He placed his elbows on the table, lacing his fingers in front of his face. He looked at Walter with serious brown eyes. Walter shrunk in on himself as he finished eating.
“I don’t like this,” Lance finally admitted. “I like the idea, and I like the program! And you know I stand by you one hundred percent, but this…” He threw his hands up, shaking his head. “Killian? Why him?”
“You were there, man,” Walter muttered back. He fidgeted with his fingers in his lap. “They’re finally listening to me about my gadgets, a-and they found all my old files! I never thought I could get Director Jenkins to listen to my rehab program, and this was the perfect opportunity! If this works, and we can reform Killian, then just think of all the other people we can help!” He stared at Lance with wide eyes, leaning forward in his seat as he tried to get his point across. “All those people who have been locked up, most of them with no other choice than to turn to a life of crime… This could be the program they need to get back on their feet! To integrate back into society without worrying about falling into old habits! To start fresh!” He looked away from those scrutinizing eyes. “Everyone should deserve to have a second chance… Killian included.”
Silence fell over the room. Lovey flew over from the counter, landing on Walter’s shoulder and nuzzling into his neck. Walter smiled, reaching up to stroke her gently. Beside him, Lance released a heavy sigh.
“Kid,” he started, “one day your bleeding heart is gonna get you killed.” Walter sunk further into his chair. “Luckily, I don’t plan on going anywhere any time soon.” Walter peeked up at him from under his bangs. Lance was giving him one of those rare soft smiles and his insides started to squirm at the sight. Walter blushed, but he smiled back.
“Thanks, Lance…”
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I think I like posting these little excerpts for my fics! Even if I never finish them, I can still put a small portion out there just because I can, and that feels good to me. I feel like I’m actually getting some writing done and after having gone so many years with just writing in spurts, it’s nice to remind myself that, hey, I can post these short things and that’s awesome! Because I’m writing more now than I have in almost 8 years with a few exceptions here and there, and there’s been noticeable improvement! And I’m pretty proud of myself ngl.
wow i sure wonder 🤔🤔 what the new layouts supposed to look like 🤔🤔🤔🤔 its a mystery
Don’t forget y’all that there’s a much better way for us to let Tumblr know what we think about specific changes, rather than @ ing staff or wip, and it’s sending in a support ticket and choosing feedback!
Tumblr reverted some of the asinine app decisions they made after a concerted feedback effort! So make sure to use this form! It’s what it’s for, but it’s not well advertised!
Tried it. Super easy to submit feedback. Took like a minute tops.
I genuinely hope American media sucks for a while! I hope the big companies keep trying to churn out shit and that it’s all embarrassing garbage! I want it to be extremely apparent to everyone how important the writers and actors are to create good media and that they deserve to be compensated appropriately!!!
So I thought this was commonly known internet navigation (but apparently it might just be those of us who have been using the internet since the 90’s who still know it). Or so it seems based on… a grumpy comment I got.
When you see an arrow like this:
It means you click it to expand out a hidden section.
It’s an accordion section/menu! It’s useful in web design to hide information that may be overwhelming under specific headers so people can only see what they need.
Here I’m using it for people who need the content warnings to be able to check, but for those who don’t need them and don’t want to be spoiled to just move right past without accidentally reading anything.
It’s still the user’s responsibility to click the arrow and read things as they need! But it is all warned. (And, yes, the all encompassing issues are already a tag on the fic, I’m just providing additonal warnings per chapter.)
Ah, sorry yes! For those who want the html, it’s the details and summary tags!
While we’re all still on the note of “this new tumblr update fucking sucks,” here’s your non-regular reminder to download XKit Rewritten. It has settings to restore header links (you can once again “prev tags”!), and also has features like mass-replacing tags, hiding recommended posts and more
On every What is Wednesdays I will explain a trope, a rhetorical device, or a literary technique in a few sentences. Put in the comments what you would like me to explain next.
Oh, I really managed this for so many weeks! But I think it’s time for a break. Tell me what you want to know more about when I go back to doing these :)
tumblr developers cranking it into overdrive to make sure one of the few unique and usable social media sites remaining becomes a half-formed failed homunculus clone of tiktok like every other fucking website
I feel like a mom on facebook reblogging this but I genuinely like it. I want to make this into a full size poster and put it in my 3rd grade classroom but I’m 20 yrs old and not a teacher
somehow instead of saying “as a treat”, I’ve started using the phrase “for morale”, as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.
and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.
I’m not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me
I go by Kad or Harley. You can find me on AO3 under 9haharharley1 and my writing blog of the same name, or at harleyshahas. I post more there these days. Icon by gilly-moon with permission
