#bookwormm03

[emmylovestv]

Thank you ladies!!!! Unfortunately the day hasn’t really gotten better today was a bit of a highlight of what the next few weeks will be. At least I got a new water heater so I can go home to a bath and a glass of red.

[benwyattforcongress]

@bookwormm03 you're not wrong

[galentines]

Top three underrated characters on CEG?

while i know people love darryl/white josh, i think darryl himself is severely underrated. he’s a male character who had learned his true sexuality late in life, and is proud of it despite society often having negative reactions to bisexual men. he is beyond comfortable in his own skin, endlessly kind to his friends, and is completely okay if he loves someone more than they love him. darryl is the person i want to be sometimes.

i really would love for them to flesh out maya - i think i could technically call her underrated, though it’s entirely based on how much i love esther povitsky. she’s a fun take on a millennial and i would love for her to have a fuller plotline, though i doubt it’ll happen now that esther has her own show on abc family.

and.. honestly, i think paula as a person separate from rebecca is very underrated. their friendship is rightfully celebrated, but she is such an amazing character. a larger woman over 40 who is allowed to have insecurities that don’t define her, who is comfortable in her skin, who gets to sing songs while dressed as a goddess or princess, who has storylines about being found attractive by other men, who is learning healthy boundaries for obsessive tendencies and codependent friendships. paula is so wonderful.

[alwaysbethisclose]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR 19TH BIRTHDAY!!🎉🎂

hahaha, thank you, dear!!!!

[c00kie28]

Would you ever write a fic where Ben is not terrible? ....Haahha no seriously, would you ever write a fic where Ben does not stay in Pawnee after Harvest Fest? <3 <3 <3 I'm sorry you feel crappy.

I think so. But I also don’t think I could do just Ben leaves, they miss each other, the reunite, the end. I would need there to be a twist of some kind, some fantastical element that I could sink my teeth into so it didn’t feel like it’s been done before. 

[sakurablossomstorm-blog]

comedicreprieve replied to your post “You know what really sucks?”

I’m so sorry you’re going through that. Feeling like an outsider, or like you’re only liked for what you do not who you are is very difficult. I know what it’s like to feel excluded at work, especially when you’re a ball of anxiety and wishing you could suck the words you just said back in. If you ever need to talk or vent, I’m here to listen.

bookwormm03 replied to your post “You know what really sucks?”

I’m sorry you are feeling like this. I have certainly been in similar places. If you need to vent or talk let me know but maybe it’s time to start looking for another job? Just having the option is freeing.

lunabelles replied to your post “You know what really sucks?”

If you need to talk, please feel free to message me! From what it sounds, this job might not be what you need. Maybe looking for something else will help with how you feel. I’ve been in a similar situation at previous jobs, and let me tell you, getting out was the best thing I ever did.

emmylovestv replied to your post “You know what really sucks?”

I’m sorry you feel that way, I spent 12 mths at a job that I hated and I was practically non existent and so under appreciated, I ended up quitting that job before I had a new one in place because it was killing my sole. I also went through some depression during that time due to the grief of leaving a job I had loved and also the death of a friend, I’m in a really good place mental health wise nowand I would say that 90% of that is because I have found a work place where I fit and it’s a great.

Thank you all so much for your kind words and advice. My manager has been really supportive during this time and I have a few meetings next week to address the situation. I don’t want to leave, because I’ve done so much here and it’s rewarding. But at the same time, it’s so lonely. I do need to have a long hard think about everything, but it really means a lot that you all took the time to get in touch <3

Thank you everyone. 

[alwaysbethisclose]

Pratt vs. Pine :D

Pine!

[c00kie28]

growing up together AU

Sorry this is angsty af and it’s probably all over the place. enjoy! 

They meet because Marlene and Julia went to college together and after Julia’s divorce, she wanted to move away from Minnesota and her ex. She buys a house in the same neighborhood. 

At first the Wyatt boys complain about moving to Indiana, leaving their dad and friends, etc. Stephanie is still a baby so she doesn’t care. 

Robert takes the boys under his wing. Henry and Ben join the Pawnee Rangers, which Robert is a leader of. 

Leslie’s appalled that not only is her dad spending time with boys but she’s not even allowed to go. 

She yells in Ben’s face. “He’s not your daddy!” and gets sent to bed without dessert. She blames him completely which is the right thing to do. 

But there’s a conversation between Robert and Leslie and he promises her she’s his heart and nothing will change that. 

So Leslie relaxes a bit, and Robert includes Leslie in everything Non Pawnee Ranger related. More kids (Ann, Andy, Tom, April, etc. join.) Marlene calls them his ducklings. (Queue the montage where they all build a tree house) 

Leslie and Ben end up bonding over Batman comics and chocolate cake. When Henry turns 13 and goes to Middle School, Ben and Leslie always walk home together. 

They hold hands crossing the street. 

And sometimes they don’t let go until they get to her house. Or they see someone who might see them holding hands and then they drop them quickly. 

Still, one day someone does see it and they tease Ben mercilessly. Embarrassed and a total idiot, he insults Leslie. Instantly, he feels bad but the damage is done.

But what’s worse one day Robert is well and grossing Leslie out when he kisses her mom in the kitchen and the next he’s sleeping all the time and Marlene and Julia keep talking in hushed whispers and he can’t take them camping anymore. 

And one day Leslie’s sitting in a hospital waiting room and the Wyatt’s come in. ?Julia and Marlene hug for a long time and Ben sits next to Leslie. Wordlessly, he takes her hand and holds it until she’s asked if she’d like to go in. 

For a year, Leslie sleeps outside in the tree house. When they find out, the other ducklings start sleeping out there with her. April complains about being outdoors and the cold but she never leaves. 

Her and Ben fight more though, because without Robert there to mediate, and both of them missing him so much, it’s just a lot of emotions and no real good way to express them. She expects him to leave her now that her dad is gone, but he doesn’t. Leslie is stuck with him for life. 

Flash forward to three years later, when Marlene comes home from a date to find her daughter asleep on the couch with Ben, the credits to Batman Forever running. She turns the TV off and puts a blanket over them and lets them sleep. She’ll embarrass them in the morning.