#nice ask week

[neversleepuntilfive]

Hello! I see from your bio you love to draw! Would you care to share any drawings that you love? And also if I asked you to draw Buttercup, would you be willing? (No pressure! Only if it would be fun for you to draw him!) ALSO it's only now I'm seeing your art of TK hugging Harvey the horse?!! It's so gorgeous!!

Hi Cig! :D Thank you for the nice ask! I answer so late because i didn't wanna come empty handed - I actually love such drawing requests. I recently talked about needing to practice drawing animals, so it's perfect!!

Sooo there you are! I drew Buttercup!! And it was so much fun! I feel like looks enough like himself hahaha. I'm quite happy with the artwork!

And hehe, nearly. It's Carlos hugging Harvey but TK loves him as well! :D I'm still writing that fic about them.

[stardustedlovers]

@kiwichaeng omg I was trying to respond to your nice week ask (finally) and my laptop was dying and I tried to save the post as a draft but user error I think I deleted it or tumblr ate it 😭 I’m so sorry I was having fun responding to it too. And I’m also so sorry my response is a million years late. But you asked me what drinks remind me of lone star characters or what drinks I think they’d enjoy! So I’m gonna recreate it as best as I can 💕 these are drinks that both remind me of the characters and also ones I think they’d enjoy!

TK: strawberry matcha - fun, vibrant, sweet but still a bit grassy.

Carlos: caffé macchiato - strong, dependable, a hint of sweetness when you get used to it

Nancy: pineapple coconut mojito -fun, fruity, comes in a tall glass, a bit zesty

Marjan: Mangonada -sweet, a little spicy, vibrant colors

Tommy: blackberry sweet tea -a charming southern classic with a sweet twist

Judd: an old fashioned -basic, to the point, can pack a punch, acquired taste

Paul: sweet tea -a true southern classic for our northern boy

Mateo: egg cream -a twist on chocolate milk, definitely not for everyone, a bit quirky

Owen: green smoothie -healthy, always consistent

[thisbuildinghasfeelings]

Anne. You are now the relationship therapist for TK and Carlos. Congratulations. What absolutely stupid thing are they bickering about today?

Jonah asked TK if they could get a brother for Lou II. TK said they had to ask Carlos. Jonah went to Carlos with his best puppy dog eyes (calf eyes?) and, long story short, they now have 2 lizards. Carlos is annoyed that TK sent Jonah to him for this because he should have known Carlos didn’t want to say yes to another lizard. TK is annoyed that Carlos didn’t just tell Jonah no if he was so against it.

[guardian-angle22]

Nice ask week!! Your gifs are so freaking cool and I don’t know how you do it but they’re always so visually appealing! If you don’t mind me asking, if you had to add in a Paul centered storyline into the show, which season would it be and what would happen? Could be anything you like. Hope you have a great day!

Hi!! Thank you so much, that's very sweet of you to say. 😊

So, I will preface this by saying there is a reason I'm not a writer and it's cause I'm not great at coming up with plot ideas. 😅

HOWEVER, some aspects of Paul Strickland that I would've really loved to explore:

His relationship with Asha. Give me some development there, some tension... Asha is the HR rep and now Paul is a lieutenant and sometimes an acting CAPTAIN of the firehouse. There's absolutely going to be conflicts there if Asha (or one of Asha's co-workers) ever had to come in and investigate or reprimand someone on Paul's team. How would they handle that as a couple? But also just... give him some ROMANCE scenes. Let me see Paul's romantic side. The first time he tells Asha he loves her. Or maybe the random knowledge we have of Asha's nut allergy comes back and Paul has to dramatically save her and they have an emotional moment after. I just want MORE of them. 🥺

His career backstory. It would've been more delicate of a storyline to film/show because Paul stated he transitioned on the job in Chicago, but I would've loved to get more insight into how and why Paul became a firefighter. What led him to that career? He so clearly loved and respected his father so much - so was his dad a firefighter? Did he follow in his footsteps or did he choose a completely different path? Paul is so incredibly passionate about being a firefighter that he says he'd "rather DIE a firefighter than live any other way." I wanna know how that kind of dedication and passion took root in him.

His funny side. I think some of Brian's best work was honestly when he was doing comedic shit. The Case of the Missing Pudding. The rats in the woman's house... both of those are just SO. GOOD... so maybe a really fun, goofy plot in a filler episode in season 2 or 3 where Paul just gets to be ridiculous.

[welcometololaland]

Hi, Lola!! 💞 I hope you've been well!! It seems like you've been busy!

Would love to know what your favorite food is?

And also, what is your favorite part about the writing process? 💖

*stretches fingers, cracks knuckles* nice ask week LFGGG so sorry i've been squirrelling away these asks for an entire week now and i've picked yours as my first!

i have been really busy - life is just constantly changing at the moment which is not HELPFUL when i'm trying to restore myself to equilibrium. BUT i have recently taken up yoga and i've found it really amazing for my mental health so that's a big win for me in these troubling times!

my favourite food is bread. bread is life. i won't hear anything bad about artisan sourdough with a crunchy crust.

honourable mention - i'm also an absolute freak for tofu. i love tofu in basically any form (silken, firm, puffed up etc etc), sometimes i just pan fry half a block of tofu, put salt and sriracha on it and call it a day. this pains @rmd-writes to no end, but she will back me up because there is photographic evidence of me committing these crimes against good taste.

my favourite part of the writing process is the scheming. i have my ride or die schemers (rae and @celeritas2997) but my co-written projects (@heartstringsduet @dustratcentral @strandnreyes notably) always have a great scheme sesh in them and occasionally i scheme to someone who shows interest in partaking - i feel @carlos-in-glasses and @lightningboltreader and i have schemed a few times, and it has been very enjoyable. @pragmatic-optimist is an incredible schemer of ideas - TikTok fic is the EVIDENCE, it recently tipped over 1k kudos which is evidence of top tier scheming). if you ever want to scheme about a project, please come my way. i love saying "AND THEN-" and making it worse.

thank you for the ask!

[rmd-writes]

nice ask week!!

what are the main characters of lone star’s favorite romcoms??

Jen, I have to tell you that the single braincell bouncing around my skull was absent when I received this question and it took me an embarrassingly long time to realise what you were actually asking me, even though this was not a difficult question.

Anyway, favourite romcoms:

Carlos: You've Got Mail

TK: The Parent Trap

Gwyn: The Princess Bride. But also, Serendipity because she used to take little TK for frozen hot chocolates as a treat

Owen: When Harry Met Sally

Andrea: Something's Gotta Give (and threatens to do the blood pressure check thing when Gabriel won't eat his microgreens)

Gabriel: n/a but will watch whatever Andrea tells him to and then falls asleep but claims to just be resting his eyes

Tommy: How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Grace: Cinderella (1997 version with Brandy as Cinderella)

Nancy: 10 Things I Hate About You

Marjan: Miss Congeniality

Paul: A Knight's Tale

Judd: n/a but will watch whatever Grace tells him to

Mateo: Speed (this counts as a romcom don't @ me)

[ladytaivan]

Hello there! 💞 For nice ask week, and if you want to share of course, what is something that never fails to make you smile?

And since you've been creating early Tarlos art lately, any headcanons on when TK started spending more night's at Carlos' townhouse than not, and if Carlos one day surprised TK with empty drawers and closet space for him to leave things there to make him feel more at home? 💖

Hi!!! Thank you for sending this!!

For something that always makes me smile, of course i have to say my babies 😋⬇️

And for the headcanon!! It was definitely sometime between s1 and s2, in those moments that we never got to see. I imagine that at some point, TK was given a key “just in case he needed to be let in and Carlos wasn’t home”, and then he just slowly started to be there every time Carlos did get home.

Carlos one hundred percent did a little skit for TK, something like “hey babe can you do me a favor and get me a pair of socks?” and so when TK did, he discovered multiple empty drawers for himself and closet space. And Carlos asked him to move in.

Okay bye now!! 💟💟

[carlos-in-glasses]

Hi! How do you think the Alex conversation could have gone for Tarlos? 🤔 Maybe they had it soon after becoming official?

I think Carlos love-at-first-sight Reyes would be surprised to find out anyone dared to not only reject loving TK forever, but also cheated on him!

Fumbled the cutest patootie, but it led him to his soulmate ✨✨✨

I think they had it quite soon - maybe even before they were official-official. Because TK tells Carlos in 1x03 that the breakup was nuclear bad, I can see him elaborating a little more on things as he spends more time with Carlos, so Carlos has a better understanding of why his heart needs to do a lot of healing. Would have been a perfect time to discuss Carlos' marriage too lol but oh well. Tim Minear still deserves to step in something wet while wearing only socks for that. Anyway! Yes, I think Carlos would have been outraged on TK's behalf, even though it means he gets to have TK in his life now. He for sure thinks Alex made the biggest mistake of his life and yet did him the biggest favour at the same time.

The cutest patootie!!! He sure is!!