#there was norma but there needed to be more

[vulpixisananimal]

(You wake up.)

(How long were you asleep? You were asleep so long you were dreaming. You were having a nightmare, more like. You were wandering around Dormont, and no matter what you'd say, everyone else would stay to The Script. Even when you saw yourself at the favor tree, all you would do is say the same stupid lines.)

(You shudder. Never again, please, never again.)

(You look to your side, someone had placed a heaping plate of food on your nightstand. Your stomache growled, so you decided to grab a bite. A quesadilla again, naturally. It was mostly cold now. That would put you at least an hour, maybe two behind schedule. It sounded busy outside, so maybe closer to midday?)

(What WAS your schedule?)

(Wake up, be sick, bump into isabeau, breakfast, explain over breakfast, clean up, prep for the day, go out and do whatever. Ramos came around at about. . . Three hours past noon. Stars, you had to plan.)

(You start to eat as you get up; your body lodging formal and VERY vocal complaints against moving. Stars, you were so hungry, you already finished your first quesadilla and needed another. And you still needed to get dressed!)

(It took a few minutes, but you were up, fed, and ready. Looking yourself over in the small mirror in your rented room, you looked. . . Looked like normal. Looked like him. Looked like you? Maybe.)

(Who were you, Loop? Who were you now? Just the friendly star? Is that all?)

(Ha. hahahhaha.)

(Curse you, Universe.)

(You head downstairs.)

". . . Hellooooo?" (Huh. There wasn't anyone around. They must have headed out or. . . Wait.)

(That noise you heared. It sounded familiar actually. You walk over to the door to the front yard and pull it open.)

(!!!!)

(Mirabelle, Bonnie, Nille, Isabeau, and Odile were all there going over battling! It looks like Isa was pretending to be a big ol scary sadness, it was, surprisngly similar to the house! You knew the script by heart too! Next Bonnie would say-)

"IF WE DO A COMBO, AND HAVE FIVE OF THE SAME SYMBOL, WE DO A 'JACKPOT SKILL!!!"'

"Exactly, Boniface. And see? We already have a combo of two right there."

(Ah right, because you weren't there to give that third hit.)

"When we get five of the same symbol, whether Rock, Paper, or Scissors, we'll be able to use a Jackpot Skill. . ."

"Only Rock, Paper, and Scissors attacks count for the Jackpot, by the way. We should be careful with how we use those skills, but we can use any other type of skill or item without breaking the combo."

"Yeah!! A combo will beat me!! Please, do a combo!"

(Hehe, because he's being a big ol sadness and not "knocked out.")

"You heared the man. Let's add three more scissors symbols to our lineup, shall we?"

(. . . Heh. Hehehehehehehe.)

(If you were going to be stuck in Stardusts little body, you will have some fun.)

"Of course M'dame!" (You say as you run past them all straight as Isabeau, leaping at him while he's still surprised. You both tumble back into the grass. You make a scissors symbol, and poke him on the nose with it.)

"!!!?!?!??!?!??!??!!?"

(Oh he looks so confused. And maybe blushing a little? Oh silly Loop~ You look over your shoulder to the rest of your companions with a cheeky smile.)

". . .Oops~"

"'HEY!!!" (Bonnie stomped the ground angry.) "CRABFACE!!! WE HAD THE MEANIE HANDLED!!!"

"L-language." (Nille was barely holding in a laugh, probably at seeing such a big guy like Isa being boddied by a twig like you.) "Good morning to you too."

(Odile chuckled and shook her head.) "Defeated in one blow. Truly, you are leagues ahead of us oh wise one."

"I was worried we were going to die, oh how strong it was!" (Mira continues.) "Bested by someone who should still be resting up!!!"

(Wuhoh.)

"A-ah, I'm doing fine! S-see?" (You say, getting off of Isabeau and sitting on the grass.) "No issue whatsoever~"

"incredible, absolutely incredible." (Odile says, she and the rest coming over.) "You're somehow a worse liar than Siffrin."

"Wh-" (You choke on your words.)

"Do they look paler than normal?" (Nille teased.) "What do you think Bonbon?"

"They look like white paint!!!"

"H-hey guys be nice!" (Isabeau FINALLY sat up.) "Loop just woke up, after all."

"Aww thank you Isabeau~" (You stretch. Huh, Loop, it was kind of nice to be known, honestly.) "And what have you all been up to since I passed out."

"Quite a bit!" (Mirabelle said, shaking her hands excitedly) "Madame Odile had an idea about your looping! And we decided to try and making easier! A-and-"

"Alright 'Bella, how about we get inside first." (Nille says, picking up her hammer.) "Gotta say, y'all really do have the whole battling thing down much better than I do."

"Oh don't worry Nille!" (Isabeau gets up.) "We were traveling for a whole year! We had lots of practice!"

"But until you catch up try to stick back with Boniface." (Odile adds.)

"Maybe I should be telling all you that~" (You joke, standing up.) "But really, I am feeling much better."

"Good! Now, to buisness-" (Odile leads you all back inside.)

(Your allies had been busy during your nap. They had gathered all the trinkets and supplies you'd gathered. You didn't bring all the eqipment you found in the house with you, and you didn't have nearly as much tonics, but it wasn't nothing. Paper mache gauntlets, Wok, etc.)

(They went over basic battling, and brushed up on their crafts. Nille had a solid place in battle too now. She had a nack for countering hits, so she'd stay to the side untill an opritunity showed itself and she'd jump in.)

(They were. . . Thinking about you?)

"-as the theory goes, anyway." (Odile had just finished explaining her theory on sleeping and looping.) "I do hope it's true, it would make everything so much easier."

"And if it does work!" (Mira says, excited.) "In the future just come out and say which loop it is! Everyone talked it out and well, i-it'll be easier to help you!"

"That's. . ." (It was, it was a lot to take in.) "That's really thoughtful."

"I didn't want you to have to do this alone." (Isa is smiling at you.) "We didn't, so, we perpared for you!"

"It was pretty fun, actually." (Nille is leaning back.) "Change, like I was finally getting to join my little sibling on fighting the bad guy."

"Yeah!!! And this time we're doing it as a big family!!!" (Bonbon, they're giving you the biggest smile.)

(You, you don't know how to respond.)

"I know this probably wont be the last loop, so we wont remember, but, that's ok!" (Isabeau. . .) "Because, Loop, I know every other me is going to try just as hard to help you!"

"Me too!"

"Mine as well."

"Same here!"

"YEAH!!!"

(Oh stars.)

(O-oh stars, it's, it's all too much. You're starting to cry. You're crying. It's, it's like when you first met them, so kind, and, a-and, and they're treating you like, like-)

"U-UH!!" (Isabeau holds up his hands seeing you cry.) "D-did I do something wrong?!?"

(You shake your head.)

"I think it's all a bit overwhelming. Besides, we were practicaly strangers in Dormont." (Odile rightly points out.)

"Doesn't matter!!" (Bonbon runs over to your side.) "Hey, hey, look at me."

(You look up at Bonnie, they're waving their hands-)

"You've been helping 'Frin out, and you helped us out too! We're not strangers anymore!"

"Hear hear."

"Alright! Group hug time!"

(O-oh stars, oh starsohstarsoh-)

(You're crying more, they're, they're so nice, they're being so nice. They're. . .)

(They're treating you as you. As Your own person. As a part of Siffrin but, as yourself as well. You're YOU. They know you're you!)

(You're cry even more now.)

"T-th, thank you guys. . ."

(You all stay a second more there, in a big old hug. They don't know who you really are, but they know you're Loop, and Loop needs help. And, they love you, even after all this time, they still love you. . .)

(. . .)

(Eventually, it has to end, and everyone gets back to their seats and you take a few deep breaths. In, and out.)

"Got a plan today then, Loop?" (Mira asks.)

"Well, a few~"

#isat #art #hehehehehheehe heres yalls juice! #in stars and time #isat art #isat spoilers #isat fanart #siffrin system au #sifstem #isat au #isat loop #isat nille #isat odile #isat mirabelle #isat bonnie #isat isabeau

[cooperlaura]

Twin Peaks should have had more characters with mother issues.

#there was norma but there needed to be more #on a side note i wish sarah/eileen/sylvia had got the screentime that leland/doc hayward/ben had #my thoughts

[ishkabibblethings]

#suits usa #jessica pearson #can't stop won't stop #But really only the men have secretaries #How much more powerful would Jessica be with her own Donna or Gretchen or Norma #People are literally just walking into her office all day to tattle on each other #She needs a gargoyle or something at least #No wonder she can't win she's too busy trying to get marvey to happen and put out all the marvey fires simultaneously #WHO ANSWERS HER PHONE

[benetnvsch]

Have u seen them? Now u have :)

From the lil daily advent thing the bungosd_anime account did on twt :)

#knkdz #kunikidazai #kunikida doppo #dazai osamu #bungou stray dogs #kite watches bsd #love them so much u don’t understand #guys pls I need more knkdz stuff </3 #I am going to explode I’m so Norma abt them help

[probablyaseamonster]

Rewatching DE:PP has reenflamed my belief in the conspiracy theory that the common trope in children's media of evil alternate versions of characters being goth/emo/punk/other alt styles is essentially a psychological smear campaign; an attempt to imprint upon their viewers the message that alt people are mean or morally bankrupt so that children learn to look upon these people with disdain and suspicion and perhaps even a hero vs villain complex, all to prevent the new generations from banding together and joining the rebellion against the consumerist dystopia that the people who lord over the creators of those media want to enforce.

... I blame Netflix. DE:PP is too progressive for this shit.

#dead end paranormal park #de:pp #once more #fuck netflix #miraculous ladybug #miraculous #by association #anti consumerism #punk #alt style #not so friendly reminder that buying things from Hot Topic and doing nothing else doesn't make you a goth #you need to feel it #to act it #yes i'm gatekeeping #performative rebels need to step over the line if they want to keep walking it #evil clone norma khan #evil clone barney gutman #if there's one thing i'll give dead end #actually i can give them a lot of things #but the thing i'll give them that's relevant is that #they had the line “emo logs was a icon” from barney #which shows that they don't entirely intend for the viewers to dismiss goth people #the mixed signals are confusing me #I KNOW THE CLONES AREN'T ACTUALLY EVIL #but the fact that they're framed that way from the start and like kinda do try to take over their og's lives #contributes to the stereotype #i would've much rather preferred if the clones had like inverted colour palletes #norma in red and yellow #barney in... I guess just his coat and shirt colours in reverse #i was going to say orange hair but like that's his natural hair colour and i'm not sure if i want that for his “evil” clone

[corviddrawsstuff]

ME WHEN IMP + SKIZZ ‼️💓✨💖💞💫‼️‼️🔈📣💓💞‼️✨💫💖💖 ME WHEN XBRALIS 💖💞‼️🔈📣💫🔈💓‼️💖💓💞 ME WHEN CLETHUBS ‼️💓🔈📣🔈✨💖‼️🔈📣💓💞💫🔈📣💖

#RAAAAAAH #I am having SO MANY THOUGHTS about them #need to draw more #not nearly enough content for these guys #What can I say I’m a sucker for guy who gives unconditional praise and affection X guy who acts so normal about it but is not in fact norma #xbralis #impskizz #clethubs

[brendanthebomber]

I’m such a sucker for transmasc headcanons send me some of your favorite ones

#transmasc hunter #transmasc norma #transmasc marcy #transmasc sasha #srsly i need more trans norma #transmasc hunter ftw #transmasc #headcanon #dead end paranormal park #de:pp #deadendia #dead end #dead end netflix #dead end park #dead end: paranormal park #amphibia #sasha amphibia #amphiba #marcy amphibia #sasha waybright #sasha #marcy my beloved #marcy regina wu #marcy #amphibia marcy #marcy wu #hunter noceda #hunter wittebane #hunter toh #hunter

[fuluv]

dead end crew keeps finding my vampire norma fanart and commenting on it on twitter and i feel like this

#dead end paranormal park #THE HORROR #im not upset at all btw im just like. i dont know how to act but im very happy they're liking it #i think more people should draw vampire norma :) #and zagan. #WITH norma specifically. #i should draw more of it myself actually #i just need to finish this one owed art #dead end #de:pp #.txt

[ask-agent-rapzutin-vodello]

So are Norma and Frazie still fighting or did they kiss and make up already?

[Lizzie] I don't know if they're still fighting, but they aren't talking to each other either. It's not like they're blatantly ignoring each other, just ...giving each other the cold shoulder. I'd be impressed, if it didn't worry me. I mean, I'd hate to see them break up, especially over something as dumb as what sparked their fight. <-

Not that I think they're gonna ....I mean, I'm pretty sure they're both just to stubborn to actually take the first step and wait for the other one to crack first. And boy howdy, they're gonna wait long for that. I grew up with Norma, and let me tell you, in my experience, she won't crack for a long, long time.

And if the other Aquatos - including Raz - are anything to go on, I think that Frazie - oh, speak of the devil. 'sup, Frazie?

[Frazie] (Frazie quietly, almost nervously, approaches Lizzie, hugging herself) Hi ...uh, have you seen ...?

[Lizzie] Norma, your - hopefully still - girlfriend? Why, so you two can ignore each other in the same room and creating a very noticeable awkward environment for me, Raz and all of our friends where we are too wary to actually talk to either of you or even to each other?

[Frazie] (Flinches slightly) Okay, snappy remark well deserved, I get that. Listen, I wanna talk to her about what happened. I want to admit that I ....might have overacted a little.

[Lizzie] A little? You went off on her like she insisted you never perform acrobatics again.

[Frazie] In my defense: she did try to say what I can and cannot watch.

[Lizzie] No, she didn't. She tried to keep you from out of trouble.

[Lizzie] (Blinks in surprise) Trouble? What kind of trouble?

[Lizzie] She suggested maybe you'd skip the movie, because the last horror marathon we did gave you nightmares for several nights in a row, during which you snuck into her room to sleep with her. Several times? Even after she asked you not too, but you kept convincing her 'it would only be one time'?

(Holds up her hand when Frazie opens her mouth) Not finished. Did you know that Hollis found out? Did you know she - since you are only a part-time intern who's not looking to get certification like the rest of us - almost threw you and Norma out of the program for breaking dorm rules? That kind of trouble!

[Frazie] (Long, surprised pause. Mouth agape) I ...didn't. How do you know? Hollis never talked to me or Norma about it.

[Lizzie] Because she called in Norma to her office for that very reason.

[Frazie] She did? When did that happen? Why wasn't I?

[Lizzie] When you and the Aquatos went performing in another city for two weeks. I don't know much about what happened, but I know that Norma managed to convince Hollis to let her take all the punishment, let you off the hook and not to say anything to your parents. And that's why she's been helping out Hollis after classes so much lately. And that's why she's been trying to keep you out of trouble.

[Frazie] And how do you know all this?

[Lizzie] (Chuckles nervously, rubbing the back of her head) Uh, I have the same punishment for ...similar reasons with Millie and me sneaking out of the Motherlobe?

[Frazie] Oh. (Long, long pause) (Frazie wraps her arms around herself, digging her nails into her arms) Oh, Norma... I ...I've been a fool. (Squeezes her eyes shut. A tear runs down her cheek.) I should've known better, mia sciocca ragazza.

[Lizzie] What, that she would take a bullet for the people she loves? Yeah, after dating her for over a year, you really oughta know a lot better.

[Frazie] Not helping, Lizzie.

[Lizzie] Good, because I'm not. You want me to stop being snippy at you, go make up with Norma, so you can act all annoyingly sweet at one another.

[Frazie] I really would like too, but I need to find her first. Where is she?

[Lizzie] You tell me.

[Frazie] (Lets out an annoyed huff, but immediately lets out a gasp and smiles.) The Funicular! She always go there when she's sad about something or needs a place to think, because the humming of the engine relaxes her!

[Lizzie] (smiles) Attagirl, seems you do know her better than you thought, ey? Now stop smiling like an idiot and go get her.

[Frazie] Okay, okay. (Turns around to leave, but stops in her tracks) And Lizzie? Thanks.

[Lizzie] For what? I didn't do anything, at least not about anything Norma needs to know about, get me?

[Frazie] (Grins) Got ya! (Turns around and runs out the dorms)

[Lizzie] (Deep sigh) Seems like things are gonna work out just fine for them. (Leans back in the couch) Maybe now we can stop walking around on fucking eggshells all the time. (Smiles) And here I am, talking to myself. (Gets up from the couch) I'm gonna see if Millie's free for video chat.

#I need more asks that I can turns into little story arcs #psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #razputin vodello au #razputin vodello #lizzie natividad #norma natividad #frazie aquato

[sparklespectres]

‘My Frankenstein’ is a relatable song in general but specifically the line “it’s kind of messed up, I feel like a break up, except it’s all your fault, NOT MINE!” just HURTS on a personal level and I know that it’s been over a month since it came out now but I keep THINKING about it-

#dead end paranormal park #norma khan #the amount of times I’ve blamed myself for friendships ending bc apparently I said the wrong thing but didn’t know #and no one would tell me why they were mad and just expected me to understand so I just immediately resorted to ‘I guess it’s my fault’ YIKE #like I just feel the implications of this line DEEP in my soul #anyways de:pp season 2 when and also please let there be more musical episodes it’s what they deserve #if Netflix doesn’t green light it I’ll be SO upset bc it was just really good and I NEED something to cope with TOH ending soon

[mimi-croissant]

All your faves are arospec

#my art #dead end paranormal park #nadyah #norma khan #badyah hassan #arospec beam !! #these are my headcanons for them and also just a color ref sheet for me #i love them aggggh i need more content

[barney-x-logs-is-otp-archived]

JUST FINISHED DEAD END SEASON 2 AND I AM NOT OKAY

#dead end #dead end spoilers #LOOK IM TAGGING SPOILERS CUZ IM GONNA RANT IN THE TAGS HERE WE GO #well first of all i started a drawing for nad//yah week last night and now idk what to do with it #cuz like. badyah turned out to be straight #and good for her! straight ppl exist!! #i wouldnt ship a lesbian with a man and the same goes for straight girls with other girls #i just. idk it's a thing thats been on my mind now #ALSO ASMODEUS!!!! #and barnlogs was somehow even more disastrously gay and i love them #COURTNEY FALLEN ANGEL THEORY REAL!!!!! #LOGS HAD AN EMO PHASE AND I NEED TO DRAW IT ASDGSKDHKDHDJD #omg the way norma said 'im bi logs! bi bi bi bi biiii!!' #also lets just pretend pugsley didnt ********* ***** ******* cuz it made me cry #<- (joking! kinda. it was well written and its just the kind of fcked up demon stuff i would expect from this show lmao. i just. yeah) #also i like how the angels werent like. stereotypical angels if that makes sense? #like they werent what normally comes to mind when you think of angels #yknow like feathery wings and white robe thingies and golden halos #ig these angels still have halos but like. different #WAIT I ALMOST FORGOT THE SCENE EVER #'*something about the new thread count of the shirts* i want my old shirt back‚‚‚‚' #'why dont you... take it off?' #I ACTUALLY DIED #also barney whos making fun of you for your weight and your binder?! i want names. i just want to talk 🔪 #k well its midnight so time to go to bed and cry over a cartoon dog 👍

[septembersghost]

completely unrelated question to anything going on but have you ever seen cabaret? (either the 1972 movie or any of the musical productions (i.e. 1983 or 2014 with alan cumming))

ah, cabaret and i have a long and storied history. a difficult one in certain ways emotionally/thematically (never have i felt more like i was going to be sick in a theatre than at the punch that closes "if you could see her," which is exactly the point!), yet with songs that i adore and will listen to and sing around the house at the drop of a hat. i have seen the movie several times (and own it! bob fosse's direction, LIZA, joel grey, legends all), i own the soundtrack and the 1998 revival cast recording, i've seen a bootleg of an alan!emcee production though atm i cannot recall who played his sally (i've also seen pieces of michael c. hall's performance in the role), i've sung "maybe this time" onstage, and i've seen it live locally - it was following that perfectly marvelous production of cabaret that my mom and i had the car accident that ultimately ended my life as i knew it, we went specifically for my theatre class (my professor co-directed the production and i was going to write a paper on it, instead i had to drop out of college...something something start by admitting from cradle to tomb, it isn't that long a stay!). it has really weird significance in my life, my mom has trauma around it, but i still have this dark love and fascination towards it. kander and ebb's musical work for it is so genius (as of course it is for chicago too), everything fosse infused it with both on broadway and on film is so iconic that it's almost taken for granted what an influence he had (chair-eography, anyone?). that sharp contrast between the brightness of the facade and the terror and tragedy lurking everywhere beneath it, the inescapable cynicism choking the desperate desire for something more akin to hope. lady peaceful, lady happy, that's what i long to be...

if you truly want insight into my character - my fingernails are literally painted green at this very moment. if anyone should ask why, i'd say, "i think it's pretty. i think it's pretty, i reply!" sally bowles my manic beloved

#also a significant reason as to why why i'm obsessed with schmicago this season obviously #i have a still of liza's sally in my queue as we speak no lie #anonymous #letterbox #also see: my obsession with norma singing maybe this time in bates and me sobbing and watching it more than was necessary #life is a cabaret old chum #also i don't refer to my mom having trauma lightly she gets viscerally upset when cabaret comes up bc of what happened #heartbreaking to me tbh but i went the opposite direction and held it sharply instead #and the exploration of the evils of that time directly hit me given personal experience and heritage etc #(ps: watch fosse/verdon if you haven't!) #bob was awful bob was a visionary bob was insufferable bob needed therapy bob visually revolutionized musical theatre and so on

[amostexcellentblog]

She's a phenomenon, she's Hollywood's latest It Girl, she's everywhere, she's having the time of her life.

She's embracing her inner Theater Kid, on stage at The Lion King, she's in full Pumba costume singing "Hakuna Matata."

She's on Jimmy Kimmel Live reminding us about all the badass stunts she's done.

She's the belle of the Oscar Nominees Luncheon.

She's The Last Movie Star.

She singlehandedly saved Cinema.

Everyone wants to be her. Everyone wants to be with her.

She's got a point, she's an icon, she's a legend, and she is the moment.

**The "She" in question is a 60 year old man who's been famous longer than I've been alive.

#tom cruise #I feel very normal about this old man #his career is so fascinating #like he's probably more popular now than he's been in the last 20 years #and he's doing it by being the sort of old fashioned movie star that doesn't really exist anymore #when he retires there won't be any left #and cinema will suffer for it #Hollywood needs stars and cinema needs Hollywood #he's the only thing standing between us and the MCU's total takeover #whenever I talk about TC I start sounding like Norma Desmond #sorry

[mandareeboo]

WHAT NO YOU CAN’T 

Norma, you love this job. You love studying demons. You don’t have to throw it all away. You can request to be put on night shift, or for personal time. You don’t have to just... leave!

#Dead End: Paranormal Park #DEPP Spoilers #DEPP2 #Pugsley #Barborah Winslow #Norma Khan #Courtney the Demon #Barney Guttman #Badyah Hassan #Mandar Liveblogs #Goddamnit now I wanna watch more #But it's three a.m. and I need sleep

[pinkfey]

nate + norma + “i’m the cunt you married”

#god they fucking hate each other so much #i love sole survivors who loved their partner. NOT NORMA THOUGH !!! #girls when they drop out of college to support their sweetheart who graduated before them and realize they were not in love and fall into a #loveless resentful marriage where they need to keep up with appearances and posture 24/7 during the neighborhood’s sunday brunch and behind #closed doors they take lifeless drags from their cigarette pinpointing exactly where they went wrong and look at their husband who also see #them as an accessory they look at him and want nothing more than to destroy his life <3333333 #GODDDDDDDDDD toxicity is so fun #anyways.txt #ch: norma quinn