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brglhobbit · 3 years

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30 Questions Yay I got tagged thank you @reshirement 1. name or nickname: brglhobbit because I brgl idk someone give me a nickname or something 2. gender: brgl 3. star sign: scorpio 4. height: smol 5. time: afternoon 6. bday: scorpio that’s all you going to get 7. fav band(s): KEiiNO, dir en grey, idk I don’t care about bands that much anymore I’m old like that 8. fav solo artist(s): Howard Shore was my number one most streamed last year on spotify 9. song stuck in your head: none at the moment how boring 10. last movie: Fellowship of the Ring 11. last show: Brooklyn 99 (it was so weird to see SAM AS A HACKER) 12. when did i create this blog: late 2020, at first I just lurked and reblogged bagginshield 13. what do i post: I post my bagginshield drawings. Also some random thoughts type of posts and reblogging other people’s art. 14. last thing i googled: Proteus mirabilis 15. other blogs: I don’t have other blogs (that would have had any activity after 2017) 16. do i get asks: Eeehhh not much, some here and there? But I mean I don’t really send asks so it makes sense right? I’m not good at being social like that... 17. why i chose my url: uhhhh I just wanted it to have a very obvious reference to the Hobbit movies because that’s what this blog is all about it’s not too deep 18. following: 64 (I need more blogs to follow I guess) 19. followers: 590 (seriously how??) 20. avg hrs of sleep: 5-7 21. lucky no.: I don’t have one 22. instruments: Musical instruments? Never played any, I was more of an art kid so. Surgical instruments? 23. what i’m wearing: sweatpants and hoodie 24. dream job: professional bird watcher or mushroom hunter or maybe mushroom scientist or chocolate taster 25. dream trip: train trip around Europe to visit all the fanciest botanical gardens and parks 26. fave food: sushi 27. nationality: hobbit 28. fav song: Honestly it changes so much but Behöver inte dig idag by Clara Klingenström is definitely a current fav 30. top 3 fictional universes i wanna live in: middle-earth middle-earth middle-earth idk I’m just boring like that and I don’t know enough universes

Aaaand let me tag @mandolinearts @ooowyn @estethell @theresonlyzuul and please do not feel pressured to do this but yay if you decide to do this :3

#ok wow it is not afternoon anymore #i was writing this when i took a break to repot a cactus and then I got distracted #i've been tagged

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cuttlefishwritesotome · 3 years

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Ikesen Boys meeting Calliope the Cactus

For full context I have a zygocactus named Calliope, Cali for short, and I thought this would be a funny thing to write.

Kennyo, Nobunaga, Yoshimoto, Masamune, Mitsuhide, Hideyoshi, Kenshin, Motonari

Warnings: Historical inaccuracies as far as the eye can see

Kennyo

👘”Hello Calliope.”

👘He pretends to not care about them. All “I am a demon who feels nothing but rage.”

👘When they’re alone Kennyo is just the most caring. He has Ranmaru bring back a copy of my notes on how to care for Cali, he talks to them about his day, and he’ll even save their flowers when they fall.

👘The ONLY one who I’d trust to take care of Cali. He is a responsible caring adult who needs an emotional support cactus. He would NEVER let anything happen to my cactus child.

Nobunaga

🗡I would kill him if he EVER took a STEP towards Cali. 😤😤

🗡Not just because I hate him

🗡He would actually not give a single shit, like he'd just have a smug smirk thinking I was some sort of naive idiot.

🗡Definitely would not refer to Calliope by name, not even to tease me, just "it" and "the Cactus".

🗡Probably say something like this "Seems like my good luck charm is enjoying their cactus."

🗡10/10 for respecting my pronouns tho.

Yoshimoto

🦚"They're beautiful, the green is lovely and their red blooms are magical."

🦚The only reason I don't trust him to take care of them is because I already don't trust him to take care of himself.

🦚Yoshimoto 100% gave me a fancy pot to plant them in and every time I have to repot them he brings an even fancier one.

🦚Could sit for hours just enjoying Cali's company as he painted or something.

Masamune

🐯 DO NOT EAT MY CACTUS!!!

🐯I don't CARE if it's a joke I WILL revoke your cactus privileges!!

🐯Ok he'd tease like Nobunaga but he makes it clear that there's no malice.

🐯He genuinely likes Cali and thinks that everyone caring about them so much is really cute.

🐯He just likes teasing a little but more.

Mitsuhide

🐍 Genuinely does not know how to look after a cactus. Especially a zygocactus. He hides it behind teasing.

🐍Lowkey might actually eat the eggshells I use as fertizler. Not on purpose, he just couldn't tell that it was for the plant.

🐍mistuhide would totally break a dude's hand if the even implied a threat towards Cali.

🐍Like "Sir, thats my emotional support time traveler's emotional support cactus. I will kill you if you lay a hand on either of them."

🐍Would accidently over water them if I ever left them in his care. Like he meant well, but didn't realize that cacti need less water than other plants.

🐍Never let him plant sit. Never.

Hideyoshi

💓He'd be weirded out at first, like "why are you talking to a plant? Do you feel ok?"

💓Once he's introduced though.

💓Hideyoshi adds a plant to his Oda children.

💓He really wants to take care of them, but he's so busy that he really doesn't have the time. But every now and then he shows up to spend an hour with Cali and give them a little mist.

💓Mamayoshi is lowkey trying to steal my cactus child.

Kenshin

🐇Straight up doesn't care for Cali

🐇If it can't pick up a sword why should he care?

🐇He's fully content to leave the plant stuff to Yoshimoto but if Shingen teases him enough he'll demand to take care of them.

🐇The only reason Cali is still with us after the whole thing is because Kenshin would die before letting Shingen beat him.

Motonari

🏴‍☠️No.

🏴‍☠️Keep him away from all living things for everyone's safety.

🏴‍☠️Just. No.

🏴‍☠️Please.

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octupus-on-the-moon · 3 years

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A roommate

~Hi :l I know, I know, I'll update regularly my ass. The good news are, that i wrote a lot. My Star Wars obsession is back and i started to write a fic about it and I'm writing a Short Story about Sam. Sooo i got distracted. But I sat down yesterday and got some writing done here aaaand I made a Masterlist, linked over here. I shut up now, have fun ;)~

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Seventh part of a nightmare

Word count: 1542

Pairing: Bucky × Reader

Warning: Mental health issues

It was a long rough night. For both. The silences and darkness prevented Barnes from sleeping, he doze off a few times just to wake up, sweating and panting. Thinking about all the horrible things his Alter Ego did, what he did. Even though Bucky really wanted to stand up stretch a little and turn on the lights, but he did not, because he feared he might wake up y/n and needed to explain himself. So, he kept sitting on the cold floor, waiting for the sunrise.

On the other side of the door y/n, wasn´t having a better time either. The whole thing with her father was slowly driving her crazy. She replayed every single memory she ever had of him. And suddenly there were little but clear hints about his other life. Strange man in black suits, that came to visit them. Her dad every once in a while, disappearing for a few hours just to come back with a present, telling y/n that he had work to do outside. And the panic he managed to hide in front of everyone but her, when S.H.I.E.L.D. fell and the media went wild. It started to make sense. Everything started to make sense. And it scared y/n, because a little part of her did not want it to be real. To calm herself down y/n was walking around the room, playing with her hair, picking on her skin. She was tempted to open the door, but on a second thought, y/n did not want to intrude in James’s space. She was already a burden enough.

Holding that thought y/n, decided to try and sleep. Under the blankets she stared at the ceiling. Y/n could hear almost anything that happened in the apartment. The quiet humming of the fridge. The steady leak in the bathroom sink. The fluttering of the curtain and obviously the sounds of the Big City, that came through the open window. The only thing she could not hear at all was James.

Finally, her curiosity won.

On tip toes y/n stood up and went to the door. Every little noise in this apartment could be heard from the bed. Everything but him. Was he meditating? Did he leave? Did he die from a strange disease from one moment to another? She was about to laugh about her own silly ideas. Preventing it by putting a hand over her mouth, while the other one slowly lowered the door handle. It opened easy without making any sound. Y/n took two light steps ahead and looked over the edge into the living room.

As she saw James leaning upright against the wall, she hid herself behind the wall. Nothing happened. Once again, she leaned over the edge. He did not move. He was sleeping. Y/n took a deeper look on to the scene before her. Mr. Nakajima’s Mattress was carefully placed on the wall, besides the TV. James was sitting on the opposite side of it, between the armchair and the only chair he had. The head straight up as if he were looking at the ceiling. Under the long-sleeved t-shirt, he was wearing, you could see the singular shapes of the metal arm. His legs stretched out in front of him wrapped in a dark blanket. The curtain was closed, but the window was open, so that the thin fabric flooded up every few moments and the street lights submerged the room in a strange light.

Y/n did not know how long she admired the scene. Every little detail consumed her in that quiet night. Then the magic broke.

James set himself up, struggling for air, gripping the blanket with one hand, putting the other one on his chest. Taking one heavy breath after the other. To just break down against the wall again. Y/n froze. She was not meant to see that, but she could not move without drawing his attention to her. Y/n kept observing the scene, that had lost all its charm. The room was cold, because of the wind that came through the open window. The furniture lost its shape, turning into threating shadows. In between, James suddenly seemed so small and lost. He forced his breath to slow down. It took him a few tries, and when he hesitantly drew his knees to his chest, something inside her broke. Her face grew cold. Eyes narrow, Lips pressed together. Her fist closed tight.

Even though she long thought of him as a monster, now she decided to make everyone pay, who was responsible for this. If this sudden feeling came, because it reminded her of someone long lost or because the person in front of her was scared child, instead of the strong Avenger she thought he became, did not matter.

James started to become more conscious of his surroundings as he calmed down. Y/n took the moment of confusion and escaped silently to her room.

The first rays of light from the morning sun, vanished the cold shadows of the moon. After sleeping a few hours, y/n got up of her bed full of zest for action. It was not enough sleep, but nothing that a good coffee could not solve. While she hurried to the bathroom, y/n noticed that James was still sleeping, rolled up in the same place she left him last night. With a smile she brushed her hair and teeth. Y/n planned a little surprise for him, that would work even better if he slept a little longer.

After y/n dressed up, made a good coffee, drank a cup and left a little note for James. She went out to buy some things for her host. The usual stuff. Food, easy to cook for one person; Some good wine; Toilet paper; soap, etc. As she passed a little Flower shop y/n had an idea and went inside.

With all hands full of bags, she carefully balanced her way to the door of the apartment. Then it struck her. She did not have any keys. Rolling her eyes sighting, y/n slowly let all bags down to the floor. Taking a quick look on her wristwatch, that told y/n it was almost noon, she decided to knock.

Like the last time y/n heard some mumbling and quick steps behind the door. With the same sleepy face of the first time Bucky greeted y/n. When he registered all the bags on the floor, his face lit up in astonishment. It was a really long time ago someone went grocery shopping for him.

Y/n and Bucky brought everything to the kitchen, both equally excited about all the bags.

“Why and what did you buy?” Barnes asked with a soft smile and a cup of coffee in his hand.

“Oh, just some food aaaaand” Y/n was searching through the bags “Some little plants” she finished showing him a little pot with a tiny round cactus. “Because you need food and taking care of plants is fun, apart from the obvious fact that they look great”

“Wow” was the only response from Bucky. The little plants reminded him of Wakanda, they were not exactly goats, but y/n bought a lot of them so he would have enough to do every day.

The Sunday rushed by between cocking their late-late-breakfast, eating and talking, repotting the plants, looking for the best place for all the little flowers, cactuses and little bushes and last but not least cooking their on-time-dinner. As the sun sets, both were sitting on the living room floor enjoying a bottle of wine, surrounded by little colorful pots.

“I didn´t think you could cook, it was delicious” Bucky commented looking down on the empty plates.

“Thank you. Yeah rich-girl-complex doesn´t work with me. I like doing stuff myself and I lived alone a few years.”

“Well, you really didn´t seem that kind of girl, but you also don´t seem that kind of girl that likes doing domestic tasks” He took a sip of his wine, without letting her out of sight.

“Good point, but I think that isn´t a gender-relevant-thing everyone should be able to take care of themselves”

“Agreed. I´ll cook the next time”

“Agreed too, this place looks great by the way” Y/n praised as she took another look around the room.

“Yes, you were right plants do look fantastic” Bucky approved with a soft smile.

“Oh I bought something else” Y/n jumped up and went to the bedroom. He took another sip of his wine frowning. Then she came back with two Books “These two are my favorite” y/n explained holding them up “Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe from the Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis”

“How did you? Never mind. Thank you” Barnes reached out for the books beaming as if it were Christmas. Y/n gave them to him, sitting down, studying his expressions. She was nervous at first, because she did not know if he would like them, but the smile told her everything. She relaxed, reaching for her glass.

“Can we read them together?” Bucky suddenly asked, after reading the backs and observing the covers awhile “No pressure, if you already…” His shy stutter got interrupted

“Of course”

~I loved writing this one, it was really fun and I love its vibe. If I'm intruding too much into the reader character, I'm sorry, I'm really trying not to~

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dirtj0b · 7 years

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More journal crap! This one is about my plants. (Not important, just notes!)

I keep wanting to write a new journal but keep ending up busy or asleep for the past couple days... I’m not sure how long this one will be. Probably long... I’ll break it into parts! This one will be about plants, and I’ll write the other one about spirit stuff.

First of all, I’m sorry I’ve been taking so many pictures of my plants... I am just so incredibly proud of them, I want to show them to everyone. I cannot believe that I grew most of these myself, it feels unreal. They’re all getting so big! Especially the morning glories... One of them, I measured, grew two inches in just a day! I am so proud, so prouuudd.

A few of them still aren’t feeling well... One of the ferns recovered nicely, and one of them is getting steadily worse... Since I bought the sick one from Walmart, I... Don’t know if the care instructions are correct, and honestly, it doesn’t list a proper name on it (just fern I think) so it’s a bit tough to look it up... I can’t tell if it wants more or less light, but I feel like the light must be part of the problem! I just repotted both ferns... The one I was originally most worried about was... The whole pot was packed with the roots, they were so compacted in there that it took me more than 20 minutes to get them somewhat separated so it would feel better in a new pot... I was almost certain that it wouldn’t make it, but here we are a few days later, and it’s recovered!

The other fern is... Sort of crispy looking... Maybe it’s getting too much light? The tag that was in the pot said “full sun” but should I really trust it...? I’m gonna look up more info, I don’t know a lot about ferns...

Come to think of it, I don’t know much of anything about plants in general, I’m really just... Figuring this out as I go on.

Icup is still feeling under the weather, but appears to be recovering! There was a mishap last night, though... He fell from the shelf and landed directly on my aloe plant, crushing some of the leaves... I’m worried about the aloe, it’s pretty tough, but...

Icup fell out of the pot. Apparently roses are sturdy as fuck, but because of this I was able to see that the roots still haven’t spread past the original size of his pot... The reason I named it Icup is that it came in a tiny teacup shaped pot, about two inches wide. Very small... It seemed to be doing well, but got sick pretty suddenly a week or so again. I think this was my fault, but it hasn’t been growing as fast as my other roses, and now I think I know why! I mussed the roots up a little and repotted it, also I added a tiny bit of pearlite to the soil because I read that roses like that.

I fertilized the other three roses, and pruned off all the dead bits... Despite a few setbacks, they are definitely growing larger! I was really worried about the unnamed rose, but it’s getting better! Only one stem is still alive on that one, but considering I was certain it was going to die... The one stem has a fuckton of leaves now, I’m glad. I asked King if he wanted to name that one, and he tried to suggest a name, but I only got part of it (Pari- (??)) and so it remains nameless for now. Finding out new words from spirits is tough sometimes...

Glorm and Deathblade are doing great! I think Glorm might be working on some new flowersssssss...

I bought a pot for my wisteria today... It’s getting really big... I still haven’t taken the poor thing out of the bag it came in. The weather where I live is... Unpredictable... It has started snowing here again. Now that I know that most wisteria can’t survive this... Well, I’m glad I didn’t plant it outside yet, but I feel bad for buying it so early and letting it sit in a bag. I think it’s gonna be ok, though!

The poppies I bought for J are doing shitty. They were sick when I bought them, but I hoped that repotting would help them out... They still don’t look so good. I’m not sure what else to do, yet... I added some fertilizer.

The big morning glories, the fuzzy ones, are growing incredibly fast. I have NEVER seen a plant grow this fast. King seems to particularly like those ones, too. They are the same ones that were tangled in my hair when I woke up that one day, pff. I put them in a large pot together, with a tall-ish bit of trellis in the middle. They seem to love it. They’ve already grown about four inches (maybe more?) since I put them in there... I am proud of them! I think the fuzziness of the vines is cute, too. They’re very soft, I kind of want to sit around petting them. Some of the leaves are fuzzy, too. It reminds me of how peaches are fuzzy.

The morning glories in the planter are growing up past the lights, now. I wonder if I should move the lights up higher? There were a couple casualties... About three of the smaller ones seem to have passed away. I’m pretty sad about it, but there are so many of them, I guess it would have been unrealistic to hope they would all make it...

The largest sunflower is feeling well again, but now lays horizontally. I’m not sure how to fix this. I’m going to try attaching it to a stick. Poor thing... It’s getting bigger, though! The other sunflowers didn’t make it... I need to try harder. I’m frustrated that I let them get sick.

The sage and snap peas are doing fuck awful. I’m not sure what to do for them. They were really root bound when I got them from the nursery, and so I put them in new pots, but they are just sort of slowly getting sicker. I must have done something wrong... They are under full sun and I water them a little bit every day. Except today, the sage’s soil seemed too damp so I didn’t water it...

The mint that Fish gave me is growing well! The rosemary I got is also doing very well. I wonder if I should clip some of it? I don’t know much about herbs... I also got lavender seeds and was thinking about growing some of it inside, but we will seeeee.

My orchid is doing well! Nothing to report there. The poppy in the window is tiny but also doing well. I hope it survives. The garlic in my room seems like it’s doing great, as well! I like it, it smells like... Garlic. The moon flowers are growing incredibly slow, but they seem really healthy! The leaves are such a dark color, it’s really nice. I’m going to repot the biggest one, soon. King seems to particularly like the moon flowers as well, and he picked out a pot for them himself. I was a bit surprised by that... I told him that as payment for a thing he had done he could pick something out from the store, and he chose that. It’s not that he is selfish (ever) or anything, it just surprised me for some reason. Anyway, plants.

One of the succulents didn’t make it. I tried really hard, but in the end nothing was working... Since it was on clearance and in pretty bad shape when I got it, I guess I shouldn’t have had such high hopes. The succulent that Fish got me was also clearance and is doing GREAT (it’s huuuuge now) so I guess I got a little bit cocky and thought I could save it. The velvet plant also didn’t make it... I’m going to try one in a terrarium next time. It just wasn’t holding water for some reason and would become dry so fast, I couldn’t water it fast enough. I’ve never seen that before...

The succulents I’m propagating are doing ok. Not great, but not bad. One of them popped out of the ground and had roots when I looked, so that’s good! A few seem to have dried out and gotten kind of mushy... I’m not sure if I should keep taking care of those or what? Oh well... I got a really large pot to plant the succulents in! It was on clearance because it has a large chip on the bottom. I’m waiting until I move more of my shelves in before I plant them, that way I have somewhere to set it...

I now have two cacti! One is... strange. I’m only assuming it is a cactus because it has some similar traits... Spines, and a really thick “stem”... It also has big leaves growing out of it! And flowers that grow out of the top, small pink ones! The tag only listed it as “upright foliage, assorted”, whatever the fuck that means. Oh well. I repotted it yesterday (drunk) because it had roots coming out the bottom. It seems to be doing well today. My other cactus is... Also a mystery, but definitely a cactus. I named it Dagoth Ur, because it is red and black and kind of stripey looking, with spikes on each edge. I don’t know what it is, but I like it.

I got a butterwort! It grows faster than I expected. I’ve only had it a few days, but it’s already caught a bunch of flies (YESSSS) and has three new leaves! I don’t know what the hell butterwort likes, but it seems to be getting it.

The snake plant is hiding in my hamper, and it’s doing fine as always... It’s getting big, though. The nephthytis is doing great as well! I feel like maybe it could use some more light, so I’ll work on that. I’m hoping to buy another plant light soon, but options have been a bit... Inconvenient. I really like the one I have with the roses, which has a clamp to hold it onto the shelf. It also casts a cool glow on the ceiling, in light pink and blue. It’s pleasant.

Anyway, the last plant I can think of is my english ivy, which apparently doesn’t need shit. It’s doing fine. It gets very little light and never seems to need water, but it’s still doing really well. I’m not sure what’s up with that plant, I heard they were hard to keep alive. Ah, well. I won’t complain about that! I did hit my head on it a few days ago, while I was trying to hang something up.

...That’s about it, I think. I have so many plants, now. I don’t even know how many I have anymore. Surely I have more than 47, now. Maybe I’ll get double anxiety? I’m pretty excited, I hope that the morning glories will bloom, soon. Since there are so many different varieties, I am sure that it’s going to look amazing. My friend mentioned that wisteria doesn’t bloom for a few years, usually... That makes me kind of sad, but I can try to be patient! Maybe if I take really good care of it it will bloom faster! Probably not, but I can hope.

I really want to get a pitcher plant to help with all these flies... My home is... Well. I’m not sure where the flies come from. They’ve been here for years. They’ve survived two bug bombings, and always come back. They don’t bite or anything, and I’ve never seen larvae or eggs around... They’re just sort of gross. I don’t like it when they land on me when I’m sleeping, either. Eugh. I guess I prefer flies to spiders, but still. I almost bought a fucking praying mantis nest and released them into my kitchen, but I... Had some reservations about that. For obvious reasons. I hope the flies go away eventually. ...I don’t know why I’m talking about flies.

Sorry that was fucking long.

TL;DR - Five million plants are in my house. Five million plants inside of my house are becoming large. Two of the plants tried to strangle me in my sleep. One of the plants attacked my head. Some of the plants died of natural (?) causes... Two of the plants killed each other. Flies.

#notes i guess #this one is mostly about plants #lots of plants #this is really long again sorry

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