#lolo's midnight ramblings

[lolotheparagon]

One of the reasons why I love the Mystery Begins so much is that it shows Shaggy's relationship with the rest of the gang outside of Scooby. He starts off as a nerdy coward who struggles to make or even keep friends in school and the only companion he had was a dog. He would have been perfectly fine having Scooby as his only friend but its his interactions with Fred, Velma and Daphne that really makes him happy cos he finally has true friends. The film has these little moments where Shaggy really wants to impress the three cos he's painfully aware that they're way too talented to be friends with him, but Fred, Velma and Daphne already like him and proceed to back him up whenever he's in trouble.

I think the biggest problem with Scooby Doo movies is that it breaks off the gang into two groups with barely any mixing: Shaggy will always spend the majority of screentime with Scooby whereas Fred, Velma and Daphne just do their own thing to move the plot along. I dont know how it is in the TV shows cos I havent seen a Scooby show since Whats New, Scooby Doo, but strictly speaking of the movies (both live action and the direct to dvd ones) most of them just dont show Shaggy or even Scooby interacting with the rest of the gang outside of a few bits of banter. Imagine a movie where the mystery requires the gang to mix up their split ups (if that makes sense) like Fred and Shaggy team up or Daphne and Scooby or Velma and Fred

I think the friendship of the Mystery Gang should be prioritised as a group of friends who all vibe with each other rather than just Shaggy, Scoobs and the 3 other twats

[scimitar-and-longsword]

One of these days I'm just gonna give in and play a Tiefling Warlock. Then it's over for you bitches.

[planetkookie]

How To Get A Date: Movie Edition (Step Six: The Outcome)

Summary:  The date has come to a close... Who knows what will happen next?

Warnings: Deceit 

Notes:  So it's the end! I can't believe I actually finished a chaptered fic! Thanks for coming on this ride with me! I hope you enjoyed!

Link to ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18735910/chapters/45329695

Overall Word Count: 3547

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“Well, I suppose it’s time to get you home.”

Logan was looking through the window as darkness settled in. They had been there for around an hour and a half, just talking and enjoying each other’s company. So much so that they lost track of time. Standing up, Logan took the napkins to the trash and came back to the table, offering his hand once more to Patton. Accepting the outstretched hand, he stood up.

“I guess so…” Patton tried to keep the disappointment out of his voice. “Thank you again for tonight.”

“Anytime.”

The drive home was quiet. He watched as the stars slowly appeared, dotting the midnight blue sky above them and filling the peaceful night with their beauty. As they pulled into Patton’s driveway, Logan interrupted the silence that had been surrounding them for the entire ride.

“I had fun tonight, Patton. Thank you for inviting me.”

He could feel his face flushing as he stepped out of the car with Logan right behind him. When they got to the steps of his porch, he turned around to face the shorter, his fingers playing with the sleeves of his sweatshirt. “Of course! I had fun too, Lolo.”

“I have just one quick question before I go.”

“Okay?”

“Was this a date?”

The words hit him like a jolt of lightning. Logan had figured him out. “What? I don’t- I don’t know what you’re talking about-” Playing it off was not working. “I, uh, it was just a friend outing? We were just hanging out like normal. Yeah. Exactly. That’s… exactly what it was.” Patton found himself trying to convince himself of that fact more than he was Logan, his voice getting progressively quieter as he rambled.

Hands grabbed the fabric of his sweatshirt and pulled him down with a jerk. Soft lips were on his, kissing him passionately, as if this were the last kiss they’d ever get instead of the first. He relaxed into the kiss, wrapping his arms around Logan’s waist, pulling the man closer to him as they basked in each other’s warmth. Finally they pulled away, cheeks flushed, staring at each other with the adoration of best friends and lovers.

“So I guess it was, huh?”

“Oh hush, you.”

Logan pulled him close once more, closing the gap.

---------------------------

*Pawton is texting in a private group chat with Princey, Emo 3000, Starbucks, Doctor Cartoon, Snake, and The Gayest of Them All…*

Pawton: Hey guys! Thanks for your help with everything. Hope your Friday went well!

Princey: Well you sure are happy

Emo 3000: suspicious

Pawton: What do you mean? Starbucks: Idk babe, but he’s kinda right. Anyways! SPILL THE TEA

Doctor Cartoon: Remy! Let him tell us on his own time! 

Snake: Quit the psychology, Emile. We all know you want to know about this date waaaaaaaaay more than any of us.

Princey: Oooooh busted!!!

Doctor Cartoon: All I want to know is if his outing went well! Nothing more, nothing less, you liars! >:(

*Starbucks sent a screenshot to the chat*

Doctor Cartoon: OKAY

Doctor Cartoon: I GET IT

Doctor Cartoon: YOU GOT ME

Snake: lol

Emo 3000: lol

Princey: Lol

Starbucks: Yup. Love you too, babe

The Gayest of Them All: Anyways now that that is all over, how was your date, Pat? 

Pawton: It went really well!

Princey: Aww!

The Gayest of Them All: I’m happy for you! 

Doctor Cartoon: Yay that’s wonderful! 

Snake: Shame.. Would’ve killed for some drama

Starbucks: Lol okay maybe you should take Virgil’s title instead

Emo 3000: Oof

Pawton: Yeah, he kissed me!!!!!!

Princey: OOOOH SHIT NO WAY

Emo 3000: Okay, Padre’s getting more action than we ever thought he would

Starbucks: lol wow V, getting personal

Emo 3000: He can take it

Emo 3000: In all seriousness I’m happy for you, Pat

Pawton: Thanks Virgil :)

Emo 3000: Np.

Princey: Now that this chat is useless, Shoo! Back to the Friend Squad, losers

Starbucks: No need to be aggressive Roman geesh

Pawton: XD okay Ro, I’ve got it handled.

*Pawton deleted the private chat between Princey, Emo 3000, Starbucks, Doctor Cartoon, Snake, and The Gayest of Them All*

*Multiple people are typing in Friend Squad...*

Princey: Okay

Emo 3000: Happy?

Princey: Very.

Starbucks: YESSSSS LOGAN GET IT 

Pawton: HHHHH stOP

Logan: I’m confused.

Pawton: It’s unimportant! Don’t you worry about it! 

Princey: Lol Remy

Doctor Cartoon: Oh goodness…

The Gayest of Them All: It’s no big deal, don’t owrry about it Logan

The Gayest of Them All: Worry**

Logan: Okay…

Pawton: SO! How did your guys’ dates go? 

Snake: ours went fine

Princey: Virgil took me to a concert so that was fun

Pawton: Cool!

*Multiple people are typing in Friend Squad...*

THE END

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[fluidityandgiggles]

An idea about Deceit.

I feel like the fandom has forgotten that Deceit is not a villain. I mean, I did for a very long time too. My major fanfics for the fandom include him as some sort of abusive villain.

But... lying comes in many shapes and forms. And people have presented them already, so I present a new one. One that I haven’t seen yet.

Deceit as Patton’s baby brother.

Now, this comes from the fact that not all lying is bad, and in fact it is a crucial step in a child’s development. Kids learn to lie at around three or four years old and all have their reasons to lie.

And so, I present to you. Just a tiny fic on the matter. (For the sake of it, Deceit’s name is Dorian in this. I keep changing his name but do I care? NOPE.)

—————

“Hey Patton.” There were light touches on Patton’s shoulder. “Hey Patton.” A tiny squeak. “Hey Patton. Hey Patton. Hey Patton. Hey Patton. Hey Pat-“

“Hey kiddo.”

Dorian, Patton’s five-years old brother, was clutching his rubber duck (aptly named Daveed) and looking straight at him with big, scared eyes.

...oh.

“Did you have another nightmare?”

“Mm-hmm...”

“Okay, come on. Jump in.” Patton rolled on his back and Dorian immediately crawled under Patton’s blanket, a huge smile on his face. “What’s that smile about, kiddo?”

“I’m not telling you.”

Patton’s phone lit up.

‘Lolo💙💙 @ DIGGITY DANG A DANG: Princey’s ideas are completely chimerical and I refuse to work with him on this project any longer without Patton and Virgil’s intervention.’

‘🌟PRINCEY🌟 @ DIGGITY DANG A DANG: well then i refuse to work with mr pocket protector on this as well!’

His friends were crazy.

‘My Dark Strange Son 😈💜 @ DIGGITY DANG A DANG: SHUT THE FUCK UP ITS TWO IN THE MORNING GO TO SLEEP’

“Okay, Dorian. Come on. Tell me about your nightmare.”

“No!” Dorian’s duck gave a sad squeak.

“Dory, kiddo, you kinda have to if you want me to help.”

‘JD, Chandler, go to sleep. We can do the project in the morning. I promise I’ll bring brownies! xx’

‘Lolo💙💙: Good night, Patton. I’m sorry we woke you up.’

‘Oh, you didn’t, honey! My brother did. See you at school! And don’t kill each other!’

“Come on. You came here because of your nightmares? So I wanna hear them.”

‘🌟PRINCEY🌟: tell him i said gnight and give him a big kiss aight pat? night!’

“There was a giant,” Dorian started. “In the nightmare. And it was rainbow, and it was scary, and it was running to me, and...”

“You mean chasing you?”

“Huh? yeah, yeah... that’s what I meaned. So the giant was...”

Dorian started rambling about his nightmare and Patton could honestly feel himself falling asleep all over again, but he couldn’t allow himself that. At least not while Dorian was talking.

‘Lolo💙💙: I can see you’re still online, Patton. Is anything wrong?’

‘Yeah... my brother just talks a lot, that’s all. I’m going to sleep, I promise! Love you ❤️❤️’

“...and then, and then... I forgot.” Dorian was starting to doze off. Good. Patton had his hand in his brother’s hair, trying to keep from falling asleep himself before his brother...

His mom was going to be so mad when she finds out when they fell asleep.

——

“What do you mean, your brother lied about having a nightmare?”

“I mean my mom came to wake me up today and started the morning with a ‘you have to stop sneaking out of your room just to have a midnight chat, Dorian, it’s not good for you’. I’m serious!” Roman was fiddling with the red scrunchie on his wrist as Patton paced around the stage. ”He’s only five, Roman! What’s going to happen to him if he keeps losing sleep like that? That’s not healthy!”

“Wow, Patton... your brother lies to you - your kid brother lies to you - and you’re worried about his sleep schedule?!”

“Calm down, Chandler, this isn’t the thunderdome just yet,” the familiar monotone voice called, accompanied by footsteps. My savior is here! “A steady sleep schedule is very important for the circadian rhythm.”

“Dorian woke me up at two in the morning to have a talk and told me that he had a nightmare. Good to see you too, Lolo.”

“I take it you’re tired.” Patton grunted. “Why don’t you set boundaries?”

“Have you met my brother?”

“Yes, in fact. I have been over to your house quite some-”

“That’s not what I meant, Lolo.”

“I think what puffball here is trying to say is, his brother is the cutest kid in the world. Would you deny him anything? I know I wouldn’t!”

“It’s not even that, Roman. It’s just...” Patton started pacing again. “He’s the cutest kid, yes, but he’s also so set on breaking the rules all the time!”

“And I think we all know who he got that from, puffball-Veronica.”

“I just know that he wouldn’t care about any boundaries I might set.”

“Do you think Ms. Caulfield would mind you three hanging on stage like that?”

“Goddamnit, Virgil...”

“Great to see that Veronica Sawyer, Heather Chandler and Jason Dean are all breaking the rules as should be,” Virgil noted with an awkward smirk. One of the rare ones. “You know we’re not rehearsing here today, yeah?”

“We all came here for break before rehearsals, Mr. Stage Manager, please.” Roman threw his scrunchie on Virgil. “My dear darling boyfriend, please make sense of the situation at hand.”

“Yes, Roman?”

“Patton’s adorable little kid brother Dorian lied about having a nightmare last night just so he could have a midnight talk and all Patton is worried about is his sleep schedule.”

“Wait, he really did that?” Patton nodded, biting a nail. “Wow. I’m oddly proud.”

“Not you too!” Roman let out a loud groan. “This kid lied about-“

“You literally stayed up until three thirty last night to text me about Dan and Phil playing the sims, Romano. You’re not one to talk.”

“Do you have no shame accusing me of such a thing, Virgil? I thought you loved me!”

“Princey, I do love you. But you’re just so insufferable sometimes.”

“Yeah, yeah. Love you too.”

When rehearsals started a bit later, it seemed as if Roman forgot all about what happened.

——

“Hey kiddo,” Patton said with a giant smile as he got home. His brother was in the living room, watching cartoons. Patton assumed their mother was in her office painting mandalas, which would’ve been the only explanation as to why Dorian was watching cartoons.

...while sporting a huge black eye.

“Patton! I’m watching something and I don’t know what it is but-“

“What’s that shiner you got over there, Dorian?”

“It’s nothin’. I runned to a door handle thingy.” He pulled his shoulder, squeezing his rubber duck.

“Do you need some ice to put on it, buddy?” Dorian shook his head. “Okay. How about donuts? Would they make you feel better?”

“Yes! But not from where mommy gets the donuts because that’s where Jake Baker’s mommy works and Jake Baker doesn’t like me and he hit me today and pushed me and I felled on a swing and I don’t wanna go around him.”

...ran into a doorknob, huh.

“Didn’t you go to Dahlia’s today, honey?”

“No. I didn’t want to.”

“Patton, sweetheart?” Their mother called from her office.

“Hey, Mom!”

“How was rehearsal today, sweetheart?”

“It was good! I’ll tell you at dinner!”

Things mostly fell into silence after that, Patton joining Dorian in watching the cartoon (Voltron, Patton noted, one of the cartoons he did not want Dorian to watch without him around). And then...

“Can I have cereal, Patton?”

“Of course.” Patton got up to the kitchen. “What did you have for lunch, Dorian?”

“Uhh... a sandwich. And an apple! From Dahlia!”

“That sounds like a nice lunch, kiddo.” No it didn’t. “Which cereal?”

“I don’t care.” So fruit loops. Alright.

By the time Patton got back to the living room, Dorian’s stomach was growling. Of course. That kid was adorable, but he needed to stop lying.

“Why’d you tell me you had lunch today?” Dorian looked up from his cereal bowl. “You didn’t. I could hear it.”

“But I did!”

“You don’t like apples, Dory. I know you don’t.” The kid’s face started turning red. “Come on. Why’d you lie to me?”

“...I forgot lunch at home. But I did eat the apple!” Patton shot him a look. “I swear I did!”

“Look, kiddo... lying isn’t always a bad thing, but you gotta learn when to.” Dorian looked confused. “You shouldn’t lie about lunch, because not eating isn’t good for you. You shouldn’t lie about nightmares, because sleep is very important for everyone, including you. You especially, Dorian. And most of all, you shouldn’t lie about being hurt. If someone hurt you, you tell me. I’ll make everything okay. Okay?”

“...I did eat an apple.”

“...okay. Let’s go with that.”

——

“Hey Patton.” A light touch on his shoulder. “Hey Patton.” A soft squeak. “Hey Patton. Hey Patton. Hey Patton. Hey Patton. Hey Pat-“

“Hey kiddo. Another nightmare?”

Patton rubbed his eyes and grabbed his glasses, looking at his brother as he climbed into his bed. His phone was buzzing with texts.

‘Lolo💙💙 @ DIGGITY DANG A DANG: I’ve been listening to Burn from Hamilton for the last hour and a half. Some help would be welcome.’

‘🌟PRINCEY🌟 @ DIGGITY DANG A DANG: no can do, compadre! youre on your own in this!’

‘My Dark Strange Son 😈💜 @ DIGGITY DANG A DANG: @ Lolo💙💙 hey you, out there in the cold, getting lonely, getting old, can you feel me?’

‘Lolo💙💙 @ DIGGITY DANG A DANG: @  My Dark Strange Son 😈💜 wow... Thanks on somehow making it worse, Virgil.’

‘My Dark Strange Son 😈💜 @ DIGGITY DANG A DANG: anytime, sherlock’

‘Go to sleep, will ya? It’s one thirty in the morning!’

“So... nightmare?” Dorian hummed. “Wanna tell me?”

This was going to be a very long night.

—————

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I saw your comment about the Taylor Swift lyric. Are you a Swifty?

Oh about Long Live??? Yeah that song is an instant path to crying for me lol

It depends what you mean by Swiftie?? Lol

I really like her music and definitely listen to it more than the average person. But I think most swifties would call me a fake fan lol

My younger sister is 20 and she is a MASSIVE Taylor Swift fan. So mostly I'm just a millennial older sister trying to connect with her Gen Z little sister.

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ugghhhhhhhh

I just woke up from falling asleep and taking what was essentially a 6 hour nap. It’s midnight and I’m just dehydrated and foggy af.

Basically me right now: