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spookyxsprinkles · 6 months

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Happy Birthday

dabi × afab she/her and poc friendly reader

safe for work // 1,633 words // AO3. warnings: smoking, swearing, cheesy, dabi has an avoidant attachment style, self-harm mention but nothing happens.

summary: He wanted this conversation to be over and done with, snuffed out like a cigarette under his boot. It'd be easy enough to end it himself, all he had to do was be an asshole and leave you behind. Nothing he hadn't done before.

"Knock knock, mind if I join you?"

"Yes."

"I brought cake."

He turned his head slightly towards you, eyeing the paper plate in your hands. In it sat a pretty little slice of glazed strawberry cake with a plastic fork stabbed into it. You had made sure to pile on a bunch of strawberries, just for him.

You may have been the newest addition to the League of Villains, but it wasn't hard to figure out that he was intentionally a loner. Criminals were usually careful not to form close connections with others and the League was no exception. Although, that didn't stop you from being on friendly terms with the other members. They even threw a birthday party for you tonight. With karaoke.

Whereas, Dabi evacuated the mansion at the first sign of a celebration. He rose from his chair when Toga and Twice carried out the cake hidden under a mountain of candles and he was out of the building by the time Mr. Compress enthusiastically accompanied their vocals with a spirited harmonization.

His eyes glanced down at you as he blew smoke out of the side of his mouth and flicked his cigarette away. You frowned.

"That could start a forest fire."

"I could start a forest fire." There was a subtle twitch of his lip that would have went unnoticed had the clouds not cleared from in front of the moon in time.

You offer him the cake, which he wordlessly took, ignoring you as you snuffed out his cigarette. Once no longer lit, you shoved it in your pocket to properly throw out later. You crossed your arms and leaned against the tree, staring out at the umbrous silhouettes of the coniferous forest.

"Being this far out from the city is so nice. Fresh air, no noise pollution. Bunch of stars."

"There's noise pollution," Dabi swallowed down a strawberry. "Y'make it every time you open that dumb mouth."

You snorted in amusement. "I guess you're right about that, but I know you'd miss me if I stopped talking to you."

"If I never have to hear you yappin' at me again, it'd be too soon."

You playfully blew a raspberry at him in fake-annoyance. "You'd have to find someone else to bug you." You pursed your lips. "He's already got Toga, but I'm sure Twice could squeeze in a second best friend," you teased.

He rolled his eyes as he took another bite.

"Spinner?"

"The hell am I gonna talk about with that lizard?"

"First of all, it's a gecko quirk and you know that so don't be mean," you declared in defense of your comrade. "Though, you're right -- what would you talk about? I assume that also means no Tomura? I don't think I've ever seen you guys talk casually before -- aside from the dryest conversation about the weather… Maybe if we find some common ground between you two--"

"Fuck no."

"Aww, hey, he's not that bad. He's just…"

You rubbed at your neck unsure of what to say to that. Nothing you could say would change his thoughts on the matter. You weren't particularly close with Shigaraki, he had his own way of going about things which could be off-putting to most, but he just struck you as an awkward person who grew up without much social contact.

"The League sure is full of lonely people, huh?" You looked back up at the star-filled night for a few minutes, the both of you settling into a comfortable silence. An owl hooted in the distance as a cricket began to chirp from somewhere nearby. "I've always wondered if shooting stars ever got lonely."

"Sorry," you shake your head and laugh in embarrassment. "I like stars. Do you?"

"Stupid question."

You wondered if it really was and thought about how stars must seem miniscule to someone capable of burning as brightly as him. You leaned your head against the trunk and watched him finish his cake.

Earlier in the day, while writing down a list of necessary ingredients to bake and decorate the cake, there had been a conversation about birthdays. You couldn't remember who exactly brought up the topic, but you certainly weren't expecting the other members to easily give away that information. Unsurprisingly, Dabi was the only one that didn't share his.

He followed a gust of wind that swept through the night and as he passed you, flicked his plastic fork at you. You clumsily caught it and complained, only earning his indifference in return. He turned his back to you and set the paper plate ablaze. You opened your mouth to remind him of trashcans and how they still exist, but the words died in your throat as you watched the smoke get carried away by the breeze, away from you. You were secretly grateful that he was too busy making his way to an adjacent tree to notice you bite back a smile.

"Dabi."

"What is it now?" He leaned against his new tree and lazily shoved his hands in his pockets. He was always good at keeping his distance.

"You don't have to tell me your birthday."

He scoffed, "Way to state the obvious."

"We can share mine."

He narrowed his eyes at you, analyzing you for any sign of a punchline but your face was earnest. Annoyingly so.

"What makes you think I want your dumb birthday?"

"It's not that I think you want it, but wouldn't it be nice to have a day to celebrate… you?"

"What's there to celebrate," he sneered. He didn't mean for it to be taken so seriously, but the dopey look of concern on your face made him regret he said anything. Your brows furrowed.

"A lot. There's a lot to celebrate."

"Don't get all mushy, you're creepin' me out."

"Am I?"

"Yes," he growled. He wanted this conversation to be over and done with, snuffed out like a cigarette under his boot. It'd be easy enough to end it himself. All he had to do was be an asshole and leave you behind. Nothing he hadn't done before.

Deep, deep down there was a hungry part of him that ached. It belonged to the part of him that he had refused to acknowledge for the past seven years. He continued to ignore it's existence despite it being the very thing that kept him rooted in place, as though he were one of the trees in this giant fucking forest. The frustration it filled his chest with made him want to light himself on fire.

"At the expense of sounding like a creep…" You chewed on your bottom lip as you stared back up at the stars. Your fingers fiddled with a loose thread on your clothes. You were so easy to read.

"I'm really glad you're here."

Another breeze passed between the two of you, carrying your words along and rustling leaves. You looked over at him with eyes that overflowed with a depth of sincerity that made him want to start a wildfire and let himself get caught in it. He felt physically ill.

"You're gonna make me sick."

One of Dabi's eyes squinted more than the other as his tongue poked out of his mouth enough for you to see his piercings. The way his face scrunched reminded you of a cat's Flehmen response. You would've thought it was cute if you didn't feel so offended right now.

You huffed, staring at the grass as you tried to ignore the heat that crept up to your cheeks. "Was it really that bad?"

"Cheesy as hell. Keep that shit to yourself."

You shook it off and sighed exaggeratedly. "Well, since you seemed to like it so much, I might have to do it again for you some time." You stuck your tongue out at him playfully.

"Don't you fuckin' dare or I'll roast you on the spot."

You grinned and opened your mouth to offer a lighthearted retort when you heard your name being called in the distance. You turned to look around the tree and saw Toga waving you over for your turn at karaoke. You waved back at the younger girl in acknowledgement before she hopped back inside the mansion.

"I'm surprised they managed to pry the mic out of Mr.'s hands long enough to give someone else a turn," you laughed. "See you later. I'm glad you liked the cake."

"Yeah, yeah."

He pulled out a pack of smokes from his jacket and stuck a cigarette in between his lips. He lit it and watched as you fiddled with the plastic fork he flicked at you earlier. "What're you still doing here for?"

You smiled at him.

"Happy birthday."

"Tch, cheesy," he spoke humorlessly as you turned away. "By the way..."

You looked back at him and felt your face burning up as you saw his gaze drop from your eyes down to your lips.

"…Dabi?"

He smirked.

"Y'got cake on your face."

You blinked a few times as you processed his words before swiping your mouth. You looked at your hand to see the vivid scarlet of the strawberry glaze.

"Oh." You looked at it for a moment before wiping it against your clothes and giving an awkward laugh, "Um, thanks."

"You got a room full of ears to make bleed, mine've had enough. Get outta here."

You laughed before you jogged back to the mansion. He stared at the ground where you previously stood and took a drag. With each inhale, the toxins purged his body of a restlessness that had been stirred by the zephyr of your words.

You talk too much.

He looked up in time to see you wave goodbye at him before you disappeared inside. He breathed in another lungful of fumes before exhaling it up at the same sky that always seemed to captivate you.

"Happy birthday."

#dabi x reader #dabi x you #dabi #todoroki touya #grumpy sunshine #if you squint #it's a scene from a longfic i've been working on privately #first post i dunno how to tag this #i havent even set an icon or changed from default tumblr theme #fuck it we ball #edit nov 8 2023: um i waited a week before rereading and editing and other than cheesiness its not as bad as i thought it was when i posted #i got some new ideas last week but i take 1000 years to write and edit so hopefully i can post one of them in time for his birthday in jan #SpookyxSprinkles #edit april 5th 2024: cleaned little mistakes + wordings that've been bothering me. there's a paragraph i wanna fix SObad but i dunno how ye

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craykaycee · 6 months

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Guess who sneakily made my graphics assignment into fanart for Cryptid Sightings (by @naffeclipse) :3cccc

The doppelganger is one of my favorite cryptids depicted in the fic- GAAHHHH being attacked by a mirror of yourself!!! UNSETTLING!! The reader design here is inspired by @lavenoon 's depiction :3c he is Hunter!Y/N to me :3ccc

The drawing for this is drawn ENTIRELY in ballpoint pen :3c original scan of the drawing is under the cut ^-^

#cryptid sightings #cryptid sightings au #cray kay art #I had to resize ALL OF these from their regular resolution to post them PBPPBPPBP--- had to resize the poster (first image) twice xDDD #cw unsettling #this doesn't explicitly have sun or moon so I-- dunno how to tag this xDD

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obsessivecelestial · 2 months

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For @ayyy-imma-ninja!!

Your fairy and SK boys have been running through my mind 28/9, it’s ridiculous

This is my first post on Tumblr and I have absolutely zero clue what I’m doing so forgive me for any mess ups 👍

I was gonna draw the fairy boys for their belated birthday but I never got around to it, so instead I give you my happy belated birthday!! 🎉 (it’s half-assed, sorry-)

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radellama · 1 year

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I wanna talk about Ryuusui cause I've been thinking about him. He's kind of an invert of (or somewhat adjacent to) the trope of living up to expectations. You become the monster because that's how people see you anyway...

He's greedy he's selfish he's self centred he's a bit of a brat and whatever other thing you can think to call a hedonist and privileged rich kid. These generally aren't seen as positive things to be, but Ryuusui takes these in stride and is proud to be all of them!

He's the greediest because he wants it all, so he can share it all. You'll have to pay for it, of course - but the option to buy it will be there. If HE'S having a good time, that means EVERYONE is capable of having a good time.

It's a funny way to turn such a negative connotation on its head.

No one will in the village will worry about starvation ever again! Why? Because I'm greedy enough to want more delicious food!

I just find it amusing and quite endearing that a character that could've so easily been annoying and grating based on the cores of his personality type, is instead a refreshing remix of those cores.

He's a rich kid, everyone was going to look at him and call him spoilt and greedy anyway. Why not take it in stride and use the power that comes with money to be greedy in the best possible way?

This also ties into what I like about Francois so much - their understanding of Ryuusui complements his more outlandish behaviour by recontextualising it.

Mild spoilers for the manga, but further on Francois acts as a translator quite often to ensure that people near them won't suffer because of a language barrier. They're able to translate and make sure concepts are understood so everyone is on the same page

Francois is incredibly perceptive (almost supernaturally so!) They are not only able to anticipate, but problem solve and create solutions based on those observations.

What we've already started to see in the anime with Francois in this one episode is how they're able to recontextualise Ryuusui! They understand that he's greedy to such a point of sincerity, and that's what keeps him moving forward.

And as it's been said, greed isn't necessarily a bad thing in this stone world. It's helping to motivate quick advancements that are going to be beneficial to everyone ;)

He's been super fun to read about and I hope he becomes even more fun as we get to see him animated. There's so many great moments coming up that will be really exciting >:)

#ryusui #nanami ryusui #Dr Stone #drst #dcst #nanami ryuusui #dr stone francois #rads talks #i dunno man. just trying to articulate what i was talking about with my friend #also thank you nika i stole your screenshots <3 #I wasn't sure I would like him when I had my first impression of him..#The one thing that made me go '👀🤔 hang on #' was when he said all women are beautiful #no exceptions.#That was enough to pique the interest and notice there's something different about him >:)#i have posted this on Twitter but no one saw cause i don't really have an audience LMAO #i don't understand how you're supposed to find things if your not already popular on there cause you can't tag like here?#anyway #Ryuusui<3

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ghostlyfirn · 2 months

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wof oc bwahahaha

am i finally getting a better hang of drawing dragons? idk im gonna have to draw one hundred million more dragons til i figure out a way to stylize them in a way i like

#ive never posted about this one but they are one of my first wof ocs. probably THE first actually ! i dunno #wings of fire #wof oc #i have no idea how i should tag hybrids . so erm might just tag both separately or something #rainwing #nightwing #dragon #oc #oc tag: sunshade #art #traditional art #doodles #firn's doodles

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front-facing-pokemon · 10 months

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#solrock #now *this* is the fucker that the one raid battle NPC had in swsh that everyone hated. including me. he served only to remove lives #fuckin mashing the rock polish button the whole time or whatever it was. doing Nothing Else. i feel like a lot of people who usually did #raids offline had that fucker's name and face memorized. cuz they'd see that they got him and just give up right then and there #at a certain point i feel like offline raids were just not very viable. the NPCs they'd give you to battle with were just so bad #and some of the higher star raids you really needed the extra firepower you just couldn't get from those NPCs #but also they kinda removed a lot of the incentive for joining other people's raids considering your catch chance was lowered by like 9000%#if you weren't the host of the raid. and if you were the host the percentage chance was so high it was basically guaranteed #i don't think i ever ONCE caught a pokémon successfully when i'd joined someone else's raid. and i don't think i ever once failed to catch a #pokémon when i was the host of the raid. it's just. i dunno! i stopped doing raids at a certain point. some people can get a pokémon game #and play it long long after the main story bc they get invested in raids and shit but i just lose interest at a certain point unfortunately #as much as i enjoy the game while i'm initially playing through it #hff. anyway. i'm queueing this up the morning of june 30th‚ aka the day of my first flight in 10 years. so. this won't post until mid july #and i'll have been back for a while by then but for right now‚ me writing these tags‚ i am very Anxious #saur. haha. y'know how it is. have solrock

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wembleysfraggle · 1 year

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I'm sorry for mha posting in 2023 🙏 unfortunately I still love these kids!

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cursedthing · 1 year

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Happy belated Valentine's day! Woe my aro 'n ace headcanons be upon ye!

#mp100 #mob psycho 100 #i think Mob would only say he's bi (or under that label) in the sense of equal attraction to all gender even if there's lack of it in that #specific way! I dunno he's just vibing #<-remembered that one post that talked about this topic how back in the day aces considered themself as bi and is now joyfully reading #about that topic more and Mob just gives me Those vibes #also side note not connected to the previous mini monologue!#this doesn't even show all the other hcs (specifically gender ones) because we focused on the aro n ace ones first. plus it doesn't show an #y characters that we kind of think have aroace vibes to them but weren't sure WHAT specific vibes those were!#so maaaybe at some point we'll make another post for those hcs too since this was fun! :D #ANYWAY END OF TAG MONOLOGUE. FUCK DO I HAVE TO TAG EVERYONE NOW. AUGHH #head in hands. ok here we go #serizawa katsuya #kageyama shigeo #takane tsubomi #kurata tome #mp100 dimple #kageyama ritsu #suzuki shou #reigen arataka #ok that's all of them. i feel like the receptionist at the doctor's shouting patient's names. peace out [gradually becomes more transparen]#ines's scribbles

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traumainpyjamas · 8 months

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"Why does it matter to you so much?" Jeno asked. He was leaning back in his chair. Bare arms clasped behind his head, flexing his muscles, expression full of youthful cockiness. One strand of midnight black hair fell across his forehead, swooping down to his raised eyebrow.

"It matters because it wasn't what the deal was", Johnny answered back, throwing the clipboard which he had been lazily brandishing in his hand onto the table. The metallic clash of the board hitting the steel table didn't even make Jeno flinch. He just licked the corner of his mouth and answered, "So what? I got what we wanted. Isn't that what's important?"

One of their hideout’s cold halogen lights kept flickering overhead as if sensing the rising tensions and buckling under it.

"What is important is our integrity and our reputation on the streets." The older man's words seemed to hit home. Jeno's expression soured a little, losing humor and exchanging it to simmering temper. He let his hands drop down to his sides.

"They were a group of punks anyway. You even said it yourself. Street scum with illusions of grandeur. So Hendery, Jisung, and I taught them a little humility”, Jeno started to say but Johnny spoke over him,

"And I told you I had a plan for that."

“Your plan was too slow!” Jeno exploded in turn and stood up – his bare shoulders flexing when he leant over the steel table to speak directly to his leader’s face. “If you don’t take action when people are plainly playing with us, I will.”

Johnny snapped and in a flash got up close to the younger’s face and without a shred of hesitation forcefully said, “Last I checked this was still my crew and you will sit your ass down.”

For a moment both men were locked in a fierce stare down. The broken light kept flickering on the ceiling. Its flashes being the only moment in the silent room.

Jeno clenched his jaw and breathed through his nose, the breath morphing into a low chuckle. The younger man turned his head and let his face split into a cynical grin. Jeno relaxed his shoulders and leaned back, shaking his head slightly. Then he looked back at Johnny who was still predatorily hunched over the table, observing the younger man’s every move intently.

Jeno straighted his posture and stepped back. He started idly fixing the black leather straps on his left arm, “Relax, old man. Nobody is after your position, too much paperwork.”

Johnny sat back down but didn’t relax his wolfish grace. His gaze though wasn’t as burning as before when he replied, “Paperwork which you just added immensely with your foolish actions.”

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noctualagenaria · 10 months

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baizhluc masterpost :D

this is Everything baizhu x diluc ive created :>

( last one was a collab i did with @leowopard, who did the lineart/sketch and all i did was color :> )

( was asked to tag @thew1tness so here's ur tag :D )

#memes to be added !#ive made a TOOONN of text post memes bc of the daily account i used to run #i wanna go back to running it but ive fallen out with the other admin and alas i cannot log in right now so orz #but ill rb with the ones i made bc it was a Lot and i adore them all despite some of them being out of character #most of these arts before the go for it diluc image were made before baizhus release so sdfdsfs we didnt have much to go off of #and now i have more fic ideas than art ideas but i am doing baizhluc art still !! jus not finishing or posting it as much orz orz orz orz #jesters court #does that art tag even work anymore i dunno sdfsdf #it didnt pop up for me as i was typing it so orz #baizhluc.png #i also have more picmixes ill rb after the memes #i have a ship kid with them too that i considered posting here but alas i wanted just the two of them First then the ship kid can be #in another rb or smth i dunno sjhgdfs anyways #this is gonna be my new pinned post now bc i need everyone to see how Insane and truly TRULY deranged i am

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peachytime85 · 3 months

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just drew one of my ocs :3

#art #artists on tumblr #my art #digital art #illustration #drawing #original character #oc #oc art #idk what else to tag #first post #follow #idk how to tag this #idk what im doing #i dunno #whatever #help #send help #/j obviously

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discontentramblings · 1 year

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i’ve watched the new mario movie trailer (twice honestly) and

apparently the bowser/luigi shippers were right all this time

#christ pratt is still Meh but these two sound good #also my inner 14 year old grabbing every bit of luigi being on screen and/or on-screen brotherly affection like 'yeesssss'#super mario was one of my first online fandoms and i had a .....particular interest in luigi #super mario bros #bowser #luigi #man i dunno how to tag this #love wins etc #CBL text posts her existence

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cro-dinoo · 7 months

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inktober day 8: toad

#cro-mo #sketch #inktober #hk #hollow knight #bretta #grey prince zote #day 8: toad #dunno if im gonna do more of these tho it was super fun doing this #inktober 2023 #(how do you tag inktober stuff? its the first time i join n post)

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cubecrunchie · 2 years

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in the fourth session, after pearl loses her and scotts first life, scott bitterly walks back to his and cleos bridge, vowing to himself that once they get down to red life, he will off himself in order to make sure he's the one to end pearls series. hes not over her abandonment in the very first session, and he doesnt think he ever will be. shes a nuisance, a hazard, a something to hold him back and make everything that much more complicated for him and cleo, and once he knows he has nothing else to lose, he will relish in bringing an end to the weight by his side with his own hands.

now remember: no one ever really wins in the life games. one way or another, everyone has to die. and scotts already won once before, so whats the real harm in giving someone else a chance to stand on the podium? (and whats the real harm in making sure it isnt his soulbound, in making sure his chosen soulmate is that much closer to a victory of their own?)

and then, as necessity calls, he finds himself unwittingly and unwillingly allying with her as the game intended. theyre both cautious, with pearl being hesitant to call herself "friends" with scott and the others, and scott seemingly waiting for the other shoe to drop, to have pearl go back to her crazy ex-girlfriend ways and ruin it for the both of them. but as time goes on, they start talking. scott brings up her failure to show up in the beginning, and pearl hits right back with His Failure to reconnect and let her explain herself.

and scott starts thinking. pearl has never recovered from "becoming red" way back in the first session, and she likely never will--after all, theres no regaining hearts in this iteration, lives or otherwise. after scott loses their second life to an indignant joel, a direct parallel of what he so scolded her about before, he knows theyre even now. But, are they really?

after martyn and pearl failed to show up (after they did show up, too little, too late), cleo and scott officially declare themselves soulmates, leaving for greener pastures. they assumed that martyn and pearl would do the same or otherwise be ok. but while this is true of martyn, sort of--he and cleo reconcile and get on Kind Of good terms, despite the rocky parts--pearl is left to stew in her emotions. she becomes overly attached to a dog, as all people going through a rough break up do, and gains a reputation among the server for being the Red Witch; unpleasant and to be avoided. she acts out, causes trouble, and adapts to the chunks of damage and axe crits scott throws her way in retaliation to her erratic behaviour. but through all the cartoonish villainy and scheming, he can see the full extent of damage hes causing her, physical or otherwise.

now remember: no one ever really wins in the life games. one way or another, everyone has to die. and scotts already won once before, so whats the real harm in giving someone else a place to stand on the podium? (and whats the real harm in making sure its only his soulbound, in making sure his final act is made in kindness and grants a victory of her own?

hed already vowed to do so, in a way, and for all hes cursed pearl for neglecting her duties as his soulmate, it would be rude to go against his word now; even if its fulfilled just a little different than he originally intended.

in the sixth session, after pearl kills both cleo and martyn, scott meets her in the place where everything started, repeating his vow made to himself and to them both. "Tilly death do us part," he speaks, as he lights the tnt beneath his feet.

#double life #scott smajor #dangthatsalongname #pearlescentmoon #dlsmp #both the series and mr s major smajor scott scott major dangthatslongname smajor1995 please sir your brand #kept forgetting to get this one out my drafts for A While lol cubic if ur reading: remember this one?#nine nomologues #this is my first time making like a more analytical post rather than memeing so! yippee!#dunno if ill do this often but it was kinda fun to put together also i swear #the themes consistently put together and acted out within these heavily improved minecraft series #theyre eating my brain like parasitic worms how do they make such profound tragedies EVERY TIME #/pos btw having a great time these tags are getting long goodness

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