#besides idk if thats necessary

[lexysstorm]

Hello again! I went through and edited some of my Herb 101 list, added a few things, and made it a bit more appealing to the eye! I implemented @bonefall‘s epilepsy guide in Procedures, as well as this post: https://wcrpforums.com/thread/1861/complete-medicine-cat-guide that I found, which had some information I had never seen before! I reached out to the creator of it and got confirmation that I could add some of the information they found! Thank you Emrakul and Bonefall! 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K__ryW-NV8tl1Hsv0ET-CzJRDioBNilrQQoqSWFWkdY/edit?usp=sharing

[elegyofthemoon]

doc: okay try and call me past this hour and we can talk over the case

me: ok

>tries to call

>the phone number doesnt work

me:

[regencyrosalie]

biblically accurate modern!husband!anthony hc’s 🤍

first post here ! <3 i hope u love it <3

- anthony “i love my wife” bridgerton trying to go about his daily life when he quite literally wants to stay in bed all day with you.

- anthony is THE lightest sleeper on earth. if you get up at night, you’ll come back to the bedroom and hes just sitting up in bed half asleep like 🧍🏻‍♂️

- speaking of, if you even want to get up, you’ll have to wriggle out of his death grip. he will hold onto you throughout the entire night, and if it’s hot, he’ll make sure to have a hand sprawled across the bed onto you.

- sometimes you have to remind him to back off a little because he genuinely acts like you might die every time you leave the house

- insists you call/text him (preferably call) when you arrive at at wherever you’re going so he know you didn’t get hit by a car or something on the way there

- speaking of, Anthony texts like he he does not understand what a phone is.

- quite literally really only uses his dad’s old desk phone and emails. he owns an iphone 7 that is usually sitting in the back of his bedside drawer for days at a time.

- he loves all of his siblings equally, but Hyacinth has him wrapped around her finger at all times.

- will do pretty much anything for his wife, but is much more firm with his siblings.

- which is why every time they need something and you aren’t around, Hyacinth is sent to give him her best puppy eyes. he folds almost instantly every time without fail.

- genuinely does not really have many “friends” that aren’t also family. he used to in college, but he just doesn’t find it necessary anymore, and also doesn’t have the time.

- he has reading glasses. enough said.

- scared of bugs.

- talks about pretty much everything with Benedict, who he’s probably closest with in his family besides his mother.

- used to play with/take care of Hyacinth as a baby when Violet was grieving.

- sometimes struggles to pronounce big words when he’s arguing and it pisses him off so much he has to leave the room.

- likely has most of his siblings set up with a therapist, but doesn’t get one for himself until his wife tells him to.

- all of his spaces are organized meticulously, usually by color or number order.

- will check to make sure every door to the house is locked at least three times before going to bed.

- which can take up to an hour when staying at Aubrey Hall.

- we all see how he softened in season 3. his siblings tease him about it sometimes, but they’re all delighted. and he couldn’t care less. he thinks he is the luckiest man on earth and rolls his eyes every time he thinks of how angsty he was.

- if you have children, he’s the most loving father in the world. will wear a tutu if the need arises.

- he can’t have you in his office for more than thirty minutes or he gets distracted.

- he didn’t cry for years after his dad died, and now he cries about once a month.

- most animals love him for some reason.

- has nightmares relatively frequently after edmund dies, but they die down as he gets older.

- favorite color is navy blue. changes to light blue once he’s married.

- good with babies and toddlers from when hyacinth was little.

- you make him take breaks while he works everyday, and they become his favorite parts of the day. you bring him tea and sit in his lap and pet his hair, sometimes he falls asleep. he tells you to wake him up but you never do.

- still uses an alarm clock.

- refuses to leave bed until ten am every day.

- smells like sandalwood and cinnamon.

- idk why but i feel like he fucking LOVES sudoku puzzles.

- but dont ever ask him to do a real puzzle thats more than 50 pieces or he may start crying.

- type of mf to read actual newspapers.

- no one in the family has serious allergies, but he still keeps an epi pen everywhere just in case.

[cozzzynook]

We don't see a lot of Sire Roddy so have this silly idea I came up with.

Hot Rod is caught by the cons during a battle and he expects the worst to happen. However instead of being dragged into a cell or shockwave's lab he ends up in Megatron's quarters.

Megatron is sitting in a nest surrounded by a litter of speedsters sparkilngs. Roddy didn't think that his one night stand with the war lord would have any consequences . Whoops

Anon, your brain is wonderful.

He’s kidnapped expecting to be tortured or have his helmet cut off or be a new pet for Shockwave but no.

He’s got a chip implanted in him by Shockwave and he’s shown the ship in handcuffs by Soundwave. Then he’s brought to a room where a tiny peck of his life energon is used to open the door and he walks inside.

Only to see Megatron laying in berth with a still swollen middle thats slowly deflating. His pouches out as he feeds a sparkling that looks exactly like him and he sees a small litter of them asleep in a nest beside Megatron who is glaring at him but looking emotional.

“Oh frag,” the handcuffs unlock and he’s rushing over apologizing for sparking him while asking what he can do to help.

Honestly its pretty easy for him swinging into sirehood. He’s not bad like most of the cons thought he would be and he’s very attentive to Megs while also using this as a way to end the war.

He doesn’t at all tell the cons to stop fighting for their rights, he just uses himself as a negotiating chip so autobots take one side of the planet and cons take the other half until a better agreement can come.

He can convince Optimus to have the others follow his orders easy, that and the fact that he’s actually Rodimus prime and not hot rod— a situation occurred off planet where he died and came back as Rodimus prime— but Megs doesn’t know that until later he just think Hot rod got a new frame upgrade. Optimus takes his word now that he’s a prime and trusts him and Megs he can get to listen with the promise of a whole frame massage and mentioning their bitties growing up in peace unlike them.

Megs is pretty swayed by both.

Idk i just like them not suffering while taking care of bitties but I also love the idea of Megs just being this terrifying carrier that strikes fear into his soldiers while feeding two sparklings from his huge nozzles and Rodimus is in the beside him completely in his own world playing with their other three sparklings.

Rodimus is such a good sire but he’s also such an airhead and Megatron honestly loves him for it.

Rodimus loves his big scary carrier wife.

Megs calls the shots and Rodimus only steps in when necessary.

[maysrinn]

I’m curious about the President and First Lady Snow AU, how did it happen? Where in the canon did things diverge? When they get married? How is Tigris? How about the other Academy kids? Is Highbottom alive? Is Dr Gaul alive? What’s the PR around Lucy Gray? Was it difficult for her to live life in the Capitol? What does Snow do to make it better for her?

Thats a lot of questions well lets see owo’

I didn’t wanted to make it like that she was forced to stay in the capitol after the games, yet I did had another version that I now threw out of the window. I was thinking about letting the wood scene in and then diverge, everything up until where they find the weapons is canon with only one little change. Coriolanus gives a better more believable good (manipulative) answer than “my old self”. After the weapons are disposed in the lake he convinces her to come with him to district 2, being able to buy a ticket or lucy grays way out of 12 with Sejanus leftover money (which he doesn’t mention) thats the short version of how both of them end up in the capitol.

After graduating university they both tie the knot (idk how long it takes to graduate university in north America aka future panem so I’ll go with 4 years), the moment he slithered his way out of university into the game maker era to climb the political latter…Grandma’am tried to make him court Livia Cardew…it was a whole shit show of drama lucy gray didn’t need to witness.

Tigris is doing well, having now better options then just being at the mercy of Fabricia. Making her own choices and designs now that she doesn’t only have to stick around for the money. She also does a lot with Lucy Gray throughout the day, designing her new outfits especially for her club shows and being the main reason Lucy Gray is feeling a bit welcomed.

Persephone put a kiddy leash on festus and his reckless dares while Lysistrata is perusing a career as doctor and sending ehr yearly condolences to the plinths. Clemensia is slowly getting better and overcoming her insecurities that appeared with the snake appearances on her body. Felix is alive and well! Thats it that the thread-

Highbottom lives longer now that lucy gray is with coriolanus, but he wont survive. He’s still a thread to him, being one of the people that could take his girl away from him with the snip of his finger

Dr. Gaul finds this all to amusing for everyones sake, also Lucy gray unvoluntarly gives her ideas of how to present victors to the capitol

Lucy gray literally just existing and trying to vibe as best as she can, Dr. Gaul be like “Mr. Snow I’ve got an idea”

The Capitol adores their new shining victor, everything around lucy gray is now to be found a spectacle and coryo makes that it stays that way. If they like her, adore her, admire her, they will accept her, maybe even forget where she came from or what she did in order to survive in the games. Like coriolanus is her one person pr team. Their image as star crossed lovers is a tragic dream love story that captures Everyone. Everything about lucy grays pr is being down to earth with the Capitol citizens, it makes her lovable and relatable something people wanna be involved in. Shes the capitols little songbird.

As one example he’s the reason she was able to perform in pluribus club and making it possible for her to sing again in front of an audience. He also beside Gauls original wishes tried to make Lucy Grays involvement in the upcoming games as minimal as possible, with success. Besides a few interviews with lucky and performing at the opening Lucy Gray does not need to go through more than necessary to please Dr. Gaul.

[planet-crait]

Episode 4 has the into again. I’m in heaven. I know I mention the theme song a lot but idk just great the instrumental and singing style. I know it’s probably not technically techno swing but it reminds me of that style and I love that style of music lolz.

Hazel and her dad are so cute goofing off together I love it. It sucks her mom is focused on work and not having fun with her husband and daughter, but again I think it’s part of why Hazel got her fairies having a mom that’s not really present. It’s not as bad as Timmy for sure but it’s still rough on a kid to not have one of their parents be there for them as they should be.

Anyways, Hazel spewing out facts during the tour is so cute, she’s so exited to talk about things she knows about. Lolz the tour guide having a beef with a literal child is just ridiculous and hilarious. Rewatching it’s funny Hazel doesn’t know about the ice cream parade, everyone is talking about it.

Of course Hazel would wish for a dinosaur just it’s so perfect for her lolz. I do love how the pig we saw replaced the Dino in the museum since it wasn’t eaten and instead killed by the meteor.

Also everyone panicking about Barry is funny and makes sense. Oh no Cosmo and Wanda uh oh no Barry knows he’ll die uhh this is going to be messy isn’t it lolz. Do they not care about maintaining the timeline or whatever guys come on lolz. How is a Dino getting a job going to go?

Not well apparently. I do like how Wanda is his agent Wanda is someone who won’t take any nonsense so it works well. Can he not roar because he can speak English now? That would make weird magical sense lolz. WOW uh that’s a rough director lolz. Course I don’t get why he decides he hates the museum job because they have things wrong like wouldn’t that make you want to help teach people about the real history? He sure gives up quick on every job but short run time so I get it.

Lolz I wish we had an ice cream parade lolz that sounds good right about now. I have so many questions though like yes he took down a large chunk of powerline but would it really take out the entire city? And even if it did we clearly see the ice cream trucks and they have their own power to keep their ice cream cool so it would be safe in the trucks?? Why does one assistant have to eat all the ice cream? And did we just…kill someone? Via melted ice cream car crash? Uhh….okay.

Uhh wait wait wait how does the mayor know this was Hazels doing? Wanda was more in conversations about Barry then Hazel so I’m kind of lost on how he knew to blame her besides for the laughs which uh isn’t strictly necessary it just feels their to make Hazel feel even worse then she does.

This Dino electricity scene raises more questions, why didn’t he just pick up the power lines to start? Why wait until now? How long does the stone power last? What happens when the rest of the world learns about Dino electricity?

Umm does the mayor have like security cameras watching everyone at all times? No one was their to see Barry start up the power again. Also if the ice cream melted as quick as the episode said it did, doesn’t make sense but whatever, the power going back on wouldn’t fix that all of the ice cream would be gone so the ice cream electrical parade would still be ruined. Clearly the writers haven’t had to save stuff in freezers when the electricity went out.

So…. Barry’s staying in the present? Thats uh. A choice. Won’t this raise like a thousand questions? Or send people like Crocker into a frenzy thinking magic did this? I don’t get how the shows going to justify this short of pretending it didn’t happen later on and if so why bother with all this?

Episode 4 was weaker than episodes 2 and 3 currently for me. The writing goes all over the place and it’s just kind of a weird one for me. But hey Barry was in the intro so I guess I should have seen some episode like this coming lolz. I think all that’s left in the intro is French fries, a ghost and fish boy. We’ll see which comes up next. Onto episode 5!

[ghostboyhood]

TELL ME YOUR COMMUNITY THOUGHTS

oh lord okay.. im gonna give my thoughts on the last season ish because i just finished it so its what i mainly remember and its 1 am..

the anniejeff made me SO uncomfortable i dont understand why they kept pushing that when they also pushed the dad-daughter relationship throughout the show.... and the second to last episode being centered around incest was odd, not a huge fan of that..

now okay my MAIN thoughts are about abed, so here i go

i feel like in the last two seasons (maybe 4 too? i dont remember atm) abeds autistic" traits were completely stripped from him. yes they included all his "fourth wall breaking meta tv show lines" but it wasnt right.

and i understand people will eventually change/grown up but also.. you cant "fix" autistic traits so it just felt like they were trying to make his autism seem more "normal" also by making him more emotionless i realized? abed cant express himself well, which he mainly copes with by dissociating. but he just.. in the last seasons it seemed more like he DIDNT have emotions (i believe he says something like this to buzz when talking about his duck comics, along the lines of the emotions he cant feel or wtv) but this isnt right, abed is emotional, hes actually really emotional we just dont see it directly like we do with people like annie or troy..

speaking of emotions im glad they really explained that jeff was scared of change and everyone leaving at the end though, its always been known that he is, but i liked that they really Showed it

annies ending was nice i guess? she was basically just a prop for jeff though in the weird fucking fantasy he wants though??? again idk why theyre pushing that it felt so out of place and weird and ew. jeff was also uncomfortably violent in season 6, like i dont think he would ever choke abed out that made me feel so gross...

alright back to abed because hes the main one i noticed in the last seasons.

in the end where abed was talking to jeff in the bar and said like.. "ik ur comforted by this meta lens but this is reality!!" just felt wrong.. yeah abed was still meta w the whole tv show thing but that was it.. and then him saying that to jeff? its like they tried to make him this big mentor guy to jeff (idk if thats necessarily it but its all i can think of to describe it at the moment) but not in a friend way but an uncomfortable "im grown up now and ur not" way if that makes sense,, which again goes with stripping him of his autistic traits by making it seem like its completely necessary to Grow up in order to move forward in life which isnt.. its true in some ways but not in the way they portrayed it at all.. they make it seem like abed had to grow up completely in order for him to "be okay"..

i related a LOT to abed in the early seasons for Many reasons, i think they handled the abed centered episodes especially about his mental health EXTREMELY Well. (ie, abeds uncontrollable christmas) its one of the first times ive seen experiences like that in media that i can almost directly relate to yk? but after geothermal escapism its all gone, never mentioned again besides in call backs where they try to laugh it off/dismiss it..

oh my god and abeds 'girlfriend' was just sooo out of place she was mentioned like twice and then that was it.. they didnt need to do that it felt really forced

also in like season one abed sits in that fucking room for hoursss without so much as making a peep but then he looses his cool and yells at buzz in season five?? again troy just left which makes a big impact but its still smt i noticed

everyone just felt very bland in the last seasons after troy left at least… half the cast was gone, then replaced

idk im not like, ruined the show pissed at the end, but im also not a fan of s5/6 (besides like.. sum scenes, and like i mentioned earlier maybe s4 as well)

i have to binge tv shows so i dont always immediately retain all the information and i have to rewatch episodes a lot, but thats my thoughts immediately after finishing the show at 12 am, sleep deprived, and in a really bad mental health episode so theyre not well put together n shit and i wish i could remember more to go over but alas

theres my immediate thoughts,, im gonna probably sleep or restart community.. i was planning on starting interview with the vampire now but im thinking of starting black mirror so we'll see...

[youredreamingofroo]

~ @simblr-question-of-the-day ~

So I kinda have like... series names and then also just like, names that are treated like story/series names ig... idk I'll just do all of them LMAO

(putting it under the cut cuz ermmm this is long LMAO)

Make the Most of It - Sims 2 Rotation w/ Roo So I actually came up with this name on a whim iirc? I know I wanted to make this series, but I didn't know what to name it, so I just started taking silly little dramatic shots and then while I was doing the "Make the Most of It" (which didnt have MtMoI on it at this point) gif I was like... oh "Make the Most of It" fucks so hard for a title... especially for this series... and yea 🤷‍♂️ Idk or remember if there were other names I was gonna go with

Hiraeth - Roo x Leo Story Arc So originally I just wasn't gonna have a name for these two, or at least, I wanted one but couldnt think of anything, but one night I was DEDICATED to finding a name for this arc, so I started looking up phrases in other languages that either meant longing or loving someone ahdbsjns I had a tab on notepad with all the names I was gonna go for (I was gonna do phrases from Welsh,,, Irish and I think Swedish too?), but ofc i closed it and didnt save it 😒 Anyways, I know the other name I was gonna go for was "Cwtch" which is a Welsh word for "cuddle" or "embrace", and I ALMOST went for that, but then I considered Hiraeth ("deep longing for a person or thing which is absent or lost; yearning; nostalgia; spec. homesickness") and was like ohhh thats so much more fitting- I also chose to go with Welsh because Leo is Welsh and Leo is the reason this is happening.. so it kinda just made sense to make it Welsh. Also haven't talked abt this, but Roo knows about Hiraeth from Leo :)

WE'RE.ALL.SICK - Story with a cast of Three iirc when I thought of this title, I wasn't even planning on making a Story, but then i though of W.A.S and just thought "this would make an INSANE story..." and 🤷‍♂️ now we have W.A.S. Although the whole story was essentially made around this name, There is also meaning behind it, and that is "We're ALL Sick", refers to the people oppressing people who are "different" (chaotic birthmarks on the green guy, weird scarring on the yellow guy and blindness and masc frame on the red/blue gal) and the people who are "different" or as the oppressors call them, "Sick", so it's jabbing at the Oppressors and mocking the name given to the Oppressed :'L

MYGENERATIONALCURSE - Hero's Story I made this on a whim ngl LMAO But I love it because it is accurate to Hero's lore, she has a generational curse dating as far back as ~100 years ago, there was no other name in mind, it was kinda like fate

It's All Wrong - Ithuriel x Nanel Story I know I've never really gone into depth over what the fuck "It's All Wrong" means or refers to, but basically Ithuriel is the "Repository of Sin" and her job requires her to be isolated from other Angels, and is literally not allowed to communicate with other Angels including Nanel unless necessary, and if she WERE to communicate with Nanel/Other Angels outside of when necessary and got found out, she would be executed. Nanel is the highest Angel Messenger, she goes to the Pits of The Damned (Hell) and goes to Purgatory and across Heaven to deliver messages to others, typically an angel wouldnt be allowed to traverse the Pits of The Damned or Purgatory, but she has a job-exception, and this also includes delivering messages to Ithuriel, which is the only time Nanel is allowed to converse with her. So that being said, Nanel and Ithuriel, if you havent caught on, are deathly (literally) in love with each other and were dating prior to Ithuriels Job Assignment, and they continue to secretly date and converse, but the point is that their love is secretive and "all wrong", hence, "It's All Wrong"

AMNESIA - Gameplay/Story of Sharkie Shaw I know literally nobody (besides my irl, Oksana and I think one other person) knows about Sharkie, but basically, the name refers to how Sharkie experienced Amnesia as a Teen and stupidly ran away from home while experiencing Amnesia, so she became Homeless and a shell of a person and had to rebuild herself and her personality and life from the ground up :')

The Wolf (Sheep) - Onia's Story If you remember Onia from the Feelings Post (She was jealousy), basically her whole shebang is that shes a Sheep in Wolf's clothing, and that's what "The Wolf (Sheep)" means :) (also, sheep being in parentheses nods at how she's trying to be a wolf and hides her sheep-like personality if that makes sense LMAO)

There's also Vanella, Kyneva and Phoenix (Vanella from this post, Kyneva - Sadness and Phoenix - Grief from the feelings post), all of which I am planning on giving "story" names, but havent had an idea for them yet :P

if I didn't mention having an alternative name then I PROBABLY didnt have an alternative name that I was gonna go with or I just dont remember <:))

[starl1t-vo1d]

I am vibrating I am bouncing up and down because I have come into more information about botw and the thoughts and ideas that come with it.

I think this is actually pretty widespread information so I don't know how I missed it up until now??? but anyways

Each of the divine beasts dungeon music has an SOS signal in it and each of the signals come in at different times so people think this is when about each of the champions died

(I had a theory about the illusory fights being the fights they had but mipha actually squashed this theory because you take ceremonial tridents into the fight and those wouldn't have been made until after her passing I think)

(further side note how do people typically do that fight? because uh you definitely don't have enough weapons. I did it last night and you know what I did? I used urbosa's fury 6 times, I waited until it recharged I sat there and played a demented game of catch because waterblight got stuck throwing ice cubes How is I meant to be done?)

anyways so Mipha's signal comes through first almost immediately and as one of the younger champions I think that sorta tracks. I don't think she trained combat as often as the others even her trial with the gaurdians was (at least how I did it) more of a stealth mission almost all of them were airborn and there's no water nearby so... idk really what she would have done. It comes through almost immediately and rather panicked and you just know that she was thinking of others when she should have been focusing on herself.

(I think she would have tried so so hard to live because if she didn't it would mean the others don't have a someone to help them. And think for a moment she was the only one to die and the rest of of them go to find her because say Urbosa is gravely wounded and if she doesn't get healed quickly she will also die and they go because surely Mipha can help and everything will be fine only to find that Mipha is gone and with it their only chance to save Urbosa so its a double whammy)

Daruk's comes after Mipha's (not super far behind they are all relatively close together) and admittedly I have less thoughts about his but his message does seem less panicked so I think his protection probably held out for a while. I think maybe he was the most caught off gaurd by dying because one minute he had his protection and he was just sending a signal because woof this was harder than he though and he could use some back up and the next his protection fails and he's gone.

Urbosa's is third and her signal is a little panicked but it honestly seems more angry than anything. I think that she held out for so long because she is the best at combat (on the ground but thats beside the point) I think when she sent the signal she was angry at herself for not being able to do it alone but smart enough to know when it was time to ask for help. She was angry at gannon and the situation and herself and I think she probably got thunderblight really low in the time she had but just wasn't fast enough to kill it and instead it got her.

Revali's is last and I think people focus on the fact that it's probably because he was so stubborn to ask for help but also consider he's the best at evasive menuvers (unless mipha is in the water) Revali's fighting style is the one I prefer in video games (irl ive learned close quarter because uh long range isnt really necessary) he stays out of the combat by being in a hard to reach place and picking monsters off of course he has to dodge and stay alert because he's not the only one to have a bow but arguably his is the safest method. He probably held his own the longest because windblight couldnt get to him and the plan was to play the patience game and keep whittling down at its health. However enemies are adaptive and windblight (giving it far more personality here) probably realized when it did hit Revali it had to count. I think when Revali finally took that blow he panicked and instead of being on the offensive switch over to the defensive buying him just enough time to send out the SOS, to admit that he couldn't do and needed help. His is panicked and rushed and scared.

Now to take it a step further, I think that hearing the SOS calls (because I would assume he could) is what lead to Link's downfall. Because he got distracted and caught up by his friends getting taken out. (my memory is bad but i dont think we actually see links death right? theres nothing that disproves this?) Imagine hearing them one after the other thinking for a moment that okay Revali is still fighting and then hearing that no there goes him too, there goes everyone if they couldn't do how could he possibly? What, a sword is ment to better his odds? I think that Link faltered because of the calls and got hit.

[bueckersfudd]

my opinion on the game, i think it was a good game after the loss to ND but then again almost any big east game is a sure win. paige was good but wasn't taking the shots she couldve but still played well... sarah was also good played well rebounded well.. kaitlyn even though the stats don't show it that much i thought she played really well, she found the passes and rebounded pretty well considering her height... ash was also good esp after that last game she picked it up... ice was kinda a mess she really picked it up in the end of the game but tbh the beginning ik she only played like a few min but those were bad. subs wise: jana did ok idk not much to say she only had 2 points which a post player with 2 points is almost unheard of. speaking of which how does Q have the more points than jana and the same as ice while only playing like 5 min, that should not happen esp from a starter and a first sub... morgan was soooo good she really impressed me today esp her defensive work... kk and allie were both ok, kk was better than last game but still not doing great not much improvement over the past year and a half.. allie was good not too much from her but with more min i think she'll start playing good... what did u think about the game?

sorry anon i forgot to answer, i got caught up on other things!

pretty good assessment on your part. expected the result we got which means i kinda checked out a little when the fourth quarter started winding down but lets get into it!

i was a little bit frustrated with some of the shots paige gave up without even looking at the basket, but she still had 24 so i'm giving her some grace there bc other than that she played a very good, paige-like game that we know and love. great defensive effort from her, she was a menace in those passing lanes.

no complaints on sarah thats my freshmen of the year. ice keeps giving me these moments where i'm like "okay may she earned that starting spot" but they did not happen today, she looked like last season ice. in contrast, kaitlyn did a lot of good things. i still wish we could see some more offensive urgency from her but hopefully as she adjusts to her role and as geno figures out his lineups that will come.

ashlynn was really aggressive, i wanna see more of that from her in the future even if the shots aren't falling. morgan was fantastic, even geno loved the effort from her and will be increasing her minutes in upcoming games, good for her! her efforts on the boards were so necessary and will continue to be bc we should not be struggling this much to rebound the basketball

i don't have much to say on kk besides thank god she finally hit a three. jana needs to learn how to adjust to what the refs are calling bc she's too foul prone right now regardless of whether or not she deserves them, that'll come with time and experience. i think a lot of what she's struggling with just comes down to adjustment and experience, i'm confident she'll get there.

q... yeah whatever she only played bc it was a blow out and even then im like, "why is there a flailing twig disrespecting nika muhl and sue bird's number on my screen?"

it was kinda fun to watch the freshmen figure things out a little bit of that last quarter but i dont have many notes on those minutes in general except that the refs made some interesting calls and i hope that girl from georgetown who went down is okay. there u have it, thank u for asking!!

[tarotapprentice]

I think kpops going a bit mad these past few days and weeks either overdebuting too many groups instead of working with what its got (ie: less is often more), then theres all the shit in the media with idols being attacked left right and centre often for the most menial irrelevant (imho) things. Now its looking to keep debuting these exceedingly young groups and I honestly have already lost track atp. I also dont like how it expects their fans to do so much just to get small brief interactions either like bulk buying albums for fanmeet entries or whatnot. If im being honest only so much is going to hold my attention these days cause it seems like its just very um toxic rn.

It almost seems too childish bc theres hardly anything for my age group to follow. skz and ateez are as young as I can go in terms of groups to follow just for their songs or performances, without it being so awkward and I also dont want it to be about having deep attachment issues to these groups either. Is there anything different or whacky out of the box, ever going to come about for kpop or is this all it is for now? cause groups I like either seem to be disbanding or being left behind or simply not getting the room to explore outside of what their image is supposed to be. It just seems albiet from some groups images that may differ quite drastically from other groups that again new groups tend to be boxed into one trend then another new group comes about doing a very similar thing so whats the point if kpop only does what is popular or trendy?

ie: they have one exceedingly young group out then another and a third one, maybe they have the opposite gender of a group thats already well estabilished and so its still not surprising. Thats why I tend to stick to what I like but not much of it is my taste anymore due to groups ages. ik they always debut them young yet theres nothing in the west that I like anymore about music and so kpop became popular mid 00s and onwards yet there also isnt much I like about besides what I already like do you get what I mean? And the ages of some of these groups honestly has me concerned for the members bc like p3d0s and all sorts of creeps can easily access this type of media online from anywhere. My other question is, is 15 the new 20? in general of what they seem to be looking for in someone to debut? is kpop so scared of stepping out of the box and doing something entirely different than relevant trends or aesthetics?

Why mamamoo get the most backlash / short end of the sticks it seems just for being mildly different aka older than the groups debuting nowadays? they have the most stable vocal abilities I have heard from a mature aged group than others much younger who are often just ok but idk what I even like about a lot of current music if im being honest there is that much of it. Lowkey wish I had a group like skz or ateez instead of the junk music we had as kids or teens.

Hello,

It must really suck to feel like something that you really used to enjoy not doing it for you anymore.

I can understand where you are coming from based on my own experience. But when it comes to my interest in k-pop, my reaction to it has been different.

I used to be more of a kpop listener in the past until I met BTS. Mind you this was 7 years ago. But I did not feel sad that other groups where not doing it for me anymore since BTS pretty much fulfilled me music and entertainment wise.

Since I never had an attachment to the genre, I cannot say I felt a similar sadness and frustration for it like you do.

I don't think there is much you can do than accept the changing times (you have changed and grown too). But, you do not have to force yourself to like it. If something does not resonate with you anymore, just appreciate for what and when it did and just continue on (mourn some of it if necessary too). There is so much enjoyable music/content for you in the world that you have yet to discover.

I did a reading on kpop for this year that have been posted before:

[yuridovewing]

My least favorite retcons include:

- whatever the hell they did to Ravenpaw in Redtail’s Debt, Redtail’s Debt as a whole

- them making Onestar, Morningflower, and Ashfoot siblings, while also confirming that Heathertail is his daughter

- the whole Hollowflight/Ivypool friendship being erased

- Sorreltail’s entire death??

- Fernsong being retroactively confirmed to have actually raised the kits when there was no mention of it/scene of him doing so in the actual books

- Goldenflower being made to be around Bluestar’s age is uncomfortable given the fact that Frostfur was left behind with the other elders despite being Bluestar’s apprentice

- Making Bluestar much younger than it’s implied she was in the main series, thinking of the line where it says something akin to “most of these cats never lived under a leader besides Bluestar”

And not necessary retcons but Frostfur and Brindleface being sisters is so bad. Lionheart being Frostfur’s mate is bad since it retroactively makes TigerDove distantly related. Hawkwing and Pebbleshine being cousins, hell just the amount of inbreeding in SkyClan despite being made up of unrelated rogues, kittypets, etc.

NO CAUSE YOURE SO RIGHT!!! no real opinion on ravenpaw’s change cause i haven’t read redtails debt, but i did hear that they just completely forgot that its a critical detail that redtail didnt kill oakheart. which is just so funny to me. good job everybody

honestly i just get the vibe that they made onestar and ashfoot siblings just to piss off the fandom. cause like theres no way in hell that they’re unaware of the incest at this point. like. idk this is on the same level to me as “omg lets make pebblehawk first cousins!”

SORRELTAIL OH MY GOD people forget that was actually a retcon. she was perfectly fine in the last hope, vicky just really really hated her and wanted her in the dirt (you may think im being hyperbolic but, like, no, vicky actually ranted about how “boring” she was when a fan asked how she felt about her parents and kids’ deaths and said ‘she isnt miserable enough shes too happy and thats stupid”. it literally is in there cause vicky put her through hell and back and couldnt get enough of that. and people think the misogyny in this series is up for debate.)

ohhhhh my god all the tpb age retcons are so frustrating. its worse cause like, why do snowfur and leopardfoot and all these cats give birth the second theyre out the warriors den? why is bluestar only about a year older than her nephew?? ive ranted about the shadowclan elders all being retconned to be super young actually, but its everywhere. (in razorverse i try to fix this by making snowfur and leopardfoot have whitekit and tigerkit wayyyyyyy later. like when theyre 4 instead of 1.)

-honestly 9/10 of the time, a family tree retcon is gonna be awful. who asked for spottedleaf to be tigerstar’s aunt. which deranged individual keeps insisting that whitestorm is ashfur and fernclouds dad.

adderswift isnt real. lets go get some ice cream

[todayisawthewhxlewxrld]

Guys I love and miss Gojo so much. I'll be having a good day and remember that he is in fact gone. Also I can't remember where I heard this, but I remember someone saying there was an official tweet or like statement, where they said that Gojo might come back but in a way we won't like. So now I'm sitting here making theories? Idek if its true, but if it gives me a thing to do so here I am. I don't my little Sukuna to die either, but if Choso dies to him Istg. I might start treating him the same way I did with Mahito when he killed Junpei (Rip Junpei, gone WAY too soon. Still grieving because he was a good character, and he didn't deserve what he went through. Like this poor kid trusted Mahito, and they literally ENDED off his mom, but Junpei had to find out personally. Then manipulated him into "getting revenge" on someone who didn't do it. ONLY TO HAVE HIS SOUL MANIPULATED TO BREAK DOWN YUUJI? The pain I felt at Junpeis "help me" was so immense. Sometimes I hope he'll come back, he had the WORST of it istg 😭 Bullied? Watching his mother die? Manipulated by a gross ass cursed spirit? Then dying in front of his only good friend?? It's actually insane. Ily Junpei </3, I miss him sm. Cause he honestly was a good character.. 😕

Anyways, what I'm saying is, it'll be different if Choso perished than when Gojo died. Just because Gojo was a really OP character, and it was necessary for Yuujis character, he needs to be the one to end off Sukuna, cause like yk? Sukuna caused him so much torment, lmaoo (it isn't funny but I'll preten). Like ig it would be necessary for Choso too, but it's just.. I mean he kind of JUST started to become a part in the actual story. So it'll be too tragic, and I'll sob, then never return to Jjk ever again. 😕

I'd also sob if and when Sukuna died too, because I grow a fondness of everyone. (I miss you Nanami.), I also grew a fondness of Toji. Which I didn't think I'd do when I first got into Jjk, but he redeemed himself with Megumi. I mean.. Sorta? Idk I just defend all the characters atp. Besides Mahito, he needed to fucking go. 😭 His wails are still in my head, as a reminder that he can't hurt anymore mfs. (I'm still HEAVILY grieving Nanami.) Anyways, sorry for the 2nd rant 😔

-👽 (Ignore this baesy)

i get so many like gojo theories on how he will come back on my twitter and ngl??? SOME OF THEM COOKED LIKE OKAYYYY WHY DOES IT MAKE SM SENSE???? but then i rmbr gege doesnt care that much LMFOAOAOAOAO gege wants this manga OVER WITH!!!!

sukuna can go do a backflip off a cliff for all i care fr. choso dies and i’m deleting my whole tumblr if i can’t be happy no one can.

nah cause junpei’s death was crazy not even bc of what u said but bc of how they make his ass look so important and integrated into yuji’s friend group ONLY FOR HIM TO DIE LIKE THAT LIKE OMG THATS SO SICK???? STOP PLAYING WITH ME

toji is just sexy idk that’s his only appeal to me like okayyyyy dilfff😍😍😍😍🤞🤞🤞🤞 stares at my toji oneshot idea….

ANYWAY STOP APOLOGIZING FOR UR RANTS THEY R ENTERTAINING 🫶🫶🫶🫶

[ifidogaysomyself]

worlds most pathetic ao3 writer interview

thanks for the tag @aconfusedkitten ! unfortunately i do not publish jack shit but i can answer Some of these questions and also i like tag games. and also for the lols. anyone is free to ask me about any of this btw

how many works do you have on ao3?/your top five stories by kudos/likes? *hall of the mountain king starts playing* okayy soo ;3. i have One (1) fic published on ao3. it has 21 kudos total. all of my fics stay IN the pages. yeah im nnnnot good at clicking post BUT WEBALLL

do you respond to comments? why or why not? if i had any comments on ao3, i definitely would! i used to post on…. other sites and i always tried my best to respond to comments there!

what’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending? ooooh thats a tough one. mostly because ive never um. managed to end a fic. HOWEVER from my outlined wips, it would have to be [svsss] yet untitled bingjiu painshare soulmates au. it’s like in my head man if i ever get to writing it it’s gonna fucking hurt. (actually pretty much most of my inthewips bingjiu fics could go here tbh they’re all bad and end worse)

what’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending? besides the fact that (again) i am really bad at… actually finishing any of my wips (HENCE WHY THEY’RE NOT PUBLISHED!!) this one’s tough because i plan happy (or at least open-positive) endings for pretty much everything, bingjiu notwithstanding, so… i can’t really pick what’s the happiest? i think the least angst involved fic premise i have is a [svsss] no abyss slowburn romance au, since that has like... mostly just silly vibes tbh. unless you're yqy in which case sorry king

do you write crossovers? yes!!!!!! i used to plot them all the time! i don’t really write that many anymore, but there’s definitely a couple in my pages i can think of that i might come back to if i ever go back to those fandoms

have you ever received hate on a fic? ahaha. haha. ha. why do you think i don’t Publish On Sites anymore

do you write smut? if so, what kind? i do write smut! in fact one of the fics i might (???) actually publish if i finish it (and looking like i will) is like . some percent smut. as for what kind, well, i live by the tenet that smut is ideally also a character study. the 2k of blowjob IS in fact a necessary part to the media analysis. any smut i write is probably gonna have something to say about the characters. also i excel at writing Bad Sex That Sucks So Much And Feels Painful To Read. these two things are connected more profoundly than you think. (also my wip that i might publish is svsss cumplane i think that tells enough)

have you ever had a fic stolen? nope! i've disowned fics that i don't care about anymore though so someone might've taken a concept since i basically put a free for all in the last chapters of all of them idk

have you ever had a fic translated? i do everything myself around here. (i translate my own sometimes for fun)

have you ever co-written a fic before? i got into writing long form fic properly because of my beloved bestie crunch who was like do you want to take some yaoi crack cocaine together which proceeded into us egging each other on in a google doc. so yes absolutely some of the fondest memories of my life tbh

what’s your all-time favorite ship? oh dear god difficult question. like really difficult. im gonna give my top 3 instead. SOOO well for nostalgia’s sake i unfortunately have to say [taw] felis is probably my alltime #1 I Will Never Shut The Fuck Up About Them ship. but on like a purely “they have Everything” scale im gonna go biased and say my #2 is [svsss] bingqiu and i likely will stay in bingqiu hell for a looooong time because they literally DO have everything i could want in a ship and more they're insane!! #3 is [genshin] kaeluc because homies got me to rotate what it means to analyse media and the true meaning of varying interpretations at least 3 separate times, and i enjoy seeing those weirdos to this day. HONORARY MENTION [dgs] asobaroryuu because theyre INSANEEE but me and my objectively correct friends are the only people who Get Them. so yeah <3

what’s a wip that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will? in my wips there is a svsss-inspired bnha au. it’s a banger concept and i have a lot of ideas for it but honestly i am just not invested enough in Making It Happen, so it’ll probably stay in the wips forever. there’s also a good bunch of throwaway fic concepts i’ve had that are cool in theory but i’ll never probably write, but game of self-preservation is the only one i actually started plotting out and writing that i fully do not think i will ever do anything with further. open to talking about it but i just really won't write that thang

what are your writing strengths? i like to think i’m good at balancing crangst a lot. i’m physically incapable of not making things at least a little funny, and i love making blorbos suffer, so this gives me like… mad tragicomedy skills? also i'm pedantic about having plot threads followed up on and the ending being satisfying, so i Try! also i am, for reasons i cannot possibly explain, really good at writing weed fic. the person who knows what im talking about Knows Why and it stays in the grave.

what are your writing weaknesses? Actually Finishing Things, and Actually Hitting Post. those two are related. i have can't focus on one project for too long disease, and i’d feel guilty posting fics i might not come back to just out there, especially since i write non-linearly, so. yeah.

what are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? i think it’s cool as fuck more writers should use languages nyehehehehehehe. i kinda do it when writing danmei fics because untranslatable terms are fully undodgeable in that one, so.. can't say i've ever complained

what’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to? strangely, for all my actual years long love-hate relationship with it and also my love for felis, i haven’t… written any actual substantial asterisk war fic. i do want to one day i just have uhm. [looks at my evergrowing pile of svsss fic] other interests rn

what’s your favourite fic you’ve written? and, there’s the question i knew immediately how to answer. where the dog lies is a [tgaa] time travel/massive canon divergence fic, and as much as i’m not tgaabrained right now, i know i will come back to writing it, because it’s genuinely my magnum opus, my best fucking work ever. talking about it as a time travel is true but feels a bit reductive, because in the time travel concept is a hidden character analysis/recovery fic that i’ve legit cried about leaning over the keyboard. something that can be so deeply personal. like i WILL finish it one day once i fall back into the tgaa hole it’s my favourite thing ever that i’ve made as a creative.

again thanks for tagging, and again anyone can ask me about Any Of These (this is a cry for help). for the tags uhm. @choctalksalot because i need to drag you into my boat bitch, @memeticallyengineered , @applestorms and . because i’m curious even though we’re not mutuals but we’ve talked like twice so i think it’s fine @ofstormsandfire ! also any of my mutuals who i wanted to tag but the 5 tags per post limit is so so sad to me

[reddeliciousauce]

5. Were they popular? A loner? Only a few friends? 8. Were they good at all with animals? What was their favorite animal? 16. Were they an only sibling? If not, were they the youngest, middle, or oldest? How did that affect them? 24. Were they controlling with how they played with their friends? 25. Were they ever a bully to other kids? Was it frequent?

5 — the only friends i got were online to be honest got a few people i fooled around with at school but that was more 'were both screwballs so were impeding the lesson by any means necessary' than anything guess thats the realest it gets besides whatever high school girls had going on

8 — i wasnt always a fuckin disney princess when it came to animals but i liked the crows cause they kept shitting on all of us for real so i wanted to curry their favor so i could target specific people for turd based retribution and whell rest is history champs

16 — now there are several theories and hierarchies on what the fuck the sibling situation is in house but no matter what i always ended up youngest of the pecking order though pedants would probably stick me in middle on technicality with hal being made like ten years after me

either way i dunno i guess i got more leeway about shit but then its more like i was being parented by everyone to varying levels of success

hal was more siblingy than dirk for sure at least til we found out about the lalondes and hopped the pond then rose sure made her ass known

24 — idk i never really played shit i wasnt interested in i just kinda did my own thing on servers and helped the others along if they needed it grindin for levels and all that

25 — i ribbed with my guy egbert you know how it goes guy had to grow a spine to make it in this world or something i did get myself in a bunch of tussles when i actually got to go to school tussles that beatboxing could not end and thats all there really is to say on the matter

[thoughtfullyrainynightmare]

Helloooo, i found your blog few days ago and i'm amazed on your works. I RLL Ylove your fue masterlist. And since i saw your request is open, may i request fue, nozel, yami fprgettung their s/o's bday. Suzbzbz i rlly angst idk why i'm not mas0chist i swear. Thats all!! Have a good day and take care of urself!!

Hiya~!

DSAGYDFASF I'm glad to hear that you like my content! And dw, we all need some angst into our lives at times ;)

Pairing: Fuegoleon x gn!reader, Nozel x gn!reader, Yami x gn!reader Fanfic type: headcanons Genre: angst/general Total length: ~1.7k

Tag list for Fue, Nozel and Yami: @the-fuegoleon-fluff @axching @lirathy @emiliadekker

Fue

You could tell that your beloved Fue was busy. He had been very busy lately with his work. And though you knew that it was because he was so very devoted to his work, you wanted to think that he’d still be able to remember your birthday.

He had a good memory, and he wrote down all of his meetings and deadlines… So, you were very much hoping that he would. Even if you didn’t bring it up, since you knew that it was in the middle of a busy season when it came to paperwork, and didn’t want to pressure him into doing something grand.

You didn’t need anything big anyways. Just a simple, heartfelt wish… maybe a present and cake… Little things. Something that came from the heart.

Even though you suspected that he’d do more than was necessary… if he remembered.

And as the day came by… There were the usual well-wishes, tender kisses and soft smiles. But nothing special.

However, chances were that he was still planning something. Perhaps he was just trying to surprise you.

But as the day progressed… it seemed less and less likely. And it wasn’t until dinner time that Leo asked during dinner when yours was, because the topic came up and… he couldn’t remember yours.

You wondered for a moment about how you should say it… because stating that it was today, would surely have embarrassed your beloved. But refusing to reply was… impolite among other things, so you announced the date. Simple as that.

But of course it didn’t slip by, that it was indeed today. And… even if you didn’t glance at Fue at that time, you could practically feel the way his heart sank at that moment.

“It’s not a big deal,” you tried, as you saw the saddened faces around. “And besides… it’s not like I have been left feeling unloved today,” you continued, trying to shield your beloved’s pride. At which you succeeded.

However, he still pulled you aside afterwards, and apologized for forgetting. Because he did cherish you, and wanted to show it. He did want you to know that he cherished you.

So, he promised to do better next year. He promised that he’d make up for missing this year as well.

You did understand however. He really was busy, and… he was only human too.

You exchanged a kiss, after which he wished you happy birthday, despite of everything.

And that… made you smile. He really did love you.

Nozel

You knew that he had your birthday in his calendar. You did, because you had seen it once upon a time. And, against all odds, there had been even a tiny, so very tiny heart scribbled next to your name in it.

Quite frankly you were expecting him to hold a party for you. Something grand that would involve all of the finest crème de la crème of Clover Kingdom. Because, after all, he had told you that you deserve nothing but the best.

And you supposed that there was the matter of his reputation, and upkeeping it, involved as well. Since for some strange reason the noble circles seemed to measure most things by your ability to hold extravagant parties.

So, you were emotionally preparing for having to be the centre of attention for the entire day; to be under the watchful eye of the aristocracy who’d watch your every move… You didn’t like the idea, but… you supposed that it was the life you’d be signing up to with Nozel.

And perhaps… that was the first thing that made you suspicious. The initial preparations could be done in secrecy, but an event such as this… it would have become apparent in some point.

But… it didn’t. No signs appeared. Not even on the evening before, which would have been the last day for any indication that there’d be a party on the following day.

So, morning came. He wished you well and headed to work. Time ticked away, and the day turned into evening, with not as much as a simple well-wishing.

But it wasn’t until you both were in your shared bedroom that you dared to ask about it, because you didn’t want to ask about it in passing. Even if you weren’t, until the very moment the question fell from you, sure about how exactly to ask from him.

In the end you settled for a rather direct way of asking. “Do you… by any chance remember what day is today?”

He turned to look at you with a quirked eyebrow and a slight frown as he wondered for a moment. “The date of our first date perhaps?” He took a shot in the dark, which you knew quite well to be one.

“No… not… not really,” you uttered, looking away, since you couldn’t help but feel hurt by this. You couldn’t help but slouch, as your shoulders bent forward, and your body tried to curl around itself.

“Then… what day is it?” He inquired.

“My birthday…”

And that was when it hit him; the realization that he had failed to remember, let alone, celebrate one of the most important days of the year.

He did qualify it as one of the most important days of the year, because it was the one day when he had an… excuse to celebrate the love of his life. Not that he really needed an excuse but… there had to be a day on which he could do so.

Only that… he had forgotten it. He had forgotten it.

His head lowered down, and he turned his side towards you, because he-, he didn’t know what to do, what to say… But also he didn’t want you to see his shame. Not… not at first at least.

Eventually he did turn back to you, mumbling out a “I’m sorry,” with a whisper. It was only a whisper, because it was so very difficult for him to say those words out loud. It was, at least now, maybe it’d get easier with time. Maybe…

“I know you’ve been busy, but it’s… and I don’t really… necessarily being under scrutiny of the nobility during parties but it’s… something would have been nice…” You admitted.

“Mm…” he uttered, taking a few hesitant steps towards you. For a moment his hand rose, but then he retracted it, as if not deeming himself worthy of touching you. “I’ll… repay this to you… somehow… I have time tomorrow evening so we could go out for dinner… take a walk and…”

You were quite convinced that you knew exactly which restaurant he was talking about. Your favourite one. And a walk in the moonlight afterwards… “Maybe a bath…” you continued out loud… “Sounds nice…” you glanced at him.

There was a careful smile on his face. “I’m glad you think so..” he uttered, placing his hand onto our cheek, as faintly as a petal dancing in the wind.

Maybe a private birthday party wasn’t that bad after all.   

Yami

Birthdays were always celebrated with the entire squad at the Black Bull’s base. And though you weren’t sure who had all of them memorized, you had an educated guess about it.

The name of the game was to surprise whoever was celebrated on that given day, but it always failed. Someone spilled something. Ran too loud with the gifts, or was arguing about what kind of frosting should be put on the cake… And if nothing else, the fact that the days were always celebrated, gave people a reason to expect the surprise.

You had seen it so many times, that you expected it for yourself. Since the Bulls had done it to Yami, you were convinced that they’d do it for you too.

Judging from some of the questions Yami made on the days just before the due date, probably noticing your nervousness from your ki, you had even more reason to believe that something was going to happen.

So, in the morning you went down to breakfast, expecting there to be cake, presents… at least everyone gathered around the table to wish you happy birthday.

Only that… it didn’t happen. But you tried to take it as a new tactics. Maybe they’d surprise you later on. So, you settled for waiting.

You waited. And you waited. And… you waited… But nothing.

All day with… nothing…

As you were ready to get to bed, you just sat there, on the bed and … you had to ask Yami: “Do the… Bulls not like me…?”

“Hm?” He looked at you with raised brows. “Why do you think that they wouldn’t? Of course they do,” he tried to assure you, wondering where this all was coming from.

“So…  why didn’t they congratulate me for my birthday..?” You looked at him, expecting an answer, but instead he just blinked at you.

“It’s your birthday?”

“Yeah…?”

“Oh…”

There was a pause that lingered in the air; a moment that was ended by him letting out a heavy sigh, and sitting next to you on the bed, rubbing the back of his neck.

“Look I… I’m sorry that I forgot,” he apologized. “I don’t think the kids knew either so… don’t blame them.”

You nodded as a reply, not really knowing what to say.

“I… wish I was better at these things,” he said, talking to himself more than to you. “But baby I… I’m sorry, and I’ll think of something nice for us to do tomorrow. We could go to the village and maybe get something from a café and…” he trailed off, just throwing the idea out there.

“And see where it goes from there?” You asked, glancing at him from the corner of your eye.

“Yeah…” he replied, wrapping his arm around you and pulling you close. He pressed a kiss on top of your head, and murmured “I love you” into your hair…

And that embrace told you that he did love you. He had made a mistake, but he did love you. And that, was what mattered.