#*sad but hopeful awoo*

[biscuitkazoo]

Speaking of Halsin, the game is making me paranoid that it's tracking my druid turning into a wolf the most often. He gifts her a wolf rune and then makes comments about wolves mating for life?? But he might end up being okay with that???

[nightmareonpeachstreet]

Uh oh… Pandreo’s Sad Awoo choir has gained another victim member

[puppysdog]

only acting like this bc ive smoked an obscene amount of dab off the turp slurp and been up for 19 hours. probably

[thedancingcockroach134]

Serious story from a Furrian (Furry and Therian)

"Furry Girl!", "Kill yourself!", "Awoo!", "Nobody wants you here! Nobody wants a Furry ass wetback like you!" More and more is told in front of my face or back every single day. This is sick and tiring, especially since they know that I have depression. School makes me being a Furry feel like I should be a closeted one. Only a few people respect me at school, but the whole 6th grade tells me very horrible stuff. I wonder what it's like to be appreciated and loved at school. I wonder what it's like to not be told to kill yourself and have so many friends. I wonder what it's like to not have been spreaded with rumors which caused me to almost get in a fight with something over something not true. I wonder what it's like to not be physically and verbally abused everyday. I wonder what it's like to not have an ex boyfriend that talks shit about you in front of people and forced you to sit on his lap. People at school know what I go through, most of them just don't care. People treat me like this for what? Because I'm a Furry and a Therian! People at school record me, post pictures of my other therian friend on Instagram, treat the 3 of us therian besties as shit for what? Being different and having different hobbies. I cry almost everyday at school, but I never tell my friends! My own friends! I one time got cornered by a group of boys and they were talking shit to me and asking me why I was a Furry and a "animal rapist". (They called me an animal rapist because I'm a Therian! Like, what the fuck?!) They were all laughing and one of them slapped me on the face. They did that while I was cornered! I almost get in fights for being a Furry and a Therian. Seriously, the boys were trying to jump me before just because I was a what? A Furry and a Therian. My math teacher embarrassed me in front of my class. She was using me as an example to a fraction problem and said "Now, Imma act like [My dead name]! The only thing I think of is animals and Furries!" Everyone was laughing at me and I almost cried. She knew what the hell she was fucking doing! I cried in my sleep because her sentence repeated over and over in my head, and so was other peoples. I just hate how society odds out specific hobbies, beliefs, or personalities.

Example:

Furrian: "Hello, friend!"

"Good" person: "Hello! What do you like to do?"

Furrian: "Oh, I'm a Furry and a Therian, so I like dressing up in my own anthropomorphic (did i spell it wrong?) character and I do quads-"

"Good" person: Oh! So you have sex with animals?! Bye! I hope you lose your virginity to an animal and die! Oh wait, you already did! Just go and die! Kill yourself!

Like, come on?! Are you really gonna start acting like that when you first encounter a Furrian? That shit is something I have to go through everyday. Trust me, in real life, it's sad. Guys, just don't bully furries or therians. Some of them could be suicidal and/or are depressed. I met a suicidal Furrian online. I helped them (It was a Non-Binary Furry and Therian) I just wish nobody ditched us for 2 specific or more things.

[therhythmafterthesummer]

Little one, it's not fair. So I fell asleep after rereading Herbie and I've just woke up. 3am. I had a dream that Herbie got sold for Scrap and Chris secretly got it back.

Chris was stripping Herbie so it was essentially a shell. He replaced it with working parts from another same type of car and gifted it back as an anniversary present. I don't know how he kept it hidden tbf. Spent hours and days on it.

They took Herbie.2 for a drive and ended up making love on the front of the car, in the car, near the car, just... Amazing. Chefs kiss.

Anyway he proposed because once you know, you know... and he'd used like... Some part of the original engine to make the ring? Idk. I woke up to Zeus throwing up (don't ask) so I assume a yes was given??

It's now 3.20am and I'm sad that this didn't happen to me/you/us/Herbie!mc. There is no car part ring on our finger nor a Herbie!Chris between our legs.

I'm going back to sleep. You never know, I may fall back into the dream.

With much awoo, your Lucky 🍀

screaming, crying rn.....

obsessed with this dream of yours !!!!! it's so herbie!chris-coded, god.... all of it. i can see all of it happening........ the ring made with herbie parts..... i'm melting....

you bet a yes was given. there's no way a yes wasn't given, aaaaaaaaaaaaa.... thank you for sharing this lovely dream with the class.

also, hope Zeus is okay now 🥺

[harunayuuka2060]

MC: *sigh* Listen, Cerberus. It's not that simple.

Cerberus: *whines*

MC: ...

Cerberus: *acts cutely* Ruff?

MC: *gives him chin rubs*

Cerberus: *satisfied growl* *starts licking their hands*

MC: Alright. Alright. I'll tell you how Lucifer and I broke up.

Lucifer: *when he was still an archangel* *holding hands with MC as they walk together through the forest*

Lucifer: I'm glad you have come to own this place.

MC: *smiles* Yes. My hard work has been paid off.

MC: Now that we have our own place, we don't need to hide anymore.

Lucifer: About that, MC, I'm sorry. *letting go of their hand*

MC: *looks at him, confused*

Lucifer: *hesitates for a few seconds*

Lucifer: I'm breaking up with you.

MC: ...

MC: This is... too sudden.

Lucifer: I know. But I will be facing danger soon and I don't want you to get involved.

MC: But didn't we promise to support and protect each other?

Lucifer: *shakes his head* Not this time.

MC: ...

MC: *smiles* *a hint of sadness in their eyes*

MC: Then just go. *turning their back on him*

Lucifer: MC...

MC: ...

Lucifer: *gives them one final glance before leaving*

MC: ...

MC: And here I thought we would spend the eternity together. *has been granted immortality under certain conditions*

MC: That was the story.

Cerberus: ...

Cerberus: *starts growling then runs out of the room*

MC: *knows what he's about to do* Cerberus!

Lucifer: Cerberus! What's wrong with you?!

Cerberus: *growls, baring his teeth at him*

Lucifer: ...

Cerberus: *his ears folded* *continues growling*

Lucifer: *sigh in defeat* What do you want?

Cerberus: *sits down and points at MC with his paw* Ruff!

MC: !!!

Lucifer: ...

MC: ...

Cerberus: *grumbles* *then growls again*

Lucifer: It depends, Cerberus. If MC is willing to accept me.

MC: ...

Cerberus: *looks at them with hopeful eyes*

MC: ...

MC: I'll think about it.

Cerberus: Awoo~!

MC and Lucifer: *blushes*

Lucifer: That's too much, Cerberus. Besides, we've never tried to sleep together.

Cerberus: Ruff! *stomps his paw to the ground, trying to convince them*

Lucifer and MC: *exchange shy looks*

MC: You can sleep in my room, Lucifer. But we'll be on separate beds.

Cerberus: *grumbles*

MC: That's all I could offer.

[crionsbelt]

This may or may not go up by the time midnight hits or slightly after for me, let’s see what happens! I’ve been working on this since 9:30 PM EST, I expect it’ll be done by 12:50 AM EST. Hopefully I’m right so it ain’t too late gjnhg

For starters: Happy New Year everyone! Hard to believe we lived in the decade where this beauty was created. Nonetheless, there are multiple people I want to thank -- along with a much needed personal note from me. Everything will be put into a read more, but trust me, it’s long. Thank you all for making the final days of this decade very welcoming for me!

@kiidreamu​ & @theabyssalmuses​

It’s rather silly for me to start with you two, because I’ve got quite a bit to say; so here goes! I’ve known you two for...quite a while huh? I can’t recall the exact time, but I know we’ve been mutuals since I went by Phantom -- which was a long while ago. Regardless, I’ve always enjoyed you two on my dash; and I’ve always really liked interacting with y’all OOC! I’ve always had a blast speaking with you two (specifically now w all this fuckin Bear Ass shit).  I really enjoy the way you two write your muses, I think you both should have a lot more faith in them because they’re very fun to see on the dash! It’s pretty clear y’all put a lot of effort into your writing, even if you say you don’t, I for sure notice it.  Hime, I know you said you admired me - but there’s nothing to admire! You and Kii are equally as good as me, but I’m definitely not much. However, I never posted it (because I had it in my drafts and still do) because it meant a lot to me. I’ve never been told something like that aside from Norgie, so it made me feel happy in a dark time.  Thank you both for continuing to be my friends, truly. 

@fantasyacrossworlds​

Awoo! You and I have known each other for a long time, too (most people tagged here I’ve known for 2 - 4 years hujhj)! I’m VERY happy that we’re mutuals again, I’ve truly missed interacting with you! I’m so glad that it seems Orion and Cass are going to have a chaotic friendship that will always end on Orion running to Artemis LMAO. I’m looking forward to more interactions! 

@sanzenxsekai​​ 

I already gave you a super long post explaining how much me and Norgie are thankful for you, so I’ll remind you in a tl;dr version. WE ALL LOVE YOUR STINKY GREMLIN + YOU!! Please keep writing Nobu in 2020! Thank you so much for being such a good friend to me. 

@mcphistcples​

You don’t even realize how much of a positive impact you’ve had on both me and my girlfriend. You’re absolutely hilarious and I’m incredibly happy you chose to start interacting with a disaster like me. As a Dies fan, I fucking love your Rein. You write him fantastically and it’s always fun to see your interactions with BB’s JAlter.  I am looking forward to the dramatic reading of My Immortal: Bear Ass Edition : ) 

@stxrdust-pxper​

We haven’t talked much OOC properly, but we’ve known each other just about the same time as me and Norgie have been dating - so almost 2 years! You’re a pretty cool person, I’m happy you joined my new server because it’s given myself and others a chance to chat with you more. Thank you for all the kindness you’ve given me throughout the time we’ve known each other, I’ve never said it until now, but it truly has stuck with me and helped me become happier.

@bloodsoakedsakura​ / @idoldragos​

There’s actually a lot I’d like to say, some I’ll leave out for now. For starters, thank you for having my back for three years straight. Seriously. You’ve been there for me through a whole lot, honestly surprised you’ve stuck with me for as long as you have.  You’ve stood up for me when the time came for it and I’m honestly so thankful you did. Every time you hop in call with us it’s usually always fun and stupid (in a good way), so thank you for being part of my band of misfits as long as you have Sades. Even though you’re a boomer who didn’t stop me rolling 200 of my Quartz, I forgive you... dontkillmepls

@yuichiroswife​

Speka, you’ve been a great help to me and Norgie a great amount of times as of late. Thank you so much, you’re an incredibly kind person and I’m glad we became friends!!

@muniificus​

I’ve known you for 3 years too I’m 90% certain, it’s insane how long I’ve known a lot of you - it feels like forever but it also feels like time has gone by so quickly! Much like Sades, I’m very thankful you’ve stuck around for as long as you have Icarus. Thank you for putting up with my dumb ass, and ultimately having fun in return! alsoihavethereplyforanastasiadraftedipromise

@fakepriest​

I’ve sent you an ask with a lot of what would’ve been said in here, but I want to let you know that I’m extremely grateful that you’ve kept being my friend to. I enjoy our conversations a lot, especially when we talk about things like Heaven’s Feel because they’re usually always such fun things to talk about. 

Much like the ask I’ve sent you, your Kirei is so scarily accurate it nearly simulates his actual personality flawlessly. That’s how scary good at writing this tofu loving fake priest. I’m so happy it’s you who’s writing him, not to play the pedestal game, but I genuinely can’t see anyone else (not even myself) coming close to how phenomenal your portrayal is.  #kireisquad

@arkdiia​

Though our first conversation first chatting again wasn’t expected, I’m super glad you came back to Tumblr and I’m thrilled to be friends w you again! Hopefully for 2020, you and I /both/ catch a break lmfao.

@saintguine​

Much like Anna, I’ve already told you what I wanted to here in the form of an ask a few hours ago - however, I do wish to say smth that I’m sure a lot of people feel. Regardless of how you think about yourself, you’re a very good person BB and we’re all very blessed to know you. You’re absolutely one of my best friends, and though there was a point where we lost communication for a bit, I’m very grateful our friendship is the exact same. 

We all care u BB, thank u for bein gud to all of us

Kayla & Sere

This post is incredibly long already, luckily I’m just about done -- but I’ve got three people to go starting with you two!

Sere, you’ve heard me vent a lot and you’ve known me (Kayla has known me this long too) for a pretty damn long time if you ask me, 3 years may not seem like a lot to people, but with all the stuff we’ve all gone through these 3 years? It’s been a LOT and I can’t say I’d be the person I am without you hearing my dumb ass vent and creating Cursed Night.  I appreciate all of your icons, thank you for giving us (Hell) special treatment with them. Seriously! While you are a best friend for sure, you’re also practically family to me. Thank you again for everything. 

Kayla, the same of what I said for Sere is said for you. You’re legit like my older sister, you’ve been there for me for just bout the same amount that Norgie has; you’re someone who means a lot to both me and Norgie, so thank you for giving talking to us a chance way back when you were shy (I think that’s what it was!). There have been a lot of ups and downs for all of us, but I’m glad the downs at least had the positive effect of giving me a second family who I love dearly. I actually teared up on this part, so god help me when I write for Norgie.

@letoborn​ / @uwuwrote​

I’m going to save a lot of what I want to say to you for our anniversary in June, but I will say a few things because I love you so very much.

When I met you, I was not expecting you’d turn out to be the woman of my dreams. You’re genuinely my better half, and I have never been as happy as I am than I am with you. You’ve truly had the biggest impact in my life Norgie, you’ve made me laugh, cheered me up when I’m sad, called me out when I was dumb and helped me better myself. 

I’m so incredibly happy I got to spend the rest of the last decade being your boyfriend, and now, going into 2020 - a whole new decade with you. Like I said, you’re my better half - I can’t see myself with anyone else but you. You’re the greatest treasure in my life, I’m so happy we’ve had all this fun with roleplaying.

Thank you so much Norgie, for giving me Orion/Artemiis, all of our other ships - being my soulmate (at least, I think so). I hope 2020 treats us both well, but I’m willing to go through whatever as long as it’s with you.

Now, that’s the end of that -- but I have a few extra things to say.

My 2019 has been...quite possibly the hardest year of my life, at least on the internet. For a very long time, I was fearful of interacting with others - I made mistakes that I wish I could take back, I got put through hell for nothing...man, I don’t wanna go back in and say what happened, what is and isn’t true -- the long story short is, shit happened, but it’s the past now. 

I want to go into 2020 just..as positive as I can be, I’m tired of the drama, I just want to have fun with my friends and my girlfriend you know? So, I’m finally choosing to move on and just...try having fun again. This choice would be impossible without the people mentioned in this post. 

From the bottom of my heart, thank you to all of you who have stuck around through it all for me. I’m so incredibly thankful to be part of the friendgroup I’m in, to know everyone I’ve met who’s put up with me. I’ve had so many times where I wanted to leave this site, but I wanted to keep trying to write with everyone -- to have fun with everyone. You all have no idea how genuinely happy you’ve all made me, just by writing with my Orion and Norgie’s Artemis. 

Though I couldn’t think of anything to say specifically for the others tagged below here, thank you all for everything as well -- just following me makes me happy. I’m sure I’ve forgotten some people, but trust me, I’m so very happy to know all of you.

@dekirukoto @wisesteyed @lacobscur @akhilleuskcsmcs

[ask-the-sees-doggo]

Since the last question I made was a bit sad (the one about Aigis not being able to listen to Koromaru and Koro-chan's past), I've decided to give you two a gift! *hands Aigis a silver bow and hands Koromaru a new vest* I hope you like it!

Koromaru: Arf! Awoo!

Aigis: Thank you for this gift.

[naporiagame]

THE NAPORIAN DAILY VOLUME 3: ROBERTA LUPO

THE ONLY SOURCE OF NAPORIA NEWS YOU CAN TRUST!

By: Aquaria Marisabel

Jul 5th XXXX

Today we are talking to Roberta Lupo, niece and secretary to Giovanni Lupo. We will be asking her about her relationship with the Don, how she feels about her name being synonymous with anxiety, and other questions!

MARISABEL: Good evening Roberta! I hope I’m not keeping you up too late, you probably have… business, so I’ll keep this brief.

LUPO: M-much appreciated! My uncle is waiting outside for his turn, I don’t want to keep him waiting very long.

MARISABEL: Okay, let’s begin then! First question, and by far the most burning question in everyone’s mind: why don’t you suppress your ears and tail like your uncle? No disrespect, of course.

LUPO: Oh, that’s- well… it’s a bit personal, but I’m not very good at, ahem… withholding my urges? Uncle Gio knows how to keep his ears and tail hidden very well, but he’s still teaching me. Despite it all, he still keeps his arms turned and his teeth sharp as a sort of defense, I-I think!

MARISABEL: Very interesting! The next one is about your relationship to your uncle. How do you view him, being THE Don Lupo? Do you fear him, respect him…?

LUPO: I love my uncle! He’s kind and funny, and he’s very smart and knows almost everything! He doesn’t know a lot about modern technology though… a-awoo, I shouldn’t have said that, he’ll be embarrassed! I care a lot for uncle Gio, and I h-hope to be the best secretary and niece I can be!

MARISABEL: Look, look at her tail wagging when she says that, so sincere! I think we all agree we’d kill to have a niece like you, Roberta. Oops, poor wording… erm, next up, you’ve got to explain that nervous tic of yours! In other interviews, I notice you have this… thing where you howl when you seem overwhelmed. Have you always done this?

LUPO: A-awooo, you noticed?! W… well, I’ve always been like this. Like I said, I’m not good at containing my werewolf side, so when I was younger instead of crying I would howl. It’s so embarrassing, really…! When I grew up, I learned how to function normally, but it’s exactly as you said- it’s a nervous tic, really. Like when you sing certain songs for no reason, o-or eat the same thing when you’re sad. It comforts me to howl.

MARISABEL: Isn’t she just the sweetest? Okay, okay, last one Roberta. Tell us more about your father, Don Lupo’s brother, and the rest of your family.

LUPO: O-oh! Well, him and my uncle are very close. My father and his brother are best friends, they do everything together. When I was younger always let me play at uncle Gio’s house, since my other uncle, uncle Angleo, his daughter was around my age then too; her name is Giulia, my cousin. I see my father all the time, but I don’t see my other uncle much anymore. He didn’t… well, he doesn’t approve of our lifestyle very much. I respect him, though, that’s his prerogative. I still talk to Giulia, and my new little cousin Leonardo though! We constantly talk over the phone and FaceChat. She’s training to become a nurse. But back to my father and uncle Gio and uncle Angelo, they were thick as thieves. My father still wants to talk to uncle Angelo, but uncle Giovanni…not so much.

And that’s that! Please send all your questions to XXXXX@nmail.com for our next interviewee, Don Giovanni Lupo! Head of the Lupo family ring, what do you want to know? Send in your questions!

[p5fusionau]

Cerberus, ever the peppy, bouncy type when he came by, was walking slow with his heads bowed. Orpheus rushed over to see him, the three headed dog giving him a soft, emotional awoo.

"Where's Than?"

Cerberus slowly turned around and pointed behind him, giving him another sad look when Orpheus glanced over his shoulder back at him.

That couldn't be good. It had been a long time since he last saw Thanatos. And last time, he had been silently seething.

He wasn't hard to find, given that he towered over everyone, the white mask currently adorning his face. He never wore that mask anymore, especially down here. Orpheus sprinted over to him, concerned.

"Thanatos?"

He remained silent, removing the mask from his face. His eyes were darkened, unfocused and half closed. He sat down, waiting as Orpheus sat down next to him. Thanatos said nothing for a while, and he could see the slight shake in his hands as he held his mask in his lap.

Orpheus never knew him to be very talkative when it was important. The last time he saw him in the living world- and not just his body being puppeted- he had been silent the whole way until they came to the room where he decided to die in, telling them everything they needed to know. And now, he seemed to be barely holding himself together.

"...He's gone, isn't he?"

Thanatos gave him a sideways glance.

"Yes."

"I'm sorry. I'm here for you."

Thanatos nodded appreciatively. The silence stretched on for another moment or two.

"I can see why Sukuna left back when... we thought that Robin..."

He exhaled sharply, running his hands over his face and through his hair.

"She's a lot smarter than me."

"Up until-? Than..."

"I know, Orpheus. I know. Bad idea, huh?" He half joked.

He rarely called him by his full name, reaching out to pat his leg. He watched Thanatos collect himself, frowning.

"He was just a kid, Orphy. He was twenty-five. Twenty-five, that's barely any time at all. Twenty-five and- fuck..." Thanatos rubbed at his eyes, a few tears falling. "I'll never forgive him for this."

"He had a good life, didn't he?"

"He didn't even get to live! He suffered all this time!" Thanatos snapped at him. "I-... this was hard to watch, knowing we can't do much for him until he's dead."

Orpheus looked away, withdrawing his hand. His anger was overwhelming.

"I'm not... I'm not mad at you. Sorry, Orpheus. Just... even his Trickster is older than him. I hate this. He's too young."

It became silent again. Orpheus could read the conflicting swirl of emotions on his face, tears flowing freely.

"Well, he will be well cared for when he arrives." Orpheus said carefully, before quietly joking: "I hope he lets you spoil him."

"Yeah. We will make sure of that." Thanatos shifted, bringing his knees to his chest. "Hey... I'm gonna go. I'll try to stay longer next time I visit. "

"Yeah, sure. I'll be here."

Thanatos slipped the mask back on as he walked away, and Orpheus watched until he disappeared. A nose poke under his arm, Cerberus wiggling his way into his lap, still sad. Orpheus scratched behind his ears, lost in thought.

[ao3feed-mchanzo]

While my guitar gently weeps

by Buggu

From the moment of joining Overwatch, Hanzo was alluded by the mystery of Jesse McCree.

He knew there was something strange about the man but could never really name the odd feeling. McCree always looked so happy, was friendly to everyone, at least when they weren’t on a mission. During critical missions on the battlefield, Jesse McCree was a much different man. Hanzo observed from afar on his vantage points that the man was always poised and alert, his precision was immaculate, when it was serious.

...Or perhaps his years of being a social recluse clouded his judgment.

Words: 1437, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Overwatch (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Hanzo Shimada, Genji Shimada, Tekhartha Zenyatta, Jesse McCree, Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison, Winston (Overwatch), Lúcio Correia dos Santos, Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Hana "D.Va" Song

Relationships: Implied Genji/Zenyatta - Relationship, Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada

Additional Tags: This has been a wip for YEARS, non-beta'd, Canon has changed a bit, To give you an idea I started this back when Hanzo still had scatter arrows oops, werewolf!McCree, slowburn, McCree goes awoo when he's sad, Hanzo is in overwatch, I probably made characters grossly ooc, I hope it's still enjoyable for my readers though, Also forgive Hanzo for his emotional constipation

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[sailor-cresselia]

Zi-O Ep 36: Let’s mix it up a little!

So, I did things a little differently this week. Me and @miyukomatsuda​ were watching Marcosatsu’s History of Kabuto vid, and she suggested we watch Zi-O 36 together., too, since watching this alone my first time through would have been AWFUL. So, my notes might be a little. Weird this time around. I’m going to try to transcribe my chat with her in here.

*Fair warning, it gets a little... swear-y in here this time. Also, sorry for the length. Chats do that, and this is condensed down.*

(M is Miyuko, S is me.)

M: wanna try suffering through zi o

S: sure, just give me a couple minutes to get something

M: (thumbsup emoji)

S: how do we want to do this?

M: this should work. and if in doubt we both have the ep downloaded

- (insert cut here) -

M: Ginga. What is you

S: SPACE MAN

M: -suddenly here

S: WAIT NO THATS GEN

S: ahahaha “his power is worlds beyond us”

M: 13 THIS IS ON YOU

S: DECADE THIS IS ON YOU

M: Woz: “fuck if I know guys”

M: 13 AND DECADE THIS ON YOU

[there’s a whole group chat thing about a Doctor Who / Kamen Rider crossover universe, so the whole ‘Ginga’s from some other far off region of space-time’ thing brought it back up]

S: Swartz: FUCKING SWEET - whoops no Swartz is pissed never mind

M: *sweet new toy*

M: Woz: >:(

S: “world is /mine/ to destroy”

M: hahahaha

M: Woz: >:|

M: (dancing emoji, because we hit the OP)

M: I still think the statues are gonna unstatue in show

S: over quartzer is a JAM (don’t mind me, singing along)

M: that’s a MATH BREAKS THE WALLS level weird

M: (same hat) Rider music is top tier.

[title card, “2019: First Love, Finaly!”]

S: first kokoros

M: okay yuko.

M: LAYING IT ON A WEEE BIT THICK THERE MY DUDE

[swartz was sucking up to Yuko for her assistance w/ Ginga]

S: hora’s so tired of this

M: if he is a servant to oma zi o-explains a lot

M: TIME FOR BOWING

M: ofc woz is second

S: ahaha he just yoinks hora and heure

S: everyone drags geiz

M: YANK HIM DOWN

M: FORCES HIS KIDS DOWN

M: AND THEY JUST SLAM GEIZ DOWN

S: hve to shove him and hora download

M: JUST FUCKING LEAVES

S: woz and swartz are first to drop to their knees

S: WOW SCREW THIS LADY

M: of course woz does this

M: AND NOW FOR: INOUE IS SEXIST

M: heure laughing at swartz tho

S: HEURE GET OUT OF THERE

M: RUN KID

S: YOU CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER

M: Woz: MajoOu

S: WOZ NO

M: me: :)  (I KNEW IT!)

S: horny on main for evil

S: sougo’s kingdom to know why he betrayed the rebellion

M: SOUGO: GET YOUR HEART OUT OF YOUR PANTS YOU DUMB KITTY

S: SOUGO NO

S: YOU KNOW LIKE NYA

M: AND THEN SHE LIES TO HIM. LIAR

S: BLATANTLY NOT HER

M: Sougo you DUMB KITTY -SOUGO I AM FUCKING KINK SHAMING YOU

S: sougo ffs

M: INOUEEEEEE

M: Geiz is gonna kill him for real

S: uncle’s so confused

M: poor uncle

[miyuko had to go get food at this point]

M: IWAE I RETURN

S: IAWAE

M: Also Uncle: IT’S A MIRACLE

S: “screw this ginga guy, I don’t give a f. i’mma queen now”

S: the fact swartz actually thought this would work when she already hated him

M: that’s hilarious

M: Woz in the straightest he’s acted all season

S: sougo is a stupid stupid cat. surprised he’s never gotten his head stuck in a box

M: incredibly dumb kitty

M: SOUGO PUT DOWN THAT MILK. IT’S STUPID JUICE

S: ...i wonder if someone’s drawn that now actually after this arc

M: i’ve seen sougo with kitty ears-

M: UNCLE

S: NYA

M: GEIZ TRIES TO FLEE THIS BAD EP

M: Sougo you DUMB Kitty

S: sougo why do you know she had a bf in ‘08? you met her a long time before that.

[I was wrong, he met her in ‘08, she did the violence in ‘15]

M: Those poor extras on the stairs

S: GINGA RETURNS. KILLIN ERRYONE

M: TO TORMENT A STRIP MALL

S: ahahahah that’s hilarious

[I was talking about the fact that it’s just a freaking strip mall, not the fact that Ginga was destroying EVERYTHING]

M: also: something I noticed

S: that’s a fucking showa era attack name if I every heard one [Dynamite Sunshine]

M: thanks to a youtube comp of woz’s speech... Woz does the energy blast that our main three time jackers do

S: fourze and faiz pt 1

M: yeah!

S: one does not interupt his overlord’s transformation

M: I think woz is a time jacker.

S: also he kicked geiz’s ass in wizard pt 1

M: And of course bastard man is fine while his cohorts get blown back

S: b/c he’s too OP

M: SOUGO NO. SOUGO YOU DUMB KITTY

S: also evidence for woz being a time jacker: Hat!Woz called Swartz ‘Sir Swartz’

S: FFS SOUGO [when he took the hit for Yuko]

M: (yeah!)

M: also. JIRO

M: JIRO WHY

S: Woof. awoo

M: [don’t awoo, $350 penalty sign]

S: :sad wolf:

M: HE’S SOLAR POWERED [re: Ginga]

M: oh hey otoya violin

S: EVIL KIKAI

M: SOUGO GET YOUR HEART AND YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR PANTS

S: Sougo you stupid, stupid cat, she’s just got a ruler complex

M: YOU DUMB KITTY WHO I AM KINK SHAMING

[re: sougo calling her Miss Sailor, because that’s what he’s always called his crush]

S: it’s just your nickname for her anyway, she wouldn’t have known it even if it IS her

S: She’d be in charge sougo. you’d be the consort

M: HIS FACE

S: “WHOOPS”

M: Canon sougo: “OH SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT CHILDREN”

S: “FORGOT ABOUT THE HEIR PART”

[lost some more of the chat. Couldn’t quite screencap it because Rabbit disagreed with keeping the chat where I scrolled to]

S: GOODBYE

M: YEET. TIME FOR A FIGHT

S: AWOOOO

S: so like where did she GET these three? And why does this only this one seem to be aware

M: I think it’s SUPPOESD to be the real vers and they just serve Kiva

S: It’s *probably* him.

S: True, Kiva’s a title, isn’t it? Like hibiki.

S: also PRIME time to pause that wow [Jiro saying “Men become more refined through pain.”]

M: OF COURSE. INOUEEEEE

M: BYE JIRO YOU WERE POINTLESS

S: INOUE NO

S: FAREWELL PUPPER

M: oh hey the bf

M: “scary”

S: understatement of the era

M: OF COURSE

M: Geiz now has to see a murder

M: MANHOLE. Which note she can barely lift. JFC

S: YUKO NO

S: SHE TRAINED LATER

M: WAHT THE FUCK LADY

S: AND LEARNS TO KICK THEM UP. IN HEELS

M: Poor Tetsuya

S: SHE DID A MURDER

M: WHY WOULD YOU HANG OUT TOGETHER JFC

S: you idiots you made it easier for her

M: YEET. RIP ALL THREE OF THESE DUDES.

S: yooooo.

M: SORRY YOU WON’T GET PAID FOR WATCH REPAIR JUNICHIRO

M: SOUGO YOU ABSOLUTE DUMB KITTY

S: I like how the Another Kiva transformation includes the bats instead of just the usual Another Rider special effects

[on to the last fight against Ginga]

M: Ey! TOKI NO OUJA

S: YES [it’s actually the instrumental used as a fight music, but it’s still always nice to hear. I like noting the piano versions more, though. The ones that are used for atmosphere]

M: YEET! THIS MAKES EVEN LESS SENSE THAN NORMAL

S: WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW THE SWORD. THROWING YOUR SWORD ALWAYS WORKS.

M: SURE WHY NOT

[seriously, Sougo, Geiz, and Woz all threw their weapons at Ginga, then rider kicked said weapons into his chest as the finisher. wtf]

S: beams the hell out of there

[Woz nabs the Ginga watch with his scarf]

M: YOINK

M: “I CAN’T TRINITY ANYMORE”

S: Swartz: YOINK GOT YOUR- HOLD UP

S: Woz: “I CAN’T KEEP DOING THAT”

M: the real reason Woz did this is clearly: “FUCK YOU I AM NOT BODYSHARING AGAIN”

S: “Waga Maou I adore you but. No. I can’t do this again.

M: also lbr SWARTZ WOULD BE TERRIFYING WITH GINGA’S POWER

M: JFC LADY, HE **DUMPED** YOU

S: Swartz is terrifying with his OWN power

M: SOUGO PLS STOP WITH THE STUPID JUICE

S: SOUGO

M: SOUGO AND JON BOTH DRANK STUPID JUICE THIS WEEK

S: at least he’s *kind of* willing to fight her.

M: AT LEAST JON MANNED UP AND KILLED DANY

S: okay only kind of

M: Woz: “FUCK THIS, MY TURN”

S: he pulled out the watch at least

S: UCHUU KITAA

M: :D  HE ABRIDGED

S: WOZ

M: I hope he makes the full speech next time :D

S: GOTTA CUT IT SHORT

M: (I love woz’s speeches)

S: waga maou is being a moron

M: OKAY

S: don’t have time for this

M: Woz: **FUCK THIS I ROLL TO USE GINGA**

M: everyone: **THANK YOU**

[for ref, Miyuko has an AU where the Heisei Rider seasons are D&D campaigns]

M: -SO MANY QUESTIONS

S: and they just turn back into their weapon forms

M: yeah

S: not even disappear,  just the weapons again

M: they uh kind of got sealed in their-

M: STOP

M: INOUE

S: INOUE, Another Riders don’t DIE

M: **THANK FUCK** BUT ALSO INOUE

S: OH WAIT IT’S HORA

S: BANG

M: GOOD RIDDENCE

S: I MEAN SHE HAD IT COMING BUT

M: :(

M: INOUEEEEEE

M: first heartbreak, WOZ PLS

M: toki no ouja

S: HEY WE NEVER HAD THE RECAP EARLIER

M: INOUEEEE

M: SHE RUINED PIE FOR HIM

S: om nom pie

M: WOZ JUST INHALING PIE

S: YOINKING YOUR PIE (respect the pie)

M: GEIZ NEARLY CHOKING THIS TIME (Woz choked on pie TWICE last time)

M: SOUGO’S REAL FIRST LOVE AS PLAYED BY YURI FROM KIVA

M: -oh my fucking god he’s a cat jfc

S: sougo. no. sweetie.

M: Tsukuyomi are you the only women who didn’t know this would work

M: NEXT TIME

M: OKAY

S: Decade: STOP THAT

S: Decade: I am the multiverses janitor

M: well if tendou can’t come back might as well get his successor to arrogance

S: ahahahah

M: DO YOU SEE WY I WARNED YOU ABOUT THE CRINGE JFC

S: YEAH

M: INOUE WHAT THE FUCK

S: WOW. NOT GREAT

M: THAT IS NOT AN EP TO WATCH ALONE

S: MY NOTES WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN “uuuggghghh”

M: that was me watching

M: I GIFFED parts because of how bad it was and I need people to KNOW in chat

S: this was. Bad. So bad. neither villain did well

M: nope

S: just yeet ginga back off into space

M: rider wikia says we learn ginga lore next time too so HERE’S FUCKING HOPING

S: Thats something

M: and yuko just got TRASHED

S: RIGHT BECAUSE METEORITE AND SPACE

M: SHE DIDN’T NEED TO BE INSANE INOUE

S: AND HE’S FROM SPACE

M: Ginga also means Galaxy

S: ye, I know

M: ye. Themeing.  -also

S: SPACE MAN

M: has sougo not used fourze armor before now because I thought he did

M: WHY IS SOUGO UCHU KITA-ING

S: he’s used it in it’s debut

M: **SOUGO WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO GENTARO**

S: and then in the mass fight against the Another Riders in the Another ZiO arc. but that’s it

M: yeah! Ty

M: SOUGO WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO GENTARO NOW WHY IS THAT IN THE PREVIEW-

M: oh my god

S: much like gatakiriba, it would probably murder the CG budget

M: he’s going to fucking space.

M: THEY’RE GOING TO FUCKING SPCAE ARNE’T THEY

S: the zi-o Fourze finisher is him just. Armoring up and BEING the rocket. It was ridiculous.

M: YEP. I love it!

S: goes all Snipe Level One on the monster, spinning like a bullet

M: YUP. Remember him fucking up build’s catch phrase AND math

S: even Ryuuga knew he was getting it wrong. that takes “skill”

M: WHEN EVEN THE BF KNOWS

S: we should have seen babby reality warper coming when he used Ex-Aid and took the speciall effects and threw them at the Another Rider

M: yep

S: ~casual reminder that zi o can be read as ‘character king’~

M: (eyes emoji)

S: ~as in written character~

So, over all… NOT A GOOD EPISODE. I basically went from assorted variants of “Eh” to “ugh why this” throughout. This was definitely a low point on the ‘tribute episodes’ scale, and that’s taking the character assassination from the Build arc into account.

[the-most-inglorious-black-hat]

'... uhhhhh that's. well that isn't a good sign to say the least. i hope he's at least okay, and not... well, i hope he hasn't killed or hurt himself. hmm...' (... suddenly gets an idea) 'oh man i feel kinda sad i really wish there was a friend here, maybe a big blue bear friend i could hug :('

“Awoo!” The Blue Bear Walks Over To ‘Sad’ Anon With Concern Etched Into His Caring Features “Awoo?” He Wraps His Arms Around Anon, Giving Them A Large Bear Hug.

[fuwaprince]

im glad your alright I was about to kill god with my bare hands to get you back

Nahh no one needs to be killed ; u ; I love you so very much awoo. Thank you for being so good and always checking on me. I truly do hope you understand I just get sad and thats why I don't respond and that I do genuinely like you!!! I know I lack replies a log of the time and I'm sorry if it ever makes you feel unwanted. You are very important to me ♡

[cynicalharmonia]

Final - Is This Sound Art?

My final is called “Is this sound art?”

It is a collage that combines many concepts that we learned of in class. From John Cage’s take on sound, noise, and silence to the late 20th century masters of sampling all the way to the modern day vaporwave and glitch art scene.

I was influenced by dirt style, vaporwave, plunderphonics, Ryoji Ikeda, glitch music and art, acousmatics, Christian Marclay, James Tenney, Hugo ball, Amacher, and the internet as a whole. The visual (skit) format was influenced by Forcefield and early Fluxus performances.

My Piece very much has a lot to do with comedy and internet/digital culture. I wanted to make something that peeked back at my life so far and all the things I enjoyed growing up with (and still do today). The video is done in skits, sort of like a “Robot Chicken” of sound art. It is called “Is This Sound Art?” because I have a sense of humor and mainly because that is a very thing I questioned myself with while making this piece. It starts with me receiving a VHS that contains a collection of my past, told through various things I’ve enjoyed throughout my life, like video games, music, internet memes, anime, tv, and movies. It begins and ends with the tape, and the video in which I am watching begins and ends with heavy distortion. I very much enjoyed working with both Premier Pro and Adobe Audition to create this project; I learned many new skills and hope to improve my editing prowess in the future. 

When creating the sound pieces, I later introduced gifs and stills that complimented what was going on, later I incorporated clips from movies and eventually one thing led to another and I was simultaneously making sound art and videos that were edited around the sounds. Through responding to one thing the other came along shortly. Most (if not all) the videos used are replaceable with other clips or stills if edited properly. The sounds created gave me a vision of the visual aspects that would better portray the very impact of what I intended the sounds to have in the first place.

I will post images of my project panel to help show the actual process involved in creating this piece. 

Process:

One of the thing I didn’t get to go over in detail in class was the process and the lengths in which I went to to find fitting video clips to match my sound sample pieces. 

Note: 95% of the video clips used did not retain any of their original material in terms of sound or were edited/transposed with other sounds!!! 

(a perfect example of this is found at the 1:44-1:45 min mark in my video, in which you see an M40A3 sniper from CoD4 go off and seemingly hear the sound of a gunshot to go with it. This is in fact not at all the sound you are hearing (or a gunshot noise at all!), instead, I used a section of the recording of “Fearless” by Pink Floyd and added a reverb effect in Adobe Audition that makes it sound void and distorted to make the effect. (the same song is used at 0:58-1:01, and football chant section at 1:14 and 2:30 respectively)

Also, many video clips were edited to make it look like people/characters are speaking words in which my sound collage sample is saying, but they are just either examples of pure chance, like at the 1:17 mark, where it looks like you see The Hound from Game of Thrones singing “I’m Tickled Pink” by Jack Shaindlin. (He is actually singing....this.) Or they were intentional morphed into looking like they spoke the word, like the obvious one at the 1:20 mark.

I started my process by mingling together sounds and songs samples from various medias and in some cases spoken word. I then, completely separately, compiled a massive load of videos from various sources on the internet, and also recorded some videos myself, of myself, and from footage of video games recorded by myself. I then tried my best to fit my sound examples together to form separate “skits”, then I did the daunting task of editing the videos together in a way to make it look like it all fit together somewhat naturally!

Description (as seen on YouTube): 

This is a project that I made for my sound art class! It combines themes we learned like plunderphonics, collage, acousmatics, and sound sampling to create something that is meant to be a revision of my past. I explore things that are important to me through: Internet culture + memes, video games, anime, TV, movies, music, and more! My main inspirations were glitch art, vaporwave, dirt style, and the core essence of what it is to be a sound sampler. I always ask myself: What is sound art? And to no avail, i get myriad of answers and descriptions. I created this piece to challenge the very question of what makes something "sound art" and what makes it just some plain old memified video found on the interwebs. This took me 3 days straight to create and I hope you'll enjoy!! 

Samples: [Emboldened = Used for longest period(s)]

Sounds - From the beginning (some are used multiple times with varying degrees of effects/distortion/application)

CD Scratch sound effect (edited - later used unedited)

VHS Tape Hiss (used throughout VHS tape and distorted at beginning)

Voice Recording - “What is Sound Art?”

The Boredoms - Budokan Tape Try

dubbed.wav - (voice sample)

Footsteps recording - by me

Ambient noise of city recording - by me

Steven Connor: Photophonics - excerpt as text to speech

Lighter flick sound recording - by me

VHS Tape Insert sound

Static effect 2

Paper Rad - Welcome to my site

Hitting my TV recording - by me

Come on, what is this shit? recording - by me

Glitch effect(s) (I used about 7 of these, I will list the #’s used)

John Cage - Music of Changes

Me playing Violin in response to music of changes

VHS Static Noise

THX Sound

Glitch effect 1

Glitch effect 2

20th Century Fox Intro - Recorder Edition

Glitch effect 3

Glitch effect 4

Highly distorted pokemon noise 

Error noise - subtle

Omae wa mou shindeiru (NANI?)

Chewbacca's Roar

Saya No Uta - Song of Saya I (Video Game/Visual Novel)

Sonic Youth - Green Light (barely heard underneath Song of Saya during seq.)

Junko Ohashi - Telephone Number (first awooo)

Windows computer error noise

Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London (second awoo)

My cat (Luna) meowing - recording by me

Pixar Animation Intro (used bounce sound)

“This Isn’t Sound Art!” - Voice recording of myself

Naruto - Sadness and Sorrow

WTF Am I Doing? - Text to speech (text to sing!)

“The thief was smart” from the YouTube Video, “Professor pwnage”

The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow's Parties

Pink Floyd - Fearless (Highly reverberated/distorted during 0:58-1:01, and the sniper scene(1:44); I also used the football chants found near the end of the song at 1:14 and 2:30)

“What I am calling poetry is often called content” - Quote from R Murray Schafer - The Soundscape reading from class, Text to speech

Big Bill Hell’s (Fuck You Baltimore! excerpt)

Cheering crowd (stock sound)

Glitch effect 5

Korg-M1-Windbells MIDI sample file

Birds chirping (stock sound)

ORA ORA ORA - from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (Anime)

“Because life doesn’t happen...But i’m making sound and that’s the important thing” Quote from filthy frank video.

Glitch effect 6

Helicopter.wav (stock sound) (used during Monty Python: Upper Class Twit of The Year part) - This is worth a watch :D

Leeroy Jenkins - Popular Meme from the video game: World of Warcraft

Glitch effect 7

I’m Tickled Pink - Jack Shaindlin

Vinyl Crackling sound sample

Hey! Listen! - Navi from the video game: Zelda

Asuka saying “Ehh”- From the Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Cpt. Beefheart - Veteran’s Day Poppy

Radiohead - Fitter Happier

Avengers: Age of Ultron dialogue + ambience

ELO - Mr. Blue Sky

“Too many F****** People” - Recording of myself

Beeping censor effect

ARA-ARA

Who the hell are you?

Frantically writing - sound recording by me

Guided By Voices - I am a Scientist

The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen (used underlapped w/ “I am a scientist part-distorted into chime like sounds, also used at 2:01 more clearly)

Porky Means Business - Track from the video game: Earthbound

Call of Duty 4 Intro sound effect

“Aw shit, here we go again” - (GTA: SA Meme)

Nintendo Gamecube startup noise

Super Mario Bros. Theme

Dropping coins - Recording by me

Led Zeppelin - Going to California

Clannad OST - Roaring Tides II (Anime song)

Robert Johnson - Hellhound on my trail (used at 1:58-9)

Steins;Gate Opening (Anime; Used glitch sound from beginning)

Truck backing up beeping sound

Ally Kerr - The Sore Feet Song (used at beginning of the Halo 2 sequence in juxtaposition of Led Zeppelin’s “Going to California”

George Carlin - Advertising and Bullshit (”I call this piece...Advertising”)

Guided By Voices - Wonder Boy Poet (briefly behind “The Sore Foot Song”)

Door Stuck! Door Stuck!!! (Used video as media and mic chatter as audio)

Yawning - recording of me

Powerful goku vs the pursuer

To Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X

Lelouch’s Checkmate (Dub)

Galaga sound effects

TV static sound effect

Nautical Almanac - sounds from clip (further distorted/warped)

Mac death chime

Windows (PC) crashing sound

USSR Anthem played on Nokia 3310 phone

ZUNpet Test (Touhou video game music emulator)

Popotan Intro (eroge) (source of Caramelldansen meme dance)

“Help me” - Voice recording by me (reversed)

Rain ambiance stock sound

“Aw Shit” - Voice recording by me

Toto - Africa

Shion Laughing Insanely (Anime: Higurashi [a personal favorite])

The Doors - How To Touch The Earth (I AM THE LIZARD KING!)

VHS eject noise

VHS getting destroyed video

[hellolittlefoxie]

I sat in the car and check the time, it was only nine thirty in the morning.

So early, I thought to myself.

I guess when you’re so excited to see someone you just can’t help but get ready early, and leave early just in case there’s traffic, or something goes wrong along the way, but this was a little too early.

How long am I gonna wait here for if they’re going to Porto’s. I guess I can nap. Or even better yet, just gonna enjoy this cloud porn.

I sat in silence for a bit before I got your message, rip nvm they just told me they got a table for dimsum.

Wao, what luck, I guess I don’t have to wait that long. Guess I’ll go roam around then.

After a quick detour to grab some lemon tea with lots of stares and awkward smiles, I found myself standing about five inches above the next tallest person in the lobby.

Some more stares and awkward smiles ensue.

Until finally I’m met with smile that wasn’t awkward but comforting instead. A quick hug and I fall in line right behind you as you guide me through the restaurant, to sit at a table with mountain views and everything but a few bites of dum sum left.

It suddenly felt stuffy and suffocating in the room. Greeting everyone at the table, and taking a seat next to you. I don’t mind meeting new people but I’ve never been one to be in a situation of meeting family members. Usually because I’m always kept a secret from family or kept to a minimum of “Hello,” “Good bye,” and “Thank you for having me.” I could already tell you were on edge and it only made me more self conscious. I can take full responsibility for fucking up, but in my defense I did offer to share twice and you didn’t answer. But still I apologize for my outspokenness, just bare with me as I try to adjust to this new situation.

Standing outside though was a relief and I felt more at ease talking to everyone. Still amused by the family dynamics of having so many cousins who are older than you. And after a few hugs and handshakes good bye, I really hope you get to hang out more with your family, they all seem like wonderful people.

My day finally began with you as we drove to Pasadena, a few remarks on our past week and a talk about what had been bothering me. I honestly didn’t want to talk about it because I felt so petty letting something bother me so much, but honestly I felt like a burden to you the day before and the few hours before seeing you. Hearing you talk about how you don’t hang out with your cousins, or Brandon, or Aaron enough, made me feel selfish for just wanting you the whole day and hearing you make plan after plan just made me frustrated that 1. I wasn’t going to be able to have you to myself 2. I was getting in your way of making the best of this weekend. But I’m glad I told you through broken thoughts, and sentences because even I was just trying to understand myself, and I promised myself I would work on talking to you about the small things like that because I have a bad habit of internalizing things and letting them grow inside until they become twisted and ugly. But you reassured me that it wasn’t the case and it was just my negative thoughts. You gave me a smile and squeezed my hand and everything was okay again.

We walked though Old Town, with your hand in mine.

I love how small my hand feels in your.

It was a small comment but it stuck with me as we walked through the store with glass trees, and cinnamon laden candles and through the rest of our walk as we admired old Tower of Terror looking apartment buildings and drooled over garlic cheese bread which you didn’t even get to eat later.

As we drove through San Marino, a neighborhood you’re probably getting very familiar with, it hit me as we drove through the fall painted trees, and silver white clouds above that having you back in LA felt a little to unreal. Everything seemed so perfect, like a picture I didn’t want to stop staring at in fear that if I blinked the moment would be gone

I think about you.

You think about me too.

It was probably the 17th time we listened to the song, but it’s just that type of song you want beamed into your brain because it’s so good, something about the lyrics plays with your heartstrings and you can’t get enough something playing with your emotions that way.

We then found ourselves sinking into a couch that’s definitely seen some better days, but the fact that we were ten feet deep into it added more charm to our conversation of your architecture course and how you pay extra attention to how things are laid out and how FTB (fuq dat bish) isn’t your typical boba shop, how you can actually adjust your sweetness (I’ll take the L this time, sorry again), and how Wong Fu does a lot of their shoots here. My taste buds were happy, my stomach was full, and my nose was runny from the popcorn chicken so we then decided to keep our day going driving back home, over the mountains, onto Mountain Ave to deliver some baked goods from you to my parents. A happy reunion with awoos, and barks filling the air coming from my parents, us, and the doggos outside. A chill session in my room filled with kisses here and there to heighten the tension, a head bang session to seven lions and a very special plur from you and I could barely contain how happy I was to just have you chilling here in my room sharing stories about my trophies with no big plans or anything in mind. Just us two enjoying the moment and whatever it brought.

After some failed dog training and a shot put contest it was finally some alone time with you, a semi turned up speaker to hide the bed squeaks and bedroom noises, with a little help of the most aesthetically pleasing lighting and sunset and it was an intimate session straight out of a fanfiction, with the lighting and blinds leaving tiger patterns on our skins and the setting sun filling the room with the softest of lightings until we found ourselves laying in the dark holding each other underneath the blanket.

I love you.

I love you too.

It’s the quiet moments like this that leave you thinking how love isn’t always the fast beating, pupil dilating fervor people always write about. It’s these moments that make you realize love is a decision. A decision to love the person for all that they are, for all their flaws, their vulnerabilities, for their passion, dreams, and everything else. I laid there feeling your warmth, your skin, your hair next to me and I thought to myself, this was an easy choice to make.

It seemed like the universe was once again smiling down upon us later that night as Freefall played in perfect sync as we rounded the corner and the downtown skyline filled the horizon. Seeing the skyline at night always manages to hype me up and this time I really had to remind myself to breathe as we rushed to make the closing time to get some dessert from some hole in the wall bakery.

Stressing to find parking, and sprinting all out to make it right as they were packing up to taste some way too sweet pastries but one of the most refreshing new drinks I’ve tried in a while was well worth the rush. But again, anything small with you is great and as we walked back to the car I started missing you even more than I already was even though we still had a couple more hours left together. But I wasn’t gonna let my sadness make this moment bittersweet so onto The Chandelier Tree we went. I told you my story about always running by it and never knowing it was there, and even after visiting it for the first time once I was in college it never really left much of an impression to me, but seeing you standing in front of the coin machine (that somehow also takes card) and seeing you send pics to your mom about this random quirk in LA and all of a sudden a new memory is made, and something that I easily overlooked before takes on new meaning. Taking failed selfies, trying to find the perfect angle for your potato of a phone, having a stranger ask us and no one else to take a pic of us and it’s like this tree in LA was suddenly my favorite spot.

But my favorite spot in LA kept changing that night because it turns out my favorite spot that night was wherever we happened to be. As Said the Sky underwhelmed us, we let the city lights pick us back up, going out of the way to find a lit up house, and being extra af just so we could pretend to be bougie and window shop Rodeo Dr. Giving you the grand tour of Sunset, Beverly Hills, and taking you a new way to the airport before letting our night end as it has before. With a prolonged hug, a kiss good bye, and another bittersweet I love you in terminal 6. I couldn’t help but patiently wait to be able to see you for as long as I can before you truly disappear until next time. Another lonely drive home, and it’s another countdown until the next time I see you.

14 more lunches.