#old lady activities

[stinkywrinkles]

Dreaming about snacks probably

#april 2024 #roxy #couch #snooze #old lady activities

[canisalbus]

*carefully picks you up and peeks into your conch snail shell*

Ehm... Sorry to bother, but... Could we, maybe, possibly... see Vasco's wife and her lover pictured by your hand? Sorry again, thank you for listening. Take care.

*delicately lays you back into the water to prevent any stress or dehydration*

Unfortunately I don't have her lover figured out yet, but I think Ludovica looks something like this:

#own art #own characters #CanisAlbus #Ludovica #vertopus #Vaschete lore #I may still tweak the markings this isn't 100% guaranteed final design #might make her colors a bit more reddish perhaps #but you know this is the general vibe #she was originally inspired by brittany spaniels and one of my old unused characters #to be fair the whole thing was built around the idea that she should have strong eyebrows and green theme color #again jury is still out on the renaissance hairstyle/head piece I'll try to come up with something #still trying to get a good grasp of the girlfriend too #she's most likely her lady-in-waiting or other court companion #essentially a woman of high social class whose job is to accompany a noblewoman and assist her on her daily activities #a best friend more or less #conch snail hours #she will kick anyone's ass. she will kick your ass. she will kick your dog's ass. she will kick her own ass.

[blended-ice]

Making Gyoza

#peas n guac #hey if you couldn’t tell that’s minako in the blue shirt and she is holding a wine bottle #meant to finish this earlier but then college was all like lmao you thought #pray for Mari she’s having to haul old lady ass outta the cooking zone before the dumpling filling is further defiled with unlabeled wine #the goat fr #Yurio looks bored but he’s actually having a phenomenal time and he is actively listening to what Toshiya has to say #bless #yuuri is the only one who’s noticed Minako’s tomfoolery and Mari’s suffering #what an aware king 👑🙏🙏🙏 #yuri on ice #yoi #viktor nikiforov #katsuki yuuri #viktuuri #fanart #id in alt text #yuri plisetsky #katsuki mari #minako okukawa #katsuki toshiya #the family together <3 #podium family #tw meat #tw food #food #tw knife #tw alochol #I think I tagged everything of concern #gotta keep this a safe space for the homies u feel #cooking together

[artiststarme]

Eddie loved to read. He enjoyed immersing himself in books, letting the stories wash over him, and escaping his own reality for the imaginations of another. He adopted new personas and became someone else as he skimmed every word. He put himself in the shoes of people he could only dream of and let their lives replace the problems in his.

On the other hand, Steve hated reading. He sat alone for hours staring at words without meaning with letters that floated through paper and dripped from the pages. He couldn’t derive any knowledge from books nor could he enjoy the lives of the characters or the storylines of novels. As soon as the wretched piece of paper flipped, whatever contents were on it were swiped from his memory. He never understood the literary importance of any book much less hidden meanings somehow woven into the pages that the English teachers talked about.

After escaping the talons of both Vecna and the mob out for blood, the boys were left with too much time and too little to do. No one wanted to hire someone that associated with the town’s not-so-secret-teen-killer and on the off chance that they went into public, they were persecuted by their peers.

To deal with the boredom, loneliness, and restlessness alike, Eddie turned to reading. He would dive right into the words like Steve had dived into Lover’s Lake. He would adopt the lives of the characters and pretend that maybe his life wasn’t so bad after all.

Steve watched Eddie flip each page, a look of innocent wonder on his face and a hopeful smile on his lips. They couldn’t do book club or share notes on what was being read but Steve could still follow the emotion of the story through Eddie’s expressions and the trace of a finger along his jumping pulse. Eventually, Eddie would read aloud. He’d keep Steve entranced in the story with his raspy voice combing through every word. Sometimes he’s stumble, his eyes moving faster than his mouth could speak, but it was still the most satisfying thing Steve had ever heard.

On a random Thursday when they finally finish the book, Steve holds Eddie’s face in his hands and delicately kisses his lips for the first time.

“Maybe now it’s time we start our own story, Eds.”

And so they do.

#their favorite activity is sitting on the couch or laying in bed with Eddie reading and Steve dozing off #(I’m asexual and it shows lol) #the rest of the Party find it disgustingly mushy #however Steve and Eddie ignore them like they always do and make an even bigger effort to read in front of them #Eddie even starts reading the horrific romance books old ladies read to really piss them off #stranger things #steddie #ficlet #steve harrington #eddie munson

[queerly-autistic]

I just think it's a great time to remember that, yes, even if there is a group of people that gave guidance and set certain things up and steered the ship at the outset, everything that's been happening with regards to saving OFMD has been ordinary every day fans doing what they do.

Heck, there's been almost zero guidance for a few weeks, and the #SaveOFMD and #AdoptOurCrew tags have been rolling along with thousands and thousands and thousands of tweets (I've only seen it dip below 20k once). We did that. Just regular fans did that. So many of these amazing things (like Lube As A Crew!) came from fans reaching out and going 'ooh let's try this!'. Heck, Lube as a Crew was trending MASSIVELY well last night without any guidance from some centralised group - the community did that!

The power in a fan community is that it is grass roots. It's organic. It's why there's so many different OFMD fan fundraising initiatives that all work separately but alongside each other, and it's how we as a fandom have raised so much money for so many different causes.

If you want to do something, do it! Give it a go! Set it up! If you need to, message/tag someone who has a little more clout in the fandom and see if they'll give your idea a boost! If you have an idea but are unsure and need some help shaping it, reach out and find people to help (more on where you might find this in a later paragraph)! It's all coming from the ground up, not the other way around.

There are new groups of fans that are stepping into the space to try and provide guidance, or at least provide a space to develop ideas, but, crucially, these have all so far seemed to have a greater focus on working with the community, rather than leading it. Which I think is the best direction to go in.

Yes, it's great to have spaces where we have people with experience giving some sort of a steer, or offering professional advice, but, again, it needs to be rooted in community - nurturing community, encouraging involvement, sharing expertise whilst also giving space for people to develop their own ideas and find support. Some of the newer initiatives popping up (such as @AdoptOurCrew and @SaveOFMDCrew) seem to be very much about that, and that's what's needed. That's where the power is.

On that note, if you have an idea you want some backing or support with, you can do much worse than getting in touch with one (or both!) of those accounts. I'm currently in the SaveOFMD discord server (campaigning is my job, so wanted to get involved and try and be useful!), and I've been in touch with AdoptOurCrew individually (they helped boost my call out for stories for an article), and I thoroughly recommend that anyone who has an idea, or wants to get involved, reach out to them. Crucially, for me, it all feels like part of the same community working together towards the same goal.

I know that it's reassuring to think there's something centralised that we can just follow - one place that has all knowledge and where everything is coming from - and I know that losing that is frightening, but it's really important to remember: that is not how any of this works, it is not how communities work, and it is not how this campaign has been successful.

It's not been just a couple of people at the top. It never was. It's you who has achieved all this. You are the reason so much has happened so far. You are so much more powerful than you are giving yourself any credit for.

Our Flag Means Us, remember?

#save ofmd #save our flag means death #renew ofmd #renew our flag means death #ofmd #our flag means death #adopt our crew #erin waffles #it feels like a lot of drama but i promise you it is fine and will pass #the first fan campaign i was ever involved with fell apart so dramatically that someone actually faked their own death #a couple of times actually #and yet it carried on because that's what it's about #so trust me when i say that everything is going to be ok #*old lady voice activated*

[spotsupstuff]

i've been havin weak moments for this kinda stuff these last two days...

#rain world #rw #oc tag #iterator oc #rw ancients #oc: three sparrows #oc: boreas' blessing #my art #taking it slow today 🤟😩 im nursin mosquito bites #boreas usually isnt this chatty. sparrows just activates his complaining bitchy lady part of the brain #and also in. old age talking tires sparrows out quite a lot but she really likes listening to her family. so he indulges her

[bunnihearted]

what if we were girl friends nd sat in the couch nd sipped tea nd read books while watching a show 📚🫖🛋️

#or is this old lady activities that no one wants to do....? #this is what i want tho!!!!! T-T #god i fkn miss having friends it's so fkn weird to never do things like this

[traitorsinsalem]

i think people who ignore janitors are so evil. something about the upbringings or lives of people who don't wave don't say "hey how're you doing?" "thanks so much!" don't even LOOK at the people cleaning the spaces they're eating shopping sleeping urinating in is so hypothetically horrible in my mind. also while we're at it, give full-time sanitization workers in the u.s. 70k a year plus benefits to start.

#succ speaks #thinking abt w/e the hell the hs i moved to was & 'workers rights' ppl at my lac who actively ignore non-student workers on campus #every janitor and landscaper in the buildings and places i've worked + studied + lived in that i've talked to have been so cool #ESPECIALLY old people they're always so fun and smart and nice. they'll always have ur back too esp if u don't narc on them for dumb shit #<- like who CARES if the 67 y/o lady had an edible before her shift. she's cleaning the tables better than u could -_- #idek the loose schedules for the janitors in my new dorm building this semester btw. i've never actually seen anyone? #but someone is DEFINITELY cleaning floors here because it'd be painfully obvious if they weren't. my class+sleep schedules prob conflict

[kingofthewilderwest]

Hi, I was kind of curious because a lot of the older httyd accounts seem to know each other pretty well and reference a lot of things that aren’t obviously posted, is there a server or something everyone is in or has it been all the time that you’ve spent on tumblr that allows everyone to be so comfortable? It’s cool to witness

Gosh, when I joined the httyd community in 2014, all our friendships were formed on tumblr proper. Chances are likely as not I'm talking with someone who was there when the Deep Magic was written, but man, the lack of replies on posts and lack of DMs meant we were regularly chatting with each other on main through reblog chains and asks. With all that easily-accessible, constantly-happening public chatter, it was easy to learn the personalities around you, join in on conversations, and embrace more people into the community. It was all alive. Anyone remember endorsing blogs and finding blogs through follow forevers???? I still think about those folks of fandom past. I'd do so much to get that time back, because it was three hundred percent easier to make friends that way than how tumblr's rolling now. Replies screw up community bad, yo: those aren't even talking to each other, but around each other, oblivious to each other, and largely one-directionally.

I am aware of a httyd discord server where some oldies hang on a daily basis. I don't know how many relationships preceded the server and how many have been built since. That's where I see the chatter and community connections anymore. I can't keep up with the inside jokes and topics either bwahaha but I agree with you - it's so stinking cool to see people being comfortable. Comfort, community, and conversation is what fandom should be about. Not posting or wordlessly reblogging 'content' without people becoming friends with each other and talking about every random thing. I'll quit soapboxing ahhhhh.

I'm a bit out of touch with httyd-dom and not all sure where the active circles are now. But I feel warm when I see evidence circles are still existing, see evidence new circles are being built.

#ahhhhhhh fond memories <3 #[this old lady is also a hypocrite who hasn't been socializing well on tumblr for years] #but I've been feeling the need to actively seek out community again #blabbing Haddock #httyd fandom #httyd #How to Train Your Dragon #awesome anonymous friend #anonymous #ask #ask me

[stinkywrinkles]

Snoring in the corner

#february 2024 #roxy #couch #snooze #blankies #old lady activities

[themalhambird]

MVP Archie the spaniel, took one look at Mannix/Harker and went WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT MAM GET HIM OUT OF HERE MAM MAM MAM!!

#as an aside i really apreciate that Lady harker knows that Mannix isnt her son? shes not a deluded little old lady shes an active #participant and i love that for her #bodies netflix #know you are loved

[fuck-kirk]

My cat: *breathing heavily and making skrunkly noises*

Vet: oh, did you bring her in because she has a little cold?

Me: no, she’s just like that

Vet: oh

#mott txt #she has a smooshed face. I took her to the vet for it years ago concerned and many tests later there’s nothing wrong with her #it’s just from how her face is shaped my last vet thought #but all vet techs and new vets comment on it #it’s always so funny tho. she really makes the most disgusting noises #I mostly tune it out and I don’t notice but it’s ALWAYS the first thing ppl comment on #she’s very healthy and active otherwise and she’s an old lady (15)

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

normal things to say about the society you used to rule over and were beloved by and who are immediately afterwards revealed to be overwhelmingly normal ass people whose only crime is not wanting to be Trapped In The Ground anymore

#the nemesis speaks #yeah she's deeply traumatized she's also dealing with it in a way that actively hurts other monsters so like. idk lady!! #how old are you? couple thous? #anyway i know i've been grinding the point a little but like. she is Not A Saint #and i don't hold it against her really either but fr. can we talk abt her as a Fucked Up Woman yet. #can we poor meow meow her. are we there as a society #divorce man apologist saga #not a particularly applicable tag but whatever i don't want to tag this as anything searchable

[figsaretheworld]

"Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating"

-Simone Weil (my favourite philosopher)

#ethics #simone weil #i want to be like her when i grow up #she lived and breathed ethics #she wanted to parachute into an active war zone #but wasnt allowed to bc of her bad vision #this lady had a crazy life #camus the old nihilistic tosser called her “the only great spirit of our time”

[darkbanez]

personally, i think namekians’ eyes and ears should be able to do The Thing.

#silly mode activated #still trying to figure out how i wanna draw piccolo #i think i’m getting p consistent with it tho #also gohan and dende are playing with legos there and dende stops mid-brick cause he can hear an old lady somewhere down on earth shaking a #bag of cat treats #piccolo #piccolo dbz #dbz #dragon ball z #dragon ball #dende #dende tag #gohan #son gohan #uhhh what else do i tag this with #dragon ball series #lol #art tag #my art #dark.txt

[jordankennedy]

84 is an unserious statement literally just some kid and his witch auntie

#her making paper mache masks of the kid was kind of actually funny like average weird old lady activity