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There is one ds3 boss or like Big Enemy that flails around some Huge bowl and spills lava over you from it. I vividly remember please someone tell me what's his name I have a joke to make
#I have not played more than the first boss of ds3 but I have watched my brother play though it#(I do wannw play it but I left my console in Transylvania)#I vividly remember this bad boy and I thiiink he was somewhere around the dancer of the boreal valley#in the game timeline I mean#dark souls#ds3#for extra information he's a very big boy and I think the fight happens somewhere in an old and dark stone building. like a cathedral idk#this doesn't say much I know <3#posts from yahar'gul
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FORGETTABLE-AU (page 82-85)
THAT LAZYBONES!!
[BEGINNING] [PREVIOUS] [CONTINUE]
#So sorry it took me almost 2 weeks to post these#I was busy irl but ALSO I had too much fun doing extra art and forgot to work on these for like 3 days lmao#NOW THIS TIME I DO HAVE SOME THING TO SAY#YAY RIVERPERSON! SO MANY PEOPLE GUESSED CORRECTLY!#It wasn't that hard#We know Papyrus knows the river person#are they friends? idk BUT I PERSONALLY THINK THEY ARE#I just LOVEEE looking at the dialogue and making connections#I referenced one of the lines from the river person here...sometimes they'll ask you if you know any game you can play with a dog...#They said they were “asking for a friend...”#And I couldn't help but think about Papyrus' problem with the annoying dog LMAO#+ Papyrus seems very excited to know if the river person is there when you call him nearby that area#Okay so... now ...some comic thing that I made up but also didn't...#“FLOWEY DOESN'T KNOW WHO THE RIVER PERSON IS?”#okay so...#I feel like#It's not very common for them to be there...#When talking with Undyne around that area it's kind of *unclear* if she knows about the river person being there....#She tells you about the river connecting different areas and that you should “jump in”#She then clarifies that's the only thing they got for public transport#AND LIKE? It's unclear if she's telling you to jump in the boat (OR IF SHE KNOWS THERE'S SOMEONE WITH A BOAT) or is she's literally telling#you to jump in the river?????#Anyways...so...that's that#HEHE Flowey and Papyrus finally arrived at the house! WOHOO#Sans is too lazy to bring his old stuff to the surface! (or does he still think he'll end up back in the underground eventually?)#undertale#undertale comic#forgettable-au-comic#papyrus#flowey
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Rin and her absolutely platonic love for her best friend
Take 1:

Yes, she likes his face all worked up and flushed. What's wrong with that.
Take 2:

(Why this art look like a mem "-we consent –I don't")
She could have said "you should smile more, babygirl" aka the worst pick up line ever and the scene wouldn't change at all.
Take 3:


She would call him a "good boy" and it's absolutely no one business.
... Take 3:

#Naruto#naruto fanart#rin nohara#nohara rin#obito#uchiha obito#obito uchiha#kakashi#he's there to become a honorable third wheel for today#team minato#these weirdos have such a grip on my mind lately#those sickos (affectionally) <3#there's also so much going on in all the arts...#wonder if anyone even gonna notice the difference of Rin's eyes in some drawings#the pupils#also Obito#the part with a princess is Obito trying to fill the silence bc he hates it enough to start embarrassing himself#and Rin is rizzing him up so Obito shut the fuk (he knows that but still gets flustered)#and the last one is obirin's first ever hug (and probably first Rin's hug...in general)#obirin#like actually obirin this time#also I just wanna say#let's all stop pretend that Rin had absolutely no idea of Obito feelings#that she was oblivious a knew nothing...#so we all pretend that this one scene where she leaned too close to him doesn't exist? like close enough for a kiss#rin wasn't oblivious she KNEW what she was doing#get her some respect#my art#український tumblr#укртумбочка
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House M.D. but it's when House says Wilson's name
#house md#gregory house#prince's talk tag#after almost two weeks of going through the transcripts of every episode I finally finish this and the Wilson version#first off thank you to the clinic-duty team on livejournal for making the transcripts for these episodes#because this video would be near impossible to make without their clear transcripts. I hope y'all are doing well#ive been reading a lot of fics with these two and i see how the authors have the characters refer to each other in their fics#and that got me wondering how much do they say each other's name in the show and how do they refer to each other#since this is the house video ill put his stats here#s1 was 19 times s2 was 31 s3 was 34 s4 was 30 s5 was 35 s6 was 58 s7 was 25 and s8 was 28#in total he says his name 260 times. Mostly refers to him just by Wilson#He's only said Wilson's first name 7 times. Once by Jim 3 by Jimmy and 3 by James#He'll use his full name in professional settings or to be sarcastic or to pretend to be him#You know since House is the main character and in every episode of the show i thought he'd say his name more than him#but Wilson beats him by 42 times bc s7 and s8 he doesn't say his name as much. it took Wilson getting cancer for him to say it more#than he was before that point
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I FINALLY FINISHED THIS!!!!!!!! I might tweak some of the wording, but this is for my school project explaining what goth is ☺️🫶



#YIPPEE 🎉🎉🎉🎉#Of course; this is only a light overview and doesn't delve too deeply into the history of it all#Buuuuut if you guys would like for me to explain the whole deal with visual kei and it's history then I could maybe do it in the future :3#not now though my brain needs a break 💀#i procrastinated too hard on this#Also for those wondering why I put so much emphasis on the politics while most people say that goth “doesn't have any politics tied to it”#it's because every aspect is very much political!!!!!!!!!! even if people themselves don't recognize it as such#<- which is why everyone (including myself) shit on conservative “goths” LOLL#my art#school#school project#comic#educational comic#goth#goth subculture#goth history#alternative#punk#counterculture#To add/clarify: I said everything began in the 80's because a. the beginning of goth in the late 70's and early 80's really blends together#b. goth's heyday truly became what we know it as from the 80's onwards#and c. I was just too lazy to go back and change it 💀 LOL#if you guys are curious about anything lmk
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Me, watching some YJS fans justify what Shauna did to Mari by using clips of Mari and Jackie giggling in s1 (normal teenage girl things), or Mari speaking the truth and trying to take Jackie's jacket (even though it was the middle of winter and the group were already sharing clothes), with said fans saying that they've would've done worse to Mari in response, acting like that makes them any better:
#yellowjackets spoilers#yellowjackets#like this fandom continues to disappoint me#“she's traumatized” not an excuse especially since she specifically was targeting mari for the thrill and dehumanized her body after#something in which she hadn't done to the other kills mind you and then wore mari's hair as a trope#*trophy#that is beyond being traumatized and just shauna being horrific. it's okay to admit that#what isn't okay however is to dismiss valid criticism (largely from poc fans) about how dehumanizing it was that she did to mari#by saying “women can't commit wrongs” or “let women be wrong” when you know damn well that isn't the case#(or are you mad that you can't live out your violent fantasy thru shauna without being called out? hmm)#and all the reasons those fans use to justify it are just mari being 1.) a teenage girl 2.) being truthfully honest and 3.) worse sins have#been committed by the other characters like SHAUNA#when you bring up how shauna slept jeff and got pregnant by her best friend's boyfriend it's just “oh teenage girl things”#but when mari is also doing “teenage girl things” one which includes being shady and a bit mean suddenly that excuse no longer applies#largely bc fandom often times doesn't sympathize much with poc characters as they do their yte counterparts#especially if they're young#shauna shipman#mari ibarra#anti shauna shipman#if i ever said that shauna was one of my faves i take it back SO HARD#shauna's ass crying back in the adult tl like she's innocent....i need her to die#but watch the show give her a graceful send out bc it's the shauna show (even tho it's an ensemble cast)#it's kind of annoying to see these fans use lottie as a comparison saying that people care about mental illness as long as the person#doesn't react violently like shauna and while to a degree i can understand bc that is true#in this case it kind of falls flat when you take into consideration how in the show and fandom lottie and her mental state haven't been#treated with the same response or care that shauna has (lottie is beaten brutally while experiencing an episode by shauna)#and it's done dirty throughout the show until her death with only really simone speaking up angrily against how she's portrayed#(same people who are justifying shauna lashing out in anger regarding her trauma were the same ones who were hating on travis in s1 & s2)
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...and Comfort ⇢ Top Form, 2025, EP05
#boom raweewit#boom raweewit jiraphongkanon#smart chisanupong#smart chisanupong paungmanee#top form#top form the series#jinakin#jin#akin tahra#bledit#bl edit#bibidi bobidi bu#much to discuss in this gifset:#1) hand-held camera can all go fuck themselves#2) if boom looked at me like that i'd kiss him too#3) they are so important to me#4) fear i'm giffing a little too close to the sun with my choice of scenes. i'm lucky most of tumblr doesn't know me cause the choices#i made this episodes say a lot about me and my issues tbh lol. lmao even#also sorry for the change of color in the subs i just didn't like how the pink looked in these ones
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Tuvok Voice: You are her official right hand while I have been making detailed psychological observations about her for the past four years - we are not the same.
[Patreon | Ko-fi]
#love early seasons Tuvok where he really goes hard on hissing at Chakotay like '/I/ know her best. She trusts /ME/ the most'#wish they had a whole episode about the three of them and their dynamic. REAAAALLY I wish there was a whole multi-episode arc about it#Tuvok#Kathryn Janeway#I didn't wanna draw any particular uniform bc I don't really care when precisely they were ensigns#and the show doesn't either (Janeway has known Tuvok 6 or 20 years)#the starfleet uniform changes so much anyway <3 I don't mind - it's fun#st voyager#voy#st voy#star trek voyager#this can be ship art if you believe#bea art tag#there is SOMETHING going on between them#Tuvok has a file somewhere that's just FOUR + /YEARS/ of observations on Janeway#I need you to understand - at the time of him saying this they have not been in the delta quadrant for four years. He was doing this BEFORE
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i don’t know if this really counts as an evil!mommy sugu but like . i imagine suguru to be a little lenient with how often you refer to him with his name and not his title. he understands you get shy sometimes, and he doesn’t mind when some days it takes you a little longer to call him mommy. he can handle a shy baby!
but i feel like the one time he really enforces it, is when you’re either arguing or trying to make a point. he won’t respond until you refer to him as mommy. like, you try calling him sugu or suguru and he’s just smiling softly, patting your cheek and saying; “i don’t know who you could possibly be talking to, because that’s not my name.”
and not only does he do it to slightly embarrass you, but to also subtly put you back in your place. to see how sheepish you get when you feel your cheeks heating up. because you’re just being so silly! how could you even fathom arguing with the man you call mommy? who takes care of every need you may or may not have? silly baby.
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Mdniiiiiiiiii!!!!! Infantilization, mommy kink, mentions of spankings and age regression , manipulation..?? Toxic relationship dynamics (evil mommy!sugu)
Ik the warnings are a little scary but the misandrist in me is hyper analyzing everything a man does for better or for worse
And applenon!!!! This very much is evil mommy sugu behavior lol typical Mommy Sugu understands that you're an adult and he DOES RESPECT YOU i swear he does it's a healthy relationship!!!!!!! So he's not gonna insist on you calling him mommy (cuz being mommy is a mindset, and you have to earn the title like a badge of honor <- his words) In cases of arguments he lets you get your way but will listen to you and make you feel heard, THEN the coddling happens ect ect we're not here to talk ab that rn.
So back to evil mommy!sugu!!!!!! I agree i agree i agree i love this so much buuuttt i think he would do this for your safety really, he's not worried about his position crumbling or anything, just wants to remind you that this is mommy you're talking about, he's here to protect you, keep you safe and happy, and you can't any of those things when you look at the person who provides for you and think negative thoughts, he is your caretaker!!!!!!!!!! He does what's best for you, mother knows best and mother knows that putting you back in your place is the best way to go back about this. So he's gently palming your cheek and sliding a thumb inside to lure his sweet obedient baby out again, and once the initial embarrassment of calling him mommy fades you're back into your safe cozy comfy world, you turn pliant basically lmao.
If you have been recently spanked (which i don't see happening with a shy reader but just let me have my fun plz) he won't hesitate to pat your ass a little, trace little patterns or words (its usually "baby" ehe) to trigger the sting and effectively remind you that you're giving attitude to somebody who had you on his lap not too long ago lol
He does reward you when you get back to your senses (regress enough) tho, holds you in his arms while you suck on his nipples, pats your ass (reminder of the spanking just Incase), smoothes down your hair, and asks who mommy's good baby is (answer or else) all while cooing and gently scolding you about acting out <33
Again this is evil mommy sugu lol (or yandere) he actually is the Suguru in the kidnapping and replacing your evil abusive mom fic!!! (Well to a degree at least bcuz he's over all very gentle and focused on helping you adjust and learn to be loved and cared for again) So not evil just yandere and very strange as he does refer to himself as mommy casually (you probably have seen the little snippet I shared)
Typical mommy sugu is just....built like that ig??? Again it's a mindset, he's an intense caretaker who wants to do everything to you but lets you be yourself and have a personality outside of just being his baby
#i hope my wording fooled you into thinking that this isn't toxic behavior lol#ik you're all smart enough to know that respect is a huge pillar that keeps a relationship standing but yk....just in case#don't go letting men treat you like this....#get your mommy man battery recharged here with me then carry on your day#i hope i didn't crush any dreams like this <////3#like i always say just take whatever you like from the headcanons and leave what doesn't appeal to you#there's also the issue of the dark blog rising againnnnn#i wanna filter out some content so it doesn't stay empty#but then ill have to worry ab how much stuff is posted there bcuz i answer asks on here since it's my main#whatever we'll get it all figured out soon#so again applenon speaking facts facts and facts#this is gonna sound crazy but age play is a line I'd rather not cross LMFAOOO#ik you're probably thinking “that ship has long sailed bro” but idk i don't think so#ehh as long as we don't call it that everything's gucci#˗ˋˏ –. 𐙚 ̊🍎.anon.ᐟ.ᐟˎˊ-#tw infantilization#tw mommy kink#tw toxic relationship
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Step 1: Get severed
Step 2: Get a second soul
Step 3: ????
Step 4: Heaven
#severance#severance spoilers#severance season 2#severance s2 e6#i guess step 3 is supposed to be like...hope your innie doesn't sin too much (and then die)?#idk sorry I just can't get over this whole concept#cause also then what? your innie soul is in heaven and gets approached by your spouse's soul#and they say something like ''hey you don't know me at all but i was basically married to your evil twin and i miss them''#but idk there is clearly more going on with burt so this could be made up anyway#but you think they'd at least base it on a real idea in the world. like what if irv had been religious and knew the church's stance#it would be game over for nothing if it were made up whole cloth. but if at least some denominations preach that then it's plausible
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Did you see the clip of Joe yesterday?
Is it a clip now? Oh lord....was it funny at least?
It was the first time he ever used the F word in a conference.
He cursed? Y'all lying...I be trying to get him to curse, he don't curse when I'm talking to him...
#again love love loveeee this style of press conference where they get joe to talk about ja'marr a lot the first day#then report everything he said back to ja'marr the next day#truly they do have to communicate with each other in the MOST indirect convoluted ways#exhausting! just make them do these together!!! can you imagine them arguing about whether ja'marr's ever asked for the ball like that??#but still. this version of reality is also Very Good.#is it a clip now?? oh lord... just so wife embarrassed about husband coded if i'm being honest!#like 'oh what did he say now!! i hope it was at least funny!'#and then not believing that joe cursed (just like he didn't believe joe winked earlier in the year)#constantly trying to figure this man out <3#you know he's going to be on joe even more to curse now#the thing is i feel like joe probably doesn't curse much in casual conversion. midwestern polite boy and all that#but he's a grown-ass man so i'm sure he DOES curse occasionally#but maybe knowing how much ja'marr wants him to...he purposefully does it less around him to mess with him#that's a dynamic i fully believe for them#ja'marr chase#joe burrow#joe'marr
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but when they're out on that river bank alone, what javier should be loyal to doesn't feel as confusing anymore
#also known as 'he wants so badly to run away with his boyfriend and marry him and live happily ever#after'#but his commitment to dutch and the gang breaks his heart#i want them to be happy SO BAAAD SO BAD IM GOINGN TO THROW YP#also the top right one comes w a headcanon#which is that kieran can only bathe if javier is there (and only javier) because otherwise he's too terrified of being k*lled for either bei#ng trans or just in general because he's alone#so that's why he's usually stinky#he really hates being stinky but he doesn't consider it worth dying over#anyway i love them so bad and their little fishing dates#kieran infodumps the whole time and javier feels so lucky to be alive because he knows kieran doesn't talk around anyone else near as much#if at all#javier knows 99% of the fish knowledge but he never interrupts and is always happy to listen to kieran yap about every other topic too#i need to put javi in an 'i ❤️ my autistic boyfriend' shirt#ok i'll shut up now#also i know this composition looks like total shart i'm literally the worst at doing them </3 be nice to me#rdr2#red dead redemption 2#kieran duffy#javier escuella#javieran#am i allowed to say that i own this ship#considering i literally made it LOL i feel so proud even tho it also makes me miserable that i bascially have no one to talk to abt them#image#art#hero draws sometimes
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maybe I haven't been looking at the sky
post-sonic 3 fic about stone. stobotnik too. oh yeah baby it's time for some pain.
word count is a bit under 3.6k
featuring: grief like so much grief, lots of hurt, a smidgen of comfort, second-person narration, so many goddamn timestamps, did I mention hurt, acknowledgement of shadow the hedgehog being like an actual teenager, shadow the hedgehog being kind of like a weird cat, the smallest hint of sonadow, and, of course, hurt.
have fun! >:3
p.s.: the title is from Maud Gone by Car Seat Headrest because I like that song and it fits too well
June 24, 2024, 3:26 AM
You wake up.
You don't immediately open your eyes, though, because if you stay in the darkness, you can pretend that everything is alright. You can pretend that nothing's changed.
You can pretend he's still here.
You open your eyes.
It's still dark, and you can only just barely make out the hotel room ceiling above you.
You can hear the soft pitter-patter of the London rain against the window.
You spare a glance at the clock on the bedside table.
You know you won't be able to fall asleep.
Four hours of rest is enough, anyway.
You get up.
You take a shower.
Your reflection in the mirror seems to bore holes through your skull.
You brush your teeth, and you get dressed.
You work, because you have nothing else to do.
You go to get shitty hotel coffee and breakfast.
On instinct, you grab two cups.
You decide you don't want coffee anymore.
June 24, 2024, 12:58 PM
Your lunch is tasteless, and not just because it's British.
You think you would've laughed at that only 24 hours ago.
You don't think about if he would've.
You don't have much to work on.
Your hands itch. Everything feels so still. So static.
You try not to think about it. You try to think about anything else.
You think about how cold it is for a summer day.
You think about the smell of rain on the sidewalk.
You don't look at the sky.
You count your steps to fill your mind with something, anything.
It takes you precisely 673 steps to get back to your hotel from the lunch spot.
You don't think about how odd it feels to walk so slowly.
You don't think about how lonely you are.
You don't think about the Crab sunk in the Thames.
You don't think about him.
June 24, 2024, 7:31 PM
It's been 24 hours since it happened.
You feel empty.
You feel empty and sweaty and gross despite the wind chill and you shower again.
Your reflection stares at you again. It accuses you, blames you. It says it's your fault.
In its eyes, you can almost see something like him.
You cover the mirror.
You get yourself ready for bed, and you lay there under the hotel duvet, air conditioner blasting, and you shiver, but you don't get up to change it.
The Doctor prefers it cold, so–
You stare at the ceiling. It looks blurrier than usual.
You don't fall asleep for another few hours.
June 30, 2024, 1:08 PM
Montana is certainly better than London. At least, you'd say so.
It was a good idea to keep paying the lease on the Mean Bean. It's something you know.
You can't decide whether the familiarity makes you feel better or worse.
At least G.U.N. doesn't want anything to do with you, which you are more than welcome to.
Your “house,” if it can even be called that, what with its studio apartment style, in the back of the Mean Bean feels foreign to you, but the warmth feels nice.
The café stays cold.
You say it's to save money on the heating bill.
You were always good at pretending.
July 23, 2024, 4:23 PM
It's been exactly one month.
The hedgehog visits you today.
You know you should be plotting against him. You should be planning your revenge. You should be scheming to get rid of him once and for all–
But you're just so tired.
And in the end, he didn't want what happened, either.
He smiles at you as he orders a hot chocolate, but you can see the tightness in his face.
You bring up the other hedgehog, Shadow, and he falters for a moment.
You don't smile, not really, but your face softens as you come to an understanding.
You can't talk about him, but listening to Sonic talk about Shadow helps to dull the pain for a moment.
Before he leaves, Sonic gives you a sad smile, and tells you he's sorry about the Doctor.
Your throat closes up.
You stand still as the door opens and closes.
Your hands are shaking as you close.
August 16, 2024, 1:15 PM
Ever since he visited you the first time, Sonic has come back every other day for a hot chocolate and a chat.
The kid seems to always have something to say. You suppose he's hyperactive in many ways.
He's nice to you, and a part of you hates it, but you can't get yourself to get rid of the kid. Even if he says he stops by to check on how you're doing, you know it's helpful for him, too.
Deep down, you feel guilty for commiserating with the enemy. The guilt is something you opt to push down, though, because it makes you think of him.
You're interrupted when Sonic walks through the door with his human quasi-father in tow. Tom, you think his name is.
If you're honest, he looks like shit. His arm is in a cast and he's walking with a slight limp. The bags under his eyes are nothing to scoff at, either, but he gives you a soft smile.
He only orders a water, and drinks it slowly as Sonic chatters at his side about the shop.
You know he's been worried about Tom, and you're glad to see he's alright, but a twinge of resentment bites at you.
Why couldn't have you gotten a happy ending, too?
August 27, 2024, 1:00 PM
He's back again, and he brought his friends: the fox and the echidna.
You freeze for a moment when you see the fox. The conversation you had with him plays in the back of your mind and you relentlessly shoo it away.
The echidna is still annoying, but it's funny to see him order a shot of espresso and then immediately choke when he takes one sip.
When you're not trying to fight each other, they're good kids. You appreciate the effort they're making, at the very least.
It's nice to have noise to fill up the air. Helps quiet the thoughts a little bit, especially when the shop doesn't get much traffic these days.
Chatting with the alien children gives you something to do, too, since you can't do latte art anymore.
Your hands start shaking the moment you try.
So, you listen to them talk: teasing each other, making bad jokes, ranting about this or that.
When they leave, they all say goodbye, and while the silence is still suffocating, you're finding it slightly easier to breathe.
September 10, 2024, 8:01 AM
It's his birthday today, and you can't get yourself out of bed.
You can't even properly cry. Quiet tears roll down your face and stain your pillow.
You can't get back to sleep, either. You don't know if you would even want to. You don't know if you could bear to see his face in your dreams.
You stare at the brick wall, bare of photos or posters or plans, and you can't get yourself to look away.
September 10, 2024, 1:30 PM
The door to your “house” opens and you jump from your bed.
Team Sonic broke into your house.
You would be angry. You should be angry. But you can't muster up the energy.
Sonic says something that you don't register, and Knuckles proudly holds out a messily-made cupcake in front of him.
When you get a closer look…
Oh.
It's for the Doctor.
When you look up, Sonic is giving you that same sad smile he did the first time he came to the cafe. He says he knows how you've been going through a hard time, and that since today is the Doctor’s birthday, he wanted to do something special.
It takes everything in your being to not burst out sobbing in front of the kids.
You all sit around the cupcake and sing to it.
You falter on the name. They don't seem to mind.
You can't bear to eat any of the cupcake, so you stick it in the fridge.
The second those kids are out the door, you cry so hard you can barely stand.
September 12, 2024, 1:12 PM
Tails bursts through the shop door, startling you and the single customer sitting at a table in the corner.
He starts talking, so fast you can only make out a few words.
Before you can tell him to slow down, Sonic runs in after him, smiling brighter than the sun and presenting to you…
…Shadow?
You nearly short-circuit.
How is he alive?
You ask as much, and they all shrug their shoulders, minus Shadow who stands there staring at you without expression.
Apparently, Shadow has some sort of minor amnesia. He can't remember much immediately before…
Well.
But, still, he's alive.
And that sparks something deep in your chest.
You wouldn't dare to believe anything. You know he's… gone.
But a tiny, near molecular voice in the back of your head says what if?
And you can't give into it, but the voice, small as it is, nestles itself in between your cerebrum and cerebellum.
Back to reality, the alien children have decided that Shadow will stay with you.
Their home doesn't have the room for yet another anthropomorphic hedgehog in it, apparently.
You don't seem to have a say in the matter.
You can't say you mind too much.
September 12, 2024, 4:25 PM
You take him in and set up a futon in a clear area of your house.
You give him a tour, which really isn't much considering there are only two actual rooms.
He follows you around, nodding or shaking his head slightly whenever you ask him a question. He's quiet. Shy, even.
You make a simple dinner in silence, and he mumbles a thank you when you hand him his plate.
He falls asleep while you're working, and when you get a closer look at him…
…Did he always look that young?
Minus the 50 years he spent in stasis, he couldn't have been more than 15. Maybe 16, if you're being generous.
His brows furrow in his slumber, painfully familiar, and you're suddenly reminded of the fact that he is, in a way, a Robotnik.
You draw in a sharp breath and blink away the stinging in your eyes.
Maybe you'll sleep early.
September 23, 2024, 1:08 PM
Three months.
It's been three months since it happened, and the pain has only barely dulled.
You're starting to wonder if the coping mechanism of bottling everything up as much as you possibly can isn't working as well as you thought it would.
Shadow has opened up more, at least. He's still quiet and sometimes stares at you, wide-eyed and expressionless, but you've had a good few conversations with him.
You've shown him how to operate some of the coffee machines, even if he isn't quite tall enough to reach them very well on his own.
Every day you spend with him, the more it sets in just how young he is.
For the first week or two after… what happened, you resented him for being a part of it all. But now?
You just see a scared kid.
Team Sonic has been back to the Mean Bean a few times since Shadow arrived. He's incredibly socially awkward and is not one for idle chit-chat, but you've seen a hint of a smile on his face a couple times, and that's enough for you.
His memories have been returning slowly. Despite the voice screaming at you at every waking moment, you don't want to hold out hope. You don't want to be crushed again when the inevitable reality hits you that he is really gone.
You remember when it happened, when three months ago, you watched the Doctor dedicate his last words to you.
You remember going through every stage of grief and then some all at once.
You remember thinking you were done with that process, then, after it hit you like a freight train in all of 20 seconds.
You checked into a hotel, perfectly calm. You went up the elevator, fine. You unlocked the door to your room, ok.
Then you shut the door behind you and realized you'd accidentally gotten a room with two beds.
You remember the taste of bile at the back of your throat.
You blink and you're back where you were, alien children conversing at the counter in your coffee shop. You realize you've been holding the same empty mug and towel for a while.
When you set them down, your palm is indented from the fabric.
October 12, 2024, 2:00 PM
Shadow has warmed up to everything a lot more since he arrived last month.
You've seen him shoot back straight espresso like it was water, which drove Knuckles insane, and, for whatever reason, made you glow with pride.
He's slowly started asking for things directly: meals, things to do, what have you. You finally got to make that revenge guac for you both. It was great.
You had to try to not choke on it.
He's insanely excited for Halloween. It's refreshing to see him like this. He's usually a pretty doom-and-gloom type of guy, and there's a pain within him that you resonate with. But right now, he looks so happy, asking if you can decorate the cafe for the holiday. Of course, you do.
His memory is almost fully restored, too. You're happy about it, but it also instills an intense anxiety in you.
You aren't sure which situation it is that's making you feel like this.
Maybe both.
It'll be 4 months in a little under a week.
You don't think it's stopped hurting.
When you get a moment to be alone, it all comes rushing back at you, and suddenly you feel like you did when it first happened.
But the hurting isn't that bad all the time. Not anymore.
It settles in your chest when you're distracted by something, knocking on your ribs when you're reminded of it.
It's constant, like a bruise that just won't go away.
But it's manageable.
What is less manageable, however, is the voice.
Every day that passes, the voice gets louder, crawling further into your brain and making itself known.
Hell, it's even shown up in your dreams.
As annoying as it is, though, it makes you think about your grief beyond what you had been.
Whenever you have one of the dreams, you wake up and shower, and sit in the water and think.
Mostly, your brain has focused on his absence. The fact that he's… gone.
But, then you start to wonder.
Would this have happened if you'd told him? Would he be gone if he knew how you felt?
Would that have even changed anything?
You have to stop before you spiral too far. Asking questions is dangerous.
You convince yourself that it's just the shower water running down your cheeks, even if your eyes burn.
October 23, 2024, 1:02 AM
You wake up.
You don't immediately open your eyes, though, because if you stay in the darkness, you can pretend that everything is alright. You can pretend that nothing's changed.
You can pretend he's still here.
You open your eyes.
The room is not silent. Faraway thunder rumbles in the sky and Shadow lightly snores from where he sleeps.
It's four months now, and you've suddenly forgotten how to feel numb.
Your hypothesis about emotional suppression seems to be correct.
You sit up.
You stare at your hands.
You can't breathe.
At first, you think someone is trying to kill you. That's the obvious answer.
But then you feel the tear drop down to the tip of your nose.
And then you break.
You lose all sense of time as your vision is flooded. You hiccup between sobs and you know you've always been an ugly crier.
What makes it worse is when you feel a hesitant hand on your shoulder, and look over to see Shadow looking at you with so much concern and understanding.
You don't want to cry in front of him. You're meant to be strong for him, for this kid that you've grown closer to, for this kid that you want to take care of.
But when he reaches up to hug you, all you can do is fall apart on his shoulder. And you feel so bad, because no kid should ever have to be the one to comfort an adult, but the tears keep coming and you can't make them stop.
You don't know how long you sat there, weeping on him, when it seems the well has run dry.
You try to mutter an apology to him, but he gets up and walks away. You stare at nothing in front of you and curse yourself for making this child have to support you, but he comes back with a glass of water, averting his eyes nervously.
You think back to the first week he was here.
He'd had a nightmare and woke up screaming and crying. When you'd gone to comfort him, you brought him a glass of water.
You had awkwardly stuttered about how crying can be dehydrating in a sad attempt to make him feel better, social skills be damned, and it had worked.
That was the first time he'd really smiled at you.
And now he's doing the same for you.
He says something similar about water and dehydration and you can't entirely understand what he's saying, but you smile as best you can through the tears in your eyes and take the glass with a choked thank you.
He lights up at the affirmation, and you feel a warmth bloom in your chest as you realize that you are to Shadow as Tom is to Sonic.
You gently ruffle the top of Shadow's head, the corner of your mouth quirking up. He flusters at the action and tilts his head, almost like a cat, you think, sporting a ghost of a smirk.
You tell him you're alright now and to go back to bed, and you yourself fall asleep with the knowledge that you are this weird alien hedgehog’s weird quasi-father, and you don't mind it one bit.
October 31, 2024, 5:30 PM
Turns out Tom and Maddie made a costume for Shadow. Sonic had apparently told them about something Shadow said about it after one of his trips to the Mean Bean, and they'd decided to surprise him. Needless to say, he was ecstatic. Others may not have registered the level of happiness he was at, but you know Shadow.
You know your boy.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails somehow convinced Shadow to go trick-or-treating with them. You encouraged him, too. He seemed a bit nervous, and even sort of embarrassed, but he ultimately agreed, smiling as he waved goodbye to you.
This was the first time in a while that you've been really alone. The pain starts to catch up to you and for a moment, you feel incredibly empty. Your throat begins to tighten.
You take a deep breath as the grief curls up once more, resting for the moment. It makes you cold.
You make yourself a simple latte and draw a little jack-o'-lantern on the top. Your hands still shake, but it's not too much to deal with.
You doubt anyone else will come into the shop. You already planned to close early for Halloween, and the sign at the front tells as much to any prospective customers.
You turn to begin dealing with the back counter, cleaning the machines and putting things back to where they belong. You've grown fond of the routine.
Then you hear the door open, and turn around to see Shadow running into the shop. His eyes are bright, brighter than you've ever seen them.
He tells you that he remembers everything now. He says, excited—God, it makes you happy to see him excited—that his memory is back and he can tell you what happened to–
The door opens again.
You look up.
He's there.
He's alive.
You stand there for a moment, completely still, completely silent.
You almost scream.
You leap over the counter, running and tackling him in the tightest hug you've ever given anyone.
He smells horrible. Like smoke and sulfur and dirt and grime and he's alive and he's holding onto you just as strong as you are and the voice is cheering and exploding into fireworks in your brain and the pain squeezes your heart in its hands and he's alive.
You don't even notice when the tears begin to fall. You only notice his pulse, alive, his breath, alive, his arms around you, alive, alive, alive.
When you finally pull back after what feels like both an eternity and a millisecond, you get a look at his face, and you put it in your hands and holy shit he is alive.
He looks absolutely disheveled and it's possibly the most beautiful thing you've ever seen, and then he smiles, wide, genuine, warm, so rare, so real, and then he leans forward and kisses you and you can't think anymore.
He tastes awful and you've never loved him more than you do now.
#ripley doesn't say stuff#ripley doesn't know how to write#stobotnik#sonic 3#sonic the hedgehog#sonic movie 3#agent stone#shadow the hedgehog#ivo robotnik#fanfic#im really proud of this one#made my sibling want me dead (this is a good thing to me)#im having a little bit of brainrot#you know how it is#genuinely though this might be one of the best things ive ever written???#which is crazy considering its sonic the fucking hedgehog fanfiction#but what can i say im good at writing pain#also i did so much like. way too in depth research for this#i was looking up the weather in places on specific dates i was looking up sunrise times.#im normal. i swear. (lying)#fun fact if youve made it this far for some reason:#shadows costume is a clockwork orange!#ive never seen the movie myself but i feel like maria would've gotten her hands on it and watched it with shadow#ouuhh the siblings.....#anyways.#youve got better things to do than listen to me ramble in the tags#SCRAM!#angst#angst with a happy ending#teehee
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everything Dan said about labels in BIG was so extremely real and personal to me and people really gloss over a lot of it sometimes I need to talk about it more about it when I'm not exhausted
#he spent years trying to fit into one box or another and then he finally said ah fuck this lmfao#ppl really ignore the “basically” part of basically im gay and it's like you'll get crucified if you point out the nuance#which he himself has talked about so many times#idk why celebrating someone's gayness for what it is in its own esoteric way in their own words is some kind of erasure#i guess because of the issue of ppl calling him bi because they're stupid and don't know how labels work lmao#but that aside i love that he rly is just dan and he's comfortable with that#because it's so hard not fitting into a certain ideal#the part where he said he recognises labels are really important for a lot of people and that's very valid#but he just doesn't give a fuck lmfao like....... i felt that#i felt like him saying “being a man means nothing to me” and then talking about “you could call me she or put me in a dress i wouldn't gaf”#and then calling himself a formless blob or whatever#he literally is just dan whatever that means whatever labels most closely approximate that and there rly is something so powerful#in just not giving a fuck especially on the internet where everyone is so hyper obsessed with labeling everything#and like thinking it's weird for someone to just not really care that much about labels#i feel like so many people misunderstand what he was trying to say in that part idk#like based on the amount of dangender haters#he really just does not give a fuck i fear being a man means nothing to him even if he is one like he just doesn't care#and that's so powerful <3 to me#who up not fitting into a box and feeling lost and untethered because every label you could possibly use makes you feel uncomfortable#on some level#because even trying to be unlabeled is a label in and of itself#i need Dan's therapist's number i think they could fix me#he is just not a labels guy and i love him for that i think it's very powerful and valid when people find joy and solace in labels#but it's also powerful to me when people just don't care for labels at all hadfghgfjkllsfjl#and i think that gets overlooked a lot on the anti nuance website#i love seeing posts celebrating him for being gay gay homosexual gay but i also love seeing posts celebrating him for being a formless blob#he can contain multitudes#and we can celebrate all of that per his own words#without necessarily erasing part of him#i said i wasn't gonna talk about this and then reached the tag limit lmfao i have a PROBLEMMMMM
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as attached as i am to ghoul ro the very short timeline of mass effect 2 does make things a little harder to work out... i want her hair buzzed for lazarus, but also i want it to grow out long enough for her #Iconique hairstyle for at least the latter 2/3 of the game. i want her to be at her absolute worst, not sleeping, not eating, drinking heavily, smoking, spending her downtime staring at the door to her cabin with a gun in her hand, i want her talking to NOBODY but garrus, and i want her to start getting better, putting on weight and muscle (emaciated stickbug to alpha chad) and warming up to those around her, including miranda jacob and edi. i want her relationship with garrus to start out so codependent and intense and to have them simmer down before things get physical. but girl how can all this happen in the span of a few months like come on
#maybe the solution is she doesn't get back to 100% before she gets clapped in irons you know what i mean#maybe the rest of her healing journey is done between the games... idkkkkk#only so much can be attributed to accelerated healing or whatever thanks to the cybernetics#i just want to give her time to explore her relationship to herself after literally dying#and in my canon it's bad bad. like she didn't just die she was in pieces#wholly completely reconstructed. she was chunks of barbecue meat scattered across the face of alchera#the suit kept most of her together but like.. not all of it... and what was inside was fucking mincemeat#i want to give her time to not be okay and to abuse substances and to act out and to get mean and make mistakes#but i ALSO want her to be more or less functional in her leadership position#i can't have her be a blubbering insane mess. she has a mission to carry out and a crew to lead#there's a line to walk and it'd be easier if the game took place over like. oh say a year or close to it#3 months is crazyyyy
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Something really great about the persona 2 cast is that they all individually fucking SUCK to talk to casually. Every single one of them. They are all infuriating. We have:
Tatsuya, who will stare at you blankly if you try to initiate conversation (IS) and will dip without saying a word afterward (EP)
Batsuya, who will scoff and brush you off/otherwise act dismissive
Eikichi, who might honestly be the best to talk to in the IS crew and that is not saying much, who WILL talk extremely loudly over you (probably not on purpose?) and will not be paying particularly close attention to the conversation beyond whatever he wants to say (gets points for talking about his gf. gets points taken away for constantly talking about his gf)
Lisa, who will automatically assume bad faith and will be rude to you the entire conversation unless you manage to defuse her temper (good luck)
Jun, who is uncommunicative at BEST and requires an encyclopedic knowledge of flowers, metaphor and body language just to get a HINT on what he’s thinking, and who will be extremely polite but completely unhelpful. If you tried asking him what he wants for dinner I guarantee it will be the longest 30 minutes of your life as he goes “oh I have no opinion :) whatever you want. :))” EXCEPT HE DOES HAVE OPINIONS. He has SO MANY OPINIONS. He is Expecting you to be able to pick up on his “obvious” clues. He will be passive aggressive if you don’t. (Jun babygirl you suck so bad I love u)
Maya, who is a delight but will very quickly become grating if you try to talk to her about anything serious as she hits you with the white suburban mom's "how to live a happy, healthy life" lifecoach slogans. You can’t even mention, like, stepping in a puddle or something without her hitting you with the positivity beam.
Yukino is great actually. 10/10. She’s fabulous we love her. Incredible conversationalist, chill and fun and easy to get along with. But she’s from Persona One, she doesn’t Count.
Ulala, who WILL bring up her relationship problems in every conversation within 10 minutes at least once. Any longer and she will start talking about Maya.
Do I even need to explain Baofu. Have you seen him.
And finally, Katsuya, who is a cop and a kiss ass and Very Obvious about these things. Also he can't talk to women. He can barely talk to men. Help Him.
And yet they all work wonderfully as a group. They are so annoying I love them
#long post#Nanjo and Elly don't count btw#hi I fucking adore them#I missed them <3 Suou Brothers crawling back into my brain#Persona 3-5 have a very charming casts that are easy to like immediately. Persona 1 & 2 are filled with the most annoying bitches alive#exaggeration obviously. not by that much tho#persona 2s cast in particular is very charming. when they're TOGETHER. Individually? Wellllll...#hmm something about p2s cast in particular feels less. gimmicky? I guess? than the newer persona games#which isn't to say that those casts are worse or that the p2 cast ISN'T gimmicky because they are#but idk. you kind of always know how Ryuji or Ken or Yukiko will react to a situation. but the p2 cast may surprise you#again: doesn't make any of the later casts bad! I absolutely adore them. That you can predict them is evidence of strong character writing!#The p2 cast just feels a little more fleshed out is all. probably because the lack of social links means they're able to progress#throughout the story and change without worrying about conflicting with a link yanno?#I love social links though I think they're a great edition!#They need their kinks ironed out a bit but Yosuke has already proved that they are absolutely capable of working hand in hand with the#development of characters in the story as well#and theyre still fun even when they don't impact the story. I like getting to know side#characters too! (Naoki and Ei and Ai and Daisuke and Kou and the old lady and Akinari and-)#tag ramble#persona 2#tatsuya suou#eikichi mishina#lisa silverman#jun kurosu#maya amano#yukino mayuzumi#ulala serizawa#baofu#katsuya suou#Also um. hi. Its been a while lol
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