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pearlypairings · 1 year ago
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Pssst.
Hey.
Hey you...
I did something, mmm, kinda out of the ordinary for my usual writing routine. AKA started a fic that's not hellcheer for once😅 forgive me Father Eddie, for I have sinned—
jonathan x chrissy | wip : 6k wc | slowburn, angst, eventual fluff | ch 2/?
summary: a photography commission from the unofficial Queen of Hawkins for her boyfriend sends introverted Jonathan Byers on a reluctant journey, discovering not all cheerleaders are the same. Some are very observant, thoughtful, and even full of self-doubt and responsibility like him...
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Jonathan carefully plucked the latest batch of photos from the first wash bin. The darkroom was bathed in red with the faint hum of the safelights burrowing into the background, Jonathan’s focus undeterred by the constant buzzing. Whenever he pulled those heavy darkroom curtains closed, he drifted into another world, a state of perfect flow for his work.
Last weekend he’d spent over 6 hours stalking through the woods, hoping to find the perfect overcast shadows over Skull Rock or a fawn grazing on the new growth at the edge of the pines. Instead, Jonathan had stumbled upon the ruins of a Hawkins High party, practically apocalyptic in nature with the way cans, bottles, and clothes were left strewn about the brush and the earth floor.
He had nearly rushed through the littered party ruins until a glint of the noon sun caught his eye. Under the cover of a weedy fern, a dainty gold necklace glimmered in the light, half-covered in patches of dirt and surrounded by a heavy shoe print, a thick-soled sneaker by the looks of the imprint. It was almost too poetic; the year of his graduation stuck out from under the dirt, bathed in a golden light, while the chain buckled under the dirt and grime of the life around it, like dismal foreshadowing.
Minutes ticked on as he adjusted his camera’s lens for a close-up, leaning back on his left foot to get the angle just right for the flare above the "86" pendant. He snapped two just in case—keeping his fingers crossed that he captured the foreboding atmosphere. There was something magnetic about it.
The rest of the afternoon he shot about a dozen more photos, including a rabbit poking its head out from its burrow which the older Hawkins folk would adore, a family of mossy stones congregating by a snaking vine, and a majestic hawk, brownish in color, opening its wide wingspan from its perch on the pine tree.
Not his best nature photography by his own scale, but there had to be something usable for the Hawkins Post, who always seemed in need of decent local photography to accompany their articles. He’d already been featured twice this past summer from his photos of the town fair and the downtown block party.
Jonathan had to wait until today to process the film; Tuesdays were when Mrs. Franklin unlocked the school’s darkroom for the school newspaper, The Weekly Streak, and the yearbook club. Jonathan had joined both groups in order to utilize the room for free and made sure to at least do the bare minimum for each club meeting. Mrs. Franklin turned a blind eye whenever he brought in his own film to develop, casually complimenting his artsy photos of sad, empty parking lots, once even slipping him a Lincoln to tuck a portrait of a distant stranger at Lover’s Lake into her spiral agenda.
Being a senior meant he only had one more year to take advantage of free film developing, a perk he never took for granted, since his part-time job at the Hawk barely covered the extra groceries at home—let alone stuff for Jonathan’s expensive hobby. Film added up pretty quickly, so whatever change was left over from his paycheck, he scrimped and saved until he could buy another 33mm cartridge from Melvald’s. The supplies for developing were way more than that and harder to conserve. With that somber idea in mind, he took care in transferring the first three photos from the prep solution to the next chemical mixture, not wasting a single scrap of this opportunity.
Some days he wondered if the acrid fumes helped or hindered him, the chemicals seeping into the air with a heavy, almost-metallic smell. As a freshman, it used to burn his nose, his eyes, any of the sensitive sources for sensation. Three years of experience later, he barely noticed any odor, having drifted with the humming of the safelights into the background of his awareness.
With the last slosh of the bath, Jonathan nearly jumped with the classroom light suddenly poking through the slit of the door creaking opening. If these photos were ruined, he’d have to start the painstakingly lengthy process all over again from the negatives. Fred Benson, another senior in the journalism club, had a habit of ignoring the “in use: keep out” sign and incidentally destroying all of Jonathan’s hardwork with his objectionable entrances.
Jonathan sighed, almost a groan by its volume, in exasperation. He didn’t have the energy to deal with Fred’s incessant questions right now; he always seemed to have special requests for his articles at the last minute. And while he claimed to prefer Jonathan’s work to the other student photographers, it never stopped him from making Jonathan retake photos of the same art class gallery or demanding another professional headshot for his college portfolio.
He covered the bins and snuck past the curtain protecting the developing photos, narrowing his eyes at the unwelcome thorn in his side. “Fr–”
“I’m sorry,” The voice that interrupted was sweet, meek even. Definitely not Fred’s weasley intonation and that caught Jonathan off guard. “Fred said it was okay to come in, but I should have waited—you look busy.”
Chrissy Cunningham shrunk her frame, her arms crossed over her cheer sweater, with the dip of her head showing off the blonde bangs perfectly coiffed over her brows......
More in the link:)
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eerna · 2 months ago
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me explaining why Will/Elizabeth/Jack love triangle was a perfect little one-movie arc that wasn't present in the final movie because it was never about choosing and instead just about dynamics and character development so they all outgrew it by then
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#like first off will and elizabeth are having similar character arcs but in totally opposite directions#he loses himself and gets all sad the further into the world of piracy he gets. she blooms and becomes her best self and excels at it.#and both of their arcs are supervised by jack who is there to make fun of them until it's no longer funny#will is absolutely repulsed by him but also understands him more and more once he realizes he would do anything to get to his goal#elizabeth is absolutely repulsed by him but also wants to BE him. he is what she wishes she could be were she totally free#and her possible attraction to him is treated as FUNNY because it IS VERY RIDICULOUS. like why tf would she want this weird gross guy when#she has actual perfect loverboy will at home. well bc will just doesn't get her. he is sad and lost while she is thriving#and the only one who gets it is the old smelly clown over there. why is the compass pointing at him (bc she wants to be him so bad)#that movie is about the characters not knowing what they want. they are all at a crossroads and have to choose which way to go. so it makes#sense that the main characters have a push and pull dynamic between them!!! c'mon!!!! it is so cool!!!#eernatalk#also i know pirate king elizabeth awakened something in all of us but can i add. the look she gives jack when he stops kissing her bc of th#sound of the shackles. the way she bares her teeth like she is steeling herself for the ''you deserve to die i am not sorry for this''speec#WHEEEWW.... WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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maicaronns · 9 months ago
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something something alenoah something noah is the prince of winter and alejandro is the the third heir in line for the kingdom of summer, he desperately wants to prove his worth and rule the kingdom and so his dad tells him to go slay the ruler of their rival kingdom (to no surprise, winter) and then bla bla alenoah meet, ale gets captured, noah doesnt immediately kill him, something something they bond, ale finds out noah didnt even want to be the prince and that hes only the prince cuz all his other siblings are girls, something something they fall in love yay happy ending they kill king burromuerto/jóse or something
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chickenoodle145 · 2 years ago
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Silly Lightyear AU doodle of Woody and Buzz in the morning🫶
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Woody wakes up with messy hair and is like tired most of the time 🫡 bro needs his morning coffee to stay alive, he would drink either an Espresso or Americano
Buzz wakes up early and can stay up late and won't be tired, Buzz likes himself some Cappuccino or some tea
Also Slinky exists in this AU because Woody also needs his own companion robot🙏 Woody would talk to him about his feelings
Hc that Buzz's fav season is winter/fall and Woody likes summer/spring
Buzz would be a good cook and Woody is just the instant ramen type of guy, Buzz ends up cooking Woody food most of the time because yes :)
Giving credit for some of these awesome headcanons to the one and only swag @urdadsceilingfan
Aight I think that's everything for now🤸
Stay safe people and uh see you in idk how long lmao
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sapphirepatch · 1 year ago
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I can feel it in my bones that Damien and Priya might be shipped together next season AND I DON'T WANT THAT PLS NO. She's so in love with Millie and Scary Girl and Damien had more chemistry their dynamic is much more interesting
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pinheadbella · 1 year ago
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Day 4: Sick Day
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Bowie would go to Raj’s to bring him some homemade soup and the medicine he needs to get better
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Raj would go to the store, buy all the things he thinks will cure Bowie (canned soup, over the counter medicine, tissues, get well soon cards, etc), and rush over to deliver them to his house
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memes-saved-me · 1 year ago
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Snow is a perfect example of pretty privilege because if he was played by a less good looking actor no one would be sympathising with him. The prequel is supposed to make you understand him and how the games become what they do...not for you to LIKE HIM
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r4bidcherry · 8 months ago
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if camning wasnt intentional then why do they contrast so well huh? riddle me that
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girls-with-boys-names · 2 years ago
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A doodle dump of my FMAB baby Tawny! I really am enjoying drawing art of them and Miles 👀💕
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mioakem · 11 months ago
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I like ripper and axel together
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kittysnumber1fan · 1 year ago
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late night thought AGAIN
please hear me out when I say kitty and Eva would be such a fun friendship. Idk like noah introduces Emma and kitty to team escope and Eva's like: she's just an annoying selfie girl and kitty's like: she has issues wtf. But then the next day there like best friends
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boneless-mika · 8 months ago
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I don’t care if you ship a canonically aroace character but it’s so fucking annoying when you’re constantly defending it. Like just do it and leave us (real aroace people) the fuck out of it
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babsaros · 10 months ago
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How did you know you were gay?
ah, couple reasons i guess. some that only became obvious with like 15 years of hindsight, and only after pulling myself out of the deep dark pit of compulsory heterosexuality.
like. classic symptoms of lesbianism include shamefully staring at the floor when you pass the women's underwear racks in the department store, even though you're not quite sure why you're uncomfortable. that sort of thing.
i have memories from early elementary school of accidentally glimpsing down a girl's shirt at recess and then bottling up that feeling and refusing to think about it. any time i had a crush on a boy, it was from an extremely idealized and safely non-actionable distance. the one time i did have a boyfriend, it was just my guy best friend from middle school, we dated for barely a school year before i ended it and the most physical intimacy i was ever comfortable with was holding his hand when we walked to class. i went to a different school's prom because a guy i was kind-of friends with asked me, and spent the whole night uncomfortably avoiding eye contact.
basically i started questioning my sexuality towards the end of high school, when i noticed myself getting like. jealous about my guy best friend's girlfriends?? like. i wanted to date them. i wanted to steal them from him lmao. i thought girls were pretty and soft and nice and cute and i was too afraid of being a predatory creep to do anything about it besides have far-fetched daydreams, but there was no heterosexual explanation. like, i hugged a girl i thought was pretty one time and it did things to my brain. that memory got locked in for life.
i identified as ace/pan early on, but again- compulsory heterosexuality. the idea of being with a guy romantically or sexually was never actually appealing. i had just been told that was what i was supposed to want my entire life, and the movies do a great job of selling that fantasy. but really i was just a lonely depressed helpless romantic teenager that wanted to be loved lol.
a large part of why i identified as asexual was because i was so sex-repulsed by the idea of penetration, honestly? (which i have since gotten over, but specifically Only with girls. the idea of having sex with a man still icks me out, and my preference is definitely femme-presenting ppl) a bit of it was probably also because i hadn't unpacked gender yet either. it made it very difficult to actually imagine myself having sex with anyone ever lol. this is gonna sound so cringe to say, but reading gay smut did awaken things in me.
in conclusion, tldr, i just like to think about tits and kissing women sometimes, idk. thanks for coming to my tedtalk.
#my paranoia is making me think anon is my mom or smth lmao#say something my mom would never fucking say. *gun.png* prove ur not my mom!!!! prove it motherfucker!!!!#if ur questioning ur sexuality my advice is just to explore#look at lots of different porn. try to figure out what attracts you and why#a lot of my kinks are actually divorced from gender tbh#at the height of my teenage repression i was actually reading gay voltron smut nightly#and in total denial like 'this doesn't mean anything about me. im so cis. i would know if i was trans.'#as if i didn't think the exact same shit about being gay. 'i would totally know if i was gay. i don't think about having sex with women'#because i didn't *let* myself think about having sex with women lmao#because i didn't *let* myself think about being trans- because it wasn't *safe* to be trans at the time#and figuring out the difference between 'do i want to look like this person or am i attracted to the way they look' is very tricky#and figuring out that you don't actually genuinely feel any of these implanted emotions about the opposite sex is hard too#sometimes it takes a while its okay#like looking back on my childhood fictional character crushes- it was always the women! i liked the way women looked!!#but i had been TOLD that i was a girl and so thought i HAD to be that and fall in love with a man#idk does any of this make sense lol#im a little sleep-deprived atm#i've been up a solid 24 hours#anonymous#ask#god the way i broke up with that boyfriend was so bad too oughhhhh#i've wondered a few times if i should shoot him a facebook message like 'hey sorry i dumped u like that and then we never talked again.'#'it turned out that i was neither a girl nor heterosexual. so. hope ur doin good!'
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violetsarepurple-fuckyou · 1 year ago
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Me: look, Colindeli probably isn’t going to happen and I gotta brace for that and not expect the most dramatic and romantic scenes with them in the future...
Lou Wilson in the Adventuring Party: I THOUGHT ABOUT SAYING THAT AFTER LEAVING THE BOAT THAT COLIN SET UP FOR THEM BEFORE THEIR BREAKUP, DELI CARVED A SCAR INTO HIS CHEST WITH COLIN’S KNIFE AS A REMINDER NOT TO LET ANYONE GET THAT CLOSE AGAIN! MAKE AN ANIMATION OF DELI SITTING IN A DARK ROOM CLUTCHING THE DAGGER TO HIS HEART WHILE LINCOLN PARK MUSIC PLAYS! FIVE YEARS LATER AFTER REPLACING COLIN WITH KARNA AS HIS SKALD, BEING ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL IN WAR EXACTLY THE WAY COLIN COULDN’T STAY FOR, AND NOW FINALLY ARRIVING AT THE CULMINATION OF HIS AMBITION, DELI STILL HAS THE FUCKING KNIFE!!!
What the fUUUCK?!?!! (read the tags)
#Don't get me started on the breakup#Colin was so disappointed and resigned#And Deli so quickly turned to PETULANCE and anger#pushing Colin away harder than Colin meant him to because Colin had never denied him anything before and Deli couldn't take it anyway other#than a total rejection that he had to cover the hurt of with rage#And then Karna and the way she validates his violence and they both just escalate each other in a way that is just waiting to go fatal flaw#And how all of the things Deli finds attractive in her#Are the ways she is NOT Colin#she is sharp and she is violent and she matches his ambition and she is not disappointed in him#which is what he wants be we as an audience can see how much he needs the opposite#to be reigned in before he goes too far or gets himself killed#(And Karna needs that too and neither of them will get that from each other)#And Colin has spent the past five years as a hospice knight#It's so interesting seeing what the cast was talking about with everyone being at such different places in their emotional journeys#Raphaniel is in his whole own category obviously#But Karna and Deli are the children who have not yet learned their lessons and think that the world is owed to them#hopeful yet violent#on the precipice of destruction#And Amangeaux and Colin are the adults#wiser now#maybe sadder#but determined to make the world a kinder place than that which shaped them#and ready to learn from their mistakes#I can't wait to see how that all plays out#I really hope Karna and Deli can accept the help of Amangeaux and Colin before they get themselves killed#This show is making me go insane#the ravening war#Thane Delissandro Katzon#Colin Provolone#dimension 20 spoilers
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lith-myathar · 2 years ago
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something that's been helping me a lot lately with my body image other than getting away from my fucking family is reeeeeallly just leaning into the Gay of it all, bc man, i struggle with MY body, but there are a great many women out there who look like me that i just lose it over how beautiful they are
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spykesdykegf · 2 years ago
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being aceflux is so fucking wild
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