#if the people are bugs does that mean the bugs are people?

[sharlsworld]

༘˚⋆𐙚｡⋆ nonsense - 𝐋𝐍𝟒 𖤓

（ 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗌 𝗑 𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗅𝖾𝗋𝖼 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋 ）

（ 𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗒 ）𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝗇𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗌， 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗅𝖾𝗋𝖼 𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌，𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝖽

✫ i started this last summer and literally just finished so i had to go back and change lando and kikas username also just pretend like it’s mother’s day if you’re from the UK 😭

🝮

yn

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yn gangs all here

charles_leclerc Are you still mad at me bug?

charles_leclerc I didn’t mean to push lando off the boat but it was a silly coincidence right after he slapped you

⤷ lando you make me sound bad i just slapped her butt

⤷ charles_leclerc Don’t test me Lando.

⤷ lando sorry 😔

francolapinto hot (in the respectful kinda way)

⤷ lando i will k word you

⤷ alex_albon ur gonna kiss him?

⤷ francolapinto yes kith me lando!!!! 💋 i’ll go put on my chapstick real quick

⤷ maxverstappen ally!

⤷ yn i knew you were gay for my brother

⤷ maxverstappen1 ???

⤷ charles_leclerc no???

⤷ yn it’s ok guys we all know lestappen is real

kikagomes body tea 😍😍🥵

alexandrasaintmleux Hey pretty girl 😍

⤷ yn hey cutie pie 🥰

♥︎ by alexandrasaintmleux

estiebestie i know the pain she goes through with having 3 over protective older brothers 😭

mclaren Our favorite 🧡

lovely_leclerc the things i would do to see charles push lando off his yacht 😭

scuderiaferrari Have a good break queen, you deserve it 😉

⤷ arthur_leclerc She literally just walks around with alex and eats???

⤷ scuderiaferrari And she does it well

landolovesyn omg the picture of leo & alex 🥹

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yn

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yn pictures i sent to the family gc this week

lando why did you make alex look aesthetic but not me?

⤷ yn baby i tried you looked clapped in every picture i took

joris__trouche Giving your brothers wrinkles and grey hairs in their 20s

⤷ yn it’s okay though cause it’s me 💖

♥︎ by charles_leclerc, arthur_leclerc, lorenzotl, and leclerc_pascale

lilymhe lando ruining the aesthetic as always

⤷ yn that’s what alex was saying too

⤷ kikagomes she’s right

lorenzotl Surpried lando wasn’t eating in his picture 😂

⤷ lando what he say fuck me for??

⤷ arthur_leclerc almost every picture y/n posts of you you’re eating something

⤷ lando so you’re saying i’m dumb ugly and fat then?

⤷ charles_leclerc well…

⤷ lando WOWWWWW i’m telling bug you’re bullying me charles

⤷ charles_leclerc nonono!!! i was just kidding! please she’s still mad at me for tripping you the other day

arthur_leclerc 1st picture “we’re talking about all of you except maman and cha” (charlotte not charles she was very clear) 2nd “why do you guys only get me bunnies where’s the diversity”, 3rd “this is gonna be gone in 2 minutes”, 4th “bro finally decided to hit the gym instead of the pantry”

⤷ lando OH SO YOURE CALLING ME DUMB UGLY AND FAT??

⤷ charles_leclerc wellll…….

⤷ lando @yn

⤷ yn quit bullying my boyfriend you fucking loser that’s why people always think your french cause you’re a fucking bitch

⤷ charles_leclerc wow you really know how to make a grown man cry…

⤷ pierregasly Hey what’s wrong with French people?? 💔

⤷ yn nothing i love timothée chalamet

⤷ lando babyyyyyy

⤷ yn jk i hate timothée chalamet

⤷ tchalamet whad i do 💔

⤷ yn jk i love you timothée

⤷ lando babyyyyloveeeeee

⤷ yn jk i HATE you timothée

⤷ tchalamet wow 😔

⤷ yn AGH FUCK LEAVE ME ALONE

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lando

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lando my babylove I LOVE YOU FOREVER 🤍

charles_leclerc Bro…you look really handsome

⤷ lando i knew you loved me 🥹

⤷ georgerussell63 So I sense bug had a stern talking to with you Charles

yn i fw u heavily 🩷

⤷ lando i’ll take what i can get 🥰

alex_albon i’m gonna telling my kids that this was romeo and juliet

pierregasly 🔥🔥

tchalamet mkay

⤷ lando if i see you in my girls comments or dms i will find out where you live and i will sneak in at 3am and stand over you until you wake up and when you do i will kill you

⤷ danielricciardo “there were no signs”

leclerc_pascale Mes bébés 🥰🥰❤️

⤷ lando ❤️❤️

arthur_leclerc That jawline though 😍😍

⤷ lando you ol’ charmer 🙂‍↕️

carlossainz55 Cute mate 👌👌

alexandrasaintmluex Oooh who took this super duper cute and aesthetic picture?? 🥰

⤷ lando the best third wheel ever

⤷ alexandrasaintmleux 😐

maxverstappen1 I just want everyone to know he sent this to the gc to ask if it was cute

⤷ lando you bitch

lorenzotl 😍😍

⤷ lando omg enzo stop, you’re practically a married man 🙂‍↕️

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yn

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yn miami you will always be famous 🤍 super proud of my baby lando & my sassy brother

lando i tried my best for you

⤷ yn and you did so well

⤷ lando wow im so easy you just warmed my heart up

kikagomes fitted asf 😍

charles_leclerc Thank you petite étolie 💛

oscarpiastri What about me?

⤷ yn of course i’m proud of you oscariño dafuqqq that griddy after the race?? 👌👌👌👌

alexandrasaintmleux 🩷🩷🩷🩷

landosland the L charm on her necklace for lando i can’t 🥹 they’re endgame i fear

♥︎ by author & lando

mclaren Our boyyy 🧡4️⃣

⤷ yn …get dafuq out my face before i have a b.f

⤷ mclaren A b.f?

⤷ charles_leclerc She’s gonna have a bitch fit!!!

⤷ landossluttywaist she put mclaren in timeout

⤷ scuderiaferrari Best believe she’s gonna be in our garage in Imola 😊😊

♥︎ by author & charles_leclerc

carlossainz55 I can’t believe I had to witness you and Lando do body shots off of each other

⤷ lando you literally bought the shots for us

⤷ charles_leclerc You did what to my sister??

⤷ lando NO NO NO CARLOS WAS ENCOURAGING US PIERRE LITERALLY HAS A VIDEO OF HIM CHEERING FOR US TO DO IT

⤷ charles_leclerc PIERRE WAS THERE?

⤷ pierregasly ALEX INVITED ME AND KIKA DON’T BE MAD AT ME

⤷ charles_leclerc MY OWN GIRLFRIEND WAS THERE?? WHEN WAS THIS?????

⤷ yn our first night in miami

⤷ charles_leclerc When you told me you two were staying in cause you didn’t feel good so lando was taking care of you??

⤷ yn yeah

⤷ charles_leclerc You’re giving me grey hairs kid

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lando

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lando back with my favorite person (we were never apart we’re just back home)

kimi.antonelli Thank you for clarifying I was going to ask if she had an identical twin

charles_leclerc Are you guys ever apart? 🙄

⤷ lando no 🥰 i need her for emotional support

mclaren Our favorite couple 😍

⤷ yn don’t piss me off

alexandrasaintmleux Best double date buddies

⤷ yn oh heck yes double dates for life

carlossainz55 “back with my favorite person” i’m confident that haven’t spent a single minute apart since getting on that jet back to Monaco

⤷ arthur_leclerc Can confirm he made her go into the airport bathroom with him

⤷ charles_leclerc And you didn’t stop her??? Who knows what they did in there

⤷ arthur_leclerc 110% sure he literally just went pee they were in there for like 2 minutes

⤷ yn can confirm i just held it for him

⤷ charles_leclerc BUG??? WHAT???? THATS DISGUSTING WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

⤷ yn it was a joke fawk 😔………..😏

⤷ charles_leclerc I don’t even wanna know if you’re just messing with me or not

⤷ lando she’s not

⤷ charles_leclerc you two are freaks

maxverstappen1 This is why you canceled our paddle date?

⤷ lando soz mate we can have our date today

⤷ maxverstappen1 Can’t wait 👌

⤷ charles_leclerc Can I come

⤷ carlossainz55 Me too

⤷ yn my charlos & lestappen & versainz & charlando & carlando & mando heart 🥹🥹 (why have i never seen a ship name for max and lando)

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yn

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yn little bit of this little bit of that

pierregasly When did lando become such a good photographer

⤷ yn i’ve trained him well

alexandrasaintmleux Last picture is so real

⤷ yn me waiting for a happy mother’s day text from lando after breastfeeding him like one 🙄

⤷ charles_leclerc what…

⤷ yn must’ve been the wind

⤷ arthur_leclerc NO OMG WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT I CANNOT UNREAD THAT OMG YOU TWO ARE FREAKS I HATE YOU OMG STOP MY EYES

⤷ yn girl

lando my biggest supporter 🥰

⤷ danielricciardo Acting like you didn’t just traumatize your brother in laws

mclaren What?

⤷ yn must’ve been the wind

yn if aaron taylor johnson likes this comment i’ll give lando the most nastiest messiest toe clenching cum guzzling head of his life

♥︎ by aarontaylorjohnson

⤷ charles_leclerc WHAT?

⤷ lando @aarontaylorjohnson PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRO HELP A GUY OUT IK YOU SEE MY DMS BRO

⤷ charles_leclerc I HATE YOU AARON TAYLOR JOHNSON AND I HAGE YOU LANDO NORRIS AGH IM GONNA RUN YOU BOTH OVER

⤷ lando she’s busy bro

⤷ oscarpiastri 27 year old French man found dead after realizing his little baby sister isn’t a little baby anymore

⤷ charles_leclerc I’M NOT FUCKING FRENCH OSCAR!!! LANDO NORRIS I’M COMING FOR YOU

⤷ lando oh someone’s definitely cumming alright

⤷ charles_leclerc YOU SLUT I HATE YOU I CANNOT BELIEVE I WELCOMED YOU INTO MY HOME AND LET YOU EAT WITH ME

⤷ danielricciardo why is bug not helping 😭

⤷ lando she’s busy bro

⤷ francolapinto can i join?

[summerf0x]

Can you imagine being Captain Olimar. You’re in your late fourties’ working a trucking job for weeks on end all to provide for your wife and kids and dog that you barley see all for a president who treats you with disdain despite the fact that you’re one of his best employees and then a meteorite strikes your ship and you crash on a planet. You have thirty days to survive until your life support gives out but it’s ok because these little carrot creatures have mistaken you for their leader and are willingly following you into battle against the local wildlife for your ship parts. You return home by the skin of your teeth after experiencing the life of a general commanding troops in a great war that no one will ever know about. But it’s okay. You can see your wife and kids and dog again. The president immediately sends you BACK because he’s in debt and also makes you take some random employee back with you. Whatever. It’s fine. At least you’re not going to keel over this time. So you go back to commanding your plant friends to get treasure for your shitty boss. You pay off your debt and then realize the other employee isn’t with you. So you touch down and while that sucks it also means that you can see your wife and kids and dog again because you’re not qualified for getting someone back from an unfamiliar planet and you’re pretty sure you have at least a couple medical problems that should be checked out and you paid off his debt what more does he want AND THEN HE PUTS YOU BACK. HE GOES WITH YOU. So your shitty boss is now on the planet and it’s just you and the ship’s AI and the carrot people. So you go into a cave filled with horrors and kill some biomechanical bug thing that may or may not be puppeted by that coworker. But whatever. You got him. You can go home to your wife and kids and dog. And then. And then. HE SENDS YOU BACK. Because apparently you made so much money last time. So whatever. You’re going to make so much money you’ll never have to work for him again and you can go back to your wife and kids and dog and get checked out for whatever health problems you definitely have, and then you go into a stump. And this immaterial gold creature kills all your plant friends and kidnaps you. It’s toying with you, letting you wake up and try and escape only to get captured and forced into sleep again by the presidents’s cheap spacesuit’s forced sleep measure. Three guys happen to stumble upon you by accident when dealing with a different problem and rescue you and for some reason your shitty coworker is tied up. But it’s fine. You get to go home to your wife and kids and dog. And after all of that. You still have to go to Super Smash Bros.

[why-do-you-need-2-know]

More thunderbolts head-cannons

Bob doesn't like needles because they remind him of his past

Walker bonded with Bob by training, as Bob liked the challenge of fighting him without power. Walker is happy to have a fighting partner again

Alexei and Ava love boy bands

Walker is terrified of bugs and will scream if he sees one

Ava loves people watching

The team has shared playlists

The team is banned from many places, such as but not limited to: Dave and Busters, Chuck E Cheese, any place with racecars, multiple bars, especially if they have trivia nights, and most family buffet restaurants

Bob is online friends with Steven Grant, who first met by recommending books to each other

Bucky has a specific way of making his coffee

Yelena has a special way, too, but by the time she's done with hers, it barely counts as coffee with how much sugar and creamer she puts

The fridge is always full as everyone there has a fast metabolism and they ALL get hangry of they do not get there food

John can't spell for sht while Ava and Alexei hand writing is horrible

John has every Captain America merch ( including ones of Sam's) and when asked about it he'll say it for his kid

The team jokily have Alexei and Bucky one of those old people emergency phones for Father's Day

Yelena loves kids' cartoons, especially Steven universe

The tower is never silent and will usually have soft music playing in the background cause silence scares the team

Yelena loves Crocs and have mave multiple jibitz, including each one of the team

The public calls Bob "thunderbolt's puppy" which Bob hates but the rest of the team find this hilarious

Sometimes Bob would just go to mission just to feel apart of team

Bob does not have a driver license or even a permit

Walker loves camping and would try to make the whole team go with him.

The thunderbolts have every social page (thanks to Alexei) and I mean every social page, no matter how niche they are. (Ava runs the tumblr account)

Valentina tried getting the team a PR team but every one of them quit.

John had to make multiple apology videos (I imagine it being like Logan Pauls)

The tower has a wall of love ones of every team member as way of remembering what they are fighting for (there is a photo of the team, Sam Wilson, Ava's dad, Natasha, Steve Rogers, Lamar and more)

Bucky also had to publicly apologize for killing JFK and insisted that he did NOT kill Princess Diana.

John Walker's parents were really strict, which is why he always follow orders.

4/4

[everythingisamazing]

In light of recent comments regarding Viktors sexuality I want to point out a vital part that imo is missing from this discussion - and that is how Viktors disability and disease, and more specifically his chronic pain play into his sexuality. To get this out of the way, I just want to reiterate what other people have correctly pointed out: 1. Asexual does not mean the same as aromantic, and neither one of those two things mean, that you will never have sex. In fact, you cannot generally assume anything about what a person does and does not do in their relationships, simply from them stating that they are asexual. 2. We are not talking about a human being, but a character. Which to me makes assigning anything to them that is not either explicitly in the text or very heavily implied by it, not count for more or less than a headcanon. Especially if you are the creator and what you have created contradicts your own statement ( I am not saying you can't hc Viktor as ace, but I am not shying away from saying that I believe there are definitive sexual undertones present in his interactions with Jayce either) Now, back to what I feel is completely missing from this conversation: How chronic pain affects sexuality. Because the show provides much better evidence for that being the thing influencing Viktor, than a matter of sexual orientation. This bugs me, because first of all, the potential for meaningful exploration of said topic is huge. Secondly, it matters to me as someone who considers herself to be both on the ace spectrum, (while being in a relationship with someone who isn't) and having experienced several years of chronic pain. I know for a fact, that when my body was hurting a lot it played a massive role in my willingness to engage in any form of physical touch - not just sex. The reason why I can even distinguish between a low sex drive, and not wanting to be touched intimately due to pain, is because I have experienced years with chronic pain and years without it. But during the years I had it, on the bad days, the reason became blurred and ultimately irrelevant. What I am saying is - those two things can become indistinguishable - so to talk about Viktors sexual orientation, without factoring in how he was shown to be suffering and slowly dying for most of the story, is missing out on one of the most important facets of his character and instead focusing on one that was never even halfheartedly suggested by the show. I also think, that if Viktor was truly asexual in the way CL believes asexuality works, showing him without genitals in S2 after fusing with the hexcore would be a bit tasteless, no? Whereas, if it's a matter of losing agency over another aspect of his body, it's tragic, but fitting. I hope you can see that I am not coming from a place of being against headcanoning Viktor as ace, but wanting to criticize the particular way a certain someone does it and the dumb reasoning behind it. (side note, whispering this under my breath: if you wanted to have visible asexual representation, why would you write one of the first things to come to the allegedly asexuals characters mind, be "wait this isn't my bedroom"? Are you okay, bro?)

[cacodaemonia]

Help? AO3 hiding a whole series when some works in the series are in an 'unrevealed' collection??

I've been meaning to ask Tumblr about this weird AO3 bug(??) for a while but keep forgetting. I sent a support request to AO3 but haven't heard anything, so maybe the fandom hivemind will have some insight.

I have several series on AO3, and there are some old images from a couple of them that make me want to peel my skin off every time I look at them. I would like to delete them, but they're also some of my most popular images, and I know some people really like them, so I've been waffling on it for a while (I definitely don't want to orphan them because then I would never be able to delete them, and they're also, you know, part of those series I mentioned, so they would still be clearly tied to me. Also, I think art styles are generally a lot more recognizable than writing styles, so there's that, too).

Anyway, in the meantime, I decided to put all of those works in a collection that's set to 'unrevealed.' This hides those works without deleting them so I have time to figure out what I want to do.

Easy fix, right?

INCORRECT. 🙃🙃🙃

I discovered that doing this actually made both series completely disappear from my series list page on AO3 (the one on your dashboard that shows all your series - image below). I just about shit myself when I went to that series list to navigate to one of them, because it looked like they'd been deleted. It also doesn't even list them in the total number of series. This should say 15 and not 13:

If I go to my works list, click on a work in either series, and then go to the individual series from there, both of them are visible. I checked with some friends, and they can see the individual series pages, as well, but are unable to see them on my series list page.

My browser tab even says 'mystery series' instead of the title of the series:

And any links to the individual series get all fucked up. The most basic link, for example, just says 'mystery series.' Even the Archivist Discord bot lists some of the info but says the authors are anonymous when there are actually 9 other people besides me who have works in this series:

This is all super weird and frustrating. And a huge oversight on the part of AO3?? This seems like it would affect a lot of people who participate in events that involve collections on AO3—if they were to draft works into unrevealed collections, it seems like that could also hide any related series until the collections are revealed?

The way I see it, I can either delete the works, remove them from the 'unrevealed' collection, or remove them from both of the affected series while I decide what to do with them. However, the whole point of making the collection was to hide those works so they're not making me cringe.

Plus, as you can see, there are 14 works in the collection:

Not all of them are in theses series, but most are, so removing them would be a bit of a pain, and if I ever want to add them back in, I'd have to reorder the series to place all of them in their correct order. One of these series has about 150 works in it, so that's a giant pain in the ass.

Does anyone know if there's a workaround for this? I'm leaning toward just deleting the works at this point, but I also feel bad about that. :/

[ghoulinfuschia]

heyo! Got a couple questions, first one might be a stupid question lowkey, but when you say that you're not gonna be doing any more murder drones related work after catalyst, does that include fanart or is it just bug projects like intermission and catalyst? Either way I'll continue to support you and your works, and am sorry you gotta put up with people saying awful things about you and liam. Second question, do you know when you're gonna start streaming again? Hope you have an amazing rest of your day/night!!

I won’t be doing big projects or fanart. I’ve gotten grief for my fanart before as well and I honestly just don’t have the bandwidth to deal with the complainers anymore :,)

As for streaming I’m currently working on a new Vtube model, but I’m not sure when I’ll be able to stream. A big job opportunity has been thrown my way and I want to feel it out before I commit a streaming schedule. When I say big I mean nothing major, just the chance to finally ditch retail life for an animation job. Wish me luck!

[zarvasace]

Linked nexus four questions from an artistic perspective:

Does he have ears? Anything that will poke out through his hair?

Are his eyes any different from a regular human?

Is he expressive like a normal human, or is he somewhat limited?

Can he cry...? 👀

Linked Nexus masterpost

I figured the best way for me to answer this would be to compare and contrast! On the left above is Four as he is, and on the right is what I figure he'd look like if he were Hylian instead. Major differences include the saturated, slightly unnatural colors of his skin and hair, the markings, and yes lack of ears! (Four does tie his hair back a lot.) If he was Hylian, he'd also be taller.

Four is essentially made out of cells that cannot replicate organic matter—the nanogems. But those do allow for very complex structures, so for example, while Four's skin is not actually skin, the texture is very very close, and he can vary the thickness and durability in different spots. That means his face is as expressive as anyone else's, at least mostly. But I think that just because he CAN make an expression doesn't mean that he DOES. His expressions are purposeful and come from a place of mimicking rather than emotion. I think he can probably forget to make expressions, especially when alone.

Four began with a body that was as similar to a Hylian's as the engineers could make it, including processes like breathing and crying (but not digestion...) He has since modified some of these, e.g. he doesn't need to breathe anymore. Regarding crying, it wouldn't originally be programmed in as a consequence of strong emotion (since he wasn't intended to HAVE those), but potentially something like cleaning his eyes. It's very possible that he's since modded that away, too, but I haven't made a decision one way or the other.

I also did color his eyes slightly differently! As an android, Four's eyes are essentially fancy cameras with some colors on top. There is a certain spark missing from them. I tend to illustrate this by drawing his eyes without pupils or the shine in the middle like I do with the others. His are... almost more bug-like. I imagine their appearance might change as he changes his vision away from normal light, to UV or infrared, for example.

@colascuties I'll answer yours here too since it's a very similar topic!! The little face markings are definitely something he wants there. He was intended to mimic a Hylian as closely as possible, while having a few alternate processes, so the people that made him definitely did not give him those markings. The thing is, Four doesn't WANT to be a Hylian, and while he knows it can be valuable to look like one, he doesn't particularly want to be mistaken for one all the time. Other people get tattoos, sure, but I think for Four, this bit is him trying to stand out and pave the way for any androids who may come after him: it's okay to be different. Autonomy is definitely something that matters to him. I believe that his hair being a little longer is also something he did on purpose.

[winters-on-the-wing]

Mummy's Day - A Marauders Fanfiction

Ships: James x Lily, Alice x Frank

Premise: The seventh Longbottom-Potter Mother's Day has finally come. What happens on this special day?

TWS: None! This is pure fluff!

Word Count: 1.6k

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Summer came early in 1987. 

Even though it was barely mid-May, James and Frank were chasing down their little monsters while armed with bottles of sunscreen. Usually, this arduous task was reserved for Lily and Alice, but as per Longbottom-Potter Mother’s Day tradition, the two were not allowed to lift a finger for the duration of the day. 

“It’s gonna be a scorcher today,” Lily remarked, leaning towards the mirror as she delicately swiped clear mascara over her eyelashes. “You should wear those red shorts, the sparkly ones that drive Frank wild?” 

“I will if you put the belly button piercing I gave you back in,” Alice said mischievously, “Why did you take it out in the first place?” 

Lily’s face tinged rose as she took the beautiful silver piercing from her engraved wooden jewelry box. 

“Harry saw it one day and freaked out,” Lily admitted, “He started screaming about a bug in my belly button, and he didn’t stop crying until I took it out and showed him. Poor little tyke, thought I had a deer tick in there or something.” 

“I guess it is a bit bulbous,” Alice conceded, helping Lily secure the end of the piercing. “You know what that means, don’t you?” 

Lily looked up into Alice’s twinkling blue eyes and tilted her head to the side. 

“No, what?” 

“We have an excuse to go out and buy a new one.” 

—

“Happy Mother’s Day! Happy Mother’s Day, Mummy!” 

Alice laughed warmly and scooped little Neville up, peppering his head with kisses. Even though he was a big boy, almost seven years old, the top of his head still held the sweet, powdery scent of a baby’s. As Alice held her darling close, she doubted that the scent would ever go away. From behind his back, Neville produced a small bouquet of dandelions. Some were golden, with vibrant petals that stretched to the left or right to create a circular shape. But most of them were at that delicate stage of life in which the silvery seeds reached upwards and outwards, longing to escape the stems that anchored them. 

“My teacher told me that dandelions are weeds,” Neville murmured with a precious shyness, “But people kill weeds, and I didn’t want anyone to kill the pretty flowers. Is it okay that I getted these for you? Even though they’re weeds?” 

“Oh, sweetheart,” Alice cooed, gently stroking one of the yellow blooms. “It’s more than okay. You rescued these weeds from a terrible fate. I couldn’t ask for a better present than having a hero for a son. If you go on lickety split to the house and put these in a vase for Mama, I’ll give you and Harry ice cream money.” 

Neville raced towards the Longbottom estate, clearly energized by the prospect of ice cream. Frank laughed and wrapped an arm gently around Alice’s waist. 

“You trickster,” he teased fondly, “You were going to give the boys ice cream money anyway.” 

“Well, he doesn’t know that,” Alice replied impishly, “Besides, these shoes are hel- heck to walk in.” 

“What’s being said about heck?” Lily asked pointedly, an amused smirk on her face. “The car’s all packed, and Jem’s gonna drive. Mall, lunch, then beach? Does that sound like a plan?” 

“You know I don’t do plans!” Alice laughed, “But yes, those things sound good to me. Just don’t stress yourself out trying to stick to it, alright? I know how you get, Lily-bug.” 

“I’ll try my best,” Lily said earnestly, “Oh, by the way, I told Harry that we’re not doing the ice cream truck today.” 

Alice sucked her teeth awkwardly. 

“About that,” she said, forced to confess to her bribery. 

“I can’t believe you,” Lily said sternly, struggling against the smile forming on her face, “Now we’ll have to buy ice cream. Which means that we’ll have to go to the ATM.” 

“I’ve got a twenty,” Alice said, not remotely remorseful. 

It did not take a lot of convincing for Lily to secede. 

“Whatever,” she said, her eyes dancing, “But you owe me a fudge pop.” 

Neville clambered out of the house and into the Potters’ minivan, chattering eagerly about the treat he had unexpectedly earned and how he earned it. Ice cream seemed to be a hot topic for every age group. 

“And Mummy said you and Harry, so you can get some too!” Neville enthused. 

“You mean Mama changed her mind?” Harry demanded, squirming excitedly in his seat. 

Neville paused. 

“Yeah!” he said, despite having no idea what Harry was talking about. 

“Listen to the little guy!” Alice cried out, amused as she listened to the kids talk. “Just flying off the seat of his pants.” 

“I know,” Lily said playfully, “I wonder where he gets that from.” 

—

When Alice sent the husbands to put the shopping bags into the car, it was the perfect chance for James and Frank to have a highly necessary private chat. 

“So, what’d you get her?” Frank asked. 

James leapt to answer, incredibly excited to spill the secret that had been pushing against his lips all morning. 

“A few months ago, she talked about wanting a place to do her research,” James said in a hushed whisper, “So I stayed up until 2am last night and turned the old playroom into a library. With Harry’s blessing, of course. The little chap was an angel about it, and he even helped me choose which bookshelves and chairs to get. I got two big shelves for LIly to store her books, and one little shelf for Harry to store his. Oh, you don’t think she’ll hate it, do you?” 

Frank laughed heartily and clapped James gently on the shoulder. 

“Of course not,” he said, “She’ll love it. I just can’t believe you stayed up until 2 and still have so much energy.” 

“How about you?” James asked, gingerly placing each paper shopping bag into the trunk of the minivan. “What’d you get Alice this year?” 

“Well…” Frank began, his subtle smile revealing his own more contained excitement. “Alice is hard to shop for. If she wants something, she just gets it for herself. So that’s why I decided to give her the chance to shop all she wants. The three of us are going to fly to the Mall of America this summer, and I’m on babysitter duty. Neville volunteered to give up his summer camp this year so we could all go as a family, the sweet kid.” 

“The Mall of America,” James marveled, “That’s genius. I never would have come up with that.” 

“Well, you’re not her husband,” Frank reminded with a chuckle, ruffling James’ hair, “C’mon. Let’s head back before the ladies think we stranded them.” 

—

“Why d’ya suppose it’s called Mother’s Day?” Neville asked, quickly licking the melted ice cream from his knuckles. “I know it’s for mummies, so why don’t they call it Mummy’s Day?” 

“Well, grownups say Mum, not Mummy,” Harry pointed out as he took a bite of vanilla ice cream from between two cookie layers. “And besides, mummies aren’t just Mummies, they’re monsters too.” 

“Oh, like the bandaged-up ones from Egypt?” Neville asked eagerly. 

“No, I’m pretty sure they’re actually from Scotland,” Harry corrected incorrectly. 

“Oh, okay,” Neville said, “Scotland, then. But that still doesn’t explain why it’s not called Mum’s Day.” 

“Mum’s can sound like mumps if you say it too fast,” Harry said, “And mumps aren’t any fun at all.” 

“There’s also a flower called a mum,” Neville recalled, “They’re pretty, but I think our mummies deserve a day more than a flower does.” 

“Mama’s Day could work,” Harry considered, “What made them choose Mother’s over Mama’s?” 

“Who’s them?” Neville asked curiously. 

“I-” Harry opened his mouth and then closed it again, before admitting, “I don’t know.” 

“Let’s ask our mummies!” Neville said, “They’re bound to know. Mummies know everything, no matter what they’re called.” 

And so the two little boys raced off, abandoning two sticky ice cream wrappers in their wake. 

—

By the time James and Frank made it back to the mall, they were met with a chaotic picture. Poor little Harry was crying, simpering against Lily’s chest as she held him, pet his hair, and carefully examined what appeared to be a scraped knee. 

“Oh, the skin’s come clean off, my sweet little martyr,” Lily murmured lovingly, “Don’t you worry, I’ll fix it up, alright? I’ve got you.” 

“About time you showed,” Alice said with a grim smile, “Our Harry took a tumble while diving to save Neville from a similar fate. But don’t worry, we’ve got it covered.” 

“But darling,-” Frank protested. 

“You weren’t supposed to do anything today!” James interjected, finishing the sentiment. 

“Oh, you silly boys,” Lily laughed as she pressed a bandage onto Harry’s knee and rubbed it gently. “Parenting’s a partnership, no matter what the calendar says.” 

“Besides, we like mothering,” Alice added, “That’s the whole point of today. Just because the work’s hard doesn’t mean we want to stop doing it. A break is nice sometimes, but…I love my job.” 

“We should have come back sooner,” Frank meekly argued. 

“And who sent you out to begin with?” Lily challenged, her smile betraying utter fondness, “We did. Today is still perfect. I’ve got my best friends, my silly husband, my brave baby. It doesn’t get better than this.” 

And that was how two mothers celebrated their day, tagged by a dandelion rescuer, a wounded smartypants, and two fathers who wouldn’t have rather taken this journey with anyone else but the brilliant, wonderful women guiding them.

[penguinlife]

I am just going to say this.

My TT algorithm is still serving Nic and Luke content. I stand firm in my assessment. Those two love each other. We will never see them on a red carpet or an interview again. It is way too obvious. Luke needing to bring a buffer to prevent any interaction is so sad for him.

What I have noticed, they both talked the carriage scene down tonight. Luke almost had a heartache when the word intimate slipped out when he referred to other scenes. He immediately replaced it with exposed. Nic went from - they couldn't hear stop because the carriage was "sound proof" during the WT to the stage is cold and not very sexy.

Luke also called her Nicola for only the 2nd time that we know of.

If this distancing is coming from them, then so be it. But if this is coming from a 3rd party, I hope you burn in hell.

I feel so sad for them.

I am legit looking forward to the summer holiday Nic mentioned. Hope she goes SM blackout and Luke does the same. I can't endure any more clown bug dancer and Jake (He is so boring I can't even come up with a nickname) sightings.

Update:

Wow. People are really petty. The Lukola fans clock that Luke looks at Nicola and immediately a group of pathetic teenagers attack from all sides, saying he was looking at the presenter and Siobhan. Funny enough, you can clearly see his eyes shift to Nicola for a moment. Why wouldn't he. She is Siobhan's friend, he is Nicola's friend. It means little to nothing. Except for his expression when he looks at her. Calling people Delulu is so Inside Out. That is how we clock your age bitches. Children with daddy issues. Just like his fake ass GF.

[starwebsonadow]

ー STARWEB MASTERPOST‼️

OWNER : @foddercaptain

☆ Some information on it and how it works. This WILL be updated overtime, tweaked, adjusted, and referred back to, at least until i start publishing everything properly!

SHORT SUMMARY:

Starweb is an original insect/bug themed Sonic/Sonadow centered AU in which all mobian characters in canon are bug counterparts to their original species! Ex: Hedgehogs = Spiders, Echidnas = Ants, Foxes = Weevils, etc. Instead of just bugs though, they are referred to as Insectians! Basically means mobians/people.

REFERENCE SHEETS & LINKS AT BOTTOM‼️

• What's it about? ★

The story follows primarily Sonic and Shadow in their lives as Insectians, born under very different circumstances and understanding of nature or how to live, they learn about each other and even if their opinions and ways oppose or clash sometimes they still care about one another to great extents. This is a Sonadow plot, but you can consider it more of constant slow burn, really, it's just never ending slow burn sometimes, it kills me too. This world works on a base of "survival of the fittest," meaning that animals eat bugs & bugs eat other bugs, just like reality, this does mean that characters can die and you will see some of this mentioned. Keep in mind they are quite literally just bugs, there are not powers like the characters normally would posses, natural disasters for them are just a little bit of rain to humans, similar to wind or even as drasric as forest fires. In addition, in-universe they have their own terminology for certain things, taking some inspiration from WC, A Bugs Life, & WoF.

• Terminology! (wip) ★

ー Insectians - The replacement word for mobians, refers to the general bug or population. It does not matter if the insectian in question is an insect in real life, they could be an arachnid and still be considered an insectian. EX: There was another insectian nearby.

ー Forager - An insectian who collects human-made or unnatural objects, whether for use or just having it, this includes those who make homes from said objects, EX: living in a former soup can.

ー Beastie - An insult used against vegan insectians that are not naturally vegan, this would be considered a minor slur, but it is frequently amongst those in tune with their instincts to mock those who aren't, EX: "You're a beastie."

ー Scavenger - Insectians that feed on other dead or decaying insectians. This is commonly used in phrases or insults, as being a scavenger is considered "unclean" by some, EX: "You eat like a scavenger."

ー Tamer - An insectian with the talent of taming animals that aren't bugs, such as birds or rodents.

ー Vagabond - Those insectians with adventure in their veins who cannot or do not want to stay in one place, often insectians that have little fear of their natural world and explore.

ー Dwellers - Insectians who live close to humans or inhabit human homes, this can be infestations or genuine pets with enclosures. Dwellers are commonly lacking instinctive knowledge of the wilderness depending on where they were born and lived.

ー Chao - Farmed or pet: Grub, maggots, or larvae of some kind, they are like the human equivalent of chickens as they are commonly used for an easy food source that doesn't involve hunting or killing other insectians for said food.

ー Season - Refers to someone's age or time passed in life, being in season means one is of the age of maturity, it's often used to separate old from young insectians, though this doesn't always work as bugs can be big and not be in season, they do not celebrate things like birthdays or keep track of ages. It can also be used to state an insectian is immature, EX: "For your age, you sure are out of season."

ー Maggot - Can be used as an insult towards another insectians intelligence or adolescent behavior, the replacement for idiot or stupid, it means someone's as smart as a maggot, maggots are the baby/larvae stage of some bugs such as flies, EX: "You act like a maggot."

• Story Execution ★

Starweb will consist of comics and writings! Both formats will be used to articulate whatever parts of the plot that are needed. Currently, this will be going in 3 main story arcs, they start at when Sonic and Shadow meet then go from there, it will go in order but have more of an episodic format, like different days are different adventures. I'll makes a comic page every-whenever-i-can and post them, I'll put out illustrations, one-shots, and whatnot! I'd like to include multiple mediums and hope everyone will follow and enjoy it until the finale of the story. Even once that happens, i must clarify that won't be the end of the au, there a huge pre and post-Starweb plot that exists, and i have a lot of that already figured out too, the only difference is those will branch out to more side plots and characters, such as Amy & Metal.

• Extra/FAQ! ☆

ー Yes you can make Starweb ocs or convert your ocs into Starweb!! Nothings is a closed species and if you really don't feel the current au design limitations of the bug species fit than don't be afraid to do your own thing!

ー Despite the story following Sonadow and everyone being bug sized, i do not mind fanart of your own favorite Sonic ships with my au! Prefer Sonamy? Knuxadow? Alright, you can draw starweb sonamy/knuxadow! Wanna give them clothes or accessories for fun? Cool as hell! I don't mind and would love to be tagged so i can see too, have fun! (This does not include proships, if you are making weird art of my au i will block you).

ー Curious about anything or want to submit a drawing request? Go ahead! Of course, keep it sfw, and i will see what i can do! I won't be drawing anyone else's ocs unless you are a mutual, but I'll be happy enough to draw other ideas related to the au!

ー You can in fact make fan designs for characters that have yet o be drawn or have a reference! I know the ultimately i won't be able to do every character I'd like, especially less common ones like Manic (spider) or Sally (moth), some mutuals have already done with with characters like Espio, and even prior- metal!

ー I don't mind taking inspiration off of my au, but of course if you do I'd love to see and even support ya, so please tag me if you make ocs, your own au, or anything else! If it is really heavy inspiration, then still don't be afraid to ask, i have many mutuals who have requests to so it shouldn't be a problem, i love to talk about bug characters!

★ If you're interested in this au don't be afraid to send asks anytime, always open here!

🕸 : STARWEB COMIC (coming soon!)

🐜 : ARCHIVE/REFERENCES

🐛 : STARWEB DISCORD

🐞 : (wip)

[sheerricetorrent]

Bug au phasmid (?) sighting (WIP)

Finished version up now!

[windkonig]

society has ingrained in all of us that bugs are bad and evil and scary and they Bite You for no reason and Sting You For Fun and I would like to challenge every single person that reads this to try to step back and challenge those thoughts. CHALLENGE that knee-jerk reaction to kill every bug you see. REALIZE that killing it doesn't have to be the answer. it's fine to not want bugs in your home. but I see so many people whose FIRST choice is to kill it, even though it'd be easy to just cup it and toss it outside. why?

one of the greatest things that got me over my extremely intense arachnophobia was knowledge. learning more about the thing I was afraid of made me realize, "oh, they're just little guys trying to get by too" and I stopped killing every spider I saw.

and it's like. no, that wasp didn't sting you for fun. it stung you because it felt scared or defensive. no, the spider in your shower isn't trying to kill you. spiders need water to live too.

you don't deem a scared dog/cat evil for biting you, do you? then why are we demonizing insects and spiders for feeling scared? they are so, so small and we are so large. they don't know anything about us, they're just trying to live life. they didn't know they built their web in a bad spot. they didn't know they built their nest next to your door. please, show some kindness to these tiny creatures. I understand you can't let infestations happen or wasps build in your walls, but whenever possible, try to put bugs in a cup and take them outside. yes, even wasps. even black widows. if you want tips for safely capturing bugs, I'm always around to ask.

also, to those who say things like, "x bug eats other pest bug, so they're okay" why? why does something have to benefit you to deserve to live? shouldn't all creatures have a chance at life, even if they're ugly, even if they don't benefit you, even if they do something you don't like? what gives you the right to decide to take the life of any animal just because ahhh it looked scary? please. all I ask is you try to be kinder. it's okay to be scared, it's not okay to pointlessly kill things.

[sergle]

i was a chihuahua disliker in a past life but have Grown Up since then, but earlier i saw one that made me clench my fists in agony. i wanted her so bad...

[froggies-bloggies]

I want to put Jax in a box made of sharp edges and glass and shake him around and then make him lick his own wounds

[foxx-queen]

thinking about the way shadowheart, lae'zel and minthara deal with breaking away from a god/god-like figure they've dedicated their lives to. shadowheart immediately latches onto rescuing her parents as her new 'mission'. lae'zel immediately dedicates herself to freeing orpheus with the vigor she served vlaakith. minthara fixates on obtaining the power to make sure she's never controlled again.

its like. breaking away from gods/god-like figures leaves a void to fill. they're trying to fill it, and trying to choose what they fill it with. and they know that's what they're doing, in some ways, maybe to avoid the enormity of what it means to have broken away. maybe to avoid working out what they'll do as individuals. shadowheart doesnt know her parents, and they dont know her anymore, but she has to save them. you can ask lae'zel why she won't focus on herself, and she acknowledges there's no time for that. not yet. minthara wants you to use the power of the brain, but has dialogue/approval when you speak to ravenguard and she realizes hes still in there beneath the tadpoles influence, just like she was.

'my deference to him is a habit that will die hard, i fear'. minthara still calls the elder brain the absolute, even after she knows the truth. lae'zel still calls out to vlaakith in battle. shadowheart still wears the symbol of shar in her hair after dyeing it. indoctrination/ingrained beliefs are hard to break.

they've broken away from what was controlling their lives. they're free. they've lost everything. shadowheart can save her parents and but will always have that mark. lae'zel has been declared a traitor and will be hunted until vlaakith is overthrown. minthara can never go home, and would be executed if she tried.

they've broken away. they've lost everything. they're struggling with what that means. they're free. they wouldn't have it any other way.

[retrogradedreaming]

my least favorite thing is when people compliment someone's work by using passive aggressive comments about what they hate about other people's work. like please, just focus on what is actually in front of you