The New ""Afton" Children"" Are Gender Bends Of The Old Ones

As we know when Vanessa is corrupted by Glitchtrap she thinks a guy named Bill is her dad (most likely William). This was probably the inspiration for making her an Afton in the movie, basically confirming the nature of her relationship with Glitchtrap in the games.

We also know Gregory was under Glitchtrap's control at one point in GGY. It is also hinted that Cassie may now be under the Mimic's control.

A cool detail I noticed is that it's an older girl, a young girl, and a young boy. 2 children of the same gender, one older one younger and a younger sibling of a different gender.

Which is the exact opposite of the original Afton children. Which is; an older boy, a young boy, and a young girl. Same pattern but gender swapped; 2 children of the same gender, one older one younger and a younger sibling of a different gender.

I don't know if it means anything or is just a huge coincidence but I find it very cool. And damn this family tree keeps growing and gets more and more fucked up.

30 Glamrock Freddy headcanons

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[Disclaimer!!]

This post will contain: NSFW,Sfw,Fluff,Smut

It’s also Genderless for the girls,gays and theys! You are a Technician in these scenarios!

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Let’s begin!

He’d obviously call you “Superstar” on a daily basis.

He’s not into PDA because he thinks that it is unprofessional to act like that in front of kids.

He gets super excited every time when you show up to his shows.

You and Freddy are basically Gregory’s parents at that point. You’d play fazerblast together or play catch in the mazercize labyrinth in the after hours.

When Freddy malfunctions you drop everything to help him, afterwards he’d be super grateful for that.

His favorite pet names after “Superstar” are “Honey” and “Sweetheart”.

He gets called Dad a lot by other kids/teens at the Pizzaplex and he doesn’t mind at all.

He’s a gentle giant and loves cuddles. He will ask for them on a daily basis.

When his power runs low he’ll just blabber about how much he loves and appreciates you “You’re always so kind and thoughtful superstar…You’re the best…”

He’s super strong and could crush you with a single move, so when you two are intimate with each other he’s careful. It’s also the reason why he’s more vanilla than you.

“Why are you looking at me like that Superstar?” He gets super flustered when you gaze up on him. He adores your eyes and and the shine behind them.

That animatronic has stamina like a fucking rabbit. Your intimate sessions always end cause you can’t handle him anymore. He could go on for hours.

He is great with aftercare. He always makes sure you enjoyed it as much as he did. Bringing you a towel and a water bottle. “How was it Superstar? Did you enjoy?”

It’s hard to get him jealous so you don’t even bother to try…

He’d be a switch but he will be whatever you want him to be.

When you work on him in parts and services he’d ask you many questions about your day and how you’ve been over the last week.

He would love to have kids on his own one day but due to him being a animatronic he thinks it’s impossible… so he’s grateful for Gregory!

He’d listen to old love songs in his free time thinking about you two.

When you ramble about your interests he’ll listen with a love struck gaze on you. “You know superstar…. You have a beautiful voice.”

You indeed initiated your first kiss with him and it was so random that after processing your kiss you were able to hear his inner fans buzzing loudly trying to cool him off.

He’d always try to join the subject you’re talking about. He wants to show you he’s interested in your stuff!

Sometimes he is so oblivious that he is too truthful sometimes… it can hurt you and if it does and he notices it he’ll be the cutest person ever. Apologizing over and over again…

After a stressful day at the pizzaplex he always asks you if you’re in the mood for intimacy. And if you give him consent he will be rough on you working his stress off.

He makes a lot of noises in bed. Sometimes he whimpers but mostly just deep groans/growls.

If he’s ever late for a show he’ll ask you to do his makeup.

If you should ever get picked on/bullied at your work by customers or other staff Freddy would always jump in to save you! “The way you’re talking to Y/N right now is super disrespectful. I will ask you politely to change your attitude towards them. Thank you.”

When you two get to cuddle in his green room he’ll try to get as close to you as possible. He also enjoys the feeling of you laying on top of him.

Every time you get nervous or anxious about something he’d be by your side laying a hand on your shoulder “I know you can do it superstar.”

He enjoys baking and cooking a lot but due to an incident in the kitchen he’s not allowed to go there anymore.

One time you both got into a Photo Booth together and made some silly pictures! He has all the pictures you guys made hanging on the side of his mirror.

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That was awesome to write down actually! After I had so much fun with Monty’s version I just had to do my favorite animatronic of all time. And once again thank you for reading! Don’t be shy and comment your thoughts too!

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WASHINGTON -- Inflation has changed the way many Americans shop. Now, those changes in consumer habits are helping bring down inflation.

Fed up with prices that remain about 19%, on average, above where they were before the pandemic, consumers are fighting back. In grocery stores, they're shifting away from name brands to store-brand items, switching to discount stores or simply buying fewer items like snacks or gourmet foods.

More Americans are buying used cars, too, rather than new, forcing some dealers to provide discounts on new cars again. But the growing consumer pushback to what critics condemn as price-gouging has been most evident with food as well as with consumer goods like paper towels and napkins.

In recent months, consumer resistance has led large food companies to respond by sharply slowing their price increases from the peaks of the past three years. This doesn't mean grocery prices will fall back to their levels of a few years ago, though with some items, including eggs, apples and milk, prices are below their peaks. But the milder increases in food prices should help further cool overall inflation, which is down sharply from a peak of 9.1% in 2022 to 3.1%.

Public frustration with prices has become a central issue in President Joe Biden’s bid for re-election. Polls show that despite the dramatic decline in inflation, many consumers are unhappy that prices remain so much higher than they were before inflation began accelerating in 2021.

Biden has echoed the criticism of many left-leaning economists that corporations jacked up their prices more than was needed to cover their own higher costs, allowing themselves to boost their profits. The White House has also attacked “shrinkflation,” whereby a company, rather than raising the price of a product, instead shrinks the amount inside the package. In a video released on Super Bowl Sunday, Biden denounced shrinkflation as a “rip-off.”

Consumer pushback against high prices suggests to many economists that inflation should further ease. That would make this bout of inflation markedly different from the debilitating price spikes of the 1970s and early 1980s, which took longer to defeat. When high inflation persists, consumers often develop an inflationary psychology: Ever-rising prices lead them to accelerate their purchases before costs rise further, a trend that can itself perpetuate inflation.

“That was the fear — that everybody would tolerate higher prices,” said Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY, a consulting firm, who notes that it hasn't happened. “I don't think we've moved into a high inflation regime.”

Instead, this time many consumers have reacted like Stuart Dryden, a commercial underwriter at a bank who lives in Arlington, Virginia. On a recent trip to his regular grocery store, Dryden, 37, pointed out big price disparities between Kraft Heinz-branded products and their store-label competitors, which he now favors.

Dryden, for example, loves cream cheese and bagels. A 12-ounce tub of Kraft's Philadelphia cream cheese costs $6.69. The store brand, he noted, is just $3.19.

A 24-pack of Kraft single cheese slices is $7.69; the store label, $2.99. And a 32-ounce Heinz ketchup bottle is $6.29, while the alternative is just $1.69. Similar gaps existed with mac-and-cheese and shredded cheese products.

“Just those five products together already cost nearly $30,” Dryden said. The alternatives were less than half that, he calculated, at about $13.

“I’ve been trying private-label options, and the quality is the same and it’s almost a no-brainer to switch from the products I used to buy a ton of to just the private label," Dryden said.

Alex Abraham, a spokesman for Kraft Heinz, said that its costs rose 3% in the final three months of last year but that the company raised its own prices only 1%.

“We are doing everything possible to find efficiencies in our factories and other parts of our business to offset and mitigate further price increases,” Abraham said.

Last week, Kraft Heinz said sales fell in the final three months of last year as more consumers traded down to cheaper brands.

Dryden has taken other steps to save money: A year ago, he moved into a new apartment after his previous landlord jacked up his rent by about 50%. His former apartment had been next to a relatively pricey grocery store, Whole Foods. Now, he shops at a nearby Amazon Fresh and has started visiting the discount grocer Aldi every couple of weeks.

Samuel Rines, an investment strategist at Corbu, says that PepsiCo, Kimberly-Clark, Procter & Gamble and many other consumer food and packaged goods companies exploited the rise in input costs stemming from supply-chain disruptions and Russia's invasion of Ukraine to dramatically raise their prices — and increase their profits — in 2021 and 2022.

A contributing factor was that millions of Americans enjoyed solid wage gains and received stimulus checks and other government aid, making it easier for them to pay the higher prices.

Still, some decried the phenomenon as “greedflation." And in a March 2023 research paper, the economist Isabella Weber at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, referred to it as “seller's inflation.”

Yet beginning late last year, many of the same companies discovered that the strategy was no longer working. Most consumers have now long since spent the savings they built up during the pandemic.

Lower-income consumers, in particular, are running up credit card debt and falling behind on their payments. Americans overall are spending more cautiously. Daco notes that overall sales during the holiday shopping season were up just 4% — and most of it reflected higher prices rather than consumers actually buying more things.

As an example, Rines points to Unilever, which makes, among other items, Hellman's mayonnaise, Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Dove soaps. Unilever jacked up its prices 13.3% on average across its brands in 2022. Its sales volume fell 3.6% that year. In response, it raised prices just 2.8% last year; sales rose 1.8%.

“We're beginning to see the consumer no longer willing to take the higher pricing,” Rines said. “So companies were beginning to get a little bit more skeptical of their ability to just have price be the driver of their revenues. They had to have those volumes come back, and the consumer wasn’t reacting in a way that they were pleased with.”

Unilever itself recently attributed poor sales performance in Europe to “share losses to private labels.”

Other businesses have noticed, too. After their sales fell in the final three months of last year, PepsiCo executives signaled that this year they would rein in price increases and focus more on boosting sales.

“In 2024, we see ... normalization of the cost, normalization of inflation,” CEO Ramon Laguarta said. “So we see everything trending back to our long-term” pricing trends.

Jeffrey Harmening, CEO of General Mills, which makes Cheerios, Chex Cereal, Progresso soups and dozens of other brands, has acknowledged that his customers are increasingly seeking bargains.

And McDonald's executives have said that consumers with incomes below $45,000 are visiting less and spending less when they do visit and say the company plans to highlight its lower-priced items.

“Consumers are more wary — and weary — of pricing, and we’re going to continue to be consumer-led in our pricing decisions,” Ian Borden, the company's chief financial officer, told investors.

Officials at the Federal Reserve, the nation's primary inflation-fighting institution, have cited consumers' growing reluctance to pay high prices as a key reason why they expect inflation to fall steadily back to their 2% annual target.

“Firms are telling us that price sensitivity is very much higher now,” Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and a member of the Fed's interest-rate setting committee, said last week. “Consumers don't want to purchase unless they're seeing a 10% discount. ... This is a serious improvement in the role that consumers play in bridling inflation.”

Surveys by the Fed's regional banks have found that companies across all industries expect to impose smaller price increases this year. The New York Fed says companies in its region plan to raise prices an average of about 3% this year, down from about 5% in 2023 and as much as 7% to 9% in 2022.

Such trends suggest that companies were well on their way to slowing their price hikes before Biden's most recent attacks on price gouging.

Claudia Sahm, founder of SAHM Consulting and a former Fed economist, said, “consumers are more powerful than President Biden.”

idk if this has been asked, but idea. Reader's grandfather voiced the og Freddy, and fredbear. And it continued in the family for voicing Freddy's. And reader voiced rockstar Freddy and glamrock freddy

"Hey Superstars! It's me, Freddy! Welcome to the Mega Pizzaplex! Grab a jumbo slice of pepperoni and top it off with an ice-cold Fizzy-Faz! Then enjoy our super games and attractions! Don't forget to stop by Rockstar Row and meet ME in person! Have fun, and have a Faz-errific day!"

"That was..not me. That was a recording." Freddy muttered in awkward embarrassment, his gaze shifting to Gregory. "I wanted to make sure you are not confused."

"Hey now, don't be shy. Remember who gave you that Faz-tastic voice?" With a coy smirk, you nudged his arm in a playful manner. He felt a bit humbled by the gesture.

"I-I know, Mr. [Y/N]. I did not mean to offend-"

"It's alright, superstar. Lighten up." You teased, flawlessly mimicking his voice.

“So..you’re really Freddy’s voice actor?” Gregory blinked, still bewildered that you were the man behind all of the bear's programmed lines. He was slightly creeped out by how eerily similar you two sounded....minus the robotic overlay, of course.

But your talent proved to be useful in helping him sneak around the Glamrocks--even saving his life at some points--by simply mimicking Freddy’s voice and telling them the “lost child” was somewhere else.

None of them ever got suspicious; not even Roxy despite her sharp hearing. They just ran in whatever direction you pointed.

Fortunately the three of you got to take a breather in this elevator, so you seized the chance to talk about how you actually come from a family of voice actors for the franchise’s many Freddies. 

It was a bit weird explaining this to the glamrock bear considering his mini "crisis” down in the warehouse. But he was okay; he wanted to know more about his predecessors.

“Well fun fact, you’re not the first Freddy I gave a voice to. Long before this place was built, I recorded lines for Rockstar Freddy.”

“Rockstar?” He gasped in wonder. “Does he have cool paints like me? Did he have a similar extroverted personality?"

“..uh, not really. He only had a gold star on his chest, and he was built as some interactable vendor. My only line was “please deposit five coins”.”

“Oh, I see. So...you give him the coins and he talks to you?” He tilted his head to the side, curious.

“Yep, but he was on stage most of the time..so the kids couldn’t really reach him.” You sighed. “I tried it myself and..there was just this monotone voice coming out of him. No life. No personality that’s as unique as yours..but for some reason he got agitated if the building was too warm. Probably a bug that never got sorted out.”

Although a bit disappointed, Freddy still smiled. "Well, what about any other Freddies?”

“Oh! Right. So in 1983, we had the very first bear animatronic named Fredbear, and soon after came the original Freddy Fazbear. Both of them were voiced by my grandfather. Then 1987 rolled around and my dad provided a goofy voice for Toy Freddy...and I think my cousin gave Funtime Freddy his voice but...yeah. It runs in the family, as you can tell.”

"Fascinating! I have seen the faces of these Freddies all around the Pizzaplex but never knew the voices behind them." He whispered, looking at Gregory., who was leaning against the wall. “Gregory, you’re not asleep are you? This is our history!”

“Huh--oh, yeah. I'm listening. That’s uh..pretty cool.” He smiled shyly, before tensing as he realized the elevator was no longer moving. “Have we..arrived? I didn't feel the elevator stop or anything."

You furrowed your eyebrows as you approached the still-closed doors, trying to pull them open with your bare hands. “I think so, but...damn it, it’s jammed.”

“How unfortunate..” Freddy muttered. He was so enthralled with your story that he hadn’t noticed it sooner.

Who knows how long the three of you have been stuck in here?

He couldn't help but feel at fault. Though instead of apologizing, he went over to help you, checking his now purple and green claws. “Stand back, Mr. [Y/n]. With this upgrade of mine, I should be able to open these doors with ease.” 

True to his word, he was able to force the elevator open, albeit leaving claw marks and dents where he gripped the two sides. “Oops..I uh..guess this upgrade works a bit too well. Nobody will notice, right?”

“I’ve broken worse things here--AH!” Gregory yelped in fright after he stepped out and came face-to-face with yet another Mapbot. “What is your problem?!!”

“Hi, please take this ma-”

He rudely snatched the map. “Shut up.”

Both you and Freddy just smiled and laughed in amusement, only to stop as the young boy stared back at you. But then he sighed heavily, shaking his head.

“Yeah, I’m..never gonna get used to that.”

need to sleep but also need to tell everyone the kind of pets everyone would like:

Damien: he loves loves cats and he would own so many of them if they loved him back. It’s like he naturally repels them it’s really awful for him

Red: loves big dogs because they’re adorable and cool as fuck. Also they scare people she doesn’t like away and she can name it Lucy :)

Christophe: fucks heavily with small animals. He loves hedgehogs and rabbits and whenever he gets the opportunity to take care of some he’ll jump at it

Estella: she doesn’t really care for animals or having pets, but she likes bats well enough. They’re nocturnal and don’t bother her

Cosette: has a strange connection with armadillos. She also likes possums and used to take care of one named Babe before she had to let her go

Gregory: he likes small dogs and is super afraid of big ones. Smaller ones are just cuter and more cuddly to him but he’s got a lot of those scars for a reason unfortunately

Jimmy: he likes snakes!!! they’ve just got so much variety and they’re so mysterious and cool looking that he just wants one (or a lot of possible)

Mark: he’s more partial to smaller animals as well, as he isn’t well experienced in taking care of anything bigger than a squirrel. Squirrels are literally his best friend

Rebecca: she loves lizards and turtles. They’re just the littlest guys to her and they’re trying to make it in this tough world just like she is

Phillip: doesn’t care for animals too much at all. It could even be said that they get in his way considering his living situation, so he generally thinks of them as a nuisance

My lonely little world

Lol fanfiction! Kinda a vent fic of mine and Damien is a bit of a self insert but just a silly lil guy

Don't expect a shit ton of updates bc I kinda just randomly came up with this idea on my own on my way home :p

I've never written fanfiction before so it honestly might be very obvious

Anyways, this fic takes place in 2008 and pip is 14. He ran away from the orphanage when he was 9. Damien is still in hell, however pip talks to him through an ouija board (this was inspired from a fic on ao3 where the same thing happened by emibug called solace and it hasn't been updated since 2021 come back plz pookie). Damien is a mallgoth. Pip has anxiety, he's not good in social situations. Idk how to do this help. If this is interesting someone who's good at writing fanfiction plz give me tips. I ramble a lot I just write what comes to my mind. This might be edited a lot.

Pip pov

It was a fairly warm and sunny day in the small town of south park. Pip had just gotten home from his job at the little bookstore up the street, relieved to finally be in his quiet little home off the backstreets of the town; a place where most of the misfit's resided. A place for pip and his lonely little world. He didn't have many friends, the few ones he did had either moved away when they were children or were always off with other people themselves. pip was the lowest of the low when it came to popularity the only other people who knew him were the ones he hated most. The ones who hurt him most and the only people who ever paid attention to him. He never tried to make friends though he was polite, always flashing smiles or giving tiny waves. He always stayed to himself, never wanting to bother anyone. He enjoyed it he enjoyed the quietness when he got home the quietness of the bookstore the quietness of school, but in all honesty it made pip lonely. All pip could wish for was for someone to pay attention to him, for someone to acknowledge him without it ending in him getting beat. Is that too much to ask for?

As pip made his way to his bedroom he began to remember his past friends. Gregory, Christophe, and this one other boy he couldn't quite put his finger on, when they hung out he'd always ramble about the music he loved and how cool some of the middle schoolers looked and how he wanted to look like them. A few times he'd pick on pip but never to the extent the others did. Was it Danni? Daron? He couldn't remember but he did know it started with a D. He opened his room door and plopped on his bed not bothering to even shower or change, it was a long day.

7 am

It was the early morning, the sun shined through onto pips face as he fluttered his green eyes open. Slowly making his way to the bathroom he saw something mysterious out of the corner of his eye, a black shadow ran past as the hall got cold. Pip stood stunned for a minute before mustering up the courage to speak a timid 'he-hello?'....no awnser. Instead of standing and wondering about the strange shadow he brushed it off and went on with his day. No entity was gonna ruin his lovely quiet life he worked so hard to achieve, where he could hide away from the scums of the earth , where no one could hurt him, where he didn't have to talk to anyone apart from work and school. His apartment was his hide away from the disappointed stares and judging faces of strangers on the street. Studying his face for what was wrong with him.

'ring ring'

Pip walked into the quiet bookstore, the smell of paper stinging through his nose. Walking into the backroom he saw a mysterious boy, he had black hair and red almost fire like eyes. He looked right into pips eyes and smirked before he disappeared. Then it hit pip, that boys name. Damien.

I have too many headcanons and stories of the foreign kids (Pocket, Pip, Damien, Gregory, Christophe, Estella) and I think they are my comfort zone for more than 2 years XDD

So- why not tell several of the headcanons I have about them? Maybe someone will like it :D

Pocket 🐇:

He still don't forgive Estella and Pip for what happened to their rabbits, that's why he doesn't trust them with his pets

His dream is to be a veterinarian, but he is sure that if an animal dies in his hands, he will be depressed for years.

He is asexual, like me -cries-

He loves draw and most of his art is bunnies

He gets along very well with the Cotswolds, specifically Mark

He is the most social of the group, along with Gregory :D

Pip ☕:

He once "accidentally" cooked a rabbit from Pocket

He is the only one in his group of friends who dont have a pet

Every Saturday he gets together with Butters and Dougie to see Angels of Charlie

He and Christophe detest each other.

Loves to cook and often makes cupcakes for her friends :)

Damien🔥:

He argues daily with Gregory about all kinds of things, for example who is the leader of the group

Christophe is definitely his brother from another mother and he admires him too much because he is "a super cool mercenary"

Yes, he loves Punk, but she also loves Black Pink songs.

He has many piercings and the first one he got was homemade, he almost broke his ear that time

It is the lowest of all :(

Gregory🐶:

He is in the theater academy as he loves acting and being the main character in the play.

he is interested in studying architecture

His favorite animal is dogs, his spirit animal is dogs and he has a pet dog, they name is Max

He has OCD and this is thanks to his parents, who push him to be perfect in absolutely everything :(

He is a friend of Mike Makowski, he is still not sure how it happened, but thanks to him he has a ring in his left ear, he almost cried when he got it XD

Christophe🦒:

His playlist varies quite a bit, featuring songs from Mitski, Mindless Self Indulance, ABBA (thanks to his mom), Radiohead, and others

He has a very cute brown and yellow cat, but she is blind.

Her friends are definitely in love with her mother XD

Over time, his relationship with his mother has improved a lot, although they still have several disagreements.

Estella🕷️:

She has a pet spider and annoys Gregory with it because he has a phobia of arachnids.

She is a lesbian icon

Is friends with Henrietta, Wendy and Rebecca, but she also hangs out with the other girls, because she needs to be away from so much "masculinity" from time to time.

She is a fan of Lana del Rey and nobody can deny me

She loves to dress elegant and with dresses :b

All🫂🏳️‍🌈:

From time to time they hang out with Gary and David too.

The meeting house is that of Christophe-

Pip, Pocket and Estella share an apartment

Everyone hates Cartman, no exceptions.

everyone in the group are queers, no one is safe:D

Water Sprites and Cuachag | Scottish Folklore

There was once a time where every river and stream had some sort of spirit, fairy, or other creature associated with it.

"Wherever there was a spring, there was life; where-ever there was life, there was a spirit; and each river and loch, each burn and tarn, each bubbling spring had its own deity." The Silver Bough: Volume 1 by F. Marian McNeill (1957)

Sometimes water sprites were kind and helpful, but there are also ones that were a lot darker.

"I am reminded of a walk I was privileged to take with Mr. William B. Yeats on Lady Gregory’s estate at Coole Park, near Gort (County Galway); for Mr. Yeats led me to the haunts of the water-spirits of the region, along a strange river which flows underground for some distance and then comes out to the light again in its weird course, and to a dark, deep pool hidden in the forest. According to tradition, the river is the abode of water-fairies; and in he shaded forest-pool, whose depth is very great, live a spirit-race like the Greek nymphs. More than one mortal while looking into this pool has felt a sudden and powerful impulse to plunge in, for the fairies were then casting their magic spell over him that they might take him to live in their under-water palace for ever." The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans-Wentz (1911)

There are many sprites that were often talked about in Scotland, and one was Cuachag. She was said to be a dangerous river sprite living in Glen Cuaich.

“Many a river, too, has its spirit. Glen Cuaich, in Inverness-shire,’ writes Professor Watson, ‘is – or was till lately – haunted by a being known as Cuachag, the river sprite.” The Silver Bough: Volume 1 by F. Marian McNeill (1957-1968)

It was said to be a fauth, which is a name for evil water creatures.

"It was a river sprite, which haunted Glen Cuaich in Inverness-shire, which is connected to it by name. Like all the Fuachan, it is a dangerous spirit." A Encyclopedia of Fairies by Katharine Briggs (Published in 1976)

(I decided to try drawing my take on a river sprite.)

Introducing…ROBBIE! (Usually goes by as Robin)

Here’s his lore doc

(Art was by someone via discord comission)

Extra info:

He possesses lolbit (explanation is in the next post if this blows up like how Markus did)

He’s Evans best friend! Though in gym class he and Fritz make the perfect dodge ball duo.

His family lives in an trailer-ish house.

Ref:

He sprays cinnamon on cheese pizza much to Evan’s disgust

His family has to split tv time since they only have on tv . So when his time is up Robin listens to radio podcast in his room, usually ones telling stories or conspiracy theories. (He believes 93% of them)

Other than hating he’s an only child robins is quite literally just happy to be who he is.

Relationships:

Evan: when he and his family first moved in Robin met him while exploring the neighborhood. For a few days they didn’t interact much but when Robin heard Evan’s dad owned fredbears (which for what he knew as an arcade) he immediately started asking Evan questions thinking he was the coolest kid around. Eventually, due to Robin constantly picking to hang out with Evan they grew closer as friends. (Robin is possibly the only person other than Elizabeth to think Evan is cool)

Michael: he doesn’t like him. He’s mean to Evan and sometimes insults Robin for defending him, but Robin gets payback for Evan by prancing Micheal. Mike sees Robin more as an annoyance if anything.

William: William thinks Robin is very uhh…well…Dumb. (He isn’t completely wrong) A son from a family of hippies? Hanging with his son whose father is a successful buisness owner?? He doesn’t see Robin as a good influence AT ALL. Especially given how Robin pulls pranks on his other two children and his customers from time to time. (Robin dosent know William hates him. In fact he thinks William enjoys his company)

Elizabeth: he does not want her doing his hair again. But other than forced makeovers and tea parties , he sees her as someone who can get him out of trouble when he pushes mikes buttons too much.

Fritz: they met in gym class when they were the only ones left on the team during a game of dodgeball. The two used their lack of common sense and more of their sporty skills to win the round for a piece of candy. The other teams can never beat these two when they’re paired. Fritz has his own friend group but is very welcoming to Robin.

Henry: Robin and Evan reminds him of how he and William were when they were younger.

Cassidy: he pranked her in 5th grade during recess, She’s held a grudge…

HIS CREATION:

I made robin around 2019-early 2020 on Roblox. People were doing afton family rp and I wanted to join as an original character, so I made my avatar look like a kid and named him “Robin” (name based off of some Lego character I saw in a show on Cartoon Network) I liked this Robin character so much that I made a picrew of him and did some gacha club stuff with the picrew used as reference. Eventually I redesigned him and some friends drew him, he’s went through so many backstory changes over the years but this is the one that’s prevents sticking.

FINALE NOTE: He is no way based off of Gregory despite the similar appearance and personality. I’ve made him long before Gregory’s concept was a thing so I just wanna point that out.

Refs:

Please do the dteam sunglasses post

hi anon you have no idea how much fun i had doing this

ok first for dream: he has a strong jaw, a round face and dark eyebrows

on the left: holbrooks aka the most popular men's sunglass. like every outdoorsy suburban dad owns a pair. they're square so they'll make his jawline pop and they're made for wide faces so they'll be comfortable too also these ones are green and i think he'd like them :]

on the right: the sutros. these are a pick for both dream and sap bc while they scream I'm Straight And I Like Football they're also oakleys and are made for guys with dream's face shape so they'll fit really good and frame his face really well. also i think sap would think they look cool and buy them bc of that lmao

on the left: the dolce plastic aviators that i have wanted for a literal entire year. they're big and wide and they will look really good with dream's jaw. a lot of people like the classic rayban aviators but 60's, 70's, and 2000's retro is in rn and the plastic will last a lot longer and look more stylish

on the right: one of my favorite pairs of pradas like its hard to see in the screenshot but the sides are teal and yellow which would look SO COOL with dream's hair and eyes and skin tones. also they look kinda funky at first (retro babey) but like. my brother tried these on and they looked SO GOOD its not fair and my brother looks fairly similar to dream in hair eye skin tone etc so i think dream would absolutely slay in these.

for sap he still has a very masculine face shape (strong jaw, dark eyebrows) but it's slightly more angled than dream's jaw so i wanted to highlight that higher cheekbone in my choices

on the left: some classic wayfarers, sap def has a smaller face than dream but still very masculine and these would highlight that while also giving him a very simple, classic look. these i think fit his personality more than anything (which is surprisingly important for sunglasses)

on the right: traditional clubmasters are going to be a really similar look to wayfarers but because they're part metal, they'll give a little more shape to his face and the softer edges will bring out his higher cheekbones

on the left: burberry percys which are going to be similar to the wayfarers in that classic look that draws out all his features nicely and i chose this pair specifically because of the slight slant at the bottom to make his jaw line look really good (also the tortoise color will compliment his hair really well)

on the right: burberry eldons which are a pair i personally got very recently and are part of the newest burberry line. they're the bigger more masculine version of the small, square, and dark sunglass trend and the square look will contrast with his round cheeks and softer nose to give a cool balanced look

for george i didn't pick nearly as many but he has an oval shaped face and nice dark hair and he can grow a bit of stubble which means the entire sunglass world is at his fingertips. like oval shape faces fit basically anything (although disclaimer i don't think the round glasses he was wearing during name your price were the pair For Him SORRY BUT HE'D LOOK BETTER IN SOMETHING MORE SQUARE) but yeah i think if he wanted to go for more masculine shapes, sap's picks would also look really good and i think the pradas in dream's picks would look fucking amazing on him like colors. shapes. EVERYTHING

on the left: prada 17ws aka the tiktok sunglasses aka the bad bunny sunglasses aka the pete davidson sunglasses etc etc but i think these would look really good on George like they're trendy but they're the 60's and 2000's retro with the thick sides that make everything Stand Out. george is made of contrasting cooler color tones with his paler skin and dark hair and eyes and this pair will only highlight that

on the right: the gregory peck oliver peoples sunglasses that I've only ever seen irl once when i fixed them for a lady (i think i swooned when i saw this pair) the style is round but not too round just enough so that it gives some contrasting edges with george's oval face and the round lenses that stand out. the bridge esp has a more traditionally European look that you'll see in persol glasses but the pair as a whole is understated and classic

DCA small rant

im so close to just black list the Y/N tag.. but I dont wanna hide many talented artist!!... I just dont get the whole "put your name in this clearly OC character " only one comic made me feel I could see myself in the grey character.. the rest are way too filled with lore.. like how can I put myself in the shoes of someone with a personality I dont have? like.. do yal really wanna kiss, marry and f*ck the robot?-- like I get if a robot wanna date a robot.. (cof cof glitter golf) and the whole "date the robot" fun -sillyidea.. but yall.. the DCA is made to please humans.. I dont think the power dynamic is that cute when thinking about it.. (for the pizzaplex canon idea, the staff and the robot do the same work, but the robot must always obey the human, Freddy does what gregory told them to do, even if freddy doesnt get it..) (amma get hate for this) I see many takes on this "oh his AI is different" or "no he really loves me! he breaks the rules for me!" is cute when is just one single post on one since scene, is fun , but a whole fic? a whole comic? mmhh when I see this AI maybe just focus on this person becase this person focuss too much on them.. like I see a friendship! totally cool idea! but.. romantic feels?.. how? even in many other AU's they are still working for humans, locked in a place until "you" come to save them.. but keep them.. mmh I think 8um8ble8ee take on the boys do works out better, ayyy-imma-ninja SK take its also good! they are free of human bosses - logicpng caelos idea too, is different.. they meet the user and the user is a friend! and artist in twitter called @ SamwichChimken has a very cool take on the whole "dating" them.. idk idk.. I dont get the "Y/N" idea.. not in this fandom, but.. the artist who made this, are so talented! I can ignore this issue just to enjoy silly art!.. but it gets tiring..

I am clinging to the edge of the fnaf fandom by the tips of my nails and it's dragging me in slowly but surely like... Well like an animatronic that wants your corpse. Anyway have a belle security breach au idea.

The virtual reality of U is top of the line vr tech, with millions if not billions of users, each with a unique personally generated avatar. It hosts hundreds of worlds and global events, able to create spectacles impossible in real life.

Naturally, fazbear entertainment would have a huge presence on there, it being so much easier to create, maintain and animate false bodies in the virtual world. They create a mega pizza plex, dressed to the nines in neon and strobes and holograms, and without having to worry about the dangers of npcs turning evil they fill it up with new characters and robotic staff to serve. Even with the many... issues they face with their real world locations, the fazbear name skyrockets, bringing in fame and fortune... And obsessive followers.

One of which is a young woman called Vanessa, who lingers around the pizzaria a little too long for her own safety.

And, years later, a young homeless boy with dreams of performing and government given U earpieces for online education. Or maybe he just stole them.

There's a cool mechanic where visitors can win a ticket to go in freddys body for a time! No one's too sure whether it's an actual avatar with an actual paid performer or just a really good script, but either way glamrock freddy is cool with it. No one really wants to ask his physical counterpart to do the same though, those rumors are NASTY.

Gregory is one of the lucky few, but his scheduled time is when it's getting dark. He steals some pizza out the back of some restaurant for dinner, and enters the virtual world. It's great! It's even better than he imagined! He gets to meet his idol!

But human bodies don't follow into the virtual world.

And the fazbear pizzeria has some worrying rumours.

He's curled up in freddys avatar when something clamps around his neck and

Well.

TWITL - week 8 - sunshine through the clouds

MONDAY - 19 February Is it weird that I remember that it's someone's birthday today? Too bad he's not on social media. https://flic.kr/p/4vCFMr no, my name was never "Valerie Hayward" TUESDAY - 20 February https://flic.kr/p/2pzkSgc Back to work today. It was a dreary gray day and the rain started in the afternoon. I was able to take my walk to the library so small blessings, I suppose. I had my window open until it started raining. The breeze was lovely... WEDNESDAY - 21 February We'll be in Ireland in a month. I AM SO EXCITED!!! We need to book a couple of tours so that we get out of Dublin a couple of times but otherwise I'm just looking forward to going to different pubs and restaurants and shops and just enjoying somewhere different. I'm also looking forward to the accents. ;) Have I ever mentioned that I love reading a particular gossip blog? I do! They report on a lot of royal gossip, mostly adoring the Sussexes and mostly wondering what the purpose of the British royal family is. This gossip blog is one of the only places where I *like* to read the comments. Most of the people who comment love the tsismis, of course, but they also have thoughtful perspectives. It's not all "oh, they suck!" or "oh, I just love them!" I mention all of this because there's a bit of a thread on one of the recent posts about how the Sussexes should have an IG. They do not, instead relying on updating their recently launched website to post news and photos. The Sussexes have made it quite clear that they do not like social media so it's not really a surprise that they aren't using it. And I'm all for it. Let's get back to posting on our own domains instead of relying on social media to house our content. I say this even though I love my social media. Having your own website, where you can control your own content and the people who might comment, is the ideal thing. Maybe I'm old school (no maybe, I am) but I still look for the "official" sites for the people I follow and I appreciate them even more when their sites are current and updated. Even if their sites aren't updated and merely point to where else on the internet you can find them, it's still a good thing. Don't depend on the social media for your presence on the internet, my lovelies. https://flic.kr/p/2pzqYRc William Gregory Lee on the episode, "Protect Us," of Genius: MLK/X I was randomly looking through the IMDB and saw that Greg had a new credit so of course I had to check it out. I did some screenshots but didn't listen to his few scenes. After the screenshots, I checked the IMDB on the filming location for this iteration of the show and yes, it was Atlanta, Georgia. Why do I feel like Greg has moved back to the east coast, perhaps even to Georgia? His latest credits have been for productions that filmed in Georgia. I wonder if I would see him whenever I finally go to Georgia to visit. Now that would be cool. SUNDAY - 25 February I was super annoyed the other day from a comment on something I posted. I wanted to vent about it, so I took it to Spoutible. I was glad for the support on my feelings about the scenario. It's easy to dismiss things that are said online and I've done that most of the time. The fact that this time I needed to vent meant that the annoyance had built up enough for me to say something. I should probably talk about here but maybe as a "disconnected" post. Hmm, now there's a thought. https://flic.kr/p/2pzybDL MOVIES Oppenheimer - We watched this one last night (Saturday). It started off a little slow but it picked up after the first hour. I thought it was well done and super interesting. It's a very encompassing movie with non-linear storytelling but it weaves its way well enough. So many familiar faces in the cast! Cillian Murphy was amazing, of course. Emily Blunt seemed a bit underused. Florence Pugh made the most out of her scenes. Robert Downey Jr. was excellent as well. I've now seen two of the 2024 Oscar nominees for best picture and if I had to choose, well, I think I would choose this movie to win. (Though it would ROCK if Barbie wins.) Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - These movies never disappoint in terms of action sequences and the latest one has them in spades. Another action packed installment with gorgeous vistas and heart stopping action. The non-actions sequences were thrilling in their own ways. And of course, there has to be a gut punch or two. Cannot wait to see how this one ends. The next one will be the last, right? https://flic.kr/p/2pzvYkh Here's to a good week to you all! It's going to be a 5 day work week after two 4 day work weeks. I miss the long weekends already. Oh well! Read the full article

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“I’ve heard a lot about you, Dolemite.” Is a phrase often spoken within The Human Tornado. Dolemite, the main character of the film, is known around town and beyond, his name has become legend- he’s cool, fierce, sexy and dangerous. Despite Dolemite’s use of violence, he is looked on by the community within the film as a beacon of hope, which provides an interesting spin to a lot of the roles African-American actors were receiving in films resting under the blaxploitation genre, with many playing individuals who glorify low-life activities. (https://www.britannica.com/art/blaxploitation-movie)

There is a lot of power behind an image, and movies are unlike any other image in how they can sway an audience. Packed in with twenty-four images every second, Cinema has the potential to inform, explore, and inspire conversation. Rudy Ray Moore’s Dolemite character is used to call attention to the racism faced at the hands of law enforcement, but at the same time, shows the audience just how they can fight back against the cruel and unjust people who have power. It may just be fun escapism but I think through humor and action The Human Tornado opens up the conversation on law enforcement and the struggles of the black community. In a lighter way, I think it covers what Sturken and Cartwright are saying in Practices of Looking with “The role of images in providing views of violence, and of voyeurism and fascination with violence, is countered by a history of using images to expose the devastating aspects of violence.” That although the film is light, funny, and doesn’t take itself too seriously, it still using the violence of law enforcement against the black community to expose a glaring problem within real life. 

The Sheriff of the film is a great example of what the text Who Invented White People by Gregory Jay was getting at. A racist, delusional maniac, he operates simply on revenge. After finding his wife in bed with Dolemite, he orders both of them to be killed, but only is successful in murdering his wife. Dolemite gets away, so the sheriff then pins the murder on him. On the outside, to unknowing characters of the film, he is simply a man seeking justice for his slain wife, but we know that isn’t true. He’s taking revenge on a man who hurt his masculinity and humiliated him.

His racist motivations are close to the surface, however, with other law enforcement officials calling him out on it. At the core, the Sheriff is a representation of the cruel and wicked racism that black people have faced, ultimately defeated by Dolemite. He received joy in putting down those of a different skin color. As Gregory Jay puts it, “Beyond the abstract words of law and legislation, real people continued to carry with them the history of racism, whether as victims of its horrors or as beneficiaries of its privileges.”

"Stars."

Pt. 6 of the "Sticks and Stones" series.

Summary: Evan comforts Gregory and draws his own conclusions.

Trigger warning(s): Mentioned child abduction, and a young child in distress, talk of dying/death, and implied murder.

“I want my momma!” Gregory wails, clinging to Evan. They’re curled up, side-by-side in bed, Gregory’s head buried in his chest. 

It’s late, somewhere between nine and ten, but no one besides him seems to be concerned about the distressed cries coming from their baby brother. 

“My-my mom-momma,” he hiccups, shifting to get even closer, “why-why hasn’t she- momma wouldn’t leave me.” 

“I’m sure she didn’t,” Evan says, trying to sound surer of himself than he actually does. “Mums don’t leave their children without good reason.” 

It’s a lie.

 Even at six-years-old, Evan knows that parents leave their kids all the time. For a whole bunch of different reasons. Off the top of his head, he could probably rattle off a few of those reasons and give names.

Gregory pulls back. His face is slick with tears, and he eyes Evan with that same nervous look he gave on his first day home. “You promise?” He asks, voice wavering.

“Maybe…..maybe not promise. But I’m certain you’ll see her again….one day.”

It’s probably not what his brother wanted to hear, but Evan refuses to make a promise he can’t keep. Especially to the one person who looks up to him. 

“Okay.” He sniffles. “Can you sing me a song? Momma…she used to sing all the time.” 

Evan shifts awkwardly. “Uh, Gregory-”

“Please,” he begs, tugging on Evan’s shirt. 

Wanting nothing more than to drift off, his eyes and body feeling heavy, Evan clears his throat. 

“On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair,” his voice cracks, and his throat feels oddly dry but Evan continues on anyway. If only because the cries have tapered down into quiet whimpers with the occasional sniffle. 

“Warm smell of colitis, rising up through the air. Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light. My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim. I had to stop for the night.” 

Evan doesn’t know why this song-of all the very many that get blasted, screamed out, or played on repeat in the house-popped into his head. The music’s catchy, sure, but it’s not exactly lullaby material. 

Still, Gregory doesn’t seem to mind, snuggling closer (if that’s even possible). 

“There she stood in the doorway. I heard the mission bell. And I was thinking to myself. "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell.” Then she lit up a candle. And she showed me the way. There were voices down the corridor. I thought I heard them say ... .”

“Welcome to the Hotel California. Such a lovely place. Such a lovely face. Plenty of room at the Hotel California. Any time of year. You can find it here.”

Evan struggles to remember what comes next, so he hums under his breath. Hoping that Gregory doesn’t mind too much that he deviated from the song. Thankfully, the last part comes to him.

“Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice. And she said, We are all just prisoners here of our own device. And in the master's chambers they gathered for the feast. They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast. Last thing I remember, I was running for the door. I had to find the passage back to the place I was before. "Relax," said the night man, "We are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave"

Evan hums the guitar solo, patting Gregory’s back. He only quits when the grip Gregory has on his nightshirt loosens ever so slightly, and the soft whimpers turn to snores.

He breathes a sigh of relief, shifting to allow himself more room in the bed. 

“Momma….?” Gregory asks, groggy with sleep. 

Evan mentally berates himself. “Shhhh…you’re dreaming,” he whispers. Eyes closed, Gregory nods, falling right back to sleep.

He stares straight up at the ceiling. Little stars-the kind that give off a dull glow-are plastered across the surface. Evan always wanted them, but his parents always denied the request. Saying it’s unnecessary or an eyesore.

But with the addition of Gregory, and their continued unwillingness to provide for aforementioned child beyond the essentials, they’ve made a slight concession.

Cassidy likes the stars.

She talks about them a lot, and seems to know all about them.

Just yesterday, he mentioned a fact that he heard from Michael.

“You know all the stars you see in the sky are actually dead,” he remembers telling her, eyes cast down at the table. He doesn’t understand what possessed him to say it. Them being dead shouldn’t matter, but it happened to be the only fact he knew. 

When Cassidy hadn’t immediately started cursing him out, Evan looked up at her. Her curious, brown eyes studied him. Chewing and swallowing her last fruit snack, she cocked her head to the side, and gave him a pitying smile. 

It would only be much later, after the fact, that Evan would come to the realization that she had given him the exact same smile weeks earlier when she took the attention off of him during Mrs. Summer’s class.

“No…well…maybe. I’m certainly no scientist, but every book I’ve ever read says the stars in the sky are alive and shining as bright as ever. The stars that are dying are really far out.” She makes a sweeping motion with her arm, emphasizing the vastness of space. “So far out that my daddy said we have to use these humongous telescopes to see even a glimpse of them.”

He thought of Susie, right then. And how comparable Susie is to those dying stars. Bright and beautiful…and hard to find…and…. dead…

Evan thinks of her now, nestled under his blankets. The guilt weighs heavy on him, and his father isn’t helping.

He struts around the house, whistling. So, happy to be with them. Energetic and present in a way he hadn’t been since-

Oh, no!

He squeezes his eyes shut. “I’m being silly,” he whispers, trying to will himself into believing that their father isn’t an absolute monster.

It doesn’t work.

It never has.

He needs to talk to Cassidy tomorrow. She deserves to know the truth. 

Also we've seen TOm and Mary's reaction to the crown tattoo anthony has for Katie in good girls, can we see Violet's reaction? x

ahh the crown tattoo

Wrapped around Anthony's wrist, and he hadn't really thought about it, the placement, just that he wanted it wrapped around him. Like the thread attached to his chest that seemed to be wrapped around Kate's fist. But he certainly doesn't hate that when his fingers tangle in her hair in looks like it's sitting on her head, just like she deserves.

Violet Bridgerton wasn't blind. She had certainly seen the way Anthony looked at one of the girls in his class. Ever since he'd been fourteen, his eyes had tracked this girl, with her dark hair and her intelligent eyes, her face startlingly pretty even then. She'd seen the way Anthony's ears would burn bright red when she walked past him, slipping into a car a little ahead of theirs, a slightly vague expression on his face.

"Who's that girl?" Violet had eventually asked, looking at him sharply as he slid into the front seat beside her, his cheeks still red from whatever the girl had tossed back to him over her shoulder, her head thrown back laughing.

"What girl?" Anthony had said after far too long, Eyes still burning into the silver Volkswagen that had just pulled off.

Violet had rolled her eyes, "The girl you were talking to just now, Anthony. The one who's got your cheeks all red, Darling."

"They aren't red!" Anthony blustered, doing a perfect impression of a lobster.

"Well, I must be blind then." She'd hummed, looking at Benedict in the back seat, reaching back to tap his legs, getting his attention, signing in the rearview mirror. Ben, who is the girl your brother likes?

A smirk grew on Benedict's face as Anthony spun around, No! Ben! No! Don't tell her!I'll buy you so many Dr Peppers!

Ben waved him off, clearly deciding torturing his brother was worth more than a few cans of pop Her name's Kate Sharma! Anthony's in love with her! He wants to ask her to the formal!

"No! No! I don't!" Anthony had yelled, attempting to throttle his brother as Violet gasped excitedly.

"Anthony!"

"No! No, Anthony! I'm not in love with her, she's just... she's kind of really pretty, um- and smart, and witty and like maybe she smells nice but that's it!" His entire face had turned red now, creeping down below his shirt.

"You should ask her to the dance." Violet hummed turning into the primary school.

"I'm not- I don't go to dances Mum. And Kate- she doesn't like me."

"Well how will you even know if you don't ask her?"

And three years later, he had.

And Violet had to admit, it was really very sweet to see Anthony, who'd always thought he had to show everyone how tough he was, melt completely whenever Kate Sharma looked at him.

She'd nearly fallen over the first time he'd come home with his hair braided (And a suspicious looking bruise on his neck) a bright smile on his face.

"You look very... you've done something with your hair."

"Kate did it for me! Cool huh?"

It had caught in Violet's chest, how happy he looked. "Yes, sweetheart, it's nice."

And Kate Sharma was exactly the kind of girl she would have picked for Anthony. Strong and confident, quick, sharp, but kind. Someone who not only didn't mind that Anthony needed to spend time with his younger siblings, that he had to help out, but was happy to do it with him. Sitting on the sidelines at Gregory's football games, cheering along tucked into Anthony's side. Or when she'd sat at the dining table, while Violet and Anthony were trying to figure out the schedule for the coming week, which of them was going to look after the little ones when she had an appointment and Daphne needed to go to ballet, and she'd just shrugged.

"I'd be happy to look after Gregory and Hyacinth, Violet."

"Oh Kate, darling you don't have to-"

But Kate had shaken her head, "No, I'd love to help, and I can have that at mine, with Mary if you'd be more comfortable."

"Well, if you're sure."

Anthony had wrapped his arm over her shoulder, tucking her against his chest, his lips pressed against Kate's temple, "I love you."

Violet had had to excuse herself to hide the way she'd burst into tears.

They were beautiful together, even if Violet had worried a little what Kate's parents might think of Anthony, the tattoos already on his arms, the piercings, his motorcycle, pieces of himself that she didn't care about, but other people did. But she needn't have worried.

The very first time Anthony had awkwardly introduced her to Kate's parents, the girl herself tucked into his side with her lips brushing his cheek, giggling as they ran off together, leaving them alone.

Mary Sharma had hummed, "Oh they're sweet together."

Kate's father, who'd been watching them run off into the crowd in search of some sort of mischief no doubt had hummed, turning his attention to her. "I have to tell you, Anthony's a really great kid. You must be proud."

Violet had looked at him, searching for any sign it was a barb, but both of the Sharma's had been smiling gently, and her heart had stuttered. "Oh- um- he's a sweet boy, he just... needs a little reassurance. And Kate is... Kate's a lovely girl. You must be very proud."

Tom had nodded, looking straight to the heart of her for a moment it seemed before he sighed, "Well, they're very happy together, and I know that some people are less than kind towards Anthony, but we like him. He fixed a clunk I'd had in my engine for ages. Good kid."

Mary rolled her eyes, "You'll have to excuse him, he's very excited about knowing someone handy. Katie's happy though, and that's all we care about. They're also awfully cute when he piggy backs her around."

Violet hadn't been able to help the little coo that rose in her throat, "Oh that is adorable, the other day I caught them on the sofa, he was reading aloud to him while he turned the pages."

They all seemed to think it was set in stone. And months later, Anthony confirmed it.

Kate was away, Violet knew, a family wedding elsewhere, Mary's cousin, she thought maybe. She'd be away for a few weeks, and Anthony apparently had plans.

"Um, Mum, I um- I can't take Frankie to Piano this week, I've an appointment and they had to reschedule it and I have to do it while Kate's away and-" Anthony had stood in the kitchen, wringing his hands, clearly apologetic, his brow furrowed.

She'd waved him off, "It's fine, darling. Go to your appointment. Do I need to be worried?"

Anthony had shaken his head, "I'm- I'm getting a new tattoo, and, actually I'm getting my tongue pierced as well."

Violet had just nodded, trying desperately not to think about why Anthony wanted a tongue piercing all of a sudden, to surprise his girlfriend, well passed being scandalised at her tattooed son. "Have fun then!"

And she wasn't really sure what she'd expected, when he'd come home just before dinner, his forearm wrapped in plastic.

Ooooo. Anthony's got his new little dedication Ben had chuckled, and that had caught Violet's attention, signing in time with her words.

"Dedication?" She'd asked, watching the nervous way Anthony's eyes had darted around the room.

He'd looked at her, for a long moment before he'd sighed, gently peeling off the cling film. And Violet hadn't been able to help the surprised gasp that fell from her chest.

It was a crown, twisting around his forearm, intricately shaded in black and grey, a name hidden in the details Kate. She would have known who it was for without the name, anyone who'd seen them together would.

princess

It was what he called her, the sweet little nickname that had been hers even before the start of their relationship.

"Oh."

Anthony's face twitched, "I know, it sounds stupid Mum, but I love Kate, and we're going to be together forever. I'm going to get an apprenticeship when we finish school and one day we'll get married. That's- That's what I want."

She'd watched him, after Edmund had died, slowly shut off his hopes for the future. Slowly pretended he didn't want anything, and here he was, the rest of his life planned out because someone had loved him enough to stand her ground. So while this should have scared her, her son not yet 19 telling her he wanted to marry his girlfriend, she really didn't care.

Violet cleared her throat, "I think..." Anthony could hardly look at her, his fingers clenched on the table. "Your Dad would have been very proud. Kate's perfect for you. And she's going to love that, Tom maybe not so much."

But apparently Violet was wrong because the next time she saw Anthony with Tom Sharma, the man was clapping her son on the back, laughing happily.

"Thank you, for being so good to him." Violet said softly after Anthony had darted off with Kate. "He just... he misses his Dad."

Tom nodded understandingly, "I meant what I said, Violet: He's a good kid." It settled in Violet's chest, the fact that someone else saw what she did, when there were so many people who didn't. "And it looks like he's going to be my son in law one day. Our Grandchildren are going to be very cute."