#also i'm keeping this place archived and maybe going to use it in a couple weeks as just a depository for things i like. idk.

[plushfuckerbait]

okay i'm tired of having a ton of eyes on me here so i made a new blog. feel free to ask me for the url, please don't have hard feelings if i don't respond, i want it to be a cozy camp for myself.

it'll be pretty obvious it's me if you get a follow from me, close friends feel free to follow if you see me floating around. i'll just keep numbers down based on vibes. love you all. see you around.

[maleyanderecafe]

Hello! What would you recommend to someone who enjoyed Boyfriend to Death? :) I’m pretty new to these types of games, so I don’t know what I should play next.

Hmm... Boyfriend to Death huh? Sure, I can think of a couple of games that might be a bit similar. It does kind of depend on what exactly you enjoyed about those games, but, well, I'll do my best.

Till Death Do Us Part/ Mark of Belial/The Prince of Flesh -this one is kind of cheating because it's made by some of the creators of Boyfriend to Death, but if you haven't played these ones, I'm sure it will be something that you'd also like.

Sterile Desires - made by@sterile-desires, it definitely shares a lot of the darker elements that BTD has and certainly a lot of the more gore elements. It's still in it's demo states, but it does remind me quite a lot about BTD in some cases. Future Recommendation.

Color Me Killer: Honeymouth - this was made back in the hayday of when BTD first comes out, so it shares a lot of the same elements. Imire is much more softer in personality than the BTD boys, but still can bring out brutality if needed. Currently only accessible on the archive page linked above. Future Recommendation

Dead Wishes - specifically Mateo, Vincent and maybe Shizuka or Ophelia's routes. The range from pretty sweet and wholesome to downright gruesome and disturbing, but overall I think it's a pretty well made game.

Love Lock - made by @b0ndagebunny-games has a lot of pretty dark routes in it's demo state and seems to have a lot of potential going for it. The other games made by this creator, Unknown, Petrify and Keep or Kill likely land in a similar vein. Future Recommendation

Forcefully Yours - has quite a lot of endings for a demo and some of which you don't end up on top. Currently only has Riker, but some of his endings are pretty brutal including possibly ripping out your eye or forcing you to wear a muzzle.

Lunatic Honey ~Sekai de Ichiban Kimi ga Suki~ - I really do wish this one was translated because there are some very brutal scenes in this game and three different yanderes in them, but if you are looking for fairly dark games and know how to run text extract, this ones pretty good.

Courtin' Cowboys - this one is on my list, but I have yet to play it, however I have heard that there is possibly two yanderes in it. I'll have to confirm. Looks really nice though and even has customization and seven datable characters, which is quite a lot.

Loveless Biker Boys - this one I have not played and it doesn't have yanderes in it (from what I recall) but it does have quite a lot of gore and other various things in it that might tickle your fancy if you liked Boyfriend to Death.

Lover's Trophy - also have not played this one and I'm not a hundred percent sure there's a yandere in this one (I'm leaning towards no, but I'd have to play it to check). It's made by the same people who made Courtin' Cowboys though, so if you like that game you'll probably like this one.

Particles of Reality - the art on my recommendation is pretty outdated since there's a lot better art now, but it's really well made and has a lot of different morally ambiguous characters. Goes to pretty dark places depending on where you go with the route.

There are some more but I think those ones should be good for now. I have couple of other similar murder sim type vns I have to play as well, so we'll see how that goes later.

[wholesomefluffdaddy]

Wednesday's new court mandated therapist is having her keep a journal of her thoughts and feelings. Wednesday finds this to be a complete waste of time and decides instead to use it to record her observations of her unusual roommate Enid Sinclair. Wednesday POV.

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Entry 14

Current Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous 🌖

I must admit I have been most timid around my werewolf as of late. Now that my madness has been given a name it seems to have grown ever more powerful. I desire Enid severely but have not the faintest idea how to proceed. The madness craves her touch and I cannot help but bend to its will. Enid has been too generous in placating these whims. I'm starting to suspect she must suffer a similar madness as she seems to take great pleasure at our continuous physical contact.

I am also ashamed to admit that I have intentionally placed myself in rather compromising positions to elicit a more 'amorous' touch from her. It is very fortunate we are unable to reproduce; for I fear I would be unable to resist carrying her spawn if she requested it of me.

Dear Diary,

I don't know what's going on with Wednesday - but then again I never do 😣 After she said she loved me on the balcony she's been really flustered. It's kinda cute but I worry about her sometimes. She's been acting even more like a cat than usual. Like she's possessed by a cat. (Maybe she is? 🙀 I don't know how her powers work!) She really likes when we cuddle and stuff but she also pretends not to? It's like she wants to be affectionate but doesn't know how to ask for it.

Okay, so like just yesterday I was sitting in the quad with Yoko and Divina, and we found this cat - I think you know where this is going. So the cat is just sitting in my lap when Willa materializes out of nowhere. She sees the cat, looks deeply offended, and has this intense stare down with it 😅 Yoko starts joking 'looks like that cat just stole your girl, Addams!' And I think Willa took that a little too literally because she starts arguing with the cat and demands that the 'foul beast relinquish mi querida or face my wrath.' (My brave babycakes 😝 💕) I picked up the cat and held it out to her, because seriously Willa, it was a little cat and it was so cute! Anyway! She accepts the cat, immediately sets it down, (I swear I thought I heard her hiss at it!) and sits in my lap instead. 😭

Yoko can't handle it and leaves and Divina chases after the cat (it ran away after Willa put it on the ground) And Willa is just sitting there looking so stupidly pleased with herself. 😅 My silly little jealous raven.

Another time I was sitting on my bed writing a paper on my laptop while Willa was writing at her desk. Her alarm goes off to signal the end of her writing time and she just gets up and looks over at me. She asks how my paper is 'progressing.' I'm honest and say it's going to take a while. (It was like a 5 page homework assignment 😣) She glances at the clock then at me before laying down on her bed.

Every couple minutes I hear a very small impatient sigh or huff or groan. Apparently she needed attention and I was taking too long 😅 So after about maybe 10 or 15 minutes she just gets up and wanders over. She pretends, very badly, to be interested in stuff around my bed. I asked if she needed anything and she says 'no.' I try to focus on my paper and she sits down on the edge of my bed. I give her a look but she doesn't say anything or acknowledge me. When I go back to typing I start to notice her slowly scooting towards me.

I close my eyes for a moment and then suddenly feel my laptop leave my hands and her crawl into my lap!? I open my eyes and ask what she's doing and she just says 'I shall assist you with your assignment.' I didn't ask but like okay? I think she just wanted cuddles but didn't know how to ask. So she looks over what I've written so far and starts making corrections. I just accept that this is where she's decided to be and wrap my arms around her. She tenses up at once and I feel a shiver go down her spine.

I ask if she's alright and she takes a shaky breath before saying she's fine. I shrug and rest my chin on the top of her head. I can practically hear her heartbeat at this point. 'Do- do you wish to be amorous?' She asks all out of breath. I can tell she's trying really hard to sound casual but like, I know what my babycakes wants 😏 So I figure I'd tease her just a little bit and say 'I thought you were helping me with my paper?' 'I, yes, of course.' She says all flustered and types slower.

Her hair smells really nice and I can't help burying my face in it. Well, as much as I can while it's in those braids. I can feel Willa's body heating up as I start scenting her and trying to get her scent on me. She gulps. I really want to run my fingers through her hair so I gently (it was gently I swear!) tug on one of her braids, because I wanted to ask her if she'd undo them, and she lets out this super adorable sound! 😖💕

'Querida! I can bear this torment no longer!' She says all dramatically before setting my laptop on the ground and turning to face me. She has the cutest blush and I can see her freckles. �� I raise my eyebrows and ask 'what torment?' She lets out this little moody huff and I can't help myself - I pounce on her. I can't even begin to describe how cute she looks every time I pin her down. Like she looks all offended and flustered but also secretly really excited.

'If you wanted this, all you had to do was ask.' I tell her before kissing her. She lets out the tiniest whimper and I just can't! I start to get worked up and kinda whisper growl at her to roll over. She does immediately. I, um, you know… Wolfish instincts and everything. (She's such a pillow princess💕) She turns into a trembling mess as usual. I'm pretty sure we reached the, what was the phrase again? Petite mort? We reached the petite mort at the same time. 😏 I ask if she wants to clean up before cuddles - I should probably mention we were both clothed! We haven't mated mated yet. Willa just gets super w- Nevermind!

She nods and bolts off all embarrassed. (Its okay Willa!) When she comes back I just pat the bed and she shyly sneaks over. Once she's on the bed she curls up into a little ball so I can spoon her. She really likes her spooning time. We cuddle and I get to pet her hair while I tell her how much I love her. She's usually just super quiet during but occasionally I'll hear her whisper something back in like another language. I've been working on my French and Spanish so I can kinda understand a little of what she's saying (I catch her saying 'love' or 'beautiful' or 'wolf' a lot ).

After we cuddled for a couple of hours I got up cause I had to get back to my paper. (It was due before midnight) But I guess Willa wasn't ready for cuddles to be over just yet because as soon as I got my computer and sat back down she wrapped her arms around me from behind. She just snuggled into my back for the rest of the time I was writing. It was really cute 💕

[bulkyphrase]

Steggy Rec List

I meant to have this done at the beginning of the month in time for @steggyfanevents' Steggy Month but...that didn't end up happening ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It is still April though! Please enjoy some of my favorite fics about Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers, my favorite canon couple.

A Second Chance At Keeping Him Safe by @buckywiththegoodhair86 (Teen And Up Audiences, 69,126 words)

Summary: Peggy always wished there was more she could have done to save Steve. Then Howard finds the Valkyrie, and somehow, miraculously, Steve is still alive in the wreckage. But when Steve wakes up, they realize that not all of him survived the crash. He doesn't remember anything. At all. But Peggy wanted another chance to keep him safe and now she's got it. And she's not going to fail this time.

Fraternization by @doctorhelena (Teen And Up Audiences, 3,424 words)

Summary: As if Carter and Rogers weren’t bad enough separately. Phillips is getting too old for this.

More below the cut!

Coffee Talk by @indiefic (General Audiences, 1,435 words, No Archive Warnings Apply)

Summary: Jack Thompson is sick of Peggy Carter thinking she can do whatever she wants. Also available as a podfic read by blackglass

Mind the Gap by @indiefic (Explicit, 27,106 words)

Summary: Set in 1974. Peggy is the fifity-five year old director of SHIELD and Steve's been found and thawed out. The series started as a drabble on Tumblr. Chapters have been updated so they are in chronological order.

Midnight Oil, Weaponized Aphrodisiacs, and Other Ignoramus Inventions by @indiefic (Explicit, 8,416 words)

Summary: General McGuinness stole one of Howard's more sinister inventions, Midnight Oil. Now the toxic compound is on the loose and America's golden boy has been exposed. Agent Carter to the rescue.

Twice Shy by justanotherStonyfan (Explicit, 13,976 words)

Summary: "What can I get you?" he said. "Hmm," she said, deciding what excuse to use as she pressed herself full-length against him in the darkness, as she slid herself upright beside him and pressed cool fingers to the center of his chest. "I'm…." She drew out the words, as though she were still considering what to tell him, what justification was needed, and Steve kept his eyes closed. He knew she could see him regardless of the lack of light. "…thirsty?"

6th and Williams by quigonejinn (Teen And Up Audiences, 1,453 words)

Summary: An hour passes, and so does the rain.

The Struck Bell by quigonejinn (General Audiences, 1,426 words)

Summary: Jean Grey inside Steve Rogers's head.

The Next Guy by @roboticonography (Teen And Up Audiences, 11,460 words)

Summary: "It’s the one subject that’s never open for discussion: Peggy’s grand love affair with Captain America. It’s not exactly a secret—in fact, it’s become something of a legend within the SSR. Everyone and their dog has a version of the romantic tale, pieced together through third-hand eyewitness accounts and wild speculation. There’s only one person Daniel wants to hear the story from, though, and she ain’t talking."

No Other Man by @roboticonography (Mature, 11,391 words)

Note: This is a sequel/companion to the previous fic

Summary: Peggy looks after a defrosted Steve during his recovery. But there are things she hasn't told him...

All Day, Every Day by @roboticonography (Mature, 21,143 words)

Summary: Steve is on his mission to return the Infinity Stones when his quantum suit glitches, and he finds himself sliding sideways through alternate realities, encountering different versions of himself. None of whom are particularly happy to see him. Can he do this all day? Time will tell!

if this is home by Siria (General Audiences, 17,145 words)

Summary: Steve keeps waking up in the wrong place.

Everything Old is New Again by Siria (Teen And Up Audiences, 8,460 words)

Summary: So maybe a job as an SSR desk clerk wasn't as glamorous as punching out Hitler more than two hundred times, but it still put a roof over Steve's head and food on the table.

[vroombeams]

FIC WRITER INTERVIEW

tagged on main by @boonbeenblade i hope you don't mind if i answer over here where i'm more active 💖

How many works do you have on AO3?

21!

What's your total AO3 word count?

72,196

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

like you do (1,011)

delicate topographies (666) (nice)

hot in it (637)

a place to rest your arms (478)

mile why club (408)

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

i do! as often as i can i try to respond to comments because i really appreciate them all and it really really really keeps me going. but it's been a bit of a contentious thing lately i think in fandom at large, the way that there've been a few people saying that they straight up won't comment if they see the author doesn't respond etc etc. for me personally i have pretty severe chronic fatigue and just a whole cornucopia of bad brain things that make it difficult sometimes to go through and drop what is essentially a copy-pasted thank you note in the replies to each comment. i'm not at all against responding and especially if there's a question or something to engage with it always makes me really happy to do so, but it does push into burnout territory faster. so usually i'll just write more fic and hope that that's enough!

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

free for all or decathect probably! actually intermediate was pretty bad too in that capacity. forgot about that one. but i mean most of those also are semi-ambiguous i guess, like it's sad and continues to be sad and it may or may not continue to be sad after? but yes those three. if the bloodborne au ever gets finished that will ~snatch the crown~ tho. also i was filling this out before i finished kinktober and probably the cnc fic is pretty up there now

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

like you do? a place to rest your arms? the happy they're-going-to-get-together endings i guess?? for me also i would personally put rear 32 in this category. to me it's like, there's a sweet-warm-good vibe to the end of it and in my head and i guess sometimes on tumblr there is some extremely warm aftercare that follows that makes Me, Personally, very happy

Do you write crossovers?

liiiike. i guess you could qualify a really distinctive au as a crossover if you really wanted to. the crime au could be considered a gta crossover. paleblood is, you know, bloodborne but with landoscar in it. but i guess to me a true crossover would involve characters meeting other characters from that other universe??? and the answer to if i've written those is also yes, but not for f1 (yet)

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

oh yes in the dark days of ffnet there was a great deal of flaming all the time, the etiquette wasn't quite what it is today lmaO. to be fair i deserved a lot of the hate i got. i sucked pretty bad. and then a couple of fandoms ago i got a pretty cruel guest comment on a fic that i ended up deleting, but that's a whole other story lol

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

gestures vaguely at the kinktober archive

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i'm aware of! i don't think i'm big enough to have been stolen from. but one can always hope (jk)

Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes!! someone in a previous video game fandom i was in translated one of my fics to mandarin. very cool!!!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yesss a few times! all in previous fandoms. there were a couple of people i used to write with pretty regularly in that way, like popping a bunch of junk in a doc and then letting each other run wild and smoothing out the rough edges at the end. super rewarding and super fun and a really interesting exercise in making different styles flow together

What's your all-time favorite ship?

all-time is a rough one to answer LOL. in f1, currently, probably jondo. as far as ships that i still will actively go back to and enjoy just as much... maybe adam/ronan (raven cycle) or altair/malik (assassin's creed)? zack/cloud from ff7 lives within me also. and will till i die

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

the water takes it back for sure. between that one and i guess the long-distance relationship landoscar fic. i like them both a lot conceptually but they're both pretty raw to write, like, achy in ways that feel too personal maybe? i'll probably continue to pick at them but i don't know if i could ever finish/post them just because they are a Lot in a Lot Of Ways. then again i'm also in a bit of space rn so. ask me again in a few weeks

What are your writing strengths?

maybe knowing what i want from a piece? like the goal of a thing or the vibe i want to achieve. but also sometimes i do just be flinging myself into a doc and hoping something happens so it's maybe not that specific lmaO. but yeah, i guess the vision is a strength, when i do have a vision it's usually a pretty strong and solid one!

What are your writing weaknesses?

dialogue the beloathed! i hate it i always feel like it comes out clunky and makes the rest of the piece clunky by extension

also getting caught up in like. a lot of minute details and plot threads? this is obviously not an issue in all of the stuff i've been posting for the last month because. duh. but in larger projects i definitely find myself creating too many threads or not tying off threads correctly or not having enough threads, god forbid. this is of course why there's no multichap posted on this account lol. it's something that i'm specifically working on right now! trying to be better at you know... organization and clarity? by the end of november we will know if i've achieved that lol

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

oh interesting question. i don't think it's like... super necessary? to include? like unless a pov character has some familiarity with a second language that they don't actively speak, i don't think there's a ton of reason to write out like idk a whole bit of dialogue in french or italian or whatever. mainly because if you don't speak a language At All you're likely not going to be catching complete sentences/words anyway, so taking the pov character into consideration is important for this?? as far as a bi-or-morelingual character goes, i think doing a dialogue tag in english and saying 'they said, in (language)' after makes more sense from a reading perspective. if that makes sense. that's just my personal take on it!

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

yugioh lol. way back on ffnet. i think my first ao3 fandom was... mmm. we will just say [redacted] bandom i guess

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

ohhh. like is it a cop-out to say indycar because i'd love to mess about with some pato ships in the near future??

What's your favorite fic you've written?

rude question to end on THANKS

i don't know man. as it stands everything i've posted isn't like a favourite?? anymore?? my go-to answer has always been free for all or pouffe. but there are a couple of the kinktober fills that i'm really really fond of now like the oscarmark breeding kink? the oscarmark cnc is like also important to me in a lot of ways. i think i'm also in the post kinktober headspace where i want to tear everything i've ever done to absolute pieces and then maybe set it on fire??? anyway yeah those ones 😭 otherwise probably there's stuff in my docs that i've not posted that i prefer but that's neither here nor there atp

i know this one is fuckin huge so extremely no pressure tagging @glasscushion @freeuselandonorris @monacotrophywife @piastriachios @bright-and-burning to at your leisure if at all 💖

[yuseirra]

Hello~ I have something to say because there's been something that's been on my mind, leaving me very depressed and concerned for the past couple months. I've been trying my best to be cheerful and uplifting but it's hurting me so much I just can't stand it...I have to be true to myself and let it all out, I feel like a stone's being pushed onto my chest, and I won't feel better without addressing it somewhere, so please pardon me, okay?

I'd been drawing a lot of project moon's fanworks earlier, remember how there's been an incident regarding limbus company and the artist being fired and whatnot? and then there's this stuff going about how fingers are drawn in maplestory, I have no idea about the details but something happened in arknights?? too? I don't play that game but still, well I'd been seeing a lot of these stuff happen for the past couple of months and since I come from a country where that's directly being taken place, I saw a lot of it happen firsthand except for some recent ones, it made me to go terminate my twitter which I had for a decade (I think I had it since 2013 or 2014. not that it matters now anyway, but I miss my friends I had there so much.)

I'm really hurt. It pains me so much to see people dig up a tweet someone's made several years ago using some kind of data crawler or archive and decide to get the mass to bring down a person over it, a person has many sides, how can you determine how exactly someone's feeling about something? and how can it lead to things like death threats, how can people be so eager to make someone "pay", I understand that people can be frustrated over some things, but where's the limit of these things? I felt so threatened and scared and upset, nothing bad's happened to me in person. All I've experienced is kindness and I am very grateful about it, but I can't say I'm not affected. Seeing a lot of things going around secondhand's been enough to put me through a lot of stress.

Some of my videos regarding projmoon's works had been very popular, you may have seen them if you're in the fandom! I used to be very proud of it. Now I'm upset and scared and I am pained, why can't I be as proud of them as I used to be, I put all my love into it back then. It's a terrible feeling. I have mixed feelings about having it up on my channel.. there's a part of me who love my works a lot.. and is happy about it having been able to give a lot of people joy. People have been enjoying it, and they've all been so kind about it. And then there's another part of me wishing I never made it in the first place because it really hurts and I'm reminded of these incidents whenever I see them. Which is such a pity, since I did a really great job with those. I'm still getting new comments with people telling me they are so impressed and all I could think about now is the.. all the, I don't know what to call all that..,

I'm scared that people might come after me and accuse of me being someone I am not, try to dig up my old tweets and find me problematic for doing something unfavorable for the fandom(not that I've said or done anything harmful in the past, I'm sure of that..I've ALWAYS tried my best to spread love when I could. I am confident about that.) maybe I'm being full of myself. Maybe people don't care about me or my works as much and I'll be okay but I have no idea how things will play out. I've been holding out till now, no one can say I didn't try..the fact that I've been keeping my works up there, I've been trying very hard to be strong in my own way (but at the same time I also felt like a coward for remaining in the status quo)

earlier I saw yt recommending me that library of ruina is getting a switch edition and I get reminded of all these stuff, I can't bear it. It hurts me so much. I've been holding this all in by myself since last july, maybe I'll have to take the videos down to make me feel better, but I'm not sure if I'll be safe that way. I deleted my twitter and now it comes to this, I won't delete my tumblr though. I love my experience as yuseirra and I'm happy for all I've received. I wish I could continue feeling that way, I want to believe in people, I want to care for them, and I don't want to think people will try to come after me and hurt me over the choices I make. So let me be strong, whatever I do, I'll do my best to be that way.

Thank you very much!! Lots of love!!

[gaviicreates]

Craft week in review

Good Morning, and Happy Sunday! Here in the US, we just caught up with the rest of the world with that twice annual clock adjusting we do. Those of you without daylight savings, you know where it's at. In any case, Northern Hemisphere means we got extra sleep today, so not too many complaints from me here. Even the dogs accepted the lie in, which was amazing.

I'm still figuring out how I want to use this blog space. My impulse posts I can't put here, because I used a log in type that requires me to be on my laptop. That means you get the nice pictures, the reflections, the organized WIPs updates, but none of that is helpful in keeping the space active. What are you, blog? An archive, a journal, a gallery?

Please bear with me while I figure it out. I get that the pictures of the finished objects are what tends to inspire people, but I like writing and sharing the journey, even if those musings are not as entertaining. I'm still working on the balance.

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Doilies

Last week, I primarily worked on blocking some finished doilies I had to work on over a couple of days. I only have one set of blocking boards with the circle lines for me to properly measure out the doilies evenly. I'm fine throwing my own stuff on the normal boards and eye-balling it, but not for commissions. With those finished I decided to open up some more local commissions, which quickly filled with family members, and posed the question a bit more in general to the online audience. So four more commissions have joined my schedule, though not all of them need to be in by Christmas.

In the meantime, I started another tree doily, and I plan to take pictures of those pieces soon so I can share them. Here's a phone one to hold you over.

Purchases/Acquisitions

I had a couple purchases last week - and some quick turn arounds. In the yarn world, I placed an order for some Hobbii Rainbow Lace which is one of my go-tos for when specific colors are requested. The yardage is not as much as one might get with Aunt Lydia's from the local JOANN or Michaels, but the shades they carry are so rich and varied. Plus, I'd been eyeing up a rust color I needed an excuse to add to my cart. I also grabbed some dark reds and soft greens to play around with Christmas shades.

Of the hand-dyers, one of the brands I follow is Hue Loco out of Colorado. As with hand-dyed, you're paying for what I consider a luxury material, so as much as I would like to buy everything I do try to splurge sparingly for the sake of my wallet. But I stumbled upon a colorway that was perfect for a project I'd been planning, and since it was going to be a gift for my husband, I didn't mind going the hand-dyed route. The colorway is called "Magpie" and it's a beautiful blend of blues and greys with a sprinkling of browns. SW 100% Merino in worsted. This one came in yesterday, and I couldn't resist working it up right away.

I may have also purchased something for myself while I was on their site. Shh.

I also splurged and ordered some Furls wooden streamline hooks I'd been wanting - in Ebony. One of my dogs got ahold of one of the nice resin colors that were no longer in stock, so I couldn't re-order it when it made unusable.

Expensive week for me! But it'll be the last for awhile while I budget instead for Christmas and start working on the projects these materials were purchased for. For a last hurrah before the holidays, I'm happy with these selections.

Upcoming

The sock DPN class I signed up for starts tomorrow, and knit night at my LYS on Tuesday.

I have one more more doily to block, the next tree one to finish, and the commissions pending.

The new Furls Hooks should arrive next week. Hobbii is enroute.

WIPS: My sky blanket project is making great progress - I've been able to keep up with it and the goal will be to provide an update monthly around the middle of the month. Chevron Scarf was put on hold this week, but maybe I will work on it some today to give me a knitting break.

[kanonavi]

I was tagged by @radellama like a month ago! Even if I don't always keep up with these I still appreciate it <3

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Why did you choose your URL?

It's a combination of a couple of old jokes I had from middle school, the older of which was actually kind of a mean thing that I won't get into. However, KanoNavi was the second iteration of my old url FritoNavi, and because it rolled off the tongue better I decided to just switch to that full time.

2. Any sideblogs? If so, name them and why you have them.

I've tried sideblogs a couple times in the past, but they never stuck. I prefer to keep everything in one place, even if it means bombarding my non-Genshin mutuals with Genshin all the time (Sorry guys, thanks for sticking with me lol <3)

3. How long have you been on tumblr?

My archive goes back to 2017, but I did change URLs once so I think I might have started in 2016? Sometime around there.

4. Do you have a queue tag?

Nope, I've only used the queue once or twice for particular timed posts.

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

Before tumblr, I was on DeviantArt to follow Splatoon fanartists, and some of them mentioned having Tumblr so I decided to join that too!

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

Venti's been my personality for like 3 years now, and this is one of my favorite fanarts of him (I love his smile, he's so delightful <3)

7. Why did you choose your header?

It was a piece done by my good friend and roommate Ham! Their artstyle is like candy for the eyes, I just want to eat it I love it so much ehe (Please go check them out along with the artist who drew my pfp, both of them are linked in my bio!)

8. What's your post with the most notes?

My meta on Simulanka Day 3 actually passed 100 notes (it has 124 as of this posting), which is absolutely crazy. I'm planning to do kind of a follow-up to that once I work up the spoons because there was some contention in my replies and also Natlan acts 1 and 2 have given me some ideas, so look forward to that I guess lol

9. How many mutuals do you have?

I don't really keep track, but I think that not counting irls I have at least 10? (love you guys mwah mwah <3)

10. How many followers do you have!

105 (i love you guys too mwah)

11. How many people do you follow?

129

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

Sometimes I've commented about life in a jokey manner, but nothing I would consider a serious shitposting attempt

13. How often do you use tumblr each day?

This thang is like the refrigerator to me (derogatory). Cumulatively tho it's probably only a little over an hour per day because my dash isn't the most active.

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

Not that I can recall?? Maybe early on, but it's been too long for me to say.

15. How do you feel about "you need to reblog this" posts?

No.

16. Do you like tag games!

Yeah!

17. Do you like ask games!

Yeah, even though I always feel like I'm being attention-seeking when I reblog them :pensive emoji:

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

None of them, sorry guys. I know Rads probably has clout in the Chrono Trigger fandom though, so that has to count for something?? lmao

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Nah, but I have platonic crushes on y'all for being so damn cool <3

20. Tags:

@rubberbandballqueen, @stardustdiiving, @tempests-bards-and-birds

[daisyishedwig]

Fic writers tag

I was tagged by @kurtsascot, thank you for the tag!

And I'm tagging @calsvoid and @lusthurts and anyone else who wants to participate.

1. how many works do you have an ao3?

I have 37 on AO3 and 80 on FF.net, and most things from my AO3 are on FF excluding like 3 fics. I'm including my FF account because that's where I started posting many many years ago and continued to update until a couple yers ago when I transferred to just posting on AO3. There is a lot of fics on my FF that I haven't crossposted to AO3 yet, and some I probably never will.

2. whats your ao3 word count?

AO3 is 217,634 and FF.net is 287,357

3. what fandoms do you write for?

Nowadays, just Glee, though I do have some WIPs for Stranger Things, Captive Prince, Magnus Archives, and Hatcetfield that I do want to post /someday/. When I started I wrote Supernatural. And over the years I've also written Doctor Who, Takin Over the Asylum, Harry Potter.

4. top 5 fics by kudos

Not So Dapper, Dare, and This Isn't Love all tie for first place with 171. Then there is Chance at 164, I'm Never Letting You Go at 157, Don't You Dare at 150, and Don't Tell Me What You're Thinking at 144.

On FF.Net (by favorites) its The Thoughts I Can't Deny at 163, The Unspoken Rule at 120, A Strange Realization at 142, Icy Love at 101, and Maybe We Can Be Okay at 93.

5. do you respond to comments? why or why not?

I certainly try! I'm always torn between giving hints and secrets and wanting to keep everything close to my chest so the closer someone is to guessing a big plot point or asking a question that I can't answer without spoiling, the less likely I am to respond. Which is why I'm better at responding on one shots, because there's nothing to spoil!

6. what is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Ohhhh, probably Say Your Name While Our Tongues Are Tied. There's probably a Blangst fic from back in the day that has a sadder ending, but they're usually at least hopeful. Say Your Name just feels very helpless, like it's hard to envision a world where anyone walks away from this situation happy, you know?

7. whats the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

A Place To Call Home, probably, even though I haven't posted it yet. The Thoughts I Can't Deny probably would have if I'd actually written an ending for it, lol. Tear Down My Reason is definitely very happy, and I Could Touch the Teardrops on Your Face is probably the sappiest ending.

8. do you get hate on fics?

I know I have in the past but I don't remember for what or why, which means it probably didn't really stick with me. And from what I do remember I think it was largely from people who didn't like the characters or ships I was writing about and would come to bitch about that and I'd be like, if you hate Blaine Anderson so much, why are you reading a Klaine fic? I do kind of remember a Kurtofsky shipper coming to complain about how "abusive" Blaine is and I was just like, sure, Jan, when you ship Kurt with the person who threatened to kill him, you definitely have a leg to stand on.

9. do you write smut? if so, what kind?

I don't as much as I used to and I actually tend to skip over it a lot. I've been much more into the emotional aspect and only really write the sex if I feel like it will add to the heart of what I'm writing.

But oh boy did I used to. And when I did it was pretty much exclusively D/s and kink stuff, and even when it wasn't there would at least be some form of powerplay or marking in an otherwise vanilla scene, just so my kinky brain would have something to latch onto.

10. do you write crossovers? whats the craziest one youve ever written?

Only on occasion? Like I'm currently working on a White Collar/Glee fic and a Magnus Archives/Hatchetfield fic. Aside from that it will be more like just an AU or inspired by a different media. So like, Sebastian Smythe is the flash, but other characters from The Flash don't really appear. Or my Mrs. Winterbourne Seblaine AU. Or the Spies Are Forever inspired Seblaine AU I have currently only managed to write 300 words in.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

I have. I remember someone turning the original Icy Love (which I still haven't crossposted to AO3, oops) into a Larry fic. And I know I've seen some of my stuff around any time there's a new website stealing things from AO3 and putting it behind a paywall. But at some point I got to lazy to care.

I did have a scare a litte while ago where I thought someone had stolen one of my fics because someone commented saying they'd read it under the username comewhattklaine before and I was like I have /never/ used that username before. I've used a lot of pennames over the years but never that one and I went absolutely crazy trying to find where someone with that username at stolen my fic. And then I realized that on my old Scarvesandcoffee account, I had used that name, but that website had been dead for so long i'd forgotten about it.

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

I feel like I have but I cant for the life of me remember what.

13. have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Yes! @itallstartedwithharry and I wrote Tear Down My Reason together. It was an absolutely incredible experience and I always wish that she had the time to write together again because we worked so well together. I was really good at word vomiting on the page and she was really good at cleaning it up and making it more coherent and actually sounding nice. Which is part of why I still ask her to beta for me on fics that are really important to me because she tends to just get what I'm trying to say better than I do sometimes. Like she's been absolutely incredible with betaing A Place to Call Home for me and I'm so glad to have her because she just makes me a better writer.

14. fave all time ship?

Okay. This one is complicated. Because Klaine was my otp to end all otps for so many many years. Klaine means the world to me, it was so incredibly important to me as a teenager and to me accepting my own queerness and feeling safe to come out to my mom (because we bonded a lot over shipping Klaine) and I have written hundreds of thousands of words about those two.

But Seblaine. Ohmygod Seblaine. I have reached a point in my life where my brain is more interested in the kind of stories those two can supply me. In this concept of quantum entanglement that will always pull them together but never ever let it be /easy/ for them. There's just some ways in which I think they're better for each other, I think in some ways they bring out the worst in each other, but that in turn allows to them to truly see the best in each other too. I think the tragedy of their story as it happened is beautiful and cruel. And I just want to explore every crevice of their brains and to never let them go. At some point, Klaine became too easy. They'll always get their happy ending (at least in canon). But Seblaine never will. And the art that can be made from a relationship like that intrigues me far more.

15. wip you want to finish but doubt you will?

Probably La Pute. Of all my old WIPs, it's the most likely to be finished (because I do have some pretty extensive notes on how the plot was supposed to go). But at the same time, that kind of fic that I loved to read and write when I was young (dubcon, noncon, slave fics, etc.) just doesn't interest me the way it used to.

If I were to psychoanalyze myself i'd probably say that my love for stories like that was deeply derived from my sexual repression and inner angst (largely driven by vast amounts of untreated mental illness) that I had no real life experience to draw from so I just used these dark dark stories as a way to try and release any of those emotions. But now as an adult I've lived through many traumas and general life shittiness and I can now find a release for my inner turmoil in writing about things more close to life instead of having to reach into that level of darkness.

16. what are your writing strengths?

Oh I don't even know. I think probably dialogue? That's what usually comes the easiest to me so it's what I would assume, but I'm honestly not sure.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

I tell more than I show. Like I try to describe body language and expression in a way that isn't just "he shifted anxiously" "He looked pissed", stuff like that. But I'm just not great at it, so I tend to just tell the reader what a character is feeling more than anything else.

18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?

I'm always drawn to the idea of doing it, but I don't just want to like copy and paste the lines into google translate, you know? And I don't speak any other languages and most of the friends I have that do speak the languages I would want to translate lines into (namely Tagolog and French) aren't Glee fans, so I don't want to make them translate for me.

19. first fandom you wrote for?

Unpublished? Inuyasha/Naruto/Harry Potter/Bleach/probably some other things. I wrote a very extensive self insert fic when I was like 9 or 10 that involved all of those fandoms but it never even got typed up and I lost the binder I was keeping it in probably nearly two decades ago.

Published though it was definitely Supernatural.

20. fave fic youve written?

A Place To Call Home was such a long endeavor and something that was very important to me to finish and it means a lot to me to have finally finished it.

Maybe We Can Be Okay is probably one of my most well-received fics considering the dark content and complex themes. And I'm still really proud of it.

And then it's not out yet, but my fic for the I Want You Back day of 10 Days of Seblaine has been a very difficult fic to write but I'm really happy with how its turning out and I can't wait to share it with you all in November.

[thessalian]

Thess vs Damage Assessment

Right. Brief break before errands that need to be run before the overtime, and deciding whether I should put in the effort on dinner before putting in more overtime or use it as another break. Because ... okay, this is getting to be a thing and it's not just that we're busy.

I mean, that's part of it. We have more doctors reporting than we've ever had, and today they've done over three hundred reports between them, and they're not even fucking done yet. Part of the reason I'm having break now is that if I go back to it after 6pm, the doctors should have finished and I'll know what I'm dealing with. Still, even at this particular stage, I can tell this week is going to mean a lot of overtime.

Especially if the new girl keeps on as she is. As a matter of curiosity, I went through the archives of stuff we've actually typed, mostly to see how many I got through today between 11:00-16:30 (100, if you were curious - that's including the time it took to start sorting out two separate hardware problems on the doctors' end, a couple of flagging up of places where dictation was just not up to par, and the half-hour digging referred cases out of the system to email to the relevant hospital). I happened to notice the new girl's name in the queue because I was going by Last User to find my own, and happened to hit New Girl in the scroll. Want to know how many she managed between 09:00-16:30? Forty.

Fucking forty, she did, in the same time as I managed a hundred. With other shit I needed to get done. And each and every one of them was under two minutes. How? How the fuck is she still working here if she can't pick up the damn pace?!? I can't even face looking at Temp's numbers. I just ... can't.

I was hoping that I could pull maybe an hour, hour and a half of overtime per day and make a reasonable dent, but the next couple of days are going to be 2.5 hours minimum, probably three or more. Because neither Temp nor New Girl have any sense of urgency and Scruffman doesn't want to push them because of that whole thing about him being massively non-confrontational. Hell, he's been doing some himself, mostly when I'm not here, because they drown when I'm not here.

If I don't get the most beautiful performance review this year, I'm going to murder somebody.

Right. Now I have to go out into the cold and dark and pick up my prescription, and also some greaseproof paper, tin foil, and clingfilm. Because I did all manner of shopping yesterday and forgot those three very basic essentials. Because fibro fog and stress.

Oh, I should take out the garbage on my way out.

Heeeeeeeeelp. I swear I do nothing fun anymore. I work, I cook, I become loaf, I manage maybe a half-hour of video game in the morning to wake myself up a little, and that's been it for weeks. I'm not sure how I'm going to make it to the holidays like this.

Right. Stalling. Off with the comfy Foozies, on with the shoes, let's go.

[the-spooky-archives]

Intros, among other things.

Cocoa Beane

Hello hello! Cocoa Beane (Any Pronouns), Head Archivist, at your service! Currently in the process of attempting to reorganize the archives while also keeping up with all the new statements that keep pouring in from Research. Scared of spiders. Just a tad.

catch me over at @the-better-archivist for daily liveblogs about the reorganization efforts, among other things. My posts here are denoted by #archivist speaks.

Vinny Seraph

Hi everyone, names Vinny Seraph, She/her. I’m yet another archival assistant here, and I also help Cocoa out with her organization efforts if I can. I like coffee, music, and more coffee. I’m not addicted, I swear. I just like the taste.

My personal blog is @magnus-coffee-shop and the tag I use for my posts here is #Vinny Coffee Talk.

Kairos

Hello. My name is Kairos, and I’m an archival assistant here at the Institute. I handle most of the tech side, because it’s abundantly obvious how much Cocoa needs it. If you need to reach me, I’ll probably ignore you. And don’t touch my plants.

But if you must ask me something, you can find me at @clock-weaver for…my own efforts in archival work. All posts written by me here will be signed off with the tag #clock’s ticking

Minty Mori

Hello Hello! My name is Minty Mori (He/him) and archival assistant. I do a lot of filing, paperwork, I handle a lot of miscellaneous tasks but really just standard paper things. I have narcolepsy and I wholly apreciate the patience of the archival staff. I'm not entirely sure what to write honestly, Hopefully this will be alright with the Cocoa.

You'll find me occasionally posting at @minty-mori-archival-assistant (gosh it's so long.) And my tag is: #Sleep talking Minty.

Michael (Angelo?)

Hi there! I'm Michael, short for a myriad of things! I go by Mikey usually. I'm an archival assistant, brought on by Elias. I used to know Gertie, my guardian used to bring me out to see her! I'm not telling what I do here, as I find it fun to keep it secret. I like to refer to myself as "Michael 2" as my guardian is also named Michael (part of why he adopted me in the first place). My blog is @a-second-smaller-door, and I post with the tag #Michael..... 2!

What is The Spooky Archives?

The Spooky Archives, aka TSA, is a TMA AU created by all the mods on this blog and a few others who haven't been introduced yet. In this AU, our own OCs/sonas take the place of the s1 archival crew (though of course they all still exist, they just aren't working in the Archives).

About the Mods

Cocoa

Names Mod Cocoa (Any pronouns). A few of my friends (who are also mods on this blog) told me I should listen to Magnus. I gave in after a few weeks and proceeded to listen to the entire podcast in two weeks, so that gives you an idea of my level of insanity.

My main blog is @ihavenohotcocoa, and I kinda just post whatever I want so like. Maybe some magnus, maybe not.

Vinny

Hi! Mod Vinny here! (She/her pronouns) I’m a bit of a newbie to the series, and pretty much still am. I started listening to TMA and then my progress grinded to a halt around 107(?) because I was too anxious for everyone. And then I just got Mod!Cocoa to tell me everything because I was tired. And honestly? I would have not survived. So please forgive me if I do things contradictory to canon because everything I got is from word of mouth.

My blog is @vinegar-on-main, but don’t expect me to post only TMA stuff. I post whatever I feel like.

Llama

HI HI HELLO my name’s Llama (she/her)!! I was one of said friends who bugged Cocoa to listen to tma and I don’t think any of us have been the same ever since, I know I haven’t :D

My main blog is @constellama, I post art and sometimes random thoughts on different fandoms I’m a part of :D Feel free to follow !!

Minty

Y O U. Hello! I'm Minty (He/him or any), and I was also bugged to listen to it!! It really spread like a plague/pos ofc. I post about a couple things?? DC and Spiderverse have me in a chokehold at the time of writing so you may see a lot of that.

My main blog is at: @hyperspix and yeah! Chilling and vibing. Always free to yell about something to me because I love hearing them! Have a lovely day <3.

Mikey

HI! My name is Mikey (He/They/It). I listened to tma back before s4 even ended. I like transformers a lot. like so much. so so so much. please someone talk to me about transformers. my main blog is @snowybookwyrm !

[yellowcry]

Hot issue

Camilo wasn't really close to his middle prima. And, maybe it was the reason why he was so suprised when she fainted from a heatstroke while she was working

Camilo groaned as he leaned back in the chair, lisening Abuela's morning speech. It was just like always, be nice, help everyone... Why did she even keep telling the same thing every day? Camilo could repeat it without any mistakes.

It was very hot day. Camilo's shirt clamed to his body, his hair greasy melted together. As he could see, everybody felt no better than him. Mami tried to create a rainy cloud, but it didn't help very much, since she seemed to be in a wonderful mood today. And if somebody would ask Camilo, he would prefer to die from the heat than ruin her day. It seemed like having knotted hair was today's rush of fashion. It was pretty strange to see Mirabel or Isabela who always had their hair loose with neat buns. Camilo also wanted to make a hairstyle with his hair, but instead he cursed the fact that he cuted it  few months ago, because now it was long enough to make his neck sweating, but still too short to make any hairstyles. Maybe he could shapeshift his hair? Yes, it seemed like a good idea. Camilo let out a satisfied sigh, as he felt a little bit better

He eated arepa, looking on suffering faces. Even Abuela looked sick, as she wiped a sweat drops off her face. The only person who actually seemed to not sweat was Luisa. Camilo understood that she might be used to working under the scorching sun, but he still was too suprised, remembering her morning exercises. Camilo would even think that Luisa wasn't suffering from heat at all if her face wasn't so red.

Soon, the whole family dispersed to their chores. Camilo knew that he has to be in town too, but he really doubted that anybody would walk out of their houses today. But he also realized thay Abuela won't take it as excuse.

"Camilo, what are you doing?" Of course. He groaned as he stood up, okay atleast he probably would have a full day for himself.

Suddenly, Dolores interuppted them "I think that Camilo would be better if he would be happy, instead of suffering from heat. Afterall, it's his job to make everyone happy." She explained. "And it would be totally easier if Camilo wouldn't be dying from heat."

"What if somebody needed him to look after their kids?" Abuela insisted standing still and holding her arms behind her back.

"I could tell him." Dolores sighed. "I can use my power in any place of Encanto." She smiled. Camilo could barely hold back a sly smile as he understood that his hermana just wanted to have a reason to stay at home.

Abuela's face became unsure for a minute, before she closed her eyes and sighed. "Okay, I'll be in town." She stared at Camilo for a moment before said stricly. "I'm doing it only because of your role." Unsaid be happy, make everyone else happy floated in the air.

Camilo gave Dolores a thankful smile and jokingly nudged her. She gigged as she reached down for her hermanito and ruffled his hair, forcing him to frown playfully.

"You ruined my hair!" Camilo announced as he put his hands on his chest and looked away.

Dolores rolled her eyes. "You can just-" She stopped at the middle of sentence when Camilo shapeshifted his hair again. "Yes."

****

A couple of hours passed. It was pretty unusual to see Casita so empty and quiet. But since everybody was working he could be here. Camilo played a scene for himself taking sips of cold water sometimes, and Dolores seemed to be listening to the town.

Squeak.

"Camilo, we have to go!" She whispered worriedly as she grabbed her hermanito.

Camilo let out a frustated sigh when he realized that his day off just finished.  "So, who is it?"

"Luisa."

Camilo raised an eyebrow, running next to Dolores. "Why does she need me?"

"I think she might have a heatstroke." Dolores sighed. He took a chaotic breath in, he could swear that even senõrita perfecta's flowers were dying under the direct sunlight. Running totally didn't help to cold down his body.

Soon, Camilo noticed a giant figure lying on the groung surronded by worried donkeys. Without any doubts it was Luisa. Her body was twisting in convulsions, and Camilo could hear how she mummbed some incoherent delirium. Camilo realized that she probably had some hallucinations from heat. Donkeys worriedly puted their noses in her, rolling her on the groung. Then they moved their heads to the sound of running kids and took few steps back.

"Let's took her to mami." Dolores sighed when Camilo turned into the second Luisa and helped to put original one on his shoulders. Camilo really disliked being turned into Luisa, because everytime when he would do it, he would get an endless list of tasks immediantly, but at the current situation everybody would probably understand that something is wrong. Also, Luisa's body didn't seem to be sweating as much as his own, Camilo took a guess that it was because her body was used to overheating due to a hard work. One of the donkeys came closer and helped to rise Luisa. She was hot, her skin felt way too dry, almost desiccated. Luisa's natural muscles helped to carry her, but she still was too heavy, so Camilo started losing his breath. The fact that she was convulsing didn't help. She also stopped mummbling, so Camilo gussed that she fainted. He suffocated cursing Luisa for passing out. Why couldn't it be somebody small and light? Then Camilo could carry them way easier.

"Mom is over here." Dolores took his hand and lead him to the left

"Thank you, seniorita." Camilo heared one of the villagers. In very hot days like this Pepa were visiting town people homes and make rain in them. She said that it was more effecively than making it rain all over Encanto.

"Mi amor, how are.." Now it was Felix, but he was interrupted by his kids voices.

Mami!" Camilo screamed, his parents turned around and saw how Dolores, who was covering her ears from sceam, and Luisa were holding other Luisa.

"Luisa, are you serious?" Pepa groaned running to them with panic on her face. "She's even worse than usual!" Apperently, it seemed like fainting from heat was something that Luisa did often enough to condition her condition woud be admited even worse than usual. "I swear, I'll kill her myself one day." A wind began to blow around them. Camilo couldn't help but happily relaxed when the heat subsided.

Mami focused, and soon a cold rain started to fall on Luisa's face. Camilo gently placed her on the ground and took a few steps back as he shapeshifted into himself again. Dolores wiped her forehead suffocaring from running.

"It's reminding me about old times." Pepa sighed, looking at her sobrina's face. "When she was a baby I had to rain on her whole days because she was too hot." Her voice trembled as she worriedly walked in circles.

"Wow, I didn't remember it." Camilo tried to defuse the situation with a smile leaning against the wall of one's of the houses and crossing his hands.

Dolores hited his head playfully. "Of course, you weren't even born back then." Camilo scratched hitted spot indignantly.

"Something never change." Felix shooke his head. They kept standing here in awkward slience interruptible by sound of raindrops hitting Luisa's body. Her face was red, still twitching from heat.

"She hadn't faded like that almost for three months." Pepa sighed worriedly rubbing her braid and kept walking around. Camilo looked at his mom with suprised face. He was really shoked after realizing that not heaving a heatstroke for couple of months seemed to be a very long time for Luisa. "I thought that she healed. Why mami even let her working?" She started to spiraling mummbing under her nose, Felix took her arm, helping to control her emotions as she continued to whispering to herself. Camilo felt awkward, so he kept talking with Dolores. He used to be the one who make everyone happy, but he was pretty sure that his abilities would do nothing to help his prima right now.

"Pepi it's okay." Felix put his palm on Pepa's hip when her cloud started to thundering. For a second cloud turned into the sun, but then mami shuddered in fear and rain started to hit the ground again.

And, it also was a lot to proceed. Camilo and Luisa wasn't really close. Mostly because Luisa always worked, Camilo sometimes thought that Luisa was working even in her sleep. She got her gift when Camilo wasn't even one year old, so he didn't really know how things were back then, the only Luisa that he ever knew is the always working and responcible one, Luisa who never took breaks. Maybe it was the reason why he was so suprised after hearing the fact that she overheated pretty often, since nobody else seemed to be suprised by it. And he couldn't shake mami's words out of his head. She said that Luisa hasn't faded as if it was the longest time without it in a whole life. And, according to Mami's face expression, Camilo thought that it definetly was truth. He was great in reading face expressions, after all, how can you pretend to be somebody else without knowing all their thought written on their faces?

It took around twenty minutes before she finally woke up. Luisa groaned as she sat down leaning on her hands, then she looked up at the cloud over her. Her skin still seemed to be a little pinker than normal, but she totally looked better. Camilo came closer to see her better, mami also stopped circuling, but rain still was falling on Luisa's wet body.

"Tía Pepa?" She shuddered in realization. "What I'm doing in here?" She scratched her neck. "Wasn't I taking donkeys into the barn?" She looked around trying to remember what happened.

"You passed out again!" Pepa shouted leaning towards her. "Sorry, dear." Mami whispred as she saw Dolores covering her ears

Luisa's face became worried as she started to count something on her fingers. At first, Camilo thought that she was remembering the chores that she has to do, but her face was telling that Camilo was wrong. "But it's an hour before my usual time." She shuddered. "Why would I have a heatstroke so early?"

Papi stared at her in suprise. "Luisa, your body does not obey the clock."  He put his hands on his sides. Camilo desided to not mention the fact that Luisa literally had an exact time when she supposed to faint.

Luisa looked at each of them biting her lip. "Then how do you expect me to get when I need a little cold water?" She raised her eyebrows and spread her arms to the side. Camilo frowned trying to proseed what she said. Wasn't it obvious? "Well, I still have a work to do." Luisa announced clutching her arms together.

"Have you lost your mind?!" Pepa trew her hands in the air and Luisa recoiled as lightning struck next to her. Mami took a deep breath as Felix slighty pat her spine.

"You literally feel hot when it's too hot around." Camilo put out frowning and pointed on Luisa with a finger gun. How come she didn't realize it? But his parent and hermana looked at him awkwardly as if they wanted to say something, but couldn't explain it.

It became quiet for a while as Luisa fixed her hair, stood up and gave Camilo unsurely look holding her elbow in hand. "I don't really feel... temperature." She said and her voice's tone rised up as if it was a question. "Guess It's the side effect of my gift." She shrugged.

He threw his hands in the air indignantly acting like a drama queen, so atmosphere around would be no longer so tense. "How many abilities you've got from your gift?" He crossed his arms on his chest.

Felix sighed looking in his son's eyes. "It's not a good thing because Luisa's still affected by weather."

"It's still unfair." Camilo rolled his eyes and looked at embarrassed Luisa who looked away with a guilty expression.

She scruthed the back of her head. "I really had to work, I didn't even start to rerouting the river." She explained quietly and moved forward humming some tune.

"Luisa!" Pepa's scream was interrupted by lightning. "You are sick!" She tried to run after her sobrina, but Luisa already was too far away, soon her voice faded in town's noices.

"She's okay now." Dolores whispered putting her hand on mami's shoulder. "I'll listen in case it would happen again."

Camilo kept staring at place where Luisa was heading for a moment until he stretched out with a sigh, and asked. "Can I go home now?" Dolores noded, as both of them hugged their parent as goodbye. And Camilo just thought about what happened. Luisa wasn't only super strong and invulnerable, but also unable to feel temperature. Was it how she managed to carry a hot food to the table without letting her face muscles twitch? Camilo could be almost jealous to Luisa with all the abilities that she got. But... After seeing how she convulsed on the ground... He prefered to know when it's too hot without passing out.

Camilo never realized that he stopped feeling so hot when he shapeshifted to carry Luisa.

[leseigneurdufeu]

Papy fait de la résistance !

I've got absolutely NO context so I'm going to have to interprete ok?

Are you asking if I know it? If I can sum it up? OK:

I know it. Papy fait de la Résistance is a french parodic war/resistance movie in which acted essentially the Troupe du Splendide (a theater kids group except they knew each other as theater kids but also went on to have cinema and theater careers, mostly in comedy, mostly in movies where they were all or many of them at once like Les Bronzés, Le Père NOël est une ordure, etc.). Brief (who am i kidding i'm unable to sum things up briefly) it starts with the father of a family of three who dies in stupid circumstances after a whole day of bad luck, except he was in the resistance. Two years later, the germans decide to take his house because they need a couple rooms to lodge a general (who not only has a name that only sounds german but is most probably czech or something, his name also sounds exactly like "sponge"). THe resistant father was living with his flamboyant wife, his mad-scientist-vibes-but-not-a-scientist father-in-law, his gay-caricature-with-collabo-undertones son and his two daughters. After his death, they took in a latin teacher to get rent and make ends meet, and he ended up getting engaged to the eldest daughter.

So when the general arrives anyway, they get the fiancé out of his room to give it to the general (despite the fiancé noting that there are other rooms in the house, a big mansion, which are empty and could be used, to which he's told back that everyone has to make sacrifices, big cliché of the resistance movie turned absurdist because of the other rooms). The grandfather procedes to loudly insult the germans (believe me he knows what he's doing, it's not like he was not as bright as in his youth or anything, he will procede to gleefully lie to the germans about menial things to wreak havoc in their orders for the rest of the movie, completely unprompted) who in retaliation put the whole family in the cellar (again, spacious because under a mansion) instead of the one-bedroom-and-one-bathroom that were confiscated.

The son of the family proceeds to say that after all the germans won so they can do whatever they want and adds that the german radio has very good songs after all (so he listens to it), which horrifies the rest of the family. Since they're all musicians, they take their piano, tuba, everything, and start playing and singing the Marseillaise, which prompts the general himself, arrived in the mean time, to arrive, compliment them for their talent because he's an art-enthusiast, ask them what the heck they're doing in the cellar since the house is full of empty rooms, and quotes Goethe to prove he likes art. The Goethe quote is identified by the son, so the general congratulates him, then leaves. THe whole family turns on the son and calls him a "dirty traitor" for knowing a bit of german/idenfiying the quote.

But plot twist! The son is actually Super-Resistant, a guy dressed like the phantom of the opera (except for the mask which is different) who terrorizes the nazis in Paris ever since his father died. To get what I'm talking about I'm going to pull some screenshots from my archives.

he looks like this... aaaaand i just realized that's my header so that might be why you sent the ask but too late I'm invested in this so I'll keep going.

Message by him found at the former general's place, which he bombed (also the guy apparently had his head against the bomb because it was against his pillow and is in better shape than the appartment so it really doesn't make any sense:)

the guy on the left is the new general, pointing to it to ask the former one "what the heck is this". It translates as "bon voyage fat ass (signed) super-resistant".

Anyway the son goes back home via a secret passage between the mansion and the Louvres (I think? or maybe another museum) and sneaks on the general (who obviously uses the room in which the passage arrives).

The mother, the eldest daughter and the fiancé go to the Kommandantur (administrative place where the germans govern the location and around, and where they take complaints if need be) to complain that they were put in the cellar (which... again, absurd, because the general offered them to get the rest of the house back because his soldiers were stupid to put them in the cellar, and they refused) and there they see an english (scottish?) soldier, wounded and prisonner, who is obviously left unattended for a good five minutes during which they pass him a weapon. He uses it to kill the collabo (used that word twice already, if you don't know what is it's a french guy who collaborates with the occupation forces) who was trying to get the family to denounce any jews they would know (other big cliché as far as i know) and they all run away, except he's shot in the leg and they split up, the family bringing him back home (re: in a house full of german soldiers) and the fiancé forced by the eldest daughter to go find him so medicine. He manages to be made a prisonner by the germans because of some dumb mistake/altercation and is about to be shot, along with other guys including a resistant, when Super Resistant arrives and saves them before trying to make a fundraising for the resistance (hence the Croix-de-Lorrained metal pots on the picture) but everyone dodges the collect and tries to flee which... i mean, is logical. The fiancé starts pestering the other resistant to join the resistance and the other resistant ends up telling him about a secret reunion when the fiancé tells him about the british aviator in his cellar.

In the mean time, waiting for the fiancé to come back with the medicines, the family is operating the british guy, the grandfather having been a military doctor during the first world war. The gestapo arrives at that moment, led by Mr Adolfo Ramirez, who used to do oddjobs at the Opera de Paris and who was at odds with the family because of a mix of inferiority complex and political disagreement. Ramirez starts insulting the family while the british guy is trapped head-down in a wardrobe, then as the german general arrives in his back, Ramirez doesn't see who is arriving and tells him to shut up, calls him a gay slur and threatens him then asks his name and the guy is like "sponge. general sponge." anyway shenanigans ensue.

Half of the family and the british guy go to the secret reunion that the fiancé was told about, it's in a brothel (which is alas the reason the movie is PG rated or should be) but the fiancé sees Super Resistant entering the brothel for the reunion and thinks there's a masquerade ball inside, so he disguises himself as hitler before entering and stumbling upon a bunch of german soldiers having a good time. Awkwardness ensues.

The secret reunion is upstairs where Super Resistant and a british envoy conclude an alliance, but Ramirez arrives, starts shooting blindly, someone shoots him back, he is then arrested by german soldiers for starting a shootout (the resistants ran away safely) despite being part of the Gestapo himself. Super Resistant and the others steal the car the family had come in, and see inside it the aviator and the younger daughter in a passionate make out session, which infuriates Super Resistant (which, remember, is the son of the family) who starts calling the british names and loses control of the car to bash him over the head. The alliance is moot. It lasted like 5 minutes.

In the mean time, the eldest daughter and general squarepants (er... Sponge) start a romance because after all he's not that bad and he doesn't want war etc. At that moment the general receives the news that Hitler's hidden twin brother (or was it half-brother?), field marshal von Apfelstrüdel (german for... Apple Pie) is about to go visit Paris and they want to organize a party for him because with how Super Resistant is messing things up, a party is the only way to save themselves from prison/destitution.

Turns out Apfelstrüdel hates parties, and the only way Sponge can save the night is to have the family sing and play, because Apfelstrüdel has nothing against opera. The family refuses because the reason they needed the fiancé to pay rent in the first place was because they refused to sing in front of nazis, but Ramirez finds the secret passage in the house and Sponge blackmails them with that (although they had no idea there was a passage, also they don't know where the son has gone). THe fiancé gets a bomb by the resistant he met when they were almost shot and places it under the table but Apfelstrüdel invites the family to eat with him, which prompts the fiancé to go under the table to try and deactivate it. He only manages to break the table in... a suspicious way let's say.

and is arrested, but not before Apfelstrüdel had a whole musical number about how the mother of the family looks a lot like this girl he knew in Germany (who he makes a very unflattering description of) and sings with an awfully inaccurate german accent "Je n'ai pas changé" (I didn't change, literally) which was a popular pop song at the time the film was released.

Anyway the fiancé is arrested. The general tries to take his defense but is arrested too. Ramirez gives Apfelstrüdel an earful about how he, Ramirez, is the only real nazi in Paris and is arrested too because why not.

At that moment Super Resistant arrives, slides down a banner with a dagger and sends a sword to Apfelstrüdel to do this mano a mano. The more I write about this movie the more I have to check the dvd on my shelves because it feels more like a fever dream than a real movie but alas.

Anyway they take Applepie hostage and steal a tank before riding into the sunset. Then twist! What we saw was actually a movie inspired from real events that the protagonists were watching in this french emission in which people who participated in the movie comment on it during the second part of the night.

The journalist (the same who did the emission in real life) starts the emission by introducing everyone: we've got the fiancé who became minister after the war, we've got Adolfo Ramirez Jr, who came back from Bolivia especially to participate to the emission, we've got Sponge and the older daughter who are now married, and we've got the brother/son/super resistant who looks more stereotypically gay than he ever did at the beginning of the movie.

Chaos enfurls as the minister tries to monopolize the conversation, the brother denies having ever been Super Resistant, and Adolfo ramirez jr (played by the same as AR Sr) not only pretends his father was never a nazi (ARJr: "my father was never a nazi! He was actually a double agent! He had wormed the gestapo to fight them from the inside!" / the minister: "Mr Ramirez if your father was a double agent then I'm working for the KGB" / ARJr: "well I've got no proof you don't!") but also starts digging up dirt about everyone. He pretends the couple consumed their marriage way before the wedding (the details he gives pinpoints the "consumation" to a part of the movie where his "father" intruded on the couple kissing), that the minister embezzled millions, and that Super Resistant killed his best friend because he was sleeping with the youngest daughter. The couples leaves, outraged, and the other two start beating Ramirez up on air while the journalist concludes the emission alone.

So anyway hey that's my "brief" summary of Papy fait de la Résistance (Grandpa is in the resistance, lit.) which I can't encourage y'all to go watch if you can, if you speak french, and if you're more than 15 because there are a few scenes (mainly in the brothel) which contain nudity.

[destinyschaosdreamer]

In regards to SB: Infraction So, next chapter will be up shortly. I just wanted to pop in here with a few fairly important notes to clear some things up since some of this will be probably wildly confusing esp after going over the next couple chapters. I like doing big reveals but it's gonna take a while to get to all of them so here's so basics to note. There's also quite a bit of hint dropping throughout. This is a wild ride of emotions. There's a lot of humor but also drama, horror, and suspense. I don't plan to make it nearly as dark or violent as some of my other works but there's a least one chapter in the next part that gets really really deep and violent but can be skipped if needed. You'll probably guess what it is if you haven't already.

This series will be a set of 3 in the following order:

1) First/current is like a set-up teaser mini movie setting up the series. This series is told from mostly Cassie's POV, who as you can tell is WILDLY confused atm. So you get to share the ride with her. That means a lot of things will probably make no sense including characters not introduced or even revealed. (Like what exactly is MXES? How and why are there ghosts running around the closed down pizza plex?) Some will be mentioned and never appear. This will probably be fairly short chapter wise. In fact depending on what they entail and how much detail I want to go into, it's only a few more to go. Don't worry, we're getting into some suspense and action in the next one or two.

2) This is the heart of my story. It's likely going to the prequel told as a story. It's already mapped out just needs written. This is from GGY Era up until sometime before RUIN. It's detailed and includes a lot, including the all staff meeting (which is going to be a doozy). Spoiler: that event is what kicks off my version of SB. This is kinda like a main movie. And most (if not all) questions revealed.

3) Followup after the main story is told will be like a tv series. No set plans but revolves around dealing with the fallout of the main "movie" and Cassie's involvement, especially with her dad.

There are a lot of characters involved but all have reasons and most won't appear or be revealed until the second part. As of now I have no plans for romantic relationships. Mostly just really good close friends. That is subject to change and feel free to share your thoughts. As of now I kinda view them more as acting like siblings with poor Freddy Daddy and Momma Roxy trying their best to manage their large rowdy brood. (And keep them from killing each other.)

Cassie's dad will play a decent role (if you couldn't already tell) and is named Jeremiah Fitzgerald. He is the "Bonnie bully" and Mike's best childhood friend. He is also "Jeremy" of all FNAF incidents except MCI. His brother is the jeremy from MCI, and long story short, Mike isn't the only one jumping place to place with pseudonyms to bring the place down. He's not dead (at least up until SB) or crazy old for....reasons.

Glitchtrap and Burntrap are both the Mimic. He uses Afton's corpse as physical body and has his memories/thoughts/etc, but is NOT him. Will Afton show up? Well, we'll see ^_^ The Mimic endo was sealed away before RUIN. So like 2 parts of a whole. There are also different branches/minions of the Mimic that are used in AI such as Helpy, video games/characters and more. Each of them have their own controlled programs and endos. This will be more relevant in the third work. They also aren't the only big bads though as I'm going on a twist with evil corporations idea. But it all ties in together I swear.

Gregory is a menace. This isn't the the cutesy innocent little victim story. He's a victim but under different circumstances and he and Mike basically HATE each other. Maybe Cassidy also. He's also very protective of ppl he cares about (esp Cassie, Vanessa, and Freddy) and has jealousy/possessiveness issues and sees outsiders as threats. He's not evil or villian by heart but he's not an innocent sweet kid either. He was basically an influenced/possessed "apprentice" while Vanessa was the controlled assistant very aware of everything going on unless she was "locked away". Dr Rabbit/Rab is an entire personality while Vanny was basically a costume. But Gregory himself is an absolute blast to write!

Anyways feel free to ask any questions. ^_^ And here's a few snippets from our favorite crew:

Mike: This is all because of that damn little heathen I'm telling you.

Roxy: Yes. That menace.

Freddy: Michael, please watch your language. I assure you, Gregory is merely trying to-

Gregory: Yeah? Well I'm not the one who had to go fu-

Freddy: GREGORY!

Gregory: -shrugs- It's true. Nessa, go tell your stupid boyfriend how he messed up this time.

Nessa:  Ugh, he's not my boyfriend. Why do you keep saying that?

Gregory: Because you're the one he always talks to.

Mike: Exactly. Cause you're just a little whiny brat no one has time or patience to deal with.

Gregory: Interloper. No one ever wanted you here.

Mike: Little shithead.

Nessa: MICHAEL!

Cassidy: Can I just say I could really use my sword back?

Nessa/Mike/Gregory/MXES: NO!

Cassidy: -pouts- No one ever lets me have any fun anymore....

Cassie: I love these guys.

[tekutiger]

FFXIV Patch 6.51 !!

Good Gods a lot has been happening. I finally have a moment to stop and post something 😅

I've been tending to my own personal island, traversing a new island, braving a crazy new event that Manderville added to the Gold Saucer with these hyperactive beans?

I'll be posting a lot of screenies below, some potentially spoiler-y so... unfold the cut if you're interested.

(I'm more or less posting these for sentimental/archival purposes but) Fall Guys Event!

Very anxiety inducing at first but once I got the hang of it, not so much, and rather fun 😎. Ngl though, I did stop queueing after getting all the glamour and pets I wanted, and reaching one win 👑

I need to hop back in for a couple more things but my router is literally dying and I'm waiting for my ISP to come out to fix the issue first. A lot of people, including myself, are learning from this event that the snapshotting sucks. So, I'd really prefer to have my net fixed before attempting to queue more.

Oh!! Something I wanted to throw out there for people who don't want to run this a whole lot but want to put the Fall Guys furniture to use. If you just buy ONE piece of each thing, you can place multiple of that furniture item on your island. Go crazy and make a "fun space". I've been considering doing it, lol. Just food for thought 😋

Island Sanctuary!

I'm not even remotely done here yet. I've hit Rank 20, got the Felicitous Furball glamour, and the 100k crowrie mount/bike, but there's a 200 Felicitous Voucher mount that is going to take agesssss to acquire. I've seen some people with it already. Likely bought the vouchers off the MB or traded with friends. The going rate for those vouchers on my server is 90k-95k each (atm). Buying all 200 of them would make the mount 19m (currently). I'll be patient and slowly earn them, lol 😋

Aloalo Island!

Okay, I'll just be transparent here. I love the Variant Dungeons 🥰. Maybe Zenos wasn't wrong when he was blabbing on about how I'm an adventurer looking for a challenge, or a test of skill. I feel like Variant Dungeons do that decently enough to keep me in a good place (don't get rusty), but don't push me too much to be annoyed (*cough*fliptables*cough*). I'm not a raider- I'm not OP. But I do like a little push or a challenge here and there.

So, for me, I see these as fun, with rewards that are worth the time and effort.

I cannot say the same for the Criterion version of them however. I haven't done them and I see a lot of people raging over the terrible rewards. If it's that many people, it's worth looking into and from what I have heard, they're right to be upset.

If you need raid gear to do Variant Dungeon and the reward gear is under or on par with the raid gear that's needed to do it- that's a huge no. I don't have all the facts or experience to know first hand how true that is though 🤷🏻‍♀️

Posting these 👆🏻 because this is my favorite path. I've always loved mimics and had this slight obsession with them since I played Ragnarok Online many years ago (my first MMO ever).

Silly little treasure chests, you're so evil and cute 💝

(Coulda sworn I got a screenie with the parasol but I cannot find it 🙃. Same with the new hair on my female bun... might edit it in later but probably not.)

Edit: (I'm editing one in at least 🙃)

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World of Warcraft: Retail (The War Within, Worldsoul Saga)

So, totally unrelated to FFXIV, but also related in a way... my BFF's BF talked her into playing WoW again, and she talked me into playing WoW again, lol (with the help of the cinematic). It's been FOUR years since I've played.

The reason I say it's "related in a way" is because I want to still play FFXIV at the same time and upkeep my FFXIV 'muscle memory'. I started doing the Loporrit Dailies recently - need to continue doing that. I still need to hit Series Level 25 in PvP - so I'll continue doing those daily. I need to continue getting my Island Sanctuary Felicitous Vouchers. And lastly, I began doing the weekly Custom Deliveries for Anden and Margrat. I intend to finish those for the Glamour and Mount. (It boggles my mind how people can say "I'm bored" in FFXIV. There's SO MUCH to do, always. Just admit that you're not bored, you're lazy 😑.)

If the muscle memory thing doesn't make sense, here's an example: It's when you drop/neglect one game for so long (let's call it Game A) to start playing another (Game B), that you completely forget the controls or lose the reflexes you once had for Game A, because you're too consumed living in Game B. I do not want that.

Just thinking about returning to WoW, I feel a bit overwhelmed. All of us used to play Horde for the majority of our gametime (my BFF and her BF, & some of my other friends who've quit). But before I quit, I was trying to make the permanent swap to Alliance (played Alliance for about a year). She's still playing Horde with her BF so I won't be playing with her unless I continue to play Horde. I'll need to find an Alliance server. It'll be cool if I can find a guild that has people who play both WoW & FFXIV. I need to look up which addons I'll need. I fear for all the crap I left in my inventory LOL.

But mainly. When I saw that new cinematic with Thrall and Anduin my heart broke. Anduin has gone through so much trauma in the time I have been away. All I could think about was "Wtf did they do to my King?" And now I feel like I'm crawling my way back and I'm over my head on how to do it. I need to know what happened to him.

(In BfA,) Azeroth turned into a joke and I was isekai'd away Anduin, I'm so sorry 😭. I'll bring some of the light back with me and give it to you, from Eorzea 💖

(FFXIV x WoW collab, when?)

[cherishedproperty]

Helloo I saw your answer to that anon ask earlier today talking about munches, and I was wondering if you could share your experience going to events, please? Just what kind of things you usually do, how it was the first times you went, especially if didn't know anyone yet? I'm thinking about attending local munches, but as someone with social anxiety just the thought of going can be overwhelming, but I thought if I knew a little more about them maybe I wouldn't feel so nervous :) Also any advice for joining fetlife? Please and thank you 💕

I’m actually going to start with the second question, on advice for joining Fet. There’s a lot to say here, from personal safety to finding events to meaningful interaction. I’m not going into all of it, but I’ll try to hit some highlights across the board. Also a caveat that my Fet experience is largely based on being a bisexual, cisgender woman in a large American city.

Fet isn’t as bad as people make it out to be. If you have a location listed (and an F by your name), you’re likely to get more men in your inbox with…unwelcome messages. But Fet does allow you to pick a fake location or not show your location except to friends. This keeps people from finding you by just searching your city and looking for the newest (young) women who’ve joined.

My #1 piece of Fet advice is to never, ever delete Fet messages. Archive them, but don’t delete. You’ll want to know if someone has messaged you before, especially if you meet them at an event. I’ve met guys at munches and then gone to check if they’ve messaged me before, only to realize they were a gross asshole previously.

Try to find some local community leaders, preferably women, who can help you make a friend group of other women in the scene. The kink community is small. One of my local female kink leaders hosts a regular munch and also play parties, but she also runs a chat group of local women. And she (+ the other ladies) have helped me to vet potential partners and learn who to avoid.

Fet isn’t really a dating site, but a lot of people (mostly men) use it as such. They think everyone is there for quick, easy sex. Again, this is where the archive button comes in handy.

As for events, you’ll typically find four kinds of events on Fet:

Munches/happy hours—These are clothes-on, vanilla events in public locations for the purposes of getting to know each other. While they are occasionally at private homes, I would not trust that unless you know the hosts and guests pretty well. More on munches below.

Educational events—These are often hosted at local kink clubs but may be at a private home. They might be on a topic like rope bondage and will have an instructor and time to practice the skill. These events are more likely to be clothed (or at least not fully naked), since they are educational.

Club events—These are kink/play events at a club, typically where you have to be a member. While there are going to be more people there, they also typically have dungeon monitors who make sure that all scenes remain consensual and are done as negotiated. These places may feel more public. But they can also be good places to try something for the first time, especially if it requires a skilled top (e.g., electro play).

Private play parties—These are kink/play events hosted at private homes. While it can be more intimate, especially if you know people, there’s also more risk dependent on who the host is. We have a nightmare host in my local area who does nothing about repeated consent violations, because he only cares about the money he makes off entry fees. But I also have a couple close friends who host great parties that are safe and fun.

Back to munches/happy hours and what to expect. I’ve been to a number of munches in my city. Here are a few things to know:

Typically, they are hosted at a restaurant or bar. Sometimes they are sit-down, dinner style events, and sometimes it’s more of a stand-and-mingle situation. There are even a few that are more activity-focused (seeing a movie with socializing after, athletic groups, karaoke). But the restaurant/bar ones are the most common in my area.

Mostly people just stand around and talk. Sometimes kink topics come up, but mostly it’s normal life stuff. What kinds of hobbies you have, have you seen the latest movie, etc.

Every munch I’ve attended has had a group of regulars, but they’ve also been very welcoming to new folks. Sometimes there are name tags, sometimes not. The host will typically introduce you around to regulars, if you ask. But people are generally super friendly.

Some folks use these events to find partners. But in my experience, most folks respect the unwritten rule that you don’t ask someone out at the event. You wait until after you leave and then message them on Fet. That’s how I met my partner. :) There are also folks who will use a munch as a first meeting place for a potential partner. Some of my friends refuse to go out with anyone who doesn’t or won’t attend munches.

My first munch was a lunch munch in my area, which I figured was pretty low commitment. I met a great group of folks with a lot of lifestyle experience. They recommended other munches that are good to go to, as well as various education/kink events. One of the women I met there added me to a chat group for local women, many of whom are still good friends six years later. This was my window into a whole support system of people who have helped me through a lot of life challenges and have kept me safe and informed as I got to know the local community. Honestly, I can’t say enough positive things about munches. I can’t vouch for your local area, but my experience here has been pretty good.

So basically my take is, you’re going to be fine! It will be fun. And you’ll meet people who show you the joy in kink, as well as how the kink scene is really just full of a lot of normal people. :) Folks, please feel free to share your own Fet advice or munch experiences!