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[islerouxsims]

DIZZY ISY SAVE FILE VERSION 8

Hello Dizzy Isy fans! I'm absolutely thrilled to announce the release of Version 8!

The save file is now updated for the FOR RENT pack and Tomarang.

I hope you find a lot of joy in this new version of the save!

♥ What do you get? ♥

VERSION 1 OF DIZZY ISY (STILL AVAILABLE HERE)

VERSION 2 OF DIZZY ISY (STILL AVAILABLE HERE)

VERSION 3 OF DIZZY ISY (STILL AVAILABLE HERE)

VERSION 4 OF DIZZY ISY (STILL AVAILABLE HERE)

VERSION 5 OF DIZZY ISY (STILL AVAILABLE HERE)

VERSION 6 OF DIZZY ISY (STILL AVAILABLE HERE)

VERSION 7 OF DIZZY ISY (STILL AVAILABLE HERE)

…PLUS…

220 custom clubs and icons (+11 than v.7) with points/rivalries and custom activities.

Lots of details of custom books to find, interesting tombstones, photos with past histories and mysteries etc.

♥ When you enter the save♥

There are 4 empty lots.

There are 20 empty houses (13 starters, 6 under 100k, 1 under 120k). (I have now labelled the starters so it is clearer.)

There are 18 rentals in holiday destinations.

3 new rentals in Tomarang with fleshed out family landlords.

There are now 3 free apartments.

Secret lots in Mt. Komerebi renovated.

Selvadorada and Strangerville adventure/mystery unplayed.

Conservation efforts not completed in Sulani.

Evergreen Harbor has many community project opportunities.

Neighbourhood Stories disactivated.

Voting and Eco Footprints also disactivated.

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It is a busy save file with many lots filled to stop random spawning of townies but the empty lots will soon quickly fill up with townie families if you don’t use them. The townies are clearly marked in the unplayed tab with the #townies so you know who is meant to have a lot and who isn’t.

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♥ What do you need? ♥

❥  ALL THE PACKS apart from Journey to Batuu

❥  Kits used: Fashion Street kit, Incheon Arrivals kit, Desert Luxe and Carnival Streetwear kit

-You can still download this save file without all these packs or kits but some items might be replaced by substitutes, and we all know how those pan out.

❥ 186 MB of free space for this save file.

❥  Zerbu’s More Club Icons Mod (PLEASE DOWNLOAD FIRST!)

(If unavailable to you please download from here)

❥  Rex’s Custom Club Activities Mod (PLEASE ALSO DOWNLOAD BEFORE THE SAVE!)

♥ Recommendations ♥

❥ MC Command Center by Deaderpool.  

❥ No Random Townies by Zero.    

❥ No Random Hats Acessories and Makeup by Bienchens.    

(Anything by Bienshens is amazing and safe to use in my opinion)

♥ How to install? ♥

Make a backup of your Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Saves folder

Download the file, unzip, and place files in Electronic Arts/The Sims4/Saves.

Open your game, enter the save. It is named “Dizzy Isy Save File By Isleroux and you should see the Koh Saphas as the last played household.

"The Koh Saphas are heirs to the Sungai Point estate but face a whirlwind of challenges. Kasarinlan manages their property portfolio, while chef Kahilom embarks on managing a restaurant plagued by terrible reviews after a tragic incident involving artist Indigo Ivyloop. With twin girls on the horizon, Indigo's ashes in their posession and the daunting task of salvaging Kahilom's culinary reputation. Will their ambition prove their downfall, or can they turn the tide and savour success?"

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DOWNLOAD (SFS) or 

DOWNLOAD (MediaFire)

(REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD THE CUSTOM CLUB MODS FIRST!!)

**Lastly, if you find joy in the save file and wish to support me, perhaps you could consider buying me a coffee ☕ to help make future updates possible.

It's worth mentioning that despite the immense effort poured into Dizzy Isy over four years, I've chosen not to restrict access to my save files behind any paywall.

To those of you who have already extended your support, your kindness truly means the world to me. I want you to know that I see you, I appreciate you, and I'm grateful for your unwavering dedication, especially to those who have read this far down.**

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Happy simming!  ~isy~ ツ  

@maxismatchccworld

[4pfsukuna]

Todo headcannons/drabble

The lack of love yall show Todo is INSANE, but its alright… imma do our himbo hottie some justice

Warnings: lil bit of smut, mentions of Todo being a much cause he for sure is.

Being Todos girlfriend was… indescribable.

You two meet senior year of college you were a fashion major and wanted to explore one of the most fasionable places in the workd…japan.

The only love on your mind was love for clothes not romance with any men.

So when a big beefy man is standing in the door way you barely pay him any mind even though hes flexing every muscle you pay him no mind.

He thinks its love at first sight from your beauty alone and he was going to introduce himself but the sweet intoxicating aroma of your perfume makes his brain short circuit and forget about stranger danger… and boundaries… and introductions. 

IT’s not until “my beautiful tiger lily a flower as delicate as you shouldnt be carrying such a heavy load allow me” to an unaware you whos more focused on where to get lunch from.

Hes talking about you carrying all the fabrics you have thats overflowing your bag from class  and not just any bag but your denim telfar and it all happens so fast.

Hes grabbing your bag thinking hes being a gentlemen (mans is delusional okay) but youre from new york and the last time a man touched your bag he was halfway down the train platform with it and your laptop.

So off pure instinct you swing as hard as you can.

This is no cliche experience where youre the first woman who can put him on his ass, no! The man is a brickhouse you basically punched a wall. The pain shoots through your hand faster than the curses can fly out your mouth and Yuji, poor poor Yuji is witnessing it all has to come to the rescue.

“I am so sorry about my— him” he apologizes as you craddle your hand to your chest fighting back tears. That was a punch that would have caved a man's chest in.

You have to wear a cast for 3 weeks and Todo takes it upon himself to become your personal servant and he seems more than happy to? You make not to ask Yuji what was wrong with him…again and if all men were like him.

No man is like Todo Aoi.

The man may wbe delusional but hes smitten. For the next 3 weeks he’s at your door 8am sharp ready to make breakfast and aid you in whatever you need and ogling every morning when you open the door at the different ways you style your hair and clothes.

You swear He almost faints the day you open the door and you two have on the same matching nike swishy joggers. He paired his with a white tee while yours with a black graphic tee tied up and a bucket hat. 

You’re also convinced he has stars in his eyes when he realizes its his tee that he left 3 days ago on accident not wanting to get messy while making you onigiri.

Oh yes this man cooks! and will cook 3 meals a day which isnt a shock look at how big he is?! He takes advantage of your dominant hand being in a cast and your lack of knowledge on how to use chopsticks to feed you. 

Of course you put up a fight but if a fine ass 6 foot 4 pure muscle chef wants to buy your groceries cook and feed you… who were you to deny?!

He listens to your music while he cooks but loves meg thee stallion. 

Back to you wearing his shirt He notices you didnt care youve known him for only 2 weeks and when your fashion mind got ahold of something your brain knew no limits. 

He loves hearing you talk about fashion and clothes and accompanying you on your shopping hauls, using carrying the bags as an excuse. So a few weeks later when your hand is fully healed and he’s still opening every door, carrying every bag and feeding you with chopsticks at a restaurant he just had to bring you to, your forced to realize you actually enjoy spending time with him.

Not only is he a foodie as much as you he takes the best pictures… Because he stares at you so much he knows all you’re best angles… all of them… And because he’s a native he knows the best photography spots.

Its when he takes you to a lounge restaurant that has music and food when you learn alot more about Todo, this man never said how much he loves to dance!

You call it his lil dancey dance which he IMMEDIATELY corrects and tells you “its the boogie woogie”

Dancey dance, like you said.

It’s almost 3am when the two of you leave and although you two had been drinking sake all night he seemed completely sober and maybe it was because he was so big. 

He goes completely tender, heart doing flips when you use his bicep as leverage to guide you down the street. It makes him feel like a man and with you being as strong willed and stubborn as you are, allowing him to lead,  makes him feel honored. 

Pulling a cherry blossom from a tree you two were walking under and it feels like a scene from a movie as you smell it and smile up at him his strength making more shower around you two. To him though this was how his world always looked when you were around.

Delusional or lover boy?

Todo is a heavy sleeper so when you Wake up to the sound of the alarm wrapped in his arms dressed in his tshirt your scarf on your head you’re shocked. What shocks you more is his usual bun isnt bunning his hair is sprawled around his face over his shoulders, long lashes touching the tips of his cheeks and has his lips always been this full and pretty? Were you catching feelings? Oh you were fucked.

For the rest of the day you can’t help but be awkward and sometimes you appreciate his obliviousness because he assumes you’re being strange because you’re hungry and goes to try a new recipe that he couldn’t wait to cook for you and you busy yourself with fashion…things.

You actually become submerged and your eyes can’t leave the screen not even when he request you taste what he’s made. You open your mouth leaning over to take whatever he made in your mouth not questioning what it would be until you notice it’s his fingers. He always fed you with chopsticks its when you make eye contact with him that— are his eyes in the shape of hearts?

You try to avoid him after that you didnt come to japan for romance you came for fashion. But of course hes not going for that this man knows your schedule, your habits, your hiding spots and your period cravings he would find you anywhere and he’s not letting you go until you tell him why you’ve been avoiding him.

Okay maybe he’s not that oblivious. So when you admit you’re feelings and tell him about your crush he’s back to heart eyes and the first thing out of his mouth is “let’s get married”

The man is Delusional. But the more you spend time with him after officially becoming his girlfriend you realize he’s delusional not dumb. 

Certified munch™️

Will eat you like the last meal before war.

Will suck your soul out of you like a crab leg.

He speaks sign language… with his tongue… on your clit.

And when your in the brink of conciousness thats when he pulls all 9 inches out. Nothing about this man is small or skinny.

Hes so… tender though. Has a worship kink and honestly youre not suprised. He wants to worship and caress every inch of your body every curve.

Hes also a jealous man, how dare another man think hes worth of your smile.

Jealous sex with him is always 12/10… its like hes trying to prove himself to you all over again pulling out tricks hes never done before.

Its when his jealousy goes to far putting you in an embarassing situation that you almost end his life.

You want to fold his clothes with him in it but…

The only thing better than jealous sex was angry sex and you commanding him trying to over power him  is the moment his soul no longer belongs to him. 

“Youre such a jealous man” you hiss riding his length one hand pressed into his abs for leverage the other switching from his bicep to his shoulder leaving the indent of your acrylic nails.

“And you know that yet still… baby fuck” he grunts his head in your shoulder trying to hold onto his release but your just so tight and warm and the squelching sounds mixed with your heavy breathing has his two brain cells fighting to form a sentence.

“Fuck… dont ever do no dumb shit mmmm like that again” you snap grabbing the nape of his neck pulling him up by the hair there and he almost cums like that.

He loves when you take control as much as he loves you taking your anger out on him his thumb goes to play with your clit knowing hes not going to last much longer.

“Like this” he smirks applying pressure and your hands slip but hes there to catch the pace pushing his hips up to match the rhythm you set. 

Your neighbors are not happy about your all night sessions but they wont say anything to the giant.

Aftercare is nothing less than special warm rag, massage, lofi music, the curtains open just enough to have the city lights on you and whatever 5 star meal he concocts up to make sure you eat before bed.

Tojis been a tenderoni for you since day 1.

[redtsundere-writes]

Can you write a Sukuna x Uraume fic, where they both go to Mexico since well....why not??? and Sukuna is tortured by the all of the spicy shit and all while at the same time loving pulque and other Mexican foods that are not spicy? if you can add Sukuna and Uraume going back to Japan after learning a large ammount of swearwords in Mexican like "Te voy a tumbar los ojos, pendejo" "Cagaste cabron" "the voy a chingar a tu putísima madre wey" and something along dose lines, it would be AMAZING...thank you!

Masiosare | Sukuna x Uraume (English)

mexican!sukuna ryomen x uraume

ENGLISH VERSION! ! ! (Haz click aquí para la versión en Español!)

Sypnosis: Sukuna discovers he is Mexican and wants to visit Mexico with Uraume. Contents: A LOT OF MEXICAN REFERENCES (but I explain them in case you are not part of the club, don't worry boo.) I tried to explain them as best I could so if there's something you don't understand, just let me know! Translations. A lot of them. Fluff. Is a crack fic but not really? Uraume uses They/Them pronouns. Human Sukuna. Word Count: 1583 words. Author's Note: I laughed so hard while writing this, I can do so because I am literally Mexican (iykyk) Thanks anon for the request! I rediscovered a lot of songs I usually dance to in weddings or quinceañeras. I couldn't stop bobbing my head lol. Wait... Am I turning into a señora? Welp... * = Definition on comments

Uraume is a faithful servant. They follow the supreme king wherever he wants to go. So when Sukuna asked her to go on a journey of self-discovery with him, they thought they would go to a sacred temple or a paradisiacal place in Japan. What he never expected was that he would want to go to Mexico. Uraume knew that he liked to explore new lands to conquer them later on, but traveling to another continent for funsies seemed excessive, but they did not question it. 

After a long journey to discover his origin, Sukuna discovered that he was born in Mexico, but did not live there for long. So as soon as he met with Uraume again, he asked them on a journey to reconnect with his roots as any whitexican* would do. That’s how the king and his faithful servant set out on their journey to new lands. 

After two days of travel, Sukuna and Uraume arrived in Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán. A lively magical town* with stone roads, leafy trees and hardworking people everywhere.  The characteristic Spanish architecture, orange walls and beautiful colorful mosaics caught the attention of the newcomers. The first thing they did when they arrived was to buy new clothes to mix themselves among the locals. Sukuna bought a white guayabera* with black shorts and sandals, while Uraume opted to wear a Mexican pink* summer dress. 

Once they settled in, our protagonists decided to wander aimlessly in search of something interesting to do while drinking aguas frescas* they bought in a Michoacana*. They wandered through the main park, watched the squirrels sprinting across the lawn and the people setting up the rides for the summer fair. They sat on a rusty bench to watch in fascination the gigantic church that could be seen from any part of town, several locals were going out to eat after the spiritual service. 

“I'm hungry,” Sukuna complained as soon as he got bored of admiring the view. 

They both wandered through the town until they came across a long line to eat at a local restaurant. That could only mean they must be serving delicious food. On the plastic sign hanging from the ceiling, a pig in a chef's hat could be seen inside a boiling pot. It was a Michoacán-style carnitas restaurant. Michoacán-style carnitas are pork fried in its own lard, but the secret is that the lard is flavored. 

“We'll eat here,” Sukuna decided for both of them before going into the place. Uraume only followed him closely. 

As expected of a king, Sukuna cut the line causing everyone waiting to start cursing him in Spanish. They screamed things like “Metete a la fila, cabron!” (“Get in line, you bastard!”) or “¡Quitate, pendejo!” (“Get out of the way, asshole!”) Paying no attention to the rabble, they sat down at a white plastic Coca-Cola table that had an assortment of condiments, like salsa, salt and limes, in the middle. Sukuna snapped his fingers a couple of times to get the waitress attention quickly.

“Disculpe, pero debe respetar la fila.” (“Excuse me, but you must respect the line.”) The waitress asked him very angrily. To which Sukuna only answered leaving a bag full of gold coins on the table, leaving the waitress completely disconcerted but happy. 

“Le traeré una orden de carnitas de inmediato.” (“I'll bring you an order of carnitas right away.) The waitress changed her attitude with a big smile as she ran to the kitchen. 

Sukuna and Uraume were impressed to see the pot full of carnitas, a tower of corn tortillas and two little jars of pulque.* Uraume could see the fat dripping from the food and their mouth watered. Sukuna didn't hesitate to make himself a taco and pour some of the reddest salsa in the assortment. Uraume warned him to try it first because they heard that Mexicans love spicy food, but the king ignored him thinking his taste buds would be fine. Big mistake. The king felt his mouth on fire at the first bite. His eyes began to water and his nose began to run, but he didn't crack. Sukuna swallowed the delicious fatty meat dipped in red sauce. He took a gulp of the pulque like a thirsty man in the middle of the desert. Uraume just ate their tacos with some green salsa with a calm mind having warned him. 

Night fell faster than they thought, but the rides in the plaza came to life. The center of town was filled with families walking among the rides, colored lights illuminated the streets, vendors shouted promotions at the top of their lungs, and the music of Los Angeles Azules blared from the speakers. Sukuna and Uraume had jumped on the mechanical game that seemed to attract the most people. The famous tagada, a spinning plate on which those entering had to hold on tightly without letting go, as the sudden movements made by the tagada caused people to jump or bounce off. The game began to spin as soon as the loudspeakers began to play Arremangala Arrempujala by Los Karkik's, a song that Sukuna completely hated within the first second. 

“Ay wey!” A man shouted next to Sukuna, who was slipping little by little due to the sudden movements. 

“I don't understand why people like this,” Sukuna commented to Uraume in boredom as they spun out of control. 

“¡Ya llegó La Monja!” (“The Nun is here!”) The boy, who was controlling the game, announced. 

To the surprise of the two foreigners, a man disguised as a possessed mummy entered the game and began to dance to the rhythm of the music, balancing perfectly, while the game continued to shake and spin vigorously. Sukuna and Uraume watched in bewilderment as the mummy did his sexiest dance moves in the middle of the tagada while the crowd clapped along to the rhythm of the song.

“I think that's why they like it,” Uraume commented without taking his eyes off her. 

“¡Es hora del amor!” (“It's time for love!”) The boy at the controls gave the excited announcement over the microphone. 

Out of nowhere, the area where Uraume was standing began to shake violently. They held on tightly to the metal bars behind them as if their life depended on it. Their body moved violently towards Sukuna because of gravity. Slowly the boy at the controls managed to get Uraume to fall sitting on Sukuna's lap. They both blushed at the situation they had gotten themselves into for wanting to get on one of the games. Even though the boy had succeeded in his task, Uraume was still bouncing up and down on his king. They tried to pull themself back to their place, but it was practically impossible. 

“I'm sorry, my king!” Uraume exclaimed between stutters with pink cheeks. 

“¡Vivan los novios!” (“Long live the bride and groom!”) The boy exclaimed over the microphone, followed by a wave of applause. 

Finally, the ride was over, but their blushes still hadn't gone down. They were embarrassed that mere locals could put them in that awkward situation. Sukuna was starting to get annoyed that he couldn't get out of his head how adorable Uraume looked sitting on his lap. “Puta madre...” (“Fucking hell…”) He thought annoyed.

“What do you want to eat?” Sukuna asked them in an attempt to overcome the awkwardness. 

“I've seen a lot of people buying from that cart, I want to know what it is,” Uraume pointed to a white cart with a hand-painted corn on the side. 

It was a cart of corn on a stick.* A lady greeted them in high spirits as they approached the giant pot of boiled corn. They both ordered a corn on a stick. They watched as the lady quickly prepared their orders. First a layer of butter, then a layer of mayonnaise, salt, and a heaping helping of grated cotija cheese. They didn't know it, but they were about to taste one of Mexico's finest culinary creations. 

“¿Con chile, chile del que no pica o sin chile, corazón?” (“Spicy, not so spicy or no spice, sweetheart?”) The lady asked with a friendly smile. 

“Del chile que no pica.” (“Not so spicy.”) Sukuna replied, flattered by the sweet nickname. 

Sukuna and Uraume continued to wander around the fair as they entertained themselves by watching people partying in their natural habitat. Although it was past midnight, the night was still young. As they walked through the games of chance and skill, a drunk ran into Uraume, causing them to drop their corn on the floor. Uraume was saddened to see the fate of their delicious snack.  

“��Oye, cabrón!” (“Hey, you bastard!”) Sukuna yelled at the man with the curse words he had learned today, not caring that his Japanese accent stood out. He handed his corn to Uraume to grab the stranger by the shoulders roughly. “¡Mira por donde pinche caminas, pendejo de mierda!” (“Watch where you're fucking walking, asshole!”) Sukuna screamed annoyed before throwing him into a trash can. Uraume thought someone would come to the drunk man's defense, but to their surprise, no one around him batted an eye at the small fight. 

“Your corn, sir.” Uraume gave his snack back once Sukuna returned while wiping his hands.

“Keep it,” Sukuna told them. Uraume blushed for the kind action of his king. “I asked for not so spicy and my mouth is in fire,” he grudgingly complained. Uraume could not help but laugh.

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[batcavescolony]

Since in #7 Bernard Dowd is seen to want to be a Chef and I've had culinary arts schooling this is my list of oddly specific things pertaining to that. Use it as you want (just from my experience)

Having a callous on the base of your pointer fringer of your dominate hand from using a chef knife

Funky patterned chef pants

DISHES NEVER END

when you are moving with a hot pan or heavy items ect you tell everyone like HOT PAN! BEHIND. GOING AROUND THE CORNER. BEHIND!

small batches are cute but in a restaurant/bakery/etc you're doing big batches in industrial ovens and mixers. A batch of bread dough we made had 12lbs of flour and like a half gallon of water.

Culinary arts isn't just making food it's doing math, converting recipes, going over OSHA rules and restaurant regulations

After awhile you have enough knowledge to the point where you see a recipe on the internet and go "hey... I can make that. Like really easily" like you can just make curry or scallion pancakes or fancy food

You will notice the shitty knife cuts in like pre cut packages of fruit and veg at the store

You're not allowed to have nail polish or false nails (unless you want to wear gloves all the time)

You start to realise how easy it's is to do somethings for yourself. Like you can just buy a chicken and break it down yourself or make stock at home

Their will be at least one class day where you cut onions all day and leave in tears because everyone is literally cutting onions

Sometimes stuff gets pushed back in the fridge or it's after break and the food has grew a putrid smelling mold. Cleaning it is part of culinary, it's...Fun

Everyday you wear chef pants, a chef coat, a closed toe non slip shoe and a chef hat.

Your hands will get chapped af because you're washing them all the time, lotion is your friend

You do refer to your head chef as 'Chef' or 'Chef ____' (or at least we did)

You will fuck up except it and move past it. (I once put too many chips in the fryer, it over flowed and we had to clean it up)

Kitchens get hot and you're wearing pants and a coat that are designed to protect you from like boiling water being pored on them, so drink water.

You will get cut/burned/stabbed/squished fingers it's part of the job just don't get bodily fluids on the food

You're standing like the whole time no matter what

You know that gallon conversation thing you learned in elementary? You will see that in your sleep. Gallon to quart to pint to cup. Also 8oz to a cup. 3t to a T. 16oz to a Pound ect it's ingrained into my head now

With a bit of knowledge you now know things and you can use it. Like add Xanthan Gum to a blended drink to emulsify it and it's just like Starbucks.

On the down side people want you to make things

You start wanting things for your kitchen like a KitchenAid or a portion scoop or dehydrator and having that feeds back into "I can make anything"

Figuring out exact prices for things is crucial and a pain. Like you have to take the price of baking soda and figure out how much a 1/4t costs. It's not horrible ig but when you're doing it for a whole recipe or menu it gets repetitive.

Ok that's all I'm putting you get the idea

[nightsteps]

DATE NIGHT FOR THE COUPLES

jj and cherry-

jj and cherry are going somewhere very very cheap. he’s probably taking her through and drive through tbh or to the dollar general to buy a bunch of snacks. if he’s extra broke that week though they’ll just steal the food. they’re gonna go home and watch a movie, probably action (they don’t like sappy shit), and then have some bomb sex after.

rafe and raspberry-

this one depends. if it’s a really special day or rafe really fucked up he’ll hire a chef to make dinner on his boat for them. he’ll get her flowers and serve those fruity cocktails she likes and really make it special for her. then he’ll fuck her nice and slow like she likes but that’s besides the point.

if it’s a less serious day he’ll just take her to a fancy restaurant on the island somewhere and buy her a ring or some kind of jewelry.

john b and blueberry-

now i actually think blueberry plans most of their dates since john b feels like everyday with her is a date. normally she saves up a little money and goes to the store to buy a meal for them to cook together. it’s something she knows they both like and then she’ll make him her moms chocolate chip cookie recipe for dessert. it’s honestly really sweet and they prefer to do more lowkey things like this. they probably watch an old movie john b has on dvd together too.

if john b decides to plan one however, he’ll take her to do an activity. he’ll either take her to like a pottery class so she can make something and then paint it or maybe on a hike. she loves nature and flowers and he needs to stay in shape for all the treasure hunting he does so it’s a win win.

pope and orange-

now popes a classy guy and gets most of his dating advice from his dad. orange on the other hand is so drop of a hat, her opinions change all the time. so if he wants to play it safe he’ll borrow his dads truck and take her to a drive-in movie. he makes sure they’re showing something she’s gonna like and he buy her some of her favorite candy. she always tries to do something freaky in the truck bed but popes too straight laced and makes her wait until they get home.

[sonicasura]

Here's another crack idea that popped into my head. Persona 5's Ren Amamiya/Joker being the biological son of Pizza Tower's Peppino Spaghetti.

Is it dumb? Yes. Is it absurdly stupid and insane? Yes. Do I regret this? FUCK NO. Let Joker be half crazy Italian with an even more nutty father who WILL pile drive god if he has to. Also his last name for this shall be Spaghetti, Amamiya being his middle, cause I ain't half assing things.

(Putting a link to Part 2 here and make sure people check the reblogs for this as I added an extra page!)

Peppino is the anxious father that does his best to raise his kid despite the various issues he has to face. Whether it be finding a decent school, make sure there's some money for a little rare treat, or keep Ren's awful mother from breaking shared custody rules. Do not trifle with this man.

Any rat/mouse/raccoon in the restaurant? Those are Ren's pets who eat the insects and scare off the bad customers. (Kid does lemonade stands to buy pet friendly soap alongside basic necessities.) Peppino doesn't question it since they make his son happy and take care of the pests.

Ren absolutely helped around the pizzeria whenever he could. First time Peppino cries is when his kid made his first pizza. The second being a 12 year old Ren getting him a well made chef's hat for a birthday present. (You can say our boy already has Rank 3 proficiency.)

All the Pizza Tower weirdness can be considered normal for Joker as he doesn't exactly come from the Personaverse. (I wholeheartedly believe in Ren being a sheer cryptid, even more after seeing this comic.) His mother just dumped him there during her turn and left Ren in that neighborhood where he comes across Shido. Yes, Peppino absolutely lost it when his precious little Spaghetti didn't come home that night.

He looked everywhere for Ren and the events of Pizza Tower only put a big fat Stop Sign to that for quite awhile. Meanwhile the younger Spaghetti didn't have a fun time adjusting until Persona 5 truly kicked off. He wasn't thrown in a rigged court trial.

Ren just knocked Shido's lights out then fucking outran the cops like his Pops would on a 3rd lap game wise. He finds Leblanc and camps out there for two months. Well until Sojiro barely manages to drag Ren inside as his sanity(heart) couldn't handle this strange homeless teen facing the harsh elements. The kid running like an insane Usain Bolt when startled didn't help too.

Ren is absolutely homesick thus his Persona get to hear it the most. (I'm aware of the sheer irony with a French Persona having an half Italian wielder.) Arséne is very curious to meet Ren's father at some point and cackled upon hearing his charge's antics.

The other Thieves have no clue about how bizarre their leader's origins is. Funnily enough, Haru wholeheartedly believes in Ren's stories despite even Morgana considering it a crazy tall tale. (She got rewarded with a video of an 8 year old Ren having a breakdancing contest against his dad while sentient pizza toppings cheered them on.) The guy doesn't blame his other friends and is instead waiting for the chance to blow their minds like the gremlin he is.

Well Ren can thank Royal's Third Semester cause guess who shows up for the true boss fight?! A wild Peppino at Mach 4 speed about to pile drive his kid's former councilor. Haru is the only person not gawking when Ren's dad drags the unconscious man out before FINALLY being able to hug his kid.

Joker gets an extra gift than just him and his friends being able to keep their Persona. He can now visit everyone with a simple press of his phone. Sojiro and Peppino absolutely butt heads in a mostly friendly father flavored rivalry. (Ren doesn't notice at first as he's too busy showing One Shot Kill Medjed to Gustavo.)

Peppino absolutely fainted when his son drops an entire suitcase with enough money to not only pay off the debt but to even refurbish the diner and still have cash leftover. Maximum money perks can make Mementos a good place to grind. Ren always converted a chunk of his spoils to the appropriate currency so he can help his dad.

Peppino's Pizzeria is a secondary hangout for the Phantom Thieves and absolutely gets subjected to Persona shenanigans. Game Night is for everyone despite the fact Carmen/Milady/Arséne tend to cheat at cards. Peppino takes it as an excuse to do it too.

The older Spaghetti does his best to support his son and his friends. Whether it be making pizza that grant great stat buffs, help in battle if Ren can find a Golden Pizza Cutter whenever traversing a dungeon or offer some simple advice. Peppino will continue to drop kick anyone who gets in the way of that.

And this anxiety driven beat shall play at maximum volume.

[forlornsims]

TS4 CC FINDS - CHEFS & WAITERS!

This is the first part of a list of custom content finds for The Sims 4 with the theme “Jobs”. Starting with anything related to restaurants, chefs and waiters.

Disclaimers: No items were made by me, I am only linking to the creators’ pages. My finds are a mix of alpha and maxis-match. I don’t necessarily have this cc in my game.

See below the cut for links!

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---------CAS

Cute Waiter Outfit (male)

Autumn Times Apron (female)

“Cake” Waitress Outfit (female)

“Coffee“ Waitress Outfit (female)

Chef Set v1 and v2 (male and female)

Bon Appétit Restaurant Set (male and female)

Chef Hats (unisex)

Waitress Set and recolor v1 v2 v3 (female)

Retro Diner Waitress Dress and Hat (female)

Blue Bottle Coffee Uniform (male and female)

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--------Build/Buy

Pizzeria Set

Ratatouille Set

1950's Diner Set

Macaron Bakery

Petit Chef Kitchen

American Diner Set

Boulangerie Set pt1 pt2

Mexican Restaurant Set

Big Mama Pizzeria Menu

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Baker Career

Bakery Lot Trait

Home Chef Career

Freelance Chef Career

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---------Poses

"How May I Serve You?" Waitress Poses

[brucenorris007]

l'âme d'un cuisinier chapter 1

Summary: Zeff doesn’t remember teaching Sanji how to make broth; Sanji doesn’t remember how he came to wake up back at Baratie. Thankfully neither of them are prone to getting hung up on that sort of thing.

2155 words

Zeff stomped back into the restaurant, sweeping an assessing gaze over the dining room. He clicked his tongue; half of his lily-livered so-called sea cooks jumped ship at the first sign of trouble. Looking around at the bums loitering at the tables, he’d lose another half of what staff were left before tomorrow morning. Slinking out quietly in some effort to preserve dignity.

Finding men with any kind of iron in their stomachs was hard.

The Navy usually didn’t bother him anymore. Not since that first time some big shot showed up to check the legitimacy of his retirement from piracy. The dregs of his reputation as Red Leg still attracted the odd band of weasels, though; most of them working under the assumption that Zeff hung up the crossbones because he couldn’t hack it in a fight anymore.

A stupid, sorely mistaken assumption that nonetheless ate up Zeff’s time and scared off customers.

He made his way toward the back, mind already at work figuring out how another day’s lost business would affect the budget for the month. The ship might’ve been paid for, but he couldn’t reel in alcohol with a lure and line; and Baratie would be a piss poor restaurant if he only offered unseasoned fish on the menu.

He knew the business wouldn’t be an easy thing; after buying the ship, he’d only had enough money to get a few fistfuls of flyers printed. The rest of whatever foothold he managed to claim would come from word of mouth about his cooking and the novelty of a fully functional restaurant on the water. Gaining enough traction to get regular customers would take about a year.

He didn’t put on the chef’s hat for the sake of profits, but he did need to break even to get fresh supplies and ingredients, let alone stay afloat.

The smell of the stoves burning drew him out of his head.

“Eggplant!”

Sanji, working with a dutch oven and at least half a dozen plates gathered from the dining room that he’d arranged around the burners, threw a glance over his shoulder.

“Hah?”

That the brat looked so comfortable and at ease despite needing a stool to see everything in the dutch oven; that he seemed so relaxed despite Zeff raising his voice. It briefly snagged the chef’s attention.

He dismissed it before it could take form as a thought, though, scuffing the floor with his peg leg as he made his way to the stove.

“Hell’re you doing?” He asked.

“Making the most of leftovers,” Sanji said, already focused back on the burner. “The scraps should make a passable broth. Haven’t decided what to do after that.”

Zeff looked over the eggplant’s work, ready and expecting to make multiple corrections; he came up empty for comment, though, even as the water began to boil and Sanji smoothly adjusted the heat. Having nothing to add, he chose to let the kid do what he wanted; he’d intervene if things somehow took a turn for the inedible. He latched onto the distraction from finances in front of him, mulling over what he might do with chicken and bones.

Sanji leaned sideways, reaching to pull the salt and peppercorn into his workspace.

“…!”

Zeff frowned, zeroing in on the wince that Sanji tried and failed to hide.

“Oi, look here.” Zeff said.

“I’m fine.” Sanji said with a flip of his hand.

“Look here.” He insisted, grabbing the brat’s jaw and turning his head to face him.

Sanji rolled his eye, acting put-upon.

“It’s just a cracked rib.” He said, annoyed and flippant.

Zeff pressed a palm against Sanji’s side gently; blood leaked out of the corner of the kid’s mouth.

‘What the fuck?’

Zeff hadn’t realized Sanji had even been in the fight out on deck.

“Fine,” Sanji amended. “A cracked rib and a busted lip.” He swatted at Zeff’s hand. “I didn’t get any blood in the broth, don’t worry.”

“How do you know that?” Zeff demanded.

Sanji wrinkled his nose.

“I do wash my hands and pay attention when I’m working, shitty g”

“Brat,” Zeff said. “How do you know what a cracked rib feels like?”

Sanji blinked. Twice. He shrugged.

He shrugged, too naturally and casually to be the bravado of a nine-year-old.

‘What the fuck?’

Zeff sent the brat to his room, against the expected indignant protests.

“You need to let your bones knit, brat.”

“It’s not even that serious, ch–!”

Zeff shoved the eggplant off the stool, answering the brat’s clicking tongue with a scowl.

“I’ll finish the broth and bring some up in a few hours.”

Sanji’s fight and gusto suddenly stalled out. Zeff huffed.

“I told ya,” he said, pitching his tone low; he didn’t need any of the yellow-bellied bums on board hearing him. “So long as you’re on this ship, you’ll have food whenever you’re hungry.”

Sanji blinked.

“Yeah,” he murmured. “You did.”

He turned and shuffled out of the kitchen.

—————

Sanji seemed… different. Not in any readily quantifiable way, yet between one day and the next, it felt as though the air around the eggplant had changed. Nothing was wrong, exactly; he’d already put back on a healthy bit of weight since they were found stranded, and his rib put itself back together just fine. The brat was no more addled in the head than Zeff or any of the other crooks that frequented Baratie.

And yet, at times the way Sanji carried himself seemed smoother, incongruous with a guppy who hadn’t even smelled puberty. No more scampering around the ship trying to match Zeff’s stride; his movements were more fluid, insofar as one could describe a nine-year-olds movements that way. Sanji had always been almost alarmingly skilled at taking up less space than he really needed, but Zeff hadn’t heard one of the usual complaints about the brat being underfoot in weeks.

Granted, putting up with the eggplant was one of Zeff’s unspoken requirements for working at his restaurant. Word might have gotten around about the last bum he’d punted overboard, broken-nose-first.

More than simply not getting in the way, the eggplant was suddenly all but immune to fluster and embarrassment; the bastards who showed up in answer to Zeff’s Help Wanted posters were prone to shooting the shit while they worked, no topic off-limits.

Sanji, without missing a beat, effortlessly fired off shots of his own:

“I call bullshit that you’ve ever spoken to a lady.”

“I have to put up with your shitty breath but you don’t hear me whining.”

“There isn’t enough chocolate in the world to get you laid.”

His delivery and timing were tailored for maximum impact; hearing raunchiness in his prepubescent tones was hilarious, but it was as if he’d either been tutored or else picked up ten years practice at being rude in the space of a night. Never mind that he apparently knew how to make chicken broth out of table scraps, despite only being a junior chef by virtue of being Baratie’s first hire.

And yet there were moments when Sanji looked every bit the petulant, stubborn brat Zeff had given his leg for; when the eggplant insisted on getting cigarettes, he coughed for fifteen minutes before he finished his first stick and glowered at the carton afterwards.

Zeff wasn’t sure if the shift was all in his head or not; no one else on board had really been around long enough to say one way or the other if his suspicions held any water.

Speaking of the staff, while the turnover rate had dropped a lot after the first month or so, there were still more vacant positions than there were actual cooks on board. It left Zeff doing the job of head chef, purchasing manager and at least two station chefs in the kitchen. Sanji helped with the food prep, but it still meant Zeff didn’t get much spare time to plan out menus.

“Shitty geezer.” Sanji said, appearing in the doorway to his office.

“Eggplant.” Zeff answered, matching the precocious brat’s tone.

“Pair of shitheads pulled up to the restaurant,” Sanji said, jerking his head back toward the kitchen. He glanced down that direction. “One’s got pork chops for forearms and the other has a rat tail sticking out of his head.”

Zeff snorted; he heard not a few barks of laughter from the kitchen, along with one shout.

“WHAT’D YOU SAY?!”

“And?” Zeff asked, getting up from his desk.

“They want a job,” Sanji said, with an odd urgency in his voice as he shifted his weight. “Hire them.”

He ran off before the newcomer crooks could catch him, leaving Rat tail glowering after him outside Zeff’s office. Pork chop stepped in and looked around with a critical eye.

“You Red Leg Zeff?” He asked.

“You the bums who wanna work?”

Rat tail and Pork chop traded looks; they nodded.

“Uniforms are down the hall,” Zeff said, gesturing with his thumb. “Toss ‘em on and find an empty station in the kitchen.”

—————

“Quit being a fucking martyr!”

Sanji’s body seized, catapulting him back into the waking world. He gasped for air, scrubbing at his face and rolling out of bed to open his window; the smell of ocean and the sound of the waves eventually drowned out his pulse pounding between his ears.

More than a month had passed since he woke up back in this bed, back in East Blue. Perhaps some whim of fate, maybe some freak accident.

“Run, Sanji! Run, and don’t look back!”

Maybe he’d been saved. Again.

The how of coming back didn’t matter; only that he had, and he had work to do.

He reached under his mattress and retrieved a single sheet of paper; he pored over his map. His shitty, rudimentary, completely shoddy map with something like five locations in total; no accounting for an accurate representation of distance between them. A fish head for Baratie, a shitty triangle for Reverse Mountain, and only names in bold print to differentiate between the circles he used to mark what islands he knew. That he’d lived so many years of his life exclusively on board Baratie was all too apparent in his ignorance of East Blue’s geography.

The mediocrity of his work didn’t bother him; the lack of artistry and personality, however, the absence of finesse and grace in each line…

It punctuated the hole in his heart where his nakama belonged.

(“USOPP!”

“I didn’t do it!”

“Calm down, I’m not mad; is this a Sea King?”

“Ah, based on my expert opinion, having fought a half dozen before I was”

“Yeah, yeah. Can you draw another?”

“R-really?”

“By some miracle, you didn’t obscure anything important. And I think it adds something to the map.”)

“Fuck.” Sanji muttered, swiping at burning eyes with the back of his hand.

He shoved the memories back into the recesses of his mind and frowned. He’d never been the one to make plans. He knew a thing or three about how to sabotage the best laid plans, but he’d always been much more dreamer than schemer. He had ten years before his captain came calling; yet only a paltry two to figure out a way to save Nami’s mother.

Sanji was sick of dead mothers.

He had no bearing on where to go save the general direction of Cocoyashi from Baratie, no way to traverse the sea save his own body, and a body sorely untrained and only months out of recovery from near-starvation.

His greatest boons were his yet-intact Haki and that he’d already developed his own black leg fighting style off what he’d inherited from Zeff. The impact his younger, weaker body could handle would be an obstacle, but at least he wasn’t starting from zero.

He stepped outside onto his balcony, eyed innocuous clouds. He looked down at his feet; flexed his toes. Canted his weight sideways and stretched what meager muscles he had. Breathed in, and…

Sor­–!

He faceplanted onto the wooden planks, hissing between clenched teeth against the burning agony in his legs.

He’d managed three of the necessary ten consecutive kicks.

“Shit.” He grunted, thumping his fist against his thigh.

The groan of floorboards had him going still; he listened through Haki to the restaurant, holding his breath.

A minute without movement from the floor below and he exhaled.

He closed his eyes. For a moment, he wondered how long it would take to build his body back up for even one of those shitty assassin’s techniques.

One of the many, countless bittersweet echoes living in his mind that he treasured and dreaded in equal measure came forward as if in answer.

“Sanji; fly!”

He opened his eyes to the moon; pressed the heel of his palm against the wood beneath him, clutched at the banister in front of his balcony.

“Roger,” he whispered, pulling himself onto legs screaming in protest. “Captain.”

[hnrcatering6]

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[dreams-of-sirius]

Fluffy Christmas Headcanons with the Arcana Twilight Boys

I thought of these headcanons with @yanjam.  You have her to thank for some of the ideas in this.

Arcturus

He would be really into the Christmas spirit. He would play Christmas music in November and December and wear Christmas socks around campus.

He is busy making preparations for the Fili Pfeper Christmas Banquet, so he’s a bit hurried, but still takes the time to pencil in time with you.

He would invite you to bake with him, so you guys end up bonding when making gingerbread cookies and peppermint bark.

Expect hot chocolate for the cold wintry evenings when you are both doing homework.  

Expect a gift on Christmas day, no matter how much you insist you don’t need presents.  He would probably buy you a Christmas sweater or something similarly festive.

Blushy Arcturus, giggly because of the spiked eggnog at the Christmas Banquet.

Alpheratz

Not a huge Christmas person, but doesn’t hate it either.

Actually prefer the colder weather since it means he can wear more layers and a coat.

He would have to spend time with his extended family during the holidays and no matter how he rolls his eyes about it and comments it's a drag, he’s still pretty booked with making preparations. He tries to get out of it, of course, but to no avail.

He grumbles and complains about you insisting to pick out a tree with him. That doesn’t stop him from coming with you and helping you carry and decorate the tree though.

Would bring you to restaurants that are selling Christmas-themed food. He would make an outing of it, taking you out on a tour of Bound Arlyn as he does so, which is beautiful in Christmas time.

Would spoil you with gifts, then act like it was nothing.

If you asked him to, he would help you cook/bake things for the Christmas season. He’s not very good at it and its a bit messy afterwards, but he admits that the food was worth it.

Would drink lots of spiked eggnog, only for it to not affect him.

Pollux

He’s really bad at baking, but really enthusiastic about it. Flour gets everywhere, but the end of it you have a tray of rather amateur-looking but still delicious Christmas cookies. 

When you enter a store, he would hum along with the Christmas song playing overhead.

Christmas carousing!  He was persuaded to do it because of Sirius, but genuinely enjoys it by the end.

Pollux would totally make little handmade gifts for everyone.  It can be a bit messy, but you can tell he put a lot of effort into it. 

Expect snow ball fights and making snow angels and snow men with him.

He would want to watch Christmas movies with you!

When you buy him expensive fabric for his sewing projects, he makes gloves and hats out of them. Gives them to MC.  He gets super feral about you wearing stuff he made.  

Sirius

Sirius would invite you to see Christmas-themed plays. If it goes well, he might take you out to a fancy dinner afterward.

Carries mistletoe in his pocket and then calls you to come to the committee room. He places the mistletoe on the door frame. However, instead of you, Spica walks through the doorway first. You pursue them both, insisting that now they have to kiss.

If you insist on cooking/baking with him, expect him to tease you about getting flour in your face.  Would insist on making fancy desserts or desserts with unusual flavor profiles.

Will take you out Christmas shopping at night because of the lights and decorations.  Expect the thing that you were fixated on to be a gift he buys you when you are not looking.

Totally the type to buy you an expensive dress or coat as a gift. 

When you get him some licorice-flavored wine, he really treasures it and saves it for a special occasion.

Spica

Would invite everyone on the committee to a fancy dinner in his family estate.

If you invite him to bake with you for the holidays, he would stick close to the recipes and be very precise. His decoration work is like those of a master chef.

Would probably buy you some expensive jewellery as his present.

Hear me out, so I have this headcanon that Spica is actually really good at ice skating? So he will take you out to ice skating rink as an outing. If you’re still learning, he’ll be super patient teacher.  If you trip and start to fall, he totally would pull you atop himself to break your fall,

Prefers to drink mulled wine at events. 

If you ask him if he did his Christmas shopping, he’ll reveal that he bought gifts earlier on in the year, when there were sales and deals.

Expect his presents to be beautifully wrapped.

When you gift him a special holiday coffee bean mix, you later see Spica arguing with Sirius because he’s mad he drank from his special blend.

[underthetree845]

Attack on Titan Characters’ Halloween Costumes (Headcannons)

What I think each of the Attack on Titan characters would dress up as for Halloween.

(Yes I know it’s June but I just had to get this out of my system)

Cws: modern au, college au, Halloween, I don't know what to put here really

Includes: Eren Jeager, Armin Arlert, Mikasa Ackerman, Jean Kirschtein, Sasha Braus, Niccolo, Connie Springer, Historia Reiss, Ymir, Marco Bott

Summary: What would some of the Attack on Titan characters wear if they all attended a Halloween party together in a modern au?

Eren- Solider

I’m seeing camouflage pants, a black compression shirt, combat boots, and maybe even those metal tags that soldiers wear around their neck. Mikasa is absolutely in love with the look, and jots it down in hopes of accidentally matching with him next year. Eren idolized the whole solider thing as a kid.

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Armin- Milo Thatch from the animated Atlantis movie

If you don’t know who he is, Milo Thatch is a young explorer on a team that discovers The Lost City of Atlantis. He wears a long muted green trench coat, baggy army-colored explorer pants, a beige sweater, round glasses, white knee breeches, low-heeled dress shoes, and he carries around a brown cross body satchel with an old book. I feel like impersonating Milo would be so in-character for Armin, he could pull it off well. And he would look adorable.

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Mikasa- This is partially influenced by Isayama’s modern au, but I’m just seeing her completely decked out in goth attire.

She would wear rose-patterned lace black leggings and matching gloves, high black boots, a black leather skirt and sleeveless top set, V neck with an abundance of chokers. Rings, probably. We all know her makeup game would be absolutely bomb (and perfect for the dim lighting of the party). If anything, her outfit is comparable to a Misa Amane (from Death Note) cosplay.

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Jean- A Prince

He wants to have people falling over him so bad, and what better way than to show up as a literal prince for the Halloween party? Goes all out with a navy suit and gold buttons, matching pants, sleek dress shoes, does his hair nice, even carries a pocket watch on a gold chain tucked into his pocket. His mom probably helped him with the outfit. Eren absolutely dies when Jean tries to hit on a girl dressed as a princess at the party and she asks if he’s dressed up as George Washington (the first U.S. President).

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Sasha/Niccolo- they go for a Ratatouille Remi and Linguini couple costume (Sasha wanted to and Niccolo loved her too much to say no).

You'd think that Niccolo, the actual cook, would the the chef, but no. Sasha wanted to be the chef because then she’d “get to taste test all the food.” Sasha goes out and buys Niccolo a fake rat nose and ears. He wears white loafers, grey sweatpants, a grey long-sleeved shirt, and Sasha paints three little black whiskers on each cheek. Niccolo lets Sasha borrow a chef’s uniform and hat from his restaurant and has to take a few deep breaths because the uniform matches the one he wears while he works and he loves that. Lots of selfies.

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Connie- Wearing a goblin mask of some sort

This man has two primary goals on Halloween. One: to consume as much candy as humanly possible. Two: to scare the absolute living crap out of as many people as possible. Connie grew up with a few siblings, so his parents probably couldn’t spend a lot of money on each of their Halloween costumes growing up. They were probably given twenty bucks, take to spirit Halloween, and told to have at it. He’s also a relatively simple, straightforward person in general, so I feel like he drops by the convenience store like the day before Halloween and picks out the best goblin mask he can find. Wears dark jeans and a black hoodie so he can wait in the bushes outside the party to catch people by surprise. Armin’s soul almost leaves his body when he falls victim to one of Connie's jump scares.

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Historia- An angel

I know this isn’t the most creative costume for her, but there was really no other option. Plus Ymir insisted and takes a million pictures once Historia is all done getting ready. She wears fluffy Angel wings, a well-crafted gold headpiece from Etsy to be the halo, and a sleeveless, pure white, almost floor-length dress with gold rings on the shoulders. Her makeup is soft and she seems to glow, even in the darkened lighting. She looks like she was sent from heaven. (Reiner stares so hard and Ymir keeps shoving him away).

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Ymir- A basketball uniform

Now keep in mind, Ymir doesn’t actually play basketball (although I do feel like she’d be involved in a sports team of some kind). Her top is sleeveless and has a big 00 on the front and back. Ymir probably got it at the Walmart or some convenience store like Connie. Not the type to put too much effort into a Halloween costume unless she gets to do really gory makeup and scare people (which Historia does not allow her to).

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Marco- A Hogwarts student

He and Armin are such nerds I love it. It’s probably a Hufflepuff robe, he wears the tie and everything. He carries around a wand he got off of some authentic seller. It’s real wood, he and Armin fanboy at the attention to detail since both of them have read the books.

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The professors aren’t supposed to attend student-organized parties or gatherings, but everyone is fairly certain they saw a displeased-looking Levi chasing Hange wearing an inflatable dinosaur costume in the distance.

Thank you for reading!

[adamwatchesmovies]

Chef (2014)

You can tell when a great filmmaker is fully invested in a project. There’s more spirit, more excitement, the performances are better. When you realize John Favreau stars, wrote and directed the film you might have some initial concerns but you'll understand why he wore so many hats in no time. Chef might be a little self-indulgent but it’s such a joy to watch and it's so earnest that you won’t care.

Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) is the head chef at a classy restaurant. When a prestigious food critic and blogger (Oliver Platt as Ramsey Michel) gives him a bad review, a Twitter war begins. Soon after, an explosive tantrum inside the restaurant has gone viral. Out of a job, Carl decides to go back to the basics. He buys a food truck and begins a summer tour serving food with his son Percy (Emjay Anthony) and friend Martin (John Leguizamo).

Behind-the-scenes clips during the end credits prove Jon Favreau doesn’t know a thing about fine cuisine or frying pans but you can’t tell from the rest of the movie. It’s because he’s translated his love of filmmaking to cooking. Like Carl, Favreau started small and climbed up the ladder until he was making “the boss’ food”. In “Chef”, it’s the same dishes the customers like and the boss (Dustin Hoffman) likes because it brings in the money. For Favreau, it was Iron Man and its sequel, then Cowboys & Aliens and so on. It’s nice to have the big budget that allows you to whatever you want but after a while, you worry you've forgotten the reason you got into the industry. That’s what Chef is all about. Forget the crazy dishes with the wild ingredients. Take a look at the expertly made grilled cheese or the simple Cuban sandwiches and yuca fries. You’ll be wolfing down your popcorn to stop yourself from drooling. There are long, loving shots of dishes that’ll make you curse your feeble kitchen skills and they’re made twice as delicious by the terrific cinematography.

There are a couple of points where Favreau indulges too much. A scene with his ex-wife’s ex-husband - played by Robert Downey Jr. - is too wacky compared to the rest of the movie. Then, there's the cast. Carl can cook like the Devil himself… but the fact that he’s hooking up with Scarlett Johansson (she plays Molly, the hostess of the restaurant that eventually gives him the boot) shakes your sense of reality. Otherwise, what we see is surprisingly balanced and mature. While Carl curses his boss for stifling his creativity, Riva makes some good points about the customers’ expectations. Ramsey Michel is unnecessarily cruel in his review but Carl takes his words too far. You could criticize the film's tidy ending but it’s also hard to imagine this story ending in any different way. This is a feel-good movie. You get to see Carl and Percy bond like they never have before while on the road. Seeing an expert do what they do best is inspiring, particularly when they give you a little bit of insight along the way.

Chef is often quite funny and all of the performances are fantastic. Emjay Anthony in particular but also Favreau, Leguizamo, Platt and Sofia Vergara (she plays Carl’s ex, Inez). “Feel Good” is an easy, basic description but that’s exactly what this movie is. It’s a nice father-and-son bonding story with terrific visuals, plenty of laughs, and just a smidge of drama/heart to tie it all together. The movie is like a perfectly golden grilled cheese sandwich. No matter what kind of mood you might be in, it hits the spot.

Creative types will greatly appreciate Chef as it explores the importance of following your passion while delivering some splashes of cold water to keep things in perspective. It really spoke to me and I won't be the only one who warms up to this "little" film. (February 26, 2021)

[irishanimefan]

One Piece Anime Watchalong: East Blue Saga 6/6

Loguetown (Eps 45-53):

Started: 15/7/23 Finished: 16/7/23

So here we are at Loguetown, the final arc of the East Blue saga! Luffy has now got a bounty of 30 million berries on his head after beating some of the biggest threats in East Blue like Buggy, Krieg, and most recently Arlong. News of his newly acquired bounty has spread rapidly across the East Blue. I liked how the episode popped back to the previous locations Luffy has been to so far. We get to see how many of the characters are doing since then. We see Coby working hard as a marine, Kaya is striving to become a doctor, the Baratie has the wanted poster plastered over the restaurant, and we see Shanks celebrating with Mihawk over the news that Luffy is a certified pirate. I also watched the two episodes that adapt the first cover story that focuses Buggy's adventures after Luffy had flung him halfway across the world at the end of Orange Town. From what I've heard, these are somewhat considered to be episodes that people tend to skip over despite their canon status in the manga, and even then not all of them get adapted apparently. I thought they were fun, lighthearted episodes that were a nice bit of comic relief after the bleakness that was the previous arc.

Onto the main plot, in which we find the Straw Hats head to the city of Loguetown to stock up on more supplies before heading out into the Grand Line. The city is also well known for being the city of "the beginning and the end", referring to it being birthplace of Gold Roger, the former King of the Pirates, and also set as the place where he was executed. The Straw Hats are mostly separated and doing their own thing.

Starting with Nami, who doesn't contribute that much to this arc. She's just kind of chilling here, buying loads of stuff for herself. It's pretty fun. I think after Arlong and the trauma that she endured in that arc, she needed to treat herself, and I can forgive her not doing a lot in this arc because of it.

I felt bad for Usopp. It's almost like he was forgotten about for the majority of this arc. However, we did get a pretty good standalone episode with him facing off against the famed bounty hunter Daddy the Parent (I cannot get over how funny this name is!) in a duel. And it's through this episode that we get to know more about the kind of person his dad, Yasopp, was like. This is displayed in flashback where Yasopp wins in a duel against Daddy who, prior to the duel, has never been defeated. Instead of killing him, Yasopp spares him because he saw Daddy's pendant with a picture of his daughter. This scene resonates with Usopp, who is vows to be more courageous, which is put to the test when Daddy challenges him to shoot the weathervane or risk losing his life. It was a triumphant moment when Usopp did manage to just about hit it.

Sanji is kind of in the same boat, but he at least got a bit more screen time than Usopp. He too gets a standalone episode where he faces off against Carmen, a chef who proclaims herself as the No. 1 Chef of East Blue. She's a pretty hysterical and camp character with her over-the-top persona and flamenco flairs, which made the episode a breezy fun ride. However, unlike Usopp, we don't really learn anything new about Sanji, other than knowing that his goal is to find the All Blue.

There's quite a bit that occurs around Zoro. The first that's beneficial to him is having three swords again, with him now knowing about the Wazamono swords There's also when he comes into contact with the Sergeant Major of the navy in Loguetown, Tashigi. From her appearance, her short blue hair, down to her position as an exceptional swordsman, Zoro is taken aback by how much she reminds him of Kuina. I wish we would have explored this aspect a bit further, but I'll get more into that later. Also him using his three sword style on some mops when he briefly worked for the navy was hilarious!

Most of the important plot points that are revealed to us revolve around Luffy. We get to know more about Gold Roger, how he ventured across the Grand Line, and how he was executed. It was interesting to hear this story being told, from the old bartender Luffy stumbled upon, and how it puts the rest of the pirating world into perspective; it seems that a lot of pirates that have emerged after Roger's execution don't have the honour in what it means to be a true pirate. We also get to see Buggy who is also accompanied by a newly revitalised Alvida due to her eating the Smooth-Smooth Devil Fruit, as they try to get their revenge on Luffy for what he did to them. I'm really fascinated to see how these two will play off each other, as we didn't get to see much of them together, again more on that later. Finally, we have Captain Smoker, the vice admiral of Loguetown who has the reputation of preventing pirates from entering the Grand Line. He's not so much of a villain but probably more of an antagonist trying to thwart Luffy's goals. Out of all of Luffy's adversaries in this arc, he's probably the most complex. He witnessed Roger's execution as a young lad and he's had some kind of admiration for him as he watched Roger die with a big grin bearing on his face. But, despite this admiration, he still has a duty of catching pirates that have substantial bounties on them and protecting the people of the city. He's also the only naval officer, that we know of so far, to also have Devil Fruit powers, his being Plume-Plume that made his entire body out of smoke and is able to use the smoke to grab onto solid objects. He actually had Luffy in his grasp but only failed due to a mysterious hooded figure that goes by the name of "Dragon". My theory as to who this guy is that he may be one of the seven Warlords that was alluded to earlier in the saga. I may be completely wrong on that, but we'll have to keep watching to find that out.

While I did end up liking the arc, there was a glaring issue over it that kept me from enjoying it even more. It felt like one giant set up, as certain plot points, such as Zoro and Tashigi's fight, Alvida and Buggy's revenge plot, and Smoker's grudge against Luffy, are cut short with the intention of being resolved later. There's nothing inherently wrong with doing that, but it makes this entire arc kind of limp as a whole, because we don't have that satisfying conclusion. Even though East Blue is structured like a prologue before the "proper" story kicks into action, but many of those arcs had three-act structures that can be watched on their own, isolated from the main story but can still be enjoyed. With Loguetown however, it had those first two acts in place but lacks the third , and thus it doesn't hit as hard as those previous arcs. Nonetheless, I'm still looking forward to how these plot points and character beats are resolved in this kind of extended version of a third act, or maybe this could sprout in a whole new direction.

If you want my preliminary ranking of all the arcs in this saga, here's what I've settled on: Arlong Park Syrup Village Baratie Romance Dawn Orange Town Loguetown

idk if this ranking is controversial or not, but that's what I'm feeling at the moment

And there you have it, folks! I finished all of East Blue (excluding the filler arc at the end, I'll get around to the filler arcs at a later date)! The main thing to take away from this is, not that I ended up getting through multiple episodes of One Piece, but how surprising it was that I was able to go through it so quickly! When I first set out to watch OP, I set myself a target of getting through at least 3 episodes a day. That way I'll be able to make it through all the series while also being set at a comfortable pace to consume the anime. But, somewhere down the line, around Syrup Village, I kind of threw that out the window because of how engrossed I was in the story! As a result, what I thought would've taken me over a month to get through this saga took me less than 2 weeks. One Piece is one hell of a drug!

Anyways, onward to Alabasta! I'll see you soon!

[lurkingteapot]

Step by Step ค่อย ๆ รัก Ep 6

Live blog under the cut as usual

- I really, really love Chot and Pat’s friendship.

- oh no, he got all excited and even did his hair for him and got stood up! Jeng to the rescue?

- Jeng to the rescue.

- oh dang that looks good, DANG

- the Put situation is ??? and I am very curious to see how this develops

- did I mention how grateful I am to have Bruce play Chot? They better keep this character this way, I LOVE Chot, ok.

- oh, so … not a date? I thought this was going to be a date, so did Pat (I think)

- so it’s an attempt to buy Pat out, innnchresting

- this is SO DOMESTIC oh my god their mutual crushes

- Jaab going to his mum for relationship advice is a lot more wholesome than I expected. I also have zero sense of how old Jaab is supposed to be -- he’s so babygirl, but I assume based on the way Pat addresses him he’s older than Pat despite not acting the part …? we’ll see we’ll see

- random sign saying “Küche” (German for kitchen) in the kitchenware section of the store, amazing

- okay but please don’t buy cutlery that’s going to have to withstand restaurant use at a regular shop, that’s just asking to replace them in like … three months, maybe a year at most.

- They’re playing, I love it, god, I’m so soft for grown adults being playful like that.

- Pat using คน /kʰon/ the classifier/measure word for people for the stuffed toys!!! (The correct one, as Jeng notes, is ตัว /tuːa/) One of my tutors mentioned that her 3yo did that exact thing; everything living was counted that way for them. I choose to see this as Pat sounding extra cute here.

- the incredibly unnecessary amounts of eye contact here are giving me second hand heebie jeebies even though I KNOW they’re both into it

- these two are so stinkin cute. I don’t go for office romance, much less for boss/subordinate romance. I’m rooting for these two like whoa.

- Pat, the point of a chef’s hat is to prevent hair and sweat from getting in the food. putting it on him like that is not doing anythign on that front. I get that you’re distracted (valid!), but. please.

- FOOD TALK this show is truly coming for my weak spots, huh. Food talk, and they’re FRANK about it! also Pat you are SO valid, I also think that dark meat >>>> breast meat.

- what the fuck, Kong, this is verging on stalking. will you please STOP.

- THAT’S RIGHT, TELL HIM, PAT

- oh NO, Put using the plushie to do the hard talking bits until he feels confident enough. ENDEARING. why are all of them endearing themselves to me this ep.

- okay I’d say this looks like Pat’s gonna let the shark down gently. What a place for a cliffhanger, though!

- … preview says not letting down? and a hell of a lot of misunderstandings next episode. one week! aaah?

[thetetra]

its weird trying to argue against people who clearly don't know what capitalism is.

Like my dude, being a cook isn't being a capitalist. The first time someone put meat over a fire for someone else in exchange for a new obsidian knife wasn't capitalism.

The first time someone bought a kitchen, and some meat and tables and chairs ect then their hired chef cooked meat and someone else paid not the chef but the guy with a bank loan for it... that was capitalism. Which is fine on a small scale but when they do it 50,000 more times and now they have all the wealth and the velocity of money stops in his pockets because he is doing one of the most harmful things you can to an economy, earning more money than he can possibly spend.... that's capitalism.

Like go read some theory, learn what things are before you say communism is bad and capitalism is good. Talk to me about WHY they are good and WHY they are bad.

I want to talk to someone about how the same process happened with the central committee JUST ONCE! I want to talk about mandatory taxes on rich people just like how we should have had checks and balances in the Soviet system. I want to talk about the conundrum of dealing with farmers in Communist theory when they were setting up the Soviet Union.

BUT NO ! instead we are talking about how 1 restaurant in a TV show is proof that we have to all be libertarian ass hats and need to buy crypto RIGHT now so we can retire with a nuke to defend ourselves

*mouth foam*

People also try to 'prove' Star Trek is secretly capitalist by using Joseph Sisko's restaurant as a gotcha. Would he really cook for people all day if he wasn't getting paid

And like. Yeah? Why do we accept people would join Starfleet or take up painting without a profit motive but it's unbelievable someone would choose to run a restaurant. It's an art but also "make a restaurant and make food for people all day" is, in fact, a dream a lot of people have. There are plenty of people whose dream life in a post-capitalist society is exactly that. He's not a landlord who just owns property, in fact those we don't see anywhere in the future. He's a dude who likes cooking who's cooking. Why are the goalposts now "to end capitalism, you must end cooking and winemaking or it doesn't count"