#rat asks

for 5 sentence ask game!

ship: landoscar prompt: chest

Lando brushes his fingertips delicately over the lace, revelling in the way Oscar’s breath hitches at the phantom touch. “How’s it feel?” It comes out as a whisper, the moment feeling delicate too. Oscar squirms under his touch, like the attention doesn’t know where to settle in his body.

“Weird,” he wiggles a bit more, only going lax when Lando presses his hand firmly into Oscar’s chest, a silent command to sink into the mattress below him. “I feel, I don’t know. Pretty.” The blush flooding Oscar’s cheeks matches the soft rosy shade of the bralette streching across his full chest, covering his tits.

Oh I love that question and have a pretty solid take on it.

I along with most of the fandom share the common view that Van is somewhere along the Neurodivergent spectrum.

Now being raised as a girl in the 90s meant that there was no way the public education system would be attending to those needs if the student wasn’t ’disruptive’ (quotes bc old problematic 90s schooling 😭) so I think there was definitely things Van struggled with.

Many people Headcanon Van as dyslexic too, which would ALSO be ignored in the school system for a girl in the 90s.

All that to say, I think Van made it pretty far through grade school. I could see Laura Lee helping Van with homework.(I hc Tai going to a different elementary school than Van) Then relying on their charm and earnestness with the teachers to get leniency on due dates or extra credit.

I think most teachers could see that Van was bright, and they could also see that she tried really hard.

(Sorry can’t help but think of this scene)

So yeah! Van gets through most of grade school just fine. Then she hits high school!

Whoa! Laura Lee doesn’t have all the same classes with me.

I have so many more teachers now.

Oh I have to get at least a C average to stay on the soccer team.

I think Van struggled at first in high school, but I could absolutely see Taissa being concerned nosy about it. She knows how sharp witted Van is so would probably assume that they aren’t teaching Van correctly.

And because she is Taissa Turner she will do it correctly. So she began helping Van study.

I'm neither really, I just waste my time on stupid stuff and trying to work on three projects simultaneously

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Multi ghouls are ghouls with mixed/unknown element. Basically mutts of ghouls.

Quintessence ghouls, are ghouls with quintessence element. In my headcanononed version they're a separate species (I. via lactea). Via lactea literally is just Latin for Milky way, as quintessence was believed to be what heavenly bodies (and basically anything beyond earth's atmosphere) were made out of. Aether is essentially the same thing.

Quintessence was kinda a vague concept as the understanding of the universe especially beyond earth's bounds. So ghouls of this element usually are given quite diverse abilities, often with some sort of manipulation of the matter included.

But I don't think it's actually the thinking process behind those abilities... they probably just seem cool or something...

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In band multi ghouls play multiple instruments, while quintessence ghouls are rhythm guitarist.

I remember being really intrigued by this when the trailer first came out. And when I saw it, I was immediately excited to see Amber Benson, Danny Tamberelli and Michael Marina grace my screens again.

Finally, a movie that tapped into that feeling of fandom; feeling more seen and at home in the worlds that played out on television than anywhere else.

When I was in the Place That Made The Tabloids, there’s an odd part of me that felt so completely free. It was the thrill of being outside expectations of college, finding a job, planning a future, fitting a mold, being a nice woman, yadda yadda yadda. But there was a magic I felt in that place.

I could make people laugh and feel happy.

Sure, that’s not something out of the ordinary around the likes of Ohio. But in That Place, it was just about a feat of magic. Terrible lows and darkness that needed a light. To keep from suffocating.

They all saw that in me. I let myself become who they saw, who was always there. Being myself became effortless.

I loved, openly and fiercely. The relationship was not only accepted, it was valued as a cornerstone of our group. We were seen as the glue.

And that was because we had dug these deeply buried parts of ourselves out to each other. And fell in love all over again.

How do you go back to life when you’ve cracked yourself completely open, laid bare for others to see.

Not just to see, but to love?

To leave that behind? It really does feel like burying something alive.

Then to step into scrutiny and media circus? Eyes watching, judging, shaming, exploiting. It was agonizing.

I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror any more. Not only did I stuff that magic back down, I forced myself to hate it for a long time.

But I found relief in the glow of an old tv show or movie. Nostalgia is not a drug. It’s magic. A moment in your life preserved.

I saw myself the same in all those characters more and more. And in those commonalities found love for myself again.

The ending broke my heart. The magic (Isabel) inside of Owen suffocating under the weight of expectation and shame. When Owen watches the Pink Opaque again, all of the magic is gone! I worried that would happen if I rewatched The Adventures of Pete & Pete again. Would the goofy surrealism lose its magic?

It didn’t, because I refused to let it. I see myself in people like Young Pete and Fox Mulder now more than ever. For preserving the magic through sheer conviction.

Thank youuuuu😙😙

6. What’s something you have in common with this character?

Van: we both use humour as a coping mechanism

Tai: I think we are both quite reactionary and quick to judgment.

12. What’s a headcanon you have for this character?

Van: I have so many but one that I haven’t shared before (it’s heavy) is that I think she tried to commit after Tai broke up with her. I think she wanted to come back home so bad that she had an idealized version of her life in her head. But when she got back obviously her mom was still the same, the world was still the same, and I don’t think she thought she had much of a future outside of Tai. (I also think that adult Van very much misses the wilderness and part of her shame about her younger self is that she can’t acknowledge that she enjoyed aspects of her time out there)

Tai: I don’t think Tai ever questioned that she liked girls. I really feel like since she was a kid she’s just been like yeah¿ girls are hot and awesome obviously I like them. Don’t get me wrong she probably had a bit of comp het but I don’t think she ever denied her attraction to women.

I also very much hc Tai as a narcissist (this is kinda canon but I want more) but I dont think that really kicks in until post-rescue. In the wilderness shes quite selfless, does a lot for the group, but the first thread of her selfishness shows up when she wants to stay behind. Even in the adult timeline, obviously she loves Van and wants her to live, but part of the reason she tries so hard to save Van is to absolve herself from the guilt of leaving her. Any way I want more narcissist Tai in season 4<3

13. What’s an emoji that reminds you of this character or that you think they would use a lot?

Van: 😎

Tai: 😑