#Love the thought of Gavin being good with kids but not in a way that any educator would support

[washa]

I listened to Friendsgiving audio and here’s my favourite personal comments/thoughts!

Lasko being late?? Again?? Honey you’ll be rivalling Asher at this rate 😭

Who is he talking to? Like which listener?? I’m just gonna assume it’s coworker. 

Oh nvm it is Coworker 🙏 Yes i’m very excited to meet them too. 

AWH YOU CAN HEAR HIS SMILE IN THE “I’m glad!” FWEHJJ

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HIII DAMIEN 

Lmfao why’d he sound so surprised to see Coworker? I mean who else would they be coming with?? Huxley???

“And you decided to come anyway, Blink twice if you need help.” Thanks Damien, I’ll keep that in mind 🙌

I like how he’s talking about Huxley like he’s some sort of spawn of devil destined to ruin his life when it’s literally his boyfriend.

It is for your own good, last audio you nearly burst a blood vessel Damien.

Why is he saying it like it’s a bad thing?? Relax babes.

GAVINNN HIII OH MY GOD OF COURSE THAT’S THE FIRST THING COWORKER HEARS FROM GAVIN

I love the sigh of frustration from Damien.

“Ooh, It’s been awhile since I was called the devil. Are you looking to make a deal wildfire?” GAVIN 

LASKO PLEASE, I’m so happy he’s more snarky.

Me cro wai vey. Of course Damien brings that up.

“No he’s not.” HELP THE WAY THEY BOTH SAY IT AT THE SAME TIME LMFAO 

God Damien is such a drama queen. Yeah let’s play some mario kart.

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Huxley. Is it black/grey or clear?? What do you mean is that steam or smoke???

Damien sounds like an asian mom, I’m crying 😭

“Huxley, Open the door.” You were meant to be mine, I was meant to be yours! (The girls who get it, get it. The girls who don’t, don’t.)

Damien please sit down, Gavin please shut.

I love how Coworkers first interaction of DamiHux is Damien pleading for Huxley to open a kitchen door. 

“No can do baby.” URGH STOP IT.

Wait, isn't this the same song that was playing when Gavin and Damien were talking about him and Hux in the coming out video. Livin’ On a Prayer is a DamiHux song canon. 

THAT’S WHAT I'M SAYING LASKO, THERE'S NO WAY IT ISN'T.

Huxley you softie, he’s probably gonna shove right pass you and go cook 😭

NOO NOT THE ROLLS, Nevermind he gets shoved out immediately. His whinging, god he’s suffering out there. He’s like a dejected puppy. 

“Oh my god he’s losing his mind.” Huxley, that's the love of your life out there. 

They’re both delusional. It will not be good in the end. 😕

Awh Huxley, yes we love baby steps. OH MY GOD WHAT. DURING WHAT NOW 😨

Tbf yeah Freelancer is the last person to worry about when talking about your sex life 😭

Ay no worries, Love ya. YES HUGSS. OH SHIT WHOOPS. 

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Yes, let's sneak into the kitchen like some sort of reboot version of Spy Kids. 

Damien’s pleading his case right now, Take a break bro, You’re going through the stages of grief rn 😭

“I’m beating you again Damien look at the TV come on.” Why did he say that so sexily, what the fuck 😕

HELP HE JUST OPENED THE DOOR RIGHT AWAY.

Awh Huxley is so sweet, Yes I do hugs you big baby 💕

“Lasko gets such a big smile on his face anytime he talks about you, And anybody that can make a guy as sweet as him happy is great in my book.” STOP IT, YOU’RE SO FUCKING ADORABLE OHKJLKJF

Freelancer? That’s me though?? HELP WHY IS IT SILENT 😭😭

Yeah I bet we’re hitting it off, can’t hear shit but yeah 😇

Bless Lasko, please do help him with the cooking.

Are we talking right now? HOW LONG IS THE SILENCE. 

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Gavin and Damien have such a funny dynamic, love em both.

“I think you and I have very different ideas of revenge.” “I bet in this case they’re more similar than you think.” Glaring at the HBA bonus audio rn.

I can’t tell if Lasko’s being truthful or just polite. 👎

Oh Damien approves, We’re in the clear then!

LMFAO OK?? Huxley uses a pickup truck canon. 

“And if you ever lock me out of the kitchen again, I’m setting your truck on fire.” “Awh, There’s my man!” MY LITTLE SRUNKLIES ADORABLE

For a second I thought Huxley was gonna say Mate and my brain just did a reboot.

Yippee a toast! Here here! OH MY GOD HUXLEY YOU’RE RIGHT.

WE’RE LIKE AVATAR 🙏🙏 

“We can make a really destructive Orgy?” LASKO LMFAO WHAT BABES YOU’RE LOVER AND BOO THANG IS RIGHT THERE. 

Actually no, Coworker probably fell in love with him more. 

Yes, I'm very happy to be here Damien.

#redacted audio #redacted asmr #I think this a sign for the summit actually #the summits gonna be a nightmare. #redacted friendsgiving #redacted damn crew #redacted damien #redacted huxley #redacted lasko #redacted dear #redacted coworker #redacted freelancer #redacted gavin #washa rants!!

[sinnaminttoast]

Monarchal Summit…SPOILERS FOR PART THREE

I’m back on my bullshit to give you my reactions/thoughts on this video.

First of all I want to establish…HOW MUCH I LOVE PORTER SOLAIRE! Literally argue with someone else cause I refuse to change my mind on him 😍 he’s such a sassy man and I just…omg 🤭

If there’s one thing Porter Solaire will do…he will give his one liners

I haven’t gotten this giddy over a character since Gavin’s second love confession video. (Tbh also Hush…BUT I DONT NEED YA’LL JUDGING MY TASTES ON THIS POST! 😭 tbh I should talk about like my top five or seven characters…?)

I also never thought I’d hear him say “clout” but here we are.

Tbh, I’m not completely surprised Porter killed Alexander. He had the time to do it. Now my question is…He never told Asher that he was the one to push Sweetheart out of the room but maybe it was him? He also just never explained where tf he got that demon blood.

SO WHAT IF VEGA— *gunshots*

But omg…ya’ll this game is a MESS! All of the houses just do not give a fuck…AND ME TOO! FUCK BOTH OF THOSE BITCHES!

I don’t know if William fully thought this through though. Maybe he did but this kinda leaves a bad look on Vincent and Lovely. He already had no experience in hosting the summit. He was told to host the summit and THEN was told he had to deal with Porter. He was stressed OUT

And even at the summit, he gets treated like the naive kid who knows nothing.

I Can see why Vincent is upset. I’ll give him a slight pass since the only murder he’s ever committed was Adam and that was purely because he had broken vampiric laws? Customs? I forget the word. Anyways, he’s always been the type to just want normalcy. As much of it as he can have ever since he lost his humanity.

So to find out that the people you are around have blood on their hands and that there’s been a game going on unbeknownst to you…oof. My man has also been stressed the fuck out the days following up to the summit AND on the day of the summit…can’t say I blame him.

BUT WHEN PORTER SAID WILLIAM SEES VINCENT AS HIS CHILD???

Why would you say that? PEOPLE ARE CRAZY PORTER! 😭

William has quite the way of….doing things? But just because he ate this one little thing DOESNT MEAN I forgot what Dean wright said in the first video of the summit.

I’m not trusting we’re safe from Quinn and his friends UNTIL I HEAR HE’S DEAD!

AND ANOTHER THING—

Porter I’m so sorry sweetie for what you’ve been through 🙁

But not him just leaving and saying “I love my voice and all but I am tired after committing a bit of murder. Good night 🫶☺️”

He was also just getting tired of repeating shit 😭 like he was about to whack Vincent if he had to repeat “Closeknit and House of Bennett work together. Both bad. Me kill Alexander. Society = safe.”

Anyways…that’s all I have I think?? Oh and Lovely! I’m sure they’re pissed off about Vincent being hurt and how he was treated over all. Like…they just had their business all aired out and now their partner is just…hurt.

Is William a bad guy? Nah, I don’t totally disagree with him killing those two fucks. However, I wonder if he thinks this won’t bite him in the ass?

Idk..hopefully this does start leading to Closeknit’s downfall CAUSE I NEED THEM GONE

#redacted asmr #redacted audio #redactedverse #redacted monarchal summit #redacted william #redacted lovely #redacted porter #redacted vincent #idk..thoughts #i hate my brain

[fluffykiddosstuff]

what is loves ? (nines x gn! reader part2)

Okay so in this story Connor and Gavin are a couple :3

L/n : last name

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Nines pov :

As I sent the message to Connor, I waited a bit before getting a response

C : what do you mean?

N : it's for the case, maybe it was something love related so I need to gather more information, detective l/n left so I can't ask them.

It was half true actually, but Connor didn't needed to know what happened with his software earlier.

C : can't you research it?

N : I did but the definition is incomplete and doesn't help, why would humans have butterflies in the stomach? Can androids get them too?

C : it's an analogy - anyway, in some cases, love can make an another person do crazy things like kidnapping their lover so they can only see them, killing an "opponent" to keep them or even killing the loved one if they can't have them, do you understand?

N : yes I think so.. It's unpredictable like deviants right? But why people like love so much if it hurts?

C : well.. Nothing is all black or white in a relationship, it's more Grey, and sometimes it gets darker or lighter, for example, when hank found out I was dating Gavin, he got absolutely crazy and pursued him in all of the office, hank and I have a "father and son" relationship, he thought he meant well but ended up hurting my feelings, so he apologized and accepted Gavin, well sort off.

N : I think I understand better now, thank you

C : no problem, good night

Many days passed since this night but the "feelings" Nines was experiencing, we're getting bigger and bigger every time something happens between both of you. Even if it was something very little. On the good way, you all almost got the case clear, you all just needed to go to the suspects house and interrogate them, easy right?

Nines knocked on the door, Connor was on his left while you and Gavin were behind them, hank being at the station for something else and would come later.

"anybody home!?" screamed the Rk900, at first nothing, but you all heard shuffling inside, Gavin drew his pistol out and so did you, the androids broke the door and you all started to search the house after your suspect.

You got downstairs when Gavin searched at the kitchen, nines got into the rooms and Connor made sure the suspect couldn't get away, there was a 50/50 chance that the suspect would be armed, but oh nines was wrong to let you go down there alone. The three of them heard a loud scream and shuffling coming from the basement, the upgraded android was faster to get down and reach to you, there was no much light but with his advanced optics, he could see many pictures on a board, some crossed with a red X or a big circle also in red, all of them being android-human couples. The next one was a picture of you and him, going out in the park and talking about some personal stuff, when did that happened? Why didn't he noticed him take a picture?

But that wasn't the more alarming thing, he had you under his gun, yours being far away behind, he scanned you and saw you had a broken arm, due to fighting against this monster. His fists clenched and he lowly cursed.

"STAY WHERE YOU ARE OR I'LL SHOOT THEM!"

Nines searched all the possibilities, you had a chance of survival of 20%, he had to save you. He couldn't lose you.

He contacted Connor to tell him to stay upstairs and call backups, as much as he despised this man, he tried to talk with him to gain more time.

"why do you do this, killing these couples?"

"IT'S NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUISNESS GOD DAMN MACHINE!"

Chance of survival : 10% ⬇️

"we aren't even a couple, juste coworkers, if you hate so much androids I'm the one you should kill not them."

"Nines no-"

Chance of survival 30% ⬆️

"yeah you are right, androids always fucks up everything! I had a wife, and kids! This bitch cheated on me with him! Heck even my kids doesn't speak to me anymore saying he is a better dad than I am!"

"I-I understand your hatred towards us but why do you kill the humans too? Don't you want to protect your own r-race?" you managed to say, even if it was hard to breathe with his arm around your throat.

"I-I guess I wanted to get rid of the people who thought they were alive, so no one would think like them anymore and see they were only machines.. Only big ass roombas doing the chores!"

Chance of surviving 50% ⬆️

you started to cry, having the man's arm under your throat and all the  stress was making you crazy, you  looked at nines with pleading eyes.

"i'll take their place as the hostage, let them go"

the man grinned and looked at nines 

" oh no they are more valuable than you, you can get easily replaced right ? they can't"

that's when a sound was heard behind the man's head, a pistol where you take the safety off, there  was hank, he appeard through the big window in the basement and stood behind the threat.

"hands where i can see them, no sudden moves" 

hank got upstairs with him so the other officers could take care of him. you dropped on your knees, crying, the rk900 came closer and stroked your cheeks, taking the tears away.

" are you alright ? no other injuries ?"

"no i'm okay..thank you nines, you saved me.."

the android's LED spinned yellow and red at your words, why did you thanked him, it's hank who saved you after all.

"i didn't do anything i-"

"no that's not true, you are the one who runned when i screamed, who gained more time and contacted the others, if you weren't there, i would either be dead or a threat to the others, so thank you for that"

you took his hands in yours, he then did the thing you didn't know he could do, he hugged you, tightly but not too tight to cause any discomfort to your broken arm. tears of joy started to make their way on your cheeks and you hugged back.

"why did you wanted to sacrifice yourself nines ? i want to know.." you looked at him in concern

"because..you are the most amazing human i know, i can't take it when you are hurt, and i can be easily replaced after all"

"no don't say that i..i don't want an another rk900 sent here i...i just want you"

you stroked his cheek and started to get closer, nines came closer and kissed you on the lips tenderly. you separated and connected your foreheads together.

"you broke protocol didn't you ?"

"yes, only for you"

that's when the basement opened to a worried connor who smiled when he saw both of you in each others arms, the funny part was when gavin poked his head to see what was going on and screamed at the top of his lungs :

"ARE YOU GUYS GONNA COMME OUTTA HERE OR FUCK ALREADY !?"

you both laughed as you got upstairs, nines putted you in the ambulance and waved as you got away to get taken care of, he turned to a smiling connor holding his boyfriend hand, who was muttering god knows what and was red as a tomato.

"i wish you to be happy nines"

both of the rk units smiled and the predecessor got in a car to go back to the dpd, making reports with his partner, the rk900 looked at his hands then at the sky, smiling

many adventures awaits both of you, hopefully for the best

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#x reader #detroit become human #fluff #dbh rk900 #dbh #dbh gavin #dbh gavin reed #gender neutral reader #dbh hank #dbh nines #angst with a happy ending #light angst #angst #connor rk800 #rk900 #rk800 #dbh rk800 #nines rk900 #reed800 #gay couple #gay #gavin reed dbh #gavin reed #rk900 x reader #nines dbh #dbh nines x reader

[capitalisticveins]

D(a)emon Headcanons (Ft Starlight, Freelancer, and Precious)

Again, I call Regulus’ listener “Precious” because I really don’t know their nickname

- Gavin flosses 4 times a day

- Avior wears glasses with chains attached

- Warden has worn the same flower crown for so long that it’s dead, nobody has the heart to tell them

- Scorpius fakes his accent

- Whenever Freelancer wants to sleep in, and Caelum won’t let them, they open their phone, go onto Youtube Shorts, and show him someone playing Subway Surfers.

- This distracts him for 10 minutes to 3 hours, and usually ends the 3rd time he sees Family Guy.

- Avior has never had coffee, so when he and Starlight planned on going to the coffee shop, he was actually looking forward to it

- Vega loves Regina George from Mean Girls.

- Cam has a Zen garden, it’s his pride and joy

- Gavin ADORES jelly donuts

- Regulus can draw…like..scaringly good

- Whenever he modifies memories, Scorpius usually steals some traumatizing memories as well

- Warden loves Zootopia

- Gavin only knows “pecs” as “tits”

- If your version of Cam has long hair, he wears it in a ponytail

- One of them has a badass spear, I just don’t know which

- Avior uses cable boxes to watch TV

- Caelum doesn’t know his ABCs, or how to talk telepathically

- Caelum watches PBS kids

- Scorpius has a dress somewhere and it looks SO damn good on him

- Delphinus has the calmest smile ever

- Warden has never fed on sadism, they didn’t know it was something they could do. They hated doing it for the first time with Vega.

- Scorpius plays tic tac toe with himself and hates it when he loses

- Vega has a chipped horn

- Avior CANNOT jump rope

- He WILL fall on his face after being caught on it

- Warden can only jump rope if they do it backwards

- Due to the way Regulus grips his pencils, he can only draw traditionally

- Despite popular belief, Cam prefers Lemon Tea

- Gavin microwaves water just to piss off Damien, especially if there’s a kettle in front of him

- When Warden first coalesced, their first words were incoherent and LOUD. They were just taking in the beauty of Aria for the first time and didn’t know how. Their steward/ess was concerned about them. They got embarrassed when they realized what was going on.

- Scorpius hates streaming sites purely because of their raising prices

- Caelum was forced to soap his mouth out after one of his older brothers’ tricked him into saying “comé mierda” to Delphinus. He thought it meant “I love you”

- Warden uses Instagram reels

- Vega only talks telepathically because he bites his tongue with his sharp teeth so often he took a vow of physical silence

- Avior hates fantasy books because of how much they get wrong

- Cam and Warden used to have tea time on Wednesdays before they decided to “rehabilitate” Vega

- Regulus can’t operate a camera

- Caelum likes to pretend to be a dinosaur and have Cam try to defeat him

- Gavin has a unicorn onesie somewhere in his closet he wears to sleep with Freelancer

- Warden always blushes when they smile. It’s not a romantic thing, their cheeks just go red.

- If your Warden is darker skinned, their pupils expand when they smile.

- Scorpius has broken covert for fun, like, 7 times

- Regulus uses Tarot Cards on himself. The first time he used them, his future was the “6 of Lovers: Attraction, Upside Down”^1

- Avior does the Velma “My glasses! I can’t see without my glasses!” thing whenever Starlight steals them. He doesn’t need them, but he likes how they look

- Regulus likes to kiss Precious’ hand as a romantic gesture 

- Warden wears glasses for fun, inspired by another inchoate demon they befriended

- Vega refuses to call bananas “berries” and glares at anyone who does

- Cam believes in astrology

- So does Caelum

- Delphinus is TALL, I’m talking 6’11

- Gavin wears shirts with boob windows, if it wasn’t obvious enough

1: Infatuation, Passing fancy, Lust

Taglist: @ryn-halo26

#I kept falling sleep while writing these #im so sorry #Redacted Audio #Redacted ASMR #Redacted Gavin #Redacted Caelum #redacted camelopardalis #Redacted Scorpius #Redacted Regulus #Redacted Vega #Redacted Warden #Redacted Avior #Redacted Delphinus #Redacted Freelancer #Redacted Starlight #redacted precious

[brandnewhuman]

KAMSKI'S

DEVIANCY

STORY

∆ headcanons ∆

STARRING:

- my new favourite traumatised gen Z man -

(honorary mention to Gavin Reed and his aggressive gremlin vibe)

CONTENT:

Tw: childhood trauma, talks of abusive parents and implied nasty accidents, drug abuse, angst so much angst and no fucking comfort.

Summary: just me and my nasty little thoughts on how our brosky grow up

A/N: OFC I COME BACK WITH A POST AND THE FIRST THING I DO IS ANGST. I got too carried away with this stuff and i ended up deciding on maybe doing a part two if anyone would be interested. And yes, I didn't wait for the poll to be over cause I can already see this was everyone's favourite choice. IM ACTUALLY KIND OF NERVOUS CAUSE ITS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE I'VE POSTED SO HAVE FUCKING MERCY BROS anyway enjoy

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This man as well as Gavin has a really big trauma baggage going on

I genuinely think that the Elijah we see in the game, while not entirely good with high morals like Connor, is not as bad as everyone is making him to be

He is the definition of fake it till you make it when it comes to confidence

I'm like 109% sure Elijah's family used to struggle with money or they never had to worry about it

there's no in between

I base that on the reason he "left" (mf was booted out of his own fucking company lol) cyberlife

Which btw, leading a whole fucking company when you're still a teenager wasn't fun, 0/10, he would not recommend

He has been taken advantage of in the most horrid way possible and I think that's why he is now that type of person who never does something for nothing

He has never shown an interest on making his creations for the sole purpose of profiting from them as much as he can

He has always wanted to do much more even at cost of not getting any financial benefit from it

That says two possible things

He has seen the effect money has on people and hates the idea of turning out to be money hungry like his parents, sacrificing something much more important and dear to him just for the sake of money

Which can come from either his parents pushing him so much just because they knew he was their only chance to get a the life they wanted and the sort of money they struggled to make

Or because he has seen how his family has ruined lives or relationships for the sake of keeping their high quality life and how they have pushed that idea onto Gavin and him too which ended up in Gavin not being looked after most of time since he was not fitting their standards of heartless high achiever from whom they could get something too

I would probably tend to believe more the poor background because of how Elijah presents himself

He's very laid back even tho he has the means to be more fancy

The few things ones see of his house during the game makes me believe that he's not very much into opulence but more in indulging himself with stuff he gets joy from rather than spend money on things that show off his wealth

And because I want to, like as a treat to myself

MOVING ON

I've already said it but I'll mention it again for context purpose

Gavin and Elijah are siblings. I know many in the fandom say they might be cousins but I like the siblings idea more

or it could be full siblings but because Gavin resents Elijah he just changed his last name so he wouldn't have to be associated to him or his family

Either way they don't get along anymore because how their parents treated them which is why they grow apart

They were not the type of parents who physically abuse but they did emotional abuse their kids

Gavin and Elijah were put against each quite a lot and they never got the chance to fucked up or do what they really wanted cause they parents made it very clear that their love and affection depended on how much the kids met their standards

And even between each other they weren't the best example as either adults, a couple or parents

Which ended up making Elijah's social interactions and relationships very difficult

I can see Elijah being one of those really delicate and surprisingly sensitive kids growing up

Like I feel like he had struggled a great deal with regulating how much and how often he showed emotions and because of that he got bullied a lot

LIKE HE WAS THE TYPE OF KID TO ALWAYS BE SO EXCITED WHEN TALKING ABOUT STUFF HE LIKED OR ALWAYS READY TO GIVE HUGS TO ANYONE

Which ended up in either getting his feelings crushed by people telling him he was annoying or not even listening to him at all

The only person who always had the patience and the willingness to match his energy when it came to certain things was Gavin

They absolutely defended each other at school even tho Elijah almost always ended up eating shit because he wasn't as strong as he thought himself to be

Bro got his physical demonstration of affection bullied out of him cause kids are cruel, adults are shit and my man here didn't stood a fucking chance

IN FACT i bet he got to a point where it genuinely weirded out when his parents tried to hug him or touch him in general cause he already learn that wasn't "their thing"

I truly believe he didn't always give a single flying fuck about androids and being a scientist in general

I bet he wanted to do something more artistic as a kid and he was very good at it but his parents always told him that being an artist is not a real job and it's a useless hobby because it doesn't gives you anything to live of from

So he just like kind of made being extremely good at school his whole personality

Like he altogether stopped having any type of hobbies ecc and if he did he just forced himself to not indulge in them

Which ended up in isolating him even more from other kids

He was basically already an adult when he was supposed to just be a kid and have fun

And obviously,besides Gavin, no one really understood him

He was too emotionally stunted for kids to relate or interact with him and adults were just overall condescending with him

The only time teachers or other adults noticed him was because of his academic results

It was Gavin who accidentally planted in him the idea of creating his own friends

Gavin loved to read classics and that's a hill I'm willing to die on

He stopped because when he started working he didn't had time

Elijah's enjoyed reading too which, again, was Gavin's doing

His favourite book was obviously Frankenstein

Which btw the Frankestein shirt he wears in the game? That's 100% Gavin's gift and he wears it as some sort of lucky charm

That was the one he used to borrow more frequently from Gavin

The thing went more or less like this

They both were arguing about whether or not the doctor went too far with certain things and, most importantly, if the creature did really deserve to live or not

Obviously Elijah took the side of the monster and Gavin said that of course he was siding with the creature since he did too acted always like he has been alive for like two days instead of 13

Which lead to Gavin making a reference to bicentennial man

Which he didn't understand cause he has never saw that movie before

One thing lead to another and Gavin made Elijah watch the movie which was what sparked the idea of androids in Elijah

YES, HE WAS INSPIRED BY THAT MOVIE AND NOT I ROBOT. THAT MOVIE WAS ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING AND IT'S WAY BETTER ROBOT REPRESENTATION THAN I ROBOT

At that point Elijah was already like a fucking genius and was way ahead his grade even tho he didn't think until then what career he wanted to pursue

The problems between him and Gavin were already starting cause their parents started to notice how smart was Elijah compared to Gavin

At first he thought it was unfair to him because they didn't let him have fun or go out like Gavin

They pushed him to his limit and there have been a couple of incidents where, if it wasn't for Gavin that cared for his well being despite what was going on, elijah would've ended up really bad

then he started to notice how it was unfair to Gavin as well

because they were actually just not giving a flying fuck about what he did since it wasn't important anymore

It made him sick with guilt to see how their parents were visibly struggling to even do the bare minimum as parents when it came to gavin

And Elijah was already starting to have other type of troubles

being that young and skip grades where you ended up in a class full of older people wasn't the best and he did start to take very poor decisions just to make himself liked

It was some sort of silent rebellion too

He started taking drugs which initially were meant to just help him show his classmates he was "mature" enough

And then he just started to need them to power through everything he needed to do

He was so hellbent on his idea of creating a sentient being that could emulate humans if not perfectly even better that he didn't even care what he had to do in order to achieve it

And at that point both Gavin and Elijah hated their parents so he had no problems in using their "help" to get what he needed

I personally believe, like I said in the other post, that something really fucked up happened between Gavin and Elijah which resulted in a major fallout between them

Maybe it's because lately I've been thinking about hereditary (idk why since I have never seen the movie but whatever man) and the fact that I've seen the parents go batshit crazy because the son accidentally killed her sister (?)

BUT I'M UNFORTUNATELY HAVING THE WORST IDEA EVER

Elijah's parents are overprotective with him not out of love but out of interest cause exploiting your kid is always a great family bonding activity to choose

And they try to keep him and Gavin as apart as possible cause they think Gavin would "ruin" him and his future with his influence

So I feel like Elijah was pestering Gavin to sneak out together and do some cool teenager stuff he didn't get to do before as an attempt to bond with his bro again

Elijah was high as kite and that mixed with stupid teenager ideas and reckless rebellious teenage behaviour doesn't mix well

Long story short Elijah and Gavin got into a pretty bad accident and Gavin (fortunately or unfortunately depending on the point of view) got out of it without much harm

But Elijah did got pretty fucked up bro NGL

I can see how that, the fact that Elijah was not there to testify the fact that Gavin didn't do anything wrong and that it wasn't his fault, and the doctors finding traces of drugs in Elijah system obviously didn't ended up well

You can imagine their parents reaction

That was the point where I think Gavin broke off contact with his family completely and just got the fuck out of there

Like I said I can imagine Elijah carrying the guilt for the rest of his life and has never actually had the courage to try and contact Gavin after that

THERE'S SO MUCH MORE I WANT TO SAY BUT I FEEL I MADE THIS TOO LONG SO YEAH

#elijah kamski #elijah kamski dbh #elijah kamski headcanon #dbh fandom #dbh headcanons #detroit become human fandom #detroit become human headcanons #dbh fanfic #elijah kamski fanfic #neil newbon #detroit become human #detroit become human fanfic

[cj-the-random-works-in-progress]

Introduction Post

Hello, my name is CJ Nightingale, and this is my blog dedicated to my OCs, their story, and the development of said story!! I'm making this blog for the sake of having a designated place to talk about my OCs, and so that I have some people to hold me accountable for actually making story progress, since I've been struggling a bit to actually sit down and make progress on getting the comic going. I think having a blog about it will help me stay motivated. Hopefully. Lol

A little bit of story related information:

This story has over 36 very important characters, not including antagonists and "true" side characters. This story takes place over the course of about 7 or 8 years, in 5 acts, taking the characters from middle school into early college. It's based in what I believe would be described as an "urban fantasy" setting, which looks similar to our world but is quite different. The story is meant to be mostly lighthearted, but there will be very intense moments and emotional damage (and a little blood sometimes too, as there will be fantasy violence).

I will make proper posts describing things in more detail as I go, but for the time being here's a brief introduction to each of the main characters:

Skylar: Acts 1-5, sarcastic, takes no BS, a bit of an enigma, Lukas' twin

Jesse: Acts 1-5, scatterbrained, just out here doing his best

Rin: Acts 1-5, mischievous, enjoys trying new things

Zander: Acts 1-5, smart, unbothered, designated "responsible dude"

Tabitha: Acts 1-5, bubbly, arguably too much faith in humanity

Lukas: Acts 1-5, looks more chill than he actually is, emotionally intelligent (most of the time), Skylar's twin

Lydia: Acts 1-5, too smart for her own good, very good with power tools

Marcus: Acts 1-5, quiet, listens a lot and knows more than he should, arguably drinks too much caffeine

Jules: Acts 2-5, highly approachable and talkative, likes poofy dresses

Dillon: Acts 2-5, skeptical of people, likes roller derby, hates group projects

Takuma: Acts 2-5, Ambitious, sarcastic, has doodled on every piece of clothing they own

Mariah Mae: (Kind of a side character) Acts 2-5, wildly peppy, a bit of a nerd, highly authentic person

Rea: Acts 2-5, perpetually has her head in the clouds, bewildered by humans

Dani: Acts 2-5, highly intuitive, knows all the things, likes music and their service dog

Booker: Acts 2-5, tends to accidentally run his mouth, likes basketball, bass guitar, and his friends

Ollie: Acts (1) 3-5, a little bit reactive, closed off, terrifyingly good at sleight of hand and at lying (do not play poker with him)

Meklit: Acts (1) 3-5, levelheaded, blunt, likes people and dislikes shoes

Gavin: Acts 3-5, both lawyer smart and a bit naïve, cellist, keeps putting himself in situations by accident

Goldie: Acts (1) 3-5, a bit shy, puts a lot of pressure on himself but looks really really chill at all times, chronic doodler

Blake: Acts 1-5, very antsy, very tired, very full of nervous energy, makes some poor decisions

Zaahira: Acts 4-5, genuinely nice person, cares about people, prefers plants

Wulf: Acts (3???) 4-5, impulsive, giggly, just happy to be here, on the run from the government

Akachi: Acts (1) 3-5, extremely ambitious, aesthetically inclined, color coordinated at all times

Selene: Acts 4-5, high tolerance for shenanigans, very bubbly, just out here having a good time

Sakura: Acts 4-5, detail oriented, loves stickers, can borderline read minds/hj

Remi: Acts 4-5 (probably??? gonna have to figure that out a bit more), very smart, very sarcastic, very giggly, very happy to be here

Leah: Acts 1-5, insomniac, a bit pretentious, makes some poor decisions

Sylvi: Acts (1) 3-5, borderline annoying theatre kid in the best way possible, very good singer

Karim: (Arguably a side character) Acts 4-5 (maybe idk), arguably too much faith in humanity, enjoys puns

Jono: Acts (3) 5, loves music, loses his train of thought frequently, looks more nervous than he is

Ivanna: Acts (3) 5, tough, good at water polo, believes in doing the right thing

Sovanna: Acts (3) 4-5, super chill, loves stickers, loves travelling, detail oriented

Ash: Act 5, under a ton of pressure, a bit reactive, out here trying his best

Coral: Act 5, can be hard to talk to, big listener, takes herself very seriously

Sib: (arguably a side character) Act 5, way too much energy at all times, good sense of humor, Ari's twin

Ari: (arguably a side character) Act 5, tired, quiet, talks more to animals than he does people

So that's a brief introduction to the non-antagonist characters, I'll make actual introduction posts for them later, but also if y'all want to ask questions about any of them before I get to that lmk!! Also feel free to ask questions about anything related to this story, I'd be happy to talk about it, and it might motivate me to help get stuff done.

If you found this blog just randomly and not from my fanart page, you can find that at @cj-the-random-artist , and you can find my website which has more art of my OCs at the link down here:

If / when I start uploading this story as a comic, I'll update this post with that information as well. That's all for this long introductory post, and I hope y'all enjoy this long winded thing and enjoy this little blog here!! Have good day lovelies :D

#introduction post #yay here's my long winded post about this OC blog #please ask me about my ocs i need to make stuff for this story so i can get the comic going/hj #peer pressure me y'all lmao (pls don't actually peer pressure me i just need encouragement)

[tankwolf]

TAG GAME LETS GO!!!! i think this is the first time i’m doing a tag game here so. here! @konnorhasapen tagged me to assign some songs to redacted ships and i think i have the right ones :] here ar my favs below the cut, in no specific order 👍🏽

Tank/Quinn Butch 4 Butch by Rio Romeo (x) yeah this ship makes me go insane as is because i love angst and pain and torturing myself, and this song just kind of gets it man. kind of puts a perspective on all the abuse and pain and makes the obvious delusion, hurt and doubt sound normalized and romanticized, and so it’s easier to get a peak into the mechanics and warped mindsets of abusive relationships through it. yeah. just listen to it. going loco everytime i put this song on 🤪

Tank/Sam Sunlight by Hozier (x) sam said his darlin’ feels like sunlight on an easy day, but i think this song is mostly from tank’s pov. the overwhelming feel of the song that fills up your chest would be how tank saw it too, a stark contrast from what they know, as opposed to sam who paired sunlight with ‘easy’. “who would trade that hum of night for sunlight, sunlight, sunlight?” to “a soul that’s born in cold and rain knows sunlight, sunlight, sunlight” and the fact that it is so new to them that it feels bigger and grander and holier than they’d ever known. AHHH DO U SEE WHAT I MEAN. YEAH.

David/Angel BREAKFAST by half · alive (x) it just feels like an easy song, but it’s obvious from the lyrics that it’s still really daunting. david’s character arc has always been about learning to accept and ask for help. his main problem was not being a dick about it in the process, which stems from him finding vulnerability daunting, and angel kind of provides that kind of support with the dickyness just, on default. the “strength in the open, the broken and exposed, should I flee to the mountains?” bit. it hasn’t been easy for him to get used to that but he pulled through!!! and. yeah. also, breakfast is just something david’s plenty good at, and food is sorta his way of showing he cares........................... i’m kidding his song is rude boy by rihanna.

Milo/SH Apple Pie by Lizzie McAlpine (x) the whole thing with milo and his mom and how they kept moving around, and then him and sweetheart moving into Their Own Place ... yeah.. the song itself is about the concept of home and your other person, and there’s a verse about cardboard boxes and moving and just. yeah :’) also, it’s established that milo is ALSO good with food. 

Asher/Babe Video Games by The Young Professionals (x) not the lana del rey (original) version because something about a male voice claiming to be in a sundress is just. very ash-core. i think the song itself is pretty self explanatory if you’ve seen his videos. video games are his number one comfort thing, and the first time he confessed his love was WHILE they were playing a halo game, and said playing was a big part of why he felt compelled to do it. like i said, self explanatory. 

Gavin/FL Say You Won’t Let Go by James Arthur (x) this ship was a tricky one to pin. ik, overused song, i KNOW. was initially gonna go for an arctic monkeys song but gav is so much deeper as a character than that kind of erotic tension. this decision is also influenced by imp!gavin. gavin even in the imperium universe is set on a future with the freelancer and it’s just AHHH it’s the “i’ll love you in every universe” thing + the purest love you can imagine, the kind that feels as easy as breathing despite both of their baggage, the kind that only grows with age. i have Thoughts about this ship man idk. can u tell gavin’s a fav :’)

Huxley/Damien Impossible by Nothing But Thieves (x)  i can just picture dames listening to this song on repeat for hours thinking of hux. idk if the album cover’s colours have tricked me into thinking the song is damien-coded, but it makes a lot of sense for these two, y’know? huxley handles hardships like it’s a breeze, even if it isn’t, and dames isn’t used to that level of optimism. he teaches damien to be vulnerable, and moreover that he can handle him being vulnerable, because that’s something i’m sure dames has an issue with. i just love them sm, especially hux. i would  really like a huxley hug 😔

Aaron/Smartass  Nerve by Destroy Boys (x) pretty obvious why. “you stride right in and you get on my nerves, but I won’t say I’m disturbed because I want you to” y’know? also the high-hats and cymbals with the guitar, that kinda high energy rock music just reminds me of their banter. put that over passive adoring lyrics and you’ve got these two idiots ^-^

tagging -> open tag!! idk enough of u and enough of u well enough to tag people :^) literally nobody’s coming to mind help

#redacted audio #redacted asmr #im too lazy to tag all these characters rn so ill leave it there #but yeah!!! i am 100% correct always. #tag games

[badbitch-bookclub]

Week 1 Thoughts on Lost Gods by Gerald Brom

Prologue - Chapter 25.

Bomb Weasley: I do have a complaint. I wish they drew out the grandmother being the big bad a little more. Like maybe closer to 50-75 percent of the way through.

Britney Smears: That might still happen later!

Bomb Weasley: Did you guys get to the spider god?

Hell No Kitty: I did!

Britney Smears: Yea I really like Yevabog.

Bomb Weasley: I thought she like really spelled it out that the grandma was the real evil or one of them.

Hell No Kitty: Yeah did they call her a Lilith.

Thot Pocket: She’s a demon and her type is Lilith.

Bomb Weasley: I kinda hated that they demonized Lilith.

Britney Smears: Grandma is least favorite rn.

Thot Pocket: Oh for sure. I get this feeling we’re gonna sympathize with her a little by the end though. Since they say “since the beginning of time they try to bend Lilith to their whim”

Hell No Kitty: So if I'm getting this right, Chet was killed by Lamia who is an ancient demon. He gets to purgatory and is trying to find his grandpa Gavin?

Thot Pocket: Yes! Senoy said he lost to Gavin in battle and Gavin stole the key to heaven I believe. Which is why no one has punished or killed the grandmother for her demonic ways.

Britney Smears: That makes sense. I vaguely remember reading something about restoring order to life and death.

Hell No Kitty: Do Not Feed the Gods!

Thot Pocket: I love that it’s written everywhere.

Hell No Kitty: So these god are dying because people no longer follow/believe them?

Thot Pocket: That’s what I believe. They’re probably only as strong as people believe in them. Which is why the older ones are getting their asses beat.

Bomb Weasley: Makes sense, probably why Yevabog talked about being forgotten so much.

Hell No Kitty: I wonder how and if Yevabog will develop in the story or if she goes away quickly after ch25. I'm way more invested in her than Chet tbh.

Britney Smears: Ditto

Thot Pocket: Does anyone have predictions? I do. I think Gavin is gonna kill Coach.

Britney Smears: Why would Gavin kill Coach?

Thot Pocket: He feels humanity towards his ancestor. He has to convince himself to murder again simply after seeing a vision of Chet.

Britney Smears: Which is nuts cuz Gavin murdered his own kids. Unless there’s more to it than just gaining Lucifer’s favor or something.

Thot Pocket: I think so. I mean those two kids sound like demons. Maybe the kids vibes were just off lmfao.

Britney Smears: The vibe of the grandkids was just off lmao.

Bomb Weasley: I have a feeling it has something to do with the grandmother.

Britney Smears: That’s very possible.

Hello No Kitty: I feel the same. Also, Chet is a pretty bland character so far. Which is maybe good so we can focus in the way cooler stuff happening around him.

Thot Pocket: Ana is cool as fuck.

Hell No Kitty: I WAS GONNA SAY. Ana is a bad bitch.

Thot Pocket: I feel bad for Joshua. The little boy who was chilling in their play house that was killed by accident. He taught Chet how to go down.

Britney Smears: That makes sense, he’s not related to Lamia and that’s prolly why he’s the only one not following her and just hanging at the cemetery.

Bomb Weasley: Not gonna lie, the rabbit thing in the first chapter was super sad.

Thot Pocket: 100 percent.

Hello No Kitty: That was really sad.

Britney Smears: I was about to comfort y’all and say hey maybe they’ll run into the rabbit.

Bomb Weasley: There should be a Kill Bill style rabbit revenge sub plot.

#books #books and literature #books and reading #lost gods #gerald brom #book club #bookclub

[jimothystu]

this has been in my draft for uhhh too long lmao here are my thoughts on the sens season end medias. I was going to finish it by adding my thoughts on the goalies and then coaching media sessions but that did not happen so. incomplete and it's mostly me yelling about the vibes of this team

dmen

chabby, timmy, and brady all saying this year was the most fun they've ever had??

sandy getting to be besties with hammer and holden???

i am yet again shocked at how chych sounds. he just. does not look like he sounds like that. but more importantly. the first roadie with the sens, they had dinner and then all ended up back in his room?????? three guys on the bed, two on the couch, g and brass on the floor all of them just hanging out watching a show????? this team is just. so close. "I just love the group so much." OKAY YEAH CRYING NOW.

extend branny for fucking ever he's a gem.

hammer is so well-spoken. every time he has an interview i'm just. in awe at how in-depth and how like, genuine his answers are and not just generic ones. "My thoughts on Jake, how much time we got?" SO PROUD LIKE A BIG BROTHER. "All-star level player" "Should win the Calder" "Norris-level". holden also helping out a lot of the young dmen in the room and having a huge impact on jake's game :') SO eager and willing to come back and play more years with the sens. having the funnest time to the point where his mom and wife commented how happy he looked this year on the ice!!!

holden also so proud of jake!! but not coming back :/

forwards

captain brady!!!!!! being brutally honest about everything. the way he talks about g 🥹 the hopeful one two punch of timmy and josh!! proud of piner!!!! the PRIDE brady has in his entire team!!!!!!! mentioning the wedding 😭😭😭 praising dj and how amazing he’s been for the young players and (i think) wants him to keep being their coach! MORE PRIDEFUL COMMENTS ABOUT THE TEAM!!! HIS LOVE FOR AND BELIEF IN THE TEAM!!!!!! saying how much they felt the support of the fans this year 🥹

g and timmy playing pickle-ball 😭 g mentioning again how fun it is playing with the sens!! saying timmy’s great with gavin “they love playing with each other” “makes you feel like a family” SOBBING.

“special group in there” timmy also reiterating how amazing the vibes of the team are! his maturity about how it isn’t always about points, it isn’t always about how many shots you had - it’s about the team win. timmy and g being so competitive with games! timmy hating losing!!! SORE LOSER TIMMY! but also saying how important g is! how much of an influence he is and how much he helps brady leadership wise!! also talking about the importance of taking things game by game - again, his maturity and understanding of it all! praising piner! also commenting on how good dj is for the players. GIGGLING ABOUT BRADY CALLING HIM OUTRAGEOUS!!!! “he always took care of me” WE KNOW HE SPOILS YOU ROTTEN. “he wasn’t that funny before” TIMMY.

“they’re my good buds” shane 🥺 HE USED TO DRAFT G ON HIS FANTASY TEAM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER XIWNDUANDIANK

the amount of “uuuumm”s brinksy uses— open to a long term contract! mentions how everyone spitballs ideas and how the coaches are open to what the players feel and think - good vibes!!

bathy gave pretty generic answers, but still seems as driven and eager as the other guys to do better and play well next year. G was his favourite player growing up!!!!! so many of the younger guys just adore him

“good, everything’s good. weather’s good” josh djwnduandjansk. being able to get back on the ice in a monthish!!!!!!!! god i hope he stays healthy next season. says how supportive everyone was and how it’s a “good group here”! THE VIBES OF THIS TEAM. “he’s (timmy) a special kid” 🥹 he bought a fucking keyboard “it’s not going too good” jdnshxnsjxn. he’s just. jdnwjdnajsn “other than that (almost losing forsy’s dog) not much” “i wouldn’t recommend you giving me your dog” “it was like a movie” JOSH. I LOVE YOU.

watty makes me happy. he gives fun uncle vibes. but had a broken foot for a MONTH but kept playing????? maybe not coming back, but would be open to it! i hope he stays. i appreciate how open and transparent about that and how jarring it was to move to ottawa in 2020. thinks g is one of the best players he’s ever played with 😭

#yelling into the void don’t mind me #again this has been in my drafts for fucking ever lol since whenever the post season videos were posted #sens lb #<- ish #ottawa senators #hockey talk #senators talk

[snezfics-n-shit]

Sicktember Day 28: Chronic Illness

Fandom: Ace Attorney Characters: Godot, Phoenix Wright, Apollo Justice, Trucy Wright Notes: Godot receives an unexpected visit from the staff of Wright Anything Agency. Set just after the events of Apollo Justice, there are some spoilers for 4-4, but I tried to keep them at a minimum. Godot is still in prison but almost on his way out, granting him privileges such as unfamiliar faces greeting him in the infirmary. He’s not yet sure if that’s a good thing.

  If Godot could speak to himself seven years ago, he would have said being in prison made him a lucky man. When the lingering effects of the poison took hold, which they did often, there was at least a prison infirmary not at all far from his cell. He was starting to get used to the convenience of it all, so much so that his rapidly approaching release date felt like something to dread rather than look forward to.

If he could speak to himself seven years ago, he might have even warned not to be so hard on Wright. Not only had he forgiven the man for crimes Godot felt himself guilty of before projecting them onto the closest person to Mia he could find, but it wouldn’t even be a year before Phoenix Wright: the man who seemed unstoppable, would have his entire world fall apart beneath him.

Sure, Wright wasn’t poisoned, and as far as Godot knew, the man hadn’t lost a lover to murder, but Godot swore he could see himself in the newspaper image just above the headline declaring Wright’s career was over. 

If there was one thing he and his past self could agree on, however, was that Phoenix Wright, quite frankly, looked like shit.

“Look, Polly! I think I see Mr. Gavin in the hallway!” The peppy girl in the magician’s garb called out by one of the indoor windows. Thank God she didn’t appear to be another entertainer sent to ‘lift spirits.’ “Do you think he’s here for–”

“We’re here for Mr. Godot, remember?” The red suited man, who apparently had a really weird name, redirected the girl’s attention to Godot’s bed. Damn, maybe she was going to subject him to an hour of magic tricks meant to entertain children after all.

“Heh, kids, right?” Phoenix had a grin that looked permanently plastered on his face from the moment Godot saw him enter the infirmary. What did he have to be happy for? Unemployed, followed in by a couple of oddly dressed strangers, wearing a hat that Godot’s heightened sense of smell could tell needed a good wash.

“What do you think I know about kids?” Godot asked before he broke into a fit of coughing muffled by his hand. “What are–” he hadn't finished coughing yet, “what are you doing here? Did you get some kind of traveling circus troupe together now that you’re not a lawyer?”

“Daddy helps me run the Wright Anything Agency!” The strangely dressed girl piped up, alternating from standing on her feet to balancing on her toes. Godot wasn’t even going to ask what she meant by ‘Daddy;’ it was probably best he didn’t know. “He brought me and Polly here to meet you and cheer you up since you’re sick!”

“Well, if you wanted to use the fact I’m only in the hospital and not,” Godot waved his hand towards the trio, “doing whatever it is you’re doing now, it may just work.”

“Well, Polly’s a lawyer like Daddy was!” The girl boasted as if this ‘Polly’ was her child. “And Daddy introduced a new jurist system into the courts!”

Great, so they were here to brag. Godot sank back into lying down with a weak grumble.

“If you come back to the prosecutor’s office upon your release, Mr. Godot, you might get to see the MASON system in action. It’s really impressive, if not a little confusing.” ‘Polly’ said. “Or if you want, you could get into defense again.” He mumbled something about needing an extra hand in cleaning the office.

“It’s called a MASON system?” 

“Yeah!” The girl beamed. “I don’t know what it’s supposed to mean, but,” she put her right hand to her chin in thought, “Daddy said when he pitched it to the judge, he loved the name! It’s judge-approved!”

“Speaking of judge-approved…” Phoenix started, digging through his pockets and pulling out a surprisingly neat envelope, without a wrinkle in sight. “Here. We got everyone we could find at the courthouse to sign this. It was Trucy’s idea.” He gestured to the girl. So her name was Trucy? ‘Trucy and Polly…’ yup, they were definitely some kind of circus troupe, at least part time.

Godot was surprised to see how many names he recognized on the card. Even the wild mare herself signed it. He couldn’t help but laugh to himself imagining her whipping the ever-living hell out of Wright before finally giving in to his request.

“Mr. Wright said you couldn’t see red on a white background, so everyone used black pen.” The man with the strange name pointed out. 

Godot had to give that statement the benefit of the doubt, since he wouldn’t be able to tell otherwise, but he made a mental note to ask his cellmate to check once the medical staff decided he wasn’t teetering on the edge of death if he were to leave his bed.

“You like it?” Trucy looked at Godot with a wide smile. 

“Not bad at all.” Godot couldn’t help but smile. “Thank you.”

At least it wasn’t magic tricks…

“I almost forgot! Daddy said I could perform my latest magic tricks for you!”

Dammit.

#sicktember 2022 #snez attorney #my writing #another one in the same day? wowzers #now I take a break I'm pooped

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

The Importance of Conflict in Plot and Rewriting Books: Road Work Ahead

So I'm doing this project where I'm COMPLETELY REWRITING a manuscript I wrote in college (the first manuscript of four I finished in college, I'm proud that I wrote it and that it kickstarted me back into original writing, but it is so fundamentally flawed bc it has fun character designs and a fun concept- witches on an RV road trip- but has literally NO PLOT. Like, no conflict, nothing driving the emotional stakes beyond a minor romance arc, NADA) and I thought that this was going to be really hard bc I've never completely rewritten a book before but I'm realizing that I'm actually able to keep more than what I was expecting!

See, the main problem with the original Road Work Ahead manuscript is that none of the emotional resolutions had any set-up. You just got the reconciliation between Jason, the main character, and his twin sister Jayla without showing them estranged. Beth, Jayla's undead girlfriend who Jason Raised from the dead (yes, and), randomly got brought back fully to life in the middle of the book. The only thing keeping Gavin, the love interest, and Jason from being together was that they're both afraid of not getting happy endings which is understandable but crucially not enough to sustain an entire book.

The trick I'm finding, though, is that I'm able to keep some of the more impactful scenes (the first chapter where we meet everyone/the road trip kicks off, Gavin and Jason's almost kiss under a blanket fort in the RV, their actual first kiss (not spoiling the context), Gavin calming Jason down from a panic attack, and Jayla playing music in the park where her and Jason's parents met as a tribute to her dead mother + Jason & Jayla's reconciliation) just with some changed/added lines. Introducing the stakes/plot/Jason's actual plan to bring Beth back to life at the stakes of his own magic (no spoilers, he literally tells you that within the first couple of chapters) in the first chapter, building up better conflict between Jason/Gavin through how they view the importance of their respective magic, showing Jason&Jayla's estrangement, etc. Sure, I'm having to move around a lot of events and cut/add in a bunch of new shit in the beginning-middle of the book, but I'm way more optimistic about this project than I was a few months ago when I first started thinking about before shelving it until now.

(Also, this is not going to impact the timeline on getting out This Rotten Work- it's just likely going to replace fanfic updates on my timeline for a week or two until I really get into a rhythm writing.)

Basically, kids, if there's one thing I've learned through writing fanfic and books, it's that SET UP AND PAY OFF ARE THE BASIS FOR ANY GOOD STORY. Y'all aren't going to get good emotional moments if you don't set up the stakes for them. Conflict is important for making things compelling.

#road work ahead #jason green #beth applebaum #gavin thompson #jayla green #just getting to type out everyone's names is giving me so much nostalgia #i haven't touched these kids since 2020 and i'm so excited to transplant them into a better story #my writing #kenna jenkins #writeblr #writing process

[fandom-necromancer]

Role model acquired

This was prompted by a wonderful anon! Enjoy!

Fandom: Detroit become human | Ship: Reed900

‘Reed!‘ Gavin jerked up on instinct, only then looking over to his partner, who just shrugged. Pressing his lips together, he stood up and walked over to Fowler’s office. He couldn’t remember doing anything this time and was pretty confused as he entered the cube and sat down on the left one of the two chairs. ‘Yes? What is it?’ ‘Coming next week, we’ll have an intern with us.’ Gavin frowned, leaning back relieved he didn’t have to get defensive for once but also suspicious of why that should affect him. ‘And?’ ‘And I want you to show him around and have an eye on him.’ ‘What?’

Fowler just stared at him, unimpressed. Gavin winced. ‘Phck, Fowler, why me? I’m like the least qualified person for that! Surely Hank or-‘ ‘You are the only one on desk duty at the moment and I’ve still not forgotten the stunt you pulled with your last case. I want you at your best behaviour.’ ‘So you are punishing me even more with some random brat?’ ‘First of all, I’m giving you an order’, Fowler stressed. ‘Second, I’m proposing a deal. You keep your personality at bay for the week and in return I’ll get you off desk-duty afterwards if you do your job well enough.’ Gavin sighed. ‘Phck. Fine. What should I even show him?’ ‘I don’t know. A tour through the station, a ride with a patrol, tell him some anecdotes… Get creative. The kid likely just wants to see pictures of a real crime-scene and afterwards decides that job is not for him.’ ‘Alright.’

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‘It was likely one of the closer calls I had. But what can I say, I have the perfect partner to look after my sorry ass.’ Gavin looked over at Nines, winking at him and being completely oblivious to how the seventeen-year-old looked at him lost in thoughts. ‘That must have been amazing.’ ‘Nah, it was terrible, had to stay in hospital for a few weeks. But it makes an awesome story.’ ‘Did you catch him in the end?’ ‘Oh, yes. Took us a while getting back on his trail, but I found him eventually. Phcker should have run the second he had the chance to.’ Nines sighed, shaking his head, but Gavin ignored him, too caught in the story and the fact that someone actually wanted to hear him boasting. ‘Tailed him right to his hideout, the idiot was practically leasing us to the evidence we needed to pin him down.’ The intern grinned. ‘Maybe the guy just looked for someone to pin him.’ Gavin laughed and clapped him on the shoulder. ‘I like your humour.’

Nines – the exact opposite and actually realising what the newbie was aiming at – rolled his eyes and stood up jerkily. ‘I think I need a break.’ He walked over to the breakroom on autopilot, realising only when he stopped in front of the table that there was no reason for him to be there. He had just always accompanied Gavin here. Still, he remained there unwilling to admit his error. ‘Came here to sulk?’, Tina asked, elbowing his side and regretting it deeply as she hit solid metal. ‘Ah, fuck!’ ‘I’m not sulking.’ ‘Sure you’re not. That’s why you are standing in your trademark spot doing nothing while your partner…’ She grinned at him stressing the word. ‘gets the heart-eyes from our intern.’ ‘What are you implying, Tina?’, Nines asked, his sharp eyes warning enough for most people. Not Tina though: ‘You’re jealous, aren’t you?’ ‘That’s ridiculous, why should I be?’ Tina stepped around the table where she had a good view on Gavin. ‘Because the boy has a schoolboy crush on the man you have the hots for, and Gavin is all smiley face and flexes in front of him.’

Nines sighed, caving in. ‘Fine, I am jealous. And?’ ‘Wait, seriously?’ Tina straightened her back and looked at him intently. ‘Dude, I was trying to joke. You are jealous of someone about ten years younger than Gavin?’ ‘In that logic I am more than thirty years younger, Tina.’ ‘Oh, come on that doesn’t count, you’re an android. Seriously, Gavin is just enjoying the attention. Oblivious idiot most likely hasn’t even thought about the boy admiring him. Really, I can’t decide if it’s adorable or hilarious: Our chaos human has a little duckling following him everywhere!’ ‘It’s neither’, Nines moped. ‘It’s embarrassing at best. At the very least it’s unprofessional.’ ‘Nines, it’s only for a week.’ ‘If he lays a hand on Gavin, I will kill him.’ Tina raised her eyebrows on him. She thought he was joking, but his tone suggested otherwise.

‘Nines. Hell, if it’s so bad for you, tell Gavin. But I guess he’d just laugh at you and tell you the same I am now: It’s nothing and you are overreacting.’ Nines just chewed on his lip and looked over at the coffee machine. ‘I think I have a better idea. What was the saying? Actions speak louder than words?’ ‘Jesus, don’t kill him!’, Tina immediately warned him. ‘That was a joke, I wouldn’t kill him. Not in the precinct where everyone can see it.’ The officer looked at him sceptically. ‘That was a joke too.’ Tina sighed and addressed him in all honesty: ‘You should stop with the humour.’ ‘Noted.’

Nines had fetched Gavin’s mug and waited until the coffee machine was finished to pour Gavin’s favourite drink. With a winning grin towards Tina, he marched out of the breakroom and towards Gavin, who was still wildly gesturing at the intern. Nines walked up to his side and set down the cup on the table, his arm blocking Gavin’s line of sight. Then the android took a step back and pressed a kiss to his human’s temple. ‘You missed your morning coffee, dear.’ Gavin blinked up at him then at the mug. ‘Oh, thanks babe!’

Nines sighed. The sharpest Detective of the precinct and still so goddamn blind to social situations. He turned to look at the intern to check if at least he had gotten the hint. But the teen was just grinning like crazy now. ‘I knew you two were gay!’, he cheered instead. Gavin froze, mug still on his lips. ‘What?’ ‘Nah, was just a feeling I got. Oh, that’s amazing, can’t wait to tell my boyfriend another reason why I got the better internship!’

Gavin and Nines looked each other in the eyes, then Nines shrugged exasperated and walked over to his terminal to get back to work. Only a week, he thought to himself. The internship lasts only a week.

#detroit become human #dbh #Reed900 #RK900 #Gavin Reed #Love the thought of Gavin being good with kids but not in a way that any educator would support #Okay the intern here wasn't a kid but you get what I'm saying #Also jealous Nines hell yes #Nines: I'll kill him #Tina: You are joking right? Pls tell me you are joking #Also that's me with any unexpected LGBT+ stuff in my life #there's someone in my zoom seminar with a rainbow flag in the background and every time I see it I'm like hell yes #Okay I'll admit I get Serotonin easily

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How the Redacted Boys Would be as Gym Buddies HC

I had a tough workout today, so this is what I thought of to distract myself.

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David: A great gym buddy. He makes a great spotter, but will leave you in the dust when it comes to deadlifts. He likes to deadlift because he likes being able to carry his partner. Also he has 100% asked you to sit on his back while he does push ups. Sometimes he'll do one arm when he wants to show off. 10/10

Asher: A decent gym buddy. He likes to goof off and try to make you smile. He strikes me like they type of guy whos prefered work out is running or cardio. Also just dance Totally counts as a workout. 8/10

Milo: Another great gym buddy. He doesn't look like it, but he's almost as strong as David. He likes to do squats with heavy weights, and his butt looks amazing. The whole gym stares in envy when he passes. 9/10

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Gavin: He alright. He wears obnoxiously short shorts to distract you while you work out, and definitely likes to take selfies in the mirror, but overall pretty good. He also drags you into those selfies, even when you're gross and sweaty, but he insists you look amazing. Also expect at least two jokes about him knowing a better way to 'workout'. Prev. 7/10

Lasko: A very good gym buddy, even if he's not the best a working out. Would he rather be home watching nerdy movies? Yes. But he definitely will tag along if you ask him too. Also a very healthy gym partner, because he knows when to ask for help when he's spotting a the weight that's too much for him. Remember kids, asking for help is nothing to be ashamed of. Also he doesn't have a lot of gym clothes, so sometimes he has to wear pajamas. He would definitely give you a light breeze to help you cool down. Less of a gym buddy, and more a gym cheerleader, but we love that for him. 10/10 for effort

Damien: A good gym buddy. Very reliable. However he likes to go in the mornings, and he likes to run. Each to his own I suppose. 8/10

Huxley: The best gym buddy. The gym buddy to end all gym buddies. You may get embarrassed lifting next to him, but he will hype you up every single time. Doesn't matter if it's 50 lbs or 500 lbs, Hux is there rooting for you. Whenever you hit a new PR he offers to buy lunch. Also a very attentive spotter, he eyes never leave you until the bar is safely back on the rack, then he'll give you a high five and tell you how great you did. 100/10

Kody: Would not recommend as a gym buddy. Will gaslight you into thinking you can't lift your weights, and keeps trying to criticize your form, but all of his comments are wrong. Don't listen to him or you'll blow your back out, and not in the fun way. -3/10

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Vincent: Vincent is too pretty to sweat. 5/10

Sam: Vamps don't need to go the gym, considering he can probably lift a car, but when his partner likes to work out their anger, he likes to supervise to make sure they don't strain themself. Needless to say he can spot you no matter what weight you're doing. 7/10

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Ollie: Another great gym buddy! You two make a great pair, and he's nice to talk to while you work out. 9/10

Aaron: Also a good choice. Although he will hog the little roller to help roll out your muscles, but honestly poor boy is so tense he needs it. 8/10

Elliott: He prefers to work out outdoors instead of in the gym. Will also just carry you around and insist it's his workout. But he's very supportive and makes a great gym buddy. 9/10

#These were fun #I don't know if demons have super strength so I left them out. #you're always welcome to add to any of my posts btw #redacted asmr #redacted asmr head canons #redacted asmr headcanons #redacted damn #redacted d.a.m.n #redacted shifters #redacted vampires #Shaw pack #solaire clan #redacted david #redacted davey #david shaw #redacted asher #redacted Milo #redacted Milo greer #milo greer #redacted gavin #redacted lasko #redacted head canons #redacted damien #redacted huxley #redacted kody #redacted vincent #vincent solaire #redacted darlin #redacted sam collins #redacted milo

[yabai-korra]

The reasons why we're getting Manorian book

There has been a lot of speculation whether SJM is going to favor us with book/novella about Manon Blackbeak and Dorian Havilliard, recently I saw some fans doubting it, so here's a list of logical reasons why it's happening.

1. It's SJM

This woman writes two 500+ pages books per year, for her it would be a piece of cake.

2. There have already been books focused on side characters

a) Chaol and Yrene - Chaol was one of the most unpopular characters before Tower of Dawn (which made me love him hehe) and she still wrote a 600+ pages long book about him, just imagine what she'd do with the most popular character (Manon) and one of the most popular ones (Dorian).

b) Nesta and Cassian - this is ship is the closest to Manorian equivalent in ACOTAR series, aka starting from a physical relationship that develops into a sentimental one. Also 6th ACOTAR book will be focused on a new characters (most probably Elain)

3. Favoritism

SJM has talked multiple times about her love for these two. When asked about her favorite TOG character, she said Aelin, but Manon was a close second place and she said that she absolutely loves writing her.

In another interview, when asked who she would go on a book tour with and a few similar questions, she answered Dorian.

Now, I haven't seen all of her interviews ever and I'm not sure how much she loves Nessian and Cahorene (seems to love Nessian a hella lot tho), but it's definite that Manorian are some of her favorite characters and it's just logical that she would write about them.

4. Unfinished story/Unresolved feelings

Ships at the end of TOG:

Rowaelin - married

Elorcan - engaged

Lysaedion - engaged

Chaorene - married with a baby on the way

Nestaq - engaged

Manorian - hug and "we'll see"

All the ships basically got engaged in the last chapter (it's not like I didn't like it hehe) and their stories, romantic-wise, were pretty much finished and they have no unresolved tension between them. Manorian on the other hand, have enough of it for all the ships lol.

KOA spoilers ahead!

Keep in mind, Manorian relationship was mostly a sexual one, and they don't quite yet have a way of communicating their feelings properly. So there is a lot of unaddressed between them, even though they obviously care a lot about each other.

The unresolved things between Manon and Dorian:

"“And if I asked you to stay?” / “I’d need a very convincing reason, I suppose.” / “Because I don’t want you to go.” - they just fucked and Dorian left for Morath later, which impacted Manon a lot but they haven't discussed it

"I even care about you." - Manon got up and left

"There is only one witch who will be my queen." - Manon doesn't know about this

Manon saved Dorian from Valg demon even when Aelin couldn't. It was the worst thing to happen to Dorian and he still bears scars from it, yet he didn't have an appropriate situation to thank Manon for it

Dorian knows that Erawan lusted after Manon, which got him pissed of course, and he didn't have a chance nor time to ask Manon about it. It might be nothing, but if I were Dorain and my girlfriend who doesn't show feelings was locked up with a crazy guy who has a thing for her, and have seen the way he treats women, I'd be concerned. Erawan was a Valg king, a tough opponent even for Manon. If he had done something to her, and he had plenty of means and opportunities and wish to do so, Manon would never openly tell anyone (maybe Asterin) about it, because it would imply opening up and being weak, which is Manon's worst fear. Again, SJM, as the Queen of Foreshadowing, wouldn't just randomly throw in the main villain having a thing for an important character, everything in her books always has a meaning and purpose.

"Would you miss me if I didn't [come back]?" - Manon didn't reply

This is how SJM described Manorian marriage: "She would be his wife, his queen. She was already his equal, his match, mirror in so many ways. And with their union, the world would know it." - and you're telling me it's not deserving of its own book? Not just that, Manon asked Dorian for marriage and they, again, just had sex, with Dorian loving the idea but deep down knowing that Manon would feel caged in a marriage. And that attitude won't just change out of the blue. It takes time and development which is something SJM writes amazingly.

With the Thirteen gone, beside Abraxos Dorian is the only creature Manon cares about.

Dorian's mortality (although as you'll see in point #6 I'm sure he's not human)

The dreaded "You could just marry each other." / "We'll see." (Thanks Yrene :)

5. Foreshadowing

Listen here, SJM IS THE QUEEN OF FORESHADOWING. She thought of a detail (Dorian's dad's name) in the first book that would matter in the last book. Of course, there are many many many more examples of that, but if we got "We'll see." then we'll fucking see it happen.

6. Unresolved things about Manon and Dorian as individual characters.

Manon and Dorian and both pretty broken at the end of KOA.

Manon lost the Thirteen, the only people she cared about. That is a huge trauma that needs to be addressed, especially with someone so reluctant to show feelings and heal like Manon.

Dorian can't be human?? He has fae abilities due to his relation to Gavin and Elena even though he's not even called a demi-fae. He possesses powers no one else does, phantom hands for example, which he didn't steal like shape-shifting. And Maeve pointed out that due to his father being possessed by Valg when Dorian was sired, it's possible he got some of the Valg abilities. (Also she said that he's stronger than Aelin) The main villain, especially written by Queen of Foreshadowing, wouldn't just let drop it there and that's it. Also not to mention Dorian's own struggle with depression and self-worth.

They have both just become rulers of their kingdoms, completely new to it. Dorian has spent a big part of KOA imagining what kind of a king he wants to be (one that will have a witch queen hehe) and it was a major point of his character. And addition to that affecting them as characters, the future of Adarlan and Witch Kingdom could make a good plotline.

7. Other TOG characters

Although pretty much all the readers would die to see Chaorene baby, Lorcan in Perranth, Aelin and Rowan ruling Terrasen, Lysandra and Adeion officially adopting Evangeline, Nesryn and Sartaq becoming Khagan and Empress of Antica, all of these don't make enough of a plot on its own. They are great side-plots.

We know all of these characters love each other and are happy together, there isn't that much to be added to their personal stories other than kids. (same way Feyre and Rhys got a baby in Nessian book) Manorian however, they haven't even kissed without it leading to sex, they hugged at the end of KOA and it was the pique of their relationship. Their relationship is merely at the beginning, whereas others have pretty much reached their ultimatum (ofc SJM can decide to add some drama with betrayal, kidnapping, pregnancy etc. but for now everyone is good and settled beside Manorian)

Not to mention the way other relationships would affect them. Chaol, Dorian's brother, and Yrene, Manon's wannabe bestie and Manorian shipper, would bring their baby to meet his/her uncle Dorian and aunt Manon, and imagine Manon with a baby lol.

SJM loves Aelin and other characters way too much not to give us an insight on them as married couples, but since her books are huge and it's her, it needs a plot with drama, addressing traumas, repressed feelings, worldbuilding, and sex, and Manorian's got all of that.

8. Abraxos

We need more Abraxos, that's just a fact.

Wow that was a long one. Anyways, in conclusion, we're getting that Manorian book. Pretty sure it's gonna a book rather than a novella (TOD was also planned as a novella but then guess what) because there is just SO MUCH possible content.

#manorian #manon blackbeak #manon crochan #manon crochan blackbeak #dorian havilliard #manon x dorian #throne of glass #crown of midnight #heir of fire #queen of shadows #empire of storms #tower of dawn #kingdom of ash #aelin galathynius #rowan whitethorn #rowaelin #aedion ashryver #lysandra ennar #lysaedion #elide lochan #lorcan salvaterre #lorcan lochan #elorcan #nesryn faliq #sartaq #nestaq #manorian book #abraxos #sjm #sarah j maas