#—mara & birdie.

[musingmixtape]

closed starter | @gothwives

“Alright, I’ll let you do my makeup, but only because you have the expensive stuff,” this time, Birdie hadn’t even had to insist as much as usual to get Mara to agree. Usually, it was amusing to get her to beg a little before, but tonight the brunette was in a great mood and her friend was objectively way better than her when it came to the beauty department. There was a reason why one of them was a pageant queen and the other one was looked at suspiciously when she walked into Sephora. Not that she wanted to be their client, anyway. “If you make me look like a clown, or God forbid, like someone who could’ve been an extra on Miss Congeniality then I’m never gonna forgive you,” she added, the threat sounding weak as she sat close to the blonde.

#never gonna miss a chance to mention that movie i swear #hope this is okay! <3 #txt. mara collingwood. #—mara & birdie. #gothwives

[cvpiddszn]

𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐤 | 𝐣.𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬

a/n: sorry for the lack of content. happy to be back posting my favourite couple

summary: having to explain how babies are made to two five year olds isn't easy.

warnings: children

word count: 1.2k

birdie & jack masterlist

Seven months later

"Mommy?" Little Lake was munching on his Cheerios, his eyes trained on me, a full-on question. I nearly brushed my hand through his brown hair, it was well overdue that we needed a haircut (Jack included). Lake’s hair was beginning to curl at the ends, while Lowen’s had taken longer considering the gum that he had gotten stuck in his hair a couple of months before. 

Switching Amara on my other hip as she held her apple sauce drink in her hands squeezing at the package in hopes that she would be able to suck out anything else. “Yes, baby?” I asked, pulling the drink from the little blonde’s hands to which she whined, I shook my head at her and she made grabby hands towards her father.

Jack only smiled at the girl, taking her from my arms before setting her on his lap so that he could finish eating his toast. He held it out to the little girl to which she nearly bit off his finger while eating it. I leaned down kissing the little girl’s cheek whispering a soft, “good girl” watching as Jack gave me a glare.

Jack was sipping at his apple juice, since he loved it so much, claiming that it was better than orange juice (yes, I argued with him multiple times that orange juice was better). Amara watched her Dad and reached for her cup beginning to drink at it too.

“Where do babies come from?” Lake asked, his voice full of concern as his twin perked up at the question eager to also find out. 

Jack spit out his juice at the question, while I paused watching my husband and then the little girl in his arms follow exactly what her father did, spitting out her juice and then giggling but Jack was so stunned that he didn’t notice the spill on his leg. 

“Jack!” I scolded, tapping his shoulder rather harshly, face cloth in hand wiping at our daughter’s face where she decided that she needed to spit out her drink. I pulled her from his lap, to which her bottom lip came out, missing her father’s arms already. 

Jack coughed, trying to regain his breath. The boys looked toward their father who only sputtered, they looked at me next. Wide innocent eyes and I debated on what I should do, whether it was appropriate or not. We had promised that we wouldn’t lie to our boys but we had already played along with Santa, the Easter Bunny and many other mythical creatures, plus were they truly old enough to understand any of it yet?

Within their childhood, I had already had one kid, another one only four weeks old in my stomach. We had told the boys as quickly as Jack had found out, we knew that it was inevitable that the boys would find out, and they treated their little sister so well, what was one more? 

My husband looked toward me for guidance and I shrugged. “They’re boys, J. Mara and I will just understand each other won’t we, sweet girl?” I cooed at her to which she smiled at me at the newfound nickname. I knew that I would take my twelve months leave with the new baby, Amara wouldn’t be with the Nanny for too long if you counted eight more months. 

Amara grabbed onto my nose, squeezing softly, her small nails pressing into the skin and I shook my head at her. The three boys sat at the table, seemingly waiting for me to say something but it was only a couple of days ago that Jack had complained that he wanted more time with the boys, saying that they clung onto me way too much (which was very true). 

I sighed at the silence, my free hand placing itself on my husband’s shoulders. “You boys actually want to know?” I whispered loudly like it was some secret and even Jack gave a confused look eager to hear me out. The twins nodded eagerly, wide eyes and practically on the edge of their seats with how excited they looked knowing some secrets. “Truth is, there are such things as storks that come to drop off babies at hospitals. We sign a bunch of forms, they run some tests on the mommies to make sure that it’s her baby, and we get to go home with the baby.”

My husband raised his brow at me, looking towards the boys whose mouths made an ‘o’ shape as if it was the realization. “That makes a lot of sense, Annabelle was telling me that it had to do with ‘the birds and the bees’. I don’t know what she meant.” Lowen explained, to which Lake nodded along. The two got out of their seats walking towards their lunches to grab them and make their way into the car.

Jack also stood up from his spot, kissing my cheek and then Amara’s, “Nice save,” He commented, and I only grinned in response, tapping my lips gently so he could get the hint. He didn’t waste another second stealing a kiss from me, hoping to make it last but Amara pushed his face away. Pursing her own lips in an attempt. I laughed at the girl, adjusting her higher on my hip watching as my husband kissed the little girl on her lips as she smiled satisfied.

“Did you get a kiss from Daddy, sweet girl? Hm?” I asked her as she gurgled in response. Surprisingly she hadn’t said her first word but there were many bets placed between our families that her first word would be “Dada” or something along the lines but I knew that it was going to be something else. Call it mother’s instinct if you will. I looked towards Jack who had seemed to admire us, “You’re going to make the boys late, J. You’ll be back with your girl right after you drop off the boys.”

“My girls, you mean.” He corrected me and I gave him an adoring look before placing my hand on his back, nudging him forward hinting towards the time. He only nodded in response, kissing my cheek briefly before racing out the door.

── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

"Mrs, Laurier, we had an incident today.” Lake’s teacher, Miss. Calvin, walked up to me as the boys were ushered into the SUV beginning to talk amongst each other. We had thought that it was best that to separate the boys young, it gave them more to talk about in the car and sometimes twins created more chaos together rather than separately.

My brows raised, motioning her to continue as I closed the car door. “There was an argument that broke out between some kids, including Lake. Something about that storks were bringing his new sibling? Our Principal said that we don’t condone lying so we’re going to need you to tell your boy that he’s wrong.” She explained a nervous smile on her face that told me, she didn’t believe in anything she was saying. 

I barely even paused shrugging my shoulders, “Okay,” Was the only thing I said before walking to the other side of the vehicle. 

She waved at me, smiling, “See you tomorrow!”

“Yeah, we’ll see,” I mumbled pulling out of the pick-up area, biting the inside of my cheek. Holding me back from parking and storming into the Principal’s office and screaming at her. Who were teachers to tell parents how to parent their children? We certainly don’t tell them how to do their job.

There was no way I was going back to that place, and Jack would agree as he always did

#jack hughes x reader #jack hughes imagines #jack hughes imagine #nhl x reader #nhl imagine #jack hughes #nhl hockey #hughes brothers #cvpiddszn writes #luke hughes imagine #quinn hughes imagine #nico hischier imagine

[themadelynstarr]

Audio Drama Sunday March 24, 2024

Take two on this!

@worldgonewrongpod This was such a fun first episode! What a clever idea to do a casual chat show in a world with supernatural problems. The chat and jokes between the hosts felt so natural too, will definitely be tuning in for future episodes.

@breakerwhiskey Episodes 31-45. The slow reveal of Whiskey's backstory and Birdie's conversations is so engaging, and Birdie's communication via morse code is such a clever choice both for the story and for production. Introducing a character who doesn't speak to an audio drama is such a bold writing challenge, and interesting way to keep the cast limited while the world expands.

Alice Isn't Dead - I'm only one episode away from ending season 2, and I really enjoy how the show's horror and plot develops in a slow burn. Keisha putting things together and realizing that she's alive because there's a part for her to play in the war with the Thistle Men was so impactful.

I've also been listening to the audiobook of Mara Wilson's lovely memoir, so that's been taking up a lot of my listening time this week!

#audio drama #audio drama sunday #audio fiction #world gone wrong podcast #breaker whiskey #alice isn't dead #fiction podcast

[buttercup-barf]

Pssst... Hey... WolfWalkers fandom? You there? Any newcomers?

Did you know the artbook featured this character? Originally she was a lot more. Blue. For some reason. So a while back I edited her to look more like a human person.

It was pretty much confirmed that this is Robyn's Mother. Sadly, there is almost no info on her in the movie or the book, so the CS Discord Server took it upon itself to make her a character. We dubbed her Mara. :-)

Here's this mega-old drawing of her with a birdie, because I still like it, and I have. Nothing else to post.

#wolfwalkers #robyn is barely there but i will tag her anyway fuck you #robyn goodfellowe #if any cs discord members see this - hiiiii guyssss! yeahhhh it's me again :-]

[pagan-stitches]

Hagging Out: March

 --

My celebration of the Equinox was two fold.  Most importantly I drown a Morana dolly in the creek in the woods behind the house, and secondly I baked.

The drowning of Morana (or Marzanna, or Marena, or Mara, or Smrtka . . . ) is an old Slavic tradition and the beginning of my devotional year.  On the fourth or fifth Sunday of Lent, depending on the region, an effigy of the goddess is thrown into the river to drown; sometimes she is also burned.  We know that people have been drowning effigies of the goddess since at least 1420, when it was forbidden by the Catholic church, but probably for much longer.  It is a misconception by many that Morana is only a goddess of winter and death.

“However, many historical sources and traces of her cult (particularly in the West Slavic beliefs) show clearly that the cold winter is only one of the faces of this goddess. After getting rid of the winter effigy, another similar one was being brought up in a procession around the villages and fields - it was a symbol of spring, the same goddess being reborn after the winter phase and waking up nature’s vital strength for the upcoming growing season. Many of such informations survived in countless folk songs and rituals.” --Lamus Dworski

This is the first year that I drown a doll that I made the preceding year.  Before this I always made a doll at the equinox to drown.  This year the doll that I made to symbolize Morana’s rebirth last year was used in every seasonal ritual and in the end drown.  I plan on doing this yearly going forward.

This year’s dolly will be showing up in many, many posts.

As part of the death and rebirth ritual last year I made a set of Morana prayer beads representing the dark half of the year.  This year I made a set representing the light half.

Another addition to the ritual this year was spending at least a half hour every night the week before I drown Morana in meditation and prayer with her, annointing her with oils and holy water and burning incense.

The second thing I did to celebrate the equinox was bake!  First I baked Slavic spring birdies to “release” into the wild.  I released the majority of them the Thursday before I drown Morana.

“Even before the leaves bud out, as the snow begins to thaw, one must invite–indeed coax–the spring to arrive. If one simply waited, Spring (being willful) might not choose to come, and then, with last year’s food bins already almost empty, one could not survive. To bring the spring proactively, Russian mothers baked bird-shaped pastries in early March and their children clambered about setting these little larks and snipes out like duck decoys on the rooftops, fence posts, and snowless patches of ground, hanging them from trees and bushes or even tossing them into the air, meanwhile singing such songs as:


Larks, Larks, Give us Summer,

We’ll give you Winter,

There’s no food left for us”

–“The Dancing Goddesses” by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

In an earlier time in Ukraine and other Slavic nations, on the Holy Day of the 40 Martyrs, (March 9, O.S; March 22, N.S.), the return of the birds in the spring was celebrated with special spring songs (vesnianky). Birds made of dough were also baked representing the larks that were migrating back to the north.

I started releasing the birds into the wild with my friend @msgraveyarddirt  a few years ago.  I was delighted to find a picture in a book on the traditions of the Znojmo region of Moravia (where my great-grandparents are from) earlier this year and realize that the birds are indeed one of those pan Slavic traditions.

This morning before I drown Morana, I woke up at 3 am and could not fall back asleep.  So I decided to bake.  I began making my first manzanec and while it was rising went out to do my Morana ritual.

“Pavla Velickinova, the head of the public diplomacy department at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C., says mazanec is one of the oldest documented Easter foods in Czech history. It comes from the expression, "mazat," which means to anoint, she says. This is why it's baked on White Saturday, the day that reminds Czechs of the last rites of Christ.

This tradition of making mazanec as an Easter treat dates back to the 15th century, says Karen Von Kunes, a professor of Slavic language and literature at Yale University.

But even before that, she says, people across Europe baked this kind of bread around springtime. "In Europe, it was a custom to celebrate spring with making this ... type of pastry," she says.” --NPR

The site where I found the recipe said that the cross represented the sun, unlike the NPR quote above.  In my personal devotions I could certainly see it representing the wheel of the year.  The dough is nearly the same as the  vánočka (Czech braided Christmas bread) that I made for štědrovečerní večeře (Czech Christmas Eve dinner).  The smell of lemon peel and vanilla is forever forward going to be related to the holidays.

@msgraveyarddirt​ thank you as always for hosting #haggingout.  I’m glad we revisited this theme as my yearly rituals are constantly growing and evolving. ( I in no way expect you to publish this until the 29th--I just wanted to get it all down while it was fresh in my mind.)

#devotional year #drowning morana #haggingout #spring equinox #manzanec #slavic bird pastries

[cristalconnors]

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Shortlisted: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin / Rooney Mara, Women Talking / Fatma Mohamed, Flux Gourmet / Nicole Kidman, The Northman / Sophie Okonedo, Catherine Called Birdy / Kristen Stewart, Crimes of the Future / Nina Hoss, TÁR

THE NOMINEES ARE:

DOLLY DE LEON, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

For her performance as “Abigail”

NOÉMIE MERLANT, TÁR

For her performance as “Francesca Lentini”

KEKE PALMER, NOPE

For her performance as “Emerald Haywood”

PANTEA PANAHIHA, HIT THE ROAD

For her performance as “Mom”

AND THE CRISTAL GOES TO…

ANAMARIA MARINCA, YOU WON’T BE ALONE

For her performance as “Maria, Wolf-Eateress”

#2022 Film Awards #Best Supporting Actress #Anamaria Marinca #You Won’t Be Alone #Dolly De Leon #Triangle of Sadness #Noémie Merlant #TÁR #Keke Palmer #Nope #Pantea Panahiha #Hit the Road

[mirandamckenni1]

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[againstsquares]

character sheet.

   basics.

full name.  benjamin byrd. known as.  ben byrd. nickname(s).    benny, byrd, birdie, benji. gender.   cis male. age.   i write ben anywhere from 16 til 40 zodiac.   libra. spoken languages.   english, german.

   physical characteristics.

hair color.  a light brown, short but shaggy, slightly wavy and a little curly sometimes. eye color.   dark brown. body type.   broad shoulders, toned arms, a pudgier belly. voice.  mostly soft and deep but clear. when tired or anxious more droning and from his chest, making it hard to understand him sometimes. dominant hand.   left. posture.   he tries to mind his posture, especially at work. at home or with friends when he is relaxed, he naturally tilts a bit towards the ground and slouches, trying to keep himself small.   tattoos.  none birthmarks.   some small ones, not really noticeable.

   childhood.

place of birth.   chicago. hometown.   flushing, queens, nyc. sibling(s).   heather byrd. parents.   johnny byrd and darling geralds (out of the picture). raised by.   aunt, josephine geralds (deceased).

   adult life.

occupation.   ben has worked in a game store and a comic book store while he was in university and after that he worked as a high school counsellor and some years he teaches civics as well. close friends.   danny ryder, kaaviya musa (heathers partner), he is good friends with a colleague at work called jonesy who teaches english. relationship status.   has dated a girl called eileen for a year when he was in university. after this he sometimes dates or hooks up, but nothing serious. (except of course until endgame mara banks comes along in a very important verse) financial status.   usually not too great, especially in his early twenties he has to make do with little money. he got out of high school with no savings and no family to support him. when he gets a stable job at a school it gets a bit better, but there are times when he isn’t able to work much because of his mental health and he has to mind his expenses again. besides that he has a lot of student- and medical debt he still needs to pay off. driver’s license.   none. criminal record.  none.

   sex and romance.

romantic orientation.   bi.   sexual orientation.   bi.   preferred emotional role.   ben likes to take care of his partner and often prefers not to burden them too much with his own baggage which he mostly views as exceptionally hard for others to deal with. preferred sexual role.   mostly submissive and more serviceable to the other, if able to still feel in control. can be more dominant if the other is really into it. libido.   mostly low, especially when he is on anti-depressants. turn-ons.  verbal reassurance, dirty talk, when the other is confident. sometimes he likes rough sex, sometimes he thinks he’s pretending to like it. turn-offs.   disrespect, pushiness, violence. love language.   acts of service. relationship tendencies.   ben has a difficulty judging if a partner is good for him. due to his childhood abuse it takes him a lot of energy to figure out how to set healthy boundaries, and communicate his needs. he is scared of a partner or loved one lying to him or hurting him and leaving him. when he was younger he tried to make things work out with the people he was dating but things always turned complicated quickly and ended before it could get too serious. when his mental health got really bad he mostly stopped actually dating and preferred to only occasionally hook up with people he didn’t really wanted to keep in touch with anyway to stay focused on himself and spare his energy. it took years, but he is now carefully feeling more connected and trusting around others, which helps him to feel more relaxed while dating.

   miscellaneous.

character’s theme song.   i want the world to stop, belle & sebastian. hobbies to pass time.   ben likes to read comics, play (indie) games, watch video essays on trivial things, play table top games, he used to play d&d, likes to go to the cinema and tries to like to go on walks. when seeing friends in the evening he prefers to go to a bar or pub, but when he’s drunk enough (which happens a lot) he’s easily convinced to go clubbing as well. heather likes to go kite flying, and sometimes ben likes to come along. mental illness(es).   post traumatic stress disorder, depression, symptoms of obsessive–compulsive personality disorder. left or right-brained.   right. phobia(s).   small spaces, broken bones, yelling, drowning self-confidence level.   low, but getting higher. :-)

#› study /‎‎ a lot of ghosts in a lot of houses #stolen from ally :) #ly!

[marionedde]

pov I made a new oc and they ain’t hitting it off in autism land

names below cut (mostly for personal reference my brain is a labyrinth of autism):

Left to right:

FNAF oc birdie,

my own story character Sage,

genshin oc Mara,

precure oc Miharu,

my own story characters Benny, Kass and Ross

little nightmares oc 27,

hollow knight oc Bloom,

Sonic ocs Iris and Caution

my own story character Scarlett

#ocs #my ocs #my art #jack attack!

[cvpiddszn]

𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚'𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 | 𝐣.𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬

a/n: honestly i have no excuses for the no content. just surprise!!

summary: amara hughes says her first word

warnings: children

word count: 0.9k

birdie & jack masterlist

"C'mon Ams! You can do it? Say da-da.” Jack slowed his words, opening his mouth wider to emphasize the word but I only grinned. I knew that it was close to her first word and seeing Jack so excited to witness it made my heart melt. He had just gotten back from another long roadie, finally getting a few days break and he was convinced that he was going to crack her. 

There was a thought in the back of my mind that she would say it, but not when pressured to. She would say it at the most unexpected time. I sat beside them, an old rerun of Friends playing on the TV. Neither of us paid attention but rather to the girl who was eagerly trying to jump up and down on her father’s thighs as Jack’s hands rested under her arms holding her up. 

“Jacky, sweetheart, you can’t force her first words out of her,” I mentioned, tapping his shoulder gently to get his attention. My husband only groaned in protest, setting her down on his lap. She stared up at him with stary eyes, blinking her blue eyes at him innocently. I small little blonde curl fell in front of her face as Jack brushed it aside. 

Amara looked towards me like she was trying to give me a sign that said “Help me, Mom”. I nearly giggled at the sight, grabbing her from Jack and placing her on my hip, looking back to her father who pouted in protest. I poked her small nose, kissing it gently. “Is Daddy bothering you, sweet girl?” Her head went to a nod, my brows raising at the gesture. “Did you see that, Jacky? She just nodded!”

Jack didn’t find it as funny, crossing his arms across his chest in a pout while I just laughed. He huffed out in jealousy, “She nods to everything now. I’m starting to think that she gets that from you, little bird.” He leaned forward to poke at my thigh, while I just laughed. 

“Nope, her little nods are something you would do. She picks up everything that you do, J. Meaning everything she does, she looks to you for. Just like how you just laugh at how she tosses her food on the floor? She thinks she’s funny. Don’t you, Mara?” I smiled at her gently and she nodded once again while I burst out laughing placing her on the ground near her toys and picking something up while she grabbed it and began to chew on it.

Lowen rushed into the room, pulling at his Dad’s sweatpants and begging him to play mini sticks with him. “Please, Dad. Lake won’t play with me, he says he’s tired of playing. He wants to play with Amara and I still want to play.” Jack only nodded his reply, taking his son’s hand and letting him pull him downstairs as Jack and Lake switched places. Lake replaced Jack’s spot on the couch. 

There were often times that I saw many differences between the twins. Neither is much like their Dad or me but their Uncles. Lowen was much like his Uncle Quinn, competitive but quiet, and said very few things, he preferred to be out of the spotlight but bathed in compliments. Lake was more like Luke, quiet and less competitive, preferred to celebrate quietly, and didn’t know how to accept praise even though we as parents constantly gave it out. The one thing they both completely lit up about was their family, they loved talking about their little sister or their dad being in the NHL, along with their plenty of uncles playing as well. 

“Jacky,” Amara’s little voice spoke up and it took me a moment before realizing that it was her. My eyes widened briefly, staring at her blankly as she blinked back at me. 

I leaned down toward her, picking her up. “What was that, sweet girl?” I asked hoping that I didn’t completely make up that she said Jack’s name. I looked back at Lake who stood up at his little sister’s first word being spoken. 

“Jacky!” She clapped her hands together with a smile and my jaw opened, I watched as Lake ran out of the room racing downstairs to tell Jack who would be ecstatic that she said his name. 

“That’s right, sweet girl! Did you say Daddy’s name? I think you did! Jack!” My voice called out, and I swear that I could hear a crash from downstairs, the sound of someone running up the stairs in a hurry nearly stumbling in the process. Jack came bursting through the room. “She said your name J!”

“Did she really? Say it again, Ams!” Jack took her from my arms, smiling wide as he waited patiently (his version of patient) for his little girl to repeat the word.

She took a moment, opening her mouth before the word came out again. “Jacky.”

My husband paused watching her, eyes flickering between hers and mine. He took a moment, processing her words before turning his head towards me, a teasing glare on his face, “This is your fault. Maybe you should start calling me Daddy around the house.” He commented and when he listened to himself, he became confused. “It did not sound like that in my head.”

I patted his shoulder gently, “Remember when you tried to make me do that? Not happening again,” My nose scrunched up. “But hey, I think it’s better that she said your name instead of Dad, just means she can’t call anyone else Daddy.” I shrugged.

Little did we know that the little girl wouldn’t know any other word for the next three weeks, so she followed around Jack saying my nickname for him since we were younger. And never once did I think that I was going to be okay with sharing the nickname until the word came from her lips.

#jack hughes x reader #jack hughes imagines #jack hughes imagine #jack hughes blurb #nhl imagine #nhl x reader #cvpiddszn writes #nhl hockey

[maddipoof]

Hi again mara!! Could I also get a Coraline for stranger things please?

I'm a straight female and my pronouns are she/her.

Physical description - I'm 5'9 and I have long and curly dark brown hair and brown eyes. I have a fair skin tone, I'm slim and I've got full lips and fairly large eyes. I also have these dimples that I really like!

Hobbies/likes - I love reading, my favorite genres are poetry, Russian lit, and mysteries! I love learning about new things and knowing a little bit of everything. I adore adventures, witty and playful banter, joking around and having indepth discussions on anything and everything! I adore all forms of art and I have quite a few creative hobbies! I enjoy working out and I love playing badminton! I listen to a lot of modern/indie rock and I love watching films of all kinds.

Personality description - It takes me a while to feel comfortable around new people but once I do, I become really talkative and outgoing. I love helping out and I'm the therapist friend, people come to me to vent or for advice and comfort. I'm smart and ambitious; I love being the best at everything I do, but I'm deathly afraid of failure and disappointing the people I love. I'm quite the hopeless romantic and I love being in love! I adore small and big romantic gestures and I love domesticity sm! I also daydream a lot and I can get lost in my own world for hours. I can be quite dramatic and stubborn and I tend to be withdrawn and distant at times. I get frustrated easily and I'm quietly competitive. My love languages are acts of service and quality time.      

Thank you very much!! I also checked out a bit of newsies and found it really nice! I couldn't complete it because I have loads to study and I've been up all night catching up with my workload 😭. I watched the 1992 version and I was wondering if it's a good version to watch?

HAAHHAAA yes i knew it! You said you reread the other pairing i gave you so i was wondering which it was and i had an inkling that it was the russian classics one and i was RIGHT and i’m so happy. Also my collection has grown and now i have the collected Chekov and The Brothers Karamazov to work through <3

Well obviously domesticity=Steve Harrington, of course there are others out there, but i don’t think they all yearn for such a life.

OH MY GOD WHATVIF YOU MET AT LIKE THE COUNTRY CLUB AS TEENAGERS!!!! Ok so like you’re just playing badminton with your friend whatever but then he comes over to the next court (i’m sorry i don’t know how badminton works) and your friend/opponent is like raising their eyebrows at you and looking at him like “ooohh check out that guy, he is so your type.” and you’re like “ugh, knock it off you silly goose” so then they keep seeing him looking at you. Like just sneaking glances and missing the birdie because he’s so distracted by you and then whoever he’s playing with makes a bad serve/hit whatever and it lands near you because they’re just so sick of watching you two glance and flirt with your eyes and all that. So you go to be nice and pick it up for him but you reach for it at the same time and then you look into each others eyes and it’s love 🥹🥹🥹

I think you’d both make great conversation and you’d connect really well. Your personalities are similar enough to get along, but there’s enough differences that you’d help each other grow as people.

I think that you’re both afraid of failure and disappointing others so that you’d be really reassuring to each other and make sure that you both feel loved and respected in your relationship.

He would looooove your ambition, and how smart you are. He’d go crazy for it. He’s your #1 cheerleader 24/7. And while you’re out there doing your thing, being brilliant and winning badminton tournaments or whatever it is you aspire to, he’s always in your corner. Ready to be there for whatever you need and have all the domestic gestures waiting at home.

And with your love of movies, his job at family video sure comes in handy <3

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And i love love love that you found newsies 🥰🥰🥰 personally, my favorite is the 1992 movie version, however i do have a solid appreciation for the musical, Jeremy Jordan is such a darling always and forever.

Also i’m so sorry this took so long, i lost it in my drafts i’m so sorry but i hope you like it <3

#mara’s mmmmanons #mara’s inaugural celebration✨

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: J. Crew Academy Leather Penny Loafers Shoes.

[queenscharacters]

“She sounds wonderful, baby, I can’t wait to meet her!” Mara to Alec

Alec had a soft spot for Miss Birdie Halco for quite some time now. Even when his sister, who was quite literally his best friend, was hitching about her…he still saw her differently. She was special. He didn’t need time to learn that. He had seen it in her since he had known her. And, god, it had been getting increasingly more difficult to ignore the feelings that were growing for this girl.

This wasn’t the first time his mother had heard about her. Or the second. Or third, fourth, fifth…in the span of a few years, this probably had to hit the dozen mark. At first he just had mentioned her in passing, acknowledging her beauty and strength, but now? Oh, he could lose himself in talking about her. He was infatuated. He really, really liked Birdie. This was more than just an innocent crush; this was bordering on feelings he never experienced before.

“I want to ask her over, but I don’t want to upset Savannah.” He admitted, frowning. He wasn’t going to act like he was oblivious to their past, or that he could necessarily ignore it. “Or Birdie, either.” He sighed, running a hand through his hair. “I don’t know how to show them they would probably like each other if they the other a chance, but I’m sure they would.”

When Alec realized all the negative things his parents could’ve possibly heard about his girlfriend from his baby sister’s mouth, he grimaced. He wasn’t going to say Savannah was in the wrong to feel the way she did, but he couldn’t hold the same anger towards Birdie. Knowing the trauma she went through was enough to make him feel awful. His sister and him were so fortunate in so many walks of life and then there was Birdie…who had none of those luxuries. She was dealt the shittiest hand he’s ever seen and no one gave her the credit for sticking thought it.

“Can we maybe go out for a meal or something? You, dad, Birdie, and I?” He asked hopefully. “That way, her and Sav aren’t put in an uncomfortable situation yet, and you guys can meet her…I really want you guys to meet her.” He added, even though he knew he didn’t need to ham it up. His parents were phenomenal. They would do whatever to keep him and his siblings happy. “She’s really special to me…I think I might be falling in love with her.”

#ch: Alec dougherty #ask: alec #alec and mara

[sparrowsingsstories]

Updated pictures of my OC Hope Amadori, with her girlfriend, Mara (R4-04 from Interesting NPCs). Also with Deacon, Preston (who is upset being in Diamond City) and Birdie (also from Interesting NPCs).

Hope will be the subject of my next big storyline!

#Fallout 4 #Fallout 4 OC #Hope Amadori #R4-04 from Interesting NPCs #Birdie from Interesting NPCs #Preston #Deacon #modded game #screenshots

[sunblazes]

mara i think of u when i see birds on sunny days. like specifically when its bright out and im taking a walk and i see a bird hopping about and chirping and then flying up with its friends im like oh thats so mara to me. <333

OOUGHH!!!!!!! this made me wildly happy Aa little hopping birdie THIS MADE MY FHCJIGNTB DAY MARE!!!! mare you always make my day Know this. Also know you are the bestEver. EVER

#fave

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