#desert fantas

[bigcryptiddies]

Strawberry Fanta my beloved

#txt #me four days dehydrated in the desert crawling the seven miles to strawberry Fanta instead of two to fresh water

[hannahssimblr]

Once, years ago now, Aunt Maureen took me to visit her eldest daughter, Karina. In the midday heat, beneath the shade of a fig tree we sat in a Venice restaurant, where bougainvillaea draped over the front of flat roofed houses and fragrant blooms edged the terrace. 

I loved Los Angeles. The food was always better, the people happier, the streets more colourful and picturesque than in Albuquerque, where everything was brown and beige, blending with the dust land. Karina laughed when I said this, sitting back in her chair in her oval sunglasses, a cigarette balanced between long slender fingers. 

“You should see where I live downtown, then I’ll ask you again how much you love it here.”

I didn’t know what she meant. I was thinking about those cool guys I’d seen on a basketball court earlier with their hats on backwards, the loud, bass heavy music they played from a speaker, and the skaters who dropped lazily into concrete basins on their boards. I wanted to be one of them, though I knew Maureen would never buy me something dangerous like a skateboard. I played things a bit fast and loose at the best of times and once almost rollerbladed clean off a pier, so she’d developed a fear that I might one day die of pure stupidity. Maybe when I was older and she wasn’t watching me from the kitchen window anymore I would move to LA, get myself a board and skate around on it without wearing a shirt, and get muscles and a deep tan like everyone else here. 

These were the kinds of thoughts I lost myself in as Maureen and Karina had conversations that either weren’t interesting or which I was unable to understand, but I was content sipping on my Fanta with ice, lurid orange, and so fizzy that it stung the back of my throat and thinking about being a grown up in LA while Maureen had her white wine and Karina her cigarettes. Soon they would order a plate of oysters that looked too much like boogers for me to sample and speak more about things happening, things that had already happened, and plans they’d made for the summer. 

“What’s your favourite time of year?” Karina said to me suddenly, snapping me out of my thoughts. I knew this is the sort of question you ask a seven year old when you don’t know how to speak to children, but I thought hard about it anyway to make sure I gave her the best answer I could. She was my cool, mature cousin, and I always wanted so badly to impress her. November and December, I told her, because I got presents on my birthday, then time off school on Thanksgiving and both these things on Christmas. I was still reeling from the PlayStation console that Maureen and her husband Mario had bought me last Christmas, slotted perfectly within its square, silver box, which I still had, stored carefully beneath my bed just in case I ever needed to pack it away and move it. 

“What about you, mom?” She said, and Maureen didn’t have to think. 

“The spring,” she said, “I just love to be out in my garden then, with all the flowers and that lovely sun, it’s not too hot. It feels like everything is just on the brink of bursting to life.”

I thought about that later as we passed the canal, all the beautiful spring flowers that erupted from the banks, and of home too, where by now, in the hazy days of mid May, the desert was blanketed with spring grasses, with violets and golden poppies and bluebonnets, burning a trail of vibrant indigo all the way to the mountains. 

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Ty to @scrapplesims for suffering living in LA once upon a time and for answering my weirdly specific questions about what it was like

#lucky boy 2009 #another flashback! #these are too fun to do tbh #any excuse to get out of dreary dublin (san sequoia) #and chilling out in LA (DS Valley) #hopefully I'll be back to regular updates soon! #it's been BUSY friends #tw: smoking #tw: alcohol

[lovesongbracket]

Reminder: Vote based on the song, not the artist or specific recording! The tracks referenced are the original artist, aside from a few rare cases where a cover is the most widely known.

Lyrics, videos, info, and notable covers under the cut. (Spotify playlist available in pinned post)

Demolition Lovers

Written By: Matt Pelissier, Mikey Way, Ray Toro & Gerard Way

Artist: My Chemical Romance

Released: 2002

The Demolition Lovers are the couple seen on the cover for MCR’s next album, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. This song, along with much of the album, is a prequel to the story of Three Cheers… in which a man makes a deal with the devil to get his dead lover back by killing 1,000 evil men and giving the devil their souls in exchange for her. This song is most likely where the lover dies. The two “Demolition Lovers” are featured on the cover of the album.

[Verse 1] Hand in mine, into your icy blues And then I'd say to you, "We could take to the highway With this trunk of ammunition, too" I'd end my days with you, in a hail of bullets [Chorus] I'm trying, I'm trying To let you know just how much you mean to me And after all the things We put each other through and [Verse 2] I would drive on to the end with you A liquor store or two keeps the gas tank full And I feel like there's nothing left to do But prove myself to you, and we'll keep it running [Chorus] But this time, I mean it I'll let you know just how much you mean to me As snow falls on desert sky Until the end of everything I'm trying, I'm trying To let you know how much you mean As days fade and nights grow And we grow cold [Post-Chorus] Until the end, until this pool of blood Until this, I mean this, I mean this, until the end of [Chorus] I'm trying, I'm trying To let you know how much you mean As days fade and nights grow And we grow cold But this time, we'll show them We'll show them all how much we mean As snow falls on desert sky Until the end of every… [Interlude] All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this All we are, all we are is bullets, I mean this [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] As lead rains will pass on through Our phantoms forever, forever Like scarecrows that fuel this flame We're burning forever and ever Know how much I want to show you You're the only one Like a bed of roses There's a dozen reasons in this gun [Outro] And as we're falling down, and in this pool of blood And as we're touching hands, and as we're falling down And in this pool of blood, and as we're falling down I'll see your eyes, and in this pool of blood I'll meet your eyes, I mean this forever!

Bmblb

Written By: Jeff Williams

Artist: Jeff Williams feat. Casey Lee Williams

Released: 2017

“Bmblb” is a song from the RWBY Volume 4 Soundtrack that has never been seen anywhere in the actual series (yet). It is short for “Bumblebee,” which in-universe is the name of Yang Xiao Long’s bike as well as her and Blake Belladonna’s team attack in Volume 2, but is used out-of-universe as the unofficial fan couple name for both of them. Therefore, while some interpret this as a love song between Yang and her bike, many others, upon closer inspection of the lyrics, see this as a love song between Yang and Blake, with either one expressing their love for the other.

[Intro] There's a garden where I go If you meet me there, no one will know In the springtime, in the sun We can be alone without anyone [Verse 1] All the butterflies and the birds Keep our secret, no, they won't say a word But they watch us, and they know And they're happy as they see our love grow [Pre-Chorus] We'll sit for a while as I drink in your smile It feels like a dream that's come true My head starts to buzz And my heart fills with love over you [Chorus] Baby, can't you see? You could be with me We could live inside a garden of ecstasy You could be my queen I could be your dream Our lives like a fantasy Maybe set me free Let me be your bumblebee [Verse 2] Now the flowers are in bloom And you've chased away my darkness and gloom When the wind blows through the trees And your voice is like a song in the breeze [Pre-Chorus] My doubts disappear every time that you're near Clouds seem to run from the sky The thought of your kiss Sends my soul into bliss, I get high [Chorus] Baby, can't you see? You could be with me We could live inside a garden of ecstasy You could be my queen I could be your dream Our lives like a fantasy Maybe set me free Let me be your— [Bridge] Like a serenade, every word you say Has me fallin' more and more in love with you Like a Purdie beat, you are oh-so sweet Everyday is sunny, tastes like honey Feel so alive, take me back to the hive [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] Baby, can't you see? You could be with me We could live inside a garden of ecstasy You could be my queen I could be your dream Life's like a fantasy Maybe set me free Let me be your bumblebee

#my chemical romance #mcr #demolition lovers #bmblb #rwby #polls #poll tournament #poll bracket #tournament #bracket #lovesongbracket #round1

[revasserium]

I'm so sorry I know you're in a Naruto mood, but childhood friends to lovers with Suga sounds so cute 😭

reqs are open :)

anatomy of a wish (or the thermodynamics of falling in love)

sugawara; sfw; 1,617 words

june, 2001

“tomorrow’s my birthday! u wanna come?”

the two of you are all of seven years old, with dreams too big for this world to handle, and bodies still small enough for the sky to seem like an endless place. he grins at you, jabbing a thumb into his chest, puffing it out like all his favorite superheroes. like this, he thinks, there’s no way she’ll say no! because the pretty girls never say no to the heroes in movies. and that’s just how things go.

“only if you tell me your birthday wish!" you say, grinning from ear to ear, watching as he struggles with the concept of telling someone else his birthday wish.

"ah... but momma said that if you tell someone a wish, then it won't come true!"

july, 2012

“nee, koushi… what’d you get for question 12?”

you’re splayed across his bedroom floor, cheek pressed against the workbook pages. there’s two bottles of fanta sitting in the space between your bodies, condensation beading on the frosted glass, their contents half drunk, the bubbles falling flatter with each passing second.

“it’s too damn hot in this stupid town… i wish it's just... cool down or something...” he says, lying on his back with his arms splayed out beside him, staring up at the lazy circles of the ceiling fan, doing absolutely nothing to cool down the tepid heat rising within the walls of his room.

“wishes don't come true just because you want them to, you know that right?” you flash him a lopsided grin and he feels his stomach backflip inside him.

august, 2002

“we’re supposed to hold hands when we cross the street!”

you bite your lips as suga grabs your tiny hand in his, your palms sticky with the summer heat, the road deserted except for the shadow of a few large crows, feasting on the remains of some long-dead roadkill. you crinkle your nose as he pulls you across the street to the convenience store, the both of you heaving a long sigh of relief as you step through the air-conditioned doors.

“kou-chan… you’re sweaty.” you blink down at your linked hands.

he hums loudly, pointing with this free hand at the on-sale tuna onigiri on the counter, and makes no effort to let you go.

september, 2012

“so, where’re you gonna apply?” you tap your pencil on the wooden desk, him leaning over the back of his chair to doodle in the margins of your notebook.

“hm? i dunno… probably somewhere close by…”

“are you… gonna keep on playing volleyball?”

his pencil pauses; so does yours.

“yeah. i-i think i am.”

you smile, your pencil resuming it’s rhythmic tap, tap, tap on the table. he doesn’t look up, but you can see the grin on his lips as he continues to shade in the stripes of a perfectly drawn volleyball.

“good. okay.”

october, 2004

at ten years old, sugawara koushi is certain he’s going to marry you.

“what kinda wedding dress do you think you’d wear?” he asks, the pair of you lying on the futon in your room, staring at the soft green glow of the stars pasted across your ceiling. once upon a time, you might've asked what wishes he would've made. but wishes are for children, and they won't come true if you tell them to someone anyway.

“mmm… something pretty.”

“well, duh.”

you make to kick him; he laughs, rolling out of your reach.

“i just meant that anything would look pretty on you!” he says, still laughing.

you sniff, feeling your cheeks warm with the weight of his words.

“you’re cheesy,” you say, unable to stop the smile from spreading across your lips.

“your moms says that girls like that kinda thing.”

november, 2013

“hey! how’s tokyo? ah — well, i guess i was just there last year for nationals — right… but miyagi is the same as ever. quiet… but it’s the nice kinda quiet, y’know? i — uhm… i miss you. i mean, all of us do — asahi and daichi too! but… i think i miss you the most. i know you’re busy with studies so it’s okay if you don’t call me back for a while but… i just wanted you to know that. we’re all good here, so don’t worry. ah — right. that’s it! let me know if you’re coming back for new years! it — it’d be nice to see you again. we... we can visit the shrine and make our new years wishes."

december, 2008

“we go to high school next year!”

you laugh as suga skips half a step in front of you, his breath puffing out in front of him in a great cloud of white.

“you applied to karasuno, right?”

he nods, his moon-kissed hair flopping excitedly about his ears.

“mhm! i watched their team play at nationals and — uwah, it was so cool!!! wait — you applied there too, right?”

you grin, raising an eyebrow, “hm… did i?”

suga pins you with a reproachful look, “it’s mean to play with a young boy’s tender emotions like that, y’know!”

you roll your eyes, “you’re full of shit, sugawara koushi.”

january, 2014

you meet at the foot of the stairs leading up to the shrine, the air is crystalline and clear.

“happy new years,” you both say at the exact same time.

a pregnant pause, and then, you fall into the laughter, the sweet, twinkling, midnight laughter, the warm, welcoming sunrise laughter. the laughter you both grew up surrounded by because you were always, always with each other and nothing has ever been so easy as falling back into this.

“know what you’re gonna wish for?” you ask.

suga grins, bumping you with his shoulder, “i’ve got an idea, you?”

you glance at him and bump him back.

“i’ve got an idea.”

february, 2009

“i got in! i can’t believe i actually got in! i’m going to the karasuno high!”

he waves an acceptance letter in your face, the morning air still cold enough to sting. but the sun is rising behind him and you smile at him like the first breath of spring. he freezes, something clunking clumsily inside his chest like a pair of sneakers tossed into a washing machine.

“you… you made it too, right?” he asks, cautiously, because there’s no way that you’re not going to the same high school as him, right?

you lilt your head to one side, your grin calcifying into something he’s always knew he loved in the space between his chest and his stomach.

“guess,” you say, sidestepping him on the sidewalk even as he nearly stumbles to follow after you.

“of course you did! i-it’d be stupid if you didn’t.”

he levels himself with you and you cast him sidelong glance, holding his gaze just long enough for him to doubt, to blush, to look away.

“it sure would be, huh.”

march, 2016

“so… education, huh?” you tuck a strand of hair behind you ear, the first buds of spring clinging to the winter-bare branches like beads of morning dew.

“yeah… i think i — i’d like to try. y’know… shaping young minds and all that.”

“hm…” you prop your cheek on the heel of your hand, “you’d make a wonderful teacher.”

silence. you sip at your lavender latte, him at his cappuccino.

“i… think i’d like kids… eventually someday.” he licks his lips, his entire body flushing with heat. he wonders if it’s a good idea to be having caffeine so late in the day but you laugh and he looks up and the smile on your face makes everything worth it.

“y’know… i think i do too.”

april, 2010

“if we win this next practice match, will you go out with me?”

he’s smiling, but you can see the corner of his eyes drawing down in that nervous tick of his, hear the way his voice trembles, ever so slightly.

“no.”

suga blinks, somewhere inside him, he thinks he hears the sound of his heart shattering into a million irreparable pieces.

“n…o?”

you shake your head, “i don’t want us to hinge on the outcome of a volleyball match.”

“then… what do you want us to hinge on?”

may, 2018

“hey, what do you want for your birthday this year?”

you walk down lantern-lit street, hand in hand, your faces illuminated by all the dancing matsuri lights.

“hmm… i’ll only tell you if you promise to say yes.”

you pause, you turn to face him and he turns to face you, and neither of you wonders if you say a wish aloud, whether it'll actually come true. of course it will, because you'll make it so, no matter if the wish was made on a falling star or a birthday candle or just in the spaces between two fated souls.

there’s an entire stampede of wild horses thundering across the plains of your heart and suga smiles like he knows exactly what you're feeling.

“okay… i’ll say yes. as a birthday present,” you say, biting down the feeling of the entire universe shifting around you, of time itself slowing down to watch this moment play out, of destiny tugging on the strings that had always conducted you both. one, and then the other, dancing, circling around just this moment.

suga takes a breath before he drops to one knee.

“marry me.”

june, 2012

“happy birthday!!! c’mon close your eyes and make a wish!”

you cheer as suga squeezes his eyes shut over his folded fingers, and then a second later, blows out eighteen multi-colored candles. everyone cheers around him, the entire volleyball team is there, and you'd all spent hours papering the locker-room ceiling in green plastic stars. but still, he only has eyes for you.

“cake! cake! cakeee!” hinata shouts, bouncing around as daichi rummages around the bakery bag for the plastic cake-cutting knife.

“what did you wish for?” you ask, bumping your shoulder against his, even as suga blushes, licking his lips with a sly little grin.

“can’t tell you.”

“why?”

(because i wished for you.)

“cause then, it won’t come true.”

#haikyuu!! #haikyuu x reader #sugawara x reader #suga x reader #sugwara koushi x reader #sugawara koushi x you #sugawara koushi scenario #sugawara koushi imagine #haikyuu imagine #haikyuu scenario #haikyuu fanfic #haikyuu x you #haiCUTIES #this... was hard to write; i won't lie im out of practice but im still pretty happy with how this turned out! #floofy floof floof #sugawara koushi

[stellas-starry-stove13]

♥︎ • Stella's Menu~! • ♥︎

Kinds of foods..

• Project Sekai

• Genshin Impact

• Bluelock(anime only)

Cuisines...

• Headcannons

• Oneshots

• Alphabets(coming soon...)

• Bonus fics

What ingredients I will use...

• Marshmallows (fluff)

• Dark chocolate (mentions of violence or minor violence)

• Milk chocolate (hurt/comfort)

• Oreo chocolate (romantic)

• White chocolate (platonic)

• Whit chocolate covered marshmallows (platonic fluff)

• Black coffee (suicidal thoughts or mentions (as long as they dont go through with it))

• Unsweetened coffee (angst)

• Bitter coffee (side characters as yandere)

• White chocolate covered blueberries (familial)

What ingredients I will not use...

• Mold (NSFW)

• Overripe fruit (character or reader as a yandere )

• Junk food (incest)

• Cats (anythingLGBTQ related)

• Three year old McDonald's burger (pedophillia)

• Avacado (male reader)

• Dirty water (sad endings)

• Guacamole (romantic poly (platonic is fine)

• Sunny side up eggs (pregnant reader)

• Bread crumbs (vampire, dracula, witch, or demon aus)

Drinks...

• Sour wine (enemies to lovers)

• Strawberry smoothie (childhood friends)

• Frappuccino (strangers to lovers)

• Sour lemonade (grumpy x sunshine)

• Grape and mango juice (opposites attract)

• Sparkling strawberry & orange smoothie (eccentric x eccentric)

• Avacado smoothie (tsundere x tsundere)

• Pink drink (married to reader)

• Strawberry sundae (dating)

• Orange fanta (friends)

• Lemonade (strangers)

• Mango smoothie (siblings)

• Mysterious wine (villain x villain (not actually evil just seem evil))

• Custom

Have a beverage idea swimming your mind? Submissions have now opened! If you have a romance (or platonic) trope idea (you have to make a beverage too) just send me an ask and I'll add it to the menu if I approve! (and with credit ofc)

Sides...

• French fries (bubbly or extroverted reader)

• Waffle fries (fake bubbly or extroverted reader)

• Wedges (rough and tough reader)

• Whole wheat bread (depressed reader)

• White bread (dense reader)

• Sweet potato (kind sweetheart reader)

• Roasted potato (abused reader)

• Mashed potato (orphan reader)

• Soup (chef reader)

• Gold flakes (rich kid reader)

• Rice (food obsessed reader)

• Sticky rice (shy and introverted reader)

• Custom

Thanks to @hpd--ena for coming up with this idea!

Have a side idea swimming your mind? Submissions have now opened! If you have an idea for a different personality for reader(you have to make a side too) just send me an ask and I'll add it to the menu if I approve! (and with credit ofc)

Sauces...

• Soy sauce (royalty au)

• Oyster sauce (knight au)

• Garlic sauce (magic academy au)

• Ketchup (cat au)

• Mustard (dog au)

• Syrup (mermaid/merman au)

• Hot sauce (soulmate au)

• Sesame oil (fantasy au)

• Custom

Thanks to @nogenderbee for coming up with this idea (to do aus, not the sauce)

Have a sauce idea swimming your mind? Submissions have now opened! If you have an idea for different aus(you have to make a sauce too) just send me an ask and I'll add it to the menu if I approve! (and with credit ofc)

Main courses...

⚠ Any dish that does not appear on the list is either because I don't care for the dish or I don't know how to cook it ⚠

Project Sekai

Vivid BAD SQUAD

• Pancake (Shinonme Akito)

• Peach buns (Azusawa Kohane)

• Coffee cookies (Aoyagi Toya)

• Rum raisin ice cream (Shiraishi An)

Wonderlandxshowtime

• Soda candy (Kamishiro Rui)

• Taiyaki (Otori Emu)

• Ginger pork (Tenma Tsukasa)

• Grapefruit (Kusanagi Nene)

Bluelock

• Canned pineapple (Bachira Meguru)

• Kintsuba (Yoichi Isagi)

• Karinto manjuu (Chigiri Hyoma)

• Ichibo steak (Mikage Reo)

• Lemon tea (not a desert or a dish but it's expectional) (Nagi Seishiro)

• Ochazuke (Itoshi Rin)

Genshin Impact

Mondstadt

• Woodland dream (Albedo)

• Outrider's champion steak (Amber)

• Spicy stew (Barbara)

• Once upon a time in Mondstadt (Diluc)

• Definitely not bar food (Diona)

• Stormcrest pie (Eula)

• Die heilige sinfonie (Fischl)

• Invigorating pizza (Jean)

• Fruity skewers (Kaeya)

• Fish flavored toast (Klee)

• Mysterious bolognese (Lisa)

• Surveyor's breakfast sandwhich (Mika)

• Der Weisheit Letzter Schluss (Life) (Mona)

• Lighter-than-air pancake (Noelle)

• Nutritious meal (Sucrose)

• A buoyant breeze (Venti)

Liyue

• Flash-fried fillet (Beidou)

• Cold noodles with mountain delicacies (Chongyun)

• Prosperous peace (Ganyu)

• Ghostly march (Hu tao)

• Survival grilled fish (Keqing)

• Qiankun mora meat (Ningguang)

• No tomorrow (Qiqi)

• Heartsring noodles (Shenhe)

• Wanmin restaurant's boiled fish (Xiangling)

• Sweet dream (Xiao)

• All-delicacy parcels (Xingqiu)

Inazuma

• “Snow on the hearth” (Ayaka)

• All weather beauty (Kazuha)

• A stunning stratagem (Kokomi)

• Nonexistent dish (Ei)

• The only truth (Heizou)

• “Warmth” (Thoma)

• Fukuuchi udon (Miko)

• Summer festival fish (Yoimiya)

Fontaine

• Exclusive scoop: gourmet column (Charlotte)

• Seaborn sourjun (Freminet)

• A leisurely sip (Lynette)

• Cubic tricks (Lyney)

#project sekai #project sekai x reader #akito shinonome #akito shinonome x reader #akito x reader #shininome akito x reader #shinonome akito #aoyagi toya #toya aoyagi #toya aoyagi x reader #aoyagi toya x reader #toya x reader #kamishiro rui #kamishiro rui x reader #rui kamishiro #rui kamishiro x reader #rui x reader #tsukasa tenma #tsukasa tenma x reader #tenma tsukasa x reader #Tsukasa x reader

[hopkei]

Sekai, SawaNatsu, and HoriNatsu interview with JJ

Original interview with photos here

Translated via ALPACHIVE

Among the members, who is the most kind?

Sekai: It depends on the type of kindness~ Sawa: If it’s kindness... Sekai: If you mean in terms of getting along (with others), wouldn’t it be Keito? Sawa: Yeah~ Sekai: No matter what happens he never has on a negative face/expression. Hori: Keito is definitely kind. Sawa: As expected, it's Keito. Hori: He messes around but is still caring.

Which member cries the most?

Hori: Keito! Sawa: This one is also Keito. Hori: Or it could be Yusei too~ Sekai: Those two have an image of crying a lot. If Keito watches a movie he will definitely cry, and Yusei has cried on stage many times.

Which member is the most spoiled?

Hori: It’s Taiki-kun. Taiki-kun always has to have a member or someone else with him. Sawa: Yeah for sure (laughs) Hori: Rather than being really obviously/openly spoiled, (he doesn’t like being alone so) actually he often calls Keito... (to meet him) Sekai: That guy can’t go anywhere alone! Hori: He’s also good at finding out where Yusei is and going there. He has the image of always keeping someone around him (laughs).

If you had to choose one member to be your girlfriend, who would you choose?

Sawa: Oh, we're making them our girlfriend~ Sekai: Yeah, if they were a girl. Sawa: It’s not the usual "if you were a girl (who would you date)" question. It’s the opposite. Hori: If I'm a guy and dating one of them as a girl... this is hard. Sekai: Right.... I choose myself! Since we would be the same in everything, if I had myself as a girlfriend, I think it would be really nice. To me, anyway! However… the fact that I can’t cook isn’t so good. But that much is whatever. Having the same interests is nice. Sawa: Choosing a girlfriend is hard… Sekai: Never thought about it, right~ Sawa: I don’t really want any of them as my girlfriend (laughs) but maybe Keito... since he usually becomes a girl! Keiko-chan! Hori: Honestly, since he crossdresses for our concerts and dramas, in terms of visual he’s probably the best (laughs). Sawa: Because in Fanta he’s the one who crossdresses the most (laughs). Hori: He seems to be getting better at it lately. It seems like his face is becoming more well suited to dressing up as a girl (laughs) Sawa: In our drama, he played a girl too, right? If it’s female roles, he did one in Mannequin. (tn: Mannequin Night Fever) Staff: So in terms of looks, it’s Keito? Sawa: Yeah, in terms of looks (laughs). Hori: I think so too (laughs).

If you were to become a fan of a member, who would you choose?

Hori: Probably Sota. I think since he updates his SNS and stuff so faithfully, if I became his fan I would get to see him a lot. So if I really think about it I would likely become his fan. Sekai: SawaNatsu. Because he's sexy! Even though he doesn’t take off his clothes during concerts or try hard to appeal himself (to fans) he’s still sexy. Sawa: A fan of sexiness (laughs). Sekai: Yes, I'm a fan of sexiness. Sawa: For me, probably Sekai-san. He often does things like live broadcasts. Since he often does fan-only broadcasts, I think he’s someone who thinks about his fans a lot.

If you were to bring one member with you to a deserted island, who would you choose?

Hori: One person to a deserted island, huh... Sekai: One person right? Then Taiki~ Ah, but he would probably feel betrayed. Sawa: If he feels betrayed you’re in trouble (laughs). Hori: For me, Keito. Because then I can do whatever I want (laughs). Sawa: Definitely (laughs). Then for me I'd say Sota. I feel like when we’re together we can breathe easily. Outside of work when we go on walks together, or go eat we get along really well, so I think (taking) Sota is good. Sekai: Yeah, I'm okay with Taiki. If he seems betrayed, we can just battle! However, when it comes to making fire and stuff I'll probably have to do it all myself and make the place for us to sleep too, but that’s fine.

Who is the strongest drinker amongst the members?

Sekai: Huh?! Alcohol?! Sawa: I have no idea… Hori: The vocals have an image of being strong drinkers. Sekai: Isn’t SawaNatsu strong? Sawa: No no, I’m weak. I’m so weak (laughs) Sekai: Really? Last time we went to eat I felt like you just kept drinking. Sawa: Because (the drink) was weak! Sekai: Yusei is strong, but his engine is slow to start (tn: takes a while to get into drinking mode) Sawa: If I think of it that way, then Taiki-kun is strong too. Hori: Yusei’s crazy. Sekai: Definitely Yusei. Even though he only drinks occasionally, he’s strong. Staff: Do you drink outside of work? Hori: I don’t drink much. Sekai: I hate drinking! Sawa: Sekai-san is the weakest (laughs)

Among the members, who is the most girly? (lit: heart is most like a girl)

Hori: Like a girl... Sekai: Who’s heart is most like a girl!? Sawa: If it’s like this we can probably never answer (laughs) Hori: "Heart" huh... Sawa: This is hard… Hori: What (qualifies as) like a girl...? (laughs) Sawa: I know right. Hori: I don’t know the criteria for being like a girl (laughs) Sekai: Aside from us three, they’re all girly! Sawa: Ah, maybe (laughs) Sekai: They only care about little things!!

What member can you most rely on?

Sekai: Rely on them?! Hori: Rely on... for me the two oldest. Sawa: I can rely on Sekai-san. Sekai: Huh! For me SawaNatsu~ I can rely on him more than Taiki (laughs) I can rely on Taiki too, but there’s less categories (tn: that he can rely on him for) Sawa: He’s specialized in specific areas (laughs) Sekai: That’s right, (he’s) specialized. He’s the type that fails if you rely on him too much. SawaNatsu is the type that never fails! Sawa: No, I don’t know about that. That’s a lot of pressure (laughs) Sekai: Since these two (NatsuNatsu) are the strong type, they’re really reliable.

Who has the biggest gap (in personality) between onstage and offstage (in private)?

Sawa: Keito is unexpectedly like that. He’s really cool. Onstage he’s amazing, while showing those faces and making those expressions (laughs) In private he never shows that face. There’s not even a hint of it. As expected since he’s the youngest, he tries to put the senpais above him and is very cute. But onstage, Keito is unyielding. Hori: That’s definitely true. Sekai: Yusei is exactly the same. A little dumb and cute. A careless person!

#fantastics from exile tribe #fantastics #hori natsuki #sawamoto natsuki #sekai #kimura keito #sato taiki #yagi yusei #nakajima sota #jr exile #jpop #hopkei trans #せかたい #けとなつ #さわけと #そたなつ #さわそた #i translated this before xmas but was just too lazy and busy to check it against the japanese until now💦 #sekatai saga continues and the sAWAKETO AGENDA!!!!!! #keito onstage-offstage gap drives me crazy #there is absolutely too much for me to unpack now so let me just say i love the way fanta talk about each other;;;; #you can really feel the love;;;; #and i definitely recommend going to the original interview and looking at they other photos!!!!!! #come together and cry w me over this whole interview pls #its fun to hear from the more quiet members :))

[chaletnz]

La Paz: Teleferico Adventure

From the central station I took the roja (red) line Teleferico up to the highest point in El Alto, 16 de Julio, since there is a great viewpoint there with La Paz city below and all the snow capped mountains surrounding it. La Paz is just under 3,700m above sea level whereas El Alto is about 4,100m so the gondola ride up definitely made my ears pop. They require masks on the public transit and I had to share the cable car with people on every ride but it’s still the ultimate public transport! I didn’t have any wifi or data once there so I followed directions from a blog I found online to get to the viewpoint. El Alto is definitely a dodgy area, I passed a smoky market that must’ve just closed for the day, crossed a bridge that smelled like piss, and avoided some street dogs as well as dodgy people yelling at me the usual “hey bro, hey you speak English, hey where you from”. It’s so frustrating that so many people do this in South America, and more so that they feel entitled to an actual cordial response or a smile from me like “yes thank you for shouting at me, here is my life story, do you want some money too?” When really they all get ignored and actually deserve to get the middle finger from me too. Approaching the viewpoint there was a police car with two officers which made me feel a little better. It was also deserted around this area except for two ladies sitting in the grass while a fire burned on in a pit beside them. I walked out to the viewpoint, a shoddily constructed railing around a concreted platform with several holes through it large enough to fall through or at least drop a foot into. The pictures however were amazing from here. It was directly under the Teleferico red line so I could see each car passing overhead while I stood there admiring La Paz city. The blog I read had recommended staying for the sunset and then riding back down but as the area was so dodgy I didn’t want to stay there any longer so I headed back down around 4:30pm instead, I had the prime viewing seat for photos of the Cementerio General de La Paz and a little neighbourhood with colourful buildings. The central station was quite cool with a train display and La Paz sign set up for photos so I took some there and then Niki’s caught my eye for dinner. I chose the ribs with chips and coleslaw and also tried a papaya flavoured Fanta. The meal was very average as the pork was super fatty but at least it filled the hole somewhat before buying some water, putting my laundry in with reception, and then going to bed for an early night ready to explore more tomorrow.

#Bolivia #La Paz

[spaceofentropy]

Tag game Tuesday!

Second try because during the first one Tumblr decided to act buggy as heck, fingers crossed I don't need a third one...

So! I was tagged by the adorable @creepkinginc, @surviving-maybe, @suzy-queued and @mishervellous (hi, y'all! Thanks for the tag! ❤️) and here I am for another tag game Tuesday (it's still Tuesday here, barely :3)

name: Marina, or Zeros. Someone addressed me as entropy the other day and, you know what?, that works too.

age: almost 40

where are you from originally: Northern Italy

your go-to coffee, tea, or soda of choice: no coffee; earl grey tea or karkadè; coca cola or fanta.

your comfort film: lately, The Martian (oh, the comfort of the utopian dream of the whole world working together for a common cause!)

how many siblings do you have? technically, none. Also, technically, 2. 🤷‍♀️

if you could take a vacation anywhere, where would it be? Tokyo, Japan

last song you listened to: All That Ever Mattered by HAIM (on repeat because I'm writing)

do you believe in aliens? I believe that they might exist, the universe is so fucking big that there's a distinct chance of alien life existing. Do they come to our planet to kidnap people on desert backroads to probe their rectal tract? Unlikely.

what about ghosts? Not sure

it’s 2am. you can’t sleep. you get up to get a snack. what is it? Bread, probably.

and finally, share something you’ve done/made recently that you’re proud of: I published a long ass fanfiction and I still like it. Suck it, traitorous brain! 🖕

Time to tag more poor victims people, who are free to ignore this summon! @dragonflylady77, @ariesbilly, @salthat, @destroya2005, @bigdumbbambieyes, @ihni, and anyone who stumbles upon this thing and want to keep it going ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#ask game #me #very important stuff

[olive-garden-official]

Daily soup suggestion:

1. 1x Kraft Extra Heavy Mayo (30lbs pail)

2. 1x Regal Ground Ginger (4lbs)

3. 6x Fanta Pineapple Fruit Soda Pop (2 liter bottle)

4. 10x Hot Tamales Cinnamon Flavoured Candy (regular package size)

5. 1x Vegemite Pot (950g/2.09lbs || made in Australia)

6. 1x 100lb barrel of industrial rail road spikes

7. 1x 5 gallon olive oil

8. 10x Swanson 100% Natural Gluten-Free Chicken Broth (32oz carton)

9. 1x Industrial Sewing Machine

10. 10x Raw, Uncooked, feathered Quail

11. 5x Jell-O Lemon Gelatin Desert Mix (3oz box)

12. 3x Canned Spam

13. Cooked Broccoli

14. 10 pounds of Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 (chrysotile [asbestoform sub-group])

15. 30 gallons of unfiltered sea water

Approximate pricing: $1400 (tip not included)

You’re hired! Part of the ship, part of the crew.

#olive garden

[bakersstreetirregulars]

The Village of Mirages

Warning: Game content here may be offensive and/or Orientalist due to Devsisters’s mishandling of Middle-Eastern themes and the extent of SWANA (Southwestern Africa and North Africa) cultures as they published this update as part of the Yogurca theme. I will try my best to publish the content of this event on a purely gameplay-centric basis while only providing extra content based on storylines in the game itself as part of my obligation as a Cookie Run news blog. Baker’s Street Newsblog Staff commentary will be cut from this theme. As such, I do not support Devsisters in their handling of these themes as it stands now. I would rather see them have a do-over for the month, or to have somebody else who knows more about the subject of SWANA cultures audit the company’s work to ensure that the Yogurcan theme is not mishandled again beyond anything that has already been published. If I make a mistake on this subject, respectfully report any specific problems seen in this post (and any further linked posts) to me ASAP so that it may be corrected.

If you want to see a map of what the SWANA geographical region looks like, [Click Here]

Event Rules - Normal Mode

Run in special maps with extremely limited combi selections

Levels will be restricted

If you don’t have a specific Cookie or Pet, you can still run with them at level 1

Reach the “Pass” rank to unlock the next stage

Reach the S-rank in both stages to unlock Hard Mode

You have 30 tickets to run with. One restocks every 30 minutes until you reach the maximum amount of 30 tickets. Buy more tickets using Crystals.

Entering a stage for the first time and getting a “Pass” rank on a stage for the first time will unlock new cutscenes

This rule setup is essentially the same as those for Flames of Longing and Project Cookie Runway

Event Rules/Differences - Hard Mode

You now have a relay Cookie to work with, as well as a slightly larger combi selection. Unobtained Cookies and Pets can still be used at level 1.

Level caps have been removed, but Invocation Cards and Treasure Enhancements are both disabled

Maps are now extended to four stages, where you will have to choose your next stage when encountering a fork

Hard Mode has access to Jobs offered by other Cookies (usually those that aren’t playable in the map) to complete. Complete the Job for a reward.

Certain Jobs will alter certain Jelly layouts and may request specific stages

If a Job is too hard to complete, skip it using Crystals

Complete every Job in one rank to earn the associated title and increase your renown, unlocking a new set of Jobs

Completing every set of Jobs will yield the Chapter Reward, which in this example appears to feature the Lamp of Endless Dreams Legendary Treasure

High scores set in Hard Mode will determine your Rank Rewards for each chapter when the event ends. Rewards which you can receive as part of your final Rank will be sent to your mailbox after the event ends.

The Leaderboard allows you to see what routes the highest scorers took, as well as their combis. Players in the Top 30 will have their combis hidden, so there’s no cheating here unless they specifically tell you what they used elsewhere

Chapter 1 - The Traitor’s Return

Yogurt Cream Cookie hasn’t woken up for days for an unknown reason. Lilac Cookie appears to know the truth and goes with Scorpion Cookie to Mirage Village. He gets confronted by Centipede Cookie, who accuses him of being a traitor who left the Sneaky Sands Clan with Scorpion Cookie…

Links will be provided as relevant information gets posted. If the text is green, then the link’s ready.

The Mystical Desert City - Normal

The Mystical Desert City - Hard

Bustling Night Market - Normal

Bustling Night Market - Hard

Jobs - Chapter 1

Chapter 2 - Yogurt Dunes Dash

Fallen into a temple’s trap in search of a golden pot, friends turned rivals Chili Pepper Cookie and Peppercorn Cookie must find an exit together…

Blazing Sand Desert - Normal

Blazing Sand Desert - Hard

Fantastic Yogurt Road - Normal

Fantastic Yogurt Road - Hard

Jobs - Chapter 2

#cookie run #crob #new update #cr ovenbreak #village of mirages #yogurca #centipede cookie #lilac cookie #scorpion cookie #chili pepper cookie #peppercorn cookie #tw orientalism

[blackmesa-researcher]

15 Muse Associations Tagged By: @animatronicabundance <3 Tagging: If you wanna do this :> Alan J. Winter Animal(s): scrub hare and jackal Colors: Pale blue, white, silver, bubblegum pink Month: January Songs: What Do You Want From Me - Pink Floyd, All This Time - Jonathan Coulton, Wires - The Neighborhood, Useless - Updog, Are You Happy? - Bo Burnham, Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran, I Saw the Dead - Villagers Number: 4 Day or Night?: Night Plant(s): lavender, thistle, anemone, snapdragons, willow Smells: ozone, cold air, cinnamon, gasoline, metal, oil Gemstone: blue flash rainbow moonstone Season: Winter Places: cold dark basements, metal shop, deserts at night Foods: fries, ice cream, cheese burgers Astrological Sign: Aquarius  Elements: Air, metal Drinks: doppio espresso, corpse reviver #2 (cocktail), Berry Fanta

[throwinggrapesoffthebalcony]

Don’t forget to check out my novels on Barnes & Noble and Amazon Ebooks...Enjoy!

- HOW TO GROW ROSES

- PARIS GUILT

And don't miss my other novels and short stories published here on Tumblr…Heading for Barnes & Noble and Amazon!

- HABEAS CORPUS

- LAVENDER SOAP

- GOGO IN MY HEART OF DARKNESS

- THE HEIGHT OF HUMAN LIMITATIONS

- NAUTICAL FANTA

- PROXIES AND PARADOXIES ON A CHROME

PISTA

- BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS

- ULTRAVIOLET ULTRAVIOLENCE

- COVID 19-YEAR OLD

- THE LINE

- BOMB POP

- FALL DISCO

- LITTLE GHOST

- DESERT FLOWERS

- LOVE AND ASPHYXIATION

- PLUM CRAZY

- BLACK PLASTIC

- LIMONCELLO

- BUTTERFLY RESURRECTION

- DROWNING IN THE WATERS OF A PAST LIFE

- EB; MY LITTLE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

- HEAD AMONGST THE FLOWERS

- ROBIN

- SSHS

[smiteworks]

New Release Dune: Desert Flower Modiphius Entertainment Ltd.

THE COLOR OF HONOR

Art can be viewed through many lenses and provoke powerful responses. Desert Flower explores what happens when a work of art endangers a planet's future.

#rpg #vtt #fantasy grounds #fantasy grounds unity #dune #modiphius

[moohnshinescorner]

Heavy lies the crown...

*available in ebook, hardcover, & audiobook!!!

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My twin sister is the true queen of Aryd. She survives, hiding and clinging to life in the desert, while I reign as the false queen alongside the monstrous King Eidolon. There’s only one escape from this gilded prison: Reven. My Shadowraith. My heart. Only the shadows that he struggles to control are growing more sinister, more powerful.

It’s just a matter of time before they turn on him…and on me.

Even escape doesn’t mean true freedom, though, when we’re still on the run from Eidolon’s unstoppable armies. And when we discover there’s a traitor among us, I have no choice…I must become the queen I was never meant to be.

Because as one evil hunts me, the other loves me more than himself.

And my fate lies with both.

The ending of this book……I just don’t know whether to cry, scream or curse! I’m devastated, yet cheering on Meren. I mean wow! She is amazing and Ifeel so heartbroken for her. She is not being dealt a fair hand at all. Every time it seems she is gaining momentum, something comes barreling in to tear down her achievements.

This book is action packed from the very first chapter. It is nonstop danger and battles from cover to cover. Some very serious things go down in this book and I got to say this quest of Meren’s is far from over. I might even say this is just the beginning. I honestly don’t know what else she can do. It seems so hopeless.

I absolutely love this story and all the craziness that stems from it. It has some cool and unique characters that are very interesting. The world building the author has done is downright amazing. She has created an unusual Fanta world, that has characters with unique capabilities and powers beyond your beliefs. It isn’t just one world but six different dominions. Each unique in its own right.

I sit and wonder how is this story going to end….all I can see right now is horrible brokenness and the devastation of Meren. I truly hope there is a happy ending in store for her, but the war with Eidolon is heating up and all I see in the future is his destruction.

Patiently, waiting for a book 3 ……

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enemies to lovers, mistaken identity, a strong but flawed heroine, a darkly brooding and morally gray hero, non-stop action, a huge magical world, scorching romance, intrigue, and sharp fantasy twists!

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Audiobook narrated by the phenomenal Samara Naeymi and Luis Moreno!

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Entangled Teen Entangled Publishing, LLC

Recorded Books

#newrelease #thestolenthrone #dominions #yafantasy #nafantasy #fantasyromance #romantasy #romanticfantasy

#entangledteen #abigailowen #samaranaeymi #luismoreno

Abigail Owen Author

[tuscanwalker]

Sept 18, 2022: Ponte a Rigo to Aquapendente 14.0 km, CUS 1,000 ft

A Pretty Easy Day

We had a fairly expensive dinner last night as we were eating in the resort dining room from the Al a carte menu. We each had a small bowl of gnocchi ragu, a side of sautéed spinach, a glass of the wine made at the agritourismo and water - $80. Pretty high when you consider the wine was only $4 a generous glass and was the highlight of the meal. It had several fruit notes, some nice fine tannins and a great deal more complexity than we expected (we would guess $25+ at home). The restaurant touted its “amazing” chef, but frankly the ragu was bland and tasteless compared to many that we have had.

We had arranged for an 8 am pickup. We were informed by reception that breakfast was normally at 8 but her colleague was there earlier so breakfast at 7:30 was “no problem”. We have learned that “no problem” in Italy can sometimes mean “not my problem”. We were confronted by a locked door at 7:30 and it took 15 minutes to communicate with the woman in the kitchen who had not been informed of our early departure. She quickly let us in and we wolfed down a full breakfast in about 10 minutes including great cappuccino and the best croissant we have had in Italy, fresh from the oven.

The driver dropped us back in Ponte a Rigo and we were off. Not much to do or see en route, except a welcome cappuccino stop at about 6 km. The bar owner was as surprised to see us as we were to find the bar open, and did not appear fully dressed for the day. His dog however was more than ready for visitors, particularly those who would provide multiple ear scratches. I took my jacket off at this point and discovered that, in the confusion over breakfast (and the general mental confusion of old age), I still had the set of 3 room keys. Definitely too late to walk them back.

A couple of km down the road we stopped again, but this time for a somewhat tacky looking snack bar that was clearly aimed at the tourist trade. If we had been in rural USA, I would have looked for an accompanying road side attraction like a rattlesnake zoo or world biggest ball of string. A mid morning Fanta was definitely in order. We then crossed one of about 4 major rivers that we have crossed this week, once again completely dry. The drought is turning a Tuscany into a desert,

We arrived in Aquapendente around noon but our luggage was no where to be seen. When asked, the Albergo’s owner very helpfully volunteered that he had a friend at Il Poggio and would see that the key was returned. We were also informed that the hotel restaurant was closed Sunday evenings, so they had arranged a meal at a nearby bar.

We soon discovered the reason for the closure. Around 13:00 crowds began to enter the restaurant until we estimate there were at least 80 diners. All were well dressed, so we think that this was the place to go for lunch after Sunday mass. It was like a huge family party to which we were clearly not invited. The place did not empty out until about 4 just after our luggage finally arrived. Of course, the bags were left in front of the Albergo in the square, 2 stories down.

In comparison to the generous plates of wonderful smelling food being served at the Albergo, we had anchovy and zucchini flower pizza by the slice and a Moretti in the Town Square followed by a decent gelato cone. Not great, but frankly, in the setting of the town square, not bad either.

[ravenkult]

Kimber Desert Warrior 1911 by Joni Niemi | ZaiKoni https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nYvQ56

#Kimber Desert Warrior 1911 by Joni Niemi | ZaiKoni #art #illustration #concept art #artist #fantas