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thelocalvillage · 2 months
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Mike Wheeler Headcanons
- he actually loves playing with holly, especially tea parties & barbies and stuff because he gets to make up characters and storylines. he also gives each character very distinct and weird accents just to make her laugh.
- the kids made mr. clarke birthday presents every year, one year mike and will partnered to make a comic book for him where he was the super hero.
- joyce used to cut mikes hair (this is so important to me you dont understand)
- lucas and mike both had little crushes on eachother at some point but it never went anywhere. my evidence being that the wheelclair conflict in season 1 is literally just a watered down version of the byler conflicts in s3 & s4.
- everything mike cooks for himself is completely disgusting to anyone else but he loves it, bros taste in food is equivalent to pregnancy cravings fr.
- it took him way longer than most kids to figure out how to properly tie his shoes.
- he wanted a cat when he was little. i think before holly was born karen might have said yes to getting one, but after she got pregnant everyone kind of forgot about it. except for mike who's still fairly bitter.
- on the same note, mike would insist they hang out at dustins more instead of his basement just so he could cuddle with mews.
- algebra is his favorite kind of math because he loves how the formulas work everytime. its very comforting to him.
- though mike has no interest in joining the school newspaper hes definitely written a few pieces for the "letter to the editor" column.
- mike was a bug kid, ik darts not an insect but he was just way too comfortable with him lol. he'd probably pick them up outside and try to show them to everyone. nancy still freaks out everytime she sees him holding something in his fist.
- he has an ant farm on his desk and checks up on them all the time. they all have names and he likes to imagine they've got the craziest drama going on.
- before mike figures out what his feelings for will actually are he feels soo guilty because he strongly believes that all of his friends are equally his best friend. but its just different with will and he hates the idea that he might subconsciously have a favorite.
- not a hc but i need mike and robin to interact in s5. PLEASE DUFFERS!! ik everyone wants will & robin but i fear you just haven't considered the alternative.
oops, they're telling me i need to stop rambling.. goodbye!!
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inspector-m3 · 1 day
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One Piece headcannons, reader with allergies.
I have a desire to write but the ideas are moving to fast in my head lol. My requests are open and I can write full stories/oneshots not just headcannons. I promise i dont bite :]
CHOPPER
(This one is intended as platonic because, well...bros a reindeer.)
You got incredibly lucky finding this guy, no matter what time you joined the crew. Since chopper is a doctor he definitely feels like a blessing. As soon as he found out about your allergies he started his research (if he didn't already know about it). Finds a cure or a medicine to help with the symptoms and reactions for your allergies. This precious doctor even warns the other crew about what you can't have near you.
In return for his kindness you are now his designated hiding spot for when shit goes down.
LUFFY
He was definitely curious as to why you were constantly taking medicine or having to stay with chopper since you were unwell. Eventually he just outright asked what was wrong with you. He didn't get it at first but once he did he responded with...let's say an interest?
He loudly makes sure that whenever everyone's eating that the food (if you're allergic to a food) is nowhere near you, but let's be honest he probably eats it before it gets even a metre from you, saying something like "I was just keeping Y/ N safe!" when someone complains about their food being stolen. However, if you're allergic to a specific animal or item he makes sure it non-existent on his ship.
NAMI
Just like luffy she makes sure the allergen (the thing you're allergic to) is nowhere to be found. Since you mean so much to her she'd be willing to part with some money to pay for medicines or doctors if chopper couldn't help (luckily for nami thats a rare chance).
sorry this ones so short, I've never really written anything for nami before.
SANJI
If you have a food allergy this man is catering to your every need, making new recipes or even a completely different dish to the rest of the crew if needs be. Oh, you like spaghetti but you're allergic to pasta? Bam, special pasta you're not allergic to, just for you. He can and probably will fight luffy to keep him away from your special food.
If youre allergic to something that isn't food his dramatic ass would probably follow you around in new places to make sure it's not anywhere near you. (and if this gets annoying just give him a compliment, he'll pass out from blood loss and leave you in peace)
USSOP
When you're allergies are bad and it leaves you bed ridden, sniffling or coughing, he'll tell you stories just like he did with kaya. You'll be laying in bed, cursing your allergies while trying to not break your ribs from laughing at ussops silly tales. He always makes you feel much better.
ZORO
He probably didn't even know what an allergy was lmao. Maybe he thought it was some sort of pest (close enough)
If youre allergic to food we already know sanji will be making sure you're safe but zoro is definitely jealous that he can't do anything about it....unless.... if you guys are on a new island and you're not sure if your food has your allergen in it, zoro is the first to offer his help (well, it was luffy first but we all know what would happen).
If your allergen isn't food, just like sanji, he's following you around but he's definitely more of a silent protector compared to sanji. A plant you're allergic to in your path? not on his watch, it's cut down before you can even think of how to get around it.
Let me know if you have any tips or if there's any mistakes!
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stellarmooni · 7 months
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Giratina Core Volo Au
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This is an old au i made last year but never really released it anywhere other than telling a few people but that's it lol so I decided to publish it! I was pretty proud of these sketches and said "You know what? I should share this with the world!" And so that's what I'm doing now!
(P.s, This isnt a complete au and I'm not an expert when it comes to writing so please bare with me lol)
This Au starts right after Volo has been defeated by Akari. Volo, has already left and started to have deranged thoughts after being crushed by Akari's team. After feeling so hopeless, Volo decides to take the matter onto his own hands. He thought that if Arceus won't come after all he did, he's gonna find Arceus, even if it meant by force. He plans to use Giratina's power to get to Arceus but Giratina wasn't exactly willing to lend him their power after the battle against Akari. Volo manages to find a way to use Giratina's power to open gateways to other worlds, thinking that it'll lead them into Arceus' domain.
Meanwhile, Akari manages to find all pokemon and encounter Arceus. She finally manages to catch it and return to Jubilife Village. She and Ingo has caught up onto their adventures and started to figure out ways to go back to their own world.
I didn't think much into this but basically, they team up together to find different methods to get to their own world. Their methods clashed with Volo's and ended up being a huge catastrophe. Volo used whatever he could to strengthen up Giratina so Giratina's portals are a lot stronger than usual. Akari tells Arceus to open a portal back to their world. The strange hisuian portals and the amplified portals giratina made ended up clashing with each other, which ended up affecting Akari, Ingo, Volo, Arceus and Giratina.
Volo ended up in Unova in the present time. Giratina was nowhere to be found. The impact of the portals affected Volo and ended up losing some of his memories. He doesn't remember what he was plotting, why he was there, how he got there, but he does remember his name, small pieces of where he used to live and that he was looking for something in particular. He was lost in an unfamiliar world with nowhere to go and without his memories. He notices a sign that says "Welcome to Nimbasa City". He doesn't recognize the place at all so he decides to look around. Volo looked at the water near the area and notices his reflection. He lifted up his hair out of his eye and notices his right eye has turned black with some strange black lines coming out of it. He slowly covers it again, feeling so surprised and confused. Later on, a familiar subway boss finds him and offers to help him out.
His name was Emmet
I'm gonna leave it here for now
Akari and Ingo does have more story to them but I still gotta plot on a few things but yeah
This is the part where i dont have much written down but do have some ideas in mind. If enough people are interested to hear more about this au then feel free to let me know lol
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bunitivity · 3 months
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I really REALLY need to tell you my hc that Luffy and Usopp sleep in the same bed 98.37% of the time. They are EXTREMELY hard to seperate.
When Usopp first joins the strawhats along with Merry, the boys have to make do with what they have. And that includes taking turns sleeping in the hammocks. Now I'm going to reference that pic where Luffy is hanging down on Usopp's body from his hammock. Also the one where Zoro and Sanji sleep on the floor face to face. That one. One time Luffy actually falls into Usopp's hammock but neither of them realize it and in the morning the sniper might have hit his head when falling on the floor from the sudden surprise. But then it became a usual thing and both of them were becoming closer friends so eventually Usopp just proposed them sleeping together since they're gonna end up like that in the end. Of course the more they travelled, they got bunks for comfort, because sleeping on the floor/couch got annoying.
Then Water 7 happens and Usopp is devastated. He really wants to go back to them snuggling but he feels like if he offers it right after what happened to them it would feel like he didn't feel sorry at all, which is not true. And besides, Sunny has all the comfort you could ever want, so no more "well, if you're gonna slip into my bunk anyways, why not just share it from the start" excuse.
However, Luffy's thought process is a little different. He gets a little confused as to why Usopp still hasn't invited him over. Well, the sniper apologized, they had an emotional reunion, spent the rest of the day together and now they won't even snuggle like they did before? Something's gotta be up.
So as soon as Luffy makes his decision, he "slips" into Usopp's bunk and hugged the shit out of the sniper, making sure he wasn't going anywhere. Usopp let him stay. He wanted to anyways.
So since then, their habit of sharing one bed and cuddling was fully established. Oh boy, I sure hope they don't get seperated again only for a longer period of time.
No listen you literally read my mind! I’ve literally been thinking about this idea nonstop I’ve it written in my draft somewhere. Still think about that moment post dressrosa where usopp just goes to sleep right on top of luffy and no one bats an eye lol(really tried to find a pic of it but it isn’t in my tag ://) it was just business as usual for everyone but there’s no way that’s the first time that’s happened. They definitely sleep together all the time. It’s just second nature to them to just curl around each other and fall asleep.
And oh w7 ;-; the most devastating arc my beloved <3 neither of them sleeps during their separation(i dont actually have long they were apart but I’m pretty sure it was just one night considering how fast paced one piece is but it was a very looong night either way with Usopp staying up working on the merry while luffy just tossing and turning until he just ends up staring out over that rooftop where nami finds him the following morning telling her he was looking out for robin but really he was just looking out the sea to where the merry was docked🥲)
and ofc luffy would be the one to push past the awkwardness because once usopp apologized that was it he had already forgiving him the moment he saw usopp on that bridge screaming at him to keep fighting(still think about how ready luffy was to bring him to the crew immediately post ennies lobby until zoro knocked some sense into him lol) there was no way he was going another sleepless night without him
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444rockstargf · 8 months
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AHHH YOURE LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS ON THIS APP‼️‼️‼️❤️
But Fr tho thanks for doing our requests I appreciate it you write wonderfully
Well idk if you’ve ever written something like this but if it too much you don’t have to give it a second though lol but-
Maybe freeuse!Danny
Hear me out- maybe you and your friends get together at a small gathering (everyone knows why they’re all there) Danny is SLUTTED out I’m talking thigh highs crop top collar on his neck (with your initial ofc!!) tonight’s all about your bf.
He’s all blushy and shy (like he didn’t ask for this in the first place) whining into your neck sitting on your lap but once you feel his cock hardening against your stomach you knew he was turned on.
One of your friends instruct him to come to them crawling and he obeys he’s just being a good free use slut all night. Everyone has permission to touch anywhere they want but nobody has permission to make him cum (your privilege)
(Maybe someone’s is fingering him while another one is softly stroking him totally up to you) he’s just the whore of the night complying to everything anyone says to him
TYYY
ahhh thank you so much!! ur literally so sweet, i swear im crying 😭 and ive thought of this concept sooo many times omg
"i know what the boys want." | dan cooper
lolita. - lana del rey
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gn!reader x dan
contents: exhibitionism, throat-fucking, use of sex toys, (theres more. i think...)
not proofread yet. pls bear with the grammar and spelling errors. ty!!
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you had 3 of your friends over for the evening. you told them that you had planned something special for them all, and they all had a suspision of what it would be.
"oh danny... we're all waiting for you." you called out. less than a minute later, dan walking into the room shyly. he was wearing baby blue thigh-high socks, tiny blue shorts, a crop top that had "slut" written on it in red letters, and a jeweled collar with your first initial on it. he looked ready for everything that you had planned for tonight.
you patted your lap, gesturing for him to come sit. he walked over to you, planting himself on one of your legs, each of his legs on either side. he hid his head in your shoulder as he felt all your friends leering at him, like predators watching their prey.
he squirmed a little as you started gently massaging his back, your hands travelling up and down his body. he felt the gazes of everyone else wandering down his body. he felt like he was on full display, which he totally was.
"he's such a good little boy..." one of your friends said. danny whimpered softly, and you started to feel his bulge pressing up against your stomach. he wanted this really badly.
"why dont you c'mere for a moment, danny..." your other friend said. he looked at you, as if asking for permission. after getting your nod of approval, he crawled off your lap and started making his way to your friend.
but before he could get very far, you called him back. "why don't you lose the shorts for us, hun?" a red bush quickly spread through his face, but he couldn't refuse.
he slowly peeled the shorts off him, wearing no boxers underneath. his cock sprung out, already red and begging for attention. you smiled as he started crawling over to your friends, who were immediately all over him.
he sat infront of them like a little puppy, looking at them with his giant eyes as his boner throbbed in plain sight. one of the 3 sat in front of him, wrapping a hand around his cock and stroking it t a medium fast pace, making dan fall apart right at that second.
another one of them got behind dan, ordering him to lift his hips up, giving a perfect view of his little asshole. they spat on their fingers before massging the spit into dan's tight hole, making him whimper. they stuck 2 fingers in, making dan's body completely surrender to all the pleasure that he was feeling.
you handed the third friend a dildo, telling them to do whatever felt right. so they got in front of dan and made him open his mouth. as he did so, they shoved the dildo into his throat, forcing him to take the whole thing.
as dan was being throat-fucked, jerked off, and fingered, he couldnt help but feel like the biggest whore ever. letting strangers do whatever they wanted with his body. as much as he hated to admit it, he loved every second of it.
all three of them started to pick up the pace, his tight hole being stretched, his cock being stroked until it was red and swollen, and his poor, poor uvula which was being abused as the dildo went in and out of his throat. you sat back and watched the entire thing, a smile on your face.
you noticed his eyes welling with tears as the immense pleasure in his body started turning into a tight knot in his stomach. you stood up from the chair, deciding to take over as dan was about to reach his orgasm.
you told your friends to sit down, them stopping their actions immediately and doing as you say. as dan had his orgasm denied, he cried out, begging you to finish the job. you couldnt resist your precious little boy, so of course you did.
you putthe dildo onto the ground, making dan sit on it. you gave him permission to jerk himself off, which he did happily. as he started pleasuring himself, feeling that familiar sensation once again, you stuck two of your fingers down his throat, making him suck on them.
he started drooling all over your fingers as he felt the dildo hitting that sensitive spot inside of him. tears were falling down his face. he felt all the eyes staring at him as he put on this show, but he couldnt stop.
the stroked his cock faster and faster until he felt his spine starting to shiver and his mind going completely blank. "wanna cum for us, danny?" you whispered. he nodded frantically.
you flipped him over so he was on his back and called your friends over to assist. one took over with jerking him off, and the other two stretched his perfect little asshole for him.
"alright danny, you can cum on the count of three, ok?" you said sweetly. dan nodded, sobbing from everything that he was feeling right now. "3... 2... 1..." he screamed out as he came, so much more coming out than you anticipated.
he was in a position that allowed him to cum all over his own face, so in a matter of seconds, his face was painted with his own cum. it was a very pretty sight to see.
he was panting like a dog by the time you were done with him, his hair dishevelled and his cheeks flushed. you sat back on the couch, dan sitting on your lap. you gave him a soft, tender kiss. "you did such a good job for me tonight, baby..." he beamed as he heard this.
now your friends all knew one thing for certain: dan cooper was definitely the world's biggest whore.
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author's note: last post of the day!! thank you so much for this amazing request, it was so much fun to write and i cant wait to read it myself. i hope you all enjoyed!
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transformers-mosaic · 11 months
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Transformers: Mosaic #337 - "Serve & Protect"
Originally posted on February 2nd, 2009
Story - Alysha McK Art - Benjamin Galley
deviantART | Seibertron | TFW2005 | BotTalk
wada sez: Basically all the interest here is in the art. Ironhide is drawn as a Ford F-450 Super Duty pickup. Optimus Prime meanwhile was recycled from an older piece of fanart by Galley, which sadly I can’t find archived anywhere; get in touch if you have it. I think Galley just drew a single jet and copy/pasted it to create the other Seekers...? Comments from Galley offer some behind-the-scenes information about the strip. On deviantART, he remarked upon the similarities to Ironhide/Mirage’s enmity in All Hail Megatron: “this was written well before All Hail Megatron (i do love that story though), I just took a long time to finish it, is all. :) I believe it was just references the general distrust of Mirage, or perhaps just that southern protective bitterness of Ironhide's, lol.” On Seibertron: “I just looked at it as having fun designing my own G1 than trying to blend the movie into it. Prime and Ironhide have both been longnose semis and pickups long before 2007 came along. I dont consider my designs a movie aesthetic, or a "G1/Movie blend" but obviously the connotation is made, but its how people associate/interpret new things to what they already know.” And on TFW2005, Galley would explain his intent behind Ironhide’s transformation: “The grill doesn't go upside down. The sides of the grill, the outer-most panels, that is, slide farther back to form the sides of the torso. The grill is upright the entire time. (best seen in the transformation sequence, the middle Ironhide there) The hood/headlights/wheelcoverthingies are part of the arms (although I cheated a little and had the actual hoods sort of jump over to his back, but I like to think Transformers this complicated-looking would be sophisticated enough to have clamps or something to catch one piece and move it elsewhere, like we take a hat off with one hand and transfer it to another hand.) The front fenders split and rotate to the back of Ironhide's hips, maybe even becoming his "butt cheeks", i didn't give much thought to that area.”
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i’ve noticed that you update language barrier pretty much everyday with very little time or days between every update. i was wondering how you update it so fast? do you already have most of the story finished but just adding some last minute touch ups and/or checking for grammar mistakes? or do you just do one chapter a day in a impressively short time? i’m curious since what i noticed writers tend to take some time updating their stories so it was just really new to see someone update theirs so frequently. 
I shit u not, at this point im a degenerate neet
I wake up at 1pm, have one meal until 1:30pm abd then sit in front of the computer until 2am in the morning, typing away, each chapter i try to go for 4000 words but never able to reach them most of the time, so usually its around 3500 plus
It all started with me breaking my leg 💔 before that i had a job and shit but now nyeeh i cant really do shit without breaking down crying how painful my leg is, so im doing this to cope and stuff
If u look closer theres a lot of leg and foot injury mentions recently, especially when it comes to Yandere Best Friend
I dont do touchups and grammar check, or even check for plotholes or continuity- i rely on my vague recollection of the previous part , then i publish my chapters hot out of the oven, right after add a bunch of tags, link my masterpost and previous posts , at that point my brain is fried thru n thru and thars why my author's note looks like it was written by someone on fucking molly
How i write is by checkpoints or specific sentences that I want to be added in the story- and in between each checkpoints i pump out filler chapters, these filler chapters can range anywhere from one chapter or 7 fuckin chapters
U kno that wordy translation about "she who is divine" bullcrap? That is A checkpoint, everything else past the Giant vs 2718 fight was just filler lol
Fun fact, part 11 where theres a lot of angst with 2718 is considered a filler chapter 2 me
As soon as i put out a post, i go straight back to my drafts and work on the next part
The reason why thers so many fillers is cause i try not to use timeskips all that much, the pacing between chapters are usually within a 30 hour timeframe (with the exception where reader fell into a comas cause i dont want to write the entire journey back, i thought it would be boring as hell to just describe 2718 put a foot in front of his other foot repeatedly)
The next major checkpoint is probably like lightyears away, i try to churn out as much as i can before the end of this month, where ill restart uni and wont have any time to update AT ALL, lest i fall into dormancy until i break my other leg
Language Barrier is just one long bullshit session lol
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auraspheres · 2 months
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HMMM just thinkin' off the top of the dome here...interested to hear your thoughts because I feel like these two could fit anywhere!!
💜 close friendship (the teasing is relentless) and/or 💛 childhood friends (depending on your timeline!!) They Go Back imo.
💗 slow burn and/or 💘 friends to lovers (I'm just weak for these tropes LMAO...but staying platonic is lovely too!!)
☕ Riley works in service of Cynthia (probably not literally working, just thinkin' about what you had written before about Riley's dedication to Sinnoh/champion as The Last Aura Guardian Standing)
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ooOH I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS ON THEM OKAY OKAY. This ran long so it's going under a read more lol.
close and childhood friends YES - I dont doubt they go back and I speculate they did a lot of training together too. They're both incredibly strong trainers on a journey at one point though Riley of course going the way of taking up his his heritage and right as an Aura Guardian/Master rather then a dedicated trainer, gym leader or champion. He's never dropped his constant support or hand of course esp when she went down that path. It's not hard to communicate after all - he's got funny aura powers that makes connecting to people he's close to super easy no matter how far apart they are. Helps with knowing if something is wrong right away and for mind memes he's not at all caught up with. He lived on a little cave island with no internet, he still doesnt get why people laugh when he says the vibes are off wha-
Not only is that his very good friend but that's the champion and his guardian duty is to the welfare and protection of his people at her hand. He'll take a bullet for you. Dont test him cause he'd absolutely find a way to prove it too-- But dont let that detail get it twisted, regardless of who the champion is, was or will be he'd still very much offer his full support. He just calls her "Miss Cynthia" now probably to a lot of chuffing.
AND YEAH...YEAH...Im a sucker for the knight x ruler trope and friends to lovers. I imagine he doesn't understand the full scope of his feelings and pretty inexperienced with any form of intimacy. Spending most of his time training and meditating on an island kinda does that to you, oops. They run deep. He reads it as having profound regard for someone he's very close with and can understand with ease even without his aura reading powers. This steadfast dedication is from his sense of duty, right? ...Well not entirely. As mentioned above champion or not he'll be there at the drop of his fancy hat. There's something different about these feelings he's noting, and for someone who's literally mastered reading emotions he sure can't figure out his own.
Maybe a little nudge and some getting past his own modesty and over-politeness could point him in the right direction. But I sure look forward to how they get there.
Also catch me and how they connect in being some of the last of their own kind if you think about it, they even wear their ancestral symbols on them and --
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🐾🧸I have something to admit. When the boys broke I never listened to their solo work because I was so upset and hurt. But reading your post about Millions and Where Do We Belong? Anywhere But Here... I had to go and listen and just.. Ow. Just ow. Frank is/was so so hurt. So now my questions are
1. What other songs have they written that talk about this hurt?
2. Because Frank wears his heart on his sleeve, do we know if Jamia knew about it?/Was ok with what Frank and Gee had? Cause like.. Frank was very clearly hurt. More so then just friends going their separate ways.
3. What other things have you heard down the grapevine?
4. The 1st reunion show, there was very clearly some animosity/ stiffness/coldness on stage, why do you think it was like this? Like I feel like if they wanted to reunite they would've hashed that all out before hand right? But then covid happened and we wait 2 years and then we finally get to see them again, and they've changed. They're happy again.
sorry this took me so long to respond to !!!! ive been either working or depressed and tired mostly. im glad it was so apparent to you from listening....cause it really is like a slap in the face tbh.
frank has a TON of songs about that relationship, or that at least mention it? i think sometimes his songs reference multiple things but like there are soooo many songs that are at least partially about gerard. weighted (more about the end of the band, at least in part, like i said), stitches, guilttripping, all i want is nothing, diluted, why is love so disastrous?, choke on one another, where are my fucking pills?, underneath it all, possibly i dont know much but i know i loathe you, world destroyer, they wanted darkness, ill let you down, oceans, the resurrectionist, viva indifference, young and doomed (lol), fever dream, the host, basement eyes,ode to destruction, medicine square garden, record ender.....im serious i know i probably sound insane but there is at least one line in all of these songs that i believe are about that. gerard has way less solo stuff first of all, but also just doesnt write about it as much i thnk because its not the heartbreak perspective, from his perspecting at least in millions like hes not nearly as torn up about it so like hes just not giving it quite thhe same brain power, plus his lyrics are more like metaphor and storytelling than strictly personal like franks so it makes sense. but the bridge of no shows is VERY about the band to me.
i tend to try to avoid talking about family members of the band who are not public figures, because i think thats the most respectful option. and that stuff isnt my business. but frank has talked about being in an open relationship at the beginning of the band before, and also theres the swinger allegations. ill just say that i dont think he was ever cheating, physically or emotionally, and that everything was known and communicated.
i think that things were a little stiff at the shrine due to nerves mostly tbh. they hadnt done it in so long and they didnt know what the reception would be. i really think it was all nerves. because i think they absolutely had to put in work to repair that relationship before making the decision to play a show and go on tour. so i do chalk it up to more just being out of practice and being nervous rather than them not being close/friendly at that time. i think theres also a level of like anxiety around being to affectionate/friendly in fron of fans these days and they were still trying to figure out then how they would approach that. because i do think that thats a thing, but sometimes they also slip through that and now they DO show each other affection on stage sometimes so. you know. its a process i guess.
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transfemlogan · 6 months
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plz teach me how to start writing smth /silly
i want to write a fic but idk how to start lol
-rauberrauber
I WILL TELL U MY WRITING PROCESS (BADLY EXPLAINED) @rauberrauber
STEP ONE: THE IDEA PHASE !!!
Come up w/ an idea & then write it down like. Halfassedly. Like my current fic was written down as "Logan transforms in2 a wolf on a full moon & virgil stays w/ him & makes a potion or whatever 2 keep the pain away & then he just turns in2 a dogy" (exact quote) & then was added onto 2 make my outline
This is my current outline (censored just so you guys dont. Get spoiled 4 everything that happens in the fic HEHDKDN) its just a lot of like rambling, trying 2 get everything in ordsr
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REVYS TIP: MAKE SURE YOU ARE DAY DREAMING ABOUT YOUR IDEA NONSTOP. /silly whenever I try to write something when I haven't thought about how it'll go while I'm doing a chore or listening to music or falling asleep, the idea will never ever come out bcuz I have no idea what I'm even trying to do.
STEP TWO: THE PLANNING PHASE !!
Start planning ! I use Notion 2 organise everything, but i used 2 use my notes app 4 the longest time (& sometimes still do if I am too lazy to open my computer).
I write down a basic summary of my plot, how many chapters there are if its a chaptered fic, the characters & relationships, a timeline if its needed, a to-do list (ex. Research [insert thing], give the characters last names, create the timeline, etc), a list of what I need 2 research (& then keeping track of everything I research), title ideas, world building, etc etc
My planning phase is like... A Lot of work bcuz i really like to plan! It is my favourite part of any creative work i do, bcuz there is something wrong w/ me /j /silly.
This is sort of what my notion page looks like for "To The Tune Of Your Death". I also have a page for character info, like pronouns & ages & genders & races & relationships w/ each other, & two separate timelines with exact years and days (bcuz it is very much needed 4 this entire au). One for the main fic timeline (like when Janus dies and when Logan and Virgil start dating) AND one for background information (like their parents divorces, bcuz it unforrunately relates to the fic)
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REVYS TIP: DO NOT GET SCARED BY HOW MUCH PLANNING I DO. it is entirely a me thing. I have yet to meet anyone who plans as much as I do & enjoys it like I do.
STEP THREE: THE WRITING PHASE !!
Note: the writing & planning phase overlay each other A Lot. You are going to start writing & then pause 2 keep planning or u will be planning & realise you need to start writing to Continue to plan. This is very normal, esp if ur researching for a disability or a race— you will not do research One Time & know everything immediately.
START WRITING!!! I always have like 7-10 drafts & I'm usually rewriting as I write. I use CalmyWriter to write on my computer and then I transfer it to discord so I can have it on my phone. I also use my notes apps a lot of the time! Bcuz its easy to just write on my phone anywhere than wait 2 use my laptop. I avoid google docs, simply bcuz i absolutely hate google docs (& it usually lags real bad 4 me)
(I do however transfer everything to google docs once I am done, bcuz i like 2 share my fics w/ ppl who want 2 beta!)
When I start my first draft (which u will always have a first draft) I am not at all focused on grammar, spelling, or "good writing", I'm focused on getting the idea down & the basic flow of events & following my outline (unless it needs to be revised). Literally my first drafts are so awful & thats the point.
Its usually very like (example): Virgil walked to the store and he bought this. [Insert what he bought as it relates to what he will be doing later] logan said hi to him he is blushing & gay. They arw talking. [Skip kissing scene] janus dies yayyy yippee
Thats what my 1st drafts r like. & then either once I am done, or while I am writing, I'll start revising. I will go back and rewrite scenes or add scenes in or move stuff around. Sometimes I have my 1st draft side by side with my revision & sometimes I go off memory
& once I am done w/ my revision... I do it all over again. & then again. & then I keep doing that until its finished.
I always keep my sketchbook & a pen/pencil by me while I am writing, incase I need to make a quick note of something for later or if I need to sketch out a layout of somehing (for example, I stopped to layout Virgil's witchcraft/office room while writing tge analogical fic)
STEP FOUR: UM. THE REST... OF IT ALL PHASE !!
I title my fic (if it hasnt been titled already), I create a summary for AO3, I send it out for my friends who want to beta, I reread it like 50 times & go "wow I am so good at writing", I create drafts on tumblr & ao3 and make sure its tagged correctly & the correct ppl r @ ed if i had a taglist of some sort etc etc
Any of my fics (or art) that you see get posted, were 100% in my drafts for like 3 hrs b4 they were posted bcuz i kept going through it and making sure everything is good (esp bcuz i cross post on tumblr & ao3)
& that is... pretty much my entire writing process broken down.
I think one of the scariest parts of starting to write for me personally was the first draft part. I always felt like it needed to be good IMMEDIATELY or else i wasnt being a "good writer". But most, if not all, writers dont start off "writing good", they start off with a shitty rough draft. & then keep revising & rewriting.
The best advice i have ever seen was "just start it", bcuz if ur so caught up on writing well, nothing will ever get done. Just GO START IT RIGHT NOW GO QUICKLY RUN!!!!!! RUN !!!!!!!!!!!!! WRITE !!!!!!!!
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lucindarobinsonvevo · 3 months
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i really want to share this because i think i was so smart to come up with this and i dont think i'll be finishing karma is a bounty hunter anytime soon. here's the twist:
Elle would be speaking on the phone to Tash and Andrew, and she starts complaining about this Ristic dude who's been the one spearheading the campaign against her and Harlow.
Tash would be like hmm interesting. have you considered that it might actually be pronounced Ri-Stich, which is a common Serbian last name.
Elle pauses, then goes I'm such an idiot!! and goes on to explain that Ristic is Lil's maiden name but she's only ever heard it spoken, never seen it written anywhere. Then goes on to say that she's only ever met three serbian people not including Tash. Lil, Serena...And the guard outside Robert's room (Robert attempts to kill himself *actually a murder attempt) who won't let her in to visit him despite her being explicitly named as his POA. Andrew asks how she knows his last name, and Elle explains that she can't see his name tag because he's wearing a coat but that one of the other guards called him by it earlier.
Then, she delivers the big fuck off twist. She can only think of one person who would care about getting revenge on her and Robert...Lil's eldest son Luka Dokich. She's been trying to speak to him for an interview for years but she's been searching for the last name Dokich, it never occurred to her he would have changed it to anything else. Realizing that Robert is probably in danger, Elle, without any allies left (Paul disowned her in part one, Riley is still in Sydney, Nicolette and Leo turn their backs on her in part three when she reveals that she actually could have given David a kidney, however she had made a choice to save it in case Harlow might need it later, Harlow tells her that she'd kill herself to get away from her too after Robert's alleged suicide attempt etc. it's the dark before the dawn basically) runs out of her hospital room, and up to Roberts. Robert is not there, the door is open and there's a small trail of blood from a removed IV...And crushed jacaranda flowers going up the fire escape.
Jacaranda flowers were going to be a repeating image in the story. They appear in the first part only on Elle's computer (she has Beneath the Jacaranda as her wallpaper), but in part two they would show up when she meets with Riley in Sydney and they walk under them in a park. Then in part three they would have shown up again when Elle arrives back at Lassiters and she follows a trail of them to another hotel room where Luka is spying on her and Harlow from, and for a third time when she's pushed down some stairs by him she's got one in her hand. In part four they would have shown up in Elle's extended dream sequence that takes place in the Plane from the Plane crash, where outside the window they're like, raining on them, and again after her long talk with Helen in the second part of the dream sequence she begs to be allowed to see Cameron before she goes, Helen agrees and lets Elle out into the backyard where he's waiting for her under some jacaranda trees. Finally, in part five they show up twice. Once, on the way to the prison with Harlow to see Robert they pass a car that has crashed into a Jacaranda tree before receiving the call he's tried to take his own life (and Harlow is angry that Elle is his POA not her) and again to lead Elle up to the roof top where she begins her confrontation with Luka to determine if Robert is going to live or die.
Part of the reason I havent actually started writing this is that it's too daunting lol, and also I haven't done that much research into Luka's episodes so I'm not sure what his actual fate is/if he has a personality that would lead her. not that it matters I guess neighbours can make a baddie out of anyone. But anyway if you were curious about the ending of Karma is a Bounty Hunter, then. here you go!
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socialc1imb · 1 year
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Have you written this down anywhere? I just found this and I NEED MOAR <3
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Dont worry lol i figured what you meant!
There’s no fic, if that’s what you mean! I do not have it written anywhere other than in the occasional comic or drawing ive done!
You can find all of it if you search my blog for “forgotten fourth au” if you want to, though!
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queenimmadolla · 9 months
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Question. What do u think about fics where eddie is cheating on reader? Do u read them? Would u forgive him? I only ask cuz for me once u cross that line i'd never get with u no matter how hard he begs. Idk why but i've seen like 3 Cheating fics today and i dont wanna be hurt. Lol. I wanna say that u have a cheating fic but im not sure.
This is literally the third fucking time I’ve tried to answer this ask because i would type away and tumblr would decided to glitch out to my home screen and erase everything i typed, so please forgive me if I sound aggressive, it’s not towards you at all. I was reading through this ask and thinking “ooh, bestie you’re asking the wrong person cause i have one of those” then i got to the end of your ask lol. I’ve actually been wanting to talk about this for a while so I’m gonna answer you and ramble! numbering them just in case the keep reading thing eats anything (1-5)
1.) I approach these fics with caution. I love angst. Adore it. It is the ultimate plot establisher and mover but i only really like to read angst with happy endings. So I’ll read a fic about Eddie cheating if there’s resolution or if the writer says there will be resolution but there’s only one real way to write a satisfying ending for everyone in this case, although it’s definitely a preference thing as well (whether or not you’d even forgive him because usually people want him dead in this scenario lol). Whether or not I would take him back just depends on how the scenario is written. Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no, but he's also not ever allowed to be happy again in his lifespan or even in death.
2.) Personally, I’m not big on reader forgiving Eddie—even if he seems genuine in his apology—if i haven’t read about him doing enough to be forgiven, you know? Like he’s got to grovel, beg, improve, suffer, chase after reader and go on a fucking journey through the center of the earth, through hell, Olympus, wherever—move fucking mountains to get them back. But usually, you’ll only see a couple of time skips and summaries of what he’s done that we don’t get to see expanded upon. That’s when I’ll go to the comments and see people stating they wish Reader hadn’t forgiven him so easily or something. It’s never the writer’s fault, though. Because writing that satisfactory ending? That’s fucking hard.
3.) I can give you that little summary and probably expand upon it, but actually writing a full fledged resolution? Dialogue? Dictating whether or not Eddie is leaning against a wall when he says something or blinks or licks his lips after his speech, secondary characters, what the fuck is the reader doing at home, are they reading, are they sad, are they on their bed—all those little details that bring the story and characters to life????? They turn that promising summary into something that’ll be over 15k words. And that’s a lot. That’s a lot of dialogue to plan, a lot of movements for characters to make, descriptions of settings, hell even the fucking weather! And it takes FOREVER! That’s why it’s been what, maybe a year almost a year and I haven’t updated To Pieces (but i AM working on it so put down the tomatoes lol). I’ll write out chunks, I’m talking like 4k words and be so dissatisfied with parts or progress because I’ll realize i wrote all that and i still haven’t even gotten anywhere, nowhere near the resolution or meat and potatoes and delete it.
4.) So i don’t blame writers for the time skips or the quick resolution cause it’s really fucking hard to write, kudos to them, give them their flowers. And usually they only do it because people are hounding them for a part two.
5.) But in real life? No. I’m not taking anyone back lol. I’m too hot for that.
Anyways, that was a lot. And that’s what you missed on glee lol.
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thegeminisage · 11 months
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ok. ok. im cool im normal im gettinngggggggg my tower
i know it was in promotional material but it is SHOCKING to see typhlo lit up. especially since it actually is zonai-ish, one of the few places from botw that was
skdfjgh this npc
"you're not a fellow researcher? you're just some guy?" so true he literally is just some guy
zonai ruins with text written in "modern hyrulean," eh...i wonder who could've done that...
oh this tower is gonna be a pain in the ass huh.
nvm i got it lol
i found some sky islands!!! some are big rings i really don't know what to do with...i hope i get another piece of diving armor or something but idk how to "activate" it
man sometimes when i'm up on these things i like to just stop and look. you truly can see the entire map from this high, and the lands beyond hyrule easily. it's genuinely fucking breathtaking
found the minigame!!! more diving armor here i come
there's a shrine up here but it's eventide shit...IN THE DARK. i turned right back around & walked out
YESSSS got my armor. ok rad
oh SHIT the lost woods???
i tried to dive in, caught sight of some truly freaky trees, and immediately got swallowed by the mist...oh no...
guess i'll have to go in the long way, but there's a chasm there i know i'll get distracted by lol
found it! time to go back down :| i have such a love/hate relationship with the depths...
GLOOM TREE GLOOM TREE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
THAT WAS SO SCARY. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GIANT HAND
THERES SO MANY...........I HATE IT HERE!!!!!!!
oh i can see the fire temple from here! heroically resisting the urge to run off and get those lightroots i missed before lol
i decided to go in the direction of the lost woods even though i usually follow visual landmarks bc i did not want to explore the death mountain area rn...i got, ha, lost, but then i fucking found some of the creepy trees under here!!!
whooaaa "korok grove" i'll be so pleased if i can just warp straight up in there, i think i see one of those shortcuts
NONONONONON I FOUND MORE HANDS
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
i had to run blindly into the dark, and theyre faster than me, and if i didnt have stamina potions id have been done for. i climbed a tree and im staying here
i have too few arrows for this 😭 maybe the sages will get them for me again...
they...they vanished.......
ok. not quite as scary as guardians like presentation wise. BUT. it's scarier that theyre randomized. that they can show up anywhere anytime and then just vanish and you dont know if theyre coming back or if anywhere is safe
I Want To Leave
unfortunately for me i gotta find a lightroot first so i can fast travel back. i see a bunch. surely it will be fine
stal moblin jumped out at me and i nearly had a heart attack thinking it was more hands. guardians were different. theyre more frightening but you always know they're there. AAAAUGH
ok. i grabbed the lightroots i could see from the shortcut, then fast traveled back. i am getting the Fuck out of here
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patchesjam · 1 year
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your google map you posted yesterday inspired me to make my own !! its kind of crazy seeing everything i want to do and see one day all written down, i hope i get to at least some of it… flight prices right now are so expensive though :( im from the uk too and it feels like anywhere outside of western europe is too far price-wise and even then some travel is still very expensive . one day !
ohhh anonie eys this is exactly how i feel :( its all just so expensive at the moment and i also dont like flying much due to emmissions im hoping in europe at least there will be a return of more cheaper long distance trains for that reason but thats like far far future lol sorry got sidetracked
its nice to have it all mapped out but i try to remember its more like a guideline than a bucketlist so u can just keep track of some places you'd like to go one day, then its a bit less pressure
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killyourrdarlingss · 1 year
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Character Interview - Dennis Dustin Monroe
tysm to @henbased for tagging me in this !! did it take forever ? absolutely! but, it was so, so worth it. and of course I chose Jacob because he can actually get info out of Dennis lol.
This is written in a much simpler style, very just one line, action, etc, or else this would have been 10k and honestly i just dont have the energy-- so script style ? kinda.  
(formatting broke please look at this work on my actual blog/desktop site for proper format, no idea how to fix this but it looks BAD on mobile, if anyone does lmk) 
TW for extremely negative views, past mentions of death, unhealthy coping mechanisms, smoking, blood.
Dennis is called in by Jacob for a chat and definitely isn’t an intimidation technique of any kind since Joseph's taken a liking to Dennis.
 Nah, definitely not. 
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“State your name.” 
He falters, tucks a strand of hair behind his ear, looks anywhere but Jacob’s eyes. 
  “It’s Dennis.”
  “Full name.” 
“Dennis Dustin Monroe.” a pause,
 “I really hate it though, if i’m honest… and seems like if I’m staying down here, I should be.” 
A scoff, or a laugh, a chuckle? Dennis doesn’t think too much into it. 
“Relationship status.” not asked like a question, Dennis observes.
  “Single..? I…” 
  “Really?” 
  Dennis has to bite back a comment. 
“And you're happy with that, I’m guessing?” he doesn't look amused, he just leans back a bit, exhales like Dennis is boring him.
“Being single or just in general? because it’s complicated.” 
  a pause, “for both.”
“Do you have a smoke, or something–” 
  He feels like he’s choking. 
“Are you happy?”
  Dennis bites at a hangnail, 
  “I don’t think so.” 
Jacob nods, the chair creaks under him.
  “You’re angry?” 
  “Yeah.” 
  “At what, what are you mad at?” 
He rips the hangnail from his finger, spits it away from Jacob on the floor and sucks at the blood forming.
  “Who knows.” 
Jacob’s foot taps on the floor, Dennis’ eyes shoot up, 
  “Myself–” Dennis doesn’t feel like talking but he does, his eyes are watering and Jacob’s unmoving like a stone, 
He blinks once,
  “I wish it was me.” 
Jacob doesn't prod, hums under his breath.
  “Let's move on.”
Dennis looks away.
“Your family, parents, are they married?”
  “Technically? No.” 
  “Explain.”
  “N-” Dennis chokes, coughs, his eyes water more, tears down his cheeks– he feels vulnerable. 
  More than before.
“No.” he picks at the bloody nail and moves his eyes down to the floor, 
  “I don't want to do this.”
“You will.”
  “You scare me.” 
  Jacob laughs.
“Where were you born?”
Dennis wipes the now cold tear from his face.
  “I was born in Montana actually.” 
“Are you lying?” 
  “Yeah.” 
Dennis smiles, emotionless.
  “Next.”
“I’m assuming your hair isn’t naturally green.”
  “You’re pretty smart.” 
Jacob clears his throat, Dennis jolts,
  “Brown.” 
“Your eyes are…” Jacob leans in, Dennis swallows, 
  “Hm,” there’s a smirk on his face, 
“Weird I know, I get it a lot”
  Jacob stares, grabs his chin and looks closer. 
Dennis stays stiff as a board, 
  “Brown on the left, blue on the right.”
  Dennis pulls his face away, it's his turn to clear his throat, 
“Next.”
  “You can't be older than John.” 
  “I think I know what the next question is,” 
“When you were born.”
  Dennis nods, 
  “September twenty-fourth, nineteen eighty four.” 
  “Hm.” Jacob relaxes only a bit, “You're turning forty soon.”
  “Don't remind  me.”
“Current mood?”
  “Worse now that you’ve reminded me.”
“Nothing wrong with it.”
  “I think I wasted my life.”
  “You still have time.”
“Next.”
  “You're a man, I’m assuming.”
  Dennis laughs.
“John wrote these.” Jacob looks over at a paper on a small table beside them, 
“Summer or winter, morning or afternoon.”
  “Summer, and night.” 
  They both nod. 
A laugh, it should break the tension, it doesn’t. 
  “Are you in love, Mr. Monroe?”
  “Hah–” 
Dennis feels the air break up a little bit, he still wishes he had a smoke,
  “Would it make it all easier if I was?”  
Jacob looks like he’s actually thinking but says nothing.
  “So, single, not in love, angry at the world?” 
  “Just your type then?”
  Jacob laughs a bit louder, 
“Did you end your last relationship?”
  “I've ended all of them.” 
“Don't feel bad- breaking their hearts like that?”
  Dennis sounds proud, 
  “Nah.”
“Nobody good enough?”
  “Could say that.” Dennis smirks, “only ever liked this one guy so I thought about it.”
  “Thought about?” 
  “Something longer, love maybe. Maybe I just liked his face.”
It’s Jacob’s turn to say it, 
  “Alright, next.” 
Dennis nods,
   “Can I smoke now?” 
  “Bad habit.” but Jacob hands one to him regardless, 
  “A light?”
  “Not yet.”
  Dennis puts it between his lips regardless.
“Big on physical contact?” Jacob leans his head in his hand, “Don’t seem like the type.”
  “Depends.”
  “Hugged anyone recently?”
  Dennis goes quiet, 
“Maybe.” he smiles.
  “John has stupid questions.” Jacob bites as he reads the paper, throwing the blame.
“‘Do you have a secret admirer–’ really.” 
  “Yeah you–” Dennis looks up and sees the annoyance burning in his eyes and shuts his mouth, 
  “Next question.”
  The tension is back, 
“Broke many hearts, how about your own?” 
  Dennis has to think about it, bites around the filter, 
  “Next question.” 
“You need to answer,”
  “Light this if I answer?” 
  Jacob nods, “Go on.”
  Dennis holds out the cig, 
  “The answer’s no.”
Jacob flashes his teeth as the tip of the smoke begins to burn.
  They both settle.
“The next questions are quick.”
  “Good.”
  “Lemonade or iced tea?”
  “Really?”
  Jacobs foot taps, Dennis breathes smoke in, 
  “Okay, lemonade.”
“Cats or dogs.”
  “Dogs” 
Exhales the smoke, 
  “That makes sense.”
  “Really- What if I lied?” 
  Takes another drag, Jacob digs in his pocket for his own smoke,
  “No, you didn’t.”
  Dennis grins, all teeth, 
  “You’re right.”
“Many friends or just one good one?”
  “Neither.”
  He hears a lighter click, 
  “I agree.” 
The tensions replaced by nicotine, Dennis feels looser, 
  Jacob scoffs, 
  “A Romantic night doesn't suit you.”
  “And, you know me so well, what's the question?” he can't help but laugh, 
  “-Or a wild night out.” 
  “Ah.”
  Jacob hums. 
  “Maybe I just need to try it– romance.” 
  Jacob breathes out, takes another drag, 
  “Maybe.” 
  Dennis doesn’t pursue the thought. 
“Day or night?”
  “For romance?”
  “No.” Jacob’s over the subject, Dennis can't help but tease. 
  “Night.” 
Jacob exhales slow, right at Dennis before asking the next question, 
  “Love or Lust.” 
  “Oh.” it slips out, Dennis feels heat on his cheeks. 
  Jacob stands from his chair and boxes Dennis into his own chair, hands on each armrest, leans in, 
  “ I know, Dennis.” his eyes don't move, he gasps out and tries to move his head away, suffocated, tar in his lungs. 
“You’re scaring me again.” easy to default to, Dennis braces.
Jacob brings a hand to his face,  tilting his head back to look at him, 
“If you know, why do I need to answer?
  Jacob smiles, 
“-Love.” he shuts his eyes as he says it, voice raised, Jacobs fingers press firm into his cheek, 
  “fuck– You– how do you…” 
  He lets him go, sated. 
Dennis immediately takes a drag and pulls himself together, 
  “He seemed happier, last I saw him.” 
  Dennis shakes his head, “You don’t–” 
  “I know my own brother.” 
  He doesn't say it loud, but the small change in tone makes his blood freeze and he backs down, 
  “Right. Sorry.” 
“Next question.”
  Dennis nods.
  “Have you ever?” Jacob walks closer to the table and nods, 
  “Got caught sneaking out?” 
  Dennis looks to his surroundings, bleak, gray, hospital room,
  “Could say that.” 
“Fell up or down the stairs.” 
  “Sure.”
Dennis stubs his cigarette out, 
  “About Joseph, how did you know, we were uh– I mean, I just- I don't believe you entirely either.”
He watches Jacob, eyes sharpening as he shakes his head, 
  “Have you ever wanted something so bad it hurt?”
  Dennis nods, 
  “Yeah, you?” 
  Another nod. 
“Ever wanted to disappear?”
  Dennis leans his arm against the rest, 
  “That would be nice.”
“Tell me what happened, and I’ll tell you how I know.” 
  Dennis wagers, looks at Jacob’s expression, unreadable.
  “Any more questions?”
“Preferences.” 
  “Could use a smoke.”
Jacob lights one with the tip of his own, hands it over, 
“Smile or eyes.”
  “Eyes.”
  “Taller?”
  “Mhm.”  
  “Intelligence or attraction?”
Dennis breathes in, 
  “A bit of both, I prefer smart men though.” 
  Jacob raises an eyebrow, 
  “Why?” 
  Dennis smiles, shrugs, “I think it's cute.”
  “Relationship or one night stand?”
  “You know the answer.”
  A chuckle.
A beat passes, a silence, Dennis wonders what’s coming next. 
  Jacob reads the stack of papers, lights a new cigarette,
“Your Family.”
  “No–.”
  “How was your relationship with them?”
  Dennis looks away, shuts his eyes, takes in a long breath, 
  “Standard.” he smiles, albeit shadowed by something more. “My sister Becky, Mom an’ Dad… big happy family.” 
  “Have a messed up life?” 
  “Hah–!” Dennis picks the smoke from his lips, 
  “My Mom and Sister are dead, so, yeah.” 
  “How?” 
  Dennis just looks away.
“Run away from home?” 
  Dennis nods, “I’m here, so yeah, I did. Ran away from everything.”
The recorder clicks, Jacob flips the tape inside it. 
  “After your mom died?”
  “After my sister did.” 
    Jacob looks perplexed, Dennis feels he has an edge over him with it. He goes back to smoking and the next question is asked,
  “Gotten kicked out?”
  “Technically. Dad said to make something of myself or leave. I left.” 
“So, your Mom and Sister die, and he,” Jacob pauses, exhales, “proposes that?”
  “Yep. ‘Big happy family’.” Dennis mocks.
  “Or, well, it was just us. Not much of a family at that point.” 
  Jacob grimaces,
   “Consider yourself pessimistic?”
Dennis shrugs, 
  “Next question.”
Jacob flips the page, sits back in his chair and looks at Dennis, then the page, Reminds him of his old therapist – 
  “Friends?”
  “Didn’t you already ask this?”
  “No, do you have a friend you hate?”
  “No.” 
“Do you have any friends?”
  Dennis flicks the ash of his cigarette, 
  “Are we friends?” 
  Jacob doesn't respond, 
  “Then no.”
 He flips to the next section, prematurely.
  “Best friends?” He looks tired.
  “Well,”
  Jacob looks up, goes to flip the page back over, 
  “It was Becky.” 
A pause, Jacob flips the page.
  “So, no friends then.” 
  Dennis laughs. What else is there to do besides laugh.
He can see through the page in Jacob’s hand, there's one line written stark on the paper and it has Dennis eager. Unsure how long they’d both been asking mindless questions, he clears his throat. 
  “So?” He taps the ash once more, to the damp floor, “Are we done?” 
“Who knows everything about you?” Jacob looks expectantly at him, says nothing besides the question.
  Dennis opens his mouth, scoffs, “What am I supposed to say–”
  Jacob doesn't budge.
   “Am I supposed to say me?” 
  Jacob seems amused by it all, Dennis’ slight confusion growing as he tries to stare him down.
   “It's just,” Dennis deescalates, 
   “You're acting like I should know?”
Dennis, after minutes, gives up. The other doesn’t prod. 
“Don’t worry, you will.”
The interview, or conversation, is finished. 
  The recorder is clicked  off.
Dennis stands up. 
  Jacob mirrors, speaks, 
  “Wait.”
  He does, as Jacob walks over to a white cabinet and opens the doors.
“You left your sweater on Joseph's couch.” 
The color drains from his face, and he almost drops his cigarette to the floor, 
  “I–.” it's the only word he can say as he tries to stutter out an excuse. 
The shirt is pressed to his chest and Dennis grabs it with his free hand. It seems cleaner than it had been originally. He tries not to think too much into it. 
 Jacob brings a hand down firm to Dennis’ shoulder. 
“Now, let’s try this again.” 
Pressed down into his chair once more, 
  Dennis simply nods.
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