#gold bonds

[ase-trollplays]

Tag your Bad End Ship™, the one that ended or will end in complete tragedy. I want to see how common they are.

[priyashareindia9]

Indians are obsessed with gold! Be it any festival ranging from Raksha Bandhan to Diwali, a considerable population of Indians never miss an opportunity to buy gold.

Indians purchase almost 700–800 tonnes annually, and this craze seems to be never-ending.

[slimepuparibaba]

Optimal Reading Order for Caleb's Storyline (with an infographic)

Last Edit: February 4th

The Old Days timeline was wrong, I fixed it 🫠🫠🫠

SO! I HAVE COLLECTED ALL THE CARDS AND HERE IS MY THEORIZED TIMELINE FOR PRESENT DAY CALEB! TRUST ME, WHEN READ IN ORDER THIS SHIT HITS SO HARD. CALEB'S WRITING TEAM INHALED SOMETHING AND I WANT WHAT THEY HAD.

THE TIMELINES

REASONING FOR PRESENT DAY (small tonal spoilers, you'll still be largely blind if you read this!)

I felt like I watched an entire TV Drama when reading through the cards in this order. Please read it in this order for optimal experience because you genuinely get to see the growth Caleb and MC get to have in this weird situation where they're adults trying to figure each other and their feelings out. I am a Sylus girlie (I KNOW I HAVEN'T MADE ENOUGH STUFF FOR HIM SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, SHUT UP, I THIRST FOR HIM IN PRIVATE, IT COUNTS) but even I have to admit, this shit? Fire. Actual fire. Caleb's writing team is beautiful, and I hope they have good things happen to them.

...also BEG INFOLD TO MAKE A FUNCTION WHERE WE CAN LIST MEMORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, THIS HIT SO HARD AND I WAS LUCKY I GUESSED RIGHT FOR MOST OF THE MEMORIES THE ONLY ONES I FUCKED UP WAS HIDDEN WAVES COMING AFTER MYTH, BUT ITS OK--

[tornado1992]

A lot of Tails’ stuff being blue, most of Sonic’s belongings having a hint of yellow.

[pallavirajput74]

Maximizing Returns: Why India's Gold Bonds are an Intelligent Investment

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 345

Let it be known that none of them actually expected the idiots’ of the week’s ritual to work. The summoning hadn’t worked for literal centuries- everyone knew it had been sealed away, presumably forever!

(Of course they had no way to know that in the Infinite Realms actually used the term forever as a measurement of time, what with how time itself wasn’t particularly linear within. And to beings that could hypothetically live for eternity? Forever was a nice vacation time really) 

So maybe they hadn’t been exactly focused on stopping the ritual as much as they could of been, and by the time they realized it was working, well, it’d been a bit too late then. So yes, mistakes had perhaps in fact, been made. 

First had come the chill, the cold of the ground as your body was lowered down, the cold of your blood dripping from your living corpse. Then came the shadows, the darkness creeping along their vision as their soul slipped from their body. Followed by boiling heat, flames scorching through their flesh and tearing from their chests like a blade piercing their hearts. 

The form that emerged was massive, a cloak dripping crimson fluttering in the wind of an unseen battlefield, verdant flames licking at the air and causing the surrounding shadows to writhe. A dark growl echoed through the building, the stone below them shaking while deathly green eyes glowered down at the living with utter contempt. 

“Do any of you imbeciles know how long it takes to get ghostlings to sleep-” 

[sunburstsandmoonshadows]

Stanley and Sixer!

Sent to Gravity Falls to live with a great aunt they barely know with no warning, the twins have… slightly different reactions. Stanley is not at all impressed with the idea of kicking it around some backwater town for a summer when they could've been working on the Stan o' War. Stanford is also put-out, but is optimistic about finding fun in documenting interesting things in the woods. Their attitudes pick up even more when they discover a spellbook lost in the woods that teaches them that Gravity Falls is full of weirdness and adventure. They both want to discover the two Authors of the spellbook, though each has a secret favorite author they want to meet in particular.

Stanley: With his brash yet suspicious personality, he finds his fun in looking for monsters in the woods with the hopes of beating them up and making a name for himself--a stance the creatures of Gravity Falls don't appreciate much. He feels a growing distance between himself and Stanford and has no idea what to do with it or how to talk to his twin about it, so he masks it with bravado and charm. He constantly thinks of ways to make himself important and interesting, which often blow up in his face. Thinks he's cooler than he really is.

Stanford, aka Sixer: Once he realized that Gravity Falls is a town full of weirdness, Stanford was thrilled by the thought that it might be a blessing in disguise, a place to finally branch out and make friends who won't run once they see his hands. He really, really wants to make friends with anomalies, like one of the sirens that supposedly live in the lake or the boy who claims to be a psychic. This goal combined with his trusting nature might lead him down dangerous paths. At least he has Stanley to help him! Though lately it feels like Stanley has been less honest and more clingy than usual, and it's starting to grate on him...

While Dipper and Ford are paralleled in the show, I feel like Ford as a child would have an attitude that parallels Canon Mabel's better in terms of inciting the plot. They're both enthusiastic to the point of being Too Much, intense, and often convinced they're right above what others think, and I just feel like him having a quest to find friends takes the place of Mabel's quest for a boyfriend very well. Meanwhile this Stanley has the skeptical but investigative attitude of Canon Dipper, and I could see him being the type to want to prove himself a la Dipper vs Manliness, provoking people he really shouldn't provoke in the name of showing who he can be.

[caribbean1989]

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Ford Mustang 007 Concept, 1965. A Mustang Fastback that was prepared for an appearance in the James Bond movie Goldfinger. In addition to the special gold finish the car's interior was made over in black and gold leather. Unfortunately the Mustang 007 was ready in time for filming and a white Mustang Convertible was used instead

[dreameroftheblue]

And guilty I may be But don't give up on me In the wake of the Odyssey We will still be thick as thieves You and me, still thick as thieves

[purpleenma]

Tender Hands

"Kirk puts his hands on Spock's shoulders, they have to get ready but he spares a moment to admire his bondmate and bask in the warmth of their bond."

Second submission for @ksspringfever 2024

[armandlastnamemarius]

Excerpt From Vampire Chronicles 07: The Vampire Armand

Excerpt From Vampire Chronicles 08: Blood and Gold

i have to say. having their relationship start with marius on a boat hearing armand pray (he prayed for death and death came to get him…) and ending with armand on a boat praying (calling out to marius) is really hurting my feelings.

[aaronazizsasilver5]

No matter where u are, we twinz me and @golden-logan10 , are everywhere, our appearances will change everywhere we go but we always bring the gold to every corner of the world, planting the gold seeds, growing each new bruh in their mind n soul and physical appearance..helpin each bruv to embrace the new Golden Life they were always meant to be part of. GOLD IS THE WAY, GOLD IS LIFE..GOLDEN BOND IS FOREVER..GOLDEN ARMY RULEZ!

[lustwithoutlore]

Batman: That's enough, Riddler! Time to end this!

Riddler: Good luck, Batman! All the cards are in my hand!

Batman: Uh, Eddie, that's not exactly how you win.

Batman, putting down a card: Anyways, Uno....

Riddler, throwing his cards on the table: GODDAMMIT!

[jennastokesart]

🥀 Caspian - Beasts of the Briar 🥀

So with the release of Broken by Daylight I just HAD to draw my favourite boy.

This series is my guilty pleasure and one that my book sister and i oceans apart had bonded over. We love love LOVE it!!! I was so jealous that she is an ARC reader. And I did not even know until the other day that the authors follow me on Instagram….I may have freaked out, and cried. 🙈

I plan to draw the rest of the briar crew. It is criminal how little fanart there is of the series 😩

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Caspian from the Beasts of the Briar series by Elizabeth Helen 🖤

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[tornado1992]

If I ever were to make a baby Tais AU I would call it “Soldier boy AU” because

Apparently it also means “gift from God” so, yeah, he is one indeed