#this episode was basically a fanfic

[honeyflies05]

WEEWOO WEEWOOO [baby crying] MY LEG! [screaming]

“hello 9-1-1 what is your emergency?”

ANYWAYS WE’RE BAKC BABIEEEE!!

(shameless plus for my twitter @/honeyflies05 go follow me over there I’m more active)

HELLO!!!!!!

MADDIE NO

why is she being so nice??🤨

she’s dying

I’m calling it

WHO CAME

who are you??

“WHICH ONE” AHHHHH

this hurts!

EDDIE DO MORE DIAZ!!!!!

oh SHIII we’re starting right away okay!!

THIS GUY!

ALRIGHT COWBOY

MADDIE’S A NURSE! check on my bingo card

the camera’s shaking I’m calling that as wacky camera work

eVaN

GAVIN MCHUGH!!!!!

it’s THE shirt

they showed their attention to buck and not Daniel ooooooo

“I’m not a firefighter?” SCREAMING

he has a couch???🤨🤨🤨

THE TSUNAMI???? THE TSUNAMI!!!!

he’s a science teacher I’m calling it

if I see Doug-

WACKY CAMERA WORK! ITS GETTING SCRATCHED OFF

no,,,

PUNCH HIM

ugh ad breaks sUCK

i wanna know where the “THIS GUY” came from because it was SO FUNNY in the clip

i stopped working on my science project because of this show

down horrendously bad

seeing Doug: BOMBASTIC side eye

hello real world!!

“oh my god, Evan” SHUT UP!!!! SHUT!!! UP!!!!!

chim blames himself✅

buck looks so confused andichdhdhs

DANIEL HATES HIM TOO WOOOOOOO

if buck doesn’t punch him in this episode I will

all of these flashbacks to my favorite episodes WOOOHOOOOO

“since when do gurneys have fingers” EJDIFJDSAAAAAAAAAA

Daniel is so mid oh my godddd💀

“who are you” SCREAMING

this wacky camera work!! camera person

ARE WE GONNA LEARN

DAMMIT

coma dream! roll credits!!

“figure something out” I KNOW WHAT HE HAS TO DO!

buck don’t kill yourself

“you’re not married… you really should be!”

DID BOBBY DIE

NAUUURRRRRR

IS THIS WHERE HE CODES????

CHIMNEY NOOOOO

where is Eddie

where is chris

where are my people

ATHENA!!

oh shi real world

of course bobby would blame himself

bobby nash and athena grant-nash are Buck’s parents

“he has to be” oh this is so ao3

HEN!!!!

respiratory failure! woohoo

THE MUSIC

ECMO

aLBERT!!!!

bobby with the rosary😭😭😭😭😭😭

chim judging the buckley’s yayyyyy

EDDIE!!!!

NOT THE PLANE CRASH

“the crazy just sucks you in!”

EDDIE DIAZ!!!!

….chris….

NAUUURRR

NOT THE DIAZ PARENTS

cHRIS

this is our first Carla appearance in a while

“can he hear me” THAT MAKES ME WANNA CRY

“YOURE GONNA BE OKAY” IM GONNA SOB

“you have to come back” I understand why Aisha cried

hen figuring out the coma dream >>>

BOBBY!!

the ambulance still being there😭😭

damn doesn’t the 118 have other patients???

MAY SAYING BUCK IS BOBBY’S SON IM GONNA CRY

buck being so stubborn that may says he’s gonna be okay💀

Buckley parents make me mad

the plane!!!

WHO IS THAT RUNNING

running in nightmares be like:

,,,Bobby??

I’m actually so confused

IF MY SISTER don’t SHUT UP IM TRYING TO WATCH A SHOW

please HIS HOSPITAL ROOM???

“ooo I busted out the rosary must be serious!” I AM SO UNSERIOUS RN

yeah ur parents are nice to you but your entire life is messed up

IM ABOUT TO THROW MY PHONE SHUT UP MY SISTER!!!!!

if I miss smth it’s because of her loud ass mouth

how do we only have 20 minutes left so much needs to happen

we only got started!!!

i need to see Eddie break down

bobby and athena are so Buck’s parents

FULL NAME ATHENA IS MAD

athena will get this kid to wake up by sheer WILL AND DETERMINATION U GO MOTHER

#angelabassetdeservedtheoscar

HIM BEING ABLE TO HEAR ATHENA’S VOICE IM GONNA CRY

“I fixed you!” WHAT IF I COMMIT DIE RN

BUCK COLLAPSING IN THE TSUNAMI EPISODE SKDICHXHZHAAAAA

“so basically you were buck!” IM CRYING

IS THIS FIX YOU BY COLDPLAY????

IT IS.

“boy am I gonna feel guilty about that one” WHAT IF I CRY

“where do you think you’re going??!!”

“home.” I AM SO!!!

if they get Eddie to try to keep him by saying “I love you” you will never hear from me again

THE CUTOFF OF FIX YOU BY COLDPLAY SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

i have an unreal attachment to that song yall have nO IDEA

where!! is!! eddie!!

i need Eddie to give me something to break down about

THEYRE PULLING THE PLUG???

if they really were Bobby would be there

DANIEL BLAMING HIM?? JESUS

EVAN BREATHE EVAN

buck in scrubs,,,,

FIX YOU COMING BACK!!!!

HEY THE HATCHET!!

THE BREATH

YEAAAAAAAAA

TO FIX YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY DIDNT SHOW US HIM WAKING UP!???

he stays with Eddie!!

CHRIS!!!

“I never made it inside the classroom… which kinda tracks” WHAT IF I CRY

hen being exactly the same >>>>

chim having his emotional moment >>

“let’s get you set up on the couch!” AAAAAAAAAAAAA

i don’t like the Buckley parents being so insufferable

OOOO BOBBY CENTRIC EPISODE NEXT MONDAY???

farmer wants a wife YEEHAWWW🤠

#911 on fox #911 fox #evan buck buckely #eddie diaz #evan buckley #911onfox #this episode was basically a fanfic #up until the last 5 minutes #but where the hell was Eddie?. #you’d think since they made such a big deal about him in the promo?? #idk man but Tim Minear I cannot do this #I cried #multiple times #from Gavin’s amazing acting to Bobby being dead to EDDIE LOSING CHRIS WITHOUT BUCK #this episode cured my depression and gave it back to me all within an hour #also my sister was over on a surprise visit and I almost kicked her out #cause I can only watch in the living room #plus a 55 inch tv allows me to see Eddie cry very nicely #WHICH I COULD DO IF HE HAD MORE THAN 2 SECONDS OF SCREEN TIME #honey thinks

[dawdlecentric]

Yeag...

#boniji #bocchi x nijika #hitori x nijika #am I allowed to be cringe over a rare ship on tumblr dot com in the dwindling months of 2023? #like I didn't expect this pairing to become my recent comfort ship in these trying times #one time I got curious and decided to read some fanfics back in February (?) It didn't click to me yet. I just think it's cute and moved on #but months later it came back to me full force in July and the next thing I know I went into a gay trance (just like Bocchi in ep10) #and starts searching for fanarts and obsessing over them #this ship is seriously my coping mechanism during a stressful time #sometimes a ship is what keeps a fixation (sanity) going #gathering the crumbs from both anime & manga 'Mmm...scrumptious~ 🤤😋' #episode 8 my beloved 👐💕 #fr what's with me and rare pairs. I'm not that even big of a shipper #but this is actually my first time where the tag of the ship (on tumblr) is basically inactive #or only sometimes gets tagged when other ships are involved 😭 #like I know there are some great art in the tags but it's just...not enough #it's tough to fixate on smth that's barely have any content for it #well there's one way to fix that... ◉⁠‿⁠◉ #I'm about to be annoying on the tag of this ship #I was gonna tag the main tag but I chickened out. I'll just stay in my niche corner brainrotting over a rarepair 🤐😶 however... #btr #<- using this obscure tag instead lol #my ramblings

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

Mads are you okay? 🩷

*pauses in the middle of sobbing uncontrollably to give you a shaky thumbs up*

#mads answers things #alliaskisthepossibilityoflove #I am on day four of basically no sleep #haven't eaten all day #been dealing with work emergency after work emergency #while on shitty unreliable wifi that kept not sending/receiving my time sensitive emails #FOR DAYS #dealt with traffic so bad I missed the entire episode #and then I find out #than Ryan FUCKING Guzman and Oliver GODDAMN Stark #READ!? FANFIC!? #I'm full-on sobbing

[i-just-really-like-renga]

out of context lines from my renga wip 2/?

#sk8 #sk8 the infinity #renga #fanfic #basically #episode ten haunts me #this is Langa Finds Out; The Fic

[ohfugecannada]

Fanfic/fancomic idea I just thought of while watching SpongeBob clips:

Semi-early on in Rocket and Groot knowing each-other/working together, Groot sees Rocket’s cybernetics for the first time. Maybe it’s a similar moment to when Quill first saw them in the prison scene in Vol.1, maybe it was during a particularly intense battle with a bounty and Rocket gets the back of his shirt torn up exposing his back but just yells at Groot to focus on beating the other guy etc.

Whatever the case, Groot sees Rocket’s cybernetics and, not yet fully understanding the concept of cyborgs or anything, tries asking Rocket about them later. But Rocket just keeps either trying to deflect and change the subject or just tells Groot to shut it and quit bugging him about it.

So Groot, having no context or idea of Rockets trauma and everything, starts thinking and filling in the blanks in his own way. And after putting together:

The metal things on rockets body

His habit of stealing peoples robotic prosthetics, batteries and other electronics

The fact Rocket hates taking baths and (seemingly) most liquids apart from alcohol

The fact Rocket never laughs at Groots jokes

And the fact he never shows any genuine emotion other than rage or cockiness

Groot comes to the Galaxy shattering realisation that Rocket is, in fact… A ROBOT.

Aside from the intital internal screaming he has about everything making so much more sense now, Groot does find it strange how mammalian Rocket looks. But then Groot figures, since they have previously caught robot bounties who tried (and failed) to pass themselves as organics by wearing artificial skin, Rocket’s probably doing the same thing.

And oh no, maybe that’s why he was so defensive before about those metal parts of him showing?? Maybe he’s been discriminated against for being a robot and is trying to pass himself off as an organic animal to protect himself? And/or he has a deep seeded internalised robot phobia???? And Groot trying to push him about it made it worse?!??!??

So Groot, after realising the “truth”, tries to be more supportive of rocket and him being a robot. He doesn’t directly confront Rocket or try to press him on it. Since he tried that before and fails and he’s figured out it’s a sensitive subject for rocket. But Groot does his research on robots and tries to figure out what make and model rocket is (with very few results) so he can better look after him incase he malfunctions or something, he makes sure to “borrow” extra batteries and oil canisters when ever they’re at a place with electronics because he figures that’s what he really uses for sustenance instead of all the burgers and junk food he eats in front of Groot for (what he thinks is) the sake of appearance, tries to stop him from getting wet whenever it rains or they visit a mostly water-covered planet, calls Rocket out if/whenever he makes crude comments about other robots because (internally) Groot draws the line at Rocket taking his own issues about being a robot out on his fellow robots etc etc. All because Groot doesn’t care what Rocket is and just wants his best friend to be happy and feel safe and accepted as he is. As well as for him to trust Groot enough to come out in his own time when he feels ready.

Meanwhile Rocket is just. Completely baffled by Groot acting so weird around him all the sudden and doing all this. And no idea Groot thinks he’s a robot because of his cybernetics. Eventually culminating when things escalate out of hand and Groot cutting to the chase, gently telling rocket he knows he’s a robot and that he doesn’t have to be afraid of hiding it anymore because Groot still cares about him no matter what.

…And rocket, slightly less gently, telling Groot that goD FLARKIN DAMNIT GROOT!!! IM NOT A GODDAMN ROBOT YOU STUPID MOLDY OVERGROWN PEICE OF CRAP TWIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Basically, it’s the Krab Borg episode of SpongeBob if SpongeBob tried being a supportive robot ally to Mr.Krabs instead of jumping him in his office with Squidward.

#SpongeBob #spongebob squarepants #gotg #guardians of the galaxy #rocket raccoon #groot #rocket and groot #gotg fanfic idea #gotg fanfiction #gotg headcanon #groot is not the brightest when it comes to social ques and basic common sense but he a kind soul #he just wants his racoon/robot/alien buddy to be happy #groot is funniest when he’s both emotionally intelligent and a complete dumbass at the same time #and yeah I know it’s a little contrived to assume groot doesn’t know what a cyborg is in a galaxy full of them #but like idk groot isn’t exactly the brightest #plus it makes him jumping to the conclusion rockets a robot funnier ok shut up #if we ever get an actual full length rocket and groot spin-off show this would be a perfect episode plot #also I was thinking of the Marvels Rocket and Groot shorts version of the characters while writing this #but tbh I think this idea could apply to any continuity/version of gotg where rocket has cybernetic implants like the MCU or Eidos game

[sometipsygnostalgic]

personally i like to deal with tiers of canon, it’s easy for me because i’ve been doing this for years

adventure time is canon to the AT comics, but only up to the end of season 3, and after that it’s a roulette. the AT comics have their own continuity. North’s comics or the show are canon to whichever OTHER miniseries from time to time, but that’s never a given.  

homestuck is canon to the homestuck epilogues, but the homestuck epilogues are not canon to homestuck, and the epilogues are canon to HS^2, but HS^2 is not canon to the epilogues.

HS^2 and the epilogues are canon to Pesterquest, but Pesterquest are not canon to them. Friendsim is canon to Pesterquest, and CAN BE canonical to Hiveswap and Homestuck, there are seriously no major contradictions caused by Friendsim. However, Pesterquest is not necessarily canonical to Friendsim.

and finally, bayonetta is canon to bayonetta 2, and there’s no reason why bayonetta 2 can’t be canon to bayonetta, and there’s no reason why bayonetta 3 can’t be canon to bayonetta 1 unless you really hate it, but bayonetta 3 is absolutely NOT canonical to bayonetta 2, or vice versa. they actively contradict each other. 

basically the earlier a thing is, the more canon it usually is, unless it’s a prequel, in which case it’s up to you

#homestuck #adventure time #atimers #friendsim #hiveswap #bayonetta #is also here #gundam fans probably have a hell of a time with this #for things like shera's fanfic Dont Go #whether thats canon or not is down to individual interpretation #it is basically headcanon just like a lot of the AT comics which dont actively contradict canon #sometimes with pseudo canon media the actual media will reference and 'canonize' it in future #as we see a lot with star wars #but even then just cos cal kestis is canon to the mandalorian #doesnt mean hes canon to star wars episode 4

[hevanderson]

just watched the wedding and like. man i don't like that episode. i wish we got that really great autistic brittany semi-confirmation in literally any other episode

#i like the brittanas in it. i like the klaines in it. i just dont like the basic idea of a klaine brittana double wedding #and the plot itself feels like a bad fanfic #which is nothing against fanfic (i literally write it) and everything against the episode #my post

[blooming-wisteria]

finally tried to watch tvd at the start of the year and my experience went like this:

watches tvd to ep 3, stops, watches the originals ep 1, stops, jumps to ao3, wonders why klaus and caroline is the top ship, watches clips of them, falls deep into klaroline abyss

#tvd #the originals #klaroline #i will go down with this ship #i'll try to watch more episodes i promise #but basically i already know all the major plotlines with the help of fanfics and a quick google search

[alexvacice]

having 1 am merlin thoughts while reading fanfic and ughhhh

I was thinking about Arthur's bane and how someone on here mentioned that it would make more sense for it to be Merlin, not Arthur himself and all the angst possibilities that could come from that. If it really played out I imagine they'd say Emrys was Arthur's bane, so the writers would have to have him figure out that Emrys is Merlin, basically a magic reveal, at basically the start of season 5. They could have a falling out, where Gwen would have the opportunity to be a person and not just wife(tm), yknow help Merlin out, reason with Arthur and whatnot. Then they'd band together again and we'd have time for a Merthur adventure with magic revealed and the ending could still play out the same (I will not be taking any fixings for that, I love how it ended, you can't change the most important part of the legends).

I know Emrys is already Morgana's bane but honestly if you changed it to Arthur not much would change storywise, she'd just have a better reason for turning on Arthur.

And I have a fix for Mordred's arc as well. Instead of Kara, who's addition really bring the emotional impact the writers were going for, we'd built it on a misunderstanding. Merlin can't be with Arthur for a few days because he's helping Gaius gather rare herbs (wowee love that excuse) so Arthur's standing on his own. Some random guy, who's staying with the druids, tries to assassinate Arthur. He takes it surprisingly well and tries to visit the druid camp to discuss it (cause he's being a proper progressive king, can you tell I am not a writer?) but he brings a legion of knights with him just in case. Shit goes nut nut, because druids think they're under attack. Some of them have survived Arthur's last raid and they're terrified of him now so they immediately go into defense. Arthur fights back and because he's a killing machine it quickly truns into an actual raid unintentionally which destroys the entire camp. Mordred, back in Camelot hears about this, and thinks to himself that Arthur isn't reformed at all, that he will still kill innocent people only for having magic, so he realises Morgana was right and goes to her. It's a mmmmm yummy scrummy cycle of terrible decisions and inascapable horrible events, just how I like all my shows.

#I'm sorry if this doesn't make any sense #I'm just tired of thinking these thoughts and not letting the world see them or have a record of them for that matter #Please somebody agree with me #And feel free to add on to this #I haven't seen season 5 in ages so I'm likely missing stuff I'd love to improve #And I give permission to anybody willing to write this as a fanfic that's basically 12 episode scripts just like this #merlin #merthur #merlin bbc #arthur pendragon #the adventures of merlin #late night thoughts #I need to discuss this with someone #I'd do anything for Gwen to get a nice character arc #Or I'd even prefer no arc if it means we didn't get a shit one #Love my one note queen

[allsortsofwritings]

Writing a Lee Dutton imagine be ready ladies!!!!

#this is basically me rewriting the first episode of season 1 #lee Dutton x reader #Yellowstone imagine #Yellowstone fanfic #lee Dutton imagine

[laceratedlamiaceae]

Steddyhands fic where Ed and Izzy are exes who still awkwardly hang out because they have mutual friends but there's a lot of unresolved stuff between them. Stede and Ed are getting married and Izzy decides not to go to the wedding, but he changes his mind at the last minute and shows up. Ed looks over and gets distracted at the exact wrong moment and says Izzy's name instead of Stede's during his vows. Stede runs off and Ed goes after him while Izzy just sits there, kind of pleased but trying not to show it too much.

Eventually Izzy figures he should probably do something, if only to get Fang and Ivan off his back, so he goes to talk to Stede. Stede is still really mad at Ed, so even after Izzy's assurances that there's nothing going on between them he decides to sleep with Izzy as revenge. Izzy goes along with it because he knows it'll fuck with Ed.

Stede comes clean to Ed and they decide that to make things even, Ed should get to sleep with Izzy too. Izzy says he'll only do it if Stede is there too, just to cause maximum chaos. The ensuing threesome is so good that they decide to try being in a relationship.

#yes this is basically just the plot of a friends episode #it feels mean to cast ed as ross #but i find them both infuriating in similar ways so #our flag means death #ofmd #edward teach #stede bonnet #izzy hands #steddyhands #fanfic ideas

[miss-c-random]

What Eddie was actually thinking in the 6x12 Kitchen Scene

"Hey, what do you remember about getting shot?" It wasn't what Eddie expected to come out of Buck's mouth. It took him a second to process the question and then another to think about the answer. Honestly, he didn't like to think about it, let alone talk. Every time his mind drifts back, he feels this gnawing ache in his shoulder and in his chest.

"There was a searing pain. Felt like I got hit by a bus," he said avoiding eye contact with Buck, he was glad he had something like packing Christopher's lunch box, to busy his hands. He could feel Buck's curious gaze burning the side of his face. He risks a glance into Buck's eyes, "but I was still standing." before turning away again. Too intense. The same intense stare they held right before. "I remember falling." Hitting the ground didn't hurt. What hurt was the look on Buck's face and not being able to reach him. He had tried, he remembers trying. "Everything got dark." for a bit. Then he had been jolted back awake by a single touch of a hand on his wrist, pulling him to safety. Then it was the panic of seeing Buck covered in blood in the back of the fire engine. How he had to fight to stay awake to make sure. "And then I thought, well this is it." That was true. Once he knew Buck was okay he stopped fighting, let the darkness take over him. "This is the last moment of my life." Except it wasn't, he never technically died, not like Buck had a few weeks ago. He pushed all of his thoughts back out of his head and turned to Buck with his usual facade smile on. The one that says 'I'm alive, it doesn't matter'. Except even Eddie knows that's it's a lie. He still hears Buck's 'I gotch you’s' and 'Stay with me’s'. Still see's the devastation on Buck's face when he closes his eyes. Still feels like he's running out of time to say the things he wants to say because he doesn’t want to risk what he has now with him, for the future he wants with him. Not right now anyway, not when he just got him back after almost losing him for good. "Then I woke up in the hospital." 

#evan buckley #eddie diaz #buddie #buddie fanfic #basically canon right? #i don't believe he doesn't remember anything after falling #the episode was everything #911 spoilers #911onfox

[sharkwing]

good god when will people learn that being able to accurately predict what a character/characters in a story might do in a given situation based on established character traits and motives is not “predictable, lazy writing.” why do some of these mfers need every single beat in a story to be a fucking SURPRISE

#shark.txt #the disney twist villain + marvel no spoilers ever era is harming the masses even now #being vague on porpoise bc this could apply to anything #but i’ve noticed people get it especially bad with tv shows/comics/basically anything with a regular release schedule #where people have time to construct the perfect continuation of the story that THEY want to see #in their heads and on tumblr #and can then get mad when the next update/episode/whatever doesn’t match their ‘theory’ (daydream/fanfic)

[naivesilver]

Since it persists on being too hot to focus on my more useful OUAT fics, have a disgustingly self-indulgent Pinocchio Swap AU turned "Please Let Piccolino Have A Loving Family" AU moment 🙃🥰

"Grandfather," Pinocchio asks, standing on his tiptoes to peer over the worktable, "why are there so many clocks here?"

He half expects Mr. Marco to scold him for asking such a silly question, but instead the man just chuckles fondly and pats Pinocchio over the head, earning himself a giddy grin. "Ah, that's just because I like fixing them, lad. They need a more delicate touch than doors and plumbing, you see."

"But only one of them is working. Why's that?"

"That is because I don't have the time to spare for them all." Mr. Marco gestures vaguely towards the single working clock, hanging from the wall on the back of the workshop. "That one, though- August helped me sort it out, when he'd just arrived here. Do you want to see it?"

"Yes!" Pinocchio immediately interrupts his curious poking around the table, all but bouncing with enthusiasm. He likes learning about things August is involved with. August's always doing some really cool stuff, it seems.

As such, he lets the old man pick him up and lift him high enough that Pinocchio can see the clock from up close, and doesn't protest when the boy leans even closer, marvelling at the nice carvings in the wood - Pinocchio doesn't wiggle out so much to risk falling, which would for sure earn him a scolding, but still, it's the principle of the thing. He wouldn't feel so certain that he's safe being held like this, with some other people.

He thinks he knows a little of how things work in Storybrooke, now. Not everything, of course, but at least what he needs to get by on a normal day - he knows he can close the window blinds at night if he's worried someone will enter as he sleeps, and that he doesn't need anyone's permission to do so; he knows he can go crawl on August's lap if he's lonely and the man is writing or talking to someone, so long as he doesn't get too much in the way; he knows that if he wants to go pet Dr. Hopper's dog there are multiple adults who'll hold onto Gina for him, because dogs are so much bigger than her and she gets frightened easily around them.

He still doesn't know whether Mr. Marco is okay with Pinocchio calling him Grandfather or not, but that kind of thing is so confusing here, he's not sure he's ever going to puzzle it out. Back home he was supposed to address all older people like that, but Storybrooke? Beats him. Maybe it's too formal for them, who knows.

The clock ticks by another minute. Pinocchio squints at it, following the moving hands with his finger for a moment - the numbers are written a little different from what he remembers, but it's not too long before he can safely declare: "It says it's six minutes past two. That's it, right?"

"Very good," Mr. Marco praises him, and it doesn't feel like a mockery, even if he does sound genuinely surprised. "You know how to tell the time already, then? What a clever boy."

"Yeah." Pinocchio's chest swells with pride, and he points eagerly at one of the other clocks, the still broken ones. "That one's saying it's half past six, but that's because it's stuck. And that one thinks it's midday. Or midnight, I don't know."

"Yes, that's right. Good job. Say, who taught you so well?"

"An old man in a town. He said that because I had a nice watch, I should know how to read the time."

He doesn't like thinking about that too much, honestly. The old man, yes - he'd met a lot of nice elderly people in his travels, more than he did nice younger ones, at least - but the memory of the watch itself makes his chest clench painfully, like the time he was underwater without air before the dogfish happened.

He wonders what they did with it, after he lost it when he turned into a donkey. He's not even sure it still worked at that point, because it fell pretty hard, and the Coachman didn't give him time to check on it before leading him away with his rope - Pinocchio hopes it didn't break too badly, even if he can't have it anymore. It was a good pocket watch, nice to look at. He'd never owned anything so nice before that, and even though he's received lots of gifts since he came to Storybrooke, it's not the same thing. People are richer there than they were in his old land. They always seem to have something to spare for him, especially August and Mr. Marco and the gruff lady at the diner.

He must have gone quiet for too long, however, because the man gives him a little shake, if not a very rough one. "You alright, lad?"

Pinocchio nods, even though the picture of the golden watch is still flashing in front of him, as if it were the sun and he'd stared at it for too long. "Grandfather?"

"Yes, Pinocchio?"

"Can I see how to fix them, too, when you have time? Like you and August did?"

He's not really thinking he could manage it, honestly. He's not good enough for that. But anything's better than being stuck remembering the same thing over and over again, with no way to stop it. Physically doing something usually works as a distraction, like when he couldn't solve his math problems and he'd just up and start running.

For a couple seconds he worries he won't be able to explain himself if Mr. Marco asks him about it, but the old man doesn't, and instead simply nods, his mouth curling in a warm smile.

"Of course," he says, sounding a little choked up. "You're a smart boy. I'm sure you'll learn very fast."

"Really?"

"Well, yes. Why don't you go look for August and ask him, too? I bet he'll say the same thing."

Pinocchio nods again, allowing Mr. Marco to carefully put him down and darting away towards August's room as soon as his feet have touched the floor. He's not completely certain he didn't say something wrong yet, especially when he was distracted, but it's fine. He's fine. He would have been told, if someone was mad at him. That's how it works in Storybrooke.

And even if he did make someone mad, he can learn how to fix that. Just like the clocks. Just like the golden watch, stuck in another world that it might be.

#ouat #pinocchio swap #fanfic #pinocchio #OKAY LISTEN. I need to ramble about that goddamn pocket watch #I know that sometimes I talk about piccolino like he's a tragic orphan in a dickens book but the problem is I'm not making ANYTHING up #you see- this kid? in the show he never owns anything AT ALL #except some times when they hand him coins for basic necessities when he's on his own #even when he's physically living in a house he doesn't have toys trinkets etc #NOTHING! FUCKING nothing! #I reiterate: he doesn't have shit he can call his own except the clothes on his back and gina (who has free will and follows him out of lov #) for the most part of 52 EPISODES #but then there is this random guy we see for exactly half an hour tops who just. gives him a golden watch. because he knows the kid likes i #and pinocchio is obsessed! he is so excited he can hardly sleep because he loves watching the watch hands move! #but you know how he loses it? when he turns into a fucking DONKEy #there is this whole scene where the pendant breaks as he transforms and he doesn't even get to react and it's the most dehumanazing shit ev #r and I watched it at FIVE. and rewatching it I was even MORE upset #I just. sometimes I think I'm pushing it too much when I make him think about the things he owns now in this au #and then I'm like FUCK THIS SHIT of course he'd be flabbergasted he's like 6 and this is the first time he has shit he's not #supposed to return within the day or month or whatever #anyway. lil boy is just glad these folks seem to actually like him. august probs took one look at him and started plotting armed fairicide. #marco loves them both very much and if you look at them wrong he'll hit you on the head hope that clears it up <3

[aparticularbandit]

In which I spent forty minutes stuck in the snow in the driveway and am now safely not halfway in the road anymore and, uh. Hey, look, I have suddenly some free time, LET'S DO THE 2-4 CASE TRIAL.

#musings #bandit #i can get back to writing later right now LET'S THE CLASS TRIAL I WANT TO GET TO NAGITO'S THING #I KNOW IT'S COMING #look i'm so excited for past that too because i have so many spoiler tidbit stuff that i just #I WANT THE FULL STORY BUT I DON'T WANT THE FULL SPOILERS SO I GOTTA PLAY THE STORY #and then i think drif is in this as a bonus? i think? #and i look forward to that too! #and like i want to know all the things but i also wanna take my time and enjoy them #and not speed through them you know #(classic case of bandit wants to get into a thing prompted by headcanon #and wanting to meta or write a thing #this happened with: wfrr; hannibal; and ALL of flanagan's stuff i've seen by proxy of this is how i got into hill house #it's a tradition at this point #(of note: wfrr was jess through someone else's headcanon of her #hannibal was bedelia through other people writing her and me just !!!! she seems like my writing type let's do some research #and flanagan was through hill house which was dad basically binging it over and over and me #sitting down through theo's episode and #!!!!! that is her that is the missing character for this roisa fanfic NOW I GUESS I GOTTA SEE THE WHOLE SHOW) #this also explains why my writing dr fanfic without all the canon is...not normal #(roisa not included) #(well with roisa i gave myself spoilers and i'm avoiding most of them with dr that's different i guess) #because i really like being canon-compliant #knowing enough to know how my one little change shifts everything #and what that has to shift in the character who changes #and i don't know enough dr lore to necessarily know what all changes in this fic /yet/ #or even to choose what to keep or not from canon #i know what shifted in the singular character i intentionally changed #and he's dead now! #...probably! so!!)

[rowenas-megacoven]

The urge to NOT read TVC books so I can be surprised next season while I eat up all the Prague set photos and deep dive into season 2 plot speculation and fanfic all based on what when down in the books. Brain sort yourself out girlllll make it make sense

#mwah.txt #amc interview with the vampire #amc iwtv #the 7 episodes of season 1 aren’t enough I’ve been reading fanfic #at this point I’ve read enough fanfic to know the main plot points #I’ve basically spoiled myself already might as well enjoy the leaks while I can #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #armand #I’m so ready to see what they do with Armand in season 2 the books seem WILD #Loustat