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ilovebeingaturtle · 1 year
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i am now thinking abt turtles forever and crying theyre so cute. like there are problems but. cuties
Good. Everyone should think about Turtles Forever and cry over it at least five times a day. Yes there are the problems. But beyond that it should be on your mind 24/7 and resulting in tears consistently. That should be a priority. It’s like eating and drinking. Except on a more advanced level of necessity. That being said if you fail to reach the quota I will do it for you. I cry enough about Turtles Forever with the capacity to simulate thousands upon thousands of crying men and I do it for free. I do it all myself. Statistically, “everyone on the planet cries about Turtles Forever daily” is untrue. That’s because I’m an outlier. But I should always be counted.
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dandylovesturtles · 3 months
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I come bearing a little Sidelined AU propaganda for the @tmntaucompetition ! Featuring a guest appearance by @intotheelliwoods Poptart and Sprout.
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“Whooooooaaaaaaa!”
Leo can’t help but echo his brothers’ amazement as they enter the stadium. There are so many turtles here (and others, too!) - so many different versions of themselves, some familiar and others radically different.
It’s ridiculously cool.
“I knew it!” cheers Donnie behind him. “I knew I was right about multiverse theory! Oh, this has so many fascinating implications for physics! You guys know how…”
Leo tunes out Donnie’s ramble (he can’t understand any of it anyway) to focus on the turtles in front of him. It’s easy to pick out the other Leos in the crowd (their color coding seems to be one of the few constants between them), but he’s quickly noticing he’s an outlier in one very big way.
“Hey guys,” he says, interrupting Donnie, “am I the only Leo rockin’ wheelies?”
“Statistically unlikely,” says Donnie, coming to stand next to him. “Given infinite possibilities, there are definitely other worlds where you use a wheelchair, and myself and Raph and Mikey as well.” Donnie pulls down his goggles, scans the crowd, and then says, “But you’re right that you may be the only one in the building.”
“I wonder what the difference is between our timeline and everyone else’s?” asks Mikey.
“I dunno!” Leo’s eyes scan the crowd. “Let’s ask.”
He catches sight of another Leo nearby, this one missing an arm. He also seems to be in the company of a grandpa Leo, and Leo has no idea how to handle the implications of that one so he decides not to think about it too hard.
“Hey!” he calls out, wheeling himself up, careful not to catch anyone’s feet on his way. “Leo! …Oh, that’s so weird.”
The other Leo turns, doing the momentary skip with his eyes when Leo isn’t at the height he was expecting. Leo’s used to that by now. The one-armed Leo retrains his eyes, grinning and holding up a hand in greeting.
“Well there’s a handsome face,” he says.
“Takes one to know one,” replies Leo enthusiastically.
“Oh no, this is going to be the whole competition, isn’t it?” he hears Donnie say behind him. He rolls his chair back into his brother’s shin and takes satisfaction in the yelp he hears after.
“Quick question. Did Draxum and the Foot Clan put together the Dark Armor in your timeline?”
“Huh? Oh!” The other Leo laughs. “Yeah! That feels like forever ago.”
“And he didn’t put you in it?”
“Uh, no.” The other Leo shrugs. “He put himself in it. Is that what happened to, uh…” He gestures vaguely at Leo, who nods.
“Oh yeah. What about you?” Leo eyes his empty shoulder. “Was that from the Shredder?”
“Nope!” The other Leo waves that off. “This was from the Krang!”
“Oh,” says Leo. (Behind him, he hears Mikey whisper, “What’s a Krang?”) “Okay, thanks. We’re just trying to figure out where our timeline went different.” He grins. “Nice compression sleeve, by the way.”
“Thanks!” The other Leo grins back. “Nice wheelchair!”
The other Leo and the big Leo tailing him move on. Leo swivels his chair so he can look back at his brothers.
“Okay, so we know the difference,” he says. “In most other timelines, Draxum is an idiot.”
“He’s an idiot in our timeline,” says Raph, “but I see your point.”
“Cool!” says Mikey. “Mystery solved!”
“Now hold on!” Donnie dashes to stand in front of them, arms held out. “Gentlemen, you can’t really mean to take a single data point and form a conclusion based on that!” He pulls up the screen of his bracer, typing frantically. “We need to gather data from every group here, and then we need to run cross-references to find all the commonalities, and then-“
Leo looks at Raph and Mikey. “Nachos?” he suggests.
“Nachos!” they both cheer.
He starts making his way through the crowd, Mikey and Raph helping him navigate, leaving Donnie to catch up.
“Really!? That’s it!? Don’t you have any interest in the mysteries of the multiverse!? You’re abandoning it for nachos!? …Well okay, but no jalapeños on mine!”
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tastybluesprite · 1 year
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(I'm sorry I literally live in your notifications, Sprite) You totally don't have to write for this because it's a clusterf*ck, but I just want to present to you a very basic idea that I cannot stop thinking about: I think it's widely accepted in the fandom that Donnie's thighs are ticklish. And for the whole episode "Stuck On You," he's one of the legs when they're all stuck together. I'm just saying, there's gotta be something there.
(also have a good night!)
Donnie’s password
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This was particularly fun to write lmao. I did use the original scene for most of the fic, accept at the end 😏
(also I’ll forever be mad that this isn’t how it played out instead. Literally perfect tickle scene moment….)
Warnings: None besides tickling so if that’s not for you keep scrolling :)
Summery: Donnie won’t tell them his password. Raph knows the perfect way to make him talk.
“My body!! My perfect body!!” Leo yelled in anguish as the four brothers attempted to get up from the floor as the cluster they were in the giant single turtle ball.
They all slumped back to the ground with a loud thump and groan.
“Why do you do this Raph?” Mikey asked with annoyance.
“Yknow, even for you this feels like a poorly thought through idea.” Donnie interjected frustratedly.
Leo cried out hopelessly as he looked in the near by mirror. “Is this what it feels like to have a dad bod?” (To which Donnie rolled his eyes at)
Raph was finally able to hoist himself to get them all up from the floor. “Calm down. This is gonna be awesome! Being stuck together is gonna force us to work together! As a team!” He said encouragingly as he fist bumped Leo’s shoulder next to him.
“This is a team building exercise?” Leo asked with annoyance.
“How are we gonna get unglued?!” Donnie interjected again.
“Relax, I’m sure you have a formula to get us unstuck Donnie.” Raph reasoned.
“Actually I do NOT have a formula. My FAB spray is still in beta.” He said deadpannedly.
“Fab?” Leo wondered.
“F.A.B. Foam Agent Bonding, it’s state of the art, could change…”
“Not this again.” Leo muttered with a scoff as Donnie rambled on about his FAB spray.
“You see Raph,” Leo explained, “usually when Donnie’s in speech mode, I can just run away. But now? I’m stuck!!!” Leo said with a sob.
Just then Donnie’s computer beeped with an alert. ‘Donnie detection. A crime is in progress.’
“Yes!” Raph pumped his only useable fist enthusiastically , “a mission! It’s go time!”
They all struggled to crawl their way to the computer with much yelling and wobbling.
“Stop!!!” Raph yelled in the midst of it all. “We need to work as a team to get to Donnie’s computer.
It took some of Raph instructing but finally he managed to get Donnie and Mikey’s legs to lift the whole turtle ball up. They all then managed to get to the computer with some wobbling and yells.
When Raph clicked the computer button, a password screen appeared. Seeing this, Donnie cried out nervously. He should’ve known something like this would happened.
“Donnie, what’s your password?” Raph asked with a smirk.
“I am.. n-not telling you that, just let me enter it…” Donnie pleaded, now started to sweat a bit.
“How?” Leo said annoyedly. “You don’t have any hands!”
“Try… I love my family.” Mikey suggested with a mischievous grin.
Raph typed it in but it came up incorrect.
“Try… I love my brothers.” Mikey suggested again.
Again, it came up incorrect.
“Stop!!! It’s not that!!” Donnie protested.
“Then what is it Don?” Leo asked.
“Yeah Donnie,” Raph said, “you have to tell us.”
“O-or what! I don’t have to tell you guys anything!”
“Oh I know what will make you talk…” Raph said with a smirk.
Before Donnie could say anything, he felt Raphs hand squeeze his lower thigh, right above his knee. Donnie yelped and began giggling uncontrollably.
“W-whahahaihit!!! Yohohu cahahant dohoho thahahat!”
“Why not?” Raph asked in fake innocence. “You won’t tell us the password so I’ll just have to do this until you do.”
Donnie kicked at his only free limb, that being his leg, to try and dislodge Raphs hand, but it was inescapable, and hard to fight with all his other limbs stuck. He was, in simpler terms, trapped.
“Raph you should go higher up, that’ll get him.” Leo smirked.
“N-nohoho!!! No Rahahahaph dohont yohohou DAGAHAHAHA NOHOHO!!!” Donnie was lost in cackles. He knew his thighs weren’t as sensitive as his armpits or soft shell, but this still tickled way more than he expected it to. Soon the sensations became a bit too intense to bare and he gave up. Why did he have to be this ticklish?
“FIHIHIHINE!!! FIHINE IHIHLL TEHEHELL YOHOHOU!!!” Donnie shouted In surrender.
Raph smirked again and let his leg go. “Well?”
“It’s…” Donnie sighed, “It’s Bootyyyshaker9000… capital B and three y’s in Bootyyy…” he muttered with embarrassment.
The other three brothers giggled at this. “What! You know I love to dance… I’m not gonna apologize for that…”
Raph then began putting it into the computer, which finally allowed them access.
With dread he knew none of them (especially Leo) would ever let him live this down.
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joyfuladorable · 11 months
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Oh gods not me waking up at 3AM and not being able to go back to sleep cuz my brain keeps thinking about the aftermath of Turtles Forever…
Cuz, y’all… the 03 fam had another home Destroyed. And it’s likely a very bitter thing cuz they never really got a chance to settle? What, with being kidnapped by the Ninja Tribunal and being gone for months, then being zapped to the future and being gone for a Year, then finally making their way back and upgrading it all in a frenzy to spend Months searching for pieces of Splinter and probably not having even a year after the Wedding before the 87 turtles showed up…
How far did that Unmaking get? It probably started in New York and Kept Going even after the turtles teleportaled to the 87 verse. The turtles are probably gonna have to answer a LOT of questions after this, lol
Ugh, uhh, here, a snippet from my brain of a fic I may or may not write:
The messages and calls come in almost as soon as they return to their universe.
There’s the obvious relief and congratulations from April and Casey. A lighthearted text from Angel that reads “what did u guys DO this time???” followed by a string of emojis that Don doesn’t have the brainpower to translate. Mikey’s Justice Force communicator goes off, and he gives a very confusing account of the past few hours and promises to visit soon to spill more details cuz - no - he hasn’t forgotten his next shift as the Turtle Titan is fast approaching (he’d Never forget that even in the midst of a multi-universal apocalypse).
At some point, Karai has a conversation off to the side with Leo and Master Splinter. She bows deep, regrets on regrets weighing her shoulders down and a firm promise that she will aid them by any means necessary to make up for her “error in judgement.” A nice sentiment, for sure. It leaves a sour taste on Donnie’s tongue as he watches this exchange while half-listening to the Professor’s ramble over his shell cell once he’s given a cursory explanation of events. He hangs up not long after, not their friend’s fault, just the fault of this whole situation. The headache that had been simmering since the start of this mess has bloomed into a migraine.
The last call they get is from Leatherhead, confused and concerned. Their crocodilian friend experienced the… Unmaking… alone and had rushed to their lair only to find it trashed and - oh Gods - that’s another big BIG thing to deal with and Donnie just wants to take a Nap.
Mikey interrupts with a shriek, sending Don reeling a bit as his brother snatches his cell to ask Leatherhead if he’s seen Klunk. And oh, yeah, understandable. The cat had gone out hunting at some point today and probably came back to a concerning amount of rubble with no turtles to comfort him.
It’s then that Karai departs, offering better communication in the days to come, and help in… relocating. Raph cuts in that there’s no way they’re trusting her with the location of their potential new home. “Not now. Maybe not Ever.” A statement that Don silently agrees with. She takes the admission with grace and vanishes.
Home. Gone and given then taken and destroyed thrice over at this point. Donnie sighs as he massages his head and closes his eyes. Lucky them. He already has a few places in mind, but - yeah no - they all need sleep and food and some semblance of safety before they can consider any of that.
Thankfully, Leatherhead offers his abode, having found Klunk and willing to meet with the turtles there after grabbing what essentials he can from their (now former) Lair. Mikey, bless his chipper heart, starts planning a slumber party of sorts, hugging Don’s cell between his head and shoulder while rapidly texting April and Casey for supplies. Raph snatches His cell from him to ask for actual useful things that aren’t just junk food. Leo hesitantly joins in, saying he could text Angel to swing by with pizza, which Mikey enthusiastically agrees to.
Donnie huffs at that, glad at the very least, to know they’re all okay. They can bounce back from this, like they always do. He feels a furry palm on his arm, steadying the sway in his stance he hadn’t known he’d gained. Master Splinter smiles at him, an assurance and a promise that only their dad can exude to make them feel better.
Yeah, they’ll be okay.
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thedawningofthehour · 10 months
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Oh, my goodness! Today was Father's Day!? I totally forgot about it, I wasn't really looking forward to it because.... Well, I don't have a father anymore.
(now my celebratory family Chaos post will be delayed, again) But leaving that aside.
Do you think they celebrate Father's Day in the hidden city? I think this would be a perfect opportunity for angst. Imagine that Donnie gives Splinter a gift every year, except this year, because that gift will go to Draxum. Meanwhile Splinter looks at his gift collection thinking about how he has failed as a father.
And when Donnie recovers his memories, he remembers how his gift went to Draxum that year and Draxum (depending if he's alive by that point) still has it, and it's going to STING him.
Yeah the only reason I didn't forget is because of all the ads that get emailed to me. You know, I once wrote about a pregnancy and got ads up my ass for baby stuff until the character miscarried; you'd think the algorithms would also catch on that we don't have dads. But oh well. I hope my father had a lovely day, sitting in his shitty house and watching Fox News while destroying his liver. No kids or wife to hold him down!
For real, I hope everyone who has/is a dad (or dadish person) worth celebrating had a nice time, and those that do not I hope the day was kind to you. I make jokes about my daddy issues a lot but I'm honestly okay-I was in and out of contact with my father even before he completely cut us off, he is just not a nice person and he went kind of off the rails in the 2010s. Like, I legitimately wonder if he has some sort of brain issue because the things he's sent to my sister are not sane. I did not miss him today.
Anyway! Back to fandom stuff.
(this will probably be A Thing, be warned, I hope you came for my special brand of examining Fucking Everything)
(Okay, I did write a whole thing about holidays in the Hidden City, but it was indeed A Thing so it's tucked away for now and I might make another post rambling about it in the future)
As for Father's Day-you know, the actual thing you asked me about-it's only been around for a little over a century. It's probably been picked up in the Hidden City, as all heavily commercialized holidays are, but it's slow going. A hundred years is not that long for them.
That said, the boys definitely would have done something for Father's Day! I imagine they wouldn't make it a huge deal-they know how Splinter can be, he probably wouldn't enjoy a ton of attention and might start crying if they did make a big deal out of it. But Mikey makes his favorite foods, they all put on their jammies and watch movies with him like when they were little turtles. I can see Donnie making him little knickknacks that Splinter has proudly lined up on one of his shelves. (Leo probably buys him silly mugs that Splinter drinks tea out of and secretly adores) Leo was too busy moping last year to even notice Father's Day, but Mikey probably made Splints something nice for breakfast. Which he definitely ate while staring at the spot he would have put Donnie's next little doodad.
And Draxum doesn't really celebrate holidays! Like, at all. He baked Galois a cupcake for his birthday and that was it. Not because he doesn't love him or doesn't believe in celebrating birthdays, that's just...not his thing. He doesn't even remember when his own birthday is. And he has a great distaste for commercialism, so if he even knows about Father's Day he'd probably turn his nose up at it and demand Galois not waste his time with such silliness.
(but if Galois did make him something, you bet he would hang onto that forever)
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So, since you've been enjoying the newest version of TMNT, I have to ask:
1) Have you seen the older Turtles Forever movie, a Turtles version of spiderverse.
2) Did you know there was a live action show of TMNT and they had a 2 episode crossover on an older Power Rangers show.
3) Also on that live action show they introduced a controversial female turtle. Which reminds me, I saw on YouTube that in a recent run of TMNT comics they brought back the 5th turtle as a possible clone/Frankenstein creation and in this comic, one of the Turtles loses their shell and had to get it replaced.
4) A thought that crossed my mind, how do you think the Turtles & April from "Rise" would react to a female turtle popping up?
Ooo~ Mkay So I'm A Hella Newbie To The Turtle Brain Rot So Forgive Me/Have Mercy On Any Lacking Knowledge
Answer 1: No But I Caught A Few Out Of Context Clips Of Previous Cartoon Iterations And Mortal Kombat Cutscenes (Mainly 2012 And 2003) Via Both YouTube And My Uncle Being The OG Turtles Fan In My Family. I Also Watched The First Bay-verse Film Cause I Was Into The Transformers Movies At The Time And Was Curious.
Answer 2: No I Didn't But Honestly It Tracks Considering All The Things TMNT Has Officially Crossed Over With (Wonder If I Can Find Any Clips Of That It Sounds Chaotic)
Answer 3: Every Time I Learn Something New About The Comics I Get A Little More Confused, Not In A Bad Way, But Like In A "Do I Have The Funds And Bookshelf Space To Support A New Comic Book Obsession?" Kinda Way
Answer 4: As For How The Rise Bois And April Would React To A New Chica Turtle Really Depends Considering The Whole ✨Hidden City✨ Situation Ya Know?
Option A: She's A Turtle Yokai And She Could Be Chill Or She Could Be Workin With Big Mama Who Knows Endless Possibilities!
If She's On Chill Terms With The Bois (And Let's Say She's Got The Badass Ninja Mojo Too) I Feel Like Her And The Hamato Siblings Would Have A "Friends That's Slowly Turning Into Cool/Weird Cousins Status" Type Relationship. Cause I Can't Really See Any Of The Bois Going The Romantic Route, Puppy Love? Maybe But I Don't See It Going Anywhere (But I'm Also Bad At Writing Romance Stuffs So... *Shrugs*)
Now If She's Working With Big Mama On The Other Hand... Leo Immediately Gives Her Draxum Treatment, No Doubt. Donnie Will Prolly Follow Leo On This One And April Will Usually Join The Twins On Stuff Like This, She's Keeping An Open Mind But Thin Ice Man Thin Ice. Dr. Feelings Senses A Possibly Redeemable Person And immediately Becomes Her Worst Nightmare, No One Escapes The Doctor... Raph Is On The Fence About Her But Family Comes First, So First Sign His Family Will Be Hurt By Her And He's Throwing Hands.
Option B: She's A Turtle Mutant! Which Is Fun Because It Can Also Go Many Ways! Was She Human First Or Turtle First? Is She A Hamato (Turtle Mutated By Splinters/Any Other Hamato Members DNA)? Was She Just A Turtle That Ate An Ooze-Squito? A Human With A Pet Turtle/Works With Turtles And Got Biten By An Ooze-Squito? Did Donnie Fuck Around And Find Out Via Cloning??? Who Knows! Either Way My Brain Says Chaos And Feels! + If She Was A Turtle First Then The Bois Get A Mutant Person Who Understands What It Was Like To Not Originally Be Human, Which Can Go All Sorts Of Angsty Ways.
Oh Dear This Has Gotten Long... Welp This Prolly Isn't Exactly What Ya Wanted On The Whole Reaction To A Female Turtle Mutant Front, Cause I'll Be Honest I'm Not Great With Keeping Characters In Character So It Turned Into A Bit Of A Rambling Fic Prompt Instead... My Bad.
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turtlefanboy · 2 years
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Writing Prompt list
“can I kiss you?” “Of course..”
“Your perfect..” “no I’m not”
“I really want to make out with you right now”
“I can’t decide whether to hit you on the head for being an idiot or kiss you cause I can’t take my eyes off you” “maybe….I can pick?”
“Your eyes are like tiny galaxies I can stare into forever”
“Stay with me please..”
“Jesus your hot-“
“You literally look as beautiful as the boy Zeus kidnapped to be a water bearer, and became the Aquarius constellation” “I don’t know if I should take that as a compliment”
“Crush me” “what?” “I SAID PUNCH ME”
“I Will make sure your world doesn’t fall down”
“Is- is that my shirt?” “….no”
“Are you….checking me out right now…?” “Maybe I am maybe I’m not! Who knows! But yes I am”
“I Will stay with you as the world falls down”
“Your all I could ever dream of”
“Can we stay like this just a bit longer?”
“Will you marry me?”
“My heart only beats for you”
“Kiss me”
“Make me”
“Bite me”
“Cuddles now”
“How could you ever love me?” “How could I not?”
“Are you Persephone cause I wanna take you away in my arms and marry you~”
“Your so warm”
“Aren’t I heavy?” “Psh no! Your as light as a feather!”
“I'm fat” “no! your the perfect amount of chubby for wonderful cuddles!”
“I could get lost in your eyes”
“God stop saying stuff that makes me want to kiss you..”
“You know your my favorite” “I better be”
“You probably don’t want to hear about it..” “no I love listening to you ramble about the things you love”
“Don't look at me like that..”
“God your smile Is perfect”
“Everyone says I’m a girl….But I’m a boy!…” “yes you are and your the most handsomest boy I’ve ever seen”
“My love for you is literally ridiculous!!”
“I Will walk through fire, walk up mountains, fight any being, I will face any judgement people throw at us. Just to be with you”
“We’re the gay version of Jack and rose from Titanic!”
“Draw me like one of your French boys~” “put your clothes back on!!”
“Wait- your also a ninja???” “Yes I am” “god that makes you even hotter!” “What?” “I MEAN THAT MAKES YOU EVEN COOLER!!”
“I hate you!” “Well I hate you more!” “JUST KISS ALREADY!”
“You know you love them right?” “What?”
“Are you flirting with me?” “Have been for the past year thanks for noticing!”
“I’m Romeo and your Julian/Jules!” “It’s Romeo and Juliet” “yeah but we’re gay”
“Sit on my lap…” “what?” “I said sit on my lap”
“It’s okay I won’t let anyone harm you”
“You think I’m attractive?” “Yes very much so.” “….FUCK YEAH!”
“Can we make out?” “WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT!” “Maybe later then?”
“Are you the Sun? Cause you light my my whole world”
“I remember practicing in the mirror”
“May I have this dance?”
“I’m your good old fashioned lover boy”
“Hey I searched up handsome in maps and it led me to you, so how’s it going?”
“Don’t leave me” “I won’t”
"I refuse to stand by and let you go alone on a mission that could potentially get you Killed!"
"How dare you hurt them"
"maybe in another life then..." "no not in another life, it will be in this life"
"I love your hair"
"hey there" "what do you want Casanova?"
"Let them go now!" "no"
"I love the feeling of you in my arms"
"Is this a dream?" "no this is real"
"your like a fragile flower if the wind blew to hard you'd fall apart" "I'm not that fragile"
"we will be the emperors/rulers of our own world just me and you"
"I don't hate you...I could never....cause your my whole world...so don't go...stay here with me, stay here in my arms, stay here with me under the stars and moon...stay"
"c'mon my prince/highness, lets go out on the town tonight just the two of us" "okay my turtle knight in shining armor"
"bet you for a kiss that I can hold the whole world in my hands!" "psh fine! I know you can't!"
"who are you under that mask?" "I'm afraid you'll have to find out after midnight, but I have a feeling you already know who I am"
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Cuddles - All Turtles
Request: Hi I really like you writes! keep up the good work, I was wondering if you could do a rottmnt cuddle Imagines? If that's fine?
Pairing: All Turtles! (Non-Poly) 
Content: Fluffy as FUCK. Brush your teeth after you read this, cause it’s sweet as hell. 
Raphael: 
He loves to cuddle! But...he’s nervous. He doesn’t want to prick you with one of his spikes, or...worse. With his brothers, it’s different! They’ve got hard shells and plastrons, but you’re so... squishy! What if he hurts you? 
He gets so happy about casual touch. Putting you on his shoulders? Throwing his arm around your shoulders? Affectionate hair ruffle? He’s the physical embodiment of :) 
If you want full cuddles, though, you’re gonna have to be the one to initiate it the first few times. He’s just too nervous, otherwise. 
Rest your head on his plastron when you’re watching a movie and he’ll melt. 
Seeing how your arms maneuver around his spikes to embrace him, how gingerly you hold him...Maybe it’s possible. Maybe you two can cuddle without getting any boo boos.
He can’t really lay on his back because of his spikes. He’ll either get stuck that way when his spikes inevitably get embedded into the material, or he’ll shred up whatever he’s laying on.
(He’s banned from the beanbag chairs.)
He wants to be the little spoon so bad, but it’s physically impossible. He’s forever bound to big spoon duty. He’s okay with that, though. 
(One time you showed up wrapped in mattress foam and bubble wrap to try and be the big spoon. It's a very fond memory, even if you were padded too stiffly to actually hold him.) 
He likes to rest his head in your lap. Run your nails along his head or shell and he’ll be asleep in no time.
He won’t lay on your stomach or chest though. He really wants to, but he’s afraid he’ll crush you. There’s no debate with that topic, unfortunately. 
He’s such a good big spoon!! He’s so strong, and he cradles you like you’re the entire world. Because you are! 
He likes to rest one hand on your stomach and tangle his other hand with yours. It’s so cool to look down and see how his spikes cradle you. Almost as though you were a treasure encased in barbed wire, protected from the outside world. 
You always feel so safe when you cuddle. I mean, it’s hard not to when you’re cocooned in 1000lbs of muscle and spikes!
His hold is firm, but noticeably gentle. 
He runs pretty warm, compared to the rest of the turtles. Great in the winter time, not so great in the summer.  
He traces little doodles on the back of your hand. You can never tell what they are, though. And he won’t tell you what they are, if you ask.  
(They’re dogs.) 
He’s not coldblooded, due to the way he was mutated. As such, he doesn’t really have any issues regulating his body temperature. He does find himself seeking out heat sources, however! Donnie calls it a vestigial response. Raph absolutely does not care about no scientific names or explanations: he just knows that he likes to sit under the heat lamp in the morning.
Prepare to be his next heat lamp. 
If you come over in the mornings, prepare to be greeted with a very sleepy Raph the instant your feet hit the lair concrete.
He’s never on his phone when you cuddle.
He is a talker, though. He doesn’t quite whisper, but he definitely invokes the gentle voice. 
He falls asleep very quickly if he doesn’t keep himself talking. Your presence is just so calming to him, he can’t help it! 
He’s a very deep breather, and it’s really calming to listen to!
Unfortunately, he starts to snore about 15 minutes after he falls asleep. And he’s loud. 
You’ll get used to it, eventually. 
Donatello
He doesn’t sleep consistently, so full cuddle sessions are far and few between.
He read that fake rumor that Albert Einstein only slept for five hours a year: while it’s since been debunked, it’s stuck with him. He started training himself when he was little to power nap instead, and now it’s hard for him to get out of the habit.  
But..you’re a good motivator.
He’s a little nervous around the concept of cuddling, at first. He’s very touch-starved, and once you warm him up to the idea, it’ll be hard to pull him off you! But he’s incredibly nervous about it at first.
It’s...intimate, you know? He’s vulnerable, and that freaks him out.
His shell is super sensitive. Partially because it’s soft, but wearing his battle shell all the time has removed a lot of stimuli that would have made it less sensitive.
He reflexively rolls his shoulders when you run your hands along his exposed shell. At least, for the first few times. If you do it enough, it’ll quickly become a way for him to relax.
Likes to pull you to his chest and hold you like that. He usually has your head under his chin so he can scroll through his phone while you cuddle. He doesn’t move his arms much though, so it’s okay.
(He also likes it when you’re facing him so he can steal glances at you once you fall asleep. He thinks you’re even prettier when you’re completely relaxed.)
You’ll rarely see it for yourself, but his eyes get all soft while you’re cuddling together. The quietest, calmest smile graces his features when you’re in his arms.
However, you do notice how all the tension fades from his body, and how his breathing seems to slow down.
He’ll run his free hand along your back every now and then, pressing a quiet kiss to the top of your head.
He runs fairly cold, which is awesome in the summertime. He always lets you borrow his hoodies when you cuddle. If you ask nicely, he’ll let you keep ‘em, just so long as he has one or two in the closet.
His bed has super soft blankets, and they’re so nice to curl up in. You’ll probably stay there for a little while after he gets up, honestly.
He’s not a talker, surprisingly. Every now and then he’ll pull his arm back to show you some meme on his phone, but that’s about it. He’ll listen to you though! He actually really likes it when you mutter about whatever's on your mind while you cuddle.
King of “Uh huh,” “Wow,” “Mmhm,” and “Damn that’s crazy.”
He really is listening, though. He just likes to tease you a little bit.
His grip is either iron-tight or loose as hell.
On bad days he’ll curl up as the little spoon, and not even the gods could convince him to let go of you.
It takes him a while to warm up to the idea of being a little spoon. Both because his shell is hyper-sensitive, but it also kind of erodes that “bad boy” persona he’s got going on.
Once he’s more comfortable with it, he’s about 50/50 on it. He’s more likely to indulge himself on bad days, but it honestly just depends on his mood.
If you pull him away from work, you can bet that he’ll pull you to his chest while he’s sitting on the bed. He’ll lean forward to rest his chin on your shoulder as he explains his latest breakthrough. He shakes a little bit when he’s excited, and you can feel it as he holds you.  
He panics a little bit when he’s on his back, but he really likes it when you lay on his plastron, so...Chair cuddles!
He likes to have you in his lap while he works.
He also likes to kick his legs up onto your lap when watching TV. If you guys have the couch to yourselves, he’ll also lay all the way on your lap. If anyone sees you guys, or if anyone comments on it he’ll just hit ‘em with a very snarky quip.
“Okay, and? At least I actually have a partner :)”
You don’t know how he said “:)” outloud.
Leonardo 
He thinks he’s so smooth, but honestly? He’s such a dork.
He’s huge on touch. But cuddling? It’s a whole ‘nother ball game. He loves it a lot, but...he’s so vulnerable! It’s so intimate to him. He’s not adverse to it in the slightest; in fact, it’s the exact opposite! He’s super excited when the topic comes up.
You can tell that the idea of fully cuddling affects him more than he lets on, because he won’t stop talking when you bring up the subject for the first time. He rambles when he’s nervous.
(He talks with his hands a lot, and it’s really cute how he rambles and rubs the back of his neck.)
He’s actually a great cuddler, though.
Big spoon? Hell yeah. Little spoon? Awesome. Horrific entanglement of limbs that would put eldritch horrors to shame? Sweet! He’s just happy to be close to you.
He can go 50/50 on having his phone with him. If he does, he’s usually either watching memes with you or playing a mobile game.
(Kind of unrelated, but he was very excited about that weird, Subway Surfers revival that happened earlier this year. It was all he played for a while, and now you have the tune lodged in your brain forever.)
He’ll talk for a little while if he doesn’t have his phone, before you settle into a comfortable silence.
He’s either ranting about something shitty that happened that day, or shitposting. There’s no inbetween.
“If I shot someone from Texas while I was on the moon, would that fall under Texas’ jurisdiction or the moon’s?”
He also likes to trace little patterns on your hands, if he has access to them that day! You can usually tell what they are. Other times, it just seems like he’s finding an excuse to hold your hand. It’s really cute.
(If you ask him what he’s drawing, he’ll say he’s reading your palms before dropping a sweet little line about how he’s in your future.)
(He does NOT know how to read palms but it’s the thought that counts <3)
Not ashamed about cuddling in public. Hell, if you’re fine with it, he’s more than happy to cuddle during movie night. In fact, it’s kind of a source of pride for him!
He looks so cocky about it that Donatello has to make a physical effort to NOT hit him.
Please run your palms over his shell, he’ll melt.
If he’s the big spoon, squeeze his biceps. He might not say it out loud, but he’s melting internally. It sticks in his head for at least a few weeks afterwards. Ego Boost 100
If you’re ticklish, prepare yourself for tickles. He strikes without a pattern, and without warning. He doesn’t always do it, though. Maybe about one in ten times. He just likes to hear you laugh :)
He’s very nice to cuddle with overall. He’s the best cuddler in the lair, hands down.
Michelangelo
Literally the only one in the lair who isn’t embarrassed when you bring up the topic.
He’s been WAITING for this moment, actually.
Doesn’t care about whether he’s the big or little spoon.
He’s super talkative when he cuddles, it’s cute. He usually likes to spend this time talking about one another’s day. He’s a great listener too!
He’s always 100% engaged in what you have to say.
He has trouble settling down outside of his normal schedule, so it’s rare that he’ll fall asleep while cuddling.
If you’re in a position that gives his arms a lot of mobility, he’ll draw on you. Not just tracing patterns, but he’ll actually bring out his markers and draw on your arms, back, or just any exposed piece of skin.
He always manages to find the prettiest colors to compliment your skin tone. You never want to wash it off, honestly.
He HAS to keep himself busy with something, or else he’ll explode. At least, that’s how he describes it. If you try and get him to lay down and fall asleep...well, he’ll try! But he’ll be squirming the whole time.
It’s best to throw on a Jupiter Jim movie if you want him to stay still.
He likes to tangle his legs with yours while you cuddle. Whether he’s taller or shorter than you, he WILL find a way.
He’s the lightest out of all the turtles, so there’s a possibility of letting him (partially) lay on you without shattering your sternum! Congratulations!
(He’s around 525 lbs. He’s only half of what Raph weighs, but he still has to be careful about how he lays on you. It’s crazy to think that you’re so small compared to him.)
His hands are so cold, and he’ll absolutely use that to his advantage. If he gets bored, or if he just wants to make you laugh, he’ll grab your waist with his cold fucking hands. Hope you’re a northerner <3
He also likes to tickle you, way more than Leo.
Don’t try and tickle him though, he HATES it. He’s absolutely the type of person to just Scream if you try.
Like I said, he gets bored really quickly. He also just likes to make you laugh.
If you’re cuddling in bed though, like right before he falls asleep? It’s so nice.
He’ll still tangle his legs with yours, but he moves so much slower. He loves to let his hands lazily roam across your form as he pulls you closer to him, savoring the comfort and heat that you bring. If he talks, it’s in drowsy whispers that only you two can hear.
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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Seekers of Soul
Chapter 16 (18 Pages)
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Nia spends time with Xander’s team, learning more about aura in the process.
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Nia yawns, finally giving up on her book for today and slipping a furret bookmark that Maggie had given her between the pages. No matter how hard Nia tries to focus on the words about different types of Pokémon evolution, the sentences are starting to blur and jumble before her eyes, so she figures it’s time to give it a rest.
She looks up at the two Pokemon lying a few feet away on a mossy rug, comfortably sprawled out in Xander’s team quarters. The luxio and his wartortle partner are playing some sort of game with dice-like stones. Felix is clearly losing, his fluffy ears twitching as he grumbles under his breath. Xander’s cat-like face is smug with victory, his tail flicking side to side with lazy patience.
Avery is sitting at Nia’s side, the two of them relaxing back against the wooden wall on a bed of straw and moss. Nia doesn’t want to disrupt the kirlia’s concentration as they focus on their own book, but the atmosphere is so peaceful and relaxed, bathed in the warm evening sunlight coming through the lattice window, and she can’t help but feel comfortable enough to speak up.
“Can I ask you guys something?”
All three Pokemon look up, faces open and curious.
“‘Course,” Felix says.
Nia smiles, a little embarrassed. “I know your team is just as busy as ours, if not more so. How are you not, like...exhausted? Literally all the time?”
Xander looks back to the game, laughter in his voice as he responds, “Oh trust me, we are. It used to be worse, before we got used to the job and the demanding work hours.”
“Naps help a lot, when you can manage ‘em,” Felix adds, frowning as he rolls the dice. He’s had horrible luck this whole game. At least, that’s what he’s been saying. Nia still hasn’t quite picked up the rules from watching. “You feeling worn down?”
Nia leans back against the wood of the tree. The bark making up the architecture of the tree is smooth, and thanks to her fur it isn’t even uncomfortable to lean against. She closes her eyes and hums.
“Yeah, I guess.  I know I’ve been here a few weeks, but I think I’m just not used to everything yet.”
“I’ll never get used to waking up so early,” Felix grumbles. “Mornings are suffering.”
Nia laughs. “Actually, that part’s not too bad. It’s more the battling, I think. And just...I dunno, emotional stuff.”
“Mental exhaustion can take a big toll,” Avery says at her side, voice soft. They close their own book to turn their full attention to the conversation.
“I’d be exhausted too if I had Tobias for a partner,” Felix says. He’s clearly teasing, but Nia knows that on some level the wartortle actually means it. “I don’t know how you put up with him every day, Nia.”
Nia’s torn between a laugh and the urge to roll her eyes. She settles on a light tone to match the wartortle’s. “Come on, I told you we worked everything out the other day. He’s trying harder to be nice.”
Felix and Xander both make a doubtful noise.
“I’ll believe it when I see it,” Xander says.
“Well, I think it’s great that Tobias is trying to grow,” Avery says, giving Nia a soft smile.
Nia smiles back and leans forward to watch the boys’ game again, cupping her chin in her hands.
“He’s been really patient with all of my questions since we talked,” Nia says, feeling like she should defend her partner somehow. It’s clear that he’s been trying hard to reign in his temper and be more considerate the last few days, even if he still struggles with it. “When we cleaned out the guild’s food storage this morning, he didn’t even snap at me when I bumped into some shelves and buried us in rice.”
Xander snorts. “That’s called being a decent Pokémon, Nia. Don’t give him too much credit.”
“I’m not! I’m just saying he’s doing better, y’know?”
Felix gives Nia a grin, tilting his head in consideration. “You’re too sweet, ya know that?”
Nia doesn’t know what to say to that, so she blushes under her fur and makes a show of moving her book to her side with a quiet word of thanks.
“Yo! I’m back. Did Felix get whooped yet?”
Nia jumps and looks up to see that Kry has returned from her trip to the cafeteria to find a snack. The dinosaur-like pokemon is munching on an apple as she plops down next to Felix and Xander.
“Hey, I could still win,” Felix protests.
“Ha! Yeah, and bagon can fly.”
“You do know they can fly when they evolve, right?”
“Not anymore, genius! No evolution, no wings!”
Felix deflates and grumbles to himself as he goes back to the game. Nia tilts her head and leans closer to Avery.
“S-Sorry. Uh, what kind of Pokémon is Kry again?”
“A fraxure. Dragon type, middle evolution like the rest of us.”
Nia nods. Right. Fraxure. It certainly looks like the aggressive Pokémon could live up to her name and fracture some bones, from the brief interactions Nia’s seen. Kry’s a bit...rough around the edges. But it’s clear she fits right in with the rest of Xander’s team. Somehow.
“What have you been reading, if you don’t mind me asking?” Avery asks, polite as ever.
Nia shakes herself out of her thoughts. “No, of course I don’t mind!” She holds up the book. “It’s about different kinds of evolution? I still don’t exactly, uh. Get it. As a process. But it’s fascinating to learn about all the different ways it’s triggered.”
Avery tilts their head, looking at Nia with thoughtful consideration. “You don’t understand evolution?”
Nia’s ears flatten. “W-Well, uh, no, but—“
“Does evolution not happen to humans?”
It’s clear that Avery isn’t judging Nia’s confusion, just curious in return. Still, Nia is thankful that they keep their voice hushed.
“N-No, definitely not,” Nia says. “At least, not in the same way? I think? When Pokémon evolve, they change...suddenly, right? Like, Xander used to look like Luca and then he suddenly turned into a luxio?”
Avery hums. “More or less, yes.”
“Is...Is that...how Pokémon grow up, uh...physically? By evolving?”
The kirlia shakes their head, eyes softening into something almost sad. “No. If that were the case we’d all be in danger of dying out, with how Pokemon can no longer evolve. Don’t worry, you’re an adult by Pokémon standards, even as a riolu.”
Nia relaxes at the confirmation. With the way everyone has been treating her, she was pretty sure they’d been seeing her as the adult she felt she was in the human world, but it’s still nice to know for sure.
“Pokemon can stay unevolved forever,” Avery goes on. “They’ll grow larger than a child Pokémon of the same species, though, and physically mature. Their...statures would simply be smaller than if they evolved. Weaker.”
Nia nods. That...makes some sense, in a way. Even with humans, there were grown women who ended up much shorter than some teenage boys. Different statures among the same species.
“Humans don’t ever...change so radically. So suddenly. At least not naturally.”
Avery turns curious eyes onto Nia, so the riolu continues.
“We start out tiny, and then just grow gradually until we reach adulthood. We can change parts of ourselves, of course—darken our skin, cut our hair, change our clothes or our entire style. But...that’s not what evolution is for, right? Aesthetics, individuality? Comfort?”
The kirlia hums. “No. Evolution is typically for...strength, I suppose. Increased speed, strength, defense, sheer size.”
“So for battling?” Nia asks, confusion edging into her voice. She knew that Pokémon were more biologically geared towards fighting, with their toughened defense and incredible healing capabilities, but she also knows that most Pokémon don’t seem to prefer fighting aside from playful battles. At least, not anymore. Now they’re bakers, florists, carvers and artisans. A society.
Maybe Avery understands what Nia’s getting at, because the kirlia looks thoughtful. “There’s a reason so many Pokémon evolve through battling experience and so few from exposure to stones, or travel. Most Pokémon evolve by training themselves and growing stronger. Legends say that Pokémon used to be more...primitive. Less civilized. I believe it used to be less about strength and more about survival.”
Nia watches as Felix tries to creep his hand over the dice to cheat a turn of the stones. Xander, discussing strategies in-depth with Kry, doesn’t even look before batting the turtle’s hand away with a paw. Felix yelps, and Nia giggles.
“Maybe that’s why evolution stopped working?” Nia suggests. “Maybe Pokémon have just...evolved to the point that strength evolution isn’t necessary anymore. You’re a society now, after all. You didn’t need to be physically strong to have a lot of power or be successful in the human world. We have systems, laws, protectors. Technology and weapons. Maybe you’ve just reached a point in society where that changed enough for you guys, too.”
Avery suddenly laughs, tinkling and light. Nia isn’t sure whether to feel happy at the sound or embarrassed that she’d apparently said something stupid. She settles for staring at the kirlia with wide eyes and heated fur.
“Apologies,” Avery says, meeting Nia’s eyes, ruby to ruby. “It wasn’t a stupid thought at all. Fascinating, actually. I was just...struck. By finding such a kindred spirit in you. Xander’s the only one who even tries to humor my philosophical ramblings.”
Nia feels herself relax, and laughs as well. “Two curious souls, huh?”
Avery just smiles, warm and soft.
“What’re you two nerds laughing about?” Kry asks.
Nia looks up to see the other three Pokémon staring at them.
Avery waves their hand in a dismissive motion. “My usual ramblings, Kry. Don’t mind us.”
“Talking about evolution!” Nia adds.
At that, Xander and Felix go back to their game with amused smirks. Kry, however, rolls her eyes. “Why? We can’t evolve anyways.”
“But maybe it could be fixed?” Nia suggests. When Kry turns a doubtful look on her, the riolu shrinks back. “I-I mean, maybe not, but...”
“No harm in discussing it, right?” Avery says.
Kry snorts and goes back to the game. “Guess not.”
Nia relaxes. She knows there’s no reason for Kry to put her on edge, but she just has such a...strong personality. Nia’s become more used to Tobias’ sharp attitude, but Kry? Not so much.
“Would you evolve? If you could?”
Nia blinks and turns to Avery at the unexpected question. “W-What?”
"Would you like to evolve if it were possible?” Avery repeats. Maybe this is a normal question for most Pokémon. Or for their teammates and friends, at least.
“U-Um. I don’t know? Maybe?” Nia flicks her tail into her lap, trying to sound confident. “I mean, it doesn’t really matter much to me, since I’m going back to the human world as soon as I can find a way to return, s-so...”
Avery doesn’t respond aside from a soft sound that Nia can’t quite decipher. She’s too afraid to look at the kirlia’s expression, too scared of seeing the pity or doubt she might find there, so she deflects. “Besides, to evolve I’d have to form an affection, um...”
“Bond?”
“Yeah! An affection bond with someone. And from what I’ve read, that doesn’t seem to mean just a casual friendship.”
Avery nods, eyeing their teammates. “Correct. An affection bond that can lead to evolution only occurs between Pokemon who trust each other with anything. Who see each other as they truly are and would likely die for each other.”
Nia flicks her ear, nervously. “Th-That’s a bit, uh. Extreme.”
Avery laughs lightly under their breath. “Indeed. It’s simply how we tend to describe it. It’s...the deepest form of love, whether platonic or romantic.”
Nia nods, shifting uncomfortably. “Yeah, so...I mean, don’t get me wrong! I’m really glad I met you guys and Andyn’s group and Maggie and, uh, even Tobias, in a weird way. But...”
“You don’t think you’ll ever have that sort of bond with us,” Avery guesses.
Nia flinches. The psychic type’s words aren’t cold or insulted, but it still sounds...harsh.
“Yeah, I guess,” Nia rasps, pulling her knees up to her chest. “It’s just...I’m planning on leaving, you know? I don’t wanna get too close to anyone just to leave us both heartbroken when I go.”
Avery doesn’t answer, but the silence doesn’t feel heavy. Still, Nia rests her chin on her hands, sighing. She wants to go home, nice as it is here, but she still feels bad just leaving these people behind after their kindness.
She’ll miss them.
Maybe Avery picks up on Nia’s mood change, because they turn to the riolu with an encouraging smile. “Xander mentioned that you can read the aura of other Pokemon now. Would you like to try it on me, if it’s not too much strain?”
Nia recognizes the distraction technique, but can’t help feeling grateful for it. She lifts her head, blinking. “R-Really?”
“I’m a psychic type. I know how exciting it is to try out a new mental technique with someone willing.”
Nia straightens up and turns to the kirlia, feeling a smile edge at her lips. It’s not every day she gets to test her aura abilities on someone new! So far she’s only felt Val and Maggie’s auras, and Amani’s blossoming pink during a different training session. “O-Okay. You know it’s pretty, uh…personal, though, right? Like, I’m kind looking at your soul, I think?”
Avery nods with a smile. “I’m aware.”
“J-Just let me know if you want me to stop, okay? I’ll need your hand, though.”
Avery offers a delicate hand.
Nia takes it and closes her eyes, summoning her aura (it gets easier every time she does it!), pouring it down her arm and into her hand, brushing it against the kirlia’s skin to find their aura. When Avery’s silhouette sparks to life behind Nia’s eyes, she laughs. Even without looking deeper towards the core of Avery’s aura, Nia can feel the prickle of their curiosity.
“Your aura’s blue like mine!” Nia explains.
The kirlia laughs too, quietly. “Kindred spirits indeed.”
Nia nods. “Your aura is more of a...purpley-blue, though. Deeper. Kind of indigo.” It feels...serene. Filled with a boundless curiosity and something deeply wise. It’s a dusk sky just as stars begin to shine, a calm evening full of possibilities. It’s actually a little difficult to put her finger on, to interpret the color into a personality, more difficult than it has been so far. Before Nia can go on, Felix’s hushed voice breaks through her concentration.
“That’s so cool!”
Nia jumps, yanking her hand back as the tear drops at her head drop lightly to the collar of fur around her neck. Nia turns to find Xander, Felix, and even Kry sitting close to her and Avery and watching the whole ordeal with fascination.
“Ooh! Can you do me next?” Felix asks excitedly, scooting closer as if she won’t see him there, practically bouncing in his seat.
Xander gives Felix a reprimanding look. “Dude, chill, she might need to rest or something. You know how Avery gets when they’re overworked.”
Before Felix can deflate under the scolding, Nia smiles. “N-No, I can do it, don’t worry. Just give me a second. I’m still learning so it kind of wipes me out, but that’s why I need to practice. You don’t mind me reading your aura? It’s kind of, um. Personal.”
Felix grins at her with shining eyes. “Nah, I don’t mind if it’s not too exhausting for you.”
Nia exchanges an amused look with Avery, then turns her body to Felix. She closes her eyes, holds out her hand for him to take, and then repeats the process of finding her aura, and sending it to where she’s touching the wartortle’s skin.
Felix’s aura flares to life behind Nia’s eyes, and she feels her face drop slack in surprise as the color registers. “Oh. Felix, you’re green.”
The turtle sounds as surprised as his aura feels, the green energy jumping in intensity. “Really?”
“Yeah. Like...a calm, leafy sort of green.” Not calm in the typical sense because the wartortle is certainly not that, but…flexible, she supposes. Purposefully not anxious. Like the changing seasons and the trees that follow them, very go-with-the-flow and easygoing. As unexpectedly sturdy as an oak tree, too. Comforting. It does make sense for the wartortle, in a way, but she has to admit she’s surprised by how deep into his very being his instincts to comfort amuse stabilize go. Oh, he is a very kind soul. A very open, alive soul.
Kry snorts. “Calm. Sure. Clearly you’ve never seen him after being rejected by someone.”
“Hey!” Felix says, indignant.
Nia’s concentration is broken again, and Felix’s hand is yanked away. She blinks back into reality only to sees Kry and Felix play wrestling. Xander rolls his eyes at them, but then looks back at Nia, ears swiveling forward and his brow furrowing with concern. “You okay?”
Oh, she’s breathing harder as her powers take a toll on her. But she doesn’t feel nauseous yet, which must mean she’s getting better! She gives Xander a smile. “I’m fine. This is already leagues better than I was a few days ago! Want me to check your aura, too?”
Xander blinks, exchanging a glance with Avery. Just as Nia’s about to reassure him he doesn’t have to agree, he nods. “You sure you’re okay? I don’t want you to push yourself too hard.”
For a moment, Nia’s thrown by the obvious concern in the luxio’s voice, and her heart squeezes with something fond—
(She said she wasn’t going to make strong friendships here, she can’t, she’s leaving, but—)
—but then she just laughs it off, shaking her head. “N-No, I’m fine. Really.”
Xander looks at her face a moment longer, as if he’s worried she’s lying to him and about to pass out. But then he nods and lifts a paw for her to take.
Nia smiles and closes her eyes, curious despite herself. She’s only known Xander for a couple of weeks, but the more auras that Nia reads the more interesting they become, the more exciting it is to reconcile them with a person’s outward personality. So she reaches out eagerly with her aura, ignoring the strain that she’d just reassured she wasn’t feeling, and nearly recoils in surprise when Xander’s silhouette lights up in a very distinct color. It’s not a deep, protective blue, as she would have guessed, or really any color that she would have predicted.
It’s bright red.
Red, like blood pulsing from a wound, but it doesn’t bring to mind pain or aggression. It’s the blood of a beating heart, it’s the red of passion and emotion, almost too bright in its intensity, almost volatile, and oh, she never would have guessed that this was such an integral part of cool and collected Xander, that he would feel emotions so strongly they hurt. His aura is the blood of a fierce battle, of a pulse pounding away to act, to protect. It’s the red of a heart willing to bleed out before losing those close to him.
A surge of what Nia now recognizes as concern flows through his aura and slams into her like a tidal wave. Nia feels herself physically knocked back from the strength of it, pulling her hands away to catch herself. She snaps back to reality, breathing hard and loud in the quiet of the room, her heart pounding.
Xander is watching her with wide eyes, one paw lifted as if he’d reached out to help but then feared making things worse. Avery is watching her too. The sounds of Kry and Felix’s tussling have stopped.
“Nia? Are you all right?” Avery finally asks, voice soft and level.
Nia swallows hard, her own heart just starting to slow from the overwhelming intensity of Xander’s aura. She looks at the luxio again, and that’s what finally prompts her to pant, “I-I’m fine.”
“Are you sure?” Xander asks. “I didn’t hurt you?”
“Y-Yeah, no, sorry, that was just, uh. Unexpected? You’re red, by the way.” Just saying Xander’s aura is red is the understatement of the century, but how is she supposed to explain what she just felt?
“Red?” Xander echoes, his stiff posture finally starting to relax again. Kry and Felix move closer to listen.
Avery hums. “Interesting. And that means?”
Nia fiddles with the collar of fur around her neck, gaze flicking up to the sun-washed ceiling as she thinks. “W-Well...I’m not sure how good I am at explaining it...”
“Wait, but you said green meant calm, right?” Felix asks. “Isn’t there like...a color cheat sheet or something? Like a list of what each color means?”
“Your green is calm,” Nia corrects. “The colors sort of tell me about someone’s personality and who they are, but I don’t think there’s like...a strict color-code?”
Nia looks to Avery for help, but the kirlia only offers a sympathetic shrug. Oh. Apparently their psychic powers don’t work the same way.
“U-Um. Okay. So for example, my aura is sort of a turquoise blue, but Avery’s is more purple, like a royal blue or indigo. Their aura feels...calmer than mine does, I guess? And Felix, yours is green because you’re so adaptable, like the trees. Very go-with-the-flow, but still sturdy and reliable. Someone else’s aura might be green too but feel super different to me.”
There’s a moment of quiet as they all digest that information, and Nia cringes. “...At least, I think that’s how it works.”
“So what did my aura feel like?” Xander finally asks. “Mine seemed to…affect you differently than the others’ did.”
Nia hesitates, still fiddling with her fur. How does she describe this? “Yours is red, but it’s red like…passion, I guess would be the word. It’s just really emotional? Kind of intense, actually. I’ve never felt someone’s emotions as strongly as I did yours. They kind of swept me away and knocked me right out of my aura state.”
When Nia looks away from the ceiling to gauge the others’ reaction to that, her stomach drops. Xander is staring at her in something close to horror, his fur lifting like a startled cat. She catches Felix shooting Xander a worried look. Wait, what…what happened? She just described his aura to him. Why does he look so upset?
Before the silence can grow too tense, Kry snorts and crosses her arms, apparently tone-deaf to the sudden shift of the room’s mood. “That’s a load of crap. Xander’s the most level-headed one here. Do mine next.”
Nia opens her mouth to say no, watching Xander back away with a gaze like he isn’t totally here. Avery and Felix exchange a concerned look before the kirlia moves to follow the luxio, approaching him with soft words and a hand soothing the spiked fur along his spine.
“Well?” Kry grunts, shifting to cut into Nia’s line of sight.
“W-Wait, Xander—”
“You admittin’ you were wrong?” Kry says, almost like a challenge. “Too afraid to read mine?”
Nia focuses on the fraxure, huffing in irritation. She just upset Xander—and something in her recoils at that thought, already flooded with guilt—and Kry hasn’t even noticed? Fine, if reading Kry’s aura will get her to shut up and move so Nia can check on Xander, she’ll do it. Nia closes her eyes and touches Kry’s open palm. She shoots her aura down her arm and into her paw almost angrily, and Kry’s energy flares to life. Once again, the color that she finds there isn’t quite what she’s expecting.
“You’re…gold,” Nia says. It’s the gold shine of priceless treasure, something proud and hard-fought. But it’s also the gold of armor, of a shield, determined and immovable. Protective. She feels the fraxure’s emotions shift too rapidly for her to catch, but she doesn’t really care too much anyways, with what’s happening to Xander three feet away. Nia pulls back and opens her eyes, meeting Kry’s hard stare with her own.
“So what’s gold mean?”
Nia frowns. “It feels...determined. Proud, I guess. I dunno, I’m not very good at this yet.” Nia’s attention is elsewhere, and she leans past the dinosaur to see Xander, only to find that Xander and Avery have disappeared from the room entirely. Felix meets her panicked gaze with a sad, soothing smile.
“Sorry, Nia, Xander just…had to get some air. Don’t worry, he’ll be fine.”
“Wait, what…what happened?” Nia rasps. “Is Xander okay? He looked...”
Felix and Kry exchange a meaningful look. The wartortle nods, and Kry moves to start cleaning up the game abandoned on the rug a few feet away, completely silent. It’s such a shift from her aggressive prodding moments before that Nia wonders if the fraxure wasn’t as oblivious to Xander’s sudden emotional turn as she thought.
Was Kry distracting her?
“Nia,” Felix says, catching her attention again. He gives her a small smile. “You didn’t do anything wrong. Just…accidentally brought up some unhappy memories for Xander.”
Nia wilts, her heart sinking in her chest. She really likes Xander—she didn’t mean to upset him! Why would learning about his aura have upset him so much? Is this what Val was warning her about, about using her powers responsibly? But she didn’t do it without asking. He wanted to know! Should she have not told him what she saw? But then she would have had to lie to him!
“I didn’t mean to upset him,” Nia whimpers.
Felix’s expression softens. “I know you didn’t. And he does too, don’t worry. But maybe for tonight you should head back to Maggie’s. C’mon, I’ll walk with you.”
Nia opens her mouth to protest—she doesn’t want to just leave without talking to Xander or at least apologizing to him! But Felix is already at the doorway to the hall, beckoning her with a twitch of his fluffy tail. He doesn’t seem angry with her, but it’s clear that he’s nudging her to leave for today. Feeling upset and a lot less proud of her aura abilities, Nia grabs her book and follows him out the door, shuffling up the guild’s stairs and hoping Maggie doesn’t ask her what’s wrong.
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slow blink | myg
pairing(s): yoongi x reader
summary: He asked for the ring back and left you there. Had a wedding and invited all your friends, but not you, because you were his ex-fiancé. The only person who didn’t attend was Min Yoongi. Years passed. Time kept going, but you and Yoongi were stuck in time.
warnings: angst; language; non-idol!AU
"I hate this.”
You pushed the small carved wooden turtle across the coffee table with tiny jerks of your index finger, sighing.
"I hate that I keep thinking about him."
You placed your fingertip on the turtle's shell.
"I hate that it's been years and I'm still sitting here thinking about how he sat me down at that restaurant and told me to give back the engagement ring because he had met someone else."
You flipped the turtle over unceremoniously. Unlike a real turtle, this one did not complain.
You closed your eyes.
"I can still see him smiling at me."
"Breakups happen every day."
You didn't open your eyes. The voice was speaking to you, but your mind was imagining a different time, a different place, when life was different, but now the man you once loved was probably celebrating holidays with his wife and kids, holding her hand, not yours, not yours, but at one time he did.
He did.
Did.
"Did you come over to sulk?"
"I fixed your sink."
"Thanks."
You opened your eyes to see Min Yoongi sitting on his sofa, wearing a blue and white button-up shirt and white t-shirt under it. Blue jeans with paint stains and rips, probably not all done by a factory. You reached over and re-flipped the turtle so it was on its legs again.
"Where'd you get the turtle?"
Yoongi shrugged, black hair sliding over his brown, cat-like eyes. "Friend brought back a souvenir when he went somewhere. I don't really remember where." He had a calm, unassuming voice.
You exhaled and stood up from his coffee table. "Alright, I'll begone now."
You began to turn, but Yoongi spoke again.
"You know, he was my friend too," Yoongi said, almost dismissively. "I thought it was so stupid, the way he did it. He should have known it would scar you like this."
You didn't move, frozen in time. It was part of the reason you were still friends with Yoongi. Everyone said they wouldn't choose sides, but, ultimately, they did, attending his wedding that you weren't invited to, every one of them but Yoongi. Everyone had worn pretty dresses and nice suits, everyone but Yoongi, saying he needed to finish a production and couldn't make it. The deadline was too important for his career.
"I'm not scarred."
"You started harassing my wooden turtle after fixing my fucking sink. That's not normal behavior."
You wanted a drink. Wanted to drown everything out once more, but you told yourself no more, no more drunken nights alone crying over nothing, because it was nothing, it really was, it was just some guy who didn't deserve you because he thought you were expendable and nobody wants that, right?
Crying on the phone, calling up Yoongi at two in the morning, asking what was wrong with you, asking why you couldn't get better, asking why you couldn't let it go.
"There's nothing wrong with you," he had said calmly, clicking away at his computer as he spoke. "It's how life is. You think it should be easy, but that's not how human brains work."
"I want it to be over," you had mumbled. "Want myself to be over."
The clicking at his computer stopped. Silence.
"My sink is broken. Can you come over this weekend and fix it?"
"... Y-Yeah."
No matter how many times you told yourself no more, old habits die hard.
You weren't even a plumber. Yoongi just didn't want to fix his own sink. He kept thinking he could shove random things in his garbage disposal to make them disappear from existence. 
"Yoongi."
"Hm?" he replied, standing up.
You turned to look at him. "Why was your disposal stuffed with lemons?"
Yoongi shrugged. "I thought it would smell better."
His sink wasn't even broken. If he had pressed the button longer, he would have ground them, even if they were whole lemons. You had automatically unscrewed the garbage disposal because that was usually his problem. He usually made a face, disgusted. What a damn prince. You kept scolding him that he should watch you carefully and learn to fix it himself.
You looked into his eyes. He shoved his hands in his pockets, looking back at you. Blinking slowly, covering his dark brown eyes for almost a full second, his lashes brushing his cheeks, framed by dark brows and dark circles from long nights, working on music, so many long nights of him listening to your drunken rambles, and sometimes you would be so drunk that you wouldn't remember, but you would see your phone history and the two-hour long call to Min Yoongi.
"I'm sorry."
He raised his brows and tilted his head. "Hm?"
"I won't call you late and drunk anymore."
He shrugged his shoulders. "It's fine. I'm usually awake anyway."
You laughed and nothing was funny. "I mean I won't bother you anymore. Your future girlfriend probably wouldn't like me calling all the time."
Yoongi didn't say anything for five seconds. A long pause.
"Have I had a girlfriend the entire time you've known me?" Yoongi asked plainly.
You blinked, slow, looking into those cat-like eyes once more. An almost blank face. No. Yoongi had never had a girlfriend the entire time you had known him. Working on music. Always shrugging when asked what his type was. Doesn't really matter, does it? If I find someone I click with, that's enough for me. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet, opening it and turning it to you.
A picture where the ID card should be.
A picture you knew.
You, with your hands on your smiling lips, almost crying, staring down at what you knew was a ring and a man on one knee, sparkling eyes full of joy. It was cropped so it was only your face and your shoulders, the top of the white dress visible, a peter-pan collar with puff sleeves. You remembered that dress. You remembered thinking you would keep that dress forever.
You remembered donating it after he asked you to give the ring back.
Yoongi snapped his wallet closed.
"I'm not going to have a girlfriend until you no longer want to know me."
He placed his wallet back in his pocket.
"That... that photo is terrible." You were surprised to find your words small, weak.
Yoongi shrugged. "It was the happiest moment in your life, right? I like it."
You shifted your eyes, not quite looking at him. "I have tons of photos on social media of me smiling."
Out of your peripheral vison, Yoongi nodded, tucking his tongue in his cheek. "Mhm, tons of posed pictures of fake smiles and pretending you've moved on."
He wasn't wrong. You took a deep breath.
"What... What am I supposed to do?" you said quietly, voice nearly breaking.
"Stop thinking that you have to get over it."
Your eyes went up, up, to his. Slow blink, impassioned expression.
"Everyone thinks pain goes away," Yoongi muttered. "It doesn't. You just get used to it."
You tore yourself up with the what-ifs, the how-comes, the does--he-regret-anythings, thinking it would help to map out all the possibilities, thinking it would help if you pretended it didn't exist, thinking it would help if you wallowed in it, thinking it would help, and cursing it all, digging up your old wounds and cutting them deeper, instead of leaving it there and accepting that they existed and that they would be there forever, forever and ever, because he was your first love, the first one who smiled at you and made you smile hopelessly back, the first one that made you want to hold hands and do cheesy shit, and you kept thinking you wanted that back, instead of understanding that everything after would be different, would be something else.
Something like...
Dumping five shredded lemons into Min Yoongi's trash can and shaking your head at his foolishness.
And he had your picture in his wallet and said nothing until now, said nothing at all until you said you wanted yourself to be over and then he asked you to fix his sink and shoved it full of lemons and showed you your picture in his wallet, not saying anything else, not trying to change your mind, only telling you that he was waiting.
Waiting all this time.
Yoongi's hands were still in his pockets, his face expressionless, but he was watching you carefully, blinking slowly, not saying anything more.
Just waiting.
Waiting for you to say something.
You stepped up to him, closing the distance. Looking up at him, tilting your head, leaning in.
He placed his fingertips on your lips.
"Life isn't like the movies," Yoongi said quietly.
You backed up, but his fingers stayed on your lips. Cat-like eyes no longer expressionless, but sad.
Because he knew.
"In life, there is no happy ending."
Just because you knew about your picture in his wallet didn’t mean that you were suddenly cured. It didn’t mean that you were over your first love, it didn’t mean you were ready, and it did mean that if you kissed him right here, right now, you would hurt him. Hurt him because all your brain could think about was a memory from long ago when time was different and you were stuck in that time, trapped, rewinding from the moment that you sat down at that restaurant and handed over your previous engagement ring.
And you could have said so many things, but nothing was right. Nothing.
You pressed your lips to his fingertips, vision blurring.
Saying nothing, but a slow blink.
Yoongi slow-blinked back at you.
-
"You're in love with her because it's easier than falling in love with someone who will actually love you back."
Min Yoongi didn't say anything. 
"This way you can have an excuse to feel like you're in love without the actual effort. Tell me I'm wrong."
Yoongi didn't say anything. 
He just stood up and left.
-
"You're in love with the idea of him. The way he was then. The memory, not him now."
You didn't say anything. 
"That's why you keep yourself from accepting anyone else. You've made a grandiose fantasy in your head. No one can measure up. Not even if he came back to you and proposed again. You're stuck in that time."
You couldn't say anything. 
You just stood up and left. 
-
“What would you like, miss?”
This was it. This was the exact table. The moment your life stopped. You looked up, but not at the waitress. You looked up at the seat that he occupied, the memory of a man who sat there long ago and asked you to give the engagement ring back because he was in love with someone else.
“Is it… Is it alright if I order a slice of your famous chocolate cake?”
“Just that?” The waitress sounded surprised.
You turned to face her. She wasn’t the waitress who served you that day. Of course, she wasn’t. The uniforms had changed too, black and white now instead of navy and white. You smiled at her, but you didn’t feel the smile in your soul. She blinked at you rapidly with her pen poised over her notepad.
“And a glass of champagne, please.”
She smiled back. “Oh? Celebrating something?”
You looked away, at the empty space in front of you. She looked too, as if there was someone there.
“Are you waiting for someone?”
“… No. It’s just me. I just wanted some champagne to go with my cake, if that’s possible.”
“Yes, of course.”
Soon enough the slice of cake was placed in front of you with the flute of bubbly champagne. There was a truffle on top of the cake with gold flakes. Even now, you remembered the taste of this cake. It had been delicious on that day. Maybe the best chocolate cake you had ever tasted, just the right balance of sweet and bitter.
It was during dessert when he told you.
How cruel it was, after an entire meal. Even though he clearly must have not been in love with you during that whole meal, you still thought he was. In fact, you still believed that he was. In your eyes, all the way until that point, you were the only one.
You lifted the dessert fork. Cut into the cake, a small bite.
You remembered that you had been so shocked that you didn’t even cry. You had gone numb, handing over the ring, not understanding, but your mouth was saying that you did. Watched him stand up and leave, telling you he would pay the bill and you could finish your cake. Leaving you there, alone.
You lifted the fork. Placed it in your mouth. The flavor, sweet and bitter.
It tasted more bitter than you remembered.
You had never come back to this restaurant all this time. It was like you were in the memory once more. Listening to him say I’m sorry and not comprehending what was happening. You didn’t even ask what you did wrong. Handing over the ring, and you didn’t even remember what the ring looked like anymore, not really, some shiny gem on some glided band. You stared at the empty space in front of you.
Your face felt warm. Your vision blurred. You blinked, slowly. You looked down and you saw round drops of condensation all over the chocolate truffle and cake slice, dotting the plate. No. Not condensation.
You touched your face.
The space in front of you, empty.
Pulled your hand back. Fingers smeared with streams of glistening droplets.
And then suddenly the sound of the resultant rushed back, previously muted by your reminiscing, and now it came crashing down and you could finally hear your own hiccupping and sniffling, shivers shaking your whole body, crowded by glasses clinking, plates shuffling, loud conversation, and jovial laughing.
You closed your eyes and buried your face in your hands.
And cried.
Finally cried for that girl all those years ago, sitting in this seat, frozen after his declaration, at some point getting up and wandering outside, not realizing that just like that meant you were alone now. Now you could go anywhere, anywhere but home, because home stood up and walked away from you, taking the ring and the symbol of your happily ever after.
There was so much noise that it drowned out your sobbing, hidden behind your hoodie sleeves. You didn’t know how long you cried, but it was a long time, so long that when you finally looked up, still hiccupping and shivering, your champagne wasn’t bubbling anymore. Your eyes and cheeks burned from the tears.
There was a small stack of napkins by your plate. That wasn’t there before.
You reached out and took one, wiping your face. It took maybe three napkins for you to fully blow out your nose and, even then, your head felt stuffy and clogged. You picked up your fork. Ate slowly, in small bites, sniffing the entire time. Took small sips of champagne in between. The space in front of you, empty.
You tilted your head.
You used to imagine him so clearly, sitting there. You used to remember exactly wheat he’d worn, but… what had he worn? You couldn’t remember. What had you worn? You used to know that too.
You speared the gold-flecked truffle with your fork.
Stared at the gold glimmering in the dim mood lighting of the restaurant. It was a yellow gold, shiny and luxe. Your chest felt tight. You turned it slowly on the fork. The gold glimmered, looking bright yellow in some parts. A little shredded because of the nature of edible gold leaf.
Reminding you of lemons for some reason.
In life, there is no happy ending.
You looked up, seeing that blank space.
-
“Why are you banging at my door at two in the morning holding a paper bag full of lemons?”
Your whole body felt hot from running. You stared at Min Yoongi, slowly blinking. He was still wearing jeans and a black sweatshirt, so he hadn’t been sleeping. Working on music? His voice was calm and unassuming, even if his actual words had some bite to them.
“Yoongi.”
He raised his eyebrows. “Hm?”
“You said in life there’s no happy ending.”
Those cat-like eyes watching you carefully.
“My happy ending stood up and walked away from me,” you said, chest constricting. “And I don’t think I’m ever going to get it back or if I even want it back, because I don’t know if it’s even real.”
Yoongi lowered his gaze. He took a deep breath. You lifted the paper bag of lemons. Held it out to him. They jostled, rustling the brown paper loudly. Yoongi jerked back a little, eyes widening.
“Take them. Because last time they got mangled by your disposal.”
Those dark brown orbs looked almost scared.
“Because they fell in there, right?”
His lips parted. You noticed they were over-bitten, dry and with small flecks of blood.
“Falling in there would take some effort, wouldn’t it?” Yoongi whispered, looking at you guiltily.
You moved your hand and suddenly the bag split, the bottom flopping open, dropping the bushel of lemons to create a plummeting waterfall of yellow fruit, hitting the floor of Yoongi’s apartment and the porch, rolling in every direction. It was almost comical, but neither of you seemed to notice or care about the lemons.
Because it was never about the lemons.
“I… am really bad at putting effort in anything that isn’t music,” Yoongi said softly.
“I… have a really good memory,” you said softly. “Too good, I think.”
One of the lemons rolled by your feet. A small bump.
You swallowed. You dropped the paper bag onto the ground.
Lifted your hand. Placed your fingertips on his lips. Those dark brown eyes had watched you all these years. Seen your frozen state occupying space, autopiloting through life. You closed your eyes. Digging for the memory of the happiest moment of your life. Once, it was a park, a man on one knee, and a ring glimmering before you.
But now, there was only aching blackness.
You opened your eyes.
Yoongi smiled behind your fingertips, small and sad. You couldn’t see the smile because it was hidden behind your hand, but you could feel it. He pressed his lips against the pads of your fingers.
He didn’t say anything.
Only gave you a slow blink.
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inspired by right where you left me by taylor swift the slow-blink is how cats communicate affection/love yes, the lemon scene at the end is inspired by RM’s bag of lemons splitting and falling anywhere in that one commercial, lmao
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!!!List of papyrus things!!!
(Update 3! mini update.)
For anyone who needs more info on the guy! Since you usually dont see alot of info about him!
A list of stuff thats just papyrus's tid bits i've collected overtime!
(Disclaimer: some things can be taken off of memory, though I did search most of the stuff up, so you dont have to worry too much. But if your feeling unsure, search it up! And correct me while your at it.)
his room doesn't play/have music.
(If you have reunited playing at enter his room, it'll disappear forever. Untill you go back and let it play again. Even without reunited, a song that plays no matter what room your in, doesn't play any music.)
Never takes off his battle body.
(According to sans, he only takes it off if he has no other choice too. Otherwise he'll just put clothes ontop of it, or just repaints it if needed. He does how ever, change his pants but never takes off the top.)
the minute "royal gaurd " is out of the picture, he's got nothing.
(It was the one thing he worked up for. When the royal gaurd disbands He says he "working hard on doing absolutely nothing". Then again this can be interpreted as papyrus does say he is working on something, despite not being a royal gaurd yet.)
He lies. (And can manipulate)
(Though he is really bad at lying, he seems to manipulate just fine, though its usually not out of malice. He gets undyne to befreind you by mentioning "challenge", which is a weakness of hers, since she never can turn down a challenge. And has lied about floweys name to her to. Has lied to sans or atleast mislead him about the things he knows about. Pretended he didn't know what a lab was during a call in hotland, but if you call him when sans isn't there, papyrus mentions the lab as if it was common knowledge instead of saying "Labrador-y?" As if he had no idea.)
Changes up his attacks
( if you get captured a few times, you see variation in his attacks. If you do it right, you can get him too skip half of his entire attack.)
Calls his own puzzles "Awful"
(This happens after battling papyrus, he says "WHO KNEW THAT ALL I NEEDED TO MAKE PALS... WAS TO GIVE PEOPLE AWFUL PUZZLES AND THEN FIGHT THEM??" This could be interpreted in many ways.)
Spikes, fire, traps, fencless bridges: are all safe for children, according to papyrus.
("EACH AREA HAS TO HAVE A PRECARIOUS BRIDGE" -bridge likely to collapse, dangerous. "ITS MANDATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. OF COURSE KING FLUFFYBOY WANTS TO UNMANDATE IT SAFER." "WHY?! WONT HE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!)
Has "talked" with asgore before.
(Sadly, asgore and papyrus has crossed paths. Asgore advises him not to but dangerous puzzles around town, for the children. Papyrus wants to put dangerous puzzles around town, for the children. This results in them bickering over saftey laws, with papyrus usually winning.)
Tried to start a flowey fan club
(On multiple occasions calls flowey "his best freind" and shows genuine love for the little guy. He even gave flowey a little red scarf to match his, during the 5th anniversary winter alarm clock.)
Has photo-graphic memory for phone calls.
-call in the room where undyne chased you. He seems nervous, or atleast stressed out during this call. I'll leave any and all interpretation to you.)
(Ps: papyrus has bad memory, but good photographic memory?)
His disliking for grease
(Says this during a call with undyne in grillby's place. Undyne says she loves grease, and he quickly dismisses his opinion in favor of hers. Of course, papyrus HAS visited grillbys before, as the dogamy and doggeressa mention him with sans. )
Calls alphys "great"
(During the first tile puzzle, he praises alphys by calling her "THE GREAT DR. ALPHYS" )
Knows about undynes crush on alphus
(He teases undyne a few times on this, leading to the "hot voice" and "audible wink" papyrus lines. He's not oblivious to the things around him, unless he chooses to be.)
Put limes in his eyes!
(Conversation in hotland! The guy thought limes where cucumbers and stuck them in his eyes. When. He thought it wasn't working he put more limes. It burned like hell but he says it was all to have "mettaton's bishoning eyes")
Knows about mtt's eyes
(Nobody seems to know that mettaton has eyes?! Undyne confirms this fact. Papyrus is the only one who outright mentions it.)
He got mettaton to do the tile puzzle thing
(FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON- mettaton was the tile puzzle robot alphys built. The puzzle robot papyrus had during his own tile puzzle. Infact, during mettaton's tile puzzle in hotland, he says that you'd is this a few hundred rooms ago. If you call papyrus, he starts rambling on all the instructions again. Hehe.)
he likes dinosaur oatmeal
(According to the undertale tumblr, flowey response to "whats papyrus's favorite food?" Is DINOSAUR OATMEAL!! YAY!)
really enjoys mtt's show and mtt in general.
(and mtt even helped him with a tile puzzle)
enjoys cars
Owns a car bed
(Want to drive one)
really freaking artistic!
(Paints a whole bridge, makes a snowpapyrus, made his own costume/battle body, built a okay replica of a sentry station)
The red book on the table in the skelebro's house is infact his!
(For specifics, the quantum mechanics book with infinite books inside of it. It isn't specified who reads it, but both brothers should be capable as jokes and puns are not out of papyrus wardrobe.)
has his own shed and tools.
(Also known as "the punishment shed, doghouse, cpature zone, guest room, a garage" or undyne's pun which was "the coolshed". Ah, to be enriched by shed puns... Wonderful.)
tried to learn the "horoscope"
(Got "stumped" according to sans)
thinks junior jumble is harder than crossword
wants a 6 pairs of hot pants and 6 pairs of legs to wear those pants
has a dream of owning a shop where he just sells flames
(Call near in waterfall, near the turtle man shop.)
He's very influential
(If he's the only one killed in a neutral run, even without undyne, a revolution will still occur. Look into it yourself if need be.)
Called himself a genius
(During the instance, where he talks to you after turning the light on in sans's room.)
Can't really tell when someones mad
(He couldn't tell when undyne was mad at him during a call. He asks us too.)
Doesn't watch anime.
(He thinks its like cartoons for babies. Jokes around with undyne for awhile before taking it all back once he knew she watched anime.-during one of the calls.)
Brutal kind of guy
(He says this himself, i don't exactly know WHY he thinks this of himself, but he does.)
Bookworm
Owns a bookshelf
(He has a book Its where his vast dictionary comes from.
Knows about the time and space manipulation tactics sans uses.
(HE KNOWS- HE MENTIONS IT WHEN HE TURNS ON THE LIGHT IN SANS'S ROOM!!)
believes you can be a better person, if you just try.
(And he's right. Even if you kill him he still believes this, beacuse well.. Its true. Undyne wont forgive you and try to kill you, sans won't fight you, bht he's still right either way)
Knows about river person
(He asks about how river person is doing. No body seems to know about river person, and its unsure if undyne knows about their prescence.)
The days in his date scene (Monday, Tuesday, weekday, Thursday,e.c.t ) changes depending on your computer. Even though the date in undertale is always Monday.
(River person has a scheduled thing that matches up to your computer date as well, but this is about papyrus, not river person.)
Weird abilities
(Flying and super speedy twirling, flying backwards. He doesn't even hide it.)
He's pretty freaking tough!
(According to undyne, the person who defeated asgore.)
His "absolutely normal attack" is a giant cluster of bones.
(In theory, his attack could be the size of the entire area, including the giant bone at the end.)
Papyrus can lower the giant bone at the end of his "absolutely normal attack"
Has Collection of bones (or was planning to make one.)
(The room behind the sink was made for.. His attacks/bones. Before toby(dog)came in and made a shrine instead.)
Is annoying dog's favorite target.
Has a cannon, spears, fire thingy, and a dog at his disposal.
(Displayed during the bridge scene)
One persistent dude.
Likes to say "NYEHEHE!"
Has alot of MTT items.
Owns makeup!
(Mtt brand of course!)
Never dated anyone before.
(He says it himself.)
owns a dating manual
Not much of a sleeper.
(To the point where he just calls sleeping "naps" which aren't that long. He outright says he's always working, so he doesn't sleep.)
Dislikes hotland
dislikes hotland x2
Dislikes hotlands puzzles
Dislikes hotlands ethics.
Doesnt know much about hotland
(Says he knows it like the back of his hand!)
Says he never taken off his gloves, so he has no idea how his hands look like.
(He wears gloves or mittens on top of his gloves. And refuses to take it off, like his "battle body")
Calls hotland's steam puzzles garbage.
Dislikes hotlands conveyors
Thinks L1 and R2 stand for left and right
( Of course, it takes him awhile. He starts making puns, and tries to compare the words to pasta, and THEN comes to the conclusion that its left and right. Its Trail and error.-)
Knows about death.
(Said he wanted to meet death one time during a waterfall call.)
He pauses when speaking as a lost soul.
("I MUST CAPTURE A HUMAN! THEN EVERYONE WILL. ...." This is unusual as he is the only one that pauses. This can be interpreted, but it is rather interesting nonetheless)
Alright this is a bit more interpretive. Things may not be 100% facts down here.
Disclaimer: i will be putting "Interpretive" in red coloring for things that have may my interpretation or opinions in! Please do be mindful in your search, and take it with a grain of salt. It doesn't make it comepelty wrong, it has facts! Just muddled with oppinions.
Ready?
self-worth problems.
( can be called interpretive: He always feels very unimportant, as if he doesn't actually matter. During a call in waterfall, with the puddle hallway, papyrus talks about not letting it "get to you" or something along the lines of that. Since undyne speaks from her experience with the puddles, then i'd assume papyrus would too.)
(I think its just a sign of self doubt or insecurity. Someone once said its dysphoria, which is a cool headcannon for paps or something. What ever it is, he has some demons that he doesn't want to let out.)
Forgetable.
( according to the genocide description)
( Interpretive: Other than that, he's not even noticable. Though, there are a few people that appreciate him, most dont really acknowledge him. Unless you kill him of course!)
Sad/depressed?
( interpreitive as well:Before the human showed up, sans explains how his brother was feeling quite down lately. We see a.. Happier side of papyrus through out our journey.. He vents out to us, the player/human, about things he dislikes, or troubles he faces. Hes like a froggit. Life is hard for a froggit.)
Smiles through things.
("This is where I tried to capture you! What a bad memory." -quote he says as he smiles through it all. He does have a sad emote, but so far i have only seen it during a call in hotland, where the CORE was shown. As your adventure is coming close.. To an end.)
Uses his playful "OUCH!" emote when you straight up kill him. Instead of his hurting/in pain emote when flowey catches him off guard before absorbing everyonesones souls.
(The reason is unkown, but that emote is normally associated with more of "light taps." Examples are, toriel's fireballs at asgore and flowey. Unless... Cutting off his head was considered a "light tap" then, but flowey wrapping him in painful vines is considered more painful than getting his head chopped off and still having enough consciousness to joke about it.)
He knows his cooking sucks and that nobody likes it.
(He's not naive. He knows. He even says it. "Nobody has like my cooking before!" - QUOTE. This isn't some hidden fact. He's trying his best, "mabye next year, he might even make something edible." -sans quote.)
That was all the stuff i gathered for now.
Feel free to tell me anything i haven't added! :)
yeah, hes a pretty cool dude, ain't he?
(Edit: i've added some new things to the bunch, and fixed/deleted ome opinions or unrelated junk. Please, continue helping me add!)
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expecto patronum
Post-The Fugitive. Jake and Amy talk Harry Potter, patronuses, and love.
✨read on ao3  ✨ 
“Hey, babe, I’m home!”
The door makes a distinctive clicking noise behind Jake as he locks it. It’s only one of the many sounds he’s getting used to; his new home is full of them, and they’ve become much more noticeable now that he’s here every day. He’s known his way around this apartment for a long time, but living there, permanently, is different. It’s a good kind of different, though. 
“In here!” Amy shouts from her – from their – bedroom, and Jake hurries to hang up his jacket and bag before going to greet his girlfriend. 
    He’s coming home late tonight. A questioning at work dragged over after a surprise confession, and as exciting as those are, Jake’s bitter over missing dinner and Property Brothers with Amy. He half hadn't expected her to be awake still, but once he was finally free to text her that he was on his way home, she replied straight away to tell him she'd be waiting. Rosa had teased him about how wide he’d been smiling, but Jake hadn’t found it in him to care. 
Amy’s laying on her stomach in bed with a thick book leaned against the pillow, resting her chin against one hand as she reads and holding up the cover with her other. Jake recognizes the book; it’s Prisoner of Azkaban, the third book in the Harry Potter series. He was reading it himself a few weeks ago.
“Ah, Harry Potter. Good choice.”
Amy closes the book against her index finger and looks up at him. “Yeah, you inspired me. How was work?”
“We got a confession,” he grins. “It was dope. Guy just started rambling, pretty much told us his whole life story for some reason, and now we have him. I even got to call the victim’s mom, tell her the news.”
“Sounds like a good day, then.”
“Yeah. Missed seeing you, though.”
“You see me all the time, babe. We live and work together.”
“I know, so it makes me feel even weirder when I don't!”
Amy laughs, letting out that adorable chortling sound he only ever hears when they're alone. Then she looks back to her book, scooching closer to her preferred side of the bed, and Jake takes that as an instruction to change into pajamas so he can join her. 
Any regular night, he would probably have taken time to shower and brush his teeth first, but it's been a long day. He simply undresses instead, smirking as he notices Amy’s subtle side glance when he takes off his shirt. This, these small moments of appreciation between them, is yet another one of the parts he loves most about sharing a life with her – it’s nearly midnight, he’s exhausted and he remembers Amy mentioning starting her period, so sex is almost guaranteed to be off the table – but she still makes him feel attractive, makes him feel confident and wanted. He never realized how much that being an equal exchange meant to him before their relationship.
   “So,” he asks her, “where are you up to in the book, then?”
“Almost finished the whole thing,” she says, looking very proud of herself. “I’m at the time-turner chapter. Harry thinks he saw his dad cast a patronus from the other side of the lake, but then he realizes just saw himself.” 
“Man, that part was so sad.”
“You think so?”
“Yeah!” Jake huffs, crawling underneath the covers. “I just… felt for him, you know? He wishes he could meet his parents, just once, even if he knows it's impossible. He wants this family he never had.”
“It makes you realize how in the end, he's just a kid. A brave kid, but a kid.”
“A kid in desperate need of therapy.”
“Amen,” says Amy, flipping a page. “Hogwarts mental health services do seem to be severely lacking. Did you know the dementors were inspired by the author’s own experiences with depression, by the way?”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Dark creatures with the power to bring out all the worst memories in your head, making you feel like you’ll never be happy again. Like you can’t even remember what it’s like. And the only way to defeat them is to hold onto the very happiest moments of your life and create a shield out of them.”
“Kind of deep for a kid's book,” Jake reflects, and Amy nods. 
“Maybe. But it's not pushed on them, either. It's a way for them to understand, without knowing that they're understanding. I always loved that about the Harry Potter books,” she says, a sudden dreamy look in her eyes. “They're just… intelligent.”
   Jake means to agree with her, but then his body remembers he's been at work for the entire day, and out comes an embarrassingly big yawn that makes Amy laugh. 
“Long day? I can read to you if you want.”
“Dreamgirl,” he mumbles. Amy rolls her eyes, but then she reaches out to pull him closer, her left hand running through his hair as she holds the book with her right, and he can see her smiling.
   Jake's not sure how long she's reading for. He loses track of time, but frankly, he doesn’t mind. Amy's reading voice is low, peaceful enough to relax him but varied enough to entice him at the same time. Her fingers keep brushing through his curls as she reads, tracing soft circles on his scalp. He listens to her read the part where Harry and Hermione fly on Buckbeak to rescue Sirius, and it doesn't matter that he read the book himself just a few weeks ago, because he could listen to her voice forever.
   He gets to do that now, he realizes, because they live together now. It may only have been a week, and not completely without its challenges, but it already feels like one of the best decisions of his life. Even though they were spending almost every night together before as well, there’s something special about coming home and Amy already being there. Not because they’ve made specific plans for her to be, but because that’s the norm, because home is the same place for the two of them now. There’s something intimate about getting to share a routine with her, working out a system for who gets the bathroom when in the morning, adding stuff onto the same grocery list. Even seeing his t-shirts next to hers in the dresser puts a smile on his face in the morning. It feels grown-up, and it feels stable, and it feels right. 
    He wonders sometimes if he could have imagined this the night she knocked on his door to tell him screw light and breezy. Honestly, he probably could have, even if he was too proud to admit it to himself in the beginning. But after a year and a half of dating, of which six excruciating months were spent apart (and hopefully no more will ever be, he thinks), Jake couldn’t care less about pride. He loves Amy Santiago, and he wants to spend all the time he can with her, give her everything and share his life with her for as long as she’ll let him. That, if anything, makes him proud. In any case, it’s like he said that first night undercover as Johnny and Dora – there’s really no one else’s opinion he cares about more than hers. 
    Amy finishes the chapter, reaching for a bookmark before putting the book on her nightstand.
“There,” she laughs. “That’s your goodnight story.”
“Mm, one more chapter.”
“Mm, no. It’s late, babe.”
“I have a question,” he says then, knowing it’ll garner her attention and give him some more treasured quality time before they really have to go to sleep. Amy raises an eyebrow and shakes her head lovingly at him, but then she nods. “Harry’s patronus is a stag, right? Like his dad’s animagus form. And in the fifth book, Hermione has an otter, and Ron some kind of dog.”
“A Jack Russell terrier. Yeah, why?”
“How is your patronus determined? Like… how does it know?”
“It’s supposed to reflect your innermost personality,” she answers, not missing a beat. “It represents something about you that makes you who you are. Something that gives you strength, I would say. So for Harry, that would be the thought of his parents fighting for him.”
“I like that,” Jake says. “A lot of things in that universe are just grossly poetic though, aren't they?”
This makes Amy chuckle. “Very true.”
“What do you think yours would be?”
“Oh. Hmm.” She presses her lips together. “I don't know. What do you think?”
“We could find out,” He grins, reaching for his phone. “I’m sure there's a BuzzFeed quiz.”
      He's right – and although Amy rolls her eyes at him at first, they end up having a laugh at the quiz, picking the options they think best suit the other one and shrugging when the results suggest Amy’s would be a horse, and Jake’s a stag.
“The descriptions are pretty accurate, though,” Amy says, reading from Jake’s phone. “Brave and fearless, and your greatest asset is your ability to love. Sometimes you get a bit hot-headed and impatient –” Jake fake-gasps. “– but your friends are your source of peace, getting you through the good and bad.”
“I still think it should be a ninja turtle,” he mutters. “But yours is true, too. Loyal, smart, underrated badass.”
“It just gave us the same patronuses as Harry and Ginny.” Amy smiles. “They do get together later, so I guess that works.”
“Spoilers! I haven’t gotten to that part yet!”
“Oh, come on, it’s really obvious.” She kisses the pouting grimace off of his face. “Different question. What memory would you use to cast your patronus?”
“I have thought about that,” he confesses, blushing. “It’s a three-way tie. The first time you told me you loved me. That evening when you stood outside my door and told me you wanted to be with me, for reals. Maybe even our first date, after the bet. All of those, together… I think they’d make a damn good patronus.”
“Wow.” Amy almost looks taken aback, like she wasn’t expecting that moment of sincerity. “I’m surprised you didn’t just say the first time we had sex or something.”
“Would you have wanted me to say that? Wait, is that yours? Santiago –”
“Oh my god, obviously not –”
“Obviously? Wow, hurtful, much –”
“Just let me finish!”
“Title of –”
“Stop!” Amy’s shaking with laughter, holding her hand on top of his mouth just for a second. “Stop, stop. What I meant to say was that it’s the same for me. That’s what I’d think of, too.”
“Even the bet? Even though you lost?”
“Yes, babe. Even though I lost.”
“So it wouldn’t be the first time we had sex, then.”
She smirks. “We’ve had better since.”
Then she leans over him, and her lips are on his, insistent but soft at once. His heartbeat’s speeding by the time she pulls away, and it satisfies him to see that her face is a little flushed, too. 
“For the record,” Jake mumbles as she rests her head on his chest after, “this, right here – would also work for a damn good patronus.”
“Oh, yeah. No dementor would stand a chance.”
“Mm. You’re a nerd, but I love you.”
“I love you, too. Goodnight, babe.”
“Goodnight,” he whispers, wrapping his arms around her and allowing himself a brief moment to revel in the feeling that’s started growing in him recently.
Forever, this could be forever.
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saecookie · 3 years
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Tag 5 or more people that you are thankful were in your 2020, that you’re thankful exists in a world that’s hard to live in. Whether that be through random reblogs on your posts, or people you have had full blown conversations with. Whether it’s just seeing them on your dash, or interacting with them.
Please Spread this love. 2020 has been hard for so SO many of us.
Tagged by @ineffable-yikes and oh god you’re a darling <3. I hope you know that and get a warm and cozy day and all the good things you deserve in your lil corner of the world ! Keep it up, you’re a gem, honestly, and as always, I’m proud of you !
Now let me get into a rant because. BECAUSE. Because I love loving people.
@maddiesup MADDIE ILU. I  cannot express how lucky I feel to be able to just. Kick in your  messages and just ramble or scream or. You know. Ilu ilu.
@gay-impressionist   hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. hhhhhhh. Les meilleures soirées de l’univers  rohlalala. Tellement contente de pouvoir te parler je. Je sais pas quoi  dire. <3 <3  
@megabadbunny my love my beauty my darling I am so very gay for you and your bunnies and your face and the light you shine and hhhh I don’t know how we evolved from tumblr once in a while cutie comments to I’M GONNA BONK YOU IN THE HEAD AND You’RE GONNA FEEL BETTER and I really, really love you and you’re so dear to me.
@sparklingwaterbabie can you believe we got to see each other in 2020 ? It seems so far away----. But what an incredible wonderful moment I had with you, I really really had the time of my life. I’ll def never see a kermit the same way :’).
@gingerteaonthetardis  HHHHHHHHHH oh boi. What can I say ? You’re so. Such a wonderful person ?  And I adore you ? And the way you seem to FEEL things and I vibe so  much with it and and and. You’re so bright. I really really really love  to see you around and listen to you talk about things and. Sending you  cute mushroom stickers. You’re forever linked to cute forest stuff in my  mind now. You’re trapped.
@i-lost-a-flip-flop i love you ??? so much ???? what I can I say ??????? I just do ???? Like, it’s so easy to talk and share and open up and. Yeah. I’m really, really so happy I met you (even if it wasn’t strictly in 2020 but you’ve been a soothing presence all throughout this year so YEAH).
@smallblueandloud honestly same I just. Really really love having you around. You’re spirited and clever and witted and I can just barge in and scream about my feelings and that’s so precious you have no idea. You’re a comforting presence and a safe person.
@galiifreyrose listen I’m not gonna say anything. You’re safe and musically galaxy brain and I feel like I share so much and you’re a new person to me and I’m not coherent but I don’t care. Yo’ure. Everything. 2020 would not have looked this way without you. I fucking love you so much and timezones and geography have never been so punitive. I. Just. Want to hug you and spend time with you and. Just be with you. (Guess I did say something...)
@effervescentdragon ooooh now I know you’re in your exam and I get to write this. Listen Aki. I’m. Beyond grateful that I’ve been able to meet you. And scream with you. And then vibe and share and talk and discover you and. It’s been a very few month, and a very few eventful month, so I guess there’s still a lot of things to be said and a lot of things we could disagree on, but honestly ? I just feel like we match ? And. You told me once “I don’t care, just talk to me about the emotions”. Well that’s this kind of moment, when I don’t have sentences, just emotions. Full of them. I’m sure you’re killing your exam. I send you all the best hugs you like. (I didn’t even start on how many freaking qualities you’re full of but it’s already getting a bit long and sappy...)
@goneadrift always such a pleasure to see you around honestly <3. It’s been a few years now that we’re mutuals and I couldn’t imagine my dash without you. And your fma viewing gave me LIFE.
@demoiselledefortune always a familiar presence on my dash, it would be v weird without you honestly, and I love seeing all those passionate reblog I don’t understand a thing about, like. Really. There’s a whole aesthetic that I love.
@skyler10fic listen Skyler I  absolutely adore you ok ? You’re such a bright spirit and. I really  vibe with everything you say ? haha. ALL THE HUGS TO YOU.
@elialys I’m ? So grateful ? For you ? I don’t know how to express it ? You’re so smart and talented and a good friend and and and. How are you you ? I wish I was able to TALK MORE but you know, stuff. I’m really grateful for you.
@booksandwoollysocks you’re so precious ? And I can’t wait to post this letter ? hhhhhh I’m really impatient. I love everything about what you blog and your opinions and everything. <3
@yellowsuedeshoes I’m shit at talking and I WILL have to try Destiny at one point because there’s no reason we’re the two europeans connected late at night and not making the most of it. I’m so glad I met you and got to talk to you so much in vc !
@melusine0811 Oh wow how my life changed since you messaged me on tumblr haha ! I’ll never thank you enough to show you gratitude. You’re so brave and so strong and I love being around you and don’t ever think I don’t appreciate you to the moon and back whaveter dumb brain says !
@crazyrose912 meeting you was such luck. You’re lovely and caring and strong and I can’t think of someone more peaceful than you. You really are the calm presence around here for me <3.
@cleverlittlejay you’re a gem and even if I’m shit at talking I really love every little message we exchange and fandom we don’t share and I wish I could just come and hug you !
@emjee I like following you so much because I discover SO MANY THINGS thanks to you and I. Just love seeing people being passionnate and. Yeah. So many hugs your way.
@elwenn-dreaming listen I always love seeing all your lil comments about stuff and posts and good providing of lotr meme and I’m sending you all the strenght I think you need to go through these 2 (maybe +) years because they can be good and I really hope they will be for you, you deserve it !!
@lastbluetardis hfsdgdkjfghdfjgflhg. All the love. And the vibing. And the video games. And the reading. And the sharing. And the feelings. I. You know. Still the “how are we the same age you’re so much more EVERYTHING”/”NO YOU” and I really love you and I wish I could just. Be more with you.
@doctorrosetennant oooooh you’re so sweet and precious and I’m so glad I got to meet you this year and we’re able to get each others back. Honestly this year would have been very different if I hadn’t met you all, really <3.
@timeladyofthesith I know we don’t talk much and everything but. I first met you through your writing and it. Really did something to me. And now I know you a little and you’re such a bright and spirited person and I really admire you ? And your cosplaying is gold ? And you’re so funny ? uuuuh we don’t deserve you.
@tardisinateapot meeting you was a gift and I’m grateful I can exist in your orbit and your wise and funny words and. Thanks for your grounding presence. You’re a gem and I love you <3.
@temporary-dysphoria I discovered your writing this years and WOW. It did something to me. And I’m very, very grateful for that, and thank you for your stories and for all your good content and opinions and I’d send you hugs if I knew if you’re comfortable with them, but without that knowledge let’s just say I wish it’s getting better your way !
@naromoreau (typing your @ I just discovered that I’ve always called you naNomoreau.... SORRY) I also discovered your writing this years and it’s so special and I’m so happy I did. Thank you for all your stories <3 <3.
@chocolatequeennk you’re a gem you’re a treasure I feel so safe and seen with you and I hope I can provide something good too and you make me so happy and just. Seeing you everyday. And your smiles. And the bad days. You’re just. hhhhhhhhhhh <3 <3.
@wildchildamandaa you know what ? Meeting you has been a gift. A real true gift because you’re so kind and soft and gentle and funny and adorable and I just want to hang out more because I’m just. Blown away by how cool and great and nice and strong you are. Iluvmuch.
@pellaaearien mgngngnngngn I really adore you and you being so NICE and I really don’t want it to be in the bad way because I know it can be a struggle but you’re really gentle and kind and generous and. Thanks for being around <3.
@sunnibits WELCOME TO TOLKIEN FANDOM you’re so smart and funny and I don’t really know you but you always me smile >w< !
@xyloophones lrehfdgdfkjg I LOVE YOU ? You’RE SO SPECIAL AND PERFECT AND YOU just. Get it when I’m screaming stuff and. I really really love talking to you and you’re such a warm person to be around. All cozy <3.
Other people I’m grateful for ! @tolkien-understands @turtle-pond-stims @finn-shitposts @hinamie @oreliel-from-valinor @charlottemadison42 @cleowho @letters-to-lgbt-kids @obiwanobi @eccleston @smolshoma1 @narootos and I’m forgetting a ton of people but. YEAH.
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theres genuinely so much shit going on in that au, idek how to explain it and i dont want to think about how we're gonna translate all those ramblings into fic form. but the gist of it is that leo was venting about wanting to fuck his brothers on cp and mikey found his account and started flirting with him through the site. then leo realizes this is mikey and mikey freaks out and tells the others whats been happening and raph gets so pissed and accuses leo of grooming mikey into doing those things. what raph doesnt want you to know though is that he also has a thing for his bros, and hes partially mad at leo because why couldnt he keep that shit to himself like HE has been doing since forever. mikey also likes them obvs but raph keeps acting like he was manipulated and he wont even let him near leo, so mikey starts to think maybe he WAS actually groomed.
donnie is the only normal one who doesnt want to fuck any sibling, but hes a little curious abt whether leo likes him or not so he asks and leo, sweet little leo, gets his fucking hopes up over that and its awkward because donnie can tell and he has to be like. oh no. im not into this, i just wanted to know, im normal.
anyway eventually raph gets found out for being an incest freak and now mikey doesnt trust him anymore because he kept acting like he was protecting him when he was feeling the same way leo was the whole time. leo is also pissed off at him because hes a hypocrite.
anyway stuff happens and leo and raph end up having this thing with each other and now mikey feels jealous and also REALLY upset because they kept telling him incest was wrong. and now while theyre being gay little bitches mikey has to deal with all that shit alone and its so unfair to him. how does he COPE.
also mikey is rlly isolated now because he doesnt fucking trust anyone and leo uses that against raph because its all kinda his fault <3
shit gets resolved eventually but it takes too long so i'll leave it there.
OMG I LOVE THIS. The way club penguin has ruined all the turtle siblings (I mean Ig except for donnie)....this is so terrible for mikey, I love it when he gets isolated from his siblings bc they're too wrapped up in other things (this time, in each other). Leo and raph specifically I feel like can get so consumed by their rivalry and suddenly even tho they care abt mikey he becomes more of a bargaining chip or smth to protect rather than their younger brother who they should care for as a *person* (uh, turtle?). I think mikey should start to want to make human friends again and that creates a lot of new drama between him and the rest of the brothers bc they don't want him to get hurt again but also to mikey it ends up feeling like they just want to play w his feelings and never let him have anything
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TMNT OC RAMBLES
My two favorite ocs!!! Gladiolus and Miki 
this is going to be a long LONG post so,,,, ye :) 
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Gladiolus is from the ROTTMNT verse and his bio has already been established [here], however the thing with Miki I'm working on is primarily from the 2k12 TMNT series.
(The information in regards to Miki have already been written so I’ll copy and paste here!!!):
A suspicious teen seems to be creating a disturbance in the streets of New York late at night. Thankfully it’s not at a startling point like what the turtles have been through before, however there’s something off with this girl that the turtles don’t quite understand. Ominous and cryptic in nature. The manner this girl portrays is something like a teenage girl (like their friend April), yet more reserved. Quiet even. However when looking closely at her behavior from a safe distance, their expressions change at such a rapid pace. From being calm to ballistic. Not only that, their height seems abnormally taller than most teenage girls their age.
Speaking of abnormal height, much could be said about their strength. With one instance involving a street fight with thugs that nearly left them all severely injured while she remained in perfect condition. Going on with her evening as if it was nothing to her. It’s too soon to assume the worst out of them as they only seem to pick fights with thugs, but what can be certain is that she is not completely human.
Unbeknownst to the turtles, this unfortunate soul’s name is Yamazaki Miki. Or as she likes to call herself, Mist. And the secret to her “interesting abilities” is that she’s cursed. As a matter of fact, her whole mother’s side of the family is cursed because of a foolish act their ancestor created when pushing a god to their limit by dismantling their temple and nearly burning it to the ground (among other things). An act that now has costed the family their freedom. Now and forever is this family at the mercy of an angry god that takes control of whoever they see fit in the family. A poor turn of events as the god dubbed “THE ENTITY” has chosen Miki as their mortal host.
Why her instead of her Mother Hoshi? Because the god saw a great fire in the child after their birth. Like nothing they’ve ever seen with this family. So it perked their interest enough to loom over the child and see what they could do. With the Entity’s supervision of course. 
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From what I’m remembering there were fun themes for the series like: fantasy, b-movies, sci-fi, horror...
The whole point of Miki’s character, or the theme I have rather, is horror mixed in with a grand [but threatening spirits]. You know, that kind of stuff! There might be samurai stuff sprinkled in there, but I’m more concentrated on the horror aspect. 
A thing I want to specify is that She’s not a bad person, but her actions dictate otherwise as she’s tortured, killed, and committed cannibalism. Most likely in that order. It’s not what she wants to do. As a matter of fact, she’s been trying to find ways to avoid this, yet the Entity commands this as a means to eat. And she simply has to follow what she’s been instructed. This is what her family has been doing for ages. It gets numbing after a while and you’ll see Miki go from enjoying meat to having a distaste for it. She still eats it, but in very small portions.
The one saving grace I have for both Miki and the Entity is that they deeply care for animals. Miki even has a cat she called Mrs. Moonlight. And the Entity takes great pride that Miki takes care of them. Chances are if they both saw a mutant animal the two would be fascinated and bright eyed.
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tractorbeamofwoe · 3 years
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Since we just entered the last week without any CatB news, let's all answer some questions as a quick game:
1. How are you preparing yourself to see them on stage after so long?
2. If it's right that they're gonna put an almost 2 hours long show, what are you expecting? Do you reckon they'll perform any new songs?
3. How long will Van's hair look?
4. Bets on their new album cover animal?
5. Picture yourself at the barrier in their concert. How are you looking?
6. I know the lineup is already perfect as many of us seems to love both Inhaler, Sam Fender and CatB, but would you add anyone else?
7. So then, to go to this concert you'll have to lose something, what's gonna be? It can be another artist concert you already have a ticket to, or your won't be able to see the next season to your favourite serie like in forever, or you won't see your team important match, or something else you are really wanting. Are you going then?
8. My very goodbye to you lot, if I am creative enough I'll come back next Sunday, the last one till we see the lads. Xx
Hey anon! It’s like 11/12 days until R&L and it can’t go any slowerrr. 1. I am nOT prepared at alllll 😭 my plan is to not go on my phone or at least not check social media the whole day so I don’t get any spoilers of the set. Then I can watch it blind on iPlayer haha. I feel like I nights cry but honestly I’ll just way too excited and hyped to even think about crying for a second.
2. Please two new songs would be nice but one song will do. Maybe an album announcement is a little too much to ask but wHO KNOWS it is Van McCann after all that man is full of surprises.
3. Same as it was in 2020 I’m calling it now. I can’t wait to experience a proper long hair Van era.
4. Omg I think I’ve rambled about this before but I’d love to see some sort of sea creature. I think some of the ones on my list are turtle, whale, dolphin, lobster, seahorse...endless possibilities lol. Or maybe it’ll be trash van or something lmfaooo
5. Disrespectfully 👀 no In all seriousness though, I could probably never get barrier for any concert because I overheat and get tired out too quickly. I’ll faint! 💀💀 despite that though of course I’d make an extra effort to look good in case bondy decides to look up from his pedalboard 😌
6. I’m waiting for the 7/7 uprising where we can have Catfish, Sam, Chintzy and Jango all playing the same festivals it’d be bonkers. PLUS a Symphonic Pictures reunion. I also really enjoy a good Blossoms set and unfortunately I don’t think they’re playing this year but hopefully next time 🤞🏻🤞🏻 There’s also a local band I love called The Native who just played Boardmasters and I’d love to see them get big 🥺
7. I would happily sacrifice...uhh...I don’t think there’s anything as important to me as this gig 😭
I’ll give up reading fics for two weeks or something idk 💀
8. YESSS and it’s bondy’s birthday. I can’t wait ❤️❤️
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