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#i dont CARE that its a gourd!!!!
lzrdprsn · 6 months
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In the same breath they tell you that everything you try to do right is wrong and that you should care less. As if those are wildly conflicting statements. It's 11pm, I got home at 9pm after practice (because we are expected to participate/facilitate some kind of extracurricular) and im trying to figure out what to have my kids do tomorrow because they couldn't even kind of handle what we did today.
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myrfing · 10 months
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6.4 msq spoiler thread
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YES! YES....ZERO GOURD FEAST BEASTS
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i need this buff PERMANENTLY
EW
ESTINIEN
MAN WHAT
HURLING
DIDNT NEED TO SEE THAT
ZERO LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
yshtola is so good at indirectly cheering people up in that shrewd old lady way. not that she's old just well matoya
I like how they put pen and paper in estinien's room like he's literate
dragons are always wanting to pop out their eyeballs
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erenville are you...? the golled more...? can i go with you..
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can we kiss
god he appeared on screen and SORRY vrtra but i need him to continue and tell me about his life and I need to go with him
now they're blueballing us about a mysterious letter
i like how zero's just been there like well I guess you know everybody on earth then
margrat. i need more of her bizarre behaviors
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i forgort
thancred calling it "social struggles" YOU GUYS ARE MAKING THIS AWKWARD FOR ZEROOOO
these drake ass polar bears
the aetherfont is sooo gorgeous also I forgot my codex broke and nearly let thancred die. long time since ive healed a trust party as well but we go slow smell the ice bears
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oh my god :U
thancred: just stick stay close to this one
gourd: slowly turning head with his o_o frontal bird face
they just let thancred tag along just beacause. not to be mean but we could also just meet new people
U Guys Are Leaving Gourd OUt of the Conversation Hinting At Something Happening To Come What The Hell So He Doesn't Get Alone Time And You Guys Are Getting Jobs Without Him Anyway
zero voice Idgaf about that
can the garleans get over their magic fear already you live in a world where there are glowing horses
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damn that's crazy
msq is always very strangely gentle and thorough relative to others when it comes to dealing with garlean trauma or maybe thats just my hater lens. anyway the whole they are bigoted and small minded because they'd been hurt stuff is getting old and it's kind of crazy how this hurt people hurt people stuff is the limit here
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trust me i dont really want 2
a weird bit about the whole garlemald thing is the bizarre angelic benevolence of the ilsabard contingent. not ONE person has been like you know you guys spent the past half century fucking up the entire world and you still demand respect for your gay ass tower because the imperial family sat their asses in it. anyway i have problems with the whole we're actually a totally 100% saintlike patience goodhearted pure intentioned foreign aid group thing We Have To Save The People Of Garlemald on the side of the alliance since the start but whatever
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warmachina.
i dont want the thank you from this man LMFAO
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zerooo 8[ also so much of what zero recounts explains. Cylva.
aw that's true jullus
LMFAOOOOO THEYRE MAKING THE WOL THINK OF ZENOS BECAUSE OF THIS CONVO? gourd did NOT trust that man unless you mean trust him to be awful. and what did zenos trust in the wol that he'd fight him eventually? I GUESS? MAYBE THEY MEANT HE WANTED TO TRUST US BUT I ALSO DO NOT CARE?
we're not friends just because someone calls you their friend 29083902 times 💀 i think that dude barely had a concept of gourd as a human being with his own life
an act of trade also can be an act of charity. THIS IS WHAT I MEAN THEIR POLITICAL WRITING IS SOMETIMES SO.....garlemald is still absolutely at the alliance's mercy + they still obviously believe in right by might re: that one line from the old dudes so there's no reason for them to not be cognizant of the fact we can just take by force and doesn't handle the hanging But Why Aren't They? question at all. this was a pity deal and everyone's like friendship and hope <3. im not saying goodwill and sincerity cannot exist between groups but this requires a sense of solidarity that we do NOT have with garlemald considering we still have to step entirely around the subject of their imperial affairs
you see as a nation they're not equals. they're the languishing half dead scattering remnant of an empire that built its wealth and prosperity for a time on war, theft, and enslavement of the rest of the world and radz and the alliance absolutely could just turn the tables and invade and probably just wipe out everyone here without breaking a sweat. of course that's abhorrent but it's crazy that THIS particular pain even the mere thought of it is made to not exist while the garleans get to be complicated about it. they want to keep their national name and pride with none of the consequences and we don't even demand that as if a nation is sacred and untouchable even after everything. I don't get it bro
i like the way varshahn says wyrm
THE LITTLE SQUICH SOUND WHEN I TAKE HER EYE?
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glitter guy....
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shkspr · 1 year
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J'ai publié 3 669 fois en 2022
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#ik it goes by birth date so it would make ‘sense’ for it to fit my sun sign but my scorp moon is quaking in her stylish yet affordable boots
Mes billets vedette en 2022 :
n°5
“what are you doing?” “quitting.” “why?” “because i’ve always wanted to. i just never realized it until i met you.” they are literally so much. from day ONE they are SO much
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n°4
been thinking about this for the past two days
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n°3
human beings love to be like 'heres a thing with a finite number of variations' & then sort it into categories. & theyre always wrong. everything is multitudinous & unfathomable & theres nothing you can do about it. but the human desire to make sense of the universe is also boundless & inexorable & theres nothing you can do about that either.
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n°2
i love watching life hack videos so i am going to share my favorite genres of life hacks:
buy a product and use it for its intended purpose
you can make anything a chair if you staple a cushion onto it and then sit on it
ideas that are actually innovative and original but the final product is so fuck ugly that it makes me feel murderous
avoid doing this thing the normal way by doing it in a way that is more difficult and more expensive and worse
this hack will solve a problem nobody has ever experienced
instead of buying furniture, you can make it using the carpentry skills and power tools that you definitely possess
someone forgot the word for recipe and they decided to call it a Kitchen Life Hack
diy home decor is as easy as putting paint on a thing and then displaying it. paint a banana. paint a leaf. paint a bottle of pop. interior design is my passion
this would be the most ballingest life hack youve ever seen. if it actually worked
making shapes out of hot glue is the poor mans 3d printing
i dont say this lightly: the fuckers at 5 minute crafts HAD to be high out of their gourds when they thought to do this.
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Mon billet n°1 en 2022
some of yall will be like “i dont care about your dreams, i dont care about your spotify wrapped, i dont want to hear about your interests, dont you dare talk to me about your trauma,” and its like. what do you even have friends for. bc it sounds to me like you dont give a shit about anything that makes them a person. what do you talk about.
important addendum: if you cant read and you leave a dumbass comment on my post im just going to block you 💛
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cirrates · 2 years
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I have kind of become at peace with all of the seasons winter was once my favorite but after spending one with no heating and no bed armed only with one really thick blanket its kind of lost its charm. but its also citrus season and also my birthday is then heehee but anyway spring is comfortably warm for the most part and I love all the flowers summer is alright once I get acclimated & it has all my favorite fruits fall is. well I dont care about leaves or whatever the fuck but I guess theres gourds -_- . whatever there is joy to be found in all the year. yippee.
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botanyshitposts · 2 years
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no wait i want to hear about the gourds i want to know about them so bad, they’re gonna be handcrafted by you [with care and love and dedication] (there is so much) please i want to know them with you
'please i want to know them with you' is such an impactful line so im going to say it even though i was hesitant to (because sometimes i start these things and dont finish them and that would be embarrassing), but ive been thinking about this consistently for a few months so i think i want to at least try to go through with it. i dont think its as interesting as people seem to be expecting it to be, but:
a few months ago i got an ask about gourd genetics. i looked it up and went down the gourd rabbithole where i learned that there are only like, 4 species of gourds and all the other gourd species are just variations of those, which is what allows a lot of them to interbreed in weird ways, but try as i might i could not find a good resource on exactly what those hybrids look like. simultaneously i saw a bunch of forum posts from people all over encountering weird gourd-producing plants in their gardens the year after they planted several types of gourds in that same spot, and everyone seemed to be attaching photos of their mystery gourds in all these different places asking the same question: who were the parents and what gourd is being produced here?
and so my experiment has two stages. stage one is planting 36 plants of cucurbita pepo, the gourd/squash species that's been domesticated to encompass pumpkins, zucchini, acorn squash, spaghetti squash, pattypan, and a bunch of ornamental gourds among other varieties. i havent decided on exactly which varieties im going to use yet, but i want them to:
1. be cucurbita pepo varieties (pumpkin, zucchini, and various squash hybrids seem to be among the ones that Fuck the most in people's gardens, leave seeds in the ground, and come back the next year; therefore that's the gourd species im using)
2. be popular varieties people often have in their gardens (specifically in the US for the purposes of this)
3. be a mix of 'summer' and 'winter' squashes, aka, gourds with soft rinds like zuchinni and gourds with hard rinds like pumpkins. ideally i would have three 'summer' varieites and three 'winter' varieties.
the experiment is just to pick six varieties and plant them in a physical grid, with six parent varieties in a horizontal row and the same six parent varieties in a vertical row. this experiment will take two years; ive sketched out the two years here:
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(note: this is set up like this because when one plant fertilizes another, the gourd with the seeds that are the result of that cross are contained in a regular-looking gourd produced by the mother plant, so the gourds produced in year 1 will look normal. the weird gourds are only produced when those seeds are planted and become mother plants of their own)
as i explained in the diagrams, each one gets hand-crossed, and i take fruits from each plant and remove the seeds, label them, and store them for next year. when next year rolls around, i plant them and pick the weird gourds, which brings us to stage two of the project: making the beginner weird gourd atlas.
i want this gourd atlas to be on a website of its own. tons of photos of the plants and the gourds of each cross with measurements of each fruit and, if possible, notes on how they ripen. i want to write down anything that strikes me about each gourd cross that might make it easier to identify. most importantly-- and this is almost like, a stage of its own-- i want to make notes about what each hybrid gourd tastes like by having people try them and give their squash reviews, and i want to write that down, too. maybe make a weird squash tier list or something.
all this stuff... is probably out there. like this isn't super groundbreaking stuff. there are probably expert gourd and squash breeders out there who know exactly what like, a pumpkin x spaghetti squash hybrid looks like instantly, and gourd and squash researchers who know everything about these down to the genetics and evolution of each, and people who have been growing squashes and gourds in their backyards for like 30 years who know instantly, too. this is for them if they want, too, but the goal here is to make an open resource that (at least for the resulting 36 kinds of gourds) attempts to answer the question of 'what parents did this weird gourd in my garden have last year' for people on the internet about to ask that same question out of mild curiosity. the website probably won't be pretty either but im here for the gourds, idk much about web design, as long as its navigable it should be good.
so, the steps of my theoretical project:
1. breed gourds
2. record gourds
3. post gourds
several more notes:
1. i still need to decide which c. pepo varieties to use, not just in terms of cultivar and/or variety, but in terms of brands. like, i suspect there's no singular 'pure' pumpkin or zuchinni, and if there is, it probably isn't what people are growing in their gardens. best case scenario i find some sort of gourd industry spreadsheet with the most popular selling gourd seeds ranked, but the plot i applied for is 10 feet by 25 feet, and i need to plant each plant one foot apart on average (probably a bit more to keep them from interbreeding too soon), so this means that theoretically i could make two ~7 foot by ~7 foot plots and try the same experiment with two different popular brands for each, and try to figure out the similarities and differences between each one. it would be easiest just to find one best-selling seed company and buy the most basic parent seeds from that same company, just to keep things consistent, and just find a second popular seed company for the second plot if im going that route.
2. i have decided on the ideal name system. female plant first half of name, male plant second half of name. a cross where a pumpkin is the mother and a zucchini is the father shall be a pumpkini, and a cross where a zucchini is the mother and a pumpkin is the father shall be a zucckin, and so on so forth. a zucchini mother with a zucchini father shall be called a zucchini. this is important
3. i need to make sure that any seeds i get are fertile and not just F1 crosses meant for one go. seeing how much these plants seem to breed in peoples' gardens, that shouldnt be too hard, but im still wary about it.
anyway that is my Gourd Plan. the community garden lady emailed me earlier today and told me that the remaining plots after the regulars have gotten theirs are first come, first serve, and that an email will be going out to the interest list on march 9th. go insane go insane
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that poc ask reminded me, i was doing research on all of the characters backgrounds and was so shocked at how the writers were able to make characters who were chinese, creole, cafre/moroccan, arab/north african, malian, vietnamese, japanese, jewish, native american, black, and so many more im probably missing so BORING. im black, and dont get me wrong i hate in your face representation, but you can tell thomas just throws all these nationalities and ethnicities in as if theyre extra points he can earn. you cant know that any of the characters are so diverse unless you go onto the wiki or you rummage through his tweets. i take great pride in my culture so its just annoying he takes pride in having such a diverse cast but that means nothing if you dont do anything with it.
I don’t want to act like I’m the authority on this, but my personal theory is that Astruc wants the show to be easily digestible for viewers despite also claiming his cast is so diverse to gain attention. Remember when he actually said something along the lines of “I’m not racist, some of my main characters are people of color!” when someone (albeit very rudely) accused him of being racist?
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This theory of mine is kind of backed up with the idea that despite basing some of the heroes and Akumas on folklore, Astruc’s team really seem doesn’t do a lot of research on culture from other countries.
Oni-Chan is a good example. Aside from an admittedly decent character design, her powers don’t really match up with the Oni seen in Japanese mythology other than Oni-Gokko (tag, only the person who is “it” is called an Oni), but that’s really stretching it. She doesn’t use a club for a weapon, she doesn’t use any sorcery or elemental powers. She basically has the same powers as Lady Wifi. Thematically, Oni-Chan is closer to the Namahage, people who dress up in Oni costumes and threaten to kidnap children if they don't behave, similarly to what she was doing by hunting down Lila.
You really could have done a lot more with this concept, like if the Lucky Charm of the episode was something related to beans (a common practice in Japan during the Setsubun festival to bring in good fortune at the start of Spring), or peaches (a reference to the Momotaro fairy tale, where the titular Oni-fighting hero was born from a giant peach).
There’s also Weredad, an Akuma who just has a fairy tale motif despite it not really lining up with Tom’s character. I get that they were already going to have a baker-themed Akuma later on (even though that Akuma is also a waste of potential with his powers), but I just don’t get why they throw in so many fairy tale cliches in with this Akuma like the single rose or the damsel in distress role Marinette plays. What if instead, he was based off the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk? It’s just a mess of an Akuma concept
If you want to see an example of a show having fun with the concept of fairy tales, I’d check out Episodes 34 and 35 of Kamen Rider Ghost. You’ll get a little lost as it’s right as the series’ final arc is starting (and that’s not getting into a really creepy scene in Episode 34), but once you get to Episode 35, it becomes an absolute blast.
And then there’s Anansi, one of the worst Akumas of the series from a conceptual standpoint. Anansi in African folklore is a trickster by definition. The reason we have stories today according to African folklore is because Anansi managed to capture four extremely dangerous creatures for the Sky God Nyame (he tied Onini the Python to a palm tree branch, trapped the Mmoboro Hornets in a gourd, lured Osebo the Leopard into a pit, and got Mmoatia the Fairy stuck to a doll covered in gum tree sap), who traded his stories to Anansi in response. Even then, his wife Aso gave him a lot of advice on how to trap these creatures, and is sadly forgotten in modern interpretations of Anansi. As a result, since Nyame gave all of his stories to Anansi, every story told today is by definition, a “Spider Story”.
Anansi in the show... is the complete opposite. She’s a dumb brute who has to be told where the Miraculous are, and the closest thing she does to any trickery is trapping Alya and Cat Noir in one of her webs. It makes you wonder why Nora even adopted the title of Anansi in her boxing career in the first place. 
Why base an Akuma off someone known for deception and trickery and make them a complete idiot? For the love of God, you had a template to base this Akuma on because Static Shock had an episode all about a superhero themed after Anansi! Sure, a later episode with the character took a few liberties when discussing the folktale, but it’s still more accurate than what Miraculous Ladybug did.
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To me, it just reinforces my belief that the only reason Astruc has characters of several ethnicities in his show is for social brownie points. If he actually cared about diversity or introducing folklore to children, he and his team would actually do their research on properly representing various cultures.
I’m just saying, when a PBS Kids cartoon with a talking moon as the main character does a better job at teaching children about various cultures in every episode than your show that only talks about other cultures in a handful of episodes, your writers might need to rethink the way they do their research.
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ariyadaivaris · 3 years
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- christ i hate smug mma dudes more than anything on this earth. you're a man doing mma what do you have to be excited about? washing out of ufc and having to resort to a dying professional wrestling company? the systematic oppression of women? the paul brothers? i'm putting nails in your shoes
- the rare and coveted tshirt ariya. phwew he's really uh. he's very. twirls hair. he's kinda
- ariya using a rose metaphor for himself teehee i love being very smart and always right about everything
- "i guess you don't think tony can do it on his own aye" is soooooo so so far from anything that has ever happened between tony and ariya that it's LAUGHABLE. ariya deserves to laugh in his face. cringe and fail broadway-musical-rock-of-ages-male-lead-understudy looking little man. no i'm gonna argue with the kayfabe enemy actually the WHOLE THING up to this point has been ariya trying to prove himself and the subtle tension of tony becoming champion where ariya never has, the only the ONLY time ariya has ever not believed in tony is when he had a full on spiral breakdown towards the beginning of the year when they were questioning splitting them up again for some fucking reason and then it got retconned because DUHHHHHH why would you ever split tony and ariya up just for fun or a giggle when they;ve got the most complex relationship on 205 if you re*you walk away knowing all of this already because you have heard this every week for the last three years but you can still hear me talking in the distance, talking and talking though no one is there...*
- obsessed with this promo actually...ariya's mannerisms are so good he's SO...FUN. i LOVE watching him. he is so self-assured and so charming and there is so obviously so much frustration buried like, an INCH deep beneath all of it. it takes grey pushing him ONCE for him to lose his verve. im SO interested in this
- the thread here is, of course, "you think tony can't do it on his own?" which, as i've stated, is so far from true or what ariya thinks that it's comic. when ariya spits, "of COURSE tony nese can do it on his own", there are a lot of factors at play. when he concedes that maybe instead of going out there, he WILL stay backstage, there's a lot going on there!!! there IS!!! *voice of an unwell person* there IS a lot going on   - tony doesn't need to prove he can do it on his own, because he already has. ariya's storyline...like i mentioned, he had a weird moment at the beginning of the year, when it seemed like maybe he and tony were going to be split up. that was very much a moment of "okay the writing might change so it's time to set something up" of course but i think it's interesting to think about as a character impulse.   ariya is working to prove he can do things on his own. this has BEEN his thing. he and tony are a team again, but ariya's tried to win with other teams and he's tried to win alone, and though he's successful more often than 205 would have you believe, he's still very shaky. tony has been allowed to work outside of the orbit of other people, and ariya hasn't gotten that chance as much. and, besides that, tony doesn't CARE about it in the same way ariya does. tony...when he gets intense, it's about interpersonal stuff. drew, buddy, cedric, akira, swerve. tony competes with people! ariya competes with himself. does that make sense. i know what i mean. its fine   ariya...is on edge. he likes tony and he likes working with tony, but he hasn't been a competitor like tony is. tony's been very accomodating, stepping back or supporting ariya's feuds and allowing him to do What He Needs To Do, which means ariya can try to work alone without going completely rogue and sabotaging shit. when he tried to cut himself off from tony, it was...well it was retconned. but. that's what he's done before and this time it didn't work because ONE it's just tony and ariya, there's no exacerbating force, and TWO, tony and ariya are, after all, friends. tony wants to be friends with ariya and it is hard work to be friends with ariya but he will do it. so they work it out. and ariya is left feeling very very weird about it, and very very aware of how much he kind of depends on tony, when tony doesn't depend on him, at all. ariya tries to protect tony and gas him up and keep an eye on him to make up for All That He's Done Before and to feel like this friendship is two-sided (which it is, of course, friendship is more than a strategic advantage but that's how ariya's always approached it and it's a hard habit to break), but he doesn't have the wins to back up the feeling of being Worth It as a friend.   it's...i feel like i just sound out of my gourd saying all of this lol and i am. but when ariya bitterly says, "of course tony nese can do it on his own." it's not just the anger at grey being a dickhead towards tony. it's also ariya being painfully aware that tony can do it without ariya's help. there's a threat in that statement, that question that doesn't need to be asked. there's an irony to it. its...think about it this way: if tony was talking to grey about watching ariya's match, grey wouldn't snark about if tony thought ariya could do it. you know?
- that doesnt make sense. whatever <3 im free
- wow love seeing kushida defending the title. imagine if that happened.....on.......205 live
- ariya literally getting successfully talked out of watching tony's match because he wants to show he believes in tony :( i'm hurt...i'm so hurt. so fucked up and twisted. by GREY too, ariya has kind of a BIT with grey huh. him cheating to pin ariya and then going noooo cheating is wrong against all other opponents. the way grey is super hypocritical and shitty to him and then to no one else. ariya almost respecting him for what ariya understands as Someone Who Gets It and then revealing oh no i just really don't like you and want to piss you off. this one dude who keeps targetting ariya specifically in all the ways that most drive ariya into a frenzy and he managed to hit him where it hurts the most enough to drive him into hiding. oughhhh aughhhh   - everyone on 205 being a hater for no reason and seeing ariya trying to deal with his Issues(TM): hm. i can make him worse
- SUNFLOWER JACKET!!!!!!!! SUNFLOWER JIRO. PRECIOUS AND BELOVED. KING AMONG ALL CRUISERWEIGHTS. I DONT KNOW WHO ARIYA IS
- the exaggerated "BOO!""YAY!" cheers for jiro. who am i to say he doesn't deserve them. he DOES. we LOVE jiro. jiro is allowed to homewreck gold standard if he wants to i'll pretend not to see
- UNBREAKABLE!! AUGHHH HE'S SO COOL AND FUN AND HIS MIND IS SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL. jiro has such a fucking bonkers sense of like...dragging a move out. that man can MAKE a sequence! he gets the upper hand and he holds onto it for ages and the entire time its never dull. always with the momentum! always with the visualization of everything around him and how to make it into a show. i just simply think that jiro kuroshio
- HE'S DYINGGGGGGG NOOOOOOOO JIRO. TONY NESE YOU'RE A DEAD MAN. he looks great at this angle though love you weirdo. oh NO your jacket is NOT cool enough to pull this off fkshsdskd  - jiro injecting some MUCH needed humor back into 205 thank you so much
- tony's stupid joth uniform next to jiro's sunflower pattern is SO good. fuckin goth v prep diagram dynamic. creamsicle blogging moments
- OH I LOVE A GOOD PIN. we LOVE a good pin don't we. that kick to tony on the apron ROCKS
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- clearly you don't own an air fryer...
- OH HIS FORM IS FUCKING UNREAL. WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!! JIRO KUROSHIO BABEY
- i REALLY like this match. this is 205 to me
- IS THAT A 205 CHANT??? IS THAT A 205 CHANT I HEAR??? OH????? WORM????? ITS BEEN LIFETIMES....................
- ooohohohoohohHOOO tony's recovery from the moonsault. that was. dare i say. Epic
- JIROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
- jiro treating mister nese like a little football. sorry anthony. perhaps you should just be cooler <3
- THAT WAS SO FUN......what a meaty episode this week. harkens back to 205 of old.............i love it. im loving this energy. jiro kuroshio you are going to save 205 i believe it
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tally-kiza · 4 years
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Hey how do your horror skeletons feel about halloween?
ooof i wrote so much word kmjnhb. hope yall like it tho!
mars (ht sans) 
mars adores halloween. its the perfect holiday: infinite candy that you can buy for just yourself and your bro and no one will be any the wiser; the ability to scare the daylights out of some trick-or-treaters (and steal all their candy); and throwing the candy right back at them later and seeing their joyful faces (which is cuter than mars cares to admit...). catch him vibin with the other skeletons in the halloween decorations aisle for the two months before halloween.
jupiter (ht papyrus)
also loves halloween!! its his third-favorite holiday, right after the Shattering (when all the monsters surfaced) and thanksgiving (so much foood a. a. a. a <3)! he creates incredibly elaborate costumes (most of which... may or may not have been jack skellington. ...and himself) and invites himself to every halloween party his friends throw. loves bobbing for apples even though he claims its incredibly unsanitary. usually ends up stealing and eating all the apples after. nobody stops him.
boston (hs sans) 
simultaneously likes and fears it. he loves watching all the halloween special episodes on tv and making really complex halloween decorations! but... he can never shake the nerves that come with the holiday. what if nobody likes his costume or his decorations. what if hes doing it wrong but nobodys telling him. what if someone threatens to sue his brother again over lacing aliza's pta's autumn bake sale brownies with pot (accidentally of course...) he tries his best to enjoy the holiday as much as he can though!
citrine (hs papyrus)
in contrast to his brother, citrine finds great glee in halloween! between his job at the local haunted house scaring the shit out of humans while covered in blood; his favorite hobby of remixing spooky scary skeletons on every possible device; and shoving pot in random halloween desserts, he gets a lot of joy out of it. honestly his favorite part is making matching themed jack-o-lanterns every year with his bro. where citrine has a bad habit of just chaotically stabbing the pumpkin, boston always shows him how to do it properly, which usually ends up with both their pumpkins as mini-masterpieces in their eyes <3
voss (hf papyrus)
ahhhh halloween. his old nemesis. its never been his favorite, due to the delinquent children egging and tping his house (and having to hold back rem from committing illegalities in response), but he does admit a certain fondness for it. the deliciously crisp windy air, the cold snap that gives him a reason to break out his fanciest scarfs and trench coats, chaotically stabbing random pumpkins that arent his... truly, a blessed time of year
...or it would be if he didnt have to keep yeLLING ABOUT THAT DAMNED GYFTMAS TREE SANS REFUSES TO TAKE DOWN FOR FUCKS SAKE SANS ITS BEEN 3 YEARS GET RID OF IT ALREADY IT CLASHES WITH THE DECORATIVE GOURDS!!!
rem (hf sans)
to be perfectly honest. he aint a fan of it. he dont wanna give away all the candy he bought, the lil urchins can go buy their own damn candy, this stuff is his. and paps'. 
rem never dresses up for it, instead he just loafs on the sofa all night, scarfing down candy while watching halloween movies with his bro. also doesnt like how many genuinely scary movies there are this time of season. hes already been through hell, why would he wanna see more of it. the terrible cheesy ones are his favorites tho. the only part he really does like is going to the pumpkin patch with voss and picking out ugly gourds and pumpkins. voss is always so happy about it, so its impossible to not enjoy it.
knox (hsf sans)
halloween?? aka?? autumn??? aKA WITCHCRAFT SEASON???? COUNT. HIM. THE FUCK. IN. its his new favorite holiday now. anything supernatural around? he loves it, hes buying it, hes hoarding 10 of them now. 
ouija boards, fuck yeah. summoning circles in the living room, fuck yeah. chanting bloody mary into all the mirrors, fuck yeah. 
probably tries to yeet a bunch of random stuff in a cauldron and hopes a potion to change yer faet pops out. or a genuine demon. either one. the holiday itself doesnt really excite him that much, but he adores the mysterious aura around it, and the possibilities of seeing things even more monstrous than himself. 
clover (hsf papyrus) 
and probably as expected, this good boy likes halloween too! hes not quite as gung-ho about it as knox is, but he gets pretty excited for it. mostly for eating all the yummy candy, and seeing all the trick-or-treaters so excited seeing a real skeleton for the first time. puts up gyftmas lights and gyftmas decorations at the beginning of october. surprisingly, the fake spiders and handmade paper mache gravestones he decorates the yard with goes very well with the festiveness of the lights. 
also tries to go in a corn maze once but halfway through he heard a loud hissing snake among the corn and completed the whole maze in the next 10 seconds as he scrambled to escape it.
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thywitchescrow · 3 years
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Wicca traditions
Okay so here's for any beginner witches(witch is actually a gender nuetral term, plus, be careful, if you say warlock{Hollywood said it meant male witch but it dont} it means traitor in some witches beliefs. so please be careful with that. Anyways. while regular people celebrate halloween,christmas,thanksgiving.etc We have our own holidays with our own traditions. Take it as, Samhain(October 31-November 1) is our halloween. Its our day of the dead, where we celebrate our ancestors and show love and prosperity to the witches who were hanged so long ago. Such as the seemingly most famous ones, the Salem witch trials. Now, after COVID, for Samhain next year, I myself plan to go to Salem and check out the town, considering I hear their some witch ghost activities. but I will be putting a protection spell on my room incase a witch has y’know, bad intentions. Anyways,again, some of the traditions we do on this holiday is (also none of these include any human or animal sacrifices because I dont do that type of magic):
Samhain Nature Walk: Take a meditative walk in a natural area near your home. Observe and contemplate the colors, aromas, sounds, and other sensations of the season. Experience yourself as part of the Circle of Life and reflect on death and rebirth as being an important part of Nature. If the location you visit permits, gather some natural objects and upon your return use them to adorn your home.
Seasonal Imagery: Decorate your home with Samhain seasonal symbols and the colors of orange and black. Place an Autumnal wreath on your front door. Create displays with pumpkins, cornstalks, gourds, acorns, and apples. Set candles in cauldrons.
Ancestors Alter(my personal fave thing to do): Gather photographs, heirlooms, and other mementos of deceased family, friends, and companion creatures. Arrange them on a table, dresser, or other surface, along with several votive candles. Kindle the candles in their memory as you call out their names and express well wishes. Thank them for being part of your life. Sit quietly and pay attention to what you experience. Note any messages you receive in your journal. This Ancestors Altar can be created just for Samhain or kept year round.
Feast of the Dead:  Prepare a Samhain dinner. Include a place setting at your table or at a nearby altar for the Dead. Add an offering of a bit of each beverage being consumed to the cup at that place setting, and to the plate, add a bit of each food served. Invite your ancestors and other deceased loved ones to come and dine with you. To have this as a Samhain Dumb Supper experience, dine in silence. After the feast, place the contents of the plate and cup for the Dead outdoors in a natural location as an offering for the Dead.
Ancestors Stories: Learn about family history. Contact one or more older relatives and ask them to share memories of family members now dead. Record them in some way and later write accounts of what they share. Give thanks. Share what you learned and have written with another family member or friend. Add names of those you learned about and wish to honor to your Ancestors Altar.
Cemetery Visit (this is kinda hard cause most of my dead family is in Kentucky and im in Indiana LoL): Visit and tend the gravesite of a loved one at a cemetery. Call to mind memories and consider ways the loved one continues to live on within you. Place an offering there such as fresh flowers, dried herbs, or a libation of water.
Reflections: Reflect on you and your life over the past year. Review journals, planners, photographs, blogs, and other notations you have created during the past year. Consider how you have grown, accomplishments, challenges, adventures, travels, and learnings. Meditate. Journal about your year in review, your meditation, and your reflections.
Renovate: Select an area of your home or life as a focus. Examine it. Re-organize it. Release what is no longer needed. Create a better pattern. Celebrate renewal and transformation.
Bonfire Magic: Kindle a bonfire outdoors when possible or kindle flames in a fireplace or a small cauldron. Write down an outmoded habit that you wish to end and cast it into the Samhain flames as you imagine release. Imagine yourself adopting a new, healthier way of being as you move around the fire clockwise.
Divinatory Guidance: Using Tarot, Runes, Scrying, or some other method of divination, seek and reflect on guidance for the year to come. Write a summary of your process and messages. Select something appropriate to act upon and do it.
Divine Invocations: Honor and call upon the Divine in one or more Sacred Forms associated with Samhain, such as the Crone Goddess and Horned God of Nature. Invite Them to aid you in your remembrance of the Dead and in your understanding of the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. If you have lost loved ones in the past year, ask these Divine Ones to comfort and support you.
Transforming Expressions(this one should be done more often tbh): If you encounter distortions, misinformation, and/or false, negative stereotypes about Paganism and Samhain in the media, contact the source, express your concerns, and share accurate information. Help eradicate derogatory stereotyping with courteous, concise, and intelligent communications.
Community connections: Connect with others. Join in a group ritual in your area. Organize a Samhain potluck in your home. Research old and contemporary Samhain customs in books, periodicals, on-line, and through communications with others. Exchange ideas, information, and celebration experiences. Regardless of whether you practice solo or with others, as part of your festivities, reflect for a time on being part of the vast network of those celebrating Samhain around the world.
I’ll make a part two for the other holidays coming up soon!
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might-guys-acorn · 4 years
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Hello! Would it be okay to request a drabble or headcanons of Gaara comforting his s/o? Thank you in advance, you have lovely writing
Of course honey! I love this request so much. And thank you so much, that honestly means so much to me❤ -🦎
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"Y/N? Are you.....alright?"
You wipe your tears quickly from your eyes, and hug yourself tightly. You were in bed, and as you stare into Gaara's worried eyes from across the bedroom, you eyes mist over again.
"I just, had a nightmare." You sniff lightly, "Its nothing."
He walks across the room quickly, after placing his gourd down by the doorway, and pulls himself to sit next to you in bed. You two had been together for quite some time now, and it was normal for him to come home late from the Kazekage's office to find you already asleep. But he noticed the light on in your bedroom from outside and immediately knew something was wrong.
"Talk to me. Im here for you." He pulls you into him tightly and you start to cry softly into his chest. Something must have really gotten to you.
"I just had a dream that you left for work and didnt come home. And I found out that you died protecting the village. I know its your job but I get so scared that any morning might be our last together." At this point you were full on sobbing and could barely get the words out without hiccuping.
It still amazes him that you care so much about him. Until he met you, it was hard to imagine anyone crying over his death. But here you were, sobbing in his arms because you loved him so much. It was so foreign to him.
"Y/N, its alright." He pushes the hair out of your tear-stained face, "I do this job to keep you and our home safe. Im never usually in danger, I promise. Its mostly paperwork. And if I ever am in any danger, you dont have to worry. Ill do everything I can to come home to you. Ill always come home to you." He kisses you lightly on the top of your head and strokes your hair softly.
"Promise?" You ask, nearly inaudible in the folds of his shirt.
He pulls away, tilts your chin up so that your eyes meet his, and brushes his lips against your own.
"I promise."
You smile up at him and run your fingers over the kanji symbol on his forehead. Love. He shut his eyes and thanks his lucky stars for the gift of an S/O as lovely as you. Feeling your soft fingertips on his skin, he swore he'd never break that promise.
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skekshroom · 4 years
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Listening to the AOR Spanish dub part 5 (ep 7)
(Spoilers of course!)
- The sudden change from spanish dub to Andy Samberg’s laughing was really jarring ngl lmao but its no big deal tho - Unrelated but the plot all seems to flow a lot better after the first time you watch it I dont remember shit from the first time I watched AOR but I do remember being like “wait why were they there again” - tbh that probably because it has my full attention rn and I’m not getting up and doing stuff while trying to watch. iam actually absorbing it this time. - anyways back to this - mystics have MASSIVE nail beds lmao
- UrGoh’s voice is SO SOOTHING AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA - I much prefer this dub of UrGoh his voice is so nice and calm and just perfectly captures him I’m gonna weep my dear mi amorcito you sound so lovely - actually his voice is super hot ouch - “UAGHHH ESO NI SIQUIERA TIENE SENTIDO” OISHDAHAHA - I really wish the spanish subtitles were accurate and I didn’t have to rely on my own shitty spanish to quote these lmao - Not feeling the Ascendancy's voice... effect? filter? idk but i dont feel it - actually no i kinda like it its very spidery
- Unrelated but I just love the shape of UrGoh’s face. Like that little bump in his nose? kiss station. - instead of “when I was young” SkekGra says “when I was beautiful” i know its for rhyme scheme but I just love that so much he looks back on his glory days like “ah i was hot back then”  - every time SkekGra says “eso es” I gain a few years to my lifespan - Bennu’s sweet eyes... bennu’s benevolent smile.. - Rek’yr sounds a lot more scared than defiant when SkekMal threatens him - I love how UrGoh in this dub goes “siiii :)c” after saying things - had to replay to get down any notes because the puppetry scene was so immersive the voice talent here is wonderful!!
- Hups bowing does get me every time - Tavra..,,, is so powerful - “whats good in the gourd is good in the gelfling” doesn’t translate that well but yknow what? as long as we get to hear UrGoh speak i dont care if he’s reciting the alphabet. - Also.... i love him, precious papa packin lunch - SkekMal sounds a lot more pompous when he finds Rian and I kinda dig that- no skeksis is without theatrics! - “que quierno.” *FANS SELF* OH SIR......... beat the SHIT out of me please - hes so bombastic yet THREATENING I love him
- UrVa sounds a lot younger, which I don’t actually mind because like... you can tell from his hair it’s still in the process of graying while other mystics are already white and I think that’s interesting that he both looks and sounds marginally younger than say, UrGoh for example - I just noticed you can see Brea fighting back and struggling while SkekMal takes off - In the scene where the Threaders overrun Stone-In-The-Wood, you see a gelfling hidden inside get taken over. I just realized that because he’s inside this probably means he was someone’s caretaker and that hurts me. - they didn’t dub over SkekSo’s cackle and it reminded me how much I love his voice cracks  - god this episode is so good
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taysi-kuu · 4 years
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Samhain
Here is a small "guide" to help you celebrate samhain i have included some in depth spells as well as well as super simple things you can do if youre busy or just dont have the mental energy to celebrate. there is no "wrong way" to celebrate any of the sabbats, just because one person did a huge ritual doesn't mean doing something smaller and simple is any less meaningful.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Times to celebrate: In the northern hemisphere, many Pagans celebrate Samhain from sundown on October 31 through November 1. Others hold Samhain celebrations on the nearest weekend or on the Full or New Moon closest to this time. Some Pagans observe Samhain a bit later, or near November 6, to coincide more closely with the astronomical midpoint between Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice. Most Pagans in the southern hemisphere time their Samhain observances to coincide with the middle of their Autumn in late April and early May, rather than at the traditional European time of the holiday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is Samhain: The third and final harvest festival on the Wheel of the Year is Samhain, observed on October 31. This Sabbat marks the end of the growing season and the beginning of Winter, which must be prepared for now in earnest. Herbs are dried for winter storage, fruits and vegetables are canned and preserved, and root vegetables are dug up and stored so they may nourish us through the cold months. The word “Samhain” comes from the old Irish and is thought by many to translate as “Summer’s end.” While the cycles of life and death are implicitly recognized at every Sabbat, Samhain is when the necessary role of death is formally honored. The nights grow noticeably longer with each day. The God retreats now into the shadows of the dark season, symbolically dying back to the Earth before being reborn again at Yule. Many Wiccans and other Pagans consider this to be the most important day on the Wheel, a time when the veil between the spirit world and the mundane world is at its thinnest. Our ancestors and loved ones on the Other Side are said to be more easily able to visit with us and make their presence known at this time. Samhain is arguably the most visible Sabbat in the mainstream world, thanks to the parallel holiday of Halloween. Many of the Halloween traditions celebrated in contemporary cultures today have grown out of customs dating back to pagan times. As far back as ancient Greece, people were leaving offerings of food to their ancestors, which is echoed in the modern tradition of trick-or-treating. The practice of leaving root vegetables, hollowed out with lighted candles inside, to guide spirits visiting on Earth ultimately led to today’s jack-o-lanterns. Witches, of course, have always been part of mainstream Halloween lore. And although they have almost always been presented as “evil” caricatures with no resemblance to the real thing, there’s still a lingering association between the spirit of Halloween and the real power of a Witch .--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correspondences: SYMBOL: Black cat, jack o 'lantern, bat, ghost, scarecrow, waning moon.
 GODDESSES: Crone, all crone goddesses, Cerridwen, Hecate, Hel, Oya, the Morrigan, Lilith, Kali, Ishtar, Arianrhod, Rhiannon, Tlazoteotl, Nephthys, Persephone, Beansidhe (Banshee), Inanna, Baba Yaga, Isis, Pomona and Cailleach Beara (Brigid's crone aspect), who is reborn this night. 
 GODS: Osiris, the Horned God, Herne the Hunter, Cernunnos, Anubis, Odin, Bran, death gods, dying and rising gods.  INCENSE: Copal, sandalwood, mastic resin, benzoin, sweetgrass, wormwood: to get the sight, to see the spirits of the returning dead.  CANDLES: New candles for the new year: black, orange, autumn colors, or black candles for the Lord and the old year, white candles for the Lady and the new year.  TOOLS: Besom, to sweep out the old year and any negativity it had. Cauldron, for transformation. Divination tools: Tarot cards, scrying bowl, rune stones, pendulum, mirror, etc.  PLANT: Pumpkin, apple, grain, pomegranate, mugwort, wormwood, Dittany of Crete, acorn, oak leaf, gourds, root vegetables, rosemary (for remembrance). STONE: Obsidian, carnelian, onyx, smoky quartz, jet, bloodstone.  ANIMAL: Bat, black cat, owl.  ALTAR DECORATIONS: Autumn leaves, fall flowers, pomegranates, apples, pumpkins, ears of corn, sprays of grain, corn dollies, gourds, nuts, seeds, acorns, chestnuts and images of ancestors are all appropriate. Use whatever is in season where you live, whatever feels right and looks good to you.  FOOD: Gingerbread, freshly roasted nuts, nut breads, anything made with apples or pumpkin, meat (especially bacon), doughnuts, popcorn, cakes with lucky tokens in them, and red foods because the ancients held them sacred to the dead. DRINK: Mead, apple cider, mulled cider, mulled wine, fruit juices, pomegranate juice/tea .-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Magical Workings:  Samhain is one of the most potent nights of the year for magic. As a cross-quarter day it is a supernatural time, a time outside of time, the night that is not a night, a powerful time of flux and change. This is a good night for: candle magic - astral projection - past life work - dark moon mysteries - mirror spells (reflection) - casting protection - inner work - propitiation - clearing obstacles - uncrossing - inspiration - workings of transition or culmination - manifesting transformation - creative visualization. Divination: Samhain is a power night for divination: read the tarot cards; use the Wheel of the Year spread to forecast the year ahead - cast runes or the I Ching - scry in crystal balls, dark mirrors, bowls of black ink or pools of water - swing a pendulum, asking yes or no questions - eat an apple in front of a mirror at midnight, by candlelight, to scry your future mate.  Meditation: This is a good night for deep reflection and inner work. Meditation themes include: changes, transition, endings and beginnings, passage, return, mortality and reincarnation, chaos leading to reorder. Spirit work: (by invitation, not summons) This is the night when the veil is thinnest, the gates between the worlds are open. Souls of the dead are said to visit their homes at midnight.  Possible workings include: a dumb supper for the beloved dead - ouija - séances - trance possession - automatic writing - bury apples as food for hungry spirits - leave spirit plates of food outside your home - set a place for a missed love one at the banquet or dinner table.  New Year workings: Release the old: bad habits and toxic relationships, illness, failure and poverty; everything you do not want to carry into the new year - sweep negativity and out of your home - end quarrels - settle debts, make amends or restitution if needed - spells for prosperity and security for your family.  Faery Magick: This is a great night for visiting the faery realm but you must return by dawn or remain forever enchanted, unable to return. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- simple no bake apple oatmeal cookies    https://onceamonthmeals.com/recipes/no-bake-apple-oatmeal-cookies/ not so simple  soul cake recipes https://www.learnreligions.com/make-a-soul-cake-for-samhain-2562655Once ------------------------------------------------------------ Candle Ceremony for The Ancestors  This is a wonderfully simple ritual which can be shared with both friends and family, or worked alone. You can include children in it - it begins in darkness and ends full of light. It's a great balance to trick or treating! You will need a supply of small candles, either black or white, or a supply of night lights. You need a heat proof container or tray of sand or earth to put them in. Place one in the centre of the container from which all the others will be lit. Switch off all the lights and sit gently in the darkness. Allow the darkness to enfold you. Ask for the presence of your ancestors to come to you. When you are ready, light the central candle saying "We welcome our departed loved ones into this home and honour your presence amongst us". Allow each person in the circle to spontaneously remember someone who has passed to the Summerlands and remember something about them and light a candle for each person from the central candle: 'I remember Great Aunt Sheila and her generosity of heart....'. Allow this to continue for as long as it takes to complete the re-membering. You will end with a tray full of radiant candles. When all is complete, give thanks, and allow the candles to burn to completion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guide the Spirits (quick and easy spellwork to honor the dead) Place a white candle in the window to guide the dead to the Spirit World. Light the candle and speak these words, “O little flame that burns so bright, be a beacon on this night. Light the path for all the dead, that they may see now what’s ahead. And lead them to the Summerland and shine until Pan takes their hands. And with Your light, please bring them peace, that they may rest and sleep with ease . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as Samhain marks the witches new year you can write down a bad habit or something you dont wish to carry with you onto the new year onto a piece of paper and in a fire proof bowl or somewhere safe place a lit candle inside (or even use a fire pit/bonfire/fireplace) and drop the paper in the flame and watch it burn away. if there are any ashes of it left over wait for them to cool and bury them outside  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If anyone plans on taking a walk late at night or a cemetery walk at night please be careful! if you can bring someone with you or bring some form of protection pepper spray, pocket knife, even your keys. be respectful to the spirits, be safe with what spirits you try and contact. if you aren’t sure if a passed family member would want to be involved if your spells/rituals you can always ask them/ send them an invitation so that way the choice is at least open to them. i hope you all have a wonderful and safe samhain/halloween <3
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On their first official date, Tony has a cold and ends up taking the wrong kind of cold medicine which makes him loopy but Steve kinda crashes the date trying to tell Tony he loves him before he ends up losing him to Bucky. Even doused Tony kindly but funnily rejects him but offers to buy him dinner. Bucky gives him a friendly threat saying he loves Steve, he's his bff and brother so they'll be cool but that he can't ever go after Tony.
Doped Up Date
Bucky’s heart pounded in his chest as if he were battling a levithan—not on a date with Tony Stark.
Honestly, fighting a levithan would be easier; he’d just need to grab his largest gun and shoot at the damn thing until it was dead.
How did one combat the humor and charm of Tony Stark—resist the beautiful, brown bambi eyes?
How could he win and not wave his white flag in defeat when the  red, stuffy nose on Tony’s face endeared Bucky to him?
Tony chuckled. He rested his head on Bucky’s shoulder. “You’re amazing.”
Bucky squeezed Tony’s hand. He pulled Tony close to his side. The chill off the evening seeped into his coat. If he could feel the cold then Tony could as well; he needed to keep Tony warm. It was bad enough that he had taken Tony outside when he was sick. Tony should be resting somewhere with a heater. Bucky hadn’t been able help himself when Tony had asked him out though.
He had been pouring himself a glass of milk when Tony had stumbled into the kitchen with a loopy grin on his face.
“There’s my gorgeous man.” Tony had clumsily sashayed up to Bucky. “Let’s go on a date.”
Bucky forced himself to swallow instead of spitting out the milk like it had gone sour. “Are you high?”
Tony had waved off Bucky’s question. “I took some cold medicine. Nothing strong. Date me.”
Like the weak person that he was, Bucky caved. He’d wanted to date Tony for so long, but had been too afraid to make a move due to their history. He couldn’t give up his chance at a date with Tony just because the circumstances weren’t perfect.
He also trusted that, despite a few out of character moments, Tony was telling him the truth when he said he was not high off his gourd.
(More after the break!)
“Bucky, you’re ignoring me.” Tony nuzzled Bucky’s shoulder as he whined.
“Sorry. I’m just really happy.”
Tony hummed. “That’s good.”
A violent sneeze bowed Tony’s body.
Bucky patted Tony on the back. “We should get you home.”
Tony rubbed his nose with the back of his wrist. “But we only had dinner. What kind of a date is only dinner?”
“A filling one.” Bucky slung his arm around Tony’s neck. “We’re walking under the stars.”
“On a dirty, busy sidewalk in New York.” Tony pressed closer to Bucky to avoid the two kids and their guardian rushing past.
“We could call Happy to pick us up.”
“Are you trying to kill the romance?”
“We could make out in backseat of the car.”
Tony scrunched his face. There was just something so childish and silly about the pout Tony directed at Bucky; it caused fondness and humor to course through Bucky. He kissed Tony’s temple. “A movie. You, me, and a comfy couch at home. We’ll dim the lights, grab a couple of blankets, and keep each other warm. How is that for romance?”
“Sounds better than it should be,” Tony grumbled. “It’s our first date; it should be more romantic. Flowers, sweeping music, and all that Hallmark stuff. Fireworks.”
“Watching fireworks or kissing being like fireworks?”
“Both.” Tony closed his eyes as he lolled his head back.
Bucky chuckled as he planted another kiss on Tony’s head. “Yeah, sounds like it is time to take you home.”
“I could buy fireworks, you know. I have bought fireworks.”
Bucky nodded his head and mumbled agreements. He had no doubt that Tony had purchased fireworks before.
With a gentle arm wrapped around Tony’s shoulders—or a hand tucked into Tony’s back pocket when Tony took to gesticulating—Bucky guided his sickly love home. Cuddled together, they entered the common area of the Avengers compound and took over the living room. Tony sprawled across one of the sofas and picked out the movie, as Bucky hunted down soft, fleece blankets to cocoon them in. He also fetched Tony’s medicine, much to Tony’s chagrin.
“I’m fine.” Snot dribbled out from Tony’s nose. He grimaced.
Bucky shook his head. He pulled a travel packet of tissues from his pocket then passed a tissue to Tony. “I’m sure. It’s for later when you don’t feel fine.”
Tony took the tissue. He blew his nose. “Hand sanitizer.”
“I’ll grab some while I get the popcorn.”
“My sweet prince, I would kiss you like a porn star if I weren’t carrying the plague.”
“I’ll hold you to that.” Bucky grinned as he went to the kitchen. In a flash, he had a bag of popcorn popping in the microwave and was on the move to fetch a bottle of hand sanitizer for Tony as promised. Just as quick as he was to get the popcorn started, he scurried to the bathroom where, after riffling through a couple of drawers, he found the hand sanitizer.
There was a bounce to his step as Bucky returned to the living room. The soft hum of the microwave coming from the kitchen told him the popcorn was still cooking, even as the salty and buttery aroma of the light as air treat teased his senses.
A square, blond head attached to a pair of broad shoulders peeked out from behind the couch. A corded arm pillowed Tony’s head. Laughter lit up Tony’s face as he looked at Steve: the encroacher.
Insecurity opened its maw and threatened to swallow Bucky whole.
Vague memories of a time when he used to be the dashing charmer who had all the girls fawning over him flooded back to him. Bitterness assaulted his tongue as shame coiled through his being; his jealousy was so strong that he was embarrassed.
He was happy that Steve knew how to flirt and charm.
He just wasn’t happy that the person who Steve was interested in was Tony.
Be a good friend, Bucky. Be a good friend. Tony asked you out. He likes you. Don’t go caveman.
Steve cocked his head then looked Bucky’s way. “Bucky, there you are. Tony was just telling me that you two are about to have a movie night. Hope you don’t mind a third wheel.”
“And here I thought you were tired of being a third wheel.” Bucky spoke with a smile that belied his backhanded words.
“Not when I am with two of my favorite people.”
Tony snorted tersely.
Steve gave Tony a look that communicated that he had heard Tony, knew exactly what Tony was saying without uttering a word, and that despite his disapproval, he was amused by Tony’s antics.
The microwave beeped its completion.
Bucky ignored it. “You’re giving me cavities, Steve. Tony and I planned for this movie night to be just the two of us. So…” Bucky swung his arms toward the exit.
A befuddled frown crossed Steve’s features. He looked to Tony for understanding.
Tony wrapped the blankets tighter around himself. “No need to fight over me boys.” He sniffled. “I know-” Tony blinked. “…and my head is spinning. Hello, vertigo, my old friend. Oh! Friday, movie change. Get ready to play Vertigo.”
Bucky marched over to Tony. He tucked the bottle of hand sanitizer into the space where sofa cushion met armrest. Bucky splayed his flesh hand across Tony’s forehead. “You’re not burning up.”
Tony nuzzled Bucky’s hand. “It’s just the mucus forming crystals in my head.”
“Are you sure?” Steve leaned into Tony’s space.  His brows knitted together. “Maybe we should cancel movie night tonight. You need your rest, Tony. I’ll take you out to the movies some other night. What do you say? We can make it a date.”
A part of Bucky applauded Steve for his new and improved pick up skills. Another part of Bucky screamed in horror. With just a few sentences, Steve had brought an end to Bucky’s date while simultaneously asking Tony out.
Steve was devastating him.
Tony huffed. He put his hand on Steve’s cheek and pushed him away. “I know thanks to that serum you are immune to the common cold but please stay out of my face.”
Steve frowned but kept his distance. “I’m worried about you, Tony.”
“Bah.” Tony tossed a corner of the blanket over his head. The fleece covered half his face. “Everyone is such a worrywart!” Tony twisted. He flung his arms open at Bucky. “Come to me, beautiful. Sick people need warmth.”
“Yeah, you were right about not needing more medicine.” Bucky went around the couch. He plopped himself on the other side of Tony. Tony embraced Bucky like he was Tony’s long lost teddy bear. Happiness curled in Bucky’s stomach like a contented cat. It was nice to be wanted. It was wonderful to be wanted by Tony.
Steve touched Tony’s shoulder. Genuine concern contorted his face. “Tony, I’m really worried. I love you; I don’t want to see you hospitalized because we didn’t take care of you.”
“That’s a sweet love confession, Steve, but my weak, barely functional heart belongs to this darling raccoon over here.” Tony pecked Bucky on the lips. “I really hope you are immune to the common cold, otherwise that was a lot more disgusting than I thought it would be in my head.” Tony sniffled.
Red-nosed, watery-eyed, and a voice that was slowly but surely becoming raspy, and Tony was still the person Bucky most wanted to kiss on the planet. He was a smitten man; he did not mind.
“Tony, I’m serious,” Steve’s tone hardened.
“So am I.” Tony lightly kicked Steve’s knee. “Shoo, shoo. Go pine for me in another room, or make another super boy band to fight against mine, whatever it is you do to cope.”
Steve shook his head. “You’re delirious.”
Tony closed his eyes and groaned. When he opened his eyes again, a shade of the sharp wit that he usually carried shimmered in his eyes. He turned on Steve. “Steve, if I am hospitalized it will be from blue balls, because right now, I am trying to get in your best friend’s pants, and you are cockblocking me.”
Steve’s head jerked back as if struck. He blinked rapidly like a cartoon character then stared at Tony and Bucky.
“You two are dating? Really dating? This isn’t a joke?”
Tony rolled his eyes. “We are trying to.”
“Yeah, third wheel and the love confessions are making it a little hard,” Bucky said.
Steve stiffened. Red tinged the tips of his ears. He crossed his arms over his chest. “Love confession? Really?”
“You said, ‘I love you,’” Bucky argued. He wasn’t going to let Steve off the hook for intruding on his date with Tony.
Tony nodded.
“I say ‘I love you’ to both of you all the time.” The red traveled down Steve’s eartips to his neck. Steve’s jaw set stubbornly.
“No, you don’t,” Bucky said.
“Yes, I do.”
“Friday,” Tony chimed in. “Has Steve ever said ‘I love you’ to Bucky or me before now?”
“I have no record of Steve Rogers saying ‘I love you’ to either of you; however, my records do not account for times that he was outside of my hearing range.”
Tony smirked at Steve. “Don’t try to say that every time you’ve said it you’ve just happened to not be around Friday.”
“I was wrong.” Steve stood up. “You’re not sick enough to go to the hospital. You have too much energy.”
“Love you too, Steve,” Tony said.
Steve’s face turned tomato red.
Tony tilted his head so he could kiss Bucky’s cheek. “Love you more.”
Bucky’s grin cut his face in half.
“I’m going to leave you two alone.” Steve hurried for the exit, like a child who had just walked in on his parents kissing.
“Don’t go after my fella again,” Bucky hollered at Steve’s retreating back. He spoke the words playfully with an undercurrent of seriousness that he knew Steve would pick up on. Steve was his family and best friend–he loved Steve–but Tony was special. He wasn’t okay with Steve hitting on Tony.
“I wasn’t!” Steve shouted as he made himself scarce.
“Sure,” Bucky said, sarcasm dripped off the word.
Tony flopped against Bucky. “Finally! Alone at last.”
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prairiewhisper · 5 years
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ok well im 30 minutes into hocus pocus and its 10 days to halloween i gotta start moving Fast candy? check. overalls? check. plans r slanting towards a haystack banjoer. NO shirt. Maybe a crazy person who blasts the smithereens. UHH sometime during the week i gotta get gourds and envelopes, gotta roast seeds and make jack o lanterns... CANDLES? its time to mobilize the forces (my siblings) school can FUCK next saturday i dont care abt nobody me and randy r going to world market and joanns i need stripy socks
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gan-riocht · 6 years
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1. pumpkin pie or apple pie?I don’t really like either! I know i know im the worst new englander not liking apple pie. i will make apple pie all day long and i just dont like eating it. i love pecan pie though!!
4. favorite fall drink?the chai tea from dobra tea shop! its so calm and warming. or really anything spiced with like cardamom or nutmeg or anything like that. warm eggnog with (maybe brandy) and nutmeg grated on top! hot apple cider!!! i love pumpkin spice lattes and i Do Not Care what u think which makes me #punk
5. favourite fall food?shepards pie!!! my mom makes really good shepards pie. anything with potatos. am i irish?? u guess. also cider donuts.
13. favorite candle scent(s)?anything kind of piney or smokey?? pipe tobacco pine tree black amber anything like that! im not a huuuuge fan of overly floral or those like “beachy” scents.
16. caramel apple or candy apple?caramel!!!
24. corn maze or haunted house?corn maze. i went to a haunted house once and got so scared when one of the actors jumped in front of me i slapped him. i felt so bad!! never again. give me a corn maze somewhere i can buy cute tiny gourds and pumpkins and i can get cider donuts.
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dorothydrowned · 6 years
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The Weird Little Girl
It was the summer of 2014, and I was selling handmade jewelry at something called the Harvest Festival in Zoar, Ohio. (Zoar is another story in itself!) My daughter was on vacation out of state with her father at this time, and it was the first time she’d been away from me that long. So she was heavy on my mind. Anyways... so I have my gypsy jewelry booth set up, and the booth across from me was an older lady selling painted gourds. She had her granddaughter with her, and the little girl kept coming over to my booth to hang out with me. She was about 9- 10 years old and was wearing a KISS tshirt, which she said was her favorite band. She was smart, inquisitive, and wise beyond her years. She was DEFINITELY an old soul. She reminded me alot of MY kid, and I was enjoying her company.... UNTIL... She was playing with my extra jewelry supplies and trying to make a bracelet. Digging through my charms, she looks up at me and goes “Its not fair. You always have the best stuff.” This might not seem like much to you, but it set my spidey senses to tinglin... Because what she said was literally what my own daughter said WORD FOR WORD everytime we made jewelry. It was odd but I tried to brush it off as a coincidence. It stuck with me though. THEN... After about an hour of talking and laughing and taking care of customers, there was a quiet moment when it was only me and the little girl. (My husband had gone to get something to eat, and my friend who was sitting with me had decided to take a walk around and see what people had going on) So I’m sitting there making jewelry with the little girl and she looks at me and says... “You were in the kitchen. And the dog barked. You said ‘let the dog in’ and your daughter said ‘he’s not outside’.” I just looked at her. I couldn’t get any words out, but I could tell by the look on her face that the look on MY face said it all. After a moment I said “How did you know that??!!” She looked shocked and a little scared. Almost like she didn’t even know what had come out of her mouth. She whispered “Wait, did that really happen?” At that moment I absolutely lost my shit. I started sobbing...ugly crying. I had to excuse myself and walk away. Had to take some deep breaths and calm myself down because the truth was... Yes it did happen. The conversation she recited to me was WORD FOR WORD a conversation I had with my daughter the week before. HOW WOULD SHE KNOW? The only people present during that conversation were me, my daughter, and the dog. And what a RANDOM bit of conversation to repeat to me... I hid in the trees for awhile and my husband came to find me and console me, because I couldn’t stop crying. I had scared the little girl because I got SO upset. At the moment all I could think about was my kid. Was she okay? Was something wrong? Was this some kind of sign? I called her dad repeatedly and got no answer. My husband assured me that everything was fine, and the little girl went back to her grandmas booth, and I went back to mine. It was so strange. All of a sudden it felt like I was in the Truman Show or part of some kind of experiment and it felt like everyone was in on it. When my husband walked me back to my booth I heard my friend ask him “How is she doing?” In almost a “knowing” way. I was so creeped out and just mentally and emotionally exhausted. I dont remember much of anything else from there. We packed up and went home. I slept like the dead that night. To this day my husband brushes it off like it was nothing. Just a “weird” little hippie girl. “Thats how they are” he says. What, invisible spies hiding in your house, listening to your private conversations? Only to repeat them back to you later? Excuse my language, but I don’t fucking think so. ..................... #targetedindividual #ti #gangstalking #streettheater #v2k
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