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accio-sriracha · 5 months

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Wolfstar and Markers.

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Sirius likes to draw on his friends.

It's just something he does when he's bored in class.

He writes Property of Sirius on each of them. Sometimes abreviating it to P.O.S. for the double meaning.

He draws little cupcakes and pieces of cheese on Peter's hand.

He loves to draw golden snitches and broomsitcks across James' thigh during the summer, charming them to fly around.

But, rather ironically, it was Remus who usually sat next to him.

It was an exceptionally boring day in history of magic class, they were all waiting for the lesson to end as Professor Binns droned on about the Great Goblin War.

Sirius pulled the marker out of his bag, grabbing Remus' arm without waiting for permission.

Despite pretending to be annoyed each time, Remus stayed carefully still.

A little too still.

He literally spent a good portion of the time Sirius was drawing on him not breathing.

It was secretly his favorite part of the day.

He loved the feeling of Sirius' fingers skating across his skin.

He loved watching his concentrated expression from the corner of his eyes.

He loved the way Sirius took his time, careful not to mess it up.

How Sirius always told him he wasn't allowed to wash it off.

He never did, keeping it until the end of the day.

He pretended to hate it but each time he felt himself falling a little deeper in love with his best friend.

Sirius moved on from drawing moons and stars to drawing hearts at some point during their fifth year.

It was literally all he would ever draw on Remus now.

He kept the same drawings on the others, quidditch themed for Prongs and various snacks for Wormy.

But always hearts on Remus.

Remus couldn't figure out why, but the tiny detail made his own heart flutter faster every time.

He wondered what caused the switch, wondered if it was as significant as he was making it out to be in his head.

One day, while Sirius was doodling on Remus' hand, James asked him,

"Why the hearts, mate?"

It was pure bored curiosity, there wasn't any real interest in his eyes when he said it.

But Sirius looked up, and his answer made Remus' entire brain malfunction.

"I'm waiting for Remus to ask me to be his boyfriend. This is about as obvious as I can get before I decide to ask him myself."

And then he just-

Went back to his doodling.

As if nothing even happened.

As if that wasn't the single most earthshattering thing Remus had ever heard in his life.

As if that wasn't something Remus had been dreaming of doing for years.

Remus could feel the shock on his face.

He could tell he wasn't doing a very good job of hiding any of the emotions swirling through him.

Did Sirius know then? This whole time had he secretly known how much Remus enjoyed their little moments together?

"Moons?" Sirius whispered.

Remus hadn't realised how long it had been since they stopped talking.

Sirius was staring at him, a small flicker of uncertainty passed over him, like he was realising there was a possibility he was wrong,

"You okay?" He asked.

"Can you hand me that marker?" Remus replied instead.

Sirius' eyes went wide for a fraction of a second before he nodded, passing it to Remus.

Remus reached out for Sirius' hand, Sirius gave it to him without hesitation.

He drew a single shaky heart, adrenaline pumping through him.

"Yes." He whispered, "I do want to be your boyfriend."

And that was it.

They've been together ever since.

Sirius loves to tell people the story of how they fell in love.

He always pays specific attention to the part where Remus sat shocked into stillness for fifteen minutes before Sirius finally asked if he was okay.

Remus proposed around Christmas, they were gathered at the Potter's home, watching baby Harry stumble around as he tried to walk.

Sirius and Remus were sitting on the sofa, Peter sat on the ground, holding his arms out for Harry, and Lily and James stood by the kitchen, watching them all with a smile.

Remus had told the others his plan already and they thought it was amazing.

"Hey Pads?" He whispered, kissing the top of his head.

Sirius hummed and leaned in closer to him.

"Can you go grab me a marker? I think I saw one on the counter earlier."

Sirius paused and leaned away, giving him a curious look, "A marker?" He repeated. Remus nodded,

"Yeah, I think it was in the kitchen."

Sirius shrugged and stood up, walking over to the counter to find the black sharpie Remus had placed there earlier.

He sat back down, passing it over, "What's this for?"

"Give me your hand." Remus whispered.

The others went silent, watching them quietly.

Remus could feel adrenaline shooting through him, just like the last time he'd done this.

He carefully drew a heart on Sirius' hand, big enough to reach from one side to the other.

Sirius smiled, "I didn't think you still remembered. It's been years since I've talked about that."

Remus nodded quietly, lifting his hand up so Sirius couldn't see what he was writing.

Sirius watched him, impatiently waiting until Remus let him see.

Inside the heart was now four words, written in Remus' neat cursive,

"Will you marry me?"

Sirius looked up so suddenly it caught Remus by surprise.

He threw his arms around him, burying his face into his shoulder,

"Yes." He breathed, "Of course I want to marry you, Moons."

They kissed, teary eyed and holding each other close.

The others ran to them immediatley, pulling them into hugs and shouting congratulations.

Sirius told that story for an even longer amount of time.

If you look carefully enough, you'll still find a black marker in every room of their home.

Every note they leave for each other are always signed by these, and always with a small heart at the bottom in place of a signature.

Sirius still draws little hearts on him when he's bored sometimes.

And it's still Remus' favorite part of his day.

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natreads · 3 months

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Mini review - Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

I call 2024 my year of reading projects, meaning I write down every reading impulse I get and try to make it come true. I was suddenly craving the YA I used to read, and I was suddenly needing to return to authors I used to enjoy. And so I found Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour, not YA, but still interesting enough for me to check it out. In it I found two women's different stories and how they come together, intertwine, walk side by side and sometimes have nothing to do with each other at all. Sara's running from her past while Emilie's trying to make sense of her present.

It was a quiet joy, reading this book. I can't explain it any better. I felt utterly at peace in the story, even though parts of it were difficult, even though much of it reminded me too much of myself and my own struggles. I found the beginning fascinating due to the narrative and structural choices LaCour did. And then I understood them entirely and I knew it couldn't have been done any differently. I find this quiet joy to also be the reason I'm not sure of my rating. I imagine five stars as allconsuming, loud, earthshattering experiences. But this was too good for a four star. 4.5 maybe? But at the same time, does perfection always have to shake you? Maybe sometimes it can just gently rock you.

(the background picture is one I took in Greece, in case anyone was curious! I felt it captures the hills and heat of California, maybe)

#books #booklr #book review #yerba buena #nina lacour

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lynxgriffin · 2 years

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Hello! I recently was reminded that Paper Trail existed, and apparently it's been over a year since I last checked if it updated, so I went back and picked up where I left off. As someone who is hoping to work in character design and the making of characters in general and someone who is fascinated with analyzing characters and storytelling, I was always excited to see just what Paper Trail was leading up to. And today I got to find out!

Personally, I absolutely loved the ending. Was it abrupt? Yes. Was it unsatisfactory? Depends on who you ask. Was it done this way purposefully? Absolutely. And that is exactly why I love it. You basically used the fact we're only spectators and used it against us, and yet you did it in such a way that makes sense in a way only a fancomic could. As readers, we know the events of Undertale and Deltarune, and so with the introduction of Gaster it was only possible for it to be such an earthshattering reveal for people who know who he is.

You used what Toby gave us and span it in a way that is absolutely breathtaking and I love it. While yes, of course I want to know what happens next, I also love that I'm never going to know. I love that we got to make the choice of severing the connection, even if we didn't truly make it. While Undertale is a game about how making choices can make or break the world, Deltarune is a game about how our choices mean nothing and you used that to its fullest.

Papertrail was brilliant and I'm delighted and shocked all of it was free. I just wanted to say thank you for making Paper Trail!

Awwww anon, thank you so so much, this long ask totally made my day!! I'm really glad that you were able to come back to it and finish it up, and that you enjoyed the ending! I know the ending was controversial, so I always really appreciate when someone says that it resonated with them and they liked it. Thank you once again, and I hope you have a great day!

#ask lynx stuff #PT ask

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pokedashwarrior55 · 1 year

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I need to ramble about Tales From The Pizzaplex Book 4, story 3 Bobbiedots for a hot minute cause IT CHANGES THE ENTIRE DAYCARE DYNAMIC PEOPLE!!!

So there's a bombshell drop of lore that states:

Abe sighed. "The Sun robot was an old stage animatronic. Part of its theatrical shtick was to turn evil when the lights went off. When it was reprogrammed to be the day care attendant, the performance functions were taken out, but the darkness trigger couldn't be removed. That, combined with the occasional blackouts in the day care, created the Moon side of the attendant, which results in several undesirable behaviors." Abe shook his head. "Apparently, they had meetings about what to do, and they decided that fixing Sun was more trouble than it was worth. It's cheaper to just make sure the lights stay on."

Many DCA theories connected them to the theater from their room's access to the location and the design of the theater, so that isn't exactly earthshattering news, but it seemingly debunks the SOFT MOON HC?? Or at least it appears to!

Sun and Moon were originally just one AI, acting as a stage performance, but this employee says they were repurposed for the daycare. This seemed to cause Moon to splinter off from Sun, as they reprogramed Sun but forgot about Moon.

MOON ISN'T SUN'S TWIN BUT HIS SKRUNKLY ANNOYING YOUNGER BROTHER OMG.

OK OKAY I'm kinda trying to fuse well known fanon with this vague, possibly untrue information the "reliable" Fazbear employee gives us but what if the timeline is like this:

Sun is in complete control of Moon simply as an act for kids to enjoy

They open the daycare and repurpose the animatronic, Reprogramming Sun but not Moon

Moon becomes his own individual and causes problems, causing them to build the generators and implement the lights on rule, BUT they hastily repair the code so he isn't a liability anymore towards the kids and utilizes the aggressive side for security so they don't have to pay for the sky high electric bill anymore.

So now Moon is programmed to care for and attend the kids, but also has the leftover traits of his show/self. He tries to be a good naptime attendant but keeps falling short and the kids are scared of him. He becomes Sun's weird younger brother who is just trying to be as useful and loved as Sun is, but Sun, being the orderly one, starts to resent him for making his job difficult!

Instead of being fluffy powerteam twins, Moon is an unwanted younger brother with poor social skills but is trying his best (he likes patrols cause it makes him feel needed and valued (while also being a skill he excels at as that stalking aggression spider was always apart of "him")) and Sun is a caring but uptight perfectionist older brother who will protect him, but gets exhausted by the mistakes he makes! Plus the fact that Sun would have to deal with a peice of himself becoming their own person (nothing like more Sun angst!)

They brotherly bond as the daycare operates somewhat efficiently for a while before the virus starts to take hold of Moon, reverting him to full on spurts of aggression that puts kids in danger. When he flashes back to reality, he is upset with himself that he still can't be the beloved Attendant Sun is. This insecurity allows the virus (which was already targeting him for his security clearances and stalking abilities) easy Access to his code and he gets corrupted, causing the management to once again pull the plug on him and keep the lights on.

Imagine the brotherly angst! This angle on their relationship also incorporates the "Moon is jealous of Sun's popularity" fanon so well while also incorporating what lore we received from the books. And after the virus when everything is working again, they can grow to become the Soft Moon and Sun paring we thought they were BEFORE the virus! It's a long Brotherly love slow burn people and I am honestly here for it.

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flameontheotherside · 3 years

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The "Why Me?"

I'm on that time of the month. I fucking hate being emotional. It's inconvenient and I feel like a bum in bed crying over stupid shit. Like bro...I love being female and I love everything except for the shedding of the uterus like most of us of the fun sex are.

Which makes me dread ever being pregnant. I want kids of my own flesh and blood but goddammit I know I'm going to be miserable for 9 months and will drag everyone down with me. 🤣 Just wait. Lol It's going to be a shitshow.

I got into a funk because I got in my image gallery.

It's difficult to look at Erik. In dreams where he was getting my attention BEFORE I began this journey, his face was always blurred out. All I would see usually was the back of his curly head. Always thought it was weird but shrugged it off. Well obviously it makes sense now. Right before I started talking to him I had a good look at his face. Since at the time I didn't believe in Twin Flames or gave a flying fuck it wasn't an earthshattering sappy moment. Everyone's experience is going to be different.

Anyway I was looking for a specific picture and forgot I had downloaded a few visual aids. NOTHING PERVY (Jesus Christ on a motorbike)!! I need it for my trances and communication 🤦‍♀️...There is one celebrity he looks most like. So I downloaded them and forgot. Usually I don't get all funky but I did.

So why me, why does it have to be me? 😰

Erik said, "Why not you?" Not to be funny but you know.

In spite of everything I still don't want this shit. As much as this whole journey has been a blessing and amazing and all that jazz, it's painful and frustrating. When I wrote a letter asking Erik's guardian angels to get him to find me (written on his bday mind you in 2007) I didn't want him to fucking find me as a dead guy. WHO THE FUCKING FUCK WANTS THAT SHIT?!

I used to think I'd be happy as a clam if he wasn't my TF. But it's kind of fucking stupid again, considering everything. I mean you'd have to be a stubborn retard (aka...ME) to not realize 1+1=2. Even though it took me a couple years to just go with this crap, I know better. So even if some idiot were to just randomly say I'm not his TF, I know better than to listen to some dumbasnails fucktard behind a keyboard with some fucked up agenda.

On this woe is me trip, ignoring Erik.

It's easier to ignore him when I'm emotionally charged. Either really really angry, excited, nervous or even tired. I can't concentrate enough to hear him. Enjoying every moment of it, I'm just using some extra salt to express my hatred for this journey 🙂. So much for wanting a normal life and that letter is a laughing joke to me rn. I shouldn't have fucking wrote it and stayed atheist. This was what I was avoiding for so many years.

Fuck my life, fuck my mother fucking life, and fuck everything else.

I'm gonna probably have a few beers after I bust it at the gym tonight and pass out. Maybe I'll be in a better mood tomorrow.

Oh fuck no...God is here.

You have to be fucking kidding meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! 🤦‍♀️

I cant.

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