#ough beth they are so!!

[guttersniper]

“Here,” Sam says. He’s stolen Mutt away from his party with Gooshie, Tina, Verbena, Beth, the girls, and everyone else with cake and presents (books, art supplies, lighters, and a pocketknife and boots courtesy of Al) and all the trimmings with good reason, he hopes. He’s saved one final present for last.

“You’re gettin’ big,” he laughs, eyes a little teary even as they crinkle. “Think it’s about time you have this.” He reaches up and takes his own leather jacket off, putting it over Mutt’s shoulders and smoothing it down. He’s done it so many times the motion is second nature, but it means something different this time. Something more. It was Tom’s before it was Sam’s.

“Happy birthday, sweetheart.”

it's mutt's birthday!

you're getting big. mutt figures that's a lie. it isn't as sore a point as it could have been, his not really growing. he catches the side of his tongue with his teeth, scraping them over the muscle as if he were clearing it of something. he does this once, twice, three times, stops.

his mouth fixes in protest. don't give this to me. he doesn't know whether he feels deserving, or if he just can't bear to think of sam giving up something so cherished -- to him, especially. the leather jacket smells like him, smells like the fire they left behind, the one their family is gathered around. (a sharp tina cackle reaches them from that distance, and he wonders what joke he missed.)

it's big on him. lots of things are, even now, filled out a little with proper nutrition. he doesn't think he'll ever grow into it. that's not the point, though, he knows.

mutt slots his arms in the sleeves. he rolls them up twice, the thick fabric bunched about a quarter way up. a faint unplaceable itch crawls along his ribcage. his eyes smile in approximate agreement, though his mouth doesn't quite get there. " thanks, sam. "

[daikaiju-zilla]

I don’t think you young’ins truly grasp how badly us Hannah & Beth fans wanted this since 2015

[the-dye-stained-socialite]

May's Strip Game Part 10: Epilogue!

A mere week later, you are able to emerge from you suite without bursting into tears. You have recovered from the Nightmares you experinced. It seems so to have your fellow attendants. You see many of them checking out around the same time as you. They seem to be back to their usual selves.

You have not seen hide nor hat of the Merry Manager. You suspect he is rather busy. As you leave the hotel, you find yourself hoping that he is finding time for rest and recovery himself.

You have reached the conclusion of this tale!

Replay? 0 FATE {<<<Part One} {Part Nine}

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[katierosefun]

feeling really apologetic towards the walking dead for ever veering away from that show because twd fans that i knew were some of the most obnoxious alpha male type ever . . . you like daryl dixon because he's a badass bowman who wears a sickass leather vest . . . i like daryl dixon because he acts like he's all tough but he's actually the sweetest softie and he loves kids and he would leave flowers for people's graves and he's protective of who he deems his family

[multifandombullshitbabes]

OH MY GOD BETH AND AARON ARE SO CUTE. AARON DORKLY FLIRTING. BETH TEASING HIM RELENTLESSLY. OH GOD IM GIGGLING LOOKING AT THE SCREEN HELP IM BLUSHING

[bethdehart]

Good Lourd I have so much to DO AA

[fugosteel]

finished AMOD. the way i can fully see anthony’s train of thought from that mini series to the finale of the first season…. wow

[beefstatic]

IM SO TIRED HELP

[screampied]

PLEASE are you the one that wrote firefighter Toji… and he like sticks you out the window and you know gets NASTY with it. if so I can’t find it but…, it’s been on my mind. I just KNOW there’s other fictional characters that would do that. like even if they weren’t firefighters please that writing was literally so yummy I died dead reading that.

dare I say… Arthur Morgan would do that.. I’m getting to confident on these asks

ENOUGH of these men even though I love all yall nerdy men and I love me my fictional men can we talk about these women like please

when I talked about Michonne and you said in those tags don’t even get me started I felt so seen LIKE MICHONNE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO FINE I LOVE HER AND THAT KATANA. she is so cool please also MAGGIE I LOVE HER!!!!!! Maggie is like my wife like they are so beautiful 🙁 and shoko and Sadie and Mary Beth I am to gay for this life

besides me freaking out… how have you been!!! I’ve been dumping myself freaking out in these asks but I hope you’re doing good !! to be honest I wanna skip to Halloween already and I want it to be Christmas I know theirs thanksgiving but Christmas is better and thanksgiving is like just eating food and my big self does that everyday

-cowboy liker anon

LOL YES 🫰🌚. it was just a little ramble, i kinda wanna expand more on it tho one day bc firefighter toji ngh. thank u tho !!!! 😭 ur so sweet <3 and totally right, love a good firefighter au. it’s in my second masterlist i think in toji’s section

oooooh fawk ur so right ab arthur pls. MICHONNE IS SOOOO BEAUTIFUL. i don’t even watch twd but she’s so >>>> i know her from the games bc i played all the games, read a bit of the comics but never finished. MAGGIE TOOOOO. u have such good taste, shoko mention ough that’s wifey 🫃

IVE BEEN GOOD. i’ve been busy all day helping a friend move in so i got plenty of rest. im trying to get some writing done, n we’ll see how far we get for tonight 🧚🏽‍♀️ hoping i don’t chicken out ahah. i hope you’ve been doing good also !!!! i always appreciate u for stopping by in my inbox, ur always welcome nonnie <3 ‘n same, can’t wait for christmas. that’s actually my birthday heh, christmas eve 🫦

[babacontainsmultitudes]

Ough okay I was anxious beforehand but actually that was a very pleasant teen talk 😌. The tumblr mention was Matt acknowledging that there's a lot of love and attachment to Grant on tumblr especially hahaha 🫶. Also Beth is so real about loving twisted little freaks and not understanding when other people don't YES Beth.

MORE IMPORTANTLY THOUGH I AM COLLECTIVELY GRABBING THIS FANDOM BY THE SHOULDERS FREDDIE MENTIONED HIROKAZU KOREEDA'S "AFTER LIFE" AND YOU *HAVE* TO WATCH THAT MOVIE sincerely it is one of my favorite movies ever and much like Freddie I cried like a little fucking baby when I saw it go watch iiiittttttt aaaaaaaaAAAAAA

[softhairedhotch]

omg speaking of male ocs/reader . i just wanted to share about this One trope that got me CRAZYYY is secret relationships... the one's where aaron and oc are like pretty much dating but are trying to keep it a total secret from the rest of the team because #professionalism.... but they keep making little slip ups bc they're just so in love 😭😭 i think its just SOOO CUTE 😭😭😭

N THIS ONE SCENARIO THATS STUCK IN MY HEAD is like oc ended up sleeping over at aaron's place then in the morning his phone rings. but male oc doesn't realise that it's AARON'S phone (and not his) so he answers half asleep. but then on the other end of the line is another team member who's like "oh sorry- thought it was... i must have dailed the wrong number- wait... 🤨🤨" then male ocs like HORRIFIED and aaron soon wakes up to the sound and he's also SHOCKED but he tries to put on his #serious professional gruff voice and coming up with some excuse like they drank last night and then dozed on the couch or smth 😭😭 then subsequently aaron n reader have to keep defending themselves by saying it was just a #bro activity and that's they're just Bros n nothing more

my god... just thinking about how cute aaron is when he's flustered 😭😭😭 like how he has the 🥺 eyes but tries to cover it up with a 🤨😐🙄 "i don't know what you're talking about . can we talk about work now". LIKE the episodes when the team teased aaron when he was going out w beth My GODDDD HES SOOOO ADORABLE WHEN HES IN LOVE 😭😭😭😭 like his boyish grin n the way his face crinkles... i cannot deal with this

- 🤲

yesssss i LOOOVEEEE secret relationships sooo much, especially when it's like cute lil gestures during work or getting each other coffee n kissing when no ones around or cuddling at work bc they have to share a room and no one's gonna know <33 (unless one of the team happens to burst into the room bc they think aaron or the oc is in trouble somehow 🤭🤭🤭 and sees them snuggled up on the bed all cute 🤭🤭🤭 as they're holding their gun bc they think they were gonna find an unsub with them or them missing but noooo they're just wrapped up allllll cute in each other's arms 🤭🤭🤭)

OUGH I LOOOOOOVE THAT SCENARIO!!!!! heheh i love the idea of penny calling and being like "hey sir i- wait a moment i thought i called- no i know i did bc he's on speed dial so that means- oh my GOD you and boss man are CANOODLING" and oc/reader is just like "nonono i accidently slept here!!" n she's like "WHY WERE YOU THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE 🤭🤭" and aaron wakes up n takes the phone and is like "he came over to help me with jack and we drank a lil now we're asleep on the couch" and idk if she'd do this fr but maybe penny can track the phone real quick and she's like "then why does it say you're in the bedroom rn 😏" LMAOOO and bless them they're just trying sooooo hard to brush it off!!!

"we're just brooooos man bros gotta cuddle the homes sometimes!!!" 😭😭 it'd be lowkey so funny if oc is just like "don't you think aaron deserves a cuddle or two, guys? it ain't gay i swear man he's just in need of some love from the homies yknow. hey morgan maybe you should snuggle him next-" "absolutely not" "-i'm sure he'd love that! he just needs some loving, man" LMAOOO

and yesssss they'd tease his sooooo much <333 he'd get all flustered bless him and it'd be adorable and he'd be wanting to tell everyone they ARE together bc he wants to show oc off sooo much and give him work smooches and just be like "yeah this is MY BOYFRIEND!!!!" bc he's soooooo cute and in love but for now he just gets used to the teasing from the team (dave and penny mostly, but sometimes emily and spencer catch him off guard) hehe <3 it'd be like that scene where rossi looks at him once and just KNOWS he got a date with beth or something hehe and he goes "attaboy 😏" after he confirms he has!!! OUGH i neeeed him to smile like that at the thought of dating me SO MUCH and for rossi to be proud AHHHHH

and just the idea of a male oc making him all smiley and goofy and happy again <33 he kinda becomes how he used to be again GODDD like he's just happy again GODDDD 😭

his SMILE DJSKDJ GODDDDDDDD I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM I LOOOOOOOVE HIM

also i currently have like 5 male oc's written up for him (like fics planned out or ideas for it) LMAOO they're all mostly from when i was in the fandom in 2021 but i wanna go back to the ideas sooooooo much 😭 and i made a new one a few days ago for a lil one chapter fic i wanna post hehe, it's so dramatic tbh but seems to also end in smut LMAO so hopefully i can get it out sometime 💪just need to write aaron being gay without it being reid or morgan amen (even tho i LOVE hotchgan)

thank you sm for the ask hehe <3

[intertexts]

HIIII ROS i am sorry i never replied to your reply to my ask from a while ago i am so bad at that ;-; in response to that kinda (bc we were talking about jhariah) i did see them live! 3rd concert ive ever been to in my life & it was life changing... i was front row n there was a baby mosh pit n i was with my best friends it was so good <3 i didn't get to see all the songs off TRUST CEREMONY live but if he tours again i will try to get tix because i must see CONTROL BABY live... my faves are control baby n fire4fun n russian doll <3 but it is my fave album ever created (except maybe Måneskin's Teatro D'Ira vol 1)

Dont wanna yap too much but other music im liking rn: Dua Saleh's ROSETTA ep; Missouri Surf Club's songs Rotten & Kingdom Come; Jean Dawson's entire discography generically but specifically SICK OF IT* and New Age Crisis; Ethel Cain's everything; and then im still consistent w the narcissist cookbook, an unkindness, sons of the illustrious father etc. I have been getting into a crazy amount of music since summer started though so there are sooooo many others but i wanna know what you're listening to! i like your music taste as ive said :3

ANYWAY I think i might just send another ask because this is ramble-y n u dont have to reply to it bc its overwhelming but!! Yeah hehe okay p. 1 - mare

HII HI HI no worries!!!!!!! all good i'm also really terrible at it!!!!!! hehe <33 jhariah concert & mosh pit is SO awesome though.. man.. thats so cool.... love that experience for u!!!! <333

checking out all of these rn they're SOO GOOD.... dua saleh ROSETTA ep literally going on the repeat playlist rn omg. ough. how have i not heard them before. holy fucking shit. missouri surf club goood i love the florence influence.... jean dawson & ethel cain WHOO!!!! hell yeag. god. u also have such good music dude. good shit.!!!!!!!

what have i been listening to!!! shit!!! this is gonna be LONG but u asked for it!!! a lot of morcheeba (big calm), de la soul (the grind date), sneaker pimps (bloodsport), tricky (maxinquaye) <- one of my all time faves, madvillainy, cibo matto (viva! la woman), yaeji (with a hammer), chai (wink)... summer to me is usually very hot & humid & sticky & dreamy to me (busted ac) so this is my laying on the floor staring at the fan vaguely dissociating rotation.

other than hip hop & trip hop-- dragon new warm mountain i believe in you by big thief!!!!!! somehow never listened to this one & i'm ill over it. & july flame (other all time fave) by laura veirs & central reservation by beth orton (<- huge recent discovery ill over her voice) & broken social scene self titled for my acoustic rotation...

heavier set: been getting BIG into creature feature they're literally so fun. i think u might like them tbh. american gothic is my fave so far!! summer is for shitty pop punk 2 me!! esp. when i actually have to Do Stuff & not lay on the floor melting. so. we the kings, fall out boy (cork tree & infinity on high), the cab, the academy is..., yellowcard, motion city soundtrack, alkaline trio :]

ALSO special mention 2 blue sky black death (slow burning lights, late nite cinema, noir) bc their instrumentals make me so insanely nostalgic & have been my writing soundtrack for the past month!!!!

[maybeillkeepit]

22. Moviegoer - Julia Jacklin

"If you can say it to a stranger, you can call your sister later"

It's impossible for me to know exactly what Julia Jacklin is talking about in this song, but whatever it is, it's beautiful. As a Scriptwriting student, the exploration of the relationship between cinema and reel life is very interesting to me, and I don't need the song to tell me clearly what it's trying to say. The refusal to arrive to a definitive conclusion is actually a constant in this album, with every song being an open ended reflection instead. It works the whole way through, and this song is only an example of her songwriting talent.

21. 2am - The Beths

"There's a song that never fails to make you cry / So we stared straight ahead for the whole time"

OUGH. Liz Stokes (lead singer and songwriter) wrote this line about me with this song I think. The melancholy of a past relationship, wether that be romantic, platonic, friendship, any relationship of any kind, is a common theme in The Beths' entire discography but this song just hits especially hard for me. As a nostalgic person and as a lover of people, I get it. Super fun album, heartbeaking ass song.

*Inspired by @coffeejoshy, I've decided to post my top songs of 2023. However, this is gonna be a little bit different, since it won't only be songs that came out this year. Instead, I will include one song from each of the 24 albums I've listened to the most this year, according to Deezer. Also, this will follow a kind of 12 days of Christmas structure, cause I love having a little treat everyday. These songs are in no particular order of preference.

[i-will-cry-you-a-river]

This ficlet was definitely not written because someone is feeling under the weather and I wish them a speedy recovery. Of course it's not. On a totally unrelated note, I wish you a relaxed, easy day @mortysanchez

Rick wanted to make note of that it wasn't because he cared for the little turd. It wasn't because he loved his grandson, nor because that little scrawny thing was even tinier, scrawnier and miserable than usual as he was blinking tiredly up to him when he left Morty on the couch, eyes filled with tears, cheeks red with fever and button nose full of snot. It wasn't.

He just wanted to sleep, and he couldn't when that little idiot who had no idea of how to take care of himself was hacking up his soul upstairs. He was a busy man, with lots of inventions to tinker, planets to explore, beings to kill and things to steal. He needed his sleep.

Yet, there he was, laying in his bed, his body achingly dizzy with the amount of alcohol he consumed, and all he could do was to listen to that noisy little shit coughing up his lungs. It drove him crazy.

Didn't Morty have a mother with a medical license who could give him medicine? Or an unemployed father who had time to cook soup for him?!

"Fucking flaco…" he grumbled, getting out of his bed. That scrawny little thing better be thankful. The ideas on how Morty could make up for him ran through his mind, and he had to consciously squish the less than family friendly images of Morty-

"G-get a grip, you f-fucking pervert."

His uncertain steps led himself towards Morty's room. He glared towards Beth's door, his daughter was getting more and more like him as the days went by. Absent, alcoholic, uncaring asshole…

His grip on the doorknob tightened, and he opened the door with more force than he planned to, as it banged to and bounced back from the wall.

"W-w-what?" Morty croaked, as the sound woke him up from his fitful sleep. He looked around pitifully, sniffling and wheezing, eyes trying to adjust to the light flooding his room from the open door.

"R-ri- I don't… p-ple… no- now, I-I-I j'st w't to s…" Rick had seen him in bad conditions, he caused him some of those. He'd seen Mortys bleeding out, dead and in various states of decomposition. He should have been immune to Morty's tearful eyes and pouting lips.

He wasn't.

"S-shut the fuck u-eurgh-p," he growled, stalking towards his grandson, who looked like he was either going to fall asleep or cry his eyes out. Probably both.

"R-r-r-rick, please," Morty whispered. Rick was proud of his assholeness. He was proudly uncaring and fucked up, he didn't care about anybody or anything. So why did his chest hurt at Morty's pitiful begging? That his grandson didn't trust him that he wouldn't drag him to an adventure when he was this sick?

"I said, sh-ough-ut up!" he grunted. "I'm g-going to take care of y-euhhg-ou," he promised. Miserable, blood-shot eyes blinked up at him. Morty's brown curls were glistening with sweat, sticking against his forehead. His tiny body was shivering with cold and a forceful cough was shaking him.

"Oh, flaco… you little t-urp-urd," Rick murmured, his voice so much softer than he intended. A soft whine tore from Morty's lips as Rick's cold hand slid into his flaming forehead. "Y-y-you need…" Rick was murmuring to himself, thinking about all the ways he could heal his grandson, a Cure for Cold, a variation of one of the serums, maybe.

He got up, ready to go down into his lab, but weak little hands grabbed his sleeve, forcing him to stop. "D-don't go," Morty whispered, his eyes huge in his painfully white face.

Rick stood there, rooted in the ground, teeth clenching and cracking. Then, without thinking about the possible implications, he wrapped Morty into his fluffy blanket, and lifted his precious burden into his arms. A little gasp left Morty's lips at the sensation, but he instantly melted into Rick's chest. He was gasping through his mouth, his button nose stuffed up, and Rick should have been disgusted that the little idiot wiped his drooling, snotty, tearful face into his shirt - even though that shirt was drenched with worse things than Morty's fluids - but he wasn't.

He wasn't disgusted, he wasn't inconvenienced, he wasn't fucking irritated. He was madder for not being mad about the whole thing than about the situation!

"D-don't worry, peque, gr-grampa is going to make things better," he murmured, hoping that Morty wouldn't hear him though his own coughs.

He wasn't that lucky. "T-thank you," his grandson whispered.

"S-shut up."

It didn't take long until they reached the garage. The problem started, when the sick little shit didn't want to let him go, and Rick, instead of just dropping him to the floor, kept hugging him tight. The seat was uncomfortable for the two of them, but it was nothing compared to the knowledge that Rick showed too much of himself through his actions.

There was no way that Morty would be afraid of him after this. What a shame…

"Let's do this," he murmured, taking the necessary components for the serum. "Fleeb juice and turbulent juice… maybe this- or that?"

He didn't even notice when did Morty fall asleep, but by the time he was done with the serum, his precious grandson was snuffing peacefully, Rick's shirt in his mouth as if it was his childhood teddy bear's ear that would calm him down.

It was too cute for Rick to handle.

"Mo-ourgh-ty," Rick growled, shaking the tiny boy in his lap to wake him up.

Big, trusting Bambi eyes blinked up to him, as Rick shot the serum. The effect was almost immediate, and even Rick felt he could breathe easier now that Morty was healthy again. And wasn't that depressing? His mood depended on the state of a hormonal, idiotic teenage boy. He was fucked. And not in the kinky, fun way.

"I love you," Morty whispered, and promptly fell asleep. Yeah, Rick humbled, he was so. Fucked.

[airshipvalentine]

wrapped: 15, 10, 5

5. out of sight by the beths

OUGH this song. it yearns. i love the dreamy little guitar riffs it has. this is on two (2) playlists that were on heavy rotation this year.

watching closely for some kind of clue / that i mean anything at all to you / if your world collapses i'll be down at the rubble / and build you another / i'll wait out the summer

^ lives tucked away in my chest forever

10. i told you i was afraid by the beths

this might be my favorite song ever of all time?? it's got some REALLY good guitar and everything works together to make this very specific sort of resigned mood... but it still has this really good constant driving energy. and liz stokes sings excellently and smoothly in a way that pairs really well with the more aggresive guitars... i'ts so fucking good. also the fuckor a little bit LMFAO

15. touch tank by quinnie

LOVE this song. i discovered it from mic the snare's best of 2022 video and i have loved it ever since :) very intimate LOVE the production and it's a very sweet song

[jerrydevine]

ummmm 6 11 and 17 🫶

6. 3 characters that inspire you

ough katniss and magnus and mandy slade :)

11. 3 books that you would recommend everyone to read

AH THANK U BETH LOOOVE THIS QUESTION

#1 no matter the wreckage by sarah kay my favorite poet everrrr

#2 the sparsholt affair by alan hollinghurst my book i just finished it was soooooo sosososososooo good :)

#3 banyan moon by thao thai i met the author she was so lovely and so nice :)

17. 3 tv couples you adore the most

MALEC NUMBER 1. then jabitha ok. then kanej 👍