#my mom's in her 60s btw

[airasora]

I just had a bloody nightmare that my mom got back together with my dad, but was having an affair with my uncle, my dad's brother, and she got pregnant, and has no idea if it's my dad's or my uncle's, and I'm in the middle of all these grown ass people who expect me to be on their side.

Told my mom about the nightmare, and she said: "If it helps, there's 0,01% chance of me getting back together with your dad and 0% chance of me getting together with your uncle."

[plushie-lovey]

hello, the red panda plush i reblogged to your post is branded "Hugs & Cuddles", i got mine at walmart, shes weighted! im isle-of-misfit-joys btw this is just my main

Ooh very good to know, ty! I actually have to go to Walmart soon to do a return so maybe they'll have a hug and cuddles red panda available for me to use the money on

[dragonpyre]

how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

Honestly I don't remember the specifics. I know the first one I ever wrote was a Harry Potter post canon self insert fic. I'd just started getting into reading fanfic itself and had an idea I wanted to write. It holds a special place in my heart despite the source content.

I did used to write original stories before that though, but fanfiction was my first exposure to sharing those stories with like minded people and getting engagement from it, which was a dopamine rush. And then I got hooked. Now here we are

[molluskzone]

blake age timeline ^-^ im gonna make one for everyone i think

[bataranqs]

5 Happy Things

Dec 28, 2024

it's been a while since i did this so the fact that i remembered and wanted to do it is nice <3 also bonus it makes me think of my friends who do it too

my family is so wonderful and kind and i have been granted such goodness and fortune

my friends are so cool and brilliant and i have been granted such goodness and fortune

bf got me this nougat-like dessert from china and it is so good y'all

found out fb messenger has an ocean background that has a whale as the default emoji

[helenofblackthorns]

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[sir-arlieosaurus-lung-struggler]

My brain's weird it screams just by reflex of me seeing a bug but will take like a day to register a death lol

My mood today be like:

Then after I finish crying:

[nanistar]

in saltburns clan, golden slumbers 9 when bonepaw was training with ironstrike, there was a *crack* and she was dizzy and sluring, did she get a skull and or brain injury? im thinking skull because of the fragile bones that was noted in the lore/world building page that called them copper cats?

secondly i was wondering if that led to a bit of her behaviour- my biological aunt had a very severe head injury (mid 60s/early 70s so not wearing helmets was more common) when she was a child and my mom (youngest) said she was never quite the same, more quick to anger and closed off. so that's why im wondering if that's at least part of why?

thank you for taking the time to draw so many beautiful pages they're lovely. please take your time so you dont hurt your wrists~!

you are correct! you may notice the big crack sfx when she hits her head, though the focus is then drawn to her split lip, is actually her head hitting the stone. the split lip comes from falling onto her face, not the actual impact.

there was no broken skin, but when she hit her head it caused a blood to pool in her brain. i'm not 100 percent on the science of brain stuff so i don't want to get too into it, but she stayed relatively herself until pregnancy caused a hormone imbalance and the brain bleed was able to "escape" from the small area where it was localized. pregnancy is still really dangerous to humans even with modern medicine, and most ppl who get pregnant suffer from some long-lasting condition after it. bonesight's pregnancy + brain injury + general moonclan bad genetics caused her postpartum depression&postpartum psychosis to become a permanent condition. she's violent + quick to anger not due to the psychosis, but because of the head injury that causes a personality shift. her paranoia comes from the ppp.

there's One more piece to the puzzle as to why she's the way she is, and it will be coming in the next 4-10 pages or so.

(btw i would like to mention that while ironstrike threw her, it was simply a freak accident during a routine training exercise and was in no way meant to be read as abusive. bonestar is a victim of circumstance. )

[sugar-on-fries]

kinda wanna learn more about dandy's world ka-sigh 💥 can you tell me about all the characters lol (this is cark in case you dont know btw)

Dw my dawg I know it’s you 🤑

Commons:

ok so poppy and boxten are the starter characters and cost 250 ichor when you don’t pick the other in the start ^^ they both have three in all their stats which are: skillcheck, movement speed, stamina, stealth, and extraction speed :3

Poppy’s passive skill is: Panic Pop which you already know, when she is hit this skill activates and she gains 50% speed movement boost for 3 seconds!

Boxten’s passive skill is: Wind-up! 6% more Extraction Speed for every alive Toon in the round! Maxes at 48% ^^

Cosmo: Cosmo has ONE star in skill check, 3 in movement, 4 in stamina and stealth, and 3 for extraction ^^ His active skill is: Sharing is Caring! Cosmo can give one of his own Hearts to heal a targeted Toon. His skill cannot be used when at 1 Heart. This has a cooldown of 60. His requirements to obtain him are: 1000 ichor and you owning 4 or more toons!

Tisha: Tisha has 4 stars in Skill check and movement, 2 in stamina and extraction speed, and 3 in stealth! Her Active ability is: Tidy Up! Tisha can create a pulse that increases the movement speed of Toons around her by 25% for 5 seconds (not including herself). Has a cooldown of 50 seconds ^^ Her requirements are only 500 ichor!

shrimpo. this little bitch has one star in everything and is meant to be an challenge, I don’t recommend if you just started. His passive “ability” is: BULLY, he has the lowest stealth in all the toons (-99) even passing the ones with literally one in stealth (0.00). His requirements are just 100 ichor making him the cheapest in the game.

Uncommons:

Brightney: Brightney has 3 stars in skillcheck and movement, 4 in extraction and stamina and ONEEE in stealth. Brightney’s Active ability is: Night-Light, Brightney can shine lights on Twisteds to make them visible during Blackouts for 8 seconds. This has a Cooldown of 45! Her requirements are, 1250 ichor and for you to Experience 5 Blackouts!

Toodles: Toodles has 3 stars in skillcheck, movement and stamina! 4 in stealth and 2 in extraction! Toodles Active ability is: Beginner's Luck! Toodles can roll for a 15% boost to a random Stat that lasts for 10 seconds. Has a cooldown of 25 :3 Her requirements are 350 ichor and for you to survive 15 floors ^^ fun fact abt her, she is the only kid in the game, take that fact as you will.

Rodger: Rodger has 3 stars in skillcheck, stamina, and stealth, 2 stars in movement and 4 in extraction. Rodger’s Passive ability is: Detective, this ability allows him to gain x2 amount of Research from Capsules and encountering Twisteds. I would tell you abt research but you asked for the toons therefore I’m not obliged to-do shit /silly, His requirements are 1000 Ichor 50% Research on any Twisted!

Teagan: Teagan has 3 stars in skillcheck, movement, and extraction, 4 in stamina, and 2 in stealth, Teagan’s Active ability is: Tea-Time! Teagan can spend 100 Tapes to heal herself by 1 Heart. Has a Cooldown of 100! Their requirements are 1250 ichor and for you to have bought 25 things from dandy’s shop!

Finn: Finn has 4 stars in skillcheck, 3 in movement, stealth, and extraction, and then 2 in stamina :3 Fein’s Passive ability is: Reel In! Finn gains a 33% Movement Speed boost when any Machine is completed for 10 seconds. His requirements are, 500 ichor and to finish 15 machines ^^

Razzle! (And Dazzle): RnD has 3 stars skillcheck, stamina and stealth, BUT on odd number floors their movement is 5 stars and extraction is 1 star and vise-versa on even numbered floors!! Their Passive ability is Comedy/Tragedy, which is basically just “mom said it’s mine turn on the x-box.” They basically just switch every floor. Their requirements are just 2000 ichor! Making them more on the expensive side

Rares:

Goob: Goob has 3 stars in skillcheck, 4 in movement and stamina, and 2 in stealth plus extraction. Goob’s Active ability is: Hug!, He can pull toons in a hug which can be used to pull them away from danger and into the elevator! Needs direct line of sight. 30 Seconds Cooldown. His requirements are 1750 ichor and 3 of Scraps’ Mastery quests done, fun fact ig: Goob is Scraps’ younger brother.

Scraps: Scraps has 2 in skillcheck and movement, surprisingly 5 stars in stamina, and 3 in stealth and extraction. Scraps Active ability is: Crafty Grapple, Scraps can pull herself towards another Toon's targeted position. Needs direct line of sight. 25 Second Cooldown ^^ Her requirements are 1500 ichor and 50% Research on Twisted Goob :P

Gigi: Gigi has 5 stars in skillcheck, 3 in movement, stealth and extraction, and ONE in stamina, Gigi’s Active ability is: Surprise! Gigi can grant herself a random item from any Tier (Dandy's Shop items included). Has a Cooldown of 80. Her requirements are 2000 ichor, 50 Research on her twisted form, and and for you to pick up 45 Rare or higher tiers items.

Flutter: Flutter has 2 in skill check and extraction, 4 in movement and stamina, and 3 in stealth :) Flutter Active ability is: Floaty Dash Flutter can dash forward, drastically increasing her Movement Speed for 0.75 seconds. Has a cooldown of 45 :3 Her requirements are 1300 ichor and 100% Research on Twisted Flutter

Glisten: Glisten has 2 in skillcheck and stealth, 3 in movement and stamina, and 5 in extraction! Glisten’s Active ability is: Reflection, He can travel through a mirror, instantly teleporting to a targeted Toon regardless of line of sight. Has a cooldown of 100. His requirements are 2500 ichor, 50% research on his twisted form, and for you to finish 300 machines.

Main Characters:

now the mains are different since they have Atleast 5 stars in something and have 2 abilities, an passive and active one! But due to them having two abilities this costs them an heart therefore they have 2 hearts

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Shelly! Shelly has 5 in skillcheck, 3 in movement, stealth, and extraction. And only 2 in stamina! Her ability’s are: Problem Solver (Passive)

Shelly gains a 25% Movement Speed boost when any Machine is completed for 10 seconds.

Inspiration (Active)

Shelly can also can boost the Extraction Speed of a selected Toon by 75% for 15 seconds. Has a cooldown of 60!

For Shelly you require:

4500 ichor, 100% Research on Twisted Shelly, and all mastery quests done on Tisha.

her full name is Shelly fossilian!

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Pebble! Pebble has 5 in movement speed! 3 in skillcheck and stealth, 4 in stamina and ONE in extraction! His abilities are: Speak! (Active)

Pebble can bark loudly, drastically decreasing Stealth to a value of -40 and alerting any Twisteds nearby to his location. Has a cooldown of 60.

Fetch! (Passive)

Pebble also can sniff out items, causing them to be highlighted when in the Toon's vicinity.

Pebble’s requests are:

3750 Ichor, 100% research on Twisted Pebble, and for you to complete all Mastery Quests on Toodles! Fun fact he is my wife’s pet rock!

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Sprout! Sprout has 5 stars on Stamina! He also has 2 stars on skillcheck and extraction, 3 on stealth, and 4 on movement ^^ His abilities are: Baked Sweets (Active)

Sprout can heal a targeted Toon by 1 Heart at the cost of 100 Tapes. Has a cooldown of 100.

Overprotective (Passive)

He can also see where all the other alive Toons are, along with their current Health status.

Sprout’s dear Requirements are:

4500 Ichor, 100% Research on Twisted Sprout, and for the player to complete all Mastery Quests on Cosmo!!

his full name is Sprout seedly!

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Astro ^^ Astro has 5 in Stealth! He also has 2 in skill check, and 3 in movement, stamina, and extraction! His abilities are: Nap Time (Active)

He can create a pulse that fully restores the Stamina of the Toons around him. Has a cooldown of 75.

Well Rested(Passive)

Astro regenerates Stamina 50% faster, and can see Toons below 50% Stamina around the map. Technically two passives but I don’t get paid to tell you what’s two passive abilities are,

His requirements to get him are:

5000 Ichor, 100% Research on Twisted Astro, and for the player to encounter my twisted wife! or just call him Twisted Dandy.

his full name is Astro novalight!

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vee.

She has 5 stars in extraction, 4 in skillcheck, 3 in stamina, and 2 in movement and stealth. Her two abilities are:

Mic Check (Active)

She can highlight all Twisteds on the Floor for 5 seconds. Has a Cooldown of 60.

Camera Hijack (Passive)

She will have the nearest uncompleted Machine highlighted for her.

Her stupid requests are:

4500 Ichor, 100% Research on Twisted Vee, and for you complete all Mastery Quests on Brightney.

her full name is vee v1.

// Lethal //

Dandyyyyyyyy <3

my beautiful darling is the only toon that is NOT playable to the public (so sad I know) BUT you can buy from him in his beautiful shop, all of his items are randomized and he only appears on even numbered floorssss :3 but if you don’t buy for three floor straight you have an decent chance of getting twisted dandy and the chances goes up by the floors, also if the player buys something from his shop it raises the chances of getting main characters :3 even though you didn’t ask for the twisteds I’m the one writing this so I can do what I want, when his twisted form appears you can hear an distorted version of: “Clair De Lune” by Claude Debussy. Twisted Dandy will roam around looking for and when a player completes an machine if he is not already chasing an player he will run over to the finish machine and if hits a player he will do an strike taking 3 hearts immediately and kill automatically kill a player, ah he’s so breathtaking <3

his full name is Dandicus Dancifer <3

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Annnndd that’s it! idk if you wanted personalities and stuff bc that’s not my department dawg, also ill do Connie later in the discord of when she comes out ^^

sorry if I got anything wrong :3

[girlishwhimsies]

Cherry goes to work & Soda brings kat to the DX with Two-Bit. Give me all the imagines. Would socs come by and tease them?? What would the other customers think about a teen dad actually taking care of their baby (especially in the 60s) ?? i MUST know these things🫣🫣

I THINK ABT THIS CHRONICALLY

no caide like soda would rather die than spend time away from kat bro loves his kid so bad lmfao, he’d be so excited 🥺 two-bit ofc is ecstatic cause he wants to goof off with kat and be the silly goofy uncle he was absolutely destined to be. honestly i think the socs would judge but more be like confused almost? in greaser culture it’s like pretty common for a dad or a mom to up and leave but with socs the family normally stays and the dad leaves for work and never really connects to the kids, so they’d be SHOCKED that a dad is caring for his baby and being that excited and happy with her. the costumers would be along the same lines of like huh this is NOT normal and expected. but also kat is such a charming cute baby who could not love her!!! kitkat curtis my love, you just know two-bit would be joking with her and soda it’s adorable to meeeeee. btw two-bit makes sure marcia sees how good he is with kat cause he heard in a magazine that girls like men who are good with babies and he wants to impress her 😭

[thegayghestieprompter]

Random Papa HCs

(click for more, not nsfw but i wrote a LOT)

Primo<3

Primo was like. THE parentified child. If you think Nihil wasn't out being a Slut™ for the Whole Time you are WRONG!!!

He loves his brothers. Even Copia. Even before he knew they were biologically related.

He is Filled With Anxiety™ all the TIME. Being raised to grow up almost immediately is tough, yeah

This man. This man is so romantic. Like. He will love you forever and ever and ever and ever. And he will make sure you know it. You are going on All of The Dates. You are going to be given gifts randomly. Mostly flowers. He likes flowers

He likes flowers :3

can't cook for shit

Upon revival he looks a bit younger, like 60s/70s rather than like 80+ and definitely has long blond hair. This one is here because I like Peemo with hair. I want to touch his hair. I think I love hi

Sighs. Pansexual.

6ft tall

His legal first name is Federico. I don't know why, I found it on a baby name site and I love her (the name. Primo's pronouns are He/Him)

His pronouns are probably He/Him

Secondo<3

Slut. The Worst Sassy Bitch from 18 to like 29

He's like actually sweet but only if he is In Love with you

He loves his brothers. This does NOT mean he is nice to them

Everyone annoys him all of the time. There are no exceptions.

Only dates humans. Is confused as to why anyone(Terzo..Copia..) would date a ghoul. Ghoul-fucker. Ew. Nasty.

So he might be bi. I think he is

He's a Bisexual Bitch and I want tokiss hi

He's so fine

^^^not a headcanon thats actually a fact

Bald forever<3

cooks so fucking good. never cooks though :(

He had blond hair too when he was WAYY younger except he was like "ew i look like my older brother who acts like a MOM. dying this shit brown"

Wavy with some curls<3

Another He/Him!?!?

A Slut And Whore™ until he falls in love. On the rare occasion that he does he falls HARD. Stupid little dumby. I love hi

His legal first name would be Vincenzo. No elaboration. I just Think So therefore its true

6'2, says he's 6ft because he never actually checked, Terzo tells people he's 5'9

Terzo<3

short fuck. he's literally 4'9 and its literally canon and thats so fucking funny

Whore but not in a slutty way. He fake-romances like any sibling of sin and then gets FUCKED and then DIPS. Suddenly he has a lot of paperwork to get to

Slut but not in a whorish way. Wears revealing clothing for Omega but still the fancy kind. Kabukiaku has it down and I love her for that

Stupid old man with smile lines face wrinkles i think i need to kiss h

Did you know his confidence is the fakest shit because boy he is SO insecure (i have an angst problem this is my fault sorry

Ghoul-fucker

Loves to annoy Secondo. Gets pissed when Secondo gets mad. Tries to bother Primo. Gets pissed when Primo is kind and open to him. Hates Copia. Gets pissed when Copia Exists.

He romancess everyone with at least One Rose. IDK why but purple and red are so pretty together and he looks so romantic he is a very romantic man btw so he uses roses to stealyou

Hear me out. "Antonio"

Sorry I didn't elaborate his legal first name should be Antonio because??? yeah

Most people use He/Him for Terzo, he doesn't mind He/They. He just doesn't care. Basically cis he/him who is okie dokie with a little "they/them" here and there

he can't cook for shit

he's handsome

he's stupid

he's an idiot

he's so fine

he's my boyfriend

sorry for last bullet thats not a hc i just love him :(

Copia<3

Sigh<3

5'7. u3u

he's not that slutty actually he's too dorky to even properly romance someone. you give him hints? he thinks you're really friendly. he tries to give you hints? they are not understandable

Rats. Everywhere. He has pet rats. This is canon and if you disagree you are Wrong

be the rat you want to see in the world

that wasnt a hc sorry. He/Him

GREY HAIRS IN HIS BROWN HAIR GREY HAIRS SO MANY AND I NEED HIM. I LVOE HIM

sorry guys. i put myself back into my cage i am normal again. he has that cute little giggle. like that kind of laugh you hear that makes you just stop and stare at the person for a bit because You Are In Love With H

his smile is sooo sweet

He doesn't have fangs but he has sliiiightly crooked teeth that look kinda like em :)

he loves his brothers. He likes Primo and is closest with him cause Primo was active in his childhood and hung out with him and stuff. He respects Secondo but Secondo didn't really interact much in his childhood. He'll gladly make conversation and try to say hi when he sees him. He always kindly greets Terzo and awkwardly babbles about random shit getting progressively more nervous when Terzo is obviously annoyed

Hi. He's pretty

His office has plants that Primo gave him

He has every Employee of the Month award on his wall in his office

He can't cook for shit

take out<3

doordash<3

Pansexual<3

Ghoul-fucker

he's my husband

sorry no he's not. i lied. do you forgive me

ummmmm

rats?

yeah

Nihil >:( >:( 🤬🤬🤬

I hate him

Ugly old wrinkly BITCHSTICK

terrible

cheater

fuckass dumbfuck

i hate him

he's stupid/neg

i don't like him

young nihil is sooooo fine i need him in my household

i hate him

[castleclerics]

The Talisman: All Connections to Stranger Things

I keep forgetting that I read this whole book and bookmarked like eighty things so let's dive into all the connections that I found to Stranger Things (also things about the way the world of this book works that just scream ST to me that need to be included) including ties to my own theories.

(lovedddd this book btw. wolf is my fav character i've ever read, matt duffer knows what's up:

Quick plot: 12 y/o Jack Sawyer travels across the country to acquire The Talisman, which he was told will save his dying mom's life. He "flips" over between his world and to a world called the Territories constantly during his travels.

This is extremely spoiler heavy btw ok let’s begin:

This is just in order of my bookmarks to make it easy for me, bolded are the most important/blatant parallels.

First, just for some context if you’re curious, in the scene with The Talisman in it, Lucas is reading the part where Jack flipped over to the Territories for the very first time. This is definitely significant considering Max is newly in a coma, and probably alone wherever her consciousness may be, but more on that later.

-This man named Speedy gives Jack a potion to flip into the Territories. When Jack comes back to reality he asks where he went. Speedy tells him he vanished into thin air. It's veryyyyyy Will in the shed. He literally vanishes.

-Jack's entire journey is him traveling from the farthest east of the country, to the farthest west of the country. The Talisman resides in the west in the Territories.

-The queen of The Territories is Jack's mom's Twinner. When Jack sees the queen in The Territories she's in a coma-like state. "The queen cannot see, she cannot speak, she cannot move" ahem:

-In one scene a root from the ground in the Territories grabs Jack by the ankle and another one chokes him. Classic.

-Jack and his mom (Lily Cavanaugh Sawyer) really remind me of Billy and his Mom’s relationship. They also lived in California like them. Billy’s mom saying “ten more minutes, but any longer dad’s going to be mad” reminds me of how Lily has always tried to keep Jack safe from uncle Morgan, and how he was very abusive to her.

-While working at a tap, Jack hears the phone ring and he senses it’s something calling from the Territories. When he picks it up it’s a monster from the Territories that migrated to his world. He’s a customer sitting at the bar and he hunts down Jack while in the tap. Wonder what that reminds me of...

-When drinking the potion that can transfer Jack into the Territories, he instead got thrown back into a memory from when he was six.

-Something someone does in reality can have a ripple effect in the Territories, for ex. a war in America started a war in the Territories, when Jack's dad died in their world he died in the Territories soon after.

-Jack meets a werewolf named Wolf in the Territories, and he calls the real world "the place of the strangers".

-A full moon is coming so Wolf and Jack decide to lock Jack in a shed to keep him safe. Jack loses his mind in the shed because it's basically sensory deprivation, but given how much Jack reminds me of Will it's interesting it was a shed he was locked in because time itself starts to become not even a real thing to Jack, and he can't tell how much of it had passed.

-Jack and Wolf eventually make their way to this place for troubled boys called "The Sunshine Home" which is very HNL, strict, and revolves around evangelical Christianity. The man in charge of it all, Sunlight Gardener, has major Brenner vibes. Also, a kid at the home says over 60% of the kids there are there voluntarily which could be interesting to think about, The Truman Show kind of idea that if El truly wanted to escape the lab she could've. or this:

-At The Sunlight Home, Jack and Wolf try to escape but Jack had run out of Speedy's magic juice. While they're about to get caught, Jack concentrates really hard and realizes he can flip into the Territories with Wolf only with his mind. He remembers he used to be able to this as a child too. He would go to this place called “the daydreams” as a kid and he believed it was his imagination, only learning later on that he had actually been flipping into the Territories. Interesting because of the way ST ties people's own minds to physical dimensions.

-When they flip, they flip into “Furnaces of Black Heart” “Black heart at the middle of the world." A pit. there, the most fucked up creatures and horrific things that exist in the Territories live there. It just reminds me of the gates colliding at the very center of Hawkins, and how new monsters are possibly going to be crawling out of it (The Crawl).

-This one is probably my favorite. So throughout the book they really make you love Wolf, he's the gentlest soul, horrified of being in Jack's world and everything scares him but he still tries for Jack. He’s the most loveable character ever. At The Sunlight Home they end up locking Wolf in a box as punishment for him not getting used to the rules fast enough, which triggers him to turn. He then commits a huge massacre of The Sunlight Home and all the boys who live there.

However, what the book has already established about him makes you come to understand that he isn't a monster. It's the main overarching lesson of that event. Even though he just did all of that, he doesn't want to hurt people, it was a result of the way he was treated. I believe this to be a direct parallel to my theory that El actually did commit the massacre, and Brenner showed her a timeline where she didn't, in Nina.

-In the box Wolf was in, the cops found bible verses and stick figure drawings etched into its walls…

-For some context let's talk about Morgan Sloat, Jack's uncle. When Jack was 6 months old, Morgan attempted killing him in his crib, and is after Jack the entire novel.

-Here’s a direct quote about Twinners. “When one migrated and entered the body of one’s Twinner, the result was a kind of benign possession.” also Morgan’s Twinner, “Morgan of Orris”, spoke to him in his mind. Orris would migrate to the real world from the Territories and basically possess normal Morgan’s body. They don’t just possess your body, things about you change. Your heartbeat may run at a faster rate, your eyesight may be different etc.

“Sloat was able to plan murder, but it has been Orris, time and time again, who migrated to carry out the act itself. It had been Orris in Sloat’s body who had attempted to smother the infant Jack Sawyer in Utah (just as he had overseen the assassination of Phil Sawyer’s counterpart, the commoner Prince Phillip Sawtelle, in the Territories.)"

I haven’t seen The First Shadow and idk everything about it yet but I’m pretty sure this is this is very TFS Henward coded

-When Jack and Richard are almost as far west as they can go in the Territories in a place called The Blasted Lands, the creatures there remind Jack of radiation poisoning. Here's an excellent post that covers radiationgate. Jack concludes the land had nuclear damage and these creatures are born poisoned.

-The Territories can be a reflection of the real world at times like for example, if you're walking somewhere, your Twinner is walking in the same direction to a place that could reflect the one you’re traveling to in the real world.

-The "Black Hotel" is where The Talisman is held. The description of the inside of it reminded me of the Creel house and there were some people who believed the evil in the Territories had begun all the way west, "At land's end, at the edge of the big water." where the Black Hotel is. (the sequel to The Talisman is The Black House and I haven't read it but I'm interested as to why it turned into a house :0)

-While trying to run away from one of Orris' minions in The Territories, Jack tried flipping but had brought himself forward in time in The Blasted Lands a century or two where everything was abandoned.

-It's revealed that The Talisman is the "axle of all possible worlds". let's go timeline knowers!!!!!! Jack is the "chosen one" because he’s one of few “single-natured” people, meaning because his Twinner died (when Sloat had tried killing him in his crib in the real world, his Twinner had died in his crib in the Territories) and since that happened, he died in all other worlds, but he still exists in one world, only one world.

Morgan says how since there's endless worlds/timelines, then there more than just "twinners" and the Territories is just one world out of infinite ones.

-The Talisman is also the same in The Territories as it is in the real world and is the single thing that is the exact same in all worlds.

The closer Jack gets to the Talisman in the Black Hotel, the more he flips between worlds and the more the worlds overlap.

This may be the most important parallel:

The light within the crystal globe of the Talisman was every color of the rainbow. Rainbows are mentioned a few times throughout the book, even on the first page. When Jack would feel happy or protected during his journey, he would be reminded of a rainbow. You realize it’s because the Talisman is literally calling him before he even knows about it. In a scene he heals Speedy with the Talisman and even chants “rainbow! rainbow!”.

Idk if I've ever mentioned this, but I’ve been theorizing for a while now that the rainbow room is a direct reference to the multiple timelines/other timeline selves. I think this book proves me right, especially since The Talisman is the axis of all possible worlds.

The first time I ever thought this was because of this shot, twins on the rainbow.

“there upon a rainbow is the answer to a never ending story”

It gets more interesting when you look at something like skittles (taste the rainbow) and who is seen having them in the series.

I have also theorized that max being in a coma is important bc she's not fully gone but wherever she is, she may be another version of herself in a different timeline completely. She wasn’t supposed to be revived and I think this gives the characters an upper hand in s5 because she is still existing out there somewhere, as her Twinner possibly, and that Twinner may have knowledge the characters need if they can find her.

also here’s just some more rainbows in "holly’s" room that I had to add hehehe

-When Jack makes contact with The Talisman for the first time, an earthquake happens across all worlds.

-The final battle between Morgan and Jack takes place on the beach of the Black Hotel, and snow stars to fall. A huge storm ensues and reminds me of the source and spores in the air in Billy’s mind in s3.

-The very end of the book is the Talisman healing Jack’s dying mom and the queen of The Territories waking up. The healing is described as a birth and they describe it in vivid detail even mentioning how “the opening of the Talisman was like a vagina.” We all know the gates resemble vaginas, and how there is soooo much about mothers and birthing in this show and it just reminded me of this kickass post also by the goat @henrysglock because I cannot get into all that here but iykyk <3

But let's think about this again. The queen only wakes up because her other self in another world is healed, and is healed by something that holds every timeline in existence... and maybe that's why they chose to have the Talisman in the scene it is, and why they paralleled Max to the queen. In conclusion, I think Max’s Twinner is one of the answers to everything, and could even be possible that she'll wake up as her Twinner, not the Max we all know.

Thats about it! I lowkey feel like I’m missing a certain dynamic or something but if I think of it I’ll edit this and add it. I finished reading it a long time ago so this took a while to remember what was going in this book bc it has like 700 pages 😭😭 anyways I rly love this book even despite the few shortcomings it has and am so excited to see the series the Duffers are working on for it !!!!!!!! aaaaa

[creations-by-chaosfay]

My mom makes purses, bags, wallets, and clutches when not making quilts. My favorite purse, thus far, was made using a high quality cork with metallic rainbow bits. It's beautiful! Definitely give cork a try.

BTW, if you're the Omaha/Bellevue region of Nebraska, contact me if you're interested in a handmade purse/clutch/bag/wallet. I'll inform my mom, and ask her which craft fairs she'll be selling at. She has no website and no interest in selling online. If you're in the area and plan on attending any craft fairs, or have already been to a few, you may remember my mom as the woman in her 60s with her hair dyed blue and pink.

It's craft fair season, so now will be a good time to go shopping for some beautiful handmade things.

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Let's talk reading for a minute. It's a big thing in academic communities and there's a sense that if you don't read x amount of books a year then you're not truly academic or proactive whatnot and that's simply not true.

I know some people who don't read books at all but they read scientific papers daily. I know some people who only do audio books and never read. I know some people who just hate reading and watch documentaries and short films and stuff like that. And I know people who claim to love reading but only know the spark notes (is this still a thing btw?) of all the books they claimed to have read.

Don't beat yourself up over reading. This year I finished over 20 stories. Some were books. Some were audio books. Some were poetry collections. And next year I know I am not going to get anywhere close to that. I think I'll get 3 or 4. Mostly because one of the books I plan on reading is 900 pages and I'm a slow reader. And that's ok! I don't have to read every book. I don't have to read the books everyone is reading. I don't have to finish a 300 page book in a night.

Reading isn't a competition or a measure of much at all. I'm educated, smart, and literate. My dad is a published author and poet. I've been reading since I was 4. I've written research papers. I enjoy reading when I can. And for the longest time I believed that how much I can read is a mark on me of something. The more I read, the better I am. We all hear that statistic that the super successful people read like 60 books a year or something around that.

And what I realized is that those people have time to sit and read. I do not. Working full time, going to classes, having a daily commute of over 2 hours, having a place to keep clean, cooking, going to the gym at least once a week, studying, being social, and playing my video games every now and then take up a lot of my time. I don't have the luxury to be able to read for hours a day every day. And that's ok!

So please don't turn reading into a chore. Reading is to be enjoyed, not to prove anything. It isn't a mark about much at all. You're not going to suddenly become this amazing, super successful genius because you read 100 books in a year. Read because you want to and you enjoy it. Life should be spent on enjoyment and being a good person, not on crunching numbers.

I'm not dissing on anyone either. People who can read 100 books a year. Or even 20. Those people impress me. People who can read 1000 pages a week. That's insane to me. I would watch my mom read those thick Stephen King novels in like 2 days as a kid. (That was her only hobby really. All she did was work, clean, and read. So she would sit for hours every day and read). My cousin can read 500 pages in a night. Yall who can do that amaze me so much.

[seerofmike]

Mike's Media Medley; September and October 2024

so it turns out having 3 jobs and being a part time student means i dont wanna do anything ever so this will be kind of a lightning round in which i just state some brief thoughts and give a score on all the things i experienced for the very first time in september and october 2024.

Movies (2024 releases): Blink Twice, My Old Ass, Transformers One, Saturday Night, The Wild Robot

Movies (non-2024 releases): Rear Window (1954), In The Heat of the Night (1967), Tár (2022)

Video games: Touhou Mystia's Izakaya (2021), Cult of the Lamb (2022), Sonic x Shadow Generations, Balatro, and Mouthwashing (2024)

Blink Twice

this is zoe kravitz's directorial debut and im gonna be honest this kind of slayed. i saw some people complain about how long the build up goes but i think the build up makes the twist work even better. speaking of the twist PLEASE take the warning at the beginning of the movie very seriously.

really enjoyed it and might watch it a second time to see if i can pick up new details but i think seeing it two times will exhaust its appeal to me, i think that's like the max i can enjoy it. really good movie but it hinges on the twist.

btw the title card popping up EXTREMELY briefly during a camera flash? 10/10 no notes

77.5/100

In The Heat of the Night (1967)

i think this movie is like, Fine. definitely a solid movie with good performances. i think the cultural context it was made in elevates it and i understand how BOLD this movie would've been back in the 60s (especially when sidney poitier slaps a white man) but as far as like. police procedurals/mystery solving etc goes its not my favorite but that's not necessarily the point.

decent watch, made better with the cultural context of its time

65/100

My Old Ass

this movie was ALRIGHT and i barely remember anything about it. i didn't hate it i don't think. i didn't love it. i think only one moment made me truly laugh and i can't even remember what that moment was.

40/100 on the basis of me liking it i.e it didnt piss me off like some other movies ive watched but maybe the score should be lower because i dont remember a thing about it idk

Rear Window (1954)

i meant to watch this in theaters for its 70th anniversary but i had to work both days it was showing so i rented it from my local library. this is my first hitchcock film and i thought it was REALLY good, definitely way better than i was expecting based on plot synopsis alone but that just shows i was a fool sorry for doubting alfred hitchcock

that being said watching old movies rly makes you notice how many young women get paired up with men twice their age and its narsty and i wanted the mc to die for most of the movie. im only half kidding. didn't care so much for the personal drama side between crusty ass man and his girl tbh

incredibly good suspense. might watch it again but idk if i would like it as much on repeat viewings

80/100

Saturday Night

i couldnt understand a word anyone was saying in this movie because of weird sound mixing and how intrusive the music was especially at the beginning which feels rly uh bad considering how talky this movie is.

wish i could give it a higher score but alas i didnt hear 75% of the plot or jokes which SUCKS because I AM RACHEL SENNOTTS BIGGEST SHOOTERRRRRR

40/100

Tár (2022)

i was kinda bored by this. i got the point i just got bored. i dont rly remember much except thinking it was incredibly funny she got punished by the narrative into orchestrating video game concerts

technically very well made and cate is obviously putting her pussy into this it was just not for me.

45/100

Transformers One

now this is what im fucking talking about

i didnt think i remembered much about transformers but i watched this w my mom and the whole time we were going omg starscream omg soundwave omg i am optimus prime yassssss

choreography is fucking epic. jokes landed for me 75% of the time. but the obvious highlights are the character development and backstories for optimus and megatron. this movie was epic and you should watch it for free on your favorite pirate website because fuck paramount lives and SHOUT OUT TO BRIAN TYREE HENRY OF LEMON FAME WHO HASNT MISSED YET IM GONNA WATCH ATLANTA ONE DAY KING I PROMISE

85/100

The Wild Robot

gorgeous movie. lupita fucking killed it. cried at the end. dont think i would rewatch it much but i greatly enjoyed it. no notes go watch it

85/100

viddy games

Balatro (2024)

girl help

Cult of the Lamb (2022)

ADORABLE art style, lots of mechanics but not necessarily very in depth. the perks just feel kinda eh but i love the aesthetic and the music. also usually not big on things with religious themes but i let this one slide cuz its a cult doing. bad cult things LOL. also i love my little guys

Mouthwashing (2024)

theres literally so much i want to say about mouthwashing but what can i say that hasnt been said already...ill save it for my end of the year review because it is DEFINITELY making my top 7 unless these final 6ish weeks of the year are full of fucking bangers

Sonic x Shadow Generations (2024)

ok so i never played the og sonic generations much, i rented it on redbox once and my brother rented batman arkham city at the same time and we had one xbox so i barely played that thing before we had to return it becuz his stupid ass hogged it all weekend and im not bitter about this still at ALLLLLLLL but god i fucking love shadow the hedgehog so much hes truly the little guy ever

Touhou Mystia's Izayaka (2022)

so i haven't sunk a WHOLE lot of hours into this game because i keep getting distracted by other things but i think its VERY cute and chill and pretty fun and i might be tempted into the touhou project dark side maybe

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You mentioned you took a hiatus, I wondered why that was and why so long? I’m sorry you went through that 🫂

Hi anon! Thank you for that. 🫂

I didn't make it public back then and I won't now. I will say that it was one half fandom drama and one half my real life took priority.

I lost some moots back in Jan 2023 who meant a lot to me and when we discovered we had differences of opinion about behavior we had a falling out. The stress got to a point where it wasn't worth checking my Tumblr for anything.

In November 2022 my grand aunt died (I say aunt though). I am her carbon copy. She was one of my best friends in the world. I am literally her mini-me. I was living in Italy at the time and I was supposed to move in with her when I returned home (I gave up my US apartment to be able to afford my stay in Italy).

I came back to the states in Dec 2022 and my depression and homesickness for Italy were devastating. Living in the house without her, surrounded by her things, those moots helped me survive. Literally.

Our chats, our chaos, our fun in the fandom helped me until some things happened that I disagreed with. Near the end of January 2023 I quietly went on hiatus because the disappointment and anxiety were not helping me in my actual life.

I got better. I didn't write much but I have about 200 hobbies and focused on those. I grieved, am grieving, will always be grieving, my aunt. But I keep going.

Then I saw Dune 2 this March and fell for Feyd Rautha. Hard. I had to start writing and I had to come back to Tumblr. I promised myself that this time I would not let the internet control my emotions and I would make Tumblr my happy place by sheer force of will if necessary. I do this purposefully every time I log on. 💕

My aunt was an amazing woman btw. She was a registered nurse for almost 60 years, was the kindest person, and took no bullshit from anyone. She was blunt and stood up against wrongs when she saw them. She fought for people who couldn't fight for themselves. She loved everyone equally unless they were bullies, hurtful, or vindictive. She and my Grannie (who is about to turn 95 years old) and my mom taught me what it means to love unconditionally. But my aunt taught me the value of being a bitch.