#holi wallpapers 2019

[2-d-rogue]

2024 Wrap Up

Sharing the books I read, games I played, and things I watched throughout the year. The "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" will indicate what I enjoyed and what I did not. A mix is for things I thought was "middling", and which I leaned more towards in my likeability of it.

Books: Earthbound/MOTHER 2 novelization by Saori Kumi (👎👎👎👎) The Shining by Stephen King (👍👍👍👍👍) The Box Man by Kobo Abe (👍👍👎) Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (👍👍👍👍👍) Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (👍👎👎👎👎) Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (👍👍👍) Gibbet Hill by Bram Stoker (👍👍) Fan Fiction by Brent Spiner (👍👍)

Books I started, but have no finished The Hero of A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (It's good so far, though.)

Movies: Wicker Man (1973) (👍👍👍) Toy Story (1995) (👍👍) A Bug's Life (1998) (👍👍👍) The Shining (1980) (👍👍👎👎) Doctor Sleep (2019) (👍👍👎👎) Crime and Punishment (1970s, Russian) (👍👍) The Tenant (1976, French) (👍👍👍(Fuck Polanski, though)) The Mothman Prophecies (2002) (👍👍👍👍) Phantoms (1998) (👍👍👍) The Cell (2000) (👎👎👎👎👎) The Exorcist (1974) (👎👎👎👍) Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) (👍👎) Alien (1979) (👍👎👎) Event Horizon (rewatch) (1997) (👍👍👎) The Thing (1982) (👍👍👍👍👍) Halloween (1978) (👍👍) A Goofy Movie (1995) (👍👍👍👍👍) The Iron Giant (1999) (👍👍👍) Suspiria (1977) (👍)

Games: Death Come True by Too Kyo Games/Esquadra (👍👍) Lake by Gamious (👍) Artful Escape by Beethoven and Dinosaur (👍) Legend of Dragoon by SCE (👎👎👎👍👍) Earthbound by Hal Labs/Ape Incorporated (👍👍👍👍) Earthbound Beginnings by by Hal Labs/Ape Incorporated (👍👍👎👎 (fucking random encounters...)) Tomb Raider Remastered 1 by Core Design/ASPYR (👍👍👍👍) Tomb Raider Remastered 2 by Core Design/ASPYR (👍👍👎👎) Songbird Symphony by JoySteak Studios (👍) Eiyuden Chronicle by Rabbit and Bear Studio (👍👍) Alone in the Dark (2024) by Pieces Interactive (RIP) (👍👍👍) Call of the Sea by Out of the Blue (👍👍👍👍) Silent Hill Short Message by Konami (👍) Donkey Kong Country 1 by RARE (👍👍👍👍) Donkey Kong Country 2 by RARE (👍👍👍) Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake (👍👍👍👍) Kona by Parabole (👎👎👎👎👎) The Gardens Between by The Voxel Agents (👍) MediEvil by SCE Cambridge Studio (👍👍👍👍👍) Silent Hill 1 by KCET/Konami (👍👍👍👍👍) Silent Hill 2 by KCET/Konami (👍👍) Silent Hill 3 by KCET/Konami (👍👍👍) Silent Hill 4 by KCET/Konami (👍👍👍👍) Silent Hill 2 Remake by Bloober/Konami (👍👍👍) Dino Crisis by Capcom (👍👍) Clock Tower ~Rewind~ by Human Entertainment/WayForward Technology (👍👍👍👍) Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain by Silicon Knights (👍👍) Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 Remastered by Crystal Dynamics/ASPYR (👍👍👍) Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 Remastered by Crystal Dynamics/ASPYR (👍👍) Dreamed Away Demo by Nicholas Petton (👍👍) I.Q. Intelligent Qube by Sony Interactive Entertainment (👍👍) MediEvil: Resurrection by SCE Cambridge Studio (👍👍👍)

Games I started but have not yet finished: *Tales of Phantasia by Wolf Team (The original. Am enjoying it so far, despite the archaic combat.) *Tales of Zestiria by Bandai Namco (Will finish it, but goddamn does it shit itself hard. Trying to disguise its shit as a rose makes it worse.) *Little Kitty, Big City by Double Dagger Studio (Definitely intend to finish this cute little game.) *Mystic Pillars by Holy Cow Production (Nifty puzzle game that I intend to finish.) *Tales of Eternia by Namco (Revisited. Still holds up so far in my honest opinion.) *Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 by Crystal Dynamics (This game seems like it's going to be extremely rough, even by the LoK series' standards.) *Breath of Fire by Capcom (Not a whole lot I can say, but there's certainly a lot of jank, and the translation is absolute ASS.) *Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages by Flagship (Didn't get too far, but it's interesting.) *INSCRYPTION (Has my attention.)

Shows: Hazbin Hotel (S1) (👍👎) Rectify (S1) (👍👍👍) Cherry Magic! (👍👎) A Man Who Defies the World of BL (👍👎) Wednesday (👍👎👎) Succession (👍👎👎) Edge of Sleep (👎👎👎👎👎)

Anime: Demon Slayer (S1) (👎👎👎👎) Made in Abyss (S1) (👍👎👎)

Shows/Anime I started but have not yet finished: *ReBoot (Reliving this old classic series. It's amazing how it starts out as a simple Saturday morning cartoon show, then gradually starts getting darker and following story arcs that are actually pretty well-written.) *Word of Honor (Ep. 3) (Fascinating show.) *Yu Yu Hakusho (Ep. 29) (Very much intend to get back to this. This show is still amazing in many good ways, despite a few early flaws here and there.) *Migi & Dali (Ep. 3) (Definitely interesting... Not sure where it's going, but I am intrigued enough to see how it plays out.) *NieR Automata (Ep. 3) (So far, so good.) *Frieren (Ep. 4) (Really need to get back to this.) *Tales of Zestiria (Only watched one episode so far, and it was all right. What are the odds it'll be better than the game?) *March Comes in Like a Lion (Ep. 10) (A little boring sometimes, but I do like its lead a lot.)

Games I plan to start in 2025: (Note: This list is not limited to these game. These are just the ones that stand out the most in my mind.) Final Fantasy XVI by Square Enix Legacy of Kain: Defiance by Crystal Dynamics MediEvil 2 by SCEE Tomb Raider 3 Remastered by Core Production/ASPYR Balatro by LocalThunk Gensou Suikoden 1 and 2 HD Remasters by Konami Dreamed Away by Nicholas Petton MediEvil 2019 Remake by Other Ocean Emeryville Mario and Luigi: Brothership by Acquire Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 by Toby Fox Mouthwashing by Wrong Organ Star Ocean 2: Second Story R by tri-Ace/Gemdrops House in Fata Morgana by Novectacle It's Just A Prank by Bober Bros MOTHER 3 by Hal Labs/Brownie Brown

[achhisoch]

Happy Holi Wishes Hindi Messages 2019 | Holi Whatsaap Status  2019 |

[425rudy]

I haven’t seen that many computer wallpapers for Carmen Sandiego so I made my own! I made a textured one to look like crinkled paper and an untextured one. The city in the background is actually Palestine!

Hope you guys enjoy!

[kazamastar]

[mynumberfivethings]

I Heard A Rumor...

They land back in 2019, which is a relief, of course, until it’s not. 

“What the fuck even is the Sparrow Academy?” Diego grouses. “Lame ass bird fucks.” he chucks one of his knives across the cramped motel room they’re currently occupying and watches it get lodged firmly into the tacky wallpaper. 

Allison grabs the second knife Diego’s about to fling out of his hand and glares  daggers at her brother. “We’re staying here for free, because I rumored the motel staff into not noticing we exist, so maybe don’t wreck the place?” 

Luther nods in agreement. “Allison’s right, we need to be as inconspicuous as possible right now.” 

Diego rolls his eyes. “Whatever. So Five, now what?” the siblings all go to turn to Five for the answers they’re so desperately seeking, only to be met with the sight of the pseudo thirteen year old laid curled up on one of the beds, sound asleep. 

Luther frowns. “How in the hell can he seriously sleep at a time like this?” 

Allison leans over Fives still form and not so gently shakes his shoulder, jarring him awake. She feels a little guilt upon seeing the initially panicked look on his face as he comes to awareness once again, but damn it, she just wants to see her kid again, is that too much to ask? 

“We need to figure out a way to get back to our timeline.” she tells him, arms folded over her chest.

Five scratches the sleep from his eyes, unaware he’d even passed out in the first place, wincing as he sits up fully on the mattress. “This is our timeline.” he informs all of them, his voice coming out scratchy and thin. God, he’s exhausted. And practically everything aches. 

“What do you mean?” Klaus shakes his head. “In our timeline Ben is very much dead-not some weird emo douche who flocks with a crew of birds-so please do explain how the actual hell this makes any sense.” 

Five sighs, “We changed the linear time of events and the order in which they were supposed to originally occur when we were in the sixties and now this is, for all intents and purposes, our timeline.” 

“Screw that. We need to reestablish our actual timeline.” Allison counters. “I’m not staying in this weird alternate bullshit dimension any longer than we have to-we still have the suitcase, right? Let’s go back to the sixties and fix what we broke. Easy.” 

Five looks at her like she’s lost her mind. Which, she very well may have, he thinks briefly. “Look, I know you want to see Claire again, but you need to consider-”

“No.” Allison interrupts angrily, tears starting to fill her eyes. “You don’t understand at all. How the hell could you? You haven’t had anyone for years, but me? I’ve had people, people I care about-which might be a foreign concept to someone like you, but-” 

“Right,” Five cuts her off in turn, unwilling to linger on the sting her words have caused. “I just need time to-” 

“Time? Haven’t you had enough of that, already?” Suddenly the room is engulfed in complete and utter darkness and the Hargreeves go into high alert, trying to figure out where the hell that voice is coming from. 

Could it be one of the Sparrow Academy heroes? Could they have followed them to the outskirts of town? 

“Show yourself, you coward!” Diego shouts, knives at the ready to attack their intruder. 

A flash of thunder illuminates the room for only a split second before the lights come back on and the Hargreeves find themselves frozen in place, unable to move even a muscle, try as they might. 

Save for one: Five. 

“What the hell...” he mutters, as he watches his siblings struggle to try and move from their positions. 

“Now, Allison.” that same disturbing voice commands. 

Allisons eyes go wide as her mouth begins to move without her permission and out come the words, “I heard a rumor you killed your brothers and sisters.” 

They watch with dawning horror as Fives eyes roll to the back of his head and turn an off shade of blue before he seamlessly plucks Diegos knife from where it was embedded in the wall earlier and faces his family, where they stand, helpless. 

“Shit!” Diego curses, trying in vain to move even a single digit. 

Vanya tries to conjure her own powers but finds that she can’t for some reason. “Five...” she calls out, knowing it’s futile. 

Five blinks over to Klaus first, who yelps in surprise, he barely has time to beg Five to reconsider when Five brings the knife down-

There’s boisterous screaming and panicked yelling and general chaos and Klaus is so sure this is it, that Five has plunged the knife straight into his heart and done away with him, until he opens his eyes and realizes nothing is protruding out of him...

Instead, Five has thrust the knife into his own leg. He’s breathing hard, his trembling fingers still hovering over the hilt of the weapon. 

The disembodied voice booms, “Allison!” 

And Allison curses, but she can’t stop the words from tumbling out of her mouth. “I heard a rumor you stabbed me in the jugular.” 

Fives eyes go pale blue for a second time and without even flinching he takes the knife out of his upper thigh and blinks so that he’s facing Allison this time. 

They can all see him struggling, perspiring, fighting against the rumor as he brandishes the knife in one hand, raising it up above his head slowly. 

Allison tries to let out another rumor, a contradicting rumor, perhaps, the way she had done when Five had been in front of Klaus, but again, the words get stuck in her throat. 

Whatever being is in the room is in total control of her powers... 

Allison feels something collide with her neck but it’s not the sharp sting of a knife she’s expecting. It’s Five’s forearm against her, protecting her from his own attack as he shoves the knife directly into his flesh. He’s panting now, with the force that it’s taken him not to obey her mind control. 

“Kill them.” the voice demands angrily. 

“Fuck you.” Five bites out through clenched teeth. 

As if those were the magic words, the voice departs and the Hargreeves can feel their limbs and move about once again, the tense atmosphere dissipating. 

“Holy shit!” Klaus gasps out, “What the fuck, Jesus!” 

Five grunts as he removes the knife from his forearm and wields it threateningly. “Allison,” he practically begs, his voice strained. “Unrumor me. Now.” 

Allison is more than happy to comply, hurriedly saying, “I heard a rumor you didn’t want us dead.” 

The knife clatters as it hits the floor and Five collapses next to it a second later, exhausted and hurting something awful. 

“Shit,” Diego grabs a bunch of hand towels from the bathroom and kneels down. “We gotta stop the bleeding.” He presses two towels against the stab wound on Fives forearm and Vanya grabs the rest to press against the one on his thigh. 

Five tenses up beneath them, his face scrunching up in pain. “Fuck!” 

“I saw a first aid kit in the lobby by the front desk, I’ll go get it!” Allison calls out, already halfway out the door in her haste. 

“Should we move him to the bed?” Luther asks, hovering over his siblings, concern and anxiety eating away at him. 

Diego curses. The hand towels are drenched in blood already. They need to stop the bleeding and soon, or else. “Elevate his leg.” he orders, letting Luther help Vanya try to stem the bleeding there. “Klaus, go get more towels from one of the maids if you can.” Klaus scurries to obey while the others continue to put pressure on Fives multiple injuries. 

Klaus and Allison arrive back at the motel room almost simultaneously, one with a stack of clean towels in their arms and the other with a giant red box in hand. 

With the extra towels and the supplies from the medical kit, they’re somehow able to stop the bleeding long enough to move Five up to the bed. Luther’s extremely gentle as he transfers him from one spot to the other. 

When it’s time to stitch him up, Vanya and Klaus volunteer to do it. Five is too exhausted, both mentally and physically to pretend to be stoic about any of this. He throws his good arm across his face, shielding his eyes from the light. 

“What do you guys think that was?” Luther asks the room at large, when the silence stretches on too long. 

Klaus doesn’t look up from where he’s threading his needle on Fives thigh, replying dryly. “Yet another person place or thing that wants us dead?” 

Diego scoffs. “It’s gotta be one of those Sparrow fuckheads. Who the hell else? I bet it was that goddamn cube-I still can’t believe dad adopted a fucking cube-Christ.” 

“Whatever it was, it was in control of my powers.” Allison frowns deeply. “When I tried to unrumor Five nothing came out-even when I tried rumoring one of you into being able to move again, so that at least we would stand a fighting chance against our little serial killer over here, nothing.” 

Vanya nods, “Same here. I tried to use my powers but it was like there was some kind of a block or something? Like when I was still taking those prescription pills.” She looks at Fives pale face-what she can see of it, from underneath his forearm-and risks the question, “Five, how did you manage not to....you know...?” As someone who’s had first hand experience being unwillingly rumored by their sister, she knows it’s not something one can easily brush off. 

Quite frankly, it’s a miracle they’re all still breathing... 

“Yeah, I thought for sure we were dead.” Diego walks over and playfully ruffles the top of Fives messy hair. “Good job not making yourself an only child.” he jokes, freezing entirely when in response to his teasing Five lets out what can only be described as a faint whimper. 

“Five?” 

“I almost killed everyone.” Five struggles to get the full sentence out, his breath hitching. “Fuck.” he curses, unable to stifle a sob. It’s a pathetically sad little noise, but it brings the rest of his siblings to his side immediately. 

“Hey,” Allison kneels down beside the bed and places a careful hand on his knee. She feels him flinch underneath her. “You resisted my rumor-twice. Do you know how rare that is? You saved us.” 

Five scrubs his face with the sleeve of his white button up shirt and finally uncovers his eyes. They’re red and puffy from crying, eyelashes wet with his tears. “I don’t want to be alone anymore.” he admits brokenly. “I can’t lose you guys again.” 

“Shit Five,” Diego leans down and briefly touches their foreheads together, the palm of his hand cupping Fives head. “You’re not alone, we’re right here. Not going anywhere.” 

Vanya nods determinedly. “That’s right. You’re stuck with us.” 

Luther towers over the group with a faint but genuine smile. “You know, I always figured you loved us, but I guess I didn’t realize the extent until today.” 

Five sniffles, wiping away more tears he can’t seem to stop from coming. “I would trade you all up for a decent cup of coffee.” he lies, feeling more exposed than he has in literal years. 

Klaus smirks. “Nuh uh, no take backs, Fivey. You loooooove us.” 

Five rolls his eyes but it doesn’t have quite the same effect it normally would, considering the fact that he is still very much crying. 

Allison clears her throat, squeezes his knee again, this time to get his attention, and says, “And we love you. I’d ask if you know that, but honestly I think the answer would make me too sad.” she sighs. “Five, I’m really sorry about what I said before-I was taking all my frustrations out on you and I spoke carelessly, without thinking.” 

Five shakes his head, overwhelmed. “It’s ok.” 

“It’s not.” Allison insists. “Five, I don’t know if anyone’s said this yet, but I think it’s long overdue. I’m so happy to see you again. I missed you, you know. A ton.” 

Five didn’t think he was childish enough to still need to hear such silly sentimental things. He’s not the type, he’s tried to convince himself. It’s not as though he was expecting some big tearful family reunion upon his arrival, after all. So he wasn’t crushed or anything when his return was met with little more than perhaps confused contemptment. He had things to do, apocalypses to stop and all that jazz. 

That’s what he told himself, of course. 

But it doesn’t ring very true now, not when he can’t help but let out another sob. 

He’s too old for this, he thinks, as Diego pulls him gently to his side and Allison grabs hold of his hand. 

He doesn’t need them to love him back, he thinks, as Klaus finishes taping up his wound with a tenderness only reserved for those he loves, as Vanya wraps gauze around his forearm with care. 

He’s been fine all this time, he thinks, even as Luther says, “Good to have you back, Five.” 

It’s good to be back, he thinks, turning his head so that it’s buried against Diego’s shoulder when he lets out another sob. 

.

[gagosiangallery]

Damien Hirst at Gagosian Britannia Street, London

June 10, 2021

DAMIEN HIRST Relics and Fly Paintings

Open from June 5, 2021 6–24 Britannia Street, London __________ I always say [my work is] about life, but I don’t know, I suppose it does dwell on the dark side. —Damien Hirst Gagosian is pleased to present Relics and Fly Paintings by Damien Hirst, the second phase of the artist’s yearlong takeover of the Britannia Street gallery, following the inaugural exhibition of Fact Paintings and Fact Sculptures. For this new iteration, the artist has clad the interior of the gallery in black butterfly-patterned wallpaper that reproduces the kaleidoscopic surface of his painting Valley of Death (2010). With its uniquely immersive atmosphere, the exhibition brings together a number of Hirst’s bodies of work, prompting reflections on themes of darkness and death, the past and the future. Hirst’s Relics are memento mori: cast in bronze, they depict corpses, skeletons, and mummies in meticulous detail. Juxtaposing morbid realism with fantastical sources of inspiration, these bodies frozen in time emphasize the artist’s deft combinations of art, science, history, and religion. A suite of metallic Meteorites of various sizes continues Hirst’s engagement with the concept of the simulacrum and plays into the long-standing human fascination with outer space. The monumental sculpture The Martyr – Saint Bartholomew (2019) follows the historical tradition of depicting its subject flayed alive as an écorché figure study, balancing biblical devotion with a similar reverence for the human body. While Hirst’s sculpture is a nod to this centuries-old artistic practice, the holy man’s solid stance and gleaming figure are also reminiscent of a robot or a modern anatomical model.

Hirst incorporated real insects into his Fly Paintings, mining their myriad symbolic associations with cycles of life and the fear of death. Like much of his oeuvre, these paintings revel in startling dichotomies while harking back to various formal precedents; subjecting organic matter to the strictures of geometry, they evoke Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square (1915) and Richard Serra’s black paintstick drawings, among many other references. The Fly Paintings offer a hauntingly detached perspective on human existence that is at once microscopic and macrocosmic in its purview. Damien Hirst was born in 1965 in Bristol, England, and lives and works in London and Devon, England. Collections include the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid; Tate, London; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo; Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland; National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Art Institute of Chicago; The Broad, Los Angeles; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan. Exhibitions include Cornucopia, Oceanographic Museum of Monaco (2010); Tate Modern, London (2012); Relics, Qatar Museums Authority, Al Riwaq (2013); Signification (Hope, Immortality and Death in Paris, Now and Then), Deyrolle, Paris (2014); Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2015); The Last Supper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2016); Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable, Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, Venice (2017); Damien Hirst at Houghton Hall: Colour Space Paintings and Outdoor Sculptures, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England (2019); and Mental Escapology, St. Moritz, Switzerland (2021). Hirst received the Turner Prize in 1995. _____ Damien Hirst, Destruction, 2008, flies and resin on canvas, 84 × 84 inches (213.4 × 213.4 cm) © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2021

[hello-alonso]

The Battle Between Light and Darkness

To start off, I can almost guarantee you that anyone reading this has never heard of this composer. His name is Pratanallis and has a very small following, which is insane because of the quality of his work. He is based in Japan and that itself has its cons, especially for his popularity and recognition, these types of songs would not make it into Western countries on the sole basis that they are sung in Japanese. Pratanallis has been working in the music industry since 2006, making and assisting in several music projects. The genre that he specializes in is symphonic metal/rock and melodic music. The guitar solos in these songs are actually insane and I can’t get enough of them. I really wanted to showcase one of his works to another audience, one that would probably never have heard of him if it wasn’t for this post. In 2019, he released his album, “Holy Fragments” (Album Link if you want to listen along) https://open.spotify.com/album/5eLCKpiL4o7oMVrgLQka3Z?si=4eKdjlp9QcqcB4O0P406Fg&dl_branch=1.

Now, unlike most songs that you would probably hear, this whole album tells a story, and it isn’t about love like most songs are, it is about a journey. There are 11 songs in the album and all of the songs in it contribute to tell this story. In the read more section of this post, Here are the translation to each song if you’d like to listen and be able to understand what they’re saying. Either way, you can still feel the energy from the singers and tempo of the music. Now, imagine you’re sleeping and you wake up from a dream. That’s basically how the first song, Crimson Moonlight goes. It has no vocals and it is made to create the feeling that you’re in a tranquil state of mind. Every song after this is where the fun begins though.

In the second song, Menina Eris, the tempo and vibe immediately change. In terms of the story, you have been woken up from the dream to a sudden realization. That realization being that you are trapped in an isolated world where darkness rains over you. You get a glimpse of an angel, but she strays away and now you are all alone. You are stuck in this lost world and have no idea where to go. 

This is where I will point out two characters throughout the album. The first one is called Sphillia, and in this case she is the angel and savior throughout the album. She tries to save you from the darkness that spreads throughout the world.

On the other hand, there is Mare, whos name translates, according to Wikipedia as a, “malicious entity in Germanic and Slavic folklore that rides on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on nightmares”. Similarly, that’s exactly what she’s doing throughout the story of the album. She may look cute in the picture, but she certainly doesn’t want to do anything cute.

In the next song, Déjà Vu, the fast rock tempo continues and is consistent throughout the track. The story behind this song is the continuation of a loss of hope, where you see the old world you once lived in, but it’s trapped in darkness. The déjà vu you have is from the world you once knew, except it has been completely changed. You stray even farther from the exit and continue in this isolated world. 

Now, for my favorite song in the album. This is also the most popular song based off of Spotify streams, Braking Down (not a typo). This is where Sphillia, the angel and Mare, the evil, are shown and they leave you indecisive on what route you want to take. To fight for good or evil. The next song, Compassion, is similar to the last one where you are not yet ready to choose what to do. The melody feels as if the vocals are Sphillia and the instrumental part of the song is Mare, both very distinct melodies, one rough, and one calm and soothing.

After Compassion, follows the only other song without vocals, Fragment of Tears, This song feels as though you are crying throughout this world you were put in. The melody is made from a pipe organ, which gives it an eerie medieval vibe. Upon ending, the song translates to Justynusty instantly, which changes the tempo back to 100 immediately. This song is where the action commences. Where Sphillia and Mare start to battle each other for control of the world. In this song they are referred to as White and Black wings. Towards the beginning of the song are the lyrics, 

“A deep darkness laughs scornfully tainted by your deceit and it’s reach corrupts everything it is out to tear it all apart”.

This refers to Mare trying to control the world and corrupt everything. Sphillia eventually emerges and starts to try and stop the evil. She eventually puts and end to the madness and peace is restored. 

“Vanquishing the darkness as they flutter the white wings spread out with a singing voice that makes the skies tremble raining down a light of bliss as the beast that consumes the light is born engulfing the land in darkness”.

The next song of the album is With You. Sphillia has beaten Mare and now the world is at peace once again. The tempo is slow and calming throughout. The white wings prevail over the black wings. 

Right after With You, just like in a movie, Mare is back in the next song, Girl’s Seraph. Out of all of the songs, while listening to the album, this is the one that got me confused and intrigued. The song started off calm, until a few seconds in. The melody was the roughest out of all the songs in the album and the bpm was probably well over 200. The first set of lyrics in the song are,

“Now, angel of the eight day time to flap those black-stained wings embrace the deep darkness grant us benevolence, Seraph Maiden.”

The darkness, Mare, is back. She comes back even stronger and ready to attack you and Sphillia. The song continues with the rough melody signifying that they are battling each other. What ultimately destroys the evil is a combination of the sun and Sphillia, they both combine together to destroy all of the darkness Mare has spread throughout the world. The world is saved once again.

Following this chain of events is Holy Fragments. This is the point where you realize that everything that just happened was all a dream. You wake up and start to feel upset that you can’t continue helping the world alongside the angel, so you just dismiss it and try to feel joyful over the memories you made in that dream. To conclude the album, My Happiness is played. The meaning behind this song is that you feel happy and grateful over the life you have. The tempo of this song feels like you could be in a flower field. The piano and violin help make this a calming and emotional song. This world that does not have evil or darkness, you simply feel free and contempt about your surroundings. No darkness engulfs you, there is light all around you. 

Before actually taking an in depth listen to this album, I only knew two songs and of course I didn’t look up the translation. Upon actually listening to the album from start to finish, I have a much greater appreciation for Pratanallis. His beautiful melodies and storytelling throughout the album captivated me all the way through. With only ~2,000 streams on Spotify, I am very sad that he doesn’t have a bigger audience. 

The symphonic instruments used in the album along with the fast tempos really got me into the songs. Even without knowing what the lyrics mean, you can still feel when the song is about something rough and scary or when happiness is attained. I know a lot of people won’t like this genre of music, but if you like rock and metal, I highly recommend checking out his other albums if you enjoyed this one. I hope to have opened your eyes to some music you might not have heard of before  :) 

Translation to the Album!!

https://supergenial.tumblr.com/post/634283455677661184/translation-lyrics-holy-fragments-by-pratanallis

Pratanallis’s Website: https://www.pratanallis.net/

Images for Both Mare and Sphillia: https://www.pratanallis.net/

Information on Pratanallis: metal-archives.com/bands/Pratanallis/3540454256

Spotify Album link: https://open.spotify.com/album/5eLCKpiL4o7oMVrgLQka3Z?si=twsId9ZFR6CffJsu68hqlg&dl_branch=1

Menina Eris YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYg91YftU2U

Braking Down YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2ggIOL5Vv8

Wikipedia Definition of Mare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_(folklore)

Pipe Organ Demonstration Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHNLdHe8uxY

Angel Peace on Earth Image: https://www.pinotspalette.com/gilbert/event/198261

Evil Angel Image: https://www.goodfon.com/wallpaper/darren-benton-by-darren-benton-angel-of-death-dark-horror-de.html

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[kpoptionate]

monsta x ⇾ you wear really tight jeans

[masterlist in bio] 19 june 2019 a/n: nobody asked for this,,,,,,don’t know why i wrote it

hyunwoo ♡

won’t say anything if anyone else is around but deffffffffo thinking to himself

when u walk away from him,,,,,,,don’t be surprised if he has a heart attack

lowkey shy around the guys when u just,,,,,stand there

but will make u be near him w an arm around ur waist to save u from their,,,,prying eyes

just kisses the top of ur head n smiles at u, doesn’t rly make a big deal out of it

hoseok ♡

ok we all know seok’s a midkey perv so rly what is there for me to write that’s not automatically expected from him

pls just let him run his hands up and down ur thighs

deffo smacks ur ass n grabs it as u walk by

n then just gives u a rly cheesy smile when u look at him

probably takes a pic w u over his lap or sleepin or smth and sets it as his wallpaper tbh

minhyuk ♡

( ⚆‿⚆ )( ⚆‿⚆ )( ⚆‿⚆ )

checking u oUT like a teenager

also ready 2 fite his members if they even so much as look in ur direction

rly smiley but u don’t know why til he goes ‘come sit on my lap baby’ n then it’s just obvious

but uh,,,,,,,try not to move around too much,,,,,,can’t guarantee u’ll be safe once the other members leave

kihyun ♡

ok but when u hit him w them dark blue skinny jeans ?? holy sHIETTTTTTTT

makes u sit down with him so the guys can’t check you out

but expect his hand to roam across ur thighs and as much of ur ass as he can reach while u’re sitting

also wants to be shameless and say smth but has enough respect to at least whisper in ur ear

“u look so good in those jeans i almost don’t wanna take them off” HHHHHHHH

hyungwon ♡

u kno that thing guys do where they like let out one laugh and look/turn their head to the side and then look back forward down with their tongue in their cheek kinda nodding their head a lil

that’s exactly what hyungwon’s doing bc how dARE u come out here lookin all sexy n shit w/o even trying

motions u over to sit in his lap n rests his hands on ur thighs

winks to u as u do so yk what’s up

also is smiling to himself like a kid in a candy shop bc that’s basically what it is

jooheon ♡

so as he’s stated before, joo loves someone who looks mighty fine in a pair of jeans

so the second you walk by in them he’s ಥ_ಥ trying not to combust

highkey upset when another member looks at u & will whine loud enough for ppl in the other room to hear

and then calls u over bc he needs a) to shield u from the other guys and b) a better view, duh

might b shy, probably not, depends on the day and the outfit u have on

but know as much as joo likes seeing u in jeans,,,,,,,,he likes u a lil bit more w them off so don’t be surprised when they are

changkyun ♡

absolutely shameless

literally straight up says “damn baby ur ass looks good” or smth regardless of who’s around

also does not take his eyes off of u until he is physically unable to look anymore

ykno that thing from tatbilb where whatshisface was walking w his hand in lara’s back pocket

that’s exactly what kyun’s doing,,,,,,,but who’s complaining

[deepak-gautam]

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The Promises I Made (2019 Edition)

For the past thirteen years, I’ve spent every New Year’s Eve compiling a list of fifty promises I intend to keep or fulfill over the next twelve months. The results have been truly amazing, and I have kept some promises I never thought I could. 2019 was… a nightmare that I can barely believe I survived, but I still kept some promises that I honestly did not expect I ever could.

This year, for New Year’s, there will be a new set of promises for to me keep, but here are the old ones, for review!

The Promises I Made (2019 Edition)

1) Be more proactive about tracking and following up with struggling students to decrease the number of students who drop from my class when they realize they cannot pass. Status: Somewhat broken? I tried really hard to be proactive with my students; however, there were some massive issues outside the classroom this year that made it extremely difficult to keep the focus on the students. When administration drags your attention away from the class, there is not a lot you can do…

2) Find a place to put in volunteer hours because uhhhh like this is actually important to my work evaluation and I definitely need something to write in that section… Yikes, this spring is my last chance to do this!! @_@ Status: Kept. I volunteered with the Utah Shakespeare Festival and it was super fun!

3) Install the fire escape window in the Utah house, no matter how much it might cost, because I can’t get a totally unrelated tenant in that basement without said window… Status: Somewhat kept. Okay. This one is a LONG story, but to be fair to me, I worked my ASS off to try and make this happen; just every single thing in the world prevented me from completing this promise, up to and including the city telling me I needed a permit AFTER I had already dug a massive hole in the ground for the window…

4) Buy sod to add grass to the front portion of the lawn so that it no longer looks like garbage. Status: Broken, but I did buy grass seed and put that out there. Unfortunately only some of it sprouted, but there is indeed SOME grass now growing there…

5) Fix the bricks near the windowsills on the Utah house to prevent long-term damage. Status: Broken. After dealing with the stupid window disaster, I had no time for this at all.

6) Get a watering system for my roses at the Utah house because I think my bro is probably killing them and that’s just not cool. Status: Broken, see above.

7) Work on the patio at the Utah house before it just flat out falls down. Status: Somewhat broken. Again, I tried to make progress on this—I called a patio guy to come out and assess how much it would cost to fix the patio—but the price I was quoted was so high that there was nothing I could do at the time.

8) Paint the stairwell so that there’s no chance of anything like lead paint or asbestos being exposed. Status: Broken. The leftover wallpaper glue continues to confound me…

9) Trim the backyard bushes so the neighbors don’t hate us anymore… Status: Broken. We trimmed a few bushes and at least got to the trees out front, but definitely a majority were left uncared for.

10) Move into a new house in Texas where I can get real internet, please for the love of god… Status: Kept. I moved into a very nice house with no scorpions!

11) Save money for my upcoming trip to Japan! 2020 baby! Status: Uhhh, broken. I’m not sure how I thought I’d be able to move into a new house AND save money for an international trip at the same time…

12) Get my wisdom tooth removed because it’s still there and still killing me, yikessss. Status: Broken. AUGH. I’m an idiot.

13) Make an appointment with an eye doctor for like the first time in years. Good job, Yehn, good job. Status: Kept. I got my glasses fixed and even got a new pair of glasses too!

14) Get my prescriptions refilled because I’m dwindling on asthma medicine and like… I could die from this… I should never have been left to care for myself; I’m not mature enough for this responsibility… Status: Kept, surprisingly. But I still need a new doctor because the last one I was going to wouldn’t give me any refills…

15) FINISH THE GIVEAWAY PRIZES I PROMISED LAST YEAR because holy shit I am incompetent and the worst and everyone has permission to hate me for starting things and never finishing them, fuck. Status: Broken. So broken. I am the worst.

16) Go dolphin watching in the Gulf for real this time. Seriously, it’s $10 Yehn, you can do this. Status: Kept, amazingly. It wasn’t as impressed as hoped; however, there was a lovely sunset.

17) Return to the Channel Islands to take better pictures. D; Status: Broken. T_T

18) Level all my classes to 70 in FFXIV before next expansion, please. Status: Somewhat broken. I didn’t have everything to 70 before the expansion, but I kind of feel like I should get credit for this one, because HEY, look at me now:

19) Organize and properly label all the photos on my computer so that I’m no longer desperately combing through folder and folder in blank confusion, looking for a single picture in a sea of thousands… Status: Kept. It took me like eight hours of work, but I actually did this.

20) Update Home and a Half more than once? PLEASE??? The guilt I feel over this currently is crushing. Status: Broken. And the guilt grows…

21) Complete the online American Literature class I am designing on time and with no corrections needed. Status: Kept. I’m counting this as kept even though TECHNICALLY there was one thing I forgot to finish and it came back and bit me in the ass; however, I was approved with no corrections needed.

22) Earn 100% completion for Kingdom Hearts III. So excited! Status: Broken. Um… This just didn’t happen.

23) Update my calendar with important dates—holidays, birthdays, etc.—and be productive about sending cards and well-wishes. Status: Somewhat kept. I wasn’t any better about sending cards really, but I did at least save all the birthdays in my phone so I remember them.

24) Get the garbage disposal in the Texas house fixed ASAP so I don’t have to wash the dishes by hand anymore because I absolutely hate that particular chore. Status: Kept. Then I moved, so it didn’t even matter.

25) Finish all the books my coworkers and friends bought for me recently so I can thank them for their recommendations! Status: Broken. So broken.

26) Actually move into my new place instead of leaving it completely undecorated and lifeless. Status: Remarkably, kept. Nothing has plastic on it, unlike at my old house where the nightstand didn’t get unwrapped even after two years of living there lol.

27) Try hard to get Creative Writing into a different area of the general ed. core so that more people will enroll in it. Status: Kept. I’m counting this because I did my darn best, but we are still waiting on the state to tell us whether or not the class will be accepted.

28) Get caught up on my Ebird reports, even the old, old, old ones I never put in because I was slacking. Status: Kept, actually. Whoo.

29) Throw away/return/sort all the stacks of old mail in the house (OMGGGG they’ve made me look like paper hoarder and I’m nootttt). Status: Broken. There’s just… a lot of papers to go through…

30) Clean up the garage before moving so that I don’t have to fight spiders to move when the time comes. Status: Broken, in that I did not clean up the garage in advance and did, in fact, have to fight spiders when it came time to move.

31) Find a way to boost grading productivity so that each class takes only two days to grade, maximum. Status: Somewhat kept. I was definitely better this year than last year; however, I really think the “two days per class” thing was too optimistic, so for the future semester, I allotted myself three days per class and I think it will work better.

32) Go to a totally new restaurant and try their food. Status: Kept. We went to a Mexican restaurant and I had trompo tacos (al pastor) which is probably not anything special to anyone else but it was my first time so lol.

33) Cancel old credit cards to make sure my credit is good before trying to buy a house (although I just checked my credit score and I’m in the great range already, so this is mostly for posterity’s sake). Status: Broken. But it didn’t affect my loan, so I guess it was okay. And it ended up being good I didn’t cancel my Best Buy card because I was able to get good financing on the new appliances I needed for my house.

34) Get official contracts from my tenants so I can use my rental income in my next loan calculation. Status: Broken, but I ended up not using that as part of the loan calculation anyway >_> so…

35) Talk to an HR rep about my retirement savings so that I can consolidate all my retirement accounts into one. (Man, look at all these ADULTING promises.) Status: Broken. Look at me failing all these adulting promises.

36) Really finish decorating my office so it looks super cute and all my students want to visit me. Status: Broken, but I think it sucks that I have to write this because it was really not my fault I couldn’t finish decorating my office. Our offices were all moved and disrupted by building remodels so I spent the entire year basically working out of a couple cardboard boxes.

37) Not sign up for ANY more new responsibilities at work in the spring semester. This is the biggest challenge. D; Status: Kept, by technicality. I was able to avoid signing up for anything new in SPRING… But fall… was a whole other story. XD

38) Migrate all the rest of my books to the new Texas house instead of leaving them in Utah… SOMEHOW. Status: Kept. I’m going to count this as kept. The only books left at the Utah house are my manga—I managed to bring literally every other book, which is very impressive considering I had only my small Camaro with its tiny truck space.

39) Use my twitter account more often to make it worth following. I will try!! Status: Kept… sorta? I mean, since I didn’t use the account AT ALL before, making even one Twitter post kind of counts as using it more, right? >_>

40) Keep my hair cut nicely so I look less like a mess (than I really am). Status: Somewhat broken. Although I think I got my hair cut more often this year than before, I don’t think I looked any less like a mess. XD

41) Successfully find a bridesmaid dress for my friend’s wedding that matches the rest of the wedding party. Status: Actually kept! It was incredible. The wedding I was in was even featured in a magazine because of how pretty it was!

42) Make sure my skin is in good condition for the wedding so I don’t look like a disturbing ghost… Status: Kept? I mean, in the end, looking like a ghost ended up being the whole point since it was a Halloween themed wedding so I kind of won either way.

43) Complete my BNHA manga collection. Since my bro bought me a bunch of the volumes for Christmas, I might as well. Status: Broken… I bought like… one volume. XD

44) See a groove-billed ani. (It’s another type of bird.) Status: Broken. Very illusive bird. T_T

45) Respond to messages, asks, and comments more quickly. I promise I’m not ignoring people… D; Status: Um, broken. I left many people on read this year, sorry.

46) Lose ten pounds so that I feel more fit and comfy. Status: Broken. I didn’t exercise at all this year, uff.

47) Pay down credit card debt by at least 1/3. Yikesssss, I really need to do this quick. Status: Broken. It’s hard to pay down a credit card when you pour all your money into buying a new house…

48) I will finally fucking finish that chapter 73 analysis of Noragami… I swear to god… Status: Broken. Uh yeah. This didn’t happen. V_V

49) Reach 1700 followers on Tumblr. You should follow me—I’m only marginally a waste of time and space! Status: Kept. Over 2500 followers now!

50) I will keep these promises. LOLLLLL. Status: Somewhat kept/somewhat broken. One year I really will keep them all…

 Totals Kept promises: 18 Broken promises: 24 Somewhat kept/broken promises: 8

Well, there are more kept promises than last year at least… It was another really hard year, what with moving in the middle of the year, over-working, dealing with so much drama with the reaccreditation on our campus, and just EVERYTHING all at once this last year… I keep thinking things are going to calm down and then they never do. Please 2020… just let me rest…

My new set of promises will be up on the 1st!

[pan-princess-levy]

pan-princess-levy’s (that’s me!) 2019 summary of art

wow! what an year this was! time for retrospection...

holy hell, i drew... a lot of stuff. i dont think there are quite the 500 files (both process and finished) for 2019 but i think i drew maybe. 250? 300 separate pieces? and im so proud of myself!

lets just ignore the fact only half of my summary pieces are published ones and the other half are just favorites from my un-published work hahahAHAHHA

(as you can probably guess, the months where the drawings are the most sketchy - february, april and november - didnt really have that much artwork im proud of. i have an excuse for novermber, because i was writing for nanowrimo, but i have no memory of the other two. rip me.)

so! a word for every piece!

january: a sketch of cana im still awfully proud of! i used a poster of luke evans as bard the bowman from the hobbit trilogy as a base and im just! still shook

february: part 3 (summer) of my seasons levy drawings alas i never got to autumn it’s connected to one of my countless aus, where she is a forest guardian spirit 

march: this piece of gajeel! (but with a the agender pride flag because i got up to editing it later) im still so fond of how it came out! i used it for discord icon for a while back then

april: a clothing/jewelry study i was doing! it is kind of connected to another au i shall never write. (yes. there are. a lot of them.)

may: the famous mermay piece! it was drawn for the first weekly challenge organized on the @gajevyevents discord server and i still think its one of best pieces. very proud of it

june: this amazing levy piece for pride month! i did a lot of drawings for pride as part of a project by @ft-wwtdp but this one is closer to my heart. shes a flower gorl,,,,

july: okay. this one? this one is one my favorite drawing i’ve ever done. it’s my phone wallpaper. it might? look silly and crappy compared to the rest? but it’s my favorite and i love it so much! it’s a silly pokemon au inspired by the pokemon 2014 masters division spectacular pachirisu. IM A NERD OKAY (theyre just. so soft.)

august: ALRIGHT! THIS! THIS ONE! this one is so dear to my heart because its a redraw of one ancient drawing of mine. back in the day i had a voltron au and this is levy’s design for that au but just. this drawing makes me go all soft.

september: this piece i did for @finweanladiesweek! it was the first silm fandom event i took part in and it still fills me with warmth. i had so much fun drawing it - september was when i caved in and finally bought clip studio paint and you can clearly see the difference in quality from there

october: my profile picture! god this one was so much fun, i will never forget it. i thought a lot about this one, whether i wanted to put it or the gajeel day piece i did, but in the end i found i liked this a little bit better. 

november: alright, no lies here, i have only like 4 or 5 drawing from november because i was so busy with nanowrimo! this one is a gajeel design study. i struggled a lot between it and another similar piece (gajeel in full profile instead of 3/4) but at last decided on this one. its,,,, soft,,, he soft,,,

december: THIS BAD BOY! i poured hours upon hours of research on this one, it can fit so many artist crying fits. i still think its one of the best ive done, and its so shiny and bright.....

i dont think im supposed to reminisce so hard but it’s the end of the year and im just. im having a lot of feels, you know? i grew up a lot as person, both creative and personal-wise, a lot of things happened. im very happy with all the progress ive done and i cannot wait for what awaits me next year. 

i hope 2019 was good to you and i wish you a happier and merrier 2020!

[disregardcanon]

end of year writing meme

Total Stories Written: 27

Total Words Written: 147413 Average Words Per Story: if you do the mean, then it’s 5,459 Shortest Story: the aftermath of rebirth at 338 words Longest: Paint a New Horizon at 23,673 words

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d predicted?

I wrote fewer stories than I expected, but they were far longer than I expected. I wrote a lot of 11k fics. 

What pairing/genre/fandom did you write most?

pairing: Sansa/Margaery (throwback to 2015 omg) 

genre: I don’t feel like I had a certain genre I wrote a lot of tbh. 

fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire

What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?

THE POKEMON GAMES! Like, oh my god. I wrote fanfiction about soul silver. I wrote fanfiction about POKEMON WHITE. what. the fuck. Like, technically the first fic i ever wrote was about pokemon but i never expected to do it again. 

Did you take any writing risks this year?

I wrote 2 very long asoiaf fics about difficult subject matter. Combined, they add up to more than 40 thousand words of fic. 

Do you have any fanfic or general writing goals for the new year?

Fanfiction wise, I would like to finish up some of my wips and try to improve. 

In general, I would like to figure out more what I want my writing to look like moving forward and how to go about that. I’m experiencing some growing pains, so I need to reassess my style and strategy and see what I need to readjust moving forward. 

From the past year of writing, what was your…

Best story of this year: Paint a New Horizon

This feels like a bit of a cop out since it’s the longest, but I am very firmly the most proud of this fic out of anything I wrote this year. I feel like the emotional bits were satisfying, the romance worked nicely, and the action kept me interested in a way that almost never does. I was able to commit to TWENTY THREE THOUSAND WORDS and put my ALL INTO IT! that is. monumental for me. I’ve written long fics in the past, but those were chaptered and frankly, not as good as this one was or as much work. 

I love this verse so well that I might actually go back and write more in it later when I have time. I have the beginnings of a sequel ruminating around in my drats. 

Most popular story of this year: normally I split this up into multiple categories, but by hits, kudos, OR comment threads The Times They Are a Changin’ comes out on top. The mcu fandom really went nuts over Carol and Maria, didn’t they? 

Personal favorite:

Washing Machine Heart is a fic that I hold close to my heart. 1. I wrote this one when I was on a study abroad in Latin America, which is the coolest thing that I have ever done 2. it’s just. really well done. I’ve never written something quite so messy and unpleasant in a realistic way before. It’s ugly in the way that Steven Universe: Future is ugly right now. In exactly the way that “Washing Machine Heart” should imply 3. oh god was it cathartic 

Most under-appreciated:

Maternal, Paternal at 71 kudos, I know I shouldn’t call this one “under-appreciated”, but it’s in a few VERY happening tags, in a very happening fandom with a VERY popular set of characters. I’d think that people would be more interested in reading “Endeavor is an asshole and eventually Dabi kills him” but like. it’s whateves I guess XD

Most fun to write:

We Could Be Heroes both semesters that I had during 2019 were. super fucking stressful. the only times that I’ve had that were productive for fic was January break, summer vacation, and December break. 

Last April on my birthday, though, I rewarded myself and after I got home from hanging with some friends I just sat down at my laptop and didn’t think about literally anything. I just wrote. I took a format that I knew I liked and didn’t have to think about (talk show format with an OC I already made for a different story) and then 3 characters I was very interested in then (Melissa Shield, Monica Rambeau, and Tahani Al-Jamil) and then I just. ran with it. I wrote and wrote and wrote and it was amazing. I didn’t think about it being good or about my homework or literally anything other than this talk show lady talking to these three cool characters. 

It was wonderful. 10/10 would do it again. 

Story with the single sexiest moment: 

Familiarity. It is literally the only thing I wrote this year with ANY sex in it, so it’s automatically the sexiest. Way to go Margaery you did it. 

Most “holy crap, that’s wrong, even for you” story:

Um. Just Souring Grapes in general. 

Most challenging to write:

Biggest disappointment:

Shouto Todoroki Joins the Supervillain Dads Club I hoped to finish this fic last year in January. It’s currently December and I haven’t been able to look at the thing since. 

I think it’s mainly because I just lost the drive, but it’s also kind of because wips stress me the fuck out. And also I had 2 stressful semesters so that doesn’t help.  Favorite character to write: my favorite characters to write this year were both Todorokis! Dabi and Fuyumi are both a joy to write, I swear

Favorite opening lines: 

Serena falls down at the kitchen table feeling as cold and distant as the room does. The harsh lines and open floor plan were supposed to show a minimalism only possible with wealth, but to Serena it's always felt empty.

A Woman’s Place

Surprisingly, Theon’s life does not change much either way after Maron is taken to the Greenlands. Balon does not magically start paying attention to him, even though he’d prayed every night to the Drowned God that he would. 

Pretty Little Thrall 

The Twins are a grand fortress spanning the width of the Green Fork. A great stone tower stands on each side of the river, with a greater bridge running in between. The Frey stable boys have taken their horses, and Jeyne walks as close to the river as she dares as they make their way to the tower. She watches the river rush beside her in awe. She’s never seen a river run so wild before. It seems like the very waters rushing beside her want to rise up and drown her themselves.

Good Family

Favorite closing lines:

That's what she gave up fighting the Kree for, and Carol will do everything that she can to bring them back. She's stopped fighting for some things, but she'll never stop fighting for this. If the times don't change on this one, she'll make them. She'll rip that gaudy fucking glove off of that bastard's grape crush colored hand and shove it up his ass if that's what it takes to get her family back.

The Times They Are a Changin’

"Alright, then. Let’s do this together,” you say, “as a team.” You think that you really like this "being friends" thing. Maybe after you beat Red, you and Silver can go to Hoenn- or Sinnoh. Unova even. Somewhere new and exciting with new people to beat. It’s nice to have a partner who’s not a Pokemon, for once. You think that, together, you could be the best trainers that ever lived.

Maybe the best friends too.

no silver medals (when you get the gold together) 

The stars spread out above you- the universe expanding outwards onwards and upwards, excelsior.

Excelsior

Other favorite lines:

What does a grape do under pressure? Grapes tend to shrivel in the sunlight. Turn to raisins, actually. She doesn’t remember what poem that was from, but she remembers reading something like that in English class once. Some poem that she didn’t understand really, and might not have gotten even if it were in Japanese. She doesn’t think that’s what she’s doing.

Does it ferment, like wine? Her father always joked about her mother aging like a fine wine, growing more beautiful every year, growing stronger. But Miné isn't gaining strength, not really. Not right now. Maybe she’s just souring, getting more and more bitter about things that she can't have. Maybe she's just souring grapes.

Souring Grapes

“The authorities confirmed that Endeavor was not even in the state during the accident, and Shouto’s doctors confirmed that the burns were consistent with boiling liquid, not an open flame.” Superman looks visibly relieved to hear that.

“But that does not mean that I trust him,” Batman says, “I would prefer to keep an eye on him.”

“Why would you want to keep an eye on him, he’s a superhero ,” Captain Marvel says, with none of The Wisdom of Solomon but all of The Innocence of a Ten Year Old, “that means that he’s a good guy, right?”

Shouto Todoroki Joins the Supervillain Dads Club

The thought stabs into his brain like a needle, like the scent of pine, like the memories he’s never wanted back. Robb was the one person who ever cared about him, and Theon betrayed him to parade around as a prince and become Ramsay Bolton’s broken little toy. He swore himself to the little boy who took him by the hand when he came to Winterfell as a scared little boy and never let go. And then Theon betrayed him.

“Theon,” the trees whisper,” Theon.” The crows in the branches take flight, cawing his name, and he feels something else take flight too. His heart, beating somewhere deep inside his chest.

“Theon,” it throbs, “Theon, Theon.”

He wants to do something, something reckless, something brave. Something that makes him redeemable.

He can’t save Robb, but he can save someone . He can save Robb’s fake sister. Theon can save Jeyne from some of her pain.

If You Believe in Me (I’ll Still Believe)

She dared a glance forward and met Margaery’s eyes- a deep, chocolate brown. They were warm and inviting and Margaery’s little curly bangs framed her face like a heart. Margaery’s head went over the back of the booth and it seemed to almost be floating against the flowery wallpaper. It looked like Margaery was lying out in a field of flowers- the Maiden gazing up at the clouds and trying to make shapes of them.

She could imagine Margaery telling her that this one is a flower, like Tyrell, and this one’s a deer, like Baratheon, and this one’s a dick, like Joffrey. She giggled nervously again and felt her cheeks flush. She’d never felt this giddy and unsteady in her whole life.

“Are you alright, Sansa?” Margaery asked cautiously. She reached across the table and laid a hand over Sansa’s own. The touch was warm and tender, and Sansa felt the blush from her toes to the tip of her head.

“I’m perfect!” Sansa nearly screeched. Margaery laughed at that, but her look was kind.

“Yes, darling,” she said with a smile that was wide and fond, “I think that you are.”

Lesbian. The word wasn’t supposed to fill her with such a warm, hopeful feeling, was it? She wiggled awkwardly in her chair, trying to get situated and stop feeling so silly and excited and vulnerable, but it didn’t fix anything. She felt Margaery’s leg brush against hers under the table. It sent a jolt through her.

Lesbian.

Sansa took a shaky breath. She thought to herself that there might be something to that.

Paint a New Horizon 

[junipersisland]

And on this day of November 1, 2019, JunipersIsland declared this the last post in the 25 Day Lookbook Challenge.

CC Links Below!

First, I want to say thank you to those who have followed this challenge, gave me likes and even a few reblogs. Thank you for giving me the courage to post daily and for letting me become a part of the Simblr community, even in this small way.

Thank you to @abundanceofpixels for creating this challenge and so many fun themes that I would have never considered trying before.Thank you to all of the CC creators for allowing me to use your content to bring life to my game and to my sims, and especially to Kira as she had to endure 25 different themed looks, a madwoman of a Sims God, and several run-ins with her dopplegangers 👀. 

NOW, onto this look! Today’s theme is 60’s Bohemian. For some reason, “flower child” is what popped in my mind when thinking about what to do for this look, so that’s what I decided to go for. I love this recolor of the Laundry Day dress because it really does give me bohemian vibes. I don’t really get to play with this style because it’s not something I am familiar with, so I hope I did it justice.

 Also, absolutely loving this flower crown by @candysims4, because what’s a bohemian girl without a flower crown?! I got a little carried away with this look after downloading some new poses and decided to try my hand at making this cute little edit here. I loved it so much, I made it my wallpaper!

I’m sad to see this challenge end, but happy that I can now start sharing some of my creations. I have so many fun ideas that I want to share, things I’ve been working on since I started this journey that I can’t wait for you guys to see. And now with University coming out in just 2 weeks (holy guac, guys!), I have even more ideas to share! Who knows, I might even attempt this challenge with a male sim 😏. 

Ciao guys!

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Hair | Dress | Vest | Shoes | Crown | Earrings | Eyeshadow | Lipstick

[katriniac]

This is my most recent phone wallpaper. I made one of my favorite Kpop group UKISS, and it was on there for two years. A few months ago I figured it was time to make a new one to display my love for 2d men.

Holy crap, it took a long time!

Not that it was hard to design in Photoshop.

No, I mean the decision of which men get which size sphere and how close they are to the center. I agonized over a few...

So here is my list of who I am loving in order of how much they move my heart:

(Updated March 10, 2019)

Sasuke - Ikemen Sengoku

Albert - Midnight Cinderella

Gintoki - Gintama

Mitsunari - Ikemen Sengoku

Nobunaga - Ikemen Sengoku

Blanc - Ikemen Revolution

Sid - Midnight Cinderella

Robert - Midnight Cinderella

Makoto - Decoding Desire

Sirius - Ikemen Revolution

Giles - Midnight Cinderella

Zero - Ikemen Revolution

Rayvis - Midnight Cinderella

Shiroe - Log Horizon

Sebastian - Ikemen Vampire

Gaku - Ikemen Live

Okubo - Destined to Love

Napoleon - Ikemen Vampire

Count de Saint Germaine - Ikemen Vampire

Rei - Several Shades of Sadism

Dean - Ikemen Revolution (not pictured)

Soichiro - 7 Hotties All My Husbands

Takasugi - Destined to Love

Leonardo - Ikemen Vampire

It will be interesting to see how this list changes over the next year as more games get localized into English.

🤓 Yes, I have a thing for men in glasses. 😍

If anyone wants to fangirl about these fine men or ask me about them, PLEASE DO!

Drop me an ask, a message, or a comment. 😍

Does anyone else have the same preferences I do? 🤔

[batorwolf-blog]

Happy Choti Holi 2019 Images – Wallpapers Pics Photos

Happy Choti Holi 2019 Images – Wallpapers Pics Photos –  As we all know that Holi is one of the biggest festivals of Hindus and everybody celebrate Holi too much with lot’s of joy. Holi is also the most popular festival in India. It is celebrated in every corner of the world as a festival of colors. We celebrate Holi up to two days, the first day of Holi that called Holika Dahan, on this day all people celebrate Holika Dahan. As we all know that Holi is the most famous festival of colors, it is celebrated every year in the month of March-April (Phalgun – according to the Hindu calendar). Holi is celebrated with great joy and enthusiasm as it brings the feeling of love and closeness among people. Holi is celebrated in all over India but mainly celebrate in the north part of India. Vrindavan’s Holi and Mathura’s Holi is very famous in all over the world.

Happy Choti Holi 2019 Images – Wallpapers Pics Photos –

Holi is widely celebrated the festival of the year just like Diwali by Hindus. There are a great history and significance of celebrating this Holi festival every year. Once upon a time, long years ago there was a Holika. A devil sister of demon king Hiranyakashyap who tried to burn Prahlad (Son of her brother) in the big fire by taking him with her help. But Prahlad was a true devotee of lord Vishnu and Prahlad was saved by the god and however Holika was burnt. So we all Hindus celebrate this festival with the great memory victory of goodness over the devil power. Holi is an important festival of Hindus, it is a festival of fun or joy. Holi gives us the message of friendship and goodwill. So on this occasion, we forget our old quarrels and mix with all freely. Holi has also some evils some peoples get drunk on this occasion and rowdy behavior so this is very bad, we realise that is a festival of joy and friendship, we should share our joy with other and we must not behave badly.

So this special occasion I am going to provide you best or latest Happy Choti Holi Images or wallpapers hopes you like these images and through these you can wish Holi with your friends or family, so make your day special with our best Holi wishes or Holi Images.

घबराईए मत… बारिश का मौसम शुरू नहीं हुआ है यह तो इंद्रदेव अपनी पिचकारी चेक कर रहे थे …. होली आने वाली है रंगो से नहीं डरे रंग बदलने वालो से डरे…!!! हैप्पी होली इन एडंवास

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Niklo galiyo mein bana k toli, Bhiga do aaj har ladki ki jholi, Muskura de to usey bahon mein bhar lo.. Varna nikal lo keh k HAPPY HOLI..!! Happy Holi

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Save Water At Holi… Aye Khuda Aaj To Rehem Kar De, Mere Dost Aaj Nhi Reh Payenge, Lagwa De Kisi Ladki Ke Haatho Inhe Rang, Ye Kamine Pure Saal Nhi Nahayenge. Happy Holi

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Wo Paani ki Bauchaar Wo gulaal ki Fuhaar Wo Ghoro se nikalna Wo Galion main Ghumna Wo Dosto ki Dhoom O yaara Holi is coming soon WISHING U A VERY HAPPY HOLI… Rango K Tyohar Me Sbhi Rango Ki Ho Bharmar, Dher Sari Khushiyo Se Bhara Ho Apka Sansar, Yhi Dua hai Bhagwan Se Hamari Har bar, Holi Mubarak ho apko dil se har bar. Happy Holi

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Pyar, Sneh, Samarpan, Dular, Mohabbat, Sadbhawna, Sadvichar.. Inn saat rango ki rahe baucchar, Aaj ka din laye aapke jeevan me Satrangi Bahaar. Happy Holi

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Gujhiya ki mahak aane se pahle, Rango me nahane se pehle, Holi ke nashe me gum hone se pahle, Hum aapse kahte hai happy holi SABSE PAHLE Happy Holi

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Chhod diye Wo Dhande.. Jinke Anjaam The Gande.. Pura Mahina Nek Kamo Me Bitaenge.. Ab holi K Baad Hi Nayi Ladki Pataenge. Happy Holi

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I May Not Put Colours On Ur Face In This Colourful Festival, But I’m Praying God To Add More And More Colour In Ur Beautiful Life.. HAPPY HOLI

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May God bless you with happiness, May you forget all differences of us May you call me and say come to play holi, I am trying to say you just sorry. Happy Holi……

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Holi is not only the festival of colours, It is a festival of togetherness, It is a festival of forgetting all differences, And it is a festival of eating delicious dishes. Happy holi…….

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