#That's my brain worm's favourite food

[muddiestpath]

I am the ideal audience for battle games like overwatch & valorant with their cast of characters with no plot™ set up. But they're all first person perspective.

Fighting games: ....

[devil-doll13]

Some Brahms Heelshire headcanons that have been little worms rotting my brain for a while. I want to understand him better <3

Many of these are x reader bc I couldn’t help myself

Starting with some ‘common knowledge’ stuff I generally agree on: yes, he is a sweaty boy. I actually think he has more anxiety than you might initially think he has, and this nervousness sort of goes towards causing it.

I touched on this in my Brahms fic months ago but this man really needs a routine in his life. He needs consistency and structure, and doesn’t react well to sudden change. He needs to approve of every nanny that is offered to him, they can’t just be introduced without his say-so. Nor can any of his rules be broken or altered, or ever strayed from. He’s very particular about certain things and what he likes and dislikes. Put it this way: if he isn’t pleased with something, you will know one way or the other.

His diet is very predictable and simple - some might even say bland - and this is also along the same line as this need for routine. Side note, but I think if you gave him spicy food he’d probably die or something… He’s English after all kwkdflf

Being confined inside the walls of the Heelshire estate most of the time has led to him developing a touch of Agoraphobia. He’s also definitely an indoors person, while I believe he may be able to appreciate the beauty of nature, mostly something like a well-tended garden, he’d prefer to remain at a distance. If he had to choose, he enjoys admiring english roses the most. He wouldn’t protest much if you decided to bring in a few to put in a vase.

Also, the vast amounts of time Brahms has on his hands (when not spent watching his nanny or parents, when they were still alive) goes towards cultivating his many hobbies; and he has many different interests. He may not have been part of any public schooling system, but that doesn’t really mean anything, he absorbs information eagerly regardless. He’s an avid reader and probably knows the Heelshire mansion’s library inside and out at this point, with both fiction and non-fiction (although you just know he was raised on a diet of pre-approved classics) catching his interest. Some of these beloved favourites are quite weathered and worn-out now. You know the kind I’m talking about, hanging practically by a thread from the spine…

Brahms is also a big music guy. His parents probably were as well. I mean, I personally believe they named him after the composer. We see in the movie that the music needs to be played loud, probably so he can hear reverberating all through the house (although tbh the way the house is, it doesn’t take that much. He still just wants it LOUD). Given that we can see a violin in his room, as well as sheet music, I think he can play both it and the piano. It would’ve been difficult for him to stop enjoying this, since he had to pretend he didn’t exist when a nanny/Greta was there.

Before the fire, his parents (particularly his mother) saw his upstart skill with music as the potential to become the next great composer, and pushed him towards improving it. Even if these expectations caused some stress for him back then, Brahms still loves playing dearly now.

He also sees this as an opportunity to impress upon you that he’s incredibly suave and attractive and cultured™️ so that you’ll stay. In his mind, if he comes across as interesting enough, he’ll have a better chance of wooing you into permanent residence in his house. That grocery boy is his sworn enemy in part because, deep down, he‘s self-aware enough to know that there are many difficulties to being with a man like him. Brahms is a complex mixture of quite spoiled and entitled vs insecurity, and he doesn’t enjoy confronting these thoughts either.

Oh, as for how he’d react to new music that isn’t classical, I don’t think it would entirely be a hatred for something new. While there may be a period of ‘what is this s/o this is not on the schedule?’ Brahms is a curious boy at heart, a man who was sequestered from the rest of the world and had much of his knowledge intake restricted, particularly by his mother. It will not be an immediate appreciation from him, but I think that this curiosity - and his desire to get to know you better - will win over in the end.

While I know it’s popular consensus that he’s a horny boy and very clingy and touch starved, (which I agree with to some degree), I also think one thing he’s been missing his entire life is good, intelligent conversation. His parents tended to talk at him rather than to him, and, well… It’s left him quite isolated and lonely, only able to imagine making a human connection through novels and daydreams. Brahms is one of the few slashers who does speak and I think he can speak quite well and eloquently. This might surprise you if you’ve gotten used to the doll persona, but Brahms the man is so real, so raw, and he’s formed an unbreakable bond with you before you’ve even realised he exists. He craves a genuine connection with you that goes beyond just lust, and I honestly believe he can be gentle. We see how tenderly he treats the Greta doll for instance, how it seems to be well looked after and given lots of space on his bed. A real person isn’t the same as a body-pillow, but… I don’t think he’d be as terrible a lover as people think.

He absolutely has major attachment issues and separation anxiety though. It only gets worse after Greta, after his parents… And yeah, he is clingy as fuck. Brahms can get addicted to actual, physical human touch very quickly. For far too long, he’s been substituting with pillows and dolls; but he’s had quite enough of dolls, now. I can honestly see him developing some resentment towards the thing, because although it has been his ‘persona’ for many years, it isn’t really him. Basically, once he’s revealed himself, Brahms could care less what happens to it… It might be therapeutic for him to even smash it himself, yeah? It’s a tantrum he needs to throw.

Anyway on a lighter note, it gets very draughty in the Heelshire mansion - it’s old, after all. He’s a hound for cuddles all the time, but especially during the winter months because he’s desperate for some heat and human connection. He enjoys lying on top of you like some kind of weighted blanket, and also likes it when you do the same to him. Curl up on his fuzzy chest and pour over a book together, it’s practically mandatory at this point <3

I can’t see him wanting children with you at all, sorry. He’s way too selfish honestly lol. He hogs your affection and love day and night and he’s pretty shameless about it. Besides, he’s just not father material to be entirely honest. he’s your baby why do you want another one

Also any pets you have are on on thin ice… He wouldn’t hurt them (I wouldn’t like to believe so anyway) but he’s always jealous and sulky if he thinks you’re spending more time with them than him, even if it’s like. Five more minutes yes he has a record, probably a calendar or something. He tends to plop his curly head on your lap and demand you stroke it and lavish your attention on him until he’s satisfied. Which will probably be never tbh.

[moliathh]

People l'd like to get to know better

Tagged by @lesmismignon thank you for tagging me! I would love to share

🎶 Last song | listened to: I'm currently listening to Kesha's "Joyride" on repeat, this song sounds so furry animation meme it's scratching my brain so good

📺 Currently watching: JW Chaos Theory, it's an animated series and the next part of JW Camp Cretaceous, the series is set in the same timeline with Jurassic World trilogy, i have dinosaur autism

at the same time im keeping up with Dungeon Meshi and Frieren but i've finished both ss1 so im waiting for ss 2

🌶️ Sweet/Savory/Spicy?: my favourite is sweet, i ADORE sweet food, slightly spicy is okay but im not good with too spicy or salty food

🤩 Current obsession: i am haunted by Hellsing and alutegra thoughts everyday the worm had rot my brain

Tagging: @marias-wonderland @my-mild-ginger @heavenblessed @muzans-non-stick-frying-pan @hauntedbanditempathshark-blog

i am sorry in advance if i bother anyone and please feel free to ignore or answer

[arsenic-io]

"Goodness, is everything alright, Mumbo? You look awfully pale..."

More food for my glass scientists au of the hermits - this is a redraw of one of my favourite pages from the whole comic!!1! (poor mumbo)

as you can probably tell I've decided Mumbo fits best as Jekyll (who else is British and repressed enough?) but I'm not set on anything else yet (though Grian as Hyde? the spirit of chicken at night) so we'll see what my brain worms produce.

(Pst- the original version from tgs comic is below)

I did do my best to keep it accurate to the original panels - which involved a lot of zooming in on the viscera/bloody goo and trying to figure out what the hell bits of it were - I could not, however, be bothered to draw the two lovely ladies behind him, as I do not work at the speed of a professional artist and this already took me SO long

[softmick]

🎄 Tag Game Wednesday 🎁

It's Festivus for the rest of us so grab your Chanukah bush, your mistletoe, your pagan ritual or whatever brings you joy and come gather round the fire 🪵 and celebrate your pocket friends 🤶🏻

Thank you Jess @jrooc and Kat @mybrainismelted and Ling @lingy910y for tagging me!

🔠 Favourite nickname you’ve ever been given: Boo

🗺️ Where are you located? florida

🥶⛱️ What season is it where you are now? winter, unfortunately

🥳 Favourite tradition this time of year: i love buying, wrapping, and giving presents and decorating and hot chocolate!

🥧 Favourite holiday food: all of it

☕️ Mulled wine, eggnog or hot apple cider? nope, nope, and idk if i've ever tried it?

🍗 Turkey, Ham or Nut Roast (Or Tofurkey?)? ham

🏔️🏖️ Would you rather spend the December holidays in:  A cabin in the woods surrounded by snow, or a house on the beach with sun and sand? a cabin in the woods

❄️ Are you pro-snow or anti-snow? pro, for short periods of time and only if i'm not actually in it. just let me look

⛄️ Have you ever built a snowman? yes!

⛷️ Skiing or Snowboarding? ew, no. That involves going outside in the snow. <- same!

🎍 Do you decorate for the holidays? normally i decorate outside and every single room in my house. haven't done anything this year though :(

🎬 Favourite holiday movie? the family stone

📖 Favourite holiday fanfic? i don't have one yet but i am SO excited to read everyone's answers!

🎥 If you were to star in a Hallmark movie, who would be your love interest? if it's not cameron monaghan i'm not interested rn. although i would follow florence pugh off a cliff honestly. either one. Where would it take place? we meet on a plane back to the hometown i've outgrown and kind of resent. i'm going for family, they just want to avoid christmas and anyone who knows them for reasons. we have one of those conversations where you're painfully honest because hey, it's a stranger you'll never see again and there's an immediate understanding of longing and loneliness. and then we part ways only to run into each other at the shitty local bar where my ex who turns me into a Idiotic Mess is trying to worm their way into my brain and i'm Struggling, but they cut in as my fake bf/gf and save the day but then we have to keep up the charade because if one person knows, everyone knows. and we rediscover the magic of christmas together and maybe each other's bodies and maybe it's not so fake after all.

tagging: @dynamic-power @milkovichrules @krystallouwho @jademickian @lovekenney

[dunmeshi-darlings]

What is your favourite food and how is your nutrient intake?

Aye my favorite food is pierogis, a polish dish that is dumplings filled with a blend of potatoes and cheese mashed into a paste. I personally love them pan cooked with onions and mustard, thoigh sour cream is a good choice as well.

And like many people out there, senshi has wormed his way into my brain and has been making me eat better, caring about my nutrient intake. I often find myself packing my lunches thinking about food groups and balancing my diet.

[nebulouscoffee]

✦ ✄ and ▵ for ‘Who We Are’?

Thank youuu <333

✦ what was your easiest fic to write & your hardest? - 'Progress' might've been the easiest; it was only about 3k words long (and, unlike almost every other attempt at a oneshot I've made, didn't accidentally turn into a multichapter!) I also just think my desire for Kira Nerys to be happy is a very powerful force. Like I wrote it over one evening😂 Hardest would probably be a tie between 'Butter Through An Hourglass' (Sisko falls through time fic), 'When The Fighting Stops' (the life of Kira Nerys as told through Bajoran prophecy), and 'Live With It' (Sisko & Garak post-canon Cardassia dialogue-only). But since I have posted none of those, I'll admit the last two chapters of 'Who We Are' have been giving me trouble

✄ what’s your editing process? - step one: keep editing things even as you write the chapter so you end up making very little progress. step two: go back and edit some of the previous chapters actually! why not! step three: agonise over tiny little phrases forever, make 204 changes, and then close the doc for two months. step four: revisit it and find like 15 new ideas to incorporate now. step five: only open it again a whole month later and go "hmm this chapter is about 3000 words too long actually! gotta cut it down! time to be merciless!!" and step six: somehow end up making it 4759 words longer instead

(lol okay editing is not my strong suit, but I do have ONE good tip, which is change the font or switch to reading on your phone between edits. Just seeing those same lines but visually different always makes me notice things I stop noticing in the same format!)

▵ pick a fic and I’ll tell you my favorite line - ooooh this is hard, because I know it's from the Trippy Ezri Joining Section but it's all so intertwined I really don't know how to pick it apart! My favourite bit is probably when she sees Benjamin in that cosmic kitchen and talks to him outside of linear time lol, but it's more that whole concept than any one line in particular. Though I do like this moment a lot:

Benjamin is watching her with some undefinable look in his eye. “Memory is a complicated, confusing, and… phenomenal thing,” he murmurs, his voice low and clear as the space between stars. “And yes, it can be poisonous at times. Believe me, I know. It can kill. It can drown. But- Ezri, if you want to survive when the tide comes in-” He reaches out, gently cups the sides of her face, and suddenly, everything feels so simple… “You let it take you.” She lets out a shuddering breath, wishing she could look in his eyes forever. “I’ll die.” “No.” Benjamin smiles. “You’ll soar.”

This friendship means so, so much to me, and I really wanted to capture the way these two characters seem to be like, cosmically bound to each other? Platonic soulmates who will find each other in every lifetime, etc. Ezri is struggling with this massively traumatic non-linear experience, losing herself as 300 years of memories are suddenly being dumped into her brain- and here in the middle of it is the one person who can make it make sense, finding her in the dark. Giving her a safe place to catch her breath, but also the pep talk she needs to stop rejecting the symbiont and get through the joining! And basically, his advice is let go. Don't try sorting things out, don't make sense of things, don't psychoanalyse yourself- and definitely don't try to make Dax's emotions/memories linear. Now, is this a hallucination? Is this the worm telling her to find Benjamin through a half-conscious dream? Is this Benjamin himself, helping her out non-linearly from the Celestial Temple post-canon? Who knows! The important thing is, Ben knows a thing or two about living multiple lives, and how emotions can displace a person from time- and yes, he is going to explain it to her through food metaphors :)

[sentfromwolves]

choose the characters w/ the most unhinged answers to these: 💀, 🧸, and ⛓️

OOOOH BOY SO MY MOST UNHINGED CHARACTERS ARE WREN AND NEMESIS I FEEL SO I'M GOING TO ANSWER FOR BOTH OF THEM LMAO

💀 - what do they believe happens after death?

🚬Nemesis: He has NO idea, but he's also effectively immortal when not under a really godawful curse placed on him by his mom. Quite frankly tiny baby Nemesis thought once he died he'd ascend to becoming the creepy monster under the bed or in the woods; like. he just thought he would die and ascend into being an urban legend monster. he'll never admit to anyone that it's totally illogical to him nowadays but he's still holding out hope that if he kicks the bucket he'll become the next mothman.

👽Wren: Wren knows that they keep getting reincarnated every single time that they die, which makes this whole question a little bit silly for them because they're like ACTUALLY!! I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE!!! HA!! but like... they have contemplated what happens in a permadeath situation which their brain is split down the middle on. logically they're like: i just go in the ground and become worm food yeehaw, but illogically wren is like: I want to become a galaxy when I die.

🧸 - favourite comfort item?

🚬Nemesis: So. Nemesis has a collection of retro furbies in his car that he's obsessed with. he's definitely skinned some of them and frankensteined others, and they 100% look like some of them are out of a horror story. but he loves them to death. he's got a really eclectic taste in shit (the middle console is full of tamagotchi) but when he's feeling super down, eating mcdonalds and messing around with his weird shit makes him happy

👽Wren: uhhh technically it is his cat, crabchowder. but if it has to be an inanimate object, Wren's biggest comfort item is his very robust collection of cardigans and sweaters he has stolen directly out of yeongbi's closet. he waits when yeongbi gets them until they're like ~~~1-2 years old for optimal yeongbi scent and wear and tear~~~ before stealing them and wearing them whenever he's in the dumps.

⛓️ - what would they do if they were held captive?

🚬Nemesis: fuck the captor. hopefully. if that doesn't work, he's perfectly happy to get incredibly violent until it's way more work to keep him than to just let him go.

👽Wren: idk man wren is such a wildcard. he'd sing 99 bottles of beer on the wall. he'd go on a three hour rant about where all the aliens went. he'd recite his mothman is real proposal. he'd be so annoying that his captors would let him go because they're about to claw their brains out of their heads because it's just too much to deal with.

[elizmanderson]

15 mutuals*, 15 questions

*if I can come up with that many mutuals' handles when my brain is doing like. dial-up noises rn. can I even answer the questions? let's find out!

thanks to @vcaudley for the tag!

there are (as you have probably noticed) more than 15 questions, so feel free to pick and choose (or just not play, because a tag is not an obligation)

I did 15 plus a bonus question about whales

Are you named after anyone?

my maternal great-grandmother on my grandma's side, who lived to be a hundred

2. When was the last time you cried?

oops, at the end of my yoga class this morning, for no discernible reason :,) just suddenly got the Big Sad and had to go stand in the bathroom for a couple minutes until I calmed down

3. What’s your eye color?

hazel

4. Scary movies or happy endings?

happy endings, we are too soft for scary things in this household

5. Any special talents?

6. Where were you born?

7. What are your hobbies?

8. Have you any pets?

halloween the cat, who enjoys a basket of warm laundry fresh from the dryer and wants to know why you're looking at him all funny when he is simply making use of what is currently the coziest place in the house

9. What sports do you play/have played?

lol under duress, basketball and track. under my own steam, archery.

10. How tall are you?

shorter than the internet thinks I am, apparently

11. Favourite subject in school?

art

12. Dream job?

gonna echo @vcaudley's "the honest dream is to have enough money to not need to work"

like I don't have a dream job really? obviously I want to have a career as a writer, but...I would rather not depend on it for my income, given how fickle the industry is even IF you manage to sell multiple books, which at this point in my career is no guarantee

so for a day job I'm doing admin work. after a decade of working in grocery stores, I'm happy just to have a full-time job that pays sort of halfway decently, actually has benefits, and doesn't leave me exhausted or keep me constantly working outside my scheduled hours. the millennial dream lolsob

13. Do you prefer owls, capybaras, or flamingos?

(d) all of the above

14. What is your favourite soup?

a tomato-basil soup that in the family we just call winter soup. it's like an extra-hearty tomato-basil soup with carrots and onions and a roux, and you eat it with croutons and sour cream and parmesan

15. What is your favourite…rock (idfk)?

16. Choose a familiar: 1) very dumb, very loving disobedient dog. He loves you but will never listen to you ever 2) a raven that speaks but it only ever shrieks the name of various fast food restaurants 3) a toad that screams like a teenage boy instead of croaks

I will take the dog and simply always tell him to do bad things so he never does bad things because he disobeys my every word. if he loves me I will get cuddles and also I will not have to deal with shrieking.

17. Which planet do you feel like would be kind of an asshole if you met them?

uranus, obviously

actually that was mean

sorry, uranus

18. if you were a worm would you love me? this worm question courtesy of ✨ @/legiomiam✨

no bc I don't know you but I'm sure you're a lovely person

19. Least favourite type of clothing?

20. You are now in a horror movie—so sorry. Chance of survival?

probably zero since I'm very soft and also have to investigate every noise bc it's better to get up and find out what's making it than lie in bed being scared of an unknown noise 😅

21. Would you rather: the ability to instantly grow a perfect mustache, or ability to talk to vegetables?

22. What do you think of whales?

I think they're neat

tagging for optional gameplay: @victoriacbooks, @mslanna, @erinfulmerwrites, @avery-ames-personal, @amarajlynn, @wordsofrablack, @chatterboxprotocol, @danaiwrites, @doom-inique-writes, @gryffindorkswin, @luv3horse, @lucymason217, I think this is less than 15 but oops I'm also tagging you, if you're reading this and waiting for someone to tag you so you can play

[thepickledmermaid]

15 Questions! Tagged by @sinelaborenihilsr2

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?: My legal government name (which on paper makes me sound like a 70y/o boomer w/ an 800 credit score & a -800 empathy score) came from a woman my mother had a lot of admiration for when she was a kid and my great grandmother.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?: Last Night tbh 😅 Been a long couple of weeks.

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?: I have one not so tiny feral human that lives in my house, eats my food and is somedays the only reason I keep breathing.

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?: I got signed up for Volleyball and Basketball in the 6th grade…. It did not go well 🥲 I was more of a Music Theatre and Debate Club kid.

DO YOU USE SARCASM?: Never. I am a paragon of straight forward communication and wit.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?: It really depends. I’ll notice either body language or something unique on their person.

WHAT'S YOUR EYE COLOUR?: Green

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?: Scary movies WITH happy endings🙃 Tucker & Dale vs Evil is a perfect movie I will not be taking questions at this time.

ANY TALENTS?: I draw a little lol Sing some too. If my D&D players are to be believed, I’m possibly a pretty good storyteller.

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?: Washington State

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?: Writing, Drawing, Reading, Video Games, TTRPG, Comic Books, Hyper Fixating on whatever brain worm has buried itself into my thoughts most recently.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?: One very spoiled sausage masquerading as a dog.

HOW TALL ARE YOU?: 5’4

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?: Choir followed very closely by English/Creative Writing.

DREAM JOB?: To steal and twist an old quote, I don’t exactly dream of labor…..but if I MUST participate in Capitalism, I’d love it if I could either work in some kind of creative field or for myself.

…..As a kid I wanted to be a marine biologist because I thought that was the closest I was ever going to get to being a mermaid but that lasted right up until I had to dissect something in science class 😅

I don’t really know anyone else to tag to keep this going but still wanted to play ☺️

[izroulia]

Three fun facts each about my OCs to get you interested in them

Aries (siren)

First word was boat, because their crib was shaped like a boat

Going on T actually changed their tail colour slightly, the blue patches thinned out a bit

Had a lisp as a child because of a gap in their teeth

Icarus (mermaid)

Has a pet Pomeranian called Vivi

Has to do the hand thing to tell which is left and right

Had freckles as a kid, grew out of most of them

Pandora (mermaid)

Favourite flavour of drinks/lollies etc is blueberry

Her scent for perfumes, creams etc is vanilla bean

Her hands and feet are always cold

Zagreus (merman)

Knocked a baby tooth out in a kiteboarding mishap

Has been stung by a jellyfish once

Realised he was gay because of David from Lilo and stitch

Haru (dragon hybrid)

Sometimes growls in his sleep

Played the drums for a while as a kid

Favourite food is tiramisu

Micha (demon)

Didn’t talk until he was 4, suddenly woke up one day and started talking which gave his parents whiplash

Broke his ankle learning to ride a bike as a kid

Never barefoot, he HATES feeling his feet touch the ground. Always in socks

Styxx (Naiad)

Started learning harp at age 5

Was a very sensitive kid, he cried over everything

Very flexible, can do various intermediate gymnastics skills

Willow (human)

Silvermist from the Disney fairies was her gay awakening

Was a faction caption in primary school

Has a scar on her scalp from a gash she got hitting a rock while surfing

Agnemetra (Pheionex)

Before going batshit insane with power, she wanted to be a court judge

Family are Helios worshipers

Surprisingly good at soccer

Ankhamen (cat spirited)

Caught an asp as a kid and bought it into the palace not knowing how dangerous it was

Was Kopesh and archery trained

Would often sneak out of the palace disguised as a civilian

Carmen (angel)

Is a ballet dancer

Loves cinnamon in anything

Has a bad nail biting habit

Sage (gorgon)

The first hair snake he named was Addy, after a death adder.

Wears a bonnet to sleep in winter to keep his snakes warm

Was raised understanding he was intersex and no gender roles were forced on him, he very quickly decided he was definitely a boy

Momo (fae)

Can sew, knit, crochet and weave

Despite owning and working on an orchid, she hates worms. They give her spine shivers

Was a known prankster in high school

Lucky (fae)

Wants to be a ballerina, asked Carmen for lessons

Natural hair is actually light brown. Her birth parents (and later Haru and Micha) are just cool enough to let her keep dying it green

Calls all the castle staff her aunts and uncles

Wren (Naiad)

Hecate devotee

Hates sour things, like an unreasonable amount. DESPISES them.

Has three sisters, only in contact with one of them after major family drama.

Zimri (ghost)

Can play piano

Never learnt to drive

Knew they weren’t cis when they stole their mother’s nightgown as a kid and put it on ‘just to see’.

Bes (scorpion spirited)

Collected scarabs and made them little houses as a kid

Can read super fast and retain all the information

Regularly draws blood by accidentally scraping his lips with his fangs

Naddaha (siren)

Was never actually a child, he was created with the body and brain of an adult. But he did have to learn to be a functioning person

Fought a crocodile and won

Can drop his voice spookily low.

[vole-mon-amour]

Tagged by @samblerambles. Thank you! I love to talk and can't answer with short answers, so there you go under the cut.

Last song I listened to: M83 - Holes In The Sky (Phantom Liberty LITERALLY has a mission called Hole in The Sky at the beginning of the DLC. I'm surprised they wasted such a perfect opportunity to use this song 'cause I saw the scenery and heard the ambient music in the game and was already anticipating it because it kinda sounded like this song to me.) Listening to it on repeat since yesterday tbh.

Favourite content to watch: I'm not really sure what to answer cause I watch content on occasion and in waves. Basically, I binge watch it mindlessly and then I stop for a while. Most of my subscriptions on YT stay unwatched these days, which sucks.

On YT I'm subscribed to: a couple of cooking channels (one local one is currently my fav, his videos are very cosy); a dude with a farm; some YTbers that play video games (haven't watched any playthroughs in such a long time, now that I have my own PC and the ability to play); some true crime channels; a woman that lives near the North Pole; two different channels that help homeless people; a couple of tech channels (smartphones, PCs, new hardware like that); a pet groomer; a drawing channel or two; cross stitch/embroidery/sewing; a couple of aviation channels; a couple of renovation/DYI channels.

If I had to pick, then right now it's the woman that lives close to North Pole and a pet groomer. A dude with the farm is kind of my fav, but sometimes I'm not in the mood to watch it and miss a couple of videos. Same with aviation: I love love LOVE airplanes, but sometimes I'm not in the mood.

Despite it looking like a lot, I really don't watch that much. Out of maybe 30 videos visible on the page it would be good if I watch one or two videos without scrolling down or going to my To Watch playlist and searching for something to watch there.

Favourite games:

Of all times fav: Uncharted 4 & Dishonored/Dishonored 2. Cyberpunk 2077 (probably; bc I currently have 322.7 hours on Steam there & I'm planning on continue playing. A particular brain worm from there and his best friends from the past are everything.) Deus Ex. I keep forgetting that one but Y E S. It was there before Cyberpunk happened.

As in *right now*: Baldur's Gate 3. RDR2 (maybe? I haven't played that one since the moment I finished the main game, but the story deeply shook me and I called it a masterpiece in my review on Steam.)

To me a FAVOURITE is something you commit to, so it's hard to choose something that I'd actually *actively* stick with. But if we talk less serious, I love video games in general. So many of my fav characters are from video games.

Favourite colours: Most shades of blue (the ones that have blue in them too). Deep rich green <3. Gold.

Favourite animals: All of them. Yes. (I love cats, whales, horses, cows, wolves. I'm an animal person.)

Favourite food: Pickled cucumbers is my all time fav. Pasta (mac and cheese). Sushi (basically sea weed + cream cheese + red fish/lox + maybe a cucumber or bell pepper = heaven). Cucumber + tomatoes + bell paper + sour cream salad is my base that I can't function without. I'm a foodie (which is my big problem since ever but oh well.)

Sweet, spicy, or savoury: I'll keep your answer in a way: 'NOT spicy, my acid reflux does not enjoy that.' Yeah, mine too. Can't eat spicy at ALL, it hurts my guts for real. I like a mix of sweet + salty + savoury. I wouldn't want to eat just one thing out of these. Sweet and sour sauce is <3

Current obsession: Cyberpunk 2077. Couldn't watch anything today, couldn't think of anything else, couldn't focus. But then BG3 adds to the mix because I'm still hoping to finish editing that Halstarion fic. It refuses to work with me & I dislike a lot about it. And, of course, Drakecest is my all time fav obsession, it's always at the back of my mind, chilling on the couch, waiting for me to come back to them and start playing with them.

Last book I read:

The one I finished: The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James. It was a reread.

The one that I didn't finish: The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James. I listened to an audio version that I found, but I only found 2 parts & it's definitely longer. I'd like to finish it, but I haven't seen more parts so far (and to download the actual book and sit down and focus on the the text is a god damn TASK for me.)

Last thing I googled: Probably "hands to the sky, i am a dreamer m83" because I started singing it, but for some reason thought it was 'I need you' by them and started listening to it. Turned out, my brain mixed the songs.

Fun facts:

I was a very active and a very popular kid in kindergarten (first french kiss there during the nap hour while everybody else watched and cheered? yeeeah. very silly, very fun. lol.)

I went to see one of Saw movies to cinema when I was around 10-12. Because I was so young, my dad had to go with me. He loved to tell his friends after how grown people couldn't handle the look of autopsy and guts while I didn't even blink. It always made me smile when he did. I loved the look of blood and horror (which stayed with me to this day, though I get anxious sometimes about blood in some situations.)

The money I bought my cat with partly came from Depeche Mode ticket that I bought, changed my mind, and sold (and, obviously, gave those to the breeder as a guarantee that I'm getting the kitten. I was around 16.) The rest of the price my dad paid for me.

I used to be a huge concert freak. All the travelling I did (13 countries) happened because of concerts. As soon as I turned 18, I started travelling. I slept outside a stadium of my fav band. I met musicians at airports and their hotels (mostly locally though, before I could start travelling). My time as a teen and up until 20 years old was very fun.

[spokenofwords]

Kingdom Inside Me

Monsters live in the hollowed out holes of my soul

They stroll

About my body’s castle halls

Crawling up it’s kingdom walls

Scuttling through it’s pores

And seeping in the marrow of its bones

To own

The space for their own

Like a permanent horror hostel of a home,

And over the years it’s population has grown

Creatures crashing on my carpet like the repeated hacks of a battle axe

Through my body’s thin skinned wax,

Because there are hellfire harpies cooking my brain

Their wings scolding brain cells with a crimson fury like flame

And building a bonfire of rage

Harnessing all that ancient architectural pain

To push me to blame

The same

Unsuspecting loved ones again,

Each of my violent words is a boomerang

Attack that automatically flies back

To smack

My forgotten inner child who’s never been unpacked

But always ends up being a punching bag,

And in my ears

I hear paranoid whispers

Of long tongued sirens making propaganda fictions

That implant worming frictions

In my brain, like I was reading nonfiction,

And these are their snake oil facts:

All my lovers wish they hadn’t dated me

And all my friends hate me

And the future is a lonely ending

The space beside me constantly pending

And the only thing I must trust

Are the words thrust

From their dripping lips crusted with ashes and dust

While their bubonic tongue lathers my ear hole

And their chattering teeth bite my ear lobe

Promising hope

Of an eternal friendship that will only grow

And to keep me safe from all the haters

The backstabbers and traitors

The scary strangers, time wasters and Scott Watson naysayers

Which everyone is but them,

And it’s not like I’m unsuspicious

I know their rotten condition

The cloud of flies hangs high above their head of lies

But still I listen every time,

And as we move down my body afflictions

There are phantom ectoplasmic apparitions

On a mission

To destroy the balanced conditions

Of my convictions

By scaring my nerves out of position,

Their spectral skeletal bones run a relay race up and down my spine

Making my nerve endings chime

With the worn out beat of an anxiety rhyme

This mental exercise pushes me past the clock hands of feeling tired

Always on high alert and wired

And pushing my brain to surmise the worst kind of things will transpire,

I am a haunting house of apprehension

In need, and long overdue, for an exorcism,

And in the lake of my stomach lies a swarm of frog spawn leviathans

Cousins of cousins, by the dozen

Enormous sea monsters looking like they’d been grown in an oven

And ravenous, in the snatching tentacle fashion

However, their beaks

Don’t eat

The food passing through my teeth

And dropping down my throat

They wrap around happiness, like it was a fisherman’s boat

Because ninety percent of serotonin is created in your belly’s gut

So it’s feeding time for them with a vampire’s blood lust

Leaving nothing but the crumbs

Of stolen smiles from my drooping gums

And a thunderous rainstorm of tears begins to drum

So I look to my heroes for help

It begins with a wavering yelp

Then grows to a boisterous groan

And finally booms with the magnanimous demand of a king sat on his throne

I call

To all those tall

Superheroes in my comic books to brawl

With superpowers and gadgets and quick-witted quips

That lacerate ears like a linguistic whip

Then I summon the Gods of old

To come down from their heavenly thrones

And throw down in a battle royal

The chariots and bows of the Greeks

With Zeus on point fighting on his thunderous cloud peek

And the tan-lined Egyptian deities

Bringing serpent and scythe to punish my body atrocities

And then there’s the Viking divinities

Pissed up because of constant drinking festivities

But instantly switching to berserker mode

To break up the peace by cutting throats

They’re back up by the feminine fury of Valkyries

Who dish out ironic piercing phallic spear agonies

And finally I assemble my favourite action stars

To implement an R rated certificate massacre

And all the computer game characters I’ve controlled

Using consoles

To get to the last level boss on hard mode

With their help I’ll take back my body’s kingdom

And return it to how it was supposed to be written

Yeah, I’ll…

No…

No I won’t

Because they’re not real

They’re just made up…

But so are all the monsters

Just made up nonsense

Created in response

To a life-long bombardment of my neurons

They don’t live in layers beneath my body

They just embody

The shape of my shoddy mental faculties, worn out, and soggy

It’s just me in this empty space here

Kept company by the things I fear,

So inside my body’s kingdom walls

I have things to work on, moving forward…

[stressfulsloth]

!!! Big crush on you!!! For the writers ask, 3, 10, 11, 28?? (⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎)

3. How would you describe your writing style?- answered already but it's such a tricky one to answer! Chaotic is genuinely my best word for it, or at least that's how it feels from this end :)

10. Top three favourite fic tropes?- Aaaaa I am such a sucker for the whole Only One Bed trope it gives me brain worms. I love mutual pining. And... at least for DE, I love case fic. I'm 100% on team Harry-leaving-the-RCM but there's just something about unravelling a mystery that I love. (And a fourth but not for DE- enemies to lovers really gets me too!)

11. Three tropes that are fine but overrated?- Hhhh this is so hard I've genuinely been trying to answer this question for like 20 minutes! :') I don't really vibe with crossovers for some reason- it's very much picky eater not letting her foods touch on the plate lol. I love things on their own and I don't need to mix them together. I also don't tend to read anything from first person perspective or with like a self insert vibe. I've seen some with wonderful writing, really well done, but for some reason the perspective throws me off a bit. But mostly I'm not easily put off. I'll read anything at least once.

28. Any writing advice that works for you and you feel like sharing?- yeah yeah yeah actually I find this thing one of my old lecturers told me really helpful; write what you can, when you can. Editing can come later. You don't have to write chronologically and you don't have to write especially well, you just need to get it down on the page. Once it's there it's much easier to fix. Most of my stuff (not the nsfw stuff lol) is written on the bus to work and then reorganised and polished later!

Thank you for asking!! You're so lovely :) 💜💜

[i-am-minty-fresh]

Oh, my lovely mutual! I would nothing more than to tell you anything about me!

Last song: ZIPPER - BROCKHAMPTON

Favourite colour: Yellow, Black, and pastels

Currently watching: House M.D. god I love that fucked up doctor

Spicy/savory/sweet: I can't really handle a lot of savory food but I'm a baker so I love sweets (I make a good creme brulee). When it comes to spicy, I'm a fiend. I'm not good at cooking at all but whenever my culinary friend makes me quality food, the more spice the better!

Relationship: Aromantic but very romantic

Current obsession: One Piece and Soul Eater (also kinda Hazbin Hotel, but that's more like an uninvited brain worm)

I suppose I'll tag some of my well loved mutuals @toadstoolillustrations @lovergirlnami @li-binauje-artisse @garden-bug and @vdoesstuff

Omg I have so missed tag games, used to be going on all the time when I was on Tumblr years ago and I haven't seen them since I returned this year. Thanks for tagging me @rorytunes!!!

Last Song: Charmless Man by Blur

Favorite Colour: Red, any red. Bright red, crimson red, wine red, idc I love it

Currently watching: Lol omg you're getting the whole list. X-Files but I'm getting through it very slowly. Supernatural, getting through it very quickly due to binge watching it while I play Minecraft till three am every Friday. The Saw movies because I haven't really had the time recently to sit down and watch a whole film recently. Hannibal!!!!!!!!!

Spicy/ Savoury/ Sweet: I have such a sweet tooth, like if I go to a cafe I'm always that weirdo that orders a hot chocolate. I can't make it through the day without having something sugary, like chocolate or sweets or a soft drink. My teeth will be rotted by the time I'm thirty but Idk because I can still drink Lucozade

Relationship Status: Boring, single.

Current Obsession: Supernatural at the moment, but I'm always obsessed with music and whatever band I love at the moment, it's been a lot of Oasis at the moment.

Just some tags if you want to play, it's totally cool if you don't :) If you even want me to remove you from here I will, I'm just going for some people who I interact with/ interact with my posts a lot: @ajdrawsig, @bd-wlf, @fandom-addict404

[fluffytriceratops]

Random facts about Nefertiri. <3

Again, drew her older for the hell of it. I love Nefertiri so much, she’s such a wee Angel. Raphie is very proud of his little book worm and Kristina enjoys having a mini version of her lol. 😊👌

I drew this one around the same time as the Monet one, I just haven’t posted it yet lmao. I’m having a bit of art block rn, so I haven’t been drawing anything TMNT related lately. I really want to, but any time that I go to draw something involving TMNT my brain basically short circuits and I can never figure out what to draw lol. Hopefully this’ll pass soon. ^v^

Tags: @thelaundrybitch @rheawritesforfun @digitl-art-monstr @turtle-babe83 @mysticboombox @leosgirl82 @drowninghell @lec743 @raphslovemuffin80 @post-apocalyptic-daydream @squirrelfurs @bibiz82

(If you would like to be tagged in my future TMNT (+tmnt oc) related work, feel free to let me know and I'll happily add you!)

Have a lovely day/night! I'm sending the very many virtual huggles to you!! Remember to take care of yourselves!!! <33

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- She was named after a character from The Mummy Returns, one of Kristina’s favourite movies. In the movie, Nefertiri is the pharaohs daughter, the princess of Egypt and the guardian of “the bracelet of Anubis”. Kristina had been obsessed with the films since a young age, and because of her own Egyptian background, wanted to name her daughter something involving it. Plus, Evie/Rachel Weisz is 👌💕

- Loves spicy, sour and bitter foods. The complete opposite of her sister. And when I say spicy, I mean spicy. It’s her shit. And she barley breaks a sweat.

- Due to a complication, Nefertiri doesn’t have a shell or a plastron. She has what appears to be parts of a shell that never fully grew on her back, but besides that she’s completely bare. Like that of a human. Except with green scale covered skin, of course. Among other mutant features.

- Most people call her Nefertiri, but she also goes by a nickname, Tiri. It’s her most common alias besides her actual name.

- Her snout is always buried in a book. She lives and breathes to read, write, and learn new things.

- Tries to pull jokes like her sister Monet, but she’s terrible at it. And her form of a good joke are dad jokes, they’re her go to. Monet hates it, but she finds them very amusing.

- Like her ma, she has a photographic memory. Her family/friends like to tease her about being an encyclopedia/dictionary because she knows and remembers so much stuff.

- Because of her Auntie Iris (@digitl-art-monstr 's OC) Tiri found a passion for art/painting and does so in her spare time quite often. And because she's been doing it since she was a kid, she's actually quite talented at it. It becomes a passion of hers, and eventually a way for her to express her feelings and vent. Plus she gets to hang out with Iris more, which is great.

- Nefertiri went through a series of complications when she was born. This created a lot of health issues that she constantly struggles with. Her family wasn't even sure she was going to make it, in fact, there were a few occasions where she almost didn't. After Kristina's C-section Nefertiri and Monet were both placed into incubators where they would remain the rest of their term till they were ready to be born and brought into the world. Monet seemed to be doing fine, more than fine even. But Nefertiri almost immediatly started going down hill. Donatello hardly left the lab, and neither did Raphael and Kristina. Monet was able to come out of her incubator as soon as her term was up, but Nefertiri was forced to stay in hers for a few more months. She had been growing much more slowly than her twin sister. And was much more fragile because of it.

- The first few years of Tiri's life were the hardest. Everyone was afraid that even the smallest fall would be very damaging and possibly even fatal. Her immune system was basically non-existent, and therefore it was much easier for her to get sick as well. Everyone treated her as if she was made of glass. Or the finest of crysal. Bumps and bruises were taken much more serisouly, and she wasn't allowed near anyone when they had even the most basics of colds/illnesses. Nefertiri was basically forced to sit on the sidelines wrapped in bubblewrap watching as Monet and her cousins lived a relatively normal childhood. Raphael was scared to be too close to her, worried he'd accidentally hurt her. It took a lot of courage from his family before he was even convinced he could hold his daughter. For the first few years of Tiri's life, she didn't know much besides the main rooms of the lair (she wasn't allowed in certain rooms) and Donnie's lab where she got daily check ups.

- But the older she got, the stronger she got as well. She's still extremely fragile in comparason to her siblings (yes, there's more than just Monet and Tiri hehe) but she learns to hold her own quite well. Or at least, well enough.

- Tiri grew to be quite envious of her family/friends due to these reasons. She spent a lot of time alone because she wasn't allowed to play with the other's at first. And the only ones who she really spent time with, were the adults. When Monet got to start training, Nefertiri still wasn't strong enough phyiscally to do so. Tiri was very upset about this, and even Monet grew insistent that her sister join in, but the adults believed it was too risky for Nefertiri to start training yet. Colds could even become fatal for her if they weren't careful. So not only did Tiri start later in life, but she also started training later as well. At least, so the adults believe... Late at night, when everyone was asleep, Monet would sneak out of bed and take Tiri with her. Than she would teach her everything she learned the day before. This became a nightly routine of there's. A secret which was later revealed.

- Despite lacking in certain areas physically, Nefertiri was quite advanced intellectly. Especially with being around Kristina and Donnie 24/7. She has a love for knowledge, just like her mother. And prides herself on being extremely intelligent.

- Because she has no shell, Donnie created one for her. Just like how he created his Battle Shell to protect his own soft shell. (I have yet to design this, so I don't know much about it rn-)

- Nefertiri's weapon of choice is the kusarigama.

- Tiri tends to be quite rational and calm, and is usually seen as the voice of reason, especially when it comes to her sister, Monet. However, she can lose her cool under stress.

- "There's a place for everything, and everything has a place."

- Nefertiri has a confident and responsible, if somewhat controlling, personality. She tends to worry if things get out of control. She is very organized. She developed a need to be a perfectionist. She enjoys being the most organized of the family and can’t help but encourage others to do the same. As well as being a driven individual, Tiri dedicated her free time to training as well as studying.

- She does seem to be more empathic than her sister, Monet when it comes to understanding other people’s feelings and daily problems. She tends to express many concerns for her friends and would even go out of her way to try and do the impossible for them.

- Although Nefertir is often the most conscientious and considerate of her siblings, at times she can be pedantic and controlling, once even suggesting that she considers chewing a prescribed number of times before swallowing as a normal practice. Being the responsible one, she constantly reminds her siblings and her friends to do their work and is often paranoid when things aren’t organized. This tends to drive those around her insane at times when she stressed about it too often.

- Often times, she doesn’t listen to what other people say and assumes the situation for the worse. When push comes to shove, she would often show-off and proves to others that she can be more or just as skilled as they are in certain events.

- Tiri often would disagree and argue with Monet, who is her polar opposite. While in contrast to Monet’s rebellious and care-free personality, Nefertiri is controlling and organized and because of their opposite personalities and different ideals, Tiri and Mo often argue and have various conflicts, leaving friend's/cousins/family members stuck in the middle of their fight. Also, another trait for Nefertiri is bossy. While arguing with Monet, she bosses her around but no knowing that it sometimes hurts her feelings.

- At the end of the day, however, Mo and Tiri are extremely close and love and value each other deeply. They look up to each other a lot, and are there for each other no matter what, even if they are fighting.

- Also, stress painting because yes-