#is it actually a plant thats just called a mushroom??

[piosplayhouse]

Honestly the more I think about it the more I really think the sun and moon dew mushroom rlly should've been an amorphophallus instead

- extremely rare and take an immense amount of expertise and tedious care and special conditions to bloom (to the point where one blooming is an incredibly proud event for gardens and often publicized to draw visitors nationwide)

- on average take 5-7 years, sometimes even 10 for some varieties, to reach maturity

- human sized

- called the "corpse flower" (because it smells like rotting flesh)

- weird penis shape

- variety called amorphophallus yaoi

[today-i-am-thinking-about]

mycosis

[ganondoodle]

totk cataclysm event wasnt just a great (but utterly missed) opportunity to change the map in techincally little ways that has drastic consequences both in stakes and in gameplay (like i mentioned before, flooding the gerudo desert would have meant devastating consequences for its ecosystem- like imagine little islands of sand still poking out, acting as a sort of last doomed refuge for sandseals- but also cahnged the entire gameplay of it, good chance to introduce some neat new ways to surf on water like a new ridable creature or an ice shield freezing a path while you surf on it, the gerudo being forced to save the city from drowing in various means or now living on the roofs, trying to adapt by building boats ect - also call back to older games?? since totk loves that so much ..-, vah naboris serving as the savest refuge being high above the water, even if non functional; similarly takign away ALL water from the zora region, gaving it all dry out would imemdiately turn into something way different and could mean death for the zora- forcing them to move to the lower parts of akkala for example- maybe vah ruta is still halfway functioning bc the faith the zora have to mipha, dorephan and sidon is, while not enough to keep it fully functional, but enough to generate some water so the most stubborn or brave zora set up around it like a last oasis; i know its somewhat done with death mountain but the gorons dont really suffer from it bc their only problem is a drugged rock that makes them mean and lazy ..- what about collapsing or exploding it, leaving a large crater that over the course of the game could start to grow with plant life since vulcanic earth is so fertile- some never seen before ones that was dormant in the lava and now that its cooled off is springing to life, which might seem good at first but for the area and its wildlife means loss of their habitat; the rito freezing over, but actually having to move, maybe into the tabantha canyon, building their new makeshift homes in between the walls of it- generally just switiching things around a bit would have done so much wihtout having to edit every last detail ((seriously tho, how did this game take so long given that botw took similar but they did that ENTIRE main map as detailed as it is AND made it all coherent with itself and its themes- im ranting again ..)

-but it ALSO would have been the perfect opportunity to introduce new weather types created by the sudden change in environment, somethign like a super strong wind that slows you when walking agaisnt and lets you jump much farther when with it- a darkness thing that clouds the world in utter darkness with only little light getting through anything that is caused by mushrooms from the udnerground invading the surface and their spores snuffs out all light (which could explain the weird darkness in the ruins from botw too!!), or just simply mist! making everything misty changes the entire feel of any environment drastically- you could make vertain enemies spawn only in certain weather conditions, lessening the repetive overuse of them; and that is only on the surface- what if the sky had sunbeams so strong it sets anything on fire if you dare to leave the shadows- to comabt it get a armor with a giant hat!! the underground could have been filled with different environments in the first place, but then of course thered be those dark spores of mushrooms, an entire forest you have to carefully travers other wise making them release their spores and make it all more difficult, glowy mushrooms, MORE glowy mushroms, theres so many weird ass shrooms IRL you could take inspo from!! maybe soemthing like a forest of kelp, long flowy plants obstructing view and making you anxious by any movement- there could be one thats a mimic or infected with miasma, slightly off color and its knobs are malice eyes that open only if it thinks you cant see it

(also for the idea of taking botws stuff and recontextualizing it, the guardians or shrines, now non fucntional, could be infected my miasma sometimes, maybe randomly to keep you guessing- an overgrown shrine suddenly lifting itself up with hands clawing at you when you get too close or do sth wrong to distrub it- similar with guardians tho the effect might be less since you know them as a threat already- or sth i mentioned in another post, a tower being used as a weapon by a gigatic miasma monster- the one in the gerudo region with the bottomless pit for example, perfect for an arena for you to run around in the spiral while its swinging at you etc etc)

JUST taking what botw had and mixing it up, expanding on it, even if technically little change, it could do so much but in the actual game death mountain and rito is the only ones that saw anything of a change like it, and it largely .. didnt change anything or was reversible easily, and had no actual consquences that meant anything, neither stakes nor environmental or narratively (the gerudo felt like it at first but its also largely reversible, its just kinda .. adding a bit of city)

i hhhhhhhhhhhhhh have so many thoughts still, i am just better at holding them back .... also dont wanna annoy lmao

[shuriken696]

//I'm legit should be writing my fic rn but this is getting to my head.//

Has anyone ever thought of an AU where when SQQ is dead, his soul via self imploding, goes to Ghost City?

But the way that it's been transported is a complication. A Sun and Moon Dew flower is a 'rare plant' after all. You can't just come back to life that easily.

Hua Cheng just looks at Shen Yuan who is confused af as to why he was in front of a throne. He knew that Shang Qinghua messed up on the SMD Mushroom but he didn't think it was that bad!

"Fuck, am I actually dead? Is this Hell?" Shen Qingqiu asks Hua Cheng. He tries calling on to the System but it was to no avail.

"Daozhang is a curious case. His stay in Ghost City is only temporary only when his 'plant' is fully ready is he able to go." Hua Cheng tilts his head. He did not expect something so unexpected to happen today. This soul didn't even turn into a ghost flame upon meeting him! He just came fully corpreal like it wasn't even a problem at all.

Well, at least Shen Qingqiu isn't fully dead if that counts as anything. He would be able to come back. His plan would work.

But, PIDW had never mentioned anything about a Ghost City, or any description of the man in front of him!

PIDW was more extended than just the novel? Or was it a deleted outline that Shang Qinghua robbed the readers of?

"How long would that be?" Shen Qingqiu had to get back as soon as he could. What if Binghe got mad at someone else now that the scum villain is gone? "Can I leave this place? I need to be somewhere and it has to be as quick as possibe" He figured that maybe he could float around and haunt people like they showed in the movies?

"I can't allow you to do that, Daozhang. It's against the rules." Hua Cheng raised his eyebrows. This man refused to rest in peace even though he had sacrificed his life for his disciple.

Or was he just like Hua Cheng, refusing to rest in peace until he reunited with the one he loved?

"That man who you sacrificed your life for, what is he to you?" The Ghost king asked. Shen Qingqiu pulls out a fan from his sleeve.

"He is my student. The sword's influence on him was too much so as the one who was responsible for all of this, I had to repay him for the faults I did." Shen Qingqiu answered easily.

Hua Cheng wanted to snort. With the way he's answering, this was more than just a Master-disciple relationship. But if the man didn't know, then he wouldn't tell him. It was more interesting this way anyways.

But for the sheer fact that this cultivator wanted to go back to the man he sacrificed himself for (or what he could assume by reading in between the lines) Hua Cheng couldn't help but see himself in him and respecting him, just a bit.

"I can get you a good place to live while you're residing here but daozhang hasn't told me his name?"

Shen Yuan bows.

"This humble one is Shen Qingqiu, Peak Lord of Qing Jing Peak of the Cang Qiong Mountain Sect."

There was more to 'Shen Qingqiu' that met the eyes, but everyone had their own secrets. As long as he didn't mind Hua Cheng's business then he wouldn't pry into Shen Qingqiu's as well.

"And I am Hua Cheng, the ruler of this city."

Oh shit, I was talking to the leader this whole time?! Shen Qingqiu wanted to smack himself in the head for messing up that badly. Of course the man who was sitting on the fancy throne would be of high status!

Shen Qingqiu bowed again, apologizing for his lack of manners earlier and Hua Cheng waves him off.

"It's alright. Daozhang didn't know."

After that, Hua Chang and Shen Qingqiu became somewhat friends and HC tells SQQ about him trying to find Xie Lian.

(In between that, Wei Wuxian also pays Ghost City a visit, but thats a story for another time)

Years after Binghe and SQQ are married, they find Hualian on a crossing path and Hua Cheng just looks at Binghe and then to Shen Qingqiu.

"Does he treat you well?" Shen Qingqiu hid a smile behind his fan. He didn't think the Ghost King cared that much.

"He's alright. When I saw you, I never thought he and I would get together."

Meanwhile Binghe is so confused. How does his Shizun know this man thats reeking of resentful energy? Why is this man holding hands with someone who had pure energy? Is that even possible?

His Shizun had some explaining to do later!

[thebrawlerina]

wait have you done Cordelius headcanons (I KNOW THIS IS MY SECOND ASK I’MMSORRY)

Its okay! I asked for asks. Youre fine.

I think I've done a few HC's with him before, but that was in relation to Lily. I'm not gonna check to see what I have mentioned before so if something comes up twice there, then oh well.

Cordelius HCs

Cordelius was one a humble staff member of the park. He was hired to help the Botany trio of Rosa, Bea, and Sprout to help maintian all the plant life in the park.

Then one day his just disappeared. Most didn't realize he was gone because he was 'just a gardener' and those that did just assumed he quit without notice. How rude.

It was only months later that he was discovered, completely changed and having been trapped in some weird forest/alternate dimension thats encroching on the park. What.

Cordelius was somehow able to explain this all off and the management just. Didnt wanna think too much about it and deal with it so they just let it be. They later decided to make a safer part of that area into an actual attraction because money.

Cordelius' personality changed during his disappearance. While he can get really excitable about things, he was a lot more mild mannered before then. It was like his time there exaggerated his personality.

His name also got oddly changed. His name was Cornelius, and it says so on all the paperwork. But since he got back from the forest hes been insisting that everyone call him Cordelius, and has even updated his paperwork to reflect that.

He doesnt mind being called Cordy though. Which is a relief to the people who were just intimidated by his name.

The only ones who remember Cordelius begore he disappeared (among the brawlers) are the Botany Trio and Gale. Of them only Rosa knows what he looks like now under all his layers, since he wanted to see if there were any other sideeffects to his disappearance.

Cordy rarely removes his mushroom getup since it says it 'makes him one with the shroomies'

Cordy's face is among 'the great mysteries of the brawlers' which include stuff like whats under Otis' masks and the like. Hes gotten quite good at fending off other brawlers from getting to his mask.

Gale was actually good friends with Cordelius even before the incident and was really worried for him when he vanished.

Cordelius isnt one for puns, but he knows enough mushroom puns to fight someone in a pun battle if he gets dragged into one.

Even though mushrooms are his new favorite, he still knows how to deal and care for other plants. He even knows how to do flower arrangements!

Cordelius doesnt actually have a room in the park proper. He claims he has a home in the shadow realm, but others think that he just sleeps in the trash cans.

He is ALWAYS willing to show people around the shadow realm outside of battle. He gets really excited about it, it makes his whole week when someone visits.

[smileymoth]

We were making an ai classifier toda which was pretty interesting, like you get a bunch of photos for multiple things (i did it on moths so, one class is rosy maple moth, second is atlas moth, third is herculese moth etc etc) and train it to recognize the patterns and if you show it a moth it will try to guess what moth it is (regarding the classes you made for it). We made a quizz off it after.

However because we scraped the web for images to train it on, most of us used google. And it just proved the point of how useless google's image search actually is. We used an image downloading extention called "imageye" which basically scrapes all the images from the website you have open and downloads them, this also means it downloads absolutely all favicons and random icons that nobody wants so you have to filter them.

And oh my god it was garbage. ~10% of your results depending on what moth you searched were AI sludge. Then it shows you shop listings (obviously), then it shows you a completely different moth. It was impossible to get photos for the rosy maple moth because 50% were plushie/etsy listings. Like I get it its a popular moth thats really cute but jesus christ. I had to go to flickr to get pictures of that thing because after sorting the images i was left with like. 15 files. Which is Not enough for a classifier.

I think the saddest part beside the fact of youre just downloading random images with no permission is that there was barely any art in the search results. Like there were a couple of moth drawings, and some "buff moths" (bc i was looking up buff tip moth lol) but the rest was just... online listings, ai sludge, or some other thing you didnt need.

I think the classifier itself is a more useful tool than an image generator since you can train it to recognize plants and animals, like those mushroom identifier books but automated. The professor showed us a classifier that sb had made for shooing away foxes and raccoons from their garden, so if it detected it it would make a noise and scare them away. Lol

[arsenicflame]

1, 7, 9, 21, 22, and 25?

eeeee iz thank u!!!!! some real interesting picks here :)

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

hm this is fun bc like- on what grounds? my favourite? a collection? i used to collect cups n mugs for a bit there n its something id like to do again one day, n i know u and i have talked abt! eclectic mismatched dishes from picking up any fun thing we like so!!!! those kind of things for sure.

7. earbuds or headphones?

earbuds for SURE. i hate hate hate the pressure of the over head headphones- ive never found a pair that doesnt squash my ears something awful after a while. i am a little fussy about my earbuds tho- i cant do anything other than the mushroom tips ;;;;

9. favorite smell in the summer?

already answered this one! (the ocean) a runner up would probably beeee just like, the general scent of nature? sorry thats real lame but! i really associate summer with going out and doing things- walks in the woods and up hills and just! being outside n around plants n not civilisation? and the way that just. the outdoors smells. stepped on grass and snapped branches and churning water and just. all the little things that make that nature smell. idk

21. obsession from childhood?

i was! super into teddies as a kid! i actually still have like, a lotta my collection honestly;;; we r a never abandon a teddy type family. i collected these specific little guys called blue nose friends n i was. so into it now im thinking about it (they had like, a website i think? and i was always on there?)

ha honestly! i do not remember much abt what i was into as a child '''':) this n reading r like. the only things i remember at all

22. role model?

wouldnt say i really have one! im not really the kind of person to look up to specific people like that (or even characters)

(actually i remember i had to do a thing in school where we wrote a name on a whiteboard n we only had like. a short amount of time so i literally just wrote. the first lesbian celebrity i could think of bc i literally had. nothing to go on)

25. first song you remember hearing?

whoops please see aforementioned memory issues!!!!! my mum had vertigo by u2 as her ringtone for the longest time so thats probably up there!!! other options would include something pink floyd or like? status quo or ! something of that style

the first cd i really remember owning was ultimate pop party HA (tho i swear i had pop party 4 but. the track list is mostly unfamiliar to me)

weird asks that say a lot

[aftonfamilyvalues]

i think mogai stuff definitely emerged because of people obsession with being children nowadays. i wonder if it comes from growing up a pedophilic society? all these adults wanting to remain children? either way, i have no problem with adults who like cartoons and video games and media meant for children, obviously, just look at me. but it just doesnt stop there. they dont ever engage with adult things, they firmly plant themselves where the actual kids are instead of just keeping to other adults, they call themselves “fandom elders” and try to mentor those kids or something. these adults have no critical thinking or literary analysis skills or anything of the sort because they never challenge themselves outside of something easily digestible. instead they just play pretend forever like a bunch of peter pans. thats why were seeing so many 30 year olds acting like theyre still 14 and clinging onto being mushroom gender. its crazy.

[prof-peach]

Hello professor, ive been looking into taking on a sawsbuck as a business companion, i make tea from certain grass type’s shed dry leaves and flowers, and i was wondering a few things. Where does sawsbuck lie in the grass type classification? Are they normal type pokemon with a parasitic feature like parasect? Are they normal grass hybrids that feature both the animal and plants as one being like tortera? Or are they full on grass pokemon that evolved to look like normal types like nuzleaf? Also the only species ive seen are the cherry blossom verity, what other kinds of floral species can i look into?

Sawsbuck is an interesting one, technically they're more like a Torterra in that their body is host to a tree, the seed of which is lodged in their brain upon birth/hatchig. Some actually do not receive a seed, and are pure normal types! but it is quite unusual a defect in the species. The seed once the pokemon evolves, sends its roots far down into the brain and through the spinal column, right to the tip of their tails. They do not need to root like an average grass type, as they already are constantly rooted into the pokemon's body itself. If its host is healthy, exercised, and fed well, so are the plants that adorn its head. The foliage is a good signal that you have a strong partner, if they're full and healthy in colour, and quick to adapt to each changing season, then odds are they're ok. You could call it parasitic, but your information on Parasect is off a touch, they're technically Symbiotic. The fungi that hosts within that pokemon aids it, and keeps it healthy and hardy, giving back sugars and nutrients the original pokemon needs but cannot produce without its mushroom infested bod. Just like Parasect, Sawsbuck needs its tree core partially for camouflage, but also to photosynthesise when they have a lack of solid foods available. When Sawsbuck fall on hard times, their foliage will provide them with energy, and in extreme conditions, they shed and consume their own antlers, to survive terrible conditions. It is unusual for a grass type to not need to root, and thats why it's primarily a normal type, capable of surviving fine without its tree, without the grass aspect, and without its antlers. We occasionally see members of the species who's trees have rotted and died out, and should they survive this process, they go on to live just fine so long as they have enough food and water. Normal type pokemon are notoriously adaptive, its why Sawsbuck are classified as Normal firstly in their type hierarchy. Their classification is actually debated quite a lot, they do not produce seeds like most grass types can, and cannot reproduce this way, and they do not root, and yet they synthesise and benefit from their host plant matter, and often survive thanks to the trees they sprout when left alone in the wild. I suppose it's a topic to question but regardless of how we categorise them, it doesn't really matter. They're good partners, and can provide a whole host of useful medicine from their variants. A pure breed Sawsbuck however isn't all that good for tea brewing. If you want a strong packmule/mount with tasty tealeaves, I'd suggest a Gogoat. They are very durable, and have great empathy for peoples needs. in regards to Variants of Sawsbuck that may suit your needs, search for a 'Camellia sinensis' Variant, a species of tree that is good for tea, or perhaps an Eastern white pine variant, not known for its flowers, but certainly can brew a good cup or two! Theres Sassafras variants too, but they're a bit more uncommon to find. I suppose you could look for a Willow variant or two, the bark they shed can be treated so you can use it as a drink but BOY, it's a bit of a longwinded process. Hope you feel a bit more informed, theres plenty of others but they're uncommon to find, let alone tame. Some variants are more fiery than others.

[emmettsleftnut]

Emmet and Jasper in: Food Shopping for Bella

Jasper: Ok Emmett, we're here, we have a goal, did you ask Bella what she needed?

Emmett: Was I... supposed to?

Jasper: Emmett, that was your one s i n g l e job, asking the human what she needed to eat

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Emmett: Ok so... like meat, right? I used to eat that shit a ton as a human. They dont sell deer, thats stupid, guess we'll go with chicken.

Jasper: Em, she doesnt need 8 packs of chicken.

Emmett: Bro have you seen chickens, theyre so small, I could put an entire chicken in my mouth. Y'know what, I've seen a chicken near home. When we get home im showing you that I can put an entire chicken in my mouth-

Jasper: Emmett please god stop, I don't doubt you can fit a chicken in your mouth, people are staring.

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Jasper: Ok, Edward said Bella likes salad. Do you know anything about salad.

Emmett: Do I LOOK like I have ever eaten a salad Jaz.

Jasper: Yeah fair honestly I dont even know why I asked.

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Emmett: Ok, we have a bunch of leaves, we have... vegetables of some description. What else did Eddie say she liked?

Jasper: Something about mushrooms, like a pasta, he said they had it in a resteraunt in Port Angeles. Lets go to the pasta section then.

Emmett: I am not entirely positive what a pasta is but when I find out, hooooo boy.

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Jasper: Ok so I'm not seeing any mushroom flavoured pasta, Em what do we do thats like... the only thing I can think of that it could be.

Emmett: *looking at a box with a triumphant look* Well, queue the hoooo boy because Jaz, I have found what we have been searching for.

Jasper: Wait, you did? What is it?

Emmett: *holding up box for Jasper to see* It says right here "mushroom shaped pasta" thats like, the same thing right?

Jasper: You are an absolute genuis.

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Emmett: OK, chicken?

Jasper: Check.

Emmett: Mushroom shapes?

Jasper: Check.

Emmett: Leaves?

Jasper: Check.

Emmett: Thats all I can think of, humans just need water and sun then they'll get big and strong, right?

Jasper: Em, thats a plant, youre thinking of photosynthesis. Humans need food and sleep and warmth and happiness and stuff.

Emmett: Ok, I vote that I just improvise a bit and see what happens. Whats the biggest potential issue?

Jasper: Fair honestly, go wild I'll meet you at the register.

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BONUS:

Emmett: Cullens, we have been hunting and we have RETURNED

Jasper: We did great, obviously

Alice, to Edward: Spoiler Alert; they didn't do great

Emmett: Hush Alice, let me show our bounty. Mortal, come to us.

Bella: *wearily walking over* uh.. sure

Alice, mouthing to Bella: Be nice, they did their best.

Jasper: Firstly, we have, drumroll please... chicken.

Bella: Mmm

Jasper: And chicken

Bella: Oh

Jasper: And chicken

Bella: ..

Jasper: And chicken, and some more chicken, and finally, a bit more chicken.

Bella: Ok, awesome, thanks.

Emmett: Please Bella, save your praise for when we're finished.

Bella: Y'know what, sure Emmett, please show me what else you have there, I would personally love to see it.

Emmet: Of course you would. Next up we have... salad!

Bella: Em, that just lea-

Emmett: Bella please, I know youre insanely greatful but as I said, save the praise for once we're finished. I will only accept drumrolling at appropriate intervals. Jasper, next item please.

Jasper: We have mushroom pasta

Edward: Oh, thats actually a good one. Wait, Jasper, what is this?

Jasper: Its mushroom pasta..? Duh

Edward: Did you hear me talking about the thing from Port Angeles?

Jasper: Mhm, we thought we'd suprise her with her favourite.

Edward: Jasper, it's called mushroom ravioli, and she's only ever eaten it once, and I'm like 90% sure it was sub-par at best. Also, this is just mushroom SHAPED, it doesnt have any mushroom in it what-so-ever. I don't even thi-

Alice, smacking edward over the head: Jasper its great, lets just move on to the next thing.

Emmett: Ok, speedround, you ready?

Bella: Absolutely not

Emmett: Cool, 1. Frozen corn 2. thin potatoes in a very large bag 3. An entire bag of B+ blood, no you may not ask where I found it 4. Tiny edible pillow things. 5. Finally... Tampons, idk it felt like a good idea.

Bella: Honestly thank you

Emmett: Also I need to show you something with a chicken I found, wanna see

Bella: Absolutely

[antiloreolympus]

10 Anti LO Asks

1. Ah, yes. Hades' dog. Cerberus. Guardian of the Underworld. And over there, we have Hades' other dogs that serve as a comic relief and/or to make Hades look like a dog dad.

Mushroom, Russell, 𝒞ℴ𝓇𝒹ℴ𝓃 ℬ𝓁ℯ𝓊, J.P, Fudge, ᵐᵉˡⁱ, Fudge and ʙ ɪ ɢ ᴊ ᴏ ʜ ɴ.

Rachel literally cannot come up with original names for anything. It's so sad.

2. rachel is so bad at actually aligning the gods to proper colors and symbolism that dionysus will probably be neon orange with purple splotches and she'll claim its some genius "twist" on semele's human skin and zeus's ... whatever he is. also no leaves or grapes because that doesnt fit the ~modern aesthetic~

3. have any of you guys watched OSP? RS "borrowed" most of her ideas from them too, especially in regards to her depiction of Hades, Zeus, and Demeter.

From OP: RS probably got most of her ideas off of tumblr tbh. She was on tumblr for a long time so it wouldn’t be surprising if it rubbed off on her.

4. LMAO that's also it like basically every god including hades was in some way related to different times of fertility. zeus was both biologically and nature via rain, demeter was for mothers, food, and the earth, hera for the period cycle and motherhood, and the list goes on and on. even as that other person said the "maidens" also were fertility, artemis and hecate especially. if anything being a fertility deity is one of the least rare things to be, but why would rachel know that 🙄

5. correct me if im wrong here, but didnt most ancient art of persephone depict her as "queenly" so ... as an adult? like she was supposed to look similar aged to hades and the rest of the olympians, not so young like rachel depicts her. idk where she thought the queen of the dead should be a airheaded teenager, but whatever.

6. what i dont get is virginity as a concept is so misogynistic, yet rachel plays into it straight where no one questions why theres a whole society and scholarship around it, and persephone seems perfectly fine to keep it intact. until she all of sudden only has sexual feelings for hades, tho hades even shames her for seemingly not wanting to have sex (and also calls her a fertility goddess, so is it rare or not?) and i just, idk the whole idea is so dumb?? rachel why would you do this

7. if rachel's fans actually suggested/voted she add in persephone be assaulted i might throw up. why would anyone purposely ask for the lead character to be sexually assaulted because rachel wants her story to be more "serious" when she clearly cant depict it right and is using the actual assault in a disgusting way to push her romance along? if her fans suggested that theyre genuinely unwell. thats not ok.

8. IDK to me I think LO fails is because Rachel desperately is trying to make literal gods #Relatable and I just think that's not how the gods should be depicted? I'm not saying they can't have issues or flaws, but she doesn't even allow them that? They're all just boring archetypes? And because of this "Just Like Us" depiction is makes times it tries to be Fantasy (the AOW, Royal hierarchy, the Pom, Kronos, etc) it just doesn't mesh well at all and makes the world confusing over intriguing.

9. Honestly season one LO is kinda good? Don't get me wrong it DEFINITELY has it's flaws and shitty ideas but overall it was interesting and very cute in some episodes and there were more than 2 central characters. I agree with anon from previous posts that LO would have been so much better without "adult themes". Her take on toxic relationships and personal freedom would be enough in the light rom-com atmosphere and collage life(like it meant to be from the start). Ugh I'm so sad when I think about it, LO is such a shitshow in season 2 

10. Alright I'm seeing a lot of controversy I guess? Over the "sexy plant watering scene" and I'm gonna add my two cents on that as well as some other things of note.

1. The "Persephone waters plants in sexy lingerie" is a weird scene - because of the framing. One anon was wondering what's wrong with watering your plants in your undies - its nothing, theres no issue there. The issue (to me) is the way the narrative frames the scene: Thetis accuses Persephone of murder and of wanting to be romantically involved with Hades (despite knowing of his relationship with Minthe) and the scene shifts to Perse watering minthe the plant in lingerie. The reason it comes off as weird is because A). This is Thetis's recounting of events, so its not accurate and B). It feels as though the Only reason this shot was in the comic at all was because RS wanted another "girlboss" moment with Persephone looking sexy and being nearly naked (once again) and flaunting her power over Minthe via watering her while wearing lingerie as a way of saying "look who has the power here. I'm wandering around the place that could've been yours AND im f*cking your boyfriend/would-be husband"

(It feels like in Thetis version Persephone is some kind of sexy seductress villain but really RS just wanted to sexualize Perse again).

2. The narrative sometimes frames things oddly and that causes a disconnect. Like the scene (not sure which chapter) where Hades takes Persephone shopping and though she doesn't feel comfortable / doesn't want to have sex with him, she still asks him "dont you want me" and (again, to me anyway) it feels as though theres this gross unspoken message there of Persephone saying "dont you want me (even though im damaged goods / have been damaged / been used by somebody else) even though Hades has no knowledge of Persephones SA. It comes off as the only thing shes worried about (despite the SA just happening a week or so ago) is whether or not this new man who she barely knows will still be attracted to her / will want her after finding out shes been r*ped.

3. The more I read LO the more it feels as though every single character is really just an OC of RS's wearing Greek deity skin. Like as though RS wanted to tell a specific story but knew it might not have done well in its own so she slapped on a "Greek Myth / characters names" to boost the comics attention without actually doing any research into the culture. The characters feel as though they have Nothing in common with the actual Greek deities their supposedly based on and considering the few myths that Hades and Persephone Do show up in and in relation to LO's plot, I just dont understand Why their called by the Greek deities names. When was there Ever a myth where Persephone was on trial for murder? When did Hera - thw goddess of marriage and fidelity ever cheat on Zeus (espeically with his brother, Hades?) - (And yes, I know its a "modern retelling" but I feel as though there is a way to do that and incorporate themes / stories from the actual myths without making up nonsensical plot lines) The only reason I can think of for why their Greek deities is popularity purposes.

4. A while back someone came into one of my posts regarding my confusion over LO's trial plotline and they said that RS admitted she did not fully plan out the trial plot and is really just going week by week at this point (and I don't know if thats true or not) however! If it is true, then that feels like a huge oversight on her part as a writer. Most writers I know (myself included) like to have an outline for some plot points, maybe the beginning and end and then you fill in the gaps along the way. And I'm not saying you have plan out every single step to every chapter, but it seems like it would be a good thing to at least have some kind of idea or general direction for what happens during this arc in the story rather than flying by the seat of your pants, yeah? Wouldn't you want to have something a bit more concrete in mind when doing a so-called important story arc ?

5. I know this has been harped on again and again but, why why why would you have Persephone start off as a barely legal teenager whos just going into college vs the much much older business CEO who has rage issues and is into impressionable young women?

6. On another note: why does Persephone act as though being from Sicily is like the equivalent of someone from Georgia or Texas moving to New York as though (despite being a goddess) she acts as though she might be mocked for being some kind of "Greek god country bumpkin"?

7. The strange reinforcement / idea of a person (Perse in this case) Only being allowed to be attracted to her future husband and not being allowed to have any other connections or meaningful relationships, or experience especially considering her first "romantic" relationship started off with her being SA while on the flipside Hades (despite being hated by the underworld denizens) has connections and meaningful relationships outside of Persephone. Persephone has a strained relationship with her mother and her roommate / has little to no friends. Hades had Minthe, Hecate, the underworld, his business And his brothers to rely on. (Persephone doesn't seem to have much of a life outside of Hades while the opposite is not true).

8. I'm genuinely asking here - what do hades and Persephone like about each other? (Aside from each other's bodies). Sexual attraction is a thing but does Hades even know basic things about Persephone? Like her goals in life or ambitions, he'll her favorite food or color? (And because we Know their fated to be together / will get married) - Does he bother to get to know her friends or her mother (in a non antagonist way)?? Does he support her in any other way that has no relation to him and his needs?

9. In the printed novel version theres an extra chapter that (I think) is supposed to be Heras introduction / birthday party and Hades and Minthe show up. Hera has a vision of Hades getting married when he hands her a coat and she seema awfully excited about it - but why would she be? The chapter states that she cant see whos under the veil and considering hes currently dating Minthe wouldn't it be fair to assume hes marrying Minthe in this vision? And with how much Hera despises Minthe why would she be excited for Hades to be married unless she was 100% certain who he was marrying was not her? Also why would she be excited about him getting married if at that point, they were still having an off and on again affair? It just seems to raise more questions honestly.

[wonderland-in-bloom]

warm

[jade leech x fem!reader}

anon asked: Hello ! I love your work ! Can I request a one shot with a F!reader where she sees for the first time Jade in his eel form. She find him absolutely stunning and it's really cute. Thanks

waaaaaa thank you anon! i’ll try make this as floofy as i can lolol tbh i was a LITTLE bit freaked out when i first saw jade and floyd in their eel form and a tad bit scared but hey, at least i started to love them more after that lolol

♡

YOUR eyes sparkled as you saw him there. for some reason you weren’t able to drift off to sleep and decided to wrap yourself with a cardigan and walk around the campus. you found yourself in an area you never saw before. it was a huge lake behind the school with a little bridge that heads straight towards the water. the lake was in the middle of the forest, but there was a clearing, allowing the lake to be illuminated by the moonlight. you were about to turn around and leave before you heard a splashing sound in the water. 

a fish? you tried to inch closer to the water but kept your distance so you didn’t fall it. the splashes in the water were too big to be a sound a fish would make. you saw a large tail come out of the water as the...thing jumped out of the water and dived back down. you hesitantly inched closer to the edge of the bridge to see closer into the water. “h..hello..?” you kneeled down at the edge of the bridge and peered your head over the edge to see the water clearer. “huh...(y/n)-san?” you froze as you saw a head pop out of the water. you screamed your lungs out as you fell back. “WHAT?! WHO?! HUUUUH?!” you eyed the figure in the water. you were able to make out the shade of hair and the iconic strand of black hair in the midst of all the teal colored hair and not to mention their yellow eye glowing in the dark. you tried to rationalize this thought, of course it was the leech twins. their home was the ocean after all so of course they had mermaid forms. you thought back on the voice which called out your name. if it was floyd he would be calling you with some nickname...which means...

“jade?” he tilted his head slightly and let out a chuckle. “i’m sorry for scaring you, (y/n)-san. i didn’t know you would be that frightened.” you let out a chuckle yourself, thinking back about what you just did. “(y/n)-san if i may ask, what are you doing out here so late?” you shrugged. “can’t sleep, i guess.” you sat down right in front of jade by the end of the bridge. it was then when you saw his greenish skin tone, slightly sparkling under the moonlight. you reached out to touch his skin which was now slightly rougher. he flinched a bit, shocked at your actions. “(y/n)-san...?” your realized what you were doing and jumped back. “EH! SORRY!” you bowed your head down and all you heard was him chuckling. “curious?” you started to nod your head slowly. “it is indeed interesting...” he brought up his tail up the water, causing your eyes to widen in awe. “woaah! jade, that’s so cool!” you tried to reach out to touch his tail bu thats when you heard the wooden plank below you rattle. “eh?” suddenly the plank bursted and broke, causing you to plunge into the water. “(y/n)!” 

you treaded your legs to keep yourself afloat, coughing up the water you managed to swallow in the process. the water was freezing cold which made you shiver and rub your hands together. you suddenly felt a pair of arms engulf you in a big hug. “jade..?” your back was pressed against his chest. his body heat was warming you by the second and this allows you to relax in his arms. you turned around to face him and snaked your arms around his torso and hugged him back. “this is warm.” you placed your head on the crook of his neck. you were originally thinking for his skin to be scaly and rough, but turns out, it was soft, and you could stay like that forever. “jade...you’re so cool.” you faced him and he just gave you a confused face in return. “i beg your pardon?”

“your eel form is really cool! it’s like you’re an actual mermaid from a fantasy novel....eh nevermind.” you sighed. a gentle smile was now seen on his face. how cute he thought to himself as he placed his hand on your cheek. you placed your own hand on top of his own. “AH WAIT! of course you yourself is cool! everything about you from your studies to your passion in mushrooms-” he cut you off by pecking your forehead. this caused you to lose your composure and tread your legs faster in the water. “(y/n)-san, we should get going. you’ll catch a cold.” you froze and stared at your surroundings. oh right, you still fell in the water. jade helped you get out from the water and he emerged out of the water already in his human form and with his uniform on. it wasn’t even wet. “so cool...”

he grabbed your cardigan away from you and started to dry it off, meanwhile he slung his jacket over your shoulders to keep you warm. you still freaked out over his eel form as he walked you back to the ramshackle dorm. he accompanied you to the front door and stopped there. “you should dry off (y/n)-san, and get some sleep.” he planted a kiss on your cheek, before smirking to himself. “i kept you warmer earlier, right? do you want me to do that again?” he whispered in your ear in a quite...teasing tone. you blushed as you realized what he’d done earlier. you were surprised you somehow managed to keep your composure. “fufufu, i’m just kidding. have a good night...” he just left you there, legs feeling like jelly and cheeks as red as a tomato. 

you shut the front door to the dorm, still losing your composure. you were deeply falling in love with him, both for his eel form, and for who he was as a whole. he kept you warm when you were both in the lake but now you realized, that he also kept you warm inside your heart as your love for him grew. 

♡

[trobbio-silksong]

Do share abt your nosk variants 👀

Ok so theory is if a nosk (as in yes i think there's multiple) chills out in a place long enough they take those characteristics 

Best example? Ash Nosk (i meed a better nickname). Pale because all the ash thats everywhere. Also has vine/root thing going on bc roots

Well theyre like a angler fish web spider mix. they do That. Also i think theyre a obligate canivore bc deepnest doesnt really have a buncha plants ('cept mushrooms but knowing deepnest they aint edible)

Ash nosk, on the other hand, is a ambush predator!! Usually poses as a weak boofly, or more rarely, a colossuem fool, and yeets themself out at whatever falls for it at 200 mile per hour. Also became part scavenger after the Colosseum was established (said colosseum keeps trying to capture them but. That aint it, sticks). They don't have much stanima, though. Also that one in particular that i drew likes the hive bc bees occasionally feed it excess honey from time to time

Both garden variety nosks are really similar in that theyre omnivores and foragers and usually covered in plantlife but the unn-touched nosk is much smaller than the average nosk and the queen's root nosk is much bigger than the average nosk.

Unn touched nosks are more of the types to run and hide, and also!!! The mosskin have sorta.... 'partnered up' with some, so to speak. Fun fact i wanted to call them acid-washed nosk but because jeans dont exist in hallow nest im not gonna do that. Point of that fun fact is that they have resistance to acid!!! Also theyre a fun mottled greenish color so there's that too

Queen's root nosks can and will kick the shit out of you if you bother them, or whatever flock of mossflies they protect. Their spines have become a lot smaller, and theyre typically covered in moss and other small plants! Also lighter and slightly greener than deepnest nosk. Anywho theyve got like. A bit of a protective/territorial instinct and while theyre pretty chill theyll fuck you up if you like. Mess shit up. They Don't Care For the traitor mantises, for this reason

Uhhhh ok so the thing w ash nosk's wings is that they're usually too heavy to actually fly with said wings. Theyre normally used to glide around chasms, and for a extra mid-air boost when grabbing prey (like asphids!)

They only time they get light enough to fly is when they're starving. like, really super bad ultra starving. Anyways if you see an ash nosk flying towards you you've been slated straight up for for death

Also like. A lil tidbit. The major difference between a actual hurt boofly and a ash nosk pretending to be a hurt boofly is if the boofly seems to be surrounded by odd looking roots. Of course, this being kingdom's edge, that doesnt really super help, but its something

Or you could like. Throw a rock at it. Ash nosk will run away, or you'll just have a mildly annoyed to actually angry boofly on your hands. Its a role of the dice, really

That's all ive got rn! But! If you wanna ask more you should. Get the ol' brain rollin

[mppan]

ooc muse intro for the new kiddos

//hi new bees its lapin!!

i figured i would put this up here so yall have something to plot with if u wanna come plot to thread with my muses!! so here we go, theres a lot so heres a readmore

Pan - god of the wild, dad sometimes but also a slut so hes kinda like a dilf?? Generally just gets along better with nature lovers and chill folks (e.g. stoners); gets super mad if u litter and gets sick if hes in a city too long (the more industrial the city, the sicker he gets); also he died once (but he got better!)

 Dionysus - party god, also a slut but more like a one night stand type than a booty call type, symptomatic of major bipolar disorder, generally kinda insecure cuz he was born a demigod technically and he has Complicated Feelings about immortality etc 

 Horus - best person in a crisis or if u need advice or leadership, but has almost no underlying sense of self or personality and it makes him super anxious if someone even asks his fave color or book or something cuz he doesnt kno cuz he Hasnt Thought About it 

 Anise - autistic baby who loves science and plants and also magic but mostly mushrooms; very smart but not very good at socializing; from baton rouge and has a t h i c c accent

 Aryeh - nonbinary! anxiety personified, extremely timid but also hugely creative, writes poetry (professionally and for fun), loves reading, loves art, etc and also loves making friends but doesnt have many cuz Anxiety; also has emerging schizophrenia so thats Fun

Jimin - SUPER friendly and also kinda dumb (so like a himbo but has complicated feelings under it all), basically the opposite of aryeh, runs the mochi shop with his twin brother eiji, hes got fox ears and tail and he loves miniatures of any kind, especially dolls 

Yako - borderline personality disorder, constantly switching between hating and loving people but being very obsessive about it either way; currently "seeing??" Dr Ruyi and it's weird and freaky and Definitely Not Healthy; prankster, unpredictable, at least mildly emotionally unhinged most of the time cuz she has a lot of trauma from abusive exes and a neglectful stepfather and hateful step siblings, lived in the ocean for like 2? Years on and off before coming to mp, just wants to be loved; really sweet and kind Underneath the Trauma

Theodore - actual sociopath who just likes using his powers and doesnt have Any Qualms about it, but he acts super nice and friendly so 1) people dont suspect him and 2) so he can get close enough to people to use his powers on them (he makes lightning so basically hes into electrocution torture?? Anyway bad news, would probably kill a man)

so those are my garbage can children! pls come plot with me i love writing and i love u and im not scary i promise i just have scary muses

<3 lapi

[ofcloudsandstars]

Day 2

I feel like this was the most intense day because it was the day we went to explore the town center and I really cant describe every shop we went into.

The main street is lined with like older stone buildings, some painted vibrant colors and some just old stone. Something about the aesthetic of the town is very fairy-like and full of art everywhere. There were alleyways with murals of forests, the goddess, planets, mandalas, animals, mushrooms etc. Everywhere you looked there was art painted on to something and statues of gnomes, mushrooms, fairies and the goddess. If it wasn't colorful, then it was old stone and medieval-ish. Its a really small town so there was just one street of lots of shops but it was nothing but back to back magical stores some with specialty focus like a magic book store, a magic herb and aromatherapy store, a magic tool emporium store, a magic crystal store, a robe and cloak shop etc.

There was this BEAUTIFUL crystal shop with BIG fairy energy I went into. The shop owner was very fairy-like herself. Actually a lot of people in the town either had strong crone shamanic vibes or fairy vibes. There were so many magical old ladies in shawls, cloaks and sweaters of different vibrant colors with sparkling hair tinsel laced between their silver locks that would be tinted different pastel colors cause they no longer needed to bleach their hair. A lot of people wore hair tinsel actually and had lots of sparkly piercings and crystal jewelry. There were a lot of shoulder-cats, pentagrams, wooden STAFFS some with crystals on the top. It was the first magical town I've been to where people were just unapologetic about being a witch or pagan. I mostly loved all of the older women there who had such intense energy and were just free to be themselves.

Anyway back to the crystal shop (Named Elestial by the way) which I am sure throughout the week I dumped an embarrassing amount of money on, they color coordinated their crystal collection in a beautiful way that my libra self couldn't handle. I got so much stuff and some crystal planchette for my ouija board since my friend that's a medium suggested it could help use it since usual planchettes can be hard for the spirit to move. I got a smokey quartz one since it's protective but further in the week I got a cotton amethyst one that looks beautifully ghostly from another store. There was this gorgeous herb, candle and aromatherapy shop we went to called Starchild. You can smell it down the street and I took pictures I will post cause describing it won't do justice. They played the most FIRE sound tracks you'd imagine hearing if you went to a forest rave. They had oils for every sabbat, zodiac sign, druid tree, plant you could imagine. Their stuff smelled incredible. They had massage oils for every purpose even sexy ones that were like called things like Exctasy (that had st. johns wort in it) or Love Potion No. 9 which had herbs in it that I never heard of, except like Damiana of course lol. They had these INCREDIBLE hand made candles that literally looks like something out of a fanatasy movie. I bought many. They had candles for zodiac signs and planets too. Just imagine candles of many shapes, sizes, textures (I got frothy candles that look like some goblin shit lol) colors. They had a huge library wall of jars filled with herbs you could buy by the ounce. Also a wall of books on herbs and green magic as well. I'd highly recommend that shop!

(Not much more to read but I’d thought to add a read more out of consideration for people scrolling)

We went through this goddess corridor which has a walk way with crystals embedded into the walls of the corridor. There was a goddess temple which is free to go in and you can ask the priestess to smoke cleanse the hell out of you in her dark chamber. There was a MASSIVE tapestry dedicated to the goddess of Avalon which is the local goddess they honor as she is the personification of the land which Glastonbury resides on. In that courtyard there is a huge statue of a dragon outside of the library of avalon which I wasn't able to visit unfortunately.

We went to the Green Man shop which was owned by a really sweet pagan woman who told me all about her house she lives nearby where she can watch the barn owls swoop over the fields in the summer and family of deers in the winter that come to her window 😭 I got so much stuff in that shop. First of all its so cute inside like everything is green with ivy garland hanging from the ceiling so you feel like you're inside a bigass bush. And its very earth-witchy like I got a pentagram with a stag on it, a black notebook with a silver pentagram on it, tons of cards with beautiful pagan art like one with golden leaf with a crowned owl (probably stolas lol) and a few yule cards. They also sold lots of cauldrons and incense. Everything was SO CHEAP. Also every shop had an insane amount of rainbow-color coordinated walls of incense sticks. I never ran out of insense sticks.

Other shops that were note worthy that I visited throughout the week was this beautiful home store that sold indian furniture that was SO CHEAP and of INCREDIBLE quality. The nature of the community was so supportive of one another and not greedy that they don't see the point of upselling their stuff though they have incredible things to give out. The town and community is so small we kept seeing the same people over and over so I guess its also wise to not fuck people over lol. Anyway this store is beautiful when you pass it at night all the lanterns are lit up and it adds to the beauty of the main street.

There was also this CAMPY fucking witch shop called the wonky broomstick in this old building towards the end of the street that sold like spooky bar soups, had a huge smoke machine cauldron in it and sold silly incense like Pixies Dance (I bought it) Dragons Breath (I also bought it) Mermaid's Blessing (you already know..) and tons of other campy things like colorful grimoire journals and candies inside of cauldron pots. It was perpetual halloween in there and also had some harry potter merchandise. I think the English economy really benefitted from the harry potter years lol but you can tell though some tourist shops were still trying to market with it, its starting to die out. There's also this really great bookstore thats next to the haunted tavern which sold really great books on magic and spirituality for super cheap. I got a book about healing yourself when no one else can lol. 😢

After the shops we walked up to the Tor which was SO BEAUTIFUL like I was ASTOUNDED by the walk itself and how beautiful the countryside is. I felt like I was on some hobbit adventure as we walked through open fields with cows grazing around us or horses nearby (thankfully behind a fence cause they can sometimes have no chill) coming up for a pat, and the hills curved in a way that you can see forests rolling around you and the tor high up in the distance. I felt like I needed a cloak. There was a man nearby hiking with his puppy near us that spooked the cows around us so he had to carry his naughty puppy lol.

While climbing the hill I got this insane realization that I have been dreaming about the Tor and glastonbury for years. Its one of the towns along with London that I've been having dreams about since I was 15. Glastonbury came about later though like I was having dreams about it when I was probably 20?? I remember thinking of it as a sweet and peaceful escape and I remember the town my dream world cooked up being really small and in a way underdeveloped from the cities I was used to. I think if I were to live there I would be happy but be a bit isolated cause that’s what my dreams showed me. I have so many dreams of me climbing up on the steep hill of the tor and looking at the patchwork quilts of towns around me. When I was up there it was like something CLICKED like a place I kept visiting and didn't know what it meant, finally meant something. There's a town nearby in my dreams thats still very spiritual and earthy but a bit more down to earth and Expensive and snooty that I remember I was trying to find a way to move into. It has a lot of big houses and beautiful alleyways and cobbled streets so maybe I need to look at the towns around there and figure it out. I have a feeling its not Bristol though I feel like I need to check that place out too. (Actually it could be Bristol?) I just know now that the dreams I had are about real places I need to see and I thought those dreams were just fantastical since they were beautiful towns with magical people and castles But those beautiful towns with castles and magical people actually exist in real life.

The tor itself was beautiful. We took a lot of pictures and stared at the scenery. I felt like I was in my element cause I love air. There were birds all around us. We watched the sun set burn behind the clouds as we walked down the steeper way.

[multyfandoms-imagines]

Plants versus Zombies fluff

(I'll just write a calm day in your garden)

What a lovely day today. Its sunny, hot, wind is chill. And you have your plants here. Not just any normal plants, but alive plants. Peashooters, Sunflowers, Chompers, Potato Mines... Mushrooms are sleeping, no need to bother them. Since it was really hot today, you decided to spend time in your pool in your backyard.

Lucky day! Zombies seem to be busy. You dont really care what made them not attack your house for brains, but you are glad that for once you can relax without worring of those annoying Dolphin Riders or whatever they are called. Now: planting your plants, dont forget to use water-machine, take some plant food, food for yourself, get into the pool and done

No, dont worry, Seaweeds ate any dead zombie who died here. They are fed up and just gonna "hide" in water.

Sunbathing (just dont get sunburn), swimming, relaxing, playing. Thats literally a vacation of some sorts. Plants are great listeners and players. Not many people ha- actually, only you and that Crazy Dave havr them. Not sure about others. But if anything tries to ruin your fun, they'd have to get through your green deffence first. Wich isnt possible. You know exactly how to place everyplant so that Zombies couldnt damage it. Even Wallnuts. They never get too many bites because other plants like Peashooter or Chomper already killed them.

Belive it or not, but Sunflower itself wanted you to throw a party today. Why not? But lets do it... At night. Yeah. Night-dancing. Also, there is a shop next to your house, so you dry and dress yourself to go there and buy all you and your friends need.

Party was cool. Mushrooms could finally join your and other plants' fun without sleeping through everything. And, if you are worried about zombies, did you forget that all of your plants are here? Anyone daring to try and eat you will be instantly dead. Double ded.

Lets just hope that tomorrow you'll be able to rest like today. Without zombies, problems, only with cool air, hot sun and your garden.

Sleep well, (Y/N).