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[starry-sophrosyne]

(non reblog post) ok but literally just thought of this, drabble of the after events of @pen--anon 's "always by your side"; not canonic, heavily inspired (no im not over the fic still why do you ask) :

VERY long post underneath the cut btw, it probably won't get as much recognition bc i cut it but idm, it's a bit too long (￣ ￣)

brent who DID in fact get sick from staying by sophist's side, now feverish and somewhat delirious. vern chastising him all the while sophist has gotten a bit better, atleast enough to stand up and move around a little. sophist approaching brent's bed side, forced to stay a little away for his own sake, as vern worries what will happen to his recovery if he does get sick. nick manages to get vern off his case, atleast for a little bit, earning him a small smile from sophist as he ushers vern out of the room, giving him his own lecture about taking care of himself. meanwhile?

sophist slowly caressing brent's cheek, which is squinted shut in a little bit of sickly agony. brent's eyes slowly fluttering open when he feels his touch, letting out a hoarse whisper of "sophist?.." while he sluggishly turns to face what he can only assume is sophist, albeit a humanoid blob in his eyes. brent closing his eyes again, head throbbing and dulling any complicated thoughts as he lethargically moves his arms, cupping his own hands around sophist's hand, all the while muttering words of delirium just a bit too softly for him to hear. sophist chuckling while moving just a bit closer to hear what brent's saying, only to freeze as he hears brent pleading for sophist to not leave him, a single tear falling from his closed eyes. sophist letting out a soft sigh of apology, but smiling softly as he continues to caress brent's cheek, with slow murmurs of how he's right by his side. his gaze softening even more when brent relaxes, as his brow unfurrows and gaze visibly relaxes at this reassurance. all the while, he keeps repeating the same thing over and over.

"don't go. don't leave me. stay, please."

nick coming over to change the compress resting on brent's forehead, noticing sophist's visibly worried expression towards brent. chastising him with "you're worried about brent when you almost died just a day ago? c'mon, he'll be fine, he's strong. you need to get some more rest, otherwise vern will scold you again for getting too close to brent."

nick noticing the soft smile that sophist gives him disappearing as he turns to look at brent again, guilt and worry evident in the glint of his eyes. nick pulling up a stool and sitting down next to sophist, resting his head on his shoulder.

"hey. he'll be alright. and so will you. we're all in this together, and nobody leaves anybody behind." chuckling, as he continues: "besides, he's definitely in love with you. i've never seen him that scared..." he paused, expression contorting as he struggled to find the right words, before continuing with a sigh: "... that scared to lose anything or.. anybody, well, since i've known him." nick pausing again, before finally finding the words he'd been trying to get at. "brent saying all this doesn't mean anything against you, it just goes to show how much he cares for you. you'll still be by his side. besides, he's sick right now. the bozo doesn't even know what he's saying."

sophist quietly smiling with genuine relief and relaxation for once, thanking nick before teasing him for the sappiness in his words that he struggled to get out. nick, exasperated, rolling his eyes but unable to stop a chuckle. silence returning to the air as nick rests his head back atop sophist's shoulder, and they both close their eyes. minutes later, vern showing up to check up on nick and the others just to see all 3 of the boys bundled up together, in an adorable sight that makes his heart melt. vern being careful not to make any sudden noises as he drapes a blanket over nick and sophist's shoulders, who are now both soundly asleep, with quiet snores filling the air. vern then pulling up a stool and lowering himself to the ground to prop his head and arms up on the stool, as he joins them for the night.

when they all finally wake up, groans fill the air of different amounts of back pain and stiffness. all the while, brent laughs, his fever having gone down significantly. quietly, he turns to look at sophist, pressing his hand to his cheek one more time in quiet recognition. sophist noticing this and giving him a soft smile before going off to stretch, as vern tiredly yawns about his necessity to check up on both sophist and brent again. nick making fun of him again for caring about the two more than himself, and while they start a little unserious argument, sophist can't help but laugh. nick was right about last night, they will always be together. not just him and brent, but all four of them. they're all destined to remain buddies and partners, through thick and thin, no matter what struggles the world throws at them. they will face them all together, as a group.

[stealingpotatoes]

tried to tell my faithful eunuch Tucker that he was basically tumblr famous, but he was too focused on defending the homestead to care

[muisley]

happy new year everyone

[cherrifire]

Period cramp projection beam go

[astrid-beck]

This is my unethical polycule. The nonmonogamy is consensual and negotiated we're just evil in other ways.

[wizard-eater]

Live footage of him casting Kill on worldwide television

[freshydip]

[novelconcepts]

I Saw the TV Glow is such a uniquely, devastatingly queer story. Two queer kids trapped in suburbia. Both of them sensing something isn’t quite right with their lives. Both of them knowing that wrongness could kill them. One of them getting out, trying on new names, new places, new ways of being. Trying to claw her way to fully understanding herself, trying to grasp the true reality of her existence. Succeeding. Going back to help the other, to try so desperately to rescue an old friend, to show the path forward. Being called crazy. Because, to someone who hasn’t gotten out, even trying seems crazy. Feels crazy. Looks, on the surface, like dying.

And to have that other queer kid be so terrified of the internal revolution that is accepting himself that he inadvertently stays buried. Stays in a situation that will suffocate him. Choke the life out of him. Choke the joy out of him. Have him so terrified of possibly being crazy that he, instead, lives with a repression so extreme, it quite literally is killing him. And still, still, he apologizes for it. Apologizes over and over and over, to people who don’t see him. Who never have. Who never will. Because it’s better than being crazy. Because it’s safer than digging his way out. Killing the image everyone sees to rise again as something free and true and authentic. My god. My god, this movie. It shattered me.

[throesofincreasingwonder]

"A story doesn't need a theme in order to be good" I'm only saying this once but a theme isn't some secret coded message an author weaves into a piece so that your English teacher can talk about Death or Family. A theme is a summary of an idea in the work. If the story is "Susan went grocery shopping and saw a weird bird" then it might have themes like 'birds don't belong in grocery stores' or 'nature is interesting and worth paying attention to' or 'small things can be worth hearing about.' Those could be the themes of the work. It doesn't matter if the author intended them or not, because reading is collaborative and the text gets its meaning from the reader (this is what "death of the author" means).

Every work has themes in it, and not just the ones your teachers made you read in high school. Stories that are bad or clearly not intended to have deep messages still have themes. It is inherent in being a story. All stories have themes, even if those themes are shallow, because stories are sentences connected together for the purpose of expressing ideas, and ideas are all that themes are.

[drop--pop--candy]

indie rpgs if they were WOKE

TRANSGENDERTALE

GAY THE PRINCESS

WOKE SHOT

IN STARS AND TIME

[starry-sophrosyne]

(non reblog post) for @crashingstar69 : i love your high school AU, and i want to put a spin on it for tcvern3! this is kind of an alternate au tbh, and it got MEGA long on accident so i decided to not send this as an ask-

High school vern and nick who are best friends, except nick is known as the quiet gamer nerd who hasn't quite hit puberty yet (think of his looks in his guinness world record video no hate tho king you look great no matter what) & vern is the strong buff cis white boy who's a sweetheart! vern is sometimes questioned why he's friends with nick, with some people thinking that he pities nick, but he doesn’t! vern likes being friends with him and he thinks nick’s a cool dude, which nick appreciates a lot.

Fast forward a few years and they've grown out of touch. During this time, vern discovers he’s bi. He gets more in touch with himself and embraces his feminine side, but in return, is judged by others and now doesn't have the social life/status he once used to- while he feels more comfortable the way he is now, he feels pretty alone too… On the other hand, nick gets a crazy glow up; he becomes handsome and built, and as ppl start noticing this/him, he starts to open up more, revealing his charismatic personality! This makes him more and more popular, and now he's at the peak of it all, but he stills rejects every girl who asks him out, remembering how they weren’t this kind to him before he was like this. only one person was.

Post timeskip, and they meet at a party (get it?), and while nick is all excited to see vern again, basically picking him up off the ground in a tight hug, vern is shocked by how much nick's changed. like. really changed. like holy shit nick’s very jacked and handsome and very up close in his face right now-

Nick introduces vern to all of his other friends, as vern was the only person who was genuinely nice to him in high school, but is confused at their hesitant greetings. Nick doesn't understand why vern isn’t as sociable as before, and (more notably) why people are treating him vern differently too. meanwhile, vern is internally conflicted, feeling both guilty and anxious, as he thinks nick has gone so far and built this reputation up for himself, and by hanging out with him (vernias), he’ll be judged and lose popularity. Also because vern finds nick unapologetically attractive and believes nick would definitely be weirded out like everyone else if he knew that he was bi-

Cue this parasocial relationship as vern struggles to embrace nick’s appreciation of him from when they were younger, pushing him and his help away even when he definitely needs it, in order to protect nick's popularity. On the other hand, nick can’t understand why vern’s changed so much, both confused and saddened by his avoidance while trying to rekindle the same relationship they had back in high school. 

Cue them becoming closer as vern slowly begins to accept nick’s gratitude and friendship, and while still feeling guilty, chooses to be “greedy” and be a part of nick’s life. All the while, nick finds himself falling head over heels for vern, who’s changed so much, yet still holds the same kindness in his heart that he did when they were younger, while also having these different moments that reveal his new developments and outshine any of his current flaws. Them treading the line as they become best friends again, but they also have more gentle moments together, but vern’s hesitance/guilt and nick’s consideration of his popularity and status leave them both in the dark about what the other truly thinks. Nick being in denial while vern tries to hide his feelings and shut them down.

As for how they get together, there's plenty of ways- my personal idea is it all blows over when nick goes out with a girl. Vern thinking he's lost his shot at confessing his feelings while also feeling both guilty and angry for having all these small soft moments with nick that now mean nothing. Meanwhile, nick becomes imminently distressed by vern; seeing past vern's pretending-everything's-ok act, but also being unable to figure out why he feels so distressed seeing vern sorrowful, and also just being unable to get himself to like this girl. she's popular and flirty and attractive sure, but every time she gets close, he can only think of..

Cue this confrontation where nick questions vern about what he's hiding, persisting until vern snaps and gets angry, telling him to leave. Nick, being both stubborn but also volatile, gets hotheaded and rebukes his claim of worry, ignoring the pit feeling in his stomach as he stomps away, slamming their apartment door behind him. Them both wanting to apologize right after, but being too anxious to in fear of the other still being mad, until they're both forced back home later that night. Them both spilling out their frustrations, but even as vern talks about his jealousy of nick's girlfriend's ability to be publicly social with him and nick recollects his dissatisfaction with his relationship with her, they STILL don't understand it fully. It's not until nick asks a paramount question about vern's sexuality and if there's a chance that vern's into him, that vern somehow manages to muster up this bravery, deep inside this stew of fear and anxiety of his, to admit a simple "yeah." Vern starting a small ramble about how, after all, he's physically attractive and- but being cut off by Nick who didn't need to hear anything else and pulled him into a kiss. Cue them pulling away all flustered and shy, but secretly happy and finally satisfied, knowing their feelings for each other are mutual, before they head off to go sleep. Nick telling vern goodnight as they smile smittenly, faces still pink as they retreat to their own rooms. DORKS. they're so unintentionally lovesick for each other that it's sickening.

[pyaasa]

Cardi B saying “I will only vote for Kamala if she commits to a ceasefire in Gaza” shows that she has more political understanding than like 99% of you on here

“I meannn I DO support Palestinians but 👉🏽👈🏽 I’m going to vote for and uncritically support Kamala anyway and put zero pressure on her to stop the genocide ✌🏽”

Not only are you guys unbelievably callous, but you’re also just not smart. At the very least, withhold your support for Kamala UNTIL she commits to a ceasefire. Make your intentions to her clear that you will vote for her IF she withdraws support from Israel. By uncritically supporting her, by loudly voicing the fact across every social media platform that you’re going to vote for her, and even straight up saying with your whole chest that you’re putting your interests first before the Palestinians (seriously you guys have no shame. Like it is actually shocking to me how unbelievably cruel some of you are), and most especially by DONATING to her lmfaoo….you are letting her know, you are literally EXPLICITLY telling her, that the Palestinians are fair game. You are telling her she can kill as many Palestinians as she wants, drop as many bombs on the Middle East as she wants, and it’s ok because you will still vote for her anyway.

For the love of God, if you are in the USA, PLEASE try to understand the power of your vote. Your vote decides if someone in another part of the world dies. Please at least try to feel the gravity of that. Please at least TRY to put pressure on your politicians. This uncritical and loud support is the worst thing you can do. You are signing a death sentence for the people of Gaza with your actions.

[mumbito]

me clicking on a video from the silliest man in the world: teehee what wacky hijinks await me

world renown block clown mumbo Fucking jumbo: you ever think about how old technology seems to live forever in the suspended state of whatever the newest advancements were at the time. how most technology immediately and fundamentally tells you when it was important and when it was left in the dust. it’s suspended in its era forever, and in that it is perfect.

stagnation is a form of death but nostalgia is cruel immortality. still i find myself locked in pursuit of it until i finally stumble across the undeath of the mechanical. as my hard earned improvement truly begins to pay dividends, surrounded by my opus of change, i will freeze myself in eternal utopia. the only way to never die is to preemptively kill whoever you might become. i will not have a grave, i will not be ashes and dust. i will be a perfect, extant machine.

me: Ok. i dont think this will plague me at all actually. like video.

[eclipse-coqu]

[wrenderart]

I made this a couple of months ago but. hack your 3ds. do it right now.