#marsisme

And lemme tell u bitch I got some observations for u

This is a study of “Dora the Explorer” (2000) season 4 episode 7

1) So first of all let’s talk about how IN DORA THE EXPLORER SHE SAYS “DIEGO HELPS THE ANIMALS NOW ANIMALS GELP ME” LIKE WHAT THE FUCK YOU DUMB BITCH HELP THE ANIMALS YOURSELF WTFFFF LIKE DIEGO DOESNT HELP THE ANIMALS FOR YOU THATS HIS OWN HARD EARNED ANIMAL LOVE AND YOU DONT GET TO TAKE IT ALL YOU STUPID

2) DIEGO “TALKS TO ANIMALS” BUT REALLY THE ONLY THING GES SAYING IS LIKE MRAOW AT DIFFERENT PITCHES AND THEY LIKE YEAH MY GUY U FUCKING RIGHT LIKE WTF?? HES NOT EVEN SPEAKING ANIMAL???

3) SHE WONT SHUT TF UP ABOUT FUCKING DIEGO LIKE CHILL U THIRSTY BITCH HE UR COUSIN

4) HOW TF YOU GON CROSS THE MUD SLIDE ON A LEAF

5) VERDE

6) THE FUCKING BAND OF INSECTS LIKE NO ONE KNOWS THEIR BACKSTORY THEY JUST OCCASIONALLY CONGRATULATE DORA FLOATING BY OR SMTH

7) THEY JUST DID THE MEHHH THING AGAIN TO SUMMON A MOUNTAIN GOAT THATS NOT HOW IT WORKS

8) THAT BACKPACK SONG IS A BOP

9) THE BACKPACK IS A FUCKING LESBIAN DONT @ ME

10) WE DID IT WE DID IT YAY

Me: 

the crowd boos loudly. i begin to walk off in shame and sadness, when a voice speaks and demands silence from the room.

Prompt from anon: Nico and Karolina start dancing, and Karolina uses her flying powers to float them up while dancing.

Hey, thank you for reading my content! That’s really nice of you to say! And thanks for the suggestion! I really liked your prompt and decided to add another prompt to it that I think went well with it. I hope you like it!

You can read the fic on AO3 here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/13330122/chapters/30512703

Nico sets down all the firewood she’s collected in the little pit that they’ve made and takes a second to stretch. Collecting firewood in the forest is hard work, and she hasn’t had much rest since the night of the dance. She looks around at the view from the hill they’ve set up camp on All the others except Alex are off collecting more firewood, and it’s quiet. Except, it’s not completely quiet. She can hear faint music coming from the stolen van behind her. As she walks toward it, she sees Karolina hunched over, humming along to the music and fidgeting with something.

“Hey, what’re you up to?” she asks.

Karolina looks up, caught off guard, and it’s then that Nico finally sees that, behind Karolina, hung across the inside of the van is a sign that that reads, ‘Happy Birthday!’

She can’t help but crack a smile. She’s been so caught up in trying to think of the group’s next move that she’s forgotten what day it is. Today is her 18th birthday.

She isn’t really one to celebrate birthdays, but this is definitely a pleasant surprise.

As she walks closer, she can see that what Karolina had been fidgeting with was a cupcake- a green one, at that- with a candle stuffed into it.

“Happy Birthday!” Karolina grins at her and lights the candle, “You didn’t think I’d forget your birthday, did you? Make a wish!”

So Nico blows out the candle and tries not to look at the neon coloured cupcake too quizzically, but somehow, Karolina seems to be able to see through her.

“Oh, right, sorry, it doesn’t look like the best thing in the world, but the convenience store had some pretty limited options. The only other one was ketchup,” she grimaced.

“No, no,” Nico insists, “it’s perfect. Definitely way better than having another awkward birthday dinner with my parents.”

And she means it. She hasn’t felt this happy in a long time. It’s perfect. To emphasize her point, Nico takes a large bite out of the cupcake.

She immediately regrets it. It tastes citrusy, but at the same time, way too sweet. It tastes of chemicals. It tastes vaguely like Mountain Dew.

She chokes down the bit she’s unfortunately already eaten and sets aside the rest of the muffin.

Karolina snorted, “It’s fine, you don’t have to eat it.”

“Thanks,” Nico grins, “it’s pretty awesome, though. Thank you.”

From behind Karolina, the radio is still going. The song that Karolina was listening to just ended. ‘For this next one, we’re taking it back to the classics, as a special request from one of our viewers. This one’s for all the lovebirds out there. Here’s ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love by Elvis!’

The song starts up, and Karolina gets up. She holds out a hand to Nico.

“Wanna dance?”

Dancing wasn’t usually Nico’s thing, but somehow, with Karolina, it was all she wanted to do. It was crazy, she’d never felt this way about anyone. She’d never felt this comfortable, this home. At least, not with anyone outside her family. And, not for a long time.

So, she takes Karolina’s hand and follows her lead. Eventually, Nico’s hands work their way up to Karolina’s neck, her head on Karolina’s shoulder, who in turn has her hands around Nico’s waist.

‘Like a river flows

Surely to the sea

Darling, so it goes

Some things

Were meant to be’

They stay there for what seems like forever but is actually only a few minutes, and just as the song is ending, Nico pulls Karolina into a kiss. It’s short and sweet, and she’s smiling into Karolina’s mouth, and Karolina is smiling right back at her.

And, when they finally pull back, Nico can tell something is off. The world around her seems somehow different.

It’s only when she looks down that she realizes they’re floating some two feet off the ground. She clutches on harder to Karolina and turns back to her. Karolina doesn’t seem to have noticed. She’s looking at Nico as if all she sees is her. Nico can feel herself melting right there, but she tries her best to clear her head and get out the words.

“Um, Karolina?” She says, “Don’t panic, but I think we’re floating.”

“What?” Karolina frowns.

“Floating,” Nico repeats, “we’re floating.”

Finally, Karolina looks down.

“Oh, yeah, I may have forgotten to mention I can fly,” she scrunches up her face, and Nico can’t help but laugh.

Karolina gently lowers them back to the ground just as Gert, Chase, and Molly come back, carrying firewood and laughing at something or other.

“Hey,” Molly says when she sees the girls standing there together, and when her gaze goes back to the van, she cracks a smile.

“Happy birthday, Nico!” She exclaims, followed by both Gert and Chase giving Nico their wishes.

“We have got to talk more about this,” Nico turns back and whispers to Karolina excitedly, “I can’t believe I didn’t know you could fly.”

“Maybe later I’ll show you more,” Karolina smiles at her, “but right now, I think it’s time for a birthday feast.”

“Oh, yes, I’m starving!” Molly says.

I just made a whole minute long lexa edit that took me hours and I deleted it, never to be found again, within a few seconds.

I’m honestly speechless.