#also to add that i don’t think having a color preference should be a red flag on a puppy buyer

[plaguepups]

potentially unpopular opinion but i don’t care if someone is breeding off standard colors as long as they are doing it ethically

[try02line]

Alright- i finally came around and made a lil fanart of the Wittebane brothers with the design of @angstyhikka in her clean page AU! I absolutely ADORE their and and will surely try make some other fanart as soon as I have some free time.

Now, smol disclaimer and apology, I did take this as an opportunity to experiment a bit with a new brush- the thing is, her artstyle is SO dynamic and visually interesting to look at, and it sort of inspired me a lot and made me want to try something new! I should have probably made some study and surely more practice rather than jumping right into this- but oh well, it is what it is-

Although the final result is a bit odd in some points, I do consider myself overall satisfied with the result. In particular with their faces and eyes! I think they look SO pretty, i would suggest you all to zoom on them bcs the texture really makes them- idk, it makes me feel as if they have a soul? If that makes sense?

I also made a version without lineart- i personally prefer it with my classic lineart as I feel it makes everything more cohesive and considering I am not an expert in doing sharp/soft edges to define forms, it helps a lot, but let me know what you think!

I also did struggle a bit with Caleb, I don’t think I usually draw … oldish people? Mature people? Something I definitely have to work on- ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, i think Philip looks adorable and his hair flows in a very nice way!

Here at the end I will also add a quick version I made with my usual flat colors just for comparison!

Not sure if I will continue experimenting with this particular brush, but It was very interesting and I really hope you can enjoy the result!

(Also not sure if is intentional, but I find it fascinating how their color palettes are inverted? Maybe is a me thing, but I always associate Philip with red due his childhood outfit and Caleb with blue due his jacket, so see them switched is very cute! But maybe that is just me-)

ANYWAY hope you all have a lovely day!!!!!!!! 🦊

[1moreff-creator]

DRDT Characters’ Quirks and Roles (BNHA AU)

I made a typo one time calling Hope’s Peak “UA”, so now I have to course correct. In other words, here’s the quirks (essentially superpowers for the uninformed) I think the DRDT cast would have if they were in BNHA, and what roles they would play in the story! Well, this was originally just going to be quirks, but I got carried away and now I have a whole AU. How did this happen.

Get ready for somewhat clear favoritism, especially 1-B supremacy.

Btw, I know DRDT characters are older than high schoolers, but I’m still making them first years so they can fit better in the narrative. And pretend hero course classes have a different number of students allowed. Oh, and I will use first names for DRDT characters and last names for BNHA characters, don’t @ me.

(This is way longer than it should be)

Xander: Rebel Heart

(He can’t stand to do nothing)

Whenever he perceives something he deems an injustice, his eye(s) begins glowing and his strength grows exponentially! Over time, he’s learnt to activate it on command by simply remembering injustices he’s seen. (Credit to @accirax for the idea! Tagging them 'cause they said they wanted to read this if I ever made it)

However, if he loses his temper too much, his body will begin using hysteric strength, which can damage his muscles and bones. Not to the extent of Midoriya, but still pretty bad.

UA Hero Course student, class 1-A. He did not like the stunt Aizawa pulled in the quirk apprehension test. Keep away from Bakugo at all costs. He constantly clashes with people like Iida and Yaoyorozu on ideals, and loves to argue. His enthusiasm does draw in people like Kirishima, Ashido, etc. He's essentially an honorary member of the Bakusquad, but Bakugo and him avoid each other a bit too much for Xander to truly be a member.

He originally joined UA just to ‘fight the bad guys’ and save people, but quickly gets convinced the Hero System is in desperate need for reform, and wants to revolutionize it from within. Over the course of the year(s), he adds people to his cause to completely overhaul the system.

Hero name: Revolution

(Thus starts the trend of me being bad at names)

Charles: Atomic Rearrangement

(Weakness is to be conquered, not ignored)

By touching an object, he can remove electrons, protons and neutrons from its atoms to change its chemical makeup, as well as rearrange the object’s molecular structure! He can later use the removed particles to create small electric shocks, or add them to another object and change its chemical makeup.

(I don’t think that’s how this would work, but pretend with me)

Common tricks include creating carbon-only weapons from the oxygen in the air, though he prefers creating carbon alloys with oxygen and stuff from his hero costume; reducing oxygen to hydrogen and blowing it up with a shock, a la Bakugo (he has to be careful, since he doesn’t have as much blast resistance as the other); vaporizing walls, weapons and armor by reducing their components to noble gasses; among others.

However, his quirk takes a toll on his mind, simply due to the effort of keeping track of the sheer number of particles he manipulates. He can generally fight without much focus, but he gets sloppy after too much use and can even lose the ability to speak for a while. He has lapses in memory when he really overdoes it. It’s a bit like Kaminari, but toned way down, and also, he resents the comparison.

UA Hero Course student, class 1-A. He began with an elitist attitude, only considering a few of his classmates to have have truly heroic quirks. He’s quickly humbled as his hemophobia becomes a problem since the very first time Midoriya uses his quirk. He has to work hard to be able to fight when blood’s involved, but he learns quickly. He gets better over time, in part thanks to his hero costume’s goggles blocking out the red color of blood to help him, but he still prefers his fights as bloodless as possible.

He ends up becoming quite well-liked after that bad first impression. Kaminari and Ashido constantly bother and prank him, but he's still first choice when they struggle with Chemistry. Todoroki and him enjoy just sorta existing near each other. Yaoyorozu and him regularly talk about chemicals no one but them even knows how to pronounce.

1-B and 1-A have a much closer relation in this AU (you'll see why), but the amount of time Charles spends with 1-B is still surprising. Until you realize Whit is in 1-B, and then it makes more sense.

Hero Name: Elemental

(I swear these get better)

Ace: Cavalry

(An unsure jockey will always move forward, but it will be the horse who chooses the path)

(Disclaimer: I know nothing about jockeying)

If he puts his legs over any object, in the same way one would put their legs over a horse, the object will begin flying forwards or backwards (he chooses) at great speeds, like a horse! Or, perhaps more accurately, a witch’s broom. Ace prefers horses for the explanation because as scary as they are, they’re less scary than witches.

His main trick involves jumping and bending his knees, which will trick his quirk into activating on his pants. As soon as he does, his speed will instantly increase to that of a good horse’s top speed, but given enough space to accelerate, he can even rival Hawks. This allows him to quickly and erratically reposition himself in battle, and kicking while flying at these speeds is his most usual form of attack. This leads to an extremely unorthodox, yet weirdly effective fighting style, where Ace constantly swings back and forth in the battlefield, kicking like a wild horse.

(I am not good at coming up with quirks)

UA Hero Course student, class 1-B. But you think he wants to be a hero? Fuck no! That’s scary! But it’s what everyone told him he’d be good at, and he doesn’t want to disappoint them. He hates fighting and especially practicing, which is what makes his actual ability so strange.

He’s really good at both fighting and rescue, despite never wanting to practice for either. He even managed to grab everyone’s headbands during the cavalry battle of the first year Sports Fest, and kept them until the end! That one was awkward. The organizers had to make a tie-breaker game on the fly; 5 people from class A made it through, alongside Shinso, and the rest of the final 16 was all class 1-B, since Ace’s group was just people from his class.

The Common Sense Kings constantly bother him, he's fun to prank. Regularly receives Kendo neck chops. Monoma doesn't like Ace's quirk all that much, and Ace takes that as a point of pride. He will get punched by Kamakiri one day.

Deathly terrified by Pony Tsunotori.

Hero Name: Blowout

(I swear that's a real jockeying term)

Arei: Bowling Queen

(Because that’s what heroes do)

When she touches any object below a certain weight limit with her left hand, she can change its shape to match the size and shape of a bowling ball. She can additionally throw this ball with extreme strength and precision. Doesn’t work on things in direct contact with a person (read: clothes). She carries small marbles on her hero costume to expand into a bowling ball size and destroy her enemies. No real drawback, her arm just gets tired from throwing too much shit.

UA Hero Course student, class 1-B. She goes through a similar arc as she does in the killing game, but with Kendo comforting her instead of David when she breaks down at Eden’s niceness. She does actually get the chance to make it up to her, and she promises to buy support gear from her and only her for as long as she’s a hero. It’s the best support gear out there anyways (according to Arei, at least), so if anyone has any problems with it, they can eat a bowling ball.

Apart from that, she gets along with class B once she becomes nicer. Tokage and her in particular are a menace together. They also occassionally go bowling as a class, and she destroys everyone.

Hero Name: Strikeout

(I hope I’m not fucking up the bowling terminology and this isn’t bad. It just sounds better than ‘striker’ or something)

Rose: Photographic Memory

(An eye for details)

She can perfectly remember everything she’s ever seen, down to the most minute detail, and notice even extremely minor shifts in how things look!

UA Support Course student, class 1-H. She is the early warning system for Hatsume’s explosions (when she’s paying attention, anyways), since she can spot any malfunctions pretty much instantly. Her quirk incidentally allows her to perfectly visualize the things she wants to make, and her artistic abilities let her make incredible sketches. Only issue is she’s a bit of a perfectionist, and absentminded as always, but she’s one of the best students in the Support Course first year.

Eden's her friend, and usually drags her along to talk to the Hero Course. Rose likes hanging out with them, but is usually exhausted after spending too much time there. Rose, Todoroki and Kodai understand each other on a fundamental level, no need to speak.

Support Codename: Photographic Forger

(Get it? Forging like metal and copying art? What? What do you mean support codenames aren’t a thing?)

Hu: Metamorphosis

(Yearning for change; let the future always be brighter than the past)

At will, she can transform parts of her body into those of a giant butterfly. However, she becomes extremely tired if she uses the quirk too much.

+She can manifest large butterfly wings made of pure energy (they go through clothes because I said so). By default, they're neon green, but she can change their color at will, which can be useful for visual communication, among other applications. She can fly with these wings, and with training, she can choose to either fly straight and effectively, or fly with the erratic turbulence butterflies usually do, to make her movements harder to predict.

+She can manifest an extra set of arms under her standard two. These are also made of energy and can go through clothes (can you tell I have a grudge on certain women's quirks), but they always have a neon green outline and are see-through. Obviously useful.

+She can manifest compound eyes over her regular ones, though it's advised she closes her human baseline eyes before doing so. This grants her a 360ª field of vision, and the ability to see UV light.

+She can manifest antennae, granting her extra sensory abilities, mainly in smell and the ability to feel nearby disturbances in the air.

UA Hero Course student, class 1-A. She gets on extremely well with Yaoyorozu, Shoji, Tokoyami, and basically anyone else in that class who doesn’t shout all the time (so like three people), but she’s nice to everyone for the most part. Zither playing is a hobby, but she's obviously extremely good at it, and thus she was part of the Culture Festival band.

Hero Name: Lepidoptera

(I know that’s boring, but it sounds cool)

Eden: Clockwork

(Take your time; you will hear the clock chime again)

She can alter the flow of time on any inanimate object she touches, but only one object can be affected at a time! This effectively means she can slow down or speed up anything. However, whatever effect she applies, the opposite applies to her: she slows down when she speeds something up, and speeds up when she slows something down. She can’t fully reverse time. The gears in her eyes turn when she uses her quirk.

She typically uses Clockwork to test out support gear, slowing them down to observe how they work and what issues they may have, or speeding them up to see how they react to prolonged use.

UA Support Course student, class 1-H. Hatsume worries her sometimes, but they have a ‘blast’ (or several) designing support items together! Their energy cannot be contained when they’re in the mood. Eden establishes a great relationship with Arei after a tumultuous start, but she also gets along well with several Hero Course first years and of course Rose and Levi.

Support Codename: Hourglass

Nico: Mammalian Encyclopedia

(In the end, we are naught but animals)

They can change parts of their body (but never their entire body) to match any mammal they’re aware of! Well, except other primates for some reason. However, their mental faculties and instincts change to more closely match those of the species they transform into, so it’s generally recommended they stick to highly intelligent and non-aggressive species. Their favorites are felines of any kind, however. Also, they get permanent cat ears and whiskers, even if they completely change their head to match another animal.

Their main weapon is using bear paws and jaguar teeth; you sort of don’t need much more than that usually, and those two are intelligent enough to where Nico can suppress predatory instincts from the jaguar. However, their repertoire is immense; horses for kicks, lynx for vision, bats for echolocation and flight, cheetahs for speed (though they have to be particularly careful not to destroy their energy reserves), the list goes on.

UA Hero Course student, class 1-A. They instantly got along with Koda for obvious reasons, and quite quickly got adopted into the 'quiet kid' club. Great friends with Hu, of course. In fact, she helped them figure out how to fly as a bat, since they always struggled with that. Bats aren't very smart.

They hate water, a lot, but they’re actually one of the best in sea rescues alongside Asui. The orca may just be their best transformation, even though since they can’t do full body and always end up looking more like a mermaid. Still, echolocation, strength, speed and practically unimpaired mind make them the only real threat to Asui in water exercises. They also have hippos for lower water level floods, but they’re… dumber. And way too aggressive to be viable for long.

Actually, aggressiveness is a real use. They never go too far with classmates, but they have gotten quite close to killing quite a few villains. The rumors they even tried to kill 1-B student Ace at one point don’t help them.

Sometimes gets the urge to eat Nedzu. Nedzu is slightly scared.

Hero Name: Fauna

Whit: Cupid’s Arrow

(A match made in heaven)

By kissing the air, he can choose to shoot an arrow made of energy, its tip shaped like a heart and leaving a heart shaped trail. When two arrows impact two different targets (be it objects or people), they will be attracted to one another as if pulled by a magnetic force. The effect will wear off when the targets touch, and they will be immune to Cupid’s Arrow for a few seconds after. Overuse of this quirk can lead to acute heartaches and arrhythmia, and may have permanently damaged Whit’s cardiovascular system there is nothing Whit’s classmates have to worry about, he’s perfectly fine :)

UA Hero Course student, class 1-B. One of the driving forces for the two classes being closer than in canon BNHA. They still love to bother Charles the most, but when he’s not around, Monoma, Kuroiro, Shiozaki, Ace, among others, are great targets for puns and teasing. Whit is dubbed a Common Sense King alongside Awase, Tsuburaba, Kaibara and Rin.

Whit may or may not have a cousin with a quirk which magnetizes people based on gender. This cousin may or may not have disappeared a few years before Whit got to UA. Magne from the League of Villains may or may not have had a cousin with a quirk related to shooting heart-tipped arrows by blowing kisses. The Summer Camp attack may or may not have gotten awkward when Magne and Whit met.

Hero Name: Cupid

J: Lights Show

(The brightest lights cast the darkest shadows)

She can perfectly control photons in a radius around her! Sounds simple, but she’s essentially a walking flash-bang, smoke screen, flare system, etc. However, she mostly fights by concentrating light at her fingertips and launching lasers intense enough to create small explosions where they strike; and perhaps even more impressively, by manipulating photons to act as particles for long enough to work as solid matter. Weapons of pure light are one thing, but her mobility and defense thanks to light platforms and shields is impressive.

UA Hero Course Recommendation student, class 1-A (they get three recommendation students per class because I said so). She was recommended by her mom, pro hero Mariabella Rosales, but she hides this from her classmates as long as possible. Yaoyorozu and Todoroki knew, but didn’t say anything until the Sports Festival, where her true name was called out in front of everyone, and all eyes where on her.

Despite her quirk and lineage, she actually wants to go underground. She likes Aizawa pretty much instantly, even after the quirk apprehension fiasco. The same way canon J doesn’t like egocentric actors, BNHA AU J hates flashy heroes. She even has a grudge against All Might, though it slowly goes away as she spends more time around him. Her and Todoroki get along from shared Endeavor hate, though.

She is one of the people most on board with Xander’s idea of revolution of the system, since she’s seen the flaws firsthand. Lots of political drama ends up having her orbiting around, but always just out of the public eye.

Hero Name: J

(She doesn’t see a point of making it more complicated than that, since she’ll be underground and all that)

Veronika: Living Nightmare

(But is it selfish to have fun?)

She can cause people in a certain, mid-range radius around her to hallucinate vividly. Auditory hallucinations are the least energy consuming for her to do, but visual and olfactory aren’t exactly difficult either. Her eyes swirl wildly as she uses her quirk (think trial 1 Komaeda reveal), and her vision even becomes blurry if she puts in a lot of effort at once.

If she doesn’t concentrate, the hallucinations default to horrifying effects such as harsh whispers, large shadows, monsters, bright eyes, darkness, blood, death, etc. If she actually tries, she can fine tune them to be extremely effective. Sounds of opponent teammates shouting for help, “cloning” herself to confuse her opponent, temporarily blinding them with quick flashes of nothing but black, not to mention what she can do if she learns any trauma her opponent may have.

When her quirk awakens, she can even induce tactile hallucinations, though they take much, much more effort than the others. However, it’s worth it; she can make her opponents hallucinate being burned alive, frozen to death, electrocuted, stabbed, all of which they could actually feel. Fighting Veronika becomes nearly impossible without inhuman pain tolerance or a quirk to help resist her tactile hallucinations.

Overuse causes migraines first, but quickly causes her eyes to bleed and for her to cough up blood. Veronika has ridiculously high pain tolerance in this universe, though, so she can fight effectively even while in excruciating pain. But her quirk has… another drawback.

You see, her quirk causes her to hallucinate as well, if she doesn’t use it for a while. This gets especially bad when she’s bored. She despises boredom so much, her body instinctively gives itself horrible hallucinations just to entertain itself. But, these hallucinations can be so vivid, Veronika can act irrationally when afflicted by them.

Had she gotten help early in her life, she really could have lived normally. Her hallucinations would have been manageable, and she may have been just another horror-obsessed girl.

The problem is, she didn’t get the help she needed. Mental health protection systems in the BNHA universe are notoriously lacking. So… you know Toga’s backstory? That the lack of systemic support for her led her to lose control and murder a classmate? Veronika ended up doing something similar to her, if not worse. I’ll let you imagine the details.

The point is, after she broke definitively, society certainly wouldn’t accept her back, so she ran away and became and outcast… until she found Stain’s ideals interesting.

Yep! In this AU, Veronika ends up as a member of the League of Villains! Not because of her condition, mind you, but because it wasn’t treated properly. You didn’t think all these people would be on the heroes’ side, did you?

Well, if you were worried about Veronika’s quirk being overpowered, there’s your explanation. LoV members tend to get stronger quirks to balance out their lower numbers.

Besties with Toga and Twice, naturally. They bond over the systemic failures which led them to where they are. Toga... realistically may end up developing a crush once she sees Veronika crying and coughing blood after using her quirk. It may be reciprocated.

She always analyses the League’s trauma, as expected, and it seriously pisses Dabi off. Although he’s lowkey scared she’s eventually going to find out his identity. She receives the most disintegration threats from Shigaraki, and she wears that as a badge of honor. Spinner is scared of her. Guess who forces the League to watch horror movie marathons?

She had never intentionally killed before joining the League, which causes her to hesitate with it in her first few missions. But after the Meta Liberation arc, when her quirk awakens, she gets rid of the hesitation. Keep in mind, she's much stronger than she looks. She also briefly joined the Haissaikai when Toga and Twice were sent there too, which made the raid a lot more horrifying than it originally was.

Hero Villain Name: Phobia

David: Starry-Eyed

(A beacon of hope)

His pupils turn into stars when he smiles. :)

UA General Education student, class 1-C. He’s the most famous person in the class, as he still creates his motivational speeches in this universe. After all, his quirk is pretty inoffensive, all things considered. Teruko doesn’t like him, and Shinso thinks there’s something off about him as well, but everyone else in his class adores him.

Although he didn’t make it past the race in the Sports Festival, it did make the Hero Course notice him, and a few of the students there, such as Xander, recognized him. He hangs out with the Hero Course a lot after that, and they love him there. Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, Kaminari, Midoriya, Hagakure, Fukidashi, Shoda, and more; all big fans of his speeches.

Overall, he just lives a pretty standard life.

Hero Name: N/A

…

But you don’t really believe all that, do you?

David: Starstruck

(An abyss of despair)

His pupils turn into stars when he smiles. If someone looks him in the eyes while his quirk is active, they will believe anything he says with absolutely no question, as long as it doesn’t contradict their core beliefs too much. Admittedly, that limitation is so vague, not even David has any idea where the limit actually is, but he works around it. The afflicted person must be using both their eyes when looking at David’s for the quirk to work, but Starstruck can even fool other quirks such as Lie Detector. (Credit to @accirax for the idea!)

The reason his quirk is officially listed under ‘Starry-eyed’ is that he fooled the quirk registry people into thinking his quirk really was nothing more than his pupils turning into stars. He originally did it so people wouldn’t be scared of him, but now it’s a good way to cover his… less than legal practices.

Key member of the Meta Liberation Army, later Paranormal Liberation Front. He plays a similar role to Trumpet, an important public figure who secretly helps the MLA. Officially, he helps because he wants people to reach their “full potential”, motivational speaker and all that. His real motivations are unknown, but some speculate he simply wants to be as famous and appreciated as possible, and to do that he needs to be able to reveal what his quirk really is without much backlash, thus he needs Meta Liberation. So he just wants people's love.

(Please, it's so hard to figure out David's motivations-)

He was not present during the MLA-LoV war, however, as his position as an UA alum was deemed too important to risk just for a little bit of backup in a war the MLA was sure to win anyways. When that doesn’t happen, David tries to talk to the League members now in the PLF, but they’re never allowed to see eye to eye for some reason.

(Unbeknownst to him, All for One had been interested in his quirk since it got originally diagnosed, before he made the consultants change it. The eyeless AfO quickly realized he had no use for Starstruck, but David was deemed enough of a threat for the big bad to tell Kurogiri and Shigaraki about the quirk)

David tries to manipulate as many people as he can in Gen Ed, and is annoyed because Shinso and Teruko don't seem to be affected by Starstruck for some reason. He suspects Shinso's quirk gives him a natural resistance to brainwashing-like quirks, but he can't figure out why Teruko is unaffected.

(Turns out, it's actually Teruko's prosopagnosia fucking with the quirk)

However, his ideals are shaken by UA, more specifically, Xander. See, because Xander only has one eye, he’s immune to Starstruck, yet he still likes David. And the way he speaks of his ideals, with such unshakable conviction…

Well. Let’s say if Xander’s revolution ever needs a man in the PLF, someone might be willing to help.

MLA Codename: Megaphone

Min: A+

(Mistakes are meant to be corrected)

She can instantly spot any mistakes anyone in her sight makes, and her quirk also warns her whenever something she’s about to do is a mistake. However, for something to be considered a mistake, she must be able to properly explain why it’s a mistake, meaning she has needed to study a ridiculous amount of battle theory for her quirk to activate in any given fight. To accommodate for the overwhelming amount of information she receives at any given moment, her mind also processes information significantly faster than the average.

(Does this quirk make any sense? No? I don’t care)

As her quirk isn’t physical, she relies on more basic weapons and fighting styles. She is regretfully not allowed a gun yet (even though her quirk says it’s a mistake not to let her have it), but she does have a powerful and compact paintball gun for now. She’s surprisingly effective with it, seeing as she literally cannot miss (her quirk warns her when she would, and she adjusts). Other weapons include a taser, hyper density seals (inspired by Nighteye), grappling gun, retractable baton, and a switchblade she keeps hidden in a pen.

Don’t let her simple fighting style deceive you, though. If there is a single flaw in your strategy, she will exploit it to the maximum. If you attack her and leave a way to dodge, she will. There is no easy way to fool her or distract her, as she makes no mistakes (usually). However, forcing her into a situation where she has to make a mistake (all options are bad), she can be quickly overwhelmed and frozen in indecision.

UA Hero Course recommendation student, class 1-B. No one knows who recommended her, and she’s weirdly tight-lipped about it. Todoroki suspects it was Nedzu (no one believes him, but he may have a point). She’s one of the main reasons classes A and B have such a good relationship, as she deemed it a mistake to antagonize each other. That said, with her as a tutor, class B tends to massively outperform class A, as all their mistakes are quickly corrected.

Elected class rep originally, but she deemed it a mistake to let anyone but Kendo take the position, so Min is the vice-rep. She gets along with everyone in her class, but particularly likes to talk about dinosaurs with Tokage, philosophy with Shiozaki and Yanagi, mushrooms with Komori, literature with Shishida and Kuroiro, and especially insects with Kamakiri and Yanagi again. She’s very knowledgeable.

Min has a secret, however. Although she usually acts as if her quirk is all-knowing, that’s only because doubting her quirk is deemed a mistake… by her quirk. Because of that, most people don’t question it either. However, Min herself doubts her quirk in more complex topics such as the Hero system, and even disagrees with it at times. Her quirk is weirdly obsessed with the status quo, and Min suspects that’s where it gets a lot of things wrong.

However, publicly she never defies her quirk, which makes her clash with Xander pretty much constantly. He’s the only one who absolutely does not trust A+ on anything but the most objective facts. Min sort of admires that, even though it usually ends in Xander doing stupid things she had warned him were stupid in the first place.

(Other times, though, Min finds herself correcting the mistakes in Xander’s arguments not to prove him wrong, but to make the arguments stronger. Maybe they agree on more than they realize)

Hero Name: Straight Ace

Arturo: Perfectionist

(Imperfection isn’t ugliness; some have yet to learn this)

By closing one of his eyes, Arturo can immediately spot imperfections. His left eye spots aesthetic imperfections, his right practical imperfections. One of them is significantly more useful for combat, I’ll let you guess which one. This applies to both objects and people; with his right eye, he can spot both structural weak points in buildings and things like robots, as well as weak areas of a person’s body, quirk or fighting style. This does not require previous knowledge, which actually makes it a powerful aid for A+. Arturo finds the weaknesses, Min knows how to exploit them.

Like Min, his fighting style is quite basic, but centered around intelligence. He also carries a taser and a short-range sharp weapon on the form of a scalpel (no one but him knows why the hell he chose a scalpel), but he prefers to use long range weapons so as to not risk disfigurement in combat as much. Guns aren’t elegant enough for him, so he has a wrist mounted crossbow he uses to shoot specialized arrows, equipped with a laser pointer to shoot precisely. It seems somewhat inoffensive, until you remember he knows exactly where to shoot to make it hurt as much as possible.

(Listen, I didn’t know what to do with him, alright? This is the best I got)

UA Hero Course student, class 1-B. After all, since Min helped tone down the class rivalry and Monoma is actually normal, class B needed a few more mentally unstable people. Arturo considers heroism (read: fame and glory) inherently beautiful, but he still thinks all his classmates are ugly as sin. Yaoyorozu and J post-reveal he would consider beautiful, but, well, I put him in class B for a reason.

Apart from that, he considers a few of his teachers as “beautiful people”, namely Midnight, Present Mic, and All Might. Yes, even after the Kamino fight. All Might just has that effect on people. Other examples are Edgeshot, Miruko, Ryukyu, Hawks, the list goes on.

You may be wondering how his idea of conventional beauty interacts with heteromorphic transformations. The answer’s simple: even people who greatly diverge from the human baseline can be beautiful, though most are no prettier than the average. Kamui Woods is an example of someone Arturo considers beautiful, for instance.

In fact, the most aesthetically perfect person Arturo knows is Wash. No, you don’t get to ask.

Naturally, most of his classmates dislike or straight up hate him at first, but it smooths out over the course of the year. Mainly because Kendo is just too insistent on everyone getting along, and Arturo has enough self-preservation instinct not to mess with her. Also, Tokage and Honenuki have enough connections with the hero world that he decides to put up with them, ugly as they are.

Shiozaki still periodically warns him he’ll go to hell, but he doesn’t really care. The Common Sense Kings constantly fuck with him because he gives great reactions. He also has a surprising amount of medical knowledge, which proves extremely useful, enough so that a lot of his classmates are able to put up with him when Min’s not around.

This medical knowledge also inspires Yanagi to show him movies like ‘Human Centipede’. Because Veronika isn’t here, but he still can’t escape the horror fanatics.

Oh, yeah, Veronika. They meet in Summer Camp, and she almost kills him, but hesitates and doesn't. She haunts his dreams after that, but something about her makes him want to… save her. Or something. I like Verturo, okay? Even though Toga might kill that ship.

Hero Name: Utopia

(That good enough? Not really, but we’re going with it)

Levi: Thread Weaver

(Weaving a protective net, so that no one has to suffer)

He can control threads and fibers near him with immaculate precision! However, they move rather slowly, and the quirk has a strict limit on how much material can be affected at a time. Essentially Best Jeanist’s Fiber Master, except weaker but more precise. No relation to the hero, though.

He can use this quirk to interweave regular fabric with protective fibers far more effectively than any other human or any machine could, making the hero costumes he designs particularly sturdy and durable.

UA Support Course student, class 1-H. His mysterious, dark past is the reason he didn’t pursue heroism, although he still wanted to protect people. With his quirk, he decided the best way to protect others would be by protecting the heroes with essentially armored costumes.

People originally went to him just to reinforce their costumes, but Levi is still the Ultimate Personal Stylist. That means he has better fashion sense than anyone in UA, especially the Hero Course students. Word of his skill quickly spreads, and soon he becomes the consultant for practically all things hero costumes. If you want a gadget or complex mechanical item, you can ask Hatsume or Eden or Rose, but for costumes, you go to this guy.

No matter how good someone’s costume is, not only can Levi reinforce it, but also give advice on how to make it look better. Sometimes he simply reassured the customer their costume is excellent, as was the case with Komori, Kaminari, Kendo, among others. Other times, they aren’t that interested in aesthetics, such was the case of Tokoyami, Kuroiro, Jirou and J. Occasionally, people take his good-natured advice as a personal insult, like Bakugo, Kamakiri and Ace (though Ace still listens, at least). And every now and then…

Every now and then, Levi wants to strangle whoever the hell approved some of these costumes. This king will give Momo and Toru actually decent costumes, you will not stop him.

Support Codename: Needle and Thread

Teruko: Desperate Misfortune

(She makes everything worse)

A passive, reality bending ability, which causes exceedingly unlikely events to constantly occur around her. It follows seven core axioms.

The events originated from this quirk will always be considered extremely bad luck by the user. This can range from simply making Teruko prone to paper cuts all the way to seriously endangering her life.

The quirk acts on individual instances. Once an incident occurs as a result of this quirk, another unlucky event won’t happen until an indeterminate amount of time has passed.

The effects of this quirk cannot be predicted. It does not follow a proper logic, so no amount of analysis will be able to prepare for it. Even other quirks like Foresight are unable to see its effects ahead of time.

The quirk is pervasive and affects everyone around Teruko. In other words, when she’s around, unfortunate events can happen to everyone in the general area.

It comes without warning. An unfortunate event can happen without Teruko noticing, leading to a seeming “stacking” of bad luck. For example, if she gets invited to a summer camp that’s about to be attacked by villains, the invitation itself may be considered bad luck, opening the possibility of further misfortune happening after the attack begins without interfering with axiom 2.

The quirk is immutable, and cannot be interacted with. It cannot be erased, destroyed, rewound out of existence, taken, given away, copied, analyzed, among many other things.

Teruko Tawaki cannot die, no matter what. Upon being put in a perilous situation, all other axioms will be nullified until Teruko’s life is no longer at risk. Instead, her fortune will swing the other way, and the universe itself will tilt on its axis to keep her alive. Lightning, earthquakes, whirlwinds, meteorite strikes, spontaneous combustion of anyone attacking her, the list goes on. Unlikely, even outright impossible events will happen simultaneously until Teruko’s continued survival is guaranteed. In these situations, her luck is simply divine.

UA General Studies Course student, class 1-C. Teruko, a hero, with her luck? Yeah, no chance. However, that doesn’t mean she escapes the plot. She somehow manages to be at the USJ and Summer Camp incidents, hell, she was visiting Kamino the day of All Might’s retirement and almost got killed by All for One. She was kidnapped by the yakuza at one point, and was about to be killed by them. Guess when Nighteye conveniently found a guy who he could Foresight the Shie Haissaikai’s location out of. She cannot escape her protagonist role, evidently.

Incidentally, that means she ends up hanging out with the Hero Course more than Gen Ed, since she manages to be in the middle of every traumatic thing that happens to them. Min’s A+ doesn’t see it as a mistake to hang out with her, meaning the students of 1-A and 1-B are the only people who feel comfortable having her around.

(Teruko doesn’t say it, but she very much thinks A+ is wrong about her. She blames axiom 6 for not letting her quirk be properly analyzed by Min’s)

They mostly interact once the dorms are formed, and they get to spend the days together. However, it’s usually better to keep her away from Bakugo and Todoroki, since they’re essentially walking fire hazards together. Midoriya is fascinated by her quirk, since it’s nothing like anything he’d ever seen before. Shiozaki thinks demons are at fault and has tried to exorcise her, repeatedly. Kuroiro and Yanagi are convinced it’s a curse, and want to study it. Among other hijinks. Teruko would never admit it, but she’s really happy when she’s around the Hero Course (and there isn’t a villain attack going on).

Gen Ed mostly stay away from her, unfortunately. They don’t have Min’s quirk to assure them it’s alright to hang out with Teruko. One of the only exceptions is Shinso. They have a similar sense of humor and bond over “villain quirk” related trauma, and Shinso isn’t too bothered by the bad luck. As stated previously, Teruko is also immune to David’s Starstruck due to her prosopagnosia, so she doesn’t trust how easily everyone seems to adore the guy.

Hero Name: N/A

And that’s it! The main cast is covered!

…

…

…

We’re missing someone, aren’t we?

Mai: Blooming Hope

(She makes everything better)

(I ain’t slick, but I try to be)

She can make every plant around her grow exponentially in size, simply by raising her left arm. The plant’s shape and characteristics can be altered, so Mai can, for example, make grass grow into a field of vines, barberries and poison ivy. She can then reverse the effects, leaving the plants exactly as they were. The tattoo on her left arm is a mutation, and glows when she uses her quirk. She can also make flowers grow out of this tattoo, and then turn them into any useful plant she desires.

Although it may seems similar to Shiozaki’s quirk, Mai’s range is far lower and the strength of the vines she can create is much weaker. However, the versatility of being able to use more than just vines balances it out.

Particularly effective in grassy or mossy environments. Overuse will lead to severe dehydration, and in a worst case scenario, small, non-toxic plants may grow inside her body and cause all sorts of issues.

UA Hero Course student, class 1-A. She gets along with absolutely everyone, Bakugo doesn’t even shout at her after a while. Elected class rep, with Yaoyorozu as vice-rep. The other main reason classes A and B are closer than in canon, as she likes to spend time with everyone she can. She wants the best for everyone, and she’s deeply involved in whatever Xander’s plans for revolution are. Although she usually just makes compromises between Min and him for the actual planning phases.

Since she forgives everyone, she wants to save the League of Villains just as much as their victims. She is the model of what a perfect hero is meant to be.

Had Midoriya not existed, she would have received One for All.

…

She didn’t foresee the consequences.

Hero Name: Flora

(After she chose the name, Nico asked if they could match. Of course, Mai said yes)

Now that we've covered all the students, I did a recount and found something interesting. 5 DRDT characters went to 1-B, and 6 went to 1-A. You could acommodate this by having 26 student classes and adding someone to 1-B... or you can make 25 student classes and kick someone out of 1-A. And if you know BNHA fanfic, you know who's getting kicked out (hint: Mineta). I see this as an absolute win!

...

wait

M-MonoTV?!: High Fidelity

(Am I a bear, a cat, a TV? Well, I’m actually a dog!)

MonoTV is actually a dog which was experimented on. Humans gave him a quirk which changed his appearance and made him as smart as a normal person, but no more. He’s from the same laboratory as Nedzu, and resents the principal for escaping without him.

He starts out as a petty criminal, but no matter what the police and heroes try, he always escapes prison. He usually causes a major breach when he does, so they don’t want to send him to Tartarus until they understand what the hell he does to escape.

His crimes grow with time, but the heroes are never too worried, since he’s too incompetent to really be a threat. Some examples of his crimes include:

He let a sludge villain out of prison the day Midoriya met All Might.

He broke the UA gate early in the year.

He robbed a store the day of the USJ incident, slowing down All Might and running down his three hours of hero work.

He was spotted talking to Stain before he attacked Native, presumably telling the villain the location of the hero.

He introduced Giran to a blood obsessed girl, a man with severe burn wounds, and a girl with a hallucination quirk.

Overhaul was spotted following him right before he met Twice.

He helped La Brava hack into UA the day of the Culture Festival.

He watched Endeavor fight a Nomu right after becoming Number One.

He helped the MLA kidnap Giran.

And more...

(You get the idea, right?)

Villain Name: MonoTV

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And there we go! God, I was just supposed to do quirks, how did I end up writing so much? Anyways, that’s the basis of my DRDT-BNHA crossover AU. I don’t know whether or not I’ll return to it, seeing as I actually had quite a bit of fun writing this. If you made it this far, that’s impressive! You get the honorary badge of being quirky. Take care!

[accio-victuuri]

RIO LIVESTREAM CANDIES. 💙🍬

( edit is owned by -绾抚 / link to original )

We’ve all been missing GG so it’s nice to see him in this event. && he’s so cute and fresh in it, I feel the same vibes as I did with how WYB was in the Thailand roadshow. They both look happy so that makes me ☺️☺️☺️ too!

Now let’s move on to some sweets…

I wanna start with the lychee. I swear. Eversince WYB mentioned his preference for frozen lychee ( during the chunzhen fanmeet ) i’ve been thinking of him when i see the fruit. LOL. and now, a lot of us noticed how XZ was partial to lychees to during the Rio stream. One of the “flavors” of the new product was lychee, and sure he had no control over that, but there was a part where they were making a drink. XZ literally took the lychees first and put them all in.

and it doesn’t help that this was mentioned in an LRLG, where WYB would peel lychees for XZ.

This may be the most random thing but considering the connection to WYB’s love for it. The fake rumor. and now GG — the set is now complete. 😌 plus GG even said “add 10 lychees, perfect!” LOL. I don’t know if it’s random or significant, but my mind is going to the whole 10:10 cpn.

Next up is when other fruits were in, XZ commented that the color is beautiful. What’s the color? Red and Green. Lol. This is like WYB choosing those colors for his graffiti. Thank you for loving your own / each other’s fan colors.

Another interesting bit on this live is what he’s wearing — the blue shirt. Yes, he is going with the theme and colors of the product ( the can ) which is predominantly blue. Also the theme of “summer”. When I look at wardrobe accounts on Weibo like boxiao closet & daytoy closet — they did not identify the blue shirt’s brand. If you know ZZ, what he wears on events almost always name brands. So it’s sus that this one cannot be identified.

Maybe it’s too generic looking? Not one they can identify from his “usual” brands?

Turtles of course have to dig deeper and remembered one LRLG where a random conversation was added:

WYB: "Which one should I buy?"

XZ: "blue"

WYB: "You wear blue too?"

XZ: "Um….”

Add this to how WYB a pretty similar looking shirt on a Super X advertisement. It doesn’t help that these two are both at home in Beijing! Did you borrow WYB’s clothes? The blue one you told him to get? 😂😂😂😂

If you wanna clown some more, it looks dangerously close to what One and Only team wore during their hangzhou roadshow.

How XZ expressed his love for the beach/ sea which reminds us of his ideal life painting. It’s still the same. It’s what he still loves.

During WYB’s chunzhen fan meet to, he actually recommended going to the beach and chillin.

-END.

[ittybittycrab]

hello!! not really sure how to do this but i think i should make an intro post!

my name is connor or connie - my big age is 22, and my little range is… roughly 1-6! it’s a little bit hard for me to tell but something like that hehe

i am also a system! some others will be posting here too - so far the ones interested are Dirk, Gamzee, and Kurloz (all Homestuck fictives, aha). this may change though, as others may show interest. also — so far, they’ve kinda share the same age ranges as me!

i really like sealife! especially crabs! also really like house md… so you’ll see that here! and maybe other fandoms! i like the color red! some of the shows i currently like to watch are spongebob, kipper the dog, oswald, and oobi! i might add more stuff later ^_^

i have a CG already, but id love to have more regressor mutuals/friends, or flip friends or what have you!! feel free to shoot me asks, about fandom stuff or about personal stuff or anything!

i will ask that primarily nsfw/18+ blogs don’t follow/interact :( it’s ok if your blog isn’t totally child friendly or anything, just not smth nsfw centered! i’m also not into nsfw ageplay or anything like that and prefer that those blogs don’t follow me either..

i might post writing or ideas for writing and stuff like that, probably house MD focused :D it’s my current hyperfix and i love seeing agere content of it!!

i think that’s all!! bye-bye ☺️🦀

[toxicopolis]

Hey hey! I am enamoured with your blog, the aesthetics and tagging system are so beautiful. I wanted to let you know I absolutely loved your red light district stimboard, it is so colorful and vibrant!

You said you're bored so I have some stim related questions for you!  What's your favorite type of stim? Anything you hate in a stimboard? Do you like stimtoys? Do you have any? Do you have any stimboards you wanna make in the future? How long have you liked stimboards? You don't have to answer them all, I just love answering questions when I'm bored so I thought I'd throw you some.

Take care! Xoxo

Thank you! I like the use of “enamoured”; I think people should use that term more. I get in my own head a lot about my tagging system for some stupid reason, so I do appreciate the compliment.

I’m surprised that there aren’t more red light district stimboards; I loved looking at the pretty lights there. Vibrant, flashy, and looping… It’s great GIF material.

I think I like glittery stims the best. I dislike when stimboards I enjoy are explicitly dedicated to a character I don’t know… I don’t interact with them because I don’t want fandom posts I’m not interested in being recommended to me, and I like my blog being very personal to me and the things I do like. It can be disappointing when most stimboards I come across are like this… I also hate when the OPs add their ugly DNI to every stimboard they make without caring to adjust the hues to avoid disturbing the visual cohesion.

I do have some stim toys, but I frequently misplace them. If it counts for anything, I used to eat wood; I actually ate several chunks out of my bunk bed as a child. I do still occasionally eat the wooden sticks you’re supposed to stir coffee with… It’s certainly more of a texture thing than a taste thing. I love biting the plastic they coat electrical wires with too, but I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone who values their life at all in any way… In terms of actual fidget/stim toys, I like those hard balls with moving glitter inside them the most. I do also like the soft balls that you can squeeze, but only specific ones… I like the ones that are slower to return to their original shape and have a thicker outer layer. I don’t like the little ones with multiple balls inside them; they feel uncomfortable in my hands. I love shiny things, but they aren’t typically marketed as/considered stim toys… The same goes for pretty lights, but that’s complicated for me because certain frequencies of light hurt my eyes and confuse my head A LOT… I require a tint of some sort almost constantly.

I do plan to make more stimbords, but I’m not sure what the themes will be. I tend to prefer spontaneity when it comes to these things!

Thank you for the questions; I love answering questions, and they did help with the boredom!

[tsthearcher]

Hi! Do you have a colouring tutorial for how you make your icons maybe? They look lovely! xx

Hi! I don’t have a general coloring tutorial since I do different styles for every icon! That being said, I can provide a tutorial on this icon specifically. I use Photopea, but this should be the same process for Photoshop.

This is what I start out with, I apply a gradient fill layer to the background. I choose background colors based on what matches with the image.

In this case, I duplicated the image and put it on soft light and put the opacity to 50%.

I applied the layers below. Levels is really important! I think it makes a big difference in edits. Here's the two images just with and without levels.

In selective color, I alter the red, magenta, yellow, white, and black. These are all up to personal preference, I increased the yellow by a lot and the magenta in this case. In color balance, I brought down the yellow-blue in shadows to -21%. In channel mixer, they were very minimal changes like bringing up the red in blue to 6%. I also sometimes change the opacity for some layers if I like the settings but think they're slightly much, like for channel mixer I changed it to 70%. I would probably skip channel mixer next time and focus on a different adjustment layer.

I add a gradient layer on top on soft light at 20% opacity.

I also added a hue/saturation layer to change the shade and brightness of the blue, I thought this one looked better with the image. I tend to go for bright backgrounds! They're easier to work with.

Sharpen the icon! I've used this sharpening action! You can adjust it for icons.

That's all for my coloring process for this icon! Since this image was already well-lit and didn't have any annoying filters, it was only a few steps. For the speak now icons I made, the color balance layers made a huge difference there. Hope this helps!

[mi4019thameenahallaldeen]

More research : Elements of a podcast

The elements in a podcast :

Podcast concept (eg : business, academic, etc)

Title

Podcast formats

Podcast outline/script

Intro and outro

Editing

Podcast cover art (work on this after you get the concept/idea of what the podcast will be about)

Transcripts (since some people may prefer reading over listening)

Requirements for podcast cover art : square image (3000 x 3000 pixels), resolution of 72 dpi, PNG or JPEG file types, colorspace RGB (colors following rgb format)

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE A MORE STRUCTURED PLAN/COMPARISON :

For the next site I have prepared a form along with the research to see what parts we are missing or need to work on :

Color code : Green = No need to work on it/Already included, Red = Include/Work on it, Orange = Suggestions/Instructions.

To make sure the podcast is understandable for the audience and that it gives the audience the information they expect to get from our podcast :

Theme/Topic of the podcast : Academic

Episode duration : 15-20 mins. Our draft was 19 mins.

Pacing (give enough time for listeners to process what we are saying but also have enough information for them to work with. Balance between rushing and being too slow)

Script/Outline (Interview? Solo?) : Since ours is an interview we have jotted down some questions. For the final podcast I think we have to jot down what we said in the draft and add/remove whatever information we want to adjust.

Introduction : Already recorded. The volume needs to be adjusted a bit which I will be working on later. Ours is upbeat and loud so it matches the title which is Academia Wars.

What should be in an introduction? Stuff included can be :

Music

Names of everyone present (order : host’s name, names of co-hosts and/or guests)

Name of the show

Summary of any previous episodes related to the current episode

What we will be discussing in this episode.

A common technique used is including an interesting clip from the middle of the audio to get the listeners intrigued enough to listen to the whole podcast since they will be waiting in anticipation until the audio gets to the part presented in the beginning of the clip. I have noticed this is done in YouTube videos as well, especially ones that resemble podcasts but with moving visuals (one example is MrBallen).

Tell the listeners what exactly they will be getting out of this podcast, what is the takeaway from the episode. Keep this short.

Body : Can add music or sponsored ads in transitions (we won’t be having any transitions or breaks) Question and answers. I think this part of the podcast is fine since the feedback was positive.

Conclusion : Solution to the problem presented in the intro, overall idea, summary of what was discussed. Mention how the takeaway is relevant to them. In our case it is for helping the younger generation get an idea of what university is like and give them a heads up.

Give something to do for the listeners so that they can interact more with the podcast channel (survey, download, giveaway, links, discount codes). IF we are adding this we can mention that nearby businesses give students discounts? Example : art supply stores give a student discount.

Social media handles so that the listeners can contact us.

Thanking the co-hosts/guests.

Overall outline of a podcast with co-hosts/guests ->

Intro (episode and co-hosts/guests)

Discussion/Body

Message from sponsor (we don’t have that)

Q&A with audience (the whole podcast is already a Q&A)

Summary (conclusion, encourage listeners to interact with the podcast more)

[cricutnewmachinesetup]

7 Cricut Valentine Shirt Ideas: Infuse Your Creativity With Love

Hey, lovely crafters! Looking for shirt ideas to wear on the day of love? If yes, then you are in the right place! In this blog, I will cover the 7 best Cricut Valentine shirt ideas that will bring a smile to your lover’s face.

I gathered all these shirt ideas when making it to sell online. Actually, I run a small business where I sell various custom shirts. Since then, I’ve made many such Valentine’s shirts. So, whether it is LOVE printed shirts or adorable shirts with hearts, no one can ignore it.

I will show you the 7 unique shirts so you can give them as a gift or try them yourself. Want to spread the love of wearing wonderful shirts? Let’s delve into this blog to explore these ideas further.

1. DIY Sweet Heart Shirt

Look at the creativity my design team has done in it. A sweet written on the heart makes a word Sweetheart. In this project, I have added glitter vinyl that gives the heart shape a stunning and sparkly look. So, consider making this if you are looking for Cricut Valentine shirt ideas. Coming to the color of the T-shirt, you can choose any color and change the color of the vinyl accordingly.

2. Donut’s Lover Shirt

Who doesn’t love donuts? I particularly love this shirt because of its creativity and love for donuts. So, if you know someone like your friend or even your lover who loves donuts, try giving them as a gift. The T-shirt is easy to create using any Cricut machine. However, I suggest you cut the design on Cricut, which is larger. Using a cutting machine such as Joy might be unfit for bigger projects.

3. Hello Love Shirt

Want cute Cricut Valentine shirt ideas for your cute girlfriend? Here’s the one! This pink colored T-shirt is going to actually give the vibes of Valentine’s love. So, why wait so long? Start creating this design on your Cricut Design Space and cut it on your compatible Cricut cutting machine. To me, making this shirt was superb fun; hence, it’s your turn to give it a try!

4. Red Love Shirt

What do you think about this T-shirt? If you are someone whose girlfriend or boyfriend prefers simple and classic design, then try this! The font style of LOVE written on the light white colored heart shape gives it a charming look! Well, my boyfriend often expects something simple, so I thought I would give it a try. Let’s see if he really likes it or not! Now, I can’t wait anymore for Valentine’s Day. Can you?

5. All You Need is Love Shirt

Of course, your partner needs your love. For this, you can give him/her such lovable Cricut Valentine shirt ideas. What fascinates me the most about this shirt design is its fonts and the way it is printed. The colorful vinyl adds more charm to this shirt. Also, this shirt is not so difficult to create as you will need just to add the text with stylish fonts. Easy, right? That’s why I included it here in this blog for you. You must try it!

6. You’re My Type Shirt

Finding someone your type is one of the best things someone can have. However, I love this shirt idea for those who have yet to confess their feelings to someone they love. If you have someone with whom you want to share your feelings and express the love you have, give this T-shirt as a gift. I have made this using a Cricut Maker 3, the robust machine in Cricut’s lineup.

7. Love You Forever Shirt

Are you a Black shirt lover? If yes, don’t miss this coolest design that you can wear on this Valentine’s shirt. With this marvelous shirt, gifting or wearing it yourself will be the best decision. This Valentine you should look for something extraordinary. Add quotes or something that expresses your love in a few words. For this, T-shirts are the best things to express this feeling.

Conclusion

This blog concludes that you now have 7 Cricut Valentine shirt ideas that will spread the spark of love everywhere. Whether you want to give it as a gift or want to try it for yourself, these ideas are good to go. Most of them are easy to create because a simple text is added to them, so you will not need to waste much time on Design Space. Now, thrive your relationship with your love with these amazing shirt ideas!

FAQs

Question 1: What materials are suitable for creating Valentine’s Day Cricut shirts?

Answer: There are various materials out there that you can use to create a Valentine’s shirt. For example, Iron-On vinyl is one of the most suitable materials that give desirable results on fabric. Besides materials, you will also need materials such as EasyPress or heat press, a Cricut machine, and other essential Cricut accessories. Hence, with this material, you will be able to make the best shirts for Cricut iron on.

Question 2: Which Cricut machine should I use to make a Valentine’s shirt?

Answer: If you want a machine that cuts intricate designs for your Valentine’s Day, choose the Cricut Explore and Maker series. Besides these, you should choose the Cricut EasyPress 2 to transfer the design onto your T-shirt. Before this, you will need one more tool, i.e., Cricut Design Space, which allows you to create a design or upload an SVG file. After that, you can send this to your cutting machine, which will cut your Design smoothly.

Question 3: How do you design a Valentine’s shirt using Cricut vinyl?

Answer: Here are the steps to create a Valentine’s shirt with Cricut vinyl:

First, you need to open a project on your Design Space app.

Then, create a design on it and resize it according to your shirt size.

After that, you must place the Cricut vinyl on the mat.

Load the mat and start cutting the design on your Cricut cutting machine.

Afterward, load the mat and then preheat your Cricut Heat Press.

Now, press the shirt with EasyPress to finish the project!

Read more: cricut.com/setup mac

install cricut design space apps

Cricut Design Space

Source: Cricut Valentine shirt ideas

[acquavergine]

So what do you like to cook? How did you begin cooking? How did you learn?

I like to cook really simple food with fresh ingredients.. (I don't buy anything with conservatives or colorants obviously...) I wouldn't call it Italian food per se... I am much more interested in the Mediterranean ingredients themselves than any specific type of cooking.. although I do like the structure of the Italian meal: antipasto(they say you should never start eating on an empty stomach), primo, secondo, contorno, nuts and fruit.. really long and drawn out, jovial conversation ideally. I never force people to eat big portions (I believe forcing people to overeat is abusive, although I know it can stem from food insecurity)... I like to put the dishes in the center so the eater can choose how much they want on their own plate. 

Weekday cooking around here splits the long meal into two... lunch: primo & salad... dinner: secondo & contorni... and that makes sense and seems nice to me although I am not an expert on nutrition... I personally prefer to have pasta for lunch as opposed to dinner, not everyday of course, other kinds of primi: polenta, risotto, farro salad, pesto-y orzo, hearty minestra, etc... 

I describe the food I make like this: inspired by typical daily dishes, but lighter, always keeping vegetable dishes meatless (there is a tendency to add animal fats to everything here..) all my cooking is produce forward anyway. If I am preparing a full meal, I put equal importance on primo/secondo/contorni (sides): portion sizes I guess I mean... for example: not too much pasta, a smallish piece of meat or fish and a lot of vegetables! Plus I like to wait kind of a while between courses... I like to rearrange familiar flavor combinations and also do experiments.. (when Matteo eats something I prepared we play this game where he guesses all the ingredients/spices/which region the olive oil is from/etc..)

Anchovy (garum/fish sauce), fennel (bulb, seeds, dried yellow flowers), and lemon (fresh and preserved in salt) are my favorite flavors. I also love coffee and chocolate. The significant importance of "broth" is always on my mind. I save all kinds of scraps in the freezer to make special broths depending on the dish or my mood or the weather. I collect salt because I think its type/size is also of significant importance. The iconic pancake is something I treasure... not just the American kind we know and love in the modern world (with maple syrup which I also treasure)... but also the way it seems each culture has their own version of a "pancake", at least something cooked on a hot flat surface, sweet or savory it doesn't matter, even the kind I read about in the ancient Roman cookbooks... with warm honey or covered in poppy seeds or used to soak up sauce... the point is I think pancakes are a brilliant idea that comes from the deep collective consciousness. I rotate through a few key "Rachel" recipes, and if you know me then you know what they are because I really prepare them often: pancakes are one of them... some particular soups... "fake parmigiano" (almonds/cashews/miso/salt blended)... polenta with a poached egg... whole roasted fish... pasta arrabbiata... arugula pesto... tortilla di patata... meatballs... wilted garlic-y bitter greens... broccoli pasta. zucchini pasta. braised radicchio...  sweet and sour bell peppers... slow cooked potatoes and fennel (sometimes blended)... fennel/orange/black olive salad... cabbage/celery/apple/lemon/almond salad... red cabbage and red onion risotto... breaded and roasted thickly sliced white onions... my famous chocolate and olive oil cake... ginger bread... wine and black pepper biscuits...  etc. I am always searching for satisfaction/balance of the taste buds (mine and others) and I love when I feel it. I remember everyone's dietary restrictions, even people I barely know. It means a lot to me to share off the same plate with someone.   

I guess the first real memory I have of cooking myself is breading zucchini (flour, egg, breadcrumbs) and frying it to eat with sour cream... maybe I was 8 or 9. I have a lot of food memories from my childhood. My nonna (who immigrated to the states when she was 12) always cooked big Sunday meals and I would watch her. And my great grandma on the other side kind of reminded me of Julia Child and I remember she always had a bowl of freshly whipped cream in the fridge that we would eat with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on top.  I also watched a lot of Food Network shows when I was young, Nigella Lawson & Ina Garten. Once I lived on my own, I started cooking with my friends, but I never imagined I would work in the restaurant industry. There were some particular friends along the way who left a mark on my cooking journey, by giving me a nice sharp knife (I always used the standard "nonna knife" before then), or showing me techniques and foods and restaurants I had never heard of. Then I guess in SF is where I started working in professional kitchens... the first job I could find when I moved there in 2010 was as an office manager for this tiny, fancy cake shop. It was just the owner and me. She was super hesitant to hire me with no experience running a small business and also with a timid voice, but she saw herself in me and thought it was important that our paths crossed. She's one of those who had done a lot of acid/meditating in the 70s and can see time and space in a different way (we're still good friends and write each other long emails about once a year, she's now retired to Hawaii)... Anyway, I'll never forget one day she was making a taco-shaped cake (this was way before the cakes-shaped-like-other-things movement was trendy!) and she was struggling making enough white chocolate that look like shredded cheese, she was squeezing little piece by little piece between her fingers making each shred individually. The person was coming to pick-up and she was on the verge of a panic attack, so I asked if I could help (she didn't like help with her cakes)... and I found an actual cheese grater and simply graded the block of chocolate so we had enough "chocolate cheese" in a matter of minutes. The next morning she told me to put an ad on craigslist for a new office manager and I thought she was firing me but really she was "moving me to the kitchen" and that's how my baking days started.

  After my time in San Fran came to a dramatic end (because of someone who lived on the edge of Lake Merritt actually now that I think of it...) I started working at a bread bakery in Providence. And that was my dream job, and I would still be working there now if it hadn’t gone up in flames (figuratively). Shortly after that, I somehow convinced the chef/owner of Loïe Fuller's to let me cook on the line but only on the busiest nights of the week because I wanted to learn quickly and with him..(he was reading a book about Alice Waters at the time and I came to him with the idea to do a dinner on tuesday nights going off the menu and using up all the food that would otherwise be thrown away... and after a while we did do it, and we mixed it with live music and called it Incidental Tuesdays and it was a hit) anyway, I did learn a lot: about cooking (the chef had learned to cook under someone who headed the kitchen on a marine ship, so my training was not “culinary” but more so “pirate”) and the way restaurants are run (inventory/finances/dynamics/events/etc). That job was really beautiful and I made some important friendships, but it also came to an abrupt end about a year later when that same person flicked lamb's blood on my chef whites as a joke and I walked out on the spot. The next morning (which would be my last shift) he brought me a mason jar full of weed, a fancy nitro-iced coffee, and a hundred dollar bill (that he owed me for screen printing t-shirts) but I quit nonetheless... and started planning a trip to Italy. But now I'm rambling... 

Since then, I have worked in some beautiful restaurants and catering projects in Nyc, London, Italy and Western Mass.. I have also done some special pop-ups and secret dinner club events. I could write about cooking a lot more... but I want to answer some of your other questions now.

[rainbowsandalchemy]

Color Response 4: Moisture is the Essence of Wetness

Response to Vox video “The surprising pattern behind color names around the world”

In a former life, I had to take a linguistics class. I have always loved languages and the study of linguistics opened my eyes to the mechanics and philosophy of communication. Learning another language expands our options in terms of the number of people we can speak with, the amount of books and movies we can enjoy, etc. It also helps us understand what people who are very different from us  value as well as how they see the world and think about concepts.

In this spirit, the Vox video clip describing the study of how color names vary throughout the world immediately reminded me of the 2016 movie “Arrival” and the way characters in that movie expanded their consciousness by learning an alien language (in this case the term alien is literal).

Because there is also a very healthy adolescent child living within my own consciousness, my ultimate takeaway was that there were a group of people in the Philippines who spoke a language called Hanunoo and, in that language, there were “wet colors” and “dry colors.” This is not only fascinating from an academic standpoint, it is also hilarious when you consider Derek Zoolander’s famous statement “Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.”

In the context of my newly-acquired color terminology, I immediately questioned the validity of that statement. I will concede that moisture is the essence of wetness. That seems as straightforward as saying “b” follows “a” in the English alphabet. However, is wetness truly the essence of beauty?

To answer that fundamental query, I did a miniature deep dive (how’s that for a contradiction in terms?) into Hanunoo color language by reading the article “Hanunoo Color Categories” by Harold C. Conklin published in the Journal of Anthropological Research during the fall of 1986. I inferred from that article that the Hanunoo people did associate colors with beauty, but not in terms of their wetness/freshness vs. dryness/desiccation. Rather, the Hanunoo viewed the contrast of the value and saturation contrast between red, white, and black. They viewed green, a color that was ever-present in their heavily vegetated environment as too commonplace (as the kid’s might say, “basic”) to have any prestige whatsoever.

So, if the Hanunoo don’t think wetness equals beauty, why should we? My own personal view is that the context of the color and one’s individual preference for saturation and brilliance should guide how you whether you classify wet/dry colors as beautiful or blah. I for one, am all over the map. For me, the hue itself and the way it interacts in the setting matters more to me than whether it would be considered wet or dry. For example, the degree of freshness or desiccation in the selection of colors from photos 1 through 4 don’t add or subtract from my enjoyment of them. Maybe it’s because I don’t speak Hanunoo. 

To shorten a long story, I’m sorry Derek. You’ve been misinformed. 

[tohellandback99]

I know for an absolute fact that there are people out in this world that DO, fetishize, objectify and I’d like to add, romanticize black people. I am not arguing that and I’m never going to deny it because I have experienced it first hand. So began my understanding of how the world perceives black people, and people who are visibly black. Now I want you to hear this part, very very closely;

I am not a product of anything.

Again, there are people who fetishize interracial sex, which I’m really sick of seeing. It’s cringy that people point out someone’s ethnicity in general, if they find them attractive. Porn videos with titles pointing out and sections on porn sites for “interracial,” “Asian,” which is the worst if we’re being honest with ourselves here. “Ebony,” and “Latina.” My parents are a lot of things but they are not, this. Okay? Yeeesh.

In general, the actual consensus is that we as a visibly brown-skinned people do NOT get chosen as serious parters in any capacity, and married to most other ethnicities. Despite all the dangerous exoticization, fetishistic ideologies that we are allll domineering and just sex-seeking, uncivilized heathens that are going to grab everyone and grope them out of nowhere. Who also assume our position as alphas, and that if they aren’t intimidated to this idea of what a black person is and are attracted to us, assume that we should aaaalllll take the lead in the bedroom. In actuality, that’s all people who don’t understand their own implicit racial bias and some who also don’t care. And those who know and don’t have a means to work through that by finding someone like me which isn’t necessarily their fault depending on their circumstances. But ultimately that is all that people think that we are, if they aren’t violent or villainizing us all, which is also due to the weirdly disproportionate idea that we’re “taking over.” If it’s not that, We are all just an interesting and exotic one-night stand to them. So Perpetuating the ideology that we should actively seek people that are the same skin color as us doesn’t solve this. Nor does it stop the mixing of races. The dehumanization stays. The perception that we are a threat, and ignorance stays. In fact makes it worse. It only further alienates us from the whole other population that we should connect with and simply beee, ourselves. You can of course have a preference and code for yourself, I’m not telling you who you should be with but you cannot say that it is beneficial and isn’t dangerous to have everyone of a particular ethnicity in one bubble. That’s segregation, and segregation was the sole proprietor for which we were denied ANY good care, jobs, schools, you name it. Do you really want to tempt racist fair-skinned people with this regressive mindset? Cause we will certainly go back to that again and everything that our brethren in the past have fought for will be lost to the depths of the oblivious or self-indulgent white patriarchy. And speaking of the patriarchy, also why are you trying to dictate who black women sleep with? Why do you think you have all the answers? Leave black women alone. That is none of your business. (I say black women cause most men certainly are not gonna hear you out on this one, lol.)

And if ANYBODY, intentionally occupies CONSTANTLY, ANY particular area (whether that’s online or in person,) that is heavily occupied by people of a specific ethnicity and you don’t talk to any other types of people then that is a red flag to me I’m afraid to say. That is a red flag of favoritism of one type of ethnicity over others and it’s elitist as all hell and it hurts people. When it’s someone of a different ethnicity than the places they occupy, I’m not gonna say it’s always predatory because it doesn’t always have to be but it definitely. Usually is. This is pretty dangerous, anyone using someone’s ethnicity as a measure of their worthiness as a partner

Also, let’s be honest with ourselves here. you fetishize black women with your posts and reposts constantly.

Peace and Love, Black Family! Over the past few months, I’ve sacrificed a few comforts in exchange for growth. For those who don’t embody the same “Race First” ideology as myself, this may not seem like growth. But this post or my profile may not be for you anyway!——In my view, blame is a heavy burden that should not be placed on the shoulders of children, who have no say in the circumstances of their birth. The child of an interracial relationship is a product of choices made by adults, and to hold them accountable for those choices would be unfair. The question of the preservation of the Black family is a separate issue and should be discussed in its own context. Adults who make the decision to enter into interracial relationships ought to fully consider the implications for their community and their family. Many Blacks involved in interracial unions will defend their choices as love, when it’s actually self-hate expressed as fetishism. From a any standpoint, fetishism can only perpetuate harmful stereotypes and objectification of individuals based on their race or other marginalized identities. It contributes to the dehumanization and exoticization of Black people, whether they identify themselves as a phenotypical African or not. Interracial fetishizing only reinforces power imbalances and reinforces the idea that our worth is solely based on racial assimilation. Fetishization in many cases leads to fetishistic violence, exploitation, and discrimination against Black people, further losing ourselves in this society. It is crucial to recognize and challenge these harmful dynamics to promote Self-love, solidarity, and independence amongst likeminded Black people. GET ON CODE. STAY ON CODE. 🩸💣🔫✊🏾 BLACK POWER! #blackpower #blacklove #blackman #blackwoman #blackempowerment #blackrevolution #blackrevolutionary #revolution #truth #knowledge #blackconsciousness #blackkingsandqueens #blackpower #blackqueen #blackunity #blacksunite #blacksunited #blacknationalism #african #panafrican #blackpeople #blackowned #malikismindful

[tetcho-apologist]

Baking contest with the hunting dogs

It came to me in a dream, has a bit of reader x tachihara but also tried to add a bit Tecchou x reader and jouno x reader near the end.  i don’t have anything better to do so enjoy the daily posts  (˚▽˚)

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Chaos. Pure chaos

Whose idea was this? Apparently, Fukuchi thought it was a good idea to agree to make all the hunting dogs, and you participate in a baking contest show to support a fundraiser. Since it was a charity event, you couldn't refuse. —--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The contest was in pairs. Tecchou and Jouno, Fukuchi and Teruko, and finally Tachihara and you. You weren't exactly a member of the hunting dogs, more like their secretary or assistant. Your job was making appointments, setting up meetings, and occasionally helping the members with personal matters. But this? None of it was included in the contract you signed. When they announced the contest was in pairs, they asked you to join them since they were 5 and needed 6 to ensure everyone had a partner. After hearing the rules, Teruko immediately jumped to Fukuchi. Tachihara being aware of Tecchou’s unfortunate food preferences and Jouno´s attitude asked you to be his partner. Thus, Jouno was forced left to be Tecchou’s partner. —--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tachihara and you had practiced a few times baking some cupcakes and decorating them, but you still had a long way to go if you wanted to win. Since it was a fundraiser no prizes like money were included, but the team that won would be carried by the other members for a whole week, definitely not Terukos idea. To be honest, nobody really cared that much for the carrying thing, but if the vice-captain lost it would mean your backs would be safe for at least a week. You would have been fine if Jouno won, but after he told you he would still make you guys carry him, war was on. If team Teruko and Fukuchi didn’t add any weird liquor or candy in their cupcakes their chances of winning weren’t too bad, and if Jouno wasn’t too busy yelling at Tecchou he might also make for a formidable opponent.

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It was finally the day! You had changed into the outfit made specifically for the event. Each team wore a different color outfit, so the judges could tell them apart. It was certainly a sight to see the commander sport a hot pink coat and toque, courtesy of Teruko. Jouno and Tecchou took a slightly more traditional approach and went with black. Tachihara suggested the color red, you agreed, thinking the color suited you both well.

—-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Presently, each team stood at their respective table. The organizers had really gone all out while decorating, it looked exactly like those cooking competition shows you liked to watch in your free time. " Everyone, please settle down! " Cried the host, who had introduced himself as Francis, one of the organizers of the event. "We will now be beginning, but before that let me introduce the judges for today" "First up Ranpo Edogawa, a self-proclaimed king of sweets," he said while pointing to a man dressed up in what appeared to be a detective costume who was eating a lollipop. " Next up, Ango Sakaguchi a government worker" did they just pick up random people from the street? The man named Ango looked as if he hadn’t slept for 3 days. "Our final judge being Elise, don’t be fooled by her cute appearance out of the three judges she is the most brutal" great another Teruko The three judges sat at a table that was put on the stage, and looked as if they were discussing something "The theme for today will be to make cupcakes that look like dogs!" exclaimed the judge ranpo "begin now" added the girl Elise —--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Your table had numerous ingredients and tools scattered all around, but before grabbing any of that you had to choose what ingredients you’d be using. " What flavor should we make them," you asked "what about red velvet, not too basic but not too unusual" And with that, you began.

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It all was going smoothly until you witnessed Fukuchi putting a whole bottle of vodka into his mix, Teruko only encouraged him to add more. From there, it only kept getting worse. The predictable also happened, Tecchou put some weird stuff into his dough with the excuse it was the same color, therefore it would go well. Jouno screamed at him, but he only added more odd stuff. Tachihara and you had to resist laughing since you were decorating your cupcakes and didn't want to mess up. When the time was almost over, Jouno snapped and threw some frosting at Tecchou who only seemed confused. Teruko being mischievous decided to add fuel to the fire by throwing some of her cupcakes at you and Jouno, starting the great cupcake war. Tachihara grabbed your hand and ran to take cover under a table, not without some frosting to throw at victims. By the end of it, all of you were covered from head to toe in frosting. —--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Team Teruko and Fukuchi were disqualified since they had sacrificed some of their cupcakes, they looked rather joyful, however. As soon as the judges took a bite out of Tecchou’s and Jouno’s they looked horrified, they instantly spat out the gross cupcakes. Finally, it was your turn, after eating your cupcakes the judges announced you as the winners. Ranpo said the flavor was tasty and Elise complemented the design choice, a dog with chocolate chips as eyes and snout, Ango fell asleep after taking a bite out the cupcake.

—-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You shared some of your leftover cupcakes with the other teams Tecchou and you sat eating some frosting by a corner when he wiped some chocolate frosting off your lips with his finger, he was totally oblivious to his gesture because he didn’t seem to notice your flustered face. Jouno also pulled a similar stunt by feeding you some chocolate chips that he didn’t want in his cupcake. —-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After receiving your trophy and taking some pictures, Tecchou and Jouno carried you, while Fukuchi and Teruko carried Tachihara. It was a fun day, but next time you would remember to assign different teams to avoid disaster.

[uwusenpaiuwu]

Baji A.K.A. The Worst (Best) Matchmaker Ever

Summary: Baji dares you to call Mikey a ‘piss boy.’ You’re an idiot, so of course you say you’ll do it. Things don’t go as planned...or do they?

Pairing: Sano Manjirou | Mikey x Male Reader

Warning(s): mentions of omorashi (pissing), but there’s no actual pissing involved

You’re gonna die. Oh, dear God, our holy Lord and savior, you’re gonna fucking die.

Baji may be an idiot, but you’re an even bigger idiot for letting him convince you to call Mikey a piss boy.

It’s a pretty damn good trade-off, you foolishly reasoned when you accepted his offer: $10 and a spin on his motorcycle, which is basically hitting the jackpot for a broke, motorcycle-less middle schooler like yourself.

Now, what you failed to take into consideration, is that you’d literally be risking your life. Had you taken a step back and used your brain for a second or two, you would’ve realized that calling Mikey, of all people, a ‘piss boy’ isn’t worth the measly $10 Baji is currently waving in the air from across the room.

You open your mouth to chicken out. Baji pulls out another $10.

“You wanna waste your allowance? Fuckin’ fine,” you grumble under your breath, making damn well sure your icy glare is received and, yeah, the irritating smirk that widens across Baji’s face when you continue on your path to your demise means your message is read, crystal clear. He just doesn’t give a shit.

Taking a deep breath, you square your shoulders and practically march towards where Mikey is casually munching on fresh taiyaki, legs crisscrossed as he sits atop an old crate.

Oh, man. What would’ve been worse: interrupting one of Mikey’s naps or interrupting him mid-snack?

(Un)Luckily, you get to experience one of them today!

When your footsteps lead you to where you don’t want to be, you stop to stand directly in front of your target, who doesn’t immediately look up in your presence. Simply keeps munch, munch, munching.

It gives you a chance to hesitate, a chance to rethink your reckless decision, a chance to back out and save yourself from a one-sided ass beating.

Alas, the chance to make that split-second decision vanishes when deep, dark eyes flicker up to meet yours, the owner’s expression reading that he’s not exactly bothered to see you there, rather, simply curious to know what you want.

It’s the perfect moment to get this bet over and done with, so, along with your prayers, you just go outright and say it.

“‘Sup, Piss Boy.”

Mikey stops chewing, and you already feel your heart about to burst out of your chest.

The room comes to a dead silence, making it all the more nerve-wracking when, following a dreadful minute of absolutely nothing, Toman’s leader speaks.

“What.”

It’s the only word he says, voice low, emotionless, and instead of it being a question, it’s a demand, a challenge even, to dare you to reaffirm what couldn’t have possibly come out of your mouth.

You remind yourself to breathe, while mentally preparing yourself to get decked in the face, ‘cause it’s way too late to backpedal now. One of your feet is already in the grave; it wouldn’t hurt to speed things up and launch your entire body in there.

“Nothing. I just- I wanted to know how my, uh...my little piss boy is...doing?”

Well, you lived a good life.

Mikey stares at you, unblinking.

One second passes. Two.

Then-

“Are you into that?”

“I- Huh?”

“Baji said you’re into some weird stuff, but that’s pretty fucking dirty, (Y/n). Even dirtier than Ken-chin’s tastes.”

(”Don’t fucking drag me into this shit.”)

Seeing the horrified confusion on your face, Mikey’s head tilts ever so slightly to the side.

“You want me to take a leak on you, right?” he asks, and that’s when your soul says its farewell, leaving behind a red-faced corpse on the verge of combusting. Bringing a hand to his chin, he adds, “Or, did you want to piss on me?”

You thought getting beat up by Mikey would be bad?

No, no, no.

You’d gladly take that over this humiliation.

“Hey, Baji! What did the couple in your porn mag do? Did they take turns or what?”

And Baji, the piece of shit, can’t hold it in anymore and breaks out in the most obnoxious laughter, the kind that’s loud, unrestrained, and has him doubling over, gasping for air.

“Oh, fuck, this is gold!” He’s wheezing at this point, triggering a few of the others to start laughing as well, including Mitsuya, who, to his credit, at least tries to stifle his laughter. “Ask (Y/n) what he prefers! Ask!”

At the other boy’s persistence, Mikey raises an eyebrow at you, giving you his full attention as though genuinely curious to know what your pissing preferences are. It causes the flush coloring your face to turn 10 shades darker and 10 degrees hotter.

You don’t know what’s worse: the fact that your friends now think you have a piss kink, or the fact that Mikey is open to exploring said kink with you.

“So, what’ll it be?”

“I...” What do you even say in this situation?

“Do you want me to pee on you?” Mikey asks again in a much softer voice, hoping it’ll reassure you into giving him a direct answer. He doesn’t want to scare you, no. Knowing how nervous you get around him, he’s been doing his best to show only the good sides of himself to you.

That must be why he takes your hand in his, giving it a little squeeze to encourage you to speak up. What he doesn’t know, is that as opposed to being comforted by the kind action, it makes you feel mortified, especially at the insinuation of you wanting him to release his bodily fluids on you.

So mortified, actually, that the first thing that comes out of your mouth is an unintentionally shy, “Please, don’t pee on me...”

You realize your mistake the second those words are said.

Ahh! No! That’s not what you were supposed to say!

Why didn’t you say you don’t want anything to do with piss in general?!

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

Your head is spinning, thoughts going haywire after misspeaking , but what really sends you over the edge is the, admittedly, cute little smile you catch on Mikey’s face. Now, not only is your head in disarray, so is your heart.

“Alright. Since it’s you, I’ll let you do it.”

Nope. That’s it for you. Time to clock out of consciousness.

Thump!

“Oh. He passed out.”

Abrupt as it is, your passing out is of no concern whatsoever to Mikey. Nah, he finds it endearing as hell and crouches down to admire your ‘sleeping’ face.

“He must’ve been super happy,” he fondly muses, completely ignoring Draken’s advice to make sure you’re still breathing in favor of stroking your head and pinching your cheeks. 

(”He might die, dumbass. I’m tellin’ ya.”

“He won’t. (Y/n)’s strong.”)

On the other side of the room, Baji has zero fuel left in him to bark out another laugh at Mikey and his gullibility when it comes to wooing the person he fancies, though he does have the energy to wipe away the tears at the corners of his eyes.

“Best $20 I’ve ever spent,” he blissfully remarks to Chifuyu.

“Baji-san, this isn’t how you play matchmaker.”

“Dude, this is exactly how you play matchmaker.”

To prove his point, the long-haired teen points back to where Mikey is sitting beside you on the ground, carrying out a normal conversation with Draken, like there isn’t an unconscious person right beside them.

“Ken-chin, where should I take (Y/n) for our first date?”

“Huh? Date? I thought he was just gonna piss on you?”

“That means he likes me, Ken-chin,” Mikey explains, sounding, for all it’s worth, similar to a parent teaching their child a new life lesson. “And if the person I like likes me enough to want to piss on me, then, obviously, I should take him on a date.”

It makes no fucking sense, but if Mikey wants to believe that your love language is spilling less than desirable bodily fluids on each other, then so be it.

Because for him, anything goes as long as it’s you.

Not only are you $20 richer, you also scored yourself a date with someone that would let you take a piss on them and vice versa.

Aren’t you a lucky guy?

[mischiefandspirits]

Bernard Figures It Out

Was reading through all the comments on @frostbittenbucky's post and all I could think of was that it was Bernard talking to Tim. Then I got to thinking...

"I've connected the two dots."

"You didn't connect shit."

"I've connected them."

Bernard figures out Tim's a superhero... sort of.

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Tim fidgetted nervously as he waited on the front porch of his boyfriend’s house. Bernard had sounded so serious when he’d called during Tim’s lunch to ask him to come over after work so they could talk about something.

Which Tim had done, after spending an entire board meeting just going over the past week trying to figure out what he’d done.

The only thing he could think of was that he’d ducked out halfway through their lunch date on Wednesday to give Duke some backup, but Bernard had seemed understanding when Tim explained there was an emergency at GRC Labs. It couldn’t have been a tipping point, either, since Tim had managed to only flake on three other dates over the past few months they’d been dating. Kate had been happy to cover for him as often as she could “out of queer solidarity” when she found out Tim was dating a boy for the first time and Tim had managed to trick Bruce into covering a few actual Wayne Enterprises emergencies for him when they came up.

There had to be a reason Bernard was breaking up with him, though. Had he missed something? He definitely wasn’t forgetting an important day. He was good with days and Tam was even better, so she would have reminded him on the off chance that he had forgotten.

What was he missing?

Bernard was smiling when he opened the door, but there was a nervous energy to it that had Tim’s stomach sinking. “Hey, Tim.”

“Hey.” Tim gave his own nervous smile then slipped inside.

They went into the living room and sat down on the couch.

Tim frowned when Bernard grabbed a manila folder off the coffee table. Crud, had he screwed up enough that Bernard had had to make a list? He knew he was new to dating a guy, but he hadn’t thought he’d done that bad. He’d really been trying, especially with how his and Stephanie’s relationship had fallen apart at the end. “What -”

“Just let me speak, Tim,” Bernard said, waiting for Tim’s nod. “Okay, so you know Clark Kent, right?”

Tim blinked as Bernard opened the folder to show a picture of Clark. It looked like one of the employee pictures from the Planet’s website, with his dorky “I’m just a humble country boy” smile and the golden globe from their roof photoshopped in as the background. “Uh, yeah? I think so. He works for the Daily Planet, right? I think he’s worked at a few of Bruce’s events. Not a lot of outside reporters are willing to come to Gotham.”

“Exactly!” Bernard said, snapping his fingers and pointing at Tim.

“What?”

He pulled out the picture to show the next page was an article titled, “DAILY PLANET REPORTER… BATMAN!?”

A wave of relief washed over Tim and he placed his face in his hands. “Were you up all night on the hero conspiracy boards again?”

“No. I mean, I found this on a board and was up all night thinking about it, but I found it reasonably early.”

“One in the morning isn’t reasonable, Bernard.”

“Says the guy who’s always wide awake when I call to infodump.”

“Touché.” Tim leaned against Bernard and gave him a smile. “So tell me, why is some reporter from Metropolis from all places Batman.”

“First of all, living in Metropolis is the perfect cover. Everyone assumes Batman would live in Gotham, no one would consider he could be from anywhere else. Metropolis is outside the GMA, but close enough that the commute is still possible.”

“But it’s Metropolis.”

“And who would think Gotham’s Dark Knight lives in the sunshine capital? Plus, I hear he disappears a lot on the job. There’s gotta be a reason for it!”

Tim made a note to let Clark know he needs to cut back on the disappearing act some since people are catching on.

“And have you seen the guy? He is swol AF, babe.”

“Please don’t call me babe while you’re talking about how hot another guy is.” Especially Tim’s honorary uncle.

“You know I prefer twinks.”

“BERNARD!”

“I’m just saying,” he continued, ignoring Tim’s shout. “The guy is definitely hiding something! Besides, Kent is an investigative reporter. He’s gotta know a lot about cases and the underground and detective work.”

Not as much as he likes people to think, but more than he likes people to know Superman does, Tim mused. “But what about the other vigilantes?”

“Well, Kent has a cousin…” Bernard flipped through a folder and pulled out a picture of Kara. It looked like a screenshot of her interviewing Lena for CatCo. “She’s obviously the latest Batgirl. Look at her hair. And the first Batgirl and the current Batwoman were obviously Lois Lane, the red hair is just a wig. Did you see how she kicked butt at that last event she went to? She’s not as subtle as Kent. That means their son is the latest Robin. He’s exactly the right size.”

Oh, Damian better not hear about this, Tim cackled internally. His youngest brother hated being reminded that Jon was the same height as him despite their two years age difference. Damian definitely took after Talia when it came to body type, no matter what he said.

“And Kent also has a brother.” This time he pulled out a picture of Kon. The clone must have been caught by a reporter out shopping with Ma since he was carrying some paper bags and glaring at whoever was behind the camera. “At least, he’s supposedly Kent’s brother, but he was a teenager when he first showed up with the Kents. A lot of people think he’s actually Kent’s son, that Kent got a girl pregnant when they were teenagers and something happened to the mom so Kent had to take him in. Now the Kents are trying to hide it by saying the two are brothers.”

That was… scarily accurate actually. Especially given Luthor and Clark were close friends at the time that Kon would have theoretically been born.

“And that beef would explain why the younger Kent brother went all crime lord on Gotham for a while before reconnecting with the family.”

“Wait, what?”

“Yeah, Kent Jr.’s got the perfect build for Red Hood.”

Tim bit back a comment on how Kon was shorter than Jason by a good foot. Timothy Drake-Wayne should not know that. Add Jason to the list of people who can’t hear this theory.

“And then there’s this girl,” Bernard picked up a picture of Lois, Jon, and Natasha Irons walking down the street together. “No one’s sure exactly who she is, but she’s been spotted with the Kents a few times. I think the cover story is that she’s Jon’s babysitter.”

“And the actual story?”

“She’s Black Bat, obviously. That’s why she wears a mask that fully covers her face. She doesn’t want to stand out as the only African American Bat.”

“Isn’t Signal also Black?”

“Yeah, but he works in the daytime so he’s already a standout.”

“And who is Signal in this? And what about Nightwing and Red Robin?”

“Well, Nightwing’s just a Blüd who came to Gotham. He doesn’t count.”

Ouch. Sorry, Dick.

“And Red Robin is obviously an older Robin, the one who was Robin when we were kids. Kent wanted to keep him on, and I don’t blame him. As for Signal, he’s got the same backstory as all the other Robins Kent picked up, he just went the Signal route because he didn’t fit the usual Robin mold.”

“Because the female Robin fit the mold,” Tim snorted. Robin Mold, as if he and his brothers were even the same ethnicity. Or even had the same hair color. Jason dyes his hair, Dick’s is brown-black, Tim’s is pure black, and Damian’s is more a dark brown and it’s only getting lighter as he gets older.

“She didn’t, that’s the point. Kent tried to give breaking the Robin mold a chance by letting his cousin have a go at it, but he realized it just didn’t work so she went back to being Spoiler and he got a new Robin.”

Not touching that with a ten-foot pole. “Right, and where does he get the usual Robins? Please tell me you’re not back on the secret government orphanages theory.”

“No, no, no. Kent travels sometimes for his job, right? And a lot of the time he’s going to places that have been hit by disasters or major crimes. So he’ll take in some of the displaced children to train as his robins.”

Tim pressed his face back into his hands.

“You see it, right?”

Honestly, Tim was just wondering how his boyfriend could be so close, and yet so far off. “How would Kent even afford taking care of a bunch of secret -- possibly illegally acquired -- children without anyone noticing?”

“Simple. Bruce Wayne is funding him.”

“Bernard, I love you, but what the heck?” Tim blushed and looked up as he realized what he’d said, but Bernard didn’t seem to notice as he steamrolled ahead.

“It’d also explain how he can afford all the gear and how he’d be able to travel to Gotham or anywhere else Batman goes without anyone noticing. He probably has a secret Batplane or something.”

“Why would Bruce do that?”

“Because Wayne cares about Gotham, everyone knows that, and this way he can make sure someone’s taking care of the city without anyone putting two and two together.”

“And two plus two is?”

Bernard gave him a hard look. “I’m not stupid, Tim. Bruce Wayne is obviously Superman. His face is right there.”

Oh, the others are going to love this! Too bad I can’t tell Damian or Jason. Jason especially would have loved this. “Right. Bruce is Superman.”

“He is. Superman is known for being nice and Bruce Wayne’s basically all that’s keeping the city running at this point. That’s nice as hell.”

Oh my god.

“And Wayne does charity for the victims of cataclysms, doesn't he? I bet he first saves people from them as Superman and then builds them new homes for free.”

Oh my god! Why am I not recording this!?

“And the Wayne’s were rich enough to hide the fact they adopted an alien baby.”

Tim raised an eyebrow. “If you’re about to tell me this is why Bruce’s parents got killed, you might want to stop while you’re ahead.”

“It’d make sense. There’re all sorts of unanswered questions about their deaths,” Bernard muttered under his breath, flipping through the folder. He pulled out another picture of Kara. This time she was in full Supergirl attire with a bus held overhead. “So if Wayne is Superman, then that’d mean your ex-girlfriend could be Supergirl. They look a lot alike and it’d explain how she got involved with you all.”

“Bernard, she has a human dad. You know, Cluemaster. The supervillain.”

“Yeah, her dad. But we don’t know anything about her mom!”

“Let me guess…”

Bernard pulled out a picture of Karen. She and Helena were suited up and talking to a group of cops, two goons held over each of Karen’s shoulders. “Her mom could be Power Girl! Some makeup and a wig and she could look just like Crystal Brown! And Damian Wayne is obviously the new Superboy! That’s why his background is such a mystery, right? He had to stay a secret until he could control his alien superpowers. That’s why he’s always so mean. It’s a cover since everyone knows Superboy is super sweet!”

Sure, when he’s not helping Damian pull pranks or using his adorable powers to put the blame on Kon and I. “No, Bernard. Damian and Steph are just very human hellspawn. And Bruce and Crystal are human too. I can’t believe you called me over here just to tell me you think Superman is both Batman’s sugar daddy and my adoptive dad.”

“Well, that’s not exactly why I called you over,” Bernard admitted, the nervous energy coming back. He grabbed Tim’s hands. “Tim -”

Tim’s stomach sank. “You are breaking up with me!”

“What? No! I don’t want to break up!”

“Why are you acting all nervous and serious then!?” Tim asked, pulling his hands away to throw them up in the air.

Bernard shook the folder. “Because I’m trying to tell you I figured out you’re Superboy!”

Tim’s brain blue-screened and his hands slowly dropped. “I’m sorry, what?”

“I know you’re Superboy. The older one, obviously. By the way, you and Damian really need to figure out separate names.”

Forget Jason and Damian, Kon can never find out about this. He’d never let me live it down. “Bernard, you called me a twink five minutes ago. Su-” Shoot, I can not risk getting Kon’s attention! “The older one might not be as big as Superman, but he’s not a twink.”

“Well, yeah, that’s the shapeshifting at work.”

“The what?”

“Obviously you Kryptonians can shapeshift. Why else would you look so much like humans?”

… Why do Kryptonians look so much like humans? Was there some - Wait, no! Break into the Fortress of Solitude for research later! Reassure your boyfriend that you’re not an alien now! “Bernard -”

“And that explains why your step-mom was so hot.”

“Gross.”

“She and your dad were actors hired by Luthor so you could have a normal life! But now Bruce has custody so he adopted you.”

“No.”

“That’s why you and your dad were so weird with each other when I met him.”

“We were weird because he’d just gotten out of a coma not long before to find that his wife was dead so he decided to actually be a dad for once in his life, but overcompensated and became a helicopter parent to a kid who was mostly on his own for his entire life!” Tim blurted out. “I am not an alien, Bernard!”

“Well, not technically since you were cloned from Superman on Earth.”

“Oh my god! You were just talking about Steph being Supergirl! Why would I date my dad’s cousin?”

Bernard blinked. “Supergirl and Superman are cousins?”

Right, Timothy Drake-Wayne wasn’t supposed to know that. “I thought they’d said something like that before, yeah. Are people seriously saying I’m Superboy on the internet?”

“NO! No, I swear I would have led with that if I thought your identity was compromised. A few people have mentioned Wayne and Damian, but not you or Steph or Jason.”

“Wh-Jason!? You think Jason was an alien too!”

“No, not exactly, but a few times when I’ve visited I swear I’ve seen a guy in the manor who looks like Jason. It’s just been out of the corner of my eye and he’s gone whenever I look so I’ve always thought it was just Dick or Bruce or some picture of Jason that my mind was playing tricks with, but it makes sense now that I know Wayne is Superman. He must have been able to heal Jason with alien tech, but couldn’t say anything because that would give away that he’s Superman.”

Damn it Jason! And damn it Bernard! I’m dating the smartest moron in the world! “Bruce did not bring Jason back with alien technology and none of us are aliens!”

“It’s okay, Tim. I won’t tell anyone.”

Tim grabbed Bernard by the jacket and pulled him into a kiss. When he started to feel lightheaded, he pulled back, “Could someone whose skin is as solid as stone kiss like that?”

Bernard blinked dazedly at him for a moment. “How do you know what Superboy’s skin feels like?”

Tim screamed internally. “He’s saved me from a kidnapping before.”

“Really?”

“Yes. I can get you the police report if you want.”

“Huh… And the others?”

“Not Supers. I can stab Damian the next time we’re at the manor if that’ll prove none of us are aliens.” He’d rather stab Jason, but that would probably only confirm to Bernard that Bruce used alien technology to bring him back.

“You probably shouldn’t stab your brother if he isn’t an alien.”

Tim rolled his eyes. “I won’t stab him anywhere deadly.”

“That’s not the point,” Bernard said slowly.

“He’ll be fine.”

“If you say so.”

“So do you believe I’m not an alien now?” Tim huffed, letting go of Bernard’s jacket.

The blond’s eyes dipped down to Tim’s lips. “If I say no, will you kiss me like that again?”

“You’re ridiculous,” Tim said, but he kissed him anyway.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“Okay, but I still say Clark Kent is definitely Batman.”

“Sure, Bernard.”

[brawn-gp]

hello! as promised, here’s a basic coloring tutorial for gifs (that can also be used in edits). i’ve been meaning to make this tutorial for a while now, and i know coloring can be sort of personal preference, but i just thought it could help someone in some way. *edit: it wasn’t as quick as i thought lmao.

this gif is part of this gifset

warning: heavy use of images and gifs

first things first: have your gif ready; size and sharpen wise. i don’t know how many of you make your gifs but in my opinion coloring should be the last thing you do.

ok, lets take a look at my initial gif:

i start by making myself some questions: (1) is it brighten enough? (2) are the colors ok? (3) is it vibrant enough? (4) do i like the contrast? (5) do i like the color palette?  → these questions will help me guide my coloring process and how i want my gif to look like in the end

for example here i can see that the brightness is close to what i like, the colors mostly match (there isn’t an excess of red, green or blue), but it isn’t vibrant nor contrasting enough, and this color palette looks all over the place in my opinion. with this in mind, my focus will be on those steps. so let’s start with some adjustments:

1. curves

ah, my best friend in the entire world. this can help with the brightness and the color correction, so i always start with this adjustment. all you have to do is select the blackest and whitest point in your gifs with the pointers shown below

in my case, this is what that correction looked like: like i said before, the color balance is pretty ok, but it did bring out a bit of contrast and vibrance (here i can add another curve adjustment if i feel like it). in this particular example it didn’t do much, but this could be a life saver in unsaturated gifs or weirdly colored footage (like the vides haas makes)

2. vibrance/saturation

this adjustment should be used with caution, because it can ruin skin color (specially the saturation). but it can also do wonders if you feel like your gif is looking dull. in most cases i use the vibrance, but in this particular gif i felt like seb’s skin color was off, so it told me it needed more saturation than vibrance. think of vibrance like a less exaggerated adjustment to what saturation is.

*i usually use saturation with skysports footage tho.

here’s how my gif is looking so far:

3. color balance

ok, color balance is definitely a personal choice. there’s not much behind my thought process here, because i usually just toggle every slider until i like what i see. in this particular gif i used these settings: 

be careful here, because you can easily over-do it. my rule is that i don’t go past -10 or +10, unless i’m doing an aesthetic gifset.

* in many gifsets i don’t use this adjustment, because the color correction with the curves usually is enough

4. levels

ok now levels: i use this adjustment as a replacement for contrast/brightness, because i feel like i have more control. from left to right is the darkest parts to the brightest parts of the gif. for personal reasons i usually move the first slider (0) more towards to the right, because it adds contrast to it. then i move the other two according to it.

now this is what that looked like:

ok so with that, we fixed the brightness and contrast of the gif. when i was taking the screenshots it looked like i hadn’t done much, but in reality it did do a lot. here’s a gif of every adjustment, in order:

quite a lot has changed already, as you can see (ignore the quality, this is just because they are exported like this, your gif will not look like this)

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so let’s take a look at your current gif: i would say this is good to post if you like the colors.

but like i said in the beginning, i don’t particularly like the color palette. this is where selective color and hue will pay a big part

5. selective color

my second best friend: selective colors. again, this is personal preference, but personally i’m not that huge fan of yellows and greens, and i like my blues a bit more teal-looking. there’s no green in this gif, that’s why i didn’t change it, but usually i always do something with it.

here i increased the magentas on seb’s suit, and try to see if i could change the shade of blue of the umbrella behind him. the red was to fix a bit of seb’s skin that was altered with the saturation adjustment.

*IMPORTANT: ALWAYS make sure you keep the original skin color of the person you’re making the gif of, specially if its a poc. we don’t wanna see white-washed people.

like you see here, my blue is now more teal-ish, and the aston martin suit looks better. 

but wait... what do i do with the yellow that i don’t like? i could use the selective color to change it, but i decided that i was going to fully colorize that shade of yellow, and to do that i had to use this next adjustment:

6. hue/saturation

in my mind i saw that it could look very pretty if i tried to turn that yellow to pink, so it would go with the am suit. i changed the yellows quite a bit (-102, -44 and +45 is a lot imo), and while i was in it, i decided to make the blues more teal.

now voilà, i like this color palette now. also the gif somehow looks cleaner because all the colors where clashing with what i was trying to portrait.

very important here is that thankfully this coloring didn’t change seb’s skin tone, but it can happen when you change the hue of the reds or the yellows, so be careful there. heavily changing the hues can also make the gif more pixelated, so there needs to be some balance.

7. additional steps: levels2 and gradient map

now my gif was looking very pretty but on a whim i decided to add two steps: add another levels adjustment, and add a gradient map (the gradient map was put with multiply at around 30%). these steps were not really necessary but i liked how they looked like.

9. final result and comparison

so with all of that we went from:

to this:

pretty neat huh

10. some extra tips

- this was a gif made from a screen recording, but downloaded footage will have better colors to start with

- the more hq your gif is, the better the colors will look like

- coloring isn’t something thats done “good” or “bad”, we all have a personal taste when it comes to colors and such. the most important thing to me, is that you try to experiment with every adjustment, because that helps with finding your aesthetic. i don’t have one way of coloring, i just do what i feel is right for every gifset i’m making. 

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so yeah, thats it for today! sorry for my english in some parts hahah, oh and also i’m here for any questions you may have, either via dms or asks... i might not know much but i’m always happy to help

*i will do a more extensive coloring tutorial in the future because i didn’t use every adjustment there is