#the softest little puffball we’ve got

[loganslowdown4]

And now

A Father’s Day message from your dad and mine 🤍🩵

Happy Father’s Day to Patton, the brightest and shiniest Padre, the softest little puffball, the Popstar, the man of emotion, the sweet heart🩵—

[ask-ethari-anything]

Ethari I was wondering could I dare you to tell us an angsty story?

*wholesome chuckle* Trying to outwit a Moonshadow elf during a full Moon? I applaud your ambition, love!

If it's dares you wish to ask, please see my husband--if he's visible, that is. I also prefer to spend the full Moon having fun, but my sense of fun only has some overlap with Runaan's.

But I can have fun with an angsty story. That's not illegal. Not tonight, anyway!

Once upon a time, I set out into the forest to pick up some tasty fruits for a surprise picnic for Runaan. Tethu was very eager to ride out with me, the air was nice and crisp with a warm breeze, and I had my favorite scarf on.

But a moonsquirrel darted out in front of Tethu soon after we left the Silvergrove and challenged him over a fallen nut, and Tethu sneezed in surprise and slipped on a wet rock near the stream and hurt his front left foot. So I decided to walk beside him instead. That changed the menu since some things were suddenly too far out of range, and I got angsty over it. Bumbleberries make for a very nice smoothie, and suddenly I was having to settle for quintzes instead. That's just not the same, not at all.

Then I pricked my finger on a sourthorn bush. Do that and you'll be tasting lemons in the back of your mouth for hours.

Then a molting puffball exploded right near my boots and got them all coated in spores and gave Tethu a coughing fit, and when I tried to wipe them off with a soft shammyleaf, the leaf curled up on me and growled because it was freshly bonded with its assassin wasp partner. And I know better than to mess with an assassin's partner, no matter the species.

And then we had to sneak past two warring nests of yammerbeetles--I say "sneak" but you couldn't have heard me if I'd played my lute and marched at the head of a hundred-elf band, the way those beetles were trying to out-rap each other--and I tried to hop across a stream while holding Tethu's supply basket so he didn't have to, and, well... I couldn't hear the passing elfatee's warning rumble over the yammerbeetles, and she slammed right into my shins and toppled me and my basket right into the stream! I got soaked, and all my fruity goodies floated away!

The elfatee grumbled something unrepeatable at me and swam away, and I sat up to my chest in the cold stream for almost a minute before I realized that my favorite scarf had washed away!

"No, Tethu, my scarf," I groaned. "It was my favorite!" I buried my face in my hands and tried not to cry. Tethu flopped down beside me to commiserate my horrible luck, but when I tried to lean against his warmth, he floated away downstream. My best boy just drifted away, and I felt very alone, and very cold and wet.

I managed to get out of the stream and sit on the bank, but that just made me start to shiver. I felt very miserable as I thought about the long walk back home.

Then I heard a soft rumble, and something nudged my shoulder. It was Tethu, standing in the stream, holding my lost scarf gently in his mouth for me. My best boy had floated off down the stream to fetch it back for me, even though his foot hurt!

Well, then I did burst into tears. I threw my arms around his wet feathery neck and sobbed for a minute, because even though I was having the worst day, I wasn't having it alone.

He shook himself dry--and got me extra wet in the process--and then we started trudging for home with nothing to show for our hours of effort except aches and pains and chills. I was extra grumpy because there's not much that my little enchantments can do about being cold. But then, I spotted something that did cheer me up just a little.

A fluffershroom! A great puffball that can grow as tall as an elf when it's ripe and ready to burst. They look like someone enchanted a star plum to giant proportions. If they've popped and released their seeds, their shells make fine impromptu shelters from passing rainstorms, and the filaments inside them are well known for their water-wicking properties. Moonshadow elves use them in everything from tents to tunics to keep ourselves dry, and it works really well unless we've fallen into a whole stream or something.

I tapped the fluffershroom's shell to see if it was ripe, perchance, and did my best to sense its maturity. It was very nearly ready to pop, but when I knocked, it just sat there like a rock.

My one chance to get warm and dry again, foiled by a stubborn fungus? I don't think so.

I whipped open my tool belt and dropped a very pointed enchantment onto my little jeweler's file and had a very sudden interaction with the fluffershroom's shell. *ahem* I may have yelled at it, too... Not my proudest moment. However, as all my enchantments do, it worked like a charm. *chuckles* Worked a little too well, in fact.

All of the fluffershroom's fluffy purple seeds burst through the shell directly toward me! I couldn't see a thing for a few seconds, but I felt like I was getting wrapped in feathers. When I could see again--barely--I saw Tethu blinking in shock beside me, absolutely swarmed with giant purple tufted seeds about three feet long apiece, like a soft and fluffy hedgehog. And I was very tufty, too!

The seeds absorbed all the water that had drenched us, and we were toasty warm as we made our way home. Of course, the seeds stuck to us pretty firmly, but at that point, I'd given up on having any sort of normal day. I danced my way into the Silvergrove covered in long purple seed filaments, marched up to my home, and started pulling the seeds off of Tethu's fur and stacking them in bundles for later--waste not, want not!

And then Runaan came downstairs, looking worried and geared up to go looking for me. The way his expression softened when he saw me warmed the last cold places in my heart.

"Ethari, have you been having adventures without me?" he asked softly, as he knelt beside me and began to pull the long seeds off of my horns.

"I didn't mean to have any adventures at all," I assured him. "I was only trying to surprise you."

"Well, my precious seedmaster," Runaan said, parting the seed fluff so he could lean in and kiss me, "consider me surprised."

I had to hug him right that instant. He yelped as he vanished inside my purple fluffy embrace, but he snuggled in and started pulling more seeds off of me, until he finally pronounced me seedless again. Then we helped Tethu get all seedless too, and brushed and groomed him until he purred himself to sleep.

Runaan made me hot tea and fetched some moonberry tarts and listened to my recounting of all my disasters, and in the end, we had an impromptu picnic right there on the floor, safe and sound at home, in the best and softest of company.

[tori-beanie]

LAMP Fanfic

Let’s Celebrate!

LAMP

Sweet fluff with a tiny bit of sad.

TW: Homophobic remark

Word Count: 1578

Logan was reclining on the couch in his shared apartment, watching a simple program about space. Well it was simple for him… However, when Roman looked over his shoulder, he was incredibly confused. He wrapped his arms around Logans shoulders, a smile on his face as he rested his chin on the more logical mans head. For now he didn't say anything, and he felt Logan relax with the gentle pressure of the loose hug. Even if Logan never asked for affection, it always calmed the man down to have someone's presence there. Virgil stepped in and sat on the couch next to Logan, laying his head on the mans lap. Immediately Logan began to card his hands through Virgil’s hair, making the sweatshirt clad man smile and let out a small happy sigh. Now they were only missing one. However Patton was in the kitchen, keeping them out of it as he tried to prepare a surprise for the couple. He did this sometimes, shutting them all out of the kitchen while he mae something special, but it was always on a special occasion. And while they had been together for five years, none of the men in the living room could think of what this was for. It wasn't a birthday, it wasn't an anniversary, and there was no large holiday today either! They were all at a loss.

Patton on the other hand was all smiles as he stood in the kitchen, preparing far more than one thing. He was making them a three course meal, and a specialized dessert for each of his wonderful boyfriends. Now, Patton loved to bake in a normal day, but today he had to celebrate! This was the day that he had met the three of them, and become the trios friend. And after all, that was a wonderful thing to celebrate! It was the first of May, and he needed to celebrate the occasion. After all, without that day, he wouldn’t be here right now. Patton would still be alone, hiding his sadness from the world and just hurting himself in the process. He yipped slightly as he burned himself on the stove, and immediately Roman was at the door. He didn’t look- as he didn’t want to upset Patton by seeing the surprise too early- but he still called into the room.

“Patton, Love, are you okay? I heard you in the next room. Did you cut your finger again?” Roman called in worriedly. He always wanted to make sure everyone was in perfect condition, but he wasn’t the greatest with finding out when others weren’t the best emotionally. But he was incredibly perceptive to physical injury. Patton called back with a smile, still plating dishes. “I’m fine Roman, don’t worry! The stove just wanted to tell me to be careful! I’m fine. Can you let everyone know everything will be ready in ten more minutes? I’m nearly finished!”

Now Patton wouldn’t get away from Roman later when he was checking him for injuries, but for now it would be okay. It was nothing to worry over. Roman was sent back to the living room and informed the pair on the couch about the newly given time. He seemed happy enough, watching the space show he really didn’t understand until the doors finally opened and there was Patton. He looked so proud of himself as he stood in the doorway, hands on his hips and that beautiful, bright smile on his face. One by one the trio made their way towards the kitchen, pausing in front of Patton. They all had their own way of thanking their boyfriend for cooking for them.

Virgil would step forward first, as he wanted to give Patton a hug. Patton would always except with a grin and give him a gentle kiss on the temple. It was just the same today, even if Patton returned the hug a bit tightly. He was a bit over excited, and clearly happy. Virgil let the little bit of extra go. After all, seeing Patton this bright even raised his spirits. With a simple ‘thanks Pat’ he was let go, and free to make his way into the kitchen.

Logan learned after the first day that a simple ‘Thank you’ wasn’t enough. He still said it of course, but there had to be something more than just words. Even if this member of their relationship wasn’t the best at showing affection physically, he still did his best for Patton. Logan would lean in and give Patton a quick kiss on the nose and thank him, gently squeezing his shoulder as he passed by. It was enough for Patton to be reassured he was wanted, and made sure Patton knee his efforts were appreciated. However just like with Virgil, Patton put in a little extra, clasping their hands together and squeezing them as Logan have him the customary kiss. Still, Logan didn’t think too much about it. Emotions still confused him.

And finally, Roman. Of course he would be the most dramatic of all of them, holding Patton by the waist and dipping him backwards for a rather emotional kiss. He would then spin Patton around twice, peppering his face with kisses before setting him down and thanking him with a ‘Thank you my darling love’ before making his way in as well. But Patton returned every little kiss given as they spun today, and Roman was so excited by it that they spun an extra time or three, getting both participants a little bit dizzy. They just laughed about it and shared another kiss before Roman released him and headed to the table, taking his seat.

They had a square table so everyone had perfectly equal sides. This was so that they didn’t argue about who got the head of the table. All three were in their chosen spots, leaving Patton across from Logan today and between Virgil and Roman. Everyone seemed rather happy here, but the newly entering trio was still wondering about why Patton had done this today. Logan, as blunt as ever, spoke up. He was calm, looking Patton in the eye from across the table, wanting to know the answers.

“Patton, what is the occasion for such a meal? None of us can remember something of great importance happening today. Is there a reason for this extravagance darling?” Logan seemed to be happy to ask, making sure to throw in a pet name to show he wasn't upset, just curious. Patton faltered for a moment, but shook his head. It was a rather silly occasion to celebrate after all. He just smiled and began to serve them food, finally explaining the reason for keeping them out of the kitchen.

“Well, today was the day I met you all.. At the Pride festival. I had snuck out and got grounded for weeks, but it was worth it to meet you all.. I wanted to celebrate that. Because without that day, I would have never been able to join you guys here… I wouldn't know it was okay to love more than one person, or even that I was allowed to be gay… And,” Patton had tears in his eyes, but he looked happy. He set down the dish and felt Roman pull him into his lap. “And I just wanted to tell you all how thankful I am… Just for all of you…” He sniffled, smiling up at Virgil as he wiped away his tears. Logan appeared at his side, and all three of them held him until he was calm.

“Now now my little puffball, we should be thanking you for being with us. After all, your the softest little darling we’ve got…”

“Yeah Pat. We’re happy to have you here. I- we love you. You do so much for us, and if anything, we should thank you more…”

“Patton. We are more than content with having you in our relationship. Never think that we believe any different. When you joined us, you made us as a group an average of fifty seven percent happier. We appreciate you here.”

Patton smiled at the trio, nodding as he wrapped them all in a group hug and sighed. He was thankful, ready to eat. The group enjoyed their dinner, and made sure to compliment Patton on the meal and the dessert. After they were finished eating, everyone helped out with the dishes, chatting with a grin as they worked together and cleaned up the kitchen. Even Logan cracked a few jokes as they cleaned, and it made Patton very happy. As they finished up, Roman and Virgil went to turn on a movie, Winny The Pooh, and Patton and Logan joined them. Roman made sure to check out Patton’s little burn, and he fussed over it way too much. But his hand ended up getting wrapped by Virgil so Roman would relax about it, and Logan assured it was done properly. Patton was held by all three of his loves, sitting on Logans lap as Roman and Virgil held him from the sides. It was a wonderful day, and they all felt loved, especially when Patton would randomly lean and give them kisses.

It was a wonderful day. And even if there was a little emotional hiccup, they all curled up together on their large bed, and slept peacefully until morning, everyone curled up together and happy in the arms of their lovers.

[incorrect-sides-quotes]

Maybe draw an OC meeting the sides? Or having cake with Patton?

(Whoops that took longer than I meant it to do, am still working on other drawings too uwu if u want see more)

Ok I was gonna draw all of the sides with a different OC but I don’t really have that dedication so it’s two of the softest little puffballs we’ve got, Patton and Caroline. Also there’s a cake but i was zoomed in on the canvas and forgot it was there oops

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Charmberry Cove Chapter Two

Chapter Title: Brothers

Wordcount: 3,133

AO3

Ch1

Taglist: @unsocialchapeau @aularei @softest-emo

“Remus!” Roman yells while storming into his twins room, who is lounging in the middle of his floor drawing something and also wearing Roman's hoodie. That is exactly why he's here. “Stop stealing my clothes!” He flails his arms towards his brother in emphasis.

 “Hmm, nope” Remus says popping the 'p' and not looking up from his drawing. Roman huffs, gesturing even more frantically at the other.

 “Are you wearing my pants?”

 “Maybe.”

 “You are insufferable. What else do you have of mine?”

 “Lots of stuff.”

 Roman stares Remus down, hands on his hips waiting for him to crack. Which he doesn't because he never does it's like he's impervious to being intimidated.

 “Stop. Stealing. My. Clothes” Roman enunciates after the glaring doesn't work, and that finally gets Remus to stop ignoring Roman's protests.

 He stops drawing his head slumps towards the floor and groans. “Uuuuuuuuugh, but Rooooooo.”

 “No. No 'but Ro' me mister! We've been through this” he stomps his foot as if to drive his point home.

 Remus slowly raises his head, looking up at Roman with a pout; Roman admits that he cracks a bit at the look.

 No, he needs to stay strong in his decision darn it!

 “Too bad” Remus announces.

 Roman steps back half a step making an incredulous noise, he can't believe he almost just felt sorry for his trash goblin brother.

 “Rude, you are a rude heathen is what you are” he says crossing his arms.

 “Well I don't have many clothes of my own yet that are comfortable enough for me to wear right now, so deal with it Broman.”

 Roman falters in his resolve.

 “Fine, but start asking first” he says as he saunters to his brothers side he sits next to him on the floor.

 “We should go shopping” he decides.

 Remus continues his drawing and hums “you should tell that to Mom. Look at my drawing!” he thrusts the sketchbook at Roman, who of course takes it; they are each other’s best critics after all.

 He stares at the pencil sketch, blinking at the image. It's good? It's weird. But that is the norm for Remus.

“What am I looking at here?” He asks pointing at a jar? Of some sort on the page. “Are these eyeballs?'

“Yep! It's based on my dream last night” Remus informs, Roman nods and points to something else that might be a tree.

“What exactly is this?” He asks and Remus lights up.

“That's a hand tree, it's very grabby” he says while making slow grabby hands, smile wide showing off his neon braces in full display.

Roman recalls when they got their braces maybe under a year ago, a couple months before their twelfth birthday; the doctor said that they'll probably have to have them for a couple years.

When asked what colours they wanted Roman chose to go full rainbow for his tooth accessories, and that is how he's choosing to think of them as.

Remus yelled out in the doctor’s office that he needed his to be glow in the dark neon green and they actually had that as an option much to Remus' delight.

They annoyed Roman for the longest time, still do honestly.

Remus took a weird liking to them immediately though, he said that the feeling was 'funny' and he liked the 'aesthetic' of them, whatever that meant.

Roman just thought that they hurt and took up too much space in his mouth.

Shaking himself out of his thoughts and still staring at his brothers dream picture.

“This is one for The Wall then. Do you need to add any colour to this one?” he asks.

Remus snatches the sketch book back “yea, red!” he replies.

Roman nods, a lot of his dream pictures tend to only have red in them.

As Remus fills in the parts that need red, Roman stares at The Dream Wall. That's what they call the wall that Remus' bed is against, the wall itself is filled with pages upon pages of sketches, on all types of papers in differing colour schemes, from full coloured ones to black and white sketches. Most however only have red accents to them.

“We should go shopping today, I'll ask Patton and Looogan if they want to come with us” he smirks at his brothers now watching eyes.

“Logan too? He doesn't like shopping.”

“Mm, but he's our friend and he'd probably enjoy it nonetheless” he says as he takes out his keyboard flip phone. His first phone, Mom said that they should be able to get in touch with her and each other just in case, so they both got one two months ago for their birthday. Patton and Logan already had phones, Patton got his first one a while ago; Thomas always likes to know where his baby brother is. And Logan is very responsible so his parents didn't see why not.

“How much allowance money do you have?” Roman asks.

Remus slowly looks to him.

Roman sighs.

“You have been saving up like we said we would right?”

“Yes?” Remus says sitting up “but probably definitely not as much as you have.”

“How much do you have?”

“Maybe fifty bucks.”

Roman sighs again. “We've been saving for months, what have you been spending it on? Never mind I don't wanna know” he puts his hand over Remus' open mouth.

“We'll just go to the thrift store then” Roman decides as Remus licks his hand to make it move from his face. “Oh ew, you so did not have to slobber on me” Roman whines, Remus laughs but otherwise ignores Roman's pout.

“You say that like we weren't going to go to the thrift store to begin with.”

“Shush you! I need to text our friends!”

Remus sticks his tongue out at him, going back to adding red to his drawing.

Opening his text option he sends Patton and Logan their own texts.

 Pattycake:

-Hey Puffball, me and Rem want to go thrift shopping today, care to join us?

 Logos:

-Hey Nerd! We wanna shop wanna come along?

 Logan is the first to reply to Roman's text, he usually always is the fastest to answer; he doesn't like having backed up messages.

 Logos:

-I am sorry Roman I cannot make it today, I am otherwise engaged in an activity with my parents. Perhaps another day?

 “Pff, the little nerd is out” Roman informs Remus, he sees him shrug from the corner of his eye as Patton’s reply comes in.

  Pattycake:

-aww! that sounds like so much fun! but i cant im helping a friend move. maybe tomorrow if you wanna wait for me?

-Helping a friend move?

 -yea! ill tell you guys about it tomorrow okay? i havta go.

-Alright, have fun with that.

 “That's weird, Patton is helping his friend move?” The concept of Patton helping a friend move isn't what confuses Roman, he can see it perfectly well, Patton helps anyone he can. It's just that... Who is there to move?

“Who's moving?”

“I have no idea, but he said that he's down to do this shopping thing tomorrow, so I'll just text our nerd back and inform him of that.”

 Logos:

-You're free tomorrow right, wanna come then?

-Affirmative, that sounds adequate. I shall see you tomorrow

 For someone who is 'otherwise engaged in an activity' he sure answered that quickly.

And now that that's settled, they're going shopping tomorrow.

If they can get a ride to the next town over that is.

“I'm gonna go ask Mom if she can drive us tomorrow” Roman says, getting up and dusting himself off.

Remus ignores him being fully concentrated on the gore splattering his page his tongue caught between his teeth as he tries to get a blood puddle the right tones of red.

He leaves his brothers room to look for their mother, which was rather easy considering she's sitting at the kitchen table.

He stands in the doorway to the kitchen, looking at her work, she shuffles some papers around.

“What do you need sweetheart?” She asks without taking her eyes off of the page she's scowling at,  then sighs and puts it down. “I need a break, want some lunch? Do you know if your brother is hungry?”

He shrugs, “probably, but I came down to ask if you can drive us to the town over for some shopping tomorrow?”

She sighs as she gets some sandwiches ready, “I'm sorry My Little Prince, that's almost an hour long drive and I have to work all day tomorrow, I need to get this out to my editor by Monday.”

Roman nods “it's alright Mama, I'll figure something out.”

“Oh hey” she perks up, “I know for a fact that Thomas is doing absolutely nothing tomorrow, why don't you ask him?”

Roman's cheeks pink a bit. “Great idea Mother, I shall text Patton to ask him for us.”

She hugs him as she hands him two sandwiches, a bag of chips and two water bottles.

Roman bounds up the stairs with the food, and freezes in Remus' doorway.

“What are you doing?” He asks his twin who just so happens to be halfway out of his bedroom window, he’s backwards and upside down, his legs holding on to the windowsill.

Roman sets the food on the bed and rushes to hold Remus' ankles.

“Hanging out of the window!” Remus yells.

“Yes, I can see that but why?”

“Why not?” Remus rebuttals.

“It's dangerous to start with. You can seriously hurt yourself is why not!” He scoffs honestly, Remus really needs to stop giving Roman heart attacks, he might actually kill him with it one day from what he puts Roman through.

“That's why I have you silly!” Remus flails his arms up towards Roman as if that was the most obvious thing.

“What?” Roman asks.

“Well, you'll always be here to help me, you're The Prince, you'll always save me” he states matter of factually.

Roman's chest squeezes at his brothers pure faith in his capabilities and assurance that they'll always be there for each other.

“Okay, well take this as me saving you right now then and get inside here and away from the window, we are on the second floor you absolute heathen.”

Remus laughs out as he begins to pull himself up, but just falls back down and his laughter doubles after Roman hears a thump.

“Hey Ro? I can't get up.”

Roman stares at his brother in disbelief before his own laughter escapes him in peals.

~0~

The next day has come and Remus is excited about the days plan. Usually he doesn't care for shopping, too much waiting around and too many rules to follow. But this is with his friends and that's a whole different situation.

And fucking around in thrift stores is fun.

Jumping out of bed and pulling on Roman's hoodie that he was wearing yesterday back on is as much as he's gonna get dressed considering he slept in yesterday’s pants, so he's good for today.

Banging on Roman's door proves to be amusing for him and annoying for his twin. Roman opens the door, clothes and hair dishevelled an annoyed look across his face.

Remus waggles his eyebrows “you got someone in there Ro?”

“You just woke me up you idiot. It's too early to leave what are you doing?”

“What? No it's not, it's almost ten! Get dressed bitch. Or don't, either way” he shrugs.

“Don't let Mom hear you swear” Roman mumbles sleepily and adds “Thomas said he'd drive us after lunch.”

He pushes his way past Remus to get to the bathroom and closes the door before Remus can utter anything else.

Fine.

Logan is probably awake, he'll just bother him.

Lego:

-Hey BiTcH you comin with today yea?

-Good morning Remus, yes I am indeed going to be 'chilling' with everyone today. I informed Roman of this yesterday, did he not pass on the information?

-Sweet! Just confirming! I'm bored Roman is being boring entertain meeeeeeeeeee

-Roman is one of the least boring people I have ever been in the presence of. Though I guess that could be said for all of you. I don't know how I deal with it.

-Shuuut up you love uuus!

-Quite.

-Are you sufficiently entertained?

-why got somthin somthin to be doin over there?

-Not at this very moment I do not.

-ThEN keep talkn to me nerd, tell me nerd stuff

-Very well. What would you like to know today?

 Remus thinks on this, he and Logan do this often when Remus needs a distraction, and Logan is always glad to rattle off some knowledge, especially if he's highly fascinated by the subject matter. Logan can make anything interesting anyway, it's in the way he enunciates with hand gestures and how he explains things.

Remus can listen to nerd shit for forever if Logan was the one talking. It just calms his thoughts.

 Lego:

-Do you have a subject matter you wish to know about or would you like me to just tell you random facts?

-OH HOW ABOUT old torture methods!

 -Ah, that is actually very fascinating to look at through the ages.

-Would you like me to break it down for you or just fun facts for today?

-FuuuuuUN fACts!

-Very well. Did you know that one method was to take an elephant, getting it to slowly crush all the bones in ones limbs before inevitably crushing the person’s skull? Very babaric.

-Was that a Babar pun?

-I, what? No. It was simply a typo.

-I won't tell Paaaaatton your secrets saafe with me

They text back an forth like this for a while. Logan telling him facts on whatever Remus' mind jumps to in that moment.

Roman walks into the living room where Remus is lounging upside down on the couch with his feet up in the air.

“Is Mom gone?” He asks rubbing a towel through his wet hair.

“Ymmmhm” Remus answers he’s not really paying attention to Roman, he has the stuff Logan is sending him to read.

“You talking to Looooogan?” Roman sing songs while setting his arms on the back of the couch to lean on them, looking at Remus expectantly with his eyebrows raised.

Remus kicks him in the head.

He was literally (metaphorically) asking for it, standing in the exact right position for Remus' foot to connect to Roman's head.

“Hey!” Roman squawks, “I just took a shower I do not need your grody feet in my hair!”

“Well you shouldn't be in kicking distance now should you” he shoots at his twin.

Roman huffs, walking out of Remus' sight into the kitchen and comes back with a muffin. For both of them, well that's nice of him.

A muffin thwacks off of his forehead, making him drop his phone on to his face. His phone and the muffin are now on the floor and Roman is in the background laughing his ass off.

Okay, not nice of him then.

He throws his body to the side and flops off of the couch to grab both items. Double chocolate muffin though, score.

“Thomas will be here in an hour or so” Roman informs him.

He wiggles his eyebrows “you been talkin to Thooomas a lot lately brother dear? How scandalous.” He puts his hand to his mouth in mock shock.

Roman splutters “Ugh. Ugh, Remus. Please. He's basically Moms age. And for your information, it’s Patton that's been informing me so ha!”

“Doesn't mean you don't have a cruuuuuuush” he sings.

“Shut up. Go get dressed.”

“I am dressed.”

“You wore that yesterday!”

“Your point?”

“You. Wore that. Yes. Ter. Day.”

“You can't repeat yourself to prove a point.”

“I can if that's my whole point! Which it is cause I can not believe that I need to say it more than once to prove it!”

Remus rolls his eyes “no one caaaaaaaaares.”

“Logan would” Roman mutters.

“Give me some clothes then.”

“Wha- bu- euhhhuuuhuhh.” Roman whines out articulately.

“I'm kidding!” Remus says brightly and Roman relaxes. “I'm not changing” he says in a more serious tone and Roman deflates and whines again.

 ~

The hour-ish goes by pretty quickly, with Roman putting on where they left off from Full Metal Alchemist and about halfway through the third episode that's playing the doorbell rings.

The twins open the door to Patton’s smiling face.

“Heya guys! You ready to go shopping!” He bounces in place, giving off waves of pure happiness. Well he's extra happy today, and everyone would have noticed even if he didn't have his gift.

“Hell yea!” Remus shouts loudly as Roman locks the door behind them.

Logan is already seated in the back of Thomas' car and Remus gets in before Roman could so he can sit next to him. Patton climbs into shotgun so he can be in front with his brother.

“Hey guys” Thomas greets them as they buckle and settle in the seats.

“Thomas!” Roman crows “how's my favourite theatre teacher?”

Thomas chuckles “I'm not your teacher yet Roman, school hasn't started.”

Roman scoffs “it starts next week, we're practically there.”

Thomas starts the car and drives out of their driveway.

Its funny watching Roman's attempted flirting with Thomas, cause he so doesn't know what he's doing and Thomas obviously doesn't reciprocate so it just goes over the older man’s head every time Roman tries.

There's mischief in Thomas' eyes and Remus isn't the only one who catches it, he shares a look with Logan then glances to his brother to see his reaction, no doubt it'll be hilarious.

“Well Roman” Thomas begins and Roman perks up, “how do you even know that you'll be qualified for theatre?” He asks 'innocently'.

Patton snickers at his brother and lightly slapping his arm. “Tommy” he softly chastises.

Roman makes the loudest most offended noise Remus has ever heard him make; and they live together.

Logan smiles and Remus loudly chortles at his brother’s expense.

“I'm kidding Ro, I'm sure your audition will blow everyone’s socks off” Thomas says to calm the spluttering prince.

“I'm insulted that you even need me to audition, hasn't my whole life been enough of an audition for you?” Roman says flippantly.

“I can't play favourites Roman” Thomas says.

Patton giggles, “pun intended?” He asks.

“Of course” Thomas replies.

Roman perks up “I'm your favourite?” He asks giddily. Remus snorts, Roman elbows him.

“He just said he didn't do favourites Roman. Listen up” Logan interjects.

“Shut your boyfriend up” Roman whispers to him and he elbows Roman harder than he did to Remus.

The rest of the ride goes similarly and they make it to the other town in what seems like no time.

[stormcloud-virgil]

Ooh, I feel like Virgil’s discomfort with certain kinds of affectionate nicknames was foreshadowed a bit in the Fitting In video. 

When Roman called Patton “the softest little puffball we’ve got”, Virgil replied with “you don’t have to be mean to him”.

And while that could be the result of Virgil being used to Roman’s nicknames having a bit of a sting, it’s still telling that he considered that a negative thing to say to someone. 

If he didn’t dislike the thought of being called that himself, he probably wouldn’t have reacted the way he did.

[sandersstudies]

Okay, so I said for 1,500 followers I would rant about my ship opinions. Want to make clear from the start that if you disagree with me, you are still totally cool and valid. Got it? Okay, let’s go.

This is a pretty long post so I’ll put some of it under a cut. 

Analogical Okay, so obviously “My Negative Thinking” sparked the interest in this one, and Moving On only strengthened it. I can see this one being romantic or platonic, and I like both, but prefer platonic mostly because I see logan as a bit paternal. This is a relationship that could be a two-way street. We’ve seen Logan be a bit protective of Virgil (”Virgil, are you okay?” in Moving On GETS me), and I think Virgil would also be very protective of Logan. The biggest calming thing for anxiety is always logic, but sometimes logic needs to learn to trust gut feelings. Whether romantic or platonic (or even paternal), I see Virgil going to Logan when he needs a clearer perspective, and I think Logan has a great amount of respect for Virgil - Patton and Roman are impulsive and  removed from reality, while Virgil seems like he could understand Logan’s point of view. Overall, a loPlatonic 9/10, Romantic 7.5/10.vely pair. 

Platonic 9/10; they understand each other; somehow both are the protective Mom friend at the same time.

Romantic 7.5/10; both would have trouble expressing their “feelings” but if they both learned to communicate it would be beautiful.

Logicality  I’ve liked these two together since the beginning. Unfortunately, I think that lately we’ve seen that these two have some problems they need to work through first, especially on Logan’s end. I think that logic and morality/emotion are much more essential to the human mind than anxiety and creativity, and I think that Logan and Patton reflect that. A lot of people write pining/flirtatious Logicality, but I prefer that “old married couple” domestic aesthetic. I think Logan and Patton are incredibly protective of each other, but that leads to some barriers they need to break down. Logan is scared to be silly in front of Patton because Patton needs reigning in by somebody who is 100% logical, but sometimes Logan takes his authority and logic so seriously that he isn’t considerate of Patton. Meanwhile. Patton is lovingly pressuring Logan to admit that sometimes being silly is fun and important, because he wants Logan to be honest and unabashed about enjoying things. Unfortunately, they’re pushing each other in opposite directions. 

Platonic 8/10; this is probably the most romantic-leaning ship I have, so I’m biased.

Romantic 9/10; damn I love them so much but they have some communication issues to work out to be healthy. 

Logince Never seen these guys as a romantic ship. That said, I think the potential for a partnership is incredible. They’re a classic brains/brawn pair and I see them in an amazing fraternal/platonic relationship. Rather than enemies to lovers, these two are rivals to partners. If I was going to call any two sides each others’ “bros,” it would be these two. Logan is very lawful while Roman is very chaotic, but I think we see in “Fitting In” and “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning?” that these two have a lot in common: both are short-tempered, determined, resourceful, ambitious, strong leaders (maybe even a little self-righteous, arrogant, and stubborn). These two are both very dominant compared to Patton and Virgil - they both want to be in charge, and I think that would be detrimental in a romantic relationship. However, I think that as friends this would be friendly competition, pushing each other to be better. It’s another classic dynamic to see two characters who see each other as “the one to beat” but then realize that they could beat EVERYONE if they would just work together. 

Platonic 8/10; still some stuff they need to work out, but once they do they’ll be unstoppable.

Romantic 3/10; I just don’t see it, and I think their personalities wouldn’t be good for a romantic relationship because the communication isn’t there.

Moxiety Like Logince, this has never been a romantic ship for me. Patton is just obviously coded as “Dad” or “Best Friend” in every interaction BUT the thing that really gets me is that Virgil is just as protective of Patton as Patton is of him, which makes sense. Our Anxiety is in place not just to protect our physical body, but also our feelings, and Patton is Thomas’ heart. I feel like Patton and Virgil have each others’ full trust, and “Can Lying be Good?” really made this evident. When “Patton” acted strange, Virgil didn’t think “my friend is doing a bad thing,” he thought “this isn’t my friend.” He knows Patton that well. With Patton learning to accept his feelings, I think he and Virgil are huge supports for each other. I honestly think that while Roman and Logan were having drama for the last two videos, Patton and Virgil have just been having Best Friend time. Heck, is anything softer than these two? Villain-coding a character and then revealing their vulnerability by having them befriend the softest of puffballs is adorable. 

Platonic 10/10; they’re BEST FRIENDS you guys, look at them. Wouldja just LOOK at it?

Romantic 4/10; they have the communication and trust, but I think they’re so much better for each other as best friends. 

Prinxiety Ah, classic enemies to friends to lovers. I’ve never been a huge stan for this ship, but heck if it isn’t cute. It’s Tumblr goth bf and Instagram prep bf. I think their love languages would be very different, but if they could learn to communicate and respect their differences, the potential is there. I think that lately we’ve seen effort on both sides for these guys to include each other. Roman’s been kinder about his nicknames, which is a good start. Also, let’s face it: Virgil’s face when Roman changes in to his 2.0 outfit screams “I am gay.” I think no matter what, these two will bicker a bit, but it could range from something that’s an actual problem all the way to something more endearing; imagine an hour on the couch going back and forth about which Pixar movie is the best because neither will relent. Also, there’s something to be said for anxiety both encouraging and stifling creativity, and creativity both causing and relieving anxiety. There’s delicate balances there to be explored, especially when creativity, in Roman’s case, is loud and presentational. Romantic elements aside, I also like seeing these two as annoying brothers who deeply love each other but simultaneously piss each other off.  

Platonic 6/10; not my favorite, but bickering brothers or friends is still a very nice possibility. 

Romantic 7/10; come on, guys, it’s a fandom classic, and the enemies to lovers dynamic is just so fun.

Royality Excuse me but this is the most under-appreciated ship in this whole fandom. Two honest good boys who are filled to the brim with love? Two dudes who would 100% have compatible love languages? Two guys who would spoil each other with affection and tiny gifts? Hell yes hell yes hell yes. Romance and emotion go together, guys. These two would have more PDA than any other pairing because embarrassment? How dare anyone be embarrassed by TRUE LOVE? The only possible concern I can think of is that Patton is very giving while Roman is very egoistic, but I think we’ve seen that both of them would be very giving to a romantic partner. These two would be all about dramatic displays of affection, but they also would have their peaceful moments when they need them. Mostly I just see them creating things for each other and never letting anybody forget how much they love each other.

Platonic 8/10; good stuff, but this ship is very romantic-leaning in my eyes. However, a brotherly relationship is also an incredible idea. 

Romantic 9/10; as long as Patton takes care of himself and Roman learns to care about others, these two would be adorable.

LAMP (I’m assuming a LAMP where all four are in a relationship with the other three, but I know that there are other versions as well) I’ll be up front and admit that I prefer pairings to poly relationships in my ships, but let’s face it: LAMP is adorable. It has all the benefits of the other ships, but with third and fourth parties to balance out some of the cons. These guys are famILY and they are, in canon, the only “people” in each others’ lives. I don’t have much to say because this ship is essentially everything I’ve said before about the other ships. 

Platonic 10/10; famILY

Romantic 6/10; good stuff, but I have a personal preference for pairings; still great because they all complete each other.

Deceit Ships I’m not putting down people who like these ships; that’s your business. However, I’ve seen too many people get hurt, REALLY hurt, by dishonesty in their relationships to support these. Even if Deceit isn’t 100% a villain, which I can see, it still isn’t healthy to put a character who is all about lying into a relationship. The most important things in any relationship are honest communication and trust, and those are both things that aren’t compatible with Deceit. That said, I’ve seen some morally grey fics and headcanons about Deceit where he has some interactions with the other sides I quite like. Let’s face it, one way or another the other sides are stuck with Deceit, and I think he at least has the potential to be something other than an evil being. Whether canon will support these depictions of Deceit is TBD (totally believable, dude? No, to be determined). 

Platonic 2/10; I’ve seen some good stuff, but we have little canon material for Deceit; the other sides should be cautious while interacting with him.

Romantic 0/10; I have a personal relationship with dishonesty and manipulation that means I just can’t get behind these ships.

[ultranerdygirl]

After Roman's comment to Patton "Well yeah. I mean you're the softest little puffball we've got, Padre," I can only assume he started calling Patton "Padre" after Thomas watched the Lego Batman movie because that's how Robin refers to Batman. Like, I know Roman speaks Spanish, but I want Lego Batman to be the reason for that nickname.

[pinkpopwitchery]

Sorting Sanders Sides

During “Fitting In,” Virgil states that he’s happy not having a Hogwarts house but when I was re-watching recently, I decided I wanted to figure out for myself what house he’d be in. It also sparked an idea: what would the sides’ Ilvermorny houses be? I’ll possibly end up making a bit of a series analysing Thomas’ traits and categorising them into fandom factions, if you will.

These will be based on how I personally see a) each of the Sanders Sides and b) the Houses/Factions/Cabins or whatever else. It’s just my view on the fandoms and if anyone has any other interpretations, please leave me an ask/comment/reblog this or whatever.

Also, if you have any requests for fandoms, leave an ask and I’ll do my best to make it happen.

Anyway, let’s get started!

I’m going to think about each house and compare them to Virgil’s characteristics and see what I think at the end.

Gryffindor

Lion traits: bravery, courage, chivalry and confidence.

To me, a Gryffindor is loyal, headstrong and exactly the sort of person you want in your corner. Gryffindor’s are the sort of people who will do before thinking and will probably go to prison for you, but they’re still great to have around as they’ll encourage you to do crazy things and be your best self.

At first, this doesn’t necessarily seem like the best fit for Verge, especially seeing as he himself said “One thing that I feel like I’m not is reckless,” recklessness being a key trait for the red and golds. But I think Virgil does display traits that can be classed as Gryffindor-like.

For one thing, it takes a little bit of courage to face anxiety every day so imagine what it must be like to BE Anxiety. Futhermore, I think his character development shows that he can be courageous. He started off as cagey and defensive, spitting out insults left right and centre and generally keeping at arm’s length. He was the last to reveal his name but eventually got over all of that and is now opening up to the other sides. After Excepting/Accepting Anxiety, we’ve started really seeing a more forward side to Virgil.

Ravenclaw

Eagle Traits: intelligence, wisdom, analyticity, wit.

I have a lot of eagles in my friend group and they have nothing in common but to me, a Ravenclaw is straightforward, clever and tells it like it is. They can be snarky but usually have the sense to realise when they can hurl banter and when to be comforting-even though human feeling may not be their strong suits.

In the video, Thomas points out that Virgil makes him think through “all possible outcomes” to whatever situation he may find and although Virgil states he’s not necessarily fixing them, when Thomas points out that Virgil has indeed solved problems, Verge says he’s done this by “drawing upon information [Thomas] already knew,” which, to me, is a very Ravenclaw way of going about things. Ravenclaws may research things for ages before they figure things out but they may also think about the situation and use their own logic to piece together a solution.

Virgil may not be a total Eagle stereotype but he does display moments of being very Ravenclaw.

Hufflepuff

Badger traits: loyalty, being hard-working, patience, warmth.

This was a little bit harder to dig into as, a typical Puff Virgil is not. To me, Puffs are kind, fun-loving and friendly. They’ll cuddle you when the going gets tough and fights your sadness away. Badgers range from being laid back, chill and going with the flow to over-energetic and cuddly and the personification of a cinnamon roll. Hufflepuffs have your back through thick and thin and, in Patton’s words, will “PHYSICALLY FIGHT” anyone who insults their friendos.

Virgil is hard-working. He’s not just Anxiety in the sense of an illness, he’s the natural human vigilance and caution that keeps us alive. He has to work hard to keep Thomas safe and, although protecting others can be seen as Gryffindor trait, it is very Hufflepuff to look after friends also.

One thing that struck me in “Fitting In” was when Princey calls Patton “the softest little puffball,” Anx thinks Roman is insulting Patton and immediately jumps in to defend him. Although this can also be seen as quite lion-esque, looking after friends is what badgers are all about- they’re kind, warm, and, most importantly, loyal to their friends. Anx is showing lots of care and kindness towards Dad here, signifying some very Hufflepuff traits.

Slytherin

Snake traits: cunning, ambition, resourcefulness, determination.

Ah, Slytherin, the house everyone expects him to be in. Admittedly, I’m guilty of this too as it’s my house. To me, Slytherins are selective in who they’re close to but they’ll defend the chosen few to… not the death, we’re way too self-preservative for that. But we’ll use our discerning nature and cunning cleverness to find our true loyalty and protect what matters most to us, especially if there’s something in it for us.

Virgil finds Slytherin to be an uncomfortable fit because he doesn’t see himself as an “ambitious, cunning leader.” But he could still belong in the green and silver. For example, he calls himself a “play-it-safe, evasive worrier.” Is that not self-preservation defined? It’s a key trait of us snakes and it’s essentially the purpose of vigilance and anxiety- preserving us.

Under “Ravenclaw” I pointed out how Virgil says he solves problems with information Thomas already knows. This is discerning and resourceful in my opinion, meaning that Virgil may be more Slytherin than he realises.

Now this point is mostly speculative but it seems to me that part of why Anx doesn’t connect to Slytherin is because he doesn’t want to be what everyone expects him to be… which is kind of rebellious and Thomas does point out that both Gryffindor and Slytherin have been referred to as having a “disregard for the rules…” a trait of a rebel.

 So where does that leave us? I think I’ve made a pretty good case for all four houses but, unfortunately, the Hat only gives one.

Honestly, I think Hufflepuff is my weakest argument as it was mostly based on traits that are more Gryffindor than anything. So that’s one down but three to go…

The next for me would be Slytherin. As much as I want House Rep, I just can’t see Anx as a fellow snake. I think he’s right and he’s not an “ambitious, cunning leader,” and, although there are more traits to a Slytherin than that, the Sorting Hat would see his discomfort and, like for Harry, would put him somewhere else.

I think by now some people will see where I’m going but I’ll explain anyway. Ravenclaw isn’t going to be for Verge because I feel like he’s just as uncomfortable thinking he’d be a Ravenclaw as a Slytherin. And sure, he may display Ravenclaw traits, but so do Minerva McGonnagal and Hermione Granger- two true Gryffindors.

To me, Anx is a Gryffindor due to his courage in overcoming essentially himself. Anxiety battles anxiety and is starting to accept himself. Virgil may not be reckless but he’s loyal to his friends and protective of them, as any true lion should be. He’s outspoken and doesn’t really mind what is thought of him. It may be a defence mechanism but defending himself and others is the Gryffindor angle of Anxiety’s reason for being.

Well those are my thoughts anyway. I hope people like this series and I hope you’ll give me your thoughts!