#it's the dollarstore how good can it be

[alfrungrima]

Book of transformations

Everyone who is working with magic, with altered conciousness, with hedgecrossing/astral travel benefits from a more calm and balanced mind. Yes, dark feelings and shadow work can be used in magic and should have its place, but a little bit of stability goes a long way.

The thing is: life is not so balanced and calm and there are a lot of moments with difficult emotions. And that is where this, in fact quite mundane method, is helpfull and nice. By using creativity you can make your mind calmer, find your focus back, find your groove. It is a form of self care. I do this for years now and it is working like a charm. Over time you will cherish your book and remember all those transformated feelings.

You need a blank book. (I use a paperblanks book but the dollarstore is fine too) You need gelpens/glitterpens, all kinds of clear stamps, a black inkpad for the stamps and black fineliners. You can use stamps that are more connected to your witchcraft, or stamps that are connected to nature etc. Choose what works for you.

Stamp on a page as much as you like, draw over the lines if you find you need too. Fill the the background with the black fineliner and color the stamps with your pens. Concentrate on the flowing of the pen on your paper, do this mindfull and with as much attention as possible. Feel how it feels, look to how the pen is touching the paper, feel the rhytm of your movements, feel how the pen connects to your hand. Over years I can see the energy flowing out of the pen on the paper, in the beginning I saw only the pen touching the paper. It is not important if you don't see energy, it is about the process and mindfullness. Just be there and create.....Why not just make a drawing by yourself? A lot of people get judgy and/or antsy to themselves when they make drawings, which is not helpfull if you need to transform a busy emotional mind into a calm and focused mind. Stamps are just there to color. Why not a coloring book? Using all kinds of stamps and combining things will make your mind more creative, make the things more you and more creativity is good for the brain. And you can use stamps that are connected to you and your craft.

Next time a post about preparation before the spirit fly/hedgecrossing. I have talked over years with people and tried things, maybe others can benefit from it too. There are unusual things in it.

[mhevarujta]

Saltburn and The Talented Mr Ripley

I keep reading that Saltburn is a dollarstore version of The Talented Mr Ripley and I disagree... strongly.

1)This movie is a mix of genres and in open dialogue with many movies and books. People act as if this makes it unoriginal, but creators doing this consciously (and Fennell is very open about her influences) is not something new and WAS in fact used in movies and literature to make works exist not just individually, but also within genres and traditions, in comparison to one another. I don't think it's a matter of being uninspired and it's lovely that a movie that is meant to be pure, delicious fun has this much work put behind it.

2)Fennell herself has said that she loves Highsmith even though, when writing Saltburn, Ripley was not in her mind consciously like gothics and british country house stories.

I DO think that, subconsciously or not, she WAS affected by Ripley, but I still find that the similarities are contextualized within the genres and themes that interest HER. Some comparisons:

-Oliver is not in it for money in the beginning. He's not a poor, ill-treated-by-family opportunist who's working in whatever manner he can to get by or who HAS to be deeply closeted because his society and several specific characters have shamed him for his sexuality.

-The scene of Oliver cleaning Farleigh's room is compared to Tom cleaning up after Dickie and the latter snapping. A main difference I see is that in the Ripley-movie (this scene was not in the book), this is a very minor moment and Dickie is living up to his name short of two letters because he's irritable, grieving and guilty. In Saltburn, this scene is very different in context. Oliver is not cleaning casually. Felix complains about the heat and he's still like a piglet in his own filth, too rich to raise his finger. I DO remember my time at campus during the summer and the temperature in there, and the idea of two-days-old remnants of food being thrown in a room and having started to smell? Oh, boy. While what Oliver said can be seen as insulting, it can also be seen as honest and Felix's reaction as kinda immature and wanting to both be what he is and never be judged in the slightest, even if it's not in an ill-intended manner. This shows us part of who Felix is, why people put on performances for him, and how Oliver observes, acting on a trial and error basis, and shifts his performance as he goes along to fit to what is wanted of him. This is a scene that does a lot of groundwork in a small timespan.

-Unlike both book and movie-Dickie, this never becomes a story about Felix leading Oliver on. Whether Felix is aware of Oliver's feelings for him is never at the forefront. In fact, it's quite likely that they haven't registered, just like many things don't for him, and that's part of the story the movie is telling and of the criticism it's making.

-I'd also like to compare the three murders. I'm saying three because book!Ripley and movie!Ripley have different murder-scenes. In the movie, Dickie's annoyance and resentment escalate in the boat. Tom is finally honest in a way he never has been for, accusing Dickie of putting on a show himself, of leading him on, of being the one dishonest about his feelings etc. After all, by that point Tom has used honesty as manipulation in the beginning and has been genuinely honest later. The murder happens in the heat of the moment. In the book the murder is 200% premeditated. Tom had settled upon murdering Dickie and taking his identity before they are even on that boat. In fact, being on that boat is part of Tom's plan, and some final moments of having Dicke back in a good mood and experiencing his 'light' again, to not stay his hand.

In Oliver's case there is a very different quality to the murder. Felix has not reached some point of being bored. He has learned of Oliver's excessive lies and can't look at him as the same person no matter what Oliver says. Oliver deep down gets the gravity of that, yet he feels indignant because he knows that all people around Felix play little parts and doesn't see himself as being any different. In this case, the murder is premeditated, but undesired. Oliver wings the murder after his and Farleigh's discussion, being afraid that all of this will become a dream he is reminiscent over while he lives a miserable life, having become like his parents. The manner of it is inspired by the scene he witnesses when he tries to approach Felix in the bathroom during the party and when he sees Farleigh too doing lines. But even then, the confrontation in the Labyrinth is very real and heated. Even with the premeditation, Oliver is deeply desirous of having Felix's light sign upon him again and ready to put and end to his plan if that happened. It's never about taking everything away from Felix. It's about: 'If I can't have you, if you won't have me, you can't exist.' It's about Oliver's last hope being crushed. The rest is only the result of growing resentment and hatred, combined with an inability to let go and a need to feel victorious; a conqueror.

My point is that I don't reject the comparisons, but I think that there is thought, effort and depth behind the writing of this movie and it's not some downgrade.

[vendetta-if]

𝓱𝓲 💖 (sorry for this asdkjfhjijhj)

im back and i have returned (to everyone's dismay) and i come bearing gifts - i have found the pages where i had my vendetta sequel mc drawn in!! 😈

here's my first doodle of rei when i was designing him - i didnt have the proper markers to colour him in but i used what markers i could get my hands on at the time lol but i did fuck up his face :( (closeup)

now i have lots of doodles i drew alongside this fullbody design of his and without further ado >:)

here are some facts i wrote about him 😊 as well as rei decorating his helmet :D though i'll write it down here if you can't read my messy ass handwriting (sorry about that hsjdhsd) »»————- ★ ————-«« FACTS ABOUT REI 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: ➭ loves all things cutesy and colourful ➭ acts and whines like an actual toddler (because it forces his family to give him attention whenever he's being an actual pain in the ass 💞) ➭ reckless af and hates when people fret over him or protect him (that's his job. 👺) ➭ unironically thinks that blood splatters on his clothes look good on him (rei doesn't care if he's seen covered in blood in public, he can make millions of excuses why it isn't blood >:D) " NO this isn't blood this is paint 😇" " tf did you think this was?? i spilled my kool aid all over my clothes 😪" just to name a few, lol ➭ would honestly sell his soul for a lifetime supply of strawberry milkshakes (this is totally not me projecting myself onto rei when it comes to taro milk tea 💀) »»————- ★ ————-««

now here's another doodle of rei using his blood manipulation powers 😋 also ignore the pencil text below LMAO

so i did mention in my first ask about rei that he loves to explode things- yeah um idk if luka and jackal would give their menace of a son explosives or a grenade launcher if they knew that this is how he'd act with them LMFAOO

i also mentioned that rei makes the best belgian waffles! (send help hes holding me at gunpoint and forcing me to say this) here's rei offering a divine dish of waffles to my vendetta mc, remedy / remi 💕💕 and look at his face! his mouth is practically watering in anticipation to gobble up the waffles! 💗💝💘💓

okay on a side note- i made some small drawings of rei in a different outfit and was actually gonna include this in the ref but i didnt like it because it looked ugly 😭 so i made a poor life decision to cut these two abominations out and now they're on my phone 💟 (closeups)

anyways now here have a drawing of rei as demoman from the hit game tf2!!11!1!11!! 😲😳

(he really looks like a dollarstore demoman lol)

(reference used):

now if you have been on the internet during its baby phase im sure you may understand the reference i used for this doodle 🤭

yknow looking back at this downgraded rip off drawing of the original this is actually a shit drawing LMAO (how tf do you draw flames and smoke pls help 💔) now one thing i like to headcanon about rei is that whenever he starts to get frustrated or is having a hard time with carrying out an assassination he decides to do fuck all and blow everything up with literally anything flammable he could find because no target survives being blown to oblivion! (which happens more often than you think...) i like to think while this is an easy way out for rei, it is an absolute nightmare and a headache for the rest of his family 😌 (they probably would have to deal with unwanted attention because rei doesn't give a shit about keeping a low profile and people may tie him to the Morozovs 🤗 they also may struggle to come up with cover stories as these arson incidents become more frequent - because rei is the type of person who values quantity over quality, where he challenges himself to complete multiple assassinations so he can receive praise from his family 😂🤪 and it also doesn't help that he would rather cut corners and take the easy way out when it comes to his work) luka and jackal: " these fires are getting out of hand, we can't keep doing this... " fucking rei: " DAD 1 AND DAD 2!! LOOK!! THATS ME!! THAT BURNING BUILDING, I DID THAT!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD " (reference used):

now moving on to a somewhat ironic drawing, here's a doodle of rei in a raincoat vibing in the rain ✨(aside from overalls, rei loves to wear raincoats - and would rather wear them instead of wintercoats when it's cold LOL) rei is the type of person to prioritize fashion than comfort :(

now here's a crappy drawing of cousin bonding time (rei and remedy) tbh i dont really like this scribble lol - this is just filler because i hated empty patches in my paper 🤡

now, a word from our sponsor; rei himself!! he is presenting his aforementioned homemade waffles in greater detail :) and now, cue the advertisement that totally is not completely false and not just rei's delusional and stubborn ramblings on that he creates the best waffles and that waffle makers are inferior to him ☺️

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Rei's amazing homemade Belgian waffles! ♥ (𝑀𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝒻𝒻𝓁𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓇!) ♥ 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲! (𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝) ♥ ♥ 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲, 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘀 (𝙏𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘, 𝙣𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 >:( ) ♥ ♥ 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗿𝘂𝗽 >:) (𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡!) ♥ ♥ 𝟷𝟶/𝟷𝟶 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛! (𝙍𝙚𝙞'𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜! :) ) ♥

i feel like im trying too hard to be funny here, lmao 🤡💀 anyways, here are the full pages of all of the drawings :D

alright so thats finally all i have - if i somehow get my motivation to draw or do literally anything productive ill start working on my vendetta mc's (remedy) ref sheet 👹 (im sorry for this cesspool of cringe again btw LMAO)

Rei sounds so chaotic and kinda sweet at the same time 😆

Also, I love the lil headcanon about the waffle. You can bet that big bro will boast about how his lil brother can make really good waffles to his friends whenever he hang out or has breakfast with them 🥺

Thank you for sharing all these lovely drawings and headcanons about your upcoming sequel MC 🥰

[whitehairedanimeboyfriend]

Saw some posts going around about being homeless and wanted to throw my own two cents in on strategies you can use.

A lot of people think that once you lose your home, your two options are either spend a bunch of money on motels or sleep outside. There are many other options you should exhaust first.

Pack light. Bring a couple changes of clothes, but don't over burden yourself. Fresh underwear and socks are more important than anything. You can swing wearing the same jeans for longer than the same shirt.

Don't break the habit of brushing your teeth often. It's important and a difficult habit to build up again.

Get a good phone charger, and a good portable battery. You can get ones on Amazon that will fully charge your phone up to 10 times on one charge of the battery. If you don't have a place you can accept deliveries, try dollarstores, Walmart, and best buy, or other electronic stores.

High data plans are really cheap right now, so if you're already paying 30-40 for your phone plan, check to see if you can switch to a higher data plan for the same price on your phone provider's website.

Have utensils. You can get packs of portable and easy to wash ones that come with fork, spoon, knife, and straw. Or you can just pack normal ones. It's up to you.

Get a multi-tool. Theyre really handy to have.

If you buy a weapon of any kind to defend yourself, make sure you know how to use it and really have an indepth check in with yourself: if you were in a fight, would you be willing to use it on another person? If you are unsure even a little bit, don't carry it. Knife, gun, any of those specialized self defense items. They're more likely to be taken and used on you. Especially if you hesitate.

Get on welfare, income assistance, food stamps, or whatever other government program you can. These often provide access to resources and if you get a social worker, they will often be familiar with resources and programs you can access.

Be kind and respectful to other homeless people but don't make friends with them. This may sound harsh but people in these situations are desperate and if you drop your guard around some individuals you will get robbed. Plus, it's really easy to get sucked into toxic mindsets where you spiral into self destruction if there are other people to go down with you. You will feed off of each other's bullshit. It's just better for you and them to focus on yourself right now.

Having a baby right now will not save you or fix your situation. If you have sex, use protection. If you get pregnant, highly consider getting an abortion if you're able to. Being pregnant complicates homelessness a lot and your kid will almost definitely be taken from you, which is heartbreaking.

Keep a low profile. Don't get into fights or arguments, don't yell at service workers, don't be a nuisance to retail. Sometimes you will be wronged and it'll feel unfair, but often it's best to swallow your pride and to remain in good standing with the people around you.

Sell or leave any laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices you can't keep on your person. If someone doesn't steal them they will most likely just get broken or damaged.

Look up all the soup kitchens and foodbanks in your area. Most of the time, there will be at least one place open any given day of the week. Churches are the ones that will do this more often than not, and as long as it's not Salvation Army they usually do not care who you are or how you got there. Missions tend to feel more secular than say, Catholic churches, if that matters to you. (but getting a hot meal is often worth sitting through the Lord's Prayer.)

If you're under thirty, look up Youth resources. Usually there will be services tailored specifically for you that won't be as in demand as general population services.

Employment centers, libraries, food banks, etc, should have contact information regarding shelters. If you're a woman running from an abuse situation there are even more options.

Shelters tend to be hit or miss. I've stayed in really awful ones, I've stayed in really good ones. The best you're going to find are the ones where each resident gets their own room. They're hard to come by, but one of the shelters I stayed at the most when I was homeless let you stay up to two months on your first go. Then youre out for two weeks, then you can come back for up to a month at a time. If you're lucky, you'll find a shelter that provides meals as well. This is a great place to have a warm bed to sleep, meals, and showers.

Couch surf. Now's the time to call on your friends for favours. I try not to stay in any one place for longer than five days. Mixing this with staying at a shelter got me through about five years of homelessness.

Group homes, supervised living programs, etc. These tend to be the next step up from shelters. Almost all of them give you your own room and are more long term than shelters. Often, you have to actively be working and/or participating in an education or employment program to stay, but it's way more stable than staying at a shelter.

Do not bother with Facebook marketplace queer housing groups. In a lot of cases you'll be out on your ass again in a couple of months. There's a reason people in these groups can't keep roommates.

When you can, have a set of clothes that make you not "look homeless." You will find situations where you need to blend in. If you have a secure place to store your belongings even better. Dead giveaways for homeless people are often their huge backpacks and a lot of people know this.

Out of the cold shelters open up in the winter. They're more temporary than regular shelters and it's usually sleeping on the floor of a church or community center, but they're okay options in a pinch.

If you have to sleep outside, go off the beaten path if you can. It's easier to do this outside of city centers but this is obviously not always an option. Tents are great but tarps are even more portable. Sleeping bags help maintain body heat far better than blankets. Use your backpack as a pillow, or grab a pillowcase and stuff it with your clothes when it's time to sleep.

This may go without saying but if you have a car, sleep in that. You won't need to bother with shelters or sleeping outside.

Showering at gyms and truck stops is obvious, but if you can find a drop in center, you can shower, get something to eat, and often even do your laundry. Some drop in centers require membership but it's often not difficult to get and it's free. They just want to register you and keep track of who is coming and going. You will often be assigned a case worker that will help you with finding a place to stay or even a job.

Short hair is easier to maintain in these situations. Moreover, I highly recommend against dying your hair at this time, especially bright unnatural colours because the colour will fade fast, and it'll be really difficult to blend in with non homeless people when you have to.

Spend your days in libraries charging your phone, keeping warm, and entertaining yourself. You can stay from open until closed without being disturbed. Look at bulletin boards and pamphlets while you're there and you might find programs you can join or resources you can access.

I personally have never gone dumpster diving. I've never had to. I don't live in a very rich city but there was still always resources I could access before it came to that. Personally, I would exaust all my other options before I start rooting around in trash cans but that's just me.

If you keep food on hand while you're outside, be mindful of animals. Look up methods of keeping your food safe from bears if you are staying in wooded areas. Even places you think are too close to civilization can have bears wandering around. Also, be mindful of "refrigerate after opening" warning labels on food. It's best to get shelf stable items when possible. Condiment packets that are single use are better than bottles because they'll keep longer.

Stealing from grocery stores is easier if you buy some things, too. You can get toothpaste, shampoo, etc from drop in centers and foodbanks but I would personally suggest buying larger items like sandwich meat, and stuffing small items like water flavoring into your pockets when you're wandering down an unoccupied aisle. On that note if you have a hard time drinking plain water, get water flavoring! It's important to stay hydrated.

This might just be the country I live in, but one other place you're very unlikely to be bothered is hospital cafeterias. This is one example, I think, of a place where you don't want to "look" homeless. If it's an especially cold night though, sitting in the corner quietly and being on your phone won't look suspicious. You may need to stay up for the night and then take a nap outside in the day. Or, go to a Library in the morning.

Wear sunglasses and hold your phone or a book in front of you and nap when you're indoors. Especially if you're in a corner by yourself and especially if you're "blending in" with non homeless people, no one will bother you. Best place to do this is libraries.

Food courts are also a decent option. Usually there are so many people that no one is going to bother a random person that's there all day. One of those other instances of its easier if you don't look homeless.

Cycle through places you stay at during the day. It'll look a lot less suspicious if you only spend one day a week at any given place.

Depending on your age, if you live in a university town, you can spend time in university areas. Cafeterias, libraries, computer labs. This one is not something I'm quite as familiar with but I know people that did it. Try to blend in, look like you're busy. Students are easier to blend in with than probably any other population you can think of. You're going to really have to choose your own adventure with this one, but I would aim for places with a large student body that you don't need a key card to get into, and make yourself look busy.

If all else fails, ride around on public transit. Take long lines from start to finish. Catch a nap if you can. This is an especially great option if you have a bus pass, and while it is easier to do if you blend in, depending on the size of your city and how many people are on, you will be mostly undisturbed.

[immoralfag]

thinking about that vine of the person going to their dad and being like dad look it's the good kush and their dad being like this is the dollarstore how good can it be, all because wymack brought up the dollarstore in tsc im like little duckling

[justepilepsy]

Hi friend, thanks for your helpful posts about epilepsy! I suffer from photosensitive epilepsy, I'm on medication but I'm looking for a pair of sunglasses (or rather, clip ons). I've seen that polarized dark blue tinted lenses help with reflecting sun, water and snow. Do you (or anyone else) have any experience with it? I've heard about Zeiss Z1 (F133) but they're not availble anymore, so I'm looking for recs on similar lenses.

Hi Anon! very good question and honestly not sure if I am deep enough in the blue sunglasses game just YET, to give you a good scientific answer. It's true, there are studies that blue polarized sun-glasses can help to alleviate the effects of sun, reflections and flashing lights. I in fact have started collecting blue polarised sunglasses, but sadly i lost the first pair i bought. One thing that is important to know, which, i only learned yesterday ? is - that there is apparently a limitation in some countries to how much your sunglasses are allowed to be tinted, IF YOU ARE DRIVING! So if you happen to be able to drive, your sunglasses shouldnt have a tint above 85% in Germany. I don't know yet if this applies to other places too. The reason is, that beyond that number you won't be able to pick up on essential contrasts and signals in your driving environment. Anyways - I have been using blue polarised lenses without any prescription in the movies for the movie "Suzume" by Makoto Shinkai and honestly the lenses made the colors prettier and more soothing for me. The optician I had the chance to chat with yesterday also told me, that pink lenses can be used to alleviate migraines! (i have yet to research and test this!) On the talk about which model to get. Unless you require prescription glasses to function in every day life, I have opted as a start for the first and easiest pair I could get my hands on in a Dollarstore (the equivalent to be precise bec I'm not in the US). The one thing I made sure of when buying was, that the glasses had a label that said that they were polarised. Apparently this effect is important. Wether your lenses are polarised can be seen especially via looking at screens (e.g.. smartphone)... i can't quite explain it, but there's something funky going on there. (not in the photosensitive way but.. like the way that things look... once you know you know). Usually, polarised glasses will have a sticker or label however that specifically says that they are polarised. PS: the pair i currently use most is sadly not listed online anymore :/ I admit I do prefer the dark blue tint lenses a lot over my regular prescription sunglasses :') the prescription ones are polarised as well but they arent blue.

[brehaaorgana]

I said this in a comment reply to that cheap hobbies post that I loved, but this is really important so I will say it again and on its own:

"Non-toxic" or "no-VOC" resins are still harmful until they have cured completely. "No-voc" or "low-voc" doesn't mean "cannot hurt you," or "requires zero PPE." Unfortunately "non-toxic" in the US doesn't actually mean there is zero risk to your health.

Do NOT do resin crafts as a cheap dollarstore hobby unless you have invested additional money into appropriate PPE. You need to use PPE every time.

At minimum, you need:

A respirator mask graded to filter out vapors and gasses, with replaceable filters. Either a full face mask, or a half mask AND safety glasses.

Additional filters for the respirator.

Long gloves (nitrile is the minimum, I would suggest more heavy duty gloves for handling chemicals). Uncured resin is a skin irritant and can cause burns or other reactions if you get it anywhere on yourself. The hardeners can be corrosive.

Apron

A place to work and store curing resin with good air circulation and filtration. Ideally you want a HEPA filter system with good CADR (clean air delivery rate) rated for handling gasses, smoke, or vapours that covers the room space you are working in and/or indoor curing storage. (The concern is the VOCs and other gasses released as the resin is poured and as it cures.)

You *can* buy the equipment somewhat affordably, and some of it used, but the $5 resin crafting kit from dollar tree and $3 moulds are not a good idea of how much that hobby costs in order to do it safely.

(For example: it's easier to do oil painting sans OMS/turps/solvents/thinners/toxic mediums safely with less PPE than resin casting.)

[moonlightperseus]

I was a classic girly girl as a kid so I wasn't watching any of the animated shows. I got into superheroes after watching the 2012 Avengers movie (which I still refused to watch for years) and I finally like really liked superheroes but it was a very fake, dabbling interest, and then my brother started sending me screenshots of injustice panels and now I don't shut up. 

I also primarily am a DC girlie, most Marvel I've read is either for specific Characters (Black widow, mostly) or because my eighth grade teacher lent me the comics. 

It's so annoying to have to find them, and worse when it's like random issues? So you're like "oh is this the new issue of (comic)? Well,,, it is *an* issue." And then you click on it and have to get like halfway through to know if you've read it or not. 

And some of them really are *so* long and that's so much to keep track of- I used to just have like 100 open tabs on my phone and they were all just different comics I was reading. Then I made a list just to remember what still running comics I was even reading so I'd remember to read new issues and that didn't even work. 

I loved BOP don't get me wrong! (Especially since I don't know if I already said that) but I am also the type of person who will complain about every little thing. (not all the time, and usually just inside my head, but like one thing I usually bring up with the movie is the way it's kind of weird that they like? Smashed Black Canary's two backstories together to make one? It's just a weird choice to me so I'll talk about that but it doesn't ruin the movie for me) Cass However is a big thing Im not a fan of. They didn't even make her a better character she's just lame. 

And in movies generally it's kind of annoying how studies and other movies can dictate things. I don't know if that makes sense, but how like in Marvel Spiderman was owned by someone else so he could never be in the main timeline. I understand why but it's still? Sad I guess? I don't think any of that made sense I am so sorry. 

I'm also sad that the DCEU is just non existent now. They're fumbling that ball so hard. I feel like they finally got somewhere? Like BOP was a very good movie (granted, it didn't get good reviews because women aren't allowed to exist, so I don't know how good it was for the studio's) and wonder woman was doing good. They had a lot of hype. And they just? Threw it away. Gal Gadot was loved as Diana but they threw that out. Same with Henry Cavill. They're making a mistake, I think. 

(I personally would probably consume little DCEU content anyway, because I don't like tv or movies, buy I 100% would've watched the Jurnee Smollet black canary show that was rumored to be in the works and am sad that has been thrown out) 

I've never heard of Luke Mitchell but I just googled him and that's not a bad fancast tbh. I personally am I did hard for Charlie Hunnam's fan cast though I think he's probably too rugged for Ollie. And all of that aside it still would've been really great to get any black canary or black canary and Green Arrow content. 

I bought a new comic today (Batgirl #1, rebirth) and found out I already owned it because my comic collection is such a mess since it's all from the dollarstore :(  I own the first Bombshells United, and other than that I haven't read any. I wanted it to be like, a comic I owned all of and read in person but I don't have the funds for that. 

I might use that site I appreciate that. I do the same thing but what I use is covered in bad pop ups and continuously opens new tabs I have ti be careful to delete and not open (I don't know how I still have a phone, but they almost certainly have all of my personal information). 

I don't know how comics heavy of a mood I'm in ATM (it's one of those things y'know, where you're like !! This is my main hobby!! And then you start it and you're like "I would literally rather die then do this hobby right now." ) but I will try to read the bombshells runs- I went as Bombshell Black Canary for Halloween a few years ago, so I AM a fan. And I'll try to finish secret six (do I know where I am? No. But I think it'll be worth it) 

​​​​​​​Also I'm so sorry that it took me this long I forgot I was doing this and got really distracted trying to see how likely id be to die if I broke into SeaWorld I did not mean to forget to send this 

no need to apologize on timing! i completely understand both life being busy and also being easily distracted & forgetting things. (for example, i started responding to this ask, and then very suddenly decided i needed to finish reading the batgirl 2000 run so that i could start on injustice bc my curiosity for it has been mounting, and now its almost 3am and i really should go to sleep so i might have to draft this to finish responding to hopefully tomorrow, but i’ve got a drive to do tomorrow so it may end up being a bit and now i’m going to apologize for the delay in my response and i do see the irony in that)

i have to ask, are you looking into breaking into seaworld to help the animals or more so just to see thats something you can do (no judgement either way im just genuinely very fascinated by that sentence)

okay under the cut i got ramble again

nothing wrong with being a classy girly girl! i was definitely inbetween being a tomboy and a girly girl personally. i didnt get into the superhero animated shows until i was like, 11? i didnt really have much exposure to superheroes much before finding the shows, but i got my little sibling to watch some of the shows with me

i remember watching the avengers (2012) maybe like a year or so after it came out (it was on netflix at the time) but im pretty sure i started by watching the shows (i remember being disappointed bc the wasp wasnt in the movie even tho in the show she was one of the founding members, which i believe is the same in the comics, and i really liked wasp from the show. i did enjoy the movie, but i never watched any of the sequels until endgame, which at that point i watched solely bc i was promised captain marvel and then they only gave me like 5 minutes of her.

as for marvel comics i’ve mostly read young avengers & runaways stuff. i can’t remember if i got around to any captain marvel comics but i was gifted the novelization that came out after the movie that was like an (unofficial?) prequel to it and i did enjoy reading that.

on the note of random comic issues i literally bought a like 50 pack of random comics that was like idk some kinda deal and that is most of my comic collection which is just literally random issues, i think its all dc stuff but it could be a mix of dc and marvel? i'm back at my parents now so i'll have to dig out the box to take home with me before i leave so i can go through it. another thing thats frustrating with comics is when theres like a uhh like story that spans across multiple different comic runs? like i was reading the 2000 batgirl run as previously mentioned (i have finished it now) but i did ended up just skimming a few issues bc they were a part of some bigger batfam plot that was spanning across other comics and i could not be bothered to go find the issues that that particular story continued through.

totally fair to be the person who likes to complain about every little thing, and super valid to like a movie and also have some issues with it! i can totally respect peoples hangups about the bop movie not being a perfect comic adaptation and i would agree, but to me being a perfect adaptation and being a perfect movie are not mutually exclusive and i will hold it in my heart as a perfect movie aksdjglk (its right up there with the old guard in my personal movie rankings) my problem is when people hate it for stupid reasons (i still remember seeing a post hating on the movie for how it killed black mask ((it wasn't a good enough death for him)) like this movie isn't about him!! hes a loser! the only "better" option for his death is if harley ran him over with a combine tractor bc i think that would be funny as hell. but i dont think gotham is the type of city that has a lot of combine tractors.)

yeah as far as the dceu goes i didnt have any attachment to the batman or superman films (i only watched bvs for wonder woman lajdfkjladf) but like the 1st wonder woman was really good! (didnt watch the second one bc i heard poor reviews of it ((and not just from fanboys who can't take a female centric superhero movie))), i enjoyed the aquaman movie and the 1st shazam (still need to watch the 2nd one) and obviously i loved bop. i was super excited for the batgirl film and the casting of supergirl (would LOVE to see her get a movie!!) i guess we'll just have to see where things go now. alas. i’m more of a tv show guy anyways. (not that there’s the best history for live action dc tv shows either…but they sure do. exist! and i sure have consumed a large quantity!)

yeah i’m also so mad about the BC show being thrown out i was sooo excited for it :(((

god super valid re buying a comic you already have. i lowkey wanna find out if there is a nice comic book store near where im living rn bc at the very least it could be a nice way to force myself to get out for reasons other than to go to work and to grocery stores (though idk if it’s a good idea financially but it could be a cool. occasional treat)

also SUPER valid w the not being in a heavy comic mood, it really is smth that comes n goes like the tide and it’s like a big mental investment (at least in my opinion) to delve into the comics world and sometimes there’s just not enough brain to spare! no worries/pressure on picking it back up. (but if you do, and check out bombshells, united comes after the original run so i would rec starting w the originals first!)

also :O going as bombshells bc for halloween is SO cool mad respect (i loveeeee her bombshells design. which. i love MOST of the bombshells designs but. y’know) i tried to go as black canary for halloween one year i got leather boots and a leather jacket and maybe leather pants and a blonde wig. i was aiming for an arrowverse black canary (e1 laurel lance) but i didn’t really match even that well lol. oh well.

okay i am gonna wrap up this reply bc i do feel like i could ramble literally forever and i already feel bad about the late response but i do have a question regarding injustice. as far as where to start, i looked up the reading order and there’s like the prequel (year zero?) which the article i found said you don’t have to start with or even read at all so i was wondering what your thoughts were on the best place to start/if the prequel is any good

hope you’re having a lovely day!!

[annaix]

Hello Lovelies! Saturday was Trapezius, Shoulders, Back, Biceps and Abs day! I probably shouldn’t have done this workout but y’all know how addicted to training I am ^^; Despite being sick during this session I think I did a pretty good job. I gotta remember to slow down some lifts though to make sure I’m getting the most out of the muscle contraction because why not get the best ROI on everything in your life right? After this workout I picked up my baby @best_girl_tylar and we went to the dollarstore and Walmart for some stuff. After our errands he was kind enough to help me put away and sort some of my clothes. I’ve still got other piles to go through but I’m happy that I’ve at least reclaimed some floor space in my room. I can feel that part of my anxiousness about it having been lowered :D. He’s the best and I love him so much. Thank you for all the love and encouragement friends. Stay hydrated :D 💖💖💖.‌‌ https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckrv3ukre3U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[o-mellowy]

Happy belated Weed Day people

[sleepytrolls]

Hoooo boy are you guys in for some bullll shittery coming hot and fresh out the oven

[isolatedlight]

Canada + Peter Parker

You take Peter to Canada for the first time....

he would be shocked by the amount of trees

non-stop talking about how fresh the air smells

cold, but he would like that?

he definitely wouldn't understand that while it gets VERY cold it also gets VERY hot

he would be obsessed with poutine, he would try all sorts of different flavours but still prefer the original

he would complain about poutine in the states for sure

he would probably be surprised that a good chunk of stereotypes are true

he would lose his shit over the size of a moose

he would try to pet a goose

multiple times

"maybe this one is nice!"

he would try iced tea and gag, but then go on a sugar high and fall in love with it

Tim's

he would get one of the lemonades every day and at least 20 timbits

sour cream is superior

flannel

man would go home with 25 new flannels

take him to the dollarstore

he'd fly a suitcase of stupid canada trinkets home for everyone

"why does ti feel so flat?"

"you guys really like cowboy hats"

"look, a cow!"

"another cow!"

"oh more cows!"

KETCHUP CHIPS

Coffee Crisp?

Smarties?

who needs to eat when you can try all the fun snacks

"can we come here in the winter?"

"what do you celebrate on the 4th of July?"

he would by a random hockey jersey

just for fun

"this is different in america"

"i like Canada!"

[bucksfucks]

hi 💕 you’re in a dadbestfriend!bucky mood? well what about a near-miss with reader where they are really this 🤏🤏 close to get caught by dad!steve (love ur account so much 💕)

𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 ; 𝙗𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙨

warnings || sneaking around, age gap (reader in her 20’s), choking kink, praise kink, kitten kink (pet-name), slight daddy kink, multiple orgasms, bucky’s metal arm and fingers — 18+ ONLY/MINORS DNI

notes || i would like to emphasize that i’m writing the reader adopted. steve is not their biological father — it is stepdad!steve to remain inclusive!

“bucky, bucky, wait—shit!” you hiss quietly as you and him both still at the sound of one of your perfumes falling from its place on the dresser onto the hardwood floor. oh how you wish you had carpet in this one instance. bucky offers you an apologetic look, shrugging his shoulders as you playfully roll your eyes. “i thought you were a soldier, aren’t you supposed to be, i don’t know, stealthy?” you whisper as you quickly pick up the perfume by your feet and place it back to where it belongs. “i’m a little distracted, can you blame me?” he smirks, cornering you against the dresser as he peppers soft kisses down your neck.

you almost let yourself give into the feeling before you hear the creak at the bottom of your stairs along with your dad’s voice. both you and bucky go wide eyed, panicking for a moment. “the closet—go!” you usher him in quickly and quietly as he wedges himself into the small closet of the childhood bedroom you were in. you barely have time to shut the door before you hear rapping at your door. “hey, you okay in here? i heard something fall.” you’re met with your dads, well, steve’s concerned eyes. he was your dad, he took you in, but you were aware that you weren’t related to him. “yeah, yeah i’m good. just clumsy.” you chuckle weakly, trying to adjust your shirt. he hums, nodding. “alright kiddo, i’m heading to bed. goodnight.” he smiles warmly before giving you a kiss on the forehead and leaving you to close the door and breathe a sigh of relief.

“you’re gettin’ real good at lyin’, have i corrupted you that much?” bucky smirks as he emerges from the closet wearing a dollarstore feather boa. “oh my god. take that off right now.” you groan quietly as he wiggles his eyebrows. he laughs, throwing it onto the floor before wrapping his arms around your waist. “heard your old man is goin’ to bed, should we do the same?” he whispers, pulling you down until you’re straddling his hips. “mmm, last i checked, your older.” you smirk, feeling bucky’s fingers digging into your hips as he flips you around. “oh you’re really tryin’ to piss me off tonight, aren’t you?”

clothes are ripped off each other’s bodies until you’re both naked with bucky under the sheets and between your legs. “good girl, you’re bein’ so quiet for daddy.” he purrs, kissing your inner thigh. “so sweet too, wanna feel you come again.” he groans, thick fingers curling inside of you until you’re coming for the second time already. bucky’s quick with shoving his vibranium fingers into your mouth to stifle your moans. “good girl, takin’ my fingers so well as you come all over my face.” you audibly whimper at those words, out of breath as he slowly slips his cock into you.

you’re spooning, your back against his chest as he slowly rocks into you. “could stay like this all night long, kitten.” he purrs, toying with your clit all while keeping your mouth covered. he makes you fall apart over and over again until he’s filling the condom, having to bite down on your bare shoulder. the night ends with you in bucky’s arms, playing with the gold outline of his prosthetic where you would watch him jump out of your bedroom window at 6 in the morning whispering how much he loves you.

[teeth-farie]

heyhihello it's been a while @ and i need to get my arcana urges out before i explode.

look i loveee the idea of cocky soft dom mc with julian, but what about sweet and innocent mc, who behind closed doors is actually so much rougher than people give them credit for.

in public, they're quiet. they have these big eyes that do nothing but observe and stare up at julian, which gives him the feeling of being this big, strong guard dog of something fragile. it makes him cocky and makes him form a bit of an attitude.

but then in private, as soon as the doors shut, mc pushes him onto the bed, climbing on top of him and holding him down by the throat. "did you enjoy that, hm?" they ask in this sweet, yet bitter tone. it sends a shiver up julian's spine, and he instantly remembers his place, “enjoy feeling all big and strong? like i'm something in need of constant protecting? do you not remember where your place is, pet??

(lite puppy julian, maybe 🫣?)

he stumbles over his words, apologizing as a wet spot forms in his pants where mc's sitting, grinding down against him. "your place is below me. you belong to me. your body is mine. i own you," they chant in his ear as they kiss along the shell, behind his ear, down his jawline, to his throat where the sigil that marks his curse resides.

they edge him, overstimulate him, make him beg, scream and cry. halfway through their torment julian’s gripping the headboard, bedsheets, pillows, anything he can grasp, hands shaking as you smack his ass repeatedly till it turns bright red. his legs quiver as you eat him out. he’s out of breath as you make him ride your face, and even more so as you choke him while you fuck him into the mattress so good that he’s reduced to nothing but broken sobs and loud whimpers. tie him up in extremely compromising positions— with his legs spread and body completely vulnerable for you. gag him, blindfold him, suspend his tied up body from the ceiling. make him squirt, maybe even piss himself a little on accident.

fuck his face, make him gag on you, choke him with your thighs. call him pretty while he’s legs spread and bent over for you. make him grind against your thigh, foot, anything. make him kiss your legs clean afterwards. fuck him in all sorts of positions in any place around the shop. force him to hold in his orgasm as you just keep going, torturing him further and further with pleasure— and yet never hearing one complaint from him.

because this is what he wants. this is what he needs. he needs mc to put him back in his place. he needs them to remind him of the little whore he is. he needs them to remind him how desperate he truly is for them.

maybe i'm just projecting as a femboy, but i love the idea of a cute mc that just switches the roles entirely. role reversal is so fun to me jshjfjf anyways love u /p

- @dollarstore-writings

OUGHGHGHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH THIS IS SO GOOD….IVE GOT NOTHING TO ADD EVERYONE LOOK AT THIS

[lexa-lives-in-us]

Saving Tips for Hard Times

I found this old document where I collected a series of tips to save money. This is all part of my experience of when I was near homeless, and some work depending on where you live, some don’t. Here we go.

BILLS:

1. The optimum temperature for refrigerator operation is 5°C, and -18°C for freezer operation. As a rule of thumb, for each additional degree of refrigeration output about six percent more electricity is used.

2. Unplug your appliances. Lamps, microwave, tv, computers etc. They don't need to be plugged until you use them, and it saves energy to keep them unplugged. Therefore, money.

3. Do homework for phone companies and internet plans. Call them! Often they are toll free and if you mentioned that you were already with them or thinking of going with them and then found out another company had a better deal, they could offer you deals for lower prices. I had to do it all the time for my phone, until they couldn't really offer anything better.

4. BIKE. Invest in a used bike if you can, especially for the warmer months. It offsets the transit costs and better your health.

5. WALK. That's the same as the bike, honestly.

6. Pay your bills on time, you will avoid late fees which can up to HUNDREDS of dollars wasted over the course of a year. If you can, set up automatic payments so you don’t forget.

FRIDGE:

1. Every time the refrigerator door is opened, cold air escapes and warm ambient air enters. To compensate for the temperature increase in its interior, the refrigerator must then use energy to bring the temperature back down. Always avoid opening the door unnecessarily and for too long.

2. When defrosting frozen food place it in the refrigerator. Not only does this ensure that the food is carefully defrosted, its presence cools down the refrigerator interior, reducing the amount of work that the compressor has to do, and therefore lowering energy consumption.

3. Never put warm food in the refrigerator as this will heat up the interior, as well as other stored foods. Hot food should always be allowed to cool to room temperature before placing it in the refrigerator

MONEY:

1. Keep all the containers like glass bottles, juice bottles, jars, cans etc. Look for your Return-It depot and have trips to return them. They give back coins for laundry, small expenses etc

2. Use that junk mail. Go through it, find coupons for food, for essentials like toilet paper or shampoo.

3. CHECK. THAT. DOLLARSTORE. They often have things like pasta, ketchup, toilet paper, batteries etc for literally 1 dollar.  Pasta is pasta, toilet paper is toilet paper. Seriously. Don't need to spend 5$ on a shampoo bottle when you can have it for 1/5 of the price.

4. Do homework and check with different banks for which one offers a better plan. Some of them are willing to help out. Sit down with their advisors, find the best solution!

5. Use the envelope system! For example, one envelope with a label “food” the other with “entertainment” the other with “bills”. Then set the right amount of cash for each. That’s what you’re allowed to spend each month. If you realize you need more for food, grab it from the entertainment envelope. Adapt and arrange as needed.

6. If you can, set up an automatic saving (example 50$ every paycheck) for both regular saving AND an emergency fund.

7. Use the 24-Hour Rule. Avoid purchasing expensive or unnecessary items on impulse with a self-imposed 24-hour rule. For any non-essential item, wait 24 hours before purchasing. It’s perfect for online shopping where your items can simply be added to your cart to purchase later.

8. Make a grocery list BEFORE going to the grocery store and STICK to it. You’re going to avoid buying things you don’t really need.

9. DO. NOT. SHOP. WHILE. YOU. ARE. HUNGRY. Or you’ll end up buying food that you actually don’t need just because you feel snacky!

10. Only use ATMs from your bank, or you get charged small fees.

11. Set a “No Spend Day” per week, where you consciously DO NOT spend any money for that day.

12. Ditch the paper: Cutting out paper towels and using cloths and napkins that you can simply wash and reuse is a simple way to save.

13. After you wear clothes, hang them outside your wardrobe, on a door or something. You can air them out a bit, then stick them in the closet without washing. You can basically reuse the same clothes two or three times without having to wash them, sometimes they just need a bit of air and they won’t smell AT ALL.

14. If you don’t own or want to spend money on an iron, hang whatever blouse you need to iron in the bathroom while you shower. The steam will humidify the fabric and straighten it up.

15. Hang stuff to dry. Really don’t need to spend money on the dryer.

16. Sign up to the library. They have so many books and DVDs nowadays. You can also just go, sit at the library and stay warm for a while, so that you don’t have to sit at home and either suffer the cold or use money on your own heat.

17. Budget, budget, budget. Get a lil notebook, write down the monthly expenses, cut what you don’t need. It gets easier with time.

 FOOD:

1.       Make a meal plan. Write 10-14 days worth of dishes that you can do (lunch, dinner, everything you need). You can then toss them around as you go on with your week, but that way you have a pretty clear idea of what you use and the food you go through for how long. It also reduces the risks of getting take out since you already have plans for what to eat.

2.       Cook double! Seriously. Make that dinner and double it up. Leftovers can be frozen or put in the fridge for the day after.

3.       Meal prep. Once a week, prep a bunch of different recipes. Let them cool down, stick them in the freezer. At that point you’ll already have all these meals at the ready to just thaw/microwave or oven up.

4.       You don’t need pop. You don’t need alcohol. You most likely don’t need milk, but go for it if you wanna. Just remember dairy products go bad WAY more quickly than non dairies, so consider getting food and drinks with no dairy in them. Mainly, though. Water. Just drink water. Lots of it too! Sometimes our brain can’t tell the difference between hunger and thirst. You think you’re snacky? Drink some water instead! It’ll quell your hunger.

5.       Freeze fruit! If you think you’re not gonna be able to eat fruit in time, put it in a Tupperware or a ziplock and slap it in the freezer. You’ll be able to then use it for smoothies.

6.       Use the Italian saying “Colazione da re, pranzo da nobili, cena da poveri.” Which quite literally means “Breakfast as a king, lunch as a noble, dinner as a poor.” Breakfast should be very filling, carbs, protein, vitamins. It carries you for the whole day. Lunch should be quite filling too! But supper doesn’t really need a lot of it, and if you REALLY have to skip a meal, skip supper. Your body doesn’t need that much sustenance while sleeping.

7.       This is for the desperate times but I’ve done it, and I would do it again if I ever had to. Go to markets that have like… Fruits and veggies. Talk to them. Ask them “HEY, can I have the fruit/veggie that you have to throw away?” Ask them if you can have the ugly produce, the one that doesn’t look pretty enough to be put out. Or ask them to have whatever extra they have to dump because is past the expiry date. EXPIRY DATE IS USUALLY MUCH LONGER THAN WHAT THE LABEL SAYS. I wouldn’t risk it with dairy stuff or with things that are VERY expired, but one or two days? Totally fine, I promise. And if you have to? Dumpster Dive. Especially at markets with fruit and veggies that have to be sold on the same day (because it’s not considered “fresh” past that day.) Or behind pizza places like Dominos or Panago or whatever chain. They get pizza orders wrong all the time. Just give a peak behind these buildings and look inside their boxes. You have no idea how many times I found perfectly fine pizzas. For free! IF YOU DUMPSTER DIVE, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GLOVES, A MASK AND PLASTIC BAGS TO PUT YOUR STUFF IN. ONCE AT HOME, DISCARD GLOVES AND WASH PRODUCE THROUGHLY. Also check tumblr for your divers community, they usually know the best spots.

 CLOTHES:

1.       Thrift shop! So many GOOD used clothes are out there! Honestly! My whole wardrobe is thrifted and everything looks brand new. It takes a bit of research and maybe that shirt you liked is not in your size, but you can find EVERYTHING, from socks to bras, at a thrift store. Don’t thrift underwear though. You want to go new with those.

2.       Invest in some needle and thread, then open youtube. There are SO MANY tutorials that teach you how to mend holes in socks and underwear. And really, no one will really notice if a mend is perfectly done or not. After a week, you’ll forget it too! But that prevents you from throwing away clothes that could just be mended a little.

3.       Something doesn’t fit you? Too small, too big? YouTube, homie. They have tutorials on how to fix these kinda things! All you need, again, is needle and thread.

4.       Organize clothes swaps with friends and/or neighbors. Everyone brings clothes they don’t need, put them in a pile. Go through the pile and grab whatever there is. There’s no money exchange, one could go home with 1 item and one could go home with 50 items. Who cares? The extra stuff… DONATE IT TO A SHELTER.

Feel free to add more, and stay safe!

[strxnged]

AYO AYO IT'S TIME PEOPLE I HAVE BEEN PUTTING THIS OFF FOR LONG ENOUGH 😭😭 HERE WE GO WITH 25 THINGS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER THAT MAKE ME HAPPY, STARTING NOW -

1. i really like COLOURS. i love them on their own or how they look different with different shades or how some colours are just so beautiful i would want to drown in them. i love how they blend and how they pop and i am so grateful that i can see colours like sea green, sunflower yellow, midnight black, oak brown, and hot pink. i love red, i love orange, i love all the skin colours in the world. warm colours and cool colours, energizing or calming, vivid or dull.

2. bts. bts makes me happy. shut up they're cute and their music slaps. crystal snow and film out make me cry but IN A GOOD WAY.

3. GREEK FOOD.

4. when people talk about something they're passionate about PLEASE MARRY ME. i don't care if i have no idea what you're going on about, PLEASE keep talking you're making my day. (my inbox is a great place to talk about things you love, do NOT hesitate.)

5. omg all the cute little aesthetics that have been come up with. dark/light academia FINALLY giving brown the love it deserves, omg the romanticizing of doing schoolwork late at night. COTTAGECORE/FAIRYCORE WITH ALL THE MUSHROOMS N FORESTY VIBES AND AUHH I LIVE FOR IT. mmm mm can we TALK about royalcore. PLEASE. 8 year old me is THRIVING. ALSO ALSO I LOVE HOW PEOPLE COME UP WITH THEIR OWN AESTHETICS THAT'S SO HOT PLEASE KEEP DOING THAT.

6. SCREAMS i love sharpies they're SO MUCH FUN i love the smell and THE WAY IT FEELS TO PUT PERMANANT INK ON THINGS OMG MARKING YOUR TERRITORY MUCH??

7. my brother. he's such a vibe. omg. max introversion but like he's a NERD and i love it. could talk about absolutely nothing with him for hours hehe <3

8. anything by jane austen, send tweet.

9. actually just books in general. imagine holding a world in your hands. imagine holding words someone thought out. fascinating.

10. glasses. square glasses, round glasses, sunglasses. and the people behind them. you lovely farsighted people, you gorgeous nearsighted wonders. your eyes suck but we love you.

11. umm uhh <3 there's this thing called <3 art <3 it's neat <3

12. also there are these people i like to call artists <3 they make art <3 i love them <3 pls keep going you're so talented stop comparing yourself to others <3 do art the way you wanna do art <3

13. WHEN PEOPLE WANNA CHANGE THEMSELVES SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE BETTER AND NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPRESS ANYONE. OMG YOU QUEEN.

14. minecraft youtube.

15. GLOBES>>> i have this plastic one from the dollarstore with japan facing me and it literally motivates me. also ironic memes like this:

16. LANGUAGES. I'M LITERALLY. i know that it was supposed to be a punishment but learning another language is literally such a cool idea, AND ALL THE NON-VERBAL WAYS PEOPLE COMMUNICATE?? BODY LANGUAGE? EYE CONTACT?? FACIAL EXPRESSIONS??? SWAAAAG KEEP TALKIN

17. omg people who sing whether they sound good or not. actually this goes for a lot of things, not just singing. IF YOU ARE HAVIN FUN THEN YOU SOUND GOOD TO ME IDSMFSDmk

18. musicals. y'all are out here breaking into song in the middle of the street. that's. that's amazing. what a mood tbh. me mentally everyday

19. actually music in general. musicians. music listeners. people who play the harmonica. people who play the FLUTE or the DRUMS or the VIOLIN or the CELLO or PIANO PLAYERS YOU ROCK OMG. and all the genres?? all the ways we express ourselves with sound? SONGS THAT MEAN THINGS TO PEOPLE. SOUNDS THAT MEAN THINGS TO PEOPLE. SWAG.

20. my moots and followers omg u guys u guys idk why you're here but you mean the world to me.

21. L Lawliet

22. OMG WHEN PEOPLE CAN QUOTE THEIR FAVOURITE SHOW. LIKE OMG WHEN PEOPLE RANDOMLY QUOTE DR. WHO OR LORD OF THE RINGS OR IDK B99 (or megamind, hana if you're reading this you make me happy hajSDHWEKAD)

23. kaillei love of my life you are everything to me

24. SCREAMs have i mentioned how happy people make me 'cause WTF. WHEN PEOPLE> >>>>

25. succulents. i will forget to water you if you are not a succulent.

(tagging the people who sent the asks: @sugurus-princess @lilies-and-rosies YOU ARE NEVER IN MY INBOX TOO MUCH @kailleis-sunshine @h-grangerstudies @bokubonk )