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i feel like it's absolutely crucial in the social justice world to take "he a little confused but he got the spirit" and similar sentiments/situations as a Win. intent is so much more important than saying it right the first time! if someone is approaching with scuffed language and incorrect terms but they're visibly being as polite as they know how, that person is a friend and should be treated better than what their words might invite in someone else's mouth.
Unrelated but like... Its so weird to me that NO ONE seemed to ship Rita/Scarlett in s1... I might need to rewatch it to like, make a compelling case but damn, I was suprised to see that it wasn't a big ship in the CDR fandom lol
Ok but what happened to Vandergerd, I thought they were gonna be like, the next Trixia but ppl never talk about them anymore lol
I wish, anon, I wish.
I think it’s mostly because CDR doesn’t get a whole lot of hype compared to other franchises. But with a lot of seasons, once the regency bias runs it course, it dies fast.
There’s still some dedicated fans of Vandergerd (hi Max&Shay&Charly). I still love them, would love to see a resurgence of Vandergerd back on tumblr.
Here's a part of the continuation (and finale) of the Vandergerd drabbles a little while ago. Hopefully the full fic will be out soon!
Part 1
Part 2
“Come on, Viv. You can knock on a door.” She said to herself quietly, still standing alone in the hallway. She shook her arms at her sides, wiggling her fingers to shake out all the nerves.
This time, she knocked on the door again, harder and more urgently. Vivian heard the television mute and footsteps on the other side of the door, and the deadbolt turned to the horizontal position.
Irma looked like they hadn’t seen the sun in person in the past few days. They had bags under their eyes and their dark roots were visible on the top of their head. Upon seeing Vivian, Irma’s eyes grew in a mixture of confusion and panic.
“W-What are you doing here?” they stuttered out, hand still on the doorknob.
“We need to talk about what you said the other night,” Vivian said, in her best stern tone. She tried her best to sound serious so that Irma would at least let her inside.
I'm not sure if you write vandergerd but if you do "Truly, a flawless plan"?
I would love to write some more Vandergerd! Y'all really underestimate my love for cdr3 (and cdr all together)
Note- I have since learned who this anon is, and it is absolutely no surprise to me lmao.
Of course, this drabble is a sequel to this!
"Truly, a flawless plan."
"What do you mean by that?"
"What I mean by that is that you have no plan!" Gisèle said as she dropped her head into her open hand. Sighing, she looked at Vivian in front of her "Okay, let's go over this one more time, and maybe it will make sense to me."
"I'm flying to the East Coast, and I'm going to find wherever Irma lives and ask them why they called me beautiful the other night," Vivian explained like it was easy for anyone else to understand her logic.
"How do you know where they live? You've only met them in person once." Gisèle asked, trying to remain calm.
"I sent them a poster for their birthday last year, so I'll go to that address."
"And you don't think that would think you might be a stalker or anything if you show up unannounced?"
Vivian shrugged. "I don't have any other choice. They refuse to answer any of my messages, and nobody else on the server has talked with them."
"Tell me you at least have a hotel booked or something when you get there," Gisèle asked, hoping that her friend put at least some thought into this.
Vivian shook her head, "I was hoping that Irma would let me crash on their couch or something." she said sheepishly.
She sighed again, "I have some Expedia points you can use. Just in case you need an actual lodging option."
"Thank you." Vivian smiled and checked the time on her phone. "So you can watch my cats while I'm gone?"
Gisèle nodded with a gentle smile on her face. Her friend might not think things through, but she knew Vivian's heart was in the right place. "Of course, I can do that for you. When should I come over?"
"My flight leaves in a couple hours, so tonight?" she offered.
Gisèle sighed once again, but smiled at Vivian., "A little short notice, but you better come back as Irma's girlfriend."
Helloooooooo I saw the requests were open, so... "You're beautiful, you know that, right?" With Vandergerd?
*bursts through a brick wall like the Kool-Aid man* YOU MEAN I FINALLY HAVE THE CHANCE TO WRITE VANDERGERD?? HELL YEAH!
I mean- Yeah I can totally do that, no biggie.
"You're beautiful, you know that, right?"
"Wait, what did you just say?" Vivian turned to the computer screen, holding a cat in her arms. She originally meant to show off the new collar she bought for Apple, but now she had bigger things to discuss.
Irma's eyes widened as they came to realize that they weren't muted like they thought. They've had a crush on their online friend for several months, and only just recently come to accept that they had a huge crush on someone that lived on the other side of the country.
"Shit-Sorry, I thought I was muted." Irma quickly said as the panic settled into the pit of their stomach.
They've gotten pretty close to Vivian after they met through being added to a mutual friend's Discord server. Soon later they added each other on other social media, and DM'd each other almost every day.
Vivian shook her head slowly, putting Apple back on the floor. "No, I heard you. Did you just say that I'm beautiful?"
Irma was now extremely thankful that it was just the two of them in the voice chat right now. All of their friends that were chatting before had left to go to bed a couple hours before, leaving Irma and Vivian alone together.
They usually liked having time with just Vivian online, and they could talk about whatever. Except right now, this was not the time at all they wanted to talk alone with her.
"I-Um..." they stuttered, trying to think of a quick excuse to use to get out of this very awkward moment. They looked at the closed door of the bedroom and pretended someone walked in.
"My roommate is wanting something, I'll talk to you later!" Irma said as they scrambled to turn off their camera and mic and leave the voice chat.
"But I thought you lived alone-" Vivian's concerned voice was cut off as Irma let out a sigh of relief. After switching their status to 'Do Not Disturb' and turning off Discord notifications on their phone (for good measure), Irma sank into their barely-made bed.
"What the hell did I get myself into?" they said as they put their head in their hands, talking to their imaginary roommate.
Eventually, sleep took over, and they hoped that they would make a better plan in the morning to deal with the fact that they just called their crush beautiful.
Maybe Viv will just blame it on staying up too late and completely forget about it. Right?
Did/Do you feel pressure to move out of your family home when you turn(ed) 18?
Yes and my family is White and Christian
Yes and my family are POC and/or religious minorities
No and my family is White and Christian
No and my family are POC and/or religious minorities
It’s complicated
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Voting ended onAug 28, 2023
Note: I am from the US so this is written through an American lens when comparing sociocultural norms. If you’re not from the US and vote feel free to explain what the norm is where you’re from <3 (and rb for larger sample size etc)
