#banana slug princess !!

[chimeride]

[aurora-godshawk]

Name Games with Ikemen Edition #4

Hello Princesses, Time-Travelers, Waitresses & Alices

I love these little things. Hope you all enjoy and feel free to add yours in the comments! If you would like me to do another one let me know! If you have one you would like me to do for all the suitors or a group of suitors send it to me.

Do forgive me if they aren’t aren’t right there are 73 suitors between the games; 

Midnight Cinderella - 10

Destined to Love - 13

Love, Lies and a Heist - 8

Ikemen Sengoku - 14

Ikemen Revolution - 16

Ikemen Vampire - 12

Midnight Cinderella

Alyn Crawford - Tango The Laughing Sloth

Louis Howard - Abercrombie The Foxy Rabbit

Giles Cristophe - Fantasia The Stingy Sloth

Leo Crawford - Abercrombie The Laughing Sloth

Byron Wagner - Caboose The Tail - Chasing Dingo

Sid (Llyod Gradier) - Amigo/Abercromie The Hairy Gorilla

Robert Branche - Dancer The Beautiful Wombat

Nico Meier - Sammie The Stubborn Banana Slug

Albert Burckhart - Tango The Intelligent Wombat

Rayvis Harneit -  Dancer The Evil-Eyed Rabbit

Destined to Love

Toshizo Hijikata  - Voldemort The Not-So Shabby Rabbit 

Kogoro Katsura - Pandora The Hairy Elephant 

Saito Hajime - Amigo The Laughing Rabbit 

Ryoma Sakamoto  - Dancer The Banana-Eating Rhino 

Kyo Shinomiya - Pandora The Intelligent Rhino 

Keiki (Yoshinobu Tokugawa) - Pandora/Pepe The Stingy Wolf

Soji Okita - Amigo The Angry Foxy

Kirisato (Haru Akira) - Pandora/Nickels The Angry Gopher

Shinsaku Takasugi - Amigo The Beautiful Wolf 

Susumu Yamazaki - Amigo The Stubborn Wolverine 

Okubo Toshimichi - Angel The Foxy Wolf 

Yukio Shinonomiya - Pepe The Tail-Chasing Rhino 

Isami Kondo - Spring Roll The Sting Elephant

Love, Lies and a Heist

Alec Bradley - Tango The Foxy Wombat 

Ewan Bradley - Neo The Hairy Wombat 

Luca Sinclair -Abercrombie The Stingy Rhino 

Logan Bradley - Abercrombie The Banana-Eating Wombat 

Ryan Cormwell -Dancer The Intelligent Sloth 

Noel Butler -Sammie The Banana- Eating Wombat 

Chris Granger - Saffron The Stubborn Gorilla 

Harry Cormwell -Nickels The Foxy Sloth

Ikemen Sengoku

Nobunaga Oda - Sammie The Intelligent Foxy

Masamune Date - Flopsy The Beautiful Komodo Dragon

Yukimura Sanda - Pepe The Angry Rhino

Ieyasu Yokugawa - Spring Roll The Laughing Wolverine 

Hideyoshi Toyotomi - Nickels The Evil-Eyed Wolf 

Shingen Takeda - Amigo The Tail-Chasing Wolf

Kenshin Uesugi - Pandora The Laughing Kitten 

Mitsunari Ishida - Flopsy The Stingy Lion

Sasuke Sarutobi - Amigo The Stubborn Rhino 

Mitsuhide Akechi - Flopsy The Foxy Gopher 

Kennyo - Pandora The Banana-Eating ---

Ranmaru Mori - Dancer The Hairy Banana-Slug

Yoshimoto Imagawa - Pepe The Stubborn Lion

Motonari Mouri - Flopsy The Angry  Banana-Slug

Ikemen Revolution

Lancelot Kingsley - Abercrombie The Banana-Eating Elephant 

Ray Blackwell - Dancer The Stubborn Wombat 

Jonah Clemence - Dim Sum The Stingy Sloth 

Fenrir Godspeed - Rex The Stubborn Gorilla 

Edgar Bright - Neo The Hairy Wombat 

Sirius Oswald - Amigo The Intelligent Foxy 

Loki Genetta - Abercrombie The Stubborn Gorilla 

Kyle Ash - Pandora The Angry Golpher

Luka Clemence - Abercrombie The Beautiful Sloth

Zero - Won Ton The Foxy --

Oliver Knight - Angel The Stubborn Elephant 

Harr Silver - Nickels The Banana-Eating Rhino 

Blanc Lapin - Caboose The Beautiful Hippo

Mousse Atlas - Flopsy The Laughing Gopher 

Dean Tweedle - Gomer The Not-S-Shabby Wolf 

Dalim Tweedle - Gomer The Not-So-Shabby Wolf 

Ikemen Vampire

Napoleon Bonaparte - Sammie The Hairy Wombat

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - T-Bone The Laughing Banana-Slug 

Leonardo da Vinci - Abercrombie The Stubborn Dodo Bird

Arthur Conan Doyle - Tango The Not-So-Shabby Komodo Dragon

Vincent van Gogh - Tofu  The Stubborn Gorilla

Theodorus van Gogh - Voldemort The Intelligent Gorilla 

Osamu Dazai - Angel The Not-So-Shabby Komodo Dragon 

Isaac Newton - Spring Roll The Banana-Eating Dog 

Jean d’Arc - Dim Sum The Banana-Eating Gopher

Willam Shakespeare - T-Bone The Stingy Rhino

Comte de Saint Germain - Saffron The Stingy Gorilla 

Sebastian - Amigo The Beautiful ---

[thanksforthedinosaur]

this is one of those get to know u posts (i was tagged by the lovely @soft-stem)

nickname: my name is mae and although i don’t really have a nickname anyone is welcome to call me by any cute pet names (baby, angel, honey) and i’ll be yours forever

gender: vampire princess

star sign: scorpio sun, sagittarius moon, virgo rising!! my full chart is here x

height: 5′6 but maybe a bit taller with goth platform boots on

hogwarts house: “you might belong in hufflepuff, where they are just and loyal, those patient hufflepuffs are true, and unafraid of toil."

favorite animal: my favorite of all time...the mighty nudibranch. followed closely by axolotls and tardigrades.

number of blankets: i use one seafoam green comforter but also 10 pillows and an army of plushes

where are you from: born and lived in houston, texas until i was 15...yeehaw. i’ve also lived in lawrence, kansas ; paris, france and san francisco, california. i currently live in santa cruz, california where i explore the forest looking for banana slugs.

dream trip: i wanna visit the cave of the crystals in mexico. also anywhere in japan preferably during cherry blossom blooming season.

when you started this account: i started this specific one in 2014 but i’ve been on tumblr since 2009 with various accounts lol.

i tag some of my favorite mutuals if y’all wanna (don’t feel pressured): @honeybeelibra @sugarmilkpie @sludgewoman @knifeofvenus @thingsalwaysfallapart @peachyleaff @iwannabeacowgirlbaby xoxo mae

[carnegiemuseumnaturalhistory]

Is Jabba the Hutt a Slug?

The movie Star Wars introduced us to Jabba the Hutt, with a slug-like body form. In the movie, he was an unsavory character and notorious Crime Lord with a fondness for Princess Leia.

Was Jabba the Hutt a real slug, or did he just look like one? In biology, we know that creatures can look similar either by descent or convergence. Two individuals that look similar by descent implies that their past common ancestor also looked similar. An example of similarity by descent is crows and canaries, that fly and look similar because their common ancestor could fly and looked similar. On the other hand, two individuals that look similar by convergence implies that their past common ancestor looked different, but they acquired their similar features independently. An example of similarity by convergence is birds and bats, that both fly and have wings, but their common ancestor did not fly or have wings.

It is easy to notice that Jabba the Hutt has a body shape like a slug, but I also noticed that he has features of other groups of creatures, for example, he has arms with fingers, as many tetrapod vertebrate animals have.

California banana slug (Ariolimax cf californicus), photo by Tim Pearce.

To evaluate whether Jabba the Hutt is slug-like because he is a real slug by descent or due to convergence, let’s compare Jabba the Hutt’s features with those of slugs and tetrapod vertebrates.

Table comparing 10 features of Jabba the Hutt to those of slugs and Tetrapoda

The table shows that Jabba the Hutt’s features match those of Tetrapoda in 9 out of 10 features (checked off in the table), suggesting he belongs to Tetrapoda vertebrates.

I conclude that Jabba the Hutt was not a slug.

I note that one can find suggestions on the internet that Jabba the Hutt had a skeleton, which is further support for my conclusion that his was not a slug.

Finally, I want to note that slugs can be very nice creatures. Comparing the villainous Jabba to a slug is disrespectful to slugs.

Timothy A. Pearce, PhD, is the head of the mollusks section at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Museum employees are encouraged to blog about their unique experiences and knowledge gained from working at the museum.

[sagisongs]

‘till the wheels fall off!

pairing: reddie

read on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17664026

warnings: none (extremely soft though)

Richie Tozier needs a friend. And maybe, just maybe, he’ll find one in little Eddie Kaspbrak.

Richie was scanning. That was a spelling word his teacher had taught him the other day. Richie might not have known how to spell it, but he knew what it meant. It meant to look for something or someone super carefully. Currently, Richie was scanning for a new friend or two, because his current best best, Stan, had gotten sick from a few kids in their kindergarten class. It was gross, he called Richie this morning and told him he had chicken pox. Someone once told Richie that one person got chicken pox from getting bit by a chicken and spread it to a bunch of people. Now Stan had it. Gross.

Anyways, Richie needs someone to play with. This isn’t his first day of kindergarten, he isn’t dumb, and he knows what happens to kids who sit alone at recess. They get sand kicked in their faces and they get pushed onto the concrete by the third graders. And that had happened to Richie plenty of times, even when he wasn’t alone, so he wasn’t risking it just because Stan wasn’t here. He had to find a friend quick.

He looked across the playground and saw a little girl playing with bugs. She seemed cool. Richie liked bugs, he knew at least every kind of beetle there was because for his fifth birthday his mom got him a big book of bugs and he had studied the beetle chapter. When he recited all the beetles his mother’s face had lit up in amusement and somewhat awe, and she praised him, saying, “Good job, Richie!”  That was Richie’s favorite thing to do. He loved making his parents proud of him.

His attention went back on the blonde girl when he watched in horror as she picked a bug up from the ground and put it in her mouth. Suddenly Richie did not think she was cool, nor did he really wanna be friends with a bug eater. Sometimes Richie ate pretty gross stuff like strawberries dipped in Cheese Wiz or bananas and hot sauce when his parents weren’t at home, but he would never eat an actual real live bug.

Richie’s gaze shifted and he adjusted his glasses. He knew Henry and his meanie friends were gonna come by any second. He ran across the playground and started walking towards the sandbox when he saw… a three year old sitting on the edge of the sandbox? The three year olds have their recess way earlier than kindergarten, what is this little baby doing on the playground? Richie was good with babies though, he has like two little cousins, so he could handle this. He’s gonna make sure this little kid goes right back to the class where he belongs. So Richie plops down beside the brown-haired toddler and goes, “Wasn’t preschool recess two hours ago?”

The smaller boy looks up at Richie with confusion in his large, brown doe eyes. “What are you talking about?” Richie squints at him. What is hetalking about?

“You’re in preschool, but this is kindergarten play time,” Richie says as if it is plainly obvious.

The short boy frowns. “I’m in kindergarten. Just like you,” He says defensively.

Richie laughs. “No way, shortie, you have to be like three.”

The other boy is not laughing. In fact he looks quite upset. “I’m six! My birthday was in September!” He huffs, his cheeks flushing with anger.

Oh. He’s older than Richie. Richie is only five, but his birthday is in seven weeks, he’s counting. He has 51 days until he’ll be six, but he’s not gonna tell some six year old baby that. So he decides to introduce himself. “The name is Richie Tozier, and you are?” He asks, turning his nose up and speaking in a posh British accent, doing what he called his Butler voice.

The quaint boy next to him smiles and crinkles up his little button nose “Why’re you talking like that? You sound funny,” He remarked.

“You think I’m funny?” Richie’s eyes lit up. He loved it when he made people laugh or smile, it made him feel warm and fuzzy inside.

“No, I said you sound funny, that doesn’t make you funny,” The boy responded matter-of-factly, blinking those large chocolate eyes.

Richie thought the boy was pretty adorable. He looked like a cute little baby and he seemed okay. Maybe he could be Richie’s new friend. “Hey, kid, what’s your name? I told you mine but you didn’t tell me yours.”

The boy grimaced slightly, his eyes narrowing. “Don’t call me kid. My name is Eddie.”

Richie laughed. He could think of at least fifty nicknames with that name. “Okay, Eddie Spaghetti!” He replied with the first rhyme that came to mind. Richie was good at coming up with rhyming nicknames. That’s how Stan became Stan the Man.

Eddie’s face dropped into an expressionless smile. “Don’t. Ever. Call me that name ever.”

Richie laughed. Stan said stuff like that to him all the time too. But it’s whatever, because Stan was his best friend and nicknames are what you give to people you love. That’s something his dad taught him. So he gave Eddie this nickname to show him he wants to be his friend. But before he officially became his friend, he was gonna have to ask a few things about him first. “Do you like Star Wars?” Richie asked. This was a deal breaker. If Eddie didn’t like Star Wars, he would have to just find a new friend.

At this question Eddie’s eyes widened. Then he scooted a little closer to Richie and began to whisper. “Okay, you can’t tell anyone because my mommy said I couldn’t see Star Wars, but my dad took me to see The Empire Strikes Back and I think it’s my favorite movie ever. It was so cool I loved the part when they fought with the lightsabers and the spaceship when super fast and then there was a cool chase and—,” Eddie’s excited, speedy talking was abruptly interrupted with some slight wheezing coming from the smaller boy himself. Richie’s face dropped in horror for a second. Was Eddie gonna die? Cough up a slug or something?

Eddie lifted his shirt up slightly, exposing some baby fat and a blue fanny pack with dinosaurs on it. He tucked his shirt behind the fanny pack and unzipped it. Richie watched as he put something blue in his mouth and took a deep breath before resuming his sentence. “And Luke Skywalker was so cool but Han Solo was even cooler and then my dad said Princess Leia was badass and I wish I could see the next movie,” Eddie pouted.

“Well, why can’t you? You said your dad took you to see Episode 5. Why can’t he just take you to see Episode 6 when it comes out?” Richie asked, as if it was plainly obvious.  This kid was kinda dumb…

Eddie looked down at his small hands. “My daddy died.”

Richie’s cheeks heated up and his mouth formed an o. “Oh…” He didn’t really know what to say, but he knew that people got really sad when people died. “Uh, well we’re friends now, so you can go with me to see it!” He offered, smiling at his new friend softly.

“That would be fun,” Eddie said, smiling back, showing one of his bottom teeth missing.

“So what’dya say Eds, are we pals or what?” Richie said, putting his arms around Eddie.

Eddie giggled softly before replying with, “I told you not to call me nicknames, Richie. But yeah, we can be friends,” He held his hand out to Richie.

Richie linked his pinkies with Eddie and thought of a promise to make. With Stan their friendship pinky promise was “Till death do us part,” even though Stan had protested saying that’s a promise for married people. But Richie didn’t care. He loved Stan and that was that. But what would his promise be for his friendship with Eddie?

“Hey, Eds…what are some of your favorite things?” Richie asked, hoping to get an idea of what their promise should be.

“Hmm… Well I like that shark movie and Star Wars and I like playing CandyLand with my mommy and I like playing with racecars, they’re my favorite toy,” Eddie concluded, digging two Hot Wheels out of his fanny pack and putting a fiery green one in Richie’s hand, himself keeping the orange and blue car.

Richie held his pinky out, and Eddie gave him his. “We’re making a friendship promise, it’s gonna make sure we stay friends forever, no matter what.”

Eddie looked skeptical, but he kept his pinky linked with the bug-eyed boy’s.

Richie smiled at Eddie and said, “I, Richie Tozier, promise to be best friends with you ‘til the wheels fall off, Eddie Kaspbrak!”

Eddie only giggled. “What does that even mean Richie?”

Richie answered back, “It means we’re gonna be best friends forever ‘cause we aren't cars and there’s no wheels to fall off!”

Eddie laughed again before concluding the promise with, “I, Eddie Kaspbrak, promise to be best friends with you ‘til the wheels fall off, Richie Tozier!”

And from that moment on, the boys were never seen without one another.

[dingdonghun]

I am bored

So I will just talk about myself a bit.

It got long and I don’t wanna make people scroll so fdjgfdjl

Things I like that aren’t kpop

Salt Lamps

Crystals

Stones

Mythical creatures

Mythology

Flowers

Succulents

Horror

Witch craft (I am curious about it, I don’t do it)

Geodes 

Insects

Snakes

Unorthodox plushies like banana or sea slugs, mantis shrimp, etc.

Dream Catchers

Studio Ghibli films

Nature aesthetics

Favorite things

Mythical creature: flower fairies

Animal: Bunnies or Chinchillas 

Lizard: Bearded Dragon

insect: Orchid Mantis

Sea Creature: Sea Bunny

Flying creature: Indian Flying Fox Bat

Crystal: Citrine

Stone: Goldstone or Labradorite

Succulent: Bear Paw

Flower: Camellia

Food: Bagels and cream cheese

Fruit: Cantaloupe

Dessert: peanut butter cookies

scent: lemongrass

Book series: Tiger’s Curse

colors: pastel pink, mint green, pastel yellow, lavender, pastel blue

Idols: Kyungsoo, Namjoon, Bobby, Jungwoo, Doyoung, Johnny, Lucas, Yifan, Zitao, Junmyeon, Shownu, Minseok, Jooheon, Jackson, Taemin, Minho, Jonghyun, Daesung,T.O.P, G-Dragon, Minhyuk, Wonho, Yixing, Hyungwon, Changkyun, (honestly all of exo), Jeno, Yongguk, Jay Park

Things I am scared of

The ocean (deepest fear)

the things in the ocean (deepest fear)

hammerhead sharks

goblin sharks

megalodon sharks

Man-o-war jellyfish

Spiders (huge fear, working on it)

Heights (not so much anymore)

Being alone outside at night (biggest fear)

Porcelain dolls

Comforting things

oversized sweaters and no pants

Relaxing music

Favorite Let’s Players on youtube

Nostalgic video games like Spyro the Dragon or Sly Cooper

Eating fruit

Reading books

Cuddling

Naps

Talking to my closest friends

A warm cup of tea (very fruity, I am picky)

Lofi or vaporwave music

Things I want to achieve

Learning Korean and Spanish

Traveling the world

Learning to play the piano

Learning to play the guitar

Learning to dance

Learning to sing

Martial arts

Meditation

Running a side business for animal rehabilitation 

Finding “the one”  (which is why I’ve been single over a year)

Helping heal the earth

Helping heal the hearts of my friends and people who need it

Holding on each and every day

Reading the 50 something amount of unread books in my room

Getting outside on nature walks more often

Living in the countryside instead of the city

Having a pet cat and a pitbull

Being someone everyone trusts and looks up to

Losing weight and being confident in my body

Becoming the cute sweet gentle sunshine everyone thinks I am

Become more extroverted

Guilty pleasures

Kpop ofc lmao

Kpop albums

Kpop posters

Kpop photocards

Singing (I am not good. I am not just saying that. I mean it.)

Crystal collecting

Buying handcrafted mythical creatures (I have a pastel pink Cthulu baby)

Shoving a bunch of fruit in my mouth

I’m a sucker for a good smile

horror movies/games/stories

Car rides to nowhere

Misc

Dream place to live: A pretty place with lots of land and flowers in Washington

Would you change your name?: No, but I would ask everyone call me by my middle name (Marie) or my first and middle (Chelsea Marie) instead of just my first name

Bad traits I have: I don’t allow people to get close to me in my own heart in case they hurt me because that way it won’t hurt when I kick them out, lazy, tired a lot, extremely introverted, non-talkative, literally barely holding myself together, doesn’t express affection properly, untrusting, lots of walls

good traits I have: generous, will help literally anyone if I am able to, deeply caring for people especially my friends, always willing to lend advice, very affectionate, pretty eyes, laughs at literally everything, sticks up for people and myself, a home for my friends

Pets I have had throughout my life: A white cat with orange ears and an orange forehead and striped tail named Princess for my entire childhood up until I was 18, A puppy named Angel with a mental disability but she was the most loving happy baby ever, a bearded dragon named Lizzy, a bunch of fish, a rat named Pink, two little pond frogs, a beta named Dumbledore, a big brown mutt named Bear who was a sweet protective baby boy

Best friends: Josh and Alyssa whom I met online when I was 11 and we have been a trio ever since, I have met them both in person in 2016. Going to meet them again in January. We all have a matching best friend tattoo (totoro). (I consider MANY people my best friends but these are the two I trust 100%)

Artists I love: Joji, Exo, Monsta x, Bigbang, Lil peep, Ztao, Kris wu, bts, mgmt, studio killers, childish gambino, the midnight beast, the lonely island, flight of the conchords

[metaandpotatoes]

I HAVE ASKS THAT NEED ANSWERING :U Can you please answer the following from the Studio Ghibli asks tag: My Neighbor Totoro, Whisper of the Heart, Princess Mononoke, Secret World of Arrietty, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya :3 thanks

I answered Totoro and Whisper of the Heart in my previous post ^_^

Princess Mononoke: What elemental sign are you? (fire, earth, air & water)

I wish I was fire or water, but I am definitely earth. I am steady and unyielding without the right tools, which translates to stubborn as a bull. I like green things.

Secret World of Arrietty: Tell me about the most beautiful place you have ever been.

Ooh. I have to think. I am going to divide this into two so I can have my cake and eat it: Man-made and natural.

Most beautiful manmade place I have ever been: Amiens Cathedral. This cathedral is absolutely massive—it is the tallest complete cathedral in France. I am not Catholic or Christian or even particularly theistic, but standing in front of and inside this cathedral, you truly understand what it means to reach to heaven. It is a wave of multiplicity: its arches and spires and columns and figures repeat again and again, building on each other like an orchestra to reach inward and upward toward something greater. Inside, the cathedral feels even taller than its facade—to see its rose windows, which break even the sunniest day into millions of fragments that fall into the interior like the light of dawn, you have to bend your neck so far back it feels like you will fall over. But that light is really what makes it: The entire place is made out of this fabulous almost-white stone, which almost gleams when the sun strikes the facade. Inside, though, the building is so tall that the small spaces are cast in shadow. The brightest parts are highest above; by the time the light reaches the humans below, it is lesser, muted. In some of the alcoves, the stained glass is so brilliant and dense that the entire space but for the windows is dark. It is wonderful to sit and meditate on how that is possible; to be so close to light and yet be unable to see.

Most beautiful natural place: This is so hard. Between Ko Phi Phi and Koyasan’s pilgrimage route and Møns Klimt in southern Denmark and sunsets on the Great Plains and the redwoods, I think I have to choose Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. It’s a lot quieter than Muir Woods, a lot smaller, but the trees are just as majestic and big and beyond comprehension. Everything is muted by the softness—the softness of the forest floor, of the bark, of the people moving in almost necessary reverence. Meditating on a caldera of redwoods, arranged like a crown in a departed predecessor that might have lived for thousands of years, is like nothing else. Watching the bright banana slugs slowly devour the forest floor into nutrients those redwoods use to become so massive—again, like nothing else. I am in awe of the infinity the redwoods have made themselves.

The Tale of Princess Kaguya: What folktale/wives tale from your childhood stuck with you your whole life?

Oh geez, this is hard. I had picture book versions of Greek Mythology and Shakespeare’s the Tempest when I was little. These aren’t folktales or wives tales, but I was way too young to comprehend most of it; the images, though, of Prospero on his island and Atalanta with the apple in particular always stuck with me.

[ask-frederick]

Is there a paricular person in the Shepherd you feel has an especially large potential they've yet to realize?

“An especially large potential? Well, I suppose there are few of them here in the Shepherds. Our most notable example is young Donnel, who has come quite a long way from raising pigs in his hometown. That lad fights as fiercely and as gallantly as many a knight as I have ever known. If he keeps up at this rate, he will surpass me in nearly every respect. Per chance if the farm life no longer suits Donnel upon his return after the war, I’d be glad to knight him myself. Heh, Sir Donnel of House Tinhead. I suppose it a certain ring to it.”

“And I suppose it goes without saying that Stahl has always had a tremendous amount of potential. When I first began training him, I thought he had the makings of masterful knight. He has a lean physique, good endurance, he is rather strong for an apothecary’s son… but unfortunately, he has all the drive of a banana slug. Gods, how someone with so much to offer can be so utterly content with his mediocrity is truly something else…”

“Then again, some potential takes years to find. I believe in another few centuries, Nowi might become one of the most famous Manaketes – save Naga and Lady Tiki – to have ever lived. She is certainly sociable and wise, but she has yet to cultivate that into maturity. When she comes of age, I suspect people from the world round will look to her for guidance and insight in the same way that people looked to the Divine Dragons of old.”

“However, I believe the two Shepherds who have yet to realise their vast potential are Lord Chrom and Lady Lissa. Milord certainly can fight with the best of them, but good soldiers do not necessarily make good kings. Fortunately for him, he was largely raised by one of the finest Exalts this realms has ever seen and has had more life experience in the last 5 years than many obtain in the entirety of their lifetimes. 

As for Lady Lissa, she strives to be own kind of princess. Her Grace gave her something to aspire to initially, but milady is walking her own path in life. With kindness and charm aplenty, Lady Lissa needs only a bit of maturity and wisdom to become just the person I know she can be. Give her a few years, and I don’t doubt that she shall be one of the most beloved and influential people in the world.”

“Suffice to say: I shall do all I can to make sure my lord and lady make it. It has become my greatest ambition in life, and I can admit that I am already proud of how far the two of them have come… in spite of a few, broken training dummies and at least a dozen hidden frogs in my armour.”

[biveganpoetbat]

Tagged by @soong-type-princess

1) What was your favorite toy as a kid?

LEGO (i finally got an awesome castle set one year and took a thousand pictures of it and my mom got rid of them all)

2) If you had to eat one fruit only for the rest of your life, what would you choose?

Bananas, versatility

3) Where are you from and what do you call flavored carbonated beverages (like, Coca-Cola, et al)

Canada, Alberta, pop

4) Where is a place that you would love to just pick up and go to and stay a while?

Germany, or, just go live in a forest (which I could also do in Germany)

5) Labyrinth or The Dark Crystal? You can only choose one!

Labyrinth, no contest, DC was good tho!

6) What book(s) are you reading right now?

Strange Weather by Joe Hill (really good so far).  Just finished Solve for i by AE Dooland, which was really good too.

7) Farmer’s Markets or Antique Stores?

Dammit.  I guess there’s more to eat at a farmers market.

8) Do you have a favorite flower and if so what is it?

Orchids, super pretty, and irises.

9) You’re walking along a sidewalk and spot a slug! Do you step over them or pick them up and move them out of harm’s way?

Ok, worms I’ll move, slugs I just can’t.  I’ll walk around them and wish them well tho.

10) Do you think a vegan should own a Venus fly trap? Asking for a friend.Good question. 

I mean, if they could survive on whatever they catch no dilemma, but if you have to feed them, idk, but I do have a cat and feed him.  I think I’d have to look up more about them, how often they eat, can you just keep them in a high big traffic location.  I think if the person was feeling uncomfortable about it, that’s kind of it’s own answer.

11) Speaking of bugs, what do you call this? Rolly-polly

I don’t feel like tagging anyone.  Thanks for the tag and the asks!

[queercapwriting]

We didn't get that many game night scenes this season. Can you fix that cap?? ❤️👍

Kara doesn’t like to bother anyone when she’s sad.

Well, she thinks of it as bothering, anyway.

No one else does.

Alex certainly doesn’t.

And Alex knows – much as she wants to slug Barry Allen right in that pretty little mouth for recruiting his sister to join him, alone, without her, on another Earth to combat an entire invading army – that Cisco, Barry, and the rest of the Earth-1 crew wouldn’t consider it a bother, either.

Because friends aren’t bothered by friends.

And friends really aren’t bothered by inter-dimensional Game Nights with friends.

So she does something she hasn’t done since they were kids and would hide each other’s things to see how long it would take the other to find it (Kara cheated with her powers of flight; Alex consequently got really good at climbing trees).

She rummages around in Kara’s room to find the communicator Cisco left her.

And she calls him.

“You remember Kara’s boyfriend?”

“The goofy one who seemed more like he should be her brother than her man?”

“You picked up on that too, did you?”

“Agent Danvers, please. Detection is what I do.”

“Oh my god, you sound like my girlfriend. Listen, she’s been having a really tough year, and he was… for better or for worse – mostly for worse – he was the only one she could touch without worrying about breaking his nose or dislocating his shoulder. He was a piece of her history, her people, you know? And now – “

“Say no more, Alex. Get Kara to her apartment tonight. I’m bringing the crew.”

She chuckles and she shakes her head and sighs, and she wonders if it was wrong. Using Kara’s communicator behind her back. Telling Cisco – and by extension, the others – behind her back. 

But that night? 

That night, when Kara comes home and her apartment is flooded with Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Sara Lance? Along, of course, with the people she loves most on this earth?

Any and all trepidation leaves Alex, because Kara is crying, but they’re happy tears, they’re grateful tears. 

Because she’s launching herself – literally – at Barry (James and Winn try not to be jealous, Winn unsure who, exactly, he’s jealous of), and she’s laughing with Cisco and she’s hugging Iris and Caitlin at the same time and they’re rocking back and forth and talking fast, and she’s a warm, happy, affectionate, but a little stiffer with Sara Lance – “Look at that sexual tension. Sara might be her closet key, babe, like I was for you. Relax, Lena, getting Kara to come out can only help your cause,” Maggie mutters, and Lena tries to unclench her fists – and then Kara is launching into Alex’s arms.

“You did this, you brought them all here… for me?” she asks, and Alex smooths her hair out of her face and tries not to blush. Because her reputation with all these people is supposed to be that of a formidable warrior, and unshakable soldier.

But all they’ve seen so far is her licking frosting off her girlfriend’s fingers and coddling her sister tenderly.

Dammit.

“I’d do anything for you, Kara.”

Kara melts into Alex’s arms, and Barry, Winn, James, and Cisco awww. 

“Well you boys are gonna get along,” Sara observes, a half-cocked grin on her face as she nudges Kara in the ribs lightly.

“Hey, Supergirl, your very attractive sister and her – might I say ��� deathly gorgeous girlfriend made you cupcakes before we all got here,” she tells her, and she’s rewarded by Alex’s splutter, Maggie’s blush, and Kara’s squeal of excitement.

“They’re in a relationship,” Caitlin scolds Sara softly, grinning, and Sara shrugs.

“Yeah, and I’ve died a couple times over. Nothing’s impossible,” she winks, and Iris and Caitlin laugh, their eyes on Kara as she devours the sweets.

“Alex, I’ve been meaning to ask you – how exactly does her metabolism work? Is it like Barry’s? But she must have a completely different physiology – “ Caitlin wants to know, and Cisco and Winn groan into each other.

“We’ve lost them, Captain,” Cisco murmurs, and sure enough, Alex’s eyes are glistening as she launches into Kara’s biochemical processes.

“Star Trek on other earths, that’s what I’m talking about!” Winn’s jaw drops as he puts up a high five, and Sara leans close into Maggie.

“And now we’ve lost these two,” she winks, and Maggie gulps slightly.

Eventually, they regain Caitlin and Alex, Winn and Cisco, and eventually, they kick off their first inter-dimensional Game Night in earnest.

It turns out that Barry and Kara – the two kindest, the two quietest, the two most thoughtful of them all – are the most competitive together.

They scramble to see who can get their suits on first, on fastest, and when James whips out his camera to take a series of videos, a series of stills, of the heroes in their full-out superhero get-up, trying to out race the other on Mario Kart, it only stokes their fire more.

They steal the controllers from each other and they toss bananas and turtle shells at each other and they ignore everyone else in the race.

Iris laughs into Maggie’s shoulder, torn between cheering on her fiance and cheering on the girl who makes her more than a bit bi.

Lena laughs as Alex and Winn do battle with their hands, with limp wrists, mocking each other and egging each other on as Alex whispers into his ear affectionate teasing about him having a thing for superheroes that has his blushing, that has him preening, that has him squealing about how she can’t talk, she melts whenever Maggie even looks at her.

Barry and Kara are so focused on each other, so focused on their super speed competition playing out on Kara’s TV screen that they don’t notice Sara and Cisco silently cheering on Caitlin.

They don’t notice Caitlin’s silent focus, and they don’t notice Princess Peach’s subtle approach behind their Toad and Luigi.

They don’t notice Caitlin’s slightly squinted eyes and they don’t notice the way she moves with her controller.

They don’t notice until she uses a boost of speed to pass them both to cross the finish line in first place.

Cisco and Sara yell victoriously and slap five and topple over a smug-looking Caitlin; Winn doubles over with laughter, with relief that the house is filled with happy yelling, not the other kind; Iris rushes to laughingly console a betrayed-looking Barry; James shakes his head with a grin as he takes photos of Lena consoling a sulking Kara; and Maggie passes cupcakes to Alex, who passes them to Kara, who stuffs her face while leaning into James and mock-glaring at a celebrating Caitlin.

“Round two!” she demands once she’s re-energized, and the feeling of joy, the feeling of adrenaline that’s just for pleasure – that no one’s life is depending on, just happiness, just freedom, just family – last long into the night of the first, but definitely not the last, inter-dimensional Game Night.

[tmntransformer]

tag, you’re it;;

i was tagged by @coral-fairy the cutie  (ؑ‷ᵕؑ̇‷)◞✧

rules: always post the rules. answer the questions asked, then write 11 new ones. tag people to answer your questions, as well as the person who tagged you. 

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1) what type of music do you listen to?

uhm all kinds! lately i’ve been listening to stations on radio.garden & my fave ones have been in almaty, dublin & santa cruz de la sierra so far, but i’m still working my way around the world so  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

& i’ll always have a sly soft-spot for mcfly,, 💖 they were my favourite band when i was 11 & i have all their albums & have seen them live a lot ??? anyway they’re cute. 

2) do you have any pets?

not at the moment, ///3 

in my life i’ve had: 1 cat, 1, rabbit, 1 fox 1 banana slug, 2 dogs, 2 chipmunks, 4 guinea pigs, 4 african snails, 5 hamsters, 100s of fish, a wormery, an ant farm & a selection of chicken °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° …but not all @ the same time !

[the dream of my life is to own 2 jerboas, a cat, a dog & chickens !!]

3) if you could be a pokémon what one would you be?

!! UHHMMMM THIS IS A HARD ONE !!

because i want to say i’d be a fire type (vulpix, flareon, fennekin, torchic, cyndaquil, litten or charmander) or haunter or psyduck or duskull. but cubone is my favourite pokémon of forever,,, idk if i’d wanna be cubone or just befriend cubone tho?? because i want to love & protect them (∗ᵕ̴᷄◡ᵕ̴᷅∗)՞ !

[my friends call me bidoof. so there’s also that]

4) what was the last book you read and would you recommend it?

n.p. by banana yoshimoto (•‾⌣‾•)و ̑̑♡ i would 100% recommend !!

[tbh i’d recommend anything by banana yoshimoto, her books are mostly skinny so really easy to read in a single sitting & i just love her style~~]. 

5) what was your first fandom?

the first fandom i read fanfics for was twilight LOLLL orzzz, because i was dissatisfied w/ the werewolf content & i liked reading fics about seth… let me live.

the first fandom i contributed to was haikyuu! ;D

6) pirates or ninjas?

i can’t tell if this is ‘pirates or ninjas’ or ‘one piece or naruto’ !? 

anyways i love naruto (i honestly have akatsuki themed shoes that are my favourite), but one piece is my BIG LOVE. ٩(*ゝڡ◕๑)۶♥ so pirates.

7) if you could be any type of supernatural being what would you be?

dragon, nymph/sprite or ghost.

[i was born the year of the goat so feel like i should add satyr,, pftksartmlov]

8) if you could travel anywhere in time or space where would you go?

if i had to remain in that time & space forever then nowhere because i love the people i have in this one. (/ 3 \)

but if i could come back then i’d like to travel back in time & meet my grandma & grandpa as i was born too late to. preferably when my mam was already born so i could see her as a wild child too, that would be fun i think. 

9) meaning/story behind your url?

…i feel attacked.

okay when i first joined tumblr i just combined my two childhood loves (i didn’t count them as my first fandoms because i didn’t know what fandom was when i was a toddler child person) teenage mutant ninja turtles + the transformers = tmntransformer ƪ(‾_‾)ʃ

10) what is your favourite food?

(っ˘ڡ˘)っ─∈ fruit, ice cream, pad thai, lasagna, shepherd’s pie, rice,,, 

11) if you could live in any fictional universe what would it be and who would you want to be your best friend/significant other?

one piece universe or hyrule (legend of zelda universe) ;; 

in one piece luffy, law, sanji, chopper, marco, & vivi would be my bffs & zoro would be my husband ;; 

in hyrule epona would be my best friend 💕💕💕 nabooru & tatl my 2nd best & all the gorons my family because i love the cute noises they make /wuahhh/, /oawwuuu/. me, ravio, link & princess ruto would be poly… ( ￫◡￩♡).:｡

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OKAY~ now i’ve finished waffling on i’m going to tag @vivalakoala, @buckettkun, @roronoaxd,@cxrx-s, @zamora-siona, @dontminditsjustrehearsal, @blueliun, @mokuba, & whoever wants to join in  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

my qs 4 youuu =

1) what’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?

2) what’s the best place you’ve been to?

3) what’s your favourite word?

4) what’s something your parents/sibling(s) tricked you into thinking was true when you were younger? 

5) if you were an animated character, what would your default outfit be? & what style would you like to be drawn in?

6) do you have anything you collect?

7) if you could have any superpower, what would you choose?

8) what’s a ‘bad joke’ that never fails to make you laugh?

9) when you’re sad what movie/tv show do you watch to cheer you up?

10) if you were a meme, what meme would you be?

11) how do you feel about pineapple on pizza?

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[thetaekswoon]

Hello, may I have a VIXX ship? I'm 4'11, Asian (black hair&eyes,fair skin)--people say I resemble Taeyeon/IU. Stories are my passion: I write, draw, and devour books esp fantasy/scifi. In private, I lose sleep geeking over videogames/fandoms but I'm publicly known to be a smart and proper lady with enviable cooking and baking skills. I tend to intimidate guys with my ice princess aura but attract babies with my big sis aura. It takes time for me to warm up, but once I do I'm a devoted friend.

Hi!!!!  Thanks so much for sending this is!

I ship you with...

You and Hyuk are actually perfect for each other lol.  And he totally senses this too like almost as soon as you two meet he is thinking, damn this is the girl, like THE GIRL, the girl I have to marry.  You guys meet at some kind of convention, not necessarily comic con but something of the sort, and he notices that you’re cosplaying his favorite video game character and that your outfit is the bomb dot com, like he’s in awe at how unbelievably awesome you look.  He makes the first move to talk to you when your friends are in the bathroom and you’re waiting on some line.  You can’t help but laugh at him cause he’s not really dressed up, but at the same time he’s clearly trying something.  He has on a white shirt with bananas on it and has a yellow bandana around his neck and when you ask him what he’s dressed as he proudly states that he is apart of the Banana Slugs, a Friendly Gang of Banana Thugs.  And you’re like “lol that’s great where are the rest of you?” and he’s like, “I am the only member of the Banana Slugs so far,” and since you think he’s cute and funny you’re like “can I join?” and Hyuk just melts.  Hyuk takes one of the banana stickers off his shirt and puts it on the breastplate of your costume above your heart.  He asks you out right then and there, and after the convention you two leave hand in hand and omg the super badass female warrior and a Banana Slug.  After that the rest is history.

lol hope you enjoyed this, I would love your feedback... and yes this is roughly based off of an actual experience of mine when some of my friends were the Banana Slugs, a Friendly Gang of Banana Thugs for Halloween a couple years ago haha.

I do not own the gif

[equalmeasurefiction]

Cooking Head-Canons: The Gaang

I TOLD YOU I’D BE DOING THIS...

Katara Can Make Dirty Water Taste Good And Hearty Katara learned to prepare a meal over the course of her many adventures.  She had to master the art of working with a nearly endless variety of ingredients while appeasing the diverse appetites of the entire Gaang--and they were all picky eaters.  Sokka was a meat and seaweed kind of guy, so there always had to be meat.  Aang was all about dry and vegetarian (vegan, even), so she had to account for that.  Toph had high expectations every single meal and would critique whatever Katara prepared.  Suki, thankfully, didn’t care and Zuko was just relieved to eat food that was definitely not going to be poisoned. Talent: She can make anything taste good. Weakness: She hates cooking.  It’s one of her least favorite tasks.  Years of putting up with the Gaang and being the sole mother, seamstress, and cook have worn away her patience and tolerance for the craft of preparing food.   If she can hand the chore over to someone else, she will do so in a heartbeat.  Even if they can’t tell the difference between a banana and a slug. Pro: No matter where you are, no matter what it is, if Katara’s there she’s got you covered. Con: She’ll resent you if you don’t, at the very least, help. Advice: Help her prepare the meal, learn from her, eat with her, and always tell her how much you appreciated the meal.  And never, ever insult a meal within hearing distance.

Sokka Is The Master of Meats Sokka was never as skilled in the culinary arts as Katara, but he spent enough time watching her to pick up more than enough to be skilled in his own right.  He only really developed his talents after he married Suki--the woman whose cooking style could be summed as ‘the mass production of slop.’ Sokka’s specialty was meats.  Meats of any kind.  He could make even the worst piece of meat into buttery, smooth, tender chunks of heaven. Talent: He was skilled at preparing meats.  Meats with seaweed, meat stews, meat with grilled veggies, anything as long as it involved meat. Weakness: Soy and leafy greens.  He could never understand the purpose of the lacy things that Aang and Katara would bring around the fire at night.  And soy is just Aang’s cruel joke.  Soy isn’t real food! Pro: Best steak ever. Con: Sokka also liked fat.  The hunks of meat he favors are glorious marbled chunks from the biggest, heftiest animals.  And the cholesterol of his favorite dishes can be deadly... Advice: For the safety of your arteries, it’s recommended that you eat at Sokka’s no more than twice a month... No matter how good the food is.

Aang Makes Delicious Traditional Foods Aang learned to cook at the Air Temples, where everyone did their part to contribute to the welfare and survival of the group.  Monk Gyatso was particularly skilled at preparing sweets and pastries and Aang learned many delicious tricks from him.  But Aang’s true talent is cookies and crackers--dry, light and flaky foods. Talent: Everything he makes is tasty and inoffensive.  No meal will trouble a stomach or led excess weight. Weakness: Everything he makes tends to be kind of dry, sweet, and bland. Pro: No indigestion here.  The snacks rock! Con: The meal will not leave you satisfied for long.  Since everything Aang makes is so light and insubstantial, nothing really sticks.  After only a short while, you’ll be hungry again... possibly for something with more flavor and a larger number of calories... Advice: If you’re down for a light, dry, and flaky vegetarian meal, then Aang’s got something for you.  If you need something substantial, maybe go bother Sokka.

Zuko Can Cook He learned from Iroh on their travels.  He makes serviceable meals, but his talents are limited.  Nevertheless, whatever he cooks will not kill you and will never be bad enough to warrant censure, so he’s always a safe bet. Talent: Soups, gruels, and curries, but it’s hearty meal.  When he has spices available he adds them. Weakness: He’s not a consistently good cook. Pro: The more you compliment him, the better it tastes.  You will eat and it will be okay. Con: If he’s in a bad mood, everything will taste burnt.  Even if it’s actually not burnt, it will taste burnt. Advice: Flatter him. He’ll try harder.

Toph Is Able To Cook Toph learned to cook as part of her journey to becoming completely and viciously independent.  She only cooks two kinds of meals: bland and spicy.  There is no middle ground. Talent: No-cook meals.  Toph knows how to prepare dinner without ever lighting a fire.  This is a survival tactic, it’s had to manage fire when you can’t see it. Weakness: Presentation.  She can tell what tastes good based on scent and by taste-testing.  But the result is that it all looks like it’s been tossed together... it’s kind of gross.  Also, the meal is generally kind of cold (even when it’s spicy), because she doesn’t like to use ‘fire.’ Pro: It’s pretty cool to eat a meal cooked by a blind person.  Maybe you want to try her cooking for the novelty of the experience. Con: She will tell describe the ingredients in vivid, lurid detail before dinner, just to gross you out.  You will either be unsatisfied with the meal, finding it bland and unfulfilling or it will be so spicy that you can’t taste anything for the next week. Advice: Make sure that Katara’s there, she will reign Toph in a bit.  Or come over when Toph’s feeling lazy and letting her hired cook do the work.

Suki Is Good At Stew And Porridge Sometimes Suki grew up on Kiyoshi Island and was one of the Kiyoshi warriors.  Now, a warrior has to eat.  And there were a lot of warriors to feed, so it stands to reason that mess-hall duty was a thing... It was probably framed as a communal experience to be enjoyed and valued and treasured.  A time of sisterhood... You can bet that half of the Kiyoshi warriors pulled for mess-hall duty hated it.  And Suki was one of them.  Cooking wasn’t an art or an enjoyable pass-time, it was an assembly line.  Someone had to peel the potatoes.  Someone had to gut the fish.  Someone had to toss the massive pile of fish-heads and food-related trash back into the bay to feed the elephant koi... Suki dedicated her time and energy toward being SO BAD at mess-hall duty, that no one would every want her to partake again. This isn’t to say that Suki can’t cook.  She did learn to prepare meals (you can’t get out of mess hall duty by being bad at it, you just get moved to a different place in the assembly line).  But her method of cooking is to prepare large quantities of bland, serviceable food that can be choked down quickly. Talent: Mass production of nutritious food Weakness: Flavor, appearance, and mouth feel.  This isn’t food you want to eat unless you’re starving. Pro: She can feed an army Con: You might not want to eat it... you might want to cut off your nose or cut out your tongue... you may want to avoid her cooking unless you’re actually starving. Advice: Put a restraining order on Suki.  She’s not allowed to be within spitting distance of the cooking pot.

BONUS ROUND

Azula Has Been Banned From The Kitchen Azula is a princess.  She doesn’t cook.  She knows about poisons and how to identify poisonous foods, but cooking is not her area of expertise. Talent: Fire and Knives.  Chaos, terror, destruction... crushing her enemies, driving them before her, and causing the lamentation of their loved ones. Weakness: Actually Making Food Pro: None.  There is no circumstance where Azula has knives and is near a lit flame that ends well for anyone. Con: If she is in the kitchen you are already dead. Advice: For the love of all that is sacred KEEP HER OUT OF THE KITCHEN.

[doctor-paprika]

2017 is almost over

every year near the middle or end of december i use whichever social networking app i'm on most to write down a little "about me" that i can then reflect on during the next year to see what has or hasn't changed. this year, i'm big into tumblr (i'm pretty sure i'm the oldest grandpa to go on tumblr actually.)

favourite shows: the eric andre show, king of the hill, dragon ball z, hell girl, deadman wonderland, the sopranos, parks and rec

favourite movies: paprika, oldboy, split, arrival, howl's moving castle, tokyo godfather's, ponyo, a boy and his dog, mr. brooks, matchstick men, okja

favourite music: nine inch nails, rammstein, mindless self indulgence, die antwoord, tool, puscifer, type o negative, the left rights, system of a down

favourite animals: narwhals, skunks, cows, bats, cats, dogs, banana slugs, frogs, snails, tarantulas, sea lions, snakes, hippos, manatees

favourite video games: the entire legend of zelda series (top favs: wind waker, twilight princess, majora's mask, ocarina of time, spirit tracks), animal crossing: population growing, super mario sunshine, pokemon xd: gale of darkness, heavy rain, katamari damacy, silent hill (favs: 1, 2 and downpour), lollipop chainsaw, assassin's creed 3

favourite artists: vladimir stankovic, peca, kazuhiro hori, casey welden, mark ryden, salvidor dali, renee magritte, frida kahlo

i identify as: transmasculine/agender, asexual, polyromantic at times and aromantic at others, bipolar, anxious 24/7, post traumatically stressed, recovering heroin/crack/pill/etc. addict, 90's kid stuck in an adult body, ghost that died in 2011 and inhabits the body i formerly lived in, sometimes i am a large amount of bumblebees wearing a ghost costume

my pronouns are: he/him or whatever you'd like

i love my job, the few friends i have, my pets, my family, art, animals, and delicious food (especially sweets! no love from me to myself, but who needs that anyway?

i hate humans, any noises made by any human while eating or drinking, hot weather, ridiculous t-shirts that pass as funny enough to be sold to the masses for $30+, onions, spicy food, and how my brain is constantly worried about something.

[artistic-practicality]

KIGO - WIP fic starter

I have had this floating around in my drive for a while and after seeing something posted about the KP series bible I wanted to get back into writing. Don't know if anyone will see this but I'd love feedback. -- It seemed unnaturally quiet and still for what was supposed to be a main thoroughfare for goods on the east coast. In the midst of the Boston harbor at night, one would expect more noise; crews of men bustling about to complete orders before the morning sun, or merchants tearing down their stalls as they finished packing up for the night. But in the early, yet dark, hours of a cold December night, it was unnerving to stand in the midst of silence. Perhaps she should have expected it, being three days before Christmas. Though having been on these docks several times before in her life, Kim Possible found it odd. The young adult took another step forward from behind a large shipping container, which was a rusted red color, paint chipping off on all sides from the brutal sea air. Her red hair picked up from her back in the chilling wind. The wind whipped violently every few minutes, pulling at the dark purple sleeves of her mission shirt. As she tucked a few locks of hair behind her ear, she cursed herself for decidedly not grabbing a jacket before leaving. Something just didn't feel right about it; the only intact jacket she had was a onyx one from Club Banana she had gotten years ago, and yet she couldn't bring herself to wear it. She mused on this as she watched the waves crash against the pier. Every time she came across that coat, she felt an unsettling knot form in her stomach, something she just couldn't explain. She bit her lip and grimaced just thinking about it, thinking about the way her blood would heat up in a fit of anger, jealousy, distrust... but most concerning of all, guilt. "Where is this person?" She muttered to herself, forcing the accompanying images from her mind. "I don't have all--" Kim stopped immediately, and took a sure footed step backwards, all of the muscles in her arms and torso tensing as of ready for a fight. Her body stiffened in a tangibly familiar way, as if prepared for someone she knew. "It can't be..." She muttered. She turned around and postured herself into a fighting stance, taking a few choice steps out into the dimly lit docks. The single halogen light that hung from the nearest store house did little to illuminate the area, but she was thankful for any sort of visual help. "Are you 'Dragon?'" She called into the darkness she had just crawled from. She knew whoever it was had lurked close behind her. "Come out and show yourself." She waited for a moment and listened closely beyond the howling wind that pulled at her once more before slowly lulling into a breeze. After a quiet moment she saw a lithe silhouette gently move within the shadows. Kim lifted an elegant eyebrow. The form moved silently as it walked towards her from between the shipping containers. Kim instinctively took a step back. Nearly everything inside her told her she knew this person. “Who are you?” She iterated. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up as she watched the form slowly step from the shadows. “Oh, Princess, you knew who I was the minute you stepped foot on this pier…” The voice responded in a sultry tone. It purred and seemed to drip with venom laced honey. As if touched by fire, Kim automatically took a step back and pulled her hands in front of her for defense. “Shego…” She said in nearly a whisper. “Yes, Kimmie?” The woman said as she stepped full from between the cargo containers, clad in her traditional black and green catsuit. “Surprised to see me?” She asked with a chuckled. She sauntered another few steps forward and softly laughed again when she saw Kim tense up and pull herself further into her position. “You disappeared-- No one has seen you for years....” She did her best not to stammer over her words as she looked at the ghost of a woman before her. “Funny thing about that, Kimmie--” She raised a hand flippantly, “I’m a criminal and criminals have a funny way of disappearing off the radar when they don’t want to be seen.” Kim took a confident step forward when Shego continued her slow pace. “Then why are you here?” Kim practically growled. She could feel her eyes stinging and her hands shaking, but she couldn’t figure out why. She had a pain deep in her chest and she didn’t know what to feel. “Simple, Pumpkin.” Shego stopped her pace. “I’ve come to warn you.” “Warn me?” Kim replied, shocked. Her stance loosened for merely a moment before she reasserted herself. “Why would you come to warn me about anything…?” She growled. Shego crossed her arms and sighed. “It’s about Drakken.” She dead-panned. “Drakken? But he’s reformed, isn’t he?” Kim gaped for a moment when Shego scoffed and crossed her arms. “That’s what he’d have you believe.” She muttered. “But he is working on something big. Almost as big as the Little Diablo scheme.” Shego took another step forward and lowered her arms to her side non-threateningly. “And if you don’t get to him first, you’ll--” Shego paused for a moment and seemed to grit her teeth. “Things are going to get ugly real fast…” Kim raised an eyebrow. ‘She’s not telling me the truth… I can see if in her posture… she’s hiding something…’ She thought to herself. Kim acted as if she were going to disengage her stance and moved to the right of Shego, watching her every move. The other woman remained still and simply watched, but Kim didn’t notice that. Out of nowhere she launched herself at Shego, aiming to slug her in the chest to knock the wind out of her. Shego watched the other girl for a moment, watched as she tensed up her legs, moving to flank her. ‘Not very smooth of you, Princess…’ She thought. As Kim moved to attack, Shego swiftly grabbed Kim by the wrist and pulled the redhead's arms behind her. She grabbed the other wrist and held steadfast to it. Shego pulled Kim’s arms behind her and kept her hands in a tight grip. “Aw, just couldn’t wait to have your arms around me? How sweet…” Shego let that venom honey drip from her voice once more and Kim was forced to look into her eyes. She was close to the other woman, so close that it was a distraction to have that velvet voice so near to her ear. Kim struggle to remove herself from Shego’s grip but to no avail. ‘Since when was Shego this strong!?’ She thought as she grunted in frustration. “You wish Shego…” Kim refuted under her breath. She tried fruitlessly for another moment or two to free herself from Shego’s grasp, but with no indication of the other woman even breaking a sweat. “Kimmie, what are you doing?” Shego asked offhandedly. She lifted an eyebrow and studied the young woman in front of her. Kim continued to try and defy Shego’s grip on her. “Kimmie.” She said again. That’s when Kim looked up with glossy eyes. “Why should I trust you?” Kim gritted her teeth and spoke through them to even her breathing. “Huh!? Why?” Shego was taken aback, but her grip didn’t loosen any. Her brow furrowed, now frustrated. “Because I’m trying to help you, Cup-Cake.” Shego spat the nickname at her, syllable by syllable. “Why though!?” Kim shouted again. “Because--” “No Shego! I don’t want you bullshit excuses!” Kim threw her body at Shego, relenting that she was not going to be freed. It took Shego by surprise and she had dig her heels into the decades old wood beneath her boots to keep a steady posture. Kim continued to thrash and try and free her arms from behind Shego. The raven-haired woman huffed and pursed her lips into an irritated line before taking the young woman’s arms and forcefully moving their position so she was behind Kim holding her arms crossed behind her back. Kim growled almost primally and tried to kick her legs up in front of her to flip out of Shego’s grip. The mercenary simply took her own leg and wrapped it around one of Kim’s, entangling her into an uncomfortable position. Kim jerked uselessly. She threw herself backward to try and knock Shego down. She tried to kick her free leg behind her. She tried to flip sideways and twist out of Shego’s grip. But Shego held tight, tighter than Kim thought she could. “Kimmie--” “No, Shego! I don’t trust you!” Kim yelled. Shego’s grip loosened slightly, but by this point Kim was too exhausted to notice. “You disappear for three years after the Lowardian invasion and suddenly you come back to leave an anonymous note, in my room,” she enunciated, “And expect me to listen to you!?” Kim craned her neck a little to look at Shego and her glossy eyes shone bright luminescent green in the dim incandescent lights of the dockside pier. The thief seemed stunned. Her expression was unreadable, but she looked into Kim’s eyes for a long moment as the hero panted heavily, out of breath. “How do I know you haven’t been off creating even more havoc? Hurting innocent people for your own gain? Huh!? How do I know!?” Kim’s statement grew in intensity as she spoke and with renewed vigor, she began to thrash again, pushing her free leg behind her and hooking it around Shego’s. Shego tried to counter, but it was too late. Her shock at Kim’s statement and the force of the young woman suddenly bucking backwards forced her to the ground and beneath the hero. Kim quickly released herself from her imprisonment and shifted her body rapidly to straddle Shego and hold the other woman’s arms above her head. “Tell me that, Shego…” Kim huffed. Shego lay there for a moment, contemplating what Kim had said. She felt a lot of different grievances in that moment, as she watched Kim, but none so debilitating as when she looked into the tear laden eyes of her nemesis. Shego drew back at the sight. And she could only think of one thing to do; get angry. It’s worked for her so far. “I don’t hurt people, Princess!!” She could feel her body’s temperature begin to rise and her blood boil with the flame that burned inside. “How dare you accuse me of that…” Her voice was low and despondent, not at all holding the animosity she had intended. But Kim did stop. She looked at Shego for a moment and took in her features. Shego was doing her best to look away from Kim, anywhere but the young hero’s eyes. When the hero felt regret form a tight ball in her chest. She loosened her hands and slowly moved them to rest on Shego’s shoulder, still feigning the fact that she was in control. “Then why are you trying to talk to me?” Kim prodded further. “Especially under such-- ridiculous secrecy?” Shego looked at her with an expression that told Kim she was being stupid. “You wouldn’t have come out here if I had signed it ‘Yours truly, Shego,’ now would you…?” The thief said sarcastically. “Yes I would!” Kim admonished. “No, Princess! No, you wouldn’t!” Shego nearly spat at the girl but restrained herself. “After you reacted like this, do you really, honestly think you would have agreed to come see me?” Shego was growing more irritated by the moment. She flexed her fingers trying to release the buildup of adrenaline in her system, but by this point her blood was laced with it. “And at least I was nice enough to leave a note instead of surprising you in your house!” And with that, Shego lifted her hips and bucked her torso forward, flipping Kim off of her and gaining enough force to twirl backwards. She landed in a loose defensive position in a feeble attempt to keep Kim off of her. Taken aback though, Kim had no time to react and she fell onto her rear. She sat up and held a hand to her head before looking at Shego, whose face was steely and cold. It was a strange sight for Kim; she had never seen the other woman so emotionless, so blank. It caused her to recoil into herself again. With a heavy sigh, she leaned forward, resting both arms on her knees. She looked at the dock beneath her solemnly, silently for what seemed like more than a few brief seconds. It irked Shego. But Kim eventually moved to stand, realizing that Shego would have no problem taking advantage of her in this state. She stood up off the ground, outwardly confident once again, but inside it felt as though her chest were trying to rip itself asunder. “Alright, Shego…” Kim said in a softer tone. It shook the other woman to her very core. Shego slowly released her defensive stance and tilted her head somewhat. Kim was looking straight into her eyes. “I’ll bite.” The hero tried to offer a smile, one that, oddly enough, Shego returned sadistically. “Oh Princess, we haven’t reached that level in our relationship yet.” She chuckled low in her throat. To Kim, Shego suddenly seemed very close, closer than she should be and the thief leaned in eerily near. “We better leave that.. kinky shit.. for another day..” Her voice was surprisingly sultry as her eyes looked to Kim’s lips then back to her eyes and the smile she wore was disarming. In an instant, Kim felt her cheeks burn bright red, a stark contrast to her light skin even in the dim light. She was inwardly cursing how close she had allowed Shego to get and the sudden push from the still steady wind at her back wasn’t helping her. She shivered from the cold-- or perhaps from the heat; she couldn’t really tell. She knew one thing though: She needed to get away from her now “Shego!” She finally hollered after a long silence. She took her open palms and shoved Shego’s shoulders to push her back. “How-- Why would-- I mean--” She stammered over her words and started to feel the rest of her body burn when she heard her foe give a hearty laugh. When she looked up at the other woman, Shego was bent over from the force of her laughter. “What!?” Kim stomped her foot like the defiant teenager she was no longer supposed to be. When Shego finally regained her composure, she stood up and stepped back up to Kim, but kept enough distance as not to upset the redhead. “Ive--” She started, but she bit her lip and rethought her words. “I forgot how much of a prude you were.” Satisfied with her response and the reaction of a gaping Kim, Shego crossed her arms and chuckled again. Kim crossed her arms as well, but in a much for defiant position. “I am not a-- We are getting off the subject, Shego!” Kim fumed. “You know you’re cute when you’re angry.” Shego said in jest. But the shock and burn on Kim’s cheeks made her laugh again. “Oh my god, Kimmie, it's a joke, c’mon.” Kim just grumbled under her breath for a moment and looked away from the dark haired woman. “Can we get on with it please…?” Kim was trying to act as though she were looking over the environment, but to Shego it was plain that she was too embarrassed to look at her. The shuffling of the young hero’s feet and the way she held herself as the wind tugged at her hair made Shego’s chest ache. It was a new sensation. One that she unfortunately relented to, but not without making it appear on her own terms. “Alright, alright, Princess.” She said in a softer tone than Kim had ever heard. It caused the hero to look up. “Spoil all my fun, why don’t you.” Shego rolled her eyes. Kim stuck her tongue out for a moment before turning to face Shego again. “So what is this ‘grand scheme,’” Kim held up air quotes, “that Drakken has planned?” “I don’t know all of the specifics, but I do know that Drakken has finally snapped.” Shego began. She took a breath and tried to gather her thoughts, preparing what she wanted to say and what she wanted to leave out. “I’m back under his employment--” Kim scoffed and Shego simply glared at her. “Hey, you would be too if you got offered that kind of money.” Kim rolled her eyes this time. “As I was saying… I’ve been watching him for a few months now. He has completely changed. He hasn’t monologued on why he decided to turn back to his evil ways, but whatever it was finally made him think he could really be the greatest villain in the world.” Kim lifted and eyebrow, but motioned for Shego to continue. “All he has been talking about has been the destruction of the world and how he wants to watch everyone suffer.” That caught Kim’s attention and she lowered her arms. “I know; it doesn’t sound anything like how he used to be… Before it was whining for attention and craving mommy’s love,” Shego stuck her tongue out in disgust as she spoke. “But now it’s volatile explosions, torture, and suffering. And what’s worse is that he has newly supplied henchmen, all of which have been equipped with guns that have been modified from the technology he worked on after the Lowardian invasion. “In retrospect, there are villains far worse than Drakken with guns, but I’ve always said that given the proper motivation, he could be very dangerous. Little Diablo was just the tip of the iceberg. I’ve seen designs for machines and nuclear devices previously thought impossible by most scientists. But I can never get a good enough look at them to see exactly what he’s doing. Drakken has been very secretive about these plans.” Shego paused for a moment and let the information sink in for Kim. “And I’m scare--” Shego bit her lip again before continuing. “I’m… genuinely freaked out by his behavior. Because the last time he did this-- he... ” Shego was struggling to save face and she bit her lip again as she let her words drift off. “Yeah… He tried to ruin my life then kill me while I was distracted…” Kim seemed lost in thought, enough to look away from Shego and begin a slow pacing movement. Shego listened to the gently thrumming of Kim’s shoes on the wooden docks and waited for a response. After a moment, Kim stopped and turned around to look at Shego again. “But what I don’t get is why are you telling me this?” Kim gestured loosely towards Shego. “I mean, if you’re so loyal to him that you’d go back to work for him after three years--” “I have my reasons, Kimmie, just leave it at that.” Shego spat, unexpectedly defensive. Kim put her hands up as if to motion ‘alright, fine,’ but the thought remained stuck in the back of her mind. “Is there anything else you can tell me? Anything that might help me get to him before this culminates into something bigger?” “That’s all I know.” Shego said quickly and went to move away from Kim. She had said enough and needed to get out, remove herself from the hero’s presence before something she didn’t want to say slipped out. She brushed passed the young woman swiftly and moved to disappear behind the shipping containers once more. “Shego wait--” Kim reached out and grabbed the other woman’s wrist. Shego stopped and looked down at the gloved hand that encircled her own. She bit down hard on her lip again before she turned her head to look at Kim. She took a long hard look at the girl, who seemed lost in her own head, analyzing the details and trying to scan what she could on the thief. In reality, Kim was wondering if she should ask her other more prominent questions before Shego was gone from her life once more. “Yes?” Shego said as she lifted the hand Kim held to break her out of her reverie. “W-will you-- can you give me the location of the lair?” Kim quickly stammered out. Shego looked at her for a moment longer and did her best to not linger on the hero’s eyes. ‘She’s not saying something…’ Shego thought with an elegantly arched eyebrow. “Yeah. He’s deep in the Mojave desert. Death Valley area.” She’s voice was rather soft. “Have Nerdlinger do a scan. If he can’t find it, I’ll be in contact again.” With that statement, Kim seemed to breath easily and her grip on Shego’s hand loosened. But before she could ask another question, the mercenary had gently removed herself from Kim’s grip and slipped back between the shipping containers. “Till next time, Kimmie.” She said as she disappeared. “It’s been fun.” With that, Kim was left to her thoughts, along on the docks of Boston on a cold winter night. She didn’t shiver again though, as she walked along the expanse of the pier towards her car. She couldn’t think about the temperature outside. She was too distracted by the memory of Shego and the last few words she had spoke. The meeting was different from all the other’s she had experienced with Shego. It wasn’t rough and fast, vying to get the edge on one another. The physical endurance they scrambled over was menial at best, but the images stuck in her mind now more so than any other encounter ever had. As Kim slipped into the driver's seat of her modified car, she took a long look out at the single incandescent light that hung above the door of the last store house on the pier. It was a strangely beautiful glow when contrasted against the endless abyss of the ocean. It seemed fitting somehow. And it was all she thought about as she pulled the car out of the harbor and allowed it to drive her home.

[a-book-of-creatures]

Banana slug princess!!!!!