love people referring to the dracula offseason. i can't stop picturing exchanges like "well, we're in the offseason" "the Superbowl is literally this weekend" "no, not football. dracula"

Something I find a little funny with Basil is that when he sees posts that are like “there’s no sense to how your system works!” he gets really sad… And yet those same things continue happening.

Yes, it’s nonsensical how much we split. Yes, it’s nonsensical how many fictives we have. Yes, it’s nonsensical that we can hardly even tell if we have amnesia barriers unless it’s a really bad day. But a post saying “grrr that means you’re faking because it doesn’t make sense!” isn’t going to stop any of that. A post telling us (and systems that may be like us) that we aren’t valid isn’t going to suddenly fuse us into 20- alters. Healing is messy. Healing happens differently for everyone. It’ll be okay.

Thinking about how I would write an adult Scooby-Doo series, because I think it can be done.

The first thing I’d do is make the characters actually be adults.  Still young, but adults, in the mid to late 20s range.  Mystery Inc. is a private detective type business that they run together.  In this universe, the supernatural/ghosts/etc are real, but not necessarily common, so when they take on a case, the culprit might be a person disguised as a monster, or it might actually be a real ghost.  The stakes can be higher; sometimes a bad guy is legitimately trying to kill them.  Sometimes the mystery they’re trying to solve is a murder.  Sometimes they actually get hurt on their cases.

Fred: the core of Fred’s character should be that he’s incredibly kind.  Like, give a stranger the shirt off his back kind.  The “Fred can’t talk to potential clients because he might take a case for free and we need to eat” kind.  He’s an honest and good person and sometimes gets himself into trouble because he assumes other people are too.  While he’s not very good at reading people or noticing ulterior motives, he’s brilliant when it comes to mechanical or engineering type stuff, so he’s the one who keeps the mystery machine running, builds their gadgets, and of course, designs the traps.

Daphne: she comes from old money, and her parents absolutely despise her life choices, to the point where they haven’t officially disowned her, but they have basically cut her off, so she doesn’t actually have access to any family money.  Growing up wealthy has granted her a variety of skills, including speaking multiple languages, horseback riding, and fencing.  She’s very into fashion and jewelry (even if she can’t afford it anymore) and has extensive knowledge of both that can occasionally provide a vital clue in a case. And even though her parents have cut her off, Daphne still has a wide network of contacts she can ask for favors sometimes, because she’s personable, and people tend to like her.  Daphne is also very emotionally intelligent, and is usually the one who can spot when someone is lying to them.

Side note - I ship Fred and Daphne, so I think I would start them off as an established couple for this universe.  Dating, engaged, married, I don’t care.  They are stupidly in love, ride or die for each other.  There’s no will they, won’t they, no worries about cheating.  They are in a healthy, happy, loving relationship, and no one (not even Daphne’s disapproving parents) are going to mess that up for them.

Velma: she is the forensics nerd who sometimes gets super excited about the wrong thing at the wrong time (”He was mummified in seconds? That’s so cool!” “Velma!  His wife is standing right there!” “Oh.  Sorry.”).  She’s not purposely insensitive, she just gets laser focused on her work and forgets to filter herself sometimes.  She’s also the one who can get so fixated on solving whatever mystery they’re working on, she’s willing to bend or maybe break laws.  Is breaking and entering really so bad?  Not if it gets them answers.

Shaggy: he is still the comic relief, but he’s the comic relief by being the only person in the group that actually has common sense.  He manages the business’s finances, he’s the only one who knows how to cook, and the others tease him for being a coward sometimes, but Shaggy maintains that if a ghost with an axe is coming for you, running is the only sensible option.  He should also have a range of random knowledge that sounds useless, but sometimes saves the day (ex ventriloquism, origami, the history of spoons, etc).

Scooby: as this is a universe where supernatural creatures exist, Scooby is an ancient eldritch type being that took a shine to Shaggy when he was a kid, and took the form of a talking dog to befriend and hang out with him.  Aside from the talking dog bit and not aging, he never uses his powers in a way that anyone notices.  The audience is not told upfront that Scooby is an ancient eldritch being; it should slowly be hinted at throughout the series so the audience put it together, but the characters never realize it.  Scooby genuinely considers Shaggy to be his best friend, and cares about the rest of the gang too.

3 stages of life :-

BIRTH

What the hell is this

DEATH

aftercare so she doesn’t feel gross or used >>>

Artwork is not mine.

Our generation thinks it’s cool not to care. It’s not. Effort is cool. Caring is cool. Staying loyal is cool. Try it out.

Post Malone

- j (x)

Cracked out the tampon and my pussy is creaking like a damn wooden door

i love when the tumblr girlies get into a show middle aged american men like (MASH, columbo, breaking bad, supernatural to all our bewilderment, etc) but do it in a way that would make those dads go into shock requiring medical intervention

It’s so nice to see us finally settle down on the multiple fronters and get one, maybe two at a time (as of like.. 2 days, haha). Individuality is something we’ve been working on and discussing a lot recently. It’s just.. Nice to come back and see what someone else has saved, their messages to friends, making the best of their situation. There’s hardships, there’s setbacks, but being able to come back and see someone, say, trying to design a fursuit, testing out their art skills, becoming their own person, it’s like a breath of fresh air. A “we’re gonna make it after all” relief.

-🎨

"It's March. I open the window and spring floats in, kisses me on the nose. I have waited so long–and now the Sun is washing the world in yellow, and now the seeds sprout green in the dirt, and now the trees are budding and ready to bloom–and it was all so worth it."

– Schuyler Peck, Worth the Wait

I wonder if anyone ever fantasizes about having a life with me.

your teens are for figuring yourself out. your 20s are for figuring yourself out. your 30s are for figuring yourself out. your 40s are for figuring yourself out. your 50s are f

tma relisten was slightly out of order for fic voice reasons, leading me to connect for the first time

MAG12: Gerry has a lighter with an eye on it

MAG111: Jon takes out his lighter and Gerry asks if he's "a spider freak"

was this a thing among avatars, entity-specific lighters? was it something Gerry was TRYING to make a thing?? was it another sign that he and Jon are Fated to be besties? (yes, literally all things are signs they should be besties)

Because vampires are the original serial killers, stripped of everything that makes us human--they have no friends, no family, no roots, no children. All they have is hunger. They eat and eat but they're never full

Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires