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do i act like joan? no. i dont. act like joan.

@elliottsonthevirge

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[id : a digital coulouring of a pencil sketch. virgil and logan are gripping each other in a hug, logan with his back to us and virgil with his face buried in logan's shoulder. virgil's hair sparkles in shades of pink and purple as does the background./end id]

don't even talk to me about finding a home in someone's arms my heart can't take it...

(with badly edited text under the cut)

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averykedavra

Headcanon: all the Sides have ‘tells’ when they’re upset, right? Logan doesn’t knot his tie correctly, Roman’s costume is rumpled or he’s not even wearing it, Virgil won’t take his headphones off for anything, Patton won’t stop smiling and fidgets a lot, Janus wears his ENTIRE OUTFIT even if it’s like eighty degrees outside, and Remus covers himself in blood because it distracts the others from his emotions.

But soon, the Sides figure out each others’ tells. Which leads to a cycle of trying to cover up their tells–Roman purposely tries to make himself look perfect, Janus purposely wears a t-shirt, Remus covers himself in dog shit instead of blood–and then cover up the fact that they’re covering up their tells. It’s a mess.

And without those tells being reliable, they no longer know when someone’s upset. They can no longer look between the lines and figure it out. So they end up confused and hurt, taking jabs at someone who’s not in the mood or being unable to realize when someone is hurting. Their relationships are suffering because they won’t let each other see their vulnerability.

After a huge blowout between Roman and Logan, Patton calls a fam-ILY meeting and they agree things need to change.

But despite their knowledge that communication is important when you’re feeling low, they’re still scared of opening up like that.

It’s Logan’s idea to reinstate the idea of “tells.” Now, however, they won’t be inadvertent slip-ups but purposeful messages. Each Side can choose something to wear that shows they’re not in a good mood, to alert everyone else without drawing attention to the fact or forcing them to talk about it. The other Sides are hesitant–wouldn’t that just have the same problem as the original tells–but they agree it’s worth a shot.

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willgrahymn

Good morning c*tholic dads, emo catboys, teachers who nobody listens to, princes with low self-esteem, second favorite children, classy men with religious symbolism, and gays in a constant life crisis.

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