#im on my 2am bs again

[applestruda]

Wa

[vocalsynthbdays]

hi um i was wondering if you could but my favorite vipper/utauloid on your list 👉👈 their name is Mochizuki Kei and they are themed around and released on Halloween

oh sure !! and thank you for the ask !!!

i was going ot post them last year, and if you look at my last years halloween post under the cut youll see me discussing them there iirc, however i didnt post them as i wasnt sure of how to refer to them , and what their creator is presenting them as and stuff ?

the utau wikia says that kei is just called a transphobic slur by their creator

and shows they rather be refered to with feminine terms

also the fact that they are specifically being described as "becoming" a cool beauty, rather than like, dressing as one, makes me think this is more permanent, like transitioning, rather than crossdressing

ive also had people say that the most accurate translation of the word used to describe their gender is just "trap", which absolutely is transphobic

i think a better translation of "otokonoko" is more like "crossdresser" though ?? calling a character who says they want to be refered to in feminie ways a crossdresser instead is transphobis either way though

which makes it seem like this is like, a transfem character being presented in a transphobic way by their creator to me ??

as such, as a trans person myself, i didnt want to uncritically post about a character who is seemingly being refered to in such a transphobic way without knowing more about them and being sure that what im writing is true

kei reads a bit like grell from black butler to me ig ASDHKJASHDK like, a character who is being called male but says theyre a woman and wants to be refered ot with feminie terms ?? i have no idea what words are used to dscribe grell in japanese though, im only bringing this up as have another example to compare kei to

i could totally be all wrong about this though ???? i know that japanese words for gender do not easily translate to english, as they come from a different culture and society, so the words used specifically within that culture and society need to be viewed within that context to fully make sense, if you get what i mean,, and ik that my views and knowledge of gender as a person living in the uk and being on the (largely american) english-speaking internet are going to be different to those of people living on the other side of the world to me, so i get that my interpretation of kei could be completely wrong

to me in my knowledge though, the fact they want to be refered to with feminine terms and want to "become" a cool beauty seems to be pretty indicitative of them just being transfem, rather than a crossdresser like their creator says

i really cannot be certain though, and i am completely open to being corrected by anyone who knows better, or can give anything on this topic !!

so since i have such doubts about kei, their gender, what to call them, and how they translate from japanese to english, i decided not to post about them ahskjdhjkasdh

tldr: i didnt post kei because to me they seem to be a transfem character being presented in a transphobic way, but i dont know japanese and cannot be sure that is the case, so i chose againt posting them

[purpleeivy]

Day 14 of my Unsurprising Sketch Releases, this time it’s Saiki’s best friend, Takeuchi Riki. Wait no, Nendo Riki, I’m always getting the two mixed up. Anyway, want some ramen pal?

I may have had to google Nendo’s dad’s name for that joke, which i just realised has the implication i’m a spirit medium like Toritsuka lmao. Time for the stuff

Negatives. Very angular face again. This is definitely something i’ll need to work on, so it’s good that my list of stuff to draw currently only contains people. I didn’t shade his shirt, because I wasn’t sure i’d be able to properly make it look different from the black lines on the uniform. I forgot to add the neck lines, whoops. Also the lines are thicker than i would have liked them to be, but that’s my fault because i don’t currently own a pencil sharpener, so i’ll try and get one tmr.

Positive. The hair, however bad a style it may be, looks good imo. The eyes and face are also pretty good, aside from the nose a little bit. As with Saiki the uniform looks good and like he is actually wearing it.

Random bs

I spent about 10 minute on the nose istg this is the best i could do in that time.

It’s 2am cus i need to wake up at 6 tmr morning as I have college starting. It won’t affect my drawing, I just might post sooner than usual.

Im terrified of bugs/insects and there’s so many of them in my house because of the current weather in the uk and i just… *shudders*

Stream Koala by Will Stetson

ok think i’m done for now, as always

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, and goodnight from me.

love you all <3

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[phyrestartr]

I just saw your answer and, omg😭😭

I really wanted to say I swear I have never heard of googling 'n investigate things. I write some shit too but I really NEVER thought of that! All my writing ideas are not very sober thoughts from my mind at 2am 😭 It's really fun to know how we all think in very different ways. I find it interesting that you take this writing thing so seriously, I feel like you could easily put out a book or something like that with such fresh ideas dude, If you ever do it I swear I will buy it

I really admire your dedication to what you do, and you are very good at doing it!

BROOO I totally recommend it if you're ever in the mood to give it a go!! Sometimes you find inspo in the randomest documentary/scientific report LMFAO. Zombie/apocalypse stuff usually influences me to start researching, so if there's smth you like writing about a lot, it might give you some extra gas if you go down a rabbit hole or skim some info u7u!

AND TYSM AAAH yeah I guess I do take it kind of seriously, don't I? Omg HAHAHHA I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE IT BUT DAMN YOU RIGHT. I just looove characters interacting and I love LOVE and I love creating a plot and then figuring out the intricacies of the puzzle as I go along. IT'S SO FUN. IDK WHAT IT IS. I FEEL LIKE I'VE COMPLETED A GAME OF SOLITAIRE EVERY TIME I WRITE A SATISFYING FIC.

OK AND HONESTLY I AM LIKE--people like yourself who are so freaking kind outta nowhere and gassing me up like a VERY COOL AND NICE AND AWESOME BRO HAS MADE ME ACTUALLY LOOK BACK AT MY ORIGINAL STORY DRAFTS AND OUTLINES And I'm actually writing the novella now??? And I'm actually enjoying it despite being horrified of writing my OCs badly?? I really want to share this shite w people who are interested but I'm SO AFRAID. I posted a sample of it the other day but immediately deleted it out of fear omfg asdjkf;weifj I'LL FIND A WAY. IDK. IM SQUIRMING AT THE THOUGHT THO. GWAH.

THANK U AGAIN AND JFC SORRY FOR THIS LONG-WINDED BS AGAIN MY WORD MY ADHD IS FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS AJSF;OWEIJF

[deerself]

hi hi my queue has died so a quick update that ill prob be back here early sept 😳

[jkjmemory]

tw i guess

[creeperthescamp]

fallout 4 was my first fallout game, it's what drew me into the series and I remember really enjoying it at the time and yet I've still never actually finished it.

Idk I just get up to the bit in the main quest where you are about to teleport to the institute and my brain goes 'ok byee' and then I stop playing... I still don't know what happens at the end of fallout 4..... even after 7 years....

i at least finished fallout 3 by accident and ended up missing a chunk of content like paradise falls and charon and still haven't gone back to play it again

honestly how tf has Bethesda been getting away with such dogshit incoherent writing for +15 years like are the majority of gamers that fucking stupid?? we talk about how Todd Howard should be launched into the sun but Emil pagliarulo should definitely go with him

[envoute-e]

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[sketchdeath]

im failing history rn and? all of my grades are good in that class but i have two missing tests from the two days i was absent bc she doesnt exempt people from shit dispite the schoolboard taking away (almost) everyones study halls and instead giving us an *18 minute* flex period which you cant leave unless you get a pass before that period in some magical time loop that you obviously have! so quite frankly im a bit miffed

[fireflythecinnamonjollyrancher]

it’s time for another year in review (2021!!!) and hoo boy howdy will it be a doozy. let’s begin

january

moved to Chicago!

started what i thought was a temporary job (lol)

there was a shooting nearby in the first week of living in our new apartment

reunited with Kelli and got to relive 2nd semester senior year!!!

went ice skating for the first time and got my pants SOAKED

got woken up by a domestic dispute at 1 in the am

found the DOLL and the saga began

had to turn down my stage management apprenticeship which really altered my career trajectory (probably for the better)

watched the lightning thief slime tutorial

watched a swedish stand up comedy special

gave kelli a haircut

got high (again) and hated it (again)

the start of insatiable 

went thrift shopping with chelly, rahsaan, and kelli

watched some movies (i think the new sharkboy and lavagirl)

then also watched sharkboy and lavagirl

february

oh yeah i was a class advisor! that SUCKED for the literal one semester I did it lol

i think this is when i started talking to my last partner (that was... short lived)

OMG THE IMPROV ZOOM MEETING I FORGOT basically celeste, timothy, maddie and i improved a #girlbosses meeting it was comedy genius

finally finished the good place

apparently i really wanted some blue moon on feb 9. I did, in fact, fulfill that hankering

“my roommates have bubble wrap”

spring in chicago is... brutal and i had to walk to work a lot which meant there’s a lot of videos of me takin a TUMBLE

educating chelly, rahsaan, and lupe on nebraskan ways (the runza)

WHY on gods green earth was i up at 2am

watched the princess bride for valentines day! a new tradition idk who im gonna watch it with this year

got my face REAL fucked up with a cold sore woohoo we love stress

had to be the person to show the possible new owner around

lots of snow

was editing a friends paper and found a run on sentence that also functioned as an incomplete sentence and frankly im impressed

moved the luther students in and was stuck at the blvd for a very long time with no food ): i was very cranky that day i remember it well

worked in our office n it was cOLD

started taking notes in meetings

the beginning of the end for nancy (god she’s insufferable)

watched star trek ig?

oh chelly was really stressing me out by leaving me high n dry when she left class to me

made a penis with an unreasonably long red pepper and two green peppers

WATCHED NEWSIES the woild is ya erster

we could hear our upstairs neighbors the girls are FIIIIIGHTING oh byron

made a nummy meal

started going on walks with kelli!

started getting pissy with tyler re: the point (man i was not built for the job i was in

“that rock has holes in it. look at it! a lil spout”

watched the goes wrong show

couldn’t find my glasses lmao

made cinnamon rolls with kelli (thank you chef)

march

went to chinatown and andersonville with rahsaan and kelli

“one screenshot and i push them in” but then they didn’t trust me to catch myself the bastard

went to the blvd bc of a mental health CRISIS god that was a long night

walks with kelli along the lakefront!

ppl honking outside

watched that theatre show with kelli i forget the name but it was a SICK show a mix of stand up comedy and music it was a 10/10

more nancy bs

watched new shows with chelly!

watched drum corps shows bc yes

went to a strangers birthday and hung out it was an altogether good time

the doll saga continues!

skipping rocks along the lakefront!!

prepped for the quarantinaversary with movies and spaghetti tacos! and john mulaney

went to the lakefront and the tide was coming in!

oh my god i forgot about the blacklist having to animate their episodes for covid

tried to make pho with kelli (i think they forgot a crucial ingredient but i dont remember -- it was edible)

watched more jacksepticeye

skipped one of the students birthdays bc i simply did Not want to go so i got drunk and watched minutemen with rahsaan

we went to the lakefront bc the waves were CRAZY n danced like fools on the overpass

“nancy i am mentally ill how the fuck do you expect me to read this”

DID go to a party at the blvd bc the student wasn’t there that time

flipped everything in kelli’s room upside down for shits n giggles ig?

made brownies with kelli! GHOSTY BOY

“no more jobs!” god i dont remember where that was from

aw first date anniversary! hey it uh didn’t last long

finally watched httyd3

“have a void week!”

mom sent an easter package that resulted in a lot of laughter

april

played the BEST april fools joke on celeste and then the shrimps as a whole

someone called me a slur on the street

watched falsettos and then also brokeback mountain

walked around boystown with kelli (we tripped at the same time!!!!)

a facetime with mar!

pilsen tour

uh oh im mentally ill

“ah to be illiterate”

took my partner on a virtual tour of my hometown and where i live

ah yes. the beginning of the best prank i have ever pulled. kelli if you’re reading this no you’re not (i bought a second, identical doll so now the doll saga has DOUBLED)

ominous flickering on lakeshore

out n about with the students

baby momo!!

recycling candles with kelli

oh right ally went on maternity leave and i was DYING

kelli worked on their final project and i just laughed at their misery

mixed tequila and fireball (the songs not the drinks)

finally watched the spongebob movie (against my better judgement)

PSYCH

kelli left and i was HEARTBROKEN but look at us now

moved clara out which was a tRIP

got my vaccine!!! had a panic attack!! that was my first push to be medicated honestly

“WHO GAVE YOU ASS TO EAT?”

kelli won an award! so did timothy!!!

oops came out to college band director lol

may

went to some museums and some cute lil shops!

had a WEIRD interaction with some people on the bus

ooh haul time! I got a candle, burrito, pasta, vegan salami, pasta sauce, swedish drink, a lil gift for the rents, tea, and cheese!

watched everybody hates chris with rahsaan

came out to coworkers!

had to rant about the stupidity of my job and the people i deal with

ordered some yummy veggie food! went truly delirious

my phone started randomly playing music without a single app open it was weird

went to the lakefront to chill it was beautiful

started therapy! oh lindsay its been a journey

flew home for brookes graduation

joined a free palestine protest spontaneously

watched my friends graduate in a hotel room in denver

got drunk with the fam bam and came out to them. damn its already been 7 months?

got dose 2 of the vaccine!

right i forgot all the volunteer work i did at the mail center my god

had to do QPR training and was a menace the whole way through

facetimed tess bc she was going through it

i made GOOD soup this year

june

STARTED KO ONE what a trip

also watched a very bad series/movie (idr) about zombie boyfriend it was ICK

went to chinatown for good food! also o-week kicked off and damn did it kick my ass personally

also o-week prompted the break up with my partner happy pride

ma came to chicago!

we had a good time

got VERY drunk

OUCH !! hiccups

oh god the great placement debacle of 2021

july

officially received my promotion

KELLI CAME TO CHICAGO and got us the dopest place to stay (thus began our journey of watching love island

i then went home to hand with the shrimps (good times were had)

got to see a show with the rents n help out around the house

we got ice cream and got drunk and my flight was delayed so celeste was a saint and let me hang out one more day

i also must have gotten my tattoo then!

had my next panic attack. i think this is the second to last one before i got medicated

played the goose game again

shrimp time with a weird glitch!

chelly and i went on a food tour of andersonville! nummy

august

i was on anti anxiety meds!!! went to a pop up shop and met some dope people and had altogether a good time

had to clean THE most disgusting apartment i’ve ever seen

did fall o-week too and that was... a trip

joined the gay band!!! best decision ive ever made lmao

nearly died of heat exhasution

got to see a fun show though!

september

had some gastrointestinal distress

fixed the printer and was VERY proud

rahsaan got covid :( so i had to spend my birthday indoors and not doing the stuff i love

BUT i tested negative and chelly and i had a great time messing around

turned 23 to no fanfare

started travel!!! wowie bowie was that fun but also EXHAUSTING

started a series wherein i have a starting contest with each school’s mascot

“hummus” became my notification sound for work

october

more of the same travel!

met a black cat on the way to a party

got drunk with the gays hell yeah

went back to hastings and reminisced!

got to hang with kelli for a little and walk around some woods

finally had a full breakdown about travel and learned what i was doing wasn’t sustainable

watched some good ole markiplier

shaved my head

went to OH for the first time and had SUCH a bad time getting a rental so I had to uber everywhere. Very Stressful

my job is very stressful

BUT ohio was easily my fave and i got to see some cool art!

got paid by two very nice wisconsin women for pulling out google maps

dressed up as shaggy for halloween and marched in halloween parades to mixed reviews

november

got TATTOOED again

“i own a normal boxes”

went home to take care of granny post surgery

kind stranger got my suitcase up the stairs

lil speed demon

took on the overnight shift and got spooked by niko

watched tik tik boom with my musical buddies

oh yeah our sewer backed up at the office AND there was a shooting in the apartment directly above ours!!!! fun

a cat just waltzed... into our apartment office???

built my own christmas tree

december

caroling with the gays!

office party!!

wrap up of the fall term!

pizza and glogg that i didn’t have to pay for!

got back into volunteering which was good for my mental health

found the holiday train!

there was a fire in the apartment below ours the day before i left for home

finally got our christmas tree up (diy)

headed home and spent the holidays here

went to manitou with caitlyn

timothy and celeste came to see me

got to meet theo!

got to see karlie and meet her family!! (well bits of them)

had a great christmas and a good new years

that’s all i can remember! it’s been a roller coaster but i’m so lucky to be where i am. if you actually read this rock on. hi future me that reads these sometimes!

[stainlesstetsu-a]

★; HELLO guys gonna put it out that for the next days, maybe a week hopefully less depending on what goes, I highly doubt there will be any replies or much activity Apologizes!! IRL been a butt pain n I've been stressing out a bit again on replies ending up that I get none that I like done (lmao I wrote walls of texts only to find out they suck) so hopefully with a small break from stressing over them I'll find my muse again Will be sending asks and lurking

[littlx-songbxrd]

I was a sanctuary for my (ex) best friend for over 10 years

Anytime they needed to get away from their abusive home, I was there to pick them up in 8 minutes

And then yesterday, out of nowhere, they texted me "I can't be friends with you anymore. Sorry" and then blocked me. I personally think it has something to do with their bf😒 he's ghosted them twice before and then blamed it on "oh sorry mood swing" and he's always hated me bc I've called him on his bs so I have no doubt he made them stop being my friend

But after thinking about it, I don't want to be their friend if they're just going to drop me like our 14 years of friendship mean absolutely nothing to them

Ik this might be toxic but I hope they have fun with their parents fighting every night and not being able to leave, I hope they realize how alone they are when their bf ghosts them again, I'm glad I don't have to deal with them making me feel bad about myself and them making me upset and then acting like I'm the bad guy, I'm glad I don't have to hear them cry over their bf and their parents at 2am when things go wrong

I think this is how James felt when the gracelet came off, and honestly it's a great feeling

Sorry for the rant I just needed to get all that off my chest lol

Hey dont apologize i offered and i stand by that my inbox is yours you can come here to rant about anything!

And thats horrible absolutely fuck them

If they dont realize your worth then they dont deserve you, period, and even if this is how it ended at least they are out of your life

And someone who can drop 14 years of strong friendship as if ut were a sack of potatos is not someone you needed in your life

Im al sorry they didnt aporeciate you

I hope you find friendships that will make you feel glad to be a safe space for them and make you hapoy to be around

That make you giving them your protection be a blessing rather than a chore, because it can be and i really hope you find such after this

Fuck them

I know you say youre fine but if it ever starts to hurt (cause ik it can) feel free to rant

And mayne those are some harsh feelings, but what youre feeling rn is also a lot of emption and i can understand where they come from.

But yeah, i hope one day being a sanctuary means smth different to you than it does now

[dog-teeth]

Hi! I love your comics but this is actually somehow art history related, but also imposter syndrome. I just took a massive test involving analysis of images, that I had no idea how to answer. I might have analyzed them and formed my own conclusions and connections instead of repeating someone else’s but I’m terrified I was just bs-ing the whole thing. Does this ever happen to you or do you have any advice?

hi king/queen im an art history major and i can confirm that a lot of the time writing about art history is complete bullshit, i had to write a bunch of various visual analyses at the end of this semester and a lot of it was vague bullshit tbh. honestly? dont worry about it! its fine to bullshit stuff i promise. as long as u cite your sources / back up the claims you make, its Fine dude ive written so many. so . many . fucking pages of art history analyses that i thought have been largely bullshit its Okay. just chill my friend, have some faith in yourself, dont let imposter syndrome get to u.

a big part of art history writing is being able to look at an image you dont know about and write something about it. if your claims are reasonable and justifiable, youre fine. if you wrote something, even if it felt like u didnt know what to say, its fine. it can feel like bs and sometimes it is but my guess is youre being overly self conscious and you actually did alright.

i often go thru this when im writing esp on tests cuz it really does feel like im writing absolute bs sometimes BUT ive learned to have faith in myself, and you should too! even if its bullshit thats fine it really is. also, im sure youve gotten grades back for your writing in the class you had this test for, so you can use that as a reference for your ability. its a safe assumption that your grade/ability isnt too far off from how youve done in the rest of the class. just trust yourself. what i love about art history is you Can bullshit your way through writing if you vaguely know what youre doing.

but yeah its like 2am so this is really ranty but the point is you should trust yourself, if you feel imposter syndrome look at the grades u got for past similar assignments to contextualize ur abilities, and in the art history field you really have to bullshit stuff sometimes as a student and thats just how it is.

i went thru this when i took my midterms, i thought i didnt know anything and i would do terribly and everything i wrote was complete bullshit, but turns out i did pretty well on them. and i just took my finals a week and a half ago and once again im really worried its all bullshit and i did terribly BUT im trying not to freak out and im rationalizing the probability that i did fine on them bc i can look at my past grades to tell me im good at the type of writing i had to do even tho i do Not trust past ezra and all the bullshit they probably wrote during finals.

since youve already taken the test id suggest not worrying abt it as much as possible bc theres nothing u can do now, though im anxiously awaiting my grades thatll come back at the end of the month........

i might edit and add to this tomorrow when im coherent so check again on this response later ok?

[all-hail-the-witcher]

I have literally no clue how to do this, but director’s commentary on your ‘One expensive can of easy cheese’ fic?

hell yeah!!

all comments will be in bold

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Race was sat on top of the counter in his and Albert’s apartment, race only knows how to sit on counters lets be real, he can't sit in a chair to save his life a piece of duct tape over his mouth and his hands tied together with kitchen twine KINKYY. He sighed against his restraints, resigned to watch his boyfriend make their contribution to this year’s Thanksgiving gathering: mac and cheese. okay so its mac and cheese cause if you read spies mac and cheese is Literally the Only thing albert knows how to cook, other than coffee, and he's Really Fuckin Good At It (he's the mikey of mac and cheese okay this is my hc)

Now, of course everyone and their mother knew that mac and cheese was not a Traditional Thanksgiving Food is it though, r a c e r?. But, Albert had won (best out of three) mario kart yesterday so he had gotten to decide what they would bring to Jack’s house i was gonna make it rock paper scissors, i do not know hot to play mariokart, but it sounds more heated than rock paper scissors. Had Race known that he had been planning to make mac and fucking cheese, maybe he would have tried a little harder race be quiet you literally love alberts mac and cheese its a known fact.

Apparently, Albert was not pleased with Race’s reaction to his decision to make mac and cheese, and thought that Race might try to get in the way somehow (which he may or may not have fully intended to do) he did. So he did what any loving boyfriend would: sat him on the counter, put duct tape over his mouth and tied his hands together so he wouldn’t interfere albert sounds real kinky in this, why did i make this so kinky, wait when did i even write this.

Race was beginning to wonder why he had agreed to move in with Albert in the first place. CAUSE YOU LOVE HIM THATS WHY

With a violent shake of his head and one final spat who the fuck uses the word spat huh saph??, he was able to dislodge the duct tape d i s l o d g e thats some karen bs right there.

“Albieeeeee,” he whined, laying down on the counter. “Can you pleaaaaaaaseee let me helllllllllp?” yeah albert let him help jeez he's the one who actually knows how to cook

Albert barely glanced up as he pulled the big wooden spoon out of the pot and gave it a thoughtful lick note to self, all licks should always be thoughtful. “Hmmmmmmm. No.” dumbass. if only you knew what was coming.

“But-!” He wriggled w r i g g l e d around to give Albert his best puppy dog eyes. “Can I make something else then? Ple-OW!” He glared at the spatula that had been hurled at his arm. “You apologize for that!” damn albie why so mean? o wait i wrote this wait...

“Nah.” He smirked and went back to stirring his wretched pasta okay but i did a good job making race salty i gotta give myself that. Well, actually Albert’s mac and cheese was quite good hELL YEAH IT IS. Race was just salty that he was making it for Thanksgiving when it was very well known that he was the chef of the two and Jack was expecting something good not the mac and cheese Albert famously made at 2am in college when they were all high as hell. okay real talk tho, no one eats good mac and cheese in college, its the instant microwave shit cause were all broke so thats a lie race

“Can you at least untie me then?” ;)

“No.” Albert even bother considering this time. albert this is gettin Real Kinky..

“Well.” If logic wasn't going to work on Albert he would have to try another method. “I know you know how to make a guy feel good Albie HAH YES I KNEW I PULLED SOMETHING WEIRD, but I never expected ropes to be a part of it. What’s next? Handcuffs? Whips? Chains?” i gotta tell ya life without ya has been hard. hard? has been bad. bad? has been r o u g h. k i N kY

In two seconds flat Race was out of his kitchen twine bonds and flexing his sore wrists. LIKE HECK HE WAS CAUSE ALBERTS ACE AND HE DONT WANT THAT REPUTATION!!!

“Man Albie, who knew you had a twine kink.” hehe u go race

“You know,” Albert began loudly, as if thinking that his loudness would cover up his totally obvious twine kink yeah albie has a twine kink, he licks it, no this is a joke, “if you want to do something that's actually useful, you could go to Walgreens and buy me another can of Easy Cheese.” W A L G R E E NS. this whole fit was an excuse to write another part of the walgreens au

“Is that what you put in your fuckin mac and cheese?” Race swore he actually felt bile rise in the back of his throat when Albert nodded. “That’s it. I’m never eating your mac and cheese again.” BUT YOU LIKE IT

“But-!”

“I’ll eat you though,” Race winked, taking a moment to enjoy the startled, yet somehow pleased look on his boyfriend’s face. okay maybe albert wasn't ace in this particular fic...

“Not until after we’re done at Jack’s.” yeah definitely not scratch that. i write a lot of fics. Albert said only half jokingly as he dug around in his pocket for a second before throwing a crumpled five at Race. “In the meantime though, be gone thot!” GO AWAYYYY. IM A MAN OF GOD. mikey and my sister have subjected me to too many tik toks im sorry

Race barely managed to catch the bill without falling on the floor, but still blew a kiss to Albert before walking out of the apartment.

Who the fuck puts easy cheese in mac and cheese? albert does. but its actually a plot point just to get you to walgreens and if anyone puts easy cheese in mac and cheese i will fite you. He wondered for the millionth time as he stomped the three blocks to Walgreens. Albert claimed that he had chosen his apartment for its proximity to the store he did, actually, but up until today Race had always assumed that he had been joking he was not. The man did make a lot of mac and cheese and if Easy Cheese was an ingredient well….maybe there was some truth to that story after all. you can buy easy cheese at a lot of places tho...i don't actually know if you can buy easy cheese at a walgreens

Race pulled open the door to the Walgreens, pausing briefly to wonder why the absolute fuck it was open on literal Thanksgiving before remembering that it was a fucking Walgreens and why wouldn’t it be open to sell his dumbass boyfriend a can of fucking Easy Cheese. walgreens remains a mystery indeed. my only experience was the one that my best friend and i would go to at lunch during senior year. also have you ever noticed that most walgreenses are on corners? cause their slogan is at the corner of happy and healthy??

In order to get to the Easy Cheese, or at least he assumed so because he had never bought a can of Easy Cheese in his whole glorious 25 years of life a true chef, Race had to walk past the Pharmacy section of the store. And, it just so happened that there was a guy sitting behind the counter at the Pharmacy. A very attractive guy. With a beard. In scrubs. oh my god the most questionable villain I've ever written.

Now, of course Race loved Albert and nothing would ever change that, but he could appreciate an attractive man when he saw one indeed he could. He thanked whatever deity was out there for the bit of man candy M AN C AN D Y that he had been granted and went in search of his Easy Cheese. oh just you wait racetrack 

“Mac and cheese, velveta cheese, microwaveable mac and cheese, where the fuck is the- oh thank fuck there we go.” my best friend and i spent much time looking at the mac and cheese in walgreens He pulled a can of Easy Cheese off of the shelf, tossing it once and catching it athletics before turning to go pay for the horrendous product, happy to finally be done with the whole ordeal when- B R E T T 

“Easy cheese? Really?”

Race whirled whirled? saph please get a better vocabulary around to see Mr. Man Candy hA himself leaning against the opposite shelf. “Wh- who?”

“Oh,” he dusted his hand off on his scrubbs oh my god Wait i wrote this cause one time when i was in a walgreens i Did see a hot dude working the pharmacy and decided to write a fic about it!! i remember texting mikey about this hjfhgjhg, “allow me to introduce myself. My name is Brett O’Hare. and mikey came up with that name And you, sir, are a disgrace to society. The very reason why so many Americans are in poor health in this day and age.” brett is an obnoxious millennial in case you can't tell

“I’m sorry, what?”

“The Easy Cheese!” Brett gestured wildly toward the can in Race’s hand. “Gosh do you even know how many preservatives are in that stuff? And all the cancers that it can cause? It’s terrible. We wouldn’t need free healthcare if people just stopped eating Easy Cheese!” apparently he's a millennial who's also a republican...?

Race had lived in New York City his whole life, and he had seen some pretty strange things subway pizza rat, but never had he seen a pharmacist in a Walgreens lecture anyone about the health benefits of Easy Cheese. easy cheese has no health benefits. and if you'd stopped annoying your boyfriend maybe you wouldn't be there

“So let me get this straight,” Race rubbed his head, trying to make sense of the situation. “You go around yelling at people about the ingredients in the things that they are purchasing?” yeah its nyc people love to have Opinions. and so do millennials

“Yeah.”

“You do realize that this is a Walgreens, right? Everything in here probably contains some kind of chemical.” man brett has his work cut out for him. New Yorkers never ceased to amaze him.

“All the more reason for me to inform them of their poor eating habits!” Brett pointed a finger at him. “And stop distracting me! You’re the one buying the freaking easy cheese here!” this is so weird why did i come up with this idea. what possessed me. 

“It’s not even for me!” Race shouted back. “It’s for my boyfriend’s fucking mac and cheese that he insisted on making for Thanksgiving even though everyone knows that mac and cheese is not a fucking Thanksgiving food and he’s only making it cause he knocked me off the goddamn rainbow road right before the fucking finish line!” someones salty Race was fuming but the time that he was done.

“Oh, man I’m so sorry, that's lousy.” but it won't stop brett...

Race looked surprised. Of all the things that he thought he would get out of this Walgreens experience, a therapy session was indeed not on the list. But neither had been hearing a lecture about the preservatives in Easy Cheese from a pharmacist. i have literally no explanation for this train wreck of a fic

“But that doesn’t change the fact that you’re still buying Easy Cheese!” Between one second and the next, Brett had grabbed the can of Easy Cheese out of Race’s hand, wielding it like a brick ha percy jackson heroes of olympus anyone??. “Buy some fucking vegetables!” you can't buy vegetables in a walgreens brett

And with that, he struck Race over the head with the can of Easy Cheese.

Now, Race had definitely done some questionable things during his life Thats for sure. Once he had slept on the roof of his dorm building in January for a week because he lost his dorm key god why you can't even get on the roof of dorm buildings i know, I've tried, and another time he had been tricked into making an entire wedding cake using salt by Who??. However, being smacked over the head with a can of Easy Cheese by a health nut in scrubs on Thanksgiving put any and all other situations he had been in to shame in a walgreens don't forget. how did you forget that saph.  

He opened his eyes, suddenly blinded by the lights, and reached for his phone, muttering curses about man candy and vegetables as he should be. Squinting so he didn’t have to look at the screen, he somehow managed to dial Albert. no one d i a l s anyone saph. its the 21st century. i have like maybe 8 phone numbers memorized, half of them belong to my family the other half to people i knew in middle school.

“Racetrack Higgins, where is my Easy Cheese?”

Race pulled the phone away from his ear and winced at the sound of his boyfriend’s voice. “Um, it may have been used to give me a concussion by a health nut in scrubs?” for Once al isn't the one who gets injured in a walgreens. bet you didnt see That coming

Albert let out a loud sigh. “Ah man, did you run into Brett? That guy’s the worst.” hehe bet al used to date him

“Wait, you know him?”

“Race, I know every Walgreens employee in Manhattan, of course I know Brett.” There was the jangling of keys in the background. “I thought I told you to go to the one on 4th for this reason, ah, well. I’m on my way. I’ll take you to urgent care. Hang tight.” ofc al goes to urgent care. and everyone there knows him by a first name basis

Race’s head hurt too much to process what Albert had said except for the words ‘I’m on my way.’ “Okay,” he sighed. this was definitely one of the times i asked mikey about oddly specific concussion symptoms and then proceeded to forget everything he told me and do my own stuff

“Love you.”

“Love you too.” Race’s eyes focused on the dented can of Easy Cheese rolling on the floor he should still buy it. “And Al?”

“Yeah?”

“This is going to be one expensive can of Easy Cheese.” get it? cause race has to pay urgent care for his consultation? and they're also Very Very late to thanksgiving. cause al insists on finishing his mac. jack is not impressed. he eats all races pie.

anyway thats that hope you enjoyed

[tomiyeee]

I associate Tim/Aurelia with Fallout's Where Did the Party Go? What song do you associate with them?

huh! interesting, cool song choice! i can see that :3

(gonna do the two of them separately and put it under a cut cuz it gets kinda long)

Tim:

Fav thing about them: he’s fun to play (he and lia are the only two vh’s i’ve ever gotten above 60), esp now that i’ve found out how to do the magic slug glitch, and his lines are cute/funnyLeast fav thing about them: it’s hard for me to really think of him as his own character w/o comparing him to jack. it’s kind of like instead of just saying “i like him”, it’s always “i like him, but i like jack better”. that’s mostly why i make fun of him so much lmao (“discount jack”). i know it’s kinda unfair but it’s hard for me to really think otherwise bc he’s got such a strong association with jack–i mean his job is literally to be him. despite my love for aurelothy, i’m honestly…p neutral towards him as a character. i want to genuinely like him, but it’s hard when everything he says/does is just kind of a reminder that he’s trying and failing to be a copy of my fav character. i know it’s harsh but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Fav line: “you don’t know…my name! [high-pitched squeal] we did it folks, yah, we did it!” because what the fuck timbrOTP: ??? i honestly don’t know…he and the digi-jacks maybe (an actual serious answer btw, cuz i like when fics portray them as having actual personalities)OTP: aurelothy~~nOTP: timh/elm and rhy/sothy (even tho i do still reblog/like some art of the latter, it’s more of just the art is nice. i tend to avoid reading fics of them)Random headcanon: post-ps, jack scarred him similarly to how he was scarred in the vault, but jack’s scar is blue bc of vault magic, like his bl2 model, while tim’s is just red scar tissue, like his “and jill” head.Unpopular opinion: i kind of don’t like drawing him with traits differentiating him and jack visually (like freckles or drawing jack in his bl2 outfit and tim in bltps). the whole point of the body double thing is that they’re indistinguishable, and i prefer using context to differentiate the two (like their dialogue or who they’re paired with, etc) rather than going against canon and what jack would probably allow. it’d just seem out of character for tim to be physically any different than jack.Song I associate with them: (i’ve got two aurelothy songs so i’ll just split it between the two of them lol) “I Wouldn’t Mind” - He Is WeFavorite picture of them: hff it’s 2am and i have school tomorrow, i don’t have time to look for a pic of him sorry! i spent long enough doing the rest of these, oopsies lol

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Lia:

Fav thing about them: im so gay (also since i love being op in games, her elemental build + the machine is so fun for bosses)Least fav thing about them: she doesn’t have op health regen like tim and maya :(Fav line: “Oh bloody hell, it’s Alistair.”brOTP: ??? none currently but (i don’t ship this but) i feel like she and jack would have gotten along p well if it weren’t for jack’s spiral into insanity. they did have a lot in common when they first started out and it’s kinda interesting to think about…OTP: au~re~lo~thy~~nOTP: her and nisha is the only other ship i’ve seen and i don’t really like nishaRandom headcanon:oh boy a chance to talk about my headcanon/story/plotline for them! so basically when they were working for jack, lia saw tim as a servant/personal butler (she prob did for all the vh’s). even tho their relationship was more like co-workers, lia thought of it that way and tim was like “i’ve got enough bs to deal with, this might as well happen” and just kinda went along with it. lia found him particularly entertaining (and a good servant) and they both kind of enjoyed each other’s company and maybe low-key developed crushes on each other, but neither would admit it, esp lia. fast-forward to end of pre-sequel, tim continues to work under jack and lia goes hunting on epitah and other planets. they naturally start to drift apart, but it still feels really lonely and dull without the other, esp for lia, who is not keeping busy working for handsome jack like tim is. they meet up again tho when the sanctuary vh’s are gathering them all up (gaige/axton find lia and tim either gets found by sanctuary as well or somehow winds up there on his own after helios falls, idk), cue happy reunion and happily ever after, etc. i mean it’s pretty simple of a story and more of just like how their relationship would be woven into canon than it is a story of its own, but it is basically the plot i’ve been following with my art of them. also hc abt lia specifically: she totally spoils timUnpopular opinion: i kind of wish they’d shown more of her mean side in game. a lot of her npc interactions chose to focus on her polite, high-society side, and as a result she actually appears nicer than the other vh’s in some cases, like with custm-tpSong I associate with them: “Symphony” - Clean BanditFavorite picture of them: im gay~~ (also any of sinfullyhandsome’s art of her bc…oof…)

[letluigisaythefword]

nono i completely understand the getting distracted by sims. ive only played it like twice (see the ask about my laptop actively attempting murder when i open it) but both times it has consumed my life during the time i am playing it.

anyway i have an entire english presentation to give tmr and my plan is basically to use my debate skills to bs my way thru it bc its 2am and i have 3 bullet points on my slides

oh buddy me too on both counts

sims sucks yr life away for like a week straight and then you dont play it again for two months

i may or may not have a group presentation for my gallery management class that is due tomorrow, and im maybe halfway done with the physical model that im in charge of bc im the only one with a computer that can handle the software(and thats saying something bc when i say computer that can handle it im talking abt my very broken laptop)