#dry heels

[shoeplaysolelover]

[altschmerzes]

Gav, do you have anymore wriggle up on dry land holiday thoughts to share? I've been thinking non stop about the snippets you posted, the idea of the holiday season being a bit of a jolt to Jamie's standing in his new family unit in his own mind is haunting me

oh yeah i think about this sorta thing ALLLLLL THE TIME it's like... i haven't thought too much about holidays in particular but things like that being a jolt to jamie's standing in his new family unit in his own mind is a great way to put it. it's deeply destabilizing for him every time he encounters something like that, something that makes him think about it and ask himself those questions directly - who am i to them, what is my place here, how long will it last, how much can i take, how much say do i get, etc.

and a BIG one in there is uncle's day, actually, speaking of holidays :) bc i'm keeping that part from season 3 though it's obviously a little different.

this is from when i was talking to another friend (thanks to @jamietxrtt this time, another prominent and beloved enabler of me generally and this au in particular) about the way that like. roy has a hard time with referring to james as jamie's dad when he's thinking about the man at all, because in his mind, that's ted now, and that's something ted earned. (and it's a little bit roy, too. there's a whole like- he's not Jamie's Dad the way that ted is but he very much is Jamie's Parent, and the distinction is a little odd and difficult to articulate but it's very similar to how he feels about phoebe, he's not her dad but he is her parent, etc. but it's still like...... when he thinks about what a father, what a dad ought to be, he feels that inside himself more than he could ever give it to james.)

which led to like. phoebe is the one who articulates this better and before anyone else can, and that's part of the uncle's day thing, which happens when jamie is seventeen and has been living with ted (and has had a room at roy's) for going on a year. when phoebe and sarah are arranging it, phoebe insists jamie has to come, because “he’s your uncle roy too” and jamie is like :? he is not.

and she sighs and rolls her eyes like little kids do when they think you’re being dense, and she’s like noooo i don’t mean he’s your UNCLE but he’s your UNCLE ROY just like he’s my uncle AND he’s my uncle roy and jamie is like. you’re gonna have to explain this one to me in a lot more words half pint.

and she sighs again and goes well. some kids at my school have a mummy and a daddy or two mummies or two daddies or just a mummy or just a daddy or one of my friends has a mummy and a parent - she pronounces this very deliberately - which is cool. AND my friend cecily has THREE mums and a dad because HER parents got DIVORCED and then they both got married again so she has FOUR parents which is NOT FAIR. anyways. i don’t have a mummy and a daddy or any of that. i have a mummy and an uncle roy. he isn’t my daddy but he’s my uncle roy, get it? and jamie nods bc he thinks he actually does get it yes.

and she goes okay. so you’ve got a daddy. that’s coach ted. but you’ve also got uncle roy. because he’s not your daddy and he’s not your uncle but he’s your uncle roy. get it?

and jamie, who is just about on the verge of tears now, nods again because yeah. He Gets It Now.

[cleaverqueer]

YALL MY OUTFIT FUCKS SO HARD TODAY cant believe i cant show you guys :'(

[citrlet]

greetings from the smithsonian! 🦥🦴💎

[coridallasmultipass]

The devil Dirk on your shoulder.

Silly quick cosplay before Halloween night is over, inspired by a Dirk comic I saw earlier this month. (X)

[future-circuit]

gender time baby

[woodfrogs]

a pair of worsted weight socks i made to try out TAAT sock knitting! :D i would say theyre done just in time for the end of winter but march this year has been colder than january on average so who even knows...

im now gonna do TAAT all the time though. even though juggling two strands of yarn in portuguese knitting is kinda tough, its just like colourwork so i have to get used to it anyway. and not having to count rows or deal with second sock syndrome is totally worth it for me

the yarn is kinda bad for socks... 2 ply worsted weight 100% wool. so these are going to be low-wear indoor socks only. i do have a bit of yarn left to patch it up if need be which is great because the shop was all the way on salt spring island, BC, and has since gone under! i got a hank of it 7-8 years ago on a trip out there and just never used it. its a bit too rough for a hat or scarf and its an odd weight to match with other skeins for a larger project. so socks it was!

[jazzzzzzhands]

I am unwell 💖

[sideblogformentalhealtshit]

What does it feel like to have smooth fingers? To have smooth nails, maybe even long ones? To be 8 years old and not have to hide your toes in shame during gym/P.E class because they're chewed and incomplete and ugly? To not be scolded and called gross when you don't even notice what you're doing, told that you'll just grow out of it?

To try everything you can think of to stop it. Gloves, nail polish (even the kind that's disgusting, because even that will be ripped away), everything. And to have nothing work.

What does it feel like to not have the nails of your little toes grow in two? To not have a flappy little extra nail that gets caught on everything and hurts you? To not sometimes be missing such a large amount of skin on your big toe that you can't walk without wrapping it in bandages?

To let your scabs heal normally, to not have them last for months and months and months because you just keep picking at them everytime, to not have open bleeding spots on your arms, to not know the way they crunch in your mouth.

To not suffer with infections; on your toes, your back, hardly ever being aware of them because they're just par for the course?

What does it feel like to look at the newly-healed skin on your big toe, and see anything other than a snack?

I don't know. I don't think i'll ever know.

[elibeeline]

Do you guys want my new skincare routine? Im sharing my new low-effot high-reward skincare routine.

In the morning! I wash my face with a salicylic acid oil-free face wash. Then i do some hydration cream, because the face wash kinda dries me out but it works, and the teeniest drop of retinol on problem areas (ie chin and jawline). Then some suncream, because it feels like the right thing to do. Then lip balm, bc of course.

At night! I wash my face again. I go in with the retinol all over. I cover any spots with this gel that works like those spot patches but it just works better and feels more hygienic for me, and the gel is better than the patches for my skin picky tendencies. Then i go over any unhealed spots and red marks with some classic e45 because it helps with the picky tendencies too. Then lip balm too of course.

I swap pillow cases roughly every six weeks, flipping sides every three weeks or so (not at strict intervals! This is very low effort. I do it when i notice more problem area spots on whichever side ive been sleeping on)

And thats it. Four steps, sometimes five. Which is good for me because i used to do like seven/eight steps with different serums and multiple face washes and i simply dont have time and tbf i wasnt seeing results anyway so i like. Stopped all of it completely and resorted to face wipes and nothing else until i eased myself back up to here.

[under36feet]

“net leggin” 💜🖤

[starryarles]

ranting/yapping in the tags post abt showering bc i feel like typing

[holy-moth]

resole is gonna take 12 weeks :| so i bought the same tenayas again (will i ever stop spending money on this expensive ass sport?)

[albusthefakepitbull]

i’ve been working on heel with just luring for baby dog and decided to mess around and try with both of them, Albus can heel from both sides so he can go right while i solidify baby dog on the left. it felt a bit chaotic and messy but it’s fun to start to do some stuff all together. the trainer i used to be and the trainer i am now is vastly different in a good day, and i’m just so lucky to have Albus be so solid while Dino learns how to dog

[lostinmirkwood]

I can’t go out every night like I’m 22 anymore. I know this. Still went out Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and drag brunch today. I need a nap and a gatorade.

[magpiesbones]

uh oh