#purely from the joy of a cube

[wandasfifthwife]

never a burden

paring: (equestria girls) applejack x fem!reader

tw: pining after each other, gentle flirting, hurt/comfort (reader fails a job application and applejack comforts her), applejack showcases her element of honesty in this, this is pretty much pure fluff

a/n: this is for my underrated girl, Applejack. She deserves more love and fics honestly. Anyways, enjoy!! Do not copy my work | not proofread

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Granny spots you walking up, a funny looking grin making its way on her face as she waves. You lift a hand to wave back, “hey Granny Smith, I-“

“If you’re looking for Applejack she’s out by the barn,” your attention shifts to her figure off in the distance, “Maybe you can help bring her inside to cool off, she’s been working on fixin’ that fence since early this mornin.”

You thank granny, crossing the fields until Applejack was only a few feet away. She hears the crunching of the leaves and finds your figure standing across from her. You lean on nearby fencing, “hey you.”

“heya sugar cube,” she sits back on her calves, “what brings you all the way out here?”

You smile at her sweetly and take joy in her flustered expression. You slide off on teasing any further, explaining that you were picking something up for a friend and wanted to stop by. She wipes at her forehead, “I’m happy you did, it’s always good to see ya.”

Your heart warms at her sweet talk, “do you need any help?”

She shakes her head, going back to hammering nails into the wood. You sit in silence for a minute, watching how peaceful the moment around you was.

“Applejack,” she hums, “do you spend time in the fields?”

“Uh, well I am now. If that’s what you’re asking.”

“I mean, you have all this land, do you use it for more than just work?”

“Back when I was younger, sure I did. But things change.”

You stand straight, “what changed?”

“Granny got older, and so did I. Had to take on the responsibility for this here farm, and I couldn’t be more proud that she’s handed it down to me.”

You’re sure granny would be proud if someone where to point to a random fly and say they were her new pet, but you keep to yourself.

“Speaking of granny, she told me you’ve been out here all morning. Wanted me to come bring you inside so you can cool off.”

“Just after—“

She slows at the feeling of your hand on hers, “please?”

With a roll of her eyes, she’s walking you back to her house. You find yourself in her living room. She had excused herself a few minutes ago, turning and walking into the kitchen.

It seemed like only yesterday you just met the girl, sitting on her couch soaking wet, explaining why come knocking on their door. She had a sense of understanding, but was still very much reserved and confused, wondering why a random had come out to her house in the middle of a thunderstorm.

Her heavy footsteps announce her presence before she turns the corner, glasses in her hands, handing one to you.

“Imma open the windows, it’s hotter than a blister bug in a pepper patch today.”

You stand beside her, watching her tussle about with the window latches. It’s frustrating in how you’re blanking on how to act. You intentionally sought her out, and now that you have what you wanted, your hands are growing sweatier than they already were.

“So tell me, how’d your interview go? I’m so excited to hear,” her smile softens as she notices your body tense at her question. She makes a sympathetic sound, reaching and rubbing your arm.

“I guess I deserve it. They wanted over three years of experience and I’ve never even had a real job.”

“Hey now, don’t start on that nonsense. You have just of a right there as any other. You said they didn’t hire you because of inexperience? Well that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever—“

You hold onto her hand, “applejack its really alright. I’ll eventually get another interview.”

“I know you and I know how much this mattered to you. You don’t have to be all so positive happy all the time.”

You bite your cheek in hopes the pain would distract you from the tears building. She sighs, “I don’t mean to upset ya, I only am angry at the ones denying you.”

“You aren’t upsetting me. Thank you for listening.”

“Of course, sweet. Ya want a hug, they always make me feel better?”

The tears spill over and she’s cooing at you, moving your drinks onto the table near you. Her arms are already wrapping around you, pulling you near her, a hand patting your back, “go on, cry it all out.”

You laugh softly, going ahead and tightening your hold around her waist, “sorry, I didn’t mean to come over and worry you.”

“Never a burden, you’re always welcome. Let me go fetch some of that pie granny and I made just the other day, that’ll cheer you right up.”

She says, moving quickly into the kitchen. You step behind her, keeping close as she cuts a piece for you.

“Thank you.”

“You’re never a burden, sweetheart. Anytime.”

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[breezybangtanbebe]

💭❤️‍🔥Boyfriend Hoseok❤️‍🔥💭

The Gentle Giant Boyfriend

Emotionally💕:

Hoseok is no stranger to attention. Everything about him, from his handsome face and healthy physique to his fashion sense and warm personality, he attracts just about anyone with eyes and a pulse. But everything was different with you.

You werent one of the typical cases fan girling over his persona or obsessing over his body parts. (something I honestly think is a big ick for him but he just tolerates it because of how much of a people pleaser he tends to be.) 

On your first date, you barely even looked at anything below his chin and held him in your eyes for most of the conversation..

"You have really pretty eyes.." you remarked, stirring your drink mindlessly with your cheek resting in the palm of your other hand.

Hoseok's mouth twitched in a tiny reluctant smile of confusion. He too toyed with the straw of his drink, mashing the ice cubes about before taking a sip.

"Um..thank you." he swallows, blinking as if he were on the brink of choking. It wasn't hard to fluster him, you picked up on that early on when you met him at that pottery class you took up as soon as the pandemic was over. Any reason to get out of that apartment that felt even smaller when you had no where else to go.

It was his eyes that caught your attention first, mainly because it was all you could see of his face since the mask mandate was still enforced. Apart from his hulking frame under his oversized hoodie and the way his massive legs made the stool he was perched on look like it was designed for a child, there was a soft innocence there when he focused his fingers on the sepia ball of clay.

When he wasn't focused, those eyes had a way of finding you on the other side of the room, looking away bashfully when you felt his stare..

Crinkling cutely when the teacher made a joke.

Widening comically when the perfectly shaped bowl he was working on collapsed into a squishy warped ball of disaster.

This went on for a few weeks before he finally worked up the nerve to sit beside you at the beginning of the next class, introducing himself. Up close, you got an even better gauge of his size.

"Good lord he must work out every day.." you thought, but its only on your mind for a second after resuming eye contact when he asked you a question.

The most gorgeous combination of browns melded in the ridges of his irises. From afar you couldn't notice but this close, you couldn't see anything but those eyes. Eyes that told so much about a man you hardly knew.

Honesty.

Joy.

Sadness.

Pain.

Soul.

It was you who asked him for his number despite him being the one to ask if he could see you again outside of class. So you did, grabbing tea and coffee at the bakery near the pottery studio.

"Youre blushing again." you smirk triumphantly and Hoseok immediately resents himself for being such an easy read. Without his mask to hide behind, you were given a full view of his face that was as equally charming as his eyes.

The colored apples of Hoseok's cheeks lift slightly as he shook his head in pure denial.

"No Im not." 

"Im looking right at you. What do you mean?" You tease and Hoseok tucks his lips against each other to fight his bodies natural response to flattery.

"Its the steam from the tea or something, I don't know.." he shakes his head again, turning his head at the bakery's door chime as a few customers walked in and you couldn't help but think it was to hide the way his blush worsened. There was no steam. He wasn’t even drinking tea so the excuse was as ridiculous as it was adorable.

It made you smile knowing he was this affected and you vaguely wondered what else your attention to detail could do.

"If you say so.."

You were different to him because you saw him in ways others didn’t. No one compliments a man’s eyes when all attention is on his body. The amount of times he caught women and men alike struggling to keep eye contact when he wore a fitted shirt that accentuated his upper body. And while he did work diligently to achieve such a body, it felt good to be seen and not just something to look at. Which in his profession,was often a feeling he faced.

Water signs tend to be very emotionally connected and Hoseok will know what youre feeling before you say anything because he's just that observant. That's just him. He can walk into a room and get a gauge of everyone's energy and while he may not show it, he's affected by it.

He appreciates a person thats similar. Someone who can tell when he's bothered or uncomfortable but too polite to express it. He appreciates someone who can anticipate his needs the way he will anticipate yours. And he absolutely would. If you like coffee in the morning and he's up before you, he puts on a pot because he knows you hate waiting for it. He'll put things within your reach without thinking about it. He’ll cover sharp corners with his hand if you bend down suddenly too near them. Just a quiet caretaker.

He's very emotionally intelligent (it took him going through ALOT to get this way) , and he too has very little patience for games or things that don't make sense. So talk to him about your feelings vs acting impulsively. Don't push him away when you're upset. He may chase you for a little while but if you're not reciprocating his energy , he'll lose interest.

Physically💋:

Very reserved in front of others because he's just polite but will hold your hand and kiss you proudly in public. He keeps it cute though, nothing outlandish.

He is the jealous type so if someone is looking at you a bit too hard, expect him to mark his territory with one of those little kisses. Or a few.

In private, He's big and warm and soft and hard all at the same damn time. Hoseok loves cuddling,prefers to be the big spoon most of the time because he feels like he's protecting you but occasionally enjoys curling his big ass into you while your massage his scalp until he falls asleep.

He's much more touchy feely. Lots of stolen kisses and booty grabs. Although I predict that you'd be most inclined to want to touch him all day because...well. Look at him🌚

It was a day worth shutting the world out for. Raining and relentless. Plans were cancelled ,alarms were snoozed and clothes were optional at Hoseok's apartment.

Its been several months since that day in the bakery and those routine meet ups next door to the pottery class evolved into evenings spent at his place. He'd been to yours plenty but you preferred being with him at his because his felt more comfortable. 

Plus he had all the snacks.

The morning light creeped its way despite the sun being hidden and the bed felt much too big when he wasn't in it. So after pulling on one of his t-shirts and slipping into his bathroom to freshen up, you were relieved to find the object of your desire in the kitchen.

He's shirtless with his magnificent back on display for you as you watched him busy with something on the counter. His hair was wild, sticking up in all directions and his pajama pants hung just low enough on his hips for those two delicious dimples to be visible.

You stepped silently over the warm wood floors, one bare foot after the other until you were creeping up behind him.

Hoseok flinched a little when you snaked your arms around his waist but he soon relaxes at the feel of your lips pressing against the middle of his back.

"Hi.." you grumble against his warmth, skimming the tip of your nose over his skin. Hoseok chuckles softly as one of his hands covers your two that clasp below his naval.

"Morning. Did I wake you?" He looks over his shoulder and you shake your head, pressing your cheek against his shoulder blade.

"Just missed you." You respond sleepily and the sound of it has him chuckling softly.

"Ive been up for less than ten minutes.." he chides and you shrug.

"10 minutes too long. I got cold. What are you doing anyway? I thought you had nothing to do today." You mumble, peaking around his body to spot him organizing several different types of capsules into little baggies.

"Im putting my supplements together for when I go out of town next week."

"Oh yeah.." you say. You return to nuzzling his muscular back, settling in the dip of his spine between his shoulder blades with a solemn sigh.

Detecting you sulking, Hoseok takes one of your hands and pries it from his tummy to lift towards his face.

"Its just a few days. Don't pout, big baby.."

A gentle kiss to your knuckles was all it took to send a tingle through your body, making you tighten the back hug you had him in . Your affection evolves due to an intrusive thought and you accentuate the embrace with an unexpected bite of his flesh. Your teeth pinch a healthy bit of skin between them and you pull back on the release.

His yelp makes you snicker evilly and you soothed the faint toothmarks with a few kisses before pulling away from him.

"Look who's talking.." you tease.

He didn't appreciate the way the temperature changed the moment you weren't touching him and he turns around, spotting you leaning against the kitchen island. This had to have been the moment he realized you were wearing nothing but his t-shirt, noting the stiffness of your nipples poking through the fabric.

His gaze drops from your breasts to your shapely thighs that were unsubtly pressing against each other.

With a sultry look in your eye, you smirked up at him as you hopped up on the marble countertop and spread your legs just enough to hint at your lack of panties. Not that any hint was needed.

If you had any on, it wouldn't be for long.

Sexually💦:

Hoseok seems like a massive giver. So he's not at all a selfish lover. Whatever your satisfaction requires, he's pretty open to it if its not uncomfortable. If any kinks, I could see some bondage or food play. Maybe some sensory deprivation. Hes not afraid of toys at all. I actually imagine him owning some of his own for his solo sessions.🌚

Not super dommy. If anything, he's a switch (both dom and sub depending on the mood). When he's the dom, he teases your body alot with whatever he has at his disposal.

He praises you heavily and rewards you. Would much rather do that than punish you, but if he has to, he confirms that all of those muscles aren't just for show. He'll never hurt you though, thats actually one of his worst fears so don't expect him to get TOO TOO rough. Some hard slaps on the ass and a hand around the throat might be aa far as he'll go with you. Even then, hes very careful.

As a sub, he's very bratty and mischievous. He wants the punishment 100%. He wants you to talk shit, scold him, pull his hair a little. He wants you to make him feel small even though hes literally a hulk. Some orgasm denial would drive him crazy. But once you finally let him cum, put as much into the aftercare as he would for you. Talk to him nice and touch him alot. Slow Kisses with lots of tongue.

He's an ass man. Touching your booty actually brings him some sort of comfort, like a human stress ball. In the morning, its customary for him to rub yours for at least a minute when he greets you. He probably enjoys eating you out from the back so he doesn't have to waste time bending you over after. I also think he's most attracted to thick women🌚. He just gives me that vibe.

Large hands grip your ass underneath the tshirt,holding you up with your legs wrapped around him as he walked you back to the bedroom.

Your lips suckle his bottom lip, making him groan and squeeze you when you lips finally part to invite him in. Hoseok wasn't a sloppy kisser by far, always intentional with each stroke of his tongue and little nibble of your lips. He's passionate and most dominant when his tongue needled its way in and massaged yours.

You let him in gladly, earning a grateful sigh from him as you sucked his tongue greedily.

That always turned him on and you simulated the way you planned to suck him off by bobbing your head slowly, slurping his tongue loudly and shamelessly until it's too much for him.

You giggled when he tossed you on the bed, bouncing against the fluffy white comforter as he climbed on top of you. He cages you under the canopy of his huge body and doesn't hesitate to snatch his t-shirt from your body.

Now that he had you naked again, his lips found every place begging to be kissed.

Your neck.

Your nipples.

That spot just below your breast.

With both of your hands trapped under his above your head, Hoseok teased your body with his tongue until your back was arching from the bed.

He was kissing a trail down from your naval to the mound of stubbly skin of your pelvis. You felt you needed to shave but Hoseok didn't give a damn about some hair. In some ways he preferred it because he could smell you so much better that way.

His chin grazes your clit and making you twitch, making him smile against your skin.

"That sensitive huh? What am I gonna do with you?" He teases, moving down to hold you at your hips. You lift up just in time to watch his tongue extend and flick a few times over the throbbing nub before sucking on it obscenely hard.

You called his name again but he ignores you, simply combining flicking and sucking on your clit in favor of paying you any mind.

Seems as though he had his mouth set on your pussy for breakfast from how he alternated between sucking your clit and tonguing at your hole.

He knew what he was doing and you could keep your composure anymore. Damn his neighbors, they would just have to hear you.

Your hand found its way to his messy bed head, tugging at the strands from the scalp. He moans with his lips wrapped around you, the vibration of his tone making your legs shake.

Without warning, Hoseok pulls away from your heat and pulls you up by your arm. He grabs you by the neck gently to kiss you as he was before. But instead of him tasting like mouth wash and strawberry yogurt, he tasted like you.

With your legs spread wide enough to fit his huge frame, you hooked them over his hips to lock him in place. He chuckles at the desperation he felt on your lips, guiding you down to lay on your back one more.

"What baby...what it is it?" He asks, eyes black as night on yours. Long gone were those innocent eyes you'd fallen for at first.

Hoseok reached between your bodies to pick up where he left off, strumming over you back and forth.

Back and forth.

Your mouth gaped in a gasp when he upped the pace, rubbing you so good that you were sure you'd cum any second.

"Baby..please yess yess yess.." you cry and Hoseok kissed your trembling lips casually.

"Feels good?" He asks and you hum in response.

"More?" He lifts his brow.

"More..more.."you pant, now gripping the hair at his nape. With that, his fingers slipped inside of you, fucking you slowly as his tongue found yours. You moaned senselessly amidst kissing and Hoseok only took that as you begging for his fingers to go deeper.

"Is this what you want, baby? Hmm? Want me to suck on this pretty pussy some more? Wanna cum on my tongue like you did last night?" He mumbles, planting another wet pussy flavored kiss on your lips as he awaited your response.

"Please.." you shudder, too lost in the way his fingers went back to toying with your clit to kiss him back properly.

But this was how he wanted you anyway and he was only getting started.

Love Language:

I believe our big boy is a Gift giver/receiver and Physical touch. The gifts don't have to be expensive (even though he will for sure spend his monies on his gifts he gives you), it just matters to him that you know what he likes and that you're thinking of him. And touch on that man. Big boys need love too.

Quality time is big for him as well. He just wants you around. It doesn't have to be for any specific reason. Just be there and exist with him.

Pet names/Terms of endearment:

Calls you his baby or his world. Not much in between. He's very playful and light hearted so you might be his brat or headache from time to time, but takes his relationships very seriously. You don't have worry about any fear of commitment with him. Once he's locked in, you've got him.

So dont hurt him please🥹 He's very soft hearted.

<The other Boyfriends >

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[brickcentral]

Review: LEGO Ideas 21348 Dungeons & Dragons

After many Lego Ideas attempts and a massively successful Ideas challenge campaign, Lego is finally releasing a set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons. The winner of the challenge, Dragon's Keep: Journey's End, designed by BoltBuilds, was selected through an exciting fan vote. Although the set is not an exact copy of the submission, which is to be expected, it delivers an incredible experience.

The sets presents itself like a One-Shot Adventure. There is a QR code with a link in the build instructions to download the adventure, with pre-designed characters and a few scenarios to feed the adventure. There is a brief description on the monsters and the characters and some intro to the Dungeons & Dragons history. Full disclaimer, I haven't had my hands on the actual adventure that comes with the set (the code does not work yet), so this is mostly based on intuition and guesses. I will try my best to avoid any spoilers.

If you are a DnD player, or even more a dungeon master, building the set itself is pure joy. As you go along creating the parts of the set, you also go along building secrets, treasures, traps, monster hideouts... No brick is placed randomly and there is a purpose for even the smaller space. You feel like you are preparing the stage for your players.

The heroes and the NPCs

The adventure comes with four pre-designed heroes: A Dwarf Cleric, a Gnome Fighter, and Orc Rogue and an Elf Wizard. All three come with two different heads, male and female, with the exception of the orc that just has two different expressions. They are customizable up to a degree, including weapons and spells.

Besides the heroes, we have two NPCs: the innkeeper (also two heads for male/female) and a green dragonborn, which uses the head mould from the Vidiyo series.

The monsters

There is a surprisingly large selection of monsters in the set. A gelatinous cube (which was teased on social media), a beholder, an owlbear, a mimic (or two?), a displacer beast, a treant, two Myconid? (I'm not sure if that's what they are meant to be), several skeletons and a large red dragon.

The smaller monsters are all brick-built and very well made, in perfect proportion for the heroes and to fit inside the scenarios. The owlbear and the beholder however might be too big to put inside the buildings or ruins though, so maybe they will just appear in specific places, but both of them are gorgeous builds.

The dragon itself is huge and beautiful, but delicate. I keep having to reattach the legs often when trying to pose it. The head also keeps looking down, since there is not much friction on the ball joint and the head is too big and heavy for it. And yes, there are printed tiles for the eyes! They are just almost impossible to see behind the horns.

The scenarios

The set is divided into four different builds with their respective books of instructions: the inn, the forest/dungeons, the tower, and the dragon. All three have different styles and building techniques, so it makes the building experience entertaining. I'm not a fan of the blue/purple roof of the inn, but I agree that it needed a color pop to separate it from the rest of the build and the dragon.

All three are open in the back, to allow the players to move around. For a toy photographer, this gives the chance to shoot many different scenes. They are also modular and can be easily separated, I'm assuming to allow players to go around discovering each one individually as they explore the environment. On their own, the scenarios are small, so I'm guessing movement will have to be limited or counted by studs.

Everyone knows a good adventure starts and ends on an inn. Our heroes need a place to rest and prepare for the coming adventure, so I'm guessing this is where the adventure will begin.

Some details will have to be described by the Dungeon Masters, otherwise I don't see how four players's heads can look into the tiny inn and say: "Hey, I want to investigate the chest, it looks interesting" or "That brick has a different color, I want to know if I can move it". It will also look very cramped if all four minifigures try to be in the same room investigating or fighting a monster.

There are already a few secrets on the inn for the more curious adventurers, and food and drinks for the more relaxed ones.

As they leave the inn they will most likely step into the forest, and from there, several paths can be followed. One could go through the ruins, or the dungeons, explore both, or find a completely new path to the tower (which I assume is the final destination).

On the way, there will be treasure to be found, weapons and spells, some potions... These are things to prepare for the upcoming final battle. But to get to those there will be monsters and traps and mysteries to be solved.

As with the inn, the space is very small to see and put all the players in, so the Dungeon Master must be very involved in describing and hinting so the players can be more successful at finding these secrets.

Eventually, they would reach the tower where there is a climb up to the adventure finale. I don't want to show much there to avoid spoilers, but the same applies here. Secrets to be found and possibly the story will unfold into an unexpected conclusion.

Verdict

With a high price of 359,99€/$359.99 and 3745 pieces, it is a large and expensive set. But for both LEGO and Dungeons & Dragons fans, if you can afford it, this one is worth it. The joy of physically building the adventure and being able to play with the characters and monsters is for me what makes it so great.

I also believe that most of the scenes are rather a visual reference than a playing grid, it does feel small for four players to move around and still be able to see the surroundings, let alone have full battles in a few squared studs. But I'm more than happy to try!

I would also say that fans of medieval fantasy would probably enjoy the set, but perhaps some of the lore will pass unnoticed. However, for those who are not DnD or Medieval theme fans, it might not be worth it at all.

As a toy photographer, heavily invested in fantasy themes, I love all the different backgrounds and characters that come with the set. It feels like there are so many storytelling possibilities, so many moments to capture, and it has so much potential for modifications. You could add your own characters for the story, add a few more treasures and traps, or create your own adventure.

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[animesmolbean]

A World of Pure Imagination

Side Note: Talking about a Wonka GIF... AGAIN!

Who knew someone being covered in chocolate would be attractive! There's a first for everything, I guess, lol! 😆

Hope you enjoy the chapter! ♥️

Chapter 14: We Did It, We Changed the World

Yin gasped and looked behind him. Who he saw completely surprised him.

It was a very short man with orange skin and bright green hair. He wore a brown and white ensemble with goggles and mechanical wings.

The Little Orange Man was real!

"You're the little orange man Willy told me about." Yin said, eyes wide in shock.

The green haired munchkin rolled his eyes. "I'll have you know, I am an Oompa Loompa. They call me Lofty." He said in a dry, sarcastic tone. He looked at the young man. "And you must be the young man that Mr. Wonka wouldn't shut up about."

Yin felt a blush bloom onto his cheeks. "He... talked about me?"

"He wouldn't shut up about you."

'He talked about me.' Yin thought to himself, smiling sweetly. Then he remembered.

"Excuse me, Mr. Lofty. Can you help me turn this off, please?" He asked, trying to turn the handles again.

Lofty looked at the machinery. "I've got this." He used the mechanical wings and flew up to a higher point. There was a lever that was labeled 'Emergency Drain'.

'I guess I didn't see that.' Yin thought to himself.

Even though Lofty was already there, Yin stood on his toes and reached for the lever. At the same time, Lofty and Yin pulled down the lever. The machine made a whirring sound, and Yin heard the chocolate being drained. It worked.

Yin looked at Lofty and kneeled down once Lofty was on the ground again. "Thank you, Mr. Lofty. How can I repay you?" He asked graciously, shaking his hand in his.

Lofty pulled his hand away after a few seconds. "You could get that boyfriend of yours to repay his debt. That'll be a good start."

The young man didn't know what he was talking about, but he nodded. "You got it."

"Now, I bid you good day, sir." Lofty activated his wings and flew out of the vault and onto the elevator, activating it and the elevator went up.

Once the elevator was out of sight, Yin got up and went to the door. He started to turn the handle. "Willy! Noodle!" He called.

He managed to get the door open and saw Willy and Noodle on the platform, covered in chocolate. The pair saw him, and they yelled, "Yin!"

"Guys!"

Yin ran in, not caring about the slippery chocolate on the pathway. He got to Noodle first, who ran up to him first. The two took each other's hands. "You're okay! You're okay! I'm so relieved!" Yin exclaimed in joy.

"You saved us, Yin! Thank you!" Noodle exclaimed happily.

Yin chuckled. "I can't take all the credit. I had a little help. From the The Little Orange Man."

Noodle's eyes widened. "The Little Orange Man?! He's real?!"

"Yep. His name is Lofty. Interesting guy." Yin stated, chuckling.

Noodle giggled along with him.

Yin then looked behind Noodle. There stood Willy, his boyfriend, a gentle smile on his pretty face. Yin released Noodle's hands, and with a sniffle, he jogged over to him.

He got over to him and cupped his cheeks. The chocolate on his face was already drying up. "Oh Willy. I thought I was going to lose you again." He whispered, sniffling.

Willy caressed Yin's face with his fingertips, careful not to get too much chocolate on him or his clothes. "It's alright, sugar cube. I'm right here." He reassured.

Yin smiled softly at him. "I'm so happy you're okay, baby." He whispered. Willy smiled softly at the nickname and nuzzled his nose against Yin's. The action smudged some chocolate onto Yin's nose. The couple giggled.

"I hate to ruin this moment, but we have some criminals to catch." Noodle, who was now at the entrance of the tank, interjected.

The couple blushed lightly but nodded. "Yeah. Let's go!" Willy said. Noodle left to get the ledger.

Before they left, Yin kissed Willy. The magician kissed back, cupping Yin's face. The kiss was gentle but firm, lips moving desperately.

They pulled away after a good ten seconds. Yin licked his lips. "By the way, your chocolate is a hundred percent better." He joked.

Willy laughed at his boyfriend, whose face was now mostly smudged with chocolate from his hands. Despite this, he still looked as beautiful as ever.

The couple held hands as they walked out of the tank. Noodle now had the green ledger in her hands.

"Let's go. I would love to see their faces when we come out." Yin said with a playful smirk.

Noodle laughed while Willy chuckled, biting his bottom lip shyly at the sight of Yin smirking playfully.

The trio made their way out of the vault, ready to finally bring the Chocolate Cartel to justice.

(Transition)

The Cartel emerged from the cathedral as the Chief finally arrived in a car.

"Gentlemen! Thank goodness you're alright! I came as fast as I could."

He tried to get out of the car - but now he was so enormously wide he didn't quite fit through the door. The Cartel shared surrpised, confused, and looks of disbelief. The Chief manages to get out. "Car shrunk."

Slugworth spoke up. " Don't you worry, Chief. All under control. Couple of thieves broke in, but I'm afraid they met with a little accident."

"In which they died." Prodnose added dramatically.

This time, it caused the other Cartel members to chuckle. "That's actually very funny." Slugworth commented.

"I wouldn't be too sure about that." A voice called out.

The three turn to see Willy Wonka, Noodle, and Yin emerge from the cathedral. The first two were covered in dried chocolate.

"Officer Affable, would you kindly take a look at this?" Yin asked, gesturing to the green ledger Noodle was holding.

"Wonka!" Slugworth exclaimed in surprise.

Noodle handed Affable the ledger. "It details every single illegal payment these men have ever made. Thousands of them." Noodle looked at the trio.

"Don't listen to her, Affable. She's lying." The Chief spoke.

"Well, of course she is!" Slugworth joined in on the lying.

Affable's eyes widen as he flips through the pages. "She's not, sir. She's absolutely right.... it's incredible."

The Cartel grew visibly nervous. The Chief tries to take control of the situation. "Oh. Well. It sounds like a case for the chief of police. Give it to me, Affable. I'll take it from here. You know, save you from the paperwork."

But Officer Affable keeps a tight hold of the book. "I'm afraid I can't do that, sir."

The Chief chuckled. "Why's that?"

"Because your name's written in here."

"What?"

"A lot." Affable closes the ledger. "You are under arrest."

Slugworth, Fickelgruber, and Prodnose sense the game is up. "Gentlemen? Run!" Arthur squeaked out, and the three moved to run.

Noodle walks forward to go after them but is stopped by Wonka, who takes her arm gently. "That's okay, Noodle. Just give it one second."

Then, something incredible happens. The Chocolate Cartel began to float up for the ground - just like they did in the Galeria. Yin chuckled at this, remembering that moment well.

Slugworth desperately grabbed at the fountain, Prodnose grabbed Slugworth's ankle. Fickelgruber grabbed onto Prodnose's ankle.

"You didn't eat any of those chocolates did you?" Willy asked as he walked towards the fountain, holding Yin's hand.

"Why?" Slugworth asked.

"Because they're Hoverchocs! Delayed action. But extra strong." Willy replied, smiling.

Slugworth growled at Willy.

"You think you're so clever, don't you, Wonka? There's a billion sovereigns of chocolate beneath our feet. We'll get the best lawyers, bribe the judge, rig the jury if we have to. We'll be fine."

Willy frowned a bit, looking down. "I wish I'd thought of that." But then, he smirked, and Yin had to control himself when he saw it; he liked that look.

The chocolatier turned around. "Hey Noodle!" He called out to her. Noodle hit a drain by the cathedral with a wrench. Yin was confused as to what was happening.

Just then, the ground started to tremble. Everyone, except Willy and Noodle, was confused. The fountain in the middle of the square began to shake. The icicles of frozen water, which have hung from the ends of its water spouts for years started to crack and fall.

Then, a rich brown liquid shoots flint he water spouts, sending the Cartel spinning away into the air, making them yell.

"What is it?" Prodnose asked.

"It's our chocolate!" Slugworth replied.

"All our chocolate!" Fickelgruber added.

"We're ruined!" Prodnose cried.

Willy looked up at them. "Don't worry, gentlemen! You'll come down eventually, I think. Probably. But until then.."

He hops onto the edge of the fountain and takes various ingredients from his pockets and sleeves, and throws them into the fountain. The chocolate bubbles and sparkles, turning into a gorgeous color. Noodle watched, enchanted and laughing from the side of the catherdal. Yin watched from in front of the fountain, enchanted and laughing while hopping up and down. The wash house gang emerged from a storm drain.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Willy Wonka, his partner, and friends invite you all to enjoy our chocolate!"

The crowd gathered around the fountain, clamoring for the chocolate. Yin cheered happily, clapping. Willy came down from the fountain as the whole crew came and congratulated each other on the success. Eventually, they break off, talking with the other townspeople.

Willy grabbed Yin's hands in his, both of them jumping up and down with joy.

"We did it, Willy! We changed the world." Yin said excitedly.

"Yes, we did, my dear Yin. Yes, we did."

They cupped each other's face, smiling like idiots. Without a care in the world, they two kiss each other. It was a sweet and loving kiss that lasted for some time.

They pulled away, laughing.

"Finally!" A voice rang out.

The two turned and saw Noodle smiling. "About time." She teased.

The two blushed but couldn't help but smile. "Should we tell her this isn't our first time?" Yin asked.

Willy shook his head. "No. Leave some mystery."

"What?! You already had your first kiss?!" Noodle exclaimed in surprise. "When?!"

The two bit their bottom lips before they both replied at the same time, "When we opened the shop."

"Aww, I missed it!" Noodle whined. "Tell me all about it later, Yin!"

"Will do, Noodle-dee." Yin teased.

Noodle went back to talking to people and giving them chocolate.

The couple looked at each other, and they laughed at what had just happened. "So much for mystery." Yin said. Willy just nodded. Yin went to play with Willy's hair and kiss his cheek, but then he realized he was still covered in chocolate.

"We should probably wash off all this chocolate." He suggested. Willy looked at himself up and down and looked at Yin's chocolate smudged face and hands.

"That didn't stop you earlier." Willy pointed out with a playful look.

The two laughed again.

#wonka #wonka 2023 #wonka movie #timothée chalamet #timothee chalamet x reader #willy wonka #willy wonka x reader #fanfic #timothee fanfic #x reader #x male reader #x male y/n

[winterdeepelegy]

The Grumpus

Glace hadn't been looking for an excuse to visit Ciel, or that's what he told himself, but he arrived at her door nonetheless and was invited in for coffee. Something about her home matched the atmosphere outside. Although it was cozy, her parlor fairly shimmered with Starlight Celebration finery. A large tree, as well, stood decked out in shiny bits and bobs, and strands of gleaming silver. Surrounding its base was a pile of plush dolls and toys nearly as wide as it was deep.

"You're just in time," chirped the songstress upon returning with said coffee, cups, and adornments therefore.

She too dressed for the festivities in a mint green dress trimmed with fur, stockings adorned with snowflakes, and a red silk ribbon in her hair which bore golden charms at the end.

It would be a lie to say he didn't find the look at all adorable but this was a thought to which he would never lend voice. "In time for what? And what's with all the toys? I never would have assumed you the sort to collect dolls." Ciel filled his cup and presented it with her explanation. "Oh, they're not for me. I do collect them every winter, but they're for children in orphanages and less fortunate situations. I could use some help delivering them." He clasped his hands around the cup of coffee and lifted it to inhale the rich aroma. Neither coffee nor cream would find their way into it. It had to remain pure... bitter and dark like his heart.

"You know, I've never paid Starlight much mind," he said. "Never really had time or interest to get into it, and it wasn't so much a thing in Garlemald. Most of the holidays revolved around the Emperor's nameday,  or the date of a historic conquest..." "But there's nothing to stop you, hm? Do you know aught of the holiday's history?" He took a slow sip of his drink while considering the possibility, lowered it a few ilms and looked in her direction. "No, now that you mention it. I mean, I know the history, I had to learn it for immersion... but you're right, there's nothing to stop me now and I like kids well enough. I'm just... not the jolly type."

"But do it for them!" Ciel dropped a sugar cube and a dribble of cream into her cup, followed by a stream of coffee. "And the more the merrier, as they say. They'd love you for it." He turned his eyes downward to stare into his cup. "Gods, I've done enough pretending for a lifetime. You want me to pretend more?"

She feigned a pout, "I'm not asking you to pretend to be joyful, I'm just asking you to help bring joy to people who need it. Did they truly have nothing like this in Garlemald?" "Well... not while I was there. Something like it but not like it, a very long time ago, before it ever became the Empire." "Oh?" "They had a Grumpus." He said this much and lapsed into silence, again taking from his cup while Ciel waited moments for more details. "Well, out with it, Glace. You can't just drop something like that and not tell me what a 'Grumpus' is," the woman prodded. He grumbled in response, "I'm thinking... Like I said it's old history, fell out of favor after the military evolution began." Another brief pause for consideration, but he did piece together an explanation.

"I don't know how much you know about Reapers and their origin... the Grumpus comes from that. Supposedly, anyroad, it was the result of a farmer who was tired of his sons not helping around the farmstead... so to instill some fear and respect into them, he made a pact with a Voidsent and let it take over his body temporarily. When that happened, he sprouted aldgoat-like horns, his feet turned to hooves, his hands turned into claws..." Ciel lofted an eyebrow, "Well that hardly sounds joyful..."

He continued, "But it worked. The Grumpus, as it was called, threatened to drag them off into the snows and feed them to the Almastys if they didn't stop shirking their chores. And for every instance of disobedience, it would steal something they enjoyed - including the love of family. They never disrespected their father again after that, and the family was happier for it." She stared. Perhaps she had missed the part where there might have been anything truly joyful beyond terrified obedience. "Alright then..." She slowly sipped her coffee but inquired no further, figuring it better to leave the tale alone.

"Now what of your siblings? Do you think some of them might wish to help, too? It might be good to have them meet people this way."

Something in the Duskwight's expression brightened at that. He could think of several who might have loved the idea. "You're right, Plum. Let me finish this cup and I'll see how quickly I can gather them."

#ffxiv #ff14 #Glace Silencieuse #Ciel Sauveterre

[hellkitepriest]

ee @ exeter phoenix: not a review but a too-long tale

look, i really liked reading @blueberry-beanie’s write-up of her ee show so i thought i might throw myself at the task as well. here’s the probably-quite-boring-to-read tale of my trip to exeter with the inimitable @airbrushfather.

after getting there the night before (after i accidentally forgot to get off the coach and went to a random seaside town instead, which i then had to rectify by getting the train back up to exeter — never let it be said that i should be allowed outside) i woke up at 7am for no reason and decided to climb a hill in a park in the hopes it would tire me out again. it did not.

went back to the lovely little bnb we were at (when checking in the day before, i told the woman there i was there to see a band and she went “it’s not everything everything, is it” and It Struck Fear Into My Heart How Did She Know. she knew, of course, because danny had also mentioned them while checking in), got ready to go out. walking up the main road in exeter what did we see but the EE bus parked Right In The Middle Of The Road. the venue had a car park, lads. actually now i say that i’m not sure the bus could’ve gotten up the wiggly little hill to the car park.

anyway we were naturally frazzled by this so my next logical step was to go to the nearest bookshop and buy a rubik’s cube to soothe the soul. i am sure this action will not have any consequences whatsoever. went into build a bear so danny could buy a jumper for Jeremy The Frog. sat on a bench and fed a seagull bits of my cereal bar. these are the most normal actions we will undertake all day. i got the seagull to peck at the rubik’s cube.

i then drag danny to the park i was in earlier, which is lovely and separated from the venue by only a quaint stone wall. we are very near exeter castle, and i point out that this is a great place for a castle, actually, because the hill gives you a great vantage point for spotting your enemies. we sit in the park and i toss my rubik’s cube into the air and ponder whether or not rylan has a man bun. we do a very high pitched geordie accent for a bit. a man dressed for hunting and wielding a television aerial comes up the hill and we are briefly convinced he has a crossbow. a man who looks so much like jeremy comes up the hill and i am only convinced he isn’t jeremy because he has a tiny little dog with him.

i go to put some of my rubbish in a bin further up the hill. when i come back danny is looking at me like they have seen a ghost. they point, and surely enough, the real jeremy pritchard is having a casual little walk around the park we are sitting in. he is wearing sunglasses. as danny says and as i have not stopped thinking about: he walks like a girl sim. he looks happy to be in the park but we cannot work out what he is doing there. it is apparently impossible in my mind that a man can walk around a park with no goal but enjoying the beauty of nature. somehow i panic and start getting really into explaining to danny what a milkman is. i don’t know how they don’t know what a milkman is.

jeremy disappears. we feed more seagulls. i make a mashup of my number and tik tok by kesha. it is late afternoon by now, and i have learned that the cafe in the venue does cheese toasties, so we go there and learn they stopped serving toasties an hour ago. i eat some chips on the gay terrace. we can hear them soundchecking arch enemy. i say, apropos of nothing but the adrenaline in my veins, i feel like spiderman. i still am not sure what this means.

we find another hill to sit on, directly behind the venue this time, and we listen to them soundcheck. i roll down a hill in pure joy. what could be better and stranger than this? we stay here until it’s time to go in, and we both find four leaf clovers in the grass.

after waiting around in the venue briefly and danny spotting The Lads walking through a corridor we are in. we have claimed the spot i have planned for weeks: right in between jon and alex. a semi-accidental direct view of pete. it’s nice to see him, really. the openers, KLEN, look like they have all come dressed for different cults and something has gone terribly wrong. they are from cornwall. CORNWALLL!!!, danny and i yell. this is their name now. about halfway through pete comes out from backstage to watch them briefly. he has a man bun (like rylan doesn’t) and a naturally sad face. he is chewing gum.

he disappears. danny and i collapse on each other, laughing. at what? good question.

we watch pete set up his keyboards (i have read on facebook that he does it himself because he doesn’t want anyone else to fuck it up, and it’s not because nobody else will help him. this soothes me) and probably say some real Shit to each other. i cannot remember.

finally the bit you have all been waiting for:

everything everything take to the stage. they open with schoolin’ and my glasses fly off backwards into the crowd because i’m so into it. a kind woman rescues them for me. i sing very loud about the train and the wall and the druids.

you’ll all be pleased to know that jon was on Peak Smugboy Form — “we’ve put a load of Man Alive in the set, i hope that’s alright” yes of course it is shut up. he was having such a good time! what a man. jeremy was doing The Most, as we have come to expect from him. alex was being quietly strange and doing his guitar faces, as we have also come to expect from him. he only had one guitar, the burnt one (He Plays The Guitar That He Fixed That Got Burned In The Fire), and i was a little sad about the lack of modular synth or the Gibson ES 335 (the red one, you all know her). mike was drumming politely in the back and doing his drum concentration face. occasionally he would look over at pete, who was grooving very intensely on the keyboards in the fascinating way that he does.

they played tin!! you know how important this is. they played jennifer, too, but i was too distracted watching jon to be sad during it, for reasons. mid-gig, i set up a group chat with @shallowtboy and @karlschumann89.

i am sure you will all understand.

after the gig they are signing copies of their lyric book — danny buys one despite already owning one and we join the queue for signing. on the way to join the queue, we walk past them all. jon looks at me and points at me and goes 🤨🫵. i am sure this is equally strange for both of us. exeter is a long way from where we both live and i had bumped into him TWICE in the past month.

when we get to the front of the queue the security guard removes me from the queue on account of not having a book to sign, but danny drags me back over a few seconds later. jon looks at me again. “we keep running into each other,” he says, which is certainly one way to put it. “IT’S THEIR FAULT,” i blurt, pointing at danny, despite the fact i booked tickets for this before i knew they were going (and before jonathan higgs was able to fucking recognise me).

there is still a rubik’s cube in my trouser pocket.

possessed by some sort of spirit, i turn to alex and ask “can you still solve rubik’s cubes?”. he looks confused. as you would. “only i’ve sort of got one with me, and…”

i hand him the cube. everyone is very amused by this, particularly jeremy, who eggs him on throughout the whole process. “this might take a while…” “don’t worry, we’ve got time,” says jez, looking at his watch and laughing. the security guards would beg to differ. they are not pleased about this turn of events. “it’s well scrambled,” alex says at one point, and i think this is the highest compliment i have ever received. i am amazed by how quickly alex can still do this. he’s really going for it. the rest of the lads keep signing books but he’s lost in his cube reverie. eventually he solves it and hands it back, and we all laugh, and then danny and i have to get out of there QUICK before we can be told off for holding up the line any further.

i have video evidence, but i am not sure any of that actually happened.

#everything everything #best post #<- for i will want to find it again

[spreadwardiard]

WIP

Just wanted to share a little over 400 words from a no war au (wtf is canon who needs that?) megop, mechpreg, fluff piece, one shot I'm working on. its just pure sugar idk what else to say. probably hella ooc. The fic is SFW, only a few mentions of sexual themes. Fic doesn't even have a title yet its in my files as mechpregdomesticfluff 🤣

WIP under the cut lemme know what you think!

“I chilled them. Look in the cooling unit.” The blip of joy that leaked into Orion’s field once he finally spotted the can made Megatronus’ spark thrum.  Once upon a time he would have tried to explain that away as anything other than the effects of being helm over pede in love with Orion. Now he just counted himself the luckiest mech in the universe to be loved in return. “You need to have more than rust sticks. Take a cube, too.” 

Orion laughed softly as he complied, grabbing two of the small cubes along with his favored rust stick treats. “Next time you should carry. You clearly have the better instinct for it. And the better frame.  Though I would be missing out on all the incredible overloads.” Orion’s plating rattled, from the back of his neck down his spinal strut to his aft, as if he’d had an involuntary shiver at some phantom sensation. 

Megatronus laughed at that, and strode across their hab suite, to meet Orion in the kitchen.  “Are the overloads the best part of carrying?” He stepped up behind him, slipped his arms around his waist so that he could get his servos on that exquisitely swollen abdomen once more.  Orion leaned into the embrace and rested his helm comfortable against Megatronus’ chest plates, a content grin on his face as he lifted a servo to offer a cube to his champion. 

“No. But they are in the top five.” Orion said with a content sigh. Megatronus regretfully withdrew one of his servos to take the offered cube. He paid much more attention to the way Orion’s plates felt under his servo than the taste of the energon he gulped down. Orion greedily shoved an entire rust stick down his intake, as if he were famished. 

“What’s number one?” He finished the cube in record time, and quickly set it aside, his servo had a better place to be.  Orion chewed noisily, unworried about looking uncouth as he stuffed his face with his treat of choice and crunched it between his dentae. 

“Mmm... I’m not sure... I have to turn… that one over a few times… in my processor.” Orion continued to eat as he spoke, finishing off his third stick. Finally he tipped the cube to his intake.  It eased Megatronus’ spark to see him consume some actual fuel. Lately all he’d been craving were those slagging rust sticks.  It was a wonder he hadn’t cracked his dentae on them with how many he’d been consuming these past few deca-cycles. 

to be continued

#fanfic wip #why not im gonna do it #tfp au #tfp fanfic #tfp megaop #tfp orion pax #tfp megatronus #megop #fanfiction #orion pax #megatronus #mechpreg #fanfic #fuck i think this is enough tags #lemme know what you think #spreadwardiardfics

[ronqueesha]

♛: Sharing a dessert, sarit/andreja

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♛: Sharing a dessert, sarit/andreja

There were times in Andreja's life when she wished the Great Serpent would hurry on his journey and sweep her into his embrace as soon as he could. Such idle, and slightly blasphemous, thoughts were rare, saved only for times when she felt at her lowest, surrounded by despair and misfortune desperate enough for her to wish she could influence the will of a god.

This was one of those times.

"And what is this?" She asked as she squirmed in her seat. All around Andreja, the noises of fast food, idle conversation and the overwhelming outdoor traffic of New Atlantis buffered her like a sledgehammer. The artificial lights of the fast food restaurant were too bright, the scent of cleaning fluids too strong, and the false cheer from the Chunks! waitstaff were off-putting.

On the table before her, a cube of vaguely orange... something wriggled on a disposable plate. The flimsy, equally disposable fork in her hand prodded at it, which made the cube writhe as if it were a living thing.

Across from her, in a chair that made horrific creaking noises whenever she shifted position, Sarit Ramesh beamed at Andreja with a smile warmer than a double star system. It was almost enough to distract Andreja from the horrors around, and in front of, her. Almost.

"Chunks pie, my favorite!"

"And why is it colored like..." The first word that came to Andreja's mind was 'vomit'. The second was 'ashta droppings'. The third was significantly worse.

Sarit shrugged her shoulders, brought her own fork to the cube of "food" and sliced a small section of it off. Andreja tried to hide a sigh of relief at seeing even a tiny part of this abomination disappear.

"It's supposed to look like pumpkin pie, from Earth." Sarit explained as she brought the wobbling gelatinous substance to her lips. Andreja's earlier relief turned to terror as Sarit swallowed it with an expression of pure joy. "Tastes like it, too."

"And you know how the real pie tastes?"

"Well... no. But this is just as good. I promise!" Sarit raised her eyebrows and nodded down to the table. She raised her fork again, urging Andreja to take a bite of her own.

Andreja had done many things in her life she regretted. Acts of dark necessity, things that ruined lives and ended others. Disgusting choices she would never make again, even if they served the mission she was sworn to.

Today, she would make another.

Andreja brought her fork down to the cube of bright orange Chunks pie. The instrument slid through the "food" as if it weren't there at all, yet she could feel the weight as it rested heavy on her fork. Dead weight, like a tiny corpse draped limp over the tines.

Sarit encouraged her again, her eyes sparkling with eager anticipation. Andreja's wife had waited so long to share her favorite sweet dessert with her. It would be horrible if she refused to even try the processed and unnatural slop formed into an even less appealing cube.

Andreja took in a deep breath and cleared her mind. She had done much worse things in the past, and she could do this. No more hesitation, just get it over with.

The explosion of texture and taste on Andreja's tongue almost made her gag. Her teeth crunched the cheap fork as her jaw muscles seized, breaking it in half and making it impossible for her to extract the slimy bite of Chunks! in her mouth.

"It's great, right!?" Sarit moved happily in her chair as she watched her wife take her first bite, wrenching a cacophony of horrific noises as the metal and wood seat bounced beneath her.

Andreja tried to smile, she really did. But her thoughts could only think back to a hypothetical glorious apocalypse, the Great Serpent sweeping her away.

#starfield #andreja #sarit ramesh

[lt-catbolt]

I've been thinking a little bit about how my OCs love

Not like, romantically. Just how they love, how they grow attached to things or people. It can be such a fundamental part of a character, but I feel like it's something that doesn't get talked about a lot. So here, have some of my OCs as an example.

Melatron loves out of fascination. He loves things because they're quirky, or different, or stand out. He loves things he can't understand, because quite frankly, there's so much about the world he doesn't understand. He loves the thrill of watching someone solve a Rubik's cube, the high of meeting someone unpredictable, the chaos of improvisation. Oh sure, the randomness of it all can catch him off guard, but deep down he loves the unpredictability because it's what he longs to be. Different. Special. Something worth remembering.

Silvern loves out of conviction. He loves things because he believes that all things deserve to be loved. He loves without exception because he knows that oftentimes, exceptions are the ones who need the love the most. He loves rusty swords and torn sleeves, the joy of prying a smile out of a stern face, the little beautiful things all around him that deserve the attention they never get. Oh sure, sometimes his passionate adoration is met with cold steel, but he keeps trying because it's what he'd want others to do for him. Love, without prejudice or condescension.

Cooper would have you believe he doesn't love anything, but that's a lie. He loves out of honour. He loves those who have earned his respect, not by fearmongering but by honest identity, because he knows how much it can cost to be yourself. He loves a well-made instrument, a fine blade, and seeing people truly in their element, unafraid of him or his reputation. Oh sure, he'll never show it outside the most select of circles, but he cares deeply for those who know who they are, because he doesn't have a clue. Who is he, if not a monster?

Gilden loves out of wonder. They love anything that is pure or kind, because they have seen so much that is neither of those things. They love the soft downy feathers of baby birds, the innocent laughter of children, the generosity in small gestures of kindness. Oh sure, there is plenty about the world not worth loving, but that only makes them more determined to guard what little innocence still persists. Keep it safe, so it need never be burnt by fire as they have been.

Jazz loves out of excitement. She loves things because they distract her from the burdens of reality, and give her a taste of a better life. She loves the adrenaline rush of a good heist, the thrill of learning new skills, the heat of fire as it breezes past her cheeks. Oh sure, sometimes she'll get her caught red-handed, but what good is a gamble without any risk? If pursuit of knowledge doesn't involve a high-speed chase, can you really call it a "pursuit"?

anyway this has been Cat infodumping about her OCs, thank you all for sticking around-- and if you got this far, reblog this with how your OCs love, i'm curious 👀

#oc #robot oc #rust & revolutionaries #melatron #jazz watson #melatron mercer #catbolt chaos #oc stuff #rambles #character design #kind of?

[priyadharshinigamer]

Board Games for Older Adults: Engaging Fun for a Lifetime Enjoyment!

In a world dominated by digital screens, the timeless appeal of board games still holds sway, especially among older adults. These games offer a blend of nostalgia, cognitive stimulation, social interaction, and sheer enjoyment that resonates with seniors.

Let's delve into the world of board games tailored for older adults, exploring their benefits and the joy they bring.

Classic board games hold a special place in the hearts of seniors, invoking cherished memories and providing familiar pastimes. Games like Ludo, Chess, Scrabble, and Trivial Pursuit offer both entertainment and mental stimulation, making them ideal choices for older players.

Ludo: Blending Strategy and Luck

Ludo, an age-old favorite, combines strategic thinking with an element of chance, making it a perfect fit for seniors seeking both excitement and relaxation. Its digital adaptation on platforms like Zupee offers a modern twist while preserving the game's essence.

Chess: A Strategic Masterpiece

Chess stands as a timeless test of intellect and strategy, offering seniors a mentally stimulating challenge and an avenue for friendly competition. Its complexity and depth ensure endless hours of enjoyment.

Scrabble: The Joy of Wordplay

Scrabble delights seniors with its word-building mechanics, encouraging creativity and linguistic prowess. It's a fantastic way for older adults to stay mentally sharp while having fun.

Trivial Pursuit: Testing Knowledge and Memory

Trivial Pursuit taps into seniors' vast reservoir of life experiences and knowledge, making it a delightful exercise for memory and cognition. It's a game that rewards wisdom and fosters camaraderie.

Exploring Social Board Games for Seniors

Board games serve as social catalysts, bringing seniors together for shared experiences and laughter. Games like Ticket to Ride, Boggle, and Yahtzee offer opportunities for connection and camaraderie among players.

Ticket to Ride: Linking More Than Just Cities

Ticket to Ride challenges players to build railway routes across continents, fostering strategic thinking and cooperative play. It's a wonderful way for seniors to engage with friends and family.

Boggle and Qwirkle: Exercising the Mind

Boggle's letter cubes and Qwirkle's colorful tiles provide seniors with engaging mental exercises, promoting cognitive agility and pattern recognition. These games offer hours of brain-teasing fun.

Yahtzee and Backgammon: Enduring Classics

Yahtzee and Backgammon, beloved classics, continue to captivate seniors with their blend of luck and strategy. They offer simple yet engaging gameplay that transcends generations.

Checkers: Simple Yet Engaging

Checkers exemplifies the beauty of simplicity, offering seniors a game that's easy to learn yet challenging to master. It's a timeless favorite that never fails to entertain.

Best Board Games for Older Adults: Fostering Connection and Mental Agility

Board games enrich the lives of older adults, offering mental stimulation, social interaction, and pure enjoyment. Whether it's the strategic depth of Chess or the wordplay of Scrabble, these games provide avenues for connection and growth.

Embracing Digital Options: Enter Ludo Online and More

In today's digital age, seniors can enjoy their favorite board games online, connecting with friends and family regardless of distance. Platforms like Zupee offer a gateway to digital board gaming, ensuring seniors can continue to enjoy their favorite pastimes in the digital era.

Download Zupee Ludo Game: Your Portal to Digital Board Gaming

For seniors curious about digital board gaming, Zupee's Ludo game offers an accessible entry point. With its user-friendly interface and engaging gameplay, it's a fantastic way for older adults to explore the world of digital board gaming from the comfort of home.

In Conclusion

Board games for older adults offer a wealth of benefits, from cognitive stimulation to social connection. Whether playing classics like Ludo or exploring digital options like Zupee, seniors can find endless enjoyment and enrichment in the world of board gaming.

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[sygol]

blue cube with such soft beveled edges, rotating on a dull platform.. its pedestal is particularly unremarkable in relative comparison to the grand and divine beauty of blue cube. and yet where would blue cube be without pedestal to lift it up? blue cube has a radiant aura that gently dresses its edges. pedestal, well, it could probably use a polishing, it has seen better days.. you know, it probably has a shine underneath the film of dinge, but who cares about the pedestal? let's get back to talking about blue cube. blue cube rotates on one of its corners, very leisurely in a tasteful manner, rather laissez-faire if you will. although it is worth mentioning that it wouldn't be able to stand on its corner without the help of pedestal.. despite the rough exterior and hairline cracks running up the base, pedestal is quite sturdy and good at it's role... yet there is not a single word in the english language that rhymes with pedestal, hmm how unfortunate. okay, okay, enough about the pedestal, back to the main attraction; blue cube is hollow, even the lightest touch produces a pure tone, but it would not be able to stand up to much force. pedestal could easily crush blue cube, which makes pedestal despicable, truly a wicked beast, it is a good thing that it's on the bottom.. we wouldn't have the wonderous joy of blue cube without it.. pedestal needs to remain in it's job. it doesn't deserve to lead, do you understand? you have to accept that, don't you see the subtle slant to the edges of blue cube? that's what matters. blue cube would even like to have a few words with you, here they are now: "hello, i am blue cube, and thus by nature, i am the ambassador of the glory that all great seek, i was born into this role, my blue represents the skies; the heavens above!! follow me and let me be a point of absolute guidance". hmm seems a little culty huh? anyway.. oh you want to talk to pedestal? well.. we cant talk to pedestal because its ability to speak was stripped from it long ago. im sure theres a good reason for that, so let's not worry too much about it, remember pedestal is a deplorable monster.. im sure pedestal is happy though, otherwise why would it be there?

#t3 #j7

[thesoggiestboyintown]

RTC incorrect quotes but it’s just my shit texts

noel gruber:

“guess who set their shoe on fire”

“theater kids are the reason global warming exists”

“i feel like a couple who’s always on the brink of divorce but pretends to be in a happy marriage “

“in my on the verge of divorce era”

“have we as a community considered kissing my ass”

“lord strike me down and give me an std”

mischa bachinski:

“sometimes i think and then i cry”

“i’m so bored i’m going to rob the school cafeteria just for shits and giggles”

“cute date idea ! rob a bank and makeout in the employee room of a Walmart <3”

“i want to punt a toad “

“update i’m planning someone’s funeral”

“give head pls”

“about to rob an ikea what do u want”

“i hope she explodes”

“i want to meet a smurf and then drown it”

“i’m going to steal a kid off the street just to feel something”

“time to take out the shot glass”

ricky potts:

“how to become zolarian cat”

“what if i just throw a dog into a freezer”

“how do i turn into a rubix cube”

“i’m such a deceitful snake”

“why is luigi so submissive and breedable”

“my personality is a sad star with a little hat that says ass licker”

“my emotional support teacher isn’t here yet i’m going to swallow a cat whole”

“what if i just grabbed a cat and never gave it back”

“what if i swallow a bell”

constance blackwood:

“is breast milk diary free”

“how do i turn into a rubix cube”

“i sometimes forget that you’re an only child”

“she’s like obsessed with me (she has a crush on a boy)”

“if there’s a screen, ao3 will be seen. [insert picture of ao3 home screen on a Nintendo switch]”

“when ur so stupid you get shocked when your manipulative ex manipulates u again when u give her another chance”

“someone nut tapped superman”

“Is it safe to drink bleach”

“How to get rid of hickies”

“Yes actually, when I was gender fluid I grew a penis when I felt masc”

“Lord give me strength”

“NO I KEEP FIGHTING THOSE DEMONS”

jane doe:

“the lives of erasers and rubber have come to me, begging for mercy. for a chance at life and peace. to experience the beautiful presence of true joy. but they forget mercy is earned through patience and worship. so they instead left with bruises of pure agony and despair. stories to keep their children and their childrens children cautious of who they bow to.”

“sad pyromaniac at its best tbh”

“i just disassociated while setting fire to my shoe”

“Oh ye I go by they/them now because fuck gender :]”

“i he!r t.H3 scrm,,s o’’f @lL m”y vctms b..egg!ng fr me t stp :3”

“!! i c,,Vt of d0!!$ h3aD ..!!”

“!! į w!lł t3!! th,, v0ics t0 nøt hVrt ÿ0ū >~<“

“i’m gonna eat someone’s eyeballs for a snack”

“stfu therapist i’m literally just being dramatic”

“about to suck someone’s soul wish me luck”

“what’s stopping me from eating babies”

“i’m in ur floor boards”

“i’ve been stuck with theater kids for like 3 hours save me”

“insanely hot (take away “ly hot”)”

“i don't eat food, i consume personalities snacks? no. souls.”

“I WANNA EAT PLAY DOUGH SO BADLT I FORGOT HOE TO SPEL PLAYFOOUGH”

“i say i'm fine but i'm reality i feel like a black hole is eating my stomach”

“ya know sometimes my brain sounds like velcro

kdithigigifixgxggc”

“wdym i cant commit crimes who's gonna stop me”

“was told i could drink bleach so if i start internally bleeding tonight don't ask questions”

#mischa ride the cyclone #ride the cyclone #ride the cyclone noel #saint cassian choir rtc #constance rtc #jane doe #ricky potts #non binary jane doe #trans ricky potts #help me i can’t stop thinking of them #this is a cry for help #help help help #they’re all so hot #they’re so me #i’m so normal about them

[sidworldfans]

SID 20th Anniversary 「GRAND FINAL "The Place We Love Most"」 LIVE Report from Natalie music

The culmination of SID’s 20th anniversary and the start of the second chapter in their “place they love most”

SID held its 20th anniversary live concert 『SID 20th Anniversary GRAND FINAL ‘The Place We Love Most』at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, on December 27.

Formed in 2003 with Mao (Vo) and Aki (B) as the core members, SID has been active since 2004 with the current line-up including Shinji (G) and Yuuya (Dr). In 2023, which marked the 20th anniversary of their formation, the band has held a series of live performances and releases, starting with a fan-club-only concert at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA (Shibuya Public Hall) in Tokyo in January. The Budokan, where they have stood many times, was prepared as a place to conclude a fulfilling year.

New challenges on the 20th anniversary of the formation

A large chandelier and a huge pure white fabric draped from the ceiling to the floor. The first song was the ballad Ajisai (Hydrangea), a song about crazy emotions. “Wow!” was raised in joy and surprise.

After NOMAD, the band started with Anniversary, a fitting song for the day’s live. The band’s bright ensemble made the audience’s hearts skip a beat, and the mirror ball shone with glittering lights. The smiles on their faces on the screen told the audience that they were enjoying this stage to the fullest.

After performing a series of popular songs from their indies days, including Alibi, Wana (Trap) and Mousou Nikki (Delusional Diary), the members talked about their feelings on their 20th anniversary.

Then Mao said: “We’ve made a medley as a new challenge”, and Yuuya started stick-counting as a cue. Here, the hit songs Monokuro no Kiss (Monochrome Kiss), Ranbu no Melody (Melody of a Wild Dance), Uso (Lie) and V.I.P, which have represented SID since their major label debut, were delivered as “SID 20th Special Medley”, impressing the audience with the breadth of SID’s musicality.

Solos that appealed to the audience with their individuality

In the subsequent block, starting with Yuuya, the members entered the solo corner. While Yuuya performed a slow-paced performance using tracks, Aki excited the audience with his rock-inspired bass playing. Shinji played a hard-rock instrumental immediately after playing his smoldering guitar. The three players showed off their versatility with their three different performances.

Mao returned to the stage after receiving the baton from Shinji, and sings Kowairo (Tone of Voice) with special guest Hiroaki Hayama playing the piano. Hayama’s melody resonates close to Mao’s delicate “tone of voice”... At the climax of the song, Mao sings a cappella as if exploding with emotion. His singing voice, with all his heart and soul, was met with applause.

Immediately after finishing the song, Mao jokingly said: “It’s been a long time since I performed a cappella at Budokan. What you need to be able to perform this a cappella is courage.” Following his words: “Because it’s a big deal”, the five-piece lineup of SID and Hiroaki Hayama performed their new ballad Omokage (Vestige) which was just released as the opening theme song for the TV anime Heaven Official’s Blessing.

Aki’s provocation: “It’s going to get more and more intense from here on out, but can you all keep up?” was the starting point for the four of them to drop a rock number that revealed the aggressive expressions of SID. Before Propose, Mao charmingly declared: “It’s been 20 years, so it’s time to get married.” A loud cheer echoed through the venue.

The song that the four members prepared to conclude the main part was Yoshikai Manabu 17-sai (mushoku) (Yoshikai Manabu 17 years old (unemployed)), which was released 20 years ago. Mao, Shinji, and Aki dance in front of the rapt audience, and Yuuya supports them with a rock-solid rhythm.

A monolithic performance was etched into the Budokan, and the main part came to an end with a strong afterglow.

Mao’s confession: This is where I am alive

The four of them returned to the stage in response to the endless “Encore!” and continued with their new song Soyokaze (Breeze) which they wrote to express their memories of the 20th anniversary, followed by Natsukoi (Summer Love) and Dear Tokyo which have been loved since their indie days. They sang Natsukoi and Dear Tokyo with their fans, expressing the bond they have developed over the past 20 years in the form of a sense of unity.

Before the start of Ichiban Sukina Basho (The Place We Love Most) which is also the title of the live performance, Mao expressed his feelings in a hoarse voice:

“For the past few years, I’ve been going on stage thinking about things like whether I’ll be able to sing well or whether my throat will be okay, but I was really looking forward to today’s live show even before it started”, he says. “Of course it feels good to sing well, but no matter how good you sing, if you lack the feeling of having fun, it will be completely different. Today, I am thinking about how we can properly convey the footsteps of our 20 years.”

Looking back on the two-hour live performance, he said: “I sang with the only thought of whether I could deliver the love I’ve received over the years... It was a very satisfying live from the bottom of my heart.” He added: “With the support of many people, I was able to reach this stage. About two years ago, there was a time when I couldn’t sing an entire song or at all. That was due to technical issues, but it was also a time when I was struggling mentally. From then on, I started singing more and more songs. I’ve gotten to this point by increasing the amount and trying things out little by little. That’s why I think the second chapter of SID begins today”, he declared.

Mao then said: “This is where I am alive, and the place I like the most is this live stage. And I can’t do it without everyone there, and I can’t do it without all the members and staff. I'm going to sing from my heart without thinking about whether I'm good or not at the end," signaling the beginning of Ichiban Sukina Basho (The Place We Love Most).

Sparkling confetti fell from the ceiling as if to celebrate new beginnings of the four of them, and the live performance reached its finale in a gorgeous atmosphere. At the end, the members looked back on the days that passed through the anniversary year one by one and promised to reunite with their fans.

Mao standing in the middle of the stage, shouted “I love you!” with the mic off, and then wrapped his arms around the fans and hugged them tightly.

SID, that has entered the second chapter, will release a new single “Omokage” early in 2024. Furthermore, on May 18th and 19th, they will perform live “SID LIVE 2024 -Star Forest-” at Kawaguchiko Stellar Theater in Yamanashi. The Nippon Budokan performance will be broadcast/distributed on WOWOW in April.

Set list

SID “SID 20th Anniversary GRAND FINAL “The Place We Love Most” December 27, 2023 Nippon Budokan

01. Ajisai

02. NOMAD

03. ANNIVERSARY

04. Alibi

05. Wana

06. Mousou Nikki

07. SID 20th Special Medley (Monochrome Kiss ~ Ranbu no Melody ~ Uso ~ V.I.P)

08. Kowairo

09. Omokage

10. Junkan

11. Propose

12. park

13. Memai

14. Yoshikai Manabu 17-sai (mushoku)

<Encore>

15. Soyokaze

16. Natsukoi

17. Dear Tokyo

18. Ichiban Sukina Basho

The original article with images: https://natalie.mu/music/news/555701

#SIDWorldfans #SID20th #SID #シド

[normal-with-adhd-is-a-joke]

I highly recommend everyone get a big insulated water bottle purely for the joy of taking a sip of water because you need it only to find out that it's still deliciously cold from the ice cubes you put in it 12 hours ago. Mine's TAL brand from Walmart and it was like $15 and while it certainly has it's quirks (like falling over a lot when almost empty) I can't deny its insulating capabilities.

#got out of the shower and instantly gulped down water to fight the tachycardia and it was so nice and cold #I'm someone who doesn't like the taste/feel of room temp water

[chaifootsteps]

So it's called Kaeloo, 4 seasons (one got an Australian dub but because they were SHOCKED by its humor it was broadcasted late so nobody watched so it got cancelled ; you can find subbed later episodes on dailymotion), it takes place in a cutesy place called Smileyland with the main character, an androgynous (and confirmed hermaphrodite) frog named Kaeloo who wants cuteness, games and joys everywhere as long as you follow the rules (making her borderline depressed or despotic if you break rules) as well as a hypocrite who pretends to be pure when she actually can be a sadist and a pervert herself. She always comes up with games she introduces her friends Stumpy (a stupid and energetic squirrel who seems to have tourette ; he also has a long distance relationship with a girl named Ursula we never see and may or may not be cis since he loves dressing as a girl and even wished to be one once), Quack-Quack (a genius yogurt-loving duck who got experimented on to the point he is nearly immortal and basically dies 6 times a day), Mr Cat (a deadpan snarker as well as a sadistic psycho who loves to ruin the games and troll Kaeloo ; and MUTUAL HUGE CRUSH AND SEXUAL TENSION no matter her gender) as well as secondary character added from season 2 (a pretty but mean and borderline anorexic bunny named Pretty, her ugly but kind and shy sister she bullies named Eugly and a small penguin with a Russian accent who wants to conquer the world and is married to an ice cube he adores named Olaf). Needless to say every game as innocent as it starts backfires HORRIBLY with violence, insanity, puns and breakdowns with Kaeloo who has hints of a split personality turning into a huge muscley and masculine toad named Bad Kaeloo whenever she is angry and beating up the culprits of her anger (often Mr Cat who often does it on purpose because he is SOOOO horny for her manly toad form and a masochist) which she often regrets afterward. It's hilarious and has so many radar jokes I wonder how it still is running here because it's really THE most risque kids cartoon I personally know, only nudity is missing

Thank you France for whatever this is.

#benthehyena #actual blog post

[trickybonmot]

Ok so there's a poll going around about "what fruit do you hate" and yes, I know, it's possible to hate a fruit, it's possible for a fruit to simply not vibe with your sensory issues, etc but reading the comments, it's clear that people who hate, for example, cantaloupe, have just never had a good one. Some of these fruits are only available in lots of places in the saddest, palest version of themselves, where they've been picked green and shipped thousands of miles. Some of them have become mass commodities to be cubed up and served in Denny's fruit cups. And you might eat that cantaloupe and say "Ew! Guess I hate cantaloupe!" Not understanding that a ripe, fragrant, juicy, local, seasonal cantaloupe might blow your dang mind. Mango is another one that gets served up hard and green all over North America, and I lived in NJ for over ten years and never saw a ripe apricot, and people I knew would say "I hate apricots", because they never had a real one! An actual ripe apricot is basically a completely different food than what you can get at Wegmans in February.

Idk, it's really no skin off my back if people don't like something. But I just feel sad that our modern food culture of constant availability means that so many people don't even know what food is supposed to taste like. All the energy that goes into growing and shipping a nectarine from Chile to Toronto in November is just pure waste, as far as I'm concerned. That thing will never bring a spark of joy to anyone.

#food #that fruit poll #environment #agriculture