#ok maybe little bitch is rude but whatever

[therosevest]

and is there not just generally a certain level of decency that would make you like ease up on a person who's obviously more than a little frazzled i am sorry that i cant process all my feelings and regurgitate them to you in an easily digestible manner while im actively In a situation or have a prepared disclaimer about how im so sorry but im just overwhelmed and need you to leave me alone right now or whatever else maybe i just dont know maybe i cant tell you exactly what im feeling or need and if i have to figure it out and explain that to you my brain is going to explode. but you could read the room. is there not a point where a friend would probably just go oh okay let me not continue pushing this person let me take a moment to reflect on their state and perhaps try to ease that or at least not keep fucking pushing on it. and also maybe not choose these moments to make otherwise innocuous but contextually just kinda meanspirited jabs. ok whatever

[gingerjolover]

what about naomi and reader in a new years eve party and bumping into reader ex and them nomi get jealousy jealosy also love u gingy ♡

we're gonna hc this bitch if thats okay w you baby!

because listen ok, nomi "doesn't get jealous" (they do) they get "protective" (we let them think whatever helps them sleep at night)

there's a couple of different scenarios that i think would lend how naomi would act bumping into your ex

if you and naomi have been together for a loooong time and its some random ex that you dated in highschool or college, there might be a hint of jealousy

like they hug you a little too long or only look at you and not naomi, which naomi is like "it's just rude babe, im not jealous," their hand sticking in the back pocket of your jeans or rubbing the hem of your skirt as they pull you into them, leaning against a wall

if you haven't been dating that long, a more recent ex might trigger a diff reaction, naomi might get a little guard dog on them

like if they came up and hugged you and were just being really touchy and affectionate, naomi would be like "and I'm Naomi, THEIR PARTNER," and like shake their hand but have a killer grip

would also just be sooooo touchy all night, like nomi is already affectionate but when there's someone in the room that ALSO knows how hard you love and how deeply you can fall, nuh uh, not gonna fly for nomi

the only time i think naomi would be like not super jealous and even laugh a little at an attempt is if you're a bi/pan queenie or you've dated a man in the past and they come up to you like "wow you look so good, how have you been?" naomi is squaring UP BRO!

def pulls a "i can fuck you better than him, and you know it," and your jaw drops for a sec because "naomi quiet down!"

"babydoll im packing rn do i need to prove it to you?" they ask with a smirk, like leaning down and pressing searing kisses to your cheeks

it just so happens that said ex is watching from a corner, a drink in his hand

"I- well-..." you're stammering because naomi jealous is usually like ha ha and you guys joke about it and then it's done (bc your devotion to them and your relationship is obvious and naomi relishes in it and returns it with the same enthusiasm)

but naomi is cupping your cheek, running their fingers through your hair placing chaste kisses on your hairline being like "c'mon bunny let's go find an empty room before midnight."

NAOMI DEF WINKS AT THEM AS THEY'RE LEADING YOU UPSTAIRS IDK WHAT ANYONE SAYS

anyways...

i didn't do a full fic but i totally can if people are interested🫶🏻

edit!

i have to mention i think naomi's vibe at parties is similar to how i wrote them in the Halloween blurb where they take care of soft!gf

naomi is just always scanning the room and like they def have fun and party but they are always keeping an eye on you

which is why if they are w you when ex approaches its one thing

but naomi def DOES NOT like it when they are across the room and sees any of the above approach

maybe not so much the friendly ex

but the rest for sure naomi has an eye out because someone is moving in on their girl and they do not like that one bit

[aluria-sevhex]

ToT Bonnie i love you but that is not how it's pronounced

NOW FOR MY NOTES, COPIED FROM MY NOTES APP INSTEAD OF SCREENSHOTTED THIS TIME (edit: put it under a read more because long)

ACT 2

-THE TIPS ON HOW TO PLAY ARE FUCKING DIAGETIC?

-"stardust" are you the starhead bitch from the trailers

-i feel like i'll have to ask the librarian for a book eventually

-THE RUNNING ONE IS CALLING OUT SIF LOL (for running from his problems) (hmmmm Sif what problems r u running from?)

-ugh. it's the starhead bitch

-plot twist the star head is Siffrin and that's why he's depressed :P

-their name is Loop. i don't trust them

-"Yeah, better know this one's pronouns so you can think very clearly in your head that they're getting on your nerves."

-LOOP CAN READ THE PROFILES? WHAT KIND OF META BULLSHIT IS THIS </positive i fucking love meta bullshit>

-hm is Loop some sort of weird representation of the player. or a god.

-learn WHAT?

-hm feel like this game might explore some of the moral iffiness that tends to arise with time loops. is a friendship genuine if one person knows exactly what the other will say?

-"don't eat pineapples. you're allergic" fuck you. i WILL eat pineapples and i WILL enter anaphylaxis and i WILL die stupidly but it will be WORTH IT

-WAIT HOLD UP WHAT WAS THAT DIALOGUE IN THE >> TUTORIAL "don't make the same mistakes i did" I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID HOLD UP

-maybe Loop was a normal person who got stuck in a time loop for too long and fucked up somehow? and that's why they're like this

-idk if i'll zone out much i don't wanna miss any differences

-altho if there's a difference won't i zone back in?

-then again there's a lot of dialogue

-maybe this will be plot-important somehow?

update after being gone for a bit:

-Tears weewoo

-SIFFRIN SAID NYA

-side note i am so glad i fought that thing that dropped the crest even tho it was hard. fighting it again on future loops is gonna suck tho

-also fun fact right after i died to the Tears i ran ahead and accidentally got crushed by the rock again. which i think is bullshit because I RAN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROOM

-back to more important things. like Siffrin saying nya. or the thyme pun.

-ODILE SAID IT. look she has a phd or whatever equivalent there is here probably, she's like 40, i think she's earned the right to do whatever the fuck she wants

-Isabeau is AOBB (Assigned Omelette By Bonnie)

-"It'd be awful to keep yourself from becoming a person you feel comfortable with just because it would upset someone else."

Breaking news: the game where the protagonist uses he/they, two other major characters use they/them, and there is a conversation explicitly referencing pronouns and giving them, unsurprisingly supports trans rights

-BONNIE DO NOT EAT THE EGG KEYCHAIN

-BONNIE HAS A WOK >:D

-uh... why are the Vaugardians freaking out over crab. does the Change religion ban it?

-Vaugarde is weird. first, they have a VERY SPECIFIC RULE where entering the FIRST ROOM of a house is fine, but any further is rude. second: crabs??? ok i guess???

-an openphrase... ya mean a password?

-fuck it i am fully in "taking gratuitous extensive notes" mode

-hehe protector craft is gullible :P

-oh hey tasteful artistic nudes. so this room's resident is an art student. hopefully their grasp of anatomy was improved :]

-Mira said what the crab instead of what the hell

-"what the CRAB did you let Bonnie do when we said no!!!"

-YOU LET THE PRE-TEEN DRINK VODKA???

-LMAOOOOOOOO IT WAS WATER. I LOVE HOW MUCH OF A LITTLE SHIT SIFFRIN IS

-checked it again. the people are "doing fun things" eh so what if an art student draws porn, that's on me for peeking ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ still hope it improved their grasp of anatomy. if the anatomy was bad and the narration didn't tell me i would be disappointed in it :P

-ooo drawn tarot card. isn't the Six of Swords a bad one? i feel like it's foreshadowing somehow but i don't feel like looking its meaning up

-i fucking hate the triplet Sadnesses they're so annoying

-the reason the Mandela Effect with Berenstein/Berenstain happened is because Sif equipped the e

-OH? saving records party progress if you loop back to that spot :0

-yippee i beat the Sadness boss that changes its type (this is like the first enemy that does that i think)

-Mira are you hungry

-YEAH LET'S FUCKIN' EAT

-this question keeps popping in my head but where the fuck IS Siffrin from plot twist the kid was right and he's from the sky idk i'm saying random shit

-SNACK TIME

[jennrypan]

ML London Special live reaction pt.4

...Maybe..if you can't touch her..MAKE NOISE??? MOVE THE DHDHA FUCKING. GOD- Marinette.

Anyways.. Marinette you are soo..why not..idk..go a little further back so you can..move the fucking rings-- I'm so..OK.

There's a reason you lost them to begin with 😶 I'm being mean--

The ghost is an akumatized villain..REALLY?? Gosh wow! Anyways..

WHY IS NO ONE CALLING MARINETTE OUT FOR THIS HERO GABRIEL THING?? Like..yeah sure it's difficult for her but..ya know who deserves the truth? ADRIEN!! But whatever poor Marinette struggles with the issue she caused again. Moving on..

It looked like he was about to punch her and that's so funny to me like-- he's grown why 😭

Also..God that Akuma design goes hard tbh.

Also..Gabriel did not care about Adrien being happy..be so fucking fr. Also..why did she??- why WHY DID SHE JUST. REVEAL HERSELF?? Marinette..use your brain. THE THING IN YOUR HEAD!!! God. It's fascinating to me that she'd give Gabriel (a grown adult) a million chances for terrorizing Paris but God forbid girls her own age are rude to her to an annoying level..mkay..

"Marinette don't trust him!" Right then..Plagg should've immediately been against her ass, cuz why would she..trust Gabriel..he's done nothing trustworthy at all??? They haven't even had any good interactions ?? God.

...Wait does Lila or whatever had Adriens amok or-- did she live it?

"The times I've tried to be a good father" still gets me..CUZ WHEN????

Also..I think it'd be less work..to kill himself-- like if I'm being so honest that's all he had to do lol 💀 what a bitch. Also "I'm not like him" ..hm..sure..sure totally not..

GIRL ADRIEN NEVER HAD A FATHER!! ADRIEN WAS ALONE WAY BEFORE YOU HAPPENED. God- also..Adrien has .his friends but ig he has YOUR friends since are they really adriens friend?? Hm..

"He has you" ..thats not a good thing lmaoo..omg save Adrien PLEASE--

Also ohhh I wanna see Lilas hawkmoth form ahhhh- and hm, that's not that hard of a thing to do. And uh..can she just..give herself whatever power?? God. That's so op and dumb.

Oh her names Bugnoir..damn I'm dumb lol--

She's got little claws! Cute anyways..

Why is Lila so..op..its irking me. Fucking Alix can't just..open a portal to yank the book?? Open two?? Am I missing something..

Why the fuck does she..have that ability..like she has..3 time watches?? Why?? Ok

"Adrien will have no one left" THEN WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU, NINO AND ALYA AND THE CLASS FOR??? God..omg..shut up.

[tigirl-and-co]

Ok get ready Dragon >:3 ❤️

For all four tf ocs! 1, 16, 20, 38 aaand 58!!!

I'm sorry if that's a lot, I'm just really curious 😄

THANK YOU JEN I LOVE YOU JEN

1. first impressions)

Angelus comes off as kind of pompous- and he is! but he also thinks everybody else is Hot Shit too, but you have to get to know him a bit. He's also not really all that intelligent off the battlefield, and people tend to notice.

So I'd say his first impression is a bit negative, and depending on your tolerance for preening and grandstanding it may or may not be accurate.

~

Tenshi comes across as really sweet, and that's true, but she's also a little wired and enjoys the frenetic parts of life. She's sort of hyperpop inspired, which comes across in her personality as well as her looks.

She's a great friend and a good listener, which comes across pretty well on first meeting, but once you get to know her she's something like 'btas harley quinn meets mabel pines'

~

Rider tends to come off as colder and more dour than he really is. He's a really chill and pretty nice guy, but he's NOT really an 'open book' type unless you get him talking about shared experiences. People tend to think he's rude when really he's just being cautious.

Honestly he's the most likely of my group (barring maybe Tenshi) to bond with a human, but DEFINITELY the most likely to know how to actually take care of a human. But he's pretty guarded at first so you wouldn't know it.

~

Vanisher comes off as awkward. Which is very funny, because he is absolutely the most reliable, most 100% ride or die of any of these guys. Like if he thinks a friend is in danger he is crashing through buildings and shit- just PLEASE don't ask him personal questions on the way back to base.

So I guess his first impression is that he's wishy-washy or unreliable, which couldn't be further from the truth. You just need to see him in his element first.

~

I'm also gonna answer this for Hawk, the guy I made in highschool, because the whole gimmick of his character is that everybody thinks he's scary as hell when they first meet him, but he's actually The Most Chill Guy Ever. Guy who wants to have a beer with you but looks like if the terminator was a giant ninja assassin.

16. team player or solo rider?)

Angelus believes in his ability to get things done, but he's 100% a team player. He knows about the power of teamwork, and on the battlefield he has an almost instinctive understanding of the role everybody has to play to make it successful.

~

Tenshi loooooves her friends but honestly... asking for help doesn't really cross her mind. It's not out of arrogance or anything, she just literally forgets it's an option! She was originally a minor pencil-pushing bureaucrat before volunteering to be a gladiator, so she's used to self-reliance.

~

Rider, while a very nice dude, is NOT a team player. He does best with having one or two companions that he can trust more than anything, and even then tends to consider himself the 'leader' of the group. He calls the shots. Trying to 'fit in' does not come naturally to him.

~

Vanisher is also not a team player. His ideal is going it alone, meeting new faces and making friends wherever he goes. He relies on the kindness of strangers a lot, but rarely forms long-lasting bonds. Those are too easy to take from him.

20. how do they deal with being upset?

Angelus tends to push those sorts of emotions down, but that can only last so long. When the dam breaks, he hopes nobody's there to see it.

But really? He needs a friend. If somebody he really, truly trusts is there to help him through it, he'll feel a lot better a lot quicker. He trusts the words of his friends, so their comfort is anything but empty.

~

Tenshi loves a good bitch sesh! If she's sad or mad or whatever, she'll seek out a friend and just start talking about it. Honestly, when she found out humans will just sit in a room and complain about things for like an hour, she was hooked. 10/10 way to deal with her emotions

~

Rider will gripe and grouse with a companion, but otherwise tends to deal with his emotions by taking a long drive down a scenic route. He has a hard time trusting other people with his emotions.

~

Vanisher is like Rider but even more so. As his name suggests, he just Vanishes. He'll drive for hours, doing all sorts of car acrobatics until he calms down.

38. Where do they go/what do they do to feel safe?)

Angelus goes to his berthroom. It's where he can let his mask fall, where he's in control of his life. His attitude is genuine, but his relentless positivity is less so.

~

Tenshi likes to go where other bots are. If there's a lot of bots hanging out in the common areas, that's where she's at. If she can't find a group, she'll find a friend to hang out with. It makes her feel like part of something.

~

Rider likes to sit out under the stars and watch the world go by. It helps him remember what he's doing this all for, and soothes his troubled spark. He gave up a lot of freedoms to join the cause, but he would do it again to keep this planet from ending up like Cybertron.

~

Vanisher can be found either out on the racetrack or drinking at a bar by himself. He's been through a lot, and anything that helps him keep his mind off of it is something that helps.

58. Morals or friendship?

Angelus would let himself be strung along by a friend for a little while, but he would always choose to stand strong to his beliefs- "You aren't the person I thought you were, so our friendship ends here." bc he CHOOSES friends based on (how he perceives) their inner fibre.

~

Tenshi is pretty impulsive and would likely follow a loved one past the point of no return before realizing what she's done. And afterwards, she'd cling to her loved one because they're the one good and familiar thing she has now.

~

Rider and Vanisher stick to their guns. They've been through enough to know when to cut people loose from their lives. It'd hurt, but they could do it.

Thank you for the aaaaaask!!! this was super fun!!! And I feel like I have a stronger grasp on my guys now

[xenonsdoodles]

felix h. fraldarius

FELIX!

    First impression:

Swordguy!

I’ve been informed by multiple independent sources that I am going to like him and I don’t get a choice, so like, let's see how that turns out

Asshole (affectionate?) (maybe?)

    Impression now:

OUGH he’s a mess and I love him a lot. His personality reminds me of my horse and I think he’d hate to hear that but I mean it as a compliment (specifically that he’s a loyal, intelligent, determined and extremely trustworthy friend who is no less a rude and stubborn little bastard man for it). I frequently wish I could hug him even though I do not think he would let me, realistically. Half the time when I start talking about him I make myself sad but that’s just how it is with bitches from Faerghus :)

    Favorite moment:

I think it’s funny that almost every time he actually tries to be nice (or at least not openly rude) to someone for the first time, the person he’s talking to is like “what do you mean. you bastard. you evil little man. what ulterior motives do you have.” Annette, Bernie, Lysithea, it keeps happening.

Alternatively, the time in my og run when I had him solo the Fraldarius soldiers in that one training mission while everyone else just followed him around cheering him on the whole time. I like to think he knew a lot of those guys and it was very satisfying to beat some of them.

    Idea for a story:

Same one I mentioned in the ask about Dimitri. dies

    Unpopular opinion:

 I could pick him up I bet. idk I don't know what counts as unpopular

    Favorite relationship:

Ok I feel obvious saying Sylvain but they really are very extremely. I’ve gotten two of their endings so far. One of them made me die (positive) and the other made me die (dead). I’m also, maybe predictably, compelled by whatever the hell his situation is with Dimitri (side note, in my first run I kept putting them on stable duty as the Get Along Or Else activity and they kept getting perfect results and he complained every time, which. yeah). I love his Sword Bros friendship with Byleth. And I did not expect it, but his A support with Dedue was one of my favorites in the route… him being all “you shouldn’t risk your life because strategically etc etc etc” and Dedue like “love you too” lmao get read idiot

    Favorite headcanon:

I sometimes forget he isn’t canonically a trans man. Relatedly, I think that Glenn helped him pick his name not long before he died—Felix chose it himself, of course, that was important to him, but Glenn gave him suggestions and talked through it with him while he was working on it. I also think Rodrigue wants to accept him as his son, but Felix has a pretty clear mental image of the kind of man he thinks his father would respect and he Does Not Want To Be That. And sometimes when he looks in the mirror he looks more like Glenn than he did the last time. And it’s a mess. :)

it's him .

[cerealmonster15]

🫵

HOW would your twst ocs respond to someone insulting them and trying to bully them + HOW would they respond to someone challenging them to a duel + WHAT would their fighting style be like + WHAT would a guest room trouble line be for them 👁👁

clasps my hands together. i assumed this was about char and dañarte when i first read this, but then i remembered i have a bonus twst oc fidel now so im throwing him into the ring also lksdjfdskl

ok im gonna go in a readmore bc i will probably talk a lot AS I TEND TO DO

Responding to insults/being bullied

well dañarte is a certified Little Bitch, however part of his Thing is that hes pretending to Not be a Little Bitch, so i think it's all based on the circumstance of who is around and all that. if it's in public, he will probably go the route of pretending that he's above a Petty, childish dispute 😌 but inside he IS planning revenge and also trying to blow them up with his mind. and then if he's not trying to mask his bitch boy powers he's def being snarky and passive aggressive and maybe also just straight up rude right back. he will NOT be the bigger person!!! and he does not care what people think about him.

char on the other hand is a certified Good Boy klfjdsjkfl I think he would try to be more civil with whoever's coming at him. like Oh Surely This Is A Misunderstanding Let's Talk This Out kind of deal lol. he's more of a people pleaser I think, so he might be more willing to agree to disagree and move on. i do think he'd take insults to heart tho and probably spend too much time sitting alone and Thinking About It. FESTERING.

Fidel! awoowoo boy. i think at first he might be like, sad puppy dog eyes mode, but if they keep pushing or cut too deep he might get more riled up and ready to throw down about it. and then go sulk after.

Responding to being challenged to a duel / fighting style

hmmm i think both char and dañarte are trained in fencing so if it's something like that, they might accept - oh and i guess also the magic thing. they do magic in this game. magic duels. yeah sure theyll do that too LOL. i'm thinking about those pomefiore PICK UP THE GLOVE npc guys fkdlsjfkdsl i think they would accept whatever the hell's going on there too LOL. char might attempt to reason or de-escalate first, but would ultimately accept if the person insisted, and dañarte might just go right into it lol. because he is a SHOW OFF!!!!! i am unsure how good they are but i think they'd both be at least decently skilled. they probs both have a bit of elegance to their fighting and are likely similar to each other since they grew up together as cousins, and probably learned a lot of their initial magic schooling and fencing and shit together. that and they were both rsa boys before dañarte goes to nrc.

fidel i think could get easily worked up and baited into it but since he's a first year i think he's less refined with his skills and maybe wouldnt do so well, but if it gets physical he's a Big Boy and could accidentally knock over the other person via sheer force of mass lol.

guest room trouble lines

god i still love that twst added a feature where characters just randomly get so pissed they beat the shit out of each other JKLFDJSLFKHSD

so I like that the characters get two lines, and a lot of the time they give the vibe of like one line where they more apologize and maybe admit fault, and another where theyre more defensive, depending on the person lol. so im going to give them each TWO!!!! if i accidentally subconsciously copy one of the lines just. leave me alone jkljfdsklfjds sometimes a bitch is generic!!

dañarte:

Come, now. We'd only just gotten started! I was hoping for more of a challenge.

Ugh, that little... Ahem, my apologies for getting so carried away.

char:

I don't understand what made them so upset... Did I say something wrong?

Sorry, sorry- Here, let me help you clean up!

fidel:

Augh... Can't go back to my dorm with my fur all matted like this...

Huh? A fight? I thought we were just roughousing...

okay YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY ty for indulging me. starts running towards your ask box.

[spurgie-cousin]

ok I'm watching Alyssa & Katie's pregnancy Q&A here's what stuck out or what I just want to bitch about:

1. Weirdest craving: Alyssa's was bbq chips on a sandwich, which Katie said 'ew', and her's was spicy 'Ray-man' (Ramen) noodles with peanut butter M&Ms (way grosser imho than chip sandwiches, which actually sound good). In a later question they say they both have been craving Little Cesar's pizza and crazy bread.

2. Most unexpected thing about pregnancy/postpartum: both agree that they had no idea how constipated they'd be from the medications they have to take lol. Katie is so embarrassed admitting this that he ears turn red and says she starts sweating (oh my sweet summer child). Alyssa says for postpartum it was just all the pain and soreness that lingers for so long.

3. One thing that's not talked about that you wish you were prepared for: Katie says she wasn't prepared for so much interrupted sleep during pregnancy, she expected her sleep issues to begin after the baby was born. Alyssa says post partum, she had crazy night sweats that she was not at all anticipating.

4. Hardest thing to give up while pregnant: Alyssa says sex, especially in your first trimester when you're nauseous, she says that's when she has the hardest time doing the deed and misses it. Katie turns bright red and says "I can't believe you said that!", I say hell yea Alyssa for admitting you miss the D. Katie gets too embarrassed to even answer.

5. How to deal with stretch marks: Alyssa says she doesn't worry about it so much because she believes them to be genetic (I'm inclined to agree with her but not sure tbh). Katie says she just rubs herself down with every product she can find every night just in case one of them works lol.

6. Worst part of postpartum: Alyssa again says that she misses getting some on the regular which, kudos to her libido tbh. I mean I get it, those hormone fluctuations have to suck when you can't act on them lol, Katie is again visibly uncomfy of course (on one hand I get why, on the other it's not like Alyssa is going into vivid detail or anything but whatever).

7. (Just for Katie) What has been the most surprising part of pregnancy for you?: Katie literally says that she was surprised pregnancy wasn't more..............glamorous. Which I find to just be an absolutely absurd thing for someone who's known so many pregnant women to say, like do they all really communicate this little about what it's actually like??? She actually says that she thought it was going to be all cute bump photos and outfits and now that she's sick and struggles to put on makeup most mornings she's having a rude awakening like, I'm sorry I know she's young and ignorant but this has to be one of the most completely ignorant things I've heard any of them say. If there's anything these bozos should at least be partial experts on its babies and pregnancy, and none of Katie's sisters have had 'glamorous' pregnancies?? That one got me riled up lol.

8. (For Alyssa) if this is going to be your last pregnancy, how do you plan to prevent other pregnancies in the future?: She isn't sure and says she's still looking into her options for now. She cuts her answer short by saying this question might actually be a little too personal which ??? you just mentioned your (apparently vigorous) sex life not once but twice and I don't get how that's any less personal, especially in your corner of the Christian universe, but ok (I guess maybe baby prevention could really be that much more taboo than even openly talking about sex).

9. A pregnant follower who's afraid of tearing asks Alyssa if she's ever experienced it: Alyssa says yes, esp with her first baby she had to get stitches. Katie says tearing and aftercare are her worst fears along with pooping during birth. Alyssa says she's also afraid of pooping and it's happened to her once so far (don't get me wrong I love that she's being so candid but again how is this less personal than birth control).

10. Is sex weird when you're pregnant?: Alyssa is again the only one that answers, Katie gets red and looks away from the camera (oh c'mon Katie). Alyssa says yes, when you're 9 months pregnant and huge sometimes you gotta get creative (that made me lol).

11. Is it normal for husbands and wives (in their world I'm assuming) to talk about the details of pregnancy?: Alyssa says it depends, and that some guys aren't as interested as others or maybe only overhear stuff that sisters are discussing with each other. Katie says she feels like she can talk openly with Travis about everything so far (which at first I was like great!), Alyssa jokes that Travis can watch this video to help prepare him. Katie says "omg no I'd be too embarrassed!!" and my previous optimism about their open communication deflates lol. At this point I'm like ok, I mean this in the nicest of ways but grow up tf Katie. Alyssa's mentioned MARRIED sex in the *vaguest* of terms and you haven't said anything even remotely scandalous (unless you count poop as scandalous), that shouldn't be embarrassing in front of your hubs of all people girl!!

12. How did you know you were ready to start having kids?: Alyssa says she doesn't know if she ever felt 100% ready and that she's not sure if that's even something that's possible (I agree!). She adds that as long as the circumstances are good, you can afford it, you're in a good place with your partner, and you're otherwise as prepared as you can be, just go for it if you know it's something you want for yourself (Katie doesn't answer but nods).

13. How do you avoid repeating baby names in such a large family?: Both Alyssa and Katie say repeating names or having similar names isn't something the family really worries about, because it's understood that with so many people, you're bound to run into duplicates or similarities at some point. They both seem very nonchalant about it and I wish all the people who think similar-sounding baby names cause big drama in their families could hear that lol.

14. Do you get annoyed when people touch your pregnant belly?: Both say no if it's family or good friends, but that they don't really like being touched by strangers or acquaintances as much and I'm totally with them there. I think it's weird as hell to just touch a stranger's stomach without consent. Katie says she's not comfortable telling people not to touch her though, so when it happens she just kind of stands there with a strained smile (aw).

15. Baby item that you don't think is useful or is silly: Alyssa says baby wipe warmer lol, which is always something I've thought is silly so it's good to have that confirmation. She says you're grabbing wipes on the run so much that it's not worth it to get your kids used to warm wipes bc they'll just freak out when they have to be changed elsewhere with cold ones. Katie says she has one on her registry and shopped for a long time to find the exact right one 😂

Overall I thought the video was super cute and entertaining, I love the dynamic between Alyssa and Katie where they're kind of polar opposites but really good friends. I really appreciated Alyssa's answers more than I expected, I think she's just gotten to that phase of life where she realizes it's silly to be uptight about things that are just facts of life and I can appreciate that.

Katie mentions being uncomfortable again in their sign-off and says that she talked about things in this video that she usually doesn't even talk to her sisters about, which again makes me a little sad bc I really hoped they'd be closer and more open than that (hopefully she's just saying for youtube because she's embarrassed and shy). I just think if that's true and she can't talk to her sisters about sex or bodily functions or pregnancy who can she talk to about that stuff, ya know? Travis I would hope, but she kinda kibosh'd that as well. They end with Alyssa promising they'll do it again, and that Katie won't be so bashful next time 😂

[krsive-writes]

Better Out Than In

Title: Better Out Than In

Author: krsive

Rating: T+

Tags/Warnings: Angst, toxic episode, suicidal ideation

Rick had been drinking for a full week, counting out the minutes of Morty’s absence in bitter quaffs. He was dissolving his brain hour by hour; maybe soon what was left of it would ooze out of his nose and this would all be over.

The room spun like a top every time he closed his eyes, even after he had vomited every drop of bile from the very bottom of his stomach. Alone in his cot, the thickness of a quiet night cradling him like cotton batting in a package, Rick lay regretting every decision he had ever made.

A cursory examination proved that he couldn't read the screen of his phone. He couldn't even make out the photo of himself and Morty that was his wallpaper, now just a bleeding aura of yellow and blue. An attempt to peruse his contact list proved fruitless. The letters had all turned blurry like raindrops.

"You there, hot stuff?" Rick slurred. The AI liked a bit of flattery.

>>As always.<<

"Call somebody."

>>Would you like to be a bit more specific?<<

"SuUurprise me."

The phone began to ring. While Rick waited, he gave a stern talking to his stomach, which was threatening to turn itself inside out again though it was well and truly empty.

"I don't know who this is, but lose my number." The voice was youthful, feminine, familiar.

"Redheaded bitch," Rick greeted expansively, reaching his hand up towards the ceiling.

"Morty's grandpa?" Jessica sounded baffled. Rick took some pleasure in being the only one who knew what was up.

“I have a name."

"So do I." Jessica sighed. "Why are you calling me at 2 in the morning."

"Why does anyone do anything, really?"

"This is real fun, Rick, but unless you have a point, I'm going back to sleep."

"Rude much?"

"Two in the morning, Rick. Is this just a drunk dial?"

"I’m too drunk to dial," said Rick, giggling at his own clever joke.   

"Ugh, whatever. Don't call back, I'm going to bed," Jessica said, and abruptly hung up.

"Told you," Rick said to no one. "Megabitch."

***

"I told you not to call back," Jessica sighed, three nights later. He could hear her breathing into the phone.

Rick wanted to wipe that sass right out of her mouth. Who was she to take that tone with the great Rick Sanchez? He put the beer bottle to his lips and drank. He had let it grow warm and go flat, but that was fine. He wasn’t drinking for the taste. His hands were shaking, and he had a pungent flop sweat going. The sour scent was thick around him, but he couldn't be bothered with a shower. He had business to attend to, feelings to drink away.

"You're not the boss oOof me. I can call anyone I want."

A pause, longer than it should have been. Long enough for Rick's mind to start prickling with anxiety at the edges.

"Then call Morty." she said.

One shot, just one shot from the stupid girl, and Rick collapsed in on himself like a Jenga tower. His breath hitched. He quickly swallowed the rest of his beer and threw the bottle with the others on the floor.

"Morty won't answer my calls." His jaw felt tight, his voice thick. "Out there living his best Gwyneth Paltrow life. No room for grandpa."

"He dumped you."

Rick made a point to audibly scoff. "No one dumps me, o-ok? Not that that's even what this is. I don't really care, it's just—you're the one who brought it up!"

"Maybe it's just healthier for him to live his life without you, and you should decide to be happy for him.”

"Little fuck has no idea what's good for him. That's why he ran off—his dumbass thought it was better to run away from the people who—“ Rick pressed his lips together, trapping hrs words inside.

"Who care about him?"

''Fuck that," Rick snapped. “‘Care,’ how gross. Sappy bullshit.”

"If Morty wants to reject people caring about him, maybe you should ask yourself where he learned that."

"Fuck you," Rick snarled.

He hung up and tossed the phone on the foot of his cot, as if it might bite him like a snake. Jessica sure had some audacity, talking to him that way. What did she know? Morty wasn't like him. Rick hadn't ruined him, not totally. Not by himself, anyway. Morty had just been watching too many movies, that was all. Blame that James Bond marathon last month. Blame Jerry for making caring look so blatantly lame. For once this was not Rick's fault. Morty was just a moron who thought Tyler Durden was the paragon of health.    He had watched one too many sigma male grindset tiktoks.

Rick's care for Morty was toxic. It was sick. It wasn’t the care that a grandfather had for his grandson. Rick had done the right thing to excise it in that stupid machine. All of that made sense. Morty was different, though. His sweet, benevolent heart was beautiful, and he knew how to love without disease in his soul. Morty's uncaring ‘healthy' self was all wrong. Rick knew what was best for him, knew him better than he knew himself. If only he could make the idiot listen, if only Morty would call him back, then he could fix this in ten seconds or less.

If only, if only, if only.

***

The ship needed a tune up; she rattled a bit, the vibration warming Rick's ass uncomfortably. Though, really, that was a moot point because he had come here to kill himself. For the past few days he had feasted on a diet of ketamine, meth, and oxycontin. He felt good, now. He was doing the right thing. Truthfully, he was excited. After everything that had happened, at least he had some perspective on his ever-present desire to take his own life. His raging insistence on holding on, the part of him that would tear worlds apart just to live another day, was undoubtedly toxic. This was really better for everyone. So here he was, idling just outside the event horizon of his favorite black hole, ready to drive in.

The phone in his hand rang and rang. He thought she might not pick up, but eventually Jessica's voice greeted him.

"What is it this time? I have an English test in the morning, you know."

"I'm killing myself, now." He said, and why was his voice so clear?

"Woah. This is way above my pay grade. I'm gonna call 911—“

''Don't bother. I'm in space."

Rick dug a half-finished pack of cigarettes from the glove box. He wanted to feel the smoke in his lungs one last time.

"Why would you call me? This is super fucked up; I’m just a teenager." Her anxiety was palpable.

"Planetary minded." Rick took a deep, thick drag. His Morty would have been able to take the call. His Morty knew what life really was, thanks to Rick. "Suicide is morally neutral. There are hundreds of intelligent species that commit suicide to reproduce. There are entire planets where you can go kill yourself on stage at Coachella in front of a cheering crowd."

"I'm not comfortable with this, Rick."

"I didn't call you to stop me. I want to leave a message in case... i-in case Morty ever..." Really? After all that, Rick was going to cry? He pinched his nose and tried to tell himself it was just the smoke.

"Then talk to his mom!"

"No way. Not happening."   

The cigarette burned down while Jessica sat silent on the other end of the line. That was alright. Rick had time to wait.

"What do you want me to tell him?" She was shaken, but Rick had to hand it to her; she was pretty brave under the circumstances.

''Tell him...tell him..." Rick belched, nearly vomited. He took a shaky drag. ''Tell him it's all his fault. Tell him…"

"I'm not saying that! That's way too fucked up. No way."

"Tell him I'm sorry. But also fuck him. Tell him he had his chance—tell him I had my chance...tell him it's too fucked up now—“

"No. This is too much. If you do this, if he calls me I won't even tell him you ever called. I won't even tell him you're dead."

''That's pretty messed uUup. You won't grant a dying man's wish?"

"You're not dying. You're killing yourself and putting the burden on a kid. I'm done with this conversation, Rick." There was a shaky breath, a rustling. "Call me tomorrow, ok?"

Rick felt shame like lead in his gut. "Yeah ok. I will."

***

Rick lay on his side, curled around himself, shaking with his sobs. The bar of his cot was digging into his ribs. He could just barely hold the phone to his ear.

"I said it to him when he was so scared, right in my arms.” The bitter memory haunted him. "I said he was gonna be fine. 'Grandpa's h-here'…" He choked on a sob, mouth full of saliva. "Grandpa's here, I promised...”

"It's ok, Rick," said Jessica, so gently.

"I just wanted to save him. This time all I wanted was to do a good thing but I fucked it up, I always fuck up..." He tried to wipe his wet, snotty nose. "Grandpa's here," he sobbed.

"You did your best. And he's ok. He's alive and stuff.” Even so out of her depth, Jessica was trying.

"Not all of him. Not the part of him that needs his grandpa." Rick kept chasing after the next breath, lightheaded from his sobs. "He doesn't need me."

"Maybe that's good. Like he's growing up or something."

"He knows that caring about me is a fucking mistake. He threw me away. Didn't even look over his fucking shoulder." Scrunching up tighter, he whimpered. "I love him so much. I just want him back."

"O...k... Not touching that."

"If he would just come back I’d be better this time." Rick's tears fell in a never ending stream. "He should come back and I'll be so good. I love him. I want to tell him. He needs to give me a chance."

"Morty's kind of given you like a million chances, Rick. You're always a dick to him."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it."

"It's too late, I think."

"Please, you have to help me get him back. Please, you have to."

"I don't really think that's a good idea."

"I don't feel so good..."

When was the last time Rick had eaten? The world was turning dark at the edges.

"If you want, I can stay on the phone while you go to sleep.”

''Fuck you. I'm not a baby." Rick's eyelids were growing heavy. "But don't hang up."

"I won't."

"I don't wanna... be alone..."

"I know, Rick. I can tell."

Rick wasn't really sure what she meant by that, but he didn't like it. He let his eyes fall closed. In his dreams Morty would be waiting for him, and it didn't much matter whether it would be with open arms or accusing eyes. Rick would take either if he could just see him again.

***

The rest of the family had fled when Jessica arrived, which was fine with Rick. He was sober, he was focused, he was ready. The others would just have fucked him up. Jessica, for her part, looked calm. Good. She wasn't going to wimp out.

"Just keep him on the phone for one minute. That's all that matters so do it no matter what."

"So you've said. Like fifty times.” Jessica cocked her hip out and gave him a painfully teenage look.

"Just dial. Hurry up. I want to get this done."

"Yeah. I know." She held up her phone to show it dialing.

Please pick up, please pick up...

''Hi, Morty. It's Jessica. Look, can we just talk for a minute?"

Rick's heart was in his throat, his portal gun clutched in his hands. He watched the dial narrowing in on Morty's location as the seconds ticked by.

"Come back, Morty. I miss you." Jessica shot Rick a meaningful look while she listened to Morty's answer. "How do you know I don't want to love you?"

The quiet stretched out, but the call didn't go dead. For the first time in weeks, Rick felt something like hope bloom in his breast.

Morty hadn’t hung up.

Morty wanted Rick to find him.

[solargoose]

I just had the strangest experience on ao3, and I think it was supposed to make me feel bad but mostly it just baffles me? I’ve deleted the comments, but I have the email notifications with the comments, if anyone’s interested in seeing the screenshots for whatever reason.

But here’s what happened: I get a comment on the As the Bird Flies, from user Multifandomfanatic23 (I feel ok sharing his username because the comments were public, and some people might want to know his username to avoid interacting with him. This is NOT a request to contact or harass this user in any way, please don’t do that).

The comment is “you write warrior cats fanfics?” Which confuses me, since the comment is...on one of my warrior cats fanfics. But I’m polite, I say yep, and occasionally for other fandoms.

He replies, asking what my specialty is. Once again, I’m a little confused. My profile is public, he can see what I’ve written, but maybe he doesn’t know he can check? So I reply that I don’t really have one, but I enjoy writing aus and character studies.

He replies again, asking if I write dark, tragic fanfics where the cats end up in inescapable perilous predicaments with unhappy endings. I say that I don’t, I enjoy that kind of fic sometimes but it’s not really something I’ve ever written.

He comments again, clarifying that I’m uninterested in writing that kind of fanfic. I reiterate that yes, I’m not really interested in writing that, especially for warrior cats, but I don’t have anything against that kind of fic.

So then he comments, and this is the part that baffles me so I’m quoting it directly, “middle finger emoji. you and your fanfics will suck you cowardly cur” Then he blocks me, so I can’t reply, but that’s fine.

But like... the audacity?  My guy, my dude, you came onto MY fic, and got upset that I wasn’t interested in the stuff YOU like? It’s like walking into a Wendy’s and yelling at the cashier because they don’t have pizza. Just go somewhere that serves the food you like?

Also, “cowardly cur”? Sir this is a warrior cats fanfic. No one is “cowardly” or “brave” for writing a specific thing. And no where in my replies did I indicate I was afraid of writing that type of fic, it’s just not something I like in this fandom specifically? 

Double also, I’ve heard the word cur before but wasn’t sure what it meant, so I googled it. It means “inferior dog or mongrel.” Just call me a bitch next time, it would’ve been more effective.

TLDR: Someone came onto my fanfic unprompted to be a bit rude over me not writing the exact type of warrior cats fanfic he wanted, failed to hurt my feelings but did leave me utterly confused about the whole thing.

[emawinslow]

carmennnnnnnnnn hi. I hope u get a jovalencia icon to match the url cuz I love crisana but Joa & kelsey is simply the vibe. also since u didn’t ask i hope u saw my post about me driving crush girl and her roommate and their stuff to their little yurt transportation tomorrow . Since I’m down bad or whatever the fuck. anyways what is ur new job i hope it goes well i hope u get to hang out w the people you like at home for the summer and replenish ur energy a little etc etc and i preemptively hope school part 2 goes ok for u <3 also love that ur sister is being nice to u now that’s all ok bye :)

hiiiiiiii maya literally jo and kelsey are so important they’re literally us and skam austin is the american remake and dani is coming to america so ofc those have to be the matching icons come on. I did see your post about driving crush girl and I love that you’re using it as a substitute for being emotionally vulnerable that’s very funny. hope you get to kiss her some day if not get well soon. I work at the gas station!!!! which is suuuuuuch a first summer home from college job and also half the reason I applied was so I could be like **** in ********* by ******** on ao3 and there’s not enough money in the world to make me unredact that but just know it’s a fanfiction I read last august and it changed my life because it was literally august before I started my first year of college. you know how it is. and thank you I hope it goes well too but if it doesn’t I know it has an expiration date of mid september. god bless. I also hope I can hang out with some people I like maybe even some old friends I haven’t seen since I graduated that would be nice. and again I also hope that next school year goes well for me bc if it doesn’t I swear to God I’m dropping out I can’t do this shit. but I will keep a positive outlook for now, I have a class on dinosaurs next quarter :). also my sister is nice to me most of the time but she’ll randomly say something so mean like most recently that I can recall it was the night we washed wendi and her friend (side note this friend is like if kelsey russell skam austin was a real person like it’s actually scary how similar they are) had just sent me all the pics and I have a spam account on Instagram that I Love posting on and I was trying to figure out what pictures to use and I guess my sister was annoyed with me bc she got all mad and was like “carmen.” and I was like “what” and she just said “you’re not that special” like okay???? I just wanted to post silly pictures of my cat. I brought it up yesterday and she was like “I don’t remember saying that why did I say that” like bitch idk. but yes it’s true she doesn’t actively call me a horrible person to my face anymore🫶 that was when she was dating her horse girl ex. weird ass era. speaking of the horse girl ex, she’s giving kelsey friend the daniel treatment rn like she’s being so rude and poor kelsey friend feels so awful. like FUCK horse girl ex for REAL

[magicianrabbidsupremacy]

A Magician's Lament Chapter 3 Preview

The sun has risen as a brand new day begins. The rain outside dries up for the most part showing the beautiful flowers, grass and trees. The Magician's eyes slowly begin to open up.

“*Yawn*....Huh?” WHA!?” The Magician wakes up to see a sleeping Alice cuddling him. 

“Eww eww eww get off get off get off” The Bunny moves the girl's arms from himself. 

“Ugh I forgot that I’m living with this cretin.” He gets off the bed carefully and realizes he can stand properly again. 

“*Sigh* that’s better”

He looks at his bandages and removes them to see if his bruises and scars are gone. So far half of them have healed. 

“Well it looks like things are starting to get better for me” 

He looks back at Alice who is sound asleep. His face was in disgust looking at her. 

“What do those other bunnies see in this girl? She’s just another bland and basic ass human with nothing special about her. I’ve got talent, charm, and has been one of Barranco’s greatest Rabbids for years if not decades. But apparently they would choose a talentless and inexperienced child over me. It’s psychotic.”

The Magician's jealousy rises the more he looks at the sleeping kid. He looks at one of the pillows next to her.

 “Hmm, maybe I can finally finish what she started.” 

The Magician grabs a pillow from the bed about to cover Alice’s face with it. 

“Now you are gonna stay asleep….permanently.” 

Before he could enact his revenge the door starts to open. The Magician immediately ducks under the bed. The person coming in is Alice’s father about to wake her up

“Dammit I almost had her” The bunny whispers to himself. 

“Hey Alice, time to wake up” 

“Mmm ugh…daddy…*GASP*” Alice quickly turns to her left to see the Magician isn’t on the bed. (“Oh thank goodness”)  

“Guess what today is?” Alice turns back around to her dad 

“You mean todays the day me and grandma go camping!” 

"That's right"

“YEAH YES YES” Alice says jumping on her bed with excitement unknowingly hurting the Magician.

“Look I got your clothes right here so be quick before Grandma comes to pick you up.” 

“Ok daddy” Alice’s father leaves her room. The Magician comes out of the bed in slight pain. 

“Ugh ohhhh”

 “Oh there you are, little bunny. I didn’t hurt you did I?” 

“What do you think?” The Magician says annoyed

“Hehe sorry about that. But did you hear Grandma is gonna be picking me up to go camping with me. Oh it’s gonna be so fun” 

“Oh wow I’m so excited ....I'm being sarcastic if you couldn’t tell” 

“You’re gonna be coming with us. Tho we’re gonna have to find a way to get you in without you getting caught. By the way could you go in the closet for a bit? I need to get dressed.” 

“Whatever” The Magician goes in the closet and waits for Alice to change her clothes.

“*Sigh*....I already regret staying with that twerp. It’s fine you just need to figure out how to get your fame back and then leave the bitch to rot, simple as that.” The Magician looks around the closet to see a bunch of clothes. A bunch of t-shirts and coats on a hanger and shoes on the ground.

“Ugh her clothing looks so bland and tasteless. So far the best thing about this house was the yogurt.” 

“Ok I’m done” Alice says. 

The Magician walks out of the closet to see Alice wearing a pink shirt with a yellow skull and blue pants. The same ones he saw Alice were the first time he met her. 

“So what do you think, pretty cool huh?” The bunny gives her a thumbs down and raspberries his tongue.

 “Well you didn’t have to be rude about it.” Alice says. She then looks behind the bunny. 

“Hey, could you give me my shoes from the closet?” 

The Magician looks behind him to see yellow and purple striped shoes. 

“Ok” The Magician says with an evil smirk on his face. He then attempts to throw Alice’s shoes at her face. 

“Ahh” Alice ducks, avoiding getting hit. 

“Why would you do that” 

“Because I hate you” 

“*Sigh* Well thanks for the shoes I guess.” 

Alice puts on both of her shoes. 

“Oh uh here’s your hat by the way” 

“What the-” The Magician once again realizes his hat is not on his head again. 

“Gimme that” The Rabbid grabs his hat from Alice’s tiny hands 

“So what are you gonna do once we go camping?” Alice says getting her coat 

“Keeping myself away from your face” 

“Hehe that’s nice…I think. (“God I wish I could speak bunny”) Well I’m gonna bring my dolly, teddy bear, and little horse so we can have a tea party. Plus we’re gonna be fishing, eating smores, looking at the cute animals, and sleeping in tents. Maybe if we’re lucky we might see some of your rabbid friends.” 

“Yeah sure “friends”. The Magician says uninterested. 

“Wait, you're a magician right?” 

“Huh?” 

“I mean I can only assume since you were magician's clothes so maybe you could do some magic tricks when we get there. Actually let’s practice doing some tricks while we wait” 

“WHAT!? No, I refuse to do magic with you” The Magician says, waving his head. 

“C’mon it will be fun plus I don’t wanna be bored while we wait for granny and I bet you don’t wanna be bored either.” 

“I’d rather be bored then have you steal my special talent again.” 

“Please” Alice says, making a cute face.

“Oh no not again stop it.” 

“Pretty please” Alice once again gets closer making her pupils bigger.

“I said stop.” The Magician says about to slap her again. However this time Alice grabs both of his arms. 

“What the!?” 

“C’mon….with vanilla chocolate ice cream with rainbow sprinkles and a cherry on top.” 

“Grrr fine we will do magic tricks together.” The Magician says miserably. 

“Is that a yes?” Alice says. The Rabbid responds by shaking his head. 

“Oh thank you so much.” 

“Yeah sure whatever.” 

“So which one should we do first?” 

“How about the one where I put you in a barrel and pierce you with knives.” (“Hopefully they kill you”) 

“Wait hold up, I think I got some stuff.” Alice goes to one of her drawers to get something, but what exactly? 

“Look what I got” Alice pulls out a pack of math cards. 

“Yeah I know these are math cards but this is the closest thing to magician cards. Here you go.” Alice gives the magician her cards. 

“I think you already know how this trick works right?” 

“Yeah, of course I do, it's the triumph card trick, now pick a card.” 

“Hmm I’ll choose the 3 x 7 card.” 

“Hmph alright.” The Magician puts the cards on the table and moves them around a bit. His eyes paid very close attention to Alice’s card.

“Is this your card?” the magician says “

Woah you actually got my card.” 

“I know I know impressive.” 

“Ok now it’s my turn.” 

“Yeah good luck with trying.” The Magician says. Alice takes the cards. 

“Now you pick a card” 

The Magician picks a 2 - 1 card. 

“Ok” Alice puts the cards on the table and moves them around a bit. The Magician chuckles. 

“(I can’t wait to laugh at her failure once she screws up)” 

Once Alice stops and picks a card. “Is this your card?” Alice says as she shows the Magician his card. 

“W-what!?” The Magician says shocked that Alice was able to find his card. 

“N-no that is not my card” He says waving his head. 

“What do you mean this is the card you chose?” 

“No it’s not” 

“Hey do not lie to me I know when someone is lying.” (“Mostly because I’ve lied multiple times myself”)

“Oh shut up” The bunny throws all the cards on the floor in anger 

“Hey c’mon don’t act like that. Let’s do another trick like umm….ahh the bending paper clip trick.” 

“Huh? I don’t remember that trick?” 

“Hold on” Alice looks in her drawer again and grabs two paper clips. 

“I’ll go first this time.” Alice bends the paper clip into a slightly straight line. She moves her fingers a bit to make it look like she’s using her mind to move the paperclip. The Magician is surprised as he is stuck in a trans staring at the paper clip. 

“Ok your turn.”  Alice says giving the Magician the other paper clip. 

“Uhh…” The Magician bends the paperclip and tries to replicate what Alice did and move it with his mind. However he didn’t know how Alice was able to move the clip. 

“Grrrr c’mon” The Magician struggles as he tries to bend the paper clip with his mind. 

“Hey I can show you how to do-” 

“NO SHUT UP I CAN DO THIS!” The Magician says trying harder. 

“Please stop your gonna give yourself a headache.” 

“GRAAAAAH” The Magician throws the paper clip out of rage. 

“Hey calm down it’s ok you’ll get better” Alice says trying to make the rabbid feel better. The Magician, still pissed off, pushes Alice to the floor. 

“AHH!! What’s your problem!?” 

“MY PROBLEM!? My problem is you existing! Now leave me alone.” 

“Why are you so rude?” 

“Why do I bother trying to talk to you humans? You can’t even understand what I say.”

The Magician crosses his arms and sits on Alice’s bed looking away from her.

(“I don’t get it, why is he acting like this? What happened to him that made him feel so ....isolated?)

“Alice, grandma's here” Alice’s mother says. 

‘*GASP* SHE'S HERE” Alice says in excitement. She grabs her toys and tea playset and quickly goes down stairs. But not before talking to the Magician one last time. 

“Hey umm since you can’t go down stairs, how about you jump out of the window and sneak back onto her truck.” 

“Eh” 

“Great, see you there” Alice leaves the room with her toys. 

“Alright let’s get this crap over with.” says the Magician. 

Link to the previous chapters if you haven't read them or need a reminder of the story so far:

[toytulini]

I saw Barbie last night, I dont think i have a long film review of it for yall but idk I'll put some thoughts under a readmore I guess?

-Right off the bat, I enjoyed it, it was fun. It was a fun pink poppy romp. Thats about what I expected of it, and thats pretty much what I got

-Its not particularly radical in its gender/feminism takes, its very basic, which, I saw a number of ppl mention that before I saw it so I wasnt expecting anything radical. It couldve done better. it was. fine. im shrug about it i guess.

-My mom enjoyed it and was apparently not expecting any sort of emotional depth or story at all so it caught her off guard. I heard her crying. she cries easy at movies. I'm glad my mom liked it. Maybe she'll absorb some of the very basic feminism it drops idk.

-I knew the Kens adopted patriarchy and introduced it to Barbieland but it felt lile that happened very fast, idk.

-The ending....I. is her going to a gynecologist supposed to be like. shes gotten a vagina by deciding to be human?? or is she trying to schedule a surgery or something? that felt pretty weird to me if im honest, i thought it was gonna be a job interview or smth... Especially with how everyone was like "Barbie is ace (heheeh i agree) cos she has no genitals! (sorry what. excuse me. wanna run that by me again?)" like okay that makes that headcanon reasoning even more dewply uncomfortable that it already was?

-I enjoyed weird Barbie. i wish theyd cast someone else cos iirc ka/te mckin/non was a transmisogynist? unless she apologized or said she changed her mind on the topic since like 2017?? but i havent seen anything? idk. just. annoying to keep platforming these ppl. i guess theres probably other actors involved that have shit views of trans ppl. whatever i guess.

-I did dress up a little. i feel like my outfit had Weird Barbie Vibes. maybe ill post a pic.

-I did enjoy it and it had a number of shots and or transitions i liked, i think the one with the disco ball to the moon or whatever was enjoyable.

-god we really are so weird about barbie

-it just feels factually incorrect that all dolls pre barbie were baby dolls? idk. im sure it was the most common kind. but idk. not to be weird about The History Of Dolls but like. the porcelain dolls from the Victorian era. idk if those count as baby dolls. iirc those were to help young girls practice prepping dead bodies of loved ones for funerals or smth??? but i guess porcelain dolls have a sort of babyish look about them. and are fragile so you cant play rough with them.

-Like i Know its a 2hr long toy commercial for mattel but also god that cant be right. even if they werent filling the same niche as barbie as idk basically a fashion doll? there had to be other dolls right?

-I know the flat foot thing is Supposed to be over the top and silly for them all to get upset about but also tbh. as a bitch with falling arches the way some of yall make jokes about flat feet still is uh. well. rude. but also lmao man. the day my arches started hurting for no reason while i was barefoot did sorta feel emotionally like her feet falling to the ground lol.

-i want to introduce barbie to margot robbie's harley quinn owo. i think that would be Fun :3

-i want Ken's job. how do i do Beach as an occupation.

-I actually liked how they handled Ken and Barbie's rship til the end. i feel weird about that ending overall and also it feels weak wrt her dynamic as Ken. they make him grapple w her not reciprocating his feelings the same way but then she just leaves barbieland anyway?? and ig they dont get to explore a friendship or qpr dynamic. ok. its fine i guess.

-her saying she has no genitalia felt so transgender in a way im not sure it was intended to. ken saying he has all of the genitalia felt even more transgender. headcanoning them both as extremely transgender in fun weird new ways and no one can stop me.

-Allan is my favorite character i think. bro me too

-bibbleless movie. add bibble.

[skinnyravs]

Being mis-understood.

Do you ever get the feeling that people just Mis Understand you?

Like, you make a joke and they give you that vibe like: man you are an idiot. Or the times when you say something, and the reaction you get is someone if offended.

Well; I can tel you this happens to me. A lot. Why? I have no clue. I wonder if it has something to do with the different era I grew up in, or just the type of people i used to interact with that are either similar to me or different. But their different still made it easier to mingle.

I know, that I am not the most social person, ever. Like it is a struggle. I am just naturally very shy, very timied and very sometimes I guess you can cal it...off?

I have always seen myself as the silent, observant type that takes it all in and makes up her own mind. Yes sure I may judge but that's because I can only go off what I see. me and talking and being social is not a thing. So its quite a crappy thing that other poeple can do that easily and I'm stuck in the whole eh i dont wanna be social at all. Perhaps this is a bad thing but maybe it isn't.

Not everyone is going to be the social type. Some of us, like me just wanna do stuff and not talk to much and enjoy. Maybe that is why i seem like such a recluse or perhaps come off as being a little arrogant. Trust me, it is not on purpose. I reckon it is simply a personality trait.

Another thing I make very clear ot people is that, I am not going withstand bullshit. From anyone. There was a time, growing up I just ignored shit be it in school and even sometimes work. I would just be like eh whatever. But over the years I could see that a lot of people took advantage of that and I jsut had enough. Eventually, when you work in a medical feidl you come across some ass holes,a nd there are two things happen. - Either stand up for yourself or - let them continue to talk down to you.

Eventually i wasn't having that ad I started to bite back. Sometimes maybe more then I could chew, but I certainly think that was a big thing for me. I didn't want to take a back seat. Sometimes, I think I had always been wanting to just tell people where to go.

My family's history (and it is not a nice one by the way) is what also led me to just be a total bitch sometimes. And if you knew the whole story you might get an idea why sometimes I am.

It is fair to say I am a big believer in standing up and saying what I think. I can be wrong or right it doesn't matter if you are wrong. Sure, the flip side of it, is if you don't like something don't say it. I do also believe that too. But there will be certain situations where; you know what, say it don't hold back. LOL, funny how that is the title of the whole blog as a whole. DON't HOLD BACK. And I mean that.

Just because I ask someone not to do something should not be immediately taken as: Oh she is trying to control me.If I am telling you I do not like what you are doing its because I don't like it and think its inappropriate. How that can be seen as control .makes no sense. There is quite a big difference between: Please don't do this I don't appreciate it. isn't that being polite and not control?

I'm finding this hard to explain; but recent events came up and I have asked for stuff to be stopped. I jsut don't like it and yet it is still being down. For me it is like a total lack of respect for a request. Apparently Im not allowed to do that, because people are saying I'm being rude, controlling and giving htem order. haha...um...what?

If someone came up to me and said: Don't write this and post is. I will ask why amd if they gave me a good reason Id be like: ook i understand your view here but please understand that this needs to be said. And they can either go: oh all right that's ok you explained it that's if ein. Or they could be a total ass hole and say: your an idiot just shut up and move on.

I'm so tired, of everything I say, or do is always being taken the wrong way. Makes me sad that I can never truely be myself anymore and this it just leads to a lot of frustration, anger and disappointment. I, just wanna be able to be myself again. Like I used to be. I lost that along th way because nobody seems to try and understand my point of view anymore. Yet i seem to be the only one trying to work shit out.

It sucks.

[goodmorningdove]

Rgu ep3 liveblog under the cut! :3

Interesting that she has no memory Of meeting the prince. Is this something unique to utena or do all the rose ring wearers have this amnesia. Furthermore, what makes her so fundamentally different from the others? I do believe the show intends me to be asking these questions.

I love utena pointing out the inherent abusive nature of Himemiya not really having any friends. And the monkey mouse doesn't really count. He holds no power and cant really help Himemiya should things go south

Utena: im straight and want to date a normal boy, Kiryuu: allow me to introduce myself

Wow ok that 3 seconds of utena slapping Kiryuu for touching her hair was beautiful and perfectly showed me what the dynamic between these three is going to be

“Why do you have that” “so i could meet you” fucking liar. So many of these men suck lol

No he is not the fucking prince!! Girl you summoned the prince last episode. I know that was audience only info but like girl. Do not trust him. He hasnt explained shit and has only so far been a sly pos

Ok so confirmation utena is being left in the dark. Which is like really rude. Is she even supposed to have a ring? That would be very interesting. I hope blue hair stopwatch asks utena some questions they(?) Seem to be the kind to care about accuracy. Though they(?) Might not see a need to do what the end of the world people have also not done (explain to utena what the hell is going on)

I fucking love wakaba

Oh shit people are being mean to Himemiya. Utena get your ass over here

Hello Nanami. You are clearly important. I like you, you stood up for Himemiya.

Oh Himemiya does not need the stress of being dance queen. Shes already the rose bride. Shes already got so much going on she does not need petty school drama too. Nanami can you unnominate her?

“Ive wanted to be your friend for a long time” somehow i doubt that! I suspect you wish to be dance queen instead of Himemiya, but you dont realize Himemiya (probably, she hasnt voiced her thoughts yet) doesnt care about whos dance queen. Anyway Nanami i now hate you.

Im sorry what are those things that chu-chu pulled put of the dress box. Are they spare buttons or pills? my instinct says buttons but they have no holes

Oh nevermind i guess they were candies?? Chuchu is eating them. Ok. Sure whatever.

Oh no theyre those keep things from going moist dehydrator things. Or maybe moth balls. They were not supposed to be eaten. Anyway more important things are to be revealed, like Utena's outfit! considering its from kiryuu, my Money's on it being something super feminine utena doesnt normally wear

I WAS RIGHT

Himemiya is so based. Large crowds are way too stressful

Oh god i hate but also love how himemiya Is only going to the dance and try to make friends because Utena said so. Its so fucked up but i love it

Hello magia record uwasa girls. What is the uwasa today??

A man trap what the fuck do you mean by that

Ah i suppose they mean that the girls are going to freak out over boys. Except for utena and Himemiya.

Oh boy nanami is kiryuu’s little sister! i am curious as to how they will handle this. Theyre starting in an… interesting direction. But i can see how they could also make a commentary on their situation. But i dont know if i can trust rgu to make those narrative choices

Hang on is there no dance king??

Noooo utena is wearing the dress… i do like that she is visibly unhappy tho

Ah so Nanami thinks Kiryuu likes Himemiya? Nice touch that despite their close relationship, Nanami actually knows very little about Kiryuu's Life

Utena i dont. I dont think they are friends.

Please kill him please kill him

Nanami you bitch do not instigate Himemiya's anxiety like this! She is not competition For your brothers attention

Oh no that dress is boobytrapped in some way isnt it.

She! Is not! Competition! For! Your brother!!!!!!!

UTENA SAVE HER

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Holy shit i was not expecting tablecloth dress. Props to utena For that major skill

Nanami how do you not know who utena is. Everyone screams her name when she enters school

Utena is also not competition for your brother! She does not give a shit about him except for the fact that he might be her prince. Which he isnt.

[carladuquette]

Midnights in October

This is not a ghost story. It's a story about friendship, and about regrets. // Lu-Carla friendship fic (aka my “what if Elite had supernatural elements” experiment)

"Thank god you're back!" It's the dominating thought in her head, but Lu still doesn't want to let Carla off the hook just yet. As she's struggling to get out from under the comforter, she bombards her friend with questions. "Why didn't you answer any of my texts? Or anyone else's? Didn't you see Yeray on TV? He is losing his mind! Seriously, where were you? What… How…"

The other girl has the audacity to sound impatient. "Will you let me explain? This isn't-"

"You know what, I don't really care." It's the truth. Answers can wait. Lu is so exhilarated she feels high. Rebeka was wrong and Val was right. Everything will be fine. "Shut up and come here." She finally makes it out of her tangled sheets and tries to hug Carla.

"No!" Her best friend jumps off the bed and looks around until her glance settles on Lu's hairbrush on the dresser. "Here, look at his."

"What the hell are you doing?" Lu's patience is waning pretty fucking quickly now, too. "Yes, I'm paying attention, alright? But honestly -"

The words die on her tongue when she sees Carla's hand go right through the brush, unable to pick it up. "What… what the fuck?"

"That's what I've been trying to say, if you would just listen…"

"This is a dream. It's not real." Lu's heart drops at the realization. "You're not actually here."

Carla sounds pissed. "Ok, that's pretty rude, I hope you know that."

It cannot be real, she knows that, but Dream Carla sounds remarkably like Real Carla. Lu squeezes her eyes shut and crawls back under the covers. All the talk tonight made this happen. Her subconscious is playing a cruel trick on her.

She pulls the comforter up to her chin. No way in hell is she still going to get that sweater now. Ignoring the voice that sounds like Carla's and keeps calling her name isn't easy, but eventually Lu manages and drifts back into a dreamless sleep.

The next morning Guzman pops his head in to tell her he's going to class, that he left her a spare key on the kitchen counter and that she should come downtown to meet him later. Lu makes what she hopes is a confirming noise. As soon as the bedroom door closes, she turns around and groans. Guzman couldn't have put that info on a note?

When Lu remembers her dream, she shakes her head. Definitely no wine for her tonight. She grabs her phone to check whether anyone has posted news about Carla to their group chat when she hears a voice right next to her sounding slightly impatient.

"Uh, good morning, bitch."

"Fuck!" Lu jumps and throws her phone across the bed. "Nope, this is not happening," she loudly tells herself. Maybe the more self-assured she sounds, the sooner this will be over. "I just have to wake up. Wake up!"

Her breathing picks up and she's covering her face with her hands as she's trying to snap out of whatever the hell this is, but the effort is derailed by Carla's voice.

"No, it's ok! I'm really here! I mean… I guess, kind of… You're not dreaming, is what I'm saying."

This has to be the wine from last night. If she just takes three more deep breaths, Lu is confident she can get over this hallucinating bullshit. But the hallucination is pretty damn persistent.

"Lu? Lu, can you please look at me?"

A wisp of ice-cold air ghosts over Lu's wrists as if to pull her hands away from her face and yeah, ok - Lu lets out a hysteric giggle - 'ghosts over,' that's actually a funny way to put it, unless… She takes one more deep breath, then opens her eyes and looks to her left.

Carla is still there, looking just like she did in Lu's dream from last night. Same cream-colored, off-the-shoulder sweater, hair in the same lose waves.

All Lu can do is stare. Carla raises her eyebrows and does a little wave with her hand. "Hi."