#first time drawing moody blues it was fun

[undy1ngumbrage]

The Other Side of Life (spoilers under the cut)

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[quibbs126]

Helooooo, can I have espressoline fankid

All right, this is Opera Madeleine Cookie

Fun fact, technically this isn’t the only or first person to request Espresso/Madeleine, as someone else commented a request on the original post I made asking for requests. I believe the name was @cerulaenfunkz. It’s actually listed as my third request, but I guess I just never got around to it. I was originally trying to make it, but I was having so much difficulty figuring out what to do that I just went on to other ones, and I guess it just went to the back of my head. So yeah, of all the fankids, this is probably the longest time coming

Anyways, so Opera Madeleine is named after opera cake, because it’s a cake with coffee in it, but I changed the “cake” to “madeleine” since she’s part of House Madeleine, similar to Choco Madeleine’s name. Also I just think it sounds better

The original name I gave her way back when was Coffee Cake, but I didn’t like that and when I eventually discovered opera cake, I changed it

Opera cake:

I’ve already made my design struggles with her known, basically in that, I had the hair, hairpieces and gloves down, and I like those bits, but wasn’t sure what to do with the rest of her. And to be honest, I like the scarf and boots, but I kind of flubbed with the coat. I thought she’d look cool with a coat, but I also wanted to show off the boots, so I made it high up, and I don’t think it worked all that well. Not to mention I don’t really know what her upper half looks like, as you can see with the admittedly pretty bad sketch

You know what, I may just go back and edit her later to make her coat look better, it’s just bugging me

Edit: I did do that

Originally I gave her blue eyes like Madeleine, but I changed it to pink so she’d look closer to Espresso. Also because I wanted more brown/warm tones, but didn’t want to give up her blue outfit color scheme

All in all, I liked most of drawing her, but I flubbed the last bit and it looks kind of eh. I just didn’t know what to do for it, but I didn’t want to keep her in development hell for eternity and I wanted to do her hair, so I just went with something

Anyways, let’s get on to her

So Opera Madeleine is the heir to House Madeleine, however she is not a Paladin like her father Madeleine and instead chooses to use coffee magic like Espresso. However she still follows Madeleine in that she’s a warrior, she just prefers to use magic instead of a weapon. Granted I’m sure Madeleine still taught her to wield one just in case. And also she’s good at hand to hand combat

Chances are she went to school in Parfaedia, given they have a whole school for magic and from what I can gather, Espresso once went there himself

Unlike Madeleine she’s more of a no nonsense kind of person who’s more focused on her duties as a warrior. Not saying Madeleine doesn’t care about being a warrior, she’s just not as…prideful as him, not caring much about appearance. However one thing she refuses to publicly admit is that she takes great pride in her hair and goes through great lengths to keep it as pristine as possible. But that is the only thing

She’s a hard worker, but not as much of a workaholic as Espresso, as she doesn’t have nearly as much coffee in her dough to maintain that lifestyle. Also Madeleine made sure that she didn’t follow in his footsteps

I feel like I’ve talked a lot about Madeleine but little about Espresso. I imagine the two talk about coffee magic and such, but due to her differing interests in careers, she probably spends more time around Madeleine

I imagine when she was younger, Madeleine just showered her with adoration and tried to be a loving father. But if you asked her which of her parents was the coolest, she would say Espresso, much to Madeleine’s dismay (more like he gets moody that he’s not the favorite more than anything). She’d probably learn combat with Madeleine, but would also just wander off to find Espresso and just watch him do his work for hours on end, quietly sitting in his lab

Hmm, I think that’s all I have to say on her. I wasn’t expecting to write that much to be honest. But yeah, hope you like her

Edit: so as said earlier, she’s been edited, and this is the original if you’re curious

#yeah I think the outfit is just a mood killer for me #it’s the one thing I don’t like #ah well #maybe I’ll fix it later #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #madeleine cookie #espresso cookie #espresseleine #cookie run oc #fankid #fanchild #my ocs #my art #requests #answers #opera madeleine cookie

[steveinscarlet]

what can you tell me about steve lol like what are some fun facts i should know? hehe ~rem

How long have you got?!

So, basics - Steve's birthday is 23rd April 1960. His middle name, Maynard, is from his Dad's favourite jazz musician. He grew up in the Hillsborough area of Sheffield, which is a suburb to the north west of the centre. He has two younger brothers. He left school at 16 and became an apprentice lathe operator at an engineering firm that made parts for trains.

He got his first guitar aged 11 and took classical guitar lessons for a few years (in the early days he was the only Leppard who could read music). His guitar inspirations were Jimmy Page, Brian Robertson, and Zal Cleminson. I don't have enough understanding of music to make my own assessment, but it's said he wrote things that were complex, emotional, and a bit unusual. He had zero interest in fast flashy playing. He wanted to write music for films and theatre.

He was interested in art (he liked to draw), history and archaeology, cars, and clothes (and he stole his girlfriend's clothes all the time). He liked dogs. His favourite colour was blue. He loved redheads.

Obviously, sadly, I never knew him, but what everyone says about him is that he was sweet, shy, kind, generous, funny, silly, intelligent, and thoughtful. But also insecure, stubborn, and moody (I won't start on his other issues because you said fun facts and they're definitely not fun!). Joe once described him as a total sweetheart, aww.

(No one is ever going to ask me a question again!)

#steve clark infodump

[in-my-feels-probably]

Congrats on your 600 followers, your writing is amazing, i loved the rhaenyra x shapshiter reader especially. Mind if i request a match up from game of thrones(romantic)?

I'm a lesbian with she/they pronouns, I'm INTP 5w6 aquarius. I am 5'4 with very long black hair and dark brown eyes, I'm a bit of a tomboy but i don't mind wearing feminine stuff often. I like wearing darker clothes but i also like wearing soft colors like light blue or pink even. I also have black nails and black stud earrings.

I'm a very timid and quiet person. I have social-anxiety and i rarely talk to anyone unless it's my close friend or family. Some people might think I'm mute because I'm so silent. Besides that I'm pretty level-headed, kind, friendly and like to help if i can. Though at times I might hurt someone feelings since I'm brutally honest, I apologize after. I'm also the type of person to go with the flow because i want to take things easily and not make a big deal out of it, I'm a neutral person when hearing people's opinions unless it's questionable. I'm kinda slow to process some jokes and i zone out a lot since I like to be on my mind and because my sleep schedule is messed up. I like listening to my friends talk!! I hate to see my friends hurt or upset and try my hardest to comfort them. I cheer them up by doing things for them or taking care of them (my love languages are quality time and acts of service)

Interests: Reading, Horror Books, listening Music (classical and metal), sleeping, I'm a fan of oolong tea and passion tea, I like relaxing in quiet places while listening to music or reading, I like well-clean things and spicy food.

I don't really like trouble and like to stay out of it. I dislike loud people or insensitive people. I also don't like crowds and prefer to be alone. I get nervous when i meet people i don't know and pushes myself to a corner hoping they won't see me, I hate being disturbed when I'm relaxing or when i'm tired then I might come off grumpy, I hate being made fun of even if it may sound like a harmless joke, i get moody after, I really hate when things are out of place or unclean. Oh yeah i don't like cake too 😭

Hobbies: I really like reading books, especially mystery or horror(maybe even romance). I'm also good at painting/drawing but i get fustrated because I get artblock. Other times i like making things out of paper like flowers, birds, etc.

Other info: I have an uncontrollable strength, I don't work out it's just that when I pinch people payfully slightly they say it hurts really bad 💀

I think that's it, have a good new year and a good day ♡ 👧

hi! thank you for participating :)

i ship you with sansa!

especially in the later seasons, she became a lot more reserved. i think she’d need someone calm and on the quiet side, someone to keep her company. i think she’d be afraid to get involved with anyone, especially after all that happened to her. but i think she’d be drawn to you. you’d remind her of home, and quiet peaceful evenings she had as a child, maybe with her father. it would be one of the things she missed most, even when she returned to winterfell, and you’d be a small piece of the life she used to have. you’d be an instant comfort. you being quieter, she’d have to be the one to approach you first. you’d intrigue her, and she’d find herself doing things to spend time with you. you’d warm up to each other fast. you’d be an excuse for her to get away from her responsibilities so she could be with you. you’d know how to comfort her when she needed it, and she’d feel comfortable talking to you about anything she needed to get off her chest. she just wants to be in the north with her people, separate from the rest of the world. she’d be content to do that with you, it would be so easy. she’d love talking to you, telling you stories or explaining how her day went, appreciating that you were actually listening.

she had to grow up so fast, she’d be such a different person compared to the girl she was before she left winterfell the first time. you’d understand that, and she’d know that it didn’t bother you. shed have a much sharper tongue, able to stand up for you or correct a situation if she needed to. she’d seek you out during the day, wanting to sit with you while you read or did your art. she’s quite the artist too, making her own clothes. you could sit together and work on your projects, either helping each other with them, or just being content enough to work in peace next to each other.

maybe one day, she’d be sitting with you, telling you about home. somehow, you’d get to the topic of sweets.

“lemon cakes are my favorite. i miss the way the cooks made them when i was young.”

you’d pretend to like cake, and she’d be absolutely appalled once she found out you don’t actually like it.

“what? how can you not like lemon cakes? that is absurd, we have to make them now.”

you’d spend a day in the kitchens, making her laugh and smile. she wouldn’t even care that you’d scrunch your nose up at the taste when they were finished, just happy that she got to spend the day with you.

“i may not like cake,” you’d say, resting your hand on her arm. “but i do like your dress. you’ll have to show me how you made it one day.”

she’d smile, happily agreeing to.

#game of thrones x reader #game of thrones #game of thrones imagine #sansa stark #sansa stark x reader #sansa stark imagine #hotd #ships #sansa stark x you #600 followers celebration #600 followers #followers celebration

[skip-phony]

Here have a design for SCP 682.

First dragon and non-pony design I have done.

I love the crystal wings and the flesh burn wound of his underbelly.

Headcanons are in the Keep Reading section 

Made him a mix of crystal pony, kirin, and dragon.

Almost just did a full dragon but wanted to have a link back to his family/Scarlet King which is were the kirin comes in.

Wanted to give him a cutie mark bases around his diamond scale but couldn't figure out how to draw it so he has no cutie mark.

Pronouns: He/They

Made the underwings being that bright green acid color for the acid pools. Also it holds the crystal pony gem shine.

His hair has crystal pony shine as well, nice blues and blacks.

Scrimshaw craved his horn, you can see the magic flow where it was dug into

They have an acidic flame from drinking the acid from his containment chamber.

Eyes glow in the dark

His mutation ability make him really good in terms of his abilities

Makes him a fast flyer

He currently as of typing this post has the biggest wing span.

SCP 053 likes the wings being a part of a make shift fort as the roof.

The wing shine comes in handy as it shimmers the light under it.

Really strong in terms of magic. He has a lot of it stored in him, the potency of it high, and his endurance to keep spells going it long.

Also because of his strange way of learning about things that he should have had no knowledge of or ability to learn said knowledge. He doesn’t only know a lot of things but he knows lot of spells.

He still need to practice spell as they do not come that naturally to him.

He gets out of the site enough times to practice.

They don’t escape to get away from the Foundation, he knows they contain him again eventually. But more for fresh air and he finds fun in breaching containment.

Their containment cell is build like dragon lava hot spots but with acid to keep 682 wings melted.

His belly is always the most wounded from the acid. Somethings there are body sticking out sometimes its eating into his fat barrier.

682 usually has drawing from 053 on his face

Sometimes 053 get to carve drawing into the exposed bone. He can heal it and she can carve again if the Foundation allows it.

He’s dating 079. The computer and reptile are in love your honor.

His regeneration abilities came from SCP 500. He was born sickly and needed something.

He also was left sickly cause the Cotsks are inept at collectively raising them.

As much as he might protest otherwise, he likes listening to Dr Clef play his ukulele.

Currently a moody 14 year old. Must angst.

#scp #mlp #SCP Pony AU #SCP 682 #headcanons #unicorn #dragon #kirin #dragon pony #cw wound #cw burns #cw middle finger #cw bones

[kelsiejayy]

Could I please get a stranger things matchup?

Im bisexual, I’m about 5’4.5, pretty curvy and kinda goth, i have incredibly shaggy shoulder length black hair with bangs, I have pretty big blue-grey eyes that are usually the first thing I get complimented on. I mainly wear all black all day every day but if I do wear a colour it’s usually green. I have two tattoos, a dragonfly on my stomach and two dog skulls right under my collar bones, and I have a septum piercing. I smoke cigarettes and occasionally weed but usually not that often. I listen to a lot of goth music and a little bit of metal and punk too. i love horror movies and anything spooky (I’m usually the friend people hide behind in haunted houses lol) I’ve been told people think I’m scary or “moody” before they speak to me but once they start talking to me they immediately think different. I’m a ball of energy most of the time, I love to make people laugh and have actually done a little bit of stand up comedy. I love writing and am currently working toward being a screenwriter, I really want to make teen dramas, horror movies and zombie movies. I love drawing as well, I was in theatre for a bit and sand at open mic nights regularly before the pandemic and after I guess I just never got back into it. I write angsty poetry about however I’m feeling at the moment. I’m an INFP personality type and a libra and have been told I’m great at articulating my emotions.

(Sorry if this is way too long I never know when to stop when I write these things)

hi thank you for your request!

STRANGER THINGS: eddie!

i feel like you and eddie give off the exact same vibe, seems scary but is actually rlly fucking dope. yeah, that's you guys and i think it's perfect. let me just start off by saying eddie would be obsessed with your tattoos, if y'all were laying down together he is 100% tracing the outlines of them. i think if we asked eddie his favorite thing about you it would be your humor. i feel like you would always be making eddie bend over in laughter and he would do the same to you. i don't know how good his jokes would actually be but i think it would be the way he says them or the situation that would make it so hilarious. he would definitely proofread your poems if you wanted him to or he would just read them for fun. y'alls dates probably consist of movie watching from the family video store, thanks to steve and robin. ok last thought but he would definitely ask you to draw him a tattoo, he wouldn't care what he would just want you to draw it for him. but yeah your relationship is like any other and will have hardship but it's based on laughter and fun which i think it really sweet and endearing

i hope you liked it, if you have any feedback feel free to send it in i love to hear what y'all think!

if you would like to request a ship head over to my blog they are open as of 6/23

#ships #stranger things request #stranger things fic #stranger things #stranger things ship #stranger things imagines #eddie munson imagine #eddie munson ship #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson

[sashamini]

Hi! I’m always drawn to the color you use on your art. How do you choose what color you’ll use.

Hello there!

It seems like I follow a few patterns when choosing colors

I almost always am drawing figures so if I decide to use natural skin tones I’ll try to use a dark blue, green, or purple for shadows.

If a composition is supposed to be happy or pleasant, then I aim for saturated/bright colors.

that being said, I go for a more subdued color palette if I want something more moody or emotional

THEN AGAIN… sometimes I challenge myself by picking two colors with a high contrast. The more jarring it looks together, the more of a challenge it is to make it work.

In the end, all of this depends on whether or not I had a drawing in mind first. There are times I’ll just pick a color I like and see what happens from there. Picking a random color just to see what can be done with it is a fun, too.

#thank you for the ask! #nandamesser #sashamini replies

[tehuti88-art]

11/3/23: r/SketchDaily theme, "Free Draw Friday." This week's character from my anthro WWII storyline is Lance Corporal Blue Rat. He dates from the original version of the story and had a complicated (and painfully stupid) background involving Black Rat, but seeing as Black's history has changed, Blue's will have to as well. He retains a few of his old characteristics in that he's a member of the original unit, and is an excellent marksman but never kills anyone. There'll be more about him later in my art Tumblr and Toyhou.se.

Regarding his design, I decided to make his eyes hazel green instead of...blue. Meh.

TUMBLR EDIT: Blue Rat is a character from the original version of the Trench Rats story, who needs a complete revamp. In the original version, he was nicknamed "the Gentleman Rat," for being an excellent shot who, however, refused to ever kill anyone. I did plan on him killing an enemy soldier eventually, as evidenced by this snippet I jotted down at random on a page of the original text:

He found Blue standing where he was last seen. He was staring down with dazed horror at the lifeless body of a Nazi who had been stabbed. He'd killed his first--and maybe last--person.

But anyway, while I do plan to hold on to Blue being one of the original unit, as well as a sharpshooter who either never or only very rarely kills anyone, plus his basic personality--polite, soft spoken, almost a pacifist--EVERYTHING else I came up with for him will need to be scrapped. Like, tossed into a fire to die a miserable death. It's bad. It's really, REALLY bad. I could offer a brief summary why...but, considering that the original text is extant, and truly humiliating, why not just share that, instead? So, here you go, the relevant section from the earliest existing version of The Trench Rats; the text dates to late 1990, though it says it's based on an earlier version whose existence I actually doubt, perhaps I merely meant the VERY original, unwritten idea for the story.

Here we go...ugh. Please, please remember, it was 1990 and I was fourteen when I wrote this. Fourteen! And very very sheltered! So basically, eleven.

One Month Later

Black Rat had made an excellent recovery, and now was back to leading the battalion. Gold remained moody, arguing at least once a day. He never argued with Black, that is, until one day. He began protesting about not fighting for a long time, and Black sharply reminded him that they hadn't been stationed in Germany to fight, but to help lost or wounded.

"Oh, so you don't care if we go out and have some fun?" Gold said.

"I care enough to keep you in order," Black replied coldly.

"Then why don't you let us know about yourself, so we can trust you!" Gold snapped.

There was a long, uneasy silence. Black was turned away from Gold, but he could still tell that something had come over Black.

"You want to know about my background?" Black finally asked quietly.

Gold bowed his head, ashamed that he'd blurted out that question so harshly.

There was another pause. Then Black broke it and said, in a low voice, "I was a sky pirate."

Gold looked up, stunned. "D-did you say sky pirate?"

Black nodded slowly, and then continued. "Yes, I said sky pirate. You know, people who rob and plunder and fly airplanes. Sort of like airborne Captain Hooks, only fiercer." He stopped again.

Gold spoke this time. "How'd you get into the Marines, then?"

"I had a companion named Midge, an orphaned rat, who was my only family," Black replied. "One day some rival sky pirates kidnapped him. I decided to get even then, and became a lone pirate. After that I quit and got into training. When I'd been with the Marines for several years, an official asked me if I'd like to command the first battalion of some so-called Trench Rats. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity, since I had nothing to do. I came here and was set up as your leader. You probably don't remember; we had other Rats at that time, but several of you were here--I remember Burgundy and Blue. You, Red, Yellow, and most of the others came later. Burgundy and Blue knew about my secret, but none of the younger Rats were told until you. So do you want to go tell the others?"

Gold stared for a bit, then said, "No. I'll keep it a secret. I'm sorry I shouted. I've just been so nervous lately--"

"Perhaps it's better that you do know," Black said gently. "It's a load off your back. You can tell if you like, but please don't make a deal out of it." He waved a paw. "Dismissed."

Gold grinned and headed off to Mess Hall. It would be a long, tough day.

Chapter 2: A Surprise "Inspect"ion

Mess Hall was nearly emptied out now, so Gold sat down next to Blue Rat, his second best friend. Blue was the most popular rat [sic]: he was by far the most handsome, and everyone called him the Gentleman Rat because he never killed--he always shot off target, or, if the victim were extremely cruel, graze or slightly wound them. He was especially polite to Black Rat, and some of the rats [sic] joked that they'd known each other since birth (even though Blue was younger) or in a past life. They didn't know how close they were.

But back to the present. Blue cordially greeted Gold, as he did everyone.

"Hi, Gold," he said informally. "What's been happening lately? I haven't gotten out much; I have to stay behind and help clean."

"A fitting job," Gold said, and they laughed. "Nothin' much, Blue. No fighting ye--"

His words were cut off by a bullet which whizzed over Blue's head.

"I guess I spoke too soon!" Gold shouted, as seven more bullets flew in. The two rats [sic] ducked under the table. An alarm went off, and all the rats [sic] assigned to fight rushed out. Blue went into the kitchen to help the cook.

The battle lasted for only four hours, but in the end seven Trench Rats were wounded. The Nazi Rats had been sent out by Inspector Dobermann, and only two had been hurt, one in the foot by Blue. When it was over, Blue went down to where Black was, to see if he was okay. He found Black sitting at a desk. His head was down but he seemed to be staring at a picture sitting in front of him. Looking, Blue saw that it was an old picture of Black and Midge.

"Feeling down?" Blue asked.

"We're losing this war," Black said. "We aren't Trench Rats, we're sewer rats."

"Would it help if I said something to cheer you up?"

"Nothing could cheer me up now."

Blue was quiet for a few minutes, then he said, "Know what happened to Midge after he was kidnapped?"

Black lifted his head, somewhat puzzled.

Blue continued. "Midge lived with the sky pirates for several years, and then he ran away. Later he saw a big ship preparing to go to Germany. He stowed away on this boat, and soon met up with some soldiers. They decided it was too late to send him back, so they gave him some informal training. Midge grew up with those soldiers and soon became one."

Black was totally stunned by now. He turned to look at Blue, his eye wide with surprise.

Blue stared silently at the floor for a moment, then said, "Midge recieved [sic] a code name. That code name was Blue Rat." He lifted his arms and smiled. "Hi, Black. It's me, Midge."

Black faltered for several seconds, then leapt forward and embraced Blue, shouting with joy. Then he took Blue by the shoulders and said, "Blue! How come you never told me!"

"I had to wait until you knew me," Blue explained. "I really wanted to tell you. When you joined, I recognized you in an instant. You told us your story about how your companion was kidnapped, and I was aching to spill it out. But when I told Burgundy, he said it would be best if I waited until you trusted me and could recognize me as well as Midge. Then you'd know me on sight, also."

"You mean Burgundy knew all along?"

Blue nodded. "Remember how, right before you joined, you rescued me from those Nazi Rats? You came swooping down on your hawk, and I held up my arms--"

"--And I caught you up in the talons," Black remembered. "You and I did that all the time when you were little."

"Yeah, and it does hurt the arms," Blue said, rubbing an arm. Both of them laughed, then Black picked up his walking stick and went to the door.

"I don't care what old 'Dobey' does," he said, addressing Inspector Dobermann with their mocking nickname. "We're going to win this war!"

...Let me toss you a palate cleanser after that horror. This is the very next sentence from the next chapter:

One of Gold Rat's favorite things to do was to fly his eagle over to Inspector Dobermann's place and tease the guard dogs, as well as sometimes whacking Dobermann upside the head.

Hahahaha, awesome.

Anyway. While Black has revealed a tiny bit of his past (he's a sociopath, yet not a murderous one--he just doesn't really "get" people, so he sometimes makes pretty cold decisions), it's still mostly murky for me, but surely does NOT involve Blue Rat, or sky pirates. Meanwhile, Blue hasn't revealed anything to me yet, so aside from what I mentioned above, he's a blank slate in need of development. I can say with certainty, however, that the story given above no longer applies in the least!

For now, Blue's--and Black's--backgrounds have to remain undeveloped, but that just means they should make for some interesting plot additions later on.

[Blue Rat 2023 [‎Friday, ‎November ‎3, ‎2023, ‏‎1:00:15 AM]]

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[dianeantonestudio]

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Have you got white? Then let me show you a technique to create a beautiful background that makes the sunflower really POP in your painting, with no need for difficult or demanding skills. You’ll be amazed at how will your painting turns out! 

Today we're going to hold on to the last of the summer and paint a sunflower - but this time with a twist, using a method I've been having a lot of fun with recently. We'll start with bright and intense colors, hardly mixed at all, and then add the secret ingredient to create a soft, cosy, moody feel to the painting. This step by step sunflower tutorial is great for breaking free - and also for practising negative painting.

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Chapters: 00:00 Today's painting subject and materials 01:02 Sketching the sunflower 02:49 Painting the background layer 07:12 Painting a layer of white on top 10:55 Painting the centre and petals of the sunflower 13:15 Skillshare recommendations and special offer 15:25 Drawing details in white Posca pen 17:13 More painted details in the sunflower 20:19 Painting the leaves 22:02 Final details, mostly in pen, to create contrast

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[mellyorablack]

Hello Melly,

I had forgotten that QEII knighted Elton in 1998. I corrected my tagline to Sir Elton John 🎹. I’m sure you approve 👍.

The last CD I bought was “Live In Australia with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra” in 1987, the year I got married. I haven’t tracked him since. Now, I can’t conclusively prove that my marriage had anything to do with me falling away from following my teenage musical idol, but 25 years later, in 2012, that same wife abruptly abandoned our German Shepherds and me. You may feel free to draw your own inferences 🧙.

I do, however, have all his vinyl from “Empty Sky”, in 1969 when I was 8 years old, to “Blue Moves” in 1976, from which I drew “Tonight”, including the soundtrack to the movie “Friends” and 11-17-70, recorded in front of a very small live audience at the A&R Recording Studio in New York City and broadcast live over WABC-FM (yes, radio was “a thing” back in my day, the Paleolithic 🦕).

“Tonight” is very very good. The sweeping instrumentals are quite moving, but my all-time favorite, of the songs with which I am aware, absolutely has to be “Skyline Pigeon” from “Empty Sky”. I think it sounds more like a hymn than a mellow rock song.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an obsession in my teenage years. He showcased a Manic-Depressive, since rebranded “bi-polar”, character all the way back in 1887, when the prevailing consensus on people with somewhat different mental states was that they were all dangerous psychopaths.

If you haven’t seen Jeremy Brett’s performances as the moody violinist, do yourself a favor. Check it out.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Brett

When I was just a wee lad, I was introduced to Holmes by Basil Rathbone in the HollyWeird films dating to 1939 - 1946. Until I was old enough to actually read the books I had no idea how horribly these movies were presenting Conan Doyle and Holmes. They FLAT OUT SUCKED !

On another topic that appears to be of interest to you, I grew up watching William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takai and Nichelle Nichols going where no one had gone before.

When word broke of the imminent arrival of “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, when I was in Graduate School and had precious little spare time, I was highly skeptical. I was not at all impressed with the first season. Picard was a two dimensional, stiff cut-out who couldn’t make the most minor decisions without input from everyone on the bridge.

But Dr. Beverly Crusher immediately drew my attention for obvious reasons 😍. Gates McFadden. SO Fine!

By season two things really started to take off, although I believe that is when they replaced Dr. Crusher with “Nurse Diesel” aka Dr. Pulaski. From there it just got better. The two part “The Best Of Both Worlds” was an incredible piece of television, more akin to a major motion picture.

Kirk has his admirers, but if I had to face off in battle with one of the Captains of the Enterprise I would pick Kirk every single time!

Kirk, at times, can be rash, not overly analytical (reference the Kobyashi Maru ploy), and occasionally allows his ego to get the best of him.

By contrast, Picard is a master strategist, dispassionate, always thinking three steps ahead of his opponent and a profoundly erudite man who has benefited from countless generations of military officers, battles both major and minor, Psychology, Sociology and a variety of other academic disciplines.

I bought a new iPhone 11 in March which included one free month of Paramount+ streaming service. They have a two season, so far, series “Picard”. If you like STNG, you will love “Picard”! It outclasses STNG in every conceivable way. Sir Patrick Stewart takes Picard to an even richer, more seasoned and more human, including foibles and frailties, place than we have ever seen before.

O.K. I’ve prattled on long enough. I see, from your blog, that you are heavy into early Elton John, even before his “glasses” phase, so here is a not so fun historical fact. The physical characteristics of the soundtrack album from the movie “Friends” are utterly atrocious! It is incredibly thick, has zero flexibility, weighs as much as four regular vinyl record albums, and the audio quality is barely low-fi. Obviously a low budget production.

Well, I typed until I stopped.

Woof!

Canis Terribilis

Hello Sir,

Wow, that was a long message and I'll try to give it justice with my reply.

I have to admit I only really got into Elton's music about 2 years ago after watching Rocketman and reading his autobiography. O mean, his music's always been there somehow and when I started listening to his albums I was surprised at how many songs I already knew and loved. I remember loving Nikita when it came out and rocking out to Made In England in my dad's car. But it took me until recently to understand his genius. Tonight is one song that has me in awe of his musical talent! One of my favourite songs is also Skyline Pigeon but in the piano version. And you are quite right about the hymn-reference. Elton himself said that about the song. 'When in doubt, write a hymn' is one of my favourite Elton-quotes.

I am heavily in his 70s music but also love what he's done in his later years. The Union, Songs From The West Coast and The Captain & The Kid are masterpieces! His voice is amazing in every decade and his collaborations with Bernie are unmatched.

I could ramble on about him but I also want to turn to the other topics you mentioned.

I've been a fan of Sherlock Holmes for as long as I can remember, read all the stories and watched many films and shows. I love Jeremy Brett! He and Benedict Cumberbatch are my fave Sherlocks. I agree on the Basil Rathbone-series. It is enjoyable but especially in the later episodes it's cringeworthy.

I started being a Trekkie in 1989 when Next Generation first aired in Germany. I loved it from the get go, especially Data. Picard is my favourite captain, I would trust him with my life! I watched the first season of Picard but was utterly disappointed with the last ep. It ridiculed everything that was good about the show. Haven't come around to watching the latest season, I hope it's better. I love the original series (as well as the reboot) and Voyager but never really got into Deep Space Nine or the new Show, Discovery.

Well, I hope I covered all of the topics. 😊 Have a great day!

Melly

[anatee]

Sirius Black x Reader

Content: adult Sirius (only in age tho) & adult fem!reader, OotP, short; slight smut in the presence of other people?

"Is there anything else you have found out, Severus?" Dumbledore asked, inclining his head towards Snape.

"Indeed." He nodded. "The Dark Lord intends to..." he began to pass the important information to everyone gathered at the Order's meeting at Grimmauld Place. Sirius, who was sitting on the other side of the table, as far from Snape from possible, rolled his eyes.

"Eh, I don't wanna listen to this slimy git. Do I have to?" he whispered to Y/N on his left, almost nibbling her ear, and so quietly only she could hear him (and Remus on his right side, but he pretended not to).

It was hard, pretending not to be in a relationship with Sirius while he was acting like this. But they both knew very well they could not let anyone find out about them; she was an Auror, and if the Ministry knew... They could track her to get to him.

"Sirius, even my patience has its limits," she replied. "I don't like him either, but it may be important," she added in a whisper.

"I'm just boooored," Sirius whined like a kid, slouching in his chair. He sighed and looked around the dining room for some kind of entertainment.

And then, finally, he looked down and smiled mischievously.

He sat straight up again and then slowly moved his hand under the table to put it on Y/N's thigh. She noticed immediately and looked at him with wide eyes.

"What are you doing?" she whispered.

"Listening to Snape, of course," he replied obviously, not even looking at her, then started slowly running his hand up and down her thigh.

Y/N knew it was useless to try stopping him; it would only attract unwanted attention, so at first she didn't even bat an eye. However, time passed, and Sirius also began to squeeze her "innocently".

But how could something that Sirius Black was doing be innocent?

They were both competitive, so Y/N still tried to pretend it had no effect on her whatsoever. However, when he moved his hand a little too high, she couldn't suppress a sigh.

"Black," she mouthed, and he just smiled. He had not heard a word Snape said, but looked back at him, not bothering to move his hand anywhere.

Remus, who was sitting closest to them, didn't dare turn his head towards them - almost as if he knew what was going on. Nobody else seemed to notice... Y/N was praying Moody didn't notice, as his blue eye could easily see through the table. Sirius, however, wasn't quite finished yet.

His hand found its way between her legs and he began rubbing her through the material of her trousers. He began agonisingly slow, only to pick up the pace suddenly as she let out a gasp. She hated herself for it, but there was just no way to stop it.

Remus definitely noticed, but he just pretended not to. Unfortunately, he wasn't the only one.

"Is there anything wrong, Y/N, dear?" Molly asked worriedly from across the table.

"No, no... I'm sorry, Mrs. Weasley," she replied even though everything was wrong as Sirius kept on drawing circles with his thumb.

Y/N just knew Moody could see what was going on by the way he glanced towards them, but he didn't say anything as well. Snape only cleared his throat, having sent her a glare, and then continued what he was saying as if there was no interruption.

Black couldn't stop smiling to himself. He stopped rubbing her and instead, his hand found its way underneath har waist. She shot him a severe look which made him have even more fun. His fingers found the flesh in between her legs and she covered her face so the others would not see her blush.

Sirius decided to tease her even more. He pressed his hand further between her legs, feeling the wet skin, and didn't move his hand until the end of the meeting... He just kept it there, making her go crazy.

"Well, today I have finally found something interesting about these meetings," he said, standing up as the members of the Order were leaving the room. His fingers were still glistening... And it seemed to amuse him.

"Oh, really?" Y/N said, looking at him in disbelief. He just smirked.

"I'm going to strangle you for this," she whispered and then realised what she had said.

"Please do," he replied immediately, causing her to shake her head in disappointment.

The Weasley kids started to gather in the kitchen, but Sirius still had no problem in whispering:

"But you liked it, I felt it."

"There are kids, Sirius," she hissed, inclining her head towards Ginny who has just entered the room.

"There will be kids made, Y/N."

"I hate you," she replied, even though both of them knew it was a lie.

It was getting late, that's why Y/N said goodbye to everyone soon and then left Grimmauld Place... Or at least she pretended to do so.

She made a show of closing the door with a loud thud, then quickly Disapparated... Just to appear in Sirius' locked bedroom.

He was already on the bed and smiled genuinely when she appeared.

"You just couldn't wait, could you? " she asked sternly. "We could've got caught! Not to mention what you did to me, Black..." she hissed as he spread out his arms, ready to hug her.

"Come here so I can make it up to you."

#fanfiction #ff #harry potter #sirius #sirius black #sirius black x reader #sirius x reader #smut #marauders #hp #potterhead #black #order of the phoenix

[writingforyourpleasure]

I have a thing for Car wash

Genre: NonIdol!AU, SummerJob!AU

Pairing: OT7 x Reader

Summary: You do car wash as a summer job each year. But this year , 7 new employees are added to the mix.

Word Count: 2k

Warnings: none

A/N: Thoses Butter's concept photoshoot are gonna be the death of me ...

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Summer’s Job never been dreamy or appealing you always preferred to stay home and play games or hangout with your friends.

You were doing the same summer job from your high school’s years throughout your UNI years, this year was the last year where you could work at the same gas station you usually spent your summer’s at. You were quite happy about this news because your work there wasn’t really enjoyable to say the least.

You were working as car washer.

The staff was limited to you and Gladys. Gladys was an Australian grandma’ with an heavy accent and a loud voice.

You used to complain about the underpaid job and understaff issue to her each year , but even if she tried her best to pay you more each year, the problem of understaff was remaining.

Plus you had the marvelous advantage , note the irony, to be a woman. So of course you had some guy every now and then asking you for some porn kink including cars and water to you.

And of course as soon as you dared to say to them that it was not respectful of them to ask for such favors , well their ego feeling insecure will make them insult you ‘til Gladys will come out and try to dissolve any trouble. And if they didn’t leave… well then Tallulah will come help you out. Were Gladys was a true perfect cottage core granny , Tallulah her spouse, was a weightlifting Olympics coach. So she was , massive and looked very frightening.

But since she was often occupied most of the time Gladys would have to do the trick , and if too much persistent she would call her little brother Jeff a policeman always coming in and out of the shop to check on things.

It was nice, for a summer or two, but seeing as it’s been years since you were first introduce to this summer’s job to say it became painfully annoying was an understatement.

And this year would be the same…

Or so you though.

Gladys finally took your complains about the car wash job being understaffed and recruited a few people to help out .

When she said a few, you though she was talking about 2 to 3 people.

But no, no non no no no. Gladys took in 7 people !

She promised you your check wouldn’t take any damage by the presence of those new employees , but you sincerely doubt that.

And of course you’ll have to show them around and proceed to show them how to wash a car because of course it’s not like anybody could know how to do it by themselves.

You were moody when that tons of information’s felled down on your head, but now finding yourself in front of the 7 new employees changed everything.

Apparently Gladys misspelled car wash job for model’s photoshoot coz’ those 7 boys were for sure way too beautiful to need a car wash job.

It had to be a prank, right?

So being more self aware in what you’ve been for years you showed carefully those men of to do the job. And no it wasn’t cute or sexy, far from it.

You were dressed in your yellow hoodie and black jogging with flip-flop.

For once you wished you had were those fucking shorts looking like panties more than anything, and a crop top or something similar, like all those freaks watching too much porn often asked you to.

But no , and those guys were dressed in matching outfits in jeans and whites tee.

Even if they were very dreamy swoon over , you had more pressing issues to think about.

Like why one of them started a water fight with another one, and putting a stop to it before one of them put soap into their eyes.

“Okay guys!!! Please stop …? I don’t want to have to report you to Gladys on your first day okay? So keep that behavior for when you’re on your own okay?”

“Sorry , we didn’t meant to …” Said one.

“Huh sorry to interrupt , but none of us seems to have catch your name earlier ?” Said the guy with blue hair.

You liked his hair, it was nice, like blue waves , more darker on the edges and lighter on the center of his scalp. He had such beautiful eyes too, so sharp an-

Oh god , wait did you really lost yourself by admiring him?!

“Huh miss???”

“Y-Yeah !!! Haha my name’s Y/N !” You extended your hand , losing your mind for talking in a higher voice to him , good job at not being suspect Y/N….

And you hated yourself even more for being awkward by presenting your hand to him. But he, on the other hand sensed your discomfort and made your move seem completely normal shaking your hand lightly and giving you a cute smile showing off his dimples.

“Namjoon,…. And those two are Jungkook and Taehyung, and I hate to be the one breaking it to you but we’re probably gonna have a hard time keeping them calm.”

“Oh… Okay” You just ended , looking to the two guys involved in the previous water fight, and looking back to Namjoon’s face. He was calm and put you at ease. Hargh you were staring , good job on not being a freak Y/N .

The one all covered in jean from head to toe approached you, and ever so silently spoke to you.

“Hate to be a bother Y/N, but can I have a bucket to wring out my sponge, please?”

“Huh Yeah of course huh-hu….”

“Yoongi’s the name…”

“Oh huh well yeah let me get that from Gladys to you okay I’ll be back in just a sec Yoongi.”

He nodded very calm much to your dismay as you were starting to feel anxious about advising Gladys for more employees, maybe you should have just shut it.

You entered the store who basked in a sunny light as the morning was starting to begin for most of other people’s in the city.

At the register was one of the new employees, he wore a plaid skirt and converse’s with a white thee and jean shirt. You couldn’t believe how gracious his lips draw themselves on his face. They looked pillowy and as dreamy as the six other’s man out there waiting for you.

“Huh hello ? You might remember me from earlier ? Y/N the foremost employee?”

“Of course I do you’re the sweet mango! “

“I’m sorry what ?”

“The sweet mango ! The color of your sweatshirt look alike a mango!”

“I-I Yeah it does…”

“Would you like another nickname maybe? I’m sorry if this one doesn’t fit your style haha. What about little mouse ?”

“Do I look like a little mouse ?”

“No ,you look like a fucking rat”

Said another voice coming from behind you.

“I beg you pardon?”

You turn over to the masculine voice behind you to find yourself facing a chest. Your eyes flew up to the face of the stranger, ready to take down any bratty client. And you were surprised to face a smiling shit eating brunette man glancing down at you . He was snickering and looking at you like he was mentally undressing you with his eyes.

“Yah ! Jin ! Don’t be rude to our new friend!”

You look down to the content in his arms, some sandwiches squeezed between bottles of water.

“Wait your on job duty ! Why aren’t you with the others ?” You started to take over yourself and focus on your task, keeping everything organized.

“Some of us forgot to bring our lunch to work this morning , so I volunteered to go for it , but you’ve been blocking the line too preoccupied to talk to mister big flirt over there.”

He gestured at the cashier.

“We weren’t flirt-“

“You totally were!” Gladys interrupted you coming out from the back of the shop with several boxes of energy bars .

“Gladys I would ne-“

“Don’t lie to me girl ! Okay Jimin go fill up the shelves with those and Jin , you’re lucky you have a nice face, it’s on the house for today so go back to work will you now?”

“Sure thing Gladys! Thank you so much !” He offered her a wink before smirking down at you , going back to his devices.

“AND SHE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A RAT! BUT YOU SURE TALK LIKE A BRATT!!!” Shouted Gladys at Jin, while a girl was approaching him to take care of her car and asking for his number. He was a blushing mess and Tae had to intervene to talk an eligible sentence to, the poor lost girl, after that.

“Now, Y/N what do you need sweetheart? I mean other than Jimin’s number of course?” She had said it loud enough for Jimin to hear it and bringing a cute smile on his face content of his accomplishments.

“Gladys please stop. “ You warned her with a tired face. She maybe looked old but she was fearless for sure .

“I need extra buckets for the boys, please.”

She leaved the register for what felt only two seconds before bringing over 5 extra buckets for you , to share.

“Thank you , you’re a life savior!”

“I know , should have started a sect when it was trendy.”

You left laughing to her dumb joke , but not before quickly glancing to Jimin. After that event you formed three distinct groups between all of you to get their heads in the game.

But with Jimin busy with helping out Gladys around the store, one of them was standing by himself.

“Okay since your alone I’ll help out for today.”

“Really? Thank you so much I was worried I’ll found myself alone when everyone’s having fun in groups.”

You looked around to indeed found them more busy playing around then actively work in silence .

“Yeah well normally having so much fun isn’t part of the job but I don’t want to kill the mood.”

“I’m Hoseok by the way but you can call me Hobi ! “ He said with a heart shaped smile.

“Y/N. Haha did you had to see Jimin assigning you a nickname too?”

“No this one’s for my crushes .” He said glancing up at you with stars shining eyes behind the comfort of his sunglasses.

“Yah! Hobi Does it mean I’m one of your freaking crushes?!” Yelled a not-so-speechless Jin , across the parking lot.

“Why don’t you come found out ?!” Yelled back a way too enthusiast Hoseok.

The day went by pretty quietly apart from those 7 agents of chaos you were stuck with from now.

Lunch came around pretty quickly and you all went to the back of the shop to have your break there , enjoying the nice breeze of the fan, while chatting.

“So , how come you’re all working here this summer?” You asked between bites of your meal.

“My aunt knows Gladys and told me she was recruiting , and since I was in need of a job I took it.” Said Jimin looking at you oh so charmingly.

“I have a thing for car wash.” Said Jin like it was completely normal.

“Your such a weirdo something hyung I swear… I was in need of a summer job saw the flyers by the campus and thought why not ? Here I am.”

Replied Jungkook slowly slurping down his noodles.

“We wanted to prove some sexist asshole that , no it wasn’t , a job only reserved to women.” Said a disgusted Namjoon swallowing quickly his part of the sandwich.

“I want to be a social entrepreneur.”

Said Taehyung leaving you with wide eyes.

“How is that related to bein-“

“If I succeed to make this place a rentable place from just the car wash then I could do anything.”

“And how would you do that ?” asked Jin dismissing his lunch to look over at Taehuyng.

“What about a photoshoot?”

#bts x reader #bts poly au #bts #bts imagines #bts fanfic #bts fic #bts namjoon #bts taehyung #bts jungkook #bts yoongi #bts butter #butter #ot7 x reader #ot7 drabble #ot7 fic #kpop x reader #kpop fic #kpop fanfic #namjoon #namjoon x reader #hoseok x reader #hoseok fluff #bts fluff #yoongi fic #yoongi imagine #yoongi x reader #taehyung x reader #jungkook x reader #jimin x reader #bts army

[twopoppies]

Hi Ginaa I really like your blog and is there any fics you know with a spotify playlist? Thank you a lot 💛💛💛

Hi sugar. Thank you for such a unique request. This was a lot of fun to put together. I hope you find some fics here you haven’t read yet, and that you enjoy listening to all the great music!

Danger I Can’t Hide by CelticSky (E, 227K) This one’s got all the tension and drama you’d expect of a World War II story—life and death high stakes, friends and lovers unexpectedly torn apart, battles and heroism, plus the added stakes of classism and homophobia—then add a slow burn, high risk, scorching love affair spanning years. If you want a story that’s complex and fantastically researched, plus lovers to root for, read it. It’s long. But I couldn’t put it down. Playlist.

babydoll blues by devilinmybrain / @thedevilinmybrain​ (E, 112K) At last, the full-fledged, dirty, sugar baby fic we needed. Harry's character is so layered and so beautifully drawn, I just fell in love with him. Louis is sexy and powerful and also tender and sweet, just how I imagine the actual Louis to be. This author wrote one of my favorite fics of 2021, so I was really excited to dive into this one. They really know how to set a scene and draw you in to their characters. Scorching smut scenes, excellent use of side characters, and some angst that fully made me cry. Definitely worth a read!

Literally Making Love by Brooklyn_Babylon / @twopoppies (E, 30K)

Holding up one of the android's eyes to the workshop’s windows, he smiled as the light picked up the gold flecks in the pale green of his irises. Louis had always paid attention to even the tiniest details.

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All Louis intended to do was rescue someone in need from loneliness. He had no idea it would be himself.

Mine Would Be You by @crinkle-eyed-boo (E, 115K) Beautifully written, flawed characters and an emotionally engaging and ANGSTY plot. Super hot smut that made me cry like a fool. Banter, OT5 friendship, and the gritty realness of New York as a backdrop. Loved this one. Playlist.

Have Love, Will Travel by @kingsofeverything (E, 97K) This is a sweet, romantic, summer road trip friends to lovers fic. I really enjoyed being along for the ride as these boys got to know each other. Playlist

teenage dreams in a teenage circus by orphan_account (E, 51K) I read this one ages ago, so my memory of why I liked it is vague. But I’m always here for the “my best friend’s brother suddenly got really hot” trope. Playlist.

Tired, Tired Sea by mediawhore / @mediawhorefics (M, 113K) Always a favorite author, this one is beautifully descriptive and moody and charming. I was anxiously waiting for this one from the first drabbles I saw on Tumblr. I loved the way Harry’s character unfolded and let Louis in, the way Louis made space for him in his life (and heart), and the way Harry’s character struggled with and eventually found a way to live and be happy with his fame. Playlist.

Can I lay by your side? by Star_Henderson / @tommosgun (E, 60K) There are a few of this author’s fics that I’ve read multiple times. This is one of them. It’s just sexy and soft and a little heartbreaking. But a happy ending, of course! Playlist.

Caught By the Sun by metal_eye / @metal-eye (M, 19K) Sometimes you just stumble on a fic that moves you deeply and makes you feel a lot and sits with you after you’ve finished it. This was one of those fics for me. It’s beautifully written in a quiet, poetic way. It’s thoughtful, and intimate, and full of memories that are both melancholy and beautiful in all the right ways and at all the right times. And it’s a fic that’s not been read nearly enough. Playlist.

Here in The Afterglow by fondleeds (NR, 87K) This author just blows me away each time they share something. There’s such an incredible sense of being immersed in the world they create. This one is so moving and painful and, ultimately, joyous. Playlist.

Say Hallelujah, Say Goodnight by alivingfire (E, 110K) This is an epic Angel and Demon fic that I still think about from time to time. It’s action packed throughout, heartbreaking at points, and full of beautifully written passages. A wild ride from start to finish. Playlist. 

however do you want me, however do you need me by moonshinelouis (E, 7K) I just love a bit of baby boyfriends and kink exploration. This one does it so well. Playlist.

Close to Nowhere by @angelichl (E, 35K) I really enjoyed the unique story and the way Harry and Louis relate to each other in this one. It’s fun and quirky and sexy and keeps you on the edge until the end. Definitely worth checking out. Both Harry and Louis are psychics. Playlist. 

Just Tell Me the Song and I’ll Sing It by myownspark / @myownsparknow (NR, 40K) This author is really something special. This is one of their longest fics and it’s just slow burn flirting and falling in love. Their relationship is gentle and romantic, plus Harry in a baseball uniform is a wonderful bonus. Playlist.

Take from me my lace (and lipstick too heavy for summer) by metal_eye / @metal-eye (M, 2K) Don’t ask me how this author fits so much beauty and so much depth into so few words. But they do it every time. Read their fics. And go yell and them about how beautiful everything they write is. Playlist.

Sodalite & Adventurine by @forreveries (E, 81K) Gay pirate adventure that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat until the end. Amazing chemistry, great world building, super sexy smut, and beautiful writing. Do yourself a favor and read it! Playlist. 

the best part of me (was always you) by @moonshinelouis (E, 6K) Gorgeous writing. The descriptions of heartbreak and missing someone and still loving them were really well done. And I cried. Of course. Playlist. 

The Finish Line (Is A Good Place For Us To Start) by LoadedGunn (E, 122K) F1 racers Louis and Harry. I really need to read this again because it’s been ages. But suffice it to say that this author always delivers with pacing, smut, and an exciting story. This time we’ve got race car drivers, great banter, and great OT5 friendship. Playlist.

Sanctuary by metal_eye / @metal-eye (2-part series, 4K, mixed ratings) oh man, what can I say about these incredible fics. They’re like pure poetry. Last year I came across the first part of this series and it took my breath away. The writing is rich and poetic and deeply, deeply moving. It’s the sort of quiet story that can often be overlooked in a fandom full of multi-chaptered, showier works, but it is no less worthy of praise. I think the fact that this author manages to create such a heart wrenchingly beautiful portrait of love, loss, commitment, and desire in just under 4,000 words is amazing. Playlist. 

I’ll be Your Love Tonight by @dinosaursmate​ (E, 20K) 90s AU. There’s something about this fic that just feels slow and dreamy. I’ve read t a few times and I just love how they fall into each other and keep extending the night because they don’t want to part ways. Playlist.

Ain’t That A Kick In The Head! by keyshmashlesbian, wreckingtomlinson (karasunonolibero) (T, 22K) Honestly one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. Famous!Louis, disaster gay not-famous Harry. Also includes great OT5 friendship, great banter, and a lot of laughs. Playlist. 

You can’t blame gravity (for falling in love) by star_k / @perfectdagger (E, 28K) This is just charming and sexy and I loved how Louis doesn’t try to change Marcel. Playlist. 

Kiwi by fondleeds (M, 24K) honestly I have trouble putting down anything this author writes…they just build a setting and detail characters in a way that I find really compelling. This one maybe feels slightly OOC, but it’s such a good read I didn’t care at all. Playlist. 

I’m sure I have more, but this is so long already!

#fics with a playlist #playlist #my fic rec #larry fic rec #Anonymous

[tsukikoayanosuke]

(game version )(Watch the original MV here)

(gacha club version)

Etsumi Akizora (秋空 絵津美, akizora etsumi) is cool yet sometimes moody 1st year who loves fashion, sweet snacks and cute things, and has a talent as a DJ.

Biographical Information:

Name: Etsumi Akizora (秋空 絵津美, akizora etsumi) Based on/Face Claim: Vivid Bad Squad / Shiraishi An Gender: Non-binary Pronoun: They/them, “boku” Age: 16 Birthday: 8 December Height: 160 cm Eye color: Orange Hair color: Black with blue tips

Professional Status:

Dorm: Melodiva Uniform Color: Pink Preferred Style: Hip-hop and street pop/rock School Year: First year Class: 1-A, seat number 16 Occupation: Student, animator on YouTube Club: Art and Photography Club Homeland: Kingdom of Vivid

Fun Facts:

Dominant Hand: Left Favorite Food: Pancake and coffee Least Favorite Food: Carrot Dislike: Ghost and scary story, taking pets a bath, silence and being alone Hobby: Drawing, designing clothes, people-watching, late-night baking, listening to very loud music, watching models show Talents: Barista, costume making, photography, rapping and beatboxing

Personality:

Etsumi is colorful. They are cool but sometimes moody. They don’t have any problem in being blunt when needed to, but rarely ever spoke their opinion. They’re also quite smart and loves looking through some symbolism and deeper meaning, like flower-language and color theory. They adore being able to express themselves through colors. They aren’t really thinking much about their future, preferring to go with the flow of life.

Loneliness was something Etsumi very familiar with. They had a hard time making friends because they never find a perfect group where they truly belong. They’re worried that one slip from their mouth and everyone would leave them. Thus, they drowned themselves in loud music and animatic. Despite knowing it was a parasocial relationship with their subscribers, at least it was something, right?

Backstory:

Etsumi was born in a loving family who is always supportive of them. Their father is a hip/hop artist and DJ who often perform in the underground street club. Their mother is a cafe owner and they often help around. 

Their father was the one who taught them everything about music and colorful life on the street. When they first made their graffiti together on the side of the cafe building, Etsumi knew they wanted more. They always followed their father when he was performing with his band and often bringing drinks for the adults. Once day, they wanted sing on stage and created a duo with their friends who was also the son of their dad’s friend, Neku Masaki. Neku also invited two new friends, making them a quartet named ‘Stray Dogs’.

Etsumi thought that they had found a good friend group. That was until they accidentally overheard about the other members of Stray Dogs talking about them behind their back, including Neku. That crushed them and later started to put a distance between them, giving excuses as they started to become a animator on YouTube. Soon, the sparks was gone and Stray Dogs was disband and Etsumi lost contact with all of them, with the exception of Neku who last they heard was pursuing his dream to be a magic doctor while Etsumi still lives in the world of music. 

Etsumi later enrolled to Hourglass Station Academy, mostly because it has a good connection with the music industry.

Unique Magic:

“Colorful Palette”

An ability to conjure any color as they wish, whether it was in form of a smoke/gas or changing anything they touch.

Trivia:

While Etsumi represents the Vivid Bad Squad band members, they also have many similarities with 25-ji, Nightcord de.’s member Akiyama Mizuki.

Their surname  is a combination of 秋 (aki) which means “autumn” and 空 (sora) which means “sky”.  While Their first name is a combination of 絵 (e) which means “picture, drawing, painting, sketch”, 津 (tsu) which means “harbor”, 美 (mi) which means “beautiful”

Their birthday is the release date of Forward in the Project Sekai JP server.

Her gacha hairstyle is inspired from An Encounter Linked Through a CD card

#twisted wonderland #disney twisted wonderland #twst #twisted wonderland oc #twst oc #hourglass station academy #melodiva #etsumi akizora

[vampiresuns]

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It’s Nana’s parents!!! [Insert Screaming Cat meme] Louisa is on the right, and Vlad on the left. Here’s a short bio and some fun facts under the cut:

🫀 Louisa De Silva 🫀

Name: Louisa Aureliana De Silva Lascal.

Meaning of the name: ‘Louisa’ means famous battle, ‘Aureliana’ means golden, gilded. She is named after her paternal grandmother (Louisa) and her mother (Aureliana).

Nicknames: Lulu, Lu, Lucha, Luchita (Lucha is the spanish diminutive for ‘Luisa’, it is, also a pun on ‘fight’, which in spanish is also “lucha”).

Family: Joaquín De Silva (father), Aureliana Lascal (Mother), Paris De Silva (younger sister, owns the Moonstone and Jasmine, the magic shop), Alma De Silva (younger sister), Aelius Anatole (son).

Place of birth: City of Altazor, Altazor, Antiqulla region (the westernmost end of the Bulan range)

Favourite Food: Pollo arvejado, with a side of rice and fries.

Favourite Drink: Chicha, with a lot of ice.

Favourite Flower: Dandelions

Birthday: Feb 22nd

Age: Mid to late fifties

Height: 5′7

Zodiac: Aquarius sun, Sagittarius moon, Pisces rising.

Patron Arcana: The Lovers, and Knight of Wands

Upright: partnerships, duality, union, Reversed: loss of balance, one-sidedness, disharmony  

Upright: action, adventure, fearlessness, Reversed: anger, impulsiveness, recklessness     

Gender & Orientation: Cis woman, bisexual.

Languages spoken: Alzor, Venterrean, Vesuvian Common Tongue, Balkovian, some Zadithi.

Magic: N/A, though Vlad has taught her a significant amount of alchemy, she is no magician.

Familiar: N/A

Occupation: Doctor

🥀 Vlad Radošević 🥀

Name: Vladislav Elyseo Radošević-Cassano

Meaning of the name: ‘Vlad’ means rule, and ‘slav’ means glory. ‘Elyseo’ comes from Elysium and means blissful. His middle name is after Elysian Juriša-Radošević, his grandmother.

Nicknames: Vlad, Eli (used exclusively by Valerian), Moj Mali (used exclusively by Mircea, means ‘my little one’)

Family: Matilda Cassano (biological mother, deceased), Krešmir Radošević (biological father, deceased), Mircea Radoševic (uncle and adoptive father), Florentino Cassano (uncle and adoptive father), Valeriy ‘Valerius’ Radoševic-Cassano (younger brother), Aelius Anatole (son).

Place of birth: Vesuvia — he considers himself Balkovian, however.

Favourite Food: Seafood peka.

Favourite Drink: The Blood Of His Enemies Coffee and Grapefruit soda, not together.

Favourite Flower: Heather, Tansy.

Birthday: October 25th

Age: Late fifties to 60.

Height: 6′5

Zodiac: Scorpio sun, Aries moon, Virgo rising.

Patron Arcana: The Lovers and King of Cups

Upright: partnerships, duality, union, Reversed: loss of balance, one-sidedness, disharmony  

Upright: compassion, control, balance, Reversed: coldness, moodiness, bad advice

Gender & Orientation: Cis man, bisexual.

Languages spoken: Balkovian, Vesuvian Common Tongue, Venterrean, Zadithi, Alzor, Nevivic, Hesperian. His Prakran is abysmal, but he can read it.

Magic: Alchemy.

Familiar: Cyrila ‘Kiki’ and Cecilia ‘Keke’, two Somali cats. You tell them apart because Kiki looks like she’s never produced a single thought in her life, and Keke because she looks like she thinks you’re a humongous idiot.

Occupation: Alchemist, researcher. 

Fun facts 🫀🥀

Vlad’s rapier (all the R-C have one) is called ‘Beheaded Voivode’. He can set the blade aflame through Alchemy.

Louisa was exiled from Altazor at the age of 20, then lived in Venterre and Zadith, were she finished her medical studies. She moved to Balkovia for what was supposed to be a 6 months programme and scientific coven, but then she met Vlad and she ended up staying. She was exiled for opposing the dictatorial regime existing in the country.

While Louisa knows alchemy —which she learnt to become a better doctor— she doesn’t consider herself a magic user. She, however, can lend her life force to Vlad if the need arises. This creates a unity of energy between them which Vlad can channel into more powerful alchemy. This is because they’re beneficiaries of The Lovers.

Thematically both of them are about breaking bad parenting cycles. Vlad’s parents were notoriously irresponsible, neglectful and despondent parents, with Matilda being even cruel and purposefully hurtful. Louisa’s were extremely unaccommodating, strict to the point of traumatising and extremely hypocritical. Neither of them wished to have children until they realised they could do it together.

Vlad and Louisa did not marry until the war in Balkovia ended. It began months before Anatole was born, and it ended when he was around the ages of three/four.

Vlad calls Anatole ‘Lilu’ and ‘Lily’, it comes from little.

Vlad’s monocle is functional. It’s made of alchemy altered glass and it’s the design of a group of fellow alchemists and Vlad himself. He has very little vision on his left eye due to almost blowing up a room trying to stabilise fireroot. He was successful, making him the first person to ever stabilise the compound through a stable, long-lasting method. In the future, Anatole uses his father’s alchemic breakthrough to provide public lighting to the streets of Vesuvia. This method is currently used in Balkovia for public buildings, since it requires very little money to run.

Both of them are quick tempered, but understanding with people they love. It’s if they don’t like you the problem.

Originally, Vlad thought Louisa was an alchemist because she was describing the process of lightening up a Molotov.

Louisa knows how to use firearms. She learnt in Altazor, when she began getting involved in the fight and protest against the dictatorship in it. She still has good aim, but is out of practice and prefers it that way. She prefers to focus in ways to help those affected.

Her best medicine is ER medicine and field medicine. She is trained to be a war doctor and was a volunteer when time permitted in the Balkovian war.

While Louisa’s relationship with her parents eased with time, it is not good. She prefers to keep them at a distance.

Originally, Aureliana and Joaquín opposed Louisa marrying Vlad. They even tried to make her go back to Altazor or at least Venterre when the war began, but Louisa told them she would rather take out her own femur and eat it. She, clearly, harboured a lot of resentment for them, as they were key to her exile. 

Louisa’s favourite Radošević outside of her husband was Elysian. It was the first time she had a positive role model whose politics were the same as hers, and didn’t punish her for it.

Vlad’s biggest personality trait is ‘I Love My Wife, I Love My Son’.

Louisa was one of the few doctors to treat poor people in Vesuvia who caught the Plague.

Vlad can only draw objects (for invention designs) and buildings.

Both of them read a lot. It’s not weird to find them having reading dates.

Vlad has a series of Alchemic symbols tattooed around his wrist. He uses them as magic on-the-go.

When raising Anatole, they privileged communication, autonomy, self-expression and support more than anything else. Even through his argumentative teenager phase.

Speaking of their son, Anatole takes after Louisa in terms of politics, moral compass, and determination to see things done and to do what is right.

Vlad’s politics can be summarised in “If you’re told not to tamper with the shelf, and you do, and it falls on your head, then that was your own damn fault”.

Whenever Vlad began brooding because he was “sure” Louisa didn’t like him, his cats bit him.

Louisa housed and protected her sister Paris when she ran away from Altazor looking for her, upon discovering the real reason why her sister was sent away. Paris showed up out of the blue at her doorstep. Their other sister, Alma, helped her orchestrate the escape.

Louisa gets ready in 30 minutes, tops. Vlad in 2 hours.

While Valerius acts like he can’t stand her, he actually loves and respects Louisa a ridiculous amount.

Vlad is more emotional than Louisa but has more trouble showing it. He’s gotten better with time.

Vlad sails. Louisa always makes fun of him for being insanely competitive, but joke’s on her because she’s just as bad. As a true Aquarius sun and a Sag moon, she hates being told what to do. Whenever she gets like that, Vlad just looks at her with heart eyes.

Vlad is closest to Violeta Radošević, Milenko’s mother, out of his generation of cousins. 

Except for formal occasions, Louisa doesn’t wear shirts or dresses that go past her ankles. Prefers them to the calf, as she needs to be able to move freely (she moves a lot).

It’s very likely Louisa is the one with undiagnosed ADHD out of the two of them, hence where Nana gets it from. She’s never checked. 

Louisa loves dancing (so does Vlad but he hates admitting it), and she taught Anatole most of what she knew. As she grew up, she was constantly in dancing lessons, inspired by her own mother’s love of ballroom dancing. It’s one of the few things she’s fully grateful about.

This is more of a language fun fact than anything else, but Alzor and Nopali are extremely similar languages, and are almost virtually interchangeable.

They both stand by ‘one child is enough’ but end up adopting all of Anatole’s friends on accident, sometimes, even his partners a little, depending on the verse we are in.

Finally, out of the Arcana canon characters, Vlad would get along the best with Nadia, Salim and Aisha. Louisa would get along the best with Nadia, Julian and Portia.

#the radosevic-cassano #vlad radosevic #louisa de silva #vlad and louisa #the arcana #the arcana oc

[falcor-thee-luck-dragon]

Klaus x Powered Reader

Summary: Reader is part of the umbrella academy but came when they were 12 due to parents needing help for them, ya know controlling powers and whatnot. They can shapeshift into any animal and their senses are heightened n such.

Warnings: bloody, fighting bad guys, bit of Klaus fluff

You know that moment in a movie where they freeze frame and then the character says something like “you’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.”

Yeah with Klaus you have those moments more times then you could count. In fact, if you had a dollar for every time Klaus has gotten you into a freeze frame moment. (And you’ve thought about this often.)

You could probably afford a real nice apartment with actual food in its fridge. Instead of living at the Academy with some apples and Klaus’ latest alcoholic beverage.

But alas, here you are in a back alley as Klaus’ bodyguard waiting for some Italian mafia members to come get their money that he owes them. Well that’s what you’re assuming but Klaus insists they’re just some moody tough guys. Okay sure.

You watch Klaus as he paces back and forth in front of you counting his cash for about the 50th time in the past 10 minutes.

Klaus stops abruptly and turns to you with a smile, “You know what I love about you, Y/N, every time I think things could get worse I look at your pretty face and I know you got me.”

Sighing in knowing annoyance you look up at him, “Are you short.”

Klaus snorts, “No actually I’m pretty long.” He says with wink.

You look up to the sky trying not to crack, you couldn’t give him the satisfaction even if it was funny, not the time or place. Especially considering his dumbass is short some cash he definitely owes very soon.

You look over to Klaus again and raise an eyebrow.

“Alright how much?”

He twiddles is fingers while avoiding your curious gaze. “Oh you know...a couple hundred or so.”

“So that’s why I’m here, emotional support my ass”, You say rolling your eyes a bit amused nonetheless.

Klaus may be an idiot but he’s funny and kind and you love him. Also you do enjoy beating up gangsters or whoever these thugs of the hour are.

Folding your arms while giving Klaus a smirk you tell him, “Well your friends better get their asses here cause when they do. I’m gonna knock their teeth in for making us wait in this shit ally. I’ve been suppressing the urge to vomit for 10 minutes.”

He nods in agreement, glad you’re not about to rip him a new one for his latest antics.

“Wait, does it really smell that bad, I mean the dumpster is at the other end of the ally.” He says in confusion.

You put your hands on your hips glancing at the dumpster and then focusing on Klaus.

“I’ve got the whole animal kingdom inside me Klaus, I know you can kinda smell that dumpster from here, but listen. For me it’s 1000x worse and let me tell you it doesn’t smell like a bath and body works around here.”

Klaus laughs scratching the back of his head, “Right, right, sorry.”

Suddenly a sketchy looking black car rolls into the ally, coming to a halt as three angry looking men walk out. Clearly hiding something within their coats, the “leader” it seems steps up and speaks.

“You betta have that 1,000 you owe us right fucking now you little theif, I don’t appreciate you takin’ my mother’s gold necklace, rest her soul.” He growls.

Klaus raises his hands up, “Listen buddy, you stole that from your own mother at her funeral...and let me tell you she’s not to happy about it.” He says looking to his left where you assume this guys dead mother is standing.

The bald guy behind him shakes his head and says, “So fuckin what? We needed that shit for other important purposes raccoon eyes.”

Klaus now lost as to where this situation is about to turn looks over at you clearly needing assistance. While mouthing “help me”.

Walking past him you hold your hands up showing you have nothing to hide, “Now that’s not very nice, a real shit personality, your mother would be very disappointed in how you’ve turned out. Cause let’s be honest it’s not like your looks are doing anything for you either.” You say snickering trying to see how they’ll react.

The first guy smirks reaching into his coat to pull out a nasty looking knife. “See this right here, I’m a good old fashioned man, I don’t believe in guns.”

You raise your eyebrows at him, “Oh well in that case we should all be quite relieved then.”

Looking behind him you notice as his two friends pull their own weapons out, which consists of a hammer and some type of meat hook.

“Klaus couldn’t have picked an easier bunch of idiots to fuck up then these psychos.” You thought.

The bald one begins to move brushing past the first guy looking like he’s seeing red.

“Jesus, man I didn’t mean to offend, I’m just making friendly conversation.” You muse.

Baldy begins to charge holding up his hammer ready to strike. “Come here you bitch, that’s my husband you’re talking to.”

He swings as you side step him, tripping him as he falls directly onto the concrete. Conveniently dropping the hammer in the process. Klaus being the ever troublesomely fantastic sidekick, picks up the hammer and throws it at you.

Gripping the hammer tightly, baldy rises from the ground faster then you’d expected mouth bloody and boiling with rage.

But in a hot second his bearded buddy in crime sprints towards you with his meat hook seemingly out of nowhere.

Klaus yells for you to watch out but you didn’t even need to look, this guys heart beat is louder then a firework and you’re faster then a viper, your senses on overload. As you turn around in record time to grab the guys right arm with the meat hook.

With your left hand tight around this guys beefy one you hold on and push his assault giving him more power. Effectively fulfilling your plan and leading the hook right into baldys chest. Who was fortunately running towards you.

A split second later with the hammer in your right hand you swing it forcefully into the guys shins. Hearing a sweet sickly crunch sound and the wild howls protruding from your assailants throat.

“Sorry I didn’t know you were married.”

“Fuck you!” He screams.

You look up hearing the sting of metal being swung in the wind, to see a knife heading straight for your throat.

With lighting reflexes you grab his wrist, the knife inches from your vulnerable skin.

Klaus gasps in the background terrified and relieved at not getting your throat slit.

You turn your fingernails to sharp cat-like claws that dig dangerously into his flesh, causing hot blood to drip out. The man drops the knife and grimaces in pain.

“I don’t know about you but I don’t think my boyfriend owes you three motherfuckers shit.” You growl, eyes beginning to glow an electric blue while the whites of your eyes shift to black, something that happens when you start to use your power.

“Fuck you, and fuck that thieving piece of junky shit crying in the corner.”

Your mood darkens, “Wrong answer.”

Letting go of his bloody wrist you grip his throat with your left hand lifting him off the ground. He begins to choke and struggles against your tight grasp.

“I know you’ve heard of me from other friends of yours, so listen very closely. If you touch Klaus again or anyone else around here who’s just trying to survive in this city. I won’t be so generous next time. Or maybe I should rip your fucking face off right now.” You squeeze tighter drawing blood.

“Y/N.”  Klaus says softly.

“Let’s go home.” He asks with pleading eyes and you snap back to reality smelling the iron scent of blood on your hands.

Sometimes you can get carried away feeling the rush of the hunt, a taxing side affect of your power, one you’ve always struggled to control.

Letting the man go he slumps to the ground coughing and sucking in straggled breaths.

“ Alright, me..me and the boys...won’t do nothing....you have my...my word....no bullshit nothing....I swear.”

“Good cause your friends are gonna need more then some stitches.”

You quickly leave the ally and start walking down the street towards the Academy.

Breathing heavily, you look up at Klaus who’s at your side as you start to feel a bit embarrassed that he saw you lose it a little.

He holds onto your arms stopping you, “Don’t worry, we’ll have a bath and watch some movies...hey you like that Museum one?”

“The Night at the Museum.” You say smiling still feeling off.

Klaus’ face lights up, “Yeah that one, with the big T-Rex skeleton and President Roosevelt on a horse.”

He links your arms together and you both begin walking again.

“Y/N, I’m not afraid of you, you know. I never have been, I actually find it pretty sexy of you to beat up bad guys for me and keep the neighborhood safe-er. Ben thinks so too, minus the sexy part of course. Only I get to enjoy that.”

You relax more into his side and once again start to feel a bit more at ease with yourself.

“Oh wait a second, here put these sunglasses on, your eyes are still playing mood rings with us. Don’t wanna freak out the civilians” He laughs.

“Thanks, I did wonder why that kid back there looked like he just saw a ghost.”

Klaus winks, “Maybe he did, cough cough..Ben...cough cough.”

“You’re an ass.” You say while rolling your eyes

“Yes indeed my love but remember I deal with the supernatural of all sorts, from ghosts to monsters, nothing phases me.” Klaus states proudly.

You laugh, “ Okay Van Helsing, this monster wants a bath with her hunter then.”

Klaus kisses your cheek, “That can be arranged my dear.”

Smiling up at him you hold him tighter and think to yourself how weird your life is, but you wouldn’t change it for anything.

- okay wow alright, first story ever I hope it’s good or at least some people like it. It was honestly fun to write ngl.

#the umbrella academy #the umbrella academy x you #the umbrella academy imagine #the umbrella academy x reader #klaus hargreeves imagine #klaus hargreeves x you #klaus hargreeves x reader #klaus hargreeves #number 4 #the seance #ben hargreeves #falcor the luck dragon stories #good enough hashtag to find my stories to right