#100% something I’d wear in the summer

[thirteenthmaiden]

Brown Barbie 💅🏾🎀

#This outfit is so me #100% something I’d wear in the summer #queenpokoo #barbiecore #soft black women #pink #fashion #hairstyle #pink aesthetic #pink text

[pinkbubbles06]

Rosekiller Headcanons Pt. 2

Part 1

These may be out of order or be repeating from pt 1 but it’s only cuz I got excited…

Annnyyyyywayyyyy…. HERE WE GO!!

* Barty would be that type of person to have a thought process along the lines of “Evan deserves someone better than [insert name of whoever Evan is currently dating here]. If it were me dating him, I’d treat him much better.”

* And then he would proceed to not think on that any harder.

* Every time Barty gets an angry owl from his dad, he gets so overwhelmed by anger to the point being called by their name makes him want to scream. So all his friends start calling him "idiot" "pretty boy" "raccoon" "dumbass" respectivly until he calms down.

* lets not get it twisted, evan was 100% crazier than barty.

* Before they got together Barty would beg Pandora to make flower crowns so he could give them to Evan. If the flower crowns were from anyone else Evan would burn them on the spot. But anything from Barty he cherished forever.

* The second barty would come bounding up the hill towards him in spring, flower crown in hand, Evan would smile gently as Barty placed it on his head with such pride and joy.

* After they got together, Barty made Panda teach him how to make them so he could do it himself.

* Evan spends half his time saying "shut the fuck up" to Barty because weird stupid shit always falls out of his mouth

* (and he does shut up 'cause that man is whipped)

* Barty always forgoes pockets for the sake of fashion, and so Evan’s pockets are always full of random things of Barty’s that Barty can’t carry in his hands

* Barty is a mommas boy ™️

* Barty was shorter than Evan for the longest time but in 3rd year he had a growth spurt in the summer and was towering over Evan when they say each other on the train.

* Barty would talk to his mother about everything and everything and he mostly spoke of Evan.

* Barty’s mom had a beautiful garden and Barty asked her if she could teach him to plant roses one summer.

* When Evan came over the next summer Barty was so proud to show him the roses he grew just for him.

* barty whose eyes are locked on Evan’s throat, he wants to leave his marks all over there, bite the soft and perfect looking skin, make it his home

* then he gets hit over the head by dorcas with a pan, and she tells him to be normal

* Barty always found it real hot when Evan gets pissed and bangs someone’s head into a wall until their blood is running down their face. He loved it when Evan was insane.

* (Evan is more crazy than Barty is. Period. You can’t convince me otherwise.)

* Regulus never understood why Evan and Barty were so deranged sometimes. He’s a good child.🥲

* evan's last thought before being hit by moody's bombarda was the way barty smiles between their kisses

* Barty would always absentmindedly play with Evan’s hair at all times

* Whenever they would go out in the winter, Evan you always tell Barty to bring a coat, even though he knows he will end up carrying it for Barty because coats make him feel trapped sometimes.

* He would just be like: "wear a jacket, it's cold out!”

* And Barty would be like: ”uggghhhhh fineeeee!!!”

* Barty always opened the door for Evan or pulled his seat out before he sat down

* Evan: did you eat today?🤨

Barty: yes….👀

Evan:

Barty:

Evan: eat something love.😘

Barty:

Barty: fine.😒

* Barty wants so bad to be Evan’s trophy wife lol

* After Barty proposed, he would daydream of the moment he first sees Evan at the altar. Like. He’s so in love guys.

* barty absolutely LOVES valentine’s day and uses it as an excuse to be as publicly sexual as possible, loudly flirtatious, and is wrapped around evan like a condom

* evan pretends to DESPISE valentine’s day, acting like he forgets about the occasion just to get on Barty’s nerves- dodging his attempts to flirt / touch, and makes a show to be as unromantic as possible. on the inside, he’s squealing and kicking his feet

* Even hated Barty at first they would argue sooooo much!!!

* But then Barty grew on him like he does with every one

* Evan loves making Barty cry during sex. Especially if he is overstimulated.

* Evan loooovvvveeeessss overstimulating Barty during sex. (Barty loves it too btw lol)

* Ives said it before and I will say it again because it need to be a thing. EVAN IS NOT NOT TIMID AND HESITANT!!!! HE IS A PHYCO!!!! HE IS WORSE THAN BARTY GUYS!!! LIKE COME ON!!!!! IK I SAID THAT THE FIST TIMEHE AND BARTY DANCED HE WAS INSECURE BUT THEY WERE REALLY YOUNG AROUND THAT TIME!!! LIKE 14!!! (At least in my head…) AFTER THAT INE TOME HE WAS SOOOOO CONFIDENT!!!

* (sorry for yelling lol)

* Any way….

* if you don’t think regulus had a little sign with the amount of times barty got pushed off the beds for being a little shit ur so wrong

* Barty‘s mother had a huge family estate in the countryside that Barty’s mother and he would go and live in during the summer. it’s also where her garden is. Barty would drag Evan along every time

* Barty’s dad lived in the city because of his job…

* They announced their relationship on April Fools and were both laughing their ass off watching Hogwarts try to figure out if they were actually dating or not.

* Evan is really shitty about being woken up. like if he falls asleep on the couch just leave him there, don’t wake him up to try and get him to go to bed because he will bite your head off. When Barty finds him on the couch in the common room he will settle down and cuddle up next to him and read a book. Or take a nap with him lol. Depends

#barty crouch jr #rosekiller #evan rosier #barty crouch junior #marauders #harry potter #marauders era #barty jr #regulus black #james potter

[gabessquishytum]

Hello, I’m the damsel fantasy anon, I love the no sex-ed virgin dream au, particularly the pregnancy stuff, thought I’d turn it around with Hob instead being the one to get knocked up: Hob’s pretty careful with his birth control and making sure Dream wears condoms, but he decides to ask Dream one night if he’s comfortable forgoing the condom, just this once, he wants to feel Dream cum inside him, and it turns out the stars aligned that night for his birth control to fail.

Dream knows in theory that condoms were for preventing pregnancy, because Hob explained all this to him one of the few times he taught Dream about sex through discussion instead of a hands-on demonstration, but Hob was accidentally a little vague about how it applied to him, so Dream thought the two of them only used condoms for std prevention or for the nebulous “safe sex” or something. He genuinely didn’t think he could get Hob pregnant despite Hob having a pussy, because they’re still both men (learning this reasoning later, Hob has no choice but to kiss him senseless)

So when Hob starts experiencing morning sickness and other symptoms, pregnancy is the last thing on Dream’s mind as he fusses over his sick boyfriend, and he straight up bluescreens when Hob sheepishly shows him a positive pregnancy test. When he reboots (and understands that this is in fact a thing (and after Hob kisses the shit out of him)) Dream is GLUED to Hob’s side, dedicating himself to waiting on him hand and foot, constantly staring at Hob’s growing belly with awe and wonder. Feeling the baby kick is a religious experience, that’s an entire baby in there! Dream and Hob’s baby! Dream manage to put a baby in Hob!

(The pregnancy sex is a whole other revelation, seeing Hob’s changing body day-by-day, the constant reminder that Dream managed to knock him up, oh hello breeding kink nice to meet you)

(If no one minds, is 🪽anon free to take?)

Dream being trans ally icon of the year while also being the most adorably clueless bastard ever? I love it, I'm kissing it. You are so welcome to be 🪽 anon!

Imagine how nervous poor Hob would be! He's not 100% sure that Dream wants to be with him longterm, and with a baby in the middle it's all about to get so complicated. Plus Hob doesn't really have a big family to support him. But he decides to keep the kid either way, and just hope that Dream is on board too.

First Dream is like "How? You're a boy?" And Hob cries a bit and kisses him and tries to explain as much as he can that he still has all the equipment for making a baby. That they have, in fact, made a baby. That he really really wants Dream to come to the first midwife appointment because he wants them to do this together.

And for Dream it's not even a question! There's nothing that's going to stop him from staying by Hob’s side. They're boyfriends, right? They'll get through the pregnancy together and when the baby comes they'll make it all work out, somehow. He kisses Hob’s belly (which Hob thought was so cringy when he saw other people do it but now he just melts).

On Hob’s masculine frame, his belly starts to pop rather quickly. Within a few short weeks his t-shirts are riding up and he has to slink off to the shops and buy a size up. Dream is unashamedly obsessed with the bump and if Hob isn't touching it (He gets this cute habit of resting his hand on his belly) then Dream is instead. Hob dresses in dungarees and big t-shirts, but also leggings and crop tops, because the summer heat is really starting to get to him. Dream buys him the most expensive frappes that he's craving all the time now, and makes him ice packs and gives him ankle rubs.

He also just goes ahead and buys an anatomy book. It's probably time that he should learn about his own body (and Hob’s) before any further happy accidents occur. And Hob definitely still seems interested in Dream’s dick despite all the trouble it's caused! His favourite thing is lying on his side while Dream fucks him from behind, hands cupped around Hob’s belly to keep him from slipping into an uncomfortable position. He can even fall asleep with Dream rocking into him, and claims that its the only time he feels comfortable.

The day when Dream refers to himself as "daddy" for the first time is also the day when Hob's cunt finally leaks through his underwear. Its kind of mortifying for him to explain to Dream that no, his water didn't break, he's just really that horny.

#🪽 anon #the sandman #dreamling #nsft #cw pregnancy #trans hob

[mxmspeedster]

f1 wedding

i really couldn't tell you what happened, i made it at 6 am

who is getting married? Lance stroll and daniel ricciardo I thought it would be funny. It’s not. This took too long and way too much effort.

couple’s attire? Daniel would were a tan suit and lance would wear a green one. i thought it was fitting five hours ago.

who walks them down the isle? Daniel and Chloe would bribe scotty into walking lance down the aisle by letting him make a cringy speech at the reception. (he’d do it anyways, he just wanted to see what he could get out of it)

best man/maid of honour? Daniel’s best man would be max and lance’s best man would be esteban. I have a plan with this, stay with me. (i do not actually have a plan)

rest of wedding party? Lando would be the flower boy. Argue with the wall. Mick would be the ringbearer. I’d imagine the wedding party itself would be small, maybe only 10 people. Fernando and checo would also be in it, not sure where, but they would. And pierre, i’m not sure how i almost forgot him in the list. The rest would be family.

wedding party attire? Tan suits, with little suspenders?!?! (i still stand by this)

Engagement? It was a whole ordeal. Most people would think daniel would be the one to propose, but they’re wrong. It would be lance. He’d plan a nice dinner in spain on the summer break, they’d get all dressed up and go. Then, they’d go for a walk along the pier at sunset, lance would get down on one knee, and this is where you’d think he’d propose but wrong, he just ties his shoes. Daniel would spend all night wondering when lance will ask but it never comes.

In truth, lance got scared to ask because there were a lot of people around and he wasn’t sure if daniel would feel pressured into saying yes if everyone was watching.

Just as daniel accepts that it’s not happening that night, thye go back to their hotel room and the view from the windows is so nice, daniel goes and stands in front of them to look at it. Lance decides he’d do it right there, daniel framed by the stars was prettier than any sunset that lance had ever seen. He got down on one knee and when daniel turned around to grab his camera, lance just skipped the whole four minute long speech he spent a month memorizing and just asked the question. Of couse daniel said yes.

And do not think for one moment they didn’t fight about who’s last name they’d take.

guest count? 400, Not too big, not too small. Daniel is a social creature so most of rbr is there, that’s 150 accounted for. Lance would also have a lot of aston martin employees there, so thats another 100 and the rest are family and friends and we can’t forget the drivers.

guest attire? All black. It’s classy, takes out the stress of finding something to wear, everyone looks good in black.

Budget? Lance is on a mission to out do chloe here, just know they went over by quite a bit. Daniel was happy to just pay for what ever it was that lance desired, regardless of their budget that they probably didn’t need to set in the first place.

Venue? They get married by a lake in france, and the reception happens at a nice hotel. It's spring so everything is in full bloom, it’s such a whimsical place. (i had an image pick out but i can't upload it rn)

destination wedding/place? They have their wedding in france because monaco doesn’t have gay marriage laws, but their reception happens at a nice hotel in monaco.

time of day? Sunset. They get married as the sun sets, because that's when lance was going to propose.

who officiates it? Christian does it and spends the whole time trying not to cry. He’s so proud of his daniel.

Rings? Simple gold bands with their numbers engraved on the inside. It’s cute and subtle and doesn’t get in the way of work.

First look? The first look happens in a private moment at the hotel they’re getting ready at. It was just meant to be a little “first touch” where they held hands and read love letters to each other around the corner, but they ended up doing it face to face.

playlist?

Flowers? Lance goes wild on the flowers, he spent months picking them all out. He gets his bouquet preserved and they frame it on the wall in their bedroom. (again, i had pictures, wtf tumblr)

first dance? They have it in private, no cameras, no guests, no wedding party. Just them. They had practiced when they couldn’t sleep leading up to the wedding and even after, they still do it in their living room with no music.

Cake? They have a small cake that they cut and shared between the two of them. The guest’s had sheet cakes with three different flavors for options.

getaway car? An Aston Martin, they sat in the back seat and laughed the entire ride from the event to the reception.

Honeymoon? They go to paris for a month in the summer break. Just them in a little loft together.

#lance stroll #daniel ricciardo #f1 #neewm #Spotify

[mambalae-s]

congrats on 100 followers!!! for your event, could i request gojo? something that caused me a lot of insecurity growing up was i’ve always been a really tall girl (have been 190 cm since like age 15). it doesn’t bother me so much now, and i don’t mind dating men shorter than me, but it does seem to bother a lot of guys~

i’m definitely a quiet introvert type. i love being crafty and making things with my hands! my cat is like my child and i’m a cancer so i’m v emotional about everything. my love language is acts of service and favorite season is summer.

if you could write gojo flirting with a tall reader i would be floored. i think my dream date would be going on a lil fancy picnic, with wine and cheese on an old quilt at a beautiful park that smells like flowers w a view of the mountains! if you’d like to write some nsfw, i’m thinking abt gojo being rough but treating reader really sweet and calling her princess! fav position is getting eaten out 😌

thank you so much for doing this for your followers 🥺♥️ i hope your day and your cramps get better!

nonnie, thank you so much for requesting from me!! by this i vow i will do my best and give you the very best satoru sauce i’ve ever cooked up!! i’m very viscerally loving and admiring you and everything about you!

╰┈➤ el sol enamorado — gojo x anon

╰┈➤ song — do it for me by rosenfeld

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 there’s something about the way that you carry yourself that gojo absolutely admires. you remind him of peace amidst his difficult days, where chaos falls apart when he comes home to you working on another project.

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 he loves loves loves!! if you make him absolutely anything! if it’s a pretty little crochet or knitted piece, or a painting — absolutely anything, he keeps it somewhere where people can see whenever they come to your home, and where he can see it as soon as he steps into the door!

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 he’s absolutely committed to giving you kisses and affection all throughout the day. always kisses you when he wakes up, cupping your cheeks and presses his forehead against yours, and he cutely bops his nose to yours while saying “good morning princess, i love you.”

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 his favourite way to hold you is by putting his hands on your waist! you’re the perfect height where he can lean his face into the crook of your neck, or pressing his forehead to yours without having to bend down too low. during those moments, his voice lowers and his tone deepens and he’ll quietly tell you how beautiful you are, how gorgeous you look in your clothes, how perfect you are for him.

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 and it’s satoru — we know this man comes with quite a bit of chaos and trouble <3 he loves to tease you in moments when you don’t at all expect! he believes affectionate harassment is a love language… matter of fact, that’s really how your relationship began!

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 you’d been classmates through high school i’d like to say! you were always so quiet and withdrawn, and turning so adorably flustered whenever he’d flirt with you! even small compliments where he’d tell you how lovely you looked, or even saying how skilled you were with your technique! you’d get this precious smile and turn your face away from him as if you were trying to hide, and that sweetness is what drew him in to you.

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 like the persistent little fiend he is, he wears your walls down overtime. you become less distant of him, laughing at the silly things he says and accepting his gifts with far less fight than you used to. you still turn so cute and flustered whenever he compliments you, but do know that he means every bit of every sweet and even playful compliments he gives you. he really wants you to know just how highly he thinks of you — “hey now, i don’t give compliments to just anyone, pretty girl.”

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 i think you’d be the one to propose the idea of a picnic. with how busy satoru can get sometimes, you’d really been missing him and wanted to take him out to a nice meadow, hoping to take some of his stressful days away and really just treat him with lots of love and care

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 so you do your best and surprise him! you make a lovely charcuterie board with different cheeses and meats you haven’t tried, along with your favourite red and white wines! along with a card game for couples that had prompts that ranged from “what body part of your s/o do you love the most?” to deeper questions like “what is something that you’re afraid of?” it’s a good idea for you both to learn more about one another! though it makes you a little anxious, you anticipate all the different conversations you could have!

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 now, satoru 100% knows you’re planning something! he just knows you too well — even with you doing your best to hide it, he notices the way you’ll grow that sweet smile on your lips whenever you stared at him, but he’s more than happy to let you surprise him. as devilish as he is, he loves you far too much to spoil your surprise, so he settles for kissing that cute grin on your lips and bides his time.

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 and finally, the day comes — admittedly, he did get impatient just a tad bit. he was like an anxious child waiting for his favourite candy! he get so excited on a hot summer’s morning when he finds you in the kitchen, so prettily dressed while placing the last of the delicious pastries inside your handwoven basket. he hurriedly disappeared to your shared room and materializes right in front of you in his finest button down tee and dress pants.

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 he’s so excited he can’t help the big grin on his face as you promise him to let you both drive there instead of teleporting — “the scenery will be worth it, i promise…! and, i wanna spend time with you — truly… let’s pass time together without any hurry?” and, god he’s so weak for you that he immediately and wholeheartedly agrees — even if he likes showing off to you.

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 you weren’t at all wrong when you said the view was gorgeous too! the mountains and plains were almost like you’d gone into a different world when you left the city for the countryside. they truly were beautiful, but while you admired the scenery, satoru stole glances at you with his pretty blue eyes and smiled. “yeah. truly beautiful.”

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 when you get there, the both of you spoil each other with gentleness and caring affection. as much as satoru enjoys you taking care of him, he wants to take just as much care of you, not only for preparing such a wonderful day for him, but also just because you deserve it. he lets you lay in his lap and feeds you the yummy blocks of cheese that you so lovingly prepared, even teasing you when he leans into your face and says “here. if you eat it straight from my mouth it’ll taste even better.” when you ask him, “are you a bird?” he kisses you, cheese between his grin, and jokes, “i can be if that’s what you’re into!”

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 he’s… he’s so silly! but help your soul if you didn’t love him for it.

NSFW HEADCANONS

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 if he could, satoru would live between your legs. i’ve been so aggressively brainrotting about this concept anon, i beg you to bear with me here!

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 i love the idea that gojo likes to get very creative. if there’s anything he adores, it’s seeing you dressed in pretty lingerie with your hands bound behind your back. there’s just something about how powerless he can make you all while you can do nothing but take what he gives you that drives him so fucking wild

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 for instance, when he ties you with a pretty red blindfold and matching ribbons around your wrists, he’ll have you knelt over his face and tells you to make sure to hold your position, all while he cruelly teases your soppy cunt with his tongue. he knows exactly what to do to make you weak, your wrists struggling against your restraints as you fight the urge to ride his face

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 but satoru, he remains very strict with you by spanking his palm against your ass, making sure he roughly squeezes the flesh there before he presses a kiss against your pussy lips and loving the taste of you dripping down his tongue. “uh uh.” he’ll tut at you, and he’s so cruel, he’ll laugh when you whine, “gotta do what i tell ya, princess.. want me to make you feel good, don’tcha?”

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 as odd as it is, he’ll have the patient of a saint when he eats you out. his hands are squeezing your hips and ass while he flicks his tongue at your clit and dipping it between your folds, toying with you and stopping each time you waver or lose your balance.

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 he certainly makes you beg for it, all so he can hear those pretty little cries and whimpers as your legs shake everytime he stops just short of you cumming all over his face. his tongue will sink deep inside you and he’ll suck your clit and gently roll it between his lips, and then he’ll stop and switch to kissing your thighs and squeezing your ass when your hips begin to buck and falter. he loves how needy you get, crying for him to just let you cum, how you can’t take it any longer, how you’re so close, so so so close, satoru please… please let me cum…!

𓆩ᥫ᭡𓆪 and he’s such a devil, he’ll smirk against all the dark bruises on your thigh and grin up at you, eyes glinting as he takes in your sweaty skin and the way your tears have seeped through your blindfold, lips quivering and body electrified with every brush of his finger. “all you have to do is be a good girl for me then, princess. promise i’ll make you cum as much as you like, jus’ behave and take everything i give ya.”

mamba celebrates 100 — jjk and haikyuu selfship event!

#olympia. #aphrodite. #jjk smut #jjk selfship #jjk imagines #gojo satoru #gojo smut #gojo imagine #i hope that you’ll like this anon! #i know i kept you waiting for a while :( #i’m sorry! i hope this can make up for it at least a little!

[icharchivist]

heyy icha!! started up autumn, it’s fun!! got through the first 16 chapters and decided it was time to pause so here’s my thoughts.

I was very surprised by the random guy azami called during summer act 2, but actually it is just. idk. shift is cool. you can absolutely Hear the way azami’s voice gets lighter and looser when they chat. it’s wonderful. actually hugeee props to azami’s voice actor—I feel like soo much of azami’s character is inherent in his voice? like he’s kind of muted in subtle in the way that he talks which is kinda hard to convey with text only, because he’s Also sharp-tongued so if you’re only looking at the text, it’s a bit hard to notice he’s actually kinda… quiet? anyways I like shift it’s nice that azami just has a like. Normal Friend yknow? and shifts family seems cool too. so I’m glad that azami at least has like, an example of a healthy kind of family dynamic and stuff.

anyways. the way u could hear a pin drop when azami says hes gonna join akigumiz rly unfortunate he announced it AFTER sakoda announced the boss was trying to get him back. since like. uh. hed decided it beforehand, anyways. through kumons suggestion. at first I was a bit like cmon sakyo… you’re gonna send that kid back to his dad? homophobia. however the fact that he 100% called it regarding azami making something up for his portrait is so funny like ah. he was correct there.

like banri I also think azami is good for autumn so someone can bicker with sakyo. the way they just started physically brawling was so fun but what was funnier was omi breaking up the fight with the same level of casualness he broke up banri and juzas fighting. it’s like… these r not even two rowdy teens anymore. sakyo is 31. love that for him tho.

banri is also being such a good leader. checking in with azami and helping him with his portrait thing. his collage? reminded him of how he advised yuki in into the night. he feels reliable now, which is cool? anyways yeah he help. it was nice to see him tell azami abt the previous autumn exploits. the rookie introduction is rly such a good mechanic… it’s like. new chara for one. but bc they have to be introduced to the troupe it’s such a good way of bringing up past themes naturally and then having the opportunity to develop them further. anyways it’s nice to see autumn like. Bonding. I’m sooo invested in that one scene where azami tells omi not to bring him stuff like scones.

sakyo: “I practically raised him”

me: ah. *horrible impression of sakyo* hmph. I’m not the step dad, I’m the dad that stepped up.

this is a total shot in the dark but I have this like feeling that azami, during this story, is going to cry. Loudly. and I’m going to tear up abt it. we shall see.

kumon and muku being like angel devil fairies was SO CUTE. their voices especially!! like the way kumon has to quiet down his voice by a lot lol. anyways it was sooo lovely. I loved how it paralleled what natsugumi did to help out kumon. and I especially liked!! kumon bursts out laughing when natsugumi does their girls thing but here azami doesn’t like actually Laugh™ at all, but you can hear the laughter in his voice? it’s so cool.

I liked azamis audition portrait. the fact that he’s unable to give up his makeup is so good, and I really loved the convo he had with kazunari later, where kazunari pointed out that his family and makeup might be both so important to him that he’s unable to simply give one up… it’s nice, seeing characters give advice. but yeah azami. I am Looking at the part where he’s like oh I can give u makeovers but I’m kinda new with all this stuff, because all my old stuff is broken. and the way that he refuses to show them what he looks like wearing normal makeup…? I’d bet both of those r related to his dad who is not sakyo.

like oh my god the “…” from azami while izumi says she needs a parent/guardian permission. and then sakyo says like “I’m basically his guardian” and then azami going “…!” like oh u Know azami had that moment of uncertainty like. man… sakyo hates me anyways is he gonna send me back. like it’s just like… Telling he asks tsuzuru to cast sakyo as the villain of the story. when I saw that scene I was like ohhhh sorry azami. you’ve just given tsuzuru something terrible: personal info abt yourself. you realize he’s absolutely going to make u confront stuff with his play right. actually I did watch the play and. it’s very the stranger esque in that they’re all like. we live in a doomed apocalypse. I am a unique existence with it but this gift of mine will never be imparted unto others. still we shall live. as the only two real people. some people r beyond saving. like tsuzuru is so weirdly depressing during these plays. I respect that. and I was right bc he did throw in an emotional dad scene.

azamis such a professional middle schooler. like the makeup and also writing for a site. I loveee seeing azuma and yuki bond with him. let’s gooo. yuki and azami teaming up for budget is awesome. they’re actually just a great duo together. like first off the fact that they’re two middle schoolers who can seemingly put the fear of god in anyone is so choice. I loved seeing how professionally they worked during that fashion show. and banri modeled too! made me have feelings abt into the night again lol. also that azami scene was so good! like u said, the rookie cg in act 2 really showcases the relevant character well… the whole school festival was just nice. kazunaris talk with azami was rly cool ofc and the whole like. way azami is like ah. once I’m in high school I probably can’t do anything… and the little detail that both tenma and misumi haven’t ever been to a school festival is so like. wow. they’ve been denied a lot of “normal life” things bc of different reasons and now they get to experience them! idk it makes the fact that misumi treats tenma like his younger brother all the more heartwarming.

loved the whole thing where they discussed themes for the autumn troupe play. like juza talking abt like frilly gowns and grand staircases and when banris like wtf he’s like what? you think I can’t do it? get this guy in a dress for real.

they eventually settled on the undead / zombie theme but like… when taichi suggested visual kei tsuzuru actually didn’t seem too against is sooo. what I’m saying is. a3 autumn does a version of zombieland saga. I’ve never seen that show but it’s abt zombie musicians right. speaking of tsuzuru I love that he just passed out between a door so he didn’t hit his head. that’s like a skill.

the whole kindergarten thing was so cute. like the animal costumes… I saw omi and squinted like. wait oh my god is he in a WOLF costume!! and he was!!! I think that’s like. So Cute. like can I imagine autumn sitting around those costumes picking and someone’s like well, omi, this one’s kinda like, your name…. from personal experience tho there r absolutely kids who would see juza and stuff and be like oh my god he’s so cool I’m gonna follow him forever. but the animal costumes were a smart choice. and hey now they have em for free! more things to haunt tsuzuru with <3 when I first saw them I immediately thought of. yknow the volume 3 extras of gsnk where nozaki wears that bear costume and does judo. I love that bit. the voice acting for the section was so good tho like juza is kinda stilted taichi is kinda nervous and banri sounds extremely breezy abt the whole thing bc hes banri and can pull it off.

I rly liked both taichi and juza’s collages abt running away but to me it’s like. So Funny. how taichi and juza r like “I promised I’d be a better person from then on… and when I’m a better person I’ll…” or something like that and then when azamis like soooo how about now they’re like ah… I’m not nearly good enough yet. like i get why they r still uncomfortable with themselves but from personal experience like. reaching for an idealized self that u have to get to First before you’re Allowed to do things is like… not good. anywyas to me it’s rly funny that like azamis reaction to both of these has been kind of like “um okay? why are u still worried about that loser.” (he’s much less harsh abt it I just think this phrasing is funnier)

azamis response to taichi asking him abt his love life, tho… ���k-kiss? that’s for after marriage!” like oh my god u have to introduce her to parents, date, get engaged, and THEN you hold hands? and taichi being like. did sakyo teach you that…? personally I think azami managed that level of repression all on his own. like honestly tho for him the “introduce to parents” is probably a pretty. terrifying step so I can see why he’d be hesitant.

oh I wanted to talk abt juzas portrait. first of all him jumping in as a bodyguard to azami was so nice. the power of his glare alone! I know we haven’t seen omi or sakyo do a boyhood collage yet but I have to imagine that like midway thru juzas collage azami is squinting at autumn like… is this secretly a troubled kids home? is it like just normal to run away from home once, statistically? anyways juzas both correct in that u can learn to avoid fights but azamis also correct in that like. what’s he gonna do. let those guys kick the shit out of him?

but anyways juzas portrait made me tear up. like the. the. ”Kumon’s nothing like me. He ain’t big or bulky, and he’s like a ray of sunshine. Everybody loves him. He even cares about me.” LIKE FIRST OFF IM GOING TO CRY… JUZA…. second off the way I literally wrote “If there was ever a human embodiment of sunshine…” in my fic abt kumon. me and juza mind meld. jk this is such an obvious description that I think anyone reading through summertime survival strikes back would be like oh yeah this guys like sunshine.

but the way that like. all juza did was get picked on by a bully, glared at him, and then the bully stepped back and fell off the stairs? and juza stayed frozen in place instead of running bc he. I dunno. felt guilty probably? or just terrified bc oh my god the injuries… like even in this collage he describes the whole thing as a “mistake” on his part even tho it’s like. he didn’t do anything!! and then his mother had to apologize for him too… I love that she was angry on his behalf tho. hyodo mom I love you. and it was so nice that they found him bc it was the place where kumon played catch with him.

anyways I loved that the lil detail of like, tsuzuru visiting his family to explain why spring and winter weren’t at the festival like. was used to effectively to bring up zafra and stuff. I think it’s cool that tsuzuru recognized that it looked similar to citron’s stuff! like even tho tsuzuru is so exasperated with him he always seems to like. know the word citron wants to say and like. Pays Attention it’s nice. also when tsuzuru was like “I spent the whole time cleaning” I was just like ah. oh my god. if spring troupe ever leads tsuzuru on a play again… cinderella is right there. citron as Prince Charming ofc. masumi as an evil stepmother bc I think the drama of that role will be good for him in that it’s kinda a little silly and grand. he can’t rly cool guy his way out of it. like probably this won’t happen bc we already got a play with tsuzuru and citron as lead and co-lead but I can like, dream. it would overlap pretty hard with clockwork heart anyways bc I imagine the whole miracle vibes of cinderella would make tsuzuru have mizuno feelings again. but like hey. could be a fun fan-creation.

anyways zafra…. just wanna say I’d had it in my head that citron was a runaway prince since like. act 1 of spring when he said he ran from his country soooo… not gonna be like I called it but I called it!! tho I think this was kind of an easy guess lol. like when he’s all monarchy hater in alex in wonderland I think it’s pretty blatant.

uh but chikage said their monarchy has been having issues lately, but tsuzuru was like oh it’s fine. a new king is gonna be crowned in a few months apparently. and when izumi asks if citron is going back he goes “yes. I am… sure I will”

assembling the evidence. chikage would know secret internal details due to the organization, but tsuzuru would only be aware of public facing stuff. so my theory is… citron was a prince of zafra, and he ran away. I think he described himself as like an “eyesore” to the people he ran away from. this caused internal strife within the monarchy bc like. hey who the fuck is gonna inherit now. but seeing that we see guy in one of the event stories go “…citronia” or whatever I fully believe guy like. is citrons retainer or guard or something and is here to bring citron back and put him on the throne. hence why citron is like ah… I’m sure I’ll be at that coronation… because they’re going to coronate ME… and I’m being dragged back there….

the other alternate theory I have is that citrons like part of a succession war. the reason I think this is bc like. it would be a reason for why citron was like I’m an eyesore. also he mentions having three younger brothers during the new years event and says they don’t want to see him again. so citron is just like ha… yeah… sure… I’ll be at the coronation… (I Am Never Going Back) instead. and guy is chasing him to drag him back bc he cares abt him. I bet he’s the guy citron wants to see again. and also the source of that charm citron was staring at.

anyways the base of these two r the same. I’m excited to see what the facts are! I bet that’ll be in winter—it’ll be a fun spin since so much of spring was occupied by winter since hisoka was such a big deal there. and it’ll happen in reverse with citron being a big deal I assume. summer and autumn also have like. kumon and azami so they kind of overlap their seasons too.

anyways obviously this is good setup for winter arc but I think it’s also like. a perfect bit to have in autumn bc like thematically. azami is also struggling with like. inheriting a position he’s on the run from.

that’s all I have for now! excited for whatever zombie run night is

aaHH KIRI HI <3333 GOOD TO SEE YOU WITH AUTUMN OUR WAY

Shift does indeed sound very cool!! it makes me so happy how Azami lights up when he's talking to him, you can truly feel how close they are. And you're so right about Azami's voice, and all kudos to his voice actor. I think you sum it up well, he's quiet despite his lines generally being sharp and stuff, and with Shift's phonecalls making him this happy it constrats even more.

AND HELPP. Crazy how at this point it's Chikage's joining that went with the least problem. (not the same as "Chikage staying" which was the core of the issue but you get what i mean.) and DLKFJDLKF yeah Sakyo knows this kid so well. for better or for worse.

ah yeah the true admission fee to Autumn: you need to bicker with Sakyo. This is the new rule. And hey good on Sakyo to remain young like that! Omimi really embracing his place in the Autumn Troupe as the fightbreaker.

BANRIIII he's always so good sobs. It really shows how far he has come on his own and yeah, i can definitely see a bit of how he advised Yuki come out there as well. And it shows also how closely he cares and look out for his troupe now that he can tell all of it to Azami. it's so nice.

FDKJFLKD POOR SAKYO…. probably deserved BUT POOR SAKYO.

:3c interesting ehehe.

And yess god those kids are so cute. Kumon really just learnt from Summer how they made him feel better, and then decided to give it back to others as well. He knows it worked on him!!! it must also works on Azami!!! God this scene is so cute. solidarity!!

Azami's audition was really good and his dilema is really interesting toto go through. I did like Kazunari helping out too. I really like what you say about Azami's makeup stuff and "his dad who's not Sakyo" is such a funny way to talk about his bio dad. get out of the way bio dad you might be the DNA but you're not as dad as Sakyo.

the scene where Azami expects Sakyo to send him back home but Sakyo backs him up is so!! AND "ohhhh sorry azami. you’ve just given tsuzuru something terrible: personal info abt yourself. you realize he’s absolutely going to make u confront stuff with his play right." IM ABSOLUTEY CRYING OVER THIS. so true though. Azami, unknowingly giving Tsuzuru ammo. Tsuzuru: sure :) Everyone at Mankai: oooh boy kid, rookie mistake.

And so true it really is a lot like The Stranger. Also probably something to be said with how in both plays Sakyo plays a father who was doomed to screw his own child over no matter how much he cared about them. And hey Tsuzuru makes it work, and maybe getting depressing in Autumn is kinda the afterfact of having to be so damn silly with Summer. balancing it out.

"AZAMI IS SUCH A PROFESSIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOLER" THIS IS SO ACCURATE HELPP. And yess i love the Fashion Trio. Esp with the whole subtext of Yuki and Azuma's dynamic originally being really like, "Azuma can prove those kids who might be unsure about their future that there is one to be had by still being themselves and enjoying themselves." Azami doesn't need this lesson as much as Yuki but it can still be reassuring. And Yuki and Azami together are a MENACE, SAkyo's greatest nightmare, love that for them. AND YESS GOSHH the modeling thing just sent me right back to Into the Night as well!! DKLJFKDLF i really had the Priviliege of Insight to mention that about the CG, since i know all of them, but yeah, it really showcase them very well. And yeah the school festival was really nice, and it must also have really helped Azami to participate to something so… normal. usual for people his age yaknow? being a Yakuza son probably doesn't make those as usual as it could be otherwise. shoves Azami with Tenma and Misumi gang of "we're going to show them what Normal is or so help us."

GET JUZA A FUCKING DRESS THIS IS A THREAT NOW. i'm still a bit bitter that Banri was the SSR card for the noble-woman dresses event, this should have been Juza's time to shine. Juza KEEPS wanting it SO BAD and Banri keeps shutting him off, why is Banri the one getting the frilly gowns. GET JUZA A DRESS.

isn't Zombieland saga about idols especially? but yes, what works would work, it'd be fun! but i'd love to see a Vkei look, whenever you guys are ready!!! And Tsuzuru truly has a skill at this point rip.

AND YES THE KINDERGARDEN THING WAS SO CUTE. And pleaaase it's so cute i could totally see those kids adoring Juza. Joining Kumon in the Juza fanclub. But yeah the animal costumes were a smart way to make sure the kids would feel safe. And <333 always fan of tormanting Tsuzuru <3 AND HELPP THE GSNK REFERENCE. BEAUTIFUL.

The collages are so good yeah!!! and sobs yeah they're still so uncomfortable with themselves but it's especially striking considering how far those two have come…. esp Taichi who had to run off from the Godza and had to come to term with his spy days, and Juza really going from thinking of himself as an acting lost cause to genuinely managing through his insecurities and inspiring everyone around him. Alas yeah, they both are still so ashamed of who they were and still gunning for so much higher that they don't see that… "“um okay? why are u still worried about that loser.”" LKFJDLKFJDLKFJKLDFJFDFD

AND HELPP. honestly i could see Azami do that all of his own, remember that Sakyo loves romance novels and has no problem sharing them with Muku, so anything about that is fully Azami made. Also very good point about introduce to parents.

Juza <333 always the savior isn't he. AND HELP i could imagine Azami just think that at this point. Probably already clocking "ok i was thinking Omi might be a normal dude but now that i've heard how the whole troupe is i have Doubts." Also for the funfact i have a friend whom i dragged into a3 a bit kicking and screaming, who had a hard time getting too involved but when he related to the charas, he related hard (Itaru and Tenma for instance came to murder him, if that gives any idea). Anyway we went into Autumn, watching the anime, and he was so scared because every single one of them were his type, so he was worried to be emotionally damaged by looking at a mirror, and we finished the chapter and he was like. actually i'm fine. I'm so fine. But he got curious about Azami so we watched Autumn 2. And he was quiet for a long time, going through the collages and stuff. And eventually, i think around the time of Juza's? my friend turned to me and went. "did i ever tell you I once ran away from home." And it was aBSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL he was SO MAD by the end of this chapter, he ended up relating to Azami a litttle too much AND everything that didn't hit hard in the first chapter ended up hitting him hard by the second one. Point is. "is it like just normal to run away from home once, statistically?" it is for punkass troublemakers. not targetting anyone. (also let's talk about how Misumi also ran away from home but only to never come back. Honorary Autumn kid.) AND YEAH both are right. But i love Juza's take away still.

And Juza's portrait was so emotional and how much he cares and wanted to protect Kumon was just so :sob: AND AAHHH You REALLY understand Juza's mind so well that you looked at Kumon and knew exactly how to refer to him the Juza way. (but yes Kumon IS the sunshine itself.) and Juza poor kid. No one ever cut him some slack :( HYODO MOM SO GOOD WE LOVE THE HYODOSAKISAKA HOUSEHOLD IN HERE. But yes sobs Kumon finding him because Juza couldn't help but go to somewhere he probably felt safe to and it meant being safe with his brother…. sioft.

and god yeah the Tsuzuru bits is really cool. I remember in the first Summer chapter my biggest issue with it was how there was so little focus on Spring that it felt like they weren't living in the same place….. and i'm just so glad this was an issue that was never truly repeated, and moment like that showcase it so much. the rookies chapters tends to focus on two troupes at once already (like Awakening Moon was Spring and Winter), but here they still had some focus on non-focus troupe and it's so nice. And i love that it showcases Tsuzuru and Citron's dynamic so well it's so soft. AND HELPPP cinderella play when Tsuzuru, you have it all set up for you!!! And god i love the casting for that. And true for the vibes (note: Sakuya as the Fairy God Mother? baby angel that grant people wishes because he gives them an opportunity to? (like how it's giving the opportunity to keep the theater opened that helped everyone?)). Anyway as a fanplay it works still. Tsuzuru coming to term with his feelings for Mizuno everytime he colead with Citron is really funny tho.

AND HELPP. I still won't say anything for Citron but yeah things are starting to shape up! And oh god Citron's reply to it all huh. God. Anyway interesting theories, obviously i can't comment on them just yet but. interesting!

but yeah the duo season focus is built on each chapters in a sense so Spring will have its time to shine again next chapter. I don't htink it's that much of a spoiler since we do know Guy is looking for Citron, the same way we knew early on Chikage was looking for Hisoka. Something to be said about how Spring and Winter both have their past catching up to them with an acquitance from the past coming back to get you, while Summer and Autumn's main connection is between the two new kids who are starting to get to know one another. (and obviously Kumon-Juza, but i suppose it's also a bit like Azami-Sakyo currently yaknow? family bonds over troupe bonds).

Anyway! :D

Thank you once again for the ask <333 so much goodies in there and it's always so fun to relive the chapter with you like this!!! thank you for sharing all of this <333

take care and see you around :3c

#ichareply #ichafantalks a3 #aranarumei #long post for ts

[prisonhannibal]

Hi Birgitte 🫶 I was visiting northern Norway this summer and visited a saami shop and they sold what I believe was traditional jewelry. I was wondering if, in your opinion, it would be appropriation if I were to buy and wear it...? It's probs important to point out it was owned and run by saami people. Feel free to delete this ask if you're not comfortable answering btw it's all good

Thank you for asking! Don’t be scared to ask me questions I don’t mind!

I think it would be 100% fine to buy from saami people :) it’s just supporting saami businesses and I think that’s a good thing. They most likely won’t sell you anything that’s inappropriate to wear anyway. If you’re worried about wearing something wrong i’d say keep in mind that some of the rings are only meant to be worn by married women (the ones that are flat on top with smaller rings on them) and the big brooches (risku) are meant to be worn with the gákti (on the middle of your chest not on a jacket or anything) so those might not be the best options, but most necklaces, earrings and bracelets should be fine. if you’re in doubt just ask them!! or send an image to me and I can explain what it is! just don’t buy knockoff stuff from tourist stores and it’s not a problem :) I hope you enjoyed/are enjoying your trip!

[lesless]

In my head the price of something falling into the “expensive” category now fluctuates GREATLY based on the make & material, now that I understand production process more intimately. That is to say, I pulled out my winter clothes today & put away summer clothes as we expect a sharp temperature drop following the weekend, I suspect summer is officially over & I can’t imagine wearing string straps or cool linens any time soon. My summer things fit into a single, neat little bin. I surveyed the winter clothes with some satisfaction as, with the addition of the secondhand wool items I purchased last month, I actually feel ready for the cold this year—with the exception of work pants. I was disappointed to find all my work pants are thin polyester I’d bought years ago before I understood more about fabrics or my own sensory issues with them. So, after work I visited the outlet & was further disappointed to find a maximum 30% wool content in pants, mixed frustratingly with polyester. The employee suggested I head to a different location, which meant braving city traffic (annoying) to the ritzy mall in a near city down town. I did manage to find two pairs of 100% wool pants! The straight leg did not suit me, but the wide-leg pairs were both comfortable & flattering. I tried on a silk shirt, which I’d never done before, & though I adored it the weight of the collar kept pulling the garment back to ride high on the front of my neck & that alone coupled with the price lent me to reluctantly put it back. Maybe one day, something silk. But I purchased the two pants & had they not been such good make & material I think I would have laughed at the price. They need to be hemmed, as I’m quite short, but I can’t imagine wearing the other pairs now that these are an option. I will leave them in my bottoms basket until this theory is proven, as they are still in good repair & perhaps I will be able to stomach the material from time to time (unlikely).

I called my cousin, a few friends, & chatted with my love, who is in Detroit on a work trip. I payed the rent, mailed some things, re-bought the fungi book I left in my friends car which he subsequently lost, showered, & picked up my favorite wine to celebrate spending too much money today. The fatigue that has rested over me all week seems to be slowly dissipating, which I am grateful for.

Tomorrow, I will knit hand warmers I think. I’ve still not braved the sock pattern which was my original purpose for learning how to knit but, maybe this will be a nice bridge for that project as it requires more attention than hats or scarves. Too tomorrow my love returns & if I have the energy for it I will meet some friends downtown. I am hopeful warm wool layers will stave off my apprehension towards actual winters, a thing new to these bones which spent decades in the Texas heat. Fall colors are poking out of every tree, acorns are fat & green, & armored in warmth I hope to lean back into my excitement about seasons I so coveted all those years.

#me

[homenecromancer]

this is, like, barely even a fragment but i remember @autisticfang expressing interest in the idea so here’s like 100 words of Jeb Batchelder being bored on summer vacation, 1976

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The problem with summer, Jeb decided, was that it lasted about a month too long. The first few weeks after school let out were great, but by the beginning of July the shine was starting to wear off, and by the end of the month he was just about dying for something -- anything -- to happen.

And so, rather than get out of bed, on this particular day -- midway through the Bicentennial Summer of 1976 -- Jeb laid there, clock radio still playing, and considered his options.

There wasn’t much chance of getting a ride into town -- Mom would be out running errands, and Dad wouldn’t be back from his business trip until next week. Though it wasn’t like he had the money to do anything except bum around the library, he considered. So going to town was out.

Jeb flopped over on his back. Wish Scott was back from Iowa. You could usually count on Scott to have an idea for something to do, but he was on his grandparents’ farm for the summer.

[and then I lost steam, but the general thought was like... Jeb’s upbringing is kind of an unanswered question for me -- i “know” almost nothing about his early life before, like, college. so i was thinking i’d do some exploration of his teenage years and flesh that out a bit.

[relevant thoughts: Jeb is almost 13 here, going into 9th grade -- one general vibe i get from him is that he has few friendly relationships and they’re not with people his own age. Scott is a couple of years older than him, and they first met through their parents, because their fathers work together, but rather than an awkward playdate they actually discovered that they share interests, and quickly became friends -- the important part is that Scott finishes school before Jeb does, then moves away and they gradually fall out of touch. one of the background themes i was wanting to work on was this sense that Jeb feels very isolated in the world, like everyone he loves eventually leaves him, and Scott is intended to be an early part of that. it’s 1976 because i just thought that would be fun, and i like writing period pieces lmao. also this would yet again be a fic where not much happens, it’s the equivalent of like... the first chapter of a book about a character, and after this we flash forward in time. so a lot of details are intended to set up or echo bits of canon -- anyway, Jeb ends up deciding to just go hang out in the woods / outside for a while, and experiences some emotions about the environment / birds. might come back to this idea sometime, would definitely like to, but who knows lol]

#clearing out some oldish notebooks lmao #marlowe writes maximum ride

[echodrops]

The Promises I’m Making (2023)

Oop, a little late on this this year, but it was really hard to come up with 50 different promises this year. Some years it is so easy, but this year I just drew a total blank. I think the complete unpredictability of the past two years has left me with the sense that I shouldn’t try to plan for anything--the wild events of the year might just send those plans up in smoke in an instant!

Still, the show must go on! So, 16 years later, I’m still making 50 promises a year. Definitely hoping that this year will be better than the last and I’ll be able to keep quite a few more promises, including some of them that have been rolled over for multiple years--maybe, maybe! Without any more ado, here they are:

2023 Promises

1) Work on the Texas house yard. It’s still never really recovered from the frost that killed everything in 2021 and it looks pretty shabby right now.

2) Get both bedroom floors sanded in the Utah house upstairs.

3) Get the Utah house sprinklers up and working ALL the way for this summer.

4) Actually get the back fence fixed up and the greenery back there trimmed and managed.

4) Put a new sink/vanity in the downstairs bathroom of the Utah house.

5) Related to that, lose at least 20 pounds. 2020-2022 was not kind to me and the stress eating was real.

6) Take my mom on a road trip to one of the U.S. states that she has not been to before.

7) Get back in touch with the allergy specialist to continue working on my allergy/inflammation issues.

8) Go through my closets and donate or throw away clothes that I know I will not wear.

9) Finish at least five books this year.

10) Organize my documents (especially student papers)—my desktop and documents folders give me nightmares just looking at them. 

11) Help Kacchan through her first semester as a teacher! Exciting!!

12) Get a decent paper shredder to shred old mail. 

13) Clean off my back patio/car port area so I can park my car there again.

14) Get the Texas house dishwasher fixed… I’m so tired of washing dishes by hand… How do people do this, oof.

15) 100% complete FF16 babyyyyy!!

16) Talk to an HR rep about my retirement savings so that I can consolidate my retirement accounts. I have been putting this off for like five years now.

17) Do at least one artwork to actually use that new paint program I bought. 

18) Pay my credit debt down by at least $2000. I’m still paying off the hell year but I hope I can make progress on this.

19) Finish making changes to master courses. No more major revisions!

20) See a zone-tailed hawk. This is another rare-but-possible bird for my area.

21) Attend the FFXIV Fanfest in Las Vegas!

22) Update HaaH at least once. Please, Echo???

23) Get the small leak fixed in the side bathroom of the Texas house and have the faucets replaced.

24) Look into the cost of light housekeeping services to give myself a little more time to do things that aren’t work.

25) Catch up with hanging up all the charms/pins I’ve gotten recently on my corkboards; these are just sitting in boxes/bags around the house. D;

26) Use Spotify more often or cancel my Spotify Premium subscription; it’s not worth it if I don’t use it.

27) Get an art display book to preserve my great grandfather’s artworks (which we discovered my now late uncle STOLE from me even though they were willed to me when my grandfather passed away???)

28) Fix the screens on the Texas house.

29) Bird watch at a specific location in Texas. It’s my secret where since I’d rather not share my specific location on social media, but let’s hope I can finally make it to this place!

30) Finally get rid of the dirt pile in the front of the Utah house.

31) Sign NeNe (my puppy) up for the intermediate dog training course.

32) This is super nerdy, but my bro got me the FFXIV cookbook and made me promise to actually use it, so I guess I’d better at least try to make something from it.

33) Take down the remains of the wooden fence posts at the Utah house.

34) Take part in the fitness challenge at work this coming semester.

35) I will remember to take my medicine on time, all the time. Taking them late is messing things up quite a bit.

36) Get a stand for the toaster oven in the break room so we can finally use it!

37) Get my car detailed because the inside really needs to be vacuumed.

38) Go horseback riding on the island. I’ve never ridden on a beach before!

39) Eat healthier. Maybe cutting out snacks is too much to ask, but at least replace some average meals with salads, etc. and overall make an effort to actually eat better. Sometimes the fact that I feel like garbage is my own fault.

40) Wait, I should probably acquire a Playstation 5 so I can actually play my new copy of FF16, lol.

41) Help make sure the new tutoring requirement for the English classes goes over well.

42) Finish decorating the main office. I’ll feel better if my workplace reflects the level of professionalism and school spirit that I envisioned it having this year.

43) Catch every variant of Vivillon in Pokemon Go. I’m currently missing Icy Snow, Marine, Meadow, Monsoon, Ocean, Polar, River, Sandstorm, Savanna, Sun, and Tundra, if anyone would like to be friends!

44) Try to be more comprehensive with giving feedback to students. I’m always good at providing detailed comments on essays, but I’d like to spend more time commenting on smaller assignments too this year.

45) Make sure the retirement party for my coworkers who retired this year goes off without a hitch and honors them well.

46) Take part in more activities on campus; I have a tendency to not attend many events because they’re in the evening when I’m tired, but I should really stay more often.

47) Write some Chainsaw Man fanfic for @mistystarshine!

48) Help my parents tear out the carpet in my old childhood bedroom.

49) Do something to destress (massage, pedicure, something?) at least once per month. I gotta take better care of myself…

50) I will keep my promises! 

Wish me luck!

#50 promises #new year's resolutions #IRL stuff

[jezmmart]

Chamomile Comic Trivia #23

#118 - Quiet

I suffer from hayfever and as such, the ettiquette of saying “bless you” has sort of run dry on me over the years. I’m already annoyed enough that whatever I’m doing is being interrupted by sneezing 15 times in a row, there’s no need to draw attention to it.  Whatever soul or demon you think you’re driving back inside me with your words left several decades ago!  So yeah, that’s what inspired this one - it is interesting to see how many times it takes before people stop saying it (usually two or three).

I had fun drawing Bri as dishelved by the experience as possible.

#119 - Fresh

Mimi’s first appearance, apart from a brief early cameo on Brianna’s work schedule in comic #60:

(As mentioned in a previous trivia, the doodle in that comic was designed to be distinct enough to base a character on later, but otherwise I hadn’t designed her until now).  Mimi has always been a name I liked - funnily enough I actually came to know someone with the name only a month or two after this comic (via the series even, they were the significant other of a friend/mutual who followed me after discovering the Chamomile randomly on tapas).  I don’t tend to use the names of people I know for OCs, so Cammie’s Mimi came to be just in time to not be called something else lol.

If it isn’t clear, the goal with Mimi is that beyond being ever-present in Cammie and Bri’s life, she’s a super memorable person in terms of charisma and appearance too, and yet, mirroring the fact that she’s always been off-camera up to this point, Cammie has no memory of her. One of my cartoonier gags but it’s one I’m weirdly fond of even if it means Mimi has been fairly one-note over the years in her few appearances.  Her appearance here and now was just a decision to just flesh out the world a little - clarify that Brianna does actually have a few other members of staff, she doesn’t run the The Cubby all by herself like some sort of cartoon character. So... yeah, it’s ironic that I used such a cartooney joke to illustrate this, lol.

Barely trivia for my long-time followers, but she is wearing earrings of my childhood character Frogy, who has cameo’d a couple other times in Cammie so far.

#120 - Sea

I don’t THINK I planned out this whole beach arc from the start - I just figured I’d think of beach stuff to make jokes about as I went. In addition, considering they live in a seaside town, I felt a need to address why the beach hadn’t shown up as a location more often now that we were 100 comics strong. I remember thinking how incredibly dumb I was for forgetting what happened to Cammie in the only other comic set at the beach to date at this point.

Getting the realistic seagull close-up’s vacant expression JUST right took a while, I remember. I was literally adjusting at the pixel-level to find what I thought was the exact funniest middleground between an intimidating piercing stare in Cammie’s direction and an utterly threatless vacant expression.

#121 - Nostalgic

Bri gets nostalgic of younger days. Boy I sure hope she doesn’t ruin anyone’s summer trip with this nonsense in about 200 comics time!

The last three panels deliberately mirror the earlier flashback comic of young Bri and Cam:

#122 - Kind

Another case where I was showing sentiments of Vienna being into history without wanting to draw too much attention to it either - just let it be a subtle character thing. Can you believe that giving your OCs interests other than your own means you have to RESEARCH stuff? I had to find out some details about medieval castles to make sure Vi’s was close to historically accurate, but the more interesting thing to research would be how on earth she made all that detail with a children’s beach bucket and spade.

#123 - Evening

Nothing too much to say about this one! I just wanted to draw this as a scene, and came up with the joke in the process. It’s funny how establishing a running gag makes a comic like this feel like a gimme in retrospect, but this was actually the comic that made the gag running - prior to this, Cammie had only had one unfortunate fire encounter in #53.

#124 - September

And the “Cammie and friends go to the beach” arc ends with a little “Webcomic Time” trope joke. It’s been done bunch of times before, my spin on it was tying it into the fact that time really does fly like that when you’re an adult, actually!  And of course I bookend with another Mimi joke - beyond just being a memorable character, this incredibly memorable unseen storyline centered around her apparently happened during the part of the year the comic didn’t cover and Cammie can’t remember that either.

I did always plan to keep the story of that day as a potential bonus content type dealie if I ever reach a time where I can afford to make bonus content as well as the main comic!  It’d spoil the joke of everything Mimi-related being so off-camera of course but... I haven’t written off ever covering it just for the sake of preserving the joke in this one comic.  Maybe one day we’ll find out what happened, but don’t worry too much about it if not, I think Mimi came out of it just fine.  Well, maybe.

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#jezmm #chamomile comic trivia #art insight

[summerlovingbaby]

Bull

“ We’ve been managing the front pretty well, but when that bull charges were gonna be in trouble.” he repeated to me. I couldn’t seem to tear my eyes from the bull.

Y/N was perched over a rock, shooting bronze bullets from a modified sniper. She didn’t look scared in the slightest, not even stressed. My twin sister has grown up in the week since I’d seen her, hell she grew up in the 4 years we’d gone to camp, but I had been to big of bone head to notice.

She wasn’t even wearing standard battle gear and looked more like a James Bond villian than a demi god going to battle. I think if I didn’t know her I’d be a bit scared of her, even in the heat of battle she wasn’t scared in the slightest. And she was making critical hit shots, without even looking.

Her eyes were trained on the mechainical bull. I was fresh out of ideas, and frankly a little bit worried. I could take down Minatour, so I thought that I would have to be the one to take it down. I’d done it before, and I’d do it again.

“ Anybody got any idea’s on that bull, or are we just gonna let it charge at us?” I asked.

Everyone fell silent.  Micheal scoffed.

“ Maybe we could-”

“  Order 96.” Y/N stated. She broke eye contact to look at me , then to her boyfriend Michael, who I hated just on principal. Annabeth just rolled her eyes, she was not one to be interrupted, and she was never one to take it with a smile.

“ Absolutely not.” Ethan scoffed. Y/N glared at him . “ Not. Gonna. Happen.”

“ What’s order 96?”

“ Not gonna happen, is what it is.” I didn’t bother to push the issue, I was smart enough to know that when he thought something was stupid it was probably stupid.

“ It’s gonna charge, you wanna sit here and wait for it? Or you wanna do something abut it.” she fired the gun 3 more times and three monsters dropped to ash. There was a fire lit in her eyes.

“ There has to be another option-”

“ Uhh.. guys.” I muttered. It’s head was lowered and steam was shooting out of its nose. It was gonna charge, right at us and would take out our front lines. Three of those bulls nearly destroyed camp, and that was when we had the bodies to help fight them. We didn’t have the bodies this time, and we would be overrun with monsters and demi-gods would charge straight for the Empire state building.

“ Yeah okay.” Y/N spoke. She took a large metal gun, that looked like it weighs 100 pounds, she grabbed it angled it on her hip, pulled the lever and pressed the trigger, taking out the entire front line of Kronos’s army. She took the strap from her sniper off and tossed it to the side of the bit of rubble that she was standing on.

She found a sword on the ground and tossed it to Michael who was trying to argue with her, even though she wasn’t really listening. She vaulted herself over the rubble that everyone was standing behind and vaulted herself over it.

She unsheathed a knife that was strapped on her thigh, and took off towards the bull. The whole bridge was still, even Kronos’s army. The only person who was moving was Michael who took off behind her to watch her back.

She didn’t make any detours just ran behind towards the bull,  discarding whoever and whatever was  in her way, not looking back, trusting that Michael was behind her.

The bull lowered it’s head, and ran right for her. Knocking people out of the way. It ran at her, and I half expected her to dodge it but she just put out her arms and caught the bull by the horns. I could feel the shockwave from where I was standing and I was like 20 yards away. The force was so powerful that it knocked Michael over.

She stood her ground and began to walk, forward. She was pushing the bull with her bare hands. Her boyfriend got back up to make sure nobody tried anything, but everyone was to shocked to try anything.

She pushed the bull, leaving footprints in the cement. She pushed about 15 feet before flinging it over backwards and over the edge of the bridge with ease. She forgot to struggle and did it like it was no big deal. Only a few summers ago the same bull nearly killed her and she just knocked it over with ease.

She took what looked like greek fire and tossed it into the crowd then took a gun out of her boot and waved at around, and smiled. 

“ Well everyone don’t come at once.” she smirked. Before she could do anything else stupid her boyfriend drug her away and through her over his shoulder and took off in a retreat. Nobody dared to follow her, and I’m pretty sure that she was smiling. 

They made it back over the rubble and I don’t no if I was more mad or proud of her. She had grown so much from the from the frail fragile girl that I used to know. 

“ How did-” before I could finish my sentence the bridge’s middle collapased , I looked at Y/N who was holding a detanator and looked like Hades.

“ ARE YOU CRAZY!” he shouted. “ LIKE ACTUALLY CRAZY.”

“ Mic-”

“ Order 96! Have you lost your mind?”

“ Have you?” she shouted back. “ That bull was going to charge-”

“ I don’t care.” he yelled back. “ That was stupid reckless-”

“ Everything I do is stupid and reckless-”

“ Y/N YOU CAN’T...” he fell to his knees and hid his face from the remaining troupe that we had left.

“ Hey, hey.. are you hurt?” she crouched down next to him and grabbed his face to inspect it. “ Hey, hey, hey. I’m sorry okay.”

“ I can’t... I can’t lose anyone else.” he choked out.

She didn’t say much just pulled him into a hug. It would have been kinda sweet if it wasn’t for the in the middle of a war zone thing.

“ Hey I hate to interrupt but... y’know we should probably stop Kronos.”

“ Yeah I almost forgot.” she chuckled. “ I need a minute.”

“ Yeah.” I turned away to give her and her boyfriend some privicy. I had to admit I kinda respected the boy now. He put his life on the line to protect hers, and it was so clear that they were in love it made my chest hurt.

After a bit I turned back around, he was standing now and gave me the ‘if you tell anyone about this I’ll kill you’, so I tried to hide my smile, but I was just so proud of her that I couldn’t help it.

“ Hey.” I threw a rock at her to get her attention. “ That was pretty cool. A mechanical bull huh?

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[microsuedemouse]

you know the character trope - pretty much exclusively used for villains - of the woman who possesses the power to make any and every man around her fall in love (lust) with her, and thus she builds an army of slobbering man-drones to do her bidding? I often seem to have a similar effect, except only on men maybe 20+ years my senior, and instead of inspiring sexual desire I bring out their fatherly affections.

I don’t know exactly why this happens, but it’s been pretty consistent throughout my adult life, and especially obvious when I’m working in retail (and also during my summer at the optometrist’s office). it comes up a lot at the grocery store. I can think of a couple instances of this phenomenon off the top of my head, like the time I quipped to a customer that I had to do something ‘so I don’t get in trouble.’

“Pshh, that doesn’t happen!” said the guy behind him in line, immediately.

“Yeah, I can’t really imagine it,” agreed the man in front of me.

“All she’d have to do is smile and all would be forgiven!”

“Exactly!”

(Both older gentlemen, both being utterly sweet even while joking around. 😭)

Or, as another example - if you’re working in the last hour-ish of the day, you’ll see a lot of the night crew trickling in, and many of them will do a quick shopping run before they clock in, so at cash we get to know their faces. One of the night managers, Mark, is a very pleasant guy around my parents’ age. One evening I was bagging Mark’s groceries while my coworker Colin rung him up, and Mark glanced over and commented how much he liked seeing me when he came in. “Her smile just lights everything right up, eh? Don’t you think?” he asked, looking expectantly at Colin.

Colin, who is nine years my junior and did not know me well enough yet at that point to be 100% smooth playing along, initially just grinned, with a touch of amusement (whether more at Mark or at my own mild floundering at the compliment, I’m still not sure). When he realised Mark was looking for an actual response, he just chuckled, “I’d say so, yeah.” At which point Mark nodded, pleased to be in agreement, and paid for his groceries.

I do not know how I have this effect on people at 28 years old, even taking into account the fact that I’m often mistaken for younger. When I was an adorable (plus smart and polite - killer combo with the grownups) little girl, it made sense that dads loved me. Now? Who knows! I mean, I’ll certainly take it over being hit on, which I’m extremely grateful to say has never happened to me at work. The only flirting I receive is the silly and decidedly harmless kind that comes from grandpa-type men who are, sincerely, just being playful. These interactions aren’t the untoward kind - they’re more reminiscent, to me, of the way my own dad treats my female friends: respectful, fond and sweet, caring. The vibe is like, this man would probably be happy to give me some sound advice and a lift home from the slumber party.

But yeah. I very consistently bring out the fatherly/grandfatherly affection in seemingly any man over the age of 50 or so who has an ounce of paternal kindness in him. And I do so more than many of my female friends or coworkers do. Is it because I look so young? Because I don’t wear makeup and I dress more like a kid than a ~Grown Woman~? It’s true that in my head I’m little more than an overgrown child, but does that energy actually come through - in a positive fashion, no less - to other people (and especially dad types)? Do I just exude some kind of undefinable Beloved (Grand)Daughter vibes?

I don’t actually remember what on earth got me thinking about this tonight, tbh. But I had to get my rambles out, so here you are. This is my weird tiny useless superpower: I attract fatherliness, entirely without meaning to. I feel like there must be a way to leverage this ability, but I’m not sure what it is? Also I’d be a terrible supervillain anyway.

#me assembling an army to give me hugs and build me a deck #Courtney thinks #yadda yadda yadda idk why I even wrote all this out but. there you have it

[snowdice]

Creased Hoodies (Chapter 4: Peppermint Tea) [Folds in Time Universe]

Fandom: Sander Sides

Relationships: Logan/Virgil, Janus/Patton (background), Remus & Roman  (background)

Characters:

Main: Logan, Virgil

Appear: Patton, Roman

Mentioned: Janus, Remus

Summary: Virgil just wanted to go on his planned summer research trip to do an anthropological study in 2005 America. However, when he is taken off course by an unknown enemy, he ends up stranded in the summer of 2018 with no way to get back the the 44rd century. Luckily, 2018 happens to be where a certain illegal time agency is based, and he might have an in with one of its agents.

This is the intermission for the story Folds in Paper. It takes place between Folds in Paper Book 1 and Book 2. It also takes place after the first 5 chapter of “Messages for a Hacker” which are side stories in the universe. Check all of this and more out on my Folds in Time Master Post.

Chapter Summary: The boys deal with that revelation.

Notes: Time travel AU

This is a fic I’ve been writing on study breaks that you have probably all already seen at this point. I’ve slightly edited it for wording and grammar, but not for content from my previous posts. Feel free to send in asks to direct it because I’m not 100% sure where this is going and you can help decide if you feel so inclined! You can see the process I went through to build this at this link.

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Virgil was unsure why everyone in the room was suddenly looking at him like he’d just revealed he was an alien in a human suit.

Pat was the first person who recovered from whatever had come over all of them. “You know someone named Remus?” Patton confirmed. “Who looks like him?”

“Yes…” Virgil said. “I-is he not Remus.”

Pat shook his head. “No. That’s Roman. Roman has a twin brother named Remus.”

“Oh,” Virgil said with a frown. “I didn’t know Remus had any family.”

“Well,” Lo said. “That would make sense.”

The Remus lookalike, Roman apparently, who had been staring blankly at Virgil since he’d said Remus’s name finally closed his mouth. Then he immediately opened it again. “Who are you?” he asked. “Why are you in my kitchen? Where are you from? How do you know my brother?”

Virgil narrowed his eyes, not particularly liking the man’s tone. Or, for that matter, his shitty bread choices.

“This is Virgil Eran,” Lo answered for him. “He’s a professor of anthropology from the 4500s who was meant to be on a research trip to 2005. However, something went wrong with his timepiece and Patton brought him back here so we could help.”

Patton, huh?

Lo turned back to him. “However, I would also very much like to know how you know his brother.”

“Remus works for the TPI,” Virgil explained. He looked at Patton. “I’m surprised you haven’t run into him. He’s Janus’s partner.”

Patton thought for a long moment. “Gr-green paint guy?” he asked.

“What?” Virgil asked.

“There was a man with Janus in 2999 who was covered in green neon paint,” Patton said. “Could that have been him?”

“That honestly sounds like something he’d wear, yeah,” Virgil said. “Especially if he was going to 2999.”

“Huh,” Patton said contemplatively. “I’d have never known.”

Virgil clearly was missing something, so he turned to Lo. “What’s going on?” he asked.

“Remus and Roman were separated a long time ago,” Lo replied. “We have been looking for him pretty much ever since.”

“Oh,” said Virgil.

“Since we were 8, in particular,” Roman said. He’d seemed to recover from his shock at least a bit. He moved to put his sacks of gross bread on the counter.

“I assume you can put us in contact with Remus once we sort out the current issues of getting you back to your time?” Logan asked.

Virgil eyed Roman. “I mean, sure,” he said. “It’d be easy enough. I’ll just send him an email.”

“An email?” Roman said, something funny in his tone. Virgil couldn’t imagine what was going through his head at the moment. He was pretty sure he didn’t understand half of it.

Patton, at least, seemed to have some idea what to do because he stood up. “Hey, Ro,” he said. “Why don’t we go to the other room and talk for a bit?”

Patton nudged him towards the kitchen door.

Virgil looked at Lo once they were out of sight. “Do you want to…?” he asked.

“From experience, I am aware that Pat is more adept at helping in these situations,” Lo said. “I will… take them tea when the water finishes boiling.”

“Ah, okay,” said Virgil. “Also, you already let a ‘Patton’ slip.”

Lo winced. “I did?” he asked, but then sighed. “Well, we were already aware the TPI would eventually know our names anyway.”

Virgil tilted his head. “Do I get to know your name then?” he asked.

Lo studied him for a long moment; Virgil could swear he could see math equations floating in his eyes as he contemplated his response. He pressed his thumb to his lip briefly as he thought. “Logan,” he finally said.

A smile grew on Virgil’s face. “Well,” he said, sticking out a hand. “It’s nice to actually meet you, Logan.”

“Likewise,” Logan replied, shaking his hand with a smile.

They fell silent after that. It was a slightly awkward silence, but not quite bad enough to stress Virgil out. That or he was just too emotionally exhausted from the events of the last hour or so to register this new stressor.

They spent a good few seconds just staring at each other. Virgil didn’t know why Logan was doing it, but he was personally trying to connect this stranger’s face to the person he knew through emails and a few phone calls. Or at least, the person he thought he knew. He could be completely different in person.

Logan seemed relatively calm given the situation, though his brow was slightly pinched, and he’d tap the table with his fingertips every so often. Yet, beside that slight movement, he was still and steady. It was a contrast to Virgil who couldn’t stop himself from fidgeting in nervousness.

The water for the tea finished boiling finally, and Logan rose from the table.

“You’d prefer peppermint over peach green tea or chamomile if I remember correctly,” Logan said. Was it strange for this practical stranger to know Virgil’s drink preferences? Virgil wondered. They had never exactly sat down and had a cup of tea together, but Virgil did know he’d mentioned drinking peppermint flavored things often enough. Was it weird or sweet that Logan remembered?

“Yeah,” Virgil confirmed.

Logan nodded and plopped a bag of peppermint tea into two of the mugs, a bag of peach into another, and chamomile into the fourth. He must know the tea preferences of his roommates as well. It was sweet, Virgil decided when he plopped the two peppermint teas down on the table and turned to grab the other two mugs. “I’ll be right back,” he said.

He walked into the living room with the other two teas and then disappeared down a hallway. Virgil could hear a brief mumbled conversation from deeper in the apartment. Logan returned a couple of minutes later without the mugs.

“That going okay?” Virgil asked cautiously. He didn’t actually know Roman and wasn’t sure if asking was overstepping, but also, he was pretty sure asking was the thing you did in these situations. Logan didn’t seem to think the question was strange at least.

“Roman is resilient to an idiotic degree,” Logan replied, waving off Virgil’s concerns. “He’ll be perfectly fine given some time to absorb the new information and confront his feelings on the matter. He’ll likely be happy once the shock wears off.”

Virgil bit his lip. “Can I ask what happened?” he asked. “Or is that too invasive?”

Logan considered it as he took his seat. “Roman and Remus were separated by a dysfunctional timepiece as far as we can tell,” he answered. “Though Roman didn’t have the timepiece on him when he arrived, and because of this, we’re not exactly sure what the conditions were that caused the dysfunction. Roman was confused and 8, not to mention there was a language barrier when he first arrived. We’ve done our best to piece together what happened over the years and project where his brother could have landed, but between not precisely knowing their time and place of origin or even knowing the baseline conditions of the timepiece used to travel, let alone how it acted while malfunctioning, we haven’t gotten very far.”

He paused for a moment, thinking.

“Well,” he continued. “Perhaps not ‘very far’ is not giving ourselves enough credit all things considered, but still, the goal of our project has always seemed out of reach.”

“The goal of your project,” Virgil repeated. “As in the goal of your time agency?”

“Are we considered an agency?” he asked with an amused note to his tone.

Virgil shrugged. “Probably more like a band of time pirates,” he admitted, “but that’s what you guys have been trying to do? Find Remus?”

“Well,” Logan said. “I do have to admit we often get thrown off course by the TPI. Besides, Patton’s moral compass doesn’t allow him to leave a situation he stumbles upon when he is aware it could cause harm, but yes, that has been the driving force behind our actions.”

That was… honestly not the image Virgil had of them before now, though to be fair, his information had been filtered through what Logan let slip in emails and Janus who was not an unbiased party. “I guess you’ve almost achieved your goal then.”

“Yes,” Logan said with a blink. “I guess we have. We’ll start working on fixing your timepiece and figuring out what caused your crash, so we can get you home soon. For now, we’ll need to figure out sleeping arrangements and clothing considering you’ll be staying here. I do hope you enjoy Asiago cheese bread.”

“I fucking hate it,” Virgil said. “Your roommate is the devil and I despise him on principle.”

Logan sighed but ended up cracking a smile. “This will be interesting.

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Part 5

Folds in Time Universe Master Post

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[rinisbowen]

is it too strong a sentiment to say that ej’s “taken off the costume” at the end of second chances (the episode) in his blue (and green) outfit which serves incredibly well to contrast the red of his letterman jacket and troy bolton jersey for “second chance” (the number)? probably, most definitely yes. i’d call it an overstatement at the very least. 

but like- isn’t it sort of a costume... if we look at ej’s arc in the sense of him putting on a show and learning to be true and vulnerable, then- i think there’s definitely an argument to be made that he is wearing a costume (even when he’s not actively dressed up as troy bolton in his audition), as an extension of his putting on a front. 

but at the same time, i think that effect is somewhat mellowed by the fact he’s wearing camouflage in this episode as well. but yeah idk. ej’s also just very preppy in his clothing style in general, the 2.09 tank top as a notable exception, and that’s similar to nini (and i’d sorta add gina, who’s more posh i would say than nini). ej’s clothes range between sporty and preppy, like one of his 2.06 outfits is that athletic jacket, but then he’s wearing that striped button down in 2.07.

i kinda tried to do a little look over the season and see how far i could extend the visual metaphor of ej’s releasing his inhibitions (feeling the rain on his skin), but there’s enough red (and enough of the preppy collared shirt vibes) going on in season 2, even late season 2, that i don’t want to stretch it too far. i’d be curious to see if his season 3 wardrobe is more relaxed for summer / relaxed in general, and how much we can get into ej like- letting go a bit visually as well as psychologically.  idk if they will extend it too far physically, but i mean we’ve seen matt’s season 3 hair so- perhaps. 

the camouflage shirt is something i can get into another time. but the fact ej “puts the costume back on” after he faces this hurt over gina, is for sure a very strong bit of imagery. which yes, it’s a dream sequence flashing them all back, but ej’s also facing a regression in his character here. and he’s the one expressing it the most as a regression. he’s falling- and he’s not catching himself. like ej’s letting go- gina’s choosing to hope for good things, nini’s deciding to pursue good things and ricky- well he’s making a choice that’s for sure, but we see him take action, which is a good thing in its own way. like he’s not wallowing? ej’s just- he’s done. which is totally 100% fair- i mean ricky spends almost an entire episode ‘being a burrito’ in chicago after he and nini breakup, but it is still a regression moment nonetheless.

(also yes this is yet another post that has come about as a result of me noodling on the ej and gina second chance / second chances meta. i’m having a harder time putting coherent thoughts together bc i spent less of my time focusing on their arc together in my initial watch, so i’m having to go over things in my brain more to get a central argument for each character. that said i am making progress on the post!)

#ej caswell #hsmtmts #hsmtmts: ej caswell #hsmtmts: analysis #//the more i write analysis posts the more assorted songs i reference within them and i hope at least a few people appreciate those #//if anyone has questions or thoughts i always love to hear them <3

[whipplefilter]

Real Car Guy Story, Part 1

I feel like a Real Car Guy now, because what you are looking at is a new (used) EJ253. I surely did not install it myself!! But I made the decision to have it installed and paid 💸💸💸💸 for it, and I wanted to write down somewhere why I did this.

Backstory

I bought this car at 152,000 miles when it was just over 10 years old. I am its fourth or fifth owner, or something somewhat high, and one of those owners was an auction lot, where it hung around for several months unowned by anyone. It is now 16.5 years old, with 222,140 miles.

This car has burned oil the entire time I’ve owned it, though drivability-wise it’s never seemed to care. Oil burning is fairly typical for 100k+ engines, and even more so for Subarus. There are a few reasons, but I think the primary one is that the EPA sets MPG requirements--but AWD is less fuel efficient than 2WD, which makes it harder to hit the standard. Subaru responded by reducing friction in the engine, so that it takes less work to move the components. This means that as the components wear, oil can leak into the combustion chamber and burn. Industry standard across all makes is that burning 1qt of oil is within spec.

This spec is kind of BS, tbh, because you shouldn’t have to be adding a quart of oil every 1000 miles, but it is what it is and Costco-brand oil is cheap and tests well, so whatever. In the time that I’ve owned this car, it’s burned a quart of oil every 1500-500 miles (generally worse in winter/severe service). So that’s roughly 72,000 miles of trucking along like that.

Catalytic Converters

Unfortunately, it has also eaten through what is now multiple cats--catalytic converters. These are expensive--you may have noticed there’s a lot of news stories about their being cut and stolen, because their filters have a bunch of precious metals in them. So it’s not a great part to keep fouling and going through. Fouling a cat will set a P0420 code. 

For most cars, a P0420 is not going to do anything but illuminate your MIL. Your cat has to outright clog (rather than simply read out of spec) in order for anything noticeable to happen--unless you live in an inspection state, in which case a P0420 will fail you.

Last summer, I managed to outright clog a cat, which resulted in TROUBLED TIMES aka an asthmatic engine, and a complicated 100-mile tow back to my old mechanic shop, because I’d moved but that cat was still under warranty and I wanted it replaced for free under warranty. I was apprehensive about having to make small talk with a tow truck guy for 100 miles, but he was fun and we talked about his crappy Taurus and it was a good time until he tried to ask me out after the tow. I was like 🙃 I thought we were just having a nice conversation about cars but I guess not. 

Anyway, fast forward to just over a year later, and I trip the P0420 AGAIN, which means I’ve burnt out a cat in UNDER A YEAR. With EPA-compliant replacements running $1500-$2000, that’s not ideal. What to do?

Cost Comparisons

In the last 72,000 I’ve done some minor experimentation with oil and oil burning. I replaced the PCV valve (no dice), and have tried different brands of oil and synthetic vs. conventional, etc. One of my previous mechanics suggested a cocktail of oil additives to plump up worn seals in the engine to stop the oil burning, but I was basically just like, might as well do the full engine and stop messing around.

I recognize that engine replacement is not a regular, normal-person repair--not for a stock, standard issue family vehicle with 222k+ on the chassis and an entire lifetime in the saltbelt (almost 17 years). But I really think it made sense in this instance, because:

1) Love: I love this car; I prefer this body style, which Subaru no longer makes; I remain leery of both CVTs and screen-based infotainment systems; and tbh it all smacks of planned obsolescence to me. Plus, if I’m going to buy a newer car, I don’t want it to be an ICE car--I think electric is the future and ideally I want to run this car until it makes sense for my next one to be electric or plug-in hybrid. But for my needs, and for how I drive, and for where I live, the infrastructure for that is not yet where I want it to be.

2) Neurotic Recordkeeping: I’ve built a really strong maintenance history for this year over the last 72k miles. I know how it drives, I know what work it’s had done, I know the history and condition of a panoply of random things that would not come up in a used-car inspection. And I know these things over time--the oil consumption, for example. I could’ve bought basically the same car for less than an engine and cat replacement, but who’s to say what else it might need or what kind of car it is? And I know this car regularly has its oil levels checked; I check the condition of all the fluids visually and with test strips. I know how it’s been driven, and I know whether the maintenance intervals have been respected. (I’ll return to this in Real Car Guy Story, Part 3, because LOL F ME). 

3) Clean Chassis in a Hostile World: For a 16.5-year old r u s t b e l t car, the chassis is very solid. It’s a clean car. And maybe if you live somewhere else you can make that assumption, but you can’t here.

For these reasons, I felt like this is what made sense for me. Maybe it wouldn’t have if I didn’t trust this car, or know it well. And maybe it wouldn’t have if I were excited about a newer vehicle, or if it was financially unwise to sink so much money into something all at once. But I do love this car and I did have the money--and I used it to play for keeps, rather than to ensure that I had a set of wheels that’d be reliable for another 3-5 years.

How many years do I think I’ve given myself? I’m aiming for another 10, would grudgingly accept another 5, could easily see another 20 (though probably not as my primary vehicle).

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