#salty dog archie

[kalifornia1025]

The Three Students Pt. 1 (SPOILERS)

Alright, pt.1 reaction notes let’s get started!

Ooooh okay, sneak peek at what's to come for Sherlock! Very interesting…

I knew I KNEW Archie was gonna be “in trouble” for this episode based on the patreon newsletter!! Honestly good on John for having a whole Sherlock-esque deduction monologue about Archie being guilty (unfortunately he’s rather wrong later on)

Oooh so that’s how they end up at Oxford! Because Sherlock was asked to be a speaker! Good for him

I so get the huge difference between speaking publicly because you have to vs getting really into talking about your special interest. Same Sherlock, I getcha.

‘Autistic man turns down offer to speak to room full of people’ ngl this is a MOOD (as an autistic woman myself!)

LESTRADE MENTION!! John is so right in saying Lestrade would be putting in a lot of work to let people like Sherlock (consulting detective - not a CERTIFIED one), himself (doctor from Swindon), and Mariana (accountant from Sociedad) legally take on serious criminal cases so it’s only fair Sherlock returns the favor for that. 

Sherlock, you framed the DOG for your crimes! You’re a good consulting detective but an unhinged criminal

John you’re SO SALTY over Spain’s victory in the Euros, YOU get over it!

‘Nerd alert’, ‘Got half a mind to give you a wedgie’ of course YOU’D be a bully jock John, why am I not surprised?

Cracked open a beer already? Played Madonna late into the night? John, are you okay??

Oop, Mariana lore? 

I weirdly find John’s little chuckle cute when he’s asking Mariana what she did

Mariana, you did WHAT?? John no, that was NOT a ‘goodun’!

JRR TOLKIEN MENTION!! Been a huge Lord of the Rings fan lately

John, you’re a little TOO excited about a pub being there…

‘Wankfest’? John you said that in the same sentence as Sherlock’s speech….the speech sounds fine for now but my gut’s telling me the final draft is gonna SUCK

‘Sherly sense’ John I both love and hate you for that

Okay but shoutout to Adam Jarrell for having a BLAST with that voice acting! I certainly found it delightful

And there it is! Sherlock, you will find yourself in the middle of a case ANYWHERE

I'll say this: I love how this podcast takes the classic acd cases and reinvents them to make them make more sense in the modern day setting! The irony of a mysterious crime being committed for a Criminology controlled assessment is perfect, and honestly a step up from the original being about a Greek exam.

Sherlock: “I will take on the case, you have my word that-“ Soames: “What about the speech?” Sherlock: “…I forgot about that”, Sherlock why do you do this to yourself?

Oh John…you’re gonna become a frat boy, aren’t you?

HE IS!! JOHN YOU MESSY PERSON (I still love you <3)

Drunk John calling Mariana ‘Mrs. Hudson’ is cute to me for some reason

VODKA?! Oh he was PARTYING partying. John, why do you do this to yourself??

Oh no, poor Sherlock’s nervous!

And that’s all for part one! I REALLY really like when the podcast reinvents classic cases to have it make more sense in regard to the realistic modern day circumstances like why they’re ACTUALLY there and what case coincidentally comes up for them to solve! Also guys…I’m kinda getting worried for John. Dude hasn’t been sleeping well in the last episodes and now the alcohol is becoming more frequent for him. Am I the only one on this??

[dimipea]

"I envy the moth" and "I pity the dog", Copperplate intaglio aquatint, 2023.

Two prints I made for a self portrait project. I'm really happy with how dark the aquatint came out. The plates I made the year before this came out sooo salty. They're inspired by the poems "the lesson of the moth by archy" by Don Marquis and “how to be a dog” by Andrew Kane.

[hits1000]

Top Songs of 1969 - Hits of 1969

Top Songs of 1969 - Hits of 1969 Top Songs of 1969 including: Amen Corner - If Paradise Is Half As Nice, B J Thomas – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head, Bee Gees - I Started A Joke, Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again, Cass Elliot - It's Getting Better, Chicago - I'm A Man, Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary, David Bowie – Space Oddity and many more! Subscribe to our channel to see more of our content! 1. Amen Corner - If Paradise Is Half As Nice 2. Andrés Do Barro - O Tren 3. B J Thomas – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head 4. Bee Gees - First Of May 5. Bee Gees - I Started A Joke 6. Blue Mink - Melting Pot 7. Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again 8. Cass Elliot - It's Getting Better 9. Chicago - I'm A Man 10. Christian Anders - Geh' Nicht Vorbei 11. Crazy Elephant - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' 12. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising 13. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 14. David Bowie – Space Oddity 15. Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man 16. Edwin Starr - 25 Miles 17. Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto 18. Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds 19. Fórmula V - Cuéntame 20. Frank Sinatra - My Way 21. Frida Boccara - Un jour, un enfant 22. Georges Moustaki - Le Métèque 23. Heintje - Ich sing' ein Lied für Dich 24. Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie 25. Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends 26. Joe Dassin - Le Petit Pain Au Chocolat 27. Johnny Hallyday - Que je t'aime 28. Karina – El Baúl De Los Recuerdos 29. Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love 30. Lenny Kuhr - De Troubadour 31. Los Payos - María Isabel 32. Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine 33. Lulu - Boom Bang-a-Bang 34. Mal Ryder - Pensiero D'amore 35. Manfred Man - Ragamuffin Man 36. Mario Tessuto - Lisa dagli occhi blu 37. Mary Hopkin - Goodbye 38. Miguel Ríos – Himno A La Alegría 39. Mina - Non Credere 40. Nada - Ma Che Freddo Fa 41. Natércia Barreto - Óculos de Sol 42. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 43. Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl 44. Oliver - Good Morning Starshine 45. Paul Revere & the Raiders - Mr Sun Mr Moon 46. Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely 47. Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance 48. Procol Harum - Salty Dog 49. Roberto Carlos - As Curvas Da Estrada De Santos 50. Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell 51. Roy Black - Dein Schönstes Geschenk 52. Salomé - Vivo cantando 53. Serge Gainsbourg et Jane Birkin - Je t'aime moi non plus 54. Shocking Blue - Venus 55. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer 56. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People 57. Stevie Wonder - Yester Me Yester You Yesterday 58. The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In 59. The Archies - Sugar, Sugar 60. The Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music 61. The Beatles - Come Together 62. The Beatles - Get Back 63. The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko 64. The Cowsills - Hair 65. The Family Dogg - A Way Of Life 66. The Flying Machine - Smile A Little Smile For Me 67. The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup 68. The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 69. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women 70. The Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want 71. The Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You 72. The Who - Pinball Wizard 73. Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 74. Tom Jones - Love Me Tonight 75. Tommy James and The Shondells - Crimson And Clover 76. Tommy Roe - Dizzy 77. Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning 78. Wallace Collection - Daydream 79. Wilson Simonal - País Tropical 80. Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 Related Searches: Greatest Hits of 1969, Best Jukebox 1969 Playlist, Late 1969 Non Stop , Top 1969 Non Stop, Mix 1969 Compilation, Best 1969 List, Late 1969 UK, Best 1969 Playlist, Best 1969 Non Stop, Best 1969 Video, Greatest 1969 Non Stop, Mix 1969 Playlist, Best Jukebox 1969 List, List of 1969 Mix, Top 1969 USA, Best Songs of 1969, Top Music 1969, Hits of 1969 Relate Hashtags: #songsof1969 #hits1969 #songs1969 #listof1969mix #hits1969 #bestsongs1969 #classic1969playlist #greatest1969nonstop #best1969list #best1969video #top1969mix #greatest1969video #mix1969playlist #top1969nonstop #mix1969compilation This Youtube channel does not receive any advertising income, we are very grateful for any Paypal donation, no matter how small, to continue making videos about the history of music. Link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=HEHMNQ4E3T3ML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvoMnpPPQyA

[skaruresonic]

Why do I get the feeling this list is a combination of IDW!Sonicisms, misunderstanding Games!Sonic's character, tarring everything with the Big Bad Sega brush, and strawmen of things we've said? 1.) "Speak more than one sentence" is an extremely absurd strawman of the general point that Sonic is reticent and shouldn't be expositing for paragraphs on end. 2.) "Not care about the death of someone he doesn't like" - still salty about the fact that "big oof" is a stupid and hypocritical thing to say about the death of someone you claimed to want to give a second chance, aren't you 3.) "Kill," "not kill" - Once again people are trying to boil this shit down to a false dichotomy. Sonic has proven willing to kill in the past and his general attitude towards saving Eggman's life is that of neglect and disregard. No, that doesn't mean he goes around slaughtering his enemies in cold blood, but neither is he an uwu I would NEVER type of guy. 4.) "Be too violent" - idk where they got this one from but it's probably connected to #3 5.) "Be part of the Restoration" - because IDW isn't canon. 6.) "Actively participate in Restoration missions" - because IDW isn't canon.

7.) "Have a phone"

8.) "Try to redeem an enemy"

Not even gonna bother falling down this rabbit hole.

8.) "Dislike the attitude of others"

9.) "Have short quills," "have long quills" - yeah mostly because people flipped their shit about the possibility of Frontiers recycling Forces!Sonic's character model, so now we can't have nice things

10.) "Cry" - Sonic canonically dislikes tears.

inb4 you say "but that's an old profile though," in Battle he taught Emerl that the worst thing you could do was make a girl cry.

11.) "Get too angry" - idek what this one means but okay

12.) "Have emotions like a normal person" - oh you mean you don't like how Sega doesn't like it when you contort Sonic's face in order to make him broadcast his Emoshuns from a mile away. oh ok. I get it now.

13.) "Have a girlfriend/boyfriend" - putting aside the fact that the series has never had a heavy focus on romance, the games have been hinting that Sonic's relationship with Amy has grown a little closer. Notice I said a little; he was still heavily implied in SatBK's manual to be stressed out about his upcoming date with Amy.

14.) "Have facial expressions" - because Yardley's blowing it for everybody in that regard lmaoooo

15.) "Say y'all" - I have no idea what this is referring to, but I can say with about 95% confidence that Sonic the Hedgehog Would Not Fucking Say That

16.) "Make too many jokes" - still salty that Boom's writers didn't understand Shadow enough to realize he wasn't a quip-spouting machine, aren't you Squidward

17.) "Make references to pop culture" - because that shit is obnoxious and too much of it will date your work. Sonic's supposed to be relatively timeless.

18.) "Eat chili dogs" - ???? yeah 'cause people act like he eats nothing else. In Unleashed, he eats a wide variety of food, but based on fanon, you'd think his diet consists entirely of chilidogs

19.) "Have anxiety" - ???????? bruh?

20.) "Play guitar" - pointing out that IDW issue whatever-the-fuck where Sonic's reclining on a couch strumming the guitar with a smug smirk pasted to his face is a direct lift from a panel in Archie 175 where he's doing the exact same thing does not equal "Sonic can never play the guitar." my God the bones you must have broken with that reach

21.) "Be cute," "be cute and cool" - no idea what this even means but ST's always striven to balance Sonic's rougher bad-boy side with his cute and good-hearted side. Somehow it's everyone else who struggles to get the memo. 22.) "Not be in a dynamic pose 24/7" - you are aware that you're talking about Sonic the Hedgehog, right 23.) "Not have a three-quills silhouette 24/7" - these are some weird-ass hangups about the character models man 24.) "Be a shounen protagonist," "not be a shounen protagonist" - hey can we collectively decide to put the word "shounen" on a shelf until fandom knows what that shit actually means and how Sonic still doesn't fit the definition? pls and thank

25.) "Be defeated" - considering that one of the Sega mandates we DO know of states that Sonic cannot be shown definitively losing... no shit. But even then, how do you explain Sonic getting his ass whooped in Forces? play the games pls?

26.) "Drive a car"

27.) "Ride a hoverboard" - doesn't make much sense to use Extreme Gear outside of the Riders games.

28.) "Use a sword" - oh so you're just being facetious. m'kay. 29.) "Sit back and relax," "be hyperactive" - hey remember what I said yesterday about people being unable to grasp Sonic's multiplicity of character, their failure to realize that context determines his behavior, and instead trying to shove him into false dichotomies? This is exactly what I'm talking about.

30.) "Be goofy" - lmao someone's extra salty about Sonic Boom, I see

So, according to Sonic Twitter sheep...

[martianbugsbunny]

OUAT Thoughts Pt.58--Episodes 6-7

I have watched through S6E7; spoilers DNI. Also, spoiler warning for anyone further behind than I am.

—Imma be straight (take a picture, it’ll last longer) I don’t have a clue about Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. I read it most of the way through once a long time ago, and I have forgotten literally all of it. But I know it’s good because it’s one of my brother’s favorite books.

—So anyway the aesthetic? It’s impeccable. The submarine is high quality design, somewhere between science-y and magic-y. The Nautilus uniforms are smooth as heck.

—While anybody would benefit from wearing said uniforms, only Hook could make one of those baggy, yellowish diving suits look good. And make it look good he did.

—Henry was kind of a buttcheek in Episode 6. He was salty for no reason, I might even go so far as to say downright mean, and then he never apologized or even explained his behavior.

—I hope Hook’s brother shows up every now and then. They deserve to have a relationship. Hook just deserves to have all the best things in life, if I’m being honest.

—Regina’s eyes been looking extra chocolatey lately.

—Somebody has to fix Snow and Charming because I just cannot handle this.

—Storytime with Hook is my new favorite! He is such a sweetie 🥰 And CaptainSwan is an even better ship than the Jolly Roger—Hook himself would agree. They’re just so wholesome and adorable together.

—Grrrr, I’m starting to feel a lil shady about Rumple. I mean, it would take a huge disaster to make me actively hate or dislike him, but he’s spending some time in my mental penalty box.

—I almost forgot! Archie’s been let out of cricket jail!…But I think he’s still a cricket? So 8/10 for not being in mortal danger anymore, but also for still being a bug.

—Rumple and the Evil Queen having a thing is mega-gross. I hate it. There’s just so many reasons I could complain about it, I’m not even gonna bother.

—I love that Snow and Charming met before they actually met. So cute! And she gave him her escape money!!!

—Also, Charming is even handsomer with a shaggy dog at his side.

—Regina should’ve kept her evil in her own damn self. I’m trying not to be mad at her, cause she didn’t know the Evil Queen could survive a heart-squishing, but she did look at Jekyll and Hyde and decide they were role models, so…

—I’m low-key maybe high-key annoyed because right now I have very few ships on the board, and most of them aren’t doing well. Rumbelle? Lost its appeal at least a season ago. The Charmings? Currently under a joint curse that keeps them from proper being together. CaptainSwan? Great right now, but Emma’s going to die! And I love the shipping side of life; fanficcing my way through life is my favorite. If I don’t have a ship to occupy my every waking thought with, I might actually have to spend time with my own brain. And messing with/contemplating the dynamics is a fun exercise in creativity and deeper thought. Plus, it’s just fun! But without any main characters in a very shippable mode right now, I guess I’m gonna have to peel my eyes and start *heavy sigh* rarepairing again. (Lol because rarepairs are ‘not a shot in hell’ they will never get together and therefore never have relationship troubles. I’ve cracked the system. I know what I’m doing.)

[raymondebidochonlifechoices]

An overall rant about this season’s misery porn (and then, upwards!)

Darkness and shipping surprises have always been Riverdale’s m.o.

S1: it’s dark and we won’t do the Archie comics triangle!

S2: it’s dark and here’s Toni who might cause Bughead trouble!

S3: it’s dark and Archie goes to jail! What will become of Varchie?

S4: it’s dark and watch out for those resurfacing b*rchie feelings!

S5: our heroes are in a dark place, also: here’s b*rchie!

S6: it’s going to be dark and we have new couples!

The recycling method has been applied to the plot as well, with each season’s story line going absolutely nowhere: there is a mystery in the first episodes, followed by irrelevant filler material, followed by the denouement in the penultimate episode. By the end of the season, everyone is back where they started, since there is no real character development. The Riverdale protagonists are archetypical characters more than anything. And the supporting cast is bent to each new story line’s needs.

Shipping aside (although shipping has been Riverdale’s most attractive feature), these plots have been at least somewhat engaging.

In s1 we were discovering the characters (who were quite different from their counterparts in the comics) and their parents’ secrets. In s2 there was that dreadful gentrification b***s*** and Veronica gaslighting her friends (still salty about that) but, at least, there was the whole underdogs (Serpents) vs The Man (Hiram) vibe. In s3 we had a serial murderer who wore sticks on his head and a cult leader harvesting organs who wanted to ascend via rocket ship. Serial murderers and cult leaders should not be funny, but these ones were absolutely hilarious! S4 gave us Bret and Donna, Villains Extraordinaire, both wanting to kill and bone Jughead and Betty respectively. Those were the times!

And then, there’s season 5. Where everyone is severely traumatized and murders are happening by the f***ing bucket (both TBK and the Lonely Highway killer being active for years). And what is happening exactly in the Town Formerly Known As Riverdale is this: the situation is so bad that a lot of the town’s women (but never the men) have to become sex workers. And then, they get tortured and brutally murdered (off-screen so that it won’t matter). But -and this is very important- never raped. (Small -albeit hypocritical- mercies).

And how do our heroes try to remedy that? Archie saves dogs, Veronica prints monopoly money, Cheryl manifests the stigmata of the holy wounds of Jason, Jughead has a (what turns out to be) completely unrelated storyline about rabies and Betty, more invested in her own sister than anyone else, is a complete mess, because, evidently, Yale and FBI training made her forget how to sleuth.

I didn’t think there would be a more offending storyline than the gentrification one in s2 and, yet, here we are.

What is the premise of this astounding plot?

There is a family. One daughter has enough money to go through Yale (student loans and all but still). The other daughter is so destitute, she becomes a sex worker. Why? Well, it’s either because she doesn’t have enough money for her two children, whose super doting aunt is one of the wealthiest people in Riverdale (well, rich enough to keep a whole school up and working for a whole year) or to feed her drug addiction, because, you know, she couldn’t have done that on a waitress’ salary (although Jughead did manage to fend off loan sharks by becoming a busboy).

This. This is the premise of season 5. This is how sixteen professional writers plotted their season.

By the way, this is a list of the characters who were introduced in s5, and who -ultimately- had no actual impact in the storyline:

Eric

Chadwick Gecko

Glen Scot

Jessica

Cora

Samm Pansky

and, yes, I’m sad to say: The Pussycats

I’m positive that 5x18 and 5x19 will give rise to many a negative comment but I’ve decided that this will be my last negative post for the season. Enough is enough.

I’m not going anywhere though: there are funny summaries to be written, wonderful fics to be read, incredible art and gif sets to delight in, lovely people to discuss the things we do like about Riverdale, . Or, one can take a break. As @thepointoftheneedle once very sagely commented: this is not compulsory viewing. 

[gold-kobold]

ok so i decided to write out every single passing thought as i watched the show, so this post turned out EXTREMELY long of literally just me screaming, here you go, take my pain, all episodes under the read more lol

Episode 1

i’ve heard merlin say douxie’s full name like five times now and i STILL cannot pronounce it lmao

i CANNOT get over archie and his beautiful cat-dragon form!!! love it (also, seeing him without his glasses for the first time was EXTREMELY disorienting asfghdgfj-) double also, i love how they’re using the arcadian monsters’ love of eating cats as bait

i’m like five minutes in and i already love douxie and archie’s relationship SO much, i would die for these absolute bros

douxie you’re yelling about magic in the middle of the street, you are SO lucky everyone in arcadia is oblivious and stupid or you’d have been caught ten times over by now-

i LOVE that i’m seeing steve and aaarrrgghh and toby right now but i’m also laughing SO hard at their conversation because i’m trying to imagine how the people who haven’t seen trollhunters/3below are gonna react to those opening lines of “it’s hard to top destroying an alien god” and “i lost my butt-stomping, ninja-space-angel girlfriend and my creepslaying partner in the same afternoon”

HOLY SHIT THE THEME SONG IS ACTUALLY AMAZING THIS TIME????

archie setting some clear boundaries with aaarrrgghh, i see... lmao

why is there a painting of a dog in a knight suit in the bookstore? is this undertale now???

“did you lead them here?” “No!” “yes we did” ok it’s official archie is my favourite so far-

“ship just got real” STEVE ARE YOU KIDDING ME

aghsgfdfjgk archie does the go-on-the-shoulder thing i LOVE THAT they’re so cute alsO I SEE CUTE ELF FAIRY GIRL PERSON IDK WHAT SHE IS BUT NARI’S ALSO SO CUTE-

i am EXTREMELY loving how toby is already hella in murder mode towards green knight binch who hurt his friend, nobody messes with jimbo bean without facing toby’s wrath y’all

“oh, i hate that lady” you and me both, toby

rest in hecking pieces galahad (i’m sure he’s fine)

ok i SWEAR, that ice person of the arcane order HAS to be an akaridion, right??? right?????????

oop, never mind, ice person has normal feet, definitely not an akaridion lol

i love how the last episode of 3below ended on steve screaming, and now the first episode of wizards continues that trend lmaooo-

bro the end credits art is SO GOOD what the heck-

well that was one hell of a start... time to binge the rest of the episodes and die!!!

Episode 2

DID LANCELOT REALLY JUST PULL THE PRINCE CHARMING HAIR FLIP FROM SHREK. IS THAT WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. i am both appalled and thrilled

steve being a bi icon as usual... nice. (though i can’t tell if this reaction is just because lance looks like him or what lol)

steve i love your bi energy, i feel it in my soul, but can you stop being gay for a second, these racists boutta hang you all for having a troll friend oh my heckin god-

“thanks for always tipping, by the way” jim may not like douxie but he RESPECTS RESTAURANT STAFF LIKE THE 10/10 GOOD LAD HE IS, i love jim so much

i’m very much relating to claire’s reaction to morgana right now, but i understand that this is the past, and she technically hasn’t done All Those Horrible Things yet... still salty, though

i’ve known arthur for like two minutes and i hate him. like i get that trolls have definitely murdered his wife or something. but like. bruh i’m willing to bet cold hard cash that some humans in camelot have murdered each other at some point or another BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN 100% OF HUMANS ARE MURDERERS SO STOP USING THAT STUPID LOGIC ON TROLLS, ARTHUR

i’m not disagreeing with morgana in this episode at all but my fight-or-flight instincts are still being very much activated whenever i see her lol mostly fight

claire’s such a mood right now asgfhdfj

callista has so much salt and i am living for it, because mood

steve is taking this whole time-jump thing unsurprisingly well

D U M B L E D O R K

“well, here’s to hoping this doesn’t break the time-space continuum” -douxie, the least frustrating time-travel protagonist i’ve ever seen so far

watching morgana and merlin arguing (but while they’re still friends(?)) is so unsettling in the weirdest way... this show is going to destroy me, i just know it

douxie’s face when the vault got locked. omg

i definitely don’t think lance is steve’s dad, because like... time frame, obviously. but i feel like he’s gotta be at least SOME sort of ancient ancestor? the resemblance is too uncanny

slorrs terrify me more than any nyarlagroth ever did

claire looks SO uncomfortable with morgana right now, poor girl’s still traumatized from the whole possession thing and morgana doesn’t even KNOW, this is already messing with me oh no

... is morgana missing her hand already, or is she just wearing a glove...? i feel like she woulda gone apeshit if merlin took her hand by now, and i’m pretty sure she had both hands in one of the teasers???

ARTHUR YOU ARE TAKING ENTIRELY THE WRONG MESSAGE FROM THIS CONVERSATION

oh god, you guys are ALREADY gonna mess up history??? my heart can’t take this

steve finally getting the appreciation he deserves for his rapping

“your squire seems touched in the head” b r u h

go claire go, shadow-magic all their butts-

what thE FU- GUNMAR JUST??? SAVED JIM???? EXCUSE??????? WHAT??????????

ahh, it’s just a power trip for him, that makes more sense

i am VERY unsurprised at how fast merlin caught them lol

Episode 3

“my planning is flawless” merlin you and i both know that’s not true, i’m sorry dude but you mess stuff up just like everybody else

arthur. dude. why are you like this. “hurdehur i lost my wife so let’s kill my sister too” arthur you’re a dumbass

OH MY GOD I SEE BESSIE. OR BESSIE’S ANCESTOR. BUT S T I L L

eeeuuuggghhhh i’m not sure i like the possibility of this new timeline thing. this is what i was worried about, making the plot of trollhunters and 3below irrelevant... but i wanna trust this will work out somehow while not making all the previous stuff irrelevant 

my heart is hurting for jim

and jim’s heart is just hurting, like in general lol

why is callista SUCH a massive mood every time she says anything oh my GOD-

OH MY GOD CALLISTA R U D E, NEVER MIND I GUESS-

“hug and make up and not die” is like. the ideal life goal. lol

i love how morgana’s name is just. chillin’ under arthur and gwen. lmfao, the big third wheel mood

arthur you bitch, leave cute child nari alone

STALKLINGS!!!!! also, oh nooo gwen, oh heckerdoodles

both morgana and arthur have VERY pretty eyes, it must run in the family

oooohhhhh no, they’re attacking a gumm-gumm, you IDIOTS-

BULAR HECK YEAH- i mean this is bad but yo i LOVE seeing bular again lol.

oh no you attacked gunmar’s SON oh heck he is going to get y’all’s asses, aaaAAAAAA

i’m already in so much pain you guys

OH YAY THEY’RE GOING TO OLD TROLLMARKET I’M SO EXCITED AM I GONNA SEE DICTATIOUS????

oh gosh... steve... you poor idiot omg how are you not dead yet

oh, we not in old trollmarket, we in tombro... i feel so bad for callista. :(

“he was tall for his age!” shgfdjfgkhj jim omg-

stuff is happening to jim and i CANNOT handle it, stop HURTING my BOY AAA A A AA A A A A A

uh-oh, i’ve seen THIS clip already... shadow clone jutsu time lmaooooo

steve is REALLY mvp in all these scenes lmfao

i’m liking these episodes, but this arc between morgana and claire feels a little rushed. like i get the general message and that the timeframe doesn’t allow for a lot of fleshing out, but they both seemed to trust each other a little too quickly, it makes the whole “betrayal” thing less heavy as it could be 

 “oh hey, feelings lol” callista is literally just all of us but saltier lol ... 

OH HER HAND

W H A T

WHAT JUST HAPPENED

i was JUST talking about how things didn’t feel as heavy as they should’ve and then morgana got her hand sliced off and died holy CRUD what IS THIS

BLINKYYYYYY AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH YES HERE WE GO

Episode 4

oh dang, we starting out with claire’s trauma nightmares, why must you DESTROY ME LIKE THIS, WIZARDS?????

ok i gotta say it... merlin is a simp for arthur

“that doesn’t sound like a REAL problem steve” well if you take into consideration that steve’s dad probably gave him crippling self-worth issues, then it kinda could be

this ride to the lady of the lake is making me think of that one scene from half-blood prince with all the creepy water goblins... same cave/water aesthetic

AAAAAHHHHH DICTATIOUS THERE HE IS!!!!! HE LOOKS SO CONCERNED AND ADORABLE I LOVE HIM

dwoza!!!!

dictatious is being SUSPICIOUSLY nice during this scene lmao... i’m used to him being such a petty bitch

i love seeing archie transform omgggg he’s so beautiful

i knew merlin was going to have some angst, but i was not expecting this dark turn so early asgfhfjgk (i don’t blame him for not wanting to lose douxie after seeing morgana just die though tbh)

aaarrrgghh!!! AAARRRGGHH!!!!! kick gunmar’s ass bby

i very much do not like gunmar touching my boy aaarrrgghh

evil aaarrrgghh makes me so uncomfortable. but like. in the good way. this was the intended effect, i think. lol

“open up!” *steve starts talking about his problems and the doors actually talk to him about it* - this is the best play on this joke i’ve ever seen ashfgdgjfgkh it’s literallY LIKE THAT ONE FREAKIN’ VINE-

steve is CRYING oh my GOD lmao-

that was a REALLY ghostly flashback of morgan- oH SHIT THERE WAS A GHOSTIER ONE HOLY HECK I’M SLIGHTLY SCARED OF THIS-

oh god claire i am SO SCARED FOR CLAIRE RIGHT NOW WHAT THE F UC K

oh hey morgana’s... alive???

HOLY SHIT ARE THEY TRYING TO TRAUMATIZE KIDS WITH THIS SHOW???? those soulless black eyes, the way she turned her head, it was legitimately terrifying what the HECK YOU GUYS-

this episode is feckin me up you guys

!!!!!!! my boy dictatious again!!!!! i love him so much lol (i mean i know i’ve seen this scene already but i just love these stupid galadrigals so much aggshfgdfjg)

blinky you are RUDE my dude

oooohhh, i think i’m starting to see why dic switched sides. the whole “join gunmar or die” ultimatum makes that kinda clear now sgfhdgjgdhfsgdg

NIMUE!!!!!!! she’s so tall and pretty!!!!!

nimue is literally just calling out the whole team right now lmaooo

oh yay more nightmare fuel, thanks toa nowhere near as terrifying as claire trauma visions but still

“oh hey, merl” steve p l e a s e

FIRE-BREATHING ARCHIE IS MY FAV THING

merlin, why must you constantly incur the wrath of hyperpowerful beings

scary monster lake lady has departed. godbless

OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD I RECOGNIZE THAT ARM

OH MY GOD

MY SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE HE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ANGOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANGOOOORRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

oh hey morgana’s back

A N G O R R R R R R R!!!!!!!!!!!

this is my favourite episode so far, holy shit

Episode 5

nari you’re adorable

bellroc’s voice is freakin’ dope

mmmmm not sure how i’m feeling about this turn of the morgana arc so far

but oh GOD her design is still so cool and beautiful, even i have to admit

i’m very scared for angor though

like as excited as i was to see angor i physically cringed at him touching morgana, knowing the future shit that happens

OH SHIT HERE WE GO

dammit morgana LEAVE MY CHILDREN ALONE

oh shit, there goes morgana’s hand

suuuure, so long as magic’s healing his precious SWORD, it’s toootally fine

oh shit bular’s about to die(????)

dictatious!!! :’)

dictatious and blinky’s relationship here is GREAT, the sibling energy is high lmao

BULAR LOOKS SO TIRED OF THIS CRUD ASFGHDFJGKH

poor guy omfg

are they literally about to basically treat bular like a bear fight right now??? y’all suck

toothache is a great name for steve’s axe though lol

.... rest in feckin pieces, steve

AFDSGHDJF HE’S CRYING FOR ELI OMFG- gay

claire PLEASE don’t go making assumptions about edgy knights, he’s not necessarily a morgana person just because he’s edgy my girl

aaarrrgghh and jim fighting omg i’m LOVING this (also, y’all galadrigals are being useless af lol)

“blinkous, you know how we’re both complete cowards?” “you more than me” OK BUT THIS IS LITERALLY HOW MY BROS AND I TALK TOO ASFGJDHFJ

i am still SO suspicious of dictatious right now, wtf is going on-

callista is literally the only useful troll right now lmfao

DICTATIOUS AND BLINKY YOU ABSOLUTE SCRUBS

“we’ll torture him!” BLINKY DON’T TALK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND LIKE THAT

omg young vendel!!!! also vendel totally ships blaaarrrgghh already

oooohhhh claire gets to fight edgy skull knight boy!!!

CLAIRE GODDAMMIT WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT YOU IDIOT

CLAIRE I TOLD YOU THIS WAS STUPID

well... that escalated quickly

oh shit that changeling actually looks really cool???? this fight is awesome?????

DVARKSTONES YEEEESSSSSS

DVARKSTONES NOOOO-

i am REALLY loving changeling dude’s troll form though like for REAL that is an AWESOME design

past douxie you are NOT helping

merlin what part of “we have to go” do you not understand-

oh yay archie isn’t clipping through doux’s leg anymore in that one frame!

well... goodbye, cool changeling dude

arthur i still very much don’t like you

dammit angor why did you have to go and save her. i know she wasn’t evil yet but things went SO BAD SO QUICKLY

YOU BETTER APOLOGIZE TO THOSE GOOD TROLLS WHEN YOU GO BEGGING FOR HELP, YOU BITCHES

hoo boy here we go Eternal Nighting again i am DYING

merlin is a simp for arthur and gunmar is a simp for morgana no you cannot change my mind

Episode 6

yay, vendel helping jim time!!!

yeah, you better feckin’ bow to vendel, you absolute bastard

only equals when they’re serving you, huh arthur??? HUH????

every time dictatious or angor is on screen my heart soars

dictatious i love you but stop being rude to callista

!!!! blinky and aaarrrgghh time! i’m so excited (also those other trolls are absolute jerks wtf)

this is THE BEST blaaarrrgghh canon situation i’ve seen yet omgggg

i’m a sucker for developing relationships i’m sorry

oh shit callista IS deya isn’t she??? i saw theories, but i wasn’t sure if it’d actually be true or not

OH HEY IT’S DRAAL

SHUT UP DRAAL, IT’S TOTALLY GONNA BE CALLISTA

gunmar, morgana could beat your ass, don’t test her, man

this training montage is killing me jfc-

aaawww this is a sweet jlaire scene :’) date night!!!

A M U L E T  T I M E

“at least she can lend a hand eh???” DOUXIE OMFG

i actually really like how merlin and douxie’s relationship’s been developing, it’s been frustrating at times but i like how it’s going

oh callista you have NO idea what’s coming lmaooo-

DEYA TIME HELL YES

DAMMIT DRAAL THIS IS NOT THE TIME

GODDAMMIT DRAAL YOU RUINED EVERYTHING

GODFREAKINDAMMIT

i’m so upset

“these creatures will never trust me” YEAH NO SHIT ARTHUR

wait deya was the FIRST trollhunter???? book and comic canon is garbage lol

aaawwww aaarrrgghh and blinky oh my GOD they’re adorable

IT’S ABOUT TIME, ARTHUR YOU TURD

YES SHE’S DEYA, Y’ALL WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG

fuck you gunmar you binch

“today’s as good as any to die, though i never learned to read” galahad channels his inner angor

will somebody GET THAT ROCK OUTTA JIM’S CHEST ALREADY IT’S STRESSING ME OUT

i’m not ready for this war you guys

Episode 7

poor jim is having such a tough time SCREW THAT DAMN GREEN KNIGHT AND THAT DAMN ROCK

oh shit here comes the eldbitch queen-

morgana you look SO COOL but i wanna FIGHT YOU, YOU ABSOLUTE HECKER

is... is merlin gonna die???

oh wait, merlin’s tomb, i guess that’s to be expected lol

oh shit is jim gonna die??? what the HECK???? DON’T DO THIS TO ME???

sfgghgdjhfgj they made morgana REALLY creepy in these things... i love it and hate it at the same time lol

STEVE VS BULAR OMG

STEVE VS LANCELOT OH BOY

... is it bad that i didn’t realize nari was that one girl on the poster until literally seeing the frame that was on there? lol

WHAT THE FUCK???? BULAR JUST SLICED LANCELOT??? IN FRONT OF STEVE???? OH MY GOD THAT POOR KID’S SO TRAUMATIZED

that was brutal, but it also doesn’t surprise me

OH SHIT

ARCANE ORDER WHAT THE HELL YOU GUYS????

welcome to wizards, where everything sucks all the time (but in a good way)

rest in fucking pieces, pendragon family

JIM NO

OH HELL YEAH, DEYA YES

and dictatious... still hasn’t switched sides. huh.

GO DEYA GO, YOU BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL TROLL, YOU!!!!

GET BULAR’S ASS, STEVE

ASGHFDFJG OMG LADY OF THE LAKE, EVEN BETTER LMAO- just yeet bular into the void why don’t you, lmao

oh god, these poor pathetic galadrigals lmao

:D aaarrrgghh!!!! this is the best!

hhhhhh dictatious is gonna turn, isn’t he??? i’m still SO suspicious lmao

“spellcaster guitar, darling” DOUXIE OMG YOU ABSOLUTE NERD

this is a SICK battle jam though ngl

archie and douxie battling together is THE BEST THING!!!!!!

aaaaand back to the shadow realm the eldbitch queen goes... wow....

merlin get back up you old dramatic fart

i REALLY love how incredibly bi steve is for ANYBODY that can kick ass lmao

where did my coward boy dictatious go

oh my god bellroc cries lava-

GET GUNMAR’S ASS, DEYA

also i’m seeing a major lack of akaridions in this “everybody returns for the world of magic” thing

deya you’re amazing sweetie aaaaaaAAAAAA

how is lance’s face still in one piece

i know this is a kid’s show but bular LITERALLY SLICED HIS FACE

nari why are you with these assholes???

aaahhh so the book canon about dictatious was right after all

i always preferred the “he was a sympathizer/with them all along” theory, but this one probably makes more sense lol

YO IS JIM SERIOUSLY GOING TO DIE????

i DO NOT believe they would actually kill jim lol

so i guess the future still happens normally??? but nobody remembers jim at the battle???

“why don’t they ever talk about that in the history books?” “my burden to bear” oh boy looks like i’ll get my answer to that soon

Episode 8

back to the present we go!!!! i wish we had seen more angor rot, there was only like ten seconds of him :(((

OH NO, JIM D:

well, the future LOOKS normal so far...

“took you long enough” BRUH THEY WERE GONE LIKE TEN SECONDS TO YOU GUYS, CUT DOUX A BREAK

!!!!! shannon!!! be careful what you wish for girl omg

“i have magic powers!” AHSGFDJFGKHLJLK

so merlin remembers the past... i’m so confused about this

LEAVE MY CHILDREN ALONE, YOU GREEN-KNIGHT BASTARD

JIM NO WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?????

WHAT IS GOING ON WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE THAT????? LEAVE MY JIMBO ALONE!!!!!!!!!

i love how incredibly used to the world-ending shit the arcadians are lmfao that is the BEST reaction

... will somebody please get steve out of the outhouse. please.

!!!!!! is it akaridion time???

KREL! KREL!!!!!!!

MY BEST ALIEN SON!!!!!!

zoe is doux’s wizard friend!!!! fandom also called it lol

or... is zoe an akaridion??? 

aww, poor uhl lol

oh, she’s a tech wizard!!! cool

THE GAY GIRL SHANNON KISSED IS A TECH WIZARD OMG!!!!

zoe has DEFINITELY dealt with her fair share of stupid customers

ohh, so these genesis seal things, was one of them that thing in the deep? it looks like that door that they used to get to gaylen’s core

jimbo :’(

SON of a BITCH is morgana coming back AGAIN???

GODDAMMIT YOU GUYS

i’m getting real tired of this arcane order, screw you guys

even morgana is sick of your bullshit lol

w

W H A T

ARTHUR IS THE GREEN KNIGHT????

not gonna lie i NEVER saw that coming, not in a million years

“PLEASE! YOU BOTH HAVE VALID POINTS” douxie is literally me trying to reason with fighting people jfc, big mood

“even I know it’s dumb and we’re STILL gonna go inside???” why is EVERYONE in this show SUCH a MOOD

come ON jimbo let’s GOOO don’t do this to me

GODDAMMIT ARCHIE WHYYYY

nari is so precious i love her

WIZARD DAD??? DID STEVE JUST CALL MERLIN WIZARD DAD??? WHAT

skrael’s little chuckle at steve lmfao, i died

okay, now that we’re back in the future, i don’t know if i can get behind a morgana redemption arc, but i know it’s what’s probably coming :/

i still feel bad for her, but she’s done so much extreme things of such a horrible degree

sfghdjfgkhl ARTHUR, HOE, YOU GOOD???

arthur needs to moisturize more

get their asses, merlin. i’m so tired of this arcane order

holy shit, merlin DOES die???

oh my god-

GET THEIR ASSES, DOUXIE

oh dang, good catch doux

he still gonna die though, oop-

this scene hurts, how DARE everybody toy with my emotions like this WHYYYYY

for real though the relationship between merlin and douxie was done amazingly in my opinion, even if the timeframe is a little tight, but i see what aaron meant by this being like a full-length action movie now (though obviously longer lol)

Episode 9

are we?? back in the past????

oh douxie, what are you doing...

oh, this is a flashback, i get it now

oof, my heart

omg the music here is KILLING ME you guys, my heart can’t take this

my heart is broken like the heart of avalon

ARE WE GETTING DRAGONS??? YOOOOOOOO

DRAGONS DRAGONS DRAGONS DRAGONS!!!!!!!!

shut up skrael you bitch

morgana are you ACTUALLY sad about merlin’s death when you just had a major murder boner for him at the eternal night in arcadia????

nari’s eyes are SO beautiful omg, the detail in her design is AWESOME

no jim soul :’(((

maybe jim soul????

DRAGON TIME

ooo, BIG dragon time

that is... not the face i was expecting for a dragon. but i’ll take it lol

awww, archie’s dad! :D they’re both stupid and adorable hsfgdhfjgkh

does... does morgana remember the past stuff too???? like, of claire?????

mmmm not trusting this team-up yet

GODDAMMIT CHARLIE.

oh shit, we have another “destroy the amulet” situation

JIMBO!!!!! OH NO MY SON D:

dammit morgana please don’t poke fun at claire’s trauma you gave her

AGH WHY DOES THIS SHOW HAVE TO HURT SO MUCH

archie has the same reaction to his baby pictures as i do to mine lmfao

my heart hurts for douxie :’(

OH BYE, I GUESS-

this cool blue weird room is hella aesthetic

OH, MERLIN’S SAFE HAD THE SEAL THINGIES

funky

oh shoot, arthur/morgana angst time

“i fought for magic’s freedom, not destruction” hoe you tried to kill a bunch of people AND killed a bunch of trolls don’t pull that card on me-

i’m still slightly sad about this though

ADSFGHDJFGKHL THEIR REACTION TO MORGANA LMAO-

yet ANOTHER episode ending on steve screaming, omfg i’m dying here you guys, i am a simple lady and that dumb scream cut-off makes me chortle like an idiot

Episode 10 (LAST ONE!!!)

gettin’ REAL TIRED of these arcane bastards

ALIEN KREL TIME YAYYY!!!!!

WHAT, WE MISSED THE AWESOME MAGIC FIGHT??? AWWW

of COURSE krel got his ass beat lmao

krel you are NOT helping-

are we boutta pull more time shenanigans??? i’m scared

“she’d leave any of you for dead if it meant her freedom” i don’t know if i should be annoyed or excited that i have a line EXTREMELY similar to this in htfas... different context though, obvs

not liking bellroc’s voice so much anymore

shut up skrael i wanna fight you

... uh. doux. what you doin. i’m. i’m scared.

DOUXIE YOU ABSOLUTE NERD

hisirdoux casperan!!!! we finally got a full name!!!!!!!!!!!

AHAHAHA USING TIME LOOPS AGAINST THE ENEMY OMG

that is GENIUS

“sorcerers give me heartburn” GATTO WHAT OTHER SORCERERS HAVE YOU EATEN MY DUDE

a+ for effort steve. lol

we got aaarrrgghh and jim fighting again, like at killahead... except it hurts more now :’(

GO DOUXIE GO HECK YEAH!!!!

mmmmmmstill not sure how i’m feeling about the morgana thing. i’ll never forgive her for the angor stuff, i’m sorry

“neither of us can escape gravity!” excuse me morgana but yOU CAN FLY FAM

adfgsdhjf they almost got eaten by a nyarlagroth omggg

ah crud, those arcane jerks are back YET AGAIN UUUGGGHHH

did douxie just call the arcane order BUTTSNACKS

iconic

oooooh, purple-eyed claire!!! very cool!

claire using beautiful magic powers gives me LIFE

oh shit, there goes morgana AGAIN

she must be getting real sick of dying at this point lol

i’m kinda sad toby has gotten swept under the rug yet again for another series

GOD, THIS MUSIC

SO good

JIM PROTECTED CLAIRE FROM THE BLAST AAAHHH

FINALLY GOT OUR FREAKIN BOY BACK

WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY ACTUALLY JUST KILL JIM???

WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK

oh nvm he’s fine

wh

WHAT

he’s human again???

uuhhh

hmm

well that’s something i know is gonna be a topic of... possible disagreement in the fandom. lol

i’m not sure how i feel about that either...

rip douxie you shall be missed lol

this scene with doux and merlin is great

i really love that toa just. lets its male characters cry all the time. LET BOYS CRY, THEY DESERVE IT

ooo i like morgana’s death dress a lot. damn girl where do you get your afterlife clothes???

DID MERLIN JUST PEACE TF OUT WITH THE PUNK ROCK SYMBOL OMFG

archie is adorable i’m going to cry

i’m still VERY VERY unsure how to feel about the human jim thing. uuuhhh i’ll comment on that after some more thought, i think

JIM YOU ARE DEFINITELY STILL THE TROLLHUNTER YOU BEAUTIFUL BEAN DON’T YOU DARE DOUBT THAT

DOUXIE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT

this music keeps absolutely murdering me every time it plays oh my GOODNESS

nari’s human clothes look SO cute *sobs* why is she so cute

i want to fight these arcane order jerks so bad come ON YOU JERKS

okay... wow. that was... a lot.

i need some processing time. (and a pee break)

i’ll try to collect my thoughts soon but god knows they won’t be coherent lmaooo

[leuces]

Riverdale S5E2 Liveblog

- why is everything is so damn dark

- oh my god it’s bret

- did he just call jughead “slughead”??  is it because of the time when jughead knocked him out with just one punch

- BRET IS DEAD?!?!  this can’t be true...he was like one of the best villains, and the riverdale writers just decided to kill him off??  please let it be just a false alarm and he actually broke out of prison or something

- wait didn’t bret mention something before about needing to get into solitary confinement??  did one of his fellow inmates murder him?

- cheryl’s really yelling at the teacher for not getting her a special red outfit for graduation

- “fix this, or PERISH” askdfkfkgkfdkl

- why is veronica acting so nice?  archie literally cheated on her!!

- oh there’s a toni/cheryl scene

- wait what is cheryl’s “blossom business”??

- okay now betty and jughead are talking to dr. curdle jr

- oh god bret is actually dead

- they gauged out bret’s eyes???  jesus christ

- damn hiram really just came out of nowhere

- hiram’s yelling at archie for cheating on his daughter, and archie’s like “you want a rematch??”

- did hiram really just insult FRED?!?!  how dare he, fred is literally the only good adult in the entire series...like he’s a saint compared to hiram

- okay i just noticed how sweaty archie is.  do they just like. make kj apa pour water on himself before scenes where he’s sweaty?  or do they just make him exercise and then film right afterwards?

- hiram really just spit on the floor

- veronica really just told hermosa “now if you excuse me, i have to go take out the trash, and you’re lucky it doesn’t include you” afdfghdkkdfkfdk

- good god the guy’s really going to shoot veronica point blank

- i’m literally waiting for like any of the riverdale guys (the buff ones, not jughead) to just show up out of nowhere and run and bodyslam the guy holding the gun.  you know they would do it

- oh my god hermosa just shot the bad guys this is even better

- oh cheryl and nana rose are having a zoom meeting with the other blossoms

- “speak up i can’t hear you” akdkjfkfkkdf

- OH MY GOD cheryl’s giving land to the uktena (or she’s trying to)

- “why, you hatemonger?”

- god i hate cheryl’s relatives

- “your father is a fool” you’re right hermione, hiram really is a fool

- yes hermosa and veronica plotting together

- “sounds like you two are plotting a hostile takeover...i am so in”

- david’s dead too apparently

- wait...there was a hit-run case for fred...?  when was this a thing exactly?

- “we’re shutting you down, daddy” okay miss veronica i see you

- “you need to retire” and “papi, your reign is done” hiram getting bullied by his daughters we love to see it

- did hiram really just say that being a mobster is curing his disease

- thank you veronica for telling him that he’s an idiot

- “all i need to do business is my fists and a gun” sir aren’t you dying of a disease (i know he’s getting better, but still)??

- yes jughead got accepted to the university of iowa!!  (though i’m still salty that he had to give up going to yale for betty, even though she cheated on him and lied about it)

- i love how fp is just like “hot damn my boy is going to college” as if his other son - his actual firstborn son - hasn’t already gone to college and doesn’t have a successful career

- wait are falice just like. together while bughead is a couple??  are they just like platonically raising their children together??  what is their relationship status currently??

- wait i don’t like the look on jellybean’s face...what has she done???

- OH MY GOD JELLYBEAN IS THE AUTEUR!!

- okay cheryl’s talking to her mother now

- the “blossom board”?  that’s what they’re called?

- “make yourself scarce.  go away.  but don’t go at night...you need an alibi” is penelope really telling her teenage daughter to kill her relatives?  or am i just misunderstanding this?

- aww choni is having their own special weekend

- archie is writing a letter for the hit-run case

- now he’s having flashbacks

- i am so sad right now...i just feel so bad

- donna???  she’s back???  yes!!

- wait she’s asking for betty’s help, just like how bret did...

- if donna dies, i will literally lose it

- betty don’t let donna die!!  i mean i understand why, but i know that donna is probably going to die soon

- oh my god joan is actually dead

- donna’s probably dead too

- hermosa and veronica are having a scene together

- now archie’s confronting the hit-and-run guy

- now there’s another tape???

- this is the scariest one, by far

- jesus christ how are they not scared that a murderer is in the house??

- wait i was thinking that jellybean was the killer, but then i realized it was her in the bed

- “your astrological sign may be a scorpion daddy, but you’re like a dog” damn veronica

- hermosa sent the guys to beat up hiram???

- wait nana rose killed the other blossoms???

- jesus christ how many people are going to die this episode??  like there’s been like nine deaths and i’m only halfway through the episode

- (if they kill donna, i SWEAR)

- oh apparently penelope killed the other blossoms

- “consider it an early graduation present, cheryl” jesus christ.  some moms give their kids cars or parties, but penelope murders their family members for her daughter

- CHARLES IS THE AUTEUR oh my god i’m calling it

- it all makes sense.  like, the person needs connections into the prison to kill bret, which charles has because of chic.

- YES I’M CORRECT!!

- “true love knows no boundaries” charles out here trying to be shakespeare or jane austen or something

- oh my god...black hood and charles parallels!!  they both only killed people who they thought deserved it (for Hal, it’s more complicated than that, but you know)

- wait, but like by charles’s definition, chic should also die

- oh god why do i have the feeling that charles is going to turn out to not be the auteur

- i was right

- oh hiram is finally going to retire

- damn hermione’s going to become a real housewife of new york

- oh god mary’s watching the tape with the black hood and fred

- archie why are you destroying the tv oh my god

- this episode is such a freaking rollercoaster of emotions good god

- wait, BETTY IS THE AUTEUR

- she probably isn’t, but you know

- fred’s brother is back, for some reason??

- jellybean is the auteur!!  i called it before, and i’m correct apparently!!!

- oh my god, it’s like, everyone in the cooper-jones family (or whatever the hell it is at this point) is a serial killer or a criminal

- okay, jellybean being the auteur makes no sense at all.  “she wanted him to stay” by recording him and scaring him??  jesus christ, jellybean has worse plans than her family members

- (deeply sighs) not the darkness thing again

- oh my god archie and his uncle (i think his name is frank??) are going to fred’s grave, and archie forgives the hit-and-run guy.

- this episode was such a freaking rollercoaster of emotions.  i don’t even know what to say.

[theeternalblue]

A little ficlet for @monicaposh​ and her fic here comes the sun because I owed it to her, with a little collage of the family she created with these smart girls and foolish parents. 💜 You should read it and love it as I do.

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Once a city girl, always a city girl.

And yet here she is watching the soothing blue ocean, feeling the gentle salty breeze against her skin and enjoying the protective shade of exuberant green palm trees and exotic vegetation under the Kauai sun. The mimosa in her hand helps to get her in this mood of utter bliss as well. That’s until she feels a pair of strong arms wrapping around her waist from behind. A firm chest against her back before soft lips kiss the spot under her ear. His nose bumps against her sunglasses’ temple.

“Morning, wife,” his voice is deep and teasing. She tries not to laugh but he’s ridiculous and adorable. It bubbles up inside her and she lets it past her lips because she’s learned the hard way to just do what in her heart feels right.

“Archie,” Veronica tries to scold him. He just doesn’t seem to get tired about calling her wife after three days since they finally said yes to each other – for a second time – in front of their families, friends, and daughters this time.

It was all adorable with Violet as Archie’s best man and Audrey as Veronica’s maid of honor. Those little schemers, mainly responsible for them reuniting, were wearing the brightest smile she’s ever seen on their beautiful faces.

Archie keeps peppering kisses to her neck and shoulder, fully taking advantage of the neckline of her Stella McCartney silk cover-up. And she’s also enjoying how he has forgone shirts since they’ve been secluded in the private villa they chose – actually, Archie chose it because their first honeymoon was spent in Europe and they were chased by paparazzi almost all day.

I want you all to myself, he said and found this spot on the Hawaiian island where they only see people if they choose to leave and go into town. They have a pool, a private beach and each other.

His hands hitch up her torso, and they are purposeful in their attempt to tease her. A shiver goes up her spine, and it has nothing to do with the weather.

“We left the bed an hour ago. Behave,” Veronica mumbles softly, making him snort a laugh.

He playfully bites her shoulder before kissing her cheek. “Do you really want me to behave?” he quips, stepping away and making his way to the kitchen with a relaxed and confident swagger that shows he feels comfortable and happy. 

And she is elated too. The last two years since they got back together have been crazy, with many events for her to promote Posh new lines, with award shows for them to go together, with two beautiful girls on the brink of adolescence and a dog, because Archie cannot say no to his children. The beautiful and immaculate place she had chosen for her and Audrey was sold and replaced by a townhouse because they needed the space. Archie has his own studio, while she has her office, and each girl has their own space. And nothing is ever pristine, as she wished it was but she can’t be upset about it anymore.

He pops a grape into his mouth under her attentive gaze and smirks. “What?”

Veronica feels the now familiar tingling in her chest and smiles, lifting her sunglasses to uncover her face. “I love you,” she mutters softly.

His smile grows bigger. “I love you, too, babe.”

Veronica takes a sip from her mimosa and struts her way to the kitchen island where he’s standing. She gently places the glass on the island, before her hands cradle his face, her fingers toying with his earlobes.

“How much?” She asks him, and Archie’s smile grows while his cheeks and ears tint red.

“You’re my whole world.” He sighs, letting the air pass slowly through his lips as he leans forward to press his forehead against hers.

Her eyes flutter close, and she can feel his strong hands on her waist, his thumbs above her hipbone and the way his breath tickles her face.

They’ve been so busy with their careers that sometimes she forgets just how much she needs his presence. He’s much more affectionate than she is. The last thing she wants it’s for him to feel taken for granted. They needed this time alone, just the two of them enjoying each other.

“Maybe we don’t need the bed,” he whispers hotly in her ear, making her snort a laugh but then he’s pressing those soft and hot kisses to her neck, and who is she but just a woman in a honeymoon with the man she loves?

At some point in the evening they end up in the pool, and Archie is trying to convince her to go surfing the next day while they fool around on a sun lounger like a couple of teenagers, like when they first met all those years ago.

He laughs at her huffy expression, because she’s trying not to laugh or cave in. But then her phone buzzes and she knows there are only two people in the world who are allowed to call at any time.

“Mommy. Daddy.” Two beautiful faces appear on the screen. Audrey and Violet with big smiles – Audrey with her hair in a bob, while Violet keeps it longer. They are in that phase where they want to be different, especially because they’ve spent two years trying to learn from each other.

They babble about their days, about a soiree one of their friends is having for their birthday and how grandma took them shopping, and to the spa.

Archie drops a few hints about being careful and good – because he’s terrified of seeing them grow up. Veronica only tries for them to feel safe enough to talk to them. But they have started to roll their eyes, and be sassy – Violet more than Audrey. They are sensitive and quieter at times – Audrey who sits at the piano or with her guitar for entire afternoons.

“Love you!” And yet they are still adorable enough to say that.

They aren’t ready for moody teenagers who will proclaim their hate for their parents.

“Love you, too, girls. Be nice to your grandma, and call Katy for the shoes you want.” They are still the most fashionable girls in New York, and probably the world if Veronica has any say in it, but now they pick their own clothes and she can only offer opinions.

They grow up so fast.

The newlyweds stay quiet for a moment after disconnecting the call.

“Have you ever thought about having more children?” Archie tries, sheepishly looking at her. “We’re still young.”

She’d be lying if she said no. Their hectic life is too much but she loved her first pregnancy with Archie at her side. It was magical for them.

“What if we had twins again?” she’s joking, but it’s a possibility they can’t discard.

Archie smirks. “Multiply the love, Ronnie.” He claimed they had twins because they had so much love for their unborn child that only one baby couldn’t take it, so they got two. The idea seemed crazy back then, but now she might believe it.

She looks at the sunset before them and how it glows in his eyes. There’s too much love in her heart, too much love in his, and isn’t that great?

[experthiese]

It's only his years of dodging bullets that give Lupin the reflexes to move back before the teeth can make contact. His hand goes to his gun on instinct, brushing against the cool metal of the Walther tucked underneath his suit jacket, but makes no move to draw it. Don't get hasty, now. Sure would be a cryin' shame if this budding friendship ended so suddenly.

Instead, out comes his pack of cigarettes. He tips one out just to give his hands something to play with, twirling the unlit stick between his fingers aimlessly.

❝ Y'know what, buddy? I think so too. ❞

Though Aqua might have bit the dust, it seems the years haven't done anything to soften this sailor up. Though Lupin doubts he's held onto anything worth stealing - that blue orb he'd heard so much about is surely in someone else's hands, ten years later - he seemed entertaining enough to justify keeping around. There were many occasions having a salty sea dog as an ally could come in handy, after all. Especially when said sea dog has already proven himself willing to bend a couple regional laws.

❝ Let's start from the top, nice and easy. It's Archie, right? ❞

❝ issat so, ❞ the pirate claps back, black pupils constricting tightly as the thief wraps one of those shrimpy little arms around his broad shoulders. like a sharpedo circling its prey, archie WATCHES and ANALYZES every little move lupin makes, scrutinizing and deliberating his next move without giving even the smallest bit of INSIGHT for the thief to pick up on.

his next move hits HARD & FAST.

archie leans forward and upward and SNAPS his pearly whites right in the thief's face with just enough force for an audible CRACK to be heard as his teeth clack together. enough force to ASSERT HIMSELF, enough force to remind lupin WHO HE'S MESSING WITH. if he hadn't restrained himself, he might've just bitten lupin's nose off.

❝ SO AM I. ❞

when he pulls away, archie audibly huffs through his nostrils like a fuming salamence... and in another showing of his fangs, he smiles.

❝ we're gonna get along just fine. ❞

[disney-prince-quinn-hughes]

thank you to @ethan-bears finally getting round to do these 

1. what is the colour of your hairbrush? it’s a brownish kind of colour 

2. name a food you never eat ? mushrooms 

3. are you typically too warm or too cold ? I don't actually know 

4.what were you doing 45 minutes ago ? getting dressed 

5. what’s your favourite candy bar ? it’s a New Zealand classic whittakers peanut slab 

6. have you ever been to a professional sports game ? a few cricket games countless rugby games . had a season ticket for the local rugby team at one point . been to two ice hockey games in England 

7. what is the last thing you said out loud ? “what is it boy-o? “ to my dog who was looking over the couch at his ball and ball chucker 

8. what is your favourite icecream ? salted caramel and fudge 

9. what was the last thing you had to drink ? water 

10. do you like your wallet? actually yeah 

11. what is the last thing you ate? toffee icecream  

12. did you buy any new clothes last weekend ? nope 

13. What’s the last sporting event you watched ? Foxes 5-2 win over Man City (my home team ) 

14. What is your favourite flavour of popcorn ? Caramel  , everything else seems too salty  

15. who is the last person you texted ? my mum yesterday 

16. ever go camping ? havent since 2018-19 when we went to Queenstown 

17.do you take vitamins ? no

18. do you regularly attend a place of worship ? nope . not since moving 

19. do you have a tan? no 

20. do you prefer Chinese or Pizza? Pizza 

21. do you drink your soda through a straw ? no 

22. what colour socks do you usually wear ? black or blue with stripes

23. do you ever drive above the speed limit ?  never botrhered to learn to drive .. driving scares me 

24.what terrifies you? driving , being the only one that tries in a relationship/ friendship 

25.look to your left, what do you see ? my dog 

26. what chore do you hate most ? Vaccuming  . i hate lugging the huge vaccum  behind me . i’m only tiny 

27. what do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? “look at me . Look at me . Look at MOI “ From Kath & Kim 

28. what’s your favourite soda ? cherry cola 

29. do you go in a fast food place or just hit  the drive thru ? I don't eat fast food

30. what’s your favourite number?11

31.who’s the last person you talked to ?  mum who is right next to me 

32. favourite cut of beef?  i would only eat it if its minced . i dont like steaks and i prefer chicken anyway 

33. last song you listened to ? Just the way you are by Bruno Mars . we have youtube playing on the second tv  on shuffle 

34.last book you read? The Alchemist series 

35. favourite day of the week ? friday night 

36.can you say the alphabet backwards? slowly and if i concentrate

37. how do you like your coffee? cappuccino 

38. favourite pair of shoes ?  black canvas shoes or my black ankle boots 

39. what time do you normally wake up ? weekdays is between 9 and 10 am , weekdays is between 10 - 11 am 

40.what do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets ? sunsets 

41. how many blankets on bed ? normally two in case Archie is with me 

42. describe your kitchen plates ? red 

43. describe your kitchen at the moment . still sorting out places to put stuff with the move from the rental 

44. do you have a favourite alcoholic drink ? i dont drink much if at all but i love malibu and coke . 

45.do you play cards ? sometimes 

46. what colour is your car ? i dont drive 

47. can you change a tire . Nah 

48. your favourite state ? im gonna say my New Zealand state so Canterbury 

49. favourite job you had ? it wasn’t much but kitchen/catering hand at the Army Mess 5 minutes away from where we used to live . the people there were so kind to me and once thought that Anthony Cirelli was my boyfriend cause he was my lock screen to my phone once 

50. tag some people .  @powerblais @ohforpuckssake @schwizzle-schwartz

@guardianbelle  

[iamjustcara]

It’s been 2 weeks and 2 days since my daddy died. I feel like I really underdelivered in my speech at his funeral. I keep thinking of special things that made him unique and I wish I could’ve talked him up more in front of all those people. But at least I said _something_ at that time. Maybe I’ll write him a fake NYT length obituary or something.

I am so very out of money. And guys I was doing so good at saving. And then, poof, thousands are gone, whoosh, and how am I supposed to pay off my hotel bills or save for vacation now? I feel not in control and damnit I want control of my life (or control of what I buy to fill the holes in my life). Yes I’m lucky I had the savings to cover my third of the funeral. But I’m still salty about it.

I’ve been reading instead of mindlessly watching tv. I enjoyed the 2nd book in Phillip Pullman’s Book of Dust series so much that I decided to read the His Dark Materials series again. When I finish all three installments I’m going to watch the HBO series with Lin Manuel Miranda. I think he’s friggin adorable.

My mom has had to start cancelling things to save money and her Dish cable was the first to fall. Thank goodness I’d weaned myself off my Rachel Maddow/MSNBC addiction after the dog face attack. I still read the NYT & WaPo apps, but I haven’t had to watch a panel of guests talk shit on Ari Melber in several weeks.

I’m doing pretty good all things considered. I’ve had a rough fucking six weeks. The dog face attack at the beginning of December was the most traumatic thing to happen to me in years and years. Until my daddy died at the end of December, then I realized I’d be happy to have Archie bite my face twice a day every day if it meant I could have my dad back.

Still haven’t gotten laid tho. It just doesn’t seem important at the moment. But eventually I’ll want to suck a dick again.

[yourlocaltrashpandaxoxo]

What a coincidence, I have ALSO just woken up to this 😂

Thanks @sukipershipper for the tag

1) Top Three Ships

Idk if I'm supposed to do just PO ships but fuck it, I'm breaking the rules. I'm doing Pokèmon ships >:3.

1. HardenShipping (Maxie x Archie). Beautiful, immaculate, stunning, ten outta ten... I just adore this ship to bits. Grumpy scientist nerd in love with a salty sea dog pirate? Yes please :D.

2. PerfectWorldShipping (Prof. Sycamore x Lysandre). If HardenShipping could've saved the world by not divorcing, these fuckers could've saved the world by GETTING a divorce. But hey, they're two French fuckers in love and I love them too.

3. TrueRivalShipping/RaiLeon (Leon x Raihan). I fucking adore the dynamic these two have with each other and I always squeal when I see them interacting. It works so well whether it's platonic or romantic. Plus, it says on Raihan's League Card that he could easily be champ in another region but stays in Galar to beat Leon... Need I say more?

2) First Ever Ship

Oh fucking JESUS... I was about 11/12 and was really into this one band (who have now disbanded ;_;) and I hardcore shipped one of the guitarists with the vocalist... I refuse to say which band and very happy to say I no longer ship irl people. 12 year old me was an idiot 🤦‍♂️

3) Last Song

Love the Way you Lie: Part II by Rihanna. One of my favourite songs to sing along to actually

4) Last Movie

I'll be honest rn, I don't actually watch movies very often. I have, however, been watching a lot of Corpse Bride clips because I love Tim Burton and that movie is one of my favourites.

5) Currently Reading

Not reading anything at the moment, mostly because the stuff I want to read I don't currently have in my book collection (really wanna get my hands on some old-school Goosebumps books)

6) Currently Watching

A LOT of Pokèmon, mainly the Diamond and Pearl and Sun and Moon anime. It's been nice :).

7) Currently Consuming

Nothing. I'm sat in bed filling this dumbass Tumblr post out smdh. (jk I'm having fun XD)

8) Currently Craving

Garlic bread. I desire it carnally and I need it every day. Also craving some Little Moons golden chocolate ice cream mochi. Soooo good 😭 😋

@theflamingraven @doodly-monk @nesssblog @soldierd0wn

Soz if you've already been tagged in this. Have fun!

I legit just woke up and imma do something that requires I use my brain yay: 9 people you wanna get to know better

Thanks for the tag @matchamabs lmao

1) Top three ships

Ya know ironically, despite the name, I don't do a lot of Canon x Canon ships. But I do have 3 for Punch Out specifically.

Carmen x Don: This one is pretty standard, like it's THE ship man, cmon. Bless pur dorky Spanish couple they deserve it

Hondo x Hugger: these two work both romantically and platonically and they're the absolute best. Like I love them so-

Bull x Soda: I think this was the ship that I was really really sold on. Like Gingerbread and Aradon? Cute but I was never sold on em, but these two fuckers? Hell to the yeah!

2) First ever ship

If it ain't obvious it was Sukiper. This was a combo ship between two characters from trolls cause yeah I was into it when I was younger, like 11 years old. DJ Suki and Cooper were my OTP, I loved em.

3) Last Song

Willow's Theme from Angry Birds Stella POP! Such a nice theme honestly, very tranquil. Also yeah I listen to Video Game OST's

4) Last Movie

Matilda, the 1996 one. It is my absolute fave adaption of a movie, and it just makes me feel so happy when I watch it. Used to watch it heaps as a Kid

5) Currently Reading

Eh, i don't read a lot. I guess it'd be the last thing I read which was Hound of the Baskervilles

6) Currently Watching

Chicago Series (Med, Fire, PD)

7) Currently Consuming

Nothing, had breakfast though, it was Milo and Buttered Toast 8) Currently Craving

Pork with Honey Soy Garlic sauce and Rice. Banger combo man

@yourlocaltrashpandaxoxo @ashtxeman @lazypastry @upperhug @lukasdoodle @anotherwvba @wvbaandtheboys @tikiss @sweetzdreamyzblog

Sorry if you;ve been tagged in this already lol

[hello-confess-to-me]

About me tag game

Sorry if it's all a little weird. I'm on mobile rn.

Tagged by @salty-finch-fries

Name: Lexan.(Lex,Lee, Archie,)

Sexuality: Gay, Asexual (any questions feel free to ask)

Cats or dogs?: Hmm. Both animals are cute, amazing and smart. I also have got my own cat that's one of my closes friends. Her name is Shisha. (Again any questions about her feel free to ask) I also love dogs but dont have the space to own one.

Hogwarts house: I dont actually know which house I'm part of. I'll take the test at some point.

Reason for url: Okay so I still do this. But no one sends in anymore. Essentially my url was because of people sending in anons to get things off their chests.

Favourite animal: Ohh...Now this is a really hard question. I think my favourite animal has to be snakes!

[let-it-raines]

I'm glad you're taking prompts because i just saw this on twitter "Colin said Killian would want to teach Hope how to sail and fight and he would do normal family stuff with her and Emma like take them fishing, build sandcastles together, read books, etc" so, i would love if could write a fic with Emma and Killian having domestic moments with Hope with maybe some things that, you know, Emma and Killian playing with Hope at their house or the beach and telling her a story while she's ready (+)

Prompt based on something Colin said a few weeks ago “I would think that they are just trying to be a family, where they’re not having to battle something constantly. Where [Emma and Hook] can actually spend time trying to raise their daughter, and stuff like that. I’d like to think they go fishing, maybe? And build sandcastles. Read books. Normal family stuff.”

She looks most like Emma.

She has blonde curls, though they’re a little darker than his wife’s, almost a chestnut blonde compared to the gold of Emma’s. Her eyes are blue, but if he looks in the sunlight, there are small flecks of green around the irises. Her eyes are beautiful in color, but they’re even better with all of the love and adventure that reside inside. He thinks that’s what reminds him most of Emma. It’s the way that every one of Hope’s emotions and thoughts are reflected through her eyes, like she’s an open book that’s still being written.

In most ways, she is.

His daughter is only four, but to him, she may as well be forty. She’s a brilliant little spitfire who keeps him on his toes every minute of every day. He sees her grow daily, from the way her appearance changes to the way that her vocabulary evolves. It’s the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen, and he can’t quite believe he has this little person in his life that’s a product of he and Emma’s True Love.

He actually can’t quite believe that he has two products of he and Emma’s True Love in Hope and Oliver, his son who looks infinitely more like him than he does Emma in his infant state. And then he’s got Henry, and while he may not be a product of he and Emma, he’s every bit his child as the two who live under his roof. For centuries he was alone, wanting nothing more than revenge, his heart full of hatred fighting against the love, but he’s now got this life with little room for hatred other than for those who try to harm his family. Gods, it’s a life better than he could ever imagine.

“A green dog on a yellow tree,” Emma reads to Hope, her voice high and lilting while Hope watches her with rapt attention and Oliver babbles against his chest, his arms folded into himself while a drool spot forms on the gray of his tee shirt. “Some big dogs and some little dogs going around in cars.”

“Mommy, dogs can’t drive cars.”

“They can if they have a driver’s license, bug,” he adds in from his position at the doorway, and Hope and Emma both look up at him with identical expressions of frustration and amusement.

“Daddy is being silly, baby,” Emma soothes, brushing Hope’s hair off of her head and urging her to lay back down in her bed. “But, you know, lots of magical things happen here. Maybe one day Pongo is going to drive around the street’s in Archie’s car.”

“Well, look who’s being silly now?”

Emma sticks her tongue out at him before her eyes go wide, and she realizes her mistake and claps her hand over her mouth. He can’t help the chuckle that escapes his lips at Emma’s look of horror and Hope’s look of agitation. They’ve been telling her for weeks now not to stick her tongue out at people, and there goes her mum doing that very thing.

After they resolve the tongue situation, which honestly sounds more like a dirty joke than a conversation with his toddler, and get Hope to bed, Emma feeds Oliver before putting him down to bed so that the two of them can crawl into bed, stripping out of the clothes and letting them fall to the floor along with his brace. He’s exhausted, but he’s rarely too exhausted to make love to his wife, letting Emma move above him until they both fall apart and fall into slumber.

It’s Saturday the next morning, and while he and Emma are both on call, he doesn’t expect there to be any trouble or issues today. For so long they had no peace. Hell, they couldn’t even get married without him losing everything that’s ever mattered to him. But now it’s peaceful more often than not, and he and Emma are able to lounge around on Saturday mornings until they’re woken up by kids and have to do things like feed them and change diapers or get them dressed, which is always a task with Hope.

He just recently learned how to braid hair. He’d wanted to for Emma, knowing how she enjoys wearing her hair that way as well as enjoying how he runs his fingers through her hair, especially around the nape of her neck, but she has so much bloody hair that it’s difficult for him to do with just his hand. He figured it out, is actually quite adept at it now, and he’s transferred his knowledge of braiding Emma’s hair to braiding Hope’s hair. She’s rather particular about it, too, telling him when it looks funny or he’s missed a spot, so he knows that he has to do a top notch job for his biggest critic.

So that’s what he’s doing now, braiding Hope’s curls into two braids while Emma smothers Oliver with infant sunscreen and dresses him in a pair of the smallest swim trunks Killian has ever seen. They’ve got little green anchors on them that look like some kind of child-like version of the tattoo he has on his hip. He and his lad match, and he’s almost positive Emma bought the trunks for that very reason. Hope, meanwhile, picked out her own swimming attire, insistent that she get the Minnie Mouse set when they went to Target just outside of town last week.

It doesn’t matter how long he’s lived in this realm, how much he’s adapted to modern technology, because he doesn’t think he’ll ever get used to having places like Target and Costco for all of his needs and more. Gods, he and Emma practically lived there when she was pregnant and they were helping to buy Henry things for his new apartment as well as preparing to have a baby.

Getting to the beach takes them longer than it has any right to, pit stops needed to inspect the flowers on the side of the road or turning around and walking all the way back to the house because he forgot to bring Oliver’s hat to protect him from the sun. When they finally get there, it’s only to have to set up their stake on the sand, pitching umbrellas as children pitch fits that it’s too hot or they’re taking too long or whatever the hell that it is that Oliver’s babbles means. But once everything is finished, things seem to calm, and he’s able to take in the beauty of the ocean ahead of him, the waves rolling in onto the sand soothing him as he can practically feel the Jolly rocking beneath him even though it’s docked a few hundred feet away.

Emma offers to take Hope into the ocean while he stays with Oliver and his beach toys, and of all of the modern inventions he’s discovered, the only thing that tops heating and air conditioning has to be the bikini. Sure, lingerie is up there, but those lacy little nothings that Emma wears are just for the two of them in the privacy of their home. The bikini is something Emma can wear in public, her body practically bare to him as they sit on the beach and her skin glistens with salt water and sunshine. It’s wonderful, and it makes him having to wear swim trunks that display all of the scars and ink of his body to the world completely worth it.

“What are you doing there, lad?” he questions Oliver, knowing he can’t really answer with anything but babbles and hand gestures. “Are we building a sandcastle? Yeah? You know, grandma and grandpa used to live in a real castle? But I think this one will be better.”

He and Oliver continue to build a sandcastle, though it’s mostly him using the toys to build the shapes and Oliver smashing them down into nothing. When it’s been awhile and sweat begins to pool at his temple, he picks his boy up, sliding on his floaties and blowing them up before taking him out to the water, wading them out to Emma and Hope who are splashing around in the most shallow part of the ocean.

“Hello there, ladies,” he greets, making sure Oliver doesn’t squirm out of his grasp. “Tell me Captain Hope, how is the water today?”

“Cold and wavy.”

She splashes the water around before moving her small arm in the motion of a wave, soft circles ending in a large splash that coats all of them in salt.

“What about salty? Is it salty? I bet it tastes salty.”

“Daddy, you’re not supposed to drink the ocean water. It’s not good.”

Hope scrunches up her nose, something that’s just like Emma, and he nods in agreement before walking over to Emma and pressing a kiss against her lips, salt falling onto his lips as the smell of her sunscreen invades his senses.

“It tastes like mommy’s been drinking the ocean water.”

“Ewww,” Hope cries, swimming over to him and crawling up his left arm so that he has to hand Oliver over to Emma. His daughter is so bony, her bones hitting against him until she’s situated on his shoulders and he’s holding her there with his forearms while her ankles kick against his chest, hitting right over the white swan tattoo that has above his heart.

They wade out in the water until the kids get tired and they head back to shore and rest against the towels. It’s something he’s grown accustomed to. His children are never happy doing one thing for too long, and so he never expects to stay in one place for a long time, unless that place is David and Mary Margaret’s with all of their animals and sweet foods. By the time it’s one in the afternoon, the sun beating down on them in the middle of the sky, they pack their bags up, their things somehow expanding, and make their way home.

The kids fall asleep immediately, Hope stretching out on the couch while Oliver rests against Emma’s chest as she begins to snooze in the recliner, every one of them in nothing more than their underwear after changing out of their swimming clothes.

He settles down onto the couch, resting his head against the back of the couch and enjoying this quiet moment that’s filled with the various sounds of his family breathing and the music still playing from the bedroom. Emma’s always forgetting to turn the damn radio off.

He’s spent his entire life at sea. Most of it was a bloody nightmare from which he couldn’t escape, but he learned to count the rocking of a ship on waves and the smell of salt water as a friend and as a home. It was his first love, and while he still takes the Jolly out sailing at least once a week and plans on teaching his children how to do the same, the sea isn’t his home anymore.

His home is this place, these walls and everyone who resides inside of it.

Henry, Hope, Oliver, Emma.

Every one of them is his love, and while he used to not sleep for fear of something awful happening, now he likes to keep his eyes open simply so he can take all of this in.

[violetfaust]

“Beauty” coping headcanons: starter pack

Details and shmetails that are helping me deal with Rumbelle’s happy bittersweet ending. I welcome any additions.

Rumple did not spend fifty years with short hair. There were many times during that period when he grew it out for a while and then cut it again, so that Belle could enjoy many different degrees of floof.

They had at least one offscreen daughter. (I know this one will be jossed in no time but I am clinging until it is.) @salty-rumbelle pointed out that the daughter(s) might be inside the house in the post-funeral scene, having wanted to give Gideon, the oldest (and I think mentioned to be the only son), a little time with his father at his mom’s grave. Both Belle and Rumple would have wanted to enjoy a normal pregnancy together, and to give Gideon a sibling so he wouldn’t be lonely. I didn’t realize how attached I was to Alice Gold until it was taken away from me.

On that note: Alice Jones is actually the biological child of Wish!Rumple and Belle, who were obviously closer at the DC than our Rumbelle, and Belle was captured by Regina later--probably not long before Rumple was captured by Snowing. After Regina’s defeat, Hook broke into her tower the way he did in the prime timeline, looking for a weapon he could use against Rumple (he didn’t know that Snowing had Rumple locked up), and found Belle on the verge of death, but with her newborn child. He took the baby intending it to be part of his revenge on Rumple (just as he did with Bae all those years ago)--but this time, he actually fell in love with the child and parenthood, and gradually that love replaced his need for revenge. Then the whole thing with the witch happened and Rook lost the daughter, leading to his downward spiral that we saw in 6.11. Yes, there’s an age problem here in that Wish!Rumbelle’s daughter could be a most a few months younger than Emma and Alice seems to be in her early twenties rather than late thirties--but eh. Timey wimey. Robin 2 was THIRTY years younger than he should have been, not just twelve. (Yes, I know this one will also be almost instantly jossed.) Real Rumple learned about Alice’s parentage some time before the curse (though not before he’d already bonded with her).

Back to our Rumbelle: they also had a dog or series of dogs. We just happened to see glimpses of their between-dogs lives. And at least during the adventure years, horses. Belle got to do a lot of riding.

This is getting super long (it is taking a lot for me to cope), so the rest under a cut.

Before leaving SB, they had very productive marriage counseling with Archie.

They spent a few years seeing the world in the LWoM before moving on to explore other realms.

They spent at least part of the twenty adventure years solving previous plot holes in the series. So, they rescued all the children of the Dark Realm and found them homes, education, and counseling, and likely did the same for the Lost Boys.

They also solved the mystery of exactly what happened to Belle’s mom, and in doing so Belle learned that she has some nonhuman (faery/divine/magical) ancestry. (See my post on the snow associated with Belle in dream visions.) She knew, therefore, that there was a good chance that she could be resurrected if/when she died. I completely buy that Belle would willingly sacrifice her life to save her true love’s soul and put the darkness to rest (something that people seem to recognize as heroic when anyone but Belle does it), but it still makes no sense to me that she would arrange it so that she dies when Gideon is still young if she didn’t have to. Why would she choose to let him grieve and to miss out on so much of his life? (Maybe even her grandchildren.) But if Belle knows that the end of Rumple’s quest will be to bring her back to life, then I can buy it. She would know that Gideon (and I guess their daughter) wouldn’t lose her forever.

Rumbelle’s retirement in the sunset realm did not mean that they couldn’t go other places if they wanted, so they had regular date nights and vacations throughout all the realms, and visited friends like Anna and Elsa, Ruby and Dorothy, Merida and her new wife, Mulan, Ariel and Eric, and so on. They also had people visit them, including...

...heroes who heard the legend of the wizard and wise woman who lived at the edge of night. Rumbelle had a rep like these two:

THE HOUSE HAS INDOOR PLUMBING. And a nice hot tub built for two on the back deck.

Also, somewhere in that house is a closet or at least a shelf that is magicked to be an enormous library full of both classic and new books from all the realms so Belle (and Rumple) always has something to read.

During her retirement, Belle wrote books about their adventures.

Rumple spun the yarn for and knitted/crocheted all those damn shawls Belle kept wearing.

He also had his little science/magic laboratory where he could potter around with making potions and fixing broken items. That all seems like too much of a part of his life for too long for him to just give it up. (On that note, he regularly used small magics to make them comfortable or just surprise Belle--things that were light magic, didn’t hurt anyone, didn’t have a price.)

I will probably add more of these.