T0mmy the cute blond who works at a coffee shop and pvrpl3d the hot biker who comes in every morning for a coffee (a basic vanilla latte that t0m has learned to make every morning before 9) He talks to t0mmy about his day and t0m does the same, they talk about anything and everything and find common interests. He’s memorised the constellations after the 100th time of pvrp talking about them. T0m likes to put latte art in the foam, even if it’s simple hearts or more complicated stars he hopes pvrp gets the hint. Maybe one day he’ll work up the courage to ask him out but for now he’ll settle for their morning talks over coffee and count them as unofficial “coffee dates” (even if he works at the shop).
(THEYRE MY RARE PAIR OKAY LET ME HAVE THIS I LOVE THEM VERY MUCH I NEED MORE FICS OR SHORT STORIES ABT THEMMMM)
nancy: guys, vecna got to steve!! quick, does anyone know his favorite song??
dustin, who once witnessed steve do this entire routine
in front of the tv while the bad boys music video was playing and then immediately turn around and swear him to secrecy: nancy honestly I think he’d rather just die
"Oh no, someone's attracted to the aesthetics of my -punk movement but doesn't know the praxis and history behind it like I do--"
OK. Tell them. Make it a teaching moment. Everyone who's in your movement learned the background from somewhere at some point, maybe this is that point for that person. Give them a jumping off point that they can dive into later.
"Oh but I shouldn't be responsible for teaching baby -punks about the history and the how-tos and--"
OK. Then don't tell them. You don't have to be responsible for teaching people with a budding interest in your group the ins and outs and how-tos. That's fair and valid! It can be a lot of work. Someone else will handle it
"But I'm annoyed that they would try to claim to be part of/be interested in my community without knowing all the details that I know after being in it for months/years/decades, they're dumb, they're posers, they're--"
OK. Then don't engage with them, if it's that bad. Maybe someone else will come around and tell them the history, maybe they'll pick it up on their own, maybe they'll just enjoy the fashion elements for awhile.
"But they shouldn't claim to be part of the -punk community if they don't know the--"
I feel like we have a few options here. People can either talk to them, share the history, share the values, share the praxis. Or they can just chase off anyone who even thinks about dipping a toe in their community, and then wonder why it's dying off later down the line.
I dunno, maybe I'm too naive and patient or whatever. But if people are entering your -punk spaces without knowing The Rundown of what you feel they need to know, maybe being nice about it and informing people instead of immediately assuming stupidity and malicious intent could help you make a new friend. Even the loudest voices in a space had to learn from somewhere, and not everyone has the luxury of being in the space as the History was Happening--whether it's an age thing or a not being aware of the space thing. Or maybe I just don't see what the big deal is behind people hating people who like the aesthetic of something and don't know the behind the scenes history about it yet.
Because I believe in the word 'yet.' No one comes into this world knowing everything about everything, and we're all constantly learning new things. I'm not gonna degrade someone and call them a poser for not knowing what I know. Because if it were me, interested in a scene but getting chased out and called a poser? I wouldn't hit the books and study up, I'd go 'that fuckin sucks, those people sucked' and then avoid anyone and anything having to do with it.
So chase people off and call them posers if you want. But if your community starts dwindling, don't be fucking shocked.
Actually this post DID get me thinking, about all the times Ed gives up and resigns in the show. It's a defense mechanism. We know he's a deeply feeling person. We know his emotions are strong and he will express them. These dismissive reactions are him pushing those feelings aside, not thinking about them, not acknowledging them, trying to ignore them. Trying to control them. Trying to stay on top of them.
This, of course, always catches up.
And it's making me think about how interesting the choices were in this sequence.
In particular, how the final product contrasts with the version of the script that Jes Tom posted later.
(also reading this again wrecks me wow)
In the version in the show, he is not giddy. He is not happily humming. He is calm, and he doesn't even crack a smile. And I think it's more than just acting/directing choices, it's a completely different tone. His "bye bye" in the show does not read as victorious or celebratory to me, it reads as his quick dismissal and resignation that we see several times before. This is Ed giving up a part of himself without letting himself feel what that really means.
This change feels bigger and more deliberate. Ed still doesn't know what it means to give up Blackbeard. And like all the other times he tries to quickly dismiss a feeling, I think that's still going to catch up with him.
It's such an interesting character arc and I love it and I think it's one of the strong cases for needing another season. He hasn't reconciled what it means to hold on to Blackbeard. We see him bring the leathers - this persona - back, to a degree, at the end of the season. But I don't think we've seen him actually process what that means to him. What does it mean to be Ed? Blackbeard isn't Ed, but Blackbeard is undeniably a part of Ed. And this doesn't have to be a bad thing. This can be a part of Ed that he gets to define anew. I'd love to get to see Ed reconcile this part of him, and how it fits with the person he wants to be. He doesn't have to shun this past part of himself.
Not going to finish this. I dont need to be drawing him sitting around in chairs doing nothing any more than I have already. He needs to get his ass up and go to WORK
what if joel found some old ass expired makeup and brought it back for sweet pea <3
magazine & makeup
raider!Joel x f!reader, raider master list
maybe you're flipping through an old magazine looking at women in makeup and jewelry and getting a little sad or wistful that you can't even put it on occasionally or can't know what you'd look like in some of it 🥺 he asks what's wrong and you say sometimes you wish you could look pretty and he's genuinely confused because, "you're pretty all the time, sweet pea." And you shake your head no, not because you don't believe it but because he doesn't get it, and he says "the hell ya talkin' about, you're always pretty," like almost annoyed. "C'mere." Urgently undresses you. Kisses and sucks your tits and neck and starts marking you, giving you something prettier than makeup to wear before eating you out within an inch of your life then taking you to pound town. later he sees pieces of the magazine you've torn out like shades of lipstick you might like and he gets it. Then when you're at a house together, he finds a lipstick and brings it out and tosses it to you casually the way he tosses ellie the deodorant in canon at bill and Frank's house.