#brain is potato 🥔

[lisa-and-shadow]

My thoughts on Starfield:

First of all, I do really enjoy the game for all of its flaws. Just want to get that out of the way first.

It is, from toe to tip, a Bethesda game. For better or worse. It definitely has a very Fallout-esque flavor. As a big fan of Obsidian's The Outer Worlds, I can't help but compare the two and they are similar in a lot of ways. We are definitely having cowboy times in space doodoo do doo. That's not a bad thing though. I think it's easy to see influences from all sorts of sci-fi sources throughout the game. We've got space miners on asteroids, rag-tag space pirates, slick corpos, uptight military leaders, and the aforementioned independent minded space cowboys. Pick a trope from a popular title and it's in there. We've even got space drugs made from fish!

Technical downsides? Menu upon menus within loadscreens within menus. It's fairly quick, but it just takes you out of the action. So you wanna fly to another planet? Sit in the pilot's seat. Tiny unskippable scene of you sitting down. Menu to take off pops up. Cinematic cut scene of you taking off plays. Now you're in orbit. You might have a random encounter in orbit, peaceful or hostile. (Some really fun ones.) Open your main menu. Go to the star map. Find the star system you want to travel to and select it. Click Jump. Cutscene of your ship doing a FTL jump to that system. Load screen. Now you're in orbit in the new system. Open that menu back up to scan the planet and find a landing site. Etc etc.

ORRRRR you can pick a planet you've already been to, or from your quest log, and just fast travel there from the main menu and never fly in space at all. ??? Aside from kinda defeating the point, you have skill points to level up how much cargo your ship can carry that requires you to make FTL jumps. And BY GOD will you need cargo space.

The game does not explain things well. I guess Todd was tired of hearing about how Skyrim was too "hand holdy" because this game doesn't tell you shit. Once I played for a while I figured things out or I just looked them up online. I also watched a couple of Gameranx videos before I started playing. (I 💜Jake Baldino and Falcon.) That helped tremendously.

Speaking of not telling you things... there are NO city maps. The cities are huge with lots of buildings and shops you can explore and people you can interact with. Good luck memorizing them, bitch. (You'll get used to them eventually, honestly. But I'd kill for a map.) Planets have a surface map but it will only show you a very condensed local area with specific landmarks highlighted on a blank blue background.

There's a lot of really funny stuff in the game that has made me LOL and I want to shout out the writers. Just kooky jokes and silly encounters. Had a pilot hail me to make a Uranus joke. Dead. Had another ship invite on board to party. Very fun.

I personally have not encountered any major bugs to speak of. I thought I did on my first mission but I was in the wrong place bc the game didn't tell me where to go bc fuck maps. I did lose some weapons bc of bugged weapon racks on a ship I got but they weren't anything special. I haven't seen any floating mammoths or anything.

The leveling system is not my favorite. There are a ton of things to potentially put points into from pistol damage to carry weight to how well your ship steers. When you put a point into a trait it unlocks a "challenge". For example, I put a point in security, so until I unlock 5 locks I don't get the bonus from that point. Then once you complete the challenge, the bonus is activated and the next level of that perk is available to unlock. The problem is for some of the combat perks, you're going to be making pistol kills (or whatever) that aren't counting towards your perk bc you don't have a point to unlock the next level. Or maybe you forgot to go into that menu 30 minutes ago, or didn't realize that perk was done. Bethesda said they were trying to keep players from getting too OP and having too many perk points but damn. It sucks bc base building is also limited by perks.

Base building! Ok so this is a mash-up of Fallout 4 and No Man's Sky sort of... kind of. Apparently your main objective is to place bases on planets to harvest valuable resources like Helium-3. Considering that I already have more companions than I do places to put them, I was looking for a place to assign these folks so they'd stop pestering me on my dang ship. You can build bases right from the get go, but certain things are blocked off until you have a couple of perks unlocked. I always need more perk points. Ugh.

There are 4 companions you can romance. I immediately started flirting with the cowboy single dad. He looked boring before the game came out, but I'm 100% a sucker. He has a southern accent and a raspy voice and calls his daughter "gumdrop". He's like a 15% himbo. One of his voice lines after I looted a corpse was, "To the victor go the spoils... Did I say that right?" Shut your mouth and kiss me. AND! His baby mama is NOT dead. I won't spoil it, but it is refreshing as fuck!!

Yes, I did unlock the Adoring Fan from Oblivion and add him to my crew. How could I not?? He's everything you could possibly imagine and more. 11/10

Heller 💜

I'm a ways into the main story but these are my take aways without any real spoilers. It's fun. It really is. I'm a loot gremlin and Beth outdid themselves with the lootables on this one. So yeah. I like it. It's pretty much what I expected.

#starfield #I'm sure i forgot something i wanted to say #brain is potato 🥔

[welcome-to-green-hills]

Mystery your hot take isn’t a hot take, it’s a fact.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Thank you, hon. I just think he’s neat 🥔

#See? He’s potato form now 🥔 It’s official #Also to the anon that sent the prim ask about Sonic turning into a worm—thank you. It’s been stuck in my brain l day yesterday #mystery anon #off topic

[pelgraine]

Had a user call today and apologize for having a potato moment.

I was so very close to saying mate, if that isn't the biggest mood.

#my entire brain is a potato #stories from IT Helpdesk #bless that human #🥔

[simping-ella]

Hiii!! I just watched the newest episode of rise of the pink ladies and just fell in love with Potato (who I'm assuming his real name is Pedro or Pedrito, based on what i saw). I was wondering if maybe I can request some Potato dating headcanons hehe just I just think he'd make a good boyfriend at least in my delulu brain >w<

Of course who couldn't love our awkward potato 🥔

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Potato Dating Hcs

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-Potato is a very shy person and stutters every time he talks to you

-Expect very cheesy nicknames like ( honey, love bear, my sweet rose etc,)

-Holding hands all the time

-Potato teaching you Spanish

-After school study dates (dates) at the Frosty Palace

-Making his face go red when you kiss his cheek

-He is super sweet, shy but sweet

-After being together for a while he introduces you to his siblings (who are adorable and love you)

-Him opening up about his father and the stress of looking after his siblings so much.

-Sneaky sleepovers which only include cuddles and sleeping.

-Giving you his jacket when he's walking you home and you 'accidentally' forgetting to take it off

-Him laying on your lap and letting you play with his hair (he loves it)

-At the start you got side eyes from Dot until she finally got the hint that your aren't going anywhere

-When he comes over to your house you make him sit on your bed and do his makeup (he actually kinda likes it but won't admit it)

-Potato often comes over to your house for "study dates" and it normally ends in naptime with him lying on your chest.

-His siblings helping him with telling you he loves you. (Them choosing flowers for you, telling him what clothes he should wear) suprisingly for such young kids they know their stuff.

-The pink ladies accepting you and the T-Birds being protective at first but realising how much you love him.

#rise of the pink ladies x reader #rise of the pink ladies #potato x reader #t birds

[legacyshenanigans]

I'd text my dad before, and during the conversation, I referred to my brain as mashed potato and my Dad was taking ages to respond to me. But I could see he was still online and eventually he just messaged me back the potato emoji "🥔" and I was like

"Why did that take you so long to send back? Lmao"

And he was like

"Couldn't fuckin find it haha"

🤣

[mittenwonders]

Finally home!! Pants off, bra off….absolute freedom! 🥳

Overall it went well and it was great seeing people again and being able to yell at them in person rather than through messaging.

But there was one thing that irked me. I’m not saying I stewed on it all day but I want to make one quick vent about it. Why do people, and by people I mean mostly women, make such a big deal about women not wearing makeup?

90% of the time, I wear zero makeup. I only put it on for special occasions and it’s for myself because I want to. I used to be really into it and I do own tons of it, but it sits in a drawer collecting dust most of the time. When I got really sick in 2018, it was the last thing on my mind & ever since then it seems more like a chore especially when it comes time to washing it all off. Eye makeup especially mascara bothers me as it just feels heavy and makes me super tired. I just prefer to keep a good skin care routine and stay hydrated instead.

With that said, I have never worn makeup to work. Why should I? I’m a senior analyst for a government agency working behind the scenes sitting behind multiple monitors all day long. I’m not there to impress anyone with looks - I’m there to solely use my brain. Yet without fail, a member of senior leadership (mostly women) always takes the time to find me and say I look tired or ask if I feel okay. Maybe I do look worn down, but usually it’s because I’m just naturally pale. However, once I’m at a company event, and I do wear makeup, I get the nonstop “omg your makeup looks so great!! You look healthy. You should wear it more often.”

It sounds like a compliment but I assure you it is not taken that way on the receiving end. I’m more than aware I probably look like a squishy potato most days but I like it and feel comfortable. The backhanded compliments of telling me to wear makeup more often is you not appreciating my squishy potato-ness and projecting your beauty ideals on me. It doesn’t hurt anymore because I’m so used to it but I also recognized looking around today, out of everyone that was there, I was the only one completely 100% without makeup.

I think that is a testament to society and its norms. Women since young childhood are engrained that you need to wear it in order to be (appearance wise) acceptable and beautiful. There’s tons of makeup kits and toys that young girls can play with and don’t get me wrong, it is super cute seeing them try as toddlers. But it also sets a bad tone that in order to be pretty, you need to wear it. I see more girls in elementary school wearing it more and more at my nieces school. It’s not medically necessary, it doesn’t cure anything - it just creates one more thing for women to nitpick about themselves and others over. We see it in magazines nonetheless all the photoshop on top of it removing “imperfections.” I agree that makeup did make me feel more confident at one time. Hell, I still love how it makes my eyes pop more but once I stopped wearing it, I learned that confidence comes more from within. I still get hit on, I still get flirted with, I still am told I’m pretty without anything on my face.

If it helps someone with their confidence, by all means apply away! For many, it’s an art form of self expression and that’s awesome!! But can we also not shame women for not wearing it?! It’s the same with high heels. Not every woman enjoys it. Women are the hardest about this on other women because again, it’s been engrained in us from young kids that we need to wear it. It’s already impossible being a woman so let’s not add one more thing to the long list and support each other instead. Stop the backhanded compliments!! Let me be a beautiful potato!! 🥔 ✨

[lokisgoodgirl]

that bbaked potato exchange has kept me laughing all night, it keeps coming back to me 😝😆 ty for your crazy brain!

🤣🥔🥔 sharing a lot of the blame/lolz with @maple-seed - my twin brain from across the pond. I'm glad our temporary insanity amused you😊🥔

#potato! hiddleston

[kyo-kusanagi-moon-kitten]

🍎 [RED APPLE] Who does your OC value above all else?

 Loyalty, Oliver is a friend of few ones, she dedicates herself well to the people important to her, she expects to be paid in the same way, friendship with her is strong because her introvert and wise nature. 

🍒 [CHERRY] Who is your OC's perfect companion?

 Shun'ei from KOF [Fanon], the Immunologic doctor called Alphonse Epaminondas [OC x OC]. I said it realistically even though I had preferences to write Oliver x A mad tsundere guy or wild one, Iori and Kyo. 😂

🍓 [STRAWBERRY] How do they feel about 'cute' things?

 She loves cute things, she feels so comfortable that she smiles so much and her voice is a little high pitched because happy hormone of affection. 

🍅 [TOMATO] How misunderstood is your OC? In-universe or IRL.

 Usually the impression is a Pick Me woman because I write her in relationship with so many guys, it because I love write about guys, but with woman eyes point of view. 

🌶️ [HOT PEPPER] Who would your OC declare their sworn enemy if they could meet them?

 Usually she don't face the enemy, if she do, she take a helper from others haters of this enemy and make their brain to feel more hate, she is type of make a troop against them. 

🥕 [CARROT] How tough is your OC against certain situations? How weak are they against others?

 She face the situation with pain on her heart, even acting rough she felt heavy inside, it is not her nature fight against people or situation, if it happens she don't scape, even trembling she talk well or see ways to make her life easily with her strategic personality. 

🥭 [MANGO] What colours best represent them and why? Does this differ from their favourites?

 Coral pink and coffe tones, her semiotic is a breakfast with strawberries, coffee, bread... Cute, but warm. 

🍑 [PEACH] How do they show their kindness? How kind are they truly?

 Emotional support, affectionate touching, good listening. 

🧅 [ONION] What is surefire to make your OC cry? 

 Sadistic ones that wants explore her kindness and submissive nature. 

🍍 [PINEAPPLE] Pineapple on pizza or not?

 Yeah, pineapple. 

🥒 [CUCUMBER] How innocent are they (unaware to the bad happenings around them)?

 In my fanon, she is the "sister" of Leon Kennedy, he avoid talking about war to her to don't cold her heart, but, Chris update her notion always as others soldiers, she has advanced notion about world. She don't know that Leon is making her a kind of wife to him.

🥝 [KIWI FRUIT] How does their outside appearance differ from who they are?

 She looks kind, she is really kind, her eyes don't have lies about her. 

🥔 [POTATO] What do they have that others see as a flaw, but they don't care about?

 Her cold and sincere way of spoke when she is arguing, she take her true as her true and doesn't let others people change it, she could agree on a false acceptance to avoid war. 

🍇 [GRAPES] What's their circle of people/their species like? 

 Furries of tiger or fox with 60% furry. I think this species suits better with Oliver, I love see humanoid lines on furries characters without big cartoon heads, example: Rei from Breath of Fire III, Linx from Chrono Cross. 

@marnie-mix-meteors questions post (An answers to move my dead tumblr)

#original character #canon x oc #barb kemono #barb_kemono

[rexbolt]

10 Mutuals I'd like to know better

Tagged by @seithr!! hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Last song I listened to: ummm. the jingle bells song in deltarune. just downloaded the flac files for the ost of chapter 2 and am having a sonic experience

Favorite content to watch: video essay:)

Favorite games: deltarun on the brain rn. splatoon and dgs and ffxiv (i guess)

Favorite color: purple:)

Favorite animals: MY CATS

Favorite food: GNOCCHI SUPREMACUY 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

Sweet, spicy, or savory: all of them i love spice i love sweet i love savoury i love food in my mouth i'm about to absolutely fuck up some gnocchi with arrabiatta and peperoncino it's got everything i'm about to have a sweet/spicy/savoury explosion

Current obsessions: idek i'm riding out the between-period between having things to think about. last one was bg3, now i'm just doing oc-tober every day to occupy the brain

Last book I read: last one i finished was the gods of tango! can't recommend that enough if you're partial to uhhh extremely raunchy and raw expressions of love & the feminine identity in penniless immigrants in argentina. very hard to read at times but it's kind of euphoric despite all the hardships. annddd I'm reading Carmilla right now :) prepping to run curse of strahd and I've had it downloaded for ages ehe

Last thing I googled: potato emoji

Relationship: so lucky :)

Fun fact: my notes for curse of strahd look like a kpoppie's stan notebook. tonal whiplash

i havge 1 mutuals. feli and vince and des you can do this one if u want :) and hemmorhoidbabe69 :)

#i like this it's like one of those deviantart journal memes

[borathae]

Sibibaby that chapter was the cutest!!! Omg it healed me in more than one way tho hehe i’m so soft 🥺

1- I kinda wanted Yoongi to be with oc tho :(( i’m a sad potato 🥔 And the fact that she is still in shock and refuses to talk to anybody 😭 Jungkookie boy protect my baby oc and don’t leave her alone 🥺💜

2- i’m so happy about Taeboy trying to make up with Yoongi you have no idea i miss cute Tae so much 🥺

3- OooMmmggggg we finally learned about how Yoongi became vampire and i was like WHATTTTTT? It’s all because some kind of freak ( with all respect hehe) decide to punish him?? Wow. Just wow.

4- And he was a warlock????? God he is so cool no joke i wanna lick and bite and smooch him 😳

5- But…what broke me most is…he is trying to find a way to being mortal or kill himself just because he doesn’t want to live after oc dies…😭😭😭 I’m gonna fucking cry like literally i’m gonna ugly cry 😭 When he said something like ‘You expect me to live after i watch her die?’ My heart broke 😭

6- I’m happy that Tae and Yoongie Boongi are on good terms ( part of 😏) for the sake of oc

7- but i’m gonna go and cry again because of the…you know… his confession about wanting to die

I can’t wait for the next chapter Sibibaby!!! 🩵🩵🩵💜💜

P.s would u like to share with us a little snippet ?? Or pictures to summarize the next chapter? 🥺🥺🥺💜

I'm so happy that you loved it heheh I love youu 💜💜

honestly I just wanna protect her :( gosh I bet she must be so disgusted at herself too, like omfg she actually killed someone. Poor girl :( rest assured though that Kook is taking the best care of her :(

I'm so happy too!! I missed their lovely interactions so much :( istfg that scene where Tae rests on Yoongi's lap and cries while Yoongi comfortingly plays with his hair is burned into my brAIN

we did!! istfg I love his lore so much!! pLEASE FJADJFA

SAME BRO SO FUCKING SAME I NEED TO EAT THIS MAN FANDNFA

same same same 😭😭😭 y'all always wanted to know how he would react to OC's death and now we know 😭😭 but I honestly understand him, watching your one true mate die would honestly break me too especially after three thousand years of loneliness and then having your happiness die AGAIN :(

same same same :( I missed them so much :(

fajdjfaj ME AFDJF

YES I CAN SHARE A LIL SNIPPET OMFMGM

Hoseok proceeds to take off his hoodie, draping it over your bared legs. You feel warmer instantly. Seokjin takes off his cardigan, wrapping your torso in it. The warmth is instant. Their arms are both exposed now, but they don’t feel the cold.

“That’s better”, Seokjin says.

“Yeah, so much better”, Hoseok agrees.

They fall silent, looking out at the ocean. You should feel better now that you aren’t alone anymore, but you don’t.

afadsjfa

#asks: magnus venatio #asks #seagulljk

[gardenerian]

Right! I do find it funny picturing mickeys reaction to hearing his friends or families dating horror stories because that’s not something he can relate to. but yea i don’t think he’s keeping up with dating culture slang or even knows what the current apps are called. Or going out of the way to make fun of couples in the dating stage. I even think he’s the man who wouldn’t even notice if someone was trying to ask him on a date lmao. Not that that’s something he wants obviously, it’s just like he’s blissfully married. He doesn’t care what other people do 😂 Hes too busy watching wedding shows and saying how his was way better. Or planning romantic dates for his guy.

you've unlocked something in my brain aksdhf have you ever seen that show four weddings? it's incredibly mean hahah four people go to each other's wedding and judge the FUCK out of them, rating different aspects and whoever wins the most points (i think?) wins a bunch of money or something? idk. my friend and i used to get super stoned and hate watch it aksjdfh but now that i am wedding planning myself i think about this one episode all the time -

this one couple had this little joke together, they were trying to keep their relationship on the dl at first i think? so to check in with each other he'd say something about potato chips, and she'd always reply with something about onion dip??? which, when you think about it, is the craziest thing askdjfh like how OBVIOUS must that have been??? why are yall always talking about onion dip???? and over the years they shortened it to PCOD... so they'd be like PCOD? and the other would be like yeah PCOD all good yeah 🤙🏻 which is HILARIOUS to me and at their wedding that. was the theme. potato chips and onion dip EVERYWHERE and while i love a cute joke and personal details in a wedding. i laughed so hard at that i almost hurt myself and ANYWAYS. i am thinking of mickey seeing that and just cursing every straight person on the planet asfkj and in conclusion i need mickey to watch four weddings i need it more than air ✨🥔💝🧅💍

#those shows really are so mean #i am not into wedding shaming usually #but that is SO FUNNY TO ME #imagine going to that wedding... and trying to understand the theme???? #i can't handle it #i am sorry i avoided like. 99% of the rest of that message anon i agree with you #i just don't think he cares that much akjsfd #mel answers #food #<- just to be safe #pcod my babies

[b1uedcollar]

ASSOCIATIONS    /    CHARPENTIER.

a screw, by definition, is     —    a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated so that it pierces wood or other material and is held tightly in place.

–  screws as used in carpentry. –  sharp but almost never to the point. twisting into a weave of lies. –  mawmaw trixie taught him to thread a needle, but the girl he sat by in high school home-ec showed him the fundamentals of sewing. –  often thinks with his other head, cody also has a brain for guns, math, doomsday prep, and general overthinking. refers to bathrooms as the head. excessive drinking is a tactic to stay outta his mind. –  cody’s [stuck] tightly in place ( physically and mentally ). –  screws can have t / x indentions reminiscent of a cross. he’s a baptized catholic     :     rusty screws are a specific association.

⸻     🔩     ⸻

aircraft propeller

a prisoner’s derogatory term for a prison guard or warden

an act or instance of having sex

a mean or miserly person (archaic)

cheat or swindle (someone)

used to express anger or contempt

the propeller screwed up, crashing that plane. he’s a prisoner in some verses, a guard [cop] in others. he screws people in all kinds of ways. and he never grew out of the PG-curse    :    screw you.

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🪛   .    SCREWDRIVER as in the tool ( not so talented in screwing or driving [ too fast ] ).    screwdriver as in his least favorite drink.

SCREWBALL [ peanut butter whiskey ] as in his fanciest way of consuming alcohol.    screwball as in his go-to summer treat from the ice cream truck.    screwball as in his record-breaking pitch.

⸻     ⚾️     ⸻

america’s pastime.    arguably his first love.    favorite sport and core part of his identity.     ( jersey and cody number is 69. )

he is a snacker [ i will go more detail with a favorite foods post ], particularly fond of baseball foods : sunflower seeds, gum ( though he prefers chewing tobacco ), chips, hot dogs, peanuts.

🥔     ⸻

POTATOES    :    mistaken as “ root vegetables ”   { cody’s familiar with most of his family tree. he’s rooted in place to his hometown. }

a type of “ modified stem ” known as a tuber. these are compacted, swollen stems which are produced underground and remain there when the “ parent plant ” ( the old plant that produced this year’s crop ) has died down. this allows the plants to survive through the cold winter period because the tubers are deep below the soil surface where they are protected from frost.

⸻    preceded in death by his grandfather. will survive the winter that is grief despite burying himself in a hole on the family plot next to him. your grandmother’s prayers are still protecting you.

⸻    potatoes are also a symbol of nourishment, of sustenance, of the bonds that link families together.     cody is stitched together by inherited skills from his grandparents: woodworking and cooking. he inhales half-ass meals that keep him feeling dissatisfied with life, but he cannot shake his duty to nourish the community : buying burgers for his homeless besties, feeding whoever’s in the drunk tank at work, and volunteering to grill at functions. he will always bitch about somebody getting passed his no trespassing sign, but he’d never let someone leave his home with an empty stomach.

⸻    knows a lot about the famine but detests an irish goodbye.

⸻    loves fries [ with mayonnaise ],    especially the curly variety,    which are reminiscent of wood shavings and his hair.

🥜     ⸻

“ In baseball, the tension builds slowly. Eating peanuts is part of a nervous habit—it gives you something to do with your hands. ”

⸻    his hands stay busy. with a tool. a baseball. signing, gesturing. peanuts are as productive as they are tasty and a staple in baseball.    pop got him in the habit of putting peanuts in his coke.    but thanks to boss ( her lack of cooking skills and their general poor financial situation ),    cody’s a peanut butter [ chunky ] connoisseur.

⸻    peanuts   /  screws represent stability. in a perfect universe, he’d provide white picket fence security for a family. in reality, he’s firm in his belief that he is undeserving of anything good.

⸻    peanuts   /   potatoes represent prosperity, but cody lacks an abundance in wealth and success.    one could even say he’s working for peanuts ( “ a paltry thing or amount ” ).

⸻    peanuts served on planes. peanuts associated with elephants ( a myth perpetuated by cartoons and the circus ).

HE LOVES ELEPHANTS.

absolutely giddy for them. won’t talk your ear off with facts, but he does know they have an incredible memory. he finds peace in watching them, associates them with safety. which is anchored by childhood memories of watching dumbo with his mom. cody even has a stuffed one, worn with time, that he’ll deny existing. researchers believe elephants’ good memories are a big part of how elephants survive and why so many live so long ( 50 to 60 years or more on average ). those who work closely with elephants also have noticed that elephants remember injures and can hold grudges against those who have hurt them. his birthday is november 11 / veterans day { united states } : honors those who have served in the military. distinct from but sometimes mistaken as ` memorial day ` which remembers those who have died in service. / remembrance day { commonwealth } which marks the end of the first world war (and honors those who have died in the line of duty).    cody is a survivor of a plane crash in high school. he’d never make the comparison, but the scars of that night, both physical and mental, and the ptsd speaks for him. he was medically rejected when he tried to enlist at eighteen. an exceptional memory, near photographic, but prefers drinking to cope with the bad. usually lying if he says he doesn’t remember something. takes advantage of it for work { both as a cop and carpenter } and sometimes to stir the pot for his amusement.

⸻    peanuts are also a staple with beer at a bar. do not drink his bad attempt at making his own brew! you can, however, enjoy the wine from the shed. made it himself, actually… — blackberry.

favorite and only fruit he acknowledges.    memories of plucking ‘em from the wild,   picking from the bushes in his grandparents’ yard,   devouring buckets at a time.    hands stained red.

( unripe blackberry aesthetics represent blood staining his youth. )

[ BROKEN ] CLOCKS. –  once lived next to a retired clockmaker. couldn’t tell who was babysitting who when together. cody developed a fascination for antique clocks, collecting and tinkering with broken ones, which only deepened when he learned his family built his hometown’s clock tower.    the same one his grandfather eventually jumped. –   a broken clock is right twice a day. frozen in time by grief.

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DUCKS. –  rubber duckies during bath time with boss. –  a duck phone he picked up at a garage sale ( and still uses today ). –  an avid hunter ( the imagery of shooting ducks out of the sky and the plane crashing ), cody enjoys carving duck calls and decoys { that sell pretty good, even if he does give away plenty art for free }. not all ducks fly despite their wings ( cody hasn’t been in the air since the incident ), deliberately clipping his own wings by staying in his hometown. his outward personality being carefully carved ( a lie ). –  calling it duck tape and using it for everything.

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DANDELIONS. –  childhood innocence.    hope.    wishing on ‘em. now he lights them on fire. cody only knows the weed. he will not recognize the flower if shown, much like his inability to see a positive future. –  hometown mascot is the lions.

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LAGNIAPPE. ⸻    icarus ( the plane literally falling out the sky at the height of his baseball career ).  –  crushed [ beer ] cans and the pressure getting to him.  –  gasoline [ #gaslighter ] and instigating the fight.   –   fire.   –   burned down church. worshipped as a boy before he let the flames lick everything up. ( cody and his tongue : he never shuts. the. fuck. up. )  –  charpentier is french for carpenter. something something about wood giving you a splinter. jesus was a carpenter. he was resurrected too.  –  this photo is the best damn representation of his big [dead] fish in a small pond [sink] shtick!

#𝙲𝙾𝙳𝚈 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙿𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙸𝙴𝚁. 〈 🔩 〉 screwball. #i don't wanna look at this anymore sooooooo....... #i'm not making a works cited for this lmfao but just know that some of the links do go somewhere other than my blog : )

[polyboros]

potato, leafy green and corn for! declan 'blood sacrifice' declan and 1 [one] oc of your choice :]

🥔 [potato] – what do they have that others see as a flaw, but they don't care about?

declan: i think declan is fully aware that he tends to get himself into a lot of situations where he's kind of being used? or at the very least like. situations where it seems very much like he's being used. and he just doesn't really care. it's a little bit of the weird lack of self-preservation thing again but mostly he just has a BONKERS way of balancing these things out in his brain that no normal person looks at and goes "ok thats normal and healthy"

eli: the waxing and waning of their phoenix powers with the monthly immolation thing is such a standard, normal routine to them that the idea that it's an exploitable weakness doesn't even cross their mind. they've got seventeen different layers of other, worse exploitable weaknesses going on that even if someone pointed this out as a flaw to them they'd be like "That's How I Was Born. go away"

🥬 [leafy green] – how mundane are they? do they like it that way?

declan: absolute freak who has no idea that he isn't mundane because he grew up an only child in the middle of a sapient garden and immediately got thrown into the most bonkers group of four he could possibly find to learn what ""normal"" is

eli: absolute freak who wishes their life was so much more mundane than it is right now. god willing it will get more mundane (sorry buddy. it won't)

🌽 [corn] – how good are they at hiding and finding their way?

declan: great with finding their way, less so with hiding. he's just not a very subtle person, generally. the fact that he faintly glows now doesn't help, but it's balanced out by being incorporeal

eli: really bad at finding their way. it's a mix of their memory and the lingering side effects of Dying World Navigation, so mostly the void points them in the right direction. better at hiding than you'd expect, for a 10 ft tall phoenix with a huge wingspan. can't tuck themself into small spaces but does have a knack for finding good spots that seem too obvious

#kbitycus talks #sauce smp #encrypted-cryptid #thaaaank you crow :3