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wanderingsongbird · 2 years ago
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🎁a guitar that looked like an authentic acoustic, in near-perfect condition with a note attached,
"I have heard many things about about you and I look forward to when we go against each other in trial, for our first match I hope you don't hold back against me."
-@chrisredfield-re
Although her fingers itched to strum over the strings, to trace over the wood before giving in to the song that longed to take over, Kate gave pause.
Blue eyes scanned over the note, her brows wrinkling in confusion. Chris? There was only one she knew, and he was a survivor.
She knew things were prone to happene in this realm - wires crossed, destinies changed, reality altered. Teeth worried her lower lip as her hand ran over her left forearm, old memories surfacing for a heartbeat. Two. Then the blonde let out a breath.
The note was folded up and she slid it into the small notepad she kept in her back pocket. It was a worry for another night, another trial. Another potential death. For now, however, she'd tune the acoustic and get ready for a small jam session.
Tonight would be about music and friends, and warmth shared around a blazing fire. Darkness could wait.
@chrisredfield-re
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babymorte · 29 days ago
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going through my photos looking for something and i forgot some food streamer tried to slide into my dms and she offered me a quesadilla and then sent me her vod saying that she could be making that for me and why do i still have this screenshot 😂
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digitalfishwish · 2 months ago
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Kit's Traybake Pancakes (chocolate chip var.)
Heyo! You may have seen my original pancake traybake (cinnamon apple var.) recipe! If you haven’t, come check it out here! If you have, check again, since I’ve made some crucial changes to the cook time/temp/optional prep after much experimentation!
Well, here’s:
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Love eating pancakes but hate making them? This traybake pancake recipe may be for you! Making these gives me enough pancake squares for 6 days (5 if you eat two on the day you make them). They reheat well, can either be eaten with or without maple syrup, and are very customizable! I recommend adding something healthy like fruit or yogurt, and protein powder like I do in this recipe, making it a slightly healthier breakfast than just pure carbs.
Full recipe under the cut! (Reader beware, you're in for a... lot of asides and annotations lol)
Full disclosure, the base for this recipe was the mug pancake recipe from Emma’s Goodies, which you can watch here!
I made this mug pancake for years (except with tripled portions because I was using a very big mug) and it was super delicious! However, for just one mug pancake, it was a bit of a production and didn’t feel super worth it. Thusly, I have adapted the recipe to be made in a 13”x9” baking tray, which makes a whole lot of breakfast.
Base Ingredients:
12 tbsp. butter (I use salted, if you don’t have salted butter, add a very small amount of kosher salt to your recipe)
9 tbsp. (1/2 cup+ 1 tbsp) granulated sugar
12 fl.oz. milk (I use skim, use whatever kind you like)
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
Customizable Ingredients:
1 scoop protein powder (I use vanilla flavored whey)
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 cup (around 5oz) nonfat strawberry Greek yogurt (pick a good quality brand/one you like)
1 cup of semisweet chocolate chips (for the batter)
Small handful of semisweet chocolate chips (to sprinkle on top)
1/2 cup of semisweet chocolate chips, 1 tbsp of butter, ~2 capfuls of milk (for chocolate drizzle)
Base Instructions:
Heat oven to 375°F, take out a 13”x9” nonstick baking pan and spray bottom and sides with cooking spray (yes theoretically I know you don’t need to spray a nonstick pan but better safe than sorry).
Put butter in a bowl and melt it in the microwave. I recommend microwaving for 1m20s.
Put butter in a stand mixer, preferably with the paddle attachment. While you heat the milk in the microwave* (40 seconds, stir milk once it’s done; I use a glass liquid measuring cup for the microwaving), add the granulated sugar to the mixer. Once the milk is heated, add it and use one of the lower settings on your mixer.
(If you have customizable wet ingredients, add them now!)
Add the flour and baking powder, mix again on low setting until it forms a batter (a small amount of lumps is okay from what I’ve heard, you don’t want to overmix).
*You can’t put cold milk into hot butter, it will form little clumps and be gross
Customizable Instructions:
Add the brown sugar (as above, preferably before the flour, with the other wet ingredients. Wait, why is sugar a wet ingredient? see † at the bottom).
Add one scoop of your preferred protein powder, then mix on low setting until it’s mixed in.
Similarly, mix in the strawberry yogurt*. Now, I know what you’re saying: this is a very specific thing to add to the pancakes, but hear me out**: it gives moisture to the recipe (in this version, there’s not as much, cuz there’s no added tea/maple syrup, and there’s an additional dry ingredient), and it adds a subtle fruity flavor (also it makes your living space smell amazing while it’s cooking)! I may experiment with adding actual fresh strawberry to the recipe in the future.
Finally, put the cup of choco chips in and mix gently! My mixer head tends to bump around a little bit during this step so you may want to use that generally ignorable lever that keeps the mixer head secure.
*Unlike the brown sugar, you may want to mix the yogurt in after you add the dry ingredients. If you do it before, it won’t incorporate smoothly and end up in a bunch of gross looking lumps. It doesn’t actually affect anything though and once you add the dry ingredients, everything is fine. It’s more about if you’re a wet before dry purist vs. someone squicked out by lumps.
** It’s also the only thing I had on hand lmao
Chocolate Sauce (for ‘drizzling’) Instructions:
Put 1/2 cup of chocolate chips in the microwave with a tablespoon of butter. Melt for 45 seconds on high (according to the packaging on my choco chip bag). Mix the resulting glorp carefully (it’s hot!) with a rubber spatula then microwave for another 15-20 seconds until most/all of the chips have melted.
Mix again. It will look like a gross dry paste (but trust the process). Once you add in a capful of milk and mix—immediately you will have a glossy beautiful mixture. Then add an additional capful of milk (you may need to add more) to make it thin enough to ‘drizzle’!
Baking Instructions:
Pour batter into greased baking tray and use a spatula and spread it evenly by hand, as this batter is thicker and a little stiffer than my apple version. Optional: Sprinkle the top with that handful of chocolate chips—then if you made the chocolate sauce, take the spatula from before, scoop a little bit of chocolate sauce onto the tip of the spatula, and carefully* flick it over the surface of the batter! Really channel your inner Jackson Pollock! Do as much of this as you want until you have your ideal amount of chocolate drizzle on top (and if you have any left afterward, eat it as a tasty little snack. live deliciously lol).
When the oven reaches temperature (if you preheated it at the beginning, it may have already been at temperature for a while) put the pan in and cook for 35 mins. Know your oven and if it tends to be hotter or colder**, adjust cook time as necessary.
When the timer goes off, test the center in several places with a toothpick. As long as it doesn’t come out goopy, you’re good! (crumbs on the toothpick is fine) I say test in several places because if you accidentally go through a chocolate chip, your toothpick will come out wet and chocolatey, but that doesn’t mean the pancakes aren’t done. If it's not done, cook in intervals of 5 minutes, testing when the timer goes off.
Take pan out and use a butter knife or a pie serving spatula and poke around the edges of the pan to free the pancake traybake from the edges. Let cool for 10 minutes.
Cut into squares. I tend to cut 12 pieces, but you could go smaller or larger depending on how much you intend to eat at once.
*By making this recipe you agree to not hold me liable for any chocolate mess that may result from the flicking process (lol).
** How do I know if my oven runs hot or cold, you may ask? If any recipe you make comes out raw and/or takes longer to cook than the instructions say, your oven is colder! If your food ends up burnt and/or takes less time to cook than the recipe instructions say, your oven is hotter!
Enjoy! I eat two squares at a time and it makes a good breakfast! For storing, put however much of it you can eat in 2-3 days in the fridge. Store the rest in the freezer.
I will note, this version of the recipe doesn't form the same kind of cool thick edges like the apple version.
For any customizing other than what I did, use whatever fruit, spices, syrups, and/or protein powders you want! Just be aware that more fruit in the batter means it may take longer to cook!
If you make them, either the same way I did here or differently, let me know how they came out!
†Yes, all sugars are considered wet ingredients. Yes, it is conceptually weird, but there is a reason: because they need to dissolve in liquid in order to be incorporated properly, you add them in with the wet ingredients. It's like Thompson from Gravity Falls, who's kinda in the friend group but only because he performs a specific social role (poor Thomson tho fr fr)
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i-am-l-ananas · 8 months ago
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So the takeaway here is that bread dough needs to be wetter than you think it should be. And cake batters way wetter than that! Baked goods all start out as wet goop, to varying degrees of goopyness
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natsu-tte-noodle · 2 years ago
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A3! Translation - Regional Tour Instablam Posts (Winter Troupe)
If you do the Regional Tours (地方公演) in the practice tab of A3!, the character at the front of the tour party will make an instablam post at the end!  The theme of the posts vary by the poster’s troupe and by the city they went to.  So the Spring Troupe’s Sendai picture is different from the Autumn Troupe’s Sendai picture, etc.
Idk if these have been done yet, but I wanted to try my hand at it lol, so here we are starting with the Winter Troupe!  I’m going backwards from the usual order to give myself a little more time with a certain someone’s Fukuoka post >>
@moonlight404-translates​ helped me proofread and figure out some bits I was unsure of how to handle.  Thank you, Moonlight <3
Sendai - Statue of Date Masamune
(You can see the statue and learn more about him here!)
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Tsumugi
Thank you very much for attending our Sendai performance today!
This picture is of a statue of a certain famous person. Everyone, do you know who it is?
Tasuku
Our Sendai show run finished without issue. Thanks for your constant support.
Hisoka
A statue of Date Masamune. The helmet looks heavy.
Homare
Feast your eyes on this artistic statue! Doesn’t your poetic inspiration immediately well up?
#Everyday one-eyed (1) #A strong hunch #Clip clop with my favorite horse (2)
Azuma
Our Sendai show run’s finished without issue. Thank you to everyone who came.
#MANKAI Company #About Sendai
Guy
So this is Date Masamune. I’m glad we were able to come see it.
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Nagoya - Kishimen Noodles
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Tsumugi
Our Nagoya show run has finished without a hitch too!
I went to eat kishimen noodles with everyone.
Tasuku
Our last dish after drinking. It was good.
Hisoka
Warm. I got sleepy when I ate this.
Homare
There were all sorts of noodles, but when in Nagoya. (3) I went with this.
#Post-drink kishimen #Heart-pounding tsukemen #Lyrical spicy tantanmen
Azuma
To go with drinks. It was delicious.
#MANKAI Company #Delicious Nagoya meal
Guy
Apparently, this is known as kishimen. It has a slightly unusual shape. The taste was, as expected, delicious.
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Osaka - Shinsekai
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Tsumugi
Thank you for attending our Osaka show run!
This picture is from when we were all doing some sightseeing around Osaka. There were so many delicious looking shops, I didn’t know what to choose!
Tasuku
Went sightseeing in Osaka. The kushikatsu was good. I’d like to go to the other shops too.
Hisoka
The neon is really bright. Also, a pufferfish was flying in the sky. (4)
Homare
A scenery I normally would never lay my eyes upon. How my inspiration surged forth!
#Glittering neon #Clamorous wonder #Come- let’s dive into a new world together (5)
Azuma
It was lively, just like Osaka should be. The neon lights were nice and tasteful as well.
#MANKAI Company #Which shop should I go to?
Guy
Various shops were lined up. Tecchiri, kushikatsu, takoyaki… This is a gourmet neighborhood.
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Niigata - Sake (6)
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Tsumugi
Thank you for attending our Niigata show run. The sake we had in Niigata was very delicious!
Tasuku
Apparently this is the local sake. It was good.
Hisoka
Japanese sake. All of it was delicious.
Homare
All the food and drink here is delicious. I shall share this splendor with you all as well through a photo!
#Dry and tasty #Beloved originality #With you- a sake-cup toast lullaby
Azuma
Our shows have finished, so The kids who can drink are out.
#MANKAI Company #Niigata famous sake
Guy
Of course, Japan’s sake is exceptional. The cuisine was all delicious as well. I’d like to come again.
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Fukuoka - Kintsuba from Hakataza Theater
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Tsumugi
We were able to finish our Fukuoka play run without incident. Thank you to everyone who attended!
This picture is of some souvenirs for the company. Will everyone be happy with them?
Tasuku
We also went to see another performance. This is what we bought then. There are other shows that seem interesting, so I’d like to go again.
Hisoka
A sweet called kintsuba. It was sweet and delicious.
Homare
We too appreciate the arts, and as such we went to see another play. The photo is of our souvenirs from then.
#Pleasantly and charming #Moved by a nibble #A sweet memory revived here
Azuma
We went to see another play too. Not only was it fun, but it was a play we can learn a lot from too.
#MANKAI Company #Souvenirs for everyone
Guy
We went to a certain theater. (7) At the time, apparently the theater offered limited edition sweets, so we bought some. It has a nice shape, and the taste was sweet and delicious as well.
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Notes:
1. It says so in the link I provided, but if you chose not to read that and are still curious, Date Masamune lost one of his eyes due to illness, so he was nicknamed the “One-Eyed Dragon” (独眼竜, dokuganryuu)
2. Homare puts poems in his tags.  Honestly I don’t think it’s necessary to make any adjustments to them beyond moving some words around to help the flow, so I’ve left them in their original forms here rather than doing any “Noodle-style localizing.”
3. The Japanese for this part is “名古屋に来たらね” (nagoya ni kitara ne), which is literally “when you come to Nagoya,” and then the sentence ends.  So I treated it like how we say “when in Rome.”
4. The giant pufferfish sign that marked the fugu restaurant Zuboraya. Due to city laws and the restaurant closing, the sign is no longer up, but there are discussions about moving it to a nearby location. This picture on Shinsekai’s English wikipedia page is taken from about the same place that the Winter Troupe takes theirs!
5. The kanji for Shinsekai is 新世界, which literally means “new world.”  This part of Homare’s tag is in katakana (ニューワールド, nyuu waarudo), so he’s playing off of that here!
6. From left to right: 純米 (junmai) is a type of sake with no added alcohol or sugar.  The 七海山 brand bottle in the picture is a copyright-safe version of the actual Niigata sake brand 八海山 (hakkaisan)!  The last one I’m less certain of, but 白松 (hakushuu) might be based on the brand 白竜 (hakuryuu)?
7. Hakataza Theater actually has offered kintsuba as a souvenir!  The only sites I can find talking about it are in Japanese but if you look up “博多座きんつば“ you can see that the picture is really close to the real thing.  I have no idea if they’re still available or how long the run was if they aren’t lol
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naomiknight-17 · 2 years ago
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Leftover rice and veg with thairacha sauce from Thai Express, reheated and topped with an over-easy fried egg
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Lunch of champions
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highwaydiamonds · 2 years ago
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It was one of my nights to make dinner - and I hadn't done a good job planning ahead. Whipped out a jar of arrabiata sauce I had and i knew i had some leftover hamburger from earlier in the week.... Then looked around for pasta and did not find good pasta candidates for the most part... Gnocchi and Tortellini - that I knew other people might want to tap on their dinner nights... And then I remember boxes of lasagna noodles that had been sitting there for months - and they weren't no boil noodles. (lets be real - the person who bought those hates cooking and there's no way on god's green earth do i see her making any kind of lasagna from scratch - let alone boiling the noodles first ok? ) So I was like - YEP , you're mine, you orphan lasagna noodles!
Broke the noodles ehhhh into relatively similar size pieces and then for good measure tossed cream cheese into the sauce - do not come for me. authentic? hell no. creamy and a nice balance to the extra red pepper i added to make the sauce spicier? yes. Also since I had sauteed onions and a whole buncha minced garlic before cooking the meat and sauce - it was niiiice. at least niiiiice for very little forethought.
(and i had made paul's pumpkin bars - like pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting for dessert - that cake is life ok. and i hadn't had it since my mom passed. that one was for you out there mom- and whoever the heck paul was - mom got the recipe from someone at work or the newspaper back in the day)
ANYWAY - when we sat down to dinner, someone looked at the bowl of pasta and sauce and asked, " So.... What is this exactly?
My response to this semi-saltily delivered query was," FOOD."
After letting the resulting silence sit for a nice little moment or three I then added, "But if you feel you need a fancy name, consider it as 'Deconstructed Lasagna served in a Creamy Tomato and Beef Ragout to be followed by Pumpkin Bars ala Paul."
The peanut gallery let me have this one.
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istherewifiinhell · 1 year ago
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summer heat the only thing that can make transforming seasoned beef, refried beans, and delicious assortments (ALL THINGS I LOVE) into soft tacos (after ingrendient prep like the lowest effort high reward food EVER) into. near impossible.
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aeide-thea · 1 year ago
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god i forgot abt this but seeing hands of the emperor fic on my dash just now reminded me of like. learning abt māori pepeha and how you pronounce whānau and having the sudden realization 'oh you just fully appropriated that for your book, didn't you'
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llycaons · 2 years ago
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I'm the bravest and smartest girl in the world for finding the cafeteria alone and then going back to the room all on my own <3
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oletus-manors-log · 2 years ago
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Me when I found that one drabble/lore long fic of my observer and I realized I gotta redo their sprite to their current one on their banners in the future to be consistent):
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zeitghost · 4 months ago
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my uncle was somewhat of a rascal. we were hanging out on the roof of his barn when i was ten, and we saw some shooting stars. he told me they were angels carrying messages from god. then he handed me his old hunting rifle and taught me how to nick one out of the sky, even when it was travelling all fast like that, and how to triangulate its location — taking me out in his rusty truck down dirt roads, unerring and unceasing, until we saw that gleaming lantern. he pocketed the note from god and took me down to a pinboard where he was working on deciphering the language with his friend who was a linguistics major but got kicked out of grad school. after they shook hands, they held on for just a bit too long and i started wondering why my aunt doesn’t live with my uncle anymore, but then my uncle took me back up stairs and taught me how to fry the angel up real nice, halo and all. it was tasty
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seilon · 4 months ago
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it takes about 45 minutes to get to school via walking + busses with about 25 of that being walking/waiting outside. it takes about 10 minutes by car. it’s 108 degrees. should i get a lyft? probably. but. hgsgghhhhh
#it’s really not far so it wouldn’t be TOO expensive (like 9-10 bucks) but I’m like#but. it’s still enough that im like. versus the price of Nothing it’s……. unappealing…….#i can survive the trip ive done it plenty of times including earlier this week and similar commutes to work in even hotter weather#(admittedly that commute is simpler and more tolerable and i change into dry non-gross clothes when i get to work)#but i just…..honestly more than anything i just fucking hate sweating. I hate how it feels I hate how it soaks my binder#i hate having to wear SHORTS if I don’t wanna get heatstroke graahgghhhHhh#and this level of like. hostile to human life level heat sucks the fucking life out of you so quick#like even walking for ten or fifteen minutes leaves you feeling fucking exhausted#all this and im still like. but. I don’t wanna spend 10 dollars. that’s 10 dollars I could use for a tasty treat. ghrrhhhggggh#I have like an hour to decide and im so indecisive#kibumblabs#oh yeah note: the 9-10 dollar number comes from the price of a Lyft to my second bus stop. and then taking the bus to school from there#it skips the main stretch of walking which is what matters the most#if I went straight to school it’d be more like 14-15 bucks#what do I hate more? spending money or sweating in hazardous temperatures#it probably shouldn’t be such a difficult choice#and this is all not mentioning that I will have to go all the way back when it’s still in the high 90s woohoo
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valorums · 7 months ago
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          @debelltio     said;        if you can't beat them, make them bleed like pigs.
╰►      SOURCE:        the mountain goats lyrics
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DISAPPROVAL marred the goddess-esque visage of SECRETARY VALORUM, stealing from such beauty its most ethereal qualities by the mere design of providing a glimpse beyond her carefully crafted façade. The predatory smile formerly donned by this deadly wolf in sheep’s clothing was thereby compressed into a thin line, whilst her piercing cerulean gaze narrowed into slits. Perfectly manicured fingernails cloaked in crimson red polish tapped rhythmically upon her ornate wooden desk, as though drumming out the dainty melody of an operatic aria long since forgotten.
     ❛ Fighting violence with violence is not wise, Director Krennic. ❜  Secretary Valorum’s response was quiet, uttered amidst a slight shake of her head. ❛ Look to the annuls of history; every governing body whom engaged in such an endeavor eventually fell to their own people. I do not wish for our empire to be privy to that fate. ❜
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Secretary Valorum paused to take a careful sip of TEA, then spoke once more. ❛ Instead, the wisest course of action if we were ever beaten would be to lie in wait, and wait for the perfect opportunity to strike back once our opponents have been pulled into a false sense of security. It is the oldest trick in the book. ❜
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yuigadokson · 1 year ago
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happy happy happy happy happy birthday!!!! 祝你生日快樂!!! 身體健康,生活開心 💖💖💖(⁠●⁠’⁠3⁠)⁠♡⁠(⁠ε⁠`⁠●⁠)(⁠*⁠˘⁠︶⁠˘⁠*⁠)⁠.⁠。⁠*⁠♡ i hope you can eat some tasty food and treat yourself today!!! i'm glad you exist and that we became friends!!!
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Jennnnn!!!!!!!! 太谢谢你了😭😭😭😭💖💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️我爱你!!!!!!♪o((〃∇〃o))((o〃∇〃))o♪♪(´ε`*)thank youuu for your sweet sweet wishes and for being such a cool friend 🥺🥺🥺🥺🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶 i wish you have an amazing day too when you wake up🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖💖and a good rest of the week ahead💞💞💞💞💞
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dcxdpdabbles · 7 months ago
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DCxDP fan fic Idea: Danny Fenton's Ex
Danny wants to know that he did not go looking for a fight. He merely wanted to have some of the best hot dogs this side of the USA, in Tucker's words. The human world had changed a lot across differnt timelines but his best friend had assure him, this one was particually tasty.
He planned to pop in, hunt down the street cart filled with buns and meat, then pop out of Gotham. He was meant to visit for less than an hour at most.
He just happened to be at the wrong place and time. It really wasn't his fault! Danny had been minding his own business, using a paper map on the edge of a tall building (his phone had broken in the last ghost fight. Not that it would do any good since it wasn't connected to any living towers), squinting at the streets below, hoping to figure out where he was. The next thing he knew, an angry child leaped out at him with a sword.
Of course, he defended himself! The kid was doing some insane slashes in the air, and Danny had fought enough samurai ghosts to know not to underestimate how powerful a katana indeed was. He had been able to beat the child, encasing his arms in ecto-chains, after a full half hour of combat.
Danny had been dead tired- pun not intended- but just as he thought he was done, a second child had leaped out at him. This one carrying a bo-staff. It took another thirty minutes to beat this one, and just as he was gearing up for a lecture, a third child appeared.
She was wearing all purple and seemed to favor strong kicks. Danny had the bruise to prove it, but just as he could take her down—and stop the other two from escaping since they were attempting to do so—he was attacked by an actual shadow and her red bucket-head friend.
Now, those two were difficult to beat, especially when it was two vs. one. Shadow reacted as if she could predict all of his moves before he even made them, while Bucket Head made incredible shots with his guns covering her attacks.
Danny had already been expelled from his other two fights, so it was a miracle he was able to trick Shadow by allowing more of Phantom to bleed into his fighting style. She couldn't predict the dead!
He ended up on a roof with five children- okay, more like a child, two teenagers, and what could be the early twenties, but they were all young to him. Each was tied up securely with some of his own ecto-chains and glaring- he could feel the hate in their eyes even behind their masks- trying desperately to catch his breath.
"Oh boy, I'm not as young as I used to be. " He gasps between huffs. Maybe Sam was on to something when she lectured them for not having enough greens, normal exercise routines, or even taking vitamins. They really weren't teenagers anymore. "Ugh, I think I pulled something. I need to lie down..."
Just as Danny is allowing himself to slide to the floor, two more shadows jump at him. This time he's far too tired to dodge, and the blue one manages to land a drop kick to his chin. The force has Danny spinning in place, losing his balance, and slamming hard against the roof.
The tied-up children cheer, and if he wasn't a walking bruise right now, Danny would be half tempted to show them all a round two.
"Great Gatsby!" He cries out of reflex, rolling onto his back, ready to take a swing-
"Danny?" a new familiar voice cuts in. The sound is something Danny will never forget, even after all the years they have been apart. He used to fall asleep to that voice, muttering into his hair and warm arms wrapped around him, making promises never kept.
Danny whips his head around to see a man in a bat costume. He squits, studying the strong curve of a very familiar jaw and his voice-
"Wayne?" He blinks. Those lips- so familiar and different all in one- curve into a surprise, but please smile. Yes, that is definitely Bruce.
"Danny, I haven't seen you since-"
"You broke up with me through a letter on the hotel note-pad? A note-pad that I had to pay for since you touched it!?" Danny hisses, suddenly energized with pure, unadulterated rage. The man freezes.
"I, uh, see you're still upset about that." Wayne winces, shuffling on his feet- Bruce Wayne, the little human he found wandering the Infinite Realms, rescued, helped, trained, and had become human again to have the man dump him to "find himself."
Danny knew he found a lot of ladies on his self-discovery trip. He never forgave him. It has been embarrassing to have to return to the Realms to his friends' knowing eyes and his sister's sad shrug.
You knew a human could never understand or live with beings like us. We aren't like them anymore. She had told him. It was bond to end in disaster.
"What is happening?" The bow-staff kid asks
"I don't know, but I don't like it," Blue tells him.
Danny ignores them to glare at the man. "What the hell are you doing here, Wayne?"
Wayne frowns. "You used to call me Bruce."
"I used to do a lot of things, Wayne." Danny stands, gesturing to the group of people he has captured. "Can you kindly disappear again? I'm in the middle of something."
The man makes no move to leave. Instead, he tilts his head. "Those are my children."
"Of course they are." Danny rolls his eyes. "Tell them to not attack innocent tourists-"
"Are you here on vacation? Would you like me to give you a tour?"
The familiar words- the ones from their first date- make rage boil in his core. "Oh, go burn in the worst levels of hell!"
He doesn't stick around for a reply, twisting in a tight circle and ripping a hole into the Realms. He ignores Wayne's call of his name; it's too late- fifteen years too late- and shifts back into Phantom.
He prays he never sees that deadbeat again. Or the family his wife gave him. Not that Danny cares; it's been years, and he could care less what Bruce Wayne and his stupid kin got up to.
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"Bruce, I say this with all my heart, what the fuck was that?"
"That was the one I let get away."
There is a moment of silence before Damian speaks up. "I demand to be taken out of my misery. Mercy, kill me now, Drake."
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