#Ayu Care

[insane-in-the-membranee]

Kaisi ho aap ?

Ahh I got my periods today and the CRAMPS ARE KILLING ME FORKKKK + I feel dizzy too 😭😭

But but but

I also met my lil bro aka my fav cousin from my mum's side so I'm also REALLY happy today YEEEEEE

and yup that's all!

Thank you for asking <3

How are you doing, darling??? ❤

[ainnur]

"Pink and Yellow Cover The Pain" -Fanfic

Sumary : After being possesed by Lady Bone Demon, Bai He have white stroke on her hair. She hated how it look because it make her look like old lady and so much like the Bone Demon herself. Then she ask Wukong for help and Wukong help her cover the white hair...

Or Wukong help Bai He dye her hair <3

A/N : Soooo Im not really a writer I just wrote this for fun so there will be some mistake. And my english kinda shitty. This base of my au "What Still Frozen au". Character can be Ooc

"Pink and Yellow Cover The Pain " -by Ainnur

"Have you done this before?"

"Nope, I never even touch a hair dye before, can you belive that?"

Hearing that Bai He isn't actually sure how to feel about it. On one hand, she actually scare to let this happend but on other hand, she just doesn't care anymore. What else could Bai He lost? Her hair already demaged real bad because of the Bone Demon and Bai He is forever piss about it.

To put it simple, Bai He loved her hair so much. She loves brushing and styling it however she want and it will look cute. Thanks to her cousin Ayu who always press on how important the hair care is, Bai He able to keep her hair healthy for a long time. Her hair is long like her mother and have a colour of her dad's. What used to be soft and silky beautiful hair now letf dry and kinda dead. No matter what she do, it just seem that she can't bring her old back. She hates that.

Another thing is, being Lady Bone Demon host body left her with ugly white stroke of hair. Not only it make Bai He look like old lady, it make Bai He look like more the Bone Demon herself. Bai He know it just make sense that Bone Demon make Bai He look like be when using her body like a puppet. That old demon bitch... That just make her hated her hair even more and want to get rip of it.. She decide to tell Wukong about it and ask his opinion. He'll understand right? Afterall, he got same white stroke of hair like her. Even he dont understand, he will help her and she just know it. She didnt expect this...

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Bai He take a big gulp of water and huff in satisfaction. Right now she at Pigsy's Noddle with Wukong sitting next to her. It's somehow become their little thing to just eating noddle and talk about random things. Bai He enjoy doing this simple times with Wukong and she always get to eat delicious noddle that Wukong always pay for her. Wukong doesn't seem to mind and Bai He won't complain about it. Why would she? We talk about free food!

Bai He take a look at Wukong who seem lost in thought while waiting for his noddle to cold down. That one thing Bai He notice about Wukong. He always waits for any of his food to cold down. It's not just cold down enough that you can eat the food when is still warm , no, Wukong waited until all the heats is completely gone. Where the enjoyment of that?? But again not like Bai He would say anything about it. If Wukong like his food like that, who is she to judges loudly?

"Umm...you good kid? You kinda looking at me for solid 3 minutes now. Did I have something on my face?" Wukong's voice able to pull Bai He back from her thought.

"No. You're fine Monkey King " Bai He actually double check Wukong's face to make sure of it.

"It's just...." Bai He take few breath try to form a right sentence to tell Wukong. Few seconds pass as Wukong wait for her to tell him whatever she in her mind right now.

"I hate my hair...." Saying that, she get Wukong full attention as he push his bowl of noddle aside wanting to actually hear her.

"I hate what she done to my hair and how it make me look like....Her.. And I just want the damage to be gone." She grab her hair a bit on her palm not actually looking at Wukong as she focus on her hair right now. It's silence for seconds as Wukong try to process what Bai He just tell him.

"Well you can cut it-"

"No" she cut Wukong words fast

"I don't want to cut it.I just...cant..part of with didnt allowed that." Bai He cant actually explain why she didnt want to cut it, she just know she attach to it.

"I just want to 'cover' it like you..." Bai He words stiff while she looking at Wukong this time. Other thing Bai He know about Wukong is that Wukong uses magic thing call glamours or something to hide his real appearance to other. Even from MK. He cover the white stroke of hair using that and make his hair look normal. Bai He is silently jealous of that ability of Wukong because how is that fair? Why he can just look how ever he want with snap of finger and she just cant? Oh how she wish she have the ablity too.

"I get an idea!" Wukong said with smile planning something in his head. Oh boy....

💕.

That bring us to now. Both Bai He and Wukong is walking to her bathroom after Wukong show up next day with big bag full with hair dye. Hair dye .....Why Bai He didn't think about that sooner?! Maybe she so stress and that just didnt cross her mind. Bai He was suprise when she saw the bag full with different colours of hair dye boxs for first time when Wukong show up.

"I don't know what colour you prefer so I just bring everything and let you choose " Wukong simply said that and leave Bai He watching him with unbeliveable face. This monkeyyyyyy.

"Well..you like pink, right?" Wukong asks with a smile, holding a box pink hair day in his hand. He right about that, Bai He loves the colour pinks. It's remind her of her cousin who like wearing pink. In other words, pink is pretty colour. Some people would say that pink is not a real colour as it is just shade of red. They were right about that but Bai He doesn't care, It's pretty and that only thing matter. Pink could be lovely colour that bright up the mood but it also can be sickening when it's to much

"Yeah, I want pink" She decide on that with smile. If anything happend it happend and Bai He could not careless. Wukong only respon saying she make a great choice and preparing the dye. While Wukong busy, Bai He want to go through the bag again and that when she notice something is moving inside. "Little monkey!?" Yeah one of Wukong's subject follow Wukong hear in the bag. The little monkey then went to his king and climb on his shoulder. Wukong gigle for a bit and let the little monkey mix the hair dye. "Careful now little one" Wukong remind the monkey. Bai He watching everything with awe and get her attention back to the bag.

Inside of the back she find another colour, yellow. But with specific shade.... It's yellow but not just any yellow, it's have a bit of orange hue in it making it look more golden. It's Wukong type of yellow. Bai He dont know much about colour theory but the colour do remind her of Wukong. This yellow colour bring warm feeling to Bai He. It's provide comfort for Bai He with the bright and fun nature of the colour.

"I want this colour too" Bai He said without thinking. Wukong simply agree with her and Bai He cant help but smile at Wukong. Everything he did right now is for her and she really appreciate it. Colouring her hair with both colour would be fun. But again she didnt want to colour whole head, just the ugly white stroke. Will it look good? They'll find out about that later.

💕

"You sure, you never done this before?" Bai He ask suspicious with Wukong's skill right now. That monkey really tell her that he never dying people hair before but the way Wukong doing staff right now say the opposite.

"Yeahhhhh.....look Im gonna come clean. I watched few video online last night of how to dye hair and tried to do it on my own clone for a bit. " Last night...... Wukong learned to do everything by only a night. Not to mention he just learned it from some video online! Bai He she shouldn't question Wukong ability but to learn something THAT quick is just insane for her.

"Of course and now you're a hairdresser" Bai said sacasticly. Yeah, she bit jealous of that ability, who wouldnt? Wukong just laugh awkwardly at her comment. He so focus on working on Bai He hair with little help from the small monkey to actually say anything as Bai He sit in bathtub.

Bai He herself dont know what Wukong is doing but she trust Wukong completely. Even if everything didnt turn out well she know Wukong would think about something to fix it. Yup, no worry at all. She let Wukong and little monkey pull her hair and wrap it with aluminium foil that Wukong summon using his hair. The smell of hair dye kinda bad and strong.

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They have to wait for an hours as the box said. During that time all 3 of them do is watching some random drama from Bai He's phone to kill time. The drama actually good as all of them focus on the phone and not talking at all.

"No offend Monkey King but that women kinda remind me of you" She look at Wukong and back to her phone. The little monkey nod hearing that

"What do you mean?" Wukong raise a eyebrow because that women look nothing like him and many way.

"Both have shitty taste of man" Bai He answers him fast and she can hear Wukong gasping and little monkey cover it mouth.

" ExCuUsE you, I have FINE taste of man"

"Bullshit. You dated Macaque that say everything about you!!"

"Come on! That not fair!" Wukong pout at that. They bicker a bit with Wukong try to defend his pout taste in man and little monkey siding Bai He in this bickering.

After an hour it's finally time to wash off the dye. Wukong let Bai He do it herself as he take a towel for her. Bai He watch the leftover dye going down to the tub's hole. The pink and yellow colour get mix together creating redish-orange colour. Later she take the towel that Wukong give her and dry her hair off.

Bai He take deep breath as she preparing herself to look at mirror again. These past few she isnt doing well looking at mirror because she keep seeing HER. There is still cracks from where she punch the mirror. She still remember how worry Wukong is that time and everything was a mess.. Blood dripping from her fist and some stick to broken mirror. It was Wukong who help her treat the wound. But that is another story. Finally after have courage to look at mirror, Bai He eyes go wide seeing her own reflection.

"Sooooo...do you like it,kid?" Wukong ask softly while having little monkey on his shoulder. Bai He take a look at herself again at her broken mirror that she punched. The white hair stroke is now cover with pink and yellow colour. Both colour stand out from her original black hair.

"I..LOVE it!" Bai He is being honest. In her opinion, the colour was great combo and she love how it look so much. Her eyes sparkels as she see no more of white hair. Lady Bone Demon look nothing like her right now. Did Lady Bone Demon have have a sick and cool pink and yell hair stroke? No, she doesn't .

"Thank you so much, Monkey King!!" Bai He said happily as she hugs her mentor hard

"Anytime, kid" Wukong smile and hug her back. She then let go of Wukong and take out her phone fast as want she talking picture with her new hair colour and Wukong. Everything turn out fine and Bai He couldnt be more happy.

END :3

Thanks for reading! Everything about the au is under "What Still Frozen au" tag. You also can ask me anything about the au or idea for them or other things

[liesmyth]

Do you think the Nine Houses follow a Marxist, Keynsian, or Austrians economic model

this ask made me SO happy you have no idea! some vague thoughts

The Houses obviously have to do careful resource allocation. I doubt they have a free market economy, at least not on a system-wide scale. I could see some of the Houses — like the Third or Fifth Houses, which are by all accounts wealthy and with a very large population — develop some kind of internal capitalist economy within the House itself. Namely, private actors who control and own properties, wealth accumulation, competitive markets etc. But ultimately I think even those are subject to strong (local) governmental oversight because, again, they live on space installations in a situation of constant resource constraint. I bet there are quotas for everything.

However! No way ALL the Houses have a market economy. I'm thinking especially those Houses that are very small and/or have a "mission" which means that societal development is carefully planned, and probably the economy is also centrally planned. (Ninth, Eight, Sixth, maybe Second and/or Fourth).

On an overreaching scale (within the Home System) I don't think "the Empire" (as in, John) is overly concerned with the yearly economic development of the Houses, partly because he's been historically absent for decades or even centuries at a time. Verging sharply into headcanon territory, I think the closest thing the Houses have to a real centralised government is military leadership (High Command or the Fleet Admiral, who's the head of the Second House) and when it comes to issues that concern multiple Houses but are more "civilian" in nature, is kind of a free-for-all. I'm thinking about how Harrow thought that writing to ask for help would result in the Fifth or maybe the Third cannibalising the Ninth House — it looks like there's an informal council of House leaders, but no properly organised central government.

Trade: travel and commerce between the Houses is regulated. You can't just take a spaceship and move from the Eight to the Second, for example — movement of people as well as goods depends on a ship schedule that runs on "routes" and I'd bet there's an immigration/emigration quota that's maybe decided between specific House leaders, or maybe a third party. My best bet is that one of the Houses (possibly the Third or Fifth) OR an ad-hoc organisation (which includes multiple higher-ups from said well-off Houses) are the ones who regulate shipping and travel, and either have an ownership stake in the shipping system or administrate it in the name of the Emperor.

The shepherded planets: putting the "imperialism" in "Empire". The Houses definitely exploit their colony planet for resources, as per AYU (talking about the "contracts" that the Empire signs with the occupied planets). However, it's also worth noting that 1) for at least 5000 years, the House system was self-sustaining and hadn't made contact with any other population; and 2) stele travel is kind of a hassle, and only seems to be limited to Cohort ships that we know of.

What I'm getting at is that I think the economy of the Houses is not dependent on their war of conquest — imo it's more of a mission of conquest for conquest's sake, see Corona thinking that the economy of the Houses doesn't quite add up, and Augustine talking like the ongoing expansion of the Houses is a whim of John's and little else. Basically, it seems to be a way to oppress the occupied planet for occupation's sake, and I wouldn't be surprised if the resources the Houses extract from the conquered planets go straight into financing yet more war and occupation and very little (if any) of any wealth they may accumulate makes it back to the Houses.

It COULD be that there's a necromantic equivalent of the East India Company, and my bet would be on the Second administrating it — Harrow doesn't seem to rate them at all, which tracks because Harrow's primary concern is Houses that could be a threat to the Ninth, and the Second being focused on exploitation that's external to the Home System could be an explanation for that. I've also seen speculation that making money from colonialism is the Fifth House's purview (*) but EYE think it makes more sense if the House that are more strongly associated with running the war effort are also the ones making money from it. Or it could be a joint operation.

(*) never forget the iconic tag #we regret to inform you that spreadsheets dad is maybe running the necromantic East India Company @katakaluptastrophy here)

Anyway. Sorry I haven't answered your actual question! GUN TO MY HEAD, if I had to pick ONE economic model to map the Houses onto, I wanna say soviet type economy (think: centralised planning, no inflation, little to no unemployment, tendency towards black market, little to no innovation). I have thoughts about what the consumer needs market looks like in the Houses but nobody needs to hear that. Also, it's def very limited

If anyone has thoughts PLEASE feel free to jump in, I'm always thinking about the logistical side of space imperialism in the necro empire!

[kulai]

was looking up my drafts and found this little thing! pls don't mind the grammatical errors and just look at the pretty drawings !!!!!!

im actually really happy i have this. my phone got stolen last year so i dont have the drawing file for this design anymore ^_^ now i have this little reference for when step 3 releases yipee

if u wanna know more ill be dumping some info just cus! after the line break lol

A little context: I'm Filipino. so the oc lore is very much filipino-based culturally.

Ayu calls her mom "Nay", short for nanay.

She can understand her mother tongue. She can speak a little, but she can hear it has an accent and is frustrated about it.

They came from the city, where nobody really cared about anyone else's business. As long as you kept to yourself, you'd fit right in. Which is why Ayu is reserved at first, and very people-pleasing.

Although nay is open-minded and loving, Ayu still struggles to connect to her mother in the same intimate way she did when she was younger.

Her journey of identity is a struggle, and all signs lead to: Lesbian.

Unfortunately, she thinks its cause she wants to know her birth father.

A very caring person, mirroring her mother. She's confident in how to show her love, but not on how to receive it from others.

She's comfortable in masc clothing and still does make-up (just the occasional kohl under her eyes for her first year.)

Qiu and Ayu bond in their identity crises

Tamarack and Ayu bond over teasing and physical touch

etc... if i think of more

[cognitivejustice]

Two fishery organizations in southwest Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture have purchased forests about 30 kilometers from the Ariake Sea to restore the fishing grounds by nurturing the forests upstream of the sea and a river.

Rain that falls on forests takes in nutrients from humus and other substances and slowly flows into the rivers and the sea. Phytoplankton and seaweed absorb these nutrients, and fish eat the plankton. Thanks to this, fisheries have flourished in the region, such as ayu sweetfish, Japanese mitten crabs and eels caught in the Yabe River. Cultivated nori seaweed, Japanese littleneck clams and Japanese blue crabs are also abundant in the Ariake Sea.

"By purchasing the forests, we wanted to clearly show that we, as fishery operators, will take care of the forests and protect the environment of the rivers and the sea,"

[neviayue]

a good bed | By Nevi Ayu E.

지욱아, 나는 네가 좋은 침대에서 촉감 좋은 이불을 덮고 잤으면 좋겠어 낮 동안 힘들거나 상처받는 일이 있더라도 집에 돌아와서 침대에 누우면 어느 나라 왕도 부럽지 않은 나는 나의 하나뿐인 왕이고 또 하나뿐인 백성이야 그러니까 나의 왕이 불편하지 않게 극진히 모시고 또 나의 백성이 굶주리지 않게 굽어살펴야 돼

Jiuk-ah, I'd like for you to sleep on a good bed and under a nice blanket pleasant to the touch. So that even if you encounter hard or hurtful things during the day, when you go home and lay down, it's so cozy you won’t be envious of any king. You are your only king and your sole subject. You have to treat your king with the utmost care so they feel comfortable and pay close attention to your subject so they don’t go hungry.

Haeyoung said this lot and Jiuk's translator just concluded it as a confession haha. 내 나라는 완전히 점령당했어, 옆 나라 폭군한테 My country is entirely occupied by the neighbouring country’s tyrant, flirting in ikea or is it home depot idk lol

Dialogue taken from Korean drama 손해 보기 싫어서 No Gain, No Love (2024) episode 8, written by Kim Hyeyoung.

[lockedtombtheories]

Second question, kinda related to the first (in terms of "what's with everyone betraying god?") is: What did Blood of Eden say to so easily cut through years of propaganda and convince Pyrrha, Cam, SexPal, and Coronabeth to join them?

Cam and Pal - they state it pretty clearly in NtN. "We left for a lyctor" (ch. 23). It definitely wasn't easy, for them, but Cam says "if the Sixth House saw fit to discuss something with insurgents, even in its infancy, then she wanted to know what". (also, "well, the Warden would want to find out" - both AYU.) Plus, the Sixth is “the Emperor’s Reason". Unlike all? most? other houses, they don't have a noble line. It's not exactly a democracy, but a merit system - to the fittest - with the Oversight Body to vote on all important decisions. 

So why wouldn't they look at God, say "your math is off" and go looking for someone who does pass their criteria? In their case they picked Cassiopeia and the devil they don't know. 

Coronabeth - I think she’s a bit of that, a dash of rejection, and possibly a sprinkle of scheming. I'll be honest, I'm never sure where we're standing with these twins! But originally, she was convinced by BoE through the maths of it all. 

“I asked her why she listened to these people, why she was throwing off her contentment along with her faith. The princess told me that she had felt for a long time that the Cohort movements didn’t make sense to her. She said what would be most economically productive was intermingling with these people, allowing immigration and absorption into the Nine Houses; that shepherd planets got more costly the further the Houses extended themselves, and that instead of creating long-lasting industry we were doing little more than slash-and-burn trading. Scattershot, she said. Notwithstanding the moral issue." (AYU) 

We don't know how much of her original plans with Ianthe, whatever those are, but it does sound like Coronabeth moved on from them - “we can do good work, Ianthe. I know people who need us” (NtN, ch. 23). Nevertheless, I suspect that Coronabeth was never going to be satisfied in a subordinate position. She's a princess, a king - she might have become the next Wake, given enough time. 

But yeah, part of her conversion was definitely also the lure of recognition. She was rejected by her sister, while BoE recognizes her for the exact talents she tried to dedicate to Ianthe. (Allow me to also point you towards this very short post of mine about Coronabeth, Tennyson's Princess, and the #gender of it all.)p

Pyrrha - What did they say to her?  Absolutely nothing. They didn't have to. She’s the one who convinced BoE not to kill her, and all she really seems to want is to retire and take care of Nona. Don't get me wrong, Pyrrha's done her own share of war crimes, but I do think that she never worshipped John the way the Lyctors did.  Her loyalties were always more personal, and they belonged to G1deon more than to John. And, well -  "Gideon’s dead, and I don’t give a fuck either. Not if I can save our skins.” (NtN, ch. 1)

[arithmonym]

(responding late bc i've been off working on irl stuff) i appreciate the vote of confidence wrt writing! unfortunately i am an atrociously slow writer and i write, as i live, largely at the mercy of my executive dysfunction. but who knows though, hyperfixation may strike yet.

not much angst to share tonight aside from thinking about this comment from tmsods: "He wasn’t prone to anxiety when it came to the big things. It all came out in bursts over the little struggles." and how much it reveals about camilla's opinion of her own value, esp when considered against palamedes' reaction to the duel with the second/challenge by the third and the "just my right hand" exchange in gtn.

it's clear throughout tmsods that cam's got some self worth issues and chronically discredits herself despite pal's attempts to praise her, but something about how openly and intensely upset palamedes is by camilla being injured (he's yelling! he's furious! he's terrified!) and how cam immediately dismisses all of that as an overreaction -labeling this a little struggle- despite having just received a not-insignificant injury that could have killed her (marta was aimed to run her straight through the chest if she hadn't caught it with her arm! it's still bleeding profusely!). like, camilla *really* sees herself and her body as a tool made primarily to protect and take care of palamedes --and that's *before* we get to the skull assembling and body sharing! just, oof

oof, yeah!!! i’m fascinated by characters who primarily think of themselves as tools, and you really hit the nail on the head here.

i also re-read AYU the other day, and i had to take a moment at this part:

cam. cammmmmm. 🥺🥺

[tensecondstomidnight]

onto Development of Friendship! this one's actually double-length! an eight-page chapter! incredible! here's a double-length post to celebrate.

AND WHAT A START. i didn't skip any panels, this is just how the chapter reads. let's all give a very, VERY generous thank you to the author for still allowing us to read these and not completely burying them. holy cow, man.

lucy shows up to watch paulo's "sermon" and paulo tries to use her an example. shockingly, she doesn't go along with it and kicks his ass!

dude, if abbey was in these early chapters, paulo would be dead before high school.

paulo asks mike how he's able to "keep lucy in line," to which mike obviously replies. "i don't, we aren't dating" and leaves. that's an extra funny thing to say considering lucy spends most of these early pages kicking mike in the shins. what version of bcb is paulo reading?

mike flashes back again to ponder about the fact that lucy's never pursued anybody. when she shows up in the same first grade class as him, he isn't even happy to see her! these are your treasured memories, mike?

also, cute baby david and daisy:

first grade mike makes a valiant attempt at avoiding first grade lucy, but they apparently have recess on a giant slab of concrete so she can just keep looking at him no matter how far away he walks. then we get this sequence where it's revealed that the only reason lucy cares about mike at all is because he was the first one to talk to her.

after trying to tear him limb from limb for no reason, lucy and mike abruptly fall into their dynamic of constantly going head-to-head at everything they do. then they walk each other home, which is by far the most unrealistic part of this comic so far. they're so small! where are their parents!!

this part's not that unrealistic though. she's hilariously mean and adhd here but like, they are little kids. it's not THAT crazy.

the scene after this is actually a little sweet. mike is the only one lucy wants to be around, they're both protective of each other, and they're both staunchly insistent that their relationship is platonic. over time, lucy softens up a bit and actually starts spending time with other friends. sue and daisy also show up! how nice.

she even has her iconic red jewel, which famously gives her her power.

SANDY JUMPSCARE!!!

once again, at the current point we're at in the main comic, sandy hasn't shown up yet. if she's been mentioned at all, i don't remember it. this is the second time they've brought her up and deleted it later.

mike is probably the only guy on earth to call third grade an "unforgettable time."

anyway, mike starts getting closer to sandy and drifting away from lucy. lucy is pretty obviously torn up about it. i have to imagine they deleted this chapter because they understood how unintentionally comedic it was for lucy to have traumatic memories of being four years old.

this sort of continues on for a while until summer vacation, where lucy finally breaks. then, suddenly...

surprise! yashy cured lucy's first grade depression!

and yeah, damn, here's a depiction of sandy leaving. just like that! this probably would've been placed within the first ten chapters. i wonder why they take so long to tell us about her now?

once again, lucy breaks mike out of his memories by beating him in the head. there's just no way to know why he might have a stick up his ass later in life!

but actually, he deserves it this time. apparently, mike ate lucy's pet goldfish that she won at some fair. that's kind of a fucked up thing to do! also, weirdly catlike. this reminds me of that part in Flying Lessons where they land on all fours...

anyway, yashy makes a sex joke and lucy sends her into the cave.

if these damn webcomic makers knew what they were doing they'd put in less unnecessary sex scenes and more instances of characters being sent into the cave.

funny how willing they are to refer to the pets as their children, but more importantly, this page reveals that the AYU BEEM!!! seen later is actually a callback! this must be the original! i have even more appreciation for ayu beem now, if such a thing was even possible.

also, remember that "see you next page" moment from way back when?

mike and lucy are telling me to Like and Subscribe and Pledge to the Patreon

next time.... a candybooru post???

[wa-royal-tea]

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(Transcript under the cut - Click Pics for HQ Version!)

Amore Couture, Worcester (6:16pm)

*door opens and closes*

Ginny (text message): Done w/ work. Omw home ❤

Rainier (text message): Alright. Drive safely. I’m making dinner rn.

Ayu: Going back already?

Ginny: Oh! Hey, Ayu. Yeah, I don’t want to get caught up in traffic. Do you need anything?

Ayu: Nah~ I just want to check in on you. Got any plans for tonight?

Ginny: Yeah. It’s date night.

Ayu: Ooh~ You guys going out?

Ginny: Hmm nope! Rainier wanted to watch movies from home. He’s worried that I might be too tired to go out.

Ayu: Aww~ How sweet of him. Well, tell him I said hi when you get home! I’ll see you next Monday.

Ginny: Alright. Be careful on your way home!

Luxe Apartments (7:30pm)

Ginny: I’m home~

Rainier: I’m in the kitchen!

Ginny: That smells good. You need help?

Rainier: Nope. I’m done. I just need to set up the plate and then we can eat.

Ginny: Okay then, I’m gonna shower first and then I’ll come down and join you.

Rainier: Mhm. I’ll wait for you.

Ginny: Thanks for dinner tonight, sayang~ I love it.

Rainier: I knew you would. I’m glad you liked it.

Ginny: Of course I liked it. My boyfriend is a good cook!

Rainier: *chuckles* You flatter me.

Rainier: Go pick a movie you want to watch tonight. I have something to get in my office.

Ginny: Is there anything you want to watch?

Rainier: I don’t mind anything. As long as it’s not a Zombie apocalypse movie.

Ginny: Okay~

*door opens and closes*

Rainier: *exhales deeply* You can do this.

Ginny: Oh, hey. I found—

Ginny: What are you…?

Ginny: *gasps* Wait, is this really happening?

Rainier: Mhm.

Ginny: Oh my god…

Rainier: I was planning to get you a ring but then I remembered how much your late mum’s ring meant to you. So I got you a bracelet instead. Is that okay with you?

Ginny: You didn’t have to get me anything for this. Really.

Rainier: Yeah, but I want to.

Rainier: I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time. These past several years have been amazing and I never thought that the girl who knocked me over at that summer market would end up being the love of my life.

Ginny: *laughs* Please don’t remind me of that moment, it was embarrassing.

Rainier: It was not. I think it’s cute. But then you completely forgot about me. I was hurt, y’know?

Ginny: I’m sorry…You know how bad my memory is.

Rainier: *chuckles* I’m joking~

Rainier: Ginny, I love you. And I want to be with you until we’re both old and grey.

Ginny: And watch the grandkids play around?

Rainier: Mhm. So what do you say? Will you marry me?

Ginny: I’d be delighted.

Ginny: Also, we can get my ring modified to follow your family’s tradition. As long as the original diamonds are still used, I won’t mind a little change here and there.

Rainier: Of course, anything you want, my dear.

[ultravioletqueen]

More record of ragnarok ocs, this time direct from India! I really wanted to show these that I had saved, but without further ado, I present to you yasodhara and her son rahula!

Yasodhara was a princess of ancient India whose kingdom was neighboring the one of Siddharta (later known as Buddha) so her family used to visit this kingdom a lot for political reasons, it was thanks to this that she met Siddharta.

Yasodhara never liked to be the center of attention, preferring to be alone in her gardens and enjoying music and dancing, but this made Siddhartha curious about the quiet princess.

The more they got to know each other, the more interested they were in each other, and this interest evolved into love, so upon seeing the connection between these two, their parents decided to arrange their marriage.

Yasodhara was happy with Siddharta, however after what happened with Jataka she did not expect that her husband would decide to leave overnight (and just when their son had just been born).

Yasodhara was left heartbroken and ended up raising her son Rahula with the help of his paternal grandfather, Siddharta's father, and some good-hearted suitors who decided to help her (who knows, maybe they became her lovers😏).

Buddha ended up meeting Yasodhara again when Rahula was 6 years old, but unlike the mythology, here Rahula and Yasodhara do not recognize Buddha as their father and husband, since for them he lost that title when he decided to abandon them.

Rahula grew up hearing stories from his father, however his words did not match his actions, Rahula grew up thinking that his father saw him and his mother as an obstacle on his path to enlightenment (in fact one of the meanings of the name Rahula is exactly obstacle) so he never wanted to be recognized as his son, preferring to be recognized as the son of yasodhara.

Both Rahula and Yasodhara had contact with Buddha again at some point but their relationship with him remained cold, and this continued for years and years until Valhalla.

Both Rahula and Yasodhara achieved enlightenment, both are highly recognized in the pantheon and are highly praised.

Rahula is a reckless and very cheeky prince, he really likes spending time with his mother or with one of the suitors (whom he calls his surrogate parents), he is someone very sociable and fun but he knows how to take things seriously unlike Buddha. .

Rahula is irritable and very temperamental, but she can also be kind and gentle with the people she cares about, although she is also somewhat tsundere😅

Yasodhara continues to maintain her quiet and reserved personality, but remains a kind and positive woman who loves her family.

Yasodhara came to join Buddha in his religion but it is really difficult for her to forgive him even though she still loves him:)

(Español)

Más ocs de record of ragnarok ¡esta vez directo de India! Realmente quería mostrar estos que tenía guardados, pero sin más que agregar ¡les presento a yasodhara y a su hijo rahula!

Yasodhara fue una princesa de la antigua India cuyo reino era vecino al de siddharta(después conocido como buda) por lo que su familia solía ir bastante a visitar este reino por razones políticas, fue gracias a esto que conoció a siddharta.

Yasodhara nunca le gustó ser el centro de atención, prefiriendo estar sola en sus jardines y disfrutando de la música y de la danza, pero esto hizo que siddharta sintiera curiosidad por esta princesa callada.

Entre más se conocían ambos se interesaban más el uno por el otro, y este interés evolucionó a amor, por lo que al ver la conexión entre estos dos sus padres decidieron arreglar su matrimonio.

Yasodhara era feliz con siddharta, sin embargo tras lo ocurrido con jataka ella no esperaba que su esposo decidiera irse de la noche a la mañana(y justo cuando recién había nacido su hijo).

Yasodhara quedo con el corazón roto y terminó criando a su hijo rahula con ayuda de su abuelo paterno el padre de siddharta y algunos pretendientes de buen corazón que decidieron ayudarla(quien sabe, quizás se volvieron sus amantes o parte de un haren suyo😏).

Buda terminó volviendo a encontrarse con yasodhara cuando rahula tenía 6 años, pero a diferencia de la mitologia aquí rahula y yasodhara no reconocen a buda como su padre y esposo, ya que para ellos el perdió ese título cuando decidió abandonarlos.

Rahula creció oyendo historias de su padre, sin embargo sus palabras no coincidían con sus acciones, rahula creció pensando que su padre lo veía a él y a su madre como una traba en su camino a la iluminación(de hecho uno de los significados del nombre rahula es exactamente traba) por lo que nunca quiso ser reconocido como su hijo, prefiriendo ser reconocido como hijo de yasodhara.

Tanto rahula y yasodhara volvieron a tener contacto con buda en algún momento pero su relación con el se mantuvo fría, y esto se mantuvo durante años y años hasta el valhalla.

Tanto rahula como yasodhara alcanzaron la iluminación, ambos son muy reconocidos en el panteon y son bastante alabados.

Rahula es un príncipe temerario y muy descarado, le gusta mucho pasar tiempo con su madre o con alguno de los pretendientes(a quienes llama sus padres sustitutos), es alguien muy sociable y divertido pero que sabe tomarse las cosas con seriedad a diferencia de buda.

Rahula es irritable y muy temperamental, pero también puede ser amable y gentil con la gente que le importa, aunque también es algo tsundere😅

Yasodhara sigue manteniendo su personalidad callada y reservada, pero sigue siendo una mujer amable y positiva que ama a su familia.

Yasodhara se llegó a unir a buda en su religión pero realmente es difícil que ella lo perdone pese a que todavía lo ame:)

[butterflykisses86]

Let me say those about Jeremy's Platonic comments:

- He did say that they are currently platonic and as far as the characters know, its a partnership...which is true. He is talming in present context and obviously from Carmy's perspective.

- I am fully on syd/Carmy are each other's soulmates. If they do try romance, I am on Ayu's wave length where it needs to be when both characters are in a better mental and emotional state.

For future seasons:

- i hope the meat of season 3 is seeing Syd/Carmy contiuning to build their relationship/friendship/partnership. Continue to build their trust, and become a cohesive unit while also, learning to take care of themselves.

I get why most Syd/Carmy shippers are mad about his recent comments, but just watch and wait. Storer and the crew have different ideas and views and we more then likely see that come to fruition in later seasons.

[ainnur]

LMK OCs 1/2

Last time I asked for some lmk oc to doodle . Thank you for who sending me theirs. Here some of its.

OC belong to @starrclown

Bro likes fashion but give his clothes to his friend? Nah can't do that to him.[also because I'm uncomfortable drawing shirtless body, sorry] I didn't know if I did him justice or not 😭

OC belong to @yingjiaoyue

She such mood to draw. Jiao went through so much give her a break 😔 Idk why but she look weird in my style 🥲

Bonus: Them meeting my oc Ayu 👇🏻

Pellet

They're met by accident. Ayu that time really need some help since she been chases by weird looking men and....a black monkey?

Idk I just it's funny Pellet offering stone to Ayu to be his friend

Ayu may not know much about fashion. She just doesn't care. But she have money so.... She bought few new clothes to Pellet as thanks for helping her

Ying Jiao Yue

They met through Bai He. Cuz like Jiao Yue kinda mother figure to Bai He and Ayu is Bai He's (adopted) cousin. Bai He and Ayu not close but she still like hang out with Ayu whenever she in town. Ayu like to spoiled her with lot of toy and snack.

[liesmyth]

ok need to share bc i have been rolling Admiral Sarpedon’s name around in my head all day. why doesn’t he have a house name?? i spent a minute trying to research if there’s some numerical root in “Sarpedon” but there’s not. it’s just a guy from the Illiad.

it does seem like a first name, but we know last names are usually used with cohort titles. Lieutenant Dyas. Captain Deuteros. why would the emperor’s military situationship be the only one referred to by first name like. what am i missing here??? even if crack theories are true and he’s Judith’s dad, knowing his house name wouldn’t give that away bc families don’t share house names. please help me

OK SO! I actually strongly disagree with the theory that's Judith's dad because, as fun as it would be, we know from AYU that Judith's dad is the Fleet Admiral —I'm assuming is THE title of THE Cohort big boss / Second House leader. Sarpedon was admiral on the Emperor's flagship, which usually doesn't see combat, and imo he's not the guy who's been leading the fleet. His title is also different — just “Admiral” in HtN, then upgraded to Grand Admiral.

In NtN, we also get a mention of Judith's dad; specifically, he's annoying Ianthe over supply lines.

This line makes me think it's not Sarpedon, who has a direct line to God and wouldn't need to squabble with Ianthe over logistics. Also, there's no way Ianthe wouldn't let slip that Judith's father is fucking John to Corona the moment they see each other.

Anyway! I think Sarpedon is definitely Second House, and we don't learn his last name because it's not relevant. His first name is more incisive, more memorable to the audience, and imo it helps convey a certain atmosphere of familiarity among the long-serving crew of the Erebos. That's a guy God and the Lyctors are all on a first name basis with, because he's served on the Emperor's flagship for at least two decades. He absolutely has a House name his subordinates and peers address him by, and maybe he's just as much of a stickler about introducing himself by last name + rank as Judith is, but our POV characters don't care.

I also wonder if his shiny new title of Grand Admiral means that now he can “get away with” just being Grand Admiral Sarpedon because it's such a swanky rank. There are probably thousands of First Lieutenants named Marta; there are a handful of high command admirals and he's God's specialest boy.

anyway: tldr, I think his last name doesn't matter, and also maybe Tamsyn is running out of House-themed names that sounded cool / wanted him to stand out.

[kayetra-spade-queen]

Time for another ramble.

This time, it's about Arjun, Prince of Bali. Some things that bothered me as an Indo.

Look, I know the show had long ended (with only 3 years of runtime and it has been 7 years since it had ended), but the show is surprisingly underwhelming, and I'm saying this as someone who used to watch some of the episodes that showed on TV (dubbed in Indo obv) when I was younger, and also as someone who's taken the time to watch the episodes in order or not.

Keep in mind, I'm not here to bash the show. I liked this show, because it's actually interesting if you actually took the time to enjoy it. It's just that my overanalyzing ass couldn't stfu, so that's why I'm whipping this up out of my ass. It's my job dawg- ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Names

They lack Indo names. Like, ok. Aci and Ayu are there, and ig Wangi is also there. But like how their names are pronounced are butchered, especially the twins, they're so Americanized in terms of their name pronunciation.

Tanya is questionable cuz that's not even an Indo name. Tanya in Indo means question, and idk wtf came over the king and queen's head thinking naming their child Question is a good idea.

Everyone else had Hindi names.

I'd propose alternative names for Wangi and Tanya (personally, the name Wangi, wrongly pronounced or otherwise is weird, just saying-).

Funnily enough, I've searched up Balinese names, and I read names are supposed to be given depending on their birth order.

Meaning, if Arjun isn't name the way he is, his name could be Wayan due to being a firstborn child.

Tanya could be named Ni Luh, as a firstborn daughter. Yes, she's a second born, which also give her the option of Ni Made. Honestly it depends, it could be either of them, but my point still stands.

And for Wangi, I'd give her the name Bunga instead, meaning flower.

Lack of Indo Language Overall

Look, I know it's an Indian cartoon, but if you're going to put a set in other places other than India, might as well do proper research.

Like, I get it, Balinese is especially a difficult language, and I understand as a Javanese and Maduranese who doesn't understand squat of Java at the slightest.

But at the very least, you could use normal Indo. But then again, I think they'll butcher pronunciation regardless if they did or not, looking how they ruined Aci and Ayu's name.

All I'm saying is that, yes, although the overall language use is Hindi, at the very least, use some Indo words in there, even if it's just a little bit. Music, clothing, and architecture isn't the only thing that should be shown, our language, the local or the country-wide one should be represented as well. But I guess it's hard given that there's literally no Indo person in their team.

I get that Arjun and Tanya are biracial, and Hindi also had the right to be represented even if the setting isn't at India. But my point still stands.

Arjun's Lack of Hair Care

Listen, Arjun probably had the most flawless hair known to mankind, and I think he knows it, so that's why he's embracing it. But the point is, similar way of how Bheem's dhoti never got in the way of his fighting, Arjun's hair also never got in the way of training and fighting.

Realistically, he'd tie it up so his hair won't block his view. But god forbid that times of he did get his eyes blocked from view, it won't because of his hair, more like it's from other things like blowing leaves and flying papers.

I would personally love to see more of Arjun looking like this more.

That hairstyle is equally gorgeous as his free hair. He'd still look girly either way lmfao.

Khojo

Look, he deserve his own column due to reasons.

First and foremost; he's a ginger, so are his father. Having a hair color other than black and brown in Asia is rather unusual unless his father had like a foreign lineage. Not to mention they're weirdly pale as well. I have red on my hair naturally, but he's literally just straight up ginger dawg-

And what is this obsession over getting rid of Arjun so Khojo could become prince instead? Like, I get that Arjun is an heir, but isn't usually if the heir couldn't take over or just no more at all, shouldn't the other borns took over instead? If in the events Arjun is to be eliminated, Tanya would be successor instead. Why would a Minister's kid be appointed as prince instead? Like, I don't know if it works like in other countries (I'm not familiar with Indo royal hierarchy system, much less Bali), but just saying that appointing someone who's not even part of the family as an heir when there's clearly someone else other than the initial heir who could take over and is part of the family.

Take is from Bheem for example; sure, he's not royalty and not even part of the royal family. But he was appointed as a substitute king for a while because both the king and the princess are absent. Bheem is appointed to be king because he's trusted and can protect the kingdom just fine.

Khojo is different, and even if scenario plays in a similar manner but still differs; like if the king and queen ceased to exist anymore, Arjun would assume the throne from the get-go despite how still very young he is. If Arjun is also ceased to exist, Tanya would assume the throne. There's literally no place for Khojo at all, and even if Tanya is also gone, I don't think Khojo or even any of the Ministers are gonna assume the throne regardless, especially Khojo's father. Khojo's father literally once planned of Arjun and Zimmbu's kidnapping and tiger-napping all for the sake of getting his son to the seat of prince, yet that is literally not how it works. Who would even trust the throne to him dawg?? Arjun isn't the only child royalty in the family, Tanya is still there. If Arjun is killed after he got kidnapped, she'll assume to be heir right away.

Oh, and he's trying so hard for Tanya, even though she's not interested. He's so desperate for what?

Now I'm moving onto something I don't really wanna bitch off of, just wanted to point things out and maybe throw some scenarios here and there because I think it's neat.

Arjun As A Girl In Disguise

Tell me if you see this pic out of context, you'd tell me whether this kid is a girl or a boy;

Anyways, my point is, if you give him more feminine clothes and he wears it, 100% he'd be mistaken as a girl. And if situation requires it, he'd effortlessly lie that he is a girl, and no one will suspect shit.

He's not even just androgynous anymore, he's straight up feminine, and I liked it that not all men should all look broad and jacked. They could be feminine asf and still look badass.

Both Arjun and Tanya Represents Arjuna of Mahabarata

Now, what do I mean by that?

We all know Arjuna's personality. Arjun had the exact same personality as Arjuna (hence literally being a spinoff version of Arjuna himself). From enjoying attention, how girls fall for them, even as wielding the same weapons (bow and arrow). I think Arjun represents Arjuna in the warfare aspect.

And where do Tanya fit into this?

See, Tanya is more artistic; she danced and done more things in the arts compared to when she actually did anything relating with combat (mentioning the times she once did archery and another episode where broke into Arjun's room with Wangi to get his weapons to train while Arjun is away). Tanya represents Arjuna who were taught and enjoys dancing and music aspect during the exile.

Now I just want answers to my questions;

Who tf is Sankat? Ik he's also a prince, but I can't tell if he's related to Arjun in some way (I don't understand Hindi)

Why is Wangi even in the forest?

Why is Wangi blue?

That's probably all. If there's more I want to talk about, I'll add it in a reblog.

[locitawritingsblog]

Clown From The Past

Hi guys ! So I wanna try something pretty challenging. It's based on Xiono Story that I wrote on wattpad. Hope you guys like this one.

Chapter 5

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Torra, Ayu, and Vivian checked out every single toys and dolls to make sure they were good to donate. "Ooh. Look at this...." Vivian took an ewok doll from the box and cuddled it.

"This is so cute."

"I thought you're a fan of loth-cats." Ayu said.

"I am. Ewoks are also my favorite. They may be small but they have a great spirit of fighting." Vivian stared at Torra "Can I have this one please, Mrs. Xiono, please...?"

Torra chuckled "Sure Vivian. You can have it." Vivian cheered "Yes ! Thank you !"

During that, Ayu noticed Neeku enter the garage "Uncle Neeku, can you help us to bring these to the bottom ?" "Of course..." But Torra and Ayu suspicious after hearing his creepy tone.

Neeku put his evil face as showing them a knife "... After I'm done with you all, girls !" The girls were panicked as Torra taking their girls' hands.

"Hey, don't go anywhere. " Neeku chased them into the boxes maze. Soon after that, Kaz, Yeager, and Tam entered the garage and heard the screams.

"Oh no..." Kaz said.

Yeager suggested "Alright, everyone, split up. We have to get them before Neeku does." Kaz and Tam nodded and they three split up into the maze.

Torra, Ayu, and Vivian were still chased by Neeku "How come your uncle can be so creepy ?!" Vivian asked to Ayu. "I don't know, I never see like that before !" Ayu responded.

"Yeah, that not sounds Neeku at all." Torra said. "You think he's in cotrolled somehow like Aunt Amanda did ?" "I guess so." "Okay girls, you two split up ! I distract him !"

Ayu and Vivian nodded as they ran faster. Torra took the middle of box pile which closing the right road, letting Neeku chase her only instead.

Neeku groaned as chasing Torra faster. "Neeku, please ! This is not you !" She begged to him but Neeku didn't care as he was still in cotrolled by creepy clown.

Without Torra realized, her hand was pulled as few boxes fell down to stop Neeku. Neeku groaned loudly while Torra resisted who pulling her hand.

"Let me go !"

"Honeylatte, it's okay, it's me."

Torra regconized the voice as staring at her husband "Kaz..." He pulled her into a hug "Thank goodness, you're okay." Then he kissed on her forehead.

Then he mentioned something familiar, he saw a book of a creepy clown face on the cover. "Wait..." He took a book "This cover is exactly the same clown when I first time saw."

Kaz opened the book as Torra look around by each page. "What is this book all about ?" She asked curious. "It said...the creepy clown spirit will haunt the next family generation unless they can bring the spirit back in this book." He read.

"Whoever was in your family, he or she already put a big risk." Torra thought. "We have to stop this...and I have an idea."

Meanwhile Ayu and Vivian watched around them to make sure the creepy clown not seeing. "I think we good for now." Vivian whsipered to Ayu when she was shocked that Neeku was going to stab her best friend.

"Ayumi, look out !" She warned.

Ayu turned around and was panicked but luckily Yeager threw a doll to stay Neeku away from her. "Grandpa !" Ayu rushed to hug him. Yeager rubbed her hair "Glad to see you okay, Ayumi." "But not for long." Vivian pointed at Neeku was ready to face them.

"You're not gonna hurting anyone." Tam and controlled Neeku had a fight. "What's wrong with you ?! How come you became so creepy ?!" But suddenly his eyes became red and spoke in whisper "Because your friend is gone and he was too easy to trick."

Tam was so shocked until he kicked her out but Yeager got her. He then laught creepy.

Then he heard Torra speaking to him "Hey, you, clown ball..." The controlled Neeku was mad by it "That's right, I'm talkin' to you !"

But soon after that, the controlled Neeku felt something would definitely came to him.

Kaz sighed "Hope this works..." Then he read the spell on the book in whisper "Creepy clown, I order you to come back into this book immediately."

He immediately threw the book as close as he could. The controller just realized that when he felt was pulled of something.

"No ! This can't be ! NOOO !!!! This is not the last time you all see me, especially you, Xiono !"

The creepy clown spirit was pulled out from Neeku's body and it was entered into the book within' second with a holo lock appeared.

Kaz could sighed in relief as Torra cheered "We did it !"

Neeku finally awoke "Uh, why am I in the garage ?" "It was a long story, Neeku..." Tam helped him up "...Just glad you're alright."

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"Thank you for everyone to donate all these. I hope all those kids in need at Bluebella will be happy what we gathering." Queen Florence smiled as accepting two boxes of old clothes and toys. "Your welcome, Queen Florence. We just glad we could help as much as we have." Kaz said while the others nodded.

"We should go. Our appointment to get some food for the kids are on the way to Bluebella." The queen said to her daughter.

"Hey Blair, maybe you can have a sleepover here sometime ? What do you say ?" Ayu offered.

Blair was excited "How about it, mother ?" She asked to her mother "Well, that's alright, my darling. We'll prepare for this upcoming." Blair cheered.

Ayu joined to cheer as Torra put her hand on her daughter's shoulder while Kaz couldn't stop smiling, watching his daughter enjoying her life as he wished for.

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The End

I'm so sorry it took so long to finish this chapter.

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