#I can't believe this is actually canon

[unclewaynemunson]

Pt2 to this post

'Is something wrong?' Nancy asks, not long after the two of them have taken their familiar spots on the hood of Steve's car. They're basking in what might be the last warm sunlight of the year, looking out over the quarry, at a safe distance from the edge.

It's become a tradition the two of them share, ever since they reconnected back in March. It calms them both, to just sit here and take in the view, no one around but each other. Nancy is one of the few people Steve can share a comfortable silence with: sometimes they sit here quietly for what feels like hours, side by side, listening to music or to nothing but the birds singing around them. But they also have their best conversations here: it's the place where Nancy entrusted him she wanted to break up with Jonathan; it's the place where they talked about their shared past and decided they would always love each other as friends; it's the place where they finally talked about Barbara in a way they couldn't when they were younger. It's where Nancy talked about the ghosts still haunting her and Steve talked about how lonely he sometimes felt.

Steve huffs. 'How did you guess?'

'When you frown, you always do it with your whole face,' Nancy notes. 'So it's hard to miss, really.'

Steve glances at her side profile. There's a serenity to her features that's still relatively new. It means she's healing, slowly learning how to be happy again. It means she stopped waiting for the end of the world and started believing in a real future again. It makes Steve proud of how far they both have come.

'I had a fight with Eddie,' he confesses. 'And with Dustin, I guess.'

'What happened?'

He sighs. 'It's complicated.'

'Wanna tell me about it?'

The look in her eyes is kind and inviting. Steve hesitates. He wants to, but he doesn't know if he can. It's a risk. It's scary.

But he can't imagine Nancy Wheeler ever being careless with his secrets. He can't imagine her judging him, can't imagine her being as small-minded as most people in this town.

He was planning on telling her anyway, because things had been going so well with Eddie lately and – no, he shouldn't think about that right now. But maybe it would actually be nice to talk about it with Nancy.

'So, um...' His throat feels tight and his hands are sweaty. 'I recently discovered some things about myself. I-' The words get stuck somewhere on the way to his mouth, and he clears his throat.

Nancy doesn't push, but only gives him an encouraging nod, waiting for him to find his voice again.

'I found out I like boys,' he finally manages to confess. 'And I need you to know that – that that doesn't mean that what I felt for you wasn't real. It was. I loved you, and now I fell in love with a boy. And-'

'Steve.' Nancy's hand suddenly covers his, causing him to finally jerk his head away from the view over the quarry, to focus on her face again instead.

Her eyes are wide, and she squeezes his hand.

'You don't have to explain yourself to me,' she tells him. 'We're good. But thank you for telling me. For trusting me with this.'

Steve heaves out a relieved sigh, and Nancy smiles; it's that genuine kind of smile which reveals all kinds of dimples and soft lines across her face.

'We might be more similar than you thought,' she tells him, a faint blush spreading over her cheeks.

'Really?' Her words make his breath catch in his throat. He squints at her, trying to see her in this new light. 'Are you saying what I think you're saying?'

She shrugs. 'I don't know. I'm not sure yet,' she admits. 'Still figuring things out.'

'Take your time, there's no rush,' he tells her. 'But...' He bumps his shoulder against hers. 'When you're done figuring it out, talk to me, okay?'

She nods. 'Okay.'

For a while, it's quiet between the two of them. Some kind of raptor circles high above them in the sky. They both follow it with their eyes until it disappears among the tree tops west of the quarry.

'Is it Eddie?'

Steve blinks dumbly a couple of times.

'Wha- what?'

'The guy you were talking about. The one you fell in love with. It's Eddie, isn't it?'

'Jesus, Wheeler, what kind of sorceress are you?' Steve exclaims.

Nancy laughs again. 'You're not being as subtle as you think,' she tells him. 'The two of you have been hooking up for a while now, haven't you?'

Steve huffs dramatically. 'This is unfair. You know everything; I can't even tell you my own secrets anymore!'

'So what happened?' Nancy asks. 'You said you had a fight with him?'

'It's fucking stupid,' he sighs. 'Dustin was getting way too excited about the fact that I was gonna be hanging out with you, so I told him I was seeing someone. Next thing I knew, he was telling Eddie all about how I was seeing a girl.' He waves his hands around to make annoyed air quotations. 'I wanted to tell Eddie it was a misunderstanding, but Dustin was there, so I couldn't out us just like that, and he looked so betrayed and heartbroken... He didn't wanna listen to me.'

Steve sighs; he still can't manage to forget that look in Eddie's eyes when Dustin delivered the big news. 'I wish I would've talked about what I felt for him earlier. I should've been honest when I had the chance, y'know. But I was afraid he wouldn't wanna label what we had, that he wouldn't feel the same way – and now we're in this whole mess. God, he must hate me right now, Nance.'

To his surprise, Nancy gives him an unexpected slap against his arm.

'Ouch, what the hell was that for?!'

'What are you even doing here with me, Steve? You should've gone after him, tell him how you feel!'

'I tried, obviously, but he didn't wanna listen to me!'

'So make him listen! You're in love with him, he obviously feels the same way about you, and you let him leave to wallow in a broken heart he doesn't even need to have!' She rolls her eyes and slides off the car, adding something under her breath that sounds suspiciously like an exasperated 'Boys!' before she pulls Steve off the car as well. 'C'mon, time to get your ass over to the trailer park. Right. Now,' she says through gritted teeth. And, well, Steve knows better than to argue with a determined - and truthfully quite terrifying - Nancy Wheeler.

Read the last part here Taglist: @withacapitalp @ultimatedreamer104 @irregular-child @jcmadgirl @estrellami-1 @myguiltyartpleasure @hallucinatedjosten @jaybren @thew1ldblueyonder @melodymeddler @alycatavatar @zoeweee @lolawonsstuff @fairy-princette @saramelaniemoon @phirex22 @krazyperson @xxsky-shockxx (I only put people on this list who explicitly asked to be tagged. That's really no problem, I love to do that so dw about asking, but I got a lot of relatively vague reactions to the previous post that i'm not gonna dissect and interpret, bc I don't wanna clog anyone's notes unwanted. So just to be clear: i consider it a huge compliment if anyone asks for a tag but please do it clearly if you do!)

#look i can and i will exploit the miscommunication trope until yall are sick and tired of it #bc steddie is actually the perfect couple for keeping that trope believable #they're idiots with terrible communication skills it's canon #they WOULD #“can't you just talk to him?” “wait what i can????” IT'S SO THEM OKAY #nancy is the only sane person here i don't make the rules #don't mind me rambling about stranger things #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #nancy wheeler #platonic stancy #(i love platonic stancy they mean the world to me) #(i truly didn't mean to trick anyone into reading about them this just kinda. happened. idk) #this is making me wanna write more about their friendship actually they deserve their own fic #stranger things #fruity ficlet

[i-hatethisgoat]

ineffable bureaucracy shippers living off crumbs from s1 really just have the whole bakery now huh

#y'all rlly won #i say as if i don't ship them #good omens #good omens 2 spoilers #ineffable bureaucracy #i actually still can't believe it's actually fully really canon wow

[lilacpaperbird]

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU !!! IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU.

#I literally want to scream #to this day I still can't believe dean's final speech actually happened #straight out of a wincest fic #samdean #scripts #15x20 #canon samdean things #⚝

[everythingwasalreadypicked]

I find it so hilarious how no one in Camp Jupiter takes Octavian and his predictions seriously (even when the books says they do)

Oh, you say Greek gods exist? That they have children too? What's this about a camp? Don't be silly Octavian of course they don't

Sybillyne books? No they are a myth. Like an actual myth. No that harpy didn't memorise them before they burned down. Harpies can only cook and clean, everyone knows that.

Look Octavian, we're at war. Tensions are already high. We don’t need you to sow even more with your insistence on Titan army sneaking into camp and sabotaging weapons. Yes yes, you got stabbed by Saturn's general before, when you were right, that sucks— please shut up now

#octavian hoo #alabaster torrington #pjo #hoo #the first two are *canon* #the third is a hc thing #octavian is just never taken seriously lmfao #I could go to write paragraphs about cj and the titan war istg #I love Al #he did a bunch of shit tho #you can't be a general without that #I really believe bc cj had more numbers than chb #and bc they actually *had* a god defending at least the city #(no shade to mr d) #kronos would not attack there directly #at least not until olympus is taken over #first of all its protected by the legion #which is not made of mostly summer campers #bc it's a year around thing #and adult demigods+legacies would also be there #instead of just teenagers and one adult (chiron) #which is why I like to hc #✨️sabotage missions✨️ #can the romans fix the damage to buildings in a matter of hours? #yes #but can they say the same about the weapons? the armour? important documents stolen? #i don't think so #also the risk of a small team getting captured would be less than the entire army #especially bc mt othrys is so close to cj #does this makes sense? idk. idc (i do a lil) but yeah

[fure-dcmk]

things hardcore Kid fans apparently has done in-universe:

make handmade banner of Kid

offer Kid to steal their identity

actively offer to help a criminal (Kid) to escape

leave the office early to attend a heist

chants Kid's name

start a riot when Kid threaten to cancel a heist

get excited when getting a Kid card

#can't believe kaito got his own cult at 16yo #sometimes i think im going overboard with the Kid worship gag but then i check canon and like nvm #the police force and jirokichi's 1st enemy is actually the Kid fans #watching the teleportation magic episode rn if you cant tell #dcmk

[ventiswampwater]

Griffin Dunne as Jack Goodman in An American Werewolf in London (1981)

#baby angel babyBABY loml.png #this is MY hellblog and I WILL be making 48737432874 individual posts about this man!!!! #we are past the point of no return!!!! FAR PAST IT!!!!! lmao #an american werewolf in london #jack goodman #griffin dunne #gore #body horror #<-all simulated fx body horror/gore #mine #real canon fact: his horrific wounds aren't actually from being mauled by a weeeirhheeerewolf #they're from the sheer force and whiplash of me hoovering him down. dyson vaccum vroom vroom whirr whirr style on sight #to SHREDS!!!!! you say!!!!! #anyways!! wow incredible!! can't believe i wrote those last three tags in invisible ink!!! #u know when people are like. my fave fictional guy did nothing wrong!!! #and they are talkin about a man who breaks the geneva conventions every other nanosecond #and is guilty of 734298439 crimes against humanity and good taste #which like no harm no foul. that's 37847382734 of my favorite characters. but this guy??? #he TRULY did nothing wrong and I'm kissing him always for that #he's like. the most guy of guys every. just a Guy. literally just a dude. just a Human Male™. #and he's my favorite!!!!! tysm for asking!!!!!!

[sassy-bitch-since-2007]

Headcanon for Island of the Slaughtered : Of all the survivors (Gwen, Duncan, Katie, Lashawna, Cody, Izzy and Eva), only Cody felt bad about Heather dying. That's because she's never been mean to him, unlike with the others (especially Gwen and Lashawna). He wanted to go back and help her, but Gwen took hold of his hand and dragged him away- which was for the best, as both Cody and Heather would have died in that scenario.

I think, of all the campers on the Island, only Cody, DJ and Harold got along with Heather. That's because they saw some good in her, despite her mean and harsh personality.

Side-Note : More people felt bad about Noah's death due to the circumstances, but if he were to die differently (like Courteney or Heather) only Cody would've been affected by it. That's because, again, Noah's never been mean to him, unlike with the others.

#island of the slaughtered #i fully believe this #Also that's lowkey canon in the show lol. With her being in good terms with Cody in TDWT ; Harold helping her at the end of TDI/start of #TDA (yk to get the money?? Yk that special episode between the seasons) and whatever they had in TDA (I can not remember TDA that season #Was like a fever dream to me but I'm pretty sure she and Harold got along) ; her being nice to DJ in TDWT (yk it was a strategy but still #Can't remember her being mean to DJ. #Anyway if all characters has their personality from season 1 (when the action actually takes place) then both Noah and Heather are a pain #In the ass. Everybody lowkey hates them. Besides Cody for some reasons #island of the slaughtered noah #Island of the Slaughtered Heather

[rosewheresheshouldntbe]

> Rose: Confess to Kanaya!

Rose: I love you.

Kanaya: Y Yo Ati, Rose.

> Rose: Get swallowed by something that looks like Venom.

> Rose: Get sent to super hell!

> Kanaya: Have something very gay and homophobic happen to you.

Kanaya: ...

What an absolute diversity loss. You find yourself thinking "love loses!"

#Okay this is my highest possible effort post so far; please spread it around like it's the flu or something #I put so many hours into this like actually lmao I surprised myself with how late I stayed up #going on a content hiatus soon so I suppose that fits that I put out a high effort destiel meme & scene recreation as a last hurrah #send in requests though; i'll get around to them when I get around to them! love to see what you folks come up with! #the sprite assets are up on my main but I'll reblog them here later; not sure if I'll have a tag system or not for it yet #new supernatural & homestuck memes format dropped along with a couple of spn AU designs & beyond canon too #yes I even included a shot of super mega turbo hell; it's got a little bit of everything as it should 🔥 #rosewheresheshouldntbe #kanaya maryam #rose lalonde #rosemary #homestuck #originals #hs rose #hs kanaya #spn #supernatural #destiel #dean winchester #castiel #please don't expect me to commit to the bit this hard every time because that's absolutely not realistic; I just got super into this 😂 #I can't believe I designed entire new outfits around rosemary just for the bit of doing this joke; just for this little side blog #the rose outfit is just an edited version of her hs beyond canon outfit; but still! I'm happy with how she & her wife look 💜

[kedreeva]

did u read the good omens book? if so, what are your thoughts on it compared to the tv series?

i followed u for the steddie posts but fell in love with ur meta too 💜

I did, but honestly they're separate entities unless I want to steal something specific for a fic. They're both good, for different reasons and in different ways. They are written by different men, literally and figuratively, about different subject matters, for different reasons. You can compare an apple to an apple blossom, but even though one became the other, and came from the same tree, doesn't mean they are the same thing anymore, nor does it mean one is better than the other.

That being said, I've only read the book once, and I've watched the show over a dozen times, most likely because I saw the show first and read the book second. I enjoyed the book, but I think it was probably a better read in its day, by people who were the target audience at the time, and who didn't just read about or know the context, but understood and lived it. I can't be that, I can't go back in time and read the book before the series, I can't go back and read it in a time where it would have meant what it was intended to mean to the world it was born into.

#probably not the answer you were looking for #and please believe i did enjoy both #the book tends to wander far more #it has a lot of tangents and addresses a lot of people #like the second set of horsemen #that had meaning but honestly not that much purpose to the main plotline #such that removing them entirely #didn't render the story any harder to understand #which i actually find fascinating from a writer perspective #since we're always told that every word and character and side story etc has to be essential #has to further the plot #has to be something that can't be removed and still have the story make sense #and then there's AO3 #where nothing has to be essential to anything other than what i want to read about in a given moment #and good omens the book kinda just put that stuff in the canon #so idk man it was a good book that had extras in it #good omens #asks #anon asks

[reketrebn]

Special Agent Fox "it only takes a second to fall for someone" Mulder

#the x files #fox mulder #txf #msr #reading the anthology Trust No One is a ride for sure #love it when they get a double room and the receptionist asks if they're together and scully goes “um.. yes.” #I can't believe canon books are actually good

[fluffypichu876]

In DMC1, on Mundus's first phase, Dante can summon a powerful fire dragon to deal massive damage to the boss if he has enough DT charge. According to Hideki Kamiya, the dragon is called Puff.

Now I know Kamiya is probably just joking but now I'm obsessed with the idea that the Sparda can summon a dragon called Puff.

Is the dragon a magic attack or an actual demon? If it's the latter, did Sparda tame a dragon familiar to help him with fights? Was he the one to call it Puff? Or was it Dante?

Now imagine it post-DMC1, Trish is casually wielding the Sparda when out of nowhere a huge dragon comes out of it to assist her in battle. Naturally she's confused but it gets even more confusing when the dragon sees Dante and just throws itself at him, licking his face and wagging its tail like a dog.

Capcom had another PERFECT opportunity to give Dante a badass emotional support house pet but NO. They just forgot that this very cool attack even exists.

#oh boy i just went crazy over something the devs don't even remember exists #petition to bring puff the dragon back #preferably as an actual familiar and not just a magic fire attack #but either would be cool #i can't believe puff the magic dragon is canon to dmc lore #devil may cry

[billowyy]

I've read SO many fics with the team finding out that Buck is into men and I can't fucking believe we're going to actually see that on the screen. What timeline is this

#it'll feel fucking bonkers seeing that #so fucking excited man it's not even funny #i can't fucking BELIEVE that buddie might actually become canon #it's seriously so unreal #i'm also so fucking excited to see tommy and buck together next ep #buck was so cute and nervous after the kiss!!! #911 #evan buckley

[tev-the-random]

EVERYBODY SAY THANK YOU SHELBY RIGHT NOW

#after the other finales I was so scared #but this is literally the best thing ever! #She's ACTUALLY the Storm Witch?? From Witchcraft SMP??? #Nature Wives is canon in the witch dub! #THE SPIRIT REALM #The Evermoore is all good now! #I can't fucking believe she even tied that one time Bratwurst sent a demon to the Witch Academy #TORTOISE WAS WORKING FOR HER GRANDMA ALL ALONG #She managed to get at least a little portion of the server together for her finale even if it was small #And the fact that she almost became Supreme Witch in wcsmp makes this all even more satisfying #just #I'm gonna cry for the next 16 hours #Empires SMP #Empires season 2 #Shubble #Great Witch Shelby

[ethannku]

nico could never read tsats but i could survive tartarus

#ethan talks #tsats #nico di angelo #solangelo #i still can't believe its actually canon 😭

[triangle-strategy-notes]

Quahaug Concept Art

Quahaug's concept/reference art! Translation notes and image id under the cut.

Translation notes:

"OP sort of powerset" was literally translated as something like "cheat-like." I feel like OP is the more common English term for that sort of thing, so that's what I used, but some of the meaning was probably lost there.

"Older-tween-ish" was specifically a reference to a particular middle school year for children who are about 12-13 years old. Since grades and names of grades vary a lot from country to country, I just went with "older tween."

ID:

[Image id: Several images displaying different parts of 2 pages of the Triangle Strategy artbook, with both the original Japanese as well as versions with English translations. There are several disclaimers noting that the translator doesn't speak Japanese, and that there are likely many mistakes.

On one page, there is a large colored version of Quahaug's canon portrait, along with a smaller, uncolored version. There is an illustrator's note at the bottom that translates to read, "'Manipulating time' is an OP sort of powerset, so though he looks like a child, I aimed to create a look for him that conveyed a sense of unknowable power. (Tatsuaki Urushibara)".

On the second page, there are many drawings of Quahaug, including a closer bust-up portrait in which he's compared to Lyla, with an arrow and label reading, "Mother." There's also several notes that explain the construction of his costume. The costume is labeled as a Greek "phelonion" (a priest's outfit with no real sleeves, just draping fabric). There is a small drawing of this version, with an arrow leading to another drawing that does have sleeves, with the note, "If you can't display this in pixels, use this one." There are several notes that explain how this draping cloth should be considered his everyday clothes, while the ceremonial decoration that goes around his neck is placed over it. There is a close up of the ceremonial dressing's fastenings underneath the metal decoration. Some more notes highlight details on his staff, emphasizing the hourglass on top and the small wheel to the side that can be turned to flip the hourglass. A larger piece of text underneath one fullbody drawing reads, "Character Who Manipulates Time."

On the second half of the second page, there are drawings of some beta designs for Quahaug. He looks much more punk-ish. On one bust-up portrait, there are the captions, "The burden of the time demon caused some of his hair to go gray…." and "All-natural highlighted tips." On the same portrait, he is snapping his fingers, and there's a note that reads, "Manipulating time is as easy as snapping your fingers. You just have to want it or whatever." A speech bubble near his head reads, "I don't think of Anna as a mother." A caption pointing to some green markings on his arm reads, "Demonic time seal on body." In a fullbody drawing of his beta design (which is made up mostly of chains that barely cover him as well as a long roughed-up cloak, there is the note, "Almost naked cloak."

At the bottom of the second page, there is another note that reads, "Initially when we hadn't quite figured out the setting, we had an idea for a more older-tween-ish character as displayed here, but after discussing it with the producers and Mr. Ikushima, we went with his current form. As a boy who manipulates time, I placed an hourglass at the tip of his staff, and his face resembles that of his mother, Lyla. (Tatsuaki Irushibara)". /end id]

#triangle strategy #quahaug #lyla viscraft #triangle strategy artbook #ts artbook character ref sheets #at long last. emo quahuag #despite the WTF factor I really love the page. HE'S SO LITTLE. SO SO LITTLE. like in his canon portrait he could arguably be like 14-15 #but in those drawings on the second page he is indisputably a baby. look at that little face. HE'S SO CUTE #and that note about Anna really cracks me up. can't believe we missed out on having Anna try to wrestle with an angsty 12-year-old #also! trying out a slightly different format from last time! I will at some point probably throw up another poll about it #as always feel free to leave a comment/tag/anything else with feedback if you have any #at some point in the distant future I will probably go through and try to make all of the translation posts more consistent #but I probably won't go back and do that sort of thing until I get all of them done #oh and also also! as a note I actually messed up my order a bit; I meant to do lyla's first before this one #but she and the other saints will be up next #edit: one of the images had an old version of a translation (used 'something' instead of 'whatever' in the note about snapping fingers) #just reuploaded it

[fluffs-n-stuffs]

A special colored version of one of my all-time favorite Destiny Bond panels to celebrate Eusine day :} 🎀💕✨

#SILLY MAN DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💖💖💖💕💕💕💕💕💕 #I can't tell y'all how tempting it was to make his blouse a dark grey I was so incredibly close he would've looked so hotSKDJFSJKDFNSND /lh #though I ultimately went with the white since it helps to make him look younger (as he's meant to be here) #I don't believe I've ever mentioned it before - but in the Destiny Bond canon; younger Eusine's around 19 (with present day being 28) #Since I like to believe he only really got to start his journey once he hit 18 (and could freely leave his home) #He met Morty around a year into his search (who's the same age as him) :} #that's your DB fun fact of the day akjsdjkasd #I actually Do have a solid idea on how the two actually met for the first time buuut I'm saving that idea for another day hehee #in the meantime --- here's to our whimsy yet elegant and extraordinary Suicune hunter 🤲💖💖💖✨✨✨ #pokemon #pokemon gsc #pokemon hgss #eusine #mystery man eusine #eusine pokemon #pokemon fanart #eusine day #みなきくんの日 #ミナキの日