#Diary round up

[areeba-paperlla]

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[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

[homosekularnost]

[mihotose]

I Know kim and harry literally index the case using the date 08/03 suggesting this is the date of day 1 however ruby's diary entry says M's peone is coming to martinaise to investigate on the Ninth (and besides, it doesnt fit with the date of death being the fourth and that the corpse has been hanging for seven days as of day 1). might the index just use eg the date the corpse was reported to the rcm rather than the date assigned officers actually make it to the scene

[bazpitch]

the vibes at the club event last night were FUCKED it was so straight and i didn't realize it'd be everyone was friendly but some people were so weird there were evil gay guys i was diagnosed with autism because my costume was isabella lovestory with an abacus i think this fag was just going around diagnosing all of the transgender looking people with autism (me my friend and maybe one other person somewhere) this ugly straight guy hit on me by saying that he thought that being a woman with short hair was brave of me and that women with short hair are always all business (the woman thing didn't even annoy me i mean it's true enough i was just so lost) and i was like im not super business-y im just gay and he did some im not gay but i like gay people bullshit bitch i have an eyebrow piercing and am holding an abacus did you think that i would go for you. also there were so many straight couples fucking in the bathrooms because they were single stalls +_+

[sotogalmo]

5:53

WEIRD OBSERVATION AGAIN (watching the Spanish cover, and just recently saw it)

LUKA IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF SUA. CHILD SUA. AT HER HAPPIEST. WHEN SHE IS SHOWING EMOTION. Sticking out her tongue

Maybe THAT'S why Mizi looked like that. Moving her eyes EVERYWHERE and NOT looking at Luka. Because behind him.

Is Sua

[icewindandboringhorror]

More misc. daily life pictures and such

[eoinmcgonigal]

Olympic AU fic masterpost/timeline

In case anyone is fancies having a read through what I've been up to over the last 2 weeks, here's a rough order of the updates in the Olympic AU.

Please note that within fics there are SFW and NSFW chapters, I'm listing these by chapter rating, not overall fic rating.

[Johnny/Reg] The Performance of a Lifetime, Chapter 1 NSFW - they meet, and fuck. .

[Paddy/Eoin] Legato, Chapter 1 SFW - arriving at the Village, Paddy isn't happy with the beds. .

[Jim/Bill/Pat] Home from Home (from Home), Chapter 1 SFW - Pat spots a young athlete who looks perfect for him and Jim to take under their wing. .

[Mike/Dave] Grip Strength (oneshot) NSFW - Dave meets a guy who wants to try a different sort of challenge, and he's definitely up for it. .

[Johnny/fem!OCs] Team Sports (oneshot) NSFW - Johnny has some fun with two gorgeous women. You will need to be logged in to AO3 to view this fic .

[Johnny/Dave/Mike/Reg] Company, Crowd, Indulgence (oneshot) NSFW - Dave and Mike join in and have some fun with Johnny and Reg. .

[Jim/Bill/Pat] Home from Home (from Home), Chapter 2 NSFW - Pat and Jim help Bill enjoy the view of a gorgeous sunset. .

[Bill/Augustin] 9a+, Chapters 1-4 SFW - Bill doesn't know why Augustin always tries to talk to him, and then has no idea what to do when he finds out. (He makes it worse, of course.) .

[Paddy/Reg] Taking to the Podium (oneshot) NFSW - in the fleeting moments of privacy they have after their win, Reg and Paddy celebrate. .

[Paddy/Eoin] Legato, Chapter 2 SFW - Eoin and Paddy meet again after their first competitions. .

[Johnny/Reg] The Performance of a Lifetime, Chapter 2 NSFW - before Reg's first competition, Johnny asks if they can celebrate. After... they definitely celebrate. .

[Paddy/Eoin/Reg] Lap of Honour, Chapter 1 NSFW - the morning after their win, Eoin and Paddy enjoy some time with Reg.

[Johnny/Reg] Lap of Honour, Chapter 2 NSFW - Paddy and Reg go to breakfast in a unique outfit, and Eoin enjoys watches Reg get a rather public and enthusiastic show of apprecation from Johnny.

[Eoin, Johnny/Reg] Lap of Honour, Chapter 3 NSFW - Eoin watches Reg and Johnny together in one of the common rooms. .

[Dave/Mike] For Luck (oneshot) SFW - The morning after Dave's bronze medal win, he wishes Mike luck. .

[Johnny/Reg] The Performance of a Lifetime, Chapter 3 SFW - Johnny and Reg talk about Olympic tattoos

[Johnny/Reg] The Performance of a Lifetime, Chapter 4 NSFW - Reg doesn't sleep with anyone the night before he competes, but he is tempted to make an exception for a certain Olympic silver medalist

[Johnny/Reg] The Performance of a Lifetime, Chapter 5 SFW - Reg wanted to celebrate his win, but ends up suffering with a migraine instead. He's not sure what to make of the fact Johnny still wants to be around him.

[Johnny/Reg] The Performance of a Lifetime, Chapter 6 NSFW - Reg and Johnny spend some time together. .

[Bill/Augustin] 9a+, Chapter 5 Mildly NSFW - Bill and Augustin head to the south of France for a few days together.

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Bonus fic, which doesn't directly fit into the above timeline, but can definitely be enjoyed as adjacent to this AU:

[Johnny/Reg] A Lovely Little Package (oneshot) NSFW - Johnny is very appreciative of how good Reg looks in tiny little speedos.

There should hopefully be an epilogue to the Bill/Augustin, and to the Johnny/Reg fics ^^

[its-to-the-death]

Battle of the Gingers Wave 1 Preliminary Round #31

Whoever gets the most votes moves onto the next round

[thevampirediariesdiary]

DAMON/ELENA BRACKET ROUND 1.9III

1.14 Elena goes alone to the Salvatore boardinghouse to try to get Damon to trust them again. “I’m gonna have to change the locks,” he says when he sees her. She tells him she’s not going to apologize for getting the grimoire without him, because she was trying to protect the people she loves - “But so are you, in your own, twisted way, and as hard as it is to figure, we’re all on the same side because we all want the same thing.” “Not interested,” Damon says. “Yes you are, because you were willing to work with us yesterday!” Outrage and hurt fly across Damon’s face before he settles into wry self-deprecation: “Fool me once…shame on you.” Elena switches tactics abruptly: “Okay, when we were in Atlanta, why didn’t you use your compulsion on me?” He shoots back, “Who’s to say I didn’t?” Elena is taken off guard, and says, “You didn’t.” He raises his eyebrows. “I know you didn’t,” she repeats more firmly.  “But you could have. You and I…we have something. An understanding. And I know my betrayal hurt you, different from how it is with Stefan, but I’m promising you this now, I will help you get Katherine back.”  He appears to struggle with this before saying, “I wish I could believe you.”  She takes her necklace off, holds it up.  “Ask me if I’m lying now.”  She puts the necklace on the ground and faces him. Damon picks up the necklace and fastens it back around Elena’s neck, while she looks up into his eyes. “I didn’t compel you in Atlanta because we were having fun,” he tells her softly. “I wanted it to be real…I’m trusting you.” Then his voice hardens: “Don’t make me regret it.”

1.03 Damon invited himself and Caroline to Stefan and Elena's dinner with Bonnie, and now Damon is helping Elena with the dishes. She drops a wine glass; he catches it, and she laughs and tells him "Nice save." "I like you," he says, "you know how to laugh." She smiles at him. Damon brings up Katherine again, says she died in a fire, and Elena asks what she was like. "Beautiful, a lot like you in that department. Complicated, selfish, at times not very kind, but very sexy and seductive." Elena says, “Sooo which one of you dated her first?” Damon answers, "Mine and Stefan’s answers would probably differ on that point." And then he changes the subject: "You should quit cheerleading." He says he saw her and she looked miserable. “Things are different this year," she admits, "everything that used to matter…doesn’t anymore.” "So don't let it," he says. "Quit, move on, problem solved." Elena says a little wistfully, “Some things could matter again.” “Maybe,” he says, “seems a little unrealistic to me.” She looks at him, and says, seriously, "I'm sorry." He looks at her quizzically, and she clarifies: "About Katherine. You lost her, too." Damon's face softens and transforms in wonder. For the first time, someone is seeing him for who he is.

[alfhildr-the-word-weaver]

I must say, it's pretty poetic that I've gotten to season 6 of Vampire Diaries right before another solar eclipse happens in America. I certainly didn't plan it, but it does feel like my timing is very appropriate with this one. I do have questions about the accuracy of the eclipse portrayal in the show, though. I mean, a solar eclipse did in fact happen on May 10, 1994, and it was visible across much of the country, so that much is accurate. But I don't think Mystic Falls would've had quite as good of a view as they show it having. For reference, here's a map of the May 1994 eclipse path (credit: timeanddate.com):

And, if you'll remember, Mystic Falls is like two hours from my old hometown just a stone's throw north of Lynchburg, Virginia, as seen on the locator spell map (this one's all over tumblr, forgive me for not remembering what blog I grabbed it from):

So if you zoom in on the timeanddate map and pick somewhere closeish to there:

It looks like Mystic Falls would be getting a little over 77% coverage or so. It's also worth noting that the '94 eclipse was an annular eclipse, not a total eclipse like tomorrow's eclipse. That still means that the moon went directly in front of the sun, but it does mean that it was small enough/far enough from earth that you didn't quite get full coverage of the sun (thanks to weather.gov for the nifty graphic):

So, I'm not positive whether it would've looked quite as dark as was shown in the show:

Although, I must admit, in this video I found on youtube of the '94 eclipse, (part of me is shocked to find footage from then but I know I shouldn't be like yes they had cameras in the 90s) it actually looks more similar than I expected it to look, but I imagine it was most likely filmed within the path of totality:

But also, when Kai takes Bonnie to Portland, don't they see the eclipse again there? I couldn't find that clip on youtube just now, but Portland barely had any eclipse--only 42-43% coverage, so it would've been way milder of a visual effect, barely any dimming in the sky noticeable without eclipse glasses.

The funny thing is, the area where I live is going to be sitting right around 80% coverage tomorrow. I was lucky enough to get to travel to Missouri for the 2017 eclipse to get into the path of totality, but I'm afraid that it hasn't worked out for me to do so this year, which is immensely disappointing to me as an astronomy enjoyer, but I do still plan to go to an eclipse party and I'm going to start saving to try and get to Spain for the next total eclipse in 2026, which is going to be right around my 30th birthday (screaming). Anyways, it isn't great, but here's my best picture from the '17 eclipse:

I didn't even have a smartphone yet then, because despite it being 2017, I was somewhat of a luddite, so I had the purple flip phone I so stubbornly clung to and a point-and-click Nikon, but I still think this picture is pretty cool for what it is. Here's the zoom in so you can really see that ring of fire (and my shaking hands doubling the image):

Obviously you can find thousands of better eclipse pictures online, but that one's still special to me because it's mine. Anyways, I'll report back with smart phone pictures from whatever I see of the 80% total eclipse tomorrow to compare and contrast with Mystic Falls's 70% annular eclipse of the 90s, because from what I've heard it's going to be much less impressive than full totality was, but I've yet to watch a partial solar eclipse, so I'll just have to find out. Also, if you happen to have any vampiric loved ones trapped in a magical prison dimension who you need help freeing during the eclipse tomorrow, let me know and I'll see what I can do! ;) Hahaha. Anyways, happy eclipse everyone, and may we all possess sufficient self restraint to avoid eye damage (says the woman who has looked at the sun unprotected so many times and is probably going to go blind because of it some day. I know what I've done lol. Don't be me.)

[phagodyke]

hour and a half unpaid overtime I think that's a new record for me. on a day where I was supposed to have no overtime no less. funny how I only have 3 of those this month and the 2 so far I've had to work overtime anyway 👍

[persimnon]

mayday, mayday!

[glitterslag]

No northern lights LN but I did hear several tawny owl hoots and also a little white cat came towards me out of the dark. On the beach!!!!

[imeminemp3]

STOPPPPPPP

[aglennco]

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