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[bigcats-birds-and-books]

July Haul, or: Wow, I'm So Good At Acquiring Books In Moderation, Huh.

[vanishintoyou]

oh god and the 3rd party adapter doesn't even work properly. no one could see this coming

bro my charger finally exploded. glad i didnt die

[hetalianhistorian]

Acrylic stands from World Stars' color setting art are now open for preorder featuring over 39 different characters!

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If you are a big fan of any of the side characters in Hetalia, this is very special news for you! Especially if any of your favorites hardly receive merch! Here is the list of all characters that will be sold as an acrylic stand:

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Note: Not all stores ship internationally. A proxy or forwarding service may have to be utilized. Please keep this in mind and do your own research when buying Hetalia goods from Japan!

[the-froschamethyst4]

Barrage Catch Up

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All of my Previous COD men Headcanons for Barrage

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What the Cod men would drive:

2024 Ram 3500

Barrage screams big truck, I mean big truck asshole guy, buying parts for his truck to sound like an obnoxious asshole

So his truck would be a 2024 Ram 3500

He mainly got to big jobs, truck things

Does he tailgate people? Not anymore, you’ve yelled at him to not ride peoples ass on the road

He also bought it for when he goes hunting, he could load up as many deer or turkey he could get

Will it be messy when the kids get in it? Yes, but he cleans it out

★★★★★★★★★★

Name a Woman:

“Love can you do me a favor?”

“Huh?” Barrage was online looking at bows for hunting.

“Can you name me a woman?” He pauses.

“Name you a woman?” He turns and looks at her.

“Yep, any woman.”

“Why?”

“Just because.”

“Okay…Scarlett Johansson.”

“Oh yeah…why?”

“See I knew, I knew this might have been a trap but I did it anyways. I chose her because you told me to name a woman, you didn’t-“

“I’m kidding, no need to get your panties in a twist, Barrage. I’m just saying-“

“Leave me alone.” He pouts.

“No, I’m kidding.”

★★★★★★★★★★

Do I think the COD men would make good fathers

Barrage scream good dad on the outside, inside…I’m not sure

You tell him you’re pregnant and he doesn’t know what to say

Barrage also screams boy dad, he wants a boy and only a boy, but his first is a girl and he loves her, adores her, has the same black hair as him and the eye color of her mom, he is a perfect mixture of both of them

His life is about to do a whole 180 when this baby arrives

When the baby does come, he’s so gentle, gentle as he’s ever been

He named your daughter, named her after his great grandmother Addison, her name is Addie

He comes homes from deployment and doesn’t come in without taking his mask off first, he wouldn’t dream coming in the house and scary his daughter

★★★★★★★★★★

Nicknames I think that will make them fold:

With Barrage I feel like there is no nickname that will make him fold

You try to call him baby or babe once, and he ignored you thinking you were talking to someone else

Now who would you be talking to when it’s just you two in the house

You called him Lt before and he questioned if he liked that or not, nicknames are not his thing, you’ve said his real name before and he felt like he was in trouble then feel horny

★★★★★★★★★★

When Your child comes out to him:

Barrage screams “you are gay, get out” but that is so not true

Your daughter was scared to even say anything, she told Y/n but thought Barrage will never know for any reason, but today was the day

Sitting Barrage down your daughter was a mess already crying and Barrage barely knew how to handle that

Barrage comforts his daughter then she gets the courage

“Daddy.”

“Yes, honey?”

“I…I have something…to tell you…”

“Okay? What is it? I’m a bit nervous.”

“…it’s not bad, I promise.”

“Okay…go on, honey.”

“Daddy…daddy, I like…I like girls.”

“I do to-“

“No, dad, take me seriously real quick.”

“I am honey.”

“No, dad, I’m a lesbian, I like girls, I have a girlfriend and have one for 5 months now.”

“Oh…well…I’m glad you told me honey but…you know I don’t care, I’ll still love you, you’re my daughter for Pete’s sake.”

“I know but it was just so…so…difficult.”

“I know hon…but don’t ever think you can’t come to me for anything.”

★★★★★★★★★★

Their career change after the military

Honestly he’s not leaving the military

His whole life is military

★★★★★★★★★★

My favorite animal

My favorite animal is my aggressive Doberman husband when a jackass cuts him off.

The next clip was of Barrage getting out of the truck slamming the door and marching his way to the truck in front of him and you could see the fury within Barrage’s eyes

The same Doberman husband when his daughter goes on her first date

The next clip was of Barrage basically threatening the dude taking his daughter on a date pointing his pointer and middle finger at his eyes then back at the boy

★★★★★★★★★★

You tell them about the older men you liked:

“Who now!”

“Pedro Pascal.”

“Baby-“

“I know, I know, he’s too old for me, I’ve heard it all before no need to tell me.”

“When did you-“

“Like him…umm~ I’m not sure.”

“HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW?!”

“HE’S HOT!”

“I KNOW HE IS!!”

★★★★★★★★★★

Making love casualties:

Making love with Barrage was always so amazing and so much fucking fun

Barrage held Y/n close to his body, kissing her neck and sucking on her neck

He chuckles into the kiss and he starts rolling trying to get Y/n on her back but what he didn’t realize how close he was to the beds edge

One more roll and both of them ended up on the floor

“Ow!”

“Barrage!”

“I didn’t realize how close I was to the edge.” He says rubbing his head and kisses Y/n’s temple as an apology

[waitmyturtles]

Forgive me for this ramble, but If I could put my TMZ hat on for a second ... while we have no idea what the issue is/was between Joong and Est, I wonder if class disparity might play a part? I've noticed that quite a few actors in the Thai BL space, especially at GMMTV, seem to come from wealthy backgrounds. Just off the top of my head at GMM there is Off, Tay, Win, Bright, Pond, Phuwin, Dunk, and Boun. While not at gmm I can think of Mile, Billkin, Mew, Tul, Ta, Nut ...etc. You can even see it in the kpop industry with Minnie, Ten, and Nichkhun.

Now while I haven't read anything indicating Est's, or for that matter Daou and Offroad's wealth status, it does make me wonder. Perhaps @respectthepetty might have more insight. However, from what I have read about Joong, his bio-father died when he was young, his mother remarried a Turkish man, and they moved to Turkey where his half-siblings were born and then his step-father died. Joong finally worked to make enough money to buy a house and moved his family into the house in Thailand. I am not sure if his mother works, but if she doesn't then he would be the sole breadwinner of the family.

Now while being wealthy doesn't make one a bad person, there might be some ignorant mindsets, hyper-consumerism, image maintenance, and thoughtlessness that could could clash with people that don't have the financial freedom or free-time to spend as they like because they have people dependent on them.

Considering Joong is really big on his family, and he most likely had to grow up faster than others due to the circumstances of his life, I wonder if he is just has a lot more to consider in his life, while the others are able to just be young?

I really can't tell if he is the messy kind of person that constantly posts cryptic things for attention but never wants to talk about it (or in this case cant because he is a celeb), or if he is actually just being a little too real for a celeb, while the others are following their PR to a "T."

If wealth disparity is playing a part, this could compound the Dunk issue aside him being caught between fighting friends, because Dunk also comes from a wealthy family.

This is highly speculative BUT is an angle I haven't seen discussed.

Thanks for the note, @simysaru43! Tagging Sis @respectthepetty for thoughts.

It’s been gently speculated that wealth and family connections may have played a part (besides Ohm’s 2023 controversy) in the break-up of OhmNanon, considering Nanon’s nepo baby status. And Chimon Wachirawit has been public over the years about the huge financial burdens caused by his family’s debt that essentially led to him needing to find entertainment work in Series Y; as we know now, he has been working through mental health issues over the past year and likely his young adult life. (There was this very impactful video that I saw on Twitter last year, I wish I could find it, with Chimon being interviewed in front of his family’s house that had once been repossessed. Very tough to watch.)

Anyway, you may and even likely have a point. A lot of these guys — Chimon, Earth, Nanon — have been relatively open about their depression, and very often it’s financial burdens and stress that can trigger omnipresent mental health issues. Joong’s been pretty messy online. These are otherwise highly trained entertainers who are trained to not be so messy publicly. Something could be behind whatever’s driving Joong’s messiness, and it could very well be class disparities and how they’re expressed in the young Thai upper-class society that these guys roll in.

Any thoughts from your circles, @respectthepetty?

[icycoldninja]

Fluffcember #25 (Sparda boys x reader)

Sparda boys spending Christmas with their S/O

A/N: MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL

¤Dante¤

-Dear God, if you think he was a wacky woo hoo weirdo before, he gets even crazier during Christmastime. Gorges himself sick on spiced egg nog and iced sugar cookies, as well as stuffed turkey and mashed potatoes with extra thick gravy.

-To Dante, Christmas is all about eating. That line from "A night before Christmas" has never been applied to someone in real life more accurately than now. "Visions of sugar plums danced in their heads..."

Yeah, that's Dante.

-Plays Christmas rock music (think Jingle Bell Rock) on full volume while jamming along with his guitar in the middle of the living room, wearing naught but a Santa hat.

-Decorates the whole of Devil May Cry with like a thousand knotted Christmas lights because he was way too lazy to untangle them (Figures) and brings in a really cheap, withered looking tree like the one in Charlie Brown. Though, like Charlie Brown, you guys managed to fix it up real nice.

-Drags Vergil and Nero to your place for a fun, family Christmas, but things go south real quick: Nero ends up stealing all the treats and eating dessert before dinner, Vergil and Dante drink too much liquor spiked egg nog and have a drunken brawl in the living room before passing out in the hallway.

-At the end of the night, you had to drag all the boys into the living room and cram them either into sleeping bags or wrangle them onto the couch before exhaustedly trudging back to your own bedroom for a long night's rest. Merry Christmas.

《Vergil》

-The mature and responsible one--also the one who wants to have the least involvement with everything. Just sits in his plastic chair, reading his book, not caring nor acknowledging what is happening around him.

-It is therefore your duty to put up the decorations and cook the Christmas meals, but don't despair. You won't be alone. Nero and Dante have come over for Christmas (Vergil was against it, but they're family) and are more than happy to help--even if all they do is make messes.

-Christmas dinner with the Sparda family are typically a mixture of loud and rambunctious chattering (caused by Dante and Nero joking around) and quiet conversation with Vergil, which can barely be heard over the other two's yammering.

-After dinner has been devoured and the two idiots have left, Vergil lets out a sigh of relief--a sigh only a long suffering eldest sibling can make. Then he heads for his plastic chair, ready to delve back into the world of his book.

-Doesn't mind if you want to sit on his lap and cuddle while he reads. It is cold out, after all. ♡

-Spends the entire night chilling with you, watching movies, reading books, and eventually falling asleep in each other's arms.

♤Nero♤

-Takes after his father, in the sense that he likes cuddling and just relaxing, either by himself or with you.

-Unfortunately, he also takes after his uncle, in the sense that he's loud and loves to eat. He loves it so much in fact, that nearly all the cookies vanish before you can get to ice them, and it probably wasn't Santa.

-Has no idea how to hang decorations so he just buys a cheap wreath, throws it on the door, and decides he's done for the day.

-Dresses up as an elf and parades around with a radio blasting Micheal Buble on loop, specifically to get on your nerves and distract you from whatever you were doing.

-When Vergil and Dante come over for dinner, expect absolute chaos. Vergil cannot wrap his head around why his son--his own FLESH AND BLOOD--is prancing about dressed in a green skintight leotard. It's too much for him. He spaces out and just stares at the wall blankly, barely touching his food while wondering what influenced his poor baby boy to be this way.

-Meanwhile, Dante is having the time of his life, laughing his head off while snapping pictures to post online and to show the others so they have more excuses to make fun of poor Nero.

[crsssie]

from one admirer to another : runny?

pairing: leon kennedy x reader || masterpost: from one admirer to another

synopsis: from one admirer to another, an online penpal service, allows for two people with common interests to write to each other without ever revealing their actual address! Luckily for both you and Leon, you get matched up! What do eggs and Christmas even have in common anyway? sure hope it's that modeling business and NOT that Ada Wong addiction.

featuring: reader as model number two // leon as Leon

My dearest, model number two,

I've always been rookiecookie, but I guess that flew past your notice back then during the cupsleeve event. There's nothing I find strange about trusting you. If anything, I find it to be as natural as breathing.

What do I fall back to on a hard day? I like cookie dough ice cream with a marathon of my favorite show, huddled into the corner of my couch with Sunny on my lap. When I'm out ordering... typically it's a gelato of some kind. You know, family roots and all. I still have a family recipe — if you're down to come over again to make it.

I like hundred-petaled roses. My dad used to bring them home for my mom, and she used to keep everyone he had. She'd dehydrate them, and then she had a pretty clear bottle with every single petal she had ever received from dad. I found it kind of disgusting back when I was a kid, but thinking back upon it, it was kind of cute. Does that count as a fond memory as well?

You don't need to glance through that veil of mine. I'll let you in willingly, and then when you are comfortable, I'll lay myself bare by you, telling you findings from the heart. Who knows, maybe that can be at your place? (and if not, please let me visit anyway. I'd like to meet sesame bun.)

If we do end up dating, then I'll definitely fly you in for my shows and shoots. You can take exclusive backstage photos of me as well. Who doesn't like behind-the-scenes content of their favorite model? I'm sure they'd like content of me looking at you all stupid in love too. The people are desperate.

Oh, right. Before I forget. I'm hosting a Thanksgiving dinner at my place on in the club room. Come over? We start at 5. I can take you home after.

Please? Leon

Leon drops his letter off a week before he even thinks about buying groceries for the dinner. To be fair, it isn't until Claire texts him a grocery list that he remembers that he should probably get ready to cook. He'd suggest Chris' place, but he has a grill, and it had been a while since they got to get dinner together. The club room has a pretty good barbecue... and it wasn't like the turkey was going to be fried like all the other times at Chris' place... Leon wonders how the hell the turkey's going to work out. Yes, Chris is making it. No, he doesn't know what it's going to be if not fried like all the other years.

Instead, he follows Claire's orders on what to buy and not to buy, pushing the cart through the aisles as he checks the chat history for any other item to buy, before your phone call rings in.

"Hey."

"Got your letter. Wesker's hosting us for Thanksgiving, unfortunately." You mumble. "I sent my letter earlier today, so it should arrive right before Thanksgiving."

"You can't make it?"

"How 'bout a date instead?" You check your phone. "I can come over to help cook. Wesker refuses to let any of us cook, so I'm not doing anything in the afternoon. What do you make for Thanksgiving?"

"I was thinking cookies or pie."

"Oh... cookies..." You mumble. "I'll bring ingredients then! I'll also bring a pie because, well, there's a really good pie place by mine and I thought I'd share the joy."

"Will you bring the leftovers home?"

"Hm? Am I not allowed to visit you over the weeks?"

Leon malfunctions, blinking. "What?"

"Leaving leftovers at your place? So I have an excuse to visit later? Forget I said—"

"NO! No, oh, please come over. I'd love to have you at my place over the weekend." Leon saves himself. God.

He's.

Yeah.

He's down awful.

prev letter : masterlist : next letter

[octahyde]

Ok with the Idia figure announcement I’ll say it again:

The only proper way to boycott TWST is not to stop buying gems and first hand merch, it’s to stop it all. That includes second hand merch, in game accounts, and social media accounts.

When you purchase merchandise, even if second hand, you are still giving direct visibility and advertising to the IP when you post on social media or wear things in public.

When you keep your in game accounts, you are directly adding numbers to the game, which is a positive for the developers that allows them to market more directly to find more whales.

As much as you may want to deny it, fandom accounts at their core primarily exist as a form of advertising. The more you talk about how great a series is and you love it, the more people are incentivized to look it up for themselves to download and play.

The main goal of all of this is to secure more whales; people with gambling addictions who will spend hundreds upon thousands dollars to get cards of their favorite character. By playing this game and boosting its numbers and advertising it online with fanart and headcanons, you are allowing a larger net to be cast- gacha mobage is a free download for a reason.

That’s not even getting into that Disney doesn’t primarily see the profits from TWST, Aniplex does.

So: if you’re not deleting your in game accounts or your fandom accounts, you are not boycotting TWST. In fact, you are doing the exact opposite and spreading advertising for it, which directly leads to people spending more on TWST. If you’re not putting your money where your mouth is and prepared to drop the series cold turkey, you are just as bad as people buying things first hand and have no right to look down on anyone else.

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[nancypullen]

Hump Day

We're just 71 days into 2025, and so far I'm not a fan. The world is a dumpster fire and our "leaders" are tossing gasoline on it. Staying uninformed is not an option, but a steady diet of doom and gloom is not healthy. I'm forever trying to strike a balance. Finding ways to distract myself usually involves making something, growing something, eating something, or my favorite - buying something. Unfortunately I'm boycotting both Target and Amazon, which is about as much fun as a bad rash. I get so many of my craft supplies through Amazon (less expensive and free shipping) and because of our location, loads of other things. I'd rather click "add to cart" on Amazon than drive the 30 minutes to a store in Easton. I also use Amazon to avoid extra purchases. For example, I love Mrs. Meyers Multi-Surface Cleaner (peony is my favorite).

I can order a couple bottles from Amazon and save about a buck. If I go into a store to buy it, I'll roam around and toss a few other things into my basket, maybe wander over to the toy section to see what's new for the grandgirl. So instead of spending $8 for two bottles I'd spend $58 on miscellaneous goods - some we need and some we don't. Right now I'm down to my last few squirts of my cleanser and my options are slim. Go to Target (won't), order from Amazon (won't), order from Walmart online (yuck), or subscribe to Grove and have to order stuff every month (won't). *sigh* I may have to give up my favorite, fragrant cleanser. Rats. I know, I know, first world problem. Not even worth writing about. Since I'm not buying anything, I'm focusing on the other three pillars of staying sane. Making stuff - Still cranking out everything from cards to birdhouses. Might be time to learn how to whittle or make soap. Growing stuff - I'm trying, good grief, am I trying. I have such plans for this spring and summer. I've got seed trays planted, a little greenhouse full of hopefuls, and the mister is putting together a raised bed for me. We have a dirt delivery tomorrow and I couldn't be more excited.

I've always loved gardening. I love watching the first green shoots pop up, I even love the weeding. I've done some of my best thinking on my knees in the dirt. The rewards are splendid, from picking sun-ripened tomatoes to filling the house with bouquets. I don't even mind sharing the bounty with local wildlife as long as they're not greedy. Am I jumping the gun? Probably. All I can tell you is that focusing on seeds and plants is keeping me out of handcuffs.

Moving on, last but certainly not least - eating stuff. I tend to fill my plate with high protein, high fiber choices, mostly lean meats, eggs, and veggies. My morning scramble is usually a couple of eggs and a 1/4 cup of cottage cheese whisked together with plenty of pepper. I start red onion and kale in a skillet...

and once the kale wilts and the onion is tender I pour in the egg mixture. YUM. Once it's in my bowl a good sprinkle of nutritional yeast gives it a cheesy flavor and another wallop of protein.

Yes, I do eat from my Halloween bowl every morning. It makes me happy, mind yo' business.

Today I had a taco salad for lunch - just greens, veggies, and avocado with some seasoned ground turkey on top. Tonight we're having salads topped with grilled chicken for dinner. That's why I don't feel one bit guilty for grabbing a mixing bowl and whipping up some lemon poppyseed muffins. Not going to lie, it was only because I've been dying to make something that worthy of a sprinkle of dried flowers. I recently watched every episode of With love, Meghan and her liberal use of dried flowers on everything from salted sea bass to homemade donuts inspired me. While I don't believe a donut has ever passed her lips, I'm a huge fan of making things pretty. Sign me up for the flower brigade! I baked the muffins, made a quick glaze, dunked the muffins in the glaze, and gave them a very light sprinkle of edible flowers.

Not princess-worthy, but it made me happy. That was the goal.

I failed to include what is probably my favorite distraction from the madness. Reading! Books are the most wonderful escape of all, and I've had my nose in books since I first made friends with the alphabet. I read fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, how-to, pretty much anything. Today I picked up a book I'd requested from my library and I'm already finding it fascinating.

Here's the blurb:

Eliot Stein has traveled the globe in search of remarkable people who are preserving some of our most extraordinary cultural rites. In Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive, Stein introduces readers to a man saving the secret ingredient in Japan's 700-year-old original soy sauce recipe. In Italy, he learns how to make the world's rarest pasta from one of the only women alive who knows how to make it. And in India, he discovers a family rumored to make a mysterious metal mirror believed to reveal your truest self. From shadowing Scandinavia's last night watchman to meeting a 27th-generation West African griot to tracking down Cuba's last official cigar factory “readers” more than a century after they spearheaded the fight for Cuban independence, Stein uncovers an almost lost world. Climbing through Peru’s southern highlands, he encounters the last Inca bridge master who rebuilds a grass-woven bridge every year from the fabled Inca Road System. He befriends a British beekeeper who maintains a touching custom of "telling the bees" important news of the day. And he crunches through a German forest to find the official mailman of the only tree in the world with its own address – to which countless people from across the world have written in hopes of finding love. These are just some of the last custodians preserving age-old rites on the brink of disappearance against all odds. Let Eliot Stein introduce you to all of them. What an interesting read! Three other holds came in and I downloaded those as well, so I'm going to happily plow through them.

That last title could be considered a how-to book, I'll get back to you on that. I'd better read it before it's banned. There you have it, the ways I'm keeping my spirits afloat while the headlines give me every reason to dissolve into despair. I'm well aware that this is boring fodder, no one gives a flip about my scrambled eggs. I made a promise to myself to get back to writing, and this blog is a good place to blow the dust off my brain and practice. It's unfortunate that I have so little to write about, maybe the arrival of spring will provide topics. I'm being 100% honest when I say that tomorrow's dirt delivery is the most exciting thing on the calendar for March. You can expect a full report. Until then, chin up, my darling! Yes, so much is awful right now, but we must be joyful warriors. Feed your souls and make them strong.

Read a good book, eat a muffin, laugh with friends, grow flowers. That happiness is armor. Go out and spread love, they can't stop us. Sending loads of hugs. Stay safe, stay well, be kind to yourself. XOXO, Nancy

[spnfanficpond]

Weekly Pond Newsletter

For those in the US, I hope you're finally coming out of your turkey coma in time to prep for the next round of holidays! So, remind me, which song don't we want to hear? Mariah Carey or Wham? I always forget. And may have possibly already lost because I've heard Mariah Carey three times, already. 😭🤣

Old Business:

Giveaway in the Discord server - Admin Michelle is giving away the entire Culturefly Fall 2024 Supernatural box in its entirety! Head into the Discord server, look for the #giveaways channel, and drop a link to a fic that you are thankful for to earn an entry into the drawing. You can enter as many times as you have fics you are thankful for!

Last week's #TweetFicTues prompts -

New Business:

Fishing For Treasures - December's theme is Original Writing! This means, not fan fic. It can be fiction, non-fiction, poetry, whatever, as long as it's not a fan work. The @fanficocean will be celebrating next weekend, and we will be celebrating the 21st and 22nd. Click here for all the details!

Manta Rays chats in the Discord server - Admin Marie will be hanging out on Friday at 8pm EST and Admin Michelle will be hanging out Saturday at 4pm EST in our Discord server. Come say hi and let us know how your fics for Secret Santa are coming along!

SPN Rewatch: FanFic Edition - Because of the holidays and other life interruptions, the chats this month will be on the 7th and the 21st instead of the usual schedule. This means on Saturday at noon, we will discuss 3.13 Ghostfacers and 3.14 Long Distance Call.

Online events on Stageit - Jason Manns will be performing on Stageit on Monday at 2:05pm EST, and Creation Entertainment will be livestreaming the J2 main panel from Nashville on Sunday at 5:15pm EST. If you can't afford to buy a ticket, hitch a ride and a fellow fan will probably pay your way!

New Member Spotlight - The post with November's new members will be up in the next few days. Sorry it's so late!

(Divider by @glygriffe!)

That’s all for this week! To see all Pond events, and also other SPN-related things like conventions and online concerts, check out our Google calendar! Click here for a static view in Eastern US/Canada time (desktop only, no mobile app access, sadly), and click here to add our calendar to your own Google calendar! We try to keep it as up-to-date as possible. If there’s something you want to see on the calendar that’s not there (maybe a convention we missed, cast birthdays, or something similar), send us an ASK and let us know!

Hope you have a great week! - From your Admins and Manta Rays, @manawhaat, @mrswhozeewhatsis, @mariekoukie6661, @thoughtslikeaminefield, @heavenssexiestangel, and @spn-fanfic-reblog-writes!

[hexehaus]

Consecration Wash (Lavado de Consagración)

This is my super powerful consecration wash. I will put stars *** by the ingredients that are pretty much only available on Etsy.

This can be used for any item you wish. Just be wary of light colored objects and soaking too long. This wash is boiled and turns brown.

Prodigiosa (aka "Always Alive" or "Brickella")***

Malva (Marshmallow root)

Algodon (Cotton leaves)***

White Lily or Rose petals (dry is fine)

Elder Flowers or Palo Sauco Blanco, do NOT use berries!!

Optional: Agua Colonia 1800 (do NOT cook!!!)

Optional: Rain Water or Serene Water (do NOT cook!!!)

I've said before that I just "wing it," that I rarely measure. I use about 1/4 of a cup of herbs to 16 oz of water. I cannot be certain if I use more herbs. Lol. I just eyeball it.

I only cook the herbs for about 7-12 minutes. When boiling, you don't need to go that long to get the essence of the herbs. When cooked, strain the herbs from the liquid and let the mixture cool off. Very important, don't bother the mixture when hot! The potent energies need to rest, like the turkey on Thanksgiving.

When cool, add the rain water (a little, best if its May rain water!) or Serene Water and a bit of Agua Colonia 1800. The cologne will modify the brown color of the brew because of the alcohol content.

What is Serene Water???

It is a way to make water holy water without a church or buying endless bottles online. I learned it from working Yoruba rites. Its not a secret, it just takes a bit of searching.

What you need:

Water

A clear jar without lid (keep it safe for later)

A cover on top of jar so nothing gets in (cheesecloth, paper towel) and something to keep cover on (a tie, rubber band)

A wooden surface outdoors or something wooden on the ground, like a box - MUST be outdoors!! It must not be touched!!

Place the covered jar of water on the wooden surface after dark. In the Winter months, 8 pm is good. Summer has to be later, about 10:30-11:00 pm. Leave the jar of water outside until 6 am in the Winter. 5:00 am in the Summer. Pick up the water and put the lid on the jar. Label it! 😊

This is powerful water, nothing like celestial waters of the moon or sun. It depends on the times when most ppl are quiet and at rest. This makes the water Serene. And therefore, holy. Try it! Its good stuff. Really good for the Consecration Wash above.

M.M. 💖💀💖

[katy-books]

I'm not having Christmas dinner this year.

I'm not into Christmas, but Christmas dinner is another matter. I love food. It genuinely brings me joy. I'm also vegetarian, and the only time I can get a fake meat joint is Christmas, so it's a pretty big deal. Sainsbury's are bringing back their fake gammon, so it was all planned out. Alternating slices of Sainsbury's fake turkey and the fake gammon, Richmond fake back bacon wrapped around M&S Plant Kitchen Posh Dogs, roast potatoes and fried carrot ribbons with Bisto gravy and homemade apple sauce from the tree in our garden. All my favourites. It was going to be perfect 😋.

I'm a little late to discover apparently that, back in October, M&S decimated their Plant Kitchen range. For the last few months, whenever I visited, the section was tiny and then it vanished. I asked and they said everything was now mixed together. Is utter confusion supposed to be good for business??? It took both myself and the shop assistant to find the single stack of vegan sausages among the entire isle of meat ones. They weren't the Posh Dogs, but this was a month ago and I thought I could just check another M&S. I went into two other stores and no Posh Dogs. If our shih tzu hadn't been ill we'd have gone to Scarborough (a nearly two hour drive away) looking for them by now. Today I decided to just order them online. They've gone. They no longer exist. Then I looked up their amazing fake pepperoni pizza. It no longer exists. Then I found the articles about what M&S had done. They had one of the most popular vegan ranges in the country, but they discontinued most of it and mixed what was left among everything else. I no longer have any reason to walk through their doors and I'm not having Christmas dinner. It was the only part of Christmas left that I enjoyed so if it's not right it's not worth fucking about with.

It's easy for meat eaters. They can eat what they want all the time. Vegans and Veggies get one Sunday roast style meal a year, and fake meat varies A LOT, so when we find something that's just right it's important. Since finding my favourite vegan/veggie versions of my formerly favourite meat products, I haven't missed meat at all. Not once. It's been four years, and today I miss meat. I miss just being able to walk into a shop and buy delicious food without checking for a V or a Ve on the packet. I miss not having to ask at cafes and bakeries where nothing is labeled. I miss eating in a pub and being able to choose from the entire menu. I miss not having to see the uncomfortable looks I get if I have to tell someone I can't eat food they're offering me. I miss spam and battered cod. I can't ever eat meat or fish again, but I'm sick of things being complicated. I shouldn't be considering a nearly two hour drive for sausages and pepperoni pizza. Guess I'll just have to stop caring about food. Tonight was going to be my favourite veggie burger with a Dairylea cheese slice, mustard and ketchup in a tiger bread bun. Now it's a plain cheese sandwich and crisps, because good food makes me feel sick when I'm annoyed or upset 😒.

Unless any shops suddenly start doing fake bratwurst, fuck Christmas. And I'll still be pissed off about the pizza. Enjoy your pepperoni meat eaters because I sure as hell can't 🙄.

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

We've been expanding the chicken run a little at a time as more and more of the chickens start enjoying their yard, and we finally have all of them using it so it's time for the final push lol. We've also been smothering invasives and reseeding with native wild plants and locally bred heirloom crops like Turkey Craw beans and carolina reapers. It's going really well, and as much as I've been stressed that we aren't at subsistence peoduction yet, I'm remembering way back at the beginning when I SAID to myself I probably wouldn't manage it in year one without a whole lot of good luck. We didn't exactly have bad luck but we didn't exactly have good either, and yet! We're definitely on track at this point to be growing subsistence level grains, veggies, berries, and stone fruit by end of next summer. And that's genuinely been a huge relief to realize.

Also! One of the hens got REAL broody today and was trying to nest in the dirt bath section of the run. Gettin real particular about what straw she added to her nest, all that. And then she spooked and ran inside. But a few minutes later, EGG!!!

The first egg of the flock! She's looking lovely, and I'm excited to crack her open and see if she's fertilized or not (we're pretty sure there's still a roosting amongst the hens we haven't fully ID'd yet) so we can decide if we get to eat it or the dogs do lol. Either way! I'm really fucking excited because ideally this means no more $3/dozen egg prices for me!!!

You have to understand, on a normal month, I buy 144 count egg boxes at least once, and on months when I'm having trouble with meat I buy one of those every two weeks. That is. So much money. And I've done the math. The chickens cost WAY less to keep and use for egg and meat supply than buying other people's eggs and meat costs, AND I know the conditions they're kept in and the ethical practices of their slaughtering. It's fucking. Great. I understand intellectually that most people do not enjoy/are not cut out for the subsistence farming life, but historically, the farther from it I get, the sicker I get, and the doctor's try to help and DO help, but they can't stop it either and keep saying "avoid this, avoid that" like doing that doesn't mean avoiding the godsdamned world.

I dunno. I love my work. I love my home. I love being a wretched little dirt weasel and the smell of fresh spread hay and the feeling of mucking out a stall and the taste of leaves you ripped out of the dirt yourself. In my ideal world, I supervise my interns, see a few clients a day for half the week, and spend the rest of my life poking around in the topsoil. In my ideal world, when I'm hungry I wander out into my garden or my store room and grab a packet of tea or some preserves and chicken jerky or a bundle of kale and just go eat it in the corner with my hands while furiously ink washing my calligraphy bunnies. I will come online for raid nights on weekends and say things like "there are 15 plums left and they need to be eaten or preserved in the next 24 hrs, who wants to bet how many plums I can shovel in an hour?"

My joys are small but I revel in them with hedonistic abandon

[not-quite-there-myself]

GIFT GIVING

Various from Arcana Twilight, Food Fantasy, and Twisted Wonderland; featured in alphabetical order. Romantic/platonic is unspecified, characters may be mentioned multiple times.

They give you something they think you'd like, or something that reminds them of you. Maybe it's in your favourite colour, maybe it's your favourite food. Whatever it is, it was out on a whim, totally unplanned, unexpected. They didn't care how much it cost that much; if it was something they could pay for and something they know you'd like, they're getting it for you! They really hope you like it.

Alpheratz, Arcturus, Bamboo Rice, Blue Cheese, Cater Diamond, Deuce Spade, Floyd Leech, Kalim Al Asim, Pollux, Soufflé, Sukiyaki, Sweet Tofu, Tempura

Their gift to you something that you might've been mentioning often. They play it off at first, saying how you've been so annoying about it for a couple of days and thought to buy it for you so you won't speak about it anymore. What they won't tell you is that they've secretly been hoping you don't get it; either because they've already prepared it for you and are waiting for the right moment to gift it, or because they ordered it online and it's taking a lot longer than expected to get it. Regardless, they tell you "it's no big deal" when you receive it. They might not say the same about the way your eyes light up while saying thank you. Your happiness is certainly a big deal to them.

Ace Trappola, Alpheratz, Boston Lobster, Leona Kingscholar, Salty Tofu, Turkey, Sebek Zigvolt

Their gift is something you casually spoke about once and never talked about it again; whether you were shy to express your want again or simply didn't think to mention it again didn't matter, as they had already decided to look for it and to surprise you with it later. They're successful, mostly because you likely forgot about ever mentioning it ever again. Did they read your mind? Or perhaps they've paid more attention to you and your wants than you realize.

Black Tea, Brownie, Cater Diamond, Jade Leech, Pekking Duck, Realgar Wine, Rook Hunt, Sirius, Vil Schoenheit, Jamil Viper, Vega

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