#2024 rain wear collection

[thomsonsharon347]

Raincoat Types You Can Purchase in 2024 for the Monsoon

Stay stylish and dry this monsoon season with the best raincoat types you can purchase in 2024. From classic trench coats to modern, lightweight rain jackets, there are options to suit every taste and need.

Visit : WWW.Oasisjackets

[nyc-looks]

Izzy

“I am wearing a thrifted women’s blazer from Collections for Le Suit, a hand-me-down Champion crewneck that I bleached, an arrow button up with a collar I also bleached, thrifted buckle dress pants with no tags, and gifted New Balances. A big inspiration of mine is academia as someone who was introduced to the world of academia very young, I found myself being engulfed in the world of elite colleges and angel statues in post-rain fog whether that be in books video essays online blogs news or forums. Now that I’ve grown older I find myself taking the good quality pieces and business casual foundations of light and dark academia and using them as a foundation for me to place my own takes and spins on the genre usually with a more ethereal or in this case a more edgy approach.”

Mar 30, 2024 ∙ Crown Heights

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

It's Raining Crows and Dogs Masterlist

This is a collection of interactions written for the It's Raining Crows and Dogs blog event held in late June 2024 to August of 2024.

Intro Story

Reader Interactions

“Is that your cologne or your natural scent?”

“Can I have some of your candy?”

“Is your hair dyed? What was the experience like?”

“Do you wear that fur coat even in the hot weather?”

“What pen do you use?”

“Do you have 101 dogs?”

The cure for homesickness

Chocolate truffles for him

Helping Yuu with their appearance

Why teach?

Wearing a fur coat in the lab

Helping a student on the brink of failing

“Does Crowley provide dental?”

Dog care tips

Making his own fashion line

His bare wrist

A suitor who lacks fashion sense

About the Other Characters

Catsitting Lucius

Stories about Science Club

“What are your musical tastes?”

“Tell us more about your student days!”

Taking care of a lost puppy and returning it to its owner

Which students does he trust to look after his dogs?

Love for classic cars and working with Sam

His high school besties

Do moms and older sisters hit on him?

Character Interactions

Deuce summons away one of Crewel’s cauldrons

Tsum!Crewel headcanons

Chess vs Trein; who is ahead in wins?

Ortho shows CB-RS01 and 02 to Crewel

Vil and Crewel spill the tea

Taking class with Kalim and Silver

Closing Story

[polyamships]

[ID: “Polyam Shipping Day / 14th of every month”. Next to the text is a red infinity sign that finishes in a heart on top. Above the text are rows of stylized hearts in the colors of both versions of the polyam pride flag (black, red, bright blue, light green, dark green, light blue, navy). /end ID]

February 14th 2024 is our 36th Polyam Shipping Day.

The optional theme for it is: 🌦️ Weather 🌨️

This could be weather literally, such as: characters enjoying the sun, dealing with rainy days and having to cancel plans, gleeful dancing in the rain, being snowed in, snowballs fights, or more dangerous forms of weather like blizzards, hurricanes, tornados! What kind of weather do they prefer, and what do they like to wear or do to prepare for different types of weather? For whump, characters getting sopping wet, hypothermic, having sunburn or sunstroke, and so on. Do they weather something, either physically like skin weathered by being outside, or mentally with getting through a difficult time? Something else, like a monument, location or item, they frequent or care about could be worn by exposure outside. Perhaps a ship they are on weathering a storm or taking advantage of the weather to get ahead. AUs with a weather related career like meteorologist, or they could have abilities to predict/control the weather. There's also many phrases with it in, such as fair-weather friend, under the weather, or to make heavy weather of something.

…

We’ll be tracking #PolyamShippingDay, and keeping an eye out for any @polyamships mentions too. We will reblog any polyam-positive fanworks featuring polyamorous ships of any configuration/type from any fandom. All ratings are welcome but anything nsfw/triggery should be warned for and behind a read more, as should very long tumblr fic.

You can also submit works directly to the blog or send us asks to let us know to check your blog for a post. If you’re posting on AO3, our collection name is ‘PolyamShippingDay‘ and you can post to the collection here. Only fanworks submitted/@ us on tumblr or in the official AO3 collection, or fanworks posted to our Dreamwidth community, are guaranteed to be included in our roundup. Please also let us know what prompt you created for, if any - people are always welcome to create for past prompts instead.

We have a Discord - invite here - if you want a place to chat about your ships or what you’re creating for them.

We look forward to seeing what people create for it. If you’re enthused about the day, we’d be especially appreciative of any reblogs to help spread the word about the event.

[yuyubeans]

first date

pairing: date with fem!seonghwa

genre: fluff

wc: ??

as you nervously waited for Seonghwa, thinking about the date youd planned and agreed to about a week ago... you couldn't help but feel a flutter of fear at the thought of him hating it

but when he arrived, his smile calming your nerves instantly. he was wearing a small blazer and a dark velvet skirt, he looked beautiful, his hair in loose waves that framed his delicate face.

you both started your evening with a little stroll through the park, the sounds of laughs and giggles with the crunch of leaves mixed. his hand quickly found yours, the delicate touch warming you both up as you walked hand in hand, lost in conversation.

and as it started to drizzle with rain, you made it to a cozy little cafe tucked away in a quiet corner of the city. The scent of freshly brewed tea filled the air, soft jazz music playing in the background. hwas eyes lit up when you bought him one of those stupidly expensive decadent desserts they leave in the windows, and you couldn't resist ordering a few to share.

Sitting hip to hip, you talked until the café closed, mostly about bad dates and your favourite treats, you both felt your little spark growing. seonghwas laughter was beautiful, finding yourself looking more and more at his lips, esp when he showed you his pretty collection of lipglosses

As the evening drew to a close, you walked back to Seonghwa's apartment, hand in hand. and under the moonglow, he stopped and faced you, his eyes sparkling

"I had the the best time tonight," his delicate voice sending shivers down your spine. "you're so nice, I'm not used to it honestly."

you gently cupped his cheek, the warmth of his skin making you smile "it's all because of you... you're so beautiful and sweet," leaning in to press a kiss to his lips, your tongues quickly fighting for power over the other

and in that moment, surrounded by the soft hum of the city, the gentle embrace of the night, and most importantly, eachother, you knew that this was just the beginning of your journey together. with you both by eachothers side, you could face anything, even if he didn't like mint-choc-chip ice cream

a/n: I love mint choc chip ice cream omg

© yuyubeans 2024

[scenetocause]

lil headcanon of girloscar for silverstone '24 weekend plz if u would be open to it??

i'm actually writing a chewy girloscar first win/austria/logan's 2024 thing that's all got a bit in depth and will probably end at silverstone but here's a little fluffy bit of side scene

It's wet and - Lando doesn't like it, obviously but - Oscar gets a unique level of miserable in the rain. She can't wear shorts or she'll get wet legs, which always pisses her off and then apparently her jeans rub her between her thighs when they're wet and the team shoes aren't waterproof and even though this year Lando actually made her request one of the proper team coats she really resents wearing it.

Especially at Silverstone, which he hadn't realised sort of makes Oscar grumpy as a place. He'd quite enjoyed Melbourne, with all of Oscar's people around them but the scale is pretty different here. It's not just Lando's family and a few early-years sponsors or something, it's the entire UK (or something) showing up and Sky breathlessly hyping that he's going to win and then some sort of patriotic collective orgasm will happen.

He forgot to vote in the election, too, which feels like it should be understandable given they were doing twenty interviews that day but Oscar had a go at him about it in some sort of stressed way and he's just not really sure what's up with her this week.

They're sharing a driver room because of the motorhome thing, which he'd thought would be nice but seems to be exacerbating whatever Oscar's beef is. Normally they hang out with each other in one of them anyway, hiding together from media and VIP commitments and getting each other off when they're not meant to be.

Instead, Oscar is glaring at something on an iPad - probably Lando's tyre data - and jiggling her slightly-damp leg like it will help the denim dry faster. It's setting his teeth on edge.

Her digging through his data is nothing new and he doesn't mind, that's sort of the point. He's had a cheeky look through some of Jenson's and Lewis' from 2008, it can't hurt. But this feels less like something she's doing to gain something and more like distraction or even self-flagellation.

Well, he's been told he's very distracting. "Hey."

Him grabbing her ankle makes her look up, at least. Sometimes it's best to be blunt. "What's up with you?"

She sighs, makes a sort of grumbling noise and pushes the heels of her palms into her eyes, huffing. "Nothing - it's stupid."

Lando has to bite his lip for a second before leaning into a cliche. "If it's bothering you it's not nothing. Or stupid."

At least that makes her glare at him, rather than the iPad. She sighs again, kicking her legs out and slumping back on the sofa, eyes closed like she can't bear to perceive this too much.

"You didn't - yesterday, you didn't tell me you were going to be sexy and I turned up in a fucking sweater."

It almost has him blindsided for a moment because this is a completely unreal thing for Oscar to care about. "What?"

"You were all-" she does something with her hand that he thinks means 'fancy' or something "-and I'm fucking dressed like a toddler. Because it's your home race and I'm not trying to - I mean, I don't anyway but like. I don't want to look like a bad girlfriend and it's just-"

"It was a sexy sweater." It's probably not the most helpful thing he can say but still.

"What?" She's looking at him again but with total incredulity.

"Sexy. Makes you look all soft and warm to, uh, hug. Nice shoulders, good to kiss. Like you could pick me up in the paddock again."

In all fairness, the first time had been because he'd only had his socks on when the motorhome caught fire. But Oscar carrying him over to a chair in a bridal hold has spawned a thousand TikTok edits that Lando can't pretend he's stopped watching.

Even when they're calling him pathetic, he can see the tender way she picks him up, uses her forearm to support his back so she doesn't hurt him, holds him close to her as she puts him down. It's a type of loved he'd never realised he wanted to be, until she showed him how nice it is to be looked after.

It's his turn to do that for her, though.

She blinks up at him, where he's perched on the arm of the sofa, avoiding her agitated jiggling earlier. It's enough to make him not quite launch himself at her but tumble down so they can tangle together, cuddling the way he'd wanted to earlier.

"You think weird shit is sexy," she observes, stroking his hair to take the sting out of it.

That just makes him snort. "You think I'm sexy."

Oscar's laughing, at least, when she says "Well fucking everyone thinks that now, don't they? Slutty little vest thing."

"Don't slut-shame me or I won't let you put anything up my arse." He nestles closer to her, gets a hand on her boobs, through her team shirt, in the way that gives Sophie a headache because it leaves visible crumpling.

"Yeah you will," Oscar sounds a little bit amused, still. "Who doesn't want to get fisted after winning their home race?"

When he's squirming his way through a fucking - he still has no idea what Darktrace actually is - sponsor session later, still half-chubbed with way too little time before qualifying, at least she's knocking her hand against his and giggling at their inside jokes again.

[ffviirarepairweek]

FFVII Rare Pair Week 2024

Urban Dictionary defines rarepair as “A ship or pairing that not many people ship or is very rare to find fanfiction and fanart of. Typically happens within small fandoms or with minor characters.” So what’s your favourite Final Fantasy VII related rare pair? Do you have more than one? Here’s a chance to showcase them and help them move up from being rare! Not all parts of the pairing have to be from FFVII, and you don’t have to do the same pairing or group for the whole week! ** Pairings can be romantic or platonic. ** Below we have a list of prompts for this year. Feel free to be as creative with those as you want to, and take your time working on your entries, but please don’t forget to post them on the right date if you can. (But remember, no matter how late it’s better than never!)

For this event we are using a category approach. You can use the category as a theme for your prompt and the listed items suggested ideas. If none of the prompts give you any ideas, don’t worry! You can create anything you like for the week, provided it involves a rare pair! The goal of the week is to celebrate and share our rare pairs more than to just follow a list. Be it art, writing, mood boards, or even fic recs, just spread the love!

Feb. 16 | Day 1. Weather. Sunshine. Rain. Storms. The weather can create a meaningful moment, or a huge inconvenience. 

Feb. 17 | Day 2. Unexpected Challenges. How does your pairing deal with an unexpected challenge? (For example, they come back home from a trip to find the pipes have frozen and they have no running water. Is one of them using the last of the drinking water to save their dying house plants while the other is desperately melting snow to keep the humans alive?)

Feb. 18 | Day 3. Favourite Things. From favourite things about each other to favourite items of clothing stolen to wear around the house (much to the other’s chagrin), or favorite things to do for or with each other.

Feb. 19 | Day 4. Near Death Experiences. For the angst lovers, the whumpers, this could be a true near death experience. For the lighter side, it could be something much less serious but someone is clearly being dramatic for sympathy. 😀

Feb. 20 | Day 5. Free Day/Combo Day. Combo space to mix and match prompts from this year (or a previous year’s list) or go wherever your canoe takes you!

Feb. 21 | Day 6. Events. Holidays, celebrations, traditions. Whether it’s a joyful day like a birthday or one of mourning like a memorial, there are many days throughout the year that bring us together. What’s a day that’s important to your pairing, or a time that brought them together for something that isn’t part of their regular day to day?

Feb. 22 | Day 7. Stories. Stories play a big part in our lives. They inspire, they entertain, they teach. Is there a story that your characters hold dear, or that they recount often to friends (or their kids)? (Or is there a story about your rare pair that you want to recommend to others today?)

Need more inspiration? Our past prompt lists can be found below, and you’re welcome to use any of them!

2023 List | 2022 List | 2020 List | 2019 List | 2018 List

Also, mod Asylos is taking requests for things to write again this year. That’s right, you can get something written for your rare pair, and not just do all the heavy lifting yourself. Send in your requests as an ask any time now up until the end of the event week. 

Please remember to include the week’s tag (ffviirarepairweek) within the first 5 tags or else we might be unable to find your work! We will NOT accept/reblog anything containing Character/Ship Hate, so avoid including those in your entries. Also don’t repost anyone else’s work as your own! You are welcome to reblog other’s posts, but credit where credit is due. 

You can submit your works on AO3 to the event collection at https://archiveofourown.org/collections/FFVIIrarepairweek

And if you have any questions, don’t be afraid of sending in an ask.

We hope it turns out to be a fun event for everyone!

[mitoweek]

Prompt List 2024

This event will take place from October 13th through October 19th, 2024. Each day will have two different prompts to choose from. You may choose one prompt or both. You may skip days, create one or more pieces for any/all days, and there is no minimum or maximum word count or 'completion' status of art.

You may take the prompts as literally or as loosely as you like. If you can argue your work relates to a prompt, we'll accept it.

This is a tumblr event. Any AO3 collections are not affiliated with us.

Please review our About Us (linked in our pinned post) before participating.

Sunday 13th: Shodaime Mito | *Dialogue prompt

Monday 14th: Tales of Tragedy | Ripples

Tuesday 15th: Legends | **The Friends We Made

Wednesday 16th: ***In love and war | Trope wheel

Thursday 17th: The Masks We Wear | ****George RR Martin Quote

Friday 18th: Uzumaki Power | Genre remix

Saturday 19th: Free day | Antics and Adventures

Quotes and dialogue prompts listed below the cut

* "When we first met, it was raining."

** The real [blank] is the friends we made along the way.

*** Alt prompt: There is love to be found even in a dying world.

**** "I will take what is mine with fire and blood."

Please let us know if the link to the Trope wheel does not work

[putschki1969]

Hikaru at Today's 「麦ノ秋音楽祭2024 #Harvest」

Here are some shots of Hikaru rehearsing for and appearing at today's harvest music festival. She was joined by TACOS NAOMI(Key.), HaKA(Gt.) and Hiroaki Tanabe(Perc.).

Tweet 1 | Tweet 2 | Tweet 3 | Tweet 4 | Instagram post

Title: 麦ノ秋音楽祭2024 #Harvest (Mugi no Autumn Music Festival #Harvest) Date: May 12 (Sun) Venue: COEDO Craft Beer Brewery (Saitama) Website: https://muginotokiongakusai.jp/2024harvest/

Setlist

Rehearsal: Under The Rain Main performance: MC １. 空/Sora -Look ahead ２. The Sacred Torch MC 3. 黄金色の約束/Koganeiro no Yakusoku（NEW SONG） 4. Awe 5. pulsation MC 6. 奇跡/Kiseki

【Dr.Martens】 Introducing my Collection

Hello, this is Hikaru. Thank you for watching! This time, I will be introducing my personal Dr. Martens shoe collection 👞 This video made me realise how many pairs I had already bought🌱 When you like something you can't help but getting it *laughs* Do you have any favourite brands? Please let me know 🍀 if you have any video suggestions, please let me know in the comment section📝

YAY, Fashion-related content! My favourite!!! Very proud to be the owner of one of those pairs XD Tho I never wear them bc they are too heavy. Not sure how Hikaru makes it work. She herself admits that some of those are heavy as hell but whenever I see her wearing a pair, it looks pretty effortless XD Maybe she doesn't walk around too much in them? Or it's a matter of getting used to the weight?

Hikaru Supporting her Yuki Sasaki

After performing at today's Harvest Event, Hikaru supported her Ambient Border co-star Yuki Sasaki at his first art exhibition. (Tweet)

[chenfordsrollisi]

Queer as Folk Prompt Challenge 2024

33 prompts in 3 weeks.

Info/Rules:

Fics can be a drabble, ficlet, or one-shot. No chapter stories.

Any characters/couples are allowed, as long as both characters are 17+.

It's a challenge. However, if you can't or don't want to do all of the challenges for some reason, that's okay. Just list/label the ones you have done.

The QaF Prompt Challenge 2024 runs from 7/1/24 - 7/21/24. It ends Monday, July 22nd, Midnight CST and I'll be closing the collection to works at that time.

A03 Collection: QaF Prompt Challenge 2024.

Any questions or comments, reach out to: @Chenford'sRollisi

Prompts: 33

1. Cuddle 2. Sweat 3. "Good morning, Sunshine."    4. Loss of Debbie. 5. Brian comforts Justin after Jennifer dies. 6. It seemed like a good idea at the time. 7. The first time Brian and Justin see each other after 513. 8. Barebacking/commitment. 9. Sex in the rain. 10. Follow-up to popular story you've already written. 11. Ben/Justin fic 12. Brian/Ben fic 13. Sharing a cigarette. 14. Hug. 15. Drunk dialing after breakup. 16. Wearing the other's clothes. ("Are you wearing my shirt?") 17. Getting arrested. 18. Use of handcuffs/Loss of handcuff keys during sex. 19. Hogging the blankets. 20. Couch sex quickie. (Someone's coming over.) 21. Broken arm. 22. Broken leg. 23. Broken nose. 24. Bloody nose. 25. Brian's jeep gets stolen. 26. Brian needs to get glasses. 27. Justin considers getting his ear pierced. Brian tells him not to do it. 28. Moving Day - Brian moves to New York and moves in with Justin.    29. Jealousy 30. Interrupting Justin painting, for sex. (Bonus points if you include the paint in the sex somehow, but not required.) 31. Dancing. At home, in private. 32. Picnic. 33. Kissing in the rain.

[seeminglyranch87]

Taylor & Travis Timeline

February 2024 - part 1

February 4 - Taylor Swift cryptically changes her social media profile pics to black & white images sending us Swifties into a frenzy of "what does this mean?" & "Taylor is up to something!"

This is followed by her website going down - people investigate the error code and determine that this was done on purpose and that the letters "hneriergrd" spell "red herring" and 321 is a count down. Many fans expect the announcement of Reputation (Taylor's Version) others are wondering if she will announce the release of TS11?

What is Taylor up to ?????

Travis Kelce arrives in Las Vegas ahead of the Super Bowl. Travis will not be attending the Grammys due to his commitments with the Chiefs.

66th Grammy Awards - Taylor is nominated for 6 awards:

✨ Album of the Year ✨ Record of the Year ✨ Song of the Year ✨ Best Pop Solo Performance ✨ Best Pop Duo/Group Performance ✨ Best Pop Vocal Album

Taylor arrives at the Grammys in a white Schiaparelli gown (x)

Taylor Swift receives her 13th Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album. Taylor uses the occasion to announce the release of her 11th studio album "The Tortured Poets Department" on April 19, 2024! (x)

Taylor is awarded the history making Album of the Year Grammy for her album "Midnights". This is the 4th time Taylor has received this award - the most for any artist in Grammy's history (x)

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February 4 - Taylor releases the tracklist of The Tortured Poets Department in order to get ahead of leaks. Swifties are collectively floored by the track names.

TTPD Tracklist:

1. Fortnight (ft. Post Malone)

2. The Tortured Poets Department

3. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toy

4. Down Bad

5. So Long, London

6. But Daddy I Love Him

7. Fresh Out the Slammer

8. Florida!!! (ft. Florence + the Machine)

9. Guilty as Sin?

10. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

11. I Can Fix Him (No Really | Can)

12. loml

13. I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

14. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

15. The Alchemy

16. Clara Bow

17. The Manuscript

February 5 - Travis likes NPR IG post (x)

February 6 - Travis Kelce attending pre Super Bowl promotion and being interviewed. He handles SO many questions about Taylor (x)

February 7, 8, 9, 10 - The Eras Tour, Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan

Dear Reader (guitar) & Holy Ground (piano)

Eyes Open (guitar) & Electric Touch (piano)

Superman (guitar) & The Outside (piano)

Come in with the rain (guitar), You're on your own kid (piano)

February 10 - Taylor departs Japan to fly back to USA to attend the Super Bowl with Jet renamed (The football Era).

Ed Kelce speaks to People Magazine ahead of the Super Bowl (x)

Sirius XM Sports interview Andy Reid (x) and ask if Taylor is a distraction for Travis? Chiefs head coach Andy Reid replies

"...it's a tribute how [Taylor] has handled it, how Kelce has handled it. It hasn't been a distraction so there haven't been any problems with it... She loves the game and she obviously loves Kelce, I'm happy for both of them..."

February 11 - NFL Super Bowl LVIII, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas NV

Chiefs v 49ers

Travis up early and liking a post by Sportscenter where Shaq expresses his interest to meet Taylor (x)

Chiefs defeat 49ers 25 - 22 in a nail biting game that went to overtime. This is Travis Kelce's 3rd Super Bowl victory within 5 years.

Taylor is joined by Blake Lively, Ice Spice, her parents Scott & Andrea Swift, Travis' parents Ed & Donna Kelce, Jason & Kylie Kelce, Ashley Avignon, Austin Swift & girlfriend Sydney, Miles & Keleigh Teller, Aric Jones, Ross Travis & Lana Del Ray & others in a private suite at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas. She wears a corset top by an Australian designer, quite possibly a nod to her next tour stop...

Blake telling Taylor “He is going to win for you” (x)

Celebrating the Super Bowl win together!

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"Thank you for making it half way across the world, you're the best baby, the absolute best. Was it electric?" says Travis to Taylor

*take special note of the caption!

Post Super Bowl press conference (x) Travis is asked "Has any couple had a better week than Grammys to Super Bowl cleaning up?"

Taylor, Travis and their friends attend various after parties to celebrate the Chiefs win. The Chainsmokers play multiple Taylor Swift songs, including You Belong With Me (x) Travis and Taylor are spotted singing along together at Zouk Nightclub, Resorts World.

Taylor says "that was the most romantic thing that ever happened" and then Travis kisses her on the cheek (x)

Taylor posts a tiktok about the event...

There is lots of PDA (x)

Travis gives his jacket to Taylor (x) on their way into XS at Wynn Resort, Las Vegas to continue celebrating.

Travis and Taylor dance together when Love Story is played (x) (x) (x)

February 12 - CBS Sports air Travis Kelce Super Bowl Interview with Tracy Wolfson (x 1:35)

Tracy asks what it is like to have Taylor alongside him on this journey?

"It's been nothing but fun. We've both been learning about this lifestyle, knowing that I brought her into the football world. It's been an unexpected ride that I've just been having a blast with."

Travis also addressed fan conspiracies that the relationship is a fraud. "You're all crazy," he said with a laugh. "Every last one of you is crazy."

February 14 - the Chiefs post-Super Bowl win parade in Kansas City.

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[smolsleepyfox]

Okay so my grandma had dementia and she was a husk for months before she died. There'd been a few false alarms but that weekend I went home because the carers thought she might be waiting for the last person who'd regularly visited (me). Great start to a funny story, I know.

That weekend a friend invited me to a small festival to see a band I've been meaning to catch for ages. My mom told me to go, because let's be real, there's nothing you can do in that situation except wait. The festival was about 2 hours away, and it rained the entire fucking day. Pouring nonstop. Just driving on the highway I considered asking for a boating license once city hall reopened on Monday. My grandfather's umbrella decided to commit suicide by drowning while still in the air. The rain leaked through my battle vest and a rain jacket before wicking into my shirt before the second band was done.

And I was wearing sneakers. Why was I wearing sneakers? Because I'm a vain motherfucker and wanted to look cool. Not just any sneakers though, signature collection sneakers from my favorite band. As you can imagine, I was an hour away from contracting trench foot when we decided the headliner was not fun enough to get pneumonia for and went back to the car.

The only smart thing I did that day was pack woolen socks, a second pair of shoes and a spare jacket. So I changed into the shoes and put my soaked but beloved sneakers into the trunk.

My grandmother died that night. I woke up at 5am and three hours probably because my subconscious likely registered the phone ringing.

I promise this will get funnier.

We're an intensely practical family and this had been such a long process there was very little acute grief left. My mom went to see grandma and prepare her for collection, I got to unpacking our soaked shit and start the washer.

That's when I noticed that one of my shoes was missing.

You know how they say when you have enough background stress built up anything can set you off? Yeah, I was MAD. I searched the car twice, went through the laundry, then just scrolled through eBay absolutely FUMING. The shoes were a limited edition and none of the resellers had my size. Even worse, I have orthopedic insoles because of my wonky knees and one of them was obviously in there.

My mom advised me to message the festival organizers. I wrote them an email before realizing this is 2024 and found them on Instagram. I genuinely didn't have high hopes. Whoever ran their insta did see my message the next day and promised to take a look. I still didn't expect anything but already appreciated their effort while I was considering the reasonably priced but wrong size options on ebay.

Except the guy went to the parking lot to look - and found it! I genuinely do not want to know how wet it was by then. Maybe it was already at maximum saturation when I left it.

I couldn't just pop down there since I didn't have a car and four hours round trip from my mom's place seems excessive. My aunt lives very close to the festival grounds but we've never had a close relationship and with her it's always a gamble if she'll do something nice for you.

Luckily, the rock friends (name of the organization) are nicer than my aunt.

Which is how I had to text my mom that there would be a package with a possibly very wet and muddy shoe coming, and to please toss that in the wash before I could pick it up on the weekend.

I donated the money I would have spent on the drive and/or new shoes to the festival people. They deserve it.

[umbry-fic]

Temptation

Summary: She tastes blood between her teeth.

Fandom: Arcaea Characters: Saya, Lethe Relationships: Saya/Lethe Rating: T Word Count: 917 Mirror Link: AO3 Original Post Date: 06/08/2024

Notes+Warnings: Just a little altering of Absolute Nihil's ending. Therefore, spoilers!

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A storm raged with a spiteful temper, a biting wind whipping around the makeshift battle arena that had formed from rubble scattered across the ground, created from the vicious strikes exchanged between Saya and Lethe. The two of them stood at a standstill as lightning rended the sky in half, both panting from the exertion of their battle. Countless blows had been thrown out and blocked, all aiming to kill as the two of them relentlessly defended their own collection of glass shards - hers arranged neatly but vibrating with pent-up anticipation, and Lethe’s placid yet coiled with pent-up energy. A representation of the ideals they clung to desperately, refusing to give them up. Doing so would mean admitting that all they had done had been in vain - that there had been no hope from the very beginning.

Lethe raised her massive scythe easily, lunging forward with a speed that was beginning to wane. While her mouth was arranged in the same scowl she’d been wearing the entire time, the light in her eyes was dim. Even if she refused to admit it to herself, she must have also realised. That all of this was meaningless.

The sudden realisation left her exhausted, all the energy draining from her at once as the air left her lungs in a sigh. There was no purpose in fighting a battle with no end over a matter that had long since stopped mattering. There would be no winner here, regardless of who clinched victory.

Saya’s hand dropped, the shards she’d been shaping into a spear losing shape. Closing her eyes, she was glad that Vita was out of sight. Perhaps she had already run far, far away, frightened by the raging heavens and the mere thought of violence - Saya could still recall how she had trembled. She hoped that was the case. She should not have to witness this.

Her back hit the ground with a painful thud, pain flaring like a supernova in her side as Lethe’s scythe dug deep into her flesh. Coughing, hyper-aware of red liquid snaking between her teeth, she opened her eyes once more, smirking weakly as a single shard of glass burrowed into Lethe’s arm. One final, petty act.

Lethe stared down at her, face having gone utterly blank, the righteous anger wiped clean. She did not move - didn’t remove her axe, didn’t even flinch as the glass shard embedded itself in her skin, blood beginning to trickle down from the wound, splattering onto the already soaked ground.

“Why?” she asked.

The question was the first words that had been spoken since the battle began, shattering an unspoken agreement of silence that had been made knowing that words would have no effect - nothing said could sway either of them from the decisions they had made.

It was a question she did not have the answer to.

Reaching up with trembling fingers, she cupped the other woman’s cheek, marvelling at how warm she still was, even as the cold raindrops formed an ironic halo around her horns. Rivulets of water ran past her fingers, making her numb fingertips sting.

Why?

She didn’t have an answer. Perhaps she had just been greedy - had been greedy all along. Wanted to grasp all of the memories she could find and build a perfect world so that she no longer needed to be alone, no longer needed to be hurt. So that she would no longer be a failure, unable to protect anything precious to her.

She didn’t know who moved first. Perhaps they both did, desperate for any bit of contact, for warmth in this biting chill, for another person -

Lethe’s lips were warm against her own, and they tasted of the rain. Her side burned and burned as the scythe dug its way deeper, and she wanted as she pushed back, her hand forcing the tiny, innocent glass shard further into Lethe’s flesh.

There was hysterical laughter building in her throat, warmth finally touching her skin from the blood pooling and pooling, the acrid tang of iron overpowering the petrichor.

“How wonderful!” Deafening applause cut through the tension, breaking them apart. Swallowing iron, she sagged against the ground, refusing to drop her head even as she struggled against the darkness pulsing at the edge of her vision.

“It appears I was too late to stop this battle, but not too late to witness the climax, hm?” A new woman stood before them both, seemingly having appeared out of nowhere. The raindrops didn’t touch her - somehow, time had frozen around her in a small bubble, the world’s progress stopped in its tracks by sheer force of will. A strange light twinkled in her eyes, a smile that seemed to suck the oxygen from the air playing on her lips.

A woman who was bending the laws of this world to her whims and playing with its boundaries like they were nothing? There was only one conclusion Saya could come to about who she was. The one responsible for the recent strange happenings, who was slowly but surely ripping the very fabric of this world apart, uncaring of the apocalypse she would surely cause.

Lethe’s eyes narrowed, her fingers tightening around the handle of her scythe, before she wrenched it free in one fluid motion. Biting her lip hard, Saya barely contained a scream of agony, shoving it far down where it would not be heard.

“Now then.” The woman clapped her hands, delighted. “It’s not nice to meet you, girls.”

[foxquinweek]

FoxQuin Week 2024 Art Masterlist

Day 1 Royal AU

Royalty AU by nhyhu

Day 2 Hurt/comfort

on the run by wolviecat, alternate prompt: Dinner

Day 3 Rainy day/rain

when the rain stops by wolviecat, alternate prompt: lightsaber

Day 4 Fox with Quinlan's lightsaber

Collection by wolviecat

foxquin week day 4! by nomoremisternicebi

Day 5 Tending to injuries

kiss it better by wolviecat

Day 6 Literally sleeping together

Take a nap by wolviecat, alternate prompt: Unprepared selfie

Day 7 Formal wear

You can shapeshift? by wolviecat, alternate prompt: Gender nonconforming

foxquin week day 7! by nomoremisternicebi

Alternate prompts

In the shadow by wolviecat, Prompts: Cutting each other's hair, Modern AU

I used tumblr links over AO3 where possible. If you would like me to add the AO3 link or use the AO3 links instead of tumblr, please let me know. I know that AO3 usernames are not the same as tumblr for many, so please let me know if you would like the AO3 username or both. I will fix it if that is the case.

[lenawin4]

2024 DoctorRose Bingo Masterpost

here's my masterpost for @doctorrosebingo. thank you so much for running this event! I had such a wonderful time writing and reading DoctorRose fics.

Zeppelins, Trains, and Automobiles

Prompt: Insecurity Rose books the flight to Barcelona on a whim. // Three weeks after Bad Wolf Bay, the Doctor and Rose travel to Barcelona. Rose hopes it’ll measure up to their usual TARDIS trips.

First Arrival

Prompt: Firsts Of the best parts of Amelia’s job, keeping people alive definitely ranked on top. Helping the Vitex heiress give birth was a close second. // Moments before Mia’s arrival in Pete’s World.

Lightning in a Bottle

Prompts: Mutual Pining & Cuddling In the years they were apart, the Doctor collected jewelry, and Rose collected sonic screwdrivers. In Norway, they can finally give them to each other.

A Sun Rises

Prompt: Gelth It’s bloody difficult, wearing a dead man’s face.

Lost In Translation

Prompt: Mistaken as a Couple It was the closest he came to kissing her that day. Resistance grew difficult exponentially, by the second. Only the thought of deathbeds reined him in.

hope i can't recall

Prompts: Journalist AU, Sunsets, Genie/Djinn, Dancing in the Rain, & Keepsake The Doctor, against all odds, stumbles upon Rose Tyler in 21st-century London. But she doesn't remember him and, inconceivably, she's here with his future self.

On the Nature of Daylight

Prompt: Free Space The Doctor and Mia Tyler: a story of quantum entanglement across time and space. // Inspired by Arrival by Denis Villeneuve and "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang.

The Doctor and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Prompt: Sycorax The Doctor has a bad day. His wife and daughter make it ten times better.

The Waiting Stars

Prompt: Projected Dreams Rose is dreaming. But they're not her dreams.

restore my faith

Prompt: Grief The day the Master died, Rose Tyler resurrected in the bowels of the Valiant.

[tartarduck]

can we get a merch tour :O i always have fun looking at your luke collection!

Hi anon!! When I saw this in my inbox I was like oh my goodness, oh my god, I would LOVE to do a merch tour. So a few things off to preface the chunk of text and images incoming:

1. I really really love low-key merch that can be used in everyday life, so while I have some acrylic prints and badges, I usually store them away.

2. I AM SO SORRY TO ALL THE PEOPLE READING THIS WHO ARE PROPER COLLECTORS AND LOOK AFTER THEIR MERCH LIKE TREASURES. While I truly treasure my Luke merch,, most of them are just kind of put into boxes without any more covering or organisation...

Now, onto the merch tour!

I keep my desk pretty clear - here is Luke who holds my stylus for drawing and my plain lamp that I put a Luke scrunchie on.

On the wall, I have a display for some of my favourite merch items that I switch out when I feel like 🫶 it used to be an entire wall but it was a little cluttered so I cleaned it up right before my exams 💀✌️

And look! Speaking of exams... I keep a lucky charm on my door so I can pass them 😭 thanks to this little boy I managed to stay in uni this long.

And here's my diary that I decorated with the cozy couple's getaway merch. Since 2023 is ending soon, I'll be slowly and carefully removing this and sticking it onto my 2024 diary (yes I use diaries, no I cannot remember what to do without them).

I've got another little Luke on display and the rest I've stored away. I won't lie, the Luke merch is basically half of my storage at this point. Right, and not pictured is the Luke blanket (iykyk) which is in its own corner of isolation in my wardrobe.

Anyhow, that is basically everything for the tour! I don't put out a lot of stuff, which makes for rather dull pictures but I feel like Luke merch has seeped into every corner of my life...

When my phone's out of battery, I take out a Luke power bank. When it's raining, I bring a Luke umbrella. When I'm lounging at home, I wear a Luke T shirt.

And so on, and so forth. Mihoyo makes so many lifestyle items for Themis and it's absolutely ruining me. Bonus shoutout to the Childe cushion that keeps my back from aching on my chair right now (my mum thought he was Luke too).