Having crushes.

the armchair

I’m thinking about a devastated Fleamont Potter barely standing up at his wive’s funeral with both their sons by his side. He is sick and James told him at least five times that he shouldn’t be out with his symptoms. The pox that got Euphemia would soon get him, too, but Fleamont couldn’t disrespect the memory of his wife like that.

It rains all day, umbrellas that people made from magic disperse after Euphemia is lowered into the ground in Godric’s Hollow. Fleamont hates it, he hates that he couldn’t give her the long life she deserved or the three kids she always wanted. He looks at James, tall and handsome; he takes after her he thinks, I never had the looks. Their smart, beautiful, talented son; at least I was able to give him my brains, mum said I had too much of it anyways he thinks. Then he gets lost in the thoughts of his mum for a minute, it’s like his mind is running too fast today. He turns to Sirius and smiles, it’s crooked but imagining how happy the raven haired boy made Euphemia makes his insides warm even though he is shivering in this bloody weather. Euphemia loved listening to the rain, he remembers.

They go back home, such a big place to live on my own Fleamont thinks and he notices Sirius staring at the chair Euphemia always occupied in the living room. An armchair to the left, he knows because he always sat on the one to the right. An agreement that they never spoke about, it just happened. Those two armchairs never moved even though everything around them changed in the years they were married. They are still married. He walks up to Sirius and puts a tentative hand on his shoulder.

“You want to sit son?” he asks and Sirius jerks away from his thoughts. 

“I don’t but you should,” he says and leads him to his armchair. He stares back at the empty armchair once more and Fleamont can see the pools of tear in his eyes, he walks to the sofa and sits there. 

“Where’s James?” Fleamont asks and “He said he needed a shower,” replies Sirius as he shakes his head. Both of them know what he is doing in the shower, James never liked it when people saw him cry but that’s alright. They both know him well enough to know that he needs space now.

“How are you holding up?” queries Fleamont as he gets comfortable in his armchair. Sirius licks his lips, gives him a desperate look and he shrugs his shoulders. 

“I had only found her and now she’s gone,” he whispers, barely audible.”She’s gone.”

“The ones who love us never really leave us,” whispers back Fleamont, his throat tight, his eyes burning. “Sirius, she is always with you. She will always watch you wherever she is. Euphemia cared for you more than you could imagine and know that, she would never leave you.”

“But..”

“I know,” Fleamont assures. “I know we won’t see her smile anymore or you can’t put your head on her shoulder like I know you want to but there’s more to love than that. I loved her with all my heart and I know I will never be the same without her but I also now she is right here with me, with us Sirius.”

Tears roll down Sirius’ pale cheeks as he lowers himself on the floor right around Fleamont’s legs. Fleamont knows how much pain he is in and he knows that Sirius won’t feel right for weeks because neither will he. Fleamont knows there is nothing that can fill the hole Euphemia left in him, he lost his other part but he knows that she wouldn’t leave, not his Euphemia. He believes in every word he said to Sirius like the day he believed the words as they came out of Euphemia’s mouth as he sobbed over the grave of his sister.

Soon the other armchair would become empty, too and Sirius would find himself kneeling next to his brother telling him the exact words their father told him a few months ago. Later, he would find himself repeating the same words to himself as people die daily. Years later, he would look into Lily Evans’ eyes and James Potter’s face and repeat the same words to his godson not knowing Harry would have to repeat the same words to himself after Sirius is gone.

ps: Tara asked me who I thought told Sirius “The ones who love us never really leave us”. She had a different answer than mine but this was what I thought. 

Here’s a peek at the Star vs. The Forces of Evil season 4 poster!

WAIT… Did we just… did we just reveal there’s gonna be a Season 4???

YES. WE. JUST. DID.

I recently started watching Gravity Falls and today I watched the “Love God” episode. Sorry but I had to. XD

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Stories where people have Stanford sometimes calling Stanley “Lee” are the best stories ever. Ford’s character highly revolves around his intelligence and his desire to be the most important person in the room. He is very well spoken, he doesn’t use slang and always uses proper grammar. He also has a large vocabulary. So for him to call someone by a nickname is very important, and would show how much he cared for someone. It would also likely only come out when he is upset, scared, tired or feeling overly affectionate. 

Stanley on the other had is always giving people nicknames and using other terms of endearment to refer to people he cares about. For him to NOT call someone by a nickname says that he is angry with the person or doesn’t like them. Stan is a people person and also seems more willing to give affection, both verbal (via petnames) and physically (hugs, an arm around the shoulder).

^^^^^

Aww, I love the idea of Ford only using a nickname when he’s scared or upset. ;u;

BUT, I’d only change to the part about Stan using nicknames versus real names – Stan uses nicknames for the people he is close to almost all the time except when the situation is incredibly serious. So it’s basically when HE’S scared or upset (what a perfect counterpoint for Ford).

Stan basically ALWAYS calls Dipper “kid.” This is the only time I can remember him using Dipper’s name, and it’s when he’s terrified about the kids getting hurt and they are literally surrounded by zombies.

Mabel’s nicknames evolve from “Little Gremin” to “Pumpkin” and “Sweetie,” but he DOES use her name when he’s pleading with her to keep the portal operational.

And Stan has SO MANY nicknames for his brother (Sixer, Poindexter, Ford), but when things look incredibly dire, he uses his full name.

FINALLY, the BEST part of this, the SADDEST PART about Stan’s avoidance of real names is that STAN HIMSELF doesn’t get called by his real name in almost 30 years. 

He hasn’t been able to use his name for half his life. 

Is it any wonder he’s not particularly fond of proper names?

And who is the first one to call him by his proper name (over and over again): FORD

Which, at the time, probably feels like Ford is taking away the life he’s built over the last 30 years (…give me my house back, give me my name back…). But it’s really powerful and meaningful. Ultimately, Ford gives him back his identity in more ways than one: his acceptance of Stan at the end of the series allows Stan to heal and be truly himself again.

Of course, lots of great stuff has been written about him finally being able to reclaim his identity (and name) at the end of the series. It’s all just really meaningful and cool in the context of the names/pseudonyms/nicknames used in the show.

And there’s some interesting meta that could be written about the importance of names (and false names and nicknames) in Gravity Falls and the long cultural and literary history delving into the power of real names. (But that’s another post…)

If I can just add one tiny thing:

Stan was present at Dipper and Mabel’s birth and apparently has maintained at least some connection to their part of the family, so he almost certainly knows Dipper’s real name. But, for as hard as he often is on Dipper, and as much as he loudly enjoys making fun of people-

-he never uses it. He could easily use it to torment Dipper if he wanted to, but instead he respects Dipper’s desire to be called by the name he prefers. 

65 Questions You Aren't Used To

1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?

2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?

3. The person you would never want to meet?

4. What is your favorite word?

5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?

6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?

7. What shirt are you wearing?

8. What do you label yourself as?

9. Bright room or dark room?

10. What were you doing at midnight last night?

11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?

12. Who told you they loved you last?

13. Your worst enemy?

14. What is your current desktop picture?

15. Do you like someone?

16. The last song you listened to?

17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?

20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)

21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?

22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?

23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?

24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.

25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?

26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?

27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?

28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? 

29. What is your favorite expletive?

30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?

31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!

33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?

34. What was your last dream about?

35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?

36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?

37. Have you ever built a snowman?

38. What is the color of your socks?

39. What type of music do you like?

40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?

41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?

42. What football team do you support? (I will answer in terms of American football as well as soccer)

43. Do you have any scars?

44. What do you want to be when you graduate?

45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

46. Are you reliable?

47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?

48. Do you hold grudges?

49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?

50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?

51. Are you a good liar?

52. How long could you go without talking?

53. What has been you worst haircut/style?

54. Have you ever baked your own cake?

55. Can you do any accents other than your own?

56. What do you like on your toast?

57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?

58. What would be you dream car?

59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.

60. Do you believe in aliens?

61. Do you often read your horoscope?

62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?

63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?

64. What do you think about babies?

65. Freebie! Ask anything interesting you can think of.

This thing reminds me of Lights out and that movie had scared s*** out of me