#i mean they never speak french or anything but they're definitely french

[ontargetmadders]

I know it's essentially just a cartoon and i'm definitely overthinking this but everytime I watch pomeon xy I find it crazy that serena, bonnie, clement are basically French cause the kalos region is based on France. And then there's Ash basically just being a tourist and rocking up and accidentally finding a family (and his future wifey) in a foreign country/region 🥺

[cuddlybelphie]

Random facts about my MC because I'm bored as hell right now.

this is pretty much an accidental info dump I worked on for four hours- I didn't mean to lol.. So this is pretty long, just letting you know.

My MC's apart of many universes combined ★

It just happens one after the other.

Whenever he sleeps, he gets about an hour or less of it.

If he hasn't already awaken by himself and someone else happens to wake him up, he'll either flinch and sit up immediately or he'll grumble and turn away.

He drools in his sleep.. Another thing that doesn't happen often is that he sometimes mumbles in his sleep. It's odd, since he doesn't feel as if he dreams of anything, but sometimes mumble out clear sentences.

His dreams consist of either weird asf shit or just hellish nightmares where he or his family are targeted and in danger, never usually anything wholesome. Sometimes he doesn't dream of anything and is as stiff as a rock.

Not a morning person, a huge night owl - he has a raspy voice like any other person when he's fatigued or had just woken up.

Now, he's not an insomniac but he has pulled all nighters. Hence the eyebags.

For no reason in particular, he just doesn't feel the need to rest much; always often busying himself with studying, guide committee work, working on coordinating the parties for the RFA and convincing others to come to the party through invitations, or just simply reading.

He doesn't really find working a burden despite being sleep deprived, which is why he tends to overwork himself at times. He appreciates others concern, but he assures them he's fine.

If he's not busy with work, he's probably offering help to others or cleaning and tidying things up.

He can be a bit of a nerd; he's a bookworm and enjoys hearing praise from others whenever he's right.. Though inwardly he's been finding it difficult to believe them lately.

When he showers, it's always at night, when he isn't busy. He just finds it more convenient and comfortable if he does rest. Also double brushes his teeth, night and morning, gotta keep brushing them daily and keeping them clean.

He fears he can't afford to look bad as he feels the need to look presentable in front of others.

His favorite color is purple - but his favorite aesthetic is dark academia. When it comes to colors, he enjoys dark and warmer colors rather than bright or light colors.

He began to learn french in second grade, found the language fascinating and has been fond of it since. He likes to speak in french at times.

When he was younger, he was actually a female - but he transitioned when he was 13, he always wondered why he felt uncomfortable in his own body. Also explains why he called himself a tomboy back then.. lol.

The full transition happened when he was 18 though. His mom's very supportive of him.

He's currently around his twenty's (can't decide his age yet)

Bird feathers are something he enjoys collecting, he found an awful lot where he lived since birds commonly lost feathers now and again.

He enjoys flowers of any kind, and has thought of making a garden before.

His favorite animals are cats, he adores them to death.

He favours salty or savoury foods whenever he does have meals.

He may not look it, but he can hold, pick up or carry anyone or almost anything. He made himself become strong so he's able to offer support.

He can drive, but only drives when it's necessary or someone asks him to, for personal reasons.

He'd have work experience, but he chose to stay home and help his mother by watching over his younger siblings. He was technically like a dad to them - his older brother was the one who helped to provide by being the one who went out and got a job when he was old enough.

Knows how to cook decently due to helping out his mom whenever he could, still has a lot to learn and is definitely willing to be taught.

Owns a camera from his grandmother, he likes to take photos - they're not as good as his younger brothers he thinks. He really likes his younger brothers photos, he finds it all impressive.

He cherishes that camera since he received it from his grandmother, who has passed. He misses her, but he stays strong for her - along for his siblings and mom.

His older brother is a big enthusiast with horror movies, so he's prone to them and isn't too bothered by watching them. Still doesn't mean he enjoys hearing gore from it, such as movies like SAW.. He gets chills up his spines and is disturbed by it.

He remembers all of his brothers phases, and often teases them about it. Albeit, he can't really talk since he usually joins in too because they rope him into it with them.

Definitely coddles his brothers - he just cares about them a lot. Which also means he scolds them when they make silly decisions, but they don't really take him seriously.

By the way, he has five brothers. One older one and four younger ones.

If there's one thing you should know about him, it's that he appreciates his family unconditionally. Not his father, he doesn't include him or consider him family at all - aside from that, he'd do anything to protect his family.

He's seen a lot and been through a lot, yet continues to pretend to be completely fine and if he's offered any help he usually puts his family first.

After getting a job and saving up enough money to stay stable and enough to spoil others and himself, he decided to get himself his own wardrobe of his kind of style. He definitely wears suits more than anything.

He's gone to many places after entering college - he didn't expect so much to happen at once after having become an adult, but hey, his life had always been rocky.

He also enjoys to write, but he never showed anyone anything he's wrote. There's a possibility he owns a journal, he's just hidden it somewhere others won't find.

He is omnisexual and demiromantic, he just can't see himself getting with someone he doesn't know well or having a noncommittal relationship. He takes more interest in males more than females.

It definitely takes him a while to get close to others and trust them.

The whole situation with RFA was confusing and he doesn't remember how he ended up in the apartment nor how he got into the chatroom, especially since he's a very cautious guy - the whole thing was a blur to him.

He overthinks a lot, so he has many migraines due to stress. It exasperates him heavily, so at times he'll zone out. Not intentionally, it's a coincidence it helps ease the throbbing a bit. He's dealt with them since he was a teenager, and only realized why when he was fifteen.

He does NOT like being left alone, especially with having to deal with his own thoughts. He does drown them out usually with music.

He's not very nice to himself in his mind, oddly always fighting himself.

His body aches a lot due to him being stubborn and overworking himself, he never usually speaks up about it or received anything like a massage to ease up the aching. He also has a “weird posture” apparently, said by his father.

His aches probably worsened when he falls asleep against a table, desk, or chair.

He tends to ignore his own well-being.

Whenever he receives injuries or symptoms of a sickness he always dismisses it since it's nothing severe that needs attention and just convinces himself to pull through regardless and hope it goes away on its own with the help of his immune system.

He was mostly forced to think that way because of his father always saying it isn't that big of deal and had gotten used to doing it that way. That is until he's gained people who care about him and convinced him to take care of himself better.

Of course, when he gets a cold or flu, he always makes sure to never spread his illness to others. Usually coops up in his room until he's better.

He has an inferiority complex beneath his persona, but a slight superiority complex in front of others.

He's secretly insecure, despite all of his accomplishments nothing feels like enough to him.

He's good at taking charge or looking out for others, he's hopeful to be seen as dependable and reliable to others.

Due to his selflessness, he makes sure others are well taken care of before himself. He also wants to be able to protect others.

Likes to observe people from a distance, analyzing others personalities - he doesn't mean to come off creepy, he just sometimes find other humans fascinating.

Not very talkative, he doesn't initiate conversations.

Once you bypass his feelings of distrust and cold demeanor, and become his friend, just know you're stuck with him for good. (I mean.. Please don't tell me you'd also leave him like others have?)

He's very loyal and devoted to any relationship (platonic or not) he gets into, so expect some form of spoiling from him just for existing. He'd probably do anything you asked him to, within logic, anyway.

If you're his friend he'll probably also coddle you. He just gets worried about those he cares about.

If you're close to him, you'll probably see how he tends to act different - his personality varies a lot, and that's usually from picking up others ways of expressing themselves and copying to fit in. He's very good at masking it though and it depends on who he's with, so there's only a slight chance for such a thing to happen.

After losing some friends, he's become more rational and cautious about becoming close to others. At times he might often ruin his chances of becoming friends with anyone due to his plentiful issues and self sabotage from anxiety.

If you're friends with him and somehow managed to get into a quarrel with him, he'll probably back off and distance himself. He doesn't want to anger you any further or say anything he'll regret so it's likely he'd avoid you until things simmer down.. He's not really the type to apologize, but if he see's he's in the wrong he'll come around eventually.

He listens to rules, he's not one to disobey. He was taught to be that way obviously because of school when he was younger, but another reason was just because he wanted to make his mother proud of him.

He's adapted to being that way by now, but because of Lucifer trying to always remind him of rules he's been tempted to just not listen out of spite.

He's definitely apart of the Anti-Lucifer League once he hears about its existence, joining in on the pranks.

He never really gives a damn about the punishments much to others surprise. He doesn't find Lucifer scary or intimidating, but for the sake of it, he'll pretend to submit just so he can get it over with.

His only attachments are with Yoosung, Pollux, Belphegor, Satan and Mephistopheles so far, he's grown soft spots to them especially.

Has a confusing relationship with Lucifer and Sirius. He claims he hates them, but.. Well, he secretly feels a bit conflicted with them. He definitely hates them for the most part though, unpleasant feelings or thoughts still arise whenever they're present.

As for why he hates Lucifer, it's for ridiculous personal reasons, but also because of certain incidents that had happened near the beginning of the exchange program that I will not expand on just yet.

uuh, that's all I think. If there's any typos, please lmk, I hate having minor spelling errors.

thanks for reading :3

btw he's a self insert, but just made better

Probably gonna regret posting this maybe, idk it's four am and I probably made some mistake of some kind I'll notice when my body doesn't feel tired..

This isn't all of my MC's lore btw, nonono, this is just the beginning of it. This is the top layer, we've got loads to unpack with him.. But I spare you for this post is already too fucking long LMAO

[rosesocietyy]

Brilliant people have said everything that needs to be said about this much much better and I don't got anything substantial to add but I just have to get this off my chest cause y'all I'm still in disbelief

like this is a grown ass person btw oh I simply have to laugh😭

this perfectly exemplifies literally everything cringe af and wrong with these "assigned welcomers". this is just my scapegoat but there are way worse I've seen

First of all, get a job. how, at your fossil age, do you have time to spend all day scrolling through every single iwtv related post and arguing with people who say anything even slightly damning about lestat (which mind you, is literally just objective facts about things he did). I'll dm you a McDonald's application hell I'll even put in a referral for you out of the goodness of my heart.

Second, Lestat is not a real person. he's fake, a made up character, the figment of someone's imagine, non-existent, people hating him will not affect your life in anyway shape or form. He didn't assign you as his PR agent I promise you'll live. "They'll never accept him" ok and?!?

Question, and I'm genuinely asking, is this their first time in a fandom? why is someone having a different opinion about a character they love enough to send them into hysterics like?? 13 year olds on anime twitter have a better grasp on reality that y'all do get a grip!

And like the above posts have talked extensively about, I most definitely noticed whose posts a specific bunch of them love to go under to share their dog shit "explanation" that nobody asked for. When a black person sees Louis being brutalized by his white lover what do you expect their reaction to be? oaur wow this white french slut is so pussy cunt slay period queen? "but louis is flawed too" do you hear yourself? do you listen to yourself when you speak? can you activate the barest hint of brain activity to understand why we would react differently to what we're watching than you would and that knowledge of the source material has nothing to do with it? Just because you read those shitty books and posses no empathy for black people in media doesn't mean you gain some higher understanding of "gothic romance ".

"No but the thing is you don't understand this is a gothic romance and they're supposed to be monsters and lestat has suffered saur much and he's also the real main character so you must love him" so now how exactly does that negate their point about him being an abuser? quickly! sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up when black people are sharing their thoughts on the show cause who the fuck are you fr and what convinced you that you have the right to argue with them about THEIR experiences. that tweet that said white people act like God left them in charge, yeah.

Funny enough, half the people that are so gung ho about him now didn't even fw him at all when they only read the first book. wow it's almost like you were allowed to sort out your feelings about him on your own without insects disguised as people in your mentions calling you slow for not licking his feet.

I despise so much in this fandom. From the bottom of my heart I really truly do. I don't know what I was expecting, I guess more common sense and maturity because the average age in the fandom is quite high compared to other fandoms I've been in but nah, just mfs screaming and crying bc ppl don't jump up and down and scream yipee! everytime their white fav commits abhorrent, disgusting crimes.

I was so caught up in the euphoria of an anne rice property finally being given to skilled creators who'll pick it apart and say something poignant with it that for a moment, I forgot I lived in a world where majority of its audience would sadly be the anne rice crowd.

[wellgoslowly]

EDIT: in the original post I wrote george as speaking hindi. while I'm sure he prob knows hindi I forgot that he's iranian so I edited to be more accurate :)

i love coming up w silly ass little lockwood and co headcannons either by myself or with my roommate bc they're always hilarious. here are some of my faves that we've come up with.

george hides barf bags around the house in case he sees anything slightly coupley or flirtatious between lockwood and lucy so he can pretend to gag and be dramatic.

george would fall for the "i triple dog dare you to lick this frozen pole" thing in a chistmas story.

he has fallen for the "your hand is bigger than your face" thing bc lockwood pulled it on him. he has never forgotten. he will never forget.

george loves lucy so much but he genuinely doesn't understand why lockwood is attracted to her. not in an "ew she's gross" way (well he was a little like that when they first met) but in a "she's such a person to me that i don't understand how you could be attracted to her she just kind of exists to me" way. he tries to figure out the appeal and it ends in a bunch of undecipherable equations on the thinking cloth.

lucy draws the three of them together in random areas of the thinking cloth but always covers them up so the boys don't see them until she leaves.

lucy is polish. I can't explain it in any way other than that I am a lucy kinnie and I look at her and I hear "pollock" screamed in my ear.

lucy loves making traditional polish food, like sausage and pierogis, golabki, lazy golumpki, kruschiki, paska bread, etc. etc.

lucy is 100% fluent in polish and the first time that lockwood hears her speak polish (she's on the phone talking to one of her sisters), he's entranced.

lockwood cannot say the word "pierogi" correctly to save his life. he refers to them as pergs, pergies, rogues, ogis, anything other than pierogi. he knows how to say it in theory, but every time he tries to it ends up sounding like shit, so he just gives up eventually. lucy thinks it's hilarious and george tries to explain to him where he went wrong to no avail.

lockwood tries to learn polish from lucy but fails terribly (after he found out she knew polish and asked her about it, she started speaking in polish more often around the house). it's not that she's a bad teacher- it's that he doesn't ask her to teach him. he thinks he could teach himself the entirety of the polish language by simply observing lucy when she speaks polish and repeating random words that he thinks sound like what lucy says (they aren't even words, just syllables commonly found in Slavic tongues)

lockwood would definitely be the guy that when he meets lucy's sisters for the first time, he tries to talk to them in polish and he fucks up the sentence TERRIBLY!! he means to say "Miło w końcu cię poznać" (it's nice to finally meet you) but he accidentally says something like "you remind me of my left shoe" or smth like that. lucy's sisters find it funny and appreciate the effort.

lockwood is fluent in French and lucy finds that EXTREMELY attractive.

i think they all slip into different languages when they're mad, but I think george (karim) specifically speaks in insanely aggressive farsi when he gets angry.

after a couple of years, the trio learn the languages that they each know so when they get into arguments, they fight in different languages. Like Lucy is raging in polish: "POWIEDZIAŁEŚ, ŻE WYSTARCZAJĄCO LEKKOMYŚLNY" (YOU SAID JUST RECKLESS ENOUGH!), lockwood is countering in french: TU ALLAIS MOURIR (YOU WERE GOING TO DIE) and George has to run furious interference in farsi : من از هر دوی شما متنفرم خفه شو )I HATE BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP)

[cordycepsfem]

Pageboy Readthrough, Part Thirteen

I've had some reminders lately that I have yet to finish this slog of a book. Tonight I'm in a mostly good mood, so let's wreck it with some more reading.

Previously

EP thinks about telling off her stepmother and father but never does

she says that the thought of confronting him makes her feel like she was "going to shit blood"

EP talks about friends she made who were oddballs like her

she ruins this by claiming that she stopped being friends with one due to her changing interests, which were more mature than this friend's interests and therefore better

Now

Chapter Nineteen

we start off on a great foot, talking for four sentences about an Old Navy store before doing a complete 180 to talk about her mother's hard life

EP's grandparents - mom's parents - are both dead by the time Mom is 20

EP has an aunt - Heather - who comes to live in New Jersey

when EP goes to New Jersey they watch British comedies together

for some reason EP eats ants

your writer is wondering when the hell we'll get back to Old Navy

ah, there it is

cousins EP sees at Aunt Heather's tell her that she doesn't dress like a girl (which doesn't mean anything), so EP asks her mom to take her to Old Navy

Mom's "enthusiasm spread like bong smoke getting you secondhand high" (131); nice metaphor

EP uses the expression "speaking a kilometer a minute" which I will definitely have to ask my Canadian friend if is a real expression

this part is particularly heartbreaking because I remember a lot of shopping trips like this with my mom

I didn't feel like I belonged in the dressing room and the clothes never felt like they fit

right now I feel the same way - I don't feel like I recognize the body I see in the mirror

I'm giving a presentation at a work-related conference in April and I'm already trying to figure out what I'll wear

anyway, this is a terrible feeling, and girls should never have to feel this way; clothes should never be a reason they feel "difficult and selfish"; they deserve to have comfortable clothing that fits them well

EP does not live in an igloo

EP reminds us that femininity feels like a puzzle or a game that no one can win at

EP wants to please her mom by being an Old Navy girl, but it doesn't feel like her and she isn't sure she can keep it up

Chapter Twenty

EP is in tenth grade and likes a girl

she tries to like a boy instead and ends up humping him on some gym mats; she also sucks his dick even though she isn't into it

EP is bad at French

she buys the girl - her crush - a mildly suggestive birthday card

the girl likes it

EP remembers a time she made a mix CD for a woman in her thirties who she worked with and how she felt embarrassed

she and her crush smoke weed in a tree house

they spend lots of time together but nothing really ever comes of it

eventually they drift apart

EP feels like it's because she couldn't lean in and take what she wanted

time to lean out and do a little real writing tonight

Part of me wants to print this book out and cut it up and put it into chronological order to see if it makes any more sense. The other part of me is just frothing to be finished with it.

Reading this part made me remember the first time I wore new clothes from The Gap to school. The jeans were too long in the legs and dipped too low at my waist. I kept pulling down the tank top I wore to cover it. It was too warm to keep my sweatshirt on all day and even then I knew I didn't like how my arms looked. I also didn't want anyone to see my underarm hair, because I didn't shave it.

I looked like my classmates, but I never felt as comfortable as they looked. And now I still sometimes feel just as uncomfortable, even though I buy all of my own clothes and they're - usually - bought to make me as comfortable as possible.

Now EP is wearing Gucci. I hope it's comfortable.

[cf56]

My thoughts on episode 1

SPOILERS for season 3, episode 1 of the Animaniacs reboot

It's been one day, which means one episode. It was decent. I'm going to give my completely honest thoughts. Not holding anything back.

Didn't go as I was expecting. The focus was more on Norita family drama than the Warners themselves. I was confused at first why Nora would take the guard job on her own. I expected her to be demoted into it. It later made more sense- it seems it was her plan all along to use it to get back to the CEO job, which gives her more agency in the matter.

It's been two paragraphs and I haven't even talked about Warner lore yet. Hey, I know what I'm about. This episode has a few implications. First, that the lot would look like this if the Warners were completely uncontrolled:

Part of me doesn't like it because it implies that the Warners' imprisonment in the tower is justified. That was never the point- the Warners always caused chaos, but it was never truly harmful like this is depicted to be. Of course, the Warners on their own probably couldn't do this. It likely has something to do with Ralph letting the place go without proper maintenance. The Warners simply reveled in the chaos.

Secondly, there's the part where Nora proves that she can imprison them forever, and they freak out about having to talk about their feelings as a family.

I think this was laying it on a little too thick. I mean, we're here to see cute sibling moments, people! Not them seeming disgusted to interact with each other. It's not something I'll freak out over, though. Of course they have to be sarcastic and cynical, and you'll notice they're hugging each other for comfort even as they have this adverse reaction. Plus, they're clearly overacting the entire time. The Warners are always aware when they're on camera. So, I don't think this should be taken as any kind of real indicator of their relationship. They would never honestly communicate about their feelings as a family... while Nora's watching them the whole time.

Thirdly, the Warners like being chased.

I think, subconsciously, they prefer being kept a little in check rather than having full freedom to do whatever chaos they desire. There's much less fun in it if there's no one around to tell you you can't do it. Plus, it's definitely preferable to being locked in the barren tower permanently.

The Pinky and the Brain segment was okay as well. No huge developments in their relationship, decently funny and charming. They did show Brain gradually warming up to Pinky's antics, but that song and dance has been done a hundred times. I suspect the bigger moments will come later in the season. (Don't tell me!) The Funky Town-esque song was pretty good. I liked the joke about the burnt toast from France being "French toast".

I guess I should talk about the humor and metacommentary of the episode, as well. Not like that's the primary thing Animaniacs is known for or anything. It was also decent.

An episode about an incompetent CEO ruining Warner Brothers and their films is certainly very topical at the moment, and I applaud them if it was intentional.

This gag would have been a LOT funnier if they hadn't used it already in the teasers:

I still chucked at the absurdity of Yakko being held like a coffee cup. It was probably the best joke in the episode, I just wish I hadn't seen it already. Goes to show how even the smallest things can spoil shows when it comes to comedy.

Speaking of chuckling at absurdity:

I definitely smiled at the Warners going "yoinky, yoinky, yoinky." The smile keeps growing bigger as I think about it more in hindsight. Really clever and cute!

But yeah, that's really all there was. At least for me. I wish I was sitting here gushing over it, typing GHDKJDVIUVISN and fawning over screenshots of sibling moments. It just wasn't that kind of episode. I was blown away by the first episode of season 2. This one just felt kind of standard. That's okay. They're clearing things up for the rest of the season, reestablishing the status quo. This is one downside of watching one episode a day. I wish I could just move on to the next one and see what they really have to offer for the season.

If you interact with this post, please don't say anything about any of the episodes after episode 1! I'll get there when I get there, and I'd prefer my opinions to remain untainted.

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[finitefall]

you dont want to talk about things when you know its problematic. sorry but youre 30 and you just let ppl insult others for you? black stans all think aemond deserved it but you dont want to look bad so you let others do it for you.

I'm gonna answer very clearly to this, anon, both for you and anyone else thinking the same thing. I will not answer a second time, so take the time to read it, or don't, but if I get another message like this one, I'll delete it. So I suggest you do take the time to read it, and to understand it.

Point #1:

I do talk about things even when they're problematic, even when it comes to characters I love. But our definition of what's problematic is probably not the same, since for Greens stans I'm automatically someone who is problematic herself. I've never whitewashed my favorites characters or ships, and since you're talking about HOTD: I never said that because there's a right side, said side didn't do anything wrong. I even said Rhaenyra was a tyrant, because it's the truth and everyone who has read Fire & Blood knows what she's done during her reign. Just because she's one of my favorite ASOIAF characters doesn't mean I think she was a really nice person and a good queen. I guess that's why it bothers me when I see comparisons to Daenerys, even though they have parallels, because unlike Rhaenyra, Dany is a hero, not a tyrant.

Point #2:

Not all people who are team Blacks think Aemond deserved to lose an eye. Some people did say it, yes. Just like some people said that Luke deserved to die, or to have one eye removed too. But that doesn't mean all people who are team Greens think that, either, and I'm not gonna accuse every Alicent stan or everyone who loves Aemond to have been delighted to see Luke die. It's called common sense to realize that not all people, even those who agree on many things, do not share the same opinions and feelings on literally everything.

Point #3: I don't let anyone answer for me. I answered about a scene and doesn't feel the need to repeat myself or to talk about one scene to death. People who disagree with me are welcome to disagree, but there's no point in telling me again and again that I should have a different point of view. If we're not gonna agree, we're not gonna agree. Why should I argue with someone for I don't know how long about the same thing? So we can both end up losing our calm, be rude and insult each other? I'm not interested in doing this.

Point #4:

That being said, everyone has the right to comment my posts, add text and/or tags when reblogging them. I haven't seen someone saying something I don't agree with, but they also have the right to speak for themselves. If I don't agree with what someone is saying, I'm either letting it go because as I said, I'm done with this discussion about that scene, or if it's something I'm absolutely revolted by, I'll unfollow them (which didn't happen). So yes, you can assume that I agree with what's been said on the reblogs of my posts, even if I didn't confirm it.

Point #5:

Yes, I'm 30. And? If you look at most blogs around here, it's rare to find an age, or a name. I'm one of the people who say their name, their age, their nationality and their gender. I like that people who talk to me know how they can call me, know they can speak french if they want to, know they're not screwing up when they use she/her pronouns. I also added my age because I like people to know a little about me. Many people really want to be anonymous on tumblr, but it's not my case. The point is, you have absolutely no way of knowing the age of those other people you mention. They could be older than me for all we know. You seem to be under the impression that they're all children and I'm responsible for them, but I'm not their mother. This works the other way, too. When I reblog a post, what I say and how I tag it is my responsability.

Point #6:

This one is actually for my followers and those who reblogged my posts. I didn't read anything I do not agree with. It could have been the case, but unless I missed one (because I did read what you wrote), you can safely assume we're on the same page. You haven't done anything wrong, and it's not your fault if you're being compared to children or brainless people who just follow my unspoken order to go after others. You're being insulted too in this message, and it's not okay.

[winsoongi]

odd numbers in the oc ask game for this nyangi fellow

[ask game]

>:Dc YESSS TY i love doing these!!! i couldn't find any recent sketches of nyangi i haven't posted, but i did find this one from back in 2021:

he's fine. Answers under the cut:

I typically associate nyangi with electric blue, though the colors he wears most often are red, black, and white. Mostly red, though. He leans into the gamer aesthetic

3. Nyangi's weapon of choice is an ancient crowbar, though it hasn't seen much use. it was the first thing he stumbled across when looking for a way to protect himself, so he's gotten pretty attached to it.

5. While he likes to be comfortable, nyangi definitely favors fashion over function. He typically dresses in sweats and a t shirt, but they're like, $400 sweats and a $600 t shirt. he's gotta spend that esports money on something.

7. his favorite animals are vultures, but only aesthetically. for an animal he'd actually want to be around, koi fish, maybe? he doesn't actually like cats that much and gets annoyed when people assume he does

9. Nyangi's a simple man. he loves string cheese and eats it with just about everything. he's not a super picky eater, but more often than not he finds himself sticking to instant ramen because he figures he'll enjoy it more than whatever else he could get. Nyangi's least favorite food is anything mint-flavored. he'd rather eat toothpaste.

11. Oh boy... i do not have a lot in common with nyangi. i had to think about this one for a while... neither of us went to college and we're both loyal? As for differences, there's a lot but i think i can sum it up by saying that nyangi chooses the nuclear option whenever it's offered. i love him deeply but he and i would NOT get along at all and i never want to have to deal with someone like him irl LMAO

13. Nyangi is a native korean speaker, but doesn't speak any other languages fluently. he can understand a fair amount of english and he took french for a year in high school (it was required), but he doesn't feel comfortable speaking either.

15. Nyangi's an only child. his family is just him and his parents, and they don't often see other family growing up. in normalverse, nyangi's roommate was deos, but in Ad Terra he lives alone (apart from his crowbar)

17. Is it a copout to say he spent all his free time and summers gaming? nyangi was pretty shy as a kid and didn't have many friends before he got into Fantasy OW.

19. Nyangi has an astonishing temper and is laughably easy to provoke. Though he's able to hold it down when he's in front of people he respects, he otherwise doesn't see a point in turning the other cheek (though it's always "just a joke, [he's] not actually mad" if he gets called out on it). He's specifically very, very sensitive about his skills as a pro and hates being underestimated.

21. His favorite place to be is Igni Astra's original practice room! it was tiny and a pigsty (courtesy of fleck and splinter) but nyangi has nothing but good memories of it. though he's been in lots of other practice rooms since then, he's never been able to recapture the same kind of camaraderie and excitement he remembers.

23. Nyangi's voice is sharp and scratchy and I think his vocal range is also a low-ish tenor? he can't sing at all, which is partially due to how poorly hydrated he is. the man lives off of coffee, soda, and cheap alcohol.

25. Nyangi's hearing is completely average, but he's legally blind without his glasses.

27. (again making this favorite game) Nyangi's favorite game is FUBG (Fantasy Unknown BattleGrounds), but he doesn't ever play it without friends. As for his favorite solo game, he plays a lot of Fantasy Tetris.

29. I heavily associate nyangi with electricity and lightning. that's the reason i ended up making his surname Jeon (while 電 (meaning electricity) isn't the actual hanja for the last name jeon afaik, it's pronounced the same)! (it also makes his name even more of a dumb homonym, but that was completely accidental)

31. Nyangi doesn't have any particular feelings about gift-giving or receiving, but he does try to show off sometimes by buying expensive gifts. though he would never admit this to anyone (least of all himself) his ideal gift is someone giving him a hug and telling him they're proud of him :(

33. nyangi is pretty divisive among my ocs, though i think all of them would describe him using some version of the word "passionate." splinter would call him bratty and annoying, sale and deos wouldn't disagree with him but would add on that he's intelligent and "going places." fleck would say he's loyal to a fault, and seonjin would just plain call him annoying. as for roadster... it's complicated. he'd probably decline to respond.

35. in normalverse, nyangi does return home occasionally, but he doesn't like spending time with his parents. In Ad Terra, more metaphorically... you'll just have to wait and see :)c

[charlesmoffat]

WHAT DOES A CHARLES MOFFAT PAINTING LOOK LIKE???

Well, if you Google "Charles Moffat painting" you will get the following:

As you can see I have a very particular style of painting. Bold colours. Usually women, but not always. Lots of grey, blacks, high contrast, lots of chiaroscuro...

So...

Can AI copy my painting style???

Well, let's find out...

I asked a popular AI art program to create 4 different versions of a Charles Moffat painting.

Here are the results:

Okay, so some observations...

The top left one is similar to my style, but obviously not my style. The choice of colours doesn't match my style.

Two of them are landscapes, and I rarely paint landscapes. Stylistically they're just wrong.

And then there's the bottom left. Her head is cut off (something I would never do), the colour scheme is all wrong, and it's definitely not my style.

Well... What about a different AI program? Maybe it could do a better job.

Nope, nope, nope.

Not remotely similar to my style.

Well, let's try again with a 3rd AI program...

Well, damn... That is just horrible.

At least it understood that I mostly draw women, but it didn't even remotely copy my style.

...

And that's the funny thing about AI. If you ask it to copy an artist who is still alive it probably isn't going to be that good at it.

But... If you ask it to copy the style of a dead artist like Van Gogh, what happens?

The Eiffel Tower in the style of Van Gogh's Starry Night.

Hmm.

And it did it so easily. Effortlessly. First try.

So what does this tell us?

Well, it tells me that all this scaremongering about AI stealing/copying the artwork of contemporary artists (who are still alive) is just nonsense.

From what I can tell AI can copy dead artists pretty well, but if you ask it copy the style of a living artist it kind of sucks at it.

Example, Yayoi Kusama is one of the most famous living artists currently around. Here's what her style looks like:

And when I asked an AI program to make a Yayoi Kusama painting here is what it made:

Well... It got the dots right.

But stylistically speaking, it isn't remotely like her style. It looks cartoonic. Amateurish.

In short, it is hardly a good copy of her work. Not even a decent copy. Poor. That's the word we need to use. It is a poor imitation.

So to anyone who is a living artist who is worried about AI copying your work... Yeah... Maybe stop worrying about it. Unless you are as famous as Yayoi Kusama then the AI probably doesn't know what your style looks like, and even if it does anything it produces will likely be a poor imitation of it.

It is the dead artists who should be upset...

But artists have been copying each other for thousands of years. This isn't actually something new. The French were dealing with this issue of "artistic theft" hundreds of years ago. They even created a word for it: Pastiche, which means "to borrow".

It isn't theft, it is pastiche. And the real threat isn't artists copying other artists or AI copying artists. The real threat is what happens when people lose interest in painting with their own two hands and start relying upon AI to paint everything for them.

[allthemusic]

Week ending: 8 July 1954

It's all ladies at the top of the charts! I don't know if that's happened for a while - the 1950s aren't an all-male wasteland, or anything, but they do seem quite dude-heavy. Nice to redress the balance occasionally!

Little Things Mean a Lot - Kitty Kallen (peaked at No. 1)

It's official, this song is really sweet and I like it a lot, not least because it gets straight into it, no mucking around with a big intro. There's a bit of a string trill, and then we've got Kitty Kallen's lovely, warm voice.

It's a nice concept for a song, too, quite modern in a way, all about the little nice things that she appreciated her love doing for her, and they're all really small, realistic touches. It's stuff like "Blow me a kiss from across the room, say I like nice when I'm not" or "Give me your arm as we cross the street, call me at six on the dot". All slightly old-fashioned, but still things that would be genuinely nice for somebody to do for you.

We never hear if her love actually follows through, but Kitty seems grateful, either way, leading into the repeated refrain about how "Little things mean a lot". Like I said, it feels quite modern, less about seizing upon big, grand gestures, and more about small moments.

We also get our first sort-of anti-capitalist lines, presaging songs like Can't Buy Me Love, I guess, as Kitty sings "Don't have to buy me diamonds and pearls, / Champagne, sables or such / I never cared much for diamonds and pearls / 'Cause honestly, honey, they just cost money". She's not about that material stuff, and I rate that, not gonna lie.

We then get the verse that gets repeated later, and it's about as grand as this song gets, as Kitty implores her love to "Give me your hand when I've lost the way / Give me a shoulder to cry on". It's a bit more metaphorical, but it's still more about a steady, reliable, realistic love than big flash gestures, and I really do appreciate a song focussing on that sort of thing. Plus the line about "the warmth of a secret smile" is super cute!

The whole song has this quiet, warm, intimate sound, thanks partially to the little twiddles on a soft, muted trumpet, and partly also to the string backing, which is soft, and just soft enough to not intrude on Kitty's delivery, which is definitely the main attraction here, especially going into the final repeat of the chorus, where she really does go for it.

It's actually way louder than the rest of the song, but it doesn't feel like it comes out of nowhere, and it also does die down pretty quickly afterwards, leading into a surprisingly quiet ending, with a few strings and a nice bit of trumpet, just to round off. It's low-key, which fits with the message of the song. It doesn't need to be grand and pompous, you know?

The Little Shoemaker - Petula Clark (7)

And in the other corner, we get a song that couldn't be more different to Little Things Mean a Lot. It's a story song, for one, and a pretty peppy, upbeat, silly one at that! Also, it's way more in-your-face about everything.

It's Petula Clark's first UK hit, and I know she'll have more to come - do we see signs of her potential here? I'd say possibly yes, but that might be hindsight speaking. Her voice, like Kitty's, is indeed lovely, and there's a cheery, chipper sort of charm here, like an English version of somebody like Rosemary Clooney or Kay Starr.

Actually, Rosemary Clooney did also do a version of this song, which was apparently an English cover of a French popular tune called Le petit cordonnier. It seems to have told a very similar story, all about a shoemaker who falls for a girl who comes in and buys some dancing shoes off of him. He makes them really nice, and she dances off wearing them. Thrilling story, I know.

It's kind of cutesy, in a way that annoys me, with everything being "little" and it's not helped by some awkward lyrical corners, from the way "his heart went "pop" / Inside the little shop" or how she places her order "in a charming way".

It's only redeeming feature is some darkness that's barely dwelt on, but there's something strange about the girl who wants these shoes "to set me feet a-dancing, dancing / Dancing all my cares away". We then learn that he makes them like his fingers were bewitched, and she then immediately dances off in them "as though she were entranced". There's definitely a slightly sinister " red shoes" vibe to it all, it feels like something you'd find in a Romantic fairy-tale novella.

That said, it's mostly a fairly fluffy, light-hearted piece about enjoying dancing. Petula's performance keeps it light, and the "tap-tap-tap" sounds throughout are just infrequent enough to be fun, and not irritating. I don't love it, but I don't dislike it as much as I might if it were a touch slower or longer. So there's that.

My favourite here has to be clear, but both songs do have some merit. Still, one made it into my liked songs playlist, which tends to automatically make it my pick of the bunch. This particular pick comes highly recommended - it's great!

Favourite song of the bunch: Little Things Mean a Lot

[debbielouocean]

Well, if it helps, my mom has a similar feeling about heights. Living on the fifth floor of an apartment building has never been her favorite, and so she stays away from the railings on the balconies when she's out there. But she's told me planes are different. She was scared the first time, sure, but she immediately got over it because it was a completely different feeling. And you can take something like a sleeping pill - don't know what you've got on that side of the pond sorry - to take a nap while you're up there if you're still scared. That's what my dad does, although he's got no issues with regular heights.

As for France, it's a cool choice, you won't really need any French though. You won't really need anything other than English, and just the greetings, thank yous, and goodbye phrases in the language of whatever country you decide to visit. Including France. We can all tell who's American and most young people know English quite well. On top of that, going to the Eras tour means you'll be surrounded by people that definitely know English, and you can make friends there who can help if you need anything even after the event.

Oh, I almost forgot, expect to see a lot of smokers. And be careful of random people on the street trying to talk to you, even asking for the time, they're either shitty salespeople (in the sense that they'll put something shitty in your hand, like a cutout of your portrait, and then you gotta pay for it) or pickpockets. They're not exclusive to any one place lmao

Honestly the speaking is not a concern, I just want to be able to read stuff. I have a strong preference for Not Asking Anyone Anything which generally leads to me fucking things up about fifty times before figuring it out lol

I'm excited about the whole concept! Now we just wait and see if ticketmaster decides I'm worthy enough to get into the presale lol

what i'm most excited about is that my wife has never seen taylor live and this would be my fourth time and i want to share it with her! she's not like a huge huge fan but she likes her okay. she doesn't really understand the Hype i guess and i just want to show her how absolutely insane one of these are

[1-more-chapter-until-i-pass-out]

Quotes/conversions from my English Teacher because I think people on Tumblr would really like him

-"Will you physically hurt me?"

*shouting from the corridor* "After I finish explaining this, I'm going to see what that's about because let's be honest, I'm really interested."

-"I hate children."

-"When you're not at school, it's a lovely day."

-"I'd just get a new job then."

-"Pay attention, I am the most important one here."

Boy, joking about his friend : "He's my ginger boyfriend." Teacher : "Why did you have to specify ginger?" Boy : I have a lot of boyfriends

-"As you get on with this task, I shall go yell at the small child outside who decided that now is a good time to lay on the floor."

Boy : Sir guess what. English teacher : what. Boy : I can speak English. Want to see?English teacher : alright shut up, -boys name- Boy : tea and crumpets

-"I'll point it over this way so I don't kill a child."

-"Yes yes, welcome to English, you're all graced to be in my presence, and yes I find - girl who's name is a season- annoying."

-"We're going to use good words and synonyms for emotions, because we all have emotions, except -midget boy- who is incapable of human emotions."

-"Did you just call me Sire? You know what, I respect that."

-"When and why did you stop calling me Sire? I liked it."

-"I was absolutely stupid, thinking I could pick a lock with a stick. The stick snapped and wouldn't come out, and my mum had to call a locksmith. Then she bought me a pink pom pom key chain so I never forget my keys again."

-"I thought I could be the next James Bond."

-"Continue with this task while I figure out how to punch someone and get away with it."

-"Did you just hit your head against the window? You'll lose all your braincells."

-"Jokes on you, I already cry in my car on the way to school."

-"No one could be stupider than -an annoying boy in my class-."

-"Would you rather do work? I wouldn't."

-*hears ambulance* "Is that for -meme boy-? It will be soon if he doesn't shut up..."

-"And a hush descends on the crowd"

-"I am god among men."

-"Its lessons like these that make me wonder who the idiot who hired me was."

Midget : Sir, he just called me a chuuaiichuihahha! Sir : and I agree. You're small and yappy. Newest boy : I have 2 of them. Someone : you act like them too. You bite people. You've bit me.

-"No, I'm not going to have a mental breakdown, but a nervous one."

-"what do you mean Spanish? This is Greek!" Person : no I said French" French? That's even worse! They're not even in the same area."

English teacher : you should be more like -my name-. Girl : but what if I want to be myself? English teacher : you can be anything, as long as its like -my name-

-"Stop that, I'm the main character, not you."

-"I bring main character energy."

-"Yes, indeed, I have a suitcase. If anyone sees my mum, please tell her I've made it."

-"I am not your bro. You don't deserve to be my bro."

English teacher : I'm very advanced in speaking in the English lexicon. Am I not, -girls name-? Girl : I don't know what that means. English teacher : I'm good wi' words an' dat, innit?

He was trying to make people smile as quickly as he could, and someone said "Try -my name-! She never smiles!" and sir replied "She does smile, just not at you because you're not funny."

Girl : *staring out the window* the clouds are moving. English teacher : wow you are so not ready to hear about the sun

Person : *falling asleep* English Teacher : wake up! Would -my name- fall asleep at a desk? A few people : yeah, yes, definitely

He thinks chuichaihaasas (them dogs) would d!e from a heart attack if drop kicked them. "They're used to being like 4cm off the ground, imagine just being picked up and thrown."

He also asked a short boy if he needed a booster seat to see.

One time he wanted us to be quiet so he shouted "FREEZE!" and absolutely everyone shut up and froze. He stayed quiet for a bit, looking at us a bit dumbfounded and impressed and then said "If I had known that Freeze would work so well, I'd have used it earlier."

And whenever we do a quiz in Englishhe likes to write down wrong answers only on the whiteboard. He did a quiz with another class and left the wrong answers on the board. One was "his bro was fitter" and "with Elon Musk and his cat WXYZ".

Plus he didn't know what paper poppers were so someone showed him and he basically looked like this -

[middle-earth-mythopoeia]

In the absolute nicest way possible: how many languages do you speak? I know English, of course, and I have passable Spanish, and I’m simultaneously working on my Italian and French but I don’t even know enough to get by in either of those. And you’ve mentioned quite a few languages that you speak, or at least, that you’ve studied, and as someone who knows the struggles of trying to be multilingual, the amount you know is amazing and very, VERY impressive!

I also happen to love linguistics and language theory in general and I’d love to hear anything you might have to ramble about and discuss when it comes to linguistics in any languages, because it really is such a fascinating area of study.

Speaking of Tolkien linguistics specifically: I’m not someone who has actually really STUDIED a language. I grew up around Spanish speakers and did it for all four years of high school, but I never studied any of it from a scholarly perspective. It was always just learning about how to speak it, how to write it. What sort of linguistic quirks does Tolkien have when it comes to creating his languages? Do you see specific or obvious influences from real life in any of his languages? What are some of your favorite things about his languages, and the EVOLUTION of his languages?

Basically, please talk Tolkien linguistics at me!!

Hi, thank you so much for this ask! :)

Oh no, I don't really speak that many languages fluently! To start with, Latin I certainly don't speak, even though I took it the longest, but it's not a spoken language of course. (Plus when I was studying it in the later years and we were reading the Aeneid and stuff, you have like a page of vocabulary notes next to each page of Latin text to help you with the translations.)

I became reasonably conversational in Japanese after taking it for three years, but I'm definitely not fluent, and my skills are a bit rusty now. And I only took one year each of Russian and German, so that's not much. But I love learning languages and I would really like to polish up my Japanese, and revisit the other languages I've studied, plus study other ones :) I took at least one language each year of college, sometimes two at once, and I really miss it.

Yes yes yesssssssss let's talk about Tolkien languages. So, the obvious inspirations are clearly Finnish > Quenya and Welsh > Sindarin. But it's not a case of simple borrowing. Tolkien was too creative for that. Most people would struggle to create even one invented language. Tolkien, as you know, created multiple languages AND histories of how they all related to each other! I LOVE HIM! THIS MAN WAS INSANE! Exhibit A:

WHO DOES THIS? Also, he had beautiful handwriting.

Anyway. I don't even know where to START I have so many thoughts about Tolkien's languages. This will be very haphazard.

Okay, here's one that I think about a lot. Aegnor's name in Quenya was Aikanáro, which means "fell fire". The aika part means "fell, dire, terrible." Which is descended from an Eldarin root word gaya, "awe, dread". That same root word is the origin of part of the Sindarin word Belegaer. Beleg means great, and aer means sea. But aer is derived from that same word gaya, "awe, dread".

I just find this really cool because this is how etymology works in the real world! It's not a simple case of an ancient word for the sea turning into a modern word for the sea. It's a case of a word that means one thing being applied to another thing until it comes to mean something completely different than before. And I love that! And I especially love that you can trace root words from Eldarin into both Sindarin and Quenya!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE CREATED AN ACTUAL, FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE TREE. I'M SCREAMING

Like, if you know enough words in Quenya, it's not hard to translate them into Sindarin, and vice versa, because they're actually, functionally related. IT'S GENIUS. IT'S AMAZING.

Not ONLY can you trace Eldarin root words into both Sindarin and Quenya, I also think it's so cool that Tolkien came up with multiple etymologies for things sometimes (party because he kept changing his mind!). For instance, he came up with both an Elvish etymology and a Valarin etymology for Taniquetil. In Quenya, it means "high snow peak". But another theory (yes... Tolkien came up with a theory for a word he created) is that it is simply the Elvish pronunciation of the Valarin word Dâhan-igwiš-telgûn. He came up with multiple (and conflicting) etymologies for the name Felagund too, among other things.

It will NEVER cease to amaze me that Tolkien not only made up etymologies for his invented words, he also sometimes went back and forth on which etymology was "right"! I remember reading a note in one of the volumes of the History of Middle-earth that said something along the lines of, "One of these etymologies for Balrog is correct, but I don't know which one." YOU MADE UP THE LANGUAGES, TOLKIEN! But I honestly love that he thought of himself more as a recorder of what was already there than the person making the decisions.

For example, there's that video of Tolkien writing in tengwar where he says, "My writing is very inferior to the Elves..." !!!!!!!!!! TOLKIEN, SIR. YOU INVENTED THIS ALPHABET. I love it so much. You have to watch it if you haven't seen it already! It's wonderful:

The way he talks about languages here is so quintessentially Tolkien... the delight connected with discovering a new language like a "new wine or some new sweetmeat or something". It reminds me of what he had to say about "cellar door"—and I'm sure this is not new to you, but for those who don't know, it was a phrase that he considered to have a beautiful sound independent from its meaning. He said in one of his lectures,

"Most English-speaking people...will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful. Well then, in Welsh for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent, and moving to the higher dimension, the words in which there is pleasure in the contemplation of the association of form and sense are abundant."

Hence, the influence of Welsh on Sindarin. In creating his Elvish languages, Tolkien wanted to create beautiful languages, but not in the sense that they would be frivolous or flowery, he wanted them to be beautiful in the sense that they would be very pleasing to the ear, like "cellar door". Well, I'm extremely biased, but I think he succeeded. He DEFINITELY succeeded.

Oh, and back to the inspiration for Tolkien's languages for a second, there's been more discussion of the phonetic/grammatical influence on his languages but less discussion on what influenced his alphabets. I want to know how he came up with tengwar! And sarati! I would think that Japanese and Chinese would have had some influence, not on the sound or grammar of the languages themselves, but on the script. Tolkien sometimes wrote the sarati (the alphabet that preceded tengwar) vertically, like Chinese and Japanese, and his visual art drew some inspiration from Chinese and Japanese paintings, so I wonder if there is a connection there. Some people have also noticed similarities between Chinese characters and Tolkien's symbol that represents his initials:

One thing that I find really amazing about Tolkien's languages is that they were so fully formed and so interconnected that there are some cases where there are probably connections that he just didn't spell out, leaving Tolkien scholars and linguists to come up with their own theories. For example the potential relation between Valarin and the language of Mordor! Basically, the Ring of Doom in Valinor was called the Máhanaxar, the first part of which is derived from Máhan, "chief Vala", a loan word from Valarin māchanāz. Máhanaxar is the Quenya pronunciation of the Valarin word Māchananaškad. Here's what's so cool... David Salo, a Tolkien linguist who worked on the LOTR movies, theorized that the second part of this word may mean "ring"—it is the name for the Ring of Doom, after all—meaning that the Valarin word naškad could be the root of nazg, as in Ash nazg durbatuluk and Nazgûl. It would make so much sense for the language of Mordor, which was created by Sauron, to have similarities to Valarin.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's very late so this post has no rhyme or reason, but when asked to talk about Tolkien's languages I will HAPPILY do so! :) Thank you for the ask!!!!!

[mirclealignr]

Regulus Black Fluff Alphabet

regulus x gn! reader

requested by anon

warnings; brief mentions of food and anxiety

from this alphabet

A - Affection; how they like to show their love.

Regulus does a lot through touch and reassuring looks/smiles. He finds it hard sometimes to express just how he feels about you, especially considering expressions of love were severely lacking in his life. But when he holds your hand or caresses your face, he feels as if he's spilling all his secrets, and hopes that you understand them.

B - Beauty; what do they especially admire about you?

Your warmth. At first it was practically disarming, but overtime he learned to embrace it and miss it when it was absent, when you were absent. It would be so different to what he was used to, especially with the people closest to him. But he would adore the change that was you.

C - Cuddles; how they like to cuddle you.

Most of the time he likes to have his arms around you, sitting up slightly while you lay against his chest. There's a sense of safety he finds in knowing that you can hear his heartbeat and that it doesn't scare you off. But sometimes, he likes it when you take him in your arms and he can nuzzle in the crook of your neck.

D - Dancing; their favourite place to dance with you.

He is simply a hopeless romantic, and loves to dance with you when it's dark and raining outside, when the two of you are almost completely alone. He loves watching you smile as the rain seeps into your clothes and dampens your hair, and when you rest your head on his chest for some shelter.

E - Excitement; do they get excited with you about things?

Regulus likes to understand things before he gets excited about them with you. If you come running to him with an elated expression and start rambling about whatever brought you this pleasure, he'd want to know why. He'd want to understand you and relate to you. Almost always, he'd become just as excited as you.

F - First Date; your first date together.

The Astronomy Tower. Regulus would want to be alone with you, without prying or judging eyes. It wouldn't be much, maybe some snacks and a drink he brought for you, but he would want to hear you talk and laugh and to see you smile. He'd want to know your likes and dislikes, the memories you cherished, and things you looked back on and laughed at.

G - Goals; do they have things they want to achieve? Do they include you in these things?

For Regulus, his future goals remain largely unclear. Before you, he thought it was simple, but afterwards it would become far more complicated. With the weight of his family, and Sirius' abandonment making it heavier, he would often try to avoid the thought. But if you ever brought it up, he'd tell you that wherever you were, he would be.

H - Honesty; how open are they with you?

Very. Trust is something extremely important to him. While he may not tell you everything the second it happens, he does have every intention of letting you see every side of him, even the parts he wished would vanish from existence. Upon getting to know you, the trials of his family would be revealed slowly, rather than all at once, so he didn't overwhelm you. Of course, he'd be terrified, but he knew it was better that way, and he knew that you would love him all the same.

I - I Love You; do they say it a lot? did they say it first?

Regulus does not say it first, though he'd be sure he felt it first. He confesses straight after you, though, and gradually says it more and more over time. Expressing his feelings would not come easy, and sometimes, rather than tell you how much he appreciated you for listening or how beautiful he thought you were, he simply said 'I love you' in replacement, hoping that it would be enough.

J - Jealousy; do they get jealous?

Not necessarily jealous, but rather insecure. When he sees you laughing with someone else, he'd wonder whether they were better suited to you--they were warmer, more free, happier. Perhaps he brought you down, perhaps he weighed you down, and though he didn't express these insecurities out loud, he'd always seem to be easily read by you. And you'd always be there to reassure him when you needed to.

K - Kiss; their favourite place to kiss you.

Your hands. For Regulus, hands mean so much, represent so much, and yours are his to kiss and hold as much as he pleases. To him it would feel incredibly intimate, despite the fact that your hands can touch others, but that they're only his to kiss and hold. People can always get close, but never as close as he can.

L - Little Spoon; who’s the little spoon?

The majority of the time, you are the little spoon. He likes the idea that he is able to protect you, actually make you feel safe and wanted; it's one of the things he prides himself on. But, there woulds be times when he needed to feel that, and revelled in the warmth of your embrace tightening around him, holding him close.

M - Melody; what’s your song together?

I think your song together would be 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' by The Beatles.

N - Nicknames; do they use nicknames for you?

Yes a few. Some of them would include 'treasure' and/or 'my treasure' because he adores you and could not think of anything better than you. For him, you are what people search for their whole lives, sometimes without ever finding it. And, because he speaks French, ‘mon chéri /ma chérie' for definite.

O - Open Book; how hard was it to get to know them?

It wasn't necessarily hard, just gradual. However, you would have always suspected that Regulus did not have it easy and were content with him going at his own pace, and appreciating that he was brave enough to reveal it all to you. It never seemed too slow, rushed, or overwhelming--he picked his timings well and never let things become too heavy. He'd also be very conscious that everyone had their own burdens, and would make sure he always left time and room for you to air anything you wanted or needed.

P - PDA; how affectionate they are in public.

Not very much at all. He prefers to show you his love when it's just the two of you. But he isn't afraid to let other people know that you're in a relationship, and will often intertwine his fingers with yours, whisper things in your ear, and kiss your temple.

Q - Quirk: a weird but loveable trait of theirs.

He never signs his name, he always signs R.A.B. Even when it's small notes to you, little love letters, or ordinary letters, he will never sign it as Regulus, but with his full initials.

R - Romance; how romantic are they?

So much. He loves leaving you love notes, writing love letters to you, slow dancing with you, playing music for you, watching the stars with you, whispering sweet nothings in your ear, snuggling up in bed with you with a good book. He loves to do it all.

S - Secrets; do they keep secrets from you?

Not really. Perhaps only ones he thinks would unnecessarily hurt you, like what his family says about you. He doesn't tell you because he doesn't think it matters, they don't matter to him, only you do, and he wants their words to mean nothing.

T - Thrill; do they like to keep the relationship new and exciting?

He likes to, and he tries. He certainly likes surprising you, even if only to see that smile. He likes taking you places, learning your favourite songs on the piano simply because you like hearing them, taking you on spontaneous trips or dates. He's not on for grand, public gestures, but he still keeps excitement in the relationship his own way. But he also knows when things need to be slow and calm, and doesn't mind it either way.

U - Understanding; how they comfort/support when you’re upset or anxious.

He knows that most things said would be wrong, even if they were intended to be reassuring and understanding. Even when you talk about what's bothering you or don't, it can be hard to say the right thing. So instead, he takes you in his arms, rubs your back, kisses your cheek and gets you any comfort foods that you wish for. Sometimes, words speak far less than actions.

V - Vexed; how easily they lose their temper.

With his family, and even with Sirius, Regulus can lose his temper very quickly, but you understand that their relationship has not been easy, nor do you care for his family. With you, it's rare that he loses his temper or raises his voice at you. When he does, there are usually other factors that have contributed to his mood, and he is quick to apologise afterwards.

W - Weakness; what’s their weakness what it comes to you?

Your smile. So easily it can make him feel like he's falling from the stars, watching the constellations become smaller and smaller as he slips into the earth's atmosphere, burning and smiling and falling completely in love with you every time he sees it.

X - Xtra; random hc about them.

Regulus likes to speak in French to you when there are things he is too afraid to say or things he thinks sound more romantic when said in another language. Even if you can understand him, there's something less nerve-racking about saying it in French, it's almost like he's playing himself in another world, but still hopelessly in love with you.

Y - Years to Come; how they imagine your future together.

He doesn't like to think about the future often because he knows how easily it can change and fail to meet your expectations. He only hopes that he is with you, facing whatever is to come. He prefers to focus on the present, where he already is with you.

Z - Zzz; how they are when they sleep.

Incredibly still, almost scarily still. The only time he moves is to be closer to you, closer to your exuding warmth. It almost frightens you to move in case it wakes him or disturbs him, but if it does, he never lets on. - - - fill in this form or send an ask to be added to a tag list <3 forever friends; @myalupinblack / @selenes-sun / @vixxiann /@queen-asteria04 / @lillict / @savingpluto /@theincredibledeadlyviper / @pad-foots / @fizzleberries / @willowbleedsonpaper / @kinkyduuh harry potter; @fuckingbloodyhello / @catching-the-train-to-hogwarts / @scvrllet / @dreamerinthesun / @crazy-beautiful / @chaoticgirl04 /@cupids-crystals / @fandom-life-12 / @mypainistemporary-blog /@oliverwoodmarrymepls / @eunoniaa / @missryerye marauders era; @spxllcxstxr / @natashxromanovfreads / @ch /@sereinegemini / @helen-with-an-a / @sweeter-than-strawberries /@spxncervibes regulus black; @jackys-stuff-blog / @with-love-anu / @yinrose98 /@tarorootboba / @lyaseille / @bloodblossom73

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Annihilation Day Headcannons ❤️

Since I don't have the time (or access to my laptop) to finish the next chapter of Annihilation Day atm, please enjoy this list of soft domestic head cannons I've created hehehehehe

Helena cuts Matt's hair: understandably, barber shops and hair salons are too noisy and overwhelming for Matt's senses, the machines and dryers are way too loud and the smell of all the different products gives him a nauseous migraine. Just getting to sit while she fiddles with his hair for 30 minutes is also a bonus.

They listen to horror podcasts together.

Matt thinks it's the cutest thing in the world when Helena starts speaking Russian: when she gets really drunk, or angry, or stressed, she'll slip into it without even realizing. Even though he has no idea what she's saying (aside from maybe a few key words she's taught him) he loves listening to her speak, even if she's just listing off Russian curses.

In the same vein- Helena teaches Matt the different languages she knows: she speaks Russian (obviously) as well as French, Spanish, and Chinese. What started out as playful banter back and forth in Spanish (since Matt also speaks it) turned into her teaching him the basics of every language she spoke, even some sign language. It ends up helping him more than once on his devil duties and he just likes hearing her talk as we've established.

He also teaches her to read braille

He teaches her to slow dance by letting her stand on his feet: Helena knows plenty of casual folk dances (which she tries and fails to teach Matt) but when he realizes she doesn't know how to dance a simple slow step he jumps at the opportunity to teach her.

Lots of wine and slow dancing in the summer evenings on the roof

If Matthew can have any part of him against Helena's pulse at any given time, he will do it regardless of the situation: his favorite is having his face pressed up against her throat, nose nudged against the underside of her jaw, but he'll settle for holding her hand while keeping a finger or two softly against her wrist.

Matt actually has a harder time telling when Helena is lying: despite his heightened senses, he can't actually read minds, and since Helena comes from such a secretive background where lying was like her second nature, it can be difficult for him to tell the difference.

But when Helena learns about his heightened senses she makes it a point to never lie to him: she doesn't want him to worry about her loyalty and honesty to him so she always tells the truth, even when it hurts.

LOTS of pet names: Matt obviously goes for the classic sweetheart, baby, my love, my darling, angel if he's acting like a whore. Helena absolutely calls him tiger, and honey and def some Russian terms of endearment like; 'Родной'- pronounced radNOY meaning my dear, 'Любимый'- pronounced lyuBEEmiy meaning my love, 'Умница'- pronounced OOMnitsa which loosly translates to smart/clever boy, and when she learns about Daredevil she definitely calls him Diablo and even though he says he hates it they both know he secretly loves it.

Lots of casual praise 👀: they're both emotionally neglected idiots alright let them have this.

Matt gets Karen and Foggy to teach him how to braid hair so he can braid Helena's for her.

He also almost always asks to brush her hair after the shower.

Helena is incredibly attentive to smells, sounds, textures, etc. that Matt doesn't like: he doesn't like the smell of oranges? Great, Helena will never buy anything orange scented or flavored ever again. Matt grimaced once at a certain texture? No problemo she's gotten rid of every offending piece of clothing, she basically Matt proofs herself. Matt finds this adorable and is so grateful.

In the same vein she uses the same tooth paste as him: that way whenever he kisses her it's a taste he's familiar with, even though he'd kiss her even if she brushed her teeth with sewage garbage water, no questions asked.

She and Foggy make Matt bingo cards

They share clothes like its an olympic sport: As their relationship progresses, they basically just pool their respective wardrobes. With the exception of a few dresses and skirts and suits, they basically share everything.

Matt LOVES Fish the alley cat™: Matt and fish are the definition of the dad who didn't want a cat and the cat he said he didn't want relationship, he loves that lil rat bastard.

Helena can beat Stick in a fight lol

Helena isn't religious, but she's goes to church with Matt whenever he asks

Matt also gets her a cross necklace: he's insecure about whether she'll be offended or not, since she isn't catholic or christian by any means, but she loves that it's a sign of devotion from Matt, and she wears it constantly, making sure he knows about it.

Father lantom adores her: they have a very funny older reserved man and the crazy reclusive woman he found on the street relationship

Pre-patrol warm-ups: before Matt goes out devilling every night, Helena makes sure that he stretches before hand so he doesn't hurt himself.

Post-patrol routine: Before Helena goes to sleep when Matt's out on patrol, she'll always put out some form of food for him to eat when he gets back and an electrolyte drink. She basically treats his daredevilling duties as soccer practice and has post-practice refuel ready and heavily enforced, he indulges her, mostly because he knows she'll put him through the ringer if he doesn't.

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Out of the Mouths of Babes — Chapter 5

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Written for Hinny Ficfest 2021

Prompt: “Uncle Ron said something about Harry knocking Ginny up, but I don’t know what he means,” Teddy said.

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Harry barely reacted in time to put up a Shield Charm before two Stunning Spells shot across the kitchen table at him and deflected up into the ceiling.

"WHAT THE FUCK!" Ginny and Ron shouted at the same time, Ron flailing and tipping over backward in his chair.

"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" Charlie screamed at Harry.

"Is he pressuring you into this?" Bill growled at Ginny.

"There is no reason to resort to something so drastic!" said Percy.

"And it's definitely not something to laugh about," said George.

Fleur was babbling a mile a minute in French, tears welling in her eyes and trying to get Victoire to stop crying.

Molly had collapsed into Arthur's arms and fainted.

"Have you lot all lost your minds!?" shouted Harry. "Why is it so important that I keep it?"

"What use do we have for it, anyway?" asked Ginny.

A second explosion of angry shouting erupted as all the Weasleys talked over each other.

"How in the WORLD is all this the appropriate response to Harry and Ginny living together!?" pleaded Hermione.

"THAT'S NOT — wait, they're living together!?" said Percy.

Hermione gasped and clapped her hand over her mouth.

"Oh please," George rolled his eyes, "Anyone with a brain already knew that."

"What!? Why didn't you say anything!" said Charlie, "We could have stopped this before it happened!"

"Gee, thanks, Hermione," growled Harry as she blushed harder.

"Then what the hell are all you gits talking about!?" barked Ginny loudly to cut through the cacophony of testosterone. "As annoying as you always are when treating me like an innocent girl, it makes more sense than getting upset about Harry's stupid Wizengamot seat!"

"Harry has a Wizengamot seat!?" asked Percy in awe.

"Don't get any ideas, Perce, Harry's taken," said George.

"Of course we're not talking about that!" said Molly, her voice shaking as she regained consciousness and stood up straight. "We're talking about the baby!"

Harry and Ginny looked sideways at Victoire.

"THE NEW BABY!" Molly shrieked, growing more exasperated.

"What, Hermione's baby?" asked Ginny.

Molly fainted again.

"Ex-CUSE me!?" cried Hermione as every head in the room spun to face her, Ron's turning a sickly shade of green.

"Oh...I shouldn't have eaten all those biscuits," Ron muttered fearfully, holding his stomach.

"Wait, Hermione's pregnant too?" asked Percy.

"No, I am not!" said Hermione forcefully.

"Wait, what do you mean 'too?'" asked Ginny. "Who else is pregnant?"

"THERE IS NO 'ELSE!' I AM NOT PREGNANT!" Hermione screamed. "Can we please establish that first?"

"Love, just calm down," said Ron softly, placing his hands gently on her shoulders. "It's okay, we can handle this. Why don't you just sit down…."

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Ron, even if I were pregnant, if you start coddling me you'll regret it. Ginny, why the hell did you say that I'm pregnant?"

"Well she kept dropping hints left and right that someone was pregnant!" Ginny gestured wildly towards Fleur, who until now was doing a good job of avoiding the chaos, and blushed self-consciously when it was her turn to be the focus of all the anger.

"Ginny, just stop it!" Fleur lashed out. "I was trying to encourage you to come clean!"

"...Me?"

"Ginny, we know about the baby," said Arthur calmly. "We've known for days."

About a dozen different emotions collided violently inside Harry. He couldn't imagine what the expression on his face might look like. He slowly turned on the spot towards Ginny.

"I'm sure you're about to say something all noble and comforting," said Ginny dryly. "But you don't have to be that good of a boyfriend yet. No, I'm not pregnant."

"I applaud your performance, Gin-Gin," said George, "but nothing stays secret for long in this family." He jerked his head toward Ron.

"Wha—Why are you jerking your head towards me, don't jerk your head towards me!" Ron panicked.

"Why is he jerking his head towards you, Ron?" Ginny seethed.

"Hell if I know!" Ron said defensively. "Don't get your knickers in a twist, this is the first I've heard of any new babies!"

"Sorry, Ronniekins, but you spilled the beans to Teddy, and he sold you out," said George.

"You told Teddy that I'm pregnant!?" Ron flinched as Ginny smacked his arm.

"Using much more vulgar language," Molly whimpered, still trembling and desperately clutching onto Arthur for support.

"I did not tell Teddy that you're pregnant!" Ron spoke up. "I never even—"

He stopped speaking and his eyes bulged out. He and Hermione faced each other, realization dawning on their faces.

Ron's voice is small. "...Oh—Ow! Ow! Ow! Stop it!" he cowered as Hermione started furiously hitting him.

"You — complete — idiot Ronald Weasley!" she shouted with each hit.

Ginny's older brothers were looking far too pleased with themselves for her taste.

"Okay, so can we stop this charade now?" asked Bill.

"Okay, I don't know what this latest domestic incident is about," said Ginny, pointing at the sparring couple, "I just know that I'm not pregnant."

"Teddy heard Ron saying that Harry had knocked you up!" said Charlie.

"No….but I might have said that it was likely that he would knock her up."

Harry gaped at him. "Why were you discussing me knocking up Ginny at all!?" he demanded, as he physically restrained Ginny from attacking Ron.

"Because you both were being so bloody shameless!" Ron shouted back. "It's enough to drive anyone mental! Don't try to annoy your brother by having no self-control and then get mad when he says you have no self control!"

"I want the record to show that I did not partake in this line of reasoning and told him he was being ridiculous," said Hermione.

"Thanks for the support, Love," said Ron.

Bill, Charlie, and Percy all seemed to have deflated like balloons. Their faces matched their hair and they were looking anywhere but Ginny's furious face.

"Well...erm…." said Charlie, trying to keep his face stern, "Ron's right, you should still—"

"Oh, do not try to still chest-beat after you've all been exposed as idiots!" Ginny hissed. "You've all been absolutely terrible to Harry and me based on what a toddler overheard!"

"She is right," Fleur scolded her husband, rejoining the row now that she had calmed Victoire down, "If you zink zat she is pregnant, you should not start fights to stress 'er out! Shame on you!" Bill hung his head.

"You know, I really don't think that trying to manipulate Ginny into talking about it is much better," said Harry flatly, "You all need to mind your own business!"

"Yes, don't think I'm going to forget this any time soon!" Ginny waved a threatening finger at all of them. "Not only treating me like an idiot child who's been taken advantage of, but actually thinking we're stupid and reckless enough to unintentionally get pregnant in the first place!"

"See, Molly dear?" Arthur told his wife gently, "it was all just a misunderstanding." He had guided her into a chair and was trying to calm her down. Her breathing was quick and shallow and her eyes were darting around madly.

"...No. No, it all fit…" she shook her head violently, "They're covering it up. You need to tell the truth, Ginny!"

It was clear that there was no reasoning with her, she had become delirious by now from all the chaos and panic.

Ginny groaned. "All right, you want to settle this? Fine, let's settle this." And without another word, she marched out of the kitchen into the sitting room, threw some floo powder into the fireplace, called out "Diagon Alley!" and disappeared into the flames.

The kitchen was finally quiet for the next few minutes as Molly's breathing slowly but surely slowed down to merely anxious instead of an outright panic attack. Bill and Fleur were bickering quietly in French, while Hermione silently gave Ron her best "I told you so" look for not watching what he said around Teddy.

After what felt like an eternity, the fireplace roared to life again and Ginny marched back into the kitchen, dusting soot off her clothes.

"Where did you go?" asked Harry.

She held up a vial of clear liquid. "Apothecary," she said shortly. The unique shape of the bottle was instantly recognizable.

"Oh, well that's just great," said Ron tiredly. "Harry Potter's girlfriend hastily buying a pregnancy test potion, I'm sure that won't be in the headlines tomorrow."

Ginny ignored him as she skimmed over the card that came attached to the potion. "Okay, yeah, blue for boy, pink for girl, white for not pregnant."

She uncorked the flask, set it down on the table, used her wand to cut off a single strand of her hair, and lowered it into the solution. The clear, colorless contents of the bottle instantly started bubbling furiously.

"See?" Ginny barked furiously, "So, now that we've gotten this circus over with, I would greatly appreciate it if you gits kindly butted the hell out of my love life, and we can all….just….move….on…."

Her voice trailed off into nothing as her eyes remained locked on the vial on the table.

Which was now a bright, vibrant blue.