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Frogs and Trouts
Sound the Alarm
Emma just wants to get some sleep, keep her little sister in check, and earn her law degree. Relationships are the last thing on her mind.
Her four mental goals are suddenly cut down to one once she meets her crazy next door neighbors.
And it starts by setting off the fire alarm.
(AKA: The Nemma Neighbor AU that no one asked for
This ship doesn’t get enough appreciation ToT)
Based off fic 2 am by shmulia
It was two am, and Emma is going to murder the person who set off the fire alarm.
She rips the sheets off her body and opens the door viciously. If this was Kitty trying to cook anything but ramen, then Emma is going to kick her out of the apartment and throw away her key.
Emma slit her eyes, looking at the spotless kitchen that was free of her sister, and turns to see Kitty stumble out of her room, more tired than pissed off.
It had been a long day for Emma; being a law student was a full-time job, with that on top of her other job— keeping her little sister in check. She had an essay that she spent hours writing on, and when it was finally over she had to finish the chores Kitty had clearly neglected before she had wanted to pass out.
And now some idiot had set off the fire alarm.
Emma is going to kill them.
Involuntary actions are free of ill will, Emma reminds herself as she stomps towards the door. Kitty crashes on the couch, trusting her sister to give the guilty resident a piece of her mind.
Emma grabs the doorknob and yanks it open, the door flying open and slamming against the wall with a nasty bang. Emma is too furious to care — the damage would be morning-Emma’s problem.
Then she stops. Stares. And stares some more, because she is tired and is pretty sure this was a hallucination.
He is gorgeous. A couple inches taller than her, lean with brown skin and chocolate eyes that seemed extremely wide the moment she opened the door. His fist is raised, like he was going to knock on the door before she whipped it open.
Maybe she hadn't been that bad in a past life, Emma thinks as she takes in the guy in front of her, because God was clearly apologising for the fire alarm. Really, how often did good-looking guys turn up on her doorstep?
Not since her ex-boyfriend Jake, and Emma refuses to give him an ounce of thought this early in the morning and in the face of a guy easily more attractive than him.
The two stare at each other and Emma waits for the guy to speak.
"Oh. Um. Hey— hi! I’m Noah. I live next door.” He awkwardly scratches the back of his head. “I don't know if you heard the fire alarm go off just now— " he starts, before Emma cuts him off.
"Oh, I heard alright," she narrows her eyes. If Noah reveals that he was the one who set the alarm off, hotness be damned Emma would make sure his death was swift and painful.
Noah gulps nervously.
"Ah, okay. My roommate is kind of responsible for that, and he sent me over to apologise. So. Yeah. Sorry about that."
Emma folds her arms across her chest. "And he didn't come over to apologise because … ?"
Noah raises his hands defensively. "He's just clearing the air in our apartment. He said he'll come out in a minute, but wanted someone to apologise right away — and then he shoved me out of the door before I was even awake!”
Emma’s eyebrows shot up. “No way. You slept through that alarm?”
Noah shrugs, a small smirk working its way up on his lips. “I could sleep through the apocalypse if I wanted to.”
Emma laughs, and finds herself surprised how genuine it was. She leans against the doorway and notices Noah’s eyes flicking down her body before looking away, his cheeks reddening.
She realizes she is in her pajamas, consisting of her extremely short shorts and her orange oversized sweatshirt that says The Best Lawyer Sister that Kitty gave her. Emma is unable to stop the small grin growing on her face, and he coughs.
Noah cleared his throat in a desperate attempt to distract them both. "Anyway ... Sorry about the fire alarm," he says.
Emma nods and represses a yawn. "It's fine," she says. She rubs her eyes as a wave of exhaustion passes over her, washing away her anger and replacing it with the desire to sleep. "Just try not to do it again, okay?"
Noah nods. "Sure, no prob— " his reply is cut short by the opening of an apartment door. A big blonde boy emerges from the slightly smoky doorway and his eyes light up when he spots Noah. He bounded across the hallway, coming to a stop next to Noah. He must be the roommate, Emma assumes.
She is a bit surprised, to be honest — the two were quite the contrasting pair to look at, and it wasn’t just physically-wise. The blonde was literally bouncing on his feet and looking incredibly awake while Noah stood still, looking bored and tired.
Emma stifles another laugh — it is exactly the same expression she wears when Kitty was being too exuberant.
"Hi! You must be Emma! We're your neighbours!" the blonde says happily, gesturing between Noah and himself. “I’m Owen, and this is my little buddy, Noah!”
Another contrast. If Noah was like outer space: deep, dark, and endless; then Owen was like the sun — bright, light (metaphorically speaking), and a big ball of energy. Emma wasn't really sure how to deal with someone this energetic at two in the morning.
"Er, hi," she says. She frowns slightly as a thought occurs to her. "Wait, how do you know my name?"
"We know Kitty," Owen says. “She’s your little sister, right?”
Emma blinks in surprise. “Yeah, but— how do you know her?" Emma racks her brain to remember if Kitty had ever mentioned the two guys standing opposite her.
"We're in the same photography class," Owen smiles, and a glimmer of remembrance filters through Emma’s memory of Kitty mentioning a boy in her class who was ridiculously nice. Emma could see where she was coming from.
She turns to Noah and he answers her unspoken question. “She’s just a friend of a friend to me. I can only deal with one extrovert at a time.” He rolls his eyes and Emma can’t help but giggle. Oh, she can definitely relate.
Noah’s eyes glint with satisfaction when he hears her laugh and his gaze flicks to something behind her. "Speak of the devil," he says dryly, and Emma turns around to see her little sister walking towards them, rubbing her eyes.
"Did I hear that right? You guys set off the fire alarm?"
Owen beams, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "I was just cooking a late night snack because I missed dinner, and as I was cooking, I realised I hadn't called my Izzy all day! So I thought, hey, the food will take a while, so I'll just call her now! And Izzy’s phone calls usually last hours, and I guess I forgot that I was cooking until the whole kitchen was on fire!”
Noah nudges Owen, somehow still looking deadpan while Kitty and Emma are enraptured by the story. “Go ahead and tell them the worst part, Big Guy.”
Owen's face twists, his mouth turning downward as his eyes turn watery. "And … I … burned the food! It’s gone! Ruined! Never to be eaten again …” Owen sinks to the floor and covers his face, sobbing quietly.
The sisters stare at the cheerful blonde on his knees, not sure how to comfort him. Emma stares at Noah. This guy has just sent the most enthusiastic person Emma has ever met to tears in a few words, and he still looks unfazed as Kitty begins patting Owen’s shoulder sympathetically.
Clearly, he has a vicious streak when his sleep is interrupted.
The lack of sleep must be messing with her mind, because Emma finds that extremely attractive.
"Anyway, we’re sorry the alarm took so long to turn off," Noah tears his eyes away from the scene. "There was a lot of smoke, and we had to fan the air out of the window to try and clear it."
Emma shrugs, holding Noah’s dark gaze. "Like I said — don’t do it again, and we’re all good.”
For some reason, Noah seems to cringe. “Yeah … Well, I think I should warn you ahead of time, but Owen’s girlfriend, Izzy, is kind of …” he taps his finger against his lip thoughtfully, and Emma can’t even tell if the action is sarcastic or if he’s genuinely looking for the right word. “ … eccentric. Like, psycho-hose beast eccentric. We got kicked out of our last apartment we shared with her because of noise complaints, arson, and fire alarms at ungodly hours of the night.”
Emma stares at him, hoping that she conveys the sheer amount of disbelief in her gaze. “Tell me you’re being sarcastic.” She says — no, more like demands.
Noah looks back, deadpan, but Emma can tell that he is genuinely sorry. She groans, banging her head on the doorway. God, if every other night was going to be like this, Emma might actually murder someone.
Noah watches her with something not quite bemusement, but something else entirely. “Don’t worry, I keep her in line.”
Emma looks up from her head-banging, and he continues, flushing a little. “I make sure to watch out for Izzy and keep her from going too crazy. Need to make sure the best lawyer gets her beauty sleep.”
Emma ignores the way her heart jumps; that last part was definitely sarcasm, even though it didn’t feel like it. For some reason, Kitty and Owen have stopped whatever they were doing and are staring at Noah like they can’t believe their eyes.
Kitty’s gaze in particular flick towards Emma, and she scrupulously avoids her eyes. Her sister knew her like the back of her hand, and Emma didn’t want Kitty to think … certain things.
Emma is about to respond to Noah, but tiredness suddenly overwhelms her. She attempts to suppress a yawn, but couldn't quite prevent a sigh coming out. She presses her head against the doorframe, blinking rapidly to try and stay awake.
She doesn’t realise that Noah is still watching her until his voice pulls her away from the slight daze she finds herself in.
"C’mon, Big Guy, it's time for bed. " The smaller boy nudges him with his elbow and nods towards Emma,whose dependency on the doorframe is becoming more obvious by the second.
"Oh, right. Sorry for keeping you two up!" Owen said earnestly. "Is there any way we can make it up to you?"
Emma is about to request "let me go to bed" as her response, but Kitty gets there first.
"Why don’t we hang out?"
Emma straightens up immediately, glancing at Kitty in surprise and warning. She knew she was busy, but Kitty’s eyes flick pointedly to Noah, then back at Emma. She winks slyly.
The little brat was setting her up!
A blush formed on Noah and Emma’s cheeks, and Owen’s face split into a grin. "That would be awesome! We can go out to eat and hang out — all four of us!"
Kitty crosses her arms, smiling. "You owe us dinner for waking us up at two in the morning for your dinner. I love a free meal, and Emma needs to get out more."
"Hey!"
"Am I wrong, Miss I’m-married-to-my-law-degree-book?"
" … No."
"Exactly. So, you guys game?" Kitty asks.
Noah’s eyes met Emma’s, and his cheeks reddened further. "Dinner... would be nice," he says, breaking eye contact with her. Owen nodded enthusiastically, grin unwavering.
"Awesome. We'll figure out the details tomorrow. I think Emma’s gonna pass out if she doesn't get in bed asap." Kitty says, pulling her sister out of the doorway and into the room. "See you guys round!"
She shuts the door as the boys say goodbye, and immediately turns around to give Emma the widest smile she’s ever seen.
"So ... you and Noah, huh?" she asks, smirking at the usually unflustered girl.
"Goodnight, Kitty," Emma says, waving as she turns her back on her sister and walks towards her room.
"You're welcome!” Kitty calls to her retreating back. “And you owe me one!”
"For what?" Emma asks, confused.
Kitty winks. "Trust me when I say that you and Noah are going to get on reeeeally well," the younger girl says, before shutting her door.
Emma shakes her head and goes into her room to curl up in her bed. As she tucks the duvet around herself, Emma realizes that the smile she wore around Noah hadn’t faded in the slightest as she fell into blissful unconsciousness.
Wait, people actually think Emma and Kitty are twins? I thought a good amount of people knew that Emma was Kitty’s older sister by three years:
This meme is dead like 3 years ago but that one TikTok video
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zee is my favorite total drama girl fr
total drama girls with their hair down
personal thoughts on courtney and emma because my total drama hyperfix is coming back hard
I made this joke post a few weeks ago and was like, "haha, what a funny crack ship. not like I'll ever treat it seriously though."
so. ABOUT THAT
YEARNING: this au/hc I have about courtney and emma being childhood rivals turned best friends turned to. whatever this is.
I'm writing a little something for this au right now and I don't want to spoil it too much. but I'll spare some details on how their friendship formed, plus other hcs that apply to this au:
courtney and emma are the top students at every school they've attended, which caused them to butt heads the first time they met
in middle school, however, they were both beaten by a different kid in their annual quiz bee- in which they were both mutually outraged by. they decided to put their differences aside to get to the bottom of if the game was rigged or not (it was)
it made them realized they weren't so different and even balanced each other out- with emma being more level-headed, patient, and passive while courtney was more impulsive, assertive and risk-taking, which they both respected each other for
they became inseparable since, and are closest to each other more than anyone else, and encouraging the other at a constant to become better
high school comes sometime later and emma is first to become aware of her feelings for courtney as she's realized that she's bi, and is out to both courtney and her family. courtney, however, is in denial of her own feelings and has yet to come to terms with her own sexuality
emma is chinese-filipino, her full name being emily "emma" grace liu
courtney is venezuelan-filipino, her full name being courtney sofia perdomo-de guzman
they're both bi, but realize this at different stages in their life
if you read this through- thanks! here's some bonus doodles I did while trying to flesh things out in my head:
"total drama island?"
katherine "kitty" joy liu (supportive of her achi softening up)
team escope (extended)
how they form into this mess of a polycule is something i'm still actually trying to figure out in my head. right now the story being Eva + Izzy + Owen were already being in a polycule way before Noah and Emma getting together, Owen has a thing for Noah, Noah realizes he has a thing for Owen while still liking Emma, and Emma's alright with being a part of the polycule if they're alright with it and-
yeah okay my brain farted right now and I can't reason this correctly but all i know is that they all have so much potential as a bond whatever the nature of their relationship may be and i'm all FUCKING for it
also! i doodled an idea of how their relationship dynamics work + identity headcanons (i forgot the pronouns and have school tomorrow and can't bother to fix it so shush)
an assortment of unorganized total drama headcanons I have (some probably contradict the timeframe when the td timeline takes place in but whatever):
Courtney and Heather pretend to have refined taste in music but blast Mitski full volume when they're alone
Heather and Harold are still actually really great friends after TD and find that they have a lot in common. Exhibit A: Their MLP phases
Noah's 15th birthday gift from his mother was a Miku binder. Also yes Noah's transmasc keep scrolling
Izzy, Eva, Owen, Noah and Emma are all in a polycule and currently live in a big apartment. (for more info um here)
Prior to it, they'd been kicked out of 4 consecutively for 2 straight months due to a fire break out from an 'undetectable source'. Surprisingly none of them were caused by Izzy, but Owen repeatedly cooking/reheating food at 3 in the morning
The ROTI cast in comparison to the rest of the casts are incredibly tight knit and go out of their way to meet up and keep in contact with each other. Anne Maria and Dawn are definitely the mom friends of the group.
Scott can be slimy, but he sure do loves his family a whole lot, and even though there's a lot of them, they're all really close. Initial reasoning to going back on TDAS was to help them cover what the entire family had given to get him to recover from being attacked by Fang
After a recording of a season is over (other than TDI), all contestants- former, current, the ones who aren't arrested- are all invited to stay at Playa Des Losers for a week (a shitty excuse to get all generations of cast members to interact to each other in my head...why yes)
The pinnacle of wealth to Scott was watching Shrek the Musical live and his first thought in what to do with the million in ROTI after the vague idea of investing in stocks was to bring all his family (and briefly in TDAS as a date with Courtney) to watch it
Duncan has a soft spot for Izzy. She's one of the only people who visit him while he's in prison. She drags along Team E-scope (+ Owen and Emma) to her visits sometimes
Shawn's first exposure to zombie related media was Plants vs Zombies. He has several sunflowers, pea plants, potatoes and a couple of walnut trees outside of his house that he says will mutate alongside the zombie virus pandemic to protect him. He owns and plays a lot of zombie video games in general alongside his huge collection of zombie movies and other zombie related media- other than PVZ, his favorite's The Last of Us
At Playa, Courtney and Gwen talk. It's one of the rare times Courtney owns up to her faults genuinely. And she tries to do the same thing with Scott but she can't bring herself to knock on his door. The prospect of things turning out like Duncan- even vaguely- made her blood grow cold.
Jo, Lightning and Brick meet Sky while they're hanging at Playa after the TDPI finale and chat her up while she seemed really down abt it all. After some chatting, a bit of insults thrown (thanks Jo), Brick's understanding sympathy, seldom seen empathy from Lightning, and a lot of racing and competing with each other, they become quite close. They keep in contact with each other afterwards- which is more than Sky can say about most of her relations on her own cast.
Speaking of; Sky keeps in contact with Ella, Jasmine (and since they're kind of a package deal, Shawn), oddly enough- though they weren't in the same team and didn't talk much on the island- Sammy, even more oddly enough Beardo- who she finds out just had a hard time opening up, and most oddly enough Leonard- who she finds out doesn't actually think he's a wizard and was just playing up one of his characters since he wasn't skilled in much anything else and wanted to see how far he got into the show with his whole wizard act. He even went out of his way to try it again alongside his friend Tammy in TDRR.
The small group does online DND campaigns that Sky occasionally joins in on in between juggling Olympic training, but they're mostly dominated by Sammy, Ella, Shawn, Beardo and some of Leonard's irl friends. Leonard DMs.
Eva knows how to crochet. Beth finds out in one of the Aftermath shows backstage, and they actually bond together over it. Well, after Eva threatens to kill her if she tells anyone
Courtney's really into musical theatre (won't admit to it but love West Side Story and Heahers). So are Mike (who's fav musical is Les Mis and Hadestown) and Ella (duh) (her favorite musical is Robert and Hammerstein's Cinderella)
Ella and Gwen are close cousins (as seen in TDR, but is otherwise not canon), and most are kind of shocked to find out. Ella would often bring up how Gwen would always gladly play the Evil Queen to her Princess when they were younger, where Gwen would retort by bringing up how bad Ella's tantrums were when she didn't agree.
The Best Friends subplot was scripted. Carrie is a lesbian, and Devin's aroace. A couple of d-list actors who also coincidentally are best friends
The Drama Network (as I'll call it) gets sued hard after Pahkitew airs. Not only for what happened in the season but a lot of prior incidents that weren't brought up in court- like Dakota's mutation, Scott being attacked by Fang, and the general endangerment of minors that happened in ROTI. Ditto with Pahkitew. Since TD was still a big hit, it didn't make much of a dent with the Network but still made it so they were weary of bringing the show back- which is why there hadn't been a new season for more than a decade in universe
I loved Emma but hated Chase. Not sure why. Emma has a certain awkward charm about her. She's cute when she's not sucking face with Chase. Honestly I wish td fans saw there was more to her than just the bitter ex/on-and-off-again girlfriend. But I understand why ppl think that. Poor Emma, Chase and Emma obviously have an incredibly toxic and abusive relationship and the writers did her so dirty. Honestly it reminded me of my own abusive relationship and it struck me as kind of odd how she so quickly became a lovesick puppy. People DO go back to abusive ex's but it's never that simple. It's a very sad and complex thing that lowkey I don't think Fresh handled well.
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based on @lulughoul's post because i can't!! get emk out of my head. and i thought it was funny
due to personal circumstance this piece which i started a month and a week ago i ended up just. never finishing even though it was for pride 😭 BUT IT'S DONE NOW LOOK
happy belated pride from team escope extended. my favorite totally canon total drama polycule
plus the flat color version!
in other news i'm never drawing again /lh
and if you're curious here's like an old drawing of their dynamic!! (most of the stuff i wrote there is mostly unchanged from my own personal hcs other than that i definitively hc eva to be a lesbian instead of just sapphic in gen!)
decided to do this little challenge i saw on twitter with emma because i've been drawing her since i've been well. drawing! (a blank version of the challenge and closeups as well under the keep reading line!)
can someone make a nemma week before i do
Emma & Kitty icons
like or reblog if you use it please ❤️
"🥰Season 3 my way🥰" and its the most cookie cutter typa shit you'll ever see.
Priya, Caleb, Ripper, Zee, and Julia early boots? Wow so original!!
Wayne leaves premerge so Raj gets his 2000 anime protagonist episode long arc his pathetic fans have been yapping about since the dawn of time? Cool!!
The finale is Damien vs any combination of MK, Axel, or Emma and it ends with him winning? DARING TODAY ARE WE!?