AU Idea where Ambrosius never becomes a knight after meeting and talking to Ballister because his parents actually listened to him instead of forcing him to do something he didn't want to, only he promised he would marry a knight later and pass on their family name.

Then Ballister becomes a knight in training, as stated by the Queen herself, and him and Ambrosius become best friends because though he isn't a knight his mother still wants him to learn how to fight and defend himself, while his father and grandparents taught him how to care for a home (cooking, cleaning, etc.) and other people.

Then, the Director comes up with a plan.

See, Ambrosius marrying a knight will automatically get him the title of 'Lord', but in their rules, if a knight were to ever die after being knighted, his spouse would have to then take up the title of knight to continue on the legacy.

So, she proposes that Ambrosius get married to Ballister, the first ever common knight (as it would be a huge ratings bringer for the Goldenloins in the public eye), and the Queen and Goldenloin parents agree to this, but only after the knighting ceremony. So, the Director comes up with a plan to convince them to have the two legally married on paper before Ambrosius' 21st birthday (a.k.a before the knighting ceremony) and then announce after the knighting ceremony that the two were to wed and have a wedding party.

Ambrosius doesn't know how to feel about this, as he feels like he's being used, again, while Ballister is nervous but happy with the idea.

But the two are best friends, and care about and love each other a lot.

That's followed by this song.

Ballister: the first voice

Ambrosius: the second voice

I’m like five hours late with Starbucks to this but I neeeed to ask you about your Marine Buggy au if you’re up for it. How much do you think Buggy is a formidable threat in this au and how much is him somehow stumbling into success like in canon? Not that canon Buggy can’t be a threat under the right circumstances , but one can’t deny how much is just pure unadulterated dumb luck and it’s just extremly funny to me imagining another version of him bumbling his way to the top in the same manner, but also this version of Buggy seems more competent in comparison, so I am interested in hearing how you interpret him yourself.

Also as a Shuggy appreciator I am still gonna throw out the scenario of someone promoting Firebug up a rank and adding „You really did it Sir. If those dastardly pirates set sail just an hour earlier we wouldn’t have had the menpower and that tactical advantage that helped us win that last fight . It’s a shame that red headed bastard got away, but nevertheless this is a huge success for all of us. Truly remarkable Sir! How’d you do it? How did you keep them from setting sail for so LONG? Did you mingle amongst the crew to stage a mutiny? Did you damage their boat? Sir, I would love to know Sir!“ Buggys mind flashes back to him and Shanks absolutely violently making out against the wall in Shanks cabin. „… Some tactics are better kept a secret.“ „Of course Sir! Yes Sir!“

did you bring me a coffee too? :<

ty for asking about this silly lil au.

for marine!buggy I still have to believe he falls UP as is his MO. this little dude has supernatural luck and a bizarre power over men with his strange charisma so having that transfer to this au with minor tweaks.

I like to imagine he was under tsuru's tutelage once he officially joined the navy - as it's difficult for me to see him viewing any man as worth his obedience after rogers and his broken heart. plus she has a strong immunity to flashy types and I believe she'd be capable of curbing his worst traits. buggy would need someone to speak to him like an adult, blunt and lacking the whimsical dreams of his adoptive pirates who I see as having allowed buggy too lofty of a perception on the world with his issues.

would he be a dangerous marine? probably not on his own - but being believed in and supported by structure and more talented minds - I think he'd be a crafty ballistics expert and a typically underestimated foe. very useful against run of the mill pirates and keeping shorelines safe. but against more daunting enemies he'd depend on numbers and the backup of more powerful allies (while absolutely taking the praise for "organizing the group attack". )

like, please imagine smoker being his subordinate - that is hilarious to me.

I think he'd be a successful marine with very little interest in the darker machinations of the marines because he's only here to feed his loss and be praised for doing a good job. however he would be easily manipulated by darker hearted higher ups and probably not the most reliable.

unfortunately he's still buggy at heart, still a dreamer, and if he happens to mess up when his envy of free-spirited pirates gets in the way of his job, well he gets demoted/promoted endlessly like he's riding a ferris wheel with a broken brake.

…

as for the scenario you so beautifully presented: yes absolutely 100% 10/10 no notes.

the amount of times buggy has been interrupted mid-tumble with shanks and it has been misconstrued as him "fighting epically against the horrid red hair captain" is in the hundreds at this point.

the Marines who know the truth wish they didn't and he gets his ear dragged around by tsuru as she screams at him: that's not what she meant when she said to take red hair down!!!

Hi! could you talk more about Kiki's friendship with Haley, and Cleo's friendship with Linus? They seem to have a cool dynamic :D

OMG of course i actually have a whole post here but i love haley so i will ALWAYS elaborate on anything about her ^_^ i’m sorry if this isn’t long i’m on my last week of school + finals

haley + kiki dynamic

i’ve already said this before but haley is one of my favorites because i enjoy her development. i think that mean girl with issues turned best friend is one of my favorite tropes and works with haley really well, and kiki works really well in terms of breaking the tough girl exterior because she’s WAY nicer than cleo (probably why haley takes longer to get around to liking cleo even though they’re dating)

haley didn’t get around to liking kiki that fast - i mentioned this in another post but kiki stayed in pelican town around middle school - freshman year, but she couldn’t have been that close to haley because i think haley gives me 19-20 year old vibes and kiki is 23. if she was a 13 year old in middle school, haley would be 9-10 and they wouldn’t be in the same grade. given i’ve finally nailed down their ages after writing that post i wouldn’t have kiki crush on haley to overcompensate for ME wanting to marry her, i have cleo who is haley’s age

SO why does haley come around to liking kiki? when kiki first moves back to pelican town, haley is kinda nosey and tries to figure out why someone would move away from the city without showing much interest. she’s also distrustful being haley, so it doesn’t really seem like it’s going anywhere. kiki also doesn’t get haley’s deal until emily (who she befriends faster) tells her it’s not haley’s fault she’s insecure, so she starts to feel bad for haley. but i feel like haley isn’t really won over by a lot of gifts even though kiki probably gifted her daffodils or expensive clothing she doesn’t want anymore. the only actual tipping point is when (in my funny little universe) kiki found haley crying over ALEX (no shade to him, but he does avoid haley and tells you not to tell her where he is) and talked to her about how she feels like everyone thinks she’s shallow. the whole convo ends with haley figuring “oh she’s not that bad,” warming up to her, and them becoming best friends

i also like to think kiki is just as overprotective of haley as she is over her but just not overtly. she has a pretty bad impression of alex for a number of reasons, but 1 of the biggest contenders is the haley thing. she gets defensive or mad when sebastian, abigail, sam, EVEN SHANE points out incorrect stuff about haley because it’s annoying when people make assumptions about haley

kiki does try really hard to bridge the gap between sebastian and haley, but their differences seem so disparate that it feels like she’s trying to make a bird and a cat friends. it doesn’t stop her from trying to and they both hate it like it’s the worst experience in their lives until they learn to tolerate each other

haley seems like a good cook, so she bakes with kiki frequently to spend quality time together. sometimes kiki also hangs out with haley by the river so she can forage/fish (before cleo comes to take over fishing) while haley takes pictures. when she unlocks the movies, she also takes haley a lot. i’m 100% sure that kiki hangs out with haley the most out of ALL of the villagers including sebastian because haley is less of a homebody

haley gave up on figuring out what kiki’s beef was w/ joja and zuzu city until she accidentally finds out. haley convinced her to go shopping in a district in zuzu city without knowing kiki is technically a missing person, and kiki only went because haley really wants to. like she figured, okay i dress differently and my hair is dyed, it’s fine. also, it’s some random shopping district where rich people wouldn’t go. they hit a department store anyway until kiki, being paranoid, freaked out because she thought she saw her mom and hid in a bathroom. but haley, feeling bad for her, bought kiki a hat and sunglasses to cover her so they could go back home, then figured out what happened afterwards

tl;dr: haley for best friend of the year. she is what she is and eric barone should let me rewrite her

linus + cleo dynamic

this one seems weird (?) probably as weird as kiki and shane being friends. cleo being 19 and linus being an old man seems like they’re on opposite sides of the spectrum and she’d probably hate him. in actuality linus is 1 of the first people she befriends. she gifts him the fastest, and rather than willy teaching her, linus helps her get better at fishing

cleo frequents fishing at the mountain lake more because it’s less boring. linus stands by the river at certain times of the day and she fishes according to that schedule so they can chat or she can drop food off at his tent

also if it wasn’t obvious, cleo’s 100 times harder to befriend than kiki. she’s rude asf and has an issue with being blunt, plus she thinks everyone around her only gives a fuck abt themselves. but if you’ve played the game you can tell linus is a nice old man, minds his business, etc., right off the bat. it’s his down-to-earth attitude and non-judgmental advice that makes him the least annoying and she takes his wise advice SUPER seriously. so instead of hating linus, he’s a positive grandpa/dad figure in her life

and whenever haley + cleo get married (FAR future they’re both 19 and 20), she is probably not going to invite her dumb as balls dad to walk her down the aisle, it’s 100% going to be linus. he’s probably the only old person in the valley besides evelyn that she thinks wouldn’t be awful about her being a lesbian

also, cleo is not out to her family, prior friends, or really anyone before stardew valley. she doesn’t trust her parents, actually dates a former male bandmate to stop speculation, and thinks it’ll be negatively publicized if she does. cleo might exude sapphic energy, but she doesn’t say anything about her sexuality when she runs away either. it’s not that she feels particularly unsafe with kiki or even sam (her best friend) knowing it either, but she just feels like she’s better off never saying anything. linus, oddly enough, is the person who talks cleo through dealing with this

and b/c linus gives me super “got his shit together” and calm energy, which levels out cleo’s impulsivity and anger streaks. it’s probably not a good idea to bring this up to abigail and sam because they’d hype her up more and she’s just go ballistic. so if alex pisses her off, linus gets her to cool down. she could be annoyed because pierre side-eyed her and linus would say 5 words to make her stop fuming

i also really like the headcanon that linus used to be like? a huge business CEO whatever and gave it up to live in the nature. cleo would hear that and be like are you fr? that’s so cool. i too hate capitalism

what’s even weirder is linus definitelyyyy goes to cleo’s band performances as moral support. no one knows why this old man is hanging out at a venue with young adults, but cleo says it is what it is and it’s no one’s business

anyway that’s it for now! this was a fun exercise/break for me, thank you sm for asking!!! i always have fun doing these

Honestly, a part of me thinks that episode 4 was meant to infuriate fans because the wrap up in 5 and 6 will make it worth it. I mean, look at the backlash for what they've done to Dany already- can you imagine what the reaction would be if she's killed by the man she loves and trusts? Plus, why on earth would Emilia want to have fans witness that with her? Maybe the horrible leaks will he true after all. But I'm still finding it hard to believe

I mean, I agree to an extent - I think it was meant to lead us up the garden path and be like, wait. Is Dany going mad? What’s going on? Can we believe anything anyone says? What’s the schematics here? And that’s been done so that the ‘twist’ of Dany not being mad is built in. The issue is that there’s never been anything in place to make people think Dany is going mad lmao, so instead the fandom went apeshit and saw through that facade immediately - as we rightly should, because it IS CATEGORICALLY BOLLOCKS.

I think overall 804 is going to be one of those episodes that in context makes more sense. For example, Varys is about to get done IN for scheming again. Nobody can argue with me on that. But him being, frankly, an asshat in 804 was necessary for what’s ultimately going to be his downfall in 805 or 806. It’s one of those episodes which needed to happen to build in the conflicts the characters are facing in 805-6.

I don’t think they expected the backlash it got. It was always meant to be a twisted ‘Shakespearian style’ episode (quote Kit Harington), but I think because they were trying to build in ‘DANY’S MAD - 1 EPISODE LATER - O SHIT NO SHE ISN’T GOTCHA DIDN’T WE HAHA!!!’ and absolutely nobody bought that bullshit, it stands out as the absolute shitshow it is. And 804 is a shitshow. It’s going to be necessary for 805-6 but it’s one of those episodes nobody’s going to rewatch for pleasure lol.

Those leaks (well, at least the ‘Jon stabbing Dany’ leaks) are, in my opinion, absolute fucking bollocks. And part of me is starting to wonder if HBO put them out there themselves to try and divert the fandom (who are very good at figuring out info lol) and drive us all ballistic so 805-6 suddenly aren’t what we were expecting. And if that is what the plan was, I speak for all of us the past few days when I say they played us like an absolute fiddle.

We’ll see. Those leaks could be legit. I doubt it, but I’m not about to 100% rule them out. But yeah. I don’t see Emilia wanting fans to watch the final episode with her if that’s Dany’s fate lol.

Top 10 Tools in the Garage

Top 10 Tools in the Garage

 In your garage what would actually make the top 10 battle stuff. So here are our top 10 things that every dude needs in his garage. 

 # Ten

A pair of work gloves, you have no idea how many times I have destroyed my knuckles doing whatever in my garage because I didn't have a pair of gloves on. Well, I've learned and now any time I'm scraping, banging or sawing anything, I've got a pair of gloves on. And, trust me on this it's not dumb to have a pair of gloves on even if it feels a little bit awkward. Because, the moment that you crush a knuckle or cut your hand open is right before you thought, oh I don't need gloves this is dumb. So remember a good pair of gloves is actually pretty cheap and it's easy just to leave in your garage and just pick up every time. Right before you get ready to do something like crunching or sawing or scraping.

# Nine

You know what blind people say? They say go, man, I wish I had a pair of safety glasses on, right before I burn my eyeballs out. All right looks when you're working on a small one project no matter really what they are in your garage. But, it is always a good idea to have a pair of protective glasses on. Now, don't just use the shades that you're used to wearing while you're cruising around town, because safety glasses actually have like very hard ballistic plastic in them and they'll keep your eyes safe. No matter really what you're doing in your garage. Safety glasses are super cheap they're like five bucks. So, you have got no excuse for having a couple of pairs of these. Hanging around wherever they're convenient, convenient enough for you to remember to pick them up and put them on before you start sawing fashion or doing any.

# Eight

Two-part epoxy, now I'm sure you've probably used to having like super glue around the house and it's so frustrating. Because every time you go to use it it's all dried up. Well, you'd never have that problem with two-part epoxy it lasts forever. So, because it's in two parts so it never reacts just like Elmer's glue will eventually solidify over time but, two-part epoxy will never do that to you. Now the first thing you will lose is the top because they'll stick around so long but man you can use anything.  I usually use a screw once I lose the top super easy probably only around five to ten bucks and it'll last you forever and

It’s awesome because it solidifies in like five minutes.  it's better than super glue because it's stronger and it lasts forever and you can never go wrong because the simple stuff always comes in two different color bottles super easy to use so two-part epoxy.# Seven

Number Seven Is always easy, because man everybody always talks about needing a knife well, guys always use knives for all sorts of stuff right? well, the problem with knives is they always go dull but you know what it doesn't go dull razor blades why because they're super cheap and you can replace them as much as you need to so number seven is my trusty box cutter and a pack of 100 razor blades which will last you forever. I use razor blades for all sorts of stuff and I swear I'm only like halfway through this pack that I've had for like four years.

 # Six

A socket and wrench set. Okay now for a socket set what you need is a simple but high-quality socket set. A good simple one will last you forever because they're super durable.  this is literally the first socket set I ever bought and I bought a name-brand knowing that it would last forever and congratulations it has lasted forever. I think I've had this one for somewhere around six to seven years never had any issues what so ever. You’d be amazed at how often you actually use a socket set whether it's putting together your kid's bike or change the spark plug on your lawn mower, man a socket set is important to have. One of the only things you need to remember when you get a socket set is you want it to have the metric and American sizes, because depending on what you're working on it's going to be one of the one or the other so it's good to just have a simple set with the most common sizes in both metric and American. I know you're wondering when he is going to actually start talking about the real common tools.

Well right now. # Five

Number five is you need the best toolset all right don't go out and spend a thousand dollars you can get a really good toolkit for about fifty bucks and I just talked about a socket set you can actually get a socket set and toolkit together for around hundred dollars. It would be great as well but, I kind of consider them two separate things so what really comes in the basic toolset that I'm talking about of course a hammer, screwdrivers, and pliers don't get all fancy. All you need is the basics to get stuff done around the house but these are some must-have items in the garage. So a basic tool kit will have all three sets of those three things so, get a basic toolkit and don't spend more than 50 bucks. If you do your way into more stuff than you probably love, right?

# Four

A hacksaw, if you're not familiar with a hacksaw this is what they used to cut through limbs in the Civil War all right? Like, cut people's legs off, okay probably not. But I'm sure it was something close the cool thing about a hacksaw is it honestly can replace pretty much any other saw out there because it cuts through anything the problem is it doesn't necessarily cut as fast as other saws but it will cut anything you need inside your garage. So if you're going to pick one saw or one really good cutting tool it would be a hacksaw. Now the basic hacksaw handle that you can just get with a blade this thing cost like five bucks because so you've got no excuse for not having one of these in your garage. If you want to spend just a little bit more you can get one of the good basic hacksaw blade holders and it'll last you forever but everyone needs a hacksaw in their garage.

# Three

Top three the Battle Royale and here our top three finishers number three a cordless impact wrench or drill, and of course you recognize the good old black and gold of DeWalt, if you get a cordless drill it will last you forever if you get a good one DeWalt is awesome craftsman is awesome Black & Decker is awesome but I still think DeWalt is the king. but they can get super expensive you don't need a super expensive cordless impact wrench or drill you can get a great cordless impact wrench or drill for under $100 and it should last you a long time. Cordless drills come in unbelievably handy for years and years you're putting together furniture or you're fixing your kids toys a great drill will last you a long time and you will use it a good jillion times so get a good one to invest a little bit of money and I promise it'll always treat you right.

Things just got interesting because we're already there, Number two

# Two

This one might surprise you, but in our garage, we’ve our pressure washer. Notice that I have one that I can lift it with one hand and it's not gas-powered super-ninja turbo. Alright, you don't need to peel paint when your pressure washer stuff, but you do need a pressure washer to cut the time on some of the most common jobs you'll always do, just clean patio, furniture or taking old stuff and turning it into new stuff. A pressure washer comes in ridiculously handy and you don't need a super powerful one plus they get crazy expensive crazy fast. You can spend under hundred dollars and get a pretty good small pressure washer unit that will last you for years and you'll be able to do the most common things you need a pressure washer for and you will be happy that you have one.

All right so go for # One

We’re finally to number one. What is the number one tool I just could not live without? And I think every guy should have in his garage whether he realizes it or not is my trusty air compressor, once again, realized that I don't have a giant air compressor in my garage.  Because they're not painting cars or nailing boards or anything crazy like that. So it is always helpful to have an air compressor because this thing has saved my tail so many times. How many times have you gotten up in the morning ready to go to work you got an important meeting and also you have a flat tire, holy cow! What are you going to do well if you have an air compressor it's not a crisis it's just a simple 5-minute fix. Now when you have an air compressor there are other things you can use it for and you'd be surprised how often you actually use this go-to tool usually I use it. you could dust things and you get the two connectors the one for tires and the one for dusting and spraying down stuff. And you can always use it for power tools later on if you really want to, having said that you don't need to spend more than about a hundred and twenty dollars you can still get a really good three-gallon compressor. Three gallons is a perfect balance between a tiny compressor, which would take a really long time to fill up tires and something like that. And, a good balance between that and a giant ten, fifteen, twenty and thirty-gallon compressor for like which you need for paint cars and stuff like that. You can actually use a three gallon to power small spray guns, air impact wrench and things like that for smaller projects. so it's still really handy and it's perfect for medium-sized jobs and small jobs that always seem to pop up in my garage

 So there you have it the Battle Royale of all the tools that I use in my garage and I think every dude should have in his garage.

 So, if you disagree, no problem, tell me the things that you think that you need in your garage and every dude should have. I can pretty much wing it in my garage as long as I have these ten things. Besides that man, I'm in trouble! So, wherever I go and I move a lot, I always have these ten things in my garage. So, if you've got any questions to post them in the comments.

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