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lilhawkeye3 · 4 years

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This Ohio discourse has got me dying to create discourse about every other state now hehe so I officially present:

Hawk’s review of 36/50 US states!

In alphabetical order because that fuckin song “50 nifty United States” has been stuck in my head since fourth grade.

Arizona: Phoenix is hot. Can’t believe y’all choose to live in a place that gets haboobs. Saw Sen. John McCain in the airport. I feel that sums up the state well. 4/10

California: as a resident of the state of Oregon, I’m legally required to say fuck California😌 unless anyone else talking shit about Cali and then we got your back😤 SoCal vs San Fran vs Northern Cal are totally different worlds though. 7/10

Colorado: damn idk how y’all breathe there, them air is thin. But really pretty out there! 7/10

Connecticut: oh my god fuck New Haven. And Stamford, and Hartford, and— Yknow what? Let’s just toss the whole state into the Sound. For real, traffic is the WORST here and I’m so sorry that y’all gotta live like that. 3/10

Delaware: I cannot believe this is considered a state. There’s no difference between Delaware and Maryland/Pennsylvania. 1/10 should not be a state

Florida: “the only hills in Florida are the highway ramps and the Matterhorn!” —the shuttle driver at Disney World. He was right. Shit is flat as fuck here. And hot. And humid. The Gulf Coast is nice? But tbh it’s just all very touristy which is kind of a bummer. 5/10

Georgia: ...I can’t with the humidity or thinly veiled racism. But y’all got nice peaches! Also Black Panther filmed there so thank you for blessing us with that. 6/10 for fruits

Hawaii: okay pineapple farms are cool. Tbh I just feel really bad for how much mainlander/tourist bs all the islanders put up with. Ik price of living is v high and keeps going up. That said I did love Hawaii... although I was stung by a jellyfish. Hate those little bastards. 8/10 for wonderful people and nature

Idaho: as an Oregonian I’m required to also say fuck Idaho 😝 you da hoes. Okay for real tho southern Idaho has become v white white and kinda scary tbh. The northern part of the state is pretty chill tho. Also Oreida kettle chips are partly made in Idaho so I gotta give you half credit for that. 4/10

Illinois: at least you’re not Indiana. 4/10.

Indiana: I never want to step foot in Gary, Indiana again in my life. (Passed a Mack truck hauling a race car to Indy 500 though so that was cool.) 2/10

Iowa: I almost moved here. I’m so glad I didn’t. Why are the Quad Cities actually a group of five towns? I hate that. Also the roads were all cement, felt like driving on a sidewalk. Was also interesting because the second we got out of the city proper, it was just... corn fields everywhere. 2/10 y’all raising children of the corn.

Kentucky: I really don’t have anything to say about Kentucky. I thought the trees were pretty? 5/10 yeah idk

Maine: my relative has totaled two cars by hitting moose in Maine. Maine scares me. Or rather, the moose do. Also the lobster roll hype is real. And the coast truly is beautiful. 8/10 but an extra point for the moose bc I hate that relative so 9/10

Maryland: oh god Baltimore. Also I’m blaming you for the DC traffic because it’s on the land you gifted them. 3/10

Massachusetts: Patriots fans are the worst NFL fans (the racism is real, especially after fans burned the jerseys of Black players who knelt for the anthem). Liking Dunkin’ Donuts is not a personality trait. The North End in Boston is truly the best place to get pizza in the entire country. Western Mass is not the same state. And the Cape Cod bridges give me nightmares. 5/10 but cause I had to pay taxes two years and it really is Taxachusetts, knocking it down to 4/10

Michigan: it’s a lot bigger than I initially thought. 5/10

Minnesota: it’s Canada but in the US. Pretty driving through the southern part. Cops suck tho. 5/10

Montana: okay Montana is downright gorgeous. (Except Billings. Sorry, Billings.) I must include a photo. I wanna get a cabin here and just exist. 8/10

New Hampshire: can’t decide if it hates Massachusetts or wants to be Massachusetts. All it knows is that it’s better than Vermont. Which... y’know, valid. (If you wanna see NH culture watch North Woods Law tbh). 4/10

New Jersey: why are there so many goddamn highways in this state? Also there are more places to weekend trip than the Shore or the Poconos. Although you do have people pump gas for you just like Oregon, so... that’s valid. Things my friends have added: Newark airport is cursed (valid), the jughandles are nightmares (true), pork roll/Taylor Ham is good and so are bagels and New Jersey pizza (allergic so idk), and everyone is split on whether the shore is actually decent or not 😂 I give it a 3.5/10 out of spite

New York: NYC is fun, Upstate is MASSIVE but really beautiful. Long Island is... yeah I don’t have anything nice to say about Long Island. 8/10 For NYC, 6/10 for Upstate, -2/10 for Long Island, gives us an average of 6/10

North Carolina: very good peaches. Isn’t South Carolina. Keep it up👍🏽 6/10

Ohio: I already told y’all how I feel about this flat ass boring state. I feel no need to slander it any more lmao. 3/10

Oregon: she flies with her own wings, mi amor🥰 to list all the reasons I like Oregon (and the issues too bc it ain’t perfect), I would need a whole other post. I’ll just leave you with this picture I took of Mt. Hood, the queen of our Cascades. 11/10

Pennsylvania: so apparently PN is three states hiding in a trench coat like NY. There’s upstate, philly and Pittsburg. Personally I think they’re just trying too hard and wanna get the same recognition as NY. Meh. 5/10

Rhode Island: THIS FUCKIN SHAM OF A STATE Just merge it with Connecticut and be done with it!! It’s tiny. Providence sucks. There’s nothing unique about this state that you can’t find in Southern Mass (except MA has cheaper taxes so y’all come to work and shop in MA anyways smh). Also the fingers are really annoying to drive down to get to some beach areas haha. 2/10 you’re barely better than Delaware.

South Carolina: my Black father was invited to a party celebrating General Robert E Lee’s birthday. So... 0/10

South Dakota: very gorgeous, didn’t realize the Missouri River went this far west, but VERY LARGE. I mean it looks big on a map but then you get there and... yeah. No speed limit on highways is a great time though. And the Badlands have mountain goats! 6/10 bc while pretty, living there seems really hard. (Picture is me in the Badlands).

Texas: gave us Juneteenth and Beyoncé and JJ Watts. Thank you Texas. But is very big, got independence from Mexico to keep slavery (yikes), is like 97% private land (yikes) and is like the second or third largest state. Very big. That said, everyone I’ve ever met from Texas is lovely. 6/10.

Utah: Other than Idaho, this is the whitest state I’ve been to. Or it feels that way. Like a, the people crossed to the other side of the street and held their bags because I’m brown, state. And I don’t ski so I can’t even say that’s a good thing (I fell off the ski lift the one time I went, long story). Yeah 0/10.

Vermont: wants to be New Hampshire or Canada and can’t decide which. So it’s just kinda there. Pretty hills though. 3/10

Virginia: let’s be real we all forget that Virginia exists west of Richmond. Nova is a beauracratic and traffic nightmare and half our neighbors had to pass security clearance checks. Hampton Roads and beach area is a tourist and mosquito nightmare. But there were dolphins and I made snowmen on the beach. Good times. 6.7/10

Washington: again, legally required as an Oregon resident to say fuck Washington because it’s all your fault we now are getting a toll on the I-5 border. But you’re better than California. And the Sound is really cool for fishing, love Wicked Tuna. And the fish market. Best salmon I’ve had. Eastern Washington... y’all got Spokane but the rest is kinda sparse. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 8/10

Wisconsin: cheese is actually good. Again, pretty state, much larger than I initially thought. 7/10

Wyoming: this was the ONLY STATE I lost cell service in when diriving cross country. Kinda surprised it wasn’t Montana, but no, it was Wyoming. Views are gorgeous though so I was distracted either way. 4/10

Thank you for joining me on this cross-country edition of Tea Time with Hawk. Please respond with any reactions, corrections, addendums about any and all of the states mentioned. And thank you for taking part in this wholesome Clone Wars fandom discourse with me 🥰💕

DISCLAIMER: THESE RATINGS ARE ALL A JOKE PLEASE DO NOT ACTUALLY GET MAD ABOUT IT

#ohio discourse #50 states reviews #oregon #midwest #california #texas #New York #massachusetts #deep south #midatlantic #New England #united states #the clone wars #DISCOURSE COMMENCE

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lemmylemons · 3 years

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Misfits favorite childhood memories? Ik they’re still kids but yk what i mean

Alice- This happened when she very young, but she remembers it like it was yesterday. One night, while camping with her father she became homesick and began crying, wishing to go home back to the small apartment her and Sniper lived in. Of course, Sniper knew something was wrong with his daughter and to calm her down for the night he took her outside the camper van and started teaching her about the constellations and telling her about how his father always did the same thing with him when he felt upset or depressed. She'll never let this moment go...

Enguarde- When he was about 6 or 7 he found an old photo album of pictures of a very young Spy and his family. Enguarde immediately started asking Spy questions and Spy sat him down, ready to answer all of them. He told him about his childhood and how his father raised him, by himself, and how he inspired him to be a spy. Spy told Enguarde how much he loves him and that he hoped he could be as great a father as his was to him...

Redgie- Before Medic lost his license he used to work at a small little office back in Germany. He'd always take his sons there and let them run around while he "worked". Redgie and Cayden would never be allowed in Medic's office, but they'd just cause mass chaos together. Mainly they'd run up and down the halls and have races or Redgie would bang on Medic's office door because Cayden hit him... Good times.

Radigan- One night Radigan awoke to a thunderstorm and couldn't sleep due to the loud banging and crashing, and so he called out for his father. Engineer came into his bedroom and sat down on his bed, sitting right beside him, Radigan immediately hugged him, trembling. Engineer hugged him tightly and started playing with his hair to calm his nerves, telling him everything was alright and there was nothing to be afraid of. The last thing Radigan remembers after hugging Engie was his father singing him a lullaby. Engineer teases him about this saying "ya looked like a little baby all tucked up in my arms", this never bothers Radigan and he always thinks about it when he's scared.

Jane- He's always been close with Soldier and he always will be, the first thing he can remember is imitating his father. Jane took Soldier's helmet and jacket and started waddling around their small house yelling "I'm dada! I'm dada!" Now if course the helmet was too big for him and he couldn't see where he was going and he smacked right into a door, knocking the helmet off of his head as he fell back onto the ground. Soldier immediately rushed over and started calming him down. Jane remembers being hugged tightly and being called "the toughest little boy out there" over and over.

Cayden- He doesn't remember much of this, but he remembers a tiny, teeny little bit of it. All he can remember from this is being sat on Pyro's lap after hours of not being able to see her, and in her arms were two, tiny baby boys, a newborn Redgie and his now deceased twin Jonathan. Cayden remembers being confused and asking Medic lots of questions all while his father cried tears of joy and held him close.

Millie- She loved hearing Demo's stories as a little girl. Especially his ones about his attempts to catch the Loch Ness Monster, she always sat down on his lap, huddled in blankets with a whole bunch of stuffies, ready and excited to hear his next story of throwing a grenade into a body of water, desperate to take the monster out!

I hope you like :):):)

#team fortress 2 #tf2 oc #asks open

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marethetic · 3 years

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I cant believe I started my day filled with love and happiness all thanks to pris for tagging me in this☄️

Here: USE THIS LINK for the prompts

Mare + Namjoon

⭐: Mare and Namjoon playing on the swings at a small playground that nobody goes to anymore.

(( ◜‿◝ )♡ this is wholesome)

Mare + Seokjin

⭐: Seokjin screaming over a picture of Mare from long before they met. Seokjin describes the younger Mare as a tiny precious child, then looks at Mare, and says 'Well, you're still a tiny precious child'.

((人 •͈ᴗ•͈) I could literally hear his scream)

Mare + Yoongi

⭐:Mare posts a picture of Yoongi somewhere and it becomes a meme.

(XD this reminds of Namjoon posting his selfie but yoongi wanted it to be cropped as he can be seen yawning in it and armys literally converted that photo into meme lol)

Mare + Hobi

⭐: Hobi giving Mare a back massage when they flop on the couch or bed.

(ෆ╹̮ ╹ෆ Thats so hobi of him to do)

Mare + Jimin

⭐: They are on a ferris wheel, and everything is going great - until it gets stuck at the very top. For thirty whole minutes

(oof ill get to see two different yet so beautiful Sceneries(ʃƪ＾ω＾））

Mare + Taehyung

⭐: Mare and Taehyung finger painting with their child.

(ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ it hurts because its not gonna be real.......taehyungieeee the universe wants us to be together or technology idc i miss him(TT)This is the most perfect scenario ever to exist dream)

Mare + Jungkook

⭐:Mare and Jungkook as characters in a really crappy free-to-play MMORPG with super skimpy armor.

(Sounds about right yah but i hope we are playing together not against each other or else im dead in a sec👻)

Mare + BTS

⭐: Mare wrapping a blanket around BTS when they are sitting on the couch and watching a show.

((っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ Aahhh yes i would wrap them around to warm their bodies and comfort them with our love💜)

Mare + Jennie

⭐:Jennie and Mare getting lost in IKEA.

(Running around laughing out loud++😂😂)

Mare + Lisa

⭐: Mare and Lisa on a large field with a fresh foot of snow.

(༎ຶ‿༎ຶ i love her so much. I had a picture drawn in my mind and i could only focus on her smile. She has my 💓)

Mare + Jisoo

⭐: Mare telling Jisoo a dumb joke just to see their smile.

(I would literally embarrass myself to make her smile/laugh)

Mare + Rosé

⭐: Mare and Rosé at a theme park or carnival, and walking towards one of the many games to win a large stuffed animal. Mare is sure that they can win the game, but after many attempts (and a lot of cash down the drain) Mare gives up. Rosé, however, tries and succeeds on their first go.

(<(￣︶￣)> shes literally one of the strongest woman ik, shes a generous too, I can imagine doing this activity with her)

Mare + Blackpink

*they generated a thristy scenario so i did it again*

⭐:

Mare: guess what

BlackPink: what

Mare: i love you

BlackPink: O:

(*proceeds to hug all of them*)

This was literally fun and relatable 🌞.....i thoroughly enjoyed it!!!

@jiminisyourangel Thanks again❣️

Anyone who wishes to do<3

No tags u can carry on if u want.

#bts #taggames #taehyung #jungkook #namjoon #hobi #jin #yoongi #jimin #y/n #lisa #jennie #jisoo #rosé #blackpink

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hopetofantasy · 4 years

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Culture, parallels & meta - S2 E5

Zaterdag 20:43

C is for culture:

“I think I saw him walking at the Gaypride in Brussels” - Belgium has been organizing versions of Pride since 1978, with a brief period of absence in the 80s. The original name was ‘Roze Zaterdag’ (= ‘Pink Saturday’). Nowadays, there are two versions: the ‘Belgian Pride’ in Brussels and the (smaller) ‘Antwerp Pride’ in Antwerp, both attracting at least 90,000 participants. Various parties and festivals surround the parade, which is filled with floats from different LGBT+ organizations.

“Because now it’s time for Eurovision” - Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition and the longest running tv program since 1956. Only a country that’s part of the European Broadcasting Union can participate (with the exception of Australia). The contest includes various pre-selections, a specific voting system, broadcasting on other continents, a huge legacy of singers/bands - like ABBA, Céline Dion, Lordi - and massive popularity overall. Around a million Belgians watch the show live. It’s generally seen as something to make fun of (but people also secretly root for their country's act). Though, the only time Belgium won, was in 1986 with Sandra Kim’s ‘J’aime la vie’.

Lost in translation:

Milan saying: “Dan heb ik toch iets versierd vandaag” (= at least I decorated something today), this sentence has double meaning with ‘versieren’ (= ‘hitting on someone’ and ‘decorating’), so he’s alluding on the fact that he did the decorations, just not the ‘hitting on Robbe’-part.

“Waar is de zepper?” “Zapper!” - Milan is pronouncing the word for ‘remote’ in a Dutch way, instead of Flemish.

Oop, there it is, the homophobia / heteronormativity: This entire scene is just over-the-top. The girls gasping at the reveal of Robbe’s supposed kiss, assuming that it’s true, wondering if that’s why he doesn’t flirt back, even asking Milan if his gaydar is going off and giggling at him for wanting Robbe’s number.

Perfect parallel: Jana makes fun of Luca’s moves by licking her straw in S2, as Luca tried to flirt with Robbe by licking her spoon in S1.

Funny coincidence: Milan saying “I think the Netherlands are going to win”, lo and behold: the Netherlands won that night with Duncan Laurence’s ‘Arcade’.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: Milan hung up a glitter chandelier in the living room. Luca’s phone has a unicorn case.

Maandag 08:14

Perfect parallel:

Jana saying “Amber would die” about her dating Senne in a previous episode, Zoë claiming the same thing in this episode.

Senne's “If that were the case, I would’ve already done that" about Zoë thinking he wants her as a fling in previous episode, Zoë responding the same as Senne jokes about being her ‘toy boy’ in this one.

Dinsdag 08:12

Perfect parallel: Senne's “Fock, you’re sexy” when Zoë wasn’t into him in S1 and his “Stop being so hot” during their make-out in S2.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: Senne having a real - ahem - in his lower regions.

Dinsdag 08:26

Oopsie: In the previous clip, Zoë wasn’t wearing her red lipstick, yet it’s all smudged in this one.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: Jana's keychain changed to a blue stringy-thing and it’s dangling on her locker door this whole conversation.

Woensdag 12:23

C is for culture: “He’s underage and you’re of age, so that wouldn’t be allowed anyways” - According to Belgian law, the age of consent is 16. So even if, for example, both partners are younger than 16, it’s still technically punishable by law. Some political parties and sex-positive organizations are trying to lower the age of consent to 14, but it hasn’t been changed (yet).

Perfect parallel: Zoë stating “You’re not his type” to Milan about Robbe in S2, her assuming the boys are together after the coming out in S3.

Oop, there it is, the homophobia / heteronormativity: Milan trying to find out if Robbe has a 'Grindr' account. Zoë still thinks he’s gay, because “Maybe he wasn’t online”.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: According to the cookbook, Milan is making ‘Pappere with rose-harissa, black olives and capers’. The 'Grindr' profiles are clearly made up of stock photos.

Woensdag 16:57

Perfect parallel:

Zoë laughing with the fireplace and guitar, claiming they’re Senne’s flirting tools, in a previous episode and him joking that he’s looking for “A fireplace. And a guitar” in her room in this episode.

Senne saying “I’m the one” to Zoë in S2 and Sander's “He’s the one” about Robbe in S3.

Zoë barging into Milan’s room, catching him in a sexual act, in the first episode and Milan opening her door without knocking, interrupting the make out, in this episode.

Senne flipping Zoë onto her bed to make out in S2, Sander doing the same to Robbe in S3.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: The cookbook is called ‘SIMPEL’ by Yotam Ottolenghi. Zoë has a tiny, silver ring around her middle finger.

Woensdag 20:21

Perfect parallel: Milan barging in Zoë room, because “It was an emergency” in S2, him doing the same with Robbe, because “He urgently needs help” in S3.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: The cards on the refrigerator include a pig and Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album cover.

Donderdag 14:46

Perfect parallel: Jana reminding Zoë “Who thought that Robbe was in love with me?” in S2, because she said “That guy has a big crush on you” in S1.

Oop, there it is, the homophobia / heteronormativity: The entire conversation about Robbe with the girlsquad, including: “His gaydar didn’t go off”, “I knew he was straight”, “And if he says no, you know what’s up”, “That Robbe is straight? We’ll find out tomorrow!” and “I’ll get into his pants in no time”. Plus, the plan about seducing him to check if he’s gay or not.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: Zoë isn’t wearing her signature lipstick here.

Vrijdag 22:18

Perfect parallel: Max asking if Zoë “watches Temptation Island” and that she “must be a Game of Thrones fan”, which denies in this episode, while we know she watched both with her roommate in an earlier episode.

Where is Wally? Britt is dancing with Jana in the background.

Oop, there it is, the homophobia / heteronormativity: Jana trying to kiss an intoxicated Robbe to test if he’s gay and saying “This is clear. He’s so gay.” Resulting in this sad looking boy:

Oopsie:

When Senne smashes the bottle on the boy’s head, we can clearly see that it was fake glass: the tiny splinters are scattered all around, instead of bigger, jagged pieces falling to the ground.

Zoë leaves the party only with her handbag and suddenly, she's wearing a coat around her in the next shot.

Blink-and-y’ll-miss-it: The golden balloons behind Luka spell ‘party’.

#wtfock #wtfam #cpm rewatch #skam belgium #skam

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justjessame · 3 years

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Diamonds Are A Boy’s Best Friend Chapter 50

Vera was preparing for her first class as the premier dance instructor in Miami and of course being at the Miramar Playa only added to the appeal. The Fourth had been a resounding success and Lauren had met a boy, to her brothers’ and father’s horror. I was starting to think that I’d be the size of a parade float by the time I was ready to deliver our baby, and the time seemed to tick by ever slower - the heat of Miami bearing down on me harder and harder as the days went on.

My fear wasn’t tempered by the appointments with the doctor, even with Ike by my side and Mimi coming along for support. He was adamant that I be sedated and unconscious during delivery and that our child be forcibly removed with forceps. I was horrified by the idea that I wouldn’t be awake to hear our baby’s first cry or breath, that I wouldn’t know what their sex was - or be able to hold them immediately. Ike wasn’t taking it very well either. He attempted to find a way to negotiate something more palpable for our family, but the hospital and doctor seemed unwilling to cooperate.

Mimi went on the hunt for other arrangements, hopeful that she could find something better for us but I worried that we’d run out of time - even as I felt like the time grew longer and longer and I grew heavier and heavier.

At some point, Ike had gently warned me, every pregnant woman gets to the point where intimacy becomes uncomfortable. I’d scoffed. A time when I didn’t WANT Isaac Evans? Was he insane? And yet, as the weeks and months ticked by and my body grew bigger with our child - I realized that while my internal hunger for him was alive and well, my physical hunger for him wasn’t as readily available. Those naps he had once pressed upon me were now something I willingly took on my own, no reminder necessary. And while I still adored having his heat and body against my own, the urge to be joined wasn’t quite as urgent.

A tiny part of me worried, I admit, that he might seek the warmth of another bed. Vera was a floor below us, after all. Meg Bannock was across the way. And I’d have to be completely blind to NOT see the other willing and beautiful women who turned their heads to watch my husband as he made his rounds as host of the hotel. The old adage played in my head, “once a cheat -”, but I would push it down, only to have those photos that Ben had thrust into my hands early into my pregnancy showing Ike holding the towel open for Meg coming rushing back into my head.

Late one night, so far into my pregnancy that I’d lost count, I woke in our bed and knew that I was alone. His side was cold and I felt ice and fear creep into my veins. Ben Diamond’s voice sneaked into our home and my head, reminding me that I was a Diamond and not good enough to be the Queen of the Miramar Playa. I shut my eyes and pushed it down, thinking of what to do.

Rolling over, I slipped out of our bed, putting my swollen feet into my slippers and grabbing my robe from the back of my vanity chair. Ignoring my reflection in the mirror, huge is huge after all, I left our room and saw that he wasn’t in the living room or dining room. He wouldn’t be in Lauren’s room, so I steadied myself and stepped into the hallway and thought he might have gone to the office.

I found him sitting on the main staircase watching them clean the entryway. A glass of something brown beside him, he was in his pajamas and a robe and looked like he had just needed a moment of peace. His eyes, like magnets, found me as I stepped off the elevators and he stood up, but I shook my head. Silly man. Waddling to him, he met me on the bottom step.

“Did I wake you?” His hands went to my bump, his lips to my forehead, cool from whatever was in his glass. “I’m sorry, sweetheart.”

“I woke up and you weren’t there,” I murmured, feeling much calmer now that he was in front of me. My hand went to my lower back, where a sharp pain was hitting me. “Ow.”

“Liz?” Ike looked down at me with all the concern I’d expect from an expectant father. “What is it?”

“A knot,” I brushed off his worry even as another stabbing pain hit me. “I must have rolled out of the bed wrong is all.” But I ruined that argument when the next pain struck and the warm fluid ran down my leg and puddled on the clean floor under my slipper.

“No, Liz,” Ike managed to sound calm even as he looked far less than, “you’re in labor.”

And then everything started moving far faster than I expected. He was calling for someone to call for a car, but I wondered if we shouldn’t be calling for an ambulance, while he was also asking one of the other workers to go wake up Mimi and also get Danny to stay with Lauren. While he marshalled the troops, his hand had fallen to my lower back where the knot was and he was slowly massaging it, his other hand cradling my bump.

“We should go upstairs so I can -” I was going to say change, but Ike shook his head, kissing my temple.

“They’re just going to put you in a hospital gown when we get there, sweetheart,” he told me, but I was thinking of the squish in my slipper, the wetness in my underwear, the all over gross feeling that I was experiencing. “Would you feel better if I had them put something down on the carseat?”

I shrugged, not particularly, but it was better than nothing I supposed. As Mimi, looking for all the world as if she’d been up and waiting for this moment, came to join us in the hotel lobby - taking over for Ike in the ordering of the troops, Ike returned to his natural state as my husband and partner. Holding onto me, soothing my fears, but I knew once we got to the hospital I’d be on my own, in darkness, unconscious and without any knowledge of what comes next.

What came next was a tense drive to the hospital with Mimi next to the driver - who looked as comfortable as any driver who was tasked with driving the owners of the premier resort of Miami while one was in labor as a very stern midwife sat next to him tersely shouting out orders - Ike’s hand was in mine and he was whispering assurances to me.

“I’ll be there, Liz, I promise.” I was scared, he knew it, that I’d be alone and our baby would be alone. “I’ll be right there waiting and I’ll make sure you and our baby are safe and -”

We arrived within minutes, or days - my nerves were frayed, the mess of my water - not a singular huge gush of fluid, but rather a series of warm gushes - the pains that kept coming and the unknown of what was waiting for me seems to make everything rush forward then slow down. It was maddening, and terrifying in heavy doses.

Ike was correct of course, I was rushed into the hospital and my night clothing was removed for a hospital gown. And as he held my hand, as he stood next to me, while Mimi tried one last press for my preference of a natural birth, it was overturned for the new, improved sedated birthing method. And I was given the sedative, and as Ike kissed me and promised me again that he’d be waiting for me when I woke up, when our child was safe and delivered, I closed my eyes and prayed.

Waking up after you’ve been somewhat forcefully sedated during your labor is entirely disorienting. I woke up and nothing felt right. I wasn’t lying flat, for one, and I wasn’t in my bed at home for another. Then there was the empty feeling - normally when I woke up, at least since the baby had started moving, they would remind me that they were there. Kicking me from the inside, moving around to let me know that Ike and I had been too active or not active enough the night before.

“Hey,” I turned my head and there he was. Isaac Evans, my husband. And in his arms? A bundle in a pink blanket. “She was waiting to meet you for hours, Liz.”

“Hours?” My eyes burned, thinking that our daughter had had to wait for me for that long, but he shushed me, and her as she started to fuss. “Is she -” But then he was sitting on the bed with me, and her tiny face was all I could see. Framed with dark curls, her tiny red face was perfect, as were her tiny fingers and toes - because I unwrapped her blanket and checked her all over. She was tiny, as Ike reminded me she took after her mother, and she was demanding - he abstained from mentioning if she took after anyone we knew. Feeding her by bottle, another new push that came from the advances of child bearing and medicine, formula, we were mesmerized by her.

“She’s amazing, Elizabeth Diamond Evans.” Ike whispered as she was drifting off after her meal, being burped, and a diaper change. “Just like her mother.”

“I think she takes after her father too,” his curls, I thought, and her eyes when they opened were as dark. “She has the same little pucker you do.” My finger traced her lips and I smiled as her mouth suckled naturally at the touch.

“Are we still sure about her name?” I nodded, watching her as she slept. “I think it suits her.”

“I do, too.” And I did. We chose a name that had no thread of our past. We’d discussed memorializing my mother or even Molly, but both of us agreed that our marriage, our family was a chance to have a fresh start, even as we combined and grew.

“She’ll have to grow into it,” he was taking her from me to put her back into the hospital’s idea of a bassinet. “I suppose you had to grow into yours, too.” He winked at me when he looked up from her tiny form, his hand was still cradling her small head.

“Still growing into it actually,” I smiled at him and his grin grew. “Miriam Sarah Evans sounds perfect for her, and I think she’ll grow into it just fine, Isaac.”

“Why, Elizabeth, are we using our full names now?” His smile was full enough to have his dimple peeking out and I was beaming back at him. “I love you, Liz, and our daughter, and our family.” He was at my side, our foreheads meeting and he was breathing deeply. “I hated not being there with you when she came into this world screaming.”

“Me too,” my eyes shut, I couldn’t do this again, not this way. “She’s a miracle, Ike, but -” His lips brushed my eyelids.

“I know, Liz, I know.”

#ike evans x ofc #magic city #alternate universe #mention of smut #mention of pregnancy #mention of child birth #Family Fluff

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frogsandbeesyay · 3 years

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Sbi oneshots:

lol hi ig here are some sbi oneshots

Things I will do:

Angst

Fluff

Mild gore

Potentially triggering subjects

Anything that isn’t on the won’t list

Things I won’t do:

Lemon

Lime

Smut

Shipping of any sort (they’re family fuck off)

Heavy gore

SuIcIde

R@pe/sexu@l assault

Also most of these are set in a Kindof half Minecraft half real world type of thing. Like it’s their Minecraft personas but mostly un lore related.

I do accept requests but I’ll finish most of my ideas first probably unless I see one I really like :D

K let’s get started

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Oneshot #1: accident

A/n:

No trigger warning for this one, but there is mild crying involved and mention of a bruise, so I just thought I should mention that but I don’t think it’s considered a tw.

I’m a sucker for techno and Tommy fluff :p

Techno- 17

Tommy-12

Wilbur- 17

Phil is old

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Techno and Tommy were really close, everyone in sbi knew that techno had a soft spot for Tommy and Tommy opened up easily to techno. Who knew that a monotone pig hybrid and a slightly annoying angst child would get along so well? Techno never admitted to having a soft spot for Tommy, but everyone could tell. It was the little things, like overprotective stances and putting extra marshmallows in Tommy’s chocolate milk. They probably bonded because of their equally traumatic pasts that no one liked to mention. But still, techno was Tommy’s big brother which meant he had to tease Tommy and annoy Tommy and vise versa. He was always careful not to overstep though.

One day, Wilbur and Phil headed off to the village for a few hours to trade with the villagers, so it was just techno and Tommy. Tommy was being extra annoying and stole the t.v remote while techno was flipping through channels.

“Hey give that back nerd” techno said trying to grab the remote out of Tommy’s grip.

“Make me pigman” Tommy giggles.

They began playfully wrestling for the remote. Techno easily pinned Tommy down onto the couch, being much stronger than him. Tommy wriggled out of techno’s grasp and held the remote higher in the air. Tommy giggled and playfully held it higher. Techno jabbed his fingers into Tommy ribs, which distracted Tommy enough to be pinned down again by his brother. Techno held him down roughly, and then for a second something flashed in Tommy’s eyes. Techno, surprised, let go quickly, and Tommy wriggled onto the other side of the couch.

“Hey nerd you good?” Techno said concerned he actually hurt his little brother.

“Yeah I’m Fine, Heres your remote,” he handed techno the remote, “bye” and rushed up to his room.

That was weird, thought techno. His brow furrowed. What if he messed something up? Did he do something wrong? He quickly walked over to Tommy’s room and stood by the door. He stopped dead when he heard tiny sniffles coming from inside the room.

“Hey Tommy, can I come in?” He asked through the door.

Tommy cleared his throat and wiped his face. “Y-yeah sure come on in!” He tried to make his voice sound normal, but winced at his stutter.

Techno walked in and saw Tommy sitting by his bed, tear lines on his face. He immediately rushed over and wrapped Tommy into a hug.

“Toms? What’s wrong? Did I hurt you?”

He felt Tommy shaking in his hug.

“I-I..” Tommy began

“Hey, hey it’s ok.” Techno tried to be comforting, he really wasn’t good at making people feel better.

“I’m sorry I’m being such a crybaby. It didn’t even hurt that bad, I-I was just so scared that you w-were gonna-” Tommy mumbled into techno’s chest.

“No! Toms it’s fine to cry, it’s my fault I wasn’t being careful. Please never be afraid to tell me I’ve crossed the line, ok?”

“Mmk” Tommy whispered. Techno slowly unraveled from the embrace and looked at Tommy.

“Hey toms can I see your side?” Tommy nodded. Techno lifted up his shirt (PLEASE DONT MAKE THIS WEIRDDDD) and looked at his ribs. There was a small bruise from where techno had jabbed.

“Oh my god Tommy, I’m so truly sorry I didn’t mean to. And I didn’t mean to scare you either..” Techno said, guilt washing over him.

“It’s ok techie I know you didn’t.” Tommy replied, smiling.

Time skippppppppp

Phil and Wilbur came home that evening to see techno and Tommy cuddling on the couch. Techno’s arms wrapped protectively around Tommy’s small frame.

“Awww” phil cooed. Wilbur snapped a photo on his phone. Phil raised an eyebrow and Wilbur mouthed blackmail, to which Phil nodded knowingly. He loved his sons and he was glad they got along so well.

~fin~

A/n: I actually kinda liked this :) it’s really cute lol k bai

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Oneshot #2: Claustrophobia

A/n: so Ik this has been done a few times but I really like this idea so here’s my take. Also this is more lore-based. like it isn’t actual lore but it happened on the dsmp so there’s that. Also Wilbur is Tommy’s only brother in this story, techno and tubbo aren’t related to them.

Tw ⚠️ : Claustrophobia, panic attack, Hyperventilating, crying, scratching, mention of blood

I think that’s it lmk if you find anymore

Techno- 21

Tommy-16

Wilbur-21

Tubbo-17

Phil isn’t in this one bc I’m lazy

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Tommy POV:

I had been working on decorating my room in Pogtopia. I was decorating it with red stone blocks and pistons because I think they look cool together. I felt safe and content knowing that my friends were right out there and would protect me. I was starting to feel a little claustrophobic, but I was fine since there was still a space open for me to see.

Suddenly the red stone block sets off the pistons witch pin me up against the wall, making me immobile. I start to panic but remain calm when I remember there are people here to help me.

“Hey Wilbur?” I call out, my voice trying to maintain its signature annoying tommyinnit tone even though I’m scared out of my mind.

Wilbur POV:

I hear my name being called from the other side of the cave. Oh my god it’s Tommy again what does he want? He’s been so annoying all day. He’s my brother and I care about him a lot but he can be a little much sometimes.

“WILBURRRR” I hear again. I try to ignore him but I hear footsteps behind me.

“Can you deal with him I’m trying to farm potatoes here.” A monotone voice says.

“Yeah, fine” I say annoyed. I walk over to Tommy’s room and all I can see is one side of a piston sticking out from behind the door.

“Wil? I’m stuck can you help me please?” He says. I let out a hearty laugh. What a Tommy thing to do.

Tommy POV:

I was expecting Wilbur to help me out, not to laugh. Surely he’d let me out soon, right?

“Hey techno, tubbo look at this, Tommy got himself stuck between pistons,” he says giggling. My heart sunk. I could feel myself getting more and more panicked, help help help.

I hear footsteps signifying that the other people had arrived.

“H-hey guys can you please help me, I have really bad claustrophobia” I say, trying to keep my voice strong. I’m met with laughter. I can barely see through my door, it’s my only source of light and I’m grateful.

“Tommy, you’re such an idiot.” A monotone voice said. My eyes start to sting let me out let me out let me out.

“What if we blocked off the door that would be funny” I hear tubbo say. No, tubbo knows about my claustrophobia, he wouldn’t, no.

“Good idea haha” I hear Wilbur say, still laughing. My stomach sinks to the ground as my only light source is cut off.

I feel myself slipping, beginning to panic but trying to muffle my sobs.

Technoblade POV:

I’m laughing along with the others at Tommy’s stupidity when I hear a sniffle come from inside the room.

“Is he crying?” I ask quietly. I’d never seen Tommy cry before. Wilburs eyes widen.

“Oh shit. I thought it was a bit.” Tubbo says his voice cracking. “He really is claustrophobic.” Wilbur hurries to open the blockade. It opens and we see Tommy curled up onto himself between the pistons, sobbing quietly and covered in blood. Wait- blood? No one moves a muscle out of shock. I break out of it and swiftly pick up the sobbing boy my arms and hold him close. I’m horrible and physical contact but he really needs help.

Tubbo and Wilbur follow me out of the room, both of their eyes already shining with unshed tears. I gently set Tommy down on the ground and he immediately curls up on himself in a protective position.

“L-let me out” he mutters. My heart breaks. Tommy and I weren’t close but he was just a kid and I did care about him. Tubbo starts to cry. Wilbur rubs tubbo’s back while I clean Tommy’s wounds. He has gashes on his arms and hands that looked like they were scratched in. I realize he must have scratched himself during his panic attack. A silent tear flows down wil’s face. I can see the guilt in his eyes. I clean his wounds and bandage them up. Then he sits up, having calmed down.

“Hey toms, you good?” I ask quietly. He slowly nods. Then he looks around the room and his eyes widen when he sees Wilbur and tubbo crying.

“G-guys it’s fine I-I’m ok!” He tells them.

“No, it’s not fine,” Wilbur says, “we should have listened to you and realized you needed our help. I’m a horrible big brother.” Tommy leans in a hugs Wilbur and tubbo.

“It’s ok, I forgive you guys, just- never again, ok?” We all nod quickly.

“I’m sorry too.” I add in. “For laughing at you when you needed us.” I finish, my cheeks red, I didn’t like apologizing, but I knew I need to. Tommy nods in forgiveness. He’s truly like a brother to me.

A/n: I don’t like this one as much and i kinda lost motivation towards the end but I think it turned out fine :p this one took really long lol

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Oneshot #3: Family movie night

A/n: Ik this has also been done before buts it’s adorable so I’m doing it

Techno- 18

Tommy-13

Wilbur-18

Tubbo-13

Ranboo-13

Phil is old

No trigger warnings, just fluff :D lots of platonic cuddling though so beware

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Techno, Wilbur and Tommy all got home from school at the same time. They all immediately dumped their bags down by the door. Techno and Tommy stomped up the stairs to their rooms and Wilbur slumped down onto the couch.

“Jeez what’s with you guys today” phil said confused at his children’s behavior. Usually they come in and greet him at least.

“I’ve had a really long day, techno too, I don’t know what’s wrong with Tommy though, he was like this on the bus, too.” Wilbur says from the couch. Phil nods his head and goes upstairs to check on his Children and make sure they’re ok.

He knocks quietly on Techno’s door. He hears a grunt of approval so he opens the door. The pinkette is sitting on his bed with a math book on his lap.

“Hey Phil” he says looking up.

“Hey Techno, what’s up?” He asks, taking a seat by the pig hybrid.

“Nothing much, Im a little stressed out about schoolwork though.” He says, eyes returning to the book. Phil nods in understanding. He was in high school once, he remembers how stressful it can be.

“Maybe we could have a movie night tonight, once everyone finishes. You guys have been working really hard, you deserve some time off.” Phil says.

“That sounds nice.”

Phil nods and leaves techno to study, going left to Tommy’s room. He knocks on Tommy’s door.

“Come in.” Tommy says, in a rather weak tone. I walk in, slightly concerned. I see Tommy sitting on the floor, his arms wrapped around his knees, staring angrily at the wall.

“Toms? What’s wrong?” I ask, kneeling down to look at him. His brow furrowes.

“Am I a bad friend?” He asks, still not making eye contact.

“No toms, of course not. What make you think that?” I ask.

“Then why does tubbo like ranboo so much more than me?” He says, “I thought I was supposed to be his best friend”, he finishes, his voice cracking.

“Toms look at me,” I say and he turns to face me. “If tubbo is making you feel left out then tubbo is the one not being a good friend. Just because he’s excited about his new mate, doesn’t mean it’s gonna be this way forever, ok?” Tommy thinks for a second then nods.

“We were think about having a movie night tonight just like we used to.” I say. Tommy’s eyes light up in excitement.

~time skip lmao~

“Will can you pass the ketchup?” Tommy asks. Ever since he was little he liked to dip his popcorn in ketchup. Will also liked this, but techno and Phil found it absolutely disgusting. They were all sitting together on the couch, Tommy resting in wills arms and Phil’s wings wrapped around everyone lovingly.

“So what movie are we watching?”

A/n: super lame ending Ik but I liked the rest ig. Stay safe stay hydrated Luv u

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Oneshot #4: My son

A/n: Here’s some actual Angst. This is very lore based. I know that there’s one of these in literally every oneshot book but here’s my take bc I want to.

Wilbur- 19

Phil is old

Tw⚠️: insanity, death, sword

Phil’s POV:

I look into the pleasing eyes of my son, begging me to end his misery. I think about not doing it, I really do, but I can’t look past the begging in his eyes.

My hands tighten around the grip of my sword. I watch as my son’s eyes change from begging to excitement for blissful relief. The fresh smell of gunpowder lingers in the air as I raise my sword in preparation.

A small part of me says that I won’t actually go through with it, but I will. I raise my sword higher and get it positioned to kill.

“Dad?” He says. Just that word, that heart wrenching word makes me hesitate. Is this really what he wants? To be mercy killed by his own father?

“I’m sorry.” He finishes. Every fragment in my body tells me not to kill him, but his eyes are so compelling. I have to. The message is sent, he’s ready.

My sword plunges through my son’s heart.

A/n: Woahhhhh ok so that was intense. But anyway I hope you enjoyed :))) I promise I will make up with it with some tommy/techno fluff in the next chapter. Stay safe and drink water <3

#fanfic #dream smp #sbi fanfic #tommyinnit #wilbur soot #philza #mcyt #dsmp

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tyonfs · 3 years

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yippiee tysm!! >< ♡

NOOOO you're not intimidating at all,,, i think you're a pretty chaotic + down-to-earth person 🙌💗 & please continue to be blunt about these !! we stan a brave girl who can speak up !! ( & brave girls too 😗🧡 ) hope those plagiarism problems will resolve soon tho & i hope you're not getting too worked up about them ;—;

omgggg jacob stan, i ought to protect you now—🤸 OH OH my bias line is v inconsistent but as of now;; younghoon jaehyun & probably juyeon✨ ( juyeon used to be my bias but younghoon, in alliance with jaehyun, took me away from his possession- hwzbusjs ) YEET imma check it out for sure 👾

YESSSSDD MARK BACK IN DREAM IS STILL SURREAL TO ME IDKW 🤕 i want to ult the dream unit but wayv is stopping me,, what should i do?? ;-; should i even have an ult unit at this point?

tbh, kingdom is VERY stressful (+ makes me hate mnet even more liek how can they do that????) BUT their interactions w each other really compensates it, for me at least. there are a lOt of tbz + sf9 interactions & im ALL FOR IT 🤹 ( we a photo of juyeon + taeyang for crying out loud & had me in tears-) and theres this clip of younghoon & sunwoo that's living in my mind rent free—💀 I AGREE. hyunjin not being able to join is such bs to me. skz w/o hyunjin is just,,,, illegal :( buttt yeahhh. if you want to watch smth irritating + stressful yet wholesome at the same time,,, i rec you watch kingdom lw 😙🤞

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. RAINBOW IS INDEED THE BEST AND MR HUANG ATE IT UP <333 with rainbow, dear dream, & puzzle piece in our hands,, we have the holy trinity 🙏 playing all these three at once will probably summon god— hsbzhansjks

im sorry, this is pretty random but, ik ANL means "all night long" (ig?) but for some reason my mind always go to anal 💀 i need hELp.

ooh btw, i'm having a dilemma lately & i LITerally need your help lol. i was wondering which of the two you find more boring/repetitive??

1) stories with happy endings

2) or stories with tragic endings

this is a strange question im sorry ;_;

pheww i was afraid i might come out as so ☹️ i would like apologize in advance if i do so in the future 🙇‍♀️

hello 🤠 anon !! sorry for the late response i fell into a hole of genshin impact and have not been rescued but there is tumblr access down here

and THANK U :’)) i think i’m definitely super mellow and ppl mistake it as overly blunt sometimes but working on that LOL 💀 and honestlyy the plagiarism just pops up everywhere so i’m not that surprised about it, just mildly disappointed LMAO i literally had three ppl plagiarizing me in one day the other week 😭 i think that’s why i needed a little tiny break from tumblr

LMAODJFJ honestly !! a tbz bias is just so HARD like it HAS to be line that constantly fluctuates. i’m pretty set with jacob and changmin but sunwoo and hak creep in and say hi sometimes

ALSO JUYEON YOUNGHOON AND HYUNJAE?;!( YOUR BIAS LINE IS SO POWERFUL DEAR LORD

also !! dream has always been my ult unit but i TOTALLY get that struggle bc wayv and 127 have tempted me 😭 honestly ! ult who you want, there are no rules ♡ i have 5 ult groups (or 7 if you wanna count dream, 127, and wayv separately) and tbh no shame in ulting multiple!

i might check out kingdom after i rewatch the penthouse !! 💓 honestly i was very hyped for it but i sort of lost it after i found out hyunjin wasn’t joining skz :// i’ve ulted them since 2019 so it just hurts that they’re not all together yk BUT might just watch bc all the interactions look so wholesome

RAINBOW IS SO PRETTY OMFG I LITERALLY LISTEN TO IT EVERY DAY ITS MY COMFORT SONG <33 also pls i literally thought anl was anal at first too 💀 my friend and i kept going on about it when the album first dropped it LMAOOA

hmm honestly !! those are both pretty standard endings and there isn’t really one that’s more repetitive than the other! i personally think you should decide based on how the events unfold in your story bc yk you can choose a cliche and make it enjoyable :’) it’s all about the execution ♡

#tyonfs asks #🤠 anon #fun fact i fell asleep before i hit post

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junipersgarden · 4 years

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metanoia 4. | Hijack

PAIRING: Peter Parker x Superhero!Reader

SUMMARY: After the intense and insane day of Venice flooding again from that gigantic water monster, Y/N and Peter want things to go back to normal but Nick Fury has other plans...

WORD COUNT: 3528 words

WARNINGS: A singular swear word from Nick Fury

a/n: hello everyone!! here is the next part of my series ‘metanoia’ and i hope you enjoy!!

[NOT MY GIF]

...

Inside Room 11 of Hotel de Matteis

...

from: F/N ✌️

HYDRO WHAT NOW?!

from: you

Hydro-Man. apparently he's a sailor who suddenly

got water powers from an experiment or smth.

from: F/N ✌️

science. always the cause.

just y/n/n, are you okay?

we saw it all on the news and that 'thing' and what it did...

from you:

i'm okay and safe. everyone is and thankfully,

not one got hurt.

are you alright?

from: F/N ✌️

it was just, a massive scare.

after the whole 'blip' and everything and now this?

we literally can't have a break! and there's no one to protect us!

from: you

yeah ik. everything's just been chaotic.

im certain things will change tho and will get better.

plus, we have each other and pretty sure Spidey and Saviour as well.

from: F/N ✌️

guess we do... thanks y/n/n

anyways, i suggest you call your mum back or text her.

she was in hysterics and was screaming at Harrington thru the phone.

was pretty funny ngl, well without the situation.

from: you

will do.

i gtg now sorry; Harrington wants us up and early.

ill get to mum in a bit and will tell you more i promise.

gn nub!

from: F/N ✌️

you better... > : )

gn geek! : P

Slumping against the door, you sink to the ground and drop your phone lazily into your lap. The moonlight shines into your face from your open window, the night's cool breeze drifts and ruffle the worn down curtains.

I just want a break.

Your mind wonders and races with flashbacks of today's events; the screaming and collapsing buildings, water rapidly running and wrecking the streets of Venice and Venetian's homes and everyone; it's only the first day of the Europe Trip and it's already a mess... typical luck.

A vibration from your lap surprises you as you jolt upward lightly. The screen illuminates with its bright light directly into your eyes with the message notification: 1 New Message.

from: UNKNOWN

We need your assistance Saviour.

Meet at these coordinates and go alone.

You have 10 minutes to arrive and no later.

Tell no one.

Examining the order of numbers, you pin point the exact location and clicked off your phone; the location was underneath a bridge for whatever reason and is only a 5 minute flight with the suit.

"Hey ARIS?"

"Good evening Ms. L/N, how may I assist you this evening?" Your AI responds, blinking a tiny blue light from your bracelet.

"Nothing at the moment yet. How's your status?"

"My circuits have successfully mended and the suit and myself are in full operation. I apologise for the inconvenience earlier."

"Wasn't your fault ARIS. Anyways, apparently I have a few missed calls?"

"Indeed you do. I apologise for not alerting you; I was in Power Nap Protocol as requested. You have approximately 20 missed calls from Mum, 10 missed calls from Dad, 25 missed calls from Y/F/N and 5 from Pepper Potts."

"A-any voicemails?" Your voice quivers with a hint of fear.

"Every missed call contains a voicemail except the 5 calls from Pepper Potts. Shall I send anything to the following?"

"No thank you ARIS. I'll call Mum and Dad myself." You finish and switch ARIS off.

Grabbing your phone, you unlock it and stare again at the anonymous message and groan.

from: you

i'll be there in 20.

They can wait. First, I need to call Mum and Dad and then-

"That canal water today was filthy and full of dangerous bacteria." Mr. Dell's voice abruptly interrupted your thoughts.

Then a shower and THEN I go to the bridge or whatever it is.

Standing up onto your feet, you lean against the door and go into contacts and as your finger hovers over 'Mum ❤️', a slight sense of pain hits you as you stare intensely at the name 'Pepper Potts'.

Shrugging the feeling off, you press onto the contact name and place the ringing phone to your ear, bracing for her yells and screams of relief and anger.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The sound of water rippling against the boat's motor is the only thing Peter can seem to hear; after wishing Y/N a goodnight, Ned had started bombarding Peter with questions about the 'Water Monster' and what he as Spider-Man was going to do.

Sure Peter still had an anxious and itching feeling about the monster but all he wanted to do was rehearse his speech of his declaration of love to Y/N and score the entire day with her in Paris.

But of course that was all ruined when Ned was shot by Nick Fury with a tranquilizer and told him about more bad guys possibly lurking around. What a great way to start a 'Spider-Man free vacation'.

With his suit on, Peter stood next to Fury and gripped onto its side; in front of him and Fury was an array of monitors which appeared to be measuring amounts of frequencies within the area.

"Stark left these for you." Fury perks up and nudges a box at Peter's direction.

Carefully and with caution, Peter takes the small, rectangular box into his hands and observes it; the outside had speckles of its beige brown paint chipped away from age. Peter gently lifted the lid and in front of him was none other than Tony Stark's famed glasses with his Stark Industries card placed beneath.

Peter stared at the glasses and felt a tinge of ache of grief but in it, a feeling of content rushed over it; Peter had Tony's glasses. Peter Parker was given the possession to multibillionare, genius, literal saviour of the Universe, the Iron Man and Tony Stark's iconic and ever expensive and high end tech glasses.

Brushing over the box lightly, Peter smiled sadly at them, remembering to all the times he had seen Tony wearing them; from on the news, front pages of magazines, wearing them when he was around and now, they no longer had that owner anymore; they didn't have Tony and neither did Peter. And neither did the world or Y/N.

"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." Fury quotes and turns to Peter and even though Peter's mask was shielding his face, the raised creases of his frowned face of confusion were evidently clear as he snapped from his trance. "Stark said you wouldn't get that because it's not a Star Wars reference." A dry laugh escapes Fury's lips as he turns back away from Peter and concentrates on the boat.

"Kid if you peep one more Star Wars reference today I'm going to take your suit."

"But it's May 4th Mr Stark!"

"I do not care; right now you're in my house and there will be no Star Wars references."

Peter huffed out in irritation as he continued to focus on readjusting his webshooters on his suit.

Tony let out a chuckle at Peter's demeanor and how this kid basically came dressed as Han Solo just for this one day of the year; the commitment was real and even though Tony would never tell anyone, he loved seeing Peter passionate about the things he loves.

Working in the lab was one of Peter's favourite past times; spending quality time with Tony, tinkering with his suit and just talking was something Peter loved about the Tower; it was his second home to him.

A knock from the door caused Tony and Peter to look up.

"Ms. L/N requests to enter." FRIDAY notifies.

"Grant access." Tony permits.

The doors of the lab open to Y/N holding steaming bowls of something that smelt amazing which wafted in.

"Brought you geeks some sustenance before I head home." Y/N waltzed in and placed the two bowls next to the both of them. Y/N saw something was different about Peter; not his hair or general appearance just his clothing but the closer Y/N looked at the details in his outfit, a name popped into her head.

"Peter are you Hans Solo?"

Tony bursted into laughter as Peter hid his face to hide his red cheeks. "F-For May 4th?"

"Guess that makes me Leia?" Y/N poked her space buns in her hair. "I wanted to wear space buns to get my hair out my face and didn't even check the date, coincidences man." Y/N giggled at the convenience.

"But Tony in all honesty, don't you think Fury looks a bit like that guy from Star Wars... what's his name-"

"Mace Windu?"

"YEAH HIM PETER!"

"...I don't remember what he looks like... FRIDAY, can you get a photo of Mace Windu?"

Observing the photo displayed in front of him, Tony wiped the hologram away and looked as if he was in deep thought.

"...Well yeah he does-"

"Incoming call: Nick Fury." FRIDAY chimed and that was when the 3 of them lost it.

God I miss him and Y/N...

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"Lose the mask, everyone here has seen you without it. You don't wanna be fanning around and breathing through a spandex mask for no good reason."

Trailing behind Nick Fury, stops for a brief second and takes his mask off and as he alters his senses to his surroundings, Peter is met with sight of SHIELD agents, alongside with their small set up with crates all around the joint with weapons and technology lying around as it were nothing.

By hearing Fury's footsteps echoing through the underground base, the SHIELD agents turn to face him and Peter with stoic and intimidating faces.

"Over there we have Maria Hill." Fury points to a woman with light brown hair tied into a ponytail who was busy on a computer, looked up for a split second at Peter to acknowledge his existence before getting back to work.

"That, is Dmitri." Fury gestures to a man wearing a leather jacket, seated on top of a crate as he quietly loaded his rifle.

"And this, is Mr. Beck."

As Nick Fury stepped to the side, Peter abruptly slowed to a complete stop as he gazed at the familiar figure and outfit in front of him.

"Mysterio?"

"What?" The man questioned at what Peter said.

"Doesn't matter- it's just what my friends are calling you." Peter stuttered.

"Well," As 'Mysterio' began to approach Peter, 'Mysterio' extended his hand to Peter, indicating to shake his hand.

Peter got the message as he started walking and the two met and shook the other's hand.

"You can call me Quentin." Quentin revealed his name as the two greeted one another.

"You handled yourself well out there today," Quentin implied to the earlier events of the day, "I saw what you did with the tower. We could use someone like you on my world." Quentin shrugged away from Peter.

"T-thanks... wait I'm sorry- your world?"

"He's from Earth, just not from ours." A voice answers from behind him.

Following the voice, Peter jumps by being startled and whips his head around quickly; walking from the entrance and to everyone else is none other than-

"You're late Saviour." Fury visibly annoyed and unimpressed exhales out.

"As my good friend Albert said, time is relative my friend." Saviour sasses back and skips straight past Fury's daggering eyes.

"S-Saviour?! W-what are you doing h-here? Oh god, now you know what I look like-"

"I've known for a while Parker and besides, you're not the only superhero SHIELD wants their hands on; Fury contacted me a while back after... Tony. And don't worry, New York is under control without me there." Saviour teases and strolls next to Beck, leans against the desk with arms crossed.

"There a multiple realities Peter; this is Earth Dimension- 616 and I'm from Earth Dimension- 833." Quentin further evaluates.

"I'm sorry, you're saying there's a multiverse?" Peter jogs up to Beck and Saviour, full of awe and amazement from his discovery. "Because I just thought that was theoretical and that changes everything and how we understand the initial singularity, we're talking about an eternal inflation system and how does that even work with all the quantum because it's insane-" Peter's rambling falters as he sees Nick, Maria and Dmitri looking at him funny.

"S-sorry, it's just really cool-"

"Don't ever apologise for being the smartest person in the room." Quentin encourages and sends a soft smile to Peter.

"Anyway Beck, wanna fill in Spidey and myself about whatever the hell that was today?" Saviour perks up.

A diagram of a black hole suddenly emerged as everyone gathered around.

"They were born in stable orbits within black holes, these creatures formed from the primary elements: air, water, fire, earth."

As Quentin talked, the hologram changed alongside with what he was explaining, showing images of the creatures and their general appearance.

"The Science division had a- technical name, we just called them, Elementals."

"Versions of them exist throughout our mythologies." Maria Hill speaks up as the Elemental hologram changes into their mythology forms.

"Turns out the myths are real-"

"Like Thor," Peter interrupts Quentin as he pays close attention to the presentation, "Thor was a myth and now I study him in my physics class."

"These myths, are threats." Fury clarifies as he walks away from the scene as once more it changes into an image of Earth.

"They first materialized on my Earth many years ago. We mobilized and fought them but with each battle they grew and got stronger. I was apart of the last battalion that tried to stop them. All we did was prevent the inevitable."

"And now they're here and attacking the same coordinates; our satellites confirm it." Maria adds.

"You both can thank Beck for destroying the other 3; there's only 1 left: Fire."

"The strongest one of all... the one that destroyed my Earth. It's the one that took my family." Quentin mutters as the apparition of Earth is now scorned and tarnished in red. The red light reflects Quentin's face full of guilt and remorse, twiddling around his wedding ring on his finger.

"I'm sorry..." Peter murmurs.

"So where's this fire Elemental? Do we even know where it likely is?" Saviour bluntly asks.

"It'll be in Prague in approximately 48 hours." Maria responds.

"We have one mission: kill it and the both of you are coming with us." Fury demands.

Peter's face falls as he faces Maria in disbelief and asks a second time if she said Prague.

Saviour's posture lifts as the struggle and anxiety surfaces Peter as the colour from his face vanishes.

"Listen Fury this all seems like big time, like huge superhero kinda stuff and... and I mean, I'm just a friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man sir."

"Bitch please, you've been to space!"

"I know but that was by accident, sir come on, I've seen Saviour in action many times and I'll admit is probably better than me for this but there's gotta be someone else you can use." Peter protests and moves closer to Fury, "What about Thor?"

"Off world."

"Okay um, Doctor Strange."

"Unavailable." Maria pipes in.

"Captain Marvel!"

"Don't invoke her name." Fury shakes his head slightly.

"I really wanna help I do but if my Aunt finds out I left my class trip, she's gonna kill me and if I'm seen like this in Europe after the Washington Monument, my whole class will figure out who I am and then the whole world will figure out who I am... and then I'm done."

"Fury if it helps," Saviour steps up and walks next to Peter, "I'm pretty sure I can manage without Parker swinging by my side."

"Okay." Fury blankly answers, scaring Peter and Saviour a tiny bit from the lack of expression, "I understand."

Taken back by his approval, Peter and Saviour share a look with one another before going back to Fury.

"I'm sorry, what?" Peter with doubt inquires.

"Why don't you get back before your teacher's miss you and it becomes suspicious. Dmitri, why don't you take him back to the hotel."

"Thank you Mr. Fury and thank you Saviour." Peter sends a soft smile to Saviour and places a hand on the suits left hand shoulder. "I believe in you and good luck." Peter whispers only to Saviour before wishing everyone else out loud good luck.

"See ya kid." Quentin farewells Peter and watches him and Dmitri exit out.

"You really let him go Fury? No strings attached?" Saviour scoffs in astonishment by Peter's success to get himself out of SHIELD business.

Fury stands up and moves to Saviour with a stern look on his face.

"Of course not."

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Bzzzz...

Groaning from your exhaustion, you roll over and press on your phone's screen multiple times in attempt to hit the snooze button.

Last night had been a rollercoaster: Peter and Mysterio are working with SHIELD with you, Fury made you stay back extra late to run through diagnostics which gave you around 4 hours sleep tops and the jetlag wasn't helping your situation at all.

Sitting up in bed, you try to stretch out your tiredness and peer to see MJ reading a book in one hand and a mug within the other, sitting on her bed with her black converses draped to the side.

Greeting MJ a 'good morning', you lift yourself up from the safety and warmth of the bed covers and slipped into the bathroom and changed for the day: rocking a pair of navy blue jeans and grey t-shirt for a casual but yet stylish look and throwing a little something over the top.

MJ mentioned there was breakfast downstairs (breakfast being cereal), you quickly did your hair and retreated down to grab a bite and sat next to Yasmin and Zoha and afterwards, heading upstairs to brush teeth and pack.

You and MJ both gave each other a hand carrying luggage down and delivering it outside.

"Oh I forgot my backpack I'll be back." You call behind as you jog back up to your room.

Rushing quickly into the room, you sweep up your backpack and stuff your phone charger inside and as you whirl around, you collide into something and hear a bang.

"I- Peter?"

"H-Hey Y/N! Sorry I was hanging up a call with Aunt May and I-"

"Pete it's fine you dork." You can't help but giggle at how flustered he is.

Peter's cheeks glow faintly pink as he shyly smiles.

"I got yelled at by my Mum and Dad for not answering the phone and I'm 98% sure I'm grounded when I get back home."

"Oh that's not good..."

"Guess not but eh, stuff happens. How are you though Peter? Feels like I haven't talked to you in a while."

"Y-Yeah... I'm good. You?"

"Yeah guess I'm alright. I'm really excited for Paris today though."

"Favourite destination?"

"Hell yeah! It's gonna be great but we gotta haul our stuff or Harrington will lose his mind." You joke.

"Oh yeah! That's why I was heading down." Peter swings his suitcase in front of him with a sly beam.

Too cute.

You and Peter talked for a far while before actually going back down the stairs and outside to everyone else.

"I'm going to get you a Vitamin C pill, you cannot get sick okay babe?" You hear Betty's distant voice as you and Peter round the door.

As you're about to walk out the door, Peter tugs your sleeve before you hit the outside and perplexed as you are, you pivot to look at him, giving him your attention.

"Before we go, I was just wondering if you wanted to um, sit next to me on whatever we're transporting on?" Peter fumbles and averts his eyes to the ground.

"Of course! I'll save you a seat Pete." You playfully punch his arm.

Peter rubs the back of his neck and lets out a laugh of relief.

You both walk out and see Betty frantically trying to receive a Vitamin C pill.

"I better go help her before she explodes." You suggest and inform Peter.

"Y-Yeah. See you later?"

"See you later!" You wave and leave Peter and Ned alone.

Peter watches Y/N tap Betty on the shoulder as Betty freaks out over the situation and remembers of why Ned is feeling 'sick'.

"Hey man, are you sure you're good?"

"Dude! I'm fine! Okay don't worry! Seriously, getting tranqed in the neck by Nick Fury, probably the coolest thing to happen to me anyway."

"It is pretty cool." Peter admits as the both perform their handshake. "I'm just glad we don't have to go to Prague-"

"Good news: we're going to Prague!" Mr. Harrington announces with a wide grin plastered on his face.

Everyone buzzes around 'whats' and 'huhs' as everyone glances around.

"Tour company called and upgraded us. Should've heard I gave them hell now come on!" Harrington begins to march as everyone scrambles for their belongings.

"Check out our upgraded ride!" Harrington chirps as the class sees a black bus with a man holding a sign saying 'Midtown High'.

Peter immediately recognizes the guy to be Dmitri from last night and gulps down his irateness.

"I think Nick Fury just hijacked our summer vacation."

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theorhain · 3 years

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two and six 😽✌️

Hi anon! Thank you for indulging me and sending an ask lmaoo

2. do you mourn for a place or a person that you've never known?

Um, yes I do. This might sound a little weird but I was doing a little digging on ancestry recently because I really know nothing about my family; my mums side in particular as my mum only met one of her grandparents and he died when she was only 10. She didn't even know the names of either of her grandmothers and her mum (my nan) passed away quite a few years ago so we couldn't ask her anything and her dad (my grandad) has dementia so unfortunatley we can't ask him anything now either. I found out that my great grandmother (my nans mum) Ceinwen died when she was only 26 years old when my nan was 1. She was 26 and was already married and a mother of two children and a stepmother to 4 others who had also lost their own mother a few years previously and tbh it really broke my heart. Ik it sounds weird cuz I never knew her but I kind of mourned for the long life she should have lived and for the mother my nan never had a chance to know. We don't even have any photos of her which really just makes me so sad. She was from in a very poor mining town in Wales and lived in literal poverty for the entirety of her short life and never even got to watch her children grow up or meet any of her grandchildren and see a little bit more of the world. Not only that but I found out my grandads mother also died tragically young when he was only 4 years old. Her name was Martha and whilst trying to find out some more about her I discovered her own parents were too poor to take care of her and so she spent the vast majority of her childhood in the work house. Then, she married my great grandad and they managed to get their own home together and had my grandad (from what he can remember and what he told my mum a few years ago they were quite happy despite being quite poor).She got pregnant with a second child and unfortunatley the baby passed away in utero without her realising and she died due to septicemia when she was only 30 years old. Like, most of her life had been impoverished and in what I can imagine in awful conditions and just when things had gotten a little better for her she died and it's just so fucking horrible. My grandad only has one photo of her, it's tiny and very blurry and is the two of them smiling on the beach. It isn't much but I'm glad that he has it anyway.

I know this was such a long ramble and I didn't even know them and it might sound weird that I care so deeply about the lives of people that I never had the chance to know and who would have passed away long ago now anyway. I also know that life expectancy was shorter then and people still experience struggles like these and so much worse to this day and I don't want to diminish that in anyway! Like anytime I learn of a life that has been tragically taken away far too soon a part of me mourns for them.

But yeah, you asked the question lmao and it was quite saddening for me and my family to find all of this out.

6. are your platonic relationships just as valuable as romantic or family ones?

Yes of course! It's literally so important to have people close to you that aren't your family or your romantic partner, it lowkey annoys me when people put so much emphasis on family and their partners but have no time for their friends and platonic relationships. Also I just never want to be that person that pushes away all their friends whilst they're in a relationship and who focuses soley on their partner cuz I've seen that happen sooo many times!

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ayyysweetcreature · 4 years

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morning time! w/ jaehyun+ you being sick

heyyaa! back again with a new writing. hopefully you guys would appreciate and like it though. thanks for reading! if there’s any mistakes, I’m so sorry! xx - N.

morning time! w/ jaehyun + you being sick (jaehyun x reader)

mode: fluffyyyy fluff, slightly comedy and tiny angst!

fuck i love him so much

(before we start, i’m actually terribly sick rn :( and pls listen to paris in the rain by lauv while reading this! it gives me soft fluffy vibes)

“cause anywhere with you feels right, anywhere with you feels like paris in the rain”

okay so let’s get itttt!!

so both of you were in his room still sleeping soundly, wrapping each other’s arms around each other’s waists

sleeping beauties aw

his room filled with you guys’ photos, his favorite LPs standing nicely on the shelf with the classic vinyl player and his speaker that he would use a lot to play your and his favorite playlist whenever you’re together

it’s simple and minimalistic but yet homey. you loved it.

you usually would be the one that wakes up earlier than jaehyun but well not this time

you looked at the clock standing behind the bed, oh shit it’s 10AM

your head felt so heavy and your throat feeling so uncomfortable and funny as you were trying to get up

it was hard for you to get up so you just went back to bed feeling uncomfortable and sick

you looked over jaehyun, he’s still sleeping so comfortably, his pouty rosy lips and red cheeks with some of his dark brown hair covering a lil bit of his forehead and his eyes still shut

“damn he’s such an art” you thought to yourself as you smiled sheepishly

you moved to your right side and you felt jaehyun pulling you closer into his arms as he’s nuzzling into your neck

you moved your head a little bit to look over him as he opened his eyes slowly, “hey babe morninggg” his deep morning voice echoes beautifully in your ear along with his soft smile as he looked at you and his eyes that seems to be made of stars

your heart felt like it’s about to drop (fuck my heart would too :’)))

no matter how long you guys have dated, it would always feel like the first time and day you went on a date with him; the nervousness, the tingling sensation, the sparks and everything.

you replied back to him, “hey good morning sunshine”, your voice sounding hoarse and slightly unclear, starting to concern jaehyun

he straightaway got up and put his hand on your forehead and neck, feeling them to check how high or low your body temperature feels

“babyyy, I think you’re sick. your body feels way too warm and your voice concerns me too” he said as he rubs your back gently up and down

“I don’t knowww, but as I was trying to get up earlier, I just felt so uncomfortable and sick. My throat still feels funny and uncomfortable and my head feels like spinning around” :((

he caresses your cheek lovingly with his soft delicate fingers,“let me fix it” and then proceed to leave a short but yet still meaningful and sweet kiss on your lips

you tried to avoid from him kissing you, “heyy you’re gonna get sick!” but it was too late haha

he laughs and smooches you all over your face like crazy, “it’s okay as long as we get sick together”

you tried to act like you’re vomiting after what he just said and chuckled softly

“I’ll be right back, princess. I’m cooking you something since you’re sick and I’ll get some of the medicines for you from the box outside, yeah?” he said as he got up from the bed and smiled at you

“but babeeee, don’t leaveeee meee” you said, trying to pull his arms and stopping him from leaving the room

“babyy, but you need to eat and I need to take care of you” he cooed

“but take me outside with you too, I’m gonna be bored here all alone” crossing your arms as you sit and cooed back

he giggles to himself afterwards, “you’re making me crazy, god i must be so in love with you”

YES IT’S CHEESY BUT IT’S JUNG YOONOH IK YOU LOVE IT

AAAAAAAAAAHHHH uwu

you giggled too, opening your arms to jaehyun showing him as a sign to pull you from the bed, “take me with you, my man”

he pulls your arms gently and carefully as if you’re made of glass so fragile and precious, “alright, my woman”

he went to the kitchen to start cooking and you went to the living room which facing the apartment’s kitchen

you rested your back on the couch with your head on the soft grey pillow as you’re trying to find something interesting to watch

SO YOU GUYS WANNA KNOW WHAT HES COOKIN

COOKIN COOKIN COOKING TIME

so he’s cooking some rice for both of you, seaweed soup and some chicken soup with mixed vegetables as well as herbs that’s good for the immune system (you gotta eat healthy ok its good for ur immune system)

while he’s doing his thing cooking at the kitchen, he would look over to check on you and what you’re up to

he noticed there wasn’t any blanket on the couch you’re resting on so he went back to his room and got you his fuzzy blanket in case you suddenly got cold

“hey baby, fevers can cause you to either feel really hot or cold. so, in case if you suddenly feel cold, wrap yourself using this fuzzy blanket, okay?” caressing your hair as he walked over to you to give you the blanket

you smiled looking at him and nodded, “thank you, love. what are you cooking? It smells so good already I’m hungry dude”

“I’m cooking...something special for us! It’s a surprise hehe” he grins cutely, like a child (isn’t he cute ugh)

after he’s done with the cooking, both of you finally got to eat yayyyy

sitting on the kitchen counter area facing each other, adoring each other’s presence as both of you were enjoying the meals he cooked for you and him

jaehyun. he’s just so great, so good to be true. he’ll always be the one to pick you up when you’re down, the one to help you out when you’re having a problem whether it’s a big matter or even just a small matter, the one to light you up when everything seems to be dark to you, the one to guide you when you’re lost, the one to get concern about you even if it’s not about something to get/be concern about, the one that only stays when nobody stays with you, the one that falls asleep only after you fell asleep first because he wants to make sure that you’re safe in his arms while you’re sleeping, the one to hold you when everything seems to fall apart, the one to comfort you when you’re upset about your life. he’s your star, your world, your everything. he’s your home.

and,

you’re his home, too.

you’ve always prayed for someone, like, him. :’)

ALLLL MYY LIFEEEE I PRAYED FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOUU AND I THANK GOD THAT I THAT I FINALLY FOUND YOU *sings*

FUCK I’M GETTING SO EMO SHIT

ALRIGHT ALRIGHT EHEM MOVING ON

I love him with all of my heart

ok so after you guys have finished eating, cleaning and shit, you went back to the couch with jaehyun behind you

he put a box which contains all kinds of medicines (his and yours) in it on the table before finding meds for your fever and sore throat

“here, take your meds and here’s some water so that you would feel better baby” he turned to you as he gave you one of the fever pills and lozenges for your sore throat with a glass of water on the table

you took them from his hand the pills first so that you could proceed to swallow it

to be honest you’re not really good at swallowing pills bcus you’re afraid and you just dk how so what you usually do is chewing em (don’t judge me)

yes you’d rather take em like you’re eating a normal food instead of swallowing em like how you’re supposed to do

jaehyun noticed how you’re not swallowing the pills the way it should be done and laughed, “you’re supposed to swallow them, you dumbass”

after you’re done drinking your water, you hit him lightly and said “heyy, I’m not a dumbass!”

“yes you are boo”

“you’re a dumbass too dude”

“heyyy! since when? I’m a very smart and genius guy plus I’m good at almost everything” he said as he rolled his eyes to you

“since when? remember when you lost in the very first missions and other mission as well in the nct life in chuncheon and hongcheon?” you pulled your tongue out as you teased him and laughed

“sshh, do you wanna lose your voice?” him asking you with his arms crossed and his kinda-cute-failed-angry facial expression

“aw, someone’s upset huh” you cooed, before taking one of your sore throat lozenges and put it into your mouth

he laughs as he slowly tryin to attack you by tickling you

“yo no stop it omg ahhHHh JAEHYUN-”

“I can’t hear you i’m gonna tickle you until you lost your voice and can’t talk and tease me anymore”

you proceed to attack him by tickling him too and the house filled with both of you’s laughter (uwu)

jaehyun tries to protect and avoid himself from getting tickled by you with the pillows on his hands

when you both are finally done, you both just kinda look at each other, admiring every single details of each other’s faces

jaehyun climbs over to you on the couch and puts his head on your stomach full of happy smiles

“you know what, I like me better when I’m with you”, he whispers to you with his arms wrapping around your body tightly

“I like me better when I’m with you too” <3

#nct #nct 127 #jaehyun #jung jaehyun #jung yoonoh #nct imagines #nct blurbs #fluff #nct fluff #oneshot #nct u #big uwu #i love him i can't #someone stop me please #i'm so soft for him #fluffy #fanfic #nct scenarios #where can i find a jaehyun

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nerdsies · 5 years

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Graduation Headcanons

So...I graduated! I dedicate these to my terrible public school, my lovely friends, and my writing teacher who has no idea that my final screenplay project was an Anthony Norman self-insert fic I translated into screenplay format.

Race pulled the fire alarm at 2:00 on the last day of school. Brought water guns and started a battle between his friends (and even some students he didn’t really know)

Finch stole people’s things and put them on top of lockers, just out of their reach

Elmer wrote a graduation song to the tune of We’re All In This Together and got Buttons and JoJo to sing back-up vocals. Flawless choreography was, of course, included

Jack brought his Instax camera and took too many photos

Sniper forgot to get everyone to sign his yearbook, so he’s running around frantically getting signatures and goodbye messages

Romeo wrote everyone personal letters about his favourite high school memories with them

Henry slept in and showed up 4 minutes before his name was called, but still looked great

Davey was valedictorian and everyone thought it would be deep and emotional (which it was), but he sprinkled in plenty of memes and at one point put on a tiny cowboy hat on top of his grad cap

Jack teared up at Davey’s cowboy hat. Smiley boy the whole time. Attempted a little heel-click-jump and nearly fell off the stage, but he made it across in one piece.

Les and Sarah came to the ceremony, so incredibly proud of their brother. Sarah was annoyed that she still had another year of school, but clapped and cheered the loudest when “Jacobs, David” was called

Mush was scared he wouldn’t graduate. He’d missed so many classes, lost so many assignments, he was surprised he passed his classes, much less actually got C’s. He had the biggest smile when his name was called, and couldn’t help but jump off the stage instead of the instructed formal step

Blink made Jack paint the school insignia on his eye-patch

Mike and Ike swapped places when their names were called, and only their mother noticed

Tommy Boy flexed after taking his diploma (because of course he did)

Specs forgot his glasses, so he almost tripped three (3) times crossing from one side of the stage to the other. A lot of people thought he was drunk or hungover, but the boys knew he was just blind as a mole-rat

Albert pulled a John Mulaney and got high on cocaine the night before. Still not 100% back to normal, he leaned into the mic on the podium and dedicated his graduation to “Racetrack Higgins, you wonderful son of a bitch, I love you. Thanks for keeping me in school.”

Finch’s gown was the longest size they had, and was still too short. He wore highlighter-green sneakers so everyone would see them.

JoJo didn’t like hearing his full name being called, and he flinched a little when it was. After crossing the stage, he heard Buttons yell, “Hell yeah, JoJo! I’m proud of you!” JoJo couldn’t help but tear up a little as he flashed Buttons a huge grin.

Katherine wrote a grad column every month for the school newspaper. Everyone agreed that her June one was the best, and lots of people asked her to sign their copy of it instead of their yearbook. She thought ahead and wore comfortable flags instead of heels to the ceremony, judgemental looks from other girls turning to jealous ones as the unceasing hours went on

Race wore heelys and zoomed across the stage. The principal was not even slightly amused, but the students thought it was amazing. He winked at the crowd after receiving his diploma, and enthusiastically threw his cap higher than everyone else.

Crutchie could not stop smiling. He was so proud of himself and his family friends. It took a moment for him to respond to “Morris, Charles,” but a little nudge from the girl behind him triggered another smile as he made his way across the stage

Smalls was ridiculously hyper. He kept bouncing on the balls of his feet and could not, for the life of him, stay still. He dropped his diploma as soon as it was handed to him, but laughed it off with a bow before hurrying off to sit with his friends

Buttons cried in the car before going out. Everyone had always said high school was the best time of their lives and that’s what he expected going in. But it wasn’t — not at all. He was bullied and friendless for the first two years...until he found his friends, his family, and everything changed. He was Buttons, and he belonged, and life didn’t seem so awful anymore. He could be himself, be loud and proud and not give a damn. He checked his reflection in the rear-view mirror, wiped his tears, adjusted his cap and joined the others to take pictures before they had to get in line. He got some group polaroids from Jack’s camera (they got Medda to take the pictures so everyone could be in them) and hung them up in his bedroom. He kept one in his wallet, too, for safekeeping

Elmer, Buttons, Sniper, and JoJo did a Charlie’s Angels-like photo — as did Race, Albert, and Finch

Everyone went to Brooklyn for the grad party that night. Medda kept her phone close-by in case of emergency or anyone needed to be picked up

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mayal0pez · 6 years

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Newsies Live Masterlist

Not everyone can be a god like @bencookisagod and know every character and cast member so I’m using a list she made and adding stuff to help all the others that need it too!

This list literally includes everyone in the show, I don’t know how she did it. I also included some things I’ve seen in other posts so some parts might not be canon!

and i may or may not have put it in alphabetical order

Albert Dasilva

played by: Schuyler Flaherty

notable trait: dark but natural red hair

age: 16

notable line: a leg of lamb!

Anthony Higgins - “Race”

played by: Ben Tyler Cook

notable trait: cigar

age: 15

notable line: The woild is yer ester!

Bart/Willie

played by: Andrew Wilson

notable trait: What I call an “rbrbf”, or “resting but raging bitch face”.

age: 17-18

notable line:

Benjamin Davenport - “Buttons”

played by: Chaz Wolcott

notable trait: He has a broomstick in the beginning of act two.

age: 13

notable line: He traded her for a box of cigars! or I won’t be last in line for the tub tonight!

Bill Hearst

played by: Nick Masson

notable trait: nicely dressed

age: 18-19

notable line: And proud to be part of your revolution!

Bowery Beauties

played by: Kaitlyn Frank and Beth Stafford Laird

Bunsen or Stage Manager for Medda

played by: Bill Bateman

Cop or Patron or Guard

played by: Eric Jon Mahlum

Crutchie Morris

played by: Andrew Keenan-Bolger

notable trait: crutch and limp

age: 15

notable line: Your friend...your best friend...your brother, Crutchie.

Darcy Greeley

played by: Jack Sippel

notable trait: goldish suit

age: 18-19

notable line: I can see why they tossed this old girl down in the cellar, but I think she’ll do the job.

David Jacobs - Davey

played by: Ben Fankhauser

notable traits: He is, for the most part, better dressed compared to the other boys, and is very intelligent. He assists Jack with the strike.

age: 17

notable line: Go and look it up. The poor guy’s head is spinning.

Don Seitz

played by: Mark Aldrich

Elmer Kasprzak (+ Brooklyn Newsie)

played by: Anthony Zas

notable trait:

age: 13

notable line: How bout a crooked politician? or I don’t know, sister, but it’s bound to rain sooner or later.

Hannah

played by: Meredith Inglesby

notable trait: She likes pointing out the absurdity in things, and also has an accent that is so funny you’ll never forget.

Henry

played by: Michael Rios

notable trait: He has a bandage around his head at the beginning of act two.

age: 15

notable line: ...pastrami on rye with a sour pickle...

Hot Shot

played by: J.P. Ferreri

notable trait: he’s just adorable okay

age:

notable line:

Ike

played by: David Guzman

notable trait: one of the twins

age: 14

notable line: They’re always doing dance moves and tumbling together, so just look for that.

Jack Kelly

played by: Jeremy Jordan

notable trait: He really likes Santa Fe and Katherine.

age: 17

notable line: Santaaa Feeee

Jorgelino Josephino de La Guerra - “Jojo”

played by: Joshua Michael Burrage

notable trait: He is the last one to get into the photo and gets into it by doing an exceptional tumbling pass. He also always has the biggest and cutest smile while tapping (I’m slightly biased).

age: 16

notable line: You already sleep on the streets... or ... a solid gold watch and a chain to twirl it

Joseph Pulitizer

played by: Steve Blanchard

notable trait: he’s a mean old man

age:

notable line: That’s the bottom line

Katherine Ethel Pulitzer - Katherine Plumber

played by: Kara Lindsay

notable trait: She has nervous comebacks that are amazing!

age: 16

notable line: This would be a good time to shut up!

Kenny

played by: Jack Sippel

notable trait: He’s just too soft and cute to be intimidating.

age: 15

Kid Blink (+ Scab)

played by: Andy Richardson

notable trait:

age: 14-16

notable line:

Les Jacobs

played by: Ethan Steiner

notable trait: Sassy af

age: 9

notable line: You can tell Pulitzer that a few days into the strike, he's gonna be beggin' for an appointment to see me! You got that!...He got it

Mayor

played by: Michael Gorman

Medda Larkin

played by: Aisha de Haas

notable trait: She supports the newstrike and lets them use her theatre for a meeting.

Mike

played by: Jacob Guzman

notable trait: one of the twins

age: 14

notable line: They’re always doing dance moves and tumbling together, so just look for that.

Mr. Jacobi or Weisel

played by: John E. Brady

notable line: Drink up, boys. And don't ever say I don't give you nothin'. And before you say water is nothing, just ask a fish. In the desert.

Mush Meyers

played by: Nick Masson

age: 14

notable line: Sirens are like lullabies to me: the louder they wail the better the headline, the better the headline, the better the I eat, the better I eat...

Myron or Vince

played by: Stephen Hernandez

Nuns

played by: Beth Stafford Laird, Kaitlyn Frank, Meredith Inglesby

Nunzio and Theodore Roosevelt

played by: Kevin Carolan

Oscar and Morris Delancey

played by: Anthony Norman and Devin Lewis

Patrick Cortez - Finch

played by: Iain Young

notable trait: He has a slingshot!

age: 17

notable line: I ain’t scared of no turf! But that Spot Conlon...gets me a little jittery.

Romeo

played by: Nico DeJesus

notable trait: He’s a huge flirt but also so adorable and tiny!!

age: 13

notable line: Methinks the lady needs to be handled by a real man!

Scabs

played by: Andy Richardson, Daniel Switzer, and Michael Dameski

Smalls

played by: Julian DeGuzman

notable trait: Well yknow he’s small

age: 12

notable line:

Sniper

played by: Daniel Switzer

Snyder

played by: James Judy

Specs

played by: Jordan Samuels

notable trait: He wears glasses!

age: 17

notable line: And I lost my shoe!

Spot Conlon

played by: Tommy Bracco

notable trait: He’s the famous Brooklyn newsie leader who’s hella short but tough. His pinky could probably strangle you.

age: 15

notable line: let’s see what pulitzer’s gotta say to ya now

Tommy Boy

played by: Michael Dameski

notable trait: he has really good brows

age: 15

notable line: I got my shirt on!

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tukete · 7 years

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The Sims 2 to The Sims 4 remaster

Wall Decor Conversion Collection

The project I did almost 8 months. This remaster is one of my very first projects on "converting" pictures from The Sims 2. This time it's not just a transfer of images. Here are collected correct meshes, images, all supported localizations, prices and tuning.

149 wall decorations

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Supported localizations: English, German, French, Russian, Polish, Swedish, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Chinese (traditional), Japanese and Korean.

View all pictures separately

The process of converting can be seen here

TOU

There is a merged file, an archive with all 149 files and a folder on file sharing site so that you can download a single file

To search in the file sharing site folder, press Ctrl + F and enter the serial number

Download links at Blogger

Short list:

Painings, posters, photo frames, road signs, warning sign, cork boards, chalk board, Korean musical instrument, height gauge, banner, sports form in frame, stand for dog leashes, sculpture sun, embroidery, butterflies in a frame, blanket, Asian scrolls, diplomas on the wall, deer horns on the wall, a kite, cave painting, a mask on the wall, woodcarving, a katana stand, a fan on the wall and a gargoyle.

Full list of names with their serial number:

Enter “2t4re” in the search to find all objects in the game

001 RIBBA Frame - 3 swatches

002 Waderfall - 1 swatch

003 Dreams of a Gifted Mind - 1 swatch

004 "The Monster Under My Bed" by Little Timmy - 1 swatch

005 Gear-ffiti Painting by You Got Muscle - 3 swatches

006 "Engineered Angst" Full-Color Poster - 1 swatch

007 "Engineered Angst" Poster in Red - 1 swatch

008 ValueSpite Funny Bunny - 1 swatch

009 Yummers in My Tummers! Poster - 3 swatches

010 Robot Lunch - 1 swatch

011 "It's Reggae, Mon" Poster - 1 swatch

012 Revolutionary Rebellion Poster - 1 swatch

013 "Fists of Bunny" Poster - 1 swatch

014 Hollywood Print - 3 swatches

015 Space Oddity - 1 swatch

016 The House Pets Comic - 4 swatches

017 "Civic Idol" by Adora Wall Arts - 1 swatch

018 "Searing Indifference" Wall Poster - 1 swatch

019 "U-R-Here -n- We-R-Here" Poster - 4 swatches

020 The Truth is Somewhere - 1 swatch

021 "SimCity Championship Roster" 1984-85 Season Poster - 1 swatch

022 "Surfing the Universe" Poster - 1 swatch

023 Inverted Vertigo, Cover Art - 1 swatch

024 Great Films Movie Posters - 3 swatches

025 The It Poster - 4 swatches

026 "Sims Must Wash Hands" Sign - 1 swatch

027 Llama Xing Sign - 1 swatch

028 Children Safety Sign - 1 swatch

029 Exclaim! Sign - 1 swatch

030 Uber-Duper Deluxe Curves Ahead Sign - 1 swatch

031 "We Call It Football" Limited Edition Prints - 1 swatch

032 "Stick 'Em Up" Bulletin Board - 2 swatches

033 Teachers Pet Chalkboard - 3 swatches

034 Korean Keumungo - 1 swatch

035 Corky Reminder Board - 5 swatches

036 Tell-Me-Tall by GrowCo - 4 swatches

037 Cork It Over Memory Board - 16 swatches

038 Sheep and Sheep by Billy Silvester - 1 swatch

039 Trilby’s Delight - 1 swatch

040 Party Banner - 2 swatches

041 Scruffles the Quilted Dog - 1 swatch

042 "Newish Art" by Imad Ethis - 4 swatches

043 An Anonymous Masterpiece - 1 swatch

044 "Rugged Llamas of the North" Souvenir Rugby Jersey - 1 swatch

045 "Red vs. Blue" Oil Portrait - 1 swatch

046 In Memory Of Johnny Gnome - 1 swatch

047 Stumped Hound - Reprint - 1 swatch

048 Reprint Serial #S-C0PU4 - 1 swatch

049 Kitten Vs. Yarn: Season 1 Print - 1 swatch

050 The Stodgy Badger Family Portrait - 2 swatches

051 "Downhill Snowmanning" - 1 swatch

052 Create-a-Collage Poster Set - 3 swatches

053 Duck in Three Parts by Brain Ting - 1 swatch

054 Leash Racque by DeFarge - 12 swatches

055 Collectible Poster by TravelKeeper - 3 swatches

056 The Signature Piece by Garage Filler Inc. - 5 swatches

057 The Lady On Red - 1 swatch

058 La Cara del Sol - 4 swatches

059 Sirloin Shuffle Screenshot - 1 swatch

060 Route 66 - 1 swatch

061 Smitty Takes Flight by Art Classy - 1 swatch

062 Spherical Splendor - 1 swatch

063 Brave New Simlandia - 2 swatches

064 The Perfect Cat - 2 swatches

065 Home Sweet Home from McKraken Industries - 2 swatches

066 On Their Toes by Peder Dahnet - 1 swatch

067 The Lone Daisy - 1 swatch

068 Under the Horizon by Sam Stewart - 3 swatches

069 Spring Majesty - 4 swatches

070 “Ultra Sport Fan Shirt” by Al Ike Spordz - 4 swatches

071 Spacious Spaces - 4 swatches

072 Gram Gram's Needlework from McKraken Industries - 2 swatches

073 "Nature's Perfection" by E.Z. Phun - 1 swatch

074 "The Water's Flow" by Edgar Velveete - 1 swatch

075 Collage in Black and White - 1 swatch

076 Hearthstone Quilt - 1 swatch

077 Tropico Birds in the Wild - 2 swatches

078 Four Vegetables in repose - 1 swatch

079 Marketing Print by Seph Epia - 1 swatch

080 Artig by Andreas Kriegsloch - 5 swatches

081 Rainy Day Main Street - 1 swatch

082 The Moose Abides by Sue Lann - 1 swatch

083 Paradise Lost (and Found) - 1 swatch

084 Living Room With Man and Woman by Peter Lighten - 4 swatches

085 Rolling Hills by H. Sean - 1 swatch

086 Views From My Kingdom - 5 swatches

087 "Santa Skating" - 1 swatch

088 A Portrait of Fuzzy Babies - 1 swatch

089 In a Sims World by M. Ying - 1 swatch

090 "SimCity at Night" - 1 swatch

091 "Suspense" - 1 swatch

092 Eastern Blossoms by Li Qing - 1 swatch

093 Oil "Fantasy Scape" - 1 swatch

094 M.D. Clarke Award For Excellence - 4 swatches

095 "That Place Over There" by Retina Bluri - 1 swatch

096 Not Really Antlers Display - 2 swatches

097 "In the Beginning" - 1 swatch

098 "Lily Pads" by Myo Pia - 1 swatch

099 "Winter Blossoms" - 1 swatch

100 Veronaville Quilting Bee - Finalist - 1 swatch

101 In The Park by Awalck - 1 swatch

102 Tiny Fake Room Wallscape - 2 swatches

103 Bangpae Yeon from Simporters, Ltd. - 1 swatch

104 View from a Veranda by Bert Biscotti - 1 swatch

105 Almost There by Artis Cool - 1 swatch

106 Lifestyle of the Pharaoh Picture - 1 swatch

107 Sumo!!! Kite - 1 swatch

108 Tokonoma Series by Jermone Inc - 3 swatches

109 The Wall of Significant Confusion - 4 swatches

110 "Transcendence" by Joan Schnitzel - 1 swatch

111 Headhunter Battle Mask - 3 swatches

112 "Grilled Cheese" by Renu Tumush - 1 swatch

113 "Pineapple" by Lynn D'Saye - 1 swatch

114 A Portrait of My First Holiday Memory - 1 swatch

115 Rotating Horses by Erin Tranow - 1 swatch

116 "Sent to My Room Without Dinner" by Picts Elle - 1 swatch

117 Snoozing Enemies Comic - 1 swatch

118 Bella Squared - 1 swatch

119 This Olde Cabin by Hanz Gunterschmidt - 1 swatch

120 "The Etched Life" by Anonymous - 16 swatches

121 Dancing Around the Tree - 3 swatches

122 Stiller Life by Antonio Slome - 1 swatch

123 Blades of Masamune - 4 swatches

124 Albert’s "Discordia" - 5 swatches

125 The Meaning of Fruit - 1 swatch

126 "A Stroke" by Alfred D'Simvo - 1 swatch

127 "B Stroke" by Alfred D'Simvo - 1 swatch

128 "C Stroke" by Alfred D'Simvo - 1 swatch

129 Arghist Soldier - 1 swatch

130 Erratic Glass by Van Mel - 25 swatches

131 "Geometry 101" by Mrs. Wieprecht - 1 swatch

132 Rue de Fleur by Claude Magnus - 3 swatches

133 Handle and Spout - 1 swatch

134 "Holiday in Leukerbad" - 1 swatch

135 "Untitled" by Len Bledgemann - 1 swatch

136 Nova Jazz by Saturn McGee - 4 swatches

137 Cantankerous Splatters - 1 swatch

138 "Two Dogs and an Olive" by Mixt Hupp - 1 swatch

139 A Sim Noir Print - 6 swatches

140 "The Muse" by Stella Livorno - 1 swatch

141 Open-Wall Wall Fan - 1 swatch

142 Opus by Rose Grace Wise - 1 swatch

143 Olive Peynter's City SkyScape - 1 swatch

144 "A Home for All Seasons" - 25 swatches

145 Fierce Gargoyle - Home Edition by tukete - 1 swatch

146 "Abstrusionism" by Gordon Flatcher - 1 swatch

147 "The Fourth Element" Wall Hanging - 5 swatches

148 "Poisonous Forest (In Love with a Curse)" - 1 swatch

149 How Eloquent by Bartholomew Dade - 1 swatch

#my cc #ts4cc #s4cc #ts4 #the sims 4 #the sims 4 download #the sims 4 custom content #maxis match #ts4mm #conversion #ts2 to ts4 #objects #paintings #wall decor

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midz13 · 4 years

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Sorry for being abscent tumblr, I’ve been super busy with the work! I’ll make a mega update here to get us caught up, and ill upload more photos after.

Since unwrapping the environment I have taken it to substance, got all the maps generated, made some optimisations on render time (Still some noise but render time is at 18minutes at some points so wont push it any more - waiting to hear back from Sang on how good the render time is/optimised the scene is before i send render farm requests) and done my animating!! Phew!

The substance painter stuff was good fun - I learend some lessons with the character, and knew the best way to approach this was to put everything under one material that I wanted on one map. To that end I put the entire room (walls floor etc) as one material (due to its physical size and wanting to put text on the floor) and the objects within the room - computers, piping, platform etc - on another atlas. Both atlas’ were 4k, and the only exceptions to that was a few individual maps - one for the robotic arms holding her, as I made them seperate and couldnt/dont know how to combine maps, and one for the pistol (ill show in next post) as I did that after (I decided a couple days before starting animation to test myself to model, wrap and texture a pistol in one day - I did it!! :D

I messed around with colour palette a bit with the room. I wanted a dark ominous room, but felt that showing the room with grey or dark surfaces lost the clean room/labratory feel. I think its vitally important in a sci-fi environment to try to keep real world links as close as possibly as they act like markers for the viewer to follow. I.e. by maintaing an aesthetic in this room or a labratory or hospital with the clean shiney surfaces, and the screen terminals using words like testing etc, the viewer will hopefully understand that its a lab/test facility of some description for the robot - That’s the plan anyway. By making the room darker, it might all into question the use or purpose of building. For example. is she there to be interogated? Has she been captured? As opposed to thinking oh this is a new technology...

I’ve not done any animation before, so was both excited and concerned to start, although it was a nice change of pace and helped keep me interested with a change of the usual workflow.

Luckily, as my story focuses on her being restrained for a large majority of the film, I didn’t have any massively challenging animation to do. However this didn’t mean I would coast the work and get it done as soon as possible. I wanted to make sure her acting and performance read as clearly as possible, as I need her movements to be one of the key indicators of her “state” i.e. human, or robot. I also quickly created blendshapes for her - I planned on her being unable to emote, but I felt this was a bit of a cop out. I didn’t want her to open her mouth, sure, as I felt that was a one way trip to uncanny that I coulnd’t use within the story, and would make her impossible to empathise with (if I had time, sure it would be a fun experiment to see what worked better, but time isnt on my side). This did mean that her emotions were slightly limited , BUT, because i wanted her to see trapped in her own body, and like her faculties were limited (due to the fact her head has been removed and put on a robot!!) I think it worked well. I created blendshapes for fear, sadness, anger, a blink, and a frown (to augment the other emotions). I’m so glad I did these, as the became key in a few of the shots, and really make them pop, and make her “come to life”, so I’m pleased I took the time to do them.

The animation was fun, a few issues came up however, but for the most part it was pretty straight forward. I took some videos of myself doing some of the movements as reference for the animations. I tried to do it in a week or less, which I managed, to make sure that I stay on target time wise, and as I opted to use After Effects to show the screens, I wanted extra time to learn - I want the screens to flash and change, and thought it would also be a good oppotunity to learn how to use After Effects as I’ve not used it at all.

I’ve spent a bit of time too working on camera movement and set up. I’ve weant for a 25mm focal length for most shots to show as much of the set as possible, situating the camera more. I try to frame each shot as well as possible to make it look good, draw the viewers eye to key information, and on a few shots, frame screens so that they can get plot information as to what is going on. It’s been difficult to make sure the camera looks as natural as possible, and not like a maya camera, which is tough. Camera work itself is an entire artform in itself...

So, I want to discuss a few of the issues I’ve had and how I got around them or solved them.

So, as I mentioned I had some issues with the animatiom. These came from the rig, and the blendshape.

First of all the blendshapes for her face - as I think I mentioned before, I did blenshapes for her bicepts so that when she moves her arm, her biceps will tense and relax to show that movement. It’s very subtle and probably never be noticed, but it looks cool when you look for it, and it was a great learning experience. I had to move its order in the channel editor to make sure it moved at the right time within the rig, and it worked totally fine, and easier than I thought! I did the same with the shoulder muscles, but more as corrective blendshapes as the rig/deformations isnt perfect. However, the face blendshapes wouldn’t play ball... I tried adjusting their order, I tried every combination, I tried deleting their history and their transforms, nothing worked - everytime I applied them, her head would shoot off into the distance. I spoke with both Sang and Michael and Patrick Sloan, eventually the 2 Sloans worked out that by deleting the meshes post, and applying them all as one blendshape (originally I did them one by one) it worked. I tried doing them as one BS without deleting them and for some reason it didnt work. I took it as it was and even asked Sang if he knew why (he didnt). As long as it worked though, I didnt care...

The next issue with the rig was something that totally slipped by somehow; When I rotate her global control her chest and abdomen wouldnt deform right AT ALL. I had no idea how it happened and started freaking out. The 2 Sloans couldn’t work it out either. If I grabbed her chest and her global, she would rotate better, but her stomach would twist up strangely. Eventualy Sang diagnosed that the issue was the IK Spine not twisting right, and that I must have done something wrong during the rigging stage. This was super frustrating as I took my time with the rig and followed Sang’s video perfectly. It must have been one little step, a constrain or a parent, that i missed, omited, or applied incorrectly, and more than a month later, it came to the surface. I was especially confused/frustrated as I tested the rig post completion and binding to check, but obviously hadnt used the global control to twist her. Sang found a work around, but it did mean that one of her spine controls was lost. I then realised towards the end of the animating that a few of her poses caused strange deformations, like verts jutting our, or generally not following the rest of her body too well. I would go into weight paints and smooth out the issue as best I could even though I couldnt see anything glaringly obvious, like an arm joint effecting her lower stomach, but now that I’m processing this, I wonder if perhaps losing a handle reassigne weights and didnt do it right??

Another issue I had was her armor and torso/muscles being SUPER Shiny. I couldn’t work this out especially as she looked totally fine within substance. Initially I assumed it was an arnold render setting and that I hadn’t turned samples high enough, but after optimising the samples using Sang’s tutorla (which made the render time too high unfortunately) I realised the issue remained. One day I eventually decided it wasn’t right and that it wasn’t just me - it was too much. I worked my way through Arnold’s material settings, turning this up, down, off, every which way, to see if it effected the shine. I eventually found the culprit was Diffuse Roughness and nothing more, and that by simple adjusting the exposure/alpha in the settings, it reduced this shine completely. The way I set up my materials meant that it effected her whole texture (even though muscle/skin and armor are in different graphs) so I lost a tiny bit of shine to her skin, but I think it still looks fine - if anything before hand her lips looked too shiney, as if she had on lip gloss.

I also had some issues creating the cabling for her helmet. I needed the cabes to flex and bend with her as they moved. In my head the best way would be and IK set up. Initially I tried this, and I use a cube to measure the start and end points, and used an arc to create a perfect bend over the 90 degrees. This was a good idea, and the cable could go from a 90 degree bend to perfectly straight, but any additional bend didnt work and just turned the cable. I then started thinking about IK Splines, and watched a few tutorials online but couldnt get it to work. It made sense though, a spline would allow the perfect movement! Evnetually me and Sang spoke a few times and he was able to find a solution. An spline set up that didnt work like an IK and meant I had to do lots of manual adjustments, but for the most part it looks great. So for the small cables on the sides of her helmet, i kept the simple but effective “fire and forget” IK cables, and for the rear of her head I used the spline, as this area would move and twist much more. It took a while to create and solve, but meant that it looked good and only took a small amount of additional work to animate.

I will upload some more images, such as test shots, the pistol (which barely gets any screen time, but only took a day to work on so not a massive loss.

Only a few weeks to go! Waiting for Sang to get back to me on scene set up and optimisation, once that gets the green light I’ll start sending render farm requests!

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