#gosh. the speech. THE SPEECH

[lynxalon]

i'm watching exu: calamity for the third fucking time and i am once again absolutely insane about these fucking characters. laerryn coramar-seelie and loquatius seelie. their whole fucking divorced-in-love mess. zerxus ilerez and his damn prophetic visions. babe what horrors do u dream of now? patia motherfucking por'co. her memory loss payroll. her list of .. "friends with bad memory" . that was fucking crazy to hear the first time and on the third i'm still reeling. nydas okiro, i cant even begin with him . he was a pirate. he lived what could only be a pirate's dream, the guildmaster of a dragon's hoard, a dragon whom he can summon and command at will. his friend's son lives with his brother and family. he puts people on patia's payroll, both conjoined in secrets, but that's not only it. he was described as holding spinning plates at all times. he was laerryn's partner and confidant on her life's work. cerrit agrupnin. the father who got his children out of an apocalyptic catastrophe. the father who kept his promise to be with them. by sheer luck or by fate's design, by the strength of his virtue and love and a father's promise. of all that he could not and did not keep, the one most important. he was an investigator so adept at his job that invisibility could not keep a person hidden from his sight. he had a ring to detect lies. he had a ring. to detect lies. loquatius . the fey who fell in love with a mortal. the reporter who spoke to the people at the end of their lives and his own and called for them to stay. to do their duty, keep their promise. no officials get to leave the people they're supposed to protect and speak for behind. and no one shall forget the most beautiful woman in the world, laerryn coramar-seelie. the woman who, in secret, strived to give her husband and her friends and her heart, her avalir, an option. the choice, to rise above and beyond. to seek the knowledge of realms and stars and all that they could ever achieve. a future so bright it was blinding. a goal so lofty, a dream so wistful. a path tread almost completely alone. and in that, history and mistrust. the gau drashari who expected the wizards to not keep their word, and thus created the circumstance in which the wizards did not know the importance of the tree of names and saw it only as a limitation. because that's all it appeared to be. and zerxus. the godless. champion of a deity-less divinity. oracle who saw visions of the lord of the hells. he saw the lord of the hells, hurting and injured. and in that being he saw redemption and a path to healing. he faced asmodeus and straight up said "oh you poor thing" afsgsjdkfkflflflgl he looked at a god and held nothing but pity for him upon seeing that he could not be redeemed. that there was such deep hatred. he was killed and revived over and over by this god. the god that he brought through into the world. . . the por'co legacy. patia, who in the end gifted her knowledge of everything truly Everything to a young maya agrupnin. and what of young kir and maya? celebrations and festivities, the anticipation of seeing their father. maya snuck out to a party to meet a girl and drink alcohol she doesn't even like, tailed by her brother who mirrored their father. kir, junior investigator, because of him, cerrit thankfully did not have to track down maya in panic. kir who received a message from his father to gather at their home. and then their father sent them away, to safety. 2/3rds of the world met calamity. how must it have felt to be a young child, everything you knew ending and dying. fuck man. that's not even everything i could fucking say about all of this i havent even broached the lord of the hells and the plot and the depth of patia's complexity with memory and knowledge and laerryn and loquatius and their open jabs and silent acts of devotion and love, zerxus and cerrit and their opposing and paralleled paths of fatherhood, nydas' and zerxus and cerrit. protectors. laerryn and patia. visionaries. loquatius. truth and hope and home.

#lynx speaks #long post #i'm. i'm sooooooooo insane about exu shit forreal i'm soooooooo . AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #cerrit only getting to know his children through the things in their bedroom after he'd gotten them to safety. #fuck bro. #even if u've NEVER seen critical role stuff please for the love of everything watch exu: calamity #four episodes they are fairly long but it's one of the best stories #equal measures incredibly painful and incredibly heartwarming #it will likely end in tears #because there is so much heart and earnestness put into this #AND OMG MOTHERFUCKING VESPIN CHLORAS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #gosh. the speech. THE SPEECH #the voice wobble. the market of wonders ad. the most beautiful woman in the world. the msot beautiful. #he stayed. the high warqueen lady elmenore called the children of the seelie court back home and he stayed #and she told him 'i would rather my heart break and yours remain whole.' #he stayed with his mortal love.

[2aceofspades]

Chores

Vaguely inspired by my older sib...love ya, big bro ♥️

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise raph #raphie #rise leo #a lil comic for yall #i am so tired now gosh i hate coloring and dialogue and speech bubbles #i just needed an excuse to draw raph #i mean- #come on... #it's raphie :3 #silly silly goofy hours :D #:)

[logicpng]

baby's first real dialogue...

I didn't get much done yet in terms of scripting, but I'm kinda happy with how these look in action

[First image ID:

Gif demonstrating Rigel Aster's intro speech in the ukugaka. The speech as follows:

"Welcome! My name is Aster and I'll be your guide through the installation and usage of Ca- …W- Windows 11 2H22, of course! Naturally!

Uh… I- [Speech bubble abruptly wiped] I see you've already set yourself up quite nicely! Well done! You didn't even need my help.

But I will still be more than happy to help you with anything to enhance your experience. It would seem you have just recently installed me on your computer. I will need your name, pronouns, and birthday to get to know you."

End image ID]

[Second image ID:

Gif demonstrating Rigel's response to the date of birth being entered coinciding with the current date. "You mean today!? Ah- I mean… that's a happy coincidence! Happy birthday, Log."

End image ID]

#text post #CaelOS #aster #aster ghost wip #ive changed up the intro speech a lil since but didnt rerecord it #also gosh i should get on those speech bubbles too #rigel (aster)

[smile-files]

boys who are annoying on purpose (affectionate)

#dandy's doodles #mspaint #inanimate insanity #ii #ii bomb #battle for dream island #bfdi #bfdi spongy #teardrop also can fit into this category but i just wanted to draw these two #but gosh darn it why are there so many object show characters who are perceived as weird and get neglected by their teammates #you have teardrop and woody and barf bag and rocky and spongy from bfdi #bomb and tissues from ii #stone from hfjone #and there are probably more #not to mention how a lot of these characters have something particular about their speech #td and stone (and i think rocky too?) are completely nonverbal #woody talks occasionally but usually uses other vocalizations to communicate #and bomb has a stutter #then barf bag and rocky and spongy and tissues are just kinda classified as 'gross' #which is not very fun #yeah idk :/ #i guess i'm just glad that bomb and spongy get to piss people off. they deserve it #eyestrain tw #tw eyestrain

[losergendered]

total drama mogai. bottom text. /silly

(chris mclean voice) Welcome back to Total! Drama! Mogai! Last time, the campers had to explore the depths of the internet, armed only with their keyboards! for the first challenge, they were tasked with collecting as many flags as they could find... buuuut, they could only choose blogs that had deactivated! Gwen used her internet archive skills to find dozens of terms for xer team, seriously, are we sure this gxrl isn't some kind of goverment agent? Anywho... Quis internet wizardry earned its team an advantage in round two: access to a flag editing software! As for the other team? Wellll, they had to make do with ms paint and a trackpad. Hey, who knows, maybe wobbly lines are all the rage these days! Surprisingly, Noah's inhumanly steady hands eked out a victory for team Killer Coiners! Dude must play a looooot of video games. Oh, and the Screaming Hoarders? welll, let's just say that they weren't the most... color-coordinated. Yeesh, talk about #eyestrain! Needless to say, they lost the challenge and Harold got the boot. Sorry Harold, just because you use neopronouns doesn't mean you're safe! We've got ten campers left and a million dollars at stake! Whose pronoun hoard is at an all-time high? And who's gonna get put on the dni? Find out next time on Total! Drama! MOGAIIII!!!

#this was so fun to write. oh my gosh. #rewatched a lot of the recaps to get the speech patterns accurate i hope it reads #shoutout to gwen using she/xe/qui/it in this #asks #save #<- because i wanna copy paste this later

[willowser]

this has me dying bc yes, poor bakugo !! he doesn’t wanna lose you! he’s walking on eggshells, stressed as hell !!

but like,, while he’s Doing That the poor girl he coupled up with as a backup is just there like 🧍‍♂️

LMAO he's so stressed !! 🥺 he wants to be so good !! especially bc all the boys are probably like, "this is just another test for you both, you've just gotta prove yourself" and he's like I KNOW 😠 I KNOW GOD DAMNNIT 😠 IT'S FINE 😠 akfbska poor thing 🥺 AND THE POOR GIRL HE'S COUPLED WITH ??? LMAOOOO i feel like. right away, he's making it clear akfhska if it's not already

aw aw you go on a date and come back and he's — *gritted teeth hands shaking nostrils flared eyes wild* "so...how did it go ? 😬 did you have a nice time ? 😬" TRYING HIS BEST TO BE CIVIL

#oh gosh what does he say in his speech skfjsjak ''m choosing this girl....bc....you all fuckin' know why...' #but he's trying his best 🥺 #✿ willow writes #✿ ask willow #✿ thoughts: bakugou #✿ theme: love island bakugou

[krenenbaker]

Stop the World - 3: Please

Pairing: Malleus/Cater

Warnings/Features: Angst with a happy ending, (somewhat?) possessive Malleus Draconia, questionably suggestive at the end... but that's COMPLETELY up to the reader's interpretation :)

Summary: Cater and Malleus have found a comfortable rhythm to their lives in their last year at Night Raven College. But as the threat of change creeps closer, their fears about the future do too.

The Couple: Looking ahead, into the future

Notes: Finally, after over a month (oops!), this short fic has concluded! This was a good learning experience for me, and I had quite a bit of fun writing it. It ended up taking a slightly different direction than I had originally anticipated, but I like how it turned out here. :) I know that many of my lovely moots are more 'canon x reader' fic readers/writers, so I really appreciate your support on this 'canon x canon' piece!

Tags: @dove-da-birb, @inkybloom-luv, @silvers-numberonefan, @azulashengrottospiano (if you'd like to be tagged, or not tagged, in the writing I post, please let me know!)

Part 1 | Part 2 | AO3 Version (ft. all chapters)

After the sun dipped past the horizon, Cater glanced up towards his boyfriend. "What's running through your mind there? You look, like, super serious right now."

"Hm?" Malleus turned his gaze from the sky. "Nothing serious, I assure you.  You seem cold, we should head inside."

"Ehh, no, I'm a-okay rn!" Cater shook his head.  "But Mal, I've got to know. What were you thinking about?"

"I was contemplating our future."

"Ah."

Cater tore his line of sight away from Malleus' intense gaze, and the air seemed to grow still around them, even though the leaves in the trees were rustling audibly.

Cater then heard a quiet chuckle, before Malleus murmured into his ear, "You now appear deep in thought, Treasure.  Is there something troubling you?"

"Oh, I'm just... thinking."

"Well well, I'm not sure I knew you could do that."

Cater turned to face a small smirk. "Hey!" Cater laughed, with a gentle smack to Malleus' arm. "That was totes rude, Mal! I'm wounded!"

Cater's smile faltered, then dropped as he looked off into the distance again. "Malleus, what's going to... no, never mind."

Malleus gave his darling's hand a small squeeze. "Please, tell me."

Giving a gentle squeeze in return, Cater took a shaky breath. In as measured a voice as he could manage, he asked, "What's going to happen to us? Like, at the end of this year?"

Summoning up the courage to turn back to Malleus, Cater looked back into his eyes. "Listen, I don't want to get all sad or whatever here, but, I've been thinking... what if this was a mistake?"

Malleus's expression fell, a flash of darkness crossing his face. "Excuse me?" Does he think we shouldn't be together any more? Or at ALL?

"No, no, no. I mean... ugh, I'm terrible at this." Cater took a deep breath and ran his free hand down his face. "We've got our internships next year, right? And I thought, we probably won't go to the same place.  And I mean," he began to speak faster, "I'm used to moving by now, you know? Just going to a new place and leaving people behind and stuff.  It's become normal. But I just..." Cater paused, forcing himself to slow down, "I just feel like this time it's different... 'cause I'm with you. 'Cause I love you."

"What do you mean, Cater?"

He used my first name? "I mean," Cater swallowed thickly, "I don't want to leave.  I don't wanna leave you. "

Malleus placed his hand on Cater's cheek. "Do you think you must?"

"I...", Cater froze, then slightly leaned into the touch.  "I don't know. I don't want to. I just thought I'd need to, I guess, since we'd both be away from NRC next year."

"You're correct about that, I suppose," Malleus said softly. "But, what if... we could intern in the same place?" 

Cater's eyebrows rose in surprise, "Wait, pause there.  What?"

"I will go where you go. Or you can come with me. If it's alright with you, I want to find a way to remain together, because," Malleus drew his arms around his Treasure, Cater, before whispering, "I love you with my whole being, and I won't lose you. Not now."

Cater's breath caught in his throat. He'd come with me? He wants to stay with me? Nobody, in the dozen or more places he'd moved had ever wanted to stay with him; to follow him. This was new. This was... nice.

"Okay," Cater murmured into the dark fabric on Malleus' shoulder, before drawing back to look into his eyes. "I won't lose you either, Mal. We'll figure something out... together."

A soft breeze picked up a couple of fallen leaves in front of the couple, swirling them in a sort of gentle dance.

"Um, but first, Mal," Cater said, getting to his feet, "Let's go inside. I... actually am kinda cold." Cater held out his hand for his love (even though he knew he didn't need to).

Malleus smiled, taking his human's outstretched hand and standing up. "I thought you may be."

"Oh shush. You and your... what, intuition? Powers? I don't even know, babe. Anyways, do you want to come in for some tea? I think we have time before Riddle would call us out for it being too late," Cater said with a smile.

Malleus dipped his head. "As always, my dearest Cater."

Even if the school year was coming to an end, the love and support that Malleus and Cater found in each other would continue, however they chose to do so. For now, they would simply enjoy their time, their tea, and whatever else the evening had in store.

#twst #malleus draconia #cater diamond #mallekei #malleus x cater #twisted wonderland #krenenbaker's :) #Et c'est fini! #thanks to the people who have read these - I sincerely appreciate it ♡ #Danke sehr! #I tried my best with Cater's speech patterns (as he was translated in the EN game) but GOSH IT WAS HARD #also I think need to practise writing things with integrated dialogue #because it took a LOT of brain power for me to figure out how to get the speech and action to mesh in a way that felt comfy to me #but! I'm very happy with how this ended up! #maybe I'll do a bit more poetry next... and then some more prose to practise! hehe! ^-^

[bonojour]

Russell was brought up with an understanding of the power of film gained through the work of his grandfather, who had worked as a film cameraman during the war. Stan Wemyss was a pioneer in New Zealand’s TV industry. He produced documentaries and then worked as a cameraman, risking his life countless times to bring back images of war while under fire himself. His bravery won him the MBE. Five years before Russell was to star in Gladiator, Joy (his grandfather’s wife) handed over to him Stan’s MBE medal together with his dagger, his camera and a selection of wartime stills. It was the medal he would wear with such pride to honour his mentor when he won the Oscar.

from russell crowe: the biography by tim ewbank and stafford hildred

#russell crowe #russellcroweedit #crowedit #croweedit #gilles gifs #i had to make this gifset after i read this <3 #the way he touches the medal before doing his speech......... gosh

[italictext]

I desperately need to befriend a Death Note fan irl who likes Death Note the way I do.. The only DN fans I've met irl are anime only Near haters :'(

#I NEED someone to shake while I rant to them about Death Note pls pls pls #I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO GIGGLE WITH WHILE WE STARE AT DEATH NOTE PANELS PLS PLS PLS #My sister has seen Death Note but she's not really into it + anime only + Near hater </3 #It sucks to remember that the Death Note fandom isn't just my mutuals.. Some people genuinely hate Near :(( #I LOVE the anime the animation is beautiful the soundtrack is beautiful and OOOOO THE COLOR CODING EEEE but #It butchered the 2nd half soo so badly and changed Near's personality and I'm not a fan of the ending :( #THE MANGA ENDING IS SOOO SO GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL #OMGGGG when Light admits to being Kira and gives them his speech and calls himself god of the new world AND EEEE NEAR SAYS “NO YOURE JUST A #MASS MURDERER“ #LIKE EEEE THAT ALWAYS ALWAYS MAKES ME GIGGLE NEAR WAS SOOO SO COOL FOR THAT LIKE HE'S LITERALLY FACE TO FACE WITH KIRA THE GUY WHO KILLED L #And Near REPEATS IT. HE CALLS HIM “JUST A MURDERER” TWICE. #Sorry but the anime made Near so stupid “lol just let him run away it's not like he'll survive” #I love Near and Light's dynamic so much they're so funny. They have the prettiest panels too #Maybe an unpopular opinion but Near vs Light was wayyy more entertaining that L vs Light #And it hurts me to see people say that it should've ended at the 1st half. I know people can have their own opinions or whatever but THEYRE #WRONG!! DN is SOOO much better with the 2nd half + if it ended at L's death that would've sucked. So glad L died midway #I wish I had a friend I could talk about DN to :( I'll just hope one of my friends decide to watch it because idk how to make new friends #Discord servers scare me and while I love my mutuals if any of you tried to message me I think I'd cry out of nervousness lol #Gosh this is long shoukd I even post this

[parameddic]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

#wanna shake him wanna know what falls out. his character traits are So. #he's consistent Mostly (his speech patterns are a little wild lksjdflksdj) but he's consistent Mostly #in characterisation #and i can point at where and why #and how. oh gosh so much of tk is pointing at how the people in his life have helped him #he is. easily. influenced i think he's easily. ...... holds on with both hands #but . hmmm #hm #holds on with both hands. i wanna shake him #'ask me questions about him holding on with both hands' i would say but what questions are there. 'does he?' yes yes yes yes yes yes yes ye

[puppiemomo]

I HAVE 100 FOLLOWERS?!!!?!

what do you guys want?!!

#holy heckimg gosh guys #or #WHAT THE FUCKKKKK #Thank you guys unfortunately i have no cool lil speech. but i cant wait to give back how yall see fit! #mo rambles #therianblr #kinblr #therian #dogkin #dog therian #otherkin #therianthropy #puppy therian #puppykin #caninekin

[awesometothe3rd]

#caroline in the city #richard karinsky #caroline duffy #carolineinthecityedit #caroline x richard #citc #tv sitcom #That last line should be illegal. My gosh. #The writers were like: What if we essentially rehash his speech from 1x16... but make the last line even more heartbreaking. #It's like... Caroline In The City: Cute. Funny. with the added bonus of angsty suckerpunches that'll leave you reeling. #Anyway... self loathing characters will always be my favs #malcom gets #lea thompson

[wickedcriminal]

Gosh I want to like,, compile a video or sound file of all of my favorite profound moments from the httyd audiobooks that I can just play whenever I want to Feel Something

#httyd books #i would include every single epilogue by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third #i would also include that moment where hiccup read grimbeard's note in book two then wrote 'still not ready' on it and hung it back up #and Valhallarama's speech in book 10(?) where she reclaims the dragonmark #or the entire story of Hiccup the second #or the prologue from book 8 that details how grimbeard burned down tomorrow after he killed Hiccup 2 #or how about that ENTIRE SCENE in book 11. you know the one #gosh i need to make this because these books are so good and there's so many parts that i love that i just want to compile #specifically into a sound file though so i can listen to them while at work #and i seriously love David's voice #anyway

[hannah-heartstrings]

I was randomly curious who Lecrinn would vote for, and I think she would vote for all her friends, then for a second I thought she would have a crisis 'cause she's friends with both Martin and Methredhel but after considering the relationship she has with both of them I realized it would definitely be Martin.

Because her and Martin pick at each other sometimes but mostly their friendship is one of mutual support, and he could probably use the confidence boost.

Her's and Methredhel's though is built off getting into trouble together and mutually roasting each other. Them and Carwen take turns ganging up on each other. It's the kind of friendship that doesn't always look like one to outsiders till someone else messes with one of them.

(And while I'm talking about it anyway, can we not pretend like one of those friendships is the true one? Thanks.)

So while I was sorry to vote against Methredhel, Lecrinn would find it as a bonus.

And my brain came up with a series of jokes about it so...

Carwen: I can't believe you made it onto the Sexyman Poll and I didn't!

Lecrinn: Don't worry, I voted against her.

Carwen: Thanks!

Methredhel: Hey!

---

Methredhel: Oh so a priest is sexier than me? How can a priest be sexy?

Lecrinn: *Holding lips tight trying to suppress something she knows about Martin*

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Lecrinn: If it makes you feel better I wasn't really picking who was sexier, that'd be like picking from two potatoes.

Carwen: Oh!

Methredhel: Well then at least we're both looking like a snack, unlike you.

Carwen: Oh!

Lecrinn: Why are you snacking on potatoes?

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Methredhel: Amusei made it further than me?!

Lecrinn: Give him something, this is the only thing he's ever beat you at.

Methredhel: ...OK that's true.

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Methredhel: You won't downvote the priest to avenge me?!

Carwen: I didn't vote for you in the first place?

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Methredhel: I could've made it further but apparently my friends are traitors.

Lecrinn: You needed a lot more than two votes.

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Carwen: I've never met this Martin guy, who's actually sexier?

Lecrinn: Between you and me, it's Methredhel.

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Methredhel: I've been thinking and really even making it to the poll is a win because it means I beat everyone who didn't.

Lecrinn: That's right!

Carwen: Good for you!

Lecrinn: I'm glad you're feeling better about the whole thing.

Carwen: Wait, me and Lecrinn aren't on the poll.

Methredhel: Yeah, that was my point.

#methredhel #carwen #hero of kvatch #thieves guild #oblivion sexyman poll #oblivion fanfiction #oblivion #the elder scrolls #tes #polls #lecrinn #i should write these three more often they're fun #also fun getting to have them talk in memes XD i usually try to keep their speech lore friendly #gosh this post goes in so many directions though #welcome to how my brain works

[eats-the-stars]

I feel like there are roughly two kinds of "painfully weird kid" that you can be during your K-12 school years. the first is your "I am trying so hard to be normal but I just cannot seem to hit the mark. there's just something wrong with me and I don't know how to fix it" and the second is the category I was in, which is your "everyone around me is so incredibly weird but they obviously can't help it so I will just have to accept this."

#being a deeply weird kid in school was definitely an experience #i feel like it's also heightened when you attend a private catholic school #there are just so many more layers of 'oh wow so this is...a thing' to deal with #like i honestly think the shit that private catholic schools do to a kid's head is worse for the normal kids #i was already at a point where i just accepted that my personal perspective of the world was radically different #and you really weren't going to convince me to start loving denim or perfume or makeup #so trying to get me to feel a bunch of religious guilt was also not going to work #i just added it to the long list of things that are important to most ppl that i just don't give a shit about and moved on #honestly being autistic in a private catholic school put me in a much better spot than a normal catholic student #the teachers would say something absolutely batshit insane #like telling us that 'mentally disabled' kids get a free pass to heaven because they have no original sin just like animals #(if u know ur catholic shit u can imagine the multiple layers of 'but wait!' involved in this statement but anyway) #and your normal catholic student would be like 'what?! for real! oh my gosh...but are you sure? oh you are. well...i guess it's true then.. #whereas i would be sitting there like 'wow that is...a wild thing to believe. also u were staring at me for that whole speech so...' #like yeah i did get involved in the heated debates because it was hella fun #but in hindsight it would be really fucked up to be an actual catholic kid in that school because jesus christ... #a lot of our teachers even had strong disagreements over belief shit and would make us all take sides #so it wasn't even like unanimous weird stuff pumped at us. it was like conflicting weird stuff #one intense divide i recall was the simple but highly controversial 'do animals go to heaven?' debate #most said 'yes' with or without conditions #one teacher said 'yes and also disabled kids' which was fucked up and definitely directed at me whenever i was in the room #like some kind of fucked up 'it's okay because you'll get a better life in the afterlife sweetie' kind of thing #while others were like 'ANIMALS? in my heaven? I think not! what did they even do to earn it?! nothing!' #students tended to also be very invested and distressed by the thought of no family pets in heaven #but also very conflicted based on the facts being presented by both sides and also which teacher was their favorite so...

[b0red-b1rds]

Why is Neuvillette so freaking pretty???

#squak! [chatting] #like oh my gosh he's so??? #I really like the way he talks (I was analyzing his speech patterns last night) #I will share my findings if requested!