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[nebrasska-alasska]

Is chapter 17 of “we’re gay so let’s have our wrists tethered” really coming out this Sunday?🤭 Is it a juicy one?

I’m so sorry for being so bold asking that, it’s ok if you don’t want to give spoilers or anything, it’s just that I really really love your fics and you got me horribly obssesed,😀 I’m literally in med school rn and can’t stop thinking about those gay hedgehogs😔, I remember refreshing my page in an unhealthy way when you were releasing chapters from The Secrets In Our Quills.

Also I take this opportunity to tell you that I remember you answering an ask and saying that you think your writing is not feeling the same to you anymore or something similar to that, I just want you to know there are thousands of us out here who really value it, cherish it and love it very much and can’t wait for more of your work to be released so pleaseee don’t doubt yourself in that aspect🙏🏻🙏🏻 .I hope you’re doing good yourself and with your school, I have friends and my sister also in dental school and know how hard clinics can be and I as a medical student can understand high pressure😣 so I really hope you’re also saving some time for yourself and your peace of mind.

I’m so sorry this came out so long lmao. Greetings and love from México!!🫶

Yes currently the plan is to publish the next chapter of 'Tethered at the Wrist' (we’re gay so let’s have our wrists tethered trololol) tomorrow! As of right now. Might change. I guess we'll all find out tomorrow evening ;)))

And omg yes it is a juicy one! THE juicy one of the fic, at least, in my opinion. Like obviously fun stuff will still happen after this chapter, but this is kind of what a lot of the story has been building up to. So I've been having a blast finally writing it!!! :D

And thank you so much for your kind words about my writing!!! Truly, brought a tear to my eye, that means so much to me! I actually decided to take a short break this part week from writing and dedicated myself to spending time with my family and focusing on making the hard decision of where I want to go and practice for the next chapter of my life (and truthfully, the weight of it has left me feeling a bit depressed and fatigued). But now that I've sat down to work on the next chapter of 'Tethered at the Wrist,' I can say that the break was very much needed. I'm really pleased with how it's been turning out so far, and I hope it lives up to the juicy hype ;))) But yes, thank you again for your lovely comments!!! <3

[hufflezki]

helloooo! could you write for 3rd-4th year harry and reader going on a date in hogsmeade? but they're actually just stealing food under the invisibility cloak and eating it in a secluded area LOLOL thankyuuu<3

[ 🌺 ᝰ.ᐟ ] thanks for requesting lovely!!

-> harry potter x gn!reader, word count: 742

　　“Where are you off to now?”

Hermione reveals herself—standing in the doorway of Harry’s dorm—asking a very obvious question, though her tone suggests that she might already know the answer. This was the second time she had caught Harry in the middle of sneaking out to see you. Of course, she had pieced the puzzle—that is the two of you dating—long ago. Even before the others did. It wasn't that hard to figure out, especially not when the both of you were indiscreetly holding hands under the table whenever you were together.

And it certainly wasn't hard to figure out the fact that Harry has been sneaking you both to Hogsmeade, using his invisibility cloak. But in his defense, he was only making do with what he has. All thanks to his aunt and uncle for not signing his consent letter.

“You know where.” Harry responds easily, his back turned towards Hermione still, as he picks up his book bag along with his invisibility cloak, putting it around him—immediately hiding himself. She shakes her head, which was more out of amusement if anything.

　　“Well, have fun with your date.”

　　“I’ll keep that in mind.”

And he did. After seeing you waiting in the courtyard, he immediately swooped you in his arms—and inside the invisibility cloak. On the way to Hogsmeade, you hear him ask. “So where should we go to this time?” And, honestly, no matter how many options you had—the two of you always seem to end up in the same place.

　　“Three Broomsticks?”

“Good one.” Harry jests, making you chuckle. Yet again, he couldn't really think of anywhere else to go, which is why he leaves most of the decision making to you.

“Do you ever think Madam Rosmerta notices?” He adds, as you enter Hogsmeade. You shrug, a part of you thinks she does but doesn't give you two much trouble for it. Hagrid does hang out there pretty often. “Maybe. But I don't think she pays much mind.” Harry smiles at your response, squeezing your hand in agreement.

Your dates in Hogsmeade were pretty interesting. Seeing as Harry isn't supposed to be in here, you had to sneak into shops. And while it was unethical, the two of you still end up leaving with food—that definitely aren't yours—in your hands. But, hey, sometimes you leave some little tips when you can remember.

And before the sun could set, you share whatever snacks you both have in a quiet and secluded area, overlooking the town.

Though, sometimes Harry worries that you might not be as pleased as you let on. There’s been several times where he had to apologize for not being able to take you to a proper date. And, well, you had to reassure him that you didn't really mind. If anything, it feels like he really cares, putting so much effort just to accompany you to Hogsmeade. Its not everyday you get treated like such.

“Thanks for putting up with me.” You shake your head, leaning against his shoulder. And Harry finds your hand once again, liking the way they fit perfectly with his. “You’re acting as if you forced me to be here.” He can't help but laugh, now that you put it that way, it does sound a bit ridiculous.

　　“You know I’d do anything you ask me to, right?”

　　“Mhm, I know that. And its a tad bit worrying.”

“Then, I guess, you’d also know that if you ever want to go on those fancy dates, I will take you to one.” And you look at him as if he’s said something ridiculous, but Harry’s expression is anything but kidding.

“I’d let you take me anywhere, and I would still consider it a date.” You squeeze his hand, but he doesn't look near convinced. Letting go of his hand, you turn to him and cup his face. “Listen, Harry, I really don't mind where you take me, okay? And its a bit cheesy, I know, but I enjoy them because you’re there.” Despite how cliché it may be, those were the exact words Harry needed to hear.

Feeling the sudden surge of emotions, he leans closer to kiss you, catching you off guard at first. But when you do kiss him back its sweet and short, sending flutters to your chest.

　　“I don't think we need to stop by Honeydukes anymore.”

　　“Harry, don't.”

　　“I’m just saying, too much sweets isn't good for us.”

golden trio masterlist ꩜ .ᐟ

[kia-shifts]

What’s your MHA dr like if you’re comfortable sharing? <3

Of course, thank you for the question, I'm glad you asked ♡︎

As I stated in my introduction, I shifted to multiple au's of the canon version, so they were different dr's each time. I haven't shifted yet to a dr where I was in UA, but I still had so much fun!

I'll divide the descriptions in two categories to make it more organized and easy to read.

✮⋆˙ 𝑇𝑦𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟'𝑠

Premise: everytime I shifted to a mha dr, it was set in my house or an outside place similar to my hometown. I want to say that the location choice was completely unintentional, but I came to the conclusion that I must've shifted in places that are familiar to me because I'm subconsciously afraid of leaving my house for a long time since I'm not used to traveling or staying away for long. Still, they were full shifts and I'm extremely happy with the resultsー here's the list of dr's 🙂‍↕️

first accidental shift (UA in my town)

pijama party at my house

late night bike ride w bakugo

exploring an "abandoned" asylum

In terms of "realism" of course everything felt real, because it was real. In my case every dr was in 3d, so the people were exactly as they are here; everyone had their own personality and traits, and I think that's what most makes you realize that you are actually there and you're not dreaming. You come to the realization that your friends are actually real people and not characters anymore, and by being close totl them, you also realize how human they are: they each have their favorite TV shows, hobbies, their own way of speaking... It's kind of insane when you first realize it.

✮⋆˙ 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒

I spent time with Bakugo, Kirishima, Shinsou, Ojiro and the girls so far. One thing I've noticed is that sexism is not even a thing in my drs, and that genuinely shocked me. Like, in other realities women are not seen as objects and are actually treated like people with feelings. No sexist jokes, no weird stares, no lewd comments, not a single hand touching where it shouldn't be. It was actually insane to me. What shocked me the most is that Katsuki of all people is the most respectful to women in 1A along with Kirishima. 😭

If you're curious, here's a brief description of their personalities ˙ᵕ˙

𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐤𝐢: he looks the meanest, but he's actually the sweetest after kirishima. He always has his death stare mode on and the first that would come in mind is that he's either real mad or really bored- truth is, that's just his resting face and he can switch emotions in the blink of an eye. He's the most caring and nurturing man I've ever met, surprisingly. He gets annoyed really fast and has an incredibly short temper, but despite that, he can be really romantic and nice when he wants to. Also his hair is reeeeally soft and his muscles and build are insane lol😭 I could talk about him for hours (he also rides a black bike and secretly cares a lot about deku and his health/safety)

𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚: the sweetest of them all. He's like a brother to me and trust me when I tell you he's EXTREMELY EMPATHETIC, like, empath final boss typa shit. You cannot hide literally anything from him because he'll notice it anyway, and he's always waiting for you with open arms whenever he does. He gives the best hugs ever and he's also really fond of older women, always offering them his help or keeping them company (my mom and him adored each other😭🥹). He's an extrovert and could talk with walls if they could answer back lmao. Also, his hair hardens as well when he actives his quirk and he loves pranking people whenever he hugs someone by turning his quirk on

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐚: that girl is nosy af but she's sooo funny. Probably the funniest of the group. She's obsessed with dragon trainer and jjk, and would kill to buy a collab doll-dragon collection that happened in my dr. She likes to tease her girls and she's probably the bravest out of our female group, although it's clear that she's scared even when she's acting confident. Really loud, but really nice and tends to include everyone. Once again, she's really nosy and devours any type gossip up lmaooo🙏🏻

𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐮: Shinsou is my bsf and he's introverted af. I barely remember his face, because I was kind of sleeping when I was interacting with him. I remember we were in math class and I was falling asleep by how boring it was, and when he noticed, he started pinching my hands and cracking jokes in my ears so that I would wake up 😭💘. He's really tall and his voice is so deep it literally shakes my core lol, also he uses a perfume that's really strong and menly. Eventually he gave up on trying not to let me fall asleep and he leaned closer with his shoulder so that I could sleep with my head resting on it. I swear I could feel him smile, but I was too tired and fell asleep. He's so precious it makes my heart want to cry

As for Ojiro and the other girls, I can barely remember them. Ojiro was also shaking my hand to wake me up in math class and mouthing me to stay awake, but I was too sleepy to register anything- he seemed really nice though. The girls on the other hand were with me exploring around that abandoned building, but I had just shifted and I hadn't realized that yet, so I didn't pay attention to their appearance but instead to what was happening and the adrenaline rush I was having.

Also, present mic was the first person I ever heard in my first accidental shift. THAT MAN IS SO FUCKING LOUD I'M SURPRISED THAT MY EARDRUMS WERE INTACT YET. LITERALLY WHAT THE FUCK. AND HE'S SO STRICT THAT IT'S INSUFFERABLE, GOD 😭😭

Let me know if you want a story time or if you want any more details. I plan on making a story time about my accidental shift and the abandoned asylum one, because what happened there is so fucking funny it's a pity not to tell.

𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢,

✮⋆˙ 𝒦𝒾𝒶

[prismatoxic]

chilchuck tierlist of babysitting fentripp, people who he absolutely knows he can count to not kill his child and people who he knows will end up doing something wrong (even if by accident)

GOOD QUESTION ANON

the original post about my chilaios fankid, fentripp, for anyone who didn't see it

anyone who isn't here hasn't offered or chilchuck hasn't considered. however i can be persuaded to add more entries with compelling arguments for them

S TIER

Kabru - follows the rules to the letter. will have fen fed, bathed, taught, played with, and asleep by all the exact right times. if anything diverges from the plan, it's because fen is a goblin, not because kabru did anything wrong. fen likes when kabru reads to him, he does funny voices.

Senshi - follows his own ideas of what's best, but shockingly good at it nonetheless. very careful, and considerate, and makes sure he knows where fen is at all times. fen likes him a lot and they always have a really good time together.

Meijack - doesn't want kids of her own, but is pretty good with them anyway, and she's extremely protective of her little brother. knows exactly what chilchuck expects, and also has a pretty good sense of what he'd approve of when instructions are unclear. strikes a perfect balance of making fen have so much fun that he doesn't realize no mischief is actually being caused.

A TIER

Laios - tends to stray off the beaten path a little, but will always defer to his husband so he's never gonna get too wild with it. he also loves fen more than life itself and won't intentionally put him in any manner of harm's way, no matter what. maybe doesn't count as a babysitter since he's literally fen's other dad, but as far as chilchuck is concerned, anyone outside of himself is a risk if he's not also there, so.

Falin - fen is obsessed with her, and the feeling is more or less mutual. she loves him so, so much. but... she's also maybe not chilchuck's ideal as far as babysitting goes, because she's extremely susceptible to the puppy eyes. can drop down to d tier for a few weeks if fen manages to lead her on some batshit adventure, but generally speaking, chilchuck trusts her.

Yaad - similar to kabru in his ability to follow chilchuck's guidelines to a T, and fen does seem to like him, but he's not always fully prepared for what caring for a young child entails. still, he's a decent enough choice, if he's available.

Dandan - weirdly good at this. chilchuck left the guild to him for a reason--dandan's got a good head on his shoulders, something that's only become more true over time--but "babysitting" wasn't a skill chilchuck anticipated him having. he might shirk responsibility from time to time, but in a "alright, you can stay up an extra hour" way, not a neglectful way.

B TIER

Marcille - fen is safe with her, and she'll do her best (and so very badly wants to be the best aunt ever), but she tends to overthink things and can get distracted easily. also, the older he gets, the angrier fen gets if she mentions magic, because he thinks elves are abusing the spirits. (she tries to default to gnome magic around him but he still side-eyes her for a while. don't worry, they bond properly when he's more self-sufficient.)

Namari - a little nervous about caring for a kid by herself, but she's actually really fond of fen. she does most things right, and chilchuck's not necessarily ideologically opposed to her teaching his son dwarfish swear words, but she's more interested in having fun than being a guardian so she's not the perfect choice.

C TIER

Flertom - perfectly decent, most of the time. loves getting to care for a child (desperately wants her own someday). can get a little sidetracked playing pretend-mom, though, and doesn't always have the best ideas for what to do, which doesn't always end well.

D TIER

Puckpatti - way too scatterbrained for this job, and also way too eager to goof off in whatever way fen indicates he thinks would be fun. she's alright with her sisters since they tend to override her poor decisions and keep her on track, but by herself, she's a last resort.

Izutsumi - basically an older sister to fen, but this is rarely a good thing. he loves her and they have great fun together, but leaving them alone is a recipe for disaster, and even kabru's had to step in and shut the idea down officially. "don't put me in a position where i have to explain how a cat and a toddler burned down an entire castle wing."

F TIER

Shuro - not good with kids. actively kind of scared of this one in particular. will agree if asked, but that's because he's bad at saying no, and chilchuck doesn't intend to ask. (and laios needs to stop thinking it'll work out for anyone.)

Mickbell (& Kuro) - only offered to be a nuisance, or at least that's what chilchuck assumes. kuro might be able to handle it on his own in a pinch, maybe, but there's no point trying to peel him and mickbell apart when there are so many better options.

Mithrun - with kabru? passable. by himself? absolutely the fuck not.

[likeamothtofame]

Val, what makes and models of cars are your favorite? You look like a guy that enjoys the wind in your hai- Um. Antennae.

But yeah, do you remember what you drove in life?

You seem to have caught his attention with this one. He suddenly sits up from his reclining position in his seat, leaning forward with his chin on his palm as he smiled. He chooses to ignore the jab at his lack of hair for now.

"I've always been a fan of convertibles, actually. I keep a few of them in a garage, but they never get driven anymore. It's a little sad, really. Maybe I should dust off the Oldsmobile and go for a joyride sometime. I miss doing drive-bys with Angel Cakes."

He studies the cigarette in his hand for a moment before remembering he was in the middle of a conversation. "You know, cars actually were my thing back in the day. Picked it up from mi papi and it ended up sticking for a while. My very first car was actually a '55 Cadillac Coupe DeVille." He hissed the name of the car, lingering on it for a moment as he seemed to briefly get caught up in reminiscing. "A family friend wrecked it and let it rot in their yard for years before they gave it to me as a gift on the condition that I fix it up myself. It wasn't pretty, I painted it this awful shade of red that chipped off in a year, but it was mine."

"The amount of coke and whores I muled in the back of that thing was record-worthy, I literally lived and died in that driver's seat. I do hope they were able to clean my brains off of the dash and give that darling a little more life after I was gone."

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

[skibasyndrome]

Oooh could you try "This was a bad idea." "Then why are you still kissing me?" 👀

Thank you :)

Hi Helen! Thank you so so so much for sending me one of these!!! 💜💜💜 This was a lot of fun <3

Whatever song is playing right now, Simon couldn’t possibly muster the brain capacity to recognize it. He’s gone, nothing else matters, he’s 50% butterflies and 50% wobbly knees. Simon doesn’t know how they ended up like this. He doesn’t know how he ended up with Wille crowding him against the wall in the most closed off corner of Felice’s living room they could find. How he ended up with his fingers threaded through Wille’s hair, with his lips moving against Wille’s. But, god, Wille’s kissing him. Wille’s lips are so soft, feel even softer than they look, and whatever Simon has spent the past months imagining doesn’t even compare to the real thing, to having Wille close like this. Closer than they’ve ever been before.

When Simon feels Wille’s tongue gentle nudging against his bottom lip, his breath hitches. No day-dreaming about his best friend could’ve prepared him for the feeling of them deepening their kiss. It’s- everything about it is so very Wille, that Simon feels like his heart is going to burst out of his chest. He’s gentle, he’s soft, but there’s an underlying urgency there, there’s Wille leaning into Simon, Wille cradling the side of Simon’s neck. Wille is kissing him like Wille does all things, with care and attention to detail, but with a determination that Simon has always found unfairly attractive. When Wille pulls away, Simon wants to whine. Thankfully, he seems to muster a last shred of self-respect, keeps his eyes shut firmly to stay in the moment for longer and oh, oh. Wille isn’t leaving. He nuzzles his nose against Simon’s, his breath tickles Simon’s lip and. Well. How is Simon supposed to resist. He tugs Wille closer, blindly finds his lips again, feels his pulse hammering loudly in his ears when he gets another taste of Wille. Just… Wille. And some mint from his chewing gum, and- sweet and fruity like the shots Maddie was handing out earlier. A knot of dread lodges itself between Simon’s ribs. This isn’t- this isn’t how any of this was supposed to go. Fuck. Right. He’s an idiot. He’s an idiot who got impatient and who might’ve just blown his one chance at doing this the right way. He’s fighting his every instinct when he pulls back, immediately misses Wille’s mouth on his. “This was a bad idea." His voice wavers, shaky, unsure. God, he can’t even convince himself. Wille’s hand on his neck stills, and Simon immediately thinks he’s made a mistake.

And because he’s an idiot, because he can’t help himself, because it’s been too long and because now he might never have the real thing, he lurches forward again. Desperate and needy and acting like he’s gonna find the air that’s suddenly gone from his lungs on Wille’s lips. But this time it’s Wille who stops him, who gently pushes Simon away after a brief touch of their lips. Just far enough for Wille to rest his forehead against Simon’s. "Then why are you still kissing me?" Wille sounds more sober than he’s done all evening, sounds… Simon can’t place the tone, and he suddenly feels like he’s going to cry.  He’s kissed his best friend. His drunk best friend. His drunk best friend who does this. Casually, from time to time. Who he’s seen kissing Maddie and Felice and Nils and who always ends up a giggly, beautiful mess afterwards, only to never kiss them again. Only to go back to being their friend. And now Simon is going to be another friend he’s kissed while drunk at a party and will never kiss again. It takes everything inside of him not to let out a pathetic little noise of frustration. “You’re drunk,” he forces out instead, saying nothing at all. He shakes his head.  “We’re drunk,” he corrects himself and suddenly curses every decision that’s lead him here and curses his earlier self for ever thinking those shots would be a good idea. Maybe without them, he wouldn’t have- All thoughts desert Simon’s brain at once when Wille lifts a hand up to his cheek. Every fingertip is warm and comforting, and yet Simon feels like he’s breaking apart under the touch. But Wille is still close, so close, his breath is everything Simon hears, his cologne everything he smells, and a silly, silly part of him is still clinging to the illusion. “Did you not want to kiss me?”

Something about the way he asks it, nothing but earnestness, is so very Wille that it cracks Simon’s chest right open. He doesn’t think he could lie to Wille, ever, but especially not now. So he nods, accidentally brushing the tip of his nose against Wille’s. “I did,” he breathes. But, because that’s not quite right, he tries again, with his heart beating so fast he thinks he might have to sit down.  “I do. Do wanna kiss you.” For a beat, there’s nothing. Just Simon, suspended in a vacuum, one second from falling to his death. But then he’s back, Wille is back, is somehow closer, is pressing small kisses against Simon’s lips, his nose, his cheek, and Simon can breathe again, sucks in the air that smells like Wille. “Then kiss me again,” Wille says, lips somewhere near Simon’s ear, then on his cheek. “Please.” Simon thinks he can taste the single syllable on his tongue when he pulls Wille in again.

[arttsuka]

Eating your art style, sorry

Anyways, imagine if Jed can read Chinese (learned from the railroad workers, both historically and movie canon! Well meaning they speak Chinese in the movie) And translates something into English for Larry while everyone just collectively goes "sorry, huh?"

Larry would be so done with that situation

Imagine your boyfriend knowing Chinese but not being able to learn Latin

Edit: there's, there's a fanfic of this now. Go read it.

[c-0f-chaos]

I’m the blog runner of only one of 3 daily OFF blogs (well now four since Enoch is here, albeit weekly).

Thanks for your comments on your reblogs. I look forward to seeing them everyday, and it makes me happy to know that this whole daily universe is making people’s day brighter. Sometimes it’s hard to tell with just likes (not that I blame nor force anyone to comment).

You can't imagine the joy this brings me, I look forward to everyone's daily post, they brighten my day and I look forward to seeing the silly stuff everyone does, and knowing that one of you is looking forward to my silly comments makes me incredibly happy! Thank you so much for the daily joy and for telling me this!!!!

[flow2024]

V, JoeNicky & Nile

V. An abandoned or empty place.

When Joe pulls the sheet off the couch it kicks up enough dust that it makes Nile sneeze. The couch underneath is old, wooden frame rotting, fabric stained and full of holes where moths have eaten away at it. 

“Sorry,” Joe says to Nile when she finally manages to get the sneezing under control. “Didn’t realise it was that bad.” He puts his hands on his hips and looks down at the couch. Nile looks it over.

“There’s no saving that,” she says, wiping at her eyes. She can heal from falling over ten stories, but she can’t get away from allergies.

Joe frowns. “I liked that couch.”

The house is older than anywhere else they’ve brought her, and has been abandoned for long enough that it’s falling apart. But through some trick of posing as their own sons, or something, Joe and Nicky still own it, even if there’s a giant hole in the roof and all the windows are broken. Why they’d decided to come back here, Nile doesn’t know, but it’s a nice enough area, and a good distraction from, well. Everything. Growing back a leg, she’s discovered, is not fun. 

From one of the other rooms – she thinks it’s the kitchen, she’s not actually sure where Nicky had wandered to – there’s the sound of something breaking and crashing to the ground, and a muffled curse. 

Joe makes a questioning noise in the vague direction of the kitchen. A few moments later, Nicky appears in the doorway, covered in dust. “I am okay,” he says. “But I think we will need to go out to eat tonight.”

“Nothing?” 

Nicky shakes his head. “Unless you want to start a fire and go hunt some rabbits.”

Joe grins. “Just like old times, right?”

Nile shakes her head firmly, which makes Nicky smile. She loves them, but there’s no way they’re doing that. 

“We can probably clear out enough space in here,” Joe says, gesturing to the floor. “Get the sleeping bags out of the car. Probably have to start a fire anyway, but…”

Nile looks around again while Joe says something to Nicky in Arabic that makes him laugh. The house is falling apart, sure, but it’s structurally stable, and the bones are all there. It could be something. They’ve got time to make it something. 

Nicky is the one who goes for pizza in the end – he doesn’t trust Nile and Joe to order it if left to their own devices – while they try to clear out a space in the living room. Eventually, though, after Nile has another sneezing fit, Joe suggests they just take the sleeping bags outside instead, which works out a lot better. He sets about starting a fire with practiced ease while Nile sets out the sleeping bags around it. They’re far enough away from civilisation that she can’t hear cars passing by, which is kind of surreal, and the stars are brighter than she’s ever seen them. 

When Nicky gets back, two boxes balanced on one arm and a bottle of wine in the other, he looks over their makeshift camp and laughs. “Just like old times, then?” he asks.

Joe grins. “Except we have pizza.”

“And actual sleeping bags,” Nile says.

“Ah, these modern inventions could never quite match the comfort of a pile of furs,” Joe says wistfully. Nile gives him a look. She’s ninety percent sure that one’s bullshit, but she can never quite tell with him. 

Nicky sets down the pizza boxes, and jogs back to the car to grab the pack of plastic wine glasses they’d bought before they got here. 

“We should’ve bought marshmallows,” Nile says. “Could have made s’mores.”

“Well, we’ll have to go to the hardware store tomorrow anyway,” Joe points out. “And I think it’ll be a little while before we can actually sleep in there.”

“Tomorrow, then?”

“Tomorrow,” Nicky agrees.

[robinsceramics]

im curious as to about how long each of your pieces takes?? it took me two class periods to be satisfied with the pinch pot we just made in ceramics class (though that’s probably also because im very much a perfectionist) so i can’t imagine how long a whole critter would take

it really depends!! some of them (unpainted, simple shapes) take as little as five minutes; some of them (large, complex shapes with very detailed painting) take as much as 10 hours.

I have gotten way faster over the years, though, so don't think I'm just some natural genius! the skills of sculpting build on each other. Just last year it took me three hours to make a simple fox, and now I can bust out a really nice fox (with toe beans!) in two hours. it just takes time and repetition to get there <3

and hey congrats on being in a ceramics class!! I hope you have fun with it!! If you like critters, I recommend stealing some of the clay and making some kind of toadish blob out of it and firing it in the kiln, as long as your studio masters won't get mad about it. the joy of making a lumpy little guy is unmatched.

examples of sculpture + time counts below the cut!

Little guys like this tiny cicada, which is a design I've done so many times that I can make them on autopilot, are in the 5-15 minutes range to sculpt. bunnies, chickens, wizards, and mini-cats are like that for me too!

but if I add the time it takes to paint them, even simple sculptures can end up taking much more time—for instance, this starry chicken took only five minutes to make but about an hour to paint.

then when you get into the more complex shapes, those can take a lot of time—this anthro coyote took me 3 hours to sculpt because it was a complex shape AND I was unfamiliar with making anthros so I was learning as I went:

and when you add complex designs to complex sculptures, you end up with projects like this peach-tree bear, which took three hours to make and five hours to paint, so that's eight hours in one sculpture:

and eight hours is about my limit for sculptures I'm going to sell. BUT. when I'm making things for myself, I'm willing to spend even MORE time on them to make them perfect for my own tastes. I tend to spend the most time on fanart sculptures—it takes a lot more time to make a sculpture perfectly on-model to a pre-existing character than it does to make up a whole new thing. So the sculpture that has taken me the most time so far in this batch is this JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fanart sculpture, Star Platinum:

three hours to make the body, seven hours to paint him—Star has taken me ten hours total so far!!

[eebibly]

(adding to your star dress post) i love lucy doing summons bcuz yeah in the “power of friendship” anime, lucy’s magic power is Literally Friendship. its how we see the more complex side of certain zodiacs too (ex: aquarius, loke, celestial spirit king). its how she gets non-spirits to open up (juvia, cana, yukino, etc) i never needed her to become another brawler to be important

sorry I meant to answer earlier but the draft to my first response, like, disappeared for some reason so I had to rewrite everything~

YOU’RE COMPLETELY RIGHT❕

Lucy may have been a bit of a damsel in distress, but for once that’s almost forgivable because she has a plethora of friends who are ready to fight for her and with her. And it’s not just about her needing to be saved, it’s about the complete trust that they have in one another.

Side note, my least favourite parts are when Lucy is actually in distress, because it feels like Mashima is trying to get anyone to save her but her spirits (especially Natsu. He could fully be passed out, but he’ll wake up just in time to stop a fatal blast. *lazy jazz hands* How romantic). But I digress…

My point being that Lucy is fun because she actually feels like a refreshed, modern take on the damsel in distress. Because she’s not just a waiting to be saved (or, well, she shouldn’t be, but Mashima has trouble keeping his own characters in character), she is smart, reliable and very good at getting people to trust her. And she can choose how she wants to be ‘saved’ and by whom— how cool is that?? Also, despite not being a protector herself, she’s a natural at making the people around her feel safe.

Which is why it hurts so much that her character has basically been rewritten. I don’t have a problem with her being able to fight better, but that doesn’t mean she should want to fight on her own. Her wanting to have the power to protect her friends doesn’t feel like her character has evolved, it actually feels more like she’s devolved. Lucy was the one characters who didn’t need to be powerful in order to protect her friends.

Should her magic power be growing? Absolutely. But not at the expense of her growth as a celestial wizard and certainly not by sacrificing her celestial spirits’ relevance.

[langfield]

When we were talking about Steph, you mentioned you used to hate the LIS games?? What's the story there, if you don't mind me asking?

it’s totally fine to ask, so thank you for being interested! i might’ve mentioned it before ( or made a post about it briefly ) but essentially i spent most of my life loathing the life is strange franchise. it wasn’t an ire i kept burning or anything, seeing as it was mostly a backseat dislike that could maybe turn into a rant or two if the games were brought up to me in any regard. but to backtrack a bit, i did originally like the first game : i was there when it first released and obsessively watched jacksepticeye’s playthrough every time it updated, as well as a few others at the time. choice based games were my jam then, and still are now, so it’s hardly a surprise i was eagerly devouring a new title in a genre that was mostly dominated by telltale games at the time. while i can’t recall any of my old thoughts about life is strange, i do at least remember enjoying it for a while … until i eventually didn’t.

to be slightly vulnerable here, my dad passed away in 2015 during the month of may. so if i’m remembering correctly, only three episodes of lis:1 would’ve been out at the time? regardless, i was rather young when he passed, and my life took a violent upheaval afterwards — meaning that a lot of that time is a blur to me. what isn’t a blur, however, is how the game slowly became soured for me via fandom perception and my own personal experiences. for example, i’ll just say that i really clashed with chloe’s character after losing my own father, who i lost at a much younger age than she lost hers in game. i won’t get into it, but i was so mad that a fictional character was allowed to act so immature about her dad’s death at nineteen, years after he died, while i ( who wasn’t even close to eighteen yet ) was forced to spend so much of my life holding back those ugly feelings and grief. my rather critical views on chloe mainly come from that original clash actually, and while i’ve slowly learned to love her now, i did spend a lot of time rolling my eyes at her immaturity and ‘whining.’ to me, she had it so good and couldn’t even appreciate it. while she had a loving mother, her childhood home, and was able to briefly attend an amazing academy … i was homeless, with a drug addict as a mother, and missed most of my basic schooling because of those two factors. me and chloe just clashed too personally at the time for me to be able to step back and view her more objectively.

besides that, i became disillusioned with pricefielders very quickly as well. i don’t remember not shipping pricefield, but i definitely didn’t ship it enough and therefore i could never find a place within the fandom because of it. max was also a character that i did not care about at the time ( which is funny to think about now that she’s my favorite character in the lis universe lol ), so all the content about those two was never really my thing. i remember really loving before the storm and rachel amber, and that further divided me from most of the vocal majority because, back then, hating on rachel was considered the appropriate thing to do. people demeaned her for pricefield, for max, and painted her out to be some sort of master manipulator with no heart of her own : a critcism i absolutely hated to see and got defensive over. basically, i was someone who had a lot of ‘unpopular’ opinions at the time. i preferred amberprice over pricefield, i liked caulscott ( which i still do, but cannot remember why i liked them initially? ), and didn’t particularly find the game as profound as everyone else seemed to. i don’t remember it moving me at all back then? regardless, i was young and very ‘hipstery’, so i was quick to fall into some of the criticisms that hit the game later — in a vindictive way that is rather embarrassing to think back on, if i’m honest.

since i couldn’t see the game like everyone else did, i instead hated it. i agreed when people said the dialogue was cringy. i nodded along to the ‘chloe is toxic and abusive’ claims. i immediately high fived anyone who said max was a boring protagonist and concurred to the fact that life is strange was janky, cliche, and had absolutely atrocious writing. and even though i loathed fanon, i also believed in the ‘warren is a stalker’ takes simply because it made the game look bad and poorly executed, which is a view i obviously enjoyed. basically i was a kid and easily influenced, and refused to have any thoughts of my own. hating the once popular thing was cool, and i had ample reasons to be discontent with the media at the time, and so i was eating up whatever antis were saying about the game. there’s even a distinct memory of me trying to play the first episode two years ago, and not being able to get past the parking lot scene because i genuinely couldn’t stop viewing it as a chore to get through … which is why i now know, without a doubt, that your mindset going into a game does indeed effect how you perceive it more than anything else : which is why you see me so heavily encouraging people to play double exposure with a generous lense rather than a dreadful one. ( trust me, it does matter! )

but to get to the point, yes, i hated the first game up until 2024 actually. i don’t think i ever hated life is strange 2? i just didn’t care for it at the time, if i remember correctly, despite rewatching berleezy’s playthrough religiously. although i did fall into popular opinions once again, opinions such as ‘daniel is so evil’ and ‘the racism is so cartoonish’ … takes that i don’t even remotely agree with anymore, by the way. so i didn’t hate it, but i didn’t love it, so my stance was as stagnant as ever. that is until true colors — a game i watched playthroughs on and then bought to play with my mother the year it released.

true colors hit at the time. i don’t know how to explain it exactly, but alex’s backstory regarding the foster care system and cps really hit home for me because i have dealt with that for most of my life, as well as with most of my immediate family. i could see a lot of my loved ones in alex or in gabe or even in john chen himself. i was moved by alex’s power and the struggles of human emotion : that constant disregard of one’s own feelings to prioritize someone else’s, and the relative numbness that never seems to leave you in response to such behaviors. i related to a family broken by the system and a girl whose worst habits were encouraged by everyone around her, because those flaws of hers were good for everyone else. and, frankly, alex finding a town that accepts her and finally getting that stability she wasn’t ever allowed at the end ( despite everything, despite being ‘so old’ by society’s standards ) was particularly important to me in the moment. it’s a very hopeful ending without much sorrow attached, and while i can criticize that now, i did love that happy indulgence at the time. i loved there being no sacrifice, finally, and i loved seeing one of these protagonists win without a bittersweet aftertaste. for what it was, true colors was perhaps the first lis game i really clicked with and enjoyed initially, so i’ll always have a special place for it in my heart for that. even if it doesn’t hit like it used to anymore.

obviously, true colors didn’t change my mind on life is strange as a franchise. i played it, got emotional over it, thought about it for a good while after, and then moved on. i never thought i’d care for the series so intensely until double exposure : a game i didn’t even want to play ( because max caulfield? a lis:1 character? who cares, i thought ) but a good mutual of mine seemed to love it, and then i was bored one day, so i then obviously thought why not? i didn’t expect it to suck me in like it had and i definitely couldn’t have predicted it’d make me return to all the games and start seeing them more favorably, but hey, it did. suddenly i loved lis:2, suddenly i enjoyed playing lis:1, and suddenly i can’t stop jumping between these games and characters for the life of me. it all just clicks now? especially lis:1, which was made better by double exposure’s take on max and chloe respectively, or at least for me anyway. honestly, it’s so crazy to think about nowadays … i have come so far and in such a short while. just goes to show that your opinions on something are always very malleable, whether you think so or not. sometimes a media will hit you later than when you consumed it. or sometimes extra additions do go a long way.

i hope this answers your question somewhat! and i do hope this puts a lot of my opinions and views into perspective, given my now exposed lis hater background … i have hated these games and i have loved them, and a lot of my outlooks on the games comes from both of those feelings, not just one of them.

[sallymew4]

riteru?

i wud love 2

sorry it took me so long to respond to your ask </3 i hope these are sufficient enough to make up for the wait

[livvylives]

this is your invitation to talk about all your two theories :))) thoughts on janus? the role of the princes of hell? pleaseeee feed me

thank you for this opportunity anon, as it turns out I have far more to say on this than I thought (buckle up for a massive amount of yapping)

firstly, Janus. He's an interesting character given all we know about him, but he also feels very straightforward. At this point he is being presented as an antagonist, a very central one at that, but in the scheme of things he seems very minor. He is nowhere near the same level of threat as the other antagonistic forces that we know await us in TWP, which brings his role in things into question. Normally, a tsc antagonist has some connection to the main character(s) and there is a specific reason why they become entangled (eg. Valentine is Clary's father, Mortmain created Tessa, Malcolm needed the Blackthorns to raise Annabel etc etc). Janus as a villain however has no obvious connection to any of the twp mains, and it's the total opposite when it comes to Ash despite the fact his motivations are known. He is focused around Clary, Jace, and the other tmi mains and given what we know its hard to see why he would come into conflict with Kit, Dru or Ty. There is the parallels between him and Livvy, but this doesn't seem antagonistic to me, he just represents a possible future for her (as Magnus said in gotsm, if she does not do great things, she will do terrible things).

All this is to say I think Janus is a massive red herring and not the person we should be worrying about. I think his relevance as a antagonist is going to come from his alliance to the Seelie Queen, who's motivations we know nothing about. She has been entangling herself in matters ever since she requested their audience in City of Ashes and we do not know why. It's especially obvious she's up to something when you compare her relevance in the modern timeline to the historical one, where I don't think she mentioned at all. Some of her actions are also suspicious, such as how she went out of her way to ensure Meliorn was the faerie representative. It's a plot point that gets resolved with the reveal she's working with Sebastian, but Sebastian was dead when she did it and I doubt even she would have known Lilith was going to raise him from the dead. This implies she had different plans that she then abandoned to aid Sebastian, because he could give her something she wanted; Ash. Ash clearly holds more significance to her than simply being her child as the Seelie Queen has only ever had two children, Auraline and Ash, and they were born over 200 years apart. There is clearly intention behind this, there is something that both the Unseelie King and Sebastian have in common that the Seelie Queen wants her children to have. What her plans are, we probably won't know until twp, although there may be hints in the Better in Black short story.

Like the Seelie Queen, the Princes of Hell are also likely up to something big behind the scenes. The last time we've seen from any of them was in 2010 with tlbotw; they're entirely absent from tda. This is strange as it makes tda the only series where they do not make an appearance or play a role in the story (side note I do include Lilith as a Prince of Hell even though she's technically not). Which is extremely suspicious and it's very likely that not the case, and that it'll be revealed that they have been influencing things in twp. Thule especially is something I think they're involved in, for a number of reasons. We're told the thing that altered the timeline was a powerful demon giving Lilith the strength to kill Clary, and CC said on tumblr the demon is one who is associated with Lilith in mythology. At the time (2018) CC was very mysterious, but we know enough about the PoH now to make a very educated guess that it was Sammael. Also, it's always struck me as odd that there was such a massive passing of time between Annabel & Ash coming to Thule and Emma & Julian following them. Every other time someone has gone through the portal, time has passed more or less the same and if there was discrepancy it's very minor, nowhere near the years that Ash was in Thule for. I would not be surprised if someone (Belphegor?) manipulated the portal to ensure Ash was in Thule for a certain amount of time before Emma and Julian could interfere with anything. Why the PoH would want any of this I have no idea, except poor Ash is seemingly a pawn in their plans (again) (free him for all these evil plans hasn't he been through enough?)

There is also Lucifer, who is by far the most mysterious tsc character and we know next to nothing about him. However, in the PoH art series CJ did, it does say on Belial's page that a) he claims to have convinced Lucifer to rebel and b) he is sometimes called the "father of Lucifer." A lot of the information in these arts come from preexisting Jewish & Christian mythology and can be easily googled, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. Either it's more obscure or CC made it up herself which is slightly terrifying because what does that mean. is Nate losing the title of Tessa's worst brother 137 years after his death?? ig we'll find out in 2026

[trebuchet151]

Hi! I'm helping Cigs out and posting some asks on his behalf because of how many people signed up, see as follows 💖:

Hello! Thank you for signing up for my little fandom project. Like I mentioned in my post, these will be once a month character building/exploration questions. I don't expect immediate answers. Feel free to take the whole month, if you need! If you have more than one Step, pick your favorite or whichever you think needs more love.

We're going to start with the basics this month: Where did your Sidestep get your name? Do they know what it means? Do they feel any particular way about their name?

-Cigs

I had to hold off on this til I revealed my second sidestep cuz I have no idea how to answer this one for Corey yet lmao. so yeah here's some Chase lore

Chase is her regene name! Her role on missions was essentially stalking/tracking targets that knew they were being hunted and thus were being really evasive and hard to reach, and she took her job WAY too seriously. Unlike Corey, who was infamous for being a defiant shithead towards their handlers, she was known for being teacher's pet and always on her best behavior. So the other regenes she worked with on missions started referring to her by her job title as a not-so-subtle dig at how single minded she was about it. a sort of "this Ken's job is beach" joke

She knows they meant it mockingly, but she embraced it and still loves her name/wears it like a badge of honor. Shes proud of her past accomplishments (even if there was a brief sidestep era "oh god what have i done" phase). There was no hesitation about using that as her name when Ortega asked her for one.

She chose her last name after a conversation she had with Julia about tia Elena/ her choosing to go by Ortega. For better or worse, she viewed the director through a familial lens, so choosing "Siepen" as a surname was both a power move and a way of deflecting blame for her problems onto her. Very much a "you made me/raised me to be like this so if you dont like it, its your fault" sort of vibe.