#tight-knit friend groups

[womenusingwords]

The Woman I Found in Me

The details… The title: The Woman I Found in Me The author: Jamey Moody Publication date: February 2, 2023 Available formats: ebook, paperback Page numbers source ISBN: B0BSY4T8K5 Digital file size: 2059 KB Print length: 288 pages Genre: romance Themes: friendship, family, women loving women relationships, finding love, gaining personal and professional self-confidence Tropes: friends…

[wittyno]

The thing they don’t tell you about growing up neurodivergent is that being someone’s weird best friend is the best case scenario.

More likely is that you float around desperate to fit in but other kids are repelled by your weirdness. Exclusion and ridicule are the base mode.

It’s not even really those kids‘ fault. It’s their parents’ fault. Because the only taught their kids surface-Level acceptance.

[artharakka]

Star of the Forest

[jamandjazz]

Sometimes I stare at characters and go “I want to traumatize y’all so bad you become codependent as FUCK”

[gingermintpepper]

I continue to be in the foulest of moods so here are some Zeus + Apollo headcanons because they make me happy :)

(Important note: this is largely specific to my original work and is not me making inferences from mythical or historical texts)

Zeus and Apollo spar. Like a lot. Like a lot. A big reason why Apollo gets so good at boxing is because he usually sparred with his father as a young god and getting hit with one of Zeus' punches is!! Not advisable. He focused on becoming fleet-footed to combat Zeus' more solid fighting style which was definitely helped by his dancing. Conversely, Hermes would later develop wrestling partially as a response to Apollo's annoying fleet-footedness in combat.

Zeus decides to tie his mind to Apollo's when the strain of Apollo's visions become too intense for him to handle alone. When Apollo first returns from his exile after slaying Python, his visions are so severe that he suffered from 'time-blindness' where he could only percieve the future and was completely unable to see the present. Zeus shoulders some of that strain until Apollo becomes strong enough to handle prophecy on his own - though Zeus is careful not to give Apollo absolute prophecy lest he get overwhelmed again.

Despite their closeness, or maybe because of it, Zeus and Apollo argue quite a lot. Usually it's banal things like administrative work or squabbling over which of them should get the larger portion of a hecatomb, but they do argue about how prophecies should be carried out quite frequently too. There's a general agreement for Zeus not to bring up Apollo's children after how messy Aristaeus' anointing was (and how angry Apollo was at Zeus' disagreement with his decision to make his firstborn son a god) but the odd occasion where it cannot be avoided is usually when they have their most grave spats.

One of Zeus' greatest regrets is his relationship with Ares, partially because Ares grows up seeing him dote and teach Apollo with his full attention. There is... a lot of himself that he sees in Ares. A lot of Kronos too and the part of Zeus that is a warrior before he is a king has done his best to keep the boy at arms length entirely because of that familiarity with the face staring back at him. It's another of the things he and Apollo have argued ceaselessly about. Naturally, Apollo has attempted to bridge that gap many times and while Ares is still quite close with Artemis, when it comes to Apollo, he is particularly sensitive.

Zeus is the one that ultimately decided that Apollo should never marry. Due to Apollo's love-curse and his already concerning tendency to be overly attached and committed to his mortal affairs and offspring, Zeus decided that marriage would be doom to Apollo's spirit and proclaimed him unfit for the ceremony and its status. Instead of the expected argument, everyone was quite surprised when Apollo merely bowed his head and accepted such an outrageous decision.

[uhode]

so my best friend’s studying abroad and she came back for a few days and on her last day home she gathered us all at her place and got us really drunk and as i was about to leave saying my goodbyes she grabbed me by my shoulder and pulled me close and said you’re my favorite out of all these people you’re my favorite you always were

[hel-phoenyx]

Kaizarz belongs to @corneille-but-not-the-author, Oli to @thal-ent and Domhildr to @soupedepates

Meili (mentioned) belongs to @azeler

There aren't many people that can make the bear gets out of its cave. In fact, it's limited to one. One, since the event ; the one that bears the crown.

Heh. Making an unintentional pun in my head probably is proof that I drank too much.

It's the night. Oli and Domhildr decided to relieve the king of his royal duties for the evening. I guess the reasoning would be that for once, he would be our friend, and not the Kraken king, hero of the tournament, and, even if I may be the only one here that knows that, future killer of the Tyrant. I appreciate there's still people that care that much.

However, deciding to string me along was a very poor move.

I'm tired. i'm annoyed. I'm pissed. By Gods I don't wanna be here. I may have wanted to, or Kaizarz convinced be gods know how, but right now I just wanna go back to my books and my alone time.

Why am I so irritated, some might ask ?

Guess whose idiots started a truth or dare while severely intoxicated. AGAIN.

And of course no one let me run away. Because it's not funny to play with only three people. So I'm sitting here, choosing dare after dare after dare and drinking my penalty for more than two thirds of them.

So I'm probably very drunk, I can't activate that damn spell because I can stay focused for five secs, and I have to look at those three idiots laughing at my expense and calling me a coward.

Well, to be fair, Domhildr is the only one to do so. But that's Domi, so she's noisier than five people combined.

Worse is that they're fucking audacious with their dares. Like, right now. Domhildr just dared Oli to do a strip-tease, and of course Oli did, though they stopped at the top. Luckily for everyone's cheeks. Kaizarz is avoiding that part of the room since Oli's shirt flew away on the middle of our circle.

I'm not looking either.

But now it's my turn, and Oli turns towards me with a big smile on their face.

"Tyr, truth or dare ?"

I roll my eyes.

"How about neither."

"No fun. Com'on, Tyr," adds Domhildr. "Don't be a bitch."

Ugh. Either I be a bitch and run away right now, but Kaizarz who is looking at me with big doe eyes is gonna get sad and I don't want that, or I subject myself to another humiliation with a potential bonus drink.

Choice is quick to be taken.

"Fine. Dare."

I hate how weak I am.

Kaizarz's face tints itself with a hint of worry, probably noticing that I reached my limit. Yet, he doesn't say anything, and Oli is the first one to answer, their big smile still on their face.

"Dare huh ? Then kiss Domi."

"Huh ?"

"On the mouth."

"Huh ?"

"For at least five seconds."

"HUH ?"

Are they fucking serious right now- yeah. Yeah they are. They're laughing like a little gremlins, their smile even wider than before. I doubt they think I would do that, it's probably a ploy to make me drink and loosen up, it's not gonna have the desired effect.

Kaizarz has a little frown.

"Hey maybe we shouldn't go that far-"

"Oh com'on, Kaizarz, don't be a galiant knight, Tyr knows how to defend himself !" Shouts Domhildr, now up on her feet. "And we all know anyway he won't do it !"

She turns towards me and stick her tongue.

"Right, mister I chicken out every time ?"

"With how daring you get ? Of course I "chicken out"."

Domhildr smiles even more. That little shit is getting on my nerves.

"Well, you get the same thing than Oli and I, even Kaizarz drank less than you ! I say it's not because we're daring, more like you're a coward~"

She's really getting on my nerves. Gods I miss Meili. He would be able to put some sense in her bonehead. And for the love of Harkyr stop smiling, it's making my blood boil !

Why are you taling so much pleasure in my annoyance ?!

"So Tyr, what will it be ? Beer or serpent's liquor ? Or you just step out of your comfort zone for once, you prude-"

"Fine !"

That was too much. I saw an echo in her voice, her words, and not the type I enjoy. Plus, I had my fair share of her vicious mockery. So if I have to put my lips on her to shut her up, so be it.

She looks dumbfounded, like she didn't expect that. All time for me to catch her by the shirt, pull her toward me and mark a pause before joining our lips together.

I hear a little sound of surprise probably coming from Kaizarz, but the countdown started by Oli covers it, sung on an enthousiastic voice. They're drunk, I can hear it in the little slurring, and the absurdity of the situation is enough to break their composure.

Five.

Domhildr feels surprised at first, but I only need less than a second to feel she's letting loose. Her face is too close, her eyes too wide. I close mine.

Four.

I'm still holding her shirt. I don't let go, but my grip gets weaker. I don't need to keep her in place, anyway. Rather to stop her from snuggling up to me.

Three.

She answers the kiss with an audace I suspect is for pushing me to my last limits. She's still standing, I'm sat, so even with our tremendous height difference I have to keep my head raised, and I feel a hand on my shoulder.

Two.

It's getting hot in here. Alcohol, probably. I don't deepen anything, but I can still feel her booze breath. We're both wasted at that point. It doesn't bother me the slightest. I have kissed drunker people. Somehow it adds to the appeal, probably because I am, myself, drunk.

One.

Her second hand is on my cheek. It's soft. It's warm. Her lips are softer. She's a good kisser. I guess she's used to it. Not judging. I'm no better.

Zero.

I let go a second too late.

They all look flabbergasted, everyone. Kaizarz, looking at me with a very weird expression, Oli, still smiling despite the surprise, and Domhildr, eyes wide, cheeks rozy, blinking once, twice, thrice.

She opens her mouth. Close it. I can't restrain a slight, victorious smile.

"So who's the coward now ?"

"........ Okay," Oli ends up answering. "I won't say anything, anymore."

"Good bird."

Yeah, I'm pissed. And maybe Domhildr's dumbfounded face is making me vicariously happy.

She runs her thumb on her lips.

"Wow. Didn't think you would do it."

"What, after getting on my nerves all evening ?"

"Yeah but. Did I get your first kiss or what ?"

She winks, Kaizarz blinks, eyes squinted. I just sigh.

"Absolutely not, as much as you wanted to."

I still remember their lips on mine.

Domhildr laughs.

"Oh, if only you chose truth, I would ask who was your first !"

"And it's exactly the reason I don't. Alright, either we keep this game moving or we do something else, because I am not saying anything about either my love or sex life, you motherfuckers."

"You have a sex life ?!"

"I said, not saying anything. Gods."

That's not details I wanna share anyways, godsdamnit. Luckily for me, they don't insist, and Kaizarz probably himself at his limit pulls out a game of cards. Oh, se we're doing kraken-king and peasant.

Good. I've always been good at this game.

[segueintoromanticism]

imagine going to this guy's place that you're hooking up with and when you open the door you find his roommate making out with one of your besties in the fucking balcony

[cryptocism]

"Thad had forgotten that in tracking down Bart, he would eventually meet the inescapable, inevitable hurdle of having to deal with Bart’s friends." I am dying. I am deceased. I am on the floor laughing until I am crying. Thad, you adorable dumbass, my condolences but YES you will have to deal with the rest of the Core Four...I feel like this plan was perhaps not the most well thought out plan to ever exist buddy.

thad is like i need to get to MAX but in order to find MAX i need to find BART and the only way to BART is through THESE IDIOTS

hes stuck between a rock and a hard place the only way out is through a truly obnoxious friend group

[fandomhopper23]

When you're being realistic about a defined outcome, but your inherent personality is somehow optimistic, and gives you false hope, even though you know it's going to be brutally stamped out

[vani-candy]

have a smidgen of Mitty lore before i go to bed heheeheheeee

[dont-open-dead-inside-25]

You guys... I have my own found family

[angeltism]

how do you make friends on tumblr....

No idea I just found people with similar interests and eventually found more and more cool people who also thought I was cool so. Shrug. Being in the editing community kinda helped because you very easily find people that way who like similar things, since editblr has a lot of common interests throughout the larger community, but now the community has kinda gotten a little too shitty and drama ridden so I don't know if I should recommend that. Shrug.

[pirunika]

getting motivation from the fact rachel (friends) in season 3 is kinda starting her dream career at the age of 28

[iant0jones]

I love friendship so much. My partner, his roommates, and I FINALLY were able to exchange all of our Christmas gifts together since it was the first time all of us had been home at the same time since well before Christmas and it was so much fun 😭 my partner and I had already exchanged our main gifts but having the full experience with everyone there really felt like we were solidified as a family. I cannot wait to move in later this year!!! I’ve never felt more at home

(In case you were wondering, roommate 1 got me black velvet vampy gloves and roommate 2 got me an extremely cute Bride of Frankenstein ornament and a mug that says “monsters are my BFFS” and has eyes floating in the dark. When the mug heats up it reveals Frankenstein’s creature, the Mummy, Dracula, and Wolfman 🥰 if you’re interested in what I got everyone else and what my partner got me you can ask I guess??? Not that any of you care I’m sure but this post is getting long and it’s late and I’m sleeeepy)

[uhode]

i <3 uni group chat we’re so fun last night the topic was our favorite artworks with additional commentary today it’s tiktok and genuine human connection i still can’t believe i have a solid friend group at uni so strange so lovely