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#i just wanted to have one of all three's aces. or at least failing that one of their frickin TEAM.
answrs · 1 year
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elesa doesn’t have a zebstrika, but i wasnt expecting it to have a full piece ngl. there’s three very cute emolga ones to match her. i mean LOOK at the baby:
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she also gets her ampharos and luxray. even technically* her dang stunfisk! *(though it’s the galarian version, not original)
i am literally going mon by mon and the ONLY dog emmet has with a full art card is garbodor. and also apparently excadrill. which he shares both of with ingo. and has clay literally as the focus of said art. are you kidding me.
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crheativity · 5 months
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…YOUR CALL.
SUMMARY: The time has come for you to depart from Twisted Wonderland. Fortunately, it might not need to be forever.
WARNINGS: This is angsty, but with a happy ending!
COMMENTS: asdfjhgh writing via dictation is hard, I can’t think and talk at the same time apparently LOL, enjoy!
(Find part 1 here)
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“What are you doing here?” Ace asked, suspicious. “Shouldn’t you be in tutoring sessions with Riddle right now?”
Ace and Grim were standing outside of Crowley’s office. He had been wondering why headmage had suddenly wanted to see him and Grim, and now that Deuce had arrived, he was even more confused. He didn’t think he had done anything wrong — at least, nothing worth talking to the principal about. And now Deuce was here too.
Curiouser and curiouser.
“Well, I should be,” Deuce replied, “ but I suddenly got a summons from Crowley. Riddle agreed to postpone the lesson as this is probably a lot more important.”
“Yeah no kidding.” Ace crossed his arms. “Got any idea what we’re here for?”
“Not unless you’ve done something wrong.” Deuce grumbled. “Wouldn’t be the first time.”
“Hey! That was uncalled for. I’ve gotten a lot better lately.” Ace huffed and rolled his eyes.
That was true, Deuce thought. We both have.
In the months you’ve been away, a lot has changed. Deuce had thrown himself into his studies and his track team meets, Ace had started (reluctantly) babysitting Grim and focusing on basketball a lot more and Grim was trying harder than ever to become the best mage he could be.
Yet they never forgot you.
Every day, at least one of them would make the long walk to Ramshackle. They would ensure that the place was neat and tidy and that there were still snacks in the cupboard. After all, you were supposed to be coming back soon, right?
…Right?
No matter how hard they tried to contact you, they never heard anything from you. They never saw you online. You never sent that promised message that you were okay.
None of them wanted to admit it, but they were worried.
“At any rate, we should head inside. It’s just about time.” Deuce said, glancing at his watch.
“Do you guys think this might have something to do with…?” Grim interrupted nervously.
Silence. Ace and Deuce glanced at each other.
“Best not to get our hopes up.” Ace said cheerfully, though neither Deuce nor Grim could miss the strain in his voice. He hastily knocked on the door.
“Come in!” The headmage’s voice called out.
Taking a deep breath, they opened the door.
“Ah, how wonderful it is to see the three of you again!” Crowley exclaimed with a smile. He got up from behind his desk and made his way towards the three of them. “How have your studies been of late?”
“Er, fine, thanks.” Ace replied, awkwardly. He definitely wasn’t expecting that.
“Excellent, excellent! No doubt due in some small part to my excellent guidance, no?” He clapped his hands together. “Ah, my kindness truly knows no bounds!”
“Um, headmage?” Deuce asked, “What is it that you wanted to talk to us about?”
Crowley grinned.
“Ah yes, about that. You see, I am a generous man.” Crowley laced his fingers behind his back and started to pace in front of them. “I care for my students—“
Ace snorted, and Deuce stood on his foot. Crowley shot a glare at the two of them.
“Ahem. As I was saying, I care for my students, and try to make myself aware of their behaviours on campus so that I may reward those who do good deeds and punish those who failed to comply with the rules. Are you following?”
Ace, Deuce and Grim shared a glance.
“Not particularly.” Ace replied.
Crowley groaned. “I am simply trying to express my gratitude for your continuing, and unwavering maintenance of the Ramshackle dorm, and for your continued hope in the magicless Prefect’s return.”
Their hearts sank. Was that all he wanted?
“Of course, such impressive dedication must be rewarded, no?” Crowley nodded, staring at the door to his office behind them.
“We’re getting a reward?” Ace asked, confused,
“Why of course! If you will turn around and look.”
The three of them turned around—
And gasped.
“Hi!” You grinned at the three of them. “I’m so sorry I couldn’t contact you guys sooner, apparently my Wi-Fi is different from your Wi-Fi so the phone didn’t wo—“
Before you could finish your sentence, two pairs of arms had reached out and grabbed you, pulling you into a bone-crushing hug. Wrapping your arms around them, you held your two best friends close.
“I missed you guys so much.”
“We missed you too, Prefect.” Deuce mumbled, giving you an extra squeeze.
“Please don’t leave ever again.” Ace muttered, and Deuce nodded vehemently.
“Don’t worry, I don’t plan on it for at least—“
“Henchman!”
Extracting yourself from the hug, you looked around to see Grim standing in front of you. tears sprung up in your eyes at the sight of him.
“Grim!” You began to make your way towards him, planning to scoop him into a hug.
“Not so fast!” Grim exclaimed. He was clearly very happy to see you, but someone had to maintain appearances. “You’ve got a lot of explaining to do, leaving your master on his own for so long!”
“What do you mean on your own, huh?” Ace retorted. “I’ve had to babysit you this entire time!”
“Yes yes, you’ve been a very good substitute henchman I suppose.” Grim waved Ace’s comments away. “But that does not excuse the fact that my henchman abandoned me!”
Ace scoffed and rolled his eyes.
“I’m sorry, Grim.” You did your best to appear contrite. “I’ll buy some tuna to make up for it?”
“Better be the best tuna Twisted Wonderland has to offer.” Grim crossed his paws, trying to appear angry, but the smile on his face, and the tears in his eyes, gave him away.
You scooped the cat into a tight squeeze. “Of course it will be.”
“Well then,” Grim spoke happily, returning the hug. “I suppose I can reinstate you as my henchman.”
“Job’s all yours” Ace grumbled.
“Ah, such a happy reunion! Aren’t I so generous, spending all that time finding a way for the Prefect to return, hm?”
You grinned. You’d almost missed the headmage’s benevolent speeches.
You sighed happily.
“I’m back.”
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♥Thank you for reading!! I hope you enjoyed it!!♥
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Aita for lieing to my mom for 6 years about a guy I dated?
🤐🇮🇪 <- so I notice me. This sounds bad but all things considered, i think I'm justified at least.
Tw for domestic abuse, physical abuse, fighting and non-explicit mentions of many other forms of abuse.
So in 7th grade grade I (12/13f at the time) was dating a guy named Jay(13/14m at the time)(not his real name and we were in the same grade) for about three months. I had a crush on him for years before we dated so I was ecstatic when he finally asked me out. Looking back now at 22, I can see he pitied me as i was very unpopular and no one wanted to be around me due to the fact I was very nerdy and very autisitc(I have a mental disability). He used me for sexual things and it wasn't super healthy but I was just happy to be getting attention as neither my school nor home life was safe from abuse/bullying.
Towards the end of those three months, an incident occured. Me and Jay were working on a mutural computer lab project that should of only tooken a week but the day we were set to start, jay had iss (in-school suspension. I don't know why). I needed his choice for a song because the project couldn't start without choosing it and he wasn't texting me and was being petty and whiny about it. Finally he picked some pop 2010s song and I got started. He was in the suspension for half the week so I was the one who did a majority of the project.
When he finally came back, he was being demanding and a jerk and I said fine, I'll do my own project and you can do yours, I wanted to do firework by katy perry anyway. He then demanded my part of the project since I wasn't doing that song anymore and I told him no and when he demanded it again, I deleted it infornt of him. Typical preteen arguments right? Well he slapped me. In front of all of his laughing friends. He'd never done that before and even though I had previous experience with physical abuse(a few instances with my dad but my mom didn't see it till much later after this incident. This is important.), never from a partner.
I don't remember too much as I saw red and reacted before I could think but I do remember ripping him out of his chair, throwing him on the floor and punching him in the chest and face a few times while his friends cheered me on in surprise. I was an average height but underweight and he was both taller than me and almost 300 lbs but it felt so easy. Once I was done I got up, told the teacher I was doing it on my own, aced the project while he failed and none of my bullies ever tried to physically fight me again. I went from nerdy shy weird pushover girl to scary strong weird girl and I'm ok with that. He hit first.
Even though we eventually broke up, we made up and it was something we joked about together as i didn't realize how serious that was at the time. But my mom did realize how serious it was and tried to explain to me how bad that was, that I should never let a partner hit me and she never wanted to see me talking to him again. She was being responsible but I was 13 and riding off the excitement of showing a guy I liked what for that we dated again not a month after we broke up. Except this time I wasn't dating Jay Lastname, I was dating "Sean mcduffin" or at least that's what i called him around family and because my mom never saw or met jay, she didnt recognize sean.
Our second time around only lasted another three months before we broke up and we're friends all through the rest of our school years, never more, but my mom still called him Sean because we'll.. I told her that was Sean and I couldn't back out now. I'm gonna shift gears for a second so stick with me.
I had gone through two extremely abusive relationships back to back from one in sophomore year (sexual and emotional abuse) and one in senior year (sexual, physical, religious and emotional abuse) and my mom didn't learn until a year later after I graduated. After my mom learned about it and the extent of the abuse with my father, she helped me heal and eventually started asking questions about the relationships and my dad and I answered her as were the closest weve ever been. She off handedly compared the one in senior year to the incident with Jay and then said how happy i seemed with Sean right after made her relax and hope i wouldnt be in another abusive relationship and it hadn't hurt me too badly.
I then realized I had never explicitly told her Jay and Sean were the same person and I had lied to her when I said they weren't (she had suspicions but never proof and trusted me). So I told her they were the same person and she got this very defeated look on her face. I apologized as I realized that was kinda shitty of me because my mom was just trying to protect me but I can also see why a 13 yr old who grew up in parental abuse wouldn't nessesarily take domestic abuse seriously. She just signed and said she wishes I was honest and I shouldn't of lied about it because it was serious. I explained my side but we eventually just moved on to talk further into our initial topic and she's not brought it up since.
I can see where I was the little 13 yr old asshole but I can also see why I wouldn't of taken the lie as seriously as I should due to my history. He never hit or hurt me again and I never heard of him doing it again so I guess i desuaded him from a life of abuse. Idk. Was I the asshole? Me and him don't talk anymore and since getting therapy, I've realized what a shitty person he was to me before, during and after our small relationship.
(small context: we were school friends only, he never really came over to my house or met my family more than once the second time we dated and I didn't talk about him as much after the second break up due to my focus on friends shifting from school friends to my girl scout troop. We were inseparable in school but outside of it, we rarely spoke.)
What are these acronyms?
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celticcrossanon · 5 months
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BRF Reading - 16th of December, 2023
This is speculation only
Cards drawn on the 16th of December, 2023
Question: Does King Charles know that Meghan's pregnancies were fake?
As I was shuffling the cards, the energy of this reading came out as 'don't bother me, go away, I don't want to think about it", so if Charles does know about the fake pregnancies, then he does not want to deal with the situation.
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Interpretation: King Charles is very unhappy about this.
Card One: The Sun, reversed.
The Sun in reverse is a card of unhappiness, and unhappy energy is pouring off this card. I feel a knot in my stomach when I pick up the card. King Charles is very, very unhappy about this situation. He doesn't want to take action and he wishes it would just go away by itself or be fixed by itself.
Sun is a homophone for 'son', and the reason for King Charles's unhappiness is Harry. The god on the card is Apollo, the favourite and favoured son of Zeus. This tells me that Harry is the favoured son of King Charles, his golden boy, and that King Charles can not bear to see his son "in reverse", i.e. dragged down from his perch as the golden prince.
If the truth about the pregnancies is revealed, then Harry will face legal consequences for attempting to interfere in the line of succession, consequences that King Charles can't make go away, and he does not want that to happen. He wants to protect Harry, to shield him from his fall from grace, and he can't do that if the truth about the pregnancies comes out.
The Sun is our source of light, and in the reverse, that light is dimmed and falls into darkness. Light reveals the truth about things. King Charles does not want the truth revealed. He wants it to stay in the darkness of the Sun reversed, at least until he knows he can rescue Harry from the consequences of his actions.
The Sun in reverse is also the card of pessimism. King Charles is not confident about his ability to protect Harry this time, and he is not optimistic about the outcome of this situation, so he just keeps on being very unhappy about it and putting off dealing with it for as long as possible.
Upright, the Sun is one of the best possible cards you can have in a reading. In the reverse, it is a very bad omen for the rest of this reading.
The Rider Waite Sun card has a child on it, so the Sun card is also a card of children. In the reverse, the Sun card says quite clearly, no children, and coming as the first card of the reading it tells me that yes, King Charles knows that the pregnancy/s were faked and there are no legitimate children.
Card Two: The Ten of Swords, reversed
Upright, this is a card of complete despair, betrayal, and hitting rock bottom. That is the initial energy of this card. King Charles feels betrayed and hurt by Harry's actions. He thinks that Harry can go no lower than being involved in these fake pregnancies and all that they stand for (betrayal of the Line of Succession and hence the country etc).
Immediately, the energy flips to one that is raising a person up from their betrayal, of rehabilitating their reputation. It is an energy of excuses (he didn't mean it) and help (what can I do to save Harry from this situation). King Charles is looking for a way to redeem Harry.
On the card, the person on the ground is protected by the goddess Athena, the same goddess who appears alone on the Ace of Swords (new strategies) and on the Justice card. Swords is a suit of legal matters (among other things), and the image of Athena on all these cards tells me that King Charles has been looking at legal ways to rescue Harry from the consequences of interfering with the line of succession. The Ten of Swords in reverse tells me that he failed. There is nothing that King Charles can do to protect Harry from the legal consequences of his actions (the monarch is not allowed to override the law AFAIK).
Card Three: The Seven of Pentacles, reversed
The Seven of Pentacles is the card of assessing your efforts and the return for your labours. Was the effort worth it, what do you continue and what do you weed out. It is also my card of dodgy sex acts and betraying your King.
In the reverse, this card is about work that does not pay off, efforts that fail, impatience, procrastination, and a lack of reward for whatever work you do.
Harry took part in dodgy sex acts - the fake pregnancies - that betrayed his King, the monarchy, and his country. King Charles is now looking for a way to get Harry out of this situation. This card tells me that King Charles's efforts are not going to work. They will end in failure. Either Harry can not be redeemed, or if King Charles does manage, somehow, to partially redeem him, the effort will not be worth it. This card also tells me how King Charles is dealing with the situation - he is procrastinating and putting off dealing with it.
Card Four: The Devil
Note: I was prompted to draw this card after I had laid out the original reading, which is why it is over to one side in the layout.
This card has Meghan's energy. It is a card of lies, deceit, and obsessions. In this reading the energy is of lies and deceit.
The energy of this card is that King Charles wants to blame this all on Meghan. Just like he floated the idea that Harry had nothing to do with the book EndGame, he wants to use Harry's known stupidity and obsession with Meghan to say that Harry knew nothing about the fake pregnancy/s, it was all Meghan's doing, and his darling boy was mislead and hoodwinked by the wicked woman he married. King Charles knows that the public do not like Meghan and he wants to use that to get his son out of the consequences for interfering in the line of succession. Unfortunately, Harry's own words about the pregnancies and births in Spare and his public presentation of his son to the world (either live or a doll, whatever you believe) as his child, mean that he is in this up to his neck. No PR spin by King Charles can remove Harry's own words about the birth/s of his children (I can't remember if he talked about one or both births in Spare).
So King Charles is stuck, making deals with the devil (Meghan and his son), until he figures out a way to blame this all on Meghan and rescue Harry from the consequences of his actions. This card also tells me that King Charles is quite prepared to lie if it means that Harry gets off the consequences of his actions.
Underlying Energy: The Wheel of Fortune, reversed.
This situation is going to drag down both Harry and King Charles and the monarchy. Both of their positions and reputations are going to decline because of the fake pregnancies - Harry for being one of the two people involved in them and King Charles for not dealing with the situation as soon as he knew about it.
King Charles gave the Prince and Princess titles to Archie and Lili, recognising them as legitimate members of the line of succession, and if he did that while knowing the pregnancies were fake then nothing will save him from the public disapproval of his actions.
Conclusion:
King Charles does know about the fake pregnancies, and the situation makes him very unhappy. He wants to rescue Harry and protect him from the legal consequences of Harry's actions in interfering with the line of succession, but he can not find any legal way of doing this. If he does find a way, the result will not be worth the effort he put into it and he will not get the reward that he wants (Harry as an untarnished Prince of the Realm).
If King Charles could find a way to blame this all on Meghan, he would. If he could blame it all on someone else, I believe the news about the fake pregnancies would be released with all the blame being out on Meghan/another person. As King Charles can't do this, he is putting off dealing with the situation and just letting it sit there, making him more and more unhappy, while he keeps the news from coming out until he has a way of rescuing Harry from the situation.
This situation is going to tarnish both Harry and King Charles's reputation. Both of them are going to see the Wheel of Fortune turn against them when the news is released (another reason King Charles wants to keep it quiet). The situation may very well damage the reputation of the monarchy as well.
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miueo · 7 months
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repost ︐ stupid girl — pub. 100623
warnings : spankings , acedemic shaming , degrading , dumbification , etc .
pairings : tutor!minho ♡ student!reader
note : i deleted my previous acct due to the fact i was posting my writings underneath a secondary blog ! i am not stealing anyone’s work, this is my writing.
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never in your life, you'd thought you'd be bent over your tutor’s lap in his room, earning yourself a spanking. what could you have done to deserve this?!
“you look so stupid. absolutely fucking dumb. what made you think you could successfully cheat on your test??” minho lands a hard slap on your left ass cheek before switching to the next.
“is my help not enough for you? Are you that much of a stupid girl to fail to comprehend my help?” he grits his teeth, yanking your hair back as he continues to spank your cheeks.
you wail and cry. you've never felt so embarrassed. what should you do now? you're already getting humiliated and scolded by your tutor, and not only that your grades have fluctuated!
“i-im sorry.. minnie it wasn't my intention to cheat.. you see-” your little excuse was cut off by the sound of your cute strawberry pattern panties being torn off your little plush ass. you wanted to protest and ask what he’s doing but you fear he’ll stop.
silly you wanted more. though, you and him would spend hours studying and studying and studying, you enjoyed the offtime activities with minho. whenever you guys aren’t studying, he’d be rewarding you by rearranging your guts and torturing you with his long, thick cock and his fingers.
minho adored you, he loved how dumb you were. who doesn’t want a ditzy little girl like you?
“you’re so cute all spread out over my lap like this. I wish I could show you off like this.” he takes his two slim fingers, gently caressing your wet glossy folds.
poor you shivered and swallowed. “can you st-stop teasing me?? it's not fair.. at least I tried my best…” you murmured.
“one more fucking word out of you and I'll do the nastiest things to you.” he gritted his teeth, grabbing your cheeks, forcing eye contact.
by now, you were intimidated to the max. minho was already mean enough to you, it was all tough love. it has gotten to the point his passive aggressiveness and rough physical touch arouses you.
you just wanted him to use you as if you’re some sort of toy. you’d let him do anything.
he lets go of your face, resuming his actions. he slowly moves a finger in your warm wet little hole before fucking you open for another finger or two to join in.
“w-wait fuck.. mmphh..!!!” a loud airy whimper escaped from your throat as your grip onto his bed sheets. it felt so good, you had just forgotten about the test you failed. all your problems and concerns had be wiped away thanks to your tutor.
three fingers later, you were left sobbing and drooling, desperate you wanted more!— too bad that it was all cut short by your cocky tutor!!
“you really thought i’d waste my precious time fucking a stupid girl like you?” he scoffed, pulling his fingers out, “if you ace your next test, i’ll think about fucking you again.”
darn it.. (;へ:)
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wormdebut · 11 days
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LET DOWN AND HANGING AROUND (CRUSHED LIKE A BUG IN THE GROUND)
Ahoy! This is my first VERY LATE ficlet for @corrodedcoffinfest ! My absolute bad for being so late, but BOY am I HAPPY TO BE HERE!
Warm Up Prompt One: Taxed. Word Count: 1000 (scrivener says 1000 Wordcounter says 979. IDK Man, it’s within limit), Rating: T, Pairing: None, CW: Swears, Smoking, Angst Tags: Eddie, Gareth, Jeff, Freak
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October 1987
They've been at this for fucking years. Eddie feels like a fucking girl scout.
'Well hello there Mr. Music Man, would you like to buy a box of shitty garage band metal?'
Except they weren't fucking shitty. All of the guys had been working their assess off, writing, playing shows, shitty gig after shitty gig after shitty gig.
But they haven't managed anything. Nothing, zilch, nada.
They had a small crowd showing up at the Hideout, and the owner, Benny, started letting them play not only their usual Tuesday but because Eddie had been helping him with placehe was letting them play Saturday nights now too, which was great because while he appreciates the likes of his uncle and Wayne's best friends on Tuesdays, there were almost twenty people every Saturday night and that was something.
They also had a standing gig at a bar in Indianapolis at least once a month, lately they've been playing The Barrel every other week and Eddie thought--he thought--that that would get them somewhere.
The guys were fucking exhausted but Eddie kept pushing because they could do this. Corroded Coffin was great. They were great and somebody was going to see that…right?
Eddie saw what they had. He did. But the guys--
"C'mon Ed, we can't keep sneaking Gareth into bars forever. I think we need to--maybe consider other options or--" Jeff rambles. They were supposed to be practicing but Jeff Williams had to swoop inwith his stupid common sense bullshit. Jeff motherfucking Williams is one of the best guitarists Eddie has ever had to the privilege of listening to, but Jeff wants to go college like a real boy!
Gareth cuts him off, "It's just the two bars man, and I have a fake, if I need it anyw--"
Would you look at that, it's time for Freddy to cut in. "Yeah, but you're three feet tall and have the face of a newborn child."
Gareth shoves at Freddy's chest. "Oh fuck off, man. At least I'm not a virgin!" He yelps and great. This is great.
Now the band is fighting, again, because Jeff wants to go to College, Goodie is a Virgin, and Gareth is short.
Eddie just want to play music.
If they all want to yell, Eddie can yell louder. "See. Do you see what happens when you start talking about 'other options' Jeff? Chaos--and not the fun kind!"
"See, Eddie--this is the fucking problem with you. All you care about is your music, your dream, It's all about you!"
Jeff is yelling at Eddie, Gareth and Freak are rough housing, how did this even happen. All Eddie wants is to do something. Be something. He believes in this, in Jeff, and Freddy and Gareth, in the band.
And he gets that everyone is taxed, tired. Eddie is fucking exhausted. Gareth is trying to not fail his senior year. He gets it, he does, but-- "You know what, Jeff?" His voice breaks, and isn't that fucking humiliating? "Some of us, don't have college as an option. Did you ever consider that?"
Eddie leans over and grabs his cigarettes from the table, before shoulder checking Jeff as he leaves.
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What’s the fucking point? Eddie puts everything into lyrics that people probably don't even know, all of them spend hours writing and harmonizing, making sure chords make sense, just for everything to be a pipe dream. They haven't taken a break for anything. It's either work or school or Coffin Shit. They haven't played D&D in months. They've just been doing this.
But it's all Eddie has. How the hell was he ever going to get out of shitty ass Hawkins, if it wasn't this way? He didn't exactly ace his finals--even the third time around. Honestly? He's pretty sure they just let him pass, to get him the fuck out of there.
He lights up what feels like his eighth cigarette--it's not, it's his second--and stares out to the empty street. They use Gareth's garage to practice…for being as straight laced as she is, Ms. Emerson sure does believe in the band.
Dottie Emerson and Eddie. God dammit, maybe Jeff is right.
He should go back, he should go back and apologize, and let this go. He has the job at the Hideout, he can save and maybe move to Indy--play an acoustic at some bars or…something.
God, he's just so tired of this shit.
He finishes his cigarette, and tries to breathe. Breathe in--hold--breathe out--he doesn't realizes Jeff until he taps his shoulder.
"Hey." Jeff says, quiet. Eddie, just nods, grabs his pack and offers a cancer-filled olive branch. Jeff takes it.
Eddie doesn't say anything. Doesn't want to, doesn't know what he should say.
So Jeff does. "I'm sorry, Ed. I didn't mean to make you upset. I'm just fucking tired man, we all are and I do want this, I do, but it's fucking scary." Eddie turns, watches Jeff blow out smoke. "I got accepted to IU, did you know that?"
Eddie blinks. He did not know that. "No, you hadn't mentioned it."
Jeff turns to look at him, "I didn't want this to happen."
Eddie closes his eyes, takes in a deep breath. In--hold--out. "You should go." He forces a smile, watches as Jeff's eyes shine for a moment--no wonder he had that silly crush on him his second senior year, but it was only for like a week, leave it alone--before he srunches his face up, Eddie can't help but laugh. Jeff always does that, when he's stressed. It makes him look like a rabbit.
Jeff goes to speak, but Eddie cuts him off. "Let's do this Halloween show, it'll be our going away gift to our tens of adoring fans."
Jeff laughs at that, nods, and pulls Eddie into a hug.
Everything will be fine, with or without Corroded Coffin.
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some-beans · 1 year
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Hey! I saw your gyomei post, and wondered if you could do one with Tengen? I feel like his flamboyant energy would be so funny with the twst characters.
jabdjshshs absolutely !! sorry it took a while to come out, life is crazy and the horrors aren't helping
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✎...pairing: twisted wonderland x tengen!reader ✎...themes: chaos, flamboyant reader, can be seen as platonic or romantic, ace slander [ affectionately ] ✎...notes: can you tell which characters are easier to write for, male implied reader !! ✎...enjoy !!
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𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐘𝐔𝐋
𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄
riddle cannot catch a break from these tall ass people
truly
sure, you don't squeeze the shit out of him like floyd does, but you're probably just as loud
actually, scratch that
you are
BUT
at least you know when to shut up ― except when someone insults you or your wives
which btw, wtf?? three whole wives??
god, you're gonna make riddle have a heart attack
𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐘
tbh he kinda vibed with you
especially when you constantly tasted complimented his baking abilities
doki doki goes trey's heart
but overall, i do feel like trey would sometimes get tired/exhausted from you being loud ― typically when deuce or ace annoy the shit out of you
was bluescreening when you casually mentioned you had three wives back home, who you deeply miss
mans needs a moment to sit down
𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑
another person for him and his fans to simp for??
um yes pls !!
i feel like cater, alongside rook, would end up being your biggest fans
albeit platonic or homoerotic
you decided !!
but besides the simping, i feel like cater would 100% use you as a shield from riddle's or anyone else's wrath
mainly riddle tho
. . .
don't tell riddle that
i also feel like cater would love to just talk about your wives ― may have written some fanfics about you and your wives 👀👀
𝐀𝐂𝐄
oh ace
sweet stupid ace
he really tries to sneak up on you and fails every time, and then has the audacity to act surprised and call you a cheater
what part of you being a former ninja does ace not understand??
a lot apparently
also gets his ass folded a lot, yet he never learns his lesson
especially after finding out, you have three wives
mf is jealous as hell
goes all mopy and shit
𝐃𝐄𝐔𝐂𝐄
similar to epel, deuce idolises you but it's much more wholesome
he definitely goes to you whenever he needs help dealing with something
especially if doesn't want to ruin his model student imagine
the poor boy is lost whenever you talk rapidly
got his head spinning
definitely uses any chance he has to train with you
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𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐖
𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐀
your loud and that's gonna fly with him
actively avoids you so he can nap in peace, but you always manage to find him
how??
he has no clue and he's starting to think you're somehow related to rook
grumbles when you wake him up for class
has hissed at you when you picked him up so causally, threw him over your shoulder like a sack of potatoes, and took him to class
he was pissed but also shookth
𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐆𝐈𝐄
he's on edge
why??
bc you always manage to catch pulling some sneaky shit
even with his unique magic !!
like how?!
quickly learns of your past and relationship status, and everything just clicks into place
you and your ninja ways, and stupid good hearing
. . . and stupid smirk and muscles
𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊
did someone say, training partner??
cuz that's what you turn into
however, jack was nervous to ask to train with you at first, but steeled his nerves and asked ― which received a quick up-and-down look from you before agreeing to train with him
jack has never been more excited and embarrassed as he tried to calm his tail down
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𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄
𝐀𝐙𝐔𝐋
*sigh*
why did you have to be so muscular??
and good at detecting lies and shit
why couldn't you be another naive soul and sign his contracts??
azul is at a loss for words
however, he is thankful you can easily manage the twins and other students that give him grief
lowkey sees a halo around for that
𝐉𝐀𝐃𝐄
tbh i feel jade wouldn't bat an eye at you
for the most part
that was until you effortlessly hiked a mountain jade was on
great, now you have two eels on you
asks to go hiking with you whenever he's free
will talk your ear off about mushrooms on the hike
𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐃
a new jungle gym to climb??
*buzzer noise* wrong
has tried to squeeze but ended up getting squeezed instead
huh, so this is what it feels like??
n o i c e
bugs you every chance he gets for you to squeeze him
tad bit masochistic of you, floyd
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𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐀
𝐊𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐌
kalim rinds of that kid with the demon sister back home with how goddamn cheery he is
will shower you with gifts, especially after seeing you wear jewellery and hearing about your wives
he doesn't really bat an eye at that
bby boi doesn't care as long as you're happy
loves giving hugs
just a very affectionate boi
you do allow him to hang off your arms when he's around
𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋
sure you're loud, but you're responsible
meaning, he doesn't have to worry about you
however, does worry when kalim's involved
it's like a sixth sense
somehow when you manage to occupy kalim, jamil uses this time to get chores done or relax
truly is grateful for this opportunity
will make you food as payback
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𝐏𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐎𝐑𝐄
𝐕𝐈𝐋
at first, he thought you were annoying and brash
i mean, you loud as hell and for what??
however
that changed when he saw just how flawless your skin was, the tidiness of your painted nails and the flawless eye makeup you wore
and that you strive for flamboyance??
vil can see the appeal
but quickly gets whiplash when you announce you actually have three ― very beautiful ― wives back in your world
what in the great seven??
𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊
homie here is quaking in his cadavers
but from excitement
because great seven, does he enjoy trying to sneak up on you
does he succeed?? no
does he still try?? yes
most definitely has a mini shrine of you ― along with some other students
. . .
don't tell vil
writes endless amounts of poetry for, even after you tell him you've got three wives, which he just loves bc obliviously you have so much love to give
and di―
𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐋
pls for the love of great seven. . .
PLS TEACH HIM HOW TO FIGHT PLS
legit idolises you
it's a tad bit concerning but it feeds your ego and annoys vil
also
gremlin epel is always on whenever you're around ― even more so when he can let his accent slip when it's just the two of you
however, his world pauses when you mention in conversation that you have three wives
tbh he doesn't know how to feel bc he grew up in a somewhat traditional household
and you having three wives??
w a c k
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𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐇𝐘𝐃𝐄
𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐀
nope
nah uh
no way pal
idia cannot deal with another loud extrovert
especially someone who's tall as hell, muscular and someone who sparkles whenever they say flamboyant
almost had a heart attack when you managed to sneak into his dorm room
and how in great seven are you fast and quiet for?!
oh
you're a former ninja?
. . .
ok maybe you can stick around
listen, he's watched countless anime and read, if not more, manga to know how fucking cool ninjas are
surprisingly isn't phased when you say you're married to three badass women
idia's watched his fair share of shit, so you only having three is not a big deal to him
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𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐍𝐈𝐀
𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐔𝐒
your loud nature and openness surprised malleus greatly
happily listens to whatever nonsense you spout
is curious about how you have such incredible hearing, considering you're magicless and a human
finds your relationship status also intriguing
may or may not be jealous
finds your jewellery very pretty
*cue dragon hoard noises*
𝐋𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀
you two definitely trade battle stories
may or may not have asked to join your marriage
what??
lilia may be a fae but that won't stop him
was not phased when you said you had three wives
that just made him even more intrigued by you
𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑
may and may not have used you as a pillow by accident
he just gets sleepy
and you seem to somehow always know when he's about to fall asleep when you two are together
you tend to hang around him because his sound is the least annoying ― you told him this and silver just nodded
𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐊
look
y'all are both loud mfs
and 100% get into screaming matches
about what. . . probably something to do with malleus and your ego
he reminds you a lot of that boar kind back home
has tried to fight you
has lost every time
may or may not have gained respect from those fights
still salty tho
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that-bwitch · 10 days
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(five) stages of grief (love)
stage one: denial
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so, this is going to be a series with five parts, obviously. heavily inspired by the band voilà and some of their songs. each song has an assigned part and will be revealed at the beginning. you don't have to, but I'd strongly recommend checking them out, as they're not only good songs, but will also elevate your reading experience.
also, since it's a series, I will be doing a taglist, so if you'd like to be added, let me know <3
falling asleep at the wheel by voilà sirius black x reader warning: toxic relationship, gaslighting, emotional abuse, swearing, drinking, mentions of underage drinking. read at your own risk. wc: 3.2k
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The two of you were just a couple of young kids suddenly thrust into adulthood.
During the last few months at Hogwarts the thoughts about the future couldn’t escape your mind. It felt strange in a sense, because you remembered planning out your life after school down to the smallest details. You had your mind set on becoming a healer for a long, long while. You studied pretty much every single day, dusk till dawn, dawn till dusk – you had to ace the N.E.W.Ts or else your childhood dream would be crushed by the ruthless claws of the education system. Sirius never got that. He sounded rather nonchalant every time you tried to have a talk about the future, even when it came to the future of you as a couple. He didn’t have any plans, at least as far as you were aware. He brushed off your worries like they were specks of dust on one of his immaculate white shirts (two buttons at the top always undone, three – on special occasions). At some point, you had to give up trying to hammer at least some sense of responsibility into his head (not literally, but sometimes you really wanted to). But you stupidly didn’t, so you had to deal with an actual toddler of a boyfriend on top of your daily stress of the ever-accumulating homework and extra credit tasks you never failed to take.
Sirius was annoyed by your never-ending passion to study as much and as often as you could. He always joked about the fact that he had never spent this much time in the library as he started to when you got together. That much was true: in order to catch mere minutes with you he had to visit the quietest place in Hogwarts rather often – way more often than he would prefer. He wasn’t really joking when he said it though, and you started to catch irritated glances from him from time to time as your relationship progressed. At first, he used to compliment your longing for knowledge, he used to say you looked cute cuddled up with a book on a couch in the common room; as time went by, the number and the poetic value of his compliments had majorly decreased.
Sirius couldn’t help thinking that he didn’t sign up for this, but he didn’t have enough nerve to voice these thoughts. Still, you started having more and more fights. In your mind, you shouldn’t have had any during the so-called “honeymoon phase” of your relationship, but you chucked it all up to simple teenage drama. You thought it was brilliantly self-aware of you, but obviously it didn’t seem like it to Sirius. He hated the fact that he had to scramble for crumbs of your attention and lost the battle against your textbooks more than half the time. He wasn’t used to being sidelined, more so when his opponent was an ancient Herbology volume that looked like it was about to disintegrate in your hands as soon as you breathed on it.
You still had love for each other. It wasn’t puppy love, oh no – your eyes would shoot daggers at anyone who even dared to suggest it. Sirius was also of an incredibly high opinion of that thing between the two of you, calling you “star-crossed lovers” and “the modern version of Romeo and Juliet”. He started using the latter as soon as you made him acquainted with this terribly upsetting love story written by a muggle literary genius, and wouldn’t let it go even after learning that these kids did, in fact, die. He always assured you that you wouldn’t end up like them, that even death couldn’t do you part, and you just knew he was right. You just knew.
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“So, what’s next?”
You were standing on the platform, waiting for Hogwarts Express to pick you up and take you away into the likely gray and rainy but still welcoming embrace of London. Your eyes were still glistening in the sun from all the tears you shed during the graduation ceremony. You kept sobbing as you left the school grounds on the same boats that took you there when you were just a small child with a dream. To be honest, you still felt like a child with a dream; suddenly, you weren’t fully ready to take the next step that could take your life in various directions even you, a goody-two-shoes with spreadsheets tracking her exam scores, didn’t have the ability to predict.
“I don’t know, baby. We’ll figure it out.”
Sirius was as laconic as he usually was when it came to these kinds of talks. His hands were wrapped around your waist, bringing you some sense of comfort in front of this huge uncharted wasteland that was the future. You looked up at him, exploring every single feature of his carefree face, completely unbothered by any mighty thinking. You wanted to remember him like that.
“Oh, the lovebirds are at it again, look at them!” James yelled, running up to you hand in hand with Lily. You let out a little laugh, because he seemed to be blissfully unaware of him being a member of the “lovebirds club” as well.
“You ready?” he asked, hugging Lily from behind as they stopped next to you.
“Born ready.”
It was such a Sirius line. You remembered getting annoyed at how he inevitably used it every time you questioned his lack of concern about tomorrow. He was born ready to face anything – McGonagall’s justified wrath when he failed (or, more precisely, didn’t even start) to complete the simplest Transfiguration homework known to man; raging Slytherins after a particularly nasty Quidditch loss; a hangover after getting wasted on very illegal firewhiskey that the guys managed to get at the Hog’s Head and sneak into school. You weren’t born ready, so you felt his words were rather offensive towards your anxious state.
“Where’s Moony? He’s always wandering somewhere; I’m shocked he hadn’t missed a train once!”
Just as Sirius’ words escaped his mouth, someone’s hand landed on his shoulder. Remus was all smiles, running his other hand through his hair to move some stray strands from his face.
“Here, Pads, don’t you worry. Wonder where this little rat is, though. Peter!!!” Remus screamed at the top of his lungs to cover as much ground as possible.
“Coming!” Peter approached your group, slightly out of breath.
You felt like you were in a dream – you know, one of those you wake up from and have to take an extra minute to yourself to come back to Earth; you can’t believe it didn’t happen in real life. That moment at the platform awoke the same exact emotions in you. You had all your friends around you, you should have been over the moon and looking forward to what life had to offer – and somewhere deep inside your mind and soul you were. But you felt your stomach turn all the same, looking back at the glorious castle that towered over the crowd of new graduates even in the distance. For the first time in years, you knew for sure that you wouldn’t be returning there on the 1st of September. But it would be the last time you would cram yourself into the carriage with your closest ones, the last time you would laugh your asses off for the whole Express to hear, the last time you would say your goodbyes on the Platform 9 ¾ and not know when would be the next time you see each other.
“Hey, baby?” Sirius gently nudged your shoulder, drawing your wandering attention. “You seem lost.”
“Can’t believe we’re leaving, is all.”
Your voice was hoarse and quiet, like it didn’t belong to you at all. Sirius pressed his lips against your temple, leaving a trace of lingering warmth. At the moment, he made sure you knew that you were his world and he was yours. The voices of your friends around you were muffled by the soft and fresh cotton blanket of his love.
“We’ll be fine, baby. I promise, we’ll be fine.”
And you wanted to believe him.
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The couch in your tiny rented flat was all beaten up and shabby, but as long as it was Sirius whose breath your felt on your skin while you lay on it, it didn’t matter. The whole flat had most definitely seen better days, but it was your home, your first home together, so it already had sentimental value assigned to it. Were you too young at this tender age to live together? Too young to shoulder the responsibilities that the very unforgiving Big World had yet to put on your shoulders? Your parents would enthusiastically agree, but you and Sirius would just roll your eyes in sync and you would add that you weren’t their little baby girl anymore. Then you would soften, because you loved your parents a lot, even when they were insufferable! – and assure them that they could calm down, that you had everything figured out, that you would send them owls at least every three days and visit at least once every two weeks. Your mom would laugh and say that promises were nice, but if you were to succeed in becoming a Healer like you wanted, you would never have time for all that. And you would leave, realizing with stifling regret that she was right.
“Baby, I’m sorry, I have to go,” you whispered into Sirius’ ear. He seemed to have fallen asleep, but as soon as you moved your body to lift yourself up from the couch, his eyes snapped open and he strengthened the hold he had on you. You sighed and pushed yourself against his chest, trying to unglue his tightly locked arms.
“No, Sirius, really, let me go.”
“Why would I?” he wondered, determined, of course, not to let you leave him on the couch all alone. “You’re warm, you’re soft, tonight I slept for two hours… See?”
You closed your eyes for a brief moment, clearing your head without any pressure that Sirius liked inflicting on you with his puppy eyes. Lately you had to deal with them and his pleading far too often. It had only been two weeks since you moved in together, but tension hadn’t left the air since day one, when you couldn’t agree on the chore chart you suggested – as in, Sirius didn’t want to have one at all. He thought it was perfectly fine to leave dirty dishes in the sink, to leave dust to accumulate in layers on every surface imaginable – he was a wizard, after all! He could do it whenever, so why would he spend his precious time that you can’t get back on some measly chores? His attitude drove you insane, but each time you had a fight about it, you had to let it go until another little thing would make you lose your temper. He just. Wasn’t. Cooperating. In anything.
“Sirius, love, my apprenticeship. Why do you always forget?”
“Oh yeah. Sure. Your apprenticeship.”
Sirius loosened his grip and you were able to slip away to finally start getting dressed. His bitter verbal quotation marks were a given whenever he mentioned your new job. As soon as you heard the tone of his voice, you slapped your palms against your face so hard that you could hear the sound faintly ringing in the air, and let out a whistling breath into the gaps between your fingers.
“Again?”
“What? I just said “sure”, is that not allowed anymore?”
Sirius was getting angry. You could tell by way his chest heaved harder than usual and his hands, albeit still resting on his stomach, were clenched together, knuckles so white they could blind the sun itself.
“You know what you said, Sirius. I’m not stupid.”
You didn’t have time to deal with all this nonsense, you would hate to be late to St Mungo’s again. Besides, throughout the whole fortnight you had been living together so far, you started to grow increasingly more anxious and irater whenever you had to mention your newfound venture even in a brief recollection of you day. Sirius would never leave it be, he would always, always do something or say something that hurt you. He didn’t do it maliciously, he told you anytime you took notice of that, he was just reacting, you knew how he felt about you always being away, and blah-blah-blah, and so on… You believed him, you tried really hard to believe him and spent hours on hours on hours persuading yourself that he didn’t mean it, that he loved you and was happy for you.
“Whatever. You can leave. It’s not like I’m locking the door.”
He knew you hated it. He knew how much you despised getting out of the house with a fight between the two of you still looming like the sword of Damocles above your head during the day. He also knew that you would likely forget about the whole deal by the end of it, or at least would try smoothing things over. You hated fighting. But this time he was mistaken – rage you had accrued by that point was burning you up from the inside and you were tired of the endless piles of shit he kept throwing your way.
“You know what, Sirius? You’re a real fucking asshole!”
That was a pretty pathetic insult, you thought, but turned out, it was just enough to get Sirius all riled up. He jumped up from the couch and in seconds he was standing right in front of you, spitting words straight into your face.
“A real fucking asshole?! Come on, baby, who taught you to swear? A fucking child?”
“Yes, it was you, so yes, a fucking child!”
Sirius stepped back, raising his eyebrows sarcastically and bursting out laughing. He was hysterical, by the sounds of it.
“I’m a child? I am a child?! And who are you then, my poor, poor soul? Because throwing me crumbs when your fucking hospital gets the whole three-course meal is real mature!”
And there he was again, shitting all over you like it was small talk.
“Could you ever respect my job?! Is this too much that I’m asking?!”
Your arms hurt from waving them around so much. You wished you could stay calm, as always, you wished you had just left, then came back at the end of the day and everything was alright. But deep down you knew this whole delusional bubble would burst at some point. Sooner was better than later.
“Come on, what job? What job?! 2 galleons a day is a-fucking-lot, isn’t it, love?”
A wave of pure shock nearly knocked you down. Your nose started tingling, signaling the imminent arrival of those pesky motherfuckers called tears. Sirius never talked about money to you, on the contrary, it was always your initiative to go over your budget for the week. He never agreed, because he felt it was too burdensome, and now he was throwing it straight back into your desperate face.
“At least I don’t sit on my ass all day! Your part-time at Fortescue’s is so much better, right?! Why don’t you try the Hog’s Head next?”
You knew you struck a nerve. You couldn’t even deny doing it deliberately, just to show him that it hurt. Sirius never explained his choice of career to you, but he seemed happy enough, so you never let it bother you. But his unwillingness to actually properly discuss it made you think he wasn’t that satisfied. You saw it on his face right after you blurted out your little speech.
“Oh yeah, I do sit on my ass all day, and you know what? Even I earn more than you!”
Sirius wasn’t that easy to break, you knew it, but you hoped that you could maybe just this one time… And you also knew that you brought this storm upon yourself, because when Sirius was angry, he could say anything, literally anything without a care in the world, something he would probably regret later. You could never guess if he actually did, but your heart was desperate to believe so. It didn’t happen often, but whenever it did, it stung like a thousand wasps landed on you at the same time and plunged their stingers deep inside your skin at the same exact spot.
“So, it is about the money?”
You weren’t shouting anymore. Any leftover strength fled your body, so you had to sit back down on the couch, staring at Sirius as he was going blurry in front of you, as if he was already drowning in the upcoming stream of your tears.
“No? If that’s what you’re getting… well, good fucking luck.”
Sirius threw his hands up, as if he was giving up. He leaned on the wall and crossed his arms on his still heavily heaving chest, looking somewhere through the leaking ceiling.
“What is it then?” you asked, almost in a whisper, because you truly did not have it in you to even raise your voice, let alone have a screaming match.
“Really? I fucking love you, that’s what!”
Sirius did have it in him. He tried really hard to ignore your fallen spirit; he felt the need to dump the entirety of his emotional outburst on you, because when else would he do it? Things were already perfectly awful, so nothing had the capacity to make the situation worse.
You wished you had some magical noise-cancelling earmuffs that would drown out his voice. After everything he said (and had been saying before) he had the audacity to tell you that he loved you? Indeed, he did. It was no surprise, unfortunately. All your fights ended up like that – he told you that he loved you, that he was just afraid of losing you, that you were his everything; he begged you to say that you loved him too. He needed to hear it, he cried. And you would always crumble right there with him. You forgave him every. Single. Time. And then he went back to his usual careless self.
“I want to be with you in every possible way, do you understand that? Emotionally, spiritually, or whatever the fuck you call it, and physically.” Sirius took your silence as a go-ahead for him to continue, his voice still raised. “And right now, I can’t have that. And I don’t like it at all, I hate it with a burning passion. Why can’t you see it?” he finished much softer.
You finally let a violent shower of tears leave your eyes. You couldn’t stand crying in front of Sirius – it was a sign he won. But he never let it show. He could finally play the part he knew and loved the most: a wonderful apologetic boyfriend who pulled you into his arms, cradled you like a baby and gave your head thousands of little kisses while you wept into his shoulder. He apologized over and over and you felt guilty for making him do it. Ultimately, he was right. Maybe you were selfish, maybe you didn’t have your priorities straight, maybe you wronged him each and every time you took an extra shift at St Mungo’s to prove yourself as a reliable Trainee Healer. Maybe he did love you more than life itself. Maybe he was your fate, your forever and ever, and you were his.
“We’ll be fine, baby. I promise, we’ll be fine.”
You had already heard these words before. You believed them.
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oatmilk-vampire · 3 months
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Canon things I've learned about Eddie thanks to Flight of Icarus.
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Spoilers under cut. 👇
He's not a virgin. He's had sex with at least three different girls, and had a girlfriend---Paige Warner. Hawkins High, class of '82.
He had a best friend named Ronnie (Veronica Ecker) since he was eight. She's always been taller than him and they have a Steve/Robin dynamic. She might be aro/ace, she stated she didn't think she'd ever have a crush on anybody when he kissed her at age thirteen.
Eddie is eighteen as of 1984.
The van is his father's, or was.
His dad, Alan, is the reason he got into selling.
His father is also the reason why no one in Hawkins likes him. They look at him as Junior, that he'll be a "fuckup" just like his father. Plus Hellfire Club adds on to the trouble of it all.
Eddie didn't fail high school the first time, he dropped out. He was being blackmailed by Principal Higgins that he would get Ronnie's full-ride NYU scholarship pulled.
He got into music because of his mother, Elizabeth Franklin, who was from Memphis and got sick and died when he was only six. Only then did he understand sad lyrics and why people would want to write and listen to songs like that.
He's always stood up for the little guy, even if it gets him hurt or in trouble.
Gareth and him have a Dustin/Steve dynamic.
He stood up for Will when bullies were calling him Zombie Boy. He invited him to join Hellfire Club when he gets to high school.
He doesn't feed himself, or so Wayne believes. When he was still living alone, Uncle Wayne dropped him off groceries every two weeks.
Eddie flirts with everybody. Woman or man. It's the Munson magic that he's learned from his father. Big smiles and winks and "big boy" comments. He does it when he's scared as a defense mechanism. It's how he intimidates.
He used to work as a barback at the Hideout.
He recorded a demo with Corroded Coffin and got offered an audition in Hollywood for a record deal--only for himself, not the band. Which he missed because of the mess his father got them involved in. Thats also why he started working with Reefer Rick.
There's probably way more but that's all I can think of at the moment.
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barachiki · 19 days
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Here's a story because I mentioned the coffee I had:
In university, I used to be really addicted to caffeine. Like full blown shakes and teeth grinding and migraines and anxiety if I didn't get it. I had my own espresso machine, and I had a café right below my dorm where I'd get cheap triple shot lattes every day before class. I was so bad that I usually needed at least a little coffee to calm me down enough to sleep.
There was this class I took, Psychology of Adjustment. I have no idea what it was about anymore, but I do remember this one assignment. We had to break a habit using a method we had learned about, scientifically describe the process, write out the successes, failures and if you were using positive or negative reinforcement. We had three weeks to do this.
My friend Tony did his study on stretches. If he did his physio stretches before noon, then he'd get a piece of Halloween candy as a treat. A simple positive reinforcement.
Sleeping in was the habit I wanted to break, so my plan was that each day I slept in, I wouldn't be allowed my favourite thing: coffee. It was supposed to be a negative reinforcement study.
The thing is, I didn't know how addicted I was to coffee/caffeine. As well, I was horrifically depressed and I've been an insomniac since I was a kid, so I never got the sleep I needed. The task was impossible.
First thing I did was sleep in the first two days. So no coffee for me. I did the negative reinforcement for those two days... but by the third day, I was so beyond irritable, nauseous and headachy and shaky that I snuck some coffee even though I still slept in. Then over the next week, I was practically hallucinating without the caffeine, so I was shaking and making stupid bargains ('I only slept in a half hour so I should get half the coffee', 'Maybe I can just try again tomorrow and have a mocha tonight,' that kind of thing). With classes going until 9pm and trying to get up for 6am, I was fighting a losing battle with both sides of the study.
I quit even trying after nine days.
By the time I had to write up the study, I had no data, no results and nothing to show other than my failure. So I lied. I made up data, I fabricated these tables, notes and explained how I broke my habit and now only take coffee occasionally and I wake up on time cheerfully every morning blah blah blah.
My prof, who was not an idiot, asked me for my handwritten notes. I panicked and said I kept my laptop by my bed and wrote down the notes on my computer. I know he didn't buy it. He was a Psychology prof, who has seen a million of these assignments. But my writeup said all the right things, and it showed that I understood the concept, so I got a C instead of an F.
I realized later that not everyone was 'successful' with their studies, but still got good grades. I knew then that if I had explained how badly I failed my study in the assignment and why (discovering I had a caffeine addiction), I probably would have aced the assignment. After all, it wasn't about breaking the habit, but the process.
I think of this every once in a while, that it is possible to be perfect and still fail, but also it is possible to fail and still be perfect, if you take my meaning (or some other philosophical garbage like that...)
I also know now that denying an insomniac university student her coffee was ambitious and idiotic. I should have just done the stupid Halloween candy thing.
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I just realized: If we look at all three arcs, the heroes only got one solid win. The first arc ends with the Fall of Beacon. The Second arc had them win. The Third arc ended with the Fall of Atlas and Mantle. I would like to think the Vacuo Arc would have ended in a win, but I'm not sure.
Alright, let's break it down, Volume by Volume, big fight by big fight.
Volume 1: Emerald Forest, Jaundice, Dock Fight
Three wins and plenty of room to grow.
Volume 2: Paladin Fight, Beacon Dance, Mountain Glenn
Win with collateral damage (that everybody was pissed about), one loss for the good guys with the data stolen by a disguised Cinder Fall, and one win for everybody at Beacon Academy, this time with somehow more and less collateral damage? I guess it was more contained than entire highways and bridges being damaged.
Volume 3: Vytal Tournament, Battle OfBeacon
Oh boy... This is where the losses start to stack... RWBY and JNPR made into the finals, but... Well, by the end, Penny and Pyrrha died, Team RWBY got separated, Yang lost an arm, and Beacon Academy and the CCT network was disabled. This coming from a previous volume where there was a joke about Ruby getting words wrong.
Volume 4: Volume 4...
This is the point where we learn the dynamic of RWBY Volumes, which is with the flow of seasons. Volume 1 was spring fresh with new beginnings, Volume 2 was action-packed summer adventures, and Volume 3 was drastic and horrible changes like the leaves in autumn, leading us to Volume 4, which hit us non-stop with L after L after L. Yangst, Weiss being abused, Blake having her kitty pity party, and Team RNJR (IT'S JNRR) having to survive Tyrian Callows, the Nuckelavee, and the harsh reality of being huntsmen and huntresses... Oh, and also the Brother gods are real.
Volume 5: Battle for Haven, Menagerie
By the end of Volume 5, everything starts looking up. The White Fang disbands after failing to assassinate the Belladonnas, Ruby and her friends manage to fend off Cinder's group, the good guys learn new abilities and limitations, and Cinder gets dropped off a cliff by Raven. Overall, a good Volume. A couple losses, but still a lot more wins.
Volume 6: Knock, knock! Who's there? It's REALITY!
And... it's gone. The wins. They're gone. Sure, we end this Volume with Adam's death and Ruby's group escaping to Atlas, but... this was also when RWBY stopped looking like young heroes and more like trouble-maker teens with good intentions doing more harm than good. And they don't get any punishment, really. Not to mention that we also learn the truth about Salem and Ozpin. Not many Ls, but only because they're still cooking.
Volume 7: You lost, but you won, but you still lost
Starting off, we have Team RWBY and group getting captured by the Ace-Ops, serving as a sort of marker for where they'll by Volume end. Until then, we have Team RWBY failing to stop a public massacre, a rigged election, and end with martial law being established over all of Atlas. But hey, at least we stopped Jacques Schnee, got out licenses to kill, and some sick-ass upgrades to our old gear!
Volume 8: I want off General Ironwood's Wild Martial Law
OKAY! So we start off with Penny being pressured to do something she doesn't want to and NOBODY is talking about it like adults. Even fucking General Ironwood isn't backing down. But then again, he's probably still riding the high of shooting a child and suffering from the low that it wasn't a kill shot. But yeah, this entire Volume was just low after low after low after LOW. There is no positive to this Volume. No Ws for anyone. Now get back on the bus. It's time to go to Saturday detention.
Volume 9: Guide~! My~! Way~! Out~! I'm what inspired the fairy tales~...
Real talk. You listening? Okay... I will say that V9 isn't the best Volume. Compared to V2 or V5, it's barely squeezing in at third. However, THIS is my absolute favorite Volume. In terms of Ls and Ws, there's definitely a couple Ls, biggest of all to Ruby, but she also gets the biggest W of the entire Volume. V9 has the best moments, the best music, and even the best villain of the entire series, even if they weren't even main antag level. Everything about Volume 9 served it's purpose as a spring chapter. It's coming out of the cold winter and into the new beginnings of spring.
That said, I understand that this being said AFTER RT already announced their shutdown, but I think the show says it best. Never lose hope, keep moving forward, and remember that victory is in the simple soul.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
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hanafubukki · 2 years
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Binded by Fate
Summary: Your soulmate was strange, but you found yourself falling for him all the same. Though, you question if your stomach can survive his cooking.
Pairing: Lilia Vanrouge x Reader (Gender Neutral)
Notes: I love soulmate aus! After talking to a few friends, I felt inspired to write it. 💚🌺
Tag List (open, just let me know if you want to join): @justeclem44​ @coraldelusiondaze​ @h0n3ysgh0st​ @thatdazaikin
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·      Your soulmate was a weird one.
·      Then again, having a soulmate was a strange experience.
·      Back in your world, you didn’t have soulmates…well, maybe you did but not a way to identify them.
·      Here in Twisted Wonderland, soulmates were a normal occurrence.
·      Everyone had one, platonic or romantic.
·   ��  And to find them?
·      Each one was unique: some couldn’t see colors, some had red strings of fate, others had their first words written, and many more.
·      This world decided to give you a soulmate when you woke up here.
·      Which you hadn’t known was a thing until Ace and Deuce had pointed it out.
·      And yours?
·      Yours dealt with communicating…through writing on the skin.
·      Well, it could have been worse.
·      And communicating through writing at least was easy, and you could do it anytime.
·      Well, besides washing the ink off.
·      Sometimes that wasn't very pleasant.
·      As to why your soulmate was weird?
·      Well… his shopping list was questionable: shrimp, chocolate, pickles, and milk.
·      “That better not be for one dish.”
·      “And if it is?”
·      “Depends, what were you thinking of making with them?”
·      “Cake.”
·      “You’re banned from the kitchen.”
·      “But why? You have to give me a chance!”
·      “No.”
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·      When you initially found out about your soulmate, it was a surprise.
·      You were bored and were doodling on your arm.
·      What you didn’t expect was the doodles right next to yours.
·      You had screamed.
·      Ace, Deuce, and Grim had run to your side.
·      “YN!”
·      “What’s wrong?!”
·      “Someone’s writing on my arm!”
·      Ace flicked you on the forehead.
·      “That’s probably your soulmate, idiot.”
·      “Soulmate?”
·      Resulting in a conversation of soulmates, and you becoming more and more incredulous.
·      “I can solve your problem right now; just let me put some choice words on your arm.”
·      Ace grinned deviously as he held a red pen up.
·      You threw a pillow at his face.
·      “No! I would rather get to know my soulmate before finding out who they are. Thank you very much.”
·      Deuce had a thoughtful, “YN is right. It is better to be safe and get to know the person first.”
·      Ace sighed dramatically, “You two are no fun!”
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·      You had several candidates on who your soulmate could be.
·      That is if you were right, and they attended NRC too.
·      You stared as the tweels bulli-well, persuaded a fellow student to meet with Azul.
·      As they left, you couldn’t help but take a pen and write on your arm.
·      “You wouldn’t have a certain…obsession with mushrooms or shrimps, would you?”
·      “I don’t, but they make great ingredients in brownies!”
·      “There are so many things wrong with that sentence.”
·      “You haven’t even tried it!”
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·      You were currently struggling with your alchemy homework.
·      “How good are you with alchemy class?”
·      “You could say I’m an expert. ;)”
·      “What would it cost me for you to give me the answers?”
·      “Eat something I make.”
·      “No, thanks. I’ll gladly fail.”
·      “You wound me, my dear! T_T”
·      “My stomach will thank me in the long run. Besides, if my three stooges found out I cheated, I would never hear the end of it.”
·      “Oh? I, too, have three stooges of my own.”
·      You couldn’t help the smile that came across your face, laughing to yourself a bit.
·      “Do they also share one brain cell?”
·      “One brain cell is too much for them; they share half.”
·      You burst out in laughter.
·      Homework could wait a bit.
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·      You were tired.
·      It was one of those days where Headmaster Crowley literally made you do his job.
·      Your body ached.
·      You just wanted to sleep for a month after today.
·      Thankfully, Ace, Deuce, and Grim had taken pity and helped you.
·      But even then, it wore you all out.
·      “How good are you at hiding bodies?”
·      “Very good. Need help?”
·      “Don’t tempt me; I might take you up on that.”
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·      You were walking around your backyard.
·      It seemed Tsunotarou was too busy for your nightly walks.
·      But you couldn’t sleep.
·      You were thinking about your soulmate.
·      You had fallen for your soulmate.
·      But how to confess?
·      You raised your arms to the sky.
·      Staring at your inked-up arms.
·      You didn’t want to erase them today.
·      You stared at the messages.
·      “What if I told you I like you?”
·      “I would tell you I like you back.”
·      You startled.
·      You turned around.
·      “Lilia?”
·      Lilia smiled.
·      He was floating behind you.
·      His arms holding a bouquet of flowers.
·      “Hello, my dear.”
·      “What are you doing here?”
·      Lilia handed you the flowers before taking your hand and kissing it.
·      “I came to confess. I hope you don’t mind, my dear, but I am rather old in my ways of courting.”
·      You laughed.
·      “I don’t mind at all. In fact, I enjoy it.”
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Bonus:
·      “I’m still not eating your cooking.”
·      “You haven’t even tried it!”
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Hope you enjoyed 🌻🌺
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darthpastry · 8 months
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Incorrect Quotes of the Kingdom Pt. 3 (ft. FNaF SB)
Vanny: I invited you into the woods because I crave the most dangerous game.
Link and Gregory: *nodding* Knife monopoly.
Vanny: .... I was actually going to hunt you for sport but now I'm interested in whatever knife monopoly is.
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Tulin: *Sneaks into house at 2am.*
Teba: *Turns in swivel chair.* "Care to tell me where you were?"
Tulin: I was... uh... with Link!
Link: *Also turns in swivel chair.* "Care to- *Keeps spinning* Teba- I can't stop the chair-
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Cassie: When I die I want Gregory to lower me into my grave so he can let me down one last time.
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*in an escape room*
Purah: The clock is ticking! We don't have time for this asinine tomfoolery!
Gregory: This unmitigated poppycock?
Link: Extravagant hogwash!
Glamrock Freddy: Okay, stop.
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Link:  I'm a firm believer in "if you're going to fail, you might as well fail spectacularly."
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Zelda: *Struggling in their one-inch heels* Yeah, I don't think heels are for me.
Link: *Pointing and wearing six-inch heels* WEAK!
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Sidon: What if the person who named Walkie Talkies named everything?
Link: Pregnancy tests are Maybe Babies.
Gregory: Forks are Stabbie Grabbies.
Tulin: Socks are Feetie Heaties.
Link: Nightmares are Dreamie Screamies.
Cassie: Stamps are Lickie Stickes.
Riju: You are disappointments.
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Purah: *sets down card* Ace of Spades.
Link: *sets down Uno card* +4
Tulin: *sets down Pokémon card* Jolteon, I choose you.
Zelda: *trembling* What are we playing?
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TotK NPC 1: Link... how do I begin to describe Link?
Totk NPC 2: Link is flawless.
TotK NPC 3: I hear their hair's insured for 10,000 rupees.
TotK NPC 4: I hear they do car commercials... in Japan.
TotK: NPC 5: One time they punched me in the face... it was awesome.
Link: *eating a kebab and wearing the Cece hat* "Interesting."
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Glamrock Freddy: Can I be frank with you guys?
Link: Sure, but I don't see how changing your name is going to help you.
Gregory: Can I still be Gregory?
Link: Shh.... let Frank speak.
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Gregory: My old arch enemy.
Roxanne: I thought I was still your arch enemy?
Gregory: I have a life, you know.
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Zelda: Imagine if someone handed you a box full of all the items you've lost throughout your life.
Roxanne: Self-esteem, I haven't seen you in years!
Vanessa: Oh wow, my childhood innocence! Thank you for finding this!
Paya: I knew I lost that potential somewhere.
Link: My moral code, is that you?
Zelda: ....
Zelda: I was just going to show you this cool trunk my mom left me but do you guys need a hug?
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Glamrock Freddy: What does... 'take out' mean?
Glamrock Chica: Food.
Glamrock Bonnie: Dating.
Roxanne: Murder.
Link: *driving by in a go-kart with Tulin and Gregory, all three wearing 8-bit sunglasses* IT CAN MEAN ALL THREE IF YOU'RE NOT A COWARD.
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Zelda: I love murder mysteries!
Link: *trying to impress them* I've been a suspect in at least four murder cases.
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Vanessa: *about to leave the house* Don't spend all day watching YouTube, okay?
Gregory: I FORGE MY OWN PATH!!
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Link: *to all the champions* You might not know this, but I am a flawed person.
Revali: I do know that.
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*right after Link wakes up on the Great Sky Island*
Rauru: Is there something you would like to say, Link?
Link: Oh, there are SEVERAL things I would like to say!
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Link: I have a plan.
Rauru: Good! As long as we aren't breaking the law I would love to hear it.
Link: ....
Link: I no longer have a plan.
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Ganondorf: Just took a personality test and got an A+
Yunobo: I got an F...
Link: I got 'confused screaming'
Rauru: ... I got INFJ.
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Sidon: I'm not so sure you're stakeout material.
Link: I'm a chronic insomniac. I was born for this.
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*in another timeline...*
Zelda: You were stabbed. Do you remember anything?
Sonia: Only the ambulance ride to the hospital.
Zelda: That wasn't an ambulance. I drove you.
Sonia: But I heard a siren.
Zelda: That was King Rauru.
Rauru: Sorry, I was nervous.
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Link: We can't lose because we have this. *Points to chest*
Tulin: We have heart?
Link: What? Heart? No. We have me. I'm going to win this for us.
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Link: What type of dog is this?
Rauru: That's a tortoise.
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Gregory: How stupid do you think I am?!
Roxanne: You really want an honest answer to that?
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Ganondorf: Do you even know what an amulet is?
Link: Of course I do! I eat amulets sometimes. I like ones with cheese and onions!
Zelda: Link, those are omlettes.
Link: Oh. Then I got nothing.
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Rauru: Did you just refer to a knife as a... people-opener?
Link: Mayhaps...
Link: Should I not have?
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Cassie: *reading a letter*
Gregory: Well, what does it say?
Cassie: It's a confession letter. It turns out Mimic killed my pet rock.
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Gregory: The results are in. I'm afraid you have updog.
Riju: What's updog?
Gregory: Tulin, Link, get in here! I told you I could do it!
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Gregory: Never gonna make you cry!
Tulin: Never gonna say goodbye!
Link: Never gonna tell a lie-
Roxanne: I will hurt you.
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Link: My pockets jingle with stolen buttons from Hot Topic. I literally cannot stop stealing those buttons. I don't feel like paying three dollars for a piece of tin with pusheen on it, but I do feel like a heist.
Ganondorf: This feels like the kind of thing you overhear when the person next to you on the bus is having a very heated phone call.
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Tulin: A spoon is just a small bowl on a stick that you use to eat from a larger bowl.
Riju: Why do you say these things?
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Sonia: Does anyone have any sunscreen?
Link: No, I don't like the way it tastes.
Rauru: Wait, you eat sunscreen?
Link: No, why would I eat it if I don't like the way it tastes?
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Link: I'm bored.
Gregory: Wanna start chaos for no reason?
Link: I thought you'd never ask.
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asterouslyaesthetic · 9 months
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do you think the gym leaders+steven all text norman to let him know how his kid is doing
because norman is the only one with a kid among the gym leaders. wattson's got a niece but she lives outside of hoenn and drake from the elite four has grandkids but like he's not a gym leader
and it's just a way to bond with norman since he clearly loves his family and the only time he gets soft is thinking of them
like roxanne gets beaten by a lvl15 mudkip and nothing else, and when she asks why, the kid is like, "actually, i want to be a water type only trainer so that i can also be a gym leader"
she lets wallace know in the group chat that he has competition
steven casually drops the fact that his kid beat up a few team magma grunts and his dad is apparently very fond of norman's kid now to one of the others and it spreads like wildfire
brawly says that his kid's been camping out for like the past three days, trying to fish for a tentacool, and then they show up to battle with like 20 potions and their tentacool as their ace
wallace pipes in briefly to tell norman that he and his wife should turn on a specific channel and watch it together.
afterwards, norman jokes that his kid really is gunning for wallace's spot and thanks him for letting him see their kid branching out. wallace starts commenting more on them because lisia tells him a lot and he's kind of happy his niece has a good friend she can hang out with
wattson happily tells him about he caught them giving pointers to wally and how they gave their marshtomp bulldoze specifically for this match and won by the skin of their teeth
and also how they nearly got into a fight with the guy who gives advice because he was like "you can't fight with water types in an electric gym!"
flannery is oddly quiet when they come to town and that is because they end up befriending each other because they WANT to be a gym leader but they know they have to live up to their dad while flannery's already trying to live up to the sort of reputation one should have
all she says is "it's a secret"
norman shares a picture of him, his wife, and their kid at a restaurant he found specifically because they like that sort of food. in it, tentacool has evolved and they now corphish and surskit and a togepi
the togepi belongs to his wife now but he mentions that it makes for a great excuse for his kid to come home more often
steven says something about how they're very passionate and when prompted to speak more about the topic, he says they nearly fought with kecleon because it was preventing them from going into the gym
winona is grateful that they asked the kecleon to go away. she's the one who has the least amount of conversation with them but she does note them trying to convince gyarados to fly, then begrudgingly resigning themselves to being a land and water dweller
(steven has to laugh at that when wallace tells him.
he never says why but when he comes back from his travels, he has a swanna for them)
the twins hear about the kid being in town but the first time they meet is at the department store while they're arguing with a kid about the last slakoth plush. they pull the "my dad is a gym leader" card and when that fails, they end up resorting to a pokemon battle
everyone floods the chat with questions after the team magma/team aqua incident. norman shuts down the gym for a bit to be there for his kid and also do gym leader stuff and the only time the kid shows up on tv is a few days later when they're trying to get to the gym and a reporter stops them
they very confidently say they can be champion, but only if they can make it past through the reporter because they need their eighth badge
norman is SO proud
for wallace, he mentions how the first thing they say after beating him is asking him where he got his milotic from. they're actually extremely mad that they couldn't find any feebas and they didn't actually want to battle him without one but they also just want to head onto victory road
this actually jogs a memory of norman's, where he remembers that he took the family to petalburg before he moved to show them littleroot and just spend time with them while they're still in johto
and on one of the screens is wallace and milotic, and after that, the three of them decide to take some time to watch one of his contests on tv, which spurs a family tradition and the declaration that they will also have a milotic
he promised to get a feebas for them, but they turned him down so he kinda regrets not pushing it a bit more
so he like talks to his kid and they basically confirm his suspicions
milotic = happy memories so my own milotic = more happy memories and since i want to be a gym leader like my old man = water types only
it's all very wholesome
norman can't stay away from petalburg much longer and his kid doesn't want him to watch the matches because they're afraid of an ungraceful showing, but they do promise to send a photo with steven after the match and verbal confirmation from the latter that they won
also norman's kid just looks up to their dad so much, like the coolest person ever, and once they become champion, they go to him for advice on pokemon—it's a running joke in the family that it should be the other way around since they're the youngest champion in hoenn
as for the feebas, someone from the weather institute finds out that they want one so they call norman to tell his kid this secret for a guaranteed feebas
the next beauty master rank has people making the spiderman meme because wallace also enters with a milotic. he wins the battle, but they win the day because their parents come to watch them and they spend the entire day together
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aces-fav-husband · 1 year
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Straw Hat Pirates Halloween/Autumn Headcanons!
Tags: SFW, GN! reader, can be read as platonic or romantic (minus Chopper’s part, which is purely platonic), literally just what the title says.
Warnings: None!
A/N: Happy Halloween! I think I wrote a lot more for Franky and Robin than I did for anyone else, but please enjoy my silly little headcanons. <3
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Luffy
This boy loves everything about Halloween. It’s easily his favorite time of the year.
Him, Sabo, and Ace would work on their costumes for days on end, using whatever they could scavenge up in Grey Terminal, Dadan’s shack, and random shit they found in the woods.
Absolutely went as Shanks at least once.
Makino would always insist on making costumes for the three of them, but would always get turned down. This was something the brothers bonded (and competed) over and they wanted to do it without help.
If she finds their costumes, though, she will do her best to touch up their shoddy stitching while they were away.
Luffy, Ace, and Sabo have definitely tried to trick-or-treat in High Town to get the best candy. It’s the perfect time to sneak in- no one would question a couple of little kids running around in masks and shitty costumes, right? It’s just part of the spooky Halloween aesthetic, isn’t it?
Yeah, they stood out like sore thumbs among all the store-bought, clean, not-spooky costumes.
Luffy still makes his own costumes every year, and he has the weirdest and most poorly-made costumes you’ve ever seen. He puts in a ton of effort, though. Every costume is made with his own blood, sweat, and tears, and he takes a lot of pride in them.
“What are you supposed to be, Luffy?”
“Isn’t it obvious?”
It isn’t. He’s supposed to be a vampire, but looks more like a starved, mangy gorilla.
He throws a mandatory costume party on the Thousand Sunny every Halloween. There is no getting out of it. If you try to get out of it, Luffy will whine your ears off until you agree and then drag you back to his room so you can help him with his costume.
He still sucks at sewing.
Help him make his costume and he will love you forever. He’ll try to help you with your costume in return, of course.
If you bought a costume, he’ll try to “upgrade” it. How he thought werewolf fur would be an upgrade to what was supposed to be an angel costume, you had no idea. It’s the thought that counts, I guess.
He also eats all the candy and sweets Sanji prepares. Sanji has to prepare extra batches in secret just so you and the rest of the crew can eat.
Knocks himself out pretty quickly, though. He parties hard and crashes even harder after all that sugar. Will fall asleep on you and get clingy.
I feel like his favorite Halloween treat would be caramel apples, especially if Sanji goes the extra mile to make them Halloween-themed. A caramel apple that looks like meat on the bone, completed with some “scary” blood (red food dye), is something he will go insane for.
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Zoro
Zoro also loves Halloween, but for all the wrong reasons.
Any holiday used as an excuse to drink sake, and Halloween is no exception. This man gets absolutely plastered during Luffy’s party.
You will have to pry the bottle of sake out of his cold, dead hands after his liver fails.
Chopper is so concerned. Please babysit Zoro so he doesn’t actually die.
This mf cannot be trusted around kids during Halloween. If the Sunny is docked at some random island, he’ll find a way to sneak off (probably intending to buy more sake) and end up terrorizing the trick-or-treaters. Will scare the shit out of them and laugh.
Will scare the shit out of you and laugh.
No one is safe, except for Chopper (unless he’s really drunk).
Tells super shitty scary stories.
For the love of god, don’t let Zoro leave the ship. You will not be able to find him for the rest of the night. Don’t let him go alone, at least.
If you go with him, good luck.
If there’s some sort of haunted house close by, you guys will end up going in there.
Huge plus if you scare easily. He feels strong and dependable when you cling onto him. And he’ll poke fun at you for getting startled by the jump scares.
If you don’t scare easily, then you can both make fun of the shitty jump scares.
Zoro puts in no effort when it comes to his costume. Either buys a really shitty mask from the store or goes crazy with the fake blood. Sometimes both.
Always incorporates his swords into his costumes, too.
“What are you, Zoro?”
“A zombie swordsman.”
“All you did was put fake blood on your old clothes, though.”
“And?”
Compare him to a used menstrual product and he’ll kill you. Possibly already got into a fight with Sanji over that.
He’s probably one of the last people awake, even if he is extremely drunk. You’ll have to drag him to bed while he mutters nonsense.
His hangover the next day is horrible. He will not be able to do anything. Either tries to sleep it off or complains about it endlessly. He wants you to stay with him in both circumstances.
Zoro isn’t a big fan of sweets, so I don’t think he has a favorite Halloween treat.
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Nami
Nami loves all things autumn, Halloween included! Just not the scary shit.
Hay rides, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, apple orchards, fall festivals- she loves it all (except for carving pumpkins because they smell like ass). If she gets the chance to go to any of those, she will take it and drag you along with her.
Will also drag you along with her when she goes shopping. Although that activity isn’t a fall-exclusive one, she still loves it. Will try to get you to buy a matching outfit.
Also makes Sanji get pumpkin spice as soon as it starts being sold again. In a modern AU, she would get that Starbucks pumpkin spice shit all the time.
She loves baking. Bakes an excessive amount of pies and cookies and pumpkin breads (just another reason for Luffy to love autumn).
Bellemere absolutely went all out during Halloween/autumn for Nami and Nojiko (to the best of her ability), so October is a super nostalgic and a slightly melancholy time for her. Especially since she couldn’t celebrate for a long time because of Arlong.
She wants to spend as much time with you and the rest of the crew as she can and go all out with decorations. Will absolutely talk about old memories of hers if you give her the chance.
But onto the actual Halloween headcanons.
Nami would take you to go costume shopping with her, but would buy it behind your back and keep her costume a secret up until the night of Luffy’s party. Her and Usopp would try to do a group costume theme, likely dragging you and Chopper into it while they’re at it.
Either works perfectly or everyone’s theme ideas are too different, so you scrap the plan.
You know that one quote from Mean Girls?
“In Girl World, Halloween is the one day a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut and no other girls can say anything else about it."
This 100% applies to Nami. She will pull out the sluttiest costume you’ve ever seen.
Like… you’ve seen lingerie that covers more skin.
“Is this supposed to be your costume..?”
“Obviously. I’m a cat- didn’t you see the ears?”
She’s just wearing lingerie with a cat ear headband.
Loves Luffy’s mandatory costume party. She’s the one that decorates for it, helps Sanji with the food, and plans out all the activities. She wants everyone to have as much fun as possible, so there are lots of party games and themed sweets.
Will get into a drinking competition with Zoro if you and the crew place bets on them. She’d do it for some extra cash.
Will get fucked up and you’ll have to send her to bed early, but she’ll have no regrets (if she won). All smiles and happy that she got to spend the night with the people she loves.
I feel like her favorite Halloween treat would be fruit flavored gummies, but her favorite fall treat would be peach and berry cobbler. She also hates candy corn.
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Usopp
Similar to Nami, Usopp loves autumn and all the festivities that come with it, but he lowkey hates Halloween.
Like, he enjoys the pumpkin carvings and the costume making, but he hates all the scary stuff that comes with a holiday like Halloween. Haunted houses? Spooky decor? Monsters? No thank you. He could barely handle Brook.
A victim of Zoro’s scares. </3
Will get upset with you if you purposefully scare him or set him up to be scared. Be nice to him please.
Swamps himself with personal projects for October. You’re always invited to hang out with him in his workshop as he distracts himself with his creations (and hides from Zoro).
Make sure you drag him out every now and then to do non-spooky activities. I suggest a petting zoo or some sort of farm. Maybe a nice hike to take in the beautiful scenery.
Absolutely loves bonfires and making s’mores. Just don’t tell any scary stories, okay? His heart can’t handle that.
He also loves autumn candles, cinnamon brooms, and scented pinecones. Him and his workshop smell so goddamn good.
This man is the king of carving/painting pumpkins. He makes the coolest designs every year and he has a lot of pride in that. He wins any competition having to do with aesthetics. He always harvests the seeds for Sanji to roast.
He makes the autumn decorations for Nami. Wreathes, cute scarecrows, little paper leaves to string up around the Sunny- that kind of stuff.
Also this man totally crochets and knits shit for you and everyone else on the crew. Expect a sweater when it starts getting cold.
Him and Robin work together to make Chopper’s costume. With the two of them collaborating, they make literal art for the reindeer. Will make you a costume if you ask.
Obviously makes his own costume. He’ll go as less scary versions of classic monsters or heroes from whatever comic books he finds in the New World. Asks for your input when he hits mental roadblocks.
“Hey (Name), do you think my costume would look better if I added this to it?”
Shows up fashionably late to Luffy’s party. Which is completely intentional and not because he started questioning some of his design choices for his costume and had to make some last minute changes.
Spends a lot of the night eating and dancing.
Is super proud of himself when he wins a game and gets smug about it.
He knocks himself out pretty early, but not as early as Chopper. Wakes up glad that Halloween is finally over and still feels some residual pride after winning.
Usopp’s favorite Halloween treats are pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. He’s festive like that. Keeps a jar of them in his workshop so he can snack while he works.
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Sanji
Sanji did not give a shit about Halloween for the longest time. He couldn’t really celebrate it with his family (“you’re above that”) or on the Baratie, so Halloween was just another day for him.
That is, until he found out about slutty costumes.
Now he goes crazy for Halloween every year.
Other than that, he doesn’t really have any interest in the holiday.
He is, however, very interested in the farmers markets that always pop up at this time.
He’ll invite you to go with him and help him pick out the best seasonal ingredients.
Corn, apples, potatoes, squashes, sweet potatoes, eggplants. Also snags some spices so he can make a pumpkin spice blend for Nami.
Like this mf gets everything. You struggle to keep up with him as he explains what dishes he’s going to make with all the produce.
Would also go apple/berry picking with you. He finds the ripest, sweetest fruits ever.
Him and Nami exchange new dessert recipes all the time.
The kitchen has seasonal decorations, but nothing flammable and nothing close to the stove/oven. (Luffy tried to hang one of Usopp’s wreaths above the stove and almost caused a fire.)
Doesn’t really give a shit about his own costume, but he always looks really good in whatever he picks.
He goes for simple costumes that don’t heavily alter his appearance. Think butlers, vampires, devils, cowboys, etc.
He does buy a ton of accessories for his costumes, though.
“Do you really need this for your costume?”
Yes he does.
Spends all day working on the food for Luffy’s party, with the help of Nami and you. Super spent at the end of it, but very proud and happy.
Makes the food Halloween themed and tries to give it some nutritional value.
He also makes actual food and snacks and not just desserts/candies.
Sanji definitely wasn’t the biggest fan of the Halloween party at first, but it very quickly grew on him (totally not because of the sexy costumes).
Absolutely shits on Zoro for the insane amount of fake blood he uses on his costume. Zoro shits on him for picking a boring costume.
He has a ton of fun at the party though.
Doesn’t get as wasted as Zoro, but does drink.
Drunk Sanji is super funny tbh. Cracks some really funny jokes and manages to tell some really good stories.
Is complete ass at some of the games, but he doesn’t care. He can have fun without winning.
Another person who goes to sleep kinda early.
Sanji’s favorite Halloween treat would be chocolate covered pretzels, maybe peanut brittle. He loves the combination of salty and sweet. I also feel like he would enjoy black licorice.
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Chopper
Chopper had never heard of Halloween. Well, he’s heard of it, but never really knew what it was.
Whenever he and Dr. Kureha traveled around Drum to help people in October, it was all the children talked about.
Dr. Kureha would always brush him off when he asked about it, saying that it wasn’t anything he should preoccupy himself with (she didn’t want him to get hurt again).
But once that he’s with the Straw Hats and they explain the concept to him? He goes fucking crazy for it now.
Not for the horror aspect of it, but he adores the costumes and the trick-or-treating.
This mf also goes crazy for fall festivals.
When you finally stop at an island that has a fall festival, Chopper practically drags you off the Sunny to go.
Agua frescas, funnel cakes, donuts, cookies, fried chocolate bars, huge ice cream cones, cotton candy, milkshakes, etc. He loves all the shit that you can eat/drink there as long as it’s sweet.
Ends up getting a bad stomach ache though.
Gets kinda frustrated and sad when he struggles to win any prizes.
You have to explain to him that the games at the festival aren’t meant for you to win and he gets mad at the people running the games for scamming.
You finally win (or steal) a massive stuffed animal for him and he loves it. He shows it off to everyone when you finally get back to the Sunny.
He is in awe of the color of the leaves. They’re just so pretty and he’s never seen anything like it.
He likes stepping on the super crunchy ones.
That gives you the idea to make a massive pile of leaves for him to play in.
He loves it. Makes leaf-angels, throws leaves everywhere, buries himself.
He invites you to play with him and you both have a blast.
He never has to worry about his costume, since Robin and Usopp always make it for him.
His costumes are always adorable, even if he’s supposed to be a monster or something spooky.
“Your costume is so cute, Chopper! Are you a bat?”
“It’s supposed to be scary!”
Him and Luffy party so hard on Halloween night.
Eats almost as much candy as Luffy and passes out in a similar way.
Dances with you and plays as many games as he can before the sugar crash takes him out.
You have to carry him back to his bed before he falls asleep on the floor. He has a smile on his face and thanks you for making everything extra fun.
Chopper’s favorite Halloween candy would be candy corn and those pumpkin-shaped sugar cookies.
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Robin
As a kid, Robin used to love Halloween and go all out for it.
All the archeologists would decorate the library inside the Tree of Knowledge with things like fake spider webs, paper ghosts, and small pumpkins to make it fun for Robin.
She always had the cutest costumes. She would dress up as her favorite book characters or archeologists she looked up to.
She wanted to stay inside and continue studying, but the professors managed to convince her to go outside and be a kid.
Would share her candy with Professor Clover and everyone else and end up passing out at the library.
She has not celebrated Halloween once since the fall of Ohara.
Not because she didn’t want to, but because she couldn’t. She either couldn’t go out without fear of being recognized or whoever she was working under at the time wouldn’t let her.
Fast forward and she’s with you and the Straw Hats. She’s finally able to celebrate it again and she is lowkey excited.
Reads scary stories and gothic novels all October to get herself into the spooky mood.
She’ll invite you to sit next to her by the campfire as she tells everyone the most horrific scary story you have ever heard. Usopp dies inside.
Her morbid sense of humor really comes out at this time of the year, which is occasionally directed towards Brook.
If there’s a haunted house/hay ride, scary maze, escape room, or anything else like that, Robin will going and will be taking you with her.
Chuckles if you get scared and tries to warn you when there’s an upcoming jumpscare (she can see them coming from a mile away).
Out of all of the scary activities, escape rooms are her favorite. The majority of the time she can figure them out easily, but once every blue moon, there’s an escape room that requires more effort than usual.
Always let’s you help out with the puzzles. Escape rooms are really boring if only one person is doing all the work. She wants it to be fun for both of you, not just her.
Bonus points if you both are actively being chased/hunted while in the escape room. The added tension is so exciting for her, even if it isn’t particularly scary.
She would also love petting zoos. Her favorite animals are the goats. They’re just so goofy and she can’t help but love them.
Robin makes her own costumes and they are always beautiful.
Definitely goes for a classic gothic vampire for her first Halloween with you and the Straw Hats.
Goes the extra mile with accessories.
“Wow, Robin, your costume is gorgeous! I love the fake bone jewelry.”
“Thank you, but these are real.”
You can’t tell if she’s serious or if it’s her sense of humor.
In a modern AU, she would try to get you, Franky, and Chopper to all go as the Addams Family. Chopper is Pugsley and you and Franky have to fight over who’s going to be Gomez and Wednesday. Robin serves cunt as Morticia.
She’s always the first one to show up for the Halloween party.
Wins quite a few of the party games that Nami set up, much to Usopp’s chagrin. She lets him win a few to boost his ego.
Takes you to dance with her when Brook plays slower songs, listening to you talk about whatever you’ve been up to leading up to the party.
Drinks a lot of red wine, but doesn’t get plastered like Nami and Zoro. Looks elegant as hell while she’s drinking in her costume.
She’s the last one to go to bed. If you stay up with her, she’ll tell you a little about her past Halloweens and forgotten traditions.
Robin’s favorite Halloween treat is sour gummy worms. She loves sour candies and the fact that they resemble worms makes them perfect for Halloween.
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Franky
Franky fucking loves Halloween. Always has, always will. If Halloween has 1,000,000 fans, Franky is one of them. If Halloween has 1,000 fans, Franky is one of them. If Halloween has 1 fan, it’s Franky.
Loved going Trick-or-Treating with Tom, Kokoro, and Iceburg. Halloween was something they all loved and they celebrated it with gusto.
He still competed with Iceburg, though. Who had the better costume? Who got the most candy? Who could finish their work in time to go Trick-or-Treating?
Iceburg usually took that last one.
But the sentiment carried over after Tom’s death and Franky grew up.
The Halloween parties that the Franky Family would throw were insane. Nobody outside of the Family was invited, but tons of people turn up anyway.
Like, Franky knows how to throw a party. Tons of food, booze, and cola were present, along with good company. These guys would go crazy for hours.
No one in Water 7 gets sleep on Halloween because the Family will be blasting music into the early hours of the morning.
He is always so hyped for Luffy’s Halloween party. He will talk your ears off about all his plans for October and the party.
He loves going apple picking. There’s something so very therapeutic about being in the orchard and finding the best apples with you.
He makes his own homemade cider with the apples you both picked, which is pretty damn good.
He’s also a sucker for cookouts. Sanji usually handles all the cooking, but Franky will be on the grill. Don’t argue with him.
It isn’t on par with what Sanji makes, but he puts his heart into those hotdogs and burgers.
Makes a really good steak, too. Once again, not Sanji-levels of good, but the man knows his way around a grill.
Would go into shock if you asked him for a well done steak. Why would you do that to a perfectly good piece of meat?!
Always helps to set up for the bonfires.
Makes the most s’mores. He always sets the marshmallows on fire, though. He claims that charred marshmallows are the best.
You can hear the crispness of the poor mallow as he bites into it. That mf is fossilized.
Builds animatronics for the party and they are the coolest things ever. They look so realistic and scary and they’re amazing.
Modern AU Franky would recreate FNAF as per Luffy’s request. The Bite of ‘87 will happen.
Franky also makes his own costumes.
Well, he makes the accessories. He has to buy the clothing part of it. It’s not that he can’t sew- he can -it’s just that he sucks at making clothes.
He prefers to go as traditional monsters like Frankenstein, werewolves, ghosts, etc.
He also will put on Halloween makeup. Will gladly let you apply it for him if you’re good with makeup.
One of the only times he will put on pants is if he’s wearing a costume. Even then, he tries to think of ways to still achieve the look he’s going for without wearing them.
He loves matching/themed costumes. If you match with him, it’ll make his year. He gets so happy and excited.
“We look super good, (Name)!”
Goes so hard during Luffy’s party. He has been looking forward to it for weeks and he is not afraid to let the world know that.
He drinks a ton of his homemade cider and cracks a bunch of jokes.
Loves everything about the party. He wants to do everything he possibly can.
He’s the first to start dancing and convinces you and your crewmates to get out onto the dance floor with him.
He’s really good at dancing tbh. Dancing with him is a blast.
Gets wiped out after a while and has to sit down and recharge with a cola. There’s a 50/50 chance that he will end up falling asleep before he can get to the cola.
Franky doesn’t really have a favorite Halloween treat, but he loves anything homemade. He destroys all of Nami and Sanji’s baked goods. If you make him something, he will gladly eat it and tell you it was super delicious.
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Brook
Brook feels pretty neutral about Halloween. He hasn’t celebrated it since he was a kid and doesn’t have much interest in celebrating it now (unless partying is involved).
His favorite part about this Halloween is that no one bats an eye at him being a skeleton. And that he gets to make 10x more skeleton jokes than usual.
(And the sexy costumes.)
He loves autumn, though! His first autumn outside of the Florian Triangle makes him really emotional.
Gets pretty melancholy when he thinks about how much of his life that he missed, but is very grateful to be alive in that moment.
If you really like Halloween, he will gladly participate in Halloween activities with you.
He’s not a huge fan of haunted houses or corn mazes.
He has gone to haunted houses with you before and he ends up scaring the actors when they realize he’s a real skeleton.
He has to turn down multiple job offers.
He really likes pumpkin patches and fall festivals, though!
They’re so lively and colorful and they make him feel happy to be alive. Especially seeing how excited the other people (and you) are to be there.
Speaking of colorful, he loves going on nature walks and taking in the color of the leaves changing. He’ll collect any leaves that he thinks are especially pretty and show them to you.
Being out in the wild with all the natural beauty inspires him.
He writes multiple songs while he’s out there. The majority of them are rock and roll, but there are some more classical songs mixed in there.
You’re the first one to listen to all his new songs.
He’ll whip out his old fiddle and play hauntingly beautiful music, then switch to his guitar and put on a Soul King performance.
He also loves walking around and looking at all the Halloween decorations with you. Brook loves seeing people be passionate about things, even if it’s something he doesn’t have much interest in.
When it comes to costumes, he usually just buys something related to the dead/undead.
Ghosts, zombies, the Headless Horseman- that kinda stuff.
You could throw a white sheet over him and recreate that one Spongebob Halloween special.
BUT, if he finds a really good silicone mask that looks mostly human, he will wear it for shits and giggles.
“I’m just bones underneath! Yohohohoho!”
Thinks that it’s peak humor.
He always parties hard and Luffy’s Halloween party is no exception.
He’ll bust out the new rock songs he wrote earlier that month and preform them for everyone.
Drinks a lot of booze and gets wasted.
Also gets a lot more vulgar.
But he keeps the mood lighthearted and cracks just as many jokes as Franky.
At some point does stand up comedy when he gets drunk enough.
It’s not bad.
Ends off the night with one final song before heading to bed.
Brook would say that his favorite Halloween treat is candy bones, but it’s really anything with peanut butter.
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Jinbe
Jinbe is also really neutral about Halloween. 
It isn’t really celebrated by anyone in the Fishman District, excluding a few young children who were fascinated by human culture.
It is celebrated in Ryugu, though.
When he first returned to Fishman Island, he was asked to participate in some of the Halloween activities.
He gave out either the best or the worst candy and didn’t dress up for it.
He doesn’t know what the point of Halloween is.
Doesn’t really get the appeal of the horror aspect of it, either. Why would you intentionally scare yourself?
He’ll still go with you to haunted houses and listen to you talk about anything horror-related, of course.
He prefers the Trick-or-Treating and costume aspects of the holiday. It’s kinda strange but cute.
Since this is his first time celebrating Halloween with you and the Straw Hats, you have to explain a few of the traditions to him.
In exchange, he shares some of the Fishman Island traditions with you.
Pumpkin carving/painting becomes a favorite activity of his quickly. Not only is it fun, but he likes the idea behind it.
He likes the outdoor activities, like picking out pumpkins at the pumpkin patch and bonfires.
Jinbe tells the best bonfire stories ever. They aren’t scary (that’s Robin’s job), but they are super entertaining and funny.
He sets a few marshmallows on fire, but not intentionally. Eventually he gets the hang of it and roasts golden brown marshmallows every time.
He gives them to you, Chopper, and Luffy since he isn’t the biggest on sweets.
He also likes going to the fall festival with everyone.
He goes on a few of the rides with you, but they aren’t his favorite things in the world. He prefers the games.
He is godly at carnival games. There isn’t a game that he can’t win.
When it comes to costumes, Jinbe doesn’t put much effort into them.
He usually just throws something together with whatever’s in his closet.
Doesn’t overdo it with accessories either.
Tbh he doesn’t know what he’s going for, he’s just throwing shit on that’s vaguely Halloween-esque.
“What are you, Jinbe?”
It’s whatever you think it is. You gotta use your imagination.
He participates in all the party activities, but he spends most of his time drinking with Zoro and talking to you about life.
He will start dancing once Franky gets on the floor. He’s a good dancer tbh.
He participates in a few of the games and activities at your request, but usually sits out.
Wins any card games.
He makes sure everyone is where they’re supposed to be and alive before he goes to his room.
Thanks you for a fun night before he goes to sleep.
Jinbe’s favorite Halloween treat isn’t much of a “treat”- it’s pumpkin soup. He likes how smooth it is and loves the taste of pumpkin.
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hiii congratulations on 100 followers u deserve each one and more <33
i was gonna reques #34 from fluff #19 from e2l and #8 from actions for beomgyu
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genre. fluff. one-sided love to ??? warnings. kissing. pairing. beomgyu x fem!reader. wc. 2k. a/n. omg hi!! tysm for requesting this idea was so cute!!
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Beomgyu was acting strange recently, at least to you. For the 5 years that you’d had an embarrassingly big crush on him, he had never liked you back. He thought you were annoying actually, and you couldn’t blame him for it. He wasn’t really rude or mean to you, but he certainly wasn’t friendly. He made it very clear in 7th grade that he didn’t like you and you were forced to accept that for the next few years.
Senior year. Prom season. The school was bustling with excitement, but you barely noticed. You were busy spying on Beomgyu. You hadn’t been this obvious with your feelings towards him since that 7th grade year where he rejected you. You were watching his every move, trying to see if you were being absurd or if your theory might actually be correct.
He had invited you to eat lunch with him and his friends on Monday— just you. No one else. On Tuesday you swore you caught his eyes staring at you all throughout the day. On Wednesday, he not only said you looked pretty (which left you stunned for the next 2 hours, and you still weren’t properly recovered from it) but he also brushed hands with you not once, not twice, but three times. At that point it had to be intentional, right?
You weren’t oblivious. You knew when someone liked you. You had predicted it when that one guy in your freshman year class had asked you out, and again in sophomore. But with Beomgyu you needed to be hesitant. You needed to make sure he actually liked you before you did something embarrassing or stupid that you would regret for the rest of your life.
Here you were, 2 days before prom, lurking by the gym door to catch a glimpse of Beomgyu playing basketball with his team. You were trying to be discreet, but you were failing miserably. Your head was completely visible from inside the gym unlike 5 minutes before when you kept yourself to just spying through the window. 
You had to stop yourself from clapping whenever Beomgyu scored a goal, and your cheeks were hot throughout because he looked amazing playing basketball. 
All at once, your plan to spy secretly failed. Beomgyu’s eyes glanced towards the door. They widened upon seeing your face. Blush crept onto his cheek, he stumbled, losing control of the ball, and falling to the ground with a crash. You winced with him as you watched him fall. That must have hurt.
Kai started laughing, Taehyun turned to you with a questioning glance, Jeongin went to check up on Beomgyu, and the rest of the team called to a halt as well. You rushed to Beomgyu, joining Jeongin as he helped him up.
“How bad is it?” Jeongin laughed, not looking concerned at all. 
Beomgyu shrugged and turned to you, “Can you walk with me to the nurse’s office, y/n?” 
“Of course- I can do that.” You felt like the only one remotely concerned about Beomgyu’s fall. All the other players were laughing or grinning like fools as they watched their ace player leave the gym with a girl. 
Once you were out of sight of the gym door, Beomgyu grabbed your hand. You glanced over at his face but he was looking away with a small smile.
“Do you need to hold my hand for support or something?” You asked once you left the gym and he was still clutching onto your hand firmly, “You look like you’re walking just fine.” You added.
He shook his head, “Nope, just wanted to hold it.” 
Your cheeks grew hot again at his comment. What was up with him? Why the sudden change of attitude towards you?
You reached the infirmary and Beomgyu sat on one of the beds, a smile on his face. You were confused since he didn’t look like he was in any pain at all.
“Does it hurt?” You knelt down to inspect his ankle, but it looked fine.
“I’ve experienced worse. I don’t even think it’ll swell.” He hummed, looking around as a distraction. He sighed, gathering his courage before opening his mouth again, “Do you have a date to prom, y/n?”
You looked up at him and shook your head, “I don’t even know if I’m going to go. People have asked me to be their date, but I turned them down.”
“What about me?” He asked, holding contact with your eyes as you sat down next to him on the bed. You furrowed your brows as you heard his question.
“What about you?”
“Would you turn me down?”
“Are you asking me out right now?” You laughed, so sure that his answer would be no and that you were way off.
“Yes. Will you go to prom with me?” Looks like you were wrong.
“Yeah…” You breathed, “I’ll go.” Theory proven.
//
You were full of nerves the entire time you waited for Beomgyu to pick you up: your hands were sweating, your heart was racing, and you were super conscious about how you looked. You had tried to make sure you looked your best for today. You curled your hair, adorned a silvery gown that was flowy and pretty, and did some light makeup which was a rare occurrence for you.
When you opened the door revealing Beomgyu in a stunning suit and styled hair, corsage and bouquet in hand, your heart almost burst. He smiled one gorgeous, heart-fluttering smile and stepped inside slightly.
“You got me flowers?” Was the first thing that left your mouth. You were too caught up in the moment to think of anything else to say, and formal hello’s had completely slipped your mind.
“I did.” Beomgyu grinned, slipping the corsage onto your wrist as well before taking your hand, “Shall we go?”
He led you to a limousine that he had apparently “rented out just for this occasion cause I wanted it to be memorable”. You wanted to stop him right there and tell him that even going to prom with him was already going to be the most memorable event in your high school years, but you held your tongue.
The car ride was long, thanks to you living on the other side of town as your school, but it offered you an opportunity to talk to Beomgyu before you two were crowded with your fellow students.
“This feels unreal… me going to prom with my crush of 5 years.” You told him nervously, his hand still holding yours because he refused to let go.
“I still remember when you told me you liked me back when we were 13…” He turned to you, a small smile on his lips as he remembered your chaotic middle school years together.
“What changed from them? You rejected me pretty harshly back then— I was devastated for weeks.” You laughed.
“That’s something I was trying to figure out as well, actually. Yeonjun asked me if I had a date to prom a couple weeks ago. And I had said I hadn’t even thought of who to ask… And then my mind went straight to you.” You blushed slightly, listening to Beomgyu explain everything intently. 
“It was like you were the only person I could think of. I couldn’t imagine going to prom with anyone other than you. I guess I always assumed you would like me forever, but I never kept track of when I started liking you back. Wait, it must have been…” He closed his eyes, calculating his estimation of ‘started to like y/n’ date, “Almost 3 years ago?”
“I didn’t expect it to be that long.” You grinned, feeling a self-satisfaction from hearing all of this.
“Obviously I like you now. A lot. But back when we were 13, I wanted you to move back to Busan so badly. All I can remember thinking was ‘why is this annoying city girl suddenly here in Daegu, and why does she like me so much?!’” He laughed at his past absurdity, squeezing your hand slightly.
“You crash landed in my life. You made everything miserable, and awful, and beautiful, and lovely, and exciting at the same time.” He admitted, and you would never have imagined hearing such a cheesy line from Beomgyu, especially a cheesy line meant for you.
“I think you just made me like you ten times more by telling me all of that.” You murmured, fighting back a smile as you saw Beomgyu blush because of your words.
When you got to the school it was packed with students in fancy attire. You and Beomgyu blended in quite easily and even though you had agreed to meet up with Jeongin as soon as you got there, you two couldn’t find him until half an hour later. You mostly just ate the food provided and looked at other peoples’ outfits, giving them a rating out of 10 as you saw fit. Being with Beomgyu made any activity much more enjoyable, you realised, and you found yourself wanting to relive tonight over and over again. 
When a softer song came on towards the end of the night, Beomgyu took the opportunity to pull you onto the dancefloor like dozens of other couples were. You shied away at first, feeling conscientious. You always felt like slow dancing was awkward in movies, and you were scared to try it out yourself in case you messed something up and embarrassed yourself.
But Beomgyu was having none of your shyness. He took your hands and gently but firmly placed them on his shoulders in the correct positions. His hands found their place on your waist soon after, and you had no choice but to try your best and follow Beomgyu’s lead. 
It wasn’t as bad as you thought it would be, and it was surprisingly hard to mess up slow dancing. The close proximity to Beomgyu was still making you nervous, though. You wanted to kiss him badly. 
It seemed like Beomgyu was having the same thoughts as you. You saw him lean in slightly, lips hovering over yours before he hesitated and pulled away. You looked at his face, questioning slightly but he just looked embarrassed. You glanced around the room, suddenly feeling a bit suffocating with all the teenagers in close proximity. You held Beomgyu’s wrist and headed for the door.
“It was pretty claustrophobic in there…” You said quietly, finding a place to sit outside the school where there was privacy and a fresh night breeze. 
“I wanted to kiss you.” Beomgyu spoke. You looked up, cheeks pink as he admitted it.
“Why didn’t-”
“But I didn’t want it to be in there cause… I wanted our first kiss to be more special. Having it in the school gym surrounded by a bunch of graduates seemed less than ideal.” He concluded, looking back at you with a small grin.
“Oh.” You nodded, looking up at the clouds and dark sky. The stars were twinkling slightly and the moon shone through the mist of clouds like a spotlight. “We’re not surrounded by a bunch of graduates in a school gym right now.” You noted.
“True.” He leaned a bit closer, “So there’s no reason why I can’t kiss you right now, right?”
“Well first, I’d like it if you were my boyfriend before I kissed you.” 
“Okayyy…” Beomgyu huffed and smiled, “Can I be your boyfriend?” 
“If you kiss me in the next 5 seconds, then yes.” 
Beomgyu giggled and quickly pressed a kiss to your lips, pausing and then joining his lips to yours again— this time for longer. Smiles and laughter followed and you rested your forehead against his, happier than you had been in a long time.
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