#FUNKO POP ASS BIRD

[torchiember]

@purplespringevening

Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii), family Alcedinidae, northern Australia

photograph by Stephen Reid Photography

[gladioluslemon]

THE LITTLE HOPE GANG AT

A TRAMPOLINE PARK HEADCANNON 💜

(credited to @kindheartedgummybears cuz some of the headcon are based of/yoink from them!!)

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This all happened when Andrew, Daniel, and Taylor all plan to convince John to let them go to the local trampoline park

Them: this is for creative writing i swear!! 😳😳

John: how the hell is this for creative writing-

They end up going cuz Andrew the favorite and wanted it 😭

Angela and John would be like the parent sitting down while the kiddo (who are 22, 20, and 18) go jump around

Angela would be recording them while John, eating pizza, is just sitting there making fun of them

Angela: look at them!! *holding her phone like a mom*

John: werid *snacking on pizza*

Daniel would be the “showoff”

The kid who doing the most

Doing flips off the walls and cartwheels

Or like balancing off the balance bored which no henstion (but then get his ass beat by Taylor in jousting

Honorable mention: Daniel attempting a obstacle course 😭

Andrew would be the normal guy who jump and lay on the trampoline

until a little kid jump on top of him

just watching Daniel and Taylor share the same brain cell

And honestly just regretting letting this happen

Taylor on the other hand

Taylor would totally be the kid who break a body part of her (her nose)

know how? Dodgeball.

Taylor would 100% be a competitive in dodgeball

She competing against a bunch of 12 year old

like Taylor honey you’re 22 😭

don’t even get me started on the arcade!!

Out of the three, Taylor would get the most ticket (she convinced Daniel to give her all of his)

She would buy a random funko pop they would have for her collection (another headcon for another day 😉)

Andrew would have a lot of ticket but buy a pencil or a eraser topper

Daniel would use the rest of Andrew tickets cuz Taylor 😑

He would buy either a nerf gun or those cheesy/obnoxious led light for his dorm (again.. another headcon for another day)

Like “Gamer” or “Get nood” with noodles

Yall know the motorcycle racing thing? and you know how one person would do it right but the other keep fucking crashing into everything

That Taylor and Daniel 100%

Andrew would totally love the flappy bird or the keyboard panic games or the alien shooting one those are totally his styles

Don’t even get started on the air hockey also!!

That is just a whole shit show

Those craw machines and Daniel get a plushy for Taylor because she suck at it (who good at claw machines??)

Taylor and Daniel would get multiple flavor of the icey drink while Andrew get basic red

Or if they get regular fountain drinks

Taylor would get Fanta, Daniel would get sprite and Andrew would get Pepsi 

Andrew seem like a Pepsi guy

Angela and John would likely get Diet Coke

They seem like Diet Coke people to me

They would totally end up getting ice cream after like a big happy family 🤗

Taylor get cookie and cream, Daniel get mint, Andrew get vanilla, Angela get chocolate and John get coffee

fight me all you like

Daniel suggested coming back for his birthday

I mean… It IS his birthday soon on the 29th 😉

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My lord that took forever!! this came up after I went to launch for my nephew birthday yesterday so here you go!!

+ Taylor, Daniel and Andrew in most of these headcon (yes in that order) :

[remy-roll-writes]

Can i have some headcanons for the raimon 2 guys? :0

They appeared for a couple of episodes, got their ass kicked and helped Raimon 1 to kick ass,,,

i'm gathering the side character lovers here

also, i was gonna reply earlier but my gf forced me to sleep 😔/hj

i havent slept at night so they had every right to do so

they're all in second year so they might be all in the same class as well (or at least most of them are together)

just like Ichino and Aoyama, the others also couldn't help but practice even after their team disbanded

Abuyama often hosts bbq's at his place. He has a big yard so there's enough space for the whole team. Even invites the first raimon team sometimes

Sakisaka attracts every stray cat nearby. On his way home, he often forgets the time as he's so distracted by petting the lil guys. Ishikari lives near him so he always has to bring him home before it's dark

Speacing of Ishikari, he's the team's older brother. Makes sure everyone is safe at all time. Also, he really likes photography! Him and Akane hang out sometimes. While Akane focuses more on photographing people, Ishikari prefers scenerys and landscapes

Morisugi is more of a negative guy. It's rare to see him happy. But despite not showing it, he does enjoy playing soccer. He still was the last one to rejoin the team and had to be partly forced by the others (he just had trouble admitting he wanted to come back). He's in the same class as Kurama. They tag along a lot and before Minamisawa left, he was with them as well

Momoyama spends a lot time at the riverbank. He'd rather be at the beach but he can't afford going there often. He sleeps a lot, even during class. Forgets to do his homework a lot too

Hoshino is very into astrology. Knows everyones star signs better than themselves. He owns a ton of star hair clips in different colors and shapes

Aoyama is a very logical thinker. He enjoys escape games and puzzles and such. But he's also incredibly awkward and shy. Whenever he's out in public, he needs someone to hold onto. Mostly tugging at the other person's jacket/sleeve or holding their hand. Also, he has autism

Risuno is at the park a lot. He feed's the squirrels there. He remembers each of them and gives them names. He even thought of a story for each of them. It's almost like a soap

Mohi owns a pet chicken (that's canon!!) and he styled his hair to match with the chicken. He loves it dearly. When he was younger, he took his chicken to school. The teachers weren't amused

Ichino loves animals of any kind. He'll name you a bird breed you wouldn't believe existed. Even as a kid, he preferred reading animal encyclopedias over regular books. He also has adhd

I made a full post about Shuugo here but I'll add one more hc. He has a huge collection of funko pops at home, all still in package. He's a real collector

[alicedoessurveys]

35 Get to Know Me Questions

What is your nickname?

Bong

When is your birthday?

11th June

What was your longest relationship?

a few months. ive never had a proper full on boyfriend. im asexual so as soon as they start wanting that im like ick

What is your favourite book?

i have a few; The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. The Heartstopper Series. Many more but i cant list them all

What is something you're insecure about?

myself. just pretty much everything about myself.

5 Male celebrity crushes:

Pedro Pascal, Oscar Isaac, David Thewliss, Taika Waititi, Ethan Hawke

5 Female celebrity crushes:

Kate McKinnon, specifically in Ghostbusters... i cant think of any others that i class as crushes

What is your dream job?

actress

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment?

standing centre stage in front of a theatre full of people and acting my ass off after being told id never be able to because of my anxiety

What is a fact about you that nobody would believe?

ive perfomed on stage with Take That

What were your highs and lows for this last month?

highs; rehearsing for the show im in at the moment, getting my hair done, spending time with family, dnd with friends, seeing Jonas Brothers live, my mom getting the all clear from cancer!

lows; multiple anxiety attacks, finding out im going to be homeless in the new year

Where is somewhere you'd like to visit?

Italy

How do you de-stress?

Play sims. Have a bath. Have a nap. Cuddle my bunny.

What are your favourite apps besides tumblr?

instagram

Describe yourself in one sentence.

a bit weird, a bit awkward, but a nice person

What do you think makes you attractive?

my hair

What is something you're really good at?

overthinking

What is something you're really bad at?

socialising

A time that you told a lie.

i honestly cant remember

What's a totally random and useless fact that you know?

in 2016 Mozart sold more CDs than Beyonce

Who knows you the best?

my cousin

What is your most prized possession?

a funko pop figure of my best friend rhys who died last year

What is your longest friendship?

rhys, we were friends since we were 3 and he was 28 when he died

When did you first feel like an adult?

probably driving a car on my own for the first time after passing my test

Do you/ Have you played any sports?

i dont play sports but i do dance and im looking at maybe joining a netball team in the new year

How are you feeling right now?

a bit anxious, health anxiety is kicking my butt

Are you an early bird or a night owl?

night owl

Do you believe in love at first sight?

for me personally no, i think i need to get to know someone well first

Favourite song lyrics right now?

"Maybe it's okay, if I'm not okay, cause the one who holds the world is holding on to me. Maybe it's alright, if I'm not alright, cause the one who holds the stars is holding my whole life."

What does self care look like for you?

allowing myself to have a lazy day. sitting on the sofa all day, watching films, playing video games, not doing housework

Describe yourself with 3 singers.

the singer whose songs i relate to the most is Cat Burns

What makes you nervous?

like, everything 🤣

What’s a pet peeve you have?

people being unkind

What will always make you cry?

so much, especially since my bestie died. im an emotional wreck.

What kind of first impression do you think you make on people?

im usually pretty shy and quiet at first so most people see me like that

[bohemian-rhapsody-in-blue]

Thank you for tagging me, @obi-bae-kenobi!

Were you named after anyone?

My first name isn’t after anyone, but my middle name is after my great-grandmother.

When was the last time you cried?

I…actually can’t remember, which is probably a good thing! It was probably a week or so ago, when I had had a really unproductive day despite wanting to be productive, and I was really stressed and frustrated with myself at my inability to Do Things.

Do you have kids?

I am the proud mother of a few lovely action figures, several wonderful plushies, and many, many Funko Pops.

(In all seriousness: nope.)

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

I’d say that my above comment would answer this question, but I didn’t really mean for it to be sarcastic, just a normal joke. And maybe a way for me to brag about my collections. I’m not sure.

I think I use sarcasm a normal amount?? I feel like I’m usually pretty earnest when I talk, but I do use sarcasm and deadpan humor. I’m definitely no Chandler Bing, though.

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

People say that looks don’t matter, not to judge a book by its cover, etc., but in all honesty I probably notice people’s looks first when I meet them, before they speak to me or anything. Not in a judgmental way, mostly just because I’m making an effort to memorize their physical features so my face-blind ass doesn’t completely forget who they are the next time I see them.

What’s your eye color?

Dark brown.

Scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings. I love sitcoms and romcoms, and I am a little baby when it comes to horror. (This is why “Pierrot le Fou” may be the only Cowboy Bebop episode I’ve never rewatched.)

Any special talents?

I consider myself pretty musical—I have perfect pitch (I also have music-color synesthesia, so I see music in color based largely on the key signature it’s in). I’ve played classical piano for years and also sing in my school’s choir; I like to think I have a nice singing voice.

I don’t know if this counts, but I also have this very strange high-pitched trilling sound I make at the back of my throat when I’m experiencing strong emotion (usually happiness), which no one I know has been able to replicate. I’ve heard it alternately compared to the sound of a cat, a bird, and a frog.

Where were you born?

St. Louis, MO.

What are your hobbies?

Reading, singing, making playlists and DJ-ing, drawing cute cartoony art, writing, playing piano (although I don’t do it nearly as much as I used to anymore 😔), watching sitcoms!

Have any pets?

Yes! I have a very silly gray cat named Mojo, whom I love!

What sports do/have you played?

I had a very brief, ill-fated career in track & field in sixth grade. And that’s pretty much it.

How tall are you?

5’0, or 5’1 on a good day. My driver’s license says 4’11. My driver’s license lies.

Favorite subject in school?

English and psychology—so, basically, just what I’m majoring in!

Dream job?

Writer and/or clinical psychologist. The latter is what I’m most likely going to work towards in grad school and beyond.

Tagging (with no pressure, or course!!): @calicocalliope @chumanzky @dear-scheherazade @fridayiminlovemp3 @geembywumbis @gr0ovygh05t @joy-is-best-when-shared @musclekittysenpai @queer-papayas @she-was-a-psychedelic-messss @smithasandwich @some-things-about-life @sunshine-fruit-of-the-vine @wewringmagicfromtheordinary @wheredotheducksgo

15 questions, 15 mutuals :)

ty for the tag my dear @commandercodys-wife 🤍

were you named after anyone?

not that i know of, but i do have a cousin named after me 😮‍💨

when was the last time you cried?

uhhh maybe like 5 days ago, i’m a pretty healthy crier lmao. i honestly forgot what i was crying abt though. probably thinking of tech or smt 😭

do you have kids?

nope, and no plans in the near future.

do you use sarcasm a lot?

i don’t think i do but people always tell me i do, so i’m unsure.

what’s the first thing you notice about people?

usually their smile, then the way they introduce themselves

what’s your eye color?

dark brown, but one time when i was younger i put a flashlight to my eyes in the mirror and saw black specs in them, so that was pretty cool.

scary movies or happy endings?

ok, it depends. my star wars obsession has made me a bitch for (pseudo) happy endings but i like scary movies, so…

any special talents?

dunno if this counts, but i’m a great singer 😆

where were you born?

washington, d.c.! (apparently that’s rare lol)

what are your hobbies?

playing bass, singing, cooking, reading, napping, and crotchet :)

have any pets?

a cat named stampy (yes after the youtuber 😭), and a dog back home named cocoa.

what sports do/have you played?

soccer, volleyball, and basketball as a kid, but now i play tennis and run cross country

how tall are you?

4’11”, which i think is about 149 cm, either way really short 🙃

favorite subject at school?

i looooved my philosophy course last semester. but other bros dsubjects i enjoy are english and history.

dream job?

writer!!! one day i’ll make it big and be a nyt bestseller, hopefully, fingers crossed 😭😭

15 mutuals, npt ofc: @dystopicjumpsuit @samspenandsword @secondaryrealm @anxiouspineapple99 @drafthorsemath @obi-bae-kenobi @rain-on-kamino @wanderer-six @shinyshayminflower @burningfieldof-clover @freesia-writes @attacking-those-pesky-kyojins @darling-murdock @echos-girlfriend @starqueensthings

[complicatedandstained]

The Other Day at Hot Topic: Do No Harm

It feels a little bit like the role of Vanitas has been recast halfway through their shift. 

The guy has started doing his work like a regular human being, going as far as offering to help Roxas finish restocking the piercing display and then not giving him shit about it. 

Although, to be fair, this could be because Vanitas was losing patience. Roxas, admittedly, has absolutely and entirely no idea what he is doing. Aqua had assumed Roxas knew a lot more about which metal stabs through which piece of skin than he does. 

Actually, Vanitas has taken to not talking to Roxas at all. He has his headphones back on and, if his volume is any indication, is doing his damnedest to broadcast his music throughout the entire store. Roxas has to refrain from singing along when Fall Out Boy comes on. 

But either way Roxas slices it, it’s a definite improvement. 

And then this super old man comes in, chugging along on a walker with balloons tied to his wrist. Orbiting him is a chattering, hyperactive, wholesomely chubby child, the kind of child you kind of want to hug. 

The old man has a scowl etched onto his face like it’s been there a while. He almost immediately begins to grumble about the low lighting and the loud music and the tight spaces between the aisles that make navigation with a walker near impossible. 

The child is wearing an extremely yellow Wilderness Explorer uniform, and explore he does—every square inch of the store seemingly all at once. He bumps off of display cases and walls like a human pinball, poking at the cheeks of stuffed animals and brushing his hands through the fabrics.

The old man continues his complaining from the front as he eyes the display cases, muttering about the dark colors and the flimsy material and the skimpy cuts. 

Vanitas keeps glancing between the two of them from his station near Anime where he’s restocking the Hello Kitty plush. Roxas imagines he’s examining camera angles, trying to decide who would be easier to take out first. Another glare the old man’s direction, and Roxas decides to step in, before his coworker does.

“Hey there! After anything in particular today?” Roxas asks. He’s halfway through adding new buttons to the magnetic boards of the display case by the register, and he holds out a handful with a smile. “Button?”

The old man looks taken aback. “Thanks, but,” the old man offers a quiet smile in return, tugging at the lapel of a worn suit jacket, where he has a round, pop bottle cap of his own pinned, “I have the only button I need.” 

Roxas feels a strange tingling in his chest at the sudden softness in the gruff man’s tone. Someone special must have given it to him. For a split second Roxas pictures Axel, hands splayed, eyes bright, telling him about stained glass windows.  

The conversation shatters as a childlike someone shouts, “I found it! I found it!” followed immediately by the sound of several hundred small boxes crashing down, and then a delayed, much quieter, “Uh-oh.”

“Russell…” the old man groans, shutting his eyes. 

The old man has stopped near the entrance, as he cannot easily navigate the tight passages between Hot Topic’s displays, so Roxas nods to him. “I’ll make sure he’s alright.”  

Roxas power walks through the aisles, until he gets to the wall-length Funko Pop display. Half a shelf is on the floor between Vanitas and the chubby, adorable scout, who has a single box clutched to his chest.

“This is the one!” The child beams and waves the box close enough to Vanitas face that Roxas is concerned the kid will lose a finger. “The Snipe! I found it!” 

Roxas freezes as Vanitas’ face twitches. With rigid movements the guy yanks down his headphones, says flatly, “Congratulations.”

Compared to all the potential curse words Roxas feared would leave his mouth, Roxas considers this reply basically praiseworthy. 

Vanitas eyes flit down to the mess again, his arms crossing, and the kid notices. 

“I am sorry about the mess,” Russell says, his bright voice painstakingly articulate, like maybe English isn’t his first language. Russell frowns, his dark eyebrows dipping low, troubled, dimples appearing in his round cheeks. “I will help you clean it up though!”  

Roxas takes a step forward, fully prepared to bodily restrain Vanitas if need be. 

“Psh.” Vanitas swats his hand toward the pile dismissively. “I’ve seen worse.”

Roxas is ready to give Vanitas a promotion at this point.

“Why don’t you go show Gramps your weird-as—weird-butt...bird thing.” 

“Okay!” Russell nods purposefully and then frowns, laughs. “Mr. Fredrickson is not my Grandpa though.” Vanitas’ face scrunches in mild confusion. “Oh?”

“Mr. Fredrickson is my best friend.” 

This is perhaps the single sweetest and saddest thing Roxas has ever heard.

With another radiant smile missing a couple key teeth, the child hugs his find to his chest once more and toddles off to the front of the store, chattering to the box, “I think I’ll call you ‘Kevin.’”

And for just a second, before Vanitas slips his headphones back on, with a slightly miffed shake of his head, Roxas thinks he sees Vanitas smile. 

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Vanitas’ headphones have been off for a half hour now. Once Roxas had checked out Russell and Mr. Fredrickson, the Hot Topic workers set to doing serious damage control on the Pop Funkos. This entailed extensive sorting by platform, movie, and sale price, and some minor bickering about characters belong where, which made it abundantly clear that Roxas is the bigger nerd of the two and that Vanitas knows a weird amount about Star Wars.  

“God.” Vanitas passes Roxas the last couple obscure collectibles and whines, “Ordinarily, I’d just shove them all back on the shelf, and be done with it. Fucking kid. Fucking Axel. Fucking…” He leans forward to fix the one box threatening to fall back over. 

Roxas had thought Vanitas wanted to get fired, and now suddenly he’s vying for employee of the month. He shakes his head, sliding a hand in his pocket and looking out across the empty store.  “I don’t get you.”  

Vanitas lifts an angry-looking Hello Kitty penguin plush from the ground beside him and stares into its eyes like he sees some wisdom there. “You think I should just shut up and do my job, right?”

For a second Roxas wonders what the chances are that Vanitas hadn’t heard him and is simply talking to the penguin, but he decides those chances are fairly low. “It’d be easier…” Roxas mutters, fishing a few furry Chococat eye masks out of a cardboard box on the floor to help Vanitas with the display. 

“Wrong. You want to know why I wanted to get fired? This ‘job��� is a waste of my fucking time. I should be studying, interning. Literally scratching my eyeballs out would be more productive than this.” He lifts a Hello Kitty plush dressed as a cheeseburger up and shoves it in Roxas’ face like he’s trying to suffocate him and the plushie both.

Roxas rolls his eyes, and pushes Cheeseburger Kitty away. “Yeah, I’m sure the eyeball scratching pay is great…” I’ll ask Xion’s cat and get back to you.

“Ugh.” Vanitas adjusts a stack of Hello Kitty notebooks (regrettably not burger-themed) and accepts a handful of cat head topped gel pens from Roxas to add to the display cup beside it. This done he glowers at Roxas impatiently. “I forgot you don’t know shit. Look. I didn’t work my ass off getting a full ride to med school to wind up slaving away next to a bunch of sexually frustrated, punk wannabes.”

Roxas should be more offended about the last bit, but his brain gets stuck elsewhere. “You’re in med school?” A smile hits him in spite of himself. “Did they not warn you about the Hippocratic Oath?” 

Vanitas rams his shoulder into Roxas’ not hard enough to hurt, not light enough to be friendly. “Shut the fuck up.” Roxas considers Vanitas’ situation again, wondering why Vanitas is opening up to him now. “So, if you got a full ride, why work here?”

Vanitas sighs and shifts a few Sanrio nail polish sets over, then checks his own glossy white paint. “How much do you know about Xemnas?” Roxas glances up from his digging through the box. “The sexiest man alive?” Vanitas cringes, his fists balling up. “I fucking hate this place.”

“You…” Roxas hands him a couple more boxes of the polish sets, “disagree?” 

“He’s my uncle,” Vanitas says with venom. “He recently collected the family inheritance. He’s only in his thirties, and now he’s rich. Like, the filthy kind.” 

“Oh.” Roxas feels an uncomfortable pang his chest. Basically, Vanitas is telling him someone in his family recently died. So, either Vanitas is actually upset about that, or Vanitas didn’t know them that well and is just pissed he got the short end of the stick. But wouldn’t Vanitas’ parents have been next in line? Maybe they’d all been skipped?  “I’m sorry.” 

Vanitas doesn’t seem to hear him, pushes on, “Dear Uncle Xemnas is supposed to be helping me pay my rent and my bills, but he’s gotten it into his head that I need to learn to ‘be responsible’ and ‘make friends’ and all that elementary school bullshit. So now I’m working this stupid fucking minimum wage job. And if I don’t, I’m on my own.” 

Vanitas isn’t even looking at him anymore, he’s gripping the metal shelf of the display so hard his knuckles have gone bloodless. The sleeve of his blazer has slipped down, and Roxas can see tattoos running up from his wrist, red and blue veins, like his skin’s been flipped inside out. Med school, huh? Inheritance, suspension, friends… 

Roxas wonders if maybe Vanitas was just in desperate need of someone to dump this to. But why me? And how misanthropic do you have to be for your sexy uncle to blackmail you into having coworkers?

Then again, he did try to punch me in the face.  

“I mean…” Roxas considers patting Vanitas on the back with the Hello Kitty in his hand, but stops himself because he doesn’t want either to be ripped to shreds. “That doesn’t sound so bad.”

Vanitas whirls on him, face contorting. Roxas congratulates himself on the instinct not to give the guy a soothing pat. 

“You would say that. It’s fucking ridiculous. So what if I almost got suspended? I didn’t. So what if I don’t have any friends? I don’t need them.” Vanitas has gotten up in Roxas’ space again, the words harsh and direct, straight in his face. Roxas can feel a little spit fly. Roxas takes a long look at him, taking in what he’s heard, and maybe it’s just because Vanitas reminds him so much of a young Sora throwing a temper tantrum, or maybe it’s the two fights they’ve had earlier, but Roxas can’t bring himself to be angry with the guy any more. In fact, he’s starting to pity him a little bit. Roxas stares levelly, offers calmly, “Maybe friends would help.” 

Vanitas sneers, seizes Roxas’ shirt in his fists. Roxas lets him. 

“Wake up, sunshine. You’re not in elementary school anymore. Friendship isn’t magic. People always let you down. They let you down or they leave. Axel’s going to let you down. It’s better not to get attached.” Vanitas shoves Roxas’ chest and stalks off a few steps, but Roxas, being a black belt, catches himself easily, which seems to piss Vanitas off further when he glances back to see him still standing there. 

“You’re right,” Roxas says. 

“Huh?”

“Nobody’s perfect.” One of Roxas’ hands leave his pockets, lifts in a shrug. “Sometimes my best friends screw up. Sometimes they screw up a lot.” He almost laughs, thinking of Hayner, how many times he’s had to climb out of bed to pick him up, stumbling drunk. “But so do I.” I mean I dated Seifer, for Pete’s sake. He hadn’t thought anyone would forgive him for that, but, somehow, they had. “And at the end of the day, isn’t it enough that they care about me and that they tried?”

Roxas shifts his other hand out of its pocket, bringing a pack of Pop Rocks with it. “I don’t know what’s going to happen with Axel. Maybe he is going to hurt me, but maybe our friendship is going to be amazing. I’m not going to let maybe stop me from trying. And neither should you.” 

“Ugh.” Vanitas runs his fingers down his face like he’s trying to scrub it clean. But when he drops them his tone seems more level, “Forget the advice, you’re a hopeless sap.”  

Roxas smiles sadly. “Whatever you say, Vanitas.”

Vanitas eyes him, more wary than annoyed. “You’re setting yourself up for disappointment.”

Roxas shrugs. “Maybe I am. What about Aqua?”

Vanitas stiffens. Roxas feels like he’s just watched his defenses go up, an invisible shield. 

Vanitas flexes his hand against the stuffed animal he’s holding a few times. “What about her?” he says at last.

Roxas keeps his words soft, “You guys are friends, aren’t you?”

“She’s not my friend,” Vanitas counters, words quiet but forceful. His nostrils flare, staring at Roxas and then he turns sharply, like he doesn’t want to look at Roxas anymore, and goes back to shoving stuffed animals onto a shelf with unnecessary force. “She’s a hopeless sap like you. That’s why I’m standing here balls deep in Hello Kitty merch. Doing my fucking job. Tell Axel that.”

Roxas has no idea what to make of this. There’s obviously a lot of shit going down with Vanitas that he doesn’t know the first thing about. He decides it’s time to tap out. Defuse this situation before Vanitas makes with the punching again. 

Vanitas is still waiting for a reply. 

Roxas frowns a bit. “The Hello Kitty thing, or...?”

Vanitas takes a step forward, like a bull stomping its foot before the charge. 

Roxas raises his hands in surrender accordingly. “Okay, okay. I’ll tell him you were doing your damn job. Gees.”

There’s a tense moment as Vanitas considers Roxas’ sincerity and then he nods. “Thank you.” He tosses another Cheeseburger Kitty at Roxas’ face.  “Now fuck off.”

[this-lioness]

Just a little nonsense update, but mostly about cats.

I can’t remember now if I mentioned, but we did a final measure of all the cabinet doors, drawer-fronts and drawer boxes and placed the order.  It’s in production now, so as soon as we know when it’s all going to arrive we can sort out what we need in terms of primer, sanding, etc.

On Sunday we (mostly Marc, but I helped a little!) disassembled the treadmill, moved it from the studio into the cat room, and then reassembled it.  We would probably like to never have to do that again, because it was a huge pain in the ass.

The balance of Sunday and most of Monday I puttered around the studio, organized a bit and put some more stuff up on the Marketplace.  Marc tore through all his comic trades in the attic and made huge piles of ones to keep and ones to sell.  I feel like he’s really getting motivated to condense his collections overall; it’s easy to get into a groove of feeling like, “I have all this stuff,” but then it just sort of sits there.  Funko keeps coming out with all these wonderful Pop figurines, but then I’m like, “...and?”  I’m going to spend $12 on it, put it on a shelf and look at it once or twice a year while it collects dust.

I’m working remotely today, so aside from the real work that needs to be done I’m hoping to get some digital sketching done as well.  I finished the digital linework for the “Born Lucky” print so now I can start on colors; I want to knock out 4-5 sample cartoon animals in the hopes I can start selling custom sketches of people’s pets; I have to design a t-shirt decal for a concert that we’re going to in a couple weeks; I wouldn’t mind doing some sketches for a character idea I had.

I also need to clean, which is the next thing I’m going to do. Rosie has her appointment at 3:10 today, but I’m contemplating cancelling it... I’ll probably decide by noon.  For the past two days she hasn’t felt unusually warm, and she already has an appointment next Wednesday, but we’ll see.  It would be an understatement to say she’s acting normally, which I’m hoping is the best indicator of her health.  She is, as I’m typing this, rocketing from toy to toy to toy like a cooing little black and white wrecking ball. Also, if you reach your hands down towards her and she wants to be picked up -- which is usually -- she will rear up and gently batbat at your fingers, and it fucking destroys me I am literally a walking pile of tiny little pieces. But we’ll see.  I hate to stress her out with another vet visit so soon, especially as I think they’ll still want to see her next Wednesday, but I also feel like I am in Overprotective Cat Mom mode with her, and I will cold-blooded murder anything or anyone that endangers her, so. Even if Bones and Spencer won’t accept her (Spencer is a pushover, let’s be honest, Bones is going to be the hard sell), I think she’ll be fine to cohabitate with Maggie.  Maggie is and always has been such an odd bird.  She was such a happy little kitten, and then she kind of decided she didn’t want fuckall to do with anyone but her brother... and then he died, and I think that kind of changed her whole world view.

It’s always so hard to explain Maggie to people, because we have created this “character” for her like she’s a simmering ball of hate, but really she is super gentle and sweet?  Never aggressive, never mean.  When she wants attention she will be ALL up in your business.  But when she doesn’t? She’s good.  She’ll just be chilling in some remote part of the house.

We always say, “Maggie is her own cat.” I think it’s just that, in contrast to the boys (who need to be WITH YOU, IN YOUR FACE 24/7) that she seems more aloof and removed.  But she’s just an introvert, and we love her for that. You can also tell she’s getting older.  She turned 13 this year.  If Rosie keeps to herself I think Maggie frankly won’t give a shit about her... Maggie just doesn’t want to be fussed with anyone.

Fidget keeps visiting at the patio door, and you can tell he’s genuinely curious about Rosie.  Initially Rosie growled at him whenever she saw him, but since they’ve spent so much time together on opposite sides of the door she’s completely chilled out, and will happily either ignore him and play nearby.  Fidget watches her with utmost fascination.

I think Fidget gets lonely, sometimes.  We haven’t seen he and Walter pal around together in quite awhile, and since we have Rosie in the kitchen we can’t exactly let Fidget inside.  Licorice (the big black feral that terrorizes our neighborhood) still tries to throw down with him every now and then, and last night we interrupted a near-fight wherein Fidget was about to take on that scarce orange cat we call “Ghost”.

By winter Rosie should be integrated into the pride, and we won’t need to keep her cooped up in the kitchen anymore, which means Fidget can come inside again, and we’ll be able to put him in the mud room during storms.

Alright, time to get some actual work done.  I hope you all have a nice day.

[alexgoestosleep]

The Prom

**kinda spoilers for The Prom but this an appreciation post because this show was amazing**

-The person who played Alyssa Greene (its dark and I can’t be bothered reading my playbill) could fucking turn it RIGHT ON. She was *actually* crying,,,,, like she did it three times during the show. I also got a picture with her back stage and she’s really sweet and pretty and amazing

-Emma’s room was very decorated, she had all of the Harry Potter books, a little Hermione funko pop thing on her shelf also a sticker on her guitar that said “Hermione for President”

-She had a stranger things and a lady bird poster and (ugh) **three** whole ass riverdale posters (let’s be real shes only in it for Choni)

-the choreography was amazing (like seriously how do they do two shows a day,,,)

-when they finally kissed it was,,,,,, amazing. Like it was a really good kiss and they were at it for a hot second (in gAY time)

-the set and props really added to the atmosphere also there were soooo many hilarious references to other musicals like Carrie and Wicked.

-okay during the acceptance song,,,, everyone came out in the most ridiculous clothing... there was one guy who was wearing full on jeans with a blue unitard with a picture of David Bowie’s face over it. Later in the song they also all came out with shirts saying “We’re all lesbians” which was really funny.

-Barry was hilarious and stole every scene. He was funny and so very gay,,,

-after the last song all of the pit orchestra put on rainbow glasses.

-this one chick,,,,, omg she was wild like in the middle of a dance she would just wOOOOO really loudly and she was the only one doing it as well

Edit: -Emma and Alyssa had been together in secret for a year and a half (idk if we already know this but oh well it was a cool detail)

-at the end, two guys/jock dudes from the school went to the prom together

-At one point when the actress who played Alyssa’s mother was crying and she had her hands up to her face, she accidentally blew into her mic

-one of the guys who was singing a promposal had a little voice crack during the number (it was the guy who was singing to Shelby) and it was really cute

-this is honestly my favourite broadway show I’ve ever seen which is saying quite a bit cause I’ve seen some amazing ones,,,, representation matters!

Also: “I rhymed bigoted with big of me. Take that Lin-Manuel Miranda.”

[rosalynbair]

Nerd Kylo Ren Headcanons

AO3 | Masterlist | Buy me a coffee

Summary: Kylo’s a nerd

Warnings: None

A/N: This came up in the group chat so whaddup bbs @damndriver @galaxygarbage @your-mom-kylo ((has this been done before??))

Kylo isn’t exactly the nerdiest of nerds. He’s not a geek (he’s horrible at math and Leia once sent him to math camp because he was failing so hard in school) He just really likes nerd content.

Math camp in itself was a horrible experience for him so please don’t ever ask about it (even if you see the cute little photo in the Solo’s living room of Kylo in his bright orange I Survived Math Camp t-shirt)

Kylo originally finds solace in comic books when he was only eight. He had a lisp as a child and hated speaking to people because they would always comment on it or make him repeat everything that he had said.

His lisp had made him retreat into awkward silence, refusing to speak which then showed itself through his high level of shyness.

It only gets worse when he’s prescribed glasses because he’s strained them too much from reading in the dark when he’s supposed to be sleeping.

They’re really big, square glasses at first. Until he gets into his teens and he finally replaces them with in-style rectangular ones with a black frame. Though once he graduates high school, he only uses them for emergencies since he’s discovered what contact lenses are and how to put them in.

When he’s in his tenth and eleventh grade, he’s collected a really incredible amount of vintage and original comic books, signed memorabilia (his favorite is the signed Batman poster he has above his dresser that’s signed by everyone who has played him on the big screen)

His bookshelf is lined with Funko Pops, they’re mostly superheroes, but he has a few characters from tv shows. He has a lot of them still in their boxes stacked up beside his computer desk as well.

He rides an old skateboard most of the time when he’s in high school. He gets his license at 16 and his parents buy him a second hand car, but he prefers his skateboard unless it’s raining or during the winter.

Nic wants me to let everyone know that Kylo wears VANS all the time. Every season, he’s always wearing the same type of VANS (black on black with old laces. He gets a new pair every school year.)

Kylo has trash taste in music. It’s eclectic and often includes movie scores and music that nobody has heard of. (He does have a few songs that people DO know, he’s a fan of Kendrick Lamar and a few of Drake’s songs.)

By the time Kylo is in twelfth grade, he’s completed his speech therapy so his lisp no longer exists. Though he still doesn’t like to talk to people that much.

Kylo goes to college on the East Coast for fine art and photography when he graduates. He lives in a shared dorm for the first year with a guy he actually makes friends with.

During his second year, he moves into a shitty apartment after staying at his parent’s place for the summer. He grows up a lot during that summer, he goes through a final growth spurt and he’s no longer lanky and awkward. His voice has lowered by a shit ton, and he grows his cropped hair out until it’s shaggy and Leia complains about it.

He’s not as quiet as he was when he was younger - he’s one of those kids that college does real well and when they come back to visit, you barely recognize them.

Kylo is snarky with a hilarious sense of humor. He also has a smirk that can make anyone swoon (he doesn’t know this though. He still thinks he’s still 14 and awkward)

When he goes back to school // moves into his new apartment, he takes as much as he can in his shitty little car that he’s had since he was 16 and has barely maintained.

Leia and Han end up shipping the rest of his stuff out to him so he can have everything he wants and needs for his ~aesthetic~

While he’s going to school, he ends up working at a comic book store a block away from his building. He gets a lot of shit from there on his employee discount, especially new games for his stations, or the Switch he had preordered for himself (he’s finished Breath of the Wild twice already)

This lame ass probably also streamed his playthrough on Twitch as well.

He meets you during November of second year.

Unlike Kylo, you’re not a nerd. But you do know a lot about what he likes. Which draws him towards you while you’re both in the cafe on campus.

At first, Kylo thinks you’re way out of his league. You’re pretty and have friends, you have your own study group and you tutor students when they need help.

You both end up near each other a lot, you work at the bookstore on campus to pay your rent. Kylo comes in a lot when he needs a snack, energy drink, or a new set of charcoal pencils for his class.

He doesn’t know it, but he’s really good at smooth talking you. He thinks he’s still the awkward kid with a lisp, so he thinks he’s just talking out of his ass. But he’s been late to class a few times because he’s so caught up in talking to you.

There’s one point where he’s running ridiculously late to class, and he has to stop by the bookstore to get a new notebook.

He’s also wearing his glasses in public for the first time since he’s started college.

His hair is a mess, his flannel shirt is inside out and he’s in the same shirt as the day before. He’s also wearing the wrong pair of VANS, which means they’re old and half tattered as he runs into the store.

You watch him, amused. He’s rushing to grab a spiral notebook for his lecture, his bag half open and hung over one of his shoulders.

You check him out quickly, making him take a deep breath as he pays.

It’s then that you ask him out on a date.

Kylo is an absolute mess, and doesn’t even hear your question as he yells ‘thanks!’ and runs out.

You’re embarrassed, but realize how rushed he was. And you knew he wasn’t too great with people.

Your question doesn’t even register to Kylo until he’s halfway to his class (which is on the other side of the campus)

He yells ‘Fuck’ really loud and pulls out his cracked phone from his pocket as he jogs, He searches up the bookstore number and dials it, cursing as it rings.

“College Bookstore, y/n speaking, how can I help yo-”

“Yes!” he yells, breathless as he gets into the building “Yes i’ll go on a date with you.”

“Okay.” You reply with a laugh “I have caller ID on here, so i’ll text you my number. Have a good class Kylo.”

Kylo is 25 minutes late to his class, and he’s so out of focus while he bounces his leg the entire time. Waiting for your text to come through.

He thinks you’ve forgotten until he remembers that his lecture hall doesn’t have any service. He forces himself to take notes at that point, trying to be productive until his class was over.

When he’s dismissed, he packs up quickly and rushes outside. Checking his phone every step of the way until he had full bars again. His phone lights up with a text from an unknown number.

He’s grinning as he sees the shitty DC meme you sent to him, followed by letting him know that this was in fact your number.

Kylo picks up a coffee after that, grabbing you the one you usually order and dropping it off to you at the bookstore. You thank him happily, letting yourself lean against the counter to talk to him.

You let him pick the type of date, saying that you would be done your shift in an hour, and then your class would be done at six. (he’s adjusting his glasses aggressively the entire time he talks to you, resuming the nervous habit he had as a kid.)

He picks you up from the campus in his car, the engine stuttering and the gear shift clunking loudly.

He takes you to the comic book shop, and the diner across the street from it.

That’s right. Kylo takes you to his work for your first date. (He needed to pick up something as well. So it’s like hitting two birds with one stone.)

It was originally going to be in and out, he didn’t want to bore you with the shop. But you end up staying in there for almost an hour, pointing out games you’ve played and arguing about which character and which game in the series was better. (also making fun of the people who think that Link is Zelda.)

It’s the best (and only) date he’s ever been on.

You both go out on a date once a week until you finally make it official after a couple of months. You had skipped the honeymoon/newly dating phase and had gone directly into the type of couple that has been dating for years.

No one really understands why you two are together. From the exterior, you look like opposites. But anyone who’s friends with either of you know how much you two are similar.

There could be a group conversation and you can banch off until there’s only the two of you talking about something the others don’t understand.

You always complain about his car. You hate it. You’d rather him carry you like a bride while he rides his skateboard.

There’s a particular moment where the car stalls and Kylo reassures you “Don’t worry, this happens every once in a while.”

“WE’RE ON THE HIGHWAY KYLO.”

Kylo gets a new car after that.

In his third year of college, you move in once your lease is over. You share his space, but everything has to be moved around to accommodate you and your stuff. So Kylo moves most of his stuff into the second bedroom that used to house his old roommate.

It’s like the dream nerd room. With all his memorabilia, posters, his really expensive gaming computer and a tv with all his gaming systems.

He wears his glasses whenever he’s at home. And you love it. He looks so fuckin cute when he wears them.

You really like the little indents he gets on his nose from wearing them for long periods of time.

You also pick up on his habit of adjusting them when he’s nervous, anxious, or shy. Which you find really cute. (he even attempts to do it when he’s not even wearing his glasses)

When Kylo’s with you, he feels like he’s all the superheroes he used to look up to. He loves the hell out of you.

Even after being together for a long time, he still takes you on dates to the comic store (which he ends up being the manager for in his final year) and you still get into heated arguments about games and comics.

All in all, you guys are like a dream team. Kylo still can’t get over the fact that you picked him out of all people.

Taglist: @tonguepopperr @ben-solo @lumifuer @secretlygrantaire @sdavid09 @imagine-this-motherfucker @bellaren18 @oh-adam

[mk1comics]

Comics have arrived - unpacking, sorting and webbing now. New Releases will appear at the top of these Mk1 webstore pages as we unpack   Single Comics http://www.mk1.co.nz/collections/single-comics?sort_by=created-descending

Variant Comics http://www.mk1.co.nz/collections/variant-covers?sort_by=created-descending

Graphic Novels http://www.mk1.co.nz/collections/graphic-novels?sort_by=created-descending

Manga http://www.mk1.co.nz/collections/manga?sort_by=created-descending

Books http://www.mk1.co.nz/collections/books?sort_by=created-descending

Funko Pop Vinyl http://www.mk1.co.nz/collections/pop-vinyls?sort_by=created-descending

Stuff and Things http://www.mk1.co.nz/collections/stuff-things?sort_by=created-descending

Games http://www.mk1.co.nz/collections/games

and New Release Everything http://www.mk1.co.nz/collections/new-releases?sort_by=created-descending

Expected Highlights:

Highlights APHRODITE V #1 (MR) IMAGE COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180030

ARCHIE MEETS BATMAN 66 #1 ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY181375

AVENGERS #5 MARVEL COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180845

BATGIRL & THE BIRDS OF PREY TP VOL 03 FULL CIRCLE REBIRTH DC COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR180260

BATMAN #51 DC COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180454

BATMAN SINS OF THE FATHER #6 (OF 6) DC COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180481

BRAVE & THE BOLD BATMAN & WONDER WOMAN #6 (OF 6) DC COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180484

CURSE WORDS TP VOL 03 HOLE DAMNED WORLD (MR) IMAGE COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180108

DAYS OF HATE TP VOL 01 IMAGE COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180060

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION GN VOL 02 (MR) VIZ MANGA https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY182175

GIDEON FALLS #5 (MR) IMAGE COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180141

HELLBOY OMNIBUS TP VOL 03 THE WILD HUNT DARK HORSE COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR180085

HUNT FOR WOLVERINE CLAWS OF KILLER #3 (OF 4) MARVEL COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180837

IMMORTAL HULK #3 MARVEL COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180852

INFINITY COUNTDOWN #5 (OF 5) MARVEL COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180826

INJUSTICE VS THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #1 (OF 6) DC COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180473

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN SEARCH FOR TONY STARK MARVEL COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR180869

JUSTICE LEAGUE #4 DC COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180526

KICK-ASS #6 IMAGE COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180190

LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 (OF 5) MARVEL COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180795

MAGIC ORDER #2 (OF 6) IMAGE COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180197

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE TP VOL 01 FATE OF THE FOUR MARVEL COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR180864

SHAOLIN COWBOY START TREK HC (C: 0-1-2) DARK HORSE COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR180023

STAR WARS DARTH VADER ANNUAL #2 MARVEL COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180939

THOR #3 MARVEL COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180847

TONY STARK IRON MAN #2 MARVEL COMICS https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180854

[izzyspussy]

@clownjizz said:

buys books bc people told them they were good and the summaries are good but he never ends up reading them bc hes either busy or he gets home and rereads the summary and is like “this shit is awful wtf” and puts it on a shelf and then he slowly comes to the conclusion that he just likes looking thru the books and being in the atmosphere of bookstores but reading the books he buys is just something he doesnt do

someone is like; “how about u go to the library so u dont have to spend money and u still get to aimlessly search thru hundreds of books in a nice atmosphere”

eddie, spending $50 on books he knows hes not going to read; “no. leave me alone.”

okay. okay, yeah i see this. i see it.

i think it started out as buying books that he ShouldTM have on his shelves (and he should have books on his shelves because he's SmartTM) that were like, all nonfic. mostly career-related things, statistics and probability and whatnot.

(he also sometimes picks up a book, gets really excited about it, buys it, brings it home, pulls it out and wonders what the fuck he was thinking that made him so jazzed about it in the store. sometimes it's a batman paperback, sometimes it has an Unlikeable HeroineTM, sometimes it's a collection of romantic poetry, or a coffee table book of baby farm animals, or it's a murder mystery, or it's about the premier theory that dinosaurs were birds. he keeps these books grouped together even though it defies all logical organizational methods.)

when he and myra consolidated their things he started buying books for both of them. she likes pop fantasy. so he just buys whatever is the top seller or merchant recommendation for her, whether or not she's actually looking for something new to read, just because buying books is like this soothing habit for him. it makes him feel good just to be in a book store.

buying fiction for myra leads him to try fiction for himself, but he still toes the line of what he ShouldTM be into. it's all really thick ass hard science fiction, and these more than any other type of book he buys is the least likely for him to actually read.

sometimes he'll get in a Snit though and he'll buy something solely because it's something that he Shouldn'tTM be into. a romance novel with a mostly naked barbarian on the cover. a graphic novel with a cartoonish style. a self help book for women. coming of age contemporary. he once even bought himself a picture book just because it was so ugly.

after derry, after getting divorced, after moving out on his own for the first time since grad school, he actually reads some of his books. he likes some of them, doesn't like some of them, doesn't get to some of them, keeps all of them, keeps buying more. but now he mostly buys books he thinks he'd actually like (at least in the moment). it turns out he genuinely enjoys the steamy romances, and also psychological horror (go figure).

he buys books that have good covers, or good summaries, or are staff picks at indie or specialty stores. sometimes he reads them, most of the time he doesn't. reading is not really a big hobby of his, more something relaxing he does when he has a nice long period of nothing else to do (like vacation). but it still just makes him feel good to be in a bookstore, to carry out a pile, to organize it all just right, and to see his nice full shelves.

when he moves in with richie he starts buying books for richie too, just like he had with myra. catch eddie in the line at B&N, arms piled high with four romances originally published in 1981, two wonder woman comic books, a swear word coloring book, two palahniuks and a denbrough, and a south park funko mystery mini.

*jj jameson voice* bring me headcanons of eddie k

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[blissful-thinker]

“I may have underestimated how much stuff I got at Anime Expo in general until I finally got a picture of the overrall haul this year: a summary.”

So after a few days of rest I finally got around to doing the usual masterpost of what is now my third year at AX. SO AFTER PROCRASTINATING FOR A WHOLE MONTH AFTER THE CON IS OVER I’M FINALLY POSTING THE MASTERPOST OF WHAT WAS MY THIRD YEAR OF AX CAUSE THIS ACCIDENTALLY GOT BURIED UNDER VARIOUS DRAFTS. WHOOPS MY BAD BUT ANYWAYS...

It was my first time going all 4 days with nothing stopping me and I think that might be why my haul is bigger than expected and why the read more is gonna be very, very long this time (which is why it took me like a fuckin week to do it.) So feel free to read on if or don’t cause this year was something else to the point where I ended up organizing the highlights by day.

The cosplays this year fricking amazing and cool to see again!! There were many, many cosplay I wanted to take pictures of (but so little storage space in my phone or I was going one way and the cosplayers was going the other way. That latter happened a lot.) Will probably post the photos I managed to take once I get those sorted out.

NOW LET’S GET TO THE PART WHERE I TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND CAUSE IT WAS A LOT TO TAKE IN:

Day 1: -Gets to the con at 7:30am with friends to pick up badges; end up in badge pickup limbo for about an hour. Ended up seeing a guy inflate his Pikachu cosplay up at the parking area and also talking to a guy who was the expanding brain meme and the salt bae meme. Only when the line moved did I realize I forgot to ask for a photo ;__; -Got our badges around 8:45am-ish and ended up in LineCon2k17 to get into the convention itself. I think it might have been due to them upping the security measures so honestly I’m not complaining too much (It did go faster for the remainder of the con.) Okay maybe I was kinda anxious that day to get in cause I needed to get to a certain booth quickly that day. Anyways it took like 1 1/2 hours to get in cause by the time they opened a few more doors, it was already 10:15am and then me and my friends were kinda walking fast and quickly going over meet up plans before we split to do our own business. -RAN MY ASS TO THE GOODSMILE BOOTH TO GET ONE OF THE LAST QUEUE TICKETS OF THE DAY FOR 3:30 (Aftermath: Came back around 3:30 and managed to get one Free Skate Yuuri Katsuki Nendoroid which I am thankful did not sell out until the next day. Might’ve been because the autograph signing and the panel for Sayo-kun and Kubo [YOI creators] were that day. I’m kinda thankful I’m not too interested in autographs or panels to go. Dude at the GS booth was surprised Yuuri didn’t sell out yet and I explained it might’ve been cause of that. He did get sold out the next day so yeah. But also I hope everyone had a good time at that panel!!!) -Explored Exhibit Hall while waiting for a friend who was at the Atlus booth. I swear there were more vendors this year. -SO MUCH GREAT ART IN ARTIST ALLEY, SO LITTLE TIME TO APPRECIATE IT ALL CAUSE EVERYONE IS SO GOOD THERE (repeats this for 3 more days cause it’s true) -some guy cosplayed as Symmetra's photon projector beam.... I realized hours after leaving it’s the same guy who cosplays as Deadpool every year  ACTUALLY RAN INTO AN OLD HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE WHO WAS TABLING IN AA. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THEM AGAIN HONESTLY. -somewhere along the late afternoon me and my friend managed to find the Crunchyroll foyer. may have taken a picture with the yoi kiss and cry set up there. itwasboundtohappen -they changed up the layout of the entertainment hall so much. i actually prefer it it’s so nice :D -ran my ass to the blizzard booth when I got inside the entertainment hall. that was also bound to happen eventually -played arms with friend at the ninendo switch area. got thrust into a sudden game of mario kart 8 with someone else cause the person in front thought the controller stopped working. i’ve never been more panicked in my life than in mk8 -chilled out behind the blizzard booth at the overwatch rest area for the rest of the day. got to watch the trivia go down for an hour until going back home regretsididntdotrviaatallisworeiwasgonnadoitbutichickenednout -saw lucio’s VA while resting at the booth ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

DAY 2 -got there early and linecon was over (mostly) so waited around for the opening and took cosplay pictures. (note: if you saw some weirdo eating a to-go bowl with their fingers, that was me. i didn’t have breakfast that morning) -hung around exhibit hall properly this time while looking for certain booths since the “definitely need to get now” priority rush was over -me at the two people at arunning a certain booth as my other friend decides what to get from there “I’m just watching this unfold my dudes, I’m just the bystander here.” (not gonna specify anymore than this. the people at the booth were pretty chill though) -that psycho pass prop gun demostration was 10/10 holy shit -AA part 2: the “less hectic but still hectic version and still deciding what to get” feelings -my friend tempting me to get a pillowcase of the legendary birds with him...I was pretty close to actually get it (he got it regardless and honestly it is the softest of pillowcases) -”Alright I think I got everything i needed from ___ fandom- sHIT WAIT I KINDA WANT THAT” -me, who has never played persona 5 in her life but knows enough about it, getting more prints and charms than my other friend, who has played over 150+ hours on that game alone and got like 2 prints from it -hanging around the entertainment hall again before leaving early that day. probably best I left early cause I was deadass tired. for the first time in years I slept before midnight cause AX

Day 3: -okay honestly the only thing I remember this day was that my friend and I were at the Blizzard booth resting and waiting for triva to start and Symmetra’s VA was hanging around the booth. So when trivia was gonna start, the top prize for winning the trivia current triva round was a Symmetra funko pop signed by Anjali. As soon as that was said, Anjali suddenly appeared out of nowhere grabbed the funko pop from one of the guys leading the triva rounds, tried to make her escape by carefully manuvering around the beanbags and then trying to roll away.... only for her to kinda trip during her roll from my friend’s foot and then landed right next to me and my friend before recovering and then running away from the booth (and then returned after a few minutes). Honestly it’s been 3 weeks a month at this point and I’m still shook as fuck -also she asked some of the trivia questions as Symmetra. that was also really cool

Day 4: -since it was the final day, it was just making sure of last minute gets at AA -”I got a charm at AA of Yurio yesterday and somehow he detached from my badge today but I’m not even fucking upset I lost him or surprised cause he was dangling along with charms of Yuuri and Viktor and he honestly fucking would straight up ditch them at some point in a day in the life of Yuri[o] Plitsetsky”: a thrilling one shot of the morning. I managed to get another one before I forgot to and Yurio2 was grounded to my bag until I was home -an interesting shirt hunt up in exhibit hall for my friend requested from his friend. it was... quite the shirt to get and probably the strangest thing to get for him and it wasn’t even for him Honestly the only way I can I summarize this year was that is was heck a lot of fun and hopefully will go next year. Maybe if I’m not that lazy and able to I’ll cosplay next year too. Will I actually put up the masterpost of the merch I got- honestly probably not cause I have no idea where I put my merch pictures.

[whimsicalworldofme]

^ all of this. I love my scenic paintings and the photos I took in Europe, but I also have my Funko pops on display everywhere and I have a big ass painting of Carrie Fisher flipping the bird in my office and a cute little painting of cat mermaids by my bathroom. I have a beautiful painting of Venice in my bedroom and in another wall I've got a print of a girl with a flower crown sitting beside a purple dragon.

Love the things you love. Behaving like a grown up is a con. It's all made up anyway.

One of the great things about being an adult is that you get to decide how to decorate your spaces. You want that giraffe patterned lampshade? Go for it! You want fairy lights wherever? Go for it! You want to collect a million BB8s and make your house look like a droid repair station? GO FOR IT!

F*ck decor shows where everything is minimalist and grown up sh*t that honestly no one cares about. The only time your place ever needs to be that staged is if you sell the place.

[the-memey-anon-blog]

"You're internally calling me short" "Where did you get the word arrow from?" "Better lock my door cause it's getting spooky in here" "Wow baby Ask Ketchum's ketching more then Pokémon tonight" "So you were peeing in the dark?" "You caused this lizard orgy with your own two hands" "Do you think Barbie dolls use human flesh for their version of plastic surgery?" "We have hearts and lungs. Throw em on the piano" "How can you not see the birds ass?" "I can have cats on my legs" "You're going to have to pee when you come out of the closet" "I'm going to drop kick all the children that I want" "Stop hitting your backside and frontside simultaneously" "DO YOU WORSHIP THE JELL-O GODS IN THEIR GELATINOUS MUSHEY FORM?" "I'm legally authorized to take your funko pops" "So, your first instinct when you see a dead chipmunk is to whip out your dick and piss on it?" "Where's the dead chipmunk fetus?" "So you're considering the possibility of an unnoticed bloodbath?" "Yay! We can communicate from 500 yards away" "No! Hipster pair (of glasses) number one! I almost left you behind!"

Me, from February 4th - March 12.

[solitaryhoneybadger]

I’m debating on if I should open my deformed little UFC fighter figures from their packages. When I collected figures, I was never one of those people who kept things in boxes because I thought it was annoying. I thought it was annoying because it seemed selfish because there was someone else out there who really wanted that figure, and would’ve opened it and played with it or displayed it or whatever. And here’s one, just stuck in a box until the owner dies or it gets lost or destroyed. The only reason I’ve kept my little fighters in their boxes is because I thought it’d be cool to get them signed somewhere down the road, if any of them ever came to Oregon. The chances of that happening are very slim since most of them are in California or somewhere in that southwest region, and Oregon gets the short end of the stick when it comes to famous people. Just look at the list of Wizard World Portland guests this year.

I saw a few signed figures on eBay, and this is part of what caused me to reconsider. A lot of the signatures are fading, even after just a few years. I think it’s kinda cool to have them hanging on the wall, but every time I look at them, I can’t help but want to just rip the packages open and put the little dudes on a shelf. I’ll probably end up doing it soon. I don’t really want to sell any of them (especially Bas), so leaving them packaged is kinda dumb. It WOULD make more sense to get signed photos, huh? There are only about 10 other figures I want to get, and it would look cool having them all lined up or grouped together, ready for action like that rabbit ready to whoop that bird.

Zoey’s surgery cuts are healing without any issues. She’s brining up her boo boos less and less, and is more comfortable sliding off the bed to get down now. She refused to take a bath for a few days until she settled on taking one while in her pajamas.

Kairi’s birthday party is on saturday, and her birthday is on sunday. I hope we’re able to do something fun with her. I took the day off and she’s hinted at wanting to go bowling and in to big play structure they have there. She got something in the mail for the bowling place but I don’t know where she put it. I still feel bad about not getting her a big gift this year, even though there wasn’t anything she wanted. I hope she likes all the Funko Pop figures she gets. I’m sure a few parents will make dumb surprised sounds when they see them. She also got the Build-a-Bear Pete’s Dragon, a dream catcher, a moon necklace, some packs of Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo cards, a big-ass vinyl figure of Discord from My Little Pony ($30 normally, but just $6 on Amazon! Not a bootleg either!) and two new shirts- a Metroid one and a Pokemon one.

I haven’t taken any melatonin for the past 2 or 3 nights and I’ve had an easier time waking up/getting out of bed as a result. I wanted to exercise a lot today, but my legs are sore from doing deadlifts with the gorilla yesterday. So tomorrow I’ll do 200 swings with the chimp and go running for a little bit if it isn’t raining too much. My stomach’s feeling a lot better too since I’ve starting doing leg lifts a little differently from how I normally do them. I’ll throw in a bunch of those tomorrow too.

Before I left work, I heard a really bad song on the radio. It sounded like some generic band from the early 00s, when everyone was trying to sound like Blink 182, only worse. I checked to see who it was, and it WAS Blink 182. Jesus.

Oh yeah, I need to remember to apply for this opening that I saw in an email. It’d be slightly more pay than what I’m getting now, but closer. Instead of a 3.7 mile walk, it’d be about 1.8 miles.

Right now I’m listening to a Joe Rogan Experience episode with Henry Rollins. This is my first real exposure to the guy and it’s really fascinating listening to him talk about the places he’s been, and how he was rushed out of Iran after a family he was staying with was notified by a family member that he was shown on tv. He has a lot of good advice for actually living too, and not being stuck doing nothing. What’s weird is I just finished the Drew Carey episode of The Duncan Trussell Family Hour yesterday, and he was talking about the same thing. Drew was really insightful and had some good advice. I had no idea he was a devoted Buddhist.