#holly rambles 🙃

[nottheweirdest]

Somehow this meme just keeps getting more relatable...

#the world is on fire #fanfic is how we cope #silly little fanfics give me hope #escapism #fanfiction #just a second class citizen over here trying to go to work on monday like my rights didn't just take a direct hit and it's battleship down #ao3 #holly rambles 🙃

[mandssisters]

Exeter GREAT Hall 20.11.22

Midnight ramblings are probably not the best, but I’ll give it a go. Still buzzing.

The local gig. So local that an off piste trip to the seaside was on the cards before I got to Exeter. Sidmouth. Very sweet little South Devon seaside town. Surprisingly busy for a Sunday in November. £2 an 1 hrs to park. I know!!!! The weather was glorious. I do love to be beside the seaside. The roads from Dorset to Devon are drop dead gorgeous on a clear crisp winters day. Spectacular views across the two counties. ((Not so good driving back with 3 dimmed bulbs gone!!)) trip to the garage later today.

Anyway, Exeter Great Hall by goggle Maps? Surely that can’t have been the ONLY route in?!!! I mean I’m fond of a wee scenic route but blimey, I saw /felt all the 20mph speed humps Exeter has on offer!

Exeter Great Hall is within the university complex. A very smart set up. Took me right back to using the my Uni’s library’s PC with a floppy disc!! ((Ask your parents))

You see, this is the joy of queuing, I met three lovely Mumford fans, Holly, Adam and Renee. It was Renee’s first ever gig what a way to start and Adams’s first time seeing Mumford. The excitement was palpable. As were the tins of cider. 🙃.

The news broke that Monica was poorly and would be unable to open for Marcus tonight, and that #tsnsotck would be in the building. The question on my mind was where do you get wig in Exeter on a Sunday evening?

Clearly the answer was you can’t!!

Marcus came onstage as his own support just after 2032hrs.

Treated us to a bit more banter and some classic M&S.

Main tales;

Marcus said Monica was not feeling very well and sent him all our love, she’s not dead.

Exeter this morning he was on his skateboard heading to a coffee shop meeting his Mum and dad, when he got bitten on the leg by a greyhound! He was angry at first and then found it funny.

He had toured 10 weeks in the states, saying to was too soon into is solo career to do a residency in Vegas…. And was delighted to be home. He had insisted that Exeter was in the schedule to please his mum, and that this venue sold out first! Go Exeter.

What can you say about the music. The more you see and hear the more you want. So loud tonight great acoustics in the room. It was quite a deep room, 1700 capacity I think. Often used as a lecture theatre or graduation ceremony venue.

Lots of bounce in the room, lots of love. Really loving better off high and dangerous games tonight, really great vibes . A shame Monica wasn’t around for go in light but still beautiful. Get well soon Monica.

Lovers eyes, awake my soul, guiding light, the cave, fare thee well. Full self titled and ending on the basement tapes - with a finale of off mic I will wait.

More chat about the dog bite but the Exeter crowd was worth it! Even if he woke up with rabies tomorrow.

He has bought the band all England football T-shirts as a thank you. But the footie is going to be a shit show!

And then it was all over.

Wiggled the car out of Exeter, drove home on full beam mostly. The roads were blissfully quiet.

Quite the Sunday, well worth missing the antiques roadshow. 😉

#mumford and sons #marcus mumford #Exeter #exetergreathall

[capseycartwright]

aaron... love.... please.... you have a choice and you could like.... not??

#I hate the drugs aspect of this why why why #he saw what it did to holly 🙃🙃🙃 #in which i ramble #ed lb

[nottheweirdest]

Me: I'm broke 😭

Also me: SONIC AND SHADOW SQUISHMALLOWS??!? *buys them immediately*

#im actually a kid w grownup money 🤣 #treat yo self right? #right? 😅 #sonadow #shadow the hedgehog #sonic the hedgehog #squishmallow #what was i supposed to do? not buy them? #holly rambles 🙃 #and needs her credit card taken away apparently 🤣

[nottheweirdest]

Don't mind me, other conference attendees, that's just my emotional support hedgehog...

#shadow the hedgehog #im adult I swear #emotional support hedgehog #comfort characters #autistic things #holly rambles 🙃

[nottheweirdest]

Why do you ship sonadow (I ask this in a way so I can hear your analysis on them ❤️)

Hi!! That's a great question and this might be too long of an answer but I tried to keep it reasonable! 😋 When I started shipping Sonadow I'd just gotten back into the fandom after some... idk... 20 years away. Netflix had added Sonic X (which I'd never seen) and I was like... ooo what's this, my favorite character from childhood!? Imma check this out! And I started watching it and then asked myself the age old question 'I wonder if there's fanfic of this?'

And sure enough....

I started with Sonamy fics until Shadow made an appearance in Sonic X. I had no idea who he was. I'd never heard of him before, but I was immediately swept up in his and Sonic's dynamic. The connection they had was deep and instantaneous. It didn't need words or confessions. There was just something there, some sort of inherent understanding. They understood each other in ways no one else ever could. They were equals, so evenly matched that they constantly pushed and challenged the other to be better, and when it really came down to it, they were there for each other. They fought, bickered, and taunted, but in the end they trusted each other, even with little to no reason to.

Sonic and Shadow don't hold back with each other. Each is exactly what they are in the other's presence. For others, they may be softer, more patient, more reserved, but with each other they don't have to alter themselves. Shadow can take what Sonic can give and vice versa. Shadow, for one, wouldn't want it any other way, in fact, he'd take it as an insult if it were. And for Sonic it's incredibly refreshing to be around someone who doesn't put him on a pedestal as a hero. Sonic's a worthwhile opponent, steadfast in his beliefs and understanding of what's right and wrong, and even though both of those things may irritate Shadow from time to time, he respects it.

In a nutshell, I ship them because each is what the other needs and what no one else could provide. They fit together, like yin and yang, and the amount of beauty in that balance in something that makes my writer heart very very happy. 🥰

#thank you so much for the ask! #I hope that kinda answers the question #I didn't want to write a full on essay lol but i could... #also they're cute together lol #sonadow #anon ask #holly rambles 🙃

[nottheweirdest]

Shadow the Hedgehog is ticklish and giggles like a little girl if you poke him in the side

#he'll murder you afterwards but 🤷‍♀️ #life's all about choices 😅 #shadow the hedgehog #he be ticklish in like allll my fics #Holly's headcanon #holly rambles 🙃

[nottheweirdest]

I'm still alive, just drowning in work and burnt out. 🤪 I need your help though if you're able! Reply to this post or send me an ask with songs that scream Sonadow to you. I need some musical inspiration! 💙🙏🖤

#send me songs plz! #what song screams Sonadow to you? #might build a playlist too and share it! #sonadow #song recs #holly rambles 🙃

[nottheweirdest]

Just wanted to say I'm alive, though I haven't been able to write in almost a month. 😭Work and life have been utter insanity and any moment of time I was able to scrape together and potentially use for writing, my brain wouldn't work because I'm just too burnt out.

I didn't want you all to think I'd hopped out of the fandom or abandoned anything! Once things calm down I desperately want to get back to writing and am hoping that can happen in the next week or so. 😊

Fingers crossed!! 🤞

#thanks for being patient 💕 #I wish i had more energy to interact with people #holly rambles 🙃

[nottheweirdest]

Working on Coming Home and my own writing got me swooning. lol More than 7k words and counting that you guys haven't seen...

It's been a while since I've updated, (sorry 😅) so if you want to catch up or reread before the new chapter drops, now is the time! 🥳

#Coming Home #my writing #update coming soon #this week for sure #holly rambles 🙃 #18+ only fic #sonadow

[nottheweirdest]

Me when they finally release the Frontiers soundtrack

#i am checking Spotify multiple times a day #give it to me nooooooow #sonic frontiers #sega sound team #sonic songs give me serotonin #holly rambles 🙃

[nottheweirdest]

I shall wear this badge with honor! 🫡

#Spotify wrapped #I'm such a nerd #no shame tho #sonic the hedgehog #sega sound team #i can't help it sega sound team makes awesome music #holly rambles 🙃

[nottheweirdest]

Just popping in to say hello and that I'm still working on things here and there, just been super busy with life. I basically have to take PTO from my job to get any writing done at this point. 😂

#life is crazy #adulting is hard #my days start at like 8am and i dont stop til 10pm #so im ZONKED by that point #need a sugar daddy lol #or to win the lottery #and i could spend my life writing hedgehog stories #dream job lol #holly rambles 🙃 #human status update 🫠

[nottheweirdest]

Me mimicking the facial expressions I'm trying to write while anyone in my presence assumes I'm having some sort of medical emergency

#writer problems #please say I'm not the only one #I look freaking ridiculous when I write lmao #fanfiction #ao3 #holly rambles 🙃

[nottheweirdest]

I told my boss and coworker in a meeting today that swashbuckling had romantic connotations and I'd like to thank the Sonic Fandom for this random bit of knowledge that now exists in my head rent free 🏴‍☠️

#just sharing that pirate romance nbd #they didnt believe me #i had to prove it 😂 #they were shooketh #pirate hedgehogs #pirate sonadow for the win 🖤💙 #sonadow #holly rambles 🙃 #my boss brought up swashbuckling pirates first btw #i didnt even start it #this time

[nottheweirdest]

My dad would be overjoyed to know I'm watching Youtube videos on how to handle, hold, and operate different types of guns. Wonder what he'd think if he knew it was all just research for gay cartoon hedgehog fanfiction. 🤔

#making my parents proud one gay fanfic at a time #if I start getting ads for nra shit so help me #shoulda done this incognito #hindsight #oh well #fanfic research #my writing #holly rambles 🙃 #sonadow