#my bet is the winning himbo energy

[cheerynoir]

i know i’m late but i’m just getting into shameless now and i gotta know

who’s the best dude in shameless and why is it a tie between kevin ball and  jody silverman?

[lets-get-kraken-boys]

Kraken I didn’t know you liked Genshin impact ! Who’s your fave? I adore Itto (I have a things for himbo’s ~)😍 and I have a soft spot for Sara and Thoma💗

You and me, we’re besties now because I am HEAD OVER HEELS for Itto too!!! I love you, bestie 😘💖

He’s just so PERFECT! He’s so unironically funny, he makes me smile and giggle every time I see him, he’s eye-catching, and I love his determination. I love how this buff, tough oni whose supposed to be scary and ruthless, turns out to be the cutest creature to have ever stepped on the earth’s undeserving crust. He’s so gentle and kind to the onikabuto, they’re like friends to him! He’s fiercely protective of the ones he loves (😳 can I please be apart of the circle??? Archons, I want him to love me SO BAD WTF—). He loves his gang with everything he’s got…Itto’s just the perfect man!!! He is my one true love in this world (but not as much as Mitsuri. I would drop everything for her in a heartbeat).

Himbos are the best thing to have graced my eyes; they are so lovable. SO FREAKING CUTEEEE!!! I just love how sweet and empty-headed they are. *longing sigh* Oh, to have a himbo boyfriend 😔 ITTO PLEASE GIVE ME A CHANCE—

I also love Kokomi! She’s absolutely adorable, I love her water powers and her little fish & jellyfish friends! She is the mermaid princess I always wanted to be when I was a child. 💖 I need her to let me swoop her up into my arms in a hug and kiss her all over her cute face. Healers are what allow the team to win, it’s just a fact. And I am obsessed with pink-haired characters. If there’s a pink-haired character in an anime or game, you best believe I am their #1 fan. AND AYAKAAAAA MY SWEETHEART! Her shyness is endearing, but she’s so brave! She is incredible.

Beidou…please…I am on my knees begging. PRINCESS CARRY ME IN YOUR WARM STRONG EMBRACE, AND KISS ME IN THE SUNSET. She is so hot fr. Blushing hard thinking about her right now 😳

And Klee!! My beloved baby girl, she’s adorable. I love her energy; just an excited ball of curiosity and happiness bouncing everywhere all at once. I bet if she was real she would be quite the handful tho LMAOOO. I pity Albedo 😭😂

I am a firm believer that the women of Genshin SOLO the men NO COMPETITION. Every single one of the designs the ladies have is just banger after banger. Ganyu, Dori (such a cute character, yet no one ever talks about her anymore!), Nilou, Hu Tao, Lisa, Shenhe, Yae Miko—every one of them is so beautiful and stunning. They are all Picasso paintings, unique and shining in their own special ways. I want all of them (excluding the children, obvi-fucking-ously. Leave the babies out of this rant) to smooch me on the mouth RIGHT NOW. Plz love me.

ANYWAYS! Sorry for the simp rant LOL 😂 Sara & Thoma are super adorable too! Sara is the coolest badass. MALE WIFE THOMA 😩 Please be my stay-at-home husband and bake me sweets and brownies every night when I get home from work.

Thank you for asking! I had a lot of fun answering, as you can probably tell, haha! I hope you have a wonderful day, hon. ♥️♥️♥️💋❌⭕️❌⭕️

With Love,

Kraken 🐙

[fractal-quadrilioquy]

A Non-Exhaustive Guide To My Various (In-Game) Cats

Cadira Silverflux:

- mirage supreme

- don't let him fool you - his gun shoots real bullets.

- if you're looking at four cadiras and trying to figure out which three are the clones, the real one is behind you

- allergic to calling others by their names

Cadfael Silverfrost:

- ~I, can, feel, your heart-beat~

- cutest of my charr

- engineering is basically just necromancy but with metal, right?

- suggest that she change her name and she'll fight you. if she's feeling nice, she might even officiate your funeral.

Antares Silverstrike:

- quiet, and looks like he's eternally brooding

- isn't actually brooding he's just thinking about things constantly

- body language is actually extremely obvious but only if you know what to look for

- wins 80% of his bets. you'd think people would learn by now but they haven't. looking at you, nasius.

- he/they. yes, he's a they. yes, they're a he. we exist.

- don't shorten his name to 'ant' or 'aunt', he will bite you.

Kaden Starsight:

- can and will overthrow bangar ruinbringer

- kalla's ghost has a megaphone in one hand and a box of popcorn in the other

- accidentally on purpose adopted three tiger cubs

- feral

- good at pretending she isn’t feral

- nobody is surprised when they learn this anyway

Zaera Starskred:

- centauri's emotional support and physical support cat

- solves problems by neutralising them

- geology nerd

- has been considered for a promotion to centurion but she left to join the pact before she could be notified

- doesn't like wearing chestplates even though she probably should

- does an excellent ryker impression

Ryker Starflare:

- BIG and SHINY

- uses the light of his virtue as a bludgeoning weapon

- bffs with a rogue

- pretends he's a himbo so people underestimate him or play nice with him. unfortunately for them he is very smart and good at maneuvering people

- does an excellent zaera impression

Denara Stormdelver:

- broke time a bit and by a bit i mean a lot

- probably harnesses the power of doomed timelines as a power source

- longstanding rivalry with her coworker(s)

- broke time a bit and by a bit i mean a lot

- old school blood legion mesmer

- warning: breaking time may have unintended cosmetic side effects

- broke time a bit and by a bit i mean a lot

Arcshod Skyblitz:

- biggest dad energies even though he's only 27 years old

- grew up in the snow and will melt if he goes to ascalon

- has at least one alternate self. does not know how to feel about said alternate self.

- impromptu pirate. surprisingly okay with this

- will launch himself out of a tree, screaming. often, not even to attack things.

Rinclex "Rin" Skyblast:

- obstinate asshole

- death couldn't stop him from heckling his bandmates

- shadow magic specialist

- i'd almost say he has a heart of gold except that he very much doesn't. he has principles, however, and sticks by them, selfish as they are

- misses the sky

Tailon "Tai" Skyshift:

- three-limbed charr with a walking stick

- uses clones only for the most basic of tasks; doesn't have the focus to maintain more

- material sciences and bioengineering specialist

- haunted. and not even metaphorically.

- knives and portals, portals and knives

[mapache-lector]

Coffees & Cactus. (Part 5 of 5)

Rating: T Pairing: Ben Miller x chubby!fem!Reader. Summary: Reader and two friends are owners of a café, Benny comes in and finds more than the perfect gift for Maria, Frankie’s daughter. (I hate doing this, sorry) Words: 1480 (oops!)

Warning: I think I wrote Reader pretty much general, but the characteristics I mention are that she’s chubby, has a genderless wardrobe and she’s dealing with depression and anxiety (the way I do, which I know it’s not the common stuff… or maybe yes?). So, have that in mind.

Author’s notes: Introducing Maria and Franklin the plant! Author’s notes.2: I will be forever grateful (and not to be dramatic) to @de-profundis-ad-astra​, to you Miranda, because this made me incredibly happy. I could connect with a part of me kinda forgot. I could write fanfiction again! ❤

Author’s notes.3: Hello, yes, it’s been a while since I wrote a fanfiction. It’s -not only the first one I write in a while- but the first in English! So, bearing in mind that, feel free to point mistakes and let me know!

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He was so excited for her agreement of going out with him, that the grin went first forward that the rest of his body on his exit. Brit teased her about those minutes of heaven in the back, but she was happy for her friend. Both of them were.

She wasn’t the type of putting much effort in clothes, her wardrobe pretty much basic, casual and comfortable… and not for dates. She never went out on dates.

This is not a date.

Pants, jeans, shirts, sweaters, jackets. Black, dark blue, dark green, dark red, little details in gold, silver and white. Her clothes showed her genderless style and she knew she was being judgmental, but her style and type was not the one for Ben to like.

Watching her wardrobe open like it was the devil itself, let out a chain of curses and rushed to the bathroom to shower.

For a change, she was trembling with nervousness as she approached the bar Ben and she agreed to meet that afternoon.

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Ben was at the door of the bar waiting for her. He came a little bit earlier to book a small booth, a bit far from the rest of the tables, and to make sure this place was comfortable to her, glad of the low music in the background and the quiet chatter flowing in the air; the dim light was a touch he wasn’t expecting but was welcome.

He was looking at both sides of the street like a hawk, swinging back and forth and sometimes pacing the street. Then he saw her, walking towards him, looking at the numbers of the buildings; his heart skipped beats when she spotted him and grinned brightly.

 “You look amazing, sweetheart.”

 “Same as you, fighter.” Her curious eyes were fixed in his shirt and he looked down to the two little pins Maria gave them for good luck.

 “Oh, Maria let me borrow them, you know, charms. This is Alice,” pointed to a cactus, and then to a plant. More glitter around them. “And this is Franklin.”

They sat at the booth and chatted about nothing till the waiter came, both ordering beers and fries.

Ben listened to her with his full attention, teasing her about trivial things and being total serious when the situation required it. Her big eyes were on him with curiosity every time he spoke about the MMA world, and for once, someone was not horrified by the subject. She asked about rules, championships and all the stuff she didn’t know because that was a world she knew nothing about. She asked about his brother, his friends, the times in the Army. Whatever he could tell, she listened with attention.

One beer after another came and passed, the fries were eaten one by one, and the topics of conversation never ran dry.

“Shakira before Piqué was the best!” She stated. They forgot the initial space between them and were seated close, facing each other and sometimes forgetting they weren’t alone, shouting and bickering out loud.

 “No way! She was suffering all the time.”

“Santiago or Frankie translated the songs to you? Those lyrics were the best and she had love songs too.”

 “The video clips? Weird.” He was trying to win the argument and was so sure of himself, he pointed her with the bottle of beer before taking a sip. “Like the one she’s a cartoon?”

 “Where the boob deflates like a balloon?” He almost spills over her trying to suffocate a laugh. “I give you that! I give you that one! That clip is weird. But, she-was-best-there- and that’s a hill I will die on.”

 “Oh yeah?”

 “Yeah, I’ll fight you on this.”

 “I bet ya would! Let’s make it official. Ask your friends and I’ll ask mine. The winner decides the next date.” Her breath got caught on her throat. 

They wrote the same text and sent them, and waited for the answers. Of course, she won.

 “IN YOUR FACE, MILLER!”

 “Please, bear with me, don’t you listen to the new songs and they lift your spirit?”

She tried not to respond to that, winning time sipping the last of her beer. “I… Yeah, yeah, yeah okay, but in lyrics–“

 “OOOOH YOU’RE BETRAYING YOURSELF!” He yelled. “Betrayal! Betrayal!”

They both laughed out loud, and Ben fell in love a little bit more. He was so proud he could manage to get her relaxed and carefree, throwing her head back to laugh and squinting her eyes. Once, in a rapture of laugh, she put her hand on his thigh and he almost fainted of emotion.

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They didn’t want the night to end, so went to buy one more beer and walked through the city, the long way round to her building, still chatting, telling stories about their childhood and teens. Every time they passed some group of guys or someone Ben thought was dangerous, he would throw an arm around her shoulders to protect her and then slide it off. Until one time he did and never retired it, and she walked more close to him. He was so warm, solid beside her; at this moment she wanted to plug herself in him and disappear, fully enjoying the wonderful warmth of him.

 “You’re silent, everything all right?” He sounded worried, and she kept her head down.

 “I’m fine, just walking beside you.”

 “You’re as stiff as a plank, sweetheart. What’s happening?”

 “The next block is my home, let’s talk there.” She couldn’t bring him upstairs because her friends were in the flat, but could sit in the stairs of the front. “Look, I want to be direct with you, because you’re a good guy and I really like you.”

She hated how her hands started to shake, her whole body was trembling and not because of the chill night. She tried to even her breathing; Ben’s leg started to bounce.

 “We are balls of anxiety.” She joked and he chuckled, trying to calm him too. “I’m not the dating type, Ben. I never do this because I’m a mess of a person. I’m not even a good friend.”

 “Yes you are.” He retorted firmly.

 “Stop being the flirty himbo you are and listen to me.”

 “The what!?” He faced her with a surprised smile.

 “Flirty himbo.” She repeated and explained “I’m trying to make a serious argument here and you’re canting your hips with that playful smile.”

 “But I’m sitting!” He laughed and it was really difficult not to join him. “And you are a good friend! I’m being serious. You are a good friend and have good friends too. You are easy to be with, you’re warm, radiate a kind energy; always so helpful with others, trying to bring happiness to everyone around you. Even if you are in pain, your friends didn’t want to tell me but I noticed.”

She tried to get a grip of the tears in her eyes, but was a lost cause.

 “Thank you, Benny…” she whispered and sniffed. “But it’s hard to be with me: I have a lot of insecurities, with my mind, my spirit, don’t get me started on my body; I have anxiety and I’m depressed. I tend to disappear for weeks, it’s extremely rare for me to text first and I can’t get a conversation going for the life of me. Most of the time.” Explained herself because she saw his movements of protest. “And,” she put a hand in his chest to keep him quiet and dared to look at him in the eyes, “you’re the most handsome, incredibly hot and most kindhearted guy I have ever met. I–I couldn’t bear to know I have made you suffer or mad.”

They sat in silence, facing the street, barely touching one another. She wanted to throw herself in the middle of the street, wanted to run upstairs and hid in her bed till next week. Every person that complimented her for being “too mature for her age” should be burned in Hell. Emotionally she was a child, didn’t know how to react, what to do–

 “Hey…” He called softly and saw, by the corner of her eye, how he approached slowly and hugged her shoulders. “Are you scared?”

She leaned in his embrace and confessed, “Scared as hell.”

 “I will respect your decision, but lemme tell you I like you too, a lot. If you want me to go, I’ll go. If you want us to be friends, I’ll be your friend. If you want time, I’ll give you all my watches.” She giggled and relaxed between his arms. Ben kissed her forehead, winning a gasp and she lifted her face to look at him in the eyes again. “I understand you and your illness, I truly do. I will be honored to be by your side and going at your pace, to comfort you whenever you need it.”

Her heart grew a few inches of love, her breath faltered and she looked at her hands –that were resting in his thigh, reuniting the courage to ask “Would you like to kiss me?”

 “I’d love to.”

[duhragonball]

Yamcha if you're still doing the character meme?

I am still doing these, and I’m enjoying it, so keep ‘em coming.   Before I start, let me promote the original post, in case anyone else wants to start their own thing.  I’d link to the OP, but I guess they deleted this from their blog, probably because their notifications went nuts.

Give me a character and I will answer:

Why I like them: Let’s be honest, Yamcha doesn’t get a lot of big “hero moments” in Dragon Ball.   Or Dragon Ball Z, or Dragon Ball GT, or Dragon Ball Su-- Look, you get the idea.   In most arcs, he’s the first one to get benched.   In tournaments, he always loses in the first round.   He spent the King Piccolo Saga recovering from a broken leg.    Against the Saiyans, he was the first one to die.  Against the Androids, he was nearly killed and had to sit out the rest of that arc.   In the Buu Sagas he was retired.    In a number of major storylines, he just isn’t there, because no one called him.

But he remains a fixture in the franchise anyway, because he’s always showing up for more.  Let’s take the Buu Saga as an example.   It didn’t surprise me to find out he had retired, mainly from a dramatic standpoint.    There’s a lot of new characters in the Buu arc, and it made sense for some of the older characters to step aside and make room for them.   But he’s still there, because he wants to see Goku one last time, and he wants to hang out with his friends and watch some of them kick the crap out of each other.   It was kind of sad to see him stay behind while the others rushed off to follow the Supreme Kai, but he’s retired, after all.    Also, they didn’t stop to fill him in on what was happening.    I suspect he might have tagged along if they asked.  

As it was, he still ended up getting involved, and he was with the Dragon Team right up until Super Buu cornered them on the Lookout.     And the next time we see him, he’s on the Grand Kai Planet with Krillin, and King Kai seriously considers sending them in to take on Buu in case Goku and Vegeta can’t get the job done.   

And that’s a big deal, because it even comes up in the anime.   King Kai tells them that he arranged for them to keep their bodies as a precaution, but he’s totally in favor of letting them remain on the Grand Kai Planet with all of the other honored warriors, like Goku.  So you start with this desert bandit, a highwayman without a highway, probably because he’s afraid of all the women that use the interstate.   But he gradually overcomes his fears and insecurities, never completely, but just enough to put one foot in front of the other and become a better man.    And finally he ends up receiving a place among the great heroes of old.  

So why doesn’t that get more attention?   You could make a whole epic story out of that, except it’s not Yamcha’s story.  He’s a supporting character.   So the franchise itself tends to play it down.    Even Yamcha doesn’t really take it all that seriously.   I don’t know if that’s modesty or cluelessness or Big Himbo Energy or what, but that’s why it’s so easy for everyone to write him off as a loser or a failure.   They’re overlooking the bigger picture.

The best way to illustrate this is with this TFS short that serves as an epilogue to their DBZ Abridged series.   Yamcha goes back to playing baseball for the Taitans, only to get fired, because he’s so talented that he’s literally broken the game, and no one buys tickets anymore.    But he gets a gigantic severance package, and he still goes down in history as the greatest ballplayer in history.  What always gets to me is that they have to explain to him that this is actually a win.  As his coach puts it, “you do nothing but win.”   

Like Yamcha himself, we often see him from the lens of these insane Dragon Ball adventures, where you have to have glowy hair and a hot cyborg wife to be considered a success.   But to the rest of the world, he’s a jacked up millionaire with fantastic hair, and he’s a real sweetheart.   Who couldn’t like this dude?

Why I don’t: As you may have noticed, I tend to only use this section to talk about why I disliked the characters initially.   I have to think back to 1999 when I was still having trouble keeping track of who’s who.   In particular, I found Yamcha’s presence frustrating because he looked and dressed almost exactly like Goku, but not quite, which seemed bizarre.    Later, I picked up on the context, and it didn’t bother me as much.  

Yamcha does have a bit of an overconfident streak in some situations, which might look like unfounded arrogance, but I think it’s really just his carefree nature and enthusiastic can-do spirit.   He was confident about their chances against the Saiyans, but I don’t think that was him being cocky.   He just knew they had all trained hard and he was stronger than he’d ever been.    But that’s easy for people to jump on as a reason to hate the guy.  

Future Trunks claimed that he fooled around while he was involved with Bulma, but come on.    Does anyone really buy that?    Besides, at best, that would only apply to Future Yamcha, the one who died in the other timeline.   Once Trunks changed the past, all bets were off.

Favorite episode (scene if movie): I’m gonna get a little nuts here and go with TFS’s playthrough of Legacy of Goku I, where they decided to level up Yamcha and have him solo Broly.

Basically, in an RPG game like this, Wolf Fang Fist can do monster damage, so they maxed out Yamcha’s stats to wreck the game’s hidden superboss.  You have to skip to 1:40:00 or so to see the successful attempt, but I loved this video.   This is where I learned to respect the utterance of “Roga... fufuken!”  Broly probably would have respected it, too, except he died from all those hits he took.

Favorite season/movie: You know, that fight with Tien was a classic.   Not sure it’s in my top ten, but it’s on a lot of people’s lists, and I absolutely get that.

Dumb as it may sound, I enjoyed seeing Yamcha in the hospital, wrestling with his own despair as he recuperated from his broken leg.   And when he shows up at the end to congratulate Tien and accepts Tien’s apology, well, like I said, Yamcha has this great character arc, but it’s easy to overlook with everything else that goes on.

Favorite line: I forget which game it was in, maybe Budokai 3, but one of his pre-fight taunts is “Watch this, Puar!  I’m gonna win!”, which always makes me think of Puar sitting just off-camera, watching the action from a little lawn chair.  

Favorite outfit:

I may take some heat for this, but I like the Androids/Cell Saga version of Yamcha, with the short, spiky hair.  This dude’s long, luxurious rockstar ‘do is a national treasure, sure, but I dig this look more.  

Also, I consider Yamcha to be the only guy from the Turtle School who pulls off the slippers and no-blue-undershirt look.   It looks off when I see it on Krillin and Goku, but with Yamcha it just feels right. 

OTP: This guy gets shipped with a lot of people, probably because he’s one of the major characters without an established love interest.   Folks still carry a torch for Bulma, some people ship him with Tien, Frieza hit on him in FighterZ, and I’m still trying to make sense of that.   He flirts with your character in the Xenoverse games.    Years ago, I considered doing something with that, but I’ve fleshed out my OC enough to where I don’t think that fits. 

At the end of the day, I can only see Yamcha getting together with @cozymochi ‘s OC, Marzi.  

Brotp: Tien, Krillin, Goku.  Hell, I always figured Yamcha was one of the few people Vegeta could get along with to some extent.  

I mean, Tien couldn’t stand to be one the same planet as Vegeta, but Yamcha keeps coming over to have hot dogs at Bulma’s place, long after the Namekians have left.  

Head Canon: He’s Luffa’s type, don’t get me wrong.    I just don’t see any room in my fic for a whirlwind courtship.    The stars just don’t align.

Unpopular opinion: I’m not really behind this notion that they should give the humans more stuff to do in future series.   When it comes to supporting characters, sometimes they get phased out, and there’s no point in phasing them back in unless there’s a compelling story idea for them.   

I think it’s dumb how they teased Yamcha in the Tournament of Power prelude, only to leave him out of the tournament itself.    On the other hand, they put Tien on the team and barely used him, which tells me that even if they’d put Yamcha on the team, it wouldn’t have amounted to anything.   

I get it, people love these characters and want to see them used more, but I’d rather have one strong Yamcha story than a hundred non-starters.  And at this point, I think the only thing anyone can do is rely on fan-created content.    Be the change you want to see in the world.

A wish: Crap, it’s after ten pm.    I dunno, I wish Marzi was canon.  

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: I feel like the character’s already been through worse than I could come up with for him.   

5 words to best describe them: Cat loves food, yeah yeah yeah.   That’s six, but who cares?

My nickname for them: Yeah, I don’t have one.

[anendtopursuit]

 1 episode into julie and the phantoms and here’s my consensus (warning for speculation abt plot points!!! i have no idea how the story of this show goes, pls don’t tell me if i’m right or not until i get to that episode - i might liveblog more of em so yk)

himbo ghosts? himbo ghosts. they seem to pass the braincell between them mid-scene.

weren’t there 4 of them in the band??? my bet’s on the dad being the 4th one that lived, n the mum being the girl they gave the CD to

if all 3 of these ghosts r straight then i’m genuinely surprised. there’s too much denim and leather and “you’re the light of my life bro”-energy

i want every single one of julie’s outfits. all of em. every one

i’m pretty sure i own alex’s outfits?

i googled how old julie was bc she registered as Baby in my brain and she’s??? only a year younger than me??? which makes no sense actually. anyway she’s my daughter now

alex is winning my heart thusfar

reggie has lowkey carlos de ville energy

ominous tophat ghost???

i nearly started crying when julie started playing??? it’s been 1 episode dear lord

is this her actress’ actual voice? i can’t tell. it looks dubbed but in the “studio recording put into a music video” way, not the “this isn’t her voice” way yk?

wasn’t prepared for this to be a musical (somehow???) but i am VIBING

BCVNHBJVCHBVUCBVCHBJV WHY WERE THEY STOOD BEHIND HER LIKE 🥺👉👈

[iheartsunset]

Taylor headcanons?

Taylor Papa Louie HCs

(Aaaaaaaa I love this boy so much like gosh darn he’s amazing and beautiful and second only to W A L L Y in my heart)

-Taylor Morales (sorry I love into the spiderverse too much) is a 20 year old professional dancer, baseball player, and Hotdoggeria worker who lives with his foster brother, Chuck, in their Tastyville apartment. One of the sweetest guys you could ever meet, he’s become a real pillar in his community, especially after starting a foundation helping at risk children and families everywhere. He spends most of his days lovingly daydreaming about his boyfriend and girlfriend, serving sports fanatics at the stadium, and doing stupid stuff with Chuck. He’s also studying to become a graphic designer for video games.

-He’s a generous person who is always seen with a huge dorky smile on his face. Taylor loves sports and has so much energy, he can hardly sit still sometimes. He’s also very chill and is not easy to anger or sadden at all, all qualities making him very popular around most of the people he meets. Secretly, he’s a hopeless romantic (or uh, just very romantic i guess since he did end up getting the guy and the girl?) that is practically obsessed with fairytales, rom coms, and Asian drama’s happy endings. He gets very flustered with actual romance though, and is one of the worst people in the world at flirting. A disaster bi is what you could describe him as. The only thing that keeps him calm while thinking of love is his extensive musical playlists, ones he has for every emotion he could possibly have.

-Taylor grew up in Flipline’s foster care system, periodically living with multiple families until finally staying with Chuck and his mother, Alessia. Having been raised by several indifferent strangers after his struggling parents, Taylor immediately grew close with his newfound family, even though Chuck was initially cold to him out of jealousy. The two have become the closest of friends, even calling each other brothers. After Alessia passed away in an accident during work, Chuck and Taylor have opted to stay together in the meantime. Chuck is thinking of moving to Calypso Island to be with Utah, much to Taylor’s dismay, but he’s still happy for his brother.

-After moving in with the Ferrara’s, Taylor met Cooper, an older boy who lived a few apartments down from them, and fell in love. He however didn’t have the guts to say anything until 6 years later, although he had been crushing on a certain blonde attending the same night college as him (Prudence, I should’ve just said Prudence). Chuck hyped him up one night to confess his love, only for Cooper to introduce his new coworker, Prudence, to him, causing Taylor to have a huge crisis since he fell in love with them both. Well it turns out everyone was in love with each other, so now they’re all together and they’re very happy.

-He competed on Flipline’s Got Talent as a solo act singer and a dance group member on two different seasons: the 23rd season when he was 15 and the 26th season when he was 18. Even though he’s talented in both song and dance, his acts have never gotten far in the competition, even though he is one of the more well known competitors. He doesn’t really care about winning, he just wants to show off his skills somewhere that wasn’t the street or on Tik Tok. He even made friends with lots of the other contestants (Scarlett and the Shakers, Timm, Cecelia, etc.) but not Bill and Booosy, absolutely not, just no.

-I think his voice would either be like Labrinth or The Weeknd. Maybe a mix of both?

-He watched reality shows and game shows all the time, mostly The Masked Singer, Jeopardy, Flipline’s Got Talent, and Dancing With The Stars. He also enjoys shows like Lovecraft Country, Once Upon A Time, Gossio Girl, and Friends. He just has certain media bookmarked depending on his mood and what type of season it is.

-Taylor loves to dance, but he will still sing I Don’t Dance from High School Musical 2 on the baseball field whenever he can. He’s memorized all of the choreography, lyrics, and even has the dang costumes.

-He actually doesn’t have many close friends. He gets along with lots of people and all the other workers, but he pretty much hangs out all the time with his besties Koilee and Willow as they bond over their family issues. Peggy’s another one of his besties and he’s also bro’s with Utah since she’s Chuck’s girlfriend, it Drakson and Carlo are sorta cold to him cause they’re kinda jerks. Anyways, he, Willow, and Koilee are an iconic trio with such different interests, but they’ll always do stupid shit and vibe with each other. Their outfits all clash due to their different styles (Koilee’s harajuku/decora kei/delinquent style, Willow’s gothic Lolita, and Taylor’s own athletic and baggy clothes), making them quite a spectacle walking down the street.

-He can’t hear anything most of the time cause he’s always listening to music or something on his phone, so he always almost dies in accidents he doesn’t notice or gets yelled at for not paying attention.

-All of his romantic gestures often go bad, like his heart shaped pancakes nearly burning down the kitchen. To make up for this, he writes Prudence and Cooper poems with Koilee’s help and leaves them in their bags. He’ll also do a my cosplay Cooper wants and will endure 15 hour shopping trips with Prudence. They’re just a wholesome couple I 🥺

-He and Chuck use each other as both weapons and human shields. Just imagine Soul Eater except instead of turning into a weapon, they just stay the way they are. Yeah Chuck hitting you with Taylor is not an ideal situation cause I bet it hurts.

-He often streams with Tohru. He’s into any game genre really, but he’s the best at retro games and sports games. He’s fine with playing Wadanohara, Among Us, Final Fantasy 7, Welcome To The Game, and other types of games too. He’s just the perfect gaming partner and he might even start his own channel since he’s so popular with Tohru’s fan base.

-When Chuck moves out, he’ll probably get a pet rabbit since Prudence and Cooper have pets and he won’t be left out. He might name it Batter and he’s very excited at the idea of having a floppy eared rabbit. He doesn’t realize that Chuck doesn’t mind having a rabbit around, but Taylor doesn’t inconveniencing anyone really.

-He mostly lacks common sense and has little ability to read the room, often getting him into sticky situations, which isn’t bad, but it’s inconvenient. Scooter crudely calls him a himbo and he knows what that means, so he’s started studying random trivia in order to seem smarter. Little does he know, we all love him either way.

-In a Papa’s Workers poll, he ranked 6th in popularity, after all 4 members of Scarlett and the Shakers and Carlo Romano.

-His pick up lines are really bad puns. Just go on tinder and wait for people to tell you pick up lines. Find the one that makes you want to cry the most and there’s Taylor.

-I simp over Taylor and I’m kinda ashamed of that, but yeah I do and can you blame me? He’s perfection Mr. Tony and Mr. Matt did an amazing job on him I am looking I am paying attention always have been ever since 2nd grade 👀

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OVERBOARD. — 140 sentences from polygon’s board game series overboard, specifically episodes 12 and 13 where they play coup, anomia, and skull! change pronouns as needed.

COUP.

‘‘ ten minutes is not late. that's on time! ’’

‘‘ and we're here in… space? ’’

‘‘ the space is different from space. ’’

‘‘ so let's get machiavellian. ’’

‘‘ cool, cool, cool, cool. ’’

‘‘ so we've learned nothing. ’’

‘‘ like most politics, some stuff has happened and we're not quite sure what it was. ’’

‘‘ i want the money! ’’

‘‘ in what way? ’’

‘‘ oh, it's my turn! ’’

‘‘ that was a perfect turn of phrase. ’’

‘‘ that's the coward’s way. ’’

‘‘ the pussy’s option! ’’

‘‘ please no! please no! ’’

‘‘ i thought we were going hard! ’’

‘‘ you’ll pay for these transgressions. ’’

‘‘ i'm a man of my word. ’’

‘‘ i'm a man of my word. in fact, i'm TWO men of my word. ’’

‘‘ in fact, i'm TWO men of my word. ’’

‘‘ can i have that back? i’m sorry. ’’

‘‘ wow, so you’re all fucking lying! ’’

‘‘ i could make up anything. ’’

‘‘ this is a classic romance novel conundrum. ’’

‘‘ i know one of these gentlemen is lying. ’’

‘‘ we're not board game professionals like [name]. ’’

‘‘ there's a lot of parallel realities i'm trying to balance in my mind right now. ’’

‘‘ it is gross. i’m sorry. i didn't like saying it. ’’

‘‘ yes, i'm choosing to call you on your shit. ’’

‘‘ you're fighting awfully hard for somebody. ’’

‘‘ is that a direct threat? ’’

‘‘ but tell us how you really feel, [name]. ’’

‘‘ well, you've made a powerful enemy. ’’

‘‘ you're a COWARD, [full name]! ’’

‘‘ i would never expect a favor from someone who i'm in direct competition with. ’’

‘‘ so my dear ally, [full name], i’d like to turn it over to you. ’’

‘‘ however, if you would like me to destroy [name], i’d be happy to do that. ’’

‘‘ however, if you would like me to destroy [name], i’d be happy to do that. but i want to involve you in my decision making. ’’

‘‘ but i want to involve you in my decision making. ’’

‘‘ this is a weird energy. ’’

‘‘ oh, because you resent me, that's why. ’’

‘‘ you're saying i should call [name] on his shit? what if somebody else took that risk? ’’

‘‘ i don't believe it! show me the proof! ’’

‘‘ perhaps this is where my goose is finally cooked… or perhaps not. ’’

‘‘ you turned on me. you turned on me! ’’

‘‘ i'll stay at the table and just watch as this burns. ’’

‘‘ a whole deep, deep pile of mess. ʼ

‘‘ and [name] is just a wildcard in my opinion, in most things. ’’

‘‘ i'm not acting according to any logic. i only have loyalty towards [name]. that's all i have. nothing else. ’’

‘‘ that's great. you could do way worse. ’’

‘‘ everyone sings the song of the victim after their schemes have been thwarted! ’’

‘‘ don't listen to his lies. ’’

‘‘ don't listen to anything he says right now! ’’

‘‘ i’ll do fucking anything. ’’

‘‘ that was effective communication. ’’

‘‘ that's just toxic masculinity, baby! ’’

‘‘ oh, this is insufferable! ’’

‘‘ tfw someone has you dead to rights. ’’

‘‘ we're all stuck in a no money situation at the moment. ’’

‘‘ you remember what you did to me, right? ’’

‘‘ fairweather friends united only by their hatred for a shared enemy. ’’

‘‘ seems the monkey’s hand is caught in the vase. ’’

‘‘ alright, this fucking continental bullshit! ’’

‘‘ you say that now, but we'll see. ’’

‘‘ no one is sorry for what they've done to me. ’’

‘‘ here's the thing, i WILL win that! ’’

‘‘ i can't believe how perfectly this is happening. ’’

‘‘ pull the trigger, piglet! ’’

‘‘ that's the problem with being honest! ’’

‘‘ that was expertly, expertly done. ’’

ANOMIA.

‘‘ so let's get to the yelling. ’’

‘‘ okay, i just gotta remember all these things. ’’

‘‘ oh no. panic. ’’

‘‘ this is also a lying game! ’’

‘‘ this is the worst thing. ’’

‘‘ women helping women, that's what that was. ’’

‘‘ take it! take it! take it! ’’

‘‘ this is a nightmare. ’’

‘‘ i walked so you could run. ’’

‘‘ now that's women helping women. ’’

‘‘ thank you, mom! ’’

‘‘ the hell is a marsupial? ’’

‘‘ fair. well-defined. ’’

‘‘ fuck, FUCK! ’’

‘‘ if you go deep into lore, you can't prove there's not a star wars character called vango bango. ’’

‘‘ if you give a thousand monkeys a thousand typewriters and tell them to write star wars novels, one of them is going to write one about vango bango. ’’

‘‘ i’m too frail for this. ’’

‘‘ i'm just not ready to do a thing right now. ’’

‘‘ i'm panicking about edible plants. ’’

‘‘ [name], you're gonna die. ’’

‘‘ the standard is not can it go in your body! ’’

ʻ i can eat it, i just won't survive it! ’’

ʻ edible is not a word meaning a challenge. ’’

ʻ fucking anything is edible if you don’t quit! ’’

ʻ say that at my funeral. ’’

ʻ i feel like this is like a rorschach test for words. ’’

ʻ let’s be on a really safe footing. ’’

ʻ every name is unisex, alright? fuck you, gender norms. ’’

ʻ i’m getting lightheaded. ’’

ʻ goddamn, this is pathetic. ’’

ʻ i would name any child please no. ’’

ʻ why is [name] talking in a scottish accent all of a sudden? ’’

ʻ why is [name] talking in a scottish accent all of a sudden? you know what, actually, there's too much going on and not enough time to adequately probe this question. ’’

ʻ you know what, actually, there's too much going on and not enough time to adequately probe this question. ’’

ʻ i didn't wanna sound judgy, so i didn't wanna say anything. ’’

‘‘ that's some fast guns there, guys. ’’

SKULL.

‘‘ but you're not going to win without taking a few risks. ’’

‘‘ it's time to put up or shut up. ’’

‘‘ you definitely don't want to be stuck with it. ’’

‘‘ too rich for my blood. ’’

‘‘ pass. ’’

‘‘ oh, i don't like that now. ’’

‘‘ you played me like a fiddle, [last name]! ’’

‘‘ that was so coquettish. ’’

‘‘ he's playing the himbo of the team. ’’

‘‘ first time i've ever been described as a himbo. ’’

‘‘ starting to feel our oats here. whatever that means. ’’

‘‘ okay. that's fine. i got you. ’’

‘‘ death herself over here. ’’

‘‘ this stew is a simmerin’. ’’

‘‘ i should know what i'm doing. ’’

‘‘ shit. fuck me. ’’

‘‘ fuck me, i’m an idiot. ’’

‘‘ oh, i don't like that. i don't like that at all. ’’

‘‘ sorry, i didn't know if my body language expressed how i felt. ’’

‘‘ i'm just going to go this way. ’’

‘‘ good luck, buddy. ’’

‘‘ loved your energy though, going into that real strong. ’’

‘‘ face death and walk backwards into hell. ’’

‘‘ i think you've got this. ’’

‘‘ i plan on never winning. ’’

‘‘ maybe i should try a different strategy. ’’

‘‘ i mean. it's working for somebody. ’’

‘‘ AHHHHHHHHHHHH! ’’

‘‘ i started hard, i started high, and i was gonna get screwed over so badly. ’’

‘‘ if only they all knew [name] was a safe bet… ’’

‘‘ absolutely brutal. you hate to see it, folks! ’’

‘‘ are you gonna fuckin’’ do it? ’’

‘‘ holy shit. i can't count. ’’

‘‘ oh my god! do you believe in miracles? ’’

‘‘ who do you think you are? ’’