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Mario had two fucking partners die in PMTOK and I know Paper Mario likes to do that a lot but for some reason these ones hit different for me and I feel like no one gives it nearly as much attention as we should.
#pmtok#smb#bobby called him “big M” like he had a nickname#Olivia was like his fucking kid sorry i don't make the rules#like they're both two people that got to experience the world in a new lense and appreciate it#and their appreciation for yhe world is what made them sacrifice themselves for it#Bobby easily could have found a home with Mario and Olivia#Olivia was taken away just when she was mature and blossoming and just#she had so much more to grow and do and she's just gone#and just. man idk i can't believe PMTOK made me cry lmfao#ANYWAYS uuuh shit i got too serious#wahoo!! funny wahoo man!
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Oh wow. Just 2 hours after my advisor replied back saying he'd contacted the department designee, my override request has been approved. Sometimes emailing people really does work!!!
So I'll be taking front end web programming next semester!! As well as C/C++ in UNIX/Linux and quality engineering in IT. So definitely more technology focused than this semester was. But that was the point !! Finish up my communication minor this semester and some of the more theoretical courses, so it'll be on to Technology next semester 😌 I'm kinda excited
#speculation nation#there is NO proper course page for this damn class so i cant read up on it#bc it's one of those weird test courses. like my data governance class is this semester.#a new course offering that theyre seeing how it goes i guess b4 they give it a permanent number.#now whether itll be all that useful to me? that remains to be seen. but it does seem like itll be interesting#i will have TWO programming classes next semester...hehehe#AND!!!! i didnt have to drop my orchestra or bowling courses to get my 3 IT courses for graduation!!! yay!!!#so i have my full 12 credit hours and 3 of them are fun things!!! yay!!!!#actually have a more balanced schedule. this semester it's just been one 3 hour class on monday and wednesday mornings#and then 3 classes spread across tuesday thursdays. nothing on fridays.#next semester (my LAST semester!!!) i have 3 things on monday wednesday (one of which is bowling)#3 on tuesday (one is a lab) 2 on thursday and 2 on friday (another lab + still bowling)#man. im gonna be doing 50 minutes of bowling 3 times a week for an entire semester. thats so funny#it DOES sound fun. i do enjoy bowling. im gonna get so fucking good at bowling guys.#bowling on monday wednesday friday and orchestra on tuesday thursday... i will have so much enrichment :]#i am happy with this schedule 🙏🙏🙏#AND nothing too early. earliest mornings are 9 am and thats not That bad. wahoo!!!
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wanted to make a fun doodle for pride when i woke up this morning but i left my ipad at the house :V
#am at ark's#left it bc it was on 1% and tbh i planned on playing splatoon for most of the day#been playing ttyd instead and now my switch is also dying kjghf#life update things are better I Think. or they at least deescalated#and it's summer for my sister's kids so no more babies over unless it's for special occasions THANK GOD#anyways happy pride i love you gay people in my computer#im collecting so many flags. there are an infinite number of them that COULD apply to me jhfdkg#labels are weird man. if i ACTUALLY listed every identity i felt a connection to we'd be here all day#like. im trans and queer and that also makes me relate to genderqueer but i am also a trans man and you COULD also call me nonbinary#the overlap is really funny jkhfgk#sexuality is weirder. just slap a rainbow on that idk man#are ARO EXPLOSION 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 i've felt so much better since taking that one on#relief... been fighting off that label for over half a decade#just didnt know how to tell if i knew For Sure. it did click eventually#the way it clicked is a little bit hilarious and i will never tell amen <3#i normally dont like ''strict'' labels like i prefer to call myself Just Trans and gay (or queer if you're normal)#but aro is a nice one that one has given me a bit of comfort in the few months since i've realized#wahoo#chat
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Serena’s Class List:
At Paldea's Naranja-Uva academy, Serena is enrolled in several classes for her Professor program. Many of these classes are prerequisites required by the academy, while others specifically are meant for her field of study.
Calculus - Serena takes a very high level math class, as it’s required for her degree. Luckily, she was able to skip over the lower level classes needed to get to the high level. She achieved this by taking a placement test prior to enrolling in any classes, and was luckily placed right where she needed to be. Math is easily one of her strongest subjects, and she’s always willing to help those in her class with homework or tutoring.
Sciences - Her science classes make up a brunt of her coursework, engaging so far in classes for pokemon biology/chemistry, anatomy and physiology, genetics, and environmental/habitat science. A lot of these classes can be related to one another, but they’re all extremely tough and vigorous courses. Beyond lectures, she attends hands on labs for 3 days out of the week, several hours a day. If there’s any downtime in the labs, or they end early, she spends the rest of the time doing homework.
Language - A general education prerequisite that Serena takes. Being able to pick the specific language class she takes, she’s chosen Hoennese. She’s somewhat familiar with the language already, but not enough to be truly considered ‘fluent’. This class helps supplement some of the language skills she was missing.
Arts/Home Ec - Two more prerequisite classes Serena takes at her time in the academy. For arts in particular, she takes a pottery class. She finds it fun being able to create something with her own two hands, and has the subtle and nuanced touch needed for clay creations. Home ec is another class she takes to satisfy prerequisite requirements. She thoroughly enjoys the class, and still finds new things to learn and apply to her life. The recipes she’s learned in the class are ones she holds onto and uses whenever she cooks in her dorm, or if she’s out and about in Paldea.
History - Serena takes a course on Paldean History in specific, as she wants to learn more about the history of the region she’ll be in for an undetermined amount of time. This class was where she learned about Paldea’s ‘treasures’, and the sealed grounds found across the region - something that has piqued her interest.
Battle Studies - The battle studies Serena is enrolled in are more on the advanced side, as she was able to prove her mettle and avoid being placed in the beginner or intermediate-geared classes. These classes help keep her own pokemon sharp during their time abroad, allowing her a chance to train them and test her strength against the other students in the class.
#🌹 headcanon.#🌹 a thousand colors in a brighter shade | paldea.#i cb i havent posted this yet. one of the most important wip arcs she has rn#also sry im flaky af mario wonder came out right when i was doing my soft comeback and#i am not immune to funny wahoo man 🥹
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I still remember E3 2018 so fondly. It feels as if only yesterday I saw that Devil May Cry title card and shat bricks. <3
#it's sooo funny i talk ab waiting for dmc5 like a veteran#but bc it felt more like waiting for godot for years#bc the idea was ''either the reboot fails and the whole ip goes down under or it does well and we just get a new franchise''#right???#and then . e3 2018🥺🥺#like i was still nervous bc Nero's lil redesign gave him a bit of a reboot Dante appearance#but yknow. the afterscene. the return of the wacky wahoo pizza man....#that was such a Moment in my life i pissed my pants
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there needs to be a mario mod where he sounds like paarthurnax and a skyrim mod where paarthurnax sounds like mario
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Hey Peni, would you like to have a cool license as well? We think you're cool.
"*gasp* Really? You think I'm cool enough to have one of those licenses?"
"They're right, Peni! You definitely deserve one!"
"Well... Okay, sure! But only if SP//dr can have one, too."
*Cool SP//dr noises.*
#WAHOO!#new data discovered (ask)#data analyzed (answered)#mystery data (anon)#friendly neighborhood peni parker (ic)#(Klonoa)#sp//Dr is online (ic)#spider man#into the spider verse#klonoa#humor program (funny)
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these keep showing up on my dash and i'm STRUGGLING to not reblog each of them. i don't want to flood my few followers with this one goddamn clip but each time i see it i go "OOHJGHOGH IT'S THE THING!!! THE GAY!!!!"
This is exactly what I like to see, thank you tumblr
#bowuigi#i can't take this#when is the funny wahoo man movie coming out#i know the release date of the movie but still. when do i get to see.#i know i'm gonna be subjecting one of my friends to watching with me#i just need to figure out who i should drag along
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1.) I need my stomach to feel better
And
2.) I need this goddamn Mario movie to come out already, I'm having a goddamn conniption
#i think ive had an ulcer or gastritis for the past month and i havent been able to eat shit#i need to feel better so i can be normal again and i need to see the funny wahoo man on the big screen to cleanse my soul#drabbles
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Omg yay!! Ok obviously feel free to decline this since the subject matter could be rough for some people but, canon Benny’s reaction to what happened to Kathy was definitely my least fav part of the film and I need it to be rectified through fic🙏🏽. So could you write something about the aftermath of something like that happening to reader when her and Benny have been dating for a while? Im starved for caring and protective Benny unfortunately
Starve no more, anon ;) I have more protective Benny fics in the works! I made this one as a one shot to my Benny x Bunny series, hope that's okay! (This ISN'T the next part to Little Bunny! It's just a little one shot for after they're together ;) I'm working on getting the next part posted tonight!)
Word Count- 1.1k
Summary- Benny couldn't possibly want you after what almost happened, right?
TW- SA, 18+
*Please don't read if you are uncomfortable with the content!
Life Raft (Benny Cross x Shy!Reader)
Benny was going to be so upset with you.
Your hands shook from the adrenaline still coursing through your veins. You blinked and the tears burning your eyes threatened to spill over. Kathy’s hand rubbed the spot between your shoulder blades soothingly as she sat on the edge of the bed with you. Downstairs, you could hear the party wrapping up, Johnny and Funny Sonny trying to get everybody to leave. The party was over, too many bad things had happened for everyone to just pretend they didn’t see it, pretend they didn’t hear it.
You swallowed roughly, the events of the last hour still looping in your mind. The way his cold eyes raked over your body, the way he smiled sinisterly as you backed away. The course palm of his hand that wrapped around your throat, pinning you against the wall. His hot breath fanning across your mouth as his tongue invaded. His other hand going up your skirt, grazing the line of your panties.
You squeezed your eyes shut at that part. You had screamed, but Benny wasn’t there. Kathy wasn’t there. Zipco wasn’t there. Brucie wasn’t there. You were alone with this man, prey to this predator. And who even was this man? You hadn’t seen him before, even though he wore the colors you had been so used to seeing almost every day. More chapters were popping up everywhere and with it, came new faces to the parties, meetings and picnics. Strangers, dangerously prowling through the club now, waiting for opportunities of solitude to attack.
You had only left the bonfire for a moment, telling Benny that you were going inside to grab a soda from the fridge. They only ever had beer coolers outside by the fire. You would only be gone for a moment. But a moment was all this animal needed as he stalked into the kitchen after you.
You were alone and that realization sent ice through your veins. This animal could do whatever he wanted, and you were powerless to stop it.
And then suddenly Johnny was there, grabbing this man and throwing him away from you. You were stuck against the wall, frozen in fear as you watched Wahoo and Corky jump into the fight as well. The two dragged the man out of the room, heading for the back door.
“Hey, kid, you okay?” Johnny asked, trying to make eye contact with your frantic gaze. He reached out slowly and pulled the hem of your dress back down to cover your trembling legs. “C’mon, let Kathy get you upstairs.”
You hadn’t even realized Kathy was there too now. She wrapped her arms around you, guiding you to the stairs.
“B—Benny?” You tried to ask and Johnny nodded.
“I’ll get him for ya,” he said, eyes empathetic.
That seemed to be hours ago. Or maybe it was only a few minutes. You weren’t sure; everything felt a little hazy. However long it was, Kathy never left your side, having planted herself next to you. You tried to say something to her, to thank her, but your throat was too dry and your mind too incoherent. You felt dirty and scared and you just wanted to go home.
Benny was going to be so upset with you.
Footsteps climbed the stairs and you stiffened at the sound. Benny appeared in the doorway and you wanted to sob. The man you wanted to run to, the man you wanted to hold you tight and carry you back to safety stood there, a dark expression on his face. With one look at Kathy, he dismissed her. She squeezed your arm gently.
“I’ll be right downstairs if ya need me,” she promised softly and then she was gone. Benny closed the door behind her and a heavy silence filled the bedroom.
Your heart raced as he moved to stand at the dresser across from you. You could see the tension radiating from him and you swallowed back any kind of hope for him to love you still.
“What happened?” he asked finally, his voice wavering with barely-controlled anger.
“I-I just wanted a pop. I just came in-inside and he—he . . . I couldn’t—couldn’t get away—” The words tumbled out of your mouth incoherently.
“Which one?”
You looked up at him through your tear-soaked lashes. “I—I don’t . . . Did Johnny not—”
“Johnny didn’t tell me who. Just told me . . .” His words died as he looked at the purple marks forming on your neck. His jaw clenched hard and he looked away from you. Your heart sunk at the action. He couldn’t even look at you anymore. He was so disgusted that he couldn’t even look at you. You could feel him slipping through your fingers and total desperation hit you like a wave. The ocean, you thought, that's what it felt like. You were lost in the middle of the ocean and a storm broke a nasty hole in your tiny ship. You were sinking, drowning in that vast, dark water.
The tears broke free from their dam and rolled down your cheeks as a sob caught in your throat. “I’m—I’m so sorry, B—Benny. Please forgive me.”
“Forgive you?” He looked back at you but you couldn’t face his hard gaze.
Looking down at your lap, you cried. “Please don’t be upset with m—me. I’m sorry.”
He crossed the distance between you, lowering himself to his knees before you. You squeezed your eyes shut to avoid his gaze, heart shattering in your chest.
His warm hands enveloped yours tightly. “Bunny.”
Please don’t leave me here to pick myself up, you wanted to say. Please don’t abandon me to this darkness, I'm already drowning. I'm still me. I'm still your girl.
“Bunny, look at me.” His voice was so soft, just barely above a whisper.
You obeyed his gentle command. His face was inches below yours, eyes examining. Slowly, he lifted his hand and his fingertips ghosted over the bruises forming on your throat. His brows pinched together but his eyes were soft as they returned to yours. His fingers traveled over the curve of your jaw and up to swipe the heavy flow of tears from beneath your eyes.
“I could never be upset with you, Bunny," he whispered. “I could never.”
Your hands came up to grip his wrists as if he were a life raft holding you afloat. His hands, you realized, were shaking slightly and you held even tighter, anchoring him to you.
“I’m not angry with you. I’m angry with myself. Angry that I wasn’t there to protect you.” His voice wavered, tears rimming his beautiful blue eyes. “I promised to always protect you and I wasn’t there. I’m so sorry, Bunny. I’m so, so sorry.”
Words failed you, but you never needed them for Benny. You threw your arms around his neck, burying yourself into his chest. He reacted immediately, pulling you impossibly close as he moved to sit on the bed beside you. You cried, and he let you.
And when Johnny came to check on you, that’s how he found you: curled into your Benny's chest, his arms a protective shield from the rest of the world as he whispered into your ear, hands running gently through your hair. And Johnny knew that you’d be okay, because you had Benny. And Benny would be okay because Johnny and his boys had already taken care of the ex-Vandal who dared to lay a hand on their little bunny.
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#soft benny will be the death of me :(#benny cross#the bikeriders#austin butler#benny x bunny#benny cross x reader#austin butler x reader#benny the bikeriders#benny cross x you#motorcycle#austin butler fandom#tom hardy#jodie comer#requests#asks
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He's-a Gone
Luigi time! To suffer, that is.
(CW: character death)
This is obviously a sort of comlementary piece to I Was-a Too Late. But it's more than just that as it also illustrates a certain fun, dark what-if idea I had. Please keep reading if you're intrigued!
Lore:
Luigi's Mansion, the first game. Everything goes the same as in canon until the final boss fight, when Luigi defeats King Boo in his Bowser costume. After King Boo comes out and Luigi intends to suck him in, the villain laughs and reveals the truth: Mario's painting was an illusion, so was everything Madame Clairvoya saw. All just to mess with Luigi. Meanwhile the real Mario wasn't just captured by the Boos, he was immediately killed by them on their King's orders. The only physical thing that's left of him in this realm is the five items Luigi found - hidden by the Boos for Luigi to find, another part of King Boo's sick game.
Luigi is able to finish the fight despite his shock and grief, fueled by the anger King Boo never expected from him. After getting out of the painting the plumber discovers that it is indeed empty, no Mario or anyone else in the portrait.
Heartbroken and guit-ridden, Luigi goes back to Professor E. Gadd's lab and gives him back the Poltergust 3000. He doesn't even want to stay long enough to see what is going to happen to the ghosts. Of course the Professor tries to offer some semblance of comfort, but we all know it's not his forte.
So Luigi leaves, only taking Mario's five items with him. He notices that the mansion has disapeared without a trace. The reality of it all finally hits him, and he practically collapses onto a nearby tree's large root protruding from the ground, putting down the precious items around himself, only leaving the matching red hat and the letter in his hands. He should have known something was off. After all, the Mario he saw in the painting was wearing his hat and both gloves.
Looking at all these items, to his growing horror he can't help but imagine what exactly might have happened to his brother and what his last moments might have been like. He hugs the hat to his chest and rereads Mario's note several times, knowing that the brief warning was his brother's last words to him.
Luigi can do nothing but cry for the beloved brother he couldn't save, desperately wishing it was his warm, living and breathing body pressed to his chest rather than just a couple of his belongings.
But Mario is truly gone, apparently having met such a horrific fate that not even a single part of his body is left in the physical world.
[Good night]
…I'll leave the rest up to your imagination ;) Sorry if I got carried away with my description. Occasionally even I enjoy being a little dramatic, though I'm no writer whatsoever.
Yeah, I'm not apologizing for making this one - I was nicer to Luigi than to his bro, at least here the Mushroom Kingdom and everyone in it (except for Mario lol) is still okay!
But alas,
You can no longer play as Mario (warning: this is a video with sound)
Rest in spaghetti, funny wahoo man.
@federthenotsogreat I'm tagging you because you said you wanted more Mario art like I Was-a Too Late, thought you might like this one too!
@drones-of-innocence Also tagging you because you were interested in my idea.
Edit: Tagging a few more mutuals who might want to see this based on their reaction to my previous angsty work just in case, feel free to ignore. Or ask me to remove the tag if you want, no problem.
@silenzahra (remember, no rush) @c-lavanda @jell-o101 @stripetkattelalala54-gf
@luigixfanxayjay @itsavee4117
And you @giddlygoat just because you have a Luigi's Mansion AU and I thought you might appreciate this... Also because I'm a fan 👉👈
#please kindly ignore the fact that if the boos are not there anymore the blue fire shouldn't either#i needed it for the extra light source and the atmosphere okay?#let's just pretend it's going to die out right after this pic#the gate is still there because it looks exactly the same when the new mansion is built for luigi#so i assume it just never vanished in the game#maybe it had already been there and the boos were like “oh this looks like a perfect place to put our fake mansion”#anyway#one thing i like about these two angsty pieces is that i mostly used reds in mario's and mostly greens in luigi's#my art#fanart#luigi#mario#luigi's mansion#does this count as an au?#if it does then i guess#luigi's mansion au#more like an alternate ending#luigi's mansion bad ending#poor luigi#cw character death#angst#tragedy#mamma mia#i feel dirty#again#but not as much#forgive me?
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Characters as things I've said/heard people say
I went to the fair with my family so you get this
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Angel: No regrets, if we die good riddance
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Cherri: I would strap myself to a bomb for fun
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Charlie: I haven't pet a cow in too long I think
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Vaggie: *furious* All because I can't crochet
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Husk: if I was a goat I'd uhhh umm I don't know I'd probably just be a goat... Sleep maybe?
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Angel: I'm going to touch your ankles
Husk: What are you, some kind of Victorian pervert?
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Charlie: *gasping and pointing to a sign* SUPER FRIED CHICKEN
Angel: Lame I want super SUPER fried chicken
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Alastor: *watching pork roast* Gorgeous
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Charlie: *feeding Vaggie* here comes the airplane
Alastor: ... That was embarrassing for both of you
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Vaggie: *watching a man dressed as a cockroach walk by* The men have started morphing into their true forms
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Cherri: Wouldn't it be funny if this place got set on fire
Charlie: No??? There would be a stampede
Cherri: Oh damn I would die
Charlie: No, you would stampede?
Cherri: I wouldn't run
Charlie: *sigh* yeah, of course not
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Sir Pentious: If I died on a rollercoaster my last words would be "Wahoo"
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Nifty: I need to destroy, I need to rip something to shreds with my bare hands
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Lucifer and his Candy apple adventures a saga:
Lucifer: *holding a candy apple* oh hell yeah I'm gonna fuck this shit UP
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Lucifer: *spits seed at Alastor*
Alastor: *doesn't notice*
Lucifer: *spits seed at Alastor*
Alastor: *looks around* ???
Lucifer: *spits seed at Alastor*
Alastor: *looks back at him* What are you doing?
Lucifer: Huh?
Lucifer: *spits seed at Alastor*
Alastor: WILL YOU STOP
Lucifer: What are you talking about????
Alastor: You're throwing something in my hair and on my shoulders and back-
Lucifer: *singing* head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes!
(my sister never figured out what I was doing 💀)
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Lucifer: *still eating his candy apple* Why am I eating this like a chicken wing?
Charlie: Is that not how you're supposed to eat it?
Lucifer: You are absolutely right
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Lucifer: *covered in candy apple* I'm sticky 🥺
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Lucifer: *done with his candy apple but still chewing on the stick*
Alastor: *takes a bite of a mozzarella stick*
Lucifer: *gasps* MOZZARELLA STICKS
Alastor: *dips mozzarella sticks in marinara sauce and holds it out to Lucifer*
Lucifer: *reaches for it*
Alastor: *takes it back and glares*
Lucifer: what? oh- weirdo *eats it from his hand*
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Lucifer: Can you bring me to the bathroom?
Alastor: I'm not carrying you
Lucifer: *rolls eyes* can you walk me to the-
Alastor: I might be able to find you a little red wagon
Lucifer: I'm going to punch you
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Cherri: Froot loops are just-
Angel: *nods seriously* Gay Cheerios
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Charlie: I need to find a bathroom to cry in asap
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Vaggie: She's either drunk or high off something
Angel: I think it would be easier if I was high
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Charlie: All I can smell is weed
Angel and Cherri: *deep inhale*
Charlie: NO
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Alastor: Ugh there are so many people
Lucifer: I know I'm dying
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Angel: *gasp* MY PHONE IS ON ONE PERCENT
Alastor: *completely monotone* oh no the horrors
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Stranger: Is that your dad?
Husk: Do I look that old?
Angel: No, we're married
Stranger: Oh... you're married
Angel: *laughing* No
Husk: DO I LOOK THAT OLD????
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Lucifer: *singing along* I can count on you like 4 3 2 you'll be there
Alastor: No I'd leave you
Lucifer: Yeah I know
Alastor: Like everyone else
Lucifer: oh
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Nifty: *staring at crystals* Do I think they could heal me? No, I am beyond repair. Do I think they're so so so so pretty? YES!!! I NEED THEM
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Lucifer: *overstimulated, angry, and grinning with tears in his eyes* I wish I could enjoy things
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#y'all I don't even know#shit got a bit crazy at the end there#hazbin hotel#incorrect quotes#hazbin hotel incorrect quotes#angel dust hazbin hotel#husk hazbin hotel#huskerdust#alastor hazbin hotel#lucifer hazbin hotel#lucifer morningstar#radioapple#vaggie hazbin hotel#charlie hazbin hotel#charlie morningstar#chaggie#sir pentious hazbin hotel#nifty hazbin hotel#cherri bomb hazbin hotel#Charlie would absolutely bring them to a fair though
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Whumptober #31
A/N: Wahoo, I made it! Thanks so much to everyone who left likes and comments and nice things in the reblogs, you all motivated me to keep going! :D
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part 1 || part 2 || part 3
xxx i'm alive, i'm just not well
Louisa is surprised when River calls her on a Wednesday morning, and a little concerned. He's been home from hospital for a little over a week and she hasn't heard from him at all, except for one-word responses or thumbs-up emojis when she's texted him to check in.
"Hi. You alright?" she says as soon as she answers.
"Yeah, erm. I just had a favor to ask, if you wouldn't mind. And if the answer is no, then that's fine, just-"
"What do you need, River?" Louisa interrupts, not angrily but she's leaving soon and it sounds like the favor might be a big one.
"Could you give me a ride to work?"
Louisa makes a face. His tone had made it sound like he was going to ask for a huge loan, or help hiding a body. "Don't you have another week of leave?"
"I mean, yes, technically. But I'm losing my mind here, Louisa. I cannot take another day of sitting around in my flat. I'd get a cab, but these crutches are a pain. Please?"
"Did Lamb say you're good to come in?"
"I...haven't asked him. Better to ask forgiveness than permission and all that."
"Right," Louisa scoffs. "Because Lamb is famously a very forgiving man."
"Please, Louisa." There's a hint of genuine desperation in his voice that weakens any reservations Louisa might have had and she sighs.
"Can you be ready in ten minutes?"
"I'm ready now," River says, the relief and eagerness in his voice painfully evident. "Thank you. Coffee's on me."
"There won't be time to pick up coffee and you."
"Okay, then, drinks after work are on me. Or coffee tomorrow. Whichever."
Louisa smiles and rolls her eyes. "Yeah, alright. I'll see you soon, River."
As she drives to River's apartment, she tries to imagine what he's been doing for the past week and is slightly appalled when she comes up with nothing. It's not that she doesn't know him. If anything, they've grown a lot closer the past few months. And now with everything with his granddad, and what she's learned of his parents recently, she feels like she knows him better than ever (maybe more than either of them want). But she has no idea what he does outside of work. He could tell her he does ballet, or collects pieces for an elaborate Christmas village, and she wouldn't be more surprised than if she found out he likes putting together jigsaw puzzles or bingeing Netflix. Somehow, she doesn't think he does any of those things. She's not sure he does anything outside of work.
That would explain why he's so eager to get back. Not that she can judge him for that; Lord knows she's used that place as an escape from her feelings herself.
Louisa parks across the street from River's flat. She doesn't see him on the pavement, so she calls him. The phone rings and rings; he doesn't answer. Suppressing a sigh, she gets out of the car, then changes her mind about suppressing it and sighs, loudly, because being annoyed with River feels better than the worry that's trying to take root in her stomach.
She finds him sitting on his stairs, halfway down with his crutches on the steps beside him. For a second it's funny, but only for a second because then she sees the expression on his face. She's not sure she's ever seen him look so angry. Red rises in his cheeks when he sees her.
"It's these fucking things," he practically spits, giving his crutches a shove and sending one of them clattering toward Louisa. "And these fucking stairs. I fucking hate this!"
Louisa's brow furrows as she starts up the steps toward him. "They did say it would be harder going down than up," she says, trying for levity. He just scowls.
"Yeah, no kidding."
"How have you been getting down before this?" Louisa asks, and River lets out a short, bitter laugh.
"I haven't."
Louisa blinks. "You've just been in your flat for a week straight?"
He shrugs.
"What about groceries?"
"I've been eating a lot of takeaway."
She sighs, reaching toward him to give him a hand up. "Let me help--"
"I don't need help!" River snaps, and Louisa pulls back, frowning. He seems to realize he was too harsh, because some of the fury leaves his expression. "I don't need help," he repeats, and this time he just sounds miserable. "I just need to be better. I'm not well and I need—I need things to be fucking better--"
He cuts himself off with a gasp, his face crumbling. He looks utterly defeated, on the verge of breaking down completely.
"River..." Louisa sits on the steps next to him, and apparently that's the push that sends him over the edge.
He lets out a broken sob, clasping one hand over his mouth like maybe he can push it back, or maybe stop any more from escaping. It accomplishes neither.
"C'mere," Louisa says quietly, scooting closer to him. She puts an arm around his shoulders, feeling a little awkward at first but doing it anyway. He leans against her, and she can feel tremors running through him as he cries. She doesn't say anything. Any concerns about work and being late are forgotten as she holds him.
"I'm so tired," he manages through his tears. "And I'm alone."
There's an ache in Louisa's chest, an old one that hasn't bothered her like this in ages. Her immediate instinct is to push it away, like she's been doing, but something tells her that that's not what River needs right now. She takes a shaky breath.
"I know it feels that way," she says around the growing lump in her throat. "Believe me, River, I know. But you aren't. Or, you don't have to be, anyway."
River doesn't answer, but he seems to be calming down some. He takes a deep, shuddery breath.
"I went and saw him, the day before everything."
Louisa doesn't have to ask who him is. River takes another breath before he continues.
"It was like he was there, but he wasn't. He didn't...didn't speak to me. Didn't look at me. And at first I thought he was just angry with me, that he was deliberately ignoring me, but..." He gives a helpless shrug. "He's been worse since I put him in that place. And I know that what he did, what he gave Harkness...it's unthinkable. But he did it for my mum, and he did it for me. He did everything for me, and I couldn't do the one thing...Fuck."
Louisa holds him a little tighter. "I'm so sorry, River."
"And now I can't even walk down the fucking stairs," River adds with a small, watery laugh. He pulls away from Louisa, wiping at his face. "God, I don't know what all that was about. Sorry."
"You don't need to apologize to me," Louisa says. Her mobile buzzes in her pocket and she pulls it out of her pocket, glancing down at the screen. "Shit."
"What?"
Louisa puts her phone back. "It's Catherine. I'm late and Lamb's pissed."
"Oh! You can go, I'll be...well, I'll manage."
Louisa stands and extends a hand. "You're coming to work. Come on!"
"Louisa..." River begins. "I don't--"
She shakes her head. "Nope! You're coming. And then we're going out for drinks. You promised."
River's brow furrows. "I don't think I promised. But I did say that I'd buy you a drink."
"Drinks. Plural."
"Right. Drinks."
He reaches up and takes her hand and she hauls him upward, helping him get his crutches situated. Once he's upright, he looks down the flight of stairs with a small sigh. And then determination flashes across his features and he takes a deep breath and nods once.
"I've got this."
Louisa smiles. "You've got this."
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#whumptober2024#no.31#i'm alive i'm just not well#song lyrics#slow horses#fic#tw swearing#emotional whump#breakdown#tears#angst#comfort#hurt/comfort#river cartwright#louisa guy#slow horses fic#whumptober#my writing#my fic#whump fic#whump
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TTYD is a wild ride
The recent remake got me to reminisce about this game. There's just something so wonderfully out of place this game is in regards to the Mario franchise as a whole. In summary: Prologue: Welcome to this absolute hellhole of a city! Experience assault, gang violence, and robbery within mere minutes! Interludes: "...TTYD Peac, who gets naked 10,000 times per scene, is a statistical outlier adn should not have been counted." Chapter 1: Local dragon amasses absurdly high kill count via appeals to greed and foot fetishism Chapter 2: "Were... were they intending for this to be a metaphor for...?" (See: WoolieVS playthrough) (insights that make you go "oh no" 😬) Chapter 3: Mario is on the wrong side of the class divide, and needs mafia connections to proceed. Also, surprise! There's murders happening! Chapter 4: Mario's adventure suddenly becomes an allegory for gender dysphoria! ...You don't remember that? That's because the Gamecube-era localizers were COWARDS! (Remake-era, not so much 👍) Chapter 5: Don't worry about the fact that you released a murderous pillaging ghost-pirate out into the world for your own benefit. It's fine. Probably. Ch. 5 Bonus: ...What do you mean you also gave an endangered species brain damage???? Chapter 6: A nice, low-impact story arc to unwind and- OH GOD THEY'RE EVERYWHERE AAAAAGGGH Chapter 7: Mario reactivates an old Cold War-era Soviet weapons system. By now this sort of thing feels par for the course. Chapter 8: funny bing bing wahoo man fights the harbinger of the End Times
Blursed anomaly of a Mario game that shaped my youth, 10/10
#god what i'd give to see people hearing this stuff out of context#paper mario#paper mario ttyd#ttyd remake#the thousand year door#violence tw#death tw#transgender#gender dysphoria#spoilers#ttyd spoilers
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Reread Midnight Sun and I love that you write TimKon as competent characters.
My favorite fics are hurt/comfort but that genre of fic tends to “woobify” them into wet noodles, specifically Tim. You write him going through it without taking away that he is competent and doesn’t cry at every little thing.
Also your love for Kon is clear in the way you write him like the badass he is and thank you for carrying the Kon tag on your back. I hope you feel better soon! Sending well wishes <3
wahoo thank you for rereading!!! always the highest compliment ♥
and YEAH. i love hurt/comfort but i don't care for woobification or declawing or whatever - i want to read about competent characters genuinely trying their hardest and doing their best in insurmountably challenging situations, not about a wet pathetic paper bag who constantly makes bad decisions and isn't capable of doing anything on their own. (like, the occasional bad decisions and needing help are good! when it's all the character does i just kinda start hating the character.) so i hear you Loud And Clear!!!
tim especially is like. he's soooo... not any of the wet wooby Whatever The Fuck is going on in the tim drake tag. he's repressed as hell and really good at putting his feelings on the top shelf to deal with Later, whenever he's in a situation. frankly, writing midnight sun with the prompts "it's okay, they won't touch you again" and "i'm going to pick you up now, okay?" was actively a challenge, because i was like what the hell would actually make tim "repression" drake so panicked that kon would need to be that gentle with him???? and the answer of course was "being drugged and therefore unable to trust his body to do what his mind wants" because he's a control freak, but like... it takes special circumstances to freak him out, man.
and YESSS kon being badass and competent is very important to me. i am forever jumping up and down and yelling about sb94 #84 and #87-90 and just. aough. he's silly and goofy but also ttk goes hard as hell!!! and he gets knocked around when fighting superpowered opponents but against regular dudes with guns??? oh they are sooooooooo outclassed. (this is also inspired by the superman issue mentioned in the authors notes, where superman shows up in gotham and just fucking obliterates some guys. ruins their whole MONTH if not YEAR. really funny tho)
and wauhh thank you!!! i have yet another doctors appointment tomorrow so 💪 we shall persevere!!!
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My mom is now part of the ineffable fandom.
We finished season 1 and, wahoo, she really liked it. She is very sad that Azi and Crowley didn’t kiss, but the end was cute. She said that.
When Crowley’s car catched fire, she was a little bit down because the car was so pretty, but also quite impressed by its performance. Also the Queen music was absolute peak, because mom is a huuuge Queen fan.
M. said (quite often) that Shadwell is a very disgusting man. He looks like he smells bad. I understand her tbh.
She looked at me in utter confusion when I loudly said „Wahoo“ when Crowley introduced the m25.
When we first saw death, her comment was: „omg is it Freddie Mercury? That’d be so funny!“ uhhh no mom. Not really.
„Please Adam, calm the fuck down. You are not that important!“ she said, really annoyed by Adam. No one should be such an ass to their friends.
Anathema is now certified very beautiful by my mother. She is right.
She noticed that the one soldier dude read „American Gods“ by Neil Gaiman and thought it was funny.
Newt is very funny and M. was very keen to find out why is car is called „Dick Turpin“
„Now why do these guys look so toasted?“ she asked, being utterly terrified by the weird looks of the horsemen. „And why is death so ugly?“ I don’t know mother. Maybe because he is Death??
During the last episode she didn’t say much. Sadly.
But Satan is a certified drama queen. By my mother.
She laughed as Michael entered: „haha he looks like David Bowie!“
„Gabriel is a dick, Aziraphale didn’t do anything??“
„Why can’t they just state their feelings?“
And lastly: „Blodie here such a British person!“ nuh-uh mom. Not exactly. But I do get you.
She was very relieved when she saw that the bookshop was there again. Absolutely relatable.
M. had good time, she is excited for season 2. She hopes for a happy ending. I am a little bit scared.
„Cute story. Looking forward to the rest“
Good night/day people!
#aziraphale#crowley#good omens#ineffable fandom#my mom is now ineffably a fan#michael sheen#david tennant#yippiieee#freddie mercury
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