Get cubed idiot đ§ ( + an animatic)
Your writing will always feel awkward to you, because you wrote it.
Your plot twists will always feel predictable, because you created them.
Your stories will always feel a bit boring to you, because you read them a million times.
They won't feel like that for your reader.
They've canonically interacted like twice but I won't let that stop me đ¤
Httyd 2 Toothless was SASSY. Oh if only he could talk-
Also yes this is that trend from tw.
Imagine this: Jim is injured after battle, he's found by some hapless bystander and taken to a hospital (lets say not the one Barbara works at or this would all be moot) and Strickler has to lie and say he's Jim's father to get in a run damage control.
Jimâs voice is slurred, and whether itâs the result of meds or pain, Strickler canât tell. âManâŚIâmâŚIâm winning at the dad category, arenât I?âÂ
Strickler takes a cursory glance to make sure the nurse has left the room before raising a brow to the young Trollhunter - and gods, but he is young, Strickler needs to remind himself at times, Jimâs fortitude and wisdom is so often beyond his meager human years. âYou and I both know that I had to say something that would let me inââ
âFirst dad runs off on me and Mom,â continues Jim, and oh dear, his eyes are glazed. âSecond dad isnât even my dad. Second dad just lied âcause thatâs what he does. Lies and pretends and then, for a grand finale, tries to kill meââ
Stricklerâs jaw tenses. This might be the meds or the pain talking, but it doesnât mean he has to care for what heâs hearing. âI do believe Iâve made up for ââ
âYou really were close, you know? Like, so close to winning it all. The Father Figure of the year. You were my favorite teacher. Totally loved our office hours together.â Jimâs head lolls against the pillow. âYou really had me buying it, you know? You caring about me. Are all Changelings great at that?âÂ
âI did care.â Stricklerâs throat is tight, his heartbeat hard in his chest. Damnation, but he shouldnât react like this, like heâs under attack, he owes this boy nothingâ
âhe owes this boy everythingâ
âYou didnât make Mom cry, though. Youâve got that going for you.â Blue eyes meet his, glazed but still somehow focused upon him, a blade being trained upon a target, searching for damage to be done. âJust made her hate you. When she remembered it all, anyway. Now she just misses you. Why do we do that? Miss what hurts us the most? I used to miss my dad, yâknow. But I got better. Maybe sheâll stop missing you.âÂ
Strickler closes his eyes, a terrible thing to do when faced with an enemy, and damnation, he never wanted this boy to be his enemy.Â
Seeing him hold the amulet, that first time, and what did his traitorous heart say?
âNo. Not him.âÂ
Jim sighs, long and thready and oh so tired, settling onto the hospital bed as best he can. âI never told her, yâknow. About my troll hunting. I broke my promise. Guess that makes both of us liars. But my thing is, I care too much. You never cared at all.âÂ
âLies.â Strickler wishes his voice was sharp, a blade to defend himself with, but instead itâs a strained, whispery thing. âYou think it that simple? You think I wouldnât give anything not to care? I wish I had that power. I wishââ
I wish the amulet had never chosen you, I wish I had never met your mother, I wish I had never tasted her kiss, I wish I had never cared at allâ
âI do care.â The admission is soft, barely clearing his teeth. Jim doesnât even seem to hear it, so near silence it is. Strickler blames the thing in his throat, whatever the hell it is. He clears his throat, tries again. âI do care, Young Atlas.âÂ
Jim is silent, his eyes closed, lashes low upon his young cheeks. Gods willing, he could be sleeping off that damned, truth-inducing medicationâŚ
Jimâs whisper is soft. âThen act like it, Dad.â Â
saw this on twitter and wanted to save it here
this is embarrassing ;;; im gonna put the rest under the cut ;;;;;;;;;;;; (mature content warning!!)
Keep reading
them snuggle :U
Can't express how stress free being open minded is.
Some lesbians use he/him? Oh cool.
Some people have people inside their head and sometimes it's fictional chars? Sick your brains like a pirate ship they're all working to run.
Some people like being treated like a pet dog? Bark bark bro.
Being fat isn't unhealthy but a perfectly normal type of body to have? Kinda beautiful how different we can all be.
Something doesn't make any fucking sense? Cool an opportunity to learn. And even if I can't figure it out it's cool we still have mysteries today.
Comics
This is a series of short, chronological comics. Thereâs probably not going to be much of a plot here, mostly I just want to throw our hapless Trollhunter into situations and draw different character interactions. Sometimes youâll have to fill in the gaps with your imagination, but I hope things wonât get too confusing! My asks are always open, if youâd like to throw a question my way.
Part 1 - Goblins!
Part 2 - Do I look like a hero to you?
Part 3 - This one is new.
Part 4 - Big words for a small changeling.
Part 5 - You think you know a guy.
Part 6 - Bossman
Part 7 - Changeling to Changeling
Part 8 - Glowy Eyes
Part 9 - The better Assassin
Part 10 - Jim?
Part 11 - Unbecoming
Part 12 - Always be Afraid
Strickler and Jim
Strickler and Bagdwella (and other things)
Strickler and Blinky
Strickler and Arrrgh!
Eclipse Armor
Beast!Strickler
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR TFONE Current hyperfixations; Transformers and DC (animation specifically) Please interact w me about them, I would love the company, excuse the mess. :> :]
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