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leedongwook · 9 months
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“Good morning, baby."
Kiseki: Dear to me 奇蹟 // Episode 2
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ijiwaruuma · 3 months
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Watching the nature's lovely phenomenon (under the cut)
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orathearsonman · 1 month
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i’ve been listening to this song for a month and my sister JUST pointed out it’s really tesilette / tesilidcore
i mean LOOK at these lyrics
“No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent
A revelation in the light of day
You can't choose what stays and what fades away
And I'd do anything to, to make you stay” (with me in this regression. haha jk unless)
“Would you leave me
If I told you what I've done?
And would you leave me
If I told you what I've become?” (just four lines to encapsulate tesilid’s inner monologue… looking at these lyrics makes me think of the countless vengeful souls arising in the demon forest… ah crap i need to stop feeling things)
not to mention, uhhhh. fudgin.
“Through the crowds I was crying out, and
In your place there were a thousand other faces”
him during all the regressions w/o ailette like PAIN AND SUFFERING ON PLANET EARTH??? please this is so tesilid oh my GOD how did i not NOTICE,,,
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madebydun · 1 year
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Another tribute to "an immortal, a muse and a dream" by Thesuspiciousflyingjellyfish (go read it!) <3 Dream never danced with Calliope so Hob took over. Yeah, ofc the scene where Dream learns about this is hilarious XD you also get some bonus cartoonish Sa(n)dman looking at them from the corner of the dance floor probably XD
you can find my other works here on tumblr, on my ao3 and my ig :3
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tundrabeast · 2 years
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doramasquishy2blog · 8 months
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MY EVERLASTING BRIDE
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The leads are both very smart and witty.They also have the best visuals.If you ever like Maid's Revenge and Circle of Love then this one is for you. This one has a better plot and story. The male lead is very caring and loving towards the female lead.They both have hidden motives of marrying each other but later on laid all their cards on their table after all they have the same enemy.Their love went through a series of test but both got the happy ending they truly deserved.In terms of chemistry I really love the previous two dramas.
FOREVER LOVE
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This two deserved another drama together.Their chemistry never fades and both are very good actors.
This one is another revenge plot.I am getting an Innocent Man vibe from the drama which is also one of my faves.
Qin Mo Yao works as a bodyguard to protect Lin Xin Tong who lost her eyesight from an accident. Due to her condition her two trusted friends betrayed her, one her fiancee and her bestfriend. Not only were they having an affair but wanted to take everything from her.Qin Mo Yao who wanted to seek revenge at first decided to help Xin Tong take back what is rightfully hers. The same thing happened in Innocent Man when Kang Maru told Seo Eun Ki he would do the fighting when she lost her memory.
The episodes are getting better and the acting is on point.These two really deserves the break.
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hifumi-gigolo · 9 months
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. Vent??m
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llycaons · 2 years
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jc is so. I’ve been in online fan spaces for 12 years and counting and I’ve never seen fans react to any character as divisively as they do to jc. just the most wild readings from both sides, people making an identity out of hating him or of claiming he never did anything wrong, THE most lengthy and bitter arguments I’ve ever seen on here, accusations of abuse apologism and of cultural illiteracy, interpretations on both sides that make literally zero sense, contradict canon, and are based on nothing but wishful thinking and an active imagination, overbearingly smug text posts implying the reader is deeply stupid for daring to disagree with the op ...something was in the water because when they made him because he REALLY makes people feel some kind of way
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moonstruckme · 6 months
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What would the marauders be like with reader after spending their first night together ??? Obviously some wake up later than others so I wanna know how chaotic the morning after would be
Thanks for requesting gorgeous! Sorry for the very very long wait
poly!marauders x fem!reader ♡ 907 words
You’re a light sleeper, and you feel the bed shift as James gets up. You roll over, squinting in the darkness to watch as he puts shorts on over the underwear he’d worn to sleep last night. He moves around on clumsy tiptoe, likely noisier than he’d like to be but not enough to wake the other two boys as he searches around on the floor for something. After a minute he finds it, bringing a discarded pair of socks to his nose for a quick sniff before he tugs them on. You make a soft, sleepy snickering sound, getting his attention. A smile touches James’ lips when he sees you awake, and he comes to squat by the bed so you can talk. 
“Hiya, lovie,” he whispers, breath fanning warm over your cheek. “Did I wake you?”
You hum a denial neither of you believe. “Time s’it?” 
“Early,” he admits, letting his eyes dip for a brief moment to where Sirius’ hand lies limp across your chest. He stands to pull on a sweatshirt. “I’m going to the gym, want me to bring you back a coffee or anything?”
You’re too tired to know what you want. “No thanks.”
“Alright.” James bends, pushing your hair up with his palm to kiss your forehead. “Back soon, lovely.” 
You roll over, turning your face into Sirius’ chest, and he makes a satisfied harrumphing sound, arm tightening around you in his sleep. He smells like clove and nighttime. 
The next time you wake, there’s at least light coming into the room.
“Sorry,” Remus says softly, leaning over Sirius to adjust the covers over you both. “You looked cold.” 
“That’s—” A yawn takes you, and you arch your back, stretching in Sirius’ hold. “That’s okay. Morning.”
Remus smiles, fondness etched into the creases around his eyes. “Good morning, darling. Sleep alright?” 
You hum, moving to sit up, and Sirius lets out a petulant whine. 
“Stop trying to steal her, Moony,” he gripes. “S’too early.” 
“Oh, come on.” Remus slips into a coaxing tone as he diverts his attention to your boyfriend, bending to nose at the dark hair strewn across his face. “Why don’t we all get up, and I’ll make batter for pancakes.”
Sirius goes quiet, in reluctance or consideration you can’t tell, and you look at Remus curiously. “Just the batter?” 
He shrugs. “Prongs likes to flip them.” 
Sirius makes a complainy groaning sound, burying his face in your chest. Remus laughs, fingers combing through his fine hair. “Be nice, Pads, Y/N’s hungry. Aren’t you, love?”
“I am a little,” you admit, stomach gurgling in perfect time. Sirius picks his head up, eyebrows stitched together. 
“You should’a said,” he croaks, shuffling into an upright position. “Alright, let’s go.” 
You pause to throw on a sweatshirt before following the boys into the main part of their flat, curling up on the couch with Sirius while Remus whisks together the ingredients for pancakes. The coffee machine’s already running, the rumbling sounds of the percolator perking Sirius up before the aroma even hits you. 
“Do you like chocolate chips or blueberries or anything in yours, sweetheart?” Remus asks, just as the door opens and James comes in. He shrugs off his sweatshirt while kicking off his shoes, and you and you and Sirius both openly oggle his sweat-slicked torso, the muscles in his abdomen shifting as he turns toward the kitchen, sniffing the air suspiciously. 
“Are you making pancakes?” he accuses. “Without me?”
“Just the batter,” Remus defends himself, passing the bowl over for James’ inspection. 
He nods in satisfaction, shouldering the taller boy aside and taking over. Remus holds his hands up, shaking his head as he goes. He begins taking mugs out of the cabinet instead.
“Who’s having coffee?” he asks. 
“Me,” Sirius says emphatically, letting his head loll off the back of the couch dramatically. 
“I’ll take some, thanks,” you agree, smiling as Remus begins dumping cream and sugar into yours. 
“Oi,” James protests, something dangerously close to a frown on his pretty lips. Remus nudges past him. “I offered to grab you some earlier and you said you didn’t want any.” 
Remus plants a smug kiss on the top of your head as he sets the mug down in front of you. “Guess she only wanted my coffee. Sorry, Prongs.” 
“You do make it the best,” Sirius agrees, eyes closing blissfully as he takes his first sip. 
“I wasn’t trying to reject your coffee,” you promise James. “It’s just that you left when it was too early to think.” 
“Sure,” he drawls, flipping a pancake without breaking eye contact. “Last time I offer you anything.” After a second, he winks to let you know he’s only joking. 
You sip your coffee and take a second to process your surroundings. There’s a shirtless boy making you pancakes in the kitchen, another who’s just made your coffee better than you’ve ever made it yourself, and a third who’s pressed himself to you shoulder-to-hip and is watching you interestedly.
“What’re you thinking about?” Sirius asks.
You lower your voice to a whisper, and he smirks as you put your mouth to his ear. “Is it always like this?”
His laugh comes loud and sharp, hastily covered by a cough. Remus gives the two of you an odd look, but decides not to inquire. 
“Yeah,” he whispers back, conspiratorial. “Every day, sweetheart.” 
You think you’ll be staying over more often.
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asiogie · 6 months
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sorry to distract from the food conversation but i genuinely think being a dram stan gave me ibs. I became a fan in fall of 2021. January of 2022 I started getting ibs symptoms. i didnt understand why my doctor would say its due to anxiety when i didnt think there was anything in my life giving me anxiety. i tried changing my eating habits but nothing worked, and they symptoms seemed totally random. then this month i had less symptoms when dream was on his pk warrior arc. then the symptoms come back with vengeance very recently. i remember i was checking dream updates the other day and saw dream had made a tweet about drama and immediately felt pain in my gut, and thats when i made the fucking connection. drummy aches are not a joke i have an ibs diagnosis from being a drolo please send help to the front lines
our first medically diagnosed drummy ache im going to throw up is this how alexander fleming felt in 1928 when he discovered penicillin
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sgiandubh · 3 months
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Offer and demand
For comparison purposes, kindly find below what a devoted Ozzie fan will have to be prepared to pay for a pic with one or several of the participants to the Hublander Australia 'A Visit to The Highlands' event, this week-end, in Sydney and Melbourne:
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On top of that, there is an extra option I have never seen for European events (and correct me if I am wrong). You can buy signed personal items and autographed pics for somebody who cannot attend (personal items cost a little extra, no idea why). Here is an example, for S:
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Just to have an idea, remember (I will always LOL at this word, from now on, and that's really a shame, because I use it a LOT, irl) these are the prices in Australian dollars. A pic with S would cost you around 115 euros or 125 USD and the most expensive group pic would lighten your purse by around 360 USD or 333 euros.
All this, like for the Paris Landcon, are on top of what you pay for access and the rest of the side gigs, depending of your tier of choice. Those can set you anywhere from 200 Australian dollars for the standard entry ticket to 1800 Australian dollars for the Platinum Tier, where I hope S will pour you a dram or something - nope, not really, that was really a cheap joke, forget about it. You do the math, it's easy.
If you take the time to compare with the Paris Landcon, the discrepancies are clear. The Australian Lollapalooza easily costs the double. But before you screech and wail, do remember two things:
Prices in Australia and France are not really the same. Same goes for the disposable wages of the people buying these tickets. Same goes for the logistical costs (venue rent, talent accommodation and fee, insurance - very important!, other administrative expenditures like legal costs: never forget these people also sell licensed merchandise, which comes at an extra cost itself, etc).
Also, event organization is a business in itself. There is a market and a pool of potential clients for this type of business. Demand and offer meet (or should do so) on that market and the result of this encounter of sorts should reasonably reflect what the people are willing to pay for whatever you peddle around, from bagels to Scottish fantasies. Too expensive - nobody will come. Too cheap - the talent you hope to attract would, in all likelihood, not show up, especially if it takes 10 to 20 hours of flight to get there.
Now add to this the need to satisfy just about everyone in the room. The simple need to make sure that the person who paid 200 dollars for the basic ticket would not feel left behind those who paid nine times (yes, nine times, for Australia, land of plenty) more. That is not an easy task and those figures you have seen are not what you may think they do represent, on face value.
Last, but not least, a wee secret: the bulk of the talent's fee comes from those autographed pics you bought extra, the Q&A sessions and the Platinum Meet and Greets - isn't that a strange form of Marxist distribution circuit (but I digress, forgive the scholar). The rest is probably going to cover operational costs.
Nobody robbed you. Nobody forced you or hypnotized you. You will meet the real people, not some denizen of Abuja who pretends he is Mr. Blue Eyes. And S will not get richer after Melbourne, only more tired.
You're welcome.
PS: merci à toi; chérie, pour l'info and also a heartfelt thank you to you, New Friend on the Block. You know who you are! 😘😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️
[Edit]: @joey-baby tells me the Oz fans can buy the recording of both days. That is a local exclusive and I surely hope we'd see some of it in here. Thank you! 🙌
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godzillabreath · 11 months
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Clone High S2 thoughts
Discussion/spoilers (if you can spoil a situational comedy lol) under the cut
I first watched the original Clone High when I was in high school, so it’s a little wild to be watching and getting really invested in season 2 15 years later. It’s something I probably never even considered at the time.
I rewatched the first season recently as well, so I would have some context for going into the second season after so long. And the first season is still reliably so funny, so sharp and biting in its commentary. I feel like there is not a single joke that doesn’t still land today. The characters are so hyperbolic and chaotic that every scene is fresh and you never know what to expect from the plot. The geometry of the character design and the backdrops are simple but so effective and stylish, too. Season 1 really is just a good comedy you can watch again and again, and every character contributes to the laughs and momentum of the episodes. Gandhi is especially missed, and I think you can really feel his absence in Season 2 ),:
Okay, so Season 2. I’m gonna be upfront, I don’t think it is written very well. It feels very much like a fan facsimile of the original biting humor. I think I only laughed at a handful of jokes over the course of the entire season, which was definitely disappointing. It falls into the trap that so many reboot adult cartoons fall into in that it devotes so much of its time to rehashing cancel culture and social media as buzzwords, but not actually saying anything interesting or meaningful about them. The show no longer pulls from teen media tropes and contemporary television drams to inform its over-the-top “melancholy adolescent” humor. It feels like the extent of what they brought to the table was “Tiktok exists, isn’t that funny” and “you can’t be problematic!!!!” humor, but without really exploring the ludicrousness and the discourse cycle of the modern internet. It very much feels like the writers didn’t know the topics firsthand, but still wanted to comment on them in a shallow and cursory way. 
Let’s look at the new characters they added. Frida has an incredible design and conceptually I adore her. A mellow artist that skateboards and is hugely gay? All right, I love that. I wish there was a little more to her, though. I wanted to see more of the hyperbolic personality traits that each original character had in season 1. Make her outlandish, make her weirder with regards to her art, I don’t know, you could have gone in so many directions. I just wanted to see MORE.
 And this is an issue I have with all of the new characters and even to some extent the returning characters. I feel like Joan especially lost her weirdness and her edge in the reboot, with only the end scene of her freaking out and sabotaging her friends being something fun and true to her vindictive streak that she had in the original season. Confucius feels like he adds nothing to the plot other than to inform JFK and the audience that the internet exists. He should have been a bombastically internet-addicted clout goblin, constantly cutting content, and as he is now, he’s just falling extremely flat. I wanted the writers to crank the dial to 11 with Harriet and really explore her fear of being incredibly basic, like maybe she has Live Laugh Love text art in her room or her favorite tv show is the Office, idk, but as is she just seems like a Normal, Nice Person. Which is Fine, but it doesn’t make for great comedy. 
Topher is the only character I feel really channels the chaotic core of the original Clone High season, and he’s not even there for many scenes. I love the idea of a manipulative little mentally ill Redditor whelp. It’s relatable, it works well in commenting on modern internet culture, it’s freaky, I like it. I’m surprised they didn’t have Confucius and Topher interacting more because they both are chronically online and I feel like there is so much potential there.
I guess my takeaway opinion is that I’d like to see them amp up the personality of each of the characters by like 200%. And it’s a little late for this now, but I wish they’d have done more of a slow burn on Cleo and Frida’s relationship. It would’ve been cool to see Cleo contending with the fact that she wasn’t the most popular girl in school anymore and what kind of schism that would have created between her and Frida initially. More of an enemies to lovers dynamic would have been fun. 
So those are my thoughts. I could have gone on longer, but... I think this is already getting too long haha. I think I feel so opinionated on it because I can really see the latent stellar potential in the characters, and with a few exceptions, they all feel so underutilized in this season. 
Looking forward to season 3+ to see what they do next, though! 
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the-crimson · 1 year
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Ok ive read many takes on both sides and gathered my thoughts on the whole Dream vs Quackity war in reguards to his tweet.
Dream should not have made this tweet. The entire way he presented the tweet was intentionally written to stir up drama and anger within his fans. Adding a “don’t harass anyone uwu” at the end does nothing to placate the anger he deliberately stirred within his fans. He created this tweet to elicit a negative response from the fan base to force Quackity to respond. It’s immature and irresponsible considering how massive both of their fan bases are.
80% of his tweet was personal information that has zero purpose being in this tweet other than to stir emotion and rage. He cold have literally just said:
 “I’ve been trying to talk to Quackity about our SMPs so that they can coexist and be unique from each other but he hasn’t responded. I don’t want there to be any conflict between our two servers or fan bases and the sooner we work this out the better.”
And even then, he would still be using social pressure to get Quackity to respond - which is not how the situation should be handled - but it gets the exact same message across without all the emotional manipulation.
Quackity’s silence in regards to the USMP and the lack of leadership he’s shown with the QSMP is also making the situation worse. This drama has been building for literal weeks and Quackity has not addressed it or taken steps to prevent it.
First, his refusal to acknowledge the USMP at all caused his fans to lash out at Dream for being a copycat (i don’t have an opinion whether or not this is true, i don’t have enough information, but their reaction was completely inappropriate regardless) which caused a huge schism in the fandom over literally something that could have been prevented with a single tweet or retweet.
Then, Quackity does the bare minimum of removing a racist mod but doesn’t hold any of the cc’s accountable for how they interacted with the mod and doesn’t address the fact that the mod caused harm within his community. Many fans rally behind this silence and deny that the mod was racist at all which alienated even more people in the fandom. Quackity needed to address these fans and the growing toxicity within his fan base as the leader of this fandom he created but he didn’t
And now we are brought to the current storm. Dream fans and some neutral parties are whipped up by his intentionally pathos heavy tweet and pitted against fans who have blind loyalty to Quackity. Unstoppable force vs immovable object. And all the neutral parties in the middle being drowned in the drama.
This is an entirely avoidable situation and both Quackity and Dream played a part in making it worse. Both fandoms need to seriously go outside and touch some grass. Dram stans and Quackity stans are equally toxic and terrible and yall need a serious reality check.
You don’t know Quackity or Dream. They are not your friends. You are literal pawns in their personal conflict. Wake up.
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handsometheo · 1 year
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Hello hello, and soft Rhys headcanons? ^^
Hiiii ofc you can my dear <3
SOFT RHYS HEADCANONS
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Not my gif
Pairing: Rhys Strongfork x reader
Reader pronouns used: They/Them/Their's
Warnings: None as far as I was aware
Summary/Notes: Mentions Handsome Jack, Vaughn, Zer0 (He/they pronouns are what I use for Zer0) and Lor
Tales from the Borderlands Rhys:
-> He needs so many hugs
-> I mean look at him he's a nervous wreck
-> He needs support, constantly.
-> When Vasquez is a douche and starts messing with Rhys, just try and pull him away and comfort him
-> However if Vasquez says anything about you, that becomes far more difficult
-> yk
-> because he looooves you~
-> Vaughn and you being close is his one of his favourite things about you
-> He lives that you can be good friends with his best friend
-> right so I'm not sure about what the living situations on Helios are like but there's a designated living area if I remember right
-> when you come over, he'll put on some music and you must dance with him
-> you can both be awkward wobbly messes together while you dance
-> Loves a good slow dance, no matter how clumsily you both do it
-> He tries to hide the fact he is lowkey obsessed with Handsome Jack for weeks into your relationship
-> however he gets caught when you come over for the first time to his place
-> You better not judge him, he would feel horrible and like some weird freak if you judged him for it
-> if you like Handsome Jack as much as him (and me) honestly he will rant to you about all the stuff he thinks is cool about Jack.
-> he hyperfixates on things
-> He gets so happy when you let him talk about his hyperfixations
-> like he starts stimming
-> starts shaking his arms, getting a giggly and so so smiley
-> He's just like me fr 😌
-> When he leaves to Pandora, he trust you to tell you what is happening
-> but you cannot go with them
-> Rhys values your safety more than anyone elses
-> He'll call you with is ECHO eye every day at least once
-> He worries that either he will get killed and never get a chance to tell you how much he loves you
-> or he worries that while he's away, someone may try to take advantage of you or kill you
-> When he goes back to Helios he doesn't tell you about Jack
-> Jack however knows plenty about you however since he's been stuck with both of you two's biggest fan.
-> When shit starts going bad, Rhys calls you to tell you to leave as soon as possible
-> you find an escape pod and make it to Pandora
-> After all the dram with the Gortys project however, you are very happy to help Rhys rebuild Atlas
-> that's another thing he adores about you, you so supportive of him
-> We love him
💙
Borderlands 3/ New Tales Rhys:
-> When he's big boss man Rhys, he has less time for you and let me tell you, that destroys him
-> you are the main pillar for his mental stability so when he's there fighting off Maliwan because some psycho wants to be besties with him and you can't be there because you have your own work or just happened to be away for a week, you can imagine how he's feeling
-> When he does have you in his arms however he's snuggling his head into your neck
-> you are his safe haven
-> always have been
-> let's you pick what fish he has in that huge fish tank of his
-> you know the dancing thing from before? It's so much more fun now that you have his entire office to yourselves
-> you can just take a moment to chill out with your CEO boyfriend
-> Zer0, Lor and you are all really good friends
-> Zer0 is just as protective of you as they are of Rhys
-> oh yeah, did I forget to mention? He plans on proposing soon
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Sorry that the last part was shorter than tftbl Rhys but I've been working on my Handsome Jack fic still, that should come out this week hopefully and I'm trying to get back into the flow of writing.
I just beg that everyone is patient with me and writing 🙏 I don't mean to take so long but I really am hoping to keep it somewhat consistent.
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jimrichardsonng · 11 months
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Scotland Fix of the Day: I’m excited to say that in a couple of weeks I’ll be back in Scotland gazing at Eilean Donan castle after sailing down the Caledonian canal and out into the Inner Hebrides. I'll be aboard the Lord of the Glens with National Geographic Expeditions, a trip I've done before. Two hundred years ago industrious Scots were digging this historic canal, building it large enough to carry a 32 gun frigate, at the time of the Napoleonic wars. It’s considerably more peaceful now, wildflowers were growing along the canal trail on this morning as we hiked along the canal trail, catching up with the boat at the next loch. The canal starts in Inverness and ends near Ft. William. In between it connects Loch Ness (montser there), Loch Oich (might have a monster) and Loch Lochy, past castles, villages and pubs, through stunning scenery and the kind of history any Outlander fan might relish. The Lord of the Glens always draws a crowd as we ascend the locks in Fort Augustus. Back in the day when the locks were operated by capstans it took half a day to get through but now it’s usually about 90 minutes. After a stop on the Isle of Eigg (or maybe Rum) in the Small Isles we'll be on to Iona, always a pretty sight with boats coming and going. Granite boulders forming the Street of the Dead (Sraid nam Marbh) leading off to Iona Abbey have lain here on Iona for more than 1,000 years. Along this processional way the bodies of Scottish Kings (MacBeth included) and royalty were carried to their graves in Reilig Odhráin from Martyr’s Bay, where Viking raiders killed 68 monks in 806 AD. In the evening we dock in the harbor at Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, looking out at what has to be one of the prettiest waterfronts of any Scottish island village. It’s famed for the signature red, yellow, and blue buildings that the children’s television show “Balamory” made famous. It's a terrific trip, full of history, great landscapes and culture. And who knows, we might get a dram of whisky along the way. #scotland #highlands #outlander #epic_landscape #highlands #bestofscotland #hiddenscotland #thehighlandcollective #scotland_highlights #ig_scotland #visitscotland — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/aGvrQRc
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scullymurphy · 1 year
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Night in Blue Satin
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Over in the Rolled Sleeves Agenda Discord, we like to post pics of facecasts and drool over discuss them. Today, @bookloverdream-blessedindeed​ posted the above and it inspired an instant plunny in my breast. I now share it with you...
Blue Satin
“Let me. I’m so fucking bored.” Theo ran a slip of red silk through his hands and shot a beseeching look at Draco, who was doing nothing other than lying on his bed and staring moodily at the canopy. 
“No.” 
“Please? No one will see. It’s just you and me in here.” The Eighth-Year Slytherin dorm was a lonely place at the best of times. And on the sleety January Friday before term resumed, it was especially bare. 
“Why did you bring that rubbish back, anyway?” Draco sounded highly uninterested, but Theo took his question as an opening. 
“Thought it might be fun. We could do theatricals,” —Draco snorted and Theo made a face— “or give Pansy something to practice on. I found it all in an attic at the estate. Might have been my great-grandmother’s. Or an eccentric aunt’s? There’ve always been whispers that someone in the family attempted the muggle stage.”
Draco deigned to roll over and glance into Theo’s open trunk, which looked like a rainbow had exploded inside. Theo plunged a hand in and turned up fabrics and constructions of every muggle stripe. Dresses, jackets, stoles, glasses, wigs. Strange neckties. A feathery fan.
Hats. 
He pulled out a jockey’s bonnet trimmed in ice blue satin. “This would compliment your eyes.” He held it toward Draco hopefully. 
“Fuck off.” 
“Please?” 
“Put it on your own demented head.” 
“It demands a fair complexion, Draco.” 
“I don’t care.” 
“What if I let you have some of the fifty-year old whisky I also found in the attic?” 
Draco arched a disdainful brow. “Ogdens?” 
“Glenlivet.” 
Draco sat up. “Whisky first,” he said. 
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Four drams in and they were listing against the dormitory window, racing raindrops down the pane. 
“Move, you bugger!” Draco tapped the glass where his drop was sliding sluggishly. 
“That’s cheating!” Theo shouted. “You forfeit!”
“I do fucking not.” 
“You do. Now you have to tell me what’s going on with Granger!” Theo did a little jig. 
“I told you, you bloody lunatic. Nothing is going on.” Draco reached for the bottle of whisky and sloshed more into their glasses. 
“Fine, don’t tell me. But you have let me do the hat now.” 
“Fine.” 
Theo squealed and lunged for his trunk. 
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“Stop looking at me like that.” 
Theo removed his hand from over his mouth, but couldn’t stop the smile overtaking his face. 
“What?” Draco’s pale cheeks took on a stain of high colour. 
“You just look. Bloody fantastic in that.” Theo’s eyes skimmed over Draco’s shoulders, fetchingly encased in a fitted regency-era coat, to his throat—touched by a blue satin cravat, to the jaunty jockey’s bonnet, piled with more of the blue silken fabric.
“You would say that, you poof.” 
Theo put out a hand. “No, no. You’re my oldest friend and a very handsome specimen, but we both know you’re not my type.” He fluttered the hand and glanced over his shoulder. “Now if Longbottom were to make his brawny way through that door…” 
“Oh my god.” 
“What? You have your Gryffindor crush and I have mine.” 
Draco’s brows lowered and his mouth opened, but at that moment a knock came on said door. Theo’s eyes went wide, as did Draco’s. 
“What timing,” Theo murmured. “Whoever could it be?” 
Draco lurched up and hiccuped. “Probably Pans. She said she’d come back tonight instead of tomorrow with the crowds.” 
He yanked at the door handle, “Careful, if you come in here Theo’s going to put you in fancy dress like some kind of playhouse prostit—” 
Draco’s words broke off as the door swung open to reveal the shocked face and form of one Hermione Granger. 
Theo watched her eyes drag up Draco’s chest to his face as a deep blush infused her own. They stared at each other for a good five seconds, Draco utterly still and Granger shifting in a way that made Theo think of crossing one’s legs or biting one’s lip. 
“I— I—” she finally stuttered. “Is Theo here?” She hadn’t taken her eyes off Draco’s head and face area, which—that hat did suit him so completely, rendering him unexpectedly dashing, pert and deeply sexy at the same time. 
Theo took pity on Granger. “I’m here,” he called. “Please come in.” He shot a look at Draco, who started out of some fugue state and stepped back. 
“If you’d—” He gestured into the room, attention still fixed on Granger. 
Granger kept watching him too, only tearing her eyes away when Theo coughed. 
“I.” She swallowed, gaze darting back to Draco, who had lounged over to the window seat and to Theo’s delight, seemed to have totally forgotten he was wearing a satin-wrapped jockey’s bonnet. 
“Potions!” Granger blurted, turning to Theo and blinking rapidly. “I was in the library and I had a question about your part of the formula for our project.” Theo noted that she was adorable with a pencil stuck through a bun at the back of her head and the softest-looking muggle jumper dress. 
He also noted Draco staring rather gormlessly.
The beginnings of a nice little plan began to form in the recesses of his mind. Something to put some shine into this dull day. He began pouring whisky into a third glass. 
“Of course,” he murmured, sidling toward his trunk. “But first how do you feel about costumes?”
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