#but the books will always have a special place in my heart

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Imagine baby Sarah angry with Joel for not giving into her asks and wants like idk candy maybe and sides with reader going behind Joel’s back to ask the exact same thing and then in the middle of the day Joel questions how Sarah got a lollipop and reader says that Sarah told her that Joel said yes but to ask reader as well and they then connect the dots to discover that they’ve been played

Joel Dealing with Preggo Wife: Sarah's Bargain

Notes: I’ve derailed from this prompt a little because Sarah’s gotta outsmart all of the adults in the room.

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Sarah and Joel are walking through the gas station mart when she spots the colorful rack of assorted candy. 

"Daddy, can I have one ring pop?"

"No," he responds plainly, counting the twinkies in his hand and figuring out how many he can get before you yell at him.

"Why not."

He grabs two bottles of Pepsi in one hand before heading over to the check out counter. “Because I said so."

She grumbles and follows close behind him. "If I clean my room--"

"You can't bargain with me. I'm not mom. My answer is no."

She thinks about it for a moment. Then smiles. "Ok Daddy, I understand."

Joel is surprised she acquiesced so quickly. She seems to have gotten over the tantrum phase. Maybe he's doing a pretty good job at this parenting thing after all. 

- 

Later on, you take Sarah along with you to go grocery shopping. "Mom.”

"Yes bubba."

"Dad said if I cleaned my room, I could have a ring pop."

You pause, surveying the special deal for pepsi cans. Despite Joel telling you about the suspicious amount of pepsi that’s been disappearing from his stock, you hadn’t touched any. In fact, you had your own stock that you suspect he’s found out and been stealing from. 

“What?”

“A ring pop,” she repeats. “Dad said if if cleaned my room, I could have one.”

 Thats very uncharacteristic of him to bargain with Sarah.

"He did? So what are you coming to me for?"

"Well he said ONLY if you agreed. Said it was OK but to ask mom first to be sure."

Fuck, making me do the hard decision. Joels always the favorite, and if you say no now, then it’s going to make you the mean mom for no reason. You did see she cleaned her room without being told...

You grab the pepsi case, hoping Joel won't scold you for your own hoarders pile.  

You see the innocent batting of her eyes just as you look over to the candy aisle. “Well if Dad said yes..." 

-

Sarah and Joel are sitting at the table as he unwraps his secret stash of pepsi and Twinkie’s away from you. 

"I asked mom for a ring pop and she said yes,” she mentions while coloring her book.

Joel freezes with half the cream custard in his mouth. “I said—“ 

"Its ok! I told her since you had said no, that she didn't need to get me one. I just wanted to see if she would..."

"You trying to set me up against mom?"

"No..." she adds quickly. "I just... thought it would be an interesting experiment.” She smiles softly, before turning to a very mature, saddened tone. “But then I realized it was wrong and I should have listened to you in the first place. So I didn’t take it because I know you said no."

He thinks about it for a moment. Now you’re going to come to him lecturing about why Sarah doesn't get things when she CLEARLY has a good sense of responsibility, going as far to say no to something she clearly wants just to respect him. She's also smart to test both of you, and even when she could have had it, she still refused. 

“Alright. Just cuz I'm proud of ya.” He dusts the power from his fingers and fishes for his wallet. “You’re a smart kid. But I don't want you testing your mom n’ me for the same answer.  And I don't want to get in trouble with her. I'll get you one. Just this once ok?"

She nods solemnly and crosses her heart. “I won’t say anything.”

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The next day, you hear Joel and Sarah coming in from the garage and you quickly stash your pepsi behind the potted plant. Your daughter gives you a fat kiss on the cheek before running to the living room and turning on the tv.

You and Joel sit at the table. “I saw the can by the way.” He remarks.

You grunt, pulling the aluminum from its hiding spot and proudly sipping it before crinkling it in your hand. “Well I haven’t been stealing from you. I …have my own stash.”

Joel gasps, offended and surprised by your double standards. “And you yell at me n’ my Twinkies!”

"There better not be any f-ing twinkies in this house Joel Miller," you point at him threateningly.

"Nope none Nada. Haven't seen any." he slowly tucks the new plastic back full of them under his legs.

"The two of you talk about Sarah having cleaned her room without being told. 

"Yeah, I ended up getting her the ring pop,” he tells you.

You furrow your brows.

“?… but, I got her the ring pop. She said you told her I would get if it I also approved? I didn’t want to be the mean mom!"

Fuck, Joel knows you get too worked up on trying to be too nice and cater to Sarah... "What? I told her no first. I never said it was up to you. Then she said she asked you and you said yes, but she refused yours, so I got her it instead for being responsible. I told you to stop worrying about being the nice mom!”

You also know Joel's a sucker for marveling Sarah's experimental mind and working on being responsible over getting what she wants. "She did NOT refuse my offer. what are you talking about?"

Tommy comes in moments later, and waves to the two of you through the open door. Sarah runs up to him near the doorway, and he greets her first suspiciously. They do a funky little hand shake, and you catch a glimpse of something silver going into his palm before she retreats to the living room 

"What are you doing here?" Joel asks.

Tommy shrugs. "Uh nothin’ just.."

"Did you just slip her a ring pop??" You ask incredulously. 

He huffs a guilty sigh. "Sarah asked for a ring pop because you guys told her no, so I went to pick one up at the store as long as she didn’t tell either you...."

Fuck. You and Jole BOTH know Tommy's complex about wanting to be Sarah's favorite uncle (despite the fact you keep reminding him he's her  ONLY uncle and he has no competition).

Above all else, Sarah knows these weakness about each of you. You all look over to her as she unwrap a third ring pop, putting all of them on her one hand and switching back and forth sucking on them. There's an open Pepsi can clutched in her other tiny palm that she sips from, with an exceedingly satisfied grin on her face.

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[strawberri-draws]

New teaser for the show dropped so I doodled them :DDD

#my art #fanart #percy jackson #pjo fanart #pjo #Percy Jackson fanart #I am. so excited #literally vibrating with every piece of news #I am so happy for the actors I hope they have so much fun :’D #12 year old me is so jealous but I am living #for the books I drew how I always imagined them reading #and then drew the show actors :3 #(and then doodled the musical actors cause they have a special place in my heart also lmao) #anyways i need to draw them more I haven’t since I was 12 and couldn’t draw xD

[actual-howlinglikeaseaturtle]

I'm trying to put it into words. And I can't. But I'm still gonna try.

It absolutely breaks my heart watching people tear this book to shreds, and not because I somehow think it was perfect or void of problematic elements.

But I was active in the fandom when HOH came out. And maybe you were too and you still feel differently than me, that's fine. But to me, the reason I feel so fiercely protective over tsats is cause I remember the absolute shitstorm that came after HOH. After Nico came out/was outed. I remember the joy, the rage, the support and the condemnations. I remember articles critiquing the book for it's "strong homosexual themes" when it was literally just a fourteen year old boy confessing to having a crush on another boy. I remember it all so fucking vividly. And I especially remember the very real fear a lot of us had that Rick was going to kill off its then only gay character. And instead Nico actually got a love interest! This was so huge! And yes it was sloppy, and rushed, but to a lot of us, we were just grateful that a queer character in a popular children's book series got to be happy! And out in the books, and not just after it finished.

Idk. I'm probably not explaining this well but I guess part of me is still stuck in that mindset. Of just being happy, cause with all the homophobic backlash HOH received it could have gone very differently. So to now have a book specifically centered around Nico and Will and their relationship...it's really special to me. And it's such a fucking bummer to see all this hate.

#tsats #idk im probably not wording this right and im not saying don't critique the book but idk #im just having feelings never mind #tsats spoilers #solangelo #idk but hoh had such a major impact on me #i remember when the cupid scene leaked and everyone collectively lost their minds #i remember crying rivers when reading it and just thinking finally!!!!! #and i know we've had a lot of queer rep from rick since all flawed #but nico paved the way #that little guy is always gonna have a special place in my heart

[wikitpowers]

trying not to think about little boy!magnus and how hurt and broken he was, im so freakin upset don't touch me. he deserves everything good in this world.

artist: @emcreatez

#magnus bane was like the first book character who had such an impact on me #i have such fond memories of reading tmi for the first time #and noting down all magnus quotes :') #and now i finished the red scrolls of magic of the first time last night and my GOD #how did i not pick it up sooner #that was an experience and i loved every second #magnus's backstory broke me tho :'( #like i knew a lot about it but reading it properly was- #magnus has and always will have a special place in my heart #im still emotional don't talk to me please #im sad #magnus bane #the red scrolls of magic #the eldest curses #the mortal instruments #trsom #tec #tmi #tsc

[creative-hanyou-girl]

My mood right now.

#i still cannot believe it #ITS HAPPENING GUYS!!!! #you don't understand #I've read the 1st book since I was 11 or 12 #admittedly I never finished the whole series until a few months ago because I lost the 2nd book when I was younger #and was too embarrassed to say anything #BUT I did read the 1st book several times throughout the years as I grew up and it has always held a special place in my heart💙 #even more so now that I can say I've actually read the other books and have finished the series & consider it to now be a forever favorite😊 #so yeah.... #needless to say I've been waiting for this show for a long time #and it looks INCREDIBLE so far!!!!! #I really hope we get another season #disney pay your writers #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson tv show #percy jackson trailer #annabeth chase #grover underwood #the trio #percabeth #my favorite trio #disney+

[frizzle-mcshizzle]

📖

📖: If you had to remove one book from the series, which would you choose?

ive talked about this before but Unraveled.

it's such an obvious cash grab, if you're writing a long series you cannot switch POV ten books in and write a .5 book that's not how it's supposed to work. its bad writing. she's obviously stretching out the series to make money, it feels like it's gonna be a plotless book with maybe one or two plot points that really don't need to be in a separate book. I genuinely feel like she's actually gone down in the target age. because originally while said 8 to 12, the first book had children being kidnapped and tortured and addressed grief and adoption in like a genuine heartfelt way. it felt more like a book for 12-14yos. with what being posted about unraveled it really feels like a book for middle schoolers which I understand is the official target age of the series but it wasn't always like that, a good children's book can be enjoyed by adults, and kotlc is no longer like that.

on top of that the series has been going down in quality since nightfall. she had a chance to save it with Stellarlune, because everyone was cutting her slack for having babies. but it just got worse. The thing is she's a genuinely good writer you can see that in the first four books which is why I'm so disappointed in where the series is going.

#I really would rather her take three years to write the next book #instead of just pumping out books every single year #you know? #I need you to understand I genuinely enjoy kids media #so this isn't just like a I'm a college student now and I'm not in the target age #i was watching a peter rabbit show for 5yos at 12 because i enjoyed it #I was watching Wild Kratts at 14 #Target ages don't matter to me #it's the quality of the media #and keeper has been going down in quality #it will always have a special place in my heart but I will not be buying the next book #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #thanks for the ask!

[alliene-comet]

On another day she saw – or thought she saw – a face pressed close to the window; a girl’s face with long, fair hair hanging down on either side – watching. Then it disappeared.

Chapter 5, Anna Follows Her Fancy

Finally polished an old sketch of Marnie, I really love both the book and movie adaption ʕ♡˙ᴥ˙♡ʔ

#i wrote a 26 page book report on this in 9th grade and got a high score #when marnie was there will always have a special place in my heart #when marnie was there #marnie #studio ghibli #art #artists on tumblr #digital art #fanart #studio ghibli fanart #studio ghibli marnie #ghibli films #ghibli fanart #illustration

[biblical-angel]

Unravel Me - Tahereh Mafi

#this permanently altered my brain chemistry methinks #shatter me and warnette will always have a special place in my heart #shatter me #tahereh mafi #warnette #book quote #i want to be your best friend in the entire world

[layla-carstairs]

Obsessed with all of this <3

#my favourite scene in the whole book <3 #Raphael is so real #actually he was the first aroace character i’d ever encountered #and for that he will always have a very special place in my heart <3 that & hes really relatable #bella reads trsom

[raeiyyn]

your top 5 kdramas?

my liberation notes

my mister

lost/ no longer human

alchemy of soul

hospital playlist

one spring night

#my liberation noted and my mister are both written by park hae young and im a huge fan of her work #no longer human is adapted from a novel of the same name by osamu dazai #it's a novel that i still think about late at night and watching the drama even though it is drastically different from the book #was one of my best decisions #i remember alchemy of souls being there for me making me laugh on some of my most trying and difficult days it's a drama I'll always treasur #even tho there were so many plot holes #one spring night night not have a plot that particularly stands out but the yearning and the pursuit of happiness of your beloved #all shaded under warm tones #took up a special place in my heart #asks <3

[e-adlirez]

I JUST WATCHED THE FNAF MOVIE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I loved it so much

I’m sure fifth grade me would’ve loved it too :)

#fnaf movie #I was a fan of fnaf since I was in fifth grade #around the time Markiplier’s videos were hitting it big #matpat made the connection to the chuck e cheese incident #living tombstone’s music was a cornerstone of my otherwise sheltered music tastes #it was a comfort for me in a rough time #the movie despite scaring the living crap outa me made me feel like I was a ten-year-old hiding the fnaf videos from my parents again #trying to piece the lore together into a made-up book using matpat’s videos as my only references hahaha #I may not have kept in touch since security breach but fnaf will always have a special place in my heart #many years late but #thank you scott cawthon #fnaf

[tinyarmedtrex]

Tagged by @constantreaderfool and @njess22194 thank you!!

Rules: name three fictional characters you’re in love with that are NOT associated with your blog

Cecil and Carlos from WTNV, Pippin from LOTR. Aloy from HZD.

Tagging @sparrowmoth @thestarsaroundyourscars @stormkpr @jelazakazone @thatonecrowguy @wopsidaisy If you wanna!

#this was hard!! #but there's not gifs for many book characters so at least that narrowed it down #Aloy loml #WTNV will always have a special place in my heart #and LOTR is just #amazing #about me

[igizzz]

“All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the guard towers, the city, the country that hates us. We are not free. But we are not alone.”

#we are not free #wanf #tears just tears #this book!!!!!! #it will always have a special place in my heart <3

[harpsichord42]

I love good omens. I love how its humour isn't afraid of itself. I love the soundtrack changing its style to match the episode (especially the endings of season 2 episodes!), I love the specific intertextual references, I love the fact it gives us what sometimes feels like a classic Hollywood romance but queer, I love the animated intro and the care put into it, I love the blend of the mundane and the eldritch, I love the set design of hell and the way the demons look, I love the thought put into scene markers and transitions to just make it pop a bit more, I love the thought put into the aesthetic of the show, I love the reusing of cast members to give it a theatre troupe feel, I love the visual distinctness of all the characters, I love all the casual queerness, I love the fact the love story is infinitely complex. I love that it's about the joy of humanness and the duty of care we have to the world, and that its not afraid to have fun.

#read the book at 14 from my school library #and tracked the production of the show all the way through #it will always have a special place in my heart #good omens 2 #good omens #neil gaiman #terry pratchett

[fangirlingdweeb]

I put my freezing hands on his cheeks and instead of pushing them away, he said, “Ahh, feels good.”

I laughed and said, “That’s because you’re coldhearted.”

He put my hands in his coat pockets and said in a voice so soft I wondered if I heard him right, “For everyone else, maybe. But not for you.”

He didn’t look at me when he said it, which is how I knew he meant it.

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🌼 It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han 🌼

#chapter 16 will always have a special place in my heart 😭 #bellyconrad #belly conklin #conrad fisher #reasons why we are team conrad #ya books #books #otp #the summer i turned pretty #it's not sunmer without you #REALLY REALLY HOPING THEY'D GIVE US THIS SCENE IN SEASON 2 😭 #book quotes

[an-angels-fury]

OMG!!!

After I woke up this morning, I went to Netflix to search for something nice to watch and then I found out: They put The Phantom of The Opera (2004) on the cataloge 😍! Of course, I didn’t think twice before I put to play.

I'M SO HAPPY 😄

#I love this movie okay #i know 90% of the phandom hates it #but it's one of my favorite movies ever and I’m not ashamed of it #I also love the book and most of the adaptations #but movie will always have a very special place in my Heart #the phantom of the opera #phantom of the opera 2004 #poto 2004