#mostly of the fact that I love kenny kyle and stan so much but I cannot get into that rn

[looking-cool-joker]

Girl help I want to draw South Park characters girl help

[senbbonzakura]

hii!! don't be shy posting anythin, that's cool when new people appear who write south park stuff! 🤍 can i request (f!reader) picnic headcannons with kenny, stanley and kyle? it can be platonic or romantic(sure, aged up), idc

sure!! thank u sm for being my first headcannons req anon !! 🤍 ill try my best with these bc i never was on a picnic so i have to use my imagination on how it works.. also i made this romantic, theyre like 17-18 here

⋆ PICNIC WITH MAIN 3 :

✩ — STAN !

this guy was so flattered when u asked him to go do a picnic with u

he was so excited he couldnt sleep

brought cookies and dr pepper...

its because he was walking around the store for like 30 minutes in denial of what would you like to eat 😭😭

like.. will u like it? what if youre picky? mostly everyone likes cookies so cookies it is

butttttt he brought money to the picnic too in case you need something

he picks a nice outfit for himself!!

and by that i dont mean a suit or anything like that... its just a tee that you once said you liked and his fav baggy jeans

so nervous before meeting u for the picnic. mostly bc of the food. what if youre not happy with the food he brought☹️

he brought a picnic blanket too tho!!

he tries to settle it himself but its sort of windy and he drops the blanket...

it flies away

but dw luckily he got it!!

he tries to settle it ahain but DONT trust him with that bc its gonna fly away again so help him pls😭

once its all settled he tries to make it romantic somehow?? he doesnt know how to be romantic without it being corny tho😕

so he just passes u everything u ask for!!

totally did not put the picnic basket next to himself on purpose..

with stan its mostly just giggles and stuff. he will hold your hand or hug you there and there but he enjoys just talking with you like he would with a best friend, if you know what i mean??

he kisses your cheek and thanks you for all the effort you put in everything <3

✩ — KYLE !

he suggests the picnic 🤗

kyle is the most organized one of them all

before the picnic he knows what to bring and what food you like

like what??? how did he know that?? did he put cameras around ur house or smth

or maybe ur parents just like him a lot so they told him stuff..

keeps checking if he has everything

he also brings you a flower!!

hes a gentleman😭

somehow manages to settle the blanket himself??

he also picked the perfect time of the day so it would be sunset

puts sm effort in to show you how much he loves you!! hes so sweet

brought like a backup hoodie for you just in case youre cold😕

he doesn't really like touching you in public, so expect a hug and a kiss from him only after it gets darker after the sunset

or if he thinks no one is watching

ike definitely wanted to go with you two

kyle said no

he wants it to be a moment just for you and him

ike still comes along with sheila "on accident" but for like a few minutes bc kyle begged them to leave you two alone😭

HE WAS SO EMBARRASSED THAT HIS MOM CAME TOO💔

he apologizes to you

its not like hes embarrassed bc of sheila, its just the fact that his MOM came, if u get what i mean

what more can i say?

besides that its all perfect !!

✩ — KENNY !

you suggest the picnic

he thought abt it before and wanted to ask you too but money... 😕

he immediately said yes and saved money just for that occasion

he knows what food u like

its because usually when you two hang out he randomly asks you stuff like "whats your fav food?" in that case

and he remembers every answer u give him🤗🤗

he brought food and you brought the blanket

he actually made sure to bring enough for the two of you

thats so sweet😕

he doesnt gaf abt public, he will show his love to you everywhere

so he has his arm wrapped around you most of the time

and also kisses your shoulder or cheek sometimes !!

he would do the rizz thing with "hey you have something there" while pointing at ur chest and then he would grab ur chin so u look at him and he kisses u

its just a joke tho😭

thats not a great way to flirt in his opinion

he would also chuckle before kissing u !!

sweeeeeeeet

after the picnic he offers to walk you to your home <3

he also holds your hand while walking

when youre about to leave he hugs you and thanks you for everything too🤗

fill my requests up guys!!

[t0rturedangel]

Hey ummm this is my first time asking someone to write soo sorry if it's not good.

Anyways 4 main x reader how would there first kiss be like (romantic, weird,messy ykyk)

Hope you have a good day

╭ . . . first kisses ੭

• ➛ main four x reader ( separate ) ╰ notes / warnings :: just swearing, also this might be a little ooc

STAN MARSH - ✮ •

━ your first kiss would be quite awkward with STAN since the poor boy is trying not to vomit all over you.

━ he'll probably just give you a quick - yet sweet - peck on the lips then vomit.

━ while it's really sweet its also kinda sad - mostly for stan- he set up a little date for the two of you just for his first kiss with you and it all went to shit when he felt the take away he ate a few minutes ago coming back up

━ still though you found it cute that he tried and comforted him as best as you could

" awh man- I'm sorry [ name ] " Stan mumbled, running a hand through his hair clearly annoyed with himself for vomiting at such an important time in your guy's relationship. You laughed softly " Its fine, Stan, honest " giving his hand a small squeeze you leaned against his side " really ? " he asked, still ashamed with vomiting nearly all over you " course " you laughed, pressing a kiss to his cheek causing a red blush to take over your boyfriend's face. He slap his hand over his mouth - again- trying not to throw up, as he stared at you, absolutely in love and bewildered.

KYLE BROFLOVSKI - ✮ •

━ KYLE'S first kiss with you would be really romantic

━ Just like his buddy stan, kyle would make a date for your first kiss except it would be much more classy. While stan would probably order take out and watch movies with you for his date, Kyle would bring you to a restaurant ( probably in a suit as well ) and then walk you home after.

━ The kiss happened when kyle walked you back home, you thanked him and then pressed a kiss to his lips

━ Like i said, verry classy but still it was the best kiss of Kyle's life.

" Thank you for everything tonight kyle " you smiled, right after kissing him, it wasnt a short kiss nor was it awkward it was the most perfect kiss kyle's ever experienced. It felt so right to him and it must've felt right for you too. " I- uhm ... yeah dude? " he cursed at himself mentally for calling you 'dude' after such a romantic moment. Thankfully though you didnt seem offended, in fact you seemed to find it even cuter and funnier " Yeah . . . dude " you laughed, pressing another kiss, this time much quicker, to his cheek before walking home leaving a very flustered kyle behind. His legs were weak and wobblily, his face a shade of red that could easily rival his hair colour. He loved you so much, thats for sure.

KENNY MCCORMICK - ✮ •

━ your first kiss with KENNY would be sexual yet romantic, i mean come on its kenny.

━ The kiss would also happen right after you agree to be his girlfriend / boyfriend / lover or whatever. It would happen at your house, you two were hanging out after a date and kenny asked you the question when you answered yes he practically tackled you.

━ it would also lead to a make out, again how can it not?

━ now you have to pray that none of your guardians come in because, oh boy.

" Ken!- " you yelped once kenny paused his kiss for air, the blonde turned his head to the side, curious as to what you want " hm? yeah babe " your face was completely red " what if someone walks in and catches u- " Kenny cut you off with another loving kiss, his hands cupped your face " so ? now that you're mine i want everyone to know " he gave you a grin, you returning it " hahmm, fine " laughing kenny once more pressed his lips to yours, your arms wrapped around his neck pulling him closer, enjoying the moment with him.

ERIC CARTMAN - ✮ •

━ God, i dont even know how to describe your first kiss with ERIC

━ it was probably to show that your his lover, so a jealousy kiss- its that or a kiss after you made fun of kyle

━ he'd be so proud of you if you made fun of him he'd kiss you right Infront of everyone- something he's never done and never will do again, nothing against you its just he hates people seeing him kissing you.

━ After that, all kisses are private, it was just a one time public kiss.

" Eric ! " you gasped as his lips left yours, you didnt even know why he kissed you since he told you at the start of your relationship that all kisses and affection would be in private and yet right now he kissed you. in front of quite a lot of people. " I- im just so proud of you baby ! " he (probably fake) sniffed, smiling " what ?- wha... is this because i yelled at kyle and told him to fuck off ? " cartman nodded and pressed more kisses on your cheek, a red blush on you face. Wow, was all of this just because you made fun of kyle for like a millisecond. Not gonna lie, it was kinda nice, you just gotta now make sure to return the favor of the kiss later.

[thevestigeofvanillaan]

smut hcs for stan marsh.

def a switch. but mostly a dom but when he's tired he let's you ride him and take control.

he gets tired really quick, but that doesn't stop him from going a few rounds. after 3-4 he's done though.

loves cock warming so much omg. he will sit there with his dick in you for hours and just scroll on his phone or talk to you casually.

stan likes being called stanley during sex. other than his parents you're the only one who calls him it and he finds it attractive.

he has good after care most times. sometimes though, he goes and does whatever. but almost always will cuddle you or something like that. when he really gives good aftercare is when he was rough or you guys tried something new.

experimenting new things is not out of the ordinary, but oftentimes sex with stan is very vanilla and sweet rather than taboo and kinky.

loves quickies oddly enough. like, loves them. anytime, anywhere he's down to do a quickie if you are. (lmk if i should do asking south park boys for quickies btw).

praise. w a capital p, Praise is this man's favorite thing. he loves to praise you and he loves to be praised. doesn't like degrading because he doesn't want you thinking lowly of yourself, even if you enjoy it he feels guilty doing it.

doesn't eat you out often, but it's rare you ask for it anyway. things like that naturally gross stan out but if you were to ask him he'd say yes and he'd do a decent job.

you guys have threesomes with kyle, often. one of his favorite things is watching kyle fuck you as you moan out for his "help".

getting off actually isn't the most important thing for him, he gets off to the fact that you do.

first time you guys had sex was when you guys were smoking pot in a closet together.. js.

groans over moans, unless you're blowing him. that's when those slutty moans come out of him.

not into any specific kinks except for praise. but he doesn't like a lot of kinks. most of them he doesn't know why they're even fetishes to anyone.

stan likes when you give him hickeys. yeah, he'll give you a few on your neck or your thighs. but he loves when you give him hickeys on his neck, jaw, chest, arms, everywhere honestly. especially places where people can see them. he flexes the hickeys you give him to his friends.

oh his dick is big. stan has the biggest dick out of the main 4, even bigger than kenny's. you weren't expecting that. your high ass self was mind blown.

he's not so vocal as he is talkative if that makes any sense. he doesn't groan a lot (when he does it's heaven sent omg), but he does talk a lot. whether it's dirty talk or casual conversation, he's saying something in the moment.

morning sex is his favorite. when he's all sleepy and you're all bed headed with no makeup or clothes on. damn he's vulnerable for that shit.

[americas1suiteheart]

I love your works! I was wondering if you could do a Kyle Broflovski x Reader preferably a gender neutral reader that's kind of a nerd and that has been friends with the main four since 3rd grade? Aged up characters of course. Thank you>_< ♡♡♡

Why yes of course I can, I hope you enjoy it!

(don't fucking read this if you somehow come across it please.)

Nerds

[Kyle Broflovski x Nerdy! Reader]

[Summary; Y/n's been friends with the boys since early primary school. Their best friend was Kyle and being that the two of them were the brains of the friend group, they were able to connect easily because of it.]

[Warnings; Some swearing, also the fact that its kinda really bad]

[Notes; All characters are aged up, Y/n and the rest are 16-17 years old in their Junior Year. Also, I wrote Kyle as a major overthhinker and I have no clue if it was right to do so💀]

"God why on earth do they make this shit so hard. Y/n, Kyle, can you help me with this?" Stan groans, putting his pencil down as he tiredly looks to the two of you.

You, Stan, and Kyle were all at Stan's house to study and do homework, but mostly so you and Kyle could help Stan if he needed it. Kenny had to work at his job and Cartman complained about not wanting to spend precious afterschool time just doing extra work, so it was just you three.

"You're really having trouble with that? Its simple algebra." Kyle looks at Stan, chuckling lightly.

"Oh come on, lay it easy on him, Kyle. His brain doesn't have the capacity to understand as quickly, its not his fault," you say jokingly.

"Just because you two nerds are in calculus already doesn't mean you get to talk all this shit." Stan groans once more.

"We're just kidding dude, of course we'll help," You get up from your spot on the bed next to Kyle and walk over to Stan's at the desk table. "Okay, what is it exactly that you need help with?"

"Uh, problems 8, 12, and 16. The rest of them I've already done but these three are hard," Stan points at the questions he's having trouble with and leans back into the chair.

"Okay, let's start with 16, that one is easier to do then the other ones. Alright, 'Write 2⁵= 32 in logarithmic form,' okay the 5 in the exponent itself is the logarithm, so you write that 5 down and then you should have 5 equals to log, bringing that 2 down to the base, and then putting the 32 right next to it. So after that you should get 5=log(2)32, did that make sense?" You explain as simply as you can.

"That makes so much more sense now! Is that how it is with 12 as well?" Stan exclaims happily.

As you continued helping Stan with his work, Kyle just watched. He felt a twinge of hurt and jealousy in his chest. 'They're so close to him, why can't they ever be that close to me? Do they like him? There's no way they like him, he has a girlfriend,' Kyle thoughts ran rampant as he zoned out staring at the two before being snapped out of his thoughts by Stan and you shaking him by the shoulder.

"Yo dude you okay? You spaced out for like 2 minutes, we've been trying to get your attention for ages now dude," Stan says taking his hand off of Kyle.

"Oh, um yeah I'm fine. Sorry about that I was thinking about something." Kyle turns red from embarrassment and looks to his side to try and hide his face.

"Alright man, but we need your help on the last thing. Y/n didn't understand it either so we figured you probably would," Stan said looking down at Kyle as he was standing up and Kyle was still on the bed.

"Yeah sure, what is it?" Kyle says walking to the desk to look at the problem on the worksheet that Stan is pointing to with his pencil. "Alright, let's see, 'write a quadratic equation that has the roots 2±4i ,' jeez dude, you sure you didn't sign up for an honors course in this class?" Kyle looks at Stan with his brows knitted together.

"I think we should just cheat and look it up on the internet, man." Stan says in defeat.

"No, no. We're not doing that we'll figure it out." You say taking a pencil and a spare piece of paper.

"Y/n, as much as I don't want to cheat either, I have no fucking clue what the answer to that could possibly be and neither do you, I think we should just look it up." Kyle puts a hand on your shoulder, a look of defeat on his face.

"No way, where's the fun in that? I'll figure it out just give me a bit." You turn away and begin writing the problem down on the other piece of blank paper.

Kyle admired your dedication to not stoop as low as to cheat but he knows your stubbornness wouldn't allow you to do anything else until you figured it out. He loved that about you but worried for your well-being because of it too.

"Can I at least help?" Kyle asks, leaning into your side as to get your attention a little better.

"Totally, but if you fall asleep or get bored I'm not going to urge you to help." You scooch over to make room for Kyle do he could sit in the chair with you to help.

"I'm gonna go get something to eat and watch tv, you two nerds can figure that out." Stan then exited his room and left the two of you alone.

You continued to work on it for the next 2 hours, you were almost done with the equation until you felt a weight on top of your head and heard light snores. You look at the clock on the desk to see its around 12 am now, Kyle had either fallen asleep from the work or the time.

Honestly, you were freaking out. You'd liked Kyle since you were a kid and the two of you had never been this close before, and you two were practically attached to the hip as kids.

You continued to finally finish the equation with Kyle literally sleeping on top of you without waking him but he evidently did as you shot up from your slumped position in happiness of finishing it.

Kyle shot up along with you, nearly falling off the shared seat.

You excitedly grab Kyle by the shoulders shaking him to be more awake, "Kyle I finished it! (x-2)^2+16=0 is the final answer!" You exclaim.

"Really? Holy shit you're righ, you finished it Y/n!" Kyle says as he looks at the now full piece of paper, filled with all the proper formulas.

"God can you guys be any louder? You're so lucky my parents aren't here right now, they would kick your guys' ass if they caught you being this loud at this time. You're lucky Shelly is out of the house too." Stan groggily says as he re-enters his room, walking towards the two of you.

"We figured it out, Stan!" You exclaimed as you shot up from the seat.

"You guys get excited over the stupidest shit. I'm assuming you two are staying tonight?" Stan plops down onto his bed in a tired manner.

"Yeah, if that's cool with you of course." Kyle gets up from the seat at Stan's desk and gets his phone which was still sitting on the bed.

"Yeah that's chill with me. You staying too Y/n?"

"Yeah sure, don't know the point of going home at this time around. Want me to get the blankets from downstairs while you get the extra mattress?" You ask Stan.

"Yeah, Kyle help me out with the mattress man," Stan gets up from his spot, motioning for the redhead to follow him.

[Pov change because this is important! Kyle's Pov;]

I follow Stan to his parents bedroom to get the extra mattress, once we're in there he suddenly stops me.

"So when are you finally going to tell Y/n you like them." Stan says in a sort of hushed voice.

"Soon, its just that, I mean I don't know dude what if I end up ruining our whole friendship by telling them? I don't want to risk that dude." I groan.

"You've been saying soon for 2 years now, I think you need to finally grow a pair and say something to them about it. Y/n isn't the type of person to completely cut you out of their life just because you told them you liked them." Stan says, getting the mattress out from under his parents bed as I help him.

"How about I make a deal with you, I'll tell Y/n if you tell Wendy you want her back so you can finally stop bugging me about it, hmm?"

I was just slightly annoyed, Stan can't say anything to rush me and about being a "pussy," because when he first told Wendy he liked her, he threw up on her.

"Fine. Tell them tonight and I'll do the same, unless you're gonna chicken out."

Tonight? He wants me to tell them tonight?

"What the fuck do you mean tell them tonight? Are you insane dude?" I look at Stan wide-eyed, helping him carry the mattress to his room.

Stan simply smirks at me in reply as he sees Y/n sitting on his bed.

I freeze for a second, hoping that they hadn't heard our conversation.

"You gonna just stand there man? Help me,"

"Shit, sorry dude I zoned out for a sec there. Yeah let me just,"

'That was embarrassing, did I just freeze up like that right there? God I feel like an idiot.'

I finish helping Stan put the mattress in his room and onto the floor right by his bed, Y/n then gets the blankets and pillows and places them down on the mattress nicely.

"Alright, I'm gonna go downstairs to the living room and finish up what I was watching before I was interrupted by you guys nerding out," Stan says, in a jokingly rude tone, as he gives me a wink as he walks out the room.

Shit, he wants me to tell them now? If all goes wrong I can just disappear forever, easy, right?

"So... Uh, what have you been up to lately?" I say dryly.

God why did I say that? I sound like an idiot.

"Nothing really, I think you forget I'm kind of a loser and the only people and interesting things I have going on in my life are you and the other boys, though mostly you to be honest," Y/n says, letting out a chuckle.

"I get that. Not too popular myself either,"

"Pshh, you? The Kyle Broflovski? Any kid would kill to be able to hang out with you. And the amount of chicks that like you is insane! Yet you turn them down everytime man, I don't know how you do it." Y/n jokingly says, nudging my shoulder playfully.

"All of those girls are practically all the same, plus I already have someone I'm interested in,"

Stupid, stupid, stupid! Why would you say it like that? You're terrible at dropping hints!

"Oh you do? Who is this lucky person?" Y/n sounded somewhat upset whilst saying it, why were they upset?

Shit, I screwed up, what if I just tell them now, or explain exactly them, maybe I could fix it.

"Well, they're smart, an absolute genius really, then they've got these beautiful e/c eyes and this h/c hair. But I've been friends with them for a while now so I'm a bit scared to say anything to them really." Am I being obvious enough? What if they don't catch on?

"Wow they sound amazing, I think you should definitely tell them, you're a real charmer so no doubt they'll feel the same for you man,"

I take a deep breath, am I really going to follow through with this? I'm in too deep now and it'd be easier to just do it now. "Y'know, I think you're right. Y/n, I really like you. Have for a while now, its eating me up inside everytime to think that if I don't say something anytime sooner someone else might beat me to you." I say keeping eye contact with them.

Y/n simply stayed quiet, I definitely fucked it up now, why the hell did I listen to Stan?

As I'm caught in my own thoughts rushing through my head, a pair of lips attaches themselves to mine suddenly.

I freeze for a second but almost instantly melt into the kiss, taking my shaky hand to caress Y/n's cheek, pulling them closer to me.

"Fucking finally, Jesus guys. But it would be great if you could not do that on my bed right now, I have plans with Wendy later tomorrow and I don't wanna be reminded of this mid hangout." Stan groans.

Me and Y/n immediately pull away and look at Stan standing at the doorway. I could feel the heat quickly rushing to my face and glance to see Y/n's is just as red as mine.

"But I am happy for you two really, glad you finally got the balls to tell them man." Stan says, shooing me and Y/n to get off of his bed.

"Alright, go to bed and don't do gross shit, I'll make you pressure wash that shit." Stan closes the light and me and Y/n lay on the spare mattress together.

This wasn't the first time me and Y/n had shared a bed but this time it felt more nerve wracking. Do I ask them if I can hold them? Should I hold them? Why do I want to hold them? I need to stop overthinking like this man.

You've already told them, they like you back too, just go for it.

I slowly wrap my arms around Y/n and they do the same.

"Goodnight, Kyle," Y/n says, their voice barely above a whisper.

"Goodnight, Y/n," I quietly reply back, placing a soft kiss on their head before drifting off to sleep.

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I think this took me a good week or two to get to and I highly apologize for it, I'll admit that I lost a slight interest towards the end of it because it felt like this would've went on for ages. Anyways, again apologies for it taking so terribly long, I hope you enjoyed reading it though!

Send in your requests for stories! Look at my introduction to see if anything you like is something I'll write, and DM me for further questions!

[1moreoffkeyanthem]

wife wife i have no music taste, but you feel musical to me! will you drop any songs you relate to your universes stans, kyles and style in general? if not music books, other characters, pieces of media, quotes, poems? i am insatiable darling <3

YOYOYO!!!!!!

First of all hello my wife my wife the love of my life! (I did in fact ride half of my first year of college on a music scholarship)

OKAY so you know how heavily I associate Fall Out Boy with Stan in general (mostly bc I like projecting and I’m a gremlin abt fob) SPECIFICALLY Infinity On High (I know we’ve discussed this before and yes I’m still unhinged abt the 27 rm thing) AND I’ve said a LOT abt OrangeJuiceVerse Stan being musically inclined as one of his main outlets.

(I will be mainly sticking to ojv bc that do be my main focus atm)

So Stan will play literally whatever on the guitar and he can improvise SO WELL!!! Like it’s wild but he’s just like eh it’s a casual hobby but he hears a song and immediately knows the basic chord progression and bpm he’s the king of countermelodies too. Kenny will start playing something and then Stan will pop in with the most gorgeous harmonies and just…. fall in.

Stan will listen to ANYTHING he especially loves songs with a story (I’m sticking to ATLCTS for him being a Tenacious D fan bc I very much enjoy that) and Kyle, while Stan is all “LISTEN TO THAT CELLO BREAK” Kyle Is all fully into the lyricism and losing his shit about RAINDROPS ON ROSES AND GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES AND SLEEPING WITH- (I feel like they have similar tastes but for different reasons if u get me)

My Kyle’s for sure are lyrics gremlins. Stan will be like KEY CHANGE KEY CHANGE but Kyle will be WAIT LOOK THE STORY HOLY SHIT SYMBOLISM(smh they whole ass watch musicals together and neither of them stfu) (losers)

(This is unhinged I’m eepy) so song specific idk man but I feel in my soul that Stan’s hopeless romantic ass serenades Kyle on a regular basis ESPECIALLY when he’s in an Emo Boy Mood like this man thinks he’s Orpheus or something ALSO Stan is incredibly specific about having certain playlists for every single situation and the “Super Best Spicy Time” playlist is INCREDIBLY LAME!!! (I’m talkin Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls and Mr Brightside was playing during their first time) like they are losers your honor

On FOB Stan I’m currently specifically feeling him with What A Catch, The (After) Life Of The Party, From Now On We Are Enemies, Golden, Fame< Infamy, The (Shipped) Gold Standard, She’s My Winona, Disloyal Order, A Little Less Sixteen Candles, Heavens Gate, SOPHOMORE SLUMP IS SO STYLE OMG

Sorry that was a lot I’m very passionate abt the fob Stan thing

EVERY LAME ASS SAPPY LOVE SONG IS EXTREMELY STYLE TO ME!!! If We Were Vampires by Jason Isbell, I’ll Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab For Cutie, LINE WITHOUT A HOOK?!? Nothing Matters But You by The Young Veins, Northern Downpour and When The Day Met The Night by Panic, I Think I Love You by Tenacious D, All I Ask Of You from Phantom (btw I saw someone draw a style phantom of the opera au it slayed so hard), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John (there’s this scene in a fic I read where Stan plays it for Kyle on his guitar and I lost my mind), ofc Carry On Wayward Son, Accidentally In Love by the counting crows, Turn Off The Lights from the Vices and Virtues bonus tracks, As Long As You’re Mine from Wicked (I feel like Kyle fuckinh loves Wicked) All I’ve Ever Known from Hadestown.

OJV Kyle for sure listens to the acoustic versions of pop songs and is SUCH a sap (he won’t admit it as much as Stan tho) like he’ll pause a song after a particularly clever or romantic line and just be like DID YOU HEAR THAT! Stan writes songs every once in a while and whenever he writes for Ky he always tries to paint a story because that’s what Kyle likes help I love them so much

As for other media I associate w the boys, bruh lemme tell ya the sp brainrot is so real I physically cannot watch or read anything without imagining a couple as style (literally last night my partner and I were watching the picture lock of the last feature we worked on and I’m over here looking at the two main characters like hmm who is Stan who is Kyle I’m the WORST)

Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure is so Them to me holy shit like best friends getting into situations and being obsessed with each other I love that shit (u can’t tell me Bill and Ted aren’t in love)

This comes as no surprise to anyone but Lord Of The Rings for sure, especially since i decided that they speak elvish to each other on the regular

I’ve also said it before but!!! As a massive PJO/Riordanverse fan, THEY ARE SO PERCABETH CODED!!! We got Stan/Percy as the reluctant hero who everyone looks to, Kyle/Annabeth as the badass short tempered voice of reason, like DUDE.

(Also I hope you know how much your fics have influenced my mindset like I’ll drive past Taco Bell and be like o look style moment and I saw Fireball at the gas station and thought abt rm Stan)

Anyway this is long as SHIT I’m completely insane it’s fine THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASK ILY

[urshitarespopinions]

What I Love About South Park (And Its Fandom)

Okay, considering my first two essays were fairly negative and tackled more serious issues with the south park fandom, it's time to remind myself (and you, random tumblr user) just what's so great about it. I've spent more than enough time defining what to hate - now I'll talk about what to love!

First off, thanks for clicking "keep reading" :) it really means a lot to me <3

Secondly, I'd like to start this properly by saying no, Matt and Trey are not perfect. They are not angels, they are no more human or godly or demon-ly than I am myself (although sometimes I doubt Trey's humanity). They are capable of failure and mistakes. They are also capable of great things. And in favor of keeping this light, I'll be talking about the latter half :>

Like any other south parkie, I too, enjoy and cherish the earlier seasons of South Park. They're fun, adventurous, and truly do radiate those small-town vibes we all can't get enough of. It's cool if you disagree, but I personally love a lot of the newer seasons, too! It may not have that country hand-made charm it once had, but at least I can enjoy knowing Matt and Trey's hands finally got a break when they switched from stop motion to digital. Yay, no carpel tunnel!

Actually, one of my favorite episodes is "The Cissy", because I really enjoy that despite the fact Cartman and Wendy's perceptions of being trans are flawed and mostly offensive, we still know that behind the scenes, Matt and Trey themselves don't express this specific view. We know that Cartman is pretending to be transgender to get into the girls' bathroom, but most importantly, we see from the showteller's point of view that it is wrong. That's what separates it from some other modern media with less than pretty depictions of transgender identities (*cough cough Steven Universe*).

Another thing to love? The characters! Any south parkie has their special character they love especially more than the others. Some of them don't even get any lines in the show! But they're all special and unique in their own way, and that's what's so addicting. Stan's cynical. Kyle's morally challenged. Cartman's everything-challenged. Kenny's funny. Butters is Butters. (And Scott Malkinson's diabetic).

Speaking of uniqueness and its role in South Park, I'd like to take a moment and thank the genius who wrote Butters' speeches in both Raisins and Butterballs, because they've really made me look at the world in a different lens. And gain some respect for people who choose to be happy. That takes some real guts and emotional maturity I don't have.

What else, what else? Why, of course, I can't forget you, dear average south park enjoyer, reading these words on a screen. You and everyone else in the south park fandom (minus a few). You've changed everything for me! I've met some of my closest and dearest friends because of this little controversial show about morally questionable egg children. How wild is that?

What's more- the fandom even influenced a key component in what makes South Park, well, South Park. I'm speaking about Craig and Tweek, of course, another great example of wonderful LGBT+ representation [see paragraph 5]. We did that!! WE!! Creek was so popular among the fans, Matt and Trey made it real. Literally. Like how the fuck did we manage to do that.

Astonishment aside, it's a wonderful feeling to know this little show has changed my life so much. My little monke brain just can't handle the comprehension :')

But maybe it's all hogwash. Maybe what I said doesn't even make sense! Glad I'm just a person on the Internet that nobody should take too seriously. And I'm glad you've made it to the end! Thanks reader, you get a gold star.

I hope you'll enjoy your day a little bit more today :D keep rockin, rockstar!

[dusksmote]

How do you ink and color? Any tips? I love your art! 💜🖤

oh shit i got this ask months ago and forgot to answer

inking: god i hate lineart so much. the trick is to not do it 😂 unfortunately, i still find myself spending hours on lineart all the time @_@ 

the biggest thing i’ve found is making your lines varied in thickness. it adds to the interest. i also try to make my outside line thicker than my inside ones to break up the figure from the background. don’t be afraid to skips some lines and imply them with shading instead. i will color over my lines at the end to make them not as strong, but i’ve learned to still keep some lines black for extra emphasis. 

^ here’s one of my older pieces that i’ve been considering redoing. it has very little line variation, ALL the lines are colored so there’s no solid black, and there’s very little hard contrast in shading values. overall, it looks flat and uninteresting and if i had the time i’d redraw this one.

this is a more recent example of lineart that i think works a lot better. the characters are really well defined with a strong outline, but the inside lines aren’t harsh and distracting. you can see i recolored the lineart in kyle’s hair to be a dark red, and in some places it blends with the shadows to imply areas with more highlights. stan’s pants don’t have and lines in them, just the outside shape and pockets. 

you can see in this wip what the lineart looks like before i do all the shading and fancy stuff. stan’s pants look totally flat and straight until i start shading.

a lot of the time though i won’t even do lineart, especially if it’s a big scenic piece. the more zoomed out less detail you can convey, and lineart takes up a lot of space. 

^ this piece is an example where i do both, lineart and no lineart. the mirror image of kyle isn’t the focus, and i honestly didn’t feel like going in and drawing exact lines because they’d probably look fucked up anyway. i typically don’t put hard lines in backgrounds because it would take FOREVER and just be distracting.

the one thing you do have to be careful of with lineless art is contrast. hard lines are good contrast that show you what you’re looking at, and without them your image can blend together. 

here’s part of a painting i did last august, when i was first experimenting with lineless styles (full image on my NSFW twitter). can you tell what’s going on here? i sure as fuck can’t. there’s no contrast, and it makes all the skin tones blend together in an unintelligible mush.

contrast has always been one of my biggest weaknesses as an artist, so i’ve been trying to improve over time. here’s a more recent lineless drawing:

this one works because it had high contrast. the highlights are really bright and the shadows are really deep. you can still make out the facial features too, but there’s no ‘lineart’ layer’. everything was painted on in the same layer.

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coloring: oh my god i love coloring. it’s my favorite part of drawing and the reason why shit takes forever. a lot of the same stuff from before comes into play, like contrast. you can also portray some really interesting moods based on colors if you’re being stylistic, but also pay in mind to your environment.

i always color my background first. in fact, a lot of the time i’ll do the entire background before coloring a piece. the environment establishes your light levels and light source, and it’s typically easier for me to tweak colors on a figure than the ones in the background. in the above example with kenny, the background is a mostly solid black with a beam of light from the left. i picked kenny’s colors to fit in this environment. 

it’s also important to use references.  

you can see in this wip i’ve got a reference image for how light from a TV looks against figures and the way their shadows are cast across the wall. it also helped me figure out what colors to use in this situation.

a lot of coloring is just trial and error to see what works. i usually start with a flat base color and add value to it. if you put all your colors on different layers it’s really easy to change them quickly. 

here’s an example:

i got my base colors down and here i can see the skin tone is blending with the background, so i lightened it up for better contrast

i typically shade the skin first, then clothes. you can see here i did a dull skin tone with a bright colored shadow. this adds more contrast and interest. i always try to avoid doing dull shadows where you shift toward black. black shadows are really uninteresting and they can make your piece look muddy. i’ll typically shade with an orange, red, blue, or purple.

the final piece has a really bright highlight on it coming from behind. this just adds more visual interest and contrast. you can also see i’ve gone back into the pink shadows and added an even lighter, brighter peach value in places to show reflected light. this also gives the darker pink shadow an added outline effect, because it touches the base skin tone but looks lighter within. 

^ this one’s a good example of light and shadow (full image on my NSFW twitter lmao). there’s not a lot of color because it’s dark out, so everything had to be conveyed in values. there’s hard light across the stomach and then a shadow over the chest, but there’s still light being reflected up into stan’s face that lets us make him out. the rest is deep shadow and unimportant, so it’s all black.

that’s the other part, color and value determine where your eye is gonna look, so consider that when drawing. 

^ consider this piece i drew like a year ago. it has a lot of blues and reds, and originally i was going to make stan’s guitar blue. i don’t have the wips anymore, but it didn’t stand out and it didn’t look right with the image. after a lot of playing around i went with yellow because it’s bright, it breaks up the image, and it adds another color to the piece to balance it out.

the same thing happened when i was working on the cover image for What They Say About Us. 

you can see in this really early wip that i’d blocked in the colors and butters is totally naked. for one, i was like “damn that kid is WAY too naked in this image” and he also blended in with stan and cartman. additionally, there was a lot of warm colors on the left, a lack of color on the right, and an overall lack of blue.

first change i made was throwing a shirt on him and it made a huge improvement. the image looks much more balanced now and he’s not super distracting with his naked-ness.

other than that, coloring is just picking your base colors, blocking in shadows, adding highlight, and cleaning it up. if you wanna improve, look at photo references. look at other people’s art and examine how they use color and value. practice practice practice. have fun with it. the most fun i have coloring comes from figuring out interesting textures like the pharaoh headdress or kenny’s leather jacket. 

i find stock photos like this and study them to see how the light works

other than that, the rest is just playing around, seeing what works, and making things up as i go!

[dear-wormwoods]

(Diff anon) There's also the fact that South Park has a very simple style; a change in hair color or style can change a design more than you think. (As much as I get why one would miss Stan's and Kyle's hats, it'd look kinda silly on them as middle-aged men. That's likely why their clothes slightly changed, to make them look more grown-up. But, at least their color schemes were kept. )

Thank God they aren’t still wearing their hats, that would be so stupid! I love their new outfits, especially Kyle’s. It’s exactly how I pictured him to dress, stylish and professional. Yes Stan’s shirt is on the ugly side, but like you said it kept his color scheme, so it’s fine.

I’m so excited to see everyone else! I’m sure some will take getting used to, but if I can wrap my brain around Kyle having a beard then I can accept mostly anything. Mostly.

Anyway, I really hope Kenny isn’t covering his face. And I don’t even know what to expect from Cartman, but I really don’t want him to be very thin.

[all-my-friends-were-glorious]

MERCEDES BETHANY OLSON

The Part-Time Barbie, Part-Time Wednesday

"Just as we have two eyes and two feet, duality is part of life." - Carlos Santana

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name: Mercedes Bethany Olson

Nicknames: Merce, Malibu Morticia (Michael Exclusive)

Faceclaim: Emma Roberts

Age: 23

Gender: Cis Female

Sexuality: Pansexual Panromantic Polygamous

Height: 5′11″

Weight: 138lbs

Birthday: January 4th

Sign: Capricorn

Occupation: Dancer at the Peppermint Hippo

WINNIFRED “WINNIE”

Mercedes’ old girl. She has had this cat since she was ten, and loves her to pieces. Winnie doesn’t like to be bothered by most people but will come lay with Mercedes in the wee hours of the morning for cuddles. They don’t talk about it.

DAWSON

Dawson is her little troublemaker and a huge goofball. If he can get into something, he will, without a doubt. He is most often the one she will take pictures of doing stupid shit. Michael has received images of this cat wearing Mercedes’ bras.

PEONY

AKA “Our Baby” with Michael. He drove her to pick up Peony, and she refuses to accept ‘no’ as an answer. Peony is young and inexperienced, and rarely without Mercedes when she’s home. Peony has ridden in Mercedes’ purse in public a few times, as well.

QUICK FACTS

Mercedes continued to be friends with those in Stan’s dance crew after the fact, finding herself closer with Michael than she thought she’d be. She would actually consider him one of her best friends, and she trusts him implicitly.

While she can be very giving and kind, it has to be earned. She will be a real bitch until she gets to know someone.

When in Infiniti’s presence, she is catty and rude and sardonic. 

Infiniti, Mercedes, Porsche, and Ferrari hang out often, and when Infiniti isn’t around, Mercedes is the default leader. Porsche and Ferrari are more or less followers.

Mercedes dabbles in the occult thanks to Michael, but mostly only to help him with things he needs. She wants to partake in rituals and the like but she’s not totally sure where to start and isn’t sure she wants to ask Michael too much.

She will tell Michael exclusively about people giving her trouble at work, and has called him several times to help her in a bad situation.

If she likes you, she will send suggestive messages with pictures of animals instead. ‘Look at my pussy’ with pictures of her cat, or ‘Nice Cock’ with rooster images.

Headcanons Masterlist

TAGS LIST

We're Dancing Like We're Dumb Our Bodies Going Numb (Mercedes Olson)

This Photo Of Us It Don't Have A Price (Mercedes Musings)

There's A Party In Your Bedroom All Night Long (Mercedes Aesthetic)

Soho Dolls They Make You Wanna Cry (Mercedes Closet)

Sugar’s Gotta Get Out You’re Baby’s Leaving You (Mercedes Headcanons)

Still Time For Her To Come And Get Some (Mercedes Journal Entries)

VERSES

TBD

MAINS AND SHIPS

MAINS

@southxparkxafterxdark​ - Michael - She Moves Like She’s Walking On Water She Moves Like The Boss’ Daughter (Mercedes and Michael - SouthxParkxAfterxDark)

@southxparkxafterxdark​ - Kyle - All The Little Pieces Make Up So Much Sense In The Distance (Mercedes and Kyle - SouthxParkxAfterxDark)

@throughxthexmist​ - Stan - Just Like A Monkey I’ve Been Dancing My Whole Life (Mercedes and Stan - ThroughxThexMist)

@throughxthexmist​ - Jimmy - It’d Be A Crime If I Didn’t Holler (Mercedes and Jimmy - ThroughxThexMist)

@throughxthexmist​ - Kenny - You Know You Caught My Eye (Mercedes and Kenny - ThroughxThexMist)

@south-park-saints-and-sinners​ - Chris - I Know You’re Never Satisfied (Mercedes and Chris - South-Park-Saints-And-Sinners)

@south-park-saints-and-sinners​ - Scott - Love Is Infinite Like Sun Rays (Mercedes and Scott - South-Park-Saints-And-Sinners)

SHIPS

@southxparkxafterxdark​ - Michael -  My Heart Belongs To Daddy So I Simply Couldn't Be Bad (Michael x Mercedes - SouthxParkxAfterxDark)

@south-park-saints-and-sinners​ - Chris -  It's You That I Adore Though I Make The Boys Fall Like Dominoes (Chris x Mercedes - South-Park-Saints-And-Sinners)

[hachichimitsu2]

A Comprehensive List of Stan and Kyle Moments (I UPD8 AS I GO)

A Comprehensive List of Stan and Kyle Moments (I UPD8 AS I GO)

Hello. Yes, you heard me. Here are all the scenes that legit scream out “STYLE” in South Park, whether these scenes are too far of a reach or not. I mostly compiled this out of my very own convenience, and hopefully this’ll help you a whole lot too. This is extremely text heavy, so I’ll put this under “Read More”. I haven’t played any of the games, so I won’t be including it here at this time, so if you guys know any good moments from the games, please let me know and I’ll add it to the list.

Cherokee Hair Tampons:

- The entire goshdarn episode.

- Stan being concerned and distraught over a dying Kyle breaks my heart. He was even bawling next to Kenny.

- Stan willing to donate his kidney to Kyle, even if it’d hurt a lot.

- Stan knowing that Kyle ate a bean and bacon soup half an hour ago shows that he’s been by Kyle’s side for quite some time now.

- Stan holding onto Kyle while they were at Cartman’s house.

- “Dude, you’re my best friend. I don’t want you to die before I do...”

Super Best Friends:

- Yeah, um, this episode...is gay.

- Stan and Kyle entering the episode with ice cream cones while Butters and Cartman wondering where they got them from. It’s assumed Stan and Kyle were hanging out with each other off-screen.

- I think Kyle being convinced that he’s not “really happy” through brainwashing is parallel to Stan being convinced that he’s “depressed” by the Church of Scientology.

- Stan trying to help Kyle escape with him, not even mentioning this plan to Kenny, Cartman or even Butters.

- Stan and Kyle looking at each other with longing looks while dramatic music plays in the background. Ah yes. I am...not even joking...this legit happened.

- How to Find Your Boyfriend 101: “OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED KENNY!!” “Y-you bastards...”

- Stan pleading Kyle not to kill himself and to hold his breath while being there for him.

- The ending where they call each other Super Best Friends and both proceed to beat up Cartman when he teased that they should make out.

Cartmanland:

- Stan comforting a distraught Kyle.

- @belovedhomosexuals mentioned that canonically, Stan helps Kyle with his hemorrhoid cream, and IM-

- Stan doing everything he can to get back at Cartman for Kyle’s sake.

- Stan demanding the doctor to wheel Kyle out to see Cartman in misery.

Asspen:

- “YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW HEATHER!!” >:(

- Kyle not wanting Stan to do the K-13. He doesn’t want him to die.

- Kyle holds a polaroid photo of the both of them. How cute. Does he bring it with him wherever he goes?

The Biggest Douche In The Universe:

- Stan not wanting to go back to Colorado without Kyle and does all he can to convince him that John Edward is a fraud.

Follow That Egg:

- They are dads.

- They take care of their egg really well.

- “As a matter of fact, it is the nicest hat I’ve ever known”

- They’re the reasons gays could get married.

- Stan getting jealous of Kyle being paired up with Wendy. It does seem like a reach I have to admit, but if you’re a Stylendy fan, then this one’s for you.

Return of Chef

- The iconic beginning “flashback” where they both look at the sunset together.

Smug Alert:

- Stan and Kyle meeting in the parking lot in the beginning when Kyle was helping his dad give fake tickets.

- Kyle being moved away from South Park has Stan write a song to get Kyle and his family to come back.

- The cute hug in the end.

Fantastic Easter Special

- Stan, out of breath, asks Kyle for help in protecting Snowball

- Kyle helping him out anyways even though he was busy with fingerprinting.

- Cinematic parallels of Kyle killing Jesus and Stan killing that alien in Pinewood Derby.

Imaginationland Trilogy

- Kyle calling Stan in the morning regarding the “dream.”

- Stan and Kyle, unsure of the notes, both trying to recall the Imagination song. It was cute.

- Stan being distraught when ManBearPig got a hold on Kyle. (I swear, I’ve used the word “distraught” for over 1948388 times now)

- Kyle communicating through Stan telepathically with his Imagination.

Guiltar Queer O

- The whole episode.

- “I know...I need you.”

- The whole episode was literally as if they went through a break up.

- They’re both in sync when playing, right up to their tongues up.

- “Oh, so the gallant knight now comes to rescue me from the bowels of mediocrity! Oh, thank you, your royal lordship!” (Foreshadowing for SOT?)

- Stan thinking of Kyle as he’s “driving”.

The List:

- Stan doing all he can to prove that Kyle is a handsome mf. Another episode that screams Stylendy rights.

You Got F’d in the A:

- Kyle being so happy to see Stan dancing back to the Orange County kids.

- It’s canon that Stan can dance well while Kyle doesn’t have rhythm whatsoever. Wouldn’t it be a cute idea for Stan to teach Kyle how to dance?

You Have 0 Friends

- Kyle pleading Stan to water his crops.

- A short detail but if you noticed when Kyle announced that they made an FB account for Stan, he only added himself as Stan’s friend. This means that Kyle legit “friended” himself in Stan’s profile and didn’t bother to add Kenny or Cartman to Stan’s friend list.

- “Yes. WE’RE REALLY GREAT FRIENDS STAN!!” :D

You’re Getting Old:

- Oof. Yeah....

- Stan obviously loves Kyle a whole lot, but him seeing Kyle slowly turn into a turd probably did break his heart little by little. And when I mean by probably, I mean massively.

- Kyle shouldn’t exactly be demonized for not being able to handle Stan’s cynicism. Because I think it’s ok to admit you can’t handle such emotional drainage even if coming from your SBF, but do mind that him leaving Stan was most likely NOT easy for him. It’s kinda sad that they’ve slowly drifted away since then. BUT NO I REFUSE TO LET THAT HAPPEN ;-;

Assburgers:

- “Fuck you Kyle! You’re a piece of shit...Kyle, I love you. You’re a piece if shit though, fuck you...! I love you...”

- Stan immediately going back to Kyle when he’s feeling “better”

- That McDonalds Exec. literally narrating Stan and Kyle’s current rocky relationship and not believing every second of if.

A Nightmare on Facetime:

- “WILL SOMEONE GET ME A CHARGER OVER HERE!!’

- Kyle bringing and guiding Stan through the iPad.

Ginger Cow:

- Jokes aside, when Stan was asking Kyle about Cartman’s farts, he was really sweet and understanding to him. He genuinely wants to understand why Kyle likes Cartman’s farts so much and knew something was up by the way Kyle was hiding things.

- I also like how he was not afraid to call Kyle a dick. I think a good level of transparency is needed in a healthy relationship. That’s just how they roll.

- Stan helping Kyle cover up in the end....though it did backfire.

Black Friday Trilogy:

- “DID KYLE KNOW ABOUT THIS?!” “Kyle thought of it.” ;-;

- Stan being grounded and Kyle apologizing at the other side of the door was peak gay angst level.

- “That’s just how Xbox people are...” D:

- Ok now for something sweet. In the deleted scene, Stan was showing Kyle how the playstation controller works and...wow.......what cute babies.

Prehistoric Ice Man:

- “Oh my god! They killed Kenny!!” *looks at Kyle* “What? I’m not talking to you anymore.”

- Them fighting and arguing was so adorable. Their voices were so squeaky and cute in this episode.

- “First one to die loses.” SOGKEKGKRI WHAT MORONS

- Stan and Kyle kind of awkwardly trying to start the fight reminds me of Tweek vs Craig.

Mexican Joker:

- Stan angrily sending Cartman to the detention center after hearing about him sending Kyle there.

Band in China:

- “kyyyyyyYYYYYLEEEE :D DUDE YOU’RE BACK!!”

- Stan making a death metal band because a.) He hates living in the farm and b.) He misses Kyle so hard.

Britney’s New Look:

- Another Stan and Kyle episode where they both realized how so far in the wrong they’re in, and they desperately want to fix it.

- Stan and Kyle giving up in the end and joining in the chant.

The Death of Eric Cartman:

- Stan offering Kyle money so he could buy milk for lunch.

Two Guys Naked In A Hot Tub:

- “You can't just hang out with your buddy Kyle all the time. People will think you guys are, you know, funny.”

- When Kyle walks over in the end, Stan proceeds to complain to him how he had the worst night and they both go to Kyle’s house to hang.

The China Probrem

- In the beginning, Stan telling Kyle to refute Cartman’s racist sayings and got overly concerned when Kyle said he couldn’t do this anymore.

- Stan going in Kyle’s room to talk about moving on from what they’ve witnessed.

- Stan holding Kyle’s hand to run away in Kyle’s dream. Kyle waking up and crying when Stan wasn’t around to comfort him.

- Stan and Kyle crying in each other’s arms and telling each other “I love you”.

- Small detail but when they were leaving the attorney’s office and the attorney and the kids were crying altogether, Stan put a hand on Kyle to comfort him as they were crying.

The Mystery of the Urinal Deuce:

- Stan appearing in Kyle’s living room suddenly.

- “Well dude, maybe we're just super badass. Have you thought of that?” Yeah I know Stan was trying to cover up what he just did by saying that but still.

Cartman Gets An Anal Probe:

- Stan helping Kyle save Ike.

- “Hahaha you farted.” WHAT GROSS DORKS

- Kyle telling a speech to the aliens and Stan remarking how beautiful it was.

A Very Crappy Christmas:

- Kyle calling Stan in the middle of the night to get the guys, and Stan answering all sleepily is so adorable.

- Stan and Kyle voice acting together.

- Stan and Kyle doing the stopmotion animation together.

- Stan and Kyle laughing when they had Stan voice act Cartman to say the “ham” line.

Fun With Veal:

- Kyle taking care of a sickly Stan despite being a bit of a germaphobe.

The Snuke:

- Stan coming over to a sick Kyle’s house immediately after school has been suspended.

Crack Baby Athletic Association:

- Stan not being afraid to call out on Kyle.

- Kyle snuck into Stan’s room and Stan was listening to him unfazed.

Quintuplets 2000:

- Them trying to do gymnastics.

Pee:

- Kyle getting disgusted after hearing Stan talk about how it’s normal for people to pee in pools and in the shower.

Butterballs:

- Kyle calling Stan out in the bathroom, and they have this long ass stare. Kyle knowing that Stan will be jackin it in San Diego.

Bike Parade:

- Stan making Kyle laugh.

Proper Condom Use

- Stan and Kyle playing with a Jennifer Lopez doll and roleplaying.

- “SCREAM FOR ME BITCH!” “AHHHHHHHHH”

- Stan and Kyle in the same car with their cute big heads protruding.

World War Zimmerman:

- Stan and Kyle playing football.

The Scoots:

- Once again, Stan and Kyle playing football.

City on the Edge of Forever:

- Stan saving Kyle in his dream.

- Stan and Kyle sitting a bit closer to each other than usual in Stan’s dream.

Grounded Vindaloop:

- The tetherball date.

- Stan and Kyle saying “fuck you” to Kenny.

Clubhouses:

- Stan reading Bebe’s note, and Kyle being unfazed about it later in the episode. It was never defined whether he was informed the note came from Bebe.

#REHASH:

- Stan and Kyle being called grandpas by the little kids.

Tegridy Farms:

- When one of Ike’s classmates blew smoke in front of Kyle, Stan got extremely defensive about it.

Raising the Bar:

- Stan informing Kyle that it isn’t cool to continue on with “Fatty Doo Doo”.

- Stan checking up on Kyle as he’s sitting alone and listening to him lament about how the bar has sunk so low because of people.

Go Fund Yourself:

- *looking at Kyle’s ass* Boy this is the life huh.

Truth and Advertising:

- Stan and Kyle fist fighting for real, and Tweek and Craig looking at them concerned since they rarely ever fight like this.

Conjoined Fetus Lady:

- Stan preparing to catch Kyle if ever he fails to catch the dodgeball.

Stanley’s Cup:

- THEIR YOUNGER SELVES PLAYING HOCKEY!

ManBearPig:

- Stan’s head on Kyle’s lap. It’s so beautifully rendered.

Board Girls:

- “Wow, you are really into board games.”

A Scause for Applause:

- Kyle confronts Stan about cutting the bracelet by saying Heidi Turner saw him with super glue.

The Death Camp of Tolerance:

- “KYLE! KYLE! YOU HAVE TO KEEP MAKING YOUR MACARONI PICTURES!!”

South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut:

- Stan getting jealous that even Kyle is amazed at Gregory.

Cartman Join NAMBLA:

- Stan and Kyle putting their face against the glass.

Mr. Hankey’s Christmas Classics:

- Stan and Kyle making fun of Shelly behind her back.

Raisins:

- Kyle coming to visit Stan with the gang after the whole breakup.

- Kyle wanting Stan to be happy again by bringing him to Raisins.

- Kyle being annoyed over Stan being distraught over Wendy. Jealous?

Mr. Jefferson:

- When Stan hears a knock on his window, he assumes it’s Kyle.

- Stan and Kyle being good caretakers of Blanket.

- Stan and Kyle sleeping with Blanket.

[queenofthefaces]

*slams down paper* Give a thesis on Stanny boy. :D

I finished all my exams so LETS FUCKIGN GO!!! A lot of this is personal interpretation combined w hc character development 👌 I went kinda off topic bc y’all apparently like my analysis!! So here u go!!

1) sexuality hc: I love exploring queer themes w Stan sm ;;o;; I think he’s an incredibly relatable character and fandom tends to focus on his good morals so he’s the kinda character we’re more comfortable exploring like that :0 (unlike Eric who’s Problematic or Kyle who’s pretty morally gray and who has some questionable interactions w the ppl he’s had romantic interactions w)

And I love portraying Stan’s exploration into his sexuality as a very...slow kind of journey? Like Stan being someone who’s pretty ignorant but earnest, and appreciating when someone is able to help guide him (like Kenny or wendy)

But to the question: I hc Stan as bi!! Like a lot of ppl do :0 again w the slow journey, I see Stan as being the kind of person who would get into queer issues, and just being curious in general and asking questions, alongside wanting to explore w other people—like feeling a romantic/sexual tension w/ another boy but not knowing what it means, and only after he’s had someome start to guide him does he connect the pieces. Like Stan realizing “oh all those times I had a CRUSH on that guy I didn’t just admire him” sort of thing

And it’d be a very personal journey as well, I can’t imagine Stan being open or talking abt his sexuality while he’s still tryna figure it out, mostly bc he isn’t sure abt himself and he doesn’t feel secure enough to be open, plus he’s probably shy abt that kinda thing in the beginning.

And honestly I prefer Stan exploring his sexuality with Wendy or Kenny—I have a whole hc that he’d be uncomfortable with talking to kyle about it, not bc he has anything against Kyle—it’s just that Kyle sometimes gets too in his own head, gets uncomfortable with serious conversations, can sometimes leave Stan behind, and can think he knows Stan best/talks over Stan. I can’t see Kyle being someone patient enough to let Stan talk without adding in his own two cents and confusing or frustrating Stan, and Stan needs someone attentive and non-judgmental to talk things through

Wendy (esp w Wendy as a v knowledgeable queer person) is a good choice to help Stan out bc she’s very compassionate, emotionally sensitive, and wants to help.

(Going into hc-zone:) wendy might also fall into the thing Kyle does where she talks over Stan, in that she knows *so much* she thinks she can guess what Stan feels and kind of flood him with too much information unintentionally. It’s not a bad thing to try and inform him about gender stuff and bi/pan/ply/omnisexualities but Stan isn’t ready for all that yet. And I think Stan is also the kind of person who wouldn’t be super comforted by labels and facts the way Wendy is. Where Wendy likes having specific definitions to explain how she feels, Stan is overwhelmed by those labels bc he’ll overthink them and doubt himself

...which is why I prefer Stan exploring this stuff with Kenny, bc I have a really elaborate kind of relationship development between those two that could blossom if they let themselves grow closer, esp during times where Eric and Kyle are off doing Their Thing. Kenny being someone who’s incredibly sure of who he is, being a great listener, very emotionally sensitive, able to keep a secret, and able to read people well and handle situations between people. Ken is the type who can listen to Stan w/o judging him or making him feel overwhelmed, and knows when to ask questions and when to back off, etc. I have a whole thing abt how their developing relationship can be incredibly mutually beneficial but Yanno that’s for the next bulletpoint 👌 basically Kenny could be someone Stan can explore himself with, and not be pressured

And then there’s Stan’s gender identity which I also Love. I love nb Stan. Just in the kind of nb where he doesn’t want to give himself a specific label, he just wants to Be Himself, whatever that means. I hc Stan as primarily male-aligned nb, in that he’s most comfortable with being a guy or being perceived as a guy and generally presenting masc, but a lot of that is in Stan being more *socially* comfortable presenting that way, instead of him feeling more “like a guy.” I hc Stan to primarily use he/him pronouns but to also be ok w/ she/they depending on the situation. I think Wendy and Kenny would also help him w this, in hc’ing both of them as nb as well (though of course their identities manifest in different ways and they’re comfortable doing different things than Stan)

(Also I love Stan using goth stuff to explore his gender and presentation....using a more feminine name like Raven?? Being able to use nor androgynous ways of dressing?? I lov him sm ;;o;;)

(Plus I have a big hc I love where Stan tries to come out to his parents and he’s bracing for impact for the response and BOTH TIMES his dad STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT bc it’s like “ugh, what is it with kids these days coming up with FAKE TERMS for stuff that’s JUST NORMAL. It’s NORMAL to think about wanting to kiss other guys Stan duh” and Sharon and Stan just. “No....dad....straight men don’t want to kiss other men wtf” and later it’s “ok Stan I believe you about the bisexuality thing but this nonbinary thing?? Again it’s NORMAL!! To feel like a bit of both and want to be seen as a woman sometimes” and Stan’s just pinching his nose again.

He was afraid of becoming his father but. Not like this. Nb bi KINGS)

2) Otp: STENNY!!!!! I love stenny sm. (But I’ll get into that in a bit but first)

S/tendy is also really really cute, but imo it’s the pinnacle of school love. I feel like Stan and Wendy can be good together and genuinely like each other’s company, but I feel like their life goals and ambitions would stray, and they wouldn’t be completely compatible in a way that would be really sustainable as adults. It’s not a bad thing, and I think they could absolutely remain close friends w/o necessarily needing a romantic relationship

Anyways. I adore Stenny. A lot of it again revolves around some development hc stuff I have, mostly in how compatible and mutually beneficial the relationship can be. I like imagining them growing closer and more intimate w each other in a very private kind of way. Like them hanging out one on one, and eventually that evolves into texting, calling, sleeping over w just the two of them, etc, until they have this entire close relationship that’s all their own

And with compatibility, I think both Kenny and Stan are incredibly compassionate, sensitive, thoughtful people who can just sit and enjoy some silence. Unlike Eric and Kyle, who need constant mental stimulation—who need to be DOING things—Stan and Kenny can just...relax. And I think their sensitivity can also lead them to be able to support each other emotionally. Both of them can listen to each other, both of them are capable of having serious conversations and being patient through those conversations, both of them are perceptive and sensitive enough to recognize what the other is feeling and to have some idea of what to do about it. I think they’re both good at knowing how to take care of people (rather than someone like Kyle, who likes taking care of others but doesn’t really know how to do it very well; he’s like his mother in that way, he’s good at obvious stuff like injuries and crying but he can be kinda overbearing, presumptuous, and indelicate abt the quieter stuff but ENOUGH abt Kyle AHJSKDKF)

I think stenny is strong also in how the two can help one another. Kenny is realistic but careful and can provide support for Stan when he’s going through a rough patch. Kenny shows up to Stan’s room in the middle of the night with water and snacks and listens to Stan rant or just *is there* to show Stan he’s not alone. Kenny answers Stan’s 2am texts when Stan can’t sleep and stays on the phone with him all night to keep him company

And Stan is earnest in how much he cares abt his friends and would just...really easily show he cares w/o any judgement. Stan saves seats for Kenny, sends him “be safe!” texts when Ken goes home, offers his bed and his home to Kenny and Karen when they need a place to stay, and it never has an air of pity or self-righteousness about it—it’s just Stan genuinely being nice. And that kind of attention and care is a breath of fresh air for Ken, whos usually forgotten

And both of them are just. They’re a shoulder to cry on, or a pillar to lean against. And that’s smth they need—Stan to feel listened to, Kenny bc he takes on so much stress. They can be a rock for each other.

3) brotp: I love Stan making friends honestly ;;o;;

like I said in my kyle analysis I love the super best friends a lot ;;o;; they really care abt each other and don’t want to lose each other which is really nice. I just...love them being best friends + brotherly towards each other

But I also like Stan making friends outside of the m4—with the girls or the goth kids or even with someone like Tweek. (Though I cant really see him hanging out w “Craig’s gang” mostly bc there’s this air of exclusivity w the “groups,” like an established dynamic that no one really likes to cross, bc they’ve all jus Known each other for so long and have solidified those groups + dynamics—though I can see him also befriending the individual members of Craig’s gang, esp token or jimmy)

His friendship w the goth kids means a lot to me HONESTLY I love the idea of them remaining friends bc they vibe together well—esp when they get a better hang of mental health stuff, and they can talk abt gender and coping mechanisms and cool movies they’ve watched ;;o;; i think being with the goth kids could be a really important part of Stan forming his personal identity and while I don’t think they’d be *best friends* I can still see them as ppl he’d invite to his parties or to the movies and stuff

4) notp: s...st/yle, bc like I said in my kyle analysis I just. Can’t see it. I think kyle hurts Stan too much and that they need to work on their friendship, and that they’re much more compatible as friends than as anything else. I much much prefer a brotherly relationship where they’d feel weird even thinking about kissing each other lol

My other notps for Stan are less about me not liking the ship and more abt me like. Not wanting the characters w anyone else but who I already ship them with. I don’t like Stan with Craig or Tweek bc I can’t see those two w anyone but each other, for example. (Plus I have a lotta hc’s abt craig and his feelings for Tweek ;;o;; craig is a one man kinda guy lmao)

Though I do think Stan is extremely compatible with lots of characters. Idk why ppl ship Kyle w everyone when I don’t think kyle is v compatible with ppl—Stan is def someone who could date like. Just abt anyone. I don’t like Stan ships that aren’t stenny or st/endy but I can at least understand them. Stan is just really nice and approachable and can get along w a lotta people

5) First hc I think of: oh I love the hc that Stan sometimes writes his own music, but he’s kinda shy abt his voice so he doesn’t sing very often.

Or hc that he has a bit of a “dad bod” when he gets older. And the chubbier he is, the happier and more relaxed he is ;;o;; (Bc if Stan is too aware of his body and trying to work out to get the “perfect” figure, he’ll stress over it)

Or Stan growing up to breed service dogs ;;o;; (thank u magnus burnsides for this PERFECT idea)

6) how I relate to this character: I’ve kinda incorporated my own gender stuff into my interpretation of Stan (though I relate more to my gender-interpretation of Kenny)

But I think.....hm. It’s kinda hard to pick out a way I relate to Stan bc I’m so invested in seeing him grow and develop it doesn’t feel like it relates to me. Probably tho I relate to his weird balance of loyalty vs exasperation. Stan loves his friends and family and will do a lot for them. But my god. Sometimes they’re all so stupid. Randy being randy is obvious but remember when Kyle had a breakdown over the fucking Facebook farm game?? Stan is so tired

7) what gives me secondhand embarrassment abt Stan: uhhhh hm. Well, sometimes he’s kinda ignorant and goes along w what everyone else is doing, but honestly I don’t really cringe over Stan. He’s learning and trying and I can’t really fault him for that so much

8) cinnamon roll or problematic fave: cinnamon roll ;;o;; Stan is someone who’s usually pretty genuine and I love his role as the “straight man” in a lot of the stories. He’s been through a lot but I want him to just...be happy ;;o;; I love portrayals of Stan where he can be happy?? Like yeah he can be a cynic but he’s also really compassionate and I jus ;;o;;

[parti-pooper]

Headcanons for Stendy Family?

Alright, Anon! The time has come! OvO/ I don’t know if these are the kinds of headcanons you had hoped for - but I hope you can enjoy them anyway. uwu

Stan proposes to Wendy on the night of a wedding reception. Drunk. After puking. With no ring. Seeing his friends get married that day made him get mushy, and so he downed a bunch of liquid luck in the hopes of getting up enough courage to ask her to marry him. He thought it’d be romantic. Cue Wendy having to say nope after watching her beautiful, beloved boyfriend eject his guts and slur, “Wen-dyyy I larvuI lff fugignk larvaruu youuu,, marr meh ples marr meybeb…”

Wendy tells Stan what he did the next morning, and he gets embarrassed as he explains his thoughts last night. Wendy asks if he was genuine, and Stan says yeah, he really was. “Ask me again,” she says. “I don’t know,” he laughs nervously, “I’m kind of scared you’ll say no again.”  He pulls at his hair anxiously and averts his gaze, but she grabs his hand and makes him look into her eyes. “Ask me again,” she says, and he can’t deny her. “Okay, uhm… Wendy, I love you. Will you marry me?” He winces, pained, while he waits for her response. She smiles easily. “Yes.”

And that’s how Stan proposed to Wendy, drunk, and then proposed to her again, hungover. Still a better love story than Twilight.

They have a winter wedding. It snows on the day, and so Wendy and Stan both have white flakes in their black hair in all their wedding photographs outside the church. His horrible friends make dandruff jokes, but Stan and Wendy are so happy, they can’t even care. They’re shivering and smiling the whole day long.

Wendy keeps her last name, which Stan is disappointed about after all of those years writing Wendy Marsh in the margins of his notebooks, but he respects her decision.

They honeymoon in Hawaii. They’re a basic bitch couple, at the end of the day. (Butters sets them up, btw. Mahalo Rewards Card, biiitch!)

They were living together even before marriage, so they just continue to live like that for the first year of marriage. It isn’t long before Wendy gets pregnant though (Marsh men move fast, f.y.i., they end up being the first couple in their group of friends to have kids) and they quickly realise that their one-bedroom apartment probably isn’t the best place to raise a kid.

They end up moving to a cramped little house in a different area of their city. Stan wanted to move somewhere with a big backyard and a nearby park and quiet, safe roads for his kid to play in, like back where he grew up. But they had to stay in the city while Wendy finished her PhD.

It’s hard to make ends meet while Wendy’s working on her thesis and a part-time job while pregnant (with all of the discomfort that implies), and Stan’s trying to make enough money for the both of them doing whatever job he can. It’s a very poor time for them. There’s a lot of stress and a lot of arguments break out between them. They go to bed angry sometimes.

…But they always make up eventuality. It’s the hardest nights that make them cling the closest.

Stan and Wendy end up getting two babies for the price of one. They find out they’re having twins, and their stress just doubles.

They work themselves to exhaustion trying to save up enough money for their stork delivery, taking extra shifts at their work. They sleep whenever they’re not working. They forget to eat. Some days, they don’t even see each other. When they do, they can’t even muster the energy to just talk.

Sometimes they forget what it’s all for.

They remember again when Wendy finally gives birth, and they have their beautiful twin daughters. Stan holds one in each arm, and cries the whole time. Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny arrive pretty much instantaneously, being that over-dependent surrogate family they’ve always been to him, and all just hug the ever-loving shit out of Stan and coo over their new nieces.

Wendy gets a visit from all her girlfriends, too. Bebe, Nichole, Red, Heidi, Annie, and more, all come bearing gifts like the Wise Men at Jesus’ birth.

Having twins is no fucking party. Have you ever tried to soothe two babies crying at once? Stan and Wendy can’t take turns; they both have to get up in the night when the babies cry. The sleep deprivation is real, you guys.

Wendy has to take time off from her part-time job due to maternity leave, and she has to finish her thesis from home, so she stays and looks after the twins in the day. Stan goes to work all day, and then he takes over at night when he gets home.

Sometimes Gran’pa Randy and Gran’ma Sharon will take the kids off their hands for a weekend just so that Stan and Wendy can catch up on some fucking sleep. Stan has never loved them more than when they do that.

The twins grow up to be absolute terrors. Neither Stan nor Wendy know where they got their mischievous side from, but boy did they get it. Like, why are they so determined to stick pointy things in power outlets? Why do they constantly want to put small objects in their mouths? Why don’t they want to wear diapers? Why do they like to scream at the top of their lungs when their mom is working? Why do they think the wall is the best place to draw on with crayons? (Uncle Cartman is so proud, btw.)

Stan and Wendy swear up and down that they are never having another one. Never, ever. Nope. Not a single one. Two is more than enough. No.

Two years later, Wendy is pregnant again.

She’s finally finished her PhD though, so they think it’s finally time to move to that huge house with the big backyard in a nice neighbourhood like they always talked about.

“No, Stan, we’re not getting a dog too. We barely just got the girls potty-trained, and we still have to take them out on leashes. That’s all the dog we need right now.”

She gives birth to their son, Thomas, not long after. And thank goodness, he inherited his father’s quietness and is not as unnecessarily loud as his sisters. He also inherited his father’s sensitivity, however, and he cries at near-anything. A very fussy baby. He lives in his daddy’s arms, and he is literally, actually scared of his own shadow. His big sisters bully him a lot.

But they won’t allow anyone else to bully him. Like their mom, they stand up against any tyranny (that isn’t their own). Also like their mom, they are ferociously intelligent, and their parents fear them for it.

All three children have the same black hair and blue eyes as their mom and dad and grow up to be the absolute spit of their parents.

When Stan and Wendy look at their children, they quite literally forget all those years of hardship they went through; because what is that suffering, now, compared to this bliss?

Stan is such a sappy dad, in fact, that he writes songs about his children, for his children, and sings to them on his guitar.

Then the girls try to steal his guitar and almost break it with their careless strumming because they can’t appreciate nice things when they’re, what, six? Seriously, Stan, what did you think would happen?

But they quiet down and listen when Stan sings them a lullaby at bedtime.

Also, Stan is a pretty big push-over. His kids just need to bat their baby blues at them and he’s wrapped ‘round their tiny fingers. An ice-cream? You got it, honey. A pony? Anything for you, sweetie. What’s that, now? The assassination of the US president? Just hold on, cupcake, I’m on my way to D.C. right now.

I swear, Wendy “Don’t Fucking Test Me” Burger is the only force keeping that family from falling to the whims of their terrible twins and the wants of their infant son.

She makes sure they brush their teeth and eat their greens and look both ways before crossing the street. She has full folders of their medical and dental history organised in chronological order. She already has a college fund set up for all three kids that she keeps money flowing into monthly. She helps them with their homework (mostly Thomas, the girls do fine on their own). She’s a fucking scary force of nature, man.

…But maybe she lets Stan get that dog one day.

Uncle Kyle, Uncle Cartman, and Uncle Kenny visit often, and bring their own kids when they have them too. They reminisce while watching their children run around, playing and fighting, like they all used to do as kids. And they spoil Stan and Wendy’s children absolutely fucking rotten, and that doesn’t fucking help, guys, stop bringing the girls candy when we’re trying to teach them that locking their baby brother in the pantry is bad!!

Anyway, they’re a beautiful fucking family. I’m happy for them.

[traitor-boyfriend]

What is your honest opinion on Butters, as a character?

to me the case w butters is just really sad. over the years butters has gone from being exceptionally sweet and shy and gullible to being quite the bully. i know there’s a lot of argument about this – and butters has many faults of his own – but it’s really strange to see people demonize butters and think it has nothing to do w cartman, when butters’ personality evolution has a pretty direct correlation to how often and how many cartman/butters duo episodes there are. the more involved he’s been w cartman’s machinations, the more prominent those little details have become. and obviously this is not all about cartman but i think it’s the most significant.

butters isn’t really shown to have any real friends outside of stan, kyle, kenny, and cartman. in the earlier seasons all four of them were pretty mean little brats who included butters solely to take advantage of him but they’ve done a lot of changing since then. he apparently respects kenny quite a bit but they don’t interact a ton one-on-one beyond going native, and he’s mostly neutral toward stan and kyle. they defend butters when they see the others ganging up on him (albeit passively), but they act of their own volition and never go out of their way to include him and definitely view butters as something of an outsider in their group; cartman is the only one who really seems to want to be around butters. he doesn’t show butters much kindness or real concern (while cartman has, the occasions where he shows this w/out it being marred by something greater are few and far between) but butters is extremely loyal to cartman and cares a great deal for and about him. butters thinks cartman likes him, so he sticks by cartman, and i think a lot of cartman has in turn rubbed off on butters b/c of this. and this isn’t something that necessarily upsets me, either. whereas, say, season 5 butters and cartman could be considered foils (the case could be made to an extent that they still are) to each other they’re very much so mirror characters now. i think butters actually -is- what a lot of people think of cartman – just an isolated and traumatized kid w no one really looking out for him whose only manner of expressing it is by acting out

while liane certainly isn’t, like, a model of great parenting, she does provide very well for cartman. he has a relatively stable home life and for all her enabling she does want to see a change in cartman and his behavior and she does love him dearly. he has a level of personal autonomy and freedom that butters really doesn’t have. arguably butters has the most dysfunctional household (save for maybe kenny, but kenny certainly deals w his circumstances much better than butters). his father is a tyrannical evangelical patriarch and his mother mostly defers to him in the archetypal wait-till-your-father-gets-home kind of manner. neither of them are all too concerned about him for the most part; there’s an entire episode where linda attempts to murder him and the two conspire together to cover it up for the sake of their marriage. butters obviously has a lot of latent resentment for stephen; in the magic bush, when he’s convinced he’s in a simulation and can act however he wants w impunity, the first thing he does is physically assault his dad. being punished so often and so severely for what is almost always the most minor and insignificant of offenses. while cartman often perceives himself as being persecuted by liane – or anyone, really – for no reason beyond his own delusions, butters actually is being unfairly punished. there’s also butters’ extremely abusive grandmother; there really is nowhere for butters to escape. he suffers a lot of overt and implied abuse – verbal, emotional, physical, sexual etc.

looking at the evolution of his alter ego of professor chaos is interesting too. his first couple of appearances have him as just some bumbling wannabe villain but all his little schemes are really juvenile and innocent and comically ill-conceived – just seems a harmless outlet for the frustration and anger butters internalizes. time goes on and you see butters using it as an actual opportunity to carry out schemes w substantial thought (though they always soon fall apart) w intent to do, y’know, actual bad things. and i think the most recent few seasons really lean into butters embracing his role as a ‘villain’ of sorts; burning down the school, the whole wieners out thing, etc. butters can be really mean-spirited now, selfish and inconsiderate of the feelings of others whereas that is totally unlike, say, season 5 butters, who is always willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt and treat them w kindess regardless of if they’re deserving of it or not. he’s capable of real violence and real vindictiveness when before they were only fantasy

butters is extremely naive and trusting and while that makes him a wonderful character to sympathize w it also makes him the perfect victim to cartman’s manipulation. and repeat manipulation like that ultimately becomes conditioning. this is most evident i think in the way butters treats kyle; he seems to dislike kyle significantly more than he does stan even though there’s no real reason for him to and i don’t think there’s really any way to argue against the fact that it’s b/c he constantly has cartman buzzing in his ear. cartman very often uses butters as his lackey in tormenting kyle, and on several occasions has butters entertain the use of antisemitism to get under his skin to the point where butters, after having played along w/out any genuine malice or real awareness of what he’s saying, no longer needs cartman to coach him in how to do it. butters has made several underhanded slights about kyle being jewish all on his own (pretty sure there was even one in the catholic church episode this season when kyle tells him no one wants to hear about jesus at a birthday party and butters says something to the effect of “well, of course you don’t.”) butters is also a character w a lot of unexpressed anger, so when the final button is pushed he tends to explode, and pretty badly at that.

the most interesting thing to me as of late is that butters is able to operate independent of cartman now in his own schemes and plots. butters used to be extremely timid and would avoid confrontation of any kind, while butters currently has no problem making himself and his opinions heard and doesn’t crumble when he finds himself in a capricious spotlight. cartman has emboldened a lot of confidence in butters.

so you have butters routinely ostracized and abused by his family, his peers, and the people who are supposed to be his friends. if they’re not the ones doing it, they’re looking the other way. his hyper-empathetic nature and unwavering trust in others has only betrayed him and the only person who shows him any sort of attention is often only looking to get something out of it, so he’s leaned into that now. basically my summation of butters’ character now as opposed to when he first began to get regular screen time is that, as the saying goes, a hit dog will holler

[stanground]

' you're perfect . i wish you could see yourself the way i see you . happy valentines day , stan . ' found taped to stan's locker .

He’s not surprised to find himself dateless today of all days. Is it really that big of a deal? It’s just like any other day he goes on without a girlfriend or whatever. It just happened to be a holiday. A really dumb, stupid and sappy holiday. Although he guesses it’s kind of fun. It was more so in elementary but that’s because no one could be left out and there sure were as hell of a lot less hurt feelings, for everyone. And he could remember some of stupid little Valentine cards given out with some kind of candy attached. Oh, yeah Cartman really loved those.

He’s not expecting anything much. And if anything, there was always his Palentine! Although he was almost curious enough to get his phone out and ask Kyle if he had gotten any love notes. He wouldn’t be surprised. Hell, he would almost bet that Kenny had received half a dozen by this point. Naturally, he didn’t expect Cartman to get any. He just couldn’t wait to hear him whine about it. He’s practically rolling his eyes at the thought.

When the bell rings and it’s finally time to head home, he finds himself with four cards. They weren’t nothing out of this world, merely friendly gestures from his classmates. And he accepted them, almost grateful but mostly there was a feeling that he was kind of pathetic. No big deal. He can deal with that.

By the time he gets to his locker, he spots what’s been left there for him. There were more cards, more notes. Most of them were rather superficial; messages saying I love you or you’re cute and for the most part, he had no clue who these people were except for one he recognized as it was signed. A girl in 10th grade who he had made clear he had no interest in. It’s the plainest one he gets to last, and the one that actually holds his interest.

His eyes scanned the message, reading it slowly a second time. This was? It felt. It felt like someone who knew him. Not because there was the belief they were perfect but it felt so personal. His hand tightens on the note, getting his arm around himself as he leaned back against his locker with a sigh. He looked around the hall, trying to discern if it was any one of the people present, but no one seemed to be paying him any mind. Not today. They all had their own love lives to worry about. Still, he couldn’t shake feeling self-conscious, yet he was intrigued. He lifted his hand up to read the note once more. Did he expect something? Yeah, those other silly cards and notes, not this. It kind of hurt. There was something about it. It was making his heart race. He recognized the familiarity of the feeling and it made him sick.

This was ridiculous. It was just a note. A note he is reading. Again. For the fourth time. And again he is looking about to see if anyone is watching, expecting some sort of reaction from him. There’s nothing.

He hurriedly opens his locker, tears a sheet out of one of his notebooks and begins writing at a hasty pace. A note he could leave in return because if anything he could hope that he could send something back. At least to let the person know that he got the message and well maybe if there was something. A big if but he would take a chance.

𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚎. 𝙾𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝙳𝚊𝚢.

Once finished he tapes it on his locker. He’s been rushing through it. He’s still feeling sick and he knows where he’s going to stop at before heading home. Again he’s berating himself over his own stupidity and the fact that now he pinning over some unknown.

[paisleywraith]

Dawn of the Queen Chapter 1

Lady McCormick has handed herself over to Elvenkind to ensure the safe return of her younger sister. The Elven King requests her hand in marriage for reasons unknown, but Kenny is willing to pay any price without question as long as it saves Karen. 

The Kingdom of Kupa Keep had its castle in the middle of the land, surrounded by mountains and forests and all sort of other things Lady McCormick hadn’t seen in years. The blonde beauty was restricted to the castle at all times, and without free-roam, to live her days in boredom and concern. She wasn’t used to seeing all of this.

She watched the sun rise and set over the mountains twice, with a solemn sort of awe. Her arms were crossed, jaw set. This was the last time she’d see anything. She focied on the clouds, the color of the sky. The trees.

It was the forests she was most interested in at the moment, considering it was where she was headed. The first time in years she’d been allowed outside, and she had to view it from inside a carriage while being transported into a cave.

“A cave?” The Lady had asked the Grand Wizard in distress.

“That’s where Elves live, Kinny.” The wizard scratched his cheek as he half-listened to the golden-haired woman. “In the dark, underground.”

“I-” The Lady McCormick turned away, heart racing.

“His people have your little sister, remember.” The Wizard said unnecessarily. “Bring peace by marriage, they have vowed to treat her well and ensure her release.”

Kenny closed her eyes, inhaling. Marriage. To an Elf. That she’d never met.

Those kind had killed her parents, she read. Pointed-eared monsters, ragged hair, built like bulls with human faces that destroyed everything they touched. They desired to conquer, to kill, to take back land that was no longer rightfully theirs, holding on to grudges that no longer concerned anyone, particularly the McCormicks.

           And now they had Karen.

           The past few years, once her baby sister disappeared from the castle of Kupa Keep, Kenny had been kept exclusively indoors and away from people (therefore away from potential kidnappers). The Grand Wizard, though kind of an asshole, had searched and discovered the younger McCormick within their realm.

           The Elves refused to return the child, stating they would only when they had peace. How did they desire peace? Through an offering…a desire for new blood…they wanted one of the castle’s own to wed. Keep them from inbreeding, the Wizard said.

           Kenny didn’t have to think for a second before making her decision, despite the obvious trouble.

           “Tell them I agree.”

           How could she have not? Karen was the only thing she had left.

           So on her way she was sent, unseen by the receiving race. Like a beast sent to market. And what was worse-

           “Who are they marrying me off to?” Lady McCormick asked, coldly. She would not be afraid.

           The Wizard finally glanced over. “Their King.”

           The son of the people who led the Great Slaughter that ultimately killed her parents. To keep peace, she had to marry a murderer. To keep her baby sister safe, she was marrying the man who helped kill their parents.

           It would be worth it, if they released Karen. She would just have to be clever.

           Kenny prayed they hadn’t hurt Karen. If they did, God help them, she would-

           “Almost there, Princess Kenny!” The Merciful Paladin Stotch peered into the carriage from his lazy, speckled horse. “How you holding up?”

           “Fine, thank you.” Lady McCormick was denied the title of Princess back in the Keep, despite her being in the highest rankings in the castle, but a couple friends she held dear had no issue referring to her as such. ‘Butters’ was more or less her best friend, and treated her kindly and respectfully always.

           “We’re approaching a blockade!” The blond boy with glassy blue eyes relayed importantly. “Just wait until we make sure the know who we are. It’s a whole bunch of Elves, they’ve already seen us.”

           Kenny said nothing to that, only leaned back and pressed her lips firmly together. It had begun. Within a short time, she would be within the Elven kingdom. Butters would go home, and she would be left with no one.

           “Halt!” A voice called out over the moor. Kenny looked out and only saw fields, mist in the early day, and the very skirting edge of trees. They must be right before the forest. “Bring your carriage here, mortals.”

           The shuffling and talking went on for some time, and her door was opened.

           Kenny looked over spitefully, though it lessened greatly when the person looked up at her. She blinked.

           “You don’t look much like an Elf,” She said mostly without thinking, and didn’t care much that she had said it after she did consider it.

           The brunet man who opened the door blushed adorably rather than got angry, and it almost endeared him to her.

           “I’m a human, myself,” He stammered. “Raised by Elves. I’m Stan Marshwalker, my Lady. I’m to escort you to the palace.”

           “Oh,” Kenny said, realizing he was waiting for something. “I’m to…walk?”

           “We have horses,” Marshwalker said patiently. “But our roads aren’t created for human carriages. You’d find it a terrible ride.”

           He reached out his hand, and she took it and allowed her out of the carriage. Two horses, unsaddled but bridled in black leather and intricate steel, stood obediently to the side without handlers.

           “You know how to ride, my Lady?” Marshwalker asked, again very politely. Almost like he was being careful.

           “I do,” Kenny looked around for Butters, who was off his horse now and wearing a very forlorn look. Without a thought for decency, she hiked her skirts up to jog, reaching out and receiving her friend in a hug.

           “Take care of yourself,” She told him. She hadn’t expected to say goodbye so soon. She hadn’t been told she’d have to make the last leg of the journey alone. By the heavy look in the Paladin’s eyes, she suspected he’d known.  

           “And you, Princess,” Butters said with a squeeze before releasing her. “The Grand Wizard says mail can still get through. So I’ll send you lots an’ lots of letters. Don’t worry, Kenny.”

           Bless the Paladin and his soft, gentle heart.

           “Then I’ll write to you soon.” She squeezed his hand warmly and turned away, before she could start to feel upset. Stay stern. She strode, quite queenly, to where the brunet human-raised-by-Elves stood by the two brown steeds.

           She took a breath to center herself, sent a glance back to her Paladin friend before reaching. Kenny hopped up without any help, not wanting to make the impression that, despite the fact she was going along with all this, she was in any way incapable. Even if it meant she had to sit astride like a man.

           Stan smoothly hopped onto his horse as well, not commenting, and reached for the reins to turn his horse effortlessly.

           “Wave your goodbyes, Princess,” Marshwalker told her, inadvertently using her companion’s term for her. “We’re on our way.”

              Kenny said nothing for a good portion of the journey. Her horse was calm, and far more knowledgeable than she as to where they were going, so she took the time to think.

           She was on her way. She hoped that after the wedding, they’d release Karen. She had to decide if she wanted Karen with her or sent to the Keep. It depended on how bad the caves were. They’d suffered worse, though, and she’d love to be able to watch over her. She’d bend to whatever whims her husband wanted if he’d just keep her safe.

           Kenny exhaled, glancing up at the trees. Gnarled and unfriendly, branches swooped so low she could have touched them if she wanted. Almost all were covered in thick moss, and heavy vines hung everywhere she could see.

           At least her companion seemed cheerful. He patted his horse kindly and spoke respectfully, which was more than Kenny expected of her first brush with Elves. Though it might be because Stan wasn’t an Elf. He was sweet, and he was cute, and Kenny hoped she could make an ally of him.

Stan had said nothing about her riding like this, so either it wasn’t noticed or the Elven kind didn’t care much for propriety. She was considering the last option the most.

           “What was it like,” Kenny asked as they strode onward, the branches overhead tangled ominously and blocking most of the light. “To be raised by Elves as a human?”

           It was a rude question, but Stan didn’t seem to mind.

           “Honestly?” He said, horse matching Kenny’s pace within step, “Not all that different. There’s some things I can’t do that Elves can, but I’m capable. I’m right hand to the King, after all.”      

           Her future husband. Kenny felt a cold fear rush her veins. “The King?”

           “Kyle, High-King of the Elvish people.” Marshwalker said proudly. “We’ve been best friends since we were children.”

           Interesting. Kenny mulled that over, keeping a blank smile on her face. What a claim, to be ‘best friends’ with the ruler of a kingdom. She needed more information. Luckily, a little flattery from a woman could do wonders.

           “He must trust you a lot,” She said sweetly, “To bring back his future bride all by yourself.”

           Stan’s ears turned red, but he looked more pleased than flustered. “Oh, we aren’t by ourselves,” He corrected her with a smile. “His Highness sent his best agent to follow and be sure nothing reaches us.”

           “Best agent?” Kenny asked, when Stan didn’t clarify on his own.

           Stan leaned on his horse, lowering his voice. “One of the Barbarian tribe. A warrior of the highest order.”

           A Barbarian! Kenny raised her eyebrows. She hadn’t seen one in person, and had barely given them real thought. Must at the Keep assumed they were dead. “Aren’t they a dangerous bunch?” She asked. “They don’t have…they aren’t friends of humans or Elves, right?”

           “Not typically,” Marshwalker agreed. “But Tweek is considered one of Us. The Elvenkind are helping him…well, he’s friends with the King.” He trailed off.

           Kenny narrowed her eyes briefly, but smiled and stored that information away for later.

           “We’re approaching the caverns, My Lady.” Stan told her. “It isn’t a far up ahead.”

           “Are they really underground?” She asked. Stan nodded.

           “They are,” Stan adjusted the reins. “But don’t worry. Everything is bright and spacious. I think you’re going to like it.”

           Kenny readjusted her mental picture. “Okay,” She said. She glanced over. “And your friend, the King?” Get the damn hint and get talking.

           Stan looked confused before smiling. “What’s he like, you mean?” He waited for her nod. “Smart. Kind. He’s been a good King.” Stan was quiet for a moment after that, an emotion sweeping over his face that Kenny didn’t like. “Anyway,” He said, “You’ll find out soon.”

           Someone darted into their path and Kenny nearly fell off her damn horse. The person was wiry, thin, and had nearly melted out of the shadows.

           “What the hell are you?” Kenny couldn’t help, drawing back on the reins of her unimpressed horse.

           “That’ll be Tweek.” Stan said in explantion.

           The Barbarian was pale, with dark tattoos covering his body. His hair was wild as his eyes and honestly he wasn’t really wearing much. He grabbed Kenny’s bridle and the horse didn’t so much as flinch.            

           “I have the horse, youcangetoff now.” He spoke in slow and quick bursts, almost like he was used to a different dialect. Stan had already dismounted, so Kenny slid off the beast.

           Making sure her skirt hadn’t ridden up, Kenny shook out her clothes and trotted behind Marshwalker. She spared Tweek a glance. The Barbarian couldn’t have been taller than her. He was less muscular than she expected. Built for stealth, probably. He’d slunk out of the shadows like a dream. Had he been following them on foot that whole time?

           “Come with me, Princess,” Stan beckoned her to walk aside. “Take my arm. The caverns are up ahead.”

           She was expecting a hole in the ground, but instead was led up moss-covered steps. She slipped at one point, catching herself just as Stan steadied her. There was a door, crudely cut into the cliffside, and they stepped inside.

           “Hey, Stan,” A guard cut his own words off to look over Kenny. The Lady stared back. He had large, pointed ears, but other than that, he looked almost human. Was he half? Kenny knew Humans and Elves were sexually compatible, and often had Half-Breeds. She wanted to ask, but the guards behind were already unlocking a gate and swinging heavy solid metal doors aside.

           Here, everything was torchlit, and stairs led down. In the distance, laughter and loud chatter in a strange tongue echoed and bounced down the corridor.

           “Here we go,” Stan said kindly. “I’m glad you’re wearing boots, the stairs are steep. Let’s go.”

           It was easier than she expected. Everything was lit, as Stan said, though she imagined Karen trying to take this walk alone. She grit her teeth.

           “Oh, fuck.”

           Kenny stared at Stan as he stopped short. Coming up the stairs was the laughing group they’d been hearing. The entourage stopped when they saw Kenny, all falling quiet in almost humorous unison.

           “What now?” Someone shouldered aside the front crowd, and Stan winced before going in for the bow.

           “Your Highness,” Stan raised back quickly as Kenny’s heart stopped.

           Torchlight flickered off a strong jaw, sharp cheekbones. Kenny couldn’t tell what color his eyes were. She could tell that he was built handsomely, strong but not broad, with long scarlet robes and gold embellishment.

           Most of all, she noticed the messy red curls, offset by sharply pointed ears, and the crown made of branches nestled into his hair.

           Kenny found herself stupidly frozen.

           The Elf took a step up, until he stood two below Kenny. His jaw was set and he inclined his head slightly.

           “Lady McCormick,” He raised his eyes again to settle firmly on hers. “Welcome home.”

           Kenny kept her mouth closed. So this was her husband, the Elven King. She hated herself for the shivering, the cool pit of fear. This was the person she had to fool, had to please, had to keep from hurting Karen.

           “My Lord,” Stan spoke up, saving her the awkwardness of a reply, “I was taking Princess Kenny to her quarters.”

           Kyle quirked an eyebrow, tilting his head. Kenny’s eyes flit to his jaw. She wasn’t expecting smooth skin and pretty lips. Elves were…depicted differently in the Keep? Perhaps? Unless he was a different breed, like horses or dogs. He was outright handsome, despite the clash of red with hair and robe.

           “Princess?” Kyle’s eyes flit back to the girl. Kenny was sure she was going to grit her teeth to nothing, but Kyle didn’t say anything further. “Go on, I’ll be back tonight,” He told Stan, and whipped past them.

           Stan was glaring at the King’s back, strangely, and Kenny kept her grip on Stan’s arm as she watched the look on his face.

           The brunet sighed, and pulled her gently along with him down the stairs past the King’s group.

           Kenny waited until they were further away, still moving down the stairs, before leaning close to her walking companion.

           “Is that what Elves look like?” She breathed, not wanting to be overheard.

           Stan looked confused. “Yeah?” He tilted his head like a confused puppy. He chewed on his lip. “That was…King Kyle.”

           “I noticed,” Kenny picked her skirts further up as the steps grew more steep. “So that’s….the King.”

           They were skipping around the obvious term for what he was to Kenny, she didn’t know whether to be pleased by that or not.

           “Yes.” Stan sounded embarrassed. “He’ll be around later. I’ll show you to your room and let you meet your right hand from now on.”

           Kenny blinked. A grotesque look of trying to keep a straight face wavered. “Exactly what do you mean by that?”

           “Windy,” Stan seemed to comment, until a rather pretty girl with long dark hair and steel grey eyes stepped to meet them at the bottom of the stairs. “This is Lady Kenny McCormick. My Lady, this is Wendy.” He was blushing again now for whatever reason, and stepped back once they reached even floor.

           “My Lady, we’re glad to finally have you,” Wendy was average height, a little shorter than Kenny herself, and dressed in a velvety green with multicolored gems around her throat. “Over here, I’ll show you where your room is.”

           And like that, Kenny was separated from the only person she knew. Down, deep below the surface, among Elvenkind and with her husband-to-be wandering wherever he liked. To be run into at any time. Kenny shivered again.

           She had so many things to keep in mind. If she wanted Karen safe, she’d have to play this right from now on.

           “I think you’ll grow to really like it here,” Wendy spoke soothingly. “Elves are strange, but they’re a gentle race at heart.” She saw the skeptical look on Kenny’s face. “Your husband, Kyle, is our King. He’s an excellent ruler and a very good soul. I think you’ll both be good friends.”

           Good friends. Kenny’s lips twisted. She hadn’t seen her sister in years. Karen could be hurt. Hungry. Could be worse, but she refused to let herself think about it.

           “Tell me about yourself, Lady McCormick,” Wendy spoke as she led Kenny through the halls. The lights were different here, white instead of torch yellow. The looked like stars, and Kenny was more than a little tempted to touch one. Tapestries in red and gold fluttered soft from an unknown, warm breeze.

           “Not much to say,” Kenny said a bit stiffly. “I’m an orphan of the War, I’m of age to marry, there isn’t much to that you must not know.”

           Wendy took the jab easily. “Alright, then I’ll start.” She pulled Kenny aside to let Elves with longbows tread past without sound. Kenny found herself a little miffed that they would pull aside a future bride of the King to let guards pass. Tasteless.

           “I’m a half-Elf, I was born here,” She commented, brushing black hair past rounded ears. “I’m to be essentially your lady-in-waiting, but I don’t like that title.”

           “What would you prefer to be called?” Kenny asked awkwardly.

           “Wendy,” The girl replied simply.

           Easy enough.

           “Your quarters, Lady McCormick, are through here,”

           The narrow corridor opened into a large wing of the caverns, bright as day and steps carved with perfect lines and angles led up to them from across the way. On their right, two large double doors made of what appeared to be glass and gold.

           “Your husband’s room,” Wendy commented. Kenny felt the icy fear stirring in her stomach. How did she think she was going to do this? “Yours is across from him.”

           Less exquisite, but still deep wood and gilded, Wendy flung open the doors and stepped aside.

           The floor was soft, her feet bounced slightly when she walked. Kenny had the urge to kick off her boots and let her bare feet sink into them. The walls were paper and gold, with those white lights dotting every corner. Paintings taller than her of forests, trees, flower gardens, hung on every wall, two doors, and a large desk in front of the garden painting stood in white and gold leaf.

           “It’s beautiful!” Kenny said, and meant it. The bed itself looked golden gilded as well, with long thick curtains on deep mahogany posts. Even the fabric was golden, and she counted at least three blankets and ten pillows.

           “This is your closet,” Wendy gestured to the nearest door, “With clothing in it to be altered for special events…I know you brought some human garb with you as well. The other is a bathroom. With running water.”

           “Running?” Kenny asked, looking up from smoothing her fingers over sheets.

           “Like a stream.” Wendy smiled. “No waiting to fill up water or heat it.”

           Kenny exhaled. One bit of good news. Did that mean baths were not luxuries here? Everyone was startlingly clean for living underground. She glanced at the grime under her nails and sticking to her skin from the ride over. The King must have thought she looked like the Barbarian boy.

           She glanced up to ask whether she could bathe, when she caught sight of the other thing in the room. A tapestry, clearly from Kupa Keep. It looked so out of place with all the Elven things, Kenny outright stared.

           “His Highness thought maybe it would bring you some comfort,” Wendy spoke, something warming her tone. “To have something of your home.”

           Kenny wasn’t sure when she’d ever considered the Keep her home, but there was something startlingly kind in the gesture. Thoughtful.

           “Tell him thank you,” Kenny managed, deciding that if she were playing a part, best start immediately.

           “You can tell him yourself,” Wendy said, reaching into her closet. “You’ll have dinner with him in only a couple hours. Let’s get you washed up and recovered from your long journey first.”