One Step Forward After Infinite Steps Backward is Still Progress @sirenshark-lyra - Tumblr Blog

grace KICK rocky???

“Guys?”

Your partner came back from the dead after being missing for decades. Every one of their friends who they went with ended up dying a horrible death.

Now, somehow, their entire mental health is based on the continued life and happiness of this fairground goldfish that they picked up.

Neither of you know the first thing about how to care for even a healthy fish. This fish has been poorly cared for, has multiple diseases and the person who handed it over explicitly didn't expect it to live nearly as long as it already has.

You're frantically googling how to set up a fish tank, where to buy fish food, can you even take a fish to the vet? Your partner wants you to know that they're happy they made it home and survived their horrific ordeal, but also that if anything happens to the fish then they're going to kill everyone on this planet and then themself.

You're honestly wondering if you're even helping the fish, or just prolonging its suffering, but your partner will only accept medical help for their many injuries or engage in basic self-care once they're confident that the fish is being looked after.

So you get a tank. You set up a filter and all that stuff. You learn way more than you ever wanted to know about water temperature and ph and nitrate levels. The fish is safe. You start to develop some affection for the little guy. Your partner begins to recover. The fish begins to recover.

Which is when you learn that in its 'healthy' state, the fish regularly refuses to sleep when tired, keeps begging for food that is obviously unhealthy for it (and struggling to eat the food that you do provide because “it tastes gross”), and continually tries to persuade your partner to take it out of its nice safe tank so it can go explore the wonderful world of Outside, where the slightest mishap will kill it instantly.

Your name is Adrian, and you kind of wants to strangle this fucking fish, statement.

chi-the-idiot

Not even going to lie, I fully thought this was about Simon for a second and they meant "fish" as in he literally brought a fish-man home 😭

kacklepop

I had to draw Yuri REAL QUICK BYEEEE

kacklepop

Thinking about a Yuri version of Rocky but it’s that thing video game devs do when they make a “female” counter part to one of their male characters and it’s literally JUST Rocky but with a little bow on his head

djpachipikachu

roadtrip doodle dump of bullshit <3 I love stratt in this au . truly. obsessed with her

grace has weird gender in this au dont ask me what kind of trans he is yes hes got top scars yes she ponders transfemininity no me and my partner dont care to figure out whats going on with him

anddd the matching friendship bracelets that grace rocky and simon have :]] bought at a roadside gift shop <3 rocky and grace often swap theirs while simon keeps his star one

byc0n3j0

Let go of me

negative-pressure-ventilator

Something that's stood out throughout all of the dialogue in the movie is just how controlled Simon's breathing is. He is always measuring his breathing, inhaling deeply and exhaling slowly to calm himself down. As soon as I was listening for it I realized just how constant and intentional it was.

He's familiar with terror. He's learned how to manage it, either by teaching himself or being taught by another. The deep, controlled breathing, the tactile self-soothing with his sheath— that's practiced. Habitual.