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doctorbrown · 6 months

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DOCTOBER '23 ⸺ 「 31 / 31 * FINALE | HEART 」

March 8, 1929

Whenever Erhardt was at the courthouse, if Emmett wasn't in his room, pouring over works that would make his father red-faced and angry, he could be found with a pillow propped up against the grandfather clock in the living room, leaning back and reading whatever caught his eye this time.

It had become a pattern over the years, one Sarah had learned quite quickly after the first two times wondering where her son had run off to when he wasn't anywhere to be found in his room. Emmett was at his most comfortable when his father wasn't at home—and she couldn't blame him for that, despite how she'd tried to soften the tension between her husband and her child—and he didn't hesitate to take full advantage of the house when it was open to him.

Sarah quirks a brow upon seeing the book clutched in Emmett's hands. ❝Are you reading one of my science-fiction novels again?❞

❝Father isn't home to yell at me for wasting my time reading this worthless trash.❞ He puts on his best impression of his father as he can, mimicking the gruffness of his voice and the accent he'd yet to lose even after nearly twenty years here. ❝He wouldn't even listen to me when I told them they were educational, because they were about science.❞

Sometimes, his parents seem like fire and ice compared to each other, opposites in every way eternally fated to clash, especially where their interests are concerned; there are days he simply can't understand how they get along.

❝I found this hidden in your library.❞ He holds up the copy of A Voyage to Arcturus he'd swiped, knowing he won't be reproached for his choice in reading material. Finally, he looks away from the book, and Emmett purses his lips, studying his mother's done-up hair and full state of dress, coming to the conclusion she must be going out again for some of the day's chores.

He wonders if this time, he'll be forced to go along.

❝You know your father usually gets home around five,❞ she says, prompting Emmett to lift his head as high as he can to see the hands of the grandfather clock above him, ❝so be cautious how long you spend out here, dear.❞ The time currently reads 11:00 exactly and he frowns.

❝Is Father ever going to get our grandfather clock repaired? It has been broken for weeks and I really liked the hourly chimes.❞

❝He said he sent out for a repairman, but that was two weeks ago and I've heard nothing since. At this rate, I don't know when it'll be repaired. I'll bring it up to him tonight at dinner. Speaking of—Emmett, I'm going out to pick up some groceries. I trust you'll behave for a few hours while I'm out?❞

Emmett nods and with a quick goodbye, Sarah closes the door behind her, leaving him alone.

The book in his hands no longer holds his interest. Now that they've brought it up, all he can think about is the broken clock, whose mechanical songs have been sorely missed over the past few weeks. The clock had always been a constant, a comfort, a staple in the house as far back as he can remember, and he'd found himself on more than one occasion peering into the glass, watching the pendulum swing and the weights dance with their precise, rhythmic grace.

It was as close to watching time live and breathe as he could get and it had captivated him, as did the smaller clocks set up in the house.

Just a few months ago, he'd disassembled the small bedside clock in his room to see how it worked and had managed to put it back together without either of his parents figuring out.

If he could do that, surely he could fix this one, his favourite clock in the entire house.

His father clearly didn't see the importance of having it operational again—that, or he simply didn't care—and he could already imagine how the conversation at dinner would go. Poorly. And the clock would remain broken for another several weeks.

If he didn't, nobody else would.

Emmett checks to make sure his mother really has left before he hurries to the storage room to dig out the toolbox he'd seen his father use several times.

It's heavier than he remembers, but his mind is made up and nothing is going to get in the way of his goal, even if he has to drag the box the rest of the way towards the house.

As he peers inside the glass, he starts to take stock of all the pieces within, studying each of them carefully as if the answer will suddenly leap out at him. There could be any number of things that silenced the clock and as far as he's concerned, the best solution is to start carefully removing pieces until he can pinpoint the culprit.

For a moment, the task feels gargantuan, what with all the sprawling, delicate clockwork, but he's got his wits, his determination, and his trusty toolbox, so as he stands on his toes, reminding himself to be slow and cautious, it starts to feel more doable.

I should start from the top down.

The side door only takes a little wiggling to get loose and Emmett marvels at the first real look he's ever gotten at the movement, glittering gold in its wooden case. His eyes widen at the mechanical marvel twisting before him and he finds it even more appealing than the ornate carvings inlaid into the dark cabinet.

The front door swings open easily and Emmett's touch is almost featherlight as he pulls the hands off the movement. The clock face looks unsettling without the hands there, almost like it's naked, and he frowns as he sticks the hands in his pockets for safekeeping.

Everything has to come out in order for him to properly inspect it, but the question now becomes how. How does he remove the movement without further damaging what he's trying to repair?

Emmett sticks his head through the open side panel again and lets out an excited aha! when he spots the latches holding the face of the clock in place. A firm push knocks it free and sends the face clattering to the ground. He winces at the sound, but a quick inspection reveals no new damage—nothing has snapped off or bent or broken, so he must still be okay.

The relief he feels at that is short-lived when he realises he has no idea what to do next.

He presses his lips together in thought and reaches back through time to try and feel around the different pieces of the machine. This is all just another puzzle, one created by someone who may understand time better than him, but he has science on his side, and if he follows the cables and pulleys back to their origin point, where they connect must be the problem.

A broken gear, perhaps, or a bent hammer, or something has gotten knocked out of place.

When he tries to pull at the movement again, it remains stubbornly locked in place, and so he drops his focus down to the weights dangling lifelessly at the end of their golden ropes.

Those, too, clatter to the ground in perfect synchronisation with the loud yelp of surprise he lets out.

The rest of the pieces follow unceremoniously after, one-by-one until he's left cradling the silent heart of the clock in his hands.

Emmett turns it over in his hands, scrutinising it from corner-to-corner to try and spot anything that screams this, this is the problem!

❝Emmett Lathrop Brown!❞ That cold, booming voice strikes fear straight into his chest and Emmett immediately freezes, clutching the clock's heart to his chest like a shield. He's sitting in the centre of the half-circle of dismembered clock parts and no amount of trying to talk his way out of this one is going to make him look any less guilty than he is.

His father's anger could level the house. He can feel it, a thousand white-hot blades digging into his skin, even from across the room.

He tries to look up at the clock above him, but instead of helping him, it screams accusations.

❝Y-Yes, Father?❞

#doctober 2023 #a broken clock may be right twice a day but in this case it was very wrong rip emmett #and with that...doctober is over!! it's bittersweet but i'm also thankful and i feel like i've grown more confident as a writer for this #fandom even if just by a little. to all who've read and liked and commented and reblogged any of these prompts i thank you wholeheartedly #you've definitely kept me going with your enthusiasm and i appreciate you greatly for it #i feel like emmett's love for reading definitely came from his mum and sarah is one of those types of people who will read a wide array #of different types of genres #and she likes to collect books too which young emmett helped himself to whenever erhardt wasn't around #it was basically their little secret #also the fact that even in the delorean owner's manual doc talks about the fact that his mum and dad did not part on good terms #just lends weight to this theory of mine; it was probably the culmination of a lot of bs and them not being fully compatible and the fact #that well he just treated their kid like shit and she was not about that #and in the comics erhardt was basically like 'you're just as stubborn as your son' just lends me to believe that he was not the #type of person who did well with others who didn't fully bend to his will #&; a great idea can change the world 「 hc 」#also given the origin of the grandfather clock and the neat science behind it #it seems so fitting that it be used as a main catalyst in doc's life - and that he'd love it #he just wanted to fix the clock okay and as you do when you're young you think you can do everything #doc being also wicked smart and too curious for his own good def didn't help but #doc's obsession with time and clocks is everything to me tbh #every clock is a little different and they all tell different stories and time is such a fascinating concept #man-made perhaps but still

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dhurrbyang · 8 months

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some of y'all will literally say that you hate the booktok videos that lumps books by tropes and then turn around and judge said books by those said tropes because *checks notes* you trust the recommendation style of the people who you criticize of having bad media literacy.

#yes i hate both of them actually because you just hit the wall & keep running #compating two books which are advertised to be in the same genre when the INTENT of said books are different is WILD to me #it's like comparing apples & oranges because both are fruits #the worst part is that this crowd will think that they are the best intellectuals out there #while ignoring any sort of nuance when they speak about any topic #it's like they hear the people (who they criticise of having low reading comprehension) lumping two stories in the same genre #& then go 'yep because i dislike this story i must dislike the other one too 'cause these people think they are the same. i am sMaRt.'#tagging their posts as 'anti intellectualism' when they are the worst puryveyors of it #saw a post comparing two books and i'm like 'BUT WHY ARE YOU COMPARING THEM???'#idk man maybe they do it for the clout #bad faith arguments bad faith arguments everywhere #with little to no nuance #i am seething about this since last night lol i needed to get this out #anti booktok #anti intellectualism

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uniquexblogs · 10 months

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michiganmerchant · 1 year

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mattdrai (drift compatible) (derogatory)

#good evening i am thinking of drift compatible mattdrai #sorry brady but you gotta die in this fic.#matthew smarting and hurting from the loss of his brother #guilty in a way that you can only be when you're the eldest #and everything that happens to your siblings #happens to you too #leon as the longtime captain lieutenant #who's angry and jaded and has seen too much war #and the entire death of his family (sorry peter draisatl you also have to die)#leon runs the combat room and isnt happy to have tkachuk back when he's clearly #not ready and might not ever be. this is war kid #matthew goes full rat mode and eventually they start sparring #and SURPRISE they're drift compatible baby you know this #you know this story by heart #you know how it ends #leon bitching about being wrestled away from his admin tasks #matthew bitching about having drift compatibility and dealing with #fear and regret that he might let this one die too #too many nights with each other's thoughts for company #and the relationships that form out of adrenaline and survival instincts.#ok goodnight #mattdrai #google drive

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piduai · 1 year

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when my anime girl but a 60 years old man coworker quits i'm gonna kms for real i can't do it without him

#by it i mean the job we work as a team but he's taking the heat if we mess up #& if he quits i'll have to do his job too because i earned myself an awful reputation (smart and capable worker)#and i don't want to.#but jokes aside he's a super soothing presence and i like working with him bc we're super compatible #i'll legit be inconsolable when he quits :( but also i can't do this alone frfr

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robustcornhusk · 1 year

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partner's sister is staying with us for a month (for work reasons)

apparently she is very looking forward to eating my cooking

on the one hand, oh fuck oh fuck they have HIGH EXPECTATIONS of me

on the other hand, their whole family was super impressed when i made everyone spaghetti one time (marcella hazan's tomato sauce - plum tomatoes, onion, salt, fat. it's a good recipe!) so perhaps the bar isn't too high

#i wish i had a cute food tag #i had to make it with entirely shitty ingredients too due to location #like i always thought it was a recipe that worked or failed based on ingredient quality #i think they all have good taste (==taste compatible with mine) but not a huge amount of interest in actually cooking #or rather: no time to cook #i think she is very cool #like! smart! able to work in a tough environment doing a hard but important thing! really nice! athletic! not a jerk about any of it!#her only character flaw is being short.#which isn't really a flaw #but it means we gotta rearrange the cups and plates and stuff while she's here #every time we've met i have been brutally sick #i was horkin' up my guts and she was SO EXCITED to diagnose me #(it was altitude sickness)

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safekeeperscosm · 1 year

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do you have any biology or culture headcanons for the bathyosians? I think its interesting that they look so diverse, some are just fish with mechanical limbs while others look more like fishy mermaids.

kshsjks noo not really I never thought that far 😭 this would be a first and I'm not really a fan of the crystal fusion battery things originating from there, but I would like something to replace that where the fishies do have a major part in the galactic community

I guess for culture you could just look at irl marine life behaviours, and not only that but the way they could develope their societies would've started with the thermal vents and underwater volcanoes, as for a space age world well. they'd have to first breach the surface, only then can they go beyond.

I feel like if there are mermanoids all other sapient marine life should evolve the same way? (like early humans; neanderthals, homo erectus, homo naledi etc) as you need hands or suckers or fine hairs or claws to be able to hold things and make tools. to then be able to build and create. those that lack are disabled so yakno. prosthetics. and since gravity is a thing they can just wear mechanical legs for off world business.

it would take billions of years to develop still, and looking at humanity that's like. super long. so maybe their star is a brown dwarf. or maybe bathyos was never a waterworld to begin with and they evolved backwards like whales did haha

#im not smart enouf to work with the different biologies of multiple coexisting sapient species' theyre all just mermanoid shaped shsghsj #makes for crossbreeding more flexible in relation to dna compatibility. or whatever.#buzz lightyear of star command #blosc #blosc headcanons #IDK maybe just reimagining. i dont like how the aliens are world-build much and since its a cartoon its relatively simple #yeah safe answers stuff #ben 10 has piscciss which i also sadly never had time to dedicate for development even doe rj is my boy 😭😭#sorry for not the best answer its not that *deep*

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