#Honestly I'm super stoked this went super well

[apolaskiart]

Don't worry, they do get on that double date.

For day 18 of LOA ship-tober "Tattoo/Flower Shop". Both Gricko and Kremy own the flower shop while Gid and Frost own the tattoo shop!

[spider-stark]

A DARK AGE PREVIEW FOR PART 2 which is out now: link

// a dark tasm fan fiction // read first part here //

“Why are you here?” Mary Jane suddenly repeated the question you had first asked her, the one she had never actually answered. 

You paused for a moment, having only made it less than a foot away from her. “Visiting a friend.” You told her. If all went to plan, then it wasn’t technically a lie. 

Assuming there was little left for her to say, you took another step towards the brick building, only for her to speak again. 

“Peter?” 

There was something strange about the way she said his name. It was hesitant, as if she were worried that you’d say yes. You didn’t like it. 

“Yeah, actually.” You frowned slightly, unable to stop yourself from asking, “Why?” 

The look on her face was uncharacteristically dispirited. She refused to meet your gaze now as she stared past your shoulder at the Hall, “You’re not gonna find him in there.” 

In all the years you’d known Mary Jane, you’d never heard her sound so utterly normal, albeit a touch dejected, with her Miss. America-esque persona seemingly gone in an instant. 

It was uncomfortable. 

“Wait, do you know where he is?”  

“Of course I do.” She answered, quickly countering you, “But if you’re the one meeting him then shouldn’t you know where he is?” 

Your arms moved over your chest, an odd sense of jealousy settling over you. Mary Jane and Peter had never been particularly close, likely due to the lifelong rivalry that you and Gwen both had held with her, and so the idea of him even interacting with the girl left you feeling a bit unsettled. 

“Well, we were supposed to meet here,” you lied, shrugging a shoulder in the general direction of the building, “but it’s been a busy morning, so I guess he might’ve forgotten.” 

You paused, debating whether or not you should continue. There was a good chance that you didn’t want the answer to the question resting on the tip of your tongue, yet you decided to ask it anyway. “Were you just with him?” 

“Yes.” She answered too swiftly, cheeks darkening as she acknowledged her own speedy response. “We were supposed to go for lunch but–um,” Mary Jane cleared her throat, staring at her foot as she awkwardly kicked at the sidewalk, “he had to cancel… Said he was gonna be too busy developing photos all afternoon.” 

Her too-perfect face screwed up in an unsightly sort of way, and you almost felt guilty for making her feel like Peter had ditched her for you. 

Almost. 

Another part of you just felt sickly satisfied, taking great pleasure in her sorrow. You focused on that, finding it much more pleasant than letting your brain drift to the thoughts of why Peter and Mary Jane were going to have lunch together in the first place. 

“Mm, that sucks.”

planning on posting the next part of a dark age tomorrow or the next day if anyone is still interested in it! 11,500+ words for the upcoming part and i'm honestly super stoked for it even if no one else is lol

(preview headline depicts an older article the reader wrote for The Daily Bugle's website)

[ryuichirou]

Mobs/boys thoughts

We have a couple of asks about this topic, so I’ll post them separately! Thank you for your questions <3

Anonymous asked:

I just finished the first hallowen event, and I think it might have been the most stressful twst plot ever. The magicam monster were such rude entitled pricks that at times it was hard to read through.

But I have to admit that these kind of characters also bring out some fun potential scenarios. Have you ever thought about what kind of shenanigans they might have gotten up to? Idia seems like the easiest target of course, the perfect introvert to put against an horde of attention-seeking magimons. Also, I feel like I'm turning into "the mob anon" since I'm always bringing these kind of questions. I guess we'll see...

Mob Anon (yes), it was super stressful! I was so mad the entire time lol Yana is too good at writing mob characters that act exactly like mobs from hentai would act. This is the thought I was holding onto with my entire will just so I survive this insanity lol

I remember watching a jp video with a summary of this event and how the guy (who made it) went “alright, let’s kill them” (yoshi, koroshimashou), and that was the biggest mood.

However (if it wasn’t obvious by my mob comment earlier), I do agree that these characters bring out fun potential scenarios. I don’t remember a lot of details in this event, but I do remember being surprised that we haven’t seen a horde of magimons harassing Idia. But then we saw Idia trying to calm down Ortho who was about to literally murder these people, and yeah I guess that also makes sense lol But still! Imagine a bunch of guys touching Idia’s costume everywhere, commenting on it, manhandling Idia to take all kinds of embarrassing pictures together… I wonder if the boost of confidence that Idia gets from being the Pumpkin Knight would be enough for him to handle them.

I also remember them being very nasty with Leona and touching him while he was sleeping, and it honestly felt like Yana wanted us to think about them groping him inappropriately, touching his hair, rubbing against his face, overall treating their pirate ship as if this is some kind of ‘hole in the wall”, except there aren’t any holes there well other than—

Oh, and also that one guy who managed to touch Malleus and was super stoked about it! He touched Malleus Draconia woah!! Imagine how happy he would get if he touched him some more? Imagine how good of an example he set, and how quickly everyone would’ve started to rub against Malleus’ chonky tail, touch his horns, put fingers into his mouth to touch his teeth. It’s almost a bummer Malleus got mad so quickly that he almost killed everyone lol Sebek raised an army to protect his dignity so quickly, god it was a funny scene.

Vil had a bunch of fanboys, right? Those who ignored the “no cameras” sign and started taking pictures. Vil is way too good at handling harassers, so maybe he wouldn’t have a problem, but imagining him being disrespected by ill-mannered horny simps is always such a joy that I will dream about it…

I don’t remember what other guys went through… but based on how I’m talking about it now, it sounds as if I enjoyed these assholes ruining stuff for the boys lol No, screw them. But thanks to them we were forced to think about this.

Anonymous asked:

what kind of mobs do you like for the bottoms, or even just in general? ex like ugly bastards or nrc students for riddle

Oh Anon, if it was up to me, I would give away an ugly bustard for each of the bottoms for free… and they would go “wtf I don’t need this” lol When we’re talking about mobs, my first association is always this kind of man – gross, ugly, unpleasant and piglike. But Twst is also very good at other kinds of mobs: random guys always end up acting like some kind of assholes from hentai… and even regular background nrc students act this way… it’s so hard to pick one kind for each boy 😭

But I’ll try~ These are the kind of mobs that I think of when I’m thinking about our bottoms:

Riddle – Heartslabyul students (angry, bullying and rebellious)

Deuce – delinquent gang (both his old one, his rivals and just some random jerks), some gross pervy old men from his hometown that use his guilt against him

Leona – Savanaclaw students?? And his magift team

Jamil – Scarabia students (also angry at him), wealthy ugly bastards; I have a post about all of it.

Vil – Savanaclaw students (ironically), faceless obsessive fanboys (could be both young guys and older gross men), powerful older ugly bastards from the industry that abuse their power

Epel – delinquents (he and Deuce had a juicy moment with them in canon…), magift team, any group of big guys honestly, Epel looks good surrounded by big men

Idia – Ignihyde students (either fanboying over him or punishing him for being cocky), gross otaku guys, powerful older ugly bastards

Silver – his classmates manipulating him into “getting along”, Diasomnia students

Malleus – oh he is the most difficult to imagine in these situations for me, but he isn’t immune to mobs: Diasomnia students, powerful older ugly bastards (when Malleus was younger though).

[impala-dreamer]

As soon as supernatural ended, every actor held hands, formed a chain, and migrated to the Boys seeking refuge. You let one spn alumni into a project, and they come with buddies. I'm sobbing.

Well, let's be fair here... Mr. Kripke loves his buddies! lol

I'm all for it, honestly. We started with Jim Beaver and went on to grab Ackles and Benedict and JDM and I'm super fucking stoked for the new season like I can't even explain how excited. do you remember the disney commercial with the little kid in bed "I"M TOO EXCITED TO SLEEEPPP!" ? that's me. lol

[khaleesiofalicante]

Well, that was some plot twist, can I just say that Cami and Antoine were the real MVPs of this chapter? I loved every single thing they did and said in this chapter and I really really hope we see more of Antoine and Abigail, they are the only sane couple of this story (at least for now).

But I have soo many thoughts!

Most of the next generation, especially the kids you chose, to live in the same building has got to be one of my favourite plot twists. I'm shooketh. This has so much potential. Regine and Arthur? Kincaid wooing Arthur? Kincaid and Joan training and Arthur with Regine thirsting after them? Regine working through her feelings and becoming a better person? Lance witnessing Kincaid being a decent person and maybe being somewhat similar to him? Them hiding from the adoring crowd to a closet or something? Theia and Kincaid being amazing siblings in law? That storyline is a major game changer and I'm thrilled to see how you'll explore it!

I love love love Gwen and I'm so glad she's back! And telling Lucifer to respect Lance? Queen behavior right there

Does every Knightstorm have to be a bigoted nightmare? Blood supremacist, homophobe, what's next? No offence Mikkel but we have enough problems to worry about without you trying to create a cult. On a side note, super stoked to see what happened to him and Hermes. I have a feeling they used to be close? And most likely it was platonic but maybe a little romantic too? Maybe?👀

Here are some things that feel like they're connected (but probably aren't): 1)Theia mentions in LBAF 5 that she "sees" Lance dating a mundane blonde girl, like a Barbie girl, which reminds me of Regine 2)It's been mentioned a lot that Regine/Lance were going to be married/parabatai by Madeleime when they were kids a lot 4)Arthur sees Lance with a parabatai rune. I honestly don't even have an actual theory about this, those things just seem to connect?

Speaking of the parabatai rune, if Lance and Arthur don't end up becoming parabatai(I can see Atlas figuring the runes problem) Kincaid and Lance kind of make sense? Not because they are close but because parabatai are supposed to share a soul. And both Kincaid's and Lance's soul is Arthur. So, in a way they're already sharing a soul.

Another crazy theory: The prophecy isn't talking about Lance/Kincaid but about Lucifer/Micheal and Lance and Kincaid clash is just the beginning of the war between the other two. Or when Kincaid burns Lance, it would destroy the pandemonium but Lance would live, and it would be the prince of darkness' demise because he would no longer be a portal? Or even that it would destroy Lucifer and not Lance? Can Kincaid use heavenly fire to hurt Lucifer?👀

I was so convinced that Joseph would come back I just had a feeling! Oh, I can't wait to see his interaction with Madeleine and how he reacts to what he hears everything she has done. I can see Madeleine believing that it's not really Joseph or at first believing it and after he tells her what she's doing is insane, her being convinced it's a ploy by Lance. But that means his death is a canon event 😭

I am DYING just picturing how the conversation between Max and David planning the trial went. How they came up with using the alliance rune. That would've been an amazing scene, I love these two

Okay, while it was very in character, the Lance/Max interaction I didn't like. Because I feel like Max should have listened to Lance. He was the only person Lance would've told the actual reason to. The only person that could assure Lance that what he did was pointless. He did the same thing with Magnus in LBAF II and the "I hurt the people I love so they should stay away from me" mentality Lance has adopted screams Max so he really should've heard him out. Because it wasn't a "bullshit excuse" it was an actual reason that makes Lance feel bad about himself. And Max had an opportunity to comfort him and ruined it. But Lance needed a good whooping. I hope he talks to David about this. Let David do the comforting part.

Lance being happy about Arthur breaking up with Kincaid, while completely understandable and in character also feels wrong. He should've asked, because Arthur is so terrified and when Lance shut Theia out it was because of very similar reasons. But he wasn't alone in it. He had Gwen and Arthur. Arthur is alone. And he doesn't deserve that. And for a really long time he chose it. He hid it from other people. But now they know. So they have a say in it. To question, to help , to support him. They have an opening now and I really hope they take it. David asking why Arthur broke up with Kincaid made me so happy. I really hope he questions Arthur a little deeper about it. Because Lance and Max won't. And I get why. But someone has to. David really is holding them all together isn't he?

Every other villan in this story doesn't hold a candle to Lucifer. The guy is not here to fuck around. He kept to the point, he didn't have unnecessary dramatics. I can really see why he is considered the smartest out of all of them. Again, he DOES NOT fuck around. And that was crystal clear when Lance said he hates feeling unwanted and Lucifer made it sound like he doesn't want him. He used his insecurity against him and whether he meant it or not it was a very strong start for him to manipulate Lance. Never underestimate Lucifer indeed.

On a happier note, a small reminder that this isn't the first time Lance gives Theia flowers! But it's the first time they reach her-bad Kincaid

I live in Dream Denial Daydream world. It's like Barbie's world, except in this world all the good guys that came back to life can stay with zero consequences and only the assholes have to return to the dead. Some of them sooner than others. Pwease🥺

The Magnus changing the canon event- his dreams going away- Max treating Alec like that are things I have locked away in a little box and I refuse to revisit them until we get to LBAF 7. But Magnus not having these dreams makes me super worried about Other Magnus and the epilogue will probably let us know about what happened. I am so scared about that🙃

I can't believe that we are getting to the end of the first part! It was a wild ride and I loved every minute of it. Anxiously waiting for the epilogue and then it's back to Mavid fluff, I can't wait🥰

AHHHH LBAF ASK FROM VICKY. HEHEHE I LOVE THESE.

Cami and Antoine are indeed the MVPs. Really out there doing what needs to be done. We'll definitely see Antoine and Abby more...Maybe on a double date 👀

This is one of my favourite things about the next season (yeah I am saying it now too). I've been waiting to bring them all together. There's just gonna be a lot of bonding and I'm soooo pumped about it hehe.

Gwen, we missed you 🥹

Knightstorms being cunts, who else is surprised? Hermes and Mikkel is platonic I swear 🤣

They are not connected hehe. But then again I lie all the time so who knows?

Lance having a parabatai is hilarious to me idk why he'll be like "tying my soul to someone ew" But i'd love that for him

I've heard this theory before. I must say it's quite popular 👀

I remember when Joseph died, I let it slip that it's a canon event, I'm glad none of yall remember it kdjnkjsnjkdcs

I NEED A ONE-SHOT.

You're very right about this. It's in character, but it's also not the sensible thing to do. I feel like Other Max would've handled this before (he thinks with his head whereas Current Max very much still thinks with his heart)

Same thing. In character, but like bro why did you do that? I think Lance might have been too relieved to think too deeply about it. But maybe he'll start noticing how the break up affects Arthur? When mavid find out Arthur broke up with Kincaid, Max asks 'when' and David asks 'why' - a small hint there that David is indeed worried and doesn't understand why Arthur would do that. Hopefully they'll have a chat.

Lucifer 🫡

YOU REMEMBERED!

Wouldn't that be nice oof

Yeah all of it not good. very bad. terrible.

Wild ride is definitely right. Thank you for sticking with me through it 🥹🧡

[kuronekojj]

A quelqu'un que j'adore et que je n'aurai jamais....

Hello, the coolest human ever.

So, this is the guy who's like the coolest ever, a social butterfly, and supposedly the most attractive, like, seriously! Well, it's kinda true, that's why you have so many friends. Anyway, I just wanna say thanks for being super friendly and incredibly humble. And don't you dare stop being that awesome after reading this, okay? Keep it up, 'cause there's absolutely nothing wrong with you. And don't laugh, I'm pretty sure you'll be surprised, speechless, and laugh your head off reading this peak of comedy.

At first, I thought you were just one of those regular some random ppl who wanted to be friends with me, and I'm really thankful that you're so close to me rn. Seriously, Jul, you're a good person, humble, easygoing, and natural cool. No wonder you have so many friends, 'cause you're great at making people feel comfortable around you. But, Idunno since when I kinda started catching feelings for you, and at first, I thought it was just me admiring you. It's also awesome how much I've grown to adore Jay, honestly, thanks to you. I wanna thank you for making me admire Jay so much; he's truly someone worth looking up to. But then, after a few days went by, I was always stoked when you replied to my mentions. It made me so happy when your name popped up in my notifications and mentions. Sometimes, I'd read your messages first, but I'd purposely take a bit longer to reply, you know, to not make it too obvious that I was catching feelings for you. Hahaha. I feel so stupid for getting attracted to you, and I keep denying it... but here I am, still liking you after 27 days and counting. After getting to know you, I realized that you really deserve much greater love. You're too good to be hurt by people, and I don't wonder why people around you want to protect you because you deserve the best.

I thought this would only last a few days, and I was adamant about un-crushing myself because I felt so dumb. I have some pretty strong reasons for that. I've been questioning myself why I caught feelings for someone through mere mentions; I've never been like this before. I swear, Jul. I didn't have the courage to come up to you 'cause I figured I'd never have a chance. But just talking to you like a buddy already puts a big smile on my face. Being friends with you makes me super happy. I actually feel grateful because, for the first time, I've secretly liked someone all this time, and I'm turning it into a new experience, hahaha.

But, here I am, writing this, not expecting anything... I just wanted to get it off my chest. If you feel uncomfortable around me after reading this, it's okay, I understand... thanks for taking the time to read it. I want to apologize if maybe you're reading this and you already have a s/o; I didn't know about that, I'm truly sorry for them. After this confession, I won't be chasing after you, flirty or anything. If you still wanna interact with me, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you, Julian. Stay be my friends, okay? Pretty please.. I hope you're still willing to be friends with me, and I won't burden you with this... I promise. I'll always support u here even u have a s/o already; I'm genuinely happy for your happiness. It'll sting a bit, but being avoided by u would hurt even more..

By the way, I'll never send this note, maybe I'll just leave it alone until the day I laugh and cringe reading this. I don't want to make you uncomfortable, I value our friendship and I don't want to burden you... I'm so sorry for having crush on you.. but remember, someone saw something special in you, and that's a beautiful thing. Even if you're not ready for it now, their feelings are a reflection of your worth. You did nothing wrong at all, Julian. Thank you for being you.

Until the time comes, Kilian.

October 3, 2023.

[mermaidsirennikita]

I'm actually a little worried over the fact that Bridgerton is gonna be the standard for period dramas nowadays, like, that's how period dramas are gonna look like (and I'm not even talking about the diversity part, I'd ve very happy with a show actually giving poc people the protagonism they deserve and not call it diversity and having the only White character to be the main character of the whole show) we have things like The Buccaneers and that horrible Emma film Netflix made and wonder if that's the quality we are gonna have now

Mr Malcom's List was amazing, I love everything about that film, it was so well done

Honestly? I'm not that worried about it. Period dramas have always been hit or miss for me, and I think that while big hits always have an impact on their genres, they often don't have as massive an impact as we may think--because shows that try to follow them underperform, tastes change, and other big hits happen.

An example I'd think of is The Tudors, which... I'm not gonna lie to you. Like it or not, is probably one of the most impactful, if not THE most impactful period dramas we've seen in the past 20 years. It revived the idea of the high end period piece soap for an American audience--and it reminded people that period pieces don't have to be Masterpiece, BBC, ITV, whatever. They could be super sexy and super dramatic and super bloody. You didn't have to be a stickler for history.

That show got a lot of viewers and a lot of buzz--and honestly, it went a long way towards launching the careers of Henry Cavill and Nat Dormer. Showtime tried to replicate it with The Borgias, but obviously had much less success there. HOWEVER, I always think it's a little unfair that GoT gets credit for making period pieces hot again when a) it's not a period piece and you can tell its core audience doesn't associate it with those because of how much they talk about the dragons and the ice zombies and b) The Tudors had already stoked that flame, and then the general Tudor frenzy grabbed onto it, which is why Starz has been able to get mileage out of its PGregs/Tudor-general shows for so long. THOUGH! I hope the flopitude of their last Elizabeth show means they slow up.

You see other mini trends too--Vikings was a big hit, and because of that you got The Last Kingdom and its ilk and Vikings: Valhalla. Vikings really was nothing like The Tudors, aside from the fact that it had somewhat explicit sex for its network (nothing like The Tudors, but still) and centered on a piece of shit who treated women like garbage and needed!!! Sons!!!!!!!! It walked through a door I think The Tudors left open, but it wasn't as clear a followup as The Borgias or the PGregs shows were.

So while I think Bton is obviously having an impact, as seen with Buccs, I'm not worried about its long term impact. I HOPE we see more diverse period dramas continue to be a thing, though I feel that really is less a thing we can thank Bton for (see: Mr. Malcolm's List) and more a trajectory that was brewing already. I mean, Shondaland had technically already done it with Still Star-Crossed, a show I didn't like... at all. But it was diverse.

I mean, shows like Mary and George on the horizon are nothing like Bton and hopefully (if they're good) will have an impact. I think we're slooooowly seeing the rise in more explicit, less woebegone period dramas (not movies) centering queer people. Gentleman Jack got cancelled, obviously, but I think it still made strides on that front, and Mary and George will obviously be very queer but also very much not a "sad queer man is closeted and sympathetic but doomed" narrative. We haven't seen many shows depict a man actually using his sexuality to get ahead the way women are often depicted doing in shows like The Tudors--and at his mother's urging, versus his father's as is usually the case with a narrative like Anne Boleyn's.

Things just come and go in waves. I mean, watch The Artful Dodger if you're super worried about more romantic period dramas, it was so fucking refreshing. I do kind of wonder if the romance in that show was upped BECAUSE Bton had success, but it's so much better than anything they offered, all the while focused on a period of history we never see in international TV (1800s Australia), doing a fun little revamp of a classic story (Oliver Twist), with a diverse cast and a focus on like... medicine? But medicine in a way that feels less procedural and more narrative? Medicine and THEFT? Medicine and Theft and Kissing? And putting a salve on her inner thigh and blowing on it in an alley? And sexual tension during medical exams? (The 30 seconds of Jack and Belle tensing while he sits behind her and listens to her heartbeat in her darkened room after she strips out of her dress is better than anything Bton offered in two seasons.)

And additionally--if books are any indication, I actually don't know that Bton is having that big an effect. Historical romances are going through a slump right now; the most Bton has done is push Julia Quinn's books and offer a "if you like Bton" comp for some books, which...

Yes, Buccs got renewed, but I don't know that it... has had much of an impact? I don't see it mentioned much on social media, which could be my circles, but I also don't see it mentioned much on sites that normally push streaming shows, so. I don't know. I've yet to see a Bton acolyte (and there have been few) actually make an impact and stick around the way some of the Tudor spawns did, or the way shows that followed Vikings did, for that matter.

[golbrocklovely]

1. Personally agree about your opinion on matching tattoos with Colby. I’d think you’d want a tattoo that is unique to yourself. I get Colby can have made an impact on your life but like, you gonna be 50 and when your kid asks why you have a giant X on your back your gonna say cuz of a random guy you fanned over as a youth? Idk I have tattoos and some stand for people, but they are always a unique design that I understand. Not a copy paste situation.

2. Let’s just leave Kat and Sam alone to figure out their own relationship. Everyone has ups and downs. Maybe Sam was supposed to come visit her fam too and didn’t since Colby might need support so she went alone. It’s okay, they’ll sort it out and we just have to wish them the best either way.

3. I find it super sweet that even Jakes mom comments her support for Colby. I’m glad Jake is there for him even if it may be a smaller way than he would have back in the trap house days.

4. Finally, Kian being a dad is so weird but also I somehow think it suits him?? Like he’s gonna be a cool dad that really cares for him kid. I think Colby left a nice comment cuz while he doesn’t want kids any time soon I’m sure, he always talks about wanting a family and can understand Kians excitement. He mentioned how relieved he was the cancer didn’t affect his fertility in any way so when he is ready, I bet he will be so stoked to have his first child.

Sorry for the long one!!

hey, i don't mind a long ask. god knows my response will probably be longer lol

one. i think the reason i find it so weird is honestly bc colby's tattoos mean something to him. so to get the same one as him, sometimes in the same place, just feels off-putting. like, they don't mean the same thing to you as they do to him. you got the same tattoo as him just bc you like him. like, getting the x is fine, but getting it in the same spot is a bit silly to me.

in particular, i don't get getting the heart one. that one is literally just the simple pick-up logo. you're getting a pick-up artist's logo just bc colby got it and changed the meaning a bit for himself bc it also means protecting your heart. i just…. don't get it tbh. do whatever you want, i guess.

two. at this point, i've said all i can about sam and kat. i hope they're doing well. and that's all i can really say.

three. i saw jake's mom also commented on kian's post about being a dad. she's so sweet. she's like a friend's mom that comments on all your stuff just to be nice. i love her haha

four. i think it was just a bit surprising to see him announce it. i kinda thought that jc would have a kid before kian, but it doesn't really matter. i'm happy for him regardless.

and i think it's super sweet that colby was so concerned about having kids and making sure he could still have kids. not too many men actually look forward to being a father, so to see him want to definitely be one is sweet.

[christmasintheloonybin]

thought about engaging in consumerism this black Friday because I have wanted to buy a pair of black jeans for a long time (sad, impoverished life where I have to think long and hard before buying one pair of jeans but oh well). something about a deal actually repulses me I don't know why. I feel manipulated or something. it makes me want to buy a pair of jeans less. maybe growing up poor and resenting it, I despise a handout, I know a handout and a bargain are not the same thing, but I feel as if I cannot go through with buying a pair of jeans DISCOUNTED with my dignity intact. I would rather pay full price just to avoid feeling manipulated.

being broke has been good for me though, I realize all I really need in life is enough money for cigarettes. as long as I have cigarette money I am happy. small pleasure that goes a long way. I am cheap as hell when I'm broke, when I have money I am actually quite generous, I genuinely enjoy taking people out to eat buying things for people I like etc. not just with women its not a chauvinist thing. just people I like. but in general some part of me does feel ashamed and emasculated when I'm with someone, especially a woman, at a restaurant and I don't pay for the bill. I understand the arguing thing because it's genuinely humiliating. being broke I have also learned an important skill - going into a store without buying anything. I hate to be "that guy" in book stores or record stores especially, who go in for the vibes or to be seen there without actually sort of paying your dues. its disgusting! especially because these are niche and honestly irrelevant markets, so if you want to have book stores to stroll through and feel cultured at in the future, you better pitch in to keep them alive. but this is an important skill I believe still, to say "I don't really need this." and I realize, again, that I really need very little. just cigarettes. and food ideally. I'd choose cigarettes over food, though.

all this being said, i have a promising lead at a bakery, I just need to sort some things out with the community college I plan on attending first, lol. I think it would be nice to work at a bakery, even though it involves getting up obscenely early, I can't sleep and I wake up at around 5:00 anyways, so 3:00 or 4:00 wouldn't be a severe adjustment. it would prohibit me from staying up late but I have no social life so it makes no difference to me.

community college, I am obviously not super stoked about. but I already did a year, right after I graduated high school, and they have a program in place for transfers to the local university that everyone goes to, it's informally called "grade 13" because just about everyone goes there after high school, like as a default. I don't particularly care where I go, maybe I could transfer to a college somewhere else in the country, this might be a good idea, but the local college town is relatively close to where I live, I am familiar with the area, it's just more comfortable than if I packed up and moved to California or Texas or something. lol. but maybe that would be good for me. community college, depressing but probably a good halfway point between the proletarian and bourgeois worlds. if I went straight into regular university, with all these fucking teenagers I think it would be a very alienating experience. if I can ease my way in, it will still be strange when I'm in classes with people four or five years younger than me, but at least I'll be slightly more acclimated and I can just do my own thing. also I look young, so it's not that weird. my problem is more idiot kids who think they know everything. it's funny seeing young people now, I mean even like 20 year olds. they think they know everything but they're just kids. because I can remember being like 15 and thinking I knew it all. like I had everything figured out. just a product of aging I guess. of course, I have always felt this way and disavow my former self as an idiot, but the pattern continues, I'm sure in a year I'll think about the things I thought now and be embarrassed. this is life!

[hobis-halo]

i saw txt in fukuoka and they were so good! they performed pretty much all of my favorite songs so i was super happy. most of them were the japanese versions obviously, with some of their original japanese language songs as well, and some of them were the original korean songs when they didnt have a japanese version. i'm super stoked that they performed 一つの誓い 'we'll never change', the choreography was super creative. tho i was kinda disappointed by the absolute lack of whining during 'the killa'... yeonjun and soobin yall need to throw that shit back if youre gonna do some afrobeats!!!!

also they were super good at japanese??? trilingual kings?? idk im not a native speaker but they seemed fucking good to me. i didnt understand everything they said tho i wont lie 😂 learned a new word from them, 'bari', apparently its fukuoka dialect for 'very'.

i have to say tho, the vibes at japanese concerts are so different than US concerts... it was so quiet lmao. if it were in the US i'd consider it a 'dead' crowd but i think its normal for japan? everyone was very quiet except for fanchants and clapping/quiet cheering at the end of the songs. i usually enjoy the energy of concerts and a lot of that comes from the audience, so it was kinda strange for me. the members would shout "MAKE SOME FUCKING NOISE!!!" and shit like that and there would be a short quiet cheer from the crowd, no crazy screaming or shouting lmaooo

but it was also kinda nice because you could hear the singing and music a LOT better than in the US where everyone in the crowd is screaming and singing along all the time. also, they didn't allow photos or videos until the very end, so no one had their phones out and you could see very clearly. in the US a lot of ppl basically film the whole concert which gets a bit annoying.

the ticketing system was also weird for me. apparently for most idol concerts in japan they have multiple different rounds of ticket sales, the first one goes to the fanclub and then eventually to general sales which is what i did. i couldn't choose my seat, it was automatically assigned based on when u bought the ticket, so since i bought one of the last available general sale tickets i was in the very last row lmaooo. honestly i could see everything pretty well so i didn't mind, but it was strange not being able to select a specific seat. they also only accepted physical tickets, so i had to get it printed out at the convenience store lol, but thats how a lot of stuff is in japan so its not that wild to me.

overall, as someone who enjoys the energy of concerts as it helps me get more into it, i think i prefer the US concerts, even though there are definitely pros and cons to both places. but i'm glad i went, and if TXT comes back again while i'm living here, i'll definitely go again! maybe i'll join the fanclub and get a lightstick.

had a legendary string of bad luck in fukuoka though, i lost my fucking residence card in the stadium 😭😭😭 its a bureaucratic and language nightmare trying to find that shit. missed the first song or two of the concert bc of it... oh well.

[giddygumdrop]

A Day Out with Yukari

for Fumo Friday, I figured I'd share some pics from Yukari's first day trip with me earlier this week. Check it out under the cut!

I got up bright and early to catch the bus. I didn't sleep all that well, honestly. I've been having an uptick in nightmares. Even the night before Yukari and Miko arrived in the mail, I dreamed that my package arrived damaged, and instead there was a bootleg Nitori fumo that was weirdly slimy. I used to keep a dream journal regularly a few years back, but i find it hard to keep up with now.

First, I took Yukari to my favorite local coffee shop. Its a great place to haunt while I wait for my shift at work to start. We picked up a large hazelnut latte!

After that, I took Yukari to work with me, and I don't have any pics of that since I'm not tryna doxx myself lol. I was pretty excited to show her to one of my regulars, since he's a big Touhou fan too. He's partially to blame for reigniting my hyperfixation with it, since he recommended I play Mystia's Izakaya. He was so stoked to see Yukari, and we had a nice chat about fumos and other stuff for a bit.

Other than that, my shift was pretty ordinary. some of our seasonal halloween candies came in and my coworkers and I got to plan how we were going to display them. But I was mainly looking forward to going to the movie theater right after, which is just a short walk down main street.

Yukari and I saw Deadpool and Wolverine together! All of my close friends were really hyping it up to me, so despite not bothering to watch anything Marvel related for the past few years, I decided "what the hell". Tickets are super cheap at this place on tuesdays anyhow. I smuggled in some rice cakes, a big tin of spicy cheddar balls, and some canned mango boba tea. But I was mostly too absorbed into the movie to eat any of it. It was a lot of fun, i went in with low expectations but I ended up really liking it. In retrospect, I'm not too surprised cus I really liked the other two Deadpool movies way back when they came out.

After the movie I stopped at a different coffee shop, one that one of my coworkers works at as her second job. She wasn't in, but I got a nice hot chocolate with espresso. I didn't take a picture cus I was in a hurry to catch the bus home. Definitely will next time though. All in all, it was a pretty good day!

Bonus picture of Miko and I back at my favorite haunt taken this morning, this time with a book I bought the other day. A horror novel called "The Eyes Are The Best Part" by Monika Kim. I'm already almost done with it, I've been basically glued to its pages since I started it. If I remember, I'll have to give my thoughts on it over on my horror sideblog.

That's about it, enough yapping from me lol. Happy Fumo Friday everyone!

[shizu-yuuki]

I was scrolling my dash today and thought "man, they haven't replied in a hot minute. Hopefully everything's okay." Then I had to stop and think. And I realized I never actually sent what I meant to! I feel quite dumb 😭😭

I'm doing just about as well as any other semi-sane 20 something year old with the usual sleeping problems can whilst working 48 hour weeks 😂😂 Ya know, there's a certain joy in working almost 10 hours more than your elderly coworker Every. Single. Week. And yet still being told by them that you're "ToO yOuNg tO bE TiReD." 🙄🙄😮‍💨

So how have you been? Hopefully things have settled down somewhat and are going fairly decent? Cosplaying always seems pretty fun, but I get too self-conscious to try it 😅 Do you make your own cosplays or do you just get the things you need? I'm so sure I didn't word that very well, but I know there are people who handmake a lot of their stuff, while there are others who get the already made pieces? Either way, it seems like fun 🤩

HEY!! long time again so sorry! my lifes been all over the place honestly... to answer the cosplay question I do a bit of both! I'm not confident enough to make full suits however I do enjoy making props and accessories for them, the clothing itself I'd order from somewhere I trust that can guarantee much better quality than I can lol. Works been insane for awhile and my home life went through some bumps, but now it's more peaceful and things are working themselves out.

Definitely feel your pain on the working part though, I always hear stupid comments like that whenever someone hears me mention that like, my back hurts, or my legs/arms are sore. Etc. People can be really ignorant :(

I hope you've been doing okay, I'll be around to respond a bit more now that things are going a bit better :) also super stoked because Wanderer's rerun in genshin is tmrw and I'm going for C6 💙

[sweetbriermouse]

FINALLY!!!! I HIT 168.8lbs this morning! I also figured out some of my problems and will be fixing then over the next 3 months with some help! I'm back to the gym this week since I have been careful over the weekend and am almost completely recovered!

One of my vehicles, the one that broke down, is now running again with no shop visit so that's amazing! I will still get it a full workover asap but now I don't have to replace a transmission like I was worried! My other vehicle still needs tires and a shop visit because the last one fucked it up but it took me months to realize so now I can't do anything but go elsewhere. Brightside, I found the exact tires I need brand new for $70 cheaper per tire than quoted! And my quote was supposedly discounted so thats another big bonus! I'll be replacing them end of the month and getting the car into a shop hopefully around or just after the new years.

With my raise and my increase of hours next month I will also be taking over 100% of utilities for the household and just over half of the mortgage payments! Currently my mother owns the house and does live here though she isn't home most of the time, but the house will be given to myself and my partner when she moves as was the plan since purchase as the 3 of us went in together on it to avoid being homeless or forced to move all 3 in different places. My mother never intended to stay beyond a few years, though it's a positive relationship so we don't mind sharing a home. Her debt has gotten a bit too large though so my being able to take on almost $750 of the household bills and my partner covering internet, trash, household groceries, and miscellaneous expenses as well frees up a good chunk for her so she can pay down or off those debts!

I am going to be launching explicit sites at the end of this month with 3 tiers of subscriptions as well. I won't post much on here about them because that's not what this blog is for, but I do wanna share that I am doing it because to me it is a huge deal! I am excited because it's honestly very freeing to me to post that sort of content, not to mention boosting my self confidence more because while I highly critique my own work I also refuse to ever modify it. I don't use filters on posts unless they are obvious things like the snapchat butterflies or horns, I don't reshape or touch up things because I don't want to warp my self image more than I do as is, and when I do look back on them later I tend to love myself. Any extra income from it also means extra payments on debt or extra savings built up since regardless of how much I make I never plan to budget any stable income from it nor do I ever intend for it to be my main source of income.

Additional goodies for 2024, I GOT ACCEPTED INTO MY STATE UNIVERSITY!!!!! I'll be attending for the fall 2024 semester and getting my bachelor's in accounting followed by my masters and a CPA license! I'll be speaking with an advisor in a couple weeks about 100% online options so I can maintain my full time job, and I will be heavy hitting the preemptive studies! I have an accounting for dummies book, some podcasts, and additional resources and am super duper stoked to study so it's an easier transition into the degree!

I'm also doing outfit and glow up boards on punterest, spending more time on myself when I have the energy, and working on different things that improve my energy! 2023 is pre glow up prep! Learn how to have one, start forming the habits! 2024 is glow up season! Getting out of debt, getting into positive tracks, improving my quality of life and self love, and being my best self! No more lazy fits and messy styles, no more feeling and looking blegh. I'll be stepping up my game three times as much as now! Baby steps for now full run for the new years!

[medicaldoctordana]

Dad, I'm Dating Superman

no one said my writing was good, but that's not going to stop me from doing it anyway... Read on ao3

She didn’t ask for this assignment. In fact, this assignment would have been the last thing she would have asked for. Especially now. Lois had this nagging feeling that Clark was going to propose soon, and the last place she wanted to be right before that happened was a dangerous war zone. There was a small chance she may not come back from this assignment.

Perry White wanted his best reporter out there. An anonymous donor offered to fund her trip and at the behest of finding out why, The Planet couldn’t refuse such a generous offer. Plus, questions needed to be asked, answers needed to be got and there was no better person for the job than intrepid reporter Lois Lane. Even if she was a woman– and a white woman at that; she was small and non-threatening. Surrounded and protected by the United States Army, Lois Lane could gain access to the spaces she needed and ask the questions that required answers.

The only downside to the assignment was that Clark Kent would be stuck at home covering her beat while she was gone.

“You okay, Lois?” Clark asked as Lois stormed out of their boss’s office and back to her desk.

“No,” came her curt reply. “I’m fine. I’m stoked! I’m pissed, I’m fine.” She enunciated each emotion with a different tone.

“Those sound kind of contradictory, Lois. What happened?” Clark had a sympathetic look on his face. He smoothed down his tie and scooted in closer to her on his rolling chair.

Lois glared at Clark, “What, you didn’t use your super hearing to listen in?” She whispered the superpower, not wanting the entire office to know his secret.

Clark spun out in his chair. He thought they were done with this fight. He’d spent two week’s worth of paychecks on flowers just to get her to speak to him again. He resettled his glasses on his face and took a deep calming breath in. “No, Lois. I made a promise to you and I intend to keep that promise.” He spoke sincerely and mentally put ‘flowers’ on his shopping list again.

“Sorry,” She bowed her head in shame. “That– That wasn’t fair. I shouldn’t have said that. It’s just– Perry’s putting me on a plane tonight to go off to work with my dad .” Lois rolled her eyes and slumped in her chair.

Not many people were privy to the location of a four-star general. But from the information shared in the briefing she just received, the mission was headed by General Lane and whoever was sponsoring her plane ride seemed to ignore the conflict of interest by picking the only Daily Planet reporter related to the head of the special unit of the Department of Defense.

It was just her luck, honestly. Right as things were going incredibly well in her personal life, her work life had to drop the story of the century in her lap and take her away from it all. She was not looking forward to all that dust in her hair. But she was looking forward to the possibility of the Pulitzer nomination if things went her way. In the most humble of ways, of course.

“Your dad? Isn’t he in–?” Clark asked.

Lois looked at him wide-eyed and serious. “Yeah,” she nodded open-mouthed. The most fucking dangerous part of the world right now.

“Lois!” Clark acted all surprised. Mostly that Perry would send anyone to cover that story so early in the fighting. There was likely no information to gather as very few pieces on the table even existed, let alone were moving with a plan in mind. It seemed reckless and premature in Clark’s mind.

“I know!” Lois responded with equal enthusiasm. “Some unknown billionaire is paying for the flight and protection and the Planet could really use the good press and the money. You know things have been tense ever since Bush took office.” So much for working for a non-partisan, unbiased paper.

“I know, I know. But Lois, it’s–” Clark widened his eyes and raised his eyebrows like he was afraid to put a name to where she was headed.

Lois recoiled. “My dad will be there along with way too many military personnel and I bet they’ve got the tents and camp on high-security alert. There will be armed transports with a convoy of at least five tanks. Plus with all the extra padding from the mysterious benefactor, I’m less worried about my physical safety and more concerned about my mental safety. I mean, Clark. It’s my father. You know how he is about me and dangerous situations. I bet they haven’t even told him who they’re sending in.” Lois wished for anything that she could call him up and warn him about her arrival. He might have been able to get her out of this if it weren’t for the haste in getting her there. It was too late to do anything now but show up unexpectedly.

“Do you– Do you want me to come with you?” Clark asked hesitantly. They were still working on their dance of partnership. He still wasn’t sure when to implicitly step in and when to let her figure things out on her own. He was getting better at it but it had only gotten harder since he revealed his identity to her.

“No, Clark. You need to stay home. Perry needs you to cover my stories here.” Lois brushed him off and played with the loose strands of her sweater. She wanted nothing more than her big, buff boyfriend to follow her everywhere and support her. But she was also Lois Lane and fearless in the face of danger. She could handle herself on a little makeshift army base and didn’t need any man watching out for her. However, Lois was secure enough to admit to herself that it was okay to want him there.

“That’s not what I meant, Lois,” he used that tone with her, shifted his voice low, and inched ever so slightly into her personal space.

Lois felt her cheeks heat and she smiled shyly as if she just remembered her boyfriend was also Superman. “No, Clark. I don’t need Superman coming to the rescue to shield me from my dad. I’ll be fine.”

Sam Lane liked Clark well enough, but he hated Superman. Something, something, Clark was a bumbling idiot and she could do better but at least he was safe. And Superman. God, Sam Lane hated how he refused to pledge allegiance to the American Flag and its people.

“Whatever you say, Lois.” Clark scooted back with a playful smile. “The offer still stands, just call my name and I’ll be there.”

Lois’s lips turned up and she leaned in to give him a quick peck on the side of his mouth. “Thank you, Clark.” She whispered her admission then stood up and gathered her bag. “I have to get home. My flight leaves in three hours. Come with me and help me pack?” Lois reached her hand out and felt warmth radiate through her body at his touch. He would follow her anywhere.

XXXXX

An unmarked car picked her up at her apartment at the exact time noted on the itinerary Perry had given her at their late meeting. It drove her to a private airfield and dropped her off outside an unmarked jet. The entire way there, she didn’t interact with a single person. There weren’t even people on the tarmac. Lois’s investigative reporter senses were on high alert. A sinister feeling was brewing in the air and for once, she couldn’t wait to see her father– if only to provide a touchstone of safety and familiarity.

She took her own bag with her up the stairs to the plane and wished she had Clark’s x-ray vision to check for bombs. Lois took a seat overlooking the right engine and wing and buckled her seatbelt. 

An automated voice came over the intercom system and welcomed her to her flight. It announced the newly established safety protocols and gave an estimated time of arrival for her destination. The stairs automatically pulled up and it was final. The engines started and the plane began its drive down the runway.

Lois was locked into staying on this flight until it landed or crashed. She wasn’t sure which was more likely.

Immediately, Lois took out her notebook and started jotting down notes. She had a list of questions storming in her head from the second the car arrived outside her apartment and Clark kissed her goodbye. 

They were simple questions at first, Who? Where? Why? But with each passing moment, they grew more complex. More suspicious. Who would go through all this effort? Where were the people orchestrating this from? Why me?

As she was writing her second page of thoughts, a person finally emerged from the cockpit. He was a tall and stocky man. A blonde-red hair covered his head and face. He looked familiar but Lois couldn’t quite put her finger on how she knew him.

Lois scrutinized the man in front of her further. He wore a black button-down with slacks. She suspected he wasn’t a pilot, but perhaps was the man behind this all. He had a look of privilege and evil in his eye and she couldn’t quite shake the bad feeling she got from him.

“Miss Lane. Glad you could make it on such short notice. I’m Aaron Dexter Hull and I’ll be your cruise director for this trip. I’m sure you have many questions and I promise we’ll get to those in due time. Please, feel free to stretch your legs once we hit our altitude and grab any refreshments from the bar in the back. Enjoy the flight.” His voice was scratchy and weathered.

She wrote down his name in her little notebook before reaming him with her questions and demanding he give her answers.

[zreamy]

life has been good too honestly!!! My birthday went well :D and now I'm already one month into my uni :OO like can u believe itttttt

I have made some friends there and like I alr have a sort of a friend group who honestly I love ! I finished one course already that was one month long and it got over yesterday :)))))

It's been busy too ngl like assignments and projects and I know it's just the start but still and like evn my English classes are great as well as my professor, she's so so sweet :")

im just happy I'm adjusting pretty okay so yeah that's mostly it!!

Also congratulations on passing your classes 🎉 all the best for your graduation!!! and also for your creative writing classes hehe hope you enjoy them to the fullest!

— 🐳

omg this is all such good news !!! im so happy u've been able to make friends it can be so hard sometimes so this is awesome to hear !!!

in a weird way i kind of miss having assignments and tasks to do 😭 and im happy ur enjoying urself <3 also so good to hear about your professor being sweet omg i think except for 2, every professor i had was a walking nightmare..

ahhhh thank u so so much !!! im super stoked about it and i finally have a grad date set so onwards and upwards and all that other good stuff :DDD tysm for the update omg always so good hearing from uuuu <333

[modernmanblues]

Hi there! This is your secret santa (🌻)! I can only ask from my main blog, but otherwise I'm over at @thespiritualmultinerd for mixed fandoms and the '60s-'70s stuff.

I hope you got your Christmas shopping done and that you'll have a wonderful day today! A bass guitar for yourself sounds like a great idea ^^ Do you know how to play or are you learning?

I listened to the whole album, but was also busy doing other things at the same time so didn't listen very closely, but I definitely want to go back to it and listen more to 10cc during next year overall! Thank you so much for sharing things about them and making me more invested!

Aaw, While My Guitar Gently Weeps is one of my favourites too, though not one I have listened to as much as some of their other songs. But it just has that.... that sound to it. When The Levee Breaks is one of my favourite Zeppelin songs too! I was reluctant to listen to Stairway at first when I was getting into Zeppelin because that's the popular one, but then it came on on a playlist and..... well okay it's great. x)

Aww haha, The Chipmunk Song is really cute! 😄

We did all the celebrations yesterday (I'm Swedish and Christmas Eve is the big day here), so today is mostly dedicated to TV and candy, though we have some more gifts to wrap for friends we haven't seen yet. What are your plans for today? (also no worries of course if you don't have time to reply to this today 😅). I hope you'll have a wonderful day anyway - Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🏻✨

Howdy! pleasure to formally meet you ☺️

Sadly, i’ve been stuck indoors the past few days due to bad weather so i didn’t get any christmas shopping done. i’m hoping the weather’s a bit tomorrow so i can finally get my bass guitar! i’m super stoked!! 😄 i already know it’s gonna be love at first sight 🥰

and i’m happy to hear you listened to DB. that entire album is just *chefs kiss* bellissimo 😘🤌🏼✨ i love that not only did Eric wrote most of the songs on that album, but he also engineered/produced it! UGH! that man has it all..extremely talented, handsome, smart, funny, hardworking and so devoted to his career, all the more reason for me to fall for him more and more everyday 😍 anyways, if you like 10cc’s stuff i recommend listening to “How Dare You” “Sheet Music” and “The Original Soundtrack” next! all three are very brilliant albums and ones that really catapulted my obsession with those 10cc boys ☺️

I remember writing an essay about While My Guitar back in 10th and surprisingly I got a good grade on it. The lyrics are so profound, I think. One can interpret that song so many ways. Stairway is always a classic, but I mainly like their other not-so-popular songs. Since getting back into Zep, I’ve been repeatedly listening to their first three albums and I gotta say, every time I revisit their catalog I always end up gaining a new appreciation for their music. Lately, I’ve really obsessed with No Quarter (honestly, it’s mainly bc of jpj lol). JP’s live piano solo for No Quarter has definitely given me a newfound appreciation for him as an artist. Funny thing and I might’ve mentioned this already but, when I first got into Zeppelin years ago I only became obsessed with them bc of Jimmy Page then I went through a short Robert Plant phase, then the last time I was on my Zeppelin kick a few years ago it was bc Bonzo reeled me in lol. Jonesy always seems to be overshadowed by the other three, probably bc he was always “the quiet one” But now that I got back into them, I truly believe he was the real MVP of the group 💗

And Sweden, eh? i bet you have some interesting stories to tell about your country. I can’t say much bc I live in Northeastern United States where it’s boring and there are more cows than people, yeehaw! 🤠

No special plans for today, just watching holiday films. Couldn’t really do much today since my mom’s been sick and has been spending this entire weekend resting :(( we’re probably gonna celebrate after Christmas once she’s feeling better.

Well I hope you had a lovely celebration with you and your loved ones! I’ve really enjoyed our little banter 😊

Happy Holidays again! 🎄