#I mean short answer is yes

[triflesandparsnips]

hey do you like uhhhh books

'The Book of my Enemy Has Been Remaindered' by Clive James

The book of my enemy has been remaindered And I am pleased. In vast quantities it has been remaindered Like a van-load of counterfeit that has been seized And sits in piles in a police warehouse, My enemy's much-prized effort sits in piles In the kind of bookshop where remaindering occurs. Great, square stacks of rejected books and, between them, aisles One passes down reflecting on life's vanities, Pausing to remember all those thoughtful reviews Lavished to no avail upon one's enemy's book -- For behold, here is that book Among these ranks and banks of duds, These ponderous and seemingly irreducible cairns Of complete stiffs. The book of my enemy has been remaindered And I rejoice. It has gone with bowed head like a defeated legion Beneath the yoke. What avail him now his awards and prizes, The praise expended upon his meticulous technique, His individual new voice? Knocked into the middle of next week His brainchild now consorts with the bad buys The sinker, clinkers, dogs and dregs, The Edsels of the world of moveable type, The bummers that no amount of hype could shift, The unbudgeable turkeys. Yea, his slim volume with its understated wrapper Bathes in the blare of the brightly jacketed Hitler's War Machine, His unmistakably individual new voice Shares the same scrapyard with a forlorn skyscraper Of The Kung-Fu Cookbook, His honesty, proclaimed by himself and believed by others, His renowned abhorrence of all posturing and pretense, Is there with Pertwee's Promenades and Pierrots-- One Hundred Years of Seaside Entertainment, And (oh, this above all) his sensibility, His sensibility and its hair-like filaments, His delicate, quivering sensibility is now as one With Barbara Windsor's Book of Boobs, A volume graced by the descriptive rubric "My boobs will give everyone hours of fun". Soon now a book of mine could be remaindered also, Though not to the monumental extent In which the chastisement of remaindering has been meted out To the book of my enemy, Since in the case of my own book it will be due To a miscalculated print run, a marketing error-- Nothing to do with merit. But just supposing that such an event should hold Some slight element of sadness, it will be offset By the memory of this sweet moment. Chill the champagne and polish the crystal goblets! The book of my enemy has been remaindered And I am glad.

#I mean short answer is yes #but long answer is that I really just wanted to quote this poem #the book of my enemy has been remaindered #clive james

[canisalbus]

ohhhhh mtg god i just realized. machete and vasco are the color of milk and honey

Codename Milk and Honey

#yes that's actually the name I had in mind for them #ever since 2018 or so #biblical symbolism #means state of prosperity abundance and freedom from want #honey is antibacterial and doesn't spoil if stored properly it can stay good and edible for hundreds of years if not more #whereas milk is only good for a very short time and quickly becomes disgusting #answered #anonymous #if we're being honest if I made an actual webcomic or other piece of media of them that's what I might call it

[gemkun]

hi i've noticed how incredibly difficult it is to write threads with people so i think the best approach might be to stick to one thread per person and go from there instead of juggling like 20 asks that are all single instances. if you want to thread with me please give this a like and i will slink over for discussion !

#* ✦ 𝐈. ❮ ooc ❯ ⸻ ❝ #i was talking to the besties about this issue i face with falling short in character dynamic developments #because my approach so far has literally just been answering asks and prompts which is great but that takes away from the development #i do discuss in dms which does give substance but it would be amazing if i could stick to a thread with more than 4 notes for once #i might make a spreadsheet to help keep track since i like to sprinkle my responses to different people so everyone gets a fair share #but yes i am going to move away from prompts unless i feel like i can juggle some extra replies since i want to flesh out interactions #also by one person i mean like since i have multiple muses it would be great if you could pick one and just stay with that pls #until i get a break from my busy work life anyway #thank you for understanding !

[lavenoon]

Lave-san i need help i desperately need fics where the DCA does not like you initially/straight up dislikes you and avoids you. Bonus ppints for mechanic y/n

So I'll lead with the disclaimer that I crowdfunded this reply because I am a pitifully slow reader, which translates to me actually reading only very few fanfics. However, I trust my sources (from the Sleepy Cove Server <3), so I'll wholeheartedly recommend these!

First the two I have actually read:

Our Orbit is Elliptical by @sycopomp and @madame-mongoose

The Daycare Attendant is very protective of his role in the Superstar Daycare; he was made for this job, after all, and he finds it insulting that management seems to think he needs help. They insist on saddling him with human assistants, over and over, no matter how many quit. Not that he does it intentionally, of course... but if they can't handle the stress, then perhaps they aren't fit to be working with children. Hmph.

You are the new Daycare Assistant at the Superstar Daycare! Despite some reservations, you're determined to do your best and prove-- mostly to yourself-- that you deserve to be here. You're inspired by Sun and the ease with which he gets along with the children, and you hope to impress him with your go-getter attitude and unflappable confidence! (Even if both of those things are about as flimsy as construction paper...)

aka: Sun is passive-aggressive to his new assistant, whom is so determined to do a good job that they're too oblivious to notice.

Almost Human by @vilz

“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.” ― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

---

You get a new job. It's a struggle.

And now the ones that make me wish I could read faster or simply have more time in the day:

Two Choices by @thelonereni

You chose this.

There was regret of course, but turning back wasn't an option anymore. You couldn't lose this new game you found yourself in, and somehow you managed to feel more and more alive the longer you played...

You have worked in sanitation since the pizzaplex opened, but that all changed when you had a bit of a mishap in the kitchen. With the only real option left being an assistant in the daycare, you decided it couldn't be worse that your previous position.

Between the surly daycare attendant, bosses breathing down your neck and the corporate overlords coming for a visit, your starting to think you make really shitty life choices.

What's The Moral Here? by @/siquieres on ao3

Your little brother is invited to a birthday party at Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex, hosted inside the Superstar Daycare. The Daycare Attendant takes a disliking towards you, or at least, that's what you think it is. Despite this and the violent nightmares of a sun god that plague you, you keep letting your brother bring you back. You keep coming back.

A sort of mean-spirited take on the Sun/Reader dynamic. Reader is often injured, intentionally or not.

What's It Called When Light Hits A Prism? by @/TooManyPsuedonyms on ao3

The PizzaPlex has been running--and the Management needs a new operator for one of their salvaged animatronics.

You are just trying to live independently, so of course, you'll take the job.

You have no idea what you're in for. Granted, you never really know what you're in for, but this can't be much different than working with regular human people… right?

And perhaps one where the DCA doesn't outright dislike Y/N, but the premise still causes tension in their dynamic (and you get mechanic Y/N!):

It's Curtains For You! by @muzzlemouths

|| “You will be befriending, then dismantling the animatronic,” he gets right to the point, “and you’ll have about a month to do it.”

You're not here to make friends. You're here to earn what you can, smile and nod with simple Yes Sirs, and keep your head down low. An open position as the Daycare Attendant's newest 'mechanic' doesn't change any of that. You're on a tight schedule with the disassembly and you can't afford to be getting attached.

But what happens when you do?

#answer let luce #anonymous #fnaf sb #fic rec #I'm sorry it's kinda short? I have no baseline admittedly #yes some of these havent updated in a hot minute but that doesnt mean they're bad fics #and given that just yesterday I updated a fic I haven't updated in one and a half years because of 1 (one) nice comment #I encourage you to just read and enjoy what's there and maybe let the author know if you liked it #I also read It's Curtains For You I just remembered it last because it doesn't *quite* fit what you wanted #but I cannot wait for the fallout #did. sorry realization moment did I ever reblog the fanart for ooie that I submitted via ask. #I was still “stealth” when I drew it oh my god i dont think thats on my blog #ive had friends say “ooie reader behavior” any time I do something angsty for rejection sensitivity catharsis and theyre right #also vilz has so many good takes on Sun I love their interpretation of him #makes me go insane /pos #anyways yes thats. thats a long tag ramble I'm just gonna unleash this

[frostfairysteve]

@papermachedragons The second part of answering your ask!

Are there any features to him that are always there in the corner of your eyes but which the human mind willingly ignore in order to conserve sanity and willful ignorance? Like he smiles and his teeth are always a little too sharp? Or he doesn’t have a shadow? Or his eyes change color (which I do know you posted about at one point)? His hands are like claws and even though they sometimes look like hands, they aren’t and if you touch them even when they look like hands you’d feel a claw? I know he mostly doesn't care and doesn’t bother to hide everything behind a human facade, but how inhuman are we talking about? 

Okay, it’s already established that his looks are everchanging, including his eyes going through a spectrum of shades during a week. And that he’s not trying too hard at being a convincing mortal. But let’s go through the questions one by one! 

Features that are always there in the corner of your eye? Not exactly. His eyes might appear black if you’re not looking at him directly; they are black still, underneath the disguise, and the corner of your eye is often where you see through the most magic. But that’s so easy to wave away as a play of the light. (And it’s only his eyes that you might be able to see through – they're the windows to the soul after all.) 

Teeth are always a little too sharp? His canines are definitely a bit longer and sharper than could pass as human, falling more in line with other mortal creatures. (And it took him a while to figure out the right amount of teeth; too many and his mouth felt crowded, too few and it looked wrong. And wisdom teeth only made it all the more confusing.) 

Doesn’t have a shadow? He has one, but it flickers. Magic doesn’t cast a shadow by itself, and he is magic, but he has a solid shape, can be touched, so he does block out the sun. Still, his solidity flickers like his looks, leaving his shadow to do the same. It looks like static sometimes, sunshine filtering through him in pinpricks. 

Eyes change colour? Well, we’ve gone over the spectrum of shades and them looking black. They do change colour completely sometimes; he sees a colour he likes and it bleeds into his eyes for a second, before his disguise rights itself. The part of the eye differs, though the pupil and iris happen more often than the sclera. 

Hands are like claws? No, he has always preferred using his teeth where others would use claws. His hands are maybe the most human thing about him. With that said, his nails might draw some attention. He likes the idea of them being coloured but doesn’t understand nail polish, so he simply changes the nail itself. You’d notice if you were to look at them closely, or touch them, that something isn’t right. (He approaches makeup the same way he does nail polish, making it part of his form instead of the addition it’s supposed to be.) 

How inhuman are we talking about? Oh, nothing about him is human, is barely mortal for whatever that means. A shape – a disguise – can only do so much, especially when he barely tries to contain himself. If you open him up, his insides will not look right. He has tried putting muscles and blood veins and lungs the way they should be after looking in books and on operation tables, but he doesn’t bleed red if he bleeds at all, and he doesn’t breathe unless he consciously inhales or exhales. His muscles work right – he likes the burn from overexertion, so he put more thought into it. He has bones; the body doesn’t feel right without them. But nerves? A stomach? Anything else that makes up a body? Magic fills those spaces for him. 

#demon steve collection #yeah it would definitely been a very long ask if i didn't split it up xd #idk if you remember the last question but it's technically a yes or no answer and i could be mean and not elaborate #i'll elaborate whenever i get to it 'cause it gives me feelings but like. maybe i'll post one short answer and one long answer to be funny

[sysig]

Requestober time! When I was younger, I used to dress up my favorite stuffed animal for Halloween, and I just imagined Todd seeing Scri and Edgar coordinating costumes and deciding to do the same with Shmee! Do you think it would it be equally silly as the Vargases' costumes??

Day 13 - Royalty

#My art #Requestober #Vargas #Todd #Shmee #Short answer: No it would be Adorable #I mean no matter what I ended up choosing it would've been adorable lol but yes it definitely also could've been silly! #Let me tell you I was thiiiiis close I was sooooo tempted to pull a costume from my own childhood but I just couldn't swing it lol #But as soon as I doodled this one I was like Oh Heck Yeah that's super cute #It's King Todd and Prince Shmee! Royal duo ✨ #I imagine Shmee could fit into an infant costume haha #Cute little chromed plastic crowns and royal fluffy capes ♪ Adorable! #Todd's the cutest tho so he'd look adorable in whatever costume haha #And always fun to draw shinies haha #Trying on different ones and the Vargases clap for him like a fashion show ♥ #Kingly decree - four extra pieces of candy and staying up a half hour later than usual to watch Halloween movies! #Just don't get nightmares little King

[shingetsu-online]

why is hajime white. does he mega evolve or smth. i never played sdr2

ANON IS THIS ABOUT THE DUMB MEAT ON THE BONE THING I REBLOGGED EARLIER OR DO YOU WANT ACTUAL SDR2 SPOILERS LMFAO SDBJDFH

#shingetsu online #ask hugh #anonymous #i mean the spoilery answer in short is: yes he does mega evolve through the power of friendship and not wanting anyone else to die

[hircyon]

If Pablo Hidalgo says texts and emails do not exist in Star Wars, then my characters are no longer canon compliant.

You're telling me they do everything through voicemail? Video voicemail?

#i mean the short answer is yes

[canichangemyblogname]

Coffee stop stranger to my friend watching a TikTok video: “A terrorist organization uses that phrase to call for jihad, just so you know.”

Me playing dumb because I know this person is just being Arabophobic and Islamophobic: “Which phrase? Alhamdulillah?”

*a pause while they “think” because they don’t know Arabic and have no clue what they’re actually arguing against*

Them: “Yeah. You kids need to stop saying it. It makes people uncomfortable.”

Me: “THANK GOD you were here to tell us. Where would we be without you?”

Old people are so bold and they love to comment on things that are none of their damn business 😑

#A terrorist organization uses a version of this phrase! #okay… so… that means what? #that kids in the US calling & protesting for peace. freedom. and a ceasefire actually want mass death and wide violence? #I’m sure someone would unironically answer ‘yes’ #And it’s just… mmmmmh. No. #critical thinking could be your friend #just because it makes you uncomfy does not mean it’s violence #Skinhead terrorists in the US use the acronym ‘ACAB’ #but no one serious would accuse a black person who supports BLM of being a skinhead calling for police deaths during the ‘day of the rope’ #nor would anyone serious suggest that ‘ACAB’ in response to police brutality against black people is a white supremacist slogan #A yt person saying: ‘ACAB makes me uncomfy’ and pointing to the fact terrorist groups use it in reference to hanging ‘race traitors’ #is not evidence that black people are calling for widespread violence and mass death against yt ppl (even tho yt ppl may argue so) #your assumption that anyone who uses the phrase is a terrorist and is using it to commit and encourage terror and mass death #is nothing short of arabophobia #believe it or not. Arab people. phrases. political movements. customs. and culture are not inherently violent #Palestinian liberation does not see rights the same way you do #It’s not a zero-sum game #there’s no pie of rights where ‘more for you means less for me’ #believe it or not. one people’s rights do not come at the expense of another people’s rights #but I know you think they do given privileges come at the expense of rights #going around demanding random Arabs (esp. Palestinians) and Muslims ‘condemn Hamas’ #every time they advocate for Palestinian liberation #is just as Arabophobic or Islamophobic #as it is antisemitic to demand random Jews condemn Zionism or the Israeli govt. #every time they express the sentiment: ‘Gee. I feel like I’d be more welcome and comfortable in a Jewish-dominant and majority nation.’

[sctir]

hold on do you actually know the translator? I thought this whole time you were just a rabid enjoyer doing a bit

#sorry i thought of 'im dbgdbws right hand arm man. im dbgdbw silly rabbit' 'their what' 'silly rabbit' 'is that what they call you' 'no' #and almost died laughing #in short hi yes if you look at dbgdbw 's desktop theme. aside from matching mine im also listed as their proofreader <3 #actually our mobi themes also match anon Are you new here?? welcome to my twisted mind. or whatever #ive been proofreading for them for almost a full year now :3 by which i mean they picked me up off the streets like a feral cat #ever so graciously and has been feeding me very well ever since #soo yeah i am a rabid enjoyer im not however doing a bit. my tler ^^<333 #wei answers

[paradife-loft]

....I don't know why I looked in the notes of that poll, it's just people having appallingly dismissive attitudes toward short pieces of writing all the way way down.

#(I mean aside from all the people just repeating the Correct answer but that's not novel either) #idk man. I've just been digging around back in ye olde 2010s Silm fic the past couple days and #there was a real art to short pieces in that particular era #gut-punchy as fuck. generally in the 1-2k range #if not less #and also mmm.... re: what a ''story'' is. there doesn't need to be a dramatic plot event to have a narrative #sometimes the character mood; the sense of place; etc Is what shifts or comes together like drawing the strings together on a bag #idk if you don't see the point of a craft exercise like trying to fit a piece in specific small wordcount...... I dunno what to tell you #content is for other people

[sassystacheshayne]

random thought but I think shayne and damien are both thigh guys

they absolutely are and I don't know how to prove it but yes

#anon #the way im so thankful that shayne is sat exactly where he is at the board af table #like i need to see his thighs in his slutty little shorts #honestly idk if you mean they appreciate thighs or like their thighs being appreciated #but either way fhe answer is yes

[infected-paul]

omg ali emo era?

probably??

#yes. the answer is yes. #except i'm like if barbie was emo. in that i mean i am very colourful and excitable still. #long answer short probably #ask ali #omg hi noor #noor tag

[airyairyaucontraire]

#yes the big brother with the shorts and sweatpants in The Goonies is named Brandon Walsh #he's called Brand for short but his name is fucking Brandon Walsh and I always forget it in between times of checking what his name was #and it takes me out every time #airy made a poll #anyway the correct answer is Wendy but if you disagree pls tell me why #yeah you thought I'd say Steve didn't you #just because I love him doesn't mean I can't recognise when he's outclassed #honestly Brand only made it in because I love his outfit and his name is unintentionally funny #any of the other three would obviously be powered up immensely by wearing shorts over sweatpants #that's the only reason I can now think of for doing it #it must confer some sort of stats buff

[emometalhead]

are you doing okay emotionally?

No ♡

#lol anon this is one of the funniest asks I've received #I can't tell if you're being judgemental bc of my reaction to SN (TV) or like genuinely concerned for my well being #so short answer is like no I'm not emotionally stable but that's kind of an on-going issue. no need for additional concern rn. #the long answer is I'm without a doubt having the most stressful year of my life so yeah no I am not doing well #today had some particularly distressing news and now I'm super anxious about one of the few things I wasn't really worrying about before #so like yeah mental health is in the garbage #however at least for the night I am feeling soooooo much better because I am too excited about SN (TV) to be upset about anything right now #I can't put to words how much SN means to me and how excited I am both to hear the album and to know Taylor owns it #so yes I'm actually crying irl like I've said in my tags on several posts but I promise this isn't a breakdown I'm just insane about Taylor #long story short!! happy tears for Taylor!! not great mental health rn but that's not going to change for a while #lots of ups and downs #thank you for checking in #i think #asks #anon

[stinkrascal]

Cochran, cock for short

STOP HAHAHAHAHFDAHNOGIJERGT im not naming my future straud baby COCK!!!!!!!!!! i promise hes gonna have a cute name one day BUT NOT COCKC DSJFOAJGIORSENG

#jade answers #anonymous #yes spoilers but the sim im trying to name is a future straud baby #but he isnt vlad and brie's child. he is their grandchild #i won't say who his parents are <3 you'll find out one day! #but the idea is that his name needs to be able to be nicknamed #and the nickname needs to end with ie #because his parents and his siblings all have names which can be nicknamed w something ending in ie #that's what i'm searching for!! i promise i'll find it one day y'all don't have to help! #i mean i LOVE that y'all are working this hard to help me fjesodvjgdsoigt but theres no need to stress is what i mean!! #i'll figure it out eventually <33 #originally his name was gonna be vincent + vinnie for short. but one of my mutuals has a sim named vincent D: #i dont wanna steal his beautiful name!!