#black Pete my spirit animal

[its-wabby-stuff]

How Human is your Animal?

Based on animalistic representation in Media. Ranging from anthropomorphic to everyday pet.

A tier list for your convenience

S Tier- Humans don’t exist here

Qualifications: the world has no humans, animals tend to walk on hind legs and participate in human like societies, most likely anthropomorphic but not required

Zootopia, Kung Fu Panda, Sing, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Chicken Little, My Little Pony, Goofy Movie, Ducktales, Robin Hood, Angry Birds, Samurai Rabbit, Paws of Fury, Spiderhams Universe

A Tier- I see, a little co-op happening

Qualifications: the world has humans, humans acknowledge animals in some way, they can be hired/considered for jobs and/or are active in society. Might be considered mutants

Paddigton, Muppets, Stuart Little, The Bad Guys, Pinnocio, Shrek universe, Care Bears, the Bee Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, and subsequently the entire MCU, Monsters Inc, Storks, Looney Tunes, TMNT, MHA, Yogi Bear, We Bare Bears, Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Hop, Wonderland, James and the Giant Peach, Hoodwinked, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Ichabod and Toad, Sonic Movie

B Tier- Your getting suspiciously close

Qualifications: act more human like, perhaps develop a hidden society or walk on hind legs or plan elaborate heists, it’s just not quite right for an animal

Madagascar, Ice Age, Shark Tale, Surfs Up, Snoopy, Rescuers, SpongeBob, Ratatouille, Horton Hears a Who, Free Birds, Great Mouse Detective, Chicken Run, Flushed Away, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Tom and Jerry, Secret of Nym, Tale of Desperaeux, American Tail, Once Upon a Forest, Garfield, Over the Hedge, Rango

C Tier- Communication is key in fostering animal relationships

Qualifications: Perhaps by magical transformation or special gift or something that has always been kept a secret until now, these animals are able to talk to you

Cinderella, Tarzan, Jungle Book, Epic, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Charlottes Web, Scooby Doo, Happy Feet, Snow White, Pete’s Dragon, Princess and the Frog, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Spies In Disguise, Emperors New Groove, Enchanted, Sophia the First, Peter Rabbit, Meet the Robinsons, Anastasia, Swan Princess, Dr. Dolittle, Leo, Up

D Tier- Oh look, it’s gaining complexity

Qualifications: although animals have been known to convey emotions nothing is more complex than creating Shakespearean like storylines. Humans take to the sidelines

Lion King, Finding Nemo, 101 Dalmatians, Bambi, Land Before Time, The Secret Life of Pets, Bugs Life, Oliver and Company, All Dogs go to Heaven, Lady and the Tramp, Fox and the Hound, Aristocats, Migration, Bolt, Dinosaur, The Good Dinosaur, Super Pets, Dumbo, Home in the Range, G-force, The Wild, Spirit, Rio, Curious George

F Tier- It’s all okay, animals are just animals here

Qualifications: Imagine your pet in a movie, that’s prolly what fits here. The everyday dog, or cat, or shark. Likely plays a part in the plot progression of the movie

Babe, Jurassic Park, Milo and Otis, Old Yeller, Life of Pi, Sword in the Stone, Beethoven, A Dogs Purpose, We Bought a Zoo, Pokémon, Dolphins Tale, Homeward Bound, The Black Stallion, Marley and Me, Jaws, King Kong, How to Train Your Dragon

Z Tier- So it doesn’t work like other places, but it works for you

Qualifications: a Universe with its own set of rules, perhaps jumping into a place outside of their own where rules seem just a little different. Who can say if it was real, or a dream?

Mary Poppins, Spiderverse, Fantasia, Mario Bros, Song of the South, Alice in Wonderland (cartoon), Calvin and Hobbes

Each placing is based on the highest human to animal ratio in universe even if that is one exception. This is for fun, don’t take it too seriously. You’re welcome to fill in anything you think is missing. If I mentioned one of your favorite movies you have to reblog, I don’t make the rules.

😉

#animals #animals in media #wabbystuffpost #rottmnt #media analysis #movies #universe lore #Disney #old Disney #mainstream media #obscure media #dreamworks #anthropomorphic #sorry I forgot Thumbalina #disney renaissance #franchises #Shrek #Httyd #little mermaid #zootopia #marvel studios #Netflix #the bee movie #MHA #ratatouille #curious George #snoopy #Garfield #scooby doo #the strangest collection of tags to be sure

[slashaer]

like this for a starter from one of my d.imension 20 muses. specify muse (s) from under the cut, there's a little blurb about each to help:

ayda augefort. half phoenix in her 3rd incarnation. autistic. logical / analytical. owns a library of spells on a pirate island. daughter to the dean of a magical high school.

lady amangeaux. once queen of vegetania, her title was stripped from her once her husband, the king, died. caring, compassionate, and willing to fight for what's right. thoughtful and empathetic, she's trying not to become bitter with the war. has telepathy and can communicate nonverbally.

king amethar. rightful king of candia. man made of rock candy. nearly assassinated. not very good at being king, but he's learning alongside his wife and daughters. good in battle.

prince andhera. prince of air and darkness. awkward, hot, and muscular. done trying to make his mother proud - he's going to make himself and his friends proud, instead.

barry syx. number six of the nine barry clones. lost all of his brother clones to barry nine, who killed everyone but syx. big himbo, but happy to be here. good with guns. cyborg.

cody 'night angel' walsh. works at hot topic. into black clothes, satan, and kickass rock music. has a good heart beneath all the spikes and dark colors.

colin provolone. born of the dairy isles. daddy issues. a very loyal himbo who tries to do what's right. did not want to be a part of a war, but destiny had other plans.

delloso de la rue. mistrex of ceremonies at the bloom for over a millennia. needs everything to be perfect. has never enjoyed any of the festivities. has been hiding themself for too long - they're finally ready to show who they really are, and start living.

evan kelmp. wizard going to school for magic, and staving off the dark monsters and magic within him. orphaned, homeless, and a sad boi. bad at making friends, and has a bad temper, but a good heart.

fabian seacaster. son of a famous swashbuckler. pompous and very wealthy. acts as if he's above everyone else, because that's how he was raised. cares about his friends, even if he doesn't say it. has a talking, demonic motorcycle. loves to dance.

garthy o'brien. anasimar pirate and impresariex of the gold gardens. they trade in a lot of fine goods, especially magical items, and are known for their ability to break curses. nonbinary and badass. calm and pretty much unshakable. everyone wants to be with them. a bit of a flirt.

prince gerard. the frog prince. turned human when he married his wife, but cursed to turn back because of his cowardice. has anxiety, but learns how to fight and overcome his fears. still has his frog powers when he's a man once more.

gorgug thirstlespring. half orc. adopted, by gnome parents. emo teenager who likes music. trying to fight better. became an athlete with two of his friends. kind of sad. just wants to belong. now an artificer and builds great stuff, just like his mom and dad.

kingston brown. the man who knows everyone. protector of new york city. do no harm, but take no shit attitude. loves his parents. slow to trust, but loyal once he does. magical. vox populi.

kristen applebees. grew up in a religious home, now constantly questioning her faith and deities. recently found out she's a lesbian. laid back and chill, most of the time. philosophical in nature. smart, but a little clueless. absolutely built. worships the goddess of doubt. running for class president.

kugrash. 5 foot tall rat who travels through the subways of new york to help people struggling with homelessness. friends with santa claus. cares deeply about people and wants the world to change. has the mouth of a sailor, but means well.

pete conlan. also known as 'pete the plug' because he's a drug dealer. uses a lot of his own drugs because of a bad breakup. trans man who is estranged from his family. just learned magic and is absolutely tripping out.

pib. trickster spirit. familiar trapped in animal form due to his keeper dying. mischievous and always ready for a scheme. likes money. loyal as long as he likes you. good heart underneath it all. will change back into a human when he finds someone new to serve, or frees himself.

pinocchio. not a real boy, and never will be. warlock who gets his magic from his strings. used to lie a lot, but he's trying to be better. likes to tell jokes, but isn't the best at it. not very serious. drinks whiskey and eats bubblegum.

riz gukgak. wants to be a detective, so he's always investigating. carries a briefcase wherever he goes. acts too old for his age. drinks a lot of coffee. is always willing to take the stress off of his friends.

ruby rocks. one daughter of king amethar. twin to jet rocks. princess, but would rather perform in the circus. wants to be a part of the people and help them. has wild ambitions. practitioner of magical tricks.

sandra lynn faeth. fig's mother. has issues keeping partners. brave and willing to protect the kids at any cost. 100% mom coded, down to the mom jeans. great with a bow. has a griffon familiar.

theobald gumbar. a giant, pink gummy bear. knight of candia. loyal to the house of rocks. good in battle, not the best at casual conversation, but he's learning. will fight until the death, if needed. needs to relax a little bit.

#starter call. #specify muse. #hello one and all welcome to another episode of 'please interact with my d20 muses' #warning for long post bc i did something extra #i promise they're versatile i can take all of them out of their canons <3 #or you can add your muse into theirs!

[sky-neverending]

Falling (doesn’t feel so bad when i know you’ve fallen this way too): Part 1

so i’ve decided i’m gonna start posting parts of my michie oneshot until i finish it and post the whole thing on ao3 so uhh here’s part one!!

They say the old Waylon place is haunted. And it is, in a way. For nothing ever truly dies there, the Waylon’s made sure of that.

But there’s someplace else in that tragedy-ridden town that holds the very same spells and incantations that the Waylon’s placed on their home, a building used as a backup in case anything ever went wrong.

Hatchetfield High.

So when Richie Lipschitz died in that school, on that fateful day, his spirit never really moved on. He stayed dormant in those halls for a week, and then two, and then almost three. Watching. Waiting. Holding out for Maxwell Jågerman to show his face at the sight where he took an innocent boy's life.

And it happened.

The doors to the gym cluttered upon, catching Richie’s attention. It was night, school was closed. Someone had broken in.

“Are you sure about this?” he heard a familiar voice say, squeaky and filled with worry. “Who knows what kind of door we’re gonna open.”

“We have too, Pete,” a girl responded, again her voice a familiar tone. “For Ruth, and Richie, and everyone…” His head perked up at his own name, and he walked toward them, feet light on the floor. “Grace, summon these bastards.”

He stepped through the door, looking into the darkness as Steph, Pete, and Grace knelt in the middle of the gym with a large black book in hand. They began chanting, and a chill ran through Richies undead spine as something in the air shifted.

“Stop!” He leapt forward, calling to them. “Stop, stop what you're doing!”

Everyone turned to look at him. “Richie?” Pete whispered, like he was afraid of what he was seeing. “Richie, how are you here? You- you're dead!”

“Max is dead too, and somehow he is haunting us, so who knows what the fuck is going on anymore?” Steph threw her hands in the air. “Sorry, Richie, for not being happy about your sudden appearance. But we are freaking the fuck out!”

Suddenly, Grace stood. She took the book she was holding with her, flipping through the pages as she talked. “This makes so much sense!”

“Sorry, what?” Steph walked toward her. “Care to clue the rest of us in?”

Grace rolled her eyes. “The Waylons, they put evil magic on their house, right? So it makes sense that they might have put the same spell on another place they founded.”

“Like the school!” Pete said, catching on. “That’s why Richie is here, he’s in the same situation as Max!”

“Then why isn’t he trying to kill us?” Steph asked, yanking the book from Grace’s hands. “Because, if you don’t remember, we currently have a very angry, very undead jock plotting our demise!”

“Shut the hell up!” Richie yelled, stalking toward her angrily. “Everyone, just shut up! I have no clue what the fuck you guys are talking about anymore, but I don’t like the look of that book. Give it to me.”

“No!” Steph said, turning away from him. “We need to do this!”

“For fucks sake, Steph, you aren’t the main character in a poorly written anime,” Richie grumbled, reaching for the book. His hand skated over his skin, and she screeched at the contact, dropping the leather bound pages on the floor.

Richie caught them mid-air, right as Steph stopped screaming. “Why can you touch me? Why are you so cold? What the FUCK is going on?”

“I’m pretty sure that’s just how ghosts work, Stephanie Lauter,” said Richie, pronouncing each syllable of her last name separately. “Now, I'm going to keep this book because I, frankly, am frightened of what you are going to do with it.”

#sky writes #falling part one #part one #npmd #npmd spoilers #starkid npmd #npmd au #richie lipschitz #steph lauter #pete spankoffski #grace chasity #nerdy prudes must die #michie #michie fanfic #stay tuned for part 2

[kidlit-queen-competition]

The bracket is done!

Now, this is literally impossible to read because it's so busy, so matchups are under the cut! Polls will be up tommorrow!

the train from Animal Crossing vs Casey Jr from Dumbo

the Red Zephyr from Friends At The Tavle vs the Mirage Express

the Beast from Girl Genius vs the Supertrain from Supertrain

Old Puffer Pete from Chuggington vs the Mighty Hooterville Cannonball

Rusty the Steam Engine from Starlight Express vs the Phantom Express from Cuphead

the Mystery Train from Adventure Time vs The Mede from Railsea

the Metro from Pikuniuk vs the Train from Unrailed

the Friendship Express from My Little Pony vs the Runaway Express from Soul Eater

The Celestial Spear from Drawtectives vs Emma from Jim Button

Lemon Demon's Trains from My Trains vs the Sea Train from Spirited away

the "I Like Trains" train from asdfmovie vs the eponymous Stardew Valley train

Ivor The Engine vs the Deep Sea Metro from splatoon 2

the Polar Express vs the Monorail from the Simpsons

the Old Black Train from Over the Garden Wall vs the Accordion Train from Jack and the Cuckoo-clock Heart

the Magnet Train from Pokemon vs the Limitless line from Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Snowpeircer from Snowpeircer vs the Infinity Train from Infinity Train

the Ratatosk Express from the Bifrost Incident vs Big One from the Galaxy Railways

the Mugen Train from Demon Slayer vs Blaine the Mono from the Dark Tower

Chargeman from Mega Man vs the fallout 3 train head npc

Lil Chew Chew from TF2 vs the train from Kirby

the Ghost Train from Monster High vs the Owl Express from A Hat in Time

the train from Inception vs the Ghost Train from Paranatural

The Little Engine that Could vs the Molentary Express

the Phantom Train from Final Fantasy vs Every Single Troublesome Truck from Thomas the Tank engine

the train from Spider-Man 2 vs The Excess Express from Paper Mario: the Thousand Year Door

the Spirit Train from Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks vs 401 from Mark of the Dragonfly

Thomas from Thomas the Tank Engine vs Steam Tank Obsidion from Octopath Traveller 2

The Starflight Express from Dragon Quest IX vs Your Locomotive from Sunless Skies

the snail train from precure vs the blind train from Malorie

Iron Girder from Discworld vs the Taffy Train from Toonkind DND

Senca from unprepared Casters vs Titipo from Titipo Titipo

The Dinosaur Train from Dinosaur Train vs the Train to Busan from Train to Busan

#If i try to edit this post it explodes so sorry for the formatting #Thomas the tank engine #ttte #Discworld #friends at the table #paranatural #demon slayer: kimetsu no yaiba #Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion #Stex #starlight express #The murder of sonic the hedgehog #cuphead #railsea #mark of the dragonfly #sunless skies #titipo titipo #dinosaur train #train to busan #im not tagging 64 fandoms i need to go to bed #fictional train fight blog admin

[stinky-fuck-swag]

Aaand here's the brackets!

Wacky ass formatting, i know- Matchups under the cut, polls will be starting soon!

(note: i know nothing about like. 80% of these characters. if their names or where theyre from is incorrect, just lmk cuz i have NOO IDEAA) also i am fully aware of every mistake made in this bracket. whoops

BRACKET A, SIDE A

Henry Oak (Dungeons and Daddies) VS Normal Oak (Dungeons and Daddies season 2

Zora Salazar (Epithet Erased) VS Stink (Epithet Erased)

Anders (Dragon Age) VS Isabela (Dragon Age)

Deandra the new girl (Most Popular Girls in School) VS Peach (real life)

Randy Jade (Dialtown) VS Phonegingi (Dialtown)

Stunky (Pokemon) VS Stinkeye (Yo-kai Watch)

Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100) VS Dimple (Mob Psycho 100)

Moonbeam McSwine (Li'l Abner) VS Marc Spector (Marvel Comics)

Link (BOTW) VS Lt. Columbo (Columbo)

Yoda (Star Wars) VS Shaggy (Scooby Doo)

Dob the Half Orc Bard (Oxventure Dungeons and Dragons) VS Caleb Widogast (Critical Role campaign 2)

Shinjiro Aragaki (Persona 3) VS Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5)

Gyro Zepelli (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) VS Guido Mista (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Tokkori (Kirby right back at ya) VS Jotaro Kujo (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Elon Musk (real life. sadly) VS Berdly (Deltarune)

Spamton G. Spamton (Deltarune) VS Susie (Deltarune)

BRACKET A, SIDE B

The Great Mighty Poo (Conker) VS The Poop Smith (Homestar Runner)

Michael Afton (Five Nights at Freddy’s) VS Springtrap (Five Nights at Freddy’s)

Manjoume Jun/Chazz Princeton (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) VS Datz Are'bal (Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice)

Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) VS Humans in general (Star Trek)

Captain Rockhopper (Club Penguin) VS King Micah of Bright Moon (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Frank Gallagher (Shameless) VS Remus Sanders (Sanders Sides)

The Riddler (Batman: Arkham Knight) VS Power (Chainsaw Man)

Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) VS Every Dog (real life)

c!Technoblade (Dream SMP) VS c!Wilbur Soot (Dream SMP)

Harrier Du Bois (Disco Elysium) VS Bruno Madrigal (Encanto)

Submitters Brother (real life) VS Prosperity Redding (The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding)

Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi) VS Goobleck (Just Roll With It)

Enoch O'Connor (Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children) VS Smores (real life)

Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) VS Erik (The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical & movie))

The Voters (Tumblr) VS Equius Zahhak (Homestuck)

Rotten Apple (Showvember) VS Loki (real life)

BRACKET B, SIDE A

Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) VS Smudge (Cascão) (Monica’s Team (Turma da Monica))

Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street) VS Stinky Pete (Toy Story 2)

Toko Fukawa (Danganronpa) VS L (Death Note)

Stink Bomb (Skylanders: SWAP Force) VS Slugcat (Rain World)

Thorfinn (Vinland Saga) VS Vice (Kamen Rider Revice)

Dr. Iceberg (SCP Foundation) VS Dr. Alto Clef (SCP Foundation)

Ash Ketchum (Pokemon) VS Doug Eiffel (Wolf 359)

Estinien Wyrmblood (Final Fantasy XIV) VS Alphinaud Leveilleur (Final Fantasy XIV)

Raphael Hamato (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) VS Gobber (How To Train Your Dragon)

Keaton (Fire Emblem Fates) VS Sniper (Team Fortress 2)

Bill Lenz (Black Christmas 1974) VS Stinkor (Masters of the Universe)

The Sewer Urchin (The Tick (1994 Animated Series)) VS Macaque (Lego Monkie Kid)

Barfbat (Ward (Parahumans series)) VS Kevin (Synthesizer V)

Yellowfang (Warrior Cats) VS Big Mac (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Heppokomaru (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) VS Captain 3 (Splatoon 3)

Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls) VS Linus (Stardew Valley)

BRACKET B, SIDE B

Jeong-Jeong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS Pigpen (Peanuts)

Beelzebub (Good Omens) VS Stinkfly (Ben 10)C

Hiravias (Pillars of Eternity) VS Chell (Portal)

Murdoc Niccals (Gorillaz) VS Bacterian (Dragon Ball)

Captain K'nuckles (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack) VS Kimchi (Chowder)

Stinky (Moomins) VS Stinky (Animal Crossing)

Mitchell Shephard (Hunt Down the Freeman) VS Melly Plinius (Identity V)

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) VS Yato (Noragami)

THAT FUCKING THING IN YOUR BANNER (my banner lol) VS Harold (Fallout 1, 2, and 3)

Barik of the Stone Shields (Tyranny) VS Samuel Gladiator (Yandere High School (minecraft roleplay))

John Hart (Torchwood) VS Orochimaru (Naruto)

Dung Defender/Ogrim (Hollow Knight) VS Zane (Borderlands)

Pumbaa (The Lion King) VS Enki (Fear and Hunger)

Goro Majima (Yakuza) VS Sandalphon (Granblue Fantasy)

Finn Mertins (Farmworld) (Adventure Time) VS John Doe (John Doe / John Doe+)

Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls) VS Ed Sheeran (ginger people fandom)

#stinkyfuckswagtourney #tumblr bracket #poll bracket #my ass realizing all the name mistakes i made in the bracket but im too tired to go back n change it lolol #i dont wanna see anyone complaining abt the dsmp characters btw #idk jackshit about it but i do know that those two ARENT dream and the submitter specifically submitted the CHARACTERS not the people #and when i said any media besides southpark and hp was fine i meant it #ill prob have to make a separate post but anyone being disrespectful about ANY Character in this bracket will get blocked idc #tried to do some of the matchups by fandom but i just realized theres 2 final fantasy dudes that i didnt pair up sighhh. im tired ok #if this is rlly fucked up ill fix it up later dwdw

[alycat93666]

Quick snippet shot because I've seen the movie three times now and it's so good! My brain rot latched on to the fac that Vol. 3 kept saying Rocket was Peter's best friend when, they weren't? They were a bunch of jackasses standing in a circle, they were all friends with each other, Groot and Rocket especially.

So then, I decided to write this to appease myself because now I do want to see more of them being besties instead of having constant ship measuring contests.

Another Cell:

"That OrgoCorp ship we picked up hasn't shown much bounty yet," Kraglin said in disappointment as they tore it apart. "We probably caught it going out to pick up a delivery."

"So what are we to do with this?" Taserface asked, the hungry look in his eyes answer already. If he wasn't the most thickheaded crew member aboard, his hand and wrist would have been bitten off already from the only thing they'd yet found. Some kind of varmint that was screaming and twisting in place. It seemed to be making up cuss's on the spot as the claws and teeth tried desperately to be free from whatever fur wasn't singed or modified around its neck.

Yondu had half a mind to let it go and see what chaos it would cause aboard his ship, the little thing had spirit.

He might have some use for that.

"Go give it to Quill," he smirked.

Taserface grunted in disappointment, but went off still licking his lips. Probably in hopes there would be a dual appetizer in sight.

"You, ah, really think that's the best idea captain?" Kraglin scratched at his neck as the animal began articulating even more threats about what he'd do to all of them starting with their entrails. "Pete's still adjusting to being aboard himself."

"Exactly," Yondu shoved him aside and plucked a shiny bit of the cockpit's thoroughly dismantled rigging up to hold it in the light, wondering if its value was worth hocking or if he could shave off a few edges and put it on his dash. "Either the boy will eat it, or it'll eat him. Either way, they'll both stay out from under my feet for a bit while they figure it out."

...

Rocket had already stolen seven trinkets off his captor including the zipper from his pants by the time he was thrown bodily into a room.

The door slammed shut before he'd even peeled himself off the floor, but he jumped to his feet still mentally mapping his path here and how to get back to where they'd taken him in. He'd seen plenty of other ships and pods he could escape from, he would not be anybody's test subject again.

His eyes adjusted quickly, and he saw he was not their only captor.

Some bald body was huddled up in the corner, a weirdly pale looking creature that had noise vibrations coming from his ears as he glared resentfully right back at Rocket and kept something tight in his hands. Maybe his life pack. What did he care.

Still, he might be a threat, so Rocket began edging back to the door without taking his eyes off the ones tracking him. Then Rocket saw the blood.

It was all over the flappy, loose linen he was wrapped up in. The rest of his skin was mottled black and blue.

Rocket hesitated, but when the creature made no threatening move towards him, and he well knew that hurt, fearful look in those strange eyes that could lash out, he turned his back and began investigating the door.

It was no good, no lock, no seals, nothing.

He turned back and put his hands on his hips, trying to look bigger. Even all scrunched up, this creature was still bigger than him. He couldn't look weak now.

"Well, what's your name?" He barked.

"Hurts," the boy grunted.

Rocket felt it, the feeling he'd been trying to suppress since he'd laid eyes on him. His heart melting. He'd tried so hard to convince himself in that ship he wouldn't ever have to care about friends again, and yet that sounded far to familiar.

Then the kid plucked something out of his ear, the odd, low noise had just a little more garble to it now as it dangled in place and he gave Rocket another once over. "What? What did you say?"

Rocket sighed, picked up a bit of cloth on his way as he padded over, and began licking at it. As he got in arms reach, he slowly, gently leaned forward, and pressed it to the welt on his wrist.

The boy flinched, but didn't push him away. Tears began pooling in his eyes instead as he watched him just as wearily back. "Are you, real?"

"Sure am," Rocket assured. His ear ticked, he was watching the little dangly bit wondering if it was supposed to go back in.

"A talking racoon," he scoffed, but sniffled as Rocket licked at the cloth again and moved onto a dried bit of blood over a fresh, sensitive scab. "Space really does have everything."

"What's a racoon?" Rocket asked wearily, it didn't sound like he was being thanked.

"It's what you are, stupid," the boy snapped.

"Ain't nothing like me," Rocket bristled and pulled his cloth back, sitting down on the, on the floor, and, oh gods he would not cry. He was done crying.

"Yes you are," the kid insisted with a stubborn set to his lip. "Except, you talk."

"Thanks, genius, we've established that," Rocket scoffed. "What's your name," he asked again.

Silence, except the faint noise dulling off for a moment. Silence, and then it began again except somehow different. The boy took a breath, and said, "Peter Quill. Why did Yondu put you in here?"

"What's a Yondu?" Rocket asked back. "I was scooped up by a bunch of flargin jerks who dropped me in here."

"Oh," Peter sniffed and brushed his face off on his ratty clothes all these strange creatures here wore.

"Listen, I'm busting out of here," Rocket said with confidence. "When I do, you, you need to run for it too." Somewhere not with him though. Anywhere he wasn't.

"I got no where to go," Peter said dully. "Yondu said I had to start showing my worth or the crew was going to eat me. They'd been sending me out to steal stuff, but, I keep getting hurt. I guess you're my replacement." His voice went sharp, mean, lashing out. "Bet you'll be worse at it, the only thing you can steal is garbage!"

Rocket watched the color rise in his face, he knew that feeing all to well. Peter should get to rip Yondu's face off if he wanted to.

"What's that?" Rocket asked quietly of the thing Peter had been clutching as his lifeline this whole time.

Peter sniffled again and held it even tighter, there was an ominous cracking noise. Then he exhaled and coughed, and said, "it, it's mine. My mom gave it to me!" He sounded even younger without the bite in his voice.

"What's a mom?" Rocket asked.

Rocket watched the pain show on Peter's face, the kind that couldn't be covered up with bruises and scraps.

Peter didn't answer. Instead, he held out the little bud that had been in his ear.

Rocket took it and held it curiously closer, and finally heard the noise proper.

It was nothing like what had been on the High Revolutionary's ship. He didn't know how to explain the feeling it gave him, but he found himself smiling at Peter, who was smiling back cautiously.

Peter waited until it was over and the slight pause in the air before he asked quietly, "what's your name?"

Rocket didn't want to tell him. He had to be thinking of ways to get off this ship.

If he told him, Peter Quill would probably die too.

The music caught, and began playing an even stranger noise than before. He decided he liked this one even better than the last. He knew what feeling it gave him. Hope.

"Rocket," he answered, scooting a little closer.

/an/

and then they proceeded to cause Yondu nothing but chaos until they departed in Vol. 1, lol.

If I come up with any concrete ideas I might add another chapter about Peter, Rocket, and Yondu actually bonding, something I've wondered about for years but never as anything more than vague ideas.

#rocket raccoon #peter quill #star lord #guardians of the galaxy #gotg #vol 3 #au

[lostinthewoods45]

✨Fandoms I'm Interested In✨

Agere Shows: baby loony toons, whinny the pooh, scooby doo, ninjago, the amazing world of gumball, blue's clues, bear in the big blue house, baby songs, pound puppies, strawberry shortcake, fairy odd parents, spongebob, my little pony, gravity falls, duck tails, care bears and pocoyo.

Regular Shows: jojo bizarre adventures, teen titans, stranger things, boco no hero academia, rick and morty, the office, disenchantment, death note, bojack horseman, diabolik lovers, black book, promsied neverland, black butler, agretsuko, little witch academia, shitt's creak, gakuen babysitters, law and order svu, sander sides, avatar the last. airbender, and big mouth

Agere Movies: brave, ponyo, lady and the tramp 1 & 2, lion king 1, 1 ½ & 2, encanto, luca, coco, toy story 1, 2, 3 & 4, the little mermaid 1 & 2, return to neverland, princess and the frog, fox and the hound, lilo and stitch, tangled, aristocats, the rescuers 1 & 2, hercules, treasure planet, tarzan, hunchback of notre domme, brother bear, a goofy movie, spirited away, arrietty, robin hood, up, inside out, wall-e, pete's dragon, beauty and the beast, howl's moving castle, my neighbor totoro, old yeller, whinny the pooh, frozen 1 & 2, disney african cats, oliver and company, kiki's delivery service and any animated batman movie.

Regular Movies: harry potter, avengers, hunger game, sweeny todd, six the musical, spider man, candy man, the birds, iron man, dr sleep, thor, captain america, black widow, captain marvel, black panther, endgame, infinity war, grave of fireflies, bounty hunter, my girl, us, get out, pursuit of happiness, hamilton, heathers, & anything from starkid enterprise.

[bookishdiplodocus]

Naughty words in a godless world

Imagine you're writing a story that takes place in a world that has no God, or gods, or saints. What do you do with exclamations like "Oh gosh!" (derived from "Oh God") or "Jeez!" (derived from "Jesus!")? And - oh god - what do you do with curses and swear words? If your characters can't say "Oh my god", "hell no", or "damn" because there are no gods to damn anyone to hell... what are your options?

Here is a list for inspiration

In general, non-religious curse and swear words refer to local cultural taboos.

Many languages swear by referring to cleanliness: dirty, sweaty, sticky, smelly etc. This includes things you do on the toilet.

Some languages, like Dutch, use diseases as curses and insults. For example, someone nasty/bothersome might be called a "cancer sufferer" in Dutch. These swear words are combinations of (derivates of) typhus, cholera, and cancer.

Societal hierarchy and family trees, mainly the inferior positions like a bastard (seen as inferior in the family tree) or a derogatory word that refers to lower class people (seen as inferior in that society).

On the other hand, you could insult a highly valued member of the other person's family, like their mother, or of their society, like their Queen/Emperor.

Sexual taboos, often implying someone (or their mother) is more sexually active than society accepts of them.

Calling someone the word for someone's genitalia refers to the same taboo.

How do you apply this to your language?

You could use explicit/taboo words as ... :

... an intensifier: "It was a shit-hot day."

... a negative adjective: "This is a shitty job."

... an insulting noun: "This journey is shit."

Or try to be creative and combine different taboos for a multi-hit offense. My favorite one is the Spanish "I shit in your mother's milk", which combines insulting the other person's mother, the taboo of bodily functions, and the taboo of cleanliness.

During my research I came across this article, which contains a number of concrete examples from all over the world you can draw inspiration from.

And on a less offensive note, you could always make up your own equivalent of "Merlin's beard!", "Great Scott!", or "For Pete's sake!" (Pete, by the way, is a catholic reference: Pete is Saint Peter.)

I hope this was helpful. Don’t hesitate to ask me any questions, and happy writing!

Follow me for more writing advice, or check out my other writing tips here. New topics to write advice about are also always appreciated.

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And if you come up with creative curses, feel free to add them in the comments :)

@therska @writingwordsaddrawingpictures @the-words-we-never-said @writingwhithotchocolate @i-rove-rock-n-roll @maskedlady @no-time-like-write-now @timefire25 @black-lakritz-dragon @nzmayart @fandomrandomness-stuff @dangertoozmanykids101 @anaestheticdisaster @storytellingofravens @purpleshadows1989 @mathematicpony @i-don-t-know-words @notquitenovelist @coffeescribles @reffaces @livingthelovelylife @katsglabella @lokitty-is-my-spirit-animal @thefallenbibliophilequote @watchmewritedumb @sting-the-scribe @kais-writing-shit @dameschnee123 @curiosityonmars @oodlittlething @nonbinarychaoticstupid

#writing advice #writing tips #writing tip #worldbuilding #world building #writing #cursing #tw cursing #sanne #how to tell me a story

[rockislandadultreads]

More Black History Month Picks: Selected Non-Fiction

We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy by Natalie Baszile

From the author of Queen Sugar—now a critically acclaimed series on OWN directed by Ava Duvernay—comes a beautiful exploration and celebration of black farming in America. In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and first-person stories to examine black people’s connection to the American land from Emancipation to today. In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000. Baszile explores this crisis, through the farmers’ personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and elderly black farmers explain why they continue to farm despite systemic discrimination and land loss. The "Returning Generation"—young farmers, who are building upon the legacy of their ancestors, talk about the challenges they face as they seek to redress issues of food justice, food sovereignty, and reparations. These farmers are joined by other influential voices, including noted historians Analena Hope Hassberg and Pete Daniel, and award-winning author Clyde W. Ford, who considers the arrival of Africans to American shores; and James Beard Award-winning writers and Michael Twitty, reflects on black culinary tradition and its African roots. Poetry and inspirational quotes are woven into these diverse narratives, adding richness and texture, as well as stunning four-color photographs from photographers Alison Gootee and Malcom Williams, and Baszile’s personal collection. As Baszile reveals, black farming informs crucial aspects of American culture—the family, the way our national identity is bound up with the land, the pull of memory, the healing power of food, and race relations. She reminds us that the land, well-earned and fiercely protected, transcends history and signifies a home that can be tended, tilled, and passed to succeeding generations with pride. We Are Each Other’s Harvest elevates the voices and stories of black farmers and people of color, celebrating their perseverance and resilience, while spotlighting the challenges they continue to face. Luminous and eye-opening, this eclectic collection helps people and communities of color today reimagine what it means to be dedicated to the soil.

Meals, Music, and Muses: Recipes from My African American Kitchen by Alexander Smalls

Iconic chef and world-renowned opera singer Alexander Smalls marries two of his greatest passions―food and music―in Meals, Music, and Muses. More than just a cookbook, Smalls takes readers on a delicious journey through the South to examine the food that has shaped the region. Each chapter is named for a type of music to help readers understand the spirit that animates these recipes. Filled with classic Southern recipes and twists on old favorites, this cookbook includes starters such as Hoppin’ John Cakes with Sweet Pepper Remoulade and Carolina Bourbon Barbecue Shrimp and Okra Skewers, and main dishes like Roast Quail in Bourbon Cream Sauce and Prime Rib Roast with Crawfish Onion Gravy. Complete with anecdotes of Smalls’s childhood in the Low Country and examinations of Southern musical tradition, Meals, Music, and Muses is a heritage cookbook in the tradition of Edna Lewis’s A Taste of Country Cooking.

Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand: African American Athletes and the Fight for Social Justice by Bob Schron

A history of the activism and achievement of African American athletes from Jesse Owens to Serena Williams to Colin Kaepernick, who advanced the cause of social justice through their outspokenness, commitment, and integrity.

Muhammad Ali refused to fight in a war he believed was immoral. Wilma Rudolph retired from track and field to campaign for civil rights. Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to draw attention to the oppression of black bodies. Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand tells their stories and the stories of other prominent African American male and female athletes who often risked their careers to fight racial discrimination and promote social justice.

From Jackie Robinson breaking the color line in major league baseball to NBA great Bill Russell sitting at the feet of Dr. Martin Luther King at the 1963 March on Washington to Althea Gibson asserting her tennis dominance at a time when many clubs would not allow African Americans to play on their courts, this moving and celebratory history shows how the tradition of black protest in sports has been consistent, necessary, and organic, and that the present crisis of misunderstanding and intolerance demands that this tradition continue as the country struggles toward fairness and equity.

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke

From the founder and activist behind the largest movement of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Tarana Burke shares her never before revealed life story of how she first came to say me too and launch one of the largest cultural events in American history.

After a long, difficult day working with young Black girls who had suffered the unimaginable, Tarana tossed in her bed, unable to sleep as a fit of memories intruded into her thoughts. How could she help these girls if she couldn't even be honest with herself and face her own demons? A fitful night led to pages and pages of scribbled notes with two clear words at the top: Me too.

Tarana Burke is the founder and activist behind the largest social movement of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the me too movement, but first she had to find the strength to say me too herself. Unbound is the story of how she came to those two words, after a childhood growing up in the Bronx with a loving mother that took a terrible turn when she was sexual assaulted. She became withdrawn and her self split: there was the Tarana that was a good student, model kid, and eager to please young girl, and then there was the Tarana that she hid from everyone else, the one she believed to be bad. The one that would take all the love in her life away if she revealed.

Tarana's debut memoir explores how to piece back together our fractured selves. How to not just bring the me too movement back to empathy, but how to empathize with our past selves, with out bad selves, and how to begin to love ourselves unabashedly. Healing starts with empowerment, and to Tarana empowerment starts with empathy. This is her story of finding that for herself, and then spreading it to an entire world.

#black history #black history month #black history month books #nonfiction #non-fiction #history #social movements #social change #non fiction #nonfiction books #library books #highly recommend #to read #tbr #booklr #book tumblr #reading recommendations #Book Recommendations #book recs

[ja-khajay]

Stuff I read (and liked) this year

As promised, here’s a list of the novels, comics, manga, etc... I read this year, focusing on the ones I enjoyed and would recommend to people. Under a cut, this is going to be a little long.

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Favorite book of the year: Stranger in the Woods, by Michael Finkel

Non-fiction. Based on the interviews of the man himself by the author, it is about a man who felt so unfit for society he decided one day to leave it, and spent the next 28 years as a hidden hermit in forest in Maine. The book details how he survived there, how he was eventually found, and some of his reasons for doing so. It’s a great reflection on the nature of loneliness.

Indian creek, by Pete Fromm

...Yet another detailed tale of living alone in the woods. This time, the diary of a student who spent a winter in the mountains to help tend for salmon hatchlings, and how he spent the rest of his days hiking, hunting, meeting the locals. It’s a fun little book who, being set almost the whole world away from where I live, was a nice way to travel.

Howl’s Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones

I don’t feel the need to explain this one since everyone and their mom has seen the movie adapted from it. The book, that I first read a decade ago before I actually watched the film, is a less romantized, more spirited telling of the same story. The writing is absolutely delightful and so is the world it paints, and it’s the first time in ages a book had me laughing out loud during my entire read.

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Favorite comic of the year: Monsieur Désire?, by Hubert and Virginie Augustin

A discreet young woman becomes a maid for a decadent, unbearable, byronesque young lord. Caked in the rigid and oppressive social hierarchy of the victorian era, you follow a mental and verbal joust between the two, as the lord tries his best to offend and corrupt his new unrelenting servant, to little success. The writing and especially the dialogues were stellar, drawing me into the tense atmosphere, watching this trainwreck of a character flamboyantly destroy himself. While there’s no precise content warnings that I can give, this is a mature and heavy story.

World of Edena, by Moebius

Anyone who’s followed this blog for over a month knows how much of a Moebius fan I am. Edena combines the vague, dreamlike, wordless storytelling from stuff like Arzach or The cat’s eyes with an actual plot. While I haven’t completly finished the story, the evolution of the main characters and how the story is told have been great to read through, and as always the art is beyond gorgeous. Unfortunately suffers from some good old sexism in the writing that even if minimal, tasted sour

Le roman de Renart, by Joan Sfar (book 1)

Sfar’s work always has a signature vibe of being dreamy and light without being light hearted, of being down to earth but drifting in the fantastical, and this one is no exception. It’s an adaption of a series of medieval folk tales I grew up with, who uses the same characters to tell an original story. If you’re familiar with icons like Renart as well as other mythological big boys like Merlin you’ll fit right in. There is something special in how the dialogues are written, who feel natural in a way that you’d overhear in a street corner and is very special to me.

The mercenary, by VIncente Segrelles

Another one I post about a lot on this blog. The mercenary is a king on the throne of fantasy cheese. The worldbuilding is interesting at times but the writing is a pretty pathetic display of glorious old time sword and sorcery sci-fantasy 10 years too late for it’s prime (warning for ye old sexism and orientalism that plagues the genre, cranked very high...) but you come and stay for the art. The entire thing is drawn in a series of hyper detailed oil paintings with an insane eye for technical detail, from the engineering of the weaponry, to the architecture and weather, to the anatomy of the fantasy creatures... Each panel stands out as it’s own painting which makes even flipping through it without reading the scenario a treat. Click here to see more of the art, in my Segrelles tag.

The ice maurauder, by Jacques Tardi

A short story about mad scientists entirely drawn like a 19th century engraving. In great Tardi tradition everyone is ugly and mean, it ends terribly, it’s both a hommage to the genre of late 19th cent. to early 1900s dramatic adventure novels and a critical eye on it, and it’s morbidly funny. Most people I saw online hated the way this was written but I’m not them and I really recommend this book. Die mad

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Favorite manga of the year: it’s a tie between the following two.

Cats of the Louvre, by Taiyo Matsumoto

Most wonderful comic I have read in ages. The story follows a bunch of semi-feral cats secretly living in the Louvre museum’s attic, and the small group of humans who share their life, walking through the museum as the night watch. When the cats are together, they are represented in a humanoid way, but still act like animals, and “become” cats again when a human is nearby. The plot is a sort of supernatural mystery centered around a kitten who walks around paintings. It’s a love letter to art, sincere and beautiful, with a unique art style and great characters.

Memoirs of amorous Gentlemen, by Moyoco Anno

A sex worker in early 20th century paris starts writing down a diary of the clients she meets, in a quest to cope with the troubles of her life. You follow her, her colleagues, and her bittersweet relationship with an abusive lover. I don’t have much words about this comic, but the art and writing both are amazing, it’s the perfect length and drew me in like little series had before. Obvious content warnings as this is an adult story that talks about sexuality, but also depicts both mental and physical abuse.

Hana, also by Taiyo Matsumoto 

A very short story, this was not made to be read as a comic originally, but served as storyboarding and visual development for a play, and the way it is written follows that. Hana is a slice of life story set in a fantasy world, of a young boy, his family, his village. Despite the setting being an original one, the character interactions are refreshingly... normal, and there is no huge plot to speak of, just a bit of the life of these characters. The art is beautiful, entirely black and white, with a scratchy style and an emphasis on contrast. Matsumoto is on a speedy road to becoming my favorite manga artist haha

Delicious in Dungeon, by Ryoko Kui

While not marked as my year’s favorite, I still consider this series among my favorite manga ever. The art and writing are amazing, and it’s both heartfelt, well concieved and plain hilarious. The story follows several parties of dungeon diving adventurers each on their little quests with a premise of our protagonists, on a panic rescue mission, surviving in the dungeon by cooking and eating the monsters they come across. From a DnD party turned cooking manual dinner of the week beginning, the plot creeps up on you and slowly thickens. I don’t want to spoil anything about the overarching story of this because it was a delight to discover for myself. While everything about DinD rules, I am especially fond of the design philosophy of the author, who puts great detail in the practicality and biology of what she draws, as well as the character writing. Everyone even side characters has so much charm and depth to them, the cast is so diverse and entertaining...! Each character is just a bit lame enough but endearing, and has their own little backstory that shows in the way they exist. It’s a delight

Chainsaw man, by Tatsuki Fujimoto

I went into CSM expecting a borderline campy hyperviolent dumb fun thing to read and was very surprised to find an uncomfortably well written story about a teenager being groomed. The hyperviolent dumb fun fights are here nonetheless and the series still qualifies as shonen for some reason, but the more mature character writing as well as some truly outlandish visuals make it something very special. If you can’t stand shonen, not sure you will like it, but if you don’t mind it, worth trying.

Witch hat atelier, by Kamome Shirahama

The oh so elegant fantasy seinen every cool kid started posting about this year, who I also succumbed to and fast. Witch hat is hard to explain, as most of it’s plot revolves around the rules of the world it’s set in, specifically the regulations around it’s magic and the social and historical reasons for them. It’s about growing up, learning, disability, making art. You follow a little girl taken in by a witch as an apprentice, her magical education, and learn little by little why her lovely teacher is so willing to break a lot of rules... While a bit too gentle and pretty for my taste at times, Witch hat has great worldbuilding and explores sensitive themes I rarely see in manga, much less in fantasy. And Berserk wishes it had art this good

#j #long post

[ashtrayfloors]

conversations in the kitchen

I’m half-standing, half-sitting on the kitchen windowsill, smoking an American Spirit, listening to the noises of my house, the overlapping conversations of my housemates. Waylon’s in the living room, banging out a new song on an out-of-tune acoustic guitar, the one he carved This Machine Kills Fascists into, in homage to Woody Guthrie. Bandit’s in her bedroom, playing Black Star so loud the bass reverberates through the thin walls. —Can ya keep it down? I’m tryin’ ta write a song! Waylon shouts, in his voice that’s somehow half country twang, half southern drawl, even though he’s from the suburbs of Chicago—maybe it comes with the name? Ziggy looks up from her notebook, says—Hey, Xiao Chen said he’s gonna be late, he’s doing the drag cabaret again. —Ah fuck, says Vegan Pete, I just hope he doesn’t bring anyone home tonight because he has the loudest sex and I have to work the early shift at the diner tomorrow. —Tilt your head back down, Sleazy Pete says to Vegan Pete, I’m almost done with your haircut. When the haircut is complete, Vegan Pete runs over to me—Hey Jack, how does my hair look? I try not to laugh, say—I’m not gonna lie, dude. Your hair looks like shit. You kinda look like...a lesbian Pee Wee Herman. Vegan Pete just shrugs, says—Oh well, at least I didn’t have to pay for it. Bandit comes bounding out into the kitchen, dressed only in a black slip, says—Don’t throw that hair away, I wanna use it in my art. Ziggy looks up from their notebook again, says—I just finished my first zine. —Uh... Sleazy Pete says, that’s your journal. —Well I’m gonna photocopy it! —You can’t just photocopy your journal and call it a zine. Now the sound of boots clomping up the stairs, and it’s Esma, saying—I’ve got tamales! Jalapeño and nopales. It’s my abuelita’s recipe but I made it vegan. And everyone is suddenly quiet, stopping what they’re doing to gather around the table.

I look around the kitchen. At the posters and flyers peeling off the walls—flyers for friends’ bands and art shows, smeary Xeroxes of punk iconography, posters of things important to our household and of our various hero/ines: Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas, Anarchists of Chicago/100th anniversary of Haymarket, Black Panthers/All Power to the People, Johnny Cash flipping the bird at San Quentin, Patti Smith as photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe, wearing a leather jacket with no shirt beneath and looking so perfectly androgynous and tough, John Waters’ Female Trouble, Guerilla Girls/Advantages of Being a Woman Artist. At the window Bandit had kicked a hole through the weekend her boyfriend and her girlfriend both dumped her, and we tried to cover it with duct tape but it still lets the cold in and if it’s windy, makes a weird rattling whistle. At the ashtray, overflowing with cigarette butts and the dregs of joints. At the shelves and counters, and everything on them: the dumpstered vegetables that are already half-rotten, the mason jar full of paintbrushes, the empty wine bottles filled with dead roses, the candles (La Virgen de Guadalupe, Santa Muerte, Jinx Removing), the coffee pot so layered with burnt coffee the glass looks black, and I think: home.

I look at everyone in the dusty light, turning gold, wreathed by steam rising from plates of tamales—Waylon with his mullet ‘hawk and gap-toothed smile, Ziggy with the green stocking cap they never take off; Bandit whose nose got broken in a bike accident so it’s now permanently crooked, and so lovely; Vegan Pete and his Animal Liberation/Human Liberation neck tattoo, Sleazy Pete with his ‘70s porn star mustache; I think of Xiao Chen backstage at the drag bar, putting on green fishnets and glitter eyeshadow. And Esma, Esma Rose, with her thorn tattoos and vintage pink sweater and polka dot skater skirt, so beautiful my breath catches like thorns in my throat when I look at her. All of them—my monsters. My family. I love them so much I can almost forget that I haven’t found the person I came here to find. I can almost forget I’m still searching for a ghost.

#nosebleedclub #february prompt challenge #jessie lynn mcmains #prose #fiction #monsters of chicago #chicago #friends #found family #kitchens #home #i know i'm days behind on these prompts but i've had other shit going on #also i spent a really long time on this one #also yes #most of these characters are based on people i really used to know in my chicago days #though they're all mostly combinations of more than one person

[darkmasterofcupcakes]

A big project that I’m going to do is ranking/rating all of the movies I currently own...which considering how many movies that is, is quite the task. It will take a while, because I need to watch/rewatch all of them, but I am determined to eventually do it. 

For reference, these are all the movies I have to watch:

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballah

Hetalia: Paint It White

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

Howl’s Moving Castle

Princess Monoke

Spirited Away

The Secret World of Arietty

Ponyo

My Neighbor Totoro

Kiki’s Delivery Service 

Castle in the Sky

The Cat Returns

Summer Wars

Wolf Children

The Boy and the Beast

Mirai

My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)

WALL-E

Toy Story

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 4

Inside Out

Incredibles

Incredible 2

Coco

Brave

The Good Dinosaur

Monsters University 

Monsters, Inc.

Ratatouille

Finding Nemo

Finding Dory

A Bug’s Life

Pooh’s Grand Adventure

Piglet’s Big Movie

Doctor Strange

Peter Pan (Animated)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride

Mary and Max

Pocahontas

Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World

Maleficent

Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo

Sleeping Beauty

Shazam!

Hocus Pocus

Saving Mr. Banks

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Song of the Sea

The Breadwinner

The Jungle Book (Animated)

Robin Hood

The Aristocats

Christopher Robin

Pinocchio

Snow White

Into the Spider-Verse

Deadpool

Deadpool 2

Scott Pilgram vs The World

Tangled

Meet the Robinsons

Frozen

Wreck It Ralph

Lilo and Stitch

Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Big Hero 6

Mulan

Mulan 2

Tarzan

The Little Mermaid

Treasure Planet

Oliver and Company

Bambi

Bambi 2

Brother Bear

Dumbo

Beauty and the Beast (Animated)

101 Dalmatians

Aladdin

Cinderella (1950)

Lady and the Tramp

The Lion King (1994)

The Princess and the Frog

Emperor’s New Groove

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh

The Tigger Movie

Zootopia

Moana

The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppets

Muppets Most Wanted

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Enchanted

Beauty and the Beast (Live Action)

The Jungle Book (2016)

Cinderella (2015)

Into the Woods

Pete’s Dragon (2016)

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Rise of the Guardians

Logan

Iron Man

Captain America: The First Avenger

Thor

The Avengers

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Thor: The Dark World

Guardians of the Galaxy

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Ant-Man

Captain America: Civil War

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 

Thor Ragnarok

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Black Panther

Captain Marvel

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Endgame

The Glass Castle

Over the Hedge

Batman Begins

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight Rises

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman 1984

Coraline

ParaNorman

The Boxtrolls

Kubo and the Two Strings

Missing Link

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Prince of Egypt

The Croods

The Croods: A New Age

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

The Boss Baby

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Megamind

The Iron Giant

The Day of the Doctor

A Monster Calls

Paddington

Paddington 2

Peter Pan (2003)

The Karate Kid (2010)

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Hugo

Love, Simon

Star Trek 2009

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Beyond

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee Returns

Goodbye Christopher Robin

Room

Now You See Me

Now You See Me 2

The Peanuts Movie

Storks

The Lego Movie

The Lego Batman Movie

The Lego Ninjago Movie

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The Princess Bride

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Where the Wild Things Are

The Sixth Sense

Once Upon a Forest

Annie (2015)

Steven Universe: The Movie

Saban’s Power Rangers

Soul

Arthur Christmas

Pitch Perfect

Pitch Perfect 2

Elf

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Halloweentown

Halloweentown 2: Kalabar’s Revenge

Home Alone

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Double Double Toil and Trouble

Murder on the Orient Express

A Quiet Place’

X-Men

X2: X-Men Unite

X-Men The Last Stand

X-Men First Class

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men Apocalypse

Anastasia

Pokemon: The First Movie

Pokemon the Movie 2000

Pokemon 3: The Movie

Pokemon 4-Ever

Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys

Wakko’s Wish

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes

Princess Diaries

Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Ant-Man and the Wasp

The Wind Rises

Venom

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 3

A Dog’s Purpose

A Dog’s Way Home

A Dog’s Journey

101 Dalmatians 2: Patch’s London Adventure

Jumanji

Hotel Transylvania 2

Hotel Transylvania 3

Lion King 1 1/2

My Life as a Zucchini 

Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas

Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas

The Little Prince

The Rescuers

The Rescuers Down Under

Cinderella 2: Dreams Comes True

Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time

Kronk’s New Groove

Frozen 2

Joker

The Lion King (2019)

The Little Prince

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

The Great Mouse Detective

Babe 

The Life and Adventures of Santa Clause

Balto

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco

Jetsons: The Movie

We Bare Bears: The Movie

Mean Girls

Clueless

She’s The Man

Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle

The Greatest Showman

Chicken Run

Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstine

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman

The Persuit of Happyness

Indian in the Cupboard

Hook

Alice in Wonderland (Disney Animated)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Arrival

The Ultimate Warrior Jiang Ziya

The Legend of Hei, Protector of Spirits

Ne Zha

Aquaman

The Road to El Dorado

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension

Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel

Phineas and Ferb Star Wars

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins Returns

The House with a Clock in It’s Walls

Inception

Les Miserables (2012)

Forrest Gump

Night at the Museum

Spaceballs

The Blind Side

Scoob!

Knives Out

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

The Return of the King

Jumanji: The Next Level

Ice Age

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Aladdin (2019)

Cheaper by the Dozen

The Dark Crystal

Downton Abbey the Movie

Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

The Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Flintstones: Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby

Ghostbusters (2016)

Good Boys

Happy Feet

Happy Feet Two

The Grinch

Isle of Dogs

Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park 3

Jurassic World

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 3

The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea

The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning

Man of Steel

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers

Mulan (2020)

The New Mutants

Planes: Fire and Rescue

The Santa Clause

The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

Son of Batman

Sonic the Hedgehog

Suicide Squad

Trolls

Trolls World Tour

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Yours Mine and Ours 

Rio

Rio 2

Ferdinand

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Addams Family (Animated)

Tokyo Godfathers

The Secret Life of Pets

The Secret Life of Pets 2

The Addams Family

The Addams Family Values

The Secret of Kells

Fantasia

Fantasia 2000

The Fox and the Hound

The Fox and the Hound 2

Turbo

The Bee Movie

Antz

Batman Gotham Knight

Batman Year One

Batman: Under the Red Hood

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis: Milo’s Return

Brother Bear 2

The Parent Trap

The Wizard of Oz

Charlotte’s Web (Animated)

Charlotte’s Web (Live Action)

Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost 

Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders

The Rugrats Movie

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Rugrats Go Wild

Madeline

Annie

Matilda

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Snoopy, Come Home

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown

Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back!)

The Land Before Time

The Great Valley Adventure

Time of the Great Giving

Journey Through the Mists

ET: The Extra-Terrestrial 

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

In the Heights

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Beetlejuice

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

Corpse Bride

Boss Baby: Family Business

Black Widow

Twilight

Twilight: New Moon

Twilight: Eclipse

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Small Foot

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde

Pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker

Pokemon Heroes

The Man Called Flintstone

I Yabba-Dabba Do

Cruella

Luca

Hotel Transylvania

Tales from the Crib: Snow White

Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks and a Beanstalk

Lucario and the Mystery of Mew

Zoroark - Master of Illusion

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Raya and the Last Dragon

To Grandmother’s House We Go

Our Lips are Sealed

It Takes Two

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Star Wars: A New Hope

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Spies in Disguise

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Onward

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Batman vs. Robin

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Dear Evan Hansen

Wonder

Mitchells vs. The Machines

Disney’s Christmas Carol

Porco Rosso

Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

Twelve Angry Men

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Encanto

Freedom Writers

Eternals

Balto II: Wolf Quest

Balto III: Wings of Change

Detective Pikachu

The Book of Life

Ender’s Game

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Belle

Turning Red

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Pompo the Cinephile

The Batman

5 Centimeters Per Second

The Place Promised in Our Younger Years

#As you can see #This is gonna take some time

[naferty]

Also, I'm pretty sure I've read all your aus by now

You have? That won’t do. How ‘bout another? A centaur balto au with a slice of iron dad! 

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The festivities are grand and the spirits are high on this beautiful day. The laughs and smiles are contagious and even Tony couldn’t resist joining in. While the town is small, the festival is impressive. Many tourists come from all over to take part in the fun. The many centaur-themed activities present and the town’s high centaur population is enough to warrant a weekend stay and then more, bringing in much-needed revenue to the town, but the main events, the races themselves, are really the whole reason the town is able to hold the festival in the first place. Twenty-five years running now.  

The yearly racing event of a little old town Tony calls home always got everyone ecstatic, including the town’s own centaur population that helped host a majority of all activities. Tony being included on that list. He had taken part in the jump race on the first day of the festival, winning with little problem and keeping his crown as champion. 

His biggest fan, little six-year-old Peter Parker, cheered for him the entire time. With a fan base like that, how could Tony ever lose? 

Now on the second day, the quarter race is on. Much like a regular horse race, the centaurs are running to a finish line. The difference? Centaurs don’t need riders and they certainly don’t need a track. No, instead the town has a pathway created years ago that cuts through the forest surrounding their town and down the main road of the town itself. It starts at the festival, goes through the main road, enters the forest, returns back down the same main road and finishes where they started. The biggest of the races, many would argue, but not one Tony is interested in.

Tony’s fifteen minutes of fame came and went. Now, he’s a tourist like everyone else, walking with his carer and his carer’s family. Ben is a good carer. Perhaps the best, but that could be Tony’s bias. He couldn’t be blamed for it, however. May is a beautiful woman, for having two legs, and kindhearted to a fault. Their ward, Peter, is downright the cutest little two-legged child Tony has ever seen, and no that isn’t his bias talking. It’s the truth. His boy is unchallenged and Tony is willing to die on that hill. 

At that moment, he walks alongside Ben, May and Peter through the sea of two legs and four. Peter sits comfortably on his back while Ben keeps a hand on him to make sure Peter doesn't fall off. Tony is careful to make sure he doesn't jerk the child, but the extra help is always welcomed. The last thing he wants is to hurt his boy. 

They’re heading towards the ‘smithy.’ The lovingly named building that crafted and sold everything related to racing from harnesses to carts to hats and boots. There’s a present waiting for Peter there. Something his boy has talked about non-stop for the past few weeks and something Ben and May had mentioned to Tony beforehand. With Tony’s blessing, they went ahead and ordered it weeks prior. Long before the festival officially opened. 

Ben quickly goes inside when they reach the building, leaving Tony and May to distract Peter and keep the secret a little longer. Peter has no idea and boy is the child going to be in for a big surprise. 

“Are you having fun, Pete?” May says to the child still sitting on his back. Tony’s height makes it easy for May and Peter to be at eye level and for them both to see the large smile on Peter’s face. 

“I am! Will we see the race today?” Peter starts to jump in place. 

“Of course we will, but behave. Don’t hurt Tony.” 

Tony smiles. He’d love nothing more than to say he doesn’t mind, but the language barrier and difference in vocal cords between them makes it impossible. So he’s left to simply listen and hope his face expresses what he means. 

Ultimately, it does. “Don’t say it’s okay. We both know this would hurt anyone’s back,” May shakes her head. “Behave,” she repeats to Peter and like the good little boy he is, Peter listens. 

“I’m sorry, Mister Tony.” The large eyes his boy gives him would make even the most hardened wild centaur crumble. 

Tony nods, making sure his face shows no signs of anger. He honestly doesn’t mind. Peter isn’t a heavy child. In fact, he’s lighter than most. 

Ben peeks his head out, giving them the signal. 

“Okay, Pete, time to get down,” May says and holds up her arms, meaning to help Peter down. 

Peter pouts. “Why?” 

“We got you something. You need to get down so we can give it to you. Come on.” 

Peter goes down grumbling. Tony knows the boy loves the height and usually fights tooth and nail to stay, but he figures the present will more than make up for it. 

Once on the ground, May asks him to close his eyes. The prospect of a present finally settles and excitement soon took over. Peter closes his eyes, going so far as to use his own hands to stop himself from peeking. 

When they’re sure he isn’t looking, Ben and the crafter wheel out the present. Said present is a carriage. A simple one with a child seat on the front. The special order Ben and May requested meant to cater to Peter. For you see, his boy has taken an interest in carriage driving after watching it on television. Something about the sport caught his boy’s little eyes. The child couldn’t stop talking about it. 

Ben and May had talked to Tony about it. The two own a plot of land but have no animals to call it home. Tony is really the only resident of the place. It fell down on him to make Peter’s little dream come true. He is the one who’s going to pull the carriage after all, but they’d never force Tony to do so. If Tony is going to do it, it will all by his own free will, and how could he ever say no? 

So here they are. The carriage is customized to allow Peter to reach the reins properly. Of course, the reins are really superficial since Tony will be in charge in all manner, but it gave Peter the official feeling he wants. 

Sitting on Peter’s little seat is the harness meant for Tony. The basic breast collar, the girth and the reins themselves. Colored in the most beautiful mahogany that is going to complement Tony’s black coat that Tony’s own champion money paid for handsomely. The best for his boy. 

“Okay, open your eyes,” May tells Peter. 

When Peter opens his eyes and sees the carriage he jumps in joy. He giggles and points at the craft. Excited beyond a doubt. “A carriage!” The child runs to it. The wheel of the thing is nearly his same height. 

“It’s all yours, Petey,” Ben informs him and earns himself a shriek of delight. 

“Thank you, thank you!” Peter hugs both Ben and May, thanks them seven more times, gives Tony’s front legs a tight hug and determinedly tries to climb the carriage to reach his seat. 

“I think he likes it,” May says with a smile. 

“I think so, too.” Ben laughs as Peter nearly makes it to his seat. “Hang on there, Sport. Let me help.” 

“Hurry! Hurry, Uncle Ben.” 

“I’m hurrying. Keep your hat on.” 

A hat plops on Peter’s head. A stylish, little brown cowboy hat. It makes Peter shriek even louder. 

“A real cowboy’s hat!”

An excited child is not one to be reckoned with, so Ben and May work quickly to set up the harness on Tony and get it connected to the carriage. Peter waits impatiently on his seat. His little legs kicking wildly as he watches his aunt and uncle. 

Peter grabs for the reins when it’s all set and ready. Like on the television, he begins to crack the reins, saying words ranging from ‘mush’ to ‘giddy-up’ to get Tony moving. Tony doesn’t budge until Ben and May give him the go-ahead

The two adults double-check everything. When they’re satisfied they eventually give Tony the green light. “Go on, but be careful, okay?” They opt to stay behind and let Peter go on his own for his first try. They’re showing a lot of trust in this decision. 

Tony nods and trots off when he hears a “he-yaw!” from Peter. From the angle Peter moves the reins he’s led back through the crowd and towards the area the finishing line for today’s races are located. He moves at a slow pace and is even surprised when Peter pulls the reins to slow him further or even stop him when families, humans or centaurs, come in their way. A responsible racer in the making. 

When the crowd grows bigger Tony knows they’re near the finishing line. Peter is a fan of all races, and now that he has his own little carriage the child couldn’t resist not going where the excitement currently is. That and perhaps showing off that he’s an unofficial racer. 

“Mister Tony, please slow down,” Peter says when they’re in the middle of the gathered bodies.

Tony does so and looks back to make sure Peter is still safe and okay sitting on his seat. As he does the barrier separating spectators from the running centaurs makes itself known. Tony sees his chance and rushes in to grab a good spot for both him and Peter. 

The crowd cheers loudly. A sign the racing centaurs will appear soon. Tony makes a grab for Peter and sets him on his back to get a better view of the race. They wait for the winner and Peter cheers excitedly for his favorite centaur runner. Peter removes his hat and waves it, trying to mimic the cowboys of the television and their dramatic antics. It’s at that moment a strong gust blew through and took the hat right out of Peter’s hand. Both centaur and child watch helplessly as the hat lands right in the middle of the track. 

“My hat!” Peter cries in panic. A gift from his aunt and uncle, who already struggle with money, about to be trampled by brute centaurs mere minutes after receiving it. Neither he nor Tony could do anything about it. They could only stare at it despairingly as the racing centaurs grew closer and closer, passing each marker as they got nearer. 

That is until a four-legged body jumps over the fence from the inside and joins in on the running. Tony is a little more than surprised when he recognizes the body as Steve. The wild (or feral as some bigots would often call them) centaur of their town. Tony has seen him a couple of times. He knows of Steve. Knows his name. Knows the wild centaur lives in the forest but will occasionally make a trip into town for one reason or another. Ultimately the town lets him be. Steve doesn’t cause trouble and the town sees no issue in his wandering, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the townfolks are welcoming either. 

Eyebrows are raised as the gathered townsmen notice the very same wild centaur running in the race now. A few cry out in outrage. Tony himself is left a little speechless when Steve catches up to the predicted winner with little trouble. Even at a distance, he could see Ty, the yearly champion, glare at the wild centaur and even go so far as to swipe at Steve. 

Steve avoids it expertly by leaping to the side then comes back, pushes further and jumps head of Ty to grab the hat that’s waiting innocently for its impending doom. Steve manages to grab the hat and move out of Ty’s way, skids over to the barriers, jumps over those and disappears into the crowd that scramble to move out of his way in a panic. 

Tony moves quickly to search for him. He doesn’t know why Steve would grab the hat and he certainly hopes it’s not because the wild centaur suddenly grew a desire to wear cotton shirts and denim. Peter holds on tight on his back. Tony is careful not to jostle him too much. Least he wants to catch a falling child. 

The disbanding crowd makes it hard for him to move. So hard that he’s forced to stay put for a solid minute or two as the bodies part way. Something that frustrates him. Peter’s hat is somewhere and Tony can’t do a thing to find it! 

“Mister Steve!” Peter calls behind him. 

Tony turns and sure enough, there is Steve making his way towards them. Hat in his hand. Undamaged and even clean. Tony watches him warily until Steve hands the hat over to his boy and smiles. 

“Thank you,” Peter puts the hat on, thankful to have it back. “What a crazy thing to do, Mister Steve. All to show off to a pretty boy.” 

Caught off guard, Tony looks to his boy and then back to Steve. Oh, he isn’t prepared for that comment. He certainly isn’t prepared when Steve doesn’t deny it either. Choosing to smile warmly at Tony. As if to express it true. 

Unable to keep eye contact, Tony looks down. He’s blushing. He knows he is. Did Steve truly do all that, putting himself front and center, to impress him? 

It’s at that moment that Ben and May catch up to them and Peter eagerly tells them what just happened. His boy talks their ear off as Ben brings him down and May grabs Tony’s harness. They lead him away. Tony nods to Steve in goodbye.

Steve is about to say something when he’s interrupted by Ty, the racing champion, barging in. He pushes Steve away and nearly makes Tony jump. Something he doesn’t want when May is still holding his harness.

“Yeah,” Tony elongates the note. He’s hoping his sarcasm is showing. “Almost as much as you did.” 

“Hey there, Tony,” Ty says in a voice that’s meant to be sultry yet is anything but. The winner follows him. “Did you enjoy the race?” 

“Thanks.” Clearly, Ty doesn’t catch it. “Let’s go celebrate. I know this lovely little spot by the lake. Ditch your carers and come with me.” 

Tony shivers in disgust. “Sorry, Ty. Suddenly I’ve lost my appetite.” 

Ty stops. Clearly he understood that one. He grins. “Ooh, well maybe your taste runs more toward,” Ty looks back, “feral.” 

Tony stiffens. He glares at Ty and he’s ready to give him a piece of his mind, but Peter calls out to him from Ben’s arms. “Mister Tony! Come on, we’re going back home!” 

“Sorry, Ty,” he’s really not, “my boy is calling me.” 

He turns his back and follows after his two-legged family. May is no longer holding his harness, leaving Tony to follow on his own. He keeps up no problem, but the crowd does pose a challenge. At one point he’s farther than what his boy is comfortable with. 

“Mister Tony!” 

Tony follows the voice. His family turns a corner.

“Mister Tony?” 

Tony turns to join them and stops in his tracks when Steve skids to a halt right in front of him. Their noses touching as Tony reels back a little. 

“Oh,” is all he can say when Steve pulls away. His ears are low and his eyes are wide. As if he’s just as surprised as Tony about their situation. 

“Tony - I, uh,” Steve stumbles. He smiles awkwardly. 

“Tony?” Ben calls out. 

“Mister Tony, hurry!” Peter waves at him. 

Tony looks away for just a second. That second is all it took for Steve to disappear. Tony searches, but Steve just outright vanished into thin air. He has no choice but to leave when his family calls for him again, but he does look back one last time to see if he’d catch sight of Steve. 

He doesn’t. 

#text post #long text post #naferty writes #stony #stevetony #centaur stony #centaur tony stark #centaur steve rogers #yes tony is very much jenna here #i regret nothin' #it's been a while since i've been able to write #show it some love? #dauntless-hufflepuff-pride

[newsfromstolenland]

I don't usually delve into american politics but this whole racist mess from pete buttigieg (described here) has prompted a lot of frankly disgusting responses from my fellow lgbt+ folks, and given the inextricable link between american and canadian politics, I believe it is important to address it

to preface this: I cannot speak to the experiences of black people in north america, as I am not black myself. what I can and will speak to is racism in the lgbt+ community, as I'm a brown lesbian

pete buttigieg represents an unfortunately large population of white lgbt+ people who are racist. it seems that many white people can't grasp that concept so I want to break it down for you all.

the four most prevailing attitudes among racist lgbt+ people are the following:

1: "I understand oppression and therefore know better than poc about racism" This usually leads to some all lives matter bullshit, and more specifically talking over black people about the history of anti-black racism in north america. This is where I would classify what's going on with pete buttigieg.

2. "I prefer white people." This tends to be framed as a preference, when really it is a vile racist mentality. Examples include "I'm not racist, I just only date white people/don't want to date poc." and the "no asians" shit that is prominent on dating apps.

3. Racial fetishization. There are obvious examples, like "oh my god, x race is so hot", and the more subtle ones that come with white people who constantly obsess over a specific racialized group without ever explicitly stating it (such as the fetishization of kpop groups). It is often dehumanizing and/or infantalizing.

4. Cultural appropriation. This includes non-indigenous lgbt+ people who talk at all about their "spirit animals" (though usually they talk about it all. the. time.) and non-black folks appropriating AAVE (african american vernacular english) and claiming that it's "gay slang" (it isn't)

Just some things for people (especially white folks) to keep in mind. Being lgbt+ does not exclude you from being racist.

#mine #racism #united states #canada #pete buttigieg #anti-black racism #anti-indigenous racism #anti-asian racism #lgbt+ #cultural appropriation #racial fetishization #racism tw #anti-black racism tw #anti-indigenous racism tw #anti-asian racism tw #cultural appropriation tw #racial fetishization tw