#Very serendipitous :]

[beekeep]

met a beautiful man at this nude beach I went to on a whim and he took me on a tour of his city before dropping me off at the train station…their is beauty in the world

#men <3 #it was…a dream… #very serendipitous

[daguerreotyping]

Carte de visite of a French naval officer with perfectly curled hair and a matinee idol face, c. 1860s

#squinting at his trousers is that a serendipitously placed lighter spot from the paper foxing with age or is he just very… #well-anchored #I mean there WERE some other definite foxing spots (that I retouched out) but they were more distinct and circular #as always refer solely to seller’s pic if buying #19th century #1800s #1860s #second empire #19th century fashion #fashion history #historical fashion #men's fashion #menswear #uniforms #military fashion #navy #19th century photography #carte de visite #cdv #19th century men

[fauvester]

cannot STRESS how much i love your svsss demon prince oc. his hair... the cunty clothes... the coloring on his eyes and fingers and lips.... ohhh goddd

demon SLAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

#THANK YOU YES SUCH A GUY TO ME!! #svs3 #my lil moshang kid. Look at him go!! #THE GOTH COLORING JUST COMES NATURALLY TO HIM! NO MAKEUP! THATS THE POWER OF ICE DEMON SLAYAGE! #watched dune the other night and the sandworms gave me brainworms #that convo would make a little more sense with MBJ but XJ would rather pull his nails out than admit weakness to his king father #he has a much more communicative relationship w SQH. hard to worry about looking pathetic when you’re literally talking to shang qinghua #anyways me having this whole sketchbook on the stovetop for this… serendipitous #he does for real have like migraines and demon fibromyalgia. thanks to the Poisonings. but he does also WAY overact it to get out of stuff #also worlds thinnest face 0 acting ability #unlike MBJ he is very communicative. most of what he has to communicate is disgust and displeasure #also thinkin bout how he has 2 guys in his life who show their devotion to their lovers by making food for them. thats literally love #XJ: i can condone rpf but I draw the line at badly written rpf 😤😤😤

[laufire]

Gotham 1x17, "Red Hood"

#gothamedit #dcedit #dctvedit #dailytvwomen #userthing #tvcentric #dc #gotham #catwomanedit #selinakyleedit #selina kyle #catwoman #barbara kean #ivy pepper #gotham 1x17 #id in alt text #captioned #i loved selina from the very beginning (hell. she's catwoman so. arguably before that lol) but i remember this was the scene where i went. #yeah. yeah i can trust the show with her. I'm gonna like this. serendipitous that it happened on *this* episode lol

[missjoolee]

This is a mixture of shower thoughts fic and lying in bed after taking a sleep aid fic, so is it good? who knows. but apparently ao3 is down so enjoy! lol

Warning: not proofread at all.

the band has been working diligently to make a name for themselves and while they have a decent following, they’ve all had to take day jobs

on one of the days they are all working, julie almost misses a call form a record label that recently saw them perform and would like to sign them on

she says she is excited by their offer but would need to speak to the rest of the band first, to which they are understanding and even offer to email a pdf of the first draft of the contract to them to review and they can set up a time to meet if things look satisfactory

she rattles off the band email before ending the call and texts the band group chat before heading back to work after her break

“a label wants to sign us! contract in band email. can’t wait to go over it with you guys! <3 <3″

she feels her phone buzz with an incoming response as she’s walking back to the front of the store she works at and quickly checks it.

L- yes! rock n roll hall of fame, here we come!

as she is reading that, another texts arrives and she laughs at Luke’s impatience

L- emails not there yet :(

back at the front, the afternoon rush hits and julie doesn’t have time to check her phone, but she’s felt it go off several times in her work apron and, while she’s never hated the customer service industry, she absolutely cannot keep a giant smile off her face the whole rest of her shift

so she’s a bit blindsided when she finally gets to check her phone again as she grabs her things from her work locker and the first message she sees is

L- I’m not signing this.

it must be a real bad deal then. her heart sinks as she continues reading

A- ?

R- oooo bad money deal?

L- money is fine.

L- not a good fit for the band

A- how do you mean?

luke didn’t respond and the next message comes 20 minutes later

A- F that. i’m not signing either

R- guys. what is going on?

R- oh

R- okay, yeah no

by now Julie’s anxiety is starting to climb because how could it not be a good fit? this label is known for signing bands in the pop-punk genre. What on earth would make the guys turn this opportunity down? an opportunity they have worked blood, sweat, tears and years to get. How could they dismiss it so easily?

she needs some time to think (but does she really? it’s the anxiety talking) so instead of responding, she pulls her bag strap over her shoulder and begins walking towards the exit, tying her hair up in a real messy bun to keep herself from picking at her fingernails

The clouds in the sky are pinkish purple against the darkening sky as the sun is low enough to be blocked by the surrounding buildings. heat still emits off the parking lot pavement, alluding to the Hot summer days thar have fallen upon the city.

Julie takes a deep breath before heading to the employee parking

Luke is leaning against the back of her car

"Luke? What are you doing here? Is everyone okay?!"

"Yea, Boss. Everyone's fine," he reassures her before pulling her into a hug. "I just wanted to see that million dollar smile."

Julie can't help but smile

She holds him tighter as her thoughts quickly jump back to the contract. She questions him about the group chat. How could they possibly all be saying no?

His arms tense around her, before letting her pull back to look at his face. He reveals that the contract actually starts off pretty decent. The label just had one stipulation that was a deal-breaker.

What? What could possibly be a deal-breaker when the rest is that good?

"If we sign it, they'd be able to force the band to undergo cosmetic dentistry."

"Oh." Her stomach drops. She wants to look away from the boy she's described as having the perfect smile. Alex and Reggie are basically right there with him. She forces her hands to stay put, but they scream to cover her mouth, her face. Her eyes drift down and stop on his Adam's apple. This is about her.

One of his hands gently cups the side of her face, tilting it so she is looking up at him again. His eyes are sad.

She can't stand it. She can feel tears welling in her eyes "I- I could do it."

He's shaking his head vehemently before she can finish. "No, Jules! You are perfect and beautiful just as you are. If they can't see it, then they aren't the label for us."

"But-"

His other hand moves up to cup her face in his hands.

"Be who you are, don't compromise, julie. Fuck them."

Julie is overwhelmed in that moment. Tears break free of her lashes, but a laugh rings out as she pulls his face to hers.

His lips ground her and she cant believe how lucky she is to have such a supportive boyfriend. She pulls back and remembers the others immediate refusal to sign as well. She couldn't ask for a better band and family. She thanks her mom for the millionth time for bring them to her.

She sniffles from the tears but a smile is back on her face as she teases him. "Did you quote our own song at me just now? What a dork."

He's grinning back. "Well, the gal who wrote that line is pretty smart."

He pulls her to the passenger door "let's go home"

#idk #lol #me with 2000s fob fic 'i will never write text fic again' #the very next thing i write has a bunch of texts #i mean #i know its not a fully fleshed out fic or anything but still #joolee's crack-like thoughts #joolee attempts writing #jatp #julie and the phantoms #juke #jukebox #julie molina pov #also fun fact #i get these ideas for a fic #and its as i'm writing them that i'm like #OH LOOK I CAN TIE IN THIS CANON BIT HERE #and it's all very serendipitous #i wish i could say i'm clever from the get go but it's all subsequent #a verry merry un-juke day to you

[stick-by-me]

Mischievous >:3c

From this shop here!

New follower sticker for: @hunny-beeee!

BONUS RACCOON! 🦝

#stickers #sticker collection #New follower sticker! #Ok this one feel very serendipitous tbh #You mentioned your fav animals were cats and raccoons and I had some combo cat and raccoon stickers set aside #The stars have aligned for you to recieve: extra silly stickers <3 #individuals #Etsy! #Cats :3 #Raccoons #Fun #Funny #animals #Ok wait actually #The raccoon wasn't part of this set #But for some reason I put it with them in the draft and I didn't fix it ever so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #From the same shop tho so no harm done 😌

[cats-in-video-games]

Happy International Cat Day! 🎉

#coincidentally it's also my birthday. very serendipitous #this is your command to give the gentlest pets to a cat in your life!!!

[alangdorf]

Aaaaand next off the checklist is Manager Magolor, it seems! I feel the need to clarify this is a while post-RtDL and most likely post-Star Allies too (and probably post-much-needed-therapy) given the temporally anomalous nature of Merry Magoland.

I also feel the need to clarify something weird I said in the initial theory post, even though it most likely goes without saying given some of the design decisions I made here and the sheer power of saying “you know what I mean”, but I think I finally have my thoughts coherently together about The Discourse. Going under the cut given that it is about The Discourse, and also about my personal experience with gender, transition, and internalized misogyny.

First off, if you don’t know what I mean by The Discourse, or why the heck I’m drawing Magolor as a Doomer and not a catboy, in the latter case see my previous posts, and in the former case, there was a line added in Return to Dream Land Deluxe for 100%ing the game where Magolor says he was lying about being from Halcandra. Now I’m not particularly entrenched in the Kirby fandom and generally avoid discourse, but even I’ve seen a lot of people say they think this lore addition was bad and stupid. I totally understand wanting to ignore it, given that the fanbase at large is full of Magolor likers that have elaborate headcanons about Magolor as a Halcandran, and various worldbuilding about Halcandra and the Ancients as informed by the concept. Personally, I had no previous stake in this given that the lore addition was actually the catalyst that got me to really care about Magolor in the first place, and obviously I think it’s interesting to extrapolate from.

Now, the ostensible gut reaction to finding out that Magolor has just been dressing up as an Ancient this whole time is to get really nervous about cultural appropriation. I personally think it’s likely to be more nuanced than a cut-and-dry case of an oppressor stealing from the culture of the oppressed, but given how little we actually know about the Ancients’ place in the Kirby universe both at their height and in the present day, and the fact that I myself am a white American, I’ll just cite Metal General’s RtDLdx pause screen lore, whatever the heck Grand Doomer has going on, and the short story Passing by Nella Larsen (Ok hi! Anxiety-ridden Kit from a week and a half later coming in to clarify that I’m not trying to equate funny little video game aliens to the severity of real life race struggles. As with everything please give me the benefit of the doubt in believing that I have good intentions and understand that there’s nuance but am just not the greatest at talking or thinking and I’m fighting for my life in here[my brain] ok thx bye) that I read in high school as sources for my personal thoughts, and leave the discussion on that subject there. (Oh, I also do like to think about the fact that he said he’s been studying the remnants of the Ancient civilization in Halcandra, for years, alone. Not much of anything with a concrete point to say about that though)

When I last talked about this in my theory post I said I saw it “more like uhhhh trans coding, kinda” and of course drawing this design forced me to confront the question of: now what the heck did I mean I mean by that, exactly?? Well, I thought about it more, and I realized that the much simpler thing to compare it to would be any teen coming-of-age movie where the protagonist dresses up as someone they aren’t because they don’t like who they are until they learn to accept and express themself for who they really are, though this message’s impact is often obfuscated somewhat in practice by Hollywood’s double gut-punch of beauty standards and misogyny. But as for what I was more closely reminded of when I called it trans coding, it was, as it often is, my own complicated journey with gender.

Speaking of, I realize I haven’t been very talkative on tumblr in several years, preferring to talk with close friends on discord rather than with the wider internet and you all know me as afab nb, so I suppose this is the time to come out as… cis, actually. Or rather, uh, transgender/cisgender/genderqueer/nonbinary/female. (Perhaps you can tell why I generally talk about this with people who already know me.) You know how it starts. I never really felt like I fit in with girls growing up, I held disdain for people who were “too girly”, I generally only made friends with nerdy guys, avoided wearing makeup, didn’t care overly much about how I dressed.

Then, five years ago, I discovered that being referred to as “they” made me really happy. I never experienced body dysphoria, but I liked to be able to have a flat chest sometimes. These are things that are still true about me. But feeling decoupled from the concept of womanhood, and, of course, simply growing as a person over time, allowed me to reassess my feelings and internal biases on it. I discovered I have very particular aesthetic preferences, some of which are traditionally very feminine. I started getting into fashion and sewing and started to be happy rather than ambivalent about the way I present myself. (I still don’t wear makeup barely at all.) I realized that what gender you are doesn’t have to mean anything about your particular gender presentation, and that your particular gender presentation doesn’t have to mean anything about what gender you are. I’m still addressing my own internalized misogyny every day, though I like to think I’ve gotten better about it. I’ve learned more about being queer and I’ve learned more about myself.

Over the years I’ve been slowly swinging back around to being comfortable identifying as a woman, and I’m not 100% there yet (I still have a bit of a dysphoric gut reaction to other people referring to me as female, I’ll likely always prefer they/them on the internet at least, and man oh man don’t even get me started on the religion thing. It’s even more complicated somehow and I have trouble talking about it even with close friends and family. I often feel caught between sides on a lot of things just because there’s just very few people who understand wholly where I’m coming from. For one thing, do you know how many weird reactions I’ve gotten to telling people I’m aroace and also getting married in two months? From all kinds of folks), but yeah. That’s how it is. Definitely genderqueer regardless what happens.

So uh, what the heck does any of this have to do with Maggie? I just have a relatively similar thought process regarding him. Uh, metaphorically, I mean; not necessarily with regards to gender. His gijinka designs have definitely turned out really genderqueer but as I’ve said before, this is just what happens whenever I get my little baby hands on new favorite male characters, especially given my penchant for selectively feminine aesthetics and the fact that I’ve never really learned how to draw cis men all that well. He’s also just really hard to put in pants & I wanna show the legs off, I paid money for those

Now for the million dollar question. Do I think any of my interpretation is how HAL actually intended it? Perhaps, but they seem to often leave deep lore things like this deliberately open-ended. So do I think they’re gonna actually do anything with it and make Magolor stop dressing up like an Ancient? Probably not, especially given that the lore bit is a reward for 100%ing the game, practically an easter egg at that point. Magolor is probably the one character who they’re most willing to give new outfits to, but I don’t see that extending to his mainline canon appearance. I think Kirby is a bit too much of a mascot-based franchise to comfortably depart from iconic aspects of their characters for that. They still haven’t given poor Taranza his own theme that isn’t a remix of Dedede’s, for crying out loud.

End of thoughts. Usual disclaimer that I am just one person with limited knowledge and judgement. I wanted to write out this clarification because I was worried my previous comments might look weird in isolation and because I know my Magolor headcanons are very intrinsically tied to The Discourse. It honestly kinda sucks a bit cause while it has been nice to be drawing again, I’ve also been relentlessly serotonin-seeking and I’m way too hungry for interaction & engagement on this, especially given how niche its particular appeal is. Ask box is always open but be warned I have no qualms about setting boundaries and won’t answer anything I don’t want to. Thanks for reading! - Love, Catboy “🪺” Discourse

#art #digital #kirby #magolor #kirby gijinka #gijinka #not sure which tag to use #anyway here’s this #loosely based the bob on that one concept art design I totally forgot about until a few days ago #though also it just looks like my own hair lol #really really like the edits I made to the legs here #especially the sticker!! Kirby made it for him and he shows it off to people… oough #Don’t ask me how exactly his wings are out through the jacket. I didn’t think about it. It’s magic~ #Dress is somewhat based on a cheongsam and I have a bit of reasoning for it but I don’t wanna get into it #he could rock qi lolita though #may shade this sometime but idk #friend made a post in the discord while I was in the middle of writing this post that I find very serendipitous #love you too <3

[jinruihokankeikaku]

今日の言葉（#1/2023.12.19)

ジーニアス和英辞典（第３版）の596頁・10番見出し語

恋心【こい・ごころ】・IPA：ko̞iɡo̞ko̞ɾo̞

- （ジーニアス）love.

- （Wiktionary）thoughts of love and romance.

- （Kotobank）恋しいと思う心。

彼は彼女に恋心を抱くようになった。

He came to harbour feelings of love for her.

#going to choose a random word every day to share on here #this one was in fact the very first one i picked. at random. serendipitous!

[yunogf]

need jaehyun to know im free whenever <3

#baby boy let me love u <3 #obsessed w this gif btw thank u founding fathers of nct <3 #the way that it ends on jaehyun is very serendipitous 😁

[autogeneity]

oh fuck yes bitter gourd

#don't think I've had it since I was a kid #rare W in my family's cooking #I famously loved the bitter food and hated normal things #this is the chinese variety though idk if they're very different #asian food store is so often serendipitous :3 #realising the other rare W was bottle gourd. maybe I just like gourd #(actually what I probably like is amchur. which I suspect they used for both. but I do not have. but maybe can find.) #m #food

[thawthebeez]

girl help the sugakage brainworms are eating me alive noooooooo

#something something Suga teaching kageyama to be a better setter in the ways that oikawa never would #something something Kageyama being suga's favourite first year #UGH THEY MAKE ME FEEL SO ILL #i've been thinking abt a very particular scenario lately #something along the lines of suga serendipitously having time to watch one of kageyama's early adler's games #(post-2016 olympics. pre-adlers/jackals match) #and them running into one another and arranging a coffee date set to happen whenever suga has time #the first year of teaching kindergarten is god awful and kageyama finds that out very quickly when suga starts spilling the beans during #their date #ANYWAYS for the sake of Drama suga ends up missing his train back from tokyo to miyagi and ends up having to stay the night w kageyama o3o #on their way home suga stops by a liquor store to buy them some wine #because i love me a good Wine & Dine #kageyama cooks them dinner. suga pours their wine. kageyama ends up tipsy after One Glass. there's a smooch somewhere #OH YEAH i was also thinking about gender bending the shit out of this #fem!sugakage 4 life✌️ #they r both so lesbian coded i'm sorry #if i ever get around to it you'll know! #otherwise it'll just live in my brain forever #and on this post... i guess..... #volleyball guys

[bae-owyn]

getting past the crux for the first time and topping a climb you've been trying for weeks on a day you don't feel your best and didn't even expect to get past the first few moves has to be one of the best feelings in the whole world, like sorry to everyone else just ignore the weirdo crying actual happy tears into her chalk in the corner

it was me, the weirdo was very much me

#i saw a post about sharing happy things earlier today which is just perfectly serendipitous #:)) #personal tag #a very happy thing!!

[danglovely]

#superstore #garrett mcneill #watched a very serendipitous episode today

[stick-by-me]

Axolittles :]

(Get them here!)

New follower sticker for: @fiinnskata!

#stickers #sticker collection #New follower sticker! #You just rbed some minecraft axolotls #And I just got these guys #Very serendipitous :] #cute #animals #bunny's favorites #axoltol #Axolotls #Redbubble! #Kind of. I bought them at work but they're FROM redbubble so I tried to find the original seller #I think I succeeded??

[pinnithin]

that being said if you suspect you have a mood disorder and cant figure out what the issue is maybe consider having your hormones checked. i thought i had bpd for years and it turns out i just have pcos and the abnormally high androgen fluctuations were giving me catastrophic mood swings

#its very serendipitous im trans so being on t just kind of leveled me out #but im also on an snri that helps a lot with evening out the highs and lows that come with it #and the difference is astounding #pin talks