#in all seriousness hope yall have a great valentines day

[doobledabbadoo]

happy valentines day YAYAYAYAYA or late valentines day. ik timezones can get a lil funky

[hopefulstarfire]

Updates all around I guess!

So I can't promise the next episode of the podcast will be up this week solely bc there's a lot to cover and this is Allegedly the last Saturday I'm working. We'll see if that pans out. Because I have a feeling we're gonna get a shit ton in this coming week from Valentines Day and if that's the case I will scream bc no were not doing this anymore I'm tired I hate everything and I'm done 😤.

My moving date however did get moved up so I am gonna be looking seriously at work from home jobs as well as getting an apartment over there where my man's is. I will have an update on why that got moved up later on because ahahahaha there's some news there I can't share yet 😅.

We'll have to get everything set up after the movie internet wise and all that. But I'm hopeful that we'll be able to get some good things up and running with it once we get all of that.

I am also going to be focusing hard core on creative projects. I'm hoping to have book 1 of Crossroads out this year as a self published novel and were hopefully gonna get Astrarium up and running. I also want to focus on getting better at art and maybe I'll even stream that because hey I'm not a great artist but I wanna learn how to be and I think it'd be fun and chill to just have not serious art streams and as a place for people to share tips or just see me flounder lol. On top of that, there's the yugioh podcast and once everything settles a bit more post move I want to start a second podcast (probably pokemon?). And I wanna stream games and stuff too! I think predominantly it's gonna be switch games and cozy games and sims but I'll also be open to suggestions! I also kinda wanna save playing Breath of the Wild for streaming bc yall can laugh at me and I don't have the motivation to play it otherwise even tho I really really want to 😂.

That's my goal for this year. Focus on what matters which are the things that fuel me (creativity) and my mental health journey and on me and my man officially getting a start at life together in our new place.

[xxwritemeastoryxx]

First of all congrats on 1.5K!!! 💜 For the gif requests could could you do this one with Elijah and just overall fluffy

Wedding Bells

Author: xxwritemeastoryxx

Pairings: Elijah Mikaelson x Reader

Word count: 850

Warnings: None? Like it's all fluff. Probably horrible fluff but it's fluff nonetheless.

Author's note: Welcome to another installment of Fluff week. Has everyone recovered from Valentines day yesterday? Are we feeling fluffed out? Or are yall ready for more? I want to apologize in advance that this one might not be as great as others are. I wrote this while dealing with a writers block. And like I have been, I'm killing to birds with one stone with this one. @iirocioii submitted this for my 1500 follower celebration. I am also using this for the square Wedding Day on my Blogiversary Bingo. I do hope that you guys enjoy this either way!

Feedback gives me life and motivation for future things!

Elijah Mikaelson has been many things over the course of a thousand years. A brother, a protector, and a friend. He's been loyal, deemed the noble one, and is a man of his word. Threatening, dangerous and even a killer when needed to be. But there was one thing that Elijah had hardly ever been. And that was nervous.

The feeling itself had only presented itself to him a number of times throughout his existence. But each time it had, centuries had gone by, making the feeling in his gut foreign once more. Sure he had been worried several times, but Elijah Mikaelson was hardly ever nervous. This time, it had been intensified that the calm demeanor he had on the outside was slowly cracking.

Elijah stood there at the altar, with his brother by his side, as he tried not to leave his spot and rush the double doors that were across the room. He hadn't seen Y/N in person in at least half a week thanks to his younger sister. Rebekah took her role as Maid of Honor seriously and ensured he didn’t see her before the wedding.

Phone calls and messages were all that were shared right up until the last minute when Klaus had told him it was time. And now that it had been time, the minutes that ticked by no longer felt like seconds in his life, but hours. And the patience to see his beloved was running thin.

It wasn’t long after that his ears had picked up her footsteps from beyond the door. A small smile pulled at his lips at the sound and even as he heard her heart pick up in pace. Knowing Y/N the nerves were getting to her in that moment.

On the other side of the door, Y/N’s fingers had been tapping against the bouquet of flowers she held. The nervous tick loud in her ears even though the music played around her. And if it hadn’t been for the Vampire standing next to her, she probably would have already bolted past the doors.

The tapping sound, followed by his sister scolding Y/N had caused Elijah’s smile to grow. At least he hadn’t been the only one who had been feeling nervous about the next several minutes.

This simple moment in time was something neither of them had ever expected to happen. His lifetime on this earth had proved time and time again how the women he’d given his heart to had been lost to the actions of his family. He never wanted that for Y/N, but she made it known she was there and she wasn’t going anywhere.

Being a witch, Y/N had her advantages. It was harder to be used as a pawn against the Mikaelsons when she could handle herself. It was only after they argued about her safety did Y/N make clear that she wouldn’t leave his side until he convinced her he didn’t love her or he personally killed her. Elijah couldn’t do either.

And here they were a year later. And as the music changed to signal the beginning of Y/N’s arrival, Elijah had been glad that she had been as stubborn as she was. He couldn’t see himself doing this with anyone else.

Even as he heard her footsteps approaching, he hadn’t turned just yet. He knew she wasn’t in sight just yet. That once she rounded that corner and he’d turn and take her in. And as he saw Klaus’s reaction change, he knew she was there.

And with a turn his eyes finally landed on her for the first time in a week. The first thing he noticed right away was the way she smiled at him when his eyes landed on her. Her eyes light up at the awed expression he had on his face as he took her in.

The way his mouth dropped slightly to the way his eyes seemed to be taking her in the moment he turned. Her dress and accessories only highlighted her beauty. And while he believed she had looked breathtaking in the dress, he couldn’t take his eyes off of her face.

Even as she came to a stop in front of him, he never once had taken his eyes off of her. He didn’t even notice the way her magic played in the air, allowing small bursts of light to dance around the two of them. His hand lifted for her to take and he watched as she grinned. This was it.

“Are you sure this is what you want?” Elijah asked with a small tug of his lips.

“After we leave here, you’re stuck with me, always and forever.” Her words caused him to chuckle as he led her up the few steps of the makeshift altar. And as they turned towards each other and Vincent began speaking, there was one thing that was certain.

If Y/N had never come stumbling into his life, he never would have known true happiness as he had, standing there with her.

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[imagines-mha]

Hiya! I was wondering  if I could get a male Haikyuu Valentine's special matchup?

I'm 5'10, a lil curvy with long light brown hair, heterochromic blue and green eyes and I am very very pale 😂

I'm a very loud and outgoing person but sometimes I need time to recharge my social battery. My love language is physical touch and I love being around where there can be comfortable silence, or doing separate things together. I've been told that I have RBF but as people get to know me they know that I'm just a softie with hella anxiety ahaha.

I love staying up late, music and travelling, thunder and lightning storms and bubble tea.

I'm a very giggly person and love to just go with the flow and vibe, I can read people fairly well and am considered the therapist in my friend group.

I live for playful banter between friends and laughing untill our stomachs hurt. I play basketball atm but I'm not very good aha, I play for fun and because I love my teammates

I can be very stubborn, procrastinate alot (it's so bad 😂) and have a short fuse when I'm tired (pls help I am very sleep deprived 😂). I also tend to overwork myself and put others first. I can also get very competitive, especially with my sibling.

I love the idea of just packing up and going somewhere, buying a one way ticket and worrying about it all later, as well as late night drives or adventures to the local store, taking polaroids untill the sunrise. Just spontaneous adventures with memories that'll last forever ahaha

I hope this was enough, have a great day x

hihi thank u sm for waiting also you sound super fun 😭😭 basketball is so cool bro once when i was like 12 i scored like 3 points in a row in PE in school and i havent felt acheivement like it since smh 😔😔 ly 💖💖

i ship you with: Hanamaki Takahiro!

tell me yall wouldnt look cute together. tell me he wouldnt brag about his super hot basketball girlfriend to the team. tell me yahaba wouldnt have the biggest crush on you and hate makki for actually scoring you. you cant.

valentines special

♡ chAOS

♡ seriously yall should be feared

♡ since you have that couple dynamic where everythings an adventure and you live for the shits n giggles- valentines day is FILLED with fun shit

♡ wakes you both up and blasts your favourite music while you open presents

♡ hes a romantic dork beneath his layer of self depreciating jokes

♡ like hell buy you both a holiday no cap his presents are the best

♡ definitely gets you both dressed in your most fancy outfits to go to the beach or smth to take pics

♡ POLAROIDS ARE HIS SHIT!!!

♡ hell watch you run around and snap thousands of little pocketed memories all day long

♡ convenience store SPLURGINGG

♡ its valentines day and you buy the entire mf store- then go back home, talk to your hearts content and eat

♡ takes you back outside to see the sunrise at like 6am and you take cute selfies n everything

♡ 100/10 unforgettable night

[hella-free-space]

Repurposing “Betta Tanks”

I’m a big fan of ‘upcycling’ stuff and I hate just throwing things away (especially pricier things).

There’s SO MUCH (literally a ridiculous amount) of misinformation about bettas that gets circulated by pet stores, facebook users, pinterest users, youtube users, and even betta-centered websites! There’s also plenty of people who have gone out and purchased bettas and “betta tanks” only to find out later that they’re completely unsuitable homes for their new finned friends! D: (If you’d like to know more about bettas and proper husbandry, check out this post) It would seriously suck if I went out and bought one of those Aqueon Betta Falls tanks (they are completely inappropriate for any fish or live animals and they can seriously injure bettas and other fish), which costs around $40 btw, only to learn that I’ve got to start totally from scratch and shell out another $40-100 PER safe and proper setup (the betta falls holds up to 3 fish, so that’s up to 3 new setups). and then after buying a whole new tank and equipment, I’m left with an expensive death trap. I wouldnt feel right selling it anyone else (who might use it to house bettas) but I also don’t want to just throw it away. Do I just put it back in the box and put it up on some high shelf in the garage? NO. NO I DO NOT. I’m going to find a good use for it, and I’m hoping that some of the ideas listed below give y’all some ideas too! more under the cut

Wall Mounted Fish Bowls

[Source]  These are usually anywhere from 1/2 - 1 Gallon, and are available from a number of brands and sellers on amazon and ebay. The idea is pretty cool and novel, but obviously not a healthy home for a betta (or other fish / invert). Consider using it as a hanging terrarium or planter! You can do fresh cut flowers, marimos, pothos, bamboo, java fern, anubias, or even an entire miniature aquascape! Funny enough, you can actually buy hanging glass terrariums / planters as well, so here’s some visuals!

USB / Desktop Aquariums

NO. DON’T DO IT. PUT THOSE FISH DOWN RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE NOT GOING IN THIS TANK. I’ve seen people keep bettas, guppies, tetras, etc. in these things and I just want to make it very clear that these are NOT suitable for anything...

EXCEPT MARIMOS!! :DD Marimos love a little bit of current and can be kept in bowls, jars, or tiny tanks! I think that having a little bit of current and some mini marimos and even some miniature decor would make an awesome edition to any desk, especially since it comes with a light and pump! :) Feel free to get creative tho! you can grow bamboo, pothos, and other plants out of it as well, or do a miniature aquascape, or even do some simple aquatic plants like anacharis, or an anubias nana petite one a tiny piece of driftwood~ have fun with it! :)

Betta Falls

OF DEATH. these tanks can seriously injure your fish, are too small to hold a stable cycle, will stress the fish out (because they can see each other) and are honestly no bigger than the cups you bought them in :/ 

What’s really cool about this tank is the design, though. Its got this cascading waterfall type design which would probably be awesome for marimos since they get their round shape from being rolled around by the current! A bit of flow is the way to go~ Also, being able to do 3 totally different (or completely complementary) sections is what makes this an especially fun and challenging upcycle! 

- You can do some cool rocks or miniature aquarium decor and use it as a waterfall, similar to how these little countertop fountains are used - You can grow bamboo or other semi-aquatic plants out of these compartments - You can grow fully aquatic plants in these compartments - You can even add some fake bettas if you want to add a lil fishy centerpiece - You can do any combination of different things and you’ve got 3 compartments to decorate however you see fit! :D

Betta Cubes

no.

NO!!

YAAAAAAAAAAS!! see where I’m goin with this y’all?

Other “Betta Tanks”

Besides plants, betta tanks also make fantastic enclosures for invertebrates!! :D I’m talkin about your snails, your millipedes, your slings (baby tarantulas), and even your mantids!!

@hipsterzombiesquad took this 1/2 gallon “betta tank” and turned it into a small terrarium for their snails!! :D It’s literally the cutest thing <3 (there’s two teeny tiny snails on top of the rock ornament in case you’re looking for them!)

Amanda L. left this review about the Sweetness Betta Tank: “This is not appropriate for any fish, but I bought this to house a tarantula spiderling. My spider is quite happy and not only is the enclosure cute and a good size for this dwarf species juvenile but the interesting shape let me set up a really deep starter burrow that he's currently excavating and webbing up.”

This is one of these marina betta tanks.  Youtube user ShreckKram used it for a praying mantis! I’m not sure how tall the mantis is compared to the enclosure, but generally you want the terrarium to be 3x as tall and 2x as wide as your mantid is at the very least :)

Emzotic also used the marina betta tank for some snails! :D (skip to 6:20 to see baby snails!)

Bugsincyberspace sells a ton of different invertebrate kits as well! These are biobubble deco cubes that are often marketed towards bettas but as yall can see, they’d make a great bumblee millipede terrarium! :D

The Fish Bowl

[Source] Last but not least, we have to talk about what in the heck to do with these classic fish bowls, drum or not. These bowls are basically blank canvases and there are tons of decor ideas floating around on pinterest, but for now I wanted to give yall a few decor ideas and a then show yall some more interesting uses!

These sand bowls are a really cute alternative to live plants and with all the miniatures you can buy on amazon or ebay or at hobby lobby or michaels (or even walmart), there are so many unique themes / scenes you could choose to create. You can also do a little zen garden of sorts with rocks and different colored sand and a miniature rake even!

A fairy garden!

I don’t personally drink, but I know there are Of Age fishblrs on here, so this is for you! Tipsy Bartender also did a video for this drink!

Of course I had to include a planted terrarium too! Now, when I created a fish bowl succulent terrarium a lot of people said that it wasn’t the best kind of container for succulent since it traps humidity and there’s no drainage (feel free to drill some holes if ya know how to do that tho!). If you’re worried about keeping succulents in a bowl like this, there are tons of mosses and ferns and such that you could use to create a terrarium :) SerpaDesign has a TON of instructional videos for making terrariums!

Another decor idea! 

Now, this is similar to something I actually made for my then-boyfriend (now husband) for valentines day a few years ago. I made a little luvdisc aquarium in a dollar store fish bowl (they’re like 16 oz. super small). I used like, glass pebbles and plastic plants and filled it with this fake water stuff and it came out pretty cute! I’m so sorry that I don’t have a picture of it for yall but the concept is fun and you can do the same thing with pretty much any plastic creature you have!

The last idea I have for y’all today involves food. I’m not the best cook, but I do freakin love me some chocolate, so with halloween coming up, you can use that old fish bowl (preferably cleaned. very well.) for a party-size bowl of dirt-and-worms or the summery sandy alternative (for the vanilla or banana pudding lovers out there). This version features some cute little amphibians! And of course I had to include a dinosaur version because of course I do.

There’s tons of other holiday decor and food and drink ideas as well. since this post is sooooo incredibly long, I’ll just list these last few ideas as links instead of including pictures and everything else.

Glass halloween lighted bowls

DIY Gumball machine

DIY Candy Dispenser

Shark Jello Bowls

The cutest halloween graveyard terrarium

Fishbowl centerpieces

Frog jello cups

Caught ya bein good reward bowl

Fish-themed slime

Goldfish snack bowl

Tissue Paper Lanterns

Dinosaur Terrariums

Origami Fish bowl

Resin Fish Bowls (most of these are miniatures but i dont see why a larger version would be any less cool)

Fish bowl punch (feel free to switch it up and add gummy octopuses too)

Paint it black and make a dry ice cauldron

Paint it black and make it a cauldron candy or punch bowl