#at least not at 3am

[laundrybiscuits]

(ETA: now edited and up on AO3)

Look. Eddie knows he can be a little uptight about these things, but. There are rules. If you become a vampire, you don’t need to go full gothic Count Von Dickhead or whatever, but you absolutely cannot just wander around in a puffy vest and light-wash jeans. 

“Why not?” says Steve. He’s leaning back in an armchair, sipping on a bloodbag like it’s a goddamn juicebox. “What, are the vampire police going to arrest me?” 

He pauses. “Wait. There aren’t vampire police, are there?”

“No,” says Eddie. “Probably not. I don’t know. But there are standards which you are refusing to uphold, Steven.”

“Thought you were all about hating conformity, Edward,” Steve says. He’s got an obnoxiously cocky little smirk, the smug undead fucker. 

Eddie grimaces. “Don’t call me that, asswipe. Don’t you feel, like—the call of the night? The siren song of life coursing through fragile human veins? A hunger for destruction that those paltry plastic bags of blood can never truly slake?”

“The bloodbags aren’t so bad,” says Steve, around the straw. “Better than protein shakes.”

“I actually hate you,” Eddie tells him. “Vampirism is wasted on you.”

Steve noisily slurps the last of the blood out of the bottom of the bag. “Come on, you can’t really picture me in some Dracula getup, can you?”

The problem, of course, is that Eddie really, really can. When Robin had read him in on the whole situation, obviously he’d been horrified and concerned—but also, a whole wing of his brain had immediately been cordoned off to work overtime imagining Steve in elaborate Dark Prince regalia, maybe leaning elegantly out of a castle window on the moors, gazing into the foggy dusk. Velvet might’ve been involved.

“...guess not,” says Eddie. It doesn’t sound incredibly convincing to his own ears, but Steve just shrugs and gets up to throw the bloodbag away. 

“There you go, man,” he says, clapping Eddie on the shoulder as he passes. “It’s the 80s. Vampires can be whatever we wanna be.”

———

It gets way too easy to forget about Steve’s condition, until Eddie ends up having to haul him out of a bar in Indy before they get banned for life.  

“Simmer down, buddy,” Eddie says, pulling him into the shadow of the van. “Let’s get those fangs packed away before any of the nice villagers wander by with torches and pitchforks.”

“I’m good,” pants Steve. “It’s all good. Don’t worry about it. It’s fine.”

Eddie lifts an unimpressed eyebrow. “Sure, that’s why your eyes are glowing red and you’re, like, fully vamped out. Which, by the way, looks extremely dumb with the whole clean-cut vibe you decided to rock tonight.”

“Fuck you, I look great,” says Steve, pushing a hand through his hair. He’s not wrong, it’s just not relevant to how he also looks extremely dumb like this, wearing a pristine henley with fangs hanging out in the parking lot for anyone to see.

“So what the hell happened in there, man? I was finally starting to get somewhere with Todd, and…” Eddie trails off in dawning realization.

“Holy shit, am I—I’m like your territory, aren’t I? Your stupid vampire brain got all screwy and decided to loop me in with Robin and the kids as part of your freaky human coven.”

“Uh,” says Steve. He looks unhappy in a shifty kind of way. “Something like that, maybe.”

“Wait, so, are Nancy and Jonathan—are you okay with them because they’re both already in the vamp pack? Is Vickie gonna have to be inaugurated before she and Robin can bone down?” Eddie perks up. “Shit, is there a ceremony? We could totally do a ceremony.” He bets he can get the kids to liberate some velour curtains from the drama club. With a few candles, they could get some serious atmosphere going.

“No, shut up, nobody’s doing a damn ceremony,” Steve groans. “Vickie’s fine.” 

“Okay,” says Eddie. “So…you gonna tell me what all that was about, then? Do I have to start running guys past you first so your vamp instincts don’t wig out? Or…hm, maybe Argyle’d be down to mess around sometime.”

Steve lets out an actual snarl with weird animal echoes, then claps a hand over his mouth.

“Sorry,” he says, muffled. The shadows around them seem darker somehow. 

“So I’m just not allowed to get laid ever again,” says Eddie slowly. “For vampire reasons.”

“Do whatever you want, man.” Steve’s still got his hand pressed tight over his mouth. 

“And it’s…just me?” Eddie peers at the tightness around Steve’s eyes; the way he’s scowling stubbornly at his feet. “Huh. Kind of…possessive, Harrington.”

“It’s—weird,” says Steve miserably, dropping his hand at last. “I know it’s fucking weird.”

“Maybe.” Eddie shrugs, biting down on the grin he can feel tugging at his mouth. “Lucky for you, I’m into that shit.”

“What?” Steve frowns. “You’re…”

“Always wanted a vampire boyfriend,” says Eddie. “Like, are you kidding? I would’ve sold my fucking soul at 15 for something like that.”

“I’m starting to feel a little objectified here,” says Steve, but he’s smiling, and he reaches out to snag Eddie’s belt loop and tug him stumbling closer. “Just in it for the fangs, huh?”

“Well, you’re kind of a shitty vampire, actually.” Eddie drapes his arms over Steve’s shoulders. “So I guess I must just be in it for you.”

Steve hesitates, searching Eddie’s face. Stray red lights are still sparking like embers in Steve’s irises. “Okay, but—you’re in it? Right?”

“Couldn’t get rid of me if you tried, Bunnicula. I’ll send the vampire police after you, just watch me,” says Eddie, and kisses him.

#steddie #vampire steve harrington #I don't know what happened; I just sat down and wrote this even though I have a million other things to do #I was briefly possessed by the spirit of 'what if steve harrington were the least genre-appropriate vampire of all time' #and also my perpetual need to write people with terrible communication skills #I may edit this a bit more when it's not 3am but ftr I am not planning on any continuations

[ohplasticheart]

Tell me when the party ends Will you still love who I am?

#fob #fall out boy #so much (for) stardust #fob art #so much for stardust #heaven iowa #sooo this is where i ramble for a bit right uummhh #yeah this one is more of a low effort attempt we're not talking about it #i really meant to upload more of these more often but life hasnt been kind to me latley........to put it lightly.............. #it feels good to make something at least...... i really thougth i didnt have it in me mmmm #i did notice halfway trought this that everything about this song screams nightime but fuck it we ball i guess #well its 3am and i really should be asleep so ill be going now mwah

[awakenatmidnights]

one of my favorite ways to spend the time on this silly little app has to be looking up posts about songs or albums that i am currently obsessed with and see people sharing their love for them. i love it. i love seeing humans care so much about one song, each for multiple different reasons, to the point of writing so beautifully about their fondness for it and post it for strangers to see. it's like, you posted about this song in 2015 and your opinion about it resonates with me in 2024. i love it, please don't you ever stop.

#i wrote this as a draft at 3am and it was incomprehensible to say the least #it probably still is but i promise i tried to fix it 😭 #<3 #spotify #music #taylor swift #hozier #girl in red #childish gambino #noah kahan #gracie abrams #sza #boygenius #phoebe bridgers #samia #novo amor #lucy dacus #julien baker #lizzy mcalpine #lord huron #fleetwood mac #abba #conan gray #the cranberries #music tag

[agueforts]

also this. there is. truly incredible power to making a joke and following it up by screaming at the top of your lungs.

#at least to me. it's 3am. #(in a warehouse?) #aspen tag #aspen snapshots #d20 acofaf #acofaf #a court of fey and flowers #d20 #dimension 20

[puppypawprintce]

anyone else out there think severus is just a chronic pain haver. i know the dark mark pain is real, but i feel like he might be miserable in more ways than just mentally in other ways

#severus snape #hp fandom #like i could imagine him having joint problems or even anemia #also off topic but i don't rlly think he fits the gross gremlin archetype that i sometimes see #he seems sickly to me. moreover we actually dunno Why his hair is always greasy #i feel like he has some self respect at least to hold up a front to everyone #it's 3am if im speaking nonsense just sectumsempra me zzzzz

[lil-lemon-snails]

This post from @dca-prompts had me thinking about moon recolours!!! And I was entranced by the idea of pastel moon, specifically when the moon rises before the sun sets and you get a faint blue moon in the sky o.o

Anyways i think this moon would be really friendly,,, fluffy even,,,,,, don't mind the heart eyes i'm normal.

#it's 3am again #my brain is fried but in a good way maybe #this was too much fun to draw!!! i didn't wanna stop lol #fnaf #fnaf daycare attendant #fnaf sun moon #fnaf moon #fnaf sun #fnaf sb #fnaf fanart #dca fanart #fanart #fnaf security breach #security breach #artists on tumblr #fnaf au #tagging is my least favourite part of posting aaaaa #also if you like this please feel free to draw him! or even tell me what his personality would be like o.o #mid-day moon

[alackofghosts]

from concerning the book that is the body of the beloved by gregory orr

#i hope those words are in the right order i feel so groggy #slept TERRIBLY #woke up at 3am and managed to doze off lightly until 4:30 but it didn't feel particularly Restful #but at least i hope this means i won't end up napping during the day #Ardbert #warrior of light #fanart #speedpaint #i draw sometimes #Final Fantasy XIV #i kinda wanna have a tag for the fake retro stuff so they're all in one place but i need like 7 months of pondering time #if i Need a tag

[rt-closetcryptic]

This refused to leave my mind until I had it drawn out. The first physical sighting of bb Kickin Chicken…

#I’ve drawn kickin chicken so many times pver the past few days #i should be sleeping #not drawing poorly paced comic panels #poppy playtime #poppy playtime player #at least the grabpack hands #kickinchicken #pov posting at 3am again #rtcc draws

[wolame-o-ccx]

Pt2 :) another post after this but I'll wait a bit before I post it

#philip wittebane #caleb wittebane #evelyn clawthorne #evelyn wittebane #it is 3am #i have to get ready in 2 hours at least #its ok guys im fine #sharing caleb au

[incorrect-riordanverse]

It's really disheartening that Rick Riordan stance on the war I understand that he wants to be neutral on this stance but in my opinion by becoming neutral he only worsening the issue as many Palestines are dying that are mostly children, how the majority of Israeli are supporting the Genocide of Palestine, and how the government is trying so hard (but miserably failing) to justified the genocide. I will hold him accountable for what he said on this issue as during this period the choice is basically "you are with us or against us."

Part of me wishes he will realize what he said was wrong and understand the bigger issue that plays at hand. I will criticism for his actions as how can a man who promotes LGBTQIA and representation of minorities and disabilities in his books turn a blind eyes to Genocide of people. However we can only wait and see on his next move.

One last thing about your previous you said you don't group Riordan with other authors where do you would group him with? Also this is more on an opinion base answer but many people are boycotting companies that support Israel there as been another post on Twitter on boycotting authors. Rick Riordan happens to be one of them. Do you believed that he should be boycotted with other authors or he should be properly educated and apologized for his previous statement? If you believed he should be boycotted what do tou have to say to those who might have the mentality of "separate the art from the artist"

thank you for this ask, and i completely agree with you! it is extremely hypocritical of him considering what he preaches for in his books. i think he’s convinced he has properly addressed the apartheid by using very vague language that can be applied to anything, and in doing so, he’s addressed nothing really.

your first question on who i would group him with— probably other authors who are doing the exact same as him in their virtue signalling. i always like to link my other blogs to each other, so i don’t think it’s a secret that i have a red queen account and i’m pretty passionate about that. unfortunately, victoria aveyard is another fantasy author who has literally wrote a whole four-book series on the uprising against oppression but is now playing neutral in her address of the apartheid. rebecca yarros is in the same boat, although i haven’t read ‘fourth wing,’ fans have said there are large themes of oppression within the book. so if i had to group riordan it would probably be in the ‘i-like-to-write-about-it-for-profit-and-praise-only’ group.

in terms of boycotting, i think that’s a great idea! i would also like to remind everyone that the percy jackson tv show is coming out in a little over a month, but disney is a huge industry financially supporting israel as well ($2 million in funding), which is obviously far more damning than a poorly written address by one person. there is a boycott happening for disney as well— and the pjo show will be released on disney + . i implore everyone to not watch it on that platform!! personally i will be pirating it online (idk if i’ll get into trouble saying that here but lol oh well), because im pretty sure the boycott is only for withdrawing financial support, not simply consuming media.

i feel like separating art from the artist only works if that artist is… like, dead, and you’re using that art and its values as a historical insight to how the world was during its time. you can still like a piece of work that has a problematic artist, you can engage with the work (to an extent). but separating art from the artist barely works because either:

to engage with the art is to support the artist in some way, so that artist is making money based on your interaction with that (particularly in the case for singers and streaming of songs)

that artists’ views and values are so rancid that it’s literally embedded within the text itself. to ignore it is harmful.

harry potter is my all-time favourite example to use, because jkr is the scum of the earth, and her views are entrenched in her work. a lesser known example is sarah j maas and her books (she’s also not as dogshit as jkr, but then again, its not hard to be a better person than her). i’m not going to bag on these people for liking things by problematic people (would be hypocritical of me), i just think it’s cowardly not to address it when you come across it, or at least admit to it. to simply write things off as ‘separate to the artist’ is like purposefully turning off your critical thinking skills.

on whether boycotting or an apology is enough— if riordan did apologise and used specific language and not the nonsense he had in that blog, expressed his remorse for his ignorance and then actually did or said something to support the people of palestine then, yeah. that’s fine and that’s how we learn ig. but he should educate himself, too many activists, people from the arab community and especially palestinians are expected to be all-knowing and to educate everyone else on an already draining and personal tragedy. it’s been exhausting for me, i can’t imagine what they’re going through. if riordan (or anyone) needs to be educated, he should do it himself, and (at least in my opinion) i don’t think the info is very hard to find now. it’s just about weeding out the misinformation.

i think boycotting is a good idea as of now. it can serve to be a catalyst for self reflection for many people. also, as much as i hate most online discourses, talking about it online needs to happen. i don’t want these authors to forget, for a moment, about the ignorance they posted online during a time of international crisis.

#sorry if this is so messy. its 3am where i am rn #i finished two exams today and my brain is deaddd #but ty for this ask! #i have sooo many opinions about the whole ‘separate the art from artist’ and when to boycott something #because usually im actually not a big fan of boycotting. i just dont think it works most of the time (at least recently) #boycotting as a way of ‘canceling’ someone is something i think is a bit silly for instance. #esp when people gonna forget about what that person did in like. two months at most #but i feel like this issue (especially for corporations funding millions of dollars into genocide) is big enough to warrant a call for- #-everyone to abstain financially from things #like it isnt someone saying some dumb shit online. theres a whole country being wiped out. #unfortunately so many corporations fund israel. an insidious amount. so just do ur best to navigate thru it #riordanverse #incorrect riordanverse #rick riordan #hoo #heroes of olympus #percy jackson #pjo #trials of apollo #toa #ask #anon #free palestine #percy jackson disney+ #pjo tv show #rewriting

[missholoska]

day 7 of Soriel Week year 8: free day 💛💙

outfit swap with Alphyne ✨

and of course, I couldn't leave out the girls themselves:

#soriel #sorielweek #sorielweek2023 #alphyne #undertale #toriel #sans #alphys #undyne #undertale art #holoskart #this wasn't Intended to be bi toriel propaganda but it sure did end up like that. which is the opposite of a bad thing #fun fact this was actually supposed to be my day 7 for last year's soriweek and just didn't work out at the time #it also really did not want to work this time either. it is nearly 3am I tried So Hard to finish this in time ;_; #it's kinda rushed in places and I couldn't polish it as much as I would've liked. but at least I can finally sleep..............

[vaxxman]

I'm sorry, but your Medic is the most appealing design I've ever seen of him!! You just draw him so.... shaped??? I dunno, it's just very good!!

This is such a cute message to get, here take this panel I drew today, it encapsulates my flushed reaction.

(There's no way you'll be able to guess the context to this panel)

#60 seconds till mission begins rambles #There's at least 3 more asks that are just compliments and I just look at them in shame until I manage to draw something as a reply #It's going very slowly ahem but I really want to draw a little thing for you all - your messages are so sweet #*throws a blow kiss to you all but I'm throwing it violently like I'm trying to get Gold at the Olympic games* #I was drawing for a job today and then I didn't want to continue so I went to draw medic but then I had to colour him and I didn't want to #So I drew one comic page :) But its 3am now so I go do bed good night everyone

[kelocitta]

What a worthless animal

#oc: siggy #first image is babies attempting to figure out their ideal limb count #anyway having a bit of a 'never trust how you feel about your life at 3am' moment but i think the artfight brain plague is beginning to hit #dont worry about me im fine #just feeling a lil bad about maybe not being able to clean up the revenges i would like too and theres sooo many i didnt even get to sketch #and am only at like 50% of how much i 'scored' last year so it makes me feel a lil eh like im not doing as much #but ultimately i did way way more revenges even if it mightve been a mistake LMAO so at least thats something #although i feel bad cause i didnt even revenge some of the coolest ones i got!!! augh!!!!!!!!!! #ah well beetles dont have to deal with these problems we should be more like them #if you read my tag rants sorry about the lore on how my brain works you should check out the wooly chafer beetle

[qpjianghu]

(...but what if I was?)

Li Lianhua / Li Xiangyi | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023)

#mysterious lotus casebook #li lianhua #li xiangyi #lhl #my mlc gifs #thanks to the folks who helped weigh in on that last gif! #specifically thank you to: #the-surreptitious-albatross #lianxiaojie #and an apology... #to our dear a-fei #for including him in this gifset #I still believe that the feihua relationship is one of the most devastating tragedies of this show #because of the way that di feisheng grows subtly but significantly over the course of the show #and he comes SO CLOSE to loving and accepting llh/lxy for who he is and who he always was #and maybe he in fact DOES get to this point internally #but his last words to llh are inviting him to fight him like times of old #showing (in llh's eyes at least) a regression to their previous selves #a “self” that maybe llh feels he never actually was #which is why I specifically wanted a feihua scene in that last gif to juxtapose with the more obvious shan gudao scene #the subtext of that feihua scene is very sexy of them (I am looking disrespectfully) #but the text of the scene is brutal and tragic: #as di feisheng violently lashes out at li lianua for his perceived weaknesses #and while llh's initial reaction was at most faintly irritated up until that point #you can see that spark of genuine hurt and sadness in his gaze as dfs holds him at arms length #anyway this has been “things about mlc that make me want to tear my hair out at 3AM” #thank you for coming to my ted talk

[atinymexicanbird]

In which Shadow sees his reflection for the first time.

I just wanted to draw a tiny Shadow who managed to escape the scientists to roam around the ARK.

#THE REFLECTION IS TOTALLY OK AND I KNOW HOW MIRRORS/WINDOWS WORK I SWEAR LEAVE ME ALONE I DID THIS AT 3AM #my art #shadow my beloved #shadow the hedgehog #maria robotnik #gerald robotnik #sth #sonic the hedgehog #sonic #i totally fucked up the reflection but you know what whatever at least i finished a WIP jsajsj #sonic fanart #ark

[ceaseless-rambler]

I found some pictures I took of this absolutely horrid escalator. I definitely spent the entire time feeling as though I'd become a Vast victim, so I decided to write a bit about it :)

You step onto the escalator. You can't actually see the top from here. That's alright, though, you know it ends. All escalators end. There's no reason to think any differently of this one. Still, it's absurdly long, and the top doesn't appear any closer. You shrug off your unease. Just a trick of the perspective, is all. You turn around, not wanting to keep looking up. This was a mistake. The escalator stretches behind you, so, so far. Uncountable steps blur together. The floor is there, but that's less of a comfort than you might have expected. It's so very distant, and the thought of falling that height will not leave your mind. Your grip tightens on the railing. Maybe someone behind you could catch you. No, the steps are narrow, and you don't want to take anyone else down should you fall. Wait. Is there anyone else there? No. That's not right. You were with people. Friends. Where did they go? You'd been together when you stepped onto the escalator. You look up again. Your friends are not there. No one is there. The top is as far as it has ever been. You look back once more. The floor is gone now. You're alone on an endless escalator. No, you can't be. Escalators end, you know that. It's longer than you thought, is all. Maybe your friends walked on ahead while you stood. Yes, that's it. You start walking upwards. You keep walking upwards. How long have you been walking? It's been too long. You start running. The top does not come closer. Your legs burn. Maybe if you push just a bit farther, you'll see the end. You can rest when you know there's a way off the escalator. Your legs give out, but you catch yourself on the stairs in front of you. Maybe you should have fallen. A fall might have brought you to the bottom of the escalator and then you'd be off. But you're still here. You can't stand up. Your legs are too tired. Maybe if you wait, the escalator will carry you to the top. You know it won't, of course it won't, but that doesn't make the fear any less potent when the escalator grinds to a stop.

#tma #the magnus archives #the vast #it's 3am i hope that was coherent #had fun with it at least :)