#but by gum i'll try

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, I recently went into the x-men and I found my own dead with Charles and Erik AND I NEED READ MORE OF THEM BUT I SO LOST AFTER POWERS AND HOUSE OF X SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE CONTINUE, can u help me?

(alsoIlikeyoursdrawingsiwishbeingsoconstantwithmycontentlikeu)

i'll be very candid with you my friend: i'm totally lost too !!!!!!! your comic-reading journey is about as green as mine and so i cant personally give you a super great guide- but beautiful people on the internet exist who've done most of the dirty work for us when sorting through the stories you 'should' read so i'm borrowing them to help us both

you can read this article to read about one person's advice with exploring krakoa and- in their opinion- its most 'significant' stories, though to summarize the issues they recommend looking into:

House of X/Powers of X (which you should have already done)

X of Swords event

Hellfire Gala

Inferno

X Lives and X Deaths of Wolverine

Second Hellfire Gala

Third Hellfire Gala

Fall of the House of X/Rise of the Powers of X (also should have already done, however...) +Single issue: X-Men (2021 series) #35 aka Uncanny X-Men #700 is featured at the end of the FoX omnibus, though the omnibus excludes an extra bit at the end involving a cliffhanger for Charles's fate after he's arrested

if you want to dig a little deeper though, you can check out this article from another individual which includes another wave of 'relevant' (word used loosely as some can be considered more poignant than others) krakoa stories and stories related to it or set during the period.

it's a lot longer and more in depth than the last article, so again i only really rec peaking at this one depending on how deep you wanna go, or if you decide you want to explore more after reading the more 'key' stories. def wouldn't hurt to give it a glance just in case you read some summaries that pique your interest!

all in all, don't take these as concrete rules or guides to follow: comics are meant to be fun, these are just good starting points if you're feeling lost or overwhelmed. at the end of the day, you decide ultimately what you want to read and which stories interest you the most

happy reading !

[unityrain24]

two important piercing questions that have rattled around my brain for a long time but are going to be more relevant since hopefully i'll get a job:

if i wanted to get a triple lobe piercing and get all three gauged (varying degrees),* what would be the best way to do so?

1. get all three pierced, wait for them to heal, then gauge them all at the same time 2. get all three pierced, wait for them to heal, then gauge them one set at a time 3. pierce and heal the first set, then gauge it, pierce and heal the second set, the gauge the second set, then pierce and heal the third set, then gauge the third set

is it possible to get a septum piercing that's like... at a thicker gauge. ? Like a hole punch almost. instead of stretching out the septum piercing over a long time, and by extension, stretching the skin & changing the nose shape, just taking a stamp out of it so there's no stretching/shape change??

uhhhh yeah.

*example of what i mean under cut:

(probably a little smaller than that)

[piipaw]

10 + 19 + 30 for gum :D

10. What would your Tav consider to be their greatest skill? Is this accurate?

Oh man this is a fun question bc it depends like at what point in his life you ask.

Pre-game living at the crèche he'd say his physical strength- and that is because a lot of his worth and survival comes from that. I'd say this stays true until about mid game where he starts growing with the others and realizes that like maybe his feats of strength aren't seen the same (ex. Laezel flirting w feats of strength is close to his values taught from his upbringing, but the others don't value that in the same way which cause misunderstandings and cause him to re-think how he's viewed.)

Post game I think he'd still say physical strength- but less for survival now and more because it helps him protect what he values.

As his parent/creator (lol) id say his greatest strength is his adaptability or willingness to learn.

19. What is your Tav’s greatest desire?

Honestly I think his biggest desire is to just kinda find some sort of inner peace/find himself. So much of his upbringing was untruthful and it's hard to untangle all those teachings. He comes a long way from pre-to-end game but it doesn't end there for him.

Living in a very aggressive/competitive environment fed easily into the camping lifestyle bc the goal was to just survive. So having an established plot of land to live in with people he cares for gives security and I'm not sure how long it would take to FULLY accept that.

30. What are your Tav’s intentions/goals after the end of the game?

Being that he's kinda still finding himself I don't think he'd have a set goal other than "survive/keep my close ones safe" but...

...OH BOY HOWDY do I have so so so much end game lore for my character but here are notable bullet points in a timeline:

-returning the crown (Mystra) and sword of the astral planes (Voss/Orpheus)

-gets married 🎉

-falls into a routine helping local churches and monasteries, occasionally traveling to nearby places (sometimes he'll have to leave for a week at a time, the others make due without him)

-rewarded by Mystra with a small (but important to him) boon/blessing

-????

-????

-possible Githyanki egg/ withers and Morena shenanigans (undecided)

[vole-mon-amour]

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[dawntheduckrb]

Ooo ooo also, my prof told us after class that there were a TON of supplies that ended up not being used, and said we could grab and keep as many as we wanted. It felt like theft but I guess they were a part of the class fees, and the prof didn't want them so it was cool. I waited until everyone else had grabbed what they wanted and picked from what was left. I don't even think my local art store carries these, and everything's more expensive online with shipping costs and whatnot, so just get a bunch of charcoal for personal use out of nowhere is super cool :O

He also let us take whatever paper was left in the class drawing pads. I got about 15 sheets since literally nobody else wanted them. I can always cut those giant pages down to size if need be haha, I'm never gonna turn down an offer for paper. Especially when some were mixed media??? That paper is so nice?????

Anyway expect more charcoal drawings soon because I'm not running out of charcoal anymore

Class was so fun today I'm gonna miss it :')

[gumjester]

am genuinely grappling so hard with the urge to make bunny an antagonist in the wonderland arc because i feel like it's such a petty culmination of my irrational six-year hatred of this harmless rabbit girl character but at the same time. we need another antagonist. maybe god really is just giving me this one for free. gwon lass, he says, flame the purple bitch. it's for the plot

[audiovisualrecall]

Constant pain only dulled for a whole day by daily taking full dosage of tylenol and also 1 advil even tho I'm not supposed to take NSAIDS

Miserable

[robinsnest2111]

brain just reminded me of a tiny inconsequential thing from work and now I feel absolutely horrible for no reason????

[actualbird]

hey this is a long shot but. has anybody here ever tried nicorette nicotine gum? and if yes, can you tell me if it actually TASTES GOOD?

cuz like yes i wanna slowly quit smoking but if the gum tastes like shit, my brain is not gonna want that at all and that means that nicotine gum might not be the best thing for me to use for pesky withdrawal symptoms aljhfvaksjfha

[krawdad]

So I've figured out that for whatever reason the ink that pentel packs in its brush pen cartridges comes out sloppier than the rapidograph ink. I think it might have been enough to put me off trying to use it more when I got it.

While it is beautifully dark and even, it feels like it leaps off the brush into the paper. I had chalked that up to user error since I didn't have any other point of reference. Surely that would get better with practice.

But I've felt the difference myself, the rapidograph ink doesn't do that. It's so much easier to control the beginning and ending of strokes what the hell.

[featherymainffins]

How is a person supposed to feel mentally well when the only constant is pain

[orcelito]

Flossing my teeth and getting in the gums like Yes I'm going to get a good grade in dental care. Which is normal to want and possible to achieve.

[ebodebo]

"Si, you owe me a new couch," you half-joke, trying to ease some of the palpable tension in the air, as you sit next to your boyfriend, Simon, on your couch, cleaning the gash on his side with a face cloth.

The poor guy had shown up at your door in the middle of the night with the nastiest gash to his side. It was a superficial cut, so nothing that needed immediate medical attention, but it still bled—a lot

He wouldn't say how he acquired the laceration, but you suspected it couldn't have been good. You kept your assumptions to yourself and have been tending to them for the last five minutes or so.

"I'll buy you any kind you like," he picks his head up from its place on the back of the couch. You catch his eyes boring into the side of your head as you continue cleaning the area, finally looking up to lock eyes with him. The sincerity in his eyes has you letting out a small laugh.

"You don't have to," you murmur as your eyes shift to the gauze to your side. You carefully open a fresh piece, place it on the cut, and secure it with paper tape. You gently press the sides, securing the tape to his skin. "All done. Good boy," you jokingly say, tossing the gauze's empty packaging onto the coffee table in front of you.

You feel his hand grip your chin, pulling you towards his lips. You are slightly taken aback, even making a noise of surprise, but you quickly reciprocate the kiss.

He tasted of Nicorette gum and cigarette smoke with a hint of liquor. You would scowl at him later for the cigarette smell since he had supposedly quit, but right now, you could feel by the way he gripped your face he craved a taste of you.

You raised your hand to grip his jaw, trying to bring him closer. He senses your desire, gripping your hips and swinging you over his legs so you are now straddling him, never once disconnecting his lips from yours.

While you adjust to the new position, your knee grazes his gash, making him grunt into your mouth. You pull back slightly to speak; both of your chests are heaving. "Am I hurting you?" Your brows furrow in concern as you gently bring your hand to rest in his messy hair.

He knots his hand in your hair, lips brushing against yours. "Only if you stop,” he pants, deepening the kiss.

You smile into his lips, gripping his jaw, feeling his teeth clash against your own. One of his hands lingers over your hip once again, kneading the fat of it. The other lingers from your hair to pull down your shirt on your shoulder, revealing your collarbone.

His lips hover over your clavicle, eyes flicking to take note of a new, very small ‘s’ inked into your flesh. He brings his hand up to brush his fingertips over the tattoo.

“You got this for me?” He enunciates the ‘me,’ like it was just so unable to believe you would ever want to taint your skin for him.

“You like it?” You chew on your bottom lip, giddy with anticipation. He leans back against the back of the chair, shifting his torso a little. You let out a slight moan when you feel how hard he is.

“Do you feel that?” He gruffs, gripping your waist and grinding you against his clothed hard-on. You grip his shoulders with each of your hands tightly, hissing through your teeth, “How could I not?”

He leans forward, lips hovering over the shell of your ear so you can feel his hot breath against your skin. “I fuckin’ love it.”

a/n: a little fic just bc it's been a hot sec<3 divider!

[mintmatcha]

cw: kids, reader has birth control implant

"Do you have something to tell me?"

Bakugo still has half of his hero uniform on, smudges of grime and soot across his face and neck. There's a clear, white demarcation where his shirt was and a trail of dirt behind his boots.

"I just fucking vaccuumed."

"I'll do it later." He quickly dismisses, even as he begins to kick off his shoes. "Why are there condoms on the grocery list?"

You shrug and go back to parusing on your phone. "We'll need them."

"For fucking what?"

You shoot his a glance, one eyebrow lifted. "For sex, dumbass."

"Dumbass." He repeats back, tone high and mocking. "We've never used a single condom our whole relationship-- you let me cream you the first fucking date."

You wrinkle your nose, even though he's right. There hasn't been a day since that first date that you haven't felt the delightfully uncomfortable wetness of cum sliding around inside you.

"Don't say it like that- you're gross." You raise your arm and gesture to the little scar there. "My birth control has to come out- its at the end of its life."

He rolls his eyes with a grunt, arms crossed tight over his torso. "That's it?"

"You were the one who said a kid 'maybe next year,' so we'll need condoms until then."

Bakugo plops down on the couch next to you, throwing your calves over his thighs. "We'll just move up the timeline. Start making one now, baby for the summer. No condoms."

"No."

"No?"

"No. I don't want to be pregnant in the summer. It's too hot to be carrying another human-- and I want to drink on the beach."

Bakugo looks at you with a grimace, lip curled up to show gum. "Are you fucking serious?"

"We can start trying in, I dunno." You count on your fingers, trying to do the math. "End of August."

"August?!" he gapes. "Motherfucker. I gotta call Kirishima."

"About condoms?"

"I gotta ask him about saving his brats onesies." He leans back on to the couch, brow knitted tight. "There's no way I'm not knocking you up by accident before August."

You shoot him a glare.

He meets your eye. "Keep giving me attitude and you'll have a bun in the oven by next month."

[persianflaw]

just got excited bc i thought i was almost at 20hrs fasting but i think it might be more like 19-19.5 😔 i don't remember if i last ate at 6pm last night, or if it was closer to 7:30-8 since we watched television and i had some popcorn

[libraford]

Park Cleanup Pet Peeves

I'll be starting my seasonal gig at Parks and Rec in a couple months and I've got a couple things I wanna say. I know that this will probably not reach the people who need to hear it, but if ONE LESS person leaves the parks a mess, I will be That Much Happier.

-You're not supposed to smoke, drink, or have sex in public parks but I know that people will anyway. But if you are going to do those things, please dispose of the evidence in the trash cans. A human has to pick these things up.

-Dog poop goes in a bag. Bag goes in the trash can.

-The little wax paper liners in the women's room? See you're supposed to put your pad/tampon in that wax paper bag, take the bag out of the bin, and then dispose of it in the actual trash can. Don't feel bad, no one told me either. Also no one told the dudes I work with. But this reduces direct exposure to bodily fluids, especially as the summer gets on and it gets hot in those bathrooms.

-On that subject! The little bins that they go in next to the toilet? Don't stick trash in there. Don't put diapers in there. Also don't put beer cans crushed in such a specific way that I slice my hand on them as I try to jimmy it out of there. Literally, that bin is too small for most things. They are meant specifically for those brown bags. Please for the love of god, throw things in the trash can.

-As for the urinals, please no solids. Most commonly gum and chewed tobacco, but you can use your imagination.

-If you're doing a photo shoot or an event with confetti, please use a paper confetti instead of a plastic one- its easier to get rid of.

-If you're doing a pizza party, we'd rather you stack the pizza boxes in a pile next to the trash can instead of trying to fit them in the trash. Because then we can just throw the trash bag over the top and tie it instead of trying to fish it out. This kind of goes for any big trash- if it won't fit in the trash can easily, don't try.

-Please don't call cops on people sleeping in the parks if they're not bothering anyone. Even if they've been sleeping there all day. Dude's just trying to chill.

-Destruction of the toilets will result in the indefinite locking of the restrooms. You ruined them and now everyone at the softball tournament can blame you for it.

-Parks people are not the police. We are maintenance workers who are not trained to handle most emergencies and the most we can do in any situation is report to the proper department. Please don't look to us for answers if someone is starting a fight.

-Also please don't spit on us for driving on the path. We're permitted to. Its essential for us to drive on the path to do our job.

-please don't abandon animals at the park. Rehome them properly. I spent a whole week trying to catch a rooster last summer.

-look, I get it- 'oh no, your pretty building has writing on it!' Grafitti is so edgy. We get it. But it means Jacob has to sand it off now so that the kids at the birthday party don't see a giant drawing of a weiner. Acts of rebellion that create more work for the working class are not revolutionary.

-please do not set fire to the Tiny Free Library. Why did you do that? That's mean.

-please do not feed bread to ducks and geese. Corn, birdseed, lettuce- those are better for them. If you want to reduce tge amount of goose poop in the parks, shop feeding them bread.

-also do not anger tge geese. They remember what its like to be dinosaurs.

I'll have more later, probably, once the season wears on.