#shut up suzie

[fedorah-the-explorah]

i celebrate my american culture by giving all my faves a GLOCK

[suzie-snail]

there's out of character fanfiction where it's like: "yeah, I can tell that this interpretation is in fact based on this Character, but the writer has taken enough artistic liberties that it does become sorta unlikely." and you know, I'm okay with that. messing around with interpretation is part of the fun with transformative art. I'll rock with a fic that's a bit out there but still reminiscent of canon. like, I can tell we watched or read the same thing and that you have a very specific interpretation that's intuitive to you. that's great.

and then there's out of character fanfiction where it's like "hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. yeah. he would not fucking say that."

[scary-white]

I normally hate productions' of Carrie the Musical tendency to have Carrie kill Tommy, but I just finished The Garnet Valley production, and the way she snaps his neck with her bare hands rather than her powers was absolutely based??? Like damn, that was poignant, and I fw it severely.

[fedorah-the-explorah]

She grinned.

"Carmen."

"...It wasn't as bad as it sounds."

Shadowsan breathed in deeply. Back in-- oh, what was it? 2003? He supposed it didn't really matter-- When she was young she'd been an actual terror. At one point they found themselves in between nannies and he and Brunt had been forced to shoulder the child rearing duties. It was during this time that he discovered the edifying wonders of "Conscious Discipline." It had offered plenty of interesting insight, but most importantly, he had learned to not not NOT let the child rule his mood. When dealing with the child, he had learned to breathe deeply and breathe deeply often.

It was amazing! Seventeen years later, and he was still using these techniques with his now twenty year old child. It just went to show: No matter how much time passes, she'd always have a knack for driving him to near close to cardiac arrest.

"Shadowsan? You with me?"

He sighed. "Yes, child. I am merely steeling myself in preparation for whatever horrors you're about to relay."

She chuckled. "Right... Just. Remember. You promised--"

"--Carmen. Just tell me what you did."

She bit down on her cheek, looking everywhere but at him.

"...It's uh. Well. Um. It's not entirely my fault, you know? Devineaux made an appearance so I had my hands full, you know? Keeping him out of the way and such, right?"

"...Go on."

"Well, Paper Star was also there."

Oh boy.

"...I kind of got nicked."

"Nicked." He dead panned.

"Grievously injured?"

He said nothing.

"Okay, fine. I died. Happy?"

Yeah. Okay. Fuck conscious discipline.

He let go of her hand as he threw his own in the air. "Happy?" He snarled, "Of course I'm not--!"

He abandoned speech in favor of checking her over with the frenzied desperation of a first time mother picking her child up from day care for the first time.

She shoved him away. "I'm fine." She insisted, "Look!"

She removed her choker to reveal a thin white line slashing across the length of her throat.

"It's barely a scar now!"

He pinched the bridge of his nose. Closing his eyes and throwing his head back, he tried to ride out the surge of anger, fear, and despair flash flooding his brain and washing away his sense.

"Carmen. Your-- You--"

He was rarely left floundering like this. Carmen alone had always had the unique ability to leave him speechless and flailing.

Had it hurt? Had she suffered? How long had she lain there choking on her own--

She grabbed his hands. He looked at her, breathing raggedly. He'd failed her, then. He hadn't protected her. If it weren't for-- if it weren't-- He did not like to call his feelings towards her parental, he didn't have that right, but who was he fooling? She'd always been like a daughter to him, and what kind of fa-- guardian-- was he if he had allowed for her to--

"I'm okay, Shadowsan. Really. I am."

He shook his head. "It should not have happened."

"Well, it did. And look. Here I am. Perfectly fine. Besides, you should have seen Devineaux's face, it was hilarious."

He closed his eyes.

"And just imagine! Paper Star will flip when she sees me again. I bet she thought she was good--"

His eyes snapped open.

"--That's the thing, Carmen. She was good. She--"

"--It wasn't permanent--!"

"--I need to meditate. We both need to meditate."

"Ugh! Shadowsan, I am not fourteen anymore! You can't just-- you promised you'd be calm!"

"That was before I found out you-- she slashed your throat, Carmen, you--"

"--I know, okay!"

Oh.

Oh, no.

She was trembling now, her eyes watering. Her hands went lax in his so he tightened his own grip, squeezing her hands.

"It's okay." He said, "It's okay."

Her breath hitched and she threw herself at him. He caught her and hugged her close. She sniffed slightly as she shook and they both pretended she wasn't actually crying.

"You're okay, child. I'm sorry. I'm sorry I reacted. You're okay."

"No," She said, voice muffled. "I'm sorry, I-- I--"

"There's nothing to apologize for. You did nothing wrong. I just--" He stopped to control his breathing. Theatrics were unbecoming of him. "--I hate that it had to happen. I hate that it happened to you."

She nodded jerkily against his chest. "Me too. I was-- I was so--"

"I know."

He forgot sometimes, how young she really was. Twenty was nothing in the grand scheme of things. She was a child. She was his child--

They had a lot to talk about. Really. They did.

But for now, he was content to just hold her. Comforting her.

It was okay. It was okay.

Prompt #3449

“Now, remember, you promised to stay calm. I’m holding you to that.” The hero gulped down a nervous lungful of air. “So…I discovered I do have powers actually. Self-resurrection powers.”

Their mentor’s eyes narrowed. “And how exactly did you discover that?”

[eye-candy-film-enjoyer]

Wes Anderson Movies + textpost part 8/11 (or until I give up)

Moonrise Kingdom Edition

[meowstri]

is too early to celebrate xmas bc i’ve already started listening to last christmas and aiwfciy on repeat…

[brionysea]

all this drama in stranger things 4 about long distance messing up whole character dynamics and relationships meanwhile dustin and suzie are just chilling. yeah okay i'll help out your weird friends who just walked into my bedroom on the basis that they're your friends. why not. i was getting bored anyway

[maximilianthequeer]

all this modern discourse about male lesbians... in the 90′s Eddie Izzard said she was a male lesbian and to her audience that made more sense than being trans

[little-mouse-adventures]

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If my math holds true, Butler would now be 60.

The man can get senior's discounts.

[fedorah-the-explorah]

dark red does NOT have the christmas spirit

[suzie-snail]

if you bookmark or subscribe to my fics on archive of our own dot com you are NOT allowed to leave. get back here.

[scary-white]

actually carrie white was right to destroy her entire town with her mind. perhaps even sanctioned by god.

[lighthouseas]

no u don't understand i NEED a neverending story comeback in s5

[frecklenog]

okay i’m gonna say it. why was alexander rozhenko always played by white boys

[wiressmiled]

when butters explained to stan & the goth kids that to be happy , he has to deal with being sad , but that's not bad bc then he can remember the things that made him that happy in the first place ??? suziecore

[eye-candy-film-enjoyer]

Wes Anderson Movies + Tv tropes part 7/12

Moonrise Kingdom Edition