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“you rise with the moon. I rise with the sun”
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Eternally grateful for my best gal @oceanview15 for all her amazing ideas and support
#I remember first seeing this ship when I was a kid and liking it and not that the Netflix show brought of those memories back#the slow burn with no endgame#how am I supposed to ignore a sun/moon ship??#I agree with the writers! it should have been them!#nobodies son nobodies daughter#zutara#prince zuko#fire lord zuko#katara#avatar the last airbender#zuko x katara
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#screaming#its happening#slow burn goodness#soulmates#endgame here we come#i love them your honor#my heart#creddie#carly x freddie#freddie x carly#carly shay#freddie benson#icarly#icarly reboot#gif#gifs#gifset#3x1#miranda cosgrove#nathan kress#love
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Byler doubt
I get scared when I see people giving their reasons for thinking byler may not happen in s5 but then I realise that there's just too much evidence to go against it at this point. It won't make sense for byler not be a thing in s5 because why would they build up all these affectionate, emotional scenes between them over these past 4 seasons just for nothing romantic to happen between them in the final? Slow burn rejection is not a thing.
#slow burn rejection is not real#byler#stranger things#mike wheeler is gay#byler nation#mike wheeler#byler theory#stranger things s5#byler endgame#will byers#will byers is gay#finn wolfhard
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[series now cross-posted to ao3! stay tuned for more! ]
Have been watching a lot FRIENDS lately bc its one of my and my gf's comfort shows and, of course, i cannot stop thinking about Stranger Things-ifying the hell out of it. the vision came to me SO CLEARLY
[PART 2]
Sitting around the coffee shop that is basically a second home to the gang.
Nancy sits on the chair across from Argyle, one leg tucked under her, legal pad balancing on the arm, a pen being held between her pointer and middle finger, tapping incessantly on the pad. The other hand tucked into a fist and holding up her chin.
Argyle sits with his legs draped over the arm of the oversized chair, flipping through the latest Steven King book, one arm perched behind his head.
Jonathan has the NYT crossword in his lap, Robin peering over his shoulder, making him nervous.
A normal Saturday afternoon routine for the group of twentysomethings. The rain from outside softly hits the windows nearby, complimenting the soft chatter and gentle clanking of dishes.
But Robin can only seem to focus on Nancy's damn tapping.
"Nance?"
"Hm?"
"I'm gonna need you to stop tapping. I'm trying to beat Jonathan's puzzle."
"Just take it," he hands the paper over to her, annoyed.
"No! It's more fun when it feels like I'm beating you."
Jonathan looks over at Nancy, who is staring blankly at the wooden support beam a few feet away.
"What's going on Nance?"
"Nothing." Her pitch high, grabbing the rest of the groups attention, so much so that they all inch closer to her chair.
"Sounds like a whole lotta nothing," Argyle pulls a nearby chair up next to hers flipping it around and resting his forearms on the back of it.
Robin sits on the ground next to her and Jonathan takes a seat on the coffee table right in front of her.
"Fine!" She takes a look over her shoulder, toward the front door. "I have a date."
"Why are we whispering?" Argyle asks, also whispering.
"Because you know who could walk in any second."
"Why are we whispering and speaking in codes?" Jonathan asks, still whispering.
And as an act of divine timing, the front door to the coffee shop opens, and they all turn their heads to see a slightly damp Eddie shake his hair out and shed his leather jacket in one fell swoop. His face fixed in the same frown that's plagued his face for the last two weeks.
"Hey," the group says in unison, not moving a muscle from where they're still crowded around Nancy.
"What did I say about that tone," Eddie whines, flopping himself down on the couch that previously held Jon and Robin.
"How're you doing?" Robin asks, shifting her body, still sitting on the floor, toward him.
"All of her stuff is gone which means that all of my stuff is gone."
No one says a thing. Not even when the sound of a ceramic coffee cup shatters somewhere in the distance.
"Eddie?"
"What?"
"I don't mean to sound insensitive dude, but shouldn't you be a little less depressed considering... " Argyle trails off.
"Considering what?"
"Considering you're the one that left her?" Robin finishes the thought that everyone is having.
"I didn't leave her." He scoffs.
"No, but when you tell your long-term girlfriend about recently discovering that you're gay, one might see that as you being the one to end that relationship."
"We've been over this." He balls up his jacket and shoves his face into the wet leather. The group share a look, Nancy gesturing to Eddie's state as if to say this is why I'm not talking about the date.
He chucks the balled up jacket at Jonathan, who kicks his feet out in surprise as he catches it with his chest. Eddie's hands are now on either side of his face.
"The love was there! I could've loved her if..."
"If she was someone else?"
He deflates, lets his arms slump down and his shoulders do the same.
"Eddie, my friend, my pal, listen up." Argyle moves seats for the third time, now squeezing himself into the space between Eddie and the arm rest on the couch, draping his arm over his shoulders.
"You have just entered a whole new world, my man. So, you're gay? We're in New York City, so is everyone! Welcome home! All that love you were ready to give to Michelle? You get to hold onto that and give it to someone else. Someone who makes your heart sing."
"But I knew her just as long as I knew you guys." He whines, again, gesturing to Robin, Nancy and Jonathan. "It was easy. It was safe. How am I ever gonna find romance with someone? Where we have an established - I don't know - thing! A connection! A history! How?"
Eddie stares at them like he expects them to answer, forcing the rest of the group to share glances, let the air settle with Eddie's words.
The front door flies open just as a roaring thunder booms overhead, making for a dramatic entrance.
Robin's the first one to swivel her head toward the ruckus, the only one who has a perfect view of the person who burst into the shop.
A man dressed in a tux, drenched, like, just hopped out of a swimming pool drenched. Fighting with his bow tie with one hand and running his other hand through the unforgettable head of hair that sends Robin right back to Hawkins, Indiana. Back to the summer before her senior year.
Huh?
Unable to move a muscle in her body, she watches him clumsily go up to the counter and ask for her and Nancy, by name. The sound of her name sends her up to her feet and pushes her toward the man. An air of chaos surrounds him, drawing an offense amount of curiosity out of Robin as she finds her words.
"Steve Harrington?"
He turns around, his face lights up, and he does the weirdest thing.
He hugs her.
She remains stiff as he pulls back from the hug, hands still on either side of her arms.
They were buddies that summer scooping ice cream at the mall. Nothing crazy, or maybe even that memorable, but they started the summer as acquaintances at best and left as friends.
But then he left for college and she stayed and they never spoke again. A few run-ins here and there. But nothing substantial.
"I knew I'd find you here, I remembered that the last time I was in the city I ran into you guys and you're here!" He sounds drunk, but also like he drank a vat of espresso.
Clearly, it was substantial enough for him to come looking for her. Dressed in a tux soaking wet?
"And you're here, overdressed." She says, taking him in, unable to unscrew the confused look from her face.
Is that a boutonnières?
Oh no. Oh fuck.
"Steve?" Jonathan and Nancy say in unison as Robin brings him over to the couch.
Robin thinks Eddie might have summoned the ghost of hopeless high school crushes past, the way Eddie looks like he's just seen a ghost.
#FRIENDS au#sorry for the typos!#did like no editing. seriously just typed and posted.#i tweaked the characters a bit so it wouldn't be an obvious 1-1 AU but Steve is obvs Rachel and Eddie is obvs Ross#idk if this will become anything more but!!! maybe???#this was just supposed to be a writing sprint#i swear i meant to only write vibes#it somehow turned into this????#sen writes#stranger things fic#my fic#steddie ficlet#ronance as chandler and monica slow burn endgame also bounces around my brain as i finish these tags#argyle is clearly phoebe To Me
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i think we’ve moved one too fast from the fact that there were boxes that said “MW705″ in the Jopper first kiss scene and i really want the Byler kiss to be in the 5th episode because s1ep1(Will’s disappearance), s2ep2(crazy together), s3ep3(byler rain fight),s4ep4(byler heart.to-heart scene) were really important for Byler but i wouldn’t mind if they decided to wait until ep 7 since it also has a meaning for Byler and Finn said the painting reveal is not in the first 2 scripts so they’ll probably to it in the later episodes and remember that he said Mike’s obliviousness to Will’s feelings will pay off in the end. credits for the first pic @chirpsythismorning
also..
#stranger things#stranger things 4#slow burn endgames#slow burn couples#jopper#joyce byers#jim hopper#byler#will byers#mike wheeler#mike wheeler is gay#mike wheeler is a homo
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Byler kiss in episode 7 is not a want it’s a NEED (I’ll hold on my slow burns as long as possible don’t you dare rush my poor angels)
#byler#byler endgame#byler kiss#byler is canon#we already had 4 seasons of slow burn ? yes okay and ? I NEED MORE
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Hot take maybe idk but as queer fans we should really stop just being ok with underwhelming romances, just because they are queer (yes this is about people talking like bucktommy/buckxsome-other-random-man endgame would be just as good as buddie endgame)
#I am talking endgame#I think tommy is a great love interest for now#But like you CANNOT be ok with exchanging that for the slow burn of the century#Bi buck is great#It will always mean so much#But lets then also give the queer characters the love story that they deserve#This whole debate makes me irrationally angry#buddie#911#911 fox#eddie diaz#evan buckley#911 abc
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https://www.tumblr.com/lemotmo/750027986795888640/all-right-now-that-the-biggest-shock-from-seeing
My thing is I read things like this and I’m like this makes sense. And his arc needs to arc. But then it’s like you also have the people who have already seen the episode engaging online saying things like they really hope the show fixes what happens in tonight’s episode in 7.9 or 7.10 and them also liking fan response comments that are saying oh Eddie’s about to do something dumb with Marisol tonight isn’t he.
I get the it needs to get worse before it gets better…and it might even be tolerable if Marisol’s actress wasn’t who it is… but she is and seeing her on screen and having to continue watching it play out with them driving them closer together, sex scenes, missing scenes, constantly, like….when is enough going to be enough. There are other ways they could be doing all of this that didn’t feel like such slaps in the face to everyone especially while they keep spouting the were so inclusive and supportive badges. I hope the pay off is worth it. I really really do.
Hey Nonny! It totally get it! I do. I hate these kinds of arcs as well. Every good TV-show with slow burn romances has these kinds of arcs. I remember so many of them and the frustration it brought along, knowing that two people are so right for each other but they just can't see it or they actively 'choose' not to see it. I've watched tons of TV-shows like that. And, mind you, I was a teenager in the 90's, so we couldn't binge watch anything. We had to patiently wait for a new episode every week. Sometimes the channel suddenly decided to drop the show and there was no resolution at all. It was frustrating, but the one thing I learned was patience... so much patience. Because when that moment came. THE MOMENT when two slow burn lovers finally came together? So incredibly worth it!
So yes. I get it. When I see stills with Eddie and Marisol like this I do get angry. I know in my gut that Eddie might be about to do something monumentally stupid for the wrong reasons. But then I think back to Ana and I realise it's the exact same story they are telling. But this time it'll (hopefully) have a better ending. An ending of Eddie choosing his own happiness over that of his son for once. Doesn't mean he loves Chris any less. It just means that the most important thing for Chris is that his father is happy and that will make him happy as well.
Eddie won't be running away this time, just actively choosing for himself. This is growth and it's what we need to see for him to move on to something better in life. And hopefully, if the show chooses to go there, that will be Buck.
I know Buck is with Tommy now, but that relationship is definitely also on a timeline with a clear ending. Marisol and Tommy are plot devices. They only pop up in the narrative when they are needed to make a point.
So the way I see it, one day both Eddie and Buck will be completely free and they'll be able to actively choose each other. And they will be each other's endgame.
As for Edy. I hear you. I hear you loud and clear. I always try to seperate actor from character, but in this case it's extremely difficult to do. I'm not sure why the show has decided to keep her around, knowing who she really is. I can only hope she is on her way out as we speak and we won't see her again in season 8 or anywhere else on our TV-screens.
I hope tonight's episode won't stress you out too much Nonny. I wish you calm and happy times.
#nonnies galore#buddie#eddie diaz#evan buckley#marisol no last name#911 speculation#911 spoilers#slow burns are hard to watch ya'll#but the pay-off in the end?#soooo incredibly worth it!#hang in there Buddie fans#I'm still securely riding the Buddie train#destination endgame
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I’ll never get over how byler was actually the first romantically coded pairing to be introduced in the show.
“I love how byler parallels jancy/lumax/jopper” like no sweetie lumax/jancy/jopper parallels byler.
Any romantic trope that any of those three ships did? Byler did it first. They were introduced as a potential romantic pairing in the very first episode (yes even before mileven y’all), it was just hidden under heteronormativity and in plain sight which is honestly INSANE-
Ppl can hate on byler all they want, but that doesn’t change the fact that byler is literally the blueprint for the rest of the endgame couples and I will forever be smug abt it 😎
#byler#there’s a reason byler is the ship with the longest slow burn 👀#give me any romantic trope from one of the other endgame couples and I gaurentee I can find a moment we’re byler did it first#romantic coding blueprint for stranger things romances fr#mike and will#byler endgame#byler tumblr#byler proof#byler is real
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some person in the tiktok comments I was arguing with about byler vs midleven saying that we'd been saying this shit (byler endgame) for 3 seasons now like uhhh no shit it's called a slow burn milkvan could never
#to sum it up we're 'delulu' and uhhh midleven is better#that's what they said#not me lmao#byler#stranger things#byler endgame#byler slow burn
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What was my favorite part of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes you ask?
Well, I really enjoyed the part at the end where Sejanus and Marcus met up in the afterlife and decided to put the past behind them and start over with their relationship. It took them forever to break down those walls but when they did I was in tears! Also, I bet the cake Mrs. Plinth made for their wedding was delicious.
(What do you mean this didn’t actually happen in the book?)
#come on y’all where are my sej/marcus fanfics#don’t get me wrong I like the coryojanus angst too#but y’all know sej and marcus are endgame#and by endgame I mean they get married in the afterlife and adopt a bunch of animals#plus they have a lot of angst potential too#i have too many fic ideas someone please write the slow burn friends to enemies to friends to lovers sej/marcus fic we deserve#sejanus plinth#marcus tbosas#sejanus x marcus#someone please tell me what their ship name is#tbosas#the ballad of songbirds and snakes#ballad of songbirds and snakes#the hunger games#thg
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It’s so obvious the it and that the Duffers are referring to here is Byler.!
Why else would they put so much emphasis on not being able to please everyone? Like, making m*leven endgame doesn’t fit into this at all. This whole concept fits much more with Byler, seeing as this is the exact argument antis use for why Byler can never happen; ie. ‘everyone would be mad’…
Hell, they even made a dig at Reddit specifically, which is known for blatant animosity towards the mere idea of Byler…
#byler#stranger things#mike wheeler#will byers#stranger things spoilers#endgame byler was only possible s5 and we need to survive the angst and slow burn to get there#finn wolfhard#noah schnapp#byler evidence#byler st#byler proof#byler theory#byler s4#byler s5#byler here we come
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Summary:
Luis Serra has been arrested for the crimes of his employer and his part in it.
Leon is a newer prison guard with a lot of trauma and a low tolerance for injustice and annoyance.
A viral outbreak at the prison threatens Luis's safety and Leon's sanity. Can they survive the night?
I've been working on this one for a while and am excited to share it with you all. I rarely actually post my fics on Tumblr so... enjoy!
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WIP Wednesday: 04.03.2024
I started this soulmate AU on a lark after starting @rierse 's AU The Song in My Head. Hers ran with the idea that they're both right there and just keep missing each other, and it got me kicking around this idea of "ok but what if they're literally right there, interacting, and still just...miss the point? And it was supposed to be short, something that wouldn't take up too much time, and now I'm probably nearing 15-20k, there's chapters, and it's still not done.
I know where it's going, I'm loving how it's playing out, but there's still a big chunk between what I'm calling "the Adrien bit" and the end that needs sorted out (and probably some other bits that need fleshing out). So I have no idea when I can actually start posting this, but damn I'm excited for it. 😂
Soooo...here's the first scene, I guess? 😂
“Luka! Get back here, b’y!”
Gina looked up at the shout just in time to see a dark-haired boy running straight for her little fairy’s stroller, unaware of the potential danger as he looked back and laughed at the woman giving chase. She let out a shout of her own as she snatched Marinette from the stroller just as he crashed into it, knocking the both of them to the ground. He groaned as he lifted a hand to his head, his expression twisted in pain. One arm was hooked over the seat, and both his legs were hooked over the back, and his head would be sporting a nasty bump come evening, but he seemed otherwise unharmed.
The woman that had bee chasing him – his mother, no doubt – looked furious once she caught up with them. There was a baby strapped to her chest, who had somehow seemed to sleep through all the chaos. Her own little fairy wasn’t so lucky: Marinette was screaming against her breast.
“Luka Llewellyn Couffaine, ye sorry lout! What have ye t’say fer yerself, b’y?!” the woman barked, one hand holding the babe close to her chest while the other landed firmly on her hip. She was dressed in flowing pants and a vibrant, loose-sleeved top, and the long braid trailing down her back was silver-streaked crimson. With the accent, she reminded Gina of the wild banshees she heard tell of during her trips through the Highlands. When she turned her sharp eyes on Gina, her expression softened. “A thousand apologies, madame. The b’y got away from me. Is yer bairn unhurt?”
“My little fairy will be fine,” Gina said, smiling easily at her. “Children will be children, yes? And you, young…Luka, was it? Are you all right?”
The boy had pushed himself up to glance between the two women as they talked, but he winced when Gina addressed him and turned his full attention on her.
“Y-yes, madame,” he said, nodding. “I’m ok. I’m sorry. Is your baby ok?”
“She’s fine, aren’t you, my fairy?” Gina cooed, bouncing her granddaughter until she was giggling again. The boy sat up straighter, an entranced expression crossing his face as he listened to Marinette laugh. Gina looked back at him, curious. “Are you sure you’re all right, Luka?”
“…she sounds like music,” he said softly, his wide eyes fixed on Marinette. He pushed up from the stroller and walked over to them, and when his shadow crossed her face Marinette’s giggles stopped. She turned her head, blinking wide, shimmering eyes up at him, and a silly little smile curled Luka’s lips. “Hi, Fairy.”
Marinette’s giggles started anew, and Gina laughed as the little one reached for the boy. He took her hand, his smile growing as she laughed some more.
“All right, b’y, we need t’be going, aye?” his mother asked, laying a hand on his small shoulder. He frowned, but when his mother squeezed his shoulder her nodded.
“Aye, Captain,” he said, nodding. He let go of Marinette’s hand and waved. “Bye, Fairy. I like your laugh. Sorry I almost squished you.”
Gina bit back her own laugh, but his mother was smiling at her and mouthing sorry as they turned to go. She shook her head and hoped that maybe they’d run into each other again. He seemed like a sweet boy, and…
Her eyes widened as she looked back down at Marinette, who was whimpering as she reached out for her new friend. There, glimmering on the skin of her outstretched arm, were words scrawling in a messy, dark blue.
Hi, Fairy.
#wip wednesday#miraculous ladybug#marinette dupain-cheng#luka couffaine#anarka couffaine#gina dupain#lukanette#endgame lukanette#lukanette endgame#wip fic#all these signs#so hey everyone who saw the Adrien bits and doubted me#guess who's NOT the soulmate#it's about the yearning#kind of a slow burn I guess?#it did not start out that way 😂
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Not me getting emotional over my own god damn writing!
This story started as a random thought I had after watching Loki, and somehow over the last week or so it’s had me hooked and it’s become ‘the author gives Steve and Bucky literally every healing moment she wants to because she has all the feels and she needs them to be OK’
It’s a loose fix-it for Endgame in which Steve returns the stones but gets caught by the TVA, and I’m really proud of it, so if you want to check it out that would mean a lot <3
#honestly this fic is my answer to everything stevebucky#post endgame#slow burn#is it really slow burn if steve is literally jumping between time periods?#everyone knows they’re in love except them#including literal variants of themselves#god damn messes i tell you#my babies#stucky#steve rogers#captain america#bucky barnes#winter soldier#marvel#my writing#laura’s writing
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Here’s something I’ve been wondering about. When in season 3 Kiara and JJ are talking to her parents and her father says to JJ I was once like you …. Idk why I’m only thinking of it now but does that mean that Kie’s mother was a kook/pogue like her and that Kie’s father was her JJ? Cause I think JJ’s dad said something about Kie being like her mother so I just started wondering . Cause in season one I thought that her family built itself up with the restaurant and that made them richer …. But after seeing that part with Kie’s parents and JJ’s father comparing her to her mother …. Is that also maybe why they are so protective even though if that’s the case and they got married why would they be so against JJ? Idk food for thought , finish your plate .
#rudy pankow#jj maybank#madison bailey#kiara carrera#jiara#jiara endgame#my slow burn Roman Empire#just my thoughts#wondering#obx and jj always on my mind#obsessed doesn’t even cover it#obx#outer banks#outer banks netflix
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