks/replies waiting to tell me how awful i am.
i’m sorry to dump all of that on you but i just opened a really nasty ask and it hurt a lot to read what they said about me and you were the first person on my dash
Hey anon!
Okay so I can already guess I’ll be late posting this cos i think I’ll be replying to this in increments throughout my day today, and also I can tell this is really bothering you so I don’t wanna just give like a short rushed answer - oh wow I actually wrote this in one sitting cos I can’t shut up once I start
Yes the fandom has been a downright mess lately and it’s like I always say, people if you wanna engage in discourse that’s your prerogative and no one is faulting you for that but it’s the utter lack of fandom etiquette these toxic fans have that’s the real issue and I also feel like as you said a huge issue is this kind of imaginary high horse they seem to have
Like I totally agree that there is like this section of toxic bucktommy fans who try to warp not liking bucktommy into being biphobic- which look if people are actually being biphobic by all means call them out but when you’re going to actual queer people who posted 166283894 posts celebrating bi buck, only to attack them for not liking the ship?? Then that’s just plain stupid I’m sorry, like being happy to have the queer rep and not liking bucktommy isn’t mutually exclusive and it’s ridiculous people are trying to make it out to be
Like I’ve personally been sent an ask like that where they implied that I was biphobic for not being a big fan of bucktommy and that “I don’t know how exhausting it is for bi people” - which I gotta say made me go what about my blog would ever make someone think ah yes straight ��
And thing is at the time they sent that my most note filled post was my celebration reaction meme extravaganza to getting bi buck which I feel added some fun irony to the whole thing
And calling people shipping two MEN (buddie) homophobic takes a special kind of cognitive dissonance that I gotta say I’d almost be impressed with the leaps in logic if it wasn’t so annoying
Now I personally don’t know what state the bucktommy tag is in cos I mostly stick to the 911 abc and the buddie tag but I know how the buddie tag has been and I agree the misuse of tags to make a negative space is absolutely ridiculous and again that all goes back to the etiquette part
And the fetishising thing is also just another thing that absolutely grates my nerves, because these toxic fans really need a dictionary thrown at their heads because buddie is like the polar opposite of that.
First of all a large section of buddie shippers im aware have asexual Eddie headcanons and that aside let’s say we want gay Eddie and buddie and all those things, let’s even say we want them to fuck nasty *gasp🫢* and sloppy and write 156273 smut fics where they plain fuck like rabbits (*nun faints in the background* also probably some pearl clutching occurred upon reading this),
THAT’S NOT THE POINT HERE- the point is the main appeal of buddie as a ship isn’t that ooo look two hot guys kissing; it’s the history it’s the friendship, it’s the vulnerability, it’s the will scene, the shooting, the trust, the parallels, the understanding of each other, it’s the domesticity and it’s all these moments that have nothing to do with sex or objectifying their dynamic or mlm relationships but rather shipping them because they are two people with this amazing connection and these experiences
and THAT? That’s the furthest thing from fetishisation
Now I could be controversial and talk about how SOME and some is the operative word of this sentence- SOME toxic bucktommy fans have been blatant in not really caring about the story or the characters or buck and Tommy as individuals or the team dynamic or anything other than seeing these two men kiss, these being a lot of the same fans who refuse to watch the show other than the bucktommy and Tommy scenes and then will act like they somehow understand the show more than fans who’ve been here years or seen the whole show BUT I digress because I know that saying this is me basically asking for spam hate (so shhhh let’s pretend I didn’t say that 🤫)
who said that? 👀not me👀damn that’s crazy a ghost just ran across my keyboard 🙄
Anyways back to you specifically, because I really do think it bares mentioning, if you’ve been respectful to others then that’s all you can do and thank you on the behalf of everyone cos it really makes a difference, and I wanna say sorry on the behalf of every asshole who’s deciding to attack you for ridiculous reasons, the best advice I can give you is to genuinely not let it get to you I know it’s easier said than done but you know who you are and you know your intentions and some dumbass sitting behind a screen who can’t even properly comprehend what biphobia or fetishisation actually is (or worse DOES know what it is but is just using it as a way to put others down over a tv show to have an imaginary high ground) isn’t worth your time or your distress and they cannot change who you are
This part might be over explaining the obvious but in case you don’t know/ are new to tumblr or whatever: If you wanna continue to have fandom spaces as a safe place filtering should get rid of a lot of the posts and so should blocking but ofc you’ll see a few so just skip past and enjoy the content you like, if you wanna make posts and are scared of asks from toxic shippers maybe you can turn off your asks temporarily until you feel like you’re in a better place mentally to deal with it
Oooo or an idea that might work is you can ask your followers and mutuals (who are the ones most likely to be sending the nice asks) to use an emoji at the start of their asks to indicate to you that this is an ask you’ll like then you can delete any ask without that emoji without even having to look at the hate if it’s causing you that anxiety - if that makes sense?
I hope my reply somehow made you feel better and I really hope that you can have your fandom space and enjoyment back 🫶🫶🫶🫶
#hope everyone who ever sent me a ranting ask that as I’m replying to you I’m channeling the energy of a little old lady#*knows that as#giving you hot cocoa or tea on a rainy day#evan buck buckley#buckley diaz family#911onfox#911 fox#911#evan buckley#buddie#eddie diaz#911 abc#911 discourse#fandom discourse#asks open#send asks#send me asks#answered asks#asks
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Caine’s Lesson - Part 9
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Pomni was finally setting out on her first adventure with Gummigoo, Max and Chad. It was a big day!!
She sat atop her horse, Jingles with a small belt around her waist to support her pistol which was in its holster. Gummigoo was beside her, fussing over his horse Tang. The pair were waiting for Max and Chad to get their steeds ready. Max’s was named Sour and Chad’s was named Horse. Very fitting.
“Sooo.” Began Pomni, sheepishly. “What exactly are we doing on today’s ride?”
“We’re gonna be scouting for resources and citizens if all goes well Poms.” Hummed Gummigoo, giving Tang some affectionate pats from where he sat in his saddle.
“R-Right, I remember now-“ She nodded with a hum. “That’s why me and you have saddle bags, mhm? And why Max and Chad don’t?”
“You’d be correct, we never know what you’ll find out there in terms of resources. We learned the hard way back along when we found our first bunch of citizens and Chad had to leave his saddlebag at the location. Unfortunately, loosing said bag in the process. Usually it’d be just me with the bags, but now that you’re joining we’ll get twice as many supplies!”
Pomni nodded at this again with a smile.
“Y’know… The more I talk to you guys the less you seem like Bandits-“
“Huh, I guess you’re right there.” Mused Gummigoo. “It’s just what people have always called us.”
“How about, we just refer to our little four as… The Scouting Saviours? Cus you know- We go out for supplies, sometimes we come back with people too- So, The Scouting Saviours!”
“The Scouting Saviours, huh~? I like how you think Pommy! We’ll have to engrave it on our bags or something-“
Pomni snickered at this, rolling her eyes softly.
“I don’t know about that-“
“Nope, it’s happening. You’ll see!”
“Uh huh-“
Max and Chad were soon ready and the four headed out!
Pomni found it refreshing to be up so high and going so fast! Her new body from the circus had her feeling kind of small… In the sense that she was feeling a lot shorter and smaller now- But also in the sense that she felt helpless- But look at her now! She was out on a horse wielding a gun with her three buddies! They were helping people! Going on adventures!
Everything you’d want to see from a digital world! If you asked her-
Eventually Gummigoo, waved her to slow down, the four arriving at what looked to be an old run down orchard. It wasn’t far from the Candy Kingdom, so Pomni had to guess it was where a large portion of the kingdoms food came from.
“Alright lads, Pommy, you know what to do.” Grinned Gummigoo, chucking a saddle bag to Max and Chad. “Fill up on food and anything else that might be useful.”
“You got it boss!”
“Off we go!”
The two scrambled off to fill up on supplies.
“And we’ll cover over here, that alright with you Pommy?” Hummed Gummigoo, gesturing to a green house like building.
“Sounds good to me! Let’s get finding!”
It was a successful trip! Everyone had found a large collection of resources which were easily taken back home to be used by Ma and the Candy Kingdom Survivors. Max had only pierced himself a few times when picking the fruits, which luckily could be fixed with a smear of syrup! Apparently, syrup was the main medicine for the candy based creatures.
On the journey back Gummigoo explained how their skin was made from gelatine and that it only really got torn or pierced in most cases of injury. Which meant in most cases, maple syrup and the odd bandage or two would be used to patch up the injury and hold it together to heal. It was certainly an interesting mechanic! Pomni was curious to if it would work on her. She knew she couldn’t get hurt in the circus, but since she’d been here so long, that may change-
She’d just have to wait and see-
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Ragatha, Gangle, Kinger and Zooble were interrupted in their little happy get together. By one of Caine’s adventure portals dropping Jax right into the centre of it.
“Ughh.. Something is definitely wrong with Caine.” Grumbled Jax, rolling onto his back.
“JAX!- What happened?” Spoke Kinger, making everyone jump with his initial yell.
“I don’t know- He sent me on a solo adventure- It was [————-] awful. I can’t count on my two hands how many times the adventure restarted because I almost died-“
“That’s no good.” Frowned Zooble.
“Y-You sound exhausted Jax, you should lie down.” Spoke Gangle, shying into Zooble’s side.
“For once ribbons, I agree with you.” Muttered Jax, dragging himself over to a bean bag near the group.
“J-Just shout if you need us!” Hummed Ragatha, anxiety clearly back on her mind. WAS POMNI OKAY???
“Take a deep breath Ragatha, I’m sure Pomni is fine.” Spoke Kinger, in another moment of clarity. He put his hands around her side, pulling her to rest her head on his shoulder. He hoped the gesture would make her sleepy enough to go to sleep. A break from the worry. Another building block between her and falling into insanity. From her and abstraction.
Gangle looked to Zooble with worry, slowly shuffling closer to sit by her and continue with her doodles. The almighty Jax knocked off his feet by one solo adventure courtesy of Caine. A Caine who definitely didn’t seem sound of mind at the slightest. Gangle really hoped Pomni would be okay- Maybe she’d ask Jax what kind of adventure Caine sent him on- And why it was so bad- Hopefully… he wouldn’t be a [——] about her trying to care.. Although… Zooble had been super helpful in talking to her about how to deal with Jax’s general sass and sense of human. Aka being a giant [——-]. So, hopefully it’d be easier to talk to him!
That’s why Gangle liked Zooble so much- She was helpful and fun to talk with!! All in all, she was just the best~
Wait a minute it kinda sounded like she was starting have feelings for-
Oh no-
Part 10
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My Buddie Babies: Let's Talk (Post 9-1-1 S7E5 Commentary)💕
First of all, Hi Girlies! How are we doing on this fabulous, fabulous day? After all, another day where BiBuck is canon is another day in paradise. Am I right? Of course, I am! 🥰🥰🥰
In all seriousness, I just wanted to reflect and comment on a few things I noticed on Tumblr after S7E5 aired. A few fellow Buddie Stans were a little iffy on this week's episode for a few reasons, but I wanted to touch on a couple. And I know no one really cares about my opinion, but as someone who's been ABSOLUTELY CHOMPING AT THE BIT for Buddie since Eddie joined the 118, I feel like this is warranted.
First things first: Marisol...
Now hear me out, I know Eddie's past relationships haven't been the best. (Hell, some might even say not entertaining)- but I really feel this season is more focused on Eddie's growth than the actual relationship between Marisol and Eddie itself. Does that make sense?
Like, as someone who loves to write, I see Marisol as a plot device- she's here to push Eddie in the right direction. (Now if that happens to be into Bucks arms, I sure won't be complaining.) But even if it doesn't, that's fine too. To me, it's clear Eddie's relationships have failed for a reason- and that reason being Eddie. This whole nun thing with Marisol, though funny as hell to me, was a realization for Eddie that he moves way too fucking fast. I mean, he asked her to move in, then wanted to shack up at Buck's place for a couple days to avoid seeing her at home! His conversation with Bobby proved that when he said it himself. He rushed things with Shannon, he rushed things with Anna and now he's doing the same thing with Marisol. Eddie needs time to get his shit together first, then we can make Buddie canon.
Now on to my second point: Buddie.
I know some people are disappointed Eddie hasn't expressed feelings for Buck yet, but I'm kind of happy he hasn't. I would HATE it if Eddie and Buck got into a relationship, only for Eddie to unintentionally rush things. We already know Buck has abandonment issues and I would be so floored if Eddie realizes he's moving too fast only to pull away. Our boys are precious and deserve the world- but only in due time...
Let's face it, Eddie and Buck are rather impulsive and with their job it makes sense- they have to be reactionary, quick thinking; but when it comes to this relationship shit, it hasn't benefited them in the slightest. The boys need time to figure things out.
Though I'd love to see it, we don't NEED Buddie this season. BuckTommy fulfills my 'Happy Buck' quota and any day Eddie is on screen is a good day indeed.
We've survived 6 seasons of the Great FOX Queerbait Slow Burn- so one more won't kill us. After all, 9-1-1 was just renewed for season 8! So, with Tim Minear as the show runner, I'm hopeful.
...So that's it. That's all the food for thought I've got for today. I just had to get that off my chest.
See you next time queers! Tootaloo 🤡
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So I had to write a personal narrative for composition class. I wrote about post-ritual depression leading to a career change, and I thought ghumblr might enjoy. It's only 763 words (after padding it out with some extra academic phrasing) but I don't want to clog your feeds too much so it's below the cut.
"Have you ever like something so much that it rewired your brain?"
Have you ever liked something so much that it rewired your brain? I can’t pinpoint exactly when I first heard the band called “Ghost,” but it was most likely sometime in 2022. I think the first video (from whichever of the dozen algorithms we get our content from today) pushed to my feed was their performance on Jimmy Kimmel, where they played their song Call Me Little Sunshine. I was taken aback by their theatrical look and sound. I listened to a few more songs, became a casual listener, and even bought their latest album when I came across it at Josey Records. What I can pinpoint, however, is the day I turned feral: April 9, 2023, Easter Sunday.
Being only a casual listener still, I was curious as to what was going on when I saw that Ghost was trending on Tumblr. As I scrolled through the tag, it became more and more clear that, not only had they had dropped new music, but a new music video to match, almost entirely without warning: a cover of Phil Collins’ Jesus He Knows Me. Of course, I had to listen. From the driving intro into the first verse, to the poppy chorus, to the lyrics addressing hypocrisy from the church and its leaders, it was almost like twenty-eight years of religious trauma were healed in four minutes and five seconds, as if it were that easy. I wasn’t cured, but they certainly made a dent. I listened to it on repeat and branched into the rest of their discography. After two weeks, I finally caved and bought myself a pit ticket to their upcoming Dallas tour date.
When the day finally came, five months later, I could barely contain myself. I felt if I could leap hard enough, I would jump right out of my skin. I had taken advantage of the fact that I had the previous day off from work and pretended that I was taking a small trip for Labor Day. This allowed me the day off for the concert. My employers already think I’m strange enough; I didn’t see any need to make it worse by asking for time off to line up for a concert by a Satanic rock band hours early on a Tuesday. Despite the 103-degree weather that day, I made it to the general admission line around noon. I chatted with my new line buddies over the next several hours about the band, how we got into them, and a little bit about our lives in general over the water that the venue security provided. For the first time in a while, I was surrounded by people like me.
They say that concerts can be a religious experience. I’m not sure I agree, but they’re not exactly wrong. It really is overwhelming, or at least can be. Many aspects are similar, if not the same. Between the community and camaraderie with your fellow “congregants” and the feeling of the music all the way down to your bones, there’s certainly something that happens internally. This concert (or ritual, as Ghost fans lovingly call them) was no exception. After all, when you’re a stone’s throw away from your obsession, bathed in light and confetti, you can’t help but feel a little changed.
Post-concert depression is a very real and powerful force. It’s even stronger when you come back to work after finally feeling happy and rested only to be met with snideness not even fifteen minutes into the day. I was already dealing with years of declining morale. I wanted to be happy again, like I was the night before. I started looking at job postings immediately. I nearly got one in the same field but interviewed poorly. Eventually, I decided to make up for lost time and try to make a move into what my high-school-aged-self wanted. Or at least something close. Unfortunately, even though apprenticeship-type situations are common in the music industry, it’s very hard to break in without any kind of provable experience. I looked into some recording technology schools but didn’t really feel the need to go into debt on a loan for them. I was about to lose hope, but then I had a lightbulb moment and found that Dallas College has a program for Recording Technology. My application and registration were late in the game, but I was able to squeeze in before the start of this semester. Now, I’m finally doing something I want to do, and it’s all thanks to a funky little Swede in black and white makeup.
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Find a troll, pick it up, all day long, you have good luck 🪺 —> Pick a Troll
Sorry #3, I started this reading a year ago and never finished it and finally decided to post it cause I didn’t wanna waste effort😬
Pile 1: Spiffy the Sailor//Light Seer’s
🫖 I pulled a tea quote, a quarter and then a movie quote to feel out Pile One’s vibe today:
The quarter is Utah and their state bird is a California Gull aka a seagull.
—> Q1: how does pile one give their power away? King of cups (R)
—> Q2: what can help balance out pile one’s emotions? Annunaki (R)
🦤The seagull is Utah’s official state bird due to saving the State during the katydid (Mormon cricket) devastation of 1848, according to Utah’s website. (https://onlinelibrary.utah.gov/utah/symbols/bird/) The pests were destroying the crops but the seagulls ate the crickets, saving the crops and the town. (
🧺Similar to Tommy Boy in that everyone kinda doubted him. Maybe it was different in 1848 but I know where I grew up, seagulls were sort of looked at as pests. They did not cause harm but were greedy and could pester folks outside.
👯♀️ The dynamic between Tommy and Richard is coming to mind. Richard is a “smug, unhappy little man who treats others as if they were idiots” - paraphrasing of course. Tommy is a jovial albeit slightly immature college graduate who has come to work at his fathers company. They went through secondary school together in their small town and were at opposite ends of the social spectrum, and thus sort of did not exist to each other.
⚖️ Ultimately they balance out each other nicely though: Richard has the rigid pragmatism Tommy lacks, and Tommy had the ruthless optimism Richard lacks. 👌🏻Some damn good character chemistry of buddy comedies, if you ask me, but I’m not the remaining 51% on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience is at a 90% though. Most of the pull comes from nostalgia undoubtedly.
9️⃣ The ‘90s is one of the most sought after decades of recent times. I find it interesting that in the 1890’s a similar thing happened and would eventually lead to people referring to that time as the “gay” era in some way as in happy. That is extra interesting because 9’s represent an ending.
🍿 Look at the majority of popular films in the last decade — are not a good portion of them remakes from the 90s?
👹Upright the Annunaki quite literally speaks of how their people created a hybrid workforce that “was smart enough to follow directions but stupid enough to rebel” (Mystic Martian Oracle Deck © Lisa Porter, Rockpool Publishing, 2021) The Annunaki are in alignment with the Alpha Draconians and Reptile Beings mindset, sort of like Emperor reversed energy— power, control, black-and-white thinking, disliking those that mess up the conformity and the audacity to question their authority.
🌅 Reversed Annunaki speaks of cooperation, fairness, compromise, unity, open-minded, progressive thinking. The belief that everyone is equal and deserves to be treated equally. What might help is seeking out like-minded people and/or organizations with similar values.
🚙 Similar to Tommy Boy! I would totally say he’s a 9. Kinda like Amity vibes from Divergent too.
🍷King of Cups Reversed energy can speak of someone moody, temperamental and hasty with others feelings —> Richard in a nutshell, right? It can also speak of old wounds, which he likely carries from childhood. He sort of unfairly treats Tommy due to jealousy from not having the caring, loving father he did.
💍 Fun fact: Sea gulls typically mate for life, equally caring for their chicks. However, sometimes it does not work out between the pair. Afterward they are typically seen as less attractive and left alone for a few nesting seasons as a “sea gull divorcee.” (Source: https://www.birdspikesonline.co.uk/Blog/Understanding-the-seagull-and-its-behaviour)
📕Honesty and being genuine is key here. Patience may be necessary too, especially if you’re resonating more with the Richard side. A need to believe in yourself if you’re doubting.
🌏The Annunaki are from the planet Nibiru, a distant planet that enters our solar system every 3600 years and was thought to have caused the great deluge, according to the Mystic Martian Oracle deck (© Lisa Porter, Rockpool Publishing, 2021). I looked up what the great deluge was and according to Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth ), it was a flood sent by a deity to destroy civilization in means of divine retribution. I wanted to share the image:
Pile 2: Bunny troll//Rider-Waite
What do you want to talk about pile 2?
Romy and Michelle quote —> one of my personal favorites
Moral of the story? Missouri quarter
Missouris state bird is a cardinal — Missouri and six other states.
Second arch signification today. Utah had an arch in pile one. Arches signify new opportunities or phases in life.
What does pile two need to know?
Five of wands clarified by fourth house
Past energy: four of pentacles clarified by queen of cups
Present: four of swords reversed
Future: Empress clarified by Ace of Pentacles reversed
Hidden money matters can sum it up.
Five of wands actually signifies great wealth and is like a play fight this is the overall context gold, gain, opulence, the competition and search after riches…. And fourth house
I find it funny that Venus came out on the dice for the present energy and that the Empress came out with the Libra dice because that quarter I have is ugly af. I thought that I put the shiny, pretty Missouri quarter back but apparently I put the dark, ugly one in - I had duplicates.
Something is not as it seems here and absolutely hidden. The fourth house talks about hidden matters, death, parents, home.
Given that almost every single card on the spread is associated with finances (except queen of cups), I am going to say this has something to do with money.
The past signifies a fair, honest upbringing that may have appeared nice on the outside. Either material struggle was present or a vital support was missing. Neglect can be emotional too — ignoring your kids and just placating them is sort of cruel because you are not actually seeing them.
The fact that Venus rules Empress and the Libra dice clarified it, is a very good signification. Venus rules Libra so it’s in its domicile. Ace of Pentacles (R) actually speaks of great riches. So the future to this outcome is great. It’s supported on both “ends” too:
5 of wands to left speaks of affluence as does the ace of pentacles (R) so it is confirmed.
Be sure to watch out for the small details to ensure you aren’t being deceived, possibly by promise of great riches.
All that glitters isn’t gold, and not everything is what it seems. Remain vigilant in the present, focusing on loving yourself and doing what brings you joy.
With the taking of the burger (when it’s Romys favorite lunch day!) was unnecessarily cruel and petty in the film Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. I see you moving AWAY from this energy.
Four of swords reversed can signify a need for greed but also speaks of precaution and discernment.
In Romy and Michelle, they have each other they can trust each other. The queen of cups dynamic is present within them, they have their friendship but not riches.
I am honestly not one to try to fill my audience with false hope to simply garner likes. The cards have spoken, I listened and relayed the best I could.
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haven't posted one of these in a while so…
here’s more of colby’s tweets from 2020.
i don’t have proof that these are his tweets, but believe me, they are his.
if it’s bold and italicized, it’s someone’s tweet to him.
if it’s in (), that’s just me commenting lol
added bonus: if they have a * next to them, that means it’s been deleted
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July 3 - me and my homies have pillow fights in hotel rooms
fan: TELL ME TO GO TO BED
GO TO BED!
decided to take a walk alone in palm springs CA tonight, almost got mugged by two dudes. i’m okay and back at my hotel! PSA don’t wander off alone in a foreign area without friends.
fan: @/ColbyBrock why is your foot scarred up
had to run, i’ll explain later i promise
other fan: damn what shoes were you in or were you in no shoes
barefoot like an idiot 🤦🏻♂️
Cactus: 1 Colby Brock: 0
July 8 - fallin in love is so beautiful but can bring so much pain
maybe that’s why i’m so closed off
emotionally unavailable cause i’m scared to fall so deep again
fan: But the pain brings a drive unlike any other
facts
fan: Who hurt our baby🥺😠
no one .. just circumstances out of my control
July 9 - i miss japan everyone is so nice there
July 11 - new hair hi
@/mannymua733: colby in purple hair : “r u lost baby girl” me : 👁👄👁
hahahah
July 12 - life is a movie and YOU are the main character
July 13 - @/allylovesit: Miss you lol @/ColbyBrock
i miss you!
July 14 - leaving a ghost town and ended up with two flat tires. seems something didn’t want us to go so soon
July 16 - don’t settle for any less than you deserve !
manifest the person you want to be, and become them
July 17 - i love my LGBTQ fans !
(a whole month after pride? tsk tsk colby lol jk)
fan: @/AmberScholl can you and @/ColbyBrock plz do this tik-tok trend😂
@/amberscholl: @/ColbyBrock u down ??
you just wanna see me in a dress huh ;)
@/amberscholl: in my dress, specifically
July 18 - if you’re at war with yourself in your own mind, time really makes things get better.. promise.
July 21 - keep having this same dream over the course of the past 2 years. not sure what to think
July 22 - i’m in a really deep Michael Jackson phase right now and i don’t know why
stop pulling my heart strings 1D
July 23 - someone said i looked like a 19 year old uncle yesterday 💀
(what does this even mean sksksk)
i haven’t seen this much happiness on social media in a LONG time. thank you one direction.
fan: Serious question: what’s ur favorite song by them?
rock me ! or up all night
getting a big tattoo tonight
July 24 - for me and my best friend. (pics of his tattoo that's about him and sam)
July 27 - fan: i lose sleep every night knowing @/ColbyBrock hasn’t said what his favorite song from harry styles is 😪
sign of the times 🖤
July 28 - let’s forget who we are
July 30 - i miss the deep talks at 3am with someone special where you get the feeling of being high on life just from being so deep in conversation 🛸
Aug. 1 - what’s up guys it’s sam and colby
Aug. 3 - fan: I wonder if @/ColbyBrock thinks he’s hot, cute, or both👀 I’m expecting an answer sir
none of the above
we lost one of our little kitties today :/ RIP scar, you deserved a better life. hope you’re eatin all the tuna you can imagine you in heaven #trapcats
Aug. 6 - if i can, then you can too
Protect Your 🖤
Aug. 7 - i hate when people talk behind my back
Aug. 10 - tired
Aug. 13 - kingdom hearts
@/mannymua733: that's the tweet
love u
(miss colby and manny having interactions, ngl)
ever since our feral cat Scar passed away the other cats hardly show up anymore 💔
Aug. 16 - i feel like most alive when i’m the most uncomfortable
Aug. 17 - our neighbors are so scary, saw this old woman in a nightgown running around at 10pm last night not making a sound .. please SOS
*Aug. 21 - #teamcolby is back? let us know if you want a mini prank war to happen …
@/jakewebber9: i thought we left pranks behind, now u got it coming for ya buddy
guys he called me his “buddy” 🖤😱😚
Aug. 25 - just got my photo shoot pics back 👀
Aug. 27 - in the end the answer will always be and has always been love
Aug. 30 - i will never ever understand why someone would take the time to hate on another person for absolutely no reason
don't just say it, prove it. stand behind it
Sept. 1 - (posted some shirtless photoshoot pics)
@/mannymua733: seeing this photo on my timeline… (video of him closing his mouth)
lmaooo
@/DavidAlvareeezy shut up and kiss me
😗
Sept. 3 - why do i kinda like the tattoo pain
Sept. 7 - there’s some memories that no matter how hard i try, they will never leave me alone
(oh damn even i forgot this one… poor baby)
Sept. 9 - everything can feel so heavy
Sept. 13 - the old XPLR vibes are back and it feels so good 😈
Sept. 14 - always in my head
Sept. 15 - man i missed traveling so much
Sept. 16 - sometimes i don’t mind wearing a mask in public cause it hides my face
Sept. 17 - don’t forget to question everything
fan: @/ColbyBrock can you do me a favor and call me a bitch again
you’re a lil bitch
Sept. 20 - @/mannymua733: i think i need to glam @/ColbyBrock and @/SamGolbach
👀👀👀
Sept. 21 - such a beautiful day in Los Angeles i hope everyone is feeling okay !
Sept. 22 - you can’t help it if your mind changes
Sept. 24 - “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” -Martin Luther King Jr.
Sept. 28 - i just have no idea where i’d be without you
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c4x13 an embarrassment of bitches I have actually seen this one before! I didn't realize that! I also didn't really like it all that much & got it mixed up with another episode of another show but idk which.
boring ew lmao as if who cares lmao who cares
buttons is nonbinary Castle is right, be safe AC: We were going to take your Ferrari and hook up with some boys we met on Craigslist. buttons dutton lmao they are SO nonbinary RC: Please don’t call me that.
the girls are fightingggg
nice red coat on becks there autism or smth
Yeah keep the dog out of the room but dogs are the silent witness. ryan lookin pretty today as always. Purple shirt, top button undone but wearing a tie
this man is upset lol What was he into? On the take as in bribes? it's a dog... Ok this was funny: Just look at that mutt. XP Now back to my Max. UwU Now the mutt. XP That’s all the proof I need.
Oh gosh this lady is... something. Why'd she take a vid tho?
Next day? Different clothes it seems.
RC: Even more perplexing, why in almost every photo is she posed like this? *Castle strikes a ridiculous “sexy” pose in front of the paparazzi and they flock to snap his photo.* Paparazzo: Hey, that’s not Jason Bateman. Paparazzi: awwwwww
Love the music.
Reggie Starr: You two must be the, uh, soft drink people, right? KB: Actually, no. "We" are NYPD. We’re here to speak with Kay Cappuccio. RS: Oh, my bad. Uh…why don’t you just grab a squat right over there? KB: Excuse me? RS: Phoebe will bring you a goji berry juice. KB: You know what? I think I have a better idea. [Beckett steps forward into the photoshoot.] KB: Everybody, take five. RS: Whoa. Hold on a second. Kay Cappuccio doesn’t have five to spare. RC: How about 15 to 20? [That catches Reggie’s attention.] RC: And that goji berry juice sounds delightful.
Little dogs are just like that. RS looks sus there KC: Fine. We didn’t talk about anything, because he was already dead. KB: You found the body? KC: Yeah. KB: And you didn’t call 9-1-1? KC: No, I did as soon as I got into the limo. No harm, no foul, right? KB: You fled a crime scene. KC: All right. (chuckles) Have you heard the phrase, “There’s no such thing as bad press”? Having your picture taken with a dead guy is the exception. [idk if that is true, dead body doesn't seem so bad.] I have to be so careful with my image. My image is all I have. RC: Yeah. No, we were just talking about that.
Kate is pretty, turtleneck with a blazer. Rick is pretty, grey shirt with a blazer. Ryan is pretty, dress shirt+tie with a sweater. Espt is kinda grungy but I like it well enough. lol underdog? *hits espt* *espt looks at him bc "nobody touches me"* dr barker? Really? Lanie coming up with the doggo! They all look so happy to have the dog up here. RC: Or…we could keep him here at the precinct. I mean, we could use a mascot. JE: I thought that’s what you were. *dying laughing* RC: Thatwhat’s that? What’s that, buddy? Esposito’s sense of humor fell down a well and can’t get out? JE: ??
LP: Then you better find out what kind of food he eats, because he’s not touching the stuff I put out. KB: Well, there’s gotta be some food for him at Francisco’s place. Who wants to make a run for it? JE: To go get dog food? KB: [all three sort of at the same time] JE: Castle RC: Ryan KR: Esposito JE: *looks at ryan in betrayal bc they could have teamed up to send out castle* Ok the filipinos are right when they have that up hand down hand game that I don't understand. It's like evens & odds which is a game that I DO understand. Everyone puts in their hands & on three they put out a number of fingers, usually one or two. The odd one out is the winner. In this case they would be the loser though. Then once you eliminate that person you can do rock paper scissors. It works with three people or more but it might need a few rounds. You will always get rid of more than half of the people when playing odd one out. settle it like men lol. They don't count tho, rock paper scissors shoot. Espt: Snip
How did they not know who they were talking about? lmao She might still be a doctor! Yeah! Let the canine therapist talk to the dog! KB: Of your time, sure.
Becks has some crazy hair rn
RC: Tell me…did Francisco ever observe you during your sessions? PB: No. He waited outside. Why? Because either he was paying you too much or he had a pet play kink
Nice especkett is heading out here, love it. Espt has a nice scard rn btw. rly love it.
Oh no Growl right back at them bro.
Girl dogs are scary af running like obelix & asterix.
lmao dog breeding? srs? it was honest work <3 that guy passed away recently. the bug finder that ryan found
It could have been ANY time this morning ryan didn't specify.
Wow music. Wow people. Wow her walk. Ryan & espt's mouths lol. Royal sad. Booty. Ryan's device. Ooh & the way he picks it up nice nice.
ew dogs. RC: Tell me, does the phrase “corporate espionage” mean anything to you? KC: No RC: KC: No, seriously. I have no idea what it means. Why is ryan interrupting so awkwardly?
JE: Dude, look at that outfit. Where is she gonna put a wire? RC: Well, if I had to be creative, I’d guess— KB: RC: That’s rhetorical. KR: We went into the tech room [Ohhh so they have a tech room that's probably what that room with the tv is!] to isolate the frequency that the bug was transmitting on, and we found, uh, well… JE: Show ‘em. KR: All right. *turns on TV to get a good view of boobs, like real bazongas*
KC: Oh, well, I mean, it’s not just any celebrity video— I mean, TMZ’s offered, like, a million bucks for the first naked picture of me. JE, being horny: You ask me, that number’s on the low side. KB:
KB: And then there might be a trail that leads back to the guilty party. So we’re gonna have to find somebody to pull all those photos-- JE: I’ll do it. RC: Got a little case of, uh…puppy love there, Esposito? <3 they love making fun of him RC spotting royal in the conference room: Aw. Looks like Esposito isn’t the only frustrated dog in the precinct. Who closed him up in there?
*starts rubbing her hand intimately* GIRL This reminds me. When they had the murder suspect amnesiac they let him crash on the couch. The dog tho is going home with castle or beckett. Then later espt takes home that kid. & we finally get to see his apartment.
KC: I never thought I would say this, but I am so sick of looking at myself right now. I can’t even imagine how you must feel. JE, enjoying looking at pics of pretty women: Don’t worry about me. WHY are they going thru the pics so SLOW? Wow there's humanity here now. Weird. She's all depressed bc she feels talentless. You can be talentless tho bc skills are things you can build. ofc it takes more work bc talents just come naturally & skills take time & effort but shush.
Hyatt is such a name. I remember he sent a dead body to brackenreid once & john almost opened up the chest. Espt is being really protective of kay rn. Bro chill.
My dad's cat has a grease spot on the window from where her cat tree is & she puts her face on the window. it's so adorable. RC: Who’s a good boy, huh? Who’s a good boy? Is Marcus a good boy? No, he’s not a good boy. He’s a bad boy. Man has a bit of a lisp that makes it sound like he's shitting here not sitting here lol Could be dog trafficking, not necessarily drugs
Ah he's a US customs agent lol. Get ryan on the job he was a drug cop. Should have given him the hella fancy coffee
Beckett's on drugs lol Essence of poppyflower ohhhhh These are real narcotics, they are from poppyseed or smth. Not all street drugs are narcotics & ppl tend to forget that.
omg ryan is wearing a blue suit (kind of striped) with a pink shirt & no tie omg y'all I might be a lesbian. (Yes I'm only half woman, yes I'm also half man, yes he's also a man, but he's the kind of guy lesbians say are attractive even if they are not attracted themselves. Like I find him cute as a lesbian. Not as a straight girl not as a gay boy not as a straight boy but as a lesbian. it's complicated shut up.) Oh & while we're at it espt has a nice jacket too & it looks good on him, it has like the leather jacket looking bit (probs polyester or vinyl, tho in some lighting it looks almost denim) & then the fabric sleeves, I love it. Oh esposito is so sad that she's the one.
KB: So, we have reason to suspect that our killer was wearing your perfume. KC: Well, that’s impossible. It wasn’t even out yet. I’m the only person that had it. KR: Does she realize she just incriminated herself? JE: I said she was nice. I didn’t say anything about smart.
Looking thru the window like that? v sus. HOLY MOLY well as soon as my little bro is gone I am watching that fight scene again & posting the clip!
KB: Yeah, and, um, you know, I was wrong about something, too. Turns out having a mascot in the precinct can be pretty useful. Me: You mean rick or royal?
All the cops watching them fight over royal KC: Oh, yes, Lolita and I need a big strong man around the house, JE:
AC: You said, you’d be the one who’d wind up having to feed it, and it was hard enough remembering to feed me every day. RC: Yeah, I…I don’t remember that last part. AC: It was subtext. Barely. theyre so cute: So…this dog you want o get, you know, for me…this wouldn’t be an enticement to come home from college more often, would it?
Maybe I hadn't seen this one before. Regardless, it was fun enough.
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June 05 - 2023 Monday
9:22 AM
I feel so out of touch with everything I’ve done and everything that I am. With friends over time I start to live up to what I think our relationship is/should be instead of what it actually is. I slowly forget everything we’ve done to get to this point, but I do this with everything. I have a nasty habit of forming conclusions and then forgetting about the relevant information, all in an effort to make things simpler or easy to understand. The problem comes when these conclusions turn out wrong or become outdated. It just feels so hard to always keep so much data in mind at all times. I must be doing something wrong. I wish so deeply that I could figure out how to get better. I want some clear actions I can take.
7:30 PM
I’ve felt so empty. I fear if I cannot figure myself out soon then I’ll be lost for good. That’s probably not the case but it sure feels like it.
I’m so afraid of becoming someone that pushes away his friends and can’t pursue anything that makes him happy. I desire human connection but I either have to learn to accept myself first or develop the trust that allows me to believe other people want me. I know I’m afraid of growing anything because of the ability to fall. If you don’t build up then you can’t plummet, that’s unintentionally been the way I look at things. I want to be brave and build strong bonds. I want to grow my business, and my skills. I want to raise myself up without being afraid of falling. For me that takes a lot of bravery and the mindfulness to catch when I’m sabotaging myself.
10:50 PM
This morning I made eggs and cup noodle stir fry with onions and a sausage link. I think this contributed to tummy problems tonight because that nor lunch had much fiber. This morning’s stream went well and is the last morning stream Daisy will attend for awhile which makes me sad. I sketched some otters and started my buddy Goodtimes’ commission which went well. After stream I successfully did my workout and I feel good about that. In order for it not to be a problem later, I took care of myself in the shower. I simply don’t want to put up with sexual urges lately, they’ve been stressing me out more than anything. Largely because I feel that they are unwelcome, but thats a result of my plummeting self confidence. Lunch was a pack of ramen and some fish sticks in an effort to eat things from my freezer first and my workout left me with a craving for calories that ramen always fulfills. During my afternoon work I hung out with David again. He apologized for being busy lately because he wants to deepen our newly found friendship which I thought was nice. I liked how straightforward he was, I can tell he has good communication skills. My problem today was forcing myself to hang out and chat didn’t really help how I felt. It was very hard to take true interest in the conversation or feel like I was actually welcome in the VC. Again, all my fault right now. I did all my work and left the call so I could do yoga in VRchat. The channel I watch, YogawithAdriene, finally released a new video. Conveniently it was for days where you feel down and need to remind yourself that you are cherished and loved. It didn’t really have that effect on me though. I mostly used the semi-alone time to sulk as I pushed through the different poses, as hard as I was trying to lighten up. Afterwards I layed in VR for a little bit and watched the clouds. After that I got off to play some Zelda and watch Twitch until Daisy messaged and we played together. We just pulled the Master Sword out of Zelda’s brain and started the next quest to look for the lost sage. Now she is asleep and I am going to bed an hour early because of a new schedule change so I can wake up earlier like I’ve always wanted to.
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May 25th 2023- a little bit better than i use to be-
so much so much so much- i really should write more. i read a news story today about kids being neglected and abused. why are people so horrible? those poor babies- it makes me sad. exactly why i don't watch the news. i had someone in work tell me "they " are shooting people on 95. Really? I had no idea. she looked at me in disgust and said you really need to be more informed. I don't need to hear and read about what a fucked up world we live in to know what a fucked up world we live in. Being informed makes me sad and scared- 2 things i am trying desperately not to be. Work is going good. it's so much nicer going to work as the boss-so much better. My boss- the Ice Queen, likes me. I can tell and i am grateful. We are going out shopping together for the company picnic. I'm in charge. HA. People dislike me for doing my job. A lot of people are incapable of taking responsibility for their actions. they blame me for doing MY job- the truth is- if they did their job- i wouldn't have to do mine. the Ice Queen is MOODY- I'm not sure if she is still drinking- she tends to hide in her office.
I should be getting my check-any day now. i asked MAds if she would mind moving out of our town. she's open to it-as long as we are safe and happy. i don't want to leave this town.. but i have to do what is best for me and if i cant find a place to live-- BUT i keep telling myself that SOMETHING wonderful is going to happen and the PERFECT place will be mine- i have to believe it. whats that saying- whats meant for me is mine- whats meant for me won't pass me by-
James went hard on me tonight. My knee pain is gone- i started taking a supplement- i use to take it and stopped and just started again and it works. i finally mentioned to james that during my cycle its harder to lift. Because it is- there is a huge difference. it wasnt weird to him. yeah its true- but we cant use that as an excuse- his words. tonight he upped everything-benched 105. i'm going to be sore tomorrow, i only squatted 175 this week. i need to get my ass into the gym and do my workout over the weekend. James shared a lot about himself tonight. he paid off his student loans, is getting a new car- not sure what kind- skipped a vacation with his buddies to Puerto rico because he lost 1200 on a bet- he even got out the dry erase marker and drew me pictures so i could understand what he was talking about. UFC and basketball- from what he said, and drew - it was just unbelievable how he lost the bets and he thinks its the universe telling him he shouldn't bet. he said it made him sick. he's a good person. i can tell. Kika was tired tonight- she didnt even bark when i walked up. she's such a good girl. we played a little.
my friend in work-the one who i think is on drugs and never talks about her husband. she told me her husband is dumb and useless. she's always saying she would be fine if she only had some xanax. dont say it dont say it. for months he same thing- i would be fine if i had xanax- dont fucking say it. if i had xanax i would be fine---- i know a dr. she use to see him, she called that afternoon and got herself an appointment. today she comes in and is talking so fast- too fast. i use the term friend loosely. this should be interesting- maybe she's right- maybe all she needs is xanax.
i spent all day last saturday watching porn and masturbating. i got myself a new vibrator - its dam near perfect. quiet -
im sure there is soooo much more to write about. i am tired. got my friday shift changed for the summer-every other friday im workiing 9-6. this will work out good- i can still run after work. the ice queen likes me-thank God- the right people like me-its more important i like myself-
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Pancakes Household: Chapter 9, Part 11
To ditch career day... or to not ditch career day...
CW: Distressed infant
Since Tiana cannot speak her thoughts will often be in brackets
While Eliza and Bob have taken infant leave from their jobs, there is no such option for the teens. Fergus and Onyx pop their heads into the nursery where Bob is still rocking a sleeping Tiana and kiss her goodbye for the day. Then school awaits!
It looks like the Pancakes may have missed the outfit memo for today, oops. While Onyx heads off to find some friends Fergus tries to hastily finish the homework he neglected to finish. Unfortunately his friends are not much help this morning.
Anya: I look fabulous, thank you watcher
Artemisia: Are you staring at my best bracelet friend
Darwin: What? No. I was looking for the bus
Artemisia: Looking for the bus while we’re at school, unlikely
Atlas: I don’t think he meant anything by it
Fergus: Hold up- what did you guys get for 13?
Artemisia: Look dude, just keep your eyes to yourself
Darwin: Sure, and you can keep your venom to yourself
Outside the main building Onyx and Paola have some time relaxing.
Onyx: Aim for the centre
Paola: Of course I’m aiming for the centre dummy
Zhafira: Onyx! Hey! Look who caught the bus again successfully!
Zhafira approaches the pair beaming happily.
Onyx: Congrats. Did you hear they’re shuffling classes today
Zhafira looks downcast while Onyx explains the younger and older students will be having combined classes for the morning. They'll be with some of their friends but not Zhafira who seems upset at having to get to know even more new people.
As this is happening Mrs Tinker and Mrs Hensley come over and try give Paola some tips for successful throwing. Unfortunately they have contrasting opinions and in the end the teens decide the safest option is just to pretend they’ve gotten bored and head inside.
Onyx takes a quick swim before class and still manages to get to the room before the teacher begins the lesson.
Mrs T: Today we will be buddying up. Older students please join a younger student and we will begin designing a business for this scenario
Onyx: Mrs T can’t I just buddy up with Amie since she’s beside me
Mrs T: Sorry Onyx but Mr A wants to foster whole school cooperation, that's why we're having staggered classes this morning
Carson: I wish William had been put in here
Darwin: Don’t worry, we’ll see him at lunch
Carson: And I wish some outfits didn’t make my glasses vanish, it's like I've been dressed by a computer
After class wraps up Fergus goes to talk with Artemisia.
Fergus: I’m excited to see what we’ll learn this afternoon
Artemisia: *sighs* Don’t be too excited, it’s career day
Fergus: You’re not punking me, we only just started high school. There is no career day
Artemisia: I’m serious. I’m also thinking of skipping out on it
Fergus: We can do that?
Artemisia: I reckon I can, question is do you have the guts to
Fergus: Of course I do. Onyx was still feeling ill this morning so we can use that excuse to head home
Artemisia: May the best person not be caught
Back home Eliza is carrying Tiana when the infant fusses to be put down.
Eliza: Okay then, down we go
Tiana: *coos* (I coo now mother) *coos louder*
Eliza: Was that a coo? Was that a coo? I think it was *claps*
Tiana smiles and sticks her fingers in her mouth. Mother is pleased, she must be doing well. Even though mother keeps saying the word go, Tiana is happy they haven't seemed to leave the house.
Eliza is busy feeding Tiana when Fergus walks through the room.
Eliza: Hold on! What are you doing home?
Fergus: Umm, Onyx’s head got bad again so we came home so they could get a nap
Fergus walks over to the suckling infant and holds her hand for a bit. Tiana doesn't seem to grip back yet but she's looking at him curiously.
Eliza: You came home so Onyx could nap? I don’t think so. Onyx is capable of napping by themselves
Fergus: Fine, it was career day! I don’t need to worry about that yet. I’ll do extra homework tonight I promise
Eliza burps Tiana who spits up down her back.
Eliza: Ugh. it's okay honey, we can clean that up
Fergus: Want me to grab a cloth
Eliza: Please. Now I do not want you skipping school again, but since you’re here you can walk Strawberry since you're keen to help Onyx
Fergus: But I want to- *sighs* yes mother
The house is left quiet for Onyx’s nap while Bob takes Ginger for a run and Fergus takes Strawberry for a walk.
Eliza: Come on my snuggly sleeper. You get comfy back there and you can nap while mother does her run
Tiana: *coos questioningly* (wait, no, not outside! I don't want to leave) *cries* (I want to stay with mother)
Eliza: It's okay Tiana, mother is right here with you. We're just going to check out the neighbourhood huh. You'll be okay
Eliza jogs off and keeps talking to Tiana. Eventually the regular bouncing of the back carrier and the softness of Eliza's voice lull Tiana to sleep. Eliza is delighted to hear a quiet snuffling snore at her back as she runs.
Later that day...
Fergus: Dad?
Bob: Yes
Fergus: Umm, Tiana is crying. Don’t you think you should go give her a nap rather than carry her on your back
Bob: But- she’s learning with me though
Eliza: Fergus is right Bob, she’s exhausted. Better giver her to me
Bob: But I want to spend time with her
Eliza: And so you can, when she’s awake. You know she had a hard night, she needs to catch up on sleep still
Bob: *sighs* fine. Here Tiana honey, go with your mother *whispers* I'll teach you how to cook later though
Eliza carries a grumpy over tired infant into the nursery and sits down with her in the rocking chair.
Eliza: There there Tiana, it’s okay, you just go to sleep
Tiana: *coos* (mother came back with me, I not left behind) *yawns*
Eliza: It's okay my sleepy girl, mother is right here and daddy is just down the hall. You can sleep, I'll keep you safe
Tiana does feel very tired and so she yawns and falls asleep in Eliza’s arms. It may not be winning a Nobel Prize but Eliza feels pretty proud of finding time in her schedule to snuggle with her daughter.
The teens decided to do their homework at their own desks tonight! Fergus was working away on some science as he has a class trip to the aquarium tomorrow. Onyx meanwhile did their best to study for their exams. After Onyx felt like they could confidently say they were no longer sick they went and did some cheer practice. Later in the evening Tiana woke up.
After a diaper change Eliza gets Tiana into a clean night onesie and goes in search of Bob.
Bob: Thank you for the suggestion. She’s given us so much joy already
Kayleigh: No problem at all I- oh is this her?
Eliza: *grinning* Kayleigh may I introduce our youngest? This is Tiana
Kayleigh: Oh she is precious
Bob: Come to daddy, did you have a nice nap
Eliza: She’s still quite tired, I think she’ll need a proper sleep after her bottle
Bob: We can do that
Kayleigh: I best get going, see you all later
Bob: Can you say bye bye to Kayleigh
Tiana: *coos and snuggles into shoulder* (daddy is here, mother found him for me)
Bob: *chuckles* okay, food time then
Bob is delighted to see Tiana has a healthy appetite. He prepares himself to be spat on but to his surprise only gas comes out. Snuggling Tiana close he carries her down the hall and places her in her crib. He softly tells her another tall tale and the exhausted infant falls asleep happy with the sounds of fellow sims.
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When Dick woke up, he knew today was going to be a good day.
He had been staying at the manor for a bit now and was having a great time.
He was just so happy to be around so many people he cared about.
He picked up his phone to check the time. The brightening screen read 9:30.
Oh great, Alfred's probably about to put out breakfast!
Dick, never short of energy, quickly got ready, excited for the chance to spend time with his family.
While walking down the hallway, Duke just about runs him over.
"Whoa man, where's the fire?"
"Oh hey Dick, sorry about that, don't mind me, just passing through... hey do you mind getting Tim for me? I think he's still in the cave. Thanks!" He said, getting a bit louder as he hurriedly walked away before disappearing out of view.
Dick just huffed out a laugh and looked down to Damian's door to see a glowering Damian.
"He behaves as though I would be angry towards him for ensuring I do not miss breakfast."
Dick knew there was absolutely no chance Damian didn't threaten Duke, but he just raised an eyebrow.
Damian muttered under his breath, "I didn't even stab him."
Dick grinned, "That's an improvement!"
"tt."
He didn't see anyone else before heading down to the cave.
"Timmmm." He called out, seeing the ball curled up in front of the computers that vaguely resembled a human person.
"Come on Timmy, breakfast is almost done."
All is gets is an "I'm working."
Dick sighed, Tim tended to get like this, especially when it came to cases involving kidnapping or children. Sadly, this case was a two for one.
"Nope, nu-uh, comeon man we wouldn't want to leave Alfred waiting." He said while already in the middle of dragging him over.
He gets a good look at him, and he wished he was surprised to see the deep eyebags and the bloodshot eyes. Something about this case must be tearing him up inside. Who knows how many days it's been since he got any real sleep. And no Tim those half hour "power naps" do not count!
Thankfully though, Tim didn't put up much of a fight, allowing himself to be manhandled out of the cave and into the dining room. Dick did notice a small hissing when they got to the brighter parts of the building. Cute, he thought.
Everyone else was already at the by the time they got there. Tim dropped heavily into his seat.
Dick noticed Damian and Jason talking about the drug dealers they busted last night.
"... But Todd, the imbecile that he is, decided he didn't need to call in reinforcements."
"Oh shut up, I would have been just fine without you!"
"I can recall at the very least three instances in which you would have been shot had I not been there."
"Well at least you were doing something cool, most interesting thing I had all night was breaking up a bar fight." Dick whined.
"Come on Dickie Bird, it could always be worse," Jason Grinned. "You could've had to deal with condiment king."
The table collectively groaned. Well except Tim, but that was to be expected, he looked about ready to fall face first into his food.
"What about your Case Tim, aren't you still working on that one with the missing kids?" Jason questioned, "Would have thought you'd have that one figured out by now huh."
"Kidnapped," he replies, still looking at his plate as though he were contemplating using it as a pillow.
"Hm?"
"They were kidnapped, honestly they are probably dead by now."
And look, Dick understood, after being in the game so long he knew that sometimes you have to detach yourself from the emotions of a case. But he thought, looking at Tim right then, that he was being a little too indifferent when talking about kids dying.
"Tim, buddy, you can't lose hope, those kids are counting on us to save them!"
Tim finally glanced up and looked him dead in the eyes. If Dick was telling the truth, it was a little unnerving. He looked like a zombie, pale and unfocused eyes, which was ironic, seeing as though he was seating 5 feet away from an actual zombie.
"It isn't about hope, of course I'm not giving up, I will find them. But it's been weeks and depending on the situation I honestly might prefer if they were already dead and that's why we haven't found them." His eyes glaze just a little more. "We still have no idea who has them, or why, or what they are doing to them. We have no idea..." He trails off and looks back down at his food to take focus on taking a bite.
After that the mood sobered a little bit.
"Don't... Don't you think that's a little insensitive?" Duke chimed in with an awkward laugh
And Dick knew it wasn't, knew that it was a perfectly reasonable thought process, if not a little morbid.
"Yah come on Timmy, I'm sure it'll all be ok!" Ok so sue him, let Dick pretend like the world wasn't a terrible, awful place for like two seconds.
"You know, as someone who has died, zero out of ten, would not recommend." Jason cut in, "Tim, I know people say you can sleep when you're dead, and I really hate to be the bearer of bad news, but they are definitely wrong."
Dick barked out a laugh, "He looks just about ready to pass out right here, right now."
The whole table laughs at that, the rest joining in on teasing Tim for his bad sleep habits.
"Honestly Dick, at this point the only thing that would be able to keep him up is a little shock from your escrima sticks"
At Jason's words Tim's chair scraped across the floor.
"That's not funny," he said in a breathless, sort of desperate tone.
Dick, laughter dying down just a little, looks over at Tim, worried that something might have triggered him, or hurt his feelings.
But when he saw his face, full of mirth and a mile long smile, he just burst into more laughter.
Dick was right, this was going to be a good day.
Thinking a very normal amount about Tim being joker junior.
Thinking about Jason dying and Tim becoming robin out of necessity.
Thinking about Bruce not noticing Tim has been kidnapped because surely, surely his parents would file a report. Surely Tim must have been dragged into going on a trip with them and just didn’t mention it.
Thinking of Bruce not questioning things correctly because he is too busy grieving the previous robin.
Thinking of Bruce just thinking Joker Junior is a random kid.
Thinking of Barbra being the one to notice instead.
Thinking of Barbra consoling Tim after he kills the Joker.
Thinking of her taking Tim and letting him heal in the Drake estate.
Thinking of a file Bruce Wayne makes called Joker junior, one that Tim never looks at, that talks about a kid who killed the Joker and has been missing ever since.
Thinking of, months later, when robin returns to Bruce’s side, it just so happens to coincide with the return of Jack and Janet.
Thinking of Tim thinking Barbra must have told Bruce, but he just never came to see him. And that’s fine, because it isn’t as if they are family, Tim is just here to make sure Bats doesn’t go off the deep end again.
Thinking of Barbra not telling Bruce, because surely he already knows, he’s the world’s greatest detective. Plus she isn’t one to talk about other people’s trauma when they aren’t around.
Thinking of Tim hiding his laughter, because Batman would never let him keep patrolling if he knew he was still having fits.
Thinking of Dick not being there most of the time, and when he is, he mostly spends it arguing with Bruce.
Thinking of Tim knowing that Dick must know because he hears them fighting about the joker being dead once, although he did leave pretty soon after when he feels the laughter bubbling up in his throat.
Thinking of Jason coming back, attacking him at the titains tower, and telling him that he’s read all his files and knows everything about Tim. Obviously Tim takes this to mean he knows that Tim killed the joker as JJ. Because why wouldn’t that be in his file.
Thinking of Jason not having time to question when the little Robin who replaced him starts manically laughing once he sees him, because as soon as he hears the familiar laugh the green takes over completely.
Thinking of Tim finally feeling in control of himself, but then worst year ever happens. His parents are dead, Bruce is lost in the time stream, all his friends are dead, Robin is stolen from him, and everyone thinks he is crazy. He starts to relapse.
Thinking of Tim actually going a little bit crazy after that, trying to clone Bart and Kon, joining the league of assassins, doing all those crazy things he did during worst year ever.
Thinking of Cass learning after saving Tim from the daughter of Acheron. There isn’t much he can do but explain after she witnesses one of his fits.
Thinking about years later, when everyone has relationships more akin to Batman: Wayne family adventures, Tim still feels a little out of the group.
Thinking of everyone getting mad when he talks about the Joker, especially if it’s in front of Jason.
Thinking of Tim going silent or making himself scarce everytime the Joker is mentioned.
Thinking of a Tim who finds an excuse not to go out when Harley Quinn is.
Thinking of a Tim who hasn’t had an episode in years.
Thinking of a Tim who watches Jason get all this support for his trauma, while he doesn’t.
Thinking of him going to Barbra or Cass anytime he has a set back because they are the only ones who seem to care.
Thinking of a Wayne family who doesn’t know.
Thinking of a Tim who Knows they Know, but they just don’t care.
#<- prev tags#why is writing so hard#I feel like I'm stopping every five seconds to overthink the next word I put#like what time do normal people wake up for breakfast#better yet#what time do rich vigilantes with a butler wake up for breakfast#writing damian is just me writing normally and then pulling out a thesaurus to find good synonyms#thinking of conversations is hard#I just want to be as none desciptive as possible#also#can we just appreciate the difference between Tim and Dick's perspectives?#And Dick ending it with this is a great day#When we know whats about to happen#I did my best#God I really wanted to write his perspective on what happens after#But I just thought this was important#and I've been writing this a while and I have things I need to#and ugh#:(#Anyways#Tysm#<3#Once again I love the writing and thank you for helping bring my silly little ideas to words#currently trying to find more angst spice to season this with#Actually#looking back at this now I think this might have gotten away from me a bit
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Halloween Visitor
Summary: After a family tragedy, Y/n tries to cheer up her cousin by taking him trick or treating. When they stop by her bully, Wanda Maximoff’s house, the encounter changes the relationship between the two forever.
Word Count: 4,511
Genre: Modern AU, Angst, Fluff
Requested?: No
Warnings: Mentions of death, bullying
A/N: Hey guys! I’m back, and this time with a Halloween enemies to lovers, two faves in one! Happy Halloween, and Happy Reading!
You’re not a huge fan of Halloween.
You don’t hate it or anything. There’s no huge traumatic event that happened which makes you curse the heavens every time the dreaded October 31st date rolls around, no nothing like that. It’s just...there. The day comes and goes and you barely notice it. If you could use one word to describe it, you’d say boring.
You liked it as a child, but since you’re now almost out of high school, the fun days of dressing up and going door to door are over. Now it’s more appropriate for people your age to fuck around both literally and figuratively, party and look over your shoulder all night while you chug down some shitty cheap craft beer. And yeah, still dressing up, but less fun and more try hard.
Since that’s never been your scene, you always spent the night like any other average one.
This year was different though, sadder. Your aunt had just passed away.
You were never super close with her, but you liked her enough that her passing did affect you. She was young, it was sudden. It wasn’t easy on any of your family.
Her husband came over to stay at yours for a week while he worked with your mom to plan everything and get all the technicalities in order. You did your best to stay out of their way.
Your dad was off who knows where, you had a few ideas but you definitely were not about to bring that up, so that just left you and your little cousin.
Nicky is your aunt’s son who came with his dad to stay at your place. You wouldn’t say you’re the best with kids, but you weren’t the worst either, so you enjoyed his company, and you’d say he enjoyed yours too. As best as he could anyway.
He was 9, going on 10 in a few weeks. You couldn’t think of a worse age to lose a parent. Young enough to still have that childlike outlook on the world, but old enough where he’d definitely remember this and leave a pretty nasty scar for years to come. Not like there’s any good age to lose your mother, but still...poor kid.
You’ve grown to care about the boy quite a lot in only the three days you’ve spent with him.
Today was Halloween, and you noticed Nicky was down way more than usual. When you asked him what was wrong, he shared with you that he and his mom would always go trick or treating together.
So you made a vow and broke your yearly tradition of being a potato on Halloween and were gonna take him yourself.
After school, you stopped by your local Spirit Halloween. You knew pickings would be slim the day of, but you managed to luck out. You found a Buzz Lightyear costume that was about his size, he likes Woody better but you hoped this would suffice, and you got a basic skeleton full body suit costume or yourself.
You weren’t sure if his mom dressed up with him or not, but dammit you were gonna give him the full experience.
At around 6:30 it was dark and you were ready to take him out. You got the okay from his dad earlier, so you waved to him and your mom as you walked out the door and got into your car.
“Y/n? Where are we going?” Nicky asked from the passengers seat. He’s tall for his age, it’s fine.
“Well buddy, we can walk around here if you want, but I know where the good stuff is.” You said, causing the boys eyes to light up. “I’m talking full size candy bars.”
“Yeah!?” You smiled at the boy’s excited reaction. You’re pretty sure this is the most you’ve ever seen him smile.
“Oh yeah.” You smiled back. “You ready?” He nodded excitedly as he fastened his seatbelt.
About fifteen minutes later, you arrived at the rich kids neighborhood. You tried to avoid this place for a number of reasons, but anything for Nicky.
You made your way door to door and it was going well. You ran into some cheapskates that gave him the standard fun size candy, but you made up for it by clearing the bowls people just left outside. Nicky was having a blast, and his pillowcase was almost entirely full already. You’d call this a win for sure.
About a half hour later, you noticed Nicky getting tired. He was also eyeing his candy bag, about two seconds away from tearing into it.
“You wanna call it a night, buddy?” You asked him.
“Almost. I wanna hit every house, and we only got one left.” He nodded his head to the big house up the hill with the obnoxiously long driveway. You nodded.
“Alright, lead the way Buzz.” You smiled. “To infinity-!” You started, raising your fist up high.
“And beyond!” He finished and you two zoomed of up the hill. You knew you got looks from the pretentious people around, but you couldn’t care less.
You both stopped when you got to the door, you were out of breath but laughing along with your cousin. After a few moments you two composed yourselves enough for Nicky to ring the doorbell.
And when the door opened, your smile wiped right off your face.
“Well, isn’t this a treat!” That annoying, fake voice rang out.
Wanda Maximoff. One of, if not the, main reason you avoided this neighborhood.
Wanda was the queen bee. The stereotypical head cheerleader, as fake as they come.
You were more than content just ignoring her and her crew all through high school, but for some reason she decided to make you her number one target. You had the awesome idea that if you just didn’t react, she’d leave you alone, but no. If anything that made you an easier target.
You already had to deal with her and her infuriatingly beautiful smile, no matter how fake it was, during school hours. You really didn’t want to deal with it now.
“What’s this, scarface? Little too old to be trick or treating, don’t you think?” She said in that annoying fake-concern voice.
Oh yeah. You had an accident freshman year during gym class playing Volleyball. The ball, which was of course hit by Wanda’s twin brother Pietro, slammed straight into your face, which broke your glasses on impact. Not only were you left without a way to see, the glasses cut a huge gash up the middle of your left eyebrow.
Instead of being halfway decent about it, Wanda resorted to the oh so original nickname, her posse soon following suit.
The only good thing about that incident was it made you switch to contacts, which, according to your best friend Val, took you from a 6 to a solid 9.5.
You chose to ignore Wanda’s remark and turned to Nicky. “Ok, let’s make this quick.” You muttered.
Nicky was confused by your change in attitude, but opted to ignore it. “Trick or treat!” He smiled, holding out the bag. Wanda smiled, probably the most genuine one you’ve ever seen from her, as she grabbed the bowl of candy.
“Well, aren’t you adorable. Buzz is the best.”
“I actually think Woody is cooler.” Nicky replied, happily.
“Well, you’re the expert, so I’ll trust your opinion.” She winked at him as she handed him the candy.
“Ok, let’s go home then, buddy.” You nodded your head back down the driveway, indicating where to go, but Wanda’s voice stopped you before you could.
“What’s the rush?” That annoying tone was back. “Don’t wanna stay and chat?”
You didn’t bother to hold back your eye roll as you turned back to face her. “As much as I would love to, I gotta get him home. Promised his dad we’d be home by eight.”
“His dad, huh?” Wanda asked with a tilt of her head. She looked as though she was trying to piece something together as that annoying smile crept up on her face.
“Yes?” You replied, confused by the question. The smile just got wider as she gave a firm nod.
“Alright then. Happy Halloween, scarface!” You didn’t bother to reply as you walked away. You couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
Nicky turned to you as you both headed back down the driveway. “What was that?”
“It was nothing.” You shook your head. You weren’t going to bother him with your problems, this was his night. “When you get to high school, try to convince your dad to go for homeschooling.” With that you headed back to your car to head home.
The next morning you were back in school, and you really wish you weren’t. You just knew that Wanda would have something to say about your visit last night.
But oh, it was so much worse than you thought.
You hadn’t even made it to your locker yet when some random football player approached you.
“Never pegged you as the teen mom type, Y/n. Didn’t think any dude would ever wanna hit.” You furrowed your eyebrows and before you could even ask what the hell he was talking about, he was walking away laughing with his buddies. You tried not to think too much of it as you went on your way.
You couldn’t ignore it for long though. You got a few more snide comments and whistles before you finally reached your locker. You put in the combo and opened it, but before you could even put your stuff in, you heard a familiar voice.
“Y/n!” You turned our head to see Val practically running towards you. “Are you okay?”
“Uh, yeah?” You replied with a confused chuckle. “Why wouldn’t I be?”
“Because of what’s been going around?” Val replied like it was obvious. You took a moment to go over her words along with the events of this morning in your head. You knew something was up, but you couldn’t pinpoint what exactly.
“I don’t-”
“Wanda told everyone at her party that you came to her door...with your son.” Your eyes widened at what Val was saying. You were too stunned by the news to say anything, so Val continued. “Carol told me, she’s such a fucking bitch.” Val’s girlfriend, Carol, was the captain of the girl’s basketball team, so of course she’d be invited to the popular rich kid party. You shook your head as you leaned your arm against your locker.
Wanda was always a bitch to you, and you could deal with it normally, but this was too far.
“Y/n?” You heard Val’s voice again after a moment. “You alright?”
You took a deep breath as you made a decision. “Oh I will be.” You muttered as you pushed yourself off the lockers and stormed down the hall.
You vaguely heard Val speeding up to catch up to you along with several more comments thrown your way by your peers but you didn’t care. You just had one thing on your mind.
Soon enough, that dyed red hair came into view. She was chatting it up with her wannabe followers, laughing without a care in the world. One of those wannabes caught sight of you and drew the others attention towards you.
“Hey, scarface!” You hear, you think her name is Hope, shout out. “Help us settle a bet, who’s the father?” Her question sparked giggles amongst her crew, but you didn’t care. Your eyes were locked on Wanda as you marched over. You approached her, landing only a few inches in front of her face.
“Whoa, little too close there-” You cut off her snarky remark when you loudly slammed her open locker shut. Wanda jumped back slightly, and the noise made everyone in the vicinity turn towards you, but you didn’t care.
“What the fuck have you been telling people?” You spoke lowly, almost whispering.
“I-” Wanda hesitated. She never saw this side of you before, you looked absolutely pissed. If looks could kill, she’d be six feet under. And given that you were a little taller and visibly stronger than her, she knows you could probably actually kill her if you wanted to. Still, she had a reputation to uphold, so she stood her ground. “I just told people about our little encounter.” She shrugged, which only pissed you off more.
“And what about it?”
“Look, scarface, if it’s worth anything, I think your son is very very adorable.” Wanda’s confidence came back when she heard her friends laugh. “He looks pretty old though, you must’ve been going at it real young.” She laughed this time along with her posse and a few others in the vicinity. You looked about ready to punch her, but you felt Val’s hand on your shoulder which calmed you down slightly.
You shook your head in disbelief. “You really can’t help yourself, can you?”
Wanda was confused by your question but still responded. “What? I know you didn’t want people to know about him, but it was too good to pass up, the people had the right to know.”
“Oh yeah?” You straightened yourself up and took a deep breath. “Well then I guess the people should know the actual truth. Not as juicy, but oh well.”
“What are you-”
You cut Wanda off as you started speaking, this time raising your voice so everyone around will hear. Your eyes still trained on the redhead in front of you. “That son of mine? That’s my little cousin, his name is Nicky. My aunt, his mom was killed only a week ago.” Your statement silenced the whole hall. You watched Wanda’s face drop in horror, and if you weren’t so pissed off, you’d relish in the sight. You weren’t done yet though. “His mom always took him trick or treating, so I took it upon myself to take the poor kid this year.”
You finally tore your eyes from Wanda’s too take in the reactions around you. Some engrossed in the conversation, some hands over mouths, some looking down in shame. You figured you got your point across by now. You turned your attention back to Wanda. “But I guess that isn’t good gossip though, is it?”
She didn’t respond, eyes still wide as she stared at you. You turned back around towards Val, who was looking at you in concern. You nodded, indicating you were alright before you began to walk off. You only got a few steps in before turning back around. “We graduate in only a few months Maximoff, then it’s off to college, then the real world. I suggest you ditch the high school bullshit soon, cause it won’t get you far after we’re done here.” You spoke as you walked backwards.
You decided to throw one last thing out there for good measure before walking away completely. “Oh! Just in case any more rumors about that wanna start, I’m gay as hell. Do with that what you will.” The chatter picked up again after that announcement, but you didn’t stick around for long after.
You never ditched school before, so you figured today was a good day for firsts.
5 Years Later
The rest of your senior year after that was more or less normal. Everyone stopped bugging you about rumors, and no one made a big deal about you being gay, which you were thankful for. To your surprise, Wanda and her posse stopped tormenting you. Granted, you never got an actual apology, but you’d take what you got.
Graduation as soon after, and college went by in the blink of an eye, and now here you were. Sitting in a random coffee shop in New York City, dressed and ready for an interview you had in about an hour. You typed away on your laptop, sipping your coffee, anything to pass the time.
Before you knew it, an hour went by and it was time to head over. You quickly packed your laptop and stood up with your coffee in hand. Only, that didn’t last long as you immediately bumped hard into someone, sending your coffee flying, spilling on your shirt.
“Oh my god!” You heard a startled feminine voice yell out. “I am so so sorry, I should’ve been looking-”
“No, that’s okay, don’t worry about it.” You mumbled out as you stared down at your ruined shirt. You tried to wipe the excess away, but it only did so much. Good thing you had a blazer.
“Y/n?” You heard the voice speak up again, but the mention of your name made you look up. You were surprised to see the face of the girl, now woman, you would never forget.
“No way...” You muttered out, causing a soft chuckle to come out of the woman in question.
“Hi, I...hi.” Wanda stuttered, something you weren’t used to from her. You shook your head and smiled slightly.
“Were you put on this earth just to ruin my days, Maximoff?” You said, but your statement held no malice. The tension broke, and you saw Wanda visibly relax.
You were sure running into your high school bully years later and tell them off was a common fantasy, but if you were being completely honest, you weren’t one to hold grudges. Once you left your high school doors for the last time, you left everything that happened in there behind. You weren’t looking to be best friends with Wanda, she still was fucked up to you, but you weren’t gonna make a scene either.
“It’s just a talent, I guess.” She shrugged, small smile forming on her face as well.
“Fair enough.” You replied. “But yeah, don’t worry about it, accidents happen. I gotta get going though-”
“Let me buy you a new one!” Wanda cut you off abruptly and loudly, drawing the attention of some of the people around you. You furrowed your eyebrows before answering.
“Uh, no that’s okay. I was almost done with it, and I have to-”
“Please?” Wanda seemed desperate, pleading almost. “I just...I really would like to talk to you, if that’s okay?”
You sighed. You knew you should probably just decline and get on with your life, but you couldn’t help but be curious. The woman in front of you seemed different than the insecure mean girl from years ago. What’d you have to lose?
You took the coffee sleeve off the ruined cup and grabbed a pen from your pocket. You quickly scribbled before handing it over. “I really do have to go now, but...shoot me a text.” You gave her a quick smile before leaving the shop.
You didn’t get to see the large smile stuck on Wanda’s face as she stared down at the sleeve.
About two hours later, you were back in your apartment. The interview went as good as it could’ve gone and now you just had to play the waiting game. You collapsed onto your couched and stayed there for a few moments before hearing your phone ding. You reached in your pocket and pulled it out to read the text.
Are you free tomorrow?
It’s Wanda btw
You quickly texted back.
Yeah, I’m free
Coffee tomorrow? Same place?
Sounds good. Noon?
See you then
You tossed your phone on the couch as you laid back down. What a day.
The next day you find yourself back in the coffee shop, this time wearing normal clothes. You arrived a few minutes early, so you were surprised to see Wanda already sitting at a table, two coffees ready to go.
“Hey!” Wanda shouted over as she caught sight of you.
“Hey.” You responded as you walked over. “How’d you know what I like?”
“I might’ve...asked the barista what you ordered after you left.” Your eyebrows shot up in surprise at that.
“Someone’s trying to impress me, huh?” You joked.
“Maybe a little.” Wanda shrugged, suddenly getting shy. “Thanks for agreeing to meet with me today, you had every reason to tell me to fuck off.”
You laughed at her bluntness. “Yeah, maybe. But I figured, hey I’m not the same person I was in high school, so I shouldn’t assume that you are.”
Wanda smiled, grateful for your openness. “Thank you. And I want to assure you that I’m not that same person.”
“I kind of figured the second you actually apologized for something and called me by my real name. The old Wanda would’ve never.” You said dramatically, which got you a laugh in response.
“I really was bad, wasn’t I?”
“Eh, maybe a little.” You shrugged as you laughed together. “If it’s any consolation though, I’ve had a much better time with this Wanda in only five minutes, then I did with that one in four years.”
“Well, thank you.” Wanda smiled before dropping it after a moment. You could tell she was thinking, so you stayed quiet. “I wanted to apologize, Y/n.”
You figured this was coming, but still weren’t prepared. “Oh, well...it was high school. Things happen.”
“What I did to you though was just...awful. I was so terrible to you, and you did nothing to deserve it. I am sorry. Truly.”
You nodded. You could tell that she was sincere, and while you let go of all of it years ago, you wouldn’t lie and say the apology didn’t feel good. “Thank you Wanda. I appreciate that.”
Wanda gave a small smile and you both went back in a comfortable silence for a moment. “How is he by the way? Your cousin?”
“Nicky?” You asked and she nodded. “He’s good. We talk sometimes still, he’s almost done with his freshman year of high school.”
“Wow, already?”
“Yeah they grow up fast.” You chuckled. “And, y’know along with the normal teenage angst he has to deal with it without his mom, so...he’s handling way better than I ever could.” Wanda nodded, not sure how to respond. After a few moments you changed the subject.
The conversation flowed pretty naturally after that, which surprised you. You left that day with a promise to stay in touch, and that’s what you did.
Before you knew it, a friendship formed between you two. You talked almost everyday, hung out often, it was really nice. If you told yourself five years ago that you’d consider Wanda Maximoff your best friend, you’d probably punch yourself.
But of course, your gay ass had to get feelings.
You always noticed Wanda’s beauty, you weren’t blind, but your hatred of each other stopped any feelings from forming on your end. Now that the animosity turned into friendship, it was only a matter of time. You did a pretty good job of hiding it though. You knew it would fade eventually...you hoped.
Tonight was Halloween, and you stuck to your yearly tradition of nothing. Your roommate and close friend, Natasha, tried to get you to come to a party with her but you opted out, so you now had the whole apartment to yourself.
The night passed by quickly, and your apartment doorbell stopped ringing about an hour ago. You figured it was safe enough to enjoy a movie without interruptions. You turned on one of your favorites and went to go make a microwaveable popcorn bag, when you heard the doorbell ring again.
“You gotta be kidding.” You muttered. You walked over and grabbed the candy bowl before opening the door.
Instead of being faced with children though, you came face to face with Wanda, who was wearing a very revealing skeleton costume.
“Whoa.” You couldn’t help but let out.
“You like it?” Wanda asked, in what you could’ve sworn was a flirty tone.
“I uh...yeah, you look great.” You swallowed, and stepped aside before you could make a bigger fool of yourself. “Come in.” She walked passed you and you closed the door behind her. “What are you doing here this fine Halloween night?”
“I came to see Natasha, she around?” Wanda joked and you playfully roll your eyes.
“Ha Ha.” You responded.
“I actually wanted to tell you something though.”
“In that?” You gestured towards her outfit and she laughed.
“I’m seriousss.” She whined and you chuckled while sitting on the couch.
“Okaaay, okay, sit.” You patted the seat next to you and she followed suit. “What’s up?”
“I...never actually told you why I picked on you so much.”
You raised in eyebrow. “In high school? I thought we were past this, Wan-”
“I know, and we are, but I wanna get it off my chest.” You sighed and nodded, letting her continue. “I picked on you so much because...I was actually really attracted to you.”
Well you didn’t see that coming.
You raised your eyebrows in shock, but didn’t say anything. Wanda continued. “I was young, in denial about my sexuality, so I took it out on you, thinking it would make it go away, but...that’s obviously not how that works. And then...when I spread that horrible rumor... I really did think it was true. And I told everyone because I was insanely jealous.” You continued to stare at her, eyes wide jaw slacked. After a few moments, Wanda began to get anxious. “Please say something?”
“Sorry, it’s just...I...really did not see that coming.” You mumbled. Wanda sighed and began to stand.
“I’m sorry if I just made things weird between us, but it was just eating me alive and I had to tell-”
You stood up and cut Wanda off in the middle of her rant. You grabbed the back of her head gently as you pulled her into a soft kiss, hoping it would relay what you felt. After a few moments, you pulled back and saw her eyes wide. You began to be insecure yourself.
“Oh shit, I...were you just saying that was back then? That doesn’t apply to now does it, oh god I’m sorry-” This time Wanda cut you off as she leaned back in, capturing your lips in a more passionate kiss. You’ve dreamt of kissing Wanda more times than you can count over the years, but nothing compared to the real thing.
You split apart when air became a necessity. You stared into each others eyes, huge smiles plastered on your faces. You were lost in the moment for a while but pulled away slightly, another question on your mind. “Wait, so what’s with the skeleton?”
Wanda smirked. “Well, you were a skeleton that one night and seeing you in it...did thins to me. So I thought I’d return the favor.”
“It was just a morph suit though.” You said in confusion.
“That hugged you really well.” You laughed, unable to believe that she’s been into you this entire time. This felt like a dream come true.
“Well, consider the favor to be returned.” You said as you firmly grabbed Wanda’s hips, pulling her into a deep kiss that made her squeal in surprise, You smirked against her lips as you deepened the kiss further.
Now that you think about it, maybe Halloween wasn’t so boring after all.
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#Concept: Nightly routine with y/n and Harry- parents of two little babies.
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“But I want to take a beth with him, daddy,” Cecília whined to Harry, while he undressed her, putting her new pajamas and towel on the bathroom counter.
“My little darling, he is still little, he can’t take bath with you,” Harry explained, taking Cecí on his lap and putting her inside the warm tub, handing her some of her favorite toys. “Lorenzo is just 6 months, he’s not as big as you.”
Harry made a bowl with his hands, wetting her curly hair and applying shampoo, a pout still on her face. “Please, daddy?” she said, her chubby hand grabbing his arm. Cecí had already mastered her puppy eyes technique, and she knew how much her dad had a weak spot for her.
“Alright, alright,” He finally gave in, “but he will stay outside of the tub, he doesn’t know how to sit by himself.”
“Thank you, daddy!” The girl splashed water around in excitement, which made Harry smile. That’s how he always wanted to see her: happy and healthy.
Harry went to the door, keeping an eye on the girl in the tub. “Baby? Are you done nursing? Cecí wants to see Lorenzo,” he tried to call his wife as loud as he could while being mindful of Lorenzo, who could be asleep by now. He never wanted to alarm any of him or Cecília with his loud voice.
In a matter of seconds, Y/n appeared in the hallway, a confused expression on her face while Lorenzo was calmly laying down on her arms, his little hands resting on Y/n’s shoulders. “What’s wrong? Why does she want to see him? We just had diner together,” she asked, heading in Harry’s direction.
“I’m not sure, guess she just missed him,” Harry answered, giving his wife a kiss on the forehead and bending down to talk to a very awake Lorenzo. “But who wouldn’t miss you, huh? Such a cutie, right buddy?” he was aware that using a baby voice wasn’t the best, but he couldn’t help, Lorenzo was just extremely adorable.
“Mommy! Enzo!” Cecília called, from the opposite side of the bathroom, “come here mommy, miss you too.”
Y/n sat on the bathroom floor, Lorenzo still with her. “Hey, my heart, having a good bath with daddy?” she asked at the same time Harry sat down by her side and hugged her from the side, laying his chin on her head.
“Yeah! Daddy always let me play,” Cecília took one of the yellow ducks and showed her mom, “This is Mc Duck.”
“Wow, he’s a very beautiful duck isn’t he?” She asked, giving Lorenzo to Harry while kneeling near the bathtub since Cecí still had to wash her hair, Y/n gently took the excess of shampoo from the girl’s hair, while Harry tried to keep Lorenzo entertained by singing him a silly song.
“He is, I love yellow,” the little girl admitted, “I think Lorenzo loves yellows too.”
“And why do you think that, Cecí?” Harry asked amused while pretending to eat the boy’s fingers.
“Because we’re are best friends,” She said as if the answer was obvious, “and friends like the same things.” Y/n and Harry looked at each other and laughed, for a five-year-old girl she knew a lot about relationships.
“Oh, how do you know that?” Y/n asked, finishing washing her hair, letting Cecília enjoy her time in the bath.
“Because you and daddy are best friends, you wear the same clothes sometimes, listen to the same music, and watch the same movies,” with every new topic she would count down on her fingers, it was quite a comical sight.
Harry’s chuckle filled the room, the baby on his lap giggled too. “Well, my little lady, you are right. But friends can also like different things, too,” he told her. “Me and mommy like a lot of similar things, but we also have our preferences.”
“Exactly, daddy loves bananas, but I don’t” y/n complemented, getting Cecília out of the tub, helping her into some warm clothes, “I don’t like to work out, but your dad always wakes up early to go for a run, see? We like different things but we still love each other.”
Harry got up from the floor, rocking Lorenzo softly, his heavy eyes indicating how sleepy the baby was. He took the combing cream in his hand and began combing Cecília’s curls with one hand, while his other arm held Lorenzo. Being a father of two made him very talented at doing two things at the same time. While he did that, Y/n was getting Cecí’s toothpaste ready.
“Daddy, do you love mommy even if she doesn’t go running with you?” Cecí asked, before opening her mouth so Y/n could brush her teeth. Normally they would let Cecília do it by herself, with their supervision, but it was already late and the couple desperately needed to get the children to bed, or else their routine would be messed up. Good thing Lorenzo seemed to be falling asleep already.
“Of course I do! We don’t love people just because they do the same things we do, we love people because they are kind and respectful to us, yeah?” Harry said, looking at Y/n and blowing her a kiss. This is what he loved the most about parenthood: watching the kids growing into their best version.
Parenting was made in many different ways, but the couple especially loved having these kinds of conversations. Even though Cecília was still young, she was already beginning to comprehend what love and friendships were, and Harry and Y/n had the privilege to teach her that.
Harry finished her hair, putting the brush and the products in their place under the sink while Y/n put on some socks on Cecí’s feet, the little girl was yawning, seeming tired. Lorenzo started to fussy on Harry’s arms.
“Guess it’s time to sleep, huh?” Harry said, caressing Cecílias head, “Tired, my baby? Want daddy to read a bedtime story to you? Or do you want mommy?” At the same time he mentioned Y/n, Lorenzo started to soft cry. “Hey, what’s wrong?” Harry asked, looking down at the upset’s baby face.”
Y/n took his from Harry’s arms, cuddling him closer to her chest, “What do you want, Enzo? Mommy just fed you” she looked at her husband, “I’ll nurse him again on the bed, he’s probably just a bit agitated, will you put her to sleep?”
“Yeah, of course.”
The woman kissed Cecília on the forehead, “have a good night, ok, baby? Mommy will take you to the playground tomorrow, alright?”
“Ok mommy, I love you and little bro too,” she said, giving a hug to her mom before she disappeared through the door with the crying baby.
Harry took Cecília by her small hand, leading them to her room, just by the side of the main suite, where the couple slept. He guided the little girl to her bed, giving her all of her favorite stuffed animals, and covered Cecília in her Lilac duvet.
“What story do you want today?
“The pirate one, please,” she asked, laying her head on the pillow as Harry went to her bookshelf, picking the one with the title Pirate’s cove. He sat by the end of the bed and began telling the story.
“I have a story for you, a story of untold riches and a young lad who found them. And who am I, you ask? Well, I am the spirit of the sand-dollar, a pirate and a buccaneer, Captain of the seahorse, the finest ship to ever sail the seven seas…”
Harry would occasionally stop to answer any questions Cecília had, but after 15 minutes he was done with the book and the girl was fast asleep, hugging tight to her little lamb. He made sure she was tucked in and turned off the lights (besides the one on the side of Cecília’s bed, she was scared to sleep in a pitch-black room), he closed the door and headed to his bedroom.
To Harry’s surprise, Lorenzo was sleeping in his bassinet by the side of the mattress. He usually would sleep in his nursery, but today just seemed like an off day to the little boy. Harry got closer to him, stroking the chubby cheeks, “Oh my little bug, did mommy let you sleep here with us? You’re not feeling fine?”
“I think he’s teething,” Y/n said in a raspy voice, taking her head from the pillow, “he’s even a bit warmer than usual, I think his gums are itching.”
“My poor baby,” Harry mumbled, turning his head to Y/n, “I hate seeing him upset, maybe we could make some homemade Popsicle, it helped when Cecília was teething.”
“Yeah, we can try that, we can make them tomorrow.” she patted the mattress, “now please come to bed, he did a number on me, I’m so tired.”
“Alright baby,” Harry took off his shirt, standing only in sweatpants, he went to the bed, laying by Y/n side, one arm hooked on her waist as she cuddled to him, placing her head on his shoulder.
“I’m so lucky to have you,” Y/n said against his neck.
“Oh baby, I am the lu--”
“--I mean, how many husbands would still love their wives even if they wouldn’t go jogging at 6 in the morning?” she said teasingly, her giggles reaching his ear.
He rolled his eyes playfully, “you are making a lot of jokes for someone who is tired,” he kissed her temple. “I’m gonna wake you up at 5 am tomorrow, so we can be fitness together.”
“Don’t you dare! You do that and your plan of being a father to three it’s over.”
“Damn sweetheart, that’s not very nice, huh?”
“You’re the one who started,” she said, before closing her eyes, snuggling to Harry’s body. The man placed a hand on her belly, falling asleep minutes later.
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