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Chapter 17: Birthday Shenanigans (PART 1)

A/N: Alright, here we go. Get ready! This and the next two parts are a few of my absolute favourite chapters! I remember writing these Easter 2023, whilst driving cross-country to see my side of the family. The memories... 🥰

TW! PTSD flashback.

Masterlist / Chapter 16

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It was nearing 6 on a balmy Friday evening; Val was standing with her luggage in the alley beside her apartment, anxiously tapping away at her phone screen whilst awaiting her ride.

After three weeks of (justifiable) stonewalling from Molly, her best friend finally reached out today, enquiring about weekend plans. Val feared her answer may scare her off, but she refused to re-enter this already vulnerable friendship with another lie...

She answered truthfully.

Up until then, Molly had been rather receptive, answering each of her texts within five minutes - Val had been on 'read' for this one for over an hour.

The boys were always punctual; she only had another minute or two of relative peace before the birthday shenanigans officially commenced. She wasn't about to let this weekend be dampened by her drama, so it needed to be at least semi-dealt with now.

C'mon, Mol...

She could feel the window of reconciliation rapidly closing on her.

6pm hit; any second now.

Please, please, please...

Val's head snapped up at the tell-tale revving of the Shellraiser's engine.

Her heart sank. Time's up.

Casey's was the first face she saw as they rolled to a stop beside her. He looked suspiciously smug.

"Well, hello there, little lady..."

Val blinked at him. What in the world...?

She wasn't sure whether to be impressed or horrified by his scarily accurate impression of Herb the Perv from Family Guy - lisp and all.

"Would you care for shom candy- oof!"

A pale, slender hand that could only belong to April smacked the man upside the head, nudging him forward. A startled gasp escaped Val's lips as another larger, green hand suddenly appeared behind his seat, striking him as well.

"Oof! Val, help - I'm bein' assaulted!"

"Quit bein' an idiot!" Barked a Brooklyn-accented voice inside the vehicle, before the door promptly slid open. Her better half stood at the opening, smiling down at her.

"Hey," Raph greeted warmly as Val approached to hand him her suitcase; but not before stealing a quick kiss.

She giggled against his lips as a collective "ooh!" emanated from inside the cabin.

"Oh, shuddup, the lotta ya!" The terrapin hissed as they broke away. He then lowered his gaze to her luggage - the small suitcase and a pair of insulated grocery bags - quirking an inquisitive brow ridge. "What's in the bags?"

Your present-

Well, one of them.

"Noneya," Val smirked.

"Ohhh..." he playfully narrowed his eyes at her, muscular arms folded across his plastron. "It's gonna be like that, is it?"

"Yep-"

"Guys!" April called impatiently from the front passenger seat. "Have your lover's quarrel inside-"

"Please, don't-"

"Shoosh, Donnie! ... Look, we're running out of time to beat weekend traffic. Val, get your butt in here!"

Nodding, Val quickly retrieved the rest of her luggage (swatting Raph's hand away when he attempted seizing them) and stepped inside the vehicle.

"Oh, wow!"

The interior had been completely transformed, akin to a soccer mom's van (the only comparison she could conjure up - sorry, Don!). The previously empty centremost space had been replaced with two rows of three seats. Leo, Donnie, and Mikey occupied the back seats, while Raph and little Tyler sat in the front two. Everyone's luggage was stacked neatly at the rear of the cabin, secured by ratchet straps.

"This is awesome, Don!" The brunette exclaimed, flashing the group (Tyler, specifically) a cheery smile as she took her seat between him and Raph; shopping bags at her feet. "I can't believe you were able to fit everyone in here-"

Raph harrumphed as he nudged her leg; a petulant attempt at conveying a message.

"Yes?" Val leaned against him, smiling mawkishly. "Did you have a hand in this as well, my love?"

Casey and Mikey sniggered at that; she caught Raph stifling a bashful grin as he sunk into his seat.

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Thankfully, traffic leaving the city wasn't as bad as they expected; they were even able to pick up dinner - KFC (Raph's shout; he practically shoved the cash into Val's arms) - without much delay.

They had roughly two hours to kill till they reached Northampton.

Leo and Donnie were talking amongst themselves, organising a Sunday morning sparring session (because of course they'd train on vacation). Raph and Casey were debating which vehicle to drag out first - the latter's old Chevy or their ATKs.

"I was hopin' to put Val behind the wheel at some point this weekend..." Raph gently squeezed Val's thigh, drawing her attention away from the cute youngster attempting to play 'Peek-a-Boo' with her.

"Can you drive stick, Val?" Casey enquired from the passenger's seat; April booted him from driving duty as he couldn't stick to the speed limit.

Val's bewildered gaze ping-ponged between the raven-haired man and her partner. "Uhhh... I've never driven. Period."

"What a stupid question, Case," Mikey scoffed, rolling his eyes. "She's a New Yorker; why would she need to know how to drive?"

"You can drive," Casey countered, before gesturing to himself. "I can drive, April can drive- basically everyone in here can drive, except Ty, obviously... and Val... and Leo-"

"Why am I being dragged into this?" Leo peeked over their heads at Casey, unamused.

Casey shrugged. "I'm just statin' facts-"

"No," Mikey snickered as he nudged his eldest brother, who sighed in exasperation. "He's totally ribbing you for not knowing how to drive-"

"Alright, alright!" Raph's hands shot between the squabbling men, promptly silencing them. "We're gettin' off topic..."

"...Wow." Donnie snapped toward Val, awestruck. "Tell me your secrets."

"Yeah!" Mikey concurred, fixing her a playful glare. "What have you done to our brother? He never stops a fight."

"I can still start one, though." Raph side-eyed his youngest brother, cracking his knuckles.

The orange-banded terrapin snorted. "Not in front of your girl, you wouldn't- hey! Wha..." Reaching down, he retrieved what he assumed was what flicked his face off the cabin floor; quirking a suspicious brow ridge at Val. "Did you just hit me with a hair-tie?"

The brunette winked over her shoulder.

"Now I know what she sees in you-"

"I'm tuning you guys out, now." April dialled up the volume on the stereo; the iconic guitar intro to 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' by The Proclaimers filled the cabin, prompting a collective gasp from its occupants.

"Aw, yeah! How good's that?!" Casey exclaimed, sharing a delighted grin with his wife.

"ImPECcable timing!" Mikey added.

"It's my 'Roadtrip' playlist," April laughed, nodding to the phone resting atop the centre console.

"Ooh!" Val lunged for the phone. "Can I, pretty please, add to your queue??"

"Sure - go nuts!"

Raph threw his head back. "Urgh, here we go..."

"For that - add two songs, Val."

"Aw, what?!"

"Three."

Val shot him a shit-eating grin.

"Ha!" Mikey smacked the back of his brother's seat. "Sucked in!"

"You're gonna regret this..." The red-banded terrapin sing-songed.

"Shoosh, you!" Val giggled, elbowing him gently. He attempted peeking over her shoulder at the screen; she pushed his face away. "Ah-ah-ah, none of that! It's a surprise."

Defeated, Raph slumped back into his seat with an exaggerated sigh. Val shot him a look at that, before returning her attention to the phone.

As he watched her scrolling away, humming softly to the current tune (somehow ignoring Mikey's 'singing'), he couldn't help fixating on the delicate way she chewed her bottom lip, and her fingertips tracing along her prominent clavicle. Though it wasn't her intention, those little tics of hers were riling him up big time.

They haven't done much since that first time; with everything going on, it hadn't felt appropriate. She'd been assaulted, dropped by her best friend, and slapped with charges of her own - aggravated assault - within 48-hours of each other. The prosecution really pulled out all the stops to ensure someone's - anyone's - neck hit the judge's chopping block.

Luckily, said judge had some common fucking sense.

Though she hid it exceedingly well, he knew she was still hurting. It obviously went without saying he was more than happy to wait as long as she needed them to; till then, he'll focus on helping her heal.

"I'll be nice, this once." She grinned mischievously as she returned April's phone. "As for the next one? Well..."

Just what is it that you want to do?

"We wanna be free!" Val turned to Mikey for back-up, who readily obliged; as did April and Casey. Tyler beamed at the ensuing chaos, while the three wet blankets shared a wry look.

We wanna be free to do what we wanna do...

And we wanna get loaded

And we wanna have a good time

And that's what we're gonna do-

No way baby, let's go!

We're gonna have a good time...

We're gonna have a party!

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Darkness had enveloped the truck by the time it finally rolled through the paint-worn front gates. Confident he wouldn't slump forward in his seat again, Val carefully removed her hand from the sleeping youngster's forehead to check her watch, wincing at the blaring light - 9:12pm.

"We're here," Raph murmured, entwining his fingers with hers then resting them atop her thigh.

"Have a nice nap, nanna?" She whispered impishly; he'd been snoring into her ear for nearly thirty minutes.

The terrapin hummed as he nuzzled her shoulder; his warm breath on her neck sending a shiver down her spine. "It was quite pleasant, yes - thank you."

Val giggled, then a sudden, excited gasp escaped her when she finally glimpsed the farmhouse; aided by the truck's enormous headlamps.

They spoke fondly of it often; it was their refuge in times of physical, emotional, and spiritual recuperation... It was also their father's eternal resting place.

It appeared to be a traditional colonial-style home, boasting three storeys and a steeply pitched shingled roof. To its left stood the silhouette of a hulking barn, nearly twice the size of the main house. Thick woods and mountain ranges lined the rear of the multi-acre property, accentuating its secludedness.

As someone who's never lived nor vacationed outside the city limits, this was a brand new experience for her.

"It's gorgeous..." She breathed.

Raph chuckled softly, enamoured by her ever-present childlike wonder. He never thought he'd meet someone as sheltered as they were, growing up.

Just wait till you see the stars...

Casey scoffed. "You shoulda seen it a few years ago; it was about to keel over from neglect."

"No argument, here," Donnie remarked, barely looking up from his phone screen. "No electricity, no running water, no heating... It was essentially a shell. Pun intended." The terrapin finally acknowledged Casey with a smirk. "Who made it habitable, again?"

"...You did," Casey muttered.

"Thank you."

"Well, I supplied the thing, so I should at least get some of the credit..."

"Can the rest of us go inside, or do we need to witness this..." April frowned as she gestured between the two men. "Well... this?"

"I vote we leave," Leo suggested.

Val nodded immediately. "Ditto."

"Yep," Raph added.

"Please!" Mikey begged, eager to stretch out his aching joints.

The redhead turned to her husband with a smirk. "Seeya," then proceeded exiting the truck; Casey grumbled under his breath as he followed suit.

Val carefully unbuckled Tyler as April slid open the side door. "Hi, sweetheart..." The boy stirred as his mother lifted him out of his seat and into her arms. "Shhh... Val, could you grab me his Buzz? He dropped it on the- thank you... C'mon, buddy, let's get you to bed."

As expected, the first thing Val looked to once outside was the sky. Again, as expected, she was wonderstruck. "Look at all the freaking stars!"

That was the boys' first reaction, also.

"Yeah, that's what it looks like when not obscured by light pollution," Donnie remarked before joining Raph, Mikey, and Casey at the rear to begin unpacking.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Leo nudged her gently as he stepped to her side. "One of the things I miss about Costa Rica is sleeping under this, every night... Hey, by the way."

"Hey." Val then smirked at him. "What about the mosquitos?"

"No," he chuckled. "I definitely don't miss the mosquitos. I swear, they were as big as my head."

At that, the brunette shuddered. "Urgh! Yeah, no, thanks."

"Jeez, Val!" The pair turned to find Mikey hauling out her suitcase, exaggerating each and every sound effect. "What've you got in this thing - bricks?!"

Rolling her eyes, Val finally ambled over. "Give it here, you big baby!"

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Screams rang through the empty street as he rapidly gained on her.

She felt his grubby palms slam her back, then a coldness as blood trickled down her battered face.

Airways constricting.

Skin tearing.

Bones grinding against brick, like carrot on a grater.

And those eyes...

She swore a part of his soul clung to her as it was unceremoniously ripped from his body.

She still felt him.

All of him.

"Val!"

Val jolted awake, immediately blinded by hot tears. A hand touched her wet cheeks and she flinched again, a frightened squeak forcing its way out.

"Shhh, I've gotcha..." A familiar voice soothed, their delicate touch returning warmth to her face. Another hand enveloped hers, pressing them against a hardened surface; a rhythmic lup-dup knocking against it. "You aren't there, Val; you're here - with me."

Vision finally clearing, she realised she was already sitting up.

"Hey..." The hand at her cheek moved to her chin, tilting it up. The moment she met his eyes - aided by the moonlight peeping through the bedroom window - she felt grounded.

"I'm sorry-"

"No, don't be sorry," Raph insisted, wiping the last of her tears away. He cocked his head slightly, searching her face with a regretful look. "I wish I could take this from you..."

"I know..." Val croaked, squeezing his hand comfortingly. He kissed the back of hers, before leaning forward to plant another at her brow.

Forehead beaded with sweat, she winced away.

"I don't care." The terrapin gently seized her occiput. He kissed her there again, then carefully returned her head to her pillow and laid down himself. Pulling the quilt back over them, he draped an arm over her middle and pulled her close; back flush against his plastron.

"Thank you," she sniffled softly, resting her hand atop his just below her breast; he responded with a peppering of featherlight kisses along her bare shoulder.

"No need to thank me," he murmured.

"...Happy birthday, by the way."

He smiled against her skin. "Thank you, beautiful."

"I love you, Raph."

"I love you too... Now, back to sleep."

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She couldn't be idle in this state any longer; she needed to do something productive.

Careful not to rouse her slumbering partner, Val silently slipped under his arm and off the mattress; tugging her floral chemise back down her thighs.

The air had a bite to it, causing goosebumps to prickle her skin. After slipping into something a little warmer (a pair of boyfriend jeans and oversized hoodie), the brunette retrieved her sneakers from the foot of the bed and quietly left the room; clicking the door closed behind her.

Val neither heard nor passed a single soul on her way to the ground floor. Understandable; it wasn't even 5am.

She exited through the front door; an objective to fulfil. The boys' individual gifts were mostly complete, save for the finishing touches, which she'll tend to after breakfast.

This gift, however, was all for Raph.

One thing: she had to change locations, as there was no way on God's green earth she's giving it to him in his father's bed.

She luckily found the cosiest spot up in the barn's near empty hayloft; with its own skylight! How much more perfect could you get, honestly? It'll take a little longer than initially planned to set up, but she was confident she could pull it off undetected; whilst everyone else was enjoying the lake.

As she pottered about the westside of the property, watching the sun finally peek over the mountains, Val suddenly found her view obstructed by an enormous white oak; its dense, sprawling branches surrounded by lush greenery and weathered, particoloured string lights.

It was the most beautiful tree she'd ever seen; and she lived just across the street from Central Park.

Lowering her gaze to its trunk, something caught her eye. A wooden grave marker stood before it; a posy of desiccated wildflowers lay atop the grassy mound, preceding a small dish of water and a ladle. Etched along the horizontal board, the epitaph read:

Splinter

Beloved teacher, father and friend.

"You're up early."

Val hadn't realised she'd been holding her breath; instead of a gasp, something akin to a strangled squawk escaped her lips. She whipped around to find Leo standing there; a fresh bunch of flowers in hand and a sheepish grin on his face.

"You lot need bells!" the brunette tittered breathlessly, clutching her chest.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you."

"It's all good," she smiled reassuringly. "You saved me my morning coffee."

At that, Leo chuckled softly, before gesturing behind her. "I see you've met dad."

"I did..." Val awkwardly inched away from the grave, afraid she may have violated some unspoken boundary. "Is it okay, my being here? I didn't mean to-"

"Wha- no!" The terrapin's amber eyes widened as he fervently shook his head. "No, no - you're fine! It's perfectly fine; you're more than welcome, here."

The brunette heaved a relieved sigh. "Oh, good..." She muttered, trailing off. "Good, good, good..."

Leo eyed her carefully. "I heard you crying earlier... Is that why you're up?"

She lowered her gaze, glimpsing her disfigured knuckles before shoving them inside her hoodie pocket. "Well... that, and my body clock; I'm usually up by this time, anyway..."

He ignored her tangent. "So, why were you crying?"

Stubborn, the both of them...

"...He's still here," She finally admitted, jamming both hands in her pocket in an effort to keep from gesturing aimlessly. "I can still feel him; o-on my skin, my hair, my face! My... my-"

"I get it-"

"I wanted to kill him..."

Leo said nothing; only listened, as she continued.

"Had you not come when you did... I-I honestly don't think I'd have let him live..."

"Aren't you glad I did come, then-"

"No, actually. Cos you suffered the consequences of my mistake-"

"Blaming the victim, again, Valerie?" He stared hard at her as he folded his arms; posy sitting snugly in the crease. "Because that's what it sounds like-"

"I'm not-!"

"You are," he shot back. "...Have you forgotten what I told you? It's not your fault."

"Yeah, well..." The brunette shrugged helplessly, fixing him a pleading look. "I'd rather we not get into this, today, please? Not on your birthday... and definitely not in front of your dad."

Leo compressed his lips. He stared at her another moment; she could see the metaphorical cogs in his brain turn as his expression steadily softened.

Finally, he spoke. "Could you wait in there for me?" He jabbed a thumb over his shoulder, toward the barn. "It's too dewy out here for what I wanna try- just... humour me, alright? Please? I'll be there in a minute."

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"No, that's alright - leave the door. A little wider... Perfect, thanks; it'll give us some natural light... and prevent us from getting smoked out."

Smoked out??

Leo...

The moment I think I've got you figured out, you throw me this meteorite-sized curve-ball.

Val's suspicious gaze followed Leo as he proceeded about the barn, lighting an array of partially melted pillar candles; retrieving an incense burner and refills from atop a dust-covered storage box, then scooping out two flat, round cushions from inside said box.

She stepped forward. "Do you need some-"

"No, no - I'm good." He easily nudged the lid closed with his elbow. Setting the cushions side-by-side in the centre of the room, burner just within reach, he beckoned her over. "Have you meditated before?"

Oh, thank God...

Unfurling her arms, the brunette tentatively approached. "No, I haven't..." she answered quietly, lowering herself into a cross-legged position atop one of the cushions. Once he'd smothered the flame on the stick (leaving only a tiny, smoking ember), Leo leaned back onto the last cushion; bracing himself on his heels.

"I practice at least once a day; well, twice, now, over the past few weeks..." He mustn't have liked what came out of his mouth, as he grimaced, then cleared his throat. "...It helps."

Leaning forward, Val carefully searched the terrapin's face. She's seen more of him in these three weeks than she had in the first two months. These days, he's present for nearly every group activity; even suggesting a few himself. She wanted to be happy he was finally coming out of his shell (for lack of a better term), but she couldn't help but worry...

Whilst the pleasant smoke blessed her senses, Leo corrected her posture.

"Straighten your back for me? That's it; this'll allow more air into the lungs. Alright, now, from here..." Pressing a palm against the centre of his plastron - the diaphragm - the terrapin commenced with a long, deep inhale. "...And out. Just keep doing that. Close your eyes, if you need, as well."

Oh, I'll need to...

In...

Val creaked an eye open mid-breath to check whether she was being watched - yes.

"This is stupid-"

"It's only stupid because you've never tried it. So, try it." Leo smirked at her. "Go on, I dare you."

Now, I HAVE to.

Shrugging off her nerves, Val tried again.

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"Well, good morning, early birdies!" April greeted cheerfully as the pair finally sauntered inside. The redhead was standing near the kettle, several mugs neatly lined before her. "Tea? Coffee?"

"Tea, please," Leo answered politely as he approached the sink. "I'll give you a hand; let me just wash them, first."

April nodded in acknowledgement, then turned to Valerie. "What'll it be, Val?"

"No, thank you," she replied, finally prying herself from the back door to stand by her friend's side. "I'll help, too... Is everyone up?"

"All except one..."

"Who?"

April gave her a look, implying she should already know the answer.

Groaning inwardly, Val petted the redhead's shoulder as she left the kitchen. "I'll be right back."

She passed Mikey, Casey, and Tyler in the living room on her way to the stairs.

"Morning!" She greeted hurriedly.

"Morning!" Mikey and Tyler answered cheerily.

"Goin' to ish your boy, are ya?" Casey enquired with a smirk.

"I've no idea what that means, but yes," the brunette replied. "Wish me luck."

"Tell him if he doesn't get off his lazy butt, then Case is comin' to get him!" He called after her; she giggled under her breath.

She met Donnie in the hall.

"Good morning! He's still snoring in there..."

"Morning, and he won't be in a few seconds."

The terrapin let out a squeak as he hauled ass downstairs.

Pushing their bedroom door open, Val found Raph sprawled on the bed; snuggling her pillow as he usually did, whenever she wasn't with him.

He looks so cute-

No, don't you dare!

It's time to get up!

Steeling herself, the brunette stalked toward his bedside. She went to make a move-

He struck.

Raph lunged for her, snatching her waist then yanking her beneath him.

"You-!" Before she could finish, he crashed his lips against hers. A tingling warmth bloomed in her belly as he moved between her legs; one hand behind her head, the other fondling her thigh.

"The door's open!" She hissed, once he pulled away.

"You weren't here when I woke up," he pouted. He squeezed her ass, and she jolted.

"Again - door open!"

"Mm, I miss the dress you had on..." He hummed against her neck; his wandering hand was under her hoodie now, toying with her bra.

I'm talking to a brick wall...

"Raph, stop!" She laughed; his fingers were grazing her ticklish spot.

He met her gaze with an impish grin. "It doesn't sound like ya want me to stop."

"Raph, no-!"

He dug in.

After a moment or two of kicking and squealing, Val suddenly spotted a figure in the doorway - a little one.

"Stop, stop, stop!" She cried, pushing at Raph's arms. "It's Tyler!"

That made him move.

The terrapin threw himself off her and onto his feet, whipping toward the doorway with the deer-in-headlights look; after quickly adjusting her clothing, Val hauled herself to a seated position.

Tyler was, indeed, standing there; grinning like the cat that got the canary... but so was his dad.

Casey finally showed himself, arms folded as he leaned against the frame. "Kids make great contraception, don't they?"

Finally snapping out of his daze, Raph promptly snatched the nearest pillow and hurled it at him; which he smacked away with a laugh. "You asshole!"

"Happy birthday!" Casey cheered, disappearing down the hall as his friend gave chase.

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Masterlist / Chapter 18

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zahroreadsthings · 1 year

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Darts...

Question: What do you do with your afternoon?

Response: Play darts with strangers. I still hardly know anyone.

Check notes for previous instalments

'Do I get to kick you out if I bring friends over?'

'Who would you invite?' Deema asks bluntly.

'... Yeah, okay, point taken. When do I need to go?'

'Soon.'

Deema waves you off when Isla arrives. You stroll into town and wonder what you should do. There are a lot of places you haven't been to yet - the local library, for one - but it's true that barring Lex and Deema you don't have friends around here.

It's not like you were the most social person back home, but who's going to stop you from trying something new? You hope it's not too early to join a game of cards or darts. You're much more familiar with cards but considering how empty places along the main street are looking, you'll happily settle for darts.

You're further into the north side of town than you've ever been and are about to give up when you decide to give The Barnacle a chance. You push the heavy door open to reveal a room with low ceilings and torches burning despite the time of day. It's smaller than the other places you've seen today but you can see four people bickering around a dartboard, which is four more people than you've seen elsewhere.

What's the worst that can happen? you think. You raise your voice. 'Room for one more?'

A man with his back to you looks over his shoulder and yells, 'Another one!' The others turn and cheer.

You take that as a yes and join them.

'You know 501?' he asks.

'Uh... rundown?'

He walks you through the rules while fending off interruptions. Everyone starts with 501 points and points scored on the board are reduced from the total. The first person to reach zero wins. Simple enough.

'We're about to draw straws for the scorekeeper. Here, get -' he cuts himself off to look for another straw.

'It's cool, I'll do it.'

'You sure? It's boring.'

'Keeping numbers and I are boring in the same direction. Really, it's cool.' A table's already been drawn up on the scoreboard, anyway. The hardest part's done.

'You're cool, Scorekeeper.' He slings his arm around your shoulders. 'Calix, Cal for short, Callie for medium.

You're about to introduce yourself when another person steps forward.

'I'm first!' She writes 'Ruby' on the scoreboard, picks out her darts, and throws. While you write out and subtract the numbers she calls out Callie continues talking.

'How many people have asked how you're finding it here?'

'Conservative estimates say three hundred.' You give your chalk to the next player who writes 'Rowan' then continue writing out scores under zir name.

'You've done this before?'

'Used to be a bookkeeper.'

'Oof. Fancy.'

'Hardly.'

Callie and the last player, Ash, take their turns. You rock on your heels. It'll be your turn in a moment.

You write out Ash's score (scarily accurate aim, you note) and put your name down. You're up.

Playing with the only way I could figure out how to incorporate some level of risk a la dice rolls. I'll randomly decide which of these will make the player not flop at darts and use the votes distribution as a kind of sliding scale. (If, say, 'bad at darts' gets two thirds of the vote the player will be worse off than if it gets half etc)

#polls #cyoa #there is ofc the risk of it going clean 50/50 but i also ran a josh tournament bracket and didnt have a single draw so #also cal is super beefy. its important to me that you know this.

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liopleurodean · 2 years

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Season 1, Episode 3: Dead in the Water

Clap BACK girl, get that misogyny 👏

Welp. Rest in peace

Sam's the anti-wingman

WISCONSIN PRIDE (I have no idea where Lake Manitoc is 😂)

Edit: Lake Manitoc is not real. It's probably named after a town called Manitowoc (mostly known for Manitowoc Minute, a funky little show about Midwest life)

Ah, yes. Agents Ford and Hamill

I don't believe a town that small would be able to do a sonar sweep, but okay

Dean. Turn off the flirting for two seconds

OOF. Shot down! That was fun to watch

Aw, poor kid.

Bless him, he's trying 😂

The doctors are probably at least partially right, about the trauma

Oh, that reminds of that scene from Ghostbusters II

Say goodbye to your arm, dude

That's a scarily accurate drawing

No chick-flick moments, Sam

Army figures--that's a clue

"worse than dying," huh?

So he IS going to kill himself

Holy crap

That poor kid

I-43N to Milwaukee! I've driven on that road

Oh no, now we're REALLY doing the Ghostbusters scene

Aw, Dean is a softie

Oh poor Lucas!

Oh, she's not dead yet!

Straight out of the Shining

NO NOT LUCAS

Hi Peter DONT KILL LUCAS

He's talking :D

Starting them off young, good job Dean

After three episodes, here are my thoughts: it's a lot more of a mystery show than I was expecting, but I'm okay with that. I also think that Dean is a big softie, but you don't get to see it at the beginning because he's never been given the chance to interact with a lot of other people outside of hunting. I feel kind of bad for Sam, and I think that Dean doesn't really know what he's going through, because it seems like he's never had the same kind of relationship that Sam had with Jessica. (Also, I feel like I should mention that I was under the impression that Sam was the older of the two, and I was surprised to find out the opposite.) Anyway, I love it so far, and I'm excited to see more.

#ashla chick flick moments #supernatural #season 1 episode 3 #dead in the water

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detidgaf · 6 years

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Self - Knowledge Questionnaire for your muse.

Tagged by: stolen

Tagging: @goddamnitconnor @gardendroid @erregent @griefost orwhoever

NEEDINESS

Being affirmed and nurtured by others is a central requirement for you to feel safe. This means you can be slow to warm up to other people, which is difficult because what you most need from them is their warmth. Yet you know how to be vulnerable: to let down your defenses and accept that you need another person. This lack of pretense is a valuable trait, and ultimately more endearing than the macho efforts others make to deny their childlike sides. (Gavin scoffing at the end lol)

REVERENCE

One part of you dreams of giving yourself up – perhaps just for a while – to a hero or mentor. In the right circumstances you can flourish by letting go of your ego. In your inner life, reverence plays out as a willing submission to your own conscience. In the outside world, you might get frustrated searching for something worth believing in – a country, a person, a company – but you will always be open to feeling respect, admiration and wonder.

AGGRESSION

One part of your character is anger in all its forms: frustration, outrage – and when anger is suppressed – bitterness, grumpiness, and bodily aches. Fundamentally, frustration comes from hope: you get upset because you expect your life will be more than a valley of tears. One way to deny aggression is to direct it inwards, as self-criticism. But you’re at your best when you acknowledge anger, and act it out clearly and in a focussed way, with honour.

#this is scarily accurate oof?#『ａｈｓｈｉｔｍｙｃａｃｔｕｓｄｉｅｄ』▶ ooc #『You ｄｏｎ'ｔ know whats in my ｈｅａｄ』▶ headcanons

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tin-cats · 3 years

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Do you ever think about how much John could make off of writing mystery novels? And I’m not talking about going along with Sherlock on a case and then turning it into a book, no I mean occasionally going to Sherlock with a batshit premise with completely random details and presenting it as an existing, serialised story and asking Sherlock if he can solve it. And then writing it.

John: ...and the autopsy report’s yet to come back but there’s blood on the stairs and the cleaver’s in the microwave. The neighbours say they heard a cat at 3am but aren’t sure if it was outside or not.

Sherlock: Well the cleaver’s a dead giveaway - or it’s a red herring. Either way, have they checked it for fingerprints yet? No that’s not important. The cat’s entirely irrelevant, what’s important is the victim’s medical history - depending on their risk of stroke and the state of their kidneys...

John, nodding along, taking notes and definitely planning to make the cat a key part: Stroke... kidneys... perfect.

#i mean #if you aren't monetising your flatmate's scarily accurate deductive reasoning #what are you doing #anyway catch me posting about sherlock in 2021 oof #sherlock #sherlock holmes #john watson #musings #shitpost

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khashanakalashtar · 4 years

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Never

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Representation

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The words “Don’t ever tell me representation doesn’t matter” with 19 screenshots of AO3 comments interspersed between the words.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ADHD REPRESENTATION. I’VE HEADCANONED HIM AS ADHD SINCE FOREVER AND HAVING THIS ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF IT IN A FIC IS REALLY GETTING TO ME, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

UhhmmMM THIS FIC MEANS THE WORLD TO ME???????? So much of everything that Robin told Kent made me come to terms with my own stuff? I’m feeling so valid in this Chili’s tonight!!! I want you to know that this fic made me cry TWICE and that’s only because the other parts of the fic were [here it cuts off]

When I read the tags for this… I legit nearly cried. I’ve lowkey headcanoned Aang as ADHD ever since I realized the similarities between me and him. Having someone else do that? Having a (scarily) accurate representation of it? Having Zuko help Aang? It means a lot to me. It means so, so much to me. I… Don’t know if I can properly express how much? I just feel less alone. And I love how you gave the ADHD a chance to shine. Really and truly. Thank you, so much.

I cried reading this. This writing is amazing. (Also I relate to both Zuko and Aang.) I didn’t know that having trouble in movie theaters can be caused by adhd, do you know more? Sorry for being [here it cuts off]

Oof. This one really hit. :/ it made me cry but it was the good cathartic sorta cry and it reminded me that it’s okay to tell your friends that you’re not doing okay if they don’t notice which. I often struggle to remember. Thank u for writing this!

I never thought of it as an addiction before but it makes me feel better about the voice in my head.

I’m just gonna sit here and lose it over this fic, you somehow have perfectly captured my dumb traumatized, autistic ass. I’m. this is really soft and validating and nice, big fan

Okay! First off holy SHIT I think I might be adhd or add because that scene with aang where he explained it clicked immediately and EVERYTHING MADE SENSE thank you so much

I forgot to talk about the Spanish!!! The Spanish!!! Just like. God. One of the things I worry about if I am ever estranged from my family is like who would I speak Hindi with, and while it’s not the same thing as Kent’s Feeling it’s like. Close enough and god. Good shit

I’m like Katara, and I was having trouble explaining it to my friends who didn’t get it yesterday; thank you so much for putting it into words, that means everything to me [heart]

So I honestly don’t know how to say this, so I’ll be blunt I guess? Reading this chapter made me kinda start wondering about my sexuality, since I kinda get where Katara is coming from. So I’ve decided to try looking stuff up and figuring it out more, and I Just kinda wanted to thank you? Because I hadn’t thought about sex drives being different from wanting sex really, and it’s kinda shifting my views some.

So, uh, I don’t know why it was this fic that did it specifically when I’ve considered (and discarded) genderfluid as a label for myself like two dozen times over the past six months of Intense Gender Weirdness, but this fic made me realize I’m genderfluid. Thanks for that.

I came out after reading this fic. Something about the way you wrote Kent figuring out they were genderfluid hit home really hard, and I guess it was just that and the moment but I decided to come to terms with it. This is a very weird coming out story but I figured you should know this story really had a big impact on me and I wanted to say thank you for writing it.

#fanfiction #representation #genderfluid #ace #asexuality #trans #ptsd #adhd #autism #addiction #long post

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mild-mirror · 4 years

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thoughts and concepts on the in-universe persona 5 fandom

it’s established that the phantom thieves do have quite the following, but the okumura thing coupled with the fact that, to the public, they vanished off the face of the earth after shido, makes me think that the people who still like the phantom thieves are mostly the people whose lives were bettered because of them. however, shido’s calling card makes it plenty easy for people to latch on, because by then they’re no longer just some nebulous entities, they’re actual real people, with bodies and all that, even if it’s just silhouettes. people have been given less and created more.

so just some concepts:

people enhancing the shido calling card image until they can see (vaguely) the colors of their clothes and the syle of clothes too, and everyone being grateful to the one who sank hours into trying to decipher the clothes and come up with a general, close idea of what they look like in full color

(probably not mishima, but you know he’d be supportive of that)

((people going wild over panther’s... skin window and fox’s weird zipper-not-zipped-up thing is really funny to me lol just imagine))

fanart and fanworks!! as well as fan-made merchandise, lol. they won’t get Everything right but can you imagine all the fanfiction. all the concepts. people are gonna go wild with hcs esp since Nothing about the thieves was released prior to this. you get eight silhouettes and That’s It. (and joker’s mask and fringe but whatever) all those different possibilities!!

theories about ‘what did they base the logo off of’- the most popular theory is that they just went with a stereotype of a ‘gentleman phantom thief’ like the arsene lupin novels, but then what was with that terrible first logo and why??? (ryuji sulks over that, but only a little)

theories about ‘how do they change hearts’- most people just think the stealing thing is figurative but there’s always a few theories that are scarily accurate and the thieves over there are sweating. those ones are usually integrated as highly detailed worldbuilding fics, but improbable because come on, we’re talking about real life here!

of course, fanfictions as well; there’s only a few really that are still going (most were started and ended during/after the pre-okumura death so like. oof) but there are a Wide range, with like a million different ocs and stuff. (does mishima write fanfiction? probably not but like. ajkdflkajhd if he did)

(newcomers quickly learn that here, nothing is canon, and basically everything goes)

people using silhouettes to make personalities that are sometimes accurate, mostly not lol (unless it comes to joker). futaba sometimes sends screenshots of the most hilarious ones, like skull being a thug or noir being old-fashioned or mona being the most big brained member of the team-

shipping hcs- and yeah it can get messy but like. people shipping fox and oracle bc height difference. people shipping skull and joker because he addressed joker as ‘leader’ in their own solo shot. people shipping noir and oracle because they’re the shortest. people shipping panther and queen bc they’re a good ‘hot and dangerous’ combo. idk man go wild all you have to go off of are silhouettes anyway- (there’s also That One Guy who ships mona and panther because cats)

cosplays of them- people who just make up a typical thief outfit and call themselves a phantom thief pre-shido calling card. people who spend a lot of time getting REALLY CLOSE to the established outfits, and getting Almost The Same :) people who put on joker’s mask and a coat and call it a day.

CONS!!! CONVENTION BOOTHS WITH PHAN MERCH!! like it’s not gonna be really a Big thing probably, but like! a few stalls here and there packed with red and white and black!! little charms of their silhouettes and their logo.

that being said, pHANTOM THIEVES GO TO A CON COSPLAYING AS THEMSELVES AND EVERYONE IS NONE THE WISER XD

everyone is amazed and impressed at the detail of the cosplay, with their own added flair to explain the little details that nobody would have noticed. haru probably helped fund the efforts. (yes, everyone loves that they brought an actual cat for the cat thing next to the leader :3)

((alternatively, they go in with REALLY BAD cosplay, like 94.8% knockoff stuff. spray-painted swimming goggles for futaba, shoulder pads spliced from two cheap barbarian costumes for makoto, a handkerchief cravat for haru, a trench coat with only half the collar needed and only two sections at the end stop whining akira its the best we could do on short notice, ect and everyone is still none the wiser-))

#persona 5 #persona #phantom thieves of hearts #phantom thieves #persona 5 phandom #probably there's more but like. this is good for now

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meetthemidwest · 5 years

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About Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio playing video game, I have to know what they said during the subspace emissary gameplay. May we hear about what happened? Please and thank you, you fabulous person

This took so long and I’m so sorry but finals week happened and I had to study for apush! There are spoilers, but the game came out in 2008 so I’m not too concerned. I still put it under the cut just in case someone didn’t want it spoiled. I really hope tumblr doesn’t cut this, there’s a lot here.

Subspace Emissary is a two player story mode in Smash Bros Brawl, and since there are three of them, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio take turns. Indiana and Ohio play the first level.

Indiana: You know what? I kind of relate to Kirby.Kentucky: Please explain what the hell that means.Indiana: He inhales food and killed god.Ohio: Oh please, you haven’t killed god yet.Kentucky: Yet? YET??

After the whole fight with Mario and Kirby, there’s a part where the Halberd flies over the stadium and drops a bunch of shadow bugs.

Ohio: Those things look like the mold that was growing in my basement last year.Indiana: Glowing and purple?Kentucky: Delicious.Ohio: What the actual fuck Kentucky?Kentucky: No, you don’t understand, nature is delicious.Indiana: Oh really? I’ll be right back.She comes back in five minutes later with an armful of plants from Ohio’s backyard.Kentucky: *picks up a leaf* There’s a spider on this one.Indiana: Eat it.Ohio: DON’T EAT IT!Kentucky: Aw, it fell.Ohio: *jumps from his chair to the table* Fucking kill it already!Indiana promptly throws it at him and he screams like a girl. The video cuts there. It comes back to Indiana and Ohio arguing over who to save in the first boss battle.

Indiana: Zelda’s twenty times better than Peach you dumbass!Ohio: Peach is the original Nintendo princess! You respect the originals or I’ll put you in the goddamn dirt!Kentucky: You just got a game over.Indiana: No one asked for your input Bill Monroe!Kentucky: How the hell do you know who that is?The video devolves into screaming. It cuts to Kentucky and Ohio playing while Indiana eats a pot of Kraft macaroni and cheese. They’ve saved Peach and moved on.

Kentucky: Hey, it’s Pit from Kid Icarus on the NES!Indiana: Fucking nerd!Ohio: Nice redesign.Kentucky: Yeah, well, if we aren’t going to get Geno, it’s nice that an obscure Nintendo game is getting some love.Ohio: *looks directly into the camera* Localize Mother 3 you cowards.Kentucky: PLAYER TWO CAN TELEPORT HELL YES YOU’RE CARRYING THE TEAM OHIO!

Indiana: DOnkEy KoNG!Kentucky: Did Diddy Kong always have guns or is that a new thing?Ohio, drinking tea in the background: Neither of you have ever played Donkey Kong Country and it shows.Kentucky: Oh god, Danky Kang just sacrificed himself for his son!Indiana: Wish that was the relationship I had with Quebec but he just calls me his bastard daughter and I call him my asshole father.Kentucky: Oof.

Ohio: Oh shit, Indi, get your xylophone, we’ve got a pokemon!Indiana: *starts playing the original pokemon battle theme on the xylophone while Kentucky fights Rayquaza but dies because he’s laughing too hard.*

Indiana: That feeling when you’re kidnapped by a small primate in a baseball cap.Ohio: No, that can happen. Have you ever been to the zoo?Kentucky: Are you okay?Ohio: *voice crack* no.

*Lucas and Porky appear*Ohio, ripping the controller out of Kentucky’s hands: YOU LEAVE MY BABY ALONE YOU CAPITALIST FUCK!Indiana: Oh shit, he’s crying!Kentucky: And I’m the nerd?Indiana: Shut up nerd, Mother 3 was hard on him.

*Ness appears*Indiana: SNES is just a word scramble of Ness.Kentucky: Mother 3 confirmed?Ohio: NOOO NESS JUST GOT FUCKING KILLED BY WARIO!Indiana: Weak.

*Pokemon Trainer appears*Kentucky: ASH KETCHUM???Indiana: You’re so stupid. It’s Red, obviously.Ohio: Red and Ash Ketchum’s secret love child.Indiana: *Gets up* I quit.

*Battlefield Fortress*Ohio: You know what this looks like?Kentucky: Oh god please no.Indiana: *pulls out Kentucky’s xylophone* Ready when you are.Kentucky: Indiana, if you value our friendship, please don’t do this.Indiana: We’re not friends though.*Marth is introduced. Indiana starts playing Together We Ride on the xylophone. Ohio joins in on a green plastic kazoo. Kentucky slams his face into the table and gets a nosebleed.*

Indiana: Hey it’s Spanish Batman from Kirby Right Back At Ya!Ohio: Never say those words in front of me again.

*Ike appears*Kentucky: Please don’t-Indiana and Ohio: *Playing the recruitment theme With Us on their instruments.*Kentucky: *looks into the camera like Jim on The Office*

Kentucky: Luigi is my spirit animal because he’s a coward with a heart of gold, like me.Indiana: You’re a coward, but I know you had your heart surgically removed in 1847 so don’t even try that bullshit with me.Ohio: He had a heart before 1847? Damn. See, I relate more to King Dedede because he’s a king and his relationship with Kirby reminds me of Michigan and I.Indiana: Yeah, that sounds about right.Ohio: I don’t like the implications there.

*Link appears*Indiana, shoving Ohio and Kentucky out of the way and wearing a Legend of Zelda hoodie: Move bitches, it’s my time to shine.Ohio: Oh thank god Yoshi’s here because I’m not playing as Link. Kentucky, doing a scarily accurate impression of Yoshi: YOSHI!Indiana: What the FUCK Kentucky???Kentucky, coughing: If I do that for too long I lose my voice.Indiana: Then don’t do it!

*There are some enemies that I distinctly remember in this part that scared the hell out of me, and they’re called Puppits.*Ohio: Oh god, oh fuck, what are these things?Indiana: Kill it!Ohio: *dies* SHIT!Kentucky, eating gummy bears out of a paper bag: Why are y’all so bad at this? It’s just an enemy.Indiana: *throws her controller at Kentucky and hits him in the forehead.*

*The cutscene with the box*Indiana: Snake? SNAKE?? SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!Kentucky: SPOILERS!

*Zero-Suit Samus*Indiana: I wish that were me.Ohio: Why? She’s not that much prettier than you.Indiana: Space guns.Kentucky: Of course.Indiana: Also I think a lot of girls would be into me if I had that ass.Ohio: There it is.

*Pikachu*Ohio: Did you guys know that this is how we powered the first rocket to the moon?Kentucky: Electricity rat.Indiana: Thomas Edison used Pikachu to power America, your history books have been lying to you.Ohio: We’re going to get killed by the government, aren’t we?Kentucky: Yeah, but not for this.

*The battle against Subspace Peach*Indiana: Mario’s going to be so pissed.Kentucky: Yeah, but Yoshi’s Mario’s lifelong friend, so surely everything will be a-okay!*Mario battle ensues*Ohio: Love blinds all.Indiana: Stop trying to sound wise, I literally watched you burn your tongue on your coffee and throw it into a wall.Ohio: You know what Indiana? Fuck you.

Indiana: Kirby Kirby Kirby that’s the name you should know!Kentucky: Kirby Kirby Kirby he’s the star of the show!*Both look at Ohio*Ohio, obviously disappointed in life: He’s more than you think, he’s got maximum pink.Indiana and Kentucky: Kirby Kirby Kirby’s the one!

Indiana: Ew it’s Ganondorf.Kentucky: Wait, I thought he was a pig?Ohio: Well Kentucky, people can be pigs without looking like them, like New York.Kentucky: No, wasn’t he literally a pig?Indiana: That was Ganon.Kentucky: They’re… they’re the same thing?

*Wario battle*Ohio: IS LUCAS DOING THE ARTHUR MEME?Indiana: HOLY SHIT HE IS!Kentucky: MOTHER 3 CONFIRMED!*they all start screaming incoherently. The video cuts to them actually fighting Wario. Ohio is Lucas, Kentucky is the Pokemon Trainer.*Ohio: My boy Lucas has seen some shit.Kentucky: Your boy Kentucky has also seen some shit, how about a little love over here?Ohio: No.Kentucky: Thanks.

*Bowser’s army attacks the castle Dedede is in.*Indiana: Oh my goodness he’s Dedede-dead!Ohio: I’m going to sew your lips together while you sleep.

*Bowser gets away with Peach’s trophy*Kentucky: This is so sad, Indiana play Ave Maria.Indiana: *plays Ave Maria on the kazoo*

Kentucky: I love how Ike, the youngest and most impulsive, jumps right off a cliff while both Marth and Meta Knight reach out to stop him.Ohio: Me with my bastard siblings.Indiana: Let me guess, Wisconsin’s Ike, Michigan’s Meta Knight, and you’re Marth?Ohio: No, because I don’t join them in their bullshit.Indiana: Oh? Then what do you call the time the three of you tied Illinois to a tree and left him there for a week?Ohio: It’s called knocking the wealthy down a few pegs.Kentucky: Guys, this was an appreciation of Fire Emblem characters and nothing more.

*Diddy Kong trophy*Indiana: PeRSonALLy I PrEFer ThE AiR!Kentucky: OH! GRAB THE FAN! *they proceed to get the giant Subspace Diddy Kong to 500% and launch him off the screen.*Ohio: The monkey’s kidnapping a bird.Indiana: I saw that happen in Florida once.

*Ridley battle*Kentucky: HE’S TOO BIG FOR SMASH BROS!*Kentucky then plays the Ridley theme on the xylophone while Ohio attempts to crawl out a window and Indiana screams*

*Olimar and Captain Falcon*Kentucky in the background playing Pikmin music on the xylophone: Isn’t this nice? Pikmin was one of the best games I ever played.*West Virginia kicks down the door and plays the F-Zero theme on an electric guitar*Kentucky: Get the hell out!West Virginia: While y’all were sitting in here playing video games I got arrested for tax fraud and broke out on my own.Indiana: Amateur. What’s your point kid?West Virginia: Get on my level. Get hobbies for god’s sake. You’re going to be killed one day, you gotta live in the moment.Ohio: I die when I decide, you little rat faced bastard. There’s a cupcake in the fridge, take it and get out.West Virginia: Alright, I’m going to elope with Mothman, see y’all later.

Indiana: DOnkEy KoNG!!!!Kentucky: Aw heck, I died.

*Ice Climbers*Ohio: That jumping noise definitely isn’t going to get annoying in the next few minutes.Kentucky: *slowly mutes the tv*Indiana: You guys are really dumb sometimes. You know that, right?

*the two groups meet up*Indiana: The gang’s all here!Ohio: If you play as Link again I’m going to suffocate you on camera.Indiana: With what?Kentucky: His Ohio State mascot body pillow.Indiana: What the fuck.Ohio: You’re next, Kentucky.

*Snake*Kentucky: Sometimes I just want to hide in a box while my problems run around without me.Indiana: Shame problems are like Lucario and can see right through your hiding place.Ohio: Guys, I dropped a hot pocket into the hole in the wall and I can’t get it out.

*Sheik and Peach*Indiana: I’m getting some strong Peach loves her strong girlfriend vibes from this.Kentucky: I’d love my strong girlfriend too if I had one.Ohio: No living organism would put up with you for more than a week.Indiana: YO PEACH IS SUCH A BADASS!Ohio: SEE???Indiana: Zelda’s still better though.Kentucky: Fox McCloud’s going down.Indiana: Do a barrel roll!Ohio: Shit, I want tea.Kentucky: Then make some!Ohio: Okay! Jeez, don’t yell at me.

Indiana: Where did Mr. Game and Watch even come from?Ohio: Hell.Kentucky: Actually, there’s a series of handheld games-Indiana: Shut up nerd!

*Subspace bomb factory*Indiana: American weapons storage.*the entire factory blows up*Kentucky:… American weapons storage.Ohio: It’s us when we try to get together for holidays.

Ohio: Kirby rides in on a fucking dragon to save the day!Indiana: Sakurai showing clear favoritism for his children.Kentucky: Virginia made West a pepperoni roll once and when I asked for one she told me that I could starve.Ohio: GUYS IT WASN’T MASTER HAND IT’S THIS ASSHOLE OLD MAN LOOKING GUY AND BOWSER’S DEAD STOP HAVING FEELINGS AND GET YOUR HEADS IN THE GAME!

*Everyone dies*Indiana: I want butterfly wings that kill people.Kentucky: Evolve and grow them.Indiana: Good idea.Ohio: LUCAS NOOOOOOO!

*Dedede, Ness, and Luigi**Ohio walks in dressed as King Dedede, Indiana’s dressed as Ness, and Kentucky is dressed as Luigi*Kentucky: I still think I should have done sexy Luigi, but whatever.Indiana: Ohio, say it.Ohio: I’m not going to say it, fuck off.Indiana: Say it.Ohio: No!Indiana: SAY IT.Ohio: I’m gonna clobber that there Kirby.Kentucky: That’s mama Luigi to you!Indiana: Fuck, Ness doesn’t have any funny lines. Ohio: Can we please play the game now?Indiana, clearly excited: OKEY

*Great Maze*Indiana: You’re going the wrong way!Ohio: You’re hogging the remote! Let Kentucky play!Kentucky: That’s the wrong door!*they start screeching at each other. Minnesota walks into the room about to say something, shakes his head, and leaves.*

*Tabuu fight*Kentucky: I’m vibing with this music.Ohio: Don’t try and sound young, we all know you’re old as fuck.Indiana: Ohio if you don’t stop dying I’m going to throw you out a window.Kentucky: SONIC SPEED! *proceeds to die* GOSH DARN IT!Indiana: WHY ARE YOU USING SONIC?Kentucky: HE WAS RIGHT THERE I HAD TO!*they die about twelve more times, but only one makes the final cut. At some point they beat the game*

Indiana: This was cute. I really liked the relationships in it.Ohio: Yeah, shame we’ll never get a wholesome and fulfilling story mode again, right guys?Kentucky: *plays the Smash Ultimate theme on the xylophone.*Indiana: I’ll go get my Switch.Ohio: You better.Indiana: I’ll hit you.Ohio: You’re in my house, that’s assault.*Indiana kicks Ohio out of his chair. The video cuts for the last time*

#i've still got another ask and i'll get to that one soon don't worry #statetalia #aph states #aph indiana #aph ohio #aph kentucky #hws states #hws indiana #hws kentucky #hws ohio #aph west virginia #hws west virginia #aph minnesota #hws minnesota #the states play video games

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eatingashovel · 5 years

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College art boi trying their best vibe

Oof. This is scarily accurate.

Who are you and what do you know?

#jk #you are right tho #anon #asks #tris speaks

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zandeliongames · 5 years

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Hey everyone! I wanted to make a post just so you all don’t think I’ve completely abandoned this project. But it’s also time for me to be a little more transparent. For most of the year, I have been taking serious strides into freelance writing especially after I lost my job in February (don’t feel bad, I didn’t like it and I have an amazingly supportive family) and that has lately been the focus of my time as of late. And honestly, after spending most of my time working on a computer, I’m hard-pressed to also use my computer during my free time, even to build cool shit on Sims. Working independently comes with a lot of variables, and most days it’s not guaranteed that I’m gonna get paid, so I’ve been looking into other possible avenues to help keep me afloat as well. I’ve only just started really so I’m still working out the kinks in regards to time management, but I really feel fulfilled by freelance and putting my energy into creating something like this to sustain myself for the future and the possibilities it can open for me. I know this is something I can succeed in, but I’ve been a horse with blinders on lately I can admit.

Sims is still important to me. Part of my love of writing and storytelling came from weekends when I was in high school with my friends and we’d meet in one of my friend’s room (I went to a boarding school) and we’d watched the our simselves fight, flirt, and eat hotdogs. I can’t promise that I can post as regularly or as frequently as I used to. But I will finish my save file and we’ll find out if Bumblebee has what it takes to make it as an Actress (if she survives high school). I am genuinely grateful for interaction I have with my fellow simmers, and this was an unnecessarily long post to say this blog ain’t dead yet, I’m just busy. Miss you guys and sending you guys positive vibes ✨🙌✨

for funsies: here’s a screenie of my cat Graysim in a scarily accurate representation of when I wake his real life version up to get him off the counter

#zandelion #update #I just wanna live the life my sims done #but she also worked really hard and wrote hella articles #I need to do the same #love you all

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du-hjarta-skulblaka · 6 years

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Oof owie wow fuck i just got a like on a post about 6 years old so i jumped back to have a look and... Oof

Some old artwork, posts from one of my exes and depression ramblings that give me a scarily accurate idea of when i made them

#theres reasons i try not to look back #god

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drawingwithgreen13 · 6 years

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Things that don’t get as much attention in Be More Chill as they should (based on the original bootleg and audio)

Gonna put them under a read more coz this list is L O N G

Jeremy lifts his shirt up in his bathroom to look for muscles

Jeremy thinks of Robert De Niro as a ‘hero’ and a cool guy

Rich literally lifting Jeremy up by his shirt collar when Gerard’s legit 5′4

I’d say Jeremy sounds genuinely interested in play rehearsal but a lot of people already know about that

Pretty much all the shenanigans that go on during the first classroom scene, like Rich doing the finger-through-hand fucking thing to Michael

Jeremy outright says he has small nuts

Michael wears his hoodie all the time until he sees Jeremy

Michael knows about Jeremy’s thing for Christine and is supportive of him!

Jeremy writes letters to Christine

Rich doesn’t actually point to Jeremy when yelling ‘gay!’, he just holds his fist up (or he points with his pinkie, I didn’t see)

Jeremy gets surprised by Michael when the two are at the door to play rehearsal, which is where the line ‘I guess evolution's not for everyone...’ comes from

MICHAEL THREATENS TO MOCK JEREMY FOREVER IF HE DOESN’T GO TO REHEARSAL WHAT A NERD

Christine tries to make a joke

Christine knows about sex and makes jokes based on it (’You’re a virgin. First play rehearsal!’ ‘You never forget your first...play rehearsal!’)

All the shenanigans happening in the background of Mr Reyes talking about the play (Jake pumping his fist up when Mr Reyes talks about the sport team and RICH GOING ON HIS KNEES TO PULL A CHAIR UP FOR BROOKE TO SIT ON)

Mr Reyes hugging Christine after saying Shakespeare is dead

Jake trying to be smooth with Christine and Christine obviously being kind of bothered by it, but trying to be kind

THE LITTLE EXTRA PART JEREMY SINGS WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT HAVING A BREAKDOWN THIS BOY HAS HAD BREAKDOWNS FROM NERVES

Rich’s hips during ‘confidence’, you know the one

Rich slapping himself for talking with his lisp

Rich pretty much hinting that he has a small dick

Whatever those weird hand things he was doing were during the ‘it’s from Japan’ part

Slide-y slide-y ‘IT’S FROM JAPAAAAAAAN’

How when Rich sings the next part, a robotic voice plays in the background, almost like it’s his SQUIP talking...?

More hip wiggles

‘TEENAGE ROCKSTAR SPLENDOR’ AIR MICROPHONE AND MORE HIP WIGGLES

Jeremy is a clean freak by the looks of it (’Aren’t you gonna wash your hands?)

Rich’s dancing (THE SHIRT LIFT THO)

How Rich flushes the urinal at the end

All the shenanigans during Two Player Game (stealing controllers from each other, switching beanbags, Michael fucking Tickling Jeremy)

The boys like Nintendo!

Jeremy getting annoyed at Michael’s constant ‘coooool at college’es

Mr Heere entering his son’s room, knowing fully that there’s a guest in there, WITHOUT PANTS

‘Are you hanging out with a girl? Oh...hey, Michael.’

Mr Heere was gonna order pizza for them aww

Michael sounds genuinely concerned when Jeremy talks bad about his parents

Jeremy legit flips Michael off after he says ‘favouwite person’

Michael reminding Jeremy to get to the point during the SQUIP deal

Scary Stockboy is more of a drama queen than Mr Reyes, who’s a drama teacher

Michael’s ‘whatever’ look at Stockboy’s ‘I DON’T KNOW WHY!’

The fact that the ‘pumps’ line was improvised

Jeremy was willing to share the SQUIP with Michael

‘I like to think that some day, you’ll owe me one’ FORESHADOWING

Mountain Dew can apparently be sold in cups?

Jeremy likes chilly fries apparently

Jenna immediately going to record Jeremy spasming on the ground

(The rest is just gonna be from the audio now) Jeremy sounding high as fuck when he says ‘you look like...Keanu Reeves’

Eric not being able to do a British accent for the life of him

How fucking excited Jeremy sounds when he says ‘LIKE IN X-MEN??’

Jeremy’s first independent shirt choice was...a girl’s shirt. What does that imply with his fashion sense? Or maybe he’s so thin only girl’s tops can fit

Chloe making Madeline sounds like the person who murdered her entire family in front of her

How fittig Lauren’s singing style is for ‘Do You Wanna Ride’ like wow?

CHLOE SINGS WITH BROOKE LIKE WHAT, CHLOE WAIT UNTIL ACT 2

The scene where Jeremy is tiredly singing before going to sleep and the SQUIP calling him ‘slugger’

Chloe is, like...really selfish. The way she talks to Christine about Jake makes it clear she isn’t over him

Christine sounding genuinely upset that Jake didn’t go to play rehearsal, and not just sad-upset. She sounds legit betrayed

Jeremy and Christine slow dance Jeremy lifts Christine up and spins her do you see the love in his eyes when he’s looking at her

How well Will C’s and Stephanie’s voices go together

The SQUIP literally breaking ‘cause Christine said she liked Jake

The fucking volleyball line, SQUIP you’re gross

How convincing Will C’s crying is (side note but hearing him cry makes me think back to the fact that during one show he legit started sobbing during the ‘everything about you is so terrible’ line and the show had to stop to calm him down)

BROOKE IS A GOOD GF WHOEVER SHE ENDS UP WITH IN THE FUTURE IS LUCKY

‘Super old and kinda mean to women’

The SQUIP saying he ‘didn’t exactly’ kill Eminem, when in fact, it didn’t kill Eminem, at all. It just predicted a favourable possible outcome for it happening

This isn’t an underappreciated part but I need to bring it up. They straight up killed Eminem (this happened in the book too like Ned u good?)

‘Our future is so clear’ is Brooke thinking about her and Jeremy’s future together?

Whatever her and the SQUIP are doing to Jeremy to make him question his sexuality

WILL C LEGIT SOUNDS LIKE A YOUNG BOY OR A GIRL WHEN HE REPEATS THE ‘UPGRADE’S

Jake is a good boyfriend if kinda a dick at points

Jake Boyd can fuck me up

Eric going l o w when singing with Jeremy at the ‘Christiiiiine’ part

Jeremy gets overwhelmed by voices in his head

The SQUIP is okay to just...leave Jeremy’s head

Michael gets genuinly sassy when he’s upset

Despite Jeremy ignoring him all day, he’s still super excited and happy for Jeremy when he finds that the SQUIP worked

Jeremy literally stating that being honest doesn’t get him anywhere

How we never see Michael’s reaction to Jeremy optic-nerve blocking him? Like, we don’t know if he was sad or angry or confused or all three?

Brooke is a flirt when it coms to Halloween costumes

Jake has...a condom. As if that’s the only thing he’s bringing to the party

Rich has an older brother! Who happens to have a Jason mask

Also, a loaf of bread...

Jeremy being a n e r d with his costume

Apparently the SQUIP wears a Matrix costume?? There’s no bootleg with that footage but wow

Jake not understanding how to treat his girlfriend 101

Rich getting sad during the last ‘It’s Halloween’s

Chloe thinks Jeremy is cute

Chloe is, indeed, probably worse then Madeline when it comes to the sluttiness

Jeremy trying his best to be kind and polite even when Chloe’s pretty much on top of him

Chloe’s ‘flask’ is a baby bottle

THE SQUIP MAKES JEREMY DRINK IT CHLOE DOESN’T FORCE HIM

They actually kiss

The SQUIP actually speaking correct Japanese (and Eric speaking it well)

Chaos

Michael thinks his ‘clever disguise’ isn’t clever at all, judging by his tone

Jeremy and Michael had been friends for 12 years

Joe T took the part in the book where Michael said his BROTHER took a SQUIP and changed it so that someone ELSE’S brother took it instead (side note, this probably makes more sense considering Michael has two mums)

Michael thinks that Jeremy just wants sex with Christine

Will C’s acting is oof so good

Apparently Michael makes a lot of awkward movements with his arms during Michael In The Bathroom, which I find interesting

Also apparently Chloe’s the one knocking?

The scene where Jeremy and Christine talk o the couch

How upset Christine is that Jake and Chloe are having sex, so maybe Christine saw their relationship as more then just romantic...?

‘Popular people are messed up!’ Christine isn’t popular

The monster on the couch making weird noises along with Christine and Jeremy, and all of them laughing

Christine pretty much admitting that she may have feelings for Jeremy, too

Ok I wanted to make a post about this by itself but I need to mention it here, too. When Jeremy says ‘I thought we were friends’, do you hear how angry he sounds? How...almost selfish he sounds? It’s like the SQUIP made him act like he was entitled

The fact that apparently Rich wasn’t drunk or high during the party, so his actions were done while he was sober

Jenna’s ‘WAaAaAoOoHh’

Chloe straight up lying to Brooke about the sexcapade for the sake of them to maintain their friendship

How quick Brooke is to forgive her

How scarily accurate school tragedies are treated during The Smartphone Hour? Like, people make a big deal out of it, only because it’s drama. Like, seriously, the ‘R-I-C-H, can’t you see just how much I love your tragedy?’ almost gave me chills

Jenna, Chloe and Brooke all say Rich is their best friend for no reason? They just say it just ‘cause? What’s up with that huh

Mr Heere is so broken and lazy that he doesn’t even know his own son is starring in a play

How they kept the SQUIP giving Jeremy instructions, like, they didn’t forget about that good job Joe

Jeremy can drive, apparently? Unless that was the SQUIP’s doing like in the book

Jeremy sounds so frustrated with his dad for all the times he wasn’t there for him, due to his mother leaving. In my opinion? He totally deserved to say that

Paul sounds like he’s crying when the first part of ‘The Pants Song’ is playing?

HE LEAVES THE HOUSE WITH NO PANTS MR HEERE ARE YOU GOOD

What shirt is Michael even wearing

He and Jeremy like Weird Al!

The fact Michael tries to hide the blunt from Mr Heere

The fact that Mr Heere thinks its incense

When Mr Heere says ‘do you love him?’ and Michael responds with ‘...what?’ he doesn’t sound like he’s been caught, it sounds more like he’s genuinly confused as to why he was asked that, so maybe it wasn’t intended to be romantic?

Mr Heere calls Jeremy a little shit and I love that so much

Michael is aware of how much of a ‘not-dad’ Mr Heere has been and calls him out on it

Again, how school tragedies are really treated is scarily accurate. It’s clear Christine’s saying what she’s saying because obviously you’re an asshole if you ignore the person in the hospital from a fire, even if you never talked to them

‘Break a leg!’ ‘Not cool’

Jeremy saying that Christine didn’t help him figure himself out, right after she asked. Wow Jeremy way to be an ass

Mr Reyes being the understudy for two characters like damn

(I forgot to talk about The Pitiful Children so I’ll talk about it here) how quickly Jenna is ready to take a SQUIP, thinking it’s a drug

The SQUIP thinks that showing sadness is a human error

ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION THIS EARLIER BUT THE SQUIP WEARS DIFFERENT OUTFITS

How Joe T literally couldn't’t make it anymore obvious that the drink for the play was gonna SQUIP the whole cast

Mr Reyes wants to go to Broadway

The SQUIP’s mock sigh

Michael literally refusing to give Jeremy the MDR ‘cause he wants an apology

The SQUIP blocks Jeremy from speaking

How they’re both arguing while the SQUIP makes Jeremy physically fight Michael

Michael likes to eat eel

Jeremy and Michael are jealous of each other

Oh yeah uh Michael is high throughout all of this

How Will C’s voice breaks when he says ‘I’m SORRY!’

‘Actually, that doesn’t sound weird at all’ Jake what do you like to watch online

Jake says ‘Upgrade! Upgrade! GOD, I love me!’

Chloe thought Jeremy slept with Brooke

Michael doesn’t like girly stuff by his ‘ugh...’

Jenna seems to have been given the power to tell what happens through her mind or something?

When Christine sings about wanting to be with Jeremy. I’m like 95% sure that’s not just her SQUIP telling her to say that

Jeremy made Christine drink the MDR, not knowing that it was gonna get rid of all of the SQUIPS. He willingly offered to sacrifice his happiness and freedom for the sake of freeing Christine. If y’all think that he just has some sorta puppy crush on her, I don’t know what to think

Not super unappreciated but Michael screaming with the others ‘cause he’s freaked out

How casual Rich is when Jeremy wakes up in the hospital

Rich decribes the SQUIP as a ‘shiny, happy hivemind’

Rich refers to himself by his full name, and not just ‘Rich’

How quick he is to assume Michael is Jeremy’s boyfriend

‘I’m sure some special someone will be lucky to have you, Rich’ is Michael hinting at something, here?

How fucking excited Michael gets when talking about how the SQUIP was destroyed. Like, this boy loves tech and science so much!!

When Jeremy asks why Michael came to help him even after all the stuff he did, Michael immediately responds by saying his dad also helped.

Jeremy sounds like he’s happy crying when he sees his dad

‘It’s reassuring. He still doesn’t know anything about girls’ most people take this line as Michael saying he’s happy ‘cause maybe he has a chance with Jeremy. I think it was originally written as a sorta ‘oh, good, he still doesn’t know about girls, the SQUIP didn’t change him too much’

Mr Heere is legit good at romantic advice

Michael gives not very good advice, presumably because he, too, doesn’t know a thing about girls

‘Tell her that the exthites you thexthually’

The fact that Chloe mentions doing ecstasy is a cool nod to the book

Jeremy is, indeed, an acne boi

Jake is almost as 90s as Michael

The fact that Christine’s original SQUIP was Hilary Clinton raises a lot of questions

Since there’s no visual aid for this, I’m just going by what I’ve heard. Apparently, after Christine agrees to go on a date with Jeremy, HE KISSES HER.

Jeremy proudly confronts the SQUIP. You go boi

Holy FUCK this list was way longer than I thought but it was worth it. I wanna draw stuff for some of these moments in the future damn

#Be More Chill

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