#im moving to Ireland with my aunt

[detective-inspector-her]

Me at fifteen getting my own room for the first time in my life: wow, mental stability

My mum:... Damn well, uhhh

I will be like "I'm fine" and then another fucking event will occur

[icyfox17]

ICELAND??? IRELAND????? POLISH PASSPORT?????????? that's a lot of info ab u but so much fun n I'm so jealous of u?!?!?!? focken awesome omggggg the things ull see n experience!!!!!; AAAAA prime time (age)!! I'm so excited for u eeeeeeeeeeee

also whatever time is mid-late April for u bc our finals seasons don't align,,, when's your last one? im free apr 12(wed), 20(thu), or 21(fri). but if u wanna go summer, I'm all online so it'll just depend on our work schedules (imma be working tues n sats until end of June)

My last final is the 22nd !!

Hehehehe yeahhh, tbf my aunt Just moved to iceland like last August so !! V new. Also i didn't know i could get my Polish passport until recently either but yeah!! V exciting things :))

Okie okieeee I'll haveta think on it soon, i might not be able to do April since it's gonna be very chaotic but yeeee!! Hopefully sooner rather than later :))

[outragedslime]

im so conflicted!!

[baeddel]

have you ever read 'the wake' by paul kingsnorth? reading it rn and i thought you would find it interesting based on his made up language in the book and yr interest/knowledge of old english stuff. there's more to the book than just that i believe (im interested in like..the traditional ethos of the novel which may or may not be mildly satirical as well) but wow the language is what rlly makes this book standout. dont know how actually accurate to old english grammatical structure it is (from what I know of OE..no? but i know v little im more familiar w middle onwards)

finny!! i MISS you on my dashboard 😭 i think, 'curse him for running off to flourish, succeed and find satisfaction elsewhere, instead of staying here to tell the world what it needs to know about Arthur and Iseult of the White Hands'

no i never read it. sounds interesting from your description :O i will go look it over later and tell you what i think. when i looked up the author his wikipedia page is already purple, so i guess i read about him already, but i don't remember at all... he was apparently a radical ecology activist guy from England, who then became involved in Indonesian politics to support the Papua and West Papua successionist cause, and was accepted into the Lani tribe in 2001. twenty years later he moves to Ireland, converts to Catholicism and is now an anti-vaxxer. he writes your book in the intervening time. hell of a guy... they sure don't make 'em like that very often... anyway, 'the wake' as a title perhaps presages the sojourn to Ireland. what an enormous part of our culture—not just the wake, but funerals in general. they last all day. you turn up at the house to see the body, then you go to the church for a long service, then you go bury the body, then you go back to the church to eat, and then you go clubbing, or they rent a hotel for a big party. Irish families are enormous, so you have to go to lots every year, and they're awful. no family gets along, but always has feuds, and some uncle on one side is 'connected' and starts to threaten the others, and your aunt, maternally, blames him for your cousin's suicide, and everyone sets it aside to endure the service and then, after the drink, says enough is enough. so every funeral threatens to become one or two more. well that was my experience, but i wonder if it won't be true for very long. a little while ago i wrote about how large, multi-generational families were actually common in Ireland (which is, despite popular belief, almost never true), because post-Famine and Land War chaos it was necessary to consolidate families and so forth. and Ireland had a bit of an aging population, since younger ones tended to emigrate. but by the end of the 20thc century the nuclear family took over as the predominant mode (Palestine went through a similar transformation in the same century, first to and then from the extended family), and in the 21st century emigration has slowed while immigration has increased, reversing that trend. this means that there was a time, perhaps beginning with my grandfather's generation, the same generation as Seamus Heaney and Dave Allen, and lasting into my childhood, where you had lots and lots of old relatives who, by their nature, often died, meaning that you could regularly expect the deaths of important patriarchs, the reorganization of your feuding family, all announced by an enormous, all-day family gathering. if you go and read Heaney or listen to Allen they go on and on and on about funerals. so i have a shared context with them, about how important, and tedious, and frightening funerals are, but that shared context might disappear in the next generation or the next one after them. anyway, i'm thinking about it because they were also very important to Anglo-Saxons—Beowulf for example is organized around not just three fights, but also three funerals—and i have heard about a book which argues the poem contains a secret, hidden fourth funeral! and they are likewise tremendously important for Anglo-Saxonists, as all burials are to all historians and archeologists, being sometimes all that gets preserved. anyway, Finny, here's to your health...

[a-little-slice-of-fandom]

In derry girls, what did you think of the episode where clare came out? Im irish (republic) and gay so i love that it was included, but some of the language used makes me uncomfortable i guess? I get that NI in the 90s wasnt very accepting but the directors have said that they already portrayed it through rose coloured glasses so having michelle say d*ke feels unnecessary. I love the show though and can certainly look past it! I was just interested in what you thought :)))

Hey anon!

Personally I love this episode of Derry Girls! In fact it’s probably my favourite episodes. I already liked Clare as a character throughout the series, probably because I relate to her a bit too much, so to have her be revealed as gay was just like the icing on the cake. Good representation for northern Irish characters are few and far between, and gay northern Irish characters are basically non existent. Derry Girls was this hit TV show that provided many with the first chance to see themselves represented meaningfully on TV, and that includes myself.

However, I think there’s a lot of really important stuff in this episode that people either don’t notice or just don’t really talk about, which I do understand because Derry Girls is, at the end of the day, a comedy and it’s much more fun to quote characters like Aunt Sarah saying “you cannot move for lesbians these days” than to think about the darker side of Northern Ireland.

(T/W for homophobia discussion!!!)

(Also this sort of turned into a ramble about acceptance by the end of the post but I just have a lot of feelings on what Derry girls represents and I feel like non northern Irish viewers maybe don’t catch onto that because they don’t have the necessary context)

Derry Girls, as a show, is so interesting and personal to me because it manages to perfectly strike the balance between presenting Northern Ireland as a deeply flawed and divided country, but also presenting it as a place where people can be happy and live their lives to the fullest despite the ever present danger of the troubles. And that’s a genuinely refreshing portrayal of N.I that we usually don’t get. However I’d argue that if Derry Girls doesn’t at least try and illustrate, to some extent, the causal and very rampant homophobia of northern Ireland then it runs the risk of romanticising Northern Ireland at the time, which I think is incredibly dangerous. I do think that the show is intentionally more digestible and does filter things through rose tinted glasses, however I’d argue that simply glossing over the homophobia would have actually been a bit disrespectful to the queer history of Northern Ireland and could erase the experiences and struggles of the LGBTQ community in N.I, both then and now. If the show doesn’t acknowledge that things were shitty then we paint an inaccurate picture of what it was like, and arguably still is like, to be gay in Northern Ireland. And considering that Derry Girls is one of the very few good depictions of Northern Ireland, it’s incredibly important that it’s an honest depiction.

You specifically asked about Michelle, but I think it’s important to talk about Michelle and Erin in relation to one another, and how they are both products of their time and of a deeply homophobic society.

(Now I’m going to briefly discuss Michelle’s use of the d-slur here however I just want to acknowledge that I’m probably not the best person to talk about this since it’s a lesbian specific slur and I’m not a lesbian. I welcome any additions to this post!)

I think Michelle sort of represents the overt and “loud” homophobia that’s present in our society. Michelle saying the d-slur is far from the first homophobic thing she says. I mean It’s literally a running gag in series one that she calls James “gay” constantly. And the sad thing is that Michelle’s off handed comments throughout the series are incredibly realistic to what you’d hear in Northern Ireland even today. I remember the f-slur being chanted during break time at my primary school, without anyone fully understanding what that word meant. Michelle is a representation of the homophobia that’s deeply ingrained into N.I to the point where it’s not even thought about or even seen as an issue. I mean...no one ever really talks about Michelle’s comments. Now whether or not they had to include her saying a slur specifically to illustrate the homophobia of N.I is not for me to say. You could change that sentence in the script and I think the point of Michelle representing “loud” and homophobia would still stand.

On the other hand...I think Erin represents the much more insidious and “quiet” homophobia.

Firstly, she has no issue with capitalising off a very personal essay for her own gain, shrugs off any protests that this might be wrong and doesn’t consider how her actions may hurt the writer of this piece (who is later revealed to be Clare).

Even the language she uses is a bit uncomfortable, saying that “a real life lesbian walks among us”. Are lesbians wild animals or mythical creatures? That seems to be what Erin is implying here. Plus Erin tries to make it out to others such as Sister Michael that she’s doing this because she genuinely believes in equal rights and wishes to stick up for the LGBT community, but when Clare actually tries to come out Erin is clearly confused and she reacts very badly. I mean, Erin literally says she doesn’t want Clare to come out and demands she get back in the closet, and you can see how hurt Clare is by this reaction. And this scene is kind of played for laughs and I think that straight viewers probably found Erin’s reaction quite funny...but this scene hit way too close to home for me. It’s the classic “I have nothing against gay people, but I’d just rather I didn’t have a gay friend/child/co-worker because they make me uncomfortable” that’s way too common in Northern Ireland. It’s the idea that people can present themselves as liberal and open minded, but when finally confronted with something that doesn’t fit their narrative, their societal conditioning kicks in.

As a queer woman, it was never Michelle’s causal homophobia that made me uncomfortable, it was Erin’s reaction...because it hit way too close to home. It’s a perfect representation of the “quiet” homophobia that’s still a massive issue in Northern Ireland today.

(Also the context of when Derry Girls was released is super important! Series one of Derry Girls was released in 2018...but Gay marriage wasn’t actually legalised in Northern Ireland until January of 2020 and even then it was quite contested by conservatives. Now I’m not saying there’s social commentary here but that’s absolutely what I’m saying.)

Now I’m not saying that Michelle or Erin themselves are homophobic, nor am I saying that they’re bad people. I think that they are teenagers that have absorbed a lot of homophobic rhetoric due to the time and the society that they live in. Although Erin’s reaction to Clare trying to come out was painful to watch because it felt so real, I don’t think her reaction was malicious. Erin is a teenager who has grown up in a homophobic society and now doesn’t really know how to react to this new reality and probably didn’t realise how hurtful she was being to Clare. (This isn’t me trying to excuse her reaction, again I am part of the LGBT community and I’ve experienced that exact same reaction from people, it’s me trying to understand Erin’s reaction). Erin and Michelle have both absorbed rhetoric from their deeply homophobic society, and unfortunately this rhetoric continues.

Plus I just want to comment on this idea of acceptance and change in Derry Girls. Derry Girls is set in the time of great change in Northern Ireland, where people were sort of starting to accept that people are allowed to be British or Irish or both. But this process was messy and it wasn’t instantaneous. And the acceptance of the LGBTQ community in Northern Ireland was the exact same. It didn’t just happen overnight. It was a slow and messy process of change, of people re-evaluating their previous beliefs and being given the chance to grow as people and to learn how to accept others. That’s not to say people haven’t made mistakes in the past, because they have, but they’re willing to take the steps to change. I‘ve always thought the LGBTQ subplot of Derry Girls is sort of a parallel to the overall process of change in Northern Ireland in a political sense. And I think that flies over so many people’s heads because they don’t have that context of the political situation in N.I.

(And this theme of acceptance is seen again in the series finale of series 2 with James! ✨ Thematic consistency ✨ )

Because at the end of the day, Clare is accepted by the group. In fact, we see both the teenagers and the adults actively take steps to make her feel loved, welcome and accepted. My favourite moment will always be Granda Joe saying “you’re a very talented people” to Clare in the most earnest voice. Clare is still loved by her friends and although they don’t exactly know what they’re doing, they do try and show their support for her. They absolutely make mistakes, and they did hurt Clare, but they’re trying and I think that stands for a lot, especially at the time.

And I think all of what I discussed was absolutely necessary to Derry Girls. Derry Girls might be a somewhat rose tinted portrayal of Derry in the troubles, but it never tries to romanticise the situation that the teenagers were in (because no one should be romanticising the troubles). I think that this stance of portraying the harsh reality of homophobia in N.I is equally important to the narrative of Derry Girls. I see my own experiences in Clare, despite the fact it’s 30 years later, so if they didn’t at least attempt to show the homophobia in Ireland it would have felt disingenuous and too “perfect”. Again, I’m not saying that Michelle using the d slur was the right way to go about showing the “loud” homophobia of Northern Ireland. That’s not my decision to make. However, just because Derry Girls is making efforts to present Northern Ireland in a more digestible way to audiences (especially non northern Irish audiences) doesn’t mean they shouldn’t also acknowledge the reality of Northern Ireland at the time.

(This all kind of makes it sound like I want Clare to get hate crimed which I obviously do not want. I think the way that Derry Girls showed the issues in Northern Ireland were perfect and very much necessary, minus the use of the d-slur specifically which wasn’t necessary to the plot.)

Anyway thank you so much for the ask anon! This was much more rambly than my usual posts but I just really have a lot of opinions on Derry girls because it does mean a lot to me and it often does hit close to home.

[mr-kiwi-the-wizard]

Dear Diary

Finally got a copy of the family tree from my dad today. was not aware i had an aunt who passed when i was 7. you’d think he would mention that. the records i received date back to 1670 which is the period that England fully conquered Ireland according to google. Keeley so far as i know is an Anglaconised version of an irish surname that sounds very similer. Supposedly there arnt more older records due to records being destroyed. which leaves me wondering what precisely happened.

Anyway. my oldest recorded ancestor here is a William Keeley. born in 1670 who married an Elizabeth Calcutt. both living in England when they passed although were they were born or their parents are unknown. My ancestors lived in england for 9 generations when my great grandad Leslie Anzac Keeley moved the family to New Zealand and married my great grandmother who passed only 17 years ago.

The list after Leslie seems to expand dramatically into detail and im considering adding some of my cousins on Facebook and maybe trying to contact them. Considering my mother was born in England too i would say that dispite never going further than Australia i would really like to visit England some time and visit my cousin Franky.

[thewhitehxre]

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Jennalynn is my primary muse and the leader of The White Hare - an inner city girl gang, made up by members of all walks of life. Here's the basics for them:

Jennalynn Leader. Born in Ireland and raised there until the age of 8. At that point she and her mother left the country and fled to the States to get away from the escalating abusive treatment from Jennalynn's father towards both of them. Years later, when Jennalynn was 16, her mother died of cancer, and Jennalynn moved in with a close friend until she was old enough to live on her own. It was on that friend's couch that the idea of the gang (which is the second generation, stateside chapter of the gang that Jennalynn's mother led back in Ireland) was formed. Jennalynn is pansexual and in a relationship with Rose of the Reapers.

Chey Second in Command. Granddaughter to the founder of Kalle Industries and daughter to the current CEO. Chey rejected the easy path of 'poor little rich girl' and became an activist in her own right, a common sight at protests. With her almost violently purple hair, it was hard to miss her - at least, unless she wanted you to miss her. With an almost preternatural ability to disappear into a crowd, she's never had to worry about her extracurricular activities with the gang becoming fodder for the gossip mill. Chey is aromantic, bisexual, and single by standard definitions, but considers herself to be platonic soulmates with Brooklyn O'Connor.

Robin Recruitment/'Gang Mom'. Robin first met Jennalynn at the age of 14, when she lived with her family in an apartment down the hall from the one that Jennalynn and her mother moved into upon arriving in the States. Quickly Robin went from just a neighbor girl to a sometimes-baby-sitter to a friend. When the gang started forming, she was the cavalry called in to help support the broken and breaking girls, and as such is now the self proclaimed mother duck to the gang, because "God knows none of them can take care of themselves." Part therapist office, part pharmacy, part crash pad, her apartment is always open to any of the girls. Robin is aromantic, bisexual, and not in a relationship.

Matt Acquisition Specialist (Read: thief). One of the first members of the gang when it formed. Raised by a single father after her mother passed away when Matt was a baby. The meddling of an overzealous aunt left Matt with some significant inadequacy issues, ultimately resulting in her developing an eating disorder. With help from her best friend Danielle and support from her father once he found out, she was able to take the steps needed to recovery. By present day she's okay most of the time. She and Danielle share an apartment on the gang's turf. Matt is, in her words, 'a hopeless lesbian' and is in a relationship with Freesia and Cherry of the Reapers.

Danielle Supplies. What Matt acquires, Danielle keeps track of. They don't talk about the sources of said acquisitions. Danielle (more often called Dani) grew up with Matt and was also one of the first members of the White Hare. When Danielle was 16, she turned up on Matt's doorstep in tears, with a few belongings thrown into a bag - Her parents had not reacted well to Danielle's coming out as less than straight. Ultimately she moved in with Matt and her father for the remainder of high school, and after graduation she and Matt got an apartment together on the gang's turf. Danielle considers herself homoflexible and is in a relationship with Shahrazad.

Jhara Grifter. Jhara's hobby: talking her way into events she didn't technically belong in just to play with the upper crust she could find within. She got more than she bargained for one evening when she did just that and decided to toy with a certain violet-tressed heiress who was in attendance at the event in question. Chey was immediately intrigued by her, recognizing immediately that she wasn't really supposed to be there. After jumping through a few metaphorical hoops that Chey set for her, Jhara recieved a cryptic invitation to meet Chey somewhere very unlike where they had initially encountered each other. She turned up regardless of her uncertainties about it, and after much deliberation on both sides, she eventually joined the ranks of the White Hare. As time went by, she proved herself a very valuable asset indeed, stepping into roles whenever needed for whatever kind of manipulation got the gang what they needed. Jhara has a very devil-may-care attitude towards sexuality, and is not currently in a relationship.

Kamille Mechanic. Born to an engineer father and a medical doctor mother, it was rather expected that Kamille would be brilliant. To the surprise, and perhaps the chagrin, of her parents, however, that brilliance shone in a completely different direction to either of their fields. At a young age, while bothering a friend's older brother, it became clear that Kamille had a certain aptitude for mechanics. As she grew, that aptitude quickly became a far more reckless passion: Kamille fell deeply in love with cars, motorcycles, anything that could go fast. Rather than go to college as expected, Kamille took the money and went her own way, becoming largely a free agent until the day that she rescued a member of the White Hare broken down on the side of the road. The rest, as they say, is history - Kamille now takes care of all the gang's mechanical needs. She is pansexual and she is not in a relationship.

Kyria Weapons. Kyria was only 7 years old when her parents were killed, leaving her a ward of the state, at the mercy of a system that bounced her from one foster home to another. Traumatized and misunderstood, she was quickly labeled a 'problem child', which didn't help her case for staying in any one place. At the age of 12, she ran away from a particularly abusive foster father, and spent the next few years on the streets before being taken in by the girls of the White Hare at 17. Her affinity for defense items made her an excellent fit into the group, taking a position similar to Danielle's, but with a focus on weaponry. Kyria is bisexual and in a relationship with Daisy of the Reapers.

Erie Tech/Hacking. Erie discovered the gang after she found their basic security camera set up while she was visiting family in the city. The safeguards on the camera system were woefully lacking, and after some careful digging to figure out who the system belonged to, she more or less invited herself into the gang by turning up in Jennalynn's apartment and announcing that she was going to be their new tech. Erie is straight but could not possibly be less interested in sex as a concept, and isn't in a relationship other than her close friendship with Cherry of the Reapers.

Nicolene Medic. Raised on a southern equine farm, Lena is every bit the gentle country girl you would expect. Growing up, she loved her home, but couldn't deny a desire to see more than the countryside surrounding her. While she didn't quite follow her high school boyfriend to the city after graduation, it was because of him that she focused on that area in particular when she was choosing schools. The light and noise and speed of life in the city was a shock to the system for Lena, and she just about gave up and moved back home, but before she could commit to doing so, she met Robin, and by extension several of the other members of the gang. She had started developing skills in medicine with a more veterinary lean, but she was able to apply much of that knowledge towards helping the gang, learning from the gang's then-medic. Lena is unexpectedly heteroflexible and in a relationship with Lavender of the Reapers.

Noa Scout/Intel. Born and raised in what became White Hare territory, the gang stayed on the edges of Noa's awareness for a good portion of her formative years. She only ever interacted with them in passing (she remembered the one with the blue hair particularly fondly) but she always had a certain fascination with them. After quite some time of observing them from a distance, following different members around in turn, one day her curiosity latched onto one girl in particular. There was something familiar about her that she couldn't quite place - couldn't, that is, until the glimpse of the bright purple hair. Suddenly it all clicked into place. Noa was the first one to identify her, the first one to follow her closely enough not only to confirm her identity, but also to speak to her directly. The younger girl - youngest of the group by a couple of years - was almost immediately folded into the gang at Chey's insistence. Now, she works with Chey to gather information. If there's knowledge they need from the streets, Noa can get it, no question. Noa is straight and not currently in a relationship (but she's also 16, so.)

Lila Jack of All Trades. Lila first came to the city to look at schools, the trip being officially only to tour colleges and figure out which would be good options to apply to as she reached graduating age. In reality, her motives stretched beyond education to a desire to find her sister - or at least, to get closure on why the letters had stopped coming. Sure enough, after connecting with the gang that Aeira had once been a part of, Lila was able to get that closure, and was able to visit her sister's grave. After spending some time with the gang, she could see what had made Aeira settle there, and ultimate applied to and enrolled in classes at a nearby school, becoming a member of the gang between classes. She does a little bit of everything, learning as much as she can from all the members of the gang. Lila never really bothered to put a label on her sexuality, and she is not in a relationship.

Shahrazad Legal. The newest member of the group, Shahrazad joined the gang after the White Hare and the Reapers had largely become indistinguishable from one another. After all, it was only fair that both halves of the group have the same legal representation, and her longtime friend from pre-law, Cass, had been representing the Reapers for years before that. After a long time spent coming to terms with the balance between her sexuality and her Muslim faith, she considers herself sapphic and is in a relationship with Danielle.

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Verse Info

Gang Verses Main:    {&this is the world we've made} In this verse, Jennalynn is 22, and the gang has been going strong for ~6 years. The girls of the gang are from all walks of life, each bringing a different perspective to the situation. This verse is single ship for a handful of the girls, as noted in their stats, but there's always room for friends, enemies... Maybe even more Hares.

Future:    {&all that i'll ever need} This verse takes place primarily several years past the events of the main verse. Jennalynn and Rose are disgustingly happy together, as are several of the ships that carry over from main verse. Interactions can take place at any point during or after the events above.

Assassins:    {&steal your soul away} In this verse, The White Hare grows from a street gang to a vicious crew of assassins and vigilantes. Sometimes, if you want something done you have to do it yourself... Or find the right people to do it. The White Hare has a reputation - it's the name whispered in the dark corners, the monster under the bed for those who are feared by most. Interactions can be targets, or those seeking out the help the crew offers, or any number of other possibilities, really. This one gets dark fast.

Jennalynn-Centric Verses The Old Guard / Immortality:    {&died a few times before} In this verse, Jennalynn is immortal in the style of The Old Guard (because I can't help myself). She dies the first time in Ireland in her mid-twenties. From there, if and how she connects with others like her will depend on how interactions play out.

Public Eye:    {&surrounded by all of these lies} This verse takes place within mainverse, but centers entirely on Jennalynn's efforts in her adopted role in the public eye. Basic information from Jennalynn's mainverse bio still applies, including the single ship situation - though that isn't to say Devin isn't absolutely fair game for flirtation in the early days.

Mer:    {&in the shallows} In this verse, Jennalynn is a mer. She's opted to be a free agent rather than seeking out a family unit as most mers do. She still has ties to the one that raised her, but she largely travels alone. Key points about the mers in my mythos: mers have a lot of impact on the weather of the coastal areas, especially those who are the leaders of pods; mers can change into something resembling a human if they are outside of contact with water, but the process isn’t pleasant; physical touch is kind of a big deal.

Uni:    {&americana exotica} In this verse, Jennalynn is 21 and in uni/college, a photography major. There are a couple of variations on how this verse can play out - if you want to play in a specific version, feel free to pop into my IMs to discuss! The differences primarily hinge on whether or not Jennalynn's mother survives, and what happens when Jennalynn is 8. This verse is super flexible!

Musician:    {&heavy metal broke my heart} Once two out of three of the members of the indie band Rabbit Hearted, Jennalynn and Chey are now co-owners and operators of White Hare Records. They frequent various music festivals and lurk on soundcloud or bandcamp in search of talent that might be a good fit to sign with them. Interactions can come from potential talent, current talent, fans of their former band, or any number of other possibilities.

Avatar: The Last Airbender:    {&trouble is her middle name} This verse takes place in the universe of Avatar: The Last Airbender. She can bend, but it never felt right to her. She learned the basics and never really sought out anything beyond that. Most of the time, if asked, she'll say she isn't a bender at all. As an adult, she turned into a bit of a nomad, never really settling down. I haven't pinned her permanently into either series in the franchise, so interactions can adapt to whichever one works best!

And I think that about covers it! Thanks for coming to my TED talk to read this info, I really appreciate it! Hope to see you around!

[kittywolves]

1-200 if you want lmao If not then just your favourites

200: My crush’s name is: don’t have one tbh, not romantically anyway

199: I was born in: west virginia, 2000

198: I am really: dumb

197: My cellphone company is: idk man

196: My eye color is: blue w/yellow bursts but they just appear green if you’re not super close

195: My shoe size is: 7+1/2-8

194: My ring size is: 7+1/2-8

193: My height is: 5′5″

192: I am allergic to: sesame :T

191: My 1st car was: N/A

190: My 1st job was: N/A

189: Last book you read: uh, Percy Jackson? i think

188: My bed is: warm, cozy, full of plushies & cat fur

187: My pet: CALCIFER!!! 

186: My best friend: uh,, i don’t have one?

185: My favorite shampoo is: idk fruity scents that aren’t watermelon

184: Xbox or ps3: PS3

183: Piggy banks are: cute or terrifying, no in-between

182: In my pockets: my phone

181: On my calendar: birthdays

180: Marriage is: cute 

179: Spongebob can: CAN SPONGEBOB FINALLY END PLEASE

178: My mom: can go die 

177: The last three songs I bought were? uhh, i haven’t bought any songs,,

176: Last YouTube video watched: DrawingWiffWaffles newest video

175: How many cousins do you have? 1

174: Do you have any siblings? yes, 2 alive 1 dead

173: Are your parents divorced? no,,

172: Are you taller than your mom? around the same height

171: Do you play an instrument? no, but i wish i could play the harp tbh

170: What did you do yesterday? uh, i went shopping with my mother and then watched Futurama 

[ I Believe In ]169: Love at first sight: ? i dunno anymore

168: Luck: i guess so, yea

167: Fate: yea

166: Yourself: no

165: Aliens: YES

164: Heaven: yea

163: Hell: yea

162: God: ? yea?

161: Horoscopes: not really

160: Soul mates: YESSSSS

159: Ghosts: yep!!

158: Gay Marriage: %100

157: War: no >:(

156: Orbs: what

155: Magic: yep!!

[ This or That ]154: Hugs or Kisses: hugs pls

153: Drunk or High: never been either, both sound fun

152: Phone or Online: usually use my phone tbh

151: Red heads or Black haired: all are adorable!!

150: Blondes or Brunettes:  a d o r a b l e ! !

149: Hot or cold: uhm, comfortable warm,,

148: Summer or winter: SUMMER

147: Autumn or Spring: HALLOWEEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

146: Chocolate or vanilla: CHOCOLATE 

145: Night or Day: NIGHTTIME

144: Oranges or Apples: apples 

143: Curly or Straight hair: both are great!! i have slightly wavy hair uwu

142: McDonalds or Burger King: neither >:(

141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate: MILK PLS

140: Mac or PC: um, idc

139: Flip flops or high heels:  F L I P F L O P S

138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor: SWEET AND POOR PLS GIVE ME A KIND BAB TO LOVE @ UNIVERSE

137: Coke or Pepsi: coke !!

136: Hillary or Obama: obama!!

135: Buried or cremated: cremated so i can’t come back :’)

134: Singing or Dancing: i can’t do either :(

133: Coach or Chanel: ugh, coach ig

132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks: who or who

131: Small town or Big city: i live in a city, but a town sounds nice tbh

130: Wal-Mart or Target: TARGET

129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler: what

128: Manicure or Pedicure: PEDICURE PEDICURE PEDICURE

127: East Coast or West Coast: i live on the west, so west

126: Your Birthday or Christmas: MY BIRTHDAY BC I GET TO PICK THE THEME !!!

125: Chocolate or Flowers: flowers die and give off the aesthetic but chocolates are delicious so both

124: Disney or Six Flags: i love disneyland it’s just SO EXPENSIVE and six flags is gr8 for the thrills, plus i currently have a pass so

123: Yankees or Red Sox: who? which sport is this[ Here’s What I Think About ]122: War: blehhhh no

121: George Bush: idk american presidents lmao

120: Gay Marriage: YES YES YES YES YES YES

119: The presidential election: ew

118: Abortion: i’ll allow it lmao, i don’t think it’s great, but ik people will still get it whether it’s legal or not so might as well legalize it. also some cases actually need it so like,, yea!! let it happen!! pro-choice!!

117: MySpace: never used it lmao

116: Reality TV: ew ew ew ew EXCEPT FOR COOKING SHOWS

115: Parents: mine or just in general? bc eh

114: Back stabbers: M U R D E R  T H E M 113: Ebay: lmao shipping expenses 

112: Facebook: haven’t used it in years, do use messenger tho

111: Work: i like wedding coordinating with my aunt!! that’s about all the work i’ve done, oh and i’ve babysat

110: My Neighbors: don’t know em, they probably think we’re crazy tho, always yelling

109: Gas Prices: too!! high!!

108: Designer Clothes: eh, clothes are clothes, and some clothes are ugly (a lot of times it’s designer clothes blehh)

107: College: i mean i guess

106: Sports: go team! hit the ball! score the points! woo

105: My family: dysfunctional,,

104: The future: nooooooooooooooooooo

[ Last time I ]103: Hugged someone: uhhhhh....

102: Last time you ate: uhm, around 4?? maybe?? it’s 7 now

101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile: uh?? i never see anyone OH i guess on wednesday last week,,

100: Cried in front of someone: ???? idk??? i cry while everyone’s asleep usually

99: Went to a movie theater: last week !! um, thursday?

98: Took a vacation: uhh, february, early march? i went to ohio

97: Swam in a pool: uh, last monday 

96: Changed a diaper: um, not this year lmao, maybe last year tho idk

95: Got my nails done: ???? i dunno

94: Went to a wedding: last november?? or wait no,, uhm i dunno sometime recently lmao

93: Broke a bone: never! did drop one in water tho :/

92: Got a piercing: december!

91: Broke the law: ?? i don’t wear seatbelts when i sit in the back seat lmao

90: Texted: around two hours ago[ MISC ]89: Who makes you laugh the most: um,, my friends

88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is: MY KITTY BABY

87: The last movie I saw: missing link! the stop motion- i’m a wh*re for animation lmao

86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most: changing my name, moving out, getting married & having a stable life :’)

85: The thing im not looking forward to: being stuck here forever and eventually kmsing due to stress and depression :’)

84: People call me: Kitty!! Kiki!! (birth name) karebear!! 

83: The most difficult thing to do is: exist within the same room as my mother without bursting into tears or storming off 

82: I have gotten a speeding ticket: nope

81: My zodiac sign is: Virgo! Viriborn for all you homestucks! and dragon in the animal one!

80: The first person i talked to today was: my dad :’) and then i messaged @deanilise even tho she was asleep 

79: First time you had a crush: uh, as far back as i can remember i had a “crush” on Daphne Blake :D but i was like a small child and didn’t know what love was so anytime i saw anyone who i thought was cool or pretty or i wanted to befriend i had a supposed “crush” on them :/

78: The one person who i can’t hide things from: i try to be pretty open, but sometimes i just wanna close off 

77: Last time someone said something you were thinking: yikes idk

76: Right now I am talking to: like talking to or talking to? for the first, just some group chats for the second, no one

75: What are you going to do when you grow up: i wanna be an artist! i would love to be a youtube artist, but i fear i’m not creative enough for such things.. i would also like to be able to tell my stories!

74: I have/will get a job: i dunno,,

73: Tomorrow: church

72: Today: overslept, did some chores, been online

71: Next Summer: hopefully i can go back to colorado to visit my brother !

70: Next Weekend: ugh, church activities & then actual church, as well as other easter festivities

69: I have these pets: baby kitty, and some dogs.... 

68: The worst sound in the world: FORK SCRAPING ON BOWL, ERASER SCRAPING ON PAPER, DOG’S SNORING, MY MOTHER’S VOICE WHEN I’M HAVING SENSORY OVERLOAD

67: The person that makes me cry the most is: my mother, she’s like the only person that makes me cry unless someone says they’re attempting and i can’t get through to them

66: People that make you happy: @onedirtysock @aliaitee @deku-is-tired @deanilise @awkward-scarfy-boi @fourth-best-jeanist @bnhaworld @bnhya @helloiliketits @trashyfxndoms

65: Last time I cried: last night oops

64: My friends are: (see 66) they’re all very nice & supportive which is amazing & i love them all dearly

63: My computer is: a MacBook air with a galaxy cover

62: My School: not in one but the one i’m gonna go to in the fall is just a community college

61: My Car: N/A

60: I lose all respect for people who: hate on anyone, racists, homophobes, transphobes, pedos, terfs, ableists, etc

59: The movie I cried at was: uh, i dunno, but i was crying abt futurama the other night

58: Your hair color is: orange-y with dark brown roots, supposed to be dyeing it soon :)

57: TV shows you watch: BNHA, HIMYM, Bob’s Burgers, TUA w/ @deanilise Futurama, The Simpsons, Fairytail, Runaway’s, Adventure Time, SVTFOE, etc

56: Favorite web site: Tumblr!

55: Your dream vacation: Ireland,, ofc i always dreamed of going to paris when i was younger, and Britain sounds cool too, & i’ve heard belgium is pretty && japan sounds fun && new york city sounds super cool as well so idk any of those places ig

54: The worst pain I was ever in was: uh, probably when i broke my arm, although i can’t remember it, i did used to get growing pains in my legs when i was younger & could hardly sleep so there’s that option as well

53: How do you like your steak cooked: medium or medium-well

52: My room is: messy, but it’s home & also warm

51: My favorite celebrity is: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i dunno

50: Where would you like to be: idk, in my bed ig

49: Do you want children: yea! i wanna adopt!

48: Ever been in love: uh, i thought i was, but it was just an intense crush on this girl lmao

47: Who’s your best friend: already answered this lmao

46: More guy friends or girl friends: girls,,

45: One thing that makes you feel great is: laughing, music, & seeing my friends

44: One person that you wish you could see right now: any of y’all would be great tbh

43: Do you have a 5 year plan: survive 

42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die: lmao no, 

41: Have you pre-named your children: uh, i have names picked out that i like, but idk depends how young my kid is when i adopt them, and even then idk if i could bring myself to change their name uwu

40: Last person I got mad at: my mother,,

39: I would like to move to: IRELAND OR SOMETHING I DUNNO I WANT OUT OF THIS GODFORSAKEN COUNTRY

38: I wish I was a professional: artist!! youtube maybe!![ My Favorites ]37: Candy: hmm, i like smarties, m&ms, gummy bears, & sweetarts

36: Vehicle: uhh, vw beetles? WAIT NO JEEP WRANGLERS I THINK

35: President: uh idk

34: State visited: the one i live in lmao, California :)

33: Cellphone provider: idk a lot about them

32: Athlete: N/A

31: Actor: eeeeeeee

30: Actress: eeeeeeee

29: Singer: Case! Patrick Stump!

28: Band: FALL OUT BOYYYYYYYYYYY

27: Clothing store: Hottopic

26: Grocery store: N/A

25: TV show: Arrow! Adventure Time! (ripip) i haven’t seen Arrow in a long time tho so idk if it’s still any good...

24: Movie: Heathers!!

23: Website: Tumblr,,

22: Animal: CATS

21: Theme park: DisneyLand! it’s just sooooooooo expensive ;-;

20: Holiday: HALLOWEEN

19: Sport to watch: Soccer!!

18: Sport to play: none

17: Magazine: i don’t read them

16: Book: The Hunger Games 

15: Day of the week: probably friday or saturday

14: Beach: uh, maybe seal? or hermosa?

13: Concert attended: i’ve been to exactly one (1) and i didn’t enjoy it bc it was for Ariana Grande

12: Thing to cook: well you don’t cook them but, COOKIES!!

11: Food: Ice Cream!! Burgers!! Mashed Potatoes !!

10: Restaurant: In-N-Out probably

9: Radio station: 98.7 alt radio 

8: Yankee candle scent: uh i dunno

7: Perfume: Vanilla Bean Noelle from bbw

6: Flower: daffodils 

5: Color: pink! purple! green!

4: Talk show host: no

3: Comedian: Bo Burnham or John Mulaney

2: Dog breed: Retrievers !

1: Did you answer all these truthfully? yes!

here’s my baby for reference & for putting up with all that

[littlestshelby]

Mad Old Maddox.

Arthur Shelby story.

Part 1 of 4.

Summery:  Arthur is sent to do Tommy’s dirty work again. What he isn’t expecting is to bump into someone who would make his life a whole lot brighter.

Another one of Tommy’s fuckin schemes and Arthur had been sent to do the fuckin dirty work. He stomped along the streets of Dublin with his cap low, covering his eyes. A cigarette hanging loosely from his lips, the tip of his nose bright pink from the cold. He was never going to let John talk him into doing this shit for Tommy ever again. He had to go meet Gaffen Mc’loghlen head of the IRA and negotiate an arms deal.. well not really. Just put a bullet in his head and send the police in his direction. Tommy was to busy keeping tabs on his fuckin barmaid to go and do the job himself.

Arthur noticed a small pub at the end of the street and headed for it. He was a gypsy of Irish decent, he wouldn’t have any trouble. Stepping inside he shook off his coat and folded it over his arm his white shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows. Walking to the bar he noticed a red headed girl stood smoking tapping her foot to the music that was playing over the other side of the room. It wasn’t busy but it wasn’t quiet either. Like the garrison on a Saturday afternoon. Walking over to her he took off his cap.

Darcy Maddox was only at the swan that night to watch her brother sing. She was a typical Irish las with green eyes red hair and freckles covering the majority of her nose and cheeks. On this night she had decided to wear a white blouse and deep red pinafore that came just below her knee. Over on the main land it would be inappropriate for woman to be seen outside in such a dress but in Ireland it was accepted to wear what you wanted as long as the trousers stayed on the men and the skirts stayed on the women. Darcy was humming along to her brothers slow voice when she felt someone next to her.

Arthur smiled seeing her look up at him her bright eyes and pink lips shone in the light of the pub lanterns. “Arthur Shelby.” He spoke holding out his hand. Darcy knew that name anywhere and the Birmingham accent, had to be the same Shelby’s. The family that saved her father in the war. He had since passed but she owed these men at least a drink. She stuck her hand out shaking Arthur’s “Darcy Maddox.” She smiled. Arthur stoped for a moment “knew an Irish man in the war called Maddox, mad ol’ Maddox we called ‘Im” he chuckled.

Darcy smiled sweetly “That was my ‘da he spoke of the Shelbys of watery lane. How the gypsy brothers saved his life more than once.” Her eyes welled a little but she didn’t look away from Arthur. “Thank you for bringing him home Arthur Shelby.” Arthur stared at her “he gone?”. Darcy nodded. “Flu.” She chuckled “He was happy to be with us before he left, him and ‘ma went the same day.”

Arthur bowed his head “I’m sorry for your loss.” She smiled nodding. “So Arthur Shelby let me buy you a drink.” She lifted her hand and the barman slid two whiskeys her way. She held out her cigarette to him. “Whisky Okay?” She asked as he took the cigarette inhaling it.

“Bloody great.” He spoke deeply. His voice gruff from the cold. “So Miss Darcy Maddox, what brings you to this little pub on a Wednesday evening?” Arthur downed his whisky. Ordering another Darcy insisting it go on her tab.

“My brother he plays music, we both do. I play the fiddle. He plays the guitar. I usually play with him but it’s me night off.” She smiled nodding over at her older brother who winked in her direction. Arthur tilted his cap and Elliot went back to singing.

“What do they mean?” Darcy asked pointing the tattoos on his arms. Arthur laughed and shook his head. “I’ll tell you another time love.” She smirked raising her eyebrow. “Am I going to see you again mista Shelby?” She asked finishing her whisky. Arthur laughed shrugging. A couple hours later and a lot more drinks later, Arthur started to get tired. “Come on Arthur dance with me” she beamed as an old upbeat song began to play.

Arthur shook his head “I don’t dance.” She pouted and stood on the bar stood beginning to sing along with her brother loudly clapping her hands. The patrons of the pub standing up and joining in. Arthur smiled she was a feisty one. Arthur watched her for a while and listened to her sweet voice.

“Last orders!” The barman shouted, the men ran to the bar knocking Darcy down. She landed on her bum huffing as she hit the floor. She stood back up and turned to punch one of the men in the nose. “That hurt ‘ya bastard!” She shouted over the noise Arthur laughed grabbing her hand before she could cause a riot. Her hand felt tiny in his large one.

Once outside Darcy shook out her hand, “where ya stayin Arthur?” She asked looking up at him. She was 5’6 and he was 6’1.

“No where was only here the day gotta get the next train home.” He laughed straightening his cap. “Wanna stay at mine?” She asked winking at him before giggling. Arthur raised his brow and smirked nodding along, “couldn’t turn down such an invitation from a lovely girl.” He took her hand and let her lead him to her home.

Darcy lived in a small house by the harbour. “Would you like a drink?” She asked as they got inside but before she could turn to look at him, Arthur pressed her against the wall kissing her. She squealed a little laughing before kissing him back her hands tangling in his hair. While his hands soothed softly down the sides of her body. Looking up at him with big green eyes, he stepped back and dropped his hands.

“Hey!” She huffed. Frowning. “Whatcha playin at?” Darcy reached for his hand but he pulled it back. “I don’t want to hurt you, haven’t done this with someone who ain’t a whore since before..” Arthur didn’t like to talk about the war or even think about it, thinking back to mad ‘ol Maddox was enough of a reminder today.

Darcy smiled walking forward gripping his hand. “Then let’s have a cup of tea and talk.” She touched his cheek gently moving his face to look at her. Arthur just kept he eyes on the floor before nodding.

Darcy took him into her living room and sat him down on her sofa, turning to start the fire and turn on the lamp. “Tea?” She asked smiling. He nodded his head with a small smile. Darcy put the kettle on the hob before and set out two cups. She made the tea and went into the living room, Arthur had hung up his cap and his coat and was sat stoking the fire.

“Tea for two.” Darcy smiled sitting next to him in front of the fire. “Thank yuh” he spoke looking up at her now making her grin. “So Arthur, tell meh about Birmingham.” She asked sipping her tea. “It’s dark and dull and gray.” He laughed leaning back against the armchair. Darcy sat cross legged with him, “sounds just like this place, my da said you and ‘ya brothers had all these story’s about ‘ya ma and ya aunt penny?” Arthur chuckled snorting a little “aunt Polly, she’s like a ma’ brought us up. There’s Me, Tommy, John, Ada and Finn.”

“Wow there’s a lot of ya! What sorta business are ya into?” She asked sipping her tea. “We’re book keepers, have a couple business on the side. Tom just bought a hours, gonna put her into the races.” Arthur smiled looking up at her. “Sounds fun, love horses. We don’t get much wildlife or fun around here” she sighed “just fishin and pubs. ‘Ts Why I sing.” She grinned.

“Sing for me?” Arthur asked reaching out to moved the hair out of Darcys face. Tilting her head she began to hum a tune before beginning to sing softly,

“Angels spinning webs of gold to make the fine strands of your hair you feel the twilight shadows grow but still there's summer in the air I don't need to turn the rainbow upsidedown to catch the color of your smile you must believe what lies inside for I knew it all the while Love is carried on the wind sometimes you feel the air is still perhaps the strongest message sent is masked by autumn's lonely chill You must believe what lies inside to show the color of your smile Deepest oceans, deepest skies palates filled with shades of blue reflect the colors of your eyes refect the truth of what is you I don't need to turn the rainbow upsidedown to catch the color of your smile you must believe what lies inside for I knew it all the while Candles flicker passion's flames can't be doused in summer rains My life will never be the same and that's the beauty of your name. You must believe what lies inside to show the color of your smile.”

Darcy finished the song swaying softly, glancing up at Arthur who was smiling at her with shining eyes. “You ‘ave a beautiful voice, I’d ‘ave you sing in the garrison every night.” Arthur set down his tea holding out his arm for her to come and settle under. Darcy moved slowly feeling tired. She sat with him lying her head on his chest. “So what brought you to Ireland?” She asked softly, a yawn leaving her lips.

Arthur hummed “just a bit of business for my brother is All, he was supposed to come but we had some trouble at home.” He ran his fingers threw her hair aimlessly, relaxing against her. “I can you stay longer?” She asked looking up at him tiredly.

Arthur didn’t answer just let her rest against him until he heard her breath deepen and her body relax. She’d fallen asleep on him. He let her stay not wanting to disturb her.

Arthur stayed awake all night debating what to do. He could stay here and spend time with the girl who had somehow already put a mark on his heart, or he could leave and go back maybe to never see her again. If he didn’t go home his family would think he would be dead they would come looking, if he went back he wouldn’t be able to listen to Darcys voice ever again, never feel her hand in his, never feel her lips or see her eyes, her smile.

When Darcy woke up in the morning she was alone on her sofa covered over with a blanket. She sat up looking around. Arthur’s cap and coat were gone. Tears sparked in her eyes, she was alone again, stuck here by herself. It was stupid of her to think she’d found someone who was important, someone who made her smile. It hadn’t even been a day but she knew he had a lasting scold on her life. Darcy stood folding the blanket and went to the kitchen seeing the two cups washed and placed on the counter. Tears slipped from her eyes as she touched it gently.

Darcy went to her room and got dressed into a long blue dress and her mother’s knitted cardigan. Leaving her hair she washed her face and headed down to make herself a cup of tea. As her foot hit the bottom step she saw Arthur coming through her front door, she took a deep breath running to him jumping into his arms wrapping her arms around his neck. “I thought you left without saying goodbye!” She whispered squeezing her eyes closed.

Arthur chuckled lifting her up, wrapping her legs around his waist. He held her up and kissed her passionately. “Couldn’t leave you ‘ere Darcy, not in this borin town, not when you’re so beautiful. I’d come back and some man ‘ll have put a ring on ‘yuh finger.” Darcy smiled touching his cheeks. “Whatcha doin then Arthur Shelby? Stayin ‘ere with little ol’ me and grow old in this little town?”

Arthur laughed at the idea, “no love, I’m taking little old you back to Birmingham with me.” Darcys smile faded a little and she pushed away from him a little making him put her down. “Arthur I can’t just leave .. this is my ‘ome, I grew up ‘ere. My brothers ‘ere” she turned from her chewing on her lips. Arthur reached out and grabbed her arm turning her around. “Just come and see, even for a few days. Just give it a chance, you can stay with me we can got to the country and see the horses, I’ll take you dancing and up to London to see famous singers and to the garrison to meet my family. You’re the only woman I’ve met after or even before the bloody war that I’ve felt anythin for, You’re beautiful and clever and you’ve got the voice of an angel. I can’t just leave you fuckin here. Please Darcy, come with me.” He stared into her eyes.

Darcy was still chewing her lip and sighed before nodding “right... Okay... I’ll come with you.” She smiled now looking back at him. He leaned forward and kissed her hard before pulling back quickly. “Good now come on there’s a car waiting for us, go get ‘ya bags.”

They got back to Birmingham a day later, both tired from the journey they went straight to Arthur’s home. Darcy to tired to even take in the view of watery lane, or pay attention to the old wallpaper that covered Arthur’s walls, or the bottles strewn all around the place. They got to bed at around 9pm. Darcy changed into her night gown and Arthur into his underwear climbing into the single bed on the far side of his bedroom. Darcy made quick work of crawling in after him curling up in his chest.

“Goodnight arthur.” She whispered

“Goodnight love.” That night was the first night since before Arthur could remember when, that he slept soundly and happily.

[mchngs]

ok y’all.,,.,. imma tell u guys abt my new babe mei aka cho chang’s mama

ok first thing’s first her name name that she was given at birth was chang dongmei but everyone jus calls her ‘mei’ .  her name means winter plum tho,., v Pretty.,,. 

she’s half korean and half chinese  & she mostly grew up in ireland until her parents moved to the U.K. ,...,,. she speaks both korean and chinese  ( more chinese than korean )  but not nearly as well as her parents could.,.. anyway Sad shit alert !!  her father passed away when she was seven. he was a hit wizard and one day didn’t make it out of st. mungos. her mother passed away recently !! literally last summer,..,..  there’s an investigation still going on abt it. some think its bc she was a muggleborn ?? but no one rlly wants to officially slap on that nasty conclusion .,. they’re looking at it like a robbery gone wrong..,.,..,., so now she lives w her aunt !! who is basically that aunt who never got married and never had kids and just traveled and got rlly drunk at family functions  &  she’s grateful ??? and comfortable around her so its ok but Shes still a sad bean 

HUFFLEPUFF !! HUFFLEPUF F!!! HFUFHEPFUUPPUFF!! girl is no. 1 supporter of her badger pals. she likes the idea that they can all count on each other and act as a support system !!  she’s v friendly.,.,., but can turn Sour really easily ?? like if u dont smile back @ her ??? “umm excuse U,.., im nvr smiling @ u first ever again” 

she got into a lil trouble over the summer,.,.,.. her parents owned a little boutique and just sold flowers literally So many fresh and vibrant flowers but now there’s no one to take care of it ?? and neither her aunt or uncle want to take over since they’ve got their own full plates ,  mei volunteered to take over !!  and it was  h a r d.  she did not know the first thing of owning a shop and actually doin all the work related to it. so one day.,,. while she tried to figure out inventory and which flowers to order she Broke down crying bc ??? wow stress and then as she was closin up a shop owner across the street was jus like “wow ur still in business ???” and it made her ?? mad ??? and so three hours Later she was Drunk and with a bat she jus went to town and had to talk to authorities. for now she managed to convince her aunt to keep the shop goin & to jus hire someone to look after it while she’s finishin up school

some extra SUper quick basics - would totally hurt a fly or any insect for that matter but not before Internally cryign @ its existence /  likes quidditch , doesn’t play anymore /  prefers savory food to sweets , catch her w a handful of potato chips @ all times /  favorite color is ... literally. . .. yellow. . ..  . /  is rlly into ice skating so When the lake is frozen...,., ukno she out there /  can literally only be productive with schoolwork in the library / is almost always eating

[haunt-me-x3]

all of them!!! and for 65, how do you describe the feeling of thinking abt ur future??

1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?All the damn time2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?2.53. The person you would never want to meet?Trump4. What is your favorite word?Alleviate5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?Weeping willow6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?I look greasy7. What shirt are you wearing?Anti flag smash the alt right shirt8. What do you label yourself as?Weirdo9. Bright room or dark room?Dark10. What were you doing at midnight last night?Talking to matt11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?1812. Who told you they loved you last?My dad13. Your worst enemy?My dad14. What is your current desktop picture?Cole sprouse15. Do you like someone?Matt16. The last song you listened to?I will never be sorry again by infinity crush17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?Trump18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?My dad19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?My dad, everything he always yells at me to do20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)My face hot damn21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?I would have long dark hair and blue eyes and i would start a band22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?I do the art23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?Im afraid people think im fake, like not like fake like "oh that persons so fake" but like actually Fake like not real24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.I dont like sandwiches except pbj25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?Buying hulu for a few months to watch the x files26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?Ireland27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?Cinna sugar twist smirnoff28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? Please do not yell at me29. What is your favorite expletive?Fuck30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?My stuffed elephant ellie31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?Dating connor32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!Japan33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?My aunt rosemary34. What was your last dream about?Aliens35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?Dancer? No36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?Yeah boi37. Have you ever built a snowman?Yes38. What is the color of your socks?Im not wearing socks39. What type of music do you like?The weird shit40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?Sunsets41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?Sonics strawberry cheesecake42. What football team do you support? (I will answer in terms of American football as well as soccer)I dont like sports43. Do you have any scars?V many44. What do you want to be when you graduate?Vfx artist or animator45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?My shit brain46. Are you reliable?Ya47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?How bad did i fuck up bro48. Do you hold grudges?Yes49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?A goat and a chameleon to create a chamelicorn 50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?I have too many to choose from51. Are you a good liar?Sometimes52. How long could you go without talking?A decent amount of time53. What has been you worst haircut/style?Scene phase hair54. Have you ever baked your own cake?Yes it was good55. Can you do any accents other than your own?British and cockney56. What do you like on your toast?Cinnamon sugar and butter57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?My face58. What would be you dream car?Who knows59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.I take baths more than showers tbh60. Do you believe in aliens?FUCK YEAH61. Do you often read your horoscope? HELL YEAH62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?E63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?Dragons theyre flame dinos64. What do you think about babies?They make me uncomfortable 65. Freebie! Ask anything interesting you can think of.I forgot what you asked so im gonna answer rbis in a second post

[jeanreinhardt]

Last week I paid a visit to my native village of Blackrock and captured some colourful Thursday Doors and buildings to share. If you’ve read any of my Irish Saga you might recognized the Cooley Mountains, as shown in the above photo, from their description in the books. I referred to them as ‘an arm stretching around the bay’ as if to protect it.

For the first of my doors, let me introduce you to the home I lived in as a child. It was called Seaside Stores in those days and sold the usual beach toys, ice-creams and sweets that you would expect to find in a shop directly across the road from the sea. When my parents moved us to another county my grandparents took over the business and we spent most summers there until my grandmother passed away and the shop was sold. However, I still had another grandmother living in the village, just a few doors up, plus aunts, uncles and cousins so our visits didn’t stop, thankfully.

I can still hear the sound of the waves as I lay in the bed I shared with my sister, as they lapped gently on the shore or crashed thunderously, which is what they were doing the day I took the above photo. This next door is one of my favourites in the village.

I had to take most of my photographs from across the street as there were cars parked in front of most the buildings. I love that cheerful yellow door.

You can see how interesting and individual each building is in Blackrock but even in the past, there was a good variety of shapes and sizes in the village.

Some of the houses have remained unchanged for almost a hundred years, like this fisherman’s cottage.

I’ll save the rest of my doors for next week’s post because now I’d like to show you some of the beautiful sculptures that can be found along the promenade.

Bradáin

Sundial

Cockle Pickers

The sculpture Bradáin, the Irish word for salmon, was carved from Kilkenny limestone. It’s the work of artist Richard Perry who tells us that “The silhouette of ‘Bradáin’ refers in a very simple and direct way to the soft, rounded shapes of the Cooley Mountains, with the salmon referring to the origins of Blackrock as a fishing village.”

Blackrock Millennium Sundial is apparently the largest sundial in a public place in Ireland and was commissioned by Blackrock Tidy Towns to mark the millennium in the village. It was unveiled in 2000 and has a time capsule with photographs and documents from the millennium year in the village buried in its foundations. The bronze sculpture Aisling is by local artist Tanya Nyegaard. If you look at where the shadow lies in the photograph you’ll see it was 12.30 when I took the shot.

The Cockle Pickers by local artist Micheál McKeown also represents the maritime traditions of the village. Cockles would have been an important source of nourishment during the years of the Great Hunger (sometimes called the Irish Famine) of the mid 1800’s. The artist used interwoven stainless steel strips to create the two figures. I’m very fond of this sculpture as it was an activity my ancestors partook of going back through the generations.

I hope you enjoyed our tour of this lovely seaside village, thanks for coming along. I’ll have more photos on next week’s post and a bit of local history to go with them. If you would like to see a few more Thursday Doors, carry on over to Norm’s blog for an interesting selection.

  Thursday Doors Last week I paid a visit to my native village of Blackrock and captured some colourful Thursday Doors and buildings to share.

[glitch-h]

Sbdnfmf OK OK ill explain and ill give as many details as possible for everyones entertainment

So like i guess to preface.. My grandma grew up in a rich family in northern ireland. Like, royal adjacent type people. Like "oh the king has invited me for lunch on his yacht" type society. Like the type of people who should be guillotined. And my grandmas first husband was a doctor and her family disapproved of him because of his job. They considered him "the help" and it was like marrying your butler type tabboo levels.

So my grandma did the only sensible thing and eloped

I mention this bc guess what was a common factor during their marriage? Yeah, the guy would come home from the hospital and say "oh, i got fired, we have to move across the country" or "we have to move to trinidad" or "we have to move to canada" and my young naive grandmother who had started off her marriage with him picking up and running away from her family was just like "oh okay this isnt suspicious at all"

So why did mr doctor keep getting fired from the hospitals he worked at?

Oh, nothing big, he just kept killing his patients. But rather than assuming it was intentional, the hospitals thought he was just a shitty doctor, so instead of calling the cops, they fired him. They moved. The process began again.

And he never got caught

The only reason we know for a certainty what he did is because on his eightieth birthday he invited his family (this being grandma and my aunts aka my moms half sisters) and then proceeded to tell everyone. And how do we know he was telling the truth? He had a video presentation filled with pictures and details and incriminating evidence. Why wasnt he arrested? Well, it had been decades, he lived far away from all of those places, and all of the deaths had been deemed accidents.

Oh, I'm sorry, i seem to be missing some details: how and why he did it.

The guy was a giant jackass. And his motivation was always he disapproved of his patient's lifestyle so he would overdose them on morphine. It was easy and it was always written off as an accident. Y'all this guy was the worst and I'm glad he's dead bc he killed a woman for having too many children. He didn't like the amount of kids she had and so he killed her, thus leaving them motherless

So... Yeah that's the story of the serial killer in my family who I'm relieved im not actually related to

My mom: dont tell anyone about the serial killer in our family ok

Me: k

Me: *uses it in every game of two truths and a lie, uses it as a conversation starter, tells everyone i know, posts about it on my public blog*

[toomanyskeletons]

HEY TELL ME ABOUT ONE OF YOUR CHARACTERS IN DEPTH PLEASE

O H NO YOU ASKED ME THIS JUST AS I AM SUPPOSED TO BE STARTING WRITINGthats okay i'll just do a sort of half in depth and then i will DO ANOTHER ONE and i will TAG YOU TOMORROWum so PROBABLY the character i talk about least is Mystic McCian/Cyan/Magenta - so first i'll explain the names, he was brought up by his maternal aunt and uncle bc his dad left when he was about 3 and his mother was Very Depressed and couldnt look after him or his sister, so their name (and his mother's name, she wasn't married to his dad) was McCian, which is derived from Cyan, which was a name used very long time ago very far north on the fictional globe i had, but IF IM BEING HONEST HERE its basically just fake-ireland. So, Cyan became McCyan (son of Cyan) which then kinda just passed on until it became McCian (talking about 3000 years here). BUT THE THING IS his DAD is actually a 3000 year old archangel who has had many children, which include a guy named Escher (who is named after my cat) who is basically the very beginnings of the McCian family line.Im not entirely sure that made sense.ANYWAY the Magenta part of his name comes from the part of the story i'm up to now where he gets married and takes his now-husband's name (actually where i am up to theyve been married for twelve years but whatever)so that's just his NAME but he has this whole character arc (which i keep doing really badly) where he has to overcome his internalised homophobia and stuff because he was brought up around a pretty homophobic environment, and he knew he was bi from like the age of 13, so particularly when he was a teenager he took it pretty hard. He doesn't come out to his aunt and uncle until he is 20 and moved out of the house.Also did i mention he has a sister? Yeah she's bi too. That was totally off track but whateverSo like internalised homophobia right? When he started dating taylor (his husband) he would always refer to Taylor as his best friend, or, with strangers, his brother. Sometimes around his parents like RIGHT at the beginning when taylor didn't pass (that was....actually up until he was about 20 at least but whatever) he called taylor his 'girlfriend' WITH PERMISSION of course he's always tried to be very sensitive of taylor's dysphoria and is accepting that taylor has some very definite limitations when it comes to everything. in return, taylor understands why mystic is reluctant and often scared to be affectionate in public and they try to work through their respective issues together. Theyre both more confident in themselves by the end of their character arcs though.Mystic also has really good control over his emotions, he had to learn how to control his feelings because he has these water-temperature control powers which can very easily get out of hand if his emotions do. So like, if he gets really angry without being aware of it, all of the water in his general vicinity will pretty much just boil the fuck up. Also if he is sad it gets cold.Uhh what else that is not entirely in depthOh yeah his magic is heavily based on water creation and manipulation and he is a nephilim which in this particular story is half angel half humanFun fact: he is actually part of the same universe as Levi, except Levi's story takes place about 50 years after Mystic's finishes...though he might get a cameo at some stage i have to work it outAnyway if i write another in depth/a more in depth thing i will tag you in it because YOU BROUGHT THIS UPON YOURSELF also you are welcome to request a particular character, or something i didnt explain here

[anonymous-scapegoat]

14, 21, 28, 29, 41, 49, 51, 55, 58, 60, 66, 81, 86, 91

this got rly long ^^”

14. if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like?

i like this question a lot it makes me happy ^^ it’d be warm and a little messy, as many windows as we could get, lots of plants just all over the place i think, and books everywhere ^^” not pretty necessarily, but it’d feel like home - instruments and art supplies somewhere or everywhere or something in between, lotsa blankets, i feel like there wld be a lot of granola bars lol. i’m not sure what city it’d be in ! wherever we ended up ^_^ 

21. talk about your favorite bag, the one that’s been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces

ngl i have a super rough track record with bags - they break or they get to be too small or what have u… but my first xc bag i’ve had for 4 yrs now and i love the thing - its falling apart and stained and fraying but it’s been through a lot so i understand ^^ its really big and perfect

28. sunrise or sunset?

sunset!! there’s more going on there i think ^_^

29. what’s something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing?

ahhh this is fun i’m gonna talk for y e a r s anyway ur getting more than one friend - simona gets really excited abt things and i love the way she types, like when she texts its just very “!!!!” and i lov it, alex calls everyone “kiddo” which i think is such a neat lil thing, gabs calls people “nuggets” a lot which is !! and also the way they get so excited for other ppl is way *heart eyes*, isabelle used 2 carry around a blow-up alien in her car and ik she doesn’t anymore but she still owns it and i just always found that, i mean funny obvs, but also just?? a cute lil isabelle thing, kristen gets so !!!! abt hockey its so fun to watch i lov her, faith has this little dance move thing that she does w her fingers that idk how 2 describe but its so !!!!, and tori always says “ily” like phonetically which is a Her Thing that i’ve picked up on and i love, morgan has this tone of voice she uses when we’re doing Stuff We Shouldn’t Be and im p sure it’ll b the way my conscience sounds inside my head for the rest of forever, and the way kelly talks is my fav thing in the World like her intonation and her word choice and??? idk how 2 explain Why but i love it i love her, n lydia has So Many Quirks and her genuine excitement abt like,,,,, Everything, is just !!!, and gabby takes pictures of all of us and of everything like All the time and i Love, and ANYWAY this got SUPER LONG it is NOT MY FAULT that i’m a LITTLE BIT IN LOVE WITH ALL OF MY FRIENDS SORRY

41. what’s the last book you remember really, really loving?

right now i’m reading dragonwatch? and i’m just cryin there’s so much Nostalgia™ and i’m so excited i love

49. do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought?

i don’t buy CDs so much for a couple reasons, 1 being that i don’t rly have a reason to and 2 being that i do buy a lot of records!! and my player has a converter so i can make CDs out of whatever records i buy ^^ the last record i got was !! sometimes i sit and think and sometimes i just sit by courtney barnett ^_^ 

51. think of a person. what song do you associate with them?

gabby, “i wear glasses” by mating ritual and “without you” by oh wonder ^_^

55. what’s the most dramatic thing you’ve ever done to prove a point?

i wish i were a more dramatic person tbh, the only thing i can think of rn is that i wore hats like Nonstop after getting my hair cut short bc my mom told me i wouldn’t look good in hats if i cut it ^^” 

58. who’s the wine mom and who’s the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why? 

i don’t know why i would assign wine mom to morgan but i feel like i should, it’s just a //vibe// idk idk - and as far as vodka aunt, who knows man

60. do you like poetry? what are some of your faves?

love !!! most things by clementine von radics and rhiannon mcgavin, specifically “art class” by rhiannon mcgavin (it makes me cry i’m so), i like imagism a lot bc i like 2 be able 2 taste my poetry, almost anything by gabs and simona… words are so good!!!

66. what would your ideal flower crown look like?

this is so cute um… i love orchids a lot but idk if they?? ok i googled it there are flower crowns with orchids in them and they’re beautiful1!!!! those 100% ^_^ but w/e it is, smth mellow and minimal, i’m not abt anything super Busy

81. describe one of your friend’s eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of

a deep breath in the middle of your favorite hiking trail, the dead of summer. humid, earthy, each breath cuts through the air like pine needles do, yknow? staring into the flat clear surface of the lake your family has fished in for years, sunnies darting out from under the rocks, grass prickling between your fingertips as you lean forward for a better look, knowing that if you dipped a finger in the water it would be warm, too. springy like the grass you find at the farms a couple miles out, springy like the way a fishing pole feels when you’ve got a bite, springy like bare feet in fresh mud the first time it’s been warm enough to take your shoes off all season. anywho ! 

86. do you like concept albums? which ones?

ngl i think the only concept album i’ve ever listened to has been crybaby by melanie martinez, which i liked and i own ^^ other than that?? idk? i mean gabs n i r writing a concept album so i feel obligated to like them lolol

91. where do you plan on traveling this year?

ireland and london on a school trip ^_^ and yknow anywhere else i get the opportunity 2 go ! 

tysm for asking!!!

[fireloverbc]

I'm going to scream into the void at 3am.

I had a friend from high school, we met in a class we both hated, and bonded over anime and fanfiction. We were best friends for five years. Spent as much time as we could together and texted everyday. Thousands of texts between us. We would call each other even, though we both typically hated being on the phone. I remember one morning while she was on a school trip to Ireland she got locked in a building on accident. She called me first and i stayed in the phone with her for the couple of hours that she spent there. It had been about 4am for me, the call ended at around 7am. I didn't regret it. She was my best friend and we shared everything. I never talked about anything important, but I would with her, because she would do the same with me.

A few years ago now her parents tried to help me get an apartment on my own. They also tried to control absolutely everything and I had a panic attack both telling them thanks but no I wasn't ready to move out, and telling my aunt the struggle I was having. Like I said, not a huge sharer... I think thats when something changed. My friend had stopped texting me, and we wouldn't talk much after I initiated. I tried to talk to her, see if it was because I didn't do the apartment thing. She said that she didn't have a problem with that. Our communication continued to decline. The apartment thing had happened in December, and our birthdays are a few days apart, end of September and beginning of October. I don't know what our last conversation was, because I had deleted the conversation history about a year after, but I know the last message I sent her was a happy birthday, in a last ditch hope that she would respond, because she hadn't responded to the last several messages I had sent. There wasn't a response and I gave up when my birthday came around and there was nothing from her.

It hurts spending so much time and effort and emotion into a friendship for it to end so abruptly. I want to know why. I really do. Was it something I said? Something her parents said? Friends from university? Something I did? I could have called her when she stopped responding. I didn't. I probably told myself that it was because I hate phome calls, and she was probably busy. Then it was that it had been too long. The truth was I think I was just absolutely terrified. Rejection hurts. And I don't think I really wanted to know why I was being kicked out of her life without any explanation. Because worse than if i did something or said something. Is if she just.

Got tired.

Got tired of me. Dealing with me?

I already had enough confidence issues then (and now honestly) that having confirmation that im not worth being friends with probably would have broken me.

There isn't anything specifically that hurts the most about the situation. But one of the big ones was that she knew I didn't make friends easily, and I still don't. Mostly because when I'm really friends with someone, i give my entire being to them. She knew that, because I'd told her, because I had a friend before her that I gave my everything to and I had to tear myself away from her because she was like a pit and if I let her I would have been dragged down.

I've never been one for regrets. Whats the point? You can't go back and change things. So I don't regret making friends with wither of those girls. They helped shape who I am as a person. I don't regret cutting myself off from the first friend I had ever made, because I had seen the person I would habe become and I didn't want that. It took me years and years until I could see a picture or recieve a message from that front person and not want to break down. I had explained that to my friend that this post is about. Mostly because I would be with her when I got a message from that other girl and start to break a little. When I got a text from the first friend and felt nothing, the first thing I did was call my friend.

I had a point to this. I did. But I'm on the verge of tears right now, because while typing this up I'm thinking of all the things I want to tell her. They aren't nice. Mostly accusatory. A lot to point out that she knew me the best and the things that would have helped with. A huge thing would be to give my condolences because her grandmother died after whatever went down and I would have been there for her. That was the closest I came to calling her. But its been almost two years now. Which makes me wonder how long it will take me until I can look at things she's given me without wanting to throw up and scream. We wpuld have entire conversations without speaking, because we wede brushing our teeth, or her p rents were in the room. How do you go from that to disregarding existence?

My own feelings honestly frustrate me, because I know nobody else feels the same as I do, at least no one that I know. The feeling of holding yourself back from friends because you know if you put too much forward then you can't hold anything back and the intensity of my abject adoration of friends hurts me. Especially when they don't return even a percentage of that intensity. Giving your heart away hurts, its exhausting, and it has years of lasting damage.

Gods though am I glad I can't really regret most anything. Because I do appreciate everything that I've gone through, its made me who I am today. Friends, enemies, simple people that come and go from life. Everyone you meet is precious to you as a person. These people have shaped so much of who I am and how I act. It makes me wonder if they have any idea. The first friend I didnt know. I hadn't had any friends before her, so when I grew attached I didn't know how to stop myself. Amd the second one. I'd thought she was going to stick around.

This has taken me 40 minutes to type out and I need to go to sleep, I need to work in the morning. Like I said. This is me screaming into the void. I've no idea how I would tag this... I don't think I will though. Not really.