#conditionally yours post

[vegaseatsass]

DFF ep9 spoilers

I love gay revenge, I LOVE gay revenge, I love gay REVENGE, I love GAY revenge, HOWEVER

I also love brothers with an uncrossable chasm between them whose parents compare them who lose each other and their entire family along the way... guess what I'm saying is, I love guilty golden boy brother revenge, too

[wri0thesley]

jing yuan has no interest in most aesthetic indulgences when it comes to himself - he does not like being fussed over by legions of cloud knights and bowed down to, hates having himself measured for boring clothing . . . but there is one exception to this.

for he loves spending time brushing out mimi's mane, murmuring and cooing to her. watching his finches twitter and bathe themselves in their little bowls of water.

and, too, bathing himself. there is something relaxing after hours of boring meetings and paperwork and mundanity about slipping into hot water and letting it hit the old scars of his body, the sore and aching muscles. letting the steam lull him into half-dozing off. the sweet smells of perfumed oils and the absolute quiet of the room as he luxuriates--

it is not quite so peaceful with you in the bath with him, but that small peace is worth it to help rub lotions into your skin. to work fingers through your hair and see the tension slip from your own shoulders as you sigh and relax back into him, letting his fingertips trail over the slick gleaming skin. slow strokes to your thighs, your lower back, until you are putty in his hands - until you are welcoming him in, warm and inviting, water splashing against the bath with slow luxurious rolls of your hips. he could stay there forever, simply enjoying the peace.

and once the bath is over . . . well. there's drying to be done, there's more kisses to be given, there's a bed just waiting for the two of you to resume your passions.

[lucalicatteart]

Poll adventure (paventure? lol) Day 16: read the small story tidbit below the poll for more details, OR just vote based on initial impression

(✦ see past poll results + further information HERE (link) ✦)

Yesterday's poll decided that The Adventurer should offer to help the travelers with their broken wagon.....

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After much internal deliberation (and some zoning out staring at butterflies), The Adventurer decides it would be best to offer his assistance. Technically, he IS still following his goal of not getting distracted, because theoretically it would make his journey much faster if he were able to catch a ride on a carriage. So really, this is all an ultimate big brain genius strategy for maximizing efficient travel.. Or, at least that sounds like a good enough justification to him.

Gathering up all of his social courage, he approaches one of the travelers fiddling with a broken wheel near the far end of the carriage and meekly asks if there's anything he could do to help.

The man was so focused on his task, he seems initially startled to look up and find someone near him. "OH..! Oh, uhh.. help? With the wagon?", he smiles pleasantly, gesturing towards a few wooden boards that are just out of his reach, "Sure, kid. If you could just hand me th-"

"Apologies, but we actually won't be needing your assistance, stranger." A taller man, surprisingly almost matching the stature of the Adventurer, suddenly slinks out from somewhere behind the carriage, sternly placing himself like a barrier in front of the man working on the wheel. Wheel Guy nervously averts his eyes, making himself smaller, silently resuming his work.

The Adventurer tries his best to maintain composure against the weight of the tall man's bitter gaze, but can't seem to muster much of a response "Aeughh,,, uh… b-but, h- Bu--HHHh,,?.."

"Look, disregard whatever my father told you, he's old, never has any clue what he's talking about. It'd be best for you to simply move along." ('Father'? They don't look alike at all, and seem to be nearly the same age..)

"W-well.. he.. he didn't really tell me anything, I me-hhH,,.. I mean, I literally just got here, s-so...."

"Good. Even more reason to be on your way."

Placing a gloved hand firmly on his shoulder, the tall man begins to motion the Adventurer away from the wagon, but a strange noise interrupts, echoing from inside. Perhaps some sort of animal sound? Or a person faintly yelling about something? Or… both?

"WH-wHggg… whAT was t-that???!!" The Adventurer immediately stops in place, pausing to listen as the tall man keeps trying to push him ahead.

"I didn't hear anything, stranger."

"No, t-there.. was dEFinitely, UHH, a-"

"Likely something in the forest."

"Wh--aah... d.. do you think it was an animal?"

The tall man continues a dramatic struggle to 'subtly' drag him further down the road, whilst the Adventurer mindlessly digs in his heels, too distracted to even notice he's being so strongly prompted to leave.

"Many animals do, indeed, exist within forests. This should not be suprising."

"...It's just.. ..eughh… s… so weird…"

"I assure you, it is not."

"I-it really sounded like.. like it came f-from insid-"

"Yes, from inside the forest. Now, please, if you would.."

The noise interrupts again. It's definitely someone, or something, in some sort of distress.. And definitely from inside of the cart.

"wHoAAGH, aa!!! T-tHat's NOT from the f-forest, that-"

The tall man fully just shoves him now, sending the Adventurer toppling across the dirt, clumsily rolling and landing just past the other side of the carriage. A mother and young child who seem to be part of the traveling group simply stare down at him with empty blank gazes, wholly unconcerned about helping him up.

As the Adventurer fumbles back to his feet (still confused as to why he was even pushed in the first place), the tall man looms by the carriage, diligently watching to ensure that he leaves.

"Travel safe, stranger."

Despite his initial obliviousness, the Adventurer begins to piece the situation together as he stares back at the man, now fully convinced something suspicious might be going on...

…What should he do next??

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Additional Information

the adventurer's current main quest: follow his map to reach the abandoned castle ruins and see the rare animal specialist about the mysterious egg he has

[anthonycrowley]

telling random people that they probably have to shampoo their hair less than they think is a thankless job that no one listens to me for but someone must be a prophet that walks the earth

[imthere4yuu]

There was a point in my life where I got to teach several men(*) in my life how to use hair conditioner and being able to share that was awesome tbh

[fruit-teeth]

THERES A WASP IN MY FUCKING BEDROOM!!!!!! SHIT DAMN IT

[dirk-like-from-homestuck]

theres this guy in my class who nobody sits next to because hes just such a douchebag, and personally i like to joke its because being a total jerkass gives you a magic anti-people protection radius.

like this.

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for August 28, 2021; #281.

Guerilla Toss: “Human Girl”

Viagra Boys: “Girls & Boys”

Squid: “Peel St.”

Water From Your Eyes: “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”

Palberta: “Never To Go” + “Before I Got Here”

cumgirl8: “Waffles”

Birthday Ass: “Blah”

Ohmme: “Selling Candy”

Unschooling: “Wet Sidewalks”

Deeper: “Run”

Yard Act: “Fixer Upper”

Silverbacks: “Pink Tide”

Pardoner: “Spike”

Under 45: “Under 45″

Shame: “Harsh Degrees”

Dry Cleaning: “Unsmart Lady”

The Lounge Society: “Cain’s Heresy”

Pottery: “Welcome’s To Bobby’s Motel”

Snapped Ankles: “Rhythm Is Our Business”

Conditioner Disco Group: “(Don’t Gotta’) Raise A Family”

Lice: “Imposter”

Public Opinion: “For Your Consideration”

Neurotic Fiction: “Happy Goth”

Grim Streaker: “No”

Lungbutter: “Honey”

Primitive Teeth: “Beyond The Right”

CLT DRP: “Where The Boys Are”

Alpha Hopper: “Exploding Money”

Joy: “Rotting Crown”

Child’s Pose: “L’il Snitch”

BB & The Blips: “Cyborg”

Freaking: “Love Seat”

Cold Meat: “Industry Sleaze”

Scrap Brain: “Half A Pill”

Lie’: “All Night Long”

Silent Era: “Heart Lay Down”

Es: “Kingdom Come”

Dame: “Mensrea”

Post-punk, d.i.y., city sounds.

[nyatawia]

Haircare >>> skincare

[grimandghoulish]

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[kalkydra-a]

i love when men post blatant thirst traps on r/curlyhair asking for hair care tips

[windandwater]

all right well among the many fanfic inaccuracy hills I'm willing to die on I've found one I will talk about publicly and it's that if you are writing about a character who canonically has long curly hair you should be required to read through at least one how-to guide on the curly girl method, preferably multiple, and preferably spend several hour if not days reading through r/curlyhair. and if you're writing a POC for FUCK'S sake read about the history of their hair & their haircare because oh my god this shit matters and you can fall into some horrible racist tropes if you don't.

I'm not joking. I'm going to lose it. I'm willing to admit that the ocean and wind probably means you're going to have to treat long curly hair a little differently than on land so I'll begrudgingly accept the occasional romantic hair washing if you are careful about how it's done. but I am also going to bite the next person who writes a modern AU where long-haired Ed doesn't use conditioner, only uses shampoo, or like. uses soap/bodywash/any non-hair care product on his hair. I'm not kidding. I'm loading up Buttons's metal fangs and I'm coming to bite all your fingers off until you do your fucking research.

(like. no one's hair looks like that without treating it right. and you have to be taught by someone, gender aside. and the more I think about it, the more I think there's so much you could do with this? hair journeys are something that can be fraught with so much angst if, say, you don't have someone to teach you and you had to figure it out yourself and find a way to connect with your culture. or you only learned a little and had to pick up stuff along the way from weird sources. but we're sticking with "let me wash that for you" but no conditioning treatment? okay) (note: anyone who has ever written in using oil on hair in these scenarios: not you)

[anthonycrowley]

when i get advertised haircare i start Biting

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

It’s summer again which means I get to play the game of “the air conditioning in some building is up HIGH but if I wear warm clothes I’ll die two seconds after stepping outside

[piccolos-bigtoe]

Scouts first intel grab, he got shot and died five seconds after this fly high angel. I can’t sleep so I’m posting Ermm what…. Doing anatomy studies lately, kind of boring but I think it’s because I do them while I’m at work so I’m bored anyways. Try not to change how I draw scour every time I draw him challenge impossible.

Pro life tip if you ever thrift something always look at the tags, if it says dry clean only and is 100% Rayon believe the tag because it will shrink like a mfer.,. True story thrifted a reallly nice shirt and it freaking shrunk. But it’s okay I restretched it by soaking it in warm water with conditioner like the internet told me to and it’s basically back to normal.. yes I am a pro at looking up things online and reading wikihow hold your applause. Like there are some dry clean only things I do just toss in the washer and they’re fine but apparently Rayon will not be fine (which I didn’t check the tag when I threw it in,, oops)

I went to the park with a friend and saw not one, not two, but FOUR herons, freakay, and a turkey buzzard, I’ve seen herons flying but I had no idea they like nested at the park, mustve been maybe kind of recent because I used to go there a lot as a kid and never saw them there, or maybe I didn’t see them. Nature is crazy. I would’ve taken a picture but they’re so thin they kind of just blended in with the reeds. The geese were there though just like always, they hissed at me. I also went to a Perkins for the first time in forever and wow it was old people central kind of wild.

[theohohmoment]

I'm going to say something wildly controversial.

*Deep breath*

Eddie Munson does not have soft curly hair.

Now, if your head canon or fanon has Eddie with soft curly hair, you have my full support. Feel free to have Steve Harrington running his fingers through soft brown curls.

BUT

Eddie Munson was a trailer park drug dealing metalhead in the 80s. Chances are he washed his hair with a bar of soap or the cheapest driest shampoo and never went near conditioner, and that was on purpose, he wanted his hair big and wild. He'd follow up with drying his hair upside down, scrunching it up to get some curls, sticking hair gel through the roots, back combing it, and then finally using a stupid amount of hair spray.

His hair would be big and mad and metal.

He probably hacked crazy layers into it with some old kitchen scissors over the trailer sink, driving Wayne up the wall. He was probably banned from lighting up a cigarette for half an hour after finishing his haircare routine due to the amount of hair spray.

And I honestly think that would work so well in fics. Imagine Dustin trying out the Eddie Munson hair routine like he did with Steve's for the snowball dance and Steve's reaction "I said 4 pumps Henderson!" "It's called being metal Steve, duh" or Steve seeing Eddie's actual flat/silky/lightly curled hair for the first time after his first post-upside down shower and getting heart palpations or Eddie convincing Steve to do each other's hair routines and Steve freaking out at the tangles from teasing it.

I just think authentically metal haired Eddie is something we need more of, that's all.