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[nya-vivi]

Why are my 'read more's writen in--polish???

[dropthedemiurge]

Let Free The Curse of Taekwondo: Things you didn't notice #1

Isn't this another K-BL where I'm internally squealing because of every single detail? You bet it is. You can read my other meta/cultural detail/Korean language posts for Love for Love's Sake, Time of Fever, Grey Shelter and Boys be Brave on my pinned post or hashtags^^ (I really need to organize it under one singly hashtag tho...)

I already talked about how impressed I am with the fact that this series has done their preparation job well, with props, settings, language, history etc.

It is about a countryside/small town in Southern province of Korea - because a lot of characters use satoori (southern dialect), almost all of them except for the main two guys. There is also a distinct contrast/conflict between 'fancy Seoul rich guys' looking down on 'Southern town'. Juyoung even was surprised Dohoi doesn't use satoori.

To which, he responded with 'You'll be uncomfortable if I use it". And Juyoung said there are plenty other uncomfortable things around here, beside understanding/listening to everyone using other accent xD Confusing Gaga translation errors, we meet again!

Actually, it's interesting because Dohoi's name is written 이도회 in Korean, which typically would be written as 'Dohoi' but pronounced as 'Dohwe' (think of surname Choi that is actually pronounced as Chwe), yet in the first episode I clearly heard them actually say 'Dohoi', letter by letter. Now I wonder if it's also related to satoori... I wish I could speak it, it sounds so cool tbh.

He actually said 'I'm not in a good condition', meaning his physical form. What do you mean, mood, when was that ever an excuse in sports..?xD

By the way, what is it with boys trying to get closer to other boys by buying them unusual ice cream?:') Okay, garlic sounds more weird than red bean one :D

Also, I tried to find the Hasong town they talked about but failed - maybe because of incorrect transcription or maybe they made up this town based on Uiseong - a small town close to Daegu which is famous for being the most famous garlic town, they produce a lot of it and garlic fame would be seen everywhere - so who knows, I bet they allude to this when Juyoung said 'why can't there be a vanilla garlic ice cream? It's like a collaboration!'

Another thing, I thought the time of this series was somewhere around 1990s-2000s (because I watched a movie in similar setting that was called 1997 year but they still used pagers, now that I think about it). It was also still the time where teachers could use physical punishment on their students, it's heavily highlighted but I don't actually know around what time they stopped... Probably in Seoul, they already were getting rid of it but in small towns it was old-school teaching, which is again why Dohoi tried to tell Joyoung out of it.

I'm not familiar when small laptops and phones appeared in Seoul but I think the series is actually somewhere around 2005-2010! Which would make sense, Juyoung got the 'cool' flip-phone and a laptop with Windows XP (released in 2001) but small town is still far from that, as they use landline house phones to make a call.

He also has mp3 player and as other tumblr folks figured out, he was listening and dancing to Jewelry song released in 2005 :)

And another thing that convinced me about the time era... the final scene!

Do you want to know why at the end of Ep 1 Dohoi smiled and laughed and ran to Juyoung even after so many exhausting days and neverending small miseries and a new loud housemate?

Because Juyoung not only came to pick him up with an umbrella in the acid rain, he also reenacted the famous umbrella scene from the classic romantic K-drama called "Temptation of Wolves" (늑대의 유혹) which was released in 2004! To make Dohoi laugh.

(Yes, when Juyoung intentionally put the umbrella down and the camera cut the shot to the framing when the umbrella slowly lifts up, showing smiling Juyoung, I was like 'you did nooooooot' xD)

(last screenshots taken from @heretherebedork post, I'm sorry I am very lazy and cannot take a good screenshot for life :'))

So that was already our very first romantic teasing-implication!

Another cute thing: optimistic Joyoung wrote a diary entry into the fake old Korean "Facebook" (they had Cyworld instead) to share his first selfie with Dohoi:

"[Excited Shin Jjuyoung]" (typing in a popular back then teenage style) "I miss you guys... But here it's nice too hehe ^___^ Come to play with me!! Together with my friend Dohoi too~~!"

Aren't they the cuteestttttt? I mean, this dynamic is not new but I love how unique the setting is. And I can't wait to watch the second episode, I'm waiting and savoring the first one for now but I'm going to make notes about other episodes as well so stay tuned! If you reply/comment in tags, I will put you in my tag list^^

Tag list: @benkaben @pickletrip @troubled-mind

[gaspshichat]

hi chat. pearl made me cry at 9:30 in the morning so y'all know what time is it. warning there will be swears [i say the f word ☹️] bc i haven't slept but i'm somehow not sick rn which. hasn't happened in weeks

[and a quick health update: pretty sure i have narrowed down what's making me sick to three possible things. i'm hopefully seeing my doctor soon bc the refill on my meds expires in june. we're so close and i haven't been able to breathe]

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OH MY GOD. Y'ALL. IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME AND SOMEHOW AREN'T A PEARL FAN. HOW ???? GO. GO BE A PEARL FAN. IT'S A THREAT

pearl is funny and kind and caring. there is a reason i gave her 10k bits the other day. she deserves the entire world and more. i don't know what the world did to her that made her so kind

i'm not the only one who has a message though !! here are a few messages from people but i've seen so many in reblogs and tweets and whatnot

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from my lovely partner tay aka twitter user PandoraRxse: I can’t catch streams very often but your videos always make me smile and I always look forward to a new upload. Keep doing what you’re doing, you’re amazing Pearl

from lovely twitter user SKYBL1NGS: shes like genuinely super funny and has great content that everyone can get into and shes really pretty and i loce pearlecentmoon

from a lovely anonymous twitter user: she is genuinly such an amazing artist, both in minecraft and in real life, all of her art is so lively in a way that i'm not sure how to describe best. also she is such a kind human being :))

from lovely tumblr user sapphicwhimsy: pearl is such a lovely and sweet person. shes SO kind to everyone in chat, new or old, and creates such a lovely environment to hang around in. her streams are the only ones i can sit through fully, and she has SUCH a lovely voice! i could listen to her read the dictionary, because im sure she would make it interesting. she has such a way to make everything interesting! even things like sitting still for thirty minutes can be something interesting in a pearl stream, because shes always got such amazing things to say. shes absolutely beautiful, inside and out, with a kind soul that matches her through and through. the fact that she always tries to read everyone out personally, and tries to pronounce their names correctly - and accepts corrections wholeheartedly - is so nice. and shes so wonderfully accepting to all of her community, and always has well wishes for everyone. shes truly a very wonderful and accepting person, who deserves the world! honestly the sweetest person ive ever came across.

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anyway onto the next part of why i made this post

HOW THE FUCK IS SHE SO PRETTY. WHAT. IT'S GENUINELY UNFAIR. SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE COULD BE A GODDAMN SCULPTURE

LIKE COME ON. I WISH I COULD DRAW SO I COULD DRAW HER. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL. WHAT THE HELL. LOOK AT HER

featuring other GORGEOUS women. my god. i am so

anyway :)) it took me an hour and a half to write this bc i kept getting distracted. in short. pearl is so amazing and wonderful. it's weird how she remembers things about me and actually cares ???

also. SHE PRONOUNCED MY NAME CORRECTLY ???? I'VE HEARD SUCH TERRIBLE PRONUNCIATIONS BUT PEARL. SHE SAID IT RIGHR FIRST TRY. WHAT. i kind of want to hear how karn would attempt to pronounce it

[bc yes. i'm okay with anyone, including streamers, calling me vyren. you know me better than my dad does. it's okay to call me vy, vyren, gasp, or gasps]

sleepy brain wrote this post and i want to say so much more but i can't. i had a better message when i did my 10k bits message but that thing is long gone. the only way pearl knows about those bits is if she sees this

and to her community: i love y'all. y'all are lovely. thanks for helping make my shitty life a little brighter. the world may not be kind to me, but y'all are. thank y'all for that. y'all are so lovely

pearl, if you see this, sending all the love to you and your three cats. and yes. karn is the third cat

[sammyisradical]

First ever tumblr post, ooh I'm currently in the middle of analyzing/taking notes on all of the 'alien' related things in Lilo and Stitch, and I figured I could start posting my rough drafts here before everything goes into powerpoint form. Since I organized the notes by character, we're starting off with my favorite silly guy: Gantu :3 Movie 1 (Lilo and Stitch): -Just wants to prove himself worth to the Grand Councilwoman, this poor man -'Does this, uh, look infected to you?' I'll be touching back on this with more evidence later, but I'm convinced that he's very focused on being clean/sanitary -His name is pronounced in 2 different ways; G-aun-tu and G-an-tu (though the correct pronunciation is G-an-tu) -He was retired from his job, not fired Movie 2 (Stitch! The Movie): -unlike when he was working for the Grand Councilwoman, there is a CLEAR distaste for Hämsterviel, and I feel like he's only there because he needs somebody to be loyal to/get approval from -From here on out, he is CONSTANTLY using 'trog' as an insult (mentioned in the 1st movie as a negative term) -When going to collect Jumba, he gets the door slammed in his face, THEN he rings the doorbell, how polite! -Gets called fat by Stitch, and UNDERSTANDS IT. He CAN speak the same language! -When he activates hyperdrive, he goes 'My turn this time!' indicating that he remembers what Stitch did in the 1st movie -The amount of NASTY eye brow raises and glares he gives Hämsterviel is insane, which further proves my point that he's just there for a job -Doesn't like bologna because it's too fatty, THIS MAN IS BODY CONCIOUS -He keeps apologizing for things. When he interrupts Jumba's joke, gets told he's messing with the punchline, he apologizes. Then, when Hämsterviel yells at him to stop apologizing for things, HE SAYS SORRY AGAIN -Egg salad enjoyer (real) TV Series (Lilo and Stitch: The Series): -Always, ALWAYS bothered with Hämsterviel calls, there's never a time where he's actually willing to go out to catch experiments -'I hate sticky!' and 'That can't be sanitary..' circles back to my point; HE LIKES BEING CLEAN -refers to his mother as 'mumu' -accidentally calls himself Captain, then corrects himself by adding 'formerly' right after -He can hula! He actively ignores Hämsterviel when he calls so he can keep having fun with his silly hobby -'I'm taking your tiny raviolis!' you think he's sick of sandwiches guys -Reuben called him daddykins and babe. Do with that what you will -HE LOOKS LIKE A WET CAT WHEN HE GETS YELLED AT -'San Francisco? Oh, double blitznak..' the writers really don't like San Francisco, and neither does Gantu -Going back to the point that he doesn't really want to work for Hämsterviel, he tries to talk himself out of going out in the rain to hunt an experiment; 'He doesn't need one little experiment,' 'how would he even know?' etc, etc.. -'As you say, aloha' is said while leaving, which means that he knows that 'aloha' can be used for a greeting and parting word That's all I've got so far, but I figured posting something would be fun :3

[dedalvs]

Hello, I am loving Ts' Íts' àsh and how it’s spoken! I’d love to know if you plan on releasing a full breakdown/alphabet type thing because I would love to learn more about it and how to speak it! I’m already learning parts of it and implementing it into my daily speech to get better at speaking it, especially ashfa. Would love to learn more soon!

Best regards, Samuel

If you're talking about the orthography, I did that here. If you mean the sound system and the romanization, I can do that.

Ts'íts'àsh doesn't have a ton of consonants—very few, in fact. They are as follows (romanized form [IPA]: notes [if any]):

p [p]

b [b]

t [t]

d [d]

t' [t']: this is an ejective consonant

k [k]

k' [k']: this is also an ejective consonant

f [ɸ]: this is a bilabial sound

s [s]

sh [ʃ]

kh [x]

r [r/ɾ]: pronounced like a trill at the beginning or end of a word; otherwise pronounced like a flap

That's it! Nothing too complex. Then there are only four true monophthong vowels:

a [a]

i [i]

o [o]

u [u]

Now this is where things get complicated. Any of the four vowels above or any of the fricatives above can serve as a nucleus. This means you can have a word tkh, psh, or even ss. All of those are licit. You can also have any two vowels in a nucleus—including the fricatives. So while you can only have CVV, you can actually have words like tsá, kshí, or even pskh.

(Small aside: If one of these nucleic fricatives follows an ejective, the ejective marking moves to the right of all the consonants. So a word that begins with k' and then has a nucleus of fó is spelled and pronounced kf'ó.)

There are a number of rules for what happens when two vowels (with vowels including fricatives) come next to one another. The result is too complex to list out in text, so I'm afraid I have to do a table, and since Tumblr doesn't do tables, it has to be visual. Here it is:

So, green means the sequences of vowels are allowed to go together without anything changing. Yellow means the sequence is allowed, but some sort of phonological change occurs. Red means the sequence is disallowed. There is also a general prohibition against three of the same sound in a row, even if one is an onset and two are nuclei. Thus, while ss is licit, sss is forbidden. It is worth noting that several of these vowel-vowel sequences result in monophthongs. This is important for the phonology when it comes to tone assignment. The monophthong sequences are:

*aa > a

*ai > e

*ao/*au > o

*ou/*oo > u

This means that certain instances of the vowels [a], [o], and [u] are phonologically long, and the vowel [e] is also phonologically long (and also brings it up to a five vowel system!). Some other interesting notes:

Long high vowels broke, as in English (so *ii > ai and *uu > au).

The first element of opening diphthongs fortify into a fricative (so *iV sequences become shV and *uV/*oa sequences become fV/fa).

Any time s and sh come next to each other the result is ssh (i.e. [ʃʃ]).

The only consonant f can occur next to as a part of the nucleus is f.

Now, the tones are fairly simple. There are three tones:

High Tone [´]: The vowel is pronounced with high pitch—much the way a vowel is in English when it's stressed.

Low Tone [`]: The vowel is pronounced with low pitch—much the way a vowel is in English when it's unstressed (and also not in front of a stressed vowel).

Falling Tone [ˆ]: The pitch starts off high and falls before leaving the vowel—like when you see a kitty and go, "Awwwwwww!"

How tone is assigned is complex. Good news is if the nucleus is consonantal (just fricatives), there's no tone. Fricatives don't bear tone in Ts'íts'àsh.

The short story for tone is that tone in Ts'íts'àsh came from a combination of an older stress system and cues from onset and coda consonants. An older stressed syllable is called a blaze syllable, and an older unstressed syllable is called a smolder syllable. A smolder syllable will always have low tone unless it has a current or former coda voiceless stop. Then it will have high tone. A blaze syllable can have any tone, but the tone it's assigned depends on the surrounding consonants. Some rules:

If the blaze syllable is open, its tone will be high, unless it begins with a voiced consonant, in which case the tone will be low.

A syllable with one vowel that ends in a voiceless stop will have high tone.

Otherwise, a syllable with a voiced consonant onset will have low tone. The sole exception is a syllable beginning with a voiced consonant that has two vowels and a voiceless stop coda. That syllable will have low tone on the first vowel and high on the second (unless the VV sequence results in a monophthong, in which case the tone is high).

Sequences of two vowels generally have a high-low sequence. The same goes for phonologically long monophthongs.

Coda fricatives will drag tone down.

VV sequences in blaze syllables reduce to singletons in smolder syllables when syllable type shifts in a word (e.g. due to affixation).

And that's all there is to it! It might seem tough to pronounce some sequences we don't have in English, but once you let yourself go and lean into it, it's kind of fun! Jessie and I were both really pleased at how well it was carried off by the actors. They really did a great job!

Thanks for the ask!

[mikalara-dracula]

Hi, can I request hc for sharing a bed with Laito like how you did with reiji, please?

🛌🏻 Sharing a bed with Laito—

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Made with: @liannelara-dracula

Hi there, Anon!

Thank you so much for requesting! I'm sorry this took so long. Hope you enjoy reading it. Feel free to request again anytime. :)

🛌🏻 Oh god, one can only imagine what sharing a bed with Laito’s like.

🛌🏻 I mean, most of his hobbies involve a bed.

🛌🏻 If you by any chance you happen to invite yourself into his bed, he’s more than amused and ready.

🛌🏻 In fact, it’s probably all he’d think about when the night rolls around if you told him during the day.

🛌🏻 Bear in mind tho that sharing a bed with Laito is quite different than you’d expect, especially since he’s alone with you in the privacy in his room.

🛌🏻 We all know he’s a pervert and one expects that he’d only do explicit things in his room or bed with his s/o.

🛌🏻 But realistically, he does a mix of things since he’s with a girl he really likes, he’s not solely focused on only having sex with her.

🛌🏻 So anyways, onto what he does.

🛌🏻 If you tell him that you’re sleeping in his room for the night, he goes all out.

🛌🏻 He dims the lights and has his room prepared for the occasion of you staying over with candlelight.

🛌🏻 Rose petals on his bed and around the bedroom floor, some romantic music in the background, even going down to feed you chocolates himself.

🛌🏻 He's all about making his girl feel special.

🛌🏻 "Laito, you don't have to do all this for me."

🛌🏻 "Nonsense, baby. Whoever is invited to my bed is my guest. It's only natural that they’re treated as such.” He’d smirk.

🛌🏻 Even serves and drinks wine/champagne with you in bed.

🛌🏻 He reads erotic French novels in bed lmao.

🛌🏻 He’d even read them to his s/o, and make them guess what certain lines mean, especially if they’re explicit in nature.

🛌🏻 “Je veux te manger (I want to eat you out). Can you guess what that means, baby?” He’d smirk.

🛌🏻 He’d even encourage you to repeat it with him to work on your pronunciation since he finds a girls struggling to pronounce a word cute.

I🛌🏻 In the end, he’d just end up kissing you as you’re trying to pronounce the phrase.

🛌🏻 He’ll even try to act out a scene from the book, giving you a small scene of drama. And if the scene is sensual/sexual, you best bet he’s going to act it out on you.

🛌🏻 Probably has a mini tv from the 1940s and watches old erotic french movies with you on it. It’s to keep the vintage aesthetic haha.

🛌🏻 And with this, since there’s erotic scenes, he’s definitely going to attempt the moves he sees in the movie on you.

🛌🏻 In the drawer of his nightstand, he keeps sex toys that can be used on him or you.

🛌🏻 Uses silk sheets on his bed because he believes that if he gets intimate, it increases the heat and “passion.” I mean, we all know how hot silk can get when there’s friction.

🛌🏻 Laito usually sleeps naked or in a man-thong that’s probably animal print, it’s either a leopard or tiger pattern.

🛌🏻 He doesn’t wear his hat to bed, but may put it on you since he thinks you look cute in it.

🛌🏻 But if you decide to tease him by taking it off him and wearing it in bed, he can’t contain himself.

🛌🏻 If there’s a spider on the wall, he’s going to start screaming and cling onto you for dear life, telling you to kill it.

🛌🏻 Meanwhile Subaru will tell him to shut up and stop screaming if he’s walking by his room since he thinks Laito’s having sex with his girlfriend. xDD

🛌🏻 Laito loves to talk about dreams he’s had and usually describes them in a sexual way even if they have nothing to do with sex.

🛌🏻 And he’s more than willing to hear out your dreams, especially if they’re sexual.

🛌🏻 He’s an open book, he’ll talk about his sexual escapdes with you, and encourages you to do the same since he likes to tell his lover everything.

🛌🏻 Instead of getting emo at 3am, he gets sexual.

🛌🏻 Sharing a bed with Laito involves roleplay.

🛌🏻 Which is where costumes come in and it's canon that Laito keeps a collection of female costumes... wtf.

🛌🏻 He has a bunch of sexy costumes he wants you to wear and he's dying to have you role play with him.

🛌🏻 He's probably got Christmas themed ones too. @liannelara-dracula and I swear he has a thing for Mrs. Clause lmao.

🛌🏻 If it’s not a sensual night, he has glasses on and is sitting on his bed beside you doing crossword puzzles.

🛌🏻 Gives you massages while talking about each others’ days.

🛌🏻 Might plug in an air diffuser before going to bed, a pine fragrance more specifcally.

🛌🏻 He ALWAYS wants you facing him, NEVER the other way around. He doesn't like it. He wants to see you.

🛌🏻 Likes to pull you into him and wrap an arm around you waist while whispering cute or minorly lewd things into your ears.

🛌🏻 He’s the little spoon all the way and he loves it.

🛌🏻 Likes to be hella close to you and prefers if your limbs are entangled with his.

🛌🏻 Loves to rest his head on your chest if he’s laying on top or next to you.

🛌🏻 He prefers that his lover puts a leg over him which locks him in.

🛌🏻 Gets very cold and snuggles up against you for warmth.

🛌🏻 He does like to grope your boobs, he does it even in his sleep as if it’s second nature to him almost.

🛌🏻 Laito sleep talks—he’s mostly mumbling about things he wants to do to you the next day.

🛌🏻 Takes selfies of him lying down with you in bed because he’s weird like that.

🛌🏻 Talks about making babies with you—like, he’s really interested in this sorta thing and what it entails.

🛌🏻 He likes to hold your hand and will kiss it before going to bed.

🛌🏻 If his lover is good at singing, he’d like it if she sings him to sleep.

🛌🏻 If you go to bed naked, he’s done and will not leave you alone.

🛌🏻 When you’re not spending the night in his bed, he happens to have a special track of recorded moans of you two from a past session, which helps him sleep at night if you’re not around.

🛌🏻 Afterall, Laito is the benefactor that hands out “moaning” tracts to his brothers.

🛌🏻 *cough* Shu in particular *cough*

🛌🏻 (Laito would never hand out the tracts between you and him tho, those are too special to him. He’d never let his brothers have those; it’s practically sacred property).

🛌🏻 Anyways—Laito will even listen to this special “track” of you and him if you’re laying beside him but are too busy to pay attention to him. It’s just a way for him to spend time since you’re occupied elsewhere.

🛌🏻 “I hope you don’t mind, baby, but I recorded us the other day.”

🛌🏻 “You did? Is that what you’re listening to now?” You’d question.

🛌🏻 Laito would smirk. “Of course. This is literally music to my ears.”

🛌🏻 “But why are you listening to that at this hour?”

🛌🏻 “Why, it helps me sleep.” He’d say.

🛌🏻 “But why would you listen to that when I could give you the real thing now?” You’d tease, his eyes widening as you sent his mind into overdrive at the idea.

🛌🏻 “Then I suppose there’s no time to waste.” He’d say, pulling you on top of him, being quick to escalate things, pulling you into a passionate kiss as his hands entangled themselves in your hair.

[lilailes]

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.

Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!

Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.

Name: Mirae

Pronouns: She/Her but generally don't really care

Birthday (no year): October 11th

Where are you from? What is your time zone? US/EST

How long is your roleplay experience? I've been here since 14? So 10 years LOL

How were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? (in job app vc: friend referred) A friend introduced me to Tumblr and RP!

How were you introduced to TOA? Well, it all started when I saw Nat's [REDACTED]-

Do you have any pets? Three dogs! (Australian Shepherd, French Bulldog aka Tater, hall of fame, and cat)

What is your favorite time of year and why? (Season, holiday, general period) Fall/Autumn! It's so much cooler, or at least for that one month here, but spring is okay too for the fashion and colors even if allergies are hellish

What is your IRL occupation? Every time I tell someone what it is I do, they don't know what it is, so for the sake of the internet, I am a corporate girlie/contractor

Some interests and things you like/enjoy? Sewing/fashion, reading, hanging with friends and family

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? Ace Attorney/visual novels, RPGs like Persona/SMT, Final Fantasy though it's more like watching these days

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: I've always been Water type biased, but I really enjoy Electric and Ghost as of recently. To that point, Raikou LOL but Flareon is my favorite eeveelution for the 2000s forums. They got that dog in 'em

Tell us some funfacts and trivia about yourself! (Optional bonus challenge: if you filled this out last year, try not to repeat what you said back then!) I don't think I answered this one last year but ? I was not born in the US despite living here for p much my entire life.

How did you get into Fire Emblem? TOA was pretty much how I got into it LOL

What Fire Emblem games have you played? SOV, 3H, Engage, and Heroes if that counts

First & Favorite Fire Emblem games: First: SOV and Favorite: FE6, though SOV is a close second

List your 5 favorite Fire Emblem characters across the series! Berkut, Petra, Raven.... Hm... Lilina and Griss

Who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? Can be any context and reason! This explains it all.

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳 Griss and Raven

If you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? - Awakening: Not really familiar with the cast - Fates: Not really familiar with the cast - Three Houses: Theoretically, Claude I think - Engage: Theoretically,

Favorite Fire Emblem class? Archers and mages

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class and stats? Would you be playable? I would like to be an archer, but I don't think I'm athletic enough, maybe a mage. Though, I do greatly enjoy martial master and wolf knight so maybe one of those? You would put a little guy like me through war? I would be playable, but as an optional recruit

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? (Black Eagles, Blue Lions, Golden Deer, Church of Seiros, Those Who Slither in the Dark, unaffiliated civilian, other - for example Almyran) Black Eagles!

If you were an Officers Academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent? Boons: gauntlets Budding talent: riding and bow Banes: axe, heavy armor

If you were an Engage character, which nation would you originate from? (Firene, the Kingdom of Abundance; Brodia, the Kingdom of Might; Elusia, the Kingdom of Knowledge; Solm, the Queendom of Freedom; Lythos, the holy land of the Divine Dragon; Gradlon, the desolate land of the Fell Dragon) Elusia has my whole heart so there

How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔(separate letters, to-ah, other?) T-O-A

Current TOA muses: Florina and Panette

Past TOA muses? Too many to list off, but the most memorable ones are: Petra, Lilina, Rinea, my Magvel stint, and maybe Elincia

Who was your first TOA muse? If you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? Gray, and no lol.

Do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) Brand: soft/sad girls, glass half full girls, and blondes (former)

Do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? Antagonists and lackadaisical/carefree characters

What kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) There's not a particular type of scene/situation I enjoy the most, I like a nice and healthy balance! Whatever strikes my mood at the right time.

Do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man I hope I get to write this one day”? I did for some past muses, but I think now I'm just kind of seeing where things take me/

Favorite TOA-related memories? Any point when I wrote Lilina, I think she had the most event participation and I just have a lot of memories and connections I enjoyed with her

Present or past tense? I generally go for present these days, but I try to vary the tense depending on the situation.

Normal size text, small text, no preference? I usually use small text, but I don't have a preference and will adjust based on writing partner

Got any potential muse delusions to share? 😉I've given Framme and Eir a thought or maybe a rerun from my past

[yukyunotabibito]

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.

Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!

Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.

From neffi <3

Name: Vergil

Pronouns: She/He/They

Birthday (no year): November 14th

Where are you from? What is your time zone? I'm from the Midwest (America), but my current timezone is PST

How long is your roleplay experience? 'Bout two and half years total I think? If tumblr RP

How were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? Does warrior cats on the playground count?

How were you introduced to TOA? Stalked the twitter for like a year

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Do you have any pets? I have a cat back home, but she's not with me at college

What is your favorite time of year and why? (Season, holiday, general period) Fall! Because it has my birthday :3

What is your IRL occupation? Student <3

Some interests and things you like/enjoy? Well isn't this embarrassing. My current obsession is 2ha/Erha

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Elden Ring, Persona, Ensemble Stars, etc.

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: Dragon! Appletun <3

Tell us some funfacts and trivia about yourself! I'm a marine biology major!

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How did you get into Fire Emblem? A friend of mine introduced it to me in 6th grade and like any autistic child I immediately got completely obssessed

What Fire Emblem games have you played? (In order of the number), Blazing Blade, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn, Awakening, Fates, Three Houses, Engage

First & Favorite Fire Emblem games: First was Fates. Current favourite is Radiant Dawn I think.

List your 5 favorite Fire Emblem characters across the series! Nasir, Kurthnaga, M!Corrin, Erk, and Zephia

Who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? Can be any context and reason!

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳Camilla. Any hot woman in general, so most of them. Vaguely Nasir.

If you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? - Awakening: First was Chrom. IDK now. - Fates: First was Jakob. Mozu now. - Three Houses: First was Claude. Yuri now. - Engage: First was Alfred (Male Alear). IDK now.

Favorite Fire Emblem class? Kinshi Knight!

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class and stats? Would you be playable? Random village NPC #12

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? (Black Eagles, Blue Lions, Golden Deer, Church of Seiros, Those Who Slither in the Dark, unaffiliated civilian, other - for example Almyran) Black Eagles

If you were an Officers Academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent? Boon: reason, bane: gauntlet, budding talent: bow

If you were an Engage character, which nation would you originate from? (Firene, the Kingdom of Abundance; Brodia, the Kingdom of Might; Elusia, the Kingdom of Knowledge; Solm, the Queendom of Freedom; Lythos, the holy land of the Divine Dragon; Gradlon, the desolate land of the Fell Dragon) Elusia

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How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔(separate letters, to-ah, other?) As the letters, so Tee-oh-ay

Current TOA muses: Kurthnaga, Nasir, and Zihark!

Past TOA muses? (In no particular order) Velouria, Anankos, Izana, Cadros, F!Morgan, Forrest, M!Corrin, Cadros, Erk (am I forgetting anybody???)

Who was your first TOA muse? If you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? Velouria. No, I don't think I can see myself picking her up again at this current point.

Do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) I don't even know anymore. Zihark has confused me. #Girl send help.

Do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? God. If a man could dream.

What kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) Emotional drama :3

Do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man I hope I get to write this one day”? Hm... I'm not sure

Favorite TOA-related memories? Dollhouse.

Present or past tense? Past? I think?

Normal size text, small text, no preference? Normal please wah wah wah

Got any potential muse delusions to share? 😉Under the right circumstances Yukimura could happen. But I don't that will be any time soon if ever

[tellthemeerkatsitsfine]

So, I saw all the posts about the promos for this thing coming from the John Oliver side of Tumblr, and I wasn't really planning to watch it despite my general interest in John Oliver, because I just don't understand the appeal of watching people eat and/or make and/or talk about food. I've said before that I couldn't get into Off Menu, or something like Bake Off, because of triggers I have from my years of cutting weight for sports, which is true but doesn't even really apply in this case. One 30-minute video of eating wings isn't going to trigger me (I do eat and talk about food without a problem, it's just doing long deep dives into that bothers me). It's just not interesting to me. John Robins and Elis James have started this feature on their radio show called Tick of a Taste where they try something unusual (and usually challenging, in similar ways to hot wings) and then describe it, and it's the only part of their radio show where I kind of tune out. I just don't get the appeal of turning food into entertainment.

So I was going to give this one a miss, but then it actually aired and @lastweeksshirttonight alerted me to the fact that there's a bit of Edinburgh chat, and obviously I cannot skip potential Chocolate Milk Gang content. So I watched it, and was not disappointed.I don't know who that interviewer is, and I did not expect to like him, given that he's an American man who makes, I assume, a whole series based on filming celebrities eating spicy food. I'm vaguely aware of that sort of "content creator" genre of YouTube, and it doesn't sound like fun. But I have to admit, he conducted a surprisingly great interview for a man sitting across from some hot sauce bottles. Asked good questions, they were insightful and interesting and displayed an impressive level of knowledge about his subject.

At this point, I'd like to take a brief moment to use this video as an excuse to slag off Marc Maron:

Marc Maron interviewed John Oliver in 2012, an episode that I listened to because John was fascinating in it but Marc was absolutely insufferable, as he's been in all the WTF episodes I've heard (which I believe is four: John Oliver, Andy Zaltzman, Stewart Lee, and James Acaster). And this is far from the main reason why Marc was insufferable, in fact it was a tiny thing that didn't matter, but Marc was so weird about the differences between British and American English. He kept stopping John to ask for the definition of British words that might not be common in North America, but should be more than easy enough to work out from context, and Marc couldn't just do that, he had to stop and treat it like some weird exotic thing that John said the word "headteacher". At one point in the interview, John is talking about the place where he plays a game that some call football and others call soccer, and you can hear him say "the p-field". Clearly started to say "pitch" and then realized that this annoying interviewer would pick him up on that so he changed it to field. That's what I thought of when I saw the above video clip - a fun example of the opposite of that. Well done to the hot wings interviewer for not being like Marc Maron.

The hot wings interviewer still pronounces Edinburgh about as badly as Marc Maron does, but I'm starting to think I should be a bit careful about complaining when Americans do that, because I'm not 100% sure that I say it correctly. I know how it's supposed to sound, so I can tell when someone says it wrong. But I think it might just be a hard word to say in a North American accent, so it's possible that I also mess it up, and six months from now I'm going to be in Edinburgh and probably at some point saying that word out loud to people who will know how it's meant to be said, so I might want to start saying now that it's fine if you do it wrong. I don't do it as wrong as that guy does, though. I'm pretty sure the word "bro" doesn't come into it when I say it. I also say it better than Marc Maron does.

Anyway, that is not the main point of this post, the main point of this post is this:

How the fuck have I never heard that story before? This is my exact period of specialty - John Oliver in his Chocolate Milk Gang years - and I have gathered up all the references to it that I can possibly find, and yet I'd never heard him tell that one before. I'm so glad I watched the weird hot wings video, just for that. I wish he'd tell us who the other comedian was. I have several guesses.

You know, I hadn't really thought before about the fact that John Oliver would have done his own material at those Late 'n' Live gigs. I knew he ran around taking cows apart, and I knew other people did their actual sets, but I hadn't thought of the fact that at some point John would have been on stage by himself telling John Oliver jokes. I don't think the stage where they took the cow apart was really the place for early 00s-era John Oliver jokes. I'm not surprised it went badly.

John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman do have a long list of stories of gigs they've done that have gone very badly (one gig in particular, the stories of which I made into a compilation nearly two years ago now), and I know all comedians have stories like that, but it doesn't surprise me that Zoliver have more than most. 00s-era Zaltzman and Oliver, individually and together, were not club comedians. Or at least, they didn't have club material, but they were not yet quite famous enough to never do clubs. London has a much larger and more diverse comedy scene than we do around where I live, but still, I think I can use my local comedy club as some kind of basis for comparison. And if someone stood up at my local comedy club and started telling Zaltzman and Oliver jokes, they would be met with baffled silence at the absolute best. They might get stabbed.

What jokes was he telling at Late 'n' Live? Was he doing his Political Animal material? He had a bunch of political and topical stuff back then, but that's not all he did. John Oliver definitely had more mainstream material in his arsenal than Andy Zaltzman did, I guess he could have brought out his train story and the one about not eating peas as a kid. Though actually, even the peas story is basically a political joke. Was he doing the stuff about crying at sporting montages as early as that?

Actual recordings of the stand-up John Oliver did in Britain are rare, though I've managed to find a few. Most notably the one of him and Zaltzman doing their full 2004 Edinburgh show, in 2005, that got released on The Bugle in multiple pieces but I stitched them together into one file, and… I mean, you can't do that at Late 'n' Live. I know I haven't been there, but if you could do that at early 00s Late 'n' Live, then I have drastically misunderstood the nature of the event. You can't do that. You'll get stabbed.

The other source of information about early Oliver stand-up is reviews, which are worth reading because they're often quite funny. @lastweeksshirttonight, I can't remember if I've ever sent you the Steve Bennett review of his debut Edinburgh show, but I'm tagging you because if you haven't read it before then you definitely should. It's hilarious. I don't always agree with Steve Bennett's opinions or approach to the mechanics of the English language, but I have to admit: "John Oliver has based his debut Edinburgh show on death, a concept he can be no stranger to, given the lukewarm reception his obscure observations receive," is a sick burn.

Was John doing that at Late 'n' Live? You definitely can't do what was described in that review at Late 'n' Live. You probably shouldn't do that anywhere, really.

There are better reviews from the next few years, like these ones, which both basically boil down to: Zaltzman and Oliver are intelligent guys who write well and it's all very clever and even at times funny, but God, they're both really annoying. So annoying. It was funny but I didn't like them because they were annoying. Did he annoy the people at Late 'n' Live that way? Is that why the man wanted to stab him?

Steve seemed to like them better in 2005, but still, I don't think you can do that at Late 'n' Live. "Oliver and Zaltzman are at the vanguard of a new wave of satire taking vast global issues - fair trade, the apathy paralysing democracy, immigration - and trying to simplify them to expose their flaws, which suddenly seem so blindingly obvious when put in such clear terms." Yeah, John, obviously the guy threatened to stab you if you tried to do that to him when he was drunk at 1 AM. Obviously.

What did you do to them, John? And while we're at it, what did you do to the people of York that one time?

Anyway, the whole Hot Ones interview was pretty interesting, they touched a few times on that side of John Oliver that I find particularly enjoyable, as he discusses the way he really enjoys tension and doing fucked up things and getting in trouble, but also has a socio-political worldview that says venerating that stuff is bad, and this creates its own tension. It's something I've heard him talk about before, I've always enjoyed it, I wasn't expecting to hear it explored so much in a hot wings interview, but here we are. Thanks for the recommendations, John Oliver side of Tumblr.

[ksiondzkanexkiii]

MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A BAD PERSON

Chapter Ten

Found story on wattpad/neobook or tumblr

Next chapter (11)

Price thought it would be hard for Jinx to get into school mode of waking up in the morning to go to school and then returning to his apartment to do homework and then continue working. That she would complain about getting up early just as he was waking her up at five o'clock to go jogging with him even if the doctor forbade him to do it at least it distracted him from work and the pain in his leg, admittedly he was supposed to spare himself, but he overlooked that fact.

Looking at the teenage girl looking at herself in the mirror correcting her hair and looking at her body judging and trying new fashion tricks stuffing a T-shirt into her pants or tucking it up to resemble a top, but each time she frowned her face looking at Price who only shook his head when I think it looks ugly.

- What are we doing, anyway? - Asked the captain finally, smoking his cigar - Why are you experimenting like this? - he added after a moment, looking at the teenager, who was now still rearranging her hair reflexively after the last time she pulled off her loose shirt, her blue eyes rested on him and shrugged her shoulders. He crossed his arms over his chest and raised a brow

- Because I'm curious," she muttered again, maneuvering her shirt to look good in it

- Because? Curiosity doesn't come out of nowhere, literally doesn't come out of nowhere at six in the morning," he squeezed his arms tighter on his chest raising his eyebrow even higher turning his head, "Something going on at school? - He inquired while watching her back and yet focused his gaze on the reflection in the mirror so he could see her face. He knew that the teenage years were one big challenge for a parent or legal guardian as he was, but he thought Jinx was either not interested in her appearance or had long since discovered what she liked

Yet here he was surprised

- Jinx? - He called out, wanting to get the attention of the teenager, who continued to look at herself in the mirror - Are you listening to me at all? -

- He didn't. - She only shrugged her shoulders, but a mischievous smile adorned her face suggesting to him that she did. She heard him, but ignored him, wrinkling her forehead - I don't like it when you ignore me - He muttered, continuing to watch her

- Just wants to change or is that a bad thing? -

- No, that's not a bad thing. But behind every change, there is a reason that he wants to know - and he wants to know it.

- My style has worn off -

- You can lie to everyone but me Jinx. -

- I'm not lying, not everything I say is a lie - She hissed like a snake turning on her heel to look at him with reproach in her eyes that how dare he tell her she was lying when she was telling the truth. No, she wasn't telling the truth in the sense of a half-truth pronounced and yet it hurt when he stated that she was lying. She doesn't always lie, she only lies when she is forced to do so and considers it the only path of defense he was already about to chastise her when a knock sounded at the door.

A teacher would come to escort Jinx to school. Someone had to escort her to and from school like a small child, but safety issues are important, no one trusted her especially since she had tried to run away many times in previous places that were supposed to , "rehabilitate" her or as Price prefers to call it, "adapt her to society" his brow furrowed.

He watched Jinx vigorously take her backpack, the school she liked was suspicious to Price. He gets too excited or maybe it's just him being overly sensitive about everything and this is normal? He never had a child so all the more reason to raise a teenager. But she is not even his child

- Jinx! - He called out to the teenager, who was already at the exit door to run out of his apartment without even looking at Mr. Hamilton, when Jinx turned around Price threw an apple, which she caught, smiled gently and muttered a quiet , "Thank you" he watched the door close and a heavy sigh left the Captain's lips as he sank down on the couch again wiping his face with the top of his hand. It could have been an interesting ten months of school and it's only September! And yet it continues to be warm in London.

Jinx walked almost bouncing in place with excitement at every storefront she looked at in her reflection in the window judging how she looked obsessively correcting her hat or hair - Woah! Woah! - giggled Hamilton looking at the red-haired teenager who walked in front of him

- The first day of school you didn't look like that - He stated watching her with curiosity while improving his laptop bag slung over his shoulder, the brunet dressed in a warm autumn coat wrapped himself tighter to keep the heat that escaped from his body and brown eyes watched the teenager closely to rebuke her for her behavior if necessary, the beige pants were just asking to fall over in the big mud. At least that's what Jinx thought, but she preferred not to say it out loud - What made you change? - He raised a brown eyebrow and scratched his two-day-old beard

Jinx, looking over her shoulder at Mr. Hamilton, only shrugged her shoulders, "I just... I don't know," she shrugged her shoulders, calming her gait and emotions to see the paintings on the walls.

- No Jinx. These shits we ignore - He rebuked her and she only scowled silently at him - I can see that - He scolded himself

- And well. You were supposed to see," she shrugged her shoulders, smiling mischievously and sending him a look that said , "Did I hurt your ego?" a giggle left Jinx's lips as she sped up a step wanting to lose Hamilton, she wanted so badly now to be around the group of teenagers she had grown so fond of especially the Rodriguez siblings they are funny when they argue and Aria always laughs the loudest and Noah prefers to stay out of it protecting his love from the wrath of the siblings

And Isolde? She tries to calm everyone down as usual trying to control the quarrel that grows over the siblings during the day which is increasing like a dark cloud over London threatening torrential rain due to the siblings cursing in front of each other at the end of the day and so they will love each other as if nothing bad happened today.

The charms of siblings

She could only giggle thinking what would happen today. She was a week into school and she liked it, it was as if the writer who describes her wanted her to have a happy life, that after many twists and turns she finally got onto the straight path she needed to walk to be happy

Maybe she wanted to defend herself from being changed into a , "better person" maybe her mind told her to run away, steal or go back to her old habits however her body said and did something else as if it wanted to sit calmly in the car that leads her along the straight road to a happy ending.

Only had to wait until something bad happened

Even for the captain it was a surprise how the teenager did not cause trouble and supposedly was a , "heavy teenager" or , "Teenager with a bunch of problems that the officers could not handle".

Of course she didn't tell him much he didn't ask for much. She only had to follow his orders and do the routine he tried to weave into her body so that she wouldn't think about anything other than school and changing herself for the better, but he also had his classes in the rest after a few months in fact after two years he could return to the base even if he didn't return to the battlefield but only ended up in his office at the base for a few hours he was extremely happy again to smell that stench that lingered in the base from sweaty soldiers or gunpowder.

- We meet here as usual after fifteen thirty," said Hamilton looking at his watch, and Jinx didn't listen to him, she knew what to do, she had heard this formula too many times and quickly disappeared behind the school door to find her friends? I guess that's what she could call them although she didn't know them that well yet but she felt comfortable with them so she could call them friends right?

When do you call people friends?

Is this the point at which you begin to trust this person to call him a friend?

Do you just have a good conversation with her and then you can call her a friend?

Jinx didn't know the answer to this question she usually didn't trust anyone on the streets she learned that everyone was an enemy or foe less or more dangerous way they showed it by pushing or stealing food to beating and maybe even killing for supplies for winter or summer. Every food and bottle of fresh water was at a premium and continues to be in the world of the homeless, but people who have money don't think about it so much because after all they have everything in abundance they don't lack anything, and if they do lack anything they can go to the store and buy it just like that, when the homeless are thrown over the door frame when they beg for even the smallest bottle of water. Back then you had to steal even if you didn't want to, you had to survive somehow

When she felt a hard blow on her shoulder she shook off her reverie as she parted her lips and looked at the person she had bumped into. Hound. The person's belongings were lying on the ground and the girl was looking at her with such hostility in her eyes as if her family had been killed - Forgive me, I didn't see you, I was thinking," muttered Jinx quickly as she bent down to pick up the notebooks that the teenage stranger had dropped

Who looked at her like she was already her enemy number one those dirty blonde hair loose and reaching all the way to her waist long freshly done nails that were a mile long according to the redhead. A pink top that didn't cover her belly and was short-sleeved actually looked more like a sports bra than a top fortunately it was all covered up by a black leather jacket black high-waisted pants perfectly framed the teenager's legs as if she was a cheap prostitute for every boy in the neighborhood

This wouldn't even particularly surprise Jinx, she gave her things back to her hastily and wanted to get away so as not to get into any quarrel. If she had gotten into an argument she might have lost her temper and hit the poor girl the stranger opened her mouth to utter some words probably as a warning to Jinx or to vent her anger over the fact that they had bumped into each other.

However, the redhead quickly disappeared around the corner hurriedly walking to the back of the school to meet the Rodriguez siblings, Noah and Aria well she couldn't forget Isolde especially she even had cigarettes with her to give them for the past week they kept giving her this time it was she who had to repay the debt sloppy and tired of life the pack of cigarettes was in her bag waiting to be taken out.

- Hey Jinx! - Cried Aria noticing the red-haired teenager who almost jumped up walking towards them, the lowest girl in the group vigorously waved to Jinx, the rest of the group became animated seeing their new group member also waved to her.

- Hey - smiled Jinx looking at them everyone embraced each other, when they greeted each other everyone smelled of cigarette smoke except, of course, Isolde, who was the only one who did not smoke, but stood next to them effectively avoiding the cigarette smoke so as not to stink of it - I have something for you - she said and threw her backpack over her shoulder to pull out cigarettes

- What is this? - Asked curious Aria looking into Jinx's bag - Aria not nice to look into someone's backpack - Crossed her arms over her chest Ava raised her eyebrow as she spoke earning giggles from some of the group

- You gave me cigarettes so I my guardian stole," Jinx shrugged her shoulders, giving each cigarette a little crumpled apparently hard to survive transport in Jinx's bag, "And it's nothing, let him look anyway there is nothing interesting in there," she added after a while, raking herself up and raising her hand to cover the cigarette that was between her cherry lips so that the wind would not blow away her fire that came from the lighter

- Caregiver? Is that what you call your parents? - Surprised Eric, he was not used to calling his parents , "guardian" he was more likely to address them as "mom" or "dad" and not "guardian" Blue green eyes looked at the taller colleague

- He is not my father. He adopted me," Jinx explained, letting the smoke out of her mouth as she lit a cigarette and handed the lighter to Ari

- So you are adopted? - Noah's eyes lit up slightly as if he knew what it was like, the redhead only raised an eyebrow and slowly nodded. Noah's girlfriend pointed at him - His sister is also adopted," she explained in a whisper so her boyfriend wouldn't hear it, but smiled not guiltily while handing the lighter to Ava

- Oh... Not bad... I guess," shrugged Jinx's shoulders as she inhaled, the Rodriguez siblings giggled quietly, "That's good because his sister is better than he is even if she is adopted," they joked which earned the angry brown eyes of Noah who rebuked them with his eyes at which they stopped laughing

Jinx and Isolde giggled seeing the scene in front of them and Aria hugged her lover being careful, not to burn his clothes with cigarette ash - "By the way," Aria started to say with her British accent, which everyone at school has only Jinx's speech stood out, of course you could hear her British which was given to her by her mother and yet simplifying words like an American was in her blood through the genes of her father whom she hated so much her mother too, but to her she could half forgive but only twenty-five percent could forgive her the other percentages were angry with her.

-What is this guardian of yours? - Asked Noah interjecting Ari who wanted to ask something or tell a story Jinx only shrugged her shoulders not knowing how to answer

- It is good gives food is a roof over your head. We try not to get in each other's way," she shrugged her shoulders again, taking a long drag on her cigarette. It was true with Price she had a complicated relationship they both tried not to get in each other's way and not to make life difficult Come on Jinx wanted to spite him and had a ton of plans and yet her body was betraying her and doing something completely different as if her body wanted to change, but her mind was not open to change. Two conflicting views were in her mind, her thoughts didn't want to change and yet her body was entering into decisions that change her and open her to new thoughts and possibilities.

- Changing the subject - Again Aria began to speak wanting to say what she wanted to say behind before she was interrupted by Noah - You know almost all of us in the sense of you know our favorite activities, i.e. smoking - joked Aria and the group giggled - But we know almost nothing about you - accused her pointing to Jinx who raised her eyebrows

- Well, that's right - Ava's eyes brightened noticing this fact, she was about to say something further, but was interrupted by the bell heralding the start of classes, Jinx looked up at the sky to soak up the last rays of sunshine come on they were standing in the shade so she just looked at the blue sky put on her backpack again

- I have nothing interesting to say," Jinx shrugged her shoulders, "I have to go to class, are you coming with me or staying to play truant? - she asked although she probably knew the answer Noah will probably stay to smoke a cigarette to the end and it takes him a long time and Aria as a faithful lover will stay with him, Isolde will probably go with the redhead and siblings are more changeable than women.

- I'm staying to smoke a cigarette and go to the second lesson - Said Noah what Jinx predicted and Aria uttered without a loud , "I'll stay with him". - I'm coming with you," said Isolde putting on her backpack, which was white and black striped both teens looked at their siblings, who looked at each other waging an eye war trying to figure out what they were doing

- Let's go with you," said Ava wincing at her brother who groaned in displeasure Jinx and Izolde giggled again nodding their heads heading towards the classroom. Walking quietly through the halls - By the way," Jinx began to say wanting to keep the conversation going, "I ran into some girl today, she was strange," muttered Jinx and Izolde who was walking arm in arm with her looked at her surprisingly Jinx saw worry in her blue eyes

- What did she look like? - Asked Ava also having a worried look almost the same as Isolde, the redhead did not know what was going on - Well she had blonde hair similar she had terribly long nails although I should more say claws. She was dressed like a slut, because she was revealing a lot - shrugged her shoulders Jinx speaking without emotion as if it was nothing only Ava and Isolde survive Eric did not give a damn about all this

- Let me guess she had blue eyes? So very blue? -

- Yes a what? -

Isolde and Ava's worried gaze only deepened - It was probably Viktoria Herrera," said Ava quietly speculating, "I don't know what this Viktoria looks like so it's hard for me to tell," shrugged Jinx's shoulders, stopping in front of the room where they had lessons

- And you have a look as if I killed your parents and I have never killed anyone," muttered Jinx looking at everyone with furrowed brows

- Herrera is a very , "popular" girl," Izolde began to say while standing in front of Jinx

- It's just that she's rich," Eric interjected, interrupting his colleague's speech, earning him a deadly stare from Isolde and his sister

- Her parents are rich and have influence over the school, because they funded many things here - Isolde began to speak again - And she is mean as a rag and slutty as a whore - again interjected Eric gaining a snap in the occiput by his sister issued a silent , "Ow" rubbing the sore spot

- Yes, by the fact that she is rich she has everyone really on a leash. She can do what she likes everyone is her enemy, but she is neutral as you don't get under her skin most likely she wouldn't know you exist," Ava said this time on one exhale and Jinx crinkled her eyebrows

- Let me guess now I'm on her blacklist? - Asked Jinx knowing what she was getting at the Rodriguez siblings nodded their heads - Most likely yes," muttered Isolde and the redhead only groaned in displeasure and sighed heavily

- It's hard. I can handle worse things I've been through in my life," she shrugged her shoulders and entered the classroom. Everyone was still getting ready for class including the teacher did not even notice that the four teenagers came in late, Jinx sat in the last bench by the window and next to her Isolde and the Siblings sat in front of them - It can not be as bad as you say - She defended herself in a whisper so that the teacher did not notice

Mrs. Dorinson could be strict from what the teenagers told her and surprisingly Jinx didn't want to cause trouble maybe for the fact that every teacher knows there is a program to , "socialize" her and one mistake.

- I'm not so sure about that," Isolde muttered, pulling out her textbooks from Chemistry, which Ms. Dorinson Jinx teaches raised an eyebrow, "Don't you believe in me? - she asked skeptically

- It's not about that. Viktoria can take revenge to such an extent that her victims often change schools to leave her or end up in a mental hospital," Isolde mourned as she looked at Jinx and her blue eyes continued to express a worry that Jinx couldn't understand. Isolde's grasp of Jinx's hand was warm, so much so that Jinx felt that her hand was warm and not cold as it had always been. Jinx looked into those blue eyes trying not to get lost in them - Just promise to watch out for each other -.

The silence that emerged between the teens was a killer Jinx didn't know what to say only briefly nodded her head in agreement - Say it Jinx - Isolde sounded like she was already about to beg for Jinx to make a sound of any kind so that she knew her promise was true

- I promise," whispered Jinx, but her voice barely left her throat as if the lump that had formed in her throat was very unwilling to say anything. One last squeeze of her hand and Isolde let go of Jinx's hand which felt the cold hit her palm as Isolde's warmth escaped from her hand. A little sadly, Izolde sent her a brief smile glad that the redhead had promised her to be careful about the Herrera whom Izolde was so afraid of and her blue hair tips were going into her eyes.

Jinx was not afraid of Viktori she experienced much scarier things, more often much worse than some spoiled teenager who has nothing interesting to offer and do than to oppress the weak. Jinx despised it so much, but she had no way to change it only she could watch from the sidelines, if she trumped she could end up with the principal and he would call Price and the consequences would be that she would end up in juvie again

And that's what she didn't want so badly

She liked the outdoors, maybe she had to follow Price's rules and his scolding more or less harsh depending on what she did wrong, but it was possible to live as if it was all normal. So what could be terrible about a spoiled teenager? All you have to do is threaten her more than she can handle and she's free to go.

- Besides. Aria was right," whispered Isolde looking at the redhead next to her bored in Mrs. Dorinson's lesson who was bored as in every lesson speaking her monologue thinking everyone was listening to her, "You know almost everything about us, but we know nothing about you," she recalled what Aria had said before they went to class

- What do you want to know about me? - Jinx was surprised - I have nothing interesting to offer - she shrugged her shoulders

- What is your favorite TV series? -

- Series? -

- Well. What series do you like? How about a book or movie? -

- I don't watch something like that or read I don't have time for that -.

- So what do you do in your spare time? -

- I am fulfilling my routine -.

- Meaning? -

- You know... I clean my apartment, do my homework -.

- And don't you have a moment to yourself? -

- Well... No -.

Isolde lowered her mouth in shock, how can you have such a set schedule that you have no time for yourself and no time to rest - This guardian of yours makes you do all this? - she asked

- In part -

- What part? It sounds like you're doing everything and he's just sitting on the couch watching the games," Isolde was outraged and Jinx quietly giggled

- No it's not like that," Jinx giggled, looking at Isolde, "Price is also doing something we share responsibilities it just worked out that way," she shrugged her shoulders, Isolde only skeptically nodded her head not trusting the words of the other teenager

- I didn't even see that you had your phone on you," said Ava turning towards Jinx and Isolde who were sitting behind her. Jinx's face wilted and her smile dropped, she couldn't tell that she was a program , "changing people" to return to society again and the aspect of the phone nailed her as if it was an obvious part of life for everyone and further something new. She had to lie somehow, but no lie was coming to mind

- Oh broke down - She spit it out as fast as she could look at the teacher to see if she noticed that the three teenagers were talking Eric was lying on the bench seemed to be asleep

- It fell to me and crashed," Jinx added after a moment, wanting both girls to gulp the hook of the lie, which it seemed they did, as they nodded their heads. And all the redhead could do was press her hands to her mouth so they wouldn't see her worry it was as if the two girls sensed something, as if they sensed what Jinx was supposed to be hiding. Either Jinx had to be more believable or she would be screwed

[voxofthevoid]

I don't know if you've answered this before, but do you have any other characters you ship Yuuji and Gojo with or are they exclusive for you? What do you think of ItaFushi or SatuSugu for example, their other popular ships?

It's come up in general a few times, I think. I've had a couple of anons ask whether I ship sukugo or tojogo (solid no for both) and another about my thoughts on Yuuji ships.

(In shocking news, Tumblr search continues to be useless.)

The short version is that goyuu is the only ship I'm well and truly obsessed with; they haunt my waking and sleeping hours, etc etc. They're not exclusive for me though—more like, half of them isn't. I ship Yuuji with a lot of characters (in theory at least; I don't read much in JJK). But goyuu is the only Gojou ship I like. I avoid everything else. This tends to be a pattern for me across fandoms, actually.

My thoughts on itafushi are covered in that Yuuji ships post I linked above. But expanding on that some more, I really love its tragic elements. The way it's consistently love for each other that leads them into some of their worst experiences. Yuuji eats the finger and later dies to save Megumi even before developing any deep bond with him, and Yuuji's impact on Megumi is pronounced throughout the aftermath, especially during the Goodwill event (his dialogue with Kamo, for instance). And post-Shibuya, Yuuji's self-imposed isolation is born from concern for Megumi to a large degree, and Megumi ignoring that concern and deciding to stick with Yuuji is what ultimately leads to Sukuna's incarnation (the Tsumiki-Yorozu mess determines the timing, yes, but the situation was their making too). Depending on the current state of Megumi's soul, I'd like to see some final interaction between them. Feed us some tragedy, Gege.

No one's asked me about satosugu before, so here we go: People who like Getou Suguru and/or satosugu, stop reading here.

I loathe it. It's the only JJK ship that makes me hiss on sight. Like I said, I avoid all non-goyuu Gojou ships, but I don't care if my eyeballs accidentally land on, say, nanago or sukugo. Satosugu, however, turns me into this:

The reasons are twofold. One, satosugu is so ubiquitous that you literally cannot avoid it no matter how many filters you use. It's the first time I'm understanding how it must have been to be a non-stucky shipper in post-2014 MCU fandom, but man, I didn't want to understand. I did start out with just garden-variety distaste for satosugu, but that only lasted till the 100th or so evasion of my block filters. Two, I can't stand Getou. Pre-villainhood, he's fine—well written and interestingly flawed. Post-villainhood? He pisses me off (that's its own essay that I won't get into here). The only characters I dislike more than Getou in JJK are Mahito and Naoya.

Gojou, in contrast, is my second-favorite character after Yuuji. The combination of Character I Adore/Character I Loathe means I run the hell away from the ship.

(For those of you who like Gojou and/or satosugu and read my fics: None of this will show in my writing, don't worry. These days, I'm fairly good at treating characters I dislike fairly, as my MCU fics show).

[mmmichyyy]

weekly tag wednesday 🌿

tagged by @jrooc @crestfallercanyon @suzy-queued @lingy910y @deedala @mybrainismelted 🖤

name: michelle

how do you pronounce your own tumblr handle in your head? mih-shee or meeshee

when you look out the window right now what do you see? street, sidewalk, cars

what is the most unusual profession someone in your family was in? i'm not very close to my relatives in hong kong so i don't even know what they do

what hobby were you really into as a kid? reading, bead crafts, making up ice cream flavours

first autofill google result when you type “how can i…?” "how can i make money" (lol)

if you were a main character in a sitcom, what song will be played during the opening credits? i have no idea probably something depressing like sidelines - phoebe bridgers

what’s the last movie you watched? did you enjoy it? what genre is it? damsel on netflix, a fantasy heroine movie with millie bobby brown - it was fine. but the movie i watched before that was love lies bleeding - kristen stewart, katy o'brian as a bodybuilder, lots of sapphic sex, murder, drugs, body horror elements. five stars no notes everyone needs to go watch it now

what is your favorite movie genre? comedy, indie quiet slice of life stories, romance/yearning

what movie would you recommend? happy together, directed by wong kar wai

do your IRL humans know about your fandom life? my roommate does, she draws fan art for another fandom and understands fandom culture. i've told two of my close friends i write fic but i will never show my writing to them because they're not in any fandoms at all lol

if you could do one activity with your pocket/fandom friends what would it be? grab a drink at a cute coffee shop and chat

tagging @gallawitchxx @thisdivorce @gardenerian @heymacy @heymrspatel @spoonfulstar @sam-loves-seb @juliakayyy @crossmydna @whatthebodygraspsnot @metalheadmickey @callivich @sickness-health-all-that-shit @sgtmickeyslaughter @stocious @loftec @darlingian

[krockat]

it is I, krockat, and i'm crashing into YOU!!

and i am posting my long ass description into a pinned post instead.

also how do you edit in a readmore on mobile. help

Stats:

late mid20s, queer, fucker, experienced tumblr user

Messages Of The Day and Age:

i have started using "I'm hungy" unironically.

The origin?

on One dark stormy night, was thinking it was funny when Izzy Roland in Game Changer did it as a challenge to say as much as possible while ordering pizza.

And that's how it always starts. it being funny.

And then it become more than a joke.

Be aware, people. What funny little words and their successing mouth feels might have you do.

more below the readmore, such as my FAQ and uhh pronoun polls. yup

(there's no dni btw, don't you worry your sweet little head, Mwah <3)

FAQ:

1. tumblruser having badges allegations:

yea its true. i bought them before shit got shitted. so i will also say just say

#westaysilly:3 #tdov #tdor #blm #swisrealw #cripplepunk #🍉 #fromtherivertothesea #crapitalism #enshittification #workersunite

2. why don't you post art anymore?

it's true I barely didn't for years, but recently have been dabbling in posting some!

i also made a community which no one joined because no one could find it, which before I realized I could not rb shit out from it - I posted a bunch of art in.

but hey if you wanna join my community hmu!

it's called the enjoyment enjoyers, we could always use more enjoyers!!

also posting art is scary and i'm working on being more brave :D

3. why don't you reblog more nsft stuff on here?

i ask myself that nearly every day.

like yea, cause nearly every day I have AtLeast a min of scroll time on tumblr and see something hella cool thats nsft.

not that i Don't rb nsft stuff, just not the ones that would truly bare my soul.

who knows, maybe one day I will also be brave enough to post my own nsft stuff! wouldn't that be wicked. I'm hella hot btw.

edit: i changed my pfp to me so the truth is out there. am gonna post more of me so who knows how bold I will build to be!

Good Good Pronouns:

how to pronounce my pronouns, same order:

dae/dem

hen (like chickens, like hen in hen coop [- but i am not of gender chicken. nej, i am of swedish queer gender]

see/sehm (sounds like seize him or see xem which are both great)

say/sir (it's very funny and gender)

Content of Blog:

loads of stuff. long gone are the days of the aesthetic and fandom dichotomy!

but with that said, i do rb fan shit, been on a tf2 buzz lately, but also i will rb even things from fandoms I've not been in at all. I support the arts!!

also art, horror, queer shit, things about all my disabilties (aswell as others #solidarityfucker), memes, politics, and oh yes,

yup this blog often contains nsft things! i find sexuality and intimacy quite fun and confusing. i am still fresh on this. let's have fun!

esp like to rb queer and kinky stuff that just gets to be silly and shameless.

ehh, im working on the shame part for my own, so not the most prominent poster on that. and honestly? in general.

rebogging is however most often Loads

Other things about Moi

so am queer and here for however long this earth will have me

polying most things, creativity, love, and disability. wahooooo

aaand, i am plural! we have been slow burn naturally fusing since this last summer, but we still be we-ing some days. this blog is Mostly just from my perspective, but our my is becoming all our my.

if ya get it, ya get it.

Oh and i am a musician. i make music. I am working on an album! it's fun! I will post it some time in the future!

I've made great progress on it this year, but somethings are slowing further progress, like both my computers dying (aka also my old backup computer.)

But I am still trucking on!! I love music it's my passion and i am gonna finish this album so I can make both my child self and old self and CURRENT (and future) self so super happies!!!

My oldest friend; Tags:

tags are my friends and my sacred truth and liekeepers. i like to taste the words in them. but sometimes that chronic exhaustion hits and then the fast rbs are aboundiful

Muse Applications:

the applications for being mutual muses (this does NOT include mutuals. new mutuals are ALWAYS accepted): have been opened again.

You can send your application through these official channels:

tumblr asks

messages

pigeon or owl bird (owl is a huge extra fee cause the power needs more time to travel far distances)

You will have to prepare two monologues, one of your own choosing, and one that we give to you.

If you move on in the process, there is a live improvisation workshop, where you on the spot show all your talents and skills and shower me with praises.

Last date to apply is whenever I feel like it.

Re: Description errors:

i can't figure out how or why, but my tumblr description is chronically bugging.

it takes no amount of HTML. I even tried commissioning a person once because I thought I just couldn't figure it out. but nah.. it's just plain brokies

Several tumblr functions are chronically bugging for me,

like my following limit (tho i have gotten quite trained at gently penetrating its g-prostate-spot),

and my desktop version (it was completely uneditable and unviewable for me for years)

so, i am so sorry fellow disableds who have had to struggle reading my description. but you know what I said??

NO MORE!!

so pinned post it is.

😔🤟

🌱✔️🌱

[abidethetempest]

Eliksni Conlang Progress

Velask! this is my first progress post, hopefully the first of many! i have been really waffling on whether or not i wanted to even share any early content yet, but then i realized that was really just me being scared to show off my art and i'm not about that shit (plus i want to have a record of my progress to look back on)!!! so i'm gonna show off my art >:DDDD

so here's most of what i have now! beware, very long post below the cut:

Phonology

i hope to god tumblr didn't totally cronch that image. so yeah this is the rough phonology, emphasis on rough. full disclosure, everything i know about the IPA i learned for this project like a week ago. i'm a total noob, and i'm sure an experienced conlanger or linguist would look at this and their soul would exit their body in horror or smth equally dramatic. but in my defense, i did have to work backwards to build this based on existing material instead of making it all myself, so it was a lot more restrictive and difficult.

Short Vowels

ɪ: i

e: e

æ: a

ə: e or a (always unstressed)

ʊ: u

ɑ: aa

Long Vowels

i: ii

ɔ: o (primarily used before r)

Diphthongs:

eɪ: written as “ey” or “eh”

eə, written as “eyr” (pretty much exclusively seen paired with r, which is the reason for that spelling)

aɪ, written as “ei”

oʊ, written as “oh”

these diphthongs are used to represent a number of sounds that canonical sources do not differentiate between in writing. There might have been a way to do this using rules for pronounciation instead, but it was honestly so frustrating to think i had nailed down a good rule only to find one or two exceptions that i just decided to chuck canon out the window and make some damn diphthongs.

(if you don't know/understand the IPA, I highly recommend checking out this video for a great overview)

Phonotactics

this is also a very rough draft version, doubly so since the only person who has to care abt writing/speaking Eliksni rn is me. but this is my current basis for how i make, pronounce, and write words. i will definitely clean this up if/when i start making guides on using Eliksni, but it makes do for now.

C^3VC^3

Onset: all phonemes

Nucleus: all vowels/diphthongs

Coda: all consonants including clusters

stress on first syllable in most two syllable words

in three syllable words, stress on second syllable if it contains a k or a long vowel/diphthong

stress never on prefix

single "i" is short if surrounded by other letters and long if left open on either side. "ii" is always long and is written that way in words where it is surrounded by letters. Words that start with single i will be spelled with ii if they are compounded with another word. ex) ikrim (time), draiikrim (forever, lit. “all time”)

Consonant Cluster Rules

I only have rules for clusters of two so far, but I am going to flesh out the rules for three-consonant clusters soon since a few of those have cropped up in my lexicon building exercises. The chart for these is in an earlier post if you want to see it all color-coded and whatnot

C: can only pair with H to for CH, all romanizations using C in place of K are done so for aesthetic purposes (i only preserved the use of C as an occassional K because I like how it looks in romanizations, the actual Eliksni alphabet will never substitute C for K)

H: can only precede another consonant as part of the vowel in the nucleus, except for Y (functionally, H being attached to a vowel makes it part of that vowel, but i wanted to highlight this feature to make it very clear that H cannot precede another consonant on its own)

J: never pairs with another consonant. (i wasnt even going to include J as a sound in Eliksni, but there had to be two (2) damn canon names w J in them so i felt a little obligated)

Y: functioning as a consonant, Y cannot pair with any other consonant.

Z: never pairs with another consonant at beginning

Making this bigass chart was unironically so fun. i love you spreadsheets <3 i love you color coding <3 no i am not neurotypical why do you ask

Syntax

VSO 

verb-adverb

adposition-noun

possessor-possessee

Noun-adjective

thats it lmao! i'm not even sure if this is gonna stay the same, the only sentences i've written so far have been very basic and all like 3 words long. this is definitely an aspect i am expecting to change a lot over time as I refine how i want things to flow.

Stop! Grammar Time!

(i've waited three years to make that dumb joke lol sorry)

unfortunately grammar itself is no joke.

these are the affixes for conjugating verbs in Eliksni. There are 3 tenses currently (if anyone saw that post I made a few days ago abt the second past tense, i do still plan to implement it, just haven't had the time to think of affixes for it or decide how i really want it to work)

For the sake of time and bc this post is,,,, really damn long already, I won't be including the example conjugations i did here. might make a separate post with that so i can also show off how the mood markers work.

speaking of...

Mood time! i will readily admit this shit kinda confuses the heck outta me, though i understand the basics at least in theory. Some are more intuitive for me, like the imperative and interrogative. i might even drop the subjunctive, although i do want to at least try to grasp it first. Also shout out to the imperative for being irregular bc of ✨worldbuilding reasons✨, we love to see it.

and FINALLY

Noun case markers! Something my time learning German actually prepared me for!

There are only two cases in Eliksni, nominative and accusative. All other situations where other cases like dative or genitive would be used will be done periphrastically using prepositions and such. I was inspired by the lack of gendered third-person-pronoun in Mando'a, which is why there is one pronoun to refer to someone in the third person regardless of gender. If gender absolutely need be specificed, an adjective corresponding to their gender (ie: masculine, feminine, nonbinary, etc) is used.

and that's what i've got after about a week's worth of progress! for the sake of good recordkeeping, the date at the time of writing this post is 7-12-23.

feel free leave any thoughts (but please be gentle! i'm very new to this)!

[loftec]

weekly tag wednesday 🌿

tagged by @deedala and @mmmichyyy 🥰

name: elin, loftec, lofty

how do you pronounce your own tumblr handle in your head?

when you look out the window right now what do you see? Night, but i can't see my windows from where i am now

what is the most unusual profession someone in your family was in? I don't know about unusual, but my paternal grandfather and one of my uncles both went to sea when they were like under 14, which is wild.

what hobby were you really into as a kid? i wrote violent parodies of classic fairy tales with my friends

first autofill google result when you type “how can i…?” "how can i be homophobic my b is gay lyrics" what? i don't even know what that is haha

if you were a main character in a sitcom, what song will be played during the opening credits? Little Room by the white stripes

what’s the last movie you watched? did you enjoy it? what genre is it? All of Us Strangers. I enjoyed it so much, it was really all I want from a movie; it was beautiful, it surprised me, it had Andrew Scott (and Jamie Bell in a mustache), it made me cry. 10/10. Genre uncanny drama romance.

what is your favorite movie genre? Films that make me cry, for whatever reason.

what movie would you recommend? Pride (2014) (it's been 10 years???? TEN YEARS???) (HOW?)

do your IRL humans know about your fandom life? Yes I can't shut up about it

if you could do one activity with your pocket/fandom friends what would it be? Potluck picnic a mild summer's day maybe, just sit around and gab until the sun sets

Please consider yourself tagged if you want to do this, and join the picnic <3

[messinwitheddie]

Dipper "So, this is how we're spending our evenings from now on, hu?"

Mabel "Mom brought him home from work!"

Kimber "He was a promotional prop for our new office space, but now he's my dance partner. So energetic, so fluid!"

Dipper "So distracting."

Mabel "We'll clear the living room before Dib's next Zim update; don't worry."

Kimber "I hope he calls a truce with Zim on earth's behalf and Zim decides to adopt earth as his new home. We'll all become good friends.. I can interview him; exchange recipes and mix cds. Aw!! Then when he starts a big Irken family I can see what their babies look like."

Mabel "Smeets."

Kimber "What?"

Mabel "Irken infants are called smeets."

Kimber "Awww! Little smeetie-beebies."

Mabel "We can adopt one! Or a pair if they're social!"

Dipper "What if smeets projectile puke highly corrosive acid or they're just really ugly?"

Kimber "No baby is ugly. I don't care what kind of fluid it spews out; I want to adopt one and name 'em Babka unless Zim insists they keep an Irken name. If I can't pronounce it, I'm going to be so embarrassed."

Dipper "Are you going to raise it Jewish?"

Kimber "Well, yeah... unless Zim openly objects."

Mabel "Are we allowed to do that, like, on our end? Can an alien convert to Judaism?"

Kimber "Ye....er...? I will do some research and ask some questions."

Dipper "Guys, stop. I was just being facetious. Zim isn't here to make peace with humanity, that's very much established, and he's NOT going to hand you alien baby adoptables. This conversation is too stupid to entertain any further."

Kimber "A human can hope."

Dipper "Just... I don't even know if Dib has an update. Did he message you at all recently?"

Mabel "No. He usually contacts you first. You haven't heard from him?"

Dipper "Not since last week."

Mabel *wincing "Ooh. When he just cut the stream mid update?"

Dipper "Yeah."

Kimber "Poor baby. He got all glassy-eyed and quiet."

Dipper "That was weird."

Mabel "And sad. I wonder what happened?"

Kimber "Did we say something that upset him?"

Dipper "I don't know. I don't think so, but... Wait; Gaz logged on. I'll ask her what's up with him."

Gaz "Dib...? He's been in his room doing Dib things I would rather remain ignorant about."

Dipper "Is he okay?"

Gaz "I... guess so? Why?"

Dipper "He hasn't contacted me or replied to me at all since last week. I even hacked into the swollen eyeball site. He's been idle for days."

Gaz "That is kind of weird. Wait, you hacked the swollen eyeball? Why not just make an account?"

Dipper "I'm banned."

Mabel "What?"

Dipper "Not me specifically; The entire Pines family is blacklisted by the swollen eyeball."

Gaz "What did you DO? They haven't even banned Dib yet and he's a nuisance."

Dipper "It wasn't me; my zadie Shermie used to have a lot of heated arguments with some of the elder mods in the mid 80's. There were a lot more antisemitic conspiracy theories circulating in the SE back then, from what dad told me."

Gaz "Yikes."

Dipper "Yeah... Anyway, um, you haven't spoken to Dib or seen him come out of his room at all?"

Gaz "Not in past few days."

Dipper "And that didn't seem concerning to you?"

Gaz "That's not unusual or anything. We try to give each other generous amounts of personal space in this house. I just assumed he was obsessively going over his stupid Zim research or editing the next update with you."

Dipper "No, I haven't heard from him. We just wanted to make sure he was ok. He seemed really upset last time we face timed, like he was about to cry or break down or something."

Gaz "About what?"

Dipper "No idea. I was hoping he said something to you."

Gaz "If he did, I wasn't listening."

Dipper "That's kind of shitty."

Gaz "I'll spare you an emasculating comeback while I carry us through this mini boss battle."

Dipper "Could you check to see if he's alive? Tell him to text me when he feels like it."

Gaz "Now?"

Dipper "Preferably."

Gaz "But we almost reached the save point."

Dipper "Don't you think your brother's well-being takes priority?"

Gaz "No."

Dipper "That's really shitty."

Gaz "Says someone who never smelled Dib's room before."

Kimber "Gazlene?! Go tell your brother to come downstairs and floaty screen talk with us right now, little miss! Be a good sister. Tell him you love him and we miss him and we're here for him."

Gaz "Is she trying to guilt trip me too?"

Dipper "Welcome to the family."

Gaz "Fine. After we reach the next save point; Only because YOU care. But I won't be pleasant about it. Actually-- Hold on... Todd? Todd!"

Squee -startled mid-snore snort!- "What?! What's burning?!"

Gaz "Nothing yet. Do me a favor. Go tell Dib he needs to call Dipper. The whole Pines family is worried sick about him apparently and they're trying to make it my concern."

Squee "Um...ok. Sooo, the last time I went into his room, he told me to fuck off and threw a bucket of chicken bones at my head. Not putting myself through that again. Sorry..."

Gaz -irritated growl- "Fucking serious?"

Squee "Sorry, but, I scrub the bathroom twice a week. You go deal with Dib."

Gaz "Damnit..."

A continuation of this dialogue.