#this is making me wanna write more about their friendship actually they deserve their own fic

[unclewaynemunson]

Pt2 to this post

'Is something wrong?' Nancy asks, not long after the two of them have taken their familiar spots on the hood of Steve's car. They're basking in what might be the last warm sunlight of the year, looking out over the quarry, at a safe distance from the edge.

It's become a tradition the two of them share, ever since they reconnected back in March. It calms them both, to just sit here and take in the view, no one around but each other. Nancy is one of the few people Steve can share a comfortable silence with: sometimes they sit here quietly for what feels like hours, side by side, listening to music or to nothing but the birds singing around them. But they also have their best conversations here: it's the place where Nancy entrusted him she wanted to break up with Jonathan; it's the place where they talked about their shared past and decided they would always love each other as friends; it's the place where they finally talked about Barbara in a way they couldn't when they were younger. It's where Nancy talked about the ghosts still haunting her and Steve talked about how lonely he sometimes felt.

Steve huffs. 'How did you guess?'

'When you frown, you always do it with your whole face,' Nancy notes. 'So it's hard to miss, really.'

Steve glances at her side profile. There's a serenity to her features that's still relatively new. It means she's healing, slowly learning how to be happy again. It means she stopped waiting for the end of the world and started believing in a real future again. It makes Steve proud of how far they both have come.

'I had a fight with Eddie,' he confesses. 'And with Dustin, I guess.'

'What happened?'

He sighs. 'It's complicated.'

'Wanna tell me about it?'

The look in her eyes is kind and inviting. Steve hesitates. He wants to, but he doesn't know if he can. It's a risk. It's scary.

But he can't imagine Nancy Wheeler ever being careless with his secrets. He can't imagine her judging him, can't imagine her being as small-minded as most people in this town.

He was planning on telling her anyway, because things had been going so well with Eddie lately and – no, he shouldn't think about that right now. But maybe it would actually be nice to talk about it with Nancy.

'So, um...' His throat feels tight and his hands are sweaty. 'I recently discovered some things about myself. I-' The words get stuck somewhere on the way to his mouth, and he clears his throat.

Nancy doesn't push, but only gives him an encouraging nod, waiting for him to find his voice again.

'I found out I like boys,' he finally manages to confess. 'And I need you to know that – that that doesn't mean that what I felt for you wasn't real. It was. I loved you, and now I fell in love with a boy. And-'

'Steve.' Nancy's hand suddenly covers his, causing him to finally jerk his head away from the view over the quarry, to focus on her face again instead.

Her eyes are wide, and she squeezes his hand.

'You don't have to explain yourself to me,' she tells him. 'We're good. But thank you for telling me. For trusting me with this.'

Steve heaves out a relieved sigh, and Nancy smiles; it's that genuine kind of smile which reveals all kinds of dimples and soft lines across her face.

'We might be more similar than you thought,' she tells him, a faint blush spreading over her cheeks.

'Really?' Her words make his breath catch in his throat. He squints at her, trying to see her in this new light. 'Are you saying what I think you're saying?'

She shrugs. 'I don't know. I'm not sure yet,' she admits. 'Still figuring things out.'

'Take your time, there's no rush,' he tells her. 'But...' He bumps his shoulder against hers. 'When you're done figuring it out, talk to me, okay?'

She nods. 'Okay.'

For a while, it's quiet between the two of them. Some kind of raptor circles high above them in the sky. They both follow it with their eyes until it disappears among the tree tops west of the quarry.

'Is it Eddie?'

Steve blinks dumbly a couple of times.

'Wha- what?'

'The guy you were talking about. The one you fell in love with. It's Eddie, isn't it?'

'Jesus, Wheeler, what kind of sorceress are you?' Steve exclaims.

Nancy laughs again. 'You're not being as subtle as you think,' she tells him. 'The two of you have been hooking up for a while now, haven't you?'

Steve huffs dramatically. 'This is unfair. You know everything; I can't even tell you my own secrets anymore!'

'So what happened?' Nancy asks. 'You said you had a fight with him?'

'It's fucking stupid,' he sighs. 'Dustin was getting way too excited about the fact that I was gonna be hanging out with you, so I told him I was seeing someone. Next thing I knew, he was telling Eddie all about how I was seeing a girl.' He waves his hands around to make annoyed air quotations. 'I wanted to tell Eddie it was a misunderstanding, but Dustin was there, so I couldn't out us just like that, and he looked so betrayed and heartbroken... He didn't wanna listen to me.'

Steve sighs; he still can't manage to forget that look in Eddie's eyes when Dustin delivered the big news. 'I wish I would've talked about what I felt for him earlier. I should've been honest when I had the chance, y'know. But I was afraid he wouldn't wanna label what we had, that he wouldn't feel the same way – and now we're in this whole mess. God, he must hate me right now, Nance.'

To his surprise, Nancy gives him an unexpected slap against his arm.

'Ouch, what the hell was that for?!'

'What are you even doing here with me, Steve? You should've gone after him, tell him how you feel!'

'I tried, obviously, but he didn't wanna listen to me!'

'So make him listen! You're in love with him, he obviously feels the same way about you, and you let him leave to wallow in a broken heart he doesn't even need to have!' She rolls her eyes and slides off the car, adding something under her breath that sounds suspiciously like an exasperated 'Boys!' before she pulls Steve off the car as well. 'C'mon, time to get your ass over to the trailer park. Right. Now,' she says through gritted teeth. And, well, Steve knows better than to argue with a determined - and truthfully quite terrifying - Nancy Wheeler.

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#look i can and i will exploit the miscommunication trope until yall are sick and tired of it #bc steddie is actually the perfect couple for keeping that trope believable #they're idiots with terrible communication skills it's canon #they WOULD #“can't you just talk to him?” “wait what i can????” IT'S SO THEM OKAY #nancy is the only sane person here i don't make the rules #don't mind me rambling about stranger things #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #nancy wheeler #platonic stancy #(i love platonic stancy they mean the world to me) #(i truly didn't mean to trick anyone into reading about them this just kinda. happened. idk) #this is making me wanna write more about their friendship actually they deserve their own fic #stranger things #fruity ficlet

[hopeyblogs]

hello:)

so, my best friend just ended our friendship and im very very sad.

Can u make Wednesday characters (of your choice) comforting reader after this situation?

(Sorry if i writed something wrong, im still learning english)

oh I'm so so sorry. Just know some people are not worth crying for ok? Feel better soon babes!! <33 ⇢Masterlist

Wednesday:

Understands that humans can be cruel to their own kind with the reasoning to cover their own insecurity.

Does not understand why wasting your tears to something petty.

Someone will actually end up in the hospital and it's not you.

"i did things that was necessary" her reasoning was.

You were happy seeing someone actually cared and protective over you.

Enid:

Would cry with you, sobbing in each other arms, then you'll ask why she's crying with you.

"seeing you cry makes me cry ok!" and then giggling together.

Hates your so called friends and spreads rumours about them on her blog.

Would always be with you every step of the way of your healing phase.

Helps you introduce yourself to new people, gets you to be more active in school.

Being your cheerleader with every little thing you wanna do.

Ajax:

He tries his best on comforting you, makes you laugh, distracting from your problems.

Buys food for you when he sees you're not eating enough. Forces you to eat.

He'll take you out at night, doing chaotic things and getting the adrenaline rush from it.

would or would not stone your so called friends.

He and Enid setting up pranks and rumour and giggling together seeing them getting the treatment they deserve.

Tyler:

Free coffee on the table after seeing you walk in with puffy eyes and red nose.

Asks you what's wrong, pestering until you tell him what happened.

Hugs you, comforting you with praises and words saying "you don't deserve them" "you're ok now"

Gives you a croissant, a few cookies and cupcakes for free on the way home.

He'll walk you back, hugging you once more to say goodbye.

Constantly checks up on you through texts and meets you.

Rowan:

Understand you to the core. He would sympathise with you.

Tries to be comforting by listening to your vents anytime you need it, offering hugs to you.

Keeps you updated with school works, helps you with them

Takes you on walks to calm your mind, reading books together.

Do mischievous things like messing with their stuff, spills water on them and dropping stuff on their faces infront of you to see you smile.

#draft dump #x reader #imagines #rowan laslow #rowan laslow x reader #rowan x reader #ajax petropolus #ajax petropolis x reader #ajax x reader #enid sinclair #enid x you #wednesday addams #wednesday #wednesday x y/n #tyler galpin x reader #tyler x reader #tyler galpin

[firefly--bright]

Hi! I saw your recent post about requesting for Jean since his birthday's coming up. 💖

One of the main traits of Jean is his self-doubt: always feeling like he's not good enough for something/someone; always feeling like a second choice. Could you possibly do a hurt-comfort one where Jean avoids the reader after hearing a comment from someone (either in a joking or serious manner) that the reader's too good for him/reader doesn't deserve him/anything really that makes him kind of doubt whether he is actually good enough for the reader? Then reader is puzzled about why he's been avoiding them, and when Jean opens up why, reader comforts and reassures him that he would always be more than enough for them.

I just want to hug and love this man sm 💖

A safe pair of hands.

jean Kirstein x gender neutral!reader (modern au)

warnings : talks about not being enough

a/n : hi!!!! i am so so so sorry this took so long to write :') i was going to finish this a while ago, but writer's block hit me like a truck and i didn't wanna put out something i wasn't proud of/wrote just to get it out. that being said, i hope this is what you wanted! thank you for requesting and again I'm so sorry it took so long :')

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"they could do so much better, like, what do they even see in him?"

"i know right, they're so out of jean's league."

the library wasn't much of a place to talk, but some people went there to do so anyway, instead of using it for it's intended purpose. jean, like most people, liked to study in the library. the afternoons could get too hot to study in the common outdoor area with benches and lush green grass during the summers, and the library was a nice place with more than enough sunlight, while also being air conditioned.

jean was currently waiting for you to arrive in the library as well, to study for your upcoming midterms together, when he overheard the conversation happening a couple desks over. his day was already going bad, but now it had gotten much, much worse.

he usually wouldn't allow strangers' opinions get to him at all. jean was confident, overly so, but not when someone was pointing out loud how he had always felt. jean knew he had a track record of being...not the best person. he had been trying to tone it down, be kinder to strangers instead of soaking in his own rash decisions and impulsive thoughts. sure, he wasn't the best person ever like you, but he would agree he wasn't the worst, either. he thought he was just being honest, brutally so, not sparing people's feelings when he spoke to them about nothing but the truth, even if they were strangers. he took the harsh role of a leader in group projects, shooting people's ideas down without remorse.

he would admit he changed a bit when he met you and marco.

marco entered his life gently, sitting next to him and starting up conversations, easing into a close friendship with jean, along with you. but unlike marco, you told him where and when he was in the wrong, made him realise that there would be nothing wrong in being nicer to people, rather than scoffing at them.

he didn't even realise when your company started affected him so much. your actions, the ones he adored so much, started to shape him, too. you told him, in your own frustrations, that his real self, the self he usually kept hidden from people, was beautiful. and he started to believe it.

but it felt like a crushing weight as he realised all his growth, all the things he had been doing, were going unnoticed. he was still seen as the over-confident asshole that told people off for bothering him and grunting instead of thanking people.

jean sighed deeply, the weight on his shoulder that had finally been pushed off because of you reappearing in an instant, slumping on his shoulders.

were they true? did he really not deserve you? it sure felt like he didn't. you were brilliant, your love was more beautiful than any song or poem or piece of literature, far deeper than any depth his eyes could ever consider. you were ever-present, like the promise and comfort of the presence of the pole star that would adorn the sky every night despite the lack of a sun.

jean was everything but.

if you were the pole star, then he was only the lost wanderer hoping to find a home in your light. if you were the calm cooling wind on a summer day, then jean would be the hot and humid weather that appeared before a harsh rainfall, lacking any sunlight that you so softly carried in nothing but the palm of your hand.

despite everything, you were good, if not close to it, and jean was everything but.

you deserved better. you deserved someone who would hold your hand without acting like they didn't want to. you deserved someone who bought a much larger bouquet of flowers than jean could get. you deserved someone who was anyone but jean.

a tap on his shoulder, one he had acquainted himself to and come to adore, made him shake off his thoughts the best he could.

you sat next to him, handing him a can of the energy drink he'd asked for, flashing him a smile along with a kiss on the cheek before sitting next to him. he observed your movements, how each one was something you had always done, but each one was something he looked forward to. he looked forward to see you, be in your presence even if you were doing the simple task of picking up your pen to start your assignments.

how could you sit there, doing mundane tasks so beautifully? how were so human, with the creases near your eyes and your lips and the curves and plains of your body, yet being so holy? how was your flesh soft and warm beneath Jean's fingers, his shoulder now brushing yours as you wrote, yet you looked like those meticulously and perfectly carved sculptures that people would travel half the world to see?

and how was it that you chose jean, specifically, to sit beside you? out of all the exceptional and remarkable and special people you had met - jean had met them too - it was jean you decided to spend your time with? he felt unworthy of it. of your attention and time, the one you gave him undividedly and without hesitation.

god, this was pathetic. why was he listening to strangers' words, and more importantly, why was this affecting him so much? you were next to him, not going anywhere.

yet.

what would happen when you'd open your eyes and see that jean wasn't all that, that jean wasn't what you'd wanted? you'd leave jean in the dust like all his other lovers and past crushes did, looking back maybe once or twice before placing your own path without him. and he'd be left alone, again, to figure out what to do.

but you were different, right? unlike jean's other exes - not that there was anything wrong with it - you had been his friend, been close to him before you even started dating. you had seen his ups and downs and you were still sticking by him. that had to count for something, right?

jean sighed, something that didn't go unnoticed by you. you had noticed his strange behaviour as soon as you had walked in, the soft furrow between his brows, the fiddling of his pen between his fingers - he was thinking too hard. about what, you didn't know. you'd just be patient until he told you like he always did. he had a pattern, one that you'd become familiar with. he'd get lost in his thoughts, try to rationalize them, and ask for your help. whether it was about something small like deciding which shoes to wear, or it was your advice on something big like an interview for an internship. he respected your opinion, and your words somehow always made him feel at ease. you didn't know how you did it, you only knew that it worked. he always told you what was wrong, you'd sprinkle in a few jokes to lighten his mood and give him some advice or a shoulder and he'd be strong and face his problems with determination, something you loved about him.

you tilted your head, looking at him with your face resting on your fist. "what's wrong?" you asked, hoping to kickstart a rant.

jean looked at you for a minute, blinking, as if he was contemplating wether he should tell you something or not. finally, he shook his head, murmuring "nothing," before facing back to his book.

your brows furrowed. "you sure? I'm here for you, y'know. if anything's wrong then...you can always tell me." you say.

he glances at you only for a moment, and you can tell that he's made up his mind about something in his head already. he nods once, saying, "i know." while still looking at his book.

you figured you should've given him some time. maybe then he'd tell you if something was wrong. something was wrong, and you knew it. it had been a week and a half since that day and the texts you sent him were all one-sided. something was wrong and he was leaving you in the dark about it instead of telling you - something he had never done before. if you did something wrong he'd tell you, that's just who jean was. he's honest and surprisingly was good at communication, ready to gently correct you on your mistakes or praise you for your achievements, so it couldn't have been something you did, right?

if it wasn't for his dry texts worrying you, then it was definitely his behaviour towards you. he'd always have a sparkle in his eye when he met you, locking gazes from across the campus, he'd stand up straighter, smile softly and wave at you before walking towards you with the same smile refusing to slip away from his face. hell, he'd even stop whatever conversation he was having with someone, excusing himself from their talk and instead opt to greet you with a kiss on your forehead, something he'd done even before you had started dating. jean wasn't a physically affectionate person towards his friends, per say, but he'd always walk beside you, either with his hand lacing through yours or with your shoulders bumping, welcoming your comforting warmth.

but he didn't do any of those these past weeks. you'd see him everyday, waving to him excitedly with a smile, but he'd just glance at you and look away almost guiltily. his hands weren't encasing yours, and he kept his shoulders tightly to his body instead. you were confused, and frankly, hurt by this. who wouldn't be? and as humans do, you tried to find the answers to this, to his flipped behaviour. you asked marco, his closest friend, but he shrugged and told you that hed noticed a change in jeans behaviour too, but didn't question him yet. you tried to figure out what went wrong - if you had done something, if you had said something that pissed him off. maybe he was just too hesitant to tell you if you made a mistake this time for some reason, maybe you talked his ear off too much, maybe he was getting a little tired of you.

you told all of this to your friend, who in turn shook you by the shoulders and said that it was futile to try and blame yourself. maybe it wasn't you at all, maybe jean was going through something.

"maybe you should just....ask him. i know you're terrified of confrontation, but it's important." Noor said, taking a sip of the cold coffee the two of you were sharing, untying her hair from the bun she had kept it in. it curled at the ends slightly as she shook it out.

you sighed deeply, resting your head on your palm, looking out of the window of the campus cafe. "yeah. but it's just.... what if i did do something wrong? did i screw up that badly that he won't even hold a conversation with me?"

there was a beat of silence before she answered. "that's sounds like a him problem." she said. you opened your mouth to retaliate, but she cut you off before you could. "what I mean is, if it is your fault, and he's not telling you what you did wrong, then he should tell you instead of being a dick about it." she said, rolling her eyes at the end like it was the obvious answer, which you supposed it was.

you hummed. you'd have to confront jean tonight about this, it seemed. you were honestly getting sick of his forceful distance, and as much as you were hurt about it, you also missed your best friend. you'd ask him if there was something you did, or if he was going through something. if it was the latter you'd be there for him like you always had been. maybe he just needed a little more reassurance.

"anyway, i saw this new music video-" Noor started, whipping out her phone with a giddy smile.

you smiled in anticipation. the conversation with jean and the dread that came with it would have to gladly wait, as you leaned forward to watch the video at a low volume, letting Noor explain each detail of the video.

you had texted jean to meet you at your place after you came back home from meeting Noor, secretly hoping the text would go ignored. it sucked feeling like this, like you were suddenly less important to the one person you thought kept you in high regards as you did him.

you sat on the couch, scrolling through your phone to distract yourself. you had received a text from jean about five minutes ago, a quick "I'm omw" text to your previous one. he had the keys to your apartment, the one you shared with sasha and Mikasa. fortunately, both of them were out, Mikasa staying over at eren and armin's to finish up a group project, and sasha staying over at niccolo's for the first time as a movie date, one that she had frantically put on a comfy but cute outfit for.

there was a knock on your door, startling you. getting up, you stretched, walking towards the door and looked through the peep hole - the one decorated poorly by sasha with cheap acrylic paints with a bunch of sunflowers because you had off handedly mentioned that you liked flowers. she told you she wanted to make you feel more welcomed as a new roomate, and you remembered hugging her tight after that, Mikasa joining in the embrace.

you saw jean on the other side, his leg tapping the floor what seemed to be impatiently, but in reality he was nervous. the way you phrased the text, "love can you come over? i need to talk to you." was very out of character. you'd usually text him in all caps, letting your enthusiasm shine through, maybe even some emojis with symbols, but not this time. atleast you had called him 'love', so you couldn't be that mad at him, right? he knew you had picked up on his weird behaviour over the days, he saw your shoulders deflating from the corner of his eyes when you saw he didn't wave back, didn't start up conversation, didn't ask you to have dinner with him. he felt terrible for it. he wanted to scoop you into his arms and kiss your face all over but he was so, so scared of losing you because be was too clingy, too much. or maybe even too little. jean would thank the stars if he actually knew what was wrong with him and why on earth he was doing what he was doing. would he even accept the answer without it crushing him completely?

or maybe he should thank the stars, because he knew what was happening and he just didn't want to accept it. he was reverting right back to his old ways, the ways he had so gladly left behind when you stepped into his life.

and he absolutely despised it. he hated the patterns that he had seen in himself return with a full force, and now he was sure he was going to lose you to this spiralling descent into Jean's personal form of hell.

you opened the door with a small smile that eased his nerves only a bit. "hi," you greeted him, and he instantly felt even worse. your voice held the usual softness it did whenever you talked to him. the softness jean knew he didn't deserve.

he nodded in greeting, muttering a small "hey," while you pulled the door open wider to let him enter.

you turned, telling him to 'make himself comfortable' and busied yourself by fidgeting with your shirt. jean knew you had something on your mind, something specifically about him.

he reached out to grasp your fiddling hands gently. you looked up to his eyes and let out a tired sigh, giving in to what jean assumed was a relentless chain of thoughts in your head.

"so... I've noticed that you've gotten a bit distant lately." you said. there was no accusation in your voice, a mere soft observation.

"and i just want to know what happened. i mean, i thought you'd tell me, eventually, y'know. but i think I've gone far enough for me to know 'cause.... it kinda hurts," you say, pausing. then, "and I'd really appreciate it if you told me what's wrong. either with you or with me or with us, i just want to know. i can....we can fix it, y'know? i know it. i love you, and i need you to know I'm here for you no matter what. i promise." you complete, looking into his eyes.

jean blinks. whatever he was expecting, it was definitely not.....reassurance, out of all things. he'd take your anger, he'd take your silent treatment, your cold shoulder, anything but you telling him that you'd still be there.

"huh?" he says, and it's definitely not the response you were looking for, so jean clears his throat and opts for stammering his next sentence out. "i... i mean... what? you think... do you seriously think you were the one that did something wrong?" he says, running a hand through his hair in either nervousness or disbelief or maybe both.

"then what is it?" you ask, desperate for answers now, leaning towards him as the cushions shifted under your weight.

jean sighed. his half-assed resolve - if he could even call it that - was crumbling, and you were look at him like you wouldn't take no for an answer, and Jean knew all too well how stubborn you could be.

he decided not to look at your face for now, to save himself from completely falling apart. he was scared, once again, that if he saw your face he wouldn't be able to stop himself from hating himself for loving you so much.

staring at the grey of his pants, he started.

"i overheard these two people talking about us. talking about how you deserve better, and i know you'll say something about that, but... i don't know, i felt like....like they were right, somehow. that they said what I was always scared of admitting to myself, that you deserved better than whatever or whoever i am and can ever be." he says, muttering your name in a quiet voice. he turns towards you now, and he hopes you don't see how much he regrets this, himself.

but you do. you always do.

your hands clasp his sweaty ones, and even if his hands were practically soaked in his own sweat, your warmth was welcomed.

you don't say anything yet, and jean is glad for that. he continues.

"I'm not perfect, I'm not really anything special, either. it's not that....that I dont trust you or your judgement about loving me, but I'm so, so scared that one day you'll see what I really have to offer and know that that's not enough. I'm scared....I'm scared I'll lose you. that I'll lose the best thing that has ever happened to me. i distanced myself because i was scared you'll come too close and see me for who I really am."

he stops when your hand decides to cup his cheek. his eyes can't bear to look at yours, and he can feel you thinking. his hand escapes your other one from his lap and holds the one on his cheek. "I'm sorry. I'm so, so, so so-"

"stop. don't apologize for how you feel," you say, and your thumb makes small circles on his cheek. you're sure he's trying not to cry, with how much he's avoiding your gaze and swallowing and how much his lashes are fluttering.

"jean," you say, softly, "look at me, love. please."

when he finally does, they're filled with tears as you suspected. your heart chips away a bit, but you don't let that stop you from speaking firmly.

"stop talking about what you deserve or what I do. who gets to decide that, anyway? who gets to decide what we really deserve? i didn't fall in love with you because i expected something in return, that i expected you to give me all of you." you pause, thinking over your words before saying them.

"i know you think you're not good enough. but i also know you're as good as you can be, that you're trying. i might not have known about all the versions of you, but i know you right now. i know that you're passionate and ambitious and honest. i know you that you claim you don't like to bake but when you do, it always turns out amazing. i know that you like to crack your knuckles before drawing something. i know that you like to study for the hardest chapters first so thst you can do the easy ones later. i know that you always carry something for stray cats and dogs to eat if you find one. i know that when you're angry you try to rationalize and see things from another perspective. i know that after you have too much caffeine you start bouncing a little on your heels. all of these things, all of you, are more than i could ever ask for. i wasnt even looking for a better version of you. i was looking for just you, and i have you. I'll have you in any form you give me." you say, exhaling at the end.

you're looking at jean, only to find him looking at you like you have all the answers of the world in your eyes, like you could solve all the mysteries and conspiracy theories that people usually lost their minds over in just a few seconds.

he blinked, "damn." was all he said.

if jean was honest with himself, he wasn't listening to you the first few sentences, which, yes, sounded selfish, but in his defense he was trying not to break down infront of you. not because of his pride or his ego, no, but because he was scared that you'd turn the other way.

admittedly, that was another stupid thought that would've tumbled into a spiraling mess before he tuned back into what you were saying, before he heard you saying all the things you knew about him, listing them off like they actually meant something to you. like they meant more than enough for you to remember and love about him. his breath caught in his throat before your little rant ended, and the singular word was all he could say, all he could muster up.

how could he even think to reply coherently after you just said that so seemingly easily?

and then he saw you laugh at his lack of a response, and surprisingly, he found himself smiling too. or maybe it wasn't that surprising because it was you and because he knew you, and somehow that also meant knowing himself.

"sorry, just-" you say, wiping the corner of your eyes. it shouldn't have been this funny, not as much that warranted a laugh like this, but you couldn't help it. "I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at that answer-"

"yeah, alright, pack it up with the excuses, love." jean said, rolling his eyes and shaking his head with a smile.

your laughter subsided soon enough, but the both of your smiles remained the same. you leaned into him, wrapping your arms around his neck, a gesture he reciprocated without hesitation, wrapping his warm arms around your waist as you held each other.

jean's fear, the all consuming grip his mind had on him, telling him he'd always be the second choice, wouldn't dissapear overnight. the both of you knew it. you knew it's take time and patience for this, and jean knew the same.

but jean now also knew that you'd be there when the grip became a chokehold. jean knew that you, out of all people - not that he wanted anyone else - would provide that time and patience. jean sighed into your shoulder with that realization, burying his head in the crook where your shoulders met your neck.

"i love you," he heard you say, and there was no doubt or hesitation behind your voice, which was an indication enough for jean to know that you did before he'd register your words.

he laid a kiss on your skin, "i love you too. thank you."

he felt you smile and shake your head. "don't thank me."

the pair of you stayed like that for a bit, a sort of awkward position on the couch where you hugged, so you pulled away. jeans eyes held the affection they always had towards you, and you smiled cheekily.

"so are we gonna kiss now or what?"

jean smiled. who would be if he refused your request?

#jean kirstein x reader #jean kirschstein x reader #jean kirstein #jean kirstein x you #aot #shingeki no kyojin #attack on titan #jean kirschtein #jean x reader

[greetings-humans]

this has already been said a million times but ig some people never got the memo so here I am.

when a fic updates and it's been a while (be that a month, a semester, a year, multiple years, a fucking decade or maybe several of those) YOU DON'T SUDDENLY GET A FREE PASS TO BE AN ASSHOLE TO THE AUTHOR

some things for your consideration:

the fic author is not paid for this creative effort and also needs to spend time actually supporting themselves financial

the fic author is not a robot that cranks out creative material. breaks are needed, sometimes people leave fandoms and come back much later. it is human and it is natural. some people can't completely obsess over one single fic consistently and also write stuff for it, and thus cannot consistently give you chapters. sometimes, "consistently" also means not as soon as you'd like. please find your brain from the lost and found and realize that if someone is updating and has not abandoned their fic, that is an absolute win and definitely not a given

the fic author is a human being that just so might wanna engage in hobbies and relationships (platonic and/or romantic), which takes time

you should keep in mind that it takes a lot of fucking brainpower to have an idea, like the idea, decide to write the idea, find the time to write the idea, find the inspiration to continue said idea, ACTUALLY FUCKING WRITE THE IDEA, and find it in yourself to publish it

you are entitled to nothing. actually, since I'm a nice, empathetic person, I'll ammend that. the only thing you might be entitled to is an edit at the tags saying 'fyi next chapter is gonna take a while'. you deserve no explanation. I deserve no explanation. if the author comes back after years to update I will go to the comments and tell them how surprised and happy I am and then talk about the fic. be a bit more like that please

if you don't like the updating frequency, consider DOING IT YOUR FUCKING SELF (and talking about it with the fic author if you got inspired by said fic, and definitely giving credit).

if you don't like the updating frequency, consider NOT READING OR COMMENTING ON THE FIC or just maybe READING A DIFFERENT FIC (don't like don't read is always in effect babes, this is fanfiction, if i started saying shit under every fic with a premise that made me grimace I'd have made so many people and myself so upset)

this is not one of those cases where you can make it other people's problem. the author has every right to take as much time as they fucking want. I don't see you writing this exact fic in their exact circumstances, so kindly shut up

okay, for real, though. you can't know. the author could be going through anything, including but not limited to childbirth, divorce, grief, mental health issues, physical health issues, schoolwork (not everyone is an academic genius samantha, let people take their time), friendship/romance drama. they could also, fyi, just wanna take a break. nothing wrong with that. it's actually the recommended course of action to avoid burnout in case you hadn't heard. literally who do you think you are to take an issue with that? their fucking publisher? do you have a deadline to meet harold? is your pay based on this? what was that? no? okay cool then shut it.

how fucking dare you complain about how fast a literal human being with an entire life outside of fanfiction can write literally so many words about something new.

btw this is what inspired all of this

one of my favorite fics updated after... well three months maybe? and I spot this in the comment section as I go to drop my own comment. literally how dare you. do you understand how discouraging and infuriating it is to see some random person say this about your brainchild?? im glad you're liking the fic berryl but if you have an issue with the time between updates, keep it to yourself, read another fic, or write your own fic.

#ao3 #ao3 etiquette #fanfiction #fanfic #fic #fan fiction #fic etiquette #fandom #deelay words #(i have a lot of those on this subject as you can see) #rant post #ranting #long post

[stranger-nightmare]

Chrissy Cunningham - SFW Alphabet

A/N: my beloved darling Chrissy! honestly writing this made me low-key sad because she’s just so friggin’ cute and I genuinely love her so much and ugh she just deserved the absolute world, precious babygirl! I hope you guys like this! <3

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

Chrissy is very affectionate with her partner. She likes to hold hands constantly. Sit so close to you your knees / thighs are touching. She loves to be hugged as frequently as possible. She also loves to give you cheek kisses at any given point throughout the day. I also think one of her ways of showing affection is gift giving. She’s frequently buying you small gifts to show her love for you. She also loves to give head scratches and massages, she finds a kind of peace and comfort in doing it, and hey you’re not complaining. One of her favourite ways of receiving affection is words of affirmation. I think Chrissy is quite insecure and she needs the reminder and confirmation of how much you love her.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

She is the best best friend ever! She’s so cute and so fun to be around, that is once she’s comfortable around you and has come out of her shell a bit more. She loves to have sleepovers, go shopping at the mall, have beauty and pamper nights in, go to the cinema, rollerblading, all those classic lil friendship dates! I imagine the friendship would’ve started at school, like you guys ended up sitting next to each other in a few different classes and you just kinda clicked. She was a bit shy and awkward at first but as you got to know her you got to see just how cute and adorable and fun she really is and after that you were just instant besties!

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

Chrissy loves to cuddle! It takes a while for her to physically affectionate and open with you because she’s quite insecure about her body and such. But, once she is comfortable with you, she’ll wanna snuggle as often as possible. She likes to be in your lap and have your arms wrapped around her, basically enveloping her into your chest, like you could protect her from the world. She’s also definitely always the little spoon, she loves how safe and cozy it makes her feel.

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

She absolutely does want to settle down almost as soon as possible. She wants nothing more than that cute domestic bliss of living in her own place with her partner, having a place she can call home with the love of her life. And I think she’s amazing at cooking and cleaning. I think she’s really good about keeping on top of everything so there’s never much cleaning to do in one go because she basically always cleans as she goes along. She’s also very good about keeping the house incredibly neat, tidy, and organised; she doesn’t like mess or chaos.

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

If she had to end the relationship for whatever reason I think she would write down all of her feelings into a letter. She’d pour her heart and soul out onto the page, letting her pen speak for her because she can’t bring herself to say it out loud herself. She would give you the letter with a squeaky apology because she just can’t get her voice under control to actually talk it out with you.

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

I feel like once she’s in a relationship and she feels comfortable Chrissy is committed. She loves you and she genuinely does just want to spend the rest of her life with you, and she can’t wait for that rest of her life with you to begin! I feel like she’s the type who would want to get married as soon as, even if she is still quite young. She loves you and she knows she loves you and she just can’t picture a life / future with you not in it.

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

Most of the time she is gentle, like very very gentle. The only time she’s not soft and gentle is when she’s squeezing you in one of her tight hugs which she saves only for you. She’s also super gentle emotionally speaking. She can get upset really easily on account of her anxiety. Even just using the wrong tone of voice with her accidentally can set her off spiralling. She’s very fragile and sensitive with her emotions and she needs a lot of reassurance. But she’s also great in the sense that’s so gentle and sweet when it comes to listening to you talk about your issues; she’s always so incredibly sweet and kind and understanding.

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

Chrissy loves hugs, she loves it when you hug her the most, just wrapping your arms around her body and holding her close. I think Chrissy would be quite needy with simple physical affection like this, she always likes to be snuggled close to you as much as possible. When she hugs you she squeezes so incredibly hard, harder than you’d think possible for someone as small as her. But she’s only like this with you, only puts her everything into her hug when it’s with you. When it comes to other people like her friends or whatever she’s very reserved and doesn’t like to hug them properly. I think she’s very particular about physical touch when it comes to other people, it’s really only you that she gets touchy with because she feels so completely comfortable with you.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

I think because she’s a lil insecure it would actually take Chrissy a fair amount of time to actually admit that she’s in love with you. She knows she loves you, she’s absolutely head over heels for you, and has been for ages. But she’s always just so self conscious and insecure that you don’t feel quite as strongly back about her. So she only admits her feelings and says ‘I love you’ after you’ve already told her first. But then, after that first time, she usually won’t miss an opportunity to tell it to you again and again.

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?)

Chrissy can get jealous but it doesn’t come from a place of possession, it comes from a place of insecurity. She’s constantly second guessing and doubting herself and often worries that you’ll leave her for someone ‘better’. So when she’s jealous she just gets very quiet and reserved because she’s busy overthinking in her head. It just means you have to spend some time reassuring her how much you love her and giving her plenty of words of affirmation because she definitely needs it.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

Chrissy’s kisses are always very soft and tender, gentle and searching. No matter how many times you’ve kissed her almost every time feels just like the first, her lips tentatively exploring yours. I also imagine she’s constantly applying lip gloss / balm so tends to taste like a different flavour almost every day. And you absolutely love exploring her lips and trying to guess today’s flavour.

L = Love language (Pretty self explanatory, what is their love language?)

Her two main loves languages towards you are physical affection and gift giving. However, her favourite love language to receive, as I said earlier, is words of affirmation and reassurance.

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

Chrissy likes to get up early. She’ll get up, do a quick work out or go for a short run, then shower and do her morning skin and hair care routines before doing her makeup and getting dressed for the day. She always eats some kind of fruit for breakfast and drinks at least one glass of water to start her day off. She’s very particular about this routine and she almost never strays from it. Even if she has nothing to actually do for the day she’ll still get up and do this whole routine, even if she is only returning to your side in bed afterwards. So most of your morning is spent just watching her as she goes about with her routine. Maybe sometimes you go running with her if you feel up to it.

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

It depends! Some nights you go out together on cute lil dates to the cinema or rollerblading etc. Some nights both you and her get dragged to the popular guys’ parties, but you both tend to dip out early or as quickly as you can. Other nights you guys have lil pamper sessions together at home; Chrissy is big into self-care when it comes to skincare and haircare etc. So you guys will spend the evening doing face masks and hair masks and painting each other’s nails etc. She’ll give you a lil scalp massage / scratch because it’s something she just genuinely enjoys doing. Sometimes you’ll even have a bubble bath together. Then you’ll watch some cute rom-com comfort movies together because those are her favourites, all the whole she’ll be snuggled into your chest and you’ll just be stroking her back gently.

0 = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

Chrissy would take a while to really open up to you. She’s really insecure about herself and the issues she struggles with so yeah it takes a lot of patience and gentle encouragement for her to really let you in and see who she really is behind her very smiley persona. But once she does open up to you she feels so unbelievably relieved because she’s never talked so openly to someone like that before and she’s just so grateful to have you in her life.

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

She’s very patient and does not get angered easily. And even when she does get angry she doesn’t usually do or say anything about it, she just pushes it down. She doesn’t like to argue so she’ll go out her way to repress her anger rather than actually have to confront whatever the issue is. So when she does get outwardly angry about something you know it’s bad.

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

Oh yeah Chrissy remembers every tiny detail that you tell her. I think it might be an anxiety thing to be perfectly honest but yeah she pays attention to everything you say. To her there’s no such thing as a small, passing comment. She’ll remember you humming a casual comment about liking a necklace you saw in this store once. The next day you’ll find a lil wrapped box in your locker and inside, yep, is that lil necklace. She remembers your favourite comfort foods and movies, all of your personal lil quirks and inside jokes, she remembers it all and doesn’t hesitate to use it all to her advantage to cheer you up whenever you need it.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

Her favourite moment is the first time you told her ‘I love you’. She’d been wanting to say it to you for so long but she was so nervous and insecure that you didn’t feel the same way about her. So when you finally plucked up the courage to say it first she was just so overcome with relief and joy and happiness and love. She was consumed with how happy she was and she’ll never forget that moment; she replays it in her head when she needs cheering up or reminding that you do indeed love her.

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

Chrissy is very anxious and timid so I don’t think she’d ever be too bold in being protective of you. Her way of being protective would likely be clinging onto you in some way, holding onto your arm and just letting her body be as close it can be to yours. And she likes to be protected herself in a similar way, she finds much comfort in your physical affection. But she also likes verbal protection and affirmation as well, you standing up for her and essentially saying to the world that she’s yours and yours alone; yeah she likes that.

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

She definitely puts a lot of effort into your relationship. She likes to plan dates, spend quality time with you, give you plenty of love and attention. She goes almost over the top to spoil you with gifts on your birthday. And for your anniversaries she always has some really special night out planned. She’s great at sharing the load of everyday tasks as well; sometimes she’ll even do too much and there’s practically nothing left for you to contribute (as in like cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc.) Chrissy’s usually got it all covered.

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

I don’t know why but I think she’d be the type to pick at her nails / cuticles when she’s nervous or anxious or stressed. Or similarly she’ll bounce her leg a lot when she’s feeling those things as well. She’ll also play with her necklace a lot, running the pendant back and forth across the chain. I think Chrissy has a lot of issues with self-esteem and anxiety and unfortunately she’s developed some bad habits / coping mechanisms because of it.

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

Yes she is very concerned with her looks. But it’s not a vanity thing, it’s actually more of an insecurity thing. She feels so much pressure to look a certain way, especially with being a cheerleader and in the popular group. She always feels like she has eyes on her and those eyes have certain expectations of what she should look like. So yes she is very high maintenance about her appearance but sadly it comes from a place of insecurity rather than just a general want to look nice. Poor baby girl just needs someone to kiss her forehead and tell her she’s beautiful no matter what.

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

I don’t know if I’d say she’d feel incomplete without you but she would definitely feel your absence greatly. When she’s in a serious relationship Chrissy really does attach herself greatly to them so you being not around for whatever reason would greatly effect her. She’d definitely feel like something was missing in her life but not like she didn’t know who she was without you or anything.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them)

I think Chrissy plans her outfits for the week ahead of time, even down to what underwear she’s gonna wear on each day. She’s just extremely organised in that respect. She also coordinates her makeup and hair styles for each outfit as well. And, as I mentioned earlier, she has an array of flavoured lip balms and glosses and she picks a different one each day, also to go with whatever she’s wearing.

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like)

She doesn’t like mess and untidiness or anything unhygienic. Despite being in the popular group I don’t think she likes to actually goes to parties and stuff too often. Usually she’s only there because she feels like she has to be because that’s what her group of people do and expect her to do. But secretly I think she much prefers quiet nights in, or nights out spent with just you and not that crowd of jocks and preps.

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habit of theirs?)

She has a super extensive skin care routine that she does every single night before bed without fail. And I think she probably sleeps with her hair tucked into a silk wrap so it doesn’t get messy and frizzy. She likes to be bundled like a burrito in blankets, even in the middle of summer. She’s always snuggled in the covers. And honestly she’s so cute you can’t even get mad at her when she completely steals the blanket.

Masterlist

#stranger nightmare #chrissy cunningham #chrissy cunningham headcanons #chrissy cunningham headcanon #chrissy cunningham imagine #chrissy cunningham fluff #chrissy cunningham angst #chrissy cunningham hc #chrissy cunningham hcs #chrissy cunningham drabble #chrissy cunningham x reader #chrissy cunningham x you #chrissy cunningham x y/n #grace van dien #stranger things #stranger things headcanons #stranger things headcanon

[away-ward]

this michaelrika kaibanks just ruined everything for me. especially considering banks is my favorite character and i only continued with the series so i could get crumbs of her(which didn happen thanks to pd always favouring rika and thrusting her into situations where she is not needed). honestly, that bonus scene does not sound like banks AT ALL. her worrying about how her how "family" doesnt love her enough after 10 damn years made me want to break something especially since pd made it out like they all adore and love Rika while making banks feel like she was not part of the inner circle. moreover if emory would have become good friends with any one in that weird-ass grp it would have been with banks but NO pd has to make it all about rika..in a bonus scene... about Banks. idk why no one is talking abt that. and this is so against the found family theme pd set up in the books.

kai kai kai what do i even say abt this guy. past kai was such a gem. like i will fight anyone who says otherwise. him and banks were SO DAMN CUTE but the present one.. not so much. in the bonus scene banks asks rika did she go around walking knowing that she could have had kai again and again if banks didnt come into the picture. i think kai WOULD HAVE had rika again if he hadnt found banks and i cant just ignore it no matter how much i try. also why is kai ALWAYS going "rika this rika that" even after he found banks. ik everything and every character in the dn universe is about rika coz pd created them but it is just disturbing kai is like this even though he knows that makes banks uncomfortable.

i was so excited when pd said she was gonna write a bonus scene for dn but MY GOD I WISH I DIDNT READ WHATEVER THE HELL THAT WAS IN HER FACEBOOK. and to think this might be the last kai banks scene we ever get... makes me wanna cry. they deserve so much more. there might be more bonus scenes in that universe but it sure as hell wont be abt kaibanks knowing pd (i mean she did them dirty in their own book making the main focus damon and rika)

ohhh i almost forget about the conclave scene where kai knows about rikas situation before michael. i mean wtf is this even. and when banks get upset rika had the audacity to feel betrayed. after everything kai said to banks in hideaway abt how she is the one he looks for every morning, this scene in conclave just ruined that closure. AND we didnt get to see kai and banks talk about it. of course we didnt because they are just side characters in this series right.

in my opinion, pd should rewrite the bonus and quit making Kai so 'rika-centric' and actually concentrate on how HIS OWN wife feels.

ik this is a lot kai banks but this is years of pent-up frustration over how my best girl and kai were done dirty.

and i feel like i would have liked rika so much more if pd didnt shove her down our throats like that throughout the series

pt 2 of the ask:

by the same person who wrote the kai banks rant will you ever write a fanfic on kai banks coz i have searched the internet and i couldn't find one story abt them. which is really sad since they are the only other couple who made sense apart from will and emmy. and abt my previous rant kai ONLY belongs with banks and we all know it. i mean they belong with each other no one can say otherwise. kai might have been attracted to rika but he will choose banks no matter what so that is why it is frustrating when he is made out to be like he cares abt rika as more than just a friend and more than he should.  what is your thoughts on all this

Honestly, I think you hit the nail on the head why this doesn’t sit right with a lot of us.

One, the time period. I could possibly buy this if it were set within the original series. Maybe before NF or very soon after. But ten years later makes Banks seem very insecure and childish. She’s just been living for ten years thinking that her husband is secretly lusting over what is perceivable her best friend. Or at least her closest female friendship. That doesn’t feel like Banks to me. My understanding of Banks character is that she would have addressed any issue much sooner.

And two, this was supposed to be about Banks. But what we have is Banks making Rika feel better. First, confronting her over the young girl and reminding Rika that she has nothing to feel shamed over. Then, realizing how Rika feels, confirming those feelings. And in a way, Banks realizing that her feelings around Rika were not insecurities but were in fact attraction, is about Banks. But it’s still really about how amazing Rika is, and everyone agrees.

No one is immune to Rika Fane is the point of the scene. But it's the same message we've been getting since Corrupt.

It’s frustrating because it doesn’t give found/chosen family vibes. It’s all about Rika.

And now I feel like this about her:

kai kai kai what do i even say abt this guy. past kai was such a gem. like i will fight anyone who says otherwise.

Okay, okay. I’ll keep my fighting words to myself...

But anyway, Kai alone frustrates me (which is super disappointing because from other’s POVs, he’s delightful and interesting). Banks makes him better. I love the two of them together. The fact that he’s given any room for Banks to develop feelings of doubt about him and Rika is so odd. There’s no argument for it.

the conclave scene where kai knows about rikas situation before michael. i mean wtf is this even. and when banks get upset rika had the audacity to feel betrayed.

See, Rika confiding in Kai didn’t bother me, because it made sense to me that she’d confide in him. At this point, Kai is one of her closest friends and I (maybe erroneously) thought of Kai as the most reasonable and comforting of the group, which is something Rika needed. It’s the jealousy and the doubt about their relationship that comes after that ruined it for me. Either Rika and Kai can be friends and nothing else, or they can’t. And PD is really pushing this “they can’t” idea with every update and bonus they post. Which is so weird.

Do you think we could challenge PD to write a couple-centric scene where none of the other couples show up, if only for us to get quality couple content?

ik this is a lot kai banks but this is years of pent-up frustration over how  my best girl and kai were done dirty.

Hey, I get it. I’m here for some kaibanks conversation. As much as Kai in the series frustrates me, Kaibanks in my head sit in the same boat as Willemmy, which is that they are cute and deserve better.

And didn’t feel like didn’t would have liked rika so much more if pd didn’t shove her down our throats like that throughout the series

Very true.

will you ever write a fanfic on kai banks coz i have searched the internet and i couldn't find one story abt them. which is really sad since they are the only other couple who made sense apart from will and emmy.

It's not that I don’t want to, but I haven’t been able to wrap my head around Kai and Banks as characters. This scene helped with Banks a little, but now Kai is harder to understand. I know there were some oneshots over on Wattpad if you have access. If I were to ever break from Willemmy, Kaibanks would probably be the next one I'm inclinded towards, though. Sorry I can’t promise anything.

kai ONLY belongs with banks and we all know it. i mean they belong with each other no one can say otherwise. kai might have been attracted to rika but he will choose banks no matter what so that is why it is frustrating when he is made out to be like he cares abt rika as more than just a friend and more than he should. 

I completely agree. I think with the way the family is set up, there would be nothing wrong with Kai thinking Rika or any of the other girls are attractive, but it should be clear that he doesn’t have the same bond/connection/relationship to them as he does with Banks. I still think back to Michael openly declaring that Rika was everything to him, and it’s strange that none of the other guys have similar moments where they remove any doubt that they want no one else.

Like, I don’t think Michael wants Banks. Or Winter. Or Em. He wants Rika and Rika’s happiness. He might think Banks is hot, but that’s probably as far as it goes.

That’s Banks. Kai’s wife, Damon’s sister. Pain in his neck.

If somebody gave Kai an ounce of that energy towards Rika, we’d have a completely different vibe.

I'm not sure what can be done to protect our sanity. I, for one, usually hate to ignore canon, but sometimes it's just... not worth acknowledging in favor of your own HC.

That might be the case here.

Let me know your kaibanks HC if you're up for it. Anyway, have a great day. Hope you forget all about the bonus scene soon!

-KO

#asked and answered #devil's night series stuff #kaibanks #kai mori #nikova banks #asked and answered 114

[kaisacobra]

Thank you for saying that it really means a lot, I actually used to write fan-fiction a couple years back and I’ve recently tried to start again but I’m very critical of what I write and how I write it so I’m incapable of producing a single chapter.

Keep it mysterious, I’ll be eagerly awaiting whatever you gift us ✨

Now that you mention it, yes I completely understand what you mean about R not being able to be extremely cold to Tara. R seems like the type of person who’d be hurt and disappointed, someone who wouldn’t necessarily be cold to Tara but would definitely hide from her. For R I’d imagine it’d be an internal battle of what she wants versus what she deserves, we already get a feel for that in the first chapter but it was easier for her to choose what she wants- which is to provide whatever comfort and happiness Tara wants because she loves her so much over what she deserves- someone who cares about her in a consistent manner and not only when it’s convenient (boo Tara😡). After Tara’s outburst I think R would have to force herself in every way possible to really process that she can’t put Tara’s needs above her own anymore, as much as she loves Tara doing that would reinforce the notion that everything Tara said is true. We know she always runs back but now that’s she’s been ridiculed for it she can’t.

The way she’s always there for Tara makes me wonder about her background. Maybe this is TMI, but I personally have experienced many relationships like this in the past. My father abandoned my sister and I at a very young age, so part of the reason I would always be there for them and never left first even when I should’ve but wouldn’t- was because I never wanted them to feel as unloved and unworthy as I did when my father left me. By the time I was a teenager I’d already forgiven him for all the abuse my family endured because of him, in my heart nobody could ever hurt me the way he hurt me- so I’d forgive them even though the people around me would expressively tell me not to, you know? But im older now and I stand my ground, i can leave when if its what’s best for me and not get too caught up in what’s best for them.

I’m from California by the way! It’s 10:30PM right now, you’re from Brazil though? That’s so cool! Did you grow up there? My parents were born in Mexico but they moved to USA in the late 1980’s, I wanna move to Mexico and live there for a couple years because my mother loves and talks about her hometown so much, the idea of seeing where she grew up in person and picturing her as a little girl warms my heart.

- ☘️ (I’m gonna use this as my anon tag from now on)

I feel like everyone is gonna be critical when it comes to their own stuff, like, I'm not kidding when I said i thought second best wasn't that good, specially because I used to be an essay tutor/monitor at school and my writing had to be more than perfect. Just remember that usually you're gonna be more critical of your work than other people and it doesn't mean that what you write is actually bad.

I'm so sorry that happened to you and I'm glad that you can stand your ground now!💪 I know this will sound oddly ironic but all the background information I have on R is about... Tara. In my head, R is divided by past (beginning of friendship, woodsboro), present (the current mess) and future (what's gonna happen) so, in a way, maybe her life is all about Tara😔

I don't think R's family are gonna make an appearance so I'll leave it up for you guys to hc whatever you want as R's reason for being so attached to Tara.

California seems so nice! And yeah, i grew up here and i wouldn't have it any other way🤭 Maybe this happens to everyone in their own home country but i just love my culture and history so much, I can't imagine living anywhere else.

Mexico sounds super cool! I've been wanting to go there, specially in 2026 because of the world cup (really wanted to see it live) but i dont think it's gonna happen😔 Either way it's a beautiful country i wanna visit someday and i definitely have to start improving my spanish.

#✦: 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑠

[mrstsung]

You know how people dont listen and think a pill will make all the problems go away when actually it's only to help you,not cure you.

Yeah. Make shang tsung more like

"Hey guys i found stuff that may help ease you. It will help ease all your pains and problems."

So no he doesn't say cure. He says eases. And without treatment,tlc,and care. Nobody will truly heal.

Plus making him pathetic (more so liu kang doing so and expecting him to not get pissed at knowing his whole existence is because of petty beef lou had with him FROM ANOTHER TIMELINE LIFE. And never was told,thus once again the cycle continues because you didn't fucking tell him WHY IT WAS BAD,WHAT HE WAS DOING AND WHY HE SHOULD HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART OR CHANCE TO CHANGE?! like liu how can you AND raiden fumble shang tsung by doing the same fucking shit. But somehow liu is worse with this. Because raiden did it to protect the realms. Liu kang does it because he's fucking a petty whore. But i digress. No shang tsung,despite being written like shit. Still is in the right because how can a man under poverty and corruption live like he do? Like you think outworld and edania won't become corrupt just because it look nicer or shao kahn aint a problem?! Ha! Look at real world empires. Yeah,how did they turn out?! Same shit. Just mystical. Nothing changes. Really. Honestly. Liu kang should have stayed dead. I loved liu. Emphasis on LOVED. Now i can't stand this bitch. Especially how they are doing him now. Fr.)

Anyways. Back to shang.

I feel him being good at many trades. But not really a master in them. He's legitimate. But people are assholes not listening to him. Or they dont want him rich,because you know damn well the rich ruling class wouldn't want a commoner to believe they can have good things in life right?! So this in turn shines a light.

No edania,outworld. Isn't actually at peace just because no war. Or shao kahn isn't a problem. No. It becomes its own problem. Like rome. It falls to corruption and greed. Empires fall one way or another.

Down with the fucking bourgeoisie! That's how i see it. Shang was a small part in the people uprising against an already corrupt regime. Kitana was a fucking fool for believing,mileena knew but didn't know how to say it due to they positions. Sindel is revealed to be no damn better than shao kahn or jerrod. In fact,it goes to show all of them are fucking pretty terrible people to the poor. Privilege and class is something that is so skirted by in mk and its kinda interesting that nobody else sees this.

Sure at the end of the day. Vidyagaem. But damn if ya gonna tell a story. There are better ways to do it.

Especially if you add fantasy politics. The point of world Building is to actually build a believable world and people and characters. Not just make it plot convenient for the masses.

See this is why shang tsung is more and more the only fucking good thing left about mortal kombat.

"Shang tsung was right about the gods!?"

*glocks gun*

"You fool! Always has been!"

But seriously. Having him a novice is fine but making him weak for plot to make liu kang "the nicer god" is pathetic and weak writing.

Nah. Shang tsung is supposed to be "that bitch you don't fuck with. Less you wanna die" type of character. This could have been avoided if you were nice to him and he had friendship. Seriously.

You can see and smell the bias from the character.

Which would have been a perfect opportunity to make liu kang dark or evil or something! Like falling from grace like raiden a mirror to "if you aren't careful you become what you hate!" And mirrors shang tsung in that "nah you aint that different than me. You're actually worse"

Like there could have been something epic. Or good guy shang tsung whaaa?! But nope

Nrs just wants to keep same ol same status quo while guising it as something new.

Nah nrs is the quacks. Not shang.

Bite me boon. Suck my nuts.

And honestly,shang tsung deserves better than this shit.

Especially after cary hiroyuki tagawa reprised his role after many years. All for you to be doing this shit again.

Smfh.

Nah i stan shang tsung not because im a shang tsung tsimp.

Nah i stan him because some of these people suck and are fucking mean.

( Especially when again a lot of shit once again can be easily avoided but nope,shitty plot. Also fire god liu fanboys specifically,are mean af. And rude. Hella rude. All because people said they feel bad for shang. Regardless if they personally agree with him or not. It's fucking rude to be an asshole to someone randomly,just because someone feels bad for a bad guy. I thought we were past this shit. Villains are very much loved especially nowadays given how the world be and irl governmental corruption and society be,so what gives?! You mad he got more pu**y than you ever could?! Is that it. You mad because he got more popular than liu kang chosen quack now? Maybe if nrs didn't write liu kang to be an insufferable prick. Maybe people would like fire god liu kang. And again shang tsung to me no matter what kind of life he has,good or bad. He refuses to live in squander. Regardless you could write him many ways. However one thing stands throughout all of them. He's fucking good at whatever he sets his mind to. So to make him pathetic lil welp is ooc and ridiculous af. And pisses me off. And makes me not really care for liu kang. At all. Like he could drop dead in the next game and i wouldn't cry. Same with every other character,i dont really feel anything profoundly with any of them. The only one I'd care for is shang tsung. Because he's the only fucking character that seems to have a good head on his shoulders despite the shitty writing and predicament he was placed in. )

Look this is me venting. Like this is a jab at asinine people,and the game writers. Especially when NRS should damn well do better but they don't. They dont want compelling villains,they want palatable villains. Complacency. And not a morally grey character that is funny enough,honest to god telling the truth. They hate it when the devil is right. But y'all know. Shang knew the corruption of things. But instead of making things actually livable. Nope. They make him a mockery. No offense but that's why it was so easy for him to become a dark sorcerer again. Wouldn't you? Could have been easily avoided. Very easy. Especially if liu was "so damn powerful" enough to prevent it. Its not because he's always this way. No it's because YOU MADE IT THAT WAY! period.

Fellow Shang stans,my shang tsimps. I'm sorry.

Hey at least we got fanfics,hcs,and each other.

Regardless of what form,timeline,no matter how shitty the writing is,no matter how asinine the fans can get. There are people who understand. And whatever you look like shang.

Know I will always love him.

💚🐍- mrstsung

#vent #do it for him #mortal kombat #shang tsung #💚heart and soul🐍 #self ship #self shipping #shang tsung mortal kombat #mk f/o #antagonist f/o #villain f/o #villain/antagonist f/o #nah shang tsung was right #y'all just fucking stupid to not listen to him

[thoughtfullyrainynightmare]

1, 2, 8, 15, 18, 20 and 23 for Nozel, if it's okay (since he was already asked).

MORE BRAIDBOY okay let's goooo

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

The general theme of this post will be: I like him, because he makes one think, and is a complex, well thought out character. And I like exploring his softer side too, especially since we don't see it a lot in canon.

He's one of The Poor Little Meow Meows of this fandom, but I mean that in the positive sense.

You kinda wanna slap him and hug him at the same time /lh (or maybe nip that hairclip off of his braid, comb his hair back with one's fingers and kiss him, as he's looking surprised, a bit appalled, and confused)

Anyways... he's just neat. I'm writing this post from the last point to thee first, so I know what I've written into the following points ^^'

He's someone who deserves retribution, and is trying to own up to his mistakes. And I want to see how the Silva redemption arc plays out

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

The complexity of his character. He's someone who... has had the very best intentions, but had no tools to handle the situation in which he was placed. He has done bad things, but he is a good person.

He just doesn't want to loose anyone else again

8. What’s something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

"Nozel deserves to die for how he treated Noelle!" "He's a shitty human being and he should [get treated in a horrendous way]" (sometimes including get treated horribly by Noelle) "He should think that Noelle died, so that he'd REALLY FEEL AWFUL"

Basically... just completely ignore the nuances of the story and write Nozel off as someone who is unworthy of redemption. There is a reason why I have a "Nozel protection squad" tag on my blog. As in, no one is saying that Nozel has done the right thing, because... he hasn't!? And his intention doesn't justify the means, but there is so much more to the story than just a shitty older brother.

He did bad things, but he isn't a bad person. And this is actually a rather complicated theme for a show that's aimed at teens/young adults (which is also why I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to see this phenomenon). But I'd wish that it'd make people think. To see different aspects of the story.

Tabs has written the Silvas very well, and to brush off so much of the narrative is just... I don't like it.

15. What’s your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn’t matter if it’s canon or not.)

Hm, hm... I mean, prefer my mutuals' OC ships with him over any other (including my own oc ship, which I created 'cause I thought Nozel needs cuddles). Because they hit that right spot for me, but if we talk about canon characters (the ship being non-canon ones still because... they just are, there's no proved canon ship for him), I guess I like... Nozessa the best.

Dorothy is more of a good friend to Nozel (or a therapist, of a kind) than a companion/spouse, and I think that the relationship (in the word's extended meaning) is important just as it is. So, out of the options, I'd say Nozel x Vanessa to be my favourite between canon characters. (As said, I, personally, like oc pairings for him the most)

18. How about a relationship they have in canon with another character that you admire?

I really love the mother-son relationship he had with Acier (but also the angst that comes/came with it, and I applaud Tabs for the decisions he made). Acier really was the best mom, and she was raising a little gentleman, who since then wanted to protect his siblings, since he couldn't protect his mom.

Poor boy...

But I really, really like the mother-son relationship between Nozel and Acier from the little things we've seen

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn’t matter?

I really do think that he's best friends with Fuegoleon. So their friendship parallels (in a way) that of Asta and Yuno. And I think that they really could connect in such a wonderful manner if Nozel just let down his guard a little bit. By which I mean: talk! Really talk. Discuss. About things that aren't work related.

They're of similar age. Come from similar places in the society, so they have a lot of understanding for each other's struggles. They have similar job descriptions. There's so many similarities in their lives that they could really lend an ear to one and another.

23. Favorite picture of this character?

Smiling Nozel, as a treat

#nozel silva #black clover #anon flamelets #thank you for the question

[practicemyfall]

😈

i wanna know your thoughts on the pure kino we were robbed of, that is Marshall x Ivy, my two spicy favs 😭❤️‍🔥

YES!!! One thing about me is I'm gonna be an Ivy apologist, she was a victim of poor writing and imo the season really hit a slog post Ivy departure because I feel like as a character she had so much potential to grow as MCs Friend/advocate for her most out of pocket urges. Bella is too docile, Chloe is too lukewarm and Grace isn't really on your side even when you're off the Ozzy path and have proven time and time again that you're her friend and want to do right by her. Had there been an opportunity for her to have a friendship with MC if there was a near skirmish with a dumping only for her to be saved at the last minute (perhaps if Amelia was instead dumped in her place), I think she'd really come into her own as a character and be the closest friend MC had in there. So let's say Amelia is the one that gets dumped instead of Ivy, what happens is Ivy is most likely making an attempt to reconcile with Ryan but finds they don't really mesh as well as they could do, they find ways of grating one another and he's low-key a bit too idealistic and far from grounded for her liking. She needs somebody with proper, bona-fide drive. Bella/Lewie Bella/Jamal get dumped as well as MCs fake out dumping, Casa Amor comes along and lo and behold, there's an assemblage of overly earnest men just vying for their spot in that main Villa. One in particular, a certain Marshall, is hung up on letting people know that Ozzy is potentially the worst person of all time and deserves a trial by the UN for the crimes he's committed.

Ivy humours him for a little while - leads conversations with little feelers for him to talk about just why Ozzy is the worst person of all time, but she’s got that ability to just lance through the bullshit and find out what's really going on. Beyond his weird begrudgement, what Ivy notices is just how driven he is. How far he'll go to get what he wants. It's unfortunate, really, that the person coming into casa with some hokey vendetta induced plan is the one person that ticks off every single criteria on her list, and as terrible as she undoubtedly knows it is, she doesn't quite mind the idea of taking him from whichever dolt is bringing him back into the Villa, Ryan's eventual upset be damned.

She's not going to outwardly express her interest in him, and he's a bit too blinded by his hateritis to notice that there's somebody interested in him on Love Island of all places, and it only really comes to a head on movie night when there's a bit too much footage of Ivy slandering the man on show. Marshall's ire is aimed elsewhere, and when he prods her for an explanation, she lets rip and verbally eviscerates him with the precision of somebody dissecting a frog. He's too stunned to respond, has a bit of a sulk, and lo and behold-

The man is just hit with it. Like I'm not being funny but he loves being given commands, and is there anyone more bossy and commanding than Ivy? This is like some Lee/E Edward Grey shit, this is next fucking level. Man's getting railed into the mattress. But he's also getting somebody that just tells him things how they are and gets him to dig deeper into himself beyond his resentment of Ozzy. Expect playful bickering, subtle flirtation and above all else, a couple that actually manages to triumph against the odds.

[unclewaynemunson]

Jeff is one of my favorite characters and I think we should start a post of all our favorite Jeff headcanons. He and Freak get left out in almost every Eddie-centric fic I read, with his "best friend" being either Gareth or Chrissy, and I'm tired of it. Jeff is wonderful. Here's my hc's:

- Jeff and Eddie have been best friends since middle school. They started CC and Hellfire together.

- they went to the Snowball together and rigged the bubble machine to spew bubbles during the slow dance songs. The dance had to end early and Jeff and Eddie never got caught

- Jeff's parents loves Eddie. They used to have sleepovers at each other's place almost every weekend.

- Jeff was the first person Eddie came out to. Jeff tried to be surprised and "that's great, man, thanks for telling me!" But Eddie saw right through that.

- Eddie is afraid of geese and spiders. Jeff thinks this is fucking hilarious.

- post-Vecna, Jeff is the one Eddie reconnects with first. Eddie tells him everything, despite the NDAs and Steve's warnings. Jeff believes him, because he knows there's wacky shit going on in Hawkins, and he's seen Eddie's wounds.

- they have that kind of friendship that nothing can break. Even if they don't see or talk to each other for years, because Life Happens and people lose touch, they'll always have part of themselves carved out for their best friend.

Ok, that's all I got for now, and sorry for the long ask! I just love Jeff so much and he (and Freak, too, because Freak gets ignored because of fatphobia) deserves just as much love and attention as Gareth gets.

What are your Jeff and Eddie headcanons?

I am loving this Jeff love and your headcanons, thank you so much for sending this to me!!! <3

I think with Unnamed Freak things are a bit different bc, yaknow, he doesn't have a name. For me at least that makes me hesitant to write about him so I don't wanna go as far as to say it's all bc he's fat (even though I'm not gonna deny that that probably also plays a part in how popular he is in this fandom urgh). Anyway, yes this fandom certainly does Jeff dirty. I think it's this gross combination of racism and people copying a lot from already existing stories, characterizations and headcanons without much critical thinking of their own (which baffles me, if you're creative enough to write a story please use that creativity for some originality ffs). Anyway, this is gonna turn into a rant again can you tell I'm still annoyed? so let's turn to something more positive now, like my headcanons for our beloved Jeff:

He was the first person in Hawkins (after Wayne obviously) that Eddie got close to. For Jeff it was kinda the same, being a black, nerdy boy in this town had been very isolating for him and Eddie was his first real friend.

Unnamed Freak made their duo into a trio a bit later. All the others in the group (including Gareth) were Eddie's "lost little sheepies" who he sought out to protect. This means that Jeff and Unnamed Freak are the only people who don't borderline worship Eddie but see him (and love him) for who he is including all his flaws. They're also the only ones not afraid to call him out on his bullshit.

Jeff's mom is really cool. Her name is Pauline and she's not like Jeff at all (she was a cheerleader in high school). Despite their differences they love each other a lot. (Jeff's mom is actually heavily featured in one of the fics I wrote so I got her all fleshed out lmao)

He has two little twin sisters. They're friends with Erica, one of them is one of her friends we meet in the mall in s3. He has this typical hate-love relationship with his sisters: they fight a lot, but at the end of the day, he would die for them.

HE'S BISEXUAL

While he can't wait to get out of Hawkins and to a place that'll be more accepting of him, he doesn't want to move too far away from his family.

He's the most loyal friend in the world, 100% a ride-or-die kinda guy

While he does love metal a lot, his guilty pleasure is Tina Turner

Tell me all your Jeff headcanons i wanna hear more about him!

#don't mind me rambling about stranger things #jeff stranger things #corroded coffin #stranger things

[divorcingjimmatthews]

episode 9 reactions hdhhskfhshfhd (spoilers!!!!)

the cicadas

RANDALL BETTER NOT DIE OKAY I STILL BELIEVE HE CAN LEARN TO BE NORMAL I STILL BELIEVE IN HIM

i'm like 99% sure julie won't die so i'm not worried about her but omg tabitha is going through so much right now with her child in pain/danger and being unable to help... T_T

i felt really bad for mari when she said she doesn't want to be like this 😔 she deserves to get better and to get to be fully herself. she's getting a lot of hate in the fandom that i feel is unwarranted, we've only seen her being really sick and even then she's always been trying to help the others

this should be its own post but i'd like to see a jade and marielle friendship, she would probably get REALLY serious with him if she hears him casually joke about how much he's into party drugs like he did around kenny, and tell him that he should count himself lucky to still be able to just get away from all that consequence-free. i also want a boyd and marielle dynamic, he's good at adopting troubled girls

team tabby

i don't need a lot to be happy. jade sitting as autistically as possible on the kitchen counter means everything to me. he's just so easy to love, like a cat. also i really appreciate the way the show moved heaven and earth to make jade and tabby end up alone together for the night. the matthews house getting demolished + the new horror making it so that no one can be alone at night + jim leaving his family to go on his crazy adventure at the RV... im grateful i truly am

jade really took the supportive role to tabby's lead in the investigation and i love that for them. there's something so special to me about this dynamic, we're so used to genius guy detective + layman sidekick, seeing it flipped is so special to me. tabby is so awesome that the rich genius guy is actually her sidekick! love them sm

victor, tian chen, julie and ethan were so so sweet i'm literally heartbroken about what ethan said to victor!!! now that jade just learned to be normal istg this poor man can't catch a break???? he's a kid and he's scared i obviously don't blame him but i bet victor was so hurt T_T still im really happy to see him be more social. he's in good hands with tian chen. i swear the new "can't be alone at night" horror was engineered in a lab to socialise the loners against their will like feral kittens and i'm so down with it LMAO like yes you can bet i'll write jade fanfic about this

EDIT LMAO POSTED BY MISTAKE HERES THE REST

jim... jimmy... jimbo...

what is he doing!! what is he doing!!!!!!!!!! fighting the rifle guy at colony house istg this man LMAOO tabby did the same thing when she just arrived they're so like that... like now you wanna get back to your family i get it but if you go out there you're gonna die. he looks so cute in that jacket btw now i'm officially simping for both tabitha AND jim just like jade

kenny and sara

im really enjoying these scenes even if i'm suffering so much for kenny and i just want to yoink him out of this depressing plot they got him in, he belonged in that room playing board games with victor the kids and his mom istg!!! but all the sara scenes are extremely compelling and omg kenny is just so !!! i need to hug him. he went through that to keep everyone else safe SIGHS

sara's got a... way of dealing with the whole thing that's for sure. she brought up like the worst possible conversation topic when looking at the map LMAO i just couldn't believe it was possible to screw up that bad. i kinda have a bit of paranoia specifically about going crazy and killing someone and then having to emotionally deal with that (just my brain being my brain dont ask) so her plot fascinates me because i've mulled over how i'd feel and how i'd deal with a situation like that so much. but i draw the sympathy line at hurting kenny and she's still hurting him so !!!!!!!! girl just shut up when he asks you to shut up it's not that hard arghh

really good insight about the place and peoples fears though. was she saying that the place gets stronger the more people it manages to kill? thats a really nice explanation for all the mix-and-match weird horror stuff going on together at the same time tbh, i like it a lot if it's like that. if khatri was afraid of god's punishment or something like that then i guess they're royally fucked (some of victor's drawings showed the place getting flooded...)

#from epix #epix from

[candy-fae]

hey! i heard you’re doing that gotham rogue dating sim game and I AM HERE FOR IT! i know making a game can be kinda tough so if u need any help im 100% willing to get on board with this <3

Hello there! I'm gonna take this as an opportunity to like, talk about the sim so far so just STAY WITH ME HERE-

So! Couple things. I started the game as a silly little joke, making it with an iPad, an easy to use application, and literal stock backgrounds just to that I could have a place to put them, and start them existing.

Second, I'm not a writer! I like romance, but more so I'm good at crazy scenarios.

And boy howdy. There are crazy scenarios.

So off the bat, if there's anyone who wants to spitball and just talk about fun date ideas for these idiots, my humble messages are open. That would be a ton of help actually.

You might be thinking, "but Candy, didn't you already start making it? And you haven't finished even writing it?"

And the answer is HAHAHAHAHA I have never in my life thought anything through before doing it and I am not about to start here. That said. Having the idea, means I can go buck wild in the moment and have some pretty interesting things happen. (Like the riddlers routes being not thought out at all, yet so, SO much fun.)

However, the elephant in the room is definitely how LONG everyone has to wait, so, I'm giving that an, "I dunno, wherever I'm done."

I don't work on it all the time. I actually don't work on it much at all lately. Probably haven't opened the app in weeks just because I'm not focused on it. Out of sight out of mind I suppose, but, I do plan on finishing it. For everyone who wants, AND myself to enjoy. :) but, I don't plan on overwhelming myself so I work on it pretty much at my own leisure.

If anyone wants to help, I guess there are two main things. I am using STOCK BACKGROUNDS LIKE AN ANIMAL. I HATE BACKGROUNDS. if you want to go crazy and draw what you think the riddlers Hideout looks like, send it in, and say "here just use this" then ta da!! You get your name in the credits. And my eternal friendship because ummmm *swirls hair* do u wanna be friends haha.

I could also use, as mentioned, said spitballs. "I think the Scarecrow should get u some ice cream" oh okay purr thanks for your idea, I'll consider it. "How about this route..... " oh. OH we have a writer over here. Okay okay, let's discuss and get to doodling.

If it's not obvious, I have no clue what I'm doing, but it's actually going sort of okay, and I have a confidence I do not deserve about it.

And if it makes the wait any sweeter, I'm making some of the starring rogues some valentines day cards for you all. As a thanks for the wait 💗

#rogues dating sim #riddler #edward nygma #scarecrow #jonathan crane #mad hatter #jervis tetch #ask #visual novel #dating sim #batman

[drabbles-mc]

If you've got time I'd love to hear some SOA head canons and stuff you wish more people talked about or something you've been waiting for people to ask you about!

Anon, I am kissing you gently on the forehead. 💖

I wish we got more lowkey content, you know? In canon and in the fandom. Just real, "guys being dudes" type of shit. I think the reason I love writing banter and silly little headcanons for them is because that kind of levity really got lost along the way in the show. But I would love to just see slice of life MC style.

Juice and Happy getting sent to shop in bulk for a lockdown. Juice has no idea how much of anything it will take and tries to overshop, and Happy tries to buy too little and it's just them arguing the entire time. Meanwhile Tig is already at the checkout line with three shopping carts filled with shit that literally no one needs.

T-M shenanigans. In my own silly little sandbox, Jax is the worst mechanic out of all of them. 😂 The idea of Chibs just consistently walking by after Jax walks away from a car/truck/bike that he's working on and tinkering with it to fix whatever Jax was messing up fills my little heart with glee. (Also we deserved to see those boys all sweaty and grimy after a day of work in the shop and no one can tell me that I'm wrong)

The house-sitting/pet-sitting rotation in the club based on who is on a run and who isn't. You know that not all of these men are cut out to have the responsibility of taking care of pets. Do they all bring their pets to one person's house? Or is one poor sucker stuck driving from house to house to house making sure that everything is alright? Both scenarios are equally entertaining and chaotic, and only gets better depending on who gets left in charge.

For a town where so many people all grew up together, I really wish there were more instances of people bringing up shit that happened in like middle school or high school or whatever. Because, yeah, everyone grows up and moves on but you don't just forget about those high school rivalries and the embarrassing things your rival did. I want to know what stupid shit these boys did and who caught them. The idea of Hale and Jax throwing little digs at each other during interrogations over stuff that happened when they were freshmen in high school?? That's top-tier shit that I would love to know all about.

You know at least half of these boys don't know how to cook a decent meal because there was always women around to do it for them. I personally think that Juice is one of the best cooks out of all of them because he has that whole health streak in him. The thought of him trying to give any of them cooking lessons??? God that's humor that just writes itself.

Also every now and then I think about the fact that the guys definitely just go to hang out at Red Woody the same way they hang out at the clubhouse. And yea of course a huge benefit of it is because they're making porn. But also the idea that they actually get to know the women and the men who make the movies and develop these little types of friendships?? Like them asking the dudes how they really just get through certain stuff being done to them and then being ready to do it all over again for the next film just makes me cackle every time. Because you know the actors, regardless of gender, would be like, "You guys get shot and stabbed on a regular basis and you're telling me you would draw the line at anal????"

I love these characters with my whole heart. I think about them constantly. These are just some of the things that were at the top of my head when I sat down to answer this. Just some of the fun stuff.

I am always more than happy to talk about these characters and headcanons for them. Getting these kinds of asks from y'all truly makes my day. If you ever wanna talk more about it always feel free to drop something in my inbox or dm's. 💛

#sons of anarchy #soa #ask #asks #anonymous

[sunflower-lotus]

i want to write more because this was my place of rest years ago. i feel like i had some of my best connections on tumblr throughout the years into the ethers and beyond, and provided a comfort in expressing myself.

this feels like a good time to start tracking out im feeling. i haven’t been able to speak freely for years or ever. but in a more recent past i couldn’t even write poetry, which was my way of communicating anything i could be feeling.

too much happened too quickly and it just became hard to catch up.

i feel like i’ve finally been able to reckon with how i feel about being in a new but old place. when i was last here i was just turning eighteen and heading away to school and that was my life until 3 years ago.

i did have roots here but we all outgrew them gracefully. and what i learned about friendship in the years that followed shaped me.

i met so many people that changed my life and realized that everything is so very valuable. losing a best friend taught me that i needed to stop un-thawing and just thaw out.

and it made me very thankful, and very aware of wasted time. that is one thing i want to stop beating myself up about. “wasted time” like.. what is that?

but it also helped me be like my late friend and show humility in communicating the value of others, the heart of why we connect. and so i’ve taken that up as part of my own attributes finding where it fits in me and helps me miss him in a way that hurts a little less.

2 weeks ago, i went back to a home i had built with only my own making away from family and felt a friend hug me for the first time in so long and say they loved me. and i realized again that i am loved. like yo, that’s wondrous. cus i had forgot.

these 3 years have been full of new things, and this past year i met so many people. i’ve learned so much more than i could’ve thought i would.

altho, it feels like everyone has their community here. i have somehow manage to find pockets of connecting. i never planned to be back here so i really didn’t start making connections until i felt secure to. until i started to affirm myself as deserving of connections.

i can’t do anything that i don’t feel abundant in. the nature of venus in taurus.

i also didn’t really know that i had much value to people outside of allowing them to hear their own thoughts, up until recently.

life humbles me and reminds me i am loved all in the same and i only hope for the same tender and loving kindness when things get harder to manage emotionally.

im happy to remain open and to be humbled in what it means to express, like constantly be reminded of what i actually don’t need. like humility to me is only having what you need in self expression nothing more or less.

i am forever grateful, and i always will be.

still trying to learn as quickly as possibly to love better each time around. each interation of myself and another.

i wanna thaw out more as get comfortable.

#me

[hirudou]

@mirrorfates asked: do jade, azul and floyd rn

JADE/LEECH

How I feel about this character

dunno if it's obvious- but i absolutely adore jade. he's quickly become my favorite character in twst. and my favorite muse i've written in a very long time. there is something i really love about characters like him. he's complex, two faced and manipulative. but still has a charm that makes him deceptively wholesome, friendly and inviting. best of all, people assume a lot about him, and he rarely goes out of his way to correct them. if other's assumptions are wrong( and they often times are )it's not his problem. they get to deal with the consequences. and don't even get me started on the more terrifying aspects of his character. if given the opportunity i really could talk about this eel for HOURS...

All the people I ship romantically with this character

mmmm...i don't have a lot for him tbh. he's a romantic character, but he isn't really the best for a healthy relationship. that said, jade/azul is my #1 hands down, the two of them absolutely manipulate each other, but usually to the others benefit. there's also the fact that...they've known one another since grade school( the equivalent anyway ). i have a lot of thoughts and ideas on these two actually. the kind of thing that deserves it's own post. which........i've sworn to write in the past ik ik.

a few though that i've been introduced to and enjoy-- are jade/riddle, jade/idia, and jade/yuu. each have very unique dynamics, and ofc with jade being jade...well.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

rook and jade are actually...no joke, one of my favorites here. they're both really really weird, and as i've discussed before...have really opposite mentalities. and these can clash in...surprisingly positive ways. it may seem like a stretch, but rook being a hunter, i feel they could easily connect over the outdoors. they really could be besties guys-- and they'd stay besties well past NRC.

sebek and jade too-- a bit more antagonistic, but their interactions during harveston made me so happy. they'd easily bond over food, i just know it.

honestly...the list here is pretty long. jade might be suspicious, but he has a lot of people who might consider him a friend...

My unpopular opinion about this character

IDK if it's unpopular really, but i have voiced my opinion about the fandom's general interpretation of his character. and the idea he could ever be considered yan/dere makes me laugh rlly hard. like no, of any character you could pick to fall into that trope jade ought to be the last.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

let jade drown someone. i wanna see it happen.

AZUL/ASHENGROTTO

How I feel about this character

azul is, just like the twins, very precious to me. funny enough, growing up the little mermaid was my absolute favorite movie. and ursula was my favorite character. so when i saw azul i was like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then i saw the twins and i was so excited! as soon as i finished chapter three my fate was SEALED! he also has a very relatable story for me: i was bullied a lot too growing up. granted, i don't have magic to curse people with....and im not an octopus( bummer ik ). but still, his character rlly resonates with me as sb who grew up dealing with hurtful classmates. All the people I ship romantically with this character as i said in the prev one jade/azul is my favorite!!

and i doooo....like some of the others i've seen. but i haven't really looked into dynamics there. as i...don't write the muses LOL. My non-romantic OTP for this character

i mean azul and the tweels in general.......pretty obvious. like i could give you a LOT of reasons why the friendship they have is...actually very good.

others i like are jamil, malleus, vil, and of course-- yuu. My unpopular opinion about this character

he's actually one of the character i haven't really disagreed with people on. i like him as is. i have thoughts, headcanons, opinions-- but nothing unpopular... One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

i want to see azul grow one his octopus legs back ...

FLOYD/LEECH

How I feel about this character i love him just as much as i love jade tbh. he's super fun, unpredictable, and very complimentary to his brother's more subdued personality. despite his capricious nature, and unsettling demeanor...floyd is very easy going. he can be lighthearted without being overly goofy. it's so hard to nail down characters like that-- but i feel like they did a good job here. All the people I ship romantically with this character

floyd/yuu is my favorite LOL, it's just cute!! that's all! silly little shrimpy, goes to see his bball games, and goes swimming w/ him. i think despite a rocky start, and with his general demeanor and behavior-- floyd can be a surprisingly good motivator for yuu to take it easy. yanno, to not sweat the small things.

another i've seen that i haven't really dove into? floyd/riddle. i can see the appeal there, but im weird ig. and don't really dive deep into ships for characters i don't write-- or plan on writing hgfjdhgjhf. My non-romantic OTP for this character

dawg, if floyd tried he could probably be friends with most people. he's just not as inclined to be fake...the way his brother is. capricious as he is, im sure maintaining long standing friendships is a challenge-- but well worth it.

i LOOOOOOOOOVE the basket ball club trio. they're seriously so silly, but it's clear they support and care about one another. i would kill for them fr. My unpopular opinion about this character

i do not think floyd is stupid. i just think he doesn't care, he wouldn't be in octa if he wasn't intelligent, or clever. is that unpopular??? i don't think so. i think most people feel the same way tbh. One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

idk actually, my wishes and dreams for floyd's character have been fulfilled...i just wanted him to score a slam dunk and i got that.

GIVE ME A CHARACTER...

#two faced sycophant; slippery as an eel. ( headcanon ) #fucking ray making me write an entire essay #on the octa trio deadass #what the hell #uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #long post /