@sarahspancakes lil headcanon.
5 times Ellie sneaks a cat into the house and the one time Joel lets her:
The first time she tried to sneak home a cat was on her way home from school.
It was the dead of winter and a big, I mean big, cat was curled up next to the school doors, tail swishing back and forth as it locked eyes with Ellie. Her face lit up as she struggled to pick up the calico, grunting at the weight of the animal.
“Holy shit.” She whispered, “what the hell did you eat?” She held the thing beneath her arm, the animal meowing every five seconds. Ellie kept apologizing, trying to readjust the cat in her hold. But the thing was to heavy to simply just carry.
“God you’re like Joel’s rifle or something. Did he get you pregnant to?” She giggled at herself as she rounded the corner for home, already thinking of how she was gonna plead her case to Joel. But it only took five steps inside the house, a single mewl, and an exasperated Joel, to make Ellie understand that this was not happening.
“But Joel-”
“Absolutely not Ellie. Now go put that thing back where you found it before it eats you to.” She whined, stomping back outside the house.
“Stupid Joel.”
Attempt number two she swore she was being sneaky. She’d been at the stables, enjoying her time with Shimmer, when an orange cat came waltzing up into the stall, rubbing itself against Ellie’s legs.
“Well hi there.” She whispered, scratching the cat behind its ears. “I’ve never seen you before.” The cat meowed right on time, making Ellie grin as she bent over to pick up the tabby. “I’m taking you home with me.”
She shuffled outside of the stall, ripping open her backpack and shoving the thrashing cat in there. “It’s just for a little bit okay, until I can get you to my room.” She gave the cat a kiss, leaving a small hole for it to breathe from.
The entire walk home she couldn’t help but grin. Joel would never catch her this time. She pounded up the steps, stopping when she noticed Joel’s sleeping figure on the rocking chair. “Oh shit.” She whispered, trying to make her footsteps quieter. She got to the door thinking she was in the clear, until Joel’s voice rang in her ears.
“Ellie, put the cat back outside.”
“Uh what cat.”
He sighed, and she felt a hand grab her back pack strap. “The one in here.”
She groaned, spinning on her heels. “But Joooeeeelllll.”
“No this is not up for discussion. Get rid of the thing, we don’t need another mouth to feed.”
“Dammit.”
Attempt three and four were at the same time. Fat cat from the school had actually been pregnant and given birth to kittens. And Ellie waited weeks for them to be ready before sneaking off with two little black ones. They were much quieter then the two she’d tried before and she could easily fit them into her pocket. Joel would never notice.
And she was right, for about a week. She’d kept them fed with little pieces of meat, small enough that Joel would never notice, and made sure they had plenty to drink. They stayed hidden away in her room and she took them outside every morning before he woke up and every night after he went to sleep. She was doing good.
Until she wasn’t. It was a rainy day, a good day for naps. And Joel was supposed to be out on patrol with Tommy all day, so she figured, one nap on the couch couldn’t hurt. Grabbing the kittens, who she named Bill and Frank, she cuddled up in the corner, pulling them to her chest and wrapping a blanket around all of them.
She’d wake up before Joel got home, she was sure of it.
But boy was she wrong, Joel came waltzing in, stopping in his tracks when he saw three people snuggled on his couch instead of just one.
“Ellie.” He sighed, walking up to her. When he woke her up, telling her she had to put them back, she thought he was just being mean. And this time she actually got upset.
“I don’t understand why I can’t just have them Joel. They’re not doing anything. Please.”
“I’m sorry baby, we can’t. They don’t belong to us.”
But what she didn’t know, was that he really didn’t want to make her get rid of these ones. Because he’d known the entire time she’d had them, and instead of putting them back, he’d spent the whole week arguing with the mom of their mom to just let them keep the kittens.
But the lady was old, and he knew he didn’t stand a chance. So he promised he’d bring them back.
“I’m sorry Ellie.” He said again.
He hated seeing her this upset, I mean, Ellie actually cried. And he apologized profusely, trying to make her understand it was not his fault. But she didn’t believe him and stomped away to her room. Ignoring his apologies.
Ellie didn’t ask again after that, didn’t even try. She was tired of liking cats and getting hurt because fucking Joel didn’t want them. She was convinced she’d be alone forever, mumbling to herself about it one day after school.
“You don’t want me to have a cat, then fine I won’t get one.” She mused out loud, laying her back pack and shoes all along the front walkway.
She made her way to the kitchen, her mind on a one way track for snacks. But a small furry little thing sitting on the table caught her eye.
“Surprise.” Joel said, walking in from his hiding place on the stairs.
“Joel what the hell is this?” She whispered, going to pick up the little orange kitty. It had a red bow on its neck and everything.
“Turns out that orange tabby you brought home was a dad.”
“What?!”
“Yeah, was down at the stables earlier and saw him going after this little guy, cause you know the whole dad cats eat-” He stopped when he saw the look of utter horror on Ellie’s face. “Anyway, grabbed him for ya. Figured you could use the company.”
Her face was frozen for a moment as she just stared at the kitten, trying to decide if it was real or not.
“We can just take him back if you don’t like him I mean-” But she’d already sat the kitten down and rammed herself into his stomach, wrapping her arms around him in a hug. “Thank you thank you thank you.”
He smiled to himself, laying a kiss on her forehead. “You’re welcome baby girl.” She pulled away, grabbing the little kitten and bringing it up to show Joel.
He pushed the cat away from his face, giving Ellie a death stare. “Please stop doing that.”
She just giggled as the cat started pawing at his nose. “What should we name him?”
Joel looked down, poking the cats belly. “Her, what should we name her?”
“Oh neat, it’s a girl.”
Joel smiled at that, staring at Ellie with a wide grin on his face. “You thinking what I’m thinking.”
“Sally.” She whispered, leaning her head onto his arm.
“Sally fuckin ride.” They said at the same time.
And Joel felt as if now, his family was complete.
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how did you do the spinning lace circle in this kobeni graphic? https://www.tumblr.com/kiochisato/735592117305491456/hii-fellow-editor-here-3-im-currently-making
Thought all of yall knew this but i guess ill give a tutorial which is teh simplist thing everz
tutorial under cut because im lazy to word all of this :3
So like load in your project first ( i use ibispaint x for this ) and then like i use this lace below
then after u exported the lace ( make sure the lace is selected or else ) , click that arrow thingy ( move layer )
and then when you scroll down , you will be greeted with ' angle ' ::
and jus like that , i angle it at 4° ( or 6° , depends if i want to )
and duplicate the layer , then just repeat the process until it looks like this ( these are like 7 layers i think ) ::
after that , unseee all layer that is the lace ( except the 1st one ) so it won't look crazy when u turn it into a gif . then download them into transparent pngs , afterwards , repeat the process again .
and after ALLL THAT , open ezgif then load alllll the imgs
these are my settings
afterwards , just export the gif and tada . it's a lil off but it's fine
don't use btw w/o asking me 😡
enjoi , now let me enjoy my break pls 💔 ( also note , you can also do this on photopea . wink wink )
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I feel like "hear me out" has become this blogs version of submitting headcanons of ideas, so please hear me out:
Linda absolutely SWOONS for a mute s/o. The two of them are the most quiet people on the Infinity, and Fred nearly choked to death on his food when he heard her giggle when the two of you were communicating with sign.
Kelly is attracted to anyone who is willing to race her. She will be head over heels if you can keep up with her.
Cal-141 is the doting girlfriend. She likes it when your head is in her lap and she gets to play with your hair, and think it's adorable how after a long day you assure her you won't fall asleep but do as soon as she runs her fingers through your scalp.
Palmer likes sparring dates, if only to show off her abs. She's a sore loser though.
I hope you saw the meme I made, I received this at work and was giggling like a schoolgirl. But also, it totally did and I would have it no other way, I'm listening, tell me more <3
I COULD WRITE A WHOLE FANFIC WITH LINDA AND MUTE S/O AND I MIGHT. I'm literally here for this, especially if they are a spartan or combat unit. If Linda doesn't already know sign language and she'll learn for her partner, OMG their fireteam being protective of them and thinking Linda was gonna give her future partner some sort of shit for being mute but only for her to sign 'That was a pretty good shot earlier, I'm impressed.' [seriously why am I crying?? Just this scene in my head is so sweet.] and you and your fireteam are taken back but you sign 'thank you' and give her a smile and Linda is just o b s e s s e d. From there on out, Linda always signs a greeting if you pass by and she ends up teaching you some Spartan signels to communicate with. I'm screaming-
Kelly loves to race, even if her partner hops into a ghost and challenges her to a race, she's ready and bouncing on her toes, she's that excited. But if you keep up with her, she's sold, if she wasn't your ride or die before, she is now and everyone knows it.
I'm so glad you included Cal, sweet bby angel, I can see her as a doting partner, especially when she's trying to figure out how to be human. It's all the little things that get her excited, especially any sort of physical contact. I think she would also like it when her partner helps style her hair, whether it's by putting it into a ponytail or braiding and pinning it up. Ooo, Cal hates seeing her partner get hurt and always does the equivalent of Spartan panicking, asking over and over again, if you're alright and if you're hurt anywhere.
I wasn't expecting Palmer but gimme. SHE'S 100% A SORE LOSER, Sarah loves sparring dates but hates when her partner gloats if they win. She wants a rematch and you happily oblige, the both of you are always learning something new about the other and becoming the ideal fighting pair on the field. Sarah covers your blind spots and you have her back with hers.
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