#no hate to ian obv

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I know you're more passionate about JP Sonic, but I'm still curious: What are your thoughts on Ian Flynn's writing for English Sonic (from IDW comics, Sonic Frontiers (Ian was mostly writing the dialogue based on the premise that SEGA of America had given him for that game)) and other recent Sonic media?

For me, and many others, it may be the best writing for NA Sonic we've had in years. Yes, he isn't perfect and he's made some mistakes, but when you compare his work to the Pontac/Graff era, there's a massive improvement to be noticed. I've seen a lot of accusations being thrown at Ian when there's plenty of evidence to disprove them, and it kinda sucks to see a nice guy getting so much hate. Yes, people are allowed to not like Ian's work, but that doesn't mean they have to be jerks about it. It doesn't help that the mandates from SoA reistrict him from doing some incredible stuff.

This is just my personal thought anyway. What do you think of Ian's writing, and do you have any personal nitpicks with it? (sorry if that came off as accusatory, i'm just curious)

You're good, your question was not accusatory in the slightest! I'm personally a HUGGGGE fan of this question (and I'm glad I can answer it somewhere safe without getting dog pilled).

In full honesty, he's decent at best but that's it. He's leagues better than what we had before but if we had better options I wouldn't want him to write for the games. I can live with him writing IDW (although I have many criticism for that comic & do not consider it canon because of said criticism, even if it).

Ian's problem is that he has a good understanding of the characters, just a not good enough one. He convies their actions (in the comics) so well. But when it comes to dialogue it all falls apart. Sonic, for example, is supposed to be a static hero, the story changes around him & not the other way around. Ian has good story driven narrative, but not character driven. So characters getting philosophical out of nowhere seems unnecessary, especially when Sonic's straight to the point. And Ian has NOOOO idea how to write Amy, especially with that vague "sharing love with the world" arc she had in frontiers. It's clear there are characters he struggles with. Same goes to Eggman & how irrelevant he is.

Ian as a person is... Eh. He's kind & sweet, yes, but unprofessional. It's the fact that people don't know his role isn't that huge and start controversies because of what he makes up on the fly on his podcast, and then he asks "why did this thing happen?". He shouldn't be answering questions that will start a war and then wonder why it happened. He's a little careless in that departement.

All in all, I think he's ok at writing but has apparent flaws that people choose to ignore. I could go on in a longer post about what I didn't like in Frontiers' story to justify my point, but atm I'm too lazy haha.

Tl;dr, good writer, just not great. Would take Toyoda over him tbh.

[yeetbean]

real question how do i ask my coworker their pronouns without it being awful

[em-harlsnow]

i feel this is so so so niche but when i see the ‘said he likes crazy girls but hates when i act crazy’ trend, i always see it has mickey ‘hating’ ian for being ‘crazy’ which is accurate (in the name of the trend - obvs mickey loves ian whatever the fuck he’s doing) but i feel it’s way more accurate for it to be the other way round, no? like ian being the one to ‘hate’ mickey’s crazy because why is everyone acting like mickey is so so so sane? the bitch went to prison, broke out, and then went back in. in my opinion mickey’s a bit more ‘crazy’ than ian and he doesn’t have a diagnosis

this is pure ridiculous waffle i’m sorry

i don’t even know what i’m talking about

[tragically-jane-doe]

I'll never be able to acutely explain how lovely and disappointing it was that I figured out who the fuck killed Luke with in the 1st few episode chapter thing anyways me screaming about who dun did it in read more thing a ma bob so like

SPOLIERS for the book

Murder in the family

IVE SEEN TO MANY CRIME SHOWS AND HAVE ZERO FAITH IN KIDS LIKE HOLY FUCK NO ONE THOUGHT TO LOOK INTO THE KIDS A BIT MORE AT THE TIME LIKE CMON YOU WANT ME TO BELIEVE THAT GUY HEARD NOTHING WHEN HIS STEP FATHER WAS KILLED MR I WAS 10!!!!

Anyway it was repeated so fucking much guy was only 10 guy was the only one at home like c'mon baby please hear me out kids can be fucked up

But like so disappointing cause I got reced this book offa tiktok and like the ppl who read it said they didn't see it coming and I was so fucking excited for that I was ready to take fucking notes my dude I did I took notes for all of 3 chapters and they did nothing for me because of one simple line that cemented that one of those fucking kids did it

Guy "then you called 999"

Maura HESITATES then nods

Like okay why you hesitating baby why your obvs disturbed bout something it's a very known thing that family usually protects family I doubt you'd be doing this for ur mama

But like I understand her I would probably not cover for my sibling but I understand also low-key love how Maura covered for Amelia and Amelia covered for Guy those fucking kids are nutters

POOR FUCKING AMELIA BTW she legit saw guy do it and proceeded to shut the fuck up about it and then 20 YEARS LATER that mother fuckin boy is bout to air the shit like damn also I saw her I saw her little why don't we air his shit text like girl ffs you would have ended that show so fast if you did

And on a different note in one of the reddit bits this chemical thing gets brought up that can make it look like you've had a heart attack I for sure thought they would tie that shit in with Andrew later on like damn you had my ass but also could've tied it in with guy cause u know the last bit

And maybe a tiny bit it was maybe lazy to do that final meeting like c'mon

I also hope Mitch goes to prison which probs he didn't cause time limits and such which actually I'm not sure if London has that like america does and also on the fact that it was statutory so whooo knows but I know I wanted to smack a bitch like how dare how dare you say oh she was sophisticated motherfucker girlie pop was 15 I don't care if she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth she was 15 and you sir were 21 stop referring to yourself as a kid stop it please

ALSO I LOWKEY HATE HOW BILL KNEW A BUNCH OF SHIT B4HAND it kinda ruined the fun for me but the twisty bit of Luke being Eric and Eric being Jonah was neat I'll give them that

Also fuck Nick just fuck him

A film genius though like damn I actually wanted to see the show and had to remind myself it didn't exist

Imagine how fucking insane it would be if it did it would be so fucking huge (if there is a show like this that's real not like fiction I would eat that shit up) but also I have issues with how true crime media is most of the time cause some of it is a bit dick sucking towards the bad dude which in turn has mentally ill women/girls be also very very dick sucking towards the fucking murderer but also some of it is just fucking gross towards to victims

ANYWAYS IM CONFUSED ON HOW TO FEEL ABOUT GUY AND THAT FUCKING SUCKS BECAUSE LALIA EXPLAINED HOW IN THEORY IT HAPPENED BUT LIKE FFS HE WAS A KID AT THE TIME BUT THEN AGAIN HE BASHED THE SHIT OUTTA LUKE

Also for any of the mentally ill bitchs like moi that's watched criminal minds a million and one times my faith in kids was killed off in the ian Gallagher episode and I refuse to ever watch it again it makes my skin crawl

[ianthedisastrous]

6, 8, 10, 20 (was gonna be MEAN and ask for all but you can choose how many for each/who 'cause I'm actually SO nice to you obvs 💖)

Any place they absolutely would not have sex?

Ren: Well, somewhere that would be dangerous to their well being so like...we're gonna avoid steel tables or whatever, obviously, but anything else goes. They like a challenge.

Ian: He actually highly disagrees with Tony and is determined to have sex in his bedroom at his mom's house. So far no luck though. Alas. That doesn't answer the question but it needed to be said.

Edward: Anywhere in Laurel's house, he's far too polite for that.

Zero: Look, shower sex is great but any other water-related places? No. Absolutely not. Zero hates water. He doesn't like swimming, lakes, ponds, the ocean; water outdoors is gross. That's a hard no.

Are they down for casual one-night stands?

Isaac: Used to be, this was the full sum of Isaac's sex life the past few years before Nick.

Ian: Probably not, he never really attempted it but it's just not really something he'd go for anyway, too awkward for that. There's conversation and flirting with strangers involved in that idea.

Edward: Yeah, sure, if he wasn't in a relationship currently.

Ren: Previously, yeah. Ren didn't date before Martin, they had casual things instead because...dating a prince was a status thing and that annoyed them. Assuming they were single they'd still go that route.

Lucky: Yeah, bit of a hard sell with the werewolf thing but there are daring souls out there.

Zero: He kinda used to prefer it, now in serious relationship territory he's a bit shifted on that opinion.

Hiro: bold of you to assume he could accomplish a conversation that goes that far. But if he could! Sure.

What do they like seeing their partner in when they “dress-up?”

Ren: Nothing. Okay but really, Ren doesn't need dress-up; have you seen Martin's abs? Covering those? Downright sinful.

Ian: Alas, it was destroyed, but the leather jacket was awfully nice. Like that greaser look? Yeah, Ian definitely goes for that.

Isaac: Nick is kinda scruffy, this is no secret and Isaac doesn't need a lot of dressing up; sometimes Nick in one of his dumb tee shirts and lazy clothes is perfect. It's less the outfit than it is the whole...early morning, mussed, stubble thing really.

Edward: Pretty, flowy, delicate things! Doesn't matter what, it's the fairytale vibe. Alternatively? A little armor-style leather is also a plus and Edward definitely could go for that. Swordplay is really just foreplay, yanno?

[snowwpines]

can there be a raya and the last dragon world in kingdom hearts?

i’ve thought about it quite a bit honestly! out of potential worlds, it’s definitely there, but i couldn’t say much story wise because i’ve only watched the movie once or twice. yeah, there are definitely some matching themes, again with the whole “it has to be you” with the dragon (i am so sorry i forgot her name) with the dragons bestowing their power on her (just like sora’s friends trusting him even when they’re dead to save it all). it’s definitely potential, but it’s not at the top for me.

personally, i’d kill for a treasure planet world. it works BRILLIANTLY here and would fit well into sora’s arc with the relationship between jim and silver. it probably won’t happen, but i can hope! in my opinion, here are a few potential worlds:

coco

moana

star wars

olympus obv making a comeback

i’d love a brave world too, treasure planet

toybox returning would be nice but i think that ended with the whole yozora suspense. would be nice to see rex freak out about the actual yozora, though.

timeless river i kind of want back.. it was reall6 neat.

luca world would be nice and we CAN have two water worlds supposedly (kh2) so maybe luca would be more water based?

turning red is up there but i can’t see it fitting into the games theme unfortunately

hopefully there isn’t a marvel world. i’ll plsy anyway but ehhhh

wreck it ralph: ralph breaks the internet as our tech world maybe? but that also takes a ton of different ips being paid so i heavily doubt it and ralph would just show up as a summon.

inside out would be neat. unlikely, but neat. sora as his own emotion, except he doesn’t quite know what he is? i’d kill for it.

frozen two’s storyline would be really fucking neat too! the black sand beach reminds me of the dark world’s own beach.

a lot of other ips i don’t see appearing in world form, if at all. there’s only a certain world limit for these games because of development, but maybe onward would be really nice. considering how hated it was it actually has a nice place in my heart. it’s a very good movie and it would be great to see ian ask sora to teach him magic but he struggles because sora’s magic isn’t LIKE his so he never really learns much from him but there’s like application of certain spells later down the line that r like inspired and stuff + imagine fighting alongside the brothers? insane.

don’t bring back tangled. good world, yeah. couldn’t do much with it other than introduce the story from the show, which i actually love, but the show wasn’t popularised enough i don’t think. but hey, miracles are possible.

atlantis! like not the little mermaid world but ATLANTIS the lost empire movie! i think it would be a really nice sister world with treasure planet, where you can choose to go to either with very little difficulty increase between them. one is sea exploration, one is majorly space.. it would be neat.

that’s my little rant over. i just love certain disney movies and i can see them being in sora’s future.

[punkscowardschampions]

Casey & Janis Pt.3

Casey: [probably do fall asleep for a bit actually, boy, because you’d be knackered, but I have gotta be evil and wake you up at some point like ! since we have shamelessly traumatised you lately even before the Ian of it all and that alone would bring up a lot of stuff from when you were a kid]

Janis: [obviously not sleeping through this ourself, turning our head up to look at you ‘hey’ as a ? like what would you like me to do, leave you alone, be with you, get you a drink]

Casey: [being half asleep and lowkey sleep talking for a sec, saying something heartbreaking like ‘where’s mum?’ until she speaks and it properly wakes him up enough to know where he is and what’s occurring so then he’s looking at her like ? ‘you okay?’ as if she woke him up because she needs something and not the other way around]

Janis: [just shaking your head with a smile even though it’s gonna be a sad one lowkey ‘go back to sleep, you’]

Casey: [‘you who woke us up’ it is not sir, but you’re saying it affectionately like oh you so it’s fine]

Janis: [‘sorry, baby’ ‘cos we are even if it’s not for that]

Casey: [‘I still love you, don’t worry’ I should hope so lol]

Janis: [a noise like how generous but amused obvs ‘good to know’]

Casey: [snuggling her even though she wasn’t trying to sleep like that for obvious reasons but he’s that bitch and cares not ‘don’t be so far away’ as if she’s over the other side of the room]

Janis: [‘don’t forget you’re injured’ in case he’s genuinely asleep and is gonna wake up like ow why’d you let me do that lol but we do wanna be this close to you for a sec ‘cos we love you ‘what was you dreaming about?’]

Casey: [such an unimpressed noise like ugh as if I could cos hate it ‘supposed to be helping me forget, not giving out reminders, you’ but again it’s affectionate and oh you in tone cos can’t be mad at you gal, a shrug in answer the dream question that she’d be able to feel because he’s keeping her hostage this close to him rn lol because who remembers their dreams properly]

Janis: [‘I can do that easy’ like just say when but we’re just cuddling you right now]

Casey: [‘gutted it weren’t about you all fit and old’ because just remembering when they were thinking about that not long ago ‘what was you dreaming about?’ cos wanna know]

Janis: [‘try harder this time’ like you can will yourself to dream about us if you just want it enough, if only ‘tell me what to dream about’ ‘cos at best we weren’t dreaming and at worst it wasn’t anything worth mentioning]

Casey: [‘will if you stay put how you are’ determined to snuggle even if he breaks another rib ‘okay, pick a honeymoon, I’ve not got that far’ as if he’s actually planning their wedding in his head already because he so is, like have some dream ideas of where to go please]

Janis: [‘as I miss you too’ ‘cos we’re not too worried, it’s not like either of you can do too much damage in your sleep so we aren’t going to fight you on it; doing a little excited wiggle though like ooh]

Casey: [making such a happy and amused sound because she’s so cute, bye]

Janis: [‘this mean you don’t wanna go back to [whatever the shitty hotel on the roadtrip was]?’]

Casey: [‘we can go from there’ because he definitely does ‘onto wherever you dream up’]

Janis: [‘what about the baby?’ do we mean Chubby or the actual baby, idk]

Casey: [‘I’ll keep her safe, he’ll be there to give me a hand too’ meaning the actual baby and Chubby will help because he’s the bestest boy because that hotel was p sketchy]

Janis: [just an amused noise like okay, everyone is coming with then, that answers my question]

Casey: [‘you don’t wanna let the kids come?’ as a genuine question, whispered as if they will both hear and be gutted]

Janis: [‘you do’ very oh you, ‘cos we know what you’re like, boy]

Casey: [‘I don’t fancy leaving them with any of the dickheads we know, that’s all’ full shade to everyone including Ali and Billie there, he trusts none of you with Chubby or baby Jac, soz, they are both princesses]

Janis: [‘good thing you’re hot when you’re protective’ because can’t be mad at our hypothetical honeymoon getting hijacked really]

Casey: [‘if we could get married without having to piss about sorting your other one she’d have to be there anyway’ because would literally get married rn immediately if he could with baby Jac bebopping inside of this gal but she already is]

Janis: [forehead press ‘cos we know ‘shotgun weddings more fun’ like soz]

Casey: [‘it’s alright, you’re worth waiting for, however long’ no notes]

Janis: [‘2 years’ absentmindedly ‘cos when you were doomscrolling divorce info that’s what you found clearly, as you said to Jimothy]

Casey: [‘she’ll be old enough to chuck flowers at auntie Gracie when she’s doing her head in, can probably teach her to ask when she’s gonna get married’ love to shade poor Grace and look on the bright side of how cute this bub will be]

Janis: [do a headshake we all know you don’t mean because you’re doing a lol with it, soz not soz Grace, we all know that is a disaster zone for you now ‘never again, thank fuck’]

Casey: [just doing an amused face however well she can or cannot see it in the dark of this shitty hotel room because don’t need to be loling and hurting yourself purely to shade that poor cow again ‘least she’s learnt’ as if Janis is making such a HUGE mistake to contemplate getting married again and to him because we can pretend it’s purely bants and not y’all being scared that it could fuck up if JJ did]

Janis: [‘least I can never have claim on the most disastrous wedding in my family’ like we’re also just joking and not devastated and mortified how things have ended in our own]

Casey: [‘just dibs on cutest flower girl’ because shoutout to baby Jac being absolutely slay and adorable, we’ve all seen the pics of you just always serving no matter the scenario]

Janis: [doing the ‘yeah’ noise that is basically an exhale with some enthusiasm ‘about the one guarantee I can give it’ sorry to call you an it gal but you know]

Casey: [snuggling her more, as best he can whilst injured, cos he do know but it’s gonna be okay hun]

Janis: [at least our focus can be brought back to the now and not the past or future, fixing his pillows for optimum comfort and touching his cheek gently ‘need anything?’]

Casey: [‘can you get us some water?’ this boy actually asking for help, unheard of, but that’s growth sis, we’re trying instead of just going to get it for himself and hurting himself more in the process]

Janis: [we’re so pleased honestly, trying not to manically grin at you and actually just go and get said water but we still have to flash a smile at you before we do, come back and hand him this, finding your phone to check if you can also give him more pain pills yet or not]

Casey: [because he’s a work in progress, trying to drink this water all by his hippo self and probably spilling so much of it like -_- how frustrating but we’re proud of you for not fully throwing the glass at the wall]

Janis: [shaking our head @ ourself because that was our bad for handing that to you without thinking, we were getting ahead of ourselves, hence refill this glass so you can give him some more, using whatever top we had on to mop up any of the spilled water]

Casey: [‘top practice, this’ because feeling like a little kid trying to drink out of an adult cup for the first time rn]

Janis: [‘nah, my kid’ll be much better behaved’ with the bantsy it better be in the tone of it but we’re squeezing your thigh because we know this is frustrating as fuck for you and we can’t squeeze your hand right now]

Casey: [when you know this is literally day 1 and you’re gonna have to put up with ages of being injured so you’re trying not to be fuming about it but are blatantly beyond fed up of it already, hence looking literally anywhere but at her and then spotting a gross mystery stain somewhere on the wall or wherever ‘go on, what do you reckon that is’ because can and will turn it into a guessing game to distract yourself]

Janis: [we would be exactly the same, if not worse, and we all know that so we’re not saying shit to you about it, you can be pissed off all you like, we’re all sick of this situation we can’t get out of in all the ways; but find this stain and be peering at it like you’re really trying to work it out before miming putting a gun in your mouth and blowing your brains out onto said wall with a shrug ‘seems like the sort of place’ full shade to this hotel we are hiding in, very much not the mood ‘what do you think?’]

Casey: [‘I reckon you’ve been watching too many films, mate’ like who in whatever bit of ireland y’all are in just has a gun to hand that they’re bringing to hotels to top themselves with ‘sad cases’d be at the mini bar and fit pharmacists to end it all’ doing his own peering like hmmmm ‘sort of place to be right covered in bodily fluids though, yeah’]

Janis: [‘what a rude thing to accuse me of’ like he’s accusing you of watching really sad snuff films, like how dare you but we’re 😏 ‘probably but you’ve already bled over the whole room so’ like I’m not complaining about that, moving closer to the stain like you’re checking it isn’t just a bloody fingerprint from y’all]

Casey: [bringing her back closer to him and this bed unthinkingly because not yet used to the fact he can’t really use his hands much at all, accidentally making himself even more frustrated than he was before]

Janis: [‘you just have to ask’ making not using your hands sound as appealing as we can ‘anything’]

Casey: [‘stay here’ don’t need to be whispering when she’s this close but we are ‘don’t move unless you are closer’ because you’re allowed to be clingy af at a time like this]

Janis: [do move closer, so when you nod, you end up doing a little forehead touch moment ‘I don’t wanna leave’ because it must be said]

Casey: [making this forehead touch more dramatic and !! because as we said earlier in the convo one of the few ways they can touch and it not have to be soft ‘what do you want?’ such a genuine question for right here and right now in this moment]

Janis: [doing such lowkey nuzzling with this because you need to be so close to him and just want to give and receive all the comfort and touch possible ‘for it to stop being so shit, for everyone’]

Casey: [‘I’m having the night of my life’ could be a pisstake but he’s genuinely so happy that y’all are reunited that it would never read like that & is like there you go, wish granted]

Janis: [doing such a genuinely happy sigh ‘that’s what I care about most, right now’ sorry but it’s true and we’re just as happy about it]

Casey: [doing a genuine smile back because likewise, soz not soz that we just want this gal to catch a fucking break for a sec]

Janis: [‘none of it feels wrong, no matter what’s said by who, I can’t make it wrong in my head’ because clearly, we’ve tried that]

Casey: [‘there’s so much wrong with and in my head, but you’re not none of it, I know that, I have done since you’ve had your place in there’ because he has a million regrets but this isn’t]

Janis: [tapping on either side of his forehead with your fingertips without moving your own away ‘you’re here’ as an affirmation for you and for us, like that is all that matters, because it could have got drastically worse than it did and we’re still not over that ‘here with me’ putting our arms around your shoulders without applying a load of pressure]

Casey: [‘I’d be here with every bone in my body broke’ because he literally would, there’s no stopping him]

Janis: [‘Going on the run properly might not be as fun’ trying to stay light but also no joke in that you could’ve killed Ian and we would lose you properly, hugging you more without squeezing you to death here]

Casey: [‘don’t see dickheads trying it with a kid and a dog in the films, be a reason for that’ because imagine, oh Chubby you giant loveable baby you’re too soft for all this ‘we’re gonna have to go straight from now’ as if y’all were Bonnie and Clyde before]

Janis: [that poor dog needs STABILITY my boo says and she’s so right for that ‘is it what you want?’ as genuinely because we want to know what you want with no room for guesswork here]

Casey: [‘you heard, responsibility, stability, all that, I said it before and I meant it before, it’s what I’ve been after and missing my whole life’ because he did say that before and he did mean it]

Janis: [give his cheek a small kiss because we love you and are overwhelmed ‘you’re allowed to change your mind’ just as a reminder but we’re obviously glad you have not]

Casey: [‘you’re not’ like excuse you never leave me but playfully and not like a toxic king]

Janis: [shameless hearteyes like okay ‘you don’t have to make me stay but we can pretend’]

Casey: [‘can pretend we’re on the run an’ all’ because why not, live your best lives]

Janis: [‘no one knows we’re here, do they’ like we basically are]

Casey: [kiss her because you’ve gotta, what a nice thought that is atm that you do fr have a temporary reprieve and escape from all the madness]

Janis: [thank God ‘cos you all would’ve gone insane if you’d stayed in that house for much longer, the break is needed, kiss him back with that enthusiasm ‘cos it is a happy thought now that you know Jimmy has Bobby and Casey is here, unlike when you were here alone and had no clue what was happening]

Casey: [have a little makeout sesh that’s just purely about how happy you are to be reunited, y’all deserve it with everything we put you through]

Janis: [just here telling you how much we missed you and not to go without us again etc through the makeout]

Casey: [ofc giving that same energy back telling her how much he loves her and promising that she’ll never have to miss him again because he’s going nowhere ever etc etc]

Janis: [when its exactly the right things to say but you also know he means them ofc ‘you were sleeping’ like I have to get you back to sleep]

Casey: [‘you weren’t but you’re gonna be’ like no no I have to get you to sleep you need it]

Janis: [‘don’t wanna’ being fully pouty about it, running our hands over you lightly to emphasize why we don’t want to be asleep rn]

Casey: [once again doing the pouty lip thing and giving it his absolute all like he did earlier because if he has to make her lowkey pass out by being feral then he’s more than willing to]

Janis: [moan into his mouth because you can’t be biting back, focus on touching him places you can without having to worry about being properly careful about it]

Casey: [meanwhile you focus on kissing and biting her everywhere and anywhere you want to to make up for your useless hands]

Janis: [‘I’m really bad at making you rest’ because y’all are as insatiable as each other and we’re never stopping you]

Casey: [shaking his head but as he’s doing all his kissing so he’s nuzzling into her neck or somewhere ‘you’re really good at making me forget that bollocks’ because the worst patient and he’d hate if she was treating him like a invalid]

Janis: [‘I can’t wait for the bruises to show up, never mind the bones to heal’ very indecent, soz not soz, we don’t have that sort of patience when it comes to this and also, the healing will happen regardless, you’re not running a marathon on a broken leg, it’s okay lads, we have to let you have this]

Casey: [‘we’ve waited enough’ because y’all have for a decade, fuck Ian trying to cockblock y’all now we’re not having it]

Janis: [‘too fucking long’ because it’d be hard not to be mad about the wasted time now]

Casey: [‘make up for it then’ in the saucy af way he always tells her to do such and such then, as if y’all needed any more encouragement ever]

Janis: [we did not need the encouragement but we are very into it nonetheless, of course, pushing him back onto the pillows in the softest way, like get comfortable boy, as we’re using our hands to massage his thighs, purposefully starting by his knee and getting closer to his lap as we go, kissing and giving tiny lovebites too as the mood takes us ‘what did you say about being covered in bodily fluids?’ LOOKING at you from this POV]

Casey: [LOOKING back at her as always ‘what I should’ve were how fit you look when you are’ cos remembering when he jizzed on her boobs and stomach earlier just to be feral]

Janis: [‘you need reminding’ after more STARING in silent anticipation, like we were considering posing it as a question but changed it to a statement halfway through ‘I need it’ as a *]

Casey: [likewise STARING whilst doing a little nod like yeah I do and yeah you do]

Janis: [the heart eyes are too real, to the point we sort of forget what we’re meant to be doing here, doing a nerdy and bashful smile up at you]

Casey: [even bigger heart eyes because she’s adorable tbh and obvs he’s gotta also smile back]

Janis: [‘stop it’ like his cuteness is an affront to you because we are overwhelmed by our emotions right now]

Casey: [‘you’ because she started being adorable first]

Janis: [just letting yourself really look at him for a moment, so the pout we were gonna pretend is too real ‘how much of this is my fault, Case?’ not specifying but we mean this entire situation]

Casey: [likewise really looking back at her and taking in the toll this shitshow is clearly taking on her ‘less than you’ll take on as yours and let do you head in, whatever I say’ cos know you and know that you always take on too much of the blame as well as trying to sort out too much for everybody else]

Janis: [doing such a big sigh ‘was never going to be simple, was it’ because no, as shit as this is, it would always be shit, it’s not like you could’ve styled it out any better, really; curling up beside him and resting your head in his lap]

Casey: [‘simple’s for dickheads who don’t care as much as us’ collective us that includes Jimothy and Bobby and everyone this effects as well as y’all cos duh, stroking her hair however creatively he has to do this with the fingers he can and can’t move]

Janis: [‘I don’t know what to do if he never talks to us again’ quiet af but what else is there to listen to in this hotel room, however sketch or loud it might be in other rooms or outside]

Casey: [‘you dunno what to do if he talks to you like that again’ like a * because there’s no danger that Jimothy will entirely shut you out ever but there’s every chance he will keep talking to you how he was earlier and that’s so much worse]

Janis: [‘same thing, isn’t it?’ like that isn’t talking and that’s the root of the entire issue with Jimmy ‘none of us know how to get past it’]

Casey: [a shrug because yeah okay valid point ‘gets no easier is all I know’ because he should be used to his brother treating him like that but he obvs isn’t and we all know that]

Janis: [nuzzling our head into your lap harder as an I know because we do, then an exasperated laugh ‘I’d love to not fucking care right about now’ because obviously not an option, as you just pointed out but still ‘I’d never know you without him, there’s no escaping that fact’]

Casey: [‘same’ because so would he but it’s not an option for him either, try as he might ‘fucked, the pair of us’ with his own exasperated laugh]

Janis: [nodding, tickling our hair against your skin because big mood ‘it’s apparently my fault I didn’t assume the mother role at 15’ like sorry but that wasn’t going to happen and Bobby isn’t our child either, whilst we’re at it]

Casey: [‘mine I’m either too much my dad or not enough of him, depending on the day’ because equally feel like we cannot win with the role we’d been given within this fam]

Janis: [a noise in agreement because not like we haven’t noticed that trend and tried to point it out many a time ‘not their fault either but-’ the BUT IT AIN’T OURS not being said because we ultimately did end up doing a bad thing here so we’re not going to say that but it doesn’t negate that it’s your lack of parenting, obviously, that’s the real issue within this family]

Casey: [‘we all know whose it is and the difference that don’t make’ because @ your parents, exactly but neither of them are going to take responsibility for it now though]

Janis: [‘fucking family’ because truly, it has only ever complicated our life at any given moment, or that’s very much how it feels in the midst of another shit show that wouldn’t be happening if you could just not care about anyone, of course ‘I’m such a prick for bringing someone else into it’ @ Baby Jac in the womb like so sorry]

Casey: [‘give it a bit and I can’t wait to hear what’s gonna be all her fault’ with an unimpressed noise like can we all stop just chucking blame around and actually communicate/address some of this, cos obvs the answer is no, not yet]

Janis: [‘fairly obvious’ trying to give the righteous indignation but the genuine sadness we feel that no one is going to be happy about your arrival and existence, whether you’re Jimmy’s or Casey’s (and the fact we can see the validity of this feeling), is stronger ‘having a kid never fixed nothing, yeah’ like she can only make this worse]

Casey: [‘it ain’t her job to fix nowt, don’t mean she couldn’t do, or won’t’ soz that we’ll forever be a baby Jac stan and we’re happy af you exist gal, you’ve already made him wanna be a better person and we’re not gonna pretend that isn’t true just cos everyone else is a rightful hater]

Janis: [‘I love you’ as a blurt out because we know you’re happy and that kills us in ways we can’t even explain because truly no one else is and we can’t blame them for it; peeps are also going to think this affair is just a result of babybrain and other insulting bullshit we do not wanna think about ‘we’ll just stay here’ like you can never leave this hotel and the real world will never find you]

Casey: [‘I care more about you than any of the rest’ that you being so plural to include baby Jac in it, not soz ever, like yeah okay we’ll just stay here that’s fine by me ‘love you more than I could those dickheads’ as if that remotely needed to be added on when she already knows it]

Janis: [‘I’ll give you everything, there’s nothing you can’t have from me’ squeezing your lowerbody so tight because we can’t cuddle you as hard as we need to in any other way currently and you need to know, obvs]

Casey: [‘there’s nothing else I want from you’ to echo what he said earlier about having everything he wants right here because her and this bub and Chubby]

Janis: [‘bit disappointing’ like lol oh okay, there’s nothing you could possibly want]

Casey: [a shh that encapsulates everything from a comforting it’s okay you can and should rest for a sec to oi you know what I mean]

Janis: [moving off him and up the bed to lay next to him and look at his face ‘I just missed you’ there’s no just about it because neither of you just left for the sake of, it was peak drama as we all remember]

Casey: [‘I’m going nowhere’ as she moves like it’s okay we have all the time in the world to be in love and extra from now on, and stroking her face so softly when she lays next to him and looks at his with their lil face massage vibes ‘I just wanna take care of you an’ all’ as soft as every touch he’s doing cos so appreciate all the actual nursing of him she’s been doing but we’re aware she must be exhausted af rn]

Janis: [close your eyes even though your instinct is to just STARE at him with all the love in the world, because it feels good and you are definitely exhausted, emotionally if nothing else at this point, making soft sighs that match your movements ‘don’t let me, or believe that’s what I want’ like you gotta promise ‘I want this’]

Casey: [ofc kissing her closed eyelids and adding lil soft kisses in with what he’s doing, simply must ‘it’s gonna be okay’ because he always says it but he genuinely does believe it we’re not bullshitting you ever]

Janis: [‘look after me’ in the smallest whisper of all time because we’re terrible at allowing that but we need it and round of applause for that big step casually]

Casey: [‘there’s never been no stopping me’ because he always has and he always will, we all remember the sneaky mr Lucas stuff back in the day and that’s the tip of the iceberg, doing a lil kiss on her lips cos again simply must]

Janis: [moaning his name into his mouth so you don’t go in kissing him back aggressively because it’s soft hours and you’ve gotta but we also need to let you know how we feel about that]

Casey: [have to moan her name back because nothing else is acceptable and he feels the same way of needing to let her know how he feels about everything rn especially that she’s properly his to look after from now on]

Janis: [‘you’re so right for me’ as we’re moving our hand down our own body because you can’t use your hands how you want to and we have to be careful how and where we touch you, so this seems like a logical solution of sorts]

Casey: [when you didn’t even realise how badly you needed to hear her say that today until she did say it so you’re just staring at her like !!!! before you’ve gotta kiss her again, still softly but so much more intensely and dramatically]

Janis: [of course you’re opening your eyes because you can feel his !!! and then that hits you as intensely so you have to allow yourself to kiss back with all the feeling behind it, even if you’ve gotta keep your feralness out of it for the time being, you can still be passionate with it]

Casey: [just peak romance at all times nbd]

Janis: [just here having as soft but dramatic a makeout as is necessary because what a day it has been, what a life ‘you make me better’]

Casey: [it’s deserved lads, we’re putting you through it ‘it’s mutual’ because it is ‘...and obvious where I’d be without you… I’m really chuffed to be here with you instead of’ so many kisses for so much emphasis because couldn’t mean that more or wanna thank you enough]

Janis: [‘It’s too fucking mutual’ because ‘there’s nowhere else I wanna be, or anywhere I want you without me’ casually guiding him to kiss lower so it’s all over your neck and chest]

Casey: [repeating it ‘too fucking mutual’ because she’s so right for that and there’s nowhere else he wants to be or would want her to be rn either, as he’s kissing where directed, alternating between the literal softest ever to casually less and less soft but still not yet entirely feral]

Janis: [we know softness makes us feral so excuse the way we’re arching into every kiss like you’re doing the most mindblowing sex magic on us, we aren’t overexaggerating, we just feel this intensely in this moment]

Casey: [that’s definitely mutual too, feelings are very high atm as per with you two, god bless and he’s making it be known with his breathing being !! in between every kiss and the sounds he’s making]

Janis: [‘be careful’ which we mean but the way it’s coming out is pure indecent and sounds like you mean the opposite, soz, cannot be helped, wrapping our legs around yours so we can pull you closer though]

Casey: [can’t help that he’s behaving the opposite as soon as she said it haha, no regrets and I doubt you’ll hurt yourself much more regardless sir since she did such a good job patching you up]

Janis: [if it was unbearable, we’d know and you’d have to stop so honestly, live your best life, lads, we’re not allowing you to properly injure yourself here, no thank you; hence we’re the opposite of mad and being LOUD about it]

Casey: [at some point it probably should hurt and y’all should have to stop if only for the progress of him not just carrying on regardless because he’s used to dealing with the pain and the communication and trust y’all have but I’m gonna let you both live for rn cos you aren’t being feral af and are too in love and I don’t wanna be evil]

Janis: [agreed 100%, it’s important for that and showing that we blatantly care and however feral y’all might get, you obviously do care if he’s hurt and aren’t just gonna ignore that; but there is time for that that isn’t this precise second because you’re still behaving by your standards ‘please’]

Casey: [we all know what he’s like he’ll get sick of not being feral too fast and too soon and we can do it then because Ian really did something so those injuries aren’t just healing themselves overnight, we have plenty of time for it, right here and right now he’s doing such a GASP at the way that please sounds ‘I’ll be careful’ as if that’s what it was for + I promise I’ll take care of you and keep you so safe just like you asked don’t worry]

Janis: [mhmm; ‘it’ll still kill me’ being so true because you know now you’ve experienced having to be properly soft that first time, stroking his hair out of his face and gently pressing your lips against his without turning it into a full kiss]

Casey: [for me it’s him making sure their position is the exact same as their car spooning one before they hooked up for the first ever time purely for the absolute unnecessary throwback of it, nobody asked you to do that sir but here he is, initiating a hookup like that]

Janis: [we did not ask but we are here being flooded by all those memories, said as if it was forever ago, no, just feels it, as it feels only appropriate to be in this position again because like then he can fully control it]

Casey: [of course he’s getting all those mems too and DYING about it ‘where did you dream about going?’ cos he told her to dream about a honeymoon location and that coming back to him as well despite him waking her pretty quick so she likely didn’t get chance * correction she did not get any chance because this was after they woke up and they haven’t been back to sleep yet]

Janis: [your undeniable tension before y’all went there is always going to be the easiest way to get to you and that’ll be very obvious with how we’re failing to stay entirely still and let you do it all, like we’re going to answer, even though we haven’t actually been to sleep ‘cos we still can and will ‘somewhere we’ve never been’ because already mentioned going back to the hotel from when we ran away and the unspoken vibe of making memories that are entirely your own]

Casey: [tell her about somewhere you always wanted to go when you were younger for some reason, I won’t commit you in case it’s where y’all do end up going for your actual honeymoon, but think the vibe of Daniel wanting to go to Cali in Rez dogs because obviously Ian wouldn’t have taken them anywhere and he probably doesn’t even have a passport]

Janis: [me like you’d have to have one to live here, English boy, but we get the point, holidays were not a feature of your childhood, before or after your mum pissing off ‘we’ll go there then’ as a definite because must make your dreams come true]

Casey: [I 1000% feel like he would’ve planned the cliche af lads hol with some mates at some point but then wouldn’t have got to go and they’d have gone without him, whether that’s because they all fell out before it or he ended up having to work or whatever the reason, anyway ‘what if it’s shit?’ cos doesn’t wanna be the reason they have a rubbish honeymoon and we all know sometimes you build childhood wishes up to too much hype in your head]

Janis: [that feels very legit to me, even though it makes me sad, real non-shit friends are so hard to come by when you’re out of schooling, if ever lowkey, we know we also don’t have any; ‘we make it good’ like it’ll be impossible to have a shit time because we really do not care where we go, we’re not that bitch]

Casey: [it makes me sad too but I’m cheered by the fact he’s only almost 22 and has all the time in the world to do all the travelling he wants with this gal and the bubs for their whole lives, as of rn, kissing her v dramatically again because second that sentiment and are FULL of love ‘okay’ okay not alright because !! and how much he means it] 

Janis: [‘do you trust me?’ with a word coming between every kiss as that’s as long as you can bear to pry yourself away]

Casey: [‘yeah’ it sounds casual written down like that but we know what a big deal that is cos these boys and their trust issues]

Janis: [‘good’ because we’re not about to be the one to dash your childhood dreams, not if we can help it honey]

Casey: [‘We’ll make every day that’ because sincerely means it with his whole heart, not in a jimothy everything’s gotta be perfect way but like as long as we’re together that’s all we need for it to be good always ‘you can trust me on it too’]

Janis: [‘I do trust you’ saying it out loud as much for ourself as you because we don’t easily so that’s wild but deserved]

Casey: [‘your trust’s as safe’ because the unspoken as you are, cos they both know he’d never hurt her, which is as wild but deserved]

Janis: [‘it could be scary, how much you make me feel’ very much it was but it’s slowly getting less and less scary]

Casey: [‘nowt more fucking mutual’ because hard same]

Janis: [kiss on his adam’s apple and really gently suck it but don’t go full lovebite because we’re trying but have to let you know how !! we are]

Casey: [letting her know how !! he is with the absolutely indecent moan that escapes him when she does that and his inability to keep all his movements slow and soft also in response]

Janis: [shamelessly going with this increased tempo, kissing our way towards your ear so you can get the full effect of our own involuntary noises about this]

Casey: [doing his hair pull using his mouth move because simply gotta manoeuvre her so that he can hold her throat how he likes to do even if it’s more like pressing the back of his hand/unbroken wrist against it given the limitations of being injured]

Janis: [despite how about this we will always be, we’ll only show this through more erratic noise and not movement, just to be safe]

Casey: [when he knows she’s holding back like that for his sake so giving her a LOOK like it’s okay I promise so she knows she can move a bit more]

Janis: [🥺 because of course we wanna ‘I’m being good’]

Casey: [‘the best’ his tone being like I KNOW because yet again couldn’t love you more than we do for this ‘so let me keep it mutual’]

Janis: [nod as a way to lean more into this throat touch moment because of course we will]

Casey: [moving more to get her to in sync with him automatically]

Janis: [pushing back against you harder instinctively when we let ourself, scraping our nails down your back over and over]

Casey: [‘that’s it’ like yes very good girl behaviour of you, stop holding back ty as if that’s not a dangerous game to be playing rn with how feral you both wanna always be]

Janis: [yet here we are playing it because always, putting our own hand over his on our throat so we can squeeze harder without you having to do that yourself but you still getting the benefit of how it feels when we’re trying and failing to get our moans out]

Casey: [obvs kissing her at the same time so she’s got even less breath because gotta and can do that as hard as we want because the worst that’s gonna happen is his split lip bleeding again which you’re both into]

Janis: [definitely sucking your tongue into our mouth to make it clear how much we don’t wanna breathe right now and just want to be full of you, resting your other hand on our stomach because you know we’re into that too]

Casey: [doing the absolute most to forcefully push his tongue down her throat in the way y’all want to but can’t be going at this hookup rn, meanwhile in contrast rubbing her stomach so soft]

Janis: [the unholy noise we’re making about it because wondering if you can feel it but obviously can’t say that right now so can only covey it with how dramatically our body is reacting]

Casey: [he’s SO about it and his body is behaving as dramatically, telling her to bite his adam’s apple the way she wouldn’t earlier when he eventually stops his antics to actually let her breathe for a sec so you know he’s !!]

Janis: [doing it without hesitation, including the fact we’ll literally have to be panting at the same time to catch our breath here]

Casey: [idk what would get to him more, that she actually did it and how that felt after how soft they’ve had to be, the lack of hesitation or how she’s barely breathing when it’s happening, but regardless, he’s DYING about it and almost as breathless as a result]

Janis: [you know we’re watching you from THIS close and every reaction he makes is making you as DEAD in kind, holding his adam’s apple between your teeth how y’all like, teasing biting down, rolling it casually]

Casey: [unhinged noises frankly that are the verbal equivalent of  🥺 about every second of this because overwhelmed and he’d already be fucking her as hard as he can without doing himself a further injury]

Janis: [going to have to push our palm against your windpipe to fully take your breath away because that won’t properly hurt you but is going to be the feral and highkey move you both need right now, making full eye contact with you as we do it, obviously]

Casey: [that absolutely is the move he needs, you’re so right and that eye contact couldn’t be more intense therefore]

Janis: [‘what do you need?’ knowing how near impossible it will be for him to get his words out because it is for you and you’ve not JUST been winded]

Casey: [only getting an ‘I-’ out the way he does]

Janis: [grinning at you because we relate, increasing the way we’re grinding back against you]

Casey: [having to close his eyes for a sec because somehow that grin is getting to him almost as much as everything else]

Janis: [making like you’re gonna prize ‘em open like oi but obviously don’t because his face is fucked up and that would not be the move]

Casey: [‘you’re so right for me an’ all, girl’ full of love and amused because knew what she wanted to do there and he’d wanna do the exact same, opening his eyes again to give her the biggest hearteyes ever]

Janis: [putting your hands down by putting them between y’all so you can get involved and be doing even more than you’re already doing, and kissing him so you don’t lose it over how attractive he is rn]

Casey: [biting her tongue v gently cos not fuming at her but so she knows you’d be touching her so much rn if you could and are sad you cannot]

Janis: [focusing both hands onto him instead of one each like don’t be sad babe]

Casey: [‘I love you’ because he do and she’s being so great about everything]

Janis: [‘you better’ but the heart eyes are being returned full force because never going to be used to hearing it]

Casey: [‘you heard’ like I do! as he’s doing a very loving forehead touch and then forehead kiss]

Janis: [making a noise like don’t because so daddy and we refuse]

Casey: [pulling her closer even though it’s impossible for her to be and doing it by hugging her stomach cos of course]

Janis: [literally being like OH! About this because so into it we can’t even verbalize it]

Casey: [it goes without saying he’s gonna so softly kiss her stomach too, simply must]

Janis: [stopping breathing as dramatically as when his tongue was fully down your throat, as if if you’re not breathing he might be able to hear or feel Baby Jac, though it is way, WAY too soon for that really]

Casey: [we all know it’s too early but we all equally know that despite this he’s resting his head there as if he could anyway]

Janis: [crossing and uncrossing your legs trying to quietly deal with how turned on you are about this, like it’ll just escape his attention]

Casey: [but LOOKING up at her from where he is because of course it cannot, doing such a hot shhh about it despite the fact she isn’t talking or being loud]

Janis: [pressing our face into our shoulder like okay, lemme cover my mouth however I can but we’re LOOKING at you still]

Casey: [no hesitation at all in putting his thumb in her mouth because we’ve established previously it’s unhurt and fine, but not before teasing her for a bit first how they do, eye contact being held the entire time obvs]

Janis: [the way we are shamelessly hanging our mouth open, wrapping our tongue around your thumb before you fully put it in our mouth and give us what we want, when we’re clearly doing the most, closing our eyes because we cannot also look at you in this moment]

Casey: [doing lil scratches, how my boo like, on her stomach with another finger he has use of, almost as if absentmindedly but he knows exactly what he’s up to, for a glorious reminder of and soft contrast to when she was running her nails over his back]

Janis: [nuzzling into his hand as softly but meanwhile we are sucking his thumb HARD because we’re not coping with this energy at all]

Casey: [hitting her with another ‘that’s it’ because he approves of these antics + ‘baby’ this time too though cos she is]

Janis: [opening our eyes purely so we can inspect your index finger and see if we can put that in our mouth too but gonna say we can’t so kissing the fingertip instead and flashing 🥺 at you]

Casey: [‘hey’ with all the feeling ever like it’s so nice to see you but also it’s okay don’t be 🥺]

Janis: [shaking your head like no, it’s not okay but in the best possible way ‘you’re so handsome’ whilst fully still sucking his thumb]

Casey: [shaking his own head in such an oh you manner ‘you’re-’ can’t even finish it because there aren’t words for all the feelings he has ‘I can’t’ like that’s a full sentence when it is not remotely but cannot deal with you rn is the point]

Janis: [‘your baby’ like you’re purely repeating what he just said to help him and aren’t loving saying it]

Casey: [a big dramatic swallow like he’s the one with something in his mouth instead of her because so much emotion happening over that ‘my everything’ cos she literally is, he feels everything now because of her]

Janis: [going to kiss you whilst your thumb is still fully in our mouth so we’re making a mess but we 1. Don’t care and 2. Cannot help it because kissing you becomes a need when you say things like that, rubbing our own thumb across your cut lips and over the chip in your tooth, all whilst kissing you also ‘you’re mine’]

Casey: [pulling his thumb out of her mouth only to stroke her face with it and make an even biggest mess because likewise don’t care and must, kissing and sucking hers when he can catch it cos yet again so overwhelmed and dead by all these emotions ‘come here’ even though they are literally so close already]

Janis: [moving closer even if that means we push you over because we’re on a bed, you’ll be fine, the emotions couldn’t be higher, soz ‘no one exists but you’ because that is how it feels when y’all are together like this]

Casey: [falling back onto this bed and pulling her with him, injuries be damned, literally need to be so close that their bodies are merged into one, that’s all he cares about rn soz not soz ‘nobody’s ever existed but you’ because that’s just true for him, has liked her since he liked girls and she’s the only girl he cares about, not at all casually obsessed for a decade]

Janis: [we’re kissing you without any thought to holding back now, losing ourself in you, letting ourself relax all our body weight onto you, massaging every muscle we can get our hands on whilst being entirely distracted by making your lips bleed and making our own to match at what he said because we’re so entirely undone by it ‘I’ve always loved you’]

Casey: [the happy sigh he does at her not holding back anymore because she’s not treating him like an invalid and the absolute trust they have, licking and sucking all this blood away in such a gentle but thorough manner cos gotta clean her up and take care of her too, it’s always mutual af and he always will love her no matter what, even if he’s too distracted by this task to actually say so] 

Janis: [when this has you completely on the edge and all your attempts at verbalising this are just pure noise, making your feelings known by your actions instead, when your attempts at cleaning are just you licking his entire face ferally like an animal on a mission and making him spit your own blood back at you til you’re both covered, thank god it’s antiseptic ‘I would kill for you’ so seriously despite the fact you’re also fucking him within an inch of y’all’s lives now because no holding back ‘anything for you’]

Casey: [We ALL know damn well that there’s nothing he loves more than when she’s her fierce self that he first met when she was an angry af teen so giving that energy as hard as she is rn would be KILLING him too to a degree that cannot be overstated, especially when she says that because how badly he wanted to hear that back then and can’t get over that he’s hearing it now, all he can do is get her name out the MOST indecently it’s ever been said]

Janis: [nodding like your head will fall off because ‘I know’ and that’s so true bestie, we know how much this all means in a way that only the two of you can because no one else will get the journey y’alls relationship has been on over the decade]

Casey: [haters can hate but you simply don’t get it, soz, hence heart eyes are off the charts levels of !! because keep falling harder in love somehow ‘don’t ask me to regret how we got here’ because as shit as we know it is for everyone rn like she said earlier and as much as we hate how upset she is, we absolutely cannot and don’t wanna take back any of it]

Janis: [when the ‘I can’t’ comes so easily because we can’t ask that and also cannot regret it either, despite the guilt for the hurt we’ve caused and knowing there are still better ways you could’ve gone about this, even if it would never really be cool to get with your husband’s brother ‘I wouldn’t change it, nothing, it’s YOU’ emphasis on the you fully like you wouldn’t be you if anything was different about this scenario and we love you for you so no]

Casey: [the ‘you’ being immediate, as soon as hers is out of her mouth because hard same as much as he feels like Jimothy has changed her during the JJ era he wouldn’t wanna change her back because love her too much, adding ‘I need you’ in answer to when she asked him before and he was too winded to answer]

Janis: [pressing our thumb into the lovebite on his adam’s apple, close to winding you again but not quite applying that pressure, just reminding you ‘you couldn’t have me more’ overexaggerating how you’re grinding against him too ‘you’re everywhere, inside me and all over me, just how I want it’ rubbing our other thumb across one of the worse injuries on his face, gently because full of love but with enough pressure to make a point]

Casey: [a quiet moan that’s almost like a really long and dramatic gasp about all those antics, using his thumb to wipe away some of the blood she’s got on her face in as deliberate of a gesture, before he’s then using it to once again touch her butt like I can and will be inside you more cos always gotta be the most extra possible ‘I’ll have you more in [whatever the honeymoon destination is]’ because cannot wait to marry her and it’s so rude of you Jimmy that you didn’t wanna]

Janis: [our reaction to this only getting more intense when he says that, any trace of a smirk about how much he/you love this erased and replaced with pure 🥺 ‘you want all of me?’ doesn’t need to be a question but it is]

Casey: [‘already gotta share you with 2 kids’ because Chubby is as much their baby as baby Jac is, no argument there ‘and more footballers than I can count’ shoutout to her job being the only wage rn and for the foreseeable, thanks Ian, but he’s still looking at her as !!! despite the bants of these words]

Janis: [throwing the quickest of loving glances Chubby’s way, sleeping through this all like a trooper, God bless him, before we’re back to maintaining the !! heart eyes with you ‘some things are just for you though’]

Casey: [‘still, be 3 before I get you down the aisle’ because we all know how much y’all wanna have a kid together and will sooner rather than later, saying that so casually despite the fact it isn’t at all]

Janis: [‘you won’t be complaining’ said with more bants because you don’t know entirely how true that is quite yet, even if the mere mention of it has you blatantly more turned on]

Casey: [SUCH a genuine and big grin because no he won’t, he couldn’t be more buzzing about the prospect]

Janis: [‘it’s forever, having a baby, you always have that piece’ tracing his grin because love it so much]

Casey: [‘we’re forever as is, I wouldn’t be this dickhead if I never knew you’ cos true like don’t worry I know neither of us have had good rolemodels or experiences of marriage but this is going to last]

Janis: [‘stay mine’ as a whisper despite the blatant moans and other noises you’ve been making and continue to make]

Casey: [‘I couldn’t be nobody else’s, hard as I tried, you’ll always be stuck with the biggest piece of me’ because again just true]

Janis: [holding him close to you and not letting go because you simply must ‘I’ll look after you properly from now on, I promise’]

Casey: [‘Oi, none of that’ in the softest and most loving voice ever ‘you’ve looked after us proper the whole time’ so sincerely because it’s again too true, she has, as best she could and better than anyone else has]

Janis: [shaking our head but doing it playfully because we don’t need to get bogged down in regrets when you all did the best you could as literal kids, shhing him as softly, putting our thumb against his lips, prising them open ‘you know what to do, baby’] 

Casey: [‘nothing to regret, we said’ in as playful a oi you tone at that headshake, but then he’s obviously just giving all of his attention to that thumb equally like she did earlier when it was her turn]

Janis: [shrugging like soz not soz ‘I can’t help regretting all the times I turned you on and you fucked someone else’ just watching him so closely and giving him your index finger too ‘I didn’t say it was fair of me’]

Casey: [‘you could kill them’ because remembering when she said she would and how hot that was, in the pause before that index finger gets as much attention lavished upon it]

Janis: [‘after I’ve made them watch how you like to get fucked, properly’ just going with this ‘you went too long without me’ being rougher about making sure these fingers are coated in spit]

Casey: [making his feelings about this known with his feral actions and what noises can escape cos of course he’s into it]

Janis: [‘I knew what I was missing too, just not how much’ because couldn’t have known you were both quite this feral, pressing your other thumb against his butt but not fully penetrating, just teasing ‘there’d be lots more blood to play with’ rip to all these girls we won’t really come for you]

Casey: [when everything she’s saying and doing is the hottest ever and on top of that there’s no way he wouldn’t also be hit with the VIVID flashback of the last time she touched his butt and ended up being 3 fingers worth of feral and how into that they both were, so RIP to him rn truly ‘I’ll bleed for you more’ with the tone of knowing that’s what you want really, always]

Janis: [therefore our middle finger is getting placed in your other cheek and we’re spreading your mouth apart, pushing down your throat, all the while comforting and encouraging you with ‘good boy’ excuse us scratching the very sensitive skin between your balls and butt, probably not literally making you bleed but you get the idea of how !! we are ‘you don’t wanna see me covered in anyone else’s, maybe my own too’]

Casey: [LOOKING at her like !!! because what a mental image, not to mention everything she’s doing which makes forming any coherent words impossible]

Janis: [‘tell me when you’re ready’ purely because we know how impossible that is in this moment]

Casey: [gently headbutting her, can’t do as hard as you want but hard enough to make the point that ILYSM and we approve of all your iconic behaviour]

Janis: [the GASP we’re going to do about this is beyond indecent and the way we also grab your balls and keep that pressure applied, grinning at you like you just did THE most romantic thing ‘you are my best fucking mate’]

Casey: [‘I know’ with as much feeling as when she said it because y’all are just perfect for each other, soz but it’s true]

Janis: [take these fingers away from his mouth so you can actually penetrate him starting with your thumb, being slow and deliberate compared to how feral you were just being in his mouth]

Casey: [the ‘fuck!’ being on a par with her gasp in terms of being beyond indecent because dying about it and trying not to cum immediately over here]

Janis: [y’all have been having an absolute sesh, it’s not gonna be long but we are lowkey holding you hostage so you won’t be able to immediately anyway, we will give you as much of this sensation as you can bear before letting you, hence not waiting any length of time before adding your index finger because you are that turned on and we’re only helping with how wet we are and using that too]

Casey: [poor Chubby having to sleep through all of this, thank god he’s exhausted by the v dramatic time he’s had since he joined this fam as there’s no shutting this boy up with all his loud af sounds that are yet again the verbal equivalent of 🥺 because can’t cope]

Janis: [God bless that lazy silly oaf because we would not be stopping for anything less than the world ending rn so it’s best you keep snoozing hun; we could not be more into this if we tried and we are definitely not holding back here at all ‘tell me all about it’ ‘cos we know what all these noises mean]

Casey: [mhmm, excuse us the other peeps at this hotel, hooray for it being a shithole so y’all won’t get thrown out for being this loud, when you’ve just gotta bite her throat where her adam’s apple would be if she had one because so !! what are words but that’s a good start at expressing how we feel in this moment]

Janis: [appreciate the way all those vibrations feel because it’s lowkey a growl at this point because how else can we express ourselves when we literally feel like an animal in the best way, you know you have all three fingers inside you now, fully curling around your prostate as you’re pointing out our lack of an adam’s apple]

Casey: [gotta do a hard hair pull into the kind of kiss that’s lowkey your heads and then teeth crashing together because this is the frantic and feral mood y’all are in]

Janis: [don’t chip any more teeth lads but truly we would not care in the slightest in this moment because any way we can push the boundaries y’all don’t have, and elicit a new or stronger sensation, we’re doing it so willingly]

Casey: [exactly that, like his nose is probably bleeding again or something but does he care, not remotely, just here with this gal living his best life]

Janis: [we all know you go all in with the after-care too, we just not there yet, and we’re not stopping unless you make it known that’s what you want, soz not soz, the trust is real]

Casey: [it’s why I love y’all, I’ve said it before and I no doubt will a million more times, but no, this is only ending one way and that’s you both cumming so dramatically]

Janis: [mhmm, and we’re coming ever closer to letting that actually happen but still, we’re in your ear now ‘I’ve not forgotten, what you wanted’ because today you wanted a toy to fuck her with and when you did this before you wanted one for her to use on you so just reminding you that you’ll be able to experience that soon]

Casey: [‘I’ll buy you a new toothbrush’ like if you wanna crack that back out rn for a role reversal but he’s not letting her go nowhere rn even to try and locate that because the most !! it’s possible to be]

Janis: [the most indecent laugh because yes, we do badly wanna do that but we’re also not moving and God knows where that is in the chaos of this scene, so shake your head, lowkey doing your own little headbutt with it ‘you want to savour every second when I fuck you like that’ like you will cum immediately if anything else is introduced rn and neither of us wants that]

Casey: [doing his own nod because too true not to but their faces are so close that he’s getting so much nosebleed blood on her but doing an eskimo kiss vibe about it instead of actually cleaning it up atm, not soz, it goes without saying the eye contact is beyond intense]

Janis: [we are STARING at you, pulling apart so you have to look at us even harder for however long we can sustain this moment because we’re making sure you like it as much as we said you would, as much as we blatantly do, here catching our breath for what feels like the first time in forever, only to immediately launch ourself back at you for more bloody making out]

Casey: [have that makeout sesh you’re both so here for until you can’t deal any longer and therefore have to break away to try and tell her that you’re gonna die even though he can’t actually get the words out so he’s just here like -! barely any space between y’all’s faces so he’s just doing the most dramatic intake of breath against her lips like HELP]

Janis: [‘I know’ as the last thing you’re able to say with any sort of coherence or volume control, letting go of the grip you had that will allow him to fully lose it and in turn you can clutch those sheets and lose it yourself too, the totally erratic breathing/barely breathing you’re doing all into his mouth and taking in his as hungrily]

Casey: [how lightheaded you’ll both be is a fave thing so enjoy that lads, but for me it’s the way he’ll literally collapse onto her and trust her to not break any of his other ribs or let him because the trust is not only real it’s constant]

Janis: [we’re here getting crushed because we want to but also definitely making sure you’re not in a fucked position without even thinking about it, it’s just reflex]

Casey: [‘if I’m in a coma or some bollocks, don’t say nothing’ because that was unreal and we’re not okay about it but would be even less okay about it if none of it happened and we dreamt it up]

Janis: [saying ‘something’ purely so you have ‘cos not having that put down to a dream or a coma Ian put you in, thank you, full credit to us lol but obviously, something, is all we can manage currently]

Casey: [doing a little lol like thank you that’s so hot cos of how breathless it is cos of the state he’s likewise in]

Janis: [poking his ear or something like oi because that was likewise hot of you ‘I can’t breathe’ when you do have enough breath back to say that]

Casey: [‘I can’t move’ like it’s bants of oh soz you’re gonna have to be crushed but lowkey cannot actually]

Janis: [‘I can’ because you can definitely wriggle your way out from under him but before doing that, lifting your head up to look at him like are you okay?]

Casey: [look back at her sir so she knows you haven’t done yourself further injury and are only stuck because how do you even begin to recover from how intense that was]

Janis: [a literal sigh of relief and a dazed smile because yeah, we understand that ‘you-’ starting and then shaking your head and laying it back down on this bed because intense doesn’t cover it]

Casey: [moving so far as allows him to rest his head on her stomach again because always ‘what?’ looking up at her from that position, using the softest voice ever, not only because he’s probably losing his a bit from all the antics]

Janis: [stroking his head and just gazing at him lovingly from this position, getting him and yourself comfortable ‘you make me forget to think about all the other bullshit’]

Casey: [‘you do the same for me’ like it’s nbd but it’s not at all and also so true, stroking her stomach obvs, he can’t not]

Janis: [‘I know’ as a happy sigh ‘I didn’t know it could be like that though, so-’ trailing off because no need to go into details]

Casey: [‘nor did I’ because that’s so much mutual too ‘had no clue any dickhead could live like this’ truly, as I’ve said they’ve not had good role models or enough happiness in their lives]

Janis: [‘I’ll remind you of how lucky you are, like’ as if we’re that dickhead but we’re mostly focused on your hand on our stomach really]

Casey: [‘and you’ @ baby Jac like can’t wait for when you’re keeping me up all night gal but we know he actually can’t wait for all of it so]

Janis: [‘you’re used to nights’ said as if any of it will be that simple because we can pretend for now in our bubble]

Casey: [‘be more of a laugh serving you’ at this bub thinking about how babies get all milk drunk and it’s hilarious and adorable]

Janis: [‘dunno how well it pays’ like that’s entirely down to Baby Jac]

Casey: [‘[namedropping some cocktail that has milk in it idk don’t ask me]’s are on the house, mate’ like duh no charge to my bestie]

Janis: [shaking our head like oh you ‘soft touch’]

Casey: [‘never have to pay for a round a day in your life, just like your mum, I’m only the first to shout you one’ @ baby Jac cos you know she’s gonna be stunning and you’re so right]

Janis: [‘don’t that scare you?’ in a quiet voice but not quite whispering]

Casey: [‘she’s got us watching her back, there’s nothing to be scared of’ I wouldn’t wanna mess with either of y’all so that’s valid lol ‘we’re not letting nowt happen’]

Janis: [making a non-committal noise because you’re far less sure of yourself about all this ‘have to learn now’]

Casey: [‘don’t listen to that’ @ this non-committal noise as if baby Jac heard and will now be doubting ‘safest little girl in all of Dublin you’ll be, proper princess or daughter of some famous dickhead couldn’t have it no better’ just having a lovely chat with this bub, it’s fine]

Janis: [instinctively rolling onto our side and thus moving him off your stomach like that’s enough of that, excuse me, playing it off by reaching for whatever antiseptic cream you have like come here, because there’s a case for you both needing some on your lips, Casey for his nose too]

Casey: [you’ve gotta let her do it sir even though you’re the worst patient in the world, it is necessary she’s not wrong about that]

Janis: [focus on this even though there really isn’t that much new damage to clear up because you aren’t ready to deal with the Baby Jac of it all]

Casey: [hush your mouth because you know she’s not ready even if you’re buzzing about it and you don’t need to be having a domestic about it at this very moment]

Janis: [‘are you hungry?’ not that we have any idea what time of day it is, but you probably have snacks left from your last run here]

Casey: [whatever he was about to answer getting swallowed up by a yawn because he’s realistically probably tired af if he’s anything and I rudely didn’t let y’all sleep for long at all before I woke him last time so]

Janis: [raising a brow like that answers that then and going to tuck him in, half bants half seriously like okay then ‘you’ve earnt it, like’]

Casey: [looking over at a still snoozing Chubby like 1. How and 2. Could never be me but I wish it was cos he’s defs got the right idea ‘I dunno about that but least if you reckon so you won’t wake us up again, like’ because still acting like she did instead of the other way around lol]

Janis: [shaking our head at Chubby and then at you, giving you a push towards these pillows ‘I’m sorry you had a terrible time, I won’t bother next time’ like lol okay]

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Finally finished fallout 1 🎉

Got some thoughts mainly specific to elena, but some about the game as a whole:

Aside from dogmeat, ian’s her best friend. he’s basically been there from the beginning, and they get along super well. i got the impression tycho’s a bit older and doesn’t always relate to *the youths* and katja joined up so late in the game plus the whole hating dogs thing. she likes them all though. and i kept them alive to the end

Ididn’t realize how depressing the ending would actually be, yikes. imagine playing this for the first time in 97, and you get to the end and and your poor lil vault dweller just. gets fucked over and that’s it, that’s the end :/ like obvs they end up being okay, but i guess that’s all from the fallout 2 manual or whatever?

I think what hurt elena the most wasn’t even exile itself, but when she meets up with the other vault dwellers who leave, her mom isn’t with them

It kinda goes back to her grandparents: her grandfather was a diplomat, but her grandmother was not happy about the whole situation. not happy about leaving home to begin with, and definitely not happy about being trapped underground with strangers

I like to think vault 13 was home to other diplomats and the like and was pretty diverse. lot of different cultures, lot of different languages, the like. her grandfather absolutely thrived, and genuinely enjoyed getting to know his new neighbors and working to make the vault a home. he was generally really well liked by everyone.

Her grandmother, on the other hand, stayed holed up in their living quarters, refused to speak anything but russian, and basically tried to avoid everyone by any means possible.

When her mom came along, grandma was super overprotective and encouraged the same behavior. it was a point of contention between her grandparents, but grandpa felt guilty about. how unhappy grandma’d been her whole life, so he allowed it. more than he should have.

Her parents met through her grandpa, dad and grandpa worked together, and dad was a really good influence on mom. got her to break out of her shell, become more involved in the community, that sort of thing. particularly after grandma passed, and they definitely had some good years together.

Unfortunately elena’s dad died when she was really young, and as he’d really been her mom’s tether to life outside her room, she slipped back into old habits and became a recluse

Elena got it, to a certain extant, but she was 18 and had been through a lot and needed her mom. They’d been really close, and it stung that her mom was willing to just. never see her again. it kinda fucked her up, and it’s part of the reason her kids don’t come along until later in life--the chosen one’s mom is born when she’s 44. she’s terrified of being a parent and repeating her mom’s mistakes

[gallifreystands]

***Spoilers for Zombies, Run! Season Five***

Hey fam, Long time no see! I am alive!! I cut off all my hair! If you missed it, I'm using they/them pronouns pretty much all the time now, and have come out as nonbinary to my core group of humans. She/her is still cool if we've talked about it, but otherwise I prefer they/them! I also highkey want to punch Ian motherfucking Golightly in the face. He BETTER go fucking lightly from now on I sWEAR. I literally did not think he could do something to make me hate him more than I already did and here I stand at the end of today's episode proven very wrong because god have mercy on him if Sara is waiting for him in the afterlife after all he has fucking done to us.

But yeah. Last time I posted was way back in episode seven. And obvs now I'm in episode 18 so a LOT has happened. Mainly I'm now back in Abel and pseudo working for the Minister. But also everything that happened prior to that with Amelia betraying us betraying her betraying the Minister was hilarious as hell. At the time I remember texting Catty absolutely FURIOUS with Amelia for betraying us to the minister, but as always Janine was thinking five steps ahead of me and everything worked out exactly like she planned.

As for me getting mildly kidnapped and then put in jail with Steve being like "Just play along and be Sigrid's little loyal pet so we can break into the labs under Abel and stop her from doing exactly that so we can take Abel back", I was suspicious as hell and very lenient about this plan. Mostly because I didn't want anyone in Abel to think I actually had betrayed them, but knew I was going to have to play the hell out of that part to make Sigrid believe I had turned. I of course trust Steve very very much (which like damn this app making me have so many feelings about the same character. If you had asked me a couple months ago my thoughts on Steve they would have been the exact opposite).

When we went out after Owen, I was half convinced Tom had actually slipped into one of his episodes, so when he actually leaned close and whispered in Five's ear as gentle as could be, I did a double take as he slipped the stuff in my pocket. Him and Janine bring me such joy as characters, when they work together I really admire them both. I'm really glad we got him out.

I'm really upset with Ian. I knew it was a bad idea to leave him in charge when Sigrid left. I knew it was a bad idea letting Steve take the blame for being the traitor. I just. I didn't expect him to do this, as much as I hate the guy, this was farther than he's ever gone before and. It's just really sad because like. Five was there when we met Owen, saving him from the tracks when Sara left him. They were there when Amelia was on her bullshit and set him on fire. They were there when he got shot in the leg and they helped get him back to Abel safe. They've always been there, and we were *right* there this time too. And it all happened so fast there was nothing we could do. It just breaks my heart. Can Five get a little break from the trauma, as a treat? Can they please stop watching everyone they are remotely close to be murdered or killed by practically anything and everything BUT zombies?! I swear to Sara. Actually, God better have mercy on Ian Golightly when he reaches the afterlife, because lord knows Sara won't after all the bullshit he has put us through. But I guess we'll see where this goes next episode...

I literally yelled out "NO!" and covered my mouth in shock when Ian hit Steve. I thought he had killed him too. I think the couple that was walking nearby as I was sprinting thought something was very wrong lmao. This damn app.

Anyways hi hello, I'm alive, happy to be back to posting after the craziness that's been the last handful of weeks. I am finally off a lot of the medicine that was impacting my ability to run/my stamina, so I'm hoping to get back to running more again soon! I also got procreate and am doing digital art for the first time, which is very different from watercolor and ink on paper like I'm used too, but I'm having a blast and hoping to learn how to draw characters soon because I really want to draw my Five, as well as other characters! Hope yall are well :)

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The Case File – Mice and Murder Ep 1

The Case of the The Pernicious Party  

Hello, hello, hello! It’s been a hot second but your resident D20 recapper is back to tackle the newest season: Mice and Murder! Y’all had to know I wasn’t gonna sit out the murder mystery, are you kidding me???

I might be playing around with the format a bit in the coming weeks to make sure I have the best possible system for keeping track of possible clues, suspects, and theories as we untangle whatever web Brennan weaves for us this season so don’t be surprised if things change a little. 

Anyway, without further ado, onto our mystery!

Summary

In case you missed it, this season takes place in an alternate, Zootopia/Wind in the Willows-esque universe where all the characters are animals but history seems to have happened in more or less the same way--for example there was still a King Charles but he was a King Charles Spaniel (cute Brennan). Our story specifically takes place in the English village of Tufting Meadows.  

We start with Katie’s character--Gangie Green (Weasel/Thief Rogue) in the graveyard of the Anglican Chapel (Our Lady of Prayerful Paws). Gangie, we learn, is an orphan who was kicked out of the orphanage at some point for thievery. Obviously, he’s not reformed of the habit because he is here to do some graverobbing. On a nat 20 (that Katie hilariously doesn’t notice even though her total is like a 29) Gangie can see through the window of the rectory that there is a weeping window inside--Catherine McCabbage who is being (dubiously) tended to by Raph’s character, Vicar Ian Prescott (Owl/Bard, College of Eloquence). 

Ian comes from a line of men of the cloth but he’s not exactly the best speaker despite his subclass. He’s doing his best though! The widow’s husband (Conor McCabbage) died at the local mill in what has been declared an accident but she suspects foul play. She’s been hearing his voice on the wind and wants Ian’s professional opinion on whether this could be a sign from God or if her husband might be speaking to her from beyond the grave or something like that. Ian gives a very muddled and not very comforting answer but seems pretty sure that something sketchy did in fact happen. Then, he sees a crack of lightning outside which illuminates the graveyard where he gets a glimpse of Gangie. 

He goes to check it out (and Gangie fully has an elderly goat he’s dug up slung over his shoulder) but “gravedigger” is his legit job so Ian decides to assume whatever’s going on is legit and not ask too many questions. He goes back to the widow (who, before she leaves, says that maybe sometimes people need to work on God’s behalf) while Gangie takes the body Loam Hall (a massive manor, built into a hill).

We cut to the next day and our next two characters! 

At 22B Hamsted Street in a pretty well appointed home are Ally and Grant’s characters. First up, we have Lars Vandenchomp (Huge ass Doberman/Battlemaster Fighter) who is so tough looking but also so Swedish sounding--it’s A Lot (so, incredibly on brand for Ally). Lars is security for Grant’s character Sylvester Cross (Fox/Inquisitive Rogue) who is a kinda (to use Grant’s word) “foppish” Sherlock Holmes type. He was hired by Squire William Thornwall Brockhollow to figure out what happened with Conor McCabbage (and clear him of negligence in running the mill) but he couldn’t find any evidence of any funny business, making this the only case he’s never cracked. He’s not as young or popular as he once was so this is, understandably, bumming him out. He’s even more bummed out when he realizes that William has invited him to his 60th birthday party that’s happening that night (as kind of a prop to show that he did his part in trying to solve the mystery) and Lars has already RSVP’d yes. He grudgingly agrees to go as it’s one of those asks that’s really more of a veiled demand but decides to pull the money he was paid from the bank first so he can return it and really stick it to the guy.

Finally, we cut to our last set of PCs who are on their way to Tufting Meadows via a very luxurious train. Inside are Sam and Rekha’s characters! Sam is Buckster $ Boyd (Peccary which is like a small boar/Mastermind Rouge) a Texan Oil Tycoon who acts exactly how you’d expect a Texan Oil Pig to act. Yes, you pronounce the dollar sign as “dollar sign” (even though as we find out later his middle name is Cassius so it’s like Cash which I think is super cool). With him is Rekha’s character, Daisy D'umpstaire (Raccoon/Assassin (???) Rogue another American (from South Carolina) though it seems she’s My Fair Lady’d herself into an upper class socialite (her last name was previously Dumpster). They’re traveling with their accountant, an Armadillo named Armond who seems kinda skittish and concerned about their travel expenses but Buck tells him that to make money you gotta spend money and they’re gonna make a *ton* of money on this trip. They’re also so so mean to him for absolutely no reason. 

When the train stops, they’re greeted by Templeton Padhop (a frog, natch) who is the chauffeur of Loan Hall, sent to fetch them. A wheel on his car is broken so he joins in on the Armond abuse immediately and has Armond roll into an Armadillo ball and replace it. Poor guy. When they show up they're greeted by a footman--a pug in a bowler hat named Milo Snout.

Meanwhile, Lars and Sly (Oh, Sly fox, I see what you did there Grant) are similarly greeted by another footman--a lizard named Basil Baskins. On a 23 perception check, Lars sees that Jeremy “Jez” Brockhollow is inside (the son of William who is a badger btw) and also clocks Gangie (who they know as a career criminal who disappeared like a year ago). Gangie doesn’t notice Lars though. 

Ian, who is also invited, shows up at about the same time as Sly but very quickly, the conversation is taken over by Lucretia “Lucy” Brockhollow, William’s older, eccentric sister who immediately gets into it with Lars about astrology and the occult (she thinks bad stuff is happening because of a curse let loose when Sly’s old rival--a rabbit named Fletcher Cottonbottom who is the son of his former employer--opened an Egyptian tomb). They’re thick as thieves right away because Ally is a nonsense magnet. And not like a regular magnet, one of those big electromagnets. 

Daisy and Buck spot William’s kids--the aforementioned Jez and his older sister Constance--along with their husbands Dr. Corbin Magpie (Constance’s and obv a magpie and a doctor) and Osmond Sheffield (Jez’s who is a Ram and a lawyer). Daisy is too stuck in her conversation with a truly unhinged squirrel (Lady Eugenia Bristlebrush who clearly does not know she’s in a murder mystery because she just keeps talking about how much she hates and wants to kill everyone) to hear what’s going on but she indicates the conversation to Buck who is able to eavesdrop and hear that they’re lamenting that Catherine--the widow--RSVP’d no which is gonna look really bad, like they didn’t invite her (bad PR). 

Buck, introducing himself as a business partner of William, eases into a conversation with the husbands which their respective spouses also join into and we learn that Buck's dad was British and a friend of Willian’s. Buck bonds with Jez (who is a bit of a dilettante) really quickly since Buck is ready to go drinks-wise immediately (and there’s a stellar pun about the “American [Drinking] Constitution''). Through the window, Buck notices Gangie outside getting his attention. 

At the same time, Ian is going from party guest to party guest, giving out the penances he forgot to earlier at church (as one does). We see him talking to the Lord and Lady Bramble (a cow and hedgehog, respectively) and while she wants to pray her way out of situations without doing any legwork, he wants to buy his way out and gives Ian 250 pounds. A frustrating but financially lucrative conversation.  

Buck goes outside to talk to Gangie who has a list of names of the bodies he’s been collecting. We’re not told what Buck is doing but it seems that this list is extremely valuable to him in some way. Gangie (who Buck keeps calling Gangly, to his annoyance) pays him handsomely (like, with a 50% tip) for the list (and Gangie gives him the real list, despite Brennan saying he didn’t have to). We also learn that Gangie has allegedly been getting the orders from someone in Loa Hall and they flow from William himself.

Matilda Molesly (a mole and the head maid) invites Gangie to come in from the rain--she’s the only person who’s been consistently nice to him and he agrees to come in for tea and scones. 

Everyone is ushered together by the butler (because of course there’s a butler--he’s quite literally a fancy rat named Thomas Gilfoyle) and William gives a speech where he wishes Conor well and kinda highlights that he did hire Sly to solve the case in a “Hey, I did my bit don’t blame me” kind of way. He also makes a 150k pound donation to the church (and Ian thought 250 was good) and tells his daughter not to read the praise he got for it from the cardinal when she mentions it (I wonder if that was choreographed). Sly interrupts the speech to “magnanimously” give his money back, to William’s annoyance. Buck notices that Lawrence Longfoot (a nouveau rich, rabbit photographer) takes a pic of the scene but with Sly in the foreground and William in the background. 

Then, a few things happen at once (in a very cinematic way):

As the camera flashes, Mrs. Molesly drops her tray, eyes hurt by the light. Lady Calliope Fawnbrooke (Deer, Matron of the Arts) helps her up.

In the moment of dark, after the flash goes away, the butler disappears. 

Buck thinks he sees a shape through the window, out in the rain. 

A cheer goes up for Sly for returning the money but all Sly can focus on is one figure he recognizes in the back of the room. Daisy, who is downing her drink and not cheering for him. He downs his as well, and looks at her until she breaks the stare and leaves the room. 

And this episode doesn’t end with a dead body like I thought, but with a flashback to a younger Sylvester, 12 years ago when he first met Daisy.

PC INTERPERSONAL DRAMA Y’ALL!!! Get HYPED! 

Case Notes

Here is a compilation of all the characters (PCs and NPCs introduced in this episode). 

Sly mentions that Ignatius Cottonbottom faked his own death as a part of some scheme which seems like a backstory point that might come back later--we now know that there exists a way to convincingly fake your own death in this world. 

Sly walks with a walking stick because of some “mysterious accident” but we’re jumping into a flashback next week so it looks like we might find out about it pretty soon. 

Sly also mentions he used to be the personal physician to the elder Cottonbottom so those are skills he has. I wonder if that’ll be useful to this healer-less party. I wonder if cleric was even an option in this world which seems to be low to no magic. It would explain by Ian is a bad and not a cleric. 

Lars has a military background which I wanted to mention in case it becomes relevant later. 

And Dr. Magpie grew up poor and still acts it a bit even though he married a very rich woman. Brennan uses the very good line, “He forces his body into the shape of an apology”

This might be a really deep cut reference but did anyone else here was the old Britcom “Keeping Up Appearances”? Cause I was getting serious Bouquet/Bucket energy from Daisy. 

This is an all College Humor season and it shows. The energy of 6 (7 if you count Brennan) top notch comedians sparking off of each other, trying to one up each other is off the charts. Some of the best bits this episode:

“When God closes every door but one, you go through the door that is open.” followed by “I’m an owl by the way.”

“Time is money, here’s both” from Buck re his inscribed gold pocket watch--everyone at the table loved that so much and they’re right. 

Armond going from being a third to a fourth wheel. 

And the names--I already shouted out a ton on the main recap but also a rat butler (like Rhett Butler) and naming the mouse Cat(therine). Can’t forget Gangie Green/gangrene from Katie. Also points to Ally for the data stealing Eel Musk which broke Brennan a little. 

I know we just went through this with Crown of Candy but what are these animals eating? Like, in Zootopia there were only mammals so we can assume the carnivores are eating like birds and fish but there are sentient birds here. I know this isn’t important. I’m not trying to do a CinemaSins gotcha. I just wonder, you know?

Y’all were waiting for all the lights to go out during that speech and then come back on and there’d be a body too, right?

If Brennan makes the bad guy a chicken or a duck or something so he can make a “fowl play” joke, he is cordially invited to catch these hands. 

I have been waiting for Raph and Katie to do D20 forever. Their specific brand of nonsense on Rank Room was always amazing. 

I love love love that Grant and Rekha are the PCs that have ~a past~ because they are so funny together. If you haven’t seen their episode of Game Changers, you absolutely must (it’s also a murder mystery actually!). 

[em-harlsnow]

Fictional World Tag Game <3

thanks for the tags @jademickian @sgtmickeyslaughter @iandarling

favourite fictional character from a movie? my favourite movie is good will hunting so I would probably say skylar

favorite fictional character from tv? well obvs it's mickey but I would also go for Eleanor from the good place

favorite fictional character of all time? MICKEY

if you could be irl friends with any three fictional characters, who? honestly it would probably be book characters like Kenji from Shatter Me and Celaena Sardothien from Throne of Glass. I also would probably choose Nick Miller from New Girl.

favorite fictional couple: ian and mickey easily

okay, you can only choose one fictional character to get stranded on and island with: Aaron Warner from shatter me because he cld probably swim us to shore

one fictional world you would hate to be a part of: the handmaid's tale

one fictional world you would love to be a part of: ive not watched all of it but probably Star Wars because I love space

your “HEAR ME OUT” fictional couple: I lowkey love mandy and Karen if lip just fucked off

and finally, something you’re looking forward to this week? I'm going into town with my best mate and we're going to pandoraaa so probably that

tagging @zapazai @transsexual-dandelions @depressedstressedlemonzest @tv-obssessions @atthedugouts @bawlbrayker @spookygingerr @mickeym4ndy @ianandmickeygallavich1

[dramaticviolincrescendo]

You mentioned being "out of step" with much of the Shameless (Gallavich?) fandom in one of your last posts, and this fandom lurker felt strongly enough to actually ACTIVELY RESPOND. I can't speak for the fandom as a whole, but there is at least one fan (hint: she's showing up uninvited in your asks this very second!) who truly appreciates your takes.

(Pt 2, because brevity? Never met her.) There seems to be a swell of Ian hate as of late, as as someone who is an Ian fan, it can be deflating and frustrating in equal parts. He's fascinating and sweet and ABSOLUTELY flawed, but that's part of what makes the character interesting. It's getting hard to see the double standards in regards to some of those flaws, though. Everyone has rights to their own feelings, obvs, and normally I scroll on by - but it's hard to avoid it entirely these days.

(Part 3 - now this is getting embarrassing.) Point is, I've really appreciated your takes on some of these... touchier topics. I love that you defend Ian as a whole (he just wants to heeeelp people!) while still acknowledging his faults. It's lovely to see someone with such thoughtful, articulate takes on the character and on Shameless stories in general.

You shouldn’t be embarrassed at all! This seriously made my day to read (and is the first multi-part ask I’ve ever gotten)! 🥺🧡 Before joining this fandom, I’ve pretty much always been a lurker myself. I write my fics and reblog beautiful gifsets and keep my thoughts in tags that I can be confident no one will read. This is the first fandom where people did and encouraged me to turn my tag whispers into more active engagement, and it really does mean so much to know that my own analysis can contribute in any way, unpopular as much of it may be at times. (I tried to lurk here too, but @luckyshazmrsmonaghansblog and @gallavictorious wouldn’t let me 😉)

My posts lately haven’t been quite as...tactful as I normally attempt to be, and I truly hope that I haven’t offended anyone with my interpretations of these touchier subjects or mentions of this double-standard we’ve noticed. The sheer volume of those posts and asks, both directed at Ian and to the show in general, are just so disheartening. I’ve seen a lot of instances where Ian is repeatedly called a “himbo,” referred to as stupid, and ultimately just reduced to “muscular man with no brain who selfishly hurts his cute, small, helpless husband’s feelings so often the latter should have left by now to find his better life and who he truly is.” Then the writers are blamed when these interpretations seem to be predominantly rooted in fanon—in fanfiction stereotypes that transcend this fandom and are reproduced in all the others I’ve been part of regardless of canon characterization.

As you said, everyone is entitled to their opinion and interpretation. If you prefer fanon to canon, there’s nothing wrong with acknowledging that! And it’s certainly true that nobody has to like Ian. I just wish that he (and really anybody on the show who isn’t Mickey, whom I also love, just for the record) could be viewed as a complex character who will do the right things, do the wrong things, and do all manner of things in between without there needing to be that element of taking sides.

What I love about the show and especially their relationship is that, from start to finish, it’s been rooted in their imperfection. It’s real. That’s why I’m more invested in this romance than I ever have been in other fictional pairings. They’ve both hurt each other, intentionally and unintentionally, and their flaws as people have had as much of an impact on their relationship as their strengths. They chose each other, fully aware of their shortcomings and loving those too. That’s how I approach my understanding of the show—of any media I consume—and these characters, and I really am so glad that it can mean something even to just a few people besides myself. I’m so happy that you enjoy them and that they help! 🧡

[liesoverthec]

So kind of the opposite of your question but I do ship buddie and wouldn’t stop watching the show if they cannon obvs, however theres always been a part of me that feels like the writers wouldn’t know how to write them as a romantic pairing because they weren’t really developed to be that at first imo. I just think that it runs the risk of their connection becoming, idk, corny? If you’ve ever seen shameless, kind of like ian and mickey. Its like for them the writers just didnt know how to write for them after s4 and especially s5 and then their connection just felt super fake. I would hate to see that happen to buddie, and I feel like I would grow to dislike them if it happened. its one of the main reasons I lowkey never want to see them canon unless its in a series finale scenario (plus sometimes slowburns are simply just better canoning in finales, see: anne with an e, hannibal kinda, andi mack, new girl if it ended in s6, etc)

Anon idk what show you’re watching but it does not seem to be OG 911!

I understand the risk that any ship becoming canon will be disappointing but I mean cmon! Are Bobby and Athena “corny” for being together? Do Maddie and Chim seem less interesting or have any less chemistry now bc they’re together? I’d argue that both couples actually had MORE chemistry once they were established.

I think for me - my biggest concern would be them having trouble writing a gay couple, specifically JUST bc I see so much of that in fanfic for this show. I really feel like people write so much fic for characters who aren’t Buck and Eddie and they don’t actually understand Buck and Eddie’s dynamic at all and just turn it into some caricature of a straight relationship, by making one or both of them much, much more feminine than they are. (Which - it is not a bad thing for a man to be feminine! But neither Buck or Eddie particularly are, and it says not great things that people can only write gay relationships if one of the couple is more obviously feminine and the other is more obviously masculine.)

But here’s the thing - that’s my biggest concern and it’s not ACTUALLY a concern for me. Bc Hen and Karen have a connection and a deep relationship that isn’t a model off a straight one, and it’s not just a stereotype of a lesbian relationship, and it’s not just for diversity. David and Michael were vulnerable with each other, and expressed love and concern for one another without it changing who they are at all. (Granted we didn’t know David before but that was still the Michael we knew, 100%.) Homophobes love the question - well which one of you is the man/woman in the relationship? But out of Hen and Karen, and Michael and David, there’s no obvious answer to that, so it gives me great reassurance that this show knows how to write gay couples without sacrificing who they are, and without having to make them into stereotypes/molds of het people to make a successful ship.

So idk, if you can’t look at the wonderful way this show has treated its relationships and the characters in, with a specific example of a past mlm relationship done really fucking well and not trust that they’ll be able to write deep, interesting stories for Buddie, then good for you I guess??? But I can’t and won’t ever support/share that view.

So much care has gone into Buck and Eddie’s relationship and its development at this point that imo it’d be a gigantic fucking waste to leave it for the finale and not show the audience (the general audience in particular!) just what a smart and fulfilling relationship it is.

I’ll never doubt that they’ll do a good job w Buddie.

[mickeygifs]

im watching shameless for the first time and obvs mickey is my fav, i have to start s6 now but... i dont want to??? ive read the shit they say about mickey and i feel im gonna hate ian so kjdsak i think im gonna skip those seasons

i mean it depends on if you care about the other characters 😭 as the seasons progress, they stray further and further from the core of the show so if you’ve already enjoyed the best that they have to offer, i would skip and go to s10. but don’t go into it expecting what you’ve seen in s1-5 because you’re gonna be very very very disappointed, just prepare for it to be terrible

[livinginsunnyhell]

Part four of my rewatch of season 1. (Aka I need a distraction from obsessively checking the news) up to 1x11.

-Karen is so cute in her purity ball outfit. You feel so badly for her and obvs she goes crazy but her and Sheila are such the dream team. Additionally, I love Sheila flipping a shit on her ex husband when he hurts Karen. I also love Karen’s no shame in her lifestyle choices.

-Karen and sheilas shared look when the ex is talking about the purity ball and how young men don’t have them is amazing.

-Ian’s positioning between frank and Monica when he finds out franks not his father is great.

-I seriously hate Monica. Everyone I rewatch I hate her more and more. And I know I should see her as a person but I find her so pathetic. I don’t understand as a child of an alcoholic how any of those kids can stand to want her or franks love. But I also get why they crave their love. It’s only human.

- the juvie scene with Mickey and Ian is so great. It might be my fav interaction between then in season 1 apart from the first hook up. I love mickeys hidden smile when Ian says he misses him.

-you can see how much Ian misses Mickey because he keeps bringing him up to people he can talk to. He didn’t need to ask Mandy how Mickey was. And he didn’t need to talk about him to lip. But he just wants to obsess and I feel that.

-lip and Ian talking about genetics gets me every time. The foreshadowing in season 1 is unreal.

-Fiona continues to be a great character. I miss her. I love her relationship with the kids in the early seasons. They adore her.

[ianenjoyer]

I wanted to hate Trevor because I hated Caleb but after 2 seconds I was like get this man away from this family he’s getting hatecrimed every time they open their mouths 😭 (kidding obv ik it was for Ian’s character development) Also when Ian went to brunch with trevors friends near the beginning it was so uncomfortable to me lmao the writers have obviously never met gay people before 😭

literally trevor did NOT deserve that shit idc 😭 i understand a little bit and i did like the way ian asked questions and was curious but the rest of them just being so weird about it all the time was unnecessary to me... and please don’t talk to me about the lunch scene i don’t wanna hear it 🤚