Yippiee :D

Silly little random things! Any pronouns

[cat-the-comet]

some early sidestep era vex to clear out art block

[lamiales]

another year of getting older than his older brother

[atotallynormalfan]

"Name a death fandom" GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES!!! I'M STILL SO MAD THAT IT WAS NOT ONLY CANCEL BUT REMOVE FROM PARAMOUNT

THEY TOOK THEM FROM ME

THEY TOOK THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND ADORABLE LESBIAN COUPLE I'VE EVER SEEN

[whyenn-reader]

you are not immune to inventing an arbitrary set of rules that only you have to adhere to

[amatres]

it's the fact ortega immediately asks 'do you want to be more'. the assumption of wanting to be in a romantic relationship and not to not have any relationship at all lmao

[eyelessfog]

a character who truly, legitimately goes “but why does that matter?” about their feelings when someone who cares about them asks. and the sudden falling of everyone around them’s faces as they realize that this person doesn’t recognize themself as someone who needs or should be taken care of. i want Everyone to hurt. surprise at the idea, worry for them, horror at not having noticed. do you see this person who doesn’t think of themselves as a person?

[b33tlejules]

the beckers are fightingggggg

artfight revenge for @kidhellion

[frozengenderfluid]

There is an angel and a devil on your shoulder and both are telling you to play fallen hero

- Me and @cat-the-comet trying to get oomf to play fallen hero

[everythingitmeans2b]

Eva "cry later, mission first" Stratt when it is time to cry later right now

[crossdressingdeath]

Sidestep totally failing to grasp that Daniel is attracted to them, not their physical appearance, is both sad and kind of funny. "It's so weird, my puppet looks almost exactly like me, why would he be interested in me but not them?" Sidestep... babe...

[eden-evercrisp]

[narcissene]

affirmations:

- it’s fun to be awake & in an upright position

- consciousness is a gift

- i CAN do this anymore

[sidesteppostinghours]

i cannot fucking put my thoughts on the parallels between mortum and ortega's narrative standing into coherent words and it's pissing me off

[autistic-sidestep]

pulp im pulling your tags into the post cos this is fire meta and cannot stay in there

#IT'S ALL JUST WORD VOMIT #LISTENNNN I SWEAR THERE'S COHERENT THOUGHTS IN HERE SOMEHWERE I PROMISEEEEE #just. these two are the ones that actively enabled+encouraged sidestep's new life (as a vigilante/villain) after both their escapes#sidestep's hero suit up until heartbreak was commissioned by ortega. mortum literally Built sidestep's villain suit #ortega is much more tangled in villainy than meets the eye and specifically in mortum's associates (the puppet‚ dove) #mortum has much more intimate knowledge of what's Really going on with the rangers (thanks to halabi) #they've met in person in the past and are charmed by eachother. they met while driving which is their shared hobby #mortum threw ortega's car into the ocean. ortega would apparently be amused by this #they are both deeply paranoid people and handle this in opposite ways #mortum actively keeps the people they distrust at arm's length. ortega takes the “friends close and enemies closer” approach. #they both align on flirting with potential prospects (whether that be clients or targets) first thing and just seeing where it takes them #ortega's mind cannot be read and that's out of their hands (even if there are times they wish it could) #mortum's chooses to make their mind unreadable via numbers #it's up to sidestep to decide which one of these is worse for them #(also mortum's mind can't be read just at all for the majoroty of both books bcs of the puppet which again reflects step's experiences with- #-ortega. different bodies same experiences) #i'm losing my mind i'm going insane.i think #can anybody hear me. save me #no wait i'm not done #mortum is the only one that can truly investigate ortega's mods without consequence #one of ortega's criteria for becoming a villain is somebody who can handle their mod upkeep #can you all please imagine tense yet strangely intimate mod maintenance between these two with me. crucially it has to be set while they're- #-still tense and distrustful of eachother and solely keeping it together for the sake of the team. but also this is the first time ortega's- #-mods have ever been inspected in a way that felt respectful (outside of techsteps‚ potentially). which they are normal about obvs #also also. something to be said about revealed/betrayed guilty ending where mortum doesn't bust you out vs Does bust you out (1/2) #I RAN OUT OF TAGS?&)$)&))$)&_BRUHHHHHHHHH #also also. something to be said about revealed/betrayed guilty ending where mortum doesn't bust you out vs Does bust you out #< i MEANT to continue this with: both of these paths have such delicious potential reflecting ortega+hbi #wherein leaving you in the hospital is a repeat of the fact the person who enabled step's new life in the first place left them for dead at #-the whims of the government (or government aligned associates‚ at least) #in which case sidestep deserves to crash out like actually i would be destroying the city over that too #on the other hand #mortum saving you from the hospital. that's like. a glimpse of what a saved from the farm incident could've been #WAIT ALSOx3. THEY ARE ARGUABLY THE MOST PROTECTIVE PEOPLE IN THE CAST OF THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO THEM AND SPECIFICALLY SIDESTEP/THE PUPPET#AND THEY ARE BOTH READY TO RAISE HELL FOR THE PEOPLE THEY LOVE #i'm going to. head in my hands. guys i really really want to see them i'm being struck ill #i NEED to write that mortumtega racing fic auggshgghhhhhjjh (2/2)

[sidesteppostinghours]

ok i've been in too weird a headspace for tumblr lately so this is late as hell but prev i need your tags on the post too actually because it's driving me in fucking sane

#yessss#excellent meta#i think a lot about mortumstep and chargestep both being romances where 1) they fall in love with step without ever seeing their face#and 2) step can't read them while they too are falling in love#literally the most organic relationships sidestep can have#but ALSO!!!!#both entirely built on assumptions and lies#aside from the general personality attraction elements#Ortega and Mortum both assume that step is in a bad situation that they themselves can potentially save step from#but in fact step is in a completely different situation that they refuse to talk about#and which both take as a betrayal when the villainy is revealed#AND Ortega and Mortum are also both hiding things from step#specifically things [redacted demo spoilers] step probably wants to know about!#there is so much juicy potential and i need them to all interact together immediately

gripping your shoulders so hard. you get it. i need them all in a room together and i need it to explode.

[frozengenderfluid]

Fallen hero singlehandedly making me active on tumblr is kinda funny ngl

[circusheart]

If I keep practicing I might even be a person soon

[grocki]

sci fi is all about getting so scared and ripping tubes out of yourself. people miss this

[grocki]

sci fi is all about desperately trying to reclaim your violated bodily autonomy. it’s all about asserting that you are a being with agency, and you can choose what happens to your own person, even if that’s ripping tubes out of yourself. and also sometimes an alien is there

[cat-the-comet]

vex may not have technically been born a filipino but by god she can yearn like one (fhr wiki trivia about sidestep drunk karaoke)

[unofficial-fhr-polls]

What is your Sidestep's gender?

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