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These three constitute an informal business unit. Ok, they're committing fraud together.
Tabitha Pansy, real estate agent, doesn't so much maintain friendships as she does pursue financially beneficial business relationships. Ruthless and driven, she treats herself as a success-generating machine. What would she do if she succeeded? Who knows, because she's continually raising the bar.
She feels owed fame and fortune, and will break any rule she deems necessary in order to get there. She joined O'Connor's house flipping scheme to get ahead. It's proving unsatisfactory, so she's started breaking some rules.
Pansy sees O'Connor as her intellectual equal, and is hypocritically disgusted with Marty's willingness to cut corners and do wrong.
She lives in power suits and pantsuits. Her favorite color is fuchsia. She has a BA in economics and plans to go to law school some day. She eats mostly Lean Cuisines and Special K; her media of choice is motivational speakers and self-hypnosis tapes.
Norman O'Connor, also a real estate agent, divorced his first wife Ruth because he resented her smarts and ambition. He was drawn to his current wife, Judy, because he thought she seemed insecure and easier to control. They’ve been married for 14 years. The honeymoon period has long since ended. She’s learned how not to irritate him, but he’s getting more irritable all the time. He doesn’t even apologize when he yells any more.
He started prioritizing Pansy's buyers with his listings because he was attracted to her. When his house flipping scheme started accumulating debt, he brought her on to help. His surface-level charm appealed to her. Marty, whom he recruited to the scheme after meeting him through work, is not as convinced.
The scheme has been taking up more and more of O’Connor’s time, leading Judy to worry that he’s being unfaithful. She hired Gareth to investigate. She can’t admit it to herself, but she almost hopes he’s cheating, so she has an excuse to leave.
His hobbies are golf, fishing, and woodworking (he is Not good at woodworking). He wears Polo Green cologne.
Marty is a housing contractor. O’Connor recruited him as, essentially, a solo handyman who would make basic repairs on distressed properties while conveniently ignoring more serious/expensive flaws. Marty agreed to this in part because O’Connor downplayed how big a deal it was, and in part because he’s trying to build a better life for himself and his girlfriend Aisha and this pays better than his primary job at E.J. Winters General Contracting.
He’d like to run his own contracting company someday – the work has given him a lot of chronic pain for someone in his 30s, so he would like to delegate it, and he (rightly) believes he’d be good at managing if someone would give him the chance.
Pansy and O’Connor are paying him less than 1/3 of the profit they’re making on their dishonest flipping. He resents this. That resentment could prove to be important for Judy later.
In his spare time, he grows hot peppers and refinishes thrift store furniture. He has a big, tightly knit extended family, so he’s continually getting roped into potlucks and birthday parties.
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I was trying to eat noodles neatly and for some reason I got sad midway. So I drew them messy eating a biscuit and a strawberry to combat sad noodle blues.
#Ugh I could've made it messier though.#I tried looking at how the strawberry juice look as it's getting bitten. But looking at a closeup of a mouth eating is kinda uncomfortable#I would need to be paid to look at that again. I dropped it and just winged it. Lol#Hm. I should've at least looked up how goopy it should look. But eh. Drawings finished.#I heard wild strawberries are sour? But these ARE giant strawberries. So this might be a special special kind of strawberry.#I'm not like other strawberries. 😤🍓 Lol#I can't remember what an actual strawberry taste. People made it look pretty good though.#Then again people also made dragon fruit look tasty and it turned out it just tastes like a very very desaturated pear. Lol#Hmmmm but also then again. They also make cherries look good and I LOVE cherries. 🤷♀️#That ain't the giant Crumbl cookie if anyone's wondering. Connie would probably never spend money on a Crumbl. That's a home made biscuit.#Bruh I can't spell biscuit#I watched someone biting on what I think is a Crumbl and they spit it out. And the pieces sounded like concrete as it hit the table 😆😆😆#connverse#connie maheswaran#steven quartz universe#Lion SU#su#steven universe#skedoobles#Ah. Also scribbling this because I needed a break after burning out 3 hours of a commission's allotted time just figuring out what pose#to settle on. So like I only have five hours left to work on their piece. 😬#my shiz#Waitaminuteee in case I unintentionally relayed it wrong. I'm not going to actually just make that allotted commission time just 5 hours no#I recognize not being able to settle a pose for THAT long in a commission is skill issue on my part so I'm not going to carve out 3 hours#Plus at least now I have poses that I *could* make a YCH out of. The body measures are going to be limited however 🤔
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the loki writers saw tenet and said hey what if we made OUR time-travelling protagonist fall in love with the man who recruited him into the organization that strives to protect reality from temporal interference but actually HE’s the one who originally recruited the other all along! and now he has to go back in time and talk with the man who knew him inside and out as though he doesn’t already have a relationship with him that was forged through the life and death struggles that made him into the man who he is today! and they’re so real for that.
#lokius is about to become so protagoneil-coded it’s insane.#as long as they get a happier ending though i’m not complaining 😬#loki#tenet#lokius#protagoneil#f: marvel#m: tenet
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commission post... 2!!!
doing a test run of cutesy commissions in the same style i do my dailies to supplement stuff while i work through my main queue.
$15 per character for lineart, $20 per character for basic monochrome, and $25 per character for flat color. these are a steal!
payment is up front via paypal, and as always, props/complex designs/gore/nsfw/etc are subject to additional fees. i can do OCs, fanart, whatever, so shoot me a message if youre interested! thanks yall 💕
#commissions#commission post#my art#graphic design is my passion#as evidenced by these beautiful slapdash compilation images that i banged out in ummm. actually i dont wanna admit how long i spent on these#theyre kinda cute tho i think! but maybe thats just the art itself making me biased lol. i lov my OCs...#ANYWAY. if i cld get a few handfuls of these in the next few days that wld be awesome... im trying 2 make responsible financial decisions 😬
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✨ Inspiration Saturday ✨
Soooo I mentioned last week that I’d found a title for Rival Firefighters 🚒 …
I even made a little banner for when I start posting (which won’t be for a while yet).
Title is from the song Haven’t Had Enough by Marianas Trench which I am currently obsessed with 😍 (seriously some days I just listen to it on repeat for ages, especially when I’m driving).
And here’s a little snippet from a scene that’s been fighting me for weeks but today I actually made progress with 😭. Thank you @thewolvesof1998 for reading over what I sent you and making sure it made sense and for your very helpful suggestions ❤️
He makes his way from car to car checking in on each one’s occupants, offering up first aid if needed. It’s repetitive work and Buck finds himself getting bored until his eyes spot a familiar name on the back of a turnout coat. Now things are going to get a lot more lively.
Buck makes his way over to where Diaz is finishing applying a Band-Aid to an elderly gentleman’s forehead.
“As I said before, you don’t have a concussion but if you start feeling dizzy or anything out of the ordinary, call your daughter okay?” The old man nods in agreement, Diaz patting him on the shoulder before collecting his things and getting to his feet.
“Firefighter Diaz, it’s been a while.” Buck says in greeting as the other firefighter turns around.
Diaz’s hair is sweaty and loose, a few strands falling forward over his forehead that have Buck’s fingers twitching with the want to touch. His face is coated in a mix of dust and maybe car oil? Buck doesn’t know exactly what the black stuff is but it is a look and Diaz is pulling it off.
Diaz clenches his jaw as his eyes harden. “Not long enough.” He mutters, walking past Buck.
“Oh come on!” Buck follows after him. “I bet you’ve missed me. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that.”
Buck certainly missed Diaz and his big brown eyes and thick fucking thighs that are connected to such a glorious ass. He really wishes the man wasn’t wearing his turnouts. It’s a crime to keep an ass like that locked away.
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder but I still find you incredibly annoying and wish you’d stay gone.” Diaz shoots back, looking 100% done with Buck and the conversation.
Buck also missed this, whatever this is. He gets such a high from flirting with and teasing Diaz. Maybe it’s the hard to get ideal that’s doing it for him, but whatever it is, Buck likes riling Diaz up and today is no different.
“You wound me!” Buck clutches at his heart in mock offense. He expects an eye roll or another bitchy response, but Diaz just keeps walking, doing a wonderful job at pretending Buck doesn’t exist. Which, rude.
No pressure tagging: @hippolotamus @thewolvesof1998 @fortheloveofbuddie @lover-of-mine @wikiangela @spotsandsocks @malewifediaz @spagheddiediaz @athenagranted @exhuastedpigeon @watchyourbuck @monsterrae1 @eddiebabygirldiaz @rainbow-nerdss @wildlife4life @the-likesofus @theotherbuckley @try-set-me-on-fire @steadfastsaturnsrings @jamespearce9-1-1 @devirnis @callmenewbie @disasterbuckdiaz @djdangerlove @giddyupbuck @hoodie-buck @honestlydarkprincess @housewifebuck @jesuisici33 @jeeyuns @ladydorian05 @loserdiaz @captain-hen @weewootruck and as always, anyone else who would like to share something 🥰
#daffi writes#fic: stuck now so long we just got the start wrong#rival firefighters fic#buddie wip#buddie#legit almost cried that I was finally able to make a dent in this scene#and then Wolf gave me feedback and I almost cried again - HAPPY TEARS PEOPLE#it’s nice when you share something you’ve written that you’re very 🫠😬🥴 about and get a positive response back
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just saw the US American version so I thought I'd ask :
it's interesting just how much you can deduce about the history of the country just by looking at the names and titles
#south africa#politics#history#adding Jan Smuts and DF Malan felt a bit excessive until I realised that was when my parents were born... so not long ago at all#any of my followers go to DF Malan highschool ? I'm so very sorry#(it's a good school don't get me wrong. but it's gotta suck having the apartheid guy's name on your uniform 😬)
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I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way but i recently reread the entire familiar au (its as amazing as always!) and its so impressive to see how far you have come as a writer especially compared to the new cult au its honestly pretty inspiring
Thank you! It's truly nice to hear that I've made progress. I mean, obviously - hopefully - I would have after all this time, but sometimes the improvement is hard to see when you're so close to it.
#answers#I've been tempted at times to just take down some of my really old stuff#Because I am very 😬 when I reread it#But I think it stands as a nice relic/testament to how I've grown as a writer#In that I only roll around in agony about 90% of the time reading current writing now as opposed 575% with the old stuff#It feels like I don't know what I'm doing at any given time#But presumably I've learned SOMETHING#And my writing is not The Worst™#Funny how the baseline changes as skill changes because it's hard to remember sometimes that yes#Skill has improved!!#I say as I stare at this document with severe doubts and worry and agony#Nothing like looking at a 5k doc and going 'yeah this is only halfway to the end at BEST'#There is so much more yet to complete#Also super nice to hear that the cult thing is good to read#It's got a lot more visuals than my usual so I'm pushing my comfort zone#I am Not A Visual Person so that takes some Effort#All of these tags have been very navelgazing so here's a fun fact#If *I* can get better at writing by doing it for a long time#YOU can do it TOO and BETTER#It just takes - again - a lot of writing to get there
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Happy Holidays and A Happy New Year!
...ya’ll know the deal (#`-_ゝ-)
Bonus:
misplaced baby
#star wars rebels#ahsoka tano#alexsandr kallus#cassian andor#ghost crew#stated this day of and was like haha not gonna finish and then I didn't#self-fulfilling prophecy lmao holding my head in my hands#jacen syndulla my bebe my broccoli head boy my little freak of nature#gift cards are acceptable gifts to me!#granted kallus would be ok with anything doubt that man ever got anything beyond obligation lol#everybody going around introducing rex as 'the baby'#pointing at the grandpa and going thats the baby while literal baby jacen is right there#squad that fails together stays together#its not YOUR food poisoning its OUR food poisoning#dysfunctional family get together that no doubt adds to long list of reasons why you are Like That#fist fight between the baby grandpa and the guy you thought was your uncle but is actually just Some Guy#hope the pics aint too small 😬
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fuck it friday
tagged by @jamespearce9-1-1 @daffi-990 @disasterbuckdiaz 💖
haven't written much lately bc I got too into oth and it's day 4 of watching and i'm like halfway through s2 lmao so I don't have much more of the married buddie fic (which is currently my priority) I can share without sharing everything haha - so, fuck it, here's a non-buddie snippet 🙈 i'm writing this just for me so like, who cares but also figured i'd share bc fuck it haha it's a ryan/taylor fic from the oc - they had an open ending where they weren't explicitly together, so in this fic they both go to college and keep in touch but aren't officially dating until she visits for christmukkah and they talk 🤣 it's very slowly coming together bc I deleted what I had and started from scratch lol
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It’s hard to coordinate phone calls with a nine hour time difference, especially since Taylor is… well, Taylor is Taylor. She takes up any extracurricular activity she can, gets involved in the social life of her university, and always has her schedule fully packed up. Sometimes when she tells Ryan about her day, he needs to ask if she's taking breaks and has time to breathe. But that’s Taylor. He can’t help but smile as he thinks about her restless need to do it all. He wishes he could be there to make sure she rests, too.
He wishes he knew where they stand, as well. They’re kinda in this weird limbo right now. They talk at least a few times a week, they spent the last hour before she left making out on the train, but he’s still not sure if they’re dating, if they’re exclusive… He doesn’t think so, and it’s annoying to have to wonder. Taylor is usually so blunt and honest, and she’s always been the one needing reassurances on where they stand. But she’s not saying anything, and it’s slowly driving Ryan crazy.
He picks up the phone and throws his book to the side.
“Hey.” he whispers, falling back against his pillow.
“Hi, Ryan!” he hears her bubbly voice that instantly makes him feel all warm inside. When he closes his eyes, he can see her adorable smile and those piercing hazel eyes that always seem to look straight into his soul.
“Hey.” he repeats, a smile forcing itself onto his face.
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no pressure tags: @elvensorceress @gaydiaz @diazass @thebravebitch @silentxxsoul @shortsighted-owl @eddiebabygirldiaz @arthursdent @911onabc @housewifebuck @rogerzsteven @watchyourbuck @underwater-ninja-13 @eowon @loserdiaz @evanbegins @ladydorian05 @pirrusstuff @theotherbuckley @wildlife4life @fortheloveofbuddie @nmcggg @diazpatcher @lover-of-mine @exhuastedpigeon @king-buckley @monsterrae1 @thewolvesof1998 @hoodie-buck @spotsandsocks @jeeyuns @callmenewbie @alliaskisthepossibilityoflove @weewootruck @hippolotamus @steadfastsaturnsrings @malewifediaz @honestlydarkprincess @buckaroosheart @spagheddiediaz @rainbow-nerdss @giddyupbuck @jesuisici33
#fuck it friday#ryan x taylor#fic snippet#wikiangela writes#my writing#my wips#ryan atwood#taylor townsend#the oc#the oc fic#feel free to ignore lol just sharing to motivate myself to keep writing#haven't written anything but buddie in so long omg#i hope i get the characters right 😬#i just go where inspiration takes me and currently it's a couple sentences a day in various wips lol#i had a whole scene of ryan talking to seth too and i liked that and might use it but couldn't make it make sense haha
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There are many jokes floating around the shadowgast nation about the nature of Caleb and Essek's relationship (eggplants and winky faces abound), and most of them are good natured and perhaps true (eventually or at some point). I find most of them entertaining and sweet, but some of what I have stumbled across post-reunion have highlighted that it's only a joke up to a certain point to me.
Please keep in mind that everything in this post is my opinion and my opinion only. I'm not asking that anyone agree with me. This post is mainly for me because I felt like I needed to make it.
I have seen several comments/posts/tags in many different places talking about Essek and Caleb and that scene in the reunion, and describing it as horny or saying they can't keep their hands off each other or following up that conversation with sexual intimacy. I know a lot of these comments or conversations are not malicious or ill-intentioned, and I understand that people are excited for the first new content in nearly 2 years.
But, one thing I have appreciated about Critical Role is the variety of sexuality and genders represented, including various asexual and aromantic identities. Essek is confirmed by Matt on Twitter to be demi (romantic or sexual is unclear to me so it could be taken as either. If anyone has any other sources I would greatly appreciate them). As someone who identifies as aspec, I deeply appreciate the representation that Critical Role has given me.
The shadowgast scene in the reunion was not sexual to me. It's only been six months since the end of c2, which granted, I have not completed yet. As of this writing, I am in the middle of episode 133. Whatever is going on between Caleb and Essek is still very new, especially for two people who thought they would never have love. An aspect of being demi is that it takes time and closenes and a strong emotional bond for romantic and/or sexual feelings to develop. Six months, to me, feels like an incredibly short time for those feelings to take root for Essek even if he is on the path of developing them.
Seeing people make light of Essek's sexual attraction or feelings for Caleb or treat them as common place or casual, even innocuously, has made me feel as though this aspect of Essek really is ignored or forgotten about sometimes. Not by everyone nor, I would even doubt, the majority. Maybe not intentionally or maliciously or maybe it's a lack of understanding about demisexuality or aspec identities.
This is a feeling I have had for a while, and I mean this about nothing in particular but rather a sum of the parts I have encountered over the months.
In addition, I think Essek's sexuality can be overshadowed by how sexual Caleb can be/is. He makes comments throughout the entirety of the campaign that directly or indirectly reveal his sexuality, and that part is clearly important to him, even if he has not acted on it in a very long time.
I am not saying that Essek is NOT sexually attracted to Caleb or that their relationship does not involve sex at some point or at the time of that scene. I do think, at the very least, that Caleb and Essek would have a conversation about it as some point, and I find it likely it would turn sexual. At the very least, Caleb is attracted to Essek. Liam has confirmed that. I would guess those feelings are a combination of romantic, sexual, platonic, etc.
But I cannot imagine, and again this is my opinion, that feeling sexual attraction or acting on it for the perhaps first or second, maybe third time, is not a life-altering moment for him, let alone acting on it. From what see of his character, he's extrmely gaurded, extremely lonely, extremely shameful. Showing his emotions and attraction to Caleb, or to anyone really, is an extreme show of trust and vulnerability, and I don't think it should be taken lightly.
Treating it, at least in those early months, as though it is common or casual, something taken for granted, feels, to me, as though it undermines the importance and gravity of Essek's feelings, whatever they may be. Further, it undermines aspec identities, relegating them to sidelines if it is even acknowledged at all. I feel as though a lot of the jokes ignore Essek's demisexuality and how integral it is to how he builds relationships and interacts with people.
As someone who is aspec, I find it disheartening to see these sort of jokes and offhand comments being circulated about a character who is confirmed, canon aspec whose identity centers on deep bonds that take time to develop. Applying sexual under/overtones to scene where a small chaste kiss and an innocent pet name are shared feels like, in a way, a forced sexualization of a new, developing relationship that may never turn sexual.
There is such little aspec representation in media, and Critical Role does a fantastic job of showcasing a variety of aspec identities which is so, so rare. To turn around and have the fandom ignore or disregard these identities (intentional or not) that the cast and crew work hard to incorporate feels bad. It makes me feel as though I still have to fight for my identity to be seen and understood by people who, theoretically, support and want to understand and respect various identities, who claim to love Essek and Caleb and their relationship. It hurts.
I have spent a lot of time convincing myself that I and my sexuality belong in the queer community, that I deserve to have a voice, that I deserve to be respected and heard. With my feelings about Essek and his demisexuality, I didn't feel right standing by any longer and remaining silent when these portrayals were bothering me.
I am not asking anyone to change their opinions, to agree with me, to change the fic they write, the art they draw. The Critical Role fandom is beautiful and amazing and absolutely incredible. I have met so many kind, caring, wonderful people since joining. It's an experience unlike any other. But, I needed to make this post for me and anyone else who was feeling like me.
#critical role#shadowgast#caleb widogast#essek thelyss#mighty nein reunited#mighty nein#cr2#oh boy am i inviting the disk horse by posting this???#probably 😬😬😬#but this is something that has been bothering me for a few months and the reunion just confirmed it#please be kind if you choose to interact#this is not meant to be mean or ill intentioned toward anyone#i just needed to get it off my chest#if one other person who feels similar sees this posting it will be worth it#i understand my own experiences heavily influence my opinions here#but really the cr fandom overall has been so welcome and wonderful and kind#its been amazing!#thank u for reading this long ass post if you make it to the end#oh boy i am nervous about posting this#which is exactly why i feel like i should post it
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Ghost cat
#danny phantom#ghost cat#our cat cloud sat in front of us while we were doodling ghost animals#and she stayed still long enough for us to get the general shape of her down#we're actually surprised at how well we did#you can even see that shes actually kinda overweight 😬 we're working on that we promise
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Have you ever drawn woman? Id love to see some in your style!
LMAO, I have, but yeah, not really as much as I've drawn guys. As I mentioned in the previous ask, I just really love striking, prominent features, and women tend to be a lot more polished and round and... idk, perfect, in a way. How I draw is very messy and sketchy, and when I draw women, those sketchy lines tends to just make them look old...
If I could live off of just drawing whatever my heart desires, I would have been drawing way more women too. But everything I post online is made in my free-time, so I just draw whatever I'm most obsessed with at the time. And that just tends to be men 😅
#I do love women though' don't get me wrong#like' I wanna marry them type beat#...not me coming out knee-deep in the tags of a random ask lmaoo that's crazy#anyways' I've drawn a handful of the ladies from arcane not too long ago and was planning on drawing them more#-but then atsv came out and here we are 🤷♀️#thank you for asking though' I really hope the lack of women on my page doesn't give off weird vibes#I've been kinda worried about that 😬 I really do love em though ❤️
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Just got to the synopsis for interlude #2 The Clearing for WBN and like, as an indoor cat with anxiety my reaction was very
Like. It's bad out there! No thank you, The Ocean! What's that over there? Do not ask! You don't want or need to know! Leave it alone!
#worlds beyond number#i like cozy spooky but i am not a horror fan at all by any means so halloween is both fun and awful for me#so i love that i have podcasts i can get some fun spooky vibes and supernatural elements from#to feed that part of me while actively blocking all tags for horror movies and such#i contain multitudes#i'll listen to achewillow with it's eviscerating hunger demon all day long#but if i catch a glimpse of a horror movie trailer i WILL burst into tears and have nightmares 🤷🏻♀️#i'm interested to see how this interlude is going to go on the “more gory than usual” front 😬
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IMOGEN KOL — the rogue inquisitor (x)
[template by @unholymilf]
tag list (ask to be added or removed!): @adelaidedrubman @florbelles @marivenah @simonxriley @shegetsburned @voidika @kyber-infinitygems @v0idbuggy @eloquentmoon @inafieldofdaisies @statichvm @socially-awkward-skeleton @aceghosts @carlosoliveiraa @risingsh0t @thedeadthree @cassietrn @jackiesarch @gwynbleidd @shellibisshe @loriane-elmuerto
#oc insp: Imogen Kol#new year same oc hyperfixation that I subject everyone to ✌️#the real question is will I ever get tired of making Imogen edits for every template that crosses my path? probably not any time soon#and yeah I’m linking her playlist again because I have not stopped listening to it and it completely overtook my wrapped#age is based off 0 BBY btw. if she makes it that far 😬 ha ha jk. unless doomed by the narrative?#anyway I feel like this looks a bit wack but it was like 12:30am when I finished it up and I stared at it too long so I’m yeeting it out ✨
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#honestly writing any kind of fluff as a preamble to get the narrative going#is like pulling teeth for me#it takes me soo long#and I only know like#5 adjectives#but then we get to some angst#and i'm spitting sentences left right and centre#what does that say about me#😬😬#spider socorro#avatar fanfic#avatar the way of water
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Are you still doing the wip ask game? If so, can i ask about number 5?
I love this one and I'm so embarrassed that it's still a wip oh no!!!! This should have been completed a long time ago to celebrate hitting 1,000 followers but uh... it sorta snowballed into way more than I thought it would and this cute little oneshot is now way more than that. Whoops.
It started as a @stealingyourbones prompt that I added on to, which you can read here! Then I posted a wee little wip wednesday sneak peek, and this snippet (is it still a snippet if it's over 1k words?) carries on from there :)
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Danny doesn’t join him for what is, unexpectedly, a pretty great meal.
“Holy shit, you guys,” he murmurs, wiping his mouth with a napkin. "You’re missing out.”
“Come on, Jay, it can’t be as good as the Big Bat Deluxe.” Dick whines in his ear. “You love those.”
“No, I love the Red Hot Hood Bites. That’s all I get at Bat Burger, and don’t let me hear you telling the others that I get anything else.”
“Please, Jason, don’t think we don’t have everyone’s BB order on file, who do you think you’re talking to?”
“Fuck off, Timbits. Go eat at Red Robin.”
“Hey, fuck you!”
Jason elects to tune out the ensuing list of threats in favour of finishing his burger. He’s heard them all before and he’s like 80% sure that Tim won’t actually hide his body in a Red Robin—if only because it wouldn’t take the World’s Greatest Detective to figure out who did it and he'd be so deep in the fucking shit that he may as well join Jason.
Aside from the food (seriously, that sauce! He’s going to need to rustle up a copycat or something, he can’t leave here without a recipe), the Nasty Burger is a pretty sad affair.
It’s a little run down, the vinyl covers on the seats peeling and suspiciously sticky, and incredibly quiet. The only other people around are the two teens behind the counter, bored and on their phones, and two kids, probably around Danny’s age, sitting in the corner quietly arguing amongst themselves. There’s an ungodly amount of food in front of them, but only the guy seems to be eating.
Jason sighs and looks at the rapidly cooling Supremely Nasty Meal meant for Danny. Taking a few of the fries won’t hurt, will it?
He peels the paper bag away from the greasy mess and digs in. Huh, they really skimped on his lot, there’s only like half a carton in here.
“So, you gonna bring us back something or are we going to have to starve?”
“Haven’t decided yet.”
“What a shame,” Timbo starts, with a theatrical air, “for I am still trying to decide whether or not to tell you everything I’ve learnt about the Fentons. Perhaps we could come to some sort of arrangement?”
“You finally made yourself useful and got through those firewalls?”
“Yeah, once I managed to get my hands on a native laptop. It’s weird, but whatever was keeping out my tech lets anything bought directly from Amity in. Having such localised security—to the point where even my stuff can’t penetrate?— is beyond strange. I don’t like it.”
Jason leans back, and reaches for Danny’s milkshake, finding it surprisingly light when he lifts it up. Seriously, what is with the half portions here? He turns round and glares at the spotty teen behind the counter, who doesn’t look up from his phone. Whatever. It's not like Danny’s going to drink it anyway.
Looks like the two kids in the corner have made up, if their stifled laughter is anything to go by. Most of their own food is gone now, too, so perhaps the real reason it’s called the Nasty Burger is because they stiff you on the food.
“This place is weird.” says Dick, in a rare case of being right.
“You don’t know the half of it…” Tim sighs but doesn’t offer up anything else.
Jason’s been trying his best to ignore it.
The weirdness, that is.
There’s an electrical charge in the air so strong it almost feels like he’s swimming through static. Each breath makes his steps bounce like he’s walking on the moon. If he turns too quickly, if he stands up too fast, his head spins like he's breathing too much oxygen.
No matter what Tim thinks he knows, it’s not the full weirdness of Amity Park, Jason's sure about that. Being here itches under his skin, and he resolves not to delve any deeper into it. Not with the way the green swims on the edges of his vision.
The sooner they figure out what’s happening here, the better.
“What’s your price?”
“Two Supremes and a six pack of Nasty Nuggies. Cake shake with two shots of espresso.”
Jason rolls his eyes as Dick splutters in concern.
“Shake and espresso? Tim, you have a problem.”
“It’s just a frappuccino. There’s no difference.”
“Then get a frappuccino.”
“I want a shake.”
“Then there's a difference! And the difference is that Alfred will kill us for enabling you!”
“As riveting as watching Timberly’s mental and physical wellbeing disappear before our very eyes is, what’s your info?”
“The same for me, please!” Dick butts in, yet again. “Except with a coke instead, because I’m normal.”
Both Tim and Jason snort.
“Yeah, not gonna touch that. Tim, info, come on.”
“Alright, alright. Hey, so, what’s your favourite thing about being adopted?”
“Tim, I swear to God, if you don’t get to the point right now, I’ll—”
“You’re right! It’s that none of us are actually related to you.”
“And yet somehow, I’m still stuck with you all. Point, Tim, get to it.”
He grabs the burger meant for Danny and begins to unwrap it. If he has to listen to Tim being all smug about whatever he’s found out, he’s doing it with a burger in hand.
“Did you know that Willis Todd’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather was a Nightingale?”
“What’s a Nightingale? Aside from the obvious.”
“A Nightingale is about two generations away from becoming a Fenton.”
“Oh, what the fuck? You cannot be serious!”
“Serious as a cake shake with two espressos in it.”
“No, my… Someone ate my other fucking burger!”
Danny’s burger has a huge, bite-sized chunk taken out of it. Literal teeth marks in the bun. A slice of tomato slops limply onto the table, painting his shirt with splatters of weak tomato juice, the red half moon taunting him. Sauce dribbles out mournfully.
The two kids in the corner are staring openly now, faces red with how hard they’re laughing.
Jason sinks into his chair with a groan.
This fucking town.
Is this how they treat outsiders? Take bites of their burgers while they laugh on—but then why only do it to his spare and not both meals? The teenagers behind the counter aren't even paying any attention, so why bother pulling a prank like this if you're not going to—
Danny.
Jason whips his head around as if he can catch the invisible little shit, but just like on the street, there's no sign of him.
Has he been here the whole time, invisibly eating the food Jason offered him? Except the packaging was still perfectly wrapped, the sticker still attached, how in the hell had he managed to eat the burger without damaging it? Did he get to it in the kitchen? Or does he—
“Wait, hold up. What the fuck did you just say?”
#wip game#wink wonk hello hello! this ask gave me the motivation to actually get through work rather than collapse into a puddle and dissolve :)#i'm gonna reblog the wip game post again because i want to work on these and apparently talking about them gets me fired up#like i mean who knew??? who knew that being excited and telling someone about something makes you want to work on it more?#i really need to think of an actual title for this huh#but lbr i have a long way to go before this needs a title. this fic is really snowballing - like i love that but also holy shit#so much bigger than i thought it'd be 😬#ain't that always the way#anyway thank you so much for the ask!!#love you guys#oh shit my writing tag#hailsatanacrab🦀🦀writes#it took me a while to remember where the crabs go :(
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