#the best skelly boy in all the land

[slothquisitor]

Oh look! A Manfred! My friends know me well.

Merry Christmas from this sloth ❤️

[haveyouseenthisskeleton]

NEW - Interactions between skeletons

Hello, hello !

I'm very happy to announce that I'm now opening interactions asks between all skeletons. From now on, our skelly friends can answering asks about their relationships with the other skeletons, and even fun things they can do together.

And to celebrate this, I created a map so you can visualise more easily who will more likely talk to who.

As you can see, there is still plenty of free space on the map, mainly because I still have some new skeletons to introduce to you :3

TLet's have a tour.

THE FRIENDLY ZONE

It's a very animated neighbourhood. You can find here the Undertale, Underswap, Outertale, Horrortale, Horrorfell and Farmtale brothers.

The Horror Bros and the Farmtale Bros are sharing their lands and animals to be more efficient. However, they still have some specialities. Farmtale boys prefers horses and fields, while the Horror Bros are clearly more interested with their teaching farm that children can enjoy.

Oak and Willow invited Copper and Chief to leave with them because their history is closer than theirs. Chief is still a bit wary, but Copper loves this new life.

The three pacifist pairs of brothers are enjoying life, next to a lake where Papyrus, Blue and Sun loves to exercise. They would love to open a training sport course there. The two other Sanses and Honey are more interisting in pranking each other. All of them are getting along and help at the farms in their free time.

THE WEIRDO ZONE

It's just Dune for now. He's too shy to go and meet his neighbours yet.

However he's stealing in their house during the night.

He's also in great territory war with Doomfanger. They hate each other. Dune would love to kill that damn cat but he's too scared of Edge. So they're just hissing at each other and fighting in the woods.

When Dune wants to know more someone, he kidnaps them and just sit with them in his house, looking at them blankly.

No one never wants to go there.

THE DRAMA QUEENS ZONE

You can find here the Dancetale and Dancefell brothers, and also Delta.

If Rambo and Salsa are living together, Rumba and Tango are living in their own house... Just because they saw Red and Edge do the same thing and they didn't wanted to be left out.

Tango is fricking jealous of Edge and hates how he is better in everything he's doing. He even adopted a cat just to do like him.

Delta tried to be adopted by Rambo because he looks too much like his Sans and Rambo is freaking out about it because he doesn't want to hurt him but he doesn't want to leave him alone either? Salsa is also not happy about this since Delta is trying to always make sure he is away.

Rumba has problems with his backdoor and Dune is always inviting himself to his home. He made the mistake to try to talk to him once and now Dune is kidnapping him every two or three days to spend time with him. Rumba tried to talk about this to his brother but no one is believing him. Rumba is starting to think he is crazy and that Dune is an invention of his head.

THE FELL ZONE

Only the biggest houses for the Underfell and Swapfell brothers. Everyone has his own house.

However, they are all suspicious of each other. Nox watches Red, Red watches Rus, Rus watches Edge and Edge watches Nox. It's the circle of life.

Nox and Edge are definitely getting along, even if they're fighting over who's cooking or who's gardening the best. The both loves and hates this.

All houses are actually Doomfanger's houses. She is living in all of them at once. She has more affinities with Edge (of course), but also Rus for some reason. She still hates Red though. She's curious about Nox but Nox doesn't want her inside. So obviously, she is always inside Nox's house just to piss him off.

Red and Rus are playing online for the honor of their brothers. They love each other online, but they can't match in real life.

THE BASTARDS ZONE

At first, there was only Error here. Then Ink built his house literally two inches next to his. Just because he could.

Error hates Ink. He just wants fucking peace and nice nature sounds. But Ink thinks he's just rejecting his friendship and keeps coming with stupid gifts he doesn't need.

They have a AU portal in the garden. Error wants to destroy it, but every time he's managing to, that shit is opening again.

Ink can mess with the world settings. That's how he got the farm's brothers pets. So sometimes, he just spawns randomly 500 chickens in Error's house to see how he's going to react.

THE MAFIA QUARTERS

The Mafiatale and Mafiafell bros are living here. At first they were rivals, but they actually befriended each other pretty quickly.

Since they don't have anything to kill, they mostly assuring the town safety.

Fang and Demon are best friends. They spend all their free time together taking care of Fang's dogs. Torpedo is more solitary. Creeper prefers Delta' company.

Since Torpedo is a maniac, Demon and Creeper love to mess with his guns, moving them during the night. You can hear Torperdo screaming at the other end of the town.

[vneuns]

You wouldn't mind me dropping a request on ya right?

Do u write for the boo? If yes I have a prompt.

Ranboo and reader sitting on top of Ranboo's SUV/car/truck (which ever) stargazing while parked in an open field with the doors open and the radio cut up loud enough that they can hear it.

me, you, and the moon !

ʚ♡ɞ 𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 > c!ranboo x gn!reader ( platonic ! )

ʚ♡ɞ 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧 > 0.6k

ʚ♡ɞ 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 > none just fluff

... absolutely adore mr. boo ty for this cute ass request i absolutely loved writing it. i write for most of the mcyts but i haven’t watched all of them so if you request someone i haven’t watched yet i’ll watch them but you’ll have to give me time <3

“you have the picnic basket right?” You nodded showing your best friend the basket that was in your hand. “okay now we need…” he trailed off running down the hallway to do something. “boo calm down.” you chuckled with an eye roll when he came running back down in the hallway a blanket in hand.

“i just want everything to be perfect.” a smile crep its way onto your face as you went to stand right in front of the tall boy in front of you. “and it will. but only if you chill out.” your hands made their way to his shoulders relaxing the tension in them.

“now let’s go before i decide i’d prefer to be in my bed then going out in the middle of the night to watch the stars.”

-

you got out the car picnic basket and blanket in hand as ranboo stayed in the car to mess with the radio. this was the first time the two of you had been able to have some time to yourselves since the fight in l’manburg.

it was rans’ idea to get out the town after the big fight. just the two of you. no one bothering you or him.

it was refreshing, more than you had thought to be honest. you had told him it was a bad idea and that everyone would come looking for you but he had reassured you multiple times that, that wasn’t the case and he had someone who owed him covering for you two.

“god i missed being able to walk up a hill and going to see the moon every night.” you thought out loud as you placed the picnic basket on the floor and layed the blanket over the car hood.

“yeah well we’ll be able to go back to our old life sooner or later.” boo spoke getting out the car after rolling down the windows so you’d be able to hear the car radio.

“how do you know that? how do you know the second we step back into that god forsaken land they won’t chop our heads off?” the red and green eyes boy ran his fingers through his hair something he tended to do when he was stressed.

“i just do okay? just trust me on that alright?” he titled his head at you watching as you lifted your weight up onto the cars hood. “okay.” you sighed deciding it wasn’t worth it to go back and forth on something that was up to fate.

you always trusted your best friend. why wouldn’t you? he was the one who found you in the nether hidding from a group of skelly pigs. you trusted him with your life because he had already saved it.

you leaned down grabbing the picnic basket that was on the floor in between you and him. attempting to fill the silence between the two of you despite the low hum of the radio he spoke up. “wanna learn about the big dipper?”

you looked up at him through your eyebrows licking over your lips before chuckling. ranboo smiled to himself helping you get out the food from the basket.

it was an inside joke absolutely no one else knew about. it was your first time staying with boo after he saved you and he was doing everything in his power to make you comfortable and the first thing that came to mind when eating dinner together was the big dipper.

-

after eating and drinking everything that you had packed you laid down your head on ranboos’ chest as he pointed out all the stars in the sky frank sinatra playing lightly in the background.

“y/n?” your best friend whispered softly when he felt your breathing becoming slower signaling you were minutes from falling asleep.

you hummed letting him know you were still up. “i love you.” he kissed the top of your head running his thumb up and down you’re forearm.

“i know you do bozo.”

[anneimaginesundertale]

She giggles. Stars she loves him, he was soooooooooo close. "A nursery would be perfect! We'll have to pick out a good theme, maybe something gender neutral since I don't know how they tell if a baby skelly is a boy or girl... Hmm, maybe a nature themed one?" She paused thinking... "Erm... Probably best to figure this stuff after the party, how about you take your turn baby?"

“It’s pretty easy once the baby’s big enough,” Blue says. “But I can explain it all later, yeah.” He gave you a big kiss on the cheek. “I’m so excited! We’re really going to start trying to have a baby, maybe?” He hugged you and then stepped back. “I hope I land on Love! I’m ready to tell Ray all about how much I love her right now! Mweh heh heh!”

Grim pinches his nasal bridge, looking like he’s getting a headache. “Spin away,” he says.

Blue gave the wheel a mighty spin. It whirled and clicked and finally landed on…Luck again! Grim picked up the next card. “Test your luck by asking your partner if there’s something they want to share with you,” he read. He shot you a “don’t blow this one” look.

Blue looked at you, his eyelights hearts again. “Ray, darling, is there anything you want to tell me?” he asked.

[bluejaytaco]

(We returned to the session with all party members floating in the waters of Fransland. The bar has “Welcome to my realm” written on it in blood. Outside of it there are strange, humanoid creatures walking around. We're in the water, Theodora had a young elf boy knocked out on her back and Art has Reita clinging to him because she doesn't know how to swim.

The water is, however, strangely buoyant.)

Theodora:(immediately swims over and hugs Koejin) I'm never letting you go again.

Koejin: (hugs back) yeah... uh, no more jumping through strange portals for a while.

Alabaster:(casts waterwalking and walks over to Art) Hello, my friend!

Art: (jumps at the sight) Holy Jesus! Hi, hello!

(We all end up swimming to shore and catching up a little bit. The creatures were something Team A was dealing with while we were in the separate universe. From the distance, some of us can see that the creatures are all attached to one cloaked figure sitting off to the side.)

Koejin: (shoots an arrow at the figure and hits it right in the head. The head pops off and rolls closer. It's Skelly)

Skelly: What the Hell?! What just happened?! Who shot me?!(all his minions just kinda stand around his head) Don't just stand there! Reattach me!

Theodora: Skelly?

Skelly: (After his head's back on, he notices us) Oh, hey guys!

Hennessy: What're you doing here?

Skelly: I don't know. Just one minute I'm minding my own business, the next I'm here with these guys (gestures to the shambling forms) Just making friends and hanging out.

Theodora: Are they.... friends by choice? (stares pointedly at the tethers)

Skelly: They're friends by MY choice!

Theodora: How long have you been here?

Skelly: A day... A week... two years and five minutes? Ehhhh....

Art: (moves to explore the tavern)

(As he moves closer, a giant red claw comes up and climbs onto the roof. Mrs. Red glares at the party. Koejin also notices humanoid Mrs. Red is on her back. Dragon Mrs. Red rears back and uses her fire breath on everyone, successfully melting Skelly into a pile of ash.

We also have a new party member, Jaquine. She is not as high of a level as us, so the blast would kill her.

But then a large tiefling woman jumps in and takes the brunt of the burn for Jaquine. She looks.... very familiar. Despite the fact that we've only really met like two tieflings.)

Tiefling woman: Everyone, inside! Now! (Jumps up on Dragon Red's face and they fly away.)

Koejin: Uh, yeah! Let's go!

Alabaster: (moving over to bring Skelly back to life)

(Skelly is now a strange pile of moving ash. He hasn't regained his original form.)

Vincent: Yesss.... burn.... (This is like... the third time he's gotten excited about some violence.)

Hennessy: Alright! You and me! We gotta talk!

(We go inside the bar to see a scawny looking white dragonborn behind the bar, cleaning a glass. Aside from him, there's only one other patron; a woman passed out in a puddle of her own drool with long, rainbow hair.)

Art: (eyes the bartender) Hey there... I'm Art... and you are? (he already knew the answer)

Dragonborn: (smiles creepily) Oh, hi! I'm Eltbalm.

Art: Right, right. (looks over at the passed out woman and frowns as he realizes it's Thia. He walks over to her)

Reita: (runs to Wreybar and points at a hole in the wall. She then dives for it and pulls out a rat. She tears the rat in half and hands part of it to Wreybar.)

Wreybar: Is it a gift or food?

Reita: (nods and bites into her half)

Wreybar, grinning: Thank you!

(Me: I'm a good big brother for letting this happen.)

(For a moment, we cut to Hennessy and Vincent talking to each other about the way he's been acting. Vincent, after being kidnapped and just all around having a shitty time, has adopted the whole idea of killing in order to make the world better. But, after a bit of talk, he's feeling a little better. Hennessy talks about how Theodora, Koejin, and Alabaster would be able to help him with whatever he needs to feel safe again. That seems to help.)

(Meanwhile, Art is gently shaking Thia awake. He gets her to snap her head up but that's about it. He gestures to Eltbalm to get them some water for her.

We all try to get her to wake up and talk with us, but to no avail. However, all of us agree that this might be the best time for a long rest. But before that)

Hennessy: Art, can I speak to you?

Art: Uh... yeah. What's up?

Hennessy: Your sister. She's still got that pink stone embedded in her back, right?

Art: Yeah... we haven't been able to remove it... why do you ask?

Hennessy: Well, while we were all superpowered by the gods, I came across a spell that might be helpful. We could create a clone copy of Reita and remove the stone from her original body. Then, if anything were to go haywire, then we can put her essence into the clone.

Art:.... I want you to think about this for a second.. Put yourself in my shoes and Vincent in Reita's.... would you still trust it?

Hennessy: If it means saving his very life and the lives of millions, then of course!

Art: Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying no. It's just... a lot. And, I mean, it's not like we can do it right now anyway, right?

Hennessy, seeing that Art doesn't fully trust the idea: Yes, but... to ease your worries... it might help to keep in mind we have a genuine necromancer on our side. (Gestures to Alabaster)

Alabaster, seeing that gesture and looks over to find out whats going on: Hello, yes!

Art: You're a necromancer now?!

Alabaster: Why yes. It's an interesting tale but yes. And I would be able to help your sister, given the situation!

Art: (looks at the Skelly blob then up at Alabaster tensely. He then turns back to Hennessy.) It's not something we can do now anyway so....

(Everyone took a look at the stone. Hennessy discovered it was an ancient magic while Art recognized it as tiefling magic. Theodora offered to cut the magic and see what might come of it, but Art was afraid it might hurt Reita. He might be a little over protective.

This is around where we took our rest. As we're rested and trying to figure out our next move, the tiefling woman steps in through the door. She has in her hands the fifteen foot battle axe and is covered in blood. She walks up, demands a beer from Eltbalm, and walks back over to the table where Thia is still passed out. As she takes a sip, she gestures to all of us to gather around.)

Tiefling Woman: Must be pretty confusing for all of you.

Art: That's putting it lightly.

Tiefling Woman: So, let's start with an introduction; I'm Elsie. Elsie Red. I'm the only form of Mrs. Red here that's a tiefling.

Art: ...yeah, why are you a tiefling?

Elsie, shrugging: Don't know. Don't have any memories of anything outside of here. But, hey! I gotta gift for you (looks over at Eltbalm) Hey, you! Go get her. And you better not have touched her!

Eltbalm: Aww, but- (interrupted by the battle axe embedding itself in the wall next to him) coming up!

(Eltbalm disappears for a moment and returns with a bound Mrs. Red. It's our Red; missing tongue and all. He sits her down next to Elsie.)

Hennessy: Elsie, is your story anything like our Red's? It's quite the tragic tale.

Elsie: I don't know. I dont remember. That smiling bastard sent me and all these reds here. It's like we're some kind of experiment or something.

Theodora, nodding: Sounds like Ticket Master, alright. He is quite an asshole.

Hennessy, turning to Red: Do you still have the diary I returned to you?

Red: (nodding in her condescending, mean girl way)

(Art tries to reach into her satchel in order to show Elsie only to get bitten for the trouble.)

Art: Ow, hey! You bitch!

Red: (glaring at him)

(Art gives Elsie a rundown of what they know about Red's backstory. It sums up to Red ending the war and starting her reign of terror after the death of Eltbalm. At that, he points to the scrawny dragonborn at the bar.)

Elsie: Uhhh, no. I remember being married to a tiefling woman. He's not really my type....

Art: Our Eltbalms haven't looked like that. They're more....uh... Koejin, describe Eltbalm.

Koejin: Oh... He's just so hunky and buff. He's covered in shiny white scales. Like, a beautiful man just... (chef's kiss)

Elsie: Yeah, still no.

(We eventually decide that our Red's inability to speak was making this hard. So, we ask Vincent if there's anything he can do.

Turns out, DM rolls high enough to where Vincent pulls out a mechanical tongue.)

Vincent: Now, you gonna go and bite me the moment I go to put this in your mouth?

Red: (nods with a 'Well, duh' look on her face)

Vncent, putting the tongue on the table: Then you can do it yourself.

(Elsie undoes Red's hands and Red immediately dives to put the tongue in her mouth. She doesn't take long to secure it.)

Red, pointing to all of us: Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuuuck you. And a special 'fuck you' to you! (points at Elsie)

Alabaster: Charming.

Red: You took away everything from me and expect me to do anything for you?!

Art: Oh, you mean like what you've been doing to us?

Red: Oh, you fucking little shit. Why the fuck would I care?! You interrupted everything and stopped my ascent to finally killing that smiling asshole you call Ticket Master.

Art: Please, you went toe to toe with him and couldn't take him down.

(We ended up arguing with Red for a while and trying to get her to help us and figure out the parts missing that kept her from doing it. Then...)

Thia: (grabs the empty beer bottle and smashes it against the table. Holds it out to Red) put that to your neck.

Red: (loses control of herself and immediately follows the order) Wha-?

Thia: How do we get out of here?

Red: I- (is comanded to press in deeper. Starts to cry.) I... I don't know. I don't know. I can't remember!

Thia: Then remember.

Red, freezes for a second: I... remember everything...I... (turns to Art) I'm your mother.

Art: I... Wh-wait.... what?

Red: It happened so long ago now. I... Eltbalm and I... were tieflings. We were very much in love. We were happy... Eventually, we were blessed with a beautiful baby. A little girl... but, the land told us, no. Our girl would become a charming handsome boy. Not too long after, we were granted our beautiful, sweet Reita... but... but the war came to our land. They killed Eltbalm, my love. Right in front of me... So I prayed to the land for a way. To stop the war. To protect my children. I was turned into a dragon and given the power to end it all, so I did. And I prayed for a way to bring my husband back. And the land granted me the stones. All parts of Eltbalm.

I didn't know I would be worshipped by our people. I just wanted you to be safe... so, I prayed for a way to the land. And then.... he appeared.

I was so full of rage, but Ticket Master offered me a way. I sold him my soul and I asked that you and your sister were raised by tieflings. To be sure you were kept safe. And he did...

I tried to make it so Reita could be strong like me. Even in my rage and my forgotten memories, I wanted to keep her safe. She was so... helpless. Art, I am so sorry it turned out this way. I lo-

Thia, interrupting the last part: slit your throat.

(Red follows the order and immediately starts bleeding out. Her body collapses on the ground.)

Art: (immediately moves to save her)

Thia: Stop.

Art: (Fails a Con save and is forced to stop)

Theodora: (moves in to heal Red)

Thia: Sit down.

Theodora: (Fails a Con save and follows the order)

Hennessy: Now, wait ju-

Thia: Cover your mouth.

Hennessy: (Fails a Con save and follows the order) Mmmph Rmph!

Koejin: Thia, why're you doing this?

Thia: It's what you guys taught me. you have to kill in order to get to the top. In order to get anyone to listen. To get any type of power.

Koejin:...I thought you just wanted to do drugs and run your bar.

Thia: I did. But then this shit started happening. And you guys started killing generals. And you guided me here. That's when I realized that yes, this is the only way.

Theodora: (trying to do Lay On Hands to Red as Thia's distracted.)

Thia, noticing: Go lay down in that corner, far away from her and don't move.

Theodora:(fails the Con save and does that.)

Art: The leader shouldn't be influenced by their followers.

Thia: I wasn't your leader. Cloak was. And look how much you cared about her death. (glares at Art) not that you're one to talk about not killing. You signed a contract for the God of Death and Deceit.

Art, glaring back: To save my sister.

Thia: still.

Hennessy: (still screaming behind his muffled hands)

Art, casting Sending to get what he was trying to say: Hennessy says "we have been nothing but merciful as instructed." He also said other things, but it got caught off.

Thia: Fine. Remove your hands and speak.

Hennessy: We have been more merciful to everyone of these generals. Green, your own father, was spared and look now! He's one of our strongest allies! Purple returned to their gem under our influence!

Thia: And what about Orange? And Blue? And Yellow?!

Hennessy: Orange was.... an unfortunate circumstance. And Blue gave us no choice. But Yellow; if I recall he willingly died.

Art, tenses: Uhhh, Hennessy...? Yellow was Thia's mother. And she didn't.

Thia, clearly even more angered: I'm starting to think this world needs to be wiped clean so we can begin again.

Art:.... Please don't think that.

(As if hearing her, the roof of the tavern is torn off and there stands Shmoogie. He's staring down at us.)

Shmoogie: Pelor knew you would see the light. (puts his hand down to her) Come now. There's much work to be done.

Thia: (climbs onto the hand)

(Everyone scrambles to look for a way to stop her from leaving with him. In his panic to keep her there, Art uses Black Tentacles to try and pull her out of his hands before she goes out of reach. Thia sees it and tries to order him to stop, but gets smacked in the face by one of them and is now sporting a huge mark near her eye. She disappears through a white portal in the sky with Shmoogie.

But the spell is then released and they can move.)

Art, rushes over to Red, torn in what he's about to do: Okay, I kinda shouldn't care but after all that now I don't want you to die. There's waaaay too many questions to be answered, but you're still an insane bitch. Okay, I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna save the life of my...mother...mortal enemy... fuck.... How the fuck did Alabaster do this? Here we go. (casts spare the dying on Red)

Red: (Alive and no longer bleeding out, but out cold)

Reita: (watching her brother in confusion)

Art, noticing this: Uhhh... hey, uhhh... There's a lot to explain but.... once I understand what's going on, I'll explain it all. Okay?

Reita: (lifts some of her half-eaten rat to her mouth)

Art: (pushes it back down slowly)

(As Art is healing Mrs. Red and talking to Rieta, everyone is discussing the best way to get out of here. Theodora and Koejin have some private talks with the DM and come back, but seem reluctant to do the things they were talking about.)

Theodora, to Elsie: You think you can turn into a dragon and help us out?

Elsie: You're asking this from the only Mrs. Red that can't.

Koejin:... I think I have an idea. (digs through her bag for a gem she had.)

(She summons a carriage labelled Koejin's Brews and it's pulled by a horse with sunglasses.)

Horse: Heeey there, Koejin! Ready to ascend to your position?

Art:... Koejin's a god... I mean, why not? Why the fuck not? (heads to the carriage to immediately drink his face off.)

(We all pile on the carriage to find a fully stocked tavern with plenty of room. Like a bar version of a Tardis. "A Bardis" as Theodora's player starts calling it. And, as we ascend, the bar shakes a little as if experiencing turbulence, but then we end up in a world of light.

It's bright and white. Everything is white. Including the people.

Me: Sooo, Racism?

DM: It's Pelor's realm.

Theodora's Player: So, yeah, racism.)

(As we step off the carriage, we pass by people and see a letter hanging from the gate. On it is written "To Alabaster.")

Alabaster: (takes the letter)

Letter: Alabaster, you used to be so devout and loyal, but seem to have been corrupted by the influences around you. I will cleanse this world of all that is dark. Come see me and will do the same for you. It isn't too late. Not for you and not for your daughter. Come see me, my boy.

Pelor

(Attached to the letter is a picture of Eris, Alabaster's daughter. Pelor is holding her by the head.)

((DM wasn't kidding when he said this would be pretty intense.))

((Koejin's Player: So... I've been hitting on Art's dad...))

[skepticbeliever-bookclub]

Hey there. It's hot over here and my AC broke. Do you have any recommendations for shyan fics featuring winter in some way? Either having to do with snow or the winter holidays (Christmas, New Years, Valentines, etc)?

Oof, our condolences anon. We hope these help you stay cool! 

Idle Hands (Do the Devil’s Work) - ma_malice | M, 4k, complete

The problem with being a timeless abomination manifested from the infernal abyss was that it had made Shane overconfident. It had made him believe he could do bigger things than merely walk undetected and untouchable on the mortal plane.

Things like flying across the country on Christmas Eve without the trip becoming a Pilgrimage of the Damned.

In which the only upside to being a demon stuck in a seasonal Chicago snowstorm is the ability to abandon your body and possess your boyfriend in LA.

In These Frozen and Silent Nights - beethechange | E, 25k, complete

“You know me,” Shane says, “I love a good cabin. I’m a cabinhead.”

“I’ll show you cabin head,” Ryan rebuts without thinking, and then he turns his face into the pillow to stifle a nervous snicker. “Oh shit, wait, that’s—”

Planning a shoot at a remote cabin in Vermont the week before Christmas wasn't Ryan’s best-ever idea. Taking a leisurely walk in a blizzard wasn't Shane’s. Scrap the ep, there’s a new plan: survive the storm, stay warm, try not to kill each other, and figure some shit out along the way.

winter things - loveontherocks | E, 8k, complete

“Know what we should do, though?” Ryan says.

When Shane looks up at Ryan, Ryan’s eyes are alight, sparkling with something Shane can’t quite put a finger on. Shane doesn’t think he’s seen it before—he knows a lot of Ryan’s faces, a lot of the different kinds of eye sparkles in Ryan’s brown, brown eyes, framed by all those long, long lashes, casting shadows where that pink blush used to be, but this one is just—it catches him again, and Shane just—well, he doesn’t like the way it makes his stomach flip, somersaulting into his throat before settling. Shane clears his throat, like that’ll help.

or; ryan convinces shane to go christmas tree shopping.

“fear not, then,” said the angel - orphan_account | T, 5.6k, complete

five times they took part in holiday traditions for a video, and one time it was just for them.

written for the 2018 shyan secret santa.

Oh, Ryan - VictoriaAGrey | T, 10k, complete

Ryan thinks the holiday season is going to be a predictable affair until Ned calls in a two year old debt Ryan owes him. Honoring that two year old debt sets into motion an avalanche of bad decisions and miscommunications that land Ryan at his parent's house on Christmas Day with a baby and a best friend pretending to be his boyfriend.

Did he also mention Shane's living with him?

The Holiday - Anotherlostblogger | M, 37k, marked as a wip

Up-and-coming LA producer Ryan Bergara and NY Times food columnist Steven Lim are both unlucky in love and eager to get away from their hometowns for Christmas. When they do a house-swap for the holiday season they might find more than they had initially expected.

HOO BOY everyone strap yo'selves in and get ready for the 2006 romcom mashup of your life.

With Bells On - MercurySkies | M, 5k, complete

Shane likes Christmas well enough. He likes the warm, spicy, alcoholic beverages, the tomfoolery of office parties, the time spent with loved ones. He likes it well enough, but as the first of the month rolls around the sense of dread, of anxiety, starts to simmer in the back of his mind, in the bottom of his stomach. There’s nothing pleasant about the flu, about the social demands of countless Yuletide get-togethers, the hyper vigilance required to avoid meeting Ryan under the mistletoe.

Written for Shyan Secret Santa 2019 for the wonderful Skelly.

The Christmas Curse - MiraclesofPaul | E, 10k, complete

After kissing under the mistletoe, everyone in the office assumes they've slept together. They didn't, but now Shane can't stop thinking about Ryan.

And well, if his life was going to become a sad, pathetic holiday Lifetime movie about falling in love with your best friend, he’d play along.

we’ll build new traditions in place of the old - LexTheMoose | E, 11k, complete

A series of domestic traditions Ryan and Shane has been doing after two years of spending December together, but this year, it feels different for them both.

*Written for the 2019 Shyan Secret Santa*

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[dumbfinntales]

After obsessively playing Blasphemous all day I accidentally beat it, whoops! Very few games can keep me playing for so long and that alone should show how much I like Blasphemous. It’s good. Really good. But a good game sullied by imperfections.

Let’s get this out of the way, I absolutely LOVE the art and the setting of this game. It’s so up my alley that it smacks face first into the wall at the back of said alley. I just kept taking screenshots on my Switch from my favorite locations and I think I probably took 5-7 screenshots. I almost never use the screenshot function, so, yeah I adored it. The game also has fantastic atmosphere ranging from awe inspiring to downright creepy. Jondo scared me while I was browsing through a menu because I never noticed those moans in the background before. Then I heard one clearly and it spooked the fuck out of me. The game’s art direction is immaculate.

Game Kitchen also did a fantastic job with creating the world of Cvstodia. It’s filled with cryptic lore and a lot of collectibles belonging to the inhabitants of the land and they have a lot of stories to tell. Considering that all the collectibles are bones, yeah, the stories don’t have a happy ending. The game also has TONS of secrets scattered all over the place some more cryptic than others and there’s a few side quests tied to some NPC’s. The NPC’s are pretty neat too. Deogracias being my favorite, because he’s just so cool and he has the best voice actor. Some of the voice acting in this game is downright awful though. Like Esdras, the shopkeeper lady and that lady boss before the final boss. Sheesh, quality control.

The boss design kinda varied. Some were cool like big skelly boy and jumpy fire guy, but some were designed awfully like three flying nuns and baby with a snake. I swear the movement patterns in that giant baby fight was completely random. The final boss was pretty neat too although not very challenging. I also hate it when there’s dialogue before a boss. Every time I attempt a boss again I need to mash the skip button on their dialogue.

As breathtaking, fun and challenging the game is there are some little details that I didn’t enjoy. The combat for one is really inconsistent. There are some enemies you can dodge through, and some you can’t dodge through. There are bosses that you can only dodge through when they’re in the middle of an attack, some projectiles can be dodged through. And then some can’t be dodged through? This was infuriating. I just wish the design was more consistent. The world map as well is very uninformative. Most metroidvania games display everything on map, but not Blasphemous. Essential things like the shop or missed upgrades don’t show on the map and when you’re 100%:ing the game you essentially need to start guessing where you might have forgotten something. Or look it up online.

The presence of instant death spikes and platforming was awful too. Most of my deaths in this game were from those spikes and they were a huge source of frustration and needless backtracking. Backtracking, yeah, that was plentiful and not very enjoyable. There’s fast travel in the game, but it’s very limited. I had to abuse an exploit where you quit out of the game and reload so you can respawn back at your last check point. If you don’t do that have fun running all the way back where you came from!

All of these little annoyances pile up, and if they were ironed out Blasphemous would be a lot better game. But y’know what? It’s still fantastic. It could be more fantastic, but as of now it’s just FANTASTIC! I really did enjoy Blasphemous tremendously despite all it’s shortcomings and annoyances. It’s a legit 8/10 game in my eyes, a 10/10 if all the issues would be fixed. It’s one of the better metroidvanias that I have played, but very different too in a way. I’m a proud backer of this game and I’d say that it more than delivered! I recommend this game to anyone that wants to kick the popes ass, for whatever reason.

[all-souls-matinee]

2. Deathwatch (2002)

dir. M.J. Bassett

Runtime: 94 minutes

Availability: Tubi (free), Amazon Prime

It’s a crime that this masterpiece only has 25% on Rotten Tomatoes. Is it a slapdash boring mess? Maybe. Is it one of the best horror movies ever made? You bet your boots!

The story follows a ragtag group of soldiers in 1917 no-man’s land, who are forced to take shelter in an unfamiliar trench and then slowly picked off one by one, not by The Enemy but by a mysterious Something…

…That turns out to be the horror of war made manifest, and also some halloween decorations like skellys and rats. Normally I wouldn’t spoil something I think the movie intends as a big ‘twist’, but the audience is in on what’s happening from pretty much the three minute mark, and as with all great films it’s about the journey rather than the destination. We’ve seen this kind of format before, we know the story doesn’t have a happy ending, but who dies and how and why? There are so many excellently filmed and startling scenes, all relying on atmosphere and buildup rather than jumpscares. One of my favorite things about the movie is that there’s a constant fog or downpour of rain, and by the end you feel just as soaked and chilled to the bone as the rest of these guys. There’s also the theme of Catholic Guilt looming over the whole fiasco, which I haven’t seen any reviewers mention but uh

If you look closely it is subtly in there.

The reason Deathwatch is considered a critical failure comes down to my ‘high art’ being someone else’s ‘campy and boring’. It did well at small indie festivals, and reviewers liked “the conceptualization” but hated everything else, which says a lot. There’s a huge pacing issue even during the more intense moments; the thing never quite manages to get to ‘scary’ and is a slog to get through even with such a short runtime. The acting is also all over the place, with performances ranging from ‘quiet boy gets the lead in his school Christmas pagent’ (Jaime Bell) to ‘Evil Jack Nicholson on speed’ (Andy Serkis). Despite all of that, and the bad writing, and the hamfistedness, there are moments that I find really novel and genuinely affecting! It beats out any war movie in terms of tone- that’s right, I said it, Saving Private Ryan eat my ass challenge- maintaining a sense of dread for the entire runtime. If nothing else watch the scene with the rats; it’s the most stomach-churning moment in the whole film and toes the line perfectly between pulpy and compelling.

There is one more ‘twist’ reveal which I won’t spoil, something that seems obvious the entire time but is managed in a way that makes it terrifically ambiguous. 

(Trigger warnings: body horror and violence, but keep in mind that the movie’s from 2002 and had a budget of 73 cents and half a cashew, so if you’re worried about realism you’ll be okay)

[icybeanheadcanons]

General Headcanons for the Skellies

Thought I would start off with some general headcanons for these boys.

It's long so I'm gonna put it under the cut I think.

Undertale

Tale

-a sweetheart. He's so sweet he’ll probably rot your teeth.

-Smart ™. No seriously. He's perceptive as hell and notices small details. On first glance his puzzles may seem easy but actually have some degree of challenge to them.

-workaholic honestly??? He doesn't exactly mean to be he just has a habit of throwing himself full force into everything he does.

-his voice is on the louder side so it seems like he's screaming but he isn't. You can hear him 30 feet away??? But he's talking in his normal speaking voice he can't be that loud can he?

-slightly self conscious on his volume control. He's startled a few people once having reached the surface with how loud he was which really bothers him. He's not intimidating he swears. He makes a conscious effort to make himself seem not quite as intimidating.

-tol bean, about 6 feet tall. Excited to meet people taller than him. He finds it amazing even if its an inch difference. You're shorter??? YOU’RE PRECIOUS CLEARLY.

-a walking ray of sunshine and generally is so very positive about people even when being relatively negative toward him. Compliments are an absolute.

-he recognizes not everyone can be inherently good and overall be a real bully. He knows they're not the greatest but he is sure they aren't entirely bad, no one is!

-holy shit, i know this bean likes to give compliments but if you're a horrible person trash talking him or his brother??? Prepare for to hear backhanded compliments, and being one upped in every sense of the word. He's not one to take insults lying down. He still turns them into compliments, and it really shakes people into being nicer. Good. Because those comments always hurt him.

-well deserved ego, but still has some insecurities and doubt about his capabilities. Did he do enough??? Maybe he should do more???? Please don't let him do more he will absolutely overwork himself.

-sly as a fox my guy. You think he's innocent? B o y. You're in trouble. Lucky for you, he won't take advantage of this. For the most part. When he does you always find out at the end and it's something small usually. He kind of uses it as a reminder that he's not innocent. Stop that. He knows he's an amazing cinnamon roll but there's way more sin than you realize.

-would adopt every stray he sees. He could probably open up a petting zoo he's got so many animals visiting his house. There's at least 30 stray cats that visit him at one time.

-volunteers at an animal shelter. Because look at all those adorable furry babies. Can he please take them all home? No?? Fine then he’ll make sure they go to a proper loving home.

-prefers cats but dogs are just as good. Just as long as they don't take off with any bone attacks. He loves them even if they do.

-generally doesn't curse but isn't afraid to. They're just words and generally, if they don't insult someone they're perfectly fine words to use. He doesn't use them generally for other people’s sake.

-loves his brother with every fiber of his being. “My brother is amazing LOOK AT HIM.” He's the first person he has to tell news to just by default.

-watches anime because of alphys now and watches a lot of cooking shows. Documentaries from time to time if it really sparks his interests. Super hero shows he lives for.

-much better cook now that he has actual things to go off of for learning. Undyne did her best but dear lord. That wasn't really cooking it was more like Scary Cooking ™.

-puns are okay just don't drown him in them like his brother. Please and thank you. Will act made but he's laughing and smiling.

 Classy Bean

-you're actually going to drown in puns and that is how you’ll die. I promise you. It’ll be glorious. You’ll probably end up with a pun written on your grave.

-SPACE. This guy loves space, upon reaching the surface and settling in he dives at every book about space he can get his hands on. He will lit up like the stars he so adores. Even if its just some piece of clothing with a star or space design, that's his aesthetic he will wear whatever it is because SPACE.

-talk science to this nerd oh my god. Especially curious about the sky don't let him fool you. He overall loves biology too, specifically wildlife. Everything on the surface is unfamiliar and so he loves it all. So. Fucking. Much.

-reading is his main thing, but isn't afraid to watch things on netflix. Tale always forgets to switch to his profile though so he gets a lot of anime suggestions amongst his billion documentaries. Also enjoys watching comedians.

-talk to him about his interests. He will go from sluggish to being very animated in seconds.

-insomnia for days. It's not as bad as in the underground but he's still relatively restless. Its not generally always because his thoughts are loud and deafening. Not really. This is usually when he goes to the backyard and flops on the ground to stare at the sky. Or he puts on a documentary. Never a comedian because that makes him a little more keyed up and awake.

-by the time day has come where Tale has gotten up he's watched several documentaries. Oops.

-Tale worries and fusses about him before taking up research to help with insomnia. He buys various teas and anything else that could help his brother relax. Though Classy Bean will generally fall asleep when his brother hugs him. He sleeps a lot better with someone next to him remarkably. Tale tucks him in before he cleans his brother's room before it drives him insane from simply looking at the mess. Self sustaining tornados are forbidden, so there's that he doesn't need to take care of.

-Tale and Classy Bean often fall asleep together on the couch when they spend time together watching one of mettaton’s shows. Nothing knocks them out faster.

-relatively a chill dude. He's pretty easy to get along with.

-don't hurt Tale. Seriously he’ll fight you. That doesn't always mean physically but he's ready to punch you in the face at any time if you talk shit about his brother. Doesn't care if you practically are shitting yourself because of his intimidation that was kind of the point of the thing.

-will not interfere in his brother’s life besides that. He knows his brother is relatively quick witted and clever. After an interaction with someone relatively rude he will send them a quick glare before getting Tale away from them. He hopes they ever so kindly fuck off. This is about one of the only times he is anywhere near aggressive.

-smol bean is 5 ft tall. Please don't remind him he's small and can't reach things its irritating as is. If you're smaller than him he will be secretly happy and adoring your tiny size. If you're tall he will probably try to get you to pick him up and carry him on his shoulders. One because he's lazy and two he secretly wishes to know what it's like to be tall.

-crippling depression. This hasn't changed for him. Though it's gotten relatively better where he's able to “fake it till you make it back home to your bed” more often than before, but there's those few days where he's absolutely drained. Where everything lists itself and swarms him and is overwhelming. He's tired but can't sleep. So he just lays in bed staring at the ceiling. These are the days Tale looks out for at a constant. On the days he sees his brother faking (he always knows) he tries to bring him some comfort and sometimes is able to address the rising problems before they build up too much. When Classy Bean gets like this his brother dotes on him. He knows he's doing his best, and always reassures him.

-generalized anxiety. Its not usually a huge problem where it causes him panic attacks (he has had a few before though) but he is always worried about something. He keeps a stress ball in his pocket which helps take the edge off. His brother usually is able to ease the anxiety and if not can help him walk through it to find that the thing bothering him was fine.

-birds. He loves birds. Their feathers are pretty, they're majestic but completely ridiculous at the same time. He developed a love for them when a crow had landed on his head. He felt like a Chosen One ™ in that instant. He's now a friend to all birds. The crow visits him often to bring him gifts. Buttons are fairly common. He named the crow Scare. Yes. Because then he could say he was a Scare Crow. Tale is fed up with this.

 Underfell

Soft Edge

-Was captain of the royal guard. He's very proud of this.

-slightly inflated ego. Some of it is deserved the other part he needs to tone down.

-so very extra and dramatic. He's kind of a huge dork.

-“WHAT IVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING EMBARRASSING IN MY LIFE” he's lying. He has done a handful and then some of embarrassing things. It's actually just him being a dork and being relatively cute.

-he lives for compliments. And attention. He desires all of it. Will begrudgingly accept sharing your attention though.

-relatively good cook. A little bit better than Tale.

-BAKING. He makes the best treats. He's a little self conscious about them though.

-constantly afraid he's a terrible person deep down. Is he taking care of his brother? Is he a good enough brother? These are serious questions for him. He's wonderful and doing his best.

-surprisingly nurturing. Kind of a kid magnet. He doesn't go to parks if he's looking for peace and quiet. He will end up playing games with the kids instead.

-please no puns. There are a few he enjoys truly. He can't help but smile when his brother makes them though because he knows he's comfortable then. He'll crack a few himself to help ease his brother's anxiety.

-cooking shows. He likes Gordon Ramsay a lot.

-loves art honestly. Like holy heck someone made that with their own two hands. Has not thought of trying to make any himself. He likes to watch different kinds of shows involving some art form. It's fascinating to watch.

-he's a real sweetheart under all that edge don't let him fool you.

-even more perceptive than Tale is. Though he doubts himself when it comes to his brother. Are you sure you interpreted that right? 99% of the time he has. His puzzles are a lot more intense than Tale’s.

-horror movies make him uncomfortable. He often finds them stupid as well but for some reason they urk him. Specifically the killer ones.

-kind of?? Fascinated by humans. They work a lot differently from monsters and that seems pretty damn cool.

-be rude to him and he'll be a savage asshole. Can be slightly rude on a regular basis.  He's not meaning to.

-his scarf is a gift from his brother and is his most cherished possession.

-will fight you if you don't think his brother is the absolute best. He will literally fight you.

-TOLLER BEAN. This boy is so tol its scary. 7’7 is so tol. You will not be taller than him which makes him feel pretty good about himself. If you're shorter than average he will want to pick you up and carry you around. He secretly adores tiny things they are simply ridiculously adorable.

-secretly loves pastels. They're soft and are the opposite of his usual aesthetic of edgy and dark but he doesn't really care they're cute colors. He really likes cute things he's come to realize and he likes to keep it on the down low. He's supposed to be scary and intimidating.

-is only scary and intimidating when he's angry. Has only been truly angry with his brother a few times in his life, and it wasn't fun. So he has amazing control over his temper.

-soft things are the best and no one can tell him otherwise.

-if he wants to do something he will do it NOTHING WILL STOP HIM. He refuses to back down. He will listen to reason though, he considers himself to be a reasonable skeleton.

-loud. Very loud. It helped intimidate people, but now he doesn’t have much of a need for it so he’s learning volume control. It is harder than he thought it would be.

 Red Boy

-24/7 aggressive internal screaming. Okay but seriously, he is. He has so much anxiety from the underground.

-always half expecting for “the other shoe to drop” or rather the bad shit to come his way when a good thing happens. Always afraid his happiness will be ripped away from him.

-needs so much affection the poor bab. He tries not to bother his brother about getting a hug all the time because he’s pretty sure he’d never let go.

-coat is big and floof like a security blanket. It’s a lot bigger than him it’s like he’s drowning in it which is exactly how he wants it.

-Also has depression like Classy Bean but it’s not as severe. His main problem is his overwhelming anxiety.

-coat was a gift from Soft Edge, and he will never go anywhere without it. It’s hot? Well guess he’ll die.

-the quiet bothers him. It’s crushing and overwhelming and it makes him super paranoid. On the surface they live in the city at least and so nothing is ever completely dead silent like in the underground. Soft Edge picked this on purpose for his brother.

-Like Classy Bean, he loves birds. Specifically birds of prey. They’re big and dangerous and he just thinks they’re super cool.

-Actually has an owl. He found an abandoned owlet in the woods when him and his brother were hiking one day (he was forced into it but at least he was spending time with his bro) and it had taken a shine to him. He tried to get it to stay but it kept following him. He ended up giving in to the little bird’s demands to stay with him. He couldn’t resist. He named the owl Hootyhoo.

-actually likes horror movies despite his anxiety. If asked why he will look dead straight at you and without skipping a beat say, “my life is a horror movie.” Paranormal movies scare the shit out of him.

-has made the mistake again and again of playing horror games in the dark. With headphones. Every time, he ends up screaming and falling out of his chair which wakes up Soft Edge. He ends up sleeping in his brothers room that night, terrified to be alone.

-has a lightsaber that can glow so he can walk down the halls to get snacks without disturbing anything. He forgets his magic can glow. He’s scared, tired, and hungry. He just wants to be sure he can get his snacks without getting attacked by something horrifying.

-will watch a lot of super hero movies and tv shows with his brother. They’re actually pretty cool and will go investigate some comics for his favorites.

-he’s a huge nerd, and has found himself looking through harry potter and lord of the rings stuff more than once.

-isn’t as big of a fan of science but still enjoys learning what he can, and the fact everything is practically at his fingertips with the internet he adores it. His phone has become one of the things he uses the most.

-is actually a tol bean too. He’s 7’ tall and actually rather enjoys the fact he’s super tall amongst humans. It’s great, look at how small they are it’s adorable.

-Darker sense of humor than Classy Bean, but still adores puns. Half of his humor is not pg-13 so be warned.

-will text Soft Edge at 4 am with weird questions. “What if… we’re all just fuckin ants to some aliens and that’s why they haven’t visited us?” He’s always met with “go the fuck to sleep”

-also pretty loud like his brother, and sometimes when they’re irritated about something they will go into a small screaming match. They don’t even say anything, it’s just incoherent screeching.

-kind of a flirt. Like he tries but isn’t all that great at it and will often just make you laugh. Outside of puns, words aren’t his forte.

-stays up way too late because he likes to make mistakes apparently. He needs to be up early tomorrow? That’s fine he’ll just watch one more walkthrough video- it’s 4 am now… How did he get here? What is time? He dies inside the next day. He takes a nap when he gets home. Rinse and repeat.

 Underswap

Honey Bear

-Oh god the biggest meme. The memeist meme to ever meme. “Can i be your meme dealer?”

-Pranks for days. Lazy ones that are generally the classics, but relatively good ones. He gets into prank wars with his brother a lot.

-Pretty damn smart honestly. Has an interest in quantum physics and other complex topics that would leave a lot of people in existential crisis.

-philosophy’s pretty cool, and has an overwhelming knowledge on it. He’s a classic nerd about this learning these things.

-lots of podcasts. It seems to be the only audio he has on his phone. Except for the incidental music with a few meme songs. He has rick rolled his brother a number of times. It never gets old. His favorite is Allstar by Smashmouth.

-very calm aura about him. He’s relatively chill and nice to be around overall.

-Tol bean too, 6 feet tall. Height doesn’t mean a whole lot to him, but if you’re short he will sometimes use your head as an armrest as a joke. He doesn’t do it a lot, just when he wants to annoy you.

-falls asleep random places. He’s an insomniac too and can’t seem to get ahold of a schedule or routine. So he’s always pretty tired.

-talks in his sleep. Full conversations with whoever it is in his dream. He likes to hear about what he said when he was asleep, it’s pretty funny to hear the weird things.

-walking talking shitpost, 100% on purpose. He’s got a great sense of humor. He is not always able to say everything with a straight face though and if he thinks of a shitpost kind of idea he may start wheezing and confuse everyone around him.

-smokes. Calms his nerves, but is trying to find a better replacement since his brother hates it so much. So far no such luck.

-has been picked up and dropped into the bathtub by his brother. He turned on the shower head, scaring the shit out of Honey Bear. it was always freezing.

-always cold for some reason, he wears a hoody all the time for good reason. Maybe he should put on pants instead of cargo shorts but that meant effort and so he was going to deal.

-he struggles with depression, which generally ends with him staying in bed binge watching netflix to forget his problems. His brother brings him food so he doesn’t forget to eat. There was a day he’d come home on one of his bad days and found he hadn’t eaten anything but honey.

-libraries are nice. If he’s not home or at muffet’s he’s at a library. They know him by name now. He reads for a while but eventually falls asleep. The library is nice and relaxing so it happens a lot. The staff know to wake him up an hour or so later. The poor guy needs the sleep.

-weirdest ringtones for people. Like my guy. What the fuck? If asked about it he’ll simply grin.

-ducks seem to really like him. He’s been followed home from the park by a flock of ducks before. He doesn’t really care if they follow him.

-his room stays clean since Sassberry likes to raid his room when he’s on a cleaning rampage.

-has a bazillion blankets and 2 pillows. That’s it. Sassberry stays away from the tangled ball of blankets on his bed unless it’s time to wash the bedding. If it is he quickly replaces the bedding for him so Honey Bear doesn’t freak out. Not having enough blankets makes him panic, and is one of the few things that gets such a strong reaction from him.

-a blanket hog. He’s cold and generally wraps himself in a cocoon when he sleeps. He’s pretty much accepted it at this point.

-loves watching disney movies with his brother. They seem to be more for him than Blueberry though, he hasn’t quite realized that though. He loves Princess and the Frog, Brave, and Mulan best. The heroines remind him of his brother a little bit.

-very reactive to movies actually. He was sobbing at the end of Toy Story 3 and Sassberry had to hold him while he cried.

-Honey Bear owns like 50 pairs of crocs just because of Sassberry’s reaction to them.

 Sassberry

-relatively very cheerful demeanor. He’s very excitable.

-not a child. Treat him as a child and he will leave the premises dead silent. A cashier checking him out had treated him that way once and he walked out of the store, leaving Honey Bear behind to pay for the groceries. He avoids that cashier at all times.

-You’re a fool if you think he’s innocent okay. You’re going to get fucking played, and will see how far he can push you. Honey Bear tries his best to get him to stop but sometimes, he’ll just let him do what he wants. This is usually with the people he doesn’t like a whole lot.

-Gets into prank wars with his brother. He’s very mischievous and so it’s a perfect way for him to let off some steam.

-always nice until provoked. Wanna say that thing about his brother again? Do it, he fucking dares you. He’s prepared to punch you in the face if you do say it again. He’s not very calm and accepting of people trashing his brother’s name. It is his ultimate pet peeve and if you insult his brother he will end all contacts with you.

-Insult him? Okay, he’s not going to take it to heart or at least try not to. Insult his outfit? He’ll insult you right back. He knows he’s adorable and you will not put him down on how he looks.

-He doesn’t tolerate people making mean remarks about other people’s appearance. He will sass them into their grave.

-Adores everything cute. He prefers a lot of women’s fashion and will often wear dresses and skirts too. He looks fucking adorable and you can fight him about this. He adores them.

-His scarf was something he’s had since he was a babybones and is his favorite thing to accessorize with.

-learned about quantum physics and philosophy so he could know what the hell his brother was talking about because holy shit. What the heck are you talking about my guy?

-After learning some of the subjects he found the multiverse theory. He seems to have a blast thinking about other versions of himself. He’s a strong believer in it. “I hope other universe me is having a good day.”

-smol bean. 5 feet tall. He loves tol people though. Short people are precious and when he first meets you where he realizes he’s taller he will get stars in his eyes.

-Tell him something weird and he will probably just roll with it. Have you met his brother? He’s a weird dork. There isn’t a too weird.

-horror is fascinating to him but he’s not a big fan of it. He’s rather casual about watching it, and he never really gets submersed in it where he’s scared.

-restless sleeper. Honey Bear and him have a lot of late night conversations when they can’t sleep.

-Sewing is one of his favorite activities. He makes a lot of things for himself and his brother. A lot of the blankets he has were made by him.

-watches some anime, he really enjoys slice of life and romcom kind of animes. Anything super cute. Magical girls are a big deal too. He watched Madoka Magica with his brother. He has never seen Honey Bear cry so hard.

-tries his hardest to be a pacifist and constantly reminds himself not to punch the people who insult his brother in the face. He has to be better than their poorly dressed ass. But it’s so hard.

-What are those horrible shoes on your feet? Crocs??? W H Y?

-Very loving and nurturing. He loves taking care of people and dotes on the people he loves.

-goes on cleaning rampages when something is bothering him.

-adores music. Music is amazing and he has started to hoard cds. He buys a lot of music from itunes as well but he adores cds too.

-his music is very very widespread and is very open to trying different genres. Once upon getting in the car Honey Bear gave him a weird look because a heavy metal cd started playing once the car turned on. He very awkwardly switched it to some light pop before explaining, “I was angry.”

-used to have a trombone but one day he a monster had rudely slapped it out of his hands because he was terrible at playing it and it was destroyed. Honey Bear and him kept searching Waterfall over the years for stuff but never found another one. He was still learning it at the time, but now he’s forgotten about all of it. He would love to try learning a different instrument though.

Swapfell

 Rus

-oh such an anxious boy. He’s doing his best to go about his day but he’s so stressed.

-His brother constantly singing his praise really helps keep him together. He can do this if his brother believes in him. It’ll be okay.

-Scary tol. 6’7 without slouching. He loves small and short people they’re adorable like his brother. If you’re taller than him that’s cool too, you’re just as cool.

-Hiding in his coat forever and always he barely lets it go. It’s big and warm and was a gift from his brother a long time ago to replace his old coat that was falling apart.

-Will hold his brother’s hand if they’re in a crowd or gives him a piggy back ride. Will likely do the same for you if you’re scared of crowds.

-Cooking is amazing like holy shit are you the next gordon Ramsay or something? He has a serious talent for it.

-really likes to cook, he finds it relaxing and he feeds his brother in the process. At the very least he isn’t eating a bunch of junk food and gets a healthy meal.

-Often looks up recipes for something new to try. He’s always trying to figure out a way to make sure his brother is able to eat healthy and enjoy the food at the same time.

-He will admit he’s a bit addicted to greasy foods. He can’t help it.

-His brother is the reason he started drinking barbeque sauce. When he started learning to grill he would douse the meats in barbeque sauce and that was when he discovered his love for it. He’s happy his brother still makes it the exact same way.

-he likes science though he’s never really focused on one field and hasn’t had the time to sit down and go through it.

-What is sleep? Ha ha ha… The poor boy is so anxious he has issues sleeping. He has to check on his brother at least 5 times in the night before he’s able to settle in. he’s a worry wort.

-music really helps him calm down, classical seems to do the best. He seems to gather rather haunting melodies in his collection though, so expect to find nothing but spoopy sounds.

-he can’t handle horror movies. It’s too much. Luckily his brother is the same way so they stay away from it pretty easily.

-horror movie ads terrify him significantly. He has to mute and click on a different tab until it’s past.

-he loves his brother so much, he low key worships him but it goes both ways between the two. They genuinely adore each other.

-touch starved. Anyone up for affection he is going to take advantage of that.

-Cuddles for days. Has zipped his brother up in his hoody and carried him around all day. It was very therapeutic for the both of them.

-craves praise and compliments. Him and his brother like to have sessions where they shower each other in compliments to help ease each other’s anxieties. Rus always ends up crying and it ends in cuddles. Please love this boy.

-has crippling depression similar to Classy Bean besides his anxiety. On bad days they just have leftovers or Scaryberry cooks.

Scaryberry

-So loud. Volume control does not exist. He’s not trying to fix it, he wants to be loud.

-smolest smol. 4’5 you will likely be taller than him. Don’t mention his height it makes him angry.

-seems like he’s always angry but he’s not he’s just a very rough and aggressive person.

-is childish because he doesn’t really like being an adult. Adulting is hard. He prefers his more childish demeanor over being overly serious.

-tantrums are just a show. He only uses them to draw attention and make the person he’s angry with panic about causing a scene. He’s a drama queen and life is his stage.

-puns are something he does like. They’re clever to him, but he will cringe at the shittier ones. You can do better than that.

-Anxiety. It’s everywhere. He has social anxiety, so he doesn’t like meeting new people without his brother around. Crowds are the worst. They’re so very loud and not in the good way, there are too many voices and it’s overwhelming. He’ll go into a panic attack.

-After becoming official friends with him, he will try to test what he can get away with. If you’re a bit of a doormat or pushover he will choose not to walk all over you later and try to defend you from being pushed around by others. If you don’t let him get away with jackshit then he’s relatively happy. He thinks it’s a very good trait to have.

-constantly tries to get his brother a scarf like his because he thinks he’d look cool in them. He hasn’t picked one out yet. There are too many unworthy of his brother.

-very opinionated. He will likely get into silly arguments with you like how to eat certain foods.

-he cannot cook. He can’t boil water at all, and he’s aware of how awful his cooking is. His brother generally takes care of it though and he adores his food.

-constant praise of his brother and friends. He loves giving compliments. He wishes he got more himself. He just wants affection is that so hard to ask?

-Says the weirdest things and his brother is often found doubled over laughing from it. He’s an energetic odd ball and he loves that.

-platonic cuddles are accepted and often times he will cuddle his friends when he desires affection. He gives gentle headbutts to get their attention to demand the affection.

-His brother is amazing and strong and you will never be able to tell him otherwise.

-He’s tough! He’s strong! He can handle anything!!!... okay maybe not horror movies BUT OTHER THAN THAT… Okay dogs are kind of scary… so are dolls, they seem suspicious… He’s not scared of no thing though! Whatever it is he’s trembling don’t make him do this. Quickly give him an out.

-he adores musicals! He can’t get enough of them. He loves Heathers, Hamilton, and Sweeney Todd so far, but his all time favorite is Phantom of the Opera. You’ll often hear him humming the music from Phantom of the Opera to himself.

-can’t cook but can do barbeques. He doesn’t get it but he rolls with it. He’s a grill master. He likes he’s good at something besides cleaning. It makes him feel more useful.

-loves sweets and junky foods. Hates vegetables. Will only eat them in a certain way.

-hates cleaning but will do it because he hates a dirty house more.

-has days where his energy is relatively low and he doesn’t do anything. He’s going to binge watch every musical he has and hang out with his brother.

 Horrortale

 Sugarskull

-The sweetest of all the skellies. Like liquid sugar.

-Not fond of his appearance but it is what it is. He can’t really fix it, so he decides not to dwell on it too much. Though upon reaching the surface finally it starts to bother him more.

-he doesn’t like scaring people and it’s hard to understand what part of him is scary looking so he can fix it. He doesn’t need to fix anything, he’s a sweet boy through and through.

-His bones ache a lot from the abuse he’s been through from Undyne. He tries not to let it bother him but sometimes he has a bad day where the pain is worse. Seems like it can get worse because of the weather, so he tries to keep an eye on the weather channel so he can plan around it. It works pretty well.

-Got new clothes after reaching the surface so he doesn’t wear his blood stained ones anymore. He figured out that it probably was unsettling and was quick to change it. He noticed a change which made people more willing to interact with him. He was overjoyed by the small step in progress.

-His clothes have a lot of variety but he has more pastel colored clothes than anything. They make him feel warm and fuzzy looking at them, and they’re so gentle. He also has every soft sweater he could find.

-Still holds on to his old stained clothes, but keeps them folded up nicely and kept in a box in his closet. His scarf luckily wasn’t stained so he keeps it on at all times.

-has an interest in action figures and stuffed animals. Stuffed animals are super soft and the action figures are neat.

-He cried when he first was introduced to a grocery store. There was so much food.

-also how he made his first friend. The grocery store was locally owned and the woman who owned it noticed him crying. She helped him calm down before checking him out herself. She threw in some extra things she noticed him eyeing for free. The woman hadn’t heard his story but recognized someone who struggled with starvation.

-the store now knows him by name, and is sure to send him any coupons they can get a hold of, a curtsy of the owner. He feels lucky to have such a good friend, and gives him hope for making other friends.

-extremely tol bean. He’s 8 feet tall. He hopes you don’t mind him picking you up. It’s easier on him to do that so he can be eye level with you. If not he will crouch down, even if it really hurts to do so.

-he has some paranoia when it comes to night time. It’s quiet and dark. He doesn’t like it. He is quick to find a solution though to fill in the silence. He plays soft nature sounds in his room to help him go to sleep. If that doesn’t work, he goes downstairs and sleeps on the couch after turning on the tv. He needs some sort of white noise or he’ll be anxious and unable to sleep the entire night.

-nightmares aren’t uncommon. He can’t remember them when he wakes up but his panicked state always confirms with him that he’d just had a bad dream. It takes a bit to calm down, he usually makes some tea to help his nerves.

-when he learns about cooking shows he’s ecstatic. There was an entire channel about cooking????????????? His eyes just light up. He learns some neat things from the channel but overall just enjoys learning about all sorts of foods humans have. There were so many. Sometimes he cries because he realizes that he’s able to make them if he really wanted and didn’t have to scrounge for food.

-he watches a lot of tv. Just about anything that makes him curious. He would read but it’s a little harder for him to get anything across to him sometimes. He can read it just find but comprehension seems to escape him. It’s such an off and on thing he just prefers not to read so he doesn’t get overly frustrated.

-has become more optimistic again after moving onto the surface. There’s a sky, there’s food, and he has his brother. He’s grateful for these things. He knows him and his brother have room for improvement though. They would heal in time, and even if they couldn’t completely go back to the way things were before, they at least had each other for the rough days.

 Axe

-it’s probably the roughest on him for the move to the surface. The only person he really trusts is his brother. Interactions with other people are awkward and strained.

-doesn’t like being asked about what happened in the underground. Will leave the conversation as fast as he can. That’s a can of worms he ain’t letting anyone open.

-pretty irritable when he’s uncomfortable. The surface is really different and it’s a lot to process for him. He stays at home mostly until he grows more comfortable to the fact of being on the surface.

-He then starts heading out with Sugarskull to slowly introduce himself to the rest of the world. It’s not so bad when he’s with his brother.

-The local grocery store is heaven, and he gets a conversation with the owner along side his brother. He was surprised she was looking out for him, and it makes things a little easier. He’s happy someone has accepted Sugarskull like this. It honestly takes a load off his mind.

-he starts exploring a little more after that. He enjoys the park a lot. Though he scares a lot of kids. There’s always a few weird ones that come talk to him and ask him nosy questions.

-Seeing the sky still kind of shakes him, like holy shit suddenly grounded. This is real. This isn’t a dream. He needs to sit down for a few hours.

-watches a lot of tv with Sugarskull. There is a lot of interesting channels and reading seems to be a lot harder for the both of them now. They’d been pretty avid readers but now books were more frustrating than anything.

-Axe still tries to read at times though. He wants to look more into science again, remember the stuff he loved about it. It’s all a hazy memory now. The books don’t help though.

-Axe remembers his love when him and his brother stargaze one night, and he feels a surge of adoration for the stars again. Oh, he’s crying shit. His brother hugs him and wipes his tears away. He’s as understanding as ever.

-Youtube is a gift from the gods. Axe is able to dive back into science because of it due to the science channels.

-he ends up watching a lot of other bullshit too. The videos vary greatly. Sometimes Sugarskull accidentally uses his channel and forgets to log off so there’s a lot of how to videos recommended to him too. He doesn’t care.

-horror movies are a no go. He’s had enough of that in real life, and doesn’t let it go anywhere near Sugarskull. That would be too much for the both of them.

-horror games are okay for him though. It feels like it’s a safe way to get out his frustrations. As long as he gets to kill things. That’s about the only kind of games he’ll be comfortable. He’s done a lot of shit but he doesn’t need any of that psychological horror shit. He’s fucked up enough as it is.

-tol bean. He’s 6 feet tall. He’s shocked to find he’s on the tall side for humans. This is different. He’s used to people being taller but now he’s tall too. This is actually a really nice feeling.

-morbid sense of humor, he really can’t help it. He’s actually funny as hell but holy shit are his jokes wrong as hell.

-cracking jokes eases his discomfort, and is able to adjust a little better hearing someone actually laugh at his jokes. You’re weird. That’s cool.

[thebirdunderthemountain]

Names are not easy.

The Skele-bros have to call you something after all. Some of them are very not nice.

UT Sans:

- He cycled through a lot of bird puns and terms the first few weeks of meeting you. Of course, since you’re still struggling to even understand the language you respond to none of them. Until he lands on Birdie about three months in. By then you have a firm grasp of the basics (You’ve been doing this waaaaay to long) and the word actually flusters you. He starts to use it constantly shortly after that, snickering every time you puffed up in embarrassment. (By the time you gather enough courage to tell him that it sounds to much like something that only devoted pairs used for each other you’re afraid that he’ll stop calling you his birdie.)

- He only starts to call you Songbird after you’ve spent years in the underground. The first time he’s a little nervous, skull a light blue as he tries to play it off as a joke. It takes him weeks to muster up the courage to call you it again, he pulls it off as a pun. You laugh like you do with all his puns and he thinks he’s gotten away with it. Until you look at him with such a soft expression while admitting that you really liked that one. Stars, he’s not sure what to even say to that when the look you’re giving him makes him want to melt and hide in his hood at the same time. Either way, he’s keeping that one.

- Papyrus is the one who comes up with the one everyone else uses. He came up with it after seeing you roll around in the snow in pure joy one afternoon. You were to wrapped up in your joy to even be close to embarrassed when he called out to you. Instead the two of you end up spending a few hours playing in the snow before he dubs you Snowbird.

UT Papyrus:

- He veto’s every single name Sans tries to come up with, screeching at every single pun. (The screeching confuses you for such a long time.) It takes him a while to come up with something since he keeps insisting that he wants it to sound like you. After all he is The Great Papyrus and no other name would fit him so you must have a name that fits you. He tries out a few but none seem to fit just right. Until he comes across you humming while bent over several books in their kitchen late one night. He remembers that it wasn't the first time he had heard you humming; he was fairly sure that you were very nearly always humming. In the end you end up spilling books and papers on the floor when he suddenly shouts out Hummingwing at you. Instantly he launches into how that's the perfect name while all you can do is stare at him and hope that he hasn't woken Sans up.

- He's nervous and frigidity for months leading up to the new nickname. It's enough that both you and Sans are worried about it. Well Sans worries about it for a few days before he starts just chuckling and ribbing you with puns about lovebirds. This just confuses you more and you spend hours making sure there isn't scentless gas leak around the house. Eventually it boils over while the two of you are cooking. He asked for something and ended the request with “My Turtledove”. Papyrus.exe stops working for several minutes while his whole skull becomes a very dark orange. The end result is a pot of hot water on the floor and you end up snuggling him til he calms down. It doesn't take long to reassure him that you like it.

- Sans named you feathers and Undyne latched onto it during the months that Papyrus took to find your perfect name. He almost called you birdie but this time you stumble your way through what it nearly sounds like and he very quickly drops that one. (It takes him nearly a week before he can look you directly in the eye again.)

US Sans:

- He latches onto the idea that you must have been one of the super cool hero’s from the war that Alphys has been worried about lately. Why else would he have not seen you before? Which means when it comes to helping with a name obviously you have to have a super cool hero name. He goes over no less then twenty different names a day, bouncing around as he calls you each one. The one that sticks is Wonderbird. (Mostly because Papy and his puns kept dragging him back to it.) Still it fits, you are a wonder to him. And a hero, and hero's need names that fit them. At least your not acting like someone who's going to fall down now. 

- If you thought UT Papyrus was fidgety leading up to new nickname, US Sans gets clingy. He babels even more then usual and follows you everywhere. (Convincing him that you do not need a skeleton escort to the shower takes thirty minutes alone.) It's during one of those conversations when he slips up and calls you his Blue-jay instead of Wonderbird. The whole thing slams to halt while he tries to hide in his scarf and run to his room at the same time. You catch him before he takes a tumble down the stairs and you end up with a nice bruise on your shoulder. He fusses of course, but your more focused on the new name he let slip. Turns out he was getting a little jealous that Papy had a nickname for you while everyone else used the name he picked out. Honestly, this adorable skeleton is going to be the death of you.

- Papyrus jokingly calls you fidget cause you're never completely still. How can you be with all that plumage after all. When it stops being a joke nickname, neither of you really know.

US Papyrus:

- He leaves the naming up to Sans mostly, tossing in bird appropriate puns when he can. Being the best at seeing through lies, he knows you're hiding something and that makes him nervous. Until his knock-knock buddy mentions that he's glad one of the lost kids from way back at the start of the whole trapped under the mountain thing has been found.(There were quite a few caverns that were unstable back then.) He relaxes quite a bit after that. You become his returned Sparrow despite Sans having already found the best name for you.

- It's at Muffet's when he lets the new one slip. You're halfway through a story that involves three of Muffet's spiders trying to get away from Grilby before they have to buy anything when Muffet herself interrupts to thank you. Paps just chuckles while you give out a flustered you're welcome, throwing out the comment that his little Skylark always comes to those who need help. The conversation goes quite while Muffet gives him a knowing look. You, on the other hand, have fluffed up in embarrassment and speechlessness. He tries to play if off but a sharp look from Muffet makes him rethink that. You do look a little pleased with the new name if still highly embarrassed. Why not; after all he'd been thinking about it for while now.

- Sans is still convinced you're a super hero somehow and you end up with the name Hawkeye. Apparently that's the name of a human super hero from a comic that managed to survive winding up in the underground. You're not sure how you feel about that.

UF Sans:

- He doesn't hold back when it comes to finding you a name. In fact he sticks with the first one that he feels is demeaning enough for a new “pet”. You are now Pigoen. A rat with wings. Mostly the name fits cause he never sees you fight in the underground. You sneak around to take what you need before running off. Until the royal guard dogs catch you. He thinks he's in for a treat since you're so damn meek. Ho boy does this skelly underestimate you. This is not the first unfriendly world you've been on nor is it your first mission. The fight isn't short but you do come out on top without killing anyone. He's both confused and a little turned on. You're still pigoen but he drops the rat with wings part.

- By the time everyone in Snowdin understands it's best to just leave you alone, you have quiet the reputation as brawler. Papyrus is pleased that you “train” under him and Sans is just glad that you don't beat on his brother like he's seen you can do. Actually he's pretty sure you throw those training fights while keeping it just close enough that Paps gets better. The whole thing puts Papyrus in a better mood and he starts thinking of something better to call you. He eventually settles on Raven, after all you've proven that you can fight. Might as well remind the monsters around you that fighting can lead to dusting. He does kinda want to keep you around after all.

- Papyrus refuses to even consider using his brother's name for you. Pigoen is to far below his standards after all. Magpie works better though. You started as a thief after all, he's never going to forget that.

UF Papyrus:

- It takes him forever but eventually he manages to beat you in a fight. You are going to be his slave and no one else is allowed to have you. He doesn't care if he has to play dirty dammit. No one else would be able to clean you up to show off what a one of a kind monster you are better either. If he doesn't feel like dealing with idiots, he'll order you to fight them. (He'll send a sour look at Sans if you refuse at first. He's not sure how you managed to hold onto so much mercy and compassion but he's not above using it against you.) Being forced to fight his slave quickly becomes an embarrassment since you never fail to win. 

- Your mercy and compassion seem to be infectious since some years later he actually starts to hate the name slave. But he can't just change it. If anyone even thinks he's getting weak it won't just be his life on the line. You and his lazy brother would be put on the chopping block too. Still, he can do one thing. He gets you a collar, one to makes you as his after all. On the tag reads Papyrus' while engraved on the inside is His Hunting Hawk. He'll slip a few times in the house and calls you that but really at this point no one would dare call him on it.

- Sans sneeringly calls you Mockingbird, since at first that's all you seem to do. Around the time of the collar though, he drops the mocking part. In the house at least.

SF Sans:

- Like UT Sans, he calls you Songbird. But not for the same reasons. He wants to own you, since you are the most one of kind thing he's ever seen. And there is no way he's losing you to that Undyne bitch. He screams and raves about you until Papyrus drags you home one day. The name Songbird comes from the lilting sounds you make at them for the first few weeks. He doesn't like that you refuse to speak properly but no amount of threatening or punishing changes it. It's only when Papyrus makes the remark that maybe you don't know how to properly speak that he lets up. He knows you're not stupid, so he order's Papy to teach you. He wants to hear you sing in words, damnit. And show that he was a much better owner then Undyne would have ever been.

- You become his Starling after a long while. You put up with his yelling and demands without back talking but you're no push over either. When he tries to demand something that crosses a line with you or blames Papy for something you messed up, you stop singing for him. At this point he's learned that you will take whatever punishment he gives you for however long it takes. Still, once it blows over, it's like it never happened. He's secretly amazed the amount of forgiveness you have in you. 

- Papyrus usually just calls you whatever Sans wants him to. Though he did call you Mourning Dove for awhile before the brothers realized that you actually did need to take a flight every once in awhile.

SF Papyrus:

- You're his little Secretbird. He finds you before anyone else even knows you're there. He knows very well that you're not like everyone else. It doesn't take him long to hide you away. If Sans' doesn't turn you into a toy, Undyne will strap you to a table to find out what makes you tick just for shits and giggles. And Alphys would gladly hunt you down for her half crazed lover. He can see you have no EXP and low LOVE. The way monsters were suppose to be. It's a surprising act of defiance but if no one knows than he'll keep you secret for as long as he can. It wouldn't be the first time he'd found a bit of light in that hell hole and tried to keep it to himself. He might get a little frisky but really you don't seem to mind all that much. (It's not the first time that sex has been a form of communication on an unknown planet after all.) 

- He manages to keep you secret for much longer then he had thought possible. Long enough for it to go from two willing bodies to something a little more. He needs to keep you safe now, his little Canary trapped in a cage. But all good things end and he slips up one night sneaking off to you. Sans follows and out right attacks you. It's the first time that Papyrus steps between his brother and his intended victim. He doesn't fight back but he doesn't let Sans hit you. Eventually you strike a deal with Sans. You'll do house chores and such if he stops attacking permanently. Papyrus isn't sure how he feels about his Canary now being under his brother thumb but at least now he doesn't have to spend a week planing out a night time flight. And when Sans finds out you can fight, you're set to guarding the house if neither of the brothers are there. 

- Sans calls you servant and slave and whole slew of words that most people lost their tempers over. But you take it until he settles on Jay-bird. His brother is a lot better at meeting his demands now that your around after all.