#Barbie typewriter

[sprinklecipher]

I got a Barbie Typewriter!

After a couple years of searching, I finally managed to get my hands on a Barbie toy electric typewriter! 

For the unfamiliar, a neat aspect of Barbie typewriters is that some models have built-in cipher encoding and decoding modes, which, due to some quirks in how the typewriters were developed and marketed, were not advertised as features, so the cipher functionality was basically secret!

These days, the old school Barbie typewriters are relatively rare and usually pretty expensive, although the one I got was actually fairly cheap, due to being in somewhat rough condition. It unfortunately had quite a bit of battery corrosion, so it was untested and sold to be a “display piece”:

It even came with the original box (although it is certainly a little worse for wear lol)

The battery compartment was absolutely filled with corrosion residue, and traces of it had spread across the whole typewriter—it was everywhere!

I’m no expert in electronics, but I know that the presence of battery corrosion doesn’t necessarily mean that a gadget is broken beyond all repair, so I decided to try to see if a thorough cleaning could possibly get it working again.

So, I cleaned up the battery compartment with vinegar, took the whole back of the case off and wiped out the inside of it (which was coated in a thin layer of corrosion dust), and finally popped in some new C batteries. Then came the moment of truth, flipping the power switch!

And…nothing. Darn. 😔

Ah, well, it’s still a very cool display piece, and I’m happy to have it!

[noxexistant]

i have a new modern katherine headcanon

[alwcysanangel]

starter call for muses i have the most muse for !

please list down below which muse you'd like a starter from (from this list. i'll be posting another starter call later on where you can request any of my muses !) & say which muse of yours it's for !

alice chambers (don't worry darling; fc: florence pugh) amy march (little women; fc: florence pugh) annie cresta (the hunger games; fc: kristine froseth) barbie (barbie 2023; fc: margot robbie) belle french (once upon a time; fc: rachel zegler) beverly marsh (stephen king's it; fc: liana liberato) bree van de kamp (desperate housewives; fc: marcia cross) carly shay (icarly; fc: olivia rodrigo) cathy hiatt (the last five years; fc: anna kendrick) donna sheridan (mamma mia: here we go again; fc: lily james) emma swan (once upon a time; fc: jennifer morrison) georgia miller (ginny & georgia; fc: brianne howey) heather chandler (heathers; fc: jenny boyd) heather mcnamara (heathers; fc: coco jones) jo march (little women; fc: saoirse ronan) josie saltzman (legacies; fc: kaylee kaneshiro) joy mercer (house of anubis; fc: olivia rodrigo) katniss everdeen (the hunger games; fc: erana james) livia cardew (the ballad of songbirds and snakes; fc: emily alyn lind) lizzie saltzman (legacies; fc: jenny boyd) lucy gray baird (the ballad of songbirds and snakes; fc: rachel zegler) nina martin (house of anubis; fc: luna blaise) patricia williamson (house of anubis; fc: jenna ortega) quinn fabray (glee; fc: madison iseman) rachel berry (glee; fc: diana silvers) richie tozier (stephen king's it; fc: justice smith) steve harrington (stranger things; fc: joe keery) veronica sawyer (heathers; fc: rachel zegler)

[a-typewritten-blog]

You will NOT fare well in college with a Mehno Vision ‘Collegiate 1000′ typewriter, but if you’re in kindergarten (the age specified on the box) it’s going to suit you well... if you don’t mind typing in all-caps.

And there was a Barbie version.

[dudeshusband]

lmao???

[wolfbridge]

Barbie typewriters actually have a fascinating history...

wish i was writing little notes to my mutuals on this

[elsa-fogen]

So. On the topic of Alastor headcannons. What's your opinion on these radio themed ones:

Alastor has an internal radio. Like the concept of having songs play through your head, but more literal. He can tune to stations as if he was a radio himself. And if he really wants to, he can connect himself to other radios in his immediate vicinity and play that music though them instead.

His antlers help his radio powers. So when they get damaged (in battle, sheds them, whatever reason you wanna put here) his internal radio goes bazerk. Think; flipping stations randomly, connecting to other radios when he doesn't want it to, playing loud static at random. All the chaos.

He can hear through other radios. He once had to listen to Vox playing Barbie Girl through a TV right next to a radio in Vox's studio, for a week straight. Surely enough; Barbie Girl is now banned from all radio stations in hell.

What do you think? I got more like these if you like them. Give me a generic topic and I can probably list several under that category.

OHH RADIO HEASCANONS

Yes, but he also can turn it on and off when he needs

Never thought about it, but it's funny (don't think i'm going to use it anywhere but who knows, maybe i'll make some funzies with that)

Pretty much used it in one my comic slihdsdkjfh +headcanon that Vox taught him that, he also can control when and which radio he wants to listen (or his head would be a horrible mess) ut i like headcanon that he has some songs banned on the radio lol

speaking of other radiostations, i actually made an instruction on How To get Your Own Radio Station In Hell, let me just find it real quick... i wanted to share it long ago, but couldn't find a moment

Imagine you're a normal sinner in hell, who suddenly wants to become radio host for one small station. and it's possible! and you won't even die, and get some benefits, if succeed. So, it's kinda hard, but doable

1. You need to write a letter asking for a permission to have your own station to The Radio Demon himself. a) letter should be handwritten, and your handwriting must be at least readable. Or you can use typewriter, if you find one. DO NOT write it on a computer and then print, you'll probably won't be able to get your station in following 50 years b) You should send your letter via post. DO NOT try to meet Radio Demon in person, you'll just lose time, or even if you get lucky, he won't take your letter. b*) Now you can just come to Hazbin Hotel and give your letter to Charlie Morningstar and ask her to give it to Radio Demon. Don't worry, she won't read it. b**) You should leave your contacts, that's obligatory if you want to get an answer - that means you have to have a place to live. c) Do not try to e-mail him, he doesn't even have a phone or computer to receive it. If someone gives you 100% totally real Radio Demon's e-mail - don't trust them, its fake 2. You'll get answer from the Radio Demon in 1-2 weeks, he'll send you set of papers which you have to fill out. You'll probably have to do it 3-4 times so don't worry, he's just testing your dedication. In these papers you give general info about your future radio station - the name, schedule, what activities you'll gonna have and what kinds of music wanna play. Include some jazz, especially if you mostly want to have modern music. You'll also have to tell a bit about yourself. You absolutely should not be connected to voxtech in any way. 2.b) he may simply dislike your ass and become a real bureaucratic monster. Keep trying - you can impress him with you dedication and he may like you in the end 3. When you got your application approved, you'll have to sign a contract, that gives you right to broadcast on a certain radio frequency. According to the contract - your radio station belongs to the Radio Demon, you'll just getting it in unlimited use, until the contract terminated. You DO NOT sell your soul to the Radio Demon. He can broadcast over you any time he needs and you can't do anything about it. He can also ask you to change something in your broadcast schedule, ask to replace of cancel any of your programs, ban music and so on. (Tho, he probably won't do anything of it). But since your radio station is his property, you're as well under his protection while you on your station, so if someone attacks you and you're unable to protect yourself and your station, you'll have a way to contact him and ask for help. You'll have a specific channel for it and list of morse codes for emergencies. You should not use this channel for anything else, or you'll lose your station. 4. After all paperwork is done and approved, you have to get equipment for your station. DO NOT use ANYTHING voxtech related, and you absolutely cannot have TV on your station. 5. After you got all the equipment, invite the Radio Demon to your station. He'll set everything up for you and give you list of emergency codes. Do not try to interrupt his infodumps even if you lost track of it and can't understand shit, it's better if you show enthusiasm. 6. And done! Now you are happy small radio host! The Radio Demon may show up on your station sometimes to check how everything's going, but don't worry about it, he won't be bother you too often after few weeks.

P. S. You are NOT friends with the Radio Demon, even if he acts friendly and calls you "dear" - that's just his normal, not-threatenning behavior P. P. S. Don't be too personal, don't dump on him your problems if they aren't related to the station when he comes to you. Just make him some coffee, talk about weather and tell that everything works just fine P. P. P. S. ABSOLUTELY! DO NOT! TRY TO HUG HIM! He'll just laugh at you, and if you somehow succeed he'll make everything to make you regret every action in your life and afterlife that led you to this moment (and it doesn't necessarily means he will torture you physically, once he run into masacistic freak that got a boner when was tortured) P. P. P. P. S. If you caught feelings for him - suffer in silence and NEVER try to confess. You'll lose your station immediately and will never get it back.

All these instructions are totally written by Rosie who heared so many complaints from Alastor about how people want to become a radio host but can't do it properly

And Alastor is probably making them experience what he went through to become a radio host in life

GOD, TUMBLR WHY UR SUCH AN ASS TODAY WTF LET ME JUST POST MY SILLY TEXT

[edwinspaynes]

TTPD is my favourite album because it's so crazy. Taylor was really like

"I'm a functioning alcoholic who hates typewriters and also smokes a TON of weed??? FUCK TYPEWRITERS. Makes sense that I've basically become a Barbie doll and my boyfriend is RIPPING MY BODY PARTS OFF but UGH it's okay because if I can't have him I might as well DIE. I'm remembering my ex. I'm sad. London was my - 💫💫💫 WOW!!!! WOOOO!!!! SHINY NEW MAN IM IN LOVE LET'S GET MARRIED AND HAVE BABIES EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE DEFINITELY AWFUL!!! 💫💫💫 Still doesn't compare to my ex LOCKING ME IN THE INSANE ASYLUM from which I ESCAPED and WENT TO FLORIDA!!!!!!! 🌴 Wowww my man my man my man!! Am I broken? FUCK YEAH I'M A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH!!!! 🔪🔪🔪 And I'm sad again. I'm so so sad. This is so sad. But I have to play at the ERAS TOUR WHEEE!!!! ✨️ matty healy sucks. I'm sad. GO CHIEFS 🏈 ...anyway the entertainment industry destroys women. More at 3 AM! ✌🏻

[got-that-oh-i-mean]

Thoughts while listening to TTPD for the first time

Fortnight: wait the first notes sound like happiness??? HER VOICE OMG tAYLOR IS THAT REALLY YOU????

TTPD: she leaves scarfs, he leaves typewriters; the tortured belongings department. WAIT THIS IS FUCKKNG SAVAGE??? "who uses typewriters anyway?" YOU TAKE MY RING OFF MY MIDDLE FINGER AND PUT IT ON THE ONE PEOPLE PUT WEDDING RINGS ON??????????? I screeeeamed, aijsdjsjkqla. this is a certified bop also.

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys: can't wait for the barbie edits! oh hey she literally mentions Ken!

Down Bad: crying at the gym is the new crying at the club. Fuck it if I can't have him rolls off her tongue so pretty

So Long, London: i died at the altar?????? kill me. NOW. the build up of the song is fantastic.

But Daddy I Love Him: big The Notebook energy

Fresh Out The Slammer: mandatory experimental song. AGAIN WITH THE RINGS????? "I did my time" does that ring a bell for you as well? I can't remember why though.

Florida!!!: I!!! suggest!!! we!!! all!!! talk!!! like!!! this!!! this one's for the headbang lovers

Guilty As Sin?: I don't know how to explain it but this feels like a typical Taylor Swift song (in a good way)

Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?: I feel like this is about Scooter and all the people who wronged her in the industry and she is so right to have written that

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can): this is messed up how many times in her songs Taylor implies people are disappointed in her or judging her choices with contempt

loml: intro so pretty, but the first lyric has the same rhythm as you say "I don't understand" and I say "I know you don't". Again with the wedding oh my lord he really hurt her with that. Yeah okay this one makes me cry.

I Can Do It With a Broken Heart: this one could have such a sick music video!! i'm picturing a tennis match 🎾

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived: girl I'm sighing too. Wow stark contrast between the sighs and the last verse!

The Alchemy: Queen. Wait is it about Matty lmao? Travis?

Clara Bow: the melody is so prettyyy

[soulfullives]

random lyall lupin headcanons because l&r fest is coming to an end soon <3

owns an old typewriter, and most of his letters are typed out. he only ever writes to remus, because he wants their letters to feel special

he's a smoker, but he never finishes his cigarettes (credits for this headcanon and the previous one to @bugboyremus)

his favorite fruit are apples. he accidentally swallowed a seed once and thought an apple tree was going to grow in him and he was going to die

he was really interested in muggle trinkets, a little bit like arthur weasley. (the two of them met in the ministry and became pretty good friends, despite the age gap between their children, the smallest (age gap) being ten years)

he's a natural ginger

despite the fact that he's very tall (i was thinking around or over one hundred ninety cms) and gangly, i feel like he has a very... intimidating look to him. the marauders were scared of him for a bit, and whrn they told remus he literally started laughing

has a really quiet, almost a chuckle kind of laugh

absolutely adores hope. worships the ground she walks on; to me, they almost feel like the barbie movie because he, too, is just there (we love him though)

really big fan of black tea, and in their family, he's the only one who likes it

doesn't like dogs. he's through and through a cat person, and they have an old, ginger cat named emilie

he's also a big fan of sheep

most of remus' sweaters are actually lyall's. his whole wardrobe consists of sweaters, turtlenecks, shirts, jackets (by jackets i mean those old, shabby ones that are more patches than jacket), coats, very worn out jeans and corduroy pants

highlighting in books is his worst enemy

[alicethepiper]

i should probably label this as a series or something or number them idk how to do that right now tho i'll bother with it later

MY MODS STOPPED WORKING AND I SPENT LIKE TWO TO THREE HOURS GETTING THEM TO WORK I AM SO SMART MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (i am so glad they work) (i love dressing everyone up) (it's like playing with barbies) (except i can't make leon and the merchant kiss like i could with barbies) (dammit)

YAY THE MOD WORKS

This was my reveal that the mod worked and i think it's funny, like, look at that poor dude's face. get ada-wonged, nerd.

title title title

crouch (i'm so good at labeling these images)

THE GRAPPLING HOOK IS SO FUCKING FUN DUDE

i love this outfit because it makes me feel like i'm in the last of us or something

(every day i crave tlou part ii remake) (simply to play the bonus content) (i crave it) (but alas) (i dont have a goddamn ps5) (its a sad time)

look at her looking so cool and shit ahhhhhhhhhh (i didnt care too much for ada before but this dlc is actually making me like her a lot ahhhh)

she is so COOL can i be cool toooo pleaseeeeeee

merchant time (he is gay) also the music for the typewriter goes so hard?? the music while shopping from the merchant is cool too but the save theme is actually SO GOOD. re4make normal save theme is like whatever, but it's got NOTHING on the original re4 save theme. this is like a cool blend of both and i love that.

okay i took this shot because i was like "omg yay ada and leon are in the frame together yippee! my boy!!" but now that i look at it, it looks like i was just taking a boobie shot i swear that's not what this is

hehe she's so cool girlboss slay

and here's shots of the boy again hehe hehe hehe

playing through the dlc and i'm being like "omg i know where leon is right now!! he's just over there!! ahh!!" this shit has me giggling and kicking my feet i can't with this afjdhafjweifbejibfwjuifbi

mods i used:

Valerie's Outfits - RE Resistance - Ada Wong - Glitch (Glitch5970)

Leon Long Sleeves - pakjuaan

Leon's Alternate Hairstyle - notryzer

(i also used a mod that let's you use ada mods in separate ways) (and i have a mod that keeps her hair fluffy in the main game but that doesn't really apply here, but it might be why her hair is normal and not in the braids that the mod came with) (idk) (just a guess) (i need to find out why my punsiher isnt pink >:((((( )

i literally love you glitch, so many of the mods i have come from you you are so cool for these ahhhh

[kristiemewisstan]

The Tortured Poets Department Unhinged First Listen Review:

Fortnight-

NEEDS MORE POSTY, we love a “I wanna kill her”, this one MIGHT BE about Matty Healy lol “I touched you for only a fortnight”

The Tortured Poets Department-

“WHO USES TYPEWRITERS ANYWAY” YOU BITCH ITS YOU LOL, Charlie Puth name drop 🤨 oh god so many name drops, THIS BRIDGE, not the wedding ring…

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys-

THERE WAS A LITANY OF REASONS WHY WE SHOULDVE PLAYED FOR KEEPS THIS TIME my jaw literally dropped the entire last verse

Down Bad-

“Everything comes up teenage petulance” this one is cringy but in a way I love, Taylor Is Very Much A Down Bad Girlie

So Long, London-

this song is tachycardic I PROMISE I MADE THIS JOKE BEFORE “STOPPED CPR”, two graves one gun I SWORE THAT YOU LOVED ME BUT WHERE WAS THE CLUES damn she’s really sad to lose London huh

But Daddy I Love Him-

this would have a cool music video “she’s was chaos he was revelry” this is if red and the 1975 had a child that’s the vibe

Fresh Out the Slammer-

Okay so this is the “I just realized how bad this relationship truly was and thank god I’m out of it”, okay the weird slow down stuff wasn’t my favorite thing

Florida!!!-

I’m cackling, THE FLORENCE VERSE IS SO GOOD I think that this is just a Florence and the machine song it sounds so like them

Guilty as Sin?-

Okay this is the first one I’ve been like “oooooo I really like this one” “what if I roll the stone away, they’re gonna crucify me anyway” DAMN some religious imagery will always get me right in the trauma

Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?-

This one has a lot of the brain scratching pauses “don’t you worry folks we took out all her teeth” oof this song is just really angry

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)-

Cowboy Like Me but they don’t end up happy, okay “good boy” made me giggle so apparently in a 12 year old boy

loml-

PIANO! WANT IVE WANTED THE WHOLE TIME “still alive, killin time at the cemetery, never quite buried” I’m getting a gun and flying to London, I swear “TALKING RINGS AND TALKING CRADLES 🤨” JOE ALWYN FOUND DEAD IN A DITCH “THE LOSS OF MY LOVE” COUNT YOUR DAYS JOSEPH 💀, this should’ve been track 5

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart-

hello production that is giving Barbie movie/80s vibes, this is the first one I’m certain was written recently like it was definitely written on tour, the peppy “cause I’m miserable!” Hurt Me but also same

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived-

THE BREATH ahhhhh PIANO! “I don’t even want you back I just want to know if rusting my sparkling summer was the goal” okay back half of the album is eating, THE PICKUP, SPEAK NOW VIBES BUT MOM IS OLDER AND MADDER

The Alchemy-

ok ok ok “I circled you on a map I haven’t come around in so long but I’m coming back so strong” fucking meant,👌 touchdown mention lmao, okay this is SO ABOUT TRAVIS 🥹🥰

Clara Bow-

Best production on the album in the first 10 seconds, BEAUTY IS THE BEAST THAT ROSE, WAIT WHAT????? “You look like Taylor Swift” yeah queen because you are lol, It’s so people can make the audio of her singing all the album names lmao

First Overall Listen- 7/10

I was getting nervous in the front half but the back half more than made up for it

The vibe was just off at the start and honestly that’s probably a me thing and will get better with further listens

The lyrics were amazing as always

Production was okay, some of the songs were perfect and some had me going 🤨

Charlie Puth

Top 3 in no particular order (apparently I like songs that hurt me):

Guilty as Sin?

loml

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

[borisbubbles]

Eurovision 2023: #18

18. AUSTRIA Teya & Salena - "Who the hell is Edgar?" 15th place

Decade ranking: 51/116 [Above Ronela, below Jeangu]

OOOOOH MIO PADRE, I'VE GOTTA ROAST ME SOME BARBIES, ooooooooooh no.

It does NOT pay to be funny, sadly. Yeah, I wish I didn't have to go there, but sometimes the stars just don't align. With Loreen and Pasha being reunited and the year generally being mediocre, Liverpool 2023 already had enough parallels with Baku 2012. The "preshow obsession has a disappointing live" part I could have done without.

Like seriously. Was there ever a more slam-dunk end of contest favourite for me than TeyaLena? (well other than You Know Who, but we'll get there). My recent faves were Think About Things, Shum and In Corpore Sano. All uptempo, all enjoyable, all secretly very clever entries, eating and mothering (or in Da­ði's case brothering) as THE act on everyone's lips as the dust settled. Edgar was one of two entries who could have been The One for this year!!! But as Poe Poe Poe became Poo Poo Poo I'm forced to pack up my praise pen and bring out my critical analysis quill :-/

Fortunately, like the ladies, I am such a good writer, so enjoy this lengthy review, which is more like a vivisection:

ON THE FLAWS OF 'WHO THE HELL IS EDGAR?'

The first instinct would be to say that the song was impossible to bring, but I don't buy into that logic. "Edgar" was great, a vision, and absolute fucking BANGER. That's the hill, I'll die on. Despite the flaws of its live, I will always cherish it as a song.

Granted, the song was a lot of things at once. That's what made it both iconic and live liability. You try to explain to a layman casual audience member what Edgar is about. How it satirizes the music industry. How self-deprecating it is. What an API is. What an A&R is. What the 0.003 stands for. Now do that in the THIRTY SECONDS TIME FRAME it takes for the video teaser to play. You can't. You can be the best commentator or the most eloquent eurovision-obsessed guncle. Also, you're making me think with your words. Thinking bad. ME WANT ENJOY SHOW. ME WANT GOOD TIME, NO THINK.

So, there's two approaches you can take here, if you play to win.

The first by embracing the campness and going full ham, which how the televote countries would handle it. Your Moldovas, Ukraines, Finlands, Serbias, Norways. Hand Edgar over to one of them, and TeyaLena would start bent over a laptop or typewriter, harrassed by ravens or men in Edgar Allen Poe costumes, who would so a possessed zombie dance while TeyaLena try to escape the clutches.

Naturally, such an act requires less effort from the performers and could be seen as an easy cop-out by juries (die, juries!) and result in a loss of points and well, Austria don't play that way. Austria don't have a built in televote base and feel they are better off playing for the same juries that would normally reject an Edgar.

So instead they went for option two: embrace the hyperpop and try to build momentum off its hyperactivity. Fair enough, that's less interesting and safe, but a valid choice that can result in a very good time.

On this occasion though, it was a MISTAKE.

The best part about Edgar was the combination of dumb hyperpop memes with clever satire, and the staging ignored the latter completely. It showed Edgar Allan Poe TWICE, and then spliced in the Spotify reference in the background without context. That was all the act did with the satire. They should have named this song "Where the hell is Edgar?". The vague references only work when the entire audience is already in on the joke, otherwise it's a three mins of braincell murder. If a pleb tuned in blind (over 75% of the audience), tough luck on them for trying to make sense of it all. SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED ESC ON TIKTOK!!!.

Bottom line: THE STAGING WAS PEDANTIC.

Thematic acts can alleviate that problem. Think Konstrakta's spa tableau vivant, Katryna's tron aureole, the presence of Gagnamagnið on the stage alongside Daði Freyr. This year we had Vesna's hexaplet choreography, Käärijä's ballroom dancers, Loreen's panini press, Gustaph's motivational graphics, even Alika's fucking self-playing piano applies to this principle. All of these did well, the competent ones with juries, the camp ones with the tv. Intuitive but thematically fitting visual cues that instinctively get the vibe across without requiring the audience to ponder it too deeply (or become a parody, I SEE YOU, France.) that's what effecive staging is about. Now compare the above good stagings to what Austria came up with: Four dancers in Samanta Tina garb, some more created by the LEDs in the background, and a VERY basic choreography. This is not a just simplification but a dumbing down. Every visual cue comes across as nonsensical, because nothing quite ties it together with the music. If only the song itself had provided us with a clear visual reference point, huh?

Of course, a dumbed down staging concept could still yield a good result despite itself if the live was teeming with energy and bounced off in every direction to match the music. Folks would be voting based on pure performance skill and nothing else. After all, Ewnicorn bluffed its way into third on that very principle. Sadly, neither Teya nor Salena were versed in the art of singing and dancing at the same time.

So ultimately, you're given this awkward performance where Teya acted really well and produced delectable facial expressions - I mean who doesn't love THIS:

-but failed to harmonize with Salena, while Salena hit most of her notes but clearly struggled with the Dietmann's simplistic, toddler-like choreography, like a Leila Jane or Mirud on stilts. Nice that they complimented each others weaknesses by showcasing opposite talents, but if you wanna do well just get yourself a girl who can do both.

And there we have it, Teya and Salena. High Risk, High Reward usually plays out for the better, but this is one such occasion where the high risk was avoided and the just reward was a disappointing score on the middle of the scoreboard. Such is the price of not embracing your queer-coded campness in Eurovision. We have landed in mild-like hell, just like Nina Zilli and Jonsi and all the others that I wish I could love more, but sadly did not live up to their initial hype. That too is life. Onward to better things, and things will surely get good as we move forward, right?

THE RANKING

[gmanwhore]

I legally have to make a post alone for this for. Tagging reasons. Thank you @breakcoreboxcat for being normal about our morally bankrupt cringefail homophobic homosexual old men (yuri flavor) This is about Dr. Wallace Breen and Cave Johnson

They hate each other. Cave wants Breen brought down to his level. They have known each other for years. Cave is the only person that can stand being around Breen. They have a hate mail portal that can be walked through so they can visit each other (Cave went to Black Mesa specifically to put the portal there) and they type out their hate mail on typewriters. Cave's first letter to Breen read "Ur mom suck me good n hard thru my jorts", and he photocopied it and has it in a gold frame in his office. Breen has all of Cave's hate mail in a binder and they are perfectly preserved, every single one. Cave smoked all of Breen's letters both with and without weed. Breen went to Cave's house once and they had McDonald's (Cave got Breen a chicken McNugget Happy Meal with chocolate milk and a boy toy just how Breen likes. Cave got two Big Macs and only ate half of one but still ate the yogurt from Breen's happy meal because Breen didn't want it) then they watched Barbie Fairytopia and Cave got excited everytime Bibble was on screen then they hate fucked and afterward Breen tripped over Cave's Barbie doll and Cave got really upset and Breen teased him about it and it really hurt Cave. They never brought up that night again. Breen kept sending Cave letters even as he was dying. Cave wrote his final letter to Breen a day before he died. Breen still wrote back because he won! The letters became his only tie to his humanity during the first year of him working for the Combine. He read Cave's last letter over and over so many times and will never admit he cried because he lost the only person who could stand him. Cave's ghost is haunting him and is so disturbed by how much Breen changes over the twenty years. After Breen dies their ghosts sit together and Cave reads all of his old letters to Breen trying to get him back to his old enemy. It worked. They hate each other. They love each other. They are enemies. They are friends.

[museenkuss]

Pinterest boards + descriptions [zweiter Teil] - since, again, I've been very sad to hear that pinterest will delete board descriptions, I've taken the liberty to add some more of mine here, including some hidden boards.

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[Ripley - sun-golden skin and salt-crusted hair, water-spots and sand in the dictionary. cigarettes, spaghetti, wine for lunch. a new fridge, a typewriter, an unfinished painting. fogged up mirrors. The dream of an ideal summer, at your fingertips*]

*lit. "one grip/movement away"

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[XX - skin and hair*. sinews, longing, seeing, sighing, moaning.** XXX]

* - "with skin and hair" = completely, entirely.

** - sinews and longing are the same word, the rest fell in line. as you can see, no such luck in English - although there's still a certain rhythm to it.

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[dripping maw - Something is happening, will happen, has happened. Behind the curtain, in the next room, right behind you. Don't turn around.]

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[scum* - foam-born, wine-dripping. smoke in shimmering hair and too much perfume. shrill, barking laughter. what a beautiful, unbearable creature]

*absolutely intranslatable. pun on Ab[Schaum] and [Schaum]geboren. A vision of a terrible, alluring, terribly alluring, alluringly terrible Venus.

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[icing* - cream cakes and sugar dolls**. waxy lipstick and the scent of powder, popcorn and strawberries with crunchy sugar. A barbie doll, too big for the doll house]

* "Icing" does not carry the magic of sugar-glaze. but well.

** both of these are words for attractive women

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[Valentine's Day - Obscene parties. winedripping, velvety, honey-sweet, humid/oppresive, delicious, shivering, lovely, heated, blushing, tear-dripping, sighing, bittersweet]

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[Shadowcreature - did you hear that? Rustling, fluttering, whispering, giggling. A shadow, a moth, a trick of the senses. six fingers, missing lashes, a few teeth too many. Don't look too closely.]