Virgil: Hey hey hey! If you two have BEEF, get out of my sight before you MILK the joke for all it’s worth.
Thunderbird two was sat parked in a field waiting for Scott to finish up with the local authorities before. Gordon was sat on the module ramp swinging his legs over the side looking very deep in thought.
“Hey Virgil?”
Virgil knew the silence had been too good to last, “uh-huh” whilst continuing to stow the last pieces of equipment that weren't quite stacked to his personal standards. If he had been paying more attention he would have seen the warning signs, noticed the glint in his brothers eye, his only excuse was that it had been a long day…..
“What happens when a cow gets exhausted?”
Virgil frowned, “why?” and he moved to stand behind his brother and try and see if he could spot the tired cow that prompted this question. All the while not really knowing what the signs of exhaustion looked like in a cow.
“It COW-lapses!” Gordon grinned. Virgil continued to scan the surrounding scenery for a few seconds more looking for the bovine in question before the awful joke filtered into his consciousness and he groaned. He rubbed at his tired face with one hand, cursing himself for walking straight into that lame attempt at humour. He grit his teeth as he realised there was not other way out of this situation. He let his hand drop, and mustering all the serious professionalism he could, stared very intently at his jokester companion.
“Well, Gordon, that would certainly make it hard to MOO-ve them” He managed to keep his expression completely neutral, only due to extreme self control.
Gordon spluttered and toppled onto his back from his seated perch, his legs still swinging over the edge, “You win, this round goes to you!” he wheezed from his sprawled position. He allowed himself to be helped up to his feet by a convenient strong hand. “Although I’m sure I’m still winning”
“You’re not actually keeping score?”
“No, don’t be ridiculous, that's what Johns for.” and he deftly tapped his comms
John's hologramme aimed a mid range glare, “15 to 9 in your favour Gordon, now please go away the bureaucracy is still going strong, unlike Scotts patience.” and his image blinked out with no further fanfare.
The glint was back in Gordons eye but Virgil was ready for it this time, “Well that ought to keep him aMOO-used for a while then!”
“16 to 9” John's disembodied voice cut in without even missing a beat.
“Honestly Gordon, your jokes are so bad they're almost legen-DAIRY”
“16 to 9.5, that was weak Virg.” John's flat critique was cutting. Virgil huffed and stomped back into the module, leaving Gordon halfheartedly trying to suppress his laughter.
Ooh, gonna use this (as soon as I finish writing my current 5+1 with Scott and Alan).
Thank you!
Welcome to the One Prompt Challenge!!
What is this? Well since a bunch of us were chattering earlier about the possibilities of how to apply this prompt sent in to @trope-appreciation-tuesdays , Nutty and I thought why not make it a community event!
Behold, a table of every possible main character combo! (made by @gumnut-logic)
The challenge is for all of us (as Thunderfam!) to fill in as many combos as possible. There’s no time limit, there’s no dibs, just write whatever combo you want to explore and tag #ThunderbirdsOnePrompt or feel free to tag @tracybirds in the notes and I’ll update this post and we can share the enjoyment together!
Also, don’t worry if someone has already written the combo – we all approach prompts in totally unique ways and the more fics the better am I right :D
If you post on AO3 – I’ve set up a collection you can add to as well!
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Linked Prompt:
“You don’t need to worry about me,” said A.
“Well, someone has to!”
B paused - they didn’t mean to raise their voice. They sighed and continued
“A.”
A rolled their eyes but B wasn’t deterred.
“When was the last time you ate? Slept?”
A got up abruptly, hoping to avoid a lecture. Their head spun and they reached for something to steady themself, almost crashing into the bookshelf…
Masterpost can be found under the cut
Keep reading
...and I just realised that I parroted @misssquidtracy almost word-for-word for that starting part.
...oops.
So far today I’ve managed to spill a full cup of coffee all over my desk, leg, notebook and floor, and have killer cramps.
It is definitely a mug cake kinda day.
I probably need the company as much as anyone :)
I knew there was a reason we all liked him so much 😂
Both of these are brilliant. Brilliant, I tell you.
It's Monday, it's sunny, sending you good week vibes ☀️
Probably an ancient headcanon but this is totally Gordon's jam, right?
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some people refer to Virg’s shoulder-mounted LED torch as the ‘disco cannon’ and I just
#Growth
If it makes you feel better, I dropped my water bottle no less than four times, as well as tripping over my feet numerous times throughout the day.
So far today I’ve managed to spill a full cup of coffee all over my desk, leg, notebook and floor, and have killer cramps.
It is definitely a mug cake kinda day.
Absolutely incredibly accurate. May I just add:
- *leans over* “Ooh, what are you writing?”
- Turning the brightness down as far as it will go
- Making the text so small you (and others) can barely see what you’re writing
- That tab switch
- People going “what the heck” when they see how much ‘work’ you have done
- People making t h a t face when they realise you’re writing fanfiction, even if they’re a fan
- That one rare person who actually knows what you’re talking about and gushes and fangirls with you (bless them. bless all of those people)
Losing motivation when you have time
Getting motivation at ungodly hours of the day or when busy
Going back to your story trying to remember what the fuck you said
“Am I writing this character good or nah?”
“does the plot make sense?”
feeling guilty sometimes for absolutely no reason
waiting for comments on your fic from specific readers
writing something and thinking “oh yeah, thats definitely going to hurt them”
procrastinating on writing by writing other fics
having too many ideas and not enough time
never finishing your wips
debating whether to add the fucking dumbass joke in that scene or not
wondering if you should or shouldn’t add that angsty scene purely to fuck with the readers bc its not like its gonna kill them or anything
Hoping no one finds it while simultaneously hoping ppl read it
playing music for inspiration and zoning out
planning fics and never writing them
thinking its shit but ppl like it and suddenly ur imposter syndrome acts up LIKE A FUCKING BITCH
loving ur readers so so much
BANNER ART NOT MINE. Multifandom. Will reblog literally anything that takes my fancy. Under @mae-the-4th on AO3. INCREDIBLE PROFILE ART DONE BY @koscheithehunter !!
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