#smart folio

[sharestudyandreview]

Review Ipad Air 5: Sự Kết Hợp Hoàn Hảo Giữa Hiệu Năng Và Thiết Kế, Nhưng Không Phải Là Sự Lựa Chọn Tốt Nhất

Ipad Air 5 là chiếc máy tính bảng mới nhất của Apple, được ra mắt vào tháng 3 năm 2022. Đây là phiên bản nâng cấp của Ipad Air 4, với nhiều cải tiến về hiệu năng, kết nối và camera. Ipad Air 5 có giá khởi điểm là 599 USD cho phiên bản Wi-Fi 64 GB và 749 USD cho phiên bản Wi-Fi + Cellular 64 GB. Nếu bạn muốn tăng dung lượng lên 256 GB, bạn sẽ phải trả thêm 150 USD. Ipad Air 5 có năm màu sắc để bạn lựa chọn: Xám không gian, hồng nhạt, tím, xanh dương và starlight (màu trắng ngà).

Ưu điểm, nhược điểm

Ipad Air 5 có nhiều ưu điểm đáng chú ý, như:

- Thiết kế đẹp mắt, mỏng nhẹ và chắc chắn.

- Màn hình Liquid Retina 10.9 inch sắc nét, rộng rãi và có hỗ trợ True Tone và P3.

- Vi xử lý M1 mạnh mẽ, cho hiệu năng cao hơn so với Ipad Air 4 đến 50%.

- Hỗ trợ kết nối 5G (cho phiên bản Cellular),  cho tốc độ truyền dữ liệu nhanh hơn và phạm vi phủ sóng rộng hơn.

- Camera trước 12 MP có tính năng Center Stage, cho phép tự động theo dõi gương mặt khi thực hiện cuộc gọi video.

- Camera sau 12 MP có khả năng quay video 4K và chụp Live Photos.

- Hỗ trợ Apple Pencil thế hệ thứ hai và Magic Keyboard (bán riêng).

- Cổng USB-C cho phép kết nối với các thiết bị ngoại vi khác nhau.

- Thời lượng pin tốt, có thể sử dụng liên tục khoảng 10 giờ.

Tuy nhiên, Ipad Air 5 cũng có một số nhược điểm cần cải thiện, như:

- Dung lượng cơ bản chỉ có 64 GB, quá ít cho một chiếc máy tính bảng hiện đại.

- Không có Face ID, chỉ có Touch ID tích hợp trong nút nguồn.

- Không có loa stereo, chỉ có hai loa đơn ở hai cạnh bên.

- Không có màn hình ProMotion, chỉ có tần số quét là 60 Hz.

- Không có camera LiDAR hay flash LED cho camera sau.

- Không có Smart Connector cho phép kết nối với các phụ kiện của Apple.

Thiết kế, mặt lưng

Ipad Air 5 có thiết kế gần giống với Ipad Air 4, với các cạnh vuông vức và viền màn hình mỏng. Mặt trước của máy là kính cường lực chống xước và chống vân tay. Mặt sau của máy là kim loại nhôm nguyên khối, có logo Apple ở giữa và camera ở góc trên bên trái. Máy có kích thước là 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm và nặng khoảng 460 g (cho phiên bản Wi-Fi) hoặc 464 g (cho phiên bản Cellular).  Máy có độ dày chỉ 6.1 mm, rất mỏng và nhẹ so với các máy tính bảng khác cùng phân khúc.

Mặt lưng của Ipad Air 5 có một số điểm khác biệt so với Ipad Air 4, như:

- Có thêm một cảm biến ăng-ten ở góc trên bên phải, cho phép kết nối 5G (cho phiên bản Cellular).

- Có thêm một micro ở góc dưới bên phải, cho phép thu âm tốt hơn.

- Không có Smart Connector ở cạnh bên trái, nghĩa là không thể kết nối với các phụ kiện của Apple như Smart Keyboard hay Smart Folio.

Cấu hình, khả năng chơi game

Ipad Air 5 được trang bị vi xử lý M1, cùng với RAM 8 GB và GPU 8 nhân. Đây là cấu hình rất mạnh mẽ, cho phép máy chạy mượt mà các ứng dụng nặng như Photoshop hay Final Cut Pro. Theo kết quả kiểm tra của Geekbench 5, Ipad Air 5 đạt điểm số là 1701 cho nhân đơn và 7137 cho nhân đa. Điểm số này cao hơn rất nhiều so với Ipad Air 4, chỉ có thể sánh ngang với Ipad Pro 2022.

Khả năng chơi game của Ipad Air 5 cũng rất tuyệt vời, nhờ vào GPU mạnh mẽ và màn hình sắc nét. Máy có thể chạy mượt các tựa game đồ họa cao như Asphalt 9, PUBG Mobile hay Call of Duty Mobile. Tuy nhiên, do màn hình chỉ có tần số quét là 60 Hz, bạn sẽ không thể trải nghiệm được hiệu ứng chuyển động mượt mà như trên Ipad Pro có màn hình ProMotion. Ngoài ra, do không có loa stereo, âm thanh của game sẽ không được sống động và chi tiết như trên các máy tính bảng khác.

Camera

Ipad Air 5 có camera trước là camera ultra rộng 12 MP, có khẩu độ f/2.4 và góc nhìn là 122 độ. Camera này có tính năng Center Stage, cho phép tự động theo dõi gương mặt khi thực hiện cuộc gọi video. Camera này cũng có khả năng quay video HD 1080p với tốc độ 30 hoặc 60 khung hình/giây. Camera trước của Ipad Air 5 được cải thiện rất nhiều so với Ipad Air 4, chỉ có camera thông thường 7 MP.

Camera sau của Ipad Air 5 là camera rộng 12 MP, có khẩu độ f/1.8 và hỗ trợ lấy nét tự động. Camera này có khả năng quay video 4K với tốc độ 24, 30 hoặc 60 khung hình/giây; quay video HD 1080p với tốc độ 30 hoặc 60 khung hình/giây; quay video HD chậm với tốc độ 120 hoặc 240 khung hình/giây; và chụp Live Photos. Camera sau của Ipad Air 5 giống với camera sau của Ipad Air 4, chỉ có camera thông thường 12 MP. Camera này cho chất lượng hình ảnh khá tốt, sắc nét và màu sắc trung thực. Tuy nhiên, camera này không có camera LiDAR hay flash LED, nên khả năng chụp ảnh trong điều kiện ánh sáng yếu hoặc chụp ảnh đo chiều sâu không được tốt. Ngoài ra, camera này cũng không có tính năng chống rung quang học hay zoom quang học, nên bạn sẽ phải cẩn thận khi quay video hay chụp ảnh từ xa.

Tổng kết lại, camera của Ipad Air 5 là một trong những điểm nâng cấp đáng giá so với Ipad Air 4, nhất là camera trước có Center Stage. Tuy nhiên, camera của Ipad Air 5 vẫn còn thua xa camera của Ipad Pro, về cả số lượng và chất lượng.

Dung lượng có sẵn của máy

Ipad Air 5 có hai tùy chọn dung lượng là 64 GB và 256 GB. Đây là một điểm trừ lớn cho sản phẩm này, vì dung lượng cơ bản chỉ có 64 GB là quá ít cho một chiếc máy tính bảng hiện đại. Bạn sẽ rất dễ gặp phải tình trạng hết dung lượng khi bạn cài đặt nhiều ứng dụng, tải về nhiều tệp tin, chụp nhiều ảnh hay quay nhiều video. Bạn sẽ phải xóa bớt hoặc sao lưu dữ liệu thường xuyên để giải phóng dung lượng cho máy.

Nếu bạn muốn tăng dung lượng lên 256 GB, bạn sẽ phải trả thêm 150 USD. Đây là một khoản chi phí không hề rẻ, và cũng không phải là một giải pháp tối ưu. Bạn sẽ không thể tùy biến dung lượng theo nhu cầu của mình, mà chỉ có hai lựa chọn cố định. Bạn cũng không thể mở rộng dung lượng bằng thẻ nhớ hay ổ cứng ngoài, vì máy không hỗ trợ khe cắm thẻ nhớ hay cổng USB-C OTG.

Đây là một điểm yếu rất lớn của Ipad Air 5 so với các máy tính bảng Android khác, vì các máy tính bảng Android thường có dung lượng cao hơn hoặc có thể mở rộng dung lượng dễ dàng hơn. Nếu bạn là người có nhu cầu lưu trữ nhiều dữ liệu trên máy tính bảng, bạn nên cân nhắc kỹ trước khi mua Ipad Air 5.

Kinh nghiệm sử dụng

Sau khi sử dụng Ipad Air 5 trong một thời gian, mình có thể nói rằng đây là một chiếc máy tính bảng rất đáng để sở hữu. Máy có thiết kế đẹp mắt, mỏng nhẹ và chắc chắn. Màn hình Liquid Retina cho hình ảnh sắc nét, rộng rãi và có hỗ trợ True Tone và P3. Vi xử lý M1 cho hiệu năng cao hơn so với Ipad Air 4 đến 50%. Hỗ trợ kết nối 5G (cho phiên bản Cellular),  cho tốc độ truyền dữ liệu nhanh hơn và phạm vi phủ sóng rộng hơn. Camera trước 12 MP có tính năng Center Stage, cho phép tự động theo dõi gương mặt khi thực hiện cuộc gọi video. Camera sau 12 MP có khả năng quay video 4K và chụp Live Photos. Hỗ trợ Apple Pencil thế hệ thứ hai và Magic Keyboard (bán riêng).  Cổng USB-C cho phép kết nối với các thiết bị ngoại vi khác nhau. Thời lượng pin tốt, có thể sử dụng liên tục khoảng 10 giờ.

Tuy nhiên, Ipad Air 5 cũng có một số điểm cần cải thiện, như: Dung lượng cơ bản chỉ có 64 GB, quá ít cho một chiếc máy tính bảng hiện đại. Không có Face ID, chỉ có Touch ID tích hợp trong nút nguồn. Không có loa stereo, chỉ có hai loa đơn ở hai cạnh bên. Không có màn hình ProMotion, chỉ có tần số quét là 60 Hz. Không có camera LiDAR hay flash LED cho camera sau. Không có Smart Connector cho phép kết nối với các phụ kiện của Apple.

Kết luận

Nếu bạn là người yêu thích công nghệ và muốn sở hữu một chiếc máy tính bảng cao cấp nhất của Apple, bạn nên chọn Ipad Pro 2022, vì nó có nhiều tính năng vượt trội hơn Ipad Air 5. Nếu bạn là người có ngân sách eo hẹp và chỉ cần một chiếc máy tính bảng đơn giản để giải trí hay học tập, bạn nên chọn Ipad Gen 10, vì nó có giá rẻ hơn và vẫn đáp ứng được các nhu cầu cơ bản. Nếu bạn là người ở giữa, muốn một chiếc máy tính bảng mạnh mẽ và đẹp mắt nhưng không quá đắt tiền, bạn nên chọn Ipad Air 5, vì nó là sự kết hợp hoàn hảo giữa hiệu năng và thiết kế.

Mình hy vọng bài review của mình đã giúp bạn có cái nhìn tổng quan và chi tiết về Ipad Air 5. Cảm ơn bạn đã đọc bài viết của mình. Chúc bạn một ngày tốt lành!

#sharestudyandreview #review #product #apple ipad #ipad air 5 #apple pencil #smart folio #smart keyboard

[thebindingofpillo]

It’s them…The Fiends from the Folio…

#I have never played Fiend Folio in my life but I like China #and finding out she’s canonically Fiend’s gf activated my sappy brain #I based her looks on a ball-jointed doll! she’s a little china doll #I am so smart #tboi #tboi fiend folio #binding of isaac #the binding of isaac #tboi fiend folio mod #tboi mod #tboi fiend #tboi china #pillart

[4rtificialfolio]

Baby Doll - Dom folio x F!reader (short)

Genre: smut, fluff at the end

Warnings: 18+ Dominant Nick, Sub reader, use of spread bar and handcuffs, Wand, Edging, blindfold, face & vaginal slapping, orgasm denial, orgasm countdown

I couldn’t get dominant Folio out of my head so enjoy :)

nsfw under the cut, not proof read

master list

“No no, stay still baby doll. Only good girls get to cum, you can be a good girl can’t you?”

“But Nick-“ you whine in frustration as he holds the wand to your swollen bud. He’s been teasing you relentlessly all day; wearing your favourite tee of his that hugs his biceps just a little too tight, walking around the house shirtless glistening with sweat after drum practice, purposefully “forgetting” his towel resulting in him walking into your bedroom naked with a smug look on his face, rubbing and squeezing your thigh as you watch tv. All day he’s been pushing and pushing you to the edge so, you thought, why not have a little fun yourself? In hindsight that was a mistake, a happy mistake but a mistake nonetheless. It wasn’t you “accidentally” dropping ice cream on your t-shirt and stripping it off in front of him that made him break, or you putting on a very thin, white crop top with no bra afterward. No, it was the eye roll you gave when he called you a smart arse for correcting his sentence. That stupid eye roll is how you got yourself in this situation; your hands handcuffed to the spread bar that’s keeping your legs open, pussy dripping on full display for him, blindfolded and begging him to let you cum. He’s not always dominant, Nick can be so sweet and caring during sex. He loves to worship you, praise you, and give you all the pleasure even if it means sacrificing his release, but now and then, if you push him far enough, he’ll break.

“c’mon pretty baby use your words, tell me what you want” A sharp sting travels through you as he spanks your dripping cunt with his tatted hand.

“Please let me cum, I’ll be good i promise” you wriggle your hips in a desperate attempt to gain any sort of friction and relief.

“oh but you haven’t been a good girl, have you doll? think you can show me how good you can be” frantically, you nod your head, desperate to show him you can behave. He removes your blindfold and tosses it aside so he can look you in the eyes as he reapplies the wand to your clit.

“I’m gonna count to 10 then you can cum, but don’t you dare cum before or you won’t get to cum for a week. Think you can do that for me doll?” God this is torture and he’s loving every minute of it, seeing his pretty baby so fucked out and desperate for him.

“1..2..3”

The countdown feels like its going on forever, every slight movement you make sends you closer and closer to the edge. You’re in such a daze that you’re struggling to focus, barely able to hear him counting. All you can think about is the pleasure pulsing through you. Just the feeling of your nipples brushing ever so slightly against your arms, sending a tingling feeling through your chest, makes you fling your head back into the pillow; but Nick isn’t happy with that, he wants to see you pleading with your eyes as you struggle to hold on.

Giving your cheek a quick slap, he grabs your jaw to make you look at him.

“Nuh uh, eyes on me baby, that’s it”

To make matters worse, he pushes two fingers inside you, dragging them in and out at a relentless pace making you whine louder and louder.

“7..8..9 oh you’re doing so well, nearly there beautiful”

You’re right at the edge, arching your back trying so hard to hold off until he reaches 10, but he won’t say it yet. He wants to see his baby shake just a little longer.

“hmm Nick-“

“You’ve done so well baby, you ready to cum for me?” You swear you’ve never nodded so fast in your life.

“10. that’s it, good girl cum on my fingers”

Pleasure pulses through your body as you finally reach your climax, You scream Nick’s name as your vision goes cloudy and your legs begin to shake. Nick removes his fingers, watching you clench around nothing as he unbinds your wrists and ankles.

“you did so good baby, so good” He pulls a blanket over you and holds you as your body starts to calm down, giving you kisses all over your face as he gently strokes your hair. This is your favourite side of nick, of course dominant nick is beyond hot, sexy, fun and thrilling but, this Nick? Sweet Nick who would do anything for his baby girl, who loves just to hold you in his arms, drawing circles on your back as you’re nuzzled into his chest, watching as you swiftly drift off to sleep. That’s your favourite Nick, but any Nick will do for you.

#nick folio #bad omens #bad omens band #nick folio smut #nick folio fanfiction #nick folio fanfic #nick folio fic #nick folio x reader #noah sebastian #jolly karlsson #nicholas ruffilo #bad omens fic #bad omens smut #4rtificialfolio

[babyhedonistt]

Too Close to Touch // FOUR

Warning : violence, swearing

Three Years Ago……

“Fine then just walk away like you always do!” You yell at him as he leaves out of your bedroom, your door hitting the wall of your bedroom as he stormed into the hallway. “If I don’t walk away I’m going to say something I regret.” Noah grumbles, not turning to face you as he grabs his car keys off the island. “You won’t even listen to me!”

“I don’t need to. I saw everything I needed to.” He scowls. You run in front of him and block the front door before he could exit. “Y/N, move.”

His eyes were glassy. They were half open but his jaw was as clenched as he could make it. He was holding back his tears. He was angry.

“No. You always run when you feel this way. It’s not fair to me.”

“How do you explain this photo then?” He asks, holding up his phone. I snatch the phone out of his grip before zooming in on the photo he pushed into my face. “Noah, this isn’t even me.” You look at him dumbfounded. “Yes it is. The tattoos match. “

Your mouth went slack in disbelief. Your boyfriend was accusing you of cheating on him, and considering you can’t see the faces of these people in the news report, claiming you specifically were cheating on your rockstar boyfriend, you couldn’t believe the accusations leaving Noah’s mouth right now.

“Well, since you’re so fucking smart, you would know that I have a butterfly tattoo behind my right ear.” You say, pulling your hair over your shoulder to show him. “I know that.” He scoffs. You zoom into the side profile of the woman in the photo to reveal no tattoo on the woman’s neck.

The color leaves Noah’s face before he looks up at you. “Y-Y/N, I’m so-“

You throw the phone at his chest with a toss. “Don’t even start that shit.” You shake your head at him. “This is the third time you’ve accused me of cheating on you Noah. And the three times you have, you’ve been wrong consistently. Answer me this,” You fold your arms across your chest.

“Are you trying to make me leave? This is a serious question, don’t bullshit me.”

He should have said no. He should have said no without any hesitation.

But he did. He hesitated.

“Y/N.. It’s not that.” He sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose. “You can’t bear to break up with me that you have to find some way to make it my fault? Why? Why can’t you just be honest with me and tell me you don’t want to be with me?!” You point at his chest.

“Y/N..” He starts and tears start pouring down your cheeks. “Do you know how many news articles I’ve seen about how many women you’re supposedly with?! Oh! Noah Sebastian spotted with a new woman! Oh! Noah Sebastian flirts with reporter, any new sparks? Did you ever stop to think about how THAT makes ME feel? As your ACTUAL girlfiend?”

He bit his lip before shaking his head. “Y/N, you know how I feel about you.”

He looked like a kicked dog with a tail between his legs. He knew he was wrong, but there was something he wasn’t telling you that you needed to get out of him.  “I don’t think I do, Noah. You’ve been so busy working on your new album this is the first time I’ve gotten to spend time with you in 2 weeks! I never see you anymore and right now it seems like I’m the last person you want to be around.” Your cheeks were soaked with tears. He finally snapped. He grabbed your arms, pulling you in front of you, gripping your arms tightly.

“You have no idea how hard it is to do what I do.” He claimed, holding his gaze with mine. “I thought you’d be more supportive than this.”

“Get your fucking hands off me.” You squirm in his grip, but he keeps you in place. “Folio was right. Maybe I shouldn’t have gotten involved with you.”

Ouch. That…

“Let GO.” You release yourself from his grip before going over to open the front door. “Get the fuck out of my house.” You don’t even look at him. “Y/N, I didn’t mean-“

“You don’t mean a lot of things apparently. Now get out. And never talk to me again.”

Part of you wished he denied leaving. You wished he refused to leave and fix things, but he didn’t. He walked out of the house and you slammed the door behind him. He went no contact.

And you received the NDA proposal in the mail a week later.

To be continued...

Yall might get a double post today lol. I thought this flashback needed to be by itself. :) Much Love <3

#bad omens #bad omens fanfiction #jolly karlsson #nick folio #nick ruffilo #noah sebastian #concert

[cookiesupplier]

Run A Dagger Through My Chest

pairing: Noah Sebastian x ofc (Ellie)

warnings/tropes: racism/speciesism, post cheating anxiety, blood magic, weapons, soul bonding,

summary: A night out at the bar, Ellie overhears something from one of Noah's shadows that she wishes she didn't, and now she isn't the only one that has to deal with how it makes her feel.

author’s note: This is the very first proper outtake of the Hell-Verse that I've written. As per where it exists in the timeline, it takes place prior to Chapter 17 of A Friend Down In Hell.

For those that wish to catch up on what's going on in this verse, here is the Combined Hell-Verse Masterlist.

tags: @spicywhenspeaking @bngurngheart @cncohshit @valiantroeagleangel

@blackveilomens @dominuslunae @nyxthedestroyerofworlds @wild-child-7747

@lyschko666 @lacktoesandtoddlerants @jilliemiw86 @emmmm127

@badomensls @sorrowsofsilence @collapsedglasshouses @vinyardmauro

@4rtificialfolio @agravemisstake @sunsshinesunny @tearfallpixie @dsireland86

@notingridslurkaccount @laurpartyprogram

Okay so I've tagged everyone that has so far been on the ride for the Hell-Verse.. hopefully they get through.. fighting with my tags is exhausting, I know they are weird.. but they are working like this.. so.. Ima go with it!

Ellie knew what Ishtar was doing. She might feel bad that Folio was going out of his mind a little, considering he was not getting as much time with Ishtar as he would like. However, after years of the demoness trying to get him to meet with her outside of the bar so they could get closer, dropping hints and him not picking them up? She deserved to have a little fun, didn’t she? He needed to work to snag her. So yes, him wooing her, even if it was over text messages, with their flirty conversations, and stolen moments before and after work.. Sure they were barely there, Ellie knew that Ishtar was certainly making him work to get his time with her. 

As it was, he certainly didn’t look remotely disappointed right then as he leaned across the bar, signature bright smile across his face as he relished the chance to talk with her. Ellie was thankful that the shot challenges weren’t a thing any more, at least, not to the extent that they used to be. As they say, boys will be boys, and Ellie had noticed, they would still get up and do stupid shit. Now, however, at least Folio wasn’t determined to push for the night of constantly pouring liquor down their throats until they were smashed so she could get closer to Ishtar.

Tonight, was one of those contest nights, only instead of shots they were playing darts, and that of course, put Noah at the forefront of the game. 

“Can someone explain to me, who had the bright idea to think it was smart to try to compete against Noah using sharp objects again?”

Ellie giggled at Jolly’s complaining before he lifted his glass and drained the last of his current beer. Folio being at the bar as he talked to Ishtar, was supposed to be getting them another round of drinks. They’d sent him up there a little while ago, knowing he’d take some time to come back with their drinks once he got distracted talking to Ishtar. If there was one thing that was predictable on a night like tonight, was that folio would get preoccupied with Ishtar and spending time with her. The guys could tease him about it all they wanted, but, Ellie noticed that they also enabled him at the same time. Whether it was planning nights out specifically to the bar so he could spend time with her. Other times they planned boys nights to help distract him when they knew Ishtar was busy working, and he wasn’t going to be able to see her, they found ways. 

Yes, between Jolly, Noah and Nicholas, they all enabled Folio, and then teased him mercilessly while doing so at the exact same time. 

“At least he doesn’t have you trying to throw axes, do you have any idea how difficult that is? In saying that, pretty sure I almost took his head off last time he wanted to teach me something.”

Ellie grinned wickedly only to earn an, are you kidding me glance from Noah, before focusing back on the dart board.

“Never happen, BabyGirl. I knew exactly what I was doing. You didn’t even get close.”

Shrugging slightly, he said that, but she swore she’d seen a little bit of blood that time, and oh, it had been awfully close as well. Admittedly, she had been way off target to almost get him at all like that, which meant she had done horribly in that particular instance, but her argument still stood! The fact that Noah kept insisting on teaching her these crazy things was hilarious to her, but she did enjoy the time they spent together. Even if there were some days she just spent watching him train, one of her books in hand, glancing up as he worked on his exercises, whether with the other demons, or on his own. Ellie never watched him actually work with the souls he punished, never, just his physical training. His work with punishment another situation entirely, and one she was better off never touching at all. She had heard snippets from Folio about some of the horrible things that another lesser demon did, one that Noah had to keep in check, and she didn’t even want to think about it. In saying that, from the people she knew were in there, she knew they deserved it.

“I’m going to go and check on Folio, make sure he hasn’t forgotten our drinks.”

“You mean instead of making eyes at Ishtar.”

Shaking her head as the guys laughed in response, yes, she remarked on Folio forgetting their drinks, but the jibe that came at Folio’s expense as to the odds of whether he had legitimately forgotten their drinks was meaningless. She knew they didn’t really mean it anyway. They supported Folio as much as she did, otherwise they wouldn’t have endured his puppy dog starry eyed routine for the demoness as long as they had before he finally got this far with her. Finally being the word there!

 Once she had stopped by the bar to nudge Folio, say hello to Ishtar and put their drink orders in, smiling when Ishtar seemed to have not received their order at all before now. Ellie got an innocent get apologetic smile from Folio. She nudged him with her elbow to let him know she’d forgiven him. As long as he got the drinks to the table, that was, she needed to go to the ladies room. It was on her way back that she heard them chatting away and gossiping among themselves, Noah's shadows, they were always hanging around the bar when they were there. At least, lately, they seemed to have learned to keep their distance. Mostly since the incident that have Ellie wanting to kill one of them for actually trying to kiss Noah in front of her, it had not been a night she wanted to remember. Apparently a few had heard about it, and less wanted to test her, at least, for now, she wondered how long that would last though. They had started showing up again lately. Probably wouldn’t be long before they started approaching him again.

She didn’t really want to know what they were saying, but the problem was, the way when you heard your own name, it was like your brain perks up sometimes. You tune in without being able to help yourself.

“Oh there she is!” “Ellie, she’s so pathetic.” “I don’t know what he sees in her. She’s so, so, human! It's disgusting” “Absolutely, she’s nothing. She’s worthless.” “I bet you all she's in it just to bond with him, what else would a human want from a demon.”

Ellie hated it, but she’d come to terms with how Hell wasn’t as different as she’d like in terms of human vs demons relations. Of course, in the land of the living, it wasn’t demons, it was humans vs humans, it was about the different races, but it was no different, and dealing with it here was just, it was sad. When she had first arrived, she had thought there were a lot more humans in Hell than there really were. However, the reality was that because demons could shape-shift, was that many of them chose to take human form, and yet, they still spoke of her like that. It would never make sense to her, never. 

Hearing them talk about her so spitefully for no other reason than she was with Noah, and they wanted to be, was like a knife digging in. They didn’t even know her, and in truth, they didn't actually know anything about Noah either. All they knew about him was his position in Hell, which was why he did his best to avoid them. Yes, he admitted to his years of adoring fans so to speak, but he got over that before he’d even met Ellie.

She tried not to think about what they were saying as she made her way back to the table with the others, it was all too much right now. Ellie didn’t want to think about the way that word just seemed to stick in her brain at that moment. Bonding. Bonding. Bonding. Just the feel of it screamed another word, and it felt like a dagger twisting in her gut just thinking about that word… marriage. Ellie had long sworn off any thought of getting married years ago, along with that bastard Jeremy. After everything that had happened in seeing him again, that dark feeling in the pit of her stomach, she didn’t really want to deal with all of that again. Not marriage, not bonding, not any of it. No, no, thank you.

Noah didn’t know what to do, Ellie had started being distant for a little over a week now, and he was starting to get worried. It wasn’t like last time when she was avoiding him altogether, that at least was in his favour. But some nights when they were together, even when they were alone, she barely seemed to want to have anything to do with him. Trying to talk to her would get him one word answers, and yes, she still seemed willing, and open, and would smile and kiss him in the morning.. But..

She was pulling away..

He was terrified that something was going terribly wrong all over again and he, just, couldn’t do this again. The thought of losing Ellie, the thought of that loss when she had come to mean so much to him, he didn’t know if he could deal with that. His parents hadn’t been the greatest, even when they were here. Noah didn’t talk about them, not really, his parents were gone, into the abyss. No one talked about it, but there were ways for demons to die, permanently. Rare as they were, and do not ask Noah how to do it, any way that he knew, he wouldn’t speak of to a soul. Any self-respecting demon that knew, wouldn’t. He’d lost his parents not just years ago, but life times ago, the Ruffilo family taking him in, making sure he continued to come back to them each lifetime since that first time.

Now he was considering a different loss, and it was one he didn’t want to face. He would fight for Ellie, time and time again, and tonight he was determined to talk to her. It was going to be different tonight, because instead of trying to get her to talk to him, he was just planning on talking to her. Noah needed Ellie to understand, that no matter what was on her mind, what was upsetting her, not matter what it took, he would always be there, he would always listen. He would wait. He would be there when she was ready to finally talk to him, he was desperate for her to know that.

That was the plan.

He picked up their favourite pizza on the way home after a very long, frustrating day at work. Frustrating because, unlike some, no matter how many people he tormented, no matter how many souls he tortured, it was never going to ease the troubles on his mind. Noah would never understand how some would claim causing other people pain would make him feel better. Yes, yes, when he suffered, he rounded up those that made those he loved to suffer, and he would happily bring down his wrath, but did that truly ever take away his pain? No. Not even close. So yes, today was frustrating, because it was not nearly as satisfying as he would like it to be. 

Okay, so he called it home, it was her apartment. Noah hadn’t stayed in his own apartment in months. At most, he went back there to get new clothes and things he needed from time to time if he absolutely had to. They weren’t living together, technically, but he had been staying with Ellie so often that him not being at hers just felt wrong. Even with her pulling away, had she told him to leave even once, no. Was there a part of him waiting for it, yes. Did it make him sick to the gut over it, absolutely. The look in her eyes, something told him everything was going wrong, and he couldn’t stand it, so tonight, he was going to lay it out for her. Him just staying there, wasn’t just because they were together, it was because she was his everything, and no matter what she had to say, he wasn’t about to walk away. Ever. Not after everything they’d been through.

Setting the pizza on the counter, he knew she’d spent the afternoon with Ishtar, who would be off to work by now.

“Ellie, you home, I brought dinner, pizza.”

“Did you for-”

“I’d never forget your garlic bread, I wasn’t born yesterday, BabyGirl.”

Seeing her coming out of her room then, at least he got a small smile from her, that was the majority of how their interactions had been going lately. There was little teasing between them, maybe he’d get a smile, and then she’d shut down. Noah would try to keep it going through the night, but to no avail. When they went out with their friends, she’d interact with the others openly, just not with him, and he was almost certain that the only person that hadn’t noticed was Folio. He couldn’t blame him, if he had someone to distract him, he might not have noticed either, Ellie was his perfect distraction. 

As they sat to have dinner, though, Noah was going to take advantage of her quiet tonight.

“Ellie, I need to talk to you about something tonight.”

He could feel the way she tensed up, and whatever the reason was, Noah wasn’t going to let her doubts about whatever it was that was eating at her until there was nothing left, he wasn’t. She might not want to talk to him tonight, but he was hopeful she would talk to him, soon.

“You don’t have to say anything BabyGirl, just listen. I’m not going anywhere, I don’t expect anything, from you. I know most of your life you’ve spent with people in your life telling you that you should life your life a certain way, that you should do things in a certain order, but in truth none of that will ever matter to me.”

Tilting his head to try and catch her eye, to make sure that she was looking at him, and when she glanced away, he reached up and lifted her chin to make sure her eyes met his. Make sure she was paying attention to what he was saying. If she was looking him in his eye, she would pay more attention, it was a gentle touch, but it was effective, and he knew it.

“Furthermore, I don’t care if we never do anything but sit on that couch and watch movies. The single most important element of my life, is you. We can do anything you like, or nothing but sit around cuddled up on the couch.”

Ellie had been struggling, ever since she had heard about those girls talking about how she could only ever want Noah to bond with him. All she could think about was that bonding had to be the demon version of marriage. No how irrational it seemed considering it was not Noah that had brought it up, that Noah was not pushing the subject at her. It all just felt like a noose wrapped around her neck for the last week and a half. 

Her eyes were wide, glazed as she looked at Noah right now,

“God, I love you, Noah.”

Seeing the way he sighed so heavily, oh, she knew the relief he was feeling, she was feeling it too. Smiling slowly,

“You knew just what to say, didn’t know?”

A soft shaky breath escaped her, she’d been so scared, never able to consider how to talk to him about it, and she still wasn’t sure how to. It all came down to at least starting with one question, she supposed. Then, when Noah explained it to her, then they could talk about what they were going to do, if they would do anything at all, or enjoy everything they already had, just as it was. As far as Ellie was concerned, it was pretty wonderful already, no matter what Noah’s shadows or anyone else might think about them!

“So um, I heard some of your shadows talking about something called bonding, from the way they made it sound they made it sound significant…” And that she would never be worthy of him for it.

“Could you, tell me about it?”

Two weeks, it had been two weeks since Noah had happily explained everything about bonding with Ellie, and expressed how it was absolutely not marriage. Humans tended to throw marriage around like it was the be all and end all. It was said to be a binding of souls in the eyes of God, said, that was done on human faith. While he respected faith, he did, but this was something that was distinct, and magically connecting their souls beyond death, connecting his soul to hers. When the day came, the fateful day came he passed, and demons did not live forever even if they lived far longer than humans mortal years. When he was reborn, he would still be connected to her, and as he aged, he would come to remember her, and love her all over again.

They’d talked more than once about bonding, Ellie wanted to understand it more each time. Coming up with more questions, about how it would affect him, her, about why demons could do it and not humans. 

Today, though, there were no questions, today they were training. Noah was attempting to teach Ellie how to better aim and throw daggers at a target, and Ellie couldn’t help but smirk to herself at the thought. It was almost ironic thinking about it, the night she first heard of bonding, they had been teasing about him teaching her axe throwing and how horrible she had been at it. Dagger throwing, she seemed to be a little better at it so far, not that she had been all that better at fully getting the knives to stick in the targets as deep as Noah would like. Standing behind Ellie, holding her hands to adjust how she was holding the blade, to adapt the balance of her technique as she threw the weapon. 

When she managed to finally get one of the dagger to stick into the target deep enough, the blade didn’t just fall from the board, that Noah actually had to approach and pull it out. After a moment, Ellie smiled brightly.

“Well, look at that, we will make a warrior woman out of you yet, BabyGirl!”

She rolled her eyes at him with a smirk before picking up another of the daggers, while demons could, potentially summon weapons directly to them with magic, in this training arena, the magic to do so, was banished. Noah explained it in a sense that it was a training technique to make sure they didn’t get lazy. There was also the added benefit to make sure that those that were not as quick to learn, didn’t accidentally get in the way of other, more experienced demons, and get sliced up in the wrong way. There were also those that he had unfortunately seen, that were purposely dismembered. The way he had said that, had Ellie thinking back to some of Folio’s remarks about the demon that had tortured him for part of his tenure in the punishment realms of Hell. She was more than glad to have avoided that experience entirely, not just because she was a semi-decent person. No, she would not claim she was good, like anyone, there were probably questionable things she’d done in her life, but obviously, not enough for punishment.

“I think I’m ready to be a different kind of woman right now.”

“Oh, and what’s that?”

“Bonded.”

Noah almost dropped the dagger he was flipping around in his hand. As far as Ellie was concerned, it was a miracle he didn’t just slice off any of his fingers off with the look of the way the weapon just whirled around. Not to mention how he was looking at her. Startled almost, awed was another way she might put his expression, and she smiled,

“Oh, BabyGirl, I can’t wait to get you home, and-”

“No, here, right here.”

That stopped him short, Noah glancing around, they’d talked about the ritual enough that she knew it step by step now, right down to memorising all the markings she’d need to make. Yes, she knew already that plenty of others chose to perform the bonding rite in private, but Ellie didn’t want to wait another second. The moment the spell took, he could whisk her away, teleport them home, and then they could spend the rest of the night together.

As late as it was, there wasn’t really else hanging around training as well, it tended to be why Noah would bring Ellie during this time to train her. It presented the least probability that another demon might accidentally miss their mark and risk harming her. Yes she would survive, but why would she want to get hurt in the first place?

“Alright, let me get what we need.”

Really what he needed was, something to mark the circle, and some he quickly sound some chalk for the training ring to do it.. After he marked the circle surrounding them, Noah stripped his shirt from his body. While Ellie was already wearing active wear, her tank top had wide straps at her shoulders and he needed to mark runes to her collar bones too, not wanting to leave to go home to do this, a slice of a dagger, and the back of the straps were cut and the tank top became a halter top, exposing her collarbones. Perfect. 

Standing in the circle, each cutting their palms so they could mix their blood, marking the runes to their skin. Ellie had been thinking about thie for weeks. So fervent in her thoughts of how she felt about bonding, her hesitation had nothing to do with Noah, and everything to do with herself, she had the runes cemented into her memory. Dipping her fingertips into their mixed blood didn’t bother her in the least, between having to, at times deal with assaults in the office from souls coming through to punishment, to training with Noah, she was getting more used to a little bit of blood. Now, a lot of blood, that would be a different situation entirely.

Once they were both done, and Noah was sure they were right, Noah took Ellie’s hands and started with the demonic words of the ritual. It was a disappointment that she knew she’d never be able to speak or understand the language, but Ellie squeezed his hands as his words continued.. The blood runes tingling on her skin. She gasped as he continued. When he finally she finished, she watched on in awe as the ritual completed, the bloodied runes they’d both drawn onto their skin melting together and slither into one long line swirling band of blood over their skin. Eventually she noticed that the band of blood travelled all the way around her body, along one arm to Noah’s body, around his shoulders and arms and back to her body, again around her shoulders and arms. Wrapping them both up up completely, binding them completely in the ritual spell before the red string of blood sank into their skin and bonding their souls.

“And it’s done.”

Ellie shivered, lifting her hands to Noah’s face and pulling him down to her so she could kiss him, the softest whimper escaping her, they were bonded.. As she pulled back, she spied the small black tattoo on her index finger, it looked just like one of Noah’s. He’d told her this would happen, and she had wondered which of his tattoos she would receive, this one was tiny, and subtle, but she’d have it no other way. This was their bond mark, this was the mark from his soul.

“You are all mine.”

She giggled as she looked up to him,

“BabyGirl, I was always yours.”

Dividers by @saradika-graphics & @cafekitsune

#bad omens #noah sebastian #fanfiction #bad omens cult #bad omens band #bad omens fic #noah sebastian x ofc #hell au #demon noah #fic: hell aint so bad #hell verse #fic: dagger through my chest

[roley-poley-foley]

Contains Noah being a brat

"Sir Joakim." The prince gestured around vaguely. "Late is the hour."

He'd spoken six words and already drained Jolly of his remaining patience. It had to be some kind of record.

Jolly straightened up from his bow. "My apologies. The roads from here to the coast are overrun. We responded immediately to your call, but it took us some time to get back."

"Hm. Who trained you to make excuses?"

Jolly wished he could slap the brat. Even his stoic bodyguard, Ruffilo, frowned a little.

"We didn't dally. I would invite you to come out with us and see for yourself, but we needed every man fighting just to stay alive."

Noah's face filled with rage. Nobody needed Jolly to do more than imply; the lazy prince probably couldn't even hold a sword and they all knew it. That kind of weakness may be acceptable up north, but in the cold south, leaders were expected to hold their own when necessary.

It wasn't smart to point it out, though.

"We are here to serve, now," Jolly said, "I'm guessing few will be heading that way until this crisis is resolved anyway."

"Yours was the last company to return," Noah told him, an edge to his tone, "Maybe once the villages around us are secure, we can deal with your problem. You'll attend a briefing tomorrow." He gave a dismissive wave.

Jolly bowed deeply, turned and trudged out of the room. He knew he'd pay for his comment, but for now he was just grateful to finally head down to the barracks to find a soft bed to pass out in.

Although the others were mostly either in bed or quietly readying themselves, Nick seemed to have been waiting for Jolly; he nearly leapt up to greet him as he entered.

"I've made your bed, sir." He pointed to the neatly made bed beside, presumably, his own. "Your clothes are laid out."

Jolly stared at him. "I can't believe I want to knight you. I'm never going to have a squire like you again."

He grinned. "We all need a good night's sleep. Gods know what the prince has in store for us."

They kept their voices low as Jolly headed to his bed, Nick already helping him out of his armour. "Don't be too disappointed, but it might be bad."

"Did you start shit with him already? We just got here!"

Jolly chuckled. "I'm just saying, I'd never let a page of mine behave that way." He groaned and rolled his arms as he was freed from the steel armour. "Fuck, I could sleep for a week."

A few people around them grumbled their agreement; it was early in the night, but the journey had been arduous.

"The pleasure houses are gonna get busy," Folio said with a grin.

#cyblurb #au: princely curse

[roo-bastmoon]

BTS Tutorial: WEVERSE SHOP

WeVerse is a platform where we can watch BTS content and interact on the forums with the artists.

WeVerse SHOP is where we buy official and exclusive merch.

Gonna recommend you bookmark those two links.

Did you know you can even set up WeVerse on your smart TV and watch content on your big screen? For tutorials on how to set up accounts, go here:

Before we get into it, I’m just gonna make a plug that you try to purchase your ARMY annual membership. Even and especially while the boys are in military service, your membership lets HYBE know there’s still interest and engagement for our boys and that they have SOME funds and fans they can depend on coming in from BTS-related content. I can’t afford the fancy exclusive expensive membership but the $22 a year gets me a free pass to all kinds of cool paid media like behind the scenes footage and extra content, too.

Okay, now back to the shop. So far, I’ve found WeVerse shop to carefully package their folios and albums. I honestly can't afford much because I want to prioritize purchasing the music more than the merch. However, for international ARMY, WeVerse Shop purchases often come with steep shipping costs and delays, so just be mentally prepared to wait for your hoodie or whatever several weeks if not months longer than our K-diamond ARMY have to. Them’s the breaks.

In terms of helping your bias chart, physical albums (CDs, vinyls) sold on WeVerse USA Shop WILL count toward Billboard 200 if you live in the US. (So will physical albums in Target—and some physical albums on Amazon IF they come from the official BTS source. You absolutely gotta check the fine print and see if they tell you which charts their sales might count toward, or just don’t risk it.)

Sales on WeVerse GLOBAL Shop will NOT count for Billboard 200, but those will count toward Hanteo and GaOn charts. If you are a non-US-based I-ARMY, please go ahead and purchase from the GLOBAL STORE to help the boys win awards in their home country if you have the funds.

Also note that WeVerse digital albums are basically QR codes that you get access to the day an album drops. You scan the code and you can play the songs in WeVerse only. None of those plays in the WeVerse app count for our charts so I highly recommend you prioritize Spotify, YouTube, Apple, and Amazon for streaming.

For more information US ARMY can use about WeVerse items for sale, including FACE presale releases, I recommend following this account:

Please go ahead and share this so the word gets out. If you know of better information, please let me know so I can keep these tutorials evergreen, and thank you!

DISCLAIMER:

I am a Dope Old Person and have been ARMY since January 2022. So I still have a lot to learn.

I’m making mini-tutorials for people like me who are comfy with technology but totally new to voting, streaming, and buying Kpop stuff.

If you know of better, more up-to-date information, please comment or DM me so I can make sure I’m not spreading misinfo. Please be polite about it, though—we are on the same team!

Feel free to apply whatever you learn here to other BTS members and other artists; I’m Jimin-biased so I am focused on helping Jimin at this moment in time, but I’m OT7 so rest assured I’ll put my shoulder to the wheel for all our members!

#BTS_Tutorials #jimin #park jimin #face by jimin #jikook

[sanzos]

HI I'M BACK FOR MORE. is there a timeline of nel's story? when does she join the straw hats and where's she sent to during 3D2Y?? also how the heck does she travel on land! curious minds wish to know.

HI WELCOME BACK!!!!! there is in fact a timeline bc i like to daydream and also i like having those details ya know?

MEETING THE STRAW HATS

so! the straw hats first meet nel just before alabasta. aka they fish her out of the ocean a la bon-chan bc i think its funny if luffy fishes up two whole people at different times in the day like? guess the fish in this part of the grand line are shaped like people huh.... neat! nel isn't particularly pleased with any of this and is planning to immediately book it like "ha ha thanks for this bye" but then she gets dragged into the alabasta stuff bc bon-chan copies her face and is now under the impression she's a part of the straw hats! she would like to say: SHE'S NOT!!!!! PLS!!!! and considering she's currently (and has been) running from another animal themed weirdo and she doesn't want a second one on her ass she decides ok fine i'll stick around. get the lay of the land. she's 100% planning to throw them to the wolves if she thinks they'll lose. unfortunately she got bit by the friendship bug :/ damn girl sucks to be you so she sticks around for alabasta, kicks some weird birthday clown's ass, and forgets for a moment what she's running from. the usual Thing that happens with the straw hats. but watch out! the other animal themed weirdo kidnaps her off the merry after alabasta. robin manages to nick an eternal pose from one of the goons though and the straw hats go off to rescue their grumpy friend!

3D2Y

alright im prefacing this by saying: idk how observatories work... or astronomy really (research will be the death of me) so like rly suspend some disbelief here! but also its one piece so nel gets sent to a world government funded astronomy tower in the calm belt called vega tower! its the tallest man made structure in the world (like... red line levels of tall) and no one rly knows... how it was built? did giants do it? something else? whatever it was before its an astronomy tower now and has a whole thriving population and culture within it. its an astronomers dream to be able to study there, but once u do its almost impossible to leave. its basically like selling ur soul to the wg. top secret shit yada yada. as such most of the scientist in the tower have a bad relationship with the wg. they're rly only there for the science of it all tbh the head astronomer/astrophysicist is a man called folio! he's a trans man and was born on amazon lily but left to pursue his dream of the STARS!!!! he's extremely logical, to the point where it comes off as wildly eccentric, and when he heard nel's dream of going to the moon he was wildly inspired and agreed to take her on as a protege.

as for traveling on land, nel has been able to split her tail for as long as she can remember? this was one of the factors that led to her childhood isolation and her eventual interest / obsession in the stars and the moon! since those were always there for her :)

she actually doesn't travel on land often! staying within the ocean is safer (since her pursuer cant reach her there). the smart thing to do would be to stay underwater forever but she cant fight the pull of the night sky and always ends up surfacing in the end.

#allie answers #nel tag #cioelle #vega tower is one of my oldest ideas for one piece ngl... i just think the idea is neat ya know #btw nel's big early chara question / theme is: do u live safe but unhappy or take risks and be happy?

[sarasa-cat]

Deeply unsatisfied nearly every 3rd party ipad case I have tried. Last night I nearly broke my ipad pro trying to get it out of a case. Instead, ripped multiple finger nails.

All I want is to do the following:

Easily pop my ipad in and out of a case that that I can use when DRAWING on the ipad so I can then magnetically snap the ipad back into its magic keyboard Smart Keyboard Folio that is worth every (overpriced) penny I paid for it (long long ago), which makes my iPad act more or less just like a laptop, including the ability to balance the whole thing on my lap without a lapdesk.

I do need to clean this keyboard. It looks 3+ years old. But it is lovely and does everything that it was advertised to do.

...

(I almost feel like I need to go into hardware/devices design, which is not a huge leap from my prior training/resume, but ffs, I really don't want to spend my life doing that. I want other people to be clueful and awesome and create excellent things that are sturdy, multi-functional, and affordable.)

(See also: me nearly crying when I realized yesterday while getting dressed for a Corpo Event that all of the knit sweaters and knit sweater dresses I bought last year look pilled and ugly and why.... why can't clothing last more than a few wears? I hate this.)

#I guess I am going to buy an exceedingly overpriced #apple-brand folio case #which is also magnetic #because after trying and failing with 4 different 3rd party cases #I'm giving up on that route #meanwhile: the mini is doing great in a zugu case

[missyourflight]

some stuff i read and watched in july:

somebody somewhere (s1 & 2): fucking loved this!! about going home again, queer community in a small town, belting, a fat woman who Fucks

the bear (s2): yes chef obvs, fishes into forks is just unbearably good

the sixth commandment: heartbreaking stuff - like an attempt at true crime storytelling with humanity and empathy and like a sense of love surrounding the victims? interesting to think about with penance

jaws: for the first time somehow?? obviously it's fantastic 🦈

return to seoul: love a story about a chaotic unmoored girl, great lipstick

nimona: RIZ AHMED FOREVER

oppenheimer: christopher nolan still can't write a woman and likely never will but in General i loved this!! some of us have been cillian murphy hive since the early 00s and own the way we live now feat. wambsgams macfadyen on dvd etc, is it not enough to see his beautiful face, large, how is the trinity test sequence so tense when you Know what's going to happen, full circle since seeing pearl harbour in the cinema in 2001 for josh hartnett reasons etc

barbie: extremely extremely fun if i didn't love its feminism always, very glad i saw this greta/letterboxd bit before so i could eye all the influences, ryan gosling is On One and it's wonderful

no hard feelings: i feel like someone (@powerful-owl??) was writing maxiel no hard feelings tumblr fic and having now seen the film i am in Need of it

naoise dolan, exciting times: read this and immediately pressed it on my sister; the hk specificity is for her, the queer stuff is for me

eve babitz, slow days, fast company: i have never been to california and i only want to go to eve's LA

eliza clark, penance: really smart sharp take on the industrial true crime complex etc, chucking brexit and folk horror and the seaside and excruciatingly accurate tumblr representation at it and making everything work. i keep turning it over together with the sixth commandment and death of a bookseller

greg doran, my shakespeare: a director's journey through the first folio: theatrical memoirs def one of my fave sub-genres, i loved spending this bit of time sinking into these plays again and hearing about all the different productions (harriet walter beatrice my lady wife etc)

#monthly media #sophposting

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Hi, BMT! I loved your essay on Jimin's photobook. I especially enjoyed your take on the Lesbian Butch section of the book. I've been crazy about that concept since it was revealed, I have to say that's probably my favorite Jimin™ ever, and I desperately look forward to him further exploring that path.

When the photoshoot sketch came out, I really wanted an in-depth explanation of his choices and the entire creative process. It felt like he had dropped an overwhelming amount of information that we were not used to getting from him, and I wanted to know everything. Honestly, I didn't expect him to actually do it, and I'm glad he didn't because it opens the gates to an array of interpretations and analyses the others failed to provoke. What I would like, though, is to know what he likes, what he enjoys, what he consumes. He rarely shares any of that with us, but I would love to know what's the inspiration behind the concepts, the stylistic choices, and just, in general, I guess. What movies does he like? What does he read? Is he super into Greek mythology or just fascinated by Artemis specifically? Speaking of which, I'm still obsessed by the choice of Artemis as a leitmotif and how it becomes of particular relevance in the last concept where he takes on both the roles of the God/ess and the deer, the hunter and the prey.

Damn, I want my photobook to arrive already so I can look at it forever 😔

Hey, anon! Thanks for stopping by. I wrote that essay to also start a conversation or hear other opinions, so I appreciate this.

The concept that had Jimin is a suit was the most fascinating for me as well because initially, it was a bit difficult for me to pin point what exactly was I seeing there. As I mentioned in that post and even in my first reaction a couple of months ago, my mind went immediately to Victor/Victoria, except the process we see here was in reverse. And not only that, but a bit more complex. I had endless discussions about this with some of my friends, especially since I couldn't come up with the appropriate term. It gave me a bit of a headache and made me delay writing the post, but thankfully, I stumbled on to that James Dean essay and I had that Evrika! moment. It still made a bit wary to use that concept and terminology, but as long as I was able to build an argument based on something that was already researched and not just my imagination, then I felt it was safe to go in that direction.

When I did the research for the piece, I went back and rewatched the making of, trying to see if I missed some key information. But what I realized once again, is that Jimin barely reveals anything in interviews. He was specifically asked about each concept, but he avoided giving the suitable answer, choosing instead to say something generic, that wasn't particular to what photoshoot he was doing. At the same time, I can fully understand this strategy. All the reactions and think pieces on the photofolio on every platform, from twitter, tiktok, to tumblr, seem to interpret it as having a big theme and if it's any close to what Jimin wanted to express, then I see why not getting into details might be the best approach. After all, the concepts are supposed to represent his inner self (his words) and perhaps it's best to leave the photos to speak for themselves. Which they obviously do. Jimin is subtle and straightforward simultaneously, for those who are willing to pay attention. He's smart and everything he does is intentional. Anyone underestimating him or downplaying the obvious symbolism in his concepts either doesn't want to pay attention or is not comfortable with what they clearly can observe.

P.S. I'm still waiting for my photo-folio as well, I hope it gets here before Christmas at least 🙏

#bmt asks #jimin #jimin photofolio

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hi you have asks open now! here are some numbers for the ask game. 20 23 31 42 45 (i am incapable of actually copypasting the questions. sorry)

I’m not gonna lie, I totally forgot that I never answered these asks!!!

20. Favorite female character?

Ooh this is hard. Ophelia is my favorite female character to write about, closely followed by Gertrude. This probably makes them my favorites overall.

Since I HC that Viola/Cesario is non-binary, I don’t know if they count, but I absolutely love them. I find them one of the most relatable characters across any of the plays I’ve read (and I love them for it!)

23. Favorite reoccurring theme/motif?

THE WEATHER!!! I love the “bad weather=bad things” motif so, so much. It’s such a fun way to foreshadow events and set a mood! My favorite example are the “unnatural” weather patterns in Macbeth on the night of Duncan’s murder (I could talk about it for ages), closely followed by the mood-setting cold wind and darkness in Hamlet.

31. Is Hamlet 19 or 30? Does it matter?

19 or younger and it matters SO MUCH. This is the question that spurred my hours-long inconclusive deep dive into the canonical age of our sweet prince. As it turns out, practically every single version of the play contradicts the others or offers us nothing of use. First Quarto gives us very little (Hamlet is probably at least 12 if the skull is Yorick’s), Second Quarto says 30, and First Folio contradicts itself. I firmly believe that Hamlet works best if Hamlet’s young. It makes his response to his grief and relationships (and even his life as a university student) much more real and sympathetic. (Do we really want our 30-year-old lead screaming at his mother and practically rewriting MCR lyrics in his soliloquies?)

Some of this is also projection- I am also a believer in the “Hamlet is as old as you are right now/Hamlet is the age you were when you first read the play” theory, so my Hamlet is forever 15, my age when I first read his play. 

42. Are you predominantly a drama nerd, a literature nerd, a history nerd, or something else?

A literature nerd! Believe it or not, my only theater experience until this year (I’m an audio techie for my school’s Anastasia) was crying at a musical audition at age 14. I did have quite the history hyperfixation through my middle school years, but I’ve always trended back towards literature. I read Macbeth for an English class when I was 15 and fell in love with Shakespeare’s works. Performing these plays, even for the tiny audiences I’ve had has really pulled me out of my shell. I can see myself being a literature and drama nerd in the future.

45. Share a Shakespearean hot take or unpopular opinion.

OH BOY I have so many. But since brevity is the soul of wit (forget the “limbs and flourishes,” Polonius!), I’ll pick just one. This isn’t a hot take in the circles I’m in, but it seems like some “traditional” Shakespeare scholars (*cough* boring English teachers) seem to think that the value of Shakespeare’s work is intrinsic and comes from simply reading them silently to yourself in a dimly lit classroom that smells vaguely of the despair of English students past. I could not disagree more. Unlike novels, plays rely on their actors to function! Sure, there’s a story in the words alone, but an actor’s emotion is what really makes it come to life. There’s more value in watching a production of a play or even reading it aloud (even if you stumble over every other line) than silently picking through words. Reading Shakespeare isn’t about proving you’re smart enough to read Shakespeare, it’s about having fun and connecting to the characters! I wish more English professors would see it this way! (As a teacher-to-be, I certainly plan to!)

#shakespeare #oh my god i'm so sorry for forgetting to answer these for like an entire month #thank you so much for the asks!!!! #this was super fun! #hamlet #macbeth #twelfth night

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Week 10 : Final Evaluation

Although I was a bit skeptical of this course in the beginning, I think I have really grown to enjoy the lessons that we had, especially those where we learnt how to draw more precisely, using a different type of tool for almost any technique that we had to incorporate and become skillful in. Compared to some other courses I had taken this semester, I really enjoyed how inclusive our lessons were, and it enabled me to better understand my fellow peers, and also allowed me to develop better communication skills with the tutors as well.

Initially the idea of maintaining an online port folio using tumblr had confused me, as I was more used to using google slides, or slides for a port folio in previous years. By using tumblr, not only did it ensure that I stayed (mostly) on time with my posts for each week, It allowed me to see my fellow peers works, the different types of problems that arose, and how they were able to finally deal with it and continue on in the design process. This ended up being extremely beneficial for me, as, if I were ever stuck on a particular part, going on tumblr and seeing others who had posted already, gave me an idea on how to solve the problem myself.

My most favorite week, was probably when we had to design different lotion/perfume bottles based on a certain emotion. By encouraging us to draw multiple designs of a bottle on one shape was both very smart and creative as it forced us to create individual designs, all different from previous designs, but also maintain the same idea or emotion translated towards the target market.

This course definitely challenged me in many different areas, such as drawing extremely precises engineering practice drawings, and becoming more well adept in the different types of CAD software that are available for industrial designers to use. Since I was well versed in the CAD fusion360, I originally assumed that most other CAD software would be similar. But after trying out the different available software, although the tool names were the same meaning, to navigate my way through certain CAD software definitely proved to be a challenge. Even though I found it difficult at times, once I was finally able to move on from being stuck on one problem, the feeling was amazing.

I definitely appreciate taking this course, regardless of the fact that it was compulsory, as I do believe that this course will benefit me in the long run, especially if industrial design if my final career path to choose.

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A Friend Down In Hell - Part One

pairing: Nick Folio x ofc (Ishtar)

warnings/tropes: slow burn, pining, idiot in love, language, drinking, mentions of violence, mentions of torture, mentions of religious mythology. (potentially more to be added)

summary: Folio can't quite tell you how long he's been dead, but it doesn't matter when he has friends like his, and Ishtar. Ishtar, with whom he fell in love the moment he met her. The problem? She doesn't know it. How does he convince a demon, who is practically immortal, to date him when he's dead? How did Ellie do it so easily?

author’s note: Story TWO of the Hell-Verse, Unbetaed.. I hope you are going to enjoy the ride that's starting!

tags: @spicywhenspeaking @tearfallpixie @cncohshit @nyxthedestroyerofworlds @lyschko666 @bngurngheart @lacktoesandtoddlerants @sorrowsofsilence @collapsedglasshouses @vinyardmauro @dsireland86 @4rtificialfolio @emmmm127 @badomensls

Folio doesn’t actually know how long he’s been dead, he knew technically, but time changes depending on where you're in Hell, especially when it comes to the punishment dimensions. Those assholes can speed up time to make a day out in the real world seem like a decade for the poor bastards under their ‘care’, and Folio knew that first-hand.

Thankfully, Noah had never been one of his jailers, because he wasn’t sure he could ever be so forgiving of the shit he was put through for his punishment. He might seem like the most easygoing guy in the world, but there was a fucking line, okay mate. Noah, well, he was sort of the BOSS man of the bloody prick that had been torturing him in those first days that Folio was in Hell. On one hand, Folio could hold a grudge in the early days of when Noah would have to oversee his torture, and seeing that demon face in the other dimension, on the other, as time wore on, he got the vindictive please of cackling mercilessly at the dick-wad every time he fucked up and Noah reprimanded him…

Sometimes in front of Folio.

He swore he saw the fucker smirk a little too. Funny feeling Noah wasn’t supposed to do that, reprimand his subordinates in front of their victims, hmmmm victims? Prisoners? Subjects? Whatever he was, considering he had been constantly told he was supposed to learn his lesson in how to be a better person, it had been hilarious watching that asshat get his ass torn a new one, the incompetent fuck. It helped that most of these kinds of interactions came around the time right before Folio had earned his transition to living in the Afterlife part of Hell, instead of being imprisoned in the punishment dimensions of Hell. Boy, seeing Noah once he was free had been a shock and a half!

He’d just might have freaked out, just a little, yelled he wasn’t going back, and broken his nose! Both Jolly and Nicholas had smirked and just sat there watching the scene while Noah pinched his bleeding nose, asking if he was done now, or did he wanted to try to his jaw too?

Folio had just blinked at him at the time, rather shocked that Noah was just sitting there, looking at him with his head tipped forward while he was pinching his nose tightly to stop it bleeding. Right, so, Folio had known how to handle a broken nose, he was a biker, and he’d gotten more than a few broken noses in his time, and fixed them. Anyone that tells you to tip your head backwards when you get a bloody nose was a fucking idiot, so seeing Noah tilt his head forward showed him that the man was smart. Not just because he was the one in charge of those other dimensions. No, you tipped your head forward, so the blood didn’t flow down the back of your throat from your nose and risk choking you to death.

Seeing Noah do that, Folio made the connection, that demons must be alive if they could be hurt and die, and Noah was protecting himself. Not that he was planning on doing anything, it was just, a curious thought. He had no intention of doing anything with it, but it was something he had wondered about the bastard that had tortured him in Hell time and time again. He had wondered at that moment if Noah knew that that asshole had enjoyed the vindictive nature of his position, sadly he learned later that he did, but not all demons had the right disposition for the ability to torture and punish the way they did. However, the fact that he actually enjoyed it, was the very reason why Noah would never allow him to advance any further in his position than he was already. The bastard, in question, was a very low-level demon in the rank of the punishment dimensions. Folio, had never ranked high on the punishment scale, that demon had just always been a bastard, which was why Folio had sadly landed with him. Asshole, unfortunate, but, it was where he ended up.

So, the long and the short of it, he didn’t know for sure how long for him it had been since he’d been dead, thanks to the fact that torturous asshole had liked to play with the flow of time to mess with him, Folio did know that it had been almost five years, give or take a few, since he had been free of him. He’d been living free and clear in Hell and enjoying his life, it was a party, and he loved it here. Living in Hell, you wanted for nothing after all.

Folio wouldn’t lie. Even though he had been in Hell for a while in the punishment dimensions, it had still been a massive culture shock changing from them to living peacefully in Hell with the others. He hated to admit, that some of the demons had made him a little bit wary at first, but accepting people for who they were, wasn’t one of the lessons he had had to learn when he came to hell, and that hadn’t taken him long to adjust.

Good food, good booze, gorgeous women, what more could a guy want right?

He even had the most fucking amazing motorcycle that he had built himself from scratch. When he was alive he’d had a Harley-Davidson, which, unfortunately, had been the machine that he’d totalled, and had gotten himself killed with. Here, now, this baby was pure Hell-Born, yep, Hell had its own brand, which was fucking awesome if you asked him and Folio thrived tinkering around with it! It was so much fun! His bike was a thing of beauty, he loved working on her. Almost as much of a beauty as Ishtar.

Ishtar.

The best part of being in Hell, not being in the punishment dimensions, was Ishtar.

Folio had taken one look at Ishtar and fallen head over heels in love with that woman. Demoness. Love of his life. She was EVERYTHING. She was a purple-skinned beauty of a demon, and if anyone thought that they challenged her for his heart, they had another thing coming.

Not that she knew that.

Nope.

Jolly never let him forget it, either.

Made fun of him for it constantly.

He asked out and went out with other women constantly, they were fine, they were easy going, and they were fun to go out with, but Ishtar was different. Flirting with her was fun, and it was great, but going out with her, he knew he would crash and burn, and he’d destroy any hope he’d have of her falling absolutely and irrevocably in love with him. No. He had to get her in the perfect position, he had to ease her into the world of Folio.

Jolly just rolled his eyes at him over it.

Folio just ignored him, so what he’d been flirting with her for ages, he would get there, he had time, it wasn’t like he was going anywhere any time soon now was it? This was Hell!

Spinning around in a circle, it was a quiet morning in the soul intake office, at least the one they were running, Folio used to wonder how many of them there were because he knew countless souls were coming through Hell at any given time, but they barely handled few. However, the more he thought about it, the more his head just went in circles, until he decided that he’d rather just not know.

“Yo, Ellie, J-man,”

He chuckled, literally feeling Jolly’s unappreciative stare at the nickname when he said it,

“Okay, Jolly, how about it, who is up for coming out to the bar tonight? I feel like a night out on the town… up for some fun with me?”

Looking to the pair, hopeful that they might agree to go.

“Could rope Nick and Noah into it, come onnnnnn?”

Grinning wide, ever since Ellie made up with Noah though, if either of them agreed, then Folio was pretty sure that if one was going to the bar, the other would too. Not only had Noah not been big on letting her out of his sight lately, after her disappearing for a week, his Noah’s entourage seeing him there without her, oh it would be a field day, they’d be on him like wild fucking piranhas. Folio sometimes worried what would happen to any of those girls if Ellie found out one of them tried something with Noah. He’d had seen her getting quite good with her bat lately, not to mention, from what he heard, that Noah was still training her with other kinds of weapons. Fun times.

Scratch that, he wasn’t worried about what would happen to them. He was more worried about whether Ellie would feel guilty after. Anything they got they would deserve, especially after taking a shot at a demon lord when he was so openly involved with someone, to the level he was with Ellie. They would have it coming. However, souls here, and dealing with someone like that, are two very different things. Folio hoped Ellie wouldn’t actually have to deal with that.

Jolly shook his head slightly looking over to Folio and, Ellie not even answering before she was looking towards Jolly with his expression, wondering what was going on,

“What’s up with you?”

His attention switched from Folio to Ellie’s quizzical look, as Folio pointedly ignored the judgement written all over his oldest friend's face. He might have technically known Noah longer, but he’d been friendly with Jolly longer, mostly because the time he knew Noah longer than Jolly, the man had been the Boss-man of the guy making his life a literal, living hell, so he wasn’t counting that to his friendship quota, thank you!

“He is going into withdrawals.”

That was all he said however and Folio just rolled his eyes, Ellie looking between the pair, wondering what it was they knew and she didn’t. Sure, she’d been around for months, but there were still things that she was learning about her friends, about Hell. Even Folio, who had been around for years on top of his time in punishment, could still learn new things here and there, so who the fuck knew everything around here. He wasn’t even sure if the demons knew everything… no one knew everything, not even the demon lords! Not that he’d put it past Noah to claim he did, but Folio would flip him off for trying, though.

They probably all would, for that matter.

Now Ellie was looking at him with scrutiny, probably trying to figure out what Jolly meant when it became obvious that he wasn’t about to explain any further, and Folio just looked at her with a raised eyebrow,

“Come on, you know we all have fun when we go out, what's the harm?”

Grinning at her, his smile was wide, and bright, hopeful as he tried to convince her to come out with him, sure, he could go out on his own tonight, but it just wasn’t the same. Especially considering if he did go out on his own it would be so much more obvious why he was there, well, one of the reasons he was there. He did like hanging out with his friends too, Folio always liked hanging out with his friends, he was always up for that! Honestly, the only thing that could beat hanging out with his friends would be a night out with a beautiful lady, one in particular came to mind, but that was something else entirely.

Either way, he never went to the bar alone, never, Ishtar might ask questions!

“Eeelliiiieeeeee…. Pleeeaassseeeeee?”

He was not to proud to beg? He wasn’t… Jolly wasn’t wrong, not that he was about to admit it, but he missed his Ishtar time, he missed that gorgeous face, getting lost in the wondrous joy of her eyes, and he just knew if he ever dared to touch those lips of hers, they’d be… ahem, nope, nope he wasn’t getting distracted from his goal now. Not when his plan to get to see her, and spend time talking to her tonight was still within his reach.

“So, Ellie, how about it, bestest, ever, pal? Come onnnn?”

Looking towards her with raised eyebrows expectantly waiting as she dragged out the answer, she was doing it on purpose, he swore it, torturing him, not that he didn’t torment her right back every chance he got.

“Fine, bring Noah?”

The groan he got at the question,

“Can we skip the shot challenges Folio? Please, dragging you home passed out on the floor, and my boyfriend so drunk he thinks it would be too ungentlemanly to take advantage of me, is not my idea of a good time.”

Jolly however was chuckling from the other side of the room, Folio rolling his eyes at him, enough with that, he was just happy she agreed

“I told you, withdrawals.... you’ll figure it out. Eventually.”

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