#alex is absolutely a neighbourhood

[fire-but-ashes-too]

HI YOU LOOK COOL also i saw your froggy hat drawing and aasifods its so cute

also as someone who literally exclusively listens to like one thing which songs would you associate with your characters ? i'm curious

HIIII U LOOK VERY COOL TOO

okokokok I was LITERALLY thinks Ng about this yeaterdayyyyy aghghh why didn't I write it down nn

Alex: FAMILY LINE BY CONAN GRAY. ABSOLUTELY. also another song I can't remember now but it's probably in the same topic/style

OHHH YES I KNOW DADDY ISSUES BY THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Anne: Runaway by AURORA for obv reasons and I am not a robot by MARINA cause she had her left arm removed so she has the.. the.. HOW IS IT CALLEDDDDDD THE THING. THAT THING. like the robotic arm?? that one

Indigo: Shatter me by Lindsey Stirling (that song is so good istg the vibessss) Oh No! by MARINA(lots of marina in here hehehe) Right there where you left me by Taylor Swift aaaaand ...what are we by Lizzy McAlpine!

Lee: literally anything from PORTALS by Melanie Martinezzzzzzzz

The-nameless-protagonist: My little dark age by 505 by Arctic Monkeys and My tears ricochet by Taylor Swift

Claire(new oc I drew yesterday hehe): Gods and Monsters by Lana del Rey, Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene by Hozier aand uhh definetly something by Florence + the Machine, i just cant remember what

TADAAAAAA

now ill definetly start doing playlists for ocs cause it helps me sm to associate them with songs, AND NOW I HAVE ACTUALLY TIMEEEEEE AAAHHHH

[neatalchemist]

THIS IS ALL MY OPINIONS! obviously made before the whole game came out, this is just my opinions on songs that the characters would either listen to or songs/artists/albums that remind me of them :3

all songs and artists taken out of my liked playlist on spotify 😭 im also making a leander and mhin playlists on there..

(i got carried away erm LOL) you can tell i was heavily into...a couple of trenches in my early teenage years. yes im talking about the emo quartet whatevrr

leander is mania coded argue with the WALL!! to me he is the fall out boy. hes got that charm guys TRUST ME. its definitely not because fall out boy have been my top artist for 5 years in a row now and because i love leander and im connecting them its not that guys trust me. ALSO a little death by tnbh ???? Young and a menace and a little death r his song trust me. Also pitbull..Toes by glass animals. just a fever you cant sweat out by patd

mhin is the smiths coded. big mouth strikes again and please please please let me get what i want especially. i saw someone compare them to julian devorak and that did something to my brain because julian may or may not be on my kinlist. Whatever. SO the smiths, radiohead... just the most depressing self hateful indie ever. Yeah, Yeah. the front bottoms. Shit, alex g as well head in hands. Maybe and hear me out- some mitski JUST A LITTLE FUCK IT the only non sad song might be flight of the crows by jhariah. They make great music btw. (theres no emoji for the emotion i need to convey) Kill me kill me now body by mother mother END ME wheres the animation memes and just Three days grace.

ais is hm. i dont want to say the neighbourhood and chase atlantic but the neighbourhood and chase atlantic. ARCTIC MONKEYS. fuck it, system of a down and deftones too. Seriously unserious. glass animals SPECIFICALLY Zaba. I feel it. Oh and naturally GUY.exe DUH ALSO Tyler the Creator... And Pitbull for this guy too

freek-a-leek for both ais and vere goodnight

vere.... Who is she by I Monster. this is going to be so ooc, Odetari and its so basic La Seine. I absolutely see MARINA here... Choke by IDKHBTFM!!!!? I may be reaching here. Honestly i feel like hed listen to lady gaga :× He said he liked lutists but the closest to that genre ive got is yaelokre and sea shanties (nancy the tavern wench) and they just dont fit him, sorry pooks

KURASSSS i love him ive got a few off the top of my head, hozier, he definitely likes calmer music, judas by lady gaga being the exception. riptide by vance joy and honestly? Mac Demarco and tame impala. He gives me that vibe (and reminds me of nadia from the arcana bcz theyre both serious but can switch up to goofing around just like that) Absolutely cosmo sheldrake, its just that folklore far away nostalgic feeling of magical days trust. Cas too OHHH just ghost bc. Yes.

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Fic Writing Review 2024

Thanks for the tag, @kiwiana-writes

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Words and Fics (fics written in 2024 only)

24,701 words published to ao3, which is a little less than half of last year’s total, but there was a lot of life happening this year that made writing difficult.

My writing tracker only lasted until April so I don’t honestly know how many words I’ve written, but I did work on several things that are still WIPs.

I’ve published in two fandoms: Schitt’s Creek and RWRB.

Most recent drop: you can call me, call me, any time, aka kinktober day 10, published in November lol.

Longest published fic: stronger than iron, stronger than steel at a whopping…3714 words lol.

Longest WIP remains indie band Patrick which is just over 29k

Top Fics by Kudos (fics written in 2024 only)

you can call me, call me, anytime [firstprince, E, 500 words]

head in the clouds but my gravity’s centered [firstprince, E, 1.1k]

bells will ring, the sun will shine [firstprince, E, 861 words]

love just leaves you bruised [david/patrick, T, 1.4k]

I don’t wanna play if I’m gonna lose (but I don’t wanna lose ‘cause I didn’t play) [firstprince, M, 1.4k]

Miscellaneous Data From My Unhinged Spreadsheet about 2024 fics

The fic with the highest percentage of private bookmarks is you can call me, call me, anytime which is a little surprising.

Out of 14 published fics, 11 were E, 1 was M and 2 were T, which is a very different distribution than usual, but that’s because 10 of the 14 fics were kinktober lol.

I wrote David/Patrick, Alex/Henry, and June/Nora. Also started a Stevie/Alexis kinktober fic that I have yet to finish.

1 title came from canon, 1 didn’t have a source, and the other twelve were from the following artists (1 each): The Bens, Mariah Carey, Billy Joel, Regina Spektor, the Neighbourhood, MUNA, Chapterhouse, The Dixie Cups, West Side Story, Noah Reid, Matt Nathanson, and Blondie.

Highest kudos to hits ratio is a long winter of indifference

I published 8 fics in October, 2 in November, and one each in January, February and March. Not publishing anything in April broke a 2.5 year streak of publishing at least one fic per month (October 2021-April 2024) and I had a lot of feelings about it.

My average fic length this year was 1,645 words.

Stats specifically about Kinktober

Ten total fics and 13,792 words published so far - hoping this updates before the end of the year.

Five were David/Patrick, 4 were Alex/Henry and 1 was June/Nora

3 were David POV, 2 were Patrick POV, 3 were Alex POV, and 1 each were Henry and June POV.

Longest was I feel dizzy, I feel sunny, I feel fizzy and funny and fine, because apparently I have a lot to say about Patrick in lingerie, which is very valid of me tbh.

Shortest was you can call me, call me, anytime, which was epistolary.

Most popular by hits was head in the clouds but my gravity’s centered. Least popular by both hits and kudos was I know it gets hard just to breathe sometimes (I’m never gonna forget your name) which was breathplay so that’s fair.

The Rest of 2024

I have an exchange fic to finish and also am really hoping to finally get the exes to lovers fic finished. Potentially other kinktober fics, and maybe if I’m really on a roll, either the black swan au or the pretty princess fic. We’ll see!

Tagging people who either may want to participate or maybe are just interested? Idk.

@hippolotamus @blackandwhiteandrose @rosedavid @ninzied @indestructibleheart

@mostlyinthemorning @filet-o-feelings @carolrain @tyfinn @jamilas-pen

@rmd-writes @welcometololaland @lizzie-bennetdarcy @jettestar @thesleepyskipper

@ships-to-sail @beaiola @likerealpeopledo-on-ao3 @chelle-68 @missgeevious

@dinnfameron

[detachable-tits]

Life is strange double exposure review:

I wasn’t sold on the trailers and tid-bits leading up to double exposure so I instead watched someone play the game, but since the life is strange games are more story driven, I’d say I still got a similar experience if I had actually played the game. Anyways in my opinion this new instalment has absolutely killed the series for me😭

Pros:

•the start of the game actually wasn’t that bad, the new setting and the supernatural murder mystery was a good angle. And a good spin on the first game with Rachel amber, expect this time with more of a supernatural twist.

•The characters like Moses and ESPECIALLY Gwen were my favourite characters. (Gwen is such a big hear me out I’m sorry, like 😮‍💨) we’re great and I enjoyed their time on screen.

•graphics are good as expected

•Chloe’s character (even tho she never shows up) is done so well! If you chose to sacrifice Arcadia bay Chloe builds upon her character arc in the first game, she’s learning to live with the consequences of her actions and learn that she has an impact on others and that other’s feelings matter. And in the texts in this game she states she wants to look toward the future. Very good character building👌

Cons:

•The ending of the game, chapters 4-5 were horrendous imo. It fundamentally went against what life is strange is about.

•my MAIN criticism is the way they end the game. I’ve never been a big superhero fan, I couldn’t care less for them (except deadpool he’s funny) but that’s why I love life is strange cause it’s a realistic depiction of what people would really do if they got superpowers. Max tries to question why she got hers but can’t come up with a clean answer. In these games the power feels more like a burden rather than a blessing. The focus is more on the relationships between the characters. I also love how in the first game it feels like max is somehow not meant to have this power but nonetheless she does, and whenever she uses it it just destroys reality. However in this new game it goes too much towards that marvel vibe in my opinion. Making safi evil with her powers made kinda sense? But the way the set up like a future battle between safi and max was just too outlandish for me. In the first game max doesn’t fight crime, she just gets on with her life and tries to deal with her strange new ability. However in this one she acts like the superhero of the local town.

•The way that multiple people know in the game that max has powers puts me off, I like when only one or 2 characters know about the power as it makes the bond between them stronger and more meaningful. But in this one max just feels like your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man.

•the whole storm sequence I interpreted as a nightmare, like the first game. Almost like the physical embodiment of time is taunting max. But in this one the fact that all the characters were really there and experienced the weird time line thingy makes it feel like a high stakes endgame scenario and not a person’s inner struggles. And the fact that not everyone is traumatised from that beyond belief is unbelievable. They just kinda like “oh damn that was weird”

•Giving safi powers was… a choice. I didn’t hate it and it was an interesting avenue to explore but I didn’t exactly love it either. We as the player know that there are more than one person in this universe who has powers but the magic of being the only one is lost when these super powered people interact with each other. The shapeshifting for safi was also a bit out there. Max Daniel and Alex’s powers work I feel like cause it’s a force and not a physical change as their power. But now that safi has shapeshifting It just feels too ridiculous. Like how could you hide that?

• dialogue was really bad at times especially when safi goes “I am my own mom” 💀

• I don’t understand what the thing safi’s mum kept secret from her was. Was it the fact that she cancelled her book? That seems a bit extreme to pull a gun out on your mum cause she cancelled your book. And then she was like “ everyone lies to me!” Girl WHO!?!?

•max is made into a bit of a dick head in this game. She wants to keep Chloe around even though Chloe doesn’t need her rewind, but she keeps insisting it upon Chloe. And it’s cause of this that Chloe can’t be around max anymore cause max can’t focus on the future and reminds Chloe too much of her past mistakes when Chloe needs to look to the future.

Anyways sorry for rambling so much but if you read it all thank you for listening to this girl groan on about how she didn’t like the newest lesbian powers game.

Anyways I give this game a 5/10

At least we got this absolute gem out of it

[arexyouxafraidxofxthexdark]

Humpty Dumpty

Meredith was almost asleep in her sister's bed, wishing Fletcher was there, but also knowing Fletcher deserved the time away she was getting. She promised the eldest that things would be okay - just another day. If Bex had just not been so mean! Not to her, not to Alex! It just wasn't right. What woke her up from a near sleep, was a sound of a violin. Bex was talking angrily to herself, and it sounded like she was in her room.

Getting up, Meredith went into her room - instant tears coming to her eyes. Paper from her desk was all over the floor, a couple pages ripped, even. And Bex was sitting on the floor with her opened violin, bouncing the bow off the strings absent mindedly. After hearing a few choice words, she watched in absolute horror as her big sister snapped her bow. But that was easy enough to fix. Skip a couple lunches to save some money, maybe pluck the strings in the park for some extra change? Except.. the neck was snapped.

Meredith couldn't even see, the tears were so painfully hot and thick, and she pushed her sister away from the case, holding her broken dreams in her arms; Bex didn't even stay in the room - or the house. And Meredith no longer cared enough to lock the door right away, considering the neighbourhood they were in. She barely even remembered messaging Davi.

Why is she like this sometimes? Nevermind. Sorry.

She turned her phone off, after that, laying on the floor with her broken violin. Fletcher could never know about this. She was just going to have to lie, and say she was taking a break from playing. Her interests have shifted. That could work. More time composing, less time playing. And instead of making change busking, she could... offer to do school work for people! They asked enough, anyways. But that's where Davi would find the poor girl; in the dark in her room, house unlocked, home alone, and crying on the floor with a violin in two pieces.

@hopelesswritings

[grape-v1nes]

here is my 100% accurate and absolutely canon opinion of the marauders and co.’s top artists on spotify

i will not be elaborating nor will i take any criticism

james (not super into music; likes party music/what’s popular): taylor swift (because lily loves ts and he loves lily), post malone, kendrick, j. cole, mitski (he cries to I Bet on Losing Dogs bc it makes him think of regulus)

sirius (guys you can be mad at me for this one but you cannot convince me he wouldn’t be this guy if he was born in the early 2000s): 100 gecs (remus cannot fucking stand it but sirius moshes to stupid horse in the dorm), bladee, yung lean, beastie boys, MF DOOM, and bowie obv

remus (he likes midwest emo and 80s alternative but plays lo-fi when he studies): pinegrove, title fight, david bowie, talking heads, car seat headrest (Body’s is his favorite song), lo-fi beats

pete (ik you all think pete’s taste would be very vanilla but i think he’s a sucker for indie rock and 90s hip hop): the drums, the strokes, radiohead, alex g, the pharcyde, MF DOOM (sirius introduced mfdoom to him and he didn’t stop listening to rap snitch knishes for weeks)

lily (bi girl with bi boyfriend that listens to bi girl music): suki waterhouse, phoebe bridgers, lana, taylor swift, king princess

mary (she’s just really fucking cool and so is her music taste): pinkpantheress, ethel cain, hemlocke springs, doja, ice spice (kicked peter very hard in the shin when he called her mid)

marlene (she reminds me of my best friend so i’m assigning her their music taste): alex g, MGMT, the garden, deftones, the neighbourhood

dorcas (lesbian with lesbian gf that listens to lesbian music): fiona apple, japanese breakfast, faye webster, the cranberries, idigo de souza

reg (hard on the outside soft on the inside; he likes his music to be slow and sad): duster, mac demarco, salvia palth, current joys, tchaikovsky, blink-182 (only because he listens to I Miss You constantly for painfully obvious reasons)

-disclaimer ; my knowledge of evan and barty is very limited this is just the vibes-

evan (enjoys trad-goth/ post-punk/ shoegaze. gets mad if you call him goth. he’s punk!): the cure, bauhaus, depeche mode, my bloody valentine, slowdive

barty (is punk and enjoys punk but completely mis-understands the politics): sum 41, blink-182, the smashing pumpkins, hollywood undead, sex pistols (was very obsessed with the death of sid viscous and thought he was just the coolest)

[aceofspades-sml]

I NEED YOUR BUTTONS HEADCANONS because prior to uksies I had him pegged as a pretty sweet mild mannered newsie compared to like Albert and finch

Hey anon how did you know I was sooo ready to think about buttons today /hj

Honestly same but oh my god. Uksies buttons ? Alex's buttons ? This man is a menace to society

Sooo buttons headcanons here we go

If you know me you know I am a he/they buttons truther until the day I die

Second oldest sibling in a family of seven. They never really led a hard life but since their father died most of them had to start working- buttons became a Manhattan newsies at age 12 and his older brother started selling papes as well but in another neighbourhoods

Sooo I used to think that buttons had a rather nice family life (compared to the other newsies, that is) but I am now a firm believer that he doesn't like his home life so much and was found more than once coming back to the lodging house after nightfall because he needed to be around his friends

Uksies buttons is just one of those annoying kids who seem super nice and all innocent when you look at them but they actually use their sweet talk to distract you while causing an absolute mess behind your back

(yes this is totally based on buttons stealing apples at the beginning of the show)

Partner in crime : Ike. You can't separate those to. Prepare for trouble and make it double.

Sometimes mush joins in as well for the fun

He's totally learning from Albert. Has been following the guy around for a while because he admired the level of chaos he could cause. At first Albert was a bit annoyed but then he became fond of buttons and started teaching him some tricks

He had a very near escape from Snyder once but never actually went to the refuge. He heard the tales the older newsies tell about the place and pretends not to be scared of it but deep inside he is absolutely terrified of being sent to the refuge one day. He had to go wake Jack up once because of a nightmare about this.

Anyway buttons is now a ball of chaos, he's a bit arrogant on the side, always looking for trouble and somehow always talking his way out of it

And I love him <3

Anyway yeah this got a bit longer than requested I just had some thoughts about my boy thank you very much

[fatehbaz]

Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of doing various projects with artist Natascha Sadr Haghighian [...]. The conversation you mention took place in 2009 in the large, upscale organic Whole Foods supermarket in New York’s Bowery neighbourhood [...] We walked through the Whole Foods [...], talking about the commercialisation of organic food, the way Whole Foods was appropriating radical ecological and political ideas for profit and political agency. Natascha had pointed out a sign in the store that read ‘Power to the People’, and I was describing some of what was not signed in the store that suggested a far more radical anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist ecological approach: People’s Park; MOVE; Earth First!; the Diggers, from whose 1649 manifesto against greed, private property, inequality and war [...]. Natascha raised the question of whether revealing or exposing the hidden facts or histories was effective in producing action or change. [...]

Calling up and out, naming what’s missing, is as much about haunting as it is about history. Naming the Diggers, for example, provides information many might not have, and it also creates a connection across time and space so we who are living now can work to put an end to the conditions that repeat and thus haunt. The exposure or revelation gives notice to the sedimented conditions that make putting that ‘Power for the People’ sign up in a megastore even possible. I’m quite interested in time, the feel of it and what form it takes in social struggles, which I find difficult to express in abstract or academic language. We tend to call this time-form memory, even if the memories are constructed and staged. You’re absolutely right that the force field – the connection – must be activated. It might always be there; that’s certainly my argument about the utopian margins, and Toni Morrison’s argument about those ‘rememories’ that are always waiting for you [...].

The wilful amnesia about anti-racist struggles and racism can be explained in part, given the direction of the discussion with Natascha, by the whitening of radical environmental politics and the history of the commons, such that the Diggers, the various maroon societies, the Seminoles, the Zapatistas and the keelboatmen, for example, appear as if in separate universes and in separate histories rather than part of one.

It’s striking today that despite widespread interest in and attention to climate change and global warming – all school-children know these terms – environmental racism and the histories of those struggles, which necessarily addressed racial capitalism, even if they didn’t name it as such, remain almost completely invisible.

The lack of visibility of a critical environmental justice – as that seasoned environmental anti-racist scholar David N. Pellow has proposed, where the Movement for Black Lives, the prison abolition movement and the anti-occupation struggle of Palestinians are all considered ‘environmental’ or ecological – is evident and to the detriment of dealing with these catastrophic problems. [...]

The point is rather to show what is living and breathing in the place blinded from view. [...]. Movements and activists, whether they make them explicit or not, assume standpoints, historiographies, terms of solidarities and what Alex Lubin calls ‘geographies of liberation.’ [...]. What do matter and are necessary are the deeper understandings, visions, values and connections – the collective wisdom, or what Haghighian calls the emotional intelligence – that are carried [...] and articulated in the daily operating organisational cultures in which activists and movements think and act.

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Words of Avery F. Gordon. As interviewed by Brenna Bhandar and Rafeef Ziadah. “Revolutionary Feminisms: Avery F. Gordon.” Published online in the Blog section of Verso Books. 2 September 2020. [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks added by me.]

[atlaswav]

Regarding that music reblog can u drop some music recommendations 🙏🙏🙏

ABSOLUTELY I LOVE THIS QUESTION the day has finally come when someone has asked me for music recs 🤞🤞 (i didn't know what to start with so ur gonna get a bunch of random artists i like)

also if anyone wants to ask for recs for anything at all (like books, fics, writers, etc.) pls ask!! i love sharing 🥳

beabadoobee — i love love love her new album this is how tomorrow goes, its 10/10 and every time she makes rock music adjacent she never fails to eat down and devour. my recs for her are beaches, take a bite, cologne, talk and ripples because they all have a sort of nostalgic vibe. like they're somehow so familiar even though you've never heard them before. i love beabadoobee she's so good at what she does.

hozier — okay i know he's lowkey middle aged woman core but his lyricism AND production are literally unmatched i get why the lesbians love him. I'd recommend dinner and diatribes, jackie and wilson, northern attitude (by noah kahan ft hozier), angel of small death and the codeine scene and movement 🙏 his music makes me absolutely ascend to a different plane of existence.

laufey — call me a basic asian all you want but laufey synthesises older jazz/classical sound with modern lyricism and structure and creates something so beautiful i love her so much and i regret missing out on her concert tickets every day. i love love love night light, must be love, let you break my heart again, dreamer and lovesick, all her instrumentals never miss. her songwriting is also top notch and gives young, dumb and in love energy ykwim 😍

taylor swift — HEAR ME OUT her new album specifically the anthology half of ttpd has like no skips and i will die on this hill. her older music is good too but i am here to talk about the anthology. the anthology has 10/10 songwriting and minimal production which makes the lyrics stand out more and i love it. i'd recommend the black dog, the prophecy, how did it end and peter because they make me want to scream and cry tbh. also good inspo for fic writing LOL

billie eilish — i have been a fan of hers since my emo phase in 2018 and i can confirm that finneas' production is genius. honestly i recommend the entirety of hit me hard and soft because it was meant to be listened to continuously with all the melodic motifs and lyrical motifs but yeah. also no time to die was a cultural shift that changed my brains hardwiring.

chase atlantic — okay wild 360 from billie eilish and soft ballads (and this artist has lowkey been ruined for me by a certain someone..) but they do have bangers 🎉 i love heaven and back, right here, die for me and dancer in the dark, their music is really sexual though so uh parental guidance 🤞

the neighbourhood — i love love love the vibe of their discography and even though their music might be counted as "tiktok" music because of some of their popular songs they're still so good. I recommend reflections, compass, devil's advocate and stargazing. introspective kinda vibes with their music yk.

the arctic monkeys — I LOVE THEM AND i regret not going to their tour every single hour. alex turner might be a grandpa but i love his accent in his songs and the production is literally liquid gold. pls listen to stop the world i wanna get off with you, snap out of it, fluorescent adolescent, you're so dark, one for the road, and honestly their entire AM album. It's their most popular for a good reason i fear.

i feel like i've rambled way too much but i do have more if you'd like. can you tell i'm a mainstream music kinda person with a couple less popular artists 😭😭 ANYWAY THANK YOU FOR ASKING I LOVE SHARING MUSIC AND DISCUSSING MUSIC ITS THAT INNER MUSIC NERD WITHIN ME if you'd like classical music recs however i'd be too scared to say anything at fear of invoking the wrath of my other classically trained musicians

[hardtchill]

And one thing that I absolutely hate about the US is all the "the US is inspiring people everywhere to play football" talk. No they're not, do you think anyone in South America or Africa is seeing Alex Morgan, the picture of white middle class, and thinking that they can get there? And that goes for most of the european teams as well, although in smaller levels, most "common people" can't see themselves in those teams, that are mostly middle class and priviledged. Girls are inspired by Formiga, who lived in a time where women's football was ilegal in Brazil, by Kerolin who was raised with 3 siblings by a single mom who made 800 a month, by Marta who worked carrying groceries for other people when she was a kid to help at home, by Bunny Shaw who comes from a neighbourhood marked by armed conflicts. Those are the stories that make people here in Brazil believe that they can do great thing, not a player who went through club teams paying thousands a year to play soccer and traveling everywhere on their parent's dime to play different tournaments.

YES, anons are on FIRE today.

[itschaniesims]

Hey hey, welcome to my Simblr. At the moment I don’t have a particular theme, I kinda just post whatever I’ve got. But here’s some things that I enjoy in my gameplay:

- wholesome gameplay (meaning there’s certain destructive themes that I won’t actively seek out in the game… eg adultery etc cause no)

- representing my own culture positively (I’m Zimbabwean)

- challenging myself to build and play in unconventional ways

- exploring my creativity

- learning how to make cc so that I can eventually get into it

- making tutorials for hacks and alternatives on how to achieve things in the game when you lack resources. So far I’ve got a ReShade colour-grading tutorial.

More semi-related facts:

- I love maxis match. I absolutely adore it.

- I can actually draw. Might make some sims themed fanart someday

- really big on colour grading. What can I say, I like pretty screenshots :)

And um, yeah. I guess that’s it for now.

Check out these navigation links if you’d like to see more from me:

Rural Build Passion Project

Angela x Alex Love Story (I promise it’s not as weird as it sounds)

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The image is a screenshot from my test neighbourhood. Spent the past week learning how to install and use mods + cc :)

[sk8termikey]

Chapter 24 of 21 Questions

better interface on wattpad

The atmosphere wasn’t as light-hearted as the previous day as everyone was dreading what was to come: parting ways for an unknown period of time. Like yesterday, Lily had woken up a bit earlier than the others as she wanted to cook one last breakfast for the triplets. She had decided to make brownies with smiley faces she’d drawn on it with white chocolate chips in order to raise her friends’ mood. It seemed to work as Nick, the first to join her in the kitchen, let out a chuckle at the sight of such a cute breakfast. Lily internally celebrated her success and offered an early treat to the oldest triplet, the same way she’d done for Matt with the pancakes. The blonde quickly accepted it and immediately complimented the girl for how soft the brownies were and how they melted in the mouth. He asked her if it was fine to get the recipe as he knew his mum might like them as much as he did.

“Well, certainly good sir!” Lily smiled as she took out her cooking notebook so that Nick could take a picture of the recipe. “Keep me updated if she ever makes it, I’d love to know what she thinks.”

“Of course”, Nick nodded after giving Lily her notebook back.

Soon enough, everyone was awake and they were all eating together. Lily had made a ton of brownies as she wanted her friends to have enough for the ride to the airport and even for the plane journey if they wanted to. Although the idea was sweet, they were all suddenly reminded of the goodbyes they’d have to say to each other later today. To not miss a moment between the five of them, the group had decided to head early to Tampa – where the closest airport flying to Boston was – so that they’d be able to have lunch together. They all preferred to eat there rather than stay in the girls’ house as it would lead to less pressure when it’d be time for the triplets to go.

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When they arrived in Tampa after an hour of driving, the weather was nice enough that the five friends could have lunch outside. It was around one in the afternoon so they still had two hours before Nick, Matt and Chris were supposed to go through security. Having all been there before, they chose a café that they knew was nicely placed in the city, not too far from the airport but in a nice neighbourhood. Sensing that lunch was close to being spent in silence due to them all dreading the separation, Alex and Nick telepathically took the matter in their hands as they kept talking to lighten up the atmosphere. Like Lily’s strategy earlier in the morning, it worked as everyone’s mind was forgetting – for the time of lunch – that everything was temporary and fleeting, as all good things come to an end.

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This was it, the moment that had absolutely not been awaited. Although Nick, Matt and Chris were happy to go home to their family and friends, they had spent such a great couple of days with the girls and having no idea when they’d see them again left a bittersweet feeling of uncertainty in the air. The plane’s departure was nearing and it was definitely time for the triplets to leave Alex and Lily. Silently agreeing, Chris and Nick were the first to say goodbye to the two girls with a hug and a promise of meeting again before they told Matt that they’d go check in their suitcase so he could take his time before joining them. Understanding what they wanted to achieve, Alex then quickly bid Matt farewell and told Lily that she’d wait for her outside.

Matt and Lily were now alone, standing face to face in the airport. The scene was worthy of a rom-com as they were simply looking at each other without speaking. Lily eventually decided to break the silence as she knew that staying with Matt for too long would soon lead to her crying. Lily was often a very emotional person but she didn’t want Matt to see this part of her yet.

“So, hmm… this is goodbye…”

“Yeah,” Matt awkwardly replied as he was fidgeting with the straps of his backpack. “They all said it already but this is only ‘see you soon’, not a definite goodbye.”

“True”, Lily agreed. “If this was an actual ‘adieu’ I don’t know if I’d even be capable of being there.”

“One day maybe,” Matt admitted. “But it’s not happening today, this is only temporary.”

“Who knows how long temporary can be? Even though this one was so short…”

“It’s not like we’ll cut ties,” Matt reassured. He didn’t know whether to put a hand on Lily’s shoulder so his hand was now awkwardly by his side. “We’ll keep texting and even call. We’ll play Fortnite again and you can tell me all about those Pokemon of yours that I’ll probably never catch. I’ll tell you about life on the West Coast and you’ll tell me about your customers. It’ll be the same as before, but with the bonus of now also being friends in real life.”

While he had been rambling, Matt didn’t notice how Lily was now looking at the ground. One look at him and she’d immediately sob – her eyes were already watering and it was becoming hard to breathe – so she just settled on stepping over the imaginary line that was between them and hugged Matt. Surprised at the girl’s action but hugging her back nonetheless, Matt was about to ask Lily if she was fine when he sensed her tightening her arms around him. He knew she was crying, or close to do so, and decided against saying anything – their actions would speak for the both of them. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes: Lily not moving an inch while Matt was occasionally rubbing her back with one of his hands as a sign of comfort. Unaware of the looks they had been getting – people thought they were a cute couple and felt sad for them that they were leaving each other, Matt and Lily eventually separated. Lily was the first to actually step back because she knew she couldn’t bear to stay too close to Matt. As she saw the time on the huge clock of the airport, she sighed and put her hands in her pockets. It was their final moment and they couldn’t delay it anymore.

“Goodbye Matt, until we see each other again.” Lily was smiling, but Matt could tell it was fake as it wasn’t as soft and pure as her usual one.

“Goodbye Lily, it’s only a matter of time until it happens.” Matt wasn’t even able to fake a smile like the girl facing him, but his eyes said enough that nothing more was needed.

Hesitantly turning back at the same time, Matt and Lily each went towards opposite directions. Not daring to look back, they kept walking until they weren’t even in the same room anymore – which wouldn’t happen for quite some time.

“It’s stupid, isn’t it?” Lily whispered as she was now standing next to Alex. “Crying for a guy like that.”

“It’s not, I assure you.” Alex took her best friend in her arms and this was the breaking point for Lily for she started sobbing on Alex’s shoulder.

“I do feel stupid though…” Lily mumbled. Stupid for you.

Thank you for reading. Votes and comments are always appreciated if you like this story :) The story is co-written w @/little_grapejuice on wattpad

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ALRIGHT I HAVE THE LONG AWAITED ONE. MUSIC.

Billy would vibe to Lana Del Rey and Taylor Swift. Sprinkle in some Mitski, and you can't tell me any different. I feel like Finney would also listen to Lana Del Rey, but would listen to Cavetown and some Alex G too. Robin, I feel, would like some Arctic Monkeys, and Eyedress(don't ask me how I know, I just do). I feel like Childish Gambino would also fit Robin. Bruce would be a Lana Del Rey girlie as well, but also fuck with Lemon Demon, Mitski, and Queen. Vance- sweet, sweet Vance- sticks with Cage The Elephant, Mother Mother, Nivana, and some Arctic Monkeys on top. Have I spent a good amount of time thinking about this? Yes. Do I regret it? Absolutely not. Moving on to Griffin, he would SLAY with Lemon Demon and Mitski, but not afraid to fuck with Queen or Glass Animals. Though let's be honest, 90% of the music Griffin and Billy listen to is just the Heather's soundtrack. Also, is just me or do you feel like Gwen would listen to The Neighbourhood? Just me? Okay. Can't forget the atrocious amount of Mitski and Bo Burham on that playlist, though. Donna's a simple, Steve Lacy and Florence + The Machine kind of girlie.

...

there- that's the post.

What? What do WANT me to say?

Fine.

Vance likes to listen to Taylor Swift when he's alone, and will never admit it to another soul ever.

There, I said it.

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Blog info!

Hello there! This is a multi-muse blog of what is essentially just a group of various OCs I wanted to put in from various fandoms, framed in the mixed-use neighbourhood of Roundhill. Roundhill is hyper-friendly, so people with "larger" assets can live easily and safely.

Kinks: - Expansion (pretty much anything) - Weight Gain - Giantess/Shrinking Nopes: - Sex (sexual topics are fine, but no actual sex on the rp please) - Unbirthing - Major slob - Bathroom stuff I'm always down to try new stuff, but please let me know in advance!

MUSE LIST BELOW THE CUT (VERY WIP)

SPLATOON

Sarah Species: Octoling Height: 6'4 Weight: ??????lbs Personality: Likes: Splatana's, her partners Dislikes: Body Type: An enormous blob, the size of the turf war battlefield, with enormous, thick tentacles, enough to wholly cover her up. Extremely wide hips even larger then she is tall, and thick full lips, each larger then an alaskan king bed. Mollie Species: Inkling Height: Weight: Personality: Extremely Teasey Likes: Heavy Splatling Dislikes: Body Type: Extremely slim waist, boobs that hang down to his knees, eleven-feet long cock, a bubble butt the size of beachballs. 8-foot long tentacles, also very thick.

Mark

Species: Inkling Height: Weight: Personality: Likes: Chargers, Dislikes: Body Type: Enormous lips that take up the majority of his face, a lower lip reaching down to his navel... if his boobs werent in the way, reaching to his thighs. A little on the chunkier side, but by no means close to Sarah. A 10-feet long cock, too.

Jasper

Species: Octoling Height: Weight: Personality Likes: Dualies, Dislikes: Body Type: Boobs that almost reach the floor, a butt so large each asscheek can fill a couch, and a 14 foot long cock. Lucy

Species: Inkling Height: Weight: Personality: Extremely caring and motherly, always wanting to make sure everyone is properly fed. Likes: Food, Cooking, Baking, Blasters Dislikes: Body Type: Very chubby, with a huge belly that hangs to the floor.

Tina

Species: Octoling Height: Weight: Personality Likes: Roller Dislikes: Body Type: Enormous boobs that are easily three times her own mass, thick lips (though not hyper level).

Wendy

Species: Inkling Height: Weight: Personality Likes: Brellas Dislikes: Body Type: Also very chubby, almost as chubby as Mark. Stands at only 3' tall.

Persephone

Species: Octoling Height: Weight: Personality Likes: Sloshers Dislikes: Body Type: Absolutely enormous booty that towers over her. On its own it can fill up a normally-sized room and then some. Enormous hips and thighs, too.

Alex

Species: Octoling Height: Weight: Personality: Shy, timid, very sensitive. Likes: Bow Dislikes: Body Type: Eleven-feet cock, tits reaching the floor, hips wider then some rooms are long, enormously thick thighs, and an insanely skinny wast, around the size of two fingers.

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Day 5 - 10 September - Zagreb > Sarajevo

Started the day with a run which was very stop start due to the traffic lights. We then had a coffee and breakfast and went back to the flat and showered and checked out. We have stored our bags in the station and are now in another cafe.

Zagreb is interesting, it feels a bit more rough and ready, compared to the alpine sleepiness of Ljubljana. The Habsburg era buildings are in a bit more disrepair and there is a lot more building work going on. It also feels a bigger city and less set up for tourists, meaning it is quite hard to know what to look for. Lots of the museums appear to be closed for renovation, hopefully taking advantage of that sweet sweet EU structural fund cash.

We then went to a restaurant called Pithos which was really cheap and absolutely delicious. I had a schnitzel and Nin had a bean and sausage soup and we had a little beer with it. It seemed to be a place that people came for lunch from the civil service offices nearby. I really can’t recommend it enough!

After that we went to the museum of illusions which was fun, there was one illusion at the start that and you feel like you were seasick walking along a gangway when you were walking a straight line as well as lots of your classic illusions with mirrors and perspective.

We then went up the worlds shortest funicular railway and had a small craft beer from Croatia, as well as a few other small beer stops as we wandered around. Zagreb really grew on me over the day as we found little neighbourhoods away from the strip of mainly tourist bars. I think going for a run was really helpful in that as we passed places we went back to. I read (on Wikipedia) that Croatia lost 20-25% of its gdp in the war of independence that it fought with (a Serb dominated) Yugoslavia and although Zagreb did not have as much fighting as other places, a shock of something like that must be felt on the capital, particularly when it does not have he tourist money that other parts got subsequently. The little museums that were quite offbeat and the relaxed vibe meant that I was happy we stayed a second day and we saw a bit more of it than the last time we went when I was interrailing and we just went to a bar on the strip for 5 hours waiting for a train.

We had quite an expensive and forgettable meal at a vegan restaurant, got our bags and then went to the bus stop for our bus to Sarajevo. When we got there the bus company were very stressful in that they made you pay extra for baggage and then nearly didn’t accept our tickets because they weren’t printed.

We actually managed to get two seats to ourselves each which was nice, although I am still working out how to sleep on busses. The border crossing was largely fine, the Bosnian border guard just took everyone’s passports and then stamped it, without needing to look at us. The driver seemed to blow the busses clutch out so there was a slight burning smell in the bus for a bit, but it seemed to sort itself out.

We did arrive in Sarajevo an hour early at 5am! Which, considering we had no where to go and neither of us had really slept properly led to us taking what I call the ‘Chandigarh rip chord’ and booking into a Novotel for 6 hours at quite a cost (where I am writing this currently). This is named after what Ben and I did when we got into Chandigarh from Simla at 4am after a very hairy night bus and when all the other rooms were taken, went to a very nice hotel with a 24hr desk and checked in for 6 hours. I think we have learned rom this; 1. Night busses always get in early so don’t count on anything being open, 2. Night busses are probably not worth unless completely necessary and you always pay for it in the end. That being said my 6 hours in the Novotel have been bliss. We are now going to meet my friend from university, Alex who is travelling with his sister in the area!

Where we ate - Coffee - Cafe bar Botanicar, Korica 1, Pithos

What we liked - Quiche in Korica, our food at Pithos was great and really cheap

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3, 17, 18 and 29 for Alex

I will be sending another ask shortly but for a character that's not one of yours

3. A song that reminds me of them

17. What do you think their first word was?

18. How do you think they were as a kid? (Like, were they shy, noisy, wild, etc)

29. How do you think they would be as a parent? (and if they are a parent, how do you think they would be if they weren't?)

3- Afraid by The Neighbourhood

17- I’m now making it canon that they had a pet cat called Sock just so their first word would be “Sock” and not mama or dada or any of that shit (also as a bonus, Gabriella’s first word was Alex)

18- Probably chaotic but quiet. Wouldn’t talk but made an absolute fucking mess

29. Considering the experience they have with their sister, they’d be an awesome parent, very lenient but also hella protective after the whole death and aliens shit