#i'm kinda proud of myself for following through with this one actually

[son-of-rap-bear-art]

So, do y'all remember the Adventure Time Mash-Up Pack for Minecraft back in like, 2017? Me and some friends have been messing around with that map lately and revamping some of the areas we consider a bit lacking with creative mode, and for me that was the Treehouse! I got ~100 reference pics from various episodes and tried to put it all together into the most autistically accurate Treehouse I could, and I wanna share it here cause I'm really proud of it!

Feel free to skip the text and just look at the pretty pictures. Cause when I say "autistically accurate" I MEAN IT. It's MY blog and I get to choose the special interest. :p

The exterior is mostly unchanged from the official map, but I added the orange tree from My Two Favorite People, and the pond. Also the log where Finn sits and thinks in Gotcha!

Yes, I will be mentioning specific episodes like this often.

I didn't make the Grotto, because I'm not THAT crazy, but I did make the pond really deep and filled it with the sort of things you see when Finn swims down there in Beyond the Grotto.

The first thing you see when you actually go inside is the treasure room, of course! The official map's treasure room is so small and sad, but I made it more accurate to how it looks in the show, with a ton of ladders and platforms going upwards until you get to the kitchen.

Speaking of, at this point I should show the layout I based the rooms' positions on...

I put this together myself and I THINK it's the most consistently accurate layout... of course, it's a cartoon, sometimes you'll get stuff like the bathroom in the left branch for the sake of a gag in Dentist, and characters will frequently run offscreen and then teleport to another room, BUT this is what I observed to be the most common layout seen when the camera will actually follow the characters through doors and ladders and etc.

Interestingly, the ladder in the trunk actually seems to connect to the kitchen, which is HIGHER than the living room, and then you have to go down a separate ladder to get to the living room. Confusing! But it checks out.

So yeah, climbing up past the treasure room takes you right to the kitchen! Some specific details to call out here are: - The picture of PB with the two spatulas is from Abstract, and I painted it myself in-game via a mod! Unfortunately I didn't get around to other paintings yet, they're a bit annoying to make. - The urn supposedly containing Margaret's ashes, from Conquest of Cuteness, is on one of the shelves. - There isn't a single torch in this whole build! It's carefully lit up with candles, just like the Treehouse should be! - There's actually this easily missable tiny room connected to the kitchen, seen in the last pic, that has another trapdoor and also the door to the bathroom. I believe that first shows up in Incendium and then stays around forever. - The cooler is entirely full of eggs, like how Finn exclusively buys pre-boiled eggs when grocery shopping without Jake, in Temple of Mars.

The bathroom! Funnily enough, the bathroom might be the least consistent room in the whole Treehouse. It's just made up of a toilet, bathtub, and sink, but these three things shuffle around the room entirely at random from episode to episode. In this sort of situation, I consider the most accurate way to handle it to be the same as the show: just put them wherever! So I did that.

That door in the kitchen leads to this room, connected by a bridge. I just called it the "bucket room" because it has a bucket that Finn and Jake ride in in Rainy Day Daydream, although that episode has a pretty wacky Treehouse in general.

I hooked up a hand crank with the Create mod, so you can use it like an elevator kinda.

Down the other ladder in the kitchen gets you to, the living room! This room's just a small round circle in some episodes, but others have it a bit bigger.

That bookshelf is there in Jake Suit, and has Dream Journal of a Boring Man, Vol 12 on it. Since one of the decor mods I'm using lets me place down books, I copied the 3 excerpts we get to see from it down into a written book, so it's even actually there!

A really inconsistent aspect of the living room is this weird platform with a door. I can only remember it appearing in In Your Footsteps and Three Buckets, but maybe I've just always missed it? I made it lead back into the trunk, so you can use it as a shortcut up to the kitchen.

Also over here is this workbench, which to my knowledge suddenly shows up in season 8 and becomes a REALLY REALLY consistent part of the living room?? Seriously, it's in Two Swords, Horse and Ball, Abstract... It's suddenly all over the place!! But I genuinely can't recall it existing before that. Am I crazy or is this an actual thing?

Anyway, connected by bridge to the living room is the den! Surprisingly, even though it barely even shows up in any episodes, the den is SUPER messy and lived in. I tried to reflect this by jamming as many decorative blocks as I could in there.

Also for some reason this fireplace doubles as a pizza oven in Abstract? Yeah, Abstract's got a really silly Treehouse. But it was easy enough to slot in there, so I did!

Way back to the kitchen and upwards: the bedroom! I always thought the bedroom was so tiny and cramped, but a good few episodes actually show it as pretty spacious! I tried to hit a good balance.

The pictures hung up around Finn's bed are a blurry, badly taken picture of Huntress Wizard, and a clearly old picture of Flame Princess. They're both cute choices for Finn's future, and are my girlfriends' respective favorite characters, so I included both :D

I also included the attic, which as far I know ONLY appears in Dad's Dungeon. I think it's neat, though, so I put it here. It'll be nice for survival mode storage.

If you exit through the attic, you can get to the cloud that Finn and Jake have tied down for its rainwater. The dripstone on the underside looks a bit ugly, but it makes it functional! If you scoop water out of any of the cauldrons with a bucket, it'll slowly refill with water from the cloud!

We're nearing the end! Here's a back shot of things. I added the power lines, Neptr's cave, and the farm. For some reason, Holly Jolly Secrets has a second, distinct set of powerlines, but those would be ugly so I didn't include them.

Lastly, the chicken coop, as seen in BMO Noire and mentioned in Three Buckets, featuring Lorraine. Who looks like Boobafina in this texture pack, which is silly.

I'm... honestly not very satisfied with the coop's placement, as BMO Noire shows it being out on a rarely-seen branch, but this is the best I could do without a major facelift on the tree itself.

So, yeah! That's the image limit. There's a good few extra details scattered around here and there, but I'll leave it at that. I hope this is as fun to read as it was for me to write :D

[luckykiwiii101]

Hi Wii!! 💖

It's finally my turn. My own void success story💕💕. ahhh i'm so happy! This is kind of long so sorry for that.

So, just for a back story, I have been terminally ill for a while now. I was always in pain and even after discovering subliminals 5 years ago i was never fully 'able' to get rid of my illness. But then I came across the void state one day on tiktok while looking through shifting methods and instantly knew that it was for me. The thought of it genuinely made me so happy and not in like a 'i'll get all my desires' way but in like a 'ofc i can give myself whatever I want.' way. But i kinda fell down a rabit hole on tumblr and really put the void on a pedestal that i had to 'pass' in order to get anything😔.

But then, a few weeks ago, it really clicked. I did one of those 3-day challenges (i didn't follow anyone elses, just made up my own routine and stuck to it.) and it helped tremendously both with my self concept and void concept. i know these aren't really important but they sure help lol.

Anyway i didn't get in the void in those 3 days but i realised that instead of hating not waking up in the void, my thought process was just ''well, i'm getting closer aren't I?" and i honestly caught myself off guard with that🎀🎀.

But then last night, i got ready for bed and went to sleep. But I kept waking up in the middle of the night because it was kinda hot. Anyway, i had a holiday from school so I was gonna sleep in.

My sister had to go to school tho and we share a room so when she wakes up, i usually do as well just because of all the rustling. She opened the light to our room and i felt a faint light infront of my eyes. I couldn't hear her then for a while but I just assumed that was because she left the room. Then my hearing came back and she was asking me about smth so i opened my eyes but noticed that the 'source' of the light i felt while my eyes were closed was different to which light was open in the room(I really hope that made sense). I then realised that it took awhile for me to properly feel my body again and thats when i realized i was in the void- aware- for once!! 💗💗

I honestly wasn't surprised that I woke up in the void without doing anything because I have full faith in myself but it has really helped me make my belief in the void even stronger. I have a whole list of things i want to get so when i get in the void again tonight, I'm gonna affirm for all my desires!! Wait for my full success story please 💖💖

Also, to all the people out there, i know it's hard but all you genuinely need to do is trust yourself and your power, remember you are The Creator.

Thanks again Wii, you've been great help.

(btw, so sorry for any typos, english is not my first language😔)

Success Story ✨✨✨✨💗💗💗

This is truly amazing!!

IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!! AND EVEN MORE PROUD THAT YOU ACTUALLY TOOK YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS!!! MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIKE YOU!!!

[james-potters-biggest-fan]

T4T Jegulus - T Shot

CW: needles and injections, panic attack

word count: 981

I kinda like this idea of influencer James like documenting his transition and journey, would you guys be interested if i wrote more like this?

James hates needles.

He was so excited to start testosterone that he forgot that he absolutely hated needles.

So now he was sitting in the bathroom of his and Regulus' apartment, tears streaming down his face as he stares at the needle in his hand.

He'd gotten it fully ready and prepared and then when it came time to actually inject it, he panicked.

Regulus wasn't home, he still had class today and he wouldn't be home for another hour.

He had the video on his phone running, because he had told his followers about this new advancement in his transition and he had promised to video his first shot by himself.

So now he was panicking, and there's video proof of it.

He's recapped the needle now, and set it down on the counter, so he didn't drop it.

He lets himself slide down the wall to sit with his knees to his chest, god he wishes Regulus was here.

It's almost as if the universe heard his thoughts and granted this wish because right then he heard the front door close and Regulus call out,

"James? I'm home... where are you?"

He didn't think he could get any words out through his hyperventilation, so he hoped Regulus saw the light on in the bathroom and knew he was in there,

"James!- oh, are you in here? Are you okay?"

Regulus gently knocked on the door and James mustered all of his energy together to let out a weak call of,

"Reg?"

The door then opened and Regulus's eyes widened at James' state.

He kneeled down next to him and gently gathered him in his arms, holding him tight against him how Regulus knows he likes,

"Try and focus on me Jamie, okay? Focus on my breathing."

He started to exaggerate his breaths and James listened and felt his chest rise and fall, trying to match the rhythm with his own breathes.

Regulus whispered encouragements to him and ran his fingers through his hair, letting him calm down at his own pace.

Eventually James relaxed, no longer tense in Regulus' arms,

"What happened Jamie?"

"I was supposed to do my first T shot, I forgot how badly I hate needles and shots"

"Oh Jamie, I'm sorry... do you want me to do it?"

"You would do that?"

"Of course I would Love, I did Evan's for months before Barty finally got over his fear of doing it wrong."

James nodded and reached up to rub at his face,

Regulus stood up and reached down to help James up too.

James paused the video and restarted it again while Regulus put on gloves,

"Hey guys, so change of plans here, rather than doing it myself, my wonderful boyfriend is here to do it for me."

Regulus gave a small wave at the camera and ripped open the alcohol pad so he could clean the injection sight,

"I was going to do it, but I had a panic attack when I realized I was going to have to inject myself. In the excitement of this all, I forgot that I am absolutely terrified of needles and getting shots, even after the whole ordeal with my doctor when I got my first one done, so, because he is the best boyfriend ever, Regulus has offered to do it for me."

Regulus smiled and gave him a small kiss,

"Okay, look away, I'm going to inject it."

James complied and he kept muttering over and over again,

"I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine"

He squeezed his eyes shut and more tears escaped from his eyes as Regulus gently inserted the needle.

It was about 2 seconds before James felt him gently applying a band aid and then giving the spot a kiss.

"Are you alright sweetheart?"

"Yeah I'm okay, I'm fine, I just had my first T shot. I JUST HAD MY FIRST T SHOT!" He immediately started jumping up and down and Regulus joined, wanting to celebrate with his boyfriend.

He grabbed James' face and pulled him into a kiss and then immediately a hug,

"I am so proud of you Love, so so proud. I love you so much."

"I love you so much too Regulus, thank you for doing it for me."

"Of course Mon Amour."

Later that night James hands Regulus his phone with the now edited video of him getting his shot done.

It starts with him introducing the whole thing, when he first tried to do it alone, and then into him preparing the shot, cutting off when he starts to just stare at the needle in the minute before his panic attack, and then again at the start of video, till the end.

"The fans love you and getting to see us interact, but they don't have to. I can cut out the celebration part if you want."

Regulus thought for a moment.

He was always skeptical of having his business out on social media. He liked his private life to be exactly that, private. Especially because when he was with his family still, his name was always all over newspapers and social media.

He knew what he was getting into when he started dating a famous TikToker, but James was always so respectful and willing to cut whatever he wanted out of his video for him, so he minded less because he could control it.

And he wanted people to see James be so happy and celebrating, so he smiles at his adorable boyfriend and shakes his head,

"No it's okay. I like it how it is."

James smiles and writes a quick caption before posting it, silencing his phone and leaving it on the table, curling up in Regulus' arms and starting the movie they had chosen that night.

He could focus on the comments tomorrow, tonight all he cared about was Regulus.

[burningbee]

So this probably going to come out of left field for anyone who still follows this Tumblr, but my drawing career has kind of petered out and for the last year or so I've been writing romance novels.

I don't really plan on actually publishing them. I've only been putting them on ao3, but I've really enjoyed writing them and I'm kinda proud of my work.

And when I say they're romance novels, I mean fully XXX raunchy ass romance. It's not pure erotica, they have plot and character growth and FEELINGS, but also a lot of sex scenes and kinky shit on top of that. Bondage, femdom, edging, monsterfucker kink, to name a few.

The first one I wrote, and I'm almost done posting, is a slow burn werewolf story. Bare bones set up is: What if imprint but everyone hated it. Kind of enemies to lovers but on the milder side. It's a straight romance, and the man is a sad wet dog boy, absolutely a pathetic baby. The woman is a cheerful, smiling on the outside, dying on the inside type. There's lots of agnst and hurt/comfort and fanficy tropes.

The second one I'm working on and recently started posting is a faerie polyamory story (mmf) and more about messy people making messy mistakes. Also, when I say faerie, I don't mean hot men with pointy ears. My faerie boys are one big fat furry muscle himbo and a goblin twink. The woman is human and very much has ADHD.

I draw my characters often, and I'd like to be able to share my stories with anyone who would be interested. Does this sound interesting to anyone? The stuff I write is pretty irreverent and fun. I've been told it comes through that I enjoyed myself in the writing. I put a lot of queer characters in them and both of my female mains are fat.

TL, DR: I've written steamy romance fics with paranormal shit and fat characters. Would anyone be interested in me posting about them here?

[kaistinlove]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers! Spread the self-love 💞

ooooohhhh this looks so fun!! thank you for tagging me @becausebuckley 💖

Of Chocolate Parfaits and Cherry Pies (3.7k words | Teen & Up)

Or the one where Eddie Diaz is good at denying himself life's little indulgences. And mostly, he gets by fine. Perfectly fine, actually. But he can't seem to keep away from Buck.

I'll start off with my absolute favorite fic that I've written. I've written so much more since then but this will always hold a special place in my heart.

Homemade (They Don't Make 'em Like This No More) (5.8k words | Explicit)

Shame welled up inside of him and he snapped, "Stop that, okay? You don't have to - I'll just put it back on". He reached for his shirt that was chucked to the floor when Eddie grabbed his arm.

"Shit, Buck, no. Oh my god, I didn't mean to react that way. I'm so sorry, I really am," Eddie rushed through his words.

Buck opened his mouth to retort when Eddie brought his other hand up to subtly wipe at the edges of his lips. Huh.

I'll follow that up with my first ever written smut wholly inspired by Buck in aprons. The reason why I start writing although I kept it hidden for longer because of *waves hand abstractly*

Riding the High (6.7k words | Mature)

OR the amusement park Buddie meet cute

I loveee writing Chris in this because he absolutely would babytrap Buck with himself. It always Eddie babytrapping Buck or Buck babytrapping himself. So this was kinda a fun twist on that

been there, done that (once or twice) (21.5k words | Explicit)

OR the one where Buck wants to make a boudoir album and enlists Eddie's help as a photographer

I'm so proud of myself for finishing this because it's the most times I've questioned myself when writing. I didn't know if the words make sense or if readers could picture because this relies a lot of imagination and images. but apparently a lot of people like this and I'm like😭❤️

First Step Towards an Addiction (6.1k words | Explicit)

Eddie can never understand why Buck is adamant to stay with that one guy who makes him miserable. But he will keep being supportive — playing his role as a best friend, giving date advice, listening to him rant, occasionally fucking him. The last one is entirely the fault of Tommy. This is the start of how it came to be.

My Buckfidelity contribution hehe

I don't have anyone to tag yet but if you're seeing this, join with your own self-rec list!! ❤️❤️

[s-lycopersicum]

That post got me thinking about programming, and that maybe I should talk about one that I really had fun writing recently, and that I'm kinda proud of, so here it goes!

So, in my computer experiments and stuff like that, I often have to write scripts that process entries in various stages. For example, I had a thing where it read a list of image urls and downloaded, compressed, extracted some metadata, and saved them to disk.

That sort of process can be decomposed in various stages which, and that's the important part, can be run independently. That would massively speed up the task, but setting up the code infrastructure for that every time I needed it would be cumbersome. Which is why I wrote a little library to do it for me!

That gif is a bit fast, so here's what it looks like when it's all done:

This is from a test I wrote for the library. It simulates running a set of items through 4 different processes (which I named production lines), each with their own stages and filters.

Each line with a progress bar is a stage in the process. If you follow the traces on the left side, you can visualize how the element enter the 4 production lines on one side, and are collected on the other. The stages I wrote for the test are simple operations, but are written to simulate real world delay and errors.

To set up the processes, I do practically nothing. Just initialize the production line structure and connect the stages together, and that's it! All the work of setting up the async tasks, sending the entries from each stage to the next, filtering, error logging, even the little ascii diagram, all that happens automatically! And all that functionality packed into one data structure!

I feel like trying to explain how it does all that (and why having built it myself makes me proud) would make it harder to believe that I actually had fun doing it. I mean, it involved reading a lot of code from high profile open source projects, studying aspects of the language I had never played with (got really deep into generics with this one), and I can't really explain how I really enjoyed doing all that.

I don't know, I feel like I lost the point of what I was trying to say. Hm, I guess this feeling are harder to pin down that I expected.

[msprojects]

I'm still in denial

I was still feeling the burn from TVXQ's breakup when I came across One Direction, so I told myself I wasn't gonna get invested and give my heart to another group that'll just break it. Boybands don't last forever generally but you always keep hoping they would. So I told myself I was only gonna be a casual listener.

But it's been a week and I'm still kind of reeling. There's never going to be a reunion with all five of them. Liam's voice won't be starting most of 1D's songs ever again. I think I really loved them as a boyband more than I let on to myself. I followed them in secret and felt so happy with all their antics and loved their music as a guilty pleasure. I wish I could have just admitted I was a huge fan.

I think I'm always going to have that little regret of giving away the concert tickets I bought on a whim. I should've just gone and not felt ashamed for liking another boyband. Because here I am anyway *sad laugh* I should've just let myself have fun and say fuck it to whatever anyone thought.

When I loved them, everything felt giddier and brighter. It's reminding me of the times back then.

It kinda hurts. I put one of Harry's new songs on my playlist a couple months ago and found that I liked it. I keep thinking I should've seen that as a sign to check up on the members and see what they were up to. But I was still too proud. I had already moved on, I thought.

This is all happening with huge changes irl that I just needed to vent this out.

I still can't believe he's gone. I keep thinking there must be some sort of conspiracy and he's actually alive somewhere.

He was supposed to be in a new show. He was getting better. Despite the setbacks, there was still something for him. Even Zayn got dropped from his label before. I don't know if they were in contact at all, but I... I don't know, it's nothing I can wish for because nothing can be done now.

I wish I could have checked up on them sooner and maybe joined one of his lives and sent a message of encouragement. I listened to his songs too and the sound was very reminiscent of early 2000's pop. I could have told him I wanted to hear more of it. I don't know if it would've helped. But anything to cut through the negativity he received.

I hope there's no more pain where you are Liam. I hope you're in a better place. You led the boys with impeccable professionalism and loved the fans truly. From where you are, I hope you could see that all the love you gave is coming back a hundred fold. Rest well.

[puckpocketed]

caps fan here!

as follower of pld (the few, the proud, the courageous!), i was wondering if you had any thoughts about how he might fit in with our team, assuming he's going to be 1C with Ovi on the left and one of Wilson or Mangiapane on the right, and basically taking the former Kuznetsov/Backstrom spot on the halfwall on PP1. my thinking is that he can easily return to being a 60 point player just by the increase in ice time alone this coming season, and maybe even flirt with 70 if he has a triggerman like big O on his wing.

as someone who knows a hell of a lot more about PLD than i do, is that just wishful thinking because i'm a caps fan? what do you think?

The PLD Post, Part 2: mask-OFF

Hii!! (we are SO brave and SO correct). i am so sorry this took ages to answer, i was trying to decide how serious to be. I will admit, I was hesitant about going mask-off and hitting up the microstats and revealing that i do seriously think he can be better than he was bc that shit is kinda lame ESPECIALLY when defending a clear failhorse. but at this point any rep i have as someone with good opinions must be gone considering how many media scapegoats i've attached myself to (i got a fucking. c.gauthier ask the other day aslkjdkljas) so. mask is coming off. we've hit somewhere between well-considered manifesto and vibe check so . um. enjoy!!

I remain optimistic going from everything I've heard and from what you're saying here! But, big big asterisk. He absolutely needs to take ownership of his lack of engagement. when he speaks in media availability I believe him when he says he wants to change. The will to change is there, idk if it’s possible that any player would be satisfied with their performance being the way his was. There’s a lot that needs to be unpacked about his lack of production, the Character Issues, and what his role might look like going forward. You and any other Caps fan who reads this will have to tell me if the fit is right. Hockey talk below the cut lol!!

So before I start I have to say I know dick all about the Caps except:

You're dragging that old man (Ovechkin) to Gretzky's lawn (record) to set it on fire (break it before he retires)

Everyone is pining away for your very very injured 1C who is also Ovechkin's boybestfriend/perfect set-up guy/work wife

There's. intricate pre-game rituals?

So I'm not sure I can speak to how he will fit with your (our? i AM picking the Caps up fr given every acquisition/draft pick they've made) team with any depth or specificity. also i don't think i'd call myself a PLD expert. like. i just got here !! I haven't been following him since he was drafted or anything!! I have, however, consumed TOO MANY Kings games this past season and I can give you a broad look at what actually happened with them and why I think it didn't work out. I will not be making any overtures about being unbiased. My biases WILL slip through because I think Dubois is a sweetheart and I find the mental exercise of defending him fun <3 I’ll give you stats and observations and I will build a story that runs counter to what the prevailing media narratives say. While I stand by my opinions, they're also just one of many available interpretations of what happened.

character concerns

Everyone will be bringing it up at the first speed bump of the season, the first bad game he has. Please be prepared to have a crisis of faith and also be deeply disappointed in him. god knows I am, like, all the time <3 But... I always want to dig deeper when it comes to dominant narratives, because in following multiple teams I’ve become acutely aware of just how miserably Bad media can be at reporting on teams that aren’t their own.

I hear “Locker room cancer” accusations bandied about and I’ve yet to see anyone produce a primary source for this — podcasters, journalists, even people on nhl broadcasts will throw these words around so casually, assuming they’re correct because everyone knows the story. Some confounding factors in the character narratives arise when you scratch the surface. People who've worked with him speak well enough of him. Todd McLellan called him “misunderstood”, and had nothing bad to say about his character.

Matt Roy, who also just got picked up by the Caps, has recently said he’s a great teammate. MORE proof if you want to hear it directly, Roy went on Dropping The Gloves and had this to say about Dubois (transcript by me):

[on what actually happened] Honestly, I don’t know. I mean if you asked him he would say he had a down year. But it’s nothing like — I feel like the media paints this picture of him, and to me it couldn’t be further from the truth, you know. He’s a great teammate, he’s a great locker room guy, he gets along with everybody. So, in terms of all that I don’t know where the media is getting all this stuff. If I hated the guy I probably wouldn’t have come to Washington. He’s one of my friends on the team and I really think he’s going to have a bounce back year. I think he’s really going to be good for the team.

Matt Roy signed with the Caps of his own free will as an RD, a contested free agent in a sparse market, knowing Dubois was already here. He could’ve gone to plenty of different places. Why the hell would Roy sign here long-term, clearly wanting to play and win, if Dubois was as disliked as some pundits would have us believe??? Credible reports (and not just speculation) point to PLD’s other teammates liking him!! 

And here’s some propaganda; I direct you to this extremely sweet video where he gets asked about assisting on Akil Thomas' first NHL goal (and a bunch of other first NHL goals). He is so, so genuinely happy for Akil, who battled through injuries that set back his development for years. Just LOOK at his smile!! He can’t hold it back. (Others have said this but it looks like a little v. Like :> !!!! HELLO !!)

How does all of this happen when, supposedly, he’s a low-character asshole and a “locker room cancer”? It doesn’t line up for me.

On the other hand, I have seen Dubois cruise. He really can’t seem to bounce back from a poor start, and if you were just looking from the outside in, the scoresheet this year reflects this. The critique is fair; I’ve turned this over in my head enough times. there are less physically gifted, less skilled players, who are working so hard to stay in this league, and Dubois’ poor showing does feel somewhat like, idk, something I’d be mad about usually.

Here comes the “but”. Call this next bit the narrative section, because I’m showing my ass here: I think Dubois gets a lot of scrutiny because of his infamous Shift, which went a specific kind of viral, under the exact right conditions, and it has just. defined his career. And okay… I am not denying that the shift happened, but plenty of guys in this league have taken shifts off. come on. the season is long and they're only human. I’m not excusing it either! It was bad and he deserved his benching. Ideally, he one day becomes a player who always puts effort in. Working hard is one of my favourite traits in any player, and usually this would be enough for me to dismiss him as not worth being invested in.

and yet…. the reactions to his floundering performance feel so much like they’re about expectations as seen through the lens of The Shift. They’re calibrated differently because he went 3rd overall, and he's got this big body, the speed, the skill — it's the fact that he's got the tools and seemingly squanders them. All of this is amplified by the contract he's sitting on and his run of short-term stays on teams. Does he get this much scrutiny if he went in the 2nd or 3rd round? Does he catch this much heat for his low energy performance if that one shift clip hadn’t done all that damage? We’ll never know obviously but . I do wonder.

Final word on the character stuff is that we don’t know what truly went on in those locker rooms and i don't want to give more air time to baseless speculation. What we can examine is the hockey. The hockey tells the truth <3

the 23-24 la kings

Assuming the plan is to give PLD a look at 1/2C while he’s on the Caps, I think he’s a complementary type of player. The way he is right now, I don't think he can drive his own line or pull people up. He works with the calibre of lineys he's got and will produce the expected outcome. That sounds so obvious, but what I’m saying is I don’t think he’s capable of miracles like the best playmakers in the league, he's not about to make your guys look 15 years younger. In this vein, I look at his many first NHL goal assists as a symptom of what kind of linemates he was being paired with all season, and how unstable the situation was. His drop in point production IS more complicated than "he's just a piece of shit". From this article, the best summary I've seen of the Situation PLD was in:

LA acquired a player who had been a top-six center (and at times, winger) his entire career playing with established NHL talent. Yet after investing multiple assets to acquire Dubois and sign him to a significant contract, the team decided to put him in a third-line role where his most common linemate was a first-year NHL player who wasn’t expected to be on the roster in Alex Laferriere. Those two had a revolving door of wingers throughout the season. Moreover, Dubois’ most common on-ice teammates after Laferriere at 5-on-5 this season were Matt Roy and Andreas Englund. Gee, I wonder why he didn’t produce?

Context about Roy and Englund: Roy is a quiet but capable d-man who is defensively geared with a bit of offensive upside (j'adore. does things the right way and is very responsible and good. will throw hits but doesn't chase them or headhunt. I think playing away from the Kings’ more passive system will unlock more of his offensive potential. Matt Roy you will be SO good for the Caps I truly believe mwah mwah); and Englund is a leg weight/goon who, going by every single stat I can pull out, makes his d-partners Worse (with affection <3). Point here is neither of them being on the ice was particularly conducive to a lot of scoring chances.

As I said in my previous post, I think Dubois absolutely needs finishers. At some point there was hype around his shot but I didn't see much of that at all on lak? Eye test says: he was unwilling to shoot, and when he did shoot it felt like there was low/no commitment, no power behind it. Comments on his shooting called him “too deferential” at different turns. That’s just an insulting way to say a guy likes to pass and I truly think it circles back to the expectations thing. Would there be anything wrong with him not being much of a shooter this past season if he was another player? (Can't we just say he passed a lot this season without bringing value judgement into it? leave my failhorse ALONE!!!! like must a man score goals ,can't he be very very sweet and happy for the rookies he assisted ? wailing about it forever.)

More fun stats from that same article:

#1 on lak for passes that led to high-danger scoring chances, and scoring chances in general <- again, not a miracle worker. did not have finishers who could capitalise on these chances. its so fucked up what they did to my failwife

one of the best on lak in actually carrying the puck into the o-zone. (another reason i quite liked watching him!! transition forwards my BELOVED) everything I've ever observed about him off the cuff holds true here: he draws penalties this way, because he's fast and when he's locked in he is pretty good for controlled zone entries <3

Dubois had a career high in even-strength assists per 60, this is all in spite of his weird linemate situation and his reduced TOI and the power play mess (more on this later). he might have been deferring, but I truly think the lack of stability + good finishers, and ice time held him back from being more productive.

jim hiller

Building off that last point: even worse on the stability front, which I did allude to in the initial PLD Post, was what happened when Jim Hiller took over. You must understand one of the first clues that we were working with a different animal of a head coach is he was NOT afraid to line shuffle, and shortly after he found short-term success with that, they started running 11 forwards and 7 defensemen (you can see where it started precisely if you scroll back in lak lb because you'll find ME yelling about it LMAO). This shortened forward bench resulted in mid-game line shuffling, as in it was uncertain as to who they would be playing with from shift to shift. Hiller is on record saying he thinks it was beneficial, per this article:

It’s all about getting his deep forward corps engaged in the game. That’s sometimes difficult if you’re running four full lines and there are penalty kill or power play opportunities that alter the flow of the lines. Especially for the group of forwards who don’t kill penalties – think Kevin Fiala, Viktor Arvidsson, Quinton Byfield, Pierre-Luc Dubois – it’s an opportunity to get them extra shifts and engage in the game. “Some of our other players who don’t penalty kill, you know they can lose the flow of the game, so they enjoy it more I know,” Hiller said of having 11 forwards in action. “We’ve talked about it a lot. We really just think for our team, the way it is right now, that gives us an advantage getting those players more ice time.”

(and ok sorry to go off about my gripes with how the kings are run but .They were doing this into playoffs. This article was written during playoffs. god. CARL GRUNDSTROM, WHO HAS NEVER NOT PLAYED HARD, PLAYED 25 SECONDS IN GAME 2. all this while they were trying to get people 'engaged'. Idk. Maybe it did work for some players. I wasn’t behind that bench. But sitting one of your most energetic and committed forwards during a series in which you’re trying to come back from being down several games was a CHOICE!!!! also like what if you didn't double-shift QB. what then. And we all know how that series ended. lak coaching/management i am beating you with a pillowcase stuffed with bricks . <3)

Much was made of the Hiller takeover. I liked it at the time. In his first couple of media availabilities post-TM, Hiller emphasised bringing back "fun" to the game for many of the players who were slumping — and a reportedly tense locker room during the big skid that lost McLellan his job. It was all very Ted Lasso of him. Hiller also introduced a new way to rate Dubois for his performance every night, separate from the scoresheet. I made jokes about PLD's very special star-chart, everyone who knew about it was making jokes about it. This merit system was tailored towards communicating with Dubois what he did and didn't do well, and while no one ever went into depth about it we do know a few things:

It measured things outside of +/-, goals and assists, and was likely a score out of 5 per metric.

One of the metrics was about hits/physicality, another one was likely ‘compete’ levels.

He alluded to being measured on penalties drawn?? Or something??

Anyway it sort of … worked?? The change in Dubois was pretty immediate, the moment he was given some clear direction to work in. He played some of his BEST games of the year in the wake of this change. He got involved physically, he was not losing steam, he was drawing tons of penalties because he’s huge and fast and has good hands and IF he puts his mind to it he can truly be a transition monster.

CUE THE LINE SHUFFLING… imo, much of the progress made seemed to be lost, and the rest is history.

NOT saying Dubois is free of fault here. Needing that extra motivation to get physically involved is kinda wild, and I understand why for some people it’s a bridge too far. EYE am here for the laffs though and it's really funny that the communication came in the form of super special individualised performance evaluations/a glorified sticker chart. This is why he’s my temperamental desert flower. Wilting violet. Soggy kitten. <3 and for the record I truly don’t think I’d care if he put up 40 points per szn for the rest of his career. I don’t care because he’s a sweetie and the Bit i do when defending him is too funny. I don’t think I’d care if everyone was right about him — I just don’t actually think they are.

the power play problem

So okay, as per part 1 (my last email <3) we know Dubois thrives net front. It’s where he scored a bunch of his goals on the Jets. Every stat and the eye test supports this. So how come Lak had him stationed on the half wall doing jackshit, if he was on the power play at all?? I will admit I drove myself half crazy studying power play structures and watching LA Kings games back before coming up with a garbled, half-formed idea about how LA runs their PP. I was going to attempt to explain it here — had to do with Kevin Fiala and Dubois being lefties and how that's just an awkward passing sitch — but it turns out more than one person has had this thought and MAN I love being validated by actual hockey people. I fully thought i was making shit up in my head for a good week or two, and was seriously considering scrapping this portion . but it’s SO important for contextualising the production drop, so here goes !!

As early as September 2023 there was a story published about PLD’s role on PP1 — a place where he certainly should’ve belonged as a top-6 guy with plenty of ppg’s under his belt. From this article, which explains the issue very very neatly, and much more eloquently than I could ever hope to:

The addition of Pierre-Luc Dubois was a big one this summer; at first glance, he should be a great addition to the power play. But when digging deeper, the Kings might struggle to fit him onto the top unit. Dubois played mostly as the net front player for the Winnipeg Jets last season, the role Gabriel Vilardi often played for the Kings last season. So, it’s an easy one-to-one switch in that spot, right? Not necessarily. Dubois has all the talents to be an effective net-front player. He has the size and strength to battle in front, with the skill to effectively pop down low and create chances. However, his handedness is a big problem for this role. The Kings run their power play primarily on the left side with Kevin Fiala — Anze Kopitar when Fiala is hurt — which necessitates a right shot down low. When a right shot player pops out on the left side, there’s an easy passing angle for the half-wall player and more options for the player down low. Quick passing is key for a successful power and a left-shot can’t move the puck quick enough down low. They would have to either move too far into the corner or take the extra second to step out from and open up their body to create an effective passing angle. Time that would slow the power play down too much and allow the opposition penalty kill to get back into position. There’s also minimal shot threat from a lefty down low. We saw both Vilardi and Viktor Arvidsson frequently take the pass down low and quickly turn it into a shooting opportunity, something a left shot wouldn’t be able to do.

It then goes on to suggest 2 solutions that aren’t appealing at all:

Flip the power play entirely to accommodate Dubois net front. Not great as they dont have the players for that, and if they tried it they’d be hamstringing Adrian Kempe’s one-timer.

PLD on the bumper position. This one’s hard to swallow because that displaces Kopitar to PP2, there’s his position as captain and the optics of moving him off his spot.

In this article it is once again suggested that LA MUST flip their power play and figure out how to get PLD net front. In this article they point out how useless he was playing on the wall down the stretch, and how the only reason he seemed to be able to produce something was because he’d taken Kopitar’s spot in his absence. This article calls to attention Dubois’ worlds performance, where team Canada utilised him net front.

Big picture, the Fit

Do we see the problem here yet? It’s not the flat narrative I was sold by the national media, random assholes on twitter, and podcasters who don’t actually watch Kings matches!!!! Do we see how weird and messy and complicated it is, beyond “hey he’s just a sack of shit who isn’t trying hard enough”. Rob Blake himself has come out and admitted that they didn’t put Dubois in a position to succeed. And absolutely there was effort required on his end — a different player might have sucked it up and adapted to circumstances, a different player might never have needed that extra bit of communication, a straight up better player might have dragged his less skilled lineys up to a higher level. But the problem has always been two-fold: LA was trying to coach and manage a completely different player to the one they had in front of them and expecting good results; and Dubois was unable to keep competing with all he had in the face of that. I think both parties are at fault here. And I think, given the chance and the right circumstances, Dubois can hit 60 points again.

Okay, circling back to the big question of Fit. Will he be able to work with Ovechkin? Hard to think he could fail with one of hockey’s best goal scorers on his wing, if he does get a look at 1C. People who know the Caps better than I do, does this sound workable? Is Dubois going to be too difficult of a nut to crack for your coach? Your locker room?

And, of course, the power play issue. Maybe Dubois learns to be better on the half wall! Idk!! Maybe it was a matter of coaching and he thrives in Washington running your PP1 from there. For my money… I like him better playing net front or bumper. Do the Caps have the bodies to accommodate this? I did ask someone familiar with the Caps PP to explain it to me so I could try and figure this out but ouuuugh. My head is spinning. Someone smarter than me please jump in. I am TIRED . We don’t know what it will look like, what they’re planning to do with Dubois on the power play. You guys probably have a better idea about what’s possible than I do <3

Conclusion?

PLD is fast, big, a passing threat and a formidable net front presence when he’s given the opportunity and playing his A-game. As far as I can tell, his B-game is garbage </3 His poor performance is more complicated than people think and I’m pretty sure only the LA Kings beat reporters + the 12 kings fans on twitter know this. Most of them still dislike PLD anyway bc his low motor. I don’t blame them, I’m just more inclined to be forgiving because I love redemption arcs and I think he’s a good person. i would love to be wrong about his low-effort B-game LMAO but im trying to be realistic here. I want him to fit in and be embraced by the Caps so bad <3 Your coach sounds like he wants to help PLD succeed and is up for the challenge. The vibes from my friends who follow the Caps are always good, I’ve read through various tags and it sounds like a place that will take him in whether he likes it or not. I might be stupid but I believe in him !!! and I’ve laid out all the hockey bullshit for you to the best of my ability. Given all of this… do you think he’ll do well?

[madamejadex]

Hii mommy 🥺

Hoping you're taking good care of yourself. Ngl, after I started following you, I definitely started paying more attention to also taking csre of me more, starting w drinking enough water during the day.

I also notice I'm usually here after the weekend.. well, I do visit ur page over the weekend too, I just dont send much. I see a lot of new emojis every week & I kinda feel bad & dont wanna overwhelm your asks too.

So my first question is, how do you deal w that many ppl in ur asks? I imagine its getting bigger day by day so do you prefer we send an ask after you reply to previous one or is it ok to send random?

My second question is also related to this - how do you manage to keep track of all the good girls in ur ask & little information they share w you? Like for example - nicknames they like.

Also to add to this, since I'm still sort of discovering this kind of dynamic, I realized that being called sweetheart, babygirl or good girl definitely make my brain melt and just... 😵‍💫🥴🫦

I also may have read some of ur posts at work one day and... god, it took me a while to will my brain to start working again. It felt kinda weird, like having a brain fog or smth.. idk how to explain it.

It definitely made me realize tho that I wouldn't mind being tied to sybian.. or be spanked. Yeah, definitely a turn on. Along w hair pulling and oral fixation and choking.. well, you learn something new every day, as they say 🤷🏻‍♀️

Horniness aside, so grateful i discovered your page cuz its been very educational, alongside w everyone who send their ask or shsre their experience.

Also, my final question I swear - do you plan on watching Thunderbolts? I still hope for any small Natasha crumbs and I also like Yelena so I'm rly hoping they'll deliver.

Aaand I'm done.

Hope you have a lovely week.

Take care mommy 💋

🌚

Hi, sweetheart.

First of all, I can’t tell you how much it warms my heart to hear you’re taking better care of yourself. That makes me so very proud of you. Little habits like drinking enough water seem small, but they are acts of love for yourself, and you deserve that love every day. 🤍

Now, onto your thoughtful questions...

You’re right, it is getting a little bigger here each week, and it’s not always easy to keep up. I often write a lot of responses ahead of time and keep them tucked away in drafts, so I can send them out when I'm in the right headspace. But when it comes to longer asks, like yours, filled with such sweet details, it takes me a little longer, because I really do want to answer properly, not just rush through it. I always try to prioritize questions that seem like they’re asking for reassurance, clarity of different kinks, comfort, or something tender... but it isn’t always perfect. Some days I need to give myself a little extra space to recharge too.

As for keeping track of all my precious ones... oh, you sweet thing, you made me smile. I actually keep a small document where I try to remember little details like favorite nicknames, emojis, or special facts you've shared. But I'll admit… it gets tricky sometimes. And yes, sometimes I slip up, or mix up favorite terms of endearment. But I truly do my best to make you feel seen and remembered, because you are.

Now, as for your beautiful discovery about your desires... mmm, isn’t it exciting when you start to uncover new parts of yourself? A tied-up sweet girl on a sybian, hair pulled just so, lost to pleasure... such delicious little realizations you're having. I’m very proud of you for allowing yourself to explore that side without shame. That exploration deserves to be celebrated.

And yes, darling, I do plan on watching Thunderbolts next weekend in fact. So no spoilers if you've seen it, haha.

Thank you for always bringing such a sweet presence to my space, sweet girl. You’re never a burden. You’re part of what makes this little corner of the world so special. 💋

I hope you have a beautiful week too, sweetheart.

xo Miss Jade

[cconfusedkat]

(shaking hands, functioning on three iced coffees, not beta read we just die) (LIL BRO TREATING THIS LIKE AO3Anyways yeah i did not read anything i typed here a second time so my wording might Suck Major Kuss)

Hey chat! sorry my holiday depression unfortunately kicked in, i had a ,, relatively decent Eid (cuz i dont celebrate christmas) ...? so i hope everyone had a relatively better holiday than i did… 💦

My friends often tell me i look like my art and i kinda see it. Hooray! Meeting the artist! Except i took matters into my own hands of making my own collage because I Do Not Have Enough Storage Space For Any Other Editing App

Additional shitpost ❤️ the art I've been most proud of are not actually in here, really! I'm mainly proud of the fanart i made for the few smiling critters AU's aaaall the way back feb-march but. I guess the stuff i liked the most i did this year was probably for the one who wilts? Im trying to think of stuff earlier than that. I noticed i definitely had an improvement in art, and i learned i do have a preference of drawing certain ways now too lmao- the fun of art! I hope to improve more in 2025 :-)

Herm,, all jokes aside, im glad people like my art...?? I am not a very Secure artist myself (already taking me five minutes to type that out and consider myself as an artist) so im SHOCKED when people Actually like my things. My doodles. The sometimes rare occasion of real art i put out there. Like! Wow! Thats crazy

Id have to say the same for youtube- im currently at 456 subscribers 🥺❤️ that is huge to me,, i wouldnt have expected me posting for the first time in years on youtube would result to me getting this many subscribers? ? .???

Im very, VERY thankful for the people ive met this year through fandom and generally. Unfortunately—for the past few months—Ive hit a really low stump in my mental health that limits me from talking to people without getting super drained, even on social media i kinda struggle with being active again. I am thankful for the people that continue to stick around and know im the way that i am,, one day ill be mentally stronger and everyone is gonna see my growth as soon as i can ,, Actually leave my own home and hopefully start a new. I didnt really consider that until one of my friends shared its experiences with me and i GENUINELY realized i can run away and get better one day,, there is a light at the end of the tunnel,, there IS,, but not now. Not today. Not in a few months. Itll take me years to heal but 2025 and ongoing years as i get more freedom to do so,,

UHHHH UHHH. ASIDE FROM CHEESY RANTING OF HAVING HOPES FOR THE FUTURE, YAPYAPYAP- i got a drawing tablet (again another thing my friend inspired me for- technically two major things in a row it inspired me for- hope in the future and drawing BWAHAHA-) and uhhh. HmMMOOHHH YEAH I REUNITED MY MEOWMEOWS! HOORA🎊🎊🎊🎊

my 2025 goals are not just improvement in art,, but in hopes of getting a full time job (since my last full time UMM. did NOT work out well! How am i gonna learn to pay my taxes on my own dawg,) and trying to get a place of my own since i missed out on that two years ago (or one? One year ago? I DUNNO..!!!!) , therapy and trying to heal better compared to my terrible stumps of 2022-2024,, i dunno what else but. Maybe working on my social skills at some point 🗿🗿 a far fetched goal is moving out of state completely and also going on testosterone but that is farrrr from now </33

Thank you lot for following and keeping up with my goofiness i gen did not think an animanga nerd with a passion of indie and mascot horror games could reach 510 followers within one year HELPPP thats crazy

On less serious goals though i hope on watching more animes than reading manga in 2025 BWAHAHAGAHSAJD i read manga more and anime is Extremely Rare for me to watch but both jjk and Beastars have all ive been watching as of recent lol- trust i will be such a geek (girl Please that is NAWT something to look forward to) (YES IT IS. HAVE YOU NO WHIMSY?)

[taweretsdagger]

5,9,10,28 <33

hehe thanks friend :) <33 (soft asks)

5. How do you like to take care of yourself?

uhhh well i'm still kinda working on getting to the point where i actually LIKE taking care of myself instead of resenting myself for needing care (and existing more generally) lmao. probably have another year or two of therapy to go there. but taking this question less literally, my preferred activity whenever i'm feeling down is going outside and being around trees if i'm able to. esp a reeeeally really big one. i have several favorite big tree friends i've come across in my years that i'll think about when i'm sad and stuck inside away from my local trees. there's just something so calming about how long they've been there, you know? like they've seen so much, and i have so much to learn from them.

9. Best childhood moment?

man it's hard to pick just one, childhood was a mixed bag for me for a lot of reasons but there were so many bright spots in there. unsurprisingly maybe, a lot of my best moments and memories have to do with being in the woods. lots of climbing trees and wandering around. following a river just to see where it went, that kind of thing. the more aimless the adventure, the better. one time my best friend and i hiked up this mountain behind his house, and this very scraggly-looking old man we ran into at the top gave us all these edible roots and flowers he'd foraged on his way up. it probably wasn't the greatest idea to eat them lol, but we did and thankfully they weren't poisonous or hallucinogenic or anything!! and to this day i kinda wonder if he was a personified forest spirit or something, bc he seemed really magical.

10. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried? (or just felt really good afterwards)

the other week i was really Going Through It and i was venting to a couple of my friends, and one of them made a super silly meme about our serious convo (like after also being very supportive and helpful lol, she did not go directly to the meme stash) and it turned my mood around so quick <33 memes are amazing!

i'm also rewatching arrested development currently and that show cracks me up sooo much. it's just so silly and clever, my fave type of humor.

28. What are you proudest of?

hmmm... i guess that even though i've spent the vast majority of my life really not knowing what i want (and not having a lot of people around who are able to help me identify it), that i've still gravitated toward things that bring me joy almost as if by accident. and i'm proud that i'm working to unlearn the shame i associate with finding that joy, which is hard but sooo worth it. i also have a really big (often hopelessly romantic) heart and i love doing kind things for other people <33

[ionlymadethissoicouldleaveanask]

I'm really curious about your Star Wars prequels fic you got listed plus the Firefly/Halo crossover one!

Oooooh okay! :D

So it's actually a Sequels fic that's based on an A-Wing pilot (Tallie Lintra) and an X-Wing pilot (Stomeroni Starck) who show up for like thirty seconds in the very beginning of The Last Jedi. Starck taps his cockpit and Lintra smirks at him and it read as flirtatious to me, and I am nothing if not a shipper so....

However! I do have two sorta/kinda stories that are set in the prequels! They're both just batches of oneshots because I have been forced to ship Fox/Riyo Chuchi and Alpha-17/Shaak Ti (by @authortobenamedlater and @dudewhynotthis respectively) that I called Pantora's Fox and Top Shalpha Fiction.

Now, the Firefly/Halo story (called Serenity) is something I will talk for days about! I love it with my whole heart. The basic concept is essentially a What if...? of the Halo universe - what if Xytan 'Jar Wattinree overthrew the Prophets only a few years into the Human-Covenant War and stopped the eradication campaign, instead offering entry into the Covenant to any planet that bends the knee?

In the story I had the UNSC beaten down much faster, given that pro-Earth sentiments weren't exactly a popular thing by the time the HC War started. The story follows Blue Team and a few extra characters in the place of the Serenity crew. I started out rewriting episodes with a different cast, but have since angled for original stories.

Here's an excerpt from an upcoming chapter that I have been working on. Content warning! It involves a character being tortured for information.

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Fred’s eyes jolted open. His whole body was convulsing, but with both arms and legs restrained there was little he could do but violently buck and shake. Finally the tremors subsided and his body sagged, exhaustedly, in place.

“You live again,” the Elite crowed from a dark corner of the room. “That is the third time that your heart has failed you. Luckily, I am familiar enough now with human anatomy to keep you functional.”

Fred pulled at his restraints, though in truth he barely had the energy to keep his eyes open. “I’d be lying if I claimed that I’d never dreamed about waking up in handcuffs,” he intoned weakly, “but I must confess that you aren’t exactly my type.”

The Sangheili made a strange clicking noise deep in his throat, but otherwise ignored Fred’s response. “I’ve read of your exploits,” he continued, a sick sense of humor in his voice. “The thousands of proud Covenant warriors dead at your hands. Of the incredible feats you accomplished throughout the war.”

Fred panted, his breath labored and his lungs screaming. “Yeah, well,” he gasped, trying to effect an air of casual disinterest, “what can I say? Sometimes I impress even myself.”

The Elite ignored him, silently and slowly circling him. The thing’s mandibles clicked loudly as he continued. “There is one accomplishment above all the others, however, that truly draws my attention.”

“Which one is that?” Fred asked, pausing to spit a globule of blood at the reptilian beast’s feet. “Did I kill your daddy? Maybe it was your best friend. Either works for me.”

The alien chucked. It was a strange, humorless sound emanating from deep within its diaphragm. “I have heard tell of your so-called ‘indomitable spirit.’ Stubborn and fearless to the end… some might even find it admirable.” It paused, tapping its large fingers against its thigh armor in thought for a moment before continuing. “But no, it was no one of particular import to me. Rather, it was those of import to you.”

It paused to look at Fred before emitting that same bizarre chuckle, like large stones grinding together. “Perhaps you already know the mission of which I speak. It was the end of the conflict, mere days before your precious Reach fell.”

“Enough,” Fred growled, the pain of his torture momentarily forgotten as blood and rage surged through his body. He pushed against the restraints, all attempts at displaying a charming disinterest abandoned in a moment. “You better close that disgusting mouth now, before I reach over there and rip your tongue out of it.”

“The great demons, the heroes of the UNSC,” the elite continued dramatically, undeterred. “Entire legions were designated with the express purpose of eradicating your kind.” It rounded on Fred, dropping low enough to look him in the eye. “And yet, we cannot take the credit for your downfall, can we?”

Fred gritted his teeth, pushing ever harder against his restraints.

“In a single, rash movement more Spartans were killed in a single malfunctioning aircraft than in all those years of warfare. All because of you. Even I marvel at the amount of blood on your hands.”

Fred attempted a smile, but it came out as more of a bearing of blood-stained teeth. “Keep talking,” he invited, his voice low and deceptively calm. “There’s about to be more.”

[buhloodweeeave]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love ❤️

ahhh okay okay.

So. I'm gonna use this as a little opportunity I guess to say hello to the followers out there seeing this! Hi I'm sex_and_cum on Ao3 and you're watching Disney Channel.

I have like a lot of weird reservations about my work and sharing it outside of like a few places on Discord and don't really actively advertise them anywhere else so this is uh. Definitely new for me.

Personally, I just recently learned how to love myself. 28 years on this bitch of an earth was all it took I guess!

So a lot of my attitude around being like "hey my writing is good!" is still a lot like a just-hatched chick. A lot of people tell me that it's good. I know I have "a following" or whatever. And that's like really weirdly uncomfortable for me??? It's not Bad uncomfortable just... it makes me squirm in my seat and a pit form in my stomach.

Writing gives me so much excitement and makes me smile. I'll always remember New Years Eve 2023, posting the chapter of Roommates JUST under the wire of when the clock hit 12 my time and celebrating with my friends.

And yet I was terrified. I wasn't sure it was good enough - to this day, it still sits only half-beta'd! I tore it out from under Greenegem's hands so that I could post it! Ha!

I still feel like Roommates isn't good enough because this is the story of me. It's Astarion and Gale, sure. But the hard stuff? The pain in this story? That's mine.

I've worked through a lot using this fic. And the reason I haven't updated it in 3 months is because I have fucking 60k of it unpublished. Writing this, my baby and favorite child, is much like healing - it's not linear. Even though it's linear. Like the storyline is linear. But I don't write it all in like 1-2-3 okay I'm just rambling now.

It's not abandoned. I could nevaaa!!! I'm just giving it the time and love it really needs.

BUT SPEAKING OF NEW YEARS EVE 2023

Dearest darlingest Kagebrain created art for that chapter, and then a couple months later I got the opportunity to return the love they'd put so much painstaking effort into creating this art for that New Years chapter. And I'm really fucking proud of this fic to this day. I got to use my favorite band, I got to write Astarion fisting Gale and fucking him with a massive cock, I got to write them falling in love and work through their first misunderstanding.

SPEAKING OF FALLING IN LOVE

I've met so many wonderful, incredible people because of Bloodweave. Ask me anything I'll gush about my friends any day of the week.

But now I get to gush about @completelyrottenthings.

She had started writing this little fic for a writing challenge, and I was immediately obsessed with the concept: Gale snorting coke off Astarion's ass. And I was like. Do. Do you want a. Do you want a coauthor. And she was like YEAH??? And then it colloquially became known as Cokefic. And then it became known as Puppyfic. And then she and I got a lot closer. And then I told her I had feelings for her and she told me she had feelings for me. And then we DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS. And then we did do something about it and now she knows how much I love her. Kinda epic tbh.

Anyways we keep just extending this fic forever, we have 2 more chapters planned - a wedding and a honeymoon. But who's to say if we'll actually keep that cap when this was supposed to be one entire chapter?

SPEAKING OF KISSING

Okay that's getting old and also I didn't have a segue. I'm technically breaking the rules here because this is a series and not a single fic but here have it anyways.

Would You Just Shut Up Already? and Please, Shut Me Up! were two writing exercises I planned out one day because I was feeling like I was just stagnating and also I have something called Too Many WIPS Syndrome so I wanted to do something I KNEW I could finish. I posted a chapter each day and it was a fucking blast writing it. I do really need to go back and do some edits but that'll happen eventually.

Where am I going next, though?

I have two answers: death and food.

I KNOW I KNOW I'M BREAKING THE RULES I KNOW IT'S ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE FIVE. I know.

Reflexive Studies was brought on by @patheticfangirl saying "hey did you know there's only like 15 fics in the Necromancy of Thay tag?" to me one day. Naturally, in response, I said "what if the Necromancy of Thay and Gale's orb had sex?" And, as miss patheticfangirl is apt to say, she said; "what." Yeah so that exists now. It's written from Gale's academic fascination with the concept of death and necromancy as an Art, and it's satisfied a deep academic tingle in my brain. I SWEAR THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE MORE FUCKING CHAPTER (where they fuck.)

And Whipped Into Shape. Now that... that's a beast. I just wanted to have some fun with Gale being fat and sucking cock in a locker room but now it's like. So much more than that. The CSS has been a lot of fun to fuck around with, and I owe a lot of that work to @ezrasmoon!!! Whomst I love so very dearly!!! I'm gonna be so real tho I don't even have an ending planned. It's like vaguely following Something Legally Blonde-ish in terms of plot beats so. We'll... we'll see. If you're hungry and can stomach the post-Cazador ED issues Astarion has, bon appetit - this one's just for you.

So. That's. Yeah that's some of my work.

Uh.

OH actually this is a good time to outline what I've got planned: - Finishing Model Spotlight is on the horizon - Next chapter of Roommates and then another after that very quickly - More Whipped Into Shape - More Reflexive Studies - 2 swapfics for the holidays! (One's not Bloodweave ;)) - AND THEN I'M BANNED FROM STARTING ANYTHING NEW OR POSTING ANYTHING NEW UNTIL I FINISH A BUNCH OF STUFF. I'M FUCKING BANNED DUDE. BANNED. DO NOT PASS GO DO NOT COLLECT 200 DOLLARS.

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Crave To Do it Again - Chapter 1

Lee's really impressed after Neal punched his neighbor for him. They frot then they bang!!! (Chapter 1 is only banging. Frotting comes first.)

Baby's first fanfic that isn't reader insert. I started on this immediately after watching episode five. I couldn't help myself. I'm just now on the 2nd season so no spoilers pls x. I just finished the spring semester of college so I'll be starting on chapter 2 very soon. Title from Crave by Paramore bcs I've been listening a lot recently. Anyways enough yapping, this is just a silly little thing hope you enjoy!

Neal, for the first time in several years, finally has someone he considers a friend. They rag on each other, sure, but now they sometimes eat lunch together and sometimes talk about something other than taking down Belinda. It's nice. He gets to talk about his daughter and his disciplinary action and his weekend plans. (he makes them up more often than not.) Lee compliments him from time to time for fucks sake. Calls him a "beast" in a hyping up sort of way. Tells him he's the man whenever he does something right.

Neal felt proud of himself when he punched that fucking guy for him. He'd do it again.

It's just, there's been a bizarre turn of events lately. It made sense, kinda. 

They were out in the woods as usual, Lee took a long drag off his cigarette, and his eyes kept darting to Neil. The man, usually so self assured, seemed shifty. Strung out. A vein popped out of his forehead and his breaths were ragged. "Fuck's your problem? You’re freaking me out." Neil asked. "I don't have no damn problem. Fatass." Lee whispered the insult as an afterthought. 

"Don't get sassy with me, bitch." 

Lee sighed and tossed his cigarette on the forest floor, grounding his heel into it. "Neal, when's the last time you had a- a release?" 

"Like pee? Just now. Behind that tree there before you got here." He gestured to a tree that Lee realized he was standing much too close to. 

"No you fuckin’-" He cut himself off with a frustrated sigh. "I mean sex! Have you fucked Miss Snodgrass yet or something?" 

"Why the hell do you wanna know about that?"

Lee pursed his lips giving Neal an annoyed look. 

"Well if you must know. No. I haven't done it with anyone in at least a month." That was always Neal's answer whenever someone asked him that question. Not that it was asked often what with the lack of friends and all. At least a month was actually the understatement of the year. A year would've been more accurate, honestly. The weird little tryst he had with that teacher at the historical field trip was a mistake, therefore, it didn't count. Didn't feel like a release, anyway. It left him more frustrated if anything.

"Mm. Longer than a month, I bet. That's why you're so tense."

Neal gave him a questioning look. What the fuck is it to you?

"It's been a while for me too. That's what I'm getting at."

"Ok. So - what do you want to go to a bar together or something? See if we can both find someone? Wait a damn minute you're married. What do you want marriage advice? I know many things, Lee. Many, many things. Probably more than you. But I-" 

"Oh my God in heaven. Shut the fuck up!" 

They both frowned at each other. Had he shouted at Neal like that a month ago, they'd have been chasing each other around, one throwing things at the other. 

Lee groaned. He was starting to regret this, and he hadn't even gone through with it yet. 

"Neal do you know what a lavender marriage is?" 

Instantly, Neal replied with "Yes," followed by, "Yes. But refresh my memory." 

"Liar. It's essentially when a lesbian and a gay man marry each other."

"I don't follow."

Lee thought maybe he just needed to wait a few moments. He'd turn the idea around in his head a few times and understand what he was trying to imply. Of course, that wasn't what happened. They stood in silence for almost a full minute. 

"Christ. I am gay. Our little operation has been time consuming, and I haven't had sex in a long, long, time. And I think you and I could, um, could help each other out in more ways than one."

"Why the fuck would you marry a woman?" 

"I don't want to talk about that right now you damn oaf."

Neal crossed his arms, skeptical. "You kissed her. I saw." 

"Well it wasn't sexually charged. I was just happy is all. We kiss all the time. It's just like hugging for us I don't know. And it helps us convince her ghoul of a mother. It was- God damn, I ain't got to explain shit to you anyway." Lee forced himself to stop and take a breath. His hands were on his hips and his face was flushing. He knew if he didn't stop now he'd go on a whole tirade about how dumb he thought Neal was. 

"Well whatever. I always thought you were at least a little gay. I'm not though."

"I think you are. At least a little," Lee replied, smugly throwing Neil's words back at him. The truth was, the little file he had on Neal showed a barebones Grindr profile that was up for five whole minutes. He was too scared to even put his profile picture on it. The gay porn he found on Neal’s search history when he broke into his sad little apartment was just the icing on the cake. 

Neal looked troubled, he avoided his business partner's eyes and stared at the dirty mattress on the ground. 

"Oh come on. People think we're fucking anyway." 

"No they do not." He knew they did. 

"They do. Especially after you acted all jealous and pouty when I was hanging out with that fine arts fucker." 

Lee huffed. "Just. Listen. If you'd have asked me like two weeks ago if I wanted to fuck you I'd have said 'fuck no. not your fat ass. absolutely not.'" 

Lee paused for a moment, noticing Neal look offended.

"It was the neighbor. When he hit me, I thought he was gonna kill me. Then you showed up and knocked that baboon out in one punch and all I could think was 'damn, I kinda want this asshole to fuck me' Then when I went home I thought - y'know he hit me hard as shit - i thought maybe I was concussed. Y'know not thinking straight and shit. So I decided to wait till I was all better. And here I am, compos mentis, still thinking about what sex with you would be like."

Neal stood perfectly still for a few moments. Face unreadable. 

Lee thought maybe he was making a huge mistake. At best, Neal would leave him there in the woods and never speak to him again. Even call off their whole alliance. Then what? 

The other vice principal was thinking long and hard. He thought about an instance a little over a decade ago in which his ex-wife was almost mugged outside. He beat the shit out of the guy. Him and Gale were happy back then. The satisfaction he got from protecting his wife was the ultimate high. He felt like a good husband. He felt like a man. He was horny out of his mind, too. That was the night his daughter was conceived, actually. He felt the exact same way when he decked that asshole for Lee.

To add insult to injury, there was an incident a few weeks ago. When he saw the way Lee spit in his mother-in-law's tea. Had it been anyone else he'd have been disgusted. But it was Lee, and instead of gagging or calling him a jackass Neil got hard so quick he felt lightheaded. He left pretty quickly after that, willing his shameful boner to go away before he decided to take care of it. He wasn't thinking when he made the Grindr profile afterwards. Just horny delirium. If it came down to it, he could say a kid did it to him as a prank. 

Fuck it, Neal thought. Nobody would know.

"You're not fucking me in the ass."

Relief and satisfaction washed over Lee. I will. Just not today, he thought. Honestly, he had a few sexual feelings about Neal here and there before the neighbor incident. When they trashed Belinda's house, for example. He loved the feeling of coaxing Neal to do something naughty. He only burned the place down to stop himself from asking Neal if he wanted to fuck in her California king.

The tension between them had been building and now it was finally boiling over. This was the natural next step. 

"So how do you wanna do this - just, like, up against that tree there?" Neal pointed to the tree he pissed on and Lee decided to take the reigns so he wouldn't have to hear anymore of his bright ideas. 

"I know it's gross but it's the safest option." Lee pointed to the mattress. 

"Fucking ew. You seem like a germ freak. Why the hell would we do that? Can't you just wait until after school? Or do you want me to ravage you that badly?” Neal smirked and cocked his head, frustratingly smug. 

Yes, Lee wanted to fuck him that badly, but he didn't want to admit it. Him using the word "ravage" almost made him change his mind, anyway.

He huffed and ran his fingers through his hair. "Well fuckin - let me smell it at least. Maybe it's not that bad." It was. He got close and got a strong whiff of piss and mildew and gagged. "Never-goddamn-mind."

"Should we just wait then?" 

"Yeah I guess." He looked at the ground, pouting, willing his erection to go away. 

Neal found that he didn't want to wait either. "Maybe there's other shit we could do? We still have fifteen minutes before we have to be back."

He walked towards Lee and touched his forearm, suddenly shy.

Lee looked up at him, their faces close.

Fuck it.

He lunged forward and nipped Neal’s lip, pulling him into a proper kiss before the older man could complain about the sting. 

“We can just sword fight for now to tide us over then fuck after school if you’re still up for it,” Lee panted between kisses.

Neal looked confused again. Or rather, poorly feigned it.

“Oh please. I know you know what that is.”

Neal rolled his eyes and went in for another kiss. Lee tasted like cigarettes and caramel coffee creamer. 

Unable to wait any longer, Lee dug his long fingers into the fat of Neal’s ass, pulling him forward to give them both some much needed friction. 

“Through the pants?” Neal asked, worried about ruining his slacks. He had a reputation to uphold. If he came back in the building with a new pair of pants, one of those shithead kids would say “Mr. Gamby pissed his pants!” Or something. 

“Just pull ‘em down. Around your knees,” Lee rasped. Neal complied wordlessly. 

Lee made a small, low noise in the back of his throat at the sight of Neal’s cock. A nice average length of what looked like 6 inches but thick as hell. He felt like he struck gold.

“Like what you see?” Neal asked, smirking.

“Shut the fuck up,” Lee rasped as he pulled his pants down in record speed. 

Neal was in a similar state of shock when he saw what Lee was packing. Long and vascular with a neatly trimmed patch of hair at the base. 

"Woah," he said under his breath. Lee mercifully didn't tease him for it. 

"As much as I wanna take my time we need to make this quick," Lee panted. 

He moved impossibly closer to Neal, their cocks finally pushed together. They both hissed from the minimal friction, leaking precum from their tips. 

"I don't know what the fuck I'm doing," Neal said. Watching it was much, much easier than actually doing it. 

Lee sighed and rolled his eyes, pretending to be put-upon. He cupped both of their lengths in his right hand as best as he could and found it wasn't slick enough. 

"Hold on a sec." He backed up from Neal just a few inches, far enough that he could grab the other man's cock without difficulty. He spit into his palm and wrapped it around Neal's tip, slowly spreading it down his girthy shaft. 

Neal's breath hitched. He wasn't going to last long. "Hurry the fuck up Russel," he hissed.

Lee meanly squeezed the base of his cock, secretly delighted to see a bead of precum bubble up from it. 

Neal let out a high pitched keen at the sensation, regretting it as soon as it hit his own ears. 

"Yeah, you seem like the type to whine, Gamby."

Lee leaned forward again and dragged his sharp teeth down the bigger man's jaw, earning a shaky sigh. He wished they had more time. He wanted to see just how sensitive Mr. Macho Man really was. 

Lee's cock stood neglected, steadily leaking precum. Neal was too afraid to touch it, presumably. That was okay with him. He would soon enough. 

Neal thrusted his cock forward, wordlessly asking for more. Lee instantly obliged, desperate for some contact. 

He slotted their dicks together and locked eyes with Neal as he began moving hips, imploring him to kiss him or bite him or something for fucks sake.

"Fuckin'-" Neal cut him off by lunging at his throat, biting at it the way he would a woman's. He placed his hands on Lee's narrow hips, and Lee made it a point to not think about how large his hands looked on his body. His thick hips suddenly stuttered into action, matching Lee's speed. 

Lee let out a startled gasp, enjoying the heat of his colleague's mouth combined with the added pressure against his throbbing length. He really, really liked the neck biting, but not during a quickie in which he had somewhere to be in 8 minutes, and certainly not at work.

"Hey. Stop that. I don't want a hickie, now!" He didn't sound very convincing. 

"Why not? You can just say your wife gave it to you." Neal muttered this against his neck, deciding that the taste of his friend was too good to let go of. 

"You are so fucking stupid you know that?" Lee grabbed a fistful of hair at the nape of Neal's neck and yanked his head away from his neck, praying he hadn't done enough damage for it to bruise. 

Their lips crashed together again, this time with Lee's tongue forcing it's way into Neal's mouth. 

Both of their hips sped up, their sensitive frenulums grinding together. 

Lee wasn't sure about Neal, but he was very close and unwilling to stave off his orgasm. He decided he'd try to make the other man cum first.  

Lee always kept his nails perfectly manicured. They were short but sharp, and could do some damage when he wanted them to. This was a gamble, but he figured the shock would be enough to make Neal cum. He sped up his hips again, this time Neal struggled to keep up but was clearly enjoying it if his breathy moans were anything to go by. Lee shifted his hands from Neal's hips to ass, then dug his fingernails into the flesh there, cruelly pulling him forward, their hips now flush with each other. 

He slowed his hips down to a snail's pace - their proximity made it hard to do much else - and continued to dig his nails into Neil's ass. 

"Ow! What the fuck? You rude little -" Neal cut himself off with a shocked gasp, his orgasm violently punched out of him. His grip on Lee's hips tightened as his legs shook. He managed to lift the other man off the ground just slightly, using him to ride out the last of his orgasm. Lee came almost immediately at that, liking when Neal showed his strength. 

Lightheaded, Neal gently put Lee back down, and they gazed at each other, now sweaty and shocked. 

"Oh, shit." Neal said, glancing down. 

"What?" For a split second, Lee worried that they were caught. 

Both of their pants were utterly ruined, covered in each other's cum. 

"Fuck. Okay, I'll leave first. I guess we both have to change our fuckin' pants." Lee pulled up his tight dress pants, wincing at the tacky sensation of drying cum against his skin. 

...

As the day progressed, one little shit did indeed accuse Neal of pissing his pants. He was tempted to say "No, you fucker, I actually got laid, something you'd know nothing about." but decided against it. 

Honestly, they were both having the hardest afternoon of their lives. They avoided each other like the plague, trying not to jump each other's bones again. The other teachers knew something was up when they crossed paths in the break room and didn't insult one another once.

How were they supposed to make it to the end of the day, when the real fun would begin?

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jernal 8

This week I feel like I made a lot of progress on both projects but more so on the Dinah costume. I managed to get through a good portion of yarn on Monday. I also made a point to work on the skirt well I was home over the weekend. I am very proud of myself for not only getting all this done for this class but also managing to free up the time with my other assignments. 

The Dinah costume now has an almost completed skirt. For anyone that has been wanting photos of it I now have a bunch (I don't know if ill add them all into this post but I will do my best to get them up in the next. There are so many). Wen I went home on Thursday I had not made any progress on the costume itself in a couple of weeks. Basically the mock-up of the belt was finished. On Friday I sat down and copped the pattern once I got the go-ahead to use the trading paper. I then with a little help cup out the traced paper pattern. That had taken a little bit and I was lovingly picked on about not using a ruler. I was not that late into the evening by the time the fabric was cut out. I decided that I didn't want to put the project on hold at such an early stage as I have previously done since they tend to end up in the project graveyard of sports when I do. I half jokeningly said to my mom (she was supervising me so I didnt do anything too stupid and sense it all ehr tools) that I should be able to finish the entire skirt before I had to head out on Saturday. She agreed. I then started to read the directions which were quite simple to start with. I still asked about 1000 questions to make sure I didnt do something stupid like melt the fabric or catch the torn on fire. The first step for this was to attach the interfacing, it was more simple than I thought, a quick reminder to myself and my mom that I enjoy ironing when there's little pressure involved. Next, I had to pin and attach the skirt panels together, that part was very easy for me, at least the pinning since I have sone who lodes items through the sewing machine, and putting in the seams was a little more intimidating. I have run a sowing machine before but I also had to fight a sowing machine before during a previous sowing project. I was actively kinda shocked that I didnt have any complications when using the sowing machine. I have always struggled with that beast. I wonder if why that was the case because I was a child and didnt fully know what I was doing or if it was a different machine that was just fighting everyone that tried to work with it, I'm just happy that I didnt have that this time. During the construction of the larger panels I was told to put in a zipper. That alone felt very scary as I am experienced with attaching zippers. I got verbal instructions on how to put in a zipper and I also read thru the patterns brake down for attaching a zipper and tried my best off of that. I am extremely pleased with how the zipper turned out, it did take a couple trys of pining and repinning it so the measles were on the right side and facing the right way but eventually I got it in place. The actual sewing part was a lot less stressful than I thought it would be, the pinning was more worrisome. In the end, the zipper went in well and looks very good. Between the double seams and the medal teet, the zipper feels like it could be the strongest part of the garment. That could be a good thing or a bad one. By the end of that night, I managed to get all the skip panels sown together and the waistband onto the top of it.

 I decided to stop there as neither my mom or I were fucshenal enough to want to read the instruction. That was both mover half the garment complete and ole the thing barley making it halfway. Most of what was left were finishings, but there were some points that needed to be finished before it could be worn. 

The following morning I managed to sleep in, I deserved that. Once I was downstairs I started to work on the project once again. I had an idea of what the next piece was which was to flip and iron the waistband, I think I did a very good job with getting clear points and also with flatlining. I still enjoy using the iron.  I then had to pin, iron, and sew the hem. This I think I actually added a steep into it that I didnt need to, I don't think someone that is already proficient in sowing would take the time to iron around the entire hem much lease pined the home thing with the awful mettle flat head pins that try and run away (the other ones have plastic ends that would melt under the iron). In the end, it didnt take me to to long to go all the way around the skirt like three times. For the hem I was happy with how it earned out, it looks very well done for someone who is not comfortable running a sowing machine. I ended up getting all the machine sewing finished before lunch. I am extremely proud of myself for that. I basically got 80% of the skirt completed within 24 hours. At least that is once knowing what we are making first. I am extremely proud of getting so much done in such little time.

 I attempted to start hand stitching the hooks in but decided that I would rather be doing something else, and it was trying to give me a hard time. Who would have gest? 

I am very happy with how this is looking so far. For the rest of the project, I need to re-evaluate what I have time and resources for. I also need to see what there are for parts that need to be purchased, like the shirt I am going to modify. I think I might try to get just the shoulder boxes and the shirt completed this semester on top of the belt mock-up and the skirt which I will be finishing. I know that that is the most of the costume but at this point, I don't want to overwhelm myself in this class and fall behind my others. I think simplifying what is on my to-do list will help me balance all my boles and not spill any soup.  So far I think that I have made extremely good progress and I plan on counting making progress it just might not be a nether 6 - 12 hour marathon of projecting since I need to focus on the classes for the time being.