#reputed schools

[strangersteddierthings]

Eddie blinks. Once. Twice. And a third time for good measure. The scene before him doesn't change. Steve Harrington stands off to the side of the lunch table, behind Jeff and Frankie who have both gone still as statues like they think if they don't move, King Steve won't see them.

"Uh, what?" Eddie finds himself saying, against his own will. He heard Harrington the first time, doesn't need or want him to repeat himself, but his disbelief seems to have won out against his grudge for all jocks and his indifference to Steve Harrington in particular.

Harrington's face pinches, like he's three seconds away from rolling his eyes. He doesn't do that, though, which Eddie will give him one brownie point for. "I asked if you had a minute to talk." Eddie's taking away his brownie point because Steve 'asks' in a way that sounds more like a demand.

Hearing the question and or demand a second time doesn't lower Eddie's hackles, but it does pique his curiosity. He drums his fingers atop his lunchbox, thinking it over. He wishes he could say he's pretending to think about it before he tells Harrington to fuck off, but the truth is he actually is thinking about it.

What could Harrington possibly have to say to him? They very much do not run in the same circles. Eddie only talks business at the picnic table past the edge of the woods out back and everyone who buys from him knows that. They share several classes, since they're both seniors, but everyone knows Eddie's on a track to not graduate (again) so he can't possibly be coming to discuss Mrs. Click's homework assignment.

"Sure. Should we go elsewhere or...?" Eddie trails off, lifting a hand to wave in a circle in Steve's direction, questioning.

Steve looks over his shoulder, back towards the side of the cafeteria taken up by the 'popular' crowd. When Steve turns his face back, he looks- well, kind of sad for a moment before it's smoothed over with indifference.

Interesting.

"No. It's probably good that the rest of your friends hear it anyway," Steve answers.

Jeff's eyebrows rise to his hairline, and Frankie frowns as his eyebrows raise at the same time, showing an expression of interest. Eddie's got no idea what Gareth's face is doing because Eddie can't see him unless he wants to turn his face away, but he's certain it's probably a glare of some sort.

Eddie leans back in his chair, wiggling like he's getting extra comfortable before he says, "Well, alright Harrington. Shoot."

"I'm graduating this year, so I just wanted to give you a heads up for next year. I tried to curb the bullying, but I know it still happened. So, since I'm not going to be here to watch out for that, you're gonna wanna up your," Steve gestures to all of Eddie, "everything."

He knew Steve curbed the bullying a bit, heard the confirmation of that last year from Jason Carver and Tommy Hagan, when he'd stepped in to save Gareth. Or rather, Gareth had come flying in to save him and then Eddie had to save Gareth- well, the details don't matter really.

"My everything?" Eddie asks, more confused than angry. He thinks he should be angry. Harrington has all but outright said he doesn't think Eddie's going to graduate with him, after all. But no. The main emotion now is confusion.

"Yeah. Your, y'know, freakinesss or whatever. Be more of it."

"Be more of a freak?" It's fascinating, that Harrington just keeps talking like he thinks anyone at this table care for his opinion.

"Yeah!" Harrington says, cheery like he thinks that Eddie's agreed with him somehow, complete with a stupid snap of his fingers that turns into a finger gun pointed at Eddie. "You've already got this like unapproachable mad dog kind of look about you, most of the JV team is already scared of you. Just like, up that a bit more and they'll probably steer clear of you and your friends." Then Harrington frowns deep, looking around the table of nerds and dorks before looking down at the top of Gareth's head to add, "well. Except probably curly here. No offense, but you seem an easy target."

"Fuck off," Gareth growls, because of everyone at the table, Gareth does have the most bite. (Most bark goes to Eddie himself). Eddie's more prone to run from a problem than engage in it, unlike Gareth, who he's had to pull off of a few people this year.

"Or not," Harrington retracts his previous statement and Eddie will grant the man another brownie point, which brings the total up to one.

"Good to know my reputation precedes me," Eddie grins, wild and a bit manic.

Harrington is unphased. "Yeah! Do that more. I think it really freaks Jason out and he's most likely to take the captain slot next year, so if you get him afraid of you, the rest of the team'll fall in line and leave you alone too. I think he's super religious, so like, lean into the satanic panic thing people are up in arms about and next year will be a breeze. And-"

Eddie lifts a hand, a motion for Harrington to stop talking. It surprised him a little that Harrington does. Even more interesting. "Stop me if I'm wrong here, Harrington, but are you suggesting that I become the bully?"

Harrington's mouth opens and closes a few times before his face pinches again. Instead of looking like he's going to roll his eyes and be bitchy, Harrington looks confused and then like he's deep in thought. An uncomfortable amount of awkward silence falls over there table, but it's just when Eddie's about to break that silence that Harrington finally speaks. "No. I'm saying just like, be you but bigger. Like, you don't even gotta look in the team's direction. If you're just more of a freak than you usually are, they'll steer clear without the bullying."

"You sure know how to compliment a guy," Eddie deadpans. He's not even upset that Steve's called him a freak. He's spent the majority of his high school career cultivating that outlook. He wasn't just a freak, he was The Freak.

Now a look crosses Harrington's face. One Eddie's not sure he's interpreting correctly. If he had to take a guess, he'd say the look was calculating, knowing, in a way that Eddie doesn't think Harrington could actually achieve. Then it's gone, replaced with the bitchy, eye-rolling look Eddie's used to seeing, and Harrington says, "I haven't said anything untrue."

Hmm. The most interesting thing yet. Eddie might not be graduating (again) but he's not dumb. He didn't survive this far in his life, with a father like his, without learning to read people. He wasn't as good as he wanted to be at reading people last year, but he's definitely good enough know to think that, maybe, just maybe, Harrington also knows a thing or two about cultivating a public perception. Making sure people only see a certain side of you.

"Alright," is what Eddie answers, "I'll take what you've said under advisement."

"Uh. Okay," Harrington says before he just walks away. Conversation over.

"Well," Jeff says, "that was strange."

"Very," Eddie agrees as he watches Harrington walk away, tracking him until the cafeteria door slams shut behind him when he exits.

Eddie has always wanted to up the ante, so to speak. Jump on a cafeteria table and rant about capitalism and organized sports. He never has before but next year seems like a great time to try.

[the-tortured-swifty-department]

SO HIGH SCHOOL AS AN ALBUM

For @gaveyouigaveyoui's Swiftie Sleepover Saturday prompt -> Create a setlist

I had a lot of fun making this!! I chose three songs out of each album, which you can see below. I want to make more songs into album concepts, so send me requests if you have them! <3

Debut:

Mary's Song

Our Song

I'm Only Me When I'm With You

Fearless:

Fearless

Fifteen

You Belong With Me

Speak Now:

Sparks Fly

Long Live

I Can See You

Red:

Stay Stay Stay

Holy Ground

Starlight

1989:

Blank Space

Style

New Romantics

Reputation:

...Ready For It?

End Game

King Of My Heart

Lover:

I Think He Knows

Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince

It’s Nice To Have A Friend

folklore:

cardigan

august

betty

evermore:

gold rush

‘tis the damn season

long story short

Midnights:

You’re On Your Own, Kid

Karma

Paris

The Tortured Poets Department:

But Daddy I Love Him

The Alchemy

So High School

[6okuto-moved]

ok and when osamu gives atsumu the keys to his house and asks him to set up the surprise he has prepared for your anniversary . he's prepared for his twin to ask for some kind of payment, to gag at his love life and call him gross, but atsumu agrees easily and asks what he needs.

(he doesn't get out that easily—atsumu keeps texting questions and making fun of osamu's choice of home decor. but when everything's said and done, atsumu wishes osamu good luck and says to make sure you're happy) (he waits a day or two before holding it over osamu's head and asking for free onigiri) (he asks osamu to do the same for him a few months later)

[housecow]

i always wonder what it’ll take for how fat i am to get acknowledged. the only time ive ever had it publicly or privately called out (besides in kink situations) was in 9th grade. i didn’t go to anime club because im not into anime (im still not) even though i told this dude i would be there lol.

he was pissed at me the next day and just mouthed the words “you’re fat” in the hallway like that would mean anything… i’ve never rlly been insulted for my weight or had it poked fun at. is it weird i want to get big enough for that to happen??

[arealtoughkid]

this is me if you even care

[theosbaby]

❥ mattheo as taylor swift's reputation

— big reputation, big reputation...

[sweetbunpura]

Yuu: Crowley.

Crowley: hmm? Ah! Prefect, what can I do for you?

Yuu: Have you found me a way back home?

Crowley, coughs: It's proving difficult to find a way to return you home.

Yuu: Or, you're not trying to find me a way home.

Crowley: I-

Yuu: Be honest with it. Are you actually giving a fuck or are you blowing smoke out your ass? Promising me something you're not capable of even doing in the slightest?

Crowley: Prefect, where did this come from all of a suddenly?

Yuu: Because I'm tired, Crowley, and I've long since given up on thinking you'll help me. I thought asking you this would finally give me at least some hope, but no. Just like you're failing those who overblotted, you're failing me too. You useless ass bird. *Leaves and slams the door shut*

[snowangeldotmp3]

hi i dont ever post serious shit on here that happens to me personally but like. it’s bad in tennessee yall. it’s worse in western nc. the rains from helene were so bad the dams failed. western north carolina and the places in between have been washed away. chimney rock, boone, cosby, erwin, and several other places along the east tennessee/western north carolina border are just gone or underwater or both. whole bridges were washed away. the interstate slid off into the gorge.

these pics don’t even include the dozens of people stranded on top of the hospital in unicoi county. nor the countless folks stranded on their roofs waiting on rescue boats and helicopters. the homes that were washed away into the river. please keep us in your thoughts. they do not care about us here in appalachia. we’re a historically poor and underfunded region; we don’t have the infrastructure for this stuff here, because it’s not supposed to happen here.

[unordinary-diary]

Arlo’s Height

I’m gonna say it right here and now: making Arlo super short as a Freshman and Sophomore is the funniest decision Uru has ever made— hands down. It gets me rolling every damn time.

But beyond that, it’s symbolic. I’ve mentioned the symbolism of Arlo’s height before— he’s 6’3”, and he is never once drawn next to someone taller than him. He commands the authority in every room he walks into, and his posture is immaculate. You see Arlo and you just know: that is the King. Arlo's height symbolizes power.

But in these flashbacks, Arlo is shorter than everyone. He’s around the same height as freshman Remi. Not only is he short, he has a bad case of baby face. This is more than a visual shorthand for the audience— the other characters pick up on it as well. His behavior is the same, but he is respected so much less. People perceive Arlo as young and weak. He has to work thrice as hard to get anything done because he has to prove himself constantly.

This parallels his struggles as King exactly. As we know from what he tells Blyke, Arlo had a lot of trouble in his first year as King. The Sophomores and upperclassmen all rejected him because he was Rei’s successor, the school was chaos, and the other Royals refused to work with him. In flashbacks, we can see that the freshmen don’t respect him either because he looks unimposing. The timeline matches up perfectly— he is short, he is disregarded. He is tall— he is respected.

Arlo’s height both symbolizes and contributes to how much power he has.

[shih-coulda-had-it]

rough draft for the all for one | abbey by mitski pmv ft. baby afo

[glittercatsandtaylorswift]

❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛2024/2025 ❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛

[klayr-de-gall]

Day 8 - High School

Dating a Rascal is never easy.

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It's finally time for AU-Gust! I am so excited to do this Prompt-List this year! I'm looking forward to a month of new art! Let's go

You can always join in with all kind of fanwork and fandom! Make sure to use the #AU-August2024 Tag, so I can find you!

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Masterpost

[backpackingspace]

Headcanon that most demon royalty goes to some fancy private/finishing school. But that Stolas was homeschooled with a private tutor. It was one of the very very few requests his dad granted him and for years it was a tressure memory, one of the few times he /got to choose/ one of the few times his dad /listened/ to him. Only to realize when he enters society that it was another isolation tactic. That everybody had already spent years forming social alliances and building their reputations and social credit. And that there was no room for him to break into those circles, that he /did not know/ the proper unspoken social rules. That his wife has spent years building her clout and that he is once again. Alone.

[chiropteracupola]

all my homies hate erik larson!!

[un-pearable]

people in the archaeology subreddit digging up the corpse of indiana jones again for the annual discourse. somehow seem to have forget the most important scene in the film if you’re critiquing his status as an academic

[kiwi-luminaryofthestars]

03/15/2025 Progress Update:

TLDR: Another 1K written, 18K now for ch 5. Likely draft finished by tomorrow.

See, this is why I say don’t hold me to shit because I’ll be like “less than 1K words till we’re finished!” and then 1K more words happen and it’s not done. Don’t ask me what I’m doing, cuz the answer is “WRITING” 🤣🤣

Probably could’ve written more today but I got a little distracted by all sorts of bullshit and then things that weren’t bullshit. So just uhhh things. Easily distracted, that’s me.

(Void journal incoming) Absolutely monstrously stressful day and tomorrow will not be much better, unfortunately. Moving makes me want to vomit. And I hate to complain because ultimately it’s a good thing that I’m moving (more space, as mentioned before, which I’m excited for) but the process is just ugh. Perhaps I’m lazy, but I would probably sit on my futon for 15 hours straight every day writing if I was given the chance to, and when my weekend is so busy that I can barely get more than a weekday’s worth of writing done, it frustrates me.

Still, we’re getting close to the home stretch of drafting ch 5, which I’m excited for. This chapter has given me a lot of drafting trouble but not nearly as much as ch 4, so I’m gonna count this as a win. I unfortunately feel a lot of this chapter is setup again, but I’m gonna be fair to myself and say what happens in this chapter absolutely still drives the plot forward, just perhaps not in ways that are so easily seen at first glance. I don’t write scenes unless they are crucial, and so you can be assured even seemingly unimportant details are there because they’re going to pop up again at some point.

I feel a little defensive saying that, and sorry if it comes across that way. Perhaps it is my pride in crafting this story as meticulously as I have that prompts me that way. Foreshadowing can get lost when you don’t know exactly what to look for, and I may write something I think is interesting because it ties in with events that happens later, while a reader may be confused or bored it’s included at all because they don’t have that knowledge going into it. All just to say I’m attempting to balance present intrigue with foreshadowing and it’s difficult. Hoping having a beta will kinda help me see from the other side.

Fun tidbit I guess is that my Google doc for this thing is 324 pages, ch 5 ending at about 225. SO I have a whole 100 pages of other chapters written lmao. I think we’ll probably be at 1,000 pages by the end of this thing, which would be cool. I write at 12 pt 1.5 paragraph spacing at Times New Roman, which is probably a bit more spacier than an actual book, but I’m still proud to have written so goddamn much. My google doc fucking screams everytime I try to go to another chapter section tho lol maybe I should split it up at some point.

Hope you all have a lovely night!! Got so much shit going on tomorrow again, but I’m gonna try to get this draft done. With the way it’s going, I’m almost thinking another 1-2K words left… but we’ll see. I just UGH love writing Shuichi’s inner perspectives; I keep yapping and yapping on, that’s me.