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stardust948 · 10 months ago

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Half Off Chocolate

Prompt: They fight over discounted Valentine's Day chocolate while arguing over who had it worse.

Katara didn’t know why she didn’t just go home.

Her makeup was smeared from crying, dress wrinkled, and hair slipping out of its neat bun. She was a messed and felt even worse inside. Maybe that is why she stopped at the nearest convenient store for some well deserved and frankly overdue, sweets.

The store was a ghost town. Scattered pink and red merchandise laid abandoned on the floor and nearly empty shelves. Of course. Though it was still Valentine’s Day, the hour was late and most of the good stuff was long gone.

Katara wandered to the candy section, feeling like a lost spirit herself; haunting the remains of a once beautiful dwelling now succumbed to ruin. The candy ail was picked clean, as expected. Even the less popular treats were gone. Nothing left except a lone heart shaped red box. An ugly orange sticker slapped hastily on read the box was 50% off due to damage.

‘How fitting. A damaged heart for a damaged heart.’ Katara thought to herself.

A bitter half smile grew on her face as she reached out to pick it up. She did not notice the other hand reaching at the same time until they both grabbed the box. Katara gasped, more out of annoyance than surprise.

The person was a Fire Nation man about her age. He wore a fancy suit with the neck tie partly undone and had long black hair that spilled onto his face. Bits of red peaked under the hair on his left side, probably from a rash or blemish he was trying to hide. Despite this, he was admittedly attractive in his own way.

Katara glared. He must have forgotten what day it was, hastily threw on the fancy outfit and rushed to the store to buy sweets for his disappointed partner. Well too bad! Katara needed it more!

“Excuse you.” Katara said coldly. “I had that first.”

“What? No I did.”

“You’re wrong.” Katara yanked it, but the man held firm. “Let go!”

“I had it first! You let go!”

“No you!”

They yelled and tugged on the chocolate box like a couple of kids fighting on the playground.

“Do you have any idea what I’ve been through?!” Katara spat. “I’ve earned that chocolate!”

“Earned?! I need it more!!!”

“It’s not my fault you forgot Valentines’ Day and had to last minute shopping!”

“I didn’t forget! My girlfriend dumped me today of all days!”

“Oh boohoo! My long term boyfriend proposed today-“

“Well congratulations!” His voice dripped in sarcasm.

“After I caught him cheating, you prick!” Katara snapped. “He didn’t even apologize! Just pulled out a ring and thought that would fix everything!”

“You think that’s bad?! My ex dumped me by bringing the guy she was cheating on me with for the past 2 years!”

“My ex brought his fangirls to the proposal! The very ones who treated me like a maid and constantly threatened me just because I was dating him!”

“My ex threw a glass bottle at my head just for dating another girl while we were on break!”

“My ex threw a lit candle at me because I didn’t want to kiss him right then!”

“My ex did kiss me just to shut me up from talking about confused emotions!”

“My ex purposefully kept me away from my family and constantly belittled my culture!”

“My ex insulted me just for having different opinions from her!”

“My ex compared my grief of my mom’s murder to losing his pet! Then scolded me for giving a witness report against the murder in trail!!!”

“My ex told my sister where I was knowing she’ll tell my abusive father!!!”

The box ripped in half, sending them flying back and pelting them with chocolate. The two stared at each other in stunned silence before the owner came storming up and kicked them out. The slammed door echoed across the bare parking lot as the two continued to stand there awkwardly.

“Did she really do those things?” Katara asked in a hushed tone.

“Yeah.” The man rasped. There was no hiding the sadness in his voice. “Yours’s?”

Katara nodded. “Yeah…”

“Sounds like a really crappy person.”

“Yours’s too.”

There was another brief silence before he spoke again.

“We’re better off without them.”

“Are we?” Katara asked. “We were just fighting over discounted chocolate 5 minutes ago.”

“Okay, maybe not tonight specifically… But in the long run, we’re better off.”

Katara rubbed her necklace as tears formed. She wanted to agree but a large part of her life was tied to that relationship. Tied to him. Katara shook her head. The stranger was right.

“We are better off.”

“Sorry about…” He gestured to the store behind them. ”That.”

“I’m sorry too.” Katara undid her messy bun, letting her hair fall free, then extended her hand. “I’m Katara.”

He accepted with a firm grip. “Zuko.”

#ficlet #atla #atla au #zutara #zutara au #katara #zuko #valentine's day #meet ugly #anti kataang #anti maiko #anti aang #anti mai #to be safe #star's writing

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official-magolor-archive · 6 months ago

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Everyone! Image Hunters Z #1

Hey, everyone! Apologies for not posting much lately, I'm a busy guy! I have some stuff ready that I hope to share soon, though.

Anyway... I need help! There's a piece of official Magolor artwork that appears on looooads of merchandise and packaging, but a proper high quality release doesn't seem to exist anywhere online!

The best I can find is this:

See it there, on the right? It SEEMS pretty good, but it's actually fairly low resolution. It has a background too, and the colours look slightly... off. There's also variations of it that I've seen on some merchandise too, including one with no outlines and different shading.

If anyone has a better quality release OR can scan one from something, PLEASE reach out to me through a DM!

NOTABLE MERCHANDISE WITH THIS: Heart Valentine's Day/ White Day Kirby & Magolor box! It ALSO features two variations of a much less common 2D artwork of Magolor talking that would also be VERY good to get ahold of! If anyone has this box and can scan it, please do so and reach out to me through a DM!

Better yet if you could also remove the artwork from the scan so it's by itself too, but that's probably a bit much to ask and I could probably do it myself or get a friend to help.

Reblogs on this post would really be appreciated!!

Thank you, and see you around!

(Oh, and I hope you enjoyed the reference to Team Kirby Clash Deluxe's Japanese title in the title of this type of post. I'll be continuing with it going forward!)

#If I don't find a better one I'll probably do an archival post of this one sometime and just replace the image later if I ever can.#Magolor #Kirby #Artwork #2D Artwork #Merchandise #Help #Everyone! Image Hunters Z

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marshallpupfan · 7 months ago

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Marshall Merchandise Update! (4-30-24)

You know, I often try to find new ways to open these posts, instead of the usual "it's been a while" and whatnot. I tend to fall back on that anyway, since I'm never sure how to change it up otherwise. So... uh... hey, it's been a while since I've posted one of these, huh?

Guess I'll change it up a little by taking the picture on my desk. You'll get to see most of the little figurines I have around my monitor. Might just give you a peek at other favorite animated characters of mine. :)

First off, this Valentines Day-themed plush! I kept hoping for it to show up at my Walmart, but it never did, strangely enough. I was only able to find it on Amazon. I wonder why?

This plush is actually very similar to five I already own, except Marshall's holding something different, of course. Unlike the other Valentines plush dolls, in which one has him holding a Valentines letter while the other's two hearts linked together, this one has him holding onto a heart with a paw print on it. Pawsome!

I'll admit, I keep hoping they'll branch out and make some based on other holidays and whatnot. How about Marshall or Chase holding a four-leaf clover for St. Patrick's Day? A harvest cornucopia for Thanksgiving? Something for New Year's? Fourth of July? The ideas are there, I dare say. Maybe someday, who knows.

Next up is another plush, which is quite similar to the above, only it's half the size and Easter-themed! Unless I'm mistaken, this is the first time they've made smaller versions of this particular plush style, although the idea itself isn't new to PAW Patrol merchandise. Also like the above plush, I wasn't able to find it in stores, either. It, too was purchased off of Amazon. They also made one of Chase and Skye, and because they wouldn't sell them separately...

... I now own all three. Ah well, that's not so bad. Only one will find a spot on my shelves though... er, eventually. I've been lazy and haven't found a place for the last six items I purchased. Someday, I swear! 😅

Last, but not least, this Marshall squirt gun from "SAMBRO"! This, I believe, is a brand new item that released just this year... and, unless I'm mistaken, it's currently only available in the UK! Yup, it's another imported item! A good friend seen this at one of her stores and knew I'd want it, and since my birthday's coming up soon, she sent it to me as a gift! I've already thanked her, but she'll likely see this post, so I'll say it again. Thank you so much! 😃

That's all for now! From what I've heard, Rescue Wheels merchandise will finally release in the United States around June, so of course, you know I'll have my eyes peeled for those! Then again, I might have to wait a bit, since I've been collecting other things lately (non-PAW Patrol stuff), and that's been taking a chunk of my money. I think I collect a little too much sometimes... but given it's stuff I enjoy a lot, it's all been worth it so far. lol

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aeoneris · 1 year ago

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for archival reasons, and because rise has officially ended, i'm coping by looking back at the past two years and thinking about the master utsushi rabbit hole. this is based on a long reply i sent to a mutual but i think it deserved to have its own post where others can read it and i can expand further on certain details. or something. i don't know. i have no idea who will read this but if you do, please enjoy...

the ballad of master utsushi.

he was there regardless.

always watching.

waiting.

i wound up getting attached to utsushi-kyokan (master/instructor utsushi), ウツハン/utsuhan (utsushi x hunter) ship, and finding his Japanese fan community late 2021, and i've been chatting with mutuals and friends i made there since. at that time, capcom had opened up pre-orders for his nui (plushie). this plush is lovingly referred to as "Unui-kun", and people love to take him around and bring him places. here's my Unui-kun in new york city lol

fans love to dress him up and make clothing and accessories for him. had i known just how attached i would become, i would not have set my Unui-kun to ship via surface mail delivery because it took about 2-3 months extra for him to arrive... ;;

but anyway, it seemed that his popularity was growing because they continued to make more merch of him. he seems to have more than any of the other characters.

many of these are limited print/pre-order only, or were from specific events like the capcom cafe features. trying to get his merchandise became crazy, because scalpers started to pick up on how badly people wanted goodies of him?!

just how popular is this guy?! what's with the character tax!!

and how did this even happen... we're playing monster hunter, not an idol game! but i think it really speaks a lot for itself how rise had such colorful characters that you could get attached to. it seems he really jives with many female and queer players, so good on capcom for that hehe. many of the japanese fans i've met are either older women, very often mothers, or gnc, which i found to be really cool. the english-speaking utsushi fans are usually the same, too. the solidarity is real...

I found out that a lot of ppl, including myself, shared a similar experience: they missed out on a majority of utsushi's flavor text in base rise bc they didn't talk to him or the other NPCs very much during village and high rank quests, and therefore didn't even think much of him until after the fact. people double-taking when going through the game again and actually catching on to his antics... I think what really got things going was when they released his DLC voice and learned about his, uh, extremely affectionate lines towards the hunter when it comes to mew mew and blowing a kiss LOL. (the "welcome back, master!" line?!?! there's so much art of him in a maid outfit... and the way he says ace/manadeshi in his sleep at the table?!?! scandalous?!?!) even for me, he got my attention only once i saw the official art of him (realizing "hey he's got a cute design actually") and eventually encountering utsushi x hunter fanart on pixiv. another thing that got me noticing him was brian david gilbert's now deleted tweet about how zac efron and utsushi are the same. thankfully, we have the internet archive to save the existence of this post and i have to make sure people experience this lost media.

once i realized how weirdly close he was to the hunter, the gears started turning

i confirmed that ppl really did notice that it was unusual for an instructor character to refer to his pupil as "manadeshi (beloved/dearest disciple)" in the manner that he does, being so close to them in a way that felt so familiar and warm. he was already popular enough that by valentine's day 2022, fans literally sent real chocolates to capcom addressed to utsushi. i knew about this for a while, but i was shook that they wound up officially addressing that this really happened during the last update video.

after they received his chocolates, they immediately got one of the (female) illustrators on board to quickly draw that really cute valentine's day art of utsushi. the japanese tweet for that artwork had even a little bit more text than the english one…

that "i'll always be watching over you" line…

(and while i'm here, i have to mention the valentine's day art we got for 2023- i made a separate post about THAT.)

we started to suspect capcom caught on to this niche community's love for utsushi, and they started to kind of... troll us??? LOL.

throughout the previews of sunbreak last year, they would start obsessively sneaking utsushi into those chibi artworks. and when npc followers were announced, people were scrambling to find out if he was going to be one of them, but there also was some weird radio silence about him for a bit...

in one of the earlier trailers that showed the elgado hub for the first time, there was a very short part of the clip where ppl could see someone standing in the distance at the corner of the screen. all the utsushi fans went nuts because they were taking a magnifying glass and zooming up at there wondering if it was really him, because everyone wanted him to be there in sunbreak LOL.

of course we'd eventually find out that would be his perch for most of the game! it was only during the final preview trailer before the release of sunbreak did they finally announce utsushi as a follower, as if they were saving the best for last. and sunbreak dropped, we got to see him in elgado and enjoy hunting with him. and it didn't end there. he wound up being featured in two of the short stories released last summer, and we would not forget this incident.

when i think about how easy it is to just play through the story and miss out on following specific out-of-the-way flavor texts, let alone know about all this outside of the game, i wonder if utsushi joining the hunter in the battle against amatsu in the penultimate battle was strange, because he has such a spotlight on him, even being the one who allows you to ride an apex which was normally impossible. if people didn't acknowledge him before, certainly people would love him now.

his final line after you defeat amatsu: it's cute and silly in english... but in japanese, his line and delivery was extremely, almost unabashedly... romantic. many people were shocked because it sounded like a fervent confession.

"I'll say it once more... You are my pride, my beloved disciple."

finally, during the last update video…

we got this line straight from the director LOL. utsushi wound up being his personal favorite character in rise, and perhaps why we wound up seeing more and more of him in sunbreak.

all in all, if you kept up with the flavor text of rise, and if you followed utsushi's dialogue throughout the base game and expansion, the emotional pay off at the end was even better! and it is a shame when this stuff is mostly optional or you have to go out of the way for it, with so much being missable with every bit of progression. but making a monhun where story and character interactions are pushed more… i think they were on to something. it's probably something that could be divisive, but personally I think they should go all in on it more in the future. Rise proved that they could make charming and memorable (not to mention, named) characters... if they lean into it more in a future entry, then i hope they do it in a way where everyone can enjoy it and not feel like they missed out. but I also hope they would make it so that people don't feel overwhelmed with flavor text... it comes down to taste, but i think i have faith that monhun can try making more character-driven stories while still keeping the core of the series in tact.

here are some more miscellaneous utsushi things that i didn't know how to fit in earlier:

he's been featured multiple times in capcom cafe entrees. here's his matcha latte dango drink:

and for the sunbreak stories: a cake based on his fight with rathalos together with the royal guard, and then a drink that represents his... uh, struggle across the ocean to chase the hunter to elgado. because they will never let him live that down. i won't either.

here's a t-shirt of utsushi and kagami you can pick up on amazon right now. kagami was a very interesting arc when he was first shown- he was introduced as a long time friend of utsushi, training together in the past, but eventually parting ways.

his seiyuu in japanese is a sentai actor who loves monster hunter, so essentially, kagami is lowkey like a self-insert for him lol. he's goofy in english because he's voiced by a certain youtuber, but in japanese he takes a different direction of silly because he has a "chuunibyou" edgelord cringe way of talking. it's such a shame that kagami wasn't really in the game itself besides being mentioned in a few mission descriptions because i would've loved to see him interact with utsushi and the hunter, and i wish the royal knights and many of the NPCs had more cutscenes or something. it makes me think, if it weren't for the pandemic, could rise's story and scenario have been something more because of the DLC voice characters like hibasa/monju/kagami? anyway, a popular headcanon is that utsushi and kagami are ex-boyfriends lol (i personally like this one and adapted it for my utsuhan fanfics). but there are even those who ship kagautsu too (although it is rare because people overseas are a little wary of shipping characters who are based on real people).

and lastly, one of my personal favorites... the diseased kyokan shirt. this is from an online capcom shop, and you can use a proxy service like fromjapan.com to order it.

if you read this all, thank you! happy hunting! with the instructor! we love that guy! the guy of all time!

#utsushi #master utsushi #monster hunter rise #monster hunter #idk how to entice people to read the ravings of a madman like this #but inquire within for very cute official cafe items based on utsushi. please perceive them #and contained here is a selection of his merch. they gave this guy so much merch because they knew. they knew.#guy who made capcom so much niche money

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greensagephase · 10 months ago

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Happy belated Valentine’s Day, Alondra! ❤️ (I’m very late to seeing this 😓 but I’m trying to catch up on my feed!) but I knew I had to read this and OMG I LOVE IT!!! I loved how you included Peter B. and Mayday in the beginning!! her little outfit is so cute 🥺 (it is so cute I had to draw it but that’s at the end!) and I love how you mentioned reader wondering if Peter has his own merchandise store!! because I’ve also wondered that 🤔 he must have, it would be funny if he really had his own merchandise store and he keeps it a secret 😂 and I have to mention for some reason I imagined Peter B. eating the brownie reader made like how he ate the burger in ITSV 😂 But also Peter not questioning reader on seeing the two boxes left in the bag (ok you just know he’s rooting for Miguel and reader silently!)

I love how reader planned out and kept secret the things she was going to bake for Valentine’s Day and made something for all her friends 🥺 it kind of reminds me of when I was in high school my friends and I would give each other treats on that day and little gifts sometimes! When reader sits in Miguel’s office and recalls the days when she didn’t really ever come in there and now she’s there almost every day, with this quote right here: “You smile to yourself. Life can really change.” 🥹 still get emotional over all the change that’s happened in readers life, it’s only been almost 2 years and all this massive change has happened, I really do lover her as a character too! ❤️

Alondra, you got me again with the Peter memory 😭😭 ALONDRA I WAS CRYING!! “His eyes lit up at the sight of you, as if he hadn’t seen you a million times before, as if he was falling in love with you for the first time all over again.” I'M NOT OKAY!! THE WAY HE KISSES THE BACK OF READERS HAND??!! (Ok I drew this out too, I had to!!) HIM PLANNING A WHOLE ROMANTIC DINNER EVEN WITH THE INITIAL PLANS BEING CANCELLED??!! With the soft music playing in the background and soft candlelight??!! The picnic blanket and pillows??!! I just, I can’t!! Ok why can’t Peter be real either 😭 this memory sounded so sweet, this is the perfect date idea!! OMG the night ending in a dance, my heart!! This was too sweet!! I was definitely in my Peter feels reading this (still am 🥺) AHHH!! And then the transition to Miguel tilting his head a bit as he gets curious when you’re lost in thought 😭

THIS WHOLE PART: “Yes, but -” Miguel pauses and sighs. It’s different. You’re different. You’re not just any member. You’re his friend. His close friend. His… Miguel clears his throat. “You… Are different. You know why.” Was literally giggling and kicking my feet reading this, just like in part 12 when he said something along the lines of “you know who we are” 😭 the fact he doesn’t want reader asking permission to enter his lab, he really wants her to feel comfortable!! When reader gifts Miguel the treats she baked in the little containers and Miguel was awestruck 😭 OMG I bet the baked goods looked so cute 🥺 (and so small in his hand!! You know I had to draw this out too!!) AHHH every time Miguel blushes I swear I giggle every time CAN YOU IMAGINE SEEING THAT IRL?! (Ok no seriously why isn’t this man real??!!) 😭 but the heart shaped conchas!!! That is so cute!! I even looked up heart shaped conchas to see what they’d look like and OMG THEY’RE SO CUTE!! it hasn’t even crossed my mind that you could even shape them like that!!

I can’t believe Lyla helped reader by distract Miguel and moved his tabs around 😭 I don’t know why but imagining that made me laugh, Miguel probably being frustrated and confused why Lyla was doing all that!! Miguel’s frowning face!! 😂 When reader mentions how good the conchas would be be with café de olla and their whole back and forth conversation… I’m not kidding when I say I was giggling!! I mean, THEIR PLAYFUL BANTER!! And I don’t know why but when Miguel said: “Definitely something to think about… which means you have more at home, yes?” I just… hearing him talk like that, like it’s their home??!! THE CASUAL DOMESTICITY IS COMING OUT EVEN MORE NOW OMG!!! They’re already acting like a couple I feel like 😭 and Lyla hovering between them! 😭 I wonder if was taking photos 🤔😂

I’m FREAKING OUT RN because… ok I need to calm down, Miguel making café de olla and him being the one to suggest taking a break… THE PROGRESS??!! DOING THIS MAN SO MUCH JUSTICE!!!! AND THEN THE BOTH OF THEM SITTING ON THE FLOOR AND ENJOYING EACH OTHERS COMPANY WITH THE BAKED GOODS (ok I’m imagining him in his lounge clothes and… do I even have to say 😭)

that leads me to this: “You take a drink from your mug, noticing a gentle but sudden flush on Miguel’s cheeks. Your gaze flickers to the fireplace for a second, unbeknownst to you that a certain realization of Miguel’s is the true culprit for the rosiness that now cover his cheeks.” ALONDRA- ALONDRA??!! SCREAMING!!! THE WAY I’M READING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN??!! I’m freaking out, does this mean?… I can’t stop thinking about this, this just makes me even more excited to see how their relationship evolves in the story!!! I can't stop thinking about this- I'm really wondering how Miguel feels rn!! AHHH I LOVE THE SLOWBURN!!

I hope you had a great valentines day, Alondra!! And I really wasn’t expecting another post so soon after part 12, thank you for writing this!! ❤️ This made my day reading it, it was so sweet!! Makes me want to bake some brownies too! Soft Miguel is the BEST Miguel!! Also, I’m trying to catch up on all the things I’ve missed the past 2 weeks 😓 I haven’t been on social media because of school (the capstone is taking a a lot of my time away 😭) and midterms coming up but I just saw your response to part 12 and plan on responding!! (I love reading your feedback on everything because you're really my favorite writer, and to hear your own thoughts on everything is really insightful and I love talking to you when I can!!) I hope you’re doing well!! I'm so OMG I’m going to mention this in my response to part 12 but I’m so happy you were able to relax and read the book you were looking forward to reading!! that feeling when you read and finish a book so quickly is the best!! (and worst because it’s over and you have to wait for the next one 😭) but I hope your week is going smoothly!! (And if you’re practicing drawing, I hope you're having fun with it!!) thank you for everything, friend! Sending you a warm virtual hug, friend!! ❤️✨❤️

I was able to take a quick break today and draw some parts I loved in this!! I really had draw these scenes out and I knew if not now I'll never post them but AHHH just loved everything about this one-shot!!! it's just so sweet!!! 🥹❤️

Happy belated Valentine’s Day, @sunsetdoodler !! ❤️ Don’t worry about seeing the post late, friend, I totally understand!!!! I’m so happy you loved the beginning of the one-shot with Peter B. and Mayday!! I’ve been enjoying including the other characters more throughout the parts, and it just felt right to include them in this one-shot!! Mayday’s outfit - omg, I really loved picturing her cute outfit and just knowing that Peter B. was going to have the perfect outfit for Valentine’s, haha! Also, him possibly having his own merch store and keeping it a secret, imagine!!! But, no, where does he get all of that merch? He’s hiding something! 🤔 Also, screaming at how you imagined Peter eating the brownie because I did, too!!! 😂😂 Exactly like how he ate the burger in ITSV, but I just didn’t want to go too much into detail with it but that’s how I saw it, for real!! And hehe, Peter not saying anything about the last two boxes, yes! You know him and Jess have seen things and Peter is rooting for them (has been for months now!). He just wants to see two of his close friends be happy !🥺

Aww, I’m so happy reader secretly planning and baking treats for her friends reminded you of such sweet memories from your high school years!! That’s seriously so sweet!! 🥺 And omg, reader thinking about the change and how she spends so much time in Miguel’s lab now made me feel so happy for her. Her life has really changed so much in the span of almost two years after being alone for so long and I’m just so proud of her 🥹 and I’m so happy you love her as a character, too!!

Okay but the Peter part - “His eyes lit up at the sight of you, as if he hadn’t seen you a million times before, as if he was falling in love with you for the first time all over again.” I’M SORRY!!!😭 I just knew it was going to hurt to write that specific quote because you know we’ve talked about it so much - about how Peter always had that look on his face, and how you could just tell that this man loved reader so much! It hurt writing it and having reader see, recognize, and remember it - to have it become canon!! (not okay about this at all!!!) HIM KISSING THE BACK OF READER’S HAND, AHHHH SIJIKJ !! I was losing it and just wondering why he isn’t real??? Okay the dinner itself! I thought about it and was just like, “Wouldn't it be perfect if they had a dinner at home, in their little, cozy apartment and they just danced at the end of the night in their living room?” 😭 It just sounded too perfect to not have it go like this and include yet another sweet memory attached to the apartment!! I was definitely in my feels the entire time, just picturing Peter and his face, so full of adoration and love for reader - I need to stop!!! And then, it cuts to Miguel, tilting his head in curiosity! I included this because imagining him like that sounds so cute to me? I don’t know but something about it is so cute!! I also really liked this part because of the transition itself from having Peter saying “Happy Valentine’s” to reader repeating it, to Miguel responding to her- it was like a symbolic and foreshadowing transition of relationships? I don’t know if that makes sense but it’s just a little sign that reader is moving forward to another relationship and Miguel responds to it, so it’s him - her next relationship! I hope that makes sense!! 😭

This whole part: “Yes, but -” Miguel pauses and sighs. It’s different. You’re different. You’re not just any member. You’re his friend. His close friend. His… Miguel clears his throat. “You… Are different. You know why.” I WAS GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET, AND SQUEALING !!! Like, yet another time with Miguel admitting indirectly: “WE’RE FRIENDS!!” And that makes me scream every time!!! 😭 He’s trying!!! Also, him asking reader to stop asking for permission about entering the lab, I just love it so much!! He’s really like, “just walk in, make yourself comfortable, this is your space, too” - screaming and crying at this!! (yet again fangirling at my own writing) Also, Miguel being awestruck with the baked treats because he was included by reader - lowkey, a part of him is still like, “you think about me?” - which just makes me so sad that he would feel like that, but also so happy that he realizes he has people that think about him - hence his blushing, which AHHH!! You know I love him blushing, so this felt like a good time to write him with rosy cheeks TWICE (plus it was Valentine’s so it felt even more fitting 🤭)!! And omg, I was going to bake said heart-shaped brownies and try to make conchas (I’ve never made them but I’ve seen recipes online) and take a pic for you guys to have an idea of how small I was talking about, but Valentine’s was a really busy day for me because I had a doctor’s appointment and lent started (I’m Catholic), so I was busy helping my mom with the cooking that day lol (I was also finishing up the one-shot at like 10am hehe). So, by evening I was like, I don’t feel like baking now, but I have a little tray of heart-shaped molds and they’re literally about my palm’s size, so I was just imagining that if they looked small in my hand they would look mini-size in Miguel’s hand probably, hahaha!! And omg, the heart-shaped conchas really are so cute!! I saw a recipe of someone baking them like that last year and I just thought they were adorable!! I think I’ve also seen star-shaped ones, so it’s definitely possible to bake them in different shapes!!

No, I was actually laughing at the thought of Lyla distracting and making Miguel waste time at the lab by moving his tabs around because imagine Miguel switching tabs only to discover that tab 3 is now tab 5, and so on, and then it keeps happening over and over again with all the tabs switched!😂 But I love that Lyla was so onboard with the plan!! Also, Miguel’s frowning face - the way I pictured it perfectly!! Their whole conversation around café de olla - I WAS TYPING AND GIGGLING WITH EACH LINE - LIKE THIS PLAYFUL BANTER??? It’s the way Miguel is actually engaging in it, and the way we get to see reader not only show a little more playful side but also her being playful with Miguel in general, something that I feel like she’s always holding back on to avoid making Miguel uncomfortable!! OKAY THIS QUOTE: “Definitely something to think about… which means you have more at home, yes?” - YES, it sounding like it’s “their” home - believe me when I say that I had to take a moment to calm down because ?!?!?!!?!?! But then, the difference with reader saying that yes, there might be more at the “penthouse” - not using the word “home”- hehe, it will be a little something for chapter 13 and it will make Miguel happy to hear! 🥺 But I love the way he really does make it sound like it's their home!! I also found it somewhat significant that he called it "home" when we know that word is usually not how he describes his living space. Reader truly makes the penthouse feel more like home for Miguel!! 🥹But seriously omg, the casual domesticity WE’RE HERE FOR IT!!! Also, I love that you feel like they were acting like a couple - SAME!! I was just like omg, this playful banter 😭 😭 I was just like “wow, this is a peek into the future and I love that for you guys!!” I was going through emotions with this one-shot, you can tell!! Also, Lyla hovering above them sjsjsksk you know she was assessing the playful banter with a smirk, she was thinking things!! And Lyla and her photo-taking tendencies - I love that it’s become a thing that you wonder about now!! 😂😂 My guess is that… she was, and that’s all I’m saying… 👀

I totally understand FREAKING OUT over Miguel making café de olla and him suggesting the break!! So much PROGRESS!!! I seriously love seeing how much Miguel has grown since the first chapter!! It makes me want to cry but for good reason, you know? I just love seeing him develop more and more, and see more of that sweet, tender side to him that we only got a glimpse of in ATSV through this fanfic. I've seen these words a lot of times throughout the years and they're somewhere along the lines of, "write the fanfic you want to read" and so, I really wanted to see this side of Miguel more, and I'm so happy that I've been writing it because it really does make me happy to give some happiness to Miguel and to explore this side of him through my writing.😭Also, crying at the fact that the café de olla was Miguel’s Valentine’s gift for reader !! 🥹 (I’m okay, really… not!!) Okay and then them sitting on the floor and enjoying each other’s company got me screaming!! They’re SO CUTE (just imagining future situations...)!!! (also, I was imagining him in lounge clothes, too, and I was just like AHHHHHHH!!! The way reader gets to see him like this, too, now that she’s staying there right now 🥺)

This quote right here: “You take a drink from your mug, noticing a gentle but sudden flush on Miguel’s cheeks. Your gaze flickers to the fireplace for a second, unbeknownst to you that a certain realization of Miguel’s is the true culprit for the rosiness that now cover his cheeks.” So, my goal with this little line and Miguel’s thoughts right before it, is that Miguel realizes that reader is not just a friend, or a close friend, she’s actually… his best friend 😭😭 I need to leave for a few minutes while I collect myself right now, please excuse me because 😭😭😭 Also, earlier in the one-shot reader has the same realization (right where Miguel tells her she’s different because she knows what they are), so they have the same realization on the same day, they just don’t finish their thoughts because the realization is kind of like, woah, you know? It’s them lowkey realizing it and knowing that this means they love each other in this way and that’s a big deal for the two!! (I’m fine really, don’t worry about me)!! I’ll be going more into it in part 13!! And the slowburn!!! I’m dying because of it but also really loving it!!!

Thank you @sunsetdoodler !! I hope you had a great Valentine's Day, too!! I'm happy that l was able to surprise you guys with a short update after posting part 12!! I actually had this planned out since January but it was nice to actually get it out just in time!! Also, if you bake brownies, I hope you enjoy them!!! And yes, omg soft Miguel is the BEST!!! 🥺❤️ I totally understand how busy you are, especially with a capstone (getting flashbacks right now and 😭 yeah, I wasn’t having a good time) !! And omg, I can’t believe midterms are coming up already! The semester literally started last month and it’s already midterm season? That’s insane!! But I hope you’re doing well and that you’re finding time to relax just a bit, and that everything with school is going well despite how much of your time is spent on it. Just remember, you’re almost done, friend!!! You’ve made it this far and now it’s just down to weeks really. (Also, that’s so sweet of you, thank you!! It means so much to me that you love reading my responses even though sometimes I go overboard with them, and that I’m your favorite writer - you’ve made my weekend!!! THANK YOU!!! ❤️ And I also love talking with you whenever we can!! It really does mean so much to me and I enjoy our little talks!!!) And haha, I loved that I was able to relax and just read my book even though now it’s over, haha!! (also, right? It’s the worst feeling finishing and realizing now you have to wait two or more years 😭) Thank you friend, I hope your week has gone smoothly, too despite school!! (About drawing, it hasn’t gone well this week, I’ve been a little busy but I’m hoping to get some practice in this weekend along with writing!! Thank you for the well wishes with my drawing journey!!) And thank YOU, friend!!!! I love receiving your asks and reading your thoughts on the fic, along with getting to read about your schooling and life!! As always I’m sending you the best of luck and well wishes!!! I know right now it’s a lot but you’re so close to finishing, and accomplishing this amazing milestone!!!! I’m rooting for you and cheering you on, friend!!! And I’m sending you a warm virtual hug!!!! ❤️✨❤️

OKAY THE SKETCHES!!!!! THEY’RE SO CUTE AND SWEET!!!!!! I love Mayday’s sweater SO MUCH!!!! (I need Peter B. to get me one, to be honest!!!) Also, the fact that you drew her with the action figures AHHHH!! I’m so happy they made a little appearance again!!! OKAY BUT PETER KISSING THE BACK OF READER’S HAND???? I’M SCREAMING AND CRYING!!!! The way we’re only seeing his side profile but EVEN THEN you can see THE LOVE ON HIS FACE?!?! (it hurts so much 😭😭 why is he not real and alive?) I LOVE THE WAY YOU DREW HIM, THANK YOU @sunsetdoodler !!!! It’s such a treat every time you draw Peter!!! 🥺🥺 ALRIGHT BUT THEN MIGUEL HOLDING THE HEART-SHAPED CONCHA? AND HOW SMALL IT LOOKS? AND THEN THE BLUSH ON HIS FACE AND THE WAY HE’S LOOKING DOWN AND STARING AT READER, AND THE SINGLE HAIR STRAND - I AM SCREAMING!!!!! HE IS SO CUTE !!!!! Why is he not real, too?!?! AND THEN THE COLORED SKETCH - THANK YOU FOR DRAWING THAT MOMENT!!!! HIS BLUSH? HIS EYES (his eyes are so beautiful, I swear!!!)? THE SLIGHT HINT OF HIS LOUNGE CLOTHES (which I have to say, the color of his top, I imagine it was a sweatshirt, was also this color in my head!!!!! But can I just mention again the idea of Miguel in lounge clothes?? So cute!!!)?? I LOVE HIM AND THESE SKETCHES SO MUCH!!! THANK YOU @sunsetdoodler !!!! Thank you so much for drawing this even though you’re so busy!!!! This entire ask has made my weekend!!!! 🥹❤️ I hope you’re doing well, and I hope to hear from you soon, friend!!!! Please take care and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!! ❤️✨❤️

#nonviolent communication #miguel o'hara #nonviolent communication fanart #asked and answered #the sketches OMG!!!!!!!#I'M SCREAMING AT HOW CUTE THEY ARE THANK YOU!!!!!!

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hetalianhistorian · 10 months ago

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Latest News for Hetalia (1/23/25)

Hello, everyone! Before I get into post, please note I do not currently speak Japanese, thus I will be utilizing the DeepL translator for this following post and there may be some translation inaccuracies. Thank you!

Hetamusical News!

It seems there has been a bit of news wracking around for the series as of late. The most notable one is that Hetalia is receiving production for a brand new musical that will be released 2024 this summer!

Source Link: https://twitter.com/hetamu_official/status/1749008944436330740It

Seems they are holding three more screenings for The Fantastic World to celebrate this occasion. Please refer to this news post on more information if you are Japan and interest in going!

Not only that, but on the 21st of this month, they also hosted the commemorative event for the Blu-Ray DVD release of Hetalia: The Fantastic World! Goods for this event are avaliable for order through the Animate-Onlineshop! It seems that bromites, a t-shirt, and a special disk that features behind-the-scenes content are all being held for sale. If you are interested in purchasing these from overseas, I highly recommend utilizing a proxy (please use your own research on what proxy to use).

Source Link: https://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/corner/cc/musical-hetalia_goods/cd/2062/

If you are interested in keeping up to date with upcoming news for the Hetalia's musicals, please refer to the @hetamu_official account! The same goes for their official website!

Merchandise News

Beyond the musical, it seems that purchase for the original goods for World Stars is now available from the Princess Cafe Shop!

Source Links: https://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/princesscafe/tva5a2a5cb29.html and https://x.com/princesscafe333/status/1749628106342846594?s=20

Sticker sets based off the Kurumi Tapinui plushies are now for sale at the Tapioca shop!

Source Links: https://tapioca.co.jp/products/detail/1161 and https://x.com/tapioca201818/status/1744618948937867536?s=20

Sticker Set designs for the character bouquets are also on sale also at the Tapioca shop!

Source Links: https://tapioca.co.jp/products/detail/1162 and https://x.com/tapioca201818/status/1744618976406368506?s=20 And the biggest one of them all is that news for the menu and merchandise have been release for the Valentine's Cafe event!

Source Link: https://x.com/amocafe_ikeb01/status/1747544301348041077?s=20

Registrations for the Valentine's Day event are avaliable through the Amocafe's website in Tokyo and Osaka.

That's it! A little bit late to the party for the news, but it's good to spread these upon here for us Western fans! Apologies if the formatting is off putting since I'm not used to Tumblr. Nevertheless, have a great day! Hetalian Historian

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writer-rider-flirty-thirties · 2 years ago

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Ooooh 51: “What the hell are you wearing?”

Feel like this is a good one for Chloe x Marinette 👀

Oh? I'll give it a try!

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It all started with a commission.

Well… a lot of commissions.

One random Friday evening, Marinette had checked her blog to find that she’d been commissioned for twenty - TWENTY - blouses in varying colors from one of her palettes jokingly named ‘girlfriend material’ by Alya.

‘It’s just a cute name for it!’ Her best friend had said in the moment. ‘Maybe Adrien will see you in it and think the same thing: she is girlfriend material!’

Marinette hadn’t felt like arguing - as Adrien had been the furthest thing from her mind lately due to all the akuma attacks - and had typed the name into the website as a placeholder. She had planned to change it eventually but she’d forgotten and the site went up so there was no turning back.

She had been sure with a name like that, no one would ever choose the colors, but here she was: sewing together twenty - TWENTY - blouses using those very colors.

Interesting.

Marinette wondered who would want so many shirts like this. What kind of person would bulk order them? Were they presents? Were they going to be like stocking stuffers at this person’s next Christmas party? Were they presents for someone’s twenty different lovers for Valentine’s Day?

The possibilities were endless and Marinette reasoned that she shouldn’t worry about it too much: once these were shipped off there was no way of knowing what would happen to them and she shouldn’t be thinking about shirts she would never see again…

… Except she was seeing them again!

Day after day, Marinette found herself looking at the blouses that had taken her weeks to design and put together. And she knew they were hers because it matched her design down to a tee! And while she wasn’t unhappy to see her merchandise being wore out in public, she was surprised to see it at school…

On Chloe!

Chloe of all people?

Had Chloe been the one to commission her? If so, why hadn’t she said anything? It was very unlike her not to boast about being the one to put money in someone’s pocket or even make fun of Marinette’s clothes to her face.

But Chloe said nothing.

Day after day, she wore the shirts to school, the group hangouts, when she was out at lunch with her father, the mayor, and even on her Instagram.

It all confused Marinette so much that on this particular Friday when Chloe walked into homeroom wearing one of the blouses - the only one with a splash of yellow around the collar to accentuate the black - Marinette couldn’t stop herself.

“What the hell are you wearing?”

The question sent the room into a shocked silence and everyone watched as Chloe slowly turned to Marinette. “What was that, Dupain-Cheng?”

Gulping, Marinette stood up from her seat. “I asked what you are wearing?”

A tiny smirk lifted her glossy lips and she sauntered over to Marinette. “If you’re asking about my shirt, Dupain-Cheng, then I’ll tell you. I’m wearing a design by one of my favorite designers.”

Marinette’s mouth went dry. One of her favorites? “Really?”

“Mhm. I even used Daddy’s credit card because, once I saw it, I couldn’t resist. I had to buy twenty of them.”

So Chloe really had bought them! And she knew that it was Marinette who made them! But… “Why?”

Chloe’s eyes glittered and Marinette gasped as she felt the blonde’s fingers across the back of her hand. “I was tired of beating around the bush. I wanted the designer to know that I’m serious and that I’m just like her shirts.”

Gulping, Marinette felt a blush on her cheeks. “You’re just like her shirts how?”

Leaning in, Chloe’s breath tickled her ear. “I’m also girlfriend material.”

With that, Chloe winked before proudly walking back to her seat, keenly aware of the blushing and overthinking mess she had made of her classmate.

A classmate who was quickly realizing that she would very much like to find out if the blonde really was girlfriend material herself.

#chlonette #marinette dupain cheng #miraculous #Bre's Drabbles #flirting #Chloe's a bold one #lol #girlfriend material #miraculous lb #ask me #Chloe/Marinette #chloe x marinette

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superheroclock · 5 days ago

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The Super Hero Clock Story And Pusheen's Valentine

-Posted on the original website on: February 20, 2019

After the HTTYD anime video I was really looking forward and excited about continuing the SHC series story and maybe write another episode or two, and maybe even start working on episode 3. But then, it was late December. It was the regular year-end holiday season with big holidays like New Year's Day, Lunar New Year and Valentine's Day happening in a row from then until mid February. Out of these holidays, one of them has been on my watch for years - Valentine's Day.

I've always wanted to do a Valentine's day video but had not been able to come up with a suitable story for a Valentine's Day animation. I even thought of a romantic spin-off of the story of St. Valentine and how Valentine's Day started back in the day but I did not go with that because I had doubts about that one. It was kinda a meh-ish lame anime imo tbh. However, this Valentine's, I finally came up with (or could I say found) the perfect Valentine's Day story for the occasion - Pusheen's Valentine.

I know it doesn't sound epic or cool or anything, and you might think it's childish, but it was the perfect idea, I think, because Pusheen is an adorable figure and I found out that people do get Pusheen merchandise as Valentine's Day gifts. That was when I decided that my Valentine's Day special animation would be about Pusheen the Cat's Valentine. Valentine's only happens once a year. It was either now or wait for another year. I went with the former and the next one and half months was officially the first animation crunch time of 2019, which explains why there is still no new Super Hero Clock stuff. However, while animating Pusheen's Valentine, I snuck in some shades of SHC characters in the Pusheen world. If you guys have watched the video and know the SHC characters, you might have noticed them.

Honestly, I did that because I was too lazy to come up with custom character designs for the humans in the video which were not a crucial part of it. Besides, it just feels unfair for the SHC fans that there hasn't been any substantial new SHC stuff since episode 2. So yea. I'm just doing a Pusheen fan animation. Why not?

And hey I even did a wardrobe cameo! (You'll only notice if you've watched SHC episode 2 tho.)

So now that those holidays are done for the year, (hopefully) I can sit down and work on the Super Hero Clock story. It's gonna be a good relief from working on the past two fan animations because there will be no round animals or dragons that behave like dogs. Personally, I'm much more comfortable with human designs and the anime genre. While I continue the SHC story, enjoy the cuteness!

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Oh and by the way, if you've read my previous blog post or have completely missed, I published this on Youtube during Christmas. Check it.

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#shcnews #Youtube

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ahansaxena12 · 2 months ago

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hearthr0b · 8 months ago

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★・⸝⸝﹒⠀ 𝙶𝙴𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙲𝙾𝙾𝙿 ! ⠀⠀ ❪⠀①⠀❫ ⠀⠀ ARM CANDY are a fictional seven-piece boy group that debuted on FEBRUARY 14TH, 2021 underneath IDEAL MUSIC. The lineup originally consisted of the SIX members ZION, JAEMIN, EUNJUN, HOLLAND, COLE, and MINHEE before the late addition of former Stray Kids member DREW shortly after his departure from JYP.

Feeling complete as seven, Arm Candy then released their debut single LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT on Valentine's Day, a strategic move that led to the immense success the boys saw early on. Their bright colors, cheery yet cheesy lyrics, and fresh choreography made them stand out among the rise of experimental concepts the industry was seeing. Most onlookers brushed their hype off as people following the more FAMILIAR FACES in the group but it became clear that Arm Candy were starting to become a gem among the 4th generation.

In just a few months, the pop sensations were reaching heights most Ideal artist only achieved after a year of being active aside from SMYN and EVANGELINE. On top of their music, their charming personalities aided into many fans of other groups wishing to support them, giving them the title of "K-POP'S BOYFRIENDS" as one couldn't help but to love them.

With such a bright future ahead of them, it came as a shock when Sweethearts began to notice the rather GLARING exemption of member JAEMIN from fan events and merchandise sells. Ideal, after being pressured to speak up about it, announced that he was no longer apart of the group for reasons still UNSPECIFIED. Arm Candy proceeded with solo schedules for a while to increase their following until photos surfaced of all members heading into the company building with ex-Seventeen member IJUN who left his group during PLEDIS' merge with HYBE. Later that month, Ideal revealed that he'd be joining the group to make the lineup seven again.

Even with the jarring replacement and newfound hate being thrown their way, Arm Candy still remains the best-selling boy group under their label. They're often considered THE STANDARD for 4th generation boy groups and have reached an audience worldwide at an incredible speed.

★・⸝⸝﹒⠀ 𝙶𝙴𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙲𝙾𝙾𝙿 ! ⠀⠀ ❪⠀②⠀❫ ⠀⠀ STATISTICS

GROUP NAME ⠀⠀Arm Candy. SIGNED UNDER ⠀⠀ Ideal Music. DEBUT DATE ⠀⠀ February 14th, 2021. DEBUT SINGLE ⠀⠀ Adore You; Arm Candy. GENRES ⠀⠀ Pop, Hip-Hop, R&B, Retro, Bubblegum Pop. GREETING ⠀⠀ "Forever and always! We're Arm Candy." FANDOM ⠀⠀ Sweethearts. FANDOM COLORS ⠀⠀ Pink Lemonade.

★・⸝⸝﹒⠀ 𝙶𝙴𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙲𝙾𝙾𝙿 ! ⠀⠀ ❪⠀③⠀❫ ⠀⠀ LINEUP

BAEK INSU, ZION. ⠀( 1996 ) ⠀ LEADER, MAIN RAPPER. LEE EUNJUN. ⠀ ( 1997 ) ⠀ MAIN VOCALIST, MAIN DANCER, VISUAL. JO IJUN. ⠀ ( 1996 ) ⠀ LEAD VOCALIST, LEAD DANCER. HAN DOHYUN, DREW. ⠀ ( 1999 ) ⠀ MAIN RAPPER, MAIN DANCER, CENTER. HOLLAND GO. ⠀ ( 1999 ) ⠀ LEAD RAPPER, LEAD DANCER. SANG JOON / COLE. ⠀ ( 1999 ) ⠀ MAIN VOCALIST, MAIN DANCER, FOTG. PARK MINHEE. ⠀ ( 2001 ) ⠀ LEAD VOCALIST.

#ꕤ⠀⠀˚ ⠀˳⠀ ⠀੭⠀⠀ PROFILE .#fictional idol community #fictional idol group #fictional idol oc #fake kpop group #fake kpop oc #fake kpop idol #fake kpop addition #kpop addition #bts addition #skz addition #kpop oc #idol oc #idol au #kpop au

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fleetroot-blog · 2 years ago

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How To Overcome Challenges In Your Delivery Industry With Delivery Management Software

The E-trade enterprise has witnessed an upsurge in latest years, as diverse clients dealing with industries, viz. client goods, medicines, domestic appliances, food, or even groceries divulge heart’s contents to e-trade.

The cutting-edge pandemic state of affairs has in addition bolstered this trend. All of this places a highlight on the shipping enterprise as one of the maximum appealing agencies to be in. But withinside the new virtual economic system wherein clients hold elevating the bar, can achievement come easily? The truth is — regardless of the shipping enterprise, the street to achievement is strewn with demanding situations.

Delivery Challenges with the aid of using Industry

Consumer Goods

Customer Challenge:

Inconsistent Demand. A sharp surge in the course of festivals/ excursion season

Delivery time and area problem to extrude at any time

Time Window:

Same day / subsequent day shipping. More than 2/three days is a deal breaker

Product Challenge:

Box Size can not be uniform

Process Challenge:

Order and Inventory Management

Distribution — Apart from suburban warehouses, city hubs additionally needed

Prioritizing, scheduling and allocation

Transportation/ Fleet Management

Locating Customer address

Tracking orders and bodies of workers

Grocery

Consumer Challenge:

Wants staples, fruits, vegetables, dairy, liquids, and frozen gadgets withinside the equal order

Time Window:

Scheduled equal day / subsequent day shipping

Product Challenge:

Dry Items may be packed beforehand, however now no longer fruits, vegetables, meat, and seafood

Packaging necessities are different

Ideal temperature stages additionally vary

Process Challenge:

Inventory — Inefficiency can result in mistakes so fulfillment

Distribution –city hubs are required for green shipping. The transport system might also additionally want pre-cooling

Prioritizing, scheduling and allocation

Transportation/ Fleet Management

Tracking orders and bodies of workers

Flowers

Customer Challenge:

Seasonal/ Event primarily based on Demand. Sharp surge around Valentine’s day

Late / Last Minute Orders

Time Window:

Same-day shipping.

Product Challenge:

Highly perishable

Requires care whilst coping with

Not all flora are to be had thru the year

Process Challenge:

Distribution — neighborhood hubs and temperature-managed transportation

Scheduling and allocation

Locating Customer address

Tracking orders and bodies of workers

Laundry

Customer Challenge:

Inconsistent Demand. A sharp surge in the course of festivals/ marriage season

Very high-satisfactory conscious

Time Window:

Scheduled pick-up and shipping equal day / subsequent day

Product Challenge:

Batch length will vary

Process Challenge:

Order Management

Scheduling and allocation

Locating Customer address

Tracking orders and bodies of workers

Home Appliances

Customer Challenge:

Inconsistent Demand. A sharp surge in the course of the festival/ excursion season

Expect an unfastened domestic set up alongside shipping

Time Window:

Scheduled shipping

Product Challenge:

Proper packing/ unpacking and cautious coping is critical

Process Challenge:

Order and Inventory Management

Transportation/ Fleet Management

Scheduling and allocation

Training and heritage take a look at of body of workers

Tracking orders and bodies of workers

Meals

Customer Challenge:

Inconsistent Demand. A sharp surge in the course of weekends and holidays

Time Window:

Extremely short: 30-forty five mins.

Product Challenge:

Meals ought to be sparkling and hot

Process Challenge:

Order Management

Scheduling and allocation

Locating Customer address

Tracking order pick-up and shipping

Tracking paintings force

Medicine

Customer Challenge:

Inconsistent Demand. Can be emergency or behind schedule requirement

Prescription Driven- might not take delivery of equal drug of various brand/ agency

Time Window:

Same-day shipping.

Product Challenge:

Temperature Sensitive. Some merchandise requires refrigeration

Process Challenge:

Order and Inventory Management

Temperature-managed transportation and insulated bins

Prioritizing, scheduling and allocation

A specialized body of workers

Locating Customer address

Tracking orders and bodies of workers

Given the above demanding situations, yesterday’s guide gear and strategies of shipping control might not also be capable of getting you off the ground. However, a superior Delivery Management Software that leverages the electricity of the area era and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will let you triumph over those demanding situations and additionally clock healthful profits.

Let us see how:

1. Flexible Order Management and Fulfillment

The stop aim of order control is to meet the client’s order correctly and efficiently.

Here, the shipping control machine is bendy sufficient to honor the client preferences, whilst additionally preserving a tab at the shipping agency’s resources, potential, and time taken for shipping.

It manages all client-associated information, tracks order repute, and mechanically video display units stock with a purpose to hold the go with the drift of products walking smoothly.

It is an entire module, incorporating invoicing, charge processing, and collection.

2. Auto Allocation

Instead of manually drawing out schedules and handing them out to drivers, this machine makes use of a set of rules to mechanically assign incoming orders as in line with present capacities of all to be-had agency resources (e.g., motors and drivers), area proximity, route, order load, shipping window, etc.

This decreases the turnaround time, maximizes the range of fulfilled deliveries, and complements the client experience. It additionally frees up the shipping supervisor from habitual responsibilities and lets him supervise the general method and control exceptions.

3.Route Optimization

The shortest path is seldom the maximum green, certainly, due to the fact, several things are at play on the subject of shipping withinside the actual-global conditions. Add to that the last-minute orders and modifications made with the aid of using clients that may doubtlessly throw off the great-laid path plans.

However, an intelligent Delivery Management System makes use of superior geo-area era and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to calculate the quickest and maximum green path for shipping. Along with geo-coded locations, it captures and approaches a large number of statistics often throughout some of the parameters inclusive of traffic, street and climate conditions, creation enclosures, shipping time windows, automobile type, capacities, constraints, etc.

The machine is continuously studying and enhancing itself. Hence at any factor of time, drivers get optimized path plans and navigation steering on their cell phones. Any last-minute modifications are mechanically accounted for in a rely of seconds on. This now no longer simplest allows drivers to attain on-time deliveries however additionally saves treasured time and gas.

4. Climate Controlled Storage and Transportation

When it involves sparkling produce and positive clinical merchandise, appropriate temperature stages, humidity, and packaging necessities want to be cautiously taken into consideration and implemented. Pre-cooled bins and insulated bins may be used, however, how can we make certain that appropriate weather is maintained during the transportation and shipping method?

This is wherein telematics and sensor control come into play. Through several sensors connected to motors, assets, bins, and goods, the machine is capable of seizing and tuning the velocity and route of the automobile, ambient temperature and humidity inside bins, range of instances the door of the box is opened and closed, etc. Alerts are despatched out whilst threshold limits are crossed, and evaluation of the statistics allows us to evaluate the dangers and make the desired enhancements.

5. Tracking of Vehicles and Workforce

Inefficiencies also can creep in whilst drivers use shipping motors to run private errands, make useless stoppages, or inn to rash riding inclusive of harsh braking, dashing, or tailgating. The Advanced GPS era makes it viable for shipping managers to tune the area of motors and drivers in actual time.

Geofencing guarantees that drivers don’t stray from their routes. Also, some of the sensors in the automobile are capable of experiencing and alerting the supervisor in case of rash riding.

6. Dynamic Workforce Management

Inconsistentcallsl for deliveries pose troubles for maximum industries. During height season, a shipping agency would possibly all of sudden want to rent more body of workers. An included body of workers control module now no longer simplest tracks overall performance metrics of the present body of workers, however additionally continues to report all applicable information of transient workers, so that hiring and onboarding of more body of workers can manifest in a streamlined manner.

7. Complete Mobility Solution

The complete answer leverages the electricity of mobility and enterprise on the go.

Drivers are ready with an intuitive app on their telecellsmartphone which notifies them approximately assigned orders, optimizes their assigned routes in actual time, offers guided navigation, or even allows them to transmit digital signatures/images as evidence of shipping.

The Delivery Manager is ready with an app that gives an interactive dashboard in which he receives a bird’s eye view of all operations, can tune the area and availability of drivers in actual time, and ship out push notifications. He also can screen the performance of order fulfillment, delays, complaints, returns, and refunds.

The clients get a user-pleasant app thru which they could make purchases, tune the repute in their order, acquire ETA notifications and additionally enhance troubles with customer support or submit evaluations and feedback.

8. Connected Customer Service

When it involves the shipping of excessive fee gadgets including digital gadgets or domestic appliances, clients are greater keenly involved. They need normal updates on their order repute and ETA, shipping with the aid of using the previous appointments, and set up of the appliance.

They might also add even need help to make certain that the object has been efficaciously mounted and is operating as expected. The machine can make certain that the client receives a customized provider thru a provider consultant who can deliver up-to-the-minute updates on their order proper thru to fulfillment, till the client is left feeling completely happy with their product.

9. Analytics

The machine integrates streams of statistics throughout all operations, approaches, sensors, and contact factors and gives deep analytics capability. Managers can examine several metrics viz. motive force overall performance, On-time deliveries, motives for the delay, freight expenses, gas costs, client satisfaction, returns, and refunds, etc.

This allows shipping managers to provoke method enhancements and pinnacle control to take strategic decisions.

Conclusion

Thus, regardless of what your shipping enterprise is, up-scaling your present conventional shipping control gear to a unified fleet and related shipping control machine will let you go beyond demanding situations, appreciably enhance the performance of your enterprise approaches, and earn a treasured value gain over your competition.

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marshallpupfan · 8 months ago

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New Marshall Merchandise #57... or #32... or #29, I've Lost Count!

You know, I started posting these updates a few years ago, back when many of my followers were curious about anything I added to my collection. Some of them have gone quiet, possibly moved on or lost interest in PAW Patrol. I'm not sure if my current followers have any interest in these updates. At this point, I just post about these now because I enjoy showing off new items of my favorite character. 😇

And new items, I indeed have! Many of these I've collected over the last month or two, as finding new items hasn't exactly been too easy lately. Most major stores are still selling Jungle Pups and Mighty Movie toys, so hopefully anything new will pop up soon enough. Despite that, I have managed to find a few interesting things!

I first found out about this little figurine when it popped up on Ebay, but nobody would sell it without the other pups (Chase, Skye and Rubble... sadly, no Rocky or Zuma). Someone on Twitter told me they seen some at a Dollar Tree, so of course, I tried checking all the stores I have near me. It took a while, but one finally got some in! Best of all, it's only $1.25, so that's cool!

Hey, you know what else is cool?

Accidentally finding another piece of merchandise I didn't expect to see! I'd actually seen one of these on Ebay earlier the same day, but I thought it was a part of some set. Much to my surprise, Dollar Tree also had it, and also for $1.25. It's not the most impressive of the bath squirters I own, but I'm still happy to add it to my collection!

Ha, look at the label! Chase, Marshall, Skye... and Zuma! Well, it makes sense, given he's the water pup, but I still didn't expect that. Nice to see him on a label for once. :)

I'd actually seen pictures of these online a few times over the years, although they were typically branded as Christmas candy. I never could find any at the stores near me, but then a friend said she seen some at Walgreens. I searched around and finally found one... the last one they had left, in fact! Score! And yeah, I likely won't eat it... it'll sit in my collection along with that other Easter candy I got. lol

...huh, I just noticed it's cracked around the neck. I don't think it was like that when I bought it. Guess I somehow did that. Oops... but it still looks cool, right? Maybe I can find one to replace it when they show up again next year... if they show up again next year. 😅

I seen this at a garage sale for $1. How could I say no? Besides, just look at Marshall on this thing! Too cute, as always! 🥰

Actually, this was yet another lucky find, since I've seen these on Ebay for like $10 (with $5 shipping or so). The fact it's practically in perfect condition is also quite awesome. Living in a small town has it perks!

Last, and it's the priciest item today. I seen this while helping my folks with their shopping at Walmart. They had a few, but they were all Marshall. I wasn't going to get one at first, due to just how big it is, but my mother knows I collect practically anything of Marshall, so she bought it for me. Indeed, I'm already having trouble finding a spot for it, but no doubt I will... eventually... along with the other items on my table. Remember my last few updates? Yeah... most of those items are still sitting there, too. I'm running out of room! lol

That's all for now! I actually do have a few more items coming in the mail, so I'll have a few more things to show off soon enough... Valentines plush dolls, in fact. Ones I expected my local Walmart to get, but they never did. Otherwise, a friend of mine in the UK has offered to send me something I believe is only being sold in her country, so I'll get to add another imported item to my collection soon! I always love doing that, so I'm looking forward to getting it!

As for the Rescue Wheels toys, I've no idea when they'll show up. Maybe in June? July? Whenever the USA finally puts the episodes on their schedule. Now that I think about it, they'll probably be the last toys based on the original designs, huh? All future merch will likely use the new style. We better enjoy it while it lasts, I suppose.

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robinchan-hananomi · 3 years ago

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I think one of the cutest things the manga did for Tiger & Bunny was develop many of the relationships for the characters outside of what we see. Both the Comic and the manga. Things like:

Kotetsu helping Ivan with being himself to see Edward as well as writing out ‘Origami Cyclone’ for him in Japanese so he can be able to put it on his merchandise since he doesn’t know Japanese.

Nathan telling Pao-Lin that forcing herself to be more girly to make her sponsors happy won’t make them happy and Pao-Lin trusting Nathan to cut her hair back to the short hair she is comfortable with. (Also Kotetsu accidentally ruining it to the point Nathan’s soul just about left their body but Pao-Lin finds it cute and wants to keep it)

Barnaby taking the time to help Antonio figure out poses to use for a magazine shoot, to the point where he actually spends time practicing various ones to see which ones would flatter Antonio the most since he can’t show his face.

Kotetsu telling Barnaby to use an opportunity that Ryan set up for him to collaborate with Keith because Keith is a great hero, one who Kotetsu had worked with for a long time, and despite the experience Barnaby has gained he can still learn a lot from Keith. And in the end Barnaby thanking Keith for the opportunity as he did learn quite a lot from the hero.

Keith still thinking of Cis, using her constant ‘why’ to force people to confront their real thoughts and ending fights between people.

Keith and Yuri spending the day together looking for Keith’s dog John who escaped him, and Yuri trying to keep Keith from getting taken by people (people soliciting money from him, trying to steal his wallet, lying to him) and Keith explaining that he just wants to see good in everyone. Then the following day Yuri seeing all the positive effects from what he saw was Keith being naive.

Nathan inviting all the heroes out to get dinner together because they notice that the others seem a little down and wanted to give them something nice to do.

Muramasa and Kaede visiting the heroes at the training room and giving the older heroes some alcohol and the younger heroes non-alcoholic drinks from Muramasa’s liquor store.

Ivan and Pao-Lin learning about Barnaby’s birthday a day late and wanting to do something special for him but Barnaby doesn’t realize it’s a gift for him because Pao-Lin used kanji on the package and Kotetsu has to come and actually explain to Barnaby what it is because Barnaby can’t read Kanji.

For that matter all the cute little jobs that Pao-Lin and Ivan did together, including one where Antonio comes along to pretend to be a cow that got loose (Keith’s idea) for them to lasso to make the guests happy.

Karina getting everyone chocolate for valentines day and the slew of misunderstandings that followed (including Antonio and Karina assuming Kotetsu and Agnus are dating and Keith’s inability to read the room which is quickly scolded by the other heroes)

Or during the Jake incident, Karina gets a number of phone calls from friends and family who are worried and Pao Lin remarks no one ever calls her to see if she is alright and Karina just walks away so she can hide behind a corner and call Pao-Lin so that she can have someone call to ask about her safety.

And Ryan training with Pao Lin, pretending it was no big deal and he can handle it, partially to awe the others and partially so she can have a sparing partner since no one else will do it but admitting when he’s alone that it was more than he was ready for.

I just really love how we got a better look into some of the friendships between the heroes. Like we knew Antonio and Kotetsu were close, and there was a little bit of a friendship between Karina and Pao Lin, but it’s cute to see more!

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hopefully-hellbound · 2 years ago

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plssssss do a sequel where demon reader gets revenge on Bailey 😭

i made the reader fallen angel instead of a demon because it made more sense, but yay my first request!

part 1 this refers to is here

M!Bailey x ng!FallenAngel!PC (gn pronouns but has a penis)

After the events of part one, reader wants their angel transformation back. Only one way to do that, and that's expensive.

noncon, corruption, bondage, degradation, drug mention, daddy issues, parental figure but not incest, switch pc, angst Bailey, mentions of prostitution

Bailey made a mistake when he ate those chocolates.

They laid around his office for a while, and one night he just fell weak to temptations, having just a few while he worked late night on paperwork.

He woke up nude and tied up.

He needed a few minutes to realize that this isnt college anymore and he’s now in some actual shit, snapping himself awake as he immediately tried to get his restraints loose. They wouldnt budge though, a thick leather whip holding his wrists securely above his head. Bailey knew that whip.

“What the-“

“Remy let me borrow it.”

A blank voice replies to him, and Bailey’s eyes snap to the source of the sound. There you are, sitting by the window, sunlight reflecting in your dull eyes. You didn’t smile much since the incident before Valentine’s. Bailey kept telling himself that he liked you now better, quiet and avoiding him. That light of yours snuffed out.

Only that it wasn’t, and you were just plotting, how to get back at the man who took your halo, who was the reason your wings now fell dark and torn, every day a feeling of dread overcoming your poor little body. Not for long though.

“The fuck you think you’re doing, brat.” Bailey snarls at you, and you finally look away from the orphans playing outside, at your caretaker.

“You know, Remy really wanted to get in on the action,” you say, getting up to move closer to the bed he’s tied up on. “Wanted to whip you and make you cry like a little girl, he said.”

“Good fucking luck with that.”

“I said no, I wanted this to be just you and me.”

“What are you talking about?? Let me go now or you’ll fucking regret it.”

“Like how you regretted raping me?”

Silence falls between the two of you, you just stare at each other. Bailey’s the one who breaks eye contact first, almost uncomfortable.

“I do what I want with my merchandise and I didn’t regret a thing. Do you understand in what shit you are the second i get out you little-“

“I don’t think you understand what this is, Bailey.”

You cut him off and straddle him, and he’s so surprised for a second he actually doesn’t move, your thighs squishy above his toned stomach. He’s not a bad looking man, you guess, you just wish the circumstances were different. You just wish he was different.

“Yeah? And what is this, then?”

You grind down hard on his crotch, your little hands moving to generously grope his chest as if he were a woman, and yet there is still no more life in your eyes than it was before.

“An extortion.”

Bailey bites so hard down on his lip that it bleeds, but he’s determined not to let out any sounds. He grits his teeth and glares at the camera you hold in his face, and while you think he’s beautiful like this, so feral, you move the view down, where your dick’s nestled nicely deep in his ass.

“We’ve been at this for a while, Bailey. Still refusing?”

“I-If you think I will pay you 10k, you’re fucking wrong.”

His voice shivers a little, and you find it so cute, you want to kiss him but he would probably bite your tongue off at this stage. You pull out almost all the way, only to thrust back inside violently, Bailey inhaling sharply through his nose, but managing to keep it inside.

“Oh. Isn’t it a fair deal, though? Paying for what you took?”

Jordan can restore you, make you pure again – but he needs to be paid for it, and your time before falling too far to be saved is running out.

“I took whats mine you filthy- ah~!”

The look of absolute shame and horror on his face when he moans is picture worthy; good thing you got it on tape. It’s the first time since this has started that your expression changes and you smile, rolling your hips to see if you really found that good spot in him.

“What was that, sir, hm? Was that you moaning on your kid’s cock?”

“... you're not my-“

You silence him with another thrust right into his prostate, and his deeply red face makes it all worth it.

“Not your kid? But dad, you raised me. I don’t have anyone that isn’t you that would take care of me.”

He wants to resist, you know he does, but he now risks moaning again if he opens his mouth, so he just glares at you with such absolute hatred in his eyes. You set the camera down so it’s looking at the two of you, and you lean over, hands next to his head supporting your weight so that you can look down on him.

“You gotta pay back what you stole, dad. Or everyone will know you were overpowered by a child. Maybe you are getting weak in your old age.”

Every time you say that word it’s like you drive the knife of shame deeper in his chest, much like how you thrust your cock inside of him now almost violently. Your hands look bizarre, ridiculously small on his strong thighs but you force them open anyway; Bailey spread like a whore, taking you. His own cock stands thick and erect itself, and you think you would prefer riding that over what you’re doing right now, but maybe some other time. After all, your ass doesn’t matter to Jordan.

“Pretty... you’re so pretty, dad, moaning like a bitch for me.”

Shame and rage are engraved in ever pore of his body right now, and you’re reveling in them.

“Come on, do it louder. Let everyone hear how you failed.”

Your tiny hands wrap around his neck and you squeeze, you strangle him while the pace of your thrusts grows increasingly faster, you’re nearing your finish, almost there-

Bailey’s almost passed out when you finish, your seed dripping out of his hole the second you pull out. He pants out something about revenge but you pay him no mind, you just lean closer and kiss his cheek, same sweet kiss you would give him as a child if he would let his guard down and you’d manage to come that close to his face before he’d yell at you.

“I should leave you.” you whisper, tracing your fingers tenderly up his throbbing, still erect dick. He still hasn’t finished. “Leave you here and let everyone who wants to take a turn with you. All the people you’ve screwed in this town, bet they’d pay good money for it.” he’s still catching his breath, but his teary eyes turn to you, full of disbelief.

Maybe he didn’t think you had it in you. Maybe this was the last thing he’d ever expect from you, and maybe the reality of what happened has really just set in right now.

You smile.

“But i won’t, dad, because that’s not what good people do. And even if you are a jealous little cunt, you’re not gonna ruin this for me.”

Because you’re still a good person.

You’ll get your halo back and you’ll fix what he’s done and you’ll be good again, you’ll be what he always hated you for being.

You look back, at your caretaker’s twitching cock, precum dripping down it as Bailey struggles again.

“Will you give me the money or will I have to earn it by selling you? I know either of us wouldn’t want that~”

With a strained voice, Bailey tells you where his safe is, and you reward him with another kiss, on his neck this time.

“That’s a good boy~”, you purr, excited now that you will finally get to start over again. But you glance at his dick again and your hole throbs, clenches around nothing, and before either of you knows it, you’re straddling him again. “Here’s your reward.... dad~”

You sink down on his cock, and Bailey is too tired to even protest.

But just you wait when he gets free again, just you wait.

Bailey tells himself that he hates you even more now for what you’ve done to him, but you both know that he can lie all he wants, it’s not gonna change the fact that for the first time ever, he feels a speck of respect for you.

#first #ask #bailey the caretaker #bailey the bastard #bailey #degrees of lewdity #dol #fallen angel #angel #angst #tw: noncon #tw: drugs

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anemo-writes · 4 years ago

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hello travelers! again, thank you for putting up with my inactivity, it’s been hard to write lately haha. anyways, i thought this would be something fun to post and for everyone to enjoy, whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day or not :) (note: this will probably be more fanon than canon so please bear with me, i’ll make it as canon as it can be :’) i also kept this pretty short, so hopefully that’s okay too,, and sorry for this being late haha—i wrote this very late at night so don’t mind any typos you find please)

much love,

~ anemo-chan <3

(The Playable) Genshin Impact Characters on Valentine’s Day (Romantically)

super romantic; gifts you a bouquet of flowers and takes you out to eat at a fancy restaurant/cooks for you.

Diluc

He is nervous. He’s never paid close attention to the countless amount of people who have lined outside the tavern to ask him to be their Valentine, only to be rejected. There was absolutely no way that he would turn to Kaeya for advice, so unfortunately this was something he would have to figure out for himself. He figures that it wouldn’t hurt to go traditional, so that’s what he does; he buys a large bouquet of roses (which he had to get from Donna, seeing that at the hours that he ended work were very late and Flora’s shop was not open at the time—yeah, that was not fun) and presents himself outside your doorway, to which he invites you to join him for a late dinner—which he makes!

Lisa

She leaves a letter on top of your nightstand, paired along with a singular rose. The letter states for you to meet her outside of Good Hunter, where you find her sitting at a table with a candle dimly-lighting up the surroundings. She greets you with a warm smile, gesturing for you to sit down—the two of you enjoy a candle-lit dinner as well as bolognese she specially requested for Sara to make for the two of you to enjoy together why does this remind me so much of Lady and the Tramp,,

Tartaglia

Oh boy. It’s always a fun time spending a holiday with him, seeing that it could go two ways; one, he would be too busy to celebrate it with you on the day of, and he would take you out the day after, or two—have a store’s entire line of merchandise presented to you outside your doorstep, in which a very, very smiley Tartaglia hidden within the pile (after all, he was the best present!) After you’re done moving all of the gifts into your house (it took up the space of your entire living room), he tells you to cover your eyes and follow him. He takes you to one of the most well-known restaurants in Liyue (which currently doesn’t have a name because it is very late here!), and insists that you order whatever you want, and however much you want.

Zhongli

Over the years, he’s witnessed many, many couples celebrate this holiday and every year he’s wished to do the same. He finds the perfect opportunity to do so when Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and boy does he plan it out for the two of you. He’s even made sure to have his wallet on him at all times—it would be extremely rude for you to have to pay if he happened to forget his wallet. He makes sure to stop by to pick up a bouquet of flowers, as well as a bottle of perfume (not in a bad way, just to clarify) from Ying’er’s shop that he recalled you liked. He makes sure to pick you up early from your work place to make sure you made it to your appointment on time; after all, being late to an appointment was similar to breaking a contract, no?

surprises you with homemade sweets.

Fischl

Oh, she is so nervous—of course, she doesn’t show this. The entire week, she spent researching recipes to create a special batch of chocolate-dipped strawberries just for you—she even sent Oz to the nearby farms to “borrow” the freshest strawberries for the treat (the farmers were too scared to confront the talking bird who “borrowed” their strawberries, so luckily they got away with it). She dips them in a purple-colored chocolate (because what other color would she use, really?) and drizzles on a dark-chocolate syrup to top it off. She’s too shy to actually give it to you herself though, so she has Oz drop it off for her.

Ganyu

Even though she’s quite busy, she’s somehow found time to whip up a special batch of chocolate just for you! She shapes them into Glaze Lilies (which she found quite hard, which is why there are so few of them) and presents them to you in a neatly-sealed box. She’s quite modest when your eyes widen and tell her it’s the best chocolate you have ever eaten, claiming that she only followed a recipe, when she really made it from scratch.

Keqing

Like Ganyu, you have no idea how she finds time to create a perfect array of chocolates, which she made herself! However, with her tightly-packed schedule, she has to drop it off at your house in advance, to which you accept happily. She tried to decorate them with designs of cartoon-versions of your faces, but they’re a bit...messy. Nonetheless, they’re tasty, and to her relief, you enjoy them.

Mona

Somehow, she’s managed to scrape up enough mora to buy you a necklace; yes, a necklace, and a real one at that—none of that fake, costume jewelry stuff! She even added a pendant shaped like star, just so you could be reminded of her whenever you fiddled with it or even glanced at it. She’s quite flustered when she gives it to you, ignoring the way you ask how she managed to save this much mora to be able to buy something like this, changing the subject on how you should never-ever take it off (because it looks great on you.)

Noelle

One word: pancakes. (Have you seen the ones she makes for her special dishes? They’re frigging amazing) As a dutiful maid should, she wakes up especially early to prepare a homemade breakfast just for you, to which she serves to you just as your wake up in bed. The fluffy stack of pancakes are decorated with fruits cut up in heart-shapes, as well the words, “Happy Valentine’s Day, Y/N”, written neatly with chocolate syrup—it’s quite a sight to see, to be honest, and utterly delicious. Lucky you!

Xiangling

The day before, she tells you to meet her at the restaurant around noon. When you arrive, the restaurant is adorned with Valentine decorations, as well as a terrifying amount of food; she insists that she only made it for you, so you better eat up! Before she can show you the other dishes, the restaurant is suddenly filled with a strong, bitter smell—something burning. With a yelp, she runs into the kitchen, coming out a few minutes later with a tray of half-scorched cupcakes, their Gouba-shapes adorned with...a lot of burn marks. Oh well, it’s the thought that counts, doesn’t it?

buys/makes a present for you.

Albedo

Without your knowledge, Albedo has been creating a collection of artworks throughout all the time you had spent together. The pieces include portraits of you, portraits of you and him (sucrose helped with this), as well as just random sketches of the little things that remind him of you, such as the bare, snowy-white terrain where the two of you first met, as well as its flora and fauna. If you request it, he’ll even make the painting come alive (literally), and the two of you run to Sucrose’s dwelling, who is very shocked to see the pair of you running from a Frosted Lawachurl when she peered out her window to see if she could pinpoint the sounds of distant screaming.

Amber

Is there anything better than a matching set of wind gliders? Not only that—they were homemade! She spent the last couple of weeks putting together a pair of gliders for the two of you, customizing them to your tastes (which she nailed!) She quite literally drags you to the nearest hill to test them out, and the two of you end up challenging each other on who can get back to the Knights of Farvonius Headquarters the fastest—spoiler alert: she did.

Barbara

Oh, she would make the cutest card for you—the envelope is decorated with cute stickers (some of them even had her face on it; there’s nothing like promoting merchandise, am i right? jkjks) She also pairs it off with a box of chocolates that she bought from Sara—however, what she didn’t know was that in the box was a special-edition spicy chocolate truffle. With your luck, that was the first one you chose—and boy, were you met a surprise (it was so bad that you were begging Barbara to use her Vision on you, which she refused of course). Fun times.

Chongyun

He’s real sweet. After his expeditions and commissions, he opens the freezer (yes he keeps them in there, don’t judge him) to an array of ice sculptures, shapes varying from flowers, hearts, and such—although it’s quite the simple gift, he’s put a lot of effort into them, even putting in the extra effort to cast a spell to make sure they would not melt; it’s all worth though, when he sees the absolutely giddy expression on your face, and the look of pure awe as you pick one up and study it closely, admiring all of the details and work that’s he put in.

Ningguang

She sends out informants to find out what you like, whether it be something that your gaze settled on for too long or something you’ve mentioned while talking to her—on the day of, you open your door to a mountain of gifts, with Ningguang herself peering out from behind it with a calm smile and a wave (which was the opposite of your reaction, because who has that much mora to purchase all of these gifts?!?)

Razor

He doesn’t have a clue on what the holiday until Lisa asks him if he’s planned something for the two of you during one of his lessons. When he shakes his head no, Lisa suggests that he make you something, to which he sets out on an adventure to do, looking for flowers and flower stems to weave into a pair of matching bracelets—they’re not the prettiest, but he is pretty proud of it; after all, it was his first time making something like that. He’s quite nervous to present it to you, afraid that you might not like it, but all feelings of worry melt away when you slide it on with a huge smile on your face, insisting that he wears his too.

Sucrose

At first, she considers gifting you a present that she created herself; of course, with her work being alchemy, she isn’t sure if that would be the safest option, despite being talented herself. And so, she resorts to buying a present for you—she is very picky with the present though, insisting that it should be perfect since she could not make one herself. She even consults Albedo when selecting some of the presents (he doesn’t help her unfortunately; he believes that she should figure it out herself haha). Like Razor, she’s quite nervous to give it to you, but lets out a huge sigh of relief as you thank her happily for the gift, wiping a bead of sweat from across her forehead (sucrose bby anything you give us would be perfect,,)

whisks you away somewhere sentimental, where the two of you can enjoy a special date.

Beidou

It’s ungodly early in the morning when Beidou presents herself in front of your doorstep, announcing that you’ll be joining her and the crew on a special ride. She tugs you along beside her until you reach the harbor, where you are met with the sight of her ship adorned with streamers and banners, varying between shades of pink and red. Onboard, there is a table filled with goodies the crew collected and made, and boy do they look delicious. The group sets out to sea, and you take your place next to the captain, who even lets you steer the boat (momentarily, at least.)

Bennett

He takes you to meet his dads; yes, yes—he knows that it’s not the most romantic thing to do on a day dedicated to lovers, but he figures it’s just as important. Besides, they’ve been asking about you for quite a while—they even set up a small party within the Adventurer’s Guild, with the help of Bennett, of course. You spend the day listening to their old adventuring stories, as well as bits from Bennett’s childhood (poor boy is flustered from all the information his dads are spilling, but he’s still happy either way; after all, he’s with the most important people to him.)

Kaeya

He quite literally kidnaps you; one second you’re walking in the streets of Mondstadt on your way to work when suddenly someone grabs you by the waist and pulls you into an alley way (that sounds so creepy but i swear he means it in a good way). He only chuckles and shields himself with his arms as you punch him lightly, retorting that he scared you. He doesn’t care that the two of you have an overwhelming amount of work to do—after all, Valentine’s Day only comes once a year, right? Surprisingly, he doesn’t take you the tavern, but instead...Dawn Winery! Diluc received quite the surprise when he is met with the two of you standing outside his gates, with Kaeya requesting a wine/grape juice taste-testing. Yeah...you guys didn’t get any of that, but you did manage to snag a couple of grapes on your way out! Good for you!

Venti

You wake up in your bed, opening your eyes to see a very-smiley Venti laying beside you, chin propped up against his hand as he watches you yawn sleepily as you force yourself out of bed. You’re then presented with a handpicked-bouquet of Ceceilias, the freshest of the bunch, if he may add. You barely have time to thank him before he hoists you up in his arms and out of your dwelling, gliding over the city of Mondstadt as he whisks you away to Starsnatch Cliff, where he’s prepared a special performance just for you (and no, you don’t need to pay.)

Xingqiu

While he’s not the most romantic, he does have a clue on what people look for on Valentine’s Day; after all, that’s what cheesy-romance novels were for, right? Unbeknownst to you, he takes you on a date very similar to the one the main characters in his favorite novels partook in—and you don’t find out until you catch him peeking into the pages while you weren’t (you were) looking. Again, it’s the thought that counts—

doesn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Jean

Sadly, she probably forgets about the holiday. She’s too busy holed-up in her office to notice the couples gathered up in the courtyard, sharing moments with their lover. It’s not until she walks out to take a breather that she notices the commotion—she immediately calls you over, apologizing frantically. Of course, to this you respond that’s it’s okay, but that you would much rather her take the rest of the day off to spend time together, to which she reluctantly agrees.

Xiao

“I do not have time to celebrate silly human traditions like that.” He would say as you bound up to him, exclaiming that it’s Valentine’s Day, the day where you can give sweets to your loved ones, and asking if he had someone special in mind to spend it with. He’s irked when your gaze falters and the grip on the object you’re hiding behind your back tightens—he only grows more irked as you mutter to yourself how you’ll give the chocolates you made to someone else. He scoffs loudly, avoiding your gaze as he lays out his hand in front of you to accept the chocolates (just because he doesn’t celebrate the holiday doesn’t mean he can’t get jealous!)

#anemo-writes #genshin impact x reader #genshin x reader #genshin impact #genshin impact scenarios #genshin impact imagines #THE WAY THIS IS A DAY LATE #can you tell that i’ve never written for zhongli before :’)#bennett’s is my favorite i almost cried while writing it because it was so wholesome #diluc x reader #Childe x reader #zhongli x reader #chongyun x reader #razor x reader

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