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[withercat1]

Some observations about Mouthwashing

Spoilers ahead!

Ok so this game has got me so hyperfixated that I’m using Tumblr for the first time in like a year just to keep a tab with the Mouthwashing hashtag open so I can refresh it throughout the day and see what people are posting. That and my tab full of Danny AOD gifs. Anyway.

So I wanted to share some things I’ve noticed because I haven’t seen anyone else mention them and I want to seem smart and observant.

First off is the name Curly. Like it’s kind of a weird name. It’s unclear whether this is his first or last name because the writing on his id card is so burned and so cursive. It is worth noting that Curly is an actual name, meaning “strong man” or “great strength”. What stands out to me though, is that Laika, the dog who was sent into space, was actually named Kudrayavka originally, which means “Little Curly” (and a little fun fact, Laika means “barker”). Thematically, both of these make sense. I don’t know which one was intentional, if either. It’s entirely possible Curly as a name is a reference, or just a name the devs liked.

Secondly, Anya’s design is based off of Shelley Duvall in The Shining, most recognizable to most people for the scene where she’s hiding in the bathroom while Johnny breaks down the door. That being her most iconic scene really reminds me of Anya’s deal with doors, being unable to lock the door to her quarters, and then locking herself in medical while the others try to get her out.

Thirdly, and the one I find most interesting, is one of the videos that plays on the tv after the storage room is opened. It’s about atoms, and states that atoms make up everything, like shoes, and ships, and sealing wax, and cabbages, and kings. I don’t know if this video was chosen by the devs specifically for this quote, but for the purposes of my rambling I’m going to assume it was. This quote is a direct reference to The Walrus and the Carpenter, a poem by Lewis Carroll.

The poem is hyperlinked above (hopefully, Idrk how to use Tumblr), but I just want to post the segment that the quote from the video comes from.

“The time has come,' the Walrus said,

      To talk of many things:

Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax —

      Of cabbages — and kings —

And why the sea is boiling hot —

      And whether pigs have wings.'”

To briefly summarize the whole poem, though I highly recommend reading it for yourself as well because it’s really good, the Walrus and the Carpenter come across a group of oysters and ask them to join them for a walk. The oysters do, and the Walrus and the Carpenter walk with then a bit, before finally stopping, where the lines above happen. Right after this, the oysters ask to take a break, and the Walrus and the Carpenter agree to let them have the break - because they plan on eating the oysters. “And why the sea is boiling hot,” I believe, refers to the oysters being boiled in order to prepare them for consumption.

The Walrus says he pities the oysters, and wipes his tears away, while actively partaking in the consumption of the oysters. The poem ends with a statement that all of the oysters have been devoured.

So! Let’s focus on the Walrus here. Someone who leads innocents astray, boils/cooks them, and then eats them, all the while crying about how awful it is while doing nothing to abstain from eating them. Sound familiar? Sound like that guy we all hate? Little bit! I don’t know if it was an intentional bit of symbolism or not, but it’s super big brained if it was.

That’s all for now but I’m sure I’ll think of some more things later. I love this game. If u made it this far I really appreciate it, feel free to comment and let me know what you think

Also let me know how to tag a post as spoilers properly, I seriously do not use this site

[interact-if]

Our fourth edition of the Black History Month Author Spotlight series, features Becky (@losergames)!

(I’ve been in awe of Becky’s multi-talents (art, writing, coding, excuse me??) for a long time now, and am super excited to get to interview her and introduce her awesome game, Chop Shop! The portion on morality and finding a middle-ground between harmful stereotypes of “bad” POC characters and angelic, one-dimensional ones who can do no wrong was a really interesting and insightful take.)

Author: Becky

Hello hello!!! I’m Becky! I am a black bisexual woman from the UK, lover of games, TV and food. I have a Bachelor's degree in Animation & Visual Effects and currently work as a technician at a college 😁

Games: Chop Shop (crime, action, LGBTQ+, meaningful choices)

Short blurb: A crime action interactive fiction game.

Quote from the interview

There are a few main themes I keep in mind about when writing Chop Shop but the big one I think everyone understands is morality. What is right and wrong, and the various shades of grey in between, has been written about a thousand times in a thousand ways but it is continuously interesting to me in a changing world. What does it mean to be a bad person doing good things and a good person doing bad things? Is there a chance for redemption? What are the consequences? Race and class are also massive factors, made all the more complicated when we’re looking at sets of characters on either side of the PC’s life. I want to write black and other characters of colour make bad, questionable, and unredeemable decisions whilst also remaining aware of stereotypes and archetypes. I want them to be loud, messy, and rude, attributes that are always attached to minorities, but I also want them to be smart, calculating, and deceptive. I think a lot of people are scared to do so and we end up with plain, can-do-no-wrongers that lack any depth.

Read on for the full interview!

Can you tell me a bit about what you’re working on right now and your journey into interactive fiction? What inspired the game/story you’re currently writing?

I am currently working on the crime action interactive fiction Chop Shop. There are a mix of inspirations that went into Chop Shop but above all else I’d say the kicker was my circumstances at the time.

During covid I walked away from the WORST job I’ve ever had and moved back home, which I realised a while after was an extremely huge blessing. I had a major burnout and was processing what my ex-managers had put me and my colleagues through. So, in my freetime I was playing a lot of cyoa/ romance games (shoutout Love Island the game) and found a whole fandom that also enjoyed them. 

I made some friends, did art commissions, and wrote some fanfic here and there, yadda yadda. A close friend recommended I try out a very popular COG game at the time (🧛) and it all spiraled from there. I fell in love with the format, endless creativity, and community and never looked back.

I loved the Need For Speed games as a kid, the og Most Wanted, Carbon, and Underground 2 are, in my eyes, amongst the masterpieces of games from the 2000s. It got to the point I was going over to friends houses just to play on their PS2 lmao. I am also a Fast and Furious fiend (shock) and I will defend that god awful series till I die. Fast forward to being a teenager/ young adult I’ve become a massive fan of fictional crime shows. Breaking Bad will always be my first love, but I also love The Sopranos, Fargo, The Wire and more.

How has your identity, heritage/background, upbringing, or personal experiences influenced your storytelling or writing process? OR How does your work feature aspects of your identity / experience?

The real catalyst for Chop Shop was my previous job. A lot of the PC’s experiences are based off my own. A few examples I love sharing are how I had to make breakfast for my boss every morning and had to keep the office freezer stocked with a specific supermarket ice lolly because he ‘needed’ one every day at 3pm. I truly wish I was making this up because people think I’m crazy when I tell them. But I really was catering to a man-child because I was desperately trying to get my foot into a creative industry. Woof!!!

That said, the industry I wanted to work in was and still is extremely competitive. I came out of uni with a tonne of friends, but also a tonne of competition. It stung very badly to see my peers excel and surpass me when it came to careers but that’s just a part of becoming an adult. That life really was not for me and I’m glad I’m out of it now.

My mother is an extremely influential person in my life. Bits and pieces of her stick with me, not just in my writing but my every day. She’s worked in corporate all her life, from the early 80s and still to this day. She laughs about it now but she tells stories about the times she was laughed out of meetings or undermined by subordinates because she was a black woman in positions that were not occupied by minorities. It hurts to think about but I can only dream of having the type of strength she does.

Now that I think about it, Chop Shop is a massive fuck you to the past.

Are there any specific themes or messages you hope players take away from your work?

There are a few main themes I keep in mind about when writing Chop Shop but the big one I think everyone understands is morality. What is right and wrong, and the various shades of grey in between, has been written about a thousand times in a thousand ways but it is continuously interesting to me in a changing world. What does it mean to be a bad person doing good things and a good person doing bad things? Is there a chance for redemption? What are the consequences?

Race and class are also massive factors, made all the more complicated when we’re looking at sets of characters on either side of the PC’s life. I want to write black and other characters of colour make bad, questionable, and unredeemable decisions whilst also remaining aware of stereotypes and archetypes. I want them to be loud, messy, and rude, attributes that are always attached to minorities, but I also want them to be smart, calculating, and deceptive. I think a lot of people are scared to do so and we end up with plain, can-do-no-wrongers that lack any depth.

What does your writing process look like? Any rituals or habits? Any tips, tricks, philosophies or approaches that have worked very well for you?

I write way better outside of my bedroom. I know writing is supposed to be fun and a hobby but sometimes it’s… not. If I get stressed out in my room, it’s all a mess. The brain needs to be away from where I sleep to get work done. Last summer, when all the teachers were on holiday time, I was the only one in my department for weeks and it was the best writing stint I ever had haha.

Oh and I keep a huge spreadsheet. All the episode breakdowns, outlines, character details etc. It looks insane to anyone else but it is my prized baby.

Do you have favourite interactive fiction games, characters, scenes or authors that you’d like to recommend?

My goto game rec is always 180 Files: The Aegis Project. So quick and punchy, more narrative/plot than romance focused. The action sequences are fun and the interactions are so delicious, ugh. I love it. I’ve played it at least 20 times to get the different endings and it’s never not satisfying, just… chefs kiss. I’m also really enjoying Thicker Than right now AAHHH I NEED TO CATCH UP!!! 

Any books, music, movies etc. you’re obsessed with at the moment, or which changed your life (or perspectives on something)?

Not anything specific but I do have some books I’d like to recommend to my fellow black readers:

The Psychosis of Whiteness: Surviving the Insanity of a Racist World by Nicola Rollock

Black Skin, White Masks by Franz Fanon

The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them by Ekow Eshun

Black England: A Forgotten Georgian History by Gretchen Gerzina

The Hard Road To Renewal by Stuart Hall

Honestly I’d recommend anything by Stuart Hall lmao. RIP king, you would be shocked at the media literacy today.

This-or-that segment: (bold = Becky's pick)

Coffee or tea?

Early mornings or late nights?

City or countryside?

Angsty or Cozy romances? (Or enemies-to-lovers or best-friends-to-lovers?)  

Steady progress or frenzied binge-writing followed by periods of calm?

Summer or Winter?

First drafts or editing?

Introvert or extrovert?

Plotter or pantser?

Characters or plot first?

Becky’s custom “either-or” pairing: Driver or passenger?

[devotedfem]

∞ Virus

Synopsis: The pandemic made people turn feral, like savage beasts. The news said that the virus was spread by a mysterious and wild being. And you were unlucky enough to be the target of infatuation of said being.

J. Hoseok x f. reader

Genre: zombie/virus au | yander-ish.

Tags: Monster Hoseok, virus, apocalypse au, Hoseok is the cause and bearer of the virus, bites, primal fear, predator/prey, fear play, obsession, infatuation, uncanny Hoseok, strong reader.

Patreon for extra content

From the series; otherworldly.

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Your hands trembled frantically, and the primal deep fear squeeze your chest in a piton grip, making you stand still on your spot. Unable to move, unable to speak, unable to run.

The news from the tv on your back served as white noise, making chills run your body.

“STAY IN YOUR HOME! I REPEAT IT, STAY IN YOUR HOME. DON’T GO OUT BY ANY MEANS!”

The wail from the reporter made you feel numb.

“DON’T TRY TO HELP YOUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS IF THEY GOT BITTEN, THEY’RE GONE! THE VIRUS TOOK THEM AWAY! SAVE YOURSELF!”

You agree on that, they weren’t just the same anymore. They were gone.

“EVERYTHING IS LOST! DON’T WENT OUT! I’M BEGGING YOU, IT’S DANGEROUS OUT HERE! EVERYONE IS INFECTED!”

You kept standing still, numb from head to toe. Wrapped by the white noise from the tv on your back.

“HE WILL CATCH YOU! HE’S EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE OTHERS, BECAUSE HE SPREAD IT! HE’S THE FIRST VIRUS CARRIER, A MONSTER, BUT A SMART ONE!”

Numb. You stand numb.

“He’s… we don’t know where he came from, or why did he spread this deadly virus, but he knows what he’s doing, and he’s using the corpse of your beloved ones to hurt us, to overpower humans…”

The reporter’s voice weakened, turning into a whisper. Almost as if he gave up.

And then you heard him screaming again, but this time in horror and pain. Other screams sounded from the people around the reporter. He got bitten, you supposed.

Then your tv went completely silent. Ending the live.

It was indeed a monster that spread this virus, but one that looked and acted human. He was evil, he wanted an army of corpses to run the world under his command.

It was the second week since the pandemic, everyday escalated into a worse one. Until everyone got bitten, all of the tv channels were off air, except the one from minutes ago, but like the others, it's gone.

The city was taken by the virus, every second you heard a wail and a scream, every person got bitten. The corpses were fast, extremely and inhumanly fast. And the virus was very easy to spread, just a tiny bit of infected saliva in a little wound was enough to turn you into a feral and deadly corpse.

It is just impossible to not get bitten, your building was just full of them. The city was also on flames, burning. Leaving nothing behind, taking all kind of resources away.

And you knew it was his doing. He knew that if he burned away resources, the chances of surviving will decrease, letting survivors no choice but to succumb to the virus, to end their suffering.

Everyone got infected.

Except you.

And, you’d thought that it’d be a matter of time until you got the virus too.

After all, there was no chances for you to run, your building was surrounded by so many of them. All the supermarkets and houses were turned into ashes from the fire.

You have nowhere to go. Nowhere to run.

You lowered your head then, watching the red bite marks all around your forearm, some were fresh, others were old. But they were there.

You got bitten, the first day of this pandemic to be more specific.

And he knows it.

That’s why he’s watching you like a hawk, with vicious and piercing maroon eyes fixated on your forearm, and then on your face.

He never dared to broke into your home, he let his minions of corpses to do the dirty job, but he watched with fascination how even though you got bitten, you killed all of them, never turning.

You were always killing them, they were kind of weak after all, the only problem was that if they infected you, you were fucked. But that never happened because you were immune to the virus.

He always laughs with disbelief, intrigue and anger. For a monster and carrier of this feral virus, he was very level headed and calm.

He was impressive, and something tell you that he thinks the same of you.

He never broke into your apartment, until now. He broke down your door, with a calm expression. Walking into your living room, facing you. The dinning table was the only thing separating the both of you.

He grinned, like a predator ready to pounce its prey.

You faltered, like a lamb to its slaughter.

“Did you got tired of waiting to turn me into one of your brainless minions,” you mocked, bitter. Trying to sound unfazed, but he saw right through your act, grinning widely.

“I’m never tired of you.” His voice was raspy and too low to sound human, making you feel chills on your body. He was so uncanny.

“Then what the fuck are you here for? What do you want from me? I’ll kill myself before letting you turn me into one of you,” you spat with clenched fists.

He frowned, throwing the dinning table away from his path with an inhuman force. Standing inches from your body, making you tremble with panic. He gripped your chin to make you look up at him.

“I’m here to take my pet, I’m tired of just watching you.”

“I’m not a pet,” you whispered with hatred in your tone.

He smirked, like the devil.

“But you’re mine.”

And after that, nothing was the same.

[hananan2]

Hi! You wrote that you are accepting requests, so.... Can I get some cute silly stuff with Rook? I don't have a specific idea, sorry, I just want something I can smile silly while reading😔 And I really like your fanfic with Ace!!!!

YES OFC!! Thank you, you’re so sweet!!!🫶🏽🫶🏽 we I’m very happy, I’m sorry if this is Ooc, I don’t really indulge in rook content💔 But I hope you enjoy!💕

Silly moments with Rook<3

Summary: Silly little moments with Rook where he is charming and not terrifying ❤️

Characters: Rook Hunt

Info: Romantic, Gn!reader, fluff, short fic!

Cw: French (jk nothing!)

—Pomfiere Dressing Room

There you sat in a puffy chair in the Pomfiere dressing room, surrounded by mirrors and fabrics that cost more than your life. You felt the creamy, soft scarlet lipstick dab your lips gently, so gently like you were a statue being sculpted, a little roughness and he would leave a dent.

that he was your charming boyfriend, sitting across you with the chair pumped a little lower to match your height. You were eying all the Pomfiere makeup because DAMN it’s a lot, and Rook it as you wanted a make-over done by his lovely hands, and hey, who are you to say no?

He looked focused while he applied every product, but the loving look in his eyes still carried his true feelings. “You have beautiful yuex mon ange.” He remarked fondly, his tone matching his eyes.

“you have beautiful eyes my angel?” you repeated, but in full English, tilting your head. You were so used to being around you that you started learning a new language, and he loved every second of it.

“Haha yes, so smart Mon Ange..” his loving look faltered for a second “oh dear…” he looked concerned, you looked at the mirror to your left to see what was up…oh your lipstick smeared, that happened when you tilted your head, that was your fault.

“I’m so sorry love, I knew you were trying really hard to do my makeup… let me repay with…c’mere let me tell you a secret…” you ushered him to move closer, and so he did. “Oh I’d like to hear this secret” he chuckled very cheekily.

His chair was moved closer to him while his hair was basically grazing your top lip, they were a bit red. Yea no, there is no secret Rook doesn’t knew, and he knows your playing too, which lead to you pulling on his collars and giving him a kiss on the cheek, he gasped!

“Mon Ange! How scandaleuse!” He exclaimed, putting his hand on his mouth, but you knew he was enjoying this, his cheeks matching the pigment of the lipstick smeared on both your faces now.

His arm pulls your chair closer, coming down at you, shock gone, like it was ever there. “What a mess you are, and have made me. oh comme je t'aime. Don’t keep me waiting.” He grinned, and with that you wrapped you arms around his neck and gave him more smears, his arms wrapping around you innocently and just full of love. Giggles could be heard from the dressing rooms.

“I love you too!”

—

— Your room - Ramschakle

you sat on your bed, looking up ways to make money quick, Grim watching some cartoons you put on the TV for him down stairs. You th-

“Bonjour Mon Ange~! Aussi belle que toujours!“ the bob cut man was inside your room after claiming in through your window (took 2 seconds)

“Hi love!” You loved at him lovingly, no you don’t question him breaking in, he broke in with love, your used to it. “I have a surprise dearest.” He stated cheerfully, you take it as a good thing. “Oh I see! What is it?” You exclaimed with the same amount of glee.

suddenly we whips out the most adorable little bunny from behind his back, the little bunny pure white, if seemed very tame in his hands, softly scratching its own face. Adorable, your gonna explode and die.

“Awwww! Oh my gosh! where did you find em? Can I hold? Can I hold?” You squealed with delight, eyes full of spirit as you held your hands out, which he placed the little bunny in who was still chill as hell, his hand going up instead and patting your head, with these reactions, he’ll just have to buy you a petting zoo to see that sparkle in your eyes.

“I found this little creature down in the woods abandoned, but still determined to nibble on the grasses to survive, which reminds me of you, Mon Ange, toujours aussi fort et plein de motivation, tu es la raison pour laquelle mon moral n'a pas beaucoup dérivé...” his kissed your forehead passionately, hand massaging your scalp and sitting you down so you were more comfortable.

“let’s raise it together okay? Well at least till it can live a lone, then we’ll set them free!” You looked down at the microscopic bunny, patting it with your index finger gently.

“of course, it’s got the best parents then.” He replied, curling your hair with his finger.

“Now for a nice French name…”

His name ideas are atrocious, but his love never is.

—

— Rook’s Room • Pomfiere

“Rook I have a bone to pick!” You declared with a voice muffled by Rook’s chest, looking up to him seriously. He looked amused and pat you back, urging you to continue, “Oh do say Mon Ange.”

You rolled back a bit so you guys were face to face and grabbed his shoulders “Your always calling me, ‘Mon Ange’ but your the true angel in this relationship! Its wrong! I should call you that!” You stated angrily, he looked entertained to the fullest and his eyes shimmered.

“mon ange, si doux et inconscient, you flatter me.” He finding bursted out, bring your hand on his shoulders to his cheek, just feeling your soft, warm hands made him joyous.

“But I think you have forgotten something…” he whispered mysteriously, “come out and say i-! Ahahaha!!!” Your breath got cut short as you felt Rook tickle your sides and pinching your cheeks, his smile peaked in out between your squinted eyes.”

“your so evil! Ahhh stop!!” You bursted between giggles.

“I’m not as pure as you think, je peux te faire rire et pieurer.” he said a little smug. And hey that was true, he after you couldn’t breath he tightened his hold and you and you kicked his legs

”le bonheur est si réel” you like your own French? Okay no no, Happiness is so amazing and appears everyday for you.

Rook knew his days were counted without you, so he held you tighter in fear and love, his nose breathing your scent in.

—

A/N: BROO I MESSED TUP I HATE THIS, I kept re-using the same song in so sorry, I really tried my best I hope you are okay with this💔

[moonschocolate]

Headcanons about my current hyperfixation: THEOO!!☆

I keep stalking the 'theodore nott headcanons' tag so I might as well write my own headcanons about him

✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩

this man has social anxiety. prove me wrong.

when he was younger he found comfort in reading fiction books, like pjo

he 100% had an obsession with greek mythology, or mythology in general, and it's still kinda there but not like before

then growing up he got into classics

like one day he was like 'what if I read a Dostoevskij book' and that's where it all started

he prefers reading this kind of books because they teach you more

tallest boy you've ever seen, somewhat taller (only by few centimeteres) than Fred and George

he plays the cello, like kind of, he knows how to play a piece only studying it, i believe this man was never able to play a piece at first sight

surprisingly (to him) he really has a lot of things in common with Luna, when he found out he wanted to spend more time with her

he's really silent, but GOD does he ever stop thinking?? his head is loud af

enjoys being with his friends, they're used to him not shouting in their ears (unlike some other boy *cough cough* Mattheo *cough cough ... cough*)and he enjoys their company and they do too

not the type of boy to run to Spotify or whatever music app whenever he can, but he enjoys some kind of music (mostly smooth piano jazz, dramatic classical music since it's my fav, and he thinks TV girl, Lamp, Ichiko Aoba are cool)

never replies quickly, he's always late replying cuz thinks being on his phone is a complete waste of time, but it's not like he's NEVER on it

chill with Halloween but feral over Christmas (does not show it)

legos. I've said all.

YOU CANNOT TELL ME THIS MAN DOESNT HAVE HIS ROOM FULL OF STAR WARS SETS

despite enjoying english and all that kind of subjects, he is feral, and when I say feral I mean feral over maths. He loves learing new concepts because then it all makes sense and it's just so cool (explained from a person who is also feral over maths, pls tell me you get what i mean)

hyperfixations? oh so many

again, greek mythology

you could tell this man "Hey do you know about the myth of Apolloand Daphne" his eyes would light up and he would tell you the myth, his opinion, and related myths ("there's also this other myht with Apollo where he-")

A S T R O L O G Y

still greek mythology related but

he could stay hours talking about constellations

"hey do you know the myth behind the gemini constellation? No? Can I tell you about it?! Okay so-"

paper stars.

if there's a paper stripe around he'd grab it and make a paper star out of it

looks like the typa guy who'd take a lot of pictures with a canon/sony camera

when he feels anxious he'd do this thing where (get ready for the worst explanation ever) he'd put one of his nails of the right hand in between the skin and the nail of his thumb on his left hand and make the nail go left and right, still in between the skin and the nail (I ALWAYS DO THAT I HOPE IT MAKES SENSE I TRIED TO BE AS SPECIFIC AS I COULD)

He tried to go to a party since Blaise, Draco, Enzo, Theo, Pansy (basically everyone you get it)... begged him to come along

we could sum up his experience in one word

NIGHTMARE

The music was too loud, the people were to close to him, everyone was shouting, there were alcohol and drugs (he still wonders how they got literal drugs into the castle), everyone tried to dance with him and talk to him, that time he got overwhelmed tried to leave, but they were all like 'heyyyy nooo dont leaveeeee stay hereeeeee' but his friends understood it wasn't for him and Blaise went with him to his dorm, waited until he felt better then went back to the party

has never been to a party since then

smart af

like he easily surpasses draco and mione

also theo and mione are really close friends, one time they found eachother in the library reading the same book and chatting they found out they have several things in common

has a collection of stylographs, that stays in his library neatly ordinated

best sense of style (he obv got it from Blaise but he made it better)

he loves movies, he's watched movies like Dead Poets Society, Dorian Gray, but also movies about historical facts like The Darkest Hour, The King's Speech, Hidden Figures, The Pianist (I'm a sucker for this kind of movies honestly)

!! HE HAS DIMPLES !!

He loves professor Lupin, he thinks of him as Keating is dps

secretly listens to Micheal Bublè in Christmas, he loves his Christmas songs

he only buys old books, never new ones, he thinks that already used books, from decades ago, he thinks they hold stories, and it's even better when the books have annotations, maybe he'll erase them, but it's good to hear other's opinions

has a lot of vynils

used to study for his dad, now this became a habit, that's why he's the best in class

his relationship with his mom is not strong, MORE

When his mom died he was 5 so he didn't understand

when he finally knew the truth he cried for weeks, then he would occasionally go out to look at the stars, which he always admired with his mom, and cried thinking about her, thinking that she was watching him from up there

when he was like 10 he didn't cry no more, only if he ever opened up

he shared anything with her

he NEVER let ANYONE call him Teddy, he always though that is what his mom called him, and he didn't want other people to 'interfere' with that, he feels like it's their thing

despises horror movies. gets scared to death watching them, and doesnt find the lore interesting

never walks around with only socks on, has the fear of walking on water accidentally and getting his feet wet and the feeling disgustes him

also, has the whole collection of pjo books (every book. from percy jackson and the olympians to the chalice of the gods)

loves cats so much, he has two cats, but he wishes he had more

he has male brown cat named Monet and a grey cat with some beige spots and green eyes (it's mt bsf's cat, I love her - the cat - and I thought she could be a honourable mention) named Vivienne

defo has an obsession with sharks, but is even more obsessed with jellyfish, he knows a lot of scientific names for their species, for exmample Phylloriza Punctata, or Chrisaora Quinquecirrha, or Aurelia Aurelita, he's obsessed

Fav subject isn't potions, it's astronomy instead

since i live for loser!Theo, im in love with the idea of him stuttering in front of a guy/girl he finds cute or attractive, blushing and being awkward

my man absolutely doesn't know how to talk, he speaks too fast, and when ppl tell him to slow down, then he thinks he's talking too slow

if anyone fatshames any of his friends, or is racist/homophobic towards them, or just insults them, he will try to avoid throwing punches, but lets say he'll exchange a word or two with that person

if he's itchy, he scratches so hard there could be blood (a bit exaggerated but you get it)

could've been a Ravenclaw, but if he did his father would be really mad at him, so he's happy he isn't

another headcanon that I kindly stole rn from @heirofs1ytherin is that he's into poetry. LIKE 100% ✮ ⋆ ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩ You probably got that I love him HES MY BABY

[maluceh]

Top Lily variants? I've seen so many "[random hp character #10] variants" online, with various degrees of accuracy, but I don't remember ever seeing one for lily. Your Jily ones were so accurate (the only pair I'm not super familiar with was peraltiago, and I know enough about them to know they fit), so I was curious if you had any just for her as a character. You basically wrote the Lily (& Jily) gospel so I trust your takes <3

*cracks knuckles*

I'm about to give you a full detailed dive into Lily's character and personality that you absolutely did not ask for. I’d have to say the ones I had already picked for Jily variants (since I always look for couples where they both have James/Lily’s personalities). I’ll try and make it to ten but there’s only so many characters that truly fit Lily for me. Mostly the characters that I see as Lily, are sarcastic, witty, overachievers, intelligent, charismatic, and snarky…

Amy Santiago (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

I know you said you haven’t seen it, but TRUST ME. Amy is a control freak know it all, she finds comfort in order and structure. Although she’s a bit more uptight than I imagine Lily to be. Her constant need for reassurance and approval from figures of authority is something I can definitely see in Lily. Her relationship with Holt is kinda what I imagine Lily to be like with Minerva/Alastor. Also, the fact that she is deeply loyal (as most characters in this list).

Over the course of the show she loses up a bit, and learns to have more fun and I think this could be applied to Lily in her Hogwarts years. Lily being a muggleborn is a very VERY important part of her character, as well as her morals and political standing with blood purity.

We can draw certain parallels between her and Hermione (overachievers, Head Girls, prefects), you don’t get those badges by simply passing by through school. So from this we can deduce that Lily was an excellent student that focused on exceeding at school, because there’s an extra need to prove herself among not just her teachers but her peers as well. To make them see that she’s just as much magic as they are.

So, like Amy, she's constantly trying to prove that she is smart and qualified (Amy in a field mostly male, Lily in a world mostly pureblood).

Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson)

Annabeth too is a smart character that wants approval —in this case, from her mother—. She is more arrogant and snarky, a little sharper around the edges, which is so Lily!!

Her upbringing has made her become more guarded with her feelings and who she puts her trust in, also her reluctance to accept Luke’s betrayal. These are things that I see in Lily’s canon descriptions and appearances. From growing up with a sister that does not accept her and being betrayed by her best friend. In canon, after SWM (Snape’s Worst Memory), when Snape camps outside her common room waiting for her to ask her for her forgiveness she says that she has been making excuses on his behalf for a while. A lot of people call Lily a hypocrite for only ending her friendship with Snape after she was personally affected by his views, but personally I think that’s part of what makes her such an interesting character.

She’s at war with herself, not really there or here, having to be in the middle of two worlds that do not fully accept her (Annabeth with her father and Camp Half Blood/ Lily with the muggle and wizarding world). And after losing one of the people connecting her to a place of security (Thalia/Petunia), she refuses to see that the last person connecting her to that safe place is also going to leave her to join a side of the war opposite to hers (Luke/Snape).

Kate Sharma/Sheffield (Bridgerton TV/Books)

Kate is funny, closed off and witty. She rushes to judge people and decide for herself whether they are worthy of her time or not, sometimes without even bothering to actually know them. Sometimes (specifically in the books), she’s so ridiculous and funny, not really forcing herself to fit in societal norms, which is something I can definitely see in Lily.

Also, her on the show with Anthony in S3, is just how I imagine married Jily, just perfect.

Dana Scully (The X Files)

In Dana I see Lily’s fierce loyalty and sense of right and wrong. The hiding of her emotions, and also how determined she is, that even though she wants to believe she doesn’t, not even after seeing hundreds of crazy things happen in front of her, she still clings to her own truth.

Tiana (The Princess and the Frog)/Cinderella (1950)

Tiana and Cinderella remind me of Lily in the sense of a hardworking woman, also really headstrong and married to her own way of thinking. A shell hard to break, because of all the walls she’s put up in order to survive. Like Lily, Tiana doesn’t take kindly to outsiders and people who come off as standoffish (Naveen/James and Sirius), but eventually ends up getting to know them and treasuring them as life companions. And you might think me crazy for adding Cinderella, but her unwavering kindness and optimism in the face of hardship is undoubtedly Lily, she’s not all sunshine and rainbows tho —yes the 1950’s version—, she hates the situation that she’s in and wastes no time (alone with her friends) to complain about it, she bites back and only “behaves” out of survival, she’s nice and warm but also angry and headstrong.

Yoon Jin-myung (Hello, My Twenties)

Here is another hard worker female character that I can’t help but see a little bit of Lily in. Although Jin-myung is much MUCH more shy and introverted than Lily, still, she has a complicated relationship with her family and tries really hard to do a million things at the time, forgetting to care for herself and diving into routines of work/school that are almost self destructive.

Honourable mentions.

Chili (Bluey) Morticia Addams (The Addams Family Values)

Mostly how I imagine Lily as a mom/ her married life (along with Kate too). Morticia might seem like a stretch but aside from her dark interests and aesthetic, she's a loving mom and partner and she puts her family first, she’s also a bit of a freak, like Lily.

Sloane (Ferris Buller’s Day Off) Pam Beesley (The Office)

Only on the prankster side of Lily, more chill and easy going, losing up a bit to have fun with Sirius and James.

[bloodtiesstilllives]

A Call To Any Fic Writer Who Has Seen The Show Blood Ties

I made this blog after seeing the show Blood Ties for the first time in March 2023.

I and a few others have made it our mission to find whatever content was still floating around and put it all here. We still have our diligent scroungers scrounging. They get cookies and warm milk when they come back with something.

We also do our best to come up with fresh content. And that is what this post is about.

As it stands right now there are only 670 fics up on AO3. I have certainly seen less, but this is the fandom I am focusing on.

To anyone who has seen the show, read the Tanya Huff Books, have a fondness for shows based in Toronto, or just enjoy the concept of hot vampires, tough, smart women, demons, magic, action, romance (however muddled)...stuff like that, I am putting a call out to you to post something up on AO3 or even here on tumblr, even if it's a drabble.

"Well if it's like that, why don't you do it?"

I'm glad you asked random Tumblr anon person. If you go to AO3 right now and type in "Blood Ties (TV)" you are going to see a name pop up a whole lot in the last year. That's me. Problem is that I focus my writing on Henry Fitzroy specifically and do mostly crossovers with other shows in the hope some others will get interested and check this show out.

But that's the problem, I mainly focus on Henry and am barely writing canon. There is so much stuff that can still be done, so many characters that can be put in the sandbox. Plus Henry Fitzroy was turned in the 1500s...there is a lot to play with.

Sure I am screaming in a void, but no worries I take food, water, sleep and bathroom breaks.

So, with that being said, anyone who has made it this far, please consider making a bit of content for this fandom that is in a bit of a coma.

Please come check out this blog it is FULL of content and is mainly focused on the Blood Ties show.

[jessconsumesmedia]

CBS Ghosts 4x08 and 4x09

Hello so this is gonna be Two parts because the episode was two parts so get ready to listen to me twice (I mean or not that is fine too) (HI THIS IS SO LATE I KEEP WRITING ON IT AND THEN GETTING BUSY!)

Also they are not broken up by episode they are broken up by storyline cause I’m pretty sure like most of the next post will be me freaking about H-money snippets.

Tis the season to freak the fuck out about fictional characters :)

Festive spoilers ahead

Ok so quick overview I fucking loved this episode. Like genuinely it had so much going on and it scratched a very specific itch in my little tv fueled brain.

Sassapis is a 500 Year Old Virgin

Awesome actually that’s what I figured. I kinda love the idea that he is ace and just is not a fan. Thor tried so hard to keep his secret he really did he doesn’t really know how relationships actually work. He also really did not need to add that whole still a virgin after death he really coulda just left it and flower probably woulda forgot lol. Flower also does not know how relationships work so her saying he had to tell her was a bit rough but I am glad that we keep seeing parts of these characters that show how grey they really are. CAROL I genuinely love how insane she is like when we see her she makes me giggle like a mad woman so her being like “you can’t handle this” like that woman is a FREAK. And you know what good for her. (I also kinda hate her cause she’s terrible but it’s like fun hate)

SASS AND THOR ARE BEST FRIENDS I WILL SOB. It stands to reason that Thor would have learned Lenape but having the confirmation is lovely. I really enjoyed that they were like little toddlers yes in fact I do want to go see a moose carcass we’re besties now. It is so sweet.

Double Possession/Sam and the Core Four

Oh my god. Rose’s Nancy impression is probably like one of the funniest and best impressions. Like she nailed it. It even sounds like her! The basement ghosts probably should have warned them they know they aren’t that smart but oh well. Nancy being the reason that Champa likes Sam is hilarious like she is actually going insane and that is what you like. I feel bad that Sam was excluded for so long but after she finally is I think she has a better chance at bonding. Rip the car though Nancy was really not very nice for that. Jay telling his mom to chill and try to be mean is very wife guy of him. I’m probably forgetting things now cause it’s been a few days but I really loved that Sam got added and I love that we met Jays family (also his full first name is Jayanth idk why I just automatically assumed it was just Jay but it’s a very good name) and now this post is incredibly long so I am going to stick Jays relationship to his dad in part two lol.

Also absolutely crazy random tangent but I just learned Hetty’s middle name is Eleanor and I just like that.

Anyway part two will exist sometime soon hopefully but I am also going on a study abroad trip for like two weeks so I will be very busy. So idk

Here’s a picture of Trevor that I think is funny

-Jess 💖

[lair-of-the-white-worm]

A continuation of this post, as there is a fifth sort of Mudokon worker one might see in Mudos. While there is no specific slang term for them, they are simply lumped with other Khanzumers. Khanzumers are consumers. They are the ones who purchase the industrial schlock sold by the Glukkons and Vykkers.

When industrialists come knocking looking to develop smog generating factories on native land, Mudokon tribes have three options. Option one move the Queen, painstakingly relocate the entire tribe to a less convenient area and let their original home be paved into a concrete slab until the Industiralists come knocking again to develop further. Option two, refuse to relocate and have their village raided and their villagers kidnapped and enslaved by military Sligs. Or, Option three; succumb to industrialization. Don't bother fighting back. Just let it happen, and adapt to it. Was life in the tribe worth it, anyway?

Khanzumer Mudokons aren't born from slavery, but are simply the result of native mudokons just accepting and adapting to urban culture. They once lived tribally but now live like the other urbanized species bc they don't wanna bother fighting back. So they still have their feathers, thanks to not being the result of slave farming. They still live miserably though.

Most Khanzumer mudokons that make up the current population were born into the lifestyle, so know little to none about their native origins and are so brainwashed by industrialist media that they don't care to anyway. They just wanna drink brew, eat scrab cakes, and watch TV.

Khanzumer muds undergo drone transformation unwillingly just as a result of their lifestyle. This is a deliberate result of industiralist pornography industry however, as Khanzumer muds are lazy and likely won't ever seek out a queen to reproduce anyway. So they just become overweight couch potatoes and rot away, taking their potential future young with them. The industrialists know that this is something that happens and purposefully want it to, because they want to be fully in control of the Mudokon population.

Most urbanized Mudokons know very little about "healthy" Mudokon drones other that they are bigger and lazier than Workers. Truthfully, Drones are bigger than workers but not as smart as them due to being incredibly hormonal and their brain shrinking during development. In native tribes, drones are only ever seen next to the queen as its their job to protect her and mate with her. Their feathers are vibrant in order to impress queens so she'll let them mate with her. They live pretty reclusive lives but because they're dumber and therefore less needy than workers, they don't care.

In slavery, drones are not allowed to breed with queens as when they breed naturally they become weaker overtime and the Vykkers/Glukkons don't want that. Their sperm is farmed and given to queens artificially. So they're overfed, overpampered, pumped full of sex drugs, and farmed for their sperm like show horses. There's an industrial trade as well, sperm from bigger, stronger drones are assumed to produce stronger workers so they sell for more. They're also muzzled during "extraction" because they're more agressive, but they're so drugged up on boner pills that they don't bother throwing a tantrum.

Slave drones are also kept a complete secret from the workforce and public, just as enslaved queens are. Because of course.

[ieatmoonrocks]

Waiting Room

Inspiration pic:

About:

Is an open-concept one-story house, furnished and decorated to fit my style.

Initially located in a seemingly endless body of shallow water, in perpetual sunset.

Has an extreme time ratio, one year here is one second in any other reality.

All realities I shift to include the safeword "sunset" which when said with intention to shift brings me here.

I am always aware that my WR exists in every reality and never forget how to get here

I initially am the only being in this reality.

It is extremely safe here.

I can't accidentally shift away, I must use the front door.

Anything I mentally script in cr shows up on a page in my scripts here.

The house "resets" when I leave, cleaning and restocking itself.

Features:

The bed is massive and extremely comfortable

There's a storage cabinet with various objects I might need

The wardrobe fills itself with any clothes I want

The living room has a tv where I can watch anything I want, including "movies" of events from any DR

The living room also has a bookshelf that has any book I want on it, including books that tell me the secrets of the universe.

The kitchen is fully stocked with the best appliances and ingredients.

The dishwasher instantly cleans dishes and teleports them back where they belong

There's a cup that is always full of whatever drink I want at the perfect temperature

The front door has a screen that connects to my laptop so I can choose from realities.

The bathtub and shower have all the fancy products and endless hot water.

There is a high quality speaker system throughout the house

The back porch has a hot tub, hammock, and dining table.

There's a front deck with a few plants.

Objects not meant to break are unbreakable and don't malfunction

And of course endless free utilites

Phone:

Is connected to pretty much everything.

Sends and receives information to the laptop, controls the speakers and tv.

Has access to any song/ show/ movie/ podcast/ etc. I can think of, even has stations for each reality.

Connects to food preparation appliances, and will alert me when the food is cooked enough/ prepared for the next step.

When cooking there's options to fast forward or even instantly cook to that steps satisfaction.

Smart alerts - phone is aware of my proximity, as well as how much attention I am paying to the phone, and adjusts how the alert is sent.

Can order any prepared food I want and have it appear on porch table.

Can order additional objects which will appear on or next to the porch table.

Can look up any book from any reality I want even with ultra specific details and then ‘send to bookshelf’ causing a copy of the book to appear on the bookshelf.

Can look up and save different environments in my phone library, and set the outside environment to match.

Can add additional items or rooms.

Indestructible, infinite battery, infinite memory, amazing speeds, stays clean.

Has access to whatever social media I want from any reality. has the best feed in all social media.

Has a library that contains records of all versions of myself in each reality, section of most interesting versions of self.

Can send info to my mirror to project certain versions of myself which then changes my physical appearance in the WR. Can edit DR apperances.

Can "invite" copies of people from my DRs, who show up at the front door.

Laptop:

Receives and sends info to the door screen and phone.

Archives all visited realities, auto generates info pages/ scripts from details received from door screen.

Has a program that works similarly to A03 ~

Can script random realities or offshoot realities, details can be filtered for/against. Pages of realities are generated with a list of ‘tags’, opening the page lists more in-depth information, that is searchable.

Realities can be saved to the main page. on the main page realities can be rated or flagged as no-go (these are unavailable in the door screen). keeps track of manually added likes/ dislikes, also generates suggested likes/ dislikes based off of traits in common between visited realities and my rating of them.

Can give summaries of what changes in between parallel realities when one thing is changed.

Has a section of good script suggestions that never end.

Contains a section per script of “mentally scripted” points that can be added or dismissed.

Has programs for designing characters, rooms, images, etc. that are very easy and intuitive.

Records daily journals of all visited realities (yes even WR), as well as videos that can be watched as any sort of genre.

High quality overall, unlimited memory and processing.

Has any video game from any reality I want, with no load times, high speed , all the good stuff.

Me:

I can eat as much food as I want, the food/ drink disappears once it hits my stomach. (Alcohol still gets me drunk though)

I don't need any digestive bodily functions to survive, and therefore no need to use the bathroom.

I don't get a period.

Drinking/ others have absolutely no negative effects on me, and doesn’t effect my immediate or long term health.

I know where everything is located in the room. I can never lose/ misplace anything, especially my phone.

I never spill anything.

I'm very creative (script ideas, reality names, writing).

All the patience!

I can never get lost in this reality. I never stray too far from the house, and I always have my phone when I go exploring which will point me back, otherwise I pretty much always know my way back.

I can’t get hurt or sick or die, including environmental damage like sunburn, poison, etc.

I don’t have any mental illnesses.

I don’t care about any of my stresses from other realities. I see them objectively.

I'm extremely smart, great at analysis, great memory.

I have perfect senses.

My appearance upon arrival is that of whatever reality I came from.

+1 Brownie Point if you read to the end :)

[builtaworldwithyourlove]

I Forget Where We Were

1.4k/ joel miller x f!reader / MINORS DNI 

summary: life with Joel from the start. Be kind please- this is my first piece and has taken 6 months of courage🤍

Chapter Five: She Treats Me Well

Now I’ve got a woman at home, she treats me well

what to expect: Sundays spent with the Millers. Joel officially asks you to be his girlfriend. 

warnings: bad language i guess idk?😂fluff, dad!joel,lover boy joel, no specific physical description of reader, female reader (please let me know if there is anything I’m missing, I will elaborate as the series goes on) no outbreak, age gap (reader is mid 20s and Joel is mid 40s), boyfriend!joel? i repeat boyfriend!joel, slight daddy!kink, sooooo much fluff

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After the best sleep of your life, you woke up intertwined with Joel. He was awake and watching the news on mute on his TV. You snuggled into the crook of his neck, and he dragged you on top of him.

‘Sleep well darlin’?’ his raspy voice turned you into putty, as he tucked your hair behind your ear and flipped you over onto you back.

He kissed you hungrily, before patting your thigh and jumping out of bed.

You whined as you held out your arms for him to join you again, and in the same second, Sarah ran through onto the bed like a tiny hurricane and snuggled into you.

‘I had the funniest dreams’ Sarah giggled. ‘Daddy played dress up with me and we turned him into a princess.’

‘I could just imagine him as pretty as a picture’ you giggled. 

You burst into a fit laughter as

Joel wrapped the duvet round his hips and gave a twirl. ‘Now what do the real princesses want for breakfast?’

‘I need to get home and shower, should we head back to mine and we’ll eat there? I’ve got groceries to get through, and I know a certain curly haired baby would love to come and see where I live!’ You tickled Sarah and tilted your head at Joel. Sarah clambered across the bed and held onto Joel like a koala, you leaned forward into Joel’s hip.

‘Let’s get ready to go then Roo’ Roo was Joel’s nickname for Sarah, affectionately after the way she bounced round and round. 

You made the bed, and went downstairs to clear the dishwasher and organise Joel’s house quickly.

Dressed in Joel’s joggers that sat low on your hips, and a tucked up gym top, you went to check on Sarah and Joel, and found Sarah in her unicorn backpack and bright pink tutu dress. Joel was dressed smart in black Jeans, a tightly fitting black flannel shirt and his silver watch sitting on his wrist, above his small hand tattoo. His curly hair was slicked back, and you could smell the heat of the hot shower mixed with his mint shower gel and toothpaste, and your favourite aftershave of his.

You stared a moment too long, when Sarah held your hips and shook you asking to go and see your house. Joel placed his fingers under your chin and picked your jaw up.

‘It’s rude to stare’ Joel lowered his voice and remarked gruffly into your ear.

You swallowed dryly, and averted your gaze as you tried to distract yourself by gathering the Miller’s out the house back to your place.

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You let Sarah have full access to your apartment, and she went straight to the flowers growing on your balcony. Joel stood in the french doors, his silhouette distracting you. He sipped his black coffee from your ridiculously oversized pastel pink mug, when he crouched down to let Sarah whisper in his ear. He crouched down and nodded, then looked at you and smiled. He looked back at Sarah ‘Yes I’ll ask her later baby’. You were itching to find out what Sarah whispered, but had a pretty good idea. 

You laid breakfast out for everyone, and watched with adoration as your small apartment now felt like home. The idea of having Joel’s babies crept into your mind. What would that be like? Heaven, you thought.

After breakfast was finished, you let Sarah pick her favourite Disney film and hopped in the shower and got ready for the day. 

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‘What are we doing today then?’ You entered the room. Sarah was on the balcony with an orange juice, flicking through an old book of yours. You chuckled at her, and Joel turned around and pulled you in. His hands held your hips, and you felt his huge arms envelope you.

‘I want to go to the arcades’ Sarah squealed with her hands in the air.

‘Ask nicely!’ Joel said sternly.

Sarah looked over at you and said please as many times as she could. 

‘Arcades it is then, Miss Miller’ Joel agreed, ‘You up for it, darling?’

‘I can’t think of anything else I’d rather do, Mr Miller’you grinned at Sarah.

Joel grunted and gave you ‘that look’.

‘Will you paint my nails for me first’ Sarah asked, bouncing around like a Duracell Bunny.

‘Absolutely baby. I’ll send Daddy on a mission to the store and we’ll finish getting ready’ you asked, emphasis on the eye contact with Joel when you said Daddy.

He clenched his fist and banged it on the counter jokingly, and asked you to write a list. You conspired with Sarah and gave Joel a list:

-Sour Patch Kids

-Milk

-Sourdough Loaf

-Bottle of Rosé

-More Sour Patch Kids

-Reese’s Pieces

-Dr Pepper Zero

He scoffed at the list, and warned against the excessive sugar content. You assured him it’d be a sugar crash by night time, and that’s why you wanted sugar free Dr Pepper- to compensate!

You and Sarah ran to your vanity and Joel went to the store.

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The heat scorched, as you found relief under the air con in the arcades. Sarah had stuffed teddies bigger than her, and your purse was 

full of pointless prizes from arcade machines. Joel carried the tokens. 

Sarah asked for an ice cream and a final go on the dance machine.

You and Joel sat next to eachother waiting to take Sarah home.

‘Do you still love me?’ Joel nudged you.

‘From the moment I met you’ you squeezed his thigh.

‘Will you be my girlfriend? I’m not sure people ask anymore, but I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life.’ Joel blushed and you kissed him. 

‘How could I ever say no?’ You scrunched your nose up and held his hand, ‘I love you, Mr Miller.’

Sarah sprinted over yelling ‘I want to go home.’ You envied the abruptness that kids could get away with. You wouldn’t be able to shout I want to leave in your office job and have people find you funny and endearing. 

You all held hands and headed back to the truck. 

‘Are you and Daddy having another sleepover tonight?’ Sarah fluttered her eyelashes and didn’t want you to leave.

‘No babygirl, I’ve got to work tomorrow’ it wasn’t clear who was more disappointed at your answer out of Joel and Sarah. They both shared the same gooey puppy dog eyes.

‘How about we go and pick her up from work tomorrow? You can finish school, Daddy will come and get you, and then we’ll head there’ Joel was desperate to keep you all for him and Sarah, and would do anything to be with you every second of every day.

‘You’ve got yourself a deal, Mr Miller. I’ll see you tomorrow night Roo’ you kissed Sarah’s forehead and she twirled around you and climbing into the backseat.

Joel was left listening to the sound of you both softly snoring on the drive home, clearly reaching that sugar crash you talked about.

His heart swelled, and he thanked his lucky stars. Both of his girls.

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Joel dropped you home and tried to wake you without making you grouchy. You tried to not be sad and keep in high spirits for Sarah and Joel. Even though you’d see them in less than 24 hours again.

You started your Sunday reset regime, changing your bedsheets, even though they smelt like Joel still and wrote your weekly plan. Although, how productive really was the to do list of : kiss Joel, think about Joel, hug Joel, fuck Joel.

Your phone chimed with a text about an hour later.

Joel:

Sarah’s in bed, finally crashed😴 she said she already misses you and wish you didn’t have to ever leave.

You:

She’s the most precious angel- I miss her too. Big hugs and kisses tomorrow xxx

Joel:

I miss you too. Can’t believe you’ve got this old man head over heels again. I love you, baby.

You:

I love you. Can’t believe I’m a girlfriend, I feel like a changed woman.

Joel:

Get some sleep missy, don’t let the honour get to your head😉

You:

Mr Miller… don’t start something you can’t finish.

Joel:

Oh I’ll finish everytime.

You:

Gross- get gone. Night baby.

You finished your chores and got yourself clean and to bed. You sprawled out, smiling to yourself and sleep came easily. 

You wished you were at work already so you could be back in Joel’s arms. 

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[cozymochi]

Other than the shows your twst oc’s are twisted from, what were some of your other favorite Disney Jr. shows to watch? Also, if you could pick out one more disney character to twist into an oc, who would it be?

Like, currently? None. Gonna be for real, I don’t really watch that sorta stuff that much.

I watched the ones I did in full for leisure then again several times (mainly specific episodes) later for studying purposes, but other than maybe turning on Sofia if I want some smart writing for casual viewing in the background (and even then, not much beyond a handful of episodes for refreshing—), I’m not really that “fixated” so to speak enough on the media to have anything strong to say, nor consume more. I need to have a certain level of knowledge to refer back to for sure when it comes to those twisted guys, but otherwise I kind of. Yeah. I don’t really look at anything else. I’m literally one of those people who couldn’t be dragged to watch Bluey, if that puts me into perspective. (Again: coming from a person who willingly watched 4 seasons of Sofia and 3 seasons of Elena and Lion Guard willingly, and would rank all three higher than 3 seasons of Tangled the series. No shade to the dog show at all, just not in my field of interest. I wouldn’t even call these things I did watch “favorites” — just shows I watched and enjoyed enough to make twst hypotheticals for.)

It was my first time watching the main D-Jr three just 2ish years ago, so I had no nostalgia going in beyond being aware of their existence. When I was little I used to watch everything on “Playhouse Disney” in equal measure because tv. I liked everything they ran up there, I think. I haven’t really rewatched any of that stuff recently to my memory. Pretty sure majority of that catalogue isn’t even easily accessible.

———

As for one more character to twist— I’m kind of already doing that. (…Technically there’s a few but only the one has been moving relatively smoothly.)

I can’t go into depth at this time, especially since I make no promises. They are twisted from a recurring villain from a tv show that was not on any of the “jr,” things for once. I think they’re relatively known? But, I can’t be too certain. Probably the most unapologetically evil source-character by far compared to the others. So, that’s neat, but can also be a challenge in itself. It’s hard to twist a guy with so much to the imagination and so little is actually explored.

Thank god I didn’t have to watch a whole show to study that because I think that one would have driven me nuts.

RIP to the separate guy who was teased alongside Nyoka almost 2 years ago lol. No promises on that until I’m happy with it.

[nellie-elizabeth]

The Legend of Vox Machina: Cloak and Dagger (3x07)

My heart hurts! I've been waiting to get here!

Cons:

Small thing: I feel like I haven't heard anyone calling Keyleth by her full name all season! It's like... always Kiki. I liked that better when it was an occasional thing.

Big thing: What was that song at the end, when Vex is running to Percy? Like... that is the first time the music on this show has missed hard, and it's such a bummer that it happened over such an intense moment. I was scratching my head wondering how they could have ended up with such a tonally awkward and lyrically basic song here. They've always been so good about the music in the past! The song felt symptomatic of something I was noticing throughout this episode, that the dialogue was a little too on the nose and didn't allow for the audience to come to its own conclusions. Everything with Ripley and her motivations, and Percy choosing mercy over vengeance, it just felt a little more one-note than I would have expected, and that song was the capstone to it all in the worst possible way. It may be the single thing in this entire show so far that I've liked the least. A big, big miss in my opinion.

So like, there's this category of "criticisms" that I think everyone has about this show that isn't actually "this was bad" but more like "there was a very specific vibe or moment from the campaign that I loved, and this new version means I won't get to see it." And it's all a personal preference thing. There are a million little moments that weren't particularly precious to me, and so seeing them get altered didn't faze me in the slightest. But to someone else, that particular character beat might have been one of their favorite moments. For me, I think the big thing about Percy's death that they changed isn't a bad narrative difference for this particular show, but I do have to shout it out. I miss this being more of a group vibe, a group grieving, a group effort against Ripley. I will always remember the "Vox Machina, how do you want to do this?" the solemnity of Matt's voice, the way the group took on that mantle of vengeance from Percy in order to avenge him, because he was their friend and they loved him.

Now, we may still get that in some way, seeing as Anna is still alive? But the entire vibe of Glintshore, the stakes and the combat with the area of effect spells and the entire group unable to take her down in time to stop her from going after Percy... it's really just one of my favorite combats that the campaign ever did, and I'll never forget the way it made me feel to watch it! So again, this isn't a "what the show did was bad" complaint, it's a "this was one of those episodes in the campaign that I would have loved to see play out the way it always is in my head, from back in the day, and I don't get to have that. Oh well."

Pros:

But honestly, setting aside that weird as fuck song choice, I did still think this episode kicked some major ass. These people know how to make good TV and I cannot deny that.

Anna Ripley's backstory to start things off was I think a really smart move. Not just in the sense that giving villains a tragic backstory is the only way to make them more complex, but specifically as a way to underline the Percy and Ripley parallels. This could have been Percy. This was the life path Percy was on. His family dead at the hands of mages, and a burning desire to make the people who hurt him pay for what they've done. Orthax, the invention of fire arms, all of that: it comes from a place of deep bitterness and resentment. How is it fair that some people get to have all the power in this world? Why not make the playing field a little more even? It's not a good idea, but the perspective is totally reasonable and you understand why Anna would be seduced by this life, and why Percy, if he hadn't met Vox Machina when he did, might have become the same thing. Also! Was that a Trent cameo?? Man, I'm excited for the Mighty Nein show.

This season has been so focused on the romances, which I love, but I'm glad that we still get little beats of friendship and other relationships tossed in here. Since there's not a lot of time in each episode to cover the extensive plot and all the character beats, the show leans on very small indicators of this group and how their banter and friendship operates. We have Pike being a little dork about the investigation stuff, and Vax saying how cool it sounded. We have Vax with the nicknames, always. And then we have the more angst-y stuff. I really liked that even in the midst of a Percy/Vex focused episode, when Vex was first influenced by the mind-altering gas, she's hearing her mother, and she's calling out for Vax. Vax is her person, and has been for a long time. We get these hints of sad twin backstory here that I think are important setup for what's to come with the dragons, but also continue Vex's thread of being afraid that her love is dangerous. And then more angst when Pike wakes Grog up from his hallucinations and she's weakened by using her magic, and Grog says "Pike? Did I hurt you again?" Like... rip my heart out, my dude! That was so sad!

What is going on with Pike, though? It's so interesting to have this new plot thread just completely added to the story and weaving in with all these moments. She's got her Vestige, but now when she reaches for the Everlight, it's... something else, coming forward within her. She ends up using some sort of... devilish red spell to wake her friends up, something we're meant to understand in contrast to her usual Everlight healing magic. Also, got to see Zerxus being a sinister reminder of all that we do not yet know about Pike, so that was really cool!

But let's talk about the Percy and the Vex of it all. I love how just utterly and completely down bad he is for her, and how much he wants to find a way to make both of them happy. It's so interesting, because you'd think Percy would be just as angst-y and avoidant about love as Vax has proven to be this season, but on the other hand, this trajectory gels more with what we saw in the campaign. Percy knows his darkest inclinations, he knows the kind of man he has been and might become again. But he also knows he wants to be better, he wants to be happy, and he's not afraid to lean into the things that are helping, the things that make him grounded and successful at keeping that darkness at bay. It's refreshing for such a character type not to go ten rounds being too miserable to allow themselves to be happy. That's what we have Vex's insecurities for, in the end!

That "I'm in love with you" scene, with the sunlight washing over Vex's face? Contrasted with her broken cry of "No!" as she runs to Percy and cradles him in her arms... I mean, some A+ acting from Laura Bailey and some A+ work from the animators. They really sold me on Vex's whole messy avoidant deal. Every word out of her mouth in this episode was such delicious irony for those of us who knew what was coming, as she's talking about how Scanlan will tease her, Keyleth will call her a hypocrite, and Vax will... well, the implication is that Vax will beat up Percy for being with Vex, which is SUCH a fascinating little detail. Because, well, Vex has to know that's not true! She's banking on an earlier and incomplete version of their sibling relationship, this idea that her protective brother Vax will always stand in the way of other people's interference in their lives. But Vax has grown past that, and Vex is well aware. And then Percy is probably just sitting there going... "but in that very awkward hot tub scene, Vax basically gave me his blessing!" I loved the beat where the rest of the gang is looking on at Percy and Vex and rolling their eyes about how obvious it is that the two of them have been hooking up. Even Grog has not been fooled in the slightest.

Percy really gets to complete a journey of self-actualization here as he rejects Ripley's offer and then refuses to kill her, really cementing his turn away from vengeance. He wants to do the right thing. He wants to prove to himself and to the world that recovery and redemption is possible, even after terrible harm. It's so beautiful because in the last episode Percy was talking about how all he wants is to have a life in Whitestone, and then Whitestone is razed to the ground. And then here he just wants a chance to keep growing and changing and getting better, and that is seemingly stolen from him as well. But Percy is a good man and he's brave and he'll keep fighting for what's right, even when everything goes wrong around him. We love him for that!

Combat-wise, we have to talk about what a COOL battle sequence the Ripley (and Orthax) vs. Percy showdown was. I love the steam-punk-y vibes of these characters, I loved the red and black, I loved seeing Orthax taking over Anna the way we saw him taking over Percy in season one. I loved Percy jumping and tumbling around to escape from things and saying "Vax makes that look so easy." I loved him using his gauntlet "Diplomacy" to turn a handshake into an attack - that's the most Percy thing I can think of. And I love that he gets to be a bad-ass, he does the trick with the black powder, and then... No Mercy Percy does just the opposite of what his name implies, and he tries to offer Anna another chance.

It's such a tragic and poignant moment, and despite my personal mourning for certain aspects of Glintshore that didn't play out like they did in the campaign, I thought this was a wonderful moment of storytelling, and a truly tragic ending to the episode! Percy combines his true genius and cunning with a radical type of openness and hope. He truly is a Character of All Time for me.

So... yeah, this might be an episode that has some polarizing feelings from fans. I can imagine a lot of people a tiny bit outraged that Anna Ripley is alive and gets away again here at the end of the episode, which was frankly very much not what I was expecting. As for me, I had a great time watching this episode, and I will just do my best to forget that weird song at the end ever existed.

8/10

[door]

i’ve told this story many times before but i hope you don’t mind if i tell it one more time. i was living in rural west virginia, working as an americorps volunteer. walking to work one morning, i saw a dog in the road. there were a lot of dogs that ran loose in town so this wasn’t unusual, but they were generally savvy enough to stick to the sidewalks. hey dummy, i said to this dog, get out of the road. she followed me the rest of the way to work, and then through the next 13 and a half years of my life.

i called her vista, after the specific americorps program i was in. she was a wreck. she was unfamiliar with being inside buildings, eating dog food, any electronic sounds, stairs, furniture. some of these things she got over, but many of them followed her for the rest of her life. the house i was living in didn’t have a fenced yard, so i tried once to put her on a long lead. she panicked and nearly hung herself. i didn’t try it again. she was riddled with food insecurity, memorably leaping through an open car window and into a stranger’s lap to eat the burger out their hand. she got more subtle, but never lost her concern about where the next meal was coming from.

but oh, she was smart. she’d figure out what i was trying to ask her to do before i’d nailed down how to train her to do it. i briefly, by accident, taught her to answer to “dude.” in her youth, she could jump any fence you confronted her with, and ran as fast as any dog i’ve ever known.

when i finally had the ability to enroll her in agility training (at the advanced age of 11!) she took to it like she’d been born for it. she was full of fears about the world, but in the agility ring she was fearless. no piece of equipment was frightening, no accident or fall would keep her from getting right back to it. the only thing she wouldn’t do was go through the tire. i think she felt it was beneath her skill.

she loved car rides, and long walks, and watching geese. she loved noticing horses on tv. she loved to run with other dogs—not before them or after them, but with them. she loved other dogs in general, and gamely tolerated cats. she loved to lie in the grass and listen to the world around her. she loved to splash in and out of water more than swim in it, but if i was swimming she would join me. she loved me. she loved me so much. i’d never been loved like that before. i doubt i ever will again.

she died on christmas night.

it has been a rough few months, and in particular a rough few days. but she was surrounded by the people who loved her most, with a belly full of grilled chicken. even at the end, she was so excited to eat.

a number of folks have said to me that i saved her, gave her a good life. and if that’s true then we saved each other. i’ve used the royal we for years now, when talking about my life. we were a unit, vista and me. we went together. i’m not sure who i’ll be without her. i’m so lucky she found me that morning in may, that i was the first person who walked by and spoke to her. she was truly the best dog in the world.

[shamefulzombie]

Hellooo my undead friend! I've come to your inbox yet again, cuz I noticed that I haven't pestered you w OC questions in. A while!! So... May we get any facts about my beloved L0gic, specifically before they got turned Into a Four armed puter head,, tho any facts about them after they turned Into a puter are also welcome ❤️ I'm just really curious to know more about them, what they were like as a person and such,,!!! Have a good dayyyy!!!

Greetingss my one eye friend!! /silly

I love to oc yap a lot, i got a few facts about L0gic...here we go then:

L0gic, real name Quinn [They/She] Before turning Inhuman:

-Big fear of insects, especially spiders

-keeps a pet lizard and fish, a bearded dragon named Olivia, a blue platy fish named Zei

-Was once an artist because they were inspired by their favorite artist but gave up on it to pursue in study and had forgotten about it

-L0gic was a little sibling to someone, as you may guess, yes the entire family is miserable...Got the chance to see their father but not mother, their brother was the only one who took care of them until they were adults

-Is a very good cooker, can't stand being watched while cooking though...

-L0gic is quite very smart and which is why they passed multiple schools and managed to become a scientist. One issue tho they are very shy so didn't gain as much friends, but they are getting along with other scientists in Vimoque Gulf✨

-They have a fat crush on Zeke (remember that guy? lmao), and is very close with Livi and Miralles, gets bullied by Ikeda a lot but enjoys his company. Ikeda was the one that recruited her

L0gic post-inhuman:

-Selectively mute

-Constantly hot (cuz computer) which why now they love cold areas, you could also spot them hiding in alleyways

-Still has a big fear of insects, this could cause panic if one singular big bug which is dangerous

-Inhuman L0gic is a lot agile and full of energy than as a human, strangely this one craves more attention but is scared to earn some

-L0gic's senses are more sensitive as a inhuman, so they're constantly alert whenever there's something or someone

-doesn't bond well with other Inhumans or humans cause they sometimes hurt them accidently by being too scared

-They require energy, battery-charged, they can take battery power from other electronic devices. And also causes emp to nearby electronic devices, which is why they're hard to find, nobody to able to record them to provide proof. Oh and able to track data thru electronic devices

-TV screens, puters are their only friends even tho they are not alive. Just hugs them, stare at them, or even talk to them, doesn't even care if there's no response. Finds comfort in paintings too, talking to them like they're alive

-Inhuman L0gic has killed a good amount of people, but never people with kids

[mythals-whore]

10 People I'd like to Know Better Tag

Full disclosure I did this like a month ago, and I fear not many of my answers have changed, so if you saw that one you won't be missing much. HOWEVER I am always down to make new friends so tysm @rat-spit-village for the tag

Last Song: Feels Like This//Maisie Peters (loml, go listen to this & also History of Man she is everything)

Last Movie: I almost cheated and started a movie so I didn't have to say After We Collided (iykyk) but I'd like to defend myself by saying it's my birthday tradition to watch these movies with my friends and we play a drinking game where the rules are we drink whenever something is ridiculous. (We get very drunk & it's very fun)

Last Book: Last one I finished was Wrath of the Triple Goddess, but I am currently reading The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

Last TV Show: I've been rewatching Criminal Minds for AU reasons? .....and that's all I'll say.

Sweet, Savory, or Spicy: Savory, sweet, spicy in order of preference.

Relationship Status: Have been with my partner for 8 years, married for 3 this summer (:

Last Thing I Googled: 'Thesaurus' lmao I am editing. BUT if you want the last question, its: "what do you bar a door with" (I am smart)

Looking Forward To: Posting new chapters to my fic today & finishing it in general (so i can start on a new one WHO SAID THAT)

Current Obsessions: Dragon Age, Davrin specifically. What is going to happen with Dan and Phil in March and *checks notes* still bird watching.

Gentle tags for @cute-ellyna @complikatedd @bygonesigh @pinayelf and you know what, I know you also did this not that long ago but idc @thedissonantverses