#Sundae merch

[abiigiggle]

🍓Sundae Badge Designs🍓

Sundae is my character, soon badges of Sundae and her friend Coco will be available to purchase through Etsy! Direct Message or Email for more information.

Email: giggle7.am@gmail.com

Linktree: LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/abiigiggle

[strawberrymilkfemme]

obsessed w this 🥺

[pizzahutchan124]

So.... No one was going to tell me that Villianous started streaming in the USA back in May? Really?

Damn

[voxyldy]

04.28.2023

BT21 INSIDE MANG | EPISODE SPECIAL

SOURCE: BT21

[hyenabeanz]

Mine looks like that too. And the worst part is this is some of the better looking ones I've seen. I saw some shared in a fan group that looked *worse.*

I wonder what the league is gonna do all next season if they keep up the current quality levels but can no longer go "BUT WE DID IT IN SIX MONTHS!"

bitch, knowing you needed championship gear was not a goddamn surprise.

can't imagine '47 sweep up or whatever the shit the bougie brand they made the hats with is thrilled to have their name attached to this. 🙄

are you kidding me lmao. what is this. looking at this hat makes me feel like I need glasses because of how poorly defined the lettering and numbers are.

[megalomaniacz]

IM SO HOOKED ON CRYBABY I NEED MORE OMG

CRYBABY! - (E.W) PT6

pairing: mean/cruel ellie x sensitive/emotional reader.

synopsis: you’ve had enough at this point.

a/n: the next chapter is already in the works and guys…things get so… like there’s no going back i think this is the end point 😭

i don’t care if it hurts

masterlist.

no one can get a word in before jesse breaks up the fight. “we go on in two minutes. get it together. fucking get cleaned up.” he pulls at ellie.

you’re baffled, really. such a silly word but it’s the only one you can use. abby never really got into fights, that you’d known of. she was one of your best friends. and you never had the heart to tell her about what ellie had done, so how did she figure everything out? why are you spiraling? ellie probably said or did something to get herself punched. maybe this has nothing to do with you?

“and i’m very excited to introduce our next performers. watching them go from garages, to performing on stages, to signing record deals has been a beautiful journey. i’m happy to say i’ve been here since the beginning. now please make some noise for, seattle revival!”

you and abby are sat backstage as you dress her wounds. you wait to hear a familiar string of notes from jesse as he starts their first song, but you’re surprised by ellie’s voice on the mic.

“guys i just want to start the show off by apologizing to someone very near a dear to me. a very special person in my life who i’ve hurt—“

“we love you ellie!”

“aww i love you too. i want to say i’m sorry to her because i did some really fucked up shit in the past and i hope that she can forgive me and that we can move past it.”

the crowd cheers.

“and go back to being lovey dovey girlfriends. please forgive me babe. it’ll never happen again.”

abby’s mouth falls so far to the ground you could stick your fist in it. her face has never turned red faster. “what the fuck is she talking about? you guys were—are dating?”

you frantically shake your head. “no abby she’s lying. i don’t know what she’s gaining from it either. i think we should go now.”

“and this next song is dedicated to her—“ she points to you, an employee tugs at you to make you more visible, pulling you to the stage. a spotlight falls on you. everybody’s phone is up. everybody’s flash is on. here come the waterworks, fuck. didn’t you say you weren’t gonna cry today?

and then a familiar string of notes plays. jesse and dina catch on quickly, and your heart seeps. there was no way she was playing this song right now.

“when you were here before.”

you’re taken back to that first rehearsal. stuffed in jesse’s parents garage on a gloomy day. you were sitting on a scratched up couch, petting his cat. ellie looked over to you with a smile on her face. “you listen to a lot of music?”

you nod. “i love music. i was honestly so excited to hear you guys are starting a band. i’ll be your first groupie! handmade merch and everything.”

she laughs before whispering something to jesse and dina, then returning to the mic. “we’re gonna dedicate this one to our first groupie.”

“couldn’t look you in the eyes.”

dina and jesse slipped off after that practice and you knew they’d gone to go fuck somewhere, so you stayed with ellie. “they have no idea how to be discreet about it.” you laugh. she shrugs. “good on them, atleast i’m not alone dealing with it anymore.”

she’d convinced you to grab icecream with her. nestled in the booth of the old restaurant over an icecream sundae. soft music playing from its speakers. it was nearly empty, and it had started to rain outside.

“so how long have you known jesse and dina?” you ask, dipping a spoon in your side of the sweet treat. she grabs a cherry from the top, popping it into her mouth. “since we were kids in highschool. those are my best friends. i’m excited to be starting a band with them, and i’m glad i got to meet you.”

you blush.

you’re crying now. onstage, you’re crying. you can feel the tears slipping down your cheeks and underneath your chin. you wipe at them but they just won’t go away. she was so sweet to you a couple years ago. she was the sweetest person you’d ever met. how could you even compare the person singing to you now, and the person you’d met back then?

then you get a glimpse of her. it’s in her eyes. you’re flashing back between that memory and now. her hand in yours, running through the rain. catching the bus back to jesse’s. staying up and watching movies all night. waking up the next day to the lovebirds apologizing, while you and ellie laugh about it so hard your stomachs started to ache.

and you’re conflicted because this is the same ellie that got drunk at a party and threw up all over you. twice. then the next day said, “atleast it was better than what you’d been wearing.” jesus, she was addicting. she’d hooked you in and completely destroyed you. your self esteem. and now she was trying to play nice?

out of the corner of your eye, before you can catch it, abby is walking onstage. she takes a moment to look at you, tears streaming down your face, and decides to turn around. she walks away and it takes you a minute to follow behind. calling for her. begging her to come back.

“abby stop. where are you going?”

“no, just stop. you’re pathetic. why do you take the shit she does? don’t you have any respect for yourself?”

you’ve never heard her speaking to you this way. between your head rushing from the crying and the whiplash you’re getting from her harsh words, you feel like you’re going to pass out. “i don’t just take it abby. how do you even know about that stuff—“

“because jesse and dina told me! i’m supposed to be your best fucking friend but you can’t even communicate the simplest of things. the things i know are hurting you inside. i was gonna— never mind. fucking forget it.”

and then she walks away, disappearing into a hallway. fading away slowly like a ghost. body blurred from your tears. you feel your feet get weak first, then you drop to your knees and onto the ground. huddling within yourself. letting all your tears fall.

the “seattle revival’s last show after party” is one you refused to miss. with everything happening between abby and ellie, you were more than prepared to let it all go. to get drunk or high or whatever the fuck, and stop feeling. this very thought picked you up off that floor, and led you to the dressing rooms. you enjoyed the rest of the show from there, wiping at your face so hard you felt like it would bruise.

when the band found their way into the dressing room, dina and jesse rushed over to comfort you. “i swear i’d bash her head in if it didn’t interfere with the tour. i’m sorry, i shouldn’t be apologizing for her but it’s the only way you’ll get a real one. i’m sorry.”

you had sat with the pain for long enough. you’d cried enough. you didn’t know where abby was or why she said what she did but it was your breaking point. if you were a house, she had pulled a loose brick. making everything collapse within itself. and tumble over everyone else in its path. you felt like…ellie. the world had darkened. the small light, the tiny bits of happiness in you, had melted away. you didn’t care anymore.

you get up to face ellie, her smile fading when her eyes meet yours. everything had left them. all that purity. all that love, was gone.

“honestly i’m over it. let’s go to the after party.”

[twosidesfanzine]

Two Sides Volume 2 Preorders Are Open!

🍽️ Preorders for Two Sides Volume 2: A SoKai and RokuNami Cookbook are now open! 

Our zine features 33 recipes with art and stories based on those recipes and fun food-themed merch, all celebrating Sora, Kairi, Roxas, and Naminé!

All profits will go to the charity Feeding America 🍽️ 

Store: https://twosideszine.bigcartel.com/

See below the cut for bundle information!

Bundles

🍽️ Two Sides Feast Early Bird Special ($90 + shipping) includes physical and digital versions of the zine + all of the zine's merch + unlocked stretch goals.

For the first 72 hours, this bundle is on sale for $90 + shipping. Afterwards it will be $100 + shipping.

🍽️ Bistro Beef Bourguignon ($85 + shipping) includes physical and digital versions of the zine, digital merch, 7 prints, 1 A5 sticker sheet, 2 buttons, 3 acrylic charms, 1 shaker charm, 1 enamel pin, 1 tea tin, and 1 standee. All unlocked stretch goals will also be included!

🍽️ Sea-Salt Sundae ($70 + shipping) is our merch bundle and includes the digital version + digital merch, 7 prints, 1 A5 sticker sheet, 2 buttons, 3 acrylic charms, 1 shaker charm, 1 enamel pin, 1 tea tin, 1 standee, 1 tea towel, 1 apron, and all unlocked stretch goals!

🍽️ Destiny Islands Bisque ($60 + shipping) includes the physical version of the zine, 7 prints, 1 A5 sticker sheet, 2 buttons, 3 acrylic charms, and 1 shaker charm. All unlocked stretch goals will also be included!

🍽️ Twilight Caprese Salad ($45 + shipping) includes the physical version of the zine, 7 prints, and 1 A5 sticker sheet. All unlocked stretch goals will also be included!

🍽️ Oathkeeper Appetizers ($35 + shipping) includes the physical version of the zine and all unlocked stretch goals!

🍽️ Duality Delights ($20 + shipping) is available as an add-on and includes 1 apron and 1 tea towel!

🍽️ Sunset Cocktail ($15) is our digital-only bundle and includes a PDF version of the zine, the cover art as a desktop wallpaper, 2 phone wallpapers, 2 coloring pages, 4 icons, and 10 emotes. This bundle can be added to other bundles for just $5!

[oldfoxyaoi]

I love that Eiden is also a maid, and that the intimacy scenes seem to be taking place in the break room(s?) of the cafe like. imagine being a customer there. you and your buddy decide to check out a maid cafe because they're popular and for some reason father olivine is working there as a bunny maid? okay. wait actually. that's the grand sorcerer. and this guy looks a lot like the pictures you've seen of solaria's leader !? you don't know who the other guy is but you swear you've seen him with the grand sorcerer before so he must be important. why the hell are they working here!? it takes you a while to adjust but now you're enjoying a delicious sundae (and the bromides sitting in your pockets are going to become family heirlooms) and then you notice the grand sorcerer taking one of the other maids through a door marked staff only. you hear some banging noises and yep, those are definitely muffled moans. a while later they come out looking slightly disheveled but very blissed out. you get so horny imagining what went on in that room that you pass out. when you come to you're convinced you've died and gone to heaven because you're resting on father olivine's lap and his tits are inches from your face while he looks at you like an angel. with bunny ears. a few weeks later a trader proudly displays an image of DanDan on the market in solaria and the black market price for DanDan merch reaches exorbitant levels.

that maid cafe is going to have casualties.

[simpingforcys]

New Turbo pin for the collection<3 🏎️

Pin Trader Delight Sundae Series LE 400. Turbo has such little merch/pins on his own, this one being one of the most rare and when a friend told me about it, I just HAD to snag it🤍❤️

[omentranslates]

Trigun Maximum Chugai Grace Cafe Collaboration - I Translated the Website :3

Hi I saw someone on twt wanting this to be translated and that's literally all it takes to get me moving anymore so!

Anyways I translated all the food and drinks, I found the references they chose really cute except for the evil one lmao and I also included the unbelievably small print drink ingredients if you wanna try mixing them yourself!! 🫶

Also also, if you know how to use a proxy, there is actually some stuff here that overseas fans can get our hands on!! Under the cut to keep the dash clean!! Hope it helps!!!!!

Edit my dumbass forgot the original announcement link sjshsk IT’S HERE!!!

So, the menu

Going from left to right we've got

"Battle Sausage Spaghetti"

"As Many Salmon Sandwiches You Want"

"Love&Peace Donuts"

"Banana Sundae"

and on the bottom row

"The Perfect Meal Plate: Vash's Handmade Fried Rice and Salad" ((´༎ຶོω༎ຶོ`) o k )

"Particularly Wonderful Udon"

"Mille-feuille with Ceylon Tea" (i believe the first part specifies gateau mille-feuille but I went to episode one and checked the subs for what they had her say officially and they left the gateau off so I did too)

"Latte with a random character art"

Character Drinks!!!

The Bride Soda, which comes with a double-sided postcard of the sworn friends (very common nickname for Vash and Wolfwood in JP fandom and ig official uses it too)

So the soda is their proprietary thing, it doesn't say what flavor it is or if it has one, but the shotglasses come with a little bit of smoked oak syrup and black ceylon tea and you're meant to fill the rest of the glass with soda and drink it that way. And then the rest of the text is just information and disclaimers for customers that plan on taking the bottle home (I guess it breaks really easily that’s So. lmao).

Vash's Drink <3

strawberry syrup

carbonated water and lemon juice

yellow candied cherries (drained cherries) and ice

Wolfwood's Drink

crushed coffee jelly and cafe ice (ice made and flavored with concentrated coffee and fruit juice)

brewed iced coffee and gum syrup

blue curaçao syrup and carbonated water

experimental ampules filled with blue soda

the cigarette is full of light brown sugar you're meant to mix in before drinking

Knives's Drink

apple juice and round sliced apples

mint and ice (it looks like mint leaves but full disclosure they have blurred that kanji to all hell I have no idea)

Legato's Drink

blue curaçao syrup

grapefruit juice

carbonated water and a mint cherry

a lemon and ice

Collab Merch

(Overseas pay attention here!!!!!! ChugaiOnline is opening these to online orders so we can get them with a proxy, I'll leave their link at the end of this section!!!!!!)

I've also listed all the prices in yen here so you can convert them to your currency, and all of these are the prices including the listed Japanese sales tax. If you want to see the price without it, it’s just the other number on the image!

So they've got

Two way acrylic figure stands (the main stand comes with a ball chain, you can reference these on Amiami for what this kind of product looks like I'm prettyyyyy sure like they're called different but it looks like they go together the same way). Anyways this is a set of 6 and 1650 yen each, it looks like you get to choose which one you want but they don't have a deal listed for getting all of them.

Next to it are the buttons (also called can badges idk which one is more common over here), set of 12 (6 are regular and 6 are glittery variety). They are 550 yen per button AT RANDOM, THEY WILL GIVE YOU A RANDOM ONE, or a box with one of each all 12 for 6600 yen.

Below that is the polaroid collection, it's also a 12 piece set and you can get A RANDOM ONE, THEY DO NOT LET YOU PICK for 330 yen each or a box with all of them for 3960 yen.

The same exact deal with the plastic (like a vinyl material) postcards underneath, they're double-sided and come one for 660 yen each at random or the whole set for 7920 yen.

The calendar is for 2025 and is 1980 yen probably obvious but y'know

I would be so shocked if a proxy actually let you ship the Kuroneko sama cookie discs lmao but hey wtf they're 1080 yen.

The Bride soda is listed here because this is the same merch that will be sold in the shop but they specify elsewhere that it's not available for online order even in Japan you have to go to the cafe ;-;

Also this is just personal experience but a lot of proxies will not let you get like blind or random stuff like the buttons they don't let you pick which one, some of them will only let you get it if you're getting the whole box.

Annnnnnd online order special gifts!!

For every 3000 yen spent in merch (including tax) you will get a random postcard from this set!! There are 15 to collect, they are NOT divided into halves of the event, you can get any of them at any time or all at once!! However, you can't combine orders made at different times/by different people to get more and if they run out that's it. Altho fwiw I have never seen an event run out of these lol

The online order period will be from Friday, May 24th at 11 am to Sunday, June 16th at 11:59 pm (both JST) and items will begin to arrive (within Japan, proxies will have to handle our own shipping ofc) from August 2024 on a first ordered first shipped basis.

CHUGAIONLINE STORE (JAPAN)

Ok, this last bit is relevant to the in-person cafe experience so it's just for if you're curious about other cool things going on or you have a hobby of watching JP mercari like a hawk and wanna know what to expect!

Guests who reserve places at the cafe online will get copies of some of Nightow sensei's most prized sketch pages, they'll get 3 random ones! Like with the special gift postcards, there are a limited amount and this event will end when they're all gone.

And these are the coasters, guests will get one with every item they order off the food or drink menu at random (while supplies last)! The variety you can get is split between the former and latter halves of the event so there's something new to come back for even if you've already been once! (The first 12 days is on top and the last 12 days is on bottom)

They're also doing a wallscroll campaign!

They'll have these decorating the venue, and when the event is over a raffle will be held where the winners get to pick out a scroll of their choice!

OK I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING RELEVANT HAPPY TRIGUN MANGA CAFE EVENT!!!!!

[queen-rainy-love]

Last B.A.D. 4 story! And maybe a sneak peek on some OCs. Big thanks to @cherryartemis0 and @theywhoshantbenamed for the names and OC ideas.

*Fifteen years later, the story is set in the RedPastry household. A ten-year-old Blue Velvet and his three friends, Mocha Sundae, Chocolate Pearl, and Sponch were cleaning his family's attic.*

Blue Velvet: You guys don't have to do this. This is my chore.

Sponch: Nonsense! From what you've told us, the attic is huge and you need all the help you can get! Besides, *eyes twinkle* who knows what we can find here! Like how your parents first met! Or how they fell in love!

Mocha Sundae: Ugh. Why do you want to know about that? It could be as dumb as what my dad did to get mom's attention.

Chocolate Pearl: To be fair... anything could be better than your dad trying to take over the Cookie Kingdom. In fact, I don't think any of our parents have normal moments. Like my parents meeting during a Cake Hound stampede.

Blue Velvet: Yeah. Besides...*looks away and sweats a bit* my parents first meet wasn't normal...or great.

Sponch: Oooh! Then we gotta find out more about it. *Sponch darted further into the attic, leaving the three alone.*

Blue Velvet: *rolls his eyes and chase after her* You're not gonna find it here!

*Thirty minutes later, the group were going through boxes.*

Sponch: Look at this! *Holds up a picture frame of Red Velvet and Pastry* I bet this was when they first meet!

Blue Velvet: *briefly looks at the picture frame* No. That's their third date.

Sponch: Well it'll be easier if you tell us how they met!

Mocha Sundae: It can't be that bad.

Chocolate Pearl: Yeah. Could you tell us, Vel? *Turns on puppy eyes* Pretty please.

*Panicking, Blue Velvet picked up a box and showed it off.*

Blue Velvet: Hey! Look at this box! Isn't this more interesting?

Mocha Sundae: You can't just- *looks at the box and notices some writing.* Huh? B...A...D...Four? B.A.D.4?

Chocolate Pearl: B.A.D.4? Isn't that the band who was very popular a few years ago before disappearing?

Mocha Sundae: Yup.

Blue Velvet: *looks at the side of the box* Oh, this might be Capsaicin's box. He was a big fan of B.A.D.4.

Sponch: Then let's open it! Let's see what merch he had!

*The group gathered around the box as Blue Velvet opened it. Inside it were album books titled "HellHound w/ Friends and Family." The friends looked inside before Blue Velvet pulled one of those books.*

Sponch: *gasps* HellHound?! The HellHound?! And these are photos of him and his loved ones?! That's amazing!

Mocha Sundae: Why would your family have these? Shouldn't this be with, you know, HellHound?

Blue Velvet: Well...mom did say that she was a bodyguard sometimes. Maybe he asked her to hold onto these books? *Gets concerned* Should we?

Sponch: Oh, come on Blue Velvet! It's only a little peek! Just one page and then we'll put it back!

Chocolate Pearl: That sounds fair. Come on Vel. *turns on puppy eyes* Please?

*Blue Velvet groaned a bit before opening the book to a random page. The friends looked at it and they were surprised by what they saw. Pictures of HellHound with other members of B.A.D.4 and with Blue Velvet's older siblings and mom. One picture that really stood out was a secretly taken picture of HellHound and Blue Velvet's mom kissing.*

Chocolate Pearl: Is that...

Mocha Sundae: Yup.

Sponch: And is that...

Mocha Sundae: Yup. *looks at Blue Velvet* You good?

Blue Velvet: ...

Chocolate Pearl: Vel? You okay?

Blue Velvet: ...

Sponch: I think he's broken.

*Blue Velvet slammed the book shut and ran downstairs before anyone could say anything else. His friends followed him as best as they could with the box in hand. He ran all the way to the living room where his parents, Red Velvet and Pastry, were just sitting there.*

Blue Velvet: Mom! You dated HellHound?! When?! And do you know where B.A.D.4 is?!

*Both Pastry and Red Velvet looked over at him and noticed the photo album in his hand. Then his friends come in with the box.*

Pastry: Oh, you found the box. I knew it was somewhere in the attic.

Red Velvet: ...I knew I should have buried that box in the yard.

Pastry: *playfully smacks him* Oh hush you. Besides, how long did you think you were going to keep that secret from your own son?

Red Velvet: Honestly...to the grave.

Blue Velvet: Why aren't you answering my questions?!

Pastry: *looks at Red Velvet* It was your secret. You should tell your son the truth.

Red Velvet: *breathes in and sighs* Alright kids. Gather round and hand me that box. Let me tell you something. *Mutters under his breath* I can't believe I'm revisiting this ten years later.

[eisforeidolon]

The entire basis for D/C in the show is that the two characters are not blood related and interact relatively frequently. That's it.

Now, plenty of ships people ship don't have substantially more than that either. Shipping it isn't crazy. Even thinking that relationship could hypothetically turn romantic isn't entirely crazy. Baseless, sure. Contradicted by everything Dean has ever legitimately indicated about his sexuality, yes. Deeply unlikely because of how fundamentally SPN is based around a different platonic relationship, no kidding. But shows have done weirder shit.

However? Thinking that relationship must be turned romantic because you ship it and dissect every scene - including the scenery and number of eyeblinks - for clues to convince yourself everything is romance-coded so the show owes you to make it a thing? Is absolutely fucking batshit.

Furthermore? Calling the writers, actors, production staff, whoever ~*HoMOpHoBiC*~ for not believing they owe a bunch of randos on the internet to change the story they're actually telling to include something they never intended and repeatedly told you they didn't intend? For thinking it is, in fact, an absurd joke for fans to continue to demand a storyline that doesn't exist outside fanfic and bad meta to be written into the canon? Is batshit with delusional entitlement and faux internet activism on top of it.

The cherry that's inevitably on top of this shit sundae is being supposedly very upset at ill treatment of LGBT+ concerns by SPN ... and yet never holding King Queerbaiter accountable for all the shit he did to lead fans on in trying and keep himself relevant and employed. The guy that repeatedly lied about the writers' intentions. They guy that repeatedly lied about Jensen's feelings about the ship and still makes creepy sexual comments about him. The guy who repeatedly leaked info about original versions of scenes cut or changed because they might mislead fans into thinking that ship was a thing in the canon. The guy who repeatedly teased fans to wait and see, or implied specific upcoming scenes would be D/C. The guy who had a year to realize Bury Your Gays is a bad thing and literally joked about it before fans yelled at him - but hey he was busy planning the ship merch he could sell before his rubes realized Castiel wasn't in the final two episodes. The guy who went through with making that clownshow Castiel's final scene, under the known conditions it would only be done if it was that inherently ambiguous and that unreciprocated. The guy who, at the very same Denver convention Jared is STILL getting shit over, dodged a question about what that scene meant by saying he has his interpretation of what Cass was thinking but doesn't want his answer to be the definitive one on what was happening - in contradiction to all his other bait-y blather at other conventions that it was totally "a homosexual declaration of love" and fans should be mad at anyone saying otherwise or whatthefuckever! So you can't even pretend he queerbaits with conviction - because he has the spine of a jellyfish and the integrity of a Misha Collins. But ~*somehow*~ that's not even questionable, let alone bad, compared to the utter evil of consistently telling them no over and over and over again and finding it ridiculous they won't take that for an answer! OmG HoMoPHoBIA!!! No.

[wilmingtoncrp]

Join us for Wilmington's vibrant Pride Festival, taking place in midtown from Saturday, June 22nd to Sunday, June 23rd. This colorful weekend will showcase our community's diversity and inclusivity while highlighting some of Wilmington's beloved local businesses.

Saturday, June 22nd:

The festivities kick off at 10 AM with a parade starting at Nash's Supermarket and proceeding down the main street. Floats, performers, and community groups will fill the streets with music, dance, and rainbow flags.

After the parade, head to Lincoln Park for the Pride Festival. Local vendors and food trucks will line the park, offering a variety of cuisines and merchandise. Don't miss the live performances on the main stage, featuring local musicians and drag performers.

As dusk appears, join us at Soundwave for the official Pride After-Party. Dance the night away to pulsing beats and enjoy specially crafted rainbow cocktails.

Sunday, June 23rd:

Start your day with a refreshing Pride Yoga session at Fit & Toned, open to all skill levels. 

Then, fuel up with a rainbow-themed coffee at The Cozy Cup, featuring colorful lattes and pastries.

For the music lovers, visit Vintage Records for a special Pride vinyl showcase, celebrating LGBTQ+ musicians through the decades.

Cinema will be hosting a Pride Film Festival, showcasing a selection of LGBTQ+ themed movies throughout the day.

As the weekend winds down, head on to Bella & Jenny's for a Pride Ice Cream Social, featuring special rainbow flavors and sundaes.

Throughout Pride Month, local businesses are showing their support with special offerings:

TRIC will be hosting a Pride Drag Weekend, where a plethora of drag queens will be performing and working the crowds. Attendees are encouraged to present their best amateur drag 

Handmade pride t shirts/socks/bandanas will be given to anyone who stops by Enchanted Gowns and donates toward the LGBTQ+ community.

Pearce Callahan will be offering free 30 minute therapy sessions to anyone in the LGBTQ+ community from 8AM-5PM, and will donate what he would’ve made to support the suicide prevention in the LGBTQ+ community

Sinful Ink will be doing a Pride Special on tattoos and piercings from 1pm - 6pm. Half off on any piercings or pride related tattoos. Special deals for a combo available. Must be 18 or older, and have ID on hand. 

Nirvana will host a Sapphic Saturday for Pride Weekend. It is a women only event and the first drink is free. The entire Pride Weekend at Nirvana will feature famous LGBTQ+ DJs spinning on each floor of the nightclub and a brand new specialty drink menu to support the rainbow.

Midtown Fire Station 2024 calendar sales throughout the month will be sent toward local LGBTQ+ organizations + station will be offering a choice of either Fire Station Pride tee or photo op with any of our firemen and firewomen for any donation made at the station (that will also be reverted toward local LGBTQ+ organizations) (edited)

Being one of the few athletes that's been out of the closet for over a decade, Amos de Leon will be hosting a very fun-filled Beach Tennis tournament by the name BIllie Jean King's Open (named after the very first pro-tennis female player who was outed in 1981). Everyone is encouraged to join the fun as it's an amateur tourney. All proceeds from tickets, player fees and merch will go to LGBTQ+ organizations and charities.

For every purchase made at Finishing Touches during Pride Month, a portion will be donated to local LGBTQ+ charities.

Drinks at Soundwave will be half off during Pride Month.

Come celebrate love, diversity, and pride in the heart of Wilmington!

OOC

Everyone is encouraged to participate! But as it can be a hassle, please feel free to continue your previous threads.

The event will run from June 22nd at 12:00PM EST to June 29th at 12:00PM EST.

Do not create anymore event thread after June 29th, but you are more than welcomed to continue writing them.

You may tag the event under - event: pride festival 01

Have fun!

[karaloza]

Legend of Zelda Theme Park - Odds and Ends

Here are a few ideas for the theme park that didn't fit into the area-by-area descriptions, either because they apply to the whole park or because it was too much detail for the simple summaries.

Phone App Minigames

I've made a few references to these over the course of the theme park posts, but never gave any specifics. So here are some of those:

Scavenger hunts. How many Zelda games include a "catch 'em all" sidequest? Several, that's how many. The premise of this is quite simple: Some number of a small creature--Koroks, Gold Skulltulas, baby Maiamais, or whatever--are placed around the park, and if you can find and photograph them all, you can get a prize! A combination of signal transmitters and image recognition would ensure the legitimacy of the photos.

Music apps where you look for certain signs and symbols to let you know there's a secret here to be triggered if you play the right song. The effects might be flickering lights, sliding panels in walls or rock faces to reveal a unique sight, etc.

Merch

Throughout the writeups, I've described the unique shops and their unique lines of souvenirs to some extent, but what about simpler, more universal Legend of Zelda goodies that could be sold anywhere in the park? Here are a few fun ideas:

Bag of rupees. How can you be a proper adventurer without your own supply of Hyrule's currency? The way I see it, the bags would come in different sizes at different price points, each containing a fixed number of 1-inch resin rupees, but randomly selected colors--you never know what you're going to get until you open the bag. "Higher-value" rupees are naturally rarer--they can't actually be exchanged for anything, but it mimics the in-game value and rarity.

Fantasy ear headbands. You could get "elf" ears (in a variety of skin tones) and be a Hylian, Gerudo, or Sheikah, "fin" ears to be a Zora, or even big floppy goblinesque Bokoblin ears!

Collectibles from the games. Think Wind Waker's Spoils or Skyward Sword's Treasures--small, distinctive items that must be collected in some numbers to be useful and are not necessary to complete the game.

Food and Snacks

Hard candy rupees. Pretty self-explanatory--just don't get them mixed up with your toy rupees from the blind bag!

Kinstone sugar cookie 2-packs. Two half-cookies frosted with red, blue, or green icing and with part of the Minish clover emblem piped on.

Triforce corn chips. These come in three flavors--Power (chili), Wisdom (blue corn and flax seed), and Courage (avocado). Bags are single-flavor or all three together.

The "Desert Menu." Okay, this is just silly. I thought the dessert menu at the Royal Banquet Hall should have every item named and themed after a desert area from the LoZ franchise. So there would be the Gerudo Dessert (melon sherbet with whipped cream and raspberries), the Lanayru Dessert (crumble cake with buttercream frosting and sanding sugar), the Dessert of Mystery (ultra-dark chocolate mousse cake), and for large parties, the Dessert Colossus (a huge multiflavor ice cream sundae).

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Thanks for setting it up this week @darlingian

Choose a fandom: Shameless! How did you first hear about it?: Been hearing about the show for years. Finally watched it. Got addicted. The restis history. Do you own any merch?: Yeah! I bought a few things from Redbubble. What thing involving this fandom do you think non fans would be surprised to hear?: You know.... probably not much . Favourite character?: Mickey, of course <3 In 5 words explain why they're your fave: Have you seen that mouth?

Choose another fandom: Shameless again, sorry What's your least favourite thing about the source material?: Least favorite? Umm.... honestly most of S11 Favourite ship: Gallavich of course. Best fanfic: why would you ask me to pick just one?? Describe the vibe of the fandom in 5 words: friendly, welcoming, so talented, and obsessed

What's your name backwards?: taK Tell me how old you are the way a three year old might: I'm two Noshos old!. What is your favourite icecream?: Not a huge ice cream fan, but a good hot fudge sundae from DQ always hits the spot. Tell me something you wish more people knew about you: ummm... that's a tough one. I like to keep an air of mystery alive. Where is home for you?: Why are you asking these difficult questions Chani??. If you could be an anthropomorphized stuffed animal, what stuffie would you want to be?: hmmm, something nerdy like a baby yoda squishmallow I guess. The move you wish everyone would watch: Schindler's List. What makes you really emotional lately?: What doesn't?. Are you okay?: Rarely

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Summer Recap: August - September 2024 ♡

Happy October, Vampunnies!

I can't believe it's already autumn, it feels like the year is flying by! Before I fully indulge in the new season, I wanted finish up the last of my summer recap posts~

Today I'll be writing about my trip to San Diego, OMORI, NIKKE, and Chiikawa pop-ups, outdoor movies, and meeting my Hololive oshi Nerissa Ravencroft?! This is also a pretty long one, so read more under the cut!

One of my goals this summer was to work on my tan, as I lowkey was looking sickly after the insane rainy season we had earlier this winter and spring. So I decided to plan another visit to the beach, this time a two-day trip to San Diego, a city on the Pacific coast!

From where I am, it's about a 2-3 hour drive depending on traffic. My hotel check in time was in the evening, so I wanted to spend the day going around! After my drive, I knew I was going to start getting hungry, so the first thing on my itinerary was visiting Mitsuwa to buy some food to eat at the beach. My toxic trait is always having to do gacha whenever I end up in a Japanese market, and so I bought some Blue Archive wafer cards and a Sonny Angel Hipper! I'm really happy because all my pulls ended up so cute~ In that plaza, I found a cute cafe called Flour Atelier, and got a lavender matcha latte (surprise) and some macarons ♡

My hotel was by the Crystal Pier, so I decided to spend my day there! My sister was with me during this trip, and she wanted to check out the Brandy Melville before we went on the actual beach. I ended up buying a cute tote bag. After shopping, we went down to the beach! It was a particularly hot day, so jumping into the cold water of the Pacific healed my soul. After playing in the water, I ate my yummy rice bowl from Mitsuwa and took a nap in the sun~

After heading to the hotel and getting checked in, I ended up going to a Thai restaurant for dinner. I had salmon with mango and rice, and it was so good. I was pretty proud of myself because I realized I have worked my way up to 2 out of 4 on Thai spice levels! (I used to be a 0 once upon a time...)

The next day, I went out to La Jolla! And of course, I had to go look at the seals and sea lions. There were so many! Apparently, the reason why this famous for them is because they go here to rest on the shores. I wish I brought my bathing suit with me that day since there was a cute little cove area you could swim by! Definitely next time~

For brunch I visited a super cute cafe called Sugar and Scribe. I had their "Blueberry Love" pancakes and a lemon lavender mimosa~ It was super good, and I'd love to visit there again!

And as my last activity out here, I visited the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. I'm not as familiar with contemporary art, especially when a lot of them are more localized to their community. However I always enjoy learning about new things, and seeing how museums curate their collections. Plus there were actually a few artists I did recognize! There were a lot of interesting pieces here, and I'll attach some of my favorites to the post.

One of the fun things about summer is alllll the pop-ups!

In Anaheim, there was an OMORI x Requiem Cafe pop-up. Which I was pretty excited for as I actually just started getting into OMORI after playing it on stream this month. My favorite characters are Hero and Mari, so I decided to get their themed drinks, as well as the Sweetheart Sundae! Everything was super tasty, and while you enjoyed your drinks you could take in the ambiance of the cafe's fantasy decor and OMORI bgm~ They had pretty cute exclusive merch too, so I got Hero and Mari's keychains, and a pink tote bag with the collab art.

Another pop-up I attended was the NIKKE x Animate LA collab at the Del Amo Shopping Center in Torrance. There were so many cute cut-outs and they had huge advertisements for the NIKKE x Evangelion collaboration. I mostly went to purchase some of the NIKKE Exhibition items they imported from Japan!

There were a couple activities to do for freebies as well! For the opening weekend, they had cute cosplayers host a quiz game for prizes. The question they asked me was literally "Name a Nikke who has a bunny suit!" Of course I answered so quickly with Alice~ Now, for reference, the prizes were also gacha because you had to pull from a jar and you would get an A, B, or C prize. So far this whole time, people were either getting A or B prizes, which were can badges and desk mats respectively. But if you don't know, my NIKKE luck is kind of insane, so I was the only one who pulled a C prize-- an acrylic stand!! Which was my preference as I love acrylic stands hehe. I got one of Rapi and I cherish it a lot since I have so many good memories attached to it.

After the NIKKE pop-up, I also visited the Mitsuwa in that mall to once again do more Blue Archive wafer pulls and buy lunch. I didn't realize how close this mall was to Redondo Beach until recently, so my friends and I decided to check it out. It's a quieter beach compared to the more touristy ones, so it was a great place to chill. Before going home, I found a super cute and pink cafe with jelly bunnies! Very Alice core~

The last pop-up I attended this summer was the Chiikawa x Miniso Pop-up at the Irvine Spectrum! It was heaven on earth (literally just a huge store of just Chiikawa stuff). I actually proxied the Chiikawa crossbody from this collab from Japan since I didn't know it was coming to SoCal at the time. So I really only had my eyes on one thing when I went for myself: Giant Chiikawa plushie!!! It's literally the biggest plushie I own, and is currently taking up so much space in my room, but it was so, so worth it. I've also attached a photo of him at Barnes and Noble at the mall because it was hilarious carrying him around that day.

Also, I feel the need to mention this somewhere in this post, Sunright Tea Studio was having a collab with Ace Attorney Investigations! I tried Edgeworth's Oolong Oolong Milk Tea and got a cute sticker too! It was a pretty basic drink, but still good. In a way, I think it suits him haha!

Another fun summer activity I got to enjoy was watching outdoor movies! I found out the Huntington Library was having a cute summer movie night event every month, so I came by to watch Tangled in August and Jurassic Park in September! Grab a picnic blanket and some snacks and enjoy these movies in the garden lawn!

Tangled is my favorite Disney movie, it's just such a comfort to me. I think for this day I spent some time in the gardens just to chill and then picked up some snacks for the movie at Hmart. I also visited Lacey Park while waiting for the Huntington to open up for the evening. It was a really cute community park!

As for Jurassic Park night, I invited some friends to come along with me and it was really fun! I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid, and it's kind of crazy how well this movie aged? Like the animatronic work was amazing! I think this day I visited Erewhon and got a smoothie, as well as a bag of Ludivine Macarons-- of which by the way, I would love to visit Ludivine in Los Angeles in the future...!

And now for the final topic of my summer recap series!

So, I wasn't planning on going to Anime Impulse OC this year... but hololive was like, yes you are! They announced a lottery to meet either Callie, Ina, or a member of Advent. Nerissa is like, my kamioshi of all vtubers ever. I was pretty casual about liking vtubers before, but after hearing Nerissa's singing during Advent's debut well... I had to stan, y'know?

Now, I did not win initially. I wasn't surprised at all since the chances were so low. There are many dedicated Hololive fans, including people willing to fly in from out of state or even Japan for this. However, literally two days before the con, I was eating dinner, and suddenly got an email notification saying one of the winners couldn't make it, and I won the second draw!

I didn't have much time to prepare for this con, so I just brought my trusty Maison de Fleur boston bag and decorated it with the few Nerissa goods I could decorate it with. Anime Impulse is a pretty chill con, which I appreciate. I've been going to the LA one for a few years now, but this was my first time going to AIOC! Despite being a smaller con, they've been growing a lot these past few years.

I did go around getting some freebies from some gacha games I didn't know but had cute stuff, perused Artist Alley, and bought some cute Korean deco stickers from the K-Pop section of the con. Hoyoverse also ran an official Honkai: Star Rail merch booth, from which I got the ticket themed Acheron keychain~

Also, I just want to make a quick shoutout to one of the shops I often collaborate with: Sora Gumi! They were vending that day and kindly gifted me some official Wuthering Waves goods. Male Rover is one of the coolest MC designs, ever. I don't talk about it much, but I'm obsessed with him (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) Anyway, the staff working there is really cool, please show them support at their stores either at Little Tokyo and The Source OC! (You can also buy official game, anime, etc. goods from them online at Nekotwo, and use my code "daiyastone" for a % off your order!)

And finally, Meet & Greet time! I actually had practiced what I wanted to say a few times, but when you're standing in line waiting for your turn, it's a little nerve wracking!! The fellow Jail Birds in line were really nice and we all hyped each other up! Nerissa was so kind and sweet, it was easier talking to her than I thought it would be. I actually wrote down how the conversation went, so you can read it if you'd like! I was 100% rizzed by her in this three-minute window...

This was such a wonderful experience and I'm so grateful for the opportunity! Also, I just want to say a big thank you to my bestie for helping me afford purchasing my tickets!! T^T

And that was my summer! Honestly I didn't even get to writing about everything because there's just so much, and I'm already just trying to recap since it's literally October... I still can't believe it.

Well, thank you for reading if you got this far! I hope you enjoyed reading about my summer adventures! From here on out posts will be more focused on specific topics and travels, so I hope you continue to checking out my posts in the future! Until next time!