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bugsonthemind · 7 months

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Since it's been a while, I thought I'd repost this old meme I made from reddit to tumblr. Because I think it's still funny. I also added a four new entries, just for the value add.

WHAT YOUR FAVORITE WORM SHIP SAYS ABOUT YOU

Annette x Danny - You used to be a swinger, but these days you’re totally devoted to your spouse, who can do no wrong in your eyes. You read Worm on a lark after accidentally finding it in a search for a place where you could buy garden worms. You really fell in love with it, and Danny became a point of fascination after you read the Word of God about his potential powers.

Taylor x Greg - You consider yourself a geek, generally speaking, and you enjoy writing but not sharing fanfiction. You always tell your friends that you’ve got a “gamer-fic” coming that will really “shake things up” on Spacebattles, but really it’s just a measly two paragraphs. You know a few words in a notable conlang, but you don’t have the dedication to learn a grammar other than that of English.

Taylor x Emma - You are a 20-something sapphic woman with many, many things unresolved from highschool.

Taylor x Sophia - You’ve never read Worm.

Taylor x Brian - You’re a strict canonist. You don’t buy Taylor in a sapphic ship and you never will, given the Word of God on the matter. You also really like Brian as a character, and feel more than a little disappointed that he got shafted in terms of character development.

Taylor x Lisa - You’re into astrology and you have a fairly active Instagram where you frequently post images of people who you’re attracted to - usually those that are taller and more physically capable, or somewhat frazzled and “natural” looking - with repeated heart emojis.

Taylor x Rachel - You’re an avid reader of lesbian fiction - your favorite classic is Stone Butch Blues by Feinberg - and you genuinely thought that this was the romantic direction that Worm was going when you were reading it back in 2013, just after it had finished. You are, if not a dog person, an animal person in general.

Taylor x Alec - You speak French and frequently brag about it, and you’re a little too open about your interest in BDSM, which reflects all the more poorly on your choice of ship. You still doubt that Bill Cosby actually did anything wrong.

Taylor x Dennis - You are an even stricter canonist. You eagerly await the PHO post every Sunday, and you love staying in character.

Taylor x Amy - You are either a thirty-year old straight single man or a teenaged single lesbian, with no outliers. Either way, both womanhood and cleanliness are alien to you. Clean your room. Take a shower. Make better choices next time.

Taylor x Theo - You're a bit of an off-the wall kind of person, preferring to take a third option whenever available. You think of it as being quirky. You're art school, and picked up Worm in 2016 on a recommendation from a friend on Discord.

Lisa x Faultline - You like women in positions of power, but have no interest in conventional power structures. This paradox was what initially led you to Worm, but you kinda only continued on momentum after Taylor became a Ward. You sometimes like to pretend to be a libertarian.

Rachel x Brian - You think that Taylor is a piece of shit, and that everyone in the Undersiders deserves better than her. You’re really into tomboys.

Rachel x Alec - You have a complex of sexual fetishes, mental illnesses and gender hang-ups previously only thought possible under the rare conditions found in the center of distant stars, the Large Hadron Collider or a person from Florida.

Rachel x Biter - You prefer relationships that are kept on the down-low. You don’t have any social media, really, and you think that’s for the better. You are an ardent believer that quiet is good for the soul and that you shouldn’t say anything if it won’t add anything.

Alec x Aisha - You don’t know what an age gap is, and you’ve never cared.

Sabah x Lily - You adore Sanrio - maybe a bit too much for your age. You have a thing for athletes and jocks, and you really enjoy the whole “cottagecore” trend, regardless of your orientation.

Lily x May - You like knives, and have a collection of them in your closet. Sometimes you think about paying a prostitute extra so that you get an occasion to use them outside of your kitchen. Whether it's you on them, or them on you, you don't really care; you just want to see the blood.

Aisha x Missy - You figure this must have happened at some point, right? Based off of the few lines we get about her love-life it has to be right, right? You really like Mitski, and you’re kind of disappointed in the directions that Ward went, so you’re grasping at straws for a good ship.

Lisa x Victoria - You live somewhere in the Northeast megalopolis. You hate gentrification, and you feel guilty every time you visit a Starbucks - and secretly you like DDs better anyways, but your friends always want to go to Starbucks. You’re not out as bisexual because you feel like you’d be taking up too much room in other people’s lives to jut come out to them.

Amy x Bianca - You’ve tasted so much of boot and cunt and yet you still can’t decide which you like better.

Amy x Siberian - You've engaged with this as part of your general coquettecore, editing-images-of-Hello-Kitty-to-add-gore, hazy images of midwestern American homes and hotels with old decor or no furniture at all, traumacore, Nicole Dollanganger and Lingua Ignota styled online presence. How serious you are about all this is unclear, but you're really into the whole eating fingers thing.

Victoria x Bianca - You think you're really onto something with this. You're working in a new and innovative field of clone-fucking: fucking a woman who is your narrative foil and designed to resemble you in every fashion not by anything in universe but by the author.

Amy x Dean - You seriously thought this was how it was going to go down until Dean died, and that that was her secret. It’s been stuck in the back of your mind as ever since.

Amy x Lisa - You’re a strong believer in picking up a replacement goldfish whenever you exit a relationship.

Carol x Mark - You’re older than the average Worm fan, and severely depressed, but find solace in reading and perhaps a singular hobby. You’ve slowly been releasing a fic that you work on in your free time over the course of the last couple of years. It doesn’t get much attention but the little attention it does get feels all the sweeter.

Carol x Neil - You’ve had a pregnancy scare once or twice with your current partner, who is cheating on their spouse with you. You get why people don’t like cheaters, sure, but at the same time you find little space in your heart to blame them. That’s how you justify it.

Victoria x Dean - You wanted to marry your highschool prom date, and maybe you did. Your favorite show is Brooklyn 99.

Victoria x Ashley - You’re probably gay. You *used* to like Ward, and you were rooting for this ship for the entire run. You really didn’t like the ending but now you’re into Pale, which is a lot better for you, but still frustrating in many ways. You, also, hate Starbucks, and avoid them at all costs, instead opting for smaller, local coffee shops.

Victoria x Sveta - The line between friend and lover is tenuously thin for you, and you worry sometimes about that. In general, you are a very nervous person; when the world gets to be too much for you, you jump into learning a new skill or hobby instead of facing it head on. You’re currently trying to learn Swahili.

Victoria x Fragile One - You enjoy xenofiction and romance. You’re a stickler for canon, and enjoy having a solid knowledge of franchises so that you can help people when they ask for clarification on a part of a work. Secretly, you also enjoy writing smut.

Victoria x Etna - I know it’s you, Marco. Keep up the good work.

Victoria x Ethan - You’re interested in self-improvement. You listen to audiobooks on philosophy while exercising, then relisten once you’re less distracted. You always go down first.

Victoria x Moose - You pretend you're unironically into the whole "women/men who can beat the shit out of you" thing, but deep down you want somebody to bridal carry you. You just don't have the ability to be that vulnerable, so instead you pretend it's a manifestation of hyperviolent sexuality.

Sveta x Weld - You were really sad that they didn’t work out. You think Weld is kind of a pussy and should have stuck it through.

Byron x Missy - Whenever you see a couple in public, you get a little giddy feeling in your chest. You’re not even sure why you like it so much, or why you like this ship, besides the fact that it feels right. Your own love-life, on the other hand, is a mess worthy of its own story.

Byron x Moonsong - You’re homophobic, but you don’t want to be, and so you sympathize.

Byron x Furcate - You’re sweet. You really want the best for people and your goal in life is to do the best for people. You’re very vocal about trans rights, and you probably have at least one trans flag somewhere in your socials, even if you aren’t trans yourself.

Tristan x Venarum - You read Siken. You feel really, really tired of the way gay men are depicted in media, even with mainstream acceptance. You were really hoping this one would be different.

Tristan x Rain - You’re from down South. You’re a quiet type, too, and you keep to yourself when you can. Your favorite book is a well-worn copy of The Picture of Dorian Grey that one of your uncles sent you, before you even had it figured out. You got into Worm because of the powers, but by the end you were really in it for the characters.

Rain x Chastity - You listen to Cult of Dionysus by The Orion Experience on repeat, but when you’re working you prefer to listen to the soundtrack for Hotline Miami. You find a special joy in wordplay, puns and innuendo. You tried a lot of drugs in highschool, but they weren’t for you.

Kenzie x Candy - You never did get over that crush in middle school, did you?

Kenzie x Chris - You’re weird, and I don’t like you. Never go near children.

Darlene x Aiden - You’re an odd duck; you’re fascinated by how children develop senses of love and affection in imitation of adults. You may be a child psychologist, or a rather overbearing parent.

Dragon x Colin - You’re a straight white man from Central Canada who writes web serials for a living.

Assault x Battery - You really, really like enemies-to-lovers fics. You think that Worm should have had more romances like AxB and you’re absolutely wrong.

Miss Militia x Battery - You fantasize of seducing your neighbor away from her husband. She just seems so sad all the time.

Miss Milita x Chevalier - You’ve played through every Metal Gear Solid game, including Revengeance, and liked all of them, but your friends say you didn’t really understand them. You strongly believe in the case for Kurdish independence, but you also really like cops and you’re very pro-American interventionism.

Bakuda x Lung - When you’re not listening to true crime podcasts, you’re listening to Joe Rogan. You’ve experimented many times with a variety of uppers, downers, and hallucinogens. Weapons also fascinate you, so you regularly check in on Forgotten Weapons for a spell to admire their mechanics. Secretly, you think that the Unabomber was transgender, and the MKULTRA conditioning she was subjected to cheated her of a safe transition.

Leet x Uber: You've made some... less than appropriate fanfiction about lets players. Let's all be glad that you've found a new outlet.

Squealer x Skidmark - You consider yourself a party person, but the only reason you’re invited to parties is because you’re the hookup. You hate to admit you like web serials because you think it makes you look less tough.

Sidepiece x Disjoint - You've made small, voyeuristic and mean-spirited thrill-seeking into a full-time job; you regularly visit LiveLeak to get your kicks, and normal porn has started to bore you. Sometimes you make burner accounts online just to make inflammatory comments on your friend's social media. You think that it's a pretty funny prank.

Prancer x Moose x Velvet - You stand by the slogan “Be gay, do crimes,” perhaps a bit too much. You didn't like the Titan arc. You either live in the Pacific Northwest or want to.

Kaiser x Purity - You don’t get why people are so upset about the Proud Boys. They’re just keeping the suburbs safe. You regularly write E88-centric fics.

Night x Fog - You are, beneath everything, rotten - and it gratifies you to finally see someone so much like you on the page. It makes you feel normal.

Shamrock x Gregor - You're not so much a monsterfucker as a monsterlover. Your favorite show used to be Supernatural until you picked up Hannibal. You think Void from Berserk is actually kinda sexy.

Eden x Zion - You listen to Tool.

Eden x Abaddon - As above, but you also have a cuckolding fetish.

Apollyon x Eden x Zion - You’re into hard vore.

Shatterbird x Jack Slash - You’re an artist in a field that requires precision - portrait painting, weaving, diplomacy, or clinical psychology. You have a keen sense of smell, and enjoy fine dining when you can. You find Shatterbird’s hidden want for Jack cute - and you identify yourself with the latter, even if his murders are rather gauche.

Siberian x Jack Slash - You unironically find the words “mommy milkers” arousing and you regularly browse /r/guro.

Crawler x Siberian - You are a masochist because you believe yourself to be a monster. Nothing else can be read from this.

Contessa x Eidolon - You pay exorbitant sums to well-endowed Twitch streamers.

Contessa x Alexandria - You’re a well-put-together, organized person and you want someone in your life who matches that, something you live vicariously through this ship.

Accord x Citrine - You’ve like odd couples, especially those where one is a lot more odd than the other. Where you fall in that equation is 50/50. Your first celebrity crush was on Angelica Huston, 1991, in The Addams Family.

Number Man x Citrine - You’re a corporate climber who read Worm after reading Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, which you read because you thought getting into fanfiction would be a quaint, quirky idea. You frequently theorize about power synergies on Spacebattles during your allotted ten minute coffee break.

Contessa x Number Man - You’re just curious as to what mathematically perfect sex would look like. Would they use toys? Bondage? Could they just-

#worm #ward #i've been meaning to repost this for a while now

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themeepyfreak · 7 months

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Day 3: Favorite Episode

2x21 "Second Star to the Right"

I love this episode for a multitude of reasons.

First, I loved all of the flashback scenes about Bae's backstory. Ever since season 1, I wondered what happened to Bae after he went through the portal. And after all of the foreshadowing about Neverland (from all the way back to "Tallahassee"), it was so satisfying to finally see the pay-off. Not to mention that the flashbacks also explain the beginning of Bae's life of crime- since in Victorian England, it was the norm for street children and the only option he had other than working in a factory conducive to minimal pay and child abuse. I also loved the portrayal of Wendy and the Darlings. I'll never forget Bae's expression when Wendy accepts him and the Darlings take him in as part of their family.

Second, even the present day scenes filled my Swanfire heart. Emma was still suspicious of Tamara, and while she might have claimed that it's only due to her superpower, it's obvious that she's so diligent due to her jealousy concerning Tamara's engagement to Neal (especially considering how she acts around Greg/Owen who also set off her lie detector). Then, the beach scene where Neal apologizes and explains how he never forgave himself was so heartwarming and raw. Especially when followed by Neal saying that he'll always have Emma's back, even if he still didn't believe her about Tamara.

The cincher of the episode was Bae sacrificing himself to the shadow for the Darlings paralleled by Neal sacrificing himself to the portal while shot for Emma and Henry. It not only harkened back to "The Return" but also showcased Neal's self-sacrificing nature which is prevalent throughout his presence on the show (even debatably in his decision to leave Emma in "Tallahassee"). It was heartbreaking to hear Emma and Neal say "I love you" to each other again only to lose each other again.

I still remember when this episode came out, and during the hiatus before season 3 was released, I rewatched it multiple times, just dreaming of possibilities of how Bae's story continued in Neverland as well as Neal reuniting and reconnecting with Emma in the place of his former trauma. While season 3 didn't fulfill all of my expectations, the last 2 episodes of season 2 will always be in my heart because of the hope and daydreams they incited.

#sfweek2023 #neal cassidy #baelfire #nealfire #emma swan #swanfire #ouat #once upon a time #reminiscing back to 2013 #i just loved all of bae's character development in this episode

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jovenshires · 4 months

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wait smosh taskmaster would be SUCH a massive slay wow. immediately my mind went to shayne as alex horne ! but greg i could see as diff options bc i don’t think any cast members embody that archetype personality wise as is but i could def see them put their own spins on em as a character if that makes sense ? would love to see what damien or chanse could come up with (bonus pts for being tall). but i also just realized arasha would be good too lmaoo. OH and that tommy as greg and spencer as alex would be SO good. and then for contestants would love to have angela, two that don’t end up in the above roles, keith, and than a rando crew member that we don’t see that often to shake it up - maybe vida bc they killed it in tntl and they do improv? wait also loved patrick making a reappearance so him as well. obvi would love to see most of the cast /crew participate as contestants if it’s like a recurring series ! ok clearly this show is perf for smosh considering i included a bajillion people in this ask pls kiana i’m begging 🙏 - spencersagnew

@spencersagnew YOU. YOU GET ME. i love your takes,,,, shayne as alex and arasha as greg specifically is everything to me. i'll put my cast out there but your takes are incredible and you've never been wrong.

tommy as the taskmaster. i think he just has that dry humor and can lean into the antagonistic nature really well while still being a fair judge and interacting well with the contestants. he's also just one of my favorite hosts of anything ever so ill let him do whatever he wants

garrett as the taskmaster's assistant. LISTEN. LISTEN. we need someone pathetic. someone who can be a punching bag. someone who's a little unhinged. someone who will get bullied by the cast and just take it, but also someone who has the Audacity. and That's Garrett. he fits the bill. i'll say honorable mention to shayne bc i think he would do this really well too but there's something about garrett that i think people would just take to using him as a puppet, a prop, whatever they needed for their tasks. and then get shit from him as soon as they're in the studio.

ian as contestant number one (The Grumpy Old Man). look, i have the taskmaster casting system boiled down to a science. i truly believe almost every cast can fit into these categories (almost! almost all!) and so i'm going by the same metric for smoshmaster. and we're starting off strong with the grumpy old man archetype. i think he'll be generally annoyed by everything. tommy, garrett, the other contestants, the tasks, whatever. he has a really dry sense of humor that'll balance everybody else out, and an above-it-all attitude that you can't help but respect. examples of this include julian clary, frankie boyle, and dara o briain.

angela as contestant number two (The World's Strangest Woman). every season needs one woman who just goes about the tasks in The Most Insane Way, and that's angela. point blank period. is she gonna win? probably not! but who knows! she's a wild card! she's the one who says her legs are basically just arms without fingers, you know. i think she'd just panic and do. whatever. no planning, go with her gut instinct. she'd also be super competitive and her reactions when she realized just how bad she fucked up.... incredible. examples include lucy beaumont, jenny eclair, and fern brady.

spencer as contestant number three (The Loveable Goofball). look. LOOK. you know him. you love him. he probably won't win. but god is it fun to watch. he's generally kind of pathetic, and while he fails miserably, you can't help but root for him, feel bad for him, and point and laugh at him all at once. he's going about the tasks either half-heartedly or putting his whole soul into it with absolutely no in-between. he might win an episode, but it's because the edit is throwing him a bone. spencer's really good at putting on that character of. miserable dude. the heel of it all. but also balancing that out with his quick wit and intelligence. he's perfect for this. some examples are susan wokoma, ivo graham, and john kearns

chanse as contestant number four (The Fan Favorite). he's hot. he's smart. he's funny. everybody likes him. he is the People's Champion. everyone wants him to win - even the taskmaster is a Little biased. he has electric chemistry with everyone, somehow, you can't really figure out how. he absolutely kills ALL the tasks but especially the prize tasks. i also think chanse would just have the funniest reactions to what everyone Else is doing. like i think he'd stand by what he did until the bitter end (even if he did something fucking insane) but everyone else he would relentlessly make fun of. god i want him on this show so bad. anyway, my examples for this are sam campbell, kiell smith-bynoe, and munya chawawa.

courtney as contestant number five (The Only Competent One on the Board). everyone else is fucking insane, but courtney is holding down the fort. she's always handling the tasks in a smart, efficient way that seems like the most logical way to go about it. they frequently outsmart the prompts and the competition. whether or not they win it all, they just seem like they deserve it most. her humor also brings a really nice balance of riding that line of silly goofy and smart and quick. i think courtney rounds out this cast really well (and is my personal pick to win <3). examples of this are sue perkins, mae martin, and sarah milican.

im flexible on the teams, although i think my personal pick is spencer / courtney / angela and ian / chanse bc. comedy to me. also i will say i think i could go on for like. at least two more seasons building different casts truly this is not the Only combo. anyway kiana call me i've got big plans

#long post #spencersagnew #can you tell ive thought about this. a Lot #ask #asks #anon #anonymous

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aromanticbuck · 1 year

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Moustead + The Hockey AU

warnings: brief mention of chronic/terminal illness and death, implied alcoholism, depression, behavior that could be considered self harm

Gregory Gerwitz IV liked hockey. It was his favorite sport. He had the family pull that let him get tickets to every home Blackhawks game, and he usually spent every minute at glass level, watching all the action with only the protection of the plexiglass shield a foot in front of his face. But that was the Hawks, NHL, the big leagues, even if their playoff outlook wasn’t very high.

What he didn’t particularly care about was the minor league team that his father bought between seasons when he was a teenager, like adding to the weight of the family business he was supposed to inherit was somehow a birthday gift. He’d wanted a car that year, or the freedom to spend more time at the stables with Phil and Amelia, or even better, to not be forced into a business track at a college barely half an hour away from home. He definitely didn’t want to be promised the Chicago Mice, a hockey team that no one had heard about because they sucked, had never won a single game, and gave him the mocking nickname Mouse for his entire senior year of high school.

So, he ignored it. Greg ignored the family name on all of the merchandise and swag he saw around the city. He ignored the change in the Mice’s record when they started winning games. He ignored all of it. It was easier to ignore it than acknowledge that he’d have to handle that some day, too. It was another weight on his shoulders he didn’t want to deal with.

But he could only ignore it for so long.

After college, and after he established himself working in the office with his father, he got pulled from a meeting early to go to lunch. Only, lunch didn’t involve food, just a mostly empty arena and a warm up for the team on the ice. Besides the coaches and the players, they were the only ones there, and it wasn’t exactly fun.

He got a bag of popcorn for his midday meal, and glass level seats, and normally, that would be just fine with him. He’d done it at a few matinee games, living off junk food and rooting for his team, but this was different. Because one day, it really would be his team, whether he wanted it to be or not.

And he really didn’t want it.

Jay Halstead didn’t know what he wanted to do when he finished high school. He knew it had to take his attention, be a good distraction from everything going on at home, not let him linger on any of it. With his brother off to school in New York and his mother in and out of the hospital with medical bills to keep up with, he didn’t have a lot of options. It had to be something with a steady income, enough to keep up with unforeseen expenses.

Hockey had started as a hobby, something he did at the local rec center when he had free time and a few extra bucks. He’d tried out for the Mice as a joke - maybe they weren’t a great team, but the paycheck would be enough to make a dent in the medical debt he was helping with while still paying for his own apartment. The fact that he made it on the team at all was some kind of miracle, and it felt like the universe, or some other force, was telling him he was doing exactly the right thing.

It was the final game of his first season with the team when he got a phone call from the bench. He didn’t even get to see the rare victory, too busy rushing to the hospital on the other side of the city. He picked his brother up at the airport the next day, and by the end of the weekend, they had to shift their efforts to planning a funeral instead of any other medical next steps. It meant the owner of the team wanted him gone, wanted him and his odd penchant for never showing up on time off the team.

He got lucky again. He was one of the players who had gained them as many small victories as they’d gotten in the months he was playing. He got another chance.

But after such a loss, it was hard to go back to live as usual. He could keep playing the game he’d grown to love, but it wasn’t enough of a distraction anymore. And, after another season, he didn’t exactly need that much money when the bills were paid and no longer accumulating. He was free and clear, he could quit and go off and do whatever he wanted with his life. He could even stop making money all together and live in his childhood bedroom where the fridge was always stocked with snacks and more beer than he could drink. It’s what he wanted to do, some days, give up and retreat, let the sadness take him and swallow him whole.

When that wasn’t an option, he did something else. Every single play that seemed a little too rough could end in a punch. He could skate a little faster and push a little harder. He could leave the ice with bruises or a bloody nose that made him feel a little more solid, like he was still a part of his own life instead of just floating through it. It wasn’t healthy, and it got him more penalties than he cared to count, and it almost made him lose everything. It almost got him kicked off the team, again, and that was when reality forced him to look it in the eye.

So Jay pulled himself back together again, made himself play the way he knew he could. It was less aggressive and more calculated, passing and scoring and improving the team’s record year after year.

It wasn’t like he did it singlehandedly, but he knew he was a big part of it, the Mice going from the worst team in the league to the top five in almost no time at all. And, when he heard whispers of the owner of the team coming to watch a practice one afternoon at the start of the season, he didn’t let that opportunity pass him by. He showed Mr. Gerwitz that keeping him around was a good idea, that he was very capable of playing at the level he needed to in order to keep his position on the team.

And, when he turned around and took his helmet off after scoring a warm up goal, he found that the only person near the bench who was even looking at him wasn’t the owner of the team at all - just his son.

#one chicago #cpd #chicago pd #jay halstead #mouse gerwitz #greg gerwitz #greg mouse gerwitz #moustead #alex does moodboards #gregory gerwitz iv #the hockey au*#i have been thinking about this au all day #happy (almost) final day of the hockey season #have this as a treat #also this is the single most ridiculous origin of the 'mouse' nickname #i'm very proud of it

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idonotbitemythumbatyou · 4 months

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hey! i really love your fic but i’m just wondering if you could hint at all about how everyone will end up. right now it feels like everyone will get a nice satisfying ending or show some growth or near happiness except for tom and greg. which is kind of a reverse of the show’s ending i guess. just curious thanks!

(The fic in question : The Kids)

Oh this is an interesting question, and I suppose it depends on what you mean by a happy ending. I actually think there’s been a lot of character growth for Greg (and Tom - but he’s not a POV character in this fic until the epilogue). Greg has done more self reflection than I think is even realistic for him - all because I self-indulgently wanted to write my thoughts about him (and Ewan) somewhere.

The thing to remember is that not all character growth is positive. Connor, for example, experiences negative character growth in The Kids - but he’s perfectly happy doing so.*

For a short answer of whether Tom and Greg will be “happy” in the end of The Kids, that’s a resounding “no.” Wait! Don’t walk away!! It’s not out of malice or because I want to punish them. I’m simply following what I think would happen next, and what choices I think the characters would make next.

I would also disagree with the premise that Tom and Greg end up in a happy place in the show. I think I might be in the minority in the fandom - and certainly among tomgreg shippers - but I didn’t see the stickering as all that romantic and positive. I found it thrillingly fucked up, but not sweet.

Throughout the show, Tom is his most vulnerable and human in front of, and for the sake of, Greg. And Greg shows himself over and over again to be literally-just-some-20-something-guy, and not equipped to receive all that emotional energy. The finale brings all that to a head and, I think, cements them into an entirely new dynamic. Tom is now powerful enough to have whatever he wants - but his emotions are a greater liability than they were before. He wants to keep Greg, but for his own safety, has to compartmentalize him into an object, thus muffling his affection for Greg into the affection one would have for an object. To me, that is a fascinating place to pick up a relationship, and part of the reason I had the physical element of the relationship only start at the finale of the show. But I do recognize that most people interpreted that moment differently.

The reason the siblings have shown such growth so quickly in my fic is because the cage door opened for them in the finale.** But Tom and Greg both still work at the poison factory, and if there’s one thing the show taught us, it’s that the only way to be happy is to not work at the goddamn poison factory.

I don’t want to spoil the final chapter and whether Greg actually leaves and goes to college, or stays with Waystar - and thus Tom - but to realistically consider options:

I don’t see Tom ever leaving his CEO position without being forced out. He worked too hard to win, and it’s more important to him than his own happiness. So Tom will continue to be satisfied but largely unhappy. Sorry Tom, buddy. You’re my favorite character. But you made this prison for yourself.

If Greg goes, he and Tom are no longer together, but Greg has a real chance at happiness, if not the satisfaction of being mega rich and powerful (though he’ll still be ridiculously wealthy). This is by far the best outcome for Greg, and worst for Tom. But if Greg chooses this, he will be unhappy in the short term, and end the story unhappily.

If Greg stays, he and Tom will stay together, but they will never be open about the relationship. It will probably be an open secret in future decades, but eventually Tom will be too rich and powerful for anyone to say anything about it. They will not be happy, but they will be satisfied.

To me, character truth is the most important thing when writing a fic, and it was love for the characters that inspired me to write The Kids in the first place. So it just depends on whether you find my interpretations of the characters truthful, and if not truthful, then at least interesting.

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*In the next chapter, I even have a moment where Greg thinks “Maybe it was a sign that he was growing as a person that he had developed enough self awareness to realize:” and then he says just the worst, most regressive, self-own imaginable. It’s bad, but it’s still growth. It's still coming to a new conclusion based on new experiences.

**though the cage door is only open temporarily for Shiv. After maternity leave, she's doing a perfect swan dive right back into the poison vats. And she, too, will continue to be miserable. yay. :(

#I can make them worse #my fic #tomgreg #succession #hbo succession #succession hbo #succession fanfic

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sylvies-chen · 1 year

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listen close now. there are a LOT of red flags that pop off when looking at the turn kendall took in this episode and at the idea of him as a successor to logan. although he is doing very well, he’s still an addict; he attempted to unalive himself not too long ago; and now, thanks to logan’s shitty penmanship, ken will never know if his father truly approved of him and thought him worthy of taking over. he, like the other kids, has based so much of his behaviour and his identity around his father, and so that uncertainty of whether or not he was actually got the recognition he’d been looking for his entire life from logan will undoubtedly eat at him in a fatal way. I mean it’s just red flag after red flag after red flag. and considering how wonderful things were going with him and roman and shiv, watching their trio finally start to form those irreparable cracks that we all saw coming just makes me want to scream KENDALL NO.

but then, in these little silent but deadly moments, there is an inclination to believe… it has to be him. it was always going to be him. it is him. you can see so clearly in jeremy strong’s performance—so much so that I felt as if I could see kendall’s thoughts in his eyes— that memory present in the back of kendall’s mind: you’re not a killer. and you need to be a killer. and kendall, now potentially in his killer era and finally growing some bite to him, slightly icing out his sister, going behind his brother’s back, blackmailing hugo, keeping stewy as an ally, is kind of… showing how perfect he is as a successor??? which makes me want to say KENDALL YES.

it’s a really interesting balance and contrast. rooting for kendall emotionally means wanting him as far away from the company and his father’s looming presence/legacy as possible. it means knowing he’s not ready, not stable, and it means not wanting him as successor. instead it means rooting for people like shiv, roman, tom or even greg. the emotional satisfaction of seeing them take the throne would be high due to personal subjective connections we make to the characters, even though professionally or narratively it might not be the best fit.

but rooting for kendall professionally means seeing those glimmerings of potential and how the pieces of his father’s abuse could honestly either make him or break him. it could send him down a spiral leading to nothing but his death, which would honestly be fitting and is a viable option (we’ve all seen the shot of kendall in the ocean we know the fight isn’t over). or, alternatively, it could piece together to make a man who isn’t entirely the best option, competent, stable, or deserving of the throne, but who is the only one worthy, and who might professionally be the best fit. the cost at which that comes to him is massive, but it could happen. he would be the loneliest, unhappiest king in all the land. but who needs that when, finally, you’re the fucking king.

#this is one ofc those posts where I think I’m a genius as I’m typing it and then immediately think it’s shit when I’m done #so ok someone please just tell me now if this sucked and I lack media literacy skills #succession spoilers #succession #succession hbo #hbo succession

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FNAF Security Breach Ruin theories that I'm sure people have thought of already but I'm still gonna post here because I havn't been able to stop thinking about this game:

(theories are seperated with a 🎈)

(also keep in mind that this is just my personal little theory ramble, I could absolutely be wrong)

🎈 I dont think we ever hear the real Gregory's voice in ruin.

Even when the mimic (That's what its called right? Or at least thats what we're calling it? Idk I'll just go with it) is chasing Cassie, when he's saying, "You were never supposed to go to the pizzaplex" and "Do you really have any other option?" (or smth like that-), I think that is still the mimic pretending to be Gregory.

Why? (more after break)

Well first of all, the instructions during the chase are coming from the walky talky that the mimic has been using to communicate with Cassie throughout the DLC. And like, don't get me wrong, but im pretty sure Gregory wouldn't be able to hack his way into the radio frequencies that the walky talkys are using. The same can be said for the speakers in the elevator before Cassie falls. To maybe even have a chance at communicating with Cassie through either of these, he would probably have to be in the building, which he explicitly says (even if it is the mimic talking) he isn't.

Also, Gregory talks about the M.X.E.S security system that was put in place to keep the mimic down there, but how would he know about that? And how would he know about the mimic being trapped down there to begin with? I mean sure, there is speculations that he had been living in the pizzaplex for a little bit, but i dont think that a evil, sentiant animitronic living down in the basement of a children's pizza place would exactly be considered public information, even if it is just among the employees. Not to mention that he probably wouldnt even be looking for that kind of information in the first place if he was living in the pizzaplex.

Finally, (even though I'm sure there's more things to back this up, I just don't want this to get too long lmao) how would Gregory even drop the elevator? Like I don't this theres a button labeled "button to drop the elevator thats in that old ruin under the pizzaplex," and to actually cut the cords he would have to be there which he isn't. The mimic is the one who most likely dropped the elevator, and if it wasn't them specfically, it was probably someone/thing that was working with them. (or also possibly the fact that that elevator is probably decades old and has probably had no maintainance whatsoever during that time and has also retained at least some fire damage and-) (<also, if the elevator did fall out of just extreme damage, the mimic probably knew that and thats why they led Cassie there)

🎈 But this also sprouts another question:

Why did the mimic drop the elevator?

Well, my theory is that it wanted to disguse itself.

I'm gonna say now that I don't fully know how most of the animitronics work (especially when it comes to the mimic) but I think that it's going to use Cassie's body as a way of hiding itself when it eventually (maybe) makes it up into the real world.

I also think that we may see Cassie again. How far into the future, I'm not sure, but I think we'll see her again eventually. Of course, if my theory happens to be correct, it's not going to be Cassie, but instead the mimic in disguise.

🎈The last thing I wanna talk about is just a few questions that I have now that ruin has been released:

How do Cassie and Gregory know each other? What is their relationship with each other? Are they friends? Siblings? Two runaways that met on the streets? How did they meet? Where the hell are these kids' parents?

Did Cass and Greg meet before SB or after? (before ruin of course) If they met before, then that raises a lot of questions. (How did they get separated before SB, why didn't he mention her at all during SB, etc. etc.)

How did the mimic contact Cassie at all? It probably chose her because 1. It already had a sample of Greg's voice, probably from when he went down there in SB, 2. She's a child, she's guillible enough to go wherever her friends ask her to go. But how???? The only possible way I can think of is call, text, maybe leave her a note, but I don't think she has a phone considering she's like 8, and leaving a note would require literally going to her house, which the mimic obviously can't do.

Who installed the M.X.E.S system in the first place? Was it one person trying to keep the mimic a secret? Was it Vanny? Vanessa? (considering the rabbit, it may be, but im not sure tbh) Was it the company that runs the pizzaplex just trying to hide the past wrong-doings of the previous owner and make more money?

Is the Glitchy Rabbit Thingy(TM) really evil? If you think about it, it may have only been trying to stop Cassie because she was disabling it, which would unleash the mimic and allow it to escape. Maybe the rabbit isn't as bad as we think.

Where is Music Man? Y'know the big one. Did he just retain so much damage that he doesn't work anymore? For a little bit I had thought that the giant endoskeleton in the daycare theater may be him, but after comparing the two, it's clear that they are just not the same model. (Music Man's arms are skinnier, it wouldn't make sense for him to have a jaw considering his mouth is a screen, head shape, etc. etc.) Speaking of which:

What the hell is that giant endoskeleton for? That's what I really wanna know. And why is it only there in the AR mode?

What does M.X.E.S stand for? I feel like that could be really important.

Uhhh, that's all I got for now I think. Thank you for coming to my ted talk lmao I don't really know how to end this-

#feel free to contridict me #or tell me if something doesnt make sense #i just sorta writing this as it came to me so some things might be off #i would love to talk to people about this #retro's rambles #fnaf sb #fnaf security breach #fnaf sb ruin #fnaf dlc #ruin dlc #fnaf theory #security breach ruin #security breach theory #ruin theory #fnaf gregory #fnaf cassie #gregory #cassie

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lovesickdeadsims · 1 year

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Read PART 1 here

GEN 6- The Star-crossed Lover (Werewolves and Vampires GP required)

You are the child of powerful vampires, occult creatures that dwell in darkness and drink blood. This is to be your destiny once you become a teenager, and to be honest it doesn’t sound that good to you. Especially you don’t like the fact that one day your best friend will be your worst enemy. Because your best friend comes from a werewolf family, and therefore they are destined to be werewolves. And, as your parents told you, vampires and werewolves are enemies for life! Surely there must be something you can do about it! You start by trying to be the most meek vampire ever. You don’t want to scare your friends away, so you feed yourself in alternative ways. You also start to develop a crush on your best friend... who returns your feelings! Your parents are not that happy about it tho’, so once your become young adults you two ran away from Forgotten Hollow and Moonwood Mill and start a new life somewhere where people won’t judge your union. So you try to live your life as a normal person: you get a job and you get married to your true love. But here is one big problem you didn’t consider: your love doesn’t last. Actually, your partner’s love doesn’t last, because you are not their fated mate. They talk about leaving, and this send you into a panic, but you also have an idea: if you can’t be with them as a vampire, maybe you can as a werewolf! So you devote your life looking for a cure to your vampirism, and when you find it and drink it you ask your spouse to turn you into a werewof. What’s done it’s done, you are now a werewolf. Your spouse agrees to start a family with you.

Objectives:

You can choose any trait and aspiration you want as a child.

As a child you must have a child best friend who is a werewolf (you can make the werewolf family for this purpose).

Once you become a teen you must choose the Good Vampire aspiration (but any trait you want).

As a teen start a romantic relationship with your werewolf best friend.

Complete the Good Vampire aspiration before becoming a young adult. As your next aspiration choose the Werewolf Initiate aspiration.

When you age to young adult move out of you household and choose a lot of your choice in a world different from Forgotten Hollow and Moonwood Mill.

Invite your werewolf lover (who must be a young adult too) to live with you.

Get married to your werewolf lover.

Max out the Vampire Lore skill and make The Ultimate Vampire Cure.

Drink the cure and then ask your spouse to turn you into a werewolf (spouse must have the Curse Bearer ability).

Have one or more babies with your spouse after experiencing your first full moon.

Optional:

Complete the Werewolf Initiate before your first toddler becomes a child.

GEN 7- The Big Bad Wolf (Werewolves GP required)

You find out that one of your parent changed their nature completely for their partner, and just the thought of it makes you shiver. One thing for sure is that you’ll always stay truthful to yourself! And you a werewolf, and boy, you love it! You love to howl, to hunt and to scare people around you. As a child you were temperamental, hard to manage, a real scoundrel; as a teen you were even worse. You are literally a lone wolf, you break hearts everywhere you go, but no one and nothing capture your interest. Except for making mischief! You seem to love watching people suffer... What does this say about you? You don’t care, because you don’t need anyone’s opinion! You are the Big Bad Wolf, and you like it. That Greg fella? He’s water compared to you, you are a burning, bitter glass of the meanest alcohol you can think of. One day you meet the most beautiful person you have ever seen. Another heart to break, you think, and you set on a mission to seduce the poor lamb. Except you end up with a child. Well, what to do now? A child was never in the picture, yet you think you could be a GREAT parent! Yes, you will teach your kid everything you know, you’ll teach them to make the world their whore! So you steal the kid and travel as far as you can think of to start a new life with them.

Objectives:

As a child you must have the Hot-headed trait.

As a child choose the Rambunctious Scamp aspiration.

Complete the child aspiration.

As a teen choose the Werewolf Initiate aspiration.

Complete the Werewolf Initiate aspiration before becoming a young adult.

As a teen choose the Mean trait.

As a teen have at least two romantic relationships at the same time. The more the better. Never make them official.

Don’t get caught cheating before you turn into a young adult.

Don’t break up with anyone before you turn into a young adult.

As you become a young adult choose the Villanous Valentine aspiration.

Complete the Villanous Valentine aspiration before becoming an adult. Once completed choose the Lone Wolf aspiration.

Meet a sim with the Good trait. Seduce them and make a baby with them.

Break up with the good sim and move into a new world with the baby.

Optional:

Complete the Lone Wolf aspiration before your toddler becomes a child.

Get caught cheating from the “good sim” and leave them.

GEN 8- The Cult Leader (Parenthood GP, Seasons EP required, Island Living EP recommended)

You’ve always been disgusted by the way your parent lived: they were bad, mean and, worst of all, they tried to make you like them! But they didn’t succeed. You were the sweetest child ever, and couldn’t bring yourself to do anything mean, not even pranks! As a teen you started to hear a call. Suddenly you knew what to do! You will convert as many evil and mean people as possible, you will show them a better way! So you start befriending (someone would call it “molesting”, but you they are wrong) every mean person you can find in school, in public places, everywhere. When you turn into a young adult you start forming your cult of lost sheeps. You travel to a distant island and move in a large place. Actually, now you start to build your cult. You make children with some of your “followers” and you teach them to be good little angels, as anyone should be. Society doesn’t understand what you do in this island, they try to take away everything from you, starting with electricity. But you don’t mind: “Some things are sent to try us”, you think, as you build a farm with your followers. As children are born on the island you think you have achieved a sort of paradise on Earth. What more do you need?

Objectives:

Child must start with the Good trait and any aspiration you want.

As a child you must become a scout.

Collect all the Scout badges to obtain the Scouting Aptitude reward trait before becoming a young adult.

Become at least a B grade student.

As a teen choose the Cheerful trait and Friend of the World aspiration you want.

Meet 3 or more Mean/Evil sims and become their friend.

Avoid acquiring the Mischief skill.

Maximize in positive the three Character Values: Empathy, Conflict Resolutions and Emotional Control.

As a young adult move out from your parents house into a new lot in Sulani.

The lot you live must have the Off the Grid challenge (and Simple Living if you have COTTAGE LIVING). You are allowed to use the perks that come with ECO LIFESTYLE, if you have it.

Ask your evil/mean friends to live with you and start a farm.

Maximize the Charisma skill before turning into an adult.

Have babies with ALL your followers.

All toddlers must have the Angelic trait.

Neither one of your followers nor you must have a proper job. You all must live off the products you make and grow. Odd jobs are allowed.

Optional:

Complete the Friend of the World aspiration before turning into an adult.

Help at least one of your toddlers to maximize all toddler’s skills.

GEN 9- The Winterbaby (Seasons EP required)

You lived all your life on a secluded island. Your family was... unconventional to say the least: you were raised by numerous parents and had many half-siblings. Maybe this is why your taste in love is also a little unvoncentional... Even though you had to work on your parent’s farm along with your siblings, you still had a happy childhood. One of your fondest memories is being reunited all together for the big holidays! In fact your favourite holiday is Winterfest. You know exactly what you like about it: the decorations, the cheery atmosphere, the presents, family and friends all reunited for the grand meal... and Father Winter! You are not sure when it all started, maybe when you were a child and you kept making all those winter decorations, but you’ve always had a crush on that cheerful old man. When you are finally old enough, you make a plan: have a baby with dear Father Winter. And of course it can only happen on Winterfest; so you make the biggest, best Winterfest dinner party of all time (or at least of all neighborhood). At night, when Father Winter comes to bring gifts, you lure him into your bedroom and make sweet woohoo with him. The night comes to an end, Father Winter goes away. You are left with a kind of emptiness now that your wish has been granted. It’s the first time for you. You try to fill the void by dating older people (you’ve to pact that you indeed have an age kink) and land a serious relationship with one of them. They are not Father Winter (you still woohoo with him every chance you get), but you convince yourself you love them and can bring joy to their last years. Maybe by starting a family together.

Objectives:

As a child you must have the Outgoing trait.

As a child choose the Social Butterfly aspiration.

Complete the aspiration before becoming a teen.

Decorate your room with winter decorations made on any activity table.

Celebrate a successful Winterfest (or other but same holiday) with your family and friends as a child/teen and make friends with Father Winter.

As you become a teen move out in a different world and live all alone in a Winterfest themed house. It must be decorated for Winterfest (or other but same holiday) every season!

As a teen choose the Self-assured trait.

As a teen celebrate every Winterfest at your house inviting only family members.

When you become a young adult you may choose any trait and aspiration you want (Unflirty and Noncommittal not recommended)

Organize a successful Winterfest party (recommended Dinner party as social event) on the day of Winterfest and invite all your living family and friends (there must be at least 5 people).

When Father Winter comes, flirt with him and woohoo with him. Never make the relationship with him official.

Date and woohoo at least two elder sims.

Woohoo with Father Winter only on (every) Winterfest. NEVER outside the holiday.

Break up all your previous relationships and start another one with a new elder sim, go to live with them or move together in another place and have one or more babies (you are allowed to adopt).

GEN 10- The Great and Powerful (Magic Realm GP required) One of your parent was so old you barely met them. As a consequence you start obsessing about growing old. You make potions as a child (you were always kinda into potions and brews), but nothing helps, you still age. One day your family take a vacation to a beautiful town called Glimmerbrook; you are just there, taking a walk and minding your own business, when you encounter a portal! And said portal brings you to a new dimension, a “magic realm” with a whole magic school full of spellcasters! You meet the three magical sages and ask one of them to turn you into a spellcaster. Because, why not? And this is the beginning of your new quest of becoming immortal. Yes, immortal, and thanks to a potion! You are ready for anything, nothing and no one can stop you. You wreck havoc everywhere, it’s all training, you really don’t mind the lives you destroy along the way; but your path is full of obstacles and, while you master the various magic skills, you meet a rival: a very powerful spellcaster who would love to acquire the immortality potion for themselves. You find this new challenger... quite attractive. You rivality becomes friendship and then something more. You never say it openly, but you both are attracted to each other, and eventually this leads to (more than one) sexual intercourse. You still want to be immortal; but when the time comes, when you finally know how to prepare the immortality potion, will you be willing to share?

Objectives:

As a child get the Genius trait and Whiz Kid aspiration.

Collect at least three frogs and display them in your room. If you have OUTDOOR RETREAT you may also collect at least three bugs and display them in your room as well.

Complete the child aspiration before turning a teen.

Become an A grade student as a child.

As a teen choose any trait you want, but you must choose the Spellcraft & Sorcery aspiration.

Create a rental lot in Glimmerbrook.

As a teen go on vacation with your family in Glimmerbrook. Discover the portal and enter.

Meet all the sages and befriend them. Ask the one you’ve go a better relationship with to turn you into a spellcaster.

Practice magic on other sims.

Complete the aspiration before becoming an adult. Then choose the Purveyor of Potions aspiration.

Meet a powerful spellcaster. Thy must be at the same level or even higher than you (or make one yourself).

Befriend them and duel them. You can’t start any romantic relationship with them before you have WON a magic duel against them!

Complete the aspiration before becoming an elder!

Make the immortality potion and become the most powerful spellcaster the world as ever known (give yourself a makeover too)!

Will you share the recipe to immortality with your lover? You can choose!

And this concludes the legacy. Your last sim is a powerful spellcaster. Maybe they have a special someone, or maybe you chose to kill them in some funny, whimsical way. Who knows! I hope you have fun if you ever decide to make a story following this legacy, and excuse any error you might find, for english is not my first language.

#the sims 4 #ts4 #the sims 4 legacy challenge #ts4 legacy challenge #lovesick legacy challenge #lovesicklegacychallenge #lthe sims 4 lovesick legacy challenge #ts4 lovesick legacy challenge #legacy challenge #the sims 4 gameplay

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toxics-sims-adventures · 1 year

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Decided to categorize what I think are the most invasive packs (that I own) in ts4

Explanations under the cut:

INCREDIBLY INVASIVE:

The Base Game is needed to play TS4 at all so I just threw it into incredibly invasive for a giggle.

Eco Lifestyle causes the most annoying effect of turning my neighborhoods into industrial hellscapes just because most of Oasis Springs uses plaster and stucco and Willow Creek uses plastic siding. If I turn it off in settings though, I can’t remove the industrial cloud over Evergreen Harbor. NAPs make people litter my neighborhoods in junk items that I can’t just pick up and delete because it’s not part of my lot, or I end up with the most active kleptomaniacs in any game since my days in the Sims 1 where I’d literally build a treasure vault maze to punish the burglars. I have to turn off NPC voting just to make them all stop. I still get constant popups from each voting cycle saying something won even though absolutely no votes went through and there’s no actual NAP put into place but still. High key annoying.

Parenthood. You cannot escape the character values. They effect every toddler, child and teen, like it or not. You constantly receive school projects in the offspring’s inventory. If there was an option to turn it off at the expense of getting the bonus traits, this would drop straight into only invasive with interaction.

My Wedding Stories literally changes the wedding party. Gone is the simple day of decorating Willow Creek’s cherry blossom park with an arch, a piano and a bar to get an easy progression through your soulmate aspiration. Without mods anyway.

A lot of that Werewolves invasiveness happens because either Greg decides to suddenly visit Oasis Springs for ZERO reason and scares everyone on my street, or because Jake Volkov keeps coming to Copperdale High in full fury furry mode and makes everyone run screaming from the classroom. Like, dude, just stay home, call in sick, take the mental health day. Cripes.

Moderately Invasive:

Seasons adds weather to all worlds. You can turn most of it off though, the only weather you can’t avoid is sunny and cloudy days. It also adds temperature effects to Sims, but you can turn that off completely in the menu if you’re tired of sims overheating or freezing to death. Other than the seasonal life cycle of plants from gardening, which can only be subverted with indoor greenhouses or a pot in your sims living room to shelter the plant, the other thing Seasons does that would be considered annoyingly invasive would be the holidays. Even if you turn off all the major holidays preset in the pack, Love Day, Harvestfest, etc. by deleting them from the calendar, you’ll still get random holidays popping up that keep coming back (without a mod to disable it) like the lottery or fight a sim day, which if you refuse to participate in can give your sim a sad buff depending on their traits.

Get Famous adds the fame system. Everything you do can effect your sims fame level making their lives easier or harder. You can however step out of the spotlight so your painter monkey doesn’t get famous in the basement. (I have never made a painter monkey in the basement but some of you do and I’m as intrigued as I am terrified of you all.) BUT Get Famous also has a reputation system that you CAN’T turn off. Every friendly action/new friend you make will change your reputation positively and every mean interaction/enemy you make will change your reputation negatively. You can end up with a beloved or beloathed sim who when meeting new people will have their reputation precede them and effect their future relationships. Celebrities will show up anywhere, grinding pretty much everything to a halt so NPCs and even your own sims can swoon over them. (Plus Judith Ward and every other celebrity will always walk through your neighborhood no matter where you live, breaking the immersion. Yes even if you live in bumfuck nowhere, Strangerville.)

High School Years WILL NOT STOP MAKING MY TEEN SIMS MISERABLE. Acne all the time! Hair in weird places ALL THE TIME. To stop hair growth I have to go into cas and turn off the option for every body part FOR EVERY DIFFERENT SIM. Acne is in the actual pack settings to turn off. You have to turn off the check in the career tab in-game to stop the popup that asks if you want to follow your teen sims to school, for every teen sim. AND THE RANDOMIZED TOWNIE OUTFITS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE. I hate Trendi with a passion.

Dream Home Decorator. ITS JUST A COFFEE TABLE STOP TRYING TO PUKE ABOUT IT BEING MISSION STYLE! Sims will constantly go around critiquing my shit, even in bedrooms they weren’t invited to! because they like or hate it and it’s getting annoying. It’s not worth the little happy moodlet when they like living in a midcentury modern decorated home.

Only Invasive with Interaction:

Get to Work gave us our first occult sim, not counting ghosts. However, if you engage in the scientist career, you better prepare for absolutely every night to be filled with alien abductions. I never, ever see alien abductions or get pregnant male sims unless someone in the household is a scientist. The illnesses that come with the pack also can’t be disabled which is a little annoying when your previously healthy sim suddenly turns dazed because of a hidden buff of having a cold, or your screenshots are suddenly ruined because someone sprouted orange tiger stripe rashes. The only cure for these illnesses are the medicine bought off the computer, or the shopping for gifts menu from the phone. AND SOMETIMES THEY DONT EVEN WORK COMPLETELY! sometimes you have to wait and take another medicine to completely cure the illness! However it’s largely easy to ignore and easy to fix so I won’t count it as totally invasive when faced with absolutely everything else this game can do to give your sims a billion moodlets.

Cats & Dogs won’t really affect your gameplay unless you adopt one for your household. Yeah, you’ll still see the occasional stray in your neighborhood but that’s it really.

Spa Day only affects gameplay due to the refresh, which gave the new trait High Maintenance. Which is very likely to make the sim with that trait freak out over any little thing under the sun. Including the sun. Sitting makes them uncomfortable. They get weird dreams that make them tense. They need constant spa days and wellness activities or they get angry and tense. if they don’t have the High Maintenance trait though? You will never need the Spa Day stuff close at hand.

Strangerville only really affects the residents of Strangerville. The possession mood only affect the sims that eat the bizarre fruit to get the Infected trait. On occasion you’ll see certain Strangerville townies go possessed but only if you have them invited out from before 1am ingame.

Realm of Magic introduced spellcasters and they really don’t do magic outside of the realm. They’ll ride brooms outside of the realm but they tend to stay grounded if they’re going to walk through your neighborhoods.

Laundry Day is only invasive and adds gameplay IF you put a washing machine/tub and/or a dryer or clothesline on your lot. If you just want the cas and build objects aside from that, you will never see a stinky pile of laundry.

Tiny Living only affects your lot’s number of room tiles when selecting to live in a tiny home residential. If you exceed the maximum number of tiles, 100, you just won’t get the hidden lot traits that benefit your sims from living on a tiny home residential.

Paranormal Stuff only becomes invasive on haunted house residential lots. You will not see a specter, Guidry, or Temperance without going into the paranormal investigator freelance career otherwise.

Not All That Invasive:

Get Together will occasionally give you a notification about clubs or have townies invite your sims to the discotheque.

City Living will give you a notification about whatever festival’s going on and NPCs will invite your sims out to them.

Discover University will give out a popup to remind you that your sims can enroll and get a degree once for every new teen or older sim.

Cottage Living will give a notice every weekend for whatever fair is happening in Henford on Bagley

Dine Out won’t give an effect to your game until you place a restaurant, and even then it’ll just be another location NPCs will invite your sims to.

Wait I have that pack?:

Holiday Stuff (the free pack) adds no gameplay

Island Living is pretty much self contained. Other than occasionally seeing mermaid sims around town, the gameplay is self contained to Sulani.

Snowy Escape gives a residential world with a few vacation lots so your sim can vacation in the mountains. This pack is self contained.

Outdoor Retreat gives a vacation world centered around camping. The herbalism skill doesn’t need to be interacted with and you don’t have to capture bugs. This pack is self contained.

Jungle Adventures gives you a new vacation world and is easily the fastest way to get a ton of simoleons to end your rags to riches nightmares. Just make sure your sim is skilled enough to avoid getting poisoned/cursed to death. Otherwise this pack is self contained.

Journey to Batuu gives you a call and notification that you can visit at any time but you’ll never see a star wars character outside of Batuu unless you make friends with them. This pack is self contained.

Spooky stuff adds a party type and that’s it.

Movie Hangout will give your sims the option to watch movies and you wont’ see any other gameplay unless you toss the popcorn maker into your kitchen, which I consistently forget about.

Backyard Stuff just gives you the option of having a waterslide in your backyard.

Vintage Glamour adds no gameplay except for the butler and the tiny bit that is the makeup table but does nothing else

Fitness Stuff adds no gameplay except for the climbing wall which can help build fitness or climbing skill if you own Snowy Escape

Moschino Stuff fixes the limited photography skill but doesn’t do much else.

Knifty Knitting you can knit and unlock some things in CAS and that’s it.

Carnaval Streetwear adds no gameplay

Moonlight Chic adds no gameplay

Desert Luxe adds no gameplay

Everyday Clutter adds no gameplay

Invasive Until Patched:

Vampires used to visit your sims at night pretty much all the time to bite and suck their blood sorry, plasma and give them a day long uncomfortable moodlet that you had no way to avoid without locking your doors to outsiders or engaging in the Vampire knowledge skill to make garlic braids and prevent feedings from garlic allergic vampires. Now you can turn off their nightly visits by clicking on the front door and disallowing vampire visitors.

Do Not Own:

I don't own a majority of the kits and a good few of the stuff packs, so I can't say what is or is not invasive from the listed:

Bathroom clutter, Simtimates, Pastel Pop, First fits, Little campers, Deocr to the max, Blooming rooms, Modern Menswear, Incheon Arrivals, Industrial Loft, Fashion street, Courtyard Oasis, Country kitchen, Throwback fit, My first pet stuff, Toddler stuff, Bowling night, Kids room, Romantic garden, Cool kitchen, Perfect Patio, Luxury Party

However, since most of these are CAS or build kits, and stuff packs with maybe ONE gameplay object in each, They probably all fit under the Wait I have that pack? category

STAY OUT OF MY GAME FILES:

YOU KNOW WHY BUST THE DUST IS HERE. (If you really don’t know why the Bust the Dust kit is here, unlike Laundry Day, this kit can’t be turned off. You have to buy the stupid vacuums to make your sims clean up the dust overlay on your floors and remove the dust bunnies. It’s annoying and I don’t want this kit even looking at my game files.)

#The Sims 4 #TS4 #Sims 4 #personal opinion #Invasive doesn't necessarily mean BAD but it does mean it affects gameplay or environment in the game heavily

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writings-by-fairy · 2 months

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Forgotten Movies

Fandom: American Housewife

Pairing(s): Oliver Otto x Cooper Bradford with background relationships

Words: 2,353

Rating: M

Warnings: sexual content

Summary: Oliver and Cooper are left alone...what ever could happen?

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“Oliver! Amigo, when are you coming downstairs?” Cooper yelled from his very comfortable spot on the couch, he deeply considered walking up stairs to see what was taking his boyfriend so long, but settled on the lazier option. They had the whole house to themselves and they didn’t even need to trick anyone! Greg roped Katie into coming to some history banquet, Trip wanted to surprise Taylor with a mini get away, and Anna-Kat was at Franklins: Cooper is not sure how they got so lucky but he is grateful.

“So impatient, Coop.” A voice came from the top of the stairs followed by slow footsteps descending the stairs. Cooper just stared for a moment mesmerized; Oliver was dressed in a cropped tee (Oliver seriously didn’t mean for it to go that short, all he wanted was a few inches off his old stretched school shirt) and a pair of coopers baggy sweatpants. Cooper could only think the word soft.

“Cooper! Have you been listening to a-“ Cooper had looked up finally but before Oliver could finish scolding him, he stood up and grabbed Oliver by the waist to pull him in for a deep kiss. Oliver gasped but smiled into the kiss.

It was Oliver who broke away from the kiss first, he just smiled and giggled, a little out of breath. “No idea where that came from but I hope there is more.” Cooper laughed a little. He sat down and opened his arm so Oliver could cuddle up to his side. A random movie started playing on their TV but Cooper was the least bit interested. How could he pay attention to some dumb movie where he could predict every move when the most beautiful boy he has ever seen is sitting right beside him.

Cooper really tried to pay attention but after twenty minutes of the movie, he was becoming bored so a plan moved into his head. He began to rub Oliver’s arm slowly and adding pressure gradually. Oliver seemed to appreciate the affection as he leaned in closer, great sign. Cooper then maneuvered his arm under Oliver’s to play with the hem of the cropped tee, this is when Oliver began to notice Cooper’s intentions.

Oliver smirked before turning himself so he was facing Cooper on his lap. “Hey there pretty boy,” Cooper nearly melted at the pet name, he rubbed his hands on Oliver’s thighs before settling on his hips. Oliver leaned down and started to kiss Cooper; the kiss was fast, hot, and full of want/need. Cooper was the one that broke away this time but this was to continue the kisses down the neck.

Hickeys started to form from Cooper’s need to mark Oliver, Oliver knows he should protest, knows he should push Cooper off or at least to where a normal shirt could cover the evidence, but he can’t. Oliver will never say it completely out loud but he loves when Cooper leaves hickeys because it shows to people he is taken and belongs to someone else. (Cooper won’t say it out loud either but he loves seeing his work on his boy and claiming what is his).

The clothes quickly became an issue. Cooper pushed Oliver back so he could take Oliver’s shirt off. He threw it somewhere across the room, they will deal with it later. He went to continue sucking hickeys across his boyfriend’s chest but was stopped. “Not fair.” Oliver grumbled tugging at Cooper’s shirt which soon joined Oliver’s forgotten shirt as well. “Perfect.” They stared at each-other for a moment, just admiring the others beauty and silently wishing the other would realize how beautiful they were. They seemed to know what the other was thinking because they looked up at the same time to meet the other’s eyes.

Oliver began to slightly grind down in a silent plea of more. Cooper heard his cry for more and rubbed his hands up and down the others torso, he stopped at the nipples and began to rub his thumbs in circular motions on Oliver’s nipples. Oliver arched his back forward and let out a high pitches moan. He let out a string of jumbled words like more, more oh please, yes, just like that. Cooper kept playing with one but began to suck on the other one, Oliver threw his head back and tangled his fingers through Cooper’s hair. The grip Oliver had on Cooper’s hair told him he wasn’t going anywhere soon.

Cooper moved his one hand down and under the waistband on Oliver’s boxers, he pulled back and looked up to Oliver, a silent “is this okay?”. Oliver nodded his head quick and gripped onto Cooper’s shoulders for support. He raised his hips slightly so Cooper could push them down just past his butt, he gave it a playful smack. Oliver jumped at the sudden slap but his moan gave away his new kink.

Fingers appeared in front of Oliver’s mouth, he leaned forward and sucked the three fingers. He looked up to see Cooper’s intense stare. He put on a little show by really sucking and moaning. “That is it, baby boy.” Once the fingers were coated enough, Cooper slowly pulled them out entranced by the string that connected them. Oliver couldn’t help find it slightly gross but couldn’t care less because Cooper liked it.

Cooper began to pushing two fingers in, “ahhh, still open after last night.” Oliver groaned out, he tried to defend himself but he couldn’t even think right properly now. Cooper kept pushing the same two fingers in at a very slow pace.

Oliver rocked his hips back to meet Cooper’s fingers, suddenly Oliver gasped and haunted his movements. “Found it.” Cooper laughed, he started to rub circles in that spot causing Oliver to already fall apart. He loved seeing Oliver like this; whiny, needy, responsive.

“I want to go all the way tonight.”

Silence.

Anyone could see the gears turning in Cooper’s head and processing what Oliver had just suggested. “Are-are-are you sure?” Cooper sat up straighter taking his fingers out and rubbing soothing circles on Oliver’s hips. “Because I don’t want you to feel pressured to just because I’m ready but-“ he rambles on but Oliver didn’t seem to mind at all, he found it very cute that Cooper was this flustered.

Oliver finally put him out of his rambling misery and kissed Cooper. “Yes, Im sure.” He couldn’t help but smile at his boyfriend. He looked like you just gave a puppy a new toy. “But I need to be honest with you and you need to be honest with me.”

Coopers smile quickly turned serious, “of course, my amigo”

“First of all, please don’t call me amigo while we are in the middle of this.”

“Done, mi amor.”

“Second of all,” Oliver paused internally debating how he should ask. “This is my first time, I know we have done stuff together but, never this far. Even all the stuff we have done, it was all my first…”

Cooper smiled, “Don’t worry, beautiful boy. It is my first time going all the way.”

Cooper could practically see a weight be lifted off Oliver’s shoulder but a raised eyebrow gave away his curiosity. “You only said this is your first time going all the way…what else have you done?”

“Seriously babe, right now?”

“Yes! Spill!” Oliver crossed his arms, there was no way around this.

“You remember that guy that called into the help line?”

“Of course, Will Hasan. What does he have to-oh my god, you fucked Will Hasan!”

Cooper laughed, “No babe, we just kissed and I may or may not have given him a blow-“

“No more!” Oliver yelled out before kissing Cooper again.

“Well you asked!” Cooper was met with a quiet and quick shut up before Oliver started to suck love marks on his neck. He took this time to reinsert the two fingers along with a third. Oliver moaned at the new stretch.

This went on for a few minutes before Oliver finally looked Cooper in the eyes and boy oh boy was he a sight to see. His hair was everywhere with a little sweat sticking some pieces to his forehead, his pupils were huge, his skin a nice rosy flush, and the love bites from earlier were already starting to show.

He was broken out of his trance when he finally heard, “Cooper! There you are, so how do you want me?” Oliver asked tilting his head slightly, he was definitely nervous but so was Cooper.

“Uhm, lay on your back.” Cooper said with faux confidence, now that it was really happening, he was actually nervous. He didn’t want to hurt his boy, what if he wasn’t good and then he lost Oliver to some football jock who wouldn’t even know how to-

“Baby boy,” Oliver smiled down at him, he knew. “It’s okay, it’s my first time too. I promise there is no judgement, no need to worry and try to impress. I’m here and I’m not going anywhere anytime soon.” Cooper let out a breath of air he didn’t even know he was holding until now.

Oliver stood up for a second to take his pants off with Cooper following suit. “Yeah, okay.” Cooper gently laid Oliver down on the couch and threw Oliver’s leg over his shoulder. He saw it “researching” one night and he also researched what items would be needed. He silently wished that they did receive the basket, he leaned over the table next to them and opened the drawer. Oliver grew curious and looked over.

“That’s been there the whole time!?” Condoms, lube, and even a suspicious looking box took up the small drawer.

Cooper shrugged and muttered something about being prepared and cautious. He ripped open the condom with his teeth and rolled it on with ease. Oliver couldn’t help but stare (and become even more turned on) by his boyfriend. The sound of the lube went unnoticed by Oliver until a cold, wet finger began rubbing circles around his rim.

“Last chance, mi amor. Are you still-“

“Yes please so if you could fuck me nooowwwww,” Cooper didn’t wait for Oliver to finish before he was pushing in. He pushed in every few inches before checking on Oliver. Despite wanting nothing more than to just start, he knew it was Oliver’s first tie and wanted it to be special for him. Once his hips met Oliver’s, they both looked surprised, so caught up on taking it slow.

“Cooper.” Oliver barely got out, his breath gone.

“Yes, my baby boy?”

“Please, fuck me.” Cooper has never heard Oliver even say anything like that. He short circuited for a second before giving a few experimental thrusts, he was gauging how Oliver felt. The slight grind of Oliver’s hips told him very thing he needed to know. He began to move in and out at a fast pace, the sound of Oliver’s high pitched moans and skin on skin contact filled the basement.

“Oh my gosh,” Oliver reached his arms around Cooper’s back leaving scratch marks. “This feels sooo good. Please please please, don’t stop.” Who was Cooper to deny such a beautiful request, he gripped the arm rest on each side of Oliver’s head. At the point, they were moving the whole couch.

The hickeys caught Cooper’s eye, he pushed a finger into one enjoying the wince Oliver let out, “All mine.” Oliver could have melted on the spot.

“I’m close. Oh, oh, oh,” that was all the warning Cooper got before cum coated Oliver’s stomach. He slowed his pace to help fuck through Oliver’s orgasm. He scooped up some of the cum that puddled over his stomach. After examining it on his fingers, he pushed the cum covered fingers into Oliver’s mouth. This was new but the way they both reacted, it wouldn’t be the last. Cooper almost came at the sight alone: Oliver laying on his back, looking up while sucking on his fingers like it was the best thing ever created.

Cooper went to pull out but was stopped by gentle hands pulling his body back in. He gave a few light thrusts in case Oliver changed his mind but once it was clear, we aren’t done until you are, Cooper picked up the pace. It wasn’t long before his hips stuttered and he let out a quiet, deep “fuck”. He pulled out slowly as if Oliver was made of glass.

With Oliver out, Cooper opened the drawer again pulling out some wipes and wiped them both down. He helped Oliver pull his pants slightly proud of himself when Oliver winced. Once they were both dressed, they stood together in front of the couch. Oliver was the one to initiate the hug, it was rare when Oliver began the affection but those were Coopers favorite moments.

After a few moments of them just collecting their breath and thoughts, Cooper asked, “was I…okay?” It was obvious he was scared of the answer.

Oliver pulled back slightly to look Cooper in his eyes, “More than okay, baby boy. Was I..” the question hanged in the air.

“Of course, you looked so great too. Oh, I love seeing you all-“

Laughter broke Coopers sentence off and he received a light kiss. Suddenly the screen of TV showed the ending credits of the movie. “Well, I guess we missed the movie.” Cooper joked, he held Oliver close to him as if he was about to float away any moment.

“The killer ends up being the husband.” Oliver smirked.

“You planned this out didn’t you!?” Cooper couldn’t help but laugh.

“Maybbeee,” they moved to the couch again, Cooper laying down with a tired Oliver laying on top. He rubbed soothing circles on Oliver’s back until they both fell asleep.

——— Next morning

Katie and Greg stood in the middle of the stairs. The condom wrapper staring right at them.

“Should we say anything?” Greg asked but he seriously wished the answer was no.

“Nope. Leave them, let them think they are still being sneaky.”

Wish granted.

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I am on AO3 as the same username if you want to check out my other works. This is on there :P Requests are open so please message me

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#ao3 #american housewife #cooper bradford #oliver otto #Cooliver #Cooper x Oliver #Oliver x Cooper #fanfic #writing prompt #smut #smut prompt #writing requests #requests open

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my-head-is-an-animal · 10 months

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Problems With The Heart

Greg House x Dr Anna Harding (OFC)

Story Masterlist

Chapter 14 - Christmas Music

House hated to see Big Love go, but he just didn’t cut it. Thirteen was being unreasonable about not wanting to know whether she had Huntington’s or not and that was very interesting. He needed Anna’s company to figure things out.

‘What’s annoying you?’ She asked, from his office chair.

‘You assume I’m annoyed.’ He said limping towards her, dumping his bag in the chair opposite her.

‘You’ve been especially nice to me recently. I assume I’ve annoyed you and you’re about getting some convoluted revenge on me, but I’m open to other options.’ She shot back.

‘I’m not.’ He said, looking down at her. He smirked, enjoying the angle of sitting in front of him. House ran his fingers up her smooth jaw, watching her eyes darken almost entirely. Anna was beautiful. ‘I’m not.’ He repeated, making sure she understood what he meant. ‘Come over tonight, stay with me.’

Anna’s eyes were even darker, his hand traced up her jaw all the way to her soft hair, she loved it when he massaged her hairline. House very gently pushed his luck and went deeper into her hair, making her eyes flutter shut. He smiled gently at how pretty she looked when she relaxed.

Anna suddenly took a breath and stood up. ‘Greg, I can’t do this.’ He didn’t move, making her stand pressed against him. If she wanted to leave then she could’ve done.

‘You called me Greg.’ He said, lowly.

She half smiled and took a breath, her eyes finding his. He smiled gently, bringing his hand up to her jaw again. He knew she wouldn’t resist if he just kissed her and he couldn’t really remember the reason not to. House slowly lowered his mouth, his lips grazed hers, he felt his hand wrap around her waist of its own accord, she felt thinner than the last time he’d held her.

‘Oh sorry!’ Amber said, entering his office. ‘I’m so sorry.’

‘Get out.’ House told her, annoyed that a perfect moment was ruined. Amber scuttled away, but by the time she did, Anna was already moving away from him. ‘Anna.’

‘What did you think was going to happen?’ She said, more exhausted than annoyed.

House was quiet for a moment. ‘I don’t know what I thought would happen. I hoped you’d say yes.’

‘Why would I say yes? I ended things with you.’

‘I told you. You called me Greg.’ He said it as gently as he could. ‘You never do it on purpose or consciously, but you always do it when you want to stay.’ He watched her fold her arms and observe him carefully. ‘If I thought you meant it when you said you didn’t want to be with me, I’d back off. But you do want to be with me and I can’t understand why you won’t say yes.’

Anna’s watered ever so slightly. ‘Were you upset when I miscarried?’ She asked.

‘What do you mean?’ He frowned.

‘It’s a simple question.’ She frowned back. ‘Were you upset that I lost the baby that you and I might have had?’ He felt like his brain might have exploded. ‘Or were you relieved?’

House narrowed his eyes. ‘I was upset.’ He conceded, but it wasn’t the answer she expected. ‘I had no idea you were pregnant, you showed no signs and I honestly didn’t think it would happen. I wasn’t upset that we lost a child, I was upset because you were upset, because you were bleeding and…’

‘What?’

‘Because I did that to you. I was upset because it felt like my fault. Vicodin and alcohol don’t mix well together and if you’re at any stage of pregnancy it can cause miscarriages.’ He explained. ‘I wasn’t angry with you because I didn’t know, but I was upset because I should’ve known better. I should have considered the possibility.’

Anna just watched him, looking for any sign of a lie, but there was none. ‘So, what has all this been about? Why do you still want to be with me? Is it some form of apology?’

‘There’s nothing wrong with you.’ He told her firmly. ‘I mean, there’s something wrong with everybody and you should go to a sleep clinic, but you are not a monster and you didn’t kill anyone or anything.’

Anna didn’t know what to say, but she accepted his answer. She nodded and said. ‘Okay. Thank you.’

House watched her leave and leaned on his desk hating the fact that he’d been interrupted before he could actually kiss her.

Cuddy needed him to fire somebody, Amber was his leading choice and so he concocted a plan to keep the other three. He also thought of a plan to make Anna happy, she wasn’t going home for Christmas, she never did, like him, she preferred not to see her parents. He wanted her to feel good though and with Wilson’s help he came up with a plan to get her a present he knew she’d love.

‘A piano?’ Wilson exclaimed as House showed him the one. ‘It’s nearly two thousand dollars! What if she doesn’t like it?’

‘You know, none of this is helpful.’ House shot back. ‘You just need to keep her here for a few more hours, I’ll call you when it’s safe for her to go home.’

‘You’re going to break into her house with a piano?’

‘No!’ House said with as much disapproval. ‘I’ve got keys.’

‘Course you do, did you steal them to make a copy?’

‘She gave them to me.’ House got on with ordering the piano, he knew she’d like it, she liked playing and this way they could play together a little more if she could practice.

‘When?’

‘Few months ago. What does it matter?’

‘And you didn’t think to give them back when she broke up with you?’

‘She didn’t really break up with me, she thought she didn’t want to be with me, I’m proving that she does.’

Wilson wandered towards the door of his office. ‘This is madness, House. Have you told her you love her yet?’ House just gave him a guilt look and it was enough to make Wilson leave.

I took Wilson up on his offer to have lunch, he had a few patients that he needed a consult on anyway and I needed to spend time in the company of someone that could take my mind off House. The lunch was nice, Wilson was nice, he asked me to stay for the Christmas celebration after work, I didn’t see any harm in it and I knew House wouldn’t be there.

‘Anna?’

I turned to see Chase. ‘Chase, how are you?’ I said, we hugged and I spotted Cameron. ‘Cameron.’ I hugged her as well and we caught up for a while. None of them asked me about House, but I could tell they wanted to. Every topic of conversation was about what I was getting up to and what interesting cases I had. It was all a way into finding out my relationship details and I was getting fed up of it.

Eventually I decided it was time for me to go home and get very drunk. Christmas was a difficult time, my parents were still in London and I would need to call them tomorrow when it wasn’t the middle of the night.

‘House?’ I exclaimed seeing him outside my front door. ‘Are you breaking into my flat?’ I wasn’t even that annoyed, but he definitely looked guiltier than usual.

‘I have a key.’ He said, by way of reason.

I rolled my eyes. ‘Well, are you going to let me in or are we going to stand in the hallway all night?’

House opened the door again, but not all the way.

‘What are you doing?’ I frowned.

‘I… I did something…’ he couldn’t look at me. ‘It was stupid.’

I pushed the door open and saw something that wasn’t there before. A black Roland piano. I wandered towards it, not quite believing it was sitting in my living room.

I turned back to see House standing in the doorway. ‘How did you get it up here?’ Why was that the first question?

‘The guys who dropped it off brought it up,’ he said, closing the door finally. ‘I was just making sure it was ready to play.’

I lifted the lid to see the perfectly clean and new white and black keys while House came over to watch. I tapped a few keys and listened to the beautiful sound that came out. I couldn’t believe he’d done this.

‘Merry Christmas.’ He said, quietly, looking down at his shoes.

I took a deep breath. ‘Greg.’ His eyes snapped up to mine. I didn’t bother resisting, I scanned his face, my eyes landing on his lips, leaned up and placed a soft kiss to the side of his mouth. ‘Thank you.’ I whispered.

I liked kissing him and I knew he liked kissing me, his low growl every time told me so. I didn’t want to stop and I hardly needed to convince him to continue. He sat down on my sofa, I followed straddling him and listened to his shallow breathing as we undressed each other. He was good at making me come, but he especially liked it when I made myself come on top of him.

House let his head fall back as I slowly slid down on top of him, his hands held my hips firmly, controlling the descent and I loved every moment of it. It was slow at first and then all he wanted was to make me come for him, over and over again.

He wrapped his arms around my cooling body and kissed my forehead, it was a rare thing for him to do, but it was also one of my favourite things. His fingers traced over my back, delicately and slowly, he caressed the scars and relaxed my whole body.

‘I was going to get drunk tonight.’ I said, still listening to his heart rate slow down.

‘Still can.’ His lips moved against my skin.

‘I was going to get high as well.’ I admitted.

‘On what?’

‘Morphine. You’re not the only one who has access to a stash.’ I tried to joke, but he didn’t laugh.

‘Have you taken a pregnancy test recently?’ I knew he hated asking, I didn’t like it either. I sat up and stared down at him.

‘I had my period last week.’ I told him, somewhat aware that he was still inside me. House nodded and let his eyes scan over my naked body. I liked it when he looked at me, I didn’t feel under the scope, I felt watched, safe.

‘Vicodin is a safer high.’ He said.

‘Morphine is more pleasurable.’ I countered.

‘Vicodin plus sex is a good combo. I could stay in case you need a top up.’

He made me laugh and I decided it was time to get up.

‘You want to take a shower with me?’ I asked, wandering toward my bathroom. House grinned and followed me.

It was the start of a fun night, we drank, we played the piano, not very well in our states, but we played and we joked and we went to bed, still getting each other off. Maybe Christmas wasn’t so bad.

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greyinthecolorprism · 1 year

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The Meeting

"I'm trying but I keep falling down, I cry out but nothing comes now. I'm giving my all and I know peace will come, I never wanted to need someone." - Helium (Sia)

Part 2: Line Art This line art has been an adventure. Let me tell you that when I started drawing those trees, I did not realize that I was a masochist. But I guarantee you that I do now, hah! I figured by the time I got done with the design on Tony's shirt (which is a Metallica RDJ did actually wear at some point) that I would be fed up with tiny lines. But oh, now wrong I was. I didn't realize I would be so annoyed with CROOKED LINES more than I was tiny ones. I told @cirocity and @strangelockd that I'll never draw trees again. But I know that I will because that's what we artists do. We thrive on the suffering of our brains, eyes and wrists. I feel no shame in saying that this is definitely one of the best backgrounds that I have done even without the color. I don't usually go to extremes to make sure people can see "oh there's actual branches in that tree!" in the final product. But Tony doesn't ever leave me in peace if I don't do the details correctly. And considering he's in this picture, I figured listening to the boss was probably the best options to keep me from being "grounded". Funily enough, when I first sketched this picture, I had his hair more stylized, but @darsynia was getting vibes that she wasn't feeling too good about, so I changed it to a more natural look. I kind of think that I like it better like this, so I may have to consider it in my future pictures of him unless I'm drawing him in a tuxedo or something. I kinda wanna draw him with bed-head now. Maybe that will be my next project. Hmm.

@sobeautifullyobsessed @fanartka @icytrickster17 @harlekin6 @ktrew @foxssketching @sassenach-on-the-rocks @greg-house-gay-diagnostician

#commission #my art #mutual's story art #tony stark #iron man #post infinity war #original female character #leigh #darsynia #tony stark fanart #Spotify

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fictionkinfessions · 1 year

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(Warning: this post contains mentions of homophobia, transphobia, bullying, and emotional neglect, as well as general issues with ahistoricism and cultural ignorance within the fictionkin community. Also, this only applies to sources that are meant to take place in a relatively realistic setting or are based on a real-world reigon/time period! If that's not you, feel free to ignore this.)

Hm... I was scrolling around and saw an ask from a really long time ago, and it made me want to say something.

Obviously I'm okay with people using whatever labels and pronouns they want for their kins! It's their kintype, so it's their business, sure, fine, all cool with me. However, even if you do remember being LGBTQ+, you have to take the time period and location into account.

For example, hello, I'm Kennith. I was born in 1969 in an average suburban town in Michigan. Nowadays, in this life, I'd say that I was demigreyromantic, gay, genderfluid, transmasc, and generally gnc, and I would've used he/they pronouns.

However, back when I was still alive as a teenager in the 80s, I knew the word gay and... yeah, that really was about it. If you had asked me then, I would've described the rest of that stuff as "I'm not really that much of a romance guy" and "I'm a guy who was born as a girl and hated it, but I still don't mind looking like a girl sometimes", and I used strictly he/him back then since "I'm a guy and that's what you call guys", because again, I was a teenager in the 80s, and I had no idea any of this stuff was even an option.

And, quick reminder, this is a relatively modern time frame, and it's in the United States. You may have all of these really cool microlabels and neopronouns to describe yourself now, and there's nothing wrong with that! It's never too late to discover who you truly are/were. However, you have to realize that you sure as hell weren't using those labels as, say, a member of ancient Japanese royalty. In terms of both the time frame and the language itself, that's just not how that would've worked.

Also, not to get overly negative, but chances are, if you are from sometime back in the day, even if it's as relatively recent as I was, people would most likely have not been accepting of you. I know people weren't accepting of me. I was bullied ruthlessly in school by nearly everyone for being gay and presenting myself femininely despite being transmasc. "Pretty Boy" was actually the tamest of the awful names they would call me, and it didn't even stop at insults. They would deliberately misgender and deadname me at every opportunity, bump me into walls and shit like that, and I even remember them beating me up a few times. My teachers and counselor did absolute jack-shit, and basically told me that I deserved it since I was so "different" (which is the word they used instead of calling me slurs! fun!). My parents were never much help either since A: I wasn't out to them, and B: they never gave a shit about literally anything else. The only people who respected me at all during that time were Stephanie and Greg, but I was barely able to see Greg outside of the gas station he worked at, and I've already gone into what ended up happening with fucking Stephanie... ugh.

Anyways, once again I say, this was in the United States in the 1980s. If people didn't accept me there and then, the chances of people accepting you for who you in another place and/or an earlier time are next to nothing. I'm sorry, it fucking sucks that it had to be that way, but it's true. I'm obviously not saying that you're not valid if you did have people who accepted you, I'm just saying that it's highly unlikely, given historical context.

I'm sorry for ranting once again, and I'm sorry if I said anything hurtful. The last thing I want to do is invalidate anyone. This is just something to consider, I guess... Ah well, who am I to tell you guys what you can and can't do? If I was still alive I'd be like 54 years old. Old Man Yells at Cloud.

-Kennith Simmons

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tomwambsmilk · 2 years

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Forever thinking about that Sarah Snook interview where she says “Shiv sees Tom as an extension of herself” and Tom’s chronic lack of an independent sense of self or identity. Shiv also struggles to maintain an independent sense of self and ultimately tries to define herself in opposition to her father and her family, especially politically, and she wants someone who will not challenge that sense of self or ask her to compromise in any way to accommodate them, because to do so would threaten the very shaky sense of self she’s constructed, which ultimately is too superficial to hold up in the face of such a request. Her sense of self is so wrapped up in independence and opposition that on some level the give-and-take of genuine relationships threatens it. (It’s also why we see her sense of self start to disintegrate when Logan offers her the CEO job and she has to start trying to rationalize her desire to be CEO with her sense of herself as someone fundamentally opposed to everything it stands for).

Meanwhile Tom’s absence of personal identity means he tries to define himself in relationship to other people. He wants to be needed because this gives him a sense of purpose. He wants someone he can mold his sense of identity around. He also tries to define himself through his working relationships and career ambition, but his consistent failure to effectively integrate into that group leaves him looking elsewhere for an anchor. His relationships with both Shiv and Greg began because they needed him, albeit in different ways and for different reasons. He defines himself through those relationships, particularly the idealized versions of them in his head - the idyllic romantic fantasy he wants with Shiv, and both the power trip and the friendship he wants with Greg - and real-world evidence which contradicts those fantasies shatters his own fragile sense of self. Whenever this happens he’s left attempting to “contextualize” it into a new sense of self, but the further reality moves from the fantasy the harder it becomes to do so, and the more disintegrated he begins to feel. When he ultimately sacrifices his marriage in 3.09 he needs Greg to come with him because he knows he’s about to lose Shiv, and he needs some kind of anchor, and Logan is too fickle a person to anchor an identity around (as his children have experienced). Greg is predictable and Tom understands the dynamic he has with Greg, so to bring Greg with him is to bring a sense of familiarity and stability as he upends the relationship that he has used as a defining part of his identity for so long.

(It’s also why Tom can’t leave Waystar; why he can’t go to the DOJ, and why he never considers the ‘third option’ of walking away, despite the fact that, as someone who is not a blood Roy, he’s maybe the only person who truly could. If he leaves Waystar entirely, then who is he? He doesn’t know. He has constructed his entire adult life around Waystar and the Roys, and to walk away would possibly be the single most destabilizing thing he could ever do)

#tomshiv #succession #my meta #nobody on this show feels like a real person #to themselves

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aromanticbuck · 1 year

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What’s Kim job in this AU? How does she meet Adam?

Kim, my beloved, yes, let's world build this

Because it's not like how Greg was introduced to the team, not at all. His introduction was being dragged out of the office and tricked, because that's the only way he would have done it (he never left his emo teen phase, but honestly, he's only 24 when that happens, he's still baby, and this is barely relevant but a lot of this exists around Moustead, and Greg is especially important in Kim's story here so!), she kind of just...

Kim went to the first game the Mice played after Gregory bought the team when she was 15. She didn't go to every game, but her role in the family was to be the picture perfect daughter to round out the family image, and she plays it really well. She went to about half the games to show support for her father's latest business endeavor up until she went to college, which Gregory absolutely insisted she went through and completed and she kind of just... fell in line, because that's what Greg did, that's what was expected of them.

But, where Greg was expected to get a business degree so he could follow in Gregory's footsteps and take over the family business, Kim's degree was only intended to be for show. She doesn't need to use it - she has a huge trust fund, and could probably marry a rich man and live super comfortably without having to live a finger - but that wasn't what she wanted. So she did the faster option. She finished a 4-year degree in 2 and a half, and probably did something family business related just to prove a point. She isn't replacing Greg as next in line to take over or anything, but she wants to be more involved in the family stuff just to prove that she can? That she doesn't have to be just some trophy child that Gregory only claimed to save his image?

She probably started working for the company around the same time as Greg, but while Greg was learning from their father and working in the offices upstairs and doing the "actual work" that goes into learning how to run the entire thing, Kim was behind the scenes. I kind of like the idea of her being the thing that actually keeps some of that company running? She doesn't do the secretarial work or anything, nothing that would be considered "menial" because Gregory would never allow that (she's a Gerwitz even if she doesn't like to acknowledge it), but she does like... travel arrangements for visiting executives and for business trips? She figures out flights and hotels so that they're "acceptable" and meet the standards that Gregory has set.

And, because that really doesn't take a lot of time and she's only needed when they have visitors or there's a conference to plan around, she has lots of time to still go to games and cheer on the Mice. And, when she finishes school and settles into a new job, it's just in time for her to see team rookie Adam Ruzek score a winning goal, and she's always very enthusiastic when the team wins, so he sees her cheering so loud and proud - not realizing who she is.

But he thinks she's cute and so he finds her after the game and says hi and she introduces herself as "Kim" and when he pushes for her number so he can ask her out, he gets "Kim Burgess" and he has no idea he's hitting on the owner's daughter until like three dates in.

[ ask me about the hockey au ]

#answered #iredastead #the hockey au*#kim burgess #adam ruzek #burzek #cpd #chicago pd #one chicago #the platt siblings #i love this au so much #thank you for letting me write essay about it

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