#10 HOURS AND IT’S DONE BABEY

[micecakes]

Alright here we go, I haven't done this in years but decided to do it this year as a kinda roundup of some of the best games I've played this year and why I picked them, my kinda criteria for picking them is they have to be games I've actually finished, and actually came out this year, I don't usually include ports but remakes do make it in for me, and there will be a section near the bottom for games I did like a lot but didn't actually come out this year, so uhh let's get started i guess gonna get the Triple A junk out of the way first I think, so first off:

Spider-Man 2, rly liked the first one and the Miles Morales games and this one just continued on the story and whatever, it improved on a lot of things over the first game and I think it ended up just being more enjoyable overall, plus like, 19 inches of Venom and whatever, villains maybe weren't as good as the previous game but there was some rly good gameplay sections with some of them, tho once again i felt like the sidequests fell a bit short but they did at least have boss fights and more villain stuff in them so that was good, good game 👍

okey, game 2 is

Pikmin 4, and no i'm not editing this picture thank u, pretty much the best one in the series? just good overall and even tho i didn't 100% it i'm pretty sure the bonus mode you get is just a mini remake of the original game so that's cool, overall really good, definitely dragged near the end tho and kinda felt like it was going on too long, but still good, this was also like the only major Nintendo release of this year i played for more than like, an hour lol, outside of one dlc game 3 be:

Final Fantasy 16, this one is weird because I both loved and hated it at the same time, not rly much to say about it other than its the worst 10/10 video game i've ever played, it has some of the highest highs in anything i've ever played and its offset by some of the most boring shit in the world that made me want to eat my own head at times, it's good but it's also shit, it also runs like absolute ass for no reason and square enix were convinced it was totally 100% fine and didn't need to be patched and even when they did it still didn't fix it, there's literally no way I can sell anyone on this game, play Asura's Wrath instead 👍 okey i guess 4&5 are kinda gonna be rolled into one so:

Dead Space and Resident Evil 4 Remakes, both really good remakes of really good video games, but at the same time don't really replace the original versions? there's both no reason to play these over the OG releases but they're also different enough that it's fine for both original and remakes to exist, so worth playing if you like the original releases, i guess the only complaint i have is they cut out operation Ada and seperate ways from RE4 remake and then sold it back to us as dlc, but its actually more complete than the original version and worth the price i think, still annoying but hey, modern videos games babey

ok i guess next is like "non triple A games" and weird games that I enjoyed, not all of these are indie games but they're not triple A stuff so? 🤷

Robocop: Rouge City, its basically Robocop 2.5 the movie the video game, it's kinda jank, it's kinda slow to be expected but it's pretty fun and funny just seeing Robocop interact with people and then like, grab people off their motorcycles and throw them into exploding barrels, it's dumb it's good it rly captures the 80s jank of Robocop pretty well 👍 next is technically a game that didn't come out this year but it did because literally no one uses apple arcade so

Air Twister, this is probably the fucking weirdest game i've played in a very long time, i went in expecting to play a modern Space Harrier instead i got a lock on style shooter with a soundtrack that is just some band emulating Queen songs, no joke, i was just blown away the whole time at what was happening, it wasn't until i died and ran out of credits that i ended up in the games main menu which had so much stuff i was just clicking menus for about 20 mins and kept discovering more and more video game nonsense to play and unlock, SUPER weird, pretty fun, Yu Suzuki why did you release this on apple arcade originally and WHAT were you on when you made this sir, good job next i guess is

Graze Counter GM, an updated/sequel to Graze Counter, one of the first Shmups i've gotten in to and it's just really fun, loads of characters, about 8? stages to play, good basic gameplay mechanics, bunch of different difficulties and options to play with and it's just a lot of fun for a 20 min ish run through the game, def inspired me to play more shmups and get better at them, good game next we finally got some FPS games

Warhammer 40k Boltgun, classic boomer shooter style game, very stompy and heavy feeling but also really fast and fun, really enjoyed how colourful the game is and the fact there's a dedicated taunt button that does nothing by make you crack your knickles and yell things, only major complaint i had was there wasn't enough boss variety and one of the is kinda straight bs some of the time, but for the most part it was a lot of fun, also corvus helmet best helmet 👍 more FPS gamign which was a semi recent release?

Sprawl, it's currently on sale but its cheap anyways, from the banner art alone you can tell the dev is a MGS and Ghost in the Shell fan, and playing the game you can tell that too somewhat, really fun really gritty and pretty fast paced, has controllable slomo bullet time which is now something I love in games?? soundtrack is good and yeah, it's just good, really cool aesthetically has that very gritty industrial kowloon walled city cyberpunk look and feel to it and very satisfying to play, really good. last thing for games this year is a DLC

I really like the Xenoblade Chronicles series, and the XB3 dlc is a really good final wrap up of the game, lots of fanservice in the good way and just plays well and is fun, ties up a lot of story junk you'd want to know, I still think the XBC2 dlc is the best playing XBC thing but this is very good and just very fun, can't say too much without spoiling anything in the series lol but I enjoyed it a lot after finishing off XBC3 ok halfway there (joke) :^) next is games that didn't come out this year but I did play and really liked sooo

I got into racing games i guess around this time last year, I picked up Gran Turismo 7 in maybe January or February and played it a lot since, not the most exciting game or best or feature full but it has stuff that I like, and as a result has gotten me more into cars, car games and just made me better at it, had a lot of fun and the big update they did semi recently has just made the game better yehaw time??

not really much to say about Evil West other than it's what a new xbox 360/PS3 era action game would be like, just without the jank and with more convenience, not afraid to be cheesy and dumb its just a standard level based action game where you're a techno cowboy kinda guy fighting vampires, it's good it's fun and it's not that hard 🤠 nya:

one of the first games I played this year was Stray cuz i got it in an early sale, I had no real idea what to expect and I enjoyed every moment of it, really good aesthetics and design and an interesting post apocalypse style world you get to explore, you really end up caring about all the robot people and the cat and everything, also you get a meow button so its good 😺 more FPS game

I'd always seen this game just never picked it up, I think Severed Steel is one of my favourite FPS games ever now, the main story/campaign is only about 3 hours long, i beat it in one sitting and i think my face hurt when i was done because i was just grinning and laughing like an idiot the whole time because of how fun it was, there's also a bunch of extra modes to keep playing, the music is good and just everything about the game is fun which was my main takeaway from it, i didn't care that it was short I cared because of how much fun i had, highly recommend if you like sliding into guys, stealing their weapons and blasting them with it before they hit the ground, and with controllable bullet time if you want that too 👍👍 in a similar vein to the above, i guess the oldest game on this list is:

Outrun 2006: coast 2 coast, its the home port of Outrun 2, which includes Outrun 2 and a bunch of extra stuff, similar to Severed Steel this is just the most fun I've had with a racing/car game, it doesn't matter that i'm not super into Ferraris or that it's not realistic or whatever, it's just pure fun, and I don't have to spend a million dollars at the arcade to keep playing, so that's good woa you made it to the end!!!!!!! but wait!!! I played a lot of games this year, and even tho what I said about the previous ones was true, it was kinda hard for me to pick an actual game of the year, i did enjoy a lot of stuff but it didnt feel like anything stood out to me SO much that it deserved a "best game of the year" position for me, so the closest thing to that was:

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, hit a lot of plus points for me, I liked that I had to play the game 3 different times for different endings and a true end type thing, i did get frustrated early on but i kept coming back to play more, it def felt more of an action game than a mech game but customizing and messing with builds to get through fights was fun, tank legs thank u, it was also a similar situation to when elden ring came out, and everyone was playing it at the same time and sharing tips and builds and stuff which felt rly cool and nice and added to the whole experience, my only complaint is i wish it just had an option to start a second save file and do it all again, but oh well. and that's it! there's a bunch of stuff I didn't include in this, but i think this list is good enough for now, maybe next year this'll be a youtube video instead? I hope next years games are just as good, if not better, but even if they're not there's still a lot to play and explore 🐁🐁

#goty #mouse games of da year #sorry its so long !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pointyearedelvishprincling]

i was tagged by @chapeldean & @sleepycas <3

rules: answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs you are contractually obligated to get to know better.

name: aoife

star sign: virgo

height: 5'3 or 5’4. something like that.

time: 6.41pm

birthday: september 9th

favourite bands/artists: MCR, nightwish, hozier, lord huron, a day to remember.

last movie: i watched labyrinth for the first time ever the other day! immediately followed by 10 things i hate about you.

last show: last show i finished was stranger things, last episode of one i watched was better call saul.

when did i create this blog: think it’ll be 10 years ago this september. time is fake.

what I post: spn/destiel. sometimes fics. lately some stranger things (eddie babey) and ofmd

last thing i googled: kas theory stuff lmao i’m weak, look away

other blogs: i did just make a stranger things blog the other day to avoid polluting you all with my brain worms but we’ll see if i keep it up

do I get asks: sometimes. i love getting asks! be nosy 😘

following: 665. most are inactive from like 2013-15 but i love seeing them rise from the dead when supernatural happens in 2022

average hours of sleep: 7ish

instruments: none :( i gave up guitar and piano lessons and regret it so bad. unless then tin whistle counts lmao.

what im wearing: white vest top, black leggings, purple flannel.

dream job: all i wanna do is write but running a gay little bookstore someday would be lovely

dream trip: ohh i’d love to go to new zealand and visit lotr sites. iceland. or pretty much anywhere with castles and fun things to explore

nationality: irish

last book i've read: godsgrave by jay kristoff. slowly reading a turn of the earth for the past month too

top 3 fictional universes i'd like to live in: middle earth. spn (for cas). idk one with vampires would be fun 😌

i’m a bit late to the party so i think a lot of you have done this already. feel free to ignore the tags <3

@emeraldcas @sobernatural @caskarass @faithlesshunter @magickastiel @turnedintoearth @blue-eyed-cutiepatootie @achillestiel @marlborocas @destieldisaster @biconmish @bluishorange @beingforcedtolivebadwriting @emzwolf @bestiarum

[ramblinseahorsey]

hi! who are your favorite Deltarune characters?

Ahhhhh that's hard! I haven't played chap 2 yet, cause my attention span flew south for the winter, so I don't really know the chap 2 background characters yet to name any. My favorite background character of 1 would probably be that huge bird, I really like how they look, and tbh they surprised me! Oh! Tied with Clover! She's so cute and such a good design!

Overall, I'm pretty predictable. I love basically all Deltarune characters to an extent, the annoying doge just makes such interestin lil dudes. My favorites overall, personality and design, would be the king, Jevil, Spamton, and Susie. Design wise, Seam, Swatch, and Lancer. Actually, Lancer would be a fav too, he's hilarious, and such a darlin. Very brave, and very heroic for a bad guy, hehe. I'll probably love Seam even more when more chapters give more dialogue from them, and maybe Swatch will catch my interest more once I play chap 2.

Susie is just all the best tropes, and done really well. Masculine girl who isn't written as her masculinity being her only personality, lonely bully who just wanted friends all along, loyal to the very end. She's funny, she's coolness incarnate, she's emotionally vulnerable.

I also just love how high her friends tea fuels her, she may tease and bug Ralsei a lot, but like most things, she cares a lot more than she's care to admit, and it's just so sweet. The other characters have vastly different tea numbers because of who they're comfortable around, but!! They all fuel her so much with the power of friendship! Susie just!!! Loves them all so much!!! Don't tell her I called her out on this, but not so secretly, she's the biggest sap of the team!

Jevil, of course!!!!!! JESTERS, BABEYYYY. Mysterious, powerful, goofy, brutal. I love his laugh.

I love that the doge lets fat characters be super powerful in his games too, it's so rare and makes me feel good. They get to be humorous, or fail, without it feeling the same way most fat ppl are written when they are humorous or fail, yaknow? They get to have depth and a whole realm of emotions, or flat out secrecy, instead of the same tropes the same way. They're actually characters.

Jevil being more aware than most people, and suffering mentally for it, is so interesting and tragic, I can see why so many ppl want him and Spamton to interact. They are polar opposites, bound to be good foils, even if they hate each other, but have also gone through a lot of the same existential dread, they could probably yell and laugh and talk for hours, until they destroy wherever their at with their antics.

I think I lean a bit more toward wanting to see his and Seam's dynamic though, a quiet wisdom to balance out his chaotic smarts. I hope they were besties, and get to be besties again.

I want to see the rest of Jevil, when he's not just drunk on power or being vague, his other emotions, his hobbies, him forced to be mundane for a little while, forced to let ppl get to know him, or at least see what that was like in the past. I think it would drive him crazy at first, but he'd find subtle ways to enact chaos within a community without getting arrested. Leave riddles on doorknobs, solve equations without credit or explanation, put jam in shoes if he's feeling especially giggly. We barely know him, but I love him, your honor.

Well.

Actually I haven't been able to beat the jerk yet, so -10/10 actually, he's a bully and a jerk and I hope he steps on a Lego! Jevil cancelled!!!!!!

Idk why I love the King so much, but I do. He's such a satisfying villain. Really puts our teams loyalties in each other and to their morals to the test, and has great emotional tension in his boss fight. His fight is just really fun imho, not too hard, not too easy, nice visually. He's got a good design, good dialogue, and is delightfully nasty.

And his son is babey!!!! He's so sweet I could get diabetes, the funniest dialogue, and just an oddball. I like that he's not random, just weird, like Tilly from Big City Greens, or Greg from Over the Garden Wall. He makes the strangest decisions, but they have a clear line of logic in his optimistic lil kid brain. Realistic written kid in general.

And his dynamic with Susie is one of the best parts of the game!!!! Susie is so lonely and insecure, a kind, goofy little brother is what she's always needed, especially someone who shares her interests in things like mud pies and weapons and "badness". She's just what he needed too, a good influence, someone who values him and isn't just there out of obligation or pity. Someone who loves him, in person. I hope with Lancer's dad not intimidating possible friends away, he gets to make a little rowdy crew to keep him company when officials are busy.

Spamton, Spamton, Spamton. What can I say about tumbley's current funky lil dude that someone else hasn't said better? He's a hilarious, layered, confusing little tragedy. The change from laughter to sorrow can come so quick. His life is hell. His life is *on sale, 1.99 or no money back!!!!!!* He knows so much but cannot tell. I'm not up to date on theories, but if his sadness is Gaster originated, I'm gonna throw hands!! Holy, holey hands!!! Literally, metaphorically, spiritually, technically, *Finally, the vacay you've always dreamed of!!!!* Let the little rat alone! Or give him something less cryptic if ur gonna help and leave, dangit!! Stars, I hope we can bring him back.

#deltarune #long post #dr #susie #lancer #spamton #jevil #deltarune king #susie deltarune #deltarune susie #seam #ralsei

[we-return-in-waves]

10, 15, 20, 29 for ao3 wrapped o.o

sdfhfdkgh i wish i knew who you were my beloved anon <3

answers below the cut xoxo

10. What work was the quickest to write?

spoken words by a landslide. i've talked about this before, but that fic, start to finish, maybe took me 5 - 6 hours at most. i had exactly one scene marinating in my head with no contect for a month ("Lee comes to Sunagakure, and Gaara comes to him in the dead of night." and associated like... four lines) and i was like hey uh brain what do with this? then one sunday i brained the summary text, took a nap, woke back up, and wrote the entire fic in one go. what you see on the archive is essentially it, i sat on it for two days looking for edits and just didn't feel like it needed any. one and done babey!

15. What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

god there's SO MANY HELP. but with exclusively wips i've actually done work for, here's the list: from these bones, untethered, my insidious au, sing a song of sleeptide, a fluffy 5+1 things about sleeping together, The Grapes of Debauchery, another explicit comedy fic about drunken shenanigans, if it's the last night of your life, a one-night-stand-has-results fic, and my untitled enemies to lovers longfic based on the video game ghost of tsushima.

20. Which work of yours have you reread the most?

skfhdkgh We Don't Talk About Fight Club for sheer volume of editing, i think. there was a point where it's the only wip i looked at, every single day, for months. i probably put more work into that fic than i did my master's thesis. i've probably read it over a hundred times and that's not an exaggeration, i can probably recite parts of it. i still reread it occasionally, i'm very proud it (plus like. art. pls, how can u not just keep looking???)

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

how dare u ask me to Pick One. i cannot do this, instead u are getting several of my faves. rekt

from spoken words:

Lee is brave. But Lee is not fearless.

no ok so like there's a LOT of lines in spoken words that i think smash it out of the ballpark and deserve line-of-the-year status, but this one is special because it beautifully encapsulates lee's entire character in under 10 words. the brevity! i will never be so concise ever again

from sailing stones

“You – you do not find me unattractive, like this?” Lee whispered. I have never once thought you anything but beautiful, Gaara thought to himself. For a moment, they remained, suspended in time, the world blurring to nothing around them. Gaara brushed his lips over Lee’s, once. Twice. Chakra crackled, electric in the space between them. “Gaara…?” And Lee, the paragon of formality, breathed his name with no honorific, so low Gaara wondered if he’d imagined it on an exhale, and the moment was so intimate it bordered on painful, tipping them both over a precipice across which there would never be any return.

ok so this was one of those bits where i wrote that last line, looked at it, announced out loud, "fuck yeah, i wrote that," then proceeded to treat myself to oreos. i fully stand by this today. sailing stones my first child, i love u dearly and will edit u soon, but this piece won't be touched. i feel like it captures the feeling of the whole fic exactly how i wanted it to.

from We Don't Talk About Fight Club (length warning but it's all short lines)

“So… you did fuck,” Naruto said gleefully. “Who topped?” “Naruto!” Sakura stage-whispered, appalled. “What? I always thought Bushy Brow kinda had like, bottom energy, ya know?” Sai’s face went suddenly curious, and he pulled out a notebook from seemingly nowhere in an action that reminded Kankurō creepily of Lee. He asked, weirdly polite, “Is this ‘bottom energy’ a mutually recognisable feeling between those with a proclivity towards that position? Because Sasuke is always the penetrating partner when you two fuck, Naruto.” Hot damn. The table went eerily silent again. Naruto inhaled his water and came up sputtering. “That… how the fuck do you—no. No. We’re talking about Gaara and Bushy Brow right now! Anyway, Gaara?” “That…” Gaara said sedately, returning to his lunch, his sand silent, all his composure returned, “is not your business.” Kankurō filed away that tidbit of information to snicker at later, returning to focus on his brother. Gaara wasn’t tall enough to bone someone on a kitchen table comfortably, and now that he thought about it, that crater on Lee’s kitchen table looked a lot like a handprint… “Please at least tell me you were responsible and used protection,” Temari asked, one hand rubbing her temple like she was in pain. … Gaara had been walking slow all day, had barely moved in his seat, and he’d definitely winced at least once this morning… The answering silence told everyone far, far too much. …oh man… “Gaara!” Temari scolded. …his little brother… “I mean, does it matter? Sai confirmed they both have dicks, they probably can’t knock each other up,” Naruto said, still laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes now. …Gaara of the Desert… “You can still. Get. Herpes!” Sakura shrieked. …the Kazekage of Sunagakure… Naruto looked at her, skeptical. “If Bushy Brow has herpes, I’ll eat Gaara’s Kage hat. You think he’s actually piped anyone before?” …had let a foreign ninja… Temari choked on her tea. …had let fucking Rock Lee… “Oh my gods, Naruto, I’m making you sit through Sex Ed again, did you learn nothing!?” …green jumpsuit enthusiast Rock Lee… “Hey, at least the lube we gave him for his last birthday would have come in handy!” Naruto chortled, completely ignoring his teammate. …bowlcut Rock Lee… Sakura sighed. “I’m sorry to ask this,” she said to Gaara, “but as a medic… please tell me whatever lubricant you used was sealed in a white tube with a yellow label? If it was, that’s the one we got him , and it wouldn’t be expired, since that was only a few months ago.” …who wore orange fucking legwarmers... Gaara nodded to her. She nodded back, as pink as her hair. …rail him over a kitchen table. That was so fucking funny he was going to shit—

ok so this passage i think is the absolute most Chaotic Stupid piece in the whole megadong anime crackfic extravaganza and that's exactly the energy i wanted to convey. i loved writing from kankuro's pov because i basically use him to write from My POV so it's just dumbass hours all day, plus naruto is just an absolute meme in this fic and i love it. bonus points to me for including 1(one) brooklyn99 reference. i will never be this funny again i wasted all my life savings of comedy on this one fkcmdngnldgjd fic

and finally, from in the space between:

Pressed between their bodies in Gaara’s coat pocket, a pale jade ring, inlaid with a delicate, winding ribbon of Gaara’s chakra-infused sand, burns like a star.

not only does this line out me as have fiance fever because i was thinking about the ring im shopping around for when i wrote it, but also SOMFT, and i think it's the most stunning ending line i've written for it's simplicity, though in context it answers multiple questions and completely changes what the scene means when you read it again. and i will use it to end my really long answers! hope u enjoyed thank u for enabling me xoxo

ask me things, ao3 wrapped style

#ask game #ao3 wrapped #writing gronp hours #fanfiction #ao3 #answered #gaalee

[legofbicuriosity]

early am radio, promises to keep, and mariana 💌

early am radio: i would let you control the aux cord on a road trip

shrek 2 soundtrack for 10 hours straight babey! i’m honking the horn to the beat of accidentally in love

promises to keep: i trust you to use my knife at the sacrifice, but please return it when you are done <3

okay but a Process would have occurred to it. sorry

mariana: if i had a cool rock i’d let you have it. or maybe a leaf

thank u i am putting it on my shelf to be loved forever. giving u a tiny ceramic trinket in return<3

#thank u for da ask beloved<3 #and the emoji!!!!! 💌💌💌💌💌 so true #asks #beck tag🥚

[woolspun]

GENERAL ROLEPLAY STYLE & PREFERENCES

BOLD : applies to you. ITALICS : only applies to you sometimes. STRIKETHROUGH : does not apply to you. elaborate on any points you’d like with an *

TYPES OF ROLEPLAY / HOW I DO THREADS: I don’t. I just do whatever is on my dash when I’m online. mainly asks. I do little short things mostly. I do my threads on discord. long - running threads that slowly build upon the muses*. ( * i’ll continue a thread until it seems exhausted or there’s a good place to stop, typically. )

PLOTTING PREFERENCES: wing it. get a general idea ooc, run with it and plot further if need be. long expansive thought out arcs.  ( i’ll do it all, babey. ) 

TYPES OF THREADS I DO / PREFER: one - liners only. whatever dash shenanigans I’m online for. para or multi - para. literal novels*. ( * honestly, my novels are done usually via discord, though i think i’ve done a post here and there that took a few hours to write because it was p heavy with lore ? i can’t remember. )

REPLY SPEED FOR THREADS AND CONSISTENCY KEEPING THREADS: I lose threads all the time and usually get back to them. I tend to lose threads but please tell me if I have and I’ll reply. I drop threads pretty quickly. I’m really slow but I will get back to you*. I reply on a schedule / queue. I usually reply within a week. I reply every day. I reply almost instantly. ( * i can be slow or fast. it depends on what’s going on in my life. )  

ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL SHIPS: I don’t do these ships. I’m not against them happening but it is not the main point of my blog*. ships will have to be discussed a lot ooc**. super chemistry based. I love doing ships, hmu I probably already ship it so just ask. I ship really quickly. autoship or ship within a few interactions. I mainly rp for the cute ship fluff or angsty smut. ( * i feel weird as an original character because generally most people think i am actively hunting for ships, so i tend to be kinda closed off with them. ) ( ** honestly i’m very easy to get ‘ into ‘ a ship, but it can be awkward doing ship things with someone who i don’t talk to. i spend a lot of my work and school day sitting silently while busy ofc, so i tend to have a backlog of things to talk about for funsies. )

SMUT: I do not do smut at all. I’m very selective about it*. I only do it on a separate blog / on discord. I mainly only do asks relating to nsfw headcanons on Sundays. I write it a medium amount. I write it all the time and love to. I am comfortable with foreplay and fade - to - blacks but nothing further. ( * i’ve written smut on this blog once or twice as standalone things. i’m okay with writing it, but i do love a slowburn buildup or something similar to that. )

ACTIVE HOURS: mornings, 8 – 10. midday, 11 – 1. afternoon, 2 – 5. evenings, 6 – 8. night, 9 – 12. ungodly hours of the day, 1 – onwards. ( * i don’t have an answer for this. it’s literally all over the place. )

ACTIVITY SCHEDULE: super slow and sporadic, like once a month or so. slow and sporadic, week - long gaps between activity*. bi - weekly ish. weekly activity. daily activity. I’m online nearly all the time. ( * i’m in dental school and i have a lot of projects + tests. sometimes i go awhile with my activity, but i do check the app and such. )

STARTERS: I don’t do starter calls. I want to do starter calls but often don’t have time*. I do selective calls. I don’t do calls but always feel free to ask me for one. I post calls rarely, regularly, often. ( * lmao too shy to bother. )

AUS: I don’t do aus. my blog is an au but outside of that I don’t do them.  i sometimes do them but only with a lot of plotting. I have a couple of aus already, feel free to request them. I have aus coming out of my ears, please interact with them. I love making aus, hmu to plot if you think of one. there are some aus I won’t do.

CROSSOVERS: I don’t do crossovers. I’m selective with crossovers. I love crossovers. 

Tagged: i stole from @eternasci​ Tagging: whoever would like to, please help yourself !

#Ꮚ•ꈊ•Ꮚ ❝ THE MORE YOU KNOW RAINBOW GIF ! ❞ ( psa. ) #// long post #Ꮚ•ꈊ•Ꮚ ❝ T POSING ON A SHITTY WOODEN CHAIR ! ❞ ( out of character. ) #i ignored the strikethrough thing cause it'd get too confusing lmao

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

an·guish

/ˈaNGɡwiSH/

noun

severe mental or physical pain or suffering.

based on a scene that impacted my young brain forever:

#my art #khux #my posts #10 HOURS AND IT’S DONE BABEY #ephemera’s tragedy and immense grief he must have felt at the end of khux is something that I just can’t stop thinking about #it’s so sad yet so…fascinating. the price he has to pay for choosing to carry the burden of putting others first before himself #I feel that his ending was perfect for him because we do eventually see him ‘triumph’; keeping the light alive and rising from the wreckage #but I can’t /not/ think about how painful it must have been to lose it all in a day #and be left with no one but yourself #not even having the chance to know whether everyone is okay or not #GOD THIS DRIVES ME INSANE #khux brainworms still going strong months later #anyway ephemera deserves the best and only the best therapist in all the worlds #thanks for reading if you made it this far; I have a lot of feelings that I slowly want to release in more art like this 🤍 #timeless child #dandy kids

[potionbarrel]

cozy double date!

#hlvrai #frenrey #sodashipping #gordon feetman #tommy coolatta #darnold #i love them!! #this took me a hot second but i'm so happy i put the effort in #hell yeah babey #gordon... the movie hasn't even been on for an hour sir #everyone just lets it slide that man deserves rest #benrey doesn't mind at all #i wanted to say something more abt this but my brain is empty #i stayed up to where i'm postin this at 7 am #and in the last 48 hours i've slept for 10 #it's all good though- i got this done! #use your boyfriend’s mug!! wear ya boy’s favorite color on your socks!! love!!! #sunkist should have been in this #the fuck was i thinking #nhlvrai #pumpkinrings

[velvetbed]

Made a big mistake at work. Good job!

#new manager problems #four hours of work to do in two babey #and yes I wasted the 20 secs it took to make it #done #me #this was me going on hour 10 tbh

[italianeyes]

it's finally october. we are getting so close to christmas i can feel it the energy in me is astounding.

#hi my name is amrita and I Really Love Christmas Time #and winter #i spent an hour making a 3 and a half hour long christmas music playlist and playing it on repeat #also it is cutrently 2.14 am and i am srill nkt done w debbies project🤗😝 #i made this post last night but im posting it now so yeah #ik i just said i dont have any energy but like at 2am last night i did #and when i saw the date on mh leptop saying 10/1/302023 #i was r e v i t a l i z e d #i love cold weather #but also its kinda whacky bc its only october and its gonna be in the 40s next week #so how cold will it be during the winter???????? #i keep saying its 2 degres out side but what if it actially is 2 degrees in december #xlimate change babey <3 #we are living on a dying world #i love everything<3

[mod2amaryllis]

saur..... I've been thinking about becoming a veterinarian technician and is it worth it? I'm so lost and confused but for some reason I look to you for advice. Please help

PHEWWWW boy ok well. listen. here's the- listen

when i meet ppl curious about vetmed, i try to be completely honest, wanna give you the info you won't get from school or a job interview. specifically in small animal general practice (dogs/cats, some exotics) since that's all i've ever done.

first let me outline the negatives because you should really be aware of them: it is one of the hardest jobs. like just in general. i say that after comparing a variety of careers w/ the many working ppl in my life. it is maybe THE hardest, and not for the stereotypical reasons.

the physical labor is very very intense. 10-12 hour shifts on your feet, often zipping around, and if not that you're standing in one place doing mentally strenuous shit (like monitoring anesthesia, charting, drug calculations). you're always bent over something. you're often on the floor. repeatedly lifting 20, 40, 60, 150 pound dogs, or restraining them. i CANNOT overstate how demanding it is. this was the thing that i was least prepared for coming out of school.

it's scary, which sucks because it's vital to be brave lmao. reactive cats/dogs are STRAIGHT UP SCARy but if you're VISIBLY SCARED, they'll be worse. this is the thing i have the hardest time training into new techs.

it's emotionally grueling. most new ppl assume i'm referring to euthanasia--i am absolutely not. euthanasia is something you'll come to your own terms with. (for me, i consider it an honor to be part of something so difficult and personal. i take it very seriously and feel what i feel. some ARE very hard but most are peaceful.) no no no man I'm talking about the often low pay, the endless work load that's seeing a constant rise in demand with a national lack of staff to handle it, the lack of understanding from the general public about what your job is ("i'd love to work with puppies and kittens all day! 🥰"), the bad owners over whom you have very little power, the smell of infection, the rare Truly Traumatizing Case, the fact that you're doing everything dude! everything! you're a nurse of every specialty now and all your patients have sharp teeth and can't talk, congratulations

...............ok

now i will outline the positives

here is the thing. the good news. i'm actually in a cool place w/ my job right now. almost 7 years and a significant cut to my hours later, i'm smiling at work. i'm humming and shit. i'm seeing the reasons i'm still in it, and that's kinda nice.

it's important work. for me this is huge. you're making a positive difference in the world and, more importantly, in your community. i'm lucky enough to work at a vet-owned established practice that has a strong foothold in the area. i greet clients by name and ask them how they've been, and then maybe they ask your name so they can say "well thank you for everything [name] ^^" and that's always cool. it's good work, objectively.

this isn't true for everyone, but for me covid helped me realize that the physicality does have a plus side. while other people were dealing with the horrors of isolation and being sedentary, i was active, i had a routine and constant stimulation. YES this also destroyed my body and mind to some degree, but without it i would've sunk in the other direction. basically: you will be at the very least be stimulated, don't even sweat about that lol.

EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS BABEY!

and...siiigh Ok Yes There Are A Certain Amount Of Puppies And Kittens.

we're all here cuz we love animals, like no need to mention that as motivation, because yeah man obviously water is wet. for a long time i was jaded about this part of it, the work was just SO stressful that it was hard to focus on anything besides the ways some patients make it harder. but looking back at the grand scope, the MAJORITY of patients are compliant. all of them are there because they have a person who loves them. they are all animals and baby, we love animals. yesterday we did 4 rabbit spay/neuters and they were all so fucking soft dude! i know a mastiff named Olivia who we've done way too many medical procedures on and still, every time she comes in, she's a 100lb bundle of joy and kisses. there's a pair of chihuahuas who come in every 2 weeks for nail trims named Princess and Pumpkin, one is skinny (Pumpkin) and one is fat (Princess). sometimes cats meow in a disgruntled way like they're leaving a bad review after waking up from anesthesia. sometimes there are rats <3333333 !!! i've purred while restraining an angry cat and it's calmed them down. i've said goodbye to patients i loved so much their owners gave me photographs to remember them (i still think about u grumpy Bunnie).

like!!! take heart, there are animals

there you go shit ton of words. i like typing words sorry. just, idk man it's complicated and very fucking hard. it's been a constant up and down, i've almost quit more than once, but ultimately i'm happy i'm still here, because along with some of the hardest times in my life work has provided me many of the BEST things about my life. feeling accomplished and skillful in my career, lasting friendships, healthcare for my animals, straight up most OF my animals (frisk and goose were clinic surrenders, joanie just happened to be the first puppy on petfinder the same day of a very difficult euth that made me go "i have to get a fucking dog")

it's up to you dude. i don't want this to scare you, just equip you for the tubular highs and bogus lows, good luck out there either way

#fuck OFFFFFF why do i always write entire fucking novels.... #vet tech #veterinary medicine #veterinary technician #work stuff #m2a #m2answers #my pets #animals #animal death #euthanasia #long post

[illwynd]

review of metal subgenres by me

20. christian metal

i can’t help but feel like someone is just. very confused here. it might be me idk. but someone is definitely confused.

19. traditional heavy metal

Classic. Timeless. But in the way that a top hat is timeless i.e. it’s gonna get a lot of weird looks in the grocery store

18. metalcore

please keep your arms inside the vehicle at all times. 

17. nu metal

honestly i like a lot of nu metal, it is totally enjoyable as music, but lbr it is never going to not be the redheaded stepchild of the metal family. it should probably move to another town, change its name, and just live its best life or sth.

16. glam metal

the ‘80s called. it didn’t ask for its sound back. it just needs help getting out of these skintight leopard-print leather pants.

15. melodic metal

this is a fuckin weird one, honestly. i feel like this is only an adjective to other genres, and it’s an element that changes the properties of whatever it alloys with in unexpected ways. on its own, it is undefinable and defies assessment.

14. sludge

this is the most aptly named genre in existence. i could not hope to describe it better than saying yeah it sounds like sludge. not that there’s anything wrong with that.

13. black metal

some great tunes but i’m exhausted just thinking about researching every fucking band to find out whether they’re sketchy. or like. how sketchy exactly. like. “apolitical” only half the band is friends with nazis sketchy? or...?

12. groove metal

great, let’s talk shit about phil anselmo. (it does have a decent groove tho.)

11. doom metal

you’re 19, lying on your bed on a stormy saturday afternoon, super depressed and listlessly pondering the pointlessness of existence. this is your soundtrack.

10. death metal

[incomprehensible growling directly into the mike]

9. thrash metal

when it’s good, it’s really fuckin good. when it’s mediocre... it... all sounds the fucking same i’m sorry but it does

8. progressive metal

aka musicians showing off. Mozart would play prog.

7. goth metal

you’re 19, lying on your bed on a stormy saturday afternoon, super depressed... and it’s kinda sexy, actually

6. industrial metal

we’re going to be here all night arguing about what bands are part of this genre, aren’t we.

5. symphonic metal

do you need some operatic soprano shit in your life, with full orchestration? heck yeah you do. here you go.

4. power metal

I AM RIDING A DRAGON YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID

3. pirate metal

rum rum rum rum rum rum rum 

2. viking metal

the best moshpits, for some reason. everyone in this scene owns at least one mjolnir pendant and probably also leather bracers and a ticket to valhalla. warning: may cause beard growth. points for lots of songs about thor and loki

1. folk metal

we have fiddle. we have bagpipes. we have flutes. we have joiking and throatsinging. we have copious drinking songs. we have pagan imagery, long hair, some fur and horns and antlers with our leather, and pleasant fuckin dispositions. we will collectively sit down on a sticky, beer-covered venue floor and row our longship together before getting up and bodyslamming each other happily for another hour. half the time the lyrics are not in a language you speak but it doesn’t matter. and it has the range, babey: cheerful drinking songs, high-energy battle music, metal songs to hammer metal to, melancholy old folk songs done metal style, gorgeously haunting odes to nature and invoking the supernatural making you feel like you ought to be listening to it alone on a misty mountaintop in the moonlight, everything. the fact that metal seems to fuse perfectly with literally every culture’s traditional folk music to become something unique and interesting and revelatory about both the folk tradition itself and about metal... that’s. like. fuckin superb, you funky little humans. this is the best metal genre and you cannot change my mind. 

Bonus: symphonic post-apocalyptic reindeer-grinding Christ-abusing extreme war pagan fennoscandian metal

heck yeah

#metal #folk metal #this is of course glossing over the countless sub-subgenres #and sub-sub-subgenres #because that would probably exceed the tumblr post length if i tried

[legofbicuriosity]

pumpkin patch, early AM radio, stained bathroom sink, promises to keep, inky cap, felidae, enamel, mariana. 🍁🪨👨‍🎤🦷📻🎃

hey hi hello

pumpkin patch: i would carry something way too heavy to impress you

i would be very impressed. for the record

early am radio: i would let you control the aux cord on a road trip

but i would b driving…… anyways i would Only play hsm 2 songs😽😽 for the entire trip

stained bathroom sink: i’d trust you to color my hair but i get to pick the color. you are not cutting it though. (unless you want to)

i think i could cut your hair tho i think i could do it u want me to cut ur hair sooooo bad🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀 also i think candy corn yellow is a beautiful colour for a hair

promises to keep: i trust you to use my knife at the sacrifice, but please return it when you are done <3

ok i will don’t worry

inky cap: i would test random mushrooms in the forest to see which ones were poisonous

we could inhale them raw. yknow. go a little crazy

felidae: i would petsit for you for free as long as i could sit on your floor and eat ice cream (you provide the ice cream)

oh i’m so good at getting ice cream and choosing the flavours and whatnot also i would get a cat just so you can sit it🐈

enamel: can’t tell if I want to bite you or let you bite me? we should never meet in real life…

chomptown babey! u r a burger 2 me. also how could u say that we should never meet irl….. i’m booking a plane ticket right now out of Spite. i’ll be there in 10 hours. with my teeth

mariana: if i had a cool rock i’d let you have it. or maybe a leaf

picking you a flower in exchange #nature

#beautiful selection of emojis i want to chew them #also the other day my roommate used the 😽 emoji and i was like WAGHHHH SO CUTE so now i’m using it everywhere too #😽😽😽😽😽😽😽😽 #LOOK AT THEM #n e ways #thank u for the ask<3 #asks #robin tag🐢

[hcrdtimcs]

take two: jia (also @seaweedbible) again. disc + ims ok!

finally introducing SEOL YOONA, and yes i want you to read that in love4eva’s grimes’ voice. y3 social work major, 108th avenue’s unofficial landlord, iso’s publicity officer n also member of yongmaru. PHEW. 24 hours in a day n w tht laundry list of commitments? it seems none of them can be spent on herself.

PROFILE / BIOGRAPHY / PINTEREST 

tw / terminal illness, abandonment

raised by a single mom mostly ? wasn’t terrible or anything but just rlly spacey n waned to live her own life separate from the yoons n went out partying / clubbing / dating whatever. when she did remember to get a babysitter for yoona, the job usually fell to her aunt (half older sister 2 her mom)

aunt was a huuuuge role model 4 yoona tbh like ? did what she wanted n worked hard to live the life tht she wanted. was single by choice but also so fuckin happy n thriving n yoona was like. damn i wanna be her so bad 

unfortunately that One good parental figure passed due 2 a terminal illness when yoona was 13. cue the canned awww sound effects on tv.... but tbh her aunt had been sick 4 the longest time n yoona was just glad she didn’t have to go thru tht anymore.

aunt left 108th to her mother, begging for her to get her shit together n for a while it all seemed okay! mom brought yoona along and they both lived in 108th and her mom was the (unreliable) landlord, but it was something yknow ???

could’ve gone 2 a better uni but she didn’t have to pay for lodging at hansung + she had the academic advantage so 😜 good lord that emoji is fucking hideous

unfortunately halfway thru her 1st year her mom disappeared on her... now she’s starting her 3rd year and still hasn’t heard back from her. don’t ask her how she feels about it because she’s still delusional and believes this is just another disappearing act n her mom will be back soon

that was pathetic n sad PHEW anyway ... 

yes she is iso’s publicity officer! she’s not a polyglot by any means but she’s confident, watches international tv shows and has papago so what else do u rlly need right ugly winking emoji

member of yongmaru because she genuinely loves volunteering but also unfortunately ends up doing most of the work others push off on her. its ok tho bc at the end of the day it helps ppl!

her work will always be done. she may finish it 10 mins before the deadline but just let her work... if u push her she WILL not do it just to spite u

108th residents ummmmmmmmm i recommend u guys learn how to change ur lightbulb because the waiting list is LONG. if u don’t mind her coming in at 5am tho then the waiting list is shortened considerably.

she’s just working so hard rn to run away from the life she has 2 the life she wants? but all those commitments n such make her a rly flaky friend... 

i’m not putting any plots under this because this is already so gargantuan n i love brainstorming n also i’m lazy BUT lf:

friends (who are either pissed at or starting to be angry at her for being the way she is), hookups (no relationships she can barely maintain her friendships cat laughing emoji), 108th residents (lets plot it out babey)

#hs:intro

[sarenhale]

Tell me your ffxiv house snagging secrets? 🥺 life has been really shitty lately so I’ve been trying to get a house but have been having zero luck. I tried following advice I found online but I guess I’m doing it wrong. Love your blog, and love Aydee, precious little meow meow

Gonna put this under read more since it's a bit long.

Ok so I have no idea how experienced you are in ffxiv housing hunting, but first of all, you should totally be in these discords that give great and lenghty advice on how to camp plots without losing your mind/wasting your time: Sadu's (if you play on NA) Alisaie's (if you play on EU like me)

My tips are:

Only and always camp in prime time (prime time is the time window between 10 hours / 14 hours AFTER a plot goes up as available to grab. You can check when a plot came up in these two discords (depending on the world/DC you're on) as people regularly go check available plots and tell everyone when they became available. Then you make your own math and count to time the plot became available -> around 10h past to 14h, it's prime time, so time to camp that plot and smash that 'buy plot' button on the placard babey. ( Basically people have done statistics on the time plots unlock and people manage to snag 'em, and the statistics point to the 10 / 14 hours as the prime time of plots unlocking. (People way more intelligent and math savvy than me have done the maths on this, and I can personally say It Works. The numbers don't lie!!!) )

When you're camping, decide how long you're gonna stay and use your time to do this thing- set limits, and don't overdo it. If you're tired, just rest. A house isn't worth losing your mind and hands over. But if you're up for it, smash that button- in the end, the plot has more probability to go to the one that is costantly clicking. It's true it's random and luck- but costantly pressing the button is what makes the difference. When I got my personal plot, I was competing against other 5 people, but only one other person was clicking at that time (since I was observing everyone and watching if they were actively clicking), so that made my win much more probable

Use the numpad or a controller. Don't use your mouse, you're gonna get tired real quick, and your fingers are gonna start hurting after a couple of minutes. Use a controller instead, or the numpad on your keyboard. Much easier on your fingers and quicker too (both disc servers I linked have more detailed information on how to use your numpad and set up your controller)

Put on the 'busy' status, as some people are out for blood and will try to trade you costantly to prevent you clicking (and generally this way you avoid any harrassing tells you could get... unfortunately some people get real nasty over this shit)

Unfortunately there are a lot of people using third party clickers spammers programms. This is unavoidable. But if you see someone using one (a way of telling is if they're never moving, emoting, saying anything, and most of all, stay spam clicking for minutes/hours even after someone has got the plot or they themselves got it!), report it via the squenix support tab, on the squenix site or in game. (support-> contact us in game, report for cheating, third party softwares)

Put on a movie, podcast or call a friend on discord or something. Chances are you're gonna do this a lot and spend some time clicking and spamming, and god knows you will need the distraction. I personally put Safiya Nygaard's video on youtube because she makes me happy LOL

Your health comes first!! if you see you're getting in a bad mental place, your back/hands hurt too much, STOP. A virtual plot of land isn't worth screwing your health over

Related to the previous tip... take breaks!! While I was house hunting, I wasn't doing it every single day, that would've sucked so much and reduced me to the husk of a human being. I took some well deserved breaks, week long breaks, and then came back with more energy and determination when I was feeling less frustrated by the clicking and losing.

And finally... my experience isn't universal, I'm on a EU data center which is waaay less competitive than NA housing (and my world is also one of the less populated on my DC!) , so if you're on NA or a more populated world/DC, chances are your experience is going to be way different than mine. It sucks to hear, but it is easier to get a plot in less populated DCS and worlds, which is my case. I don't even wanna think about how getting an house on NA DCS is like. BUT! It isn't impossible! A lot of people get their plots daily on NA servers too, so if you really wanna do this, keep your chin up and keep trying, with regards to your health, of course. And then... GOOD LUCK!! I cast good luck on ya!!

#answered #ffxiv

[djpurple3]

I Just Keep Losing My Beat - Chapter 20

Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14 - Chapter 15 - Chapter 16 - Chapter 17 - Chapter 18 - Chapter 19

yeah babey we made it to the rawring 20s!!! and in this chapter, we are introduced to @broadwaytheanimatedseries‘s OC, Tan Rosenberg. They’re a hoot and a half and i love her with my whole heart. Broadway has helped me Big Time with this au, as a source of inspiration and a sounding board, so yeah. *finger snaps* It’s Tan Time.

also it’s probably the Wrong Time to post this but im doing it anyway

Relationships: Platonic Creativitwins. Eventual Intrulogical. Do NOT tag as r*mr*m if u value ur molars.

Characters: Remus Sanders; Roman Sanders; kid!Deceit (called William) Sanders; kid!Virgil Sanders; OCs; Logan Sanders; kid!Patton Sanders; teen!Sleep/Remy (nb!Remy), Emile Picani.

Genre: Human AU, Single Dad AU, Slowburn, hurt/comfort, both angst & fluff

Chapter’s Wordcount: 3,200-ish words [under the cut]

Chapter Warnings: Allusions to Past Abuse, Allusions to Bullying, Anxiety, I don’t think there’s too much in this chapter, if there’s anything else let me know

Chapter 20/?

Chapter 20 tan? hewwo?

Remus got up at 8am that morning, and thoroughly enjoyed his sleep-in. He and Roman caught each other just before he headed out the door. “First day?” he asked. Roman shuffled his feet. “Yeah,” he said. “I start at nine.” Remus crossed the room and gave Roman a big hug. “It’ll be great,” he promised. “You’ll kill it.” The tension leaked out of Roman’s shoulders. “Thanks, Re.” A part of Remus was very upset to think that Roman was scared of telling him. Another part of him was angry that Roman had done it in the first place. And these two parts of him warred with each other, but not loud enough to drown out the part that loved his brother, so Remus patted him on the shoulder and stepped back, waving him off as Roman pulled out of the drive in their old red car.

He got William up at 9 o’clock, and he, William, and Virgil had breakfast together. He then spent the next hour and a bit setting all Will’s school stuff out on the table, keeping Will calm, and making sure everything was tidy. William was sitting at the table, drumming his fingers and staring into space. “What if she’s rude?” he suddenly asked, and his shaky tone made Remus turn on his heel immediately. “What if she makes fun of my glasses, and my eye? What if she doesn’t like us?” “I think,” Remus said, crossing over to William and crouching down, before opening his arms in the offer of a hug (not enforcing one if Will didn’t want it), and William slipped out of his chair and all but barrelled straight into his arms. “That Mr Picani picked them special, and that she’s going to treat you very well. I don’t think you need to worry about that. But! If she is mean, I will ask them to leave, okay?” “Promise?” William looked up at him, eyes wide. “Promise,” Remus said firmly, hugging him tight one more time. They stayed like that for a moment, before William tapped his shoulder to signal he was done. Remus heaved himself to his feet, and ruffled William’s hair playfully, getting a giggle out of his son. “Alright,” he smiled. “They’ll be here in fifteen minutes. Are you ready?” William glanced around, hopping from foot to foot anxiously, before darting upstairs for something he forgot.

At exactly 11:01am, there was a knock on the door. Remus glanced at William, who was sitting at the table already, and raised his eyebrows in question. William took in a deep, shaky breath, before nodding. Remus smiled, gave a thumbs-up, and opened the door.

The person standing there was not what Remus had been expecting. The first thing that caught Remus’ attention was that they had purple hair. A nice, vibrant shade of plum. The next thing was that they were short, at least in comparison to Remus’ six-foot-ish ass. They had a bag slung over her shoulder and sunglasses they were peering over the top of. “Tan?” Remus offered. “That’s me!” they said brightly. “Mr P sent me. Tan Rosenberg, at your service.” They stuck out a hand, and Remus blinked, before taking it and shaking their hand warmly. “I’m Remus Sanders,” he smiled. “And my son… well, come in, and I’ll introduce you!”

William was swinging his legs, kicking the chair as Tan drew closer. He looked down at his lap as they stopped a couple metres away. “Hi,” Tan said, the bright bubbliness that Remus had been fronted with dropping away into something a little more mellow. “I’m Tan, and Mr Picani sent me to give you some help!” William looked up briefly, and he flashed a nervous smile before looking away again. Surprise crossed the tutor’s face, and she glanced at Remus in concern. “He’s anxious,” Remus offered in explanation. “D’ya want to introduce yourself, rattlesnake?” William took a sharp breath in, opened his mouth, and closed it again. “D’ya want me to do it?” William nodded. Remus put a hand on the chair, next to William’s shoulder, but not touching him directly, and smiled at Tan. “This is William,” he declared. William reached out and fumbled with the glasses he’d set on the table, before putting them on, almost flushing with shame.

“It’s lovely to meet you,” Tan said sincerely. “My friend Remy says you’re really cool.” William’s head shot up. “You know Remy?” he asked in a shaky voice, but there was a spark of life in his eyes this time. “I do!” Tan smiled, shuffling closer. “I’ve known them for ages. We went to highschool together. They were a few years ahead of me.” William glanced up at Remus with wide eyes. “You must’ve known the Picanis for a while, then,” Remus said, pulling out a chair and offering it to the young adult. “Oh, yeah,” Tan laughed, making their way over to the table and plomping her bag down on beside them. “Loga- ah, Mr P, sorry, taught me when I was in 2nd grade, and then I ended up becoming good friends with Remy.” “Mr Picani’s teaching me now!” Wiliam chimed in. “Oh nice,” Tan smiled. “Oh, I miss the old guy.” Remus snorted at that. “He’s not that old!” he laughed. “Surely!” “He’s thirty four,” Tan insisted, stage-whispering to William. “He’s absolutely ancient.”

William started giggling into his hands as Remus made fake-offended noises. He went to joke back, but the sound of wailing tore through the air and cut him off. Remus was already halfway across the room before Tan could ask. “I’m just going to check on Virgil,” he said with a quick smile. “You gonna be okay, Will?” William twisted in his seat to look at Remus, before smiling and nodding back. “Awesome,” Remus beamed. “I’ll be back down in a bit.”

By the time Virgil was calm again, it was almost half past. Remus rested him on his hip, letting the baby play with his moustache as he came back downstairs. He tried not to laugh at what he saw. 

Paper was strewn everywhere across the table. All of William’s schoolbooks were open and resting somewhere, some propped up against the wall, some nearly falling off the table, and William was hunched over his English homework, with Tan standing over him and carefully explaining the exercise through. At the sound of footsteps, they both turned, both looking relaxed and happy (though William was looking a little tired from concentrating so hard). William smiled at the sight of his dad and brother. Tan’s eyes lit up, a soft smile of wonder spreading across their face, before a second later, they cleared their throat and nodded at them, polite. Remus smiled, and hitched Virgil a little higher on his hip, getting them both more comfortable. “Don’t mind us!” he chimed, “we’ll be quiet, I promise.”

At 12:30, they stopped for lunch. Tan had come prepared, and Remus had made William up a lunchbox that morning. At Remus’ suggestion, they went and sat out on the front lawn and counted the cars going past. During their break, somewhere in the distance, a car door slammed. Remus’ head snapped in that direction, eyes scanning automatically, and William flinched at the sound. After a couple seconds, they both relaxed, though William scrambled over and huddled into his side for a while. Tan watched them with soberly curious eyes, but didn’t say anything.

But the session went well. Tan stayed til 2 o’clock, and they seemed to easily plough through the day’s work, though towards the end, William was yawning wide. “I’m not surprised,” Tan smiled to Remus as they finished up. “We did basically a full day of school work in about half the time.” William nodded, and put his chin in his hand, resting on the table and not saying anything. “You worked very hard,” Remus affirmed, ruffling his hair, and looked up at Tan. “Anything we need to work on, tutor?” “Nope, I don’t think so,” Tan shrugged. “It’s a bit hard to know if William has any weak points from a single session, I might be able to recommend stuff in a few days if you want.” “That might be nice,” Remus winked at William, who smiled a little wider in return. “Oh! What do I owe you for this?” Tan didn’t reply for a moment. It almost seemed like they were caught off guard by the question. And Remus did notice how they surreptitiously glance around, and at them, before smiling. “Forty,” she stated. “Forty… dollars?” Remus repeated, bewildered. That was… cheap. Quite cheap, especially for this sort of gig. “Yep,” Tan confirmed, popping the ‘p’ with a smile. Remus stared at the floor for a moment, before turning and fetching his wallet off the kitchen bench.

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Roman got home shortly after Tan left, looking more tired than Remus had seen him be in a long time, but with an enthusiastic glow on his face. “How was your first day at work?” Remus smiled. “Great,” Roman beamed back. “It’s such a cool place.” “Ah,” Remus laughed, easing himself into one of the chairs at the kitchen table. “I see you haven’t had any difficult customers yet!” Roman laughed, but slumped into the chair next to him. “I forgot how much being on your feet all day takes it out of you,” he groaned, running a hand through his hair. 

Remus looked at him quietly, watching Roman sigh, his eyelids droop, but it seemed Roman sensed the scrutiny and turned to meet his eyes. Remus just studied him. “Hey,” he said quietly. “Hey,” Roman replied. “You okay?” “Yeah,” Remus said, and he scratched the back of his head, before his hand ambled downwards to his neckline, rolling the corner of his collar between his fingers idly. He took a deep breath to calm himself. Or, he tried to, but it seemed whatever was gunking up his lungs hadn’t eased up yet, and he turned away quickly to hack a few coughs into his elbow, taking a moment to turn back with a tired huff and a smile. “Are you okay?” he asked back. “Yeah,” Roman smiled, tension leaking from him as he adjusted in his seat, reaching over to slap Remus on the back heartily, as if that’d help his cough.. “Tired, but… I’ve never been better, Remus.”

Something warm twisted in Remus’ chest. 

“I’m sorry,” Remus blurted. “For making you go behind my back with this. I should be trusting you by now, eh?” Roman rubbed his arms, glancing at Remus with an unsettled eye. “I…” he faded out, before shaking his head and trying again. “Remus, I don’t want to hear you apologise for ‘making me’ do anything of the sort. I… I don’t feel good about doing this behind your back.” “It worked out,” Remus shrugged. “But…” Roman hesitated. “Oh, I don’t know how to do adult things properly, Remus, and I think you know it. I can kind of guess why you wanted me not to do this.” “I mean,” Remus tried, still picking at his collar. “You… you’re, we’re both adults, Roman. I can’t control you, and I certainly don’t want to try. ...Or, to try any more than I have.” “You’re protecting me,” Roman shrugged. “I can’t be angry at you for that. It’s what you’ve done our whole lives.” “I’m your big brother,” Remus smiled, elbowing Roman lightly but trying to ignore the growing ache in his chest. “It’s my job.” “You’re a big brother, you’re a dad, you’re a coworker, you’re a friend,” Roman listed. “You’re so many things, Remus, and you can’t protect everyone. There’s only one person you’re around 24/7 who deserves to be protected no matter what, and it’s you, Re.”

Remus’ hand spasmed, gripping his collar tightly, before he blinked, breathed deeply, and let go. Roman raised an eyebrow at him, smiling a smug little smile that Remus rolled his eyes at. It seemed Roman had won this round.

“Yeah, well,” he laughed, getting to his feet. “As long as you do, too. Now sit tight, and I’ll get dinner started.”

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alright we trying to get cracking again with chapters. apologies for disappearing... again. making a post for every chapter takes a lot of effort and i guess i forget and stuff but

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