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[cocksley-and-catapult]

My C&C fan comic that has been living in my head rent free till now.

ISSUE ???: Wait that's not cardboard?!

[covenists]

✦ FLOWER POWER, C. SAINZ

everyone knows that carlos is not the type of person who likes flowers. of course everyone also knows that dislike will turn into the opposite, just like him with flowers.

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username Carlos you can run but you can't hide

username i mean i understand why's he liking this tho... her bouquet collection are PERFECT

username This is the type of thing that I need to see in the morning

username I'm convinced that Carlos is just pretending to be a flower hater. Because who hates flowers?

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yourusername Another collection, and it's STUNNING!

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username YESS GIVE US YOUR TOP ANGLE WITH THOSE FLOWERS TO US

username Now I wonder who's giving her those flowers...

username ＠mileycyrus Definitely oml 🙄🙄🙄

username no but for real it is stunning

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charles_leclerc It's her second post about his bouquets and he's already got down this bad

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username He can't because he's blindly in love with her

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yourusername Flower power!

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landonorris thanks to your power to break down all of his fakeness that has lasted for 4 years 😒😒 too bad that i bought it

carlossainz55 Everyone has their secret, but for this one is different

landonorris yeah keep lying to us cheater

carlossainz55 WHAT ARE YOU CALLING ME CHEATER FOR

robertomerhi I thought that this could never be discovered, but I guess you uncovered it yourself 🤣

carlossainz55 Why are you guys turning against me now

username idk guys but i guess y/n is the fourth person here

username she's so cute omg, i've never seen her full face this year

username CARLOS CAN YOU FIGHT?

username flower lover gf 🤝 flower hater bf

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username IT'S REAL?????😨😨😨😨😨😨

username What kind witchcraft did she use to make him like flower again?

username AGAIN?

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[imagining-in-the-margins]

Love Language (S.R.)

Summary: Reader cuddles Spencer. Spencer cuddles back.  Request: Reader is constantly close to/touching someone (her love language is touch) and everyone expects spencer to reject her, but shockingly he accepts it Couple: Spencer Reid/GN!Reader Category: Fluff Content Warning: None! Word Count: 725

MASTERLIST

There are few things more comforting than the home of Penelope Garcia. The lights were warm, and their reach covered every hint of a shadow. It was so far away from the horrors of the job.

It was a place where badness didn’t belong. A place full of friends, family, fuzzy blankets, and fluffy pillows. And that night, it also happened to include a few people in particular.

You, of course… and Spencer.

The boy sat innocently in the corner of the loveseat, but as soon as you walk into the room, his entire demeanor changes.

He smiles from his seat and raises a quick, nervous hand in a wave.

The others also greet you in their usual way. Penelope is quick to wrap you in an always appreciated embrace, and JJ drifts by with a gentle, welcoming hand across your back.

As you start to settle in, you note that there are several places for you to sit. You eye your usual seat, which is once again unoccupied.

You take a step towards it, but, almost immediately, you find that it seems a little too sad that day. For starters, it is devoid of your favorite blanket, which seems to have sneaked away.

Even more than that, you find that the solo seat is missing something else. Something that is warm and soft and smells of vanilla coffee creamer.

The room is filled with idle chatter up until you speak. It takes only one syllable for everyone to fall quiet.

“Scoot!” you say to the boy now in the middle of the loveseat.

He’d gravitated towards you.

You’d done the same to him.

Still, he seems baffled by the order that couldn’t have been directed anywhere else.

“W-What?” he asks.

So, you repeat, “Scoot!”

Spencer looks down at your blanket beneath his thigh. He complies with your request to move, albeit for the wrong reason.

As he scoots into the corner of the seat once more, he lifts the blanket for you.

“Thanks!” you graciously accept…

Right before you take the seat beside him.

Spencer doesn’t protest your presence. In fact, he does nothing at all. He is simply staring at you with the same shocked and bewildered expression.

Yet when you pull the blanket to cover you both, he smiles once more. He tries to hide it, but you can still clearly where his pink lips curve against impossibly pinker cheeks.

The boy is still stiff as a board when you come closer. Seemingly petrified by the possibility of ruining the moment, he stays firmly in his place with his hands in his lap.

Across the room, Penelope and JJ are eagerly hoping to change that. They are staring daggers at the oblivious genius, as if they could make him move through looks alone.

You pay no mind to their meddling. In fact, you barely even notice it because your face is smushed against Spencer’s shoulder.

You make yourself at home beside him, squirming and snuggling against his side until he realizes what you want.

He finally lifts his arm from between your bodies and wraps it lovingly across your shoulder.

Immediately, you sigh. You make a few final adjustments so that your head rests gently over a quick-beating heart.

The girls, no longer silent, promptly stand and run to the kitchen together—presumably to squeal without spooking the shy boy you’ve chosen to cuddle with that night.

After all, it was an odd sight to see Spencer accept proximity with another. It was an even odder sight to see him reciprocate it with such ease.

But he did. It was clear from the look on his face and the way his body finally found a way to relax alongside yours.

The room is quiet and filled with a simple bliss. You listen to the steady thumping of a kind boy’s heart and take joy in the feeling of his hand on your arm.

“You’re so warm,” you hum happily.

“Should I move?” he asks, frantic and certain that he’d ruined it somehow.

You laugh. You move even closer and nuzzle your face against something that is warm and soft and smells of vanilla coffee creamer. 

“Don’t you dare,” you say.

So he stays, and you stay, for as long as you possibly can.

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Looking for more to read? Check out my similar story Bedtime Stories on the Jet, where Spencer and Reader (accidentally) cuddle before they're caught by the team.

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[geekforhorror]

imagine riding aj GODDD

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pairing: aj x fem!reader

warning(s): SMUT (DNI IF YOU’RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT!), dom!aj, sub!reader, riding, unprotected p in v sex, dirty talk, pet names, fluff, etc.

word count: 725 words

a/n: not proofread since i wrote half of this at 12 am

"Just like that baby, just like that..." AJ groans while you're currently on top of him, bucking like a stallion.

He had quite a rather stressful day which was made quite clear when he came home to your guys' city apartment. You had noticed how tense his muscles were when you went to go hug him. You had asked him what was wrong and he told you about all the shit that had gone down while they were planning their next big heist. It had already been stressful enough with how little time they had to make this heist successful. He usually was good with dealing with stress, but the guy he had fought today in order to obtain C-4 really did it for him. When he finished telling you about all of it, you made him an offer that he wouldn’t and couldn’t refuse in a million years. You wanted to ride him.

Here you guys were, now ten minutes in, and both of you had been reduced to a moaning mess. Moans that couldve been mistaken for being in porn had begun to elicit from both of your guys' lips, but both of you were too much drunk on each other to care. You didn’t care about the noises that would for sure surface off the walls or your neighbors filing countless noise complaints.

"Jay...fuck," you breathily moan. Your hands had found their way to his beautiful locks to maintain your balance through the wave of pleasure given to you by riding his cock.

“You’re gripping me like a fucking vice, doll,” he grunts.

He wasn’t lying. Your tight cunt was more than inviting when it came to sliding his dick into it. It was like two pieces of a puzzle that fit so well together. He gently forced you even lower on him, which resulted in you taking in more of him. Despite having been together for a long time and making love more times than either of you could count, you were never used to how thick he was. You could feel him every inch of him sheathed inside your aching pussy.

“Fuck baby…don’t stop,” he moans while guiding your hips with his gorgeous hands.

“I don’t know how much longer-“ you raggedly pant.

“You’ve got this, sweetheart…I know you do,” he reassures you at which you frantically nod your head. “Come on baby, be a good girl for me,” he coos.

“Anything for you,” you whine.

“That’s my fucking girl,” AJ says.

You continue to glide on his cock like you had been doing, but he takes it one step further by moving his hips faster against you, giving you no choice but to feel him bottom out. You feel yourself unravel as he jerks himself deeper into your tight little hole. Molded to him.

“Such a big dick Jay…gonna cum-“ you cry out in ecstasy.

“You’ve done so well for me, darling. Cum on me… gonna feel so good,” he praises.

He then speeds up even more, which you didn’t know was even possible. AJ had gone from being passionate to becoming animalistic with his thrusts. That’s the effect only you had on him.

With him jerking faster inside you, you could feel your vision start to get blurry and pool with stars. You felt the hot coil start to form in your abdomen as he rutted like a man gone wild. Finally, his movements sent you over the edge and you felt your release spurt out of you and onto his dick. He could feel the way you spasmed around him and he swore he was going to pass away on the spot. The feeling of your cum smeared on him only made him want to cum faster.

AJ makes his hip bones meet yours and in doing so, he finally finds the right spot inside you that brushes his sensitive cock just right. He finally lets the hot rope of cum gush onto your already slick pussy. He rides out his high along with you and pulls out shortly after. You both then lay down accordingly on the now ruined sheets and look at each other with loving eyes.

“I love you, baby,” he whispers with his lips touching the ridge of your ear.

“I love you too Jay. Forever,”

“Forever sounds amazing if it’s with you.”

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* Beaded Chandelier: 11420 verts | 14430 faces >> Found under Ceiling lights | 390§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

* Bed Frame: 3901 verts | 3759 faces >> Found under Beds | 595§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

* Bed Mattress: 96 verts | 108 faces >> Found under Beds | 110§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

* Blanket for Lounge Chair: 2438 verts | 4637 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous decor | 15§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

* Bowl: 1842 verts | 3520 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous decor | 40§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel + 7 non-recolorable presets

* Clay Island: 2181 verts | 3022 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous surfaces | 310§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel >>>> 55 slots for Small/Medium/Large objects

* Cozy Duvet: 9187 verts | 17579 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous decor | 120§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

* Desert Glass Vase A: 2734 verts | 5256 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous decor | 50§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

* Desert Glass Vase B: 2272 verts | 3998 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous decor | 50§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

* Desert Glass Vase C: 3762 verts | 6993 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous decor | 50§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

* Desert Glass Vase D: 2423 verts | 4664 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous decor | 50§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

* Dining Chair: 2812 verts | 4005 faces >> Found under Dining chairs | 105§ >>> Recolorable - 2 channels

* Display Cabinet: 2105 verts | 1061 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous surfaces | 475§ >>> Recolorable - 2 channels >>>> 55 slots for Small/Medium/Large objects

* Floor Lamp: 2575 verts | 4417 faces >> Found under Floor lamps | 120§ >>> Recolorable - 3 channels

* Floor Pillow A/B: 725 verts | 1330 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous decor | 10§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel + 5 non-recolorable presets

* Living Chair: 1637 verts | 2242 faces >> Found under Living chairs | 195§ >>> Recolorable - 3 channels

* Molar Wooden Stool: 1823 verts | 2872 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous comfort | 75§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel + 1 non-recolorable preset

* Neutral Abstract Wall Art: 173 verts | 121 faces >> Found under Paintings and posters | 205§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel | 24 different arts >>>> Can be moved up/down on wall

* Oak Dining Table: 611 verts | 623 faces >> Found under Living chairs | 375§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

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* Sofa: 10262 verts | 13998 faces >> Found under Sofas and loveseats | 450§ >>> Recolorable - 1 channel

* Stone Sink: 1228 verts | 1282 faces >> Found under Sinks | 520§ >>> Recolorable - 2 channel

* Storage Box A: 1648 verts | 1192 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous decor | 35§ >>> Recolorable - 2 channels >>>> Stackable

* Storage Box B: 1483 verts | 1027 faces >> Found under Miscellaneous decor | 35§ >>> Recolorable - 2 channels

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Study Session 🌷🥀

Characters: Ace+Yuu+Deuce (Platonic)

Gender Neutral Yuu

CW: Yuu grills everyone, Grim, Ace and Deuce almost burn down ramshackle, platonic cuddling, platonic relationship, Ace and Deuce are sweethearts.

A/N: To the anon and all the others who wanted this I GOTCHU FAM. I was originally planning to write however I was tired after class so I only ended up writing around 725 words I hope that is satisfactory. If not I will definitely write more for the trio since I love them so much. (Fox hates Tumblr Mobile)

W/C: 725

Not proofread

“I got 42.” Ace out his hands on his hips proudly.

“I got -30.” Deuce showing Yuu his paper. Yuu grabbed it examining it as Deuce looked defeated.

“How did you get -30?” Ace asked, looking at the blue haired male confused.

“Well how did you get 42?” Deuce asked, retaliating.

“This is English homework, where did you get the math from?” Yuu asked as they both looked embarrassed. Deuce grabbed his homework in shame as they both erased their answers.

“This is the second time this month they confused math and English homework.” Grim spoke, eating his tuna.

“It's starting to become a pattern at this point.” Yuu spoke

“Well if the professors worded the questions easier I would understand it better.” Ace defended himself.

“Maybe you just can't read.” Yuu spoke, flicking his forehead.

“It's just a grammar question that should be easy.” Deuce spoke

“How did you both get math equations from grammar?” Yuu asked.

“At least we did the homework correctly.” Grim showed off.

“As if you didn't make the potion explode during class today.” Yuu spoke to him.

“That wasn't my fault, that was my henchmen's fault.” Grim crossed his arms huffing.

“Can you two be quiet? I need to think.” Ace scolded.

“Since when do you ever think?” Yuu asked as Ace shot Yuu a look.

“Finished.” Deuce sat up placing his pencil down.

“How did you finish it that quickly?” Ace asked, speeding up.

“I just followed what we did in class.” Deuce shrugged.

A bit later Ace stopped writing and put his pencil down with a proud smug on his face. “Finished.”

“They are both getting Fs tomorrow.” Grim snickered.

“Quiet Grim unless you want to help.” Ace spat at the Cat.

“Naw.” He went back to eating tuna.

“Yuu what do you have to eat?” Deuce asked.

“Well I only had enough to get myself food this month so you guys can eat whatever I’ll figure something out.” Yuu spoke.

Ace blinked. Then he got up, Deuce following as they ran out the room and downstairs. A bit later the door opened and closed.

“Did you scare them off?” Grim asked as Yuu shrugged.

“Who knows.” Yuu spoke getting up and going downstairs.

Around 15 minutes later the door opened and Yuu looked to see Deuce with bags in his hand he placed them over by the kitchen.

“I could of helped carry them, you know.” Ace spoke

“I told you I'm used to carrying all the bags.” Deuce spoke, wiping his hands.

“Did you guys seriously get food?” Yuu asked

“Yeah, don't worry about it, we can cook it for you. Think of it as our treat for you helping us.” Ace spoke

“Don't burn the kitchen down.” Yuu spoke

While they both were in the middle of cooking they in fact almost started a fire. Grim came down to laugh at them before Yuu shooed him. The finished product was just some instant ramen. They added extra stuff too.

“You two are never cooking again.” Yuu spoke grabbing the dishes and going to clean them.

“What? we totally did a good job though.” Ace spoke proudly.

“Well someone almost burnt down Yuu’s kitchen.” Deuce spat at Ace.

“Nu uh that was you.” Ace spat back at him.

“You were the one that was cooking the noodles.” Deuce spoke.

“Don't start fighting.” Yuu spoke as they both went silent.

“I'm going to shower.” Ace spoke going upstairs. Deuce got up and helped with cleaning the dishes.

“You don't have to help, I got it.” Yuu spoke

“No it's okay. I can help.” Deuce spoke

After everyone showered (separately ya nasty) the three of them were all huddled in Yuu’s room. Getting ready to go to sleep.

“Can I be in the middle?” Ace asked.

“You're asking this now?” Deuce asked.

“You didn't answer my question.” Ace spoke

“Fine.” Deuce spoke as Deuce got out and Ace went in the middle. Deuce got back in as well.

“...Wait, I changed my mind.” Ace spoke as Deuce. groaned.

“Let me just.” Yuu spoke as they crawled over Ace and laid in the middle. They laid their head on Aces chest as Deuce wrapped their arms around Yuu.

“Goodnight guys.” Yuu spoke

“Goodnight.” Deuce spoke

…

“Wait I-” Ace was cut off by Deuce Yuu and Grim “No”

They indeed both got Fs the next day.

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[seungkwansphd]

naughty cat of the week

pairing: jun x animal shelter staff!reader word count: 725 synopsis: jun loves checking the naughty & nice cat of the week updates at your animal shelter. occasionally a rogue opossum makes the rounds and he can't help but ask you about it. themes: s2l, cats & one mischievous opossum, meet cute...i think that's it?

a/n: valentines drabble for @love-strike i'm sorry this is SO LATE & i hope this doesn't suck & you enjoy it! thank you to @playmetheclassics for including me! not edited, lmk if you see typos & whatnot

“Oh mother- god damn!” you shouted, just barely managing not to drop the metal trap. “You again,” you frowned at the animal inside.

The two beady eyes that reflected back at you were those of an opossum and definitely not of the feral cat that you had hoped to trap and neuter. In fact, this opossum in particular had started to make a habit of getting “trapped” and eating all of the cat food before being discovered. You recognized him because of a distinctive notch in his left ear and also the smug, self satisfied opossum grin that you swore you could recognize anywhere.

“Will you freaking get out of here?” you pleaded with him as you released him. Perhaps next time you would drive him to a section of woods further away, but today you did not have the time.

Grumbling quietly to yourself, you went about resetting the TNR trap for a fourth time. You would get that big tomcat eventually!

…

Jun whistled contentedly as he walked home from the bus stop. Work had passed relatively uneventfully, but he was still looking forward to getting home. At the crosswalk, he took a right. This was technically a detour from the shortest path home, but it ensured that he would pass by the animal shelter. He’d always enjoyed checking out the cats and kittens through the window, but recently the staff had taken to announcing “Nice and Naughty Cat of the Week”. Jun had found himself immediately invested and he had made sure to take this route home every week since.

“Stupid. Freaking. Animal.” you grumbled under your breath as you placed the letters spelling 'Mr. O Possum' into the board under 'Naughty Cat of the Week'.

As it was the week of Valentine’s Day, the board was also adorned with pink and red cardboard hearts, but your mood didn’t quite match.

“Mr. Opossum again?” Jun found himself asking before he could help himself.

You jumped slightly, startled at the sudden appearance.

“That’s like the third time, right?”

“Yes,” you nodded, surprised that someone was keeping track of the weekly announcements. “Why do you know that?”

“Ah, that…,” Jun scratched his head sheepishly, giving you a once over. “I live nearby. I love the weekly Nice and Naughty Cat announcements, so I make sure to pass by on Mondays.”

You looked away, shy, as chest squeezed at his adorable explanation and boxy smile.

“Who’s the nice cat of the week?” Jun asked.

His eyes were so round with curiosity and it filled you with an overwhelming desire to kiss him on the mouth. Luckily you managed not to do that.

“Oh it’s Maxi!” you were excited to report, pulling out a picture of the white cat.

“Oh! Her ears?” Jun gasped, pointing at the C-shaped appendages on her head.

“Yes, she has curly ears! It’s a mutation that makes them look like that,” you gushed. “Would you like to see her in person?”

“Yes!” he nodded enthusiastically, allowing you to lead the way. You pointed to Maxi’s kennel where she looked up at you both curiously. Jun let out an adorable squeak as he crouched down to look at her more closely.

A warmth filled your chest as you watched him watch her, his chin resting on his fist. He was tall and small at the same time in a way that confused and intrigued you.

Jun tried to keep his cool as he felt your eyes on him. He’d been a little flustered to meet you, the person behind his precious updates, and to learn that you were cute in addition to funny.

“So what will become of Mr. Opossum?” he found himself asking as he stood.

“I released him, but I’m worried he’s going to come back!” you enthused. “If he comes back, I’ll have to figure out how to get him to the next town over or something.”

“Ah,” Jun nodded. “Well I’d be happy to help, if that’s the case.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah,” he nodded, looking at you through the pieces of hair that had fallen into his eyes. “I can leave you my number?”

“S-sure,” you nodded.

“Great. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that Mr. Opossum makes another appearance on the naughty board,” he grinned. “Or maybe me?”

The nervous swallow that you swallowed was so painfully audible.

[vintagelasvegas]

El Rancho Boulder Motel, 725 Nevada Way, Boulder City - built in 1953 by Albert & John T. Franklin.

This was the fourth of seven motels built by the Franklin bros, the others all in Las Vegas: The Franklin (aka Ferguson's), Lucky, Valley, City Center, Golden Inn (demolished), and Orbit Inn (demolished). El Rancho Boulder is the only one consistently open and maintained in its original form.

The motel sign recalls the shape of the original sign at the Desert Inn designed by Hermon Boernge at YESCO. El Rancho Boulder's sign was knocked over by a storm on Christmas day 2008 and was faithfully restored by the owner.

With Boulderites watching its daily progress with pride, the El Rancho Boulder, the community’s newest and largest modern motel rapidly is nearing completion … It is located on a historic tract of land, the famed block 40-A which was the site of the old Six Company dormitories of dam building days … The nearly half million dollar structure is being built by a couple of ‘hometown boys,’ pioneers themselves of dam construction days, Albert and John T. Franklin … Albert Franklin has maintained his residence here from the start of the town. – “New El Rancho Boulder to Ready for Labor Day Rush.” Review-Journal, 7/21/53.

Photos: (1) Franklin bros in front of the motel, Review-Journal, 11/1/53, (2) Postcard c. 1953, (3-4) Edit from red border Kodachrome slides c. 1950s courtesy of Walgoods, (5) 1980s, by Chelsea Miller, Northern Nevada Neon Photograph Collection, UNLV Special Collections.

[yvfu]

Author here. Meaning the real author, the living human holding the pencil, not some abstract narrative persona. Granted, there sometimes is such a persona in The Pale King, but that’s mainly a pro forma statutory construct, an entity that exists just for legal and commercial purposes, rather like a corporation; it has no direct, provable connection to me as a person. But this right here is me as a real person, David Wallace, age forty, SS no. 975-04-2012,1 addressing you from my Form 8829–deductible home office at 725 Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont 91711 CA, on this fifth day of spring, 2005, to inform you of the following:

All of this is true. This book is really true.

I obviously need to explain. First, please flip back and look at the book’s legal disclaimer, which is on the copyright page, verso side, four leaves in from the rather unfortunate and misleading front cover. The disclaimer is the unindented chunk that starts: ‘The characters and events in this book are fictitious.’ I’m aware that ordinary citizens almost never read disclaimers like this, the same way we don’t bother to look at copyright claims or Library of Congress specs or any of the dull pro forma boilerplate on sales contracts and ads that everyone knows is there just for legal reasons. But now I need you to read it, the disclaimer, and to understand that its initial ‘The characters and events in this book…’ includes this very Author’s Foreword. In other words, this Foreword is defined by the disclaimer as itself fictional, meaning that it lies within the area of special legal protection established by that disclaimer. I need this legal protection in order to inform you that what follows2 is, in reality, not fiction at all, but substantially true and accurate. That —The Pale King is, in point of fact, more like a memoir than any kind of made-up story.

This might appear to set up an irksome paradox. The book’s legal disclaimer defines everything that follows it as fiction, including this Foreword, but now here in this Foreword I’m saying that the whole thing is really nonfiction; so if you believe one you can’t believe the other, & c., & c. Please know that I find these sorts of cute, self-referential paradoxes irksome, too—at least now that I’m over thirty I do—and that the very last thing this book is is some kind of clever metafictional titty-pincher. That’s why I’m making it a point to violate protocol and address you here directly, as my real self; that’s why all the specific identifying data about me as a real person got laid out at the start of this Foreword. So that I could inform you of the truth: The only bona fide ‘fiction’ here is the copyright page’s disclaimer—which, again, is a legal device: The disclaimer’s whole and only purpose is to protect me, the book’s publisher, and the publisher’s assigned distributors from legal liability. The reason why such protections are especially required here—why, in fact, the publisher3 has insisted upon them as a precondition for acceptance of the manuscript and payment of the advance—is the same reason the disclaimer is, when you come right down to it, a lie.4

–The Pale King, David Foster Wallace

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Reviews for Week 16, 2024

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Septo-hippocampal dynamics and the encoding of space and time. Robinson, J. C., Wilmot, J. H., & Hasselmo, M. E. (2023). Trends in Neurosciences, 46(9), 712–725.

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Possible effects of pair bonds on general cognition: Evidence from shared roles of dopamine. Savidge, L. E., & Bales, K. L. (2023). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 152, 105317.

[lunarbun-ships]

hey guys! i know yall have been waiting for this for a few days and im proud to say that i finally have the whole timeline/backstory for bunny and i's adventure time ship lore sorted out!!!

so im proud to present our lore in extreme detail, its kinda rambly and very long!!

for yalls sake, im putting it under a read more 💀

kitty note: a lot of at’s canon events still happen, most of canon resides in the past, betty never comes back, so golb is never summoned. islands happens but no humans come back to ooo in fear of vampires, which are still an issue since marceline isnt alive either (referring back to the fact wk has ice marcy, implying something bad happened to her). some other canon events happen later on, so the timeline compared to ats is all over the place lol 😭 this has nothing in common with the f&c canon outside of the bare bones

for colored quotes, pink are for kitty, bold purple is for bonbon, blue for the wk and red for bunny :)

ik/wk gets ahold of the crown & puts it on in front of betty

betty doesnt get summoned to the present, she moves on after leaving simon

ik/wk meets marcy & has her for a couple of years before passing away (either due to the radiation from the gmw or due to the oozers that came from the radiation)

the original ice kingdom builds up around 500 years after gmw

kitty becomes princess of the stuffie kingdom about 700 years post-mushroom war

they meet princess bubblegum during a princess day celebration

this one is hosted in the breakfast kingdom

they get along famously during this princess day meeting & become fast friends

kitty meets ik/wk due to his princess kidnapping tendencies

kitty, once settled into his ice cell, informs him that theyre a lesbian

ik apologizes & they end up talking about girls until they get rescued

kitty & ik’s relationship mirrors marcy and simons post i remember you

BIG father/daughter type bond

after 150 years of friendship, kitty & pb persue a romantic relationship

their relationship is pretty healthy to begin with while both of their kingdoms are in infancy (725 years post gmw)

after ~200 years, theres a communication breakdown between the two of them, leading to their breakup

it takes a good amount of time before the two of them get back together- koo’s election still happens & she loses the ck for a while, which allows for their reunion to happen

bella noche gets summoned & ice king becomes simon again

this is the first time kitty gets a glimpse of who ik truly is

this, obviously, is an eye opener for them & they want to help ik gain his lucidity once more

kitty takes betty’s place in punching bella noche

marcy, as stated before, has passed & hambo is long gone, which prevents simon from creating the portal to apologize to betty

after bella noche’s defeat and kitty’s discovery, they ask bonnie for help in their quest to fix/cure the ik

bonnie agrees & offers to do some preliminary research on ik’s crown while kitty is away on royal business

bonnie uses the machine from “broke his crown”

ice king comes along with gunter

while ik and bonnie are using the machine & preoccupied, gunter is bored & starts pressing any and every button on the machine

this causes the machine to overload and explode

this accident transfers the curse of the crown from ik to bonnie via electric shock (from the explosion)/magic (the explosion malfunctions ik’s crown & the curse is transferred)

bonnie has amnesia from the crown curse

kitty returns from royal business and cant find ik anywhere and finds bonnie’s lab destroyed

kitty comes across bonnie, now bonbon, first

“…trying out a new look bonbon?”

“who’s bonbon? who are you? how did you get in here?”

bonbon is kind of aggressive, her mental state is adjusting to the curse

kitty, freaked out, goes in search of the ik, who is now the winter king

they finally come across wk while searching deep in the newly-forming winter kingdom

they ask him what happened & he genuinely has no idea what happened exactly, but offers to use his newfound conscious thought to help figure things out

kitty thanks him & they return back to their own kingdom

over the course of the next six months, kitty tries to adjust to bonbon’s changes & tries to help her remember

bonbon shows no interest in kitty, as the curse’s infatuation sets her sights on wk

kitty tries (and fails!) to ignore this & they try to help bonbon regain her memories

“i just got you back and ive lost you again” energy

kitty approaches wk & tells him that theyre going to be leaving to find a cure for bonbon’s madness & they werent sure when they would return

kitty’s sibling becomes the main one in charge in their absence & it stays this way

they lose touch with the wk after some time, leading him to believe they might be injured or worse- dead

kitty spends ~7.5 decades looking for a magic cure where both wk can continue to be wk and bonbon can turn back to normal to no avail

kitty meets magic man outside of the wastelands of ooo, where he promises to help in exchange for a favor

he’s still trying to steal glob/gob/grob/grod’s residual powers

the process malfunctions due to an interruption & magic mans powers transfers to kitty, making them magic woman

for the remaining 25 years before they return, they do intensive and obsessive magic studies in order to find a cure

they also occasionally watch bonbon from afar, watching the candy kingdom be rebuilt & just seeing how she’s doing

it is very painful for them but they miss her so much that they cant help themselves sometimes

bunny, age 24 by the time the 100 years have passed, meets winter king while assisting the ice scouts with another one of cq’s kidnappings

bunny is related to finn since josuha treated being an adventurer like a family business, so the tradition carries

impressed by their skill, wk appoints bunny to be his personal body guard due to their skill with a sword

since theyre always together, wk and bunny get to know each other rather quickly & become fast friends, bonding over magic and science

after some time, wk finds himself falling for bunny and he is not shy about those feelings in the slightest

he constantly flirts with them & makes it known that he likes them

bunny is oblivious + has had a crush on wk by this point anyway

wk takes bunny to some royal business & they get stressed out by all the people there/feeling like they dont belong due to the fancy event

wk takes bunny aside and gives them a pep-talk, a sweet one at that

“i wouldnt have invited you if i didnt think you wouldnt belong”

his hand is gently sliding towards theirs, interconnecting their fingers

“i brought you as my date for a reason..”

bunny.exe has stopped working

they confess their feelings to each other & they spend the rest of the event away from everyone, talking the night away.

wk and bunny enter a romantic relationship

two years pass & wk needs to go to wizard city, bunny accompanies him

the two run into kitty, causing a whole mess of emotions to run through wk- not good ones

kitty starts coming around more & becomes friends with bunny

kitty’s sudden reappearance is stirring up a lot of bad memories, thoughts & feelings with wk. despite this, the two are slowly rekindling a friendship

due to the bad feelings, wk is pulling away from bunny & is drowning himself in his work, this is a slow process, it takes a few weeks before bunny says anything

the stress of emotions is reaching to the point where he’s starting to see so much of betty in bunny & its scaring him

not to mention he’s feeling guilty about something…👀

during wk’s slow pull-back, bunny and kitty are venting to each other about their respective issues

my sona reveals that bonbon wasnt always the way she was & tells the story from their own perspective

bunny, having no idea this ever happened, decides to confront wk about his distance & why he never told them that he knew what was wrong with bonbon

during this confrontation, wk finally breaks down and reveals to bunny everything about what has happened & his thoughts

“you remind me so much of her..”

he also reveals the fact that there is a cure for bonbon’s madness that he discovered during kitty’s absence, but the caveat is that he would become the ik again. theres no way to be fully rid of the curse.

“are you ever going to tell kitty?”

“no. ive worked so hard for what ive had & i dont want to lose it.”

“but you really should, its unfair to them to hold onto hope that isnt th-“

“im not telling them!” he snaps at them

after he snaps at bunny, they decide that they need to think about things for a while & they spend the next few months in the magic man house with kitty

at some point during this period, kitty decides to go on a date with bonbon, mirroring bespoken for

rather than getting angry and frustrated like betty, they get progressively more upset and sad

during their breakdown, they reveal to bonbon that they used to date

bonbon later thinks about this & it begins the crowns obsession/infatuation slow shift from wk to kitty

this date doesn’t go well & kitty ends it early

bunny’s sona is the one to give the tiny manticore speech

“maybe you're going after someone who doesn't exist anymore. why not take her as she is? after all, you’ve been through a lot of changes yourself”

kitty takes bunny’s speech to heart & they think it over, but not immediately

on wk’s side of things, he is miserable and alone & wants nothing more than to apologize to bunny

he seeks out kitty, who takes him to the magic man house

he apologizes profusely

“i never meant to push you away.. ive just spent so long trying to avoid these feelings that i ended up exploding. i’m horrible at dealing with negative emotions, but i want to work on it for you. i am so sorry, bunny”

bunny, after hearing his apology, forgives him & they return back to the winter kingdom with wk

bunny & the winter king, once reunited, try and figure out a way to tell kitty that there is a cure to bonbon’s madness in a way that they wont freak out/blow up/snap

during this time, kitty comes back bonbon to give their date another shot, apologizing for how abruptly it ended last time

they end up having a simple spaghetti dinner & kitty realizes they have more in common now then they did 100 years ago

this date goes well & they continue to go on dates, falling in love with each other all over again

bunny and wk finally find a way to tell kitty that there is a cure but it would reverse everything in wk

my sona, interrupts them before they can say more than “we found a cure-“ and tells the two that they dont want to fix bonbon anymore & that things finally feel the way they should now, ending my sona’s arc

the four of them can finally relax & enjoy life once more & they all become close friends once more :3

[ariesgamesandminis]

Restocks are up for BattleTech!

20-206 Huitzilopochtli Assault Tank "Huey" (Standard) 20-217 Crusader CDR-5K 20-236 Marauder IIC 2 20-298 Archer ARC-6W 20-324 Tundra Wolf 20-347 Galahad "Glass Spider" 3 20-350 Ghost GST-10 20-361 Thorn THE-N 20-367 Spider SDR-7K / SDR-7K2 20-385 Scarabus SCB-9A 20-398 Shrike SHK-VP-A 20-410 Malak C-MK-O Invictus 20-431 Ocelot 20-481 Maultier Hover Vehicle (2) 20-485 Balius Prime / B / C 20-5001 Eagle Fighter EGL-R6 20-5008 Flamberge Prime 20-5019 Kestrel VTOL 20-5040 Mad Cat MKII (Enhanced) 20-5049 Carnivore Assault Tank (Standard) (2) 20-5059 Septicemia E 20-5080 Vulture MK IV Prime 20-5088 Hollander III BZK-D1 20-5102 Eyrie (Standard) 20-5105 Cardinal Transport VTOL 20-5110 Carronade CRN-7M 20-5117 Kodiak II (Standard) 20-5122 Tenshi TN-10-O Prime 20-5126 Gun GN-2O Prime 20-5133 Gotterdammerung GTD-20S 20-5134 Juliano JLN-5A 20-5139 Roadrunner RD-1R 20-5140 Ostscout OTT-7J 20-5148 Flea FLE-14 20-5151 Avalanche AVL-1O 20-5153 Uziel UZL-2S 20-5183 Locust LCT-1V 20-5187 Dominator 20-5193 Hierofalcon Prime / A 20-5197 Wolverine WVR-6R / 6D 20-5204 Stormwolf Prime 20-623 SRM Carrier (2) 20-627 LRM Carrier (2) 20-634 Epona Pursuit Tank Prime (2) 20-638 Rakshasa MDG-1A 20-642 Berserker BRZ-A3 20-645 Ha Otoko (Standard) 20-702 Corsair Fighter CSR-V12 20-712 Shilone Fighter SL-17 20-722 Anhur Transport 20-725 Cavalry Attack Helicopter 20-727 Karnov UR Transport 20-741 J-27 Tow Vehicle, Thumper towed gun, trailer, and boxes 20-766 Lynx LNX-9Q 20-779 Manticore Heavy Tank (2) 20-780 Hussar HSR-200-D 20-786 Hachiman Fire Support (Standard) (2) 20-790 Salamander PPR-5S 20-800 Hex Bases (4) 20-822 Demolisher Tank 20-825 Bulldog Medium Tank (2) 20-912 Kingfisher 20-956 Tessen TSN-1C 20-990 Lightray LGH-4W 99-201 Large Flat Top Hex Base #1 99-202 Large Flat Top Hex Base #2 BT-004 Afreet Battle Armor BT-006 Phalanx Battle Armor BT-028 Cavalier Battle Armor BT-128 Tornado Battle Armor BT-129 Infiltrator Mk I Battle Armor BT-133 Corona Battle Armor BT-134 Gray Death Legion Battle Armor BT-178 Jade Hawk JHK-03 BT-187 Djinn Battle Armor BT-188 Nighthawk Battle Armor BT-189 Kobold Battle Armor BT-198 Tengu Battle Armor BT-199 Asura Md. Battle Armor BT-200 Shedu Assault Battle Armor BT-201 Nephilim Assault Battle Armor BT-208 Triton ProtoMech BT-209 Se'irim Medium Battle Armor BT-214 Deva Dominus BT-222 Tau Wraith BT-226 Fast Recon BT-230 Kopis Battle Armor BT-236 Ravager Battle Armor BT-244 Heavy Infantry - Standing BT-245 Heavy Infantry - Firing BT-250 Ignis Infantry Support Tank BT-269 Sling SL-1G BT-293 Hitotsume Kozo HKZ-1P BT-319 Wheeled APC BT-321 Hover APC BT-335 PWWKA S-PW-1LAM (Air Mech) BT-364 Gabriel Hovercraft BT-370 Kurita Infantry (3) BT-371 Davion Infantry (3) BT-372 Savannah Master Hovercraft BT-374 Roc Protomech BT-381 Basic Inner Sphere Battle Armor (3) BT-383 Longinus Battle Armor (3) BT-385 Grey Death Legion Battle Armor (3) BT-387 Gnome Battle Armor (3) BT-388 Salamander Battle Armor (3) BT-390 Fa-Shih Battle Armor (3) BT-391 Fenrir Battle Armor (1) BT-413 Marauder Battle Armor BT-414 Niso Attack WiGE (Standard & Support) BT-433 Warwolf H BT-476 Ares ARS-V1E Apollo FT-027 Gotha Mech Scale Fighter OP-080 Mad Cat E Left Arm OP-115 Heavy Lasers 20-203D Solitaire Main Gun 20-410F Malak Hatch Cover 20-917ARM Nova Cat (Omni) Arm Sprue BT-292G Shiro SH-2P Banner BT-294F Hatamoto-Suna HTM-30S Banner Sprue

[niteshade925]

This is why I love bilibili

The pandora's box: "college sophomore's final project on adobe express: new year (stopped trying)"

Down the rabbit hole.........

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task manager version:

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And so many more.................

[alyszaen]

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Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States Series: Equity Cases File Unit: Hillerich and Bradsby Co. vs Hanna Manufacturing Co.

[handwritten at top right] Lou Gehrig Plf [unclear: Ex] [deletion, unclear: N? W?] X [printed] 390 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE [T]o all persons to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: [portion of line hidden by ribbon] THIS I[S] [TO] CERTIFY that the annexed is a true copy from the records [portion of line hidden by ribbon] [word covered: in? of?] [t]his office [typed] of Letter of Consent, filed August 1, 1927, [portion of line hidden by ribbon] in th[e] [ma]tter of the [portion hidden by ribbon] [Tra]de Mark Registered by Hillerich & Bradsby Co., [portion hidden by ribbon] [No]vember 22, 1927, Number 235,598. [seal at left] [printing at right of seal] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Patent Office to be affixed, at the City of Washington, this [typed] seventeenth [printed] day of [typed] May [printed] , in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three and of the Independence of the United States of American the one hundred and fifty-seventh. [printed below seal] ATTEST: [signature] D E Wilson [printed] Chief of Division. [signature at right] Thomas E. Robertson [printed] Commissioner of Patents. [small printing at bottom left] [unclear numbers: 11-5625] U. S. [unclear: GOVERNMENT] PRINTING [unclear] [unclear: numbers for year?]

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[dearsantian]

Buddha

Date: Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), c. 725/50

Artist:

China

ABOUT THIS ARTWORK

Following its introduction from India centuries earlier, Buddhism flourished in China under the powerfully cosmopolitan Tang dynasty. Characteristic of Tang style in its robust, tapered physique, this monumental figure exhibits iconographic features distinctive to the Buddha: tightly curled hair covering a cranial mound symbolizes his enlightenment; and a forehead depression that originally held a stone or jewel represents wisdom. The articulated folds of the deity’s flowing robe integrate Indian sensuality with a distinctly Tang blend of realism and linear elegance. Capping the deity’s right shoulder, this garment discreetly modifies a fully bare-chested style described in Indian monastic texts.

The stepped pedestal rises from a base encircled by lotus petals pure white flowers that rise from muddy water and thereby evoke Buddhist beliefs in purity and the search for enlightenment. Above, musicians encircling the tapered stem evoke an ideal, celestial realm.

Together with two attendant bodhisattvas in the Art Institute collection (1930.84 and 1930.85), this sculpture came to the museum in 1930 with a note of its discovery in a temple known as Cangfosi in northern Hebei province. Neither archaeological nor written records have been located to confirm this reported site. The scale and stone medium of these figures suggest that they were commissioned for a cave temple or shrine—a chamber carved into the face of a mountain or cliff.