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[xxlordalexanderxx]

@sweet-chimera replied to your post “How attractive is your muse? "Wrong answer,...”:

Honey: SEE!?

​"Just be assertive love, take what you want. DAMAND IT."

[confessions-sm]

To that one anon who said that about comediclaw: Womp womp. They're both adults and garcia'a probably fuckin immortal if hes in the cult and has an amulet. No one applies this logic to ratmeat either, people just pick and choose and it's usually the rare pairs that get thrown under the bus

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[squirrelthing85]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals and followers 💗

Thanks for the ask!

My best pals Ellie and Lizzie

Getting an A on my evolution of human disease final

Songs by Bob Dylan released btwn 1969 and 1971 (and/or songs from 1975-76) (it’s a tie)

Yerba mate

My neighbor’s cat that likes to sit on my windowsill

[putschki1969]

when did Keiko went to Hawaii ? are there any videos ?

Who knows 🤷 I've tried to figure it out myself but my best guess is that she went there in late September. Don't have any solid proof though.

For anyone who is wondering, anon is referring to the little travel diary in Keiko's latest fan club magazine. I provided scans here.

As for videos, no, there are none. This was obviously a private trip so she probably didn't feel like posting too much about it. So far, she has only shared the pictures in her magazine. On that note, I would like to remind everyone of the following:

❗This is FAN CLUB EXCLUSIVE content❗ ❗ FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY❗ ❗DO NOT USE/SHARE ON OTHER SITES❗ ❗SUPPORT KEIKO and JOIN her FAN CLUB. Detailed TUTORIAL❗

[galeforged]

❝ you say whatever you think…i’ve never done that. ❞ - ignatz for raphael

via too lazy to find but closed!

"The way I see it... Life's too short to just beat around the bush all the time, you know? Especially if you can just get your point across the first time!" posed the gentle giant to his shorter companion, thankfully after chewing through mouthfuls of teppanyaki.

Raphael could understand Ignatz's position though. He still remembered a time where the painter purposefully avoided his company within the monastery's walls, all because Ignatz needlessly shouldered blame for something that wasn't even his own fault! It took several tries just to get his buddy to talk, and even with five years gone by since their Academy days, it seems he's still facing some trouble in that respect.

"Think of it like... training your muscles! If you're just working out to get it over and done with, you're not really committed to your own growth. Because of that, you won't get the results you're looking for, since you'll only get back as much as you put in! Right?" The evidence to support the Beast of Leicester's theory, its name be Raphael Kirsten.

"For some folks, they can't take those steps without an extra push from someone else cheering them on, or giving them direction... or even training right with them! And you know what? That's okay too! There's no one right way to get to where you want to be. If relying on friends helps them get there, then all the better!

"Same goes just for speaking your mind. It's not as scary as you think it is after you take that first step. You just gotta keep at it, and if you're still having a hard time by yourself? Then you can always lean on me, buddy!"

[hey-jac]

Tumblr, can you do something for me? Can you please leave a flower for my cousin, who died by suicide a year ago?

You can do this one of three ways:

Leave a flower on his Find a Grave page. (This link will take you to an external website. Note that in order to leave a flower this way, you must have an account with Find a Grave.)

Reblog this post with with a flower in your tags.

Reply to this post with a flower.

Here are some flowers you can copy/paste: ✿❀❁🌸🌺🌻🌼🌷🌹

If you are reblogging or replying, please feel free to also use one or more of the additional emojis beneath the Keep reading cut. (They represent some of the good memories from our childhood together.)

Any kind messages are also appreciated. It has been a year ago today (September 9, 2024), and I am struggling.

Activities

🎮 Playing Video Games 🚲 Riding Bikes 🐸 Catching Toads; Raising Frogs 🌌 Visiting the Planetarium 🎡 Visiting the Amusement Park 🎢 Riding Roller-coasters 🛟 Visiting the Water Park 🏊 Taking Swimming Lessons; Going to the Pool 🛼 Visiting the Skating Rink 🚂 Visiting the Train Museum; Living Near the Railroad Tracks 🛝 Visiting the Park 🏸 Playing Badminton (But Making it Up) 🎯 Playing Darts (The Very Pointy Kind) 🚚 Using Everything as a Playground (Including the Moving Trucks)

Video Games

👾 Arcade Games; Atari; Space Invaders 🧩 Banjo-Kazooie (N64) 🍔 Burgertime (NES) 🦍 Diddy Kong Racing (N64); Donkey Kong Country (SNES) 🐲 Dragon Warrior (NES) 🍖 The Legend of Zelda (NES) 🍞 Quest 64 (N64) 🍄 Super Mario Bros 1 & 2 (NES); Mario 64 (N64)

TV & Movies

💭 Animaniacs (1993-1998) 🦆 Darkwing Duck (1991-1992); DuckTales (1987-1990) 💔 Dragonheart (1996) 🐳 Free Willy (1993) 🧚 Hook (1991) 💋 Indiana Jones (original movies, 1981-1989) 🏺 Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 🦖 Jurassic Park (1993) 🦁 The Lion King (1994); Timon & Pumbaa (1995-1999) 👽 Men in Black (1997) 💥 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1996) 🐁 Pinky and the Brain (1995-1998) 🔮 Sinbad (movies by Columbia Pictures, 1958-1977) 🌟 Star Wars (original trilogy, 1977-1983) 🐻 TaleSpin (1990-1991) 🐢 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996) 🧨 Tiny Toon Adventures (1990-1995) 🤠 They Call Me Trinity (1970); Trinity Is Still My Name (1971) 🍫 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) 🐬 Zeus and Roxanne (1997)

[jaskierx]

republic of pirates dashboard simulator part 2

thanks to @sherlockig for the screencaps 💕

part 1

⚓️pirate-tats-tournament

and the winner is...

BLACKBEARD'S SNAKE TATTOO with 78.6% of the vote

thanks for voting!

#pirate tattoo tournament #poll result #next time i'm gonna seed it properly so we don't end up with the final 8 tattoos all being on the same guy smh

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🐶saltyseadog

hi everyone i'm fang/kevin and my pronouns are he/him 🥰 looking for more people to follow so like or reblog if you post about:

cute dogs

goats

leather

piracy

art

fishing

stories about demon boys

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🍖knivesareknives

#if you picked 2 or more let's be friends

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🌊keeptheseaclean Follow

friends don't let friends throw rubbish into the sea. THINK before you THROW

🎣managainstbeast

can everyone report this account for harassment please. i know the guy in the photo and he is lovely and has really nice hair and he hasn't given his permission for this image to be used.

#posts from the fishing boat #also one man's foul projectile is another man's lovely letter. just saying. broaden your horizons #there's only one thoughtless dipshit here and it isn't stede

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🦈sharkinfested

who the fuck is 'anti ship'. i didn't even know that was a thing. this website is something else

🌴palmtreeappreciationclub Follow

people who don't support incest. it's that simple

🦈sharkinfested

that doesn't make any sense. i literally live on the same island as every generation of my family. if i was against ships i'd have a much harder time finding someone to fuck who isn't related to me

#how am i supposed to get anywhere else without a ship? fucking swim?? i don't think so #but sure keep virtue signalling i guess #💿🐴

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🔪notafuckingmermaid

reblog this if you ARE POLYAMOROUS, SUPPORT POLYAMOROUS PEOPLE, or ARE CURRENTLY COVERED IN THE BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES 🩸

#3/3 😌

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🕊️see-which-sea-witch Follow

To love the sea as she must be loved requires change.

🌊keeptheseaclean Follow

to love the sea as she must be loved requires NO MORE THROWING RUBBISH INTO HER

🐙krakenmyjoints

bro you're literally replying to a bird

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🐳calicojackwhippedmyballs

you'll see a post that's like 'HRRRHRNESDGJNKDFG I NEEEEED HIM I NEED HIM SO BADLY HE'S SOOOOOOOOO HE'S HGURIESGHDKLJG' and then it'll be a picture of the soggiest white guy you've ever seen

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⛵️gentlemanprivates

hrresrgjerskdghklgjfdgdkl i need to get him PREGNANT he's EVERYTHING he's SOO ASDJHGKLFJSDG

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[chloesinferno]

Something I and many other people have noticed is that TikTokers seem to care way too much about what emojis people put in their name or bio.

Whenever I see someone's name have "🍖🌈", "🌸🌙", or "🎱 🎀" the replies are filled with "EW KEYS PROSHIPPER" or that one soap bar copy-paste reply 🧼, even if the person's comment was completely unrelated to their views on fiction.

At this point I think I'm going to start replying to random anti's comments asking them if they're a proshipper. Not like in the way they do, (harassing people goes against my beliefs no matter if it's a joke) but in a "Oh wow, are you a proshipper? (⁠>⁠0⁠<⁠；⁠)" way. I just feel like jabbing at them a bit without being rude.

[system-hottakes]

( Long post lol )

Outside of the consistant breaching of privacy, r/systemscringe doesn't deserve it's reputation. Portraying them as this massive evil entity that constantly looms over the system community only empowers them.

Ridicule them. Make fun of them. Prove how they're wrong, correct misinformation and malinformation, and laugh in their faces. Treat them like the pests they are.

They are no better than armchair psychologists, "autism moms", nor those who demonize Schizospectrum and Cluster B personality disorders.

Treat them the same way people treat flat-earthers, antivaxxers, and unschoolers. What they say is generally ridiculous and have almost zero research to back their claims.

They are no different from school bullies or internet trolls.

Alternatively, don't interact with them. Block them and don't respond. Don't give them a speck of attention- that's all they want anyways. They're ragebaiters.

And if they reach out to you then treat them like spam bots. Annoy them until they give up talking to you. Reply with nonsense answers. Talk to them about something entirely unrelated. Just don't harass them, that's stooping to their level and it only gives them more ammunition and drive to continue what they're doing.

Idk man, I'm tired of their bullshit. Having to deal with these people whilst fighting off Covid for the second time makes you a special kind of annoyed. Don't feel pressured to post this, I know r/systemscringe is a hot topic right now and talking about it only invites them onto your blog.

-🍖🌾

!!!! Nod, nod. Personally we don't want to talk about them much, because we get incredibly paranoid and our fear of humiliation is extreme, but we really agree with these points

[endopropaganda]

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[xxlordalexanderxx]

@gunslinginnhogtyin replied to your post “"Bloody hell I wear BREIFS NOW I'm ' not free...”:

“Ain’t nothin’ wrong with free ballin’, yer majesty. Th’ boys gotta breathe sometimes.”

"This is true, but apparently I couldn't stop knocking people out."

[antiendovents]

sent a rant/vent under anon as 🍖🌾 a while ago (maybe half a week?) and idk if you chose not to answer it or if tumblr just ate it or maybe its in queue? just curious what happened to it /g /nm

yeah we got it, don't worry. It's in the queue, sorry it took us so long to reply to it !!

[simmingnate]

❤️BEVERLEE IS BACK!❤️

She and Don have returned from their h😈rny holiday, but while Bev is feeling fresh, Don is worn out. He can't handle the idea of going back to work so soon! Beverlee is initially disinterested, but decides - just this once - to be supportive 😊

The Pepperlets are sad to be back at Chateau Peppers after their weekend with Johnny, and Davee is especially gloomy about the lack of Harvestfest spirit 😔

He asks his sisters why they don't celebrate, to which Destinee replies: Because Beverlee is a piece of poop 💩!

When Davee's back is turned, Destinee hatches a plan with Daphnee - they both hate to see their brother sad, so why not do something about it? 😉

Destinee swipes Don's phone and places a Zoomers order! They may not have a feast, but they will have a decent meal! 🦃

Within mere moments, the Zoomers delivery arrived. Spaghetti for Harvestfest may not be traditional, but when has a Peppers family member ever been bothered about tradition?

Vegee Daphnee sensed some meat in the sauce, but decided not to make a fuss🍖

While looking for his missing phone, Don stumbled upon the Pepperlets sharing a meal. The Zoomers bags gave him a clue as to what had happened, but he was so charmed by them that he didn't mind Destinee's thievery - he was just happy to see them enjoying themselves! 😊

Don was SO charmed, in fact, that he insisted on taking a photo of the Pepperlets. What a trio! 🥹🥰

I always knew Don was fond of them, but could they possibly be making him broody (broodee) for a kid of his own…? 🤔

[confessions-sm]

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[galeforged]

Raphael: Smash or Pass for Marianne?

via Send me “Smash or Pass” + a name and my muse will answer with 100% honesty. (open!)

for @tomestobetold!

Now there’s a name that never failed to bring a wide, dopey smile to his face... if not for that question. Raphael liked Marianne plenty, sure. He liked her a lot! However, he can’t help but frown a little at how he had been asked such a thing. If they asked whether or not he liked her, he would have no problem singing her praises – whether in human or birdese!

But this?

“I can’t just go on ahead and skip straight to that!”

Too many important steps have just been swept under the rug! That’s just rude!

“Look, there’s a lot of things you gotta do before you get to that point. Okay?” he emphasized, almost lecturing his inquirer as a stern older brother would to teach a younger sibling an important life lesson. That’s how mom and dad made sure he grew up a good son, after all. “You have to think about how she feels! And you can’t do that without getting to know her properly first and being nice to her. You shouldn’t expect a reward for being nice though, because pressuring someone is not how real love works. See?”

So that begged the question: how did real love work, in Raphael’s eyes? As far as he could tell, he and Marianne got along great, and they knew plenty about one another already. The meathead supposed that saved talking about dates, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t like to go on a couple of those with Margrave Edmund’s daughter. If it means hearing her laugh more, then great!

“So let’s see... First, I gotta be slow and gentle. Start by asking her... how she feels about me.”

Only then did it sink in that he was talking about a possible confession of his feelings towards Marianne, and the mountain of the man could already feel himself grow a little hot under the collar. “If—and only if—she says she feels the same way, uh... I’d ask if it’s okay to kiss her.”

But then more and more questions kept popping up from there.

“Wait, I should introduce her to Grandpa and Maya first, right?” Raphael rubbed his large hand against his temple as if in deep thought... and it was hurting his head. “No, wait! I should probably get flowers ready! Or... do I try and set the right mood with some food first? But what would she like to eat...?”

Maybe he should write to his little sister first and see what she thinks.

[dracomort]

HAM TACOS ineeditnow 🍖🌮

For the ask game

So this is my Tom/Draco/Harry fic which has a slightly convoluted plot, but in essence, Diary Tom unintentionally drags Draco, Harry and Nagini into a Time Loop after trying and failing to kill Harry with the Killing Curse (yet again). At this point in the narrative, Tom and Draco have been working together for over a year, Tom and Nagini a couple of months, and Tom and Harry have become reacquainted for the first time since Harry stabbed him with a Basilisk Fang in second year.

Note: every time Tom kills Harry, it resets the loop.

I don't really know what scene to share as I wrote it very much out of order and a lot doesn't make sense without context. The below is just pulled from a squabble between Tom and Harry:

Scene

And Riddle pushed him down without needing to use his hands at all. Down, til Harry’s back was flat on the polished floorboards, til his ribcage buckled in against his lungs, threatening to break. 

He splayed his hand across Harry’s chest, the yew wand between his palm and Harry’s shirt. “You breathe on my terms,” he said. “You live at my will, Potter. Don’t forget that.”

Every muscle in his body was on fire. There were black spots dancing in front of Harry’s eyes. He could physically feel his ribs beginning to fracture under the weight of Riddle’s magic. Yet, at the same time, there was no pressure on his head or neck at all. He’d been left with full mobility, for some reason.

“Do you understand?” Riddle said. 

He wants me to nod, Harry realised. The surge of anger that followed was almost enough to wipe the pain from his mind. Instead he spat, aiming for Riddle’s eye but only hitting his cheek. 

But Riddle didn’t recoil, didn’t seem shocked or disgusted. Instead he smiled, slow and amused, and Harry became utterly certain that he was going to be hurt worse than he’d ever been hurt in his life. He set his jaw, braced himself, glared up at him, not allowing the smallest hint of trepidation to cross his face. If only Riddle’s magic would let up for a moment—if he could just—

“That’s what I thought,” Riddle said. 

Yet, before he could make good on any horrible plan that was spinning through his psychopathic brain, they were interrupted by the slam of a heavy door downstairs. 

“You’ll wait your turn,” Harry heard Malfoy say crossly, voice slightly muffled but still distinct. “I’ve not even sat down yet and here you are fussing about food!”

“Master left the chicken on the table,” Nagini’s hissed reply came. “It has been tempting me all morning. Now he is murdering the Potter boy again and I won’t be fed til tomorrow.”

“Yes, yes, one moment,” Malfoy said, not understanding a word. 

Magic was still binding Harry to the floor, but Riddle’s attention had shifted. He was listening to Malfoy putter about in the kitchen, brow creased. Evidently, he had not been expecting him back so early.  

Though he didn’t stray from watching Riddle for a moment, Harry listened keenly to Malfoy downstairs, the sounds of his slippers on the kitchen tiles, the pop of the vacuum on the fridge unsealing as he opened the door. 

“Oh, not again,” Malfoy muttered. Then, raising his voice, “Tom, you’ve forgotten to buy Nagini’s chicken!” 

Riddle sighed. “I didn’t forget,” he called, matching Malfoy’s volume, “I’ve just left them in the bag on the dining table.”

“The bag? Where—oh, I see. Well, why didn’t you put it in the fig-box?”

“The fridge,” he said, with the exasperation of one who’d made the same correction a hundred times. “I was taking out the groceries when I got distracted.” Distracted was an understatement. 

He’d turned away from Harry now, though his magic scarcely eased up. 

“So you did forget,” Malfoy said, triumphant. 

It seemed Riddle thought he could keep Harry subdued while not paying the slightest attention to him. His magic eased off further as he turned fully away to snap, “I didn’t—”

Using Riddle’s distraction and the freedom of his head and neck, Harry forced his body up, smashing his forehead into Riddle’s perfect nose with as much force as he could muster. 

Riddle went down hard, swearing, head catching the corner of a low table.

With an almost audible snap, Harry felt the last of Riddle’s magical restraints evaporate. Harry was on him in an instant, shoving, hitting, biting, doing anything he could to keep him down. He was driven not only by anger and fear, but also an overwhelming, inexplicable urge to get Riddle underneath him, to have him admit defeat. To show him his place. 

At first, it seemed to work, Riddle clumsy and disoriented from his head wound, but Harry had barely a moment of satisfaction before Riddle’s fist collided with the side of his head, a knee going straight into his abdomen. And then they were fighting, rolling across the floor like wild animals. Riddle hit and took hits with the fluency of one well-versed in street brawls. And really, Harry shouldn’t have been surprised. It was easy to be misled by Riddle’s aristocratic features and expensive clothes, but dressing himself out of Malfoy’s closet and imitating his accent did not erase a childhood as an orphan in Muggle London.

Harry gave as good as he got. He wasn’t a street rat, but he’d had to fight back against Dudley’s oversized friends for as long as he could remember. And Tom was tall, but he didn't have Dudley's weight or muscle mass to use against Harry.

“What’s going—Merlin!” Malfoy’s voice only added to the chaos. “Levicorpus!” 

And Harry found himself jerked off his feet, hanging upside down by his ankle. Of course he’d been the one targeted, despite the whole situation being Riddle’s fault. Still, Malfoy’s spell was in some ways a welcome respite from the pain. 

Riddle hadn’t stood up yet and was squinted at Harry as if he couldn’t understand how he’d flipped upside down. His face was covered in blood, both from his nose and a large gash on his forehead that Harry couldn’t remember causing.

With a sick sort of pleasure, Harry hoped he’d been concussed. Not so pretty now, he thought viciously.

“Great Aunt Hisperia’s vase!” Malfoy exclaimed, bypassing the both of them to fuss over a pile of shattered porcelain in the corner. Harry vaguely recalled it being a hideous toad shaped monstrosity. He hadn’t broken it on purpose, but would’ve if it had occurred to him. 

Riddle stood, swaying, and went to sit on the chaise. By the time Malfoy turned around, he’d composed himself enough to make his seated position look deliberate, rather than born of necessity. “I don’t see the problem,” he said, voice coming out thick and congested. “It’ll be fixed by tomorrow.”

“I suppose there’s no need to heal your face then. Since it’ll be ‘fixed by tomorrow’.” Still, even as he spoke, Malfoy had returned to Riddle’s side and was inspecting his injuries, lips pursed. He continued to complain as he fixed his nose and healed his forehead and the back of his head. The skin knitted back together more seamlessly than any spell Harry had seen performed by even Madam Pomphrey. The Elder Wand, again. It was strange to see the ‘death stick’ used for such a purpose. “I need to brew some bruise paste. You’re going to be black and purple before the reset.”

“S’alright, I’ll just kill Potter and we can avoid all of that,” Riddle said, nonchalant, words slightly slurred. Definitely concussed. 

“No, no. We’re not doing that,” Malfoy said patiently, continuing to heal him. “No more killing Potter. We discussed this.”

Harry cleared his throat. “Mind letting me down, then?” All the talk of killing him was making him a tad uneasy. He felt exposed without his wand. 

“But I prefer you like this,” Malfoy drawled, turning to give Harry an unimpressed once over. “Perhaps I should string you up every morning. Keep you out of trouble.”

Harry managed to bite back a ‘I’d like to see you try’, or a childish: ‘Riddle started it’, because, well, those didn’t seem conducive to getting himself let down. He settled for mullish silence, crossing his arms and glaring at Malfoy. 

He was therefore surprised when Malfoy broke the spell gently, allowing him to float down to the floor rather than just leaving him to fall on his head. “Er, thanks,” he said. 

“You look like shit, Potter,” was the only response. 

Harry stood, a hand to the wall to steady himself. His shoulder felt dislocated, his ribs cracked and bruised. The only comfort was that Riddle didn’t look any better than Harry felt. One of his eyes was swelling shut, and the Episkeys were doing little to counteract the blood dripping down from his hairline. And, despite his sorry state, he was watching Harry like he wanted to have another go at him. 

“What?” Malfoy sneered when he saw Harry still looking at them. “Want me to heal your face too, Potter? I rather think Tom’s improved it.”

Harry rolled his eyes. “I’ll fix it myself.”

He let himself out of the study, but had to sit on the top of the landing to rest, head spinning. Even through the closed door, he could still hear Malfoy complaining.