#( psa. ) WITCH CODE.

[cypherlune]

OPEN RP

PSA: This RP is a part one of a 3 part open RP series over the next.... two weeks? Yes Evelyn might forget some of you... because ✨angst✨. This RP will be doing a really deep dive into her backstory, which does contain some trauma and stuff. So uhhhh yeah. The Blue Beam may make a short appearance too. Enjoy! TW: mention of Abuse --------------------------------------------------- You hadn't heard from Evelyn for almost 2 weeks now. This wasn't super unusual, because sometimes she was on a really covert mission or fixated on work. But she always told you when she was gonna disappear. Not always why, but she'd always tell you. And something told you that this was different. You had searched her room, asked the Avengers to keep tabs on her apartment back in North Carolina (her old adoptive parents house), and still nothing. You were getting worried. But you knew that she was strong. [Timeskip to about 1 week earlier] Evelyn had known this day would come someday. The day when her longtime captors would come for her eventually. And catch her. Why did she have to be tired at that moment? All these thoughts rushed through her head as HYDRA scientists surrounded the room and prepared something. She knew what they were going to try to do. Extract the code from her head if she didn't tell them. . "Hello petit fille." Her old handler sneers in her face. God she hated him. The years of harrassment and pain from him clearly showed in her eyes. She stared back up at him, her teal eyes shining with determination. "You know I wont just give you the code." She said, trying to be brave. "Oh we know." Her handler said with a wicked grin, stepping back to let the scientists strap her in. They didn't manage to get the code out of her head, but they managed to wipe all of her memories. Only her HYDRA conditioning remained. Not the Blue Beam, (though HYDRA will call her that) but Evelyn, working for HYDRA. She began doing work almost immediately. Their best assassin now under their control again. [back to normal] You got news from someone on how there was an assassin going around killing people as of late. You groaned. You knew what this meant. She was back, and you couldn't stop her. If you could break through the Blue Beam mind control.... no. This is different. Not the Alter ego. You immediately pack up your stuff, a small backpack and put your suit on to look for her. You find her in an alleyway, just finishing up an assassination. She had her back turned to you, suit in stealth mode (the glowing turquoise on her suit is dimmed to a dark teal) and her hood up. "Evelyn?" You whisper quietly. Hoping somewhere in there she was there. [part one, part two in like 4 days after everyones Rp'd with this one] tags: @the-good-redheaded-witch @crazyinlovewithmarvel (idk what rp blog u wanna use so) @serenastark-official @hydrabucky @thebestmerc-1 @over-bi-the-wayside @goddess-of-birds @little-lost-prince @luna-draven @nadia-stark-official @your-fav-russian-assassin @alliestatefanficworld tag others and feel free to join if you want (even ppl who have never interacted)

[cursecuelebre]

Witch/Tarot PSA: DO NOT BUY COUNTERFEIT DECKS.

What is a counterfeit deck?

These are “decks” are illegal manufacture of actual real tarot decks that are not created by the actual publishing houses or the artist or author. These were copy pasted terribly on small cheap card stock in plastic folded boxes rather than the regular boxes that the publishing company would use. These cards will not sometimes credit the author or artist, do not use the copyrighted company which is illegal and it will not come with a guidebook but a QR code on the back.

Why are they bad?

Yes buying regular and legit decks can be expensive in my country US it’s about $30 if the deck is brand new. Not that expensive but if you can’t spare $30 save your money or wait till they go on sale. Tarot is a luxury not a necessity remember that. When one buy these decks their money will not go to the artist or author or even publishing company but a Chinese factory most likely a sweatshop that are treating their workers terribly. I’d rather pay full priced for an artist and authors hardwork that they deserve knowing they put their blood, sweat, and tears for. Also creating these inauthentic decks harms the environment as well.

Keep in mind publishing houses like Llewelyn or Us Game systems are not big, their not penguin books or Harper Collins these are small publishing companies that need to have a percentage of the sales.

Author Ciro Marchetti known for his Glided Tarot said that he doesn’t want to continue his art career for tarot because of this reason, of his deck being illegal pirated and sold for a very cheap price that isn’t worth it because the quality is terrible and unethical. It affects the artists and authors mostly because their work is being produced by companies that they won’t get rightfully paid for.

Also here’s one of the most messed up thing I discovered, I love my small metaphysical shops and my family likes to explore all kinds of shops in my state of Connecticut. But when I go into a shop and I see those counterfeit decks now unlike Temu where they sell them for less than $10 these owners would sell them for full price. This is a scam because people who are unaware just brought a pirated item thinking it’s legit and actually produced by an actual publishing company when it’s a cheaply made deck and the pictures are terrible quality very pixelated. I get angry when I see these decks and I’m taking my business somewhere else.

There have been cases where people are selling AI versions of tarot decks for instance, The Dark Wood Tarot by Sasha Graham (wonderful deck highly recommend) the art was stolen and reused for a AI tarot deck that used the same name and everything. Beware of that and I know that isn’t a common but AI tarot exists so be careful especially on sites like Etsy, Etsy has a lot of AI decks, do your research and message the seller if possible at times the seller will even put in the bio of what it is their selling if it’s made from AI.

How to Prevent It

Spread awareness, US game systems made an excellent statement on counterfeit decks and telling customers how to spot them. If you see counterfeit decks in your metaphysical shop you can confront them if you want I know confrontations can be difficult especially for small businesses but again it’s important to bring it up even asking politely, “I noticed you have counterfeit decks and selling for full price why is that?” But if not take your business elsewhere maybe leave a review warning others about them. But I find it hard to believe that a lot of these shop owners don’t know what their doing when selling these decks, unless they’re very irresponsible or just don’t care about ethics of business or even laws of their business.

Cues when you are checking a counterfeit deck?

Does it have the artist’s and author’s name sometimes the person is both author and artist.

Does it come with a guidebook when the normal deck usually does. Some of these illegal decks will remove “guidebook” from the title and have a small QR Code on the back of these decks that’s your NUMBER ONE CLUE when you spot these decks THEY DO NOT HAVE GUIDEBOOKS BUT QR CODES FOR THE SAID GUIDEBOOK. THEIR VERY SMALL COMPARE TO THE AUTHENTIC DECKS.

Do they put the Publishing Company’s name for copyright? For instance those annoying US Game systems borders usually will have their copyright (within good reason to not let the cards to be ripped off that’s why you don’t see many us game system tarot rip offs). To spot the copyright title it’s on the box usually on the back, it will be small but it will have ©️ then the publishing company’s name.

Do you know of the tarot deck is a mini? Sometimes authors and publishers will republish regular decks for minis. Be sure the deck says mini or look up to see if the publishing company republished a tarot mini compare the decks if they match.

[witchail]

𝐃𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 ?

( i've already forgotten the time i've lived as human... beyond this vague memories was an appetite for "the desire to be loved by someone" as i shivered in the cold loneliness.)

# 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐋 - independent, low-activity, extremely canon divergent portrayal of C.C., the immortal gray witch, from the code geass franchise. inspirations from re;surrection and the untranslated r2 novel will be present, with focus being on character development rather than scripted events. beloved by ailli (she / her / 25+ / pst. ) permanent mood : vibing.

icon template : poetryrph, hyruleshop theme + graphics : hyruleshop

PSA : it has been a very long time since i watched the anime. i do not remember much aside from selective memories i have for c.c. scenes / moments. i have watched re;surrection and while i do not agree with the pacing and the convenience of it, i am inspired by the character depths c.c. was given. i do not follow canon or fanon portrayal, and frankly i am just here to vibe.

QUICK NOTES / GUIDELINES :

01. hello, hello, once again i will reiterate this is an extremely private and likely very slow activity blog. i work very strange and inconsistent hours, and thus availability has been rather scarce. discord is available to mutuals, where i eagerly await to plot / chat / geek out about our muse. also duplicate friendly.

02. due to my work schedule, shipping is not a priority in this blog and it shall remain reserved for close friends who are interested in plotting something beyond the ship. i am ship-exclusive, so i only ship with one version of said muse. once again be aware that i am very low-activity.

03. needless to say, i am someone who adores plotting. i love complex plots, plots that compliments canon, plots that derails from canon, i think plotting is great. my motivation for threads is honestly influenced by context, and if we have that i can definitely go ham. of course, i know not everyone carries my same preference, but i will do my best to accommodate.

04. please be aware : i have grown extremely tired with drama / gossips circulating around the rpc. i will follow / unfollow people at my own discretion and would prefer to stay away from any spectacle or public showcasing. frankly i am just here to write, have fun with mutuals, and preferably not pick sides. my current stance on call out is rather neutral, and i would prefer to make my own conclusion rather take on the pressure of public outcry. i take this level of judgement seriously.

05. keep in mind : i do not do character exclusives. i do not have the energy to commit to anyone's portrayal nor do i want to make anyone expect / wait from me in general. as mentioned above i am really busy, so i cannot and will not do an exclusive writing with any character. i do practice having mains, but even then i am just a very chill and lazy blog lmao.

06. i ask that you tagged your nsfw content, particularly anything involving nsfw imagery. due to the nature of my job, i have free access to tumblr and would prefer not to see any nsfw visuals if it can be tagged and avoided. i am very attentive when it comes to adding tags in my filter list, and if the untagged offence happens repeatedly : then this will be one of the few reasons i will unfollow.

[tvguidancecounselor]

TV Guidance Counselor Episode 615: Mike Doughty

February 16-22, 1980

This week Ken welcomes musician, author and man behind the new lp "Ghosts of Vroom III", Mike Doughty.

Ken and Mike discuss how 1980 was a good poignant television year in Mike's life, being a military kid, how a year of no Mork & Mindy leads to a year of no TV at all, The American Forces Network, the outro credit song on WKRP in Cincinnati, finding out what music you like from Sitcoms, Angel Witch, the consistency of television, moving a lot, how we'd all be better off as accountants, the exciting and elusive world of commercials, Zapping your Zinger, living in Germany, specific PSAs made for AFN by the original cast of SNL, how TV reporters made the world worse by trying to sign off impressively, The Superbowl, learning about American culture via Commercials, Norman Fell, six ways to cry, dramas spun off from comedies, Lou Grant, Cop Rock, Quincy M.E., Skag with Karl Malden, Last Resort, CHiPs, dripping in Orchestral disco, how analog synth lasers make everything better, theme songs that chart, Starsky and Hutch, Mr. Smith, the prevalence of Orangutans and apes in television and movies, CB Radios, BJ and the Bear, Citizen's Band, pretending to be a doctor, how comedy never works on live music shows, how music often DOES work on comedy shows, avoiding OJ Simpson's acting work, Alice, Linda Lavin, the 70s shows that went well into the 80s, the horror of the word "booger", being Dr. Johnny Fever, Barney Miller, seeing TV sitcom actors on Broadway, coded gay characters, The White Shadow, Goldie and Liza Together, Bob Newhart's sketch comedy special, Real People, how the death of disco lead to mud wrestling and wet t-shirt contents, being confused for a real people person when you're a Real People person, when political debates became roast battles, Dragnet, The Rockford Files, young Powers Booth, old fashioned typewriters, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, The Hulk Out List, doing Bill Moyers, dueling Merv Griffins, the made for-TV movie Detour to Terror, buses, photos of Lorenzo Lamas, and recommending Blacke's Magic.

[slainson]

soooo, i just got my laptop back after like a year without it!!  i mean, i had access to a pc but it just ain’t the same as the lazy convenience of a laptop yanno.  anyway this has lead to me poking my nose in on my numerous dusty old blogs and feeling nostalgic lmao  i thought if i am gonna dip my toe into tumblr again it might as well be here on connor because one, a single muse blog and two, connor has just .......  always been something of a comfort character.  so, why not ig!  now tbh, i am pretty sure my number of active mutuals rn is like ................. zero ??  so ig i will be doing all that annoying stuff like posting promos to find active folks tbh!  but if u are an old mutual come say hi u gremlin.  

[krasnayavedma]

tag drop 003.

[orlissa]

Short History of the American Comic Book Industry, Part I (1929-1954)

No-one asked for it, but I can, so here it comes:

The 0th hour

The turn of the century: comics exist as political cartoons and comic strips in Sunday newspapers

Then we have The Funnies (1929-1930), which was, well, like a comic magazine, but not really. It was published weekly/monthly, was sold at newsstands, had new materisl, but it was described as “more a Sunday comic section without the rest of the newspaper.” It also folded quickly.

But then in 1933 some clever guys at the Eastern Color Printing Company had the great idea to reprint Sunday comics, so the printers wouldn’t be standing idle during the night. This became The Famous Funnies, which was given away as a promotional item by Procter & Gamble. It was a HUGE hit.

So the next year came Funnies on Parade, which is considered the first real American comic book. Because it was sold for money! (10 cents) And it had new material! First in black and white, then soon in color. And people loved it, and bout hundreds of thousand copies of it.

And then of course people started to realize that there was business in comics, and within a couple of years, everybody and their mother was publishing comics.

The Golden Age

Started with Superman—with Action Comics #1 in 1938

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who were high school buddies, had actually been working on the character since 1933. At some point, he was meant to be a villain. At another, he was meant to have been sent back from the future. They got $130 for the script.

He is also a Jewish assimilation fantasy (PSA: most of the big name from the early days of comics were Jewish) and kinda like Moses—somebody who is different, and is loved for being different.

And it was a total fluke that he ended up on the cover of Action Comics. If I remember well, publisher Jack Liebowitz decided on the cover the day before the issue went to printing.

Superman was everything that people loved: sci-fi, fantasy, mythology, pulp. They loved it.

Soon, everyone is doing superheroes. Like, everyone. There are a bunch of publishers, too, because everyone wants a slice of the profit. Most characters never get their own series, and are soon forgotten.

Batman came in 1939. Marvel also started publishing comics that year, but back then they were known as Timely comics. Their first characters were Namor and the Human Torch, but not the Johnny Storm Human Torch. Nope, this was an android.

People love comics, everybody is reading comics, and the most popular titles sells more than a million copies per issue. But it’s embarrassing to work on comics. If you want to be taken seriously as an illustrator/writer, you won’t admit that you’ve worked on comics. I bunch of comics from this era is uncredited.

Stanley Lieber started working for Timely at 17, in 1940 (he was a relative of the boss’ wife, that’s how he got the job). He wanted to be a serious a writer, so he knew he couldn’t have his real name featured in comics. So he signed his stuff as Stan Lee instead.

Most comics are about three times as long as the ones today, and they feature a wide range of different stories: superhero stuff, talking animals, western, slapstick… There is a huge variety of genres. Each story is about 10 pages long, and those are separate, self-contained stories. Comics are printed in cheap, bad quality paper, and they’re not meant to last, so there’s not really any point in creating much of a continuity.

Only Timely is kinda doing it by sow the seeds of the shared narrative universe.

Also, of course, Wonder Woman also debuts in 1941. Holy cow, her creator, William Moulton Marston, was some character. Even more so than how he is depicted in Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, which does a great job at showcasing his theories and a terrible job at showing the origins of Wonder Woman.  

Atomic Age, transition, and witch hunt

The superhero bubble bursts after the end of WWII. The biggest characters were all about the war effort and patriotism, and we don’t really care about it anymore. The interest shifts to science fiction, horror, true crime (these two mostly read by returning GIs, NOT by kids), and most superheroes are forgotten. Some people call this period the Atomic Age of Comics

William Moulton Marston dies in 1947, and Robert Kanigher takes over writing Wonder Woman, replacing WMM’s bondage-infused “feminism” (the quotation marks are justified) with traditional femininity. Now it’s not about Diana bringing peace, but about her getting Steve marry her.

Captain America fights commies for a couple of issues in 1954, and it’s surreal.

Also, TV sets were becoming more popular, so kids turned to TV instead of comics.

Criticism against comics it also growing. Because it’s bad. It’s immoral, and it hurts the kids’ eyes, and it goes against physics and stuff.

The real problem is that for the first time, kids are deciding for themselves what to read—comics are cheap enough that they can buy them themselves.

People actually hold comic burnings in the late 1940s.

Then here comes Dr. Fredric Wertham, psychiatrist, who was working with juvenile delinquents in Harlem, and he had this idea that kids turned to crime because they were reading comics. And he was loud about it.

 In 1954, he published a book titled Seduction of the Innocent, where he said stuff like Batman and Robin promoted a gay lifestyle (I’ll give it to him, those early Batman comics were pretty gay), Wonder Woman was a bad role model for girls (they weren’t supposed to want to be like her, because WW was independent and badass and stuff), and Superman made people believe physics didn’t matter.

 He was wrong on many counts, of course, because, as said before, every kid was reading comics, and those who came from stable families didn’t turn to crime.

He eventually made such a noise that a senate subcommittee was set up to discuss whether comics were bad or not.

The side against comics was represented by Wertham, a charismatic professional. The side for comics was represented by the business heads of the comic publishers, who had no idea about the content of their publications. Because it just cannot go wrong, right?

(Except for William Gaines, the head of EC Comics, who said at the hearing that a cover featuring a severed head is in good taste for a horror comic. Not the best response in the given situation.)

In the end, the committee decided that there was little credibility in Wertham’s claims, but comics still might be a problem, so the industry should regulate itself.

So they formed the Comics Code Authority (CCA) as a self-censorship body for comics

 They issues an editorial guideline that said stuff like good always has to win, authority figures cannot be shown in a bad light, crime cannot be shown, words like terror or horror cannot be shown on the cover, no monsters, no indecent clothes, etc.

 If anyone wanted to publish a comic, they had to submit it to the CCA, and it decided if it was okay by the guidelines or it. If it was, it got a stamp—the seal of approval—on the cover.

The seal had no legal standing, but there was an agreement with the wholesalers that they would only carry comics with the seal.

On the short term, this led to the bankruptcy is a lot of publishers. It basically killed off the horror genre. On the long run, it created a market vacuum, that was filled in by a new wave of superhero titles (the Silver Age is coming, baby!), and also helped to establish the underground comix movement.

The CCA had a huge effect on the industry for decades, but it started to lose its power by the 70s. By the 90s, only four companies were in it. On of those, Harvey, went bankrupt in the 90s. Marvel left in 2001. DC, and finally Archie, in 2011.

[seashells-and-stormclouds]

Witchy PSA

Karma =/= the Wiccan Rede.

Karma, according to my good friend Google, is "(in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences."

So, Karma is what determines what lessons you have to learn in your next life. Your actions in this life will affect your Karma, and what you will become in your next life as a result. There are much more detailed versions of my bastardized explanation out there, but know that minimalizing the concept down to punishment and reward is not only reductionist, it's also disrespectful to Hinduism and Buddhism.

Karma is NOT the Threefold Law in Wiccanism. Some, if not most of you, know it by the line "Mind the Threefold Law you should, three times bad and three times good."

The essence of the Threefold Law boils down to "an it harms none, do what ye wilt." (Or, as I like to put it: do no harm, take no shit.) This concept keeps many witches (Wiccan or not, I've noticed) from casting "negative" or "dark" magic out of fear that the Universe, or the Goddess, or whatever you believe, will cast this energy back to you. This is a part of a code of ethics, rules, and traditions that are part of the Rede -- and although many witches confuse the terms/ideas, we must realize that it is not Karma.

More reading about the Wiccan Rede here.

More reading about Karma here.

Thanks for coming to my TEDx Talk. 🖤

[theepfshallriseagain]

oh yeah i forgot to upload this,, it’s Gary’s witch form from @weenierufu‘s magical girl au

the psa code text on the clipboard says ‘another failure’,

the bottom text says ‘help’

[octannibal-blake]

How about a bellarke something where one of them is way too emotionally invested in pumpkin carving

i loved this prompt, nonny. Also, side note. This Hocus Pocus drinking game exists. My friends and I do it every October and I strongly encourage others to participate! PSA over.

If there is one thing you should know about Clarke Griffin,it’s that Halloween is her absolute favorite holiday. The moment Septemberfades into October, something unexplainable comes over her. She’s wearing herburgundy sweaters over her black cat t-shirts (and yes, she has quite a few ofthose) and she’s consuming all things pumpkin related. She also pulls out allthe stops on Halloween decorations, even if her apartment is small and therereally being no rhyme or reason for having ghost lights everywhere remotelypossible. She fucking loves Halloween, okay?

It’s something her friends have gotten used to, thankfully, becausehonestly her obsession can be a little overwhelming at first. The firstHalloween she ever spent with Raven in college she forced her roommate to sitdown and watch Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf and then proceed to watch the entirety of the Evil Dead series (includingthe T.V show because she’s fucking thorough, okay?). Raven was a bit freakedout, especially when Clarke laughed as a zombie thing got maimed by a chainsawhand, but she learned to love it. Just like the rest of her friends. ExceptBellamy – he’s still getting used to it.

It’s the first Halloween they’re spending together sincebecoming an official item almost six months ago. They had friends for a while,though friends from a distance. As in they seemed to always have at least oneclass together each semester and found themselves sitting next to one anotherin each of them. And then studying together outside of class. And then runninginto each other at a party. The rest, really, is history.

Once an anti-Halloween extremist, she’s only just begunconverting him to other side. She had thought dating someone who was so adamantlyagainst Halloween was against her moral code, but then he smiled at her andmade some nerdy history joke and, well, she was a lost cause. She’s been tryingto ease him into it. Last weekend she and Raven had their annual Hocus Pocus night,during which they play a drinking game and get shit-faced drunk. They followthat by drunkenly watching all the Halloween episodes of Boy Meets World. It’stheir thing. Bellamy joined them along with Raven’s new “friend” Luna. It wasawfully double-date like, though Raven refuses to admit it. Bellamy seemed toenjoy the movie, even enthusiastically joining in the sing along versions of IPut A Spell on You. When she was left wearing the witch hat (rules say whoeverhas the witch hat at the end has to chug a beer), he cheered her on as shedrank from her can of PBR. It was quite a bonding experience.

Deciding he was ready for the next step in the Halloweencelebration, she convinced him to come over and carve pumpkins with her.

“Isn’t that something really cheesy couples do?” he hadasked.

“Well, I don’t know if you know this, but we’re a prettycheesy couple.”

He hadn’t been able to argue that. She had picked out the perfectpumpkins at the farmers market yesterday, perfectly rounded. She has newspaperlining her coffee table with the necessary tools. Bowls for the seeds,included. She likes to roast them. She is quing up the new season of StangerThings when there is a soft knock on her door. She runs to open it, the fuzzysocks on her feet causing her to nearly slide into the door. She pulls it openand he’s standing there with a bottle of wine and grin.

She yanks him in and gives him a quick kiss. That’ssomething else she’s noticed about being with him – she could see him every day(and she pretty much does) and still gets excited to see him. He returns herenthusiasm with a laugh.

“Nice sweater,” he comments, nodding his head toward theembroidered pumkin on her chest.

“It’s festive!” she tells him. He moves to the kitchen andmakes quick work of opening the bottle of wine. He pours them both a glassbefore joining her on the couch.

“I’ve never done this before,” he says as she slides her ownpumpkin towards her, “Be gentle.”

“You’ll be fine,” she says and pats his leg. She grabs theknife and begins to saw off the top. Bellamy watches her carefully before shehands the knife over to him and he tries it on his own.

“Don’t stab yourself!” she worries when the knife puncturesthe side of the pumpkin. He sets it down and tries more carefully. She triesnot to get distracted as his bicep flexes naturally with the pressure of theknife. She’s well aware of how lucky she is, after all, he’s a very attractiveguy. Sometimes it’s still hard to believe that he chose her, of all people, thequiet art major who trips over her own feet. She’s definitely lucky.

She reaches into her pumpkin and begins to scoop out theseeds. This has always been her favorite part. When she was younger, she andher dad would carve pumpkins together and she loved to get her hands dirty.There was something so fun about scooping it out and making a mess. Maybebecause her mom hated it and would fuss over it when they were finished, andher dad would give her a funny look to make everything better. She misses him,a lot. But she’s happy to continue the tradition with someone she cares about.

“Earth to Clarke,” Bellamy’s voice brings her from hermemory, “You okay?”

She gives him a soft smile and hands over the spoon, “Yeah,I spaced out for a second. Time to get your hands dirty, Blake.”

She finishes cleaning out her pumpkin first begins to usethe pencil to draw the outline of what she wants. She can’t just make a simplejack-o-lantern. No, she’s an artist. It has to be more. She loses herself inthe sketching, making sure she gets the angles right and won’t be cutting intothe pumpkin the wrong way. It has to be perfect.

She finishes up the sketch and picks up the knife. Shesneaks a glance at Bellamy, who is still trying to get all the seeds out of hispumpkin. It had a lot more than hers did.

“It helps if you just stick your hand in there,” she encourages,and he sets the spoon down with a frustrated sigh before dipping his hand intothe goopy mess. He sticks his tongue out in disgust.

“Don’t be a baby,” she teases and glares at her for dramaticeffect. She laughs and turns her attention back to her own. Somewhere along theway, she gets lost in it. She moves the knife up and down, tracing theintricate design and ensuring everything is perfect. She isn’t sure how long ittakes her, but when she finishes, she’s grinning triumphantly as the creepyforest looks back at her.

“You couldn’t just be a normal person and do a face witheyes?” Bellamy asks incredoulously as she shows him her design. He only has onetriangle cut out of his own  and it’s alopsided one. Poor guy.

“Just wait,” she smiles, standing up with the pumpkin inhand, “It’s going to look badass when I put a candle in it.”

She never gets to see it. As she makes her way to thekitchen, her sock gets caught on something, causing her to trip forward andlose her grip on the pumpkin. It hits the ground. She manages to catch herselfon the counter top. It lands faces down on the wood floor and based on theorange mess coming from the sides, it’s not good.

“Dammit!” she yells. Bellamy is by her side in seconds.

“Jesus, Clarke,” he grabs her elbow to help her stand upstraight. She just keeps staring at the pumpkin, her hard work all a smashedmess on the ground. She bends over and turns the pumpkin face up. The beautifulflowing forest is still there, it’s just dented in. And looks more like one sadlittle tree. Before she even realizes it’s happening, she finds herselfsniffling.

“Clarke?” Bellamy’s voice is full of concern, his handtugging on her elbow to make her look at him.

She’s embarrassed. She dropped her pumpkin and now she’sfucking crying over it like a baby. But seriously, she worked so hard on it.And now it’s all ruined.

“Are you…Clarke, are you crying?” his voice is soft when heasks her and tries to avoid his gaze. He places a hand under her chin andgently pushes her up to look at him. When she meets his eyes, he actuallycracks a smile. She pushes away from him.

“It’s not funny!” she says moving away from him, upset thathe seems to think her emotional reaction is humorous. Now she’s pissed. And shetends to also cry when she’s pissed.

“No!” he says immediately pulling her back to him, “It’s notthat. It’s…”

He looks contemplative then. Afraid even. She’s never seenhim look like that, which is strange, “What?”

He sighs, defeated, and returns his brown eyes to her blueones. They’re filled with something new. Something very intense. Something like…

“I love you.”

Oh. She blinks at him stupidly, trying to process the words.She just slid on her own floor, dropped her intricately made pumpkin on theground, and then cried about it like a child. And he…loves her?

“Shit,” he says when he takes a look at her face, which sheimagines looks something along the lines of shock, “Too soon, right?”

He tries to back away from her, but her body finally kicksinto gear. She wraps her arms around his waist and buries herself into him. Heloves her. Even when she cries over pumpkins. What a guy,

“No,” she says finally pulling back and giving him a waterysmile, because now she’s just happy. Happy that he chooses her, even when she’scrazy about a silly holiday. He chooses her when she acts like a fool. Happybecause she’s been in love with him since the day she met him, basically, “Ilove you too.”

When he kisses her, it’s easy to forget about the smashedpumpkin. In fact, she forgets about the smashed pumpkin until they wake up thenext day and she trips over it on her way to the coffee maker.

He tells her he loves her then, too.

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TV Guidance Counselor Episode 615: Mike Doughty

February 16-22, 1980

This week Ken welcomes musician, author and man behind the new lp "Ghosts of Vroom III", Mike Doughty.

Ken and Mike discuss how 1980 was a good poignant television year in Mike's life, being a military kid, how a year of no Mork & Mindy leads to a year of no TV at all, The American Forces Network, the outro credit song on WKRP in Cincinnati, finding out what music you like from Sitcoms, Angel Witch, the consistency of television, moving a lot, how we'd all be better off as accountants, the exciting and elusive world of commercials, Zapping your Zinger, living in Germany, specific PSAs made for AFN by the original cast of SNL, how TV reporters made the world worse by trying to sign off impressively, The Superbowl, learning about American culture via Commercials, Norman Fell, six ways to cry, dramas spun off from comedies, Lou Grant, Cop Rock, Quincy M.E., Skag with Karl Malden, Last Resort, CHiPs, dripping in Orchestral disco, how analog synth lasers make everything better, theme songs that chart, Starsky and Hutch, Mr. Smith, the prevalence of Orangutans and apes in television and movies, CB Radios, BJ and the Bear, Citizen's Band, pretending to be a doctor, how comedy never works on live music shows, how music often DOES work on comedy shows, avoiding OJ Simpson's acting work, Alice, Linda Lavin, the 70s shows that went well into the 80s, the horror of the word "booger", being Dr. Johnny Fever, Barney Miller, seeing TV sitcom actors on Broadway, coded gay characters, The White Shadow, Goldie and Liza Together, Bob Newhart's sketch comedy special, Real People, how the death of disco lead to mud wrestling and wet t-shirt contents, being confused for a real people person when you're a Real People person, when political debates became roast battles, Dragnet, The Rockford Files, young Powers Booth, old fashioned typewriters, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, The Hulk Out List, doing Bill Moyers, dueling Merv Griffins, the made for-TV movie Detour to Terror, buses, photos of Lorenzo Lamas, and recommending Blacke's Magic. 

Check out this episode!

[slainson]

alright i added a little piece about connor’s murder and as usual i’m indecisive but idk at least it’s more coherent / in one place .. just be aware it does contain spoilers if ur not caught up !!!! 

[slainson]

okay  ,  logging  on  real  quick  to  update  my  mutuals  here  ,  i  have  been  absent  here  because  i  am  feeling  especially  self  conscious  about  connor   (  i  mean  i  always  do  but  this  is  extra  lmao  )  i  still  have  as  much  muse  for  him  as  ever  tbh  ,  i  just  feel  awkward  and  like  everything  i  write  and  my whole characterization is Big Ole Garbage. it’s chill and hopefully i’ll get tf over  it  soonish.  sO  anything  i  owe  ,  bare  with  me  and  i’ll  be  on  when  i’m  feeling  less  insecure  about  this  blogue  of  mine.  in  the  mean  time  if  ya  wanna  write  with  connor  on  discord  ,  hmu!  private  discord  server  is  easier  rn  than  scary  public  tumblr  rp  lmao 

[slainson]

for whatever dumbass bad brain reasons being on tumblr and the dash is making me bummed out , i figure it’ll pass in a few days so i’m probably gonna stick to chilling on disco for a few days unless my mood picks up ( or i’m really bored ?? lmao ) so yeh , come write with me there if you’d like to #sleepygorn6920

[slainson]

i’ve got guests later & tomorrow , possibly the day after ?? so idk how much i’ll get on here but i would looooooooooooooooooooove :eyes: to plot/chat or maybe do a little rping over on discord if anyone is down hmu! 

[slainson]

heyo , i added up all the relationship/dynamic tags i have to my tag page !some for my own hcs around connor's life/relationships but also for interactions on this blogue ,  so pretty much just a section for all aesthetic-y/muse-y things regard our muses’ dynamic whether it’s romantic/platonic/whatever! i p much only do them for people i’m 100% sure are down for them / have discussed it with them ( i am too shy to just assume asjdefheAHDSHhhhh ) sooo if you would like one totally feel free to come at me , i love that shit