#kue doing kue things

[kuekyuuq]

"Because I'm in lesbians with you."

Lena Luthor, probably:

Kara Danvers:

Also Kara Danvers:

[melzula]

zuko confiding in sokka to be his wingman to try to get together with you?

a/n: sokka sharing his back bending skills with zuko we love to see it. also this takes place post-war

summary: Zuko isn’t sure how to tell you he likes you, so he looks to Sokka for guidance

Zuko watches longingly from across the room as you dance with Katara and enjoy the night’s festivities. Your eyes sparkle with joy and your smile is so infectious it has everyone around you beaming. Everyone seems to want your attention, and so he hadn’t been able to speak to you much since the party began, but he desperately wants to be near you.

“You know you look like a total creep when you stand in the corner and stare, right?” Sokka notes, interrupting Zuko’s sulking.

“I’m not staring!” The Fire Lord says defensively, but he knows he’s not fooling anyone.

“Come on, buddy, it’s a party! Lighten up! Go mingle!”

“I don’t want to mingle,” Zuko grumbles indignantly, “I just want to talk to y/n.”

“Then go talk to her!” Sokka encourages as if it’s the most easiest thing in the world. “It’s not like you haven’t talked to her before. She’s our friend!”

“I know that,” the boy bites irritably. Deflating, he sighs, “But it’s different this time.”

“What do you mean?” Sokka says, his demeanor morphing into that of a more serious tone.

“I… I think I have feelings for her.”

“You what?!” Sokka exclaims, earning a few puzzled stares from nearby partygoers. Zuko sends his friend a harsh look and urges him to be quiet.

“I know, I know. What am I thinking? She’s perfect, she’d never go for someone like me,” he admits in quiet defeat. “It’s stupid of me to feel this way.”

“What? No way, that’s not true,” his friend insists encouragingly. “You’re a great guy! You just need to work on your romance game.”

“My what?” Zuko retorts skeptically.

“Your romance game! Look, if you want y/n to like you then you have to work your charm.”

“I don’t have any charm to work.”

“Sure you do, it’s easy! Take it from your old buddy Sokka, the ladies love me. Just follow my advice and by the end of the night y/n will be dying for you to ask her out!”

Zuko is skeptical of his friend’s words and hesitant to take Sokka’s offer of help, but he knows he’s hopeless on his own and there aren’t many other options. With a relenting sigh, Zuko gives his friend an agreeing nod.

“What should I do first?”

“Just follow my lead,” the boy says with a wink before loudly calling you and his sister over. Zuko does his best to mask his embarrassment and puts on his best attempt of a smile as you and Katara saunter over arm-in-arm.

“Hi, guys!” You greet cheerily. “King Kue really knows how to throw a party, doesn’t he?”

“He sure does! Say, that’s a really nice dress,” Sokka compliments before harshly elbowing Zuko’s side. “Don’t you agree, Zuko?”

“Uh, yes, it is,” he stammers nervously, his face immediately turning red. “You look very beautiful.”

“Thank you,” you reply with a bashful smile. “You don’t think it’s too much?”

“Not at all,” he says earnestly. “You could never be too much.”

“You know, y/n, Zuko here was just telling me how much he wants to dance,” your friend informs you much to the Fire Lord’s dismay.

“What?! That’s not-“

“Oh, well, would you like to dance with me, Zuko?” You ask with a careful smile, delicately holding your hand out for him to take. His protests immediately die in his throat as he takes in your gentle features, the world almost seeming to come to a halt as he focuses on you before him. Your beauty almost physically pains him, and he wished he knew how to tell you this without coming off like a total creep.

Zuko hesitates before taking your hand, knowing that whatever happens next could alter your friendship forever, but the idea of physical touch is almost too tempting, and so he gently grabs hold of your hand and guides you back to the dance floor.

The musicians play a melody of traditional Earth Kingdom waltzes, and despite knowing nothing about dancing Zuko does his best to match your pace. His hands are suffocatingly warm against your skin, but you never once complain. You say nothing when he steps on your toes repeatedly or gets caught on your dress, and in spite of how awkward you both look compared to the other couples on the floor you seem to be having the most fun out of them all.

“You’re doing wonderful,” you encourage, giggling when he missteps and nearly trips over his own feet.

“I’m awful at this,” he argues exasperatedly. “I’m sorry you got stuck with such a lousy dance partner.”

“I don’t care about how good you can dance. I’m just happy you’re dancing with me,” you admit, looking away bashfully to hide your smile. “I haven’t really been able to speak to you much tonight, so I appreciate being with you now.”

Over your shoulder, Zuko spots Sokka from across the way. The water tribe boy waves his arms frantically and gestures for Zuko to make his move. The Fire Lord simply scowls before swallowing down his nerves and looking back to you.

“Y/n,” he calls faintly, gently guiding your face to look back up at him. “I’ve been wanting to talk to you all night, but it’s been hard. You’re so full of life, you draw people in with just your smile, and so I didn’t think I’d get the chance to finally be alone with you and tell you that- well, that I have feelings for you. I want to be the one that makes you smile, the one that dances with you at every party.”

“Zuko,” you murmur softly, taken aback by his confession. He takes your surprise as rejection and looks down with a dejected smile.

“I know, we’re friends. It’s strange of me to think we could be more, but I just needed to tell you.”

“No, that’s not it,” you quickly correct him, “I-I’m just surprised because I didn’t think you felt the same way I did.”

"You mean… you like me back?” Zuko asks in disbelief.

“Of course I do! What’s not to like?” You tease with a smile. “All night I was hoping you’d come up to me, and even though Katara said I should be the one to make the first move I was too scared to try. I’m glad you told me because I feel the same.”

You feel as if your heart could burst when he carefully tilts your chin up to meet your lips in a kiss. Ever since he joined your group you’d wanted nothing more than for him to see you as you saw him, and after months of what you thought was one-sided pining it seems Zuko has felt the same way about you all along. It took some time for things to come out in the open, but now that they are you couldn’t be any happier.

And unbeknownst to either of you, Katara and Sokka share high-fives behind your back in celebration of their successful plan.

| zuko tags: @ilovespideyyy @yiyibetch @eridanuswave @lammello @a-monsters-love @taeeemin @livelaughlovekuni @lovialy

| atla tags: @sirkekselord @niktwazny303

[the-friendly-entity]

Can you do Headcanons of Outworlder fem s/o who has same ice and snow magic like Elsa (Frozen) with male characters of: Liu Kang, Kuai Liang, Tomas Vbrada, Bi Han, Kenshi, Shang Tsung, Havik, Rain, Syzoth and Reiko please?

[ ~"Let it Go"~ ] - Mortal Kombat 1

Ohhh!! looks like Sub-Zero has competition! let's see what come out of this!

What contains? Ice Powers Reader, Female Reader

How is visualized as? Cople Relation Ship, Family Relation Ship, Friend Relation Ship

Smoke - Tomas

-Scared at first to meet you, will confused you are part of the Ling Kue clan and you are a spy for Bi Han, so at first you will be judged, and earning his trust will be not easy

-Proving you do not work for Bi Han things get more chill, Tomas will apologize for being rude towards you, something you accept it and understand his worries

-He already saw ice powers with Bi Han in the past, but only in training and was taken in battle, so you using it in another way is refreshing and interesting, he also likes you not to do just ice, but also snow

-to be honest, you being with him is a good change, is a change of picture related ice with danger and you showing its not, ice can be also a nice thing and show a lot beauty in it, sadly a beauty Bi Han dint have

Scorpion

-Ditto but he not gonna act that aggressively but he will be cold and on guard with you, so it will be harder to convince him you not working for Bi Han

-Now proving you not working for Bi Han still Scorpion will have his eyes on you, just in case, he worried when you use your ice/snow powers, thinking you are taking your chance to attack, but no, you just doing ice statues

-He sometimes invites you to one of they trainings, possibly wanting to see more of you and your ice abilities, possibly trying to see more where there is nothing there, soon realizes you do not have much experience in battle and badly use your ice powers for battle purpose

-He will train you to defend yourself with your Ice Powers, but he make sure to not make other Bi Han, not make the same mistake twice

Sub-Zero

-Not surprised, you are with the Ice Master inself, so surprised someone like him with the same powers will be not easy, and as you expected he will look at you, seeing if you really have potential

-Even so, he does not waste time, he offers you the deal to join his clan, after all an Ice alie will work just fine and he can take your powers to limits you never imagined, is your decision to accept his offer or not

-He will impress you Ice powers can make ice creatures being alive, and that something he can't do, and that something you have to be proud of surprised the master of Ice, and already has ideas for an ice army

-He will make sure to train you in no time, no waste more of does stupid snowman creations, but rather turn your heart as cold as him and help him with his cruel plans

Kenshi Takahashi

-If knows is becuse of Sento vision, and will be the same alert and ready to attack, it will be hard to convince you not work for Bi Han or something related to him

-He will apologize as soon as proven to show you did not work for Bi Han, he will be feel too awkward about it, because he does not like judge people and more when is innocent, but you understand why he act that way

-He will feel odd you help him with his "eyes" or other kind of injuries to at least make the pain feel less or nun, but something soon gets used to it and he admires you can use your powers for good purposes

-Possibly if your two trust grows, he would ask you to help him to train, for more situations implied ice or cold scenarios, even if you dont have fighting experience, you want to help him as much as you can

Reiko

-You have potential, if you do not give a bad picture, he will soon offer you to join General Shao's army to take down the queen, is your decision if you accept it, but in a no situation he will see you as an enemy or force you anyway

-He dont understand why you use your ice powers for dumb things, like ice skating or ice sculptures, does some sort of things related of creativity or art, he just thinks can be used for battle as more wording thing

-Tho he likes it when you make snow, is relaxing and is like time just stops, like a dream in a deep sleep, he will not admit it or look "weak" at you, but very inside you know he enjoy this

-He will help you to be more stronger and train you so you can defend yourself, at the same time you help him to fight attacks related to ice if anything happen with Bi-Han

Rain

-Good for you, he only has a little experience with Bi-Hand so he will not see you as a enemy as the others, maybe a little but not as big as the others

-Water and Ice, the same element just different structures, surely you two will just play around with both powers, doing an amazing performance, you two is like made of each other

-He will not force you about your powers, but he is very open to helping you to get your potential! who knows what more are you capable of with does powers of yours

-In the end, Rain will be the most acceptable of the rest of the characters, someone who will be connected more fastly from the others, and he is really happy to meet someone like you

Shang Tsung

-Interesting~ He definitely knows you are not part of Bi-Hand, I mean, look at you, you look so kind and delicate, and showing your powers like nothing? if you were someone who worked for Bi-Han you definitely would not show your ice powers so casually

-He of corse will talk to you like a "friend", mostly always the topic is about your Ice powers, a little disappointed to know you never use they potential in battle, but that not matters~

-He will try to convince you to try experiment more with you Ice Powers, to see how much they can do, after all, make snow and ice creatures being alive is not something to see everyday, so he try to manipulate you to fall in his plan

-Fool of you if you hear him, you will regret your decision to the rest of your life

Syzoth

-Attack first, ask later, he will capture you before even knows what attacked you, very confusing situation when he takes you to face "justice" so was had a conversation about you have nothing to do to Bi-Han or WHO is Bi-Han

-Good thing dint arrive to face "justice" when finally you give your explanation, he ask you a lot of things to see if you lying, most of them you was confused because you dint know most of them or what he talking about

-He apologies for such a thing and let you free, you accept his apologies and at least nothing bad happened apart of that, he will visit you just to try to start over again in a good way

-He will always get tense each time you use your Ice Powers, dont worry about it, he just same as the rest kinda affected with all the Bi-Han stuff and well he cant tolerate cold temperatures, but he will be less and less tense each time pass with you

Havik

-Looking at you, analyzing you, he has suspects about you because you dont look a good-trained ninja, either way, will ask why someone from Bi-Han is here, soon he question was answered seeing you have no idea what he referring tho

-He mostly warns you about the world and does not try anything funny, you are just confused by his cold behavior, but I guess he just have his guard on, after all, even you dont know how to fight you still have powers

-It is just a matter of time he becomes closer to you and calmer around you, he enjoys your performance with your powers, after all he always saw powers used for battle, so seeing use it for entertainment and art was a very change of picture

-He insists you dont need to take care of him, but always you convince him to take care of his injuries with you powers, he can't feel pain unless different circumstances, but he appreciates your kindness

Liu Kang

-He has his suspicions first, but seeing how you behave and how you use your powers he knows you are not part of Bi-Han, he just freaks you out by accident due dint knows he was there watching you doing your performance

-He really enjoys the way you use your Ice powers in such a wonderful way, and he is delighted to see more, you blush due to his nice words and attention, something you not get used to it

-He enjoy how creative you are using your Ice powers in as different ways as possible, you could say the sky was the limit but for you was not, he enjoyed seeing the ice animals being alive and moving around!

-You two sometimes do a performance with both of yall powers, fire and Ice, just as interesting a combination as you could imagine! synchronized to make such an amazing show, he always enjoy pass time with you as you enjoy pass time with him

[zhongrin]

Hello hello! Hope you’re recovering from the hackathon *pat pat*, I brought snacks for you! (What snacks do you like actually? Any Indo ones you particularly like? Street foods count! I rlly miss batagor, kue rangi and and… ah shoot I’m hungry now *sobs*)

I’ve been to your teahouse (blog) several times, yet for some reason I just realised smth. It’s how Zhongli greets the other customers when they first come in, the ‘My wife will be with you shortly.’ I just realised the *my* is italicized and I went hmm… someone’s possessive… I wonder how that someone would react if I were to steal you away for a bit? … I’m joking of course!

How goes your progress with the Guzheng? I like to think your partners convince you to perform at the Tea House one day. Zhongli and Wriothesley can attest to having something nice to accompany their tea, Al-Haitham would switch off his headphones to listen to you play and Neuvillette… has another dragon joined the teahouse? 👀

*is patted* thankiew... i went out to touch grass today (am still outside actually hahah) and i'm pleased to say that while i still am stressing over some things, it has really helped with the change of pace and de-stressing a bit...

snacks... ohhh i love sweet things!! i'm a sweet tooth so anything sweet with 'basic' taste (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry), i'll usually like... but if we're talking about indo-specific snacks then... molen!! lemper!!! keripik tempe (bro i love love love love fried tempe so much they're so good i can have them as lunch and dinner every day all day you can eat them with soto or pecek or pecel or rujak without/with kacang hrrrrrgghhhhhh)!!! kue Iekker (leker? idk what's the right spelling lmao)!!! hitam manis!!! 🤤

hahaha yeah!! i think most people wouldn't really catch it but that header almost always changes after an ebg or an event... the italicized version has been there since that april fool neuvillette blog revamp prank. and i'm pretty sure zhongli just goes "welcome. what would you like to order?" after that albedo ebg for a while... which implied meirin wasn't allowed to handle customers for a while *wink*

(ignore the noise in the background that's totally the teahouse's electricity generator making weird sounds, definitely not dragon growls yeah um yeah)

hakdjskdj mayhaps one day!!! i'm definitely not good enough to play a whole music by myself but one day i will! it's my target ٩( ᐛ )و

guzheng progress wise, i was finally given a score that would require two hands to play!!!!! and. i am. Struggling™️ HAHAHAH but this is good!! because it means i'm one small step closer to be able to train myself playing lovers' oath hehe ᰔᩚ i'm also learning the tremolo; i think i somewhat have the motion down (i.e. i'm using my wrist instead of my fingers as the main force for the motion) but i'm still struggling to build the strength to do it continuously and consistently. i'm struggling HARD to do it for 30 seconds. the goal is 1 whole minute so uh yeah hajdhsdj

...... and yes i don't talk about him much here, but the iudex is indeed around 👉🏻👈🏻 don't freak out if you see him at times haha

[thessalian]

Thess vs the Utaru

Real quick, because work has to happen soonish. I've been mostly playing a little bit of HFW in the mornings - mostly because I've been awake too early because ow. So. Here we go.

Morning 1:

Right. Quick gathering of Clawstrider tails and a couple of campfires and then done. Hmm. I should check out Plainsong. Shouldn't take long; most outposts are pretty simple and--

...Okay, they missed out on most of the culture, so how the fuck did they get Dreamer's Terrace from Guild Wars 2? Because that is what this looks like.

I like this "listen to rumours" mechanic. It's kinda neat. Okay, lemme see about the trading.

WHY WILL YOU NOT LET ME DYE THINGS? I can't click on anything! Damn!

...Huh. Wait. I can ... use a set of armour for stats but make it look like whatever armour I want? Okay, I love this game.

Hi, Nel. ...Ah. Tenakth attacking your village. Right. Lemme get right on that. But your entire world is going to have to go on pause after I collect a reasonably nearby campfire because Controller Person needs to earn a living.

Morning 2:

Okay, out of convenient shelter and into--

...Into a massacre. Okay.

Right. That's done. Hi, Kue. What do you need? ...Just parts? I can do that.

Up a mountain. Okay, I can do that.

Oh. Hi, kid. Lemme take your seed pouch home and then get you some vengeance. Justice. Whatever.

Okay ... now how do I get up there?

To go up, one must first go down. GODS I want whatever rebreather you can apparently get in this game.

*most of an hour later* Okay, maybe I can't do this.

Okay, I figured out the glide and it is useless here. It's shit for precision. At least I have the ladder down now.

Side note: @true0neutral also hated this horrible jumping puzzle. I feel less alone.

...Now, mostly I'm good on the keybinds they use in the PC ports, but why do you make the pullcaster E when you want to pull something and double-tap on the space bar if you want to grapple with the fucking thing? I might have a lot easier time with this now that I've figured that out. I just need to remember it.

Also ... Fucking. FINALLY.

And now I get to hunt! ...GIANT ROBOT HIPPOS THIS IS AWESOME!

Thank you, Guerilla, for remembering just how fucking vicious hippos are.

Also I now need more smoke bombs. For ... reasons.

Okay, got the pods, I'm back down, and I can drop these off, find a save point, and do the work thing before--

Oh. We're going right to confrontation with the Tenakth. Great. If I'd known that, I'd have saved before talking to you.

Well, that was quick, at least. Thank you for the Clawstrider parts, Tenakth assholes.

Aww, a new Sharpshot bow! Thank you!

Okay, now I can go to work. And maybe even approach the main quest after work!

Not looking forward to work. But I will say, frustration with jumping puzzles is more reliable than caffeine as a wake-up for ADHD brain.

[juniperhillpatient]

The Earth King Re-Watch

This was a fun episode. I wouldn't call it one of my favorites, but I enjoyed it. Seeing Aang & Appa finally reunited is pretty heartwarming. I was a little annoyed & confused by Sokka's random new "positive attitude" even though he had some really endearing moments in this episode. I just don't get it. Yeah, Appa is back but you just discovered an underground creepy brainwashing cult & your old frienemy was killed? You have no reason to believe you're any closer to convincing King Kuei to hear you out? I can see the whole "brand new positive attitude" thing happening once the other good news hits later, but right at the start? It just felt jarring & weird.

Katara saying she wants to leave this horrible place....I will take my "Jet's death mattered" crumbs where I can get them. I think Katara & Toph's idea to leave makes a lot of sense, but so does Sokka & Aang's desire to force Kui to hear them out...I mean, they are trying to plan this attack on the eclipse...So, that was a well-set-up conflict, because both sides make sense. I also absolutely loved the fight scene with the Gaang breaking into the palace! Everything about it was iconic. It was neat to see Aang use earth-bending in a fight against earth-benders too because he usually relies heavily on air-bending. I loved Katara & Sokka apologizing lmao - & Toph saying Kue's distrust after they broke in made sense.

Kue is a bit pathetic & easily pushed around so I'm not a huge fan of him. Bumi has a chaotic morality & he's not always the most LIKABLE person but at least he's fun so I always enjoy him. Kue is just pathetic, & not even in the hot way lol

Possibly the best part of the episode was Katara telling Sokka that he gets to see their dad & Sokka bouncing around in excitement & hugging her & kissing her while she's just like "yeah yeah, I know, I'm great."

[ID: Sokka saying "Nicest....sister...ever!" to Katara while Aang & Toph watch.]

Also, the Gaang talking about how they will miss each other while they're split up was really cute. I loved the group hug & Sokka like "alright alright, we love each other" trying to end the hug was such a mood - me when friends or family try to get all touchy-feely lol! Sokka gets 10 iconic behavior points for interrupting Aang before he could confess his crush on Katara. I wish I was giving out jerk points so I could give them to Aang for the line "yeah, girls are waiting for us." Ugh, pushing the Katara/Aang agenda before Jet's body is even cold? The writers deserve jerk points for that tbh! Not even Aang really, 'cause he's just a kid with a crush, but I'm still allowed to be annoyed.

Anyway. Zuko gets 500 iconic behavior points for doing one nice thing in his entire life & immediately collapsing like a Victorian maiden. Zuko you drama queen, ily. However, while I've said this re-watch has made me appreciate Zukaang I MEANT the romantic ship Zuko & Aang NOT this monstrosity that lives in my nightmares.

[id: a horrifying image of Zuko & Aang's faces combined.]

What the fuck lmao

As for the rest of Zuko's dreams.....Very interesting lines from Azula & a very interesting performance from our lord & savior Grey Delisle. I will say nothing more about that :)

[id: Dennis from It's Always Sunny saying "because of the implication..."]

Anyway *ahem* right, I think Zuko clearly sees his father & sister as sort of devils & Iroh as an angel on his shoulder. This is what the writers were going for, & an unpopular opinion maybe but I think it works to an extent. The biggest issue here is that Zuko continues until the end of the series to treat Iroh like a messiah of good & he never learns to view Azula with any more nuance despite evidence that Iroh is not perfect & Azula is not irredeemable. Another issue I take is that while I love Azula as the embodiment of the Fire Nation & that darker path here, especially right before Crossroads of Destiny, & I actually find the shifting of the blame about Ursa's disappearance & by extension Zuko's bad childhood from Ozai to Azula super interesting - it's again, just something that's never addressed as wrong by the narrative & therefore becomes frustrating.

[id: Azula as a blue dragon next to a scarless Zuko]

I would have liked to see Zuko's black & white way of thinking about his uncle & sister (which is just really obvious here with the angel & devil motifs) addressed by the narrative. However, I don't think the whole "two sides arguing for different paths through dream visions" in itself is bad. It's certainly fun to watch & makes for a nice visualization of Zuko's internal struggle. Oh, Zuko & Azula get +500 iconic behavior points for foreshadowing the Crossroads of Destiny betrayal. I know it's just a fever dream version of Azula, but she still gets the points.

Oh, & Azula, Mai & Ty Lee get 1000 points each for their Kyoshi Warrior surprise reveal at the end. I love them so fucking much.

Anyway, that's all I have for this episode! Tune in next time for more rambling thoughts on the kid's cartoon!

[samrsgyi]

Girls night out

Sydney Burnett x FEM!Reader x Nancy Mckenna

(Platonic and affectionate)

Usually you would never do it but, this time you would. You were always the one who acted happy and everything when suddenly you met these two beautiful women and they suddenly became your best friend's. You decided to take a stroll through the park and suddenly came with this idea. "Maybe I should y'know try and ask the girls out". Said Y/N

So you decided to turn back and head Right to Nancy's house. You knocked twice on the door. Finally, she answered. "Oh hey Y/N, how are you doing". Said Nancy. "Oh y'know just thought-." You shrugged. "Girls night out?." "Oh! Uh, sure that would be fine, I could really use some relaxation from work." Said Nancy. "Oh! I also forgot to mention, what if we try and bring Syd with us?" Asked Y/N. "Y/N, you know I'm perfectly fine with anything, you can tell me anything." Said Nancy. "I-I I DON'T KNOW!!! I just feel like shit and needed some time off. I feel too stressed out and I hate it."

"I get the feeling. Also, we've been talking for way to long at this door come in will ya?" Said Nancy. "Thanks." Said Y/N. You try and take a seat. Then, you just let out a huge sigh. "How about I get you a glass of water ya?" Asked Nancy. "Thanks Nance, that would be nice". Said Y/N. "Anyways how's your brother Nico doing?" Asked Y/N. "Oh he's doing fine". Said Nancy. "That's great." Said Y/N. "This, this , this house that you live in is-beautiful." Said Y/N. "Why thank you, this is Los Angeles, California after all." Said Nancy. "I guess you're right Nance."

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat, just go and get dressed and we can meet up with Syd, ok?"Asked Y/N. "Right, Right! Sure, all go and get dressed" Said Nancy.

It only took 30 minutes for it to happen, and it finally did. Until the bedroom door click open.

Nancy came out and told you that you were ready but, found you sleeping in a chair. So she quietly walked over to you and gave one snap to your face and you woke up. "I'm ready Y/N." Said Nancy. "Jesus Christ! Shit Nance! You scared the shit out of me." Said Y/N. You were terrified and smiling in terror at the same time. "Sorry about that". Said Nancy. She just gave an innocent smile. You just frowned at her still a little paralyzed from that experience/encounter. "Ok Nance, let's head the fuck out!" You said cheerfully. " Right behind ya, Y/N" Said Nancy

Both of you guys ran out the house because you guys could not comprehend the escalation of excitement in you guys. You guys ran across the street, didn't even give two fuck's if cars hit you both down. "I want you to know this-" you said while panting while running. "You are the best friend that anybody could ever ask for!!!!!!." Said Y/N. "Thanks" Said Nancy. She slowed down her running pace from fast to slow. "Break?" You asked. "Yes please." Said Nancy. You guys took a 20 minute break

Finally you guys took a little walk and found Syd's place. You gave a ring. Syd came out of her bedroom and check through the camera. She smiled warmly. She opened the door. "Well if it isn't my two bestest friend's." Said Sydney. "Ok first of all, bestest isn't a word and second of all, give us a hug." Said Y/N. Sydney just gave a small chuckle. "So let me guess, girls night out?" Said Sydney.

"Syd, you read my mind everytime." Said Y/N

"Ok, imma tell you the same thing I told Nance, get dressed." Said Y/N . "And that's my Kue." Said Sydney. Finally when she was out you guys headed out the door.

When you finally reached the bar and all took a seat, you all had the same idea...Take 20 shots and try to get drunk fast. That's the only thing that was on yall's mind right now. All three of you took 30 shots and all three of you were FUCKED up.

You guys were hazy

But only you had a little bit of life in you and managed to get up and stand on your feet.

You turned around to look at Sydney and Nancy and said, "This really is a girls night out after all." Then you gave a warm smile.

End

[ratralsis]

I will always love Dragon Warrior 3

Dragon Quest III has a new HD-2D remake. I don't love the HD-2D style, if I'm being honest. 2D sprites on a 3D background never look right to me. They looked bad all the way back when I played Xenogears over twenty years ago.

In fact, I googled it: Xenogears came out on PS1 in 1998, so it was actually over twenty-six years ago. Pretty old fuckin' game, Xenogears.

Anyway.

I'm a big Dragon Quest fan. In 2018, I went to a Java One conference in San Francisco for work where I met a developer who worked for Square Enix. He'd just given a presentation discussing their use of Oracle technologies in some Final Fantasy mobile game or another that I'm sure has shut down by now. I approached him and his interpreter afterward to tell him that, because of the company I work for, security is our #1 priority when it comes to our data. How does Square Enix ensure that their databases are secure? Do they do automated testing? That kind of thing.

I got a pretty vague answer, but I wasn't unsatisfied with it. I shook the man's hand and told him, "実は、ドラクエのほうが好きだけど、" and he and his interpreter both laughed.

I'd just told him, "The truth is, I prefer Dragon Quest games, though," using the Japanese abbreviation "Dora Kue" instead of "Doragon Kuesuto." That way, he'd know I was actually a fan. Because I am, and that was a true statement. That's the kind of weird shit you learn when you spend time living in Japan. You can also learn it from the internet, of course. Maybe you just did, from me, earlier in this paragraph. I would be alright with that. Learning things on the internet is fun and easy and cool.

The first Dragon Quest came out in the US when I was very young, though it was called Dragon Warrior, of course. I was too young to be any good at it, because I lacked patience or a mind that could understand how to strategize even in a game where there was only one playable character. My dad played it, though, and I watched him. He played on weekends, because he didn't have time during the week. He named his character "Punky," as in "Punky Brewster," because he thought that was funny. It took us (that is, him) weeks to finish the game, but we (that is, he) eventually did.

I remember being terrified at the final boss battle. The Dragon Lord, the ultimate villain of the game, offers you half the world if you join him, and a Yes/No prompt actually appears.

Now, earlier in the game, you rescue the princess from a green dragon, and she asks you to take her back to the castle. You get a Yes/No prompt there, too, and if you say "No," she says "But thou must!"

"But thou must!" has become a cliche in the world of gaming for this reason.

So my dad assumed that the same thing would happen if you agreed to take half the world from the Dragon Lord. Thing is, it doesn't. Instead, he kills you, and the game ends. Decades later, that ending was used as the basis for the Dragon Quest Builders games, but, as a kid, it terrified me. Keep in mind that the game came out in August of 1989 in the US. Thirty-five years ago. I was five years old then. I might have been six by the time my dad played it, but come the fuck on, that's still pretty young.

We never played Dragon Warrior 2. We never had it. It wasn't until I was a teenager, and NES emulation was possible, that I played it. I never finished it, though, to be honest.

Dragon Warrior 3, though. That came out in 1992. I was eight. I already had an SNES, and Final Fantasy 2. But even at eight years old, Final Fantasy 2 was too much for me. I played it, but I didn't get very far. I literally couldn't find the entrance to one of the game's early dungeons. I won't say which one, because it's kind of embarrassing. It wasn't until I went back to it a couple of years later, at age 10, that I pushed through and finished the game.

I remember very clearly that I was in fifth grade, aged 10, because there was a snow day and I was all dressed to go to school when we found out about it and I went back to the TV to play Final Fantasy 2 instead. I was in the underground, going to the dwarven fortress.

Anyway. I didn't beat the first Final Fantasy game, on NES, until much later, too. I just wasn't good at RPGs when I was that young.

But in 1992, Dragon Warrior 3 was right up my alley. It's a simple game. It's a stupidly simple game. It has a plot that goes so far beyond simple that it's just plain stupid.

You start off at home, sleeping in your full armor, with sword and shield in hand, when your mother wakes you. She explains that it's your sixteenth birthday, and the first time that you'll go to the castle.

You go to the castle, and the king tells you that he's heard about your dad, who died, and how you're going to go die, too.

"It is said that the father Ortega met his end when he fell into a volcano's crater at the end of a battle." "We do hereby accept your petition to follow in the footsteps of your brave father."

He further tells you to get allies at the "eatery," hands you some money, and sends you on your way to kill Baramos, the archfiend, whose name most people don't know, and who is, somehow, going to conquer the world, I guess. And so, off you go. You can recruit three random dipshits from the "eatery," if you want, and you go save the world.

That's the plot.

There are a couple of twists once you kill Baramos. It turns out that there was a bigger Archfiend, Zoma, but he doesn't exist in this world. You have to find a big hole to jump into and find the world of darkness where Zoma lives, and then, once you're there, you find and kill him, too.

That's the end.

At eight years old, though, I loved it. The game came with an incredible manual that contained a walkthrough all the way to the ending, and a giant poster that showed illustrations for every single piece of equipment. I used to spend hours as a kid dreaming of how cool it would be when I finally had the best equipment for all my characters. I would try to find, looking over the poster, what all the best equipment even was. For example, the Zombie Slasher was the best sword for a Sage, as far as I could tell. Better swords existed, but Sages couldn't use them. And the Iron Mask was the best helmet for the hero. And the Magic Bikini was a surprisingly good piece of armor despite clearly being a joke armor.

You can find the poster at https://www.woodus.com/den/games/dw3nes/posters.php if you want. It's fucking excellent. My personal favorite is the Giant Shears, a weapon only Soldiers could equip, because of the utter (dare I say, sheer?) absurdity of imagining a character coming at an enemy with big scissors. Good luck finding the Giant Shears in the later re-releases! Someone realized how fucking stupid they were, I guess!

As a child, I struggled a lot with the game. I took a long, long time to get anywhere. I would grind and level up for hours. I tried a few different character classes, but I decided to take the advice from the manual and used a Soldier, a Pilgrim, and a Wizard as my main party.

The Soldier was Adan. The Wizard was named Matthias. Those were their default names. I named the Pilgrim Joel, after someone I knew from school. It was an all-male party, so I never got to use the Sword of Illusions or the Magic Bikini on my main party.

The hero? Oh, he was named for myself. I hated seeing the first four letters of my name, which is longer than four letters, in the battle menu. Matthias simply became "Matt," but Adan and Joel were untouched.

Adan leveled up faster than the hero did, which made me feel like he was the strongest in the party, and so he stood in the front for most of the game. It wasn't until much later, when I started swapping out characters to level up others, that the hero caught up. But when I first went to the town where you have to send a character solo through a dungeon, I sent Adan. That was a bad idea, it turned out. Adan, as a soldier, couldn't cast any kind of healing spells, so he just couldn't last long enough to make it through that dungeon. The hero could. The hero's meant to. You're meant to send the hero through there. I wound up sending the hero through it enough times to get him to the same level as Adan. I wound up going back later to do it again.

There's a point early on when the king of Romaly insists that you take his crown and become king. You can't refuse him. You have to do it. You have to track him down once you're the king and demand that he take his crown back, which he will, because it's an order from the king, that is, you.

You can go back and become king again later if you want. There's no point. You can't leave town when you're the king. You can't even access your inventory when you're the king. There are little joke responses to every menu option when you're the king that say you have no need to check your inventory or your status because you're the king.

But I was a little kid, and I thought it was funny as hell to go back and tell the king I wanted to borrow his crown and walk around being the king every so often. The only thing I could find that was of any use was that there's one NPC who will tell you that you can use certain weapons in battle to cast spells for free. He won't tell you that normally. Only when you're the king.

I remember visiting the home of a friend of mine and bringing Dragon Warrior III over. I don't remember how old I was then, but I met that friend in sixth grade, so it has to have been when I was, at the youngest, eleven years old. I'd been playing the game off and on for three years by then. I'd probably made it to the end of the game, but I'm sure I hadn't beaten it yet.

We killed an entire afternoon at the monster arena in Romaly, gambling on monster fights. It was fun. We probably lost more than we won, but I didn't mind. It was trivial to reset when we lost too much, and save when we won.

About a third of the way through the game, you unlock the ability to change the classes of anybody other than the hero. There aren't a ton of advantages to doing this in the original game.

Okay, let me break it down. There's the hero, but only one character, your starting character, can be the hero. The hero can't change classes, and nobody else can start as or become a hero. So let's not consider the hero any more when discussing class changes. In the original, there were six character classes you could pick from at the eatery when recruiting random dipshits:

The soldier: High HP, very strong, levels fast. The best at fighting. People often say that the soldier has the disadvantage of being expensive to equip, but that's stupid. Invaluable. You should have one.

The fighter: You'd think the fighter would have some kind of advantage over the soldier, but not really. People often say that the fighter's big advantage is that you don't have to spend so much money equipping them, but that's stupid. Later versions of the game included many more weapons and armor for the fighter that would close the gap between them and the soldier, but in the original, the Iron Claw was the best thing you could give the fighter to use as a weapon.

The merchant: Complete garbage. Can't cast magic, and isn't as strong as a soldier or a fighter.

The pilgrim: one of two classes who can cast magic. Casts healing spells and some buffs/debuffs. Can eventually revive dead characters. Invaluable. You should have one.

The wizard: the other class who can cast magic. Casts attack spells and some buffs/debuffs. Can eventually cast the "open" spell, rendering all keys meaningless, and the "day/night" spell, allowing you to make it nighttime whenever you want instead of having to fuck around walking outside. Invaluable. You should have one.

Goof-off: a joke character. Weakest in every way. Sometimes spends turns doing nothing. No value whatsoever. I mean it. None. Nobody can change to a goof-off, not even someone who used to be a goof-off and who leveled up and changed classes. You should never use a goof-off.

There comes a point later in the game when you need to bring a merchant to a place called New Town and abandon them there forever. They permanently leave the party. They never come back. That's the only use for a merchant as far as I am concerned. Some people will tell you that merchants are actually quite strong in the early game, and thus you should use one until you reach the temple where you can change their class into something else. I am telling you not to do this. I am telling you that there are exactly three good reasons to change a character's class.

One: you have an extremely high-level wizard or pilgrim who has learned every spell, and now you want to make them into a soldier. This will let them keep all of their spells, even though they will be terrible at casting them. See, changing your class cuts all your stats in half, so the new soldier's MP will only be half of what it was, and their spellcasting stats will be, too. They'll be bad at it.

Two: you have an extremely high-level wizard or pilgrim who has learned every spell, and now you want to make them into the spellcasting class they weren't. That is, you want your wizard to become a pilgrim, or you want your pilgrim to become a wizard. This will allow them to learn spells from both classes, and their spellcasting stats and MP won't be utter shit.

Three: you have a pilgrim or a wizard of any level and you want to use the one and only special book that exists in the game to turn them into a sage. The sage is a class that nobody can ever start as. They can learn every wizard and every pilgrim spell, and they can equip more weapons and armor than either wizards or pilgrims. They are the best class in the game. Choose wisely. My suggestion is that you turn your pilgrim into a sage.

Some people will tell you that there is a fourth good reason. Let me explain something to you. They were wrong.

They will tell you that you can level a goof-off to 20, the minimum to change classes, and then, when you go to change your goof-off's class, the option will be there to change them to a sage. This allows you to have as many sages as you want. This is stupid. Don't do this.

Here's the thing. Goof-offs don't gain MP when they level up, but they do gain intelligence, the stat which determines MP gain. See, when you level up in Dragon Warrior 3, the game looks at your character's level and determines, based on their class and their level, what their stats "should" be. If their stats are already above that level, they only gain one or zero points. So your level 20 goof-off becomes a level 1 sage, but has the intelligence of a level 10 goof-off. Until they surpass that point, your new sage won't gain intelligence.

But that means they also won't gain MP! Characters ONLY gain MP when they gain intelligence in Dragon Warrior 3! So your sage will NEVER have as much MP as they would have had if they'd started their life as a pilgrim or a wizard. They'll be a shitty sage.

You might think, well, it's better to be a shitty sage than no sage at all! And to that I say, FUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOU

As a kid, I never knew that goof-offs could become sages. Nobody tells you that in the game. You're just supposed to figure it out, or read a guide online, which I eventually did, many years later. I thought goof-offs were just fun little dudes. I created one and named her Goofus, because I thought that was funny.

I leveled Goofus to something like level 40. Because she was the only female character I regularly used, she got all the female-only equipment I found: the Sword of Illusions, the Magic Bikini. That kind of thing. I loved Goofus! She was great! Especially once she put on that bikini, because it actually changed her character sprite to make it look like she was suddenly a sexy bikini babe!

Sexy!

As a high schooler, I got access to the GameBoy Color remake via emulation. That was basically a crime, but hey, let's pretend it wasn't.

The GBC remake included a lot of new features. Among them, the merchant and goof-off classes got new spells that only they can use, and the new thief class was added. This means that, if you want a character who can cast every spell, you can't just use a sage.

There's only one thing you can do. You have to become a goof-off, then a sage, and also a merchant and a thief on top of that. Obviously, this is the right and good thing to do. It's the only smart thing. Doing anything else is simply dumb as hell, and you shouldn't do it. Also, all your characters should be female. There are female-only equipment items, but there no male-oonly equipment items. Your hero should be female, and so should all your party members.

They should end as thieves. Thieves increase the chances of items dropping from enemies, including the stat-boosting seeds, which means that you can, with a little patience, have a team of four level 99 characters, all of them with maxed-out stats, three of them thieves who can use every single ability in the game.

This is the only smart thing to do. This is what I did. Twice. Once on the GameBoy Color ROM I had as a high-schooler, and again as an adult on my Android phone when playing the mobile release.

Doing that makes the final bosses, even the postgame superbosses who didn't exist in the original game, pretty easy to beat. That's really what it's all about.

Some people might say, hey, that sounds very boring. You don't need to do that. You could beat the game with a merchant and a goof-off in your party if you want. You could beat the game solo if you want. But that's not the smart thing to do. The smart thing is to max yourself out.

I haven't played the HD-2D remake yet. I'll get my copy tomorrow. I wanted to wait until it was out for a few days before I ordered a copy. I honestly kind of wanted to wait even longer, until it was cheaper, because I don't have a lot of money right now. But I love this game.

I've loved it many times over the years. I credit it with my lifelong love of RPGs, and, honestly, a big part of my love of fantasy in general. Final Fantasy, the original game on NES, included warp cubes and robots and a fucking War Mech who could attack you with an ability called "NUKE." It was fantasy, but only on the surface. It eventually became sci-fi. But Dragon Quest never did. It stayed fantasy from start to finish.

You rummage around in a horse field in Dragon Warrior III to find the material you need to sell to a merchant so that he'll forge the Sword of Kings for you. It's the strongest sword in the game. Only the hero can use it. It didn't exist already. You have to make it exist. And then you go and you kill the strongest bad guy with it, and that saves the world.

There's a twist, at the end, that I didn't see coming as a kid. Maybe you know about it. Maybe the fact that Dragon Quest 3's remake is coming out before Dragon Quest 1 and 2, due to the fact that Dragon Quest 3 takes place first chronologically, gives you a pretty big fucking hint. As a kid, though, I didn't know that. I thought that it was really cool that I could go around gathering, and creating, my own legend as the strongest fucking guy around, even if I also had three other guys with me.

As an adult, I wonder what happened to those other three guys. I guess they didn't get to be legends. They just died in obscurity. So it goes.

But tomorrow, I'll play the game again. I'll name my female hero Nester, because Nester can be a girl's name, too, and because I made a promise 30 years ago to always name the main character of any offline game I play "Nester."

I will never explain this beyond what I just said.

My other three characters will be a Monster Wrangler, a Priest, and a Thief, because that's the best party I can think of. I could potentially make a Wizard instead of a Priest. Wizards can do more damage, but Priests can heal more damage. When I can change character classes, I'll make the Priest/Wizard into a Sage.

Eventually, they'll all become Gadabouts, and Merchants, too, to get all the abilities in the game. That's the goal. That's the only smart thing I can do. I'll have to find out if they all need to become Monster Wranglers, and decide if I want to have all of them end as Thieves or if I want one of them to end as a Monster Wrangler while the other two end as Thieves.

There's only one smart thing to do, and I'll find it, and I'll do it.

The game itself? Dumb as hell. I love it. I'll always love it. I have a sad feeling that I might play it again in another twenty or thirty years, when I'm an even older man, or retired.

The idea of sitting down at seventy years old and starting up the newest version of Dragon Quest III and naming my hero "Nester" honestly sounds kind of nice. I hope it happens.

I don't think anything I've said here would convince anybody in the world to play this game, but I wanted to explain myself when I had this rare opportunity.

[dubiedubiedum]

Theres nothing more comforting than spending incentive money on buying expensive bags, skincare, and perfume. Waxing, haircuts, treatment, lash lifts, these things can be a hassle, but honestly i really enjoy being a woman and doing all of this.

Sesuatu yg ribet tapi gue senang melakukannya<3 oh yaaa satu lagi, masak kue!! Omg<3<3<3<3<3

[changmindayz]

Hi, a biggest star!

This page tells one of the things that i fall in love with the man i always loved. I call him “minnie” as a sign of affection but honestly I’m addicted to calling him like that. He has a good and mature nature, has a good speech and beautiful smile depicts happiness.

You are getting older today. And I'm so grateful that you make this far. I genuinely believe you are an amazing person. I hope you find the kind of happiness that exists on your own terms. I hope you truly take ths time to figure out what moves you, what encourages your soul and what you deeply crave from life, and i hope you have the courage to chase that.

You bring out so much in me that I'm just beginning to see. It's like when we are together, the rest of the world disappears, and nothing else matters but us. I hope I feel this way forever. I want to spend the rest of my life loving you with everything I have to give. Sometimes I feel like I don't deserve someone as loving as you are.

Do you know how long I have waited to have someone like you in my life?

 You are the reason why I smile. I remember when the first time we met. I saw you smiling with Hwall, I asked "who is this?" But ignoring it, then I came back to find out about you and I could smile again because of your beautiful smile!

But do you believe in fate? I actually have known you guys since the beginning of 2017, during Boy Era. How so? Well, I already finished watching Produce 101 and got my first love with Haknyeon and Jihoon. Hence, the first time I was being exposed to your stage and music was actually in 2017. I forgot about that and I didn’t even bother to look you up. But does it really matter? I’m here now.

After that I glanced at Hwall, and started to find out about The Boyz. I don't remember how I decided to like you. But you know? That a few years a lot of heavy things happened, I started to move away from music (this actually made me a little complicated) until the peak I didn't know what to do because of the loss of the person I liked. But 2022 begins, when I reopen your information and here I am now, liking you and only focusing on The Boyz only and I’m happy.

Thank you for not giving up after you debuted. You were probably very anxious and impatient with good results. I know that you wondered at that time, “Why aren’t we successful by now? We’ve worked so hard.” You were weary but I hope today’s success eases your past pain. With all the pain and tearful moments, you learned that all good things will come to those who wait and work hard. Thank you for being incredibly patient, though it ate you up. I can’t stop thanking the universe for letting the stars finally aligned for you guys.

Too many days go by without my saying how incredibly fortunate I feel to be with you--but it's true. HAHAHAHA Thank you for filling my days with love, and for making my toes squirm and my heart flutter. Thank you for always listening to Deobi (your fans) and staying beside The Boyz. Thank you for enriching every aspect of my life, and for continually inspiring me to do better and to be a better person.

(Aku buatin kamu kue, harusnya aku kirim ini ke Korea sekarang juga ya tapi aku sedih jet pribadi aku belum ada HAHAHA sunwoo jangan baca ini please.)

Changmin or my Beloved Q, when I try to describe your beauty, your smile, your kind heart, I find that my words only begin to scratch the surface of my love for you. You are too amazing, too much of a wonder for language to describe. When I know about you, and with each gesture you make, and each word that you utter, I realize, more and more, how special and caring you are, and how lucky I am to be with you.

How can I express my feelings when those feelings take my breath away?

No words can express these realities. No words can express my love for you because you are indescribable, and my love for you is immeasurable.

“Kau datang tak ku duga, beri aku tawa, bahagia hariku, kau buat sempurna.”

“Serasa kuingin katakan pada dunia, seberapa ku inginkanmu, temani hidupku yang dulu kelam, kau jadikan penuh makna.”

Kamu harus dengerin lagu Nyoman Paul, Changmin. Walaupun terdengar chessy dan lagu jatuh cinta banget TAPI kamu harus tau kalau lagu itu cocok sama vibes kamu! I really loved it.

Simply looking into your eyes sends me through a whirlwind of intense emotions. Just one brief smile from you fills my life with radiance and joy. Until the day I met you, I had never before felt so full of hope and passion. I want you to know, I am forever grateful to know you as Changmin, Q, and as The Boyz. You have given me a heart full of love and days full of laughter, and I will give myself to you always.

I hope this letter finds you in good spirits. I am writing to express my deepest admiration and love for you. You have been my inspiration, my role model, and my guiding light for as long as I can remember. Your talent, grace, and dedication have touched the hearts of millions, including mine. Your passion for your craft and unwavering commitment to excellence have always inspired me to strive for greatness in everything I do. I have watched you overcome challenges and hurdles with grace and humility, and your resilience has given me the strength to face my own obstacles with courage. 💗💗🚀

I was never asked who my idol is. I had an answer in my mind already but then I realized you were the true epitome of how one should lead life. How one can dream beyond the means, work hard and reach heights, which is unimaginable and achievable by only few stalwarts. So, now I have an answer. I will remember you when I spot the brightest star out there. You were, are and will live in our hearts forever. Thank you for everything you did. You will be extremely missed for who you were, for eternity. Thank you for staying beside The Boyz, Deobi, especially New! My beloved NewQ! 😭💗

Your kindness, generosity, and humility have shown me that true greatness lies not only in talent but also in character. You have used your platform to inspire positive change and make the world a better place, and for that, I am deeply grateful. I want to thank you for being the shining star that you are, and for being a source of hope and inspiration for so many. You have brought joy and meaning to my life, and for that, I will always be grateful. I will continue to support and admire you, not just as a fan, but as someone who deeply respects and loves you. Your impact on my life is immeasurable, and I will always cherish the memories of the joy and inspiration you have brought me. I hope to one day have the opportunity to express my admiration for you in person (Please boleh datang ke Jakarta lagi gak?) Until then, please know that you are loved, appreciated, and admired by so many, including me. So, After all! Happy Birthday my love in my life, Minnie!

With all my love and admiration,

Your love, Noirs.

[kuekyuuq]

Katie's Lena's Cleavage

Just a self-indulgent collection…

(Jacket-flap is making a brave attempt, tho.)

(☝️Give that gif a moment ^_- )

Top buttons are merely decorative...

...I think she simply gave up on buttons at this point altogether...

But I CAN see where she got her inspiration from...

[wakgaes]

11-Sep-2024 wakgaes misinformation about a cake

“Happy 10th anniv red velvet” “Our beloved red velvet”

the cake was for the entire group not just seulgi so let’s not act like seulgi has some sort of privilege cause I already see some of you starting lol 2:22 PM · Sep 11, 2024 'https://x.com/ksg2flo2/status/1833737742515151185

you mfs qrting me taking offense and saying no one is blaming her when there is not to mention the blatant misinformation implying the cake was only for ksg 😭 8:54 PM · Sep 11, 2024 https://x.com/ksg2flo2/status/1833836593704058986

amazing that the whole fandom just hates S and I so much. What did they even do? 2:27 PM · Sep 11, 2024 'https://x.com/ladidalou/status/1833739240234189089

tolong JELASIN kenapa kue sebanyak ini dikasih ke rv tapi gak ada kongkalikong sama fanbase SAMA SEKALI ?? parahnya gak ada SATUPUN kue ultah buat joy ?? egois banget lu semua @seungw4n @zbxjrvluv @nukkeju @foreverseungwan @kangubae @iwantamaebi @wanpundit Translated from Malay please EXPLAIN why so many cookies are given to RV but there is no conspiracy with the fanbase AT ALL?? the worst thing is that there is not ONE birthday cake for Joy?? you all are so selfish @seungw4n @zbxjrvluv @nukkeju @foreverseungwan @kangubae @iwantamaebi @wanpundit 3:09 PM · Sep 11, 2024 https://x.com/dagapghe/status/1833749802850685351

[rjosefin]

Aku mau bilang kalo aku bersyukur banget. Banget2 di kehidupanku. Tuhan Yesus selalu baik. Mau jadi ibu. Jadi istri yang baik, setia. Yes, istri menurut Proverb 31. Here i am. Yang masih mau untuk kuliah S2 Hukum dengan beasiswa. Yang masih mau untuk mengulas kembali bahasa inggris. Kalau pun cuma bisa ngajar anak sendiri pun ya ga masalah. Masih mau coba bikin kue dan tetep bawa dalam doa untuk bisnis hampers. Aku tau pasti, aku ada untuk suatu tujuan. Aku ada untuk jadi berkat. Untuk sekarang ya ini yang bisa aku lakukan. Memang betul kita ga bisa kejar uang, kejar popularitas, pengakuan orang lain. Karna ini bukan tentang diri sendiri. Ini tentang bagaimana Tuhan Yesus dinyatakan. Aku masih mau menyanyi, belajar piano, belajar gitar. Ternyata aku juga punya bakat seni. Ternyata aku cukup kreatif untuk melukis diatas kanvas. Beberapa kali aku cuma mendapat judgement kalo hasilku jelek, ga artistik, ga nyeni banget. Wkwkwkw padahal dalam diri ini seneng banget liat warna.

Sebelum Papi J panggil aku, Pi.. ijinkan aku naik gunung ya, pulang ke Tanimbar, jalan2 keliling Indonesia, sampe di london atau di jepang. Wkwkw banyak banget mintanya. Sama anak-anak dan suami ya Pi. Juga tolong supaya ada berkat aku bisa bangun rumah mama, supaya bisa tinggalin usaha ke adek2. Kalo kasi uang aja bisa habis cepet. Kalo modal usaha bahkan usahanya tinggal dilanjutkan.. nah itu.

Wihh, gaya banget lu !

Sebagai anak Papi J, minta apa aja.. bebas. Apalagi Papi J tau kalo kita minta supaya jadi berkat. Soal hidup kita, Papi J yang atur. Kita hidup untuk Papi J. Ga banyak yang bisa kita lakukan, ga banyak yang bisa kita kasih.

I'll be the godly mom and the godly wife forever. God choose me.

Apapun yang Tuhan kerjakan ga pernah salah.

Dengan semua buruk, pahit, hitam, manis, tawa, prestasi dibelakangku, semua punya maksud yang baik. See, aku ga salah jurusan kuliah. See ? Gpp kok dengan cerita introvert ku. Who knows me ? Who read this things ? I dont care. See ? Aku ga salah untuk jatuh cinta ke orang yang menjadi teman hidupku sekarang. Thats because of You, Papi J

Danke so much

I can write more to explain how much im grateful rite now. But, Papi.. thank you.

For everything You've done and what You will do for me. Thank You.

I love You forever, RJ

[labyrinth-of-loves]

Nyio's journal page : 1!

Yup... that's my kakak (kakak pacar, ya!) Today's agenda is cooking sesh with kakak Ian! It was fuuun and super duper superb extremely appie! Kakak was craving for a handmade cookie (by me of course) and he chose to take a role in the middle of my baking sesh! Well... he's a quite good baker I guess! WELL HE IS.. he can cook, he can do anything in that will make you feel like you're a princess (I AM THE PRINCESS 😡)

Shshshdhd back to the topic! Kakak was sooo good! He did a very good job! He helps me to wash and clean all the mess that I made in the kitchen ;3 thank yew, kakak ;3 and and anddd, he's also did something cute too! He said, “Sayang, aku mau buat yang banyak terus kasih ke teman yang lain biar bisa rasain kue buatan pacarku!!” Cute... isn't he? So.. we make a lots of cookies today! He helps me to pack the cookies too ;3

I am so in love with him ;3 I love you, Kakak!! Can't wait to wake up tomorrow and do another fun things to do with kakak! 🤍

I love you, Kakak Ian!

With love, Ashy! 🤍

[helenfletcher]

For the first cookie in my weekly European cookie post the Langue de Chat is a French cookie that translates to cat's tongue because of its shape. It is a crisp, sweet, long, wafer thin cookie and a snap to make with only five ingredients. While this cookie is made in other countries and known as Kue Lidah Kucing in Indonesia, Lengua de Gato in the Philippines, and Lingue di Gatto in Italy they retain the traditional ingredients and look. I love them as a simple straightforward cookie, but they are even better by sandwiching with chocolate. Think Milano cookies here...especially if you remember them when they were made with butter instead of oils. While they are often seen barely browned on the edges, they taste, look and last better when baked to a golden brown. An easily made template keeps these cookies the same size. European vs. American Cookies Let's face it - all cookies are good but there are definite differences between European and American cookies. One of the major differences between them is European cookies are not as sweet as American Cookies. On the other hand, many American cookies and bars have a lot of add ins that make for a more complex cookie. While American cookies can have an ingredient list that is daunting, European cookies generally have fewer ingredients but they are manipulated a hundred different ways. The cookies usually contain butter, flour, egg yolk as opposed to whole eggs and flavoring. Leavening such as baking powder and baking soda are rarely used. If leavening is needed it is often ammonium carbonate or baker's ammonia and is used when crispness is the desired outcome. European cookies often feature a lot of ground nuts. Almonds, pistachios, walnuts and hazelnuts are used but peanuts and pecans will be found in American cookies. Almond paste is a popular ingredient and is instantly recognizable. Greek, Middle Eastern, Italian, German and Scandanavian cookies often feature honey as a sweetener, in whole or in part and a lot of spices. Think Lebkuchen and Pfeffernusse. Candied citrus peel is also used as well as anise and lemon flavoring. Salt, while a staple in American cookies, is not used in most European Cookies. Chocolate and peanut butter are huge components in the states but not so much in Europe. Americans like their cookies large whereas European cookies are usually small in comparison. There is no right or wrong cookie, no satisfactory or unsatisfactory, no better or worse cookie. As with all things human, there are differences, and in the case of cookies, delicious differences. What makes these cookies so easy There are only 5 ingredients and I'm betting you have them in your fridge and pantry. If you have left over egg whites this is a quick, delicious way to use them. The cookie batter mixes up in a matter of minutes. While these do require some piping, I have a whole section dedicated to making this easy for you. What else can I say, simple, delicious and easy? So why wouldn't you make them? Langue de Chat Ingredients Cookies FRONT ROW: Vanilla and egg whites MIDDLE ROW: Unsalted butter BACK ROW: Powdered sugar and flour Chocolate Filling Callebaut #811 semisweet chocolate callets for the filling Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full ingredients list and instructions. Step by Step Instructions Step 1. On a piece of parchment paper the size of your pan, draw lines 3" wide with about 1/2" between them from the top to the bottom of the paper. Set aside. Step 2. Add the softened butter, powdered sugar and vanilla to the mixing bowl. Cream until light. Step 3. Add one egg white. Step 4. Beat on medium until it is completely incorporated. Step 5. Add the second egg white. Step 6. Beat on medium to combine. It will probably curdle but that will be fixed in the next step. To learn more about curdled batters see my post How to Avoid Curdled Cake Batter. Step 7. Add all of the flour. Step 8. Beat on low to bring the batter together until smooth.

Do not raise the speed as you don't want to incorporate additional air into the batter. Step 9. Place a second piece of parchment over the template. Fit a piping bag with a 1/2" plain tip and pipe in a straight line between the 3" lines. It will have a sharp upward tip at the end. Don't be concerned about this. It will come out flat when baked. Step 10. Be sure to leave about 3" between piping the cookies. These will spread a lot in the oven. Step 11. If sandwiching the cookies after baking and cooling, pair the cookies for shape and size. Step 12. Turn a pair of cookies bottom up. Spread a thick layer of melted semi-sweet chocolate on the bottom cookie about 1/4" in from the edge. Place the top cookie on and gently press down to bring the chocolate to the edges. Recipe FAQs How do you pronounce Lange de Chat Long duh shot. How long will these keep By baking them to a golden brown, they will keep in an airtight container for weeks, either plain or sandwiched with chocolate. Can the cookies be flavored other than vanilla. Sure. Use another extract such as almond or add lemon or orange zest or a bit of cinnamon can be used. Piping Tips Piping can be scary but it's actually easy when piping these cookies. I do suggest you purchase a 1/2" piping tip. They are very inexpensive and do a much better job than a plastic bag with the tip cut off. The plastic bags can and do stretch out of shape as you apply pressure when piping. The most important thing to remember when piping is to keep an even, steady pressure on the bag, letting up only at the end. Don't worry about the peak at the end, it will melt in the oven and won't show. The harder you squeeze the piping bag the more comes out of the tip. I'd suggest that you do a trial run on a few cookies to get a feel for how much pressure you need to apply. Scrape up the practice cookies and put them back in the bag. When piping, look at where you want to go, not how you're doing along the way. Your hand will follow your eye and you will get straighter lines. For these cookies, to keep the lines of batter straight, keep the bottom edge of the piping tip on the paper and, keeping even pressure on the bag, pipe straight down to the bottom line while looking at it. When you get down to the last row of piping, turn the pan around to make it easier. Expert Tips Creaming butter and sugar is an important step for these cookies. Using powdered sugar helps blend the two smoothly. If you forget to take the butter out early, there is information in Softened Butter and Better Butter for Baking. I refer to butter as softened rather than room temperature because all rooms aren't the same temperature. Some are too cold, some too hot. The ideal temperature for butter to cream well is 72°F to 75°F where the sugar and butter can best work together. Whatever you do, do not use melted butter as it can't incorporate air. Using plain chocolate to sandwich cookies instead of ganache keeps the cookies crisp for weeks in an airtight container. The ganache can soften them due to the cream in the chocolate. And while I know some people suggest cutting the end off of a plastic bag to pipe these, I encourage you to purchase a half inch pastry tip as the plastic bags often stretch out of shape as they are used. These are one of the easiest cookies you can find to make so don't let the piping deter you. I'm going to help you with that. More Special Cookies for You If you love this recipe for Langue de Chat or any other recipe on my website, please leave a 🌟star rating in the recipe card and let me know how it went the in 📝 comments below. I appreciate each of you being here! Langue de Chat Langue de Chat is a French cookie that translates to cat's tongue because of its shape. It is a crisp, sweet, long, wafer thin cookie and a snap to make with only five ingredients. It's particularly good sandwiched with chocolate - think Milano's. 1/2" pipin

g tipPiping bag 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (114 grams)1 cup powdered sugar (130 grams)1 teaspoon vanilla extract3/4 cup all-purpose flour (105 grams)2 large egg whites3 ounces semisweet chocolate (85 grams) Preheat the oven to 325°F. Make a template on a piece of parchment paper that fits your pan,spacing wto lines 3" apart. Continue down the paper, leaving about 1/2" between the 3" lines. Set aside.Combine the butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Beat until very light in color and texture. Scrape down.Add 1 egg white and mix until completely combined.Add the second egg white and mix on medium until blended. It will most like curdle but that will be fixed in the next step.Add all the flour at once and beat on low until everything is incorporated and the batter is smooth.Place a piece of parchment over the template. Place the pastry tip in a pastry bag. Fill with the batter. Pipe a few practice cookies between the 3" lines. They can be scooped up and put back in the bag if you're not happy with them. Please see the piping tips above you need help. Keep the bottom edge of the piping tip on the paper and, keeping even pressure on the bag, pipe straight down to the bottom line while looking at it. It will make a small point at the bottom, but it will disappear when baked.When the last line of cookies needs to be piped, turn the pan around to make it easier to pipe without damaging the cookies above it.Remove the template, place it under another piece of parchment and proceed to pipe the remaining cookies.Bake for 12 to 14 minutes until golden brown. Cool and store in an airtight container.If they are to be sandwiched, match the cookies for size and shape. Melt the chocolate in a microwave at half power or over hot water, just until completely melted. Turn a set of cookies over and put a generous amount of chocolate on the lower cookie about 1/4" from the edges. Cover with the top cookie, right side up, and gently press down to distribute the chocolate out to the edges of the cookie. Let them sit at room temperature until set. Store in an airtight container for a week or so. See Piping tips above for additional information.   Piping can be scary but it's actually easy when piping these cookies. I do suggest you purchase a 1/2" piping tip. They are very inexpensive and do a much better job than a plastic bag with the tip cut off. The plastic bags can and do stretch out of shape as you apply pressure when piping. The most important thing to remember when piping is to keep an even, steady pressure on the bag, letting up only at the end. Don't worry about the peak at the end, it will melt in the oven and won't show. The harder you squeeze the piping bag the more comes out of the tip. I'd suggest that you do a trial run on a few cookies to get a feel for how much pressure you need to apply. Scrape up the practice cookies and put them back in the bag. When piping look at where you want to go, not how you're doing along the way. Your hand will follow your eye and you will get straighter lines. For these cookies, to keep the lines of batter straight, keep the bottom edge of the piping tip on the paper and, keeping even pressure on the bag, pipe straight down to the bottom line while looking at it. To make mini Langues de Chat,make the ones on the template 1 1/2 to 2 inches.  Use a 1/4 inch pastry tip and reduce the baking time. Orange Langues de Chat can be made by adding the zest of an orange to the sugar and butter.  Sandwich with milk chocolate. Lemon Cookies require the zest of 1 large or 2 medium lemons added to the butter and sugar. Sandwich with white chocolate. CookiesFrencheasy to make, Langue de Chat, Milano Cookies

[ancestorsofjudah]

1 Kings 10: 28-29. "The Chase."

28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue[j]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. 

29 They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[k] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.

Concluding the section regarding the visit of the Queen of Sheba to Israel to meet with King Solomon, we learn Solomon made a huge accomplishment by absorbing the horses and chariots of Egypt from Kue, the place of the swarm of gnats.

This ties in with our discoveries about clean testimony and politics in the world of the Jewish King. As to how this happened: The Royal Merchants purchased them.

This means scholars in the king's court spent a great deal of time detailing the law to the people in order to root out any traces of the tendency to faux pas, guffaw, bluster, lie, slander, mislead, or obscure the facts towards the ends of government and self-government.

From the worst, the Hittites to the very Best, the Arameans, Solomon sold these ideals.

Kue=

כנן II

The root כנן (knn II) is also not used as verb in the Bible, and the sole reason that it's assumed to have existed is the occurrence of the troublesome noun כן (ken — and that's the fourth identical ken).

BDB declares the meaning of this root "dubious," and the meaning of the noun "dubious" as well. It probably denotes some insect, like a gnat or louse (Isaiah 51:6). It appears mostly in the plural forms כנים (kenim; Exodus 8:17, Psalm 105:31) or כנם (kenim; Exodus 8:16).

But then, perhaps our word does not denote some specific animal, but rather the swarm or cloud in which it appears. Or perhaps even better: the relentless ubiquity with which a gnat or louse plague may manifest itself in an area. Remember that this kind of thing happened as the third plague of Egypt (Exodus 8).

A chariot worth 600 shekels of silver=3905, גטאֶפֶסה "Get Aphesa" = "Become liberated."

From Aphesis (pronounced af'-es-is) from freedom; (figuratively) pardon:--deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.

1) release from bondage or imprisonment

2) forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty

A horse for 150= "The Maxim", = 370, גז אֶפֶס‎‎ "Zero Gas", "the Falcon of Infinity."

The Maxim of Judaism is "That which is divided must become One". This is because all that causes mankind to ail, all that we hide from and are guilty of is resolved when we agree to do as the Torah states and abandon all that has failed to redeem us but us.

To make it happen, one and all must surrender all the causes of grief and recognize the emotions and body languages of others in the presence of suffering and when they are happy and at rest.

As for the Falcon of Infinity, there is a conception within Jewish mysticism of God as infinite; God is referred to as Ein Sof or literally, without end. Incomprehensible to human minds and unbounded by our ideas of physics, morality, and existence, God is everything, everywhere, all the time.

As for the falconing part- pursuit of God of all the causes of civilziation must take place as fast and as determined as a hawk that has locked onto its prey.

The End Note:

"Liberation, purity, and unity as fast as the lightning."