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vaultedoverthehorse · 3 days ago

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Soda was supposed to be back thirty minutes ago.

Pony was sitting on the kitchen table eating a slice of his chocolate cake when the realization hit him.

It’s not like Soda being late is a cause for concern - he’s always going places with Steve and Two-Bit after his shift at the DX. But he almost always tells Pony the morning of, even if it’s in an offhanded way.

The fork hovers above the plate as Pony tries to remember if Soda mentioned something to him. Was he going to the rodeo? Did he have something with Sandy? All Soda had said this morning when he left was, “bye Pone! See a later!”

Pony set his plate to the side as he slid off the table. He didn’t want to tell Darry because he didn’t want Soda to get into trouble (even if Darry would never yell at him) but what if something bad happened?

Pony paces the kitchen as he thinks. He practically could hear Two-Bit making fun of his overthinking, but he couldn’t help it. He tried to focus on finding solutions. Should get Johnny to help him search Tulsa? No, that’ll just end up with them getting distracted. Should he call Steve? Hard pass, Steve hates his guts, and besides he’s probably with Soda anyway. Pony chews the inside of his cheek, his imagination working in overtime. He tried hard to push any thought of a vehicle accident out of his head before he went crazy.

Pony’s head snaps to the door as he hears it bang open. The sound cut through the silence like a bullet, causing him to jump. His sigh of relief catches in this throat when he sees Soda - he’s got a bruise forming on his cheekbone and busted knuckles. Soda shot Pony a grin as he headed to their shared room, like this was just a regular work day.

“Soda, what-“ Pony follows Soda worried for his older brother.

“I’m good, Pone. Just a little tussle.” Soda smiles and ruffles Pony’s hair, trying to comfort him.

“But what happened?” Pony pesters his brother, not wanting to let him go without an explanation.

“Jus’ some Socs at the DX.” Soda sighs softly. “Mouthing off about me an’ Steve bein’ lousy greasers an’ they said something ‘bout his parents. I wasn’t gonna let that fly.” Soda rolled his shoulders back slightly. “An’ you know I never lose a fight.”

Pony gave his brother a look (it was both a why-would-you-do-that and for-Steve?-you’re-insane look).

Soda grinned as he caught his brother’s eye. “I’m just fine, honey. You should see the other guy. He looked something awful. Now, where’s that chocolate cake you said you were baking?”

Pony looked at his brother with a mixture of awe and incredulity. “It’s on the counter.”

He watched his brother head off to grab a piece as he shook his head. “Crazy.” Pony muttered quietly under his breath. But there was a small smile on his face.

#idk if i like this #it’s just something I came up with randomly #lowkey kinda hate it buttttt whatevs #if it flops it flops #pre-book events #by like #two months #:)#the outsiders #the outsiders musical #the outsiders movie #the outsiders novel #sodapop curtis #sodapop patrick curtis #the outsiders sodapop #ponyboy curtis #ponyboy michael curtis #the outsiders ponyboy

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talaofthevalley · 1 year ago

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I have no clue why they didn't make Amity more akin to a rival character instead of a bully. Because it would have solved A Lot of problems in regards to Amity and Willow, and Lumity becoming a thing.

The thing is that Lumity feels Super Weird at the start when Luz is trying to befriend Amity long before the girl shows any remorse for bullying Willow and making up for it. And it's not something easily brushed off when Amity is introduced being condescending and a dick to Willow. The bullying isn't something of the past, it's still going on.

Willow comes off as an afterthought in this dynamic, when she's the one who's been wronged by Amity the most. Their arc never feels like it resolves itself either, it just kinda peeters out.

If you've watched Little Witch Academia, Diana is who I think Amity should have emulated more. Diana is the top student at the school, she's stern and no-nonsense, a bit stuck-up, she comes from a prestigious family, she gets in conflict with the protagnoist, Akko, not because of bullying but because they have very different personalities and butt heads because of it. Akko considers Diana her rival, but this is one-sided on her part.

Willow and Amity could still have been friends in the past, but Amity instead pointedly ignores Willow's existence after their friendship has ended. She doesn't call out her friends for bullying Willow(that would make it seem like she cares) but she doesn't participate or encourage it. She's still not a good person, she still has to apologise to Willow, but changing their relationship from 'active bullying' to 'pretending Willow doesn't exist' would do a lot going forward for them I think. Still terrible, but more palatable in my eyes.

#the owl house #toh critical #i guess?#better safe than not #luz noceda #amity blight #willow park #lumity #honestly one-sided rivalry could have easily been part of the early pre-lumity dynamic #with luz still seeing TBI as a fantasy considering amity to be her rival because in stories like these the protagonist always has a rival #but it would lead to luz struggling to see amity as a person beyond the 'rival' trope #like less we forget this girl had no friends before coming to TBI #so she'd struggle communicating with amity outside of how this is 'supposed' to go #or how it went in the azura books between azura and hecate #but their friendship doesn't need a big event or battle to form and it actually complicates things instead #and just like in canon lost in language is what helps luz see more of the real amity and it's what begins the connection between them

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lockwood-fic-recs · 28 days ago

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and the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love

by thethinkingcloth on ao3

Rating: T | Category: F/M, M/M, Multi | Relationship: Lockwood/Lucy/George

“Oh good, you’re both here,” Lockwood says. “Don’t suppose you’d like to join me for a bit? Take our minds off tomorrow?”

George turns to Lucy, splayed out on the couch, her legs across his lap, and raises his eyebrows.

Lucy shrugs in return as she shoves herself off the couch. “Might as well, right George?”

“I’m not getting anything else out of this rubbish,” He says, pushing his glasses up his nose. “Might as well.”

A cot3 rewrite of the scene in book 5 where Lockwood brings Lucy to his family's graves.

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countdown-til-sanders-take-over · 5 months ago

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this is a formal apology for every time i've read ur fnaf theories, gone "ah... of course! yes!" and then forgotten to respond

This is a formal apology for every time I've read one of your asks, not immediately had a TQ&/E, and forgotten to respond

#The box can wait my questions that need to be answered are why there is already a body in a Fredbear suit before the Bite #and what can 'I will put you back together' mean solely within those four games #like yeah it's robot kids but it wasn't then #that isn't 'four games; one story' that's using the next game in the series to elaborate on the previous one #(and the then new addition of books)#also what the hell was Fnaf World on about but I think I'm the only person that's thought about Fnaf World in years #yeah yeah Happiest day it's about CC I got that WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE PLAYER WAS ONLY CREATED FOR THIS PURPOSE!!!#Okay yeah that's probably just an explanation for why the game exists but what the fuck is glitchy Fredbear #and why do *we* need to be told to rest #It's fucking important that they're clocks goddamnit #As of the Halloween update the story of Fnaf 4 still remained 'completely hidden'#So (I think) what Sister Location (AND THE SILVER EYES) tells us about it is the version of Fnaf 4 that the version of it that the communit #''''would accept''''#But the pieces didn't vanish into thin air after the custom night update for sister location dropped #And I think their being put together is reliant on the constant separation put between the GF kid and the rest of the MCI #And the body in the parts and service room #Could not tell you what CC saw though since I should hope that that kid's body hasn't been there for weeks #When I was talking about 'what if this isn't the first time CC had died' I mean basically dream theory with extra steps #I don't think I'm right but in literally every part of this franchise what is hammered in over an over is going into memories #and setting past events right to rest their soul #Happiest Day + Into the Pit being the biggest examples #And tangentially spirits not being fully anchored or aware after death #and reminding them of what happened to them involving crayon drawings and/or being shown their body #(The Fourth closet + Coming Home + the movie)#(and maybe Give Gifts Give Life....? it'd be stretchy)#Regardless of whether the Fnaf 4 gameplay and minigames are CC reliving the events leading to his death over and over as a wandering spirit #or pre-mortem nightmares or the effects of sound illusion disc gas on Micheal(/CC?) or any combination of the three or whatever else #I don't think the Crying Child's spirit was settled and aware until Happiest Day #(that being the first and only time a spirit is shown wearing a Fredbear mask and the kid has to put it on while the other four are already #And if for some godforsaken reason I am right about nightmare spirit journey Fnaf 4 then post Silver Eyes/Fourth Closet

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oh2e · 5 months ago

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Didn’t manage to go to the theatre in June (I’m trying to go once a month) so I’m going twice this month! AND to the cinema! I’m so excited

#didn’t go in May either but I saw my favourite band in concert so counting that instead #no I lied it was February I didn’t see anything but I went to a book event #and the writer they had for that month is from the same town as me. (she went to the pres though. yes I asked)#in May I saw The Government Inspector with Kiell Smith-Bynoe & Dan Renton-Skinner & Martha Howe-Douglas which was amazing #my own post #whoops saved this as a draft on the 3rd #I’ve now been to the theatre twice. I saw Dorian The Musical (v fun. modernised Dorian Gray but my friend said they stuck quite closely to #the book. songs were good. basil’s actor was so pretty I want to be them.)#and George (george_theplay) which is about George Sand writing her play Gabriel #and playing with gender in the 1800s and what that means both for sand’s writing and her gender. really enjoyed it.#then I’m seeing deadpool & wolverine when it comes out for something less serious

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psn-stalling · 11 months ago

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um…

might not wanna come here…

it’s

it’s a mess

a very sparkly one

And not a glitter related one either

:|

Huh? I didn't hear about anything that happened at Blueberry. I just know about the whole Kieran situation. Yes I'm going taking a flight to go check on him-

#//If this is about the events on the cartel blog Atlas isn't in the same universe #//Atlas is post teal mask but pre-indigo disk and the cartel blog has been hinted to be post indigo disk with briar's book!#pkmn irl #rotomblr #rotumblr #pkmn rp #pokemon irl #atlas answers.

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comediakaidanovsky · 2 years ago

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man, i’m still kinda in awe of how mid DoN was, and how much the audience sucked

(though still have to give them some cred for coming alive for jade v taya v kris, and the turtleneck chants)

#like i'm trying to envision a version of this evening where the event is exactly the same but the audience is on fire like #would any of the okay matches have popped more if at least the audience had been on board and offered more energy #but i mean - i'm also trying to envision an alternative timeline where the booking was way better i'm just like #this might be the first time i've watched a aew ppv and gone 'bro -- i paid money for this'#thank god i live in europe and ppvs are cheap as fuck #like towards the final two hours i just kept turning to my friend like #'i'm going to need you to set up a twitter livestream so i can slit my throat in protest of this mess'#also did i stay up and watch the fucking scrum after that mess?? OF COURSE i fucking did #cm punk deserves a raise for making the scrums vital to the aew experience #ANYWAY great tbs championship event a real shame about the pre-show sucking so hard #tho i did have fun with the battle royale and i refuse to hate on christian cage like #that ladder match would've been alright on dynamite #also christian should've won #fucking cowards

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catilinas · 2 years ago

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wrow this is just like how fate works in the aeneid :-)

#specifically a) certain events And Specifically The Rise And Fall Of Cities (hello carthage) are predetermined #b) divine attempts to avert predetermined fate create like. contingent doom for mortal characters #(dido was dying a death that was neither deserved nor /predestined/)#c) the contingent doom Does redirect events back towards the predetermined fate or even is like. subsumed into it #(dido’s curse as the cause of the punic wars in which carthage was defeated and then destroyed + disk’s death or the reaction to it at least #as a proleptic fall of carthage)#dido is the most obvious way this happens but. [puts on the dido and turnus are doubles hat] turnus did not have to die actually #juno’s attempt to prevent the predetermined foundation of rome via aeneas and lavinia’s marriage causes the books 7-12 war but like #turnus could have gone home.#in fact i don’t even know if livy mentions turnus’ death. what is the pre-vergil turnus tradition??????#but anyway he does die AND we all know about the condere thing but yeah the moment of his death becomes a proleptic foundation of rome #(look at me not even talking about foundational sacrifice)#i.e. the exact thing juno was trying to prevent #much to CONSIDER!!!#or how resist his fate’s prevailing course?#aeneid #also @gene if you see this. plot points occurring. rene girard is HERE.#beeps #heaven official’s liveblogging #tgcfposting

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smol-blue-bird · 2 years ago

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you know, I generally agree with criticism of modern-day American Girl, but I really don't get why people are pissed that they're making historical dolls from the 90s??? Like, they introduced Julie in the 2000s, and she's from the 70s. I guess that's a wider time gap, but still. To modern kids, the 90s were a long time ago! 23 years is a lot in kid time!

#to be clear I'm not saying that their designs are good #or that the brand's quality hasn't declined horribly #but a lot of the criticism about the time period specifically #feels like it boils down to adults getting angry that their childhoods are now considered “history”#and that modern little girls don't actually remember the late 90s personally #like sorry but that's just how time works!#someone on Twitter was like WHAT ARE THEY EVEN GONNA TALK ABOUT??? THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL??? THE PRE-UBIQUITOUS-INTERNET WORLD???#and it's like #yeah probably #children today were not alive for those events. and the whole purpose of the brand is to teach children about events they werent alive for #my sister liked learning about our parents' childhoods from the Julie books #and I'm sure modern kids will like learning about their parents' childhoods from the 90s books

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meraus · 1 year ago

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Just found out there’s 14 land before time movies n im shocked. bro I thought they died in the one I watched

#little kid me was like well aware of the extinction event #don’t even remember if it actually ended with their deaths I was just SO convinced #I was like that’s so sad there won’t ever be another movie with them since they’re all dead #(this was pre comic book movies so I wasn’t aware you can just bring them back to life with some suspended disbelief)#but no there’s FOURTEEN #do they face imminent death in all of them?? they did in the one I saw #that’s so funny. studio gods unkillable little bastards #you get to live so long as you keep making us money #just like in real life <3 we love an educational film

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starryserenade · 2 years ago

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Mother Dove by David Christiana

#I know this maybe isn't a fic people are super excited for #which is fair because it's extremely niche #and kind of an odd combo #but creating my own little bridge from pre-Peter to post-Peter fairies #and combining my frankly ridiculous mass of Disney fairies knowledge #has proven at least fun to attempt #regardless if anyone else enjoys it or not #this was my fixation as a kid #so it's fun getting to resurface it again #and combine fairy lore with just a bit of Mickey to bridge the gap #anywho #I'm bending the Neverland timeline a bit to suit the story #but the events it touches on were all talked about in the books #and this little dove #is extremely important #and I can't wait to write the last part #even if it doesn't get read #which btw #even if you don't have time to read it #anyone reading this can feel totally free to reach out #and just let me rant to them about Disney fairy lore #because that's just as fun to me #k thx bye xD

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the-son-of-pluto · 2 years ago

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a random question to fill the void in my mind

FOR THE RECORD i doubt a lot of you will be turned away if a book shows the 3 acts or not, but like… in reflection of the ones you *have* read…… did you prefer the book split into 3 acts or the smooth continuation of events??

rb if you’d like. i don’t even know if this question makes sense to anyone but me

#polls #misc #honestly i think i prefer books that aren’t split into acts #because the arc of the story is much more clearer and it feels like. a story??#instead of a pre planned set of events that have already been split into their respective acts #idk #i’m reading pjo 5 rn maybe i’m biased

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lockwood-fic-recs · 8 months ago

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Nobody Knows You, The Way That I Know You

by AlmostLikeQuake on ao3

Rating: G | Category: F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi | Relationship: Platonic Iron Trio, Lockwood/Lucy, George/Lucy, Lockwood/Lucy/George

Whatever Happened To Lockwood & Co?

Or: Life was perfect. Then overnight it all changed. Was it all an elaborate dream George had or did it something happen?

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diathadevil · 2 years ago

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Had a dream that I was working a corporate job with one of my IRL friends, and an asshole coworker who is apparently the daughter of the manager decided to bribe/brainwash the others into locking us on that floor and chasing us down.

Now that would've been scary. It would've been had it not been for the fact that these henchmen looked hot as shit in their hooded forms and their pecs and arms were absolutely MASSIVE. So the Monster Fucker in me decided to chase BACK at them. Needless to say they were all horrified by my unhinged horniness and were stunned as we ran out of the office building.

Oh yeah and Leon Kennedy was one of our coworkers who joined our group at the end, they didn't even bother brainwashing him he just stood in front of our office elevator all confused in full on black pleather shirt and pants, except his shirt had a full on boob window to show his absolute naturals. The last things I did before the dream stopped was yell out at him in relief and touch his pecs to make sure he was fine.

I woke up at 7 AM 'cuz of this dream. What the hell.

#dream diary #i didnt wanna make this overtly long so I just gave the tldr of the main course of the dream #i had a whole ass pre-event dream where apparently i was roommates with a piss kink readhead anime dude #and Lorenz from FE3H and he and I started bonding??? over german picture books????#it was honestly pleasantly nice i didnt expect him to be so sweet in the dream wtf #but that got ruined when pisskink anime man asked me to drink his piss to reduce my rent cost and I nonplussed said No Thanks #dia talks

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comicsbyte · 2 months ago

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mandyraine · 4 months ago

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Happy book release day to It Had to Happen!

I am excited to announce that my new novel, It Had to Happen, is now available on Kindle and in print! I will also be attending a couple of upcoming events -- including the October Louisville Book Festival -- where you can meet me and get a signed copy of

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