#so im gonna take a break

[olivia-anderson-fanfic]

Into the Unknown, Part 49

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Extra chap because we won the maribat awards

Marinette had, originally, been a little annoyed with Tim when he had told Jimothy and Bernard about their dimension-hopping… but she soon learned the error in her ways.

Because now she had someone to commiserate with. After all, Bernard, too, was dating a version of Tim Drake. They were kindred spirits, bearers of the curse.

It all started with a simple conversation.

Bernard leaned over the back of the couch, smiling and clapping politely at the picture Damian was showing him. “So, why are we letting the Tims cook again?”

Steph grinned a little, apparently still amused by the fact that there were, now, two Tims. To be fair, the chances of there being a set of twins that were separated at birth that happened to have the same name had to be small.

Marinette shrugged lazily. “They insisted. And I want to see which one is the better cook. See if I lucked out – somehow.”

Bernard shrugged. “Probably not. Tim is good at many things… baking is not one of those things. In fact, I’m 99% sure that his inability to cook is how the world attempts to balance the fact that he is good at everything else.”

“I have to buy new equipment every time he cooks to make sure he hasn’t cursed the pans.”

There was a loud crashing sound from the kitchen, and what might have been a minor explosion, as if the universe was proving them right.

The two of them merely sighed in that specific way that people do when they are used to a terrible thing and now resigned to their fate.

And just like that, they realized: they were no longer alone.

Steph glanced back at the kitchen. “Should we go see how they messed up?”

“Give them, like, ten minutes to try and fix it,” Bernard waved her off.

Marinette raised her eyebrows. “Why?”

“If they can’t fix it in ten minutes, then they deserve to get the Look Of Disappointment. Otherwise, it’s not our problem, and we can pretend they didn’t do anything wrong.”

She mulled this over for a few moments before nodding. Yeah. That sounded like a good enough plan.

Besides, Damian was frantically trying to show her the drawing he was doing of a cave (done in green crayon, for some reason). Whatever the Tims had done could wait.

From that point on, they had weekly meetings where they discussed their boyfriends – who they loved very much, but agreed could be somewhat exhausting from time to time – over a glass of wine. Like a book club. But meaner. Somehow.

~

Tim blinked as Damian made his way over to him with a look of grim determination on his face. He wasn’t sure what the kid wanted, and he wasn’t afraid to admit that the expression kind of threw him off.

Mostly because almost every time he saw the Old Damian make that face, it was right before a fight. And, granted, he was pretty confident in his abilities to beat up a small child, but he would very much prefer not to.

But then Damian walked over and wrapped himself around Tim’s leg.

Tim blinked down at him.

He only got more confused as Damian started attempting to climb him like he were a rope in gym class and his grade depended on how fast he managed to get to the top.

Damian managed to make his way all the way up Tim’s leg – somewhat surprising, Tim hadn’t been aware the kid had had that much grip strength – but then he got stuck, squinting up at Tim calculatingly.

He started trying to use the fabric of his shirt. Tim yelped and grabbed him before he could a) stretch out his shirt or b) fall. These were both equally terrible possibilities, and he was perfectly willing to put a stop to this at any cost. Luckily, there was no cost.

But Damian, improv and manipulation extraordinaire, used the newfound arms around him to latch on to Tim and start clambering up even further.

Tim stared at the kid as he came up to sit on his shoulder, looking very proud of himself.

“Why?” He asked because, really, what else do you say in this situation?

“Tall,” he said. He went to put his hands on his hips in a kind of ‘I’m better and smarter than everyone else’ gesture, but then had to frantically wrap his arms around Tim’s head again when he wobbled uncertainly on his makeshift seat.

“You could have just asked me to pick you up,” Tim pointed out, grinning as he brought up a hand to rest on the kid’s back to help steady him.

Damian shook his head. “Tall,” he said again, as if it made any more sense the second time.

Regardless, he just grinned and nodded sagely. “Ah, I see,” he said, trying very hard to keep the waver of laughter out of his voice. “I’ll take you to the park sometime soon. You’ll probably get a kick out of jungle gyms.”

Damian beamed.

~

Paige beamed as she slammed her hands down on the table. “I’ve got a promotion! I can get the good diapers now!”

Marinette smiled. “I’m sure Floyd is happy.”

“I guarantee he has no clue,” Paige said, shrugging. But she still seemed pleased regardless. “I’m doing this for me.”

“Ah, yes, the classic treat yourself by treating your kid scenario. I did that when I changed the stroller to one with more flowers back in the day.”

They shared a conspiratorial nod. What were they conspiring against? Who knows. Not capitalism, apparently.

Ava hummed. “Still, it’s wild that you got promoted. I didn’t think Mr. Matthews was old enough to retire, and definitely not bad enough to be fired or good enough to be promoted. He was so… average.”

“Got busted for mob activities,” Paige said, shrugging.

Ah, yes, average.

And, no, that wasn’t sarcastic. They all nodded. Sagely, this time. For, in Gotham, there was nothing all that shocking about finding out someone they were close to was engaging in illegal activities…

Speaking of…

“Damn. I should probably go make sure Orlando knows they’re looking into people more thoroughly right now,” Marinette murmured, packing away her food.

~

Tim hummed as he absently slapped a sticker on each of the miscellaneous boxes of energy drinks.

He preferred to shop at Thomas Thumb when it came to getting drinks, if only because it was much faster to do the sticker method than to sit there and wait impatiently as the people at the door checked your receipt to make sure you weren’t stealing. Now if only it wasn’t so expensive…

But, when he got to the end, he realized that the cashier had accidentally given him an extra sticker.

He shrugged internally and turned to Damian, who had opted to sit on one of the boxes in the cart. This was almost definitely unsafe, but it is what it is.

He popped the sticker onto his forehead.

Damian gasped in offense and started trying to peel it off, glaring at Tim all the while.

Tim pretended not to notice. He was too busy getting the cart out of the store so he could load up the car.

Damian, eventually, managed to peel it off. He put it on his shirt, wearing it like a badge. Possibly of honor, but probably not because… well… it’s a mass produced sticker. But maybe – after all, there is honor in actually paying for your things in Gotham. It’s a rarity.

Tim smiled at the proud look on his kid’s face and made a mental note to get him some more stickers, even if it meant that they would have to deal with getting them all off the walls and furniture every night.

~

She watched as Damian rode Frank around the apartment like a horse. Normally, she would put a stop to this, because the poor dog… but, honestly, Frank seemed pleased with this, her tail wagged wildly as she walked through the apartment with her emotional support human (because it definitely went both ways) on her back.

Marinette shrugged internally and leaned back to watch, a fond smile on her face.

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[the-cookie-of-doom]

was beating myself up for feeling suddenly very burned out and wanting to stop studying - yall I've been in Productive Mode for 5 straight hours

[triona-tribblescore]

IM FUCKING BACK BABYYYY!!!! [Read tags for a lil info!]

(Please accept this silly doodle dump of my brainrot boys uvu ✨)

[lil-vibes]

Day 31: Fungus

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(prompt list here!)

and we are finishing off this wonderful month with my friend's lambsona! + lamb reference and close up down below :3

[pybun]

dynam0 before the incident

[kitocrystal]

Checking out other Quest AUs as I wait for my will to come back to continue with Inky Mystery.

(The conflict has not let down yet and I’m starting to feel dread)

Anyway, go check out this neato retell of the og Quest story by @thequestfortheinkmachinecomics. The characters’ designs are nicely touched up, their personalities seems more natural now, the art is really cool and oh no, I’ve run out of juice for words… I just know that this retell will be good so I’ll be on along for this ride.

[peonypyxels]

wip 👀

[puppyeared]

🧍

[dunktape]

can I requestttt a black cat being a silly little goober

i was gonna make an animated emote of a cat hitting someone too but unfortunately i haven't been able to figure out how to draw that ,, anatomy is hard !!! i'll figure it out sometime soon though no worries anon ,,, hopefully these are silly enough !!! i'll make more soon i promise — i'm just trying to do a little bit of everyone's requests aaa

( im genuinely surprised ive never seen cat stretching emotes ,,, maybe i'm just not looking in the right places )

[mossy-paws]

Biograft on the Splatoon drawbox!

WOOHOO I cooked this up in about 6 and a half hours! Really happy with the result honestly + I learned a bunch about stuff like midtones and such! Hyperlaser is gonna be next once I figure out how to bypass his phinisher dialogue/when I get some other projects done!

Here’s the higher quality version as well SINCE NINTENDO NERFED IT AHEM.

[noir-ish-bee]

The Unexpected Swap Page 2

Page 2 is finally here! Please excuse any mistakes but hopefully I did alright :3

Click for full quality cuz im only now realizing how big the pictures are

@luigigirl12

[dna-repo]

froot loops

[moeblob]

RK900.

[psykoe100]

Congrats on the loss boys. Love Wins <3

[fishsinsareacknowledged]

pls more stalker Nikto 🙏🙏 I live for it

Tw: this is a lazy post but also, delusional ish nikto, im so fucking lazy and this is so very lazy, apologies, but also, nikto being somewhat normal somewhat batshit insane, also imprisonment at the end.

Stalker Nikto who gives you sharp knives instead of flowers. Delusional in his thought that you would use them against him with lust in your eyes like he would. Nikto who stalks you and doesn't give enough of a shit to hide. Following behind you in the middle of the night but stopping right before your neighborhood, giving you a false sense of security even though he already knows your every move.

Stalker Nikto who fucking laughs when he realizes you haven't called the cops. Changing plans into something more...ah how would you call it? Normal.

Stalker Nikto who acts as the perfect date. Sure he's masked and intimidating just from his size, but he's nice and sweet to you isnt he? Somehow knowing everything you need the exact moment you need it.

Sharing a coffee with you, paying for your drinks, cooking your favorite food the way you like it, just the way you like it. Sure all those months hes stalked you were mainly for entertainment but he was taking notes of course, paying attention to your likes and dislikes.

Stalker Nikto who knows how to fight but doesn't really enjoy it after the first decade of non-stop violence, deciding to avoid conflict and go the long way. Actually being a fucking human being. And it works, wow, who would have guessed.

Stalker Nikto who starts getting greedy and marrying you. Keeping you all to himself in the property he inherented in the middle of the woods. His old home. Sharing something with you instead of you sharing something with him.

Stalker Nikto who confesses years later, nearing his late 40s that he was and is your stalker. Even if y'know. Said man. Literally has already married you. Keeping you imprisoned in the basement due to fear if someday somehow finding you gone. It would be too much for him to handle, won't you understand?

[fogwitchoftheevermore]

I'm slowly making my way through a new project- editing the entirety of the album PUNCH by Autoheart to the Life Series.

I was originally planning to post all of the edits in order of the songs on the album, but I instead made the Lent one first and am too excited to keep it in my drafts any longer while I work on the first four songs of the album (especially since we're coming up on finals seasons and the amount of time I'll have to work on these is gonna plummet so fast). So instead, I'll be posting them as I make them and make a masterpost of them all in order at the end.

That being said, I hope you enjoy this! I'm really proud of it and a lot of work went into it.