#and her bf (basil)

[foundeded]

HAPPY BDAY AUBY 🎀

#i screamed when i saw the art the omori account posted on twitter /pos #shes happy and shes celebrating her bday with her friends #and her bf (basil) #i can confirm im omocat btw 😁 #aubrey omori #basil omori #hero omori #kel omori #mari omori #omori #omori fandom #omori meme #omori shitpost #photobomb omori #omori photobomb #stranger omori #mewo omori #space boyfriend #capt spaceboy #omori textpost #omori headspace

[moog-enthusiast]

photobomb week day 2: shopping

aubs is a little embarrassed to pick out such a cute treat and have her bf pay for it… basil insists it’s no trouble, after all- it’s not that expensive, and it’s worth it to see her cute smile

#omori #omori basil #omori aubrey #omori photobomb #photobomb week #photobomb week 2024

[realflowey]

Stole this from @saturnousss !!!

OKAY!! (guess who u r 😏)

-Funniest Guy

-Basil vibes 💕

-Twin!!

-boyfriend fnf real life ❗️

- walks in Sweden (VC POV edition)

-Vampire BF 😎💪

-Mama sans!!

-A real life deer! In your area!

-William Afton x Breath

- "What's your damage little man!?"

-This you? 🏃‍♂️

- Cassie tormentor (⚠️ur her biggest fan⚠️)

- The Mimic ❗️❗️❗️ (literally a cat)

-Minecraft speed runner 🏃‍♀️😫🙌

- Meanest Canadian </3/J (ilysm)

-Gregory's Parent (You n Vanessa 4 life 👏😤)

-IM CRAZAYAY IM INSAYUHN 🤪🥰 /ref

- 💕Chica the Chicken💕 (on discord?! I don't think they follow me on here wjqjjq)

#live love mutuals #lol #just for fun!! #i lobe u and I really hope I didnt forget anyone

[lilac-gold]

Imaging the Headspace gang with Tumblr adjshkfs

Sweetheart uses it like a social media platform, posting pictures of herself excessively. The sprout moles make so many drawings of her and they all suck but she reblogs them anyway. They keep making x reader fanfictions about her and she doesn't know whether to be more pleased or disgusted by it

Rococo makes it his mission to master digital art and,, fails. Miserably. He's so good with a paintbrush but he's terrible on apps. He keeps trying to promote his paintings and get people to commission him but the lighting is so bad in the walls that all his pictures just look like faint colour blobs. He tags everything with 'wallcore' and nobody knows what it means.

Spaceboy creates a little blog about space, putting on a new fact every day. He sometimes has breakdowns and vents about SWH in a jumbled mess of word vomit, they're easy to find among his fun facts. He's surprisingly good at drawing digitally, and Rococo is determined to find out his secret. You can always tell when he's angry bc Space Ex-Bf changes his picture to an angry green man and his grammar & politeness get significantly worse

The unbread twins don't understand what it's meant to be for so they just post blurry pictures of bread from terrible angles. They're terrible with a camera but at least Doughie spells everything right in their random guides to making bread. (Biscuit sometimes adds in helpful little 'Oho's at random points <3)

Berly is the only one in Headspace who has figures out how to use this thing and she has more followers than anyone else combined. She's in the most niche fandoms ever, writes masses about her favourite characters, and makes a lot of memes

Mr Jawsum pays for adverts. Everywhere you look, the Last Resort follows you. There is no escape :). He keeps using Hero as a poster boy for the company and Hero is very embarrassed about it

Kite Kid likes to be as ominous as possible. He finds everyone's accounts and starts warning them about the darkness that's coming for them and refuses to elaborate even a little bit

The main 6 are usually too busy adventuring to check it out, but Kel is just pure chaos, Aubrey is the biggest shipper known to man, Hero mostly lurks in the background offering support to his friends, Mari makes a motivational blog full of inspirational quotes and good advice, Basil is too nervous to make an account and Omori's page is just months-apart terrifying little posts

Would this logistically ever work? No, no it would not. Is it a really fun idea anyway? Yes, yes it is

#omori #omori headspace #omori sweetheart #omori rococo #omori captain spaceboy #omori doughie #omori biscuit #omori unbread twins #omori hero #omori kel #omori aubrey #omori omori #omori basil #omori berly #mr jawsum #kite kid #sprout moles #this would be chaos and make 0 sense #and that's what makes it interesting #nonsense thoughts #nobody knows what a tumblr is #but they're trying :)

[treysimp]

Okay, real question for y'all since we are all processing the new character intro:

If you got your own choice of a Disney villain to be yassified for TWST who would it be and why?

My (not serious) list:

Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective (because he is 100% the ex-BF of Basil from Baker St and therefore the queer rep we deserve)

Davy Jones (tentacles) conversely what-his-name that Jeffery Rush plays in PoTC who is like the only real genre pirate in the whole series (yes I know he gets a redemption arc but I want more pirate outfits damnit)

Clayton from Tarzan (might as well I guess)

Okay here's the real ones:

Shere Kahn (I mean we might as well have another catboy)

Captain Hook (Literally how do we not have him already? I'm gonna make a bad OC right this instant lmao)

Chernabog (monster-fuckers I know you're with me he's a hottie)

Mother Gothel (Is she a bad person that is worse because her bad deeds are realistic? Yes. Is she a MILF? Also yes)

Shan Yu (I kinda feel like they'll never do this one due to Mulan being an actual historical figure but his design has a lot of potential idk I haven't watched Mulan since I was like 7)

#disney twst #twisted wonderland #twst spoilers #twst rollo #twst headcanons #twst wonderland #twst meme #twst shitpost

[wild-at-mind]

My sister with Basil (2022)

Story behind this is that my sister went to a party, came back a bit tipsy and decided to get her bf to take some pics of her holding her beloved hamster. She sent me these pics of her wearing this gorgeous, flowing orange dress and holding the hammie proudly like a medieval portrait of lady with pet. I immediately asked if I could paint it to practice clothing folds. Here she is!

#digital painting #paint tool sai #digital art #hamster #art by ae #the face was such a trial omg her expression in the reference was great and i'm not sure i captured it #but hopefully i at least made it flattering and not that she had a 1000yd drunk stare! #she seemed to like it so that's good.

[heleizition]

EYE EMOJI. later cuz i was doing stuff. THEY ALL NEED HUGS. jesus fuck. eat the rich. eat them. also stan. just throw em in there. fucker. could use criminal syndicate if ya wanna? ALSO W HA T. does jo get wolf traits. whats the thing with the traumatic past of bf baby that jo feels guilty about? ...how do they die? >:3 evil face to hide the pain. do they get hugs. does Boi with cyborg jazz get helped? i forget names so quick i didnt open a second tab. howd he nearly die? do any of the others have enhancements? does jo get to kill the boss bastard?

criminal syndiate sounds right !!!! organises human experiments to get loyal soldiers <3

jo does get wolf traits ! she had the ears n tail nd also fur here and there . also teeth :) .

so stephan, (gaby's bf) was a guy who ended up in stan's grip. not exactly sure yet how it happened but he ended up there, ended up getting trained to kill and drugged to obey for years until one of his senior tried to help him and he got out. he ended up passed out in an alley beside where gabriel lived at the time and he took care of him through the drug withdrawal and realising he was now 20+ years old and had no idea how to be a normal person.

jo got betrayed and then digged into stan's past and actions while stephan was under his orders. she met him once and at first she didn't know abt the drug n stuff,,, once they met again stephan had no recollection of her and she jst felt helpless and like she had failed him,,, like she didnt know. and wouldn't be able to do much . but she feels like she could have gotten him out sooner with a proper support system (not that gabriel isn't good but hes only one guy who also has issues).

nathaniel was in a similar situation ! he and chronos lived w their parents when they were kids, and their parents, mainly their mom, was one of the head researcher for human modification and advancement (mostly for like. idk how you call this but to help with pain, handicaps, better human life yk, not to make WEAPONS). she knew too much n got killed,,, both boys hid in a closet at night when their parents heard intruders, saw their parents get executed, and when the killer got closer to the closet, nathaniel got out and acted like he was alone in here to spare chronos. he got knocked out and dragged out by the man and chronos (age like. 8 or 9 btw) jst sat there terrified and dissociating. at first he thought that nath was alive but everyone around him was so dismissive, trying not to get him too much hope, that he made himself believe his brother was dead.

nath was also under stan's control (who had that time was looking for test subjects in making . cyborg weapons) and was sent mostly to spy on jo and get leverage for stan (which ended up with kidnapping but im once again making things on the spot) until chronos got through him and the programming basically yayyyy

maria is also a cyborg, she lost her legs when she was a teen during an explosion. i had more hybrids but im not interest in most of them anymore EJESJOFJES who knows..................... maybe ill make more later.................;

jo DOES get to kill bastard man . but it doesnt mean they survive the deadly virus under the dome. the first itteration of this story had a character, basil, survive all of this and tell the story actually.

#ask me #josephine #gabriel #stephan #stanislas #nathaniel #chronos

[princessquinnella]

Basil having to mitigate his wallet to Dawson, or, hell even Elizabeth when out shopping with Quinnella because this girl has no filter and will fawn over anything adorable or shiny, especially cute gowns / ribbons / shoes / accessories etc…

The absolute split second Basil hears her adorable little squeal of “Ohh Basil!!” a switch turns off and his wallet is immediately out. He’s buying it for her. He can’t help himself.

Quinnella never even outright mentions she wants things specifically, and will rarely ever actually beg him to purchase anything - she doesn’t think she’s worth it, and / or a simple stern ‘no’ would subdue her easily enough (thanks Rati…) but Basil knows her tastes and her style, her ✨aesthetic✨, she just has to glance at it tenderly, smile at it with affection, or absolutely fawn over it and Basil’s immediately putting it in a bag to take home.

Still, it’s very bad for Basil. Very very bad… Quinnella just does not understand the concept of money, can’t count it out properly or remember all the frickin math involved to save her life; such as dealing with the possible bankruptcy cuz your bf is an absolute simp and pampering you with new items for your ever growing wardrobe left and right!!

Nights of grief spoken with Dawson over the hearth later on in the study, head in his paws, like ‘omg I bought so much…’ she’s off in his room right now trying them all on.

‘You can’t keep doing this, it’s going to be something she expects,’ learned behavior and all that, though Dawson knows she’s far too kind to actually manipulate that.

‘I know, I know!! I can’t help it!! She’s just so… ugh, infuriating!’ Though he’s already visibly melting, a goofy grin on his face as he swoons. ‘Her little smile, the way her eyes light up…’ she has this cute little skip she does, bouncing on her tiptoes all giddy and adorable and…

‘-ah… B-Basil?’ Dawson can’t help but chuckle at his friends helplessness.

‘Hmm? Ahh, Blast it all! See?!’

His complaining is put to a halt immediately as she comes in t show off her latest ensemble, twirling and gliding about the room. She’s heavenly… and totally worth every single cent.

#It’s No Mystery That I Love You 🔎🎻⚜️ #rambling imagine sorry can’t put it in better proper formatting I just get all gushy and word vomit lol 💕 #Even to this day my Mom is always having to help me count out coins and shit I can’t do money like I forget which coins are what amount #dumb fae used to paying with petals and leaves and twigs sure make her do currency with shinies that will go over well lol

[andivmg]

how did u and ur bf meet <3 only if ur comfortable saying tho!!!! glad to see u happy

we met through amethyst :))

she posted a video of me on her snap story of me messing around with basil leaves and saying “it’s witchcraft bitch” and he swiped up on it saying “i would let her put a spell on me” then she gave him my ig and we started talking. he swiped up on my story with a very bad pick up line so i replied “try again”. he is now in love with me.

#andianswers

[pyukumukuus]

pokémon violet sandwiches masterpost

‘the breakfast’ - egg, herb sausage, bacon, green peppers, tomato, onion, ketchup

‘green’ - lettuce, green pepper, kiwi, cucumber, jalapeño, avocado, olive oil (unfortunately physics decided this was going to be an open sandwich)

‘the protein’ - bacon, chorizo, ham, hamburger, fish fillet, egg, butter

the one pyukumukuus made for her bf - hamburger, cheese, jalapeño, onion, ketchup, mustard

the one pyukumukuus’s bf made for her - prosciutto, jalapeño, pickles, potato salad, olive oil, mayonnaise, pepper (unintentionally ended up looking like a boat)

‘chaos’ - noodles (left side only), cucumber (left side only), banana (1 left, 2 right), pineapple (central), avocado, basil (right side only), peanut butter, vinegar, salt, whipped cream

‘egg’ (my personal favourite) - egg x 6, mustard, chilli sauce (only 2 egg halves were lost in the making of this sandwich)

‘the potato pile up’ - potato salad x 6, marmalade

#scvi #scarlet violet #pokémon #honestly the sandwich mini game keeps us entertained at night #the egg sandwich is the best thing i've seen all year

[misty-wisp]

15, 18 or 25 for the omori ask game?

15. Favorite memory of the game? (What stood out to you the most?)

Oooh, this is a difficult one...I wanna say going through Black Space. I was joking around with my bf in a call the whole time to help me keep calm throughout it since I was pretty easily scared, it was really fun :D

Alternatively, there's also me forcing one of my friends to do every single thing found within the game while also voicing over every scene. It was good practice to get my Basil voice down(and my Aubrey voice, too--though I haven't really shown any examples of my voice for her haha)

Oh, also! The ending, of course! I literally cried. I don't think I have to elaborate.

18. Most annoying/aggravating part of the game?

Hmm, good question...Nothing in the game really aggravated me. A lot of people really hated how long Sweetheart's castle and Humphrey took to complete, but I didn't really mind them. I guess the closest to annoying it got was when I accidentally got myself lost in the Junkyard, of all places, haha. I didn't know where to go at one point and started going in circles...kind of embarrassing ngl

25. What do you think is the scariest thing or event in the game?

Hellmari. It genuinely kept me up at night. lmao. As of now, it doesn't scare me nearly as much, but it was pretty terrifying to look at the few times it popped up.

Ask me about OMORI

#ask #anonymous #games in general don't really annoy me these days lmao #ahhh i love talking about this game <3 thank you for the ask anon

[oruborusforever]

sun feb 4,2024

grateful for: sleeping in w my bf, making breakfast & coffee, going to studio even if all i did was fuck things up at least i gotta see kapka & talk to them, making lunch, going to basils friends place & her making us food & drink & taking an edible & getting sooo stoned & seeing plants & a cool apartment & petting a dog & making physical collage, talking it thru

#my post #grat list

[dramamines]

Oc info sheets, as filled out by the character

Oc thingsss- filled out by the character

IDEA BY @yourqueerinacorner man ur so much more original than me, if you want me to take this post down just lmk I'm happy to

Long post, info under the cut:

Name: Quinn O’Brian

Age: 16

Pronouns: She/they (or whatever the fuck you want idc at this point)

Sexuality/romantic interest: AroAce

Dating status: In a QPR with Kai and Estelle (I love them both so much)

Friends: Kai, Estelle, Basil and Cleo

Family: I live with my Mum, Dad, 3 brothers and cat (my house is hellish)

Religion: Raised Jewish, but I’m agnostic

Other things: I’m a massive indie rock fan, I’m autistic and have Tourette’s, I play the drums

Fun fact: I draw LOTS of fanart on Tumblr and have over 200 followers

Name: Kai – fuck do you need my whole name??? Kai Guerroro

Age:  IM SEVENTEEN MOTHERFUCKERS

Pronouns: They/them. I will personally assault you if you use other ones (for legal reasons this is a joke)

Sexuality/romantic interest: I’ll take anyone tbh

Dating status: IN A QPR WITH MY LOVES QUINN AND ESTELLE. THEYRE THE BEST FIGHT ME

Friends: Quinn, Estelle, Basil and my chaos buddy Cleo

Family: You want everyone I live with? Alright, here goes; Mum, Dad, Grandma, Aunt Maria (she’s the best), Uncle Raf, Ximena (sister), Ant (brother), Fuckwad (other brother), Big Johnny (fatass cat)

Religion: Heh, God?? If he existed he woulda rescued us from this shit already.

Other things: IM A GOD AT GUITAR AND PLAY WITH THE BEST PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET, I work at Kmart (sucks but pays well enough), I will DEMOLISH any of you at basketball just watch me, I HAVE ADHD. FIGHT ME

Fun fact: I own 10 different pairs of sneakers for different occasions (I am living any 12 year old boy’s dream life)

Name: Estelle Abara

Age: 16

Pronouns: she/her please

Sexuality/romantic interest: Asexual lesbian

Dating status: I’m in a QPR with the two greatest people on the planet, Kai and Quinn

Friends: Kai, Quinn, Cleo, Basil

Family: I don’t talk to any family members other than my sister, but live in a flat with Cleo and we have a pet cat called Buttons

Religion: I was raised Catholic, but don’t agree with what I was taught, I am currently practising general spirituality and mindfulness

Other things: Next year I get to go to art college, I’m in the process of writing a novel, I work at the local bubble tea shop, I play bass guitar

Fun fact: I have to redye my hair red every month, because the dye fades so fast

Name: Basil Logos

Age: 17

Pronouns: he/him

Sexuality/romantic interest: Asexual Bisexual

Dating status: Single (I’m in love with Cleo, please don’t tell her)

Friends: Quinn, Cleo, Estelle, Kai

Family: I live with my 2 Dads, sister, and dog Zira

Religion: Non-practicing Christian

Other things: I love to write poetry and short stories, I’ve been playing the piano since I was 4, I’m majoring in ancient history, I go through a book a week

Fun fact: I help run an indie film festival for the local Arts University every year

Name: Cleo Singh (basic ass name, I hate it)

Age: 16

Pronouns: she/her, use them or else, I fought hard to get them

Sexuality/romantic interest: Literally anyone shoot your shot, I’m rooting for you, I will take any one of you fuckers (pan)

Dating status: Single and lonely

Friends: Kai (my little gremlin), Basil, Estelle and Quinn

Family: Moved out at sixteen, I’m too cool (I room with Estelle and Buttons, my ugly little monster)

Religion: HA. Religion?? Don’t know her. God, if you’re up there, lend me a hand girl

Other things: I can SING, I want a gf/bf so fucking bad, I work at Hoyts (free movies why not), my hair has been lilac since I was 9, Kai is my bestie we steal things toge- I mean what we do perfectly legal things all of the time

Fun fact: I’m a triple threat (singing, dancing and acting) I’m the coolest drama kid, but cheer gets in the way of stuff (I’m so fucking busy all the time all these bitches want a piece of me)

#cleo is so oblivious to basils crush is insane #if i ever make a webcomic thatll be a main plot point #theyre so silly #i tried hard to make these in character #ballena rambles #my ocs #my characters #quinn o'brian #kai guerroro #estelle abara #basil logos #cleo singh #cause they have official last names now ima tag with those #and edit old posts so theyre tagged w surnames as well

[epochinspace]

Character relationships but mostly highlighting Cori. Because I love her.

Laughing because she essentially now has 4 brothers who can judge her bf (only Basil does though, he's not a siscon he's just naturally judgmental and even more so when it's someone getting close to family)

#Soren Merle #Maris Rousseau #Basil Grey #Shiloh Davies #Coriander Grey

[sunnyxnala]

Wednesday, 10/19/22

1am - I was up until 3am working on assignments and catching up on lectures in the study lounge, but felt so groggy and sick. i lie down for a bit on the couch next to my bf who was studying for his midterm, and I ended up falling asleep 💀 my boyfriend stayed up the entire night studying by my side

7:55am - my boyfriend wakes me up and tells me that he’s leaving for his midterm— I felt like I was going to die like my body was just a rag doll. i didn’t rly process that he was leaving until he walked out the lounge and I was just sitting there squinting and seeing that the sun was up. and then it hit me— THIS DUDE JUST LEFT ME WHAT THE HECK?? left me all groggy and sick and dying in the study lounge, didn’t even offer to help me pack my stuff or help me back up the building to my dorm or anything >:( so I slowly packed all my stuff, I had left my laptop open and glasses and trail mix on the table we were working on and my phone was charging by the outlet on the side of the couch. after I packed up, I slowly made my way back to my dorm, changed out of my gross clothes, and crashed onto my bed.

12:30pm - my roommates woke me up and noticed my face was red and I was burning with fever. they gave me Tylenol and some water and let me go back to sleep

2pm - my roommate wakes me up again to check in on how I’m feeling. My fever went down and I didn’t feel as sick, but my head was hurting and my body still felt so heavy. she offered to bring me back food but I ended up going out to get food with her, hoping that going outside would help with how I was feeling. it didn’t. it was hot. but it’s okay, at least I was able to get the teriyaki beef bowl from the pinch of flavor food truck. I also got my boyfriend food from the pacifico food truck. my roommate and I walked back to our dorm, where I stopped by my boyfriend’s dorm to drop off his food.

3pm - my boyfriend and I ate our meals together. I got a call from josh about a hangout we planned beforehand, but I let him know that I was not in good condition to go out today. I’m not sure if it was because of how sick I was feeling from the morning or maybe the food was bad, but I ended up vomiting what I ate and it was awful. I hate throwing up. My boyfriend took care of me and let me nap in his bed

5:30pm - I wake up feeling better than I did earlier. I went to go shower to wash off any ickiness i was feeling, hoping that the shower would also help soothe how sick I was. and it did! 10/10 shower I feel so great being not stinky

6pm - I start catching up on work to make up for all I missed from sleeping in today, and I am still currently catching up on work.

7:30pm - my boyfriend and I go to the study to get dinner. I had a pizza and water. Here’s my go-to pizza recipe from the study: smokey tomato sauce + mozzarella + pepperoni + mushroom + pineapple + basil — it’s so bomb. my bf also got pizza but he had scrims for valorant at 8pm so he left and I waited for our orders. once I saw our numbers on the pick up display screen, I picked up our food and walked back to our dorm. I went to his dorm to give him his food while he was playing in scrims, and I talked to his roommate for a bit about Taylor Swift’s upcoming releases looking more melodrama like Lorde’s music. we also talked about the Conan gray concert and how cool it looked. then I crawled into boybae’s bed, ate pizza while watching the trypod’s episode abt ned scandal, and continued to do work

11pm - A MONSTER BUG FLEW IN AND WE ALMOST BURNED THE ROOM DOWN WMCKWMCE yes the windows were open and a huge monster bug invited itself in and was crawling all along the ceiling and curtains. we got the RAs on our floor to come help us out and they SQUISHED IT in a napkin but we were all screaming in da process, they even made a gadget to squish it with (vacuum stick + tape + napkin = godsend bug defender). the craziest part about it was that it DIDNT DIE from being squished, so the RA who helped us put it in a ziplock bag and all the RAs from the other floors came to see and the hallway was just ecstatic. the RA released the monster bug back into the wild, but it’ll most likely get eaten soon because it’s bag leg got ripped off when it got smushed :(

overall I rate today a 6/10! -2 for sicky icky feeling, -2 for monster bug, +6 for spending time with my best friend/roommate and boyfriend and chatting with my mom bc it’s my uncle’s bday (he would’ve turned 40 today)

xoxo nala

ft. monster bug and me drinking a cup of water today

[uniformbravo]

Today Will Be The Day I Catch Up Or Mark My Words,

in carry on ofc :)

---

[Fiona]

O FIONA POV???? LETS GO

All right, Natasha, I know I shouldn't have told him anything.

You wouldn't have done.

Swans right into my flat, looking for trouble. Being trouble, every bloody moment he's alive.

"Tell me about Nicodemus," he says, like he already knows everything he needs to.

He knows he's my favourite; that's the problem.

AW i love how much she loves him, their relationship in general is so good they both complain about each other but are obviously Super close 🥺 baz deserves a close family member like this TBH

-

It wasn't supposed to be me, Natasha. Telling this boy how to make his way in the world. I'm no good at this. [...]

What would you say to him if you were here?

No...Never mind. I know what you'd say--and you're wrong.

That's one way I've bettered you. I was weak enough to give your son a chance. And look at him now--he may be dead, but he isn't lost. He's dark as pitch and sharp as a blade, and he's full of your magic. He's a bonfire. He'd make you proud, Tasha.

🥺🥺🥺

PLEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSEEEEEEEEEE

-

"So Nicodemus is an undesirable," he says.

"We're not permitted to talk about him. It's mage law."

"Would you cut me off so easily?"

"Oh, fuck, Baz, you know I wouldn't. What are you on about?"

"I can't help but be curious."

[...]

"Good. Go home and study."

"I'm on break."

"Go home and figure out how to take down the Mage."

"I told you. I'm going dancing."

I look at his suit again and his shiny black shoes. "Basil. Have you met a bloke?"

He smiles, and he's made of trouble. We should have dropped him in the Thames with a bag of stones. We should have left him out for the fairies.

"Something like that."

u SEE this is what i meant like she accepts him both as a vampire and for being gay But Also she's the one who gave him the recorder to steal simon's voice so like EVEN the person he's closest to in the world isn't 100% on his side adn i JUST

i cry U___________U

-

[Agatha] "But we never hang out without Simon," I said.

"Only because he's always around," Penny said. "Just because you guys broke up doesn't mean we're not still friends, you and me."

"We're friends?"

"Nicks and Slick, I hope so," Penny said. "I only have three friends. If we're not friends, I'm down to two."

*literally any friendship happens in this story at all* me, pointing and gesturing Wildly and With Feeling

(also THREE??? 👀 WHO IS THE THIRD FRIEND is she including baz in this lineup PLS TELL ME SHE'S TALKING ABT BAZ AAAAAAAAA

wait fuc i forgot abt her american bf she's probs talking abt him orz)

-

"He only comes out for tea and sandwiches," Penny said when I asked her about it. She has a few younger siblings, too; I recognize them from Watford.

SEE she has other siblings AND THEY EVEN GO TO WATFORD....... BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR NAMES...... Release The Forbidden Lore

-

"We're making gingerbread," Penny says in answer to her mother. "For Simon."

for SIMON??? 🥺

-

"The Mage had a girlfriend," Penny says again, goggling. "And a name. Mum, I didn't know you went to school with the Mage!"

Professor Bunce takes a gulp of tea and shrugs.

"What was he like?" Penny asks.

"The same as he is now," her mum says. "But younger."

"Was he handsome?" I ask.

She makes a face. "I don't know--do you think he's handsome now?"

"Ugh, no," Penny says, at the same time I say, "Yes."

LMFAO AGATHA

-

"Mum, you have to admit," Penny says, "he really was a visionary."

Professor Bunce makes a face again. "He always had to have everything his way, even back then. Everything was black-and-white with Davy, always.

ooooohhhhhhh inch resting, just like how simon's current views are, huh

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But she does come back, holding out a photograph. "Martin took this."

It's three Watford students, two girls and a boy, sitting in the grass--by the football pitch, I think. [...] And the boy is obviously the Mage--different with his hair longer and loose, and with no silly moustache. (The Mage has the worst moustache.)

yet another reason why simon and agatha are completely incompatible (that one time simon was like "i'd grow a moustache just like the mage's if i could, for some fucking reason,)

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ok i don't remember EXACTLY where i left off but i THINK it was chapter 58 actually im pretty sure it was so WAAAA CONFETTI WE MADE IT WOOOOOOOOOO from this point on is shit i've NEVER read so i may simply die in the middle of the liveblog at any given point anything could happen wowie

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[Lucy]

ok lucy's another character i think i havent mentioned AT ALL but basically she's aforementioned mage's (ex)gf and she's had occasional pov chapters talking about her days at watford with davy (mage) and mitali (penny's mom)

i'm convinced she's simon's mom bc of the "rosebud boy" thing, which simon misattributed to natasha's ghost but rly it was lucy talking about Him (the mage isn't his dad tho bc 1. didn't he have to like submit documentation to make simon his ward or his heir or smth and 2. as we just learned he and lucy ended up breaking up a few years after graduating watford. lucy did run away to america tho so idk how simon would've ended up back in the uk. ok fine it's possible the mage is simon's dad but He Better Not Be)

I wish you could have known him when he was young.

He was handsome, of course. He's still handsome. Now he's handsome in a way that everyone sees....

also in all her chapters she's addressing someone, who i assume to be simon

which would make sense for this first sentence, bc she's talking abt the mage, and obvs simon didn't get to know the mage until like. way later

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"Lucy, did you know that Watford used to have its own oracle?

[...]

"[...] And did you know that there's only one vision that every oracle has had since the beginning of Watford?"

"I didn't even know there were oracles thirty seconds ago."

"That there's a great Mage coming."

[...]

"It says there will be a threat, that we'll be dark and divided--that magic itself will be in danger, and that there will be a mage who has power no one else has ever dreamt of, a magician who draws his power from the centre of the earth. 'He walks like an ordinary man, but his power is like no other.' One of the oracles describes him as 'a vessel'--large and strong enough to hold all of magic itself."

Davy was getting more and more excited as he talked. His eyes were shining, and his words were tripping over each other.

[...]

"So why is this so important to you?"

"Because the Greatest Mage of all is coming, Lucy. And he's coming at the hour of our greatest need. When the mages are 'scrabbling with clawed hands at each others' throats'--when 'the head of our great beast has lost its way.' That's soon. That's now. We should all care about this! We should be getting ready!"

are u fuckin telling me the mage has a parasocial relationship w simon

FJDKGLSDKF Jokes Aside this Fascination with the prophesied Greatest Mage is so...... interesting

it makes it feel like the mage sees simon less like a Human Boy and more like. well he says it right there, like a Vessel. this hugely exciting Thing that's coming to fix everything, to solve all his problems for him, smite all the Evil Old Families and replace them with a Just Leader (him)

i didn't liveblog it at the time but there's a mage pov chapter waaay back in bk 1 where he talks about wanting to "fix" simon, like his magic is broken, not working the way it should, and he just needs to find the answer that will make everything click into place. actually let me go find it

I'd thought I could be of more help to Simon, especially by now. Help him come into his power. Help him take hold of it.

There must be a spell for him....Magic words that would fortify him. A ritual that would make the power itself manageable. I haven't found it yet, but that doesn't mean that it isn't out there. That it doesn't exist!

And if I do find it...

Is it enough to stabilize his power, if I can't stabilize the boy?

This isn't in the prophecies; there's nothing about headstrong children.

like. his #1 concern is getting simon's power up and running, he's not important to him as the boy he is but rather for the potential he embodies. rather than wanting to help him control his power for his own sake, he wants to help him control his power so he can fulfill the prophecies proper

also v interested in this:

I promised to take care of him.

How do you keep a promise like that? To take care of a child, when the child is the greatest power you know...

And what does it mean to take care of power? Do you use it? Conserve it? Keep it out of the wrong hands?

1. who did he promise to take care of simon. my money's on lucy; i could see her running off to america, having a child there, Circumstances Happening and her having to bring simon back, asking a trusted old friend to take care of him, etc etc SOMETHING like that

2. the progression of these thoughts is so interesting to me bc it goes from "i promised to take care of him" to "how can i take care of a child with this much power" to "what does it mean to take care of power" like, in his mind the original request of "take care of this boy" translated into "take care of this power"

i think to an extent the mage does care about Simon the Human Boy, but i also think the majority of that feeling comes from his perception of simon as something Valuable and Important. he has astronomical expectations for simon and those take priority over all else

so to get back to the original excerpt, the reason i think it's so interesting seeing how excited he was reading through the prophecies back then is because it provides further context on how he views simon and his "purpose," and lays out his motivations more clearly, all of this in contrast to simon's feelings on everything- on being The Chosen One, on having these impossible duties to fulfill, expectations to live up to, all of it

just more details leading up to simon's definitely upcoming departure from the underside of the mage's thumb :)

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[Penelope] I like my dad's lab. In the attic. No one's allowed to clean up here, not even his assistants. It's a complete mess, but Dad knows where everything is, so if you move a book from one pile to the next, he goes a little mental.

One whole wall is a map of Great Britain--the holes in the magickal atmosphere haven't spread across the water yet, but they've grown over the years. Dad uses pins and string to map the perimeter of each hole, then uses different colours of string to show how the holes have grown. Little flags record the date of measurement.

penny's dad has SUCH cryptid energy i'm kind of obsessed. LOVE the energy of this lab. attic dwelling freak. pins and string over a map. Piles And Piles of shit stacked up Everywhere. fuckin Excellent

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"I'm working on a project for school," I say. "And I was looking through some old copies of The Record...."

the way penny and baz both use The Same school project excuse for their families gkjslakgsjd They Are Alike

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"Not for a while," he says. "We didn't know the Humdrum was an entity at first."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, when the holes started appearing--"

"In 1998."

"Yes," he says. That's when we first recorded them. Seventeen years ago.

👀 17 years huh 👀 like right around the age simon is right now 👀 👀

(also so this story's taking place in 2015 good to know)

ALSO he says they started recording the holes in 1998- so it's possible there were come unrecorded ones that happened before that- but assuming they actually did start appearing that year- and assuming that my theory that they started showing up because of simon directly is correct- that means simon was born in 1998 and is therefore younger than baz, who was born in 1997,

but ok i feel like simon said at the beginning of the book his bday is in july question mark...? and baz was 5 on aug 12, 2002, which means his bday would've had to have been before that date, but their bdays can't be TOO far apart seeing as they're in the same year at school, so maybe simon WAS born in 1997 as well HMMMMMM

not enough info let's keep going

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"There wasn't one day," he says. "I mean, everything sort of shifted in 2008. I personally think the Humdrum got more powerful around that time. [...] I suppose it was when the dark creatures started coming for Simon directly that we knew there was malice there--and intelligence--not just natural disaster.

2008 ok, so potentially the year simon started attending watford, i mean. he would've had to have been born in '97 to be 11 in 2008 so

no conclusive evidence yet u_u

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Dad thinks the Humdrum took Simon's form to mock him.

I rest my elbows on the counter. "Why do you think the Humdrum hates Simon so much?"

"Well." He wrinkles his nose. "The Humdrum seems to hate magic. And Simon does have more of it than anyone--maybe anything--else."

hmmmm hm hm hm that's something i never rly considered in my theory about all the magic from the holes being what gives simon his power, that the humdrum is specifically Attacking simon, like sending creatures n shit to destroy him

not entirely sure what to make of this but im sure i'll figure it out when the story tells me directly what it means gkdjflskdgd

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"What did you say your school project is about?"

"The Watford Tragedy."

"Tell me if you turn anything up that sheds light on the Humdrum. I've always wondered whether anyone felt his presence there."

HM so not even the fuckin Leading Researcher on the humdrum knows if anyone actually FELT the humdrum that day, that's gotta count towards a big fat No

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"Hey, Dad, one more thing--did you ever know a magician named Nicodemus?"

He looks up, and his face doesn't move at all--so I can tell he's purposely not reacting. "I can't say that I have," he says. "Why?"

It's not like my dad to lie to me.

It's not like me to lie to him. "It's just a name I saw in The Record, and I didn't recognize it."

"Hmm," he says. "I don't--I don't think he's anyone important."

yea no im pretty sure he's just Some Guy lol

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[Simon] We have time to kill after we leave his aunt's, so we go to a library--the big one--and then to the reading room at the British Museum, where Baz steals at least a half dozen books.

"You can't do that," I argue.

"It's research."

"It's treason."

"Are you going to tell the Queen?"

Lines That Hit Different Now

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"You should eat something," I say.

He raises an eyebrow at me.

"Oh, piss off." I wonder if this is why he's never had a girlfriend. Because he'd take her on dates to the library, then insist on sitting there creepily while she ate dinner alone.

GJFODGDKFJDK is this ur idea of a date simon why'd u choose ur specific circumstances rn as an example of a date that baz would take someone on-

(also wondering why he's never had a gf hee hoo- specifically the fact that simon has taken note of this)

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"Hey," I say, trying to catch up. When he ignores me, I grab his arm.

He frowns. "You can't just grab people when you want their attention."

"I said 'Hey.'"

"Still."

Angy he got grabbed

"I've been thinking," I say, "if we're going to do this, you have to start calling me by my name."

CHOKES

👀 YEAH????????????

I don't know why this seems important. Just--if we're going to walk into a vampire den together, it seems like we need to get past some of this stuff and actually be allies.

"Snow is your name," Baz says. "Possibly. Who named you, anyway?"

He Is Changing The Subject He's Deflecting

I look away. It was written on my arm--Simon Snow. Whoever left me at the home must have written it. Maybe it was my mother.

OOG

mysteriouse

"You have to call me Simon," I say. "You've called me that before."

YOU'VE CALLED HIM THAT BEFORE

He opens his car door and gets in, as if he didn't hear me--but I know that he did.

"Fine," Baz says. "Get in the car, Simon."

I do.

UOAUGHGGUHOUOGUOAGOHFUGHAUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HE SAID IT HE SJAGAKK OUGUGAGHAGH AAAAAAAA

DESPERATELY wanna know baz's thought process here IS HE GLAD IS HE SCREAMING IS HE LOSING HIS SHIT I GOTTA KNOW

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"Is this it?" I ask. "Are they here?"

He straightens his collar and cuffs. [...] "Stay close," he whispers, and raps at the door with the back of his fist.

STAY CLOSE,

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It's Baz they're checking out, not me. He's got to be scared, or at least nervous, but he doesn't look it. I swear he gets less ruffled the more that he's threatened. (When I'm the one threatening him, that's infuriating. But it's kind of cool now.)

SCREAM

but listen simon he DID say earlier that when ur threatening him he feels at ease SO LIKE

Every one of them must be so jealous of him. He's everything they are, plus magic. Plus he looks the part, like he was born to be some sort of dark king.

LMAO WHAT IS THIS WILL SMITH ASS LIKE

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Or maybe he knows who I am. The Mage's Heir. (The Mage kills vampires; he doesn't think it's murder.)

Interesting way to phrase it Hmm

(the implication being that simon Does think of it as murder in some regard, aka a direct contradiction to smth the mage believes)

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I follow Baz through the room, wishing I'd worn all the posh gear he tried to push on me before we left Hampshire. I'm wearing my Watford trousers and one of his Scandinavian jumpers--and I only took the jumper because he said my Watford uniform made me look 12.

LOL let baz dress him up it'd be a dream come true for him

Baz is walking so slow, I keep kicking the back of his heels.

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I don't even have my wand on me, though they don't know that. (Baz knows. He couldn't believe I left it at Watford.) (I was in a hurry!)

CUTE love the lil offscreen argument here

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Nicodemus grins again, and I see the gaps in his smile; his eyeteeth are missing. His tongue is pushing at one of the holes.

H aren't eyeteeth the fuckin. canines????? missing his vampire teefs????

(the only reason i know this is bc i had an impacted eye tooth which made my braces Hell)

whys he missing his teefs tho. he voluntarily became a vampire right. did he consciously decide he didn't wanna use 'em or did he get in a fuckin Fight

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"What do you want from me?" Nicodemus asks.

"I want to know who killed my mother."

[...]

Baz brings the cigarette up to his mouth, breathes in, then drops his hand, flicking ashes to the floor. "Tell me the rest," he says. "Tell me who was responsible."

Nicodemus laughs. "Or what? Are you going to bite me?" He glances down at the cigarette. "Am I supposed to think you're your mother's son? Going to set us all alight? [...]

"Tell him the rest," I snarl. "Or I'll kill you."

HE SAID NO PICKLES

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"Fine," he says. "I'll tell you. Some of it." [...] "Vampires can't just walk into Watford. We can't go anywhere uninvited. [...] Someone came to me--a few weeks before the raid--wanting me to broker a deal. [...]

HMM HMMMMMM

so it was Partly an inside job, someone who had the authority to invite the vampires into watford. REALLY interesting that this is the first time this has come up, bc if you know that vampires have to be invited then that's Obvious but since no one knows shit about vampires except for vampires themselves (baz consistently says he has no one to ask to learn shit abt himself) it's not a connection as easily made- OR it was made but was kept VERY quiet

although. did it rly have to be someone with authority, or could it have just been anyone who had access to the grounds. either way the attack happened like right before the school year started so it would've had to have been someone on watford staff since no students 🤔

[...] He turns his jack-o'-lantern smile on Baz again. "I wonder if you were part of the plan, Mr. Pitch. Hard to believe the magicians have allowed it....Why do they keep allowing it? What are they hoping to do with you?"

my brain is thinking too hard rn i swear i had smth to say about this but i LOST THE TRAIN OF THOUGHT........... i mean okay. so this says that either baz wasn't supposed to be bitten, or he wasn't supposed to survive. i think

also how widely known is it that baz is a vampire. isn't it just his family? is it even his whole family?? what is nicodemus insinuating here. who are "the magicians." is he asking why baz's family have let him survive, or is he saying that people outside of baz's family know, and haven't put an end to him yet. like whoever ordered the attack, for instance

or it could be the old families in general? that would make "what are they hoping to do with you" make sense, since they're like, kind of Controlling him for their plans. so would that mean it was an Old Families job?? someone other than the pitches was like fuc these guys im gonna take em down a peg WOE VAMPIRES BE UPON YE

my head's spinning dude

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"Was it. The Humdrum," Baz says again.

Nicodemus shakes his head, still smiling. "It was one of you," he says. "But his name isn't worth my life. Maybe you'll kill me if I don't tell--but I'll die for certain if I do."

"one of you" is he talking about Specifically the pitches or magicians in general. bro what if it was the fucking mage

actually i can't believe i haven't thought of that before. There's A Theory

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"What would the Coven do if you cast a forbidden spell, Tyrannus Basilton?" Nicodemus smirks. "Do you think they would be forgiving of one such as you?"

going wild and insane WHAT DOES THIS MEAn

like the coven knows he's a vampire?? like someone on the coven knows he's a vampire????? like the mage?????? or just because he's with the old families (Specifically the pitches), who are currently warring with the coven?? or is it BOTH????? SCREAM

(maybe it's just that they'd be able to tell he was a vampire just by Showing Up i mean)

"I should kill you right here," Baz says, his chest pushing forward. "I don't think anyone would stop me. Or miss you."

I put my hand on Baz's shoulder. "Let's go."

"NO ONE WOULD STOP ME" immediately gets stopped

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Baz tosses his cigarette onto the pool table, and Nicodemus jumps back, losing his composure for the first time. He flails out for his drink and pours it over the fag. Baz is already striding away.

non-alcoholic drink confirmed (or stupid nicodemus confirmed)

I look at Nicodemus. "Your sister misses you," I say.

Then I turn back to Baz and shuffle to catch up.

AW i was wondering if he was gonna say anything about ebb simon's too good :(((

also baz smoking in a room full of vampires to make himself more intimidating is so fucking. can't believe him

(simon makes baz quit smoking arc when)

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ok fuc i NEED to stop it here bc this is getting long and the next part fuckin.... NEEDS THE SPACE so u h TBC BABYYYYYYY

#retag later #ss blogging #ur honor theyre gay #ur honor they were staring lovingly into each others eyes at the library i saw them #they forgot to put that part inthe book but i saw it its real