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headspace-hotel · 10 months
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So growing up I heard these kinds of statements: "X number of species goes extinct every year" and "Most species that go extinct are undescribed/undiscovered"
And I could never really picture what that looked like. What species were going extinct? Where? Why? If they're undiscovered, how do we know about it? It's only recently that I've been able to understand.
This is an example:
Since European colonization, 99% of old growth forest in the eastern United States was cut down.
In Eastern Kentucky, the coal industry led to waste and rubble being dumped in valleys, literally burying countless mountain streams in gravel and toxic sludge.
Colonialism and exploitation moved faster than leaf-sketching and bug-collecting European naturalists did. It's very simple, and very sad. When the coal mines polluted the streams, many species of fish that only lived in one specific stream must have gone extinct. When Native Americans were forced off their lands, we can presume that rare plant species found in meadows, canebrakes and oaks savannas dependent on particular anthropogenic disturbances went extinct. When old-growth tracts were logged, God only knows how many lichens, mosses, ferns and plants went extinct because the trees they lived on were chopped.
We can extrapolate from the diversity in the fragments that remain, and the number of rare endemic species in especially isolated areas, and guess what probably existed in areas that were obliterated early on.
Keep in mind: All is not lost. New species are still being discovered.
The Bluegrass region of Kentucky was once called one of the most peculiar plant communities of the South—an eastern island of oak savanna with an understory of Arundinaria bamboo and legumes. Early European settlers reported that the ground was incredibly rich and covered with knee-high clover and dense thickets of "cane" (bamboo) that made navigation next to impossible.
Some people say the Bluegrass was always a forest and the savanna theory is wrong. Bullshit! I know this because of several reasons:
The earliest records don't mention any sycamores at all in the Bluegrass, whereas river cane (bamboo) was everywhere. Arundinaria bamboos are fire dependent species, whereas sycamore is HIGHLY intolerant of fire. From this we can infer that the area had a history of frequent burning.
Everyone in the Bluegrass knows about the Old Trees. In horse and cattle pastures in the Bluegrass region, you will sometimes see gigantic, twisted old oaks, with great spreading crowns. Nowadays you hardly see an oak that properly merits the term "gnarled," but the gnarl of the Old Trees is crazy. Just look up google images for Kentucky tourism and you'll see one of those huge trees in the background of several of the photos, I bet. Hardly anyone consciously thinks about it, but these are pre-colonization trees. And they are all obviously open-grown—their growth habit over the centuries has spread out, rather than grown straight up as in a forest.
Early colonizers' records report big walnut and cherry trees in the area. Most of the old houses in the area are made of walnut wood. Those are mid-successional species—you wouldn't find them dominating in an area that was heavily disturbed regularly and recently, they're trees, but you wouldn't find them in a forest that had been minimally disturbed forest for centuries either. The fact that they got huge suggests that a regular disturbance pattern of the Bluegrass region was abruptly interrupted and mostly ceased.
It was a pretty special place, a savanna environment with a mix of giant twisted oaks, rolling prairie hills and bamboo thickets, with deep sinkholes connecting the surface to subterranean cave ecosystems. In places the limestone bedrock reached the surface, creating limestone glades—unique desert-like habitats with many rare plants including Opuntia cactus.
It was also one of the first ecosystems west of the Appalachians to be destroyed by settlers.
BUT! Just a few years ago, we discovered Trifolium kentuckiense—Kentucky clover. A unique species of clover that has only been found in two spots in Central Kentucky.
This means the Bluegrass species that probably went extinct because their habitat was ignorantly logged, plowed and grazed before they were studied by European science may not be entirely gone.
We have been able to fund exhaustive inventories of potential holdouts for big flashy animals like the ivory-billed woodpecker, but so many people view the place they live as "boring" and thoroughly explored, when there could be surviving plants hanging out just about anywhere.
But...I don't think most people realize how much of the Holocene extinction has already happened. Most of the losses are plants and bugs that you never knew existed in the first place.
I feel like lots of people are anxiously waiting for the mass extinction to "start" hitting, but that's not quite right. European colonization of the globe WAS and *is* the mass extinction (combined with climate change which is very related). It's actively ongoing in the Global South. In eastern North America, the major wave of extinctions hit between 100 and 300 years ago.
I feel so much grief for all that was almost certainly lost forever, but I also recognize that I live in a unique period of time where the future can still be changed, and in particular, the heavily damaged ecosystems of the Southeast can be restored and used to absorb carbon from the atmosphere and provide resilience to the entire globe. And I strongly suspect at least a few mysterious new plants will start popping up once that happens...because a lot of plants stick around in the soil seed bank for a long, long time, and seeds can happen to be preserved by freak accident and then sprout later.
we (researchers, scientists, people who work in this field) will desperately need to consult tribal nations for this though because from my reading into it, we don't know what the fuck we're doing. The most basic things like controlled burns are still struggling to catch on and in some places just, spraying herbicides willy-nilly on invasive plants without understanding what makes them invasive.
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feralforfrank · 2 years
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the neighbours know my name.
BRADLEY "ROOSTER" BRADSHAW X FEM!READER
cw no warnings, i think! NON-DESCRIPTIVE READER
a/n DIALOGUE PROMPT: "I bet the neighbours know my name."
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"Jesus, Bradley!" You all but scream as he sucks a hickey right under your jawline, where he knows it makes you weak.
You can feel his satisfied smirk on your skin, but pay no mind as you try to get his pants to unbutton. Your moves are frantic and messy, your mind foggy from the assault happening to your neck.
Bradley's lips lower to your collarbone as his fingers slip inside your underwear. Your elbow hits the wall behind you for the first thrust of his fingers always drives you crazy. His name escapes your mouth multiple times, each getting progressively louder.
"I bet the neighbours know my name from how loud you're being, sweetheart," he teases as he positions your body under him on the bed.
His ministrations never stop—in fact, no that his jeans are unbuttoned—and halfway down his legs, he pushes them off and lowers his face between your thighs.
"Don't worry. The walls are thick." You slide your underwear off, needier than ever.
We'll see about that, he thinks to himself before diving between your open thighs.
Bradley woke up earlier than needed, deciding to go on a run and head to the coffee shop you love to buy you a cup of coffee since he had clothes at your place.
After kissing your forehead and tugging the duvet under your chin to cover your naked body, he heads to the door. His movements are as quiet as possible, not wanting to wake you or any other resident.
But it just so happens that Ms Pepper, as he knew her from you, was taking out the trash. She was old but in your words, definitely had better hearing than you and him combined, so what she said wasn't a total surprise.
"I wish I had a man like you when I was your age, Mr Bradley. I'd have so many grandchildren running around the house."
Walls are thick, my ass.
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tickletails · 7 months
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Read your tags about Fern and I'm going a little crazy because you are SO right
I mean if he can feel stuff touching him whose to say he can't be ticklish. And you're so real abt it making him feel human... he so deserves to let himself be vulnerable and just smile for a bit. He deserves to be playful man....
And the blushing flowers makes me WILDDD that's SUCH a cute concept. I love the prompt of plant based characters sprouting flowers when they feel a positive emotion. And that's how the others know he's enjoying it too....
Sorry for rambling Fern is just my fav AT character ever 🙏🏽 -🍊
HI YES YOU GET IT ANON!!! Don't be sorry I love being rambled to about characters this is so true :3
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Show Me Yours | Matty Healy [2]
chapter two, act one: antichrist
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May 29th 2010
"You've what?"
"Changed the name of the band."
Comes the reply over the phone, "Why?"
Adam sighs on the other end, "Not sure, think Matty's going through an existential crisis again."
She snorts, "When is he not?"
She twirls the pen in her hand as she leans back, and lifts her feet to rest on her desk, "What's the name?"
"Uh, 19- sorry, the 1975."
She starts laughing, holding a hand to her mouth to hold it back, but the smile can be seen from miles away.
"He's very specific about the."
"Yeah?"
Adam hums, "Is it some kind of inside joke?" He asks, "Your tattoos? I don't get it, he won't tell anyone."
"Our little secret, Ads."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'm just glad I don't have to describe to girls why we're called Drive Like I Do, anymore."
"What girls?" She teases and she hears him laugh sarcastically on the other end.
It's silent for a few moments, and she picks at a string on her cardigan, "We've got another gig lined up."
"Really?"
"Yeah, a few, you gonna come up soon?"
She sighs, "I don't know, Ads, maybe."
"Matty uh, he bought your book yesterday. Was pissed I got a free one and he didn't."
She scoffs, "Didn't want him stealing my stuff again."
Adam laughs too, "It's great, Tommie, really. You're an amazing writer, you should do something with that."
"Maybe."
"No, you should." He says firmly.
She glances to the side, the little book sitting there staring at her, 75 pages of her own work. Her writing, her words, her poetry.
"Has he, uh, has he read it?"
"About a hundred times."
"Really?"
Adam hums, "We all have. It's good, Tommie." He hesitates a second, then adds, "Song worthy, band worthy."
"I'm not-"
"Yeah, I know. Thought I'd try again."
She wants to get off topic now, and talk about something other than her work. The thought of Matty reading it, understanding it, makes a red blush rise up her neck and across her cheeks.
"Did you hear what Nan and Granch are doing?"
"No." She can imagine his furrowed brows and confused tilted head, one that makes him look so much like their grandfather.
"Moving to France, or Spain, they haven't decided."
Adam laughs, "A place in the sun?"
"All the time, I can't come downstairs and see it on tele anymore, I'm going crazy, If it's not that it's an antique roadshow making him think he can become some sort of pawnbroker."
Adam chuckles again, "I think he's bored."
"I know, being retired doesn't suit him, he's trying to convince Nan to retire but she's still got four years before she's old enough."
"Doubt she will either, she loves her little break from him once a day."
"How is it over there?" He asks then, "At the McDuff household?"
"Great, actually, great."
"Tommie?"
She hums, moving her position so her feet are back on the floor, going back to staring at her notes for her English class, "How's things at the Fern household?"
"Well, dad's pissed he lost the custody battle. But, he did turn up to court drunk four times, so... that's his own fault."
"He seen you?"
"He asked me to go to dinner with him three weeks ago, still waiting for him to pick me up."
"What time was he supposed to be there?" Adam asks.
"Three weeks ago." She repeats slowly.
She hears him sighs, can imagine the pity falling off of him, "Tommie-"
She cuts him off quickly, not wanting the pity, "Nan's calling me, think dinner is ready, I'll call you monday when I get more credit."
"Okay, bye, Tommie."
"Bye, Ad."
Adam turns away as he hangs up, opening up the door again to step back inside Matty's place. Despite the early hour, seven thirty, both Ross and George are passed out on a sofa each. Matty's curled up on the beanbag he'd brought down from his bedroom, book in hand, glasses on, leaving the armchair open to Adam.
"She okay?"
"Yeah, revising for exams."
Matty nods, not tearing his eyes away from the page, "What do you think she means by 'watch my inane tears'?"
Adam looks up, "What?"
"In her one poem, she's written, 'the consequential ignorance, as you watch my inane tears', what do you think she means by that?"
"You know, if there was a poem in there about you, she'd have told me."
Matty closes the book, sending him something between a glare and an embarrassed look, "That's not what I'm trying to find out. I-"
He sighs looking away, "Your cousin is a very private person. She only reveals things she wants to, and I'm very nosy." The other boy just raises a brow slowly, "I'm trying to understand how her mind works, she's- so, I don't know, her mind is just- amazing."
"But," Matty asks, "What do you think she means?"
"Which poem is it?"
"The art of eye contact."
Adam remembers their conversation where she talked about it, "It's about her father, ignoring her and moving on to the next child. So, I guess she means like- I don't know." Adam shakes his head then looks at Matty, "But I have a feeling you think you do?"
"Well, I had to use a dictionary, no idea what inane means, or how to pronounce it. But according to the dictionary, it means, 'lacking sense'." Matty sighs, "I think it's her saying that her tears are worthless because they make no sense, she's been holding them back for so long at this point she's crying over things she doesn't need to cry over."
He looks up at Adam, "Is she okay? When you talked to her?"
"She's fine, Matty."
"Really?"
"Yup."
He nods, then he looks down at the page again watching his scruffy handwriting in blue ink beside the printed words as he reads the poem over and over until it's engraved in his head.
The Art of Eye Contact, by Tommie McDuff
Look at me, In your condescending way, Judge how I am free, And then watch my words decay. They fall upon deaf ears, The consequential ignorance, As you watch my inane tears, And ignore our indifference. We are not the same, One man, One full of shame, No more than. A plain chaste, Woman of a child, Destroyed in her haste, But even then she smiled. Look at me, Again, meet my eyes, The baleful banshee, It's time you realise. Again, look at me, And allow me to distract, After all this is just the Art of eye contact.
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June 3rd 2010
Sixteen.
She thought maybe it would feel different but as she rolls over, noticing the yellow post-it note that's been placed on her pillow she sighs.
Happy Birthday, sweetheart. Working late tonight, see you then x
As she scrumples the paper up and tosses it into the plastic bin beneath her desk she lays back down in bed.
She thought being sixteen would be different, thought being sixteen would make her mother try and stay around for a birthday.
She sighs then checks the time, eight-thirty. She doesn't have an exam today, next one is on the eight, history and maths. She hates maths.
Hearing her grandfather tottering around downstairs forces her up, she smiles when her foot hits something and recognises her nans terrible wrapping skills lying at the bottom of her bed.
When she unwraps it she smiles at the soft fabric. A little knitted green cardigan lays inside and she lifts it up.
Her nan's been really into knitting lately, reading books on it until she perfects the little thing.
Tommie had asked for a new cardigan, the one she'd bought got caught on a door at school and ripped, she'd been heartbroken. It was her nannie's, the only thing she'd had of her after she died.
She pulls on some grey sweats, an old Stereophonics t-shirt then her new green cardigan over the top and heads downstairs quickly.
"Morning."
The dog, Taffie, is the first to greet her, the little Jack Russell that's still like a puppy despite her age of fourteen.
She leans down to pat the dog's side, smiling as she turns to lick at her hand.
"Good morning."
She stands quickly turning to the settee, "Hey."
"Cute slippers."
She rolls her eyes, looking down at the little cow slippers on her feet, "What are you doing here?"
Matty grins, looking up as her nan walks in with a cup of tea in her hands, "There you go, Matty."
"Thanks, Mag."
She settles beside him and then notices her granddaughter, "Tommie, happy birthday."
She gets back up to kiss her on the cheek and she smiles, "Thank you, and thanks for my present."
"Granch has got some pancakes on."
She goes back out into the kitchen with a promise of a cup of tea for her and then Tommie goes back to looking at Matty.
"Happy birthday, Tommie."
She smiles sitting beside him, "Thank you. But seriously, what are you doing here?"
"Fulfilling my life goal."
She rolls her eyes a little and shakes her head, "Matty..."
"What?" He shrugs a little avoiding her burning gaze.
She plays with the sleeves of her new cardigan, "It's four hours here from Manchester, and it's only nine."
"Actually, it's three hours and fifteen minutes, and I've been here since eight."
"Matty."
He shrugs, "I couldn't sleep, then I thought to myself, 'Wow my amazingly talented and funny best friend has her birthday today, I should go see her'."
"Thank you," She says again, "But you didn't have to."
"But, I wanted to-"
"Breakfast for the birthday girl."
She smiles at her grandfather as he walks in, he places a kiss on her forehead, "Happy birthday, my little flower."
"Thanks, Granch."
As he hands her the plate he checks his watch, "Oh shit, I've got to go. Late to go to the station."
He kisses her head once more, "Happy birthday."
"See you tonight."
"Tomorrow," He says as he leaves, "I've got to pick up a night shift."
Her nan shakes her head, "He's supposed to be retired. Always running off to 'look after' the engines."
Her nan sticks around until lunchtime, pestering both her and Matty to make sure they eat something before she leaves for her shift at work.
"What do you usually do on your birthday?"
"Sit around, watch tele, eat, cry, eat, watch more tele, eat."
He groans loudly, "Right, get up, put some actual trousers on, and some suitable footwear, we're going out."
"Out? Where, you've been here twice before. And got lost trying to find ASDA."
"I've been researching."
"You asked, Adam?"
He blinks at her slowly, "Get dressed."
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"Gonna tell me where we're going?"
He sighs, fingers drumming the wheel, "I have to, I have no idea where I'm going." She chuckles, "I was going to take you to that ice cream place, in Brecon."
She smiles to herself, "Third exit on this roundabout."
She turns back to look at him then with a smile, "You're taking me for ice cream."
He nods, looking over at her with his own little smile, "Gonna make it the best birthday ever."
"No need," She says, leaning forward to mess around with the radio, "Already is."
"We haven't done anything yet."
She shrugs, "You're here, I've left the house and we're on our way to get ice cream," She turns back to look at him as Katy Perry fills the car, "It's already the best birthday I've ever had."
His smile only gets bigger as he keeps driving forward, taking in the beacons and the sunlight peeking through the trees as they go.
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"Where are we going?"
She laughs and keeps running, dragging him behind her through the field until finally, they stop, she turns walking backward then falls flat on her back.
He chuckles, walking closer, "What are you doing?"
"I used to do this as a kid with Granch, star gaze. He's a big constellation freak. Come here."
He sits beside her then slowly leans back into the grass, "Bet you've never seen stars like this, Healy, huh?"
He tilts his head, "They're so much brighter."
"That's 'cause the street lights in the city put all the stars to death."
"Wow." He chuckles and she turns to look at him, "How poetic of you."
"Shut up, it's true."
He sighs looking up, "Okay, what are the constellations?"
She snorts, "I don't know, never really paid much attention."
He tilts his head, "That one looks like a blunt."
She snorts, "You're such a junkie."
"A junkie wanna-be, baby."
She scoffs, "A sycophantic junkie."
He raises a brow, tilting his head down to look at her, "Really? Sycophantic? Thought I'd at least be like prophetic level."
"Since when could you see the future?"
He turns fully onto his side, "I can predict the future."
"Go on then, read me, Healy."
He closes his eyes, hovering his hand over her face and she giggles, he peeks one eye open to look down at her, "Shh, I need to concentrate."
She purses her lips, looking up at him as he closes his eyes again, his curly dark hair falling across his forehead causing him to try and blow it up out of the way.
"I see... a band-" She pushes his hand out the way but he fights back to keep it there, "And- an album. Loads of money, big houses, parties, celebrities, red carpets-"
"Wow, like living an actual nightmare."
He opens his eyes now, "You wouldn't want that?"
She shakes her head, "Not for me. I'd rather have enough money to get by and live in a little house with a dog or two alone, for the rest of my life."
"That's a sad life." She shrugs her shoulders, closes her eyes, and lays down again.
Matty sighs, shifting a little. He's the opposite of her, never one for silence whereas she thrives in it.
"What would your superpower be?"
"Um..." She sighs, brows furrowed and eyes still closed.
"Reading minds."
"Boring."
She elbows him in the rib and he dramatically cries out, rubbing the area, "Why is that boring?"
"It's such a basic answer."
"You don't even know why."
"Okay," He nods, turning to her, raising his one eyebrow in a challenging way, "Why?"
She flicks his forehead, "So I could see what's going on in there." He catches her wrist moving her hand away.
He shakes his head laughing and she laughs too, moving up onto her elbows, "What? I'd love to see inside your mind."
"Why? It's a scary place."
"Oh, I don't doubt it. But so I could see how you come up with your songs,. Like Lost Boys, ooh, and sex, where'd that one come from? I know for a fact little Matthew Healy never asked anyone to meet them in the back of his van."
"I did, actually."
"Lies." She calls him out immediately, then giggles to herself, "You sound like a paedo in that song."
"Gee, thanks."
"You're welcome."
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Matty stops the car, pulling up the handbrake then looking over at her with a huge smile. "Home."
"Thank you." She says sincerely as she shrugs off the seatbelt.
"Happy Birthday, Tommie."
"Uh, you wanna stay? I can set up the spare room, it's in the attic and a little creepy but I'm not staying in there, so it'll have to do."
He chuckles, watching her pick at a string on her jeans, "I'm okay, I've got to get back anyway."
"This late?" She asks, she glances at the little watch on her wrist, brows furrowed and he chuckles at her confusion.
"Two twenty."
"At twenty past two in the morning? You've been here since early this morning, Matty, surely that's not healthy."
"I'll be fine."
"Healy."
He grabs her hands that pick at her thumb and squeezes it, "I've gone longer and further with no sleep, at least I've had a couple of hours."
She sighs, knowing he's too stubborn and she won't win. Nodding her head she opens her door and smiles as she leans down but he jumps up, unbuckling his seatbelt, "Wait, wait..."
He runs around to the back of the car, opening up the boot and calling her over. He takes a big case out and hands it to her but she hesitates, "Matt..."
"Happy Birthday."
"I-"
"Just open it, please."
She unzips the bag slowly gripping the guitar by the neck and then looks up to him. That adorable pout and head tilts of hers staring up at him.
"Matt."
"It's the one Alex Turner plays."
"I know." She smiles and nods quickly, looking down at the Fender Stratocaster in her hands. It's a dark green colour, her favourite.
She rubs her fingers over the colouring, plucking a few strings, briefly playing what he recognizes as a tune of crying lightning.
"I can't-"
"You can, it's a birthday present, can't give them back."
"It's too expensive."
"It's not just from me, it's from all of us."
Her shoulders drop quickly, "Is this some kind of ploy to get me in the band?"
"No, I think it was Adam's idea to get you to stop stealing his when you're over."
She looks down at the guitar again, she turns and sits on the edge of the boot, resting it on her thigh, "Play me something." He requests, hands in his pockets as he leans against the side of his car.
"What?"
"Anything."
She thinks for a moment, hands moving as she plays around, plucking a few strings here and there.
She finds herself doing a favourite of hers, C'est la vie by Stereophincs, she hums the lyrics a little as she goes on.
"See? Natural." He says.
After putting it back in the case, swinging it over her shoulder and looking up at him she smiles once more up at him.
A big toothy smile that has the corner of her eyes crinkling and cheeks tinting red in the cold air of the night.
"Thank you, Matty."
He nods hands still in his pockets as he turns away from his now closed boot, "Happy birthday, Tommie. Did I do it?" She raises a brow, asking him to explain, "Prove birthdays can be good."
She shrugs, "Not really." His whole demeanour changes, shoulders sagging and his smile falls. "Everyday with you is like this. Fun, adventurous, happy..."
His head lifts again, and he lifts a hand quickly to wipe away the curly dark hair that has fallen across his forehead.
She steps closer, lifting up on her tiptoes to kiss his cheek, "Thank you."
He nods, watching her step back again before turning to go into her house. As he gets in he doesn't see her turn back to watch him drive away. Or hear her mutter warnings to herself about having a crush on her cousin's best friend.
Who not only lives three hours away but is a good few years older too.
"Stop it, Tommie," She says, quietly closing the door, "He's your friend."
~thanks for reading! x
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cherrycola27 · 1 year
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Drabble idea:
President Bradshaw wants to get flowers for his wife, and not just sending an intern to do it he insist on doing it himself...
Oh nonny, I love this:
Flowers for the First Lady:
"Sir, it would be must easier if you just sent an intern. You do understand how much of a security threat this is, don't you?" Warner, Bradley's Chief of Staff, asked him.
"Warner, I am not sending an intern to pick out flowers for my wife for our anniversary. I'm going to do it myself." Bradley insisted.
"I understand how you feel, sir, but there are more important matters to attend to." Warner insists. "Nothing is more important than my wife." Bradley deadpans. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to change into some plain clothes before Dante and I leave." Bradley states as he ushers Warner out.
He quickly changes into a plain t-shirt and jacket and a pair of dark jeans. He slips on a baseball cap, and his aviator sunglasses before meeting Dante and Jaycee.
"Her favorite flowers are roses and daisies. I've already coordinated with the florist. They know you're coming but have agreed to keep it low-key and respectful." Jaycee tells him as they walk to the car. "Thanks for your help, Jay. I know it wasn't an easy ask of you, but I appreciate it." Bradley smiles before entering the vehicle.
"Dante, am I crazy for doing this?" Bradley asks him once they are alone.
"I don't think so, sir. I think it's very noble of you for insisting on being the one to pick out the arrangement for her. I know it can't be easy being married to the president." Dante states.
"I know it isn't a picnic for her, but she makes it seem effortless. I know I've put her through it, and it hasn't always been easy for us, but she's never complained once. I wish I could do more for her, but there aren't enough roses in the world for me to show my appreciation." Bradley chuckles.
Soon, he and Dante arrive at the florist. Bradley spends an hour picking out the best blooms for you. Once the lovely older woman from the flower shop had them arranged, he happily paid her for them along with a generous tip.
Before heading back to the White House, he stopped to pick up some of your favorite pastries and the new bracelet he'd commissioned for you.
After a wonderful anniversary dinner, Bradley insisted that you closed your eyes before entering your bedroom.
Once inside, you were met with the sight of the most beautiful flower arrangement you'd ever seen! Happy tears pricked your eyes as you ran to admire them. After sharing a sweet treat and admiring your new jewelry, your eyes drifted back to the colorful daisies and roses on the table.
"They are so beautiful, whatever intern picked them out had a great eye." You compliment them.
"An intern didn't pick them." Bradley chuckles. "You sent Jaycee, then I'm guessing?" You continued.
"Nope." Bradley shakes his head. "Then who?" You ask him.
"Me." He tells you. "I went undercover today with Dante and picked out everything. It's our anniversary, I couldn't let just anyone get them." He tells you with a proud smile.
"I bet Warner almost had an aneurysm, didn't he?" You laugh. "Like you wouldn't have?" Bradley snickers.
"Hey, I wasn't that uptight when I was Chief of Staff." You defend yourself.
"Sure you were honey." Bradley rolls his eyes. You laugh to yourself before placing a sweet kiss on his cheek.
"Thank you for the flowers, for everything. Their perfect." You smile before giving him another kiss.
"Happy Anniversary, Sweetheart."
"Happy Anniversary, Dearest."
tagging some of the President Bradshaw cabinet: @roosterscock @thedroneranger @gretagerwigsmuse @desert-fern @teacupsandtopgun @mayhemmanaged @lovinglyeternal @lovingbradshawafterdark @wkndwlff @shanimallina87 @roosterforme
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A Love Letter to Jazzpunk, by Ed
It's crazy how fast time can go by when you're enjoying yourself. It's been about three years since I first encountered this game, and I could not be happier with where it's brought me. I've learned so much and met so many wonderful people through it.
For a game that can be played in 2 hours and a half, it sure is complex; so full of jokes and content that can take literal hours to be taken apart. It's brought me closer to an appreciation of things like abstract art, the cyberpunk genre, analog tech, vintage clothing, suits, among a few others.
I remember my first interaction with the game. Funnily enough, it was not through Ranboo like what I usually tell. Back in the day, 2021, I was a mere high school student who, to cope with the horrors of the pandemic, used to be into the DSMP. Woo. Yeah. No shame in admittance. Well, only a little bit.
There was this one cosplayer I used to follow on TikTok (if I recall correctly, their name is Fern [they/them]); mainly because of their c!Foolish cosplay. I was drawn to them and their energy and the way they portrayed characters! So, naturally, I followed them and interacted with their videos every now and then.
On the 23rd of June of 2021, I found myself doom-scrolling on the app (as one does), and I came across one of their videos, though this one was not from any media I knew or was used to watching from them.
The song spy? by WHOKILLEDXIX started playing, and there he was. Glasses and (makeshift) orange tie. Business card. Coat. A little unhinged, yet classy. The Editor.
I feel as if I was so drawn to him because of what I wanted to do after high school. I wanted to study literature in college to become an editor myself! I wanted to correct people's texts, be annoying about it and get paid for it! And would you look at that, the name of the guy is quite literally The Editor. LOL.
As the days went by, I found myself going back to the video, waiting for them to upload more, to feed into my curiosity. I loved the video I saw so much I saved it to my gallery the exact same day I saw it.
Then came the second one, with actual footage from the game. "Quick, look behind you." The Director says, and the camera cuts to the ground, and Fern's shoes. I heard their voices for the first time. "Improvise, I know you'll do well by me." He says again, and I grow ever so drawn to it. Five videos are more than enough. And while I don't look it up just yet, it's in my head.
Until the 25th of July 2021! Like I said, I used to be into the DSMP, though by then, the fixation was fading, and I found myself in that limbo where nothing quite caught my attention. On that day, Ranboo tweeted something about a Jazzpunk stream, and it instantly caught my attention. I was quick to put down anything I was doing to find out what it really was.
And though I was not particularly interested in them, or their streams anymore, I was hooked! I was not the kind to stay for an entire stream, yet there I was. Two hours and thirty something minutes of being beamed in the brain with pure madness.
And then it was over. And I found myself gripping every single piece of fanart I could find with my bare hands, screaming because there had got to be more, right? There had to be more.
And there was! That's when Tumblr became my main form of internet presence. First was Instagram, then came Twitter, and well, would you look at that, I made it here.
I started drawing. I must admit, my first few drawings were atrocious, but looking back on them now, I feel proud. People say that when you fixate on something, your art develops as you go, and they're right!
A year and a half are all my prior account lasted. By the same name. I made a stupid joke to my boyfriend, sending one (1) spam message in their ask box and it was gone! And so, bangobeep 2.0 came to fruition. But that's not the point.
Back when I first got into the game, the need for connection was strong. I found myself craving the partnership; the long, late-night talks about little details of the game, the roleplaying, the scenario thinking, and so the Jazzpunk server came to life on the 13th of August 2021. Named Jazzpunk Moment. I sent a DM to the people I saw most often in the tag back then: Pangolin-404 and Vendotlover, both of which I admired very much!
I remember looking at their art and reading their fanfics and thinking to myself: 'Wow, what I'd give to be able to talk to the cool kids!' And well, I did! I talked to both, and they both agreed to give me their discord, after which they (and a few others with time) joined the server.
Some time after that, I befriended them personally through our mutual love for the game and similar interests, as well as through general chitter chatter about me being hyperactive when on caffeine, 404/Caligula telling me about Sammy Lawrence from Bendy and the Ink Machine, and Ven telling me of xeir OC whose name came from Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss. I’m happy to say nowadays I still talk to both Caligula and Ven very often. In fact! I consider Cali one of my best friends, and I am kinda gay dating Ven. So, you know. Fun things bring fun people together. :)
Then came around people like Jazz Jazzanon, Zippy Zippycup, Jazzhands, Noah, Wither, and a couple others that, while I won’t mention, made this experience something wonderful for me.
I can’t quite find the words to express this something so dear to me. Jazzpunk, as short as it is, changed my life in ways I could’ve never imagined. I’ve started researching things I thought I’d never be into, started books I loved, got into music I had never listened to before, and it all helped build me as a person these three years. It’s brought me unimaginable amounts of comfort and joy, and I don’t think I’ll ever find something else that will make me feel this whole.
I could go on and on about how I have projected so many little aspects of my life onto my interpretation of it. About how the way I interpret Polyblank is highly influenced by those I love. About how the paintings in The Editor’s house fit him and his personality, but those are topics for another day.
The world out there is wacky and crazy, and Jazzpunk does a great job at feeding into the fact it can be strange, it can be difficult, and it can be fun.
So, to 10 years of community, 10 years of happiness, 10 years of a game that will stay with me forever, and many more to come!
Thank you, Jazzpunk.
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pralinesims · 1 year
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100% for any character
OK, these are going to be kinda funny cause they're a lot of coincidences, so here we go!
Does your character resemble anybody famous?
Let's start with Gina:
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For her I got a few comments with some celebrities that she resembled (which I all agreed with btw), but what struck out to me the most was the mention of Meagan Good. Prior before I got that comment, I didn't know her (shame on me, I know, but I am not really into movies/TV and don't know the majority of actresses or actors). I told my sister that someone said she looks like that actress, and basically she almost frenzied while telling me that it was a HUGE compliment because that woman is just too gorgeous. Well, my life changed that day, thanks to that comment I got to know one of the most beautiful women that are existing on this pitiful earth, and fell in love with her face LMAO. No, but I'm serious, she is so very beautiful, and her resemblance to Gina makes me happy.
So, Luca is the next one:
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Always when I see Cody Fern somewhere (which sadly doesn't happen as often as I'd like to), I think that he just. looks SO much like Luca. They have that same delicate face, strong jaw, small eyes, etc... Just so pretty. When I first saw him in AHS, I was genuinely surprised with how much he resembles Luca. Not that I'm gonna complain, am I right? (On another note, I also think that Luca kinda resembles Morgyn Ember, which comes full circle imo, cause I'm like 99% sure that their looks were obviously inspired by Cody Fern)
Onto the last one, Aaron:
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He resembles the captain of ATEEZ, the Kim Hongjoong! You know that when I got into them cause of their amazing music, I was really shocked that one of their members reminds me of Aaron so much? (Which is especially crazy to me, because they formed WAY later after I created him. One of my friends also once said that I manifested him + ATEEZ hehe). It's not even only the face, it's the complete style and aura. So often when I see Hongjoong, I feel like that he is a real-life Aaron, which is so cool to me, you know?
I might've forgotten some of my OC's, but those 3 are always in my mind when I think of celebrity lookalikes.
This was kinda long, but anyways, I love that they resemble them, those sure are some gorgeous people. Again, I either wasn't aware of any of their existences, or they got famous way later after I created my characters!
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bellatrixobsessed1 · 10 months
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Azul Week Day 6 - Four Seasons
Summary: Azula takes Sokka to see a firefly boom but the fireflies don't want to appear.
Sunrise is her favorite time. The quiet and lonely golden hour that people seem to miss because they can’t be bothered to rise early enough. Perhaps it makes her selfish, but she doesn’t like to share this hour with anyone. Not even with Sokka. She likes to take it with a cup of daisy-dandelion tea and a thin blanket draped around her shoulders for the sake of having a blanket around her shoulders. 
Sunset, the second golden hour, is her second favorite time. It isn’t as quiet; in fact it is rather noisy. The crickets are beginning to awaken and the people are well awake and making their own racket. 
The fireflies also begin to awaken, cluster by cluster until they are everywhere blinking in the tall grasses and upon the trees. 
Usually by now, the world around smells like smoked meats and burning the burning leaves of campfires. This is the time that she wants to share with Sokka. He enjoys meat anyhow, most certainly more than he would enjoy her shaking him awake early in the morning. Sometimes she does that anyways when she feels sad for no reason. Sometimes she does it accidentally when she wants someone to hold or nuzzle her face against. He gets grumpy but he holds her anyhow. 
“We’re almost there.” Azula remarks. 
“Exactly where are we going?” Sokka pushes a fern leaf aside. 
“There’s a big hill. We’re going on top of that.”
Sokka furrows his brows. “Why are we doing that again?” 
“Because I want to show you something.” 
“Will the cicadas stop by the time we get there? Those things are driving me crazy. We don’t have those back at home.”
“You complain about the cicadas every year.” Azula rolls her eyes.
“Is it just me or do they get louder every year?”
“I think that it’s just you.” 
“I think that you Fire Nationals are just used to it.” He grumbles. 
“We’re here.” Azula declares. 
Sokka’s shoulders slump. “It’s just a big grassy hill!” 
“For now.” Azula replies. 
“For now!?” Sokka throws his hands up. “What does that even mean?” 
Azula offers him a smug and cheerful smile. “You’ll see.” She unfurls the picnic blanket and lays it out across the grass. “I figured that since I made you walk all of this way, that’s I’d make your favorite…”
“Peppered komodo chicken with a touch of garlic and a side of…”
“Smoked seal jerky.” Azula fills in. “Yes.” She withdraws a pan, a cooking fork, and a small iron grate to rest the meat upon. She gathers herself a nice tent of firewood and lights it up.
.oOo.
The last of the sizzles and pops die away as the sun fully falls. Azula does not relight it and Sokka shudders, it is quite darker than he had imagined. But Azula seems entirely unbothered which he might have found reassuring if Azula wasn’t unbothered by most things. 
She passes his meal to him. “Enjoy.” 
He will certainly try but the sounds emitting from the shadows–the ones that Azula insists are just lemurs and screech hog-monkeys don’t make it easy. He watches Azula, ever unphased, lay herself belly-down across the picnic blanket. She rests her chin in her palms and gazes down the hill. 
“It’s firefly mating season.” She remarks at last. 
Sokka swallows his mouthful. “Good to know, I guess.” 
Azula rolls her eyes and sighs. “Every few years there’s a firefly boom.” She elaborates. “It kind of reminds me of the polar lights. Less colorful, more uniformed but it’s like looking at stars but they’re in the grass.” She gestures down the hill where the first flashes are finally beginning. 
“I’ve seen Water Tribe winters.” She continues. “So I thought that I would show you what a Fire Nation summer is like when it is at its finest…” There is something in her voice, in the way that she trails off. It makes Sokka’s stomach sink. He is being unenthusiastic and he thinks that it is cracking her confidence in this thing that she had been so excited to show him. 
He wants to be enthusiastic but he has seen fireflies before so many times. He can’t say that this is any different from what he is used to seeing. A few drifting clouds of fireflies. It is pretty for certain but he isn’t sure if it is worth a long trek through the jungle. But Azula’s smiles are worth it. 
She is not smiling right now. Rather the opposite. “There are usually more than this…” She bites her lower lip. 
Sokka’s heart sinks further. He puts a hand on her back. “It’s alright, Azula. It’s still nice.” It is quality time with her and a meal that she had taken the care to cook for him. It has been prepared and is being eaten with breathtaking scenery, however ordinary it is. “It doesn’t have to be…”
“But I wanted to show you something special.” She mumbles. 
“This is special.” He insists. 
“But you’ve seen this before.”
“I’ve seen something similar but I’ve never seen these fireflies and they never dance around in the same way.”
Azula shrugs. 
“How many times did I take you to see the polar light?”
“A lot, Sokka.” She replies. 
“And did you enjoy them any less the tenth time?” He quirks a brow.
She purses her lips. “N-no.”
“Well then.” Sokka grins. And her smile starts to return.
.oOo.
Azula isn’t sure what had woke her up but she is pleased that it has. She nudges Sokka. Once then twice. “Sokka.” She whispers. He rolls over and gives a sleepy grunt. “Sokka!” She hisses again with a harder nudge.
“Wha-uh-t!?” He grumble-whines. “Go to sleep, woman!” 
This time she gives him a very solid thumb on the back. He jerks awake. “Geez!” 
Azula laughs. 
“What!? Is someone dying?” 
Azula shakes her head. “Look.” She points at the roof of their tent. It is all beaded with firefly bulbs that rest there like glowing yellow raindrops. Now and then the insects crawl down the fabric leaving a glowing trail just as rain leaves a trail of wetness. 
“I-it’s completely covered.” Sokka sputters. 
Azula nods rather eagerly. She takes his hand. “Come on Sokka, the hill is probably full of them!”
The hills, the canopy, the tree bark. Everything. Clouds of fireflies are suspended over the pond and make themselves cozy in the leaves of cattails. 
Sokka blinks. “They’re everywhere.” 
Azula nods. 
“I’ve never seen so many!” 
She nods again and takes his hand. “Come on, Sokka.” 
“Where are we going?” He asks. She knows that he will be able to deduce the answer soon enough.
.oOo.
He and Azula wander through the tall grass. It tickles his waist as he wades his way through. Although it is significantly higher on Azula–perhaps reaching her belly button or a little above–she seems to sift through the grass with ease. 
Sometimes it is nice to just walk hand in hand with her, letting her lead him along. Tonight she guides him through a field of stars. Each blade of grass seems to be tipped with a firefly bulb or two. And each strand that they part seems to rouse a whole cloud of them into the sky. 
Azula extends her arms and cups her hands. When she parts them to let him peer inside he finds that she has come away with at least five or six fireflies. 
“This must have been fun for you when you were a kid.”
Azula shakes her head. “Father wouldn’t let us chase them. He didn’t want us to get our robes dirty. We got to look and that was nice enough. But I never had the chance to…” she reaches up and plucks another firefly from the sky. 
Never had the chance to be a kid. He can see as much on her face. And he realizes that, technically, this is a first time for her too. A childhood dream coming to life. 
“Who do you think can catch more?” Azula quirks a brow. 
“I can of course.” He declares. “I’m taller so I can reach more of them.” 
“But I’m faster.” Azula counters. And he can’t dispute that. She has reflexes on top of that and this easy, fluid way of maneuvering through the world around her. She does a half twirl to look back at him. There are fireflies in her locks and crawling on her billowing robes, over her outstretched arms. 
She doesn’t even have to lift an arm to catch the fireflies. 
He can’t see himself but he imagines that he is similarly dressed in fireflies. Any traces of sleepiness ebb right out of him. 
If he falls asleep now, he fears that he will never see something like this again. 
Azula holds her hand out and he takes it. 
Just as he had held her hand when he introduced her to the lights. 
He has shown her the winter and she has showed him the summer. 
He will show her the grand melting of a Water Tribe springtime and she will introduce him to a burning Fire Nation autumn. 
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sxyphen · 5 months
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soooo I made some morphology's and outfits for td charcters, here’s what I have so far (warning, this is gonna be long)
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Gwen: outfit (Female Pearlcatcher; teal Jupiter, obsidian Basic, and emerald Basic) This is one of my personal favorites, it's simple but it works really well, but you'll see the morphologies and outfits get more complicated soooo
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Courtney: outfit (Female Coatl; sand Cherub, camo Constellation, and wisteria Basic) Another favorite, she just looks pretty :3
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Duncan: outfit (Male Bogsneak, eldritch Cinder, fern Blaze, and flaxen Basic) Silly little eepy guy, I feel like this is probably the most accurate dragon of any td character i've made. not much to say about him tho
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Alejandro: outfit (Male Imperial; coral Python, maroon Shimmer, and blood Smoke) This is actually a dragon that I have, you can check him out here, but it actually took a couple tries to get an outfit that I think works with him lol
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Bridgette: outfit (Female Skydancer; caribbean Lionfish, sanddollar Shimmer, and cobalt Okapi) nothing much to say other than, pretty :3
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Geoff: outfit (Male Pearlcatcher; magenta Clown, ivory Butterfly, and strawberry Spines) same with Bridgette, I wanted them to be matching, cause, y'know. they kiss :<, but I honestly prefer this one over Bridgette (the outfit, not the morphology)
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Harold: outfit (Male Ridgeback; periwinkle Skink, orange Hex, and fern Stained) I'm really happy with how this came out, even if it took a couple redos lol, and the steampunk apparel works with Harold's, vibe
ok for some stupid reason I can't put the pictures of Beth, Justin, Katie and Sadie [im on pc], so I'm just going to link the morphologies here: Beth (Female Aether; ivory Candy, magenta Butterfly, and shamrock Wish), Justin (Male Aether; bronze Boa, hunter Daub, and overcast Flutter), Katie and Sadie (Female Aberration; brown Pinstripe, ivory Flair, and cottoncandy Koi)
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Ezekiel: outfit (Male Wildclaw; algae Pinstripe, soil Patchwork, and stonewash Veined) My favorite tbh, can't really explain why it just, ✨does✨
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Feral Ezekiel: outfit (Male Mirror; fern Stiched, camo Patchwork, and cobalt Ghost) yeah, i made the eepy. i changed the breed cause 1) it reflects how ezekiel changed after his mutation, and 2) Male Wildclaw's position(?) isn't creaturey enough
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Leshawna: outfit (Female Obelisk; ginger Falcon, obsidian Rosette, and cerise Contour) Nothing much to say about this one tbh, she looks real pretty tho :D
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Owen: outfit (Male Snapper; metals Ground, marigold Safari, and teal Koi) I like this one, it's simple but unfortunately i couldn't find anything to represent his maple leaf :(
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Cody: outfit (Male Coatl; gold Swirl, twilight Fissure, and copper Contour) i'm honestly not happy with this one, specifically the outfit. might redo this one later, and remove all the autumn stuff
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DJ: outfit (Male Tundra; camo Python, brown Constellation, and dust Runes) lookie, is my boy :3333333333
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Izzy: outfit (Female Mirror; sunshine Clown, pear Eye Spots, and avocado Gembond) really happy with this one, it fits her well and gives off her craziness :>
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Sierra: outfit (Female Spiral; jade Clown, mulberry Hypnotic, and blackberry Opal) i'm very lucky to have found the apparel that i did for her, cause if i didn't, i have no idea what outfit to have given her ;-; but yeah she pretty
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Eva: outfit (Female Snapper; cobalt Falcon, sapphire Peregrine, and obsidian Spines) big buff lady :D
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Tyler: outfit (Male Ridgeback; cherry Jupiter, sable Eel, and white Basic) A fan of this one, and the Love's Herald was a gift from Lindsay. and now thinking about it, i might wanna make some lore for this. it's a big maybe though
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Lindsay: outfit (Female Fae; garnet Flaunt, honey Jester, and cornflower Scales) i don't know how to feel abt this one, not a fan of it. and also will probably redo the outfit. the morphology i can live with.
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Noah: outfit (Male Nocturne; brown Jupiter, pthalo Safari, and crimson Underbelly) another favorite, it gives off very Noah vibes lol (and i just realized that he shares a gene with Owen. so do with that information as you will)
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Trent: outfit (Male Skydancer; algae Viperia, forest Eel, and obsidian Koi) I love this one, gives off very bard/guitarist kinda vibes. and if there was lore, i imagine trent would be a nomad entertainer, playing in small towns and cities, and maybe at a bar or two
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Chris: outfit (Male Fae; forest Falcon, teal Myrid, and obsidian Smoke) look, it's him, the guy!!!!/j but in all seriousness, this is literally just him. entitled little short king who slays (i also have one for Chef, but it's yucky :,<)
i had one for Heather, but I deleted the outfit for her, which was of a dragon that i already sold, soooooooo i'm just gonna make a new one for her :3 also thank you for reading this long ass post (if you actually did), it means a lot to me :3
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tmmyrp · 2 years
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hi everyone, tommy here! not tmmyrp, but tommy aka bell from metfell's system. I run tmmyrp and have for a year now! that's pretty fucking crazy like holy shit. i didn't expect this silly roleplay blog to turn into one of my favorite projects ive ever worked on, and i've been able to do it with some of my best friends!!
ive been having creative burnout with tmmyrp for a bit. now- now before you get all fuckin concerned n shit i'm not stopping the blog!! i just thought id let you all know. me n fern- our cranboo- are a bit more active on latenightmining right now, since this blog's plot has pretty much been resolved in a way im happy with. i'm still gonna be roleplaying on here, but i'm moving away from any huge serious conversations. there will be a few more, there's still some stuff id like to resolve with songbird, and of course october and november 16th are coming up. but overall i want tmmyrp to finally have some peace. he's okay now, he's happy. so send asks prompting him to go hang out with tubbo or techno or wilbur or quackity or even phil- hell even ranboo we can figure that out!! ask him about his knitting and sewing projects, his favorite things he's made and favorite places to go. ask him about his favorite time of day or weather or give him an idea for something to do! he's here to have fun :)
we've had so much fucking fun and so many memories. there was the start of finding gertrude, carving pumpkins with songbird, ranboo dying and dream escaping, the gala, getting tulip, ranboos SECOND death leading to the creation of petalsbrough with tubbolul, the shapeshifting or stress shitting lol, the reconciliation with technoblade, getting to interact with casinoroyale and then bring charlie back home to him, live roleplaying while the queen died, exile 2 and the scary shit with bestnightmares, when bestnightmares got fuckin terminated mid thread and it was so goddamn funny everyone lost their minds, tommy locking beeduo in a room to sort their problems out, tommy embracing puffy making him the server therapist and trying to therapize people but needing it more than anyone, the way everything changed november 28th and bedrockverse branched out to be its own little thing.
i love everything ive written with everyone, and its kind of crazy that this is my first experience roleplaying ever. there's nearly 1000 of you now, and i don't know what i have planned for the anniversary! im writing this a couple days early because i got so emotional. you've all seen me grow and get better at writing and now i feel so satisfied with the product ive made here with everyone else. it's a group effort, we all worked so hard trying to make something memorable, something that represents how much we love these characters from this silly minecraft roleplay server.
you all mean the fucking world to me <3 sorry i'll be a bit less fuckin sappy and emotional n shit uh. women primes fuck you get bitches die. or something.
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Hey Cloud? Can I ask a question!! Can you like, start caregiver service blogs for caregiver /ocs/??
I have one that I’ve had for that purpose since I was twelve, but shes not like, a fandom character! She’s just. mom coded and supportive and I really enjoy writing what she’d say in a situation!!! But I don’t want to be disrepestful since I’m new to the community!
sorry if you’re not the person to ask! I’ve just been thinking on it ever since I found out that that kind of blog exists. Ok!! Have great night!!
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OOC (WOAH CRAZY IKKKK): Kiddo, I might be, singlehandedly, the best person you could've asked this.
Because this is an OC blog.
I don't go by Cloud IRL, unless I'm caretaking Fern, my name is Luna! (Though, don't call me that here lol) My main blog is linked in my intro post, but I wouldn't go there as a little, since it goes by Tumblr's 13+ policy and not completely PG.
Point is, Cloud has been an OC of mine for years! They originated as an angel named Diamond, and they've slowly been redesigned and redeveloped into the Cloud we know today. She was always meant to be a caretaker of sorts, even before I knew what age regression was, so it just felt right to make her the face of this blog.
But, yeah, if you wanted to make a caretaker blog, go for it! I'd love to see it!!
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hunsa-jars · 1 month
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Fern: You're irrationally angry 365 days a year.
Sarj: Well, that's just your personal opinion because I don't have anger issues. Do you guys think I have anger issues?
Shaun: I wouldn't call it an issue. An issue is something you can fix.
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Shaun: If I die, my funeral is gonna be the biggest party and you're all invited.
Fern: "If."
Sarj: Great. The only party I've been invited to and he might not even die.
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"Is stabbing someone immoral?"
Shaun: Not if they consent to it!
Sarj: Depends who you're stabbing.
Fern: Yes?????
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Shaun: They made Fern cry!
Sarj: Fern always cries!
Fern: That's not true! *cries*
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Fern: Bet you can’t eat 15 crayons!
Shaun: Bet you I can!
Sarj: *sips coffee, checks to make sure 911 is still on speed dial, and goes back to reading the paper*
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*children yelling McDonald's, McDonald's*
Fern: We have food at home..
Sarj: *pulls up to the drive through as children cheer, orders a single black coffee then leaves+
Shaun: MCDONALD'S MCDONALD'S
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Shaun: A party is a celebration of a life, bringing people together to let the guest of honor know how much they’re loved. Sarj has done so much for us. This is our chance to do something for them.
Fern: By forcing them to have fun at a party that they don’t want to be at?
Shaun: I knew you’d understand.
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Sarj: Do you ever want to talk about your emotions, Shaun?
Shaun: No.
Fern: I do!
Sarj: I know, Fern.
Fern: I’m sad.
Sarj: I know, Fern.
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Sarj: The clock is ticking! We don't have time for this asinine tomfoolery!
Fern: This unmitigated poppycock?
Shaun: Extravagant hogwash!
Sarj: Okay, stop.
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Sarj: Hold on.. let me over think this.
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Sarj: This is crazy! Straight up ridiculous. Who in their right mind would hide 5 corpses in the Fillyjonk's garden??
Shaun:
Fern:
Shaun: .....heh.. crazy?
Fern: I was crazy once-
Sarj: Who in their right mind would hide 5, soon to be 7 corpses in the Fillyjonk's garden????
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warmaidensrevenge · 1 year
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Pairing: Eddie Munson x Fem!plus size reader
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A/N: Today I feel like I need to cry really bad. But I don't like to. It's just a big mess and I look ugly. So I wanted to write something a bit sad. So here goes nothing. I was inspired by Slipknots song Snuff and Jimmy Eat World song Hear You Me. Thanks for reading. As always feedback is greatly appreciated. Kay love ya bye.
Warnings: +18 Mentions of death, arguing, drug dealing/use, alcohol use, language, slight body insecurities, oral, smut, hurt, angst, and not proof read and no word count.
One shot
Summary: Tragedy makes you do shit you shouldn't. But your best friend doesn't give up on you. Eddie Munson will do whatever it takes to get you through it.
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When you first met Eddie he was 14 years old. He had just moved in with his uncle after his mom passed. At first you didn't like him. He was so loud and jittery. Constantly talking. But what made you actually not like him is when he kissed you on a dare. His buddies in the 8th grade dared him to kiss the 7th grade chubby nerdy girl. You were outside your next class reading Where the Red Fern Grows. You had started to cry when the little boy died.
Out of nowhere this kid with a shaved head came and sat next to you.
" Hey what's the matter?" He asked, sounding a little sad.
" Oh. Umm. It's just the book." You mumbled, wiping away your tears.
He plucked the book from your hands and looked over the cover.
" This is about dogs right?"
" Yeah. Kinda."
He looked at you and handed back the book. " You know a pretty girl like you shouldn't be crying. People will think you're a crybaby."
You looked at him to say something but he quickly kissed you.
When he pulled away you were so pissed. You balled up your fist and decked him.
He immediately grabbed his jaw and his eyes filled with tears.
" I-I.. I'm sorry." His voice broke.
You could tell he really was trying not to cry. You felt just a little bad. Maybe he didn't deserve to be nearly knocked out. But then again. This weirdo just kissed you.
You stood up and pointed your finger in his face.
" DON'T YOU EVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN! YOU CANT JUST GO AROUND KISSING PEOPLE!"
" I-I know s-sorry." He stuttered.
" Next time you do something that stupid. Ask permission!"
You stormed off to the girls bathroom and cried.
Ever since then you could not get rid of Eddie Munson. To him you were his best friend. To you he was merely an acquaintance. The rest of the 7th grade Eddie Munson was around. When he went to highschool he would get dropped off in front of your house just to walk you to and from school.
After school he would stay at yours until his uncle could pick him up. Which annoyed you like crazy. Sure Eddie was funny. But you could not stand him worth a damn.
But your parents did. You didn't know of they actually liked the dork. Or if they felt sorry for him being underprivileged. Either way they always liked having him around. Especially your dad.
You loved your dad more than anything in the world. It was because of him you gave Eddie a chance to be an actual friend. Your dad always gave you so much shit for being rude to Eddie. He would even make fun of you two. Saying one day you guys would get married and have tons of babies. Which you absolutely hated the thought of.
Once you got to highschool you and Eddie bonded more than you cared for. With the same types of problems you guys grew close. When he got older he calmed down. Not by much, but enough for you to actually be able to be in his presence longer than five minutes.
He put all that energy into his campaigns, and he started playing the guitar. Which was nice sometimes. He would go on tangents about how epic his storyline was for every campaign. He would get so theatrical that it was quite funny.
By the time you were a junior, Eddie was a senior. The bullying brought you guys even closer than before. He was bullied for being a "Freak". Long hair and rock music was not your peers norm. But for Eddie and you. It was. He was cool, and very nice. But others refused to see that.
They also refused to see you that way too. They saw nothing more than an ugly fat geek. Yes you were larger than your classmates and you didn't put on pounds of makeup. You liked to read and got straight A's. But you were not ugly. At least that's what Eddie would say.
Did you believe him? Well no.
But he did a lot to keep your mind from putting you down. He really did become a great friend. He was always there. Flirting away. Calling you beautiful all the time. Always play fighting with you, or teased you for being so darn cute. He did things that, from the outside looking in were suspicious. But to you and him you were just really good friends.
You never saw him like that. And to be honest you didn't want to. Sure he was devilishly handsome, and one of the nicest guys. But you just didn't see him that way.
He really was just a friend. Well until he wanted more.
...
He had been a forest firefighter for a majority of his life. And you could not have been prouder. He was the best dad in the whole world.
You were 18 when the unthinkable happened. You were a senior now and Eddie was doing his senior year over again. One afternoon your dad had gotten an emergency call and had to go.
See you knew your dad's job was dangerous. He literally fought fires with fire. He was well liked and a hero to everyone in Hawkins. But to you he was better than Superman.
Every time he went to work you made his crew promise to bring him back. And they did. Every time. Well until they didn't.
The fire was burning through the forest way too fast and with the winds blowing at 50 mph, it just got worse.
Your mom and you were escorted to the highschool gymnasium. All the thirteenth families of your dad's crew were there. People were freaking out and you weren't stupid. You knew something awful happened.
The captain of the fire department came and gave you the worst news you've ever heard.
Your father and his entire crew's bodies were found. They had gotten trapped and couldn't make it out. Your mother fell to the ground and wept.
You didn't believe it. It wasn't true. The guys promised to bring him back. You stood there staring at the door. Waiting for your dad to run in and say it was just a terrible joke. But he never came.
You were angry, and hurt. That you didn't know what to do. You knew your mom needed you then. But you needed something else or someone else. You needed your best friend. This shit you had planned on the drive to his trailer was stupid to say the least. But you need just a moment to get out of your current reality.
...
Eddie had been in love with you from the moment his lips touched yours. Sure it ended with a sock in the jaw. But he was yours then, and still yours now. Did you know that? Hell no. Did Eddie want to tell you? Absolutely not. You were his most trusted and bestest friend. He swore he would never do anything to jeopardize the friendship he tried so hard to build. He worked hard to get your parents to love him and he helped you even when you didn't ask for it. Which was hardly ever. You were very stubborn. But incredibly sweet. Though at first you resist Eddie's friendship. He eventually got you to see him for who he really was. That he wasn't a freak or scary or any of those awful things anyone said about him. However, he liked you and he had to keep you in his life. Even if it was just as a friend.
So he shoved his fondness for you into the deepest part of his heart. But then when you got to highschool you really proportioned out. Yes you were still thicker than most and he would have loved you either way. But you were growing up to be the most beautiful girl he had the pleasure of viewing.
Eddie's affection for you only grew. He always had to compliment you and touch you. Of course only if you would let him. He flirted a lot. He couldn't help it. The girl of his dreams was right in front of him all the time. But as a man of his word. He wouldn't ruin this beautiful friendship with you.
That was until all hell broke loose.
He was home that night. His uncle was at the plant as usual pulling a double. Eddie had just finished writing a new campaign when you came.
Eddie let you in, surprised that you came without calling. Normal when you came over you would call before. Giving him a warning to be decent. But he took it as 'Shit the love of my life is coming and I need to clean'.
When you came in you were off. He could always tell. But this time was different. This time you said stuff he wasn't expecting.
" Eddie. I need you to do me a favor."
" Uhhh okay?" He said taking a seat on the couch.
His eyes followed you back and forth as you paced his living room.
" ok but look. This is going to be...a lot...but I need you."
" What's going on princess?"
You stopped and looked at him letting out a long sigh. " Umm maybe I should just show you."
"Y/n?"
Eddie watched as you went towards his room. He was so confused. Normally you could talk to him. But you were being super cryptic and he was kinda scared.
He got up after a few seconds and followed you. He saw your shoes and socks in the hallway. As he got closer he kept finding more of what you were wearing. Picking them up along the way. When he turned the corner to his room he saw you in his bed.
The way you held his blanket up to your chest he just knew you were completely naked. Seeing your underwear and bra thrown on his dress also confirmed it.
He didn't know what to say. He would be lying if he said this wasn't a dream come true. But seriously what the hell?
" ummm princess. Are you naked?"
" Okay yes...I know this is a lot to ask but I really need you to have sex with me."
He was at a loss for words. Did you really just say that? Were you really in his bed? Naked?!
"I-I"
" Eddie. Please."
" Y/n? What's going on? We...we can't."
" Why?"
"I..."
" You're gonna tell me with all the flirting and all times you said that if I were your girl that you would take care of me. You're gonna say that and not want to take me when I offer?"
" Princess this is...this-"
" A lot to ask. I know. But I need you right now. I need you this way."
He always promised to be there for you. Whatever you need he would always be ready to help. Though he knew something was wrong, he had wanted this for so long.
Eddie closed his door and started to undress. He slid in next to you. Questions eating at him.
" Are you sure?"
"Yes Munson. I want this."
" But it's your first time."
You pulled at his shoulders to face you.
" yeah and I want it to be with you. I trust you. I know you won't hurt me."
You looked at him with such adoration. You were right. He would never hurt you. You were his everything.
His best friend part of him kept telling him not to. To talk about what was going on in your head. But his teenage hormones were yelling at him otherwise. See he was a virgin too. He had never seen a boob in real life. Sure he had naughty well used magazines under his bed, along with a couple of porn films he swiped a long time ago. So he knew where things went and how to be safe about it. But he wasn't about to admit it was his first time too.
He hesitated for a second before leaning in and kissing your cheek.
" Is this okay?" He asked
" You can do more. I want you to do more."
Your words made his body shiver. He kissed down your neck as you laid down. His hands were firmly pressed against either side of you. Your hands were clutching the blanket.
As he kissed across your chest a small whimper rang in his ears. He looked up at you worried.
" Touch me Eddie. I want you to touch me."
His eyes nearly popped out of his head when you pushed the blanket down. Revealing your ample breast. They looked so soft and were so big his mouth watered at the sight. One of his hands started to massage your breast.
He just kept looking at you in utter amazement. Your chest covered in stretch marks. Your breasts were spilling out of his hands. God you were more beautiful than he originally thought.
" Can I ... suck on them?"
"umm... y-yeah...s-sure."
He licked his lips before kissing one of your nipples gently. He then opened his mouth and swirled his tongue around it. Suckling with such tenderness. He lightly tugged at the raised nub with his teeth before sucking again. You moaned ever so softly that it gave him goosebumps.
Eddie knew even with his lack of experience, that it takes girls a little bit to get ready. So he was gonna make sure that your body was ready for him. Because his most definitely was. He had waited a long time for this. It's not like he didn't get offers. Because even though people saw him as a freak. Something about him being in a band had girls waiting for him after sets. But he never did anything with anyone. That was because he was saving himself for you. And though he knew you weren't in that state for him, he still wanted you to be his first and last everything.
He was still massaging and kissing and sucking on you when you lifted his head.
" Eddie. Now. I'm ready now."
Shit this was really going to happen. He was so nervous his hands started to shake when he was putting on the condom.
Finally it was on and he was now between your legs. He had to ask one more time.
" Y/n. Are you-"
" Eddie if you ask me again I swear I will leave."
Not wanting that he nodded.
" It might hurt."
After all this time you pulled him down for a deep kiss. He honestly hadn't believed that he didn't even kiss you. But God how badly he needed it. How badly he needed you.
Then it happened. You helped guide him to where you wanted and he went slow. He shut his eyes at this feeling he really couldn't describe. You were so warm and wet. And fuck so damn tight. He could feel himself already there. But he wasn't even in all the way. So he had to stop just to regain control.
Your body shook as his tip went in. It did hurt. But not in a bad way. His stretch was incredible. And when he stopped you wanted more.
" Eddie. God. More...please."
Eddie said a soft fuck as he continued to pushing through. There was a spot where he had to push a little hard making you gasp.
He was scared as hell. He looked up to see you covering your mouth. He stopped again to let you give him the okay.
Once he felt your body relax you nodded. He kept going until he felt a soft spot that made you moan so loud he knew he was hitting that spot.
The beautiful pain that caused made tears fall from the corners of your eyes. This wasn't at all what you expected. Eddie was huge. You hadn't seen or felt a penis before. But you knew that he was big. You weren't sure how it was gonna work but he was doing an excellent job keeping your thoughts at bay.
You need this. This comfort. Sure it was a dumb idea to sleep with your best friend. But at this moment, nothing mattered. It was just you and Eddie.
This felt like it was supposed to happen.
You felt this fire grow deep within you. With every slow thrust of his hips made something happen. And when you kissed him it felt... different.
You were clenching him so tight he couldn't hold back anymore. He felt your body tense again and he knew you were cumming. Your back arched and his hunched as he finally let go.
He slowly pulled out and watched you. He laid down trying to catch his breath. You pulled the blanket back over you to hide yourself and he felt bad.
After what you guys did you were still hiding from him. It was awkward for a few minutes. He got up to grab a towel for you. He took off the condom and discarded it.
When he went back to the room you were getting dressed. He pulled on a pair of grey sweatpants and sat next to you.
You sat there thinking about everything. You just had sex with your best friend. You could swear you would feel different. You thought you would feel bad for basically forcing him to do it. But you didn't. It didn't feel wrong. It actually felt right. It felt...good.
Then your thoughts went dark.
" Princess? Are you okay?"
You could feel Eddie watching you. You wanted to look at him, but now you were ashamed. Not about what just happened, but why it happened.
" N-no."
Now Eddie could think clearly. Did he do something wrong? It sure felt right to him. Should he have just said no? Was this a mistake? No. It felt too good to be.
He looked at you and tears were rolling down your face. He wrapped an arm around your waist and you just turned and buried your face in his chest.
You cried so hard that all he could do was hold you. You had never cried like this before. Your whole body trembled. Your crying made him cry too.
"W-what happened y/n?"
...
Eddie stood next to you two weeks later holding your hand while they buried your father. You were gone. You weren't you anymore. The smile Eddie had loved so much was gone. You were quiet and you cried all the time.
You had stayed with him every night since. He held you as you cried yourself to sleep. You moved like a ghost. He tried to distract you with whatever he could. But nothing was working.
You were a shell of who you used to be. Burying your father was the worst day of your life. You should have been with your mom those two weeks. But for some reason you blamed her for it.
Instead you stayed with Eddie and his uncle. You finally went back to school after the funeral. You roamed the halls like a zombie. Constantly running off to the bathroom to cry. Eddie would have to be the one to find you and calm you down enough to get back to class. He really was your saving grace.
Three months after the funeral you and Eddie started hooking up on the reg. You constantly found yourself either in the back of his van riding him or out in the woods where he sold drugs.
This day in particular you were laying down with your ass on the edge of the table. Eddie was on his knees between your legs going to town.
He'd been at this for the better part of the hour. You guys totally missed lunch and part of class. But it didn't matter. He was a god with his tongue. His touch made you forget about everything. He was working on your fourth orgasm when you sat up on your elbows.
" Munson we're gonna get detention if we don't go back."
He hummed into you, licking and sucking on your clit.
" Haven't even put my fingers in yet." He mumbled
You laid back down and moaned when he slid his long thick fingers into you.
Eddie couldn't get enough of your pussy. The damn thing was intoxicating. To be fair everything about you was. He just loved when you came on his tongue. He could live off your sweet nectar.
When you came for the final time he licked and swallowed every last drop. You sat up and pulled his hand to suck off your juice. Making his cock ache. He wanted to feel your walls hugged him. He wanted to bury his throbbing cock deep into your perfect pussy but you were right. You guys had to go back.
Once you put on your panties you hopped off the table and pulled down your dress. Both of you smirk and walk back.
" Coming tonight?" Eddie asked, shoulder bumping you.
" uh huh."
" Cool."
Eddie didn't know what was going on with you two. But he loved you so he was happy with whatever you gave him. He wanted you to be his girl. But this secret hooking up was making it clear that it was what you wanted for now. He wasn't complaining. He liked being with you like this and other ways too.
All he wished was that he knew what was going on in your head. You didn't talk about your father. Shit you barely talked at all. Which he missed like crazy. He missed the conversations and the laughs. He was determined to get you back by giving you whatever you needed.
It was almost unbelievable when you asked him to get high that night. You had never once wanted to smoke with him. Or drink for that matter. But when you came over you had asked.
When he came back you were naked. He has seen you naked countless times by now. But holy fuck were you so beautiful. Every curve, every stretch mark, all your perfect imperfections. He loved them all.
Of course he wasn't going to say no. He'd been wanting to see what you were like inebriated.
You sat on his couch while he went to his room to get his metal lunch box. He pulled out a perfectly rolled joint and smirked.
You were laying down with a small throw just covering your mid section.
" God princess."
You lifted your arms for him to come to you. He stripped down to his boxers and laid on top of you. His hands were on either side of your face with the joint and lighter in one hand.
" I thought you wanted to smoke."
" I do....But I want you inside me while we do."
" hmm never done this before." He grinned.
You pushed his hair back behind his ears and lifted a bit to kiss his neck. He threw his head back and groaned. You nipped at his neck and lifted your hips to his.
"Fuu.." he moaned when you sucked a small bruise on his shoulder.
He got to his knees and lit the joint taking a long puff. You went for his boxers freeing his cock. He leaned back down and blew the smoke into your mouth.
" Hold it." He whispered
He kissed your cheek down to your neck. You slowly let out the smoke and coughed slightly. He removed his mouth from your chest and took another hit. His lips met yours and he kissed you while blowing the smoke.
He guided himself into you. Sucking a large dark hickey on your chest. Doing this without protection was the new normal for him. The day after you got on birth control you threw away all his condoms.
He moved the blanket barrier because he wasn't close enough.
He did so. Taking one last puff of the joint before putting it out. He blew into your mouth then started to hit that sweet spot just how you liked it. He had you cumming in just a few minutes. He came too. Filling you up with his love. Cumming in you was the best thing in the world to him he secretly wished you would get pregnant so you would always be with him.
" Harder." You moaned.
Once he was done he sat back trying to catch his breath. The weed finally kicked in and you started to giggle. His heart was full at hearing that. It had been so long since you laughed.
" Fuck Munson." You said breathlessly.
" Y-yeah."
He got up and went to get a wash cloth and cleaned you up. You pulled on your panties and shirt. After you laid him his arms enjoying the high. You guys talked and laughed. Reliving all the fond memories you two had together.
"Do you remember when you and your uncle came over for Christmas for the first time?"
Eddie smiled. " Yeah."
He remembered everything about that day. He was almost 16 and it was his very first white Christmas. You and him were in your room. He was showing you his new Megadeth album while you finished knitting his beanie.
He was so happy that day. You had finally started warming up to him and hung out with him. You guys listened to the music and just talked about what to expect for your freshman year.
You had got up to open a window because all the cooking was making the house super hot. When you did you squealed.
" It's snowing."
Eddie jumped up and went to look too. He had honestly never seen snow. He grabbed your hand and you guys ran to the front door and put on your jackets.
It was really cold that night but Eddie didn't care. He wanted to build a snowman man. Out of nowhere you started throwing snow balls at him. He didn't want to hurt you so he just dodged them. His hands were freezing and you noticed. You went inside and grabbed his presents and two mugs of hot cocoa.
He put on his beanie and mittens and sat with you on the porch watching the snow fall. You leaned your head on his shoulder and he smiled. He had considered this to be your guy's first date.
" Remember we got so sick the next day."
Eddie laughed. " God yeah. That was so bad. I remember your dad made us his firehouse chili. It was so spicy I swear my mouth was on fire. But it did make me feel better. The snot just flowed out of me."
" Y-Yeah." Your voice broke.
Shit he didn't mean to bring up your dad.
" I'm sorry princess. I-"
" It's okay. Don't worry about it. It...it was a really great day."
He held you tighter. He wanted so badly to ask you to be his girl. But he didn't know if you were ready yet. All this time he was falling deeper in love with you. Sex was so damn good, he couldn't imagine it getting any better. You were an absolute goddess to him. He worshipped your body every chance he got. He thought that maybe you loved him too. You had to right? You wouldn't be doing this just to get your rocks off. But then again you were distant when it wasn't just you two.
Many weeks went by and you were changing even more. You had started drinking and skipping school like crazy. You stop staying with him, finally going back home. But you would eventually show up every other day. Wanting him to fuck you. Of course he did. He always wanted to give you what you needed. But you didn't seem to realize what you were doing to him. You were hurting him.
It was like you only wanted him when you were sad. And though Eddie hated you being sad he just wanted to help.
...
You were growing distant from everyone. It's not like you wanted to. But you did. Being with Eddie made you feel ok for a little while. But you wanted to stop sleeping with him. Because you were getting way too attached. It felt like every time you had sex you were getting used to the idea of him always being around.
You knew that wasn't the case. Everyone dies. Your dad made that clear to you. Sure you knew it was going to eventually happen but the reality of it was too much. You didn't want to lose Eddie too. He became too important too fast. And your feelings for him grew to the point where you loved him. Sure you "loved" him before. But not like this. He was quickly taking over your heart. And that was something you did not want.
Eddie has been an important person in your life. He was your best friend. But things went too far and you noticed that Eddie was getting attached too. And you needed it to stop.
So one night you confessed how you felt. You were always honest with him. And though you didn't want to hurt him. You actually wanted to be with him. But the thought of losing him was too much to bear.
Eddie was sitting on his bed listening to you say that you couldn't do this anymore. He was right. You weren't ready for a serious thing. It broke his heart but he could understand that. Not wanting to lose you too he agreed to stop with the sexual stuff.
However, he hadn't expected for you to pull away from him entirely. The only time he had seen you was at school. You withdrew from Hellfire and all the extra curricular activities. For weeks you were just not around.
He missed you like crazy. He tried to talk to you but you constantly scurried away when he got close. Why were you doing this to him? Weren't you guys still friends?
All his thoughts went back to sleeping with you. He knew it shouldn't have happened. Well it should have but not like that. He knew something was there. You had feelings for him too. How could you not? One night when you had fallen asleep in his arms you moaned an I love you.
He loved you so very much. And that's all he wanted to do. But you kept up the distance and it hurt.
One Saturday Eddie went to a party to deal some drugs. He had planned on going to your house after to try and talk but you were at this party. You had clearly been drinking. You didn't see him but he saw you. Some guy was kissing on your neck while you were drinking a beer.
Words couldn't describe the pain Eddie felt in his heart. Is this what you were doing these past few weeks? Had you moved on? He thought you said you weren't ready. Why the fuck would you be letting some guy be on you like that, when you wanted him?
He was so angry that he was ready to beat the shit out of the guy. But that's when he saw who it was. Billy Hargrove. His dad was one of the crew members with your dad.
Eddie put two and two together. You attached yourself to the only person who knew how you felt. He took off cursing the world for not being the one you needed.
He went home balling his eyes out for you. For all the pain you felt that he couldn't help you with. He cried for himself. How much it hurt him to see you with someone else.
...
It was stupid. Letting Billy touch you. You were already four beers, three shots of tequila in when he started to hit on you.
You really weren't paying too much attention to him, until he started getting closer. Soon you were leaning up against a wall with him kissing on your neck. Then he started touching you everywhere.
" Let's go find a room" he mumbled into your neck.
" Umm y-yeah. Why don't...don't you find an empty one. And-and I'll get us more drinks."
He nodded and left. You stumbled to the kitchen looking for the phone. The numbers were blurry and the room started to spin a little. It took you two times to punch in the right number.
"Hello?"
" M-munson"
" Y/n?"
" H-hey. I'm at erm... a party. And I don't...feel good."
" I'll be right there."
You didn't even bother to hang up the receiver. You made it outside and sat down. The spinning got worse causing you to throw up. After you just laid on the ground and fell asleep.
Eddie sped over to find you passed out on the grass.
" Fuck!"
He ran to you holding you in his lap. You reeked of booze and vomit.
" Princess? C'mon. Wake up."
You groaned slightly. " Ed-Eddie?"
" Yeah baby. I'm here. C'mon. Let's go home."
Once he got to his trailer, he helped you into the showered. He got in too washing you up. He had pulled out a pair of pajamas you left there and helped you get dressed. He brushed your hair and braided it before you guys laid down.
He watched you all night. Making sure you were okay. You had started talking in your sleep. Which normally you just moaned a little.
" Eddie please don't go."
He hugged you tighter. " I'm not going anywhere."
"I...love you."
He knew it was just sleep talking but he waited so long to hear those words come from you again. He kissed your forehead.
" I love you y/n."
...
Sometime in the very early morning he fell asleep. But when he woke up you were gone. He tried calling you. He even went to your house. But no one was there.
It wasn't until Monday when he saw you at school. He tried to talk to you all morning but for some reason you kept avoiding him. Even in the classes you had together you didn't even look at him. You were breaking his heart.
During lunch he couldn't take it anymore. He needed this conversation to happen.
He looked everywhere for you to no avail. That was until he found you in the parking lot. You were in Billy's car doing something. As he got closer he saw exactly what you were doing.
You had a rolled up dollar bill to your nose and were sniffing some white powder. Eddie freaked the fuck out. He pulled open the door.
"Y/N WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!"
"Mun-"
He pulled you out by your arm, dragging you towards his van.
" YOU'RE HURTING ME!" You cried out.
Out of the blue he felt a pair of hands on him.
Billy pulled you away and got in his face.
" What the hell's your problem man?! Don't you see she doesn't want to go with you?!"
"FUCK YOU HARGROVE! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING GIVING HER THAT SHIT?!" Eddie shoved him and went back to grab your hand.
Before he could Billy tackled him. They were rolling around throwing blow after blow.
You were yelling for them to stop. A few kids came and surrounded you guys. You tried to grab Billy off but he pushed you away.
When Eddie saw you fall he got the upper hand and was now on top of Billy. Punch after punch. Eddie was going off.
Finally teachers came and ripped the two apart.
Everyone was suspended. Billy was a bloody mess and Eddie had a busted lip and a bloody nose. When you were all sent home you had a choice to make. Go with Eddie or go with Billy.
You made the stupidest choice. You could see the hurt in Eddie's eyes when you got into Billy's car.
...
Eddie was beyond pissed. How could you choose Billy over him? You said you loved him. What the fuck was wrong with you?!
When he got home his uncle was getting ready to leave. They had gotten into an argument about his suspension.
Eddie didn't say why he got into a fight. Just that Billy threw the first punch. When his uncle left Eddie went to the restroom to see the damage.
His knuckles were all bruised and sore. His nose had some dried blood. But other than that he was fine. Physically that is. Emotionally he was a wreck.
He cleaned himself up and changed his clothes. He lit a cigarette and went outside.
A familiar car approached. But he couldn't look at you. When you got off you stood a few feet in front of him.
" Eddie? Are you okay?" Your soft voice only served to hurt him more.
" What the hell are you doing here?" He said taking a drag of his cigarette.
" I came to see if you were okay."
"Why?"
" What do you mean why?"
" Y/n don't act like you care about me."
" What?! I do care about you."
"No you don't! You only care about yourself."
"Eddie-"
" No y/n. You have to stop this. Whatever you're doing."
" I'm not doing anything-"
" YES YOU ARE! Don't you see how you're acting and what you're doing is affecting me?'
Of course you did. That's why you were keeping your distance. The last thing you wanted to do was hurt your best friend.
" Eddie I'm sorry. I-"
" Don't be. Just fucking go."
You didn't know what to say. You loved him. But all you kept doing was hurting him.
"Do you really want me to go? Because I don't want to...We need to talk about this."
He took another puff. Now he had a choice to make. Hurt more or let you go. Letting go though wasn't an option for him.
He sighed. "Y/n look. Maybe the way things happened for us was not okay. But I'm glad it did. I know that what we were doing wasn't wrong...I've wanted you for so long that everything we did felt like it was supposed to happen. Looking back when we first met it's crazy to think about. I never thought that every day since we would be building a bond that was so strong. A bond that makes me want you forever. Y/n you are my best friend. And - and I know you're going through a lot right now. But I can be here for you. You don't need to get wasted or do drugs to get past this. What you need is to talk to me. Be with me. Be my best friend again. I can help you. You know I lost my mom too. You don't need Billy or anyone else. I love you y/n. And I need you to see that I'm not going anywhere."
This was exactly what you didn't want to happen. This is the reason you wanted to stay away from him. You needed him. But you didn't want to need anyone. You wanted to just disappear.
There was shit going on that no one knew. And with Billy knowing how it felt to lose a parent that way, he got it. Eddie lost his mom too. But that was years ago and she died from an illness. You thought he wouldn't understand.
But he did. He knew what it was like to hurt that way. He knew what it was like trying to drown out your sorrows with alcohol and drugs. Shit you were the one to get him to stop doing it so much. But things were changing now.
" Eddie as much as I would like to say that I love you too. I can't. Everything is so messed up that we can't go back. We can't just start over."
" I don't want to start over. I want to fix whatever is wrong."
" Eddie... we're moving."
The cigarette butt burned his fingers and he tossed it. He looked at you and was confused.
" W-what?"
You wiped away a tear. " My mom can't afford the house now. So we are moving to Arizona with my grandparents."
"W-what?!"
His world started falling apart. No this can't be happening.
" That's why I tried to stay away. That's why I needed too. That and I don't want to hurt you anymore...we can't do this... I'm still grieving for my dad. I keep making the wrong choices. And I need to get myself back. I can't love you. I don't want to."
Eddie's eyes started to swell with tears. He stood up getting closer to you.
" You love me though... You love me? That's why you keep pushing me away?"
" Eddie. I can't. I'm leaving."
He got closer. " No. Just admit it. You love me. That's why you chose to be with me. Have me be your first? Did you know that you were mine too?"
" Eddie I-"
" No princess. Don't deny it now." He was so close now. His body was pressed up against yours.
" You love me. You want to be with-"
You took a step back. "I don't want to lose you too."
" What?" He said taking a step back as well.
He could hear your shuddered breathing. " Eddie everyone leaves or dies. It's just best if I leave. And you move on."
" Nope."
Eddie pulled you into his arms. " I'm not leaving. I'm not dying anytime soon. And you are not leaving me without telling me the truth."
You hung your head shaking it.
He cupped your face with one hand making you look at him.
" Tell me you don't love me." He kissed your cheek. "Tell me the thought of being without me doesn't keep you up at night...Tell me that you don't always want to be in my bed. That you don't dream about me like how I dream about you... Tell me that when you look at me you don't see a future with us having kids and married. Because I do. I see all that with you...Tell me you don't love it when I make love to you...tell me you don't and I'll let you go."
Fuck why did he have to say that. Of course you felt all that and more. But you couldn't. You shouldn't.
" Kiss me...Kiss m-"
Eddie pulled you closer and kissed you with everything he had. Another stupid decision. But God it felt so good when you're with him. He was your everything. Your love. Your best friend.
You guys ended up in his room. You were on top of him slowly rocking your hips back and forth. Your mouths attached to one another's. Eddie was right about everything. You loved him with every fiber of your being.
After you laid in his arms. You wanted to confess your feelings. But this was the end. It had to be.
...
You spent every night with Eddie until you were about to leave Hawkins. Eddie tried to get you to stay. He even had his uncle agree to have you live with them. But you refused.
Eddie was standing outside of your house. You guys had just finished packing up the moving van. You said your goodbyes last night. But he couldn't let you leave without hearing you say it.
" Y/n. Please. Just tell me."
" What good would it do if I said it?"
" Then I'll know that you do. And I can go on and think none of this was a mistake."
You sighed. " No words can describe all the feelings I have for you. You have shown me what love really is. That it goes beyond sex. It's the way you talk to me, the way you hold me, the way you touch me. It's how you always show up when I need you... I didn't fall in love with you because I wanted to. I fell in love with you because everything felt right. And for the first time in my life I didn't feel alone. I fell in love with you for all the reasons you showed me every single day... Eddie...until the stars stop twinkling, until the sun no longer burns, until the world stops turning. I will always love you. I swear I will... forever."
Eddie's heart broke all over again. He knew it. And now you were leaving him.
He gave you one last kiss before he watched you leave.
Maybe in another life or at another time. You guys could have been together. He stood there with eyes full of tears knowing you took a piece of him with you.
He knew you would never come back. And though he told himself that one day he would be okay. You would always have his heart.
...
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pacificwaternymph · 1 year
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Alright imma back it a fern cause idk what else to do
Also, you can't tell me that the image of Katherine having two teens on either side of her while in a meeting isn't hilarious
Xornoth is halfway under the table, and eris is glaring at everyone. Including mom #2.
And yeah, they come around, but I imagine Eris just casually roasting Katherine whenever they can. Theo that introvert that when they get conformable enough shwos off their crazy side
S: show her how crazy you are
E: I dont- I don't know what you're talking about
S: Eris, yesterday you were digging throught he fridge at 3 am. for cake.
Shrub is a tired mom of two conformed....that's just from my own fic-
Fair.
Katherine is used to playing Mom friend, but being an actual mom is a whole other story.
Eris's eyes do that thing that dog's do in photos where they just start glowing sometimes. Although tbf the entire family just kind of does that. Shrub's a wolf and Xornoth has a reddish sheen over his eyes leftover from the possession
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valnes941 · 16 days
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Satellite of Cybertron/Chapter 2
Ora vetita. Forbidden Land.
Everyone in Festus Fax knew not to venture into the cyan jungle. Everyone knew that wild lands were dangerous, but this corner of the Manganese Mountains was particularly dangerous.
It was difficult to accidentally violate the boundary of this forest zone - one couldn't help but notice the river, beyond which stretched a mysterious green vegetation. Those who were attentive would notice changes in the shape of the same metal ferns even before crossing to the other bank (their leaves-photocells acquire a more jagged and indented edge). In the forbidden land itself, the first thing that begins to weigh on the processor is silence. Not only audible, but visual as well. The crystalline trees were consistently different still shades of green - here you won't see the colouration of a plant, from so light it appears white to almost absolute blackness, change over time, displaying the full spectrum of blue. You won't see the peaceful ripple of the cable vines, reminiscent of the quiet beating of a Cybertron sparkler. There is no glow of cyberflies, no buzzing of insectatrons, no flapping of avinoid wings, no clatter of mech-animal paws. Only the occasional whistle of the wind, making the reluctant greenery rustle like an old, rusty instrument.
But we must not let our guard down! Such ‘emptiness’ is only characteristic of the border. If you go further than necessary, you won't know when you might be attacked by an arachnotron or some kind of cyber-cats (like a couguareider, a turbofox, or a pack of cyber-dogs). And that's not counting the crazy petro-rabbits, annoying roboto-possums, ubiquitous glitch-mice, and deadly poisonous razor-snakes.
Yes, of course, such slag is commonplace in these parts, but one must remember the true lord of the forbidden land.
Cronid.
This isn't some poor fallen or mindless terrorcon. Though they all trace their lineage back to the Great Destroyer, the latter two can be dealt with without the Chaos Guardians. Theoretically. There are rumours of both someone other than these warriors being able to defeat these monsters, and of these same warriors having to call in reinforcements. These are all rumours, however.
The creature that had taken up residence there would be impossible for a normal Cybertronian to deal with. The fact that many hunters returned unsuccessfully, miraculously retaining their active, only confirms this. Fortunately, the Unicron spawn only leaves the forest on certain days when Primus' power comes to the surface, but then it's so weak outside its territory that even a spark can deal with it. Alas, the creature is well aware of the latter, too.
Calling the same Guardians is a dead end. Getting to the nearest large settlement where you can send a message is a feat. Plus, there's no guarantee it'll get through.
That's how we live. We don't mess with cronid, and cronid doesn't mess with us.
Well, except for that weird two-wheeled explorer from the Temple of Knowledge. He visits the creature's territory every day, and surprisingly, he's still active. Seems to be a good indication of how having an alt contributes to survivability.
It's already starting to tell time. No, seriously, he goes out means it's time for everyone to get up, he yells at the whole neighbourhood means it's evening, he comes back means it's bedtime. Liber's a weird mech, but everyone's used to him. It'll be a shame if he leaves.
Oh, there's a scream. Looks like it's time to wrap things up.
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Liber said hello to the guards, entered the village, and walked contentedly into his temporary home. He looked round the only room in the place: it was in Kaon-style, but he didn't need much. A platform, a table, and a chair. Quickly sitting down on the latter, the mech pulled out a book with a case and began updating the notes he had recently made. He needed to hurry before the light coming from below, directly from Primus' core, went out, marking the coming of night.
His brush didn't stop for a click, which wasn't surprising - the information was still fresh in his mind. He excitedly began to reread the new chapter. Who would have thought that a creature as terrifying as a cronid could live in harmony with a creature as beautiful as a lilleth.
Lilleth is the smallest representative of avinoids (belongs to the pennavinoid subgroup), even the largest individuals do not exceed the size of a minicon. They prefer a solitary or paired lifestyle. They are known for their fragility and beauty. Completely transparent at first glance, their corpus is able to scatter light and shimmer in a special way, giving the observer to admire all possible colours. Logically, they are extremely secretive, it is usually difficult to find even one.
However, what did he see today? A flock of lilleth circled around the cronid, greeting him at their nests. Nests that at the moment contained eggs even more fragile than their creators.
Who in their right mind would have guessed that the Destroyer's offspring could be so gentle and careful?
By the time Liber had finished, the lights in the room had gone out completely. All he had to do was lie down on the platform for a recharge cycle.
What new things he would learn tomorrow?
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now do it again with adventure time and its related medias
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You don't know what you're doing to me yOU KNOW I JUST FINISHED THAT SHOW YOU ASSHOLE !!!
Fuck, I don't even know where to start with it really, it hasn't festered in my brain long enough to accumulate the agressive love that I have for things like the M(arkiplier)CU and Eddsworld, but truly it's getting there
It's one of those shows I went into thinking "I'm gonna watch this so I know what's happening in Fionna and Cake :3" and came out of it actually crying over the finale that shit was so good
The show was NOT a kids show and I don't at all regret waiting until now that I'm an adult to watch it, it handles topics surprisingly very seriously, like the idea of finding out who you are as a person and what it means to be alive in a world we don't actually understand
Watching that show I thought Marceline and Bubblegum was a last minute thing the show runners thought of with how it was framed to me when their kiss happened in the finale, how I was told about it was from people with homophobic values and incel like behavior but at the time I didn't think of it as anything to write home about, I saw it as just another show trying to have last minute queer representation, a rushed "THEY WERE GAY THE WHOLE TIME!" moment
But watching the show, seeing their first interaction together, truly it clicked that it WAS planned from the beginning, the way that PB had explained that yeah ofc she kept Marcy's shirt, it meant a lot to her, the way that up until that point and even way after, they haven't blushed at anyone else - maybe embarassing things, but not something sweet and meaningful like that, only to each other
And when I learned about Finn having a crush on PB it was, again, before I watched the show from people who were young at the time and naive, explaining it as their OTP or "a really cute will they won't they" and watching the show, seeing how it was explicitly said that PB was too old for Finn, how PB never lead him on or even tried to give him the impression she was into him, just Finn being a kid and having a crush cause he likes women and is friends with one, trying to figure out how hormones works as he goes through puberty, it's crazy I love how the show handles relationships
Like Flame Princess and Finn's relationship - WOW, like actually WOW, I vaguely remember watching some episodes of Adventure Time in my youth but nothing substantial, like I watched some from the first few seasons and then I remember hearing and seeing talk of FP and Finn's breakup and the aftermath of it, but not much of it actually happening, and last thing I remember is the "Elemental" arc and being really intruiged by it but never being able to watch it
But the way Finn later properly apologized to FP ? How he feels guilty all the way up until FP forgives Finn for properly apologzing ? That was so rewarding to watch, the writers really care about it's characters, it truly shows
But, I also wanna infodump about what I'd mentioned in my tags of the Markiplier rant, how I made the connection between The Cask of Amontillado and Season 9, Episode 14 of Adventure Time, because I think that was one of my biggest brain moments I've had in a while
I'm too lazy to rewrite it all out though having just written TEN THOUSAND WORDS SO instead I'm just gonna copy and paste what I wrote to my partner about it (who loves the Cask of Amontillado, too :) I really love Poe's work fuckkk)
In the episode beforehand we see Fern (Grass curse version of Finn) struggling with the fact that he, being made from Finn's time loop self preserved in a sword that was then taken over by the curse of Finn's old grass sword, is different than Finn himself
He believes that since he shared all of Finn's memories and is a version of Finn (again, time looped version of Finn from Prismo's plan B shenanigans which if you're confused or curious about I would gladly explain) he is no different than Finn but still feels like he's falling short and losing to Finn, like he's a lesser version of him (having naturally violent tendencies, being in Ooo while Finn was away and failing to protect it from the "Elements" arc, failing to win against Finn in even rock, paper, scissors after a series of draws, etc.)
So he decides he's going to take over Finn's life and become "the only Finn", in his words -which I wanna also talk about because that was dropped at the end of EP 13 (the one before the last episode, 14)
When Fern says "the only Finn", Finn says out loud "uh.. yeah. But that's a weird thing to call me" which shows that Finn truly believes Fern to be a different person than himself, which brings me to a conflict that happened in EP 14 where Finn and Fern are in this dungeon together and Finn stops to bring up his appreciation for Fern and feeling a close bond with him (already thus insinuating that Finn believes him to be separate because why would he bring this up if he thought of Fern as a different version of himself, there would be no reason because their similarities are a given, but I think Finn going to an entirely separate reality (Farmer Finn reality) and seeing a wildly different version of himself made him realize that just because he is Finn, he's not Finn, if that makes any sense)
Finn goes: "Hey, Fern! Wait up! Hey, I just wanna say that, it's really cool that you're in to this stuff, y'know? That we have so much in common! It feels almost like we're real brothers, right? Or.. even closer!" and this causes Fern to pause
Finn is very heavy handed with the whole "found family" thing, equating people he's close to as either his family member or a romantic interest later turned friend but still very close to his heart (as with Jake and now Fern being called his brothers, though Jake more literally as they were raised by the same parents, and BMO and Nepter his and Jake's sons as they both raise them and are wildly different in age or at least implied age, and PB and Flame Princess though those have wildly different things I'm not gonna get into but was handled extremely well)
But Ferm took it less as Finn seeing him as someone detached from him and who just so happens to have the same interests as him in the same way that Jake does to Finn making fun of him for being just another version of Finn and seeing himself as just that
Even MORE fucked up is how they got here in the first place in one of my favorite ways to torture someone mentally: Hiding in plain sight
End of EP 13, when Fern gives the line "the only Finn", we see that he's able to shange his grassy self into Finn's human body, and earlier in the beginning of EP 14 we see Finn talking to Jake, Nepter and BMO, all of the inhabitants of the house who are all talking about going to the market to buy a replacement trumpet for Jake who's trumpets keep mysteriously breaking (BMO is quick to give in to the guilt of this and apologizes for being the destructor of the trumpets before Finn and Nepter pull an "I'm Radio Rebel" on them)
But what we see when they leave is that Finn is actually Fern and has convinced Finn that he's able to "shapeshift" as a new ability, and shape shifted as Finn specifically to play a prank on the others. Come to find out when Fern and Finn are dungeoning, Fern plans to leave Finn in that dungeon room in the most beautiful interpretation of Cask of Amontillado I've EVER seen
Let me elaborate
In the Cask of Amontillado we see Montressor literally lead Fortunado to his death and even show it to him and TELL him about it Sure he tricked him into going along with it, but Fortunado is still confused as to why Montressor would be blocking him inside his own tomb despite having willing walked into it after repeatedly being shown Montressor's hand, his cards, his knife, whatever you wanna call Montressor practically showing him the weapon he was going to murder him with
And in EP 14 it's driven home FURTHER by the fact that Fern LITERALLY WALLS FINN'S ONLY EXIT OFF WITH STONE AFTER FINN WILLINGLY WALKED IN UNDER THE GUISE OF IT BEING A TREASURE ROOM
Fuck's sake the parallels are INSANE, I high recommend watching the on screen play of Cask of Amontillado and then EP 14 of Adventure Time because the parallels are incredibly similar Like to the point where Fern pushes out a brick in the same fashion that Montressor left out a brick to talk to Fortunado one last time before resealing the hole up and walking away from the cask
If that's really confusing, I had to explain to them AT lore because they don't watch it and also I didn't reread it when I was writing it, I wrote it in a frenzy cause that's genuinely one of my favorite episodes now so sorry for any spelling mistakes
Also I'm literally obsessed with Fionna and Cake's intro, I don't know why but THAT SCRATCHES THE BRAIN SO GOOOOOD FUCKK
like truly I'm thinking about it and it won't go away
Also L + ratio + bozo to people getting upset with Marshal Lee being black despite in canon Marceline's mom was black so really all it did was confirm Marceline's dad was black coded and she's not mixed
ALSO I LOVE DONALD GLOVER WHY DID ANYONE THINK HE WASN'T BLACK ??? I mean I know that the VA doesn't determine the race of the character, but I mean COME ON
But I will never forgive the writers for naming Prince Bubblegum "GARY"
what is he a SNAIL who lives in a PINEAPPLE under the SEA ?
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