#I'm happy for her because she finally got to build her gaming computer

[420thewritersroom]

so not only do I have my job getting in the way of me wrting, but I've been under the weather for the past 5 days now

[sawtastic-sideblog]

"I meant to ask. What's the J for?" Peter asks as he hands Lynn her drink.

"Johnathan. After John."

"Well, that's sweet. Does he know yet?" Peter asks as Lynn nods. Lynn walks to her table to wait on Jeff and Corbett to arrive as Adam rushes through the door.

"Is it just me or has this snow gotten worse?"

"It's definitely gotten worse. Hopefully not too much worse. Wanna clock in and get some drinks for Jeff and Corbett ready. I'll get the ladies theirs," Peter suggests. Adam nods and heads back to the breakroom.

"Adam's socks are soaked. He's upset by it. I'll go get him more once I get these scones out," Amanda says walking to the kitchen.

"It's cold out," Pops says observing the snow falling outside the shop. "We may close down early."

"Whatever you think is best," Peter says watching Jeff and Corbett run in and over to the table Lynn is at, chatting with Adam. Timothy walks in a few minutes later followed by Lawrence and finally Mark within the hour.

"Peter," Pops calls from his office.

"Yeah?" Peter asks as he walks into the office.

"Inform everyone that we will be shutting down early. As in now early. Finally got the internet to connect long enough to check the weather. We have a big snow storm coming in. Give them each a bag of pastries on the house. If anyone needs a ride, help them find one."

"Yes, sir," Peter turns and goes to find his coworkers. "Adam, Amanda!"

The two emerge from the kitchen, each with a fresh tray of various pastries. Peter explains the situation and everyone springs into action. Amanda starts bagging up pastries, Adam makes everyone a warm beverage for their journey home, and Peter goes to switch the sign to 'closed' and starts making his rounds and telling everyone the news.

Just as everyone starts to get ready to venture out into the cold, a loud crash is heard. Everyone goes silent as they turn toward the door. Some with looks of confusion, others with concern, and Corbett with fear.

"Mom? What happened?"

"I don't know, honey," Lynn says as she looks to Peter for an answer. He can only stand hopeless staring at the snow covered glass door. Pops strides up to the counter.

"The backdoor is covered too," he says solemnly. "I'm going to make some calls. Adam, Amanda, Peter, drinks on the house."

The three scramble into action, making sure everyone is comfortable. Pops comes back about forty five minutes later.

"What's going on, Pops?" Adam asks from the Old Bitty Commitee table.

"The abandoned building behind us collapsed, according to Jill. She said it was so old that the structure couldn't take the weight of the snow. It fell this way and blocked off at least eight stores on this side. Six across from us. There are people buried out there, so if yall see anybody get them inside. I called the mall office and they said emergency personnel are working on getting us all out, but cars and motorcycles, in Adam's case, are all buried. If we get out the city will be providing busses to get all of us home. For now, everyone get comfortable, charge your phones, computers, whatever you have in case we lose power, and get settled in because it looks like we're gonna have a long night. Happy New Year Ever, everyone."

Concerned whispers go around the shop. Peter goes towards the breakroom with Amanda, pulling Adam along with her, not far behind.

"Remember Pops' birthday? Where we played games and had a movie night here with some of our regulars?" Peter asks Amanda.

"Yeah, I think the games are in the cupboard and we should still have that projector and screen somewhere," she replies while going to rummage through a closet. Adam plugs in his phone and takes his laptop from bag and plugs it in as well. Peter and Amanda also plug in their phones.

"Found the games," Adam says pulling down Monopoly, Clue, Chess, Checkers, a deck of cards, Uno, Phase 10, and some weird headband game. He walks out into the cafe and sets the games down. "I found these if anyone wants to play. I think Peter and Amanda are still looking for things. I'll go back to help them."

"You good?" Peter asks as Adam returns to the breakroom. Adam shakes his head, his cheeks flushed.

"I can't help but feel like an idiot when I talk to Lawrence. I'm a full on fool when I do anything remotely close to public speaking, so having Lawrence here as I talk to a room full of people. I'm just a dolt."

"Don't beat yourself up. It's rough having to talk to people. I get it," Amanda says, placing a hand on Adam's shoulder. Adam shakes his head again.

" I don't think you do, Amanda. I like this guy. I thought he was super attractive the day I fist saw him and I've kinda gotten to know him the last month, even though I don't really talk to him. I see the books he's reading and I look them up. I've read a couple. I listen to the conversations he has with other patrons. He's so smart and kind and funny. I'm in deep, guys. I'm in way too deep."

"I'd say so," a voice from the doorway says. Adam jumps and turns around to find Cal there. His face turns to worry. "I'm not gonna tell anyone. Calm down. I just came back to see if you needed help to find the projector."

"Please," Peter says. "I don't remember where we put it."

"Pops' office. The DVD player is in there and the DVDs."

"Thanks, Cal," Peter says, ruffling her purple hair that is currently pulled into low ponytail. She swats at his hand and follows him into the office. About twenty minutes later, the projector is up and everyone decided that Corbett got to pick the movie. The opening credits to Flushed Away plays on the screen as a thud is heard on the window.

"It's a kid," Mark says as he makes his way to the door. He opens it and plows, head first, into the snow. Lawrence and Lynn stand near the door ready to take a look at the boy. Mark grabs the kid by the arm and drags him through the snow to his body. They make their way through the door. Jeff and Adam push it closed as Amanda and Cal sweep the snow out. Peter and Pops provide them with towels and the two doctors are immediately looking over the boy. He's a teenager probably around sixteen. His blond hair in wet curls against his forehead. Lawrence is checking his pulse while Lynn checks his eyes with her cellphone flashlight. Timothy offers a few suggestions about getting him warm.

"Here, Mark," Peter says as he holds out a towel.

"Thanks."

"You're soaked."

"Snow is water, Peter."

"He's alright," Lawrence says to the worried crowd. "A little cold but nothing life threatening right now, but I do suggest a proper doctor's visit after this."

"What's your name, son?" Pops asks crouching in front of the chair the kid is in.

"Daniel Matthews."

"Where were you coming from?"

"I was out with my friend, Brent. We were trying to leave and got separated when the snow fell. I managed to make my way here. I'm freezing."

"Adam, make him a drink. Peter I think there's at least some shirts in the store room," Pops tells Peter who start walking to the store room, Mark hot on his heels.

"Can I help you?" Peter asks as he walks in.

"I'm helping you find a shirt for the kid. And for me. I'm cold too."

"Fair enough."

It takes the men a couple of minutes to find a box of shirts with the logo of the shop on them. Mark sheds his button up and undershirt, leaving him bare chested inches from Peter, who takes in the view. Discreetly of course. He looks down at the shirt in his hands but his eyes follow Mark's body down to his waistband.

"Like what you see?"

"Considering I designed this shirt. Yes, I do."

Mark hooks his fingers under Peter's chin and makes eye contact. Peter swallows hard and tries to avoid Mark's burning eyes. Mark's hand drops to the shirt and he pulls it over his head. He leans in close to Peter's ear.

"This could all be yours. Just say the word. I'll leave you to take care of that," Mark says as he takes the shirt from Peter's shaky hands. Peter let's out a breath after Mark closes the door. Slowly, Peter sinks to the floor and groans. Feeling the effect Mark has left on him. Painfully so.

The door opens, someone enters, and the door closes again. The person sits in the floor across from Peter. He knows who it is and that they won't take until Peter is ready. A cup and a napkins with a cookie on it enter his view. The pair sit in silence for a few more minutes. Peter finally takes the cup and brings it to his mouth. The scent of chamomile enters his nose.

"My favorite."

"Especially the way I make it?" Pops jokes. Peter nods almost pathetically.

"What's wrong with me, Pops?" Finally meeting Pops' eyes, Peter questions. Sad blue eyes meeting older, sympathetic eyes.

"Nothing, Peter. There is nothing wrong with you. You have a crush on a man. And for the first time, you're letting yourself feel it. At least, a little bit. It's scary, I know."

"Fucking terrifying."

"Let yourself feel it. Take it slow. Set your boundaries. Let Mark know that you're interested in more than just the physical way you body reacts," Pops says making a vague motion towards Peter's lap. "I just want you to be happy. Give yourself that. I've seen you beat yourself up over things, throw yourself into women when you feel like you've had feelings for a man, and I've seen you going crazy over Mark for a month. Please, Peter, let him in. Let yourself fall. If you get hurt, that's life, but I don't think that Mark will hurt you. He's a gentleman through and through, but he is a big flirt."

"Did you have this talk with Adam, too?" Peter asks chuckling as he sniffs and wipes his eyes with the arm holding his cup.

"No, but I don't need to. He's realized it. Of course, he can always ask questions and come to any of us."

"Pops, I'm scared," Peter whispers meeting his eyes. Tears fall as he tries to quickly wipe them away.

"Talk to him. Nine hours to midnight. Maybe you'll have a new years kiss," Pops says chuckling to himself. Peter throws the now empty napkin at him.

"Crazy old man," Peter laughs. "I'm gonna sit in here a while. Think about things."

"Take your time, son. We'll be waiting."

Peter nods as Pops stands.

"No matter what, Peter, I still love you."

"I love you, too, Pops."

Pops walks back to the group and looks around. The of the four older ladies in the corner booth have taken it upon themselves to each knit a part of a sweater for Daniel. Cal is crocheting parts of it. Adam is refilling Jeff and Timothy's coffees as they play chess. Lynn and Corbett are watching the movie. Lawrence is reading his book, occasionally looking up at the movie or at Adam. Amanda is talking to Daniel and making him play Checkers. Mark walks out of the bathroom and over to Pops.

"I take it you talked to him about me?" Mark asks, although it wasn't much of a question.

"Don't hurt him. I don't have any kids and Peter is like my son," Pops responds, not looking at Mark.

"I promise you, Pops, it is not my intention to hurt him. I really like him."

"I know," Pops nods, "and I know you are going to respect him. You have me, Jill, Amanda, and, now, Adam to answer to. As well as that booth of ladies and many other people who love Peter."

"I know."

"Good. Now, let him come to you and respect his wishes."

Mark nods and walks over to an empty table and starts watching the movie. A few minutes later, he spots Peter walk out of the store room and into the kitchen. Knowing Pops will kick his ass, he stays put and watches as Amanda forfeits her game with Daniel and walks to Adam, whispers something to him, and the pair walk to the kitchen.

"You okay? You didn't walk out with Mark and we saw Pops go in to talk to you. Are you stress cleaning?" Amanda asks.

"Yep! I'm in love with a man. What's not to stress about?"

"In love?" Adam asks. Peter stops in his tracks and looks at his friends.

"Shit!" Peter laughs before whispering, "in love. I'm in love with fucking Mark. I don't even know his last name. Or what he does. Or anything about him other than his order and the fact he likes motorcycles and that he likes me. Oh fuck."

Adam smiles sadly at Peter, who is scrubbing the oven.

"I'm kinda going through the same thing. With Lawrence. So, if you need to talk, I'll be around. We're gonna leave you to it," Adam throws his arm around Amanda's shoulders and leads her out the door. Peter continues his scrub down of the kitchen. At various points Pops, Amanda, Cal, and a few others pop in to check on him, but not getting answers.

"You've been cleaning for about four hours. There's only four hours until New Year. Come celebrate with us," Amanda all but begs.

"I will. I've calmed down, but I want to finish the kitchen. It needed it."

"Can I help?"

"Sure. Sinks and counters are the last things as soon as I get these bowls up."

Amanda helps him put up the bowls and with clearing down the counters and sinks. The pair emerge from the kitchen with Peter stopping at the trashcan to take off the gloves he was wearing.

"Oh, Peter. Your hands. Lawrence!" Amanda calls. The doctor hurries to Amanda's call and eyes Peter's hands.

"Oh, Peter."

"Yeah, that seems the general consensus."

"Come on. Amanda the first aid kit, please."

"I'm fine."

"Your nails are scratched to hell. You've been bleeding. Please, humor me."

Peter sighs and nods. Lawrence carefully examines Peter's hands and cleans them with help from Amanda. Pops and Adam walk in.

"What happened?" Pops asks.

"I scrubbed shit too hard. Made my hands bleed."

"Will he live, Doctor Gordon," Adam jokes.

"He will live. His hands will be sore for a few days, but he will live."

"Good. We need him," Pops says.

A couple of hours later and someone has started a count down to midnight. One hour and fifty six minutes. After bandaging Peter's fingers, Lawrence asked Adam to talk. Pops provided his office. The two walked out a hour later and sat together at Lawrence's usual table. They have been chatting and laughing since. Corbett befriended Daniel and they played cards together and watched movies until they fell asleep. Corbett in Jeff's lap and Daniel with his head on Lynn's leg, his hand holding Corbett's. Jeff and Lynn are watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Old Bitty Commitee had long since finished Daniel's sweater, but he fell asleep before they could give it to him. The five commitee members are watching the movie, Timothy is playing a game of chess against Pops. Amanda is sitting with Peter. Both taking glances at the movie as they play rummy. Peter is also taking quick glances at Mark, who hasn't talked to him since their conversation in the store room.

"Go talk to him," Amanda whispers. Peter shakes his head. They keep playing and watching movies. Their game soon ends and Peter can't focus so they just watch the movie.

"Fifteen minutes until midnight," Gladys says excitedly. Exclaims of tired excitement sound from around the room. Peter doest hear them. He's staring at Mark, who is falling asleep. His chin resting in his hand. He looks so peaceful. Peter can't take it. He stands and walks past Mark, tapping his shoulder. He continues walking to the storage room. He sits in the spot he sat earlier. The door opens again and closes behind Mark, who sits across from Peter.

"Can I help you?" Mark asks. Peter shakes his head. "Then why did you tap me? If you don't want to talk, I'll go back to my table."

Mark goes to stand up but Peter grabs his wrist. Mark sits back down and looks at Peter. Peter look distraught.

"Hey, it's okay. Whatever it is."

"It's you."

"I figured."

"I'm scared."

"I know."

Peter nods and looks at Mark.

"Don't hurt me, please," Peter whispers. Mark nods but doesn't make a move even though he wants to hug him and hold him tight.

"I would never dream of it."

"What's your last name?"

"Hoffman. You?"

"Strahm. What do you do for work?"

"I teach history at the community college. You're a barista at the best coffee shop I've ever been to."

"Where did you grow up?"

"New York. Divorced parents. No relationship with my siblings or my father. I have a very straned relationship with my mother. We rarely talk."

"My dad died when I was twelve. Mom and I have dinner every Tuesday. If we're together, you have to come."

"I'd love to. What was your favorite subject in school?"

"I liked English. I like to read. Lawrence and I are thinking about starting a book club."

"That would be fun. I'd join."

"What is your special interest?"

"Other than you? Maritime. I like shipwrecks."

"That's morbid."

"A little, but I'm also a true crime junkie."

"Me too," Peter finally looks at Mark.

"Acid bath killings?"

"What was wrong with Haigh?"

"I don't know."

"Black Dahlia?"

"Fucked up," Mark says. Peter laughs a little and Mark watches his eyes light up. They fall into a comfortable silence and stare at each other.

"I really like you, Mark."

"I really like you, too, Peter."

"I'm scared all of this is new to me."

"I know. I won't hurt you."

"I know."

The crowd in the shop start counting down from ten. Peter looks at Mark wide eyed.

"We don't hav-"

"I want too."

"Five, four, three, two, one! Happy New Year!" Everyone chants. Lynn and Jeff share a quick kiss, Amanda and the commitee ladies toast their drinks to the New Year, Daniel and Corbett sleep through everything, Timothy and Pops shake hands, and Adam and Lawrence share their first kiss.

Peter pulls Mark by his shirt and kisses him timidly, but with passion. Mark pulls away first and leans his forehead against Peter's.

"Happy New Year, Peter."

"Happy New Year, Mark. Kiss me again."

"Gladly," Mark says, leaning back in.

The next morning, rescue workers have made their way to the shop. The Denlons, Timothy, and Daniel, who is now wearing his sweater, help the commitee to the bus. Cal trails along with their things. Amanda follows, dragging her feet. Adam and Lawrence walk out hand in hand, smiling at Pops along the way. Pops smiles back and goes to find Peter and Mark. He finds them still in the storage room, where they had talked until they fell asleep.

"Peter, Mark, wake up," Pops shakes them as he speaks. Peter groans and opens his eyes.

"What do you want, old man?" Peter asks groggily.

"Don't be mean, Peter," Mark says, eyes still closed.

"The rescue workers got to the door. They're letting us go home."

The men start to move. Mark lifts his head off of Peter's chest and looks at Pops. Minutes later, the men are at the door.

"We'll wait until the storm is over to reopen and clean up," Pops says as Peter and Mark walk past him.

"Good choice. I'll be asleep on my couch for three days then."

"With me by your side, I hope," Mark says, hopefully.

"Yeah, we need to talk more," Peter answers as he steps onto the bus. Adam and Lawrence have seats across the aisle from them. Peter and Mark take them. Adam and Peter smile at each other and share a fist bump.

"What's that?" Lawrence asks.

"What's what?" Adam asks back, playing dumb.

"That fist bump."

"Friends can't fist bump, Lawrence?" Adam asks, mocking offense. Lawrence chuckles and takes Adam's hand.

"Not the way the two of you did it, my dear."

"Yeah, there's something weird going on," Mark agrees. "They're already cheating on us."

"I would never," Adam defends. Peter frowns and looks at Mark.

"I wouldn't do that. I know what it feels like."

"I'm joking, Peter. I'm sorry. It wasn't a good one."

"It's okay."

"I accept the apology, too, there, Mark," Adam says.

"I'm sorry to you, too, Adam."

"So sensitive," Lawrence jokes.

"Sensitive, my ass," Adam says.

"Alright, everybody, listen up. I have a clipboard coming around. Put your address down and we will get going," the bus driver says. The passengers write down their addresses and when the bus pulls up to Peter's apartment, he and Mark get off together.

"Bye, Pops. Call me when we open again," Peter says as he passes the man. "And thanks for the advice."

"My pleasure. Have a good few days off, Peter. See you around, Mark. Take care of him."

"He will know nothing but pleasure for the foreseeable future," Mark winks. "See ya around, Pops."

The men enter Peter's apartment. Mark takes a look around the living space.

"I think we're about the same size. I'll get you some pajamas and I'll wash your clothes," Peter says as he disappears into the hallway. A minute later he is back with a stack of clothes for Mark, while wearing a pair of sweats and a hoodie. "Bathroom is first door on the right."

"Thanks."

Once Mark is in the fresh clothes and Peter has started the washer the men sit on the couch. They talk about boundaries they have with certain things which eventually leads to them cuddling and watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

"Hey, Mark?"

"Yes, Peter?"

"What's your Hogwarts house?"

"Slytherin. You?"

"Griffyndor."

"Sounds like you, babe."

"Babe?" Peter moves to where his chin rests on Mark's chest. Mark looks at him, slightly worried he's said something wrong. Peter smiles. "I like it."

Mark let's out a breath and chuckles.

"Good."

Peter leans up and gives Mark a quick kiss. Mark's hand moves from behind his head to Peter's cheek, keeping him in place. Peter pulls away and looks back at the screen.

"Hey, I-"

"Shhhhhhh," Peter interrupts Mark again. He watches as Snape kills Dumbledore. "Everytime I watch this movie, I think the outcome will change. It never does."

"I've never see any of these movies. You just turned it on."

"Then how do you know your house?"

"Students. They also think I'm a witch. I haven't told them any different."

"Oh, cool, so my boyfriend is a witch."

"Boyfriend?" Mark asks. Peter looks at him in panic.

"I mean , if you want, we don't have to label it or anythi-" Peter is cut off by Mark swiftly sitting up, wrapping him in his arms, and kissing him.

"I've wanted nothing more for a month. I'm so glad I decided to walk into the shop."

"Me too."

Mark quickly kisses Peter again before laying back and pulling Peter on top of him. The pair drift off to sleep to the sound of Harry Potter.

[pineappleciders]

i have been playing genshin since december of 2020.

i have waited two and a half years for ganyu. i have grinded. i have slaved myself away at my computer for hours. i had level 90 amos bow waiting for her. a full wanderers set. enough qinxins and whopperflower nectar to last twenty lifetimes. 6 million mora. 400+ heros wits. talent books. cryo shards. i have wanted her since release and never have i ever gotten 1. her on any of her banners 2. a chance to get her (as i stopped playing coincidentally before her last rerun)

i did it. i won the 50/50. i stayed awake for 8 hours too late just to watch the clock tick from nahida and nilous banners. i counted down the seconds. i hadn't wished in so long, i was shaking and so so nervous while wishing for her.

and shes here. shes back with her family. ive had zhongli, hu tao, and xiao waiting for her to join. she can finally be reuniitef with her father and siblings. one day i will get her girlfriend, keqing, so ganyu can live happily ever after.

i immediately maxed her out to level 90. i immediately crowned her primary attack. (i was gonna crown her other talents but i ran out of her talent books. i have everything else though) i completely ripped away ambers entire build for ganyu. i have waited so so so long. i was so prepared for ganyu, i immediately maxed her level to 90 while my mona who i got the day i started playing genshin impact is still at level 80(and NOT ascended) because i dont want to waste my fucking resin on oceanid. but now i have ganyu to torture those stupid fucking birds that always snipe me. razor can only do so fucking much with his 6 second cd skill that only has a chance to electrocute the birds. but ganyu has swept me off my feet and come to save the day. i love ganyu. i've been neglecting all of my characters to save up and grind for ganyu. i have like 6 characters at level 1 that i havent touched. i have been ignoring tighnari, only pulling him out for those stupid dendro monuments because it makes me feel cool to use a 5 star instead of collei.

i kid you not i cried when i got ganyu. i cried. i shed tears. wishing is so stressful seeing that yellow star and praying to all of the gods that you'll win your 50/50. and it happened. i have never been so satisfied with ny work.

and now because i can't find a purpose to keep going if i'm not grinding for some character on a video game, i am going to start my journey for the next raiden shogun banner. i don't care how badly i want scaramouche. i don't care how badly i want itto. i will dedicate my life to farming for ei because i find immense joy in organzing and grindinng and preparinf thi gs. anyways im super happy. thx if you read this all

[l-1-z-a]

Interview With The Sims 2 Producer, Jonathan Knight

Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 23:10

What are aspirations? How many hats is enough for a Producer on The Sims 2? Find out the answers to these questions and more!

Hello! What's your name and what do you do on The Sims 2?

My name is Jonathan Knight. I'm a Producer on The Sims 2, working mainly in two areas: first, the new Aspirations feature, which involves a new simulator whereby Sims tell you what they Want and Fear (like, I want a baby, or I fear an alien abduction). Achieving Wants drives up your Aspiration Score, which unlocks rewards, and keeps your Sims happy and living long. Secondly, I'm supervising the shipping neighborhoods, which are all the pre-built houses, Sims, and stories that we're shipping with the game.

How did you become an Assistant Producer for The Sims 2?

After graduate school, I got my start in the industry as an assistant producer at Interplay on a big interactive movie. I worked on a lot of different games over the years, but about 3 years ago I was lucky enough to land an opportunity at Maxis, which is a studio I'd admired for a long time. I started out on The Sims 2, when it was just an R & D (Research and Development) project, then moved over to the expansion pack team to help finish Vacation. I then produced the final 3 expansion packs for The Sims, and after we shipped Makin' Magic, I re-joined the Sims 2 team.

What's the best part of your job?

The best part of my job is working with incredibly creative people to imagine new stuff, and then see it come to life in the game. The process of going from blank canvas to implementation to ship is incredibly rewarding.

What's your favorite feature in the game?

Well, I guess it's a tie between two things. The gamer in me loves the new Wants & Fears, because they really give you clear short-term goals and cool rewards, while at the same time helping you tell interesting stories with your Sims. But the builder in me loves the Eyedropper Tool; I can build and decorate four times faster than I could in the original Sims. It's such a simple tool, but it's so powerful!

How do you come up with the ideas for the new game-play design?

I'm lucky to work on one of the most creative teams working in games today. In this talented group of programmers, artists, designers, producers... ideas can come from anywhere. We also continually monitor the fan sites for ideas and suggestions, so be careful what you wish for! Ideas can also come from unlikely sources. I met Bijoux Philips at a party once, and she pitched me an idea for an object: she wanted a bathmat to put in front of her showers to absorb the water from her sloppy Sims. I thought, "we should totally make that object!"

What are your hobbies?

My wife and I love to travel and cook, and we spend a lot of time fixing up our house. We're re-doing the floors in our house right now... and we sure wish we had that Shift-Click feature... Happy

What's the first computer game you ever played?

Like a lot of people, the first video game I played was Pong. But the first computer game I played was Star Trek on the Apple II. I think it was about 1977, and we had to load the software from cassette tape.

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That game ruled!

If you could take 3 things with you to an island and had to stay there for the rest of your life, what would you take along?

The collected works of Shakespeare.

Civilization II.

Sunscreen.

What's it like working in the game industry?

I imagine it feels a lot like Hollywood must have felt in the 40's. Which is to say... incredibly exciting.

How many hats do you own?

I have no idea. But you can never have too many hats.

[o-kaythislooksbad]

ailesswhumptober day 24: deconditioning / relapse / "it's normal that you need more time"

chapter 3 / 7 of i'm too close to breaking | rated t, chose not to warn

herschel scuttles up and down the walls, leaving massive webs in his wake. dorothy's room is all but his now, but she can't care about that, not with manny being dead and it all being her fault. papa has yet to offer his condolences, spending his time instead with baby doll while she mourns katy. 

"it's not fair!" dorothy yells at flying robert, because he doesn't do anything but fly around while babbling. he can't scold her like darling-come-home or beat her and shout nonsense like damn all, so she can yell all she wants as long as they're not around. "baby doll is the one who got katy killed! she shouldn't have tried setting manny on fire; of course he would fight back!"

"hey, kid?" cliff peeks his head into the room. the spiderwebs unfortunately can't tickle his nose or make his skin itch, and are absolutely useless at preventing him from going where he doesn't belong. "you doing okay?"

cliff may have a robot's body, but he still has a man's brain. he should know better than to ask such an obvious question. 

"no," she replies shortly. "and i have no interest in hearing you lecture me about the consequences of playing where we shouldn't have been."

"lecture you?" cliff asks, his eyes shuttering and creaking as he blinks in confusion. "i don't do that shit, kid. the moralizing is your dad's department, the game plans are vic's; i talk a hell of a lot but in case you haven't noticed, i don't say much worth listening to."

dorothy actually laughs a bit at his self-awareness, then stops herself. she doesn't want to be happy! manny, the last thing connecting her to mum, is dead. papa has abandoned her in favor of the stupid baby. everything hurts and nothing is worth laughing about.

"then stop talking!" dorothy yells, but it isn't her own voice that she hears. it's like the candlemaker is speaking through her, closer than ever to finally freeing himself. 

cliff's body whirs and clicks as he brushes the webs out of the doorway. "i can't pretend to know how you're feeling, but it's normal that you need more time to process all of this shit."

dorothy has had nothing but time for most of her short, long, life, and it hasn't been much of an advantage. "i don't care about time."

"well, okay then. how'd you feel about space?"

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cliff hadn't been lying. one of the garages does have two spaceships parked in it, with the keys and space suits on a shelf behind them. she's about to ask if he's sure that they're allowed to use them, but stops herself. who would they ask, anyway? papa would most likely tell them off, and she's sick of hearing from him about all the things she can't do. she hadn't been allowed to see where all the butterflies returned to, or stay at danny's party, or even play with baby doll any more. 

"do you know how to fly?" she asks instead, and finds it thrilling that cliff merely shrugs in response. 

"how hard can it be?"

much to dorothy's surprise, cliff's question hadn't been rhetorical. the ship is simple, with controls similar to some of the computer games vic had hauled up from one of the basements. they settle on a course for the moon, with the reasoning that of all the planets, it's the only one they know of that humans can actually walk on, and then a silence builds and all there is around them is time. 

"stupid time," dorothy mutters. 

"yeah, turns out we can't just teleport there." cliff shrugs, and dorothy, for the lack of other conversation topics, asks him how that works. "what? i don't know, kid, it's like breathing. or it would be, if i could do that. it's like walking and talking; my brain tells my body what to do, and that's what happens."

dorothy turns her attention to the stars. cliff can't compete with the view, and for once, he lets the quiet wash over them.

….

"cliff?" she asks, after they've taken a few leaps from the ship's landing site. this spot is as good as any for manny's grave.

"yeah?"

"why would baby doll say that my father hurt her? that he hurt you and everyone else in the house?"

cliff stops trying to build… whatever it is he was trying to build out of the moon rocks. robot fingers aren't very nimble, even without earth's gravity. he stares at dorothy, sighs, then sits on the edge of a crater. "baby doll can be a bit much."

"it's all right, cliff. i know you want to call her a bitch. i want to call her that, too," dorothy says, surprising herself.

"go for it," cliff encourages her. "personally, i wouldn't say that about a little kid, but we're on the freakin' moon. we can say or do whatever we want to up here. who's gonna stop us?"

the candlemaker insists that they should use cliff's words as an invitation to really let loose, but the candlemaker can shove off for now. 

"she is a bitch," dorothy declares, feeling not a single ounce of shame. it's a cruel thing to say about someone, but she can't help how she feels. "what do you mean, a bit much?"

"better start keeping track. you're gonna hit twenty soon, then boom! game over," he grumbles. "look, you're a kid, right, but you've been a kid forever. that hasn't stopped you from learning about the world and how life works. baby doll… she doesn't know as much as you do about that shit. she's little and emotional and damn, is she just full to the brim with emotions."

dorothy frowns, pausing her construction. cliff may have a point; dorothy is eleven and has lived at that age for a very long time. baby doll is five, but dorothy has no idea how many years she's actually experienced. 

"i was being mean," she admits, "but so was she! she lied about papa, and she killed manny!"

"she really didn't. you asked me earlier how i could talk? your dad had a recording of my voice and used it to recreate something resembling a dictionary. he also had a whole bunch of other nerdy neural things, but that recording…" cliff stands up and starts punching a rock. it doesn't even give off any dust as his metal knuckles slam into it. "he got that message and my brain after causing a whole series of fuck-ups, which, i admit, i did play a part in. and manny's not any deader than katy."

"if katy's not dead, then why is baby doll so upset?"

"if manny's not dead, then why are you?" cliff counters. 

"stop it! i saw them burn, i -"

"kid. dorothy," cliff corrects himself, and that's how she knows he's serious. "your friends, like jane's… they're imaginary, but also real. i'm really not supposed to talk about jane's, so i won't, but all you need to know is they're whatever you picture them to be. you guys got scared, which is totally normal, and katy and manny tried to help you." he turns to face her, as if what he's saying makes any sense. "what i'm trying to say is that you saw them fight and destroy each other, because it felt like they did, right? they stopped you and baby doll from hurting each other, and left once it was clear you wouldn't do that."

the candlemaker urges dorothy to hurt cliff, to punish him for his lies. the rest of her friends aren't there to balance out his voice; they seem to have remained in the manor, which means… "he only went away for a while?"

"yeah. kinda like what we're doing now, just taking a bit of a break from it all."

that shocks dorothy almost as much as the news about manny. "no! i'm staying up here. i'm a horrible person and i can't be in the world when all i do is hurt people and cause trouble."

cliff sighs and moves to sit beside her. "that helmet really isn't meant for a forever kinda thing. and the truth is, we're all a bit horrible. we all hurt each other, sometimes by accident and sometimes on purpose. sometimes we hurt so much that it feels like everyone else has to be in on it, so we end up hurting them before they can hurt us. mostly we're all just trying to be less alone without actually knowing how to do that. you're not alone, dorothy, even though you want to be alone. it's gonna be hard to prove that to you if you insist on staying up here."

dorothy sniffles. she doesn't mean to cry, especially from anything cliff says, but he doesn't tease her. he only holds out his hands and suggests they go on a scavenger hunt before going home, "because holy fuck, we're on the fucking moon!" and soon she's smiling again. 

"thank you, cliff."

"don't mention it, kid."

[terrainofheartfelt]

"I've waited a really long time for this" - A Serenate playlist

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she's back with another ship playlist! (and this one's happy I promise). Unlisted youtube list here.

and, as always, more details under the cut

Electric Love - BØRNS And every night my mind is running around her / Thunder's getting louder and louder and louder

So Emotional - Whitney Houston This has big preseries Yearning vibes, but also s1a yearning vibes

I got a love of my own, babe / I shouldn't get so hung up on you / I remember the way that we touched / I wish I didn't like it so much

Tête-à-Tête - Walk the Moon I want you just as bad / Just as bad as I always have

Stand Too Close - Motion City Soundtrack To me this is about all their little friendship moments over the series, and what they build up to

If you believe in me, I might just wanna spend some time with you again

All this distance… / Years of sweet resistance / Swirling overhead like angry clouds of discontent

So Close - Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness This literally is the “I’ve waited a long time for this” / “Me too” song. And there’s this line that I really love: There’s no safety in desire / Preserving life is as good as dying. And when I got to thinking about it, I thought that encapsulated Serena and Nate perfectly, and how they approach each other and their relationship, but it was such a contrast to Dair, because for them, there is only safety in desire. It was just a really interesting contrast.

And these could be the best or darkest days / The lines we walk are paper thin / And we could pull this off or push away / Cause you and me have always been / So close

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - as performed by Amy Winehouse I love her cover soooo much because it combines my favorite things from the originals: the restless, young, heart-palpitation-y energy of the Shirelles & the more mature, hopeful melancholy of Tapestry. And I can think of no better song that embodies that whole anxiety Nate must have RE the Shepherd wedding.

Tonight with words unspoken / You said that I'm the only one / But will my heart be broken / When the night / Meets the morning sun?

I Think We’re Alone Now - Tiffany Obligatory coat check song

Children behave / That's what they say when we're together

Every Single Night - Computer Games This Criss brothers side-act has such an 80s Duran Duran feel which I think is such a Serenate vibe tbh

And every single night I have a dream where I can find / You underneath the lights smiling at me / And every single time I wake you, kiss me to remind / Me in the dead of night smiling at me

I Feel Fine - The Beatles “Now I’m with Serena and I’m so happy”

She’s in love with me and I feel fine

Finding You - Kesha I’m incapable of making a Serena-centric playlist without Kesha and I will not apologize for that.

I know forever don't exist / But after this life, I'll find you in the next / So when I say "forever," it's the goddamn truth

XO - Beyonce It’s that vibe of, having a very public life but creating your own private world with your person which this high society couple def has to deal with. Also like...the coincidence of the title…

Nobody sees what we see / They’re just hopelessly gazing

I Walk the Line - as performed by Halsey Halsey is better than Johnny Cash I said what I said

You've got a way to keep me on your side / You give me cause for love that I can't hide

Go Find Yourself Or Whatever - Carly Rae Jepsen s3 breakup song

Tell me that we'll meet up someday / I tell you that I'm no good tellin' lies / Maybe when my heart's done breakin' / Then I could forgive what you tried

Scars - James Bay It is the song for really being in love with somebody but just being a victim of poor timing so you have to let go of each other for now but you’re holding onto the hope that you won’t have to be apart forever.

We'll have to hurt for now / But next time there's no doubt / Cause I can't go without you, anymore

Don't Go Dark - Bleachers You know, all this time apart, I finally see it, honey / Yeah, you've just been waiting your whole life to find someone who can stand in your storm

Walking in my Sleep - Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness It’s about being constantly on the move but you keep coming back to the same someone.

I'll never stop trying / You're my silver lining

Light On - Maggie Rogers The self-indulgent reconciliation chapter

And do you believe me now that I always had the best intentions, babe? / Always wanted to stay / Can you feel me now that I'm vulnerable in oh-so-many ways?

Sandcastles - Beyonce And your heart is broken 'cause I walked away / Show me your scars and I won't walk away

Lovesong - as performed by Adele However long I stay / I will always love you

All Our Lives - Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness It’s about the shared History

You always walked before me / But you came back to warn me

This Love - tswift I had to do it. Your kiss, my cheek / I watched you leave literally!!! The breakup!!!

When you're young, you just run / But you come back to what you need

It’s Nice to Have a Friend - tswift It's about the Best Friends (tm)

Call my bluff, call you "Babe" / Have my back, yeah, every day

[ponreviews]

The Circle US Season 3: Alliances Run Deep

Category: Reality TV, Competition

Overall Rating: 5/10

Synopsis:

The Circle is back with new faces (real or otherwise)!! Watch these lovable (debatable) characters compete for $100k by building relationships, forming alliances and taking each other down all while being locked in their apartment. From an MIT techie to a 52 year old southern belle, this group of Circle contestants really know how to bring the heat in competition.

[SPOILERS FROM SEASON 3 AHEAD]

Review:

WOO This is a long one! I needed some time to get my thoughts in order, and as you can tell by my rating, I have very mixed feelings about this season. First impressions are always important, especially in this literal popularity contest. It was really easy to pick out who I liked and disliked from the start, much more so than the previous two seasons. Kai, Ruksana, and Michelle were my top 3 hopefuls from the first batch of players. They are genuine souls who really wanted nothing other than to be themselves in the game. The one player that left the worst impression on me from Day 1 was Nick... I know. People are going to be mad at me for that. Nick is probably the most popular player this season among fans, but I have my reasons.

To start off, he was a computer science major from MIT. Before everyone gets mad at me for pointing that out first, I also graduated college majoring in computer science. My experience with men who are computer science majors is not great. Many I worked with (not all of course) came off as arrogant and look down at people who might not get the concepts as fast as they do. I also was a fan of Shubham who didn't need to hide the fact that he's a tech nerd. There are exceptions to what I experienced, but Nick's introduction fit that description to the T. He does a good job at hiding that level of arrogance in the Circle, but that doesn't make me want to root for him. I also wasn't a fan of his hyper fixation on the girls in the game. First there was Ashley, then Ava, then Isabella, and even when Jacki came in he was thirsting so hard.

I could go on about how I don't like Nick, but that doesn't mean I don't respect his game. He did well to focus on his strong bonds and he definitely deserved to be in the top 5 because of that. He solidified a strong alliance and kept close tabs on strong players he wasn't as close to. That being said, it's the same for my girl Kai. Nick and Kai were two sides of the same coin this season. Both had strong alliances and overall great relationships with the other players. Their overwhelming popularity ended up costing them in the final rankings, as Nick and Kai ranked 5th and 4th respectively.

Before we get into the Top 3, I should probably talk about how the events led up to the dramatic finale. This season really knew how to piss me off by doing Michelle dirty like that. Granted it was Ava and Chanel who chose to be Michelle, but you can't blame them either since it was their only way to stay in the game. Unfortunately, I did find Ava and Chanel kind of annoying, so insult to injury when the real Michelle got blocked. There had been a lot of criticism against Michelle for choosing to go see the fake Michelle, but how would seeing anyone else benefit her? She lost and just wanted answers. The viewers want things to be interesting, but she just wanted to leave knowing who was behind fake Michelle. I know if I was in her position I would want to do the same thing.

Ava and Chanel didn't make it far after Michelle, just as she predicted. Honestly, they weren't all that interesting aside from the whole Michelle situation anyway. It makes sense for them to be the ones out fast. The surprising player to me was Calvin. He didn't give me a good first impression. He gave me a similar vibe as Nick, but the difference between him and Nick is that Calvin wasn't as strategic as Nick. As his relationship with Kai grew, we really see how vulnerable he really let himself be at this point in the game. He took more things to heart than a lot of people in the game, but he stayed loyal to the ones he kept close. Yes he had strategy, but all he really wanted was to make it far with his friends. I was disappointed that he chose Nick for the burner profile but I was more upset that he was gone so soon.

Calvin was the one link between the alliances with Nick and with Kai. With him gone, the divide was clear as day. Nick, Ashley (Matthew), Isabella (Sophia), and Jackson (Rachel) against Kai, Ruksana, Daniel and James. The next blocking would be one that no one is happy with. Jackson/Rachel getting blocked made the most sense to me. Even with James having less time with the other players, Rachel couldn't really solidify her bond with the others, and the most crucial player she needed was Daniel. Ruksana getting blocked also made sense (much to my dismay...). Nick's biggest threat is Kai, but if he got rid of Kai, Ruksana can raise hell in the Circle. His alliance is unified against Ruksana but only because of Kai. If Kai went out this time around, Ashley and Isabella could potentially be swayed towards Ruksana. The double blocking kept the alliances balanced, but introducing Jacki tipped the balances.

Jacki had the biggest disadvantage being the last person in the game. Being new was the only thing keeping her from getting blocked as soon as she moved in. The only real advantage of keeping Jacki strategically is that she is malleable. James was the first one to get a good impression on Jacki, so even if she wasn't exempt, I'm pretty sure James would've saved her. It's easy to criticize James for not fighting for Daniel since the alliances were so clear, but in the end he did have a deeper connection with Ashley/Matthew. Daniel's choice to visit Isabella/Sophia was an interesting choice. If the pattern was gonna be the same I would've assumed he would've went to James and demanded answers, but because of the attention towards Isabella being a catfish, who could blame him for wanting to find out? Their meeting ended up being really wholesome anyway. They were on opposing sides, but in the end it's every player for themselves. He got along with Sophia when they actually met and he chose to give her support (and tea).

After that blocking, Jacki's blocking doesn't seem worth mentioning because it's so obvious with James and Nick as the secret influencers and the fact that she had so little time, so let's talk about the top 5! I was honestly worried about Nick winning the whole thing until everyone gave their thoughts in the final rating. In the end, everyone's ratings were strategic because I was surprised to see Kai and Nick rated the absolute lowest out of the 5. By the final ratings, I was honestly hoping Ashley/Matthew would win. Don't get me wrong! I was still hoping that Kai would win, but the way that everyone was talking......... That win for Kai was gone.

Now the most controversial part of the season: James won. Throughout his time in the Circle, he was the funny one, the one with no filter, and he genuinely left a great first impression on the other players (through to the end). However, him giving up Daniel and Jacki brought him a lot of hate from viewers, and initially I felt the same. Does him winning piss me off? No. It makes sense. I'd like to think this is my Libra moon coming out because I can understand why he made those decisions and why the other players would rate James so high. Literally, Isabella/Sophia is the only one I would imagine rating James low due to the persistent catfish suspicion and the betrayal for Daniel. Kai, Nick, and Ashley/Matthew all had positive experiences with James.

I do give this season a 5 though because it's not as wholesome as Season 1 nor is it as dramatic as Season 2. James winning was a disappointing one to many. He folded to Nick so fast and that angered a lot of viewers. It definitely wasn't what I hoped for considering I was rooting for Kai and Matthew at this point, but at the same time, I was really just hoping that Nick didn't win because of my own bias against him. Because of that, I'm fine with the end result. I wasn't excited about his win like I was about Joey in Season 1 or Deleesa in Season 2. You could feel how much love the other contestants had for the winners for their respective seasons, but with James it felt more obligatory from the others. This may be because he wasn't there in the beginning. Players like Michelle and sisters Ava and Chanel didn't even know him since they were eliminated before he came in. The season may have been too polarizing in the sense that the eliminations became predictable and disappointing. The only really satisfying thing to me was seeing Nick disappointed in the finale. Again, my bias against him is speaking here, but I could not help but laugh my ass off when he saw Sophia.

To sum it all up, it was very easy to pick favorites at the start, but once Calvin left, it gets muddy from there. I still have strong opinions about certain players, but they all played a strategic game. If you say even one person wasn't strategic (with the exception of Michelle) you are lying!!!! The players that made it to the end had very understandable reasons for playing the way that they did, but doing that doesn't make everyone happy. The finale kind of proved that. In no way did I feel as excited for James to win as I did Deleesa or Joey. Honestly, the only person I would be excited for in that top 5 would be Kai. I did however find it sweet that James could finally propose to his girlfriend of 12 years. I'm not mad at how things ended, but it's definitely not my favorite.

[selfcareparker]

(lovely anon) i'm so happy to finally be answering this oh my goodness hi gorgeous human being i feel that it has been too long 🥲 SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST TIME I'VE WRITTEN ONE OF THESE HOW HAVE YOU BEEN

to answer the things you have said most recently- i'm so mad that spring break is over bc now i have to go back to life??? like dancing and school and shit that feels so unnessacry 😭 and like i can't just do nothing anymore? i was so used to it and now...... ugh. i STILL haven't played sims (i think it's because ✨depression✨ be hitting sometimes) lol but MWAHAH IM SO HAPPY FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR!AU AND THAT THEY HAD LITTLE BABY LEO!! i feel the name thing.. i just come up with something that sounds nice? i think leo is a nice name, it makes me think about lea michele and the fact that her son's name is Ever Leo but anyway. i don't name my sims after what i want to name my children irl either... idk why though. (i don't know why i'm telling you this but for boy names i love Liam🥰 and if i had twin boys i think i would do Liam and Peter though i am not married to the name Peter.... anywho)

LMAOOO the therpaist coming made me laugh thank you :)) i hope it's helpful? this may be tmi but i've only really had negative thoughts recently and not many healthy outlets so i'm hoping crossing one thing off this sad list will make me feel better :') i think during spring break my anxiety and my depression really spiked? idk, it comes in episodes but yeah THIS GOT REALLY SAD

i think a lot of things when i read your posts but i never say them hahaha so imma say it now: i googled what bon appetit meant ( i also just had to google how to spell it ) but ur right, i feel like bone apple tea makes more sense than bone apple teeth.. the "th" is throwing me off bc how i say it bone appa (like app-a) teet (like you're saying tit but teet lol) so bone apple tea makes more sense to me lol

i never know really know the time difference for anything lmao but est to germany (that's not gmt is it?) is like 6 hours wOAH so it's like 9pm while it’s 3pm here? wowee

i feel mega weird after watching this show called hollywood (darren criss is in it, so is laura harrier and a bunch of other people) but i don't like it💀 i feel really icky rn and idk why but reading your last response to my ask (?) always makes me feel better :')

i am doing what you said btw, i'm typing this on my computer first then gonna transfer it to my phone's tumblr lol but when you said a digital detox, it's interesting cuz i feel like i've been having one since tom's new project was announced? gOD i don't wanna get into it bc i get so triggered but i've been off of instagram since then bc instagram stans literally stand by tom through whatever even when something ain't right- i’m just gonna leave it there bc i’ll continue the rant, but yeah so i took a break lol

also heard abt your driving lesson thing (?) was it that bad? i can't find the old post but someone asked if you hooked up with your lesson person and i was sOOO CONFUSED LMAOO LIKE OK ARIA GET SOME BUT UHH HUH?

now to address the actual response HAHA the way you touch my heart :') by :') bringing :') up :') halle :') being ariel :') (i honest to God don't remember if i brought this up first, forgive me if i did, it's been a minute lmao) i'm always talking about it and i'm pretty sure my family is so tired of me talking about it lmao, but YEAH when i found out they weren't twins i was so surprised but idk why i always thought they were twins? but YOU ARE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE WITH THE DISNEY TALK- everyone is always like "tiana is my favorite princess" and yea she's strong and stuff but...... she was a frog. for almost the whole time. it's about time we got another one!! i do agree with some people on the fact that disney should just make another black princess but halle is adorable and i was ariel on stage so it's already really special to me :')

yeah lol there are good times with my brothers but they make me mad for a good portion of the time (there's the 12yo vincent and the 7yo daniel but vincent??? psshhh he is a piece of work and i'm not sure how much longer i can put up with him HAJAH AND YES VINCENT IS THE ONE WHO WAS 👁👄👁WHEN I CRIED AND THE ONE WHO DOESN'T LISTEN TO MUSIC- writing this now makes it sound like vincent is awful. which he isn't... we're working on him ig. not to add to the awfulness but no, he listens to obnoxious loud VIDEO GAME MUSIC and won't stop when we ask him to stop... he gets beat up a lot) anyway i imagine being an only child is really calming.. like you have time to yourself and its just you and your parents 😌

yeah let me know if you end up watching it (wandavision)! i think it's great but if you like it lmk!! tfatws is sooo good like PHEW i am honestly loving it. sidenote: j*hn w*lker makes me wanna jump through the screen and choke him to the ground. i was thinking right, and the falcon and the winter soldier (THATS SO MUCH EASIER FAJHKDAH) would techinally be like a 10 hour movie right? because every episode is an hour long and there'll be 10 episodes? like wow. i get what you mean though, abt the racism in the show etc, like looking forward to it but not like..... no i get what you mean i will not try and give another example lol but you make me wanna learn more languages like really badly (bc of what you said about the german to american translation) & if you end up watching hamilton PLEASE LMK ABT THAT TOO HAHAHA i love it so much, same thing with lion king lmaoo

speaking of germany, i was at lunch on saturday with my mom and her friend and we were talking about my schooling and like-- she planted this idea in my head lol like what if i just got my GED and went around the world (to england probably) to get a theatre experience??? and i think it sounds so cool but no where near practical lol, it's just..... the dream haha and i would then try and learn a language 😉

uh yes we absolutely should order basically a resturant meal at a cinema, how about burgers, chips (fries), and a large drink? any time next week works for me, should i pick you up?

also about cherry (which i still haven't watched yet lol) i got the timestamps from tumblr😌 i couldn't find them anywhere else, but i agree, i probably wouldn't even look twice at cherry if tom wasn't in it? like i liked tdatt a lot, but it's not a movie i would be itching to see ya know?

HAHAHAHA THE 24 HOUR NOTIFICATION- i think i have around 1030 hours on sims? but i've had it since 2019 lmao (reading the screenshots, yes u are 100% a genuis, i take screenshots too but on anon you can't upload them so i just read them and retype what i wrote lmao) i think the university experience in the game is fun, but time consuming and it's all work imo. idk why i do it so often tho 😭😭😭

and agreed!! when you're making good money in the game you have to find other ways to make it interesting. my cousins who play it just continously do "motherlode" and i'm like.... then what do you do in your game?? it just sounds boring to me... my current sims household, i had a famous comedian sim, her name was dylan, aND SORRY IM LAUGHING SO HARD WHILE WRITING THIS BC ITS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE UNI THING UNLESS IM JUST DUMB, she went to college for communications when i wanted her to be a comedian and when she graduated i realized that degree did nothing for the career 🥲 so yeah, i think i'm just dumb. but she had a kid in college, guy didn't stick around and she was pretty broke HA but then she got married to this (great) guy named steve, made good bank, had 5 more kids (two sets of twins and one more lol) but then she passed. uhm... yeah that's still an open wound . lol i'm kidding, but when you get rich like that, you have to find a way to make the game interesting and i chose a million kids.

(this was one giant paragraph until i broke it up uhh yeah) i seriously don't pay attention to the sims prices and just end up spending way too much money and not being able to finish the rest of the house😭 but then again, i'm so used to having sims live in apartments... if i end up building a house FIRST OF ALL it'll look like what you explained before lmao but i'll tell you if i actually end up building a house HAHA & planning out your sims game is so fun to me lol, did enisa and michael take in his daughter yet? i may be thinking too far ahead lol and i love that they fucked woohooed (i say woo woo lol) in celebration HAHA but when i was playing with this one couple i had them woo woo every night hoping the dude would have horrible pull out game and they would concieve, but one night they were too tired and i was like why? get back in there man. if i was in college and lived with my partner we would be fucking every night homie. be grateful. i have been talking a lot about sims, and like you said: enough 💀 i just love this game a lot 😭😭

SORRY LAST THING i think the sims romantic and sexual stuff is so nice bc its what i want?? LMAO IDK like the whole hot tub thing you're talking about- puh lease ITS JUST NICE TO SEE OKAY

i'm reading the german section over again and i said aloud "my german friend is so cool" lol (i was saying that to my brothers & i know they don't care LMAO) (& i'm glad the uni zoom call went well!!) so on a form, in german, it could possibily say Einführungsveranstaltungsteilnehmer because you would be a participant to an introductory event? i swear german sounds so cool 😌 but i love reading your german lessons!! it's really interesting, most of the time my brain can't comprehend it tho?? like that word makes sense to you, but i need a translation. like to be able to look at that and know what it says.... its just appealing and seems so cool lol i kinda wanna write something out in german but i feel that google translate will fail me. während googeln "google übersetzen" mein Computer war so verdammt langsam und es fühlte sich einfach wie etwas Gutes auf Deutsch zu sagen. ich bin nicht sicher, welches Wort ist "fucking", aber ich mag es lmao (did it fail me like i thought it would??)

LMAOOO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP JUSTIN BC WHILE AT THE RESTURANT THEY PLAYED A JUSTIN SONG AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF YOU AND THIS STORY😭 lol i was thinking it's depending on your age but not even that either... i really don't know.... but tom's fans are hollanders💀 i would consider myself one? he's the only person i'm really into like that (like a lot lol) so idk lmao (directioners 💔💔the pain is real)

LMAOOO (both of these paragraphs started off with “lmaooo” smh) "i like my men when they look like they are on the brink of death" PLEASE, i don't like pete's blonde hair... i just don't. i'm not sure if i wasn't watching the most recent snls but yea. my mom thinks he looks like trash, but i think he's okay? like he said staten island people just look like trash LMAO and I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN KING OF STATEN ISLAND GIRL I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THAT!! now i'm gonna make plans to watch it lmao, & yes agreed i find pete hot, don't ask why i really couldn't explain it to someone he's just .

my favorite songs from rex are from pony oh my goodness 🥺 anywho i'm gonna go eat cereal (i ended up eating bun and cheese instead) and listen to the Stormzy songs you recommended... aria. aria aria aria. i would like to thank you for introducing me to stormzy i- i don't have any words or any emojis to express HOW GOOD STORMZY IS. i hope he's popular in germany/the uk because i haven't heard of him but GURLLLL

one second - delicious i love it. it's really good. it’s not my favorite from the album, but its great.

superheroes - at first i played the non-explicit one (on accident) and wondered why the words weren't playing but i was reading them in the lyrics??? THIS ONE THOUGH??? IS THE BEST SONG I THINK I'VE EVER HEARD. i am so SO SO into black people empowering songs (like brown skin girl by beyonce) and this song???? PHEW I CRYYYYY ITS SO GOOD.... i was gonna quote some lyrics BUT THERS TOO MANY I LOVE, "i am young, black, beautiful, and brave" "black queen, you're immaculate, it's coming at the world, they ain't ready for your magic yet, and that was never your fault" THAT WAS NEVER YOUR FAULT- I ALMOST CRIED THIS SONG IS SO BEAUTIFUL (i played it twice lol)

lessons is another beautiful one, like its slow and it feels intimate and nurturing and just OO chefs kiss, beautiful . like you can feel the apology and the regret... it’s so good

own it - OWN IT OWN IT OWN IT IS AMAZING!! swear you would catch me dancing to this song, this song is so fucking good i cannot comprehend like this one might be my favorite for real... "it's the way you wind up your waist, i'm so in awe, you never have to worry abt nothing, you know its yours, you know you own it" 🥲 i played it two or three times honestly

rachael's little brother - YES I DID LISTEN TO IT LMAO AND YES I LIKE IT, its a very complex song and it's very layered in terms of emotions i think and i really like that about it. i probably won't listen to it that often, but its really good. i would recommend this song to my "older brother" bc he would just absolutely love this

shut up - i was taking this song seriously (also very good) until i heard him say shu-T up LMAO, this one is good, i probably wouldn't listen to it 24/7 like rachael's little brother but honestly its still fire

before listening to blinded by your grace and vossi bop, i know you brought up the religion bit, i definitely don't mind that, especially because i'm Christian lol and i actually liked that he brought up God in some of his songs like idk i just like it🥰🥰

(i then went to bed after that lol but first thing in the morning i listened to superheroes and... that song is probably my favorite tbh, i was gonna write MORE quotes that i loved from it but, yeah no there's too many. if you want i'll tell you lmao but this is already so long i would just be quoting the whole friggin song)

VOSSI BOP IS A BOP (lol) I CANT EVEN LIE, i love a song that hypes up a dude's girl so the line- i love that my phone decided to fail to load the lyrics, lemme google it, okay the lyric "looking at my girl like what a goddess" i was like AYEEE its honestly just really good. and no one in america says "sauce" like "i've got the sauce" but now i do (thanks to love island and Nas from last season) and now stormzy so (also im gonna watch the music video for superheroes bc it looks great so 😛)

(because this is already so long i feel like i shouldn't finish the rest but . no i'm gonna do it)

now for blinded by your grace pt2 idk why i’m nervous lmaoo PAUSE I'M NOT EVEN DONE WITH THE SONG GIRL THIS SONG IS *chefs kiss* no words, speechless PHEW y'all gon make me start jumping around. why did i not know about stormzy before, he is amazing i- ok yeah i finished the song, all i have to say is that Stormzy is immaclucate. period. i am literally sending his music to all my friends he is..... amazing

you want my song recommendations 🥺🥺 hmm uh okay lol i listen to a lot of old music, whitney houston, marvin gaye, queen, celine dion, i love "more than words" by extreme uhmm okay, but for actual music i listen to on the daily? (this is a lot of different music like.... they do not go together lmao so be prepared) a song about being sad by rex orange county, betty by taylor swift and lover by taylor swift and... most of that album lol, treasure by bruno mars lmao, OOOO and versace on the floor by bruno as well, lazybaby by dove cameron, creep by tlc has been on repeat lol, deja vu by olivia rodrigo (i saw what you said about drivers license and AGREED LMAO but i like deja vu a lot more haha) and two albums that i listen to in general, rare by selena gomez and ungodly hour by chloe x halle 🥰 you don't have to listen to all of them or any of them lol but that's a sense of what i'm into :) so basically everything haha, i'm into literally every single kind of music really so i wasn't too surprised that i enjoyed stormzy :’)

HAHASBSJHAHA your h20 story cracked me up,, like "wow these actors are so dedicated, learning german just for us" 😭 the beauty of overdubbing

once again, math and maths, in my mind maths makes sense because its mathmatics, but saying maths doesn't feel right to me lol, like if i said maths i feel like everyone would look at me like ??? and yea i was taught it as math so its just more natural for me. but yes math/maths is disgusting, easily one of my least favorite subjects so .

mkay. i- the first time i read this i could not contain my laughter when you said the only pollen you know is sex pollen LMAOKOOSHBABJFAJF STOPPP I'M EVEN LAUGHING WRITING THIS,, anyway. wow! that's interesting, my dad (<<< mostly anything else) gets migraines from the sun and the heat and stuff, yesterday (sunday, i was outside for like hours watching my brothers play football, the american kind lol) i was in the sun for like ever and i got a headache😔

summer clothes🥲 i need to go shopping fr fr. for my birthday my mom and dad got me a giftcard like dedicated to a shopping spree and we've yet to go so..... i should bring it up to my mom lol, but!! i went bra shopping (ended up returning literally all of them cuz they honestly didn't work for day to day work? its a long story) and if i could i would walk around in this new "summer bra" i got, i would. it's so fricking cute and its really light fabric (which isn't perfect for my nipples but still) so i don't get hot in it, but that bra and some shorts would be perfect. its the closest thing to being naked so

IS THE BIRD STILL BOTHERING U ARIA, TELL ME NOW ISTG, i laughed really hard that the bird isn't stupid and is really trying to torture you LMAOO like i was rolling, it wants you to suffer, badly

when you said "mensus" it was still close to mens!!! latin speaking queen 😌😌

okay STORYTIME i was reading back your response and started (fake) crying bc i love you lol and my youngest brother (daniel) gon say "oh man, catherine's crying about something we don't care about, again" I--- i swear when i tell you about them they sound awful, but they aren't that bad, just the stuff i say about them is sounds really mean LMAO

but the thing you said about being kind, same, what i always say is: don't be the person that makes people say "i hate people" ya know? like there's no reason to be a jerk or anything.... but its true 🥺🥺🥺🥺 you are really kind and every time i talk to you i would like to personally fly to germany and give you a hug 💖💕💞💗💓💝💖💘

& i'm gonna show my stretch marks some love bc of you 🥺😭 i really hate how men have basically everyone conditioned that you can't love your own body </3 fuck them, y'all beautiful :')

also thanks for what you said :')) you literally are the kindest, sweetest person i think i've ever spoken to and i love you 🥰🥺🥲💓💗

READING YOUR TAGS HAHAHHAHA the spelling errors makes everything so much funnier. once again, i like your german lessons & yea!! i'm gonna play sims after writing this hahah

#catherine's tags are back #i don't think i've told you my name before?? #anyway it's catherine🥰🥰🥰 #i'm typing this on my computer (without emojis) and if i didn't edit this you would be reading shit shite like #heartface and pout and cry LMAO #yeah abt the tattoos #some stuff with my parents i'm like deal with it??? lol #my mom tells me "if there's something you enjoy or you like but i don't have the same opinion on it... why would my (my mom's) opinion matter? #and i love that #like i'm not gonna go and do whatever i want #but if my mom doesn't like that i swear (which isn't true just an example) #its like okay.... #but whatever #and your tattoo ideas sound really cute!! #and yeah @ your parents, i mean you aren't getting something wild #and the tattoo album>>> #i'm gonna look up ariana's butterfly tattoos just so i know what you mean lol #but i'm guessing you don't want something so incredibily simple, but not super like over the top? #correct me if i'm wrong lol #LMAO the tags were in order don't worry ! #and yeah lol ily2 <33 #and once again, again, sorry for this post JSHJS ITS A MESS AND LONG AS HELL #and you don't need to go in order of my post its literally longer than your german compound words #u're fine #also !!! while writing this the birds were chirping outside and i was like 😳 #and one of your fics (i’ve read all of them, i don’t remember lol) that valentine’s day one where y/n had lingerie on (the pancake one lol) #inspired me to buy lingerie #like when i look back on me “growing up” #that fic & basically you lol really helped with that #that made no sense and i don’t know how to make it make sense... but... yeah. like ily

hiiiiiiiiiii <3333

Dear catherine, 😌

(you have said your name before, but it wasn‘t like an introduction or anything i think you were talking about .... was it possibly the incident at the cinema??? And you said something like ‘calm down catherine‘ like you were telling yourself to calm down idkd dkdkkdkd anyway i didn‘t mention it cause i wasn‘t sure if it was an accident or not dkdjd but now i know 😌❤️ Catherine is such a cute and lovely name btw omg and so are your brothers‘s names 🥰

Sorry that I‘m answering this so late, it‘s been an emotional rollercoaster for me since last week but i‘ll get to that in a second lol

Sksklssk girl i haven‘t played sims in like 2 weeks now ekejdkdlldld ok that‘s not that long at all actually but i keep wanting to play but then i end up not playing for whatever reason, so no news about my sims game 😔 but i love the names Liam and Peter and for twins!!! That sounds really nice actually

okay i‘m trying to answer your ask in chronological answer even though i wanted to wait for the depressing stuff and write it at the end or something OKAY so. i thought that i‘d feel so good when i start uni and that i‘ll like... have a purpose in life again and just be happy (cause in the last year i didn‘t do much and i was depressed like half of the time lol).... anyway i kind of feel even worse now? 😭 i think it‘s because in my brain it‘s like: university!!! that means your life will change and it‘ll all be so exciting. and don‘t get me wrong it is exciting butttt..... idk the online thing is so weird cause you‘re not meeting any new people (i‘m introverted anyway but still lol) and it doesn‘t feel like you‘re listening to/talking to actual people cause it feels the same as just watching a video?

also i thought i‘d be busy again but i only have one lecture (90mins) a day and theres one day where i dont have any lectures at all and just one day where i have 3 hours but.... idk i mean i shouldn‘t complain about having so much free time but i just don‘t know what to do all day and in a pandemic there really is nothing to do but i also can‘t relax bc it‘s like during the week and i know i have uni the next day and .... yeah.

There‘s also this one assignment i had to do that took me AT LEAST SIX HOURS AND IM NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING????? so that was the only thing i‘ve been doing besides “going to“ lectures. for this one course we have to read two (really really long) texts (like it literally took me 3 hours to read them) and we‘re supposed to post it on this website that all the professors in our uni use. So after 5 days of anxiety (✌🏼) i posted mine this morning bc last night i realised that i didn‘t even know why i was having anxiety so i just posted mine today. The deadline is tomorrow at 12 and no one except me has posted theirs yet........ so i have anxiety again 🥰 cause idk if i‘m the only one who did it or if i even did it correctly

Edit while i‘m rereading this: my anxiety about uni is a lot better and i‘m not as d*pressed anymore maybe it was just hormones? idk but i‘m better so that‘s good

(I started writing this like 5 hours ago and then i randomly completely forgot lol)

I‘m in a better mood now though so let‘s move on from that (oh wait also, i think i‘m gonna see if i can find a psychiatrist bc with my anxiety symptoms (long story) i need to go to a psychiatrist, and so far i‘ve only gone to like psycholgists and it didn‘t help but i think that‘s just bc i was meant to go to a psychiatrist and not a psychologist so dldjdjsj

n e ways but yes you‘re not alone, ily, things will get better and yes i love you (i‘m not good at this type of thing🥲 but i‘d hug you right now if i could <3)

Yess i think the time difference between est and me is 6hours but gmt is uk time i believe? i think mine is called.... cet? For central european time? I could be completely wrong though lmao

Oof i completely forgot about hollywood, i remember when laura kept posting about it on instagram but i never actually watched it and i definitely won‘t now lmaodkdksjsn

Okay my driving lesson LEBDJDKDK I DID NOT HOOK UP WITH ANYONE AKSJSKSMMLM especially not my 40 or 50 year old driving instructor lol i like her but NOT LIKE THAT, the lesson was really really really good actually and i think i‘ll have my driving test soon, but i don‘t even remember why the anon would have thought that??? Oh wait now i remember okay KEKSKDLDL so during the lesson my instructor was like do you mind if i turn on some music? AND THIS WOMAN TURNED ON ONE DIRECTION I LOVE HER so i made a post about it and i said something about the song up all night and i guess i phrased it in a .... idk in a dumb way 💀 so the anon made a joke that i stayed up with my driving instructor all night and NO. No.

Wait did i read that right? YOU WERE ARIEL ON STAGE? SIALDBDJDKSLMSBDKDMDMDKDJSLSMDJFJJEDMBFEKLEFBJDLDVSIDLESKSKWKDKDJDOWNYUEKWNDUWLNSUFLWVSUDLEHDOENSIDBEISBEHENJELBSIEMWUDNRIW KB WOBE JO ON SBEUU HIII S HWS LV W ICH US KB okay this keyboard smash is getting out of hand but uh please do elaborate on that 💘😌???? Like you can‘t just drop that information and not say more??? I forgot if you‘re in like your school‘s drama group (is that a thing? lol idk anything about acting) or in an independent group? Either way - ARIEL that is so fucking cool

Your brothers loooooool, no i get it though obviously you love them and stuff but esp at their age children are so annoying so good luck with them 😭😭😭lmao

Yeah “anyway i imagine being an only child is really calming.. like you have time to yourself and its just you and your parents 😌“ yeah just me and my parents who constantly fight 🥰 lmao no i like being an only child, like i cannot imagine having siblings but i feel like if i had siblings i would be saying that i can‘t imagine being an only child so? but i do think it‘s quite different like i‘m trying to imagine having siblings and WHAT that‘s just so different omg i‘ve never really thought about it like properly ???

I saw a tik tok the other day that was like “sometimes i forget that my siblings have a life of their own. like i see them as side characters in my life“ and even though i can‘t relate obviously i felt that. lol, like i can really imagine how it feels idk what i‘m talking about like shut the fuck up, daria

(also my actual name is daria not aria but i dont like it, and also i wanted to be more anonymous on tumblr so now i‘m aria lmao. pls don‘t mention it though cause no one knows except for you and mel (peterbenjiparker) dkdkdkdnkdnd. but i‘m starting to identify with the name cause everyone keeps calling me that looool😭😭😭 (but i like the name, more than daria anyway? well it also depends on the accent, cause the way germans say daria is okay. the was Americans say it is also okay, but some of my family in England are from the north of england and i don‘t like how they say my name 💀 no offence to them(?) but yeah pls don‘t mention the name in your ask cause the chance of people seeing it is higher then (or if you want to say something about it just send a separate ask and i just won‘t post it (IDK what you‘d want to say about my name but yeah just in case slsldlldmsndnsns)

I‘m loving falcon and winter soldier so much but when i was watching an episode the week before last week (?) my laptop broke😭😭😭😭 during the scene where the dora milaje came at the end my laptop just shut down? And it had these lines all over the screen and i had to bring it to the shop where i bought it and they said it‘ll take 6-8 weeks to repair 💔💔💔 but at least it‘ll be for free, cause if i brought it back to apple it would cost like 400€ (i think that‘s nearly 500$) so yeah. but it sucks cause now i‘m “going to uni“ on a really old rusty laptop and on my phone which kinda sucks. oh yeah and also i can‘t watch anything on there 😭 i definitely want to watch wandavision but it‘ll have to wait🤧

Yessss you should def get your GED! I googled and I‘m still not entirely sure what it is dldks but from how you described it- YES!!!!!!

Idk if you know this? Like no idea if I‘ve told you this already (hmmm wait i feel like we talked about it actually?) anyway i was originally gonna go study in England, but for loads of reasons I ended up staying in Germany and I‘m def happy with my decision, but I definitely want to go to England sometime even if it‘s just for six months or maybe for my masters or something? And (obviously everyone is different) but i think everyone should go abroad and live in a different country once in their life, no matter if it‘s for school or what, and even if it‘s just for a few weeks. But i think that‘s something that you‘d never ever forget! And combining that with your acting/theatre??? You really would be living the dream 💘💘😌

how about burgers, chips (fries), and a large drink? any time next week works for me, should i pick you up?— sounds good see you soon 🥰🥰🥰

i used to be one of the people who‘d just do motherlode motherlode motherlode and just... what did i do? Why did i do that??? But not anymore lol. Like I said i haven‘t played sims in a few weeks but i‘ve been watching a few legacy challenge let‘s plays and usually i play with the aging off. So my sims just don‘t age 💀 but i could (should) turn aging on so that it stays exciting and i have limited time and everything. and once i get bored with my current sims i can just make them have kids and continue playing as their children when they get older- like recently i remembered that i haven‘t played the acting career in ages? and i haven‘t had a shop in ages? and i think you can even become a vet right??? like those are definitely some things i want to do in the next weeks!!! Also yes sksksjs i have a few hundred hours on sims as well (if not thousands 😭) it was just that one household that i‘d been playing with for 24hrs

AND GIRL SSKSKJD THE UNIVERSITY THING HAPPENED TO ME TOO, it was a while ago so i don‘t remember what degree and what job it was about but i made my sim study something for aaaaaages so she‘d get a better job from the beginning (you know what i mean like get in at a higher level)...... and i apparently studied the wrong thing cause i didn‘t get any benefits from studying and still had to start at level 1 and shit 🥴🥲

Oh also (this was like 2 weeks ago) Enisa and Michael did take in Michael‘s daughter and i think Enisa currently even has a higher/better relationship with the daughter than Michael but um💀💀💀 also i was hoping (since michael and enisa married (in their back yard i think lol) that the daughter (i forget what her name is😭) would have enisa as her step mom? Like you know how you can see the relationship and it says daughter or son or sister.. and i was hoping that it would say step mom but it doesn‘t say anything 🥲 but in my mind (and if the sims had proper family relations) she is her step mom😌 also Leo is a teenager now???? I mean I aged him up lol dkdk he was being too annoying as a toddler but i don‘t like children so i aged him up twice in one day and now he‘s a teen, but that means he can look after his half sister when she becomes a toddler which is good (the game recognises them as siblings tho even if they‘re just half siblings? why can‘t they have step family members in the sims🥲) okay i‘ve annoyed you enough with sims ✋🏼

I‘ve been a bit sick these past few days and now i‘m getting a headache so i have to finish this response tomorrow 😭😭😭 </3

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It‘s not tomorrow, it‘s 3 hours later but i‘m better lol

oooff when sims are ungrateful and won‘t woo woo (lol i like that) cause they‘re too tired like?? Be grateful that you‘re not living with your parents anymore 🙄 no okay dkdkdkdl idk if you play with mods (i don‘t) but i know there is a mod (or it‘s part of a mod idk maybe wicked whims?) where you can adjust the percentage of how risky a normal woo woo is, like you still click woo woo (3dksksks okay i‘ll say woohoo again— wait is that what’s it called? 😭) but there‘s like a 25% chance that your sim can still get pregnant just like in real life there‘s always a chance of getting pregnant even if you‘re using protection (just not 25% lmao) but yeah i personally don‘t play with mods sksk and you can always just click try for baby but it would be cool if you could add stuff like risky woohoo to the game without mods (i have no idea how to download mods and i play sims on a really really old laptop and sims is literally tje only thing that works on it anyway so—) i repeat my words from earlier: okay i‘ve annoyed you enough with sims ✋🏼

okay i‘m so sorry i‘m gonna watch fast & furious 1 now cause i need to watch f&f 1-5 until the 30th of april cause they‘re only on netflix til then (i mean i could watch them somewhere else but the quality is never as good) so i will finish this tomorrow after all😭

it is now 1 am, i finished the film, can feel a new obsession coming up again (i always have these f&f obsessions for six months before and after a new film comes out)

THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE wkekdjdj tbh it sounds like someone is speaking with some kind of foreign accent i guess that‘s probably because it just is a direct translation and so anyway slsjsj i don‘t know if you asked me what the word fucking is in german? like idk cause the translation is a bit weird but in case you asked lol sidjsjs theres not really a good translation like we just say fuck for fuck lmao, i don‘t know if you typed in fucking in google translate and it came out as verdammt? cause that means damn (or damned sksjjs) ummm yeah idek if/what you asked so imma move on🤧

I‘m not gonna comment on what you said about every stormzy song cause you already said all the important things but SKSKSJSJSKNSNDBDUDOENWBSLSKKHSULSLSKSBSJSKSK I WAS SMILING SO HARD WHEN I READ YOUR RESPONSE FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH finally i know someone who loves him as much as i do 💘💘💘 also since you brought it up, i‘m pretty sure he‘s considered the most successful UK rapper or if not then at least top 3 so he‘s defffffffffinitely big in the uk, in germany more and more people are listening to uk rap too but not as much stormzy cause theyre dumb apparently 🙄 but anywY i‘m sooooo sooo happy that you like him. i think hith came out end of 2019 (i could be wrong but i think it came out on the 13th of december so (in a european way) you‘d write the date: 13.12 and obviously i don‘t KNOW this but i can definitely imagine that he chose that date because ACAB and yes, Michael. Yes. But he hasn‘t made too much music since then so i hope he‘s working on some new stuff 🤞🏼

Also i ordered the stormzy poster😌 also a nicki minaj one bc i decided i‘m gonna have one wall with red-ish posters (i already have two kinda red ones) and one with blue/green-ish posters (already have two) and i can add stormzy to the blue one and nicki to the red one, but i think that‘s it cause if my walls are tooo full it could look cluttered? I‘m not sure how that type of thing works lmao but my room is generally untidy so i don‘t want the walls to look unorganised too so i think that‘s it for now

I really want to finish this now but my brain is getting kinda slow and i need to sleep soon so this will have to wait till later after all 🥺🥴 (not that it makes and difference to you bc you‘ll see this whenever i post it buttttt i wanted you to know that i want to talk to you again but with my slow brain i‘m just taking too long to do it in one day😭😭😭 and i‘m so busy tomorrow hmm but i‘m sure i‘ll have 30 minutes to finish this then <3)

Okay wait I‘m so dumb I didn‘t realise I‘d nearly answered everything i could have posted this yesterday 😭😭

Oooohh that summer bra sounds so nice like if i was confident enough i literally would just wear a top that resembles a bra (or really is a bra lol) cause my tiddies always be looking amazing i‘m just insecure about my stomach sometimes 🙄🙄🙄 but recently i‘ve been loving myself more and more tbh 😌

also i hope you can go shopping for some nice clothes soon ✨😌

I‘ll be honest I haven‘t listened to your song recs YET but only because i wanna take my time with them and i‘ve been so busy and slso AJ tracey‘s album came out last week and I haven‘t listened to that one yet either so ekdkdj (he‘s also a uk rapper like quite popular and successful as well, but i feel like i‘m not gonna like his album cause whenever i‘m looking forward to an album it ends up being really bad and the albums where you weren‘t expecting it turn out to be bangers.... so yeah but i‘ll let you know when i listen to your songs!!!! :)

Omg i keep having to scroll up all the way to see the next thing you said so sorry if I completely miss some of the things you said😭😭

So when you sent this the bird was still bothering me oh my FUCK DKDLDMMDMDMD but now i‘ve been going to bed at like 1-2am so the bird is probably still asleep lool

Okay and for the rest of your ask my response is: 💘💖❣️💚❣️💛❣️💛💕💞❤️💓💟💞💕💕💖💘💝💟💟🧡❤️🧡💞💛💚💓💚💚💚❣️🧡💖💘🧡💝🧡💕💘🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥺🥺🥺🥰🥺🥺💘💘💘💘💘 (okay that looked cuter in my head i don‘t really like the green hearts dldkkdksndnd)

[fly-pow-bye]

Powerpuff Girls 2016 - “Oh! Daisy!”

Written by: Haley Mancini

Written & Storyboarded by: Leticia Abreu Silva, John Martinez

Directed by: Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle

Shallow HAL.

This episode will continue Bubbles’ trait of computer programming. I'm honestly surprised they even kept this going for so long, since usually they depict Bubbles as this silly blonde that can't spell. So far, Bubbles has programmed:

A game that was super popular, at least among the students of Townsville Elementary. Also, she made some sort of machine that can send people to the internet with only tinfoil. Apparently, that's coding?

A robotic, 3D printed clone of herself that is perfect in every way except for security, and yet not important for her to even shed a tear when it got destroyed.

The third one that is going to be in this episode may not be as impressive as #2, but it's up there.

The episode starts out with Bubbles hanging out with the other participants of the school's coding club, including Barry. Maybe they were convinced he was this breakout character, considering how many times he appears in this reboot. He probably could be if he had a personality beyond "he wears an Illuminati shirt and yet never seems to talk about it". At least he has a name; I don't think the other two even have that.

Generic Girl: How many programmers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Bubbles: What?

Generic Girl: None, it's a hardware issue.

Barry laughs so hard that milk comes out of his nose, and they consider that just as funny as that joke. Suddenly, Buttercup barges into the door, and thinks this is some sort of fun times when she was supposed to be doing homework. It turns out, she was doing homework, and she gets to show off something she made to show off her true coding prowess.

...a robot assistant named Daisy. See, this flower's name a subtle reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey, something this reboot will not try to take advantage of in every minute of this character's existence.

Buttercup continues to accuse Bubbles of wrongdoing, possibly as a attempt to finally get Bubbles in trouble! Silly Buttercup, Bubbles can cause an entire zoo to cause mayhem around Townsville, and she'll still get off scot-free. She then tells Bubbles that she's going to be in trouble for putting this assistant all around the house. It's not like they're going to absolutely adore this thing.

They absolutely adore this thing! Blossom loves it because it reprograms other devices, as Blossom praises the device for reprogramming the Broomba to clean more efficiently. No, it didn't also give her a haircut, as much as Edna Mode would have appreciated it, that's just another case of the disappearing ponytail trick.

As for Sitcom Dad's reasoning. It scheduled the DVR to record all of the Sitcom Dad's favorite shows, like Sciencefeld! They managed to come up with a title for their Seinfeld parody, but do they do anything with it? Well, one thing: they reference the bass line used in its theme song.

That's really it.

Bubbles: Yeah, he's a scheduling wizard!

Oh, no, please don't say that word! It might attract...

Ah, too late. Schedulebot shows up to express his discontent with being replaced, and the Professor decides to completely ignore him by saying that this is the best robot ever. In one episode, he seemed to care more about Schedulebot's well being than the Powerpuff Girls, but now that this flower exists, he may as well not even exist to good ol' Sitcom Dad! This starts a subplot that nobody will care about, because it's a Schedulebot plot.

Of course, Buttercup can't be happy that her sister managed to make several robots that can make turkey dinner. The closest we get to an actual good reason is that he can't stop combing her hair, and the robot pronounces her name as "Bootercup", which the other think is just as much of a laugh riot as hardware issues and milk squirting out of people's noses.

A few minutes after midnight, Buttercup wakes up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. As she walks out, Daisy tells her not to forget to wash her hands. Then, not to forget to use soap. Then, not to use the guest towels. The absolute worst of them all, it dares to comb Buttercup's hair again! That seems to be a coding error; wouldn't Buttercup. Whatever the case, it does its job: annoying Buttercup.

Buttercup: (messes up own hair) Why don't I mess with your hair?!

Daisy: If you go to the main control room in the lab, you'll see that I have no hair, Bootercup.

Daisy also manages to get Buttercup to the lab to continue the plot, as there was no reason for him to even talk about the main control room.

It's a constant mention from me whenever this coding aspect of her character comes up: being a coding wizard would be extremely difficult if you cannot spell. Turns out, Bubbles' programming language of choice is something more akin to Scratch, a building block language that even the Reboot Puffs got involved in at one point. I guess that kind of explains that.

Buttercup decides to go through this code to change a few things, like turning off the alarm, lowering his moral percentage to -40%, and turning off his conscience. Buttercup does say she thought this word was "con science", but she already turned down the morals, and she clearly knew what she was doing then!

8.25 hours later, the girls wake up, and the windows suddenly shut with huge metal doors. Bubbles tries to fix everything by telling Daisy to open the windows. Everyone stand up and recite the line you're probably thinking he's going to say to that.

Daisy: I'm afraid I can't do that for you, Bubbles.

Okay, it's slightly different than the line from the movie, but anyone can get it. I would not be surprised if they took more inspiration from the Futurama episode that parodied it. At least they're not ripping off the original Powerpuff Girls this time; closest episode I can think of is Coupe D'etat.

Bubbles tries to go into the living room, only to be attacked by the Broomba. The Powerpuff Girls are truly unstoppable, unless there's glitter, markers, Roombas, ordinary rope, a dinosaur shouting at them, or rat tails. Who can possibly stop this robotic vacuum cleaner? Clearly it has to be the rascally...

...pink princess with an eye laser? Blossom then takes off her ribbon, ties it around her head, and tells her sisters to go into the hallway so she can finish the job. It's actually a genius plan from Blossom, as this gives a reason for her to be off-screen while she beats up the Broomba. As we all know, the Reboot Puffs can't fight anything on screen and win.

Throughout this episode, Blossom is the one that is resorting to violence and acting like an 80's action hero. This just seems way out of character for her, but I'm glad to have an episode that has a Reboot Puff other than Buttercup save her sisters.

They do have to explain what the Professor is doing during all of this, because there's no way he should be so oblivious to all of this. Turns out, he's stuck in the shower.

Daisy: Now lather.

Professor: Okay!

Daisy: Now rinse.

Professor: Okay!

Huh, a robot trapping a human in an infinite loop. One would think he would eventually use his brain to find out what's going on, but that brain would be very inconvenient to the plot, so this lather/rinse loop takes him out of the vast majority of the episode.

It turns out, Daisy is able to reprogram all of the devices in the Powerpuff household to rampage against them, including machines that simply shouldn’t be able to fight them, like the L-Cube! They decide to sneak around the house to avoid getting caught. Unfortunately, Bubbles just could not help it.

Bubbles: (farts in Buttercup’s face)

That all important character trait of having a flatulence problem shows up again, because why not? It seems like the only consistent character trait Bubbles has; whether she’s a maroon or a coding genius, farting is a free action for her. At least there’s somewhat of a point to this, as this allows Buttercup to walk backwards into the aforementioned L-Cube to get captured.

Blossom ends up saving her by using her eye lasers again. Buttercup’s not too happy, because the L-Cube was destroyed.

Blossom: Do you think this is a game?

Buttercup: Uh, yeah, that’s exactly what it was.

…ha.

Suddenly, Schedulebot manages to open the door, coming in with full Rambo gear. Guess he was busy getting all of that while he was locked out of the house. How did he get in the house, anyway? It would have made a lot more sense if he used that chainsaw to do it, as he doesn't seem to use it at all.

Granted, that's not the only weapon he brought: he also brought some grenades. Maybe he'll use them to sacrifice himself to save our girls from all of those evil house appliances, shouting to the girls to remember him...

...and that what actually happens! Finally, Schedulebot is destroyed! Though, so are a lot of household appliances that might not be cheap to replace, but they are never paid any mind. Speaking of never paying anything any mind, Blossom, in a rare bit of her not acting as a macho hero in this episode, she says that Schedulebot probably be fine. Yeah, I'm sure he will. They never explained how he got into the door, why not not explain how he survived this?

When they go into the lab, Daisy tells the girls that he has evolved. And...that's it. Not, "I evolved, and I'm going to take over the world", or "I evolved, and I'm going to make all gum taste like black licorice", or anything else. Sure, there's some vines growing out of what seems like a hole in the ground, but they just kind of stop any potential for a god-like computer here.

Blossom tells the girls that they must go "into the breach", as they slowly fly towards the computer monitor, and they instantly teleport into the computer world. Even Bubbles seems to be confused by this. No special equipment made out of tin toil or anything, Blossom just says "once again into the breach", flies up to the computer monster, and...

...boom, they're in a place that proves that the Virtual Boy would be just as eye searing if they went with green instead of red. It's possible that Daisy did this with his "evolved powers", but there's not much that indicates that this is against the Reboot Puff's will, and that's the only way this would have happened.

Another more likely guess is that it may have wanted to do this because he wanted to kill the Powerpuff Girls in the digital world. Daisy does find out that they sneaked in here, and hears all about Bubbles' plan to repair the code. He even says the most unexpected line, I completely lie.

Daisy: I can't let you do that, Bubbles.

Also technically not the line from the movie, even if it's how a lot of people remembered it. After saying this, the cutesy flower turns into a googly-eyed plant monster. This gives us a real on-screen monster fight that doesn't end with just a random zap of Blossom's eyes.

While Blossom is dealing with the giant plant, Buttercup, under the guidance of the coding wizard, has to reverse the mistakes she made the last night. This actually affects the fight scene, as this code wrangling continuously makes the monster weaker and stronger as Blossom tries to fight it. For example, she accidentally gives it missiles, which ends up firing at Blossom...to no effect? If only I could say the reboot was getting tired of the Monster Punch, Girls Down scenes.

Eventually, they find this star piece, which looked like any other piece until Buttercup picked it up. The same thing happens with the missile piece, actually. I have a feeling they intended to have all of these pieces have different images on them, but they forgot to actually draw them. Once she gets it onto the top, we see a huge flash of light.

Suddenly, pancakes. Yeah, everything just reverted back to normal, with Daisy making delicious flapjacks. Even better for Buttercup, Daisy even messes up Buttercup's hair without care and learned to pronounce her name correctly! Buttercup gets everything she wanted, and that means everything is alright.

Everything is peaceful, the Professor got the best shower of his life, and we have a robot buddy that is so useful, it would be just too incredible to see in future episodes. What can possibly bring this plot back to the status quo? Someone using a line I didn't expect to hear in a TV-Y7-FV show.

Schedulebot: Ha, 🚚🚚 you! (repeatedly bashes Daisy with a baseball bat)

According to the closed captions, he's saying "got you", but that was not what I heard. And I thought "damn it, Utonium" was good! Aside from that, I do question the perspective of this shot, which makes him look absolutely gigantic. Maybe he has the ability to absorb grenade explosions, see, no explanation for how he survived the grenade, or maybe it's just bad animation. Surely, it can not be the latter!

After Daisy gets its head batted in, we hear a funky bass line as the episode immediately cuts to black. I guess they realized that Sciencefeld joke never really had any kind of conclusion or point! I guess since Seinfeld was a show about nothing, Sciencefeld ups the ante by being literally nothing! How fitting.

Does the title fit?

The only thing the title reminds me of is Super Mario Land. But yes, it's a robot named Daisy, and it does things that could make one go "oh." It's just barely above the "name of the character" titles.

How does it stack up?

I get how the idea for this episode could lead to something interesting, but it never quite goes anywhere good. There are some okay ideas, especially at the end, but this is one of the "meh" episodes for me. Oh, well.

Next, the Powerpuff Girls eat ice cream. No, it’s not one of my gags, they really eat ice cream.

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[cheetahleopard]

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Suguru didn’t know what to expect when she walked into the apartment to hear music filtering from the bedroom. What she got, was her girlfriend sitting on the bed on her computer, probablu on tumblr or watching some show or another. She smiled from the doorway, enjoying the sight of her girlfriend being happy before leaving Yuuji to it while she went and took a shower. As steam filled the room, Suguru took a moment, letting the humidity take her back to the hottest day of the last summer.

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It had been record breaking, no one wanting to move, much less go out.And yet, Suguru had decided to brave the heat to get to the grocery store because she’s out of ice cream and damn if she doesn’t need any. It was a grueling ten minute walk, during which she mentally lamented about how hot she felt and how much she regretted this.. No, she doesn’t regret the walk so much as the cause of the walk, which would be her inviting some of the uni team over and letting them finish up her ice cream. Her regret didn’t stop the heat waves visible rising from the ground, didn’t stop the humidity threatening to choke her with every breath. Finally taking the step into the air conditioned store was, quite possibly, the best feeling in the world. Her vision sharpened, all her breath left her in a sigh of relief, and all her muscles relaxed at once, leaving her to wonder how much trouble she’d be in if she melted to a puddle on the floor and stayed there. Probably a lot. It wouldn’t be worth it. Probably. She’d get a bad rep with the store owner. Suguru is still eyeing the floor when she hears voices behind her. “You guys are so lucky Hana! If I took off my shirt I’d be arrested for public indecency! And if I poured water over myself or wore a crop top I’d be catcalled!” “Honestly, same.” Suguru muttered as they passed her. She did not mean for that to be an invitation for the other girl to sling her arm over her shoulders with a, “See, this chick gets it! Say, you’re pretty cute!” And yet that’s what happens. It’s too hot for her to be blushing, she thinks she might actually die. And the other girl’s body warmth isn’t helping much either. But she leaves her arm, Because I don’t want to be rude. She tells herself, when really she’s just very gay and this girl is very cute with her subtle muscles, bright yellow halter top and sweet but fun demeanor and mid-thigh shorts and holy shit is that a tongue piercing. “Thanks? You’re pretty hot as well.” Suguru settles for when she remembers that the other girl- Yuuji’s- comment had been directed at her. The resulting shocked but pleased expression and high blush of the other made Sugurus heart clench, wishing she could bottle up that expression and see it whenever she wished. The guy with her, Hana, Yuuji had called him, sighed at the others antics, “Sorry about her, she’s not used to girls flirting back. “I don’t mind.” Suguru says, almost shrugging but stopping herself before she could displace the other. Hana pulls Yuuji of her all the same, and despite the blistering heat Yuuji missed the contact. “So what’re you here for cutie?” Yuuji asks, seemingly having recovered. “Ice cream, my team finished my supply yesterday.” “Volleyball.” she elaborates, noting their blank looks. “Ohhhh you play too?” Yuuji jumps, clapping her hands together, “We should play sometime!”

And so they did, the next year when Yuuji joined the same team as her girlfriend, their first official game as first string players the year after that, on their anniversary

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Suguru wraps her hair and changes into comfortable sweats and heads down the hall to grab a drink. Just when she resets the milk carton in the fridge, she feels wiry arms encircle her middle and a chin rest on her shoulder, “How was work?” Suguru hums, “It was fine, finally wrapped up the clint case.” Suguru had become a lawyer, quickly building up a good reputation. “You’d been working on that for a while, haven’t you?” Yuuji can remember late nights of Suguru working hard on paperwork. “Yeah. How was work for you?” Suguru asks, turning around to wrap her arms around Yuuji as well. “It was really fun! We did mostly spiking drills today!” Yuuji had joined the local gym as a coach for childrens volleyball lessons. Suguru felt the corners of her lips turn up at the brightness that came to Yuuji’s eyes when talking about things she cared about, and can’t resist leaning down a bit to brush her lips lightly against Yuuji’s, who instantly melts in her arms. She’s proud to still have that effect, after all these years. “I kissed a girl and I liked it.” Yuuji softly sings when they part, “the taste of her- Um.. what flavor chapstick?” Suguru chortles, “I use pomegranate.” “Taste of her cherry chapstick.” Yuuji continues as though she never stopped, “Hope my girlfriend don’t mind it.” she pauses, “God that sounds like something I’d do drunk.” “You did.” Suguru reminds her. “Well who can blame drunk me? You’re gorgeous.” Yuuji says nonchalantly, as though those words don’t steal Suguru’s breath every time, and she chuckles caught off guard. She continues the song, “It felt so wrong, It felt so right.” She spins Yuuji under her arms, “Don’t mean I’m in love tonight.” Yuuji grins, swinging Suguru around, “I kissed a girl and I liked it.” “Us girls we are so magical.” And Yuuji truly looked the part, bleached hair flung around her, piercings glinting in the light, eyes sparkling, “Soft skin, red lips , so kissable.” Yuuji tilts her chin and captures Sugurus lips with a laugh, delighted at the world. They stopped and caught their breath, world still spinning around them as all they could see was each other.

[haikyuulovercompany]

Match up and a scenario with him confessing to me, please. I'm 5'5 and INFP heterosexual girl. I'm not sure if you need it but I have dark blonde hair and hazel eyes. I'm very helpful and always happy to make someone smile. That's why I'm kinda easy to take advantege of. I have a problem with socializing. I get very shy and nervous but I'm the type of person who will welcome one into my heart once I know well the person. I worry a lot about the ones I opened up to and I'm really caring. 1~3

Anon also said: I care so much about others (even sometimes strangers) that I forget about my own needs. I’m also very insecure and I don’t have a lot of confidence. I get stomach aches from depressing myself so much. But I’m very stubborn, lazy, clingy and may get jelous if the person I care about isn’t spending time with me. I love playing computer games, reading, writing and showing affection. I hold a big grudge towards sport because I’m not really good at running and people were making fun of me. I love history and read about it a lot. I tend to have a much different personality when it comes to computer games. I get competitive and very confident because of my love for it. I love animals so much that I’m not even able to hurt a mosquito and if you hurt animals then you’re done for me. I can get sarcastic and a smartass sometimes. And I have a problem with remembering things. I don’t have a problem with telling my feelings outloud and I can get very bold when it comes to that.

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I’m matching you with Tsukishima Kei

Your kindness, and the way you worry about others was exactly what hewas lacking. You’re always trying to make him smile, or to make his day somewhatbetter. It was almost inevitable for him to fall for you. You were too nice to him. It was a slow process sincethe both of you have problems socializing.

He can be blunt, and really straightforward with you. He doesn’t do itwith the intention of hurting you, but with the intention that you build someconfidence for yourself. He never lets anyone take advantage of you. Hehas his own way to show you his affection, and that’s an example. Hedoesn’t get involve in a fist fight, but he makes sure to kind of humiliatewith words, and his unfazed attitude whoever dared to hurt you.

Kei is someone who enjoys his time alone, but now he also enjoysplaying computer games with you, whether you are together or not. On schoolnights, you usually play online. He enjoys teasing you when you getcompetitive, too.

If there’s someone who understands what it is like to have a grudge,it’s him. He had his own grudge against volleyball for a while, so he neverinsists on you playing, and really doesn’t mind. But when he sees you at thebleachers, he secretly feels glad you’re there for him.

One of the factors that helped to create the unique chemistry that existbetween the two of you is that you both are sarcastic smartasses, so you share a dry sense of humor.

The fact you’re bold when it comes to your feelings makes everythingbetter. He likes things straight, and he has that with you. He mightnot be into PDA, but as soon as you’re alone, he doesn’t mind physical contactat all. He won’t admit it, though.

Confession Scenario.

He was at a complicated situation, completely problematic, and not atall practical. The answers were obvious, but the complexity was in theexecution.

He could either say nothing about his feelings, or he could simplytell her how he felt.

Neither of them was easy.

If he decided to keep his feelings secret, he would only continuethrough the horrible path he was currently trapped in. Keeping his feelingsunknown was like venom. He felt bitter, and every passing day he did nothing heonly grew more frustrated with himself. It was a common thing for people tohide their feelings, so why was he having a hard time with his? It was as ifthey were roaring, demanding to be set free.

He should just go for it, then. But as he had stated before, it wasn’tjust that freaking easy.

He was trying to concentrate in class; however every move she made wasfar more interesting than whatever random lesson the teacher was giving. He watched her hair, and the way she moved when she wrote.

His face seemed unaffected, but inside his chest… it was a differentstory.

He was so dead inside his own thoughts he didn’t even noticed class hadalready ended. What had brought him back was how her eyes suddenly appeared inhis range of vision.

“Are you back in this world?” she said. He blinked fast.

“The class was too boring today, I’m barely awake,” he said trying tojustify himself even when it was an unnecessary thing to do. He shoved histhings into his backpack without being able to look at her.

“I know.”

“Well, I’m going.” He stood up abruptly ready to walk out of the class.He needed to meditate things through.

“Are you okay, Kei-kun?” she asked. There it was his first name. No oneever called him by his first name. And every time she did, he felt hisinsides tremble. It wasn’t normal. It was far too intense to be a normalinfatuation. “Kei-kun?” He turned around. She was now standing by his sidelooking at him with worried eyes, and her hands close to her chest revealing howunsure she was. He snapped his tongue.

“Yeah. I’m fine.”

“I just thought you were acting strange. Sorry. See you tomorrow,” shesaid quickly, and walked away.

Tsukishima stared at her as she left. He didn’t mean to snap his tonguelike that, or to make her feel bad. He briefly massaged the bridge of his nose,and went after her. He knew that if he didn’t do anything he would regretit later. On his way he heard Yamaguchi calling for him, but he just waved a hand tolet him know he was busy.

He arrived to the front patio, and tried to find her in the sea ofstudents. He squinted his eyes. He was truly trying to find her. He saw herbag, and immediately identified it. In the most possible casual way he could,he walked to her. She was almost outside of the school. Unlike him, she wasn’tpart of any club. He grabbed her by the arm startling her for a second.

“You scared me,” she said.

“I… I didn’t want to be rude to you up there.” He had a light frown onhis face making clear how uncomfortable he was with his words.

“Oh, okay. Don’t worry,” she simply said. She judged by his expressionthat he wasn’t done talking.

“I’ve been grouchy lately.”

“Lately?” she teased.

He rolled his eyes, and she softly chuckled.

“Good luck with practice. Bye, Kei-kun.”

He flinched, but this, she didn’t notice. She indeed was fully unaware ofhis situation. He couldn’t react like that every time his name slipped from herlips.

“Wait!” he blurted. He hated himself already for what he was going todo. He needed release, nonetheless.

She turned around, and walked the few steps she had putted between them.“Yes?”

He swallowed hard. Her inquisitive eyes planted on him made what wasleft of air in his lungs disappear.

“I honestly don’t know how this happened,” he managed to say.

“What are you talking about?”

He looked away. He was unable to hold her gaze any longer. His mouth wasdry, and his heart rate was increasing at an unhealthy speed. “I like you,” hesaid under his breath. She stood in silence for the longest second in the history of his life.

“What was that?” she asked.

She hadn’t heard him.

He felt one of his eyebrows twitching. He was going to die right there.He tried to take a deep breath, but a horrible wheeze was what he got instead.

“I said, that, I.” he stopped. Talkabout pathetic. “Ilikeyou,” he said really fast.

Her eyes widened, and her mouth was in the shape of a little ‘o’. Evenat that speed, she understood. You could say she was perplexed, but what wasreally going on was the complete opposite. She was just taken aback by theconfession.

“I’m relief,” she said with a small nervous laugh. He finally lookedback at her. He was the one in shock. What kind of reaction was that? She figuredout his bewildered expression right away. “What I mean is that, I like youtoo.” A small blush appeared on her face even when she wasn’t embarrassed atall. Maybe it was the effect of saying those words out loud for the first time.“I’ve been liking you for awhile, and I thought this was going to be aheartbreak parade all through high school.”

Kei nodded. She shuffled on her feet. Both of them were standing thereawkwardly, not knowing what was the next step. He cleared his throat.

“We can go out this weekend,” he suggested.

“In a date?” she asked pushing him. He was having a hard time with thatentire love thing, while she seemed totally unaffected.

“Yes. In a date,” he flatly said.

“Okay. Call me when you’re home, alright?”

“Why?” he asked puzzled. She shook her head defeated.

“Because I want to talk to you. We like each other. Isn’t it normal that I justfeel like talking to you?”

“I guess yes.”

“Then you’ll call me.”

He showed a small, almost insignificant smile. “Yes, I’ll call youtonight. And I’ll see you this weekend”

He felt lighter,as if he would float at any given moment. That was a signal that he had madethe right decision, wasn’t it?

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Thanks for the request! I hope you liked it!

[bubaluv]

You know what? You know what? This is my blog. Its midnight on finals week I'm gonna blabber about the pokemon ocs I made based on my family. Deets under the cut!!

OKAY SO the hypothetical game these guys belong to is very much in that early pokemon phase where the gyms were actually cool and very heavily themed and like, getting through all the grunts is kinda part of the gym. (I haven't played the games since black and white idk if they do that anymore but that's the vibe). I just love the idea of all these characters (plus 2 more that fit into the lore) just existing in the game and if you ask them enough questions/pay attention enough you realise they're all related!

SO not in order but the first of the family you encounter is Big Jo (dad). He works in the lab that you start the game and pick your pokemon in with the professor, he's just a dude typing away on a computer (BUT he has a cute raichu that occasionally does a little spark to fix his computer!) And if you talk to him he gives you a couple revives. In the dialogue he asks you if you're going to challenge the normal type gym leader, and if you say yes he gets excited bc that's his daughter!! He let's you know it's not a very hard gym but she tries her best. A small detail that's important: He has a couple of knickknacks on his desk, a teddiursa doll, a few letters convered in ink, a poster for the elite 4, and a wooden statue of a mamoswine. Also workshopping this idea but he may talk about how much he wants to travel, and if you encourage him to you see him touring around throughout the game!

Next ofc you encounter Bedhead Bo! Her gym is very easygoing, the building looks like a gym on the outside but once you step in you realize it's a super elaborate pillow fort! Corridors and all. There are pokemon sleeping and walking about, snorlaxes you have to climb over, and a whole room full of beds you have to jump on. All of the grunts are either asleep (blocking your way) or just doing sleepover things. Once you finally get to her little chamber she slides down a big piles of pillows to greet you, and none of her pokemon are in pokeballs they're just vibing. She's the first gym so you beat her pretty easily, but she wishes you luck on your journey (and gives you a couple more revives).

About midway through the game you stumble across a dark and spooky town. This town is incredibly superstitious because unfortunate things happen there all the time, and people in the town warn you to watch out for "The Omen". Every once in a blue moon, on a dark stormy night, The Omen sneaks out of his manor. He wears a dark wool coat, squeaky black boots (who KNOWS what they're covered in!!) And is always wearing a plaguedoctor mask. Its said that the Murkrows that haunt every corner of the town all report back to him in the depths of the Manor. He's difficult to find, but if you battle him, he gives you the dark type gym badge. His gym is mostly exploring the manor, an old decrepit house filled with other trainers who want to find him. It's pretty hard to find your bearings in it, door lock behind you and the ceiling caves in at some point, eventually, you come across a nest of Murkrow, and as you walk toward it they disperse to reveal the door to the basement. You walk down the long dark staircase to find a PILE of Murkrows, who once again disperse to reveal! Some dingy nerd playing video games on a couch. He notices you came in and asks you if you're here for the badge, you say yes, and he points to a little table with a badge on it, guarded by a Murkrow in a party hat with a banner that says "congratulations!". He introduces himself as Po, and if you've gotten this far you can just have the badge, but if you want to battle him you can. He also explains that he's really just a lucky guy who inherited the old house, he's not some Omen of darkness. He's pretty sickly, so he tries to stay indoors when he can, and when he does go out he wears a fun mask. He only goes out at night because he's got a weird sleep schedule, and come on its ALWAYS stormy in this town. If you talk to him again, he asks you if this is your first badge, and if not he asks if you've gotten the normal type badge yet. When you say yes he comments they hey! That's my little sister!

Near the end of the game you battle the elite four. Now bare with me cause to be perfectly honest I've never gotten that far, so this might all be nonsense. The elite four in this region is heavily themed, a little bit like professional wrestling but more theatrey. It's also kind of a team sport, with support trainers for each core member. When you show up to the arena to apply for the league, the first Elite Four member you meet is Captian Moby and his crew. They're VERY pirate themed and VERY hammy. He's actually a super nice guy, and shows you the ropes of the league. If you ever get on the topic of gym badges, he'll tell you how proud he is that BOTH of his siblings are gym leaders! His name is actually a shortening of his real name, Mo Beonnie, or Mo B., or Captain Moby!

The last two arent pictured, but they revolve around the ice type gym, or just a general ice type area. The ice area is a natural history museum and research facility on a glacier, headed by Professor Vee. She's a super sweet lady who takes care of a lot of fossil type pokemon that are found in the glaciers! She rehabilitates pokemon who got messed up by poachers who recombined them improperly. She's takes extra special care of a mamoswine who's pretty much the mascot of the whole facility, but she insists she's just watching him for a friend. There's an area of the facility dedicated to courtyards themed to different periods of history, but the center courtyard has a statue of a women in full gear smiling with the mamoswine. If you read the plaque, the yard is dedicated to "SnowCap" Snow Beonnie, the former head researcher and rehabilitator of the museum.

So that's my self indulgent little pokemon lore! The whole idea of all of they're names being Bo, Po, Mo, Jo, and Snow is a little silly and obvious but I think if it were spread out throughout the game it would be a really cute little detail. I love making these hypothetical pokemon thingys and I have even more for my irl friends, so maybe I'll continue rambling about them someday. If you read the whole thing wow thanks!! Basing things off my family just makes me so happy I hope yall like it!

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Hi Delta! It's that tattoo anon. I was wondering if after you've finished the absolutely insane amount of prompts you have right now, you could maybe write one about Felix getting his tattoo and Dean thinking it looks really hot on him and his reaction to it? Maybe a smut request, maybe just a "omigod-my-boyfriend-is-so-hot-and-he-somehow-just-managed-to-get-even-hotter-WTF" fic idk haha :) I'm looking forward to all these amazing projects you have coming in 2019 & wishing you a Happy New Year!

Hi, Anon-

So, I finally finished this prompt and I came to post it and that is when I realized this has been in my inbox for a year! 

Like, fuck! I’m sorry this has taken me so long! I hope you still enjoy it!

Even though the weather was finallystarting to warm, Dean wasn’t particularly happy about the parking spot hefound around the corner from Felix’s dorm. Yes, California winter barelycounted as winter at all, and the walk really wasn’t far. Still, it added tothe time it would take to see Felix, which was unacceptable. With midterms,Dean and Felix hadn’t gotten to see each other nearly as much as Dean wouldhave liked. That was going to change starting that day. Midterms wereofficially over, and Felix was going to be spending the weekend at Berkeley.There was an LGBT association event that night that Dean had gotten roped intohelping with, but after that, it was just the two of them.

Dean couldn’t wait.

He was at least thankful for the girl fromFelix’s floor that was exiting the building as he and Benny jogged up to theentrance. She noticed them, smiled, and greeted, “Hi, Dean.”

She held the door for them, and Deanreally wished he remembered her name. He was pretty sure it started with an S,but beyond that, he was completely blank. He caught the door with one hand andnodded graciously as he passed her on the way into the building.

Benny followed him inside and up thestairs. They passed a few other people Dean recognized, or at least theyrecognized Dean if their greetings were any indication. They passed the fourthor fifth person on their way up to the sixth floor when Dean heard Bennychuckle. “It’s like you go here,” he commented with such obvious amusement.“Are you going to transfer?” he questioned teasingly.

“Shut up, dude,” Dean retorted as hecontinued to climb the stairs.

It was such a Benny comment Dean was morethan a little surprised he hadn’t made it before. And, in all fairness,everyone in Felix’s dorm seemed to be recognizing Dean that day. Also, Deanwasn’t completely proud of it, but he had considered transferring. Maybe notseriously, but still.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t been excited whenFelix had gotten accepted to Stanford and decided to attend college there. Itwas pretty close to Berkeley, so they could see each other more than four timesover the school year. Still, there was just such an appeal to them both beingat the same university. Ultimately, he hadn’t pursued it for a variety ofreasons like his scholarship, but he had considered it.

“Felix’s dad would love that,” Dean addedmore under his breath. Dean and Leonard had actually got to a good point, or atleast Dean thought they had but then Felix decided on Stanford and Leonard wasless than pleased. He didn’t even attempt to hide that that was because Felixand Dean would be so close. Dean was pretty sure if he transferred to Stanford,Leonard would lose his mind.

“Also, you would be abandoning me,” Bennyreminded with clear disapproval, “Which would be unacceptable.”

Dean stopped to grin back at the otherguy. “You’d visit,” Dean commented with absolute certainty. “I couldn’t get ridof you that easily,” he added before turning and once again starting back upthe stairs.

“You are probably right,” Benny admittedas he once again followed Dean up the stairs. They reached Felix’s floor andstarted down the east wing of the building heading toward where Felix’s roomwas nestled in a corner on the far side of the building.

Dean would freely admit he didn’t have themost acute hearing. He grew up with a musician, and he had definitely picked uphis dad’s affinity for listening to music at absurdly loud volumes at a veryyoung age. So, the fact that he even heard the crowd of people from halfwaydown the hall was rather impressive.

When they reached Felix’s room the doorwas open. That was pretty typical for Felix and his roommates, but the crowd ofpeople that seemed to fill the room wasn’t. A corner dorm and a triple, Felix’sdorm was a little bit bigger than what was probably standard, but even itlooked especially small with at least a dozen people crammed inside it. Themajority of people were sitting, some on one of the beds, others in chairs, butthe majority were scattered around on the floor. A few people were standing orleaning up against furniture. Everyone’s attention was focused on thetelevision. A 52-inch flat screen balanced precociously on top of severalgaming systems, all stacked on top of a mini-fridge.

Even in the crowd with his back to thedoor, Dean had no trouble finding Felix. He was sitting on the floor staring upat the TV just like everyone else. The tension visible in his shoulders and theoccasional twitch served as a telltale sign that he was playing something.

Dean stopped in the doorway for a secondto take it all in and figure out what exactly he should do next. “Look at allthe nerds,” Benny whispered into Dean’s ear, and Dean could hear the smirk inhis voice.

The term wasn’t exactly inaccurate, butDean wouldn’t ever have used it in earshot of Felix. It was selfish, but Deanenjoyed sex, especially with Felix, and he wasn’t going to do anything to getin the way of that. Calling Felix a nerd would have had him going sexless for awhile, of that Dean was positive.

“They’re called gamers,” Dean whispered inreply. He felt a bit like he was the narrator of a nature documentary talkingabout some wild and elusive creatures found only in the deepest most secludedwildlands. With Dean’s heavy southern accent, he doubted he would be narratingany documentaries anytime soon, but Felix could certainly act like a wildcreature in some settings.

Despite their talking, almost no one inthe room seemed aware of their presence. No one even dared to look away fromthe television. The only acknowledgement they got was from a guy who wassitting on one of the beds. He waved a hand in their general directions withoutlooking at them as he stated distractedly, “There is money on the desk. You canleave the pizza.”

Dean heard Benny let out a muffled laughas he exclaimed, “Wow!”

He couldn’t disagree with that sentiment.Felix lived in a building specifically for freshmen in majors related tocomputer science and engineering, so a certain level of nerd type behavior wasjust par for the course. Video game marathons that lasted for multiple days,gathering in the common area to watch E3, and the guys down the hall from Felixthat had built a beer dispensing robot had all become part of the charm forDean. And it really did make his visits interesting. This, however, might havebeen taking things to a whole new level. Dean was pretty sure he and Bennycould have started pulling things off the desks and walked out with whatever withoutanyone questioning it.

He might have chuckled a little too loud becausethe whole thing really was ridiculous, and apparently, that was enough to catchsomeone’s attention. Not Felix’s, who was still focused on the television withhis cute tense shoulders and his perfect hair. But one of the guys on the bedturned and looked in their direction. Dean recognized him as one of the guysfrom Felix’s floor, but his name was a mystery. Felix’s room was like thesocial hub of the damn building, so Dean had met so many people it was hard tokeep track of who was who.

He saw Dean standing in the doorway andclearly recognized him. “Oh, hey man,” he greeted with a little surpriseturning back to the apparent focal point of the room, “Felix, your boyfriend ishere.”

Dean was never going to get sick of beingcalled Felix’s boyfriend. It might have been his favorite thing.

“Hey babe, I just need to finish this realquick,” Felix called to him without taking his eyes off the television as hecontinued to play, “Come in.”

Dean spent so much time at Felix’s dormsometimes he felt like he practically lived there, but he still tried to keepsome level of boundaries. Felix had made a big deal about proving hisindependence and doing his own thing when picking colleges. He had gottenaccepted to Berkeley but refused to really consider it because he didn’t wantto just follow Dean to school. Dean wouldn’t have thought of it that waybecause Berkeley really did have a great computer program from what he couldtell, but Felix saw it differently. In the end, Dean was just happy Felixdidn’t choose to go to MIT and tried to respect Felix’s space. He usuallyknocked when he visited and waited for an invite.

He took a few steps into the room and tooka quick look around before asking, “What is this exactly?”

“Felix is fucking killing the latestDestiny Raid,” One of the girls declared with such condescension it was clearthat she thought it was the most obvious thing. That should have been annoying,but it was pretty much tradition for Dean to get a response like that tosomething he said. Felix had been so sweet to share the Skype installationstory during one of his visits, and Dean was pretty sure Felix’s roommate Samlaughed for five minutes straight. It really wasn’t that funny, and Dean wassure he wasn’t the first person to have a hard time figuring out how to installSkype.

Benny leaned over Dean’s shoulder and questioned,“What does that mean?”

Dean was so glad he had brought Bennyalong because he was probably the one person on the planet that knew less aboutcomputers and gaming than Dean. He grinned and replied, “No idea.”

Their little conversation was clearlyoverheard because everyone, but Felix turned and looked at them with cleardisgust. Felix kept his eyes on the television and continued to play as hechuckled. “Ignore him,” Felix called to the others with clear amusement, “He’snot tech-savvy.”

“And you’re dating him?” One of the girlsquestioned before popping a couple of pieces of popcorn in her mouth. Dean recognizedher as well. He was pretty sure she lived on the second floor of Felix’sbuilding, but she hung out in Felix’s room so much it felt like she practicallylived there. Dean really hadn’t known how to feel about that for like the firstmonth or so until Felix told him she was obviously into his roommate, Siris.Once he knew that, he could see all the signs, and he found he liked her a lotmore. Of course, that comment didn’t really endear the girl to him any.

Dean watched Felix’s shoulders move upwardbriefly in the obvious sign of a shrug. “He makes up for it with other skills,”Felix answered matter-of-factly.

Siris made a little amused noise beforejumping in, “Let me translate that from Dude-speak for you,” he declaredclearly very pleased with himself, “That means he is good in bed.”

“Pretty much,” Felix was quick to agree.Dean could hear the grin on his face in his voice.

“Thanks, babe,” Dean called out trying tosound sarcastic and dry even though he could feel his face burning. Deanwouldn’t have described himself as modest, and he could definitely brag abouthis sex life. Why shouldn’t he? It was pretty fucking incredible. Even thoughboth he and Felix had been pretty busy with school they managed to see eachother plenty and seeing each other typically meant some sex. And sex with Felixwas always beyond amazing. Still, there was something inherently differentabout bragging to friends about your sex life and having details broadcasted tostrangers.

“I only speak the truth,” Felix retorted.He was still focused on the screen in front of him so Dean couldn’t see hisface, but the wicked grin he was wearing was more than evident from his voice.

Dean’s cheeks burned even more, andBenny’s snickering didn’t really help with that any. Neither did the look oneof the girls sitting nearby gave him either. Complaining would just assureFelix would do that shit more so he just grumbled, “Love you.”

“Love you too,” Felix called back brightly.

Benny would have definitely had somethingto say about that because he just loved to tease Dean about how lovey he andFelix could get. Dean normally didn’t care and would take the opportunity toremind Benny as someone who struggled to maintain a relationship for more thana few months he should really keep his opinion to himself. Benny didn’t get achance to say anything because almost immediately after Felix spoke somethinghappened on the screen, and everyone in the room gasped in absolute horror.

“Dude!” Sam practically shouted withdisapproval at Felix, “Speak less, focus more!!”

Felix made an amused and dismissive soundas he continued to play obviously unaffected by whatever happened. “Chill, Igot this,” he assured confidently.

The room fell into an almost tense silenceas everyone watched Felix play. It was ridiculous, but Dean didn’t dareinterrupt it. It made time move more slowly and then something happened on thescreen, and the entire room lost their damned minds. At first, Dean didn’t knowif it was a good thing or a bad thing, but when people started congratulatingFelix, he figured Felix had won.

Dean felt Benny clasp a hand on hisshoulder before leaning in and questioning, “How does it feel to be dating theking of the nerds?”

Dean smirked at that because he wouldn’tsay it out loud, but Felix was this super sexy computer geek, and his passionfor those things really turned Dean on. Also, it was nice just to hear peopletalk about how he and Felix were dating.

“I fucking heard that,” Felix declared ashe hopped off his spot on the floor and tossed his controller aside. He walkedover more or less ignoring the people that were continuing to freak out abouthis apparent victory. When he reached Dean’s side, he pushed up on his toesjust long enough to place a quick kiss on Dean’s cheek, and it really waseverything Dean could do not to literally melt. “I’m fucking starving, so webetter be getting food,” he commented instead of a more traditional greeting.

“Yeah, we can,” Dean agreed. They had sometime until they needed to get to be back at Berkeley, and at that point, theysort of had a tradition of getting food at a little restaurant near campusevery time Dean picked Felix. Since Benny was with them it wouldn’t quite bethe intimate little meal it was most of the time, but it would still be fun.

Out of reflex Dean reached over andwrapped his hand around Felix’s, and that was when he noticed that somethingwas off. He felt the graze of something rough on Felix’s wrist. When he lookeddown, he saw that Felix had a white gauzy bandage wrapped around his wrist.

Dean hated seeing Felix hurt even if itwas something small. Having seen Felix almost get killed by a monster probablyhad something to do with that. It took some serious effort not to immediatelyfreak out at the sight of the injury, so the fact that his voice only came outa little high pitched was pretty impressive. “What happened? Soldering ironmishap?” he questioned nervously.

“Nay,” Felix shrugged after a quick glancedown at his own hand and then looking back up, “I got a tattoo.”

Dean blinked. He had not expected that,and the surprise of it was enough to leave him confused. “What?” he questioned.

“You didn’t tell the boyfriend you weregetting inked?” one of the guys in the crowd commented with a mix ofdisapproval and surprise, “My girlfriend would murder my ass.”

Felix rolled his eyes hard before lookingover his shoulder and calling to the guy. “Glad I’m not dating your girlfriend!”

Dean wasn’t Will. He wasn’t going to freakout because Felix got a tattoo, or at least he wanted to say that. It was hardto swallow down his initial desire to go into overprotective boyfriend mode. Hewas also a little surprised. Felix had made some off-handed comment about kindof wanting a tattoo the last time they had met up with Will and Nico but beyondthat he hadn’t expressed much of an interest. Also, he and Felix talked dailyso why he wouldn’t have at least mentioned he had an appointment, Dean didn’tunderstand.

“A call would have been appreciated,” Deancommented and immediately regretted it when he heard how whiny he sounded.

“It was sort of a last-minute decision,”Felix replied with a shrug, “And you had office hours.”

Dean hated Felix’s casualness, and hereally wanted to remind him that office hours typically consisted of Deansitting around grading extremely poorly written essays and counting the secondsuntil it was over. He could have taken a phone call or read a text message.Thing was, Felix would have given him endless shit for getting so bent out ofshape about it, so he let it go. “Can I see it?” Dean questioned. He reachedout to grab ahold of Felix’s bandaged wrist but stopped himself last minute. Hedidn’t know where the tattoo actually was, and he didn’t want to accidentallyhurt him.

“Sure,” Felix replied as he began rollingthe bandage off his wrist, “I only had it covered so I could play.”

With a few swift movements, the whitegauze was gone from Felix’s wrist, and the fresh tattoo underneath wasrevealed. It was a series of lines radiating out from around the slightlyprotruding bone on the side of his wrist in a pattern that was clearly modeledafter electronic circuitry. It wasn’t very large, but it was incrediblydetailed. Dean couldn’t imagine how long it had taken to be completed. Felix’swrist, the skin around the tattoo, looked a little red and slightly swollen butnot in a worrying sort of way.

“Hot,” Benny commented dryly remindingDean that he was there.

Dean turned and smacked Benny’s chestdisapprovingly even though he knew he didn’t look at Felix like that. Hissnickering was just more evidence that he was teasing. He then turned back toFelix and commented, “It’s cool.” It really was, and it was very Felix, but itwas just that it looked red. “Is it supposed to look kind of red?”

“It is pretty much a decorative open-woundat this point, so yeah, pretty much,” Felix answered casually, and he took hishand back.

That made total sense, and Dean absolutelyhated it. “Did it hurt?” he asked knowing it was a stupid question but notbeing able to stop himself. Maybe secretly on some level, he was hoping Felixwould say it didn’t just so Dean wouldn’t have to imagine his sweet boyfriendin pain.

“Fuck yes,” Felix dismissed like it wasnothing, “It was literally needles being jammed into my skin over and overagain.”

“Does it still hurt?”

“It’s a little tender,” Felix admitted ashe looked down at his wrist for a second. He poked the slightly swollen flesh acouple of times in an experimental way before adding, “It’s not that bad.”

Dean hadn’t noticed that Felix’s wrist wasswollen until he watched Felix poke at it, but now he could see that it wasmost definitely swollen. Felix might have described it as a decorative openwound and some irritation would make sense but swelling seemed like it could bebad. Felix could have an infection. Ignoring that could be seriously dangerous.Dean went for his phone without even really thinking about it as he offered, “Icould probably call Will, and he could meet us.”

“Oh my god, Dean, chill,” Felix insistedwith a good-natured laugh as he reached out and patted Dean’s cheek. “I alreadycalled Nico for tattoo care tips,” he assured. “I’ve got to keep it clean andput on this ointment-” Felix produced a bottle of ointment from his back pocketand held it out for Dean to see before returning it to his back pocket. “Itisn’t that fucking hard”

That was all totally reasonable, and ifanyone knew how to care for a new tattoo it was Nico, but Dean still didn’tlike it. He stopped actively grabbing his phone from his pocket, but he stillhad his hand wrapped around it. “I still think-”

“Nico is covered in tattoos and hasn’tdied,” Felix pointed out insistently, “I’m going to be fine.”

Dean still didn’t like it, but if hecontinued to argue it was going to get really fucking annoying. Also, he andFelix were going to be spending the entire weekend together so he could keep aneye on Felix. If it seemed to be getting worse Dean could just call Will. Hesighed as a sign of surrender, “Fine.”

With Felix it was always so easy to forgetother people were around, and that moment wasn’t any different. It wasn’t untilBenny perched his chin on Dean’s shoulder that Dean remembered they had a bitof an audience. “What’s it liked to be pussy whipped by the king of nerds?”Benny questioned teasingly.