#i might make a 2017 color wheel thing but idk

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Hopping on the bandwagon that everyone else seems to be doing :V

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Idk if you've already written this but can you write a fluffy jimon first date fic?

it’s happening!!!! lmao i love that all the new prompts i get now have specific genres. IT’S LIT, AND I KNOW I CAN’T MESS THIS UP TOO BADLY

side note: i wanna say that it should go without saying, but i’m a pretty chill person and always encourage people to come off anon and be my friend. i understand if you don’t want to - i have anon turned on, i mean i’m fine with it - but i’ve noticed an increase in anon prompts and i just wanna make it very clear that i’m super friendly and don’t bite!!

Jace is just about ready to call the whole thing off. 

“Gotta arrange these better.” Clary fusses, fluffing the baby’s breath in the bouquet of flowers he’s holding. “This color gradient’s all off.” 

“I paid a hell of a lot of money for dead plants.” Jace grumbles. “I think the color gradient’s fine.” 

“You’re not the one with the art degree.” Izzy warns, coming forward and yanking his arm towards her. 

“Clary doesn’t have one either.” Jace protests, confused as Izzy yanks out her stele and beings to trace something across his forearm. “Is that - stamina?” 

“Better to be safe than sorry.” his sister says calmly, and Jace groans. 

“I’m not going to have sex with him on the first date.” He says, a little too loudly. Lindsey pauses from where she’s on one of the monitors and gives him a strange look, and Raj is doubled over a rack of blades, wheezing with laughter. 

“So great to know.” Alex says sardonically, smirking as he saunters over. He waves his phone at Jace. “I was just getting on Magnus’ case because he, Raphael, and Luke are making a big deal out of Simon getting ready, but apparently I don’t have a leg to stand on. You’re all just as bad.” 

“Look who’s talking.” Izzy says, laughing as Alec casually straightens a wrinkle in Jace’s button-down and adjusts his collar.

“Are we all done?” Jace asks crossly. “Can I go on my private date now?” 

“Oh, it’s so sweet when children grow up.” Clary sighs, pretending to wipe away a tear as she steps back. Jace groans, louder. 

“Fray, are you giving my boyfriend a hard time?” a voice calls, and Jace turns, relieved, to see Simon. He pauses for a moment, stunned, as Simon walks up to him with a grin on his face. 

Simon looks so good, the top few buttons of his soft purple henley unbuttoned. He’s got a dark black jacket on that Jace swears he’s seen on Magnus before, and his hair looks windswept. Jace wants to put his hands all over Simon and wreck him, wear out the stamina rune that Izzy’s so helpfully provided. At the same time, he also wants to hold Simon’s hand and take him on a picnic or something equally awful and sweet. It’s horrible, but Jace can’t find it in him to do anything but smile like an idiot and hand Simon the flowers, leaning in to brush a kiss against his cheek. 

“Hey.” Jace says lowly, and Simon’s eyes are bright as he regards Jace and hands over his own bouquet, which Jace takes and smiles stupidly at. 

“I see we both went for a traditional approach.” Simon comments, and they both consider the two bouquets. “Thought I’m not sure what to do with these now. I did not think this far ahead.” 

“Classic Lewis.” Jace sighs, then jerks his head to Izzy. “I don’t have these nerds here for nothing.” 

“No glove, no love, and make sure to use the stamina rune.” Izzy says sweetly in retaliation as she and Alec tug the bouquets out of their hands. “We’ll put these in water; go enjoy yourselves.” Simon flushes at the comment about the stamina rune, and Jace rolls his eyes. 

“I don’t kiss and tell.” He hollers at his siblings before he holds a hand out to Simon. “Shall we?” 

Simon laces their fingers together, rubbing his thumb briefly across Jace’s knuckles. “Where are we going?” 

“Wouldn’t you like to know?” 

“Jace, I’m driving. I have to know.” Simon says patiently. 

“I’ll get my license soon.” Jace grumbles, and Simon laughs. “We’re going to Central Park.” 

“It’s nearly midnight.” 

“So?” Jace looks at him, using his free hand to push his hair out of his face. “Perfect for stargazing.” 

“Oh my god, this is New York. Have you ever heard of something called light pollution?” 

“You are so determined to make this not romantic.” Jace teases gently, nudging Simon and grinning. Simon cuts him a flat look, and Jace laughs. “I checked with Meliorn, and he set up a place with his magic to let us see the stars.” 

“Wait, seriously?” Simon asks, stopping on the sidewalk in front of his garish van. Jace eyes the van warily. 

“I can’t believe I’m constantly riding in this monstrosity.” He says, shaking his head. “But yeah.” 

“Respect the wheels.” Simon says absently, still staring at Jace. “How did you get Meliorn to help you?” 

Jace shrugs, shifting uncomfortable. “Meliorn has a soft spot for romance.” Simon continues to stare at him, and Jace sighs, relenting. “He thinks its hilarious that another Shadowhunter is dating a Downworlder, and he’s encouraging it because, and I quote, he ‘cannot wait to see the Clave’s constipated expressions when they learn of their precious half-angel with a vampire’.”

Simon laughs at that, throwing his head back and leaning against the van. Jace half-smiles, more occupied with the way the moonlight traces a silver glow across Simon’s cheeks and neck. 

“Wait, that’s so great.” Simon says, still chuckling. “It’s Meliorn’s version of a fuck you, that’s so cute - are you listening? You’re staring at me weird.” He says, pausing as Jace licks his lips. Jace can’t take his eyes off of the way the light is falling perfectly across Simon, illuminating his figure and turning him into something angelic. He takes a step closer, swaying forward into Simon’s space. 

“You’re impossible.” Simon says fondly before he lifts his free hand to cradle Jace’s cheek and bridges the distance between them, pressing his lips to Jace’s. It’s not their first kiss, but it feels just as wonderful, just as new and bright, warmth exploding like fireworks behind Jace’s closed eyes. 

He presses closer, letting go of Simon’s hand, and instead winds his arms around Simon’s waist, pulling their bodies flush together. Simon makes a low, delighted noise, and traces his tongue across the seam of Jace’s lips; Jace obediently parts his mouth and lets Simon twine their tongues together, his breathing ragged. He feels like he’s floating, riding a soft high that consists entirely of Simon’s body tangled with his, Simon’s skin faintly cool beneath his hands, the noises that Simon makes echoing like a symphony around them. 

He finally breaks the kiss when breathing becomes a problem, sucking in deep lungfuls of air as Simon watches him with half-lidded eyes, his lips faintly shining with spit. 

“That stamina rune might actually come in handy.” Simon says, his voice rough, and Jace laughs, burying his face in Simon’s shoulder and relishing in the feeling for just a moment. 

“I want to do this right.” Jace says, finally drawing back and pressing a tiny kiss to Simon’s forehead. “I’m gonna woo the fuck out of you, Lewis.” 

“You sap.” Simon says, but he’s laughing too as he drags Jace around to the passenger side and opens the door. “Ready for our date, then?” 

“Yeah.” Jace says, bringing Simon’s hand to his lips and brushing a kiss across his knuckles. Simon blushes violently, covering his face with his free hand. Jace grins, slow and predatory, and Simon’s eyes widen. “Yeah.” 

(It’s a really cute date, up until the bushes rustle and they whirl around, weapons drawn, to find a sheepish wolf regarding them, accompanied by Izzy and Clary.

“It’s 2017 and privacy is apparently a myth!” Simon hollers, chasing a laughing Luke down as Jace groans and quietly bemoans the fact that they’re all way too co-dependent.)

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What We Can Learn from Teens and Slime

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What We Can Learn from Teens and Slime

Taking the internet by storm last summer, slime accounts have since become an established part of Instagram, and to a smaller extent, YouTube. Searching #slime, #slimerecipe, #slimevideo or similar hashtags will give you so many results you may not even know where to begin.

What is Slime?

The most basic versions of slime are made from a mixture of water, glue, borax and food coloring, while some of the more fancy products are now multicolored, and can include any combination of glitter, foam beads and even confetti of varying shapes and sizes.

Clockwise from right: heart confetti slime, slime with multicolored beads, galaxy slime

Nothing is perhaps more satisfying than watching slime of different consistencies, colors and materials poked, prodded, folded, squeezed and pulled to form a single polychromatic mass. But slime’s appeal is not just visual–it is also auditory. Turn the sound up on your system and you will be treated to the therapeutic squish, crackle and crunch of the semi-solid play-toy.

🍓🥝 EDIT: i'm aware of the color wheel, I intended to make the slime a brown color to use in a slime food video this turned out to be the crunchiest floam I ever made even tho the end result was gross🤷🏻‍♀️ alsoo my bday is in a week + a day so excited lol

A post shared by raindropslime (@raindropslime) on Aug 3, 2017 at 3:36pm PDT

Entrepreneurial teenagers of today, many of whom are digital natives, have since made their own businesses out of this opportunity. Successful slime accounts do not only contain slime videos uploaded for the pleasure of their viewers, but also offer opportunities for viewers to purchase the slime on Etsy, Shopify, Mercati and other e-commerce websites. Some slime entrepreneurs, such as Alyssa J., who owns @craftyslimecreator, have even published their own books on how to make different types of slime.

are you planning on coming? if you aren't in the area, did you happen to get the book? let me know👇 i will answer as many questions as i see! hope to see a bunch of you on saturday!!💛

A post shared by alyssa j. (@craftyslimecreator) on Oct 19, 2017 at 5:01pm PDT

YouTuber Karina Garcia, who has over six million subscribers, and whose YouTube channel teaches viewers how to make slime and other DIY arts and crafts, even held her own tour recently.

Other than their enterprising nature, brands have several things to learn from these young, independent business owners.

Get to Know Your Social Media Platforms

A quick search for slime-related content on Instagram and YouTube reveals several differences between the two platforms.

Content on Instagram is simple. More often than not, viewers are presented videos of slime from a bird’s-eye view, with the slime placed on a single-colored (usually white) background for contrast. If you turned the volume up in the previous video, you might have noticed that the only sounds you heard were from the squish of the slime. On Instagram, slime is the focus and slimers seldom speak in their videos.

this is one of my fav slimes sent in a review from @rigslimeshoppe ! also i'm such a mess idk what those two specks are on my desk and oops i had to use a lamp to film since it's literally midnight :/ BUT i just made a gallon of clear glue using the one i ordered off amazon so there should be a ton of better quality videos coming soon! (and some more featuring some of the cool stuff we got from @solarcolordust )

A post shared by kinda satisfying slime videos (@slimequeeens) on Aug 20, 2017 at 9:26pm PDT

Content on YouTube, on the other hand, is more complex. While there are also Instagram-style videos available, because YouTube supports videos of greater length, YouTube slimers tend to upload instructional videos on how to make or DIY your own slime, unboxing videos, hacks and slime-related challenges.

YouTuber Karina Garcia reviewing slime from several shops

YouTuber Talisa Tossell, trying out various slime trends

In the same way that these teenagers have either adapted their style to the nature of the platform, brands too should do so in order to reach their target audience with greater success. Since success on one platform does not always equal to success on another, brands on tight budgets in particular should always take note of the type of content their audience prefers and work on advertising and/or monetizing from that platform.

Don’t Walk Alone

Since slime is relatively cheap and easy to make, many slimers do try to produce their own slime. But is that the only way to go? Certainly not.

this slime is from @cloudyyslimez ❤️

A post shared by kinda satisfying slime videos (@slimequeeens) on Oct 5, 2017 at 3:52pm PDT

Slimers do also post videos of themselves playing with, and sometimes reviewing, slimes made by other people. This sort of arrangement is beneficial for both parties: the Instagrammer posting the video gets new content for their account while the Instagrammer whose product was used gets promoted.

While established brands may not want to work with their competitors, small-scale brands may want to consider working with like-minded companies so that both of them achieve boosts in their profile.

Other examples of colaboration include Instagram slimers Nicolette (@glitter.slimes) and Christine (@slime_og), who are working together to hold a meet-and-greet.

Good news! Christine and I have found a new venue for the meet & greet in LA! We will no longer have an outdoor hang out area or the bouncy house, but we will still have the show with GIVEAWAYS, challenges, and other fun stuff! Everybody will still get a chance to meet us and take a photo, and we will still be selling slime/merchandise! I have updated the address to the event and will make sure to email everybody tomorrow who's already purchased tickets of the address change. If you want to come, we're already half way sold out so click the link in my bio to get your tickets!!!

A post shared by nicolette✨ (@glitter.slimes) on Oct 18, 2017 at 8:43pm PDT

This increases the likelihood of a greater audience turnout, which will make the event more successful than if both participants had decided to hold their own session.

If you’re starting out small and find it difficult to produce original content on your platform all the time, do considering collaborating with other small brands to save costs or work with other brands in the business to promote each other.