#ice cream as a metaphor

[stagefoureddiediaz]

We have never seen anyone (mains I mean) eating ice cream on the show have we?!!!

Because I am thinking thoughts about ice cream and being frozen and cold and when it melts it’s inedible (I know some people like melted ice cream but you know what I mean) and no longer what it was - you can’t even refreeze it to get it back - it’s a metaphor for Eddie and Marisol’s relationship - on ice - frozen (due to the whole moving out after moving in thing) - but melting fast and increasingly unpalatable

[prompt-master]

I know that Haibara is a genuinely tragic character but also its so funny how often she sees something slightly tragic and goes "it's just like me fr"

[ahappydnp]

I KNOW they did the famous kissing picture in their costumes I need to see please let me innnnnnn

are you sure you want to be let in because there are no takesies backsies in the PPU

[howdoichooseablogname]

they found cotton candy ice cream 😭😭😭

i just want to cry. it was so sweet 😭😭😭

why did it take me this long to read ice cream before dinner???

[prismaticpichu]

Little things are more special to the First Class trio than sharing an order of Neapolitan ice cream.

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Angeal loves it, only having to pay for a single item

Genesis loves it, enjoying stealing scoops from his friends’ respective flavors.

And Sephiroth loves it, for what it represents. How he no longer he has to go to the parlor and order a lonely cup of vanilla. How he no longer has to get something plain, something dull. How he can still get his favorite flavor, but have it be accompanied by the sugary meld of the other two. Two other flavors blending into his own. Making it better. Making it more colorful. Two other flavors, so distinct and lovable, merging into his mundane life… and making it into something special. Joining together as one.

He also likes battling Genesis’s spoon.

[presidenthades]

Some ago you have us an amazing ice cream analogy about the Targbros can you give us one about the Velargirls. I miss your writing soo much Im craving any crumb you give. Pretty , please :)

Thank you for the Ask! And good news: I recently finished the first draft of Chapter 10 of Compromise (Aemond’s POV of their last days in the Stepstones). I’m currently working on a draft of Chapter 11 (Luce’s POV the day the Targbros return to Westeros and visit Dragonstone). I will probably be able to revise and post Chapter 10 (currently 7k words) after I attend a convention this weekend.

That ice cream analogy was very fun, so I’m happy to do a girls’ version. :3

Jace is a scoop of homemade rose ice cream, presented in a nice crystal cup and garnished with petals and maybe even gold leaf. She is, after all, very concerned about appearances. And the presentation is so pretty that some people are afraid to touch/eat it, lest they ruin it. Rose—in addition to being her favorite flower—is, in my opinion, a not-too-sweet and delicate flavor that can be tricky to get just right. I specified homemade because it tends to melt faster than store-bought ice cream, and our poster girl for anxiety is often on the verge of a meltdown.

Luce is like cookies and cream, with a few sprinkles for appearance’s sake, though the main appeal is the actual ice cream. It’s a popular flavor, and most people have no objections to it at first glance. But then you take a bite and WHOOPS it turns out the sprinkles are secretly pop rocks. Surprise little explosion in your mouth, just like how Luce’s temper can go off. But some people are really into pop rocks, so some asshole stuck his finger into the ice cream container to try to deter other people from eating it. 👁️👄💎

For Joff, I googled “most controversial ice cream flavors” and went from there. I decided to go with tiger tail ice cream, which is orange ice cream with black licorice swirl. I have never had it before, but it’s described as an acquired taste. Joff is a bit of an acquired taste to the people around her, and the name “tiger tail” evokes a sense of fierceness that suits her. Also, because the flavor is so unpopular at this imaginary ice cream parlor, the one customer who really likes it has to custom order a batch and then he’s stuck eating that same gallon of ice cream for a year. Not that he’s complaining. 🦮

[sunshineandlyrics]

🍫🍨 Saoirse Monica Jackson is so funny

[gracehosborn]

I’m reviewing my revision notes for Draft 8 of my YA fantasy/alternate history novel, Ink of Destruction, and I found this????

Have Hamilton explain his economic system with a metaphor involving a double-flavor ice cream cone with sprinkles (cone being the bank, the ice cream being money with one flavor as debt and one as tax revenue, and the sprinkles as the public credit).

What IS this idea???? I can’t stop laughing at myself. 🤣 When did I come up with this? Some midnight? And ice cream?? Was I craving ice cream? Probably.

[mobbothetrue]

Spotify prompt! Knuckles and tails, an 19 :)

Oh hoho! You managed to land FightSong by EVE (<- YouTube link), a song that by all rights shoulda been #2 (<- I refuse to pay Spotify money).

Hmm…. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything with Super Sonic Speed, but I always did intend to write follow-ups…

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The city is unbelievably loud. They’re in what Sonic had called a shopping district, and it’s apparently very popular. Knuckles would kind of like to go home, a lot, actually, but Tails is flirting from one shop to another and he doesn’t have it in him to shut the kid down. Sonic is somewhere on the periphery of their little group— he and Tails had bonded, thick as thieves, and Knuckles— well, he tolerated the guy.

Tails gasps like he’s seeing the sun rise for the first time, excited enough that he’s lifting off the ground. Knuckles ambles over, grabs him by the ankle, and pulls him back down. He’s looking at some sort of… thing. Knuckles can’t make heads or tails of it, but it’s definitely saying something to Tails.

Hmm. He is, at least, familiar with the idea of shops. Chao liked to set them up, sometimes, selling fruit or handmade crafts for rings, but Knuckles has no idea if their idea of currency and everyone else’s aligns. Would the shopkeep accept a fruit? Most chao did. It isn’t like rings are a problem, so…

Knuckles turns, seeking out Sonic in the crowd. There he is— stiff as anything, glancing frantically back and forth between Knuckles and some other hedgehog, a pink one. One of his friends, maybe? They look irritated, maybe not. Knuckles steps away from Tails, invites himself into their conversation.

“and you just RAN OFF—“ the hedgehog is shouting. Sonic cracks his mouth open, a faint wheeze escaping.

“Hey,” Knuckles says.

“—do you have ANY IDEA how WORRIED I was—“

This looks like a battle Sonic is better off fighting on his own. Still, Knuckles needs his question answered. “Hey,” he repeats, slightly louder.

“—I mean, I knew you were alright because my cards said so, but—“

“Hey Knuckles,” Sonic manages to crack out, “this is Amy.”

Amy tilts her head at him, and then gives him a sharp, discerning once-over. “Are you one of his other friends?” She asks.

“Yeah, sure,” Knuckles says, and then “do rings work as currency down here?”

She blinks at him, as if this is a weird thing to ask. “Yes?” She says.

“Okay,” Knuckles says, nodding, “try not to scare him too bad.”

Any lingering confusion evaporates, and she whirls around to find Sonic trying to sneak away. “AGAIN!” she shouts, full of conviction, and Knuckles makes his way back to where he left Tails. He isn’t pressed up against the glass anymore, so Knuckles steps into the store. Yeah, there he is. Hovering— literally— over the same display.

Knuckles takes a moment to properly observe, rooting around for the terms Tails would use, in an attempt to ensure he gets the right thing. There’s a looping track, and a few other gadgets on the sides. A switch, one of them looks like, and some barricade, and a few blinking lights. On the track itself is a… sideways cylinder, set on wheels, connected to a few boxes, puffing out smoke— or steam, maybe. Tails is absorbed enough in watching it chug along that he doesn’t even realize Knuckles is standing right next to him. Knuckles’ll just have to make sure he comes up for air, occasionally.

He casts about the rest of the store, vaguely lost. There are a lot of displays, and a lot of colourful boxes. Knuckles picks up one, flips it over, and realizes swiftly he is out of his depth. He brings the box over to Tails, handing it to him. Tails holds onto it for a full few seconds, watching with bated breath as the cylinder switches tracks, before he looks down. His fur all along his spine puffs up, and he turns to look at Knuckles so fast he has to wonder if Sonic hasn’t started to rub off on him in more ways than one. That’s the right box, for sure.

“Really?” Tails asks, voice breathy with excitement, and Knuckles ruffles his fur instinctually.

“‘Course.”

Maybe the shopping district isn’t that bad.

[thestormlightnetwork]

is “sugar on the cream” an actual saying? I know there are lots of sayings about sugar, and i know it has the same meaning as “icing on the cake”, but like it bothers me.

Alastor why do you bother me. you find your way into my every waking thought, and to my dreams at night. i would kill for you if i had the chance, ride across the seven seas, tread through treacherous mountains and slay the most abhorrent beasts, so you could get your revenge on the awful lot of the vees.

goodnight ilyyyy

[a-moth-to-the-light]

the kid/teen who’s an “old soul” and “so mature for your age!!” to age-regressed adult pipeline

[stagefoureddiediaz]

I think we see Chimney and Maddie eat ice cream ? When Jee Yun comes in the room to ask for ice cream too when she's supposed to be sleeping.

Hey Nonnie

You’re right - Chim does eat ice cream - does Maddie join him?? I can’t remember!!

Jee doesn’t actually get ice cream though does she? So I’m not counting that one!!

I have just been reminded that Shannon Christopher and Abuela got ice cream right before Shannon found out she wasn’t pregnant, asked Eddie for a divorce, and then died - so that one especially isn’t boding well for Marisol!!!��

May and Harry also ate ice cream - right before Athena hit him when he was rude to her.

Basically - ice cream doesn’t bode well for anyone - so my original point remains and the show likes to tell us things through food!!!

Oh how I love this show!!

[an-aphorism]

shiro buying an ice cream cone innocently enough gives it to keith. he almost wrecks 4 times on the way home from how.... distracting it is

Does Keith know what he's doing?? Or he's just lapping at the vanilla cone (his favorite) but it's a hot desert day so he cant eat it fast enough and it's dripping down onto his hands, the melted cream getting everywhere.

No choice but to stick his fingers in his mouth, lick his palm clean. Shiro's trying not to stare because he's driving, but damn this show didn't come with a warning.

"What?" Keith asks eventually, a bit of ice cream on the corner of his mouth.

Shiro is haunted by the image for weeks.

[guangchuans]

if with guilty taemin was still told “no” and still didn’t prove enough then i fear the next comeback he’ll suck dick on camera

[albertxylin]

Seasonal

In summer, Ice cream melts before it has a chance to live. It is taken in its prime, Unable to enjoy the fruits of its labour As it drips down the hand holding its cone.

In winter, Ice cream survives longer. It can savour its existence And remain who it wishes to be. It is eaten all the same.

[presidenthades]

Just scratch the itch a little.

Is Daeron just like his brothers?

A yes or no answer is enough 🤤

I know you said just yes or no is fine, but the question didn’t feel that simple. I wanted to say “he’s just like his brothers in that they’re all ice creams, but they’re different flavors.” But I didn’t know if that made sense, so now I’m subjecting you to an overly long ice cream metaphor.

(^this was the least erotic ice cream GIF I could find on tumblr, just so you all know)

Aegon is like a sundae with all the toppings. The usual stuff like sprinkles and chocolate chips, but also weird toppings like hot sauce and potato chips. You look at it and go “wow that’s crazy, no one wants to eat that.” But at his core he’s a simple vanilla (made with real vanilla bean—vanilla done right is NOT boring, it is delicious and flavorful) who just wants to be appreciated instead of the throwaway flavor. (Translation: he can bring kinky stuff to the table, but as long as he’s cuddling with Jace he’s happy.)

Aemond is the opposite. He looks like a simple scoop of very dark chocolate that makes you think, “OK, intense with a hint of bitterness, I can handle it in moderation.” Then you take a bite and go “holy shit there’s A LOT of nuts hiding in here, how did I not see them before??” Then you realize the ice cream is also soaked in rum, and your plans for the night turn out very different. (Translation: he seems like a “missionary only” guy but actually has tons of crazy kinks, and Luce has never met a sweet she didn’t like.)

Daeron is like a cone of soft serve from a dual-flavor machine. One flavor is strawberry: how wholesome and refreshing! But the other flavor is something much more unusual, like black truffle. Joff is the person controlling the machine and deciding how much black truffle to infuse into the strawberry. Also she’s the one holding the cone so it doesn’t fall over and get wrecked. (Translation: Daeron is sweet and Prince Charming-ish by default, but Joff adds some craziness to him according to her preferences.)

In summary: the Targbros are all ice creams, and ice cream makes all the Velargirls happy in different ways. 🍦