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jq37 · 2 months
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I love Brennan being shocked at Siobhan translating elvish as if she hasn't translated Latin on this show without blinking. Come on, man.
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✧ cherry hearts ✧ eddie munson x fem!reader
summary: reader runs into eddie at the hideout on a tuesday. conversation, confessions, and cannabis-fueled touching ensues.
an: this is maybe the most self-indulgent thing i’ve ever written. it ends abruptly bc i've never written smut and i got scared lol.
cw: 18+ (minors dni), byers!reader, drug use (marijuana), alcohol mention, making out/heavy petting but no smut, reader has dated most of the older kids (steve, billy, nancy, robin, chrissy), reader is in her edgy phase, there is a small amount of billy sympathy and i will justify it if needed, reader is 19/eddie is 20, let me now if i missed anything.
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Moving back home to Hawkins by yourself was less than ideal, even if you were too proud to admit it out loud. You’d complained about the move to Lenora Hills since the day you’d found out about it. You’d driven your mother crazy with your protests, empty threats to hitchhike east, until she’d agreed to let you fly back to Indiana, with the non-negotiable condition that you would call home every Sunday, and that you would be staying with the Wheelers.
As welcoming and as warm as the Wheelers had been, moving in just before Christmas made you feel out of place. Mrs. Wheeler had run to Macy’s to make sure you had presents under the tree, and there was a new place setting at the dining room table. They had done everything to make you feel at home, but you still opted to get out of the house as much as you could, so they had time to celebrate as a family.
You’d sit at the park and write a letter to Will or El, or loiter at the video store during Steve and Robin’s shifts. Sometimes you’d get lucky and use the phone to talk to Billy for a few hours. When all else failed, you were never opposed to helping Max and her mom fix up their trailer.
On Christmas Eve, though, you’d finally run out of luck. All your friends had plans with their families, and you knew the Wheelers were home watching holiday movies. You ended up at the Hideout out of necessity, and the fact that they didn’t check ID was an added bonus.
You sat at the bar, sipping a bottom-shelf vodka cranberry and doodling on a napkin. You tuned out the live music for the most part until a low, honeyed voice introduced the next band.
“We’re Corroded Coffin.”
Oh, god.
A moody bassline filled the bar, and your eyes rolled back. God, what the hell was Eddie Munson doing here?
You’d only talked to the guy a handful of times, mostly during your sophomore year. After everything that had happened with Will, you’d started having nightmares. Nothing seemed to help until Chrissy had gotten you a sample from Eddie’s supply. You’d met up with him in the woods once a month or so, until you’d started going steady with Steve. He tried to stay away from that stuff while he’d been on the basketball team, and you had wanted to be supportive.
You never really gave Eddie Munson a second thought outside of your deals. He was a year older than you, and the closest link you had to him nowadays was Chrissy or Mike. Your paths never seemed to cross, but it had to be his band playing tonight.
You tried to keep you head down during their set, to focus on anything other than Eddie’s low voice underneath the heavy instrumentals, and you cursed yourself for not thinking to bring your Walkman. The bar was loud enough with its patrons alone, but the extra noise made it hard to even think. By the end of their set, your nails had dug little half-moons into your palms.
“Can I get a jack and coke, and another round for the lady?”
 The man speaking to the bartender talked with his hands. His forehead was covered in a thin sheen of sweat, and his curly hair was pulled back in a messy knot.
You tried to keep your shoulders steady as your breaths quickened. He took the seat next to you, and you watched from the corner of your eye as he propped an elbow onto the bar, resting his chin in his hand, as he used the steel toe of his boot to spin your stool toward him. “You’re Steve Harrington’s girlfriend, aren’t you?”
Eddie Munson didn’t even remember you.
“We broke up a couple of months ago, actually.” You hoped that the tremor in your voice wasn’t as noticeable as you thought it was. You supposed you should be insulted – sure, you hadn’t been friends, but you and Eddie had met several times. He didn’t remember you at all?
Eddie’s mouth twitched up at the corner. “Back with Hargrove, then?”
Out of all the people in this town, it had to be Eddie Munson.
“He’s in California with his mom.”
“Buckley? Or the Wheeler girl?” You stiffened when he said that, ready to dash to the door if you needed to, but his smile was genuine enough that you stayed put. “Relax, secret’s safe with me. I’ve got nobody to tell.”
You took another sip of your drink, trying to drown the butterflies that fluttered every time he smiled. “I’m not seeing anyone right now, actually.”
“Whaat?” The word was drawn out and incredulous. He leaned closer to you and you mimicked him without thinking. “Pretty girl like you? Don’t you have your pick of the litter?”
“No one’s in it for the long run, I guess.” You tried to bite your tongue, and failed. “What about you? Still screwing Chrissy Cunningham?”
He grinned widely, eyes crinkling. “Chrissy’s mostly into girls these days, sadly. But I’d be happy to remind her that you’re single again, if you want.”
So Chrissy had told him about the two of you. “I doubt you even know who I am, Munson.”
Somehow your faces were just inches apart, and when he whispered your name you could feel the heat of his breath. “Y/N Byers, everybody knows who you are.” He let the words linger for a few moments, and you couldn’t bring yourself to break the eye contact. Your body leaned closer of its own accord, and your noses were nearly touching when he spoke again, widening the gap. “But it did take me a second to recognize you. You look different.”
You let out a breathy laugh. “I already wasn’t fitting in in California. Figured it couldn’t hurt to change it up a little bit.” You crossed your legs, letting them rest on the bars of Eddie’s barstool. If you moved an inch, your legs would have been touching.
“So that explains the tan and the short skirt.” He gave you a once-over, and you told yourself that you were only imagining the way his eyes lingered on the tops of your thighs. “But I was talking more about the stripes in your hair and the pretty tattoos on your chest.”
You felt heat rise into your cheeks. You had managed to fit an entire adolescence’s worth of rebellion into nine short weeks, dyeing your hair and putting a silver bar through your tongue. Your mom had thrown a fit when you came home with the ink on your collarbones, a dozen small bats flying toward your sternum.
“Needed a bigger change,” you finally said, moving to cross your legs the other way. Your knee bumped lightly against his thigh, and his eyes snapped back up to yours. They were a warm shade of brown, and darker than they had been a few minutes ago. “Do you like them?”
His arm reached out, and he rested his wrist on your knee. He was clearly showing off the tattoo below the crook of his arm, but all you could focus on were the cold rings touching your leg. “I think you have good taste.” He gripped your leg a little tighter, and the bats on his arm rippled with the movement. “Great minds think alike.” He looked at you for a long time, eyes flickering from your eyes to your mouth to the bats on your chest, and he was quiet for a long time. You were excruciatingly aware of every millimeter of your skin that was touching his.
 “So why’d you end it with Harrington?”
Whatever you thought was going to come out of Eddie’s mouth, it wasn’t that. “I, uh – We didn’t know how to make it work long distance. Actually, I didn’t know how, I guess. Steve, he wanted to try, but… honestly, I kind of wanted to leave this whole place behind. That didn’t work out, obviously.” The words came out rushed and choppy, but Eddie listened attentively. “Steve’s perfect, it’s probably better that I let him down sooner rather than later. He doesn’t need me holding him back. I can’t quite seem to stop hurting the people I date.”
Eddie ran a comforting thumb along your knee. “Do you wanna talk about it? I’m a good shoulder to cry on.” You didn’t doubt it. His shoulders were broad, and the leather of his jacket looked worn and soft. “I’m also a good distraction, if you wanna get out of here.”
You didn’t ask him to elaborate. You could use a distraction, even if it was just a quiet ride back to the Wheelers. “I would love to get out of here.”
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Feeling soft and comfortable, you stretched your legs out onto the dashboard, letting your head loll back against the headrest. The windows were rolled up, and you stared at the swirls of smoke that filled the van. Eddie tapped your arm, and you blindly grabbed the joint. You took a deep breath and held it for a moment, ready to exhale toward the ceiling, but his warm hand gripped your jaw and turned you toward him, letting the smoke wash over him. The center console put about a foot of space in between the two of you, and you were close enough to see his glazed eyes in the dim glow of the parking lot lights.
His hand squeezed your jaw lightly. “You’re so pretty. Why are you so pretty?”
You laughed, voice rough with smoke. “You’re stoned.” The whole situation started to seem a little funny. It was Christmas Eve, your family was two thousand miles away, and you were hotboxing with Eddie “The Freak” Munson. “God, my mom would kill me if she knew what I was doing right now.”
His hand dropped from your chin to the console, and he twisted his rings with a smile. “You never got caught when you used to smoke?”
“I was careful! Never when she was home, and never in the house if I could avoid it. Didn’t want Will thinking it had something to do with him. Jonathan probably caught on eventually, but he wouldn’t rat me out.” You passed the joint back to Eddie, who cracked his window to tap off some of the ash. “Plus, he’s no better. He’s got a new friend who deals, and I don’t think either of them have been sober since Halloween.”
“Why would your brother think you were smoking because of him?”
You shrugged, fiddling with the lever on your seat until you were sitting up a little straighter. “Because I was, I guess. Every time I closed my eyes, I just saw that body they’d pulled out of the quarry. I never thought that I might outlive either of my brothers, and it freaked me out. I was a mess. Mom was going crazy, I shut down. Jonathan had to plan the funeral by himself, which I’m going to spend the rest of my life apologizing for. Even when we found Will… I couldn’t get over it. I started buying from you because Chrissy thought it might help with the nightmares.”
Eddie adjusted his seat to be level with yours, and mimed a small bow. “Glad to be of service. I’ll try not to be hurt that you found another dealer.” He rolled the rest of the windows down a bit, and you reveled in the feeling of cold air entering your lungs.
“As if. This is the first time I’ve smoked in over a year.”
“Harrington make you quit?” Eddie reached into the back seat and grabbed a beer, offering it to you. You wrinkled your nose and shook your head, fishing a water out of your bag.
“Nah, he wouldn’t do that. But he was the reason, yeah. I tried to be the supportive girlfriend during basketball season, and that was hard to do when I was always high. Not that I was a great girlfriend either way.” You drummed your fingers along the plastic bottle in your hands. “I don’t wanna bore you, Munson. You don’t need to listen to my whining.”
Eddie took a swig of his beer and offered you the joint. His index finger brushed against yours, and you fought back a shiver.
“You say that like there’s something else I’d rather be doing,” he said. “I don’t know what you think my social life is like, but sharing a spliff with Y/N Byers is the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to me.”
“Bullshit.”
“I’m serious! If my middle school self could see me now, he’d be so proud. I had the biggest crush on you back then. Remember when we found out we had to repeat a grade?”
You threw your head back and groaned. Eddie had been held back twice: he was a second-time senor, and he’d gone through eighth grade twice. You’d only been held back once, in the seventh grade, but it was a sore subject for you. The fact that you’d be graduating at 19 bugged you to no end. “That was on a technicality!”
Eddie laughed, and the warm sound filled the van with ease. “Whatever the reason, that was the first time I noticed you. Decided you were the girl of my dreams, yadda yadda yadda.”
You studied him in disbelief. “You never even talked to me until Chrissy introduced us.”
“I never said I wasn’t a coward!”
You hummed in response, reclining your seat and letting your eyes slip closed. You focused on the cold breeze, the hum of the streetlights, the scent of Eddie’s cologne.
“Can I ask you something personal?”
You rolled onto your side to face him, curious. “I guess so,” you said before pressing what was left of the joint to your mouth.
Eddie ran his tongue along the seam of his lips as if he were searching for the right words. “Are you still in love with Harrington?”
You inhaled quickly in surprise, sputtering out smoke. Eddie watched bemusedly while you recovered, nudging your water toward you. “You okay there, angel?”
You felt your cheeks go hot. “Just wasn’t expecting the question.” You drank your water in small sips. “No. No, I’m not in love with Steve. I love Steve, Steve is the best, but I think we both finally realize we’re not good together. Not as a couple, anyway.”
Eddie nodded, looking thoughtful. “What about your other exes? Still into any of them?”
You narrowed your eyes. “You’re nosy. How many people do you think I’ve dated?”
“Five,” he answered promptly. “People talk, I listen. What can I say, I love gossip. Are you gonna answer the question?”
“It’s two! Where on earth did you hear five?”
Eddie tipped his chin down, looking at you knowingly. “Two you told your parents about. I thought we were being honest with each other, Byers.”
You kept your eyes locked with him, doing the calculations in your head of how trustworthy Eddie Munson really was. As far as you could tell, he didn’t have much to gain by outing you. Eventually, you caved. “If we’re being honest. I don’t really count Nancy. Being in love with your straight best friend is more embarrassing than anything. We kissed three times and I don’t think it meant anything to her.” You shrugged. “But, no, I’m not in love with Nancy anymore. Robin and I never used the L-word, and me and Chrissy are very happy in the friends-with-benefits stage.”
“And Billy?”
You didn’t like to talk about your feelings for Billy. It felt safer to leave them unspoken. But, you reasoned, your words would never leave this van. “I’m probably gonna love Billy for the rest of my life, but he’s going to be so much happier if her never comes back to Hawkins. ‘If you love someone, set them free,’ and all that shit.” You passed the now charred joint to Eddie, who took a quick drag before flicking the filter out the gap in his window. “We still talk as often as we can, but it’s not the same. I just need to move on.”
“What if he moved back?” Eddie took a deep drink from his bottle. “What would happen?”
You mulled the question over, your mind foggy. “I’d cry. I’d probably hug him. And I’d beg him to leave.”
Eddie whistled lowly. “Want him to stay gone that bad, huh?”
“I think everyone I care about should get the hell out of Hawkins before they end up dead.”
A heavy silence rolled over the two of you, and you scolded yourself for bringing down the mood. Here you were, playing twenty questions with one of the coolest guys you’d ever met, and you were lamenting the loss of your ex and the curse of your hometown. “Sorry.”
He smiled at you, stretching his legs back as he moved his seat back. “What for? I asked.”
“What about you? Any tragic love stories?”
“Oh, too many to count.”
“Oh, I’m sure. I pity all the ladies who’ve had their hearts broken by Eddie Munson.”
“What can I say?” He looked at you through heavy lids. “I drive the girls crazy.”
Your inhibitions were lowered and you had to fight back a whimper. “I don’t doubt it, Munson.”
His smile left you breathless, even though you’d seen it several times tonight. “Really? Didn’t think I was your type.”
“Oh, fuck off. You’ve been flirting with me since the bar.”
“I never denied that.”
“So what is this?” All the questions you’d been wanting to ask came spilling out. “Reliving childhood memories? Trying to sell? A holiday hookup? What do you want from me, Eddie?”
“Do you want me to be honest?”
You blinked. “Yes.”
“Completely, totally honest?”
“Yes.”
“I’ve had a thing for you since middle school. I knew you weren’t interested, so I kept my distance. I wanted to ask you out a couple years ago when we’d meet in the woods, but I never had the guts.” He tossed his empty beer bottle into the back seat, and you cringed at the sound it made. “Then you were with Hargrove. Then Harrington. Then you moved away. Mike told me you’d moved back, and I was going to stop by to see you, but… yeah, I guess I’m still kind of a pussy.” He laughed to himself, and looked over at you.
Your brain had shorted out somewhere around “middle school,” and the only thing you could really focus on was the way Eddie’s hair fell over his shoulders like silk. “And now that you know all my emotional baggage? Still think I’m crush-worthy?”
“Still want me to be honest?” You nodded, and he grinned crookedly. “I think you’re perfect. I think you’re too good for this shitty town. I think I could spend all night talking about how fucking cool it is that you’re even hanging out with me, and it goes without saying that I think you’re beautiful.”
You were leaning toward him now, silently cursing the center console that separated you from him. “You could still say it. If you wanted to.”
Eddie hesitated, searching your face for anything that indicated you were kidding. You stared back at him, eyes wide and waiting. “You’re so fucking pretty. I’ve always thought so, you know. You’ve got those eyes and that mouth and your body…” He scanned you up and down and drank in every inch he could see. The way you were angling yourself toward him gave him a clear view down your sweater. “I’m gonna stop myself there.”
“Don’t.” You were as close to him as you could be without tumbling into his lap. “Please keep talking.”
The hungry look in your eyes made his body go weak. “Come on, Byers, are you really gonna make me say it?”
You nodded. “Please.”
“You’re pretty much the only thing I’ve jacked off to since I was a freshman. I’m insanely jealous of anyone who’s been lucky enough to fuck you, and I think I’d be willing to commit arson if it meant your let me just touch you.”
His words drew a whine from your lips. “Can you please kiss me?”
Eddie’s hands were on you immediately, lifting you by the hips and maneuvering you onto his lap. You let out a sigh of relief at finally being able to touch him, and your body moved of its own accord, grinding your hips down onto his. Eddie groaned, overwhelmed by the fact that he was getting everything he’d ever wanted. “Fuck, honey. I thought you just wanted a kiss.”
“And I thought you wanted me.” The pout would have been evident in your voice even if Eddie couldn’t see it on your pretty lips. “Come on, Munson, thought you wanted everything.”
“God, baby. Just let me kiss you first, okay?” He kept one of his large hands on your hip, moving the other up to cup your jaw and guide your lips to his. You returned his kiss with fervor, and Eddie had to slide his hand around to the back of your neck to hold you still, biting lightly at your bottom lip and swallowing the little noises that escaped you. “Easy, sweetheart. There’s no rush, hm?” He pressed his lips to the corner of your mouth and started leaving a trail of kisses along your jawline and down your throat, sinking his teeth in just to hear you gasp.
“Oh, don’t tease me,” you breathed out, voice catching every time his mouth latched onto a new spot on your neck.
He left a kiss on your pulse point before licking up to the shell of your ear. “Actually,” he whispered, “I think you like it.” He guided your lips back to his, and you couldn’t help but let out a whine at the way he kissed you, deeply, overwhelming all your senses. You moved your hips again, and he pulled back with a groan. “Please let me take you home.” Your breath caught in your throat, and he was immediately covering your chest in open-mouthed kisses. “Please let me take you back to my place, I can barely see you in here.” Eddie gripped your waist tightly, holding you against him. “Plus, the heat in here is busted and you deserve better than a quick fuck in a cold van.”
You let out a breathy laugh. “You’re just afraid you won’t be able to keep it hard in the cold.”
“You wound me, Byers.”
You crawled back into the passenger seat, swatting Eddie’s hand away when he reached out to smack your ass. “Easy, Munson.”
“Thought you wanted to give me everything, baby. I don’t get to touch?”
“Get us to a real bed and you can touch it, ‘kay?”
“Deal, sweetheart.” The van creaked as he shifted it into drive, giving you a few moments to put your seat up and buckle your seatbelt before he peeled onto the street.
“Your uncle works nights, right?” you asked, shimmying to readjust your mini skirt. Eddie watched you out of the corner of his eye, making a note that the skirt’s zipper was on the side, not the back.
“Yep. You sure the Wheelers aren’t expecting you back tonight?”
“Mhmm. I’ve spent most nights since I’ve been back at Robin’s anyway, they’ll probably assume I’m with her. As long as I’m back for breakfast it should be fine.”
Eddie tapped out a beat on the steering wheel. “Since you made me spill my guts, can I ask you something?” He waited for your nod. “Do you and Robin ever – ah, never mind.” You might not had given it a second thought if he hadn’t gone red in the face, reaching up to rub his neck.
“What were you going to ask? Do Robin and I ever…” You looked at his blushing cheeks and connected the dots. “Eddie! You pervert!”
“Hey! It was just a question! You don’t have to answer it.”
You easily could have refused to answer and the subject would have been dropped. That was definitely what you had been about to do, when you noticed Eddie’s left hand stealthily readjusting the front of his jeans. Oh. “We do. We have. Quite a few times since I’ve been back.” Gauging his reaction, the way his knuckles tightened around the steering wheel, you continued. “So do me and Chrissy, if you were curious.”
The van swerved slightly. “Shit,” Eddie muttered, correcting it. “That’s fucking hot.”
You laughed. “Tell me about it. Fucking the head cheerleader really is an ego boost, isn’t it?”
Eddie nodded, and the two of you were laughing when the road turned to rubble as he turned into the trailer park.
“Welcome to my humble home,” he quipped, the van jerking as he pulled into his lot. You watched with a smile while he parked and got out of the van, jogging to the passenger side to open your door before you could do it yourself. “M’lady.” He bowed at the waist, extending his hand.
“Corny move, Munson.” You took his hand and helped you down the high step-off.
“You love it.” He moved his hand to your waist and struggled to unlock the trailer with one hand. “Shoes by the door, make yourself comfortable, Byers.”
You slipped off your shoes and let Eddie guide you to the back room. The door was plastered with posters and doodles and the words “THE FREAK” written in spray paint, with a crown above it.
“Nice place,” you commented as you stepped into what you deduced to be Eddie’s bedroom. The walls were just as covered as the door, a collage of blown-up metal band logos and a few framed autographs. There were clothes strewn around and it seemed like his main method of storage may have been shoe boxes, but the room was surprisingly tidy. The bed was even made, although a little sloppily.
“Ha ha ha.” Eddie feigned a laugh, reaching out to strum the guitar mounted over his mirror. “Very funny.”
“I’m serious,” you said, setting your purse on the floor beside the bed before sitting down on the foot of the mattress. “Better than my dad’s old place. At least this feels like a home.” You patted the bed beside you. “You gonna join me or what?”
Eddie grinned widely and shrugged off his leather jacket and denim vest underneath, tossing them onto a chair. The white tee shirt he wore was almost indecently tight, and you tried not to stare. “You’re impatient.” He grabbed a small metal box off his bedside table and sat cross-legged on the floor in front of you. “Did you wanna smoke some more? Or are you out of practice?”
“I will if you are.” You crossed your legs at the ankles, overtly aware that Eddie was eye-level with your thighs. The dim lamp in the corner of the room cast shadows over his face and his eyes twinkled when he smiled up at you. “You’re so handsome.” The words slipped out so easily and thoughtlessly that you almost reconsidered your decision to keep smoking.
Eddie looked up from the joint he was rolling and grinned widely. “Flatterer,” he said, leaning forward to place a quick kiss to your knee, delighting in the way your face went pink. “I can’t wait to fuck you. You’re gonna look so pretty underneath me.”
“You have got to stop talking to me like that,” you whispered, keeping your eyes on his large hands and long fingers, and the pretty silver rings that adorned them. “It’s not fair.”
Still smiling, he placed the joint between his teeth and cupped his hand around it, flicking his lighter a few times until the embers stayed lit. He inhaled deeply before sitting up on his knees and leaning forward to press his lips to yours, breathing the smoke out steadily into your lungs. You gripped his shoulders to keep yourself balanced, and you quickly grew dizzy from the smoke and the sensation. Eddie broke away so you could both get some air, and you found yourself chasing his lips desperately.
Eddie watched you, the way the smoke slipped out from between your pink lips and how your skirt bunched up at your thighs. He wanted to take his time with you, worship the body he’d been fantasizing about for years. He didn’t count on you being so needy, so responsive. He stubbed out the joint, getting to his feet, and you looked up at him with wide eyes.
“So, how do you wanna do this, honey?” He slotted a leg in between your thighs, and it took all your focus to listen to him rather than move your hips against him. “I can be nice, or I can be mean, or I can be a little of both. Whatever you want.”
“Both,” you breathed out, the word coming out a whisper.
He gripped your jaw, and you swooned. “Speak up, sweetheart.”
“Both,” you repeated, louder this time. “Please.”
“’Please,’ huh?” Eddie ran his thumb over your lower lip. “I like that."
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just one kiss.
Pairing: Steve Harrington x Fem! Reader (no physical descriptions)  
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Summary: Y/N happens to be falling for Steve but does he feel the same way? (pt. 2)
Word count: 3.9k 
Warnings: Friends to lovers trope, based in the aftermath of season 4 but without the sad parts (the ending if y'know what i mean didn't happen like that), douche behaviour, mostly fluff though. Pretty much another teen movie vibes fic. some cursing. shy!reader but also kind of a mess!reader (English is NOT my first language)
A/N: Hi! Thank you so so much for reading Part 1 of Just one kiss. This is still inspired by The Oc season 4 (ryan x taylor) bc i love teen dramas and stevie needs more love in his life. THEREFORE, reader is like an OFC but not really, i say that bc there are a few mentions of her family. ALSO bc this is based on taylor townsend reader has some interesting characteristics but i love that character so much and idk i think it would be pretty cool to see a different kind of reader :)) so anyway if you made it this far...HOPE YOU ENJOY ILY
READ PART 1 HERE 
It's been 3 days. 3 days since Steve last saw Y/N and he was feeling confused, to say the least. After that kiss, it's pretty much like what Y/N described. Arriving at Oz and everything popped into technicolor. It's a little cliche for his liking but even he had to admit it was pretty fucking weird that a simple kiss could make you question absolutely everything about a person. Because the truth is, 3 days ago Y/N was just the original not as cool babysitter, now…she was still that, but little things Steve noticed about her before started to be more present. He basically started to remember her existence and just the whole situation was killing him, he didn't know exactly what to do, so of course, he went to Robin. But since Robin wasn't home as in home in Hawkins due to some high school band trip, he was now faced to deal with the impossible task by himself.
Until…Dustin Henderson knocked on his door.
“Hey man,” said Steve not even fully acknowledging his presence, he had bigger things on his mind if you know what I mean...
“Well, well I couldn't help but notice you wanted to talk to Robin,” Dustin mentioned mocking offense.
“Uh-huh so?” Steve of course didn't realize he was kidding, he just started to think about Y/N and--
“Well, since she's out of town and she's probably gonna be moving out the next semester you're gonna need a new Robin. So, I thought I would audition for the job.”
“Oh, uh, yeah that's uh very thoughtful.” Steve didn't fully know if he was joking so he didn't try to say much about it.
“So, how does it work? do I ask you what's on your mind?”
“Uh, usually you just listen to me talk, and then I solve my problems on my own.” Steve deadpanned. That really is how it worked.
“Huh. Well, I couldn't help but noticed that you've been spending time with Y/N.”
Dustin of course loved her. She was the older sister he never had and if Steve and she ended up dating? Are you kidding me? That would be a dream come true for the kid.
“Really? Have I?” It started to feel like the universe was against Steve and the fact that he wanted to stop that growing pull towards Y/N.
“If we're gonna talk about girls, I am a far more knowledgeable resource than Robin. You know…because I have Suzie? I should pretty much give you advice all the time.”
“Okay. But you can't repeat this. Because if the real Robin found out I was telling the substitute Robin, a real secret…”
“It's in the vault.”
“Okay. I kissed Y/N. Or she kissed me. Anyway, there was a kiss and…”
“And now you can't stop thinking about her.”
“That is so cute.” Dustin couldn't help but laugh which caught Steve by surprise. What the hell?
“Pretty much.” Steve was waiting for Dustin to mock him. For some reason, he just seemed to find it hilarious whenever he talked about girls and tried to score them.
Steve narrowed his eyes trying to make sense of what was so funny. “Okay, Robin never does that.”
“Sorry, but it is. And so is she.” Why lie?
“Yeah, I know, just…me and Y/N?”
“After everything you've been through over the last few months, if something good happens, shouldn't you embrace it or at least be open to the possibility?” Hell, Dusty had some advice alright.
Steve couldn't believe he would be taking advice from a 15-year-old that spends most of his time playing D&D, not that there's anything wrong with that but you know…
“Yeah, yeah. I guess. Thanks.”
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It's been 5 days since Steve and Y/N last saw each other. Y/N was still on Steve's mind most of the time, but he decided to push the thoughts behind. He could name a million reasons on why this was a bad idea. But again, the universe seemed to not care about Steve and his reasons when he went to pick up coffee after his shift in the next-door establishment that had a bunch of little shops.
Pulling him out of his thoughts Steve heard her voice. The voice he so badly wanted to hear yet tried to forget about.
“Hi Steve.” said Y/N like nothing happened between them, like two regular friends saying hi to one another.
“I'm-I'm not here to see you. I'm just covering for Robin while she's gone.”
Steve's eyes widen, not here, not now, not anywhere to be perfectly honest. He didn't want to face her, so he did the most jerk thing to do in this situation and ran away, but not before answering her. He had that much decency.
“I gotta go. Can't talk.” he said putting his hand over the side of his face like trying not to see into those beautiful Y/E/C eyes of hers. Fearing that if he did, he wouldn't be able to leave.
“That's nice.” said Steve still walking away, hoping Y/N would give up the conversation.
“Sorry that I kissed you.” after those words came out of her mouth it's like that was all that Steve could now hear. All the background noise disappeared in a matter of seconds leaving him to face her once and for all.
“What? No, it's cool.” he said not even convincing himself.
“It's obviously not okay. You're totally uncomfortable around me now.”
“No, no. It's-- The kiss is not a problem.” At least that was true.
That seemed to relieved Y/N, like even though she was acting as if nothing happened, there was still something spinning at the back of her mind.
“Really? Good, because usually when I kiss a guy, it ends in tears. His, not mine. Because I'm a bit of a lip-biter. And, you know, sometimes I draw blood and...” and she started to ramble again.
“Y/N?”
“Yeah?” she cringed at herself for not learning when to stop talking or when it's too much information for that matter.
“What are you doing tonight?” said Steve in a moment of weakness and sincerity.
Y/N didn't seem to notice what his last statement truly meant.
“Oh, I'm updating my journal. It's kind of a collage really but with these--”
“Y/N, tonight. Are you busy?” Even though he liked to see her excited about these random things he was in kind of a you are making me nervous trance.
“ls that a yes?” Steve asked confused.
Holy shit thought Y/N. Was this actually happening?
“Oh.”
And with that it was like she finally completely reacted to what was happening. Not that was a good thing per se.
“Yes! it is a yes squared...in all caps with an exclamation mark and a smiley-face.” She said way too excited.
“A simple yes will do.” Steve smiled at her. How did he not notice before how cute she was when she got excited?
“Yes.” she answered more calmed now yet giving him one of the most bright and warm smiles he had ever seen. He wanted to capture that look on her face. Truth is she looked gorgeous and he wonder why she didn't smile more often and if he could make her smile more...
“Great, I'll see you tonight.”
“Do you just wanna come up to the comic bookstore?” said Y/N before Steve got to walk away. “There's a big TV, surround-sound, and many VHS.”
Steve thought that sounded perfect. A low-key night. The two of them. That should clear his mind. “All right. See you then.”
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It had been 5 days since Steve and Y/N saw each other and, on this day, day 5, they were going on a kind of date, Steve's idea by the way.
Y/N couldn't help but tell her sister all about it and with that she decided to help her with her outfit. Sure, it was a casual date thing, but she still wanted to look presentable yet this time in her own style, not unconsciously copying Nancy Wheeler's outfits. No, this time around she would stay true to herself in every way possible. So, with that in mind she decided to wear this brown turtleneck with her washed denim levis that fitted her like a glove. She put on her favorite pair of snickers and did her hair in a casual style. As for makeup, a little blush and mascara never hurt anybody.
Steve showed up at the comic bookstore Y/N told him about earlier without knowing what to think, was this a date? was he trying something out? it was all just too confusing.
Meanwhile, Y/N was putting the VHS on after Steve told her she could choose the movie. He was hoping for something fun, something that would make his thoughts slow down, but it would probably be a chick flick if he was being honest.
At least that's what he thought. Because it was much worse.
“I mean, did you ever think that time travelling could be so beautiful?” said Y/N after Marty McFly got in the famous DeLorean.
Yeah, Y/N didn't know Steve had already seen this movie. Kind of at least. July 4th, 1985. One of the many days he almost died but this time around mainly because of the Russians and that trip him and Robin were in. What a day... anyway. Steve didn't want to mention it because that's not really something you bring up at a date. Or is it a hang out? Either way he wasn't really paying attention. Too many thoughts on his mind, he did have to seem present though.
“How many times have you seen this?” Steve asked trying to make small talk.
“I watch it every night. Helps me relax.” she said way too quick to be perfectly honest. Her eyes were glued to the TV and had one hand in and out of the popcorn bowl.
“Right.”
Steve was slowly losing his mind, he was not only watching the movie that was ironically playing on one of the most traumatic days of his life but aside from that, he couldn't stop thinking on his next move. Should he grab her hand? Put his arm around her shoulders? He went with the latter. And even though he couldn't really tell, Y/N was watching his every move from her side view. They finally locked eyes and started leaning towards each other to share one more kiss.
It was going great. Y/N closed her eyes feeling Steve's hot and minty breath until she didn't anymore. While she was waiting for the kiss, Steve was analyzing her and mentally thinking along the lines of what the hell am I doing? Kissing Y/N again? She’s cute and all but-
“Is everything okay?” Y/N spoke up after realizing that nothing was happening, and that Steve was still looking at her lips. She was feeling pretty self-conscious by now.
“I'm sorry.” Steve left his trance and got up from the couch feeling like he needed some space between the two of them right now.
“So that's a no.” Y/N was confused but mostly hurt. Now it was her turn to overthink, what had she done wrong? Was this a game to him? Or-
“I can't do this.” Steve started feeling overwhelmed. He basically wanted to run out of there, but he knew that he had hurt her bad enough already.
The sadness in Y/N face suddenly washed off and changed to confusion after a little thinking. “Okay. I've done my fair share of misreading signs in my life. But you asked me to hang out. You sat next to me. You leaned in with a slight tilt of your head.”
“I know, I know, and I'm sorry. You're a great girl. It's just, this is too weird.” Jeez Steve. Kill her with kindness?
“That makes me feel so much better.” Y/N stood up, ready to leave the place and avoid the guy as much as she could.
Steve eyes widen at the realization of what he just said and how wrong it sounded. “Me! Not you, me. I'm....weird.”
But by then Y/N was one foot out the door and probably pissed off so that went out great.
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Day 6. Steve's fail date aftermath. He was hanging in his room going through does books Y/N had given him last week trying to get some work done when someone knocked on his door. Again.
He was expecting Dustin begging him for a ride when in reality it was one Eddie Munson. Now that, he wouldn't expect.
“Hey man. So, Dustin told me he came in yesterday and applied for the job of substitute Robin.”
“He may have.” Steve knew where he was going with this. It was no secret Steve and Eddie became friends after the Vecna situation, but he never expected him to actually care.
“Well, you know…if anyone's qualified, I think we all know it's me. I'm thinking the reason you didn't ask is because no interview was necessary.”
“It turns out. I may not have to fill the position. I handled the whole Y/N thing. Although it may be a little awkward for a while.”
“What happened?” Eddie's voice became a little defensive. He liked Y/N, she has always been nice to him, and she had killer music taste so, even though Steve and himself might be friends now, he might need to smack some sense into the boy if he hurts her in any way.
“Nothing happened.”
“Which was the problem for her.” Eddie could also read Y/N like the back of his hand so, of course it would be a problem for her, he knew about the little crush she had on Harrington.
“Yeah. But now I don't know. At first, I thought I was caught up in the whole Nance thing. Then I thought the problem might have been Y/N because she can be a little weird.”
That made Eddie laughs a little. He wasn't completely wrong but who wouldn't love a chick like that? “She's a touch eccentric.”
“But now I think the problems me. Maybe it's too soon.”
“So, keep it casual. You know, just tell her you need to be friends for now.”
“Yeah, that's a line every girl loves to hear.” Steve's mind went back to that fancy party they went to last week where he said he liked her as a friend. Beautiful words really.
“Well, if it's the truth, she'll understand.”
Steve let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding. “Well, I don't have any other choice. So, I'll give it a shot.”
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It was day 7. Officially one week after the kiss that started this whole mess. Steve went to visit Y/N at the gift shop where she worked part time. Hoping he would find her, give her the best explanation possible and maybe go and get some coffee if he was lucky that is.
“Y/N.” Steve entered the store all hopeful. One could almost see hearts in his eyes.
“Steve.” Y/N said dryly. Steve hated not hearing the honey-like voice that would come out of her mouth whenever she said his name before. But he gets it. He would be pissed too.
“Boo!” said Y/N mimicking a scary pose.
Steve was confused but gave her a warm smile remembering what Eddie said about her been eccentric.
“Didn't run away that time, so you must not be that scared of me.”
“Brad, Steve. Steve, Brad.” Of course, his name was Brad.
Oh. “Alright, look, I just wanted to come by and apologize about last night, and... And I didn't know you had company.”
This whole time Steve was focusing on the sound of her voice or how cute she looked in that outfit that he didn't notice the blonde standing next to her who was probably a jock.
“Brad.”
“Steve.”
Well, it definitely was awkward.
“I've been helping Brad track down this Michael J. Fox biography. It turns out that he watches Back to the Future every night before he goes to bed too.” said Y/N with a proud grin.
“Wow, that's--” again with Back to the Future, awesome.
“Kismet? I know. Maybe it's too soon to talk about fate, but...” Y/N was using all the dramatic romance tactics that she has seen on TV. The talk about destiny and soulmates. But that was all it was, talk. Not that Steve realized that.
“Yeah, anyway, I just wanted to see if you needed a ride home or anything.”
“Oh, I got my bike, thanks.” said Brad. How cute.
“Not you.”
“Well, that is very friendly of you, Steve. Since I'm assuming that's what you want us to be, just friends.” she's always one step ahead of him he had to give her that.
“Well, if you're cool with that.” mumbled Steve. He didn't know if he was jealous or nervous, but neither were a good option.
“All right, well, you know, I'll see you, then.”
“Steve Harrington, mon ami. Sounds terrif.” Y/N gave her hand to Steve to shake and get this over with. She wanted to seem like what he did, didn't affect her. That she had moved on.
“But Brad and I were just gonna hang out and order some takeout...so if you don't mind…” she was basically kicking him out. Not that he could blame her.
“Bye, friend.” said Y/N in that dry tone again. A tone that Steve got to hate.
“Bye, Steve. Nice to meet you, man.”
“Bye, Brad...”
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It's been an entire week and Steve still couldn't get Y/N out of his mind. Which sucked for him, but the good news was that Robin arrived that day too, so at least he was excited to discuss different things with her again.
“So, the good news is, I think she likes me. Bad news is, I'm not sure if she still has a boyfriend.”
She must mean Vickie.
“What?” Steve had spaced out again.
“Vickie was at the trip. Stuff happened. I'm about to head over to her house.”
Then it clicked. Vickie and Y/N were neighbors.
“Can I come?” said Steve with this tone of anxiety all over him.
“I appreciate your interest, but I think this is a conversation just for the two of us.”
“ls Y/N gonna be there?”
“I assume so...”
“I like her.” Steve didn't hesitate this time. He had no excuses either.
“Say what now? Why would you even think that?” Robin was surprised. She was gone a week and suddenly he liked her back?
“Because I keep imagining her on roller skates…and washing windows with a big bucket of soapy water.”
“Dude, your fantasies are so pedestrian. A sudsy girl? That's so average.”
“Doesn't mean it's not hot.”
“I guess they call them classics for a reason.”
“Do you wanna drive or should l?”
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Steve entered Y/N's house which was full of teenagers. Was Y/N L/N having a party? Nope. Soon he realized it was her sister's birthday party. Still, that meant she must be in the house somewhere.
“Y/N? You here?” Steve decided to check the rooms, maybe she was hiding in there or watching Back to the Future again. He wouldn't be surprised but as soon as he opened the door to the next room, he heard a familiar voice under the covers of the bed next to some laughter.
“Steve?” Brad's head popped out of the duvet to take a better look at him.
What the fuck? “Brad, hey. Keep doing what you're doing. I was looking for Y/N, but clearly, she's--”
“Who's Y/N? Is this your boyfriend?” that's when another guy showed his face under the covers.
Steve was just confused by now but the larger issue at hand was, “Y/N isn't in there with you guys, is she?”
“Nope.”
“I barely even know her. She told me if I pretended to like her, she'd give me her employees discount at the shop. It's extremely rare.”
With that Steve felt the biggest relief. He wasn't too late.
“Okay. Um, what are you doing, man? I mean, I think Y/N really likes you. And your kind of leading her on.”
“Wait, she paid you to pretend to like her? Huh. That sounds like Y/N. All right, well, carry on.”
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Finally, after what felt like hours, he found Y/N in the kitchen, and he cursed himself for not checking there sooner.
“Y/N.”
“Steve.” That dry tone again.
“What are you doing?”
“Someone wrote I love poop on this poor guy's face. That kind of thing can scar you for life.” she said as she rubbed his forehead with a sponge hoping the sharpie would come off.
“No, what are you doing paying your gay friend Brad to pretend he's in love with you?”
“It's a little strange.” he couldn't help but say.
Oh, that.
“Well, what if I did hmm? What if I did rent a homosexual for the evening? And pay him with rare gifts from my employee discount? What difference does it make to you?” Y/N was now standing at his eye level making a serious face because she in fact was genuinely curious.
Y/N tossed her hands to her sides with desperation. “Well, so am l. Which is why you ran away from me last night.”
“No, it wasn't because you're strange.”
“You don't find me strange?” Y/N narrowed her eyes. That would be a first.
“No, I do, but it's not why I took off.” Well, never mind.
Might as well rip off the band-aid. “Look, I'm not really ready for a relationship right now. Or a girlfriend.”
“Girlfriend? Cart, horse. Aren't you getting a little ahead of yourself there?” Y/N scoffed.
“Well, I mean, just because I wanna spend time with you...doesn't mean that we have to get married.”
“I see.” Steve couldn't help but smile, it was like she was reading his mind.
“Look, you're a sweet, smart, great guy, Steve Harrington. And hot. Did I mention hot?”
Okay so now she got him fully blushing, his cheeks were turning red and he had that little smirk that could melt the hearts of a thousand people.
“So, whatever happens, happens.” look at her being all smooth.
“Y/N, that's--”
“Normal? Yeah. I have my moments.”
And with that they were going for the next kiss, the first kiss since last week. Their faces were so close together--
“You know, this is my first college bash. Have you ever played Seven Minutes in Heaven?” Poor Y/N didn't realize those weren't the games they played at a university party but Steve found it so adorable that he didn't want to burst her bubble of the world.
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She drew him toward her with her eyes, he inclined his face toward hers when suddenly but surely their lips touched, this kiss felt more eager but passionate at the same time. They were fully making out by now and Steve was filled with the warm and fuzzy feeling he had the other day that he saw her smile. He thought—
“Okay, seven minutes are up. Said you wanted to take it slow.” said Y/N in a mocking but sweet tone.
“Yeah, well, I don't think eight minutes would be rushing it. Nine seems like a good pace. And- and ten is a nice, round number.”
Steve started to realize about the power she was slowly having over him, she could lure him back anytime she wanted he just had to be honest about it.
There will be a part 3 bc I want relationship progress! 😊 love you guys thank you so much for reading. Should I start a tag list? Comment if you would be interested! Okay bye! Have an amazing weekend and see you next week 
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So you know how some of the older Pixar movies had 'outtakes' in the credits where they'd animate the 'behind the scenes bloopers with 'actors''? What is one animated property that you'd like to see that for? Any ideas of what might go on?
Yeah! The Toy Story 2 ones were Chef’s Kiss (Barbie fucking telling us to leave lolllllll). I’m pretty sure there’s one for The Lion King running around dvd extras and the internet. 
I will admit to feeling a bit tepid/meh about bloopers in general. I’m not someone who’s screaming at TPTB for bloopers because what I tend to be after with BTS is commentary and deleted scenes. But I guess bloopers are fun because you don’t have to suffer from “WHY WOULD YOU CUT THAT?!” (Still super mad they cut the twins and Snotlout reacting to Stoick’s dead. Whyyyyy) 
I feel like you’re prompting me to give a specific answer lol, and that’s not a problem, but I will give more though:
I will say: 
Aladdin (mostly bc Robin Williams and the almost days worth of booth footage that Disney’s sitting on)
Wreck-It Ralph (just throw Sarah Silverman in a recording booth and let her fucking go off!!! Will some of it be NSFW??? Sure!!!)
Gravity Falls maybe? That could be fun lol. Hirsch seems like he’d be down for something like that. 
Turning Red, mostly because I feel like that movie is just silly enough where doing something like that isn’t a dramatic tone shift. 
I wanna say The Dragon Prince but also that one feels so serious that it feels weird to want something like that, lol.
Insert others that I haven’t thought about here.
And finally, of course, the one we’ve all been waiting for, that one that you probably prompted me for:
How To Train Your Dragon
Just any and all parts of it. Movies, shows, shorts, whatever.
What would be fun to see:
Hiccup and Stoick struggling with their lines together and being silly. 
Or Hiccup and Viggo!!!
Basically everybody struggling with lines. 
Astrid flubbing a line and cursing because SHE WOULD!!!!!!
Maybe Toothless talks lol
Hiccup and Toothless shenanigans
The cast of the Riders randomly making out bc of course I’d say that. 
Hiccup cursing. 
Just... anything!!! (Wow, I really want this now.)
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how do you do, fellow queers, look how fucking professional i'm being this time, sending an ask like commonfolk/j
for the match-up re-run bc i wanna see nyx struggle with repugnant <3
1. Your identity! i'm sorry for the research nyx
i can very proudly call myself a faggot. my pronouns are they/she/he/xey/per/ghoul, but i'm slowly moving away from the "standard" ones. multigender, but they're all xenogender (ghoulgender, ghoulettegender, gooregender, chaosgender). multisexual (pansexual, asexual, lesbian, aegosexual, orchidsexual, berrisexual). aroallo (aegoromantic, desinoromantic, grayromantic, demiromantic). autistic. theistic satanist.
2. Who do you like?
repugnant. death metal racoons my beloved.
3. What do you look like?
there's a picture. i just dress more like a metalhead now. still wearing too much jewelry. i'm still short (it is a tragedy).
4. What's your personality?
i hate whoever came up with these questions (ekhem, myself).
ISTP-T, according to a quiz i did just before writing this. i'm relatively apathetic, only ever getting truly emotional when i'm overwhelmed. touch-repulsed, but touch-starved when it comes to people close to me. i'm quiet and distant around strangers, but get talkative and open with friends. i struggle with serious self-esteem issues (diagnosed depression, cheers) and i get very anxious about my friends just not liking me anymore and usually need to be yelled at to get my shit together. and then cuddled because i got yelled at. my relationship with emotions is complicated, as i only feel a very faint outline of an emotion most of the time, but i've learned to adapt to it over time and i'm pretty good at adapting my behavior so it looks like i feel a complete emotion.
when it comes to affection, i'm like a cat. i love it, but only when i want it. otherwise i will run away. i also show it in inconvenient ways, i suppose, like randomly grabbing my friends with a weird noise or sometimes (if we're really close) biting them. i feel very uncomfortable around most children, so i despise them.
5. Tell us about your interests!
i'd say repugnant, ghost and in this moment would be my top three bands to listen to, but i also like vocaloid and dolly parton. i always have to have something playing in the background or it's too quiet for me and i lose my shit. i like to read, but i much prefer to overanalyze everything and come up with ridiculous theories and headcanons to write about (i think emeritus-fuckers is proof of that). I like writing, but only stuff i actually enjoy writing, not whatever bullshit they're coming up with for uni. I can't write porn, yet people seem to think that i can, which is honestly hilarious to me.
i like making bracelets and other arts and crafts things, though i suck at it and usually it looks like trash.
i like video games, mostly sims 4 (finally figured out how to furnish it hallelujah) right now, but i like classic assassin's creed games (which means everything that came out before Origins/Odyssey bc fuck i hate these), the saints row series and skyrim too. and uncharted, too. and i guess tekken, but i'm just there for the hotties tbh.
i don't really watch movies, but if i had to pick a favorite, it would either be scream, pearl or shrek.
6. Trivia time!
i know way too much about butterflies and moths.
i have a framed attacus atlas.
my favorite food is instant cupped carbonara.
i have a dog (everyone has seen her at this point tbh).
i have a figurine of the batman who laughs and his three robins.
i love juice. especially apple-cherry juice.
i'm a terrible cook, i can make like three dishes and that's it.
i hate working under pressure and/or with deadlines.
i have a rather controversial sense of humor.
i love wearing too much jewelry.
i adore matching things, from jewelry to tattoos.
and here's a few pics of my cuddle monster.
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This post is part of the 1000 followers match up event. Entries for the event are now closed.
Your match is…Mary Goore... and DD Sars... and kinda the rest of the band...
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Hear me out on this haha, I have spent way too much time thinking about this and well you'll see XD - Nyx
So you met Mary first. They thought you looked cool so they went over to you.
You got chatting and you just kinda clicked with each other. Especially since you both have a controversial sense of humour. Mary enjoys throwing a few playful insults at you and getting all of that back and some.
You met up a few more times, enough so that you became comortable around Mary and them you. Although there was a discussion about your boundaries when you had to explain that you are like a cat, you only want affection when you are in the mood. Which of course Mary respected.
Mary after really getting to know you declared you one of their favourite ever people by lightly biting your shoulder. (This was okay as you way of telling them the same was to display your affection with a bite.)
Mary then proudly introduced you to the rest of the band. You quickly became close with all of them as to be with Mary is to be with the band. When Mary mentioned you had a dog E. wanted to see lots of pictures. He just kinda quietly sat there as you scrolled through them.
You made them all bracelets, G. got very excited by this. You said they look like trash and DD just kinda rounded on you. He firmly told you about how they weren't trash and how could you be so stupid to think so low of yourself. You just kinda nodded and then spend the rest of the day being cuddled by G.
DD does however get you. He never says it to you but its shown through his actions. He will just quitly sit and listen if you want to talk about it. He might say that you are a fucking weirdo but his expression tells the real story. He understands you and he knows what its like to have a complicated realtionship with emotions. There is a really nice companionship you two have because of this.
Mary noticed how you look at DD like you want him to sit on your face. So one night they say to you while pointing at DD "all you have to do is ask, you know, DD would be more than happy to" and then they gave you a little wink. Mary left it with you, it's totally up to you if you want to follow through on that or not...
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steve harrington x ex!friend reader pt2
so this is part 2 to this juan!! so if you haven’t read that one yet, you should def read it now !! but yah !
also reader is very much still latina heheha oh and for my own personal reasons i am making this a prom segment (bc i didn’t get my happy ending on prom💔) but enjoy.
genre// angst, fluff, healing!! steve being a simp, also readers partner is actually not as nice as we think lol
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prom was coming up. your mind was all over the place. not just prom in general but, other things were making prom seem as not so nice..your mind was mostly focused on your own personal problems.
majority of these problems being about your partner and steve. and what dress you wanted to wear. why did you have to dress up in general? you had no idea what to wear. you had no idea if your partner even wanted to go to prom with you. which was making you look like a total fool infront of their front porch.
you decided to walk the entire way from your home to their house. you weren’t sure if they were home though. but you decided to knock and see.
the door opened, but the only person that appeared was their parents. who absolutely loved you.
“oh ! hey y/n. what brings you here? you looking for my kid?”
“yeah- have you seen them?”
“hm, i just saw them up and leave, asked em where, they said the arcade place?”
the arcade? of all places..? they hated video games, even though it was the thing you absolutely loved. it was the thing that you enjoyed doing every time you finished school and didn’t wanna go home immediately. so you went to the arcade to pass the time.
“alright, thank you. i appreciate it a lot.”
“of course! tell ‘em i said they better come home so we can go shopping for prom. it’s in just a week.”
prom? i thought they didn’t wanna go to prom. because it was ‘too expensive’. you’ve got a lot of questions on your mind.
now was the time to really get in your car and drive there like a crazy woman. you weren’t entirely sure if they were even telling you the truth anymore. they’ve always given you excuses about where they were going. you feel so stupid because only now you’re starting to catch on.
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steve and robin were mindlessly watching the tv screen, they were watching some romance comedy that just was awful.
“i mean, they’re both totally in love with each other- the literal hots for another but they can’t because like, she’s a nun and he’s a priest.”
robin vented to steve about how it was.
“well then again, it’s some movie from the 50s. and it’s in spanish. good thing we got subtitles for it.”
“hey- don’t you understand some spanish already steevo?
“uhh… only a little, i haven’t practiced in 2 years.”
“really? what are they saying now—without looking at the subtitles!!”
she sternly spoke as he groaned and looked at the screen, ignoring the texts that would pop up as they spoke.
“oh but brother, we’re both children of god. and what if the pastor finds out about our forbidden love.”
he says with a very low effort tone, not putting in any energy for the characters.
then robin and steve saw you dramatically pull up and parked infront of family video. kicking your door open and slamming it shut.
“woah, wonder what that’s about. ey stevie?“
you were pissed. no beyond pissed. what was this asshole doing at the fucking video store? probably with some bitch. and oh if he was, you would’ve killed him by burning his tongue off.
you swing the door open to the arcade and everyone is too busy on their games. luckily you spot your partner. and you were right. they were with someone at least 2 years younger then you both. most likely a sophmore from one of their classes.
you make your way to them and give your partner a tap on the shoulder, making them turn. and their smile immediately drops.
“so since when did you start playing video games? video games like galaga?”
“oh! hey babes i’m uh- just showin my underclassmen some games that i- uh we ! enjoy playing.”
“hm that’s a fat fuckin lie. your lips are swollen. did a bee stab your thin fuckin lips or something?”
their underclassmen slowly left, backing away from the scene as they watch everything unfold.
“look. it’s nothing okay. i dunno what’s got your panties in a twist.” they move to continue playing the game, but you quickly snap and bang your hand against the game. drawing attention to you two now.
“no. don’t fucking lie to me pinche cabron. i went to your fucking house and asked your daddy where you were! and then he told me you two were gonna go prom shopping, hm. last thing i remember is my partner telling me they didn’t wanna go to prom! that sounds funny.”
“hey. look alright. you caught me. i was gonna go to prom but i just-“
“-what you just what?”
“i didn’t wanna be seen with you.”
un-fucking-believable.
who the fuck does this puta madre thing they is, huh? oh they are gonna regret it.
you took a deep breath and smile and just walk away before you did anything else. then they started chasing after you.
you push the door open and they follow you to your car. where it was parked infront of family video.
“hey hey! y/n, don’t be bitchy for just this moment. just listen to me—“
“—no ! i’m not gonna stand here and look fucking stupid. i’m not gonna take things like a dumb bitch. because i’m not like that.”
“baby please-“
they go to hold your shoulders and that was what made you snap. you backhanded the shit out of them and send them tumbling to their ass.
robin and steve were witnessing everything. and as you slapped them. they both let out a groan, knowing it was for real gonna leave a mark. to be fair, steve thought it was a little hot. robin did too
you look down at them and spit on their shoes. then you feel someone watching you and turn to look at the family video clerks. glaring at steve and he softy looks at yours. you were so intimidating to him. you always were, well. not at the very first.
steve knew you had a soft side to you, you only ever shown it to people you cared for. you were the biggest sweetheart when you both were younger. but that all changed as you both got older. both of you changed but, there was still that side that you both had when you were younger.
steve wanted to run out and beat the shit out of that guy and hug and kiss you but, he knew it wasn’t the right time for that.
you didn’t know if you wanted to snap at steve or cry to him and be like ‘baby come back!!’ but no- you refused that inner need.
you turn swiftly and enter your car. flicking your partner off as they were still maybe crying like a bitch on the floor.
steve had it real bad now
“hey steve- you should like, ask her to prom now.”
“what? robin no- it’s too soon.”
“too soon my ass, she just dumped that asshole! you should at least ask her out on the night of prom or some shit.”
“hey- you better at least help me.”
“help you? no no, i wasn’t planning on going anyway. i got better things to do like uh.. work?”
“boo. you’re no fun. well i guess this bird just left his nest now.” steve said as he watches you drive away.
“don’t ever call yourself that.”
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prom was starting and you were staring at yourself in the dress. your hand goes to fix your hair. it was put up but your curls looks absolutely gorgeous in the messy bun. you blow a strand of hair out of your face and try to hide it.( i feel like she would use her moms dress- but minus the gloves and hair crown thing lol)
“ay mija!! are you ready yet?”
“not yet mama. i’m just adding a lil extra stuff.”
the only extra thing was lipgloss. which boomed your look more. and to add extra flavor. you added silver earrings on both ears. you felt like you needed a bit more. your mom was getting impatient or excited and opened the door.
“ma, i’m not done yet—“
“mija! you look so beautiful. papa! get over here and look at our daughter, she’s so beautiful.”
you hear your father running down the hall and coming to a halt as soon as he sees you.
“aw, my sweet hermosa. you remind me of your mother with the way you look in that dress.”
“ay, she looks better then me.”
“nonsense! the original still is better to me.”
“wow papa, you’re so charming. well, do i look ready?”
your parents think for a moment, till your mom gets a bright idea. “wait! one final touch.”
she began jogging away to her shared bedroom. you and your papa began to speak to one another.
“so, you dumped them?”
“yeah, they were a lying bas- they weren’t honest with me, and i didn’t like it.”
“aw princesa. do not worry, someone will come treat you right, i can feel it in my-“
“-here my nina!!”
your mom showed you a necklace that looked older then you, which made you exclaim.
“mama! what is this?”
“it belonged to your abuela, then it was my sisters, and then it was mine— but not it’s yours !”
“and then you pass it to your daughters blah blah, you know how it work mija.” your father said as he rested a hand on your mothers shoulder, rubbing his thumb in circles against her.
“mama- it’s so beautiful, i- thank you.”
de nada, now hurry up so we can take pictures at your school! we wanna see you before you go party.”
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prom was in its full galore. at least it couldn’t get more ‘magical’ then it already was. you had to pick up your dress as you walk, and these heels were killing you. why did they have to be so pointy looking? you prefer being barefoot anyway.
everyone was having a blast but you didn’t seem to be in the mood. you thought you’d have the energy and excitement, but you feel so overwhelmed and drained. you sat against a wall, near the punch and only stood up occasionally to refill the cup that was in your hand.
you noticed a shadow making their way to you. unable to recognize their face from how dark it was in there. especially where you were sitting.
“what are you doing here all on your own?”
it was steve? it was steve! it was steve.
you didn’t need this right now, but a small part of you really did need it.
“well, i don’t have much friends anyway. other then robin, you know how it’s been. i don’t get along with others.”
“yeah true, you just got that vibe.”
“what vibe?”
“there it is.” he sits next to you and you adjust your sitting position a little. you shake your head and look at him. this made his heart beat and started making him stutter.
“s-so, heard you and your uh partner broke up. that slap was definitely deserved.”
“yeah, we’re done. didn’t like the way they treated me.”
“i thought you guys were like good, what happened?”
“nah, we were always having problems but wanted to be seen as a cute happy couple.”
you say staring straight ahead at everyone taking their group and couple photos. getting a little envious. steve noticed this and began to speak.
“you wanna take pictures?”
“i know that shits not free, i didn’t bring money.”
“hey, i got it covered.”
“steve you don’t have to-“
“-no, i have to. now c’mon let’s go.” he gets up and offers you a hand. you listen to your intrusive thoughts and take his hand, getting up and following him through the crowd of people.
you both stop to a halt. there was a long line for just photos and you notice a you were both walking through the crowd he had been hiding a small clear case from you. you decided to bring it up.
“hey, watchu got there?”
you look down at the box, and he noticed before showing you slowly. it was a white corsage. you noticed the white boutonnière on his tuxedo, maybe he did have a date? why else would he have had it.
“oh yeah, that! it was uh, for my date- actually i didn’t have a date in the first place haha. just thought maybe someone would you know, wanted to be.”
he said with embarrassment, flipping his hair to the side. you felt bad that not a single person had asked to be his prom date. then a bright idea came to mind.
“well, i don’t have a date either. you wanna be mine?”
“huh? me- be yours? uh yeah! totally.”
he got all excited after realizing and began unboxing the corsage from the plastic case. you bring your wrist to him and he gently takes it. your skin felt so nostalgic to him. he got a bit distracted till you cleared your throat.
“hey um, i wanted to ask.”
“yeah y/n?”
“actually, nevermind. it’s dumb.”
you bring your hand back away from his and play with the petals of the corsage, being careful to not tear it. steve wasn’t sure what you asked or said but is sure not to push you into anything you’re uncomfortable with.
“alright, next!”
the cameraman shouted and you and steve both walked forward. he looked at you and gave you a confused look.
“well, what are you two just standing there for? aren’t you two a couple or something? do some cute couple stuff!”
steve was about to interrupt but you just shook your head and made steve stand there while you went on the other side of him and brought a hand to his chest while the other was on his shoulder. you look up at steve. “just put your hand on my hip, okay?”
“y-yeah! okay.”
he was sweating badly. and i mean badly. you almost felt bad, because he shakily put a hand to rest on your hip, and he was trying hard not to death grip that shit. you look up at him. “you’re not gonna hurt me, stevie. just pretend for now.”
he fully rested his hand on your hip and sighs. he nods his head and looks up at the camera, you doing the same.
“alright, so you guys got your 3 poses in mind?”
“yes we do.”
“alright, smile or something. cheeseee~”
the cameraman said with 0 enthusiasm. you give a soft smile while steve smiles and the light flashes.
the moment felt real. and sweet. and it felt very much needed.
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through out the rest of the prom night you and steve had been catching up and talking about whatever really. it felt good. and you’ve never gelt this happy in a while.
“that’s crazy, you’re like a mom to those kids.”
“yeah i know, but i don’t get why it always needs to be me.”
“well, because you take good care of them. you’d make a pretty good dad someday.”
“you think so?”
“i know so.”
he gives you that look that always made you fall for him. it’s happening all over again. you didn’t try fighting it but you just enjoyed the moment you two shared. the music begins to numb in the background. you move closer to steve as so does he. hands coming in contact with each other. shoulders pressing up against another and your head slowly turns.
“hey, y/n..”
“yes, steve?”
“i think- i think you’re a great person. and i-“
the music suddenly changes and a slow dance song begins to play, everyone getting up from their seats to dance with their dates.
“oh, it’s time to slow dance i guess. you wanna go dance and maybe you’ll be able to figure out what you wanna say after.”
you get up and he looks so sad, but he nods his head and follows you. both of you hand in hand.
you smoothly move his hands to your hips and he gulps and holds you, while you sway your hips and slide your hands against his shoulders and he looks at you differently.
steve’s mind his telling him all kinds of things like:
i should kiss her. i want to kiss her. no i don’t want to. i need to kiss her
i want to get married to her and have a family with her. i’d do all the work while all she had to do was rest forever.
i hope she feels the same way too. i should apologize to her from the dumb mistake i did. i should apologize for everything.
she looks so pretty. no not pretty. absolutely gorgeous.
you smile as you two dance, moving side to side with one another. you didn’t care. in fact you both didn’t care. the only thing you cared about was the moment you two were sharing. this very moment was the moment that will never leave your lives. this was the moment that brought you two together.
“the thing i wanted to tell you was, is that. i’m sorry, y/n. for everything. and i want to be with you.”
steve spoke to you and you knew his words were true.
“i want to be with you. i can’t get enough of you, can’t stop thinking about you. i want to spend the rest of my life with you. it sounds dumb and unrealistic but, i never want to leave your side.”
“steve- i -.”
“you don’t have to say anything, if you don’t have anything to say.”
“no it’s not that, i m happy. i’m happy you feel the same as i do. and i want to be with you. i wanna do cute shit with you. and i just want to be close to you.”
“you really feel that way too?”
“i’ve always felt that way stevie. i’ve loved you from the very beginning.”
“can i like. kiss you?”
“i thought you’d never ask.”
you smile. he releases his hold on your hips and brings both of his hands to the side of your face and and brings you in for a kiss. his nose brushing against yours before interlocking his lips with yours. your hands move to rest on top of his as you both shared a kiss while the music plays in the distance.
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happily ever after i guess heheha sorry this took so long yall. i’ve been working hella and have major burn out from like everything really lmao i hope this is alright 💔there might be plenty of spelling errors but idc lol -gummies
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unknownwriting · 3 years
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summary- request: prom hc
character s- Portgas D. Ace, Sabo, Monkey D. Luffy, Trafalgar Water D. Law
warnings- underage drinking, besides that none :)
a/n- so like I’m still a junior so I have no idea what proms like but I mean I seen a very movies sooo...I hope you still enjoy 💕
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Portgas D. Ace
Definitely the flustered type but he’s so unbelievably sweet about everything.
The classic type tho, showing up to give your roses and meeting your parents. Embarrassing by everything your parents say.
Ace was so sweet that your parents eve joke about y’all getting married and all that. It’s safe to say that the both of y’all left the house redder than the tie Ace was wearing.
As soon as y’all drove off tho, you were in total control of the date. All that Ace knew was what Garp and the others told them, so the rest of the night was all up to you.
Ace looked hella awkward when It came to the party. Ace is all down for a good party but a formal one, so not his thing. So a lot of the night he was following your lead.
Obnoxious eating? Yes. Drinking a lot? Yup. Passing out afterwards and scarring the shit out of the others? Of course, it wouldn’t be a party without it!
Y’all would met up Sabo and his crew and just goofed around for the most part. Sabo joked about y’all being a couple and all that, y’all would sneak off the pull pranks on the teachers, piss of the love-dovey couple, then did it all again
When it came to dancing, you and some other girls would go dancing while Ace and the others watch from the outside. When the slow dance came on you bet your ass your dragging Ace out.
Very lazy slow dancing, your hands wrapped around his neck with your face buried in the crook of it, while Ace’s hands rested on your bottom. y’all would sway back and forwards just embracing each and enjoying the warmth. and then once the song was over, the 2 of y’all would end with a passionate kiss.
The night was a pretty simple night, Ace wasn’t to into the party so he didn’t want to do much. As long as he was with you, he doesn’t care. You didn’t want to stay the whole night either, you just wanted to make your appearance hang out with the others a bit then leave.
Once y’all leave, y’all send the rest of the night as Ace’s place. Watching movies, ruining yalls clothes, then passing out in some tangled position. The drinks, food, and sore muscles is a problem for the morning
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Sabo
Prom king and queen hands down. It’s just a known fact. Going with this man means the nights gonna be almost perfect.
Y’all would be the couple that has matching outfits. Like your dress with match Sabo’s blue tie, stuff like that. He would also spoil you as much as he could too when it comes to getting ready, like he’ll pay for you to get your nails and hair done.
And when it comes to the night of the dance he’ll pick you up, give you flowers, talk with your family, take you out to dinner, then y’all will arrive at the yall walk hand in hand to the ball room. As if y’all were royalty. From there on out, y’all let whatever happens.
When y’all arrive, Sabo was quick to find Ace and his date. You know damn well your not gonna enjoy the party without him. You didn’t mind tho, whenever the 2 of them are together crazy stuff always happens.
Not only does Sabo buddy up with Ace most of the night, but Ace is a social guy, having ties with a lot of people. So y’all spend a lot of the time hanging out with other people. Of course Sabo’s not going anyways where without his date. So if your not going Sabo ain’t either.
Not much time is spent on the dance floor because y’all are always with some group of people goofing off and talking. But once the slow dance comes on the 2 of y’all are definitely gonna be floor dancing.
Similarly to Ace, y’all have a very lazy dance style. Your hands around his neck and his hands wrapped around your waist. A few words would be exchanged between y’all but besides that’s y’all just enjoy each other’s embrace.
Y’all do end up staying most of the night. The plan was to leave a little after the slow dance after y’all had finished talking to everyone. Y’all were gonna join Ace and his date do a double movie date at their house. But everyone insisted y’all stay
So y’all end up staying bc luckily enough this is when y’all are named prom king and queen, it’s was mostly sabo who won but everyone still voted you too bc let’s be honest y’all are still a perfect couple.
But after the crowning y’all basically said your thanks you and all that then snuck off with Ace and his date to crash at their place.
It was a very active night with you and sabo talking with everyone and then being named prom king and queen. And as always to end a very active night, the 2 of y’all cuddle in each other arms and just savor the embrace of each other.
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Monkey D. Luffy
Very spontaneous with this one. You don’t even know your going with him until like 3 days before. And he didnt event bother to ask you, someone brought up the question in which Luffy answered, “Oh, I’m taking s/o.” Never once did you hear anything about it
But although you had 3 days to buy a dress and schedule hair and make up appointments, you went anyways. A party with Luffy and the Strawhats, no way your were gonna miss out on this.
Now Luffy’s not as romantic as his brothers but he’s knows that he at least has to take you out to dinner, he mostly heard that from Grap and the others. However Garp seemed to forget to see Luffy when. But you got into the car you thought he just simply forgot, but it wouldn’t till after dance would he take you.
The dance it’s was a whole experience. You wouldn’t expect any less tho. With the strawhats involved it always a party that either ends in 2 ways: 1- in disaster or 2- not a planned at all.
To start of with, somehow they were able to find the alcohol?? Which shouldn’t even be on the school grounds?? And they were already drinking it like no tomorrow. Zoro was on his 5th glass already and Nami was in a drinking contest
Brook took control of the Dj booth was just playing songs at random, ‘big green tracker’ by Jason aldean then ‘kiss me more’ by Doja cat, then some classical track
Usopp and Franky were doing god knows what. Something to do with the lightings or something. Making the dance floor much more like a club. Sanji was chancing off a group of girls around the floor, and then finally Robin and Chopper were just in the back enjoying the food
They were all over the place but it’s what makes them the life of the party. Even though they were all over the place and doing their out think, Luffy was jumping around everywhere too but he still knows that y’all are on a date, so where ever he goes you follow behind.
This prom is definitely going down in school history. There is no way that people won’t be talking about it. Anything to do with the Strawhats goes down in history.
Of course unlike the others, y’all end up partying all night long and then crashing at some restaurants Luffy promised he’d take you. Although it wasn’t much of a prom date, you still enjoyed the time you spent with the others. And Luffy made sure to keep you close to his side all night long.
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Trafalgar Water D Law
Law was that one cool senior, who had like a cool car and all that. With that being said, you were his 1 year younger lover. So while he doesn’t go to school anymore, he was still your date to prom.
Practically the talk of the school when y’all arrive, not because y’all are still dating but mostly because you were able to keep up with someone like him. With Law being cool he was still kinda a jerk, so having you with him was a relief
So law may be a jerk but he’s is a romantic one at least. Like sabo, he picks you up and gives you a bunch of flowers, he not to social with your parents but they are still cool with him. Then take you out to dinner
At dinner you joke about how he just left high school and now he’s back and how awkward it would be to see his old teachers. Of course, he doesn’t care. Law was more curious to see how the night played out. His senior year he didn’t go to prom so it’s the first with you.
When y’all first get to the party, Law’s pretty much glued to your side. Not because he find it awkward and uncomfortable but he just doesn’t know anyways besides the teachers. So you take him around and introduce him to all your friends.
Whether you introduced a boy or girl, Law kept a hand on you the whole time, almost as a way of saying that your his. This is when you first realized just how intimidating Law is. He really does seem to only have a soft spot for you. So when it come to dancing, Law stood near the wall letting you enjoy the dance floor with your friends without him.
He made sure to scare of any boy who got to close tho, as he watched you with such an intense gaze. However once the slow dance come on that all changed. You dragged Law out to the dance floor where y’all were both surrounded by a bunch of other couples.
Surprisingly for how much Law doesn’t say he’s not a good dancer he was amazing when it came to the slow dance. He was such a passionate dancing too, but so much love in the dance. With y’all’s hands intertwined and his hands resting on your hip and yours on his shoulder, the 2 of y’all swayed back and forward.
However once the slower dance was over, y’all really had no other reason to stay. So you law and a few other friends snuck out and just crashed at some bar where y’all celebrated both prom and graduation that was coming up soon.
Although Law already graduated, he would never miss an opportunity to share a drink and few heated kisses between his tipsy lover.
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dilfhaljordan · 3 years
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y’know, i think i might’ve realized why so many people gravitate towards batfam instead of flashfam
to the extent of my knowledge, most of the flashfam are related to each other either biologically or by marrying (to clarify i’m talking specifically abt pre52 flashfam rn since i haven’t actually read any of the new52 yet). you have:
barry allen, the flash
iris west, barry’s wide
wally west, iris’ nephew
linda park, wally’s wife
don and dawn allen, iris and barry’s children in the 30th century
jenni ognats, the daughter of don and jeven ognats
bart, the son of dawn and meloni thawne, making him jenni’s cousin and wally’s first cousin once removed (i think so anyways i’m not sure)
owen mercer, bart’s half-brother
thaddeus thawne II, bart’s clone and technically his twin/brother
jai and irey west, linda and wally’s kids
pretty much the only ones who aren’t biologically related in any sense are jay and joan garrick, who imo act like barry’s parents, and also temporarily had bart in their care for a while
of course, this isn’t including people like jesse chambers, max crandall, johnny chambers, etc. bc i’m mostly going through the family tree, however they are very close friends/allies who are generally considered as part of the flashfam
ANYWAYS, like i said, that list of people? they’re all biologically connected in some way, or in linda + joan + iris’s cases, they married in.
now let’s look at the batfam, which is made up almost entirely of non-biologically related people (once again, not taking into account close friends such as babs and steph):
alfred pennyworth, the wayne’s butler and the man who raised bruce (along with leslie thompkins)
bruce wayne, batman
dick grayson, bruce’s first son
jason todd, bruce’s second son
tim drake, the third son
cassandra cain, bruce’s one and only daughter
damian wayne, son of bruce and talia al ghul, and the only member with any sort of blood relation to bruce
talia al ghul, who isn’t generally considered a part of the batfam (thanks to morrison ruining her entire character smh) but was once married to bruce
this list also doesn’t take into account close friends/allies like stephanie brown, barbara gordon, selina kyle, etc. bc none of them are official members of the family, though they are counted as family by most people (including me). again, these are the official members of the batfam
it’s pretty common knowledge that the batfam is the most popular family in the entire dc franchise. the fanworks alone go to show that, and dc isn’t much better when it comes to that. it can be hard to figure out why, since the batfam can be so messed up sometimes, especially compared to the flashfam, which imo is one of the most openly loving and caring families in dc. despite that, the flashfam fandom is like a single speck of dust compared to the batfam fandom, which can honestly be really frustrating bc they deserve more recognition, but i digress
anyways, the main difference between these two families?
blood relations.
okay, let me explain. here’s the thing—the batfam fandom is mostly made up of people that are queer, neurodivergent, mentally ill, or maybe just don’t have that great of a home life. this post explains it much better than i ever could, but the general gist is that these people love the concept of found family since they usually don’t have an amazing relationship or are rejected by their blood family, and the batfam is built on found family. like i said, the only people related by blood are bruce and damian—everyone else is a) adopted or b) close enough to the family that they’re considered part of it (think steph, babs, alfred, etc.)
now, i’m pretty sure that the batfam is the only family that’s pretty much completely found family (with the exception of lanternfam, but hal, kyle, jess, simon etc. don’t fall into archetypal roles like the dad, the brother, the uncle, etc. so i feel like that plays a big role in why the lanternfam isn’t nearly as popular + the fact that most people just don’t really seem to care about them). most of dc’s other families are blood related—and this includes flashfam, which i think it actually the family that has the most blood-related members in it.
here’s the thing—some of the members of the flashfam absolutely do play at least a little bit into found family. take bart, for example—he travelled back in time from the future. iris couldn’t take care of him bc she couldn’t spoil future events for the others (i think so anyways i’m not too sure), wally was nowhere prepared to mentor a kid who was so much like him, so max was the one to take him in, and they ended up having an amazing father-son relationship, and they weren’t related to each other, either.
still, despite definitely having more healthy relationships than the batfam, most of the flashfam is blood-related, which is probably a huge part of why people gravitate towards the batfam—the idea of having a found family that, while dysfunctional and messy, is a family that loves each other, is really appealing towards people who are queer/neurodivergent/etc. not only that, a lot of the batfam members are unintentionally neurodivergent coded, which is another reason for the flashfam not being nearly as popular (though i firmly believe that most if not all speedsters are adhd i mean just look at bart’s 90s solo comic but that’s not the point)
of course there’s also the fact that dc just loves promoting the batfam for whatever reason...most of the dc animated movies have batman + nightwing in them, and god whenever i scroll down to movies that have ‘batman’ in their title on my tv list it’s so goddamn long...batman himself is one of the most well-known fictional characters ever, and while the flash is popular, it pales in comparison to batman. most forms of dc media have the batfam or at least bruce, alfred + dick or damian in them (batman and harley quinn, batman vs robin, the dcamu universe, etc.) while the flash...
i’m pretty sure barry’s the only one to really consistently appear in any sort of dc media that isn’t comics, but the one movie that could be considered a flashfam movie is justice league: the flashpoint paradox and even then i feel like it’s a stretch. other than that, all i can think of if wally making some cameos in the 2003 teen titans cartoon + his appearances in ttg. even in video games, there’s no bart, no jay, no max—only barry as the flash and wally as kid flash, even if the timeline doesn’t make sense
so yeah. that’s my reasoning for why the batfam is so much more popular than the flashfam
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carothehotmess · 2 years
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Thoughts on the first three episodes of Stranger Things 4 (without any specific spoilers):
1. Holy shit the horror movie aspect went WAY up. Like the previous seasons obviously had some jump scares and the classic “scary” scenes but not like this. I would describe the series like this: Seasons 1-3: Thrillers with a few horror elements Season 4 part 1: Horror with some unsettling elements.
2. I LOVE the exploration of Max. Her background, her life outside of the main plot activities. I also like that they are allowing her to grieve, to struggle, to not be okay, to have some personality changes as her mental health changes. And we get to see how this plays out with her relationships with the others, which is great.
3. I also really like how they split the Hawkins squad up. I obviously love seeing all of them working together and solving shit, but the introduction of generic high school stuff as reasons for some friction and division? Way more realistic and relatable than just little arguments over dating (looking at you season 3- not Will so much as the other three).
Its clear that at their core, each of the HS (hawkins squad) are still bonded, through trauma as well as just generally caring about each other, but it also makes it obvious that as they grow up, these kids evolve and become interested in different stuff. And even though sometimes it interferes with their time together, thats okay as long as these diverging interests don’t change who they really are, or who they are to each other.
4. Not gonna lie, at first I was very concerned with the direction they were going with El. This episode (403) ended with her being kinda redirected back to “good” by bringing back that uh… familiar face. So I’m not as worried as I was but I really did start the season thinking they were going to do a complete 180 with her character arc so hopefully that doesn’t happen.
5. The big bad doesn’t feel so repetitive, in part bc of those horror elements but also bc of the distance between the characters and the various storylines happening simultaneously. Not having El start off in Hawkins kinda brings it back to Season 2 vibes, when she didn’t come into play (with the main villain I mean) until the second to last episode. This season is obviously a different situation but still- it adds some variation and a change of pace, which is more engaging in my opinion.
6. Joyce and Murray are exceptional together. Their chemistry and comedic timing is superb and provides some much needed levity from the aforementioned horror parts. I did find their storyline a little bit frustrating at times, just because Joyce’s actions didn’t really seem to mesh with the overprotective manic Joyce from most of the show, but I think the circumstances allow for the dissolution of disbelief on that one.
7. On other pairs: love seeing the continuation of the Steve and Robin friendship, and their increased comfort and familiarity with each other is so very apparent to anyone watching. The tension between some of the West Coast Crew (WCC) is also particularly telling, and I’m hoping they follow up on one of those storylines in particular. Not super interested in whatever Jonathan’s got going on though- his friend is funny but like mostly irrelevant and derailing to the plot as far as I’m concerned.
8. This is honestly my main takeaway from the season so far: whatever every other actor did to piss off the hairstylists, Joe and Sadie didn’t do it. Maya either but I think thats mostly because itd be hard to mess hers up too badly. Steve’s hair looks great as always but it looks even better when compared to…. Literally everyone else’s hairstyles. And Max just keeping the long hair is both great for her features, not an eyesore, and also very in keeping with her character.
Okay thats all I got for now!
Going to try to sleep and not be haunted by that nightmare creep thats my new most traumatizing fictional monster.
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How I would rewrite Teen Titans
I'm not actually probably going to write this, this would just be the direction I would have taken the show if I had the choice.
My version will have 6 seasons and 2 movies.
Season 1
The exact same, only maybe have Robin and Starfire get together at the end.
I don't really have any major problems with this season
Season 2
Pretty much the same except build up Raven's friendship with Beast boy more e.g. show her supporting him after Terra's gone both times or have her have a moment with him in Titan rising.
Season 3
Oh boy. A lot. I want to change a lot. First of all I want the tone to be a lot more like Deception. Have both Robin and Starfire as his secondaries instead of switching it to just Robin, so they balance eachother out with Robin being harsh and arguing with Cyborg while Starfire is gentle and supportive with him even though she isn't happy about his decision, this would also mean Robin and Starfire's relationship could be built up and tested, whether or not they're dating.
Second of all, motivations, this is my main problem with the season, I think it would have been far better with better motivations from the main hero and villian. Brother Blood has so much potential but since he has such vague motivations and we don't know what he wants he becomes far less interesting, they tried to recreate the Slade and Robin dynamic and it really didn't work. So I would have Blood less focused on Cyborg and more focused on his crime school before beginning to get more annoyed at the Titans for getting rid of his schools. I would have his main motivation to be something generic but believable like using his students to take over the world and using Cyborg as a stepping stone to do it. As for Cyborg I would use the theme they originally introduced in Deception, his struggle with his robot and human sides, and not have it resolved in one episode but rather the whole season, take away his whole 'I want to be a leader' thing and Brother Blood being 'his villian" and instead have him join the Titans East to get back his blueprints which wouldn't be retrieved in Wavelength.
Also have more focus on the og Titans when Cyborg's away to show how it's effecting them.
I would also have Sarah Simms show up at some point in this season and cut out the thing with Jinx in Deception and Sarasimm in Cyborg the Barbarian later on, make it one sided. Maybe have had Cyborg argue with Sarah at the start and be reminded of her by Sarasimm so he goes back to apologise.
That was long, sorry, there's just so much wasted potential in Season 3.
Season 4
Make this season 5. Now this is a massive change but it would be so much better, season 5 felt very anticlimactic after season 4, so if it is instead put before season 4, with a few tweaks it would work a lot better. This would also mean the stakes would be raised each season.
So the changes, so many to make.
First of all have the same episode structure as all the other seasons, some plot, some filler, it's just a better format.
Secondly make the Brotherhood of evil smaller and also have the main villians be on a council instead of the Brain ruling them all (think V.I.L.E. from Carmen Sandiego) this will add more spice to the villians as the brain being the main villian with everyone else as his got boring due to his utter lack of charisma.
Make the Doom Patrol come later on in the season.
Have newer Titans show up in more than one episode to allow them to develop friendships with eachother and so the team up at the end of the season feels more natural. Season 5's finale would also come as more of an emotional gut punch if we saw all the other teams frozen after Trigon takes over.
Season 5
I wouldn't change a huge amount, just a few little tweaks.
Have more emphasis on Slade and I still don't want to redeem him, I think he should stay bad.
Make Raven and possibly Trigon less powerful. I know this sounds strange but a problem I've always had with season 4 is how it treated the other Titans, except from Robin they were mostly didn't do anything about the plot. Have them at least do some damage to Slade and the army when they show up at the tower so they don't seem really weak for example have them used against eachother and defeated one by one so they seem less useless.
Also have the powers Raven has given them have a small effect on Trigon, which gives them some hope (this could be mentioned by Robin in his later conversationwith Raven)
Put more emphasis on Raven's relationship with Beast Boy and have him be another secondary who she comes to for comfort, giving the penny and beast form more meaning later on.
I would also have Starfire, Beast boy and Cyborg have to team up together to beat each of their evil selves instead of just switching.
For defeating Trigon I have a few very specific ideas, have Raven try to defeat him on her own but fail in the final blast in her speech but then look at the penny, take her friends hands as they stand in a circle and all say Azerath Metrion Zinthos together, emitting a huge wave of white light and defeating Trigon together, Raven later saying she couldn't have done it without them.
Also during the start of the second part of the finale have a montage of everyone else frozen in stone before going back to the Titans.
That was a lot for just a few tweaks but oh well.
Season 6
The Starfire season, yay.
Now, I'm not entirely sure what I would do for this season but I have a vague outline and a few ideas.
Have the season focus on Starfire with both Robin and Raven as her secondaries with a subplot about Raven and Beast Boy.
I would have Slade come back working for the Gordanians as a mercenary who has been told to come to Earth and recapture Starfire for them as the first plot episode and the thing that kicks everything off because I just love this idea so much.
I would keep the same format as the rest of the series still, but maybe throw in a couple of space adventures.
I would have a more deep exploration of Tamaran's lore and culture as well as Blackfire's return, maybe as the season's main villian or working with the season's main villian or perhaps just for one episode but I think it would be good to have her back.
I would have the finale have the whole universe at stake, maybe giving the Gordanians or some other bigger alien race we're introduced to later on in the season (perhaps the Psions) have dalek like motivations of wanting to get rid of anything that isn't them and either Starfire or Tamaran is the key to this.
Slade once again doesn't redeem himself and gets away.
That's all I have for that.
Movie 1
Be like a Trouble in Tokyo but for Raven and Beast boy, I have no ideas apart from this.
Movie 2
Have a movie to wrap everything up with Slade.
Have all of the extended Titans help out on this with a focus on Jericho and Ravager.
Have a huge final battle with a lot of personal stakes and have Slade finally captured.
Have a cute little flash forward scene at the end, possibly with all the Titan's children taking over and showing how they've all grown.
Tada!!!
So that's the end and WOW did it take forever to write that.
Hope you enjoyed reading it and feel free to add anything on.
I might do more little rewrite things later, not as long as this bc this took me like half an hour but episodes or other shows or books because this was actually quite fun.
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Translation of Anna Kasterova’s live interview on 5/29/20.
Thanks to my amazing Gino Anon, the entire interview is translated below the cut. Final word count, btw, is 2405 so like, send big thanks their way. Holy shit! 
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Anna got sick few days before the interview. Not covid, just a cold, that later turned into otitis. It was very painful, but now she’s feeling way better, though she still has some trouble hearing with her left ear. They talk a bit about the weather in Miami (it’s been raining there for a few days, but it’s still pretty hot). Igor asks if they’re allowed to swim during the quarantine. Anna says that the 1/ 
beaches were recently open, but there are obviously rules about keeping the safe distance. “Is Zhenya a good swimmer?” “Yeah, he’s great. He’s spending a lot of time with Nikita, teaching him how to swim. More in the pool though, than in the ocean.” “How do you and Zhenya feel about the latest news in NHL?” “I think, the idea is pretty good. Everyone has been waiting on some news about this season. I asked Zhenya if he preferred for the season to be cancelled. He said, he wanted to finish it 2/ 
properly. This season has been great for him, he’s in a great shape. And even though he hasn’t been skating for 2 months, he’s still been training pretty hard, running, roller skating and he didn’t lose his shape.” She thinks everything is turning pretty good so far and it’s great that the teams will have a time for training camps and a chance to go to playoffs.“In your opinion, were the players mentally prepared to continue the season?” “I think, those, who genuinely want to go to playoffs, 3/ 
have been working very hard to be ready, when the time comes. But, for sure, there are some players, who spent more time relaxing, rather than training. A lot of teams are asking their players to come back and start training on the ice and not all of the players follow their instructions.” “What are the rules about practice right now? Are they allowed to train in groups or…?” “There are no details about it yet. It haven’t even been decided yet, what cities will be chosen as Hub cities. So far 4/ 
the coaches are asking players to stay in shape. They have video calls together, where they go through different footage every time. But, as far as I understand, the organization and the coaching staff are ready for the players to come back.” “How do the players feel about the new rules for playoffs this season?” “No negative feelings. They’ve been under a lot of mental pressure, not knowing anything about the season and the playoffs. Everything seems pretty logical and they’re very happy to 5/ 
get back on ice and to have a chance to fight for SC.” “Is there any inside information about what cities will be chosen as Hubs?” “No one knows anything for sure. But I know that they’re very carefully considering epidemiological situation in the cities and will choose the safest options. ” *I SUCK at translating hockey terminology from Russian to English, so I’m sorry if anything is incorrect.* “Do you think it would’ve been fairer to include the numbers of “play-in” (I have no idea what he 6/ 
means by “play-in”) as well as the Robin Rounds into the statistics of regular season? Because it would give the players, like Ovechkin and Panarin, and Malkin to gain more points.” “It’s a very difficult question. But I’m sure NHL and NHLPA have gone over all the possible scenarios and have chosen the best one.” “How has Geno been handling the quarantine?” “He’s been very calm and collected. He’s been doing great mentally, smiling and cracking jokes, and keeping us safe and happy.” “Why did 7/
your family (meaning Geno, Anna and Nikita) decide to do a covid testing in early April?” “I had a pneumonia in November and wanted to find out for myself, if it was covid-induced, if I had any antibodies for the virus. But all the testing came back negative. None of us had it.” “What books did you and Zhenya read during the quarantine?” “Zhenya likes to read fantasy books. He’s been reading “Quantum Warrior: The Future of the Mind” by John Kehoe.” “Does he read in English?” “No, in English 8/
he’s mostly watching TV shows.” “I was very impressed by the story, that after his 1st season in NHL, Zhenya hired Russian language and literature teacher.” “He’s had a lot of free time these past 2 months and he’s hired 2 tutors: English language tutor to work on his grammar and Russian language tutor. (*Sorry, I don’t know if I need to explain this, but Geno obviously knows how to speak Russian. What I think Anna means here, is that the pronunciation of the words in Russian changes depending9/
on where the person is from. Every region has its own accent. I think, what Geno is trying to do, is lose his Magnitogorsk accent and start to speak clearer Russian, like ppl in Moscow of St. Petersburg do.*) He has classes with his tutors Monday to Friday. I’m very happy for him.” One of Geno’s friends in Russia has been robbed recently. Igor is asking Anna, if they ever considered buying a gun, since it’s allowed in US. Anna says no, they feel safe and they live a good neighborhood. She 10/
doesn’t think it necessary or appropriate. They talk a bit about Ovi’s second child being born recently and if Geno and Anna are planning on having a second child any time soon. “Of course, we wouldn’t mind having another child. If it happens, we’ll be very happy. I would like to have a girl, though.” “What’s the best way to describe Zhenya’s and Ovechkin’s relationships today? Are they friends or rivals” “Both. And healthy rivalry is very important in order to reach their personal goals.” 11/
“When Caps and Pens play each other, is it possible for them to go have dinner after.” “No.” “What can you say about the relationships between Zhenya and Sidney Crosby? When we talked with Zhenya last year, he said very nice and kind things about him. Even though Zhenya is in Sid’s shadow a lot of the time.” “I can talk about it for hours. They push each other and make each other stronger. But they also can step in and do more than anyone, when the other is hurt and not playing. Off the ice, 12/
they are very good friends and they support each other. Have I ever thought about what his life would be like, if he was the only star player in a team? I think, he’d be the best player in the whole NHL. He’s very intelligent in terms of building a game, always plans 2-3 steps ahead. He’s very fearless in his game, very talented and vey multilateral player. He’s very unique. They won together THREE STANLEY CUPS! No one's saying Crosby is less talented. He’s an incredible player, he works very13/
hard every day. They are 2 number 1 players in this team. If Zhenya ever asked me if I’d like him to play in New York, f/e, I’d say, no. Pittsburgh is his city, his home. And management and coaching staff are also a very important part of team success. The relationship inside the team is very important. And Pens are the best in that, imo.” “You two watched Super Bowl at Sid’s place. What’s it like there?” “It’s a tradition. Every year Sid invites the team with their wifes/gfs/kids to watch 14/
Super Bowl. His gf Kathy does all the cooking. She’s a very geart person, very hospitable. *omg, this is the first time I hear any1 talking about Sid’s gf 😀, aww* Everyone on the team is very open, very kind, they are great guys. It’s the best thing about Pens. So we’re always happy to accept Sid’s invitation and we always have a great time.” “Do you want Nikita to become a hockey player?” “We’re not gonna push him to it. If it’s something he wants, sure. But I have big plans for his 15/
education. I’d like him to know 2 languages, (English) and Russian, especially grammar, not just being able to speak it freely. I’m studying with him and for an almost 4 yo he already knows quite a lot. And it’s always very hard for a child of a parent, who has achieved so much, to surpass that kind of success. And I don’t want my son to have this kind of pressure on him. I don’t want him to be known solely as “Malkin’s son”. For me it’s very important for him to get a good education and to 16/
choose his path in life.” “Talking about the tv series about Michael Jordan, would you like a bio series to be shot about Zhenya?” “I know he wants to act, in a tv series or in a movie. He talked about it many times. As for a biopic, of course I would like that. He has a huge success story. A man from a simple, working class family. It’s very expensive to play hockey. And he was so talented even in a young age, that his coaches would sometimes bring him a puck, or a stick, or a uniform, for 17/
free. Add to that a story about him finally getting to NHL.” “Zhenya said once in an interview, that you fight sometimes about him not being open enough w/ you, not sharing his problems etc. Has it changed during the quarantine?” “Everything’s been great during quarantine. During the season, he’s under a lot of pressure and always takes it hard if the team loses or if he doesn’t score. Right now he’s very calm and happy, and everything is great.” A question about a conflict around Geno having18/
a USA passport (a lot of people in Russia, his celebrity friends especially, weren’t happy with that, and judged him for that). What does Anna think about it? “He’s a patriot. He loves his country and his city. We were in a hopeless situation, when I needed to get all the documents ready ASAP, and we needed to get married, and him having a US passport would speed that up. You could say, he did it for me. On the other hand, America is his 2nd home. He spends here more time than in Russia. He’s19/
been working here for years. Why is that such a big problem? It’s not like he turned his back on Russia or anything.” Then she talked about Geno’s donation to families in Magnitogorsk, who suffered bc of explosion that happened there in December 2018, and how much he gives to his community in Russia, that ppl don’t know about, bc he prefers not to advertise it. Then Igor keeps asking political questions and Anna is getting more and more irritated by them. Geno publicly supported Putin’s 20/
reelection whenever that was, and interviewer is asking whether him having an American passport is appropriate, considering that he’s a part of Putin team? “Why is it inappropriate? America and Russia are not enemies. Yes, there are some unresolved political issues. They are 2 huge countries, of course they will always feel threatened by each other. But I don’t see any serious political confrontation. Maybe bc we’re in US right now. But Zhenya has a great respect for his president. *bleh, I 21/
don’t like Putin. I know, she has to say nice things about him, bc as long as Geno is a part of Team Russia and wants to have a life in Russia, they can’t be openly against him. But both Geno and Anna don’t strike me as ppl, who will support Putin’s ideals. Sorry for me butting in w/ my opinion*” Question about Geno’s new diet after 18-19 season. “He never drinks alcohol during season. He doesn’t eat potatoes anymore. It’s very hard to cook him a soup w/o any potatoes in it. No sweet things,22/
no gluten. Now before games, he eats gluten-free pasta.” “Is he very superstitious? Do you try to wean him off some of them?” “No, if it makes him feel comfortable, why would I do that?” She declined to name any of them, bc it’s a personal thing for Geno. “Do you put in any work in Zhenya’s image and style?” “I think so, a bit. His sense of style has become better, his taste in literature.” “Zhenya’s favorite music?” “Russian pop-music mostly.” Question about Geno’s gaming habits. Anna 23/
doesn’t try to control him or tell him not to play, bc for him these computer games are a way to relax. She doesn’t mind. It’s his personal time. He doesn’t have his computer in Miami, so he found another way to spend time – studying with his tutors. Question about Olympics. “Yes, he’d like to win a gold medal with Team Russia, when the time comes.” He doesn’t feel jealous about Datsyuk or Kovalchuk, who have an Olympic gold. “Do you think, Zhenya’s last hockey season before retirement will 24/
be in Magnitogorsk?” “Sure, I don’t see why not. He’s very grateful for everything Metallurg gave him and it would seem logical for him to come back there before retiring.” “What is Zhenya’s biggest motivation right now?” “He’s very self-critical (she means Geno’s words about his skills in 18-19 season). He always has a high bar for himself and je always tries to reach it.” Question about Geno reaching 1000 pts. “It was a very big moment for us and a big win for him. He was very inspired 25/
by it and it gave him a lot of self-confidence.” ‘Was Zhenya mad about not making NHL’s 100 players list?” “I was. I was very angry. But he knows his value and what he’s achieved as a player. But it was very strange for me.” “Who do you think Zhenya wil be after his career ends? And how will your life together change? Will you spend more time in Russia or in US?” “It’s a tough question. I imagine a house by the lake, in Russia, with kids and, later, grandkids. With a big fireplace. I think, 26/
after finishing his career, we’d like to travel a bit. But I don’t know. It’s something you should ask him.”
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hey hey hey!! i’m jay (he/him), and i’m here live to bring robin penn to the scene. he’s your run of the mill uber progressive film bro whose interests include whole foods, organically-rolled joints, and being the wokest person in the room. more info below the cut, and feel free to message me if you wanna plot :))
( avan jogia, cis male, he/him ). hey, isn’t that [ ROBIN PENN ] walking down bennington street? i think the [ 25 ] YEAR OLD [ FILMMAKER ] is from [ CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO ]. i’ve heard some rumors down at ginger’s, saying that they're [ SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND GUARDED ], but then again they’re known to be [ CHARMING AND INNOVATIVE ].  either way, they seem to be interesting, hope they’ll stick around.
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full name: robin chatura penn
place and dob: cherry hills village, co on november 23rd, 1994 (did i do that math right oh god) 
sexuality: pansexual
zodiac sign: sagittarius
hogwarts house: gryffindor
parallels: kyle scheible (lady bird), vanessa abrams (gossip girl), elliot alderson (mr. robot), miss grotke (recess), tyler durden (fight club), kate stratford (10 things i hate about you), diane nguyen (bojack horseman), jay gatsby (the great gatsby) 
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okay so! first thing to know about robin is that he’s hella disingenous about his background, so even though this is like ~ the truth ~ he’s definitely told your character something different (although he tries to mention his past as little as possible, mostly just sprinkles tidbits that he knows he can keep up) when they ask 
but with that being said !!! robin penn grows up in upper class suburbia and it’s the thing he hates the most about himself. he’s the third of five kids so he’s got huge middle child syndrome, but also since his parents had like four other kids to show off they were kind of content with him doing his own thing? so he becomes the black sheep of the penn family easily, and is also kind of the outcast of his entire neighborhood? but i mean, they looked down on him and at the same time he looked down on them from his high horse of progressivism, so it was all very mutual
but growing up without any tangible people to relate to isn’t all bad, because it’s how he discovers movies! he watched every classic there is pretty quickly and moved onto niche foreign films, which is why he’s now so well-versed in like absurdist french films from the late 80′s when nobody else gives a fuck
he makes his first film at fifteen and uploads it to youtube, where it does fairly well!! it by now means makes him a viral sensation or anything, but it’s successful enough to make him a god amongst the outcasts and artsy types at his high school. this is where a lot of his ego and confidence and “i’m woker than you” complex gets super intensified, because the kids he was surrounded by were all entitled rich preps who were like ~wow you know about the war in iran~ and loved to put him on a pedastal of knowing so much about the world and being such an activist when he’s really just another left-leaning anarcho-socialist
his parents try for like .2 secs to convince him that the film industry is unreliable and not the best to go into, but he obviously doesn’t listen so they cough up some money and send him off to usc
and finally!! he is free from his upbringing!! he can be whoever he wants!! so that’s exactly what he does. i’ll just insert this portion of my app in bc i think it encapsulates it pretty well: and this is where robin 2.0 begins. it’s not that he’s ashamed of where he comes from - except that, well, yes he is. he hates the idea of making all these pictures about oppression and class struggle only to come from the dictionary definition of affluent privilege. so he doesn’t lie, necessarily, but he does borrow some storylines from the thousands of movies he’s seen in his life. at freshman orientation he comes from a poor village in east india; at a party downtown he’s from the wrong side of the tracks in the bronx; and at a local art gallery, where he first meets raphael brooks, he’s from a broken home on the outskirts of san francisco. he is the writer of his own life, able to keep each storyline perfectly separate, and he doesn’t say a word to anyone when he goes back to his million-dollar estate in the hills of colorado
he does well at film school, he makes some pretty decent films and because of his charming and magnetic nature he gets a good bit of job offers that would have him staying in la BUT he’s like “fuck that, la is superficial and pretentious and i’m gonna go to new york and make REAL art”
so he does, kind of? i’m literally so tired asfjkaslj i’m sorry i’m just gonna copy and paste more from my app, fuck original wording all my homies hate original wording: new york is everything he imagined it to be and yet nothing like it at all. he’s a stranger in this city all over again, and while that excites him as far as being able to craft a new character for himself, it also means he’s starting from scratch. and while everyone in california is obsessed with the glitz and glamour of movies, it feels like robin’s style of grit and provocativeness is the status quo amongst new york filmmakers. he finds himself resorting back to that rich boy attitude buried deep within him, wanting to be worshipped for his artistry and originality without wanting to put in any of the work. it’s been months now since he’s been able to beat this lazy streak and start on a new project, and it’s left him relying on asking his parents for rent money while telling everyone he’s just raking in an income from old and new projects alike. still, now that he’s in this rut, he can’t help but pass the days and wonder: is this it for him? is he a one-hit wonder only capable of regurgitating what everyone around him has already produced, or is there still a story inside of him to tell?
that’s it, i think !! i’m sorry i’m functioning on so little sleep, feel free to message me with any questions or concerns or complaints or PLOTS very excited to get started, xoxoxo
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ok well, having watched die hard 6 months late, i guess i officially have some takes.
first of all, what i really liked about the movie was the way that everything was set up for the ending really early on. during the exposition, there were a few things that happened--argyle deciding to stay in the limo, for instance--that pinged my radar immediately as oh, that’s gonna be important. some things that hardly even registered to me when they happened, like ellis’s (?) comment about the watch he gave holly, came back to play a part in the ending in a surprisingly satisfying way. basically, amateur film writers take note: that’s how you set up a goddamn story.
as with a lot of films in this genre, it was pretty basic cop propaganda, but i guess that’s something that you have to look past when going through “the greats.” goes without saying that i prefer bruce willis as harry stamper, because armageddon is objectively the best movie of all time, but at the end of the day, it could probably have been a lot worse. some things felt a little forced, naturally. karl surviving what i was previously considering one of the most gruesome deaths of the movie so that sgt. al could get a crowning moment of awesome after it seemed there was finally a lull in the shooting, was one. again, though, it’s an action movie, and there was action. al was one of my favorite parts of the film, so i’m glad he got to have that scene... even if his big character development ended up being “this cop who shot a kid on duty and subsequently couldn’t bring himself to use a gun..... is alright with shooting people again.” 
in action movie land, that’s just the kind of shit you’ve gotta be okay with in the name of hey, at least there’s emotional development going on here.
usually when i watch movies, if i’m gonna get really into it, it’s gotta have at least one person i find absurdly attractive and can fixate on at all times. now, john mcclane with his cowboy attitude and pre-balding bruce willis hair wasn’t hard on the eyes in any way, but i’ll be real: alan rickman stole the fuckin’ show in that category. he plays an EXCELLENT villain (what’s the robin hood movie he’s in? i totally need to watch that), and there was something super alluring about his “gentleman thief” thing, even while he was being a totally unforgivable dick. admit it; i can’t have been the only person who ever thought this. honestly, i think the minority is probably the people who watched this movie and didn’t get a little bit of a hard-on for snape.
projecting? maybe. 
actually, on the subject of people attractive enough to keep my interest in this movie, i did find myself looking forward to any scenes containing the hacker theo, who i was (pleasantly) surprised to find as the only one of the terrorists who made it to the end. at least, i think so. did we ever see what happened to him?
probably didn’t help that i was watching this on network tv and they totally cut parts for commercial breaks and so forth. absolutely my fault bc i definitely have the dvd, but let’s blame them.
anyway, overall i just thought it was a basically good movie. i enjoyed seeing william atherton and twinkies appear in the same film again--always nice to have ghostbusters cast reunions. 
in the end, die hard isn’t my favorite movie ever made or anything, but i can see myself making it a christmas tradition, mostly because there aren’t a ton of other christmas movies i like. some of the kids ones are good, but overall... eh. 
that’s it for now. 
yippie kay yea, mother fucker.
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Im not updated enough w the ships but did stony get wincested? I mean like. In the SPN fandom the biggest ship if not only at first was wincest, and then a new ship appeared called destiel and totally overpowered it? Thered be the common drama of ship wars but i wanted to know if thats what happened?
lol I guess!?!?! Kind of. I don’t think it was so much of an overpowering as it was a massive butting of heads. SteveTony is still a very big ship but Stucky is also a very popular ship though fairly new since most of it stems only from MCU. Kind of different than a ship encompassing only a TV show.
So here’s what happened. The full damned story. Probably fft. its gonna be a long one folks so strap in. This isn’t really a call out but if you were curious as to why there’s so much damned fighting in the marvel fandom over really dumb shit this is an unbiased as possible explanation. Beware. I think the whole thing is dumb but I got some extra time right now.
Back in 2006 and 2007 Marvel Comics decided to have an event. You probably heard about it and they made a big movie about it. Civil War. Civil War was promoted as being a huge rift that cut down through the lines of the Marvel 616 Universe. Do you register and be accounted for your actions as a super human, or do you protect the privacy of yourself and your loved ones in an effort to fight without the limitations of government and the fear you might be policed and punished just for having powers AND put your family at risk of Supervillains (many who are tech geniuses) accessing your information and attacking your loved ones.
That was the premise. What it ended up being was a huge divorce between Steve and Tony. Like LEGIT it read as this HUGE divorce. They’ve fought many times before but they always sort of end up back together as buds. Now as fandom we took that full stop as they are clearly in love. They are divorced.
And now Steve is dead. LETS FIX IT. So since 2006-2007 a huge wave of new fans started writing fanfic. Started doing fanart. We got horny Commander Rogers when Steve eventually came back. Tony wiped his brain and we got fics from that. Steve creates his own team and refuses to give Thor and Tony to Luke to use as Avengers.
Then in 2008 Iron Man 1 is released. A bit later Captain America is released. Having known about the comics before and the rift between the two this is where yours truly gets involved. *Smash bros voice LYDIA HAS ENTERED THE HORNY GAME* 
Captain America being released is also I believe the start of Steve/Bucky. Because in this universe Bucky isn’t a small child/teenager (A Robin to Cap’s Batman) so its less gross. (All things being honest I definitely drew bottom steve with young Bucky hohoho ho)
So then in 2012 Avenger 1 is released. And there’s a fresh wave of MCU fans. A lot came over from being 616/Ultimates fans but a lot were brand spanking new fans. 
And then Winter Soldier was released. And it was a big gay romance between Cap and Bucky and the power of LOOVE!!!! AND FRIENDSHIPP!!!!!! Like in the WInter Soldier comics Steve has to use a cosmic cube to free Bucky’s mind and in the movie all it took was Steve Can-do attitude and his pure kokoro.  Its great.
However. This is when TENSIONS RISE. Stucky being a relatively new ship and SteveTony being a fairly old ship have one common denominator and that’s Steve. And its the typical well this ship is better than that ship. This ship is older than that ship. This ship has more MEANING than that ship. This ship is PROBLEMATIC. And its been going on to this day. It escalated again when Civil War came out. Becaus Civil War is supposed to be a Steve movie but reads as an Avengers movie. But the big point of the movie is like in the comics the splitting of Steve and Tony. A big damned divorce. Now is that divorce a divorce because they can’t find a common ground, or is it that Steve’s love for Bucky over-rides his rational thought and makes him fairly hypocritical because well shit he just loves Bucky so much. He says it to Wanda “Rumlow said Bucky and I...”
It was a movie just asking for shipping wars to happen.
So that’s WHERE this stems from. But here’s the issue. I have no doubt there are plenty of SteveTony fans causing just as much shit as anyone else. But at least from my experience, the Stucky fans have been far and wide more aggressive in harassing artists, even artists who don’t speak English as a first language, harassing the actors, harassing the comic book writers and artists who don’t have anything to do with movies, claiming that they’re homophobic for wanting to have a story with Bucky (who is still in love with Natasha [and that’s a whole other ship war there]) team up with Hawkeye (who is also still mostly in love with Natasha) to hunt down Natasha. When the author said “Hey this story doesn’t have gay people in it unfortunately but here are a list of comics that have gay characters in it” they ignored them and continued saying they were being transphobic. Because the person happened to be a trans man and disagreeing with them was transphobia. Which had nothing to do with what had happened at all. They’re the same fans that in person and over radio harass Sebastian Stan so much that he has to hide who he’s dating. 
They’re the same types of fans who call me a hateful cunt (which..probably true lbr) but I haven’t done anything recently. They’re the types of fans who come up to me at a con and whisper “Are you a stucky or a stony fan” And I (Because I was raised right) tell them “Oh I like both but I have a preference for Stony”. And then the person walks away. I’ve had friends tell me of their own horror stories at artist alleys where Stucky fans will open a book (clearly labeled as stevetony) go “UGH GROSS” and then put it down.
They’re the types of fans who refuse to watch an Iron Man movie but will say things like “I wish Tony would get captured and tortured by Hydra so he would know what Bucky felt like” (Which...omg that’s literally the first 20 minutes of the first iron man and the start of the MCU my dude)
They’ve attacked Thorki (and other ships and don’t get me wrong I get why people would complain about Thorki. Thorki;s generally know and don’t care about those complaints)
They’ve made entire articles on CBR, on Polygon on other internet news pages, as editors they’ve had some feisty tweets that causes some fans to worry that storylines they were enjoying (ex: Bucky/Natasha’s relationship) will get lost and destroyed in favor of a ship.
Now generally. This isn’t anything unusual. These fans exist in every fandom. And I have Stucky friends, (My BFF, one of my coworkers) and we get along just fine. Because we’re old ass ladies who realize that a ship doesn’t define our life. I think Stucky has some of the most jaw droppingly beautiful artwork this fandom has produced.
They just unfortunately have a lot of bad apples that seem to have only time to hassle other people and try to tear down other fans and have the loudest voices.
Also I’m 1000000% not saying that SteveTony fans probably don’t start as much shit as the rest but from my experience and from what I’ve seen SteveTony fans only ever bitch about Stuckys after the fact. After they’ve been hassled or saw something that was really rude or very non-canon complaints (if that last bit makes sense)
Oddly enough it kind of died down a little with the MCU killing half of the cast including Bucky (he’ll be fine I’m sure). But occassionally someone gets a lot of built up energy and wants to come into my ask box and tell me that I’m an elitist shipper.
PERSONALLY. I like to think of SteveTony and Stucky as Coke and Pepsi. You’re going to have a preference for one or the other. And you’re either gonna tell the waiter “I’d rather have a water” instead of the opposite one that you like, just agree and order what they have bc honestly who cares its basically the same or you’re going to be rude to the waiter, complain the entire time, leave a bad review on yelp and not tip him.
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(27) First celebrity you think of when someone says attractive: Ahh man! Fvck me with a spoon twice daily! I’d have to say right now my blue eyed, tall and beyond handsome Tom Cavanagh. I like to call him “can have it all Cavanagh” bc he could have it all with me ;) (sorry not sorry)(77) Have you ever laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? Yeah... I did this mostly when I was way younger. I’ve had milk, soda (ouch), and water come out my nose. I have a bad habit of taking a drink at the worst time. lol I haven’t had this happen in years though. (99) Have you ever met someone who didn’t seem real?I took this two ways; real as in someone who is two-faced and real as in “oml! You’re right in front of me and I can’t believe you’re really here!” So...First way: I met one of my roommates in college who introduced herself as this high class holy roller. And I have no problem with people - like any person (unless you’ve done something illegal or amoral). But she had this attitude of she’s perfect and she puts God above everything and she has this lavish type lifestyle. So that put up red flags like right away; at least to me. I’ve always had this uncanny ability to tell when people are lying, upset, mad and such) I’ve been told I’m an empath (sounds like Phoebe from Charmed right??) but it’s true - shit you not! But anyway; she cane at me with this fake ass facade and I’m not about that. Just be real with me and I’ll be real with you. Btw turned out I was right; she was a s*x addict and got pregnant my last year there (her second year) and she was a pathological lier (diagnosed by a professional psychologist) Second way: I met Cary Elwes a few years ago. And if your not familiar with this dapper MF; than let me tell you about him. He played Weasley in the Princess Bride (my favorite movie in the whole world) and Robin Hood in Men in Tights. Yeah! He’s that man. I met him mega con in Orlando a few years ago and when he came out from behind the curtain I just about fell over. He asked me “are you alright?” I swooned so hard I couldn’t breathe. He gave me a hug and signed a photo for me (If y’all wanna see it let me know) and I got a picture with him on my phone. He is a true gentleman and just the sweetest. I’ll never forget that moment. So yeah! Thank you so much for sending an ask! I love talking with you all. :) You all can send in any questions y’all like. As my thing says I’m an open book! ❤️ - Steph
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hey there demons, it’s me, ya girl...again. and if you don’t know who i am, then my name is sam, she / her, 21, est timezone and i’m so excited to be here! i wasn’t feeling very inspired with luna so i decided to switch her out with an old favorite muse of mine! ( truly i......love this garbage can SO MUCH. ) that being said, let’s look at the theories! aka i’m a buzzfeed unsolved stan and parker’s intro will be under the cut, so feel free to give that a look and message me if you would like to plot!
「 DANIEL SHARMAN, CISMALE, 27, RISE AGAINST. 」┈ did you read that latest viral gossip issue on RILEY PARKER?  he is the LEAD GUITARIST in RENEGADE, one of my favorite HARDCORE PUNK groups. they’ve been releasing music for FIVE YEARS now, but viral gossip has only been talking about them for the last MONTH. get this, i think i heard HE COULD BE FACING JAIL TIME DUE TO AN ALTERCATION WITH PAPARAZZI. they’re known as the MISFIT of the music industry, since they have a rep for being DAUNTLESS but TEMERARIOUS, but who knows. maybe that will change once they become #1.
so, this guy right here...riley ignatius parker...will throw hands if you call him anything other than parker. it’s what everyone calls him. you gotta be really special to call him riley and not immediately get decked for it
parker was born to a wealthy family in a small but affluent village called alderley edge in cheshire, england. his family is stupid rich, hails from a long line of architects and business people. he spent his early years sheltered and pampered and homeschooled by tutors and nannies, so his parents never spent much time with him, but that’s okay because he never really got along with his parents anyway.
has an identical twin brother named rian who he never ever talks about mostly because they absolutely DESPISE each other. rian thinks parker is a disgrace to their family name, parker thinks his brother is a sheep who turned out exactly like their parents because he always did whatever they said without question. they haven’t seen each other in ages and for the longest time all their interactions have ended in ( usually physical ) fights anyway.
parker’s always been a HUGE TROUBLEMAKER with a restless nature and desire to ~be free~, so his wealthy, uptight, lowkey shady af parents who are obsessed with the family’s image could never really deal with him and eventually resorted to sending him off to boarding schools all over england, just one after the other bc ofc he kept getting kicked out for one reason or another. 
about the only thing he enjoyed about his childhood and schooling were his music lessons. he was taught to play piano, violin, and even the harp. other things like math and history and science didn’t come easily to him at all, but music? he was great at it, and he’s always loved it. during his teen years while away at boarding school was when he first procured an electric guitar and learned to play. along with that, he also discovered punk music, aka the greatest thing in the entire fucking universe if you ask him. far as music goes, he'd found his calling in his early teenage years, but it would take a while for that to really feel legitimate to parker.
he was basically that rebellious kid in all the movies who wore doc martens with his prim & proper school uniform and carried around a pocket knife and cut class to go smoke while vandalizing school property and would absolutely fuck up some prissy pretty boy’s face just for looking at him the wrong way.
literally the only reason he actually graduated rather than flunking out or getting kicked out of every fancy boarding school in the uk was because his father was able to pull some strings aka bought his very last boarding school a whole new library wing. parker did actually consider running away a few times, but there was a part of him really reaaaaally deep down that actually enjoyed some aspects of school ( though he very strongly believes many education systems across the world need a serious overhaul and blahblahblah don’t ask him unless you want a lecture ). anyway, the moment he was done with school, he did finally skip out on...well, everything and everyone and ditched the country altogether, heading out first to new york city for about two years, then california for the last seven.
he’s been completely independent of his parents since the age of 18 and hasn’t had any access to their money since they cut him off for basically running away from home and since renegade only recently hit it big, he’s probably still a little poor tbh.
and since moving to california he’s been jumping from disgusting apartment to disgusting apartment and from shitty job to shitty job. played in various bands on the side, mostly for fun and even sometimes as a frontman himself, but when he joined renegade about five years ago as the lead guitarist, he immediately knew that this was his place. parker absolutely loves being in the band and wouldn’t trade it for anything at all. that being said, the fame that’s sorta popped in out of nowhere in the past month ( ever since renegade signed with a major record label ) has been...something else. being that he’s from a prominent and wealthy family he’s quite used to attention, but he’s also one of those everyone in hollywood is so fake where’s the real people making real music types and seeing as he has a very very short temper...well, parker’s already got a reputation for being a bad boy and yeah, he actually kind of is. he’s especially not a big fan of the paparazzi and is known to be very rude with them and get into actual physical fights with them he will throw hands with a n y o n e i’m telling you. his most recent run - in with a photographer who wouldn’t leave him alone even after parker told him to fuck off a few times ended in him being charged with assault and battery. long story short, he beat the guy’s face in with his own camera. parker’s...eh about it. he doesn’t really care? if you ask him, the guy should’ve just left alone when he told him to and it’s not like parker hasn’t been to jail before. he’s a vandal, a thief, gets into fights more often than he breathes but hey he usually wins so there’s that
i think that’s all i have for backstory atm though i will update this post if i ever feel it necessary. anyway, onto personality!
looks like he could kill you and could actually kill you
that’s it that’s all you need to know
nah jk there’s actually a few more things! first off, he’s basically the living breathing personification of the jerk with a heart of gold tv trope. so, he seems like a major jerk most of the time and that’s because he kind of is. especially around hollywood people, he’s standoffish and snide and just all - around has a bad attitude. he’s very short tempered and impulsive af, but underneath all of that he’s actually an observant and caring person. like, he’s not very book smart but he’s good at reading people and WOW DOES HE FEEL EVERYTHING SO DEEPLY. he’s a ridiculously passionate person. he feels everything all the time. every emotion is felt in extremes and the one that’s usually most prominent? ANGER.
see, parker is just a very angry person because he’s seen the way things are in the world. he’s lived a life of wealth and unimaginable opulence, but then he’s also been so poor that he’s slept beside dumpsters in alleyways. there are so many people out there who need healing in so many ways and he’s seen it for himself so he knows it’s true. yet, nobody really seems to wanna help. so many people seem to be involved in activism for show or for good person points and he just he HATES it. he constantly wants to scream about all of the unfair things going on in the world and how much he wants to just make them better because he is actually a rather compassionate person when someone is in need.
like, he’s the type of guy who says thank you to waiters and janitors and average, working class people — though i imagine anyone who doesn’t know him very well would be surprised by that.
thinks robin hood was a guy with some great ideas
feminist af
extremely sarcastic
also extremely english. he talks with a very thick accent ( similar to how daniel sharman talks actually if you wanted that point of reference for some reason ) and yeah, he’s fulfilling a stereotype here but he doesn’t care — he loves a good cup of tea.
not usually one to initiate conversations but once he actually gets into talking he can be a pretty cool person to talk with. he actually has a lot to say about many different topics and if you can handle his constant like every other word swearing, then parker might just be your guy to have a deep af conversation with at 3am
along that deep af vein, he enjoys the songwriting process a lot and i imagine he’s very involved in it with renegade. he totally doesn’t seem like the type, but he’s got this old messy notebook that he takes with him everywhere and it’s just full of song ideas and other random things. it’s basically a physical manifestation of parker’s brain, so he’s probably not about to just hand it off to some random person. if you want notebook privileges then he’s gotta trust you that’s just how it is
also, a total lovesick fool when he's got a thing for someone — a soft but only for you type and it’s highkey cute af
doesn’t care much for wealth at all. he’s lived that life before, didn’t like it, and these days he’d rather wear his favorite old band shirt stained with motor oil and eat greasy diner food ( mostly french fries ) than have some grandiose celebrity experience. 
not the easiest person to befriend or be friends with, but if you do have him for a friend then guess what? you have him FOR LIFE. parker is super loyal — a true ride or die but don’t fuck it up with him because if you do he will hold a grudge forever
which reminds me: he’s got a motorcycle and HE LOVES IT. he pretty much built it himself from scratch and it’s just...it’s literally his child ok he will FREAK IF YOU TOUCH HIS MOTORCYCLE OK /F R E A K/ LIKE DON’T EVEN LOOK AT IT THE WRONG WAY
i feel like his reputation precedes him even though he hasn’t been around very long and that’s definitely thanks that messy altercation with the paparazzi. like, he literally beat this photographer up with his own fucking camera?? word has definitely gotten around and i think some people might be wary or even afraid of him?? 
though really aside from his short temper he really is and really tries to be a decent guy. anyone who knows him well would see that very clearly and honestly, that’s probably why they stick around even though he can be very difficult.
i think that’s probably enough from me for the moment, right? there’s probably some stuff i’m forgetting, but if i don’t get to a bio page then i’ll just edit this with anything else. i also don’t have a plot page yet but i definitely want all of the connections, so please do feel free to message me if you would like to plot! i’m so excited to write with you all!
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