#coffee whim

[solarpunkani]

Psst, hey.

Hey you.

Come closer.

Listen to what I'm about to say good and well, alright?

[purenguyening]

A short piece inspired by a line from the Kimetsu no Yaiba fanbook where Giyuu brings Nezuko gifts with regular frequency to the point Zenitsu thought of Giyuu as a rival.

Warning: This contains giyutan and is unedited. Proceed with caution.

Giyuu arrives in front of an isolated cabin in the mountains. With the wrapped gift in his left hand he marches forward.

On the other side, from the corner of Nezuko's eyes, she sees her former benefactor. She drops the vegetables she was washing for tonight's dinner and runs towards him.

When Nezuko jump and hugs him, Giyuu briefly loses balance, but recovers just as fast. Nezuko squeezes him during the embrace, in response Giyuu tilts slightly and lets his head rest against the top of her head for a beat.

A moment later Nezuko lets go and they both take a step back. Familiar with this song and dance, Giyuu hands the wrapped gift in his hand, and Nezuko accepts. No words were exchanged.

One blink later, they curtly nod at each other.

In another blink, Giyuu starts running towards the back of the cabin towards the smoke.

Zenitsu walks up and stands by Nezuko side. He shoots a dirty glare at the former water pillar.

"Do you really think it's like that, Zenitsu-san?" Nezuko asks, quirking an eyebrow up while she turns to look at him.

Even without hyper-sensitive hearing, she can hear Zenitsu's teeth nash, clearly muttering at the one-sided rivalry.

When Giyuu is out of Zenitsu's line of sight, he finally turns to her and softens his expression. Nezuko's expression shifts as she turns to look at him, too.

"It's not what you think, Zenitsu-san," she says, smiling with a hint of mischief in her eyes. "How -" Zenitsu stutters. From his eyes, it's as plain as day. "How can you be so sure of that, Nezuko-chan?!" Nezuko grips the wrapped gift with her left hand and starts to head toward the same direction Giyuu went off to. "Over here," she gestures, "You'll see what I mean."

Zenitsu pauses for a moment, but, ultimately, decides to follow her. The two walked in silence and stand at the corner of the cabin, out of view.

Nezuko sets the gift by her feet. She then takes her right index fingers to her lips and uses her left index finger and points to her ears. Zenitsu stares for a moment, and scrunches his face, skeptical. But another moment passes before he decides to indulge in his Nezuko-chan's wishes. He then turns with her to look at the former water pillar and Tanjirou. The Giyuu is listening intensely and watches Tanjirou char the morning's freshly cut wood, preparing for the following day's sales.

Zenitsu perks his ears, using his sensitive hearing to his advantage. And then he hears it. The former water pillar was laughing. If he were to put an image to describe the sensation, it reminded him of a warm pond, sitting in the sun in the forest. A quiet scene that holds a deep feeling of tranquility.

There's a soft crinkle in Giyuu's eyes as Zenitsu watches the former water pillar cover his mouth, trying to hide his teeth while he chuckles. Tanjirou, even while preparing tomorrow's charcoal, finds the time to take his hand and move Giyuu's hand away from his face. He can catch Tanjirou lightly whining at Giyuu to "stop that."

Zenitsu stops listening closely after that, it felt like he was intruding.

He, then turns to Nezuko.

"I understand now, Nezuko-chan."

She finally looks away and tilts her head and giggles. "You know, Zenitsu-san," she starts.

Zenitsu doesn't know exactly what else to expect after this. There isn't that same feeling of dread that crawls up his spine and up his neck in the same way when he was a demon slayer out on a mission. Yet, he finds the weight in his feet shift uncomfortably. Despite this feeling, he allows her to continue.

"If you tell Uzui-san that Onii-chan's oiran days never ended, he bursts out laughing." Zenitsu's eyebrows twitch at the mention of the former sound pillar, but he eyes focus at the gift by Nezuko-chan's feet. He glares at it with the same intensity as he did with the former water pillar, before he finally softens and smiles.

He chuckles for a bit before finally responding. "I suppose they haven't, huh?"

[mushroompollution]

Got into a fucking fight with my sister.

[shewhoeatssand]

I want to befriend Kaneki and meet with him and email him forever

[powdermelonkeg]

Just saying "spiced" instead of just "pumpkin spice" or "apple spice" would invoke the full duality of spicy girl fall vibes 🥰

True but then I wouldn't have the candle vs toothpaste war I've always dreamed of inciting

[canisonicscrewyou]

If TARDISes were real and I was like. Chilling inside of a TARDIS I think I would give It little treats or beverages or shiny little trinkets. Both as a friendly gesture and as in the way I would leave offerings on my altars, or for the spirits in my house. Will maybe elaborate on this later.

[tvntheatre]

So, here have we, an entire page of insanity (and mostly nightmares.)!

I don't know how the fuck I want to draw the confounded The Merry Gentleman. Help he's invading my pages.

[drowsyanddazed]

snippet tag — thanks love!! @belleandsaintsebastian

Remus’ eyes catch grey in the dirtied mirror. Sirius watches him with no weight.

Remus returns his gaze back to Sirius’ hair, matted and straggly. So different from what he remembers: The silky smooth and shiny black of his youth. Or, even towards the cusp of the first war, when he’d skip a few days of washing and it would turn greasy but never went unbrushed— his nervous fingers constantly running through it.

Remus reaches up now, his fingers spread like a comb, like a rake, through the mess. He only makes it a centimetre or two before he’s caught.

Sirius winces; The emotion across his face come and gone like the lick of a flame.

“Sorry,” Remus mutters.

Sirius shrugs, his shoulders rolling oddly as if there’s a draft in the room he’s trying to slouch off.

[rainbowbarnacle]

[myreia]

Screw it, I might replay Shadowbringers sooner than I thought.

[baristas-kin-cafe]

Will you be serving up food/drink recommendations with each request?

I've started doing it with just kin tip requests (I feel they lend well to having those), but I've been thinking about doing it for all requests too. Just a little bonus that I think some may appreciate, and brings some uniqueness to the blog, I feel. Though of course if there's any reason you don't want to get a food/drink recommendation with your request, you can let me know. Comparatively, maybe you could specifically ask for kin related food/drinks? I wonder what everyone thinks about that idea...

[dreamyprinx]

kane wanted to do an art challenge so here’s my creation made from that

[irrelevantso]

Reblog to spread the universal joy of brownies

We have, vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, and lactose-free. And sweet potato for some reason. They all taste great though!

[sixofravens-reads]

Next read! Been reading mainly SFF all year and I think I'm getting burnt out on it, so I decided to give this Icelandic crime novel a try.

[boysnberriespie]

Nowhere else to yap about this, but Dunkin having coffee milk this season… and it’s so goddamn delicious in a matcha

[atsoraasayoma]

This is good. But I wonder about the Digimon found in the Digieggs for zero two. They aren’t intrinsically linked but more like sign up to be partners by sharing the Digidestined’s energy as well as hints of specific traits.

That said even though they technically are Digidestined I don’t think they really are as far as having been directly chosen by Homeostasis. They’re more like offshoots where the crests went to those who had potential for those traits.

Or, and this is just a theory of mine, perhaps Takeru and Hikari were the missing pieces for those Digivices going to Iori, Miyako, and Daisuke.

….

Ok, I’ll explain.

Hikari meets Daisuke sometime and shares a class with him.

Takeru moves back and interacts with Miyako and Iori before school.

When Taichi touches the crest of courage, in virtue to the potential these other kids as well as having some sort of bond with the other Digidestined awakened these Digivices.

So let’s go a bit deeper now.

Excluding Takeru and Hikari we have Taichi, Yamato, Sora, Jou, Koushirou, and Mimi.

Six Digidestined two of whom were nowhere near the same age.

Takeru and Hikari were the the initiating guiding forces in Yamato and Taichi’s lives and without them they all would have been toast on numerous occasions.

So, if Takeru and Hikari were the guides for the original group, and then once they form bonds with the Digidestined of the new zero two group that makes six:

Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru, Hikari, and Ken.

Wow! IF WE TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT, and if this was Homeostasis’s strategy that would mean she had planned for them to branch off on their own for the new group! The proof is in the encounters again before the Digivices go to the Digidestined.

But, even more than THAT, Takeru and Hikari received their own digivices and Digi eggs as almost as a baptism. The other Digidestined of the previous generation did not remove theirs.

That is really fascinating! We can see the blueprint Homeostasis has been making!

…….

What, you think I was going to continue? We can just leave this where it’s at, right?

….

Ok, you got me. Thanks to Digimon Tri, we can go even deeper about Homeostasis’s plan! Or should I say, her failure…

We saw when the generation before Digimon Adventure fought the Dark Masters there were 5 Digidestined and five partners.

When the battle seemed lost homeostasis usurped control of Maki and sacrificed her Digimon in order to defeat them.

Five Digidestined. I contend Homeostasis realized five is not enough but two of the five had to have the traits of lighting the world and hoping for the best.

With her having possessed Maki with light and using the light of Digivokution she decided she needed a Digidestined of hope to sway the battle in the Digidestined’s favor. In that battle there was no hope as they all waited for their demise at the hands of the Dark Masters. And that light and the promise of that group of Digidestined failed. She did gain the sovereign out of this though.

Yet a ultimately,it was hope itself that turned the tide of battle in the coming generation when all hope seemed lost when Piedmon had nearly turned them all into keychains.

So to summarize, learning from her failure, Homeostasis this time centered her focus on Hikari and the ones in her vicinity who best exemplified traits for digivolving partners.

But she did not go with five THIS time. They needed Hope for survival. Who better than a child close to Hikari’s age going through family issues involving divorce and awkward sibling relationships which sibling is ALSO having knowledge of Taichi. a protector of Hikari?

It seems to me Homeostasis greatly emphasized this dynamic relationship so these two ‘guides’ could be protected so she can also get the next group of Digidestined AFTER this group ready.

I used to think Takeru and Hikari’s just vibes better with the 02 group. But now I believe this was the plan from the failure of the original group.

And we can see this was a major success!

Firstly Devimon’s demise by Takeru.

Secondly Myotismon’s fall by Hikari. (Taichi used his own strength against Etemon.)

Thirdly the combined power of the guides strengthening their brothers to achieve a new level to defeat venommyotismon.

Fourthly, and this is a continuation of the third, those new forms of the guides, Wargreymon and MetalGarurumon were responsible for the most part beating the Dark Masters.

We’ll give Hikari a bonus giving Wargreymon an extra onion slicing boost.

Then as I mentioned Takeru, when his back is against the wall not giving in, and, together protecting the other guide, Hikari and working together and believing in each other not only defeat Piedmon, but restore the others.

When round two against Piedmon comes in the comradery and closeknittness of these groups are enough to defeat him once and for all and literally banish him to Digimon Hell.

In the final test against Apocalymon they are the differences bringing everyone together. They share their powers. Remember this line? “Everybody’s hopes are my hopes!”

This could not be DONE without the light of Digivolution from the guide and I will even go as far as being able to undelete yourself. Hikari is the vessel and catalyst for the others and Takeru is her support.

So, in retrospect, to conclude the matter Homeostasis learned from her failed mistake, added an extra Digidestined to support the core catalyst, and then once the guides had played their part they ushered in the next generation of Digidestined and not only guided them on their way, but grew brotherly/sisterly friendships with them.

Eventually the 02 group Digidestined members found their voices and their power, and I find it fitting how the experiences and gentle guidance of Takeru and Hikari were a critical foundation in grounding the newer Digidestined.

To which I say, Homeostasis, BRAVO. That was a master class!

Something I’ve always loved about the Digimon is how they are the perfect partners for their respective Chosen Ones (and viceversa but this ain’t about that).

They are intrinsically connected—they understand them even when the Digidestined might not even understand themselves. They mediate and advocate for their Chosen, they love them beyond measure, they are willing to go to great lengths without hesitation because they know they are in good hands, because their kids will always have their backs.

Even when the Digidestined might doubt themselves, it’s okay if they do, because the Digimon wholeheartedly believe in them in their stead. Because they know them. They know what they’re capable of. They know their hearts.

They never once doubt their partners will do the right thing.

They never once misunderstand their partner’s character.

They never once think their partner’s curiosity is a bad thing.

They never once blame their partners for being scared.

They never once doubt their partner’s love.

They never once see their partner as anything less than a blessing and a miracle.

Even when the world is uncertain, the Digimon remain steadfast and a grounding presence.

They are a support system, for their support system.