#//YAY DAD FRIENDS

[star-paths]

He sat down across the small table from the man, setting the glass of red wine down in front of him on a small napkin.

"Wasn't sure you'd make time for me, old friend. You're a busy man," he observed with a lift of the glass to him in salute, taking a sip and replacing it. "How's life? How's the family?" he prompted, taking the chance to get a good look at the infamous Moon Jaeho, a formidable giant in the industry and yet Jiwon could only manage to see the same bright-faced upstart fighting his way higher and higher on the industry ladder just a generation or so behind him.

Was it possible to see oneself in their peers? There certainly had been something kindred there ever since their worlds collided all those years ago and pitted them in a friendly rivalry.

[beanghostprincess]

Sanji has arachnophobia but like. The type of arachnophobia that makes you have panic attacks even if you only see a little, tiny spider around you. And I just know Usopp would love to have a pet spider. They go to an island and Usopp finds a hurt spider and takes care of it because of course he would, and decides to keep it because of course he would.

So, uh, Sanji doesn't like his boyfriend's pet. It's not like he's going to tell him, because what would he say to him? Sanji hasn't told him his fear of spiders is that bad (he definitely knows, though). And he doesn't want to get in between Usopp's excitement of keeping her. So the spider stays and at least Usopp is aware that Sanji doesn't like her, so he doesn't let her go close to him (she's very polite so it's okay).

But Usopp loves having her around. On his shoulder, his head, his hands-- The guy brings her with him everywhere. And the little thing is smart and somehow seems to understand what Usopp says. They're happy. It's cute. Luffy absolutely loves her. Robin is literally thrilled to study her behavior. And Sanji can't even look at her because he will start hyperventilating the second he notices her.

He'd try to get over his fear of her because Usopp wants them to get along but he won't force it on Sanji. Sanji just knows he wants them to be friends. The spider lives in Usopp's terrarium, which he keeps in his workshop, and so Sanji goes there without telling his boyfriend.

And he tries. He really, really tries. He's shaking when he sees her there, even if she's inside the terrarium. He's barely able to breathe when he tries to get her out of there. Again and again repeating the words Usopp constantly tells him "She's more afraid of you than you are of her" (which is bullshit, in Sanji's opinion) and "She only wants to be your friend! She likes you because I like you" (something extremely romantic but Sanji's brain doesn't process it that way).

He's about to call it a day and try to calm himself down before he actually stops breathing for good. But. You know. The terrarium is on the edge of the table that's already full of Usopp's stuff and the tablecloth is long and- And the terrarium falls and breaks and the spider ends on Sanji's foot-

He doesn't want to do it and it happens in instinct and regrets it immediately, but he kicks the spider. He doesn't know where she lands and he doesn't react immediately to it because he's too focused on trying to learn how to breathe again. He sits on the floor around broken glass and dirt and doesn't realize what he's done until he starts looking for her again. It's not even because of Usopp anymore. She's just a spider. She hasn't done anything but... Existing. She shouldn't be blamed for that. Even if Sanji is afraid of her.

Sanji looks around for her without getting up and finds her alive and well and crawling around avoiding the glass, but also trying to stay away from Sanji as much as possible. That breaks his heart because he might not know what she thinks the way Usopp does, but he knows when someone is scared.

At least she's okay. She's alright. That's a relief.

"I'm sorry, I-" He feels a bit stupid talking to her like this, but he knows she gets it. He hopes she does. "It's not you. You're- He loves you, okay? You're a good girl. I just- I just can't."

He feels his chest tightening when she approaches him ever so slowly, but he knows she won't do anything. His heart doesn't share the same sentiment, but he quiets it down. She looks almost apologetically as if she was the one reassuring Sanji and not the other way around. "It must be tiring." He holds his legs close to his chest to make space for her to walk next to his feet. He feels like he's about to pass out, but she's respectful. And nice. And kind of cute, even. And she's Usopp's. Sanji thinks she tilts her little head confusedly. Thinks, because he isn't quite sure if they do that. "It sucks, right? People being afraid of you all the time. I- I can't say I'm not scared but- But you haven't done anything wrong, little one."

She stays there and doesn't move much for a few seconds, until she ends up crawling up and resting on top of Sanji's shoe. The same way she does when she spends her time on Usopp's shoulder. Sanji isn't that afraid anymore. He's overwhelmed and exhausted and really, really anxious, but he trusts her. Somehow.

Sanji looks around the room, his heart clenching with blame. "I'm sorry- For your home. I'll build you a new one. Well. Not- Not me. I don't know how to. Usopp will. Shit, he'll hate me after this..." But before he can start dwelling on it, the spider moves a little on his leg. And It isn't as bad as he thought. If she's going to murder him in his sleep it's a bit deserved after all. But she won't. He hopes she won't. "You know, you're kind of cute." She tries to crawl up to his knee, but it makes him jump a little. "Don't- Not really ready for, like, upper body touching. Please?" And somehow, she listens and goes back to her position. "Damn, you can understand what I say, can you? Smart girl."

And she doesn't say anything, but Sanji takes it as a yes. Both because he likes talking to her and also because he doesn't want to feel so damn stupid.

A few hours later, Usopp goes back to his workshop and finds Sanji asleep on the floor, lucky he didn't touch any shards of glass, and the spider rests on his foot happily. Or at least it looks like that for Usopp.

He'll ask what happened later, for now, it's time to clean the mess without waking up his boyfriend. He's been brave enough for a day.

[megumi-fm]

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[exoshroommie]

ALL MY EXOCOLONIST COOKBOOK POLLS ARE DONE!

Here are the results:

for soysweets mango, won, with bobberfruit coming in second.

I had two people add ideas.

one person said that chocolate soysweets are mentioned in an ending. since someone I've been talking to about this said they'd love to have chocolate soysweets, if everything goes well, I'll make those after mango.

someone else recommended adding blep tea soysweets. I'll set up another poll later asking if they should be added.

for the question on if I should add tiramisu, kombucha, marzipan, and nougat to the list of foods, most of you said yes. they have can added, and I'll look into how to make them soon. (tiramisu is probably gonna be one of the first foods i make)

progress is probably gonna slow down for a bit, I might ask about cakes soon, but besides for that. I have another project I'm working on, and the next step is actually making the food.

but I'll make sure to post my updates here! <3

[ikilledamanforthisurl]

really fun parallels between Minami & Nishida in which one guy who wants most of the fights he gets into generally has a bit of a dodgy win/lose ratio, meanwhile the other who has only ever welcomed one single fight in his life is the more violently competent

[drowsyanddazed]

i just parallel parked (success on first attempt) (multiple ppl watching me on the streets) someone buy me a drinkkkk

[girlivealwaysbean]

pata hai last kuch din i was very busy with my project kyunki final dena tha and binding karni thi etc to wo karwayi then i went to the bookfair bekaar tha then parso submit karne jaa rahi to subah accident hogaya (bhai ki bike skid hogayi and we fell down) and now i have a big ass blue bruise on my upper thigh and my parents don't even know lmao and kal ek science conference thi to i had to sit in an auditorium for 6 hours listening to accomplished people speak. that's what you missed now your turn

omg i knew everything in this except for the accident cause i stalk your blog vigorously everyday are you okay!!!!!!!!!! did you get tetanus shots!!!!!!!!!! also on your upper thigh oh no that's where future jiju is supposed to write MINE na as per our beloved song guilty as sin?

[perenlop]

in general i think im really tired of kirby antagonists that are like “ohhhh this is the main antagonist- actually they’re just being possessed and they’re not actually responsible for their actions at all”

[adore-gregor]

🙄🫠

[bitegore]

So seriously: if you have a serious recoil/disgust factor at uncommonly eaten parts of an animal being in any kind of food context (eg: whole fish being served at a table) and you want to work on minimizing that reaction, I really really recommend eating "normal" versions of those unusual foods, like for example deli-sliced tongue. I know I'm talking out of my ass here, but things like liver and haggis (organ meat), tongue (tongue), and probably a whole lot of others I've never had can be pretty easily made into forms that taste real good and don't look much like a weird lump of flesh you can recognize, and being able to get from "that's weird and gross but I want to get it" to "that's weird but it tastes really good and I want to get it" will probably make building up momentum easier when you move on to less "common" pastures.

Good luck, by the way. I believe in you.

[lysgaardsbakken]

long personal rant incoming 🫠 ignore

[astrxealis]

merry christmas btw i kinda forgot to say it ere at all oopsies >_< i hope you all had/have a wonderful holiday season or week or day or month regardless of your religion and if you celebrate christmas !!!!!

i got 'the end of everything' by katie mack for xmas (i begged my parents lol) bcs i finally saw it in a bookstore after months of looking for it that i just Fell to the ground ..... i love astrophysics i love space i love science. i also love u all

[stillagoodwitch]

the girl i was friends with for a month in the first year always easing my school related anxiety<333

[kakusu-shipping]

for bumi!!

🪿 - What’s the silliest thing you argue about?

🎻 - Do you have any shared hobbies? Are you competitive or do you help each other?

🪦 - Would they give a ‘shovel talk’ to a romantic F/O?

@i-put-the-s4p-in-s4pphic

More asks for my incredibly silly dad!!! Thankyou very much <3

🪿 - What’s the silliest thing you argue about?

Oh- What's the silliest thing we DON'T argue about would be a much simpler question!

King Bumi just loooooves messing with people, it's one of his favorite pass times, and I've realized over the years that I may very much be his favorite person to mess with.

He'll play devil's advocate over anything, so long as it's funny, and with impeccable logic too! Damn fool's lived over a hundred years so most people will take anything he says about history as fact, I KNOW when he's just lying for fun but no one would believe ME over the Great King Bumi, King of a Hundred Years!!

🎻 - Do you have any shared hobbies? Are you competitive or do you help each other?

King Bumi has many, many hobbies. Me, I just have art, mostly sculpting and painting. He can do that as well but I've far surpassed him in such skills.

I suppose the only "hobby" we really have in common is Earth Bending, but no, I'm not competitive about it.

I use to be a pretty strong bender, I had natural talent at a young age, it's how I was selected to be where I am now but... I never really had a passion for it, like King Bumi does.

We use to drill moves over and over, and I kept up with raw talent for a time. I suppose King Bumi, as wise as he is, eventually noticed I wasn't as in it as he was, it wasn't my passion. So he threw harder stuff at me until raw talent wasn't enough anymore.

I don't know if he was trying to force me to try or force me to stop trying, doesn't really matter in the long run. I fell down, got hurt, admitted I didn't care about being strong and....

Well, we had a good talk after that, I suppose, and I began focusing my true passion instead. Knowing him, that was his intention from the start.

🪦 - Would they give a ‘shovel talk’ to a romantic partner?

I had to look up what a "shovel talk" is kfgjkdfg

Yyyyyyeeeeeees...? Maybe? I'm not sure. I've never had a romantic partner or interest in anyone?

Though apparently some people thought King Kuei and I were a newly wed pair on our honeymoon while we were traveling after the siege of Ba Sing Se. And some even asked if we'd coupled after we returned, though I'm not sure why...

If I did gain a romantic partner I'm unsure how His Majesty King Bumi would react, I'm not his blood relative, and he's never seemed the Over Protective type, so I'm sure it wouldn't bother him at all.

(OOC: Bumi WOULD give a shovel talk to whoever Emile brought home as a significant other, and even gave one to Earth King Kuei upon their return due to the rumors following them. He's about 70% joking with his threats, and 100% serious with his jokes!)

[rambee]

[avatar-aaang]

im really doing this hanging out thing. I think im even doing it right