#i'm sorry you got dumped

[lucy-moderatz]

Berger broke up with me on a post-it.

[inumkii]

coworker!touya who works with you at a shitty coffee shop that gets no traction whatsoever, its amazing how you still have a job. he suspects it must be some sort of money laundering front, but he’s never really cared enough to look into it.

with around less than ten employees total, the slow business allowed you to really get to know who you were working with. especially when shifts only consist of him and one other person.

coworker!touya who makes sure that one other person on the closing shifts with him is you. its not that hard; all he had to do was bother manager!shigaraki about it because he doesn't give a shit about this place either. he's pretty sure he's just working there because he's the son of the owner or something.

coworker!touya who finds one of only perks of working this part-time job (aside from seeing you) was the complete control over the music playing his entire shift. since the cafe is so dead most of the time, even more so working closing shifts, you find yourself talking to him a lot to fill up dead time. you both gossip about coworker drama, he tells you about the album currently playing on the speakers, you remedy him with little stories from your personal life. its comfortable.

coworker!touya who almost walks in the shop to start his shift one day, but stops himself when he looks through the glass window to find you behind the counter dancing with toga to a song you both have the lyrics memorized. he ruins the moment once he steps in and the bell above him dings, leaving you and toga snapped back into customer service mode (until you both realize it's just him). he bites back a smile thinking about how cute you looked jumping around behind the counter.

coworker!touya who doesn’t take the aux that day, letting you have control of the music (very generous of him. he knows). he pays extra attention to your constant humming and the way you let yourself dance to yourself when you think he’s not looking. he sneaks glances at certain songs you seem to like the most and add them to his work playlist as well. he likes seeing the extra buzz it gives you brighten up the already dull shop.

coworker!touya who decides the real perk of working this shitty cafe job was the fact that you have complete control of the music playing his entire shift.

[vellichorom]

when you set the exact time on the game's clock;

// LITTLE DOODLE OF @lilydoesdrawsometimes's SWEET LITTLE SETTINGS PERSON " CACHE " BELOVED 🕛🖤

[nukbody]

i see you fellow syfyn simp 🫡

The way i am so obsessed with this unapologetic furious awkward orey-eye when she gives me the littlest hope just to break my heart once and once again 😭

[overlymetaromantic]

hi! im not quite sure my question will make sense, but how do you determine which scene to draw in correlation with the dialogue? For example, if there are multiple text bubbles on a page with only one accompanied drawing which dialogue to do choose to represent the characters saying?

I hope that makes sense, I am currently working on my own comic which is pretty dialogue heavy and noticed your comic flows very smoothly with the dialogue! Just looking for some advice^^

Oooh that's a fun question!! I can definitely try to give some advice—I can fully admit I'm by no means a professional and make a lot of my own mistakes, but I'm happy to hear that my dialogue usually flows well, especially considering how wordy I can get!! 😂

I have to admit, a lot of my choices in scenes relies heavily on instinct, but my primary goal with everything is to be as economical as possible. There are SEVERAL instances where I could have drawn more panels per dialogue, but since my personal priority is keeping my panel counts under control, I end up with more dialogue per panel instead. Based on that, I tend to look for compositions or expressions that can match with multiple lines of dialogue; so for instance, if there's a conversation in which a character's emotional state remains steady throughout, I don't need as many panels to show their face, since there's no new information to be gained.

It might be helpful to remember that people are specifically reading your drawings in a comic! It's therefore similar advice to writing in that sense—if something is redundant or unnecessary in that it doesn't add anything to the text, cut it. Otherwise, it tends to be a matter of answering the question of what's most important for the reader to see. Does the character's expression matter, or does just the dialogue convey enough? Who is the most important character or detail in this scene? Can the reader tell who's speaking without a new panel to show the speaker? What needs to be conveyed so that the reader isn't confused? Or the flip side—what can be cut without disrupting the reader's comprehension of the scene?

Aside from that, my biggest piece of advice is page flow! I can freely admit I cram a LOT per page for MBNSSB, and I know it doesn't always flow as well as I hoped it would, but I promise page flow is always at the forefront of my mind 😂 The idea is to lay out your art/dialogue in a way that naturally draws the reader's eye in the direction you want them to read the page—in Western comics, that's usually left to right, in manga it's right to left, and in Webtoons it's top to bottom, etc. I usually rely on the height of the speech bubbles and the direction of the tails to help guide the flow of the page, but there's a lot of fiddling that can be done with this. Here are a couple of different comic pages I've drawn and my intended reading flow of them, if the visual examples helps at all!

In each instance, the goal is the use both the art and the speech bubbles to guide how the reader is looking at the page—a speech bubble leads to the art, which leads to the next speech bubble, which moves back to the art, etc. There are a lot more theories that have to do with composition that I am NOT qualified to lecture about lol, but for me it's a similar instinct to deciding what needs to be drawn in the first place. Every panel is doing double duty in that sense: first, it's answering the questions of who/what/where/why/how, aka information the reader needs to know for the story; and second, it's pointing them in the direction of where to read next through visual cues, like a character looking in that direction, a speech bubble placed so that you look at it right after the art, the flow of the lines in your art that curve your eye towards the next panel, etc.

I hope that rambling made sense and at least answered part of your question! And sorry if I misunderstood anything you were asking for—I can admit I get very excited about these kind of technical details and am definitely prone to spiraling off into them as seen here lolol 😂

[angrybatart]

Someone needs a Rev Up.

[amee-racle-ofmyown]

your hands have always held their own

Heist!Mark x reader | Words: 1,063 | read on AO3

Heist!Mark finally asks his partner in crime out on that date.

It was early evening and you and your heist partner sat nearly shoulder to shoulder in your shared living room. The sun hung low, just barely brushing its rays against the clouds, tinging their edges amber and yellow.

Recently, there had been a lot more of these calm afternoons where you would sit together, discussing everything and nothing, perhaps watching TV or whatever videos took both your fancy; sometimes you simply watched the sky until you felt sleepy. Occasionally one of his hands might come up to play idly with your hair (a more affectionate gesture than either of you had ever previously initiated, but you didn't really mind, and neither of you mentioned it).

'This next heist…’ he started, ‘it's supposed to set us up, pretty much for life. And it got me thinking—'

'That's dangerous,' you interrupted.

'Yeah, maybe for you,' he quipped back, eyebrows raised mockingly, but there was no malice in his voice.

'Anyway,' he continued, voice softening. 'I was thinking about the future and stuff. Like, what do we do after this? And as nice as it would be to be able to relax and just enjoy the rest of our lives without worrying about the next spot to rob, I think I would kind of miss doing these jobs with you.'

That got your full attention. He wasn't quite meeting your eyes — instead, a loose strand on his clothes was apparently very interesting — but something about his words and the gentle sincerity with which he'd spoken them took you a little off-guard.

‘...I hadn't really thought much about it. About what happens after.’ And it was true, you hadn't; nothing past the first few wild, exciting dreams that sprung to mind when reading the amount of money the pair of you were being offered for this particular artefact. No real, solid plans.

‘I think I'd miss it too,’ you continued quietly. ‘But I mean, who's to say we can't do a couple more every once in a while, just for the fun of it, y'know? We don't even have to go after anything that valuable. More like just… for old times’ sake.’ You caught his gaze and he smiled, a little fond and a little hopeful, dark eyes twinkling.

‘Yeah, cool… So, uhm,’ he averted his gaze again and you couldn't help but find his uncharacteristic hesitance and bashfulness adorable, wondering what was on his mind that was making him act this awkward.

‘So I was wondering, once this heist is over, if you'd maybe wanna go out sometime?’

‘Sure, is that it?’ you question, oblivious. (Or maybe not wanting to get ahead of yourself. Surely there's no way he meant it like that.)

Your crime partner’s head perked up, eyes wide and looking directly into yours, as if searching for something.

‘Really?’

‘Umm, yeah?’ you say, incredulous. ‘What's got you so nervous? And… surprised? We go out together all the time.’

‘No, buddy, you don't get it…’ he said, sat looking a little like a kicked puppy. The look of disappointment that crossed his face broke your heart and instantly made you regret your words.

His hands returned to fidgeting and oh, you wanted to take those hands in yours and ease the nerves from his palms, thread his fingers through your own, press your lips to his knuckles.

Mark sighed. One of his hands came to rest on his knee while the other carded through his hair. You found yourself wanting to do the same.

‘Listen…’ he began again, eyes downcast while his hand came to rest in his lap. ‘We've been friends for what feels like ages now, working together for even longer. I know we butt heads at times, I can be an idiot and you can get on my nerves but-’ Finally his eyes met yours, and the affection in them made your breath catch in your throat.

The sun was setting by now, casting a gorgeous orange glow through the room and over his features. It made his eyes appear almost golden, and it suddenly occurred to you that no shiny trinket you could steal could ever possibly be worth more than the look those eyes were giving you in this moment. You internally cringed at the thought, but you couldn't deny it was true.

‘You're really important to me,’ he said earnestly. ‘I don't always agree with you but I always trust your judgement. I probably trust you more than anyone else, to be honest. You're my best friend, and maybe I'm wrong, but I think there could be something else here? And I wanna try being more? If that's okay with you.’

‘You mean-’

‘Yeah.’ He took your hand, said your name, foregoing any of his nicknames for you. ‘I love you — I always have, as a friend, but I think I have feelings for you. So, if you reciprocate even a little, let me take you out. On a real date. And if things don't work out,’ (you didn't miss the small flicker of something sad as he added that part) ‘well, we can still work together. And we'll still be friends, right?’ he asked hopefully.

You could feel your heart thrumming wildly, from his words, the intensity of his gaze and the warmth radiating from his hand to yours.

You took his other hand, the one still atop his knee, and replied softly: ‘I'd really love that, actually. To go on a date with you, I mean.’

The smile he gave you was genuine, unlike the typical cocky. It was wide and crinkled the skin beneath his eyes. You briefly wondered whether he could feel your racing pulse through your intertwined hands.

‘Then it's agreed. After the heist.’

‘After the heist,’ you promised.

Inevitably, you would run into problems and possibly danger in your next heist, as you usually did, but you trusted Mark, and you knew you could count on him when push came to shove. You knew that you would follow him anywhere, and the two of you had a better chance of conquering any obstacles you faced if you were together, as you always had.

The sun dipped beneath the clouds, the room was warm, and things felt comfortably the same and yet like this was a turning point for the pair of you.

You were sure this heist would be one to remember.

[firkant-fugl]

If I had a nickel for every time one of my parents accidentally (yet completely preventably) broke a mug of high emotional and sentimental value to me, I'd have two.

Which isn't a lot, but it hurts that it happened twice.

[czigonas]

Alright, but on the other end of the spectrum from @mylarena's version regarding this @appleciderp saga: what if it's Soap with the youtube channel?

Soap is documenting his demolitions. His channel is half about his commercial/non-military work, but the other half is his home experiments. Those excite people a lot more and maybe get him in some trouble on the side, but he's got some connections à la mythbusters so it's not terrible. Probably he does some contract work for the Army on the side.

Price can't sleep some night and is trying to find some white noise/asmr video (probably on Gaz's recommendation) to relax to while on base. For whatever reason, Soap has exactly one: an inventory of his usual chemicals and tools, and a rundown of what he packs in his work kit. It sounds just enough like Price's internal monologue when he's gearing up/organising for a mission that he's soothed by it, and he drops off. The next day he decides to check out the rest of this weird Scottish guy's videos and just... something clicks. This feral gremlin would be perfect for Ghost. He can't explain how, but he knows it's true.

So he starts trying to get Ghost interested. Talking about how he wishes the kid had joined the military (and maybe Soap was in for a bit but had to med out or something) and how clearly he's out there enjoying what he's doing. Isn't that cool, Ghost? He's perfect for you! (Gaz would absolutely get in on this and also leave comments on every one of Soap's videos.)

Ghost is not the kind of person to send emails to random people, and especially not for something like this. (He figures Price and Gaz are just taking the piss out of him about not being social since the demo guy is on the exact opposite end of the talkative scale. They'll probably find something new to rib him over soon enough, he just has to endure. [It's nice to know they care though.])

While Ghost is waiting for them to get tired of talking up this youtuber (what kind of name is 'Soap' anyway??)(It's because his demolitions are so clean) they get cycled back home to, like, Sterling Lines for a bit. Completely unknown to any of them, one of Soap's connections is a Lt. Col. on-base, and has offered to let him set off one of his home creations on their demo grounds in exchange for teaching a little class to some recruits. (This is also for the Army's sake, so he doesn't try setting it off in his own backyard and get them called down on the resulting explosion.)

Well of course Price signs all three of them up to this demo as soon as he hears about it. They have to go. The demo goes great! Ghost admits privately to himself that Soap really knows his stuff. Price corners Soap afterwards on the pretence of asking a few questions (read: talking Ghost up), which then evolves into inviting him down to the pub with the lads so they can keep chatting.

Obviously Price and Gaz conspire to seat them together and find excuses to leave them alone. They're not subtle. Finally, near the end of the night when Price and Gaz have left them alone yet again, Soap finishes off his pint and just starts laughing a little under his breath. Ghost looks over at him, just raising an eyebrow or something, and Soap shakes his head. He stands up, gets his coat, and says his goodbyes. He had a lovely time! It's late, though, and while the pub is in Hereford, his room for the night is halfway back to Credenhill. It's a bit of a walk and he ought to get going.

Ghost looks around for Price and Gaz and realises they both left already (the bastards). He can't well let a friend of the Lt. Col.'s walk at this time of night and he didn't drink that much (show his face near a stranger? what the hell was Price thinking?) so he sighs and offers to drive. It's on the way, anyway. Soap gives him a beautiful smile as he accepts, and Ghost is definitely grateful for the mask covering his resulting blush.

The next morning he finds a note in his jacket pocket. It's got a little skull sketched next to a bar of soap and says basically "loved meeting you, hit me up if you want to chat further about anything at all" followed by a phone number (and a p.s. that says that's his private line, please don't just hand it out and to burn the note if he doesn't feel the same).

Ghost of course resolves never to tell Price or Gaz about the note, but he doesn't burn it. Soap had been... tolerable. (Also how the hell had he managed to get the note in his pocket without Ghost noticing?? He has questions and he will get answers.)

[unproduciblesmackdown]

maybe bsol is that time jen tepper mentions when she was so upset about a review of a show of joe's that she broke a glass (&/or threw it out a window)

[kostium]

going inside lorroakan's place is an eye opening experience for mist. on one hand, it's nostalgic. on the other, that's a dark image of what once was.

[nebulouscoffee]

one more person I know dead this week. are you kidding me

[amischiefofmuses]

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[radiojamming]

:(

[blep-pup]

As a havanese owner, what would you say their energy levels are like, along with how long it takes to groom them? are they trainable? I'm thinking about getting one in the future

hey there! great questions! this is a long post cuz I love info-dumping about animals, ESPECIALLY my little boy so I'm putting a cut

Energy: dogs energy levels is something I was quite concerned with too since I'm a fairly low energy person and I cannot reliably keep a high energy dog satisfied. If you sniff around the internet you'll find multiple sources saying that a healthy, standard havanese only really needs about 40 minutes of exercise per day. If this isn't met, they'll likely get mischievous around your house inviting you to play with them because they're (not consciously) trying to get that energy out. Now they're also a pretty sturdy breed in that if you have an active lifestyle they can adapt to that pretty well, just don't expect them to be husky levels of par on par with you

Puppies are of course a little different. All young dogs will have higher energy needs than adults do, and depending on the age, will also have different tolerances to amounts and sometimes will crash and just sleep.

They should chill out, comparatively speaking, as they age, but havaneses are known for remaining playful and mischievous throughout their lives. I've met multiple havanese and havanese mix owners who tell me about their dogs' "teasing"

I got Milou when he was 11 weeks old and he was pretty bouncing off the walls energetic, but he'd reliably crash for 1-2 hours of sleep with just 30-60 minutes of play. I couldn't really walk him for more than 30 minutes at a time though, with our average walks at that age being about 20-30 minutes and he'd walk twice a day. When he reached the 4-6 month mark, he could play for like 60-90 minutes before getting tired and even then he'd still try milking a little more out of me. Now he's over a year and he asks to play less and play sessions last less, but he's still a spunky little boy who will steal shoes to provoke me into chasing him. Milou is a good walker though, so 80% of my energy sink with him is walking him. If you're down to play with your pup that works too

Grooming: I'm going to answer this question from a groomer's perspective because that's what I do professionally. Havaneses are what you call a hypo-allergenic breed (at the very least, their fur should not cause allergies, or not strong allergic reactions, but technically there is no such thing as a truly hypo-allergenic dog) so they have the type of fur that just grows and never stops. They don't shed which is very nice, but they are constantly growing, and havanese fur grows fast. They are 100% a breed that requires frequent grooming

how long does it take to groom them? well, this depends on the dog, on average a small breed like the havanese takes me 1-2 hours, but there are a lot of factors in this including how well trained to tolerate grooming your pup is. There are some breeds that on average are amazing at being groomed, for some reason (90% of the schnauzers I do are the best doggos) and there are some breeds that on average are terrible at being groomed (90% of the wheaten terriers I do HATE being groomed). Havaneses don't lean one way or another, it boils down to personality and training. One of my best clients is a havanese. One of my worst clients is also a havanese. Milou is pretty good, but I still need to work with him on his front paws. If you get a havanese puppy, you have to get them used to being handled and moved around for grooming if you want them to be cooperative, which leads to a faster groom. You can do this by offering treats when doing handling training sessions with your pup. Milou went from HATING his face being touched, to letting me grab his nose, move it around and even lets me scrap tarter off of his teeth, but this took work.

The other factor is whether or not you keep your havanese fur long or short or inbetween. I personally like to keep Milou's comfort in mind. In the winter, I keep his coat at 16mm, all the pictures of him fluffy are during that time. In the summer I gave him a summercut, aka 1/4 inch. If you keep your havanese fur long, you WILL HAVE TO BRUSH IT. Havanese fur is very thin and matts easily, especially if they are active. Milou's legs matt a lot in the winter because he loves playing in the snow. If you can brush every day, that's ideal. If you can just brush multiple times a week, that's okay too. If you only brush when you're doing a full groom, your dog is going to be matted and it is not only going to take longer but will even make the grooming painful for them which will make them hate grooming.

Trainability: This is going to be a little confusing so bear with me alright?

I had a beagle before I had Milou. Beagles are food motivated. They are a stubborn breed who will follow their nose, but if you have food ohhohho they will do whatever you want whenever you want. Lili was an extremely well trained beagle because of this

Havanese are... not known for being food motivated. you might find some individuals who are, but on average, remember that they're a toy breed, toy breeds are annoying about eating food. And here's the other kinda weird thing alright. Havanese are first and foremost a companion breed. They just want to make you happy. But they also have a stubborn streak in them. If they don't feel like doing something, they're not going to do it

Milou (keep in mind this isn't just abysmally rare for dogs in general but especially for a toy breed who are notoriously difficult to potty train) nailed his potty training day 1 of bringing him home. He bent down to pee, I picked him up, put him on the pee pad, and threw him a praise and petting party when he finished. Ever since that day he would make an effort to exclusively pee on the potty pad. Nowadays, he prefers to pee outside whenever possible but we still have accidents on rugs and carpets here and there if we haven't taken him out to potty enough. So you'd think he'd be easy to train right?

there were so many days where he would do the trick for me like three times, and then just decide he was done with training and would rather do something else. You really have to get to know your dog and what motivates them. Milou will do tricks all day if there's good enough praise and the treats are high value (aka lunchmeats like ham and turkey, gourmet little stinker). But all in all, with enough patience, consistency, communication and kindness, you can have a well trained and well behaved havanese. Milou is a good little boy who is very well trained

As will all dogs, havaneses respond well to positive feedback, and honestly, there is no easy or quick way to train a dog. It takes time and work. There are things you will work on, that you won't feel the benefits of until MONTHS later. Also, keep in mind that a dog who feels safe and secure with their owner (barring personality) should grow up to feel confident about the world around them. I put a lot of work into Milou and making sure he was exposed to new things as a puppy and having those experiences be good ones so that now that he's over a year, he's not scared of trying new things or meeting new dogs

In conclusion: Havaneses are like any other dog, they take time and work, they need to be exercised and groomed, but they are amazing companions. They just love you and they want to be with you! Multiple people I've met who've owned havaneses tend to report "best dog I've ever had". Milou is only my second, but honestly, I'm inclined to agree. He's fantastic. Always keep in mind your pup's breed and breed needs when getting one such as needing grooming, and also put in training to make sure your pup doesn't develop separation anxiety as is common in toy breeds and especially havaneses who are bred to love you to the moon and back. I wish you luck with your future best friend!

OH ALMOST FORGOT for a toy breed there's actually a lot of size variation in havaneses, so either go for a breeder who has parents with the sizes you're looking for, or... don't be picky. The smallest havanese at my work is 7lbs, Milou is average size at 13lbs and I've seen a havanese that's 25lbs, bigger than my beagle. While I personally love tiny dogs, it was purely a coincidence that the breeder I got Milou from had tiny parents and even then Milou turned out a little under twice their size XD point is, be aware that there's a lot of different sizes they come in, and there's not really a standard color for them either. They literally come in all colors except brindle. I personally think this is fun

[aberooski]

Every day I tell myself "all I have to do is make it through today" and I'm realizing that I don't know how I feel about the fact that I feel like I have to tell myself that every single day.