#and i barley ever add colors

[gtraccoon]

space buddies!💫💫

art trade/gift for @itsjustlyric1

craig and lyric talking about space because they’re both so silly⭐️

also lmk if u like this style cuz i’d be lying if i said it didn’t take forever omfg and i need to know if u guys like it so i know if it’s worth putting the effort in 🌙

i love the colored fonts if u couldn’t tell :(

[divinelolita]

nah cause listenn

subtop bratty tom kaulitz😍(couldn't remember the bill one so i'll give you a freaking tom one instead.) maybe he's flirting with other girls at a club event or party and he knows that reader(male btw) doesn't enjoy it when he does that because he knows tom is doing it just to annoy him knowing he would say he'd stop bro😚

so reader pulls him into the bathroom or wherever you choose and rides tom until his dick(that feels so weird to say cuz i usually say wiener💀) feels limp and reader is making sure toms not touching him in any way and you can add some other stuff if you'd likeee

can be a full fic or your bullet points do you bae😘

bro I got butterflies reading that omg 😨😨..my writing (esp for smut) isn't good at all but ill try just 4 u 😋.

SUBTOP! TOM KAULITZ X MALE READER

(contains nsfw themes so if you don't like that please don't read!)

M/N couldn't help but glare at Tom, watching as the dreadhead flirted with some girl and brushed his fingertips up her arm. Watching how he would push a strand of her hair behind her ear. Or how he would give her that smile- that damned smile- that made her stutter on her words. M/N didn't even know why they were at this club in the first place, something about Tom wanting tobspend time with the band. M/N wouldn't have care if Tom wasn't being such a dick and flirting with random strangers. The voice of Tom telling M/N he 'wouldn't do it' anymore echoed in his head. Bullshit. The (color) haired boy took another sip of his drink, barley tasting the flavour as he watched Tom turn his head, ever so slightly, I the direction of M/N. He could faintly see a smirk on Tom's face, before the dreadhead turned back to the girl infront of him.

M/N grit his teeth, silently fuming as he felt a hot flush wash over his face. His clothes felt too hot on his body. Deep down he knew Tom didn't really like the girl- or he hoped he didn't. Tom just loved to get a rise out of him, seeing M/N's reaction to what he did. By now M/N would have stepped in, going to stand by Tom and silently scold him. But M/N really, really wanted to see just how far Tom would go. He watched as the boy glided his hands down the girls waist, slightly swaying to the beat of the song playing in the background. M/N nearly dropped his drink as he watched the girl put her arms around Tom's neck, pulling herself closer. He could hear Georg faintly whispering to him, but he just couldn't pay enough attention to his friend.

M/N forced down a hard swallow, contemplating if he should step in now or layer, but Tom had already made that choice for him. The (color) haired boy watched, to his dismay, as Tom started to lean in slightly, inches away from the girls face. M/N abruptly stood up, Georg looking up at him with concern. The brunette watched as M/N stalked over to Tom, letting his hand drop on the dreadheads shoulder making him jump slightly. He felt M/N's fingers dig into him. To couldn't help but grin slightly as he turned to the boy heind him slowly. "Your brother wants you." M/N grinded out, trying to sound cold and unbothered although Tom could tell he was anything but.

He silently apologized to the girl he was holding as he slugged away his hands from her waist. The girl frowned for a minute before turning to her side, going back to her own group of friends. As soon as she dissapeared, M/N tugged at Tom's arm and dragged him away. "Aggh..!" Tom groaned silently, trying to keep up with your fast pace. "Ermm... Wha'cha so mad at me for?" he teased, knowing damn well what you were so angry at. "Shut up." You murmured, getting closer to the nearest bathroom. Tom's eyes widened- he actually expected you to at least pull him to the car! "Woah woah-wait-" he started, trying to pull away from your grip a he pouted, although you ignored him and dragged him in, pushing him back into the stall. His eyes widened like saucers.

"Not even gonna try to go to the car?" He chuckled, although it sounded more nervous than his usual confident self. "Stop being such a fucking brat and sit." You spoke, pulling off your shoes as you began to undo your belt. He flushed, before clearing his throat as he lazily tossed his head to the side, grinning. "Or what..?" he mumbled, his voice low and throaty as he felt himself get slightly hard. He shrank back a little as you glared at him, quirking an eyebrow. "What was that?" you pondered aloud, stilling your movements. "... Yessir." he whispered, sitting down as he also undid his belt.

You both pulled your pants off and tossed them to the side. You stood infront of him, rubbing his cheek with your thumb as he blushed, shuddering under your strong gaze. ".. Lube?" you muttered, a finger going down to tease the head of his cock. He gasped slightly, trying to hold back from bucking up. "N-no.." he whined quietly. You groaned to yourself, tapping a finger to Tom's thigh asvyou thought to yourself. You griamced at the idea, but there's no way your going raw. You leaned down, onto your knees as you spat on his dick, going to rub it all over. He whimpered, his thighs already shaking as he panted slightly. "M/N- oh god.." his hand went to reach for your hair, butyou swatted his hand away with your free hand and tightened your grip.

"No." you muttered, looking him dead in the eye. His eyes widened again, flickering side to side from your (colored) ones. "B-but-" you shushes him, squeezing his thigh soft enough that it wouldn't leave a bruise, but hard enough to hurt like a bitch. He silenced himself, throwing his head back as you continued to move your hands. Once you felt he was slippery enough, you thanked the gods that you had prepped earlier today (cuz I'm not writing allat lol). You rose from your earlier position, going to seat yourself. "AHH!" he moaned, before covering his mouth with hisvhand trying to keep quiet due to being in an open space. You smiled to yourself, only having taken half of him in.

You griamced as you lowered yourself more, feeling him fill you up. You heard soft whimpers come from his mouth as he squeezed his eyes shut for a second before he locked eyes with you. Once you were at the bottom of his base, you let out a soft moan a you shivered in delight. He squeezed his eyes once again, expecting you to move, but when you didn't he blinked up at you with glossy eyes, playing with the lip ring he had. "Ughhh.. Move!" he whined, his hand traveling to your waist to try to get you going, but he whimpered as you smacked his hands away. "No." you repeated once again. "This is for going against your words, don't touch me." you declared, holding back a giggle as you saw how pitiful his face looked, his eyes widening as he looked at you shocked. "W-what?! That's n-not fair!" he whined, furrowing his eyebrows. He gasped loudly as you sat almost all the way back up before slamming back down, making him cry out. "No? I think it's very fair.." you mutter, continuing bouncing up and down. He moaned loudly, throwing his head back.

"You can't just say things and not go along with them.." you ground out, moaning softly as you shuddered in pleasure. "Ughhhnnn... M/N..!~" he said inbetween pants, his eyes rolling back. He yelped loudly as you quickened your pace, going faster and faster. "Oh fuck- fuck fuck fuck fuck!" he whimpered, thighs shaking uncontrollably. You moaned loudly, whining softly to yourself as you leaned in to peck his lips quickly, but he put his hands on your neck. You stilled your movements, making him whine at the loss pleasure. "No... Keep going!" he ground out, trying to buck his hips upwards. You put pulled away from his hands, before putting your own on his shoulder as you gripped tightly. "Why are you being such a brat? What did I say about touching me?" you raised an eyebrow as you cocked your head to the side.

"Mmmmnnh.. I'm s-sorry!" he hiccuped, panting softly. You hummed, going back to the pace you he was screaming at. "AGGH!" he shouted, bucking his hips up to match your pace. You shushed him, although you couldn't help but let out a few moans yourself. "So good for me... such a good boy." you mumbled, rubbing your hand over his chest as you picked up the pace yet again, if that was even possible. You felt his dick twitch inside of you, a warning he was getting close. You smiled to yourself, an idea in mind. You grabbed onto his shoulders as you went faster, going all the way up to the tip before going all the way back down. Tom moaned, his eyes screwed shut. "Oh... M/N! M/N, M/N! I love you-" he shouted at the end, cumming deep inside you with a howl. His dick felt limp and soft now, as he waited for you to get up off him. But no- you continued your movements.

"Mmngnn! M-M/N??" he wailed, feeling overstimulated as his dick began to harden again. He whined loudly as the pleasure mixed with pain. "I haven't came yet. Don't be so selfish." you snarked, going back to a pace you loved.

You were gonna be here for some time, although Tom wasn't complaining.

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[uglycowplant]

sims tag

tagged by: stole from the dash lol

1. What’s your favourite sims death? cowplant for sure! i also love the vending machine one lol

2. Alpha CC or Maxis Match? maxis mix! i use only maxis match hairs but i sort of mix alpha clothes,,, but not like suuuuper alpha clothes??? yknow,,, lol

3. Do you cheat when your sims gain weight? no. why would i

4. Do you use move objects? all the fucking time. i cant not use it

5. Favorite mod? i love custom recipes! and also mccc, ui cheats, and more cas columns. cant play without em. i also used to play with some slice of life and wonderful whims features, but stopped after the infant update... idk if ill get back to them anytime soon tho

6. First expansion/game/stuff pack you got? i got city living, vampires, and cool kitchen at the same time! i actually wanted outdoor retreat but i was 12 and mt dad bought them for me and somehow i mixed the links lmao (we used the sims website to buy them)... i still to this day dont own outdoor retreat and idk if ill get it anytime soon

7. Do you pronounce “live mode” like aLIVE or LIVing? like living!

8. Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made? probably bree wisteria. i think a lot about how i didn't end up using them as the heir...

9. Have you made a simself? yes! i have a whole post of dressing my and my friends simselves in different universes!

10. What sim traits do you give yourself? bookworm, clumsy, and socially awkward. i dont own highschool years so i actually used loner instead tho

11. Which is your favorite EA hair color? the new browns!

12. Favorite EA hair? i love the cottage living ones! except agnes' one. it has a weird texture

13. Favorite life stage? children! idk why, i just like playing with them and decorating their rooms

14. Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay? definitely a player. i actually am renovating the entire game rn for when im done with my current legacy so ill have a cool looking save to play not so berry in, and im enjoying building a lot more than i anticipated!

15. Are you a CC creator? not at all. i cant even make recolors

16. Do you have any simblr friends/a sim squad? nope. but id love to get to know ppl on here more!!

17. What’s your favorite game? (1, 2, 3, or 4) only ever played the sims 4 (and a little of my cousin's sims 3 when i was 7 but i dont remember much) so i cant really say lol

18. Do you have any sims merch? nope. i do want a cowplant sculpture tho. something resembling a funko pop. if they'd ever make a collab with funko id get them!!

19. Do you have a YouTube for sims? nope. i do watch a lot of sims youtubers tho

20. How has your “sim style” changed throughout your years of playing? i used to make sims from shows and play as them with aging off (i actually have an entire arrowverse save that im considering making into a full on dc save). now im more of a legacy player, especially with challenges and stuff

21. What’s your Origin ID? romychet. follow me! i upload all the renovations im making lol

22. Who’s your favorite CC creator? i dont have a fav atm but it used to be @miikocc and @casteru for a loooong time!

23. How long have you had a simblr? like a year and a half maybe? idk

24. How do you edit your pictures? literally just add a psd as a filter and thats it lol

25. What expansion/game/stuff pack do you want next? honestly all we got lately (book nook kit, green house kit, growing together) are all what i really wanted... i dont own any of them yet (i do however have the greenhouse kit as cc) so i don't have anything im that interested in! maybe a more in depth elder pack? tho i barley play with them atm

25. What expansion/game/stuff pack is your favorite so far? cottage living! it's soooo cozy and cute and i love it for my family gameplay! and speaking of family gameplay, i think that once ill buy growing together itll become my fav! i also looooove parenthood!

[british-literature-legacy]

The Sims 4: Survey of British Literature Legacy Challenge (#BritishLitLegacy)

Generation 1: Beowulf

Bodybuilder Aspiration

Military Career – Officer Branch

Traits: Active, Bro, Loves the Outdoors

You are Beowulf, hero and future king of the Geats. You pride yourself in your strength and valor in combat. Your fellow Bro friends regularly call upon you to join them at the gym – and often at the karaoke bar, where the sounds of your merrymaking anger your nemesis, Grendel.

Neighborhood brawl is your favorite holiday. You always participate in it and must fight people until you win at least one brawl.

You answer when your friends come calling. Any time someone asks you to join them (at a bar, gym, festival, etc.), you must say yes unless you are at work or about to go to work. When you’re at the bar with others, you always order a round of Barley Bales for your group.

Max the singing skill. While singing karaoke, make an enemy. If/when that enemy dies, you must make one of their family members your new enemy.

In your youth/young adult days, you gained a lot of your athletic skill from swimming. So, you must always have a pool of at least 1x1 tiles on your lot, no matter how little money you have.

As you progress through the military career, prominently display your military medals in your home.

Generation 2: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

Country Caretaker Aspiration

Self-Employed as a Farmer

Traits: Self-absorbed, Animal Enthusiast, Slob

Lot trait: Simple Living

You are Chaunticleer the rooster. (Well, kind of.) A large portion of this generation is a legacy challenge with your chickens—see below. They are your primary source of income. You may also build/make/sell things for extra money, but no one in your household may have a traditional a career.

You must begin this generation with one rooster named Chaunticleer and one hen named Pertelote. Think of this requirement as a legacy challenge of the chickens’ descendants. Your goal is to always have at least one “heir” chicken that descended from the original pair.

>> If chicken incest bothers you, you may manage your coop so that you replace elder chickens with a new unrelated mate for your heir-chicken, as needed.

>> If chicken incest doesn’t upset you, you may complete this requirement simply by having your chickens maintain their numbers without ever purchasing new chickens.

Win at least one chicken and/or egg contest at the Finchwick Fair.

Befriend any foxes that frequent your lot. Rabbits are cool, but what does the fox say?

Flirt with potential suitors constantly. You must have at least six significant others before you marry or settle down with your life partner.

Generation 3: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Motivations: Mansion Baron Aspiration

Athletic Career -- Either Track

Traits: Ambitious, Self-Assured, Unflirty

You are Sir Gawain, the youngest and most honorable of King Arthur’s knights. You live your life in search of the Green Chapel, the glorious mansion where your fate awaits you. Married sims find you extremely attractive, but you steadfastly reject their advances.

Become BFFs with someone who is married. That sim’s spouse is romantically interested in you (you can cheat for this, or just flirt with them a bit initially), but whenever they ask you out or come on to you, you refuse.

Surround yourself with situations that run the risk of death. For example, keep a cow plant, piranha pond, exploding toilet, fireplace with furniture next to it, etc., on your lot.

Cheat death at least once (i.e., die and be saved). You may want to give yourself a spouse or household member with high charisma skill so that they can successfully plead; otherwise, you may choose to have a household member resurrect you, and/or add your ghost back into the household.

Green is your favorite color, and you will always live in a green-colored house. (Yes, I know the knight is the one who is *actually* green, but I thought this would be a fun addition.) Ultimately, your green house will complete the mansion baron aspiration.

If you have Realm of Magic, befriend one of the three sages to represent Morgan Le Fay.

Generation 4: Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

Motivations: Soulmate Aspiration

Critic Career -- Food Critic Branch

Traits: High-maintenance, Jealous, Romantic

You are Romeo/Juliet. In this interpretation of the story, you meet someone in high school who will change your life forever. At first, you dislike this sim, but the relationship quickly turns into passionate love instead. Luckily, a little birdie from the future warned you not to drink any poison, which inspires you to join the Food Critic career. (Because the legacy couldn’t continue if you died at age 13.)

Meet your future spouse in high school. At first you dislike each other (you do not have to go all the way to enemies; the dislike can be minor), but then almost immediately turn that dislike into love. You must get married the day that you age up from teen to young adult.

For some inexplicable reason, you are enamored with the theatre. At home, in secret, you max the acting skill even though you never actually participate in acting/drama/etc.

Because you fear accidentally ingesting poison, you feel the need to make your own beverages. One of your hobbies is making fizzy juice in your backyard. For added challenge, make the juice from plants you grow yourself. (If you don’t have Eco Lifestyle, you may choose a different food or drink related hobby.)

You and your spouse are madly in love. Throughout the course of your marriage, your goal is to woohoo in every available woohoo spot that you have installed in your game.

>> Locations include: Observatory, sauna, hot tub, bed, tent, shower, waterfall, closet, pile of leaves, sleeping pod (Get Famous), coffin, party bush, Brindleton Bay Lighthouse, rocket ship, money vault (Get Famous), dumpster, hot spring, ice cave (Snowy Escape).

Generation 5: Milton’s Paradise Lost

Leader of the Pack Aspiration

Secret Agent Career -- Villain Branch

Traits: Evil, Outgoing, Insider

You are Lucifer-turned-Satan. Everyone sees you as evil, but in reality, you’re just slightly mischievous and very misunderstood. As a teen, you fall out of favor with your parents and are left alone in the world. In response, you find yourself constantly seeking belonging as leader of a notorious club.

Style yourself (clothing, house/décor, etc.), however you’d like to interpret Satan and/or Lucifer. Interpretations include Goth and/or punk, extremely beautiful, angelic, and/or sexy, or a good old-fashioned lots-of-the-color-red and/or hair/hat styles that resemble horns.

Move out of your family’s home as a teen. You may take money from your parents to build your own house, but after the house is set up, you must earn money to pay the bills yourself.

Create your own club and earn the “notorious club” trait. Club activities may be whatever you wish, but your goal is to recruit as many people as you can to join this club. Try to recruit friends of your parents into your club (just to make them mad).

Win a voodoo doll from the humor & hijinks festival, and use it at least once a week.

Any time you are socializing and scroll past the option to “dare someone to streak,” you must do it. For added challenge, you may add other mischief interactions to this list.

Generation 6: Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels

Archaeology Scholar Aspiration

Political Career – Politician Branch

Traits: Child of the Ocean, Kleptomaniac, Snob

You are Lemuel Gulliver, an adventurer and accidental diplomat who just won’t stop going on adventures (no matter how poorly they end). You build your life learning about other cultures and sharing your own, but deep down, part of your heart will always belong to the sea.

Live in Sulani, where you participate in island living activities: swimming, boating, playing with dolphins and/or mermaids, sun-tanning, drinking kava, etc.

Your primary goal is to complete the Archaeology Scholar aspiration. Use the Politician career to make money, but don’t prioritize reaching the top of that career. 

To represent your voyage to Lilliput, you must have triplet toddlers at some point in your life. (You can cheat for this, adopt, or just add them to your household in CAS.) To escape from Lilliput scot-free, all three of the toddlers must reach level 3 in all of their skills.

To represent your voyage to Brobdingnag, you must adopt a very large dog at some point in your life. The dog must have at least two negative/difficult traits.

After accomplishing the archaeology scholar aspiration, you become a recluse. Retire and/or quit your job, and change your lot trait to “private dwelling.”

Generation 7: Lord Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

Writer Career -- Author Branch

Serial Romantic Aspiration

Traits: Romantic, Noncommittal, Vegetarian

You are Lord Byron—mad, bad, and dangerous to know. Although the rest of our generations are inspired by fictional plots, you live life according to Byron’s semi-autobiographical poem. You are a creative visionary, but also an unapologetic disaster bisexual who gets into trouble a bit too often.

Reach the top of the writer career, with a preference of working from home. As a writer, attain and maintain at least 3 stars of fame if you have Get Famous.

>> Earn enough reward points to purchase the Creative Visionary trait

You are a vegetarian who takes their health very seriously. Eat primarily garden salads and harvestables in order to attain the “health nut” lifestyle as soon as possible.

Live in a home that is inspired by nineteenth-century décor. If you have the Vampires pack or Décor to the Max kit, try to use those items, especially ones you don’t normally put in your builds.

Have at least 3 children with 3 different sims. All of your partners adore you—and yet, you have no interest in a serious commitment to any of them.

Either never get married, or if you do, continue cheating with many partners of many genders. Earning the player trait through your aspiration will help with this.

Generation 8: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Motivations: Nerd Brain Aspiration

Engineering Career -- Mechanical Branch

Traits: Genius, Paranoid, Loner

Lot trait: Science Lair

You are Victor Frankenstein, the scientist in Mary Shelley’s novel. Many people think you’re a doctor, but you didn’t even make it through undergrad. You are so obsessed with discovering the secrets of “life itself” that all you can think about is building your Servo… until things go horribly wrong.

Meet your sole romantic partner in childhood, and remain close friends with them throughout your life. You may never live with your partner (see below), though you may have children and raise them in your own household.

Excel in high school and earn multiple scholarships to start college (attempting a robotics degree) but drop out after completing your first semester in order to build your own Servo at home.

Get engaged only to have your spouse tragically die during or immediately after your wedding—you may use a cheat for this. You will want to have children/potential new heirs before the wedding in order to make this work.

After your spouse’s tragic death, you must decide (or flip a coin): Does your Servo join your household and become your only friend, or will you blame them for your partner’s death and scorn your own creation? (Or, I mean, I guess you could freeze to death and move on to the next generation if you prefer.)

Generation 9: Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre

Master Mixologist Aspiration

Unemployed/Mixologist Career

Traits: Child of the Islands, Family Oriented, Erratic

You are Bertha Mason. (You thought I was going to say Jane Eyre, didn’t you?) You thought your spouse was great when they swept you off your feet, but it turns out this person only married you for your money. Now, you find yourself locked in the attic, plotting your escape.

Begin your young adult life in Sulani, working as a successful mixologist. You are happy on the islands where you feel at home, though you may not get married or have children at this time. Instead, you must move on to the next step before reaching the Adult life stage.

When a mysterious stranger comes around, AND/OR if the game gives you the “married for money” prompt, you get married in a rushed, whirlwind romance.

You must move away from Sulani and quit your job in order to live with your spouse, which makes you sad. In response to your sadness, your spouse locks you in their attic.

You may not leave the attic (use door locks to do this), though your spouse is allowed to come in and out. You may put appliances, a bar, etc., in the attic, but your room is not allowed to exceed a 5x5 square for living space, plus an attached 2x3 bathroom. Whenever your spouse enters your room, be mean to them and/or fight with them.

>> You have two options to escape the attic: 1) If your spouse dies on their own without cheats; 2) If at least one full room of the house catches on fire. You may build fire hazards into the home in order to accomplish this. If your home catches fire but a sim puts out the fire before it grows very big, you have not yet accomplished your task.

>> You may live your life however you wish after your escape, including a divorce if your spouse has not yet died. (Let’s give her a happy ending, OK?)

10. Virginia Woolf’s Orlando

Renaissance Sim Aspiration

3 different careers culminating in Style Influencer

Traits: Gloomy, Foodie, Art Lover

You are Orlando, the titular character of literature’s queerest time travel story. You have aristocratic tastes and enjoy relaxation, fine food and the arts, and being pampered. Each new week of your life is more and more different from the one before.

Every Sunday, start the new week by changing your clothing. (At least change whichever outfit you will wear the most that week. This is usually the “everyday” category.) Swap between masculine, feminine, and/or combinations of both freely. Gender is a social construct.

When you swap your outfits, also change at least one “like” from each of the like/dislike categories. Then, change your décor and hobbies for that week accordingly.

In this challenge, you are happily polyamorous; you can cheat to add the Player trait if you like. When you choose to settle down, both your spouse and your significant other live with you.

When you get to set trends as a Style Influencer, select historical/period pieces. The costumes from Get Famous are especially encouraged.

Frequent the spa if you have Spa Day; and/or dine at experimental restaurants and/or the hottest spot in town; and/or take at least one expensive vacation per life stage.

[petriquors]

— karasuno’s starbucks orders

❤ boys !! daichi, sugawara, asahi, tanaka, nishinoya, ennoshita, kageyama, hinata, tsukishima, yamaguchi

❤ genre !! character study

❤ author notes !! somehow a pileup of work projects means i have more hc ideas? catch me making a habit of writing one of these after work every day. 

❤ daichi !! daichi’s favorite coffee is smooth and rich, maybe just a little sweet. he orders a caramel macchiato with one less pump of caramel than on the recipe, no whipped cream. he says he wants to taste the coffee, but he also knows that he definitely wouldn’t enjoy coffee without a little sweetness.

❤ sugawara !! he’s a mocha man! he has a big sweet tooth, but also likes the style himself as an “adult” (yeah okay suga), so he’s one to order a hot mocha and say something idiotic about how the chocolate enhances the flavor of the coffee. no one believes him. they also make fun of him whenever he gives himself a whipped cream mustache. this happens often.

❤ asahi !! asahi likes orders that are easy to remember and don’t vary much in flavor or texture depending on who’s making it. we’ve all been victim to a burnt shot of espresso, and the one time that happened to him scared him off of espresso forever. instead, asahi is the kind of guy who orders a regular black coffee and adds his own milk so he can control how light it is!

❤ tanaka !! passion tea lemonade!! you can’t fight me on this!! i think tanaka loves fruity, refreshing things, even in winter (though he might get a hot chocolate or a mocha to warm up when it’s very cold). he thinks it’s cool that it’s bright red.

❤ nishinoya !! king of the starbucks secret menu. shows up with the recipe for something wild memorized, maybe like, the sour patch kids drink or the strawberry cheesecake frap. he orders it, slams it down on the table, and makes whoever came with him try it to experience the magic for themselves. this man can make a drink that tastes like anything. probably has thousands of tiktok followers because of it. specializes in videos where he makes tanaka try weird drinks.

❤ ennoshita !! ennoshita drinks tea more than coffee, and ordered a london fog one time because he thought that sounds really cool. then he got hooked, so that’s his regular order, though he’s known to mix it up with a chai latte every now and again. tea is warm and feels herbal, spicy, and complex -- but the milk makes it sweet. he could drink like four tea lattes a day. minimum.

❤ kageyama !! he doesn’t really like starbucks at all (i think he’s a big bubble tea guy, but i digress), so i think he’d get something simple that’s mostly milk. honestly? i think he would get a white hot chocolate if he was by himself, but he’d get something with as little coffee in it as possible if he’s with the rest of the boys so no one bullies him for his “immature palette”. maybe a white chocolate mocha! 

❤ hinata !! strawberry frap. no it doesn’t have caffeine. yes i stand by this. also really enjoys the colorful refresher + coconut milk combos like the pink drink, dragon drink, etc. he also would try out any secret menu concoctions nishinoya tells him about, but never gets the recipe right.

❤ tsukishima !! tsukishima hasn’t developed the taste for coffee just yet, but when he does, i think he’s an iced latte kind of guy. he enjoys the bitter bite of espresso on his tongue, but he also likes a very large cup of coffee with a ton of milk and ice. maybe that’s just to water it down a little (a lot), but he’ll never tell.

❤ yamaguchi !! his first ever coffee experience was a cup of black coffee because he didn’t know what to order, and he hasn’t gotten over how god-awful it was. now, he’s more of a matcha latte sort of guy (i feel like he also really likes barley tea, maybe chamomile too). also known to dabble in green tea lemonade when it’s hot out. yams is just, such a tea guy.

[mercurygray]

So, I Hear You Liked: 1917

More World War One Films

I was very excited about 1917 when it first came out because it almost perfectly coincided with the 100th anniversary of the First World War, a conflict that I love to read about, write about, and watch movies about. This period is my JAM, and there's such a lot of good content for when you're done with Sam Mendes's film.

Obviously there are a lot of movies and TV shows out there - this is just a selection that I enjoyed, and wish more people knew about.

Note: Everyone enjoys a show or movie for different reasons. These shows are on this list because of the time period they depict, not because of the quality of their writing, the accuracy of their history or the political nature of their content. Where I’m able to, I’ve mentioned if a book is available if you’d like to read more.

I'd like to start the list with a movie that isn't a fiction piece at all - Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old (2019) is a beautifully produced film that allows the soldiers and archival images themselves, lovingly retimed and tinted into living color, to tell their own story. It is a must watch for anyone interested in the period.

Wings (1927), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), A Farewell to Arms (1932, 1957), The Dawn Patrol (1938), Sergeant York (1941), and Paths of Glory (1957) are all classics with a couple of Oscars between them, and it's sort of fun to watch how the war gets changed and interpreted as the years pass. (The Dawn Patrol, for instance, might as just as easily be about the RAF in World War 2.)

All Quiet is based on a famous memoir, and A Farewell to Arms on a Hemingway novel; both have several adaptations and they're all a little different. Speaking of iconic novels, Doctor Zhivago (1965) based on the Pasternak novel of the same title, examines life of its protagonist between 1905 and the start of the second World War.

I think one thing historians agree on is that the start of World War One is worth discussing - and that there's a lot of backstory. Fall of Eagles (1974), a 13 part BBC miniseries, details the relationships between the great houses of Europe, starting in the 1860s; it's long but good, and I think might be on YouTube. The Last Czars (2019) takes a dramatized look at the Romanovs and how their reactions to the war lead to their eventual demise.

As far as the war itself, Sarajevo (2014) and 37 Days (2014) both discuss the outbreak of hostilities and the slow roll into actual battle.

The Passing Bells (2014) follows the whole war through the eyes of two soldiers, one German and one British, beginning in peacetime.

Joyeux Noel ( 2005) is a cute story - it takes place early in the war during the Christmas Peace and approaches the event from a multinational perspective.

War Horse (2011) is, of course, a name you'll recognize. Based on the breakout West End play, which is itself based on a YA novel by Michael Morpurgo, the story follows a horse who's requisitioned for cavalry service and the young man who owns him. Private Peaceful (2012) is also based on a Morpurgo novel, but I didn't think it was quite as good as War Horse.

The Wipers Times (2013) is one of my all-time favorites; it's about a short lived trench paper written and produced by soldiers near Ypres, often called Wipers by the average foot soldier. The miniseries, like the paper, is laugh out loud funny in a dark humor way.

My Boy Jack (2007) is another miniseries based on a play, this one about Rudyard Kipling and his son, Jack, who served in the Irish Guards and died at Loos. Kipling later wrote a poem about the death of his son, and helped select the phrase that appears on all commonwealth gravestones of the First World War.

Gallipoli (1981) is stunning in a way only a Peter Weir movie can be; this is a classic and a must-see.

Gallipoli is a big story that's been told and retold a lot. I still haven't seen Deadline Gallipoli (2015) an Australian miniseries about the men who wrote about the battle for the folks back home and were subject to censorship about how bad things really were. For a slightly different perspective, the Turkish director Yesim Sezgin made Çanakkale 1915 in 2012, detailing the Turkish side of the battle. Although most of The Water Diviner (2014) takes place after the war is over, it also covers parts of Gallipoli and while it didn't get great reviews, I enjoy it enough to own it on DVD.

I don't know why all of my favorite WWI films tend to be Australian; Beneath Hill 60 (2010) is another one of my favorites, talking about the 1st Australian Tunneling Company at the Ypres Salient. The War Below (2021) promises to tell a similar story about the Pioneer companies at Messines, responsible for building the huge network of mines there.

Passchendaele (2008) is a Canadian production about the battle of the same name. I'd forgotten I've seen this film, which might not say very much for the story.

Journey's End (2017) is an adaptation of an RC Sheriff play that takes place towards the end of the war in a dugout amongst British officers.

No look at the Great War is complete without a nod to developing military technologies, and this is the war that pioneers the aviation battle for us. I really wish Flyboys (2006) was better than it is, but The Red Baron (2008) makes up for it from the German perspective.

One of the reasons I like reading about the First World War is that everyone is having a revolution. Technology is growing by leaps and bounds, women are fighting for the right to vote, and a lot of colonial possessions are coming into their own, including (but not limited to) Ireland. Rebellion (2016) was a multi-season miniseries that went into the Easter Rising, as well as the role the war played there. Michael Collins (1996) spends more time with the Anglo-Irish war in the 1920s but is still worth watching (or wincing through Julia Roberts' bad accent, you decide.) The Wind that Shakes the Barley covers the same conflict and is excellent.

The centennial of the war meant that in addition to talking about the war, people were also interested in talking about the Armenian Genocide. The Promise (2016) and The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017) came out around the same time and two different looks at the situation in Armenia.

This is a war of poets and writers, of whom we have already mentioned a few. Hedd Wynn ( 1992) which is almost entirely in Welsh, and tells the story of Ellis Evans, a Welsh language poet who was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele. I think Ioan Gruffudd has read some of his poetry online somewhere, it's very pretty. A Bear Named Winnie (2004) follows the life of the bear who'd become the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh. Tolkien (2019) expands a little on the author's early life and his service during the war. Benediction (2021) will tell the story of Siegfried Sassoon and his time at Craiglockhart Hospital. Craiglockhart is also represented in Regeneration (1997) based on a novel by Pat Barker.

Anzac Girls (2014) is probably my favorite mini-series in the history of EVER; it follows the lives of a group of Australian and New Zealand nurses from hospital duty in Egypt to the lines of the Western Front. I love this series not only because it portrays women (ALWAYS a plus) but gives a sense of the scope of the many theatres of the war that most movies don't. It's based on a book by Peter Rees, which is similarly excellent.

On a similar note, The Crimson Field (2014) explores the lives of members of a Voluntary Aid Detachment, or VADs, lady volunteers without formal nursing training who were sent to help with menial work in hospitals. It only ran for a season but had a lot of potential. Testament of Youth (2014) is based on the celebrated memoirs of Vera Brittain, who served as a VAD for part of the war and lead her to become a dedicated pacifist.

Also, while we're on the subject of women, though these aren't war movies specifically, I feel like the additional color to the early 20th century female experience offered by Suffragette (2015) and Iron-Jawed Angels (2004) is worth the time.

As a general rule, Americans don't talk about World War One, and we sure don't make movies about it, either. The Lost Battalion (2001) tells the story of Major Charles Whittlesey and the 9 companies of the 77th Infantry division who were trapped behind enemy lines during the battle of the Meuse Argonne.

I should add that this list is curtailed a little bit by what's available for broadcast or stream on American television, so it's missing a lot of dramas in other languages. The Road to Calvary (2017) was a Russian drama based on the novels of Alexei Tolstoy. Kurt Seyit ve Şura (2014) is based on a novel and follows a love story between a Crimean officer (a Muslim) and the Russian woman he loves. The show is primarily in Turkish, and Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, who plays the lead, is *very* attractive.

Finally, although it might seem silly to mention them, Upstairs Downstairs (1971-1975 ) Downton Abbey (2010-2015) and Peaky Blinders (2013-present) are worth a mention and a watch. All of them are large ensemble TV shows that take place over a much longer period than just the Great War, but the characters in each are shaped tremendously by the war.

[cdmagic1408]

6, 10, 14, 19, 26, 29 and 30 for the onward asks!

6. favorite background/minor character?

everytime I hear “onward background character,” my mind automatically goes to Theo! he’s a nice innocent guy, and because he was the animator’s favorite, like…the fact that they adored him so much that they wanted him in the background of every scene is so funny, I love it! 😆

also have a soft spot for the deaf girl who signs that Ian “is cute” at the beginning of the film. I mean…she’s not wrong lol. anyway I actually caught that little detail the very THIRD time I watched Onward! I was innocently looking around the scene where Ian is about to enter his school, when suddenly out of nowhere I noticed it, paused the movie, replayed that part, and asked myself: “wait…is she doing sign? it looks like she’s doing sign!!” but I didn’t really know for sure...that was, until an article came out a few weeks later basically confirming it, so wouldn’t you it? I was right! 😲

and it’s funny: the only reason I really recognized that it was sign in the first place is because I actually live in a community where I see people doing sign language pretty much on a daily basis. I can’t do it personally…yet. but hey as long as I’m bringing it up! I’m actually going to be taking a beginners sign language course this semester! We’ll see how far I go in terms of being able to say “he’s cute” but I’m really looking forward to it! 

10. favorite song from the film?

“Carried Me with You” is an automatic favorite, I love that song! And Brandi Carlile! but I’m also gonna go the score route for this one… 

I say my favorite pieces are (in no particular order): Going on a Quest, New Ian, Led Us to Our Victory!, Two Teenage Elves, The Trust Bridge, and A Little Magic

there’s obviously others but I’m just gonna leave it at that for now 🎶

14. which deleted scene is your favorite?

The three I go back to the most are “Unstoppable” “Training” and “Sirens” and I think that’s because those are the scenes I would like to see past animatic form! but specifically because young Ian and Barley are so precious and adorable in unstoppable! 🥹 training is just so fun and enjoyable to watch 🤣 and sirens has our brothers plus Jenny facing some devious villains! Emphasis on VILLAINS!!! 😈

19. favorite type of onward fanart?

Answered in previous Onward ask game post

26. do you own the film on physical media?

Yes I do! just on DVD tho, no blu-ray or deluxe package or anything like that…I mostly go to Disney+ for it anyway, but yeah the DVD is just cool to have! 📀

29. do you think the film will ever join the treasure planet/atlantis club of disney films that become more loved later on?

I most certainly hope so!! Onward deserves more love all day everyday 💗

30. if you could, would you add to or change something about the film?

Overall I wouldn’t, I love it just the way it is! 😍

I guess one thing is I kinda wish the end credits were a little more exciting...

I understand that since this story is based on Dan, his brother, and the mystery of their father that that’s why it’s got a more subtle, serious tone to it. I just look at some of the more bold, colorful, and creative end credits other pixar movies have and the transitions for them as each person who did their part comes on screen and wish onward had something like that (next to having “Walt Disney Pictures Presents” and “a Pixar Animation Studios film” come up before the title…but whatever) 🎞

also mid credits scene I guess? those are always fun and is one last extra opportunity to make the audience laugh! or to tease something…

from mel’s onward ask game ✨

[cottoncandyjester]

Random oc fun facts

Have some random facts that I have failed to mention or thought of

Warning: some of these are pretty dark

Prince used to be a nerd I’m talking dungeons and dragons nerd. He changed in high school after his sister embarrassed him infront of his entire class

Rin used to be a fire breather back in the circus while ren was a sword swallower

Theo knows the entire periodic table song and will sing it to himself if he needs to remember an element

Salem before all the brain damage used to be really smart he was really good at math but now he can barley count to ten

Hikaru is a natural brunette but hates it cause he looks like his father so he dyed his hair pink to show that he’s nothing like them

The twins shortly followed hikaru’s rebellious nature also dying their hair bright colors

Rocket can break chopsticks with his chest and a watermelon with his thighs..think about that for a hot minute

Axis likes paintings portraits after he heard you describe your appearance and touched your face once he has several hundred paintings of just you

To add to that axis has violent tantrums when his art doesn’t go the way he wants and he breaks down like he has been known to destroys countless of his work in rage before curling up in the corner sobbing about how he’s a failure

Salem can memorize a tune faster than anyone anything you hum he can pick it up and memorize it super quick

Zeke was going to be in the marines like went through with the classes in high school back when his hair was much shorter but he quit when they tried to cut his hair

Scarlett is 100% Wiccan and starts every morning with a protection spell

Prince had a thick lisp in middle school but during the summer he went to speech therapy cause he didn’t wanna be seen as a loser

Ren and Scarlett get together to trade. Ren sells her insect venoms while Scarlett gives him poisons and medicine she crafted

Zeke and prince were engaged literally a month away from getting married at one point but broke it off a little bit before prince met his darling. They don’t talk about it..ever.

Axis is in love with Salem..incest love. But Salem hates axis to his core cause their mother loved axis more

Yuuta once ate gunpowder and threatened to blow himself up if his father didn’t let him transition.

Main reason Yuuji transitioned as well is cause he wanted to match with Yuuta

Yuki cries when no one is looking. This is due to just him holding back his emotions to the point that it is too much

Theo had a tattoo of a butterfly on the side of his neck that he got covered

Ushio dresses up in cute frilly maid outfits in her room and stared at herself in the mirror cause it gives her a confidence boost and makes her feel cute.

Zeke one time replaced his ex’s shampoo with nair after he found out she cheated on him with his little brother..then proceeded to beat his brother’s ass before the two went out to get food.

During camshows Salem has been known to have mental breakdowns where he would cry and call himself a stupid slut..this gets him a lot more donations

[lebguardians]

This will be the first “story” I’ve ever written. Woke up today kinda of wanting to write but definitely scared 😂. Don’t know if this would even go anywhere. I love Charles Brandon’s character development in the Tudors and there isn’t many fanfics on his character so I figured I’d give it a go? Maybe?

Warnings: angst, fluff, eventual smut, feel free to message me if you feel I should add some.

I don’t have a title idea, so if someone does after reading it let me know and I’ll definitely give you credit.

The Lady Y/N Windhelm was sent to court after the rebellion in the north to make sure her father, the Duke of Windhelm, stayed loyal. Y/N never agreed with the rebellion against His Majesty, she begged and pleaded with her father to stop his part in the rebellion. When the fighting was done and over, the only reason he wasn’t hanged as a traitor was because her father was good friend’s with King Henry’s father.

Forever branded as the traitors daughter, Y/N did everything she could to blend in with the crowd towards the back at some feast she was forced to attend. She was a shy girl, not that she had anyone to talk to if she could. No one wanted to be associated with her. It was no surprise she was unwed either. Standing at 5’1, she was a slim woman, dark brown hair that reached her bottom, fair skin, blue eyes. Currently she was pressed against a wall, almost trying to blend it with it as to not be seen, her long hair thrown up into a simple hairstyle, and wearing the plainest dress she owned. She prayed no one recognized her.

She looks around the crowd with a sigh. The king with his wife were at the high table laughing and eating, both of whom were surrounded by His Majesty’s counsel. All seemed to be having a good time besides the King’s best friend, the Duke of Suffolk, Charles Brandon. He seemed to be in the middle of another argument with his wife.

Feeling the air getting too hot, Y/N decided to take a step outside to get some fresh air and maybe sneak away back to her room. If she had it her way. She would stay there with her books and needlework. Y/N stepped toward the edge of a balcony and leaned over, enjoying the feeling of the cool spring breeze on her flushed face. She hated wearing these cursed dresses. They are so hot and uncomfortable. She lost herself in though looking out to the trees. She longed to return to the north. The rolling green hills, the sea, riding on her horse for hours, mostly until the moon was high in the sky. She smilied faintly at the memory of her father being so enraged when she came back way too late for his liking. His face beat red with anger and worry. Then the horror passing through his face when he noticed she was wearing trousers before shaking his head and letting out a deep laugh at his only daughter’s shananigans. Y/N missed him deeply.

Y/N was lost to her thoughts and lost track of time. She startled suddenly when a door slammed behind her. She quickly turned and saw the Duke of Suffolk. He looked very angry, his jaw clinched, fists balled up. He looks up and noticed that he startled Y/N. The Duke had brought her back to court on His majesty’s orders. Quite literally kicking and screaming for her father. The sound of her screams stayed with the Duke. The Duke sighed deeply and said,

“Forgive me, my lady. I didn’t know anyone was out here.”

Y/N curtsied, her body beginning to fill with rage at the sight of the Duke. She swore to herself that she would never forgive him for ripping her away from her home and family. “Your Grace.” She replied stiffly. “I was just leaving” she quickly walked past him, wanting nothing more than to run to her room and shake the memories away. The Duke stepped to the side letting her pass, a guilty look passing through his handsome face. The Duke let out a sigh, wiping a hand over his beard. The Dutchess informing him eariler that she was returning to Suffolk with their son and not returning. Rolling his eyes at their argument. He didn’t blame her. Not really. He loved her deeply but he know she would never love him again.

He walked to the edge of the balcony where Lady Y/N stood earlier. He know she was miserable. Who could blame her. He begged for his friend to reconsider bringing her here. He know court would not be kind to the girl. Charles heard the gossip about her around court. The horrids things said to her and behind her back. He heard her soft cries when he passed her room. Taking a deep drink of his wine, he stood straight and headed back into the hall.

Lady Y/N was making her way back to her room, praying no one would see her tears. She heard a group of the Queen’s maidens, laughing about her. Saying thing like she would never find a husband and eventually the King would be bored with her embarrassment and send her to a convent. She finally reached her room and quickly started shedding the layers of her dress, before dressing into something comfortable for the night. She fell asleep crying.

6 months later.

Charles Brandon grew increasingly worried about Y/N. It was noticeable that she has lost quite a bit of weight and that she barley eats a thing, only leaving her room when commanded. Her face has lost all its color and then circles under her eyes quite noticeable. The Queen, Jane Seymour, taking notice as well.

The Queen was kind to Y/N. Most mornings breaking fast with her in private as to not spark more rumors. She worried about her greatly and has tried to persuade the king to send her home with no luck. When she was finally able to get Y/N to open up and talk, y/n spoke often for her love of the north and how much she missed it and her father.

After eating his food, Charles decided to talk to the king about sending y/n back. He worried she would get sickly and die and didn’t want another death on his already heavy conscience. He walked to the king’s quarters.

“His Grace, the Duke of Suffolk”, he heard the groomsmen announce.

“Ah Charles, I was just going to send for you, come sit” the king stated joyfully.

Charles raised an eyebrow at the king’s joyful mood. “His majesty seems to be in a good mood today.” He noted. The king smirked before handing him a letter. Charles furrowed his eyebrows, opened the letter, quickly reading it. His head snapped up to the king, he ran a hand through his grown out curls, and then ran a hand down his face.

“Forgive me, your majesty, but I’m confused” his mind was racing. A million different thoughts running through it. The king finding a loophole, allowing Charles to divorce his wife and marry again if he so chooses. Catherine made it quite clear she wouldn’t love him again nor would allow him to bed her. The King was able to use this and allow for a divorce on the grounds that Her Grace wouldn’t fullfill her duties.

“What’s there to be confused about Charles, it’s clear your miserable. You don’t smile nor joke as you used to my friend. I worry for you” the King replied, taking a bite of some foreign fruit Charles hasn’t seen before. “In any case it’s done and now settled. You are no longer married to Catherine. Don’t think I haven’t already noticed you eyeing another. A certain lady of Windhelm” the king said with a smirk on his face.

A shocked look passed over the Duke of Suffolk’s face. “Your majesty, it’s not like that at all. I’m concerned for the girl. She’s gotten quite sickly and depressed. I came here today to beg of your mercy and allow her to return home.”

A very angry look passed over the king’s face as he stood up. “I’ve already made it quite clear to my wife that I won’t tolerate in meddling and that includes the you as well Charles. The girl is staying here as assurance her father won’t rebel again. They are both lucky I didn’t take their heads. The only mercy she’s getting is me allowing her to marry and not be sent off to some convent.”

Charles was getting very irritated and seeing where the king was going with this. “So what, you’ll force the poor girl to marry me, making her even more miserable? She won’t marry me. I’m the one who ripped her from her home and family and everything she’s ever known. She can’t even look at me without running scared. Forcing me to marry into yet another unhappy marriage? What game are you playing at?”

The king was enraged and slammed his fist down and began yelling. “You’ll marry the girl and that’s the end of it. You remember, you owe me after what you pulled with my sister, Charles. I may have forgiven you but I haven’t forgotten. You will marry her and ensure her loyalty to me and secure that her family remains loyal. The north looks to her family for whatever reason. If they stay loyal the rest will fall in line.” The king stood and stormed out the room. Neither of them realizing some of the Queen’s maidens overheard them arguing about this and decide to make their way to y/n.

Charles stormed out. Everyone moving out of his way seeing just how angry he is. He paced his quarters, his curls a mess from him running his hands through them so often out of frustration. How would he be able to break the news gently to y/n? What he didn’t realize was the women that overheard already telling y/n for no reason other than to be jealous over the fact they werent able to marry the handsome Duke.

Y/n was sitting under a tree working on a needlework, enjoying the sunny spring day for once. She decided to take the Queen’s advice and get out of her room. She was depressed and very home sick. She knew her dresses didn’t fit as they did before and she didn’t have much of an appetite. The Queen was very kind to her. She thought it was apart of a game when the Queen approached her. She quickly realized how kind of a woman the Queen is and began so slowly open up to her. She enjoyed the morning that they ate together.

Y/n heard footsteps approach her. She looked up and saw it was the Queen’s maidens and quickly looked down and picked up her work and stood up to walk away in hopes they would leave her be. She quickly remembered why she didn’t leave her room unless forced to. They called her name and giggled.

“Can I help you with something” y/n said politely. They giggled again.

“Have you heard?” The one on the right asked while the one of the left kept giggling.

“Heard what exactly?” Y/n asked cautiously.

“The king in mercy is allowing you to marry” the left one stated with clear amusement. Y/n grew pale and her hands began to shake.

The one on the right noticed her state. “Yes we heard the king arguing with the Duke of Suffolk not long ago. It seems the king has found a way for the Duke to divorce his wife and has arranged your marriage to him”

A cold sweat breaks out across y/n. She turns and quickly walks off all but running back to her room. Her mind is racing. How is this mercy? Being forced to marry the man that ripped her from her family? A part of her knew that it was on the kings orders and that he was the unfortunate one to have to follow. But she still blamed him.

She barley noticed the people she was passing, not even realizing she rushed past Charles so quickly he almost didn’t notice. She was beginning to hyperventilate, her breath coming in and out quietly, tears streaming down her pale face. Cursing the tight dress she was forced to wear she heard her name being called and a hand on her arm. She looked up to see none other than Charles Brandon himself.

“Let me go” she spit out. All she wanted to do was hide in her room.

“Lady y/n, wait, what’s wrong?” Charles asked very concerned at her current state. Anger flashed through her eyes.

“As if you don’t know what’s already wrong Your Grace.” Y/n breathing quickened. Guilt passed through the Duke’s eyes before confusion.

“My Lady, please I only just found out myself. How could you have found out so quickly. I was just coming to tell you myself”. Charles tried to reason. Y/n snorted

“You know as well as I that secrets don’t stay secrets for long in this hell.” She was beginning to see black edges in her vision. She was scared and panicking.

“My lady, you need to breathe” Charles told her as she began to wobble on her feet.

“No, I won’t do it, I won’t marry you” she gasped out, shaking like a leaf “I want to go home. I want my father” she cried before her eyes rolled back into her head and she passed out.

“Fuck!” Charles exclaimed, catching her before she hit the ground. “Go get a damned doctor and send them to my quarters” he cursed at a nearby guards. Charles picked her up and walked quickly back to his quarters, laying her down on his bed. He stepped out the room and allowed the doctor to look over her. He sat in his chair in front of the massive fireplace and stared into the fire. Not looking up as the doctor came out.

“Lady y/n will be alright and needs rest and nourishment. She is very thin and has been through. Shock”

Charles said nothing and nodded his head not moving from his spot. He let out a big sigh, running a hand through his hair. He hopes he can one day earn her forgiveness or they will both remain miserable.

Let me know what you think!

[batmurdock]

Kisses #9 for... starnovavenom, I think they're called? Or just any two of those three, or whoever else you feel like.

[as u wish! thank u <3] When Eddie sits down at the table to write in two journals at once, he doesn't know what he's going to say.

It's an odd process, documenting his life - he should be telling the stories of other people. One for a journal the color of burnt sienna; a soft suede with fiery edges, warm and bright as any star with the scent of coffee shops soaked into its edges, offset against a cerulean hardcover bound with silver thread, its pages edged similarly - a silvery star; the compass, True North on its front. A journal for Peter. A journal for Rich. First Kisses, Eddie writes, then pauses, considering. The pen taps against full lips and he exhales, scratching the back of his head.

Rock music. A hard bar in Queens. Not the only hard bar in Queens that night. He'd like that joke. Leather. Motorcyclists, quiet mayhem, throwing darts and getting rowdy over boilermakers and bathroom escapes. Overwhelmingly sweet in the best possible way, tingling - a rush up the spine, a riotous light. When he kissed me, all I felt was starlight. It was like making out in the sunlight, a lazy day of beach weather and barley hops, plastered together, sticky against the wall. His pen pauses again, dripping ink. A memory fit to drool about, apparently. He was the first person I kissed after V. Didn't think I was made for that anymore. Never again. He took me out of the dark. Slow and careful, but we fell hard and fast like comets. Maybe he was what I was wishing for between sips, seeing stars. This all goes into the journal that's fiery in color. Eddie fans a hand across the folds of the blue and, stroking the spine flat, begins to write - ambidextrous, concentrating. V hovers in a dark, querying tendril over his left shoulder, an ink-spill for the ages. Rich I never expected gets jotted down there. Eddie smiles ruefully. He and I should've been rivals, or something. But love, as they taught me, doesn't work like that. It can still be selfish or difficult or not particularly easy to untangle, but - he was easy. Almost instantly. Stubborn and stalwart and handsome and Good - he came over, and... White teeth gnaw the pen-cap, contemplative. Well, brownies and dinner led to soft-spoken phrases and interloping touches and before we knew it, we had a broken table and a floor full of laughter to lean on each other. There was takeout, there was turbulence, but before that and - dare I say it - happily ever after for all of us, or close to it - I kissed Rich, because I couldn't think of a better way to tell him he deserved good things. And when he kissed me back, I knew - hoped - he thought the same. Both hands at once, then, writing the same sentence as Venom zigs and zags around him, calligraphic; an emphatic conductor to the orchestra of romance Eddie writes with fervor: And altogether, when we came together - many times, I might add - Eddie grins at Venom, and earns a mouthful of sharp teeth back - That was a kiss that transcended all others. And that's important to know, because this is a love that outshines the darkness. He pauses, then, pressing a hand against either book, as prayerful as only a lapsed Catholic can be, thinks, rather than says: This is a love that survives. And Venom writes that down for him, flowing through Eddie's veins alongside an endless supply of agape adoration.

[anothersadsimp]

Hidden Feelings

Dan Torrance x Reader

Words: Almost 2k

Request:  Hey! Could I request a Danny fic where the reader also has the shining (maybe not to the extent Danny does simply because of youth and inexperience) and has a crush on him but is in college so there’s a significant age gap and she doesn’t want to disturb the dynamic going on between her Abra and Danny so she just likes him from a distance thinking he’ll never reciprocate. Then Abra decides to tell Danny ab the readers crush?

A/N: Wowee I forgot what it’s like to write..... THAT WAS FUN! Also hooray for my first ~official~ request

In your life you never thought you’d have a mysterious pen pal that “magically” communicated with you. Not to mention one that was significantly younger than you, and yet she was one of the only people who understood you the most. Even if you haven’t seen each other face to face. 

After high school you took a year off to be able to move into the right place for you to start college. You found a cheap little studio apartment, and found a steady job in a cozy little town. Even if you were alone, you never really felt that way. You always had Abra to talk to, and always made sure she was on track herself. 

You were up late working on an assignment one night, when you got a heavy uneasy feeling. You turned your music down and looked around your little apartment, feeling like you were in danger in some way. You looked around and listened to the eerie silence radiate around you, trying to spot if there was some sort of intruder. You turned back to your laptop to try to focus on your work, hoping it was just your anxiety and not your “special abilities”. A few seconds after you get back to work a bang sounded through the apartment startling you from your work. You whip your head around to see a little wooden coffee table you had was turned to the side, the word “murder” scratched on to the face of it. Panic started flowing through you, it had to be from Abra. You reached out to her to make sure she was ok, and started packing an overnight bag. The uneasy feeling you had never quite subsided even after being reassured that your friend herself was safe. 

In your anxiety, and insomnia induced state you drove. You didn’t have a destination in mind, but you just had to get out of your tiny apartment after what had happened. You ended up driving hours arriving at a small quaint little town, smaller than the one you lived in. The streets were lined with some older looking buildings, and in the center of it all was a smaller version of the already tiny town. As you drove around, a feeling of ease and comfort washed over you. That's when you decided this is where you’ll find a little motel and stay for the night.

That one night turned into a few nights in the small town. You were walking around “Teeny Town” when you felt it. A sweet, harmless presence that seemed familiar. When you turned you saw a girl staring at you, and then her voice sounded in your head. On instinct you ran over to hug her and check to see if she was hurt from last night, even if this was the first time you’re meeting her. She told me how she came to find her other friend Dan, not exactly expecting to find you there as well. She pointed to the train where a man was opening the little doors of the train, and that warm comforting feeling came back. 

Abra had explained what happened the night before, she had come to ask Dan for help. Dan wasn’t too keen on her idea of investigating, and told her to keep her head down. Dan got up to leave, and you watched in disbelief on how he could just let this girl live in possible danger. You told her to wait on the bench, wanting to give her a safe ride home as you got up after him. It was a funny sight really, seeing this young college kid no one has ever seen scold an older man who drives a train. After you had gotten your point across you turn back to take Abra home safe, and make sure she is ok. Dan would never admit it, but he admired how you just stood up to a complete stranger.

A failed plan, and a burning hotel later you were all outside in the snow watching the Overlook turn to embers. You don’t think anyone really knows what happened. One moment Dan was trying to kill Abra and then you came to the rescue. You told Abra to run and wait outside as you helped Dan. You don’t know how but it was as if you had taken all of his demons from his head. You saw every one that had tormented him since he was a boy and took them to add to your own. You managed to catch him in his arms and stumble out right as the entryway crashed to the ground. 

The recovery was hard on everyone. Abra lost her dad, and her mom wasn’t sure what really happened. Dan lost his best friend, and you had so many more things inside your mind that you had to control. But all of you somehow found a new normal to live in. 

You moved closer, into the same town as Dan, scared that something else might happen to Abra. Not only that but you and Dan had gotten closer, somehow becoming friends. You found that helping around Teeny Town often quieted down your mind, and got a job at a small coffee shop. 

You often visited Abra and her mother on the weekends, wanting to do anything you can for the grieving family. Abra’s mother was grateful, and trusted you enough to let Abra stay at your place when she was out of town. 

Abra found out pretty quickly that something between you and Dan had changed. You slowly became softer around him, and it was hard to not miss the way he looked at you. She hated watching you both dance around each other. 

You and Abra were listening to music and coloring in some of your books one night when she finally decided to confront you about it. It was quiet and cozy with fairy lights on and some steaming cups of hot chocolate in front of you when she asked.

“So when are you going to ask Uncle Dan out?” 

Your eyes widen as you turn to her, dropping the colored pencil you were using onto your book. She continues coloring her page with a horse on it as if nothing happened. 

“What?” Your voice comes out unsteady from confusion and nerves. 

She looks up at you stopping for a second. “When are you and Uncle Dan finally gonna get together?”

You give an unconvincing chuckle, “Abra I-I don’t know what you're talking about.”

“Come on. I know you like him, and he likes you too. I’m tired of watching you two be hopeless for each other.” She explains.

“Yes I like him,” you sigh, “but nothing is going to happen.”

“Why?” It’s blunt, and you can tell she’s not going to believe you either way.

“Cause I’m too young. I’m still in school, Abra. He deserves someone better, and I don’t want to mess anything up. He already hated me when we first met.” You try joking at the end, not wanting to get too serious. 

“Well, he likes you.” She goes back to coloring, as if the words she's said don't rock your entire world. 

You decide that there was no fighting her, Abra though sweet as can be is one stubborn girl. You’re not quite sure when Abra had talked to Dan about the feelings lingering in the air between you two, but that led to quite the awkward conversation for when you got back after dropping her home.

Dan had come over later that night for pizza and movies wanting to finally relax after a stressful day at Teeny Town. He made his way over to the couch plopping himself down as you went to go grab him a soda. You came back and handed the cold beverage to him and sat down on the other end of the couch. It took a minute to realize he is a little more rigid than usual. 

“Hey what's wrong? You seem tense.” You ask.

He turns to you with a soft look in his eyes, “N-no I’m good. Just a lot on my mind today.”

“Wanna talk about it?” You offer, wanting to ease his burdon. 

“Abra had told me something over the weekend that just hasn't left my head.” He says this in a breathless, fake chuckle. 

“What’d she say to you?” Your brow furrow, genuinely curious as to what she said to make Dan this shook. 

“She said something about how I- I should do something about how I feel, and how things wont go as bad as I think they will.” He explains.

“Well, I think she’s right.” You pull your legs up and face him, back resting against the armrest of the couch. “Clearly your feelings are really bothering you, and it’s not the end of the world if something goes wrong. Even if the world does end, you still have me. I’m not going anywhere.” 

Your head is now leaning on the back of the couch, your eyes soft and sincere. The sight of you like that makes him weak. He knows logically you wouldn’t disregard his feelings, or hurt him intentionally in any way. So he confesses. The sweet way you look at him, and the sweet words broke him down. If he wasn’t as tired and vulnerable as he was now he never would have said it out loud.

“The thing is,” He pauses, looking down in hesitation,” my feelings are about you.” He meets your eyes at the last part, anxiety contrasting his calming blue hues.

“A-About me?” You’re starting to panic, thinking you had done something wrong.

“Yeah, about how I like you. As in more than a friend.” He’s nervous, messing with his hands and barley making eye contact with you.

You’re blushing, shocked and frozen in place. The man you fell in love with just admitted he likes you. 

“Well it’s a good thing I like you too, as in more than a friend.” You throw his words back at him, teasing him just a bit. 

“What? Don’t you think I’m a little old?” It’s almost as if he’s trying to find a reason to not be with you, he wants you to have better.

“Aren’t I a little young?” You throw back smugly. 

He chuckles at your teasing, and looks back up at you. You’re hugging a pillow to your chest, clearly from anxiety, and the bottom half of your face is hidden in it. He can tell you're smiling in it from the roundness of your cheeks, and it causes him to smile back at you. 

“So can I kiss you now or…?” You trail off at the end, smile never leaving your face. 

Dan now feeling better and bolder scooches over to remove the pillow from your arms. He throws it behind him and leans down cupping your face to pull it towards his. Your eyes close as you finally meet him in the middle. Your hand comes up to his jaw, enjoying the feeling of him so close to you and the stubble under your fingers. When you pull back your eyes stay closed for another minute and when you open them he’s smiling at you before asking a question.

“So, how about that movie?”

[dalekofchaos]

Solo would’ve been better if the following things happened

Anthony Ingruber played Han Solo

Make it a mix between Ocean’s 11 and The Good The Bad And The Ugly.

No Darth Maul and no Qi’Ra

Han is mentored by Beckett and it makes him the callous and cold smuggler we know him to be in A New Hope. Their relationship is similar to Fast Eddie and Vincent in Color Of Money

Make the focus be about Han as a character and Han’s relationship to Chewie and Lando

Han and Beckett sell everyone out and when Lando offers Han more money, Han shoots Beckett and helps Lando and Enfys Nest and when Enfys insists that he did it because he’s a good man, just have Han say “I did it for the money”

Han wins the Falcon from Lando at the end and ends with Han and Chewie flying to meet Jabba

Solo wasn’t really a bad movie, I think it is a fun movie with great potential. The problem is they focused more on the future and not in the now, a movie about Han Solo does not focus on Han Solo and it’s not necessary at all and the story is very forgettable, and it really is just a cash grab. Alden is completely forgettable, they did not want an actor to emulate Harrison Ford and that’s the problem. Donald Glover was emulating Billy Dee Williams, while also doing his own thing. I really think hiring Anthony Ingruber would’ve been the best possible thing they could’ve done. He looks and sounds like a young Harrison Ford, plus he worked with Ford in The Age Of Adaline. He could’ve easily channeled the charm and swagger of a young Han Solo. With Alden, I just don’t see it.

There is nothing remarkable about the movie and the only two characters who stand out as 100% only enjoyable to me are Enfys Nest and Chewie. The rest of the characters just feel like unnecessary adds or barley passable imitations. 

They made the movie about everything BUT Han Solo and their attempts to make Han a good man just betrays the character we knew in A New Hope. The reason why I chose to cut out Qi'Ra is because Han Solo having a love interest in my opinion was a pretty poor choice. Han Solo was always implied to be a loner before Leia came into his life. His name is SOLO. Han is a criminal smuggler, if anything he would've been sleeping around like Captain Kirk, especially Han in his 20's. Hell, in a deleted scene for ANH, Han basically has a small fling in the Cantina. As a matter of fact, showing that he was this intimate with someone before Leia takes a little bit of the mystique away from their relationship in later movies. I also felt like Han and Leia worked because they were the only ones who would get under each other's skins, but with here, Han and Qi'ra are just kind of in a relationship at the beginning and it's like "oh we don't even know these people" seeing him so deeply affected over another woman makes Han Solo comes across as a little bit more vulnerable than the Han we met in A New Hope. 

This whole movie shows a far more human Han, he's shown to be somewhat empathetic and sympathetic of others. He gives too much of a damn, there's a time or two in Solo where Han chooses to do what's right as opposed to what's right for him, he does jobs without looking for a real reward and that's just not Han Solo. In this movie it's clear that Han has a moral compass, whereas in the original trilogy, he was a lot more morally ambiguous and it was through Luke and Leia's influence and place in life that he began to become good. In A New Hope he had to constantly be reassured that he was going to be preciously rewarded. This completely destroys Han's arc in the original trilogy as this movie implies that Han was always a good guy. And the reason why I added Han working with Beckett to selling everyone out is because it works for his character. Han has been for himself no matter what until he meets Luke and Leia. I cannot see Han pre-ANH ever willingly doing the right thing while it's Lando who stops Han and convinces him, "you'll get your share" and Han just shoots Beckett, cause that's the trash Han used to be before the disaster Skywalker Twins came along I really feel like no one on board understood Han Solo as a character and their inability to make a Han Solo movie about Han or any aspect of Han’s character is what ultimately failed the movie. 

[yarrowleef]

Big List of Cat Names

There’s lots of reference lists out there but none of them are exactly what I want so I made this for personal reference, and you can all look at it also if you want. Here is EVERY prefix and suffix EVER used in canon (with exception of half-kittypet names) as well as some extra ones, courtesy of the warriors wiki and Ailuronymy’s lists, plus whatever else I could find. Prefix list is organized by potential color usage. Note, some more colorful plants take a bit of artistic license in deciding their closest cat-color equivalent. In general blue/purple flowers = gray, red/magenta = ginger, pale pink/yellow = cream. Some prefixes are repeated if they can be interpreted as more than one color, or if different parts of the thing can be different colors (e.g white holly flowers, and red holly berries).  Clarifications and lesser known plants/animals have a short definition in parenthesis to avoid you having to google too much, you’re welcome (I joke, it’s mainly for me, I keep getting poplars and plovers mixed up)

Flora and fauna isn’t based on a super specific place. So far as we can tell, Warriors takes place in a fictional area resembling a combo of the USA and the UK. I favored England wildlife when making the list, but I’m assuming anything that can be found (or was previously found before dying out unnaturally, and thus plausibly could exist in such an area again, such as with wolves) in or around the UK and the east coast-ish area of the USA to be fair game. List may be updated over time, feel free to send in your own suggestions to add.

* = means this prefix has never been used in canon (by modern warriors, excluding tribe ancients)

Edit: Suffix list can be found here!

Prefix Categories

Black

Brown

Gray

Ginger/Red

Golden/Cream

White

Tortoiseshell

Nonspecific Color

Physical Aspect/Pattern

Injury Specific

Other

PREFIX LIST

 (specified if best applicable only to certain shades/patterns)

BLACK

Ant

*Avocet - (a black and white bird) bicolor 

Badger - bicolor

*Bat 

Bay - (refers to the black berries of the bay laurel)

Beetle 

Black 

*Cormorant - (refers to the great cormorant, a black waterbird)

Cricket

Crow 

Dark 

*Dipper - (a black and dark brown songbird with a white throat)

Fly 

*Grackle - (a blue-black corvid)

*Grouse - (refers to the male black grouse)

Ivy - (refers to the dark berries)

*Jackdaw - (a black corvid)

*Loon - (refers to several species of aquatic bird, also called divers) bicolor

*Magpie - bicolor

Mole 

Myrtle - (a shrub, refers to the dark purplish-black berries)

Night 

*Privet - (a shrub, refers to the black berries)

Rat 

Raven 

Rook - (a black corvid with a pale beak)

Sedge 

Shade 

Shadow

Sheep 

Sloe  

Soot 

Spider 

Starling 

Stork - (white stork or wood stork) mostly white bicolor

Swallow - (a small bird with a distinctive forked tail) bicolor

Swift - (refers to the common swift, a dark brownish-black and white bird) ideally white chest

*Tadpole

BROWN 

Acorn

Adder

Alder - reddish brown

Ant 

*Argus - (a dark brown butterfly with orange flecks)

Bark

*Barley

*Bat 

*Beaver

Bee - light tan/golden brown w/ distinctive stripes

Beech 

Beetle 

*Bittern - (a brown striped bird)

Boulder 

Bracken

Bramble 

*Brambling - (a small brown finch with black, white and reddish markings) reddish brown or brown tabby

Briar 

Brindle - tabby or brindled markings

Brown 

Buzzard 

*Carp

Cedar 

Chestnut 

*Cockroach

Cricket

*Cuckoo - (common cuckoo is blue-gray or gray-brown bird with a white belly) gray-brown tabby

*Curlew - (large wading bird) mottled or brindled markings

Cypress - (refers to the tree’s bark) reddish brown

Dark 

Deer 

*Dipper - (a black and dark brown songbird with a white throat) very dark brown

Doe

Dove - (refers to the collared dove) pale gray-brown, ticked or faint markings

Duck 

*Dunnock - (a small songbird)

Dusk 

Dust 

Eagle - (refers to the golden eagle)

Eel - (refers to European freshwater eel, a dark gray-brown fish with a lighter belly)

Elder 

Elm 

Fallow - (could refer to the fallow deer [a light brown deer with white spots], the barren land, or the color) light brown, ideally with white markings if refers to the deer

Fawn - (refers to the color) light brown, “fawn” colored

Ferret - (also known as the polecat) ideally a seal point, or creamy brown with dark markings

Flax - (refers to the seeds or flower bud) golden brown

Frog - spotted or mottled

*Gadwall - (a small gray-brown duck)

Goose - (refers to the Canada goose) gray-brown

*Grouse - (could refer to either the red or black grouse) reddish brown / or brown tabby

*Gudgeon - (a small brown freshwater fish with dark spots) spotted or mottled tabby with a light stomach

Hare 

*Harrier - (a bird of prey, could refer to montagu harrier, hen harrier, or marsh harrier) any shade of brown depending on local species

Hazel 

Hay - light brown or golden brown

Hickory

Honey - light golden brown

Hop - (refers to the tree bark) mottled gray-brown

*Hornet - light tan/golden brown w/ distinctive stripes

Ivy - (refers to the dark brown stems)

Jay - (refers to the Eurasian jay)

Kestrel - (common kestrel) mottled dark markings

Kite - (refers to the red kite, a bird of prey) reddish brown tabby

*Lamprey - (long, brown and white parasitic fish) ideally white or pale belly

Larch - (refers to the trees golden needles in autumn) light golden brown 

Lark 

Lichen - pale gray-brown or light tan/golden-brown tabby

*Linnet - (a small finch) brown or gray-brown

Lizard - (refers to the common lizard, a primarily golden-brown lizard with spots) mottled or spotted cat

*Loach - (refers to the stone loach, brown and black mottled fish) spotted or mottled

Log

*Loon - (refers to several species of aquatic bird, also called divers) gray-brown bicolor

Marsh

*Marten - (pine marten, a roughly cat sized weasel-like carnivorous mammal) dark brown or reddish brown, solid or faint markings, ideally white chest/throat

Midge - (a small brown fly that lives in wet areas)

*Mink - (a dark brown weasel-like carnivorous mammal, slightly smaller than a pine marten) dark brown, solid or faint markings

Minnow - (could refer to multiple species, but they are usually brown or silver)

*Mosquito

Moth

Mouse

Mud 

*Muntjac - (a small deer, reddish brown in the warm months, gray brown in the cold) 

*Nerite - (A striped water snail) distinctive spots or stripes

Newt - (refers to the warty newt or palmate newt) dark brown, spotted

*Nightingale - (a light brown bird)

Nut

Oak 

Oat 

*Oriole - (refers to golden oriole) light tan/golden brown w/ black markings

*Osprey - gray-brown bicolor

Otter 

Owl - (could refer to the long-eared, short-eared, tawny, or barn owl) brown spotted or tabby

*Partridge - (a ground dwelling bird, refers to gray partridge or red-legged partridge) gray brown, possibly with reddish brown patches, with distinct markings

Pebble 

Perch - (refers to the European perch, a greenish-brown fish with black stripes) golden-brown, distinctive tabby stripes

*Pheasant

Pine - (refers to the bark) gray-brown

*Pipit - (small brown speckled songbird) distinctive markings

Pike - (large fish with pale speckles or stripes) mottled gray-brown

*Pitch - dark reddish brown [note the natural substance is not black]

*Plover - (a small coastal bird) gray-brown bicolor

Puddle

Quail 

Rabbit 

*Rail - (small brown and gray waterbird)

Rat 

Reed 

*Resin - reddish brown

Robin 

Rock 

Root

*Rudd - (a silver and brown fish with reddish fins) mostly gray-brown

*Ruddy - (color) reddish brown

Rush - (a plant with yellow or brown flowers) light golden brown

Rye - light or golden brown

Sand - light or pale brown, faint markings

Sedge 

Shell 

Shrew 

*Shrike - (a small carnivorous bird that skewers mice on thorns, also known as the butcherbird. not relevant to colors just wanted you to know, it’s metal as hell google it) pale gray-brown with dark distinctive markings, bicolor

*Slug

Snail - (refers to the common garden snail)

Snake - (refers to the grass snake/water snake) light brown, ticked or mottled tabby

Sparrow 

Spider - mottled or brindled

Stag

Stoat - reddish brown, ideally bicolor or pale belly

Stone 

Swamp

Swift - (refers to the common swift, a dark brown bird with a white throat) dark brown, ideally white chest

*Tadpole - dark brown

Tawny - tan/light golden brown

*Teasel - (a flower similar to a thistle, refers to the light brown flower head)

Tiger 

Timber

Thrush - light brown and gray-brown, preferably spotted

Toad - (refers to the common toad) brown spotted or mottled

Trout - (refers to the brown trout) light brown spotted tabby 

Turtle

*Twite - (a stocky finch with brown streaks)

*Umber - (color)

Vole 

Wasp -  light tan/golden brown w/ distinctive stripes

Weasel - (refers to the least weasel) reddish brown or golden brown, ideally white belly/chest

*Weevil - (a dark beetle with a long snout-like head) very dark brown

*Whimbrel - (mottled brown wading bird)

*Whinchat - (a small brown songbird with a pale orange chest)

Wood

Wren

GRAY

Ash 

Aspen 

*Aster - (a purple flower)

Bark

Beech

*Betony - (an herb with reddish-purple flowers)

Birch 

*Bleak - (a silver fish)

Blizzard 

Blue 

Boulder 

*Bream - (a silver freshwater fish)

*Burdock - (refers to the blue-gray and purple flower heads)

Chive - (refers to the purple flowers)

Cinder 

Cloud(y) - pale gray, ideally bicolor

Creek

*Cuckoo - (common cuckoo is blue-gray or gray-brown bird with a white belly)

*Comfrey - (refers to the white or purplish flowers) 

*Crane - (refers to the common crane, a tall gray bird with a black and white head) dark markings

Cricket

*Dace - (dark blue-gray fish with white underside) ideally colorpoint, or white/pale belly

Dark - dark gray

Dawn - pale gray

Dew - pale gray, ideally spotted

Dove - (refers to the collared dove) ticked or faint markings

*Drizzle

Dusk

*Evening - pale solid gray

*Faded - pale solid gray

*Falcon - (refers to the peregrine falcon) spotted or mottled, ideally white belly/chest

*Fir

Flax - (refers to the blue flowers)

Flint

Fly - dark gray

Fog(gy) - pale gray

*Fumitory -  (refers to a plant with semi-translucent pink-purple flowers that darken at the tip, said to resemble rising smoke) ideally colorpoint

*Gadwall - (a small gray-brown duck)

Goose - (refers to the greylag goose)

Gravel

Gray 

Gull - bicolor

Hail 

Heron - (a long legged gray and white waterbird with a black crest) bicolor

Heather - warm gray or lilac

Ivy - (refers to the dark purplish berries) dark gray

Jay - (refers to the blue jay)

Juniper 

*Knot - (refers to a migratory bird with gray and white winter plumage) bicolor

Lake

Lavender 

Lichen

Maggot - very pale gray

Minnow - (could refer to multiple species, but they are usually brown or silver)

Mint 

Mist(y)

Mole 

Moon - very pale gray

Moth 

*Murk(y)

Needle - (assuming it refers to pine needles, it’s treated the same as Pine-)

Nettle - (refers to soft grayish tinge of the stinging nettle’s leaves, and the male plants small purple flowers) plain pale gray

*Orchid - warm gray or lilac

Pale - light pale gray

Pebble 

Pigeon 

Pine - (refers to the bluish colored needles of many pine species)

*Plover - (a small coastal bird) bicolor

Pool

*Poplar - (refers to trunk) light pale or bicolor

Rain 

River

*Roach - (a silvery fish with red fins)

Rock 

*Saffron - (refers to the purple flowers of meadow saffron)

Sage 

*Salmon - (refers to the Atlantic salmon, a silver fish with dark speckles) spotted cat

Shade - dark gray

Shadow - dark gray

Shell 

*Shrike - (a small carnivorous bird) bicolor

Silver 

Sky - solid or faint markings, ideally bicolor

Slate

*Sleet - pale gray, mottled

*Slug - (refers to the common gray field slug) tabby or mottled

Smoke 

Soot - dark gray, mottled or spotted

Squirrel - (refers to the gray squirrel) solid or faint markings

Stone 

Storm 

Swallow - (a small bird with a distinctive forked tail) bicolor

*Sycamore - (a tree with mottled gray and red-brown bark) spotted or mottled

*Teasel - (a flower similar to a thistle, refers to the purple flower)

*Tern - (a gray and white seabirds with a black head) bicolor

Thistle - (a spiky purple flower)

Thrift - (a round pink or purple flower)

Thrush - preferably spotted

*Thyme - (refers to the purple flowers of wild thyme)

Violet - dark gray

*Vervain - (an herb with small, pale purple flowers)

Web - pale gray

Willow 

*Wisteria

Wolf

GINGER/RED

Ant 

Alder - dark ginger

Amber - (color)

Apple 

*Betony - (an herb with reddish-purple flowers)

Blaze

*Burnet - (an herb with dark red flowers) dark ginger

*Campion - (A flower that comes in white, pink, and red)

*Chanterelle - (a bright yellow-orange fungus)

Cherry

*Copper - (color)

Cypress - (refers to the bright red autumn leaves or reddish brown bark) red or dark red

Dawn 

Ember

Fire 

Flame

Flicker

Fox 

*Fritillary - (a kind of butterfly) distinctive tabby markings

*Ginger

*Hawthorn - (refers to the red berries)

Heather 

Holly - (refers to the red berries)

*Hornet - distinctive stripes

Lion 

Maple - (refers to the bright red and orange autumn leaves)

Marigold 

Morning 

Pear - (refers reddish-gold fruit of the wild pear)

Plum - (refers to the cherry plums reddish fruit)

Poppy - (refers to the red flowers) dark ginger

Red 

Rowan - (refers to the vibrant red/orange autumn leaves and/or the bright red berries)

*Ruddy - (color) dark ginger

Russet - dark ginger

*Skipper - (a small orange and brown butterfly)

Sorrel 

Spark

Squirrel - (refers to the red squirrel)

Stoat - ideally bicolor

Sweet - (refers to sweet briar, a small, prickly, vivid pink rose)

Tawny 

Thrift - (a round pink or purple flower)

Tiger 

Tulip

*Valerian - (a herb with white, pale pink, or occasionally red flowers)

Vixen

Wasp - distinctive stripes

*Wisteria

Yarrow - (refers to the pink flowers)

*Yew

GOLDEN/CREAM

Apple 

*Arnica - (a small golden flower, also known as wolf's bane)

*Asphodel - (a white or yellow flower)

Bay - (refers to pale yellowish-white flowers of bay laurel)

Bee - distinctive stripes

Bright

*Broom - (a shrub with small yellow flowers)

*Carp

*Celandine- (an herb with yellow flowers)

*Chamomile - bicolor or colorpoint

*Chanterelle - (a bright yellow-orange fungus)

Clover 

*Daffodil

Daisy - bicolor or colorpoint

Dandelion 

Dawn 

Fennel - (an herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves)

Flash

Flax - (refers to the seeds or flower bud)

Furze - (another word for gorse, a shrub with yellow flowers)

Gold(en) 

Gorse 

Hay

Honey 

Hop - (refers to the trees pale yellowish flowers)

*Hornet - distinctive stripes

*Laburnum - (a tree with hanging clusters of yellow flowers)

Larch - (refers to the trees golden needles in autumn)

*Laurel - (refers to the pale yellowish-white flowers of the English or cherry laurel) pale golden

Leopard - spotted

Light - light yellow, ideally bicolor

Lightning - light yellow

Lion 

*Lovage- (an herb with small yellow flowers)

Marigold 

Morning 

Nectar

Oat 

Pale - pale or sandy cream

Parsley - (refers to the small pale yellow-ish flowers)

*Parsnip - (a root vegetable with small yellow flowers)

*Poplar - (a tree with bright yellow autumn leaves)

Reed

Rose - (refers to the pale pink flower of the wild or dog rose, not the vibrant human garden variety) 

Rush - (a plant that has pale yellow or brown flowers)

Rye 

Sand(y)

*Sap

Spark

Sun(ny)

Tansy 

Tulip

*Wax - (beeswax)

Wasp 

Yellow

WHITE

*Asphodel - (a white or yellow flower)

Bay - (refers to pale yellowish-white flowers of bay laurel)

Birch

Blizzard

Bright

*Campion - (A flower that comes in white, pink, and red)

*Chamomile

Cherry 

*Chervil - (refers to the small white flowers)

Cloud 

Clover 

*Comfrey - (refers to its white or purplish flowers)

Dandelion 

Daisy 

*Egret - (wetland bird, essentially a white heron)

Flash

*Flurry

Frost 

*Garlic

*Hawthorn - (refers to the white flowers)

*Hemlock - (poisonous herb that produces small white flowers)

Holly 

Ice

*Laurel - (refers to the pale yellowish-white flowers of the English or cherry laurel)

Light 

Lightning 

Lily 

Maggot

Mallow

Meadow - (refers to the white flowers of meadowsweet) 

Milk

*Mistle(toe)

Moon

Myrtle - (refers to the white flower of the shrub)

*Parsnip - (refers to the white root)

Pale 

Pear - (refers to the wild pears white flowers)

Plum - (refers to the cherry plums white flowers)

*Privet - (a shrub, refers to the white flowers)

Shell 

Sheep 

*Shine(ing)

Sloe - (refers to the flowers)

Snow

Stoat - (refers to its white winter coat, which only occurs in particularly harsh winters)

Stork - (white stork or wood stork) mostly white with some black or dark gray

Swan 

Tulip

*Valerian - (a herb with white, pale pink, or occasionally red flowers)

White 

*Wisteria 

Yarrow - (refers to the white flowers

TORTOISESHELLS (not differentiating between torties and calicos for simplicity's sake, “dilute tortie” means it could apply to gray, lilac, or fawn torties)

*Argus - (a dark brown butterfly with orange flecks) torbie or chocolate tortie/torbie

Bee - black tortie

*Brambling - (a small brown finch with black, white and reddish markings) black or chocolate tortie/torbie

Brindle - black tortie

Dusk - gray tortie

Ember - any tortie with significant amounts of ginger

Ferret - chocolate tortie

*Fritillary - (a kind of butterfly) black tortie with significant amounts of orange

*Fumitory - (refers to a plant with semi-translucent pink-purple flowers that darken at the tip, said to resemble rising smoke) gray tortie

*Hawthorn - (refers to the red berries, since they have a blackish top) predominantly ginger black tortie

*Hornet - black tortie

Jay - (either blue or Eurasian jay) gray or lilac torbie/tortie

Kite - (refers to the red kite, a bird of prey) black tortie or torbie

Kestrel - (common kestrel) torbie

Lichen - gray tortie

*Linnet - (a small finch, refers to the male) torbie or gray tortie/torbie

Lizard - (refers to the common lizard, a primarily golden-brown lizard with spots) spotted or mottled torbie

Marsh - any kind of torbie

Morning - gray or lilac torbie/tortie

Moth - torbie

*Nerite - (A striped water snail) black tortie or torbie

Newt - (refers to the common newt or smooth newt) torbie

*Oriole - (refers to golden oriole, a yellow and black or brown and yellow songbird) black tortie or torbie

*Partridge - (a ground dwelling bird, refers to gray partridge or red-legged partridge) gray or lilac tortie/torbie

Robin - standard or chocolate torbie

*Rudd - (a silver and brown fish with reddish fins) torbie or gray torbie/tortie

*Saffron - (meadow saffron, a purple and orange flower) gray tortie/torbie

Scorch - black tortie

Swallow - (a small bird with a distinctive forked tail) a bicolor tortie or dilute tortie with only small amounts of orange

Swamp - any kind of torbie

*Sycamore - (a tree with mottled gray and red-brown bark) gray or lilac tortie/torbie

Toad - (refers to the common toad) chocolate tortie, or primarily brown spotted torbie

Trout - (refers to the brown trout) spotted torbie

Wasp - black tortie

*Whinchat - (a small brown songbird with a pale orange chest) torbie or chocolate tortie/torbie

NONSPECIFIC COLOR

Berry

Bird

Bloom

Blossom

Breeze

Cone

Fern - could refer to long fur?

Fin

Finch - (finch can come in any number of colors if you don’t specify species)

Flower

Frond

Grass - mackerel tabby

Green - (I know it’s a “specific color” but the cat sure isn’t green. could possibly stretch to include a tan or dark yellow-ish tabby [you know, green-brown] )

Hawk - (see Finch) best bet is brown/gray-brown range

Hound

*Horse

Leaf - (could depend on season the kit is born? leaf-bare- dark brown/black mottled cat, leaf-fall- ginger/golden brown torties, newleaf- cream spotted [for the abundance of flowering trees], greenleaf- N/A? Unless you’re into green-brown)

Moss(y) - mottled

Olive - (see Green)

Petal

Pod

Ripple

Rubble

Seed - probably spotted 

Splash

Thorn

Thunder

Vine

Wave

Weed

Wet

Wind(y)

PHYSICAL ASPECT/PATTERN

Arch - pattern(?)

Bristle - fur type

Curl(y) - fur type

Dapple(d) - pattern

Feather - fur type

Freckle - pattern

Fleck - pattern

Fuzzy - fur type

Mottle - pattern

Patch - pattern

Jagged - pattern(?)

Heavy - size

Kink(ed) - fur type

Little - size

Long - body

Prickle - fur type

Shimmer - fur quality? I suppose?

Sleek - body or fur type

Small - size

Soft - fur type

Speckle - pattern

Spike(y) - fur type

Spot(ted) - pattern

Stem - body (skinny)

Tall - body

Tiny - size

Twig - body (skinny)

Tangle - fur type

Whorl - pattern

Wild - fur type(?)

Woolly - fur type

INJURY SPECIFIC (paired with damaged body-part)

*Bent

Broken

Claw(ed)

Crooked

Dead

Half

Kink(ed)

Lost

*Mangled

*Missing

*No

Odd

One(?)

Ragged

*Ripped

*Scar(red)

Short

Shred(ed)

*Split

Stump(y)

*Tattered

*Three

Torn

*Twisted

VERBS and OTHERS (otherwise known as the “prefixes I will never use” but I said I’d include them all, so here they be)

Bounce

Brave

Bumble

Crouch

Down

Drift

Echo

Fallen

Fidget

Flail

Fleet

Flip

Flutter

Fringe

Hatch

Haven

Hill

Hollow

Hoot

Hop (verb)

Hope

Jump

Loud

Mumble

Pounce

Quick

Quiet

Running

Sharp

Shy

Slight

Snap

Sneeze

Snip

Song

Strike

Talon

Tumble

Whisker

Whistle

Wish

[jeffjuliard]

Beetroot & whole grain sourdough loaf

I’ve been dying to try a colored dough so this week I took my standard 25% whole grain loaf and added roasted, blended beets. Wow was it ever beautiful!

This was totally inspired by spooky season. Mixing blended beetroots into the dough was super blood-and-guts-lookin’

Recipe (in baker’s percentages)

20% milled white wheat berries

5% medium rye flour

75% organic bread flour

1% barley malt four

2% salt

80% hydration

19% roasted beets (blended)

I used a pretty standard process for these. Autolyse for a couple hours, add the Levain, then the salt and additional water (bassinage). I added the blended beets at that point as well. The dough got really loose and tore easily at that stage but after 4 hours of bulk rise with coil folds every half hour it had developed strength and became smooth and extensible. And it looked so cool!!

The bake was 20 minutes at 500F, then 10 minutes at 475F, and finally another 5 at 450F. The loaves are beautiful! There’s pink showing in the slashes, and the crumb is darker than normal. The taste is amazing!

[british-literature-legacy]

The Sims 4: Survey of British Literature Legacy Challenge

Generation 1: Beowulf

Bodybuilder Aspiration

Military Career – Officer Branch

Traits: Active, Bro, Loves the Outdoors

You are Beowulf, hero and future king of the Geats. You pride yourself in your strength and valor in combat. Your fellow Bro friends regularly call upon you to join them at the gym – and often at the karaoke bar, where the sounds of your merrymaking anger your nemesis, Grendel.

Neighborhood brawl is your favorite holiday. You always participate in it and must fight people until you win at least one brawl.

You answer when your friends come calling. Any time someone asks you to join them (at a bar, gym, festival, etc.), you must say yes unless you are at work or about to go to work. When you’re at the bar with others, you always order a round of Barley Bales for your group.

Max the singing skill. While singing karaoke, make an enemy. If/when that enemy dies, you must make one of their family members your new enemy.

In your youth/young adult days, you gained a lot of your athletic skill from swimming. So, you must always have a pool of at least 1x1 tiles on your lot, no matter how little money you have.

As you progress through the military career, prominently display your military medals in your home.

Generation 2: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

Country Caretaker Aspiration

Self-Employed as a Farmer

Traits: Self-absorbed, Animal Enthusiast, Slob

Lot trait: Simple Living

You are Chaunticleer the rooster. (Well, kind of.) A large portion of this generation is a legacy challenge with your chickens—see below. They are your primary source of income. You may also build/make/sell things for extra money, but no one in your household may have a traditional a career.

You must begin this generation with one rooster named Chaunticleer and one hen named Pertelote. Think of this requirement as a legacy challenge of the chickens’ descendants. Your goal is to always have at least one “heir” chicken that descended from the original pair.

>> If chicken incest bothers you, you may manage your coop so that you replace elder chickens with a new unrelated mate for your heir-chicken, as needed.

>> If chicken incest doesn’t upset you, you may complete this requirement simply by having your chickens maintain their numbers without ever purchasing new chickens.

Win at least one chicken and/or egg contest at the Finchwick Fair.

Befriend any foxes that frequent your lot. Rabbits are cool, but what does the fox say?

Flirt with potential suitors constantly. You must have at least six significant others before you marry or settle down with your life partner.

Generation 3: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Motivations: Mansion Baron Aspiration

Athletic Career -- Either Track

Traits: Ambitious, Self-Assured, Unflirty

You are Sir Gawain, the youngest and most honorable of King Arthur’s knights. You live your life in search of the Green Chapel, the glorious mansion where your fate awaits you. Married sims find you extremely attractive, but you steadfastly reject their advances.

Become BFFs with someone who is married. That sim’s spouse is romantically interested in you (you can cheat for this, or just flirt with them a bit initially), but whenever they ask you out or come on to you, you refuse.

Surround yourself with situations that run the risk of death. For example, keep a cow plant, piranha pond, exploding toilet, fireplace with furniture next to it, etc., on your lot.

Cheat death at least once (i.e., die and be saved). You may want to give yourself a spouse or household member with high charisma skill so that they can successfully plead; otherwise, you may choose to have a household member resurrect you, and/or add your ghost back into the household.

Green is your favorite color, and you will always live in a green-colored house. (Yes, I know the knight is the one who is *actually* green, but I thought this would be a fun addition.) Ultimately, your green house will complete the mansion baron aspiration.

If you have Realm of Magic, befriend one of the three sages to represent Morgan Le Fay.

Generation 4: Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

Motivations: Soulmate Aspiration

Critic Career -- Food Critic Branch

Traits: High-maintenance, Jealous, Romantic

You are Romeo/Juliet. In this interpretation of the story, you meet someone in high school who will change your life forever. At first, you dislike this sim, but the relationship quickly turns into passionate love instead. Luckily, a little birdie from the future warned you not to drink any poison, which inspires you to join the Food Critic career. (Because the legacy couldn’t continue if you died at age 13.)

Meet your future spouse in high school. At first you dislike each other (you do not have to go all the way to enemies; the dislike can be minor), but then almost immediately turn that dislike into love. You must get married the day that you age up from teen to young adult.

For some inexplicable reason, you are enamored with the theatre. At home, in secret, you max the acting skill even though you never actually participate in acting/drama/etc.

Because you fear accidentally ingesting poison, you feel the need to make your own beverages. One of your hobbies is making fizzy juice in your backyard. For added challenge, make the juice from plants you grow yourself. (If you don’t have Eco Lifestyle, you may choose a different food or drink related hobby.)

You and your spouse are madly in love. Throughout the course of your marriage, your goal is to woohoo in every available woohoo spot that you have installed in your game.

>> Locations include: Observatory, sauna, hot tub, bed, tent, shower, waterfall, closet, pile of leaves, sleeping pod (Get Famous), coffin, party bush, Brindleton Bay Lighthouse, rocket ship, money vault (Get Famous), dumpster, hot spring, ice cave (Snowy Escape).

Generation 5: Milton’s Paradise Lost

Leader of the Pack Aspiration

Secret Agent Career -- Villain Branch

Traits: Evil, Outgoing, Insider

You are Lucifer-turned-Satan. Everyone sees you as evil, but in reality, you’re just slightly mischievous and very misunderstood. As a teen, you fall out of favor with your parents and are left alone in the world. In response, you find yourself constantly seeking belonging as leader of a notorious club.

Style yourself (clothing, house/décor, etc.), however you’d like to interpret Satan and/or Lucifer. Interpretations include Goth and/or punk, extremely beautiful, angelic, and/or sexy, or a good old-fashioned lots-of-the-color-red and/or hair/hat styles that resemble horns.

Move out of your family’s home as a teen. You may take money from your parents to build your own house, but after the house is set up, you must earn money to pay the bills yourself.

Create your own club and earn the “notorious club” trait. Club activities may be whatever you wish, but your goal is to recruit as many people as you can to join this club. Try to recruit friends of your parents into your club (just to make them mad).

Win a voodoo doll from the humor & hijinks festival, and use it at least once a week.

Any time you are socializing and scroll past the option to “dare someone to streak,” you must do it. For added challenge, you may add other mischief interactions to this list.

Generation 6: Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels

Archaeology Scholar Aspiration

Political Career – Politician Branch

Traits: Child of the Ocean, Kleptomaniac, Snob

You are Lemuel Gulliver, an adventurer and accidental diplomat who just won’t stop going on adventures (no matter how poorly they end). You build your life learning about other cultures and sharing your own, but deep down, part of your heart will always belong to the sea.

Live in Sulani, where you participate in island living activities: swimming, boating, playing with dolphins and/or mermaids, sun-tanning, drinking kava, etc.

Your primary goal is to complete the Archaeology Scholar aspiration. Use the Politician career to make money, but don’t prioritize reaching the top of that career.

To represent your voyage to Lilliput, you must have triplet toddlers at some point in your life. (You can cheat for this, adopt, or just add them to your household in CAS.) To escape from Lilliput scot-free, all three of the toddlers must reach level 3 in all of their skills.

To represent your voyage to Brobdingnag, you must adopt a very large dog at some point in your life. The dog must have at least two negative/difficult traits.

After accomplishing the archaeology scholar aspiration, you become a recluse. Retire and/or quit your job, and change your lot trait to “private dwelling.”

Generation 7: Lord Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

Writer Career -- Author Branch

Serial Romantic Aspiration

Traits: Romantic, Noncommittal, Vegetarian

You are Lord Byron—mad, bad, and dangerous to know. Although the rest of our generations are inspired by fictional plots, you live life according to Byron’s semi-autobiographical poem. You are a creative visionary, but also an unapologetic disaster bisexual who gets into trouble a bit too often.

Reach the top of the writer career, with a preference of working from home. As a writer, attain and maintain at least 3 stars of fame if you have Get Famous.

>> Earn enough reward points to purchase the Creative Visionary trait

You are a vegetarian who takes their health very seriously. Eat primarily garden salads and harvestables in order to attain the “health nut” lifestyle as soon as possible.

Live in a home that is inspired by nineteenth-century décor. If you have the Vampires pack or Décor to the Max kit, try to use those items, especially ones you don’t normally put in your builds.

Have at least 3 children with 3 different sims. All of your partners adore you—and yet, you have no interest in a serious commitment to any of them.

Either never get married, or if you do, continue cheating with many partners of many genders. Earning the player trait through your aspiration will help with this.

Generation 8: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Motivations: Nerd Brain Aspiration

Engineering Career -- Mechanical Branch

Traits: Genius, Paranoid, Loner

Lot trait: Science Lair

You are Victor Frankenstein, the scientist in Mary Shelley’s novel. Many people think you’re a doctor, but you didn’t even make it through undergrad. You are so obsessed with discovering the secrets of “life itself” that all you can think about is building your Servo… until things go horribly wrong.

Meet your sole romantic partner in childhood, and remain close friends with them throughout your life. You may never live with your partner (see below), though you may have children and raise them in your own household.

Excel in high school and earn multiple scholarships to start college (attempting a robotics degree) but drop out after completing your first semester in order to build your own Servo at home.

Get engaged only to have your spouse tragically die during or immediately after your wedding—you may use a cheat for this. You will want to have children/potential new heirs before the wedding in order to make this work.

After your spouse’s tragic death, you must decide (or flip a coin): Does your Servo join your household and become your only friend, or will you blame them for your partner’s death and scorn your own creation? (Or, I mean, I guess you could freeze to death and move on to the next generation if you prefer.)

Generation 9: Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre

Master Mixologist Aspiration

Unemployed/Mixologist Career

Traits: Child of the Islands, Family Oriented, Erratic

You are Bertha Mason. (You thought I was going to say Jane Eyre, didn’t you?) You thought your spouse was great when they swept you off your feet, but it turns out this person only married you for your money. Now, you find yourself locked in the attic, plotting your escape.

Begin your young adult life in Sulani, working as a successful mixologist. You are happy on the islands where you feel at home, though you may not get married or have children at this time. Instead, you must move on to the next step before reaching the Adult life stage.

When a mysterious stranger comes around, AND/OR if the game gives you the “married for money” prompt, you get married in a rushed, whirlwind romance.

You must move away from Sulani and quit your job in order to live with your spouse, which makes you sad. In response to your sadness, your spouse locks you in their attic.

You may not leave the attic (use door locks to do this), though your spouse is allowed to come in and out. You may put appliances, a bar, etc., in the attic, but your room is not allowed to exceed a 5x5 square for living space, plus an attached 2x3 bathroom. Whenever your spouse enters your room, be mean to them and/or fight with them.

>> You have two options to escape the attic: 1) If your spouse dies on their own without cheats; 2) If at least one full room of the house catches on fire. You may build fire hazards into the home in order to accomplish this. If your home catches fire but a sim puts out the fire before it grows very big, you have not yet accomplished your task.

>> You may live your life however you wish after your escape, including a divorce if your spouse has not yet died. (Let’s give her a happy ending, OK?)

10. Virginia Woolf’s Orlando

Renaissance Sim Aspiration

3 different careers culminating in Style Influencer

Traits: Gloomy, Foodie, Art Lover

You are Orlando, the titular character of literature’s queerest time travel story. You have aristocratic tastes and enjoy relaxation, fine food and the arts, and being pampered. Each new week of your life is more and more different from the one before.

Every Sunday, start the new week by changing your clothing. (At least change whichever outfit you will wear the most that week. This is usually the “everyday” category.) Swap between masculine, feminine, and/or combinations of both freely. Gender is a social construct.

When you swap your outfits, also change at least one “like” from each of the like/dislike categories. Then, change your décor and hobbies for that week accordingly.

In this challenge, you are happily polyamorous; you can cheat to add the Player trait if you like. When you choose to settle down, both your spouse and your significant other live with you.

When you get to set trends as a Style Influencer, select historical/period pieces. The costumes from Get Famous are especially encouraged.

Frequent the spa if you have Spa Day; and/or dine at experimental restaurants and/or the hottest spot in town; and/or take at least one expensive vacation per life stage.

[antiquitiesandlabyrinths]

Wine and Beer in Ancient Egypt

 Like in most ancient civilizations, water was not the average drink of the peoples. In Egypt people knew that water could be dirty and get you sick, so the staple drink for both food and water was beer.

People have been making alcohol ever since they had the consciousness to be aware of the terrible world around them, and in Egypt this started with the mixing of bread and water. This mixture would be put in jars and heated till it fermented, making alcohol and killing any bugs that could be present in the water. Despite being called beer, this drink would be rather unfamiliar to the common beer-drinker of today, as this method of beer would make a rather sweet, fruity drink.

The actual sweetness of the beer didn’t come from bread and water and fermentation. Different things were added into the drink – things like honey and dates, allowing for a sweeter taste, heightening the alcohol content, and with more yeast added the fermentation increased. The beer was thick and dark red, making many historians believe the beer was originally dyed to represent the fake blood Ra had Sehkmet drinking.

Obviously with the drink being made from water, emmer, and barley, it was thick, almost like a broth. To get rid of the brothy part, beer was strained through baskets, and to add flavor, different herbs and fruits were added. After the beer was flavored and strained it was sealed in jugs and stored underground, a process similar to the later lagering.

Beer, while being a staple, was often unflavored for the common man. Flavored and higher alcoholic content beer was saved for the upper class, used most commonly during festivals. Sometimes parties and banquets were graded by how drunk the guests got, which isn’t that far from today’s standards of partying. The highest beer, however, was saved for the Pharaoh and occasional nobility, and usually it was honey flavored, as honey was associated with the Gods. For example, there was beer in Tutankhamun’s tomb, and all of it was honey beer – a predecessor of later Egyptian mead.

By the time of the Middle Kingdom, this recipe changed a little – instead of thick and red, beer was lighter and amber. A little more like modern beer. At this point beer grew fast into a state-run industry.

Beer would continue to be important though, and considered an offering as necessary as food. This was most likely because beer was still a staple of Egyptian life even if the recipe had changed. Like grain, beer was also used as a form of payment.

Translation: An offering which the King gives Osiris, Lord of Djedu, that he may give a voice offering of bread and beer, ox and fowl, everything perfect and pure which a God lives on, for the soul of Renefseneb.

As shown on this stela, the stela of Renefseneb we see the offering formula and jugs of beer shown as the offering. While being a drink had daily, used in transactions, drunk at feasts and banquets, and given as offerings to the dead, it was also used as an offering to the Gods. Many temples even brewed their own beer to give to their Gods.

The knowledge of how to make beer was supposedly given to humans by Osiris, so when the energy had been absorbed by the God from the offerings, the food was given to the workers of the temple. People showed their gratitude of this shared knowledge through these offerings; food, and beer, the drink of the Gods.

Wine was not like beer despite being of the same type of drink – alcoholic, that is. But no, it was not a drink of the common type, and instead was saved for selectively the upper class. Some didn’t even consider wine a drink, considering its nutrition level. It had a number of uses past an enjoyable drink, too.

“Mixed with liquid medication, it provided a cover up to foul-tasting medications; it also was used as a mild antiseptic , as cough syrup , as an appetite-restorer , for quelling fevers, dressing wounds , and “releasing a child from the belly of a woman ,” i.e for sedating the woman in birth.” (Menna El-Dorry, Wine Making in Ancient Egypt)

Like beer, wine was a creation that started early on. There is good evidence that the process, though a bastardized version of the modern process, took place even in predynastic Egypt. In most ways this wine was treated more like meat than like beer; it was something special, something reserved mainly for nobles and the Pharaoh, and drunk mostly at festivals and banquets.

The process of making wine was something also very separate from beer. It was made almost exclusively for royals and nobles, making it hard for any commoner to purchase it. Most of the wineries were owned by royalty, meaning the wine of those grapes was owned by the royalty, and though other people could have wineries it was certainly a luxury. 

Commoners would get a taste of wine every now and then, though. Wine was served during public banquets such as the Hathor festival in Dendera and the Valley festival. It was also given as bonus pay to soldiers and workers on the west bank of Thebes.

Much like beer, wine was also considered divine, and not in the sense of taste, though the taste was supposedly sweet. From the bloodthirsty story of Hathor to Eudoxus, it had divine qualities. While the exact quotation from Eudoxus hasn’t yet been found, he was paraphrased by Plutarch, allowing us to see into how the Egyptians saw their wine:

“The blood of those who had once battled against the gods, and from whom, when they had fallen and had become commingled with the earth, they believed vines to have sprung.”

This quote refers directly to the ‘Destruction of Mankind’ myth, whose moral of the story matches many other religions. The main idea of it was that if you kill everyone you want to punish, no one will be around to learn the lesson. 

Egyptians had a wide variety of different grape colors, ranging from white to dark blue. Others were pink, green and red, but difference in grape colors wasn’t the only variety the Egyptians had in reference to wine. They made wine from different fruits, too – fruits including figs, pomegranates, dates, figs, and palm. The actual process of their wine-making is hazy to see, as the only evidence historians have to figure it out are tomb paintings, most of which were made by artists who never actually saw the process themselves. We know how they fermented grapes, and it’s assumed the other fruits were handled the same way with sugar put in to add to the alcohol content.

Vines were planted on elevated planes, with stone or clay walls surrounding them, though we can’t yet tell if these hills were natural or manmade. A large water basin is often found in these areas. Grapes were much harder to grow than wheat, and they attracted a fair amount more of birds, so there was an actual job to be a scarecrow and scare the animals away.

In the late summer, the grapes would ripen, and if they were tended well throughout the year, they would all ripen at the same time. Men, women, and children worked together in this process, using their hands to cut the grapes down instead of knives. After being harvested, the grapes would be put in a large vat, and in a scene many modern people find familiar they were treaded with feet, as a stone was too rough and would smash the bitter seeds, making the wine bitter. These vats were huge – four to six men stood in one at once, each of them squishing the grapes.

The next step was pressing, which was done with instruments and singing, with the women keeping the beat. In this pressing, the wine was drained into smaller vats where it would be fermented. However, a second pressing was necessary to extract the remaining juice from the grapes.

“Placed in an oblong linen slough, wine-lees were squeezed by stretching the linen across a strong wooden frame; with men on one side twist the linen . The squeezed liquid would flow into a pot placed underneath the slough.“ (Menna El-Dorry, Wine Making in Ancient Egypt)

After the second pressing the wine would be left to fully ferment. There were a few methods to this – wine that was left to ferment for several days was a light drink, while wine that was fermented for several weeks and possibly heated created a much heavier outcome. It was then bottled and sealed in short, wide-necked jars, or sometimes in skins for long journeys. This had to take place immediately after fermentation. The bottles were labelled with a wet mud stamp, usually offering information on the wine such as regnal year, name of the vineyard, name of the wine maker and the quality of the wine. After being judged by a special officer (inspectors of wine) it would be stored.

As previously mentioned there were several different types of wine in ancient Egypt. We have offering formulas in tombs to thank for this information. Like beer, honey and fruits were used to sweeten it, and the sweeter the drink, the more alcoholic.

Irep mehu (Lower Egyptian wine or of the Marshes - the Delta being one of the largest winemaking centres of ancient Egypt)

Irep Bes (wine in an Abesh jar)

Irep Imit (wine of Imit – north of Faqous ) 

Irep Dedjem (sweet wine)

Shedeh (red grape, highly valued, associated with your lover’s voice and used in embalming and offerings, like the other wines).

note: I translated the stela myself because I couldn’t find an official translation. If I got it wrong please tell me.