#somewhere in between

[greenlighted]

it started with the bed.

by the time ron had woken up that morning he'd noticed harry's bed was already made and the other boy was nowhere in sight. harry's space in general looked tidied up, actually. the clutter he was used to seeing nowhere in sight. it wasn't unusual for harry to wake up earlier than him, but typically he left a bit of a trail behind him when he went off to wherever it was he went. he wasn't ever messy the way ron was, but his things were never tidy in a way that makes sense to anybody but him. a sock or two thrown about, school things dumped on top of his trunk, his gryffindor robes permanently living at the end of his bed when not in use.

he wouldn't have thought twice about it, really, if it weren't for the fact that the bed was made.

he's seen harry tidy up properly before, when whatever system he has going for him spirals out of control and he needs to reset. but making his bed has never been something he tries to keep up on. he can honestly say he's not sure if he's ever seen harry's bed made before once he's slept in it the first time after somebody else had made it for him.

he brushes it off to harry just being in one of his moods again, and starts getting ready to go down to the great hall for breakfast. he noticed harry's things in their dorm bathroom had been straightened up too and tucks the knowledge away for later.

once he reaches the great hall he immediately spots hermione's head of hair and beelines towards her, noting the lack of harry anywhere. also not an unusual sight, especially on a saturday.

harry never does show for breakfast, nor does ron see him later at lunch.

he doesn't actually see harry until midway though dinner that day, and once he does catch sight of him he can't help but stare a little bit. he doesn't look much different than normal, but his hair looks a little more put together than ron can ever remember seeing before, and he's got four books cradled in his arms, and his school bag slung over his shoulder. his shoes are tied properly and he doesn't look like he just rolled out of bed after a long night of not sleeping.

he glanced over at hermione sitting beside him and notices her looking at harry closely and feels relieved to know she thinks something is weird too.

"hello," harry says when he reaches them, ignoring the raised eyebrows hermione and ron himself were giving him.

"hi, harry," hermione greets him back easily, her head tilting slightly. "where have you been all day? this is the first time ive even seen you."

"i was in the library catching up on my essays."

neither one of them can help the surprise that flashes across the faces and ron sees harry look at them like he's confused. he was as bad at writing his essays as ron was, why was he so confused if they were surprised that he not only did his homework completely unprompted, but that he had spent all day doing all of his homework.

"the library?" ron asks, wanting to laugh. "didn't realize you knew where that was, mate."

"of course i know where the library is, it's not like i've never been there before."

"obviously, you've been there; it's not really your happy place though, is it?"

harry just looked confused again before shaking his head and starting to fill his plate. he grabbed a small spoonful of peas, which ron thought was odd since harry didn't even like peas.

"i just wanted to get it all done, why does it matter so much?" harry mumbles irritably.

"harry," hermione interrupts, "why do you have a book for ancient runes? you don't even take the class."

"one of the books i was reading for a charms essay mentioned some stuff about runes and it sounded interesting," he shrugs at her. "i didnt really understand anything it was talking about so i grabbed a beginner book."

while hermione was definitely the bookworm out of the three of them, harry did his fair share of reading too. ron's seen him with his face in a book more than once, but he'd never really seen him go out of his way to read. especially not about a completely new subject to him that he'd never shown an hint of interest in before.

he saw a similar confusion work its way through hermione and they both looked at each other.

"are you okay, mate?" ron asks hesitantly, looking at harry.

harry looks up at him then and his eyes widen just a little bit, looking a bit lost all of the sudden.

"im fine," he says, eyes quickly scanning the hall before looking down at his plate and scrunching his nose up at the peas there. "i guess i just lost track of time."

"you made your bed this morning, mate."

"harry made his bed this morning?"

harry looked offended for a moment before relaxing again.

"what's so wrong with me making my bed? isn't that supposed to be a good thing?"

"you never make your bed," ron pointed his fork at harry and sees hermione nodding out of the corner of his eye.

"you did your homework without me telling you to," hermione added, and this time it was ron nodding along. "you checked out a book from the library on a subject you don't take for extra curricular reading."

harry looked confused again, but his eyes darted down to the school supplies and books beside him and he looked ready to get defensive again so ron decided to ease the tension a bit.

harry was already in some sort of mood, so it wouldn't do any of them any good to work him up any more than he already is. he'd tell them eventually if something serious was going on.

"it's almost like you're possessed or something, mate," ron joked, glancing over at hermione and missing the way harry had paled at the words.

Possession fic but Harry has crippling ADHD (or whatever) and Voldemort's possession either through control or just reminding him of what he's supposed to be doing is making Harry so competent that people start to get suspicious.

[seineko]

lan wangji and lan sizhui's relationship isn't discussed enough!

a-yuan was the reason lan wangji lived and i will stand by it as long as i have to.

i'm not talking about living in a physical sense. he would've done so being the light bearer he is, but the peerless hanguang-jun lost his light the second he knew wei wuxian breathed his last.

hanguang-jun was just that, a light bearer, not the source of it. he was the moon that depended on the sun to provide it to the people, but he already lost his sun.

he probably would've gotten sucked into the black hole that was left behind after his star died that he did not realize there was another sun right beside it until he heard the faint cries of a child.

a-yuan. (he was the sun that the last of qishan wen couldn't even hope to be.)

it's the ways in which lan wangji and sizhui's interactions are so subtly domestic that melts my heart completely.

the relationship they share that of a guardian-ward, of a father-son.

the way sizhui (along with jingyi and a few other lan juniors) scream 'hanguang-jun!' and are able to smile while being held hostage really says a lot about both the trust they have in him and how safe they feel around him.

sizhui saying that feels as if he has nothing to fear or worry about, so long as lan wangji or wei wuxian were around. the bone deep trust that he has that he will be safe if he's around either of them even if he was in the middle of a literal death trap had me pause for a few seconds to let myself bawl out.

it's in the way sizhui so willingly and so enthusiastically interacts with lan wangji while everyone around him (except a few of the lan juniors) are scared witless to even breathe the same air as him. even the lan juniors don't seem to have the ease that sizhui has. (okay, this may probably be me over reading into it, but i really did feel that way while reading.)

and, my favorite interaction, sizhui encountering that lan wangji buried a-yuan in a pile of rabbits will never ever make me stop smiling like an idiot.

they have one of the healthiest parent-child relationship i've seen and i so, so long for it.

it's as surprising as it is devastating how less they're talked about. a crime really.

[kwilooo]

I just got home from my final full day of school and I want to cry 😁

[andrigyn]

I low key succeeded at making Draco and Abraxas look related but not identical??

[transingthoseformers]

The weird half shattered glass earthspark au

Elita and Megatron have equal power in their faction and responsibilities are divided pretty evenly, Starscream as their second in command is the one who makes sure everything runs smoothly and Soundwave makes sure all communication is clear, these decepticons are very organized

Optimus is a train wreck, he's got bits of Memories and he doesn't know why but he knows his goal is to destroy the decepticons. He's got a lot of stiff like that he knows he knows something but he doesn't know why and he struggles to think about some of those things too much. He's very conflicted and he's not sure why. It is very much a forced delusion. He doesn't know how to treat bots because the council never though he'd have to interact with bots outside of fighting because he'd be under their order, of course that doesn't work out. So Optimus has a very weird relationship with all of his autobots, they fear him they respect him they hate him but their scared to leave. It's a very strange conflict.

So yes the process of Orion becoming Optimus took a long time because the council originally wanted to use Megatron but what they couldn't get their servos on him they decided that Orion was the next best choice. Elita and Megs were very panicked during that point in time, Starscream was sending out search parties while Elita and Megatron comforted eachother

Oooo interesting interesting a set up I always enjoy in a faction

So SG Oppy here is absolutely fucking going through it, he is firmly not in sane territory and being around the autobots cannot be good for that. He's ruling the autobots with one hell of an iron fist and itchy trigger finger, plus. I mean. Considering the SG autobots.

Oooo so they were going for Megatron, but they decided fuck it they've already got Ori they should roll with what they've got for their bullshit

Ohh Meggsie Lita...

[mosspodge]

*throws squid at you* plague be upon ye

[hrythik]

Boy Toy T-Shirt outfit & jewelry inspo.

[itstherainbowstringsforme]

TAYLOR NATION YOU DID NOT JUST DO WHAT I THINK YOU DID?!

“A one year celebration post celebrating: the most extraordinary EXPERIENCE premiered in theatre”

Also known as

“Welcome to the next chapter of the 🌞 🦒reintroduction”

Or

“A recap of a mv of a mv premiere about a show in which the main character is portraying different eras… wait what? You lost me. The big LEBOWSKI? - ask Taylor she knows”

Or

“This is a movie about how horrible being famous is”

Accompanied by the song « Cruel Summer » - is giving only good vibes - until you actually listen to the lyrics - but lyrics are potato potato we all know that - TS™️ has said this herself so many times (in between lines) - singing: “and if I’m on fire, you’ll be made of ashes too” gives her the same satisfaction as singing the alphabet backwards - as long as you’re happy she’s happy.

“Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did

(Time for a little revenge!)

The story starts when it was hot and it was summer and

I had it all, I had him right there where I wanted him”

[aesfocus]

Did I spend all day thinking about Tav'leatea my archfey who I am writing a big fic for while playing BG3? YES! Did I then turn around and make Ilya Arendae my current Knight Commander from WOTR? Also yes!

[simnide]

Calista’s bedroom

[insideoutstory]

Somewhere in Between → an inside out one shot series

Steve and Christine have an agreement. They’re not dating...technically...but they’re not just best friends. May feels like it’s a long, long way away.

Available Now

[beautifulboy22]

Cause I’m waiting for tonight then waiting for tomorrow 🎶 🖤

I look back and feel nostalgic about how I used to literally enjoy life so much and feel so excited about a brand new day and now I just hate how days pass by :( .

[chirpsythismorning]

Hi! I can't stop thinking... Why so many people insist that Will doesn't have / can't have powers, only the connection with Henry-the Mind Flayer? Some of them are so sure, they even make fun of who thinks that Will with some sort of powers could be the plot twist that changes the way we see the whole story.... I think that would be awesome, not ridiculous.

Many milvan fans think that, and Henry's stans too. But what's the problem? Character in a sci-fi show about superpowers has powers. Wow. Unbelivable.

Don't get me wrong, we all have our own biases (a lot of toxic milkvans vehemently deny the possibility of Will having powers, for obvious reasons), but what I think it really comes down to the original intention of the Duffers in terms of Will what they always had planned for him.

A lot of fans think that certain concepts being explored would just be flat out bad, assuming those concepts come out of nowhere, and/or in a way that feels like we've been cheated.

For example, a lot of fans feel strongly about not wanting the show to ever involve time travel at any point, with most fans agreeing on this to a large extent, arguing that it would feel like a cheap reset, changing our entire understanding of the overall show.

You could also make the argument that a lot of Redditors feel this way about the possibility of byler whenever it's brought up genuinely, where they say it's not possible because there weren't enough signs to support it and so if byler did happen, it would ruin the show.

The main problem with this, is that we're assuming that the story hasn't already hinted about these things, with the intention to explore them from the moment they hinted at them.

Like when it comes to time travel, we have a main character that goes missing who is literally dressed like Marty McFly from Back to the Future, which was a film also referenced a lot in s3. Not only that, but time itself has been referenced A LOT since the very beginning. And we even have the upside down stuck on the very moment Will went missing on Nov 6th 1983 (in his Marty McFly fit). And so yes we can have our doubts about it being as good as we hope based on other media and how they've all depicted time travel, but to say it wouldn't be fitting or it would be coming out of nowhere would be naive.

And same with byler. There are definitely signs, it's a matter of being willing to acknowledge them, actual view them and think about them each individually and all together (assuming you are willing to do that). If you're willing to do that then it suddenly is an undeniable obvious direction that the show is going. And yet there are plenty of people out there that will never see it that way, until it's spelled out to them with everything being explained.

I think what it all comes down to is the show itself having hints over the seasons, with it being apart of the Duffers original plan from the beginning, to some extent.

No matter what, even if I don't like a choice they make about a certain concept, I don't know if I could critique them that much about it if it was actually intentionally put there from the beginning? Like props to them, I'm not gonna be mad if at the very least, it fits? That would be my main concern, that it came out of nowhere with no signs. But I doubt that's going to be the case for the surprises we have in store for the final season, TBH I think all of them will have been foreshadowed at some point.

And that also goes for Will having powers. I can see why fans might be against it, because they are choosing to imagine that it would go down in the most unsatisfying way possible. And they're also choosing to not look deeper at things that clearly hint at it over the seasons, all because of a bias based on whatever they feel that's stopping them from that, big or small.

Personally, I'm a twelvegate truther at the moment, and so I have my own thoughts when it comes to the likelihood of Will having powers in some capacity (yes). And I genuinely came to that conclusion based on hints in the details since the first episode.

People need to realize, the Duffers want more than anything for the show to have rewatch value forever and ever. And by making all these hints really subtle in the details from the very beginning, only to be revealed at the end, they are not only shocking the people experiencing it in real time, but they're also setting it up in a way that makes it even more satisfying for future generations. Not only is rewatch value being considered, because I would argue that's the most important, but also think about all the people that will hear about ST in the upcoming years, knowing how it ended because it was spoiled to them in passing. Those kind of viewers would immensely enjoy those details about time travel or byler or Will having powers, stretching all the way to the beginning.

Right now so many people brush off the details as unimportant, and we're able to do this freely because we still don't have all the answers yet. That's fair for now. But when we do get all the answers in the end, people will have everything in front of them waiting to be confronted, it'll just be a matter of everyones willingness to accept it as reality at that point, even if it's not what we might have thought we wanted based on what we were/weren't willing to see.

[peculiar-reblogs]

More here [link]!

[ourunspokenepithets]

And sometimes, on days like this, I stand up and say I want to burn the world down.

Here’s the thing about being a high-school has-been with friends that you would melt these gilded halls for: sometimes you tell no one and everyone at the same time by the way you walk and because of things that have occurred between the four cream coloured walls of your living room on valentine’s, shaking hands and dark circles feel more like handbag accessories, sold separately, than symptoms of unimaginable stress and anxiety. 

From all of this, I look pretty sad and stressed so you wouldn’t think that I was mostly angry, would you? 

My mom laughed after I flinched back from her hug, my friends are all breaking too, my hands are overrun (bones shaking and crackling at the slightest sense of stress), have I mentioned that I wanted to burn down this school? The green threads in the corner of my vision are snapping and breaking and sometimes I feel more like I’m faking that failing (you’re good at keeping it together, aren’t you?)-

It feels like I’m living in an apocalypse, so I’m doing what I do best, live blogging my chains and bolts and pains so that they act as a precursor of future events (I prefer to think that one day, I’ll have written it all out and feel more alive and less burdened than when this began). At the end of the day, however, it wouldn’t be me if I didn’t fight tooth and nail to give someone hope. 

So this blog is half battle, half prose, but all hope. 

And this will be the last sad post I ever write (without a resolution, it’s no point pretending life is black and white, and that my eyes won’t be coloured red in a while), because if the world burns around me, I want the pain of the blaze to be overshadowed by the beauty of a dying fire instead.

I will continue on. And so will you. And so will all of us. 

(And I will try to do what I wanted to at 13: Save you. Save me. Save us. One day I will wake up and the taste of blood in my mouth will be but a distant memory. One day you will wake up and the sadness will feel more like a dull, ancient, ache than an ever-present stabbing blade. One day we will wake up, and the world will not be the same.) 

[hermit-called-he]

SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

Sometimes my feelings for you are somewhere in between 

Sometimes I’m living, sometimes I’m dying

Either way, an emotionally repressed girl like me has to restrain from crying 

God, the way I talk about my crush on you makes me feel like I’m still thirteen 

It’s an embarrassing feeling, I’m not going to lie

Each time the feeling comes, I quickly force it to die 

It comes at the worst time 

Honestly, feelings like this should be a crime 

I won't be cheesy and say you're my whole world 

Because you're not, you're saving that place for some other lucky girl 

Besides, there's a distance between us 

Built entirely by me because it's a must 

I wish I knew how close I am to your heart 

Most likely I'm a far flung dart 

No precision, no accuracy, 

Not that your heart has a vacancy 

You told me you're picky when you choose a girl 

I find myself wondering what your standards are

Is there a scroll for me to unfurl? 

To what degree do your standards go? Out of this world? 

If this seems contradictory, that's because it is

There's a reason I hide it all within 

Feelings are a complex machine

Especially when you're just a dream 

I'm somewhere in between loving you and not

The good thing is that this proves I'm not a robot

I wish everything could be clearer 

And that you would hold me dearer