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[khaloymes-a]

@ofsnarkandmagic // random starter !

Johnnie can’t help but crack a smile, barely able to focus on anything other than his boyfriend. Sure, the pie he ordered looked absolutely delicious, but Melvin was truly the apple of his eye. “I’m glad we came here. It’s real comfy,” he approved as he lovingly squeezes Melvin’s hand.

“And the food looks just as good as you do,” he continues with a giggle, letting go of his hand if only so he could actually eat. Taking his fork up in his hand, he gently stabs into his piece, eager to relish the flavor. “You know what?” He asks, hesitating in taking the bite.

“I think you should get to choose what we do next. I know you’ve got some sort of adventurous idea in that head of yours!”

[yunniestars]

peach mango pie 🥧

pairing: kinich x chef!reader tags: fluff, kinich is a bit grumpy here but we cool, based off that one tiktok i saw around 4 months ago but i forgot where it is now, implied insomnia, not proofread (i think i've never proofread my works help), the title is based on what i wanted to cook for a while already and i did (i'm actually eating it right now)

as a hunter, kinich usually suffices with just meat and berries he caught in the wild. he doesn't care about the quality as long as it is edible and it fills up his stomach (not too much though to avoid feeling too full). ajaw has complained multiple times about this but kinich reprimands him that they can't just slack off during a commission to cook a 5-course meal, much to the dragonlord's rage.

which is why when he met you, ajaw was ecstatic. you would always give so much treats to the point kinich reprimands you to not spoil ajaw too much.

jokes on him, though, kinich is guilty of being spoiled too. you always make sure he eats 3 meals a day while also checking if the food won't be a hindrance to him when he goes out for commissions. nevertheless, though, kinich is super grateful for your kindness.

so whenever kinich comes home after a long day, he would always await for whatever meal you had prepped up for dinner and hug you tiredly. in exchange, he does the dishes so you won't have to carry the burden of cooking the meals and doing the dishes.

kinich is thankful, he really is, but there's just one thing that concerns him.

୨୧

it's 3 am and kinich woke up from a bad dream. it was you leaving him for some fontaine boy, without even telling him the reason of why you broke up with him.

he was looking for your presence, about to panic because you weren't there, but then he started to smell something from the kitchen.

"oh god not again."

he immediately gets up and the moment he steps out the door, he sees you holding a tray of red velvet cookies. not only that, but he spots another tray which seems to be bagels stuffed with hotdogs.

you turn to see him looking at you with an expression that only you know that means "disbelief". he looks nonchalant, but really he's just ??? about why you're baking at 3 am AGAIN.

"good morning," you smile and take a bite off a cookie.

"why are you cooking at 3 am again? can't sleep?" he approaches you with slight worry. he's concerned about how you'd suddenly wake up at ungodly hours in the evening just to bake.

"mhm," you nod and let him embrace you. "and i was craving for the bagels we ate last week."

kinich sighs while ruffling your hair. "you couldn't wait till morning?"

"i felt the wayob telling me to do it now."

he chuckles and caresses your face, wiping the velvet crumbs off your face. "you probably misheard the wayob. you need to sleep, love."

you sigh and rest your head on his neck. "not tired..."

as you say that, kinich rolls his eyes because every time you say that, he ends up carrying you back to the bedroom while you sleep. which was what was happening right now, before he could even get the chance to tell you about it.

he sets your body gently on the bed, caressing your sleepy face and admiring how peaceful you look despite of the amount of desserts you baked just now.

kinich then sighs. that's another thing he has to worry about. where is he supposed to store the newly baked desserts when there's still 5 boxes from last time?

well, he'll just clean up for now and struggle it alone. what matters is that you're getting the amount of sleep you deserve right now.

"sleep well, my dearest."

[ written with love, yunniestars. ෆ ]

a/n: rahhh thanks for reading!! im really thankful for each time u guys read my work, it gives me lot of motiv hehe. one question though, how do u guys think kinich will say "love"? like the equivalent of "mon coeur?

[luffyvace]

omg i literally love ur blog can i just have luffy zoro and ace x male amab reader hcs like just do whatever u want

Thank you lots dear!! I’m so happy to hear you appreciate my work!! 💞

Just as you requested~…

Luffy!! 🏴‍☠️⚓️

Luffy is the main one who doesn’t care abt gender. No. He’s the KING. (The pirate king 😉) so its pretty much just gonna sound like I’m writing regular hcs for him but keep in mind it’s amab <3

i might end up mentioning it once or twice tho idk

but let me say this, if you change your gender he’s gonna get it right? “Oh so you’re a girl now?” (Example) But this dude cannot comprehend the more “complex” umbrellas of sexuality and romantic attractions. “You’re non-binary..? What’s that? /… / ohhh so your basically neither? Oh okay! what does that do?”

HELP 😂😅

At the end of the day just say you’re like Bon-Chan and he’ll figure out it’s something like that! I mean Bon Clay himself said he borders along genders and Luffy had absolutelyyyy……...no reaction! 😲👏👏👏

so overall it’s kinda the same with you 😅

not in a mean way ofc!! If you didn’t come out before you met the strawhats and you finally do, all you have to do is explain it takes a lot of courage and effort to come out sometimes, and he’ll be more than happy to party and celebrate with you! ☺️💖

It’s practically canon that Luffy drags you everywhere. Like it’s just inevitable accept your fate 🙏

Luffy shows affection of all sorts! The main being hugs, quality time and occasional gifts <3

You’re the main one who has to answer Luffy’s weird and random (-sometimes dumb) questions! 😆👏👏👏

“If frogs can breathe in the water AND air can they breathe in the ground too??? what about in mud?! 😆”

“If I taped a banana peel back together do you think a monkey would get confused when there’s no banana in it? Shishishishishi!! I’m gonna go try it out!” 🏃

“If you slide down a rainbow will your butt be rainbow or would you just erase the rainbow?”

Luffy takes you on adventures no matter how dangerous it is 🤪

Luffy really is trying to be thoughtful when he does things for you. He just ends up messing around and, well- messing things up! Like how he tried to bake you a cake in the middle of the night since Sanjiwould never let him in the day! 😊 (The kitchen almost burned down. Franky had to repair it 😬)

Luffy was banned from a number of things after that but he did make you a mud pie! He used to make them all the time when he was younger and he figured you’d like one! Here ya go! 😃👍

Luffy and you barely have and slow and relaxing moments but when you do it’s very comforting. Usually in the middle of the night during a rare occasion that Luffy ate enough so he doesn’t get up for snacks or adventure

but you get up, and you see how calm and peaceful he looks while sleeping. You lovingly observe his face for a bit before going back to sleep <3

Luffy always has to have you around when he eats. if your far away and he sees you, he pulls you close with his stretchy limbs. even if you are close he’ll basically have you in a literal choke hold as he balloons from overeating 😅😭

he burps, laughs, kisses you on the temple and keeps eating. In that order. 💕

Luffy will obv still eat if your not around but as soon as your in sight he’s pulling you over

It’s the best feeling ever to be surrounded by both food and YOU!! Double whammy! 🤪🙏

Zoro!! ⚔️🗡️

Zoro isn’t really all that much softer or tougher based off gender other than him going easy on women

so your relationship is pretty laid back unless your very loud with your affections

he’s very casual and shows his love subconsciously in little ways. He’s not insecure so he doesn’t feel the need to go out of his way and show it, he just thinks it’s an automatic thing you both know is there.

Which, it should be right? Otherwise why would you have accepted his confession?

And since this is amab he’d be pretty down if you changed from your original gender

doesn’t make or break anything for him 👌

The number one thing he cares about in a relationship is loyalty tbh. Like it’s so obvious that it’s important to him by the way he’s so loyal to Luffy.

on that note he’s just as loyal to you as he is to Luffy so rest assured 👍

his no. 1 love language is quality time bc it’s really causal and not lovey dovey n stuff yk? You could even do it in public and no one would question! It’s not embarrassing at all and is a normal thing to do, so it’s perfect in this relationship!

Actually finds cuddles rather enjoyable but like idk how to explain it? Not in a cuddle way?? (Then how brook 🗿) IDK!! 😭🗣️

no but fr tho (😭) he wouldn’t mind if you just so happened to get tangled up with him while sleeping yk? It’s just kinda warm (not that he would ever have problems with being cold from all that muscle and previous training while frigid 🗿) and I have a feeling he would like skin to skin contact- only when your relaxing tho

the only gifts you really ever bring him is new swords and beer 🍻 cuz what else is going through his head? 🤷‍♀️

wont force you to train with him but kinda will 😲

like you just have to! How else are you gonna get stronger? 🤨

at the least he don’t gotta worry abt Sanji swooning over you cuz the crew obv know you were born a man! y’all are super close! That way sanji won’t be attracted to you (not in a bad way like the okama/island of women situation- 😀 your relationship with Sanji is more like chopper/luffy/usopp depending on your personality)

Another thing Zoro does is seek you out. Which is ironic cuz he’s always getting lost.

you either gotta keep him close, go with him or wait til you meet up later 💃

if you’ve been together a while he’s grateful when you clean his swords for him. He always makes sure to keep up with they’re hygiene (better than his own) but when you happen to beat him to it he feels a sense of pride?

I guess maybe cuz it’s like “hmph! 😼 my s/o is cleaning my swords for me”

Ace!! 🔥❤️‍🔥

Ace is the most aware ? (Idk how to word it) If you change your gender. He knows all the terms n such, mostly cuz I feel like out of ALL THOSE DARN PIRATES- you mean to tell me not ONE of them is QUEER?! 🤨😐 I DONT THINK SOOOOO 🗣️🗣️

he’s very supportive and anyone who doesn’t want to be turned into pot roast better be too! ☺️

I hc him as Bi but if your something other than a man or woman you just broke the scale cuz your mans no longer cares 🤷‍♀️

he doesn’t date for gender anyway, he dates for genuine love ❤️

especially since he was deprived of it til his brothers & WBP (before then was too unstable)

also! I said “date” but tbh I don’t think he dated anyone before you soooo :T

tbh idk if Marco knows how to do top/bottom surgery but if he doesn’t Ace will def help you find someone who does‼️

you could probably even ask around on the ship to see who others got they’re surgeries from!! <3

btw if your not trans that’s just fine too 😊

like I said it’s not about gender its about YOU.

cuz hot dang. 😜

GET IT? HOT DANG?! (LOLL it was funnyyyy cmon guys laugh 😭)

fine back to your hcs 🙁

Ace isn’t necessarily clingy he just likes to be around you. He loves the natural love he feels when he’s around you. He could spend all day doing absolutely nothing with you and he would be 100% fulfilled.

wym you wasted today lazying around?! Today was a great day!! 😁

Ace’s main love languages are acts of service and quality time. He’ll do any thing reasonable (and probably unreasonable too) that you ask of him!

whenever one of the WBP are looking for one of you they either ask the opposite of who they’re looking for, bc you always know where the other is- OR try and find both of you cuz your always together 😂💞

Ace loves making you laugh, he thinks it’s such a wonderful melody. Not even in a cheesy way, it just makes him happy the same way hearing your fav character’s laugh makes you happy!

He tickles you randomly and you have all our tickle wars. So unless you’re looking for it to go on for the next 2 days (or longer) til one of you end it by calling uncle, prepare to be laughing a wholeeee lot! 🤗

Ace always seems to be smiling around you. Technically he’s always smiling, but you hardly catch him with even a straight face when your in his perimeter

He yaps abt you to EVERYONE. They’re not sick of him tho cuz your awesome and he’s great at storytelling + he never says the same thing twice but BRO-

anytime he makes a new friend, they’re practically YOUR new friend too by the time you meet them bc they already love you from hearing all sorts of stories abt you!! 🤗💝

he does this with both you and Luffy :)

Ace has a tendency to forget things so he writes down any important dates you tell him about on his calendar and starts planning ahead of time for them.

happy or sad! He has your birthday and anniversary memorized, but if something traumatic happened around a certain time and he knows you’ll feel sad on that day (a parental death, for example) then he plans something to keep you distracted, happy or even something to help you feel better! Helping start to heal from it ❤️‍🩹 yk? Something that may bring you peace and put you at ease 💖

Ace feels whatever you feel, but tweaked a bit. If you’re feeling sad he’s angry at whatever makes you sad. If you’re happy he’s ecstatic! If your angry he’s livid, if your disgusted- well, in this case he might find it funny 😂🤦‍♀️

I don’t think he’d be disgusted of very many things so he doesn’t exactly feel you on that one- But!! You get the point! 💓

Ace loves going on adventures with you and causing chaos. Bothering Marco, Izo, Jozu, thatch, Vista and even Whitebeard- LOL 😃

bro is the fearless one 🗿

it’s nothing that would get them seriously angry ofc but he would love if you joined him on his antics

just don’t pin it against him. You WILL start a war. I hope your not stubborn bc unless you admit you were wrong and do what he wants for a whole day to make up for it- it’ll never end 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

he gets you when you least expect it. Still harmless, ofc, you’re his fav!! 😊 (⬇️)

BUT THIS MEANS WAAAR!! 👹

Your so real for requesting these 3 together

AND I GOT LUFFY ZORO AND ACE I CALL THEM THE TRIPLE THREAT‼️🗣️

If ykyk..

[luciluck2046]

Felt bored, have some "head"canons of the CUS gang from Underwitch.(Yes, canons, dis is my au, I CAN DO ANYTHING!)

Frisk

They suck at anything tied to arts except drawing. (I mean, pottery, sculpture, writing, dancing, etc)

Absolutely loves anything rock/emo music related.

Have tryed to take care for a fish with Kris once. It did not swim well. (Ha, get it? Swim instead of go? Haha?? ₖᵢₗₗ ₘₑ...)

Has Hyperactive ADHD, Insomnia, C-PTSD.

Crows are their favorite animal.

Did a shitton of crazy stuff on campus (with Scarlett and Azzy, and rarely, with Caleb too)

Has made out with Scarlett

*(𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 '𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲...)

Loves trash. But even more, the butterscotch-cinnamon pie their mom makes.

Smokes because that's the only way they won't eat trash.

Kris

Has braches(or how are those things called??)

Has an unknown favourite animal.(Probably sheep)

Loves moss.

K:"SUSIE, WTF IS A DEODORANT?" S:"I DON'T KNOW MAN!"

Red, hidden eyes.

K:"MINIONS, TONIGHT, WE'LL STEAL, DA MOON!" S:"YEEEEEEEEEY!" N:"yey..?"

Is aroace & nonbinary. No gender, no romantic attraction, no sexual attraction.

Has a fish burried in the backyard.

Inattentive ADHD

Asriel

Autistic

Likes goats.

Everyone on campus calls him a furry.

Demiboy (He/Them)

Cringy DC comics nerd.

Gets pranked by both Frisk and Kris.

A:"Uhhmm, actually, Grass is a type of plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. Their appearance as a common plant was in the mid-Cretac..." F,S,K:"THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS."

Chara

Old. Like really OLD. Or would have been but they ded.

Liked owls. Now likes goats.

Has a crush on Clover

*(𝐎𝐇 𝐅𝐔𝐂𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔, 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍)

Fav character is Bill Cipher

Actually ate a lot of flowers but never poisonous ones. Not until the plan came out!

Good at movie writing.

Sucks with secrets

Is buried under the first bed of flowers.

Healed depression.

If you mess with them, ohhhhhhhh you're sooooo fucked >:3

Hehe, did you like those? I may be a little annoying towards Chara but they don't mind :3

*(𝐈 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡🖕🏻)

Now, are there any other characters from LUW that you'd want to see?

Comment please! 🙃🙃🙃🙃

Or ask.

Or submit...

ᴼʰ ᵐʸ ᵍᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵈ ₖᵢₗₗ ₘₑ ᵀ⁻ᵀ

[nostalgicamerica]

My Weight-Loss Journey

Over the last three decades, despite a relatively active lifestyle, my weight has steadily increased a pound or two per year. I could see it was becoming a problem every morning in my foggy bathroom mirror.

I finally realized that I had to do something about it last fall when I walked out onto my porch one morning. The neighbor's kitten came over to say good morning and got caught up in my gravitational field and went into orbit around my waistline.

It was then I started looking into different diets. Keto, Caveman, high fat, low carb, lima bean, Atkins. Holy crap! The number of different diet choices were staggering. Greater still were the numbers of dieticians and nutritionists shrieking that this diet is best and only a booger-eater would choose that diet.

After a bit of cogitation, I started researching the Carnivore diet.

It sounded right up my alley: eating nothing but meat, cheese, eggs, and dairy products, and drinking water. And I could eat bacon. Basically, I could eat anything that is animal-based.

The bacon thing sold it for me.

The week before Thanksgiving 2023 I started my new diet plan. You might think that dieting during the holidays wasn't a grand idea, and you'd be right. Eating nothing but meat while watching my family chowing down on traditional holiday meals (turkey and all the fixings for Thanksgiving, and ham and all the fixings for Christmas) and stuffing their faces with cookies and candy and pie and everything else associated with the holidays was as much fun as stuffing a cactus up my rectum.

But I stuck to it.

To this point in my life I had never been disciplined about anything related to food, but somewhere along the way I found the strength to keep anything not indicated by the diet out of my pie hole. (except coffee - I'll be cold, dead, and buried before I stop drinking coffee.)

And the weight came off. 3,4,5 pounds a week. It seemed to literally melting off me. My initial goal was 50 pounds by the end of February and then I'd transition to something more sustainable.

It wasn't easy, at times, especially during the first 2 or 3 weeks. I bought some bite-size sugar free candy to take the edge off for the times when I was jonesing for sugar. And I ate a ton of bacon.

By Christmas Eve I had lost 20.5 pounds. By January's close I had dropped 34 pounds. On January 8th, 2024 I got out of the shower and looked down and saw my penis without a mirror for the first time since about 2003. Also, I could see a six-pack peeking from behind what remains of my belly fat. As of this writing I'm down 39 Pounds. I have a few more days to go, but I don't think I will hit 50. But that's okay.

On March 1st I will start introducing fruits and veggies and whole grains to my diet. I intend to stay away from cane sugar and continue drinking only water.

There have been some negatives along the way. 1. I now abhor the sight of steak. 2. My dog won't stop licking my legs. 3. I have had to go out and buy essentially a new wardrobe.

What I've learned - coupled with portion control - is that 90% of weight loss happens in the kitchen, and the plain fact that bacon makes everything better.

Even though I didn't meet my first goal of 50, I intend to keep going until I've met my ultimate goal of 60. I know I can do it by the end of this year.

I don't know if this will work for everyone; I only relate what I did and what happened. Overall I feel great, I am sleeping great, and my spousal unit says I look better than I have since the beginning of the Clinton administration, although she wants to buy a new car so she may be playing me...

There is enough info about the carnivore diet on the interweb-thingee so I won't add anything else except to say if I can do it, anyone can.

[unreadpoppy]

Gwen and Halsin modern AU based on this prompt by @inaconstantstateofchange

It's kinda like urban fantasy/magical realism, so basically magic but in our time. They both live in the same old ass bulding - Gwen, because it was the cheepest she could afford after moving out of her mom's house and Halsin because it's farther away from the center of the city. They have never met and are not aware of the other's existance, as they've never crossed the other.

Halsin works during the day, so he's always in his apartment at night. He's not one to really go out, so he stays home. When it gets late, he goes to his bed and, as an elf, enter that trance state. Everything's fine until he's awoken by the sound of his cellphone ringing, at aorund 3 am.

Weird. He doesn't get calls at this hour. With a sigh, he takes his phone from the nightstand and sees it that it's from the intercom.

Even weirder. Nobody ever uses the intercom, as it is such a pain in the ass to put your phone number in it. He decided to answer it and the person on the other side said "Hey, I ran out and forgot my keys. Please, let me in, I live in the -" Because of the intercom's poor quality, Halsin can barely understand what the persons, can't make out if they are male or female, and interference cuts the person saying their apartment number. It's quite cold outside, and it would be a cruelty to leave someone outside, so Halsin clicks on the button that opens the main entrance doors. He turns off his phone and goes back to his trance, thinking nothing of it.

Except that it happens again. And again. And again. Almost twice a week, the same person would call him through the intercom and ask to be let in. Halsin began wondering what the hell was going on. Why did they never have a key with them? Why did they always call him? He began wondering if they even lived in that building. Regardless, the elf can't bring himself to not allow them in every time.

One day, when he comes back from work, there's a little note outside his door. Next to it, was something smelling good, wrapped in aluminium foil.

'Hi! I'm the person always calling on the intercom. Times have been tough for me, so as a thank you for always opening the door, here's an apple pie I bake.

Best regards - Gwendolyn Gray, apartment 903'

Picking up the gift, he got inside his apartment, a smile forming on his face. As he ate the pie, he wondered: maybe I could pay this Gwendolyn a visit.

[sl33py-g4m3r]

making a record of every dairy thing in my apartment to attempt to chart how fast it's gonna be to get rid of, mainly by eating; but I guess I can put some in the donation box at the park for people~~ the unopened stuff of course~~

goobers x 5 (a candy consisting of milk chocolate balls w peanuts in them. initially bought cause I tried them and they hit really good, then I stopped eating them, lol. and one of them is open)

store brand pasta sides (there are 2 rice too) x 12 (i like to stock up on things cause I don't go to the store that often mainly cause I'm blind legally and can't drive)

boxes of macaroni and cheese x 3

2 bags of doritos and one of store brand loaded potato chips (which I'm surprised don't have bacon or lard in them and are actually vegetarian)

2 of pringles I just bought (sour cream and onion and ranch)

2 of some crunchy puffed pea snacks bought at the dollar tree (calbee brand i think? they're so good and have a lot of fibre for a puffed snack like that!)

3 open containers of ice cream (that I'm sadly not eating cause I learned I don't like it that much so it's hard for me to eat)

2 jars of great value nutella with one being half gone

a mainly used tube thing of Parmesan cheese (which may not be vegetarian based on what and how rennet is used idk)

4 of some spreadable cheese (gourmet w herbs, one of them is open the other 3 are sealed in plastic and not open, bought at a discount store on impulse a while ago)

25 individual packets of swiss miss hot cocoa mix

a big bag of trail mix that has m&ms in it (are those even vegetarian? don't they use shellac for the candy coating or was that other candies instead?)

a partially used jar of alfredo sauce

a partially ate fluffy cheesecake kind of pie

and I think 2 partially used containers of popcorn salt

all the other butter type stuff/margirine/cheese that I have is vegan stuff that was given out at commodities when mom and a neighbour went~~ mom knew that I keep trying to go vegan and gave them to me~~ she even gave me some vegan (i think they're vegan I could be mistaken and they're just vegetarian) sausage patties too~~ and seasoned seitan (that idk where on earth to find anywhere at all; could buy vital wheat gluten and chickpea flour and attempt to make my own again. but whenever I make it I don't like it and can't figure out whether I don't like seitan or just made it wrong~~ made it homemade with just flour once~~ so if you want a good arm work out, try it, lol didn't like that either sadly for the above)

it's cool commodities is giving out vegan stuff sometimes~~ but she hadn't went in a long time~~

I feel this is going to tale a lot longer than I think it will~~ I guess just slowly and consistently use them and not feel bad for doing so? cause hopefully even being a vegetarian would still help fight global warming and stuff~~

and I've been a vegetarian for almost the entirety of this year~~~~ wooooooooo~~!!!!! I say almost cause the year isn't over~~~ and some many months last year too~~~

longest time ever that I've successfully been vegetarian~~~ like over 200 days~~~ cause I use a counter app to track the days and I've switched counters back and forth a few times trying to find a good one~~ Meatless is pretty good~~~ used to use Quit Meat but it wants you to log every animal food you consume and I felt that was too tedious~~~ Meatless just lets you log what meat if any you consume and hit either the plant based, or hit the egg/dairy buttons when you want to log a day as vegan or vegetarian. and it lets you choose what country you're in to give you relevant stats to your country~~

plopping another question here at the end cause I'm unsure if it's actually animal or not~~ I have some fleece blankets; and I thought fleece was the name for wool or some other animal derived fabric~~~ unless fleece means something that's non animal too.... they're light fluffy and warm blankets~~ so.... is it animal fleece or more than likely something else and still fine to use?

asked reddit a while ago when I went on r/vegan (cause r/vegetarian was barred by a filter or restriction and wouldn't let me post at all~~ why is reddit so locked down in this manner? it sucks~~ I don't like reddit~~

I've come so far over the course of a little more than half a year~~~ I no longer see meat as a valid food choice~~~~ or gelatine~~~~

a lot longer than I was when I first tried back in 2013 when I went vegan on a whim~~ lasted a couple of months, didn't know what I was doing, and went back to eating meat. repeat process endlessly until this time hopefully~~~

proud of myself for making it this far this time~~ and not going back to eating meat~~ cause when I did that, I'd feel like a hypocrite and deem myself a failure. But I'm not a failure cause I kept trying~~ I keep trying~~

so much so that the vitamins I take for in general vitamin, and the vitamin D the doctor wanted me on are vegan~~~

I still feel like a baby vegan even after all the time I've tried and failed in the past ~~ T_T;;

[grokebaby]

@frogyz

OFC!! You're charming and I like the way you engage with other people's content :) and... Kiitos <3 for thinking of me

I think m... Delilah would perhaps like Liquor confectionery. Ykno those little chocolates that have liquor flavored fillings and such. I think she'd like em. A mix of decadent and sweet and also something a little more firey. She prefers to not use any substances like drink or smoke so I think this could be her indulgence. In reality I feel that she likely doesn't eat anything fancy since she doesn't even need to eat as a High judgement, so she deserves something nice every once in a while. Let's say Lassi brings her treats sometimes. Liquor confections and maybe warm cinnamon buns.

And then speak of Lassi (and Siru), I think he likes blueberry pie, and there's history behind that! :) bc Nan used to bake blueberry pies for the chickies when they were little, among other things most likely. This is based on my mom who to this day makes blueberry pies every now and then. Finns gotta love blueberries. Hi fives Lassi and Siru. They both love that shit. Those two are whole ass blueberries themselves!! Nan probably called them that sometimes, especially bc the word for blueberry sounds really similar to a finnish word of affection which is like. Equivalent to Darling. :3 (Mustikka = blueberry) (Mussukka = honeyboo or darling, what you'd call someone you love. Doesn't have direct translation. Aimed at children in most cases)

As for traditional stuff I'm sure Siru and Lassi tried to learn like what plants are safe to eat and then snacked on those occasionally. I remember my older cousin showing me that wood sorrel(??) is edible to humans. I had to google that word btw hope it's accurate. We say Ketunleipä (literally "Fox's bread"). Since they're bird demons I'm sure they also ate rowan berries early in the autumn, before they started fermenting. The village's pub actually makes an alcoholic rowan drink out of the berries :) this is based on how waxwings(?? Another googled word) eat rowan berries when they ferment and act all silly bc of it. Drunk little birds.

Maybe Lassi and Siru were little teenage dirtbags and tried to sneak drinks of rowan juice when they got older.. But don't tell mom. That's not appropriate for a growing devil.

Last addition, I think either people around the village or Nan herself made tree bark/sap candies! Birch trees contain sorbitol which can be used as a sweetening agent. In Finland this is sort of a thing™ but not the most popular compared to other less traditional (or even equally traditional) stuff. But it is a Thing™! Tree sap is like a traditional finnish flavor/scent/ingredient in stuff like. Shampoos, I think? Drinks as well? I'd mention tar flavored candy and other products but I feel none of the Varpunens like those lol. But it's another traditional thing. Hashtag Finland stuff. Tar.

So yeah!! I really appreciate you asking about these folks, them being finnish (part Swedish on Nan's side) obviously is inspired by my own life and upbringing :) many of these things are common knowledge to me but I don't actually know how common of a thing they are.. Elsewhere? Or how widely known? So. Shrugs. Nonetheless I would still explain this stuff for the characters' sake :3 kiitos for the ask!! Buh bye!!

[randadrives]

An overview: Moab pt 3

So that was my first stop. It was built in 1908 and is open seasonally. I wont give too many details as it’s a neat stop to take your time and read about the history there. Not only do they sell pies, but you can purchase honey, jams, pumpkin butters, and other souvenirs. I bought an apple pie, that could probably be split between two people, and told myself that would be my post-hike reward. I hiked the Chimney Rock trail, which honestly I can’t remember why I picked this one. Sometimes I choose based on the distance of the trail and where it’s located in the park before I’ll choose for landmarks or popularity. It’s just what works best for me most of the time. But DAMN I’m glad this is the one I ended up on. There are moments when I’m exploring that just hit me a certain way, and the best way I can describe it is a spiritual experience. I’m not religious, but if I were, nature would absolutely be my religion. I came around a bend on this trail about half way through and was greeted with a sight that brought tears to my eyes. The sky was riddled with clouds and the sunshine had just came through to hit the mountains and Mummy Cliff in a brilliant way I could not have captured on camera. It was a dream! I finished the trail with so much joy in my heart. I stopped at a couple lookout points on the way back out of the park and ate the entire apple pie when I got back to my trailer. I absolutely insist you get some pie if you go, 10/10.

This leads me to another type of attraction to visit the area for: the state parks! I stayed at the campground in Hanksville because on my way back to Moab from there was Goblin Valley State Park. Have you ever watched the movie Galaxy Quest? If so, this landscape will look familiar, as the scenes on another planet were filmed here! It was such a cool stop and cost me $20 to get in (worth it). I had my trailer with me, so I was nervous about the parking situation, but it turned out to have a large parking lot with RV size spots, right in the hub of all the park had to offer. I was able to park the truck and trailer and walk the dogs around right where all the hoodoos, or goblins, were located. A hoodoo, aside from being a spiritual tradition practiced by enslaved African-Americans in the U.S., is a tall and thin natural rock spire caused by erosion. These spires go on for miles. My dog and I explored them for about 2 miles or so in total. There were a couple hikes I had wanted to do, such as the Goblin’s Lair, but I didn’t want to leave the dogs in the trailer in the parking lot after one had just waited for an hour already. Exploring the main area was enough for me that day. It really did feel like an alien planet. Another state park I visited and camped in was Dead Horse Point State Park. To me, this park is so underrated, and the landscape was comparable to Canyonlands, though a little bit closer of a drive from Moab. This is a dark sky area, and I made sure to reserve a night during the new moon (do this far in advance!) so that I could star gaze, but unfortunately the weather had other plans and it rained that night. I still had a great time. The trails were very accessible from the visitor center parking lot, as well as the main views everyone wants to see. Many of the plants you’ll see here are slow growing and hundreds of years old. I do love state parks because, unlike many national parks, dogs can be on the trails. I witnessed a wedding occurring right at Dead Horse Point that evening! Mountain biking also appeared to be popular at this park.

Another feature, and is free, to explore is the Manti-La Sal National Forest. During the hot summer months if you drive up into the mountain, you can experience much milder weather that stays about 15-20 degrees cooler than down in the town! That is as long as you can handle the elevation. When it was too hot to be outside, I would load the dogs up in the truck and we would go for a drive on La Sal Loop, which takes about 1.5 to 2 hours with no stops. Along the loop are many hiking trails to hop out, as well as a lookout point at around 9,000 ft in elevation. My favorite trail here was probably one that leads to Brumley Arch and a waterfall. It was HARD because of that elevation, but I went in October when the leaves were changing and it was well worth it. People may think the desert doesn’t get pretty colors in the fall, but that’s just not true! Another good one was the Clark Lake Loop, which I did in November. The wind was killer, and my friend and I heard some type of animal that made us almost pee ourselves. Oh, and we became kind of lost. But those are all things that just add to the fun. . . Right? Aside from hiking, the forest is full of off-roading trails (as is most of the area anyway). There’s also two other lakes, one called Oowah Lake that you can drive to on a very narrow, dirt road. I had taken my dogs there on several occasions, but tread wearily as we had an incident with a fishing hook we did not expect. Another cool detail about the forest is that it’s grazing land for cattle. You will be driving along the loop, or show up to the lake, and all the sudden there will be random cows everywhere! Maybe some people wouldn’t like that, but it always made me chuckle.

Aside from these major attractions, there are plenty of hiking trails, off roading trails, mountain biking trails, cool rock formations, lakes, the river, and historical things like petroglyphs/pictographs and dinosaur fossils, to see all over Moab and the surrounding areas that you don’t need to pay a fee or reserve a time to see. I could seriously write a 10 page essay just on free trails I did outside of the national and state parks. I suggest using apps like Alltrails and Fatmaps, as well as just Google, to find them! Or ask the locals when you stop at the shops or in the campground stores. There are plenty of ways to stay for all vacationer types: hotels, Airbnb’s (though I’m still salty about the housing crisis in Moab), RV campgrounds, and BLM land to camp on. There are local restaurants to support, my favorite place for coffee being Snake & Oil. I cannot stress this enough, but as a visitor please DRINK WATER. Drink more water than you think you need! Heat casualties are very real in this area, especially for those who are not acclimated to the climate or elevation. Your water bottle should be your best friend here. Bring your camera! You will take photos and think “this seriously doesn’t do it justice” but still take more! It’s nice to have something to look back on, especially if you only ever get to visit once in your life. Don’t take your vehicle on off-road trails that it is not capable of handling, and also do not unless you’re willing to break something. It happens, frequently. Maybe rent a Jeep, and break something on that. Remember to pack in and pack out, as the ecosystem here is extra fragile. Most importantly, be kind to the locals! After spending 5.5 months there, I can truly say I had great experiences interacting with the people of this town. It can be extremely frustrating for them with the amount of tourism that occurs when the infrastructure can’t always handle it. I hope that you will have the opportunity to experience the splendor of this region if you have not already!

[gettingjiggly]

Congrats 350lbs

As I come home from work on a Friday, I step into the house and smell the strong aroma of chocolate in the air. I had just stopped for a deep fried pizza pocket and a half gallon of whole milk that I used to chase the 3 ding dongs and Boston creme pie. I was feeling a bit full, but the sweet scent still made my nipples hard.

Let me back up a little. I had been eating relentlessly all week to make a push for 350. It was the hardest milestone to attain yet on my goal to 400. I just kept bouncing between 325 and 340, but could never get that last ten pounds to stick. But this week I had ballooned fast, I went from 325 to 345 in a few short days, and I had been hitting the donut store every day, pushing the limit of my appetite.

Today, it finally happened, 350 my new high score. Up from 347 last time I even came close. Now to my surprise as I walked in the kitchen the wife had baked a huge sheet cake with thick creme frosting on it and it said, "Congrats 350lbs!"

"Great job, babe! You can have this after dinner. I'll put it on the bed and you can eat it like a pig, the way you like it." I was instantly hard. After a hurried dinner I scurried to the bedroom, scrambled down to nothing and jumped in the sheets. I was practically squealing with excitement.

She walks in the door with the cake, and a box. "Oh did you get a surprise?" I asked her. She put her finger to her lips making a hush sign, and set the sheet cake on the bed in front of me. Now that she was right next to me I could see, the box was a toy with a pig tail on it. "Is that for me?" I thought to myself, feeling a bit cautious.

She leaned down and whispered warmly in my ear, "Eat pig, you're my 350lb fat porker and you'll never see a number smaller than that on the scale, ever... again..."

As I started eating cake, I could feel the warmth of her hands and the sound of the bottle of oil popping open behind me. She grabbed hold of me with an oil hand, sliding and stroking my skin all over, and pushing my hips into a raised position. It started as a nice smooth caressing stroke, but that changed as soon as she guided the tip into me.

There was tremendous pressure, and I naturally leaned forward, laying my face into the cake. Whatever she did, she hit the spot. My brain had turned off and I was completely fixated on horny hungry fattening feeding. It was soon followed by spanking and jiggling, as she said, "Eat it! Eat all of it you pathetic pig! Fill that fat gut full. I want this ass bigger." She took a massager and laid it on the base of the tail sending vibrations all the way through me.

"Whoa!" I was sliding mouthfuls of cake in my face. My cheeks and forehead smothered, there was little to no distinguishing between bites. Just a constant shoveling of cake and frosting down my throat. By the time she brought me to climax, the cake was nearly gone. Maybe a quarter of what she made was left, I had gluttonously devoured easily 5000 calories. But my belly was so full I couldn't even move. In fact after the euphoria of her stimulation wore off I was completely unable to move.

"Nice try" she said, giving me a glass of milk to wash the last few morsels from my mouth. "You'll get it next time." I was so intoxicated with chocolate I didn't even register what she said.

We snuggled and fell asleep, knowing tomorrow would be our day off to sleep in.

Saturday morning, I woke up. "Good morning, piggy. Ready for breakfast?" I smiled and sat up. Bacon, eggs, toast, gravy... mmm, a whole plate piled high. I love breakfast in bed, and I ate it all.

"Last night was fun!" I said. "You really got into it, more than usual."

"Well, I know how much you wanted to hit 350, and if I'm being totally honest I think it's hot that you did." She smiled and got up from the bed. "So speaking of that, are you ready?"

"Ready? For what?"

"To try again? I made a new cake, an even bigger one. After you finish that last piece of bacon I'll bring it down. You have to finish it!"

"Or?"

"Or.... silly, I'll make you another one. Each one bigger until you finish the whole thing like a good pig. 350 may have been a tough goal to reach, but I'm going to get you to 400 in no time!" She smiled deviously and went upstairs to get the cake.

The End.

[compostboy]

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE:

You are [y/n], existing in [current location]. A miniature cheerleader, with poofy pink hair and your full ass name written over their nongendered tits, spawns on your shoulder. Kind of looks like Pinkie Pie?

"Hello, [y/n]!" they cheer. "I am Sparklefarts the Almighty! I have come to take you on a journey!"

"Totally. Before we begin, I need to ask you a question... Have you drunk any water recently?"

A: Eh... [go to 1]

B: Absolutely, you might even say I'm drinking it right now! [go to 2]

[1] "TOWARDS THE NEAREST WATER SOURCE!" the cheerleader bellows. "DRINK. OR PERISH BY MY POM POM."

A: "OF COURSE LET'S GOO!!!!" [go to 2]

B: "Due to unfortunate circumstances, there is no water source..." [go to 3]

[2] "GOOD JOB GOOD JOB Goooooood job that's amazing I love you," the cheerleader gushes. [go to 3]

[3] Ready to move on, you face the cheerleader, anticipating another question. You're pretty sure you know where this is going.

"Okay. Now we are ready for step 2. I need to know... have you eaten anything in the past 4 hours?"

A: "I have eaten today, but not in the past 4 hours." [go to 4]

B: "I haven't eaten today at all. Worst case, maybe it has been a few days since I ate? Hmm..." [go to 5]

C: "Yup, I totally have!" [go to 6]

[4] "Ah, so it's time for a meal then? Based on how hungry, tired, etc, you are, you can choose anything from a small fruit to a proper meal. Yoghurt? Oats? There are many easy to prepare things you could go for, and if you need a full meal but can't prepare it, it's okay to eat many small things instead of one big thing."

"Thank you for reminding me. I'll go get something right now." You go to the food source of your choice, do the necessary preparations, and put it in your mouth. Chew chew. [go to 6]

[5] "Oh, I'm sorry. You must feel very tired. Maybe it's just that you haven't had time for breakfast yet, but, if going more than a day without food is a regular occurrence for you, your body might be in starvation mode, and you should ask a medical professional how best to get back into eating without triggering refeeding syndrome. I don't want you to do something that can be dangerous, I only ask that you give your body a little bit of fuel so your brain can get you through the day. Brains without fuel can get very depressed, more than they otherwise would be, as they cannot think properly."

A: "Actually, I just haven't had time for breakfast yet." [go to 4]

B: "You're right, I either don't have access to food or choose not to eat it on a regular basis. I can't or won't change that right now. [go to 7]

C: "I have access to food right now, and while it is common for me to not eat enough, I think it is medically safe to have a meal and I am going to choose that right now." [go to 4]

[6] "YOU'RE AMAZING. YOU PREPARED A FOOD AND ATE IT?! That's so cool of you I'm envious I also want to prepare a meal and eat it, but I am deathly intolerant of everything except glitter glue."

A: "What a coincidence! I happen to have a tube of glitter glue just lying around." [go to 8]

B: "Oof I'm sorry, I don't have anything like that for you..." Or at the very least, you don't think it's a good idea to give it to them. [go to 7]

[7] "You probably want to get on with this now," the cheerleader nods solemnly. Their pompoms rest on their hips. "Have you done the BBs? Brush HAIR and Brush TEETH?"

A: "Truthfully, neither." [go to 9]

B: "Only 1 of them." [go to 10]

C: "1 or neither is applicable, but I have done what needed doing!" [go to 11]

D: "Yeeees I have!" [go to 11]

[8] The cheerleader chugs glitter glue. It pours out down their chin and everything is covered in glitter oh god oh no what have you done.......... Anyway. [go to 7]

[9] "BB TIME. LET'S GO. Give me a B!" the cheerleader strikes a pose, but doesn't wait for you to answer. "Give me a B! What does that spell? BB!"

A: "I can't fucking do it I'm sorry" [go to 12]

B: "I managed to do 1, but I don't think I can do another, not right now at least. This is as good as it gets right now." [go to 11]

C: "I managed to do 1, but I need some extra encouragement to be able to do the second one." [go to 10]

D: "I DIDS IT!! WEEEEE!!!!!" [go to 11]

[10] "Yooooo that's so cool, take a moment to celebrate that victory before we get a move on this second one. You did so well," the cheerleader calms down and it's clear they really are happy for you that you got this far.

You celebrate by striking a pose that makes you feel good, and tell yourself that you did a good job.

"I did a really good job with that, tbh. Maybe it wasn't perfect, or maybe it was, but it was worth doing regardless. Nice."

The cheerleader pulls you by the hand towards the unused brush.

It occurs to you there are ways to make it easier, like for example using a toothpaste you don't hate, or combing your hair a little bit at a time, or only doing it for a short while rather than all the way to completion.

"Ready?" they ask.

A: "Ready." You take the brush and get to action. [go to 11]

B: "I'm sorry. I'm not ready, and I don't think I'll be ready anytime soon. Can we go to the next one?" [go to 12]

[11] "YOU DID IT!!!!!!!! HELL YEAH HELL YEAH HELL YEAH THE BARE MINIMUM MAINTENANCE IS THE BEST FUCKING THING YOU CAN DO YOU RULE!!!!!!!!" The cheerleader throws their pompoms so hard they explode, bam bam, and new ones materialize in their hands.

"My teeth are feeling so happy right now," you say. "My hair too."

"Awesooooome," they say.

"Awesooooome," you agree.

Such success. Much celebration. [go to 13]

[12] "That's okay," the cheerleader pats your back. "Maybe today is just a kindness day, and you forgive yourself and move on? No need to beat yourself up when you're already down. Let's accept that sometimes we can't do things, and that is morally neutral. Sure, there can be consequences for it, but to be equipped to handle those consequences you need to first be gentle with yourself you can cooperate with yourself and problem solve."

You take a minute to think neutral thoughts about yourself. No judgements or opinions, only facts. You have a face. You're looking at your phone with your eyes, this is neutral. There are tasks that you could do, or not do, or do halfway, a little bit, there are many options in the world.

"Do you feel ready to try only only 1 of those things, or would you rather try something else?" The cheerleader asks.

A: Try 1 thing. [go to 10]

B: Try something else. [go to 13]

[13] "Now, the thing we've all been waiting for!" a mysterious drum roll accompanies their voice. "It is time to do something that YOU want to do."

"Me? But isn't this your quest game thing?"

"Yeah! And my quest is to make sure you were prepared to do something you like."

"Oh. That's nice. Thank you, Sparklefarts." You almost forgot their name, after everything you have been through together.

"No need to thank me. This is what cheerleaders were born to do!"

"I see. How do I know what I want to do now that I get to choose, though?" The world is much more complicated when you have free will. There are infinite possibilities. You could crawl into bed. You could run to the nearest bungee jump station or die on the way. You could draw old men making out with each other. Your head spins.

"There are many ways to decide," they take you to a whiteboard where they draw their suggestions. "Either the first thing that comes to mind, or pick 3 things and choose the one that makes you feel best, or set a timer for your first choice so you can have time to do the next one too, or use a randomizer, or roll dice."

How do you choose a method ?!

"First method that pops into your head!" Sparklefarts shouts. "Go go go!!"

You are GOING!!!!!!

WOO!!!

As soon as you are on your way to your activity, Sparklefarts bursts into a ball of glitter. They're on to new adventures as a cheerleader.

Their power lingers in the air.

"I can do this," you say.

[pizza-pie-in-the-sky]

Ti Amo - Roman Pizza

We held the first meeting of our group on December 27th 2023, at Ti Amo - a restaurant serving roman pizza. Click "read more" to see what this experience of our group at this lovely restaurant felt like <3

~ Alex.

Ti Amo is a restaurant specialising in italian cuisine. It's placed in the centre of Warsaw, which is just great for easy way to find and reach the place - there were really no problems in getting there, at all. The restaurant itself was really climactic as well and in pair with the kitchen; as if you ended up in a clearly mediterranean-inspired place in the middle of a city <3 It felt fresh, comforting, and neat, as well as pretty. Well, a minus I can think of though, is that it is not very good in mobility aspect, as the space between the aisles isn't wide, which might be a problem for disabled folk, sadly. However, because the climate suits me very well, personally, I totally recommend going there, it's a fascinating place. (Again, a highly personal preference!)

The pizza we ate at this restaurant is Roman pizza - the specific type of pizza that originates from its namesake, Rome, and is especially widespread in Central Italy. What's distinct for this kind of pizza is its whole, round shape, rectangular slices, its thin base, and oil as one of ingredients in the dough.

We were really excited about trying this kind of pizza! We made a collective decision to order 3 different types of roman pizza: prosciutto, caprese, and bianca.

Here is what out decision-making process looked like, haha:

After we ordered our food, we began brainstorming with the aim of finding the right title for our blog - as its obvious, it ended up being pizza-pie-in-the-sky, and here are the photos from that moment:

Next, we waited, but meanwhile got to talk. The wait for the pizzas didn't feel, nor I think it actually was, long, which I'm happy to say, since I was hungry and ready to focus all my thoughts on the food we ordered. And when the pizzas came, I was so happy to see they looked just as delicious as I wanted them to be!

So, of course, we soon started to eat them, as you can see in the picture beneath :).

Here are my thoughts about the pizzas after eating them <3:

Prosciutto - it is a pizza containing tasty ingredients such as tomato sauce, mozarella, prosciutto, gorgonzola, and rucola. It felt savoury-sweet, and I found it great due to the greenery, as well as that I'm simply a fan of tomatoes in all shapes and forms. Therefore, it was obviously a great choice for me, I'm not surprised I loved it, haha.

Caprese - this pizza had tomato sauce, burrata, cherry tomatoes, and fresh basil; so many delicious things! Again, tomatoes were just great, but I was also surprised about my liking of a cheese other than mozarella. I welcome the change, and gotta say this one was my favorite for this surprising reason! I'd totally eat it again, the combination of cheese and tomatoes was ideal.

Bianca - the pizza with many ingredients I haven't tried before all at once, or even at all (!): white sauce, mozzarella, goat cheese, oyster mushrooms, spring onions, and garlic. It was obviously very cheesy, which I was very postively surprised to find tasty! I enjoyed eating this one, though not as much as the other two - simply due to my taste in dairy and generally not liking it much.*

One thing I would like to note though, is that the place offers some pizzas that are vegeterian due to their ingredients; to my knowledge, there were no vegan or gluten-free options, so if you're a person considering these aspects or having allergies, I'd look into the menu first and think about the options carefully!

This is what the crime scene was like after we devoured all of the pizzas, quite quickly, might I add (lol):

We are clearly looking contented, satisfied, and happy, aren't we?

Therefore, to conclude this post, I enjoyed this meeting a lot! Obviously due to food, but just as much due to company. Ti Amo is clearly a restaurant that values the culture behind italian cuisine and prepares these pizzas with much heart and soul. I will be very happy to return there in the future for this reason <3.

~ Alex.

*All listed ingredients come from the site of the restaurant.

[amalia-uwu]

🌹Hanahaki🥀

Based on Skerbbie's fanfiction Firsts & Seconds @skerbbie

I DO NOT OWN -> Undertale, Horrortale, Farmtale, the fic First & Seconds, Hanahaki disease. The rights go to the respective owners!

Undertale by Toby Fox

Horrortale by Sour Apple Studios

Farmtale by GuinongTale_AU

First & Seconds written by Skerbbie 💚

Hanahaki Disease by Matsuda Naoko

CHAPTER 1 | CHAPTER 2: you are here | CHAPTER 3

Warnings ⚠️: Hanahaki, angst, body horror, light gore, vomit, blood.

CHAPTER 2

Goodbye

More days passed...

...Nothing changed.

He tried to hide the freaking flowers as best as he could.

They kept spreading. No matter how many times he pruned them.

It was clear to him that he didn't have much time.

The flowers had embraced his rib cage; they (ribs) were barely visible.

He was coughing and vomiting handfuls of petals; whole flowers even.

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He was in the bathroom, when he heard the door knocking.

He recollected himself and pressed the flush. He saw as the blossoms disappeared.

He threw some cold water in his face. He heard the door opening and his brother's voice "Sans?". (Axe wasn't home).

"Coming!"

He took a deep breath, fixed his clothes and left.

He descended the stairs and welcomed him with open arms. He hugged him.

The hug took longer "Sans?" Papyrus asked.

"Hm?"

"Are you okay?" he questioned still hugging him.

"i missed you bro.." he said and snuggled a little further in his embrace.

Papyrus smiled "Nyeh missed you too, now how about I cook for us hm?"

"How about I help you?" Sans asked.

Papyrus smiled "of course!"

Sans let go of him and helped Papyrus with the items he brought from town.

"You truly must have missed me brother, you even wore a fragrance" Papyrus commented.

Sans forced a smile "yeah, I thought I might welcome you in style, see?". Papyrus chuckled. Both walked into the kitchen.

They cooked together. They talked about their days.

It was around 19.30 pm. Sans didn't have much of an appetite but, he ate anyway. Maybe it will be his last meal, you never know. It smelled delicious.

Papyrus sure was an amazing cook. Okay; sometimes he burned the food but still, he got better.

When finished, Sans stood close to his brother and helped him with the dishes. They exchanged a few words but nothing more.

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Some minutes later, they walked upstairs to their bedrooms and Sans hugged his brother again.. He will sure miss this hug...

"You are the best bro! I love you so much! You know that right?" he asked hugging Papyrus a little tighter.

"of course I know! My beloved brother! I love you too! You are the best big bro I could ask for!" he hugged him back. Sticks smiled and his soul shone brighter!

"That's nice to hear!...Goodnight bro" he broke the hug

"Goodnight!" he said and stood by the door. Papyrus turned his face at his brother.

"Sans?" his voice low and soft. Sans stopped.

He looked over his shoulder. "Tomorrow I'll try those savory biscuits you like; I'll even make you and Bitey a big breakfast!" he smiled.

Sans smiled, a genuine one. "Thanks paps! I'll try to make you a chocolate pie". Papyrus chuckled.

They entered their rooms.

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As Sticks laid in bed, he heard the main door opening. He knew Axe had returned home.

Now, most times he would sit down with Axe and keep him company.

However, he didn't trust himself not to vomit an entire garden of flowers...right in front of him..

He heard him being as quiet as possible. He smiled. Eventually, after an hour. Sticks heard him walking quietly into his room.

The home was engulfed in Silence..

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Sticks couldn't sleep. His chest ached, he spat more petals along with blood. He summoned his soul and little flowers were on the surface.

He took a look at his ribs; wow he had an ecosystem of flowers there... The flowers traveled down on his hips.

"heh.." his small laugh was dry, raw.

He looked at the clock. 2 o 'clock in the morning. With a sigh, Sans took a pen and paper, sat down and wrote a letter. His hands were shaking.

He wanted to say many things but couldn't. His tears stained the paper.

He sighed heavily slouching in the chair.  Sans left the letter on his desk and exited his room.  

He checked the time, it was around 2.45 am. He got up and quietly walked into Papyrus's room.

Papyrus was sleeping soundly. Sticks smiled sadly, he leaned down, gently pressed a kiss on his forehead and fixed the blankets. Papyrus smiled in his sleep.

Sticks grinned back. His jaw quivered. No, he can't cry now. He will wake him up.

He took Papyrus's scarf, a peach one he had left in the chair neatly folded. He put it around his neck and quietly exited the room.

As he closed the door, his eyes fell on Axe's room. He tiptoed there and gently pushed the door open.

He saw Axe sleeping. Sticks looked at him and he felt his soul being squeezed mercilessly.

He carefully pressed a soft kiss on his forehead, fixed the blankets and walked away.

He stopped by the door and looked back at him. He felt the thorns and the flowers squeezing his soul and sternum more.

He closed his eyes, a couple of tears ran down. He turned his face away from him, clenching his teeth and fist.

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He checked the time 3.20 am. He better leave now before they wake up.

He looked at his home one last time. This home had so many memories.

His eyes landed on a photo. It depicted the three of them. Sticks in the middle, Papyrus on the right, Axe on the left, all of them smiling.

He sighed heavily. He exited the home. After some steps he stopped for mere seconds and looked back and around him.

He will miss this place.

With a heavy soul he kept walking. He checked Brinley who was sleeping peacefully.

So.. This was it huh? Leaving his home and everything behind...

... So be it ...

He walked away. He wasn't coming back.

The tears ran nonstop. He wrapped his jacket and scarf tighter around him. He walked away, hugging himself.

The soft chilly wind waving his clothes.

Alone as he was he whispered one word.

...“Goodbye”...

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END OF CHAPTER 2

Chapter 1

Chapter 3

Likes, comments, Constructive Criticism and feedback is highly appreciated!

[bigheckinbraindrain]

Food logging apps

As of yesterday, I have been using all 3 food logging apps for 2 full weeks. I have logged each thing I ate as best I can (all food has been logged, but sometimes the app doesn't have exactly what I ate so I do as best I can; like one didn't have Little Greek Fries, so I found other fries that were similar in calorie count).

The overall, I think Lose It is my favorite. I have a lot of 🚫items on it, but the pros outweigh the cons (haha, outweigh). I don't want to have to keep up with each of them daily, but each one has something much better than the others do. With Lose It, it feels like the most complete and useful. With CarbManager, it's food logging is the most user-friendly and the daily page is just more robust and useful. With Chronometer, the breakdowns of macros is way better.

Here's where I am with each of them:

Lose It - Overall there are a lot of 🚫 on this list, but it's not my least favorite.

Food Logging

🚫Visually, it's not appealing. At least on the computer. I actually like it's phone app but the computer app just isn't very nice.

🚫It ingests from Apple Health which is ok, except that because I enter stuff on LI, and then the same stuff on the other apps, I have to go back and find duplicates all the time. This is, I'm sure, an easy setting to fix and it won't matter when I've dropped to just using one app.

✅It seems to have most of my food

🚫While it has most of the food, it doesn't show the brand on the diary page, which I weirdly hate

🚫Zero hotkeys or shortcut buttons/clicks. I also hate that

🚫In the meal search box, if you start typing, it can auto-hover on something and stops letting you type. It's a pain

Reporting and Insights

I really like the Patterns insight. It shows me "On days you eat (...) you tend to keep you (...) lower/higher" which is super helpful already, but I'm sure it will be much more so after I've used the app for a long time

The Food Insights (where it shows what items contributed to the highest calories/sodium/fat/etc) is pretty cool, but it doesn't let you pick the date range so ... meh

Budget shows the days you were over/under on your calories. That's kinda nice but I almost never look at it. It doesn't really lend to any changes in behavior so far

Nutrition insight is useless, because there is an "Unknown" slice in the pie. And it doesn't tell you what contributed to it. How can I take stock in anything it's showing on that chart when there is such a large portion that is unknown?

The weekly summary is kinda nice, I do like this one

The weight chart is pretty clear and easy to see my trends.

CarbManager - Overall, this has the most ✅ marks, but I just don't know that it's my favorite. I think this is 100% because it's focused on carbs and that's not my goal. I feel if they were to let you choose which macro is your focus and display accordingly, this would be my favorite by a lot.

Food Logging

✅Visually, this is my favorite. It's clean and crisp, both on the computer as well as on my phone

🚫It's focus is on Carbs (I mean, it IS called CarbManager) and I don't focus on Carbs. I really really wish it would let you decide to do Carbs OR Calories as your focus.

✅It has most of the foods I'm looking for

✅It tells you the name of the brand/restaurant and even shows pictures

✅It's super easy to copy from one day or meal to another, which is awesome

✅I actually just did a recent call with them for market research. I love knowing that they're that interested in their user base and take time (and spend money) to find out user's preferences and ease of use. They did a portion that was touch-point/pain-point and I LOVE that!

🤔There are a ton of recipes on the site (which is awesome) but they are all carb-focused (again, it's right there in the name) which is not my goal. So yay recipes, boo they are carb-focused. HOWEVER, because I'm not supposed to be eating wheat and select other grains, this is actually pretty good. I'm not Keto, but I share a lot of the same needs.

🚫Your weight isn't listed on your diary page. I want to see all the info I care about in one place

Reporting and Insights

If we're being honest, the reports section is shit. I get way more useful information looking at the day-to-day charts, because the reporting section is 100% lacking

Chronometer - I really like this one, except the lack of items in the database. I think if I had no issue looking stuff up, I'd absolutely love this app. I know that if I used this long enough, and I entered in everything that it didn't have in the db whenever I found something missing, eventually it would even out and I could find everything even if it was because I entered it. But I just don't have that kind of patience or desire to put in the extra work for an app I'm paying for.

Food Logging

✅Visually, this is almost an exact mix between the other two.

🚫🚫I find a lot of the food I'm looking for just isn't here. I have to frequently find "close enough" type foods, which means that the macro summaries that I like so much aren't really accurate.

✅It's very easy to drag and drop, rearrange stuff, etc. That's really nice

🤔I always talk about how much I love the nutrient targets, but if we're being honest, I rarely look at them. It seems the only time I care about this level of depth is when I get bloodwork done and I want to see what contributed to a specific thing (like sodium).

Reporting and Insights

The nutrition report for daily averages is pretty dope. I really like this one for retrospective

[leam1983]

Renewal

The weekend went by swimmingly - a little too much so by my usual standards.

What really came as a shock was seeing Walt commit to his plan, and to do so while inauguraring the most Dad-worthy summer outfit I've seen him put on, with grey slacks, a lighter-tinted gray Hawaiian shirt, a straw fedora and sandals. The last time we visited the cabin, he didn't so much as loosen his necktie!

Again, as promised, we dogpiled the exact moment we finished unpacking and did so without any alarm planned. Sarah woke up on Friday evening and let Walt and I snooze through most of the evening, and we both woke up around 2 AM. Walt wasn't as refreshed as I was and he'd snored like a motor boat, but we fixed ourselves some Paninis and watched Late Night TV while eating. Followed some cuddling and our falling back asleep on the same couch.

Our internal clocks being a bit out of whack, Walt and I began Saturday around 6:30 AM by sitting on the front porch and drinking coffee. Sarah got up around 9, at which point we began discussing meal plans for the weekend. Once everything was set, Walt took me out for a bit of an endurance walk and then helped me with a more involved training and physical therapy session. By the time I'd worked up to sit-ups and he was giving me his corniest Burgess Meredith impression, I was fairly worked up. Sarah had been working on an HTPC build for our living room, back at the apartment, and took a pause from that to join us in, erm, a different kind of cardiovascular exercises...

The afternoon mostly involved books and more napping. We cooked ourselves some French onion soup for dinner and probably ate our respective weights in baguette bread and various local fine cheeses and grapes - and out came the caramel apple pie Walt had picked up at a nearby bakery. Followed coffee and tea and a looong round of Cards Against Humanity, which we more or less used to decompress after the last several weeks. God bless blank cards and blank card packs - we managed to tailor something of a personal extension packed with all our in-jokes and our work-related gripes. Walt had challenged us to run through the entire set of expansions, but we balked after clearing The Absurd Box - re-sorting all those cards would've been a fucking nightmare. We settled with sprinkling a few extra cards from here and there, instead. Note to self: check out Crabs Adjust Humidity, a supposedly raunchier and nastier take on the base game.

That took us well into the early hours, with Walt and I collapsing into bed by 3 AM. He snuggled me like never before, and apparently woke up first. He'd warned me he wasn't going to let me work on anything over the weekend, and I woke up this morning to homemade pancakes, fruits and some maple syrup, served in bed. Sarah had apparently received the same treatment, but disobeyed Walt's instructions to go hang in my doorframe while sipping on her OJ. We shot the shit for a while, Walt pretended to look resigned to not being able to serve his two favourite people a breakfast meal in bed, and we mostly spent the morning gabbing away in our pajamas. Things got steamy again, but we didn't progress past heavy petting - Walt just wanted us close for a little while.

Followed a quick canoe ride on the lake out back with a two-hour lakeside nap for Walt, and we then packed up and went home.

"Why this weekend?" I asked him, on the way back. "You could've waited for Canada Day, you know."

He glanced at me while driving and gave me a smirk. "You've all but killed my old Federalist spirit, sport. Ontario never made me feel welcomed; and it's in Quebec that I put down roots. I might never speak French the exact same way you do, but you and Sarah took just another job and elevated it to my calling."

Sarah had taken the back seat so she could lounge by sitting sideways on the longer stretches. "I feel pretty much the same way," she said. "If Quebec's where the two of you are, then Quebec is where I belong and I'll be proud to speak its language."

That got a laugh out of me. "You realize I write about the two of you in English, right?"

Walt chortled. "Personne n'est parfait, tu sais!"

Nobody's perfect, huh? Yeah, that about sums up Quebec's view of the wider world. Don't speak French? Ah, nevermind that, you'll fit in just fine within a few years. Bring your food, ignore the bigots and start complaining about the weather. You'll fit in that much faster if you do.

[lynxgriffin]

I don't know about your headcanons for chapter 2, but my personal head canon for Kris being the night is that there are actually 3 entities in Kris' body

The Player, Kris, and the Knight

Based off information we get from others in chapter 1 and 2, Kris seems more like they'd be a mischievous prankster, not the type to deliberately harm someone. Kris slashing the tires and opening a fountain doesn't seem quite right in the context. Kris is the one who put ketchup on their arms to make Noelle think they were bleeding, Kris was the one who hid under Noelle's bed because she's afraid of humans under the bed. Kris is the one who ate the entire pie in the middle of the night. Kris is NOT the type to deliberately put their best friend and their mother in harms way. This has to be someone else.

The knight is the one opening the fountains and the one slashing the tires.

Meanwhile, the player, us, is the one who has control during the day, the one visiting the dark world and controlling Kris during the day, we're the one making all the friends. Although I'm sure you knew that part already. Anyways, that's my personal headcanon for the ending of Chapter 2, which I'm pretty sure most people have played through qt this point. On an unrelated note, have you gone through the "weird" route yet? If so what's your opinion on it?

Honestly, I'm actually leaning that way myself. I dunno if the Knight is directly in Kris, but he's at least manipulating some amount of action there. Whether creating the fountains is Kris's doing or the Knight's is still up for debate, but I'm really leaning towards the Knight.

One thing that actually solidified it in my head was just discussing with friends, and...the Darkners refer to the Knight with he/him pronouns, while Kris is referred to with they/them pronouns. Toby made it a lot less ambiguous that Kris goes by they/them in chapter 2 and during the UT anniversary stream. Coupled with other stuff (none of the Darkners recognize or identify Kris as the Knight even if they are the ones taking that particular action with the knife, there's some question of when and how Kris would've opened the library and school dark worlds, etc.) it does seem like there's basically three parties at play: Kris, the player and the Knight. The game is making it pretty clear that Kris is their own distinct person caught in an awful situation.

And yeah I've heard of Snowgrave, but I'm not gonna play it. I never did the geno route in UT, and honestly Snowgrave is WAY worse in a number of ways, so I'm sitting that out! I'm happy to just do normal/pacifist routes and then absorb all other info on weird routes from the internets!