#//she's more of a glamping girly

[seafcamchild]

@godsspawn <From Aphrodite to Gianna>

"Gianna, darling, I'm not at ALL unfamiliar with teenage rebellion..." Copper eyes blinked back discomfort as she breathed deeply before parting her lips to speak.

"...but really? THIS? Rejecting LOVE? Living in the WOODS?!

I... am at a complete loss."

[pigeonwinnin]

To all my Sapphic reading girlies and enbies:

So, I finished reading “Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail” yesterday and while I was cute I missed having more interactions between Astrid and Delilah. I think their journey to heal their relationship was kind of a missed opportunity in this book and with “Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date” being the next in the series I don’t think we’ll be getting more of that dynamic.

I think it’d be amazing if Blake wrote a novella about Astrid and Delilah being invited on a girls get-away trip by Isabella. Maybe somewhere ritz and fancy that the girls bargain down to glamping. Since Isabella and Astrid were beginning to heal their relationship at the end of “Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail” I think it might be an interesting story if she extended an invite to her daughters to try and patch their relationship up.

Obviously they all handled their trauma differently but I felt like those tough conversations were some of the best parts of “Delilah Green Doesn’t Care” and it would be amazing if we could explore them more.

Just tossing some ideas out there but I wanted to see if y’all missed more of Delilah and Astrid’s dynamic in the sequel as much as I did.

[kinnoth]

so i have an ungenerous interpretation of the aldahni raid that might be accurate or might just be me being a hater but:

i think the plan to raid the treasury at the garrison was cinta's idea

cinta went to luthen who was like "this is a stupid, risky, shit fucking idea ...... and i love it. i just can't have my money tied to it, because i'm holding too many strings and i can't get caught. hold on, let me see if i can find you some independent financing"

so luthen goes to fucking rich girl vel sartha and is like "hey, you said you wanted to get more involved in the rebellion? you said you wanted to lead? here's a whole fucking plan that someone else has come up with but who doesn't have the funds to make it happen. if you bring your money in, i'll let you buy this plan. we can attach your name to it and make you feel as involved as you want. we can even make you squad leader, if that's what really rocks your boat"

and vel sartha, who is in actuality just a dissatisfied rich girl who wants to cosplay in the trappings of rebellion, fucking jumps in that boat.

she goes to aldahni and meets up with cinta, who has brought along an entire squad of people she has cobbled together to execute her plan, and she gets to rub shoulders with the lower classes, former stormtroopers, people who have been in imperial prison and escaped -- ooh. she gets to sleep on the ground and live on roots and goat milk -- very exciting. she feels alive, maybe like she's really getting some grit under her fingernails, maybe like she's really reconnecting with nature in the way wealthy instragram girlies talk about when they go glamping.

in any case, she really falls in something with cinta, who is actually cold and ruthless and daring in all the ways that vel wishes she could be, maybe in all the ways that vel tells herself she would be if only she hadn't grown up in all that pesky privilege

cinta indulges vel's need for affirmation, reassurance, and sexual attention. this lady is bankrolling her entire plan, after all. it's just one more thing to give to the cause.

when we meet vel, she's been playing rebel for a couple months and she might really even believe herself to be inhabiting the role of a hardened and ready leader, but she clearly isn't. she's instantly shouted down by luthen (who has actual skin in this game) and she is constantly being looked after by cassian (who has actually been on the run before and knows what it is to be hunted), and she leaves difficult decisions to cinta (who is the actual leader and mastermind behind the whole mission). even with her people, she is unable to diffuse interpersonal stress and distrust between her teammates; she ignores logistical concerns about the new person being brought in because she doesn't actually understand her team's strengths and weaknesses, and she sends her personnel after busywork looking after fences and goats rather than address any mission pertinent details.

she's noticeably nervous when the plan begins, and is frozen on more than one occasion when it comes time to take risks or make decisions. she's careless and sloppy with her execution; cinta again has to look after her, a sherpa to this tourist on the frontline who wants to believe that this is all here for her personal growth. she gets on script and delivers her lines, when there are lines to be delivered, but she bumbles the payload and, when the situation devolves into battle, she survives on luck and the sacrifices of her other squad mates.

even on board the ship, she can't make the decision on whether or not to bring a dying nemik to a doctor -- cassian makes that decision, filling a void in leadership whenever no one else will step up, as is his habit. then when cassian shoots skeen, she has no idea what to do, left alone with the payload of someone else's plans, off script, everything gone to shit. she can't come up with any of her own decisions, so she is simply passive, left there on some outer rim moon while cassian fucks off out of her disastrous orbit

like, she's specifically written this way, and i think that's brilliant. i think her actress played her perfectly, and i think this is exactly the sort of character type that fits into the fabric of an alliance run on scraps and on the fringes -- opportunistic, weak, indecisive. a leach. a tourist. a bourgeois parasite.

i just think this line from wookiepedia:

is the dumbest fucking read on a character i have ever fucking seen, and i wrote up a screed for why i think that.

[eeemarvel]

Camping Ask Pt2

This was such a good ask and now I'm back for more. The Hero Reform squad is on a camping trip and there's no signal. Who loves it and who hates it?? If you remember, Phichit left before they could even raise a tent despite Victor's pleas, leaving the hero with Chris who's desperately trying to be OK and Yuuri who's here for a good time, not a long time because his anxiety is telling him it's time to GO once the sun sets.

Oh yes and I'll be telling this story with the help of Schitt's Creek gifs.

Yurio's attitude depends entirely on the fact that a certain someone is also on this camping trip (character dynamic spoiler, so I'm not naming names). He's pouty and quietly grumbly most of the time because he can't use his switch but he would've been FAR worse if this certain someone wasn't also on the trip. He's dragging his feet behind the entire party on their hike to the campsite. He's moodily poking the pile of wood that's meant to be their fire with a stick because he's "helping". He's secretly rolling his eyes whenever the more chipper campers suggest campfire songs to sing. When the certain someone offers to teach him to fish, he reluctantly gives it the old POLITE college try before bowing out, opting for shadowing Victor and grumbling his complaints to his brother. Because he sees right through Victor's act. Chris stays away from Yurio bc he's afraid that the teen is going to out him by being a wet blanket. The only thing that he secretly kind of enjoys is in fact the stargazing. It's peaceful and he likes finding the patterns that make up the constellations. It reminds him of... Animal Crossing.

Yurio when Chris tries to talk himself into being optimistic for the trip:

One time, when Robin and Kenza were new to History Maker, Axle and Felix took them glamping which is like the super cushy and sheltered version of camping. They've been in love with "camping" ever since. They loved the open air aspect of hanging out with their buds and being able to do more outdoorsy things like making smores, fishing, and stargazing. At the end of the day, they could always retreat to their fully furnished tent so it wasn't bad at all! So when the squad camp trip came up they were both like "Yeah OF COURSE we'll go camping with you guys again! This is gonna be awesome! Let's bring everyone!! :DD" But Axle and Felix didn't tell them that they'd be *for real* camping in normal tents at a camp site that they have to hike to.

The thing is, Robin is by no means an outdoorsy person. They only agreed to go on the 1st camping trip when they were promised that they'd have all the comforts of home with the added benefit of being surrounded by nature. So they and Kenza are trying to cover up their distress and disappointment (much more successfully than Chris and Victor) as they hike through the woods, swatting bugs and avoiding animal poo. Kenza enjoys nature a bit more than Robin who is a homebody, but not by much. She's a "jog through the park and stop to admire the ducks on the pond, maybe sit on the grass for a while" girly. Not a "roughin it" girly. They end up enjoying themselves a bit more once they can sit down and make smores under the stars. They're stressed but you'd never know it. They even come up with cute songs to cheer up the other party poopers.

Kenza behind Felix's back when he says it'll be a 4 HOUR LONG HIKE:

Robin to Kenza when they're 2 hours into the hike, covered in bug bites, and still haven't reached the campsite:

Felix and Axle are responsible for this little excursion. They were actually only aiming to have Kenza, Robin, and Yurio come but they lucked out; Kenza and Robin asked Victor and Yurio to come and Yurio couldn't say no since it was 2 against 1. So Victor begged Yuuri K. to come who gave him an easy yes. And then Yuuri K. asked Phichit to come who said "lol sure," and Phichit asked Chris to come. Felix and Axle barely had to lift a finger.

Anyways, these boys love the great outdoors. Hiking, mountain climbing, white water rafting, you name it. They've been trying to get Kenza and Robin into the more natural side of life which is why they started soft with glamping. And that's how they trapped them. They are so ECSTATIC that everyone came along, so much so that they are not too upset when Phichit decides to leave. They're not totally aware that everyone else isn't having the best time because they're just excited that they were able to get such a large party to come with them. For Axle, he's just thrilled that he gets to spend time with everyone away from the stress of work. He misses everyone :')

Felix is checking out the birds, pointing out snakes, finding animal tracks, teaching the squad how to do camping stuff, and picking out the mushrooms you can eat. Whole time Axle is beside him hiding happy tears.

Felix when everyone gathers in the lobby of HM to leave for their trip:

Axle when Victor says that he and Yurio would be "more than happy to go camping" with him ((because Victor thinks that Axle looks super hopeful and can't bring himself to say no)):

[kmp78]

"I have doubts but let's wait and see... 🍿"

Finally, that sad story is getting a little interesting again 🍿! But I have doubts, too. I live in SF, and it's a roughly 3,5h to 4h drive to Yosemite. It's so hardly a luxurious glamping trip for the girlies while he's been flying in in a private jet (even if his walking wallet paid 💸). Right now, I'm inclined to believe, dimwit TTT convinced her ragtag team it's a great idea to go there since her boyfie gushed about it all the time but always forgets to bring her. So maybe more a desperate attempt to signal to him what a good fit she would be for our adventure boy! Him and Nana against these 4 dingdongs. I don't really see that either 🤔. And we can be almost certain Embo is nowhere around if TTT is there. I can't see him being ok with 3 strangers tagging along and having to pay for their stay here just because TTT suggested a girls' trip. Somethings not adding up here!

It certainly is a perplexing situation but I will say this:

IF it turns out they did go there to meet Lord Leto, then I'm gonna be laughing my 🍑 off over the fact that A) she had to lug along a whole entourage of her own cos boyfie can't stand the thought of being stuuuuck with her 24/7 and B) they had to flew commercial and coach. 🤭

[shannrussell-blog1]

Glamour Camping, or ‘glamping’ for short, was a term first whispered in my presence last year. And I must admit, as a regular camping enthusiast, I laughed at the notion of someone needing all the comforts of home to enjoy ‘getting away from it all’.

I mean, seriously?

But then I thought about it some more…

And I realised, from a marketing perspective, that a huge number of people are willing to pay good money to go glamping and visit a secluded place they wouldn’t experience otherwise.

While glamping refers to accommodation, such as stylishly furnished luxury tents (sorry – I mean ‘yurts’), safari-style tented resorts, or romantic eco-retreats, in remote locations, there’s not much real camping with a capital ‘C’ going on. Unless you include a daily supply of clean linen, fresh towels, special kitchen equipment and comfortable garden furniture as part of your ordinary camping holiday!

However, it then struck me –

Amidst my eye-rolling and head-shaking about glamping, there are, in fact, a few essential items a girl must take camping, to survive on the road with a little style and comfort. It seems that over my years of camping I’d unknowingly devised my very own girly-girl, must-pack ‘Glampers Survival Kit’.

Call me vain, I know, but here are the 7 fundamental items I can’t do without on the road. Starting from the most important to the most indulgent:

1. Disposable body wipes

These beautifully scented moistened towelettes are an absolute lifesaver for any female camping for more than 48 hours without access to a shower. Second, to a lukewarm bucket bath, the humble body wipe gives a woman the cleansing luxury she needs. Enough said!

2. Sunscreen or moisturiser containing sunscreen

Being outdoors camping for more hours per day than you’d normally be exposes your face and neck to a higher amount of UV radiation. As Aussies, we know the melanoma dangers of too much sun exposure, but what about the harsh sun speeding up the aging process? I suggest slapping on sunscreen or a good moisturiser with sunscreen first thing in the morning, even during winter, to keep your skin supple, smooth and protected. Oh, and looking younger!

3. Tweezers

Great for removing pesky splinters, yes, but most importantly, a girl likes to keep her eyebrows alluring and shapely. Rather…

4. A Hat

There’s nothing more terrifying than arriving home after a week or more camping and seeing John Howard peering back at you in the mirror! Agreed? Oh, you might want to pack a compact mirror too – unless you’re like me and happy to use the rearview mirror. Now that’s classy camping!

Actually, two hats, depending on what time of year and how close to the Tropic of Capricorn you’re camping. Every woman feels better with a cool hat to cover bad hair. Don’t you ladies agree? If you’ve got long hair, make sure you bring a supply of hairbands to tie your hair back and keep it ‘clean’, as well as seal up any busted food bags, and any other minor fix-ups that hairbands are so handy for. If you’ve got very short hair, well good for you. That’s the best for camping. Shave it all off, and be done with it… Unless you need to stay gainfully employed when you get back from your holiday!

5. Nail clippers

These don’t sound all that important, but out in the bush, the fresh air seems to make your fingernails grow faster. Have you noticed that? And then your long fingernails seem to catch on everything, especially when you’re preparing dinner, playing with the kids, pitching tents, collecting firewood and just pottering around the campsite. It’s best to keep your nails short, which keeps them cleaner too.

6. Sunglasses

Really, these are an essential item for everyday wear for most people, however, you’ll appreciate them much more when you’re camping and outdoors in the bright sunlight all day. Sometimes, they can also make you look glamourous…

7. Chewing gum

A good quality gum, with a strong peppermint flavour, can fill the gap between brushing your teeth and your next meal (or kiss!). If you forget the chewing gum, I really hope you remember your toothbrush and toothpaste!

So there… I’ve told you mine. Now you can tell me yours. What’s the most important item in your personal Glampers Survival Kit, ladies?

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