#phantom meetup

[fannyrosie]

Earlier in August, @apple-salad invited me last minute to a tea meetup at café Brumewith a loose "blue" theme, so I took out my blue florals. It was quite humid with showers here and there that day, so I went with an updo, cotton and no blouse, with a more 50s look.

Dress: second-hand Mary Magdalene - Hat, gloves and necklace: vintage - Bag: second-hand Métamorphose temps de fille - Shoes: Fluevog - Parasol/umbrella: old Alice and the Pirates - Flower corsages: Pauline Rose and Axes Femme - Earrings: Phantom Jewelry

[loop-hole-319]

My headcannons about Danny Phantom and Supernatural crossover

He likes to fly above/behind the impala on long car trips and sleeps in the backseat. He has claimed it as his domain and would rather invisible sit on the roof then share.

When ever they check in at a motel Danny always races in to book the room so he can get a room with 2 beds for 'him and his dads'. Unless they are with Cas, then it's his dad's and his uncle.

Danny sleeps on a hammock he got from the Far Frozen which he phases the ends in to the ceiling unless he has a nightmare, then he cuddles one of the brothers.

He can sniff out Hex Bags like a drug dog. He says that they smell like hatred and Old Spice.

Danny stores important stuff inside of his own pocket dimension, which is located in his chest right in front of his core. So when access it he must stick his hand into his chest. At first the Winchesters think he is storing stuff inside his body like a smuggler or something.

Dean calls it his hammer space and Charlie refers to it as his chest of holding.

Charlie babysits him whenever the brothers have to do a Meetup with other hunters, because he has been traumatized.

Danny sneaks them in to places,except morgues. He also does not participate in salt and burns.

He was the one to tell them that by just holding a ladder and a high vis vest. You can get it in about anywhere without question.

The first time Danny went on a ghost hunt with them. He punched the ghost and knocked it out.

He punched a death echo out of its loop.

He LOVES to fuck with the Ghost Facers and other Ghost hunters.

He has broken them out of jail more times than he can count.

He bit Cass the first time he met him.

He has helped Dean out of a panic attack with his ghost purring. Immediately following, they teased him about being a cat.

He will whine about not wanting to carry gear because it's "anti-ghost".

The first time he met Crowley he ran and hid behind Dean. Dean felt really honored about that.

Sometimes on long hunts and when they're out in the woods, Danny likes to drape himself in ghost form, across with Sam's shoulders like a boa.

Dean teaches him how to shoot a gun and Sam teaches him about lore. Bobby teaches him a whole bunch of other useful Hunter skills.

Danny has fallen asleep on all of them.

[corner-master]

The Idea of people in both Amity and Gotham ‘crossing the border’ is wild on its own, but imagine this:

The shades of Gotham being drawn to Amity because of the high levels of Ectoplasm basically saturating everything in the town. Just a few moments in Amity and Poof! Suddenly a new ghost appears.

Imagine Bruce Wayne losing his absolute shit at seeing his own parents suddenly appear before him when he’s staking out the borders.

Imagine the Spirit of Gotham making an appearance and beseeching the King of the Infinite Realms to aid her city. 

And Danny be like ‘what? you mean that asshole that tried to destroy my town? Pretty sure he doesn’t want to help anybody but himself.”

“No, you.”

“?????? I- I think there might be a misunderstanding? I’m not the Ghost King?”

“Nope. Yer a King, Danny.”

“....What?”

And that’s one way Danny could find out about an unwanted promotion.

DP x DC Prompt where when Amity Park is returned from the Ghost Zone after Pariah Dark’s defeat… it doesn’t get put back in the right place.

There’s a new island off the coast of Gotham– possibly overlapping parts of it– and no one is happy about it.

[pianostarinwonderland]

book 8 foreshadow ⁉️ in MY halloween ?!?! 🤯 more likely than u think ! 😳

When I saw Jack Skellington in the last trailer before the Abema stream for this Halloween, I thought, "Oh. Oh this is going to be good. This is going to be so good for the main story."

I've always had a feeling that we were going to meet the Great Seven somehow, where the characters realize the revisions made in the stories they heard of them vs. what actually happened. After all, Twst brings up more than once the idea of history being revised (especially through Lilia's dialogue). And when the first Lost in the Book event with Stitch came out, that possibility has been made even more open. And now with the way this Halloween is written, it feels like a setup for main story.

Halloween, being Twst's biggest event, is the one event that the Twst writers like to use to foreshadow the main story. Halloween 2/Endless Halloween and Glorious Masquerade have been used as foreshadow to Book 7's events. The latter was also used as a kind of reflection of Book 6's story, so in some ways, GloMas was also a transitory period between Book 6 and 7 (and notably, the GloMas stream was also the same stream where they put out the last trailer for Book 7). However, more importantly, in the context of this post, it is worth noting that Halloween 2 came out when Book 6 was still in its first part. Hence, this Nightmare Before Christmas event foreshadowing a Book 8 while we're far from done with Book 7 is very much plausible and that's why I fully believe this.

Here in the Lost in the Book with Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas event, we have Skully J. Graves, a character whose aesthetic not only matches most with Jack Skellington but also idolizes him, who meets his Halloween idol. This is the first time we see any Twst character meeting not only their idol but the Disney character they are twisted from. This is huge! Considering how distant that Twst is set from the time of the villains and heroes, it had always seemed impossible that such a meetup could occur. But slowly, Twst is revealing to us that there are ways that this could happen.

But here's the truly delicious part: We witness Skully learning what kind of person Jack Skellington really is. To Skully (and the community that he grew up in), Jack is a feared Pumpkin King who values the solemn kind of Halloween. However, the real Jack is someone who wants to celebrate Halloween together with people and—at least in the setting of the event—leans towards a Halloween that is more festive and jolly, akin to his wonder for Christmas in the movie. And this shakes Skully to the core, so much so that we see him lose it in Episode 3. We watch him continuously push for his ideas, to the point that he puts his idol to sleep.

If this is foreshadow to Book 8, will we see our characters face that same disillusion? Is that why we have all 7 Overblot characters in this event? Because let's be real, while everyone has a form of admiration for the villains, those 7 are the ones who idolize the Great Seven the most. For fuck's sake, their OB phantoms are the Great Seven in some form. And more importantly: How will they feel learning that everything they've learned is wrong? Will they be like Skully and start fiascos as they cope with the knowledge that has been unfortunately bestowed on them? Or will they grieve for a bit before recovering quickly? Will they, like Skully, start aligning with the opposite side (Skully aligning with Lock, Shock, and Barrel and consequently, Oogie Boogie)? Or will they stay on the same camp, just with more wariness?

But once they get past that, what then will they do? What measures will they take to learn more deeply about the huge historical revisionism that occurs? Will they even do something about it? Where do we play in as the MC that receives these dreams about the stories that did happen?

Something that I do want to bring up is, how do they even meet the Great Seven? One could say, oh they could get sucked into another book, but for characters so grand and worshipped, it feels too little to do something like that. Besides, unless they do something different for the ending of this event, they will come out of the book, not remembering a single thing. Book 7 allowed us to peer into Lilia's past—which felt unreachable—through his dream. Is there a possibility that Malleus might use his unique magic? To peer into someone's dreams about the Great Seven?

... To peer into our dreams?

But imagine if somehow, the Great Seven were alive again and about to wreak havoc in modern Twisted Wonderland. How would they even be revived? I have an old theory about this where the 7 Overblots are used for it. Of course they are just theories made 4 years ago, but it remains as something that haunts me, especially when Idia outright states that someone has to be behind the OBs. We have yet to learn either what occurred between Crowley and Idia's parents in Book 6.

As an end note, it is very intriguing to see where Twst is going. I'm very excited how the main story will turn out from here, and what will happen once we get past the last dorm's arc.

[vorfreudevortex]

redline | introductions

an ino takuma x f!reader fic // masterlist

✰ reader ✰

you could barely remember when your parents split, but you could recall your older brother suguru bawling his little eyes out when the lengthy custody battle resulted in him staying in tokyo with your father while you were to be shipped off to america with your mother. but throughout the years, you two stayed close. during breaks and holidays, suguru would come stay with you and your mother in america, and you in tokyo with him and your father. 

you always understood why your parents split. he was a quiet man, and often covered in grease, but he was kind to everyone and always happy when you visited. and, you were always happy to help him in the busy mechanic shop he lived above. meanwhile, it seemed your sophisticated and stoic mother could only show kindness to you and the long hours she spent at work.

suguru and his best friend satoru had taught you how to drive one summer in tokyo. you could barely contain your excitement, until you ruined the clutch in your dad’s car and earned you the double-sided nickname, “clutch”. that same summer, the two had brought you to a meetup in an underground parking garage, where glittering growls of car engines grabbed your heart and hadn’t let go since. 

college life has been busy and it’s been 2 years since you could visit your family. so when you finally got a free summer to return to japan, you demanded your mom to ship your new car with you. you didn’t tell her you might not come back if you decided to finish your college years in japan. luckily, she relented after weeks of pleading, and suguru and satoru were more than happy to pick you up from the airport in your shelby gt500 that had been shipped in just a few days prior.

your theme song? slay! - eternxlkz

✰ suguru geto ✰

suguru geto has always been protective over his little sister. how could he not, when his first best friend and only sibling lives on the other side of the world? and he just knows those nasty fraternity boys at your american college must go feral over a sweet girl like you… with a nicer car than anyone on campus, faster than anyone there, and too kind for your own good. he’s already heard all about the races you’ve won over lengthy facetime calls in the early mornings and late nights, when time zones aligned.

him and his best friend satoru are known as some of the fastest street racers in tokyo, and the leaders of the phantoms. their favorite pastime of creeping up on drifters in the mountains with their headlights off, only to beat them in the complete dark, earned the group its ominous name. at first, the phantoms were only known by their cars, but the small group has grown quite a name for itself among female fans since they first showed their faces.

it’s only fitting that the leader of the phantoms drives a honda nsx.

his favorite song to listen to while racing is 9mm - memphis cult

✰ satoru gojo ✰

the mouthy satoru gojo has been friends with suguru for so long, he’s practically a part of the geto family. if suguru isn’t answering his phone, he’s next in line for your chaotic facetime calls. having no other siblings himself, he thinks of you as his own.

he spends a lot of time in the shop with your father, tinkering and tuning cars, but mostly sitting there watching your father and nanami do it while he plays on his phone. he says he’s “good with his hands”. nanami usually hits him in the chest after a line like that.

satoru's baby is his nissan 180sx type x.

his favorite song to blast is phonky trap - suave lee

✰ kento nanami ✰

the tuner and only sane member of the phantoms. he became close with suguru and satoru when your father hired him as a young teenager to help out in his shop. that’s also where he learned to be a modern master of modifications (and safety). 

you��re not as close with kento, but he’s always been very kind to you. kento usually keeps to himself unless he’s reprimanding suguru and satoru for wrecking a transmission or burning through brakes too fast. he used to race himself, and was quite good at it, but has since decided to keep his nose under the hood of a car rather than behind the wheel after getting into a bad accident.

kento's retired racer is a nissan s13.

he claims doesn’t have a favorite racing song, but in the club - mishashi sensei always happens to be in his top 5.

✰ shoko ieiri ✰

you and shoko don’t know each other too well, but you think she’s so cool and she thinks you’re adorable. shoko knows the rest of the boys from school. she doesn’t drive, but likes to attend races and meetups. she’s usually the one to help supply the phantoms with race information, gossip, and cigarettes. she’s also not allowed more than 10 feet in the geto's shop after she almost blew the place up when trying to light a cigarette.

she loves when suguru and satoru play pink like suki - pebbles&tamtam  for her.

✰ takuma ino ✰

as the leader of the shadows, takuma often feels overwhelmed. he didn’t really mean to start the newest, most threatening team of racers in tokyo. he just liked cars and made friends with a few random guys who did as well. it’s not his fault that they’re all naturally gifted with intuition and reflexes like you can’t imagine. the group seemed to jump out of the shadows and into the streetlights, which earned them the name.

suguru geto in particular did not like the thought of takuma. and by proximity, none of the phantoms did. no one was sure whether it was takuma's good looks, expensive car, or race rankings that posed a threat to suguru and his team the most, but it made for a spicy rivalry and thrilling race nights. somehow, the rest of the tokyo car scene gained a questionable perspective on the shadows that skewed their reputation. takuma just kind of plays along with his given “edgy” persona.

in reality, he’s extremely kind. kind enough to even teach megumi and choso how to drift and modify cars. he first started loving the car scene when he stumbled upon a meetup after sneaking out one night, and his passion was further solidified when his father gifted him a manual when he got his drivers license. in his free time, he’s usually found at the skate park or in his mom’s sushi restaurant.

ino's pride and joy is his nissan skyline gtr.

his go-to playlist almost always starts with killka - ghostface playa

✰ megumi fushiguro ✰

he’s the epitome of “shut up and drive”. you won’t hear much more than a grumble from his mouth, but you’ll know what he meant to say when he’s flying past the finish line at 120 mph, no less than 80 feet in front of you too. he’s an aggressive racer, which he learned from his dad, who was one of tokyo's fastest before his son was born and his wife made him quit.

the shadows’ second best drives a skyline r34 gtt.

an aggressive racer loves an aggressive song to race to… shut the fuck up - ghostface playa

✰ choso kamo ✰

choso is the shadow’s newest member after moving to the area and his cousin, noritoshi, decided he’d rather focus on school more than dying. choso is more of a motorcycle guy, but drives more often since the tokyo car scene is so exciting. he’s a great racer and is really quite nice once you get past his intimidating face tattoos. his younger cousin yuji is almost always in his passenger seat, if he’s not already in megumi's.

choso loves cruising in his nissan 180sx 4k.

he can’t get enough of 6ixspeed - 7oh2

✰ aoi todo ✰

aoi is the biggest himbo you’ll probably ever meet, but is secretly stacking a world of car knowledge in his pea-sized brain. he can race, but prefers flexing his muscles and head under the hood of a car. as the tuner for the shadows, he likes to make his groups’ cars as flashy as they are fast. he most likely never has a shirt on unless he’s at a meet and he has to.

his favorite song to blast is obviously kitty phonk - soviss

✰ yuji itadori ✰

he doesn’t race, but hangs around with the shadows anyways. he’s more into baseball, he’s got a scholarship for it at a nearby university, but is always at meets and races when he doesn’t have a game. he’s choso's cousin and megumi's best friend, and is always in one of their passenger seats bothering them. the shadows tried to teach him how to race, but after wrecking one of toji's cars into a tree and earning a scar on his face, he prefers only using his feet to run bases rather than stomping gas pedals.

he likes to pretend he’s in a tiktok edit and constantly asks choso and megumi to play masquerade - siouxxie sixxsta 

✰ toji fushiguro ✰

toji knows your dad from way back, when they used to race each other in friendly competitions on the streets and mountains around tokyo. they became good friends over the years, and often laugh over what their kids are up to over some whiskey in one of their shops. he earned a scar on his lip after taking a turn too fast back in the day, which your dad had thankfully stopped and pulled him out of before the engine caught on fire.

toji's wife forced him to stop racing when megumi was born, but ended up in a years-long phase of drinking and smoking when she left them a few years later. that’s how he ended up with the 10-car garage and shop he has now- a shitfaced phone call during a 10 day bender after winning a million yen in a craps tournament at a nearby casino. he’s since calmed down. if he’s not down in his shop giving tips to the boys, he’s probably listening to megumi's older sister, tsumiki, complain on the phone about her college classes.

he has no idea what the hell those kids are listening to, but can’t help but bop his head along to rave - dark ダーク

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[turbofanatic]

I don't have like, firm plans for a big Links meetup but it's fun to speculate about. Especially the reunion of the Links that fought in the War of Eras (this includes the Link made for Hyrule Warriors 2014, Link from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, Link from Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, and Link from Spirit Tracks. Technically WW, PH, and ST Link are kind of the same warrior in that game but with different weapons so I'm separating them).

In a horrible yet hilarious way, taking Hyrule Warriors somewhat seriously means that the War of Eras had lots of child soldiers on the good side. HW Link was only 16 when shit hit the fan, and went from recruit-in-training to Hyrule's holy symbol and the subject of a mad sorceress's obsession. Nobody would handle that well. And while at least he was older than the other Links that show up, WW/PH is the only experienced Link who believes in Hyrule (I think ST Link has a dim view of the backwards country he's stuck in) and is somewhat emotionally mature (OoT/MM is ten years old and watched the world end multiple times, he's barely hanging on himself). Which means that WW/PH Link, at 14 years old, is the one best situated to get things done.

Except, well you try to have a 14 year old order around a 16 year old that's been told he's chosen by God. It will not go well. Nothing is as dysfunctional as the excellent Call Them Brothers fanfic, but oh wow yeah they are all doing badly.

If they did reunite years later, Tiny would forgive everything. He can't stay mad at kids and animals. It's the only way they stay (barely) sane after all. HW Link would not be as forgiving because he's closer in time to his trauma (he's in his late thirties here and the aftereffects of the war went on for a long time), but he's slowly coming to terms with the horrible situation they were all in and is attempting to do better, he's just going to slip up a lot. I don't know about WW/PH and ST Link yet.

So yeah, if they meet up again Tiny is immediately going to try to be friends, except he's poorly socialized and is probably bringing up stuff HW Link wants to forget, and HW Link is probably not setting boundaries because he feels bad about that fact that he used this guy as a war crime when he was sixteen and they were ten. They'll probably blow up at each other at some point. Maybe they'll work their shit out. Maybe not. Would make for a hilarious drunken fight scene though since they're both crazy strong.

Saw an old design for hanging sleeves and I had to give them to HW Link (he's got a good variety of outfits, along with Righty so he'll just be in a lot of different clothes at times). I think he's kind of a fancy guy in general, or at least tries to look like one for political reasons. As far as the nose scar goes, I think he's rather chill about it now. He was probably very distraught initially. Now he's more annoyed that it makes him very recognizable.

Anyways I fucking love old muffin top Hero of Time and bald HW Link. My blorbos. My precious warcrime idiots.

[danphanwritingprompts]

Danny is invited to a Halloween meetup, which he agrees to go to as he assumes it’s just a party. Only to learn that they’re a cult obsessed with his ghost half, and they plan to sacrifice him to Danny Phantom.

[paper-gold-theories]

The Last

[Casual Black Hat Organization Members Pre-Meeting Meetup at the Manor while waiting for the actual meeting to start]

Dark Phantom: It's not fair! I’m always the last one to know everything!

Ghoul: That’s not true, boss.

Dark Phantom: Yes, it is! I was the last one to know that Porccini was a traitor that's was selling out the villains to P.E.A.C.E.

Flug: Oh that reminds me Lord Black Hat is serving barbecued pork for lunch after today's meeting.

Dark Phantom: I was the last to know about Miss Valdoom's petty followers "pissing contest" with Miss Heed.

Miss Valdoom: IT'S NOT A PETTY PISSING CONTEST! That stupid pink heroine has been locked up for months but she still has more followers than me! WHY?! *tearing her hair out* What does everyone see in that horrid rando! They should give ME more attention NOT HER! I'm the most beautiful, gorgeous, talented, fashionable-

Dark Phantom interrupts her mid rant: I was the last one to know that King Cassino lost his gambling licence to operate his 52 Casino legally.

Poker Face: *snickers*

King Cassino, glares at Poker Face before turning back to Dark Phantom: That issue is being settled. Right now you can still go my underground gambing dens across the country.

Poker Face: Or why settle for dark, gloomy and cramped dens come down to my luxurious, state of the art casino. We just installed a human sized dart board and a wheel of torture and if you bring your Arch-Nemesis on Hero Night you get a free drink.

King Cassino: Any underground den of mind is better than your childish casino filled with overcompensating childish gimmicks.

Poker Face: Oh says the guy that has UNO and jacks games for gambling in his casinos.

King Cassino: That's part of the unique attraction! And it has worked for many years earning me millions unlike your-

Dark Phantom: Oh yeah! I was the last one to know that Poker Face used to work for King Cassino!

King Cassino: *snickers*

Poker Face: Ugh that was so long ago!

Dark Phantom: I was the last one to know about Lady Naga falling off a roof and landing in trash because she was startled by a cat!

Lady Naga: That was one time!

Dark Phantom: I was the last one to know about Tri-Skull getting kicked in the balls by Vanity Bolt!

Tri-Skull: That moron cheated, he snuck up on me from behind!

Dark Phantom: And the last one to know that I accidentally wore my costume backwards at the party (the other villains snickered after remembering that incident). *glares ar Ghoul* Which I ONLY found out after Ghoul told me when we got back.

Ghoul, sheepishly: I thought you were starting a new fashion trend at first...

Dark Phantom, crying: I was also the last to know that my beloved and beautiful lizard queen Demencia has a crush on Black Hat!

Demencia, offended and still oblivious to Dark Phantom's crush on her: REALLY?! Are you living under a rock in the ocean! I thought I couldn't make it more obvious!

Dark Phantom: And I was the last one to know about Flug’s crush on GoldHeart.

GoldHeart, spying on them with his team from the outside: WHAT?!?

[Flug’s face goes red and GoldHeart was extremely ecstatic]

Dark Phantom: Oh. Looks like I was second to last.

[benslefteyebrow]

Hi! Hope I'm not bothering you but on one of your posts you mentioned you take fic reqs,

would you be able to write a benlor centric fic where everyone goes to an amusement park but Ben and Taylor hold off going on the bigger rides (Both dont mind going on rides as much as the others) so end up holding the bags for everyone and spending some time together? If not then that's 100% fine! Tyvm!!

Hiii thank you so much for this request! This was so fun to write! Hope you enjoy <3

Something Stupid - Benlor

Benlor, fluff, wc: 1313. Read with 'Something Stupid' by Frank Sinatra.

Ben didn’t have high expectations. 

Since losing his voice, he became used to solitude. Those around him were too impatient— unwilling to put up with a boy with anger issues and no way to communicate them.

Aiden was the only one who could understand him until the Sahara.

At first, it was obligatory and painfully awkward on occasion, but gradually, the forced meetups meant for planning became casual hangouts, and the stiff obligation to get along became a genuine connection.

“I want to go on that one!” Aiden pointed wildly at the large rollercoaster that the park was known for.  From the ground, they could hear the screams from the top large structure.

All their adventures brought them to Ash’s house, the arcade, and eventually— the amusement park.

“We just ate,” Ashlyn said exasperated.

“But the lines short,” Logan offered.

“Yeah, so, unless you’re…chicken,” Aiden teased. He was opposite to the way he was when they were kids. That made two of them.

“I’m in,” Tyler said. “Tay?”

Taylor shrugged with an uneasy smile. “No way, my stomach can’t handle it,”

Tyler’s confused expression didn’t go unnoticed by Ben, but it did go unnoticed by Aiden. “Ben?”

He shook his head.

“Shucks. You and Tay are on bag duty, then,” Aiden said.

Ben and Taylor sat at the edge of a nearby fountain. 

They put all the bags together in a somewhat neat pile at their feet.

Large groups of teens passed back and forth. The mists from the fountain sprayed Ben’s neck, but Ben was only focused on Taylor and her bouncing knee.

He tapped her and she startled in surprise. 

“What’s up?” she asked. She plastered on a small smile that didn’t hide her panic.

He held up his phone, and the music app opened on his screen.

“Oh, sure,”

Ben switched to the notes app and typed out, “U choose” before handing it to her.

He rummaged through Aiden’s backpack. He ignored the hand puzzles and other toys that Aiden would somehow use within the day and found his earbuds at the bottom.

Ben reached over and plugged the wire into the bottom of his phone.

He didn’t rush her, but he watched as she scrolled through his playlists, humming a song under her breath. He tried to remember what the song was called and made a mental note to add it to the playlist he made for her.

Her dark hair fell in her face, framing her warm skin. Ben was relieved that she seemed more relaxed.

“Mm, this one,” Taylor said. She pressed on one of Ben’s classic pop playlists, though he had a few of her indie rock ones saved. 

Still, he loved the peaceful vibes that came with it. It was his comfort playlist.

She kept the left earbud in his ear, and he accepted the right one from her. Their fingertips grazed and Ben took back his hand too quickly. He scooted closer as he adjusted the earbuds, allowing their shoulders to brush. Taylor bristled at first, but then she relaxed against him.

“You don’t like roller coasters?” Ben signed to her with clumsy fingers. It was Taylor’s idea to learn ASL for easy communication. Particularly, when they were in the phantom dimension and Ben didn’t have time to write to them. Taylor and Ben were both steadily improving at it.

Everyone else was learning it, Aiden in particular, but Ben and Taylor made the most progress.

“I do,” Taylor said slowly as she recalled the signs with her hands. “But not after eating. I don’t think my stomach could handle that.”

Ben nodded in understanding. “Lily always gets sick on rides.”

Taylor grimaced. “Poor Lily.” Her fingers fumbled over the precise letters. 

“Tyler?” Ben asked.

The panic returned to Taylor’s eyes and she glanced at the line. Ben followed her gaze, though the rest of the group had long since disappeared into the line. It looked like it was getting longer instead of shorter. 

“I used to force him to go on rides with me when we were little since our mom didn’t want to,” she said, though her fingers faltered. Ben listened intently, putting the music volume down to hear her better.

“He always said they were for kids, but I know he secretly loves them.” 

Her shoulders relaxed again against his calmness graced her features. Her brown lips curled into a small smile, pulling against her teeth.

“I’m happy to see him open up to everyone. He always tries to act so grown up, but he needs this,” Taylor looked at Ben and he was startled. "We needed this."

 He didn’t realize he was staring.

“Oh! I forgot to sign,” Taylor said. 

Ben shook his head, it’s fine, he didn’t say.

A comfortable, if not buzzing silence filled the space between them.

In the place of words, one of Ben’s favourite songs started. It was one his parents used to dance to together when he was a kid. He would along with it before his voice was ruined, and then they stopped dancing. 

I know I stand in line/Until you think you have the time/to spend the evening with me.

He wondered if they began dancing again after he moved in with Aiden.

“Do you like roller coasters?” Taylor asked.

Ben hesitated. “I did, but..” He signed slowly. It was lame, not worth admitting, but she’d just been vulnerable with him. He trusted her not to judge him.

And then I go and spoil it all/By saying something stupid like, “I love you”

His breath hitched.

“I can’t--“ won’t, his mind reprimanded him. “Scream. It feels…” his fingers curled into his palms.

“Like there’s something wrong with you?” Taylor offered.

He nodded. “That.”

They let the song fill the space again. Ben put the volume up, and Taylor hummed along quietly.

“This song is nice,” Taylor said.

I practice every day/To find some clever lines to say/To make the meaning come true.

He drummed his fingers against his pants, not exactly on the beat. It was a distraction from his quickening pulse.

But then I think I'll wait/Until the evening gets late/And I'm alone with you.

“Hey, Ben?” Taylor said.

He looked at her. He looked into her eyes and knew he must’ve heard his heart. Why was it so loud in his ears?

“When they get back, let’s go on a roller coaster together. Just us, and…” she tucked her hair behind her hair uncomfortably.

The time is right, your perfume fills my head/The stars get red, and, oh, the night's so blue.

“Whoever screams first loses,” Taylor said.

Though he knew the song from memory, he missed the lyric that came after over the snort that escaped him.

He slapped a hand over his mouth. The sound was pitchy. Did he always laugh like that? He couldn’t remember the last time he heard himself laugh.

But with Taylor, it came easily. She knew exactly what to say.

“Is that a…” Taylor’s eyes widened.

“Yes,” Ben signed. “I’d like that,”

He dropped his hand from his face and it grazed Taylor’s thigh as it landed carelessly between them. He didn’t miss the way her finger grazed his or the way their pinkies locked as the last part of the song faded out.

I love you

They caught sight of the rest of the group from the line. They waved to each other until the movement of the line pushed them out of sight again.

I love you

Throughout it all, their pinkies stayed interlocked, and it was a sign of their promise.

I love you

[who-is-page]

That person you and Rani were arguing with about phantom limbs apparently got called out a few days ago for having zootherians in their pack

I saw a post about this; namely, because the associated Therian Amino call-out used my Beware as a main citation for talking about the known bestialist LycanTheory.

I haven't reblogged or commented anything regarding it because, in all honesty, the evidence as I've seen so far has not been substantial enough for me to feel confident in commenting and saying anything one way or another. All I've seen is a single video on it (x) which was incredibly difficult to parse or understand with my audio processing disorder and the filter the therian chose to use: the video cited the Therian Amino post I mentioned earlier (x), which offered no proof to its claims regarding Thorn nor its claims regarding PinkDolphin, and a highlight reel on Instagram (x), which is also very nearly fucking impossible to navigate and once again has claims that are very difficult to prove on the basis of a single messily-edited screenshot that stay up on the screen for just a few seconds.

So... let me look into this more and give an informative summary for the people just now hearing about this before I give any sort of real, proper response.

I'll give you the TL;DR now: The accusations leveled at Thorn from Therian Territory regarding this claim seem to be false.

The claims that I'll be focusing on here are that Thorn is an active part of the Evergreen Unakite Pack (EUP), which also supposedly contains the founder of the BITE Discord, Dayn, and his partner, Autumn. The BITE Discord is a bestialist-friendly Discord which masquerades as a safe space for paraphiles; some of you may remember LycanTheory, the predator who sexually assaulted his pets and who has sexually interacted with minors via texts and videos, and his bestialist partner Jade who was a long-time member and moderator on the server.

Thorn of Therian Territory has made a response video (x). Thorn states that there is no association between themself and LycanTheory, pointing out that the original call-out also doesn't showcase any proof for that claim either; much the opposite, they've had some really nasty experiences with LycanTheory. Thorn claims to not have known that Autumn and Dayn were zoophiles, as they did not actively identify as zoophiles at the time of them being in a formal pack together and it fell apart soon after. When Jade entered the friend group, zoophilia more generally became a topic and things fell apart due to Thorn's discomfort. Thorn outright says they do not support zoophilia.

I went digging and looked into the EUP's first pack meetup (x). There is an Autumn at the meetup, who identifies as a black wolf and a zebra; the screenshot displayed of Autumn333333 from Twitter claims to be a zeta with a zebra and husky theriotype. There is no one at the meetup who identifies as an ANCD wolfdog, Dayn's theriotype as displayed in the screenshot of vilewolfxD from Twitter.

The Twitter account Autumn333333 joined Twitter in December 2021; the Twitter account vilewolfxD didn't join until October 2022. The EUP first howl meetup was posted on August 16th, 2021, and was likely taken earlier than that. This seems to support Thorn's claim that Autumn and Dayn were not public about being a part of the Zeta community until after the pack had already disbanded. Thorn also supplies a screenshot of what is supposedly the first time Autumn333333 liked a post on Twitter from someone in the Zeta community, dated April 16th, 2022. I'm not really dedicated enough to scroll all the way back and check myself, but if it's accurate then that also supports their claim. Autumn333333's Twitter is empty outside of likes, but searching for "Thorn" and "Therian Territory" and "Evergreen" on vilewolfxD didn't garner any results for my Twitter.

So, ultimately... these accusations of Thorn being a part of a pack with Zetas seem to be false, and based entirely on a single YouTuber, intentionally or accidentally, misrepresenting a timeline in order to make someone seem significantly worse than they actually are.

[emberdew]

Be More Ghost Chapter 10: A Guy That I’d Kinda Be Into

Summary:

A Be More Chill AU where Danny gets a Super Quantum Intel Unit Processor (or Squip) to help him become cool and win over Valerie, but things don't really go as planned.

Masterpost | AO3 Link | Word Count: 2,134

Is he worth it,  Danny?  Is he?

Valerie sat at the same desk in the front row she had been in for the first Ghost Hunting Club meeting yesterday as she waited for the club to start. She looked at Paulina in surprise when her former friend walked up to her desk after entering the classroom instead of heading straight to the back of the room where she had sat last time.

“Is this seat saved?” Paulina asked as she pointed to the seat next to Valerie. 

“Oh, yeah-” Valerie tried to explain but Paulina had already sat down. Why did she even ask? Valerie rolled her eyes.

“Ashley said she saw you at the mall with Dash last night.” Paulina’s eyebrows arched in accusation. 

“Uh, that’s none of your business Paulina.” Valerie frowned. Of course Ashley had told everyone about her meetup with Dash yesterday. Ashley was so annoying.

“You know, Dash isn’t coming today,” Paulina said, casually looking at her nails. They were painted pink, of course.

“Is he sick?” Valerie didn’t know why she was humoring Paulina. She knew the girl was just trying to antagonize her but she couldn’t just ignore her.

“He’s at Model U.N. Or whatever it is this week. You know Dash, always jumping from one… Extracurricular to another.” Paulina winked. 

“I don’t know him that well,” Valerie said. “You know, since I got kicked from the A-List.”

“Well, he loves to try new things. He just doesn’t always stay with them after he… Tries them.” Paulina looked Valerie in the eyes. “If you know what I-”

“We’re just friends,” Valerie interrupted.

“What?” Paulina seemed genuinely surprised.

“I know you guys used to date, so if that’s what this is about-“

“Dios mío, no!” Paulina waved her hand as if waving away the preposterous notion. “Dash and I are totally over!” 

“Yeah, he’s so gross,” Star chimed in. Valerie hadn’t even noticed that she had taken the seat behind Paulina. Paulina turned around to glare at her. 

“He’s not gross, Star!” Paulina took a breath after the outburst and turned back to Valerie. “Friends. I’m so glad. Because, real talk, I would hate for you to think that the reason Dash isn’t here is because he’s already bored of you.”

Valerie’s mouth hung open at Paulina’s audacity. But before she could respond, Paulina got out of her chair and started pulling Star to the back of the classroom with her.

“Bye!” Paulina waved and Valerie clenched her fists. If only Paulina was a ghost so she could use her arsenal on her. That would take the girl down a peg.

“Dash better not be inviting her to his Halloween party,” Paulina complained to Star loudly enough that Valerie could still hear from their new seats at the back of the room. 

Valerie continued to seethe. Despite her love of ghost hunting, she was seriously considering leaving. But that would just mean Paulina had won, wouldn’t it? So she gritted her teeth and looked out the window as she tried to ignore the sound of Paulina’s voice. 

___

“Is this seat taken?” Danny asked Valerie after he entered the ghost hunting club classroom. 

“I don’t care,” Valerie said, barely looking at Danny. Then she shook her head and her expression softened. “I mean, yeah, you can sit there. It’s whatever.”

Danny was slightly confused but Squip-Phantom basically pushed him into the seat so he didn’t have a chance to hesitate. 

“Hey, are you okay?” Valerie tilted her head slightly. “At the mall yesterday you were acting really-”

“Performance art,” Danny said without thinking. It was like Squip-Phantom controlled his response or something because the Squip had said the same thing at the same time. He rubbed the back of his neck.

“Oh,” Valerie didn’t seem super convinced but she didn’t press. She had known him long enough to be used to Danny’s ridiculous excuses by now. “Cool.”

Danny struggled to think of something else to say to continue the conversation but before he could, Mr. Lancer walked into the room and started addressing the classroom.

“Let’s begin, people!”

Danny stopped listening pretty much immediately as Mr. Lancer started to lecture about basic ghost powers to prepare them for their upcoming ghost hunting presentation. Danny hadn’t even chosen a topic yet but he wasn’t worried about it. Ectology was the one subject he was pretty confident he could make up a presentation on the spot for since not only was he a ghost, he had sat through hours and hours of his parents’ lectures about everything ghost-related for as long as he could remember. 

So instead of paying attention, Danny looked around the room. He was in the front row, so he shot a glance behind him to see what the other Ghost Hunting Club members were doing. Unsurprisingly, most seemed to be on their phones. He did note that Dash didn’t seem to be attending today. That was weird, since he seemed pretty enthusiastic about the club last time.

Danny turned to Valerie. It was so weird that Valerie and Dash had been hanging out at the mall last night. He would have never imagined them getting together before, but it was just his luck that now that he was slightly more confident in his chances with Valerie that she would be taken by someone else.

“So, where’s Dash?” Danny whispered. To his surprise, Valerie scowled at him.

“How should I know?”

“Aren’t you guys going out?” Danny couldn’t help but hope that maybe he did have a chance with Valerie after all.

“No.”

“Really?” Danny responded way too loudly, but he couldn’t help his excitement. He blushed when he noticed everyone in the room looking at him. Even Mr. Lancer had stopped lecturing.

“Mr. Fenton! I suppose because you have ghost hunting parents you already know all this material? Maybe instead of boring you, I should let you teach instead.” Mr. Lancer glared at him and Danny looked away sheepishly. 

Danny was totally prepared to stay silent, but Squip-Phantom motioned for him to respond. And okay, maybe he could do this.

“Actually, Mr. Lancer, I could. Do you want me to?” Danny said with a confidence he usually only used as Phantom. Mr. Lancer raised his eyebrows. 

“Go ahead.” The teacher stood aside and Danny got up from his seat and took his place at the front of the classroom. He panicked a little when he saw all the other students staring at him, but Squip-Phantom, who was now sitting in the seat Danny had just vacated, gave him a reassuring thumbs up. He swallowed down his anxiety and started writing on the board with rapid motions.

“Okay, so Mr. Lancer already went over the basic ghost powers of flight, invisibility, and intangibility, so I’ll go over some of the more advanced ones.” Danny stepped away from the board where he had written a list of ghost powers. 

“First, there’s overshadowing. That’s where a ghost basically takes possession of your body. You typically won’t remember what the ghost has done with your body after you’ve been overshadowed. And you can usually tell if someone is being overshadowed by their eye color changing, but that doesn’t always happen.” 

Danny saw a hand go up. It was a blond girl he recognized from his math class. 

“Hannah, right? You have a question?”  

“Is there a way to fight overshadowing? Or like, stop it?” Hannah asked.

“Well to prevent it entirely my parents have an invention called the Specter Deflector, which is like a super tacky-looking anti-ghost belt. If you don’t have that, there’s some chance you can resist being overshadowed depending on the strength of the ghost, I guess. But usually it’s hard to fight off, especially if the ghost surprises you.” 

Seeing Hannah seemed satisfied with that answer, Danny turned back to the board and continued.

“The next set of powers are all based on manipulating ectoplasm- ecto-blasts and ecto-shields are pretty self-explanatory I think.” 

Danny saw several of his classmates nodding. It was weird but kind of gratifying that they were actually paying attention to him. 

“And finally, there’s core-related powers. My parents theorize that every ghost has a core that develops some kind of elemental ability as a ghost matures. So for example, Ember has a fire core and Technus has an electric core”

Danny often wondered what his core would be. He knew that since he was still a pretty young ghost, it might be a while before his core matured enough to gain an elemental typing. Sam hoped he would get a dark core, which was one of the rare types. He figured that because of how he had half-died he would probably end up with an electric core but secretly he hoped he would get a cool rare core type instead. 

“So it’s like Pokemon types?” Dale, a jock who was sitting in the back of the class with the A-Listers, asked.

“Yeah, kind of,” Danny agreed. Tucker had made that comparison before and it was pretty accurate. “There are way more ghost core types than Pokemon types though. So far my parents have identified over thirty and since the Ghost Zone is basically infinite I bet there’s actually way more.” 

“What type is Phantom?” Paulina asked. That set the room off with loud discussions as everyone started speculating.

“He’s a fighting type, obviously!”

“Is there a ghost type?” 

“No, why would there be? That’d be redundant.” 

“You say that, but Phantom is just another word for ghost, which is basically the same thing.”

Danny just waited for the room to calm down for a bit but it didn’t seem like it was going to. Mr. Lancer stepped in and waved his hands.

“Alright everyone, that’s enough!” Mr. Lancer put a hand on Danny’s shoulder and gave him a genuine smile. “Thank you, Mr. Fenton, you can go back to your seat now.” The teacher turned back to the class. “I’m going to go get some coffee, so you all can take a short break.” 

When Danny sat back down, Valerie turned toward him.

“Wow, you really know your ghost stuff.”

“Yeah,” Danny rubbed the back of his neck, “why else would I be here.” 

“Yeah… Right.” Valerie seemed to consider something, then scooted slightly closer to him. “Can I ask you something?”

Squip-Phantom, who had started floating next to him as soon as he sat back down, nodded enthusiastically at Danny. 

“You can ask me anything.”

“This is weird but…“ Valerie started, “say there’s this person you pass in the hall every day and you’ve known him since seventh grade.”

Danny just nodded, not sure where this was going.

“And you’re used to thinking about him in a certain way, but then something changes,” Valerie paused, then continued, “he changes from a guy that I’d never be into into a guy that I’d kinda be into.” 

Danny was shocked. He turned to Squip-Phantom.

“Is she talking about me?” Danny whispered.

Of course she is. I’ve been activating your pheromones. Keep it up! Squip-Phantom slapped him gently on the back. 

“I mean, I thought I had him pegged but I guess I never knew him that well.” Valerie’s hazel eyes met Danny’s and he felt his heart racing. “Is he worth it, Danny?”

“Absolutely.” Danny could barely breathe. Was this really happening?

“I don't always relate to other people my age, you know?” Valerie shrugged. “Ever since I got kicked out of the A-List, I kind of got into ghost hunting and stuff. I went through a lot of changes” 

Danny nodded sympathetically. Was Valerie going to tell him her secret? If she was, he kind of felt bad that he already knew.

“And… why am I telling this to you?” Valerie shook herself as if just now realizing the situation. After a moment, she turned and smiled at Danny. “I guess there’s a part of me that wants to, who knew?” 

Danny smiled back at her.

“I guess a part of me likes to talk to you,” Valerie admitted.

Just then, Mr. Lancer reentered the classroom with his coffee.

“Break over! Let’s get back to discussing the presentations we’ll be doing next month.”

Valerie leaned over and started whispering to Danny.

“Back to Ghost Hunting Club… I know that it’s weird but it’s totally true,” she paused and Danny’s hands started shaking in anticipation. “The guy that I’d kinda be into…”

“The guy that you’d kinda be into…” Danny whispered back. He couldn’t believe it. Valerie was actually going to confess to him!

“Yeah, that guy that I’d kinda be into… Is… Dash.”

“Wait, what?” Danny thought he misheard. Dash? Did she really just say-

Warning, warning. Squip-Phantom started jerking and glitching. It grabbed Danny and pushed him out of the classroom.  

[hmshermitcraft]

Vex and dryads are both fae - which most people know, so Cub, Scar, and Bdubs meeting up regularly doesn't surprise people.

False and Etho showing up, though, sometimes does. They're phantoms, kind of, but aren't undead - the name for their species has been nearly lost, with only the undead version regularly encountered since they'd been hunted nearly to extinction for their wings. So most people, familiar only with the undead phantoms, don't realize that when alive they're also fae.

The meetups started mostly about the practicalities of being obligate player-eaters, and then Bdubs showed up with Gardening Opinions and also a demand for tasty tasty bonemeal, and now it's just the general Hermitcraft Fae Meetups.

It helps to have others who understand the kind of magical needs (and unusual nutritional needs) of other fae. It also helps each of them that there's other kinds of fae there - people who don't have quite the same kind of baggage, but have other baggage themselves.

Scar's never had an evoker control him, but Cub has. Etho's old enough to remember when phantoms were thriving and lost it all; False is much younger, and has been watching for elytra-makers looking to use genuine fresh non-undead phantom her whole life. Bdubs, for his part, falls into a similar category of fae as selkies and swanshifters: there's a part of himself that is generally immobile and separate from the rest of him, that can be used to control him.

A third of the time the meetings just turn into date night or date night planning

The hermits are wonderful, wonderful people, but there's some experiences that are difficult to understand. Their meetings are good for that. They can all complain out in the open about stupid things - like Cleo not cleaning blood up (the smell makes False hungry, it's annoying!)

The problems with the world are a lot easier to manage when you're lying on top of each other in a big pile.

[fangirlwriting-stories]

Unexpected Connections

Summary: No One Knows AU Part 14, Vlad approaches Valerie on her way to a meetup with Danny.

Author's Note: Sorry updates have been a little slower, unfortunately that's probably going to continue because school has been kicking my ass. Thanks for your patience while I have less time to write!

...

Vlad approaches Valerie while she’s on her way to the park, and it creeps her out a little bit.

Sure, he could have spotted her very casually and decided to talk to her just as casually, but he’d approached with just enough purpose to make her nervous.  But before he starts speaking, she makes sure to shake the feeling off.  She can trust Vlad.  He’s her ally.

“Ms Gray, I heard you had a fight with Phantom,” Vlad says, in a tone way too purposeful to be the start of a casual conversation.

Valerie nods.  “Plus that vampire ghost.  I don’t know his name.”

“Plasmius,” Vlad says with a nod.  “He’s one of Phantom’s underlings.”

“He is?” Valerie asks, raising an eyebrow.  “He seemed more powerful than Phantom.”

Or well, that wasn’t quite it.  He’d seemed more willing to act than Phantom had.  Phantom mostly ran.  This guy attacked her.

Not that Phantom was unable to find other ways to ruin things.

“Ally, technically,” Vlad says, waving his hand dismissively.  “But you know how little Phantom respects others.”

Valerie looks at Vlad for a moment, but sees nothing but sincerity in his face.  “Sure.”

She turns to keep walking towards the park.  “If you want me to help train today, I’m sorry but I’m busy,” she says.  Like she’s gonna drop her park date— park time with Danny just to babysit Thing 1 and Thing 2.

“You owe it to them after that fight,” Vlad says.

Valerie stops and turns to face him in bafflement.  “What are you talking about?”

“Ms Gray,” Vlad says, turning to face her.  “You left them there alone right after the fight was over.”

Valerie gave a startled laugh.  “What?  Is that what they told you?”

Vlad’s gaze turns puzzled.  “I’m sorry?  Did something else happen?”

“Yeah, something else happened, I got hurt,” Valerie snaps.  “And then they left me.”

Vlad’s eyes widen slightly, but his voice is still smooth when he responds.  “I see.”

“So maybe instead of getting pissy with me for leaving them, you should pick people for me to help who have the slightest bit of loyalty to teammates,” Valerie says, and moves to walk forward and end the conversation.

“Ms Gray,” Vlad says before she can get too far, “do you remember your first ghost fight?”

“Uh, yeah,” Valerie says, turning around.  “What’s your point?”

“Were you frightened?”

“None of your business,” Valerie snaps, probably a little too quickly.

“It’s perfectly alright if you were,” Vlad says.  “It’s dangerous, dangerous things are scary, especially in the beginning.  They’re learning, they were probably frightened themselves.”

“They didn’t seem all that frightened to me,” Valerie says, crossing her arms.

“Of course they didn’t,” Vlad says.  “They don’t want to seem any more inexperienced than you’re constantly telling them they are.”

“Excuse me?  Are you saying this is my fault?”

“Of course not, my dear.  I’m saying they likely rushed off because they were overwhelmed.  You did leave them behind to try and chase Phantom on your own, you know.  And they need to be there, to learn.  You’re more equipped to handle getting hurt.  And didn’t one of them mention they got hurt too?”

Valerie narrows her eyes but doesn’t say anything.

“That’s all I’m saying, my dear,” Vlad says.  “Just make sure you’re there to support them in fighting Phantom.  It’s bound to be hard for them, they need all the help they can get.”

Valerie opens her mouth to snap back at him, but before she can he says, “That’s all,” again, and walks off, much faster than she would have expected.

Valerie blinks again, trying to process what just happened.  Did he really just show up, say “hey I know you got hurt but suck it up because you’re used to it and help these two people who I seem to like way more than you and that you can’t stand”, and then leave again?

“Hey Val,” comes a sudden voice, and Valerie spins around to find Danny approaching her.  She stares at him for a second, looks around again, and realizes she’d reached the park while walking with Vlad.

But she hasn’t had enough time to stamp out all of her anger, and Danny seems to pick up on that.

“Are you okay?” he asks, giving her a curious look.

“I— fine,” Valerie manages, trying to wave her hand dismissively.

“You sure?” Danny asks, raising an eyebrow.

Valerie sighs, and turns to look back towards the park.  “Just— an annoying conversation.”  She moves to start walking, and thankfully Danny picks up the single and joins her.

She really can’t talk to Danny about Vlad, so instead she shakes her hands out a couple times and tries to refocus on the good time she came here to have.

Valerie tries to look around at the people milling about, but it’s not working that well.  She can tell Danny wants to ask.  But he doesn’t, and they only take a few steps when Valerie realizes she really wishes he would.

“I just,” she says before she thinks it through.  “Look, these people— they’re just being like— I have a life too, you know?  I have things to do and stuff going on.  And they’re not even trying to understand where I’m coming from!  It’s all about how those two somehow matter way more than me, and what I’m going through doesn’t matter in the slightest!  I thought I was supposed to be important to him!  I used to be!  Am I just insignificant now that he’s found other people he likes more?  Because that’s a real shitty move to pull!  I’m not a tool to be used and discarded, I’m a person!  You know?”

She spins to face Danny, who’s staring at her, and Valerie realizes she just said all that out of nowhere.

“Of course you don’t know,” she says, reaching up to massage her temple.  “I’m sorry.  I didn’t mean to dump all that on you.”

“No no, it’s okay,” Danny says, holding up his hands.  “I actually— I kind of get it.”

Valerie blinks.  “Huh?”

“I mean, I’m not going through exactly that,” Danny says, rubbing the back of his neck.  “But sometimes— uh, this person, makes me feel like I’m just around to vent to.  Like they don’t care how I’m doing or even care about just doing stuff together.  When it didn’t used to be like that.  And it really… I mean I don’t love it.”

Valerie looks at him for a minute.  “Oh,” she says.  “I— that’s not what I was trying to do—”

“I know,” Danny cuts her off.  “Don’t worry.  You looked like you needed to let off some steam when you got here, I get it.”

Valerie looks at him for a minute.  She hadn’t expected Danny to relate in any capacity.  And there’s only so many people he could be talking about.  It’s not like he has nearly as many friends as she used to have.  There’s a whole slew of people Valerie could be talking about, though she doubts Danny would guess the real answer.  She can only think of two, maybe three people that Danny could mean.

But Danny didn’t ask her.  And she can tell he doesn’t want her to ask him.  Still, she doesn’t want to go on a rant about her problems, let him respond “yeah I kind of get it this person’s using me as an emotional dumping ground,” and then not offer him the chance to say anything else.

So, she keeps her gaze on Danny as they continue walking, and says slowly, “Do you wanna talk about it?”

“Oh uh, no, no I’m good,” Danny says, looking away.  “It’s uh, really personal, and stuff.  And I like you, but we kind of just now met for real and all that, and… yeah.”

There’s a long pause, and Valerie can tell there’s something he’s not saying— well, there’s a lot he’s not saying, but she knows what it looks like when you’re holding something back versus deciding more casually not to talk about it.

But he did say no.

“Do uh,” Danny says finally, turning to face her.  “Do you want to talk about—”

“No!” Valerie says, a little too quickly.  “No I— I’m good.  You know, too.”

There’s another long pause, and both of them just look at each other for a minute.  And for as much as Valerie really can’t talk about Vlad to Danny, having him relate to how used she feels was nice, and she doesn’t want it to end, really.

So finally, she opens her mouth.

“But it sucks, right?”

“Oh my god, so much!” Danny exclaims.  “It’s like—” he makes a bunch of irritated gestures, and despite not saying anything, Valerie gets what he’s feeling.

“I know right?” she says back.  “And—” she copies his irritated gesture and makes a couple noises of frustration.

Danny responds in kind, and they both do that for a couple seconds, both the motions and noises building in intensity until they finally both just lean in closer and say “YEAH!” at the same time.

And the exclamation is absurd enough to make them realize they’re both right in each other’s face, which causes them both to lean back with laughter that feels a little awkward, but so much lighter than it would have been when they first got to the park— at least, Valerie feels so.

They both stand up as they stop laughing, and Valerie finds herself smiling at Danny.  “Hey, thanks for listening,” she says.  “I mean, I didn’t really mean to start talking about all that when I came here today, just… thanks.”

Danny smiles back at her.  “You’re welcome,” he says with a nod.  “Thanks for listening to me too.”

“Anytime,” Valerie says, shrugging.  “Whether you want to actually talk about what’s happening or just use super vague terms and talk about things more around what’s happening.”

Danny snorts.  “Right back at you,” he says.  There’s another moment of quiet, and then Valerie glances around.  She spots a bridge up ahead of them that goes over a small creek, and points it out as a subject change and place to walk to, and the two of them start over.

And Valerie tries to focus on that and not on just how much she’s starting to enjoy spending time with Danny Fenton.

[rurinnfane]

Playing Pokémon Go more seriously in meetups planned by our community ambassador has gotten me to find more small/local shops — I found a new crystal shop yesterday and got this smoky quartz phantom point!

I’ve always wanted a quartz phantom for my collection, this one is just stunning. Pictures don’t do it justice at all.

[galaxofmuses]

Hookay!! It's time for me to talk about this Persona AU for Leon! So basically every Persona AU is basically like a timeline.

Also I will tags some warning because his tragic past is mostly going to be intact. Warning there will be dark content.

Persona 3: His family gets killed by a criminal and unable to fend himself because of his young age, but luckily he was alive thanks to a police cop. Grateful for the save, but yet lost so much as he jumps from foster to foster until the Kennedys took him in.

The Kennedy family decided it might be a chance of pace to move to Japan. The past seems like blur to him and trying to bury the trauma and so many years of therapy. Leon struggled for awhile and it doesn't help that he was seen as a tourist then a citizen of Port Island. Eventually Leon finds his footing despite his insecurity, yet his naivety and friendly nature always seems to charm people and quickly to strike up friendships. In the end, he is still a good kid and surprisingly fiercely loyal and protective when someone is in trouble.

As he grew up at the age of 18, he decided to go and attend college to become a police officer because he was aspired from the officer who saved his life and his sense of justice and duty always seems to shine through wherever he goes.

Confused from the people going missing through the island and he even tries to figure out what has been happening, but no avail. Leon does go to the park to meet up with Koromaru and noticing that sometimes there are kids that always seems to be there.

Persona 4: Graduated from college and got an opportunity as a rookie cop in Inaba, but he was more like an intern then arresting people. It was rather a small quiet town, not that he complains about it. He does his paperwork in time and connecting with the community and a regular at Junes. Even though his supervisor Ryotaro Dojima always challenge him and well to his surprise that Leon always manages to get things done. Unfortunately the peace doesn't last long because of the mysterious murders and missing people. Frustrated that he has been noticing this pattern through most of his life and, yet he has no idea why. Leon knew some of the kids in town, but he never really manage to pry anything.

Persona 5: An opportunity came for Leon to join the police force in Tokyo. He excitedly accept the offer and has been working there for 6 years with Mr.Nijima. The two seems to be unstoppable and of course there are occasional bar meetups and eventually he did meet his daughters even if it's just for a moment. Until one day, his partner and coworker gets killed by protecting him. With much regret and pain he had to break the news to his family and he never forget the harsh words from Sae.

As the years go by his heart hardened a bit and became a workaholic and going to the bar often. Until the incidents of people starts to get killed from by a mysterious death or a possible outbreak. Frustrated that these events always happen to him, he needed to find out why this is happening, but he was completely thrown off once the Phantom Thieves arrived.

Persona 5 Strikers: It's been 6 months after the incident. Things were back to normal and he has a much more close and stable relationship with the Nijimas. It was beginning to become rather droll until the mentioning of the Phantom Thieves struck again. Raising a brow as there is a mysterious app going around as well, this made him truly go investigate and excuses himself as he's going on a vacation.

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Weekly Pond Newsletter

Halloween is almost here! Do you have your costume ready? Are you or have you ever dressed up as an SPN character? Share pics if you've got 'em!

Old Business:

Manta Ray chat postponed. Admin MJ had to postpone her scheduled chat due to adulting. Please keep her in your thoughts as she continues to brave the real world as an adult who adults very adultly. Adulting sucks but is necessary, sometimes.

The New Member Spotlight post is late due to some technical difficulties. We're working through them and trying to rebuild! Hopefully, it will be posted soon!

Last week's #TweetFicTues prompts were:

New Business:

SPN Rewatch: Fanfic Edition - 1x03 and 1x04. We had a good chat yesterday in the Discord server about the episodes Dead In The Water and Phantom Traveler. We decided to add thematic docs to the Archives in addition to the docs for each episode. These docs are listed at the bottom of the masterlist doc after all the episodes. So far, we have added, John's Parenting, Dean's trauma - mutism, Sam's trauma - anger, Sam underestimating Dean, and Dean is Smart™. Some of these are still under construction, but keep checking back for updates! Click here to access the masterlist and find links to the new docs!

Fishing for Treasures at the @fanficocean is next weekend. November's theme is Gen fics! No romance here! If you're in other fandoms and you're looking for fics that don't include smut or focus on relationships that are not romantic, check out the Ocean's blog next weekend. If you write gen fics for other fandoms, submit links to your fics for the Ocean to reblog by midnight Friday, Eastern US/Canadian time!

#SPNJAX is next weekend! If you're going to the con and want to find fellow Pondies to meet up with, head into our Discord server and the channel we have created for the con. Arrange meetups, find a roommate, or share ideas for photo ops and autographs. You can even ask questions and get answers from con veterans!

Manta Ray in the Discord server. On Saturday, Admin Michelle will be in the discord server just hanging out! Feel free to come on in and get help with fic ideas (she breeds plot bunnies in her backyard), vent about editing, or ask questions about the Pond.

Paul Carella on Lounges.tv later today. Paul is trying out a new platform, so head on over, create a free account, and enjoy some fun and good music! Click here for more information and to get tickets.

Jason Manns on UrsaLive for another Tuesday Tunesday! This week, it's going to be extra early for the US folks, but more accessible for those in Europe and further east. Click here for more information and to participate!

Daylight Savings Time ends in the US next weekend! For some in other parts of the world, it ended this weekend. For others, they don't mess with this shit and never have to worry about changing all of their clocks, the lazy bastards. 🤣 No matter what, be sure to double-check time zones and DST specifications when making plans with your international friends! (We use TimeZoneConverter to make our posts, which tells us about national holidays and DST and other cool stuff that helps us schedule things!)

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That's all for this week! To see all Pond events, and also other SPN-related things like conventions and online concerts, check out our Google calendar! Click here for a static view in Eastern US/Canada time (desktop only, no mobile app access, sadly), and click here to add our calendar to your own Google calendar! We try to keep it as up to date as possible. If there's something you want to see on the calendar that's not there (maybe a convention we missed, or cast birthdays, or something similar), send us an ASK and let us know!

Hope you have a great week! - From your Admins and Manta Rays, @manawhaat, @mrswhozeewhatsis, @mariekoukie6661, @thoughtslikeaminefield, @katbratsupernaturalwhore and @heavenssexiestangel!