#lesbian culinary aesthetic

[symphonic-scream]

New au

Makoto and Haru are uni roommates (and friends w/ benefits but that's not something they address) and to avoid her relatives finding her a husband, Haru lies and tells them she's gay (not a lie) and has a girlfriend she's serious with (mega lie)

So, when there's a cousin wedding during their summer break between second and third year uni, Haru has no choice but to ask Makoto, someone she claims is just a friend but she often sleeps with, to pretend to be her long term girlfriend

Both are secretly in love. Neither realize it about themself or the other at first

It's through the trip that they slowly start to piece together that maybe they were just missing the verbal confirmation. That maybe they'd been essentially together all along

Just. Double Major Sociology and Kinesiology Makoto, with the punk meets dark academia look, who could be a lady killer if she wasn't extremely bad at socializing, and, Haru's good friend and roommate

She keeps common spaces clean but her room is cluttered and looks like a mild whirlwind swept through. She wears boxers instead of women's underwear. She's part of the uni kickboxing club, and competes in Aikido on a pro level, but she says she does it as a side thing. To keep active and to keep her competitive streak down

Makoto, who has a worn leather jacket in her closet she won't wear, cause it's her dad's. She has her own, a sleek black leather, and she sat like an eager puppy as Haru taught her how to hand stitch patches to it. The first one she added was a lesbian flag, before calling her sister all proud

Makoto, who's had three girlfriends in two years, but doesn't know why she never connected to them. She doesn't let herself think about why she falls into Haru's bed and arms so easily instead

She doesn't drink, but has an energy drink addiction for studying. Doesn't consider that there might be something more going on. Doesn't sing along to her rock music, but drums along, tapping pencils as she reads, making little "tcsh" noises for cymbals

And, god, Haru thinks of all this as she lies beside a less than dressed Makoto in their shared room on the summer trip. She looks over at Makoto, who's holding her close despite both being sweaty and their skin will stick weird when they wake up-

But. She's noticed. Makoto never looks that content when she's not wrapped up with Haru

They kiss easily to fool the family. Makoto kisses at her forehead and cheeks like it's an instinct to show affection to Haru, and Haru? She loves how warm and squirmy Makoto gets at a little peck to her shoulder, or jaw. How it makes both of them feel like teens in their first relationshio

The friends with benefits to fake dating to dating au that's much sweeter than those tend to be. Cause it doesn't fall apart first

And, gosh, Haru in this

Her dad's been dead since she was 17. She's been free for years now. She's reconnected with her mom's family, and has made so many friends in uni

She's had one boyfriend, two girlfriends, and, one one night stand. She's still trying to figure out how it all works, and is convinced it has nothing to do with the increasing dreams of her roommate she occasionally sleeps with

She's cottage core if cottage core loved slasher films and black metal and axe throwing. She likes some of the pastel goth aesthetic, but doesn't consider herself in that scene. She's gone to clubs but prefers going to local shows in dive bars with her roommate, where they mosh a bit and then end up dancing on each other, more sober than they're letting on, leading to wandering hands, and mouths-

Culinary and economics major, who hates business students with a passion. She still tells people she's bi, though she's starting to believe that's untrue, as she examines her feelings for the official partners she's had

She has stolen clothes from her best friend, Ryuji, and from Makoto. She likes picking out nice underwear for herself, and giggles at how "cute" blushy Makoto is when she drags her into the store with her while she buys more sets

Anyways. Yeah.

[mrhyde-mrseek]

(ED MENTION!)

Been rewatching Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. and hyperfixating on small town gothic mystery aesthetics, so here’s my version of the gang if I were to write my own adaptation:

Fred

19, engineering major

6’2”

Autistic

His special interest is traps

Asexual and biromantic, he/him

In a pre-established relationship with Daphne, they’re a ride-or-die couple and can sometimes be sappy to the point that they gross the others out

The heart of the group, brought everyone together, is usually the one to cool down arguments

Decent at cooking but REALLY good at baking

Gets ascots from Daphne every year for his birthday

Knew Velma a little in high school, mainly from physics and math but never got to actually know her until college

Got the Mystery Machine from a sketchy car dealer when he turned 16 and loves the old rust bucket to death

Velma:

18, forensics science major, minor in history

4’11”

Also autistic, self-diagnosed because it’s really hard to get a diagnosis

Lesbian and genderqueer, she/they

Had a crush on Daphne a few years ago, but when Daphne and Fred got together she forced herself to ignore it until it eventually went away

LOVES true crime podcasts, kinda wants to start their own one day

Super blunt and sarcastic, can sometimes come off as rude to the people who don’t know them that well

Struggled with an eating disorder for a while, Shaggy helped her recover and now they’re best friends

Tech wiz

Daphne:

19, fashion design major

5’6”

Pan, she/her

Grew up in a wealthy family with four older sisters, was always pressured by her parents to fit their image of perfection, so she eventually started deliberately doing things to piss them off

Starting a relationship with Fred was the breaking point and now she doesn’t talk to them (she still keeps in touch with her sisters, though)

Natural blonde, dyes her hair

The most athletic out of all of them, used to do gymnastics and dance throughout middle school and high school

Quit when she realized how much it was negatively affecting her body image

Hates when people assume she’s ditzy just because she’s hyperfeminine

Looks mean at first, is actually super sweet

Fascinated with ghosts and cryptids

Loves ‘80s and ‘90s Heathers-inspired fashion

Shaggy:

20, culinary arts major but was undecided for a while

5’9”

Aroace, he/him

Mix of hippie and grunge aesthetic

Definitely smokes weed

Loves ‘70s and ‘80s music

Has a panic disorder, ADHD, and dyslexia

Has seen every classic horror movie to ever exist despite being terrified of them

Everyone assumes the Mystery Machine belongs to him until someone in the Mystery Gang corrects them

Will eat basically any type of food you put in front of him

Shitty relationship with his parents since they have unreachable expectations for him and constantly compare him to his classmates and cousins

Scooby:

Shaggy’s psychiatric service “dog”

Not actually a dog—in reality he’s an alien who crash-landed near Shaggy’s house and took the form of a Great Dane, the Rogers got him trained as a service dog for Shaggy’s panic disorder, and the rest is history

Shaggy still has no idea (although he and the gang do think it’s weird that Scoob can talk)

Despite being a bit of a coward he’d do anything to protect the gang, especially Shaggy

Likes horror movies just as much as Shaggy

Will eat literal garbage if hungry enough (which is all the time)

Started developing doglike traits over the years (barks at people walking by, hates the vacuum, developed a taste for dog treats, etc.)

Also here’s the full body photos i drew:

[understandableparadox]

tHE HOMESTUCK OC TUMBLR POLL TOURNAMENT!!! YOUR CONTESTENTS!

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Tamiss Eriism

They're my trollsona! Here's the bio I used for art fight:

Your name is TAMISS ERIISM.  

Flowing through your veins is good thick VIOLET blood. While you don't care much for the hemospectrum overall, you still find yourself admiring the way it looks. You think it is VERY PRETTY, you love living underwater, and the perks it gives you are TRULY ENVIABLE.

Perhaps connected to your high status within the hemospectrum is your MASSIVE GOD COMPLEX. In your opinion, you might be the best person on the entire planet, maybe even better than THE CONDESCE HERSELF. Though you probably wouldn't say that to her face. You'll prove your great power one day by overthrowing her so everyone will respect you for your TRUE POWER. Though that's not making very much headway. Maybe some day though, with your SICKLE in hand, you'll finally prove yourself.

You are ever so slightly obsessed with CULINARY and CRYPTOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. You are in fact quite fond of most HISTORIES, and take an interest in many forms of the PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. You even model many aspects of yourself after HEROES you saw in your books. One, a cobalt blood, gave you a great appreciation of SPIDERS AND ALL SORTS OF INSECTS, though your lifestyle gives you hardly any opportunity to view any for real. There was another from the same place on the hemospectrum as you who you also found REALLY COOL. He inspired much of your personality such as your INTEREST IN DRAMA, ROMANTIC NATURE, and AMAZING HAIR STRIPE. Sometimes you even feel like you can HEAR THEIR VOICES but that's probably normal. Despite how TOTALLY COOL you are, people hardly tend to notice you. Once your plans are complete though, that WON'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.

You also like READING TOMES OF KNOWLEDGE. Though most of the knowledge is either on BEING A HUGE LESBIAN or MATH YOU DO NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND. Or communism. It is quite a ball though.  

Your trolltag is atlanteanAscension and you speak iin a wway remiiniiscent 8f y8ur favv8riite her8es.

Halpetasprite

She's just like... well it's like if Lil Hal got tossed into Nepetasprite instead of Equiussprite. he/she pronouns. 

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Luciol Lanten

Limeblood, mutant, based off a firefly. The stripes on her body can glow. She/it, nonbinary. Enjoys stargazing. Matesprits with Vichtr Unikke 

Vichtr Unikke

Supposed to be goldblood, is blackblood instead because mutation. Has difficulty controlling psionics. He/they, trans man. Likes robotics. Matesprits with Luciol Lanten

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Chylia Merian

Handle: achromaticAdversary

Classpect: Sylph of Doom (Derse)

Pronouns: she/they

Chylia is a hemoanonymous limeblood troll (dancestor ghost) who is great with survival and fighting thanks to the sabertooth lusus that miraculously saved her from culling. She's very competent and was the only member of her Sgrub team to reach god tier. But they also take themself too seriously in such a way that they wind back to being silly! Like half of the things they do are for the aesthetic, to be honest. They wear a dramatic black mask and cape, and they use a giant machine gun to feel powerful and edgy. They used to dye their hair fully black, but now they partially dye it so the white roots can be partially seen. Chylia is a total edgelord and I love her and I hope you do too after reading this!

Full information and backstory here, as well as more art: https://toyhou.se/23778562.chylia-merian

Erizoh Stilde

Handle: pincushionsApex

Classpect: Knight of Rage

Pronouns: he/him

Erizoh is a jadeblood who rejected the role of his caste from an early age, faking his culling upon receiving invitation to come live in hiding with the heiress instead. He took up the hobby of plushmaking at the heiress's suggestion, and he also dabbles in cross-stitch and crochet. He's honestly pretty pretentious about his art, and is kind of an asshole, but in a certain "wet-cat" way that makes people like him regardless. He has a weird fixation with his grubhood self, specifically stabbing a plush version of it with pins. He was the first troll OC I made, and he came from a dream where he was trying to sell me a cow plushie and guilted me into buying it. I love Erizoh, he's such a loser.

More information here, as well as more art: https://toyhou.se/22085532.erizoh-stilde

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Garlik Femara

A 9ft tall purple blood

She isn't the brightest (bimbo energy) and is all around friendly

She was "brainwashed" by the clurch because they saw her as a useful asset but she did not want to be a subjugulator and was showing signs of rebellion.

She is a killing machine but the circumstances are very specific, he trigger is a list. Most specifically a list of names but if given any list something in her brain is triggered to bring forward the highblood rage.

Nahlee Rovian

He is just silly.

He is just a guy who would eat a slice of cheese off of the floor, cheese of unknown origin. 

He is a sweet and funny guy and is way too easily trusting. 

If this guy was a playlist it would be "weird al" and "ninja sex party".

He smells funny.

No rizz.

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Novasu Kirazi

- not pictured: her limeblood matesprit who she would kill for

- would overthrow the government and destroy the hemospectrum if they could

- WILL defeat you with the power of friendship and a gun she found

Mauami Sigera

- who is this creature and how did it get here

- perpetual °^° face and may or may not have arms

- it's just trying it's best

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Gaemir Jurami

Your name is GAEMIR JURAMI. 

You tend to enjoy things like DIGGING UP FOSSILS and PRESERVED ORGANISMS. You also like to COLLECT COOL ROCKS you find outside your hive. Occasionally you will BREAK THEM OPEN to see if ANYTHING IS INSIDE. You enjoy watching DRAMATIC AND SAD FILMS from time to time, as well as ROMANCE MOVIES. Your favorite actor has to be by far, TROLL TOM HANKS.

On DIGCORB, your trolltag is skeletalTragedy and you tend to speak R4ther dully. In short, brief sentences. Usu4lly in 4 very serious m4tter.

He/They

Ceferi Fetris

Your name is CEFERI FETRIS.

You enjoy GARDENING. Mostly things like PUMPKINS or BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS that you give to your MATESPRIT and MOIRAIL. You also enjoy STARGAZING. It never fails to relax you. You tend to DRAW WHAT YOU SEE in the stars as well. Sometimes it's just MEANINGLESS SYMBOLS, other times it’s FULL SCENARIOS. You may even indulge in your hobby of PHOTOGRAPHY and TAKE PHOTOS OF THE STARS too. You also have a BIG LIBRARY, full of FICTION BOOKS, mostly the GOOD SCI-FI ONES and MAGICAL STORIES of WIZARDS.

Your trolltag is floralGallery and you speak wit>h hope and beaut>y in your heart. Al>l> is wel>l> in t>he presence of you.

(SIDE NOTE: She Is Also A Trans Woman!!!) She/Vir

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Fendir Sanqui

fendir's a bronzeblood adventurer who idolizes troll indiana jones! hes got a pretty large collection of artifacts and loves learning about history. he also really likes myths and legends!! hes a very emotional guy who wears his heart on his sleeve, though he often (unintentionally) ignores the emotions of others. he's very very silly.

Trenas Maladi

trenas is a rustblood author who has the worst case of writers block ever seen. she's very tired all of the time and comes off a bit harsh, but she means well!! she's very nosy and knowing other people's business. she's very good at giving out advice to people too. she enjoys monsters and romance stories ABOUT monsters.

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Shafan Nishal

Shafan has been around since 2015, making friends in the tumblr ftc! They're a Brer Rabbit pastiche, a laid back traveling musician, trickster and occasional smuggler, and they love nothing better than sharing a smoke, swapping a story, and stealing from rich folks. A more or less homeless vagrant they wander from place to place, breaking hearts and singing songs. They make friends wherever they go, but they have a powerful fear of commitment that keeps them from getting too close to anyone. As soon as someone starts looking too attached, they skip town, and boy can they run! Shafan is faster on foot across open ground than just about any troll alive, at least according to them, and they're always happy to prove it with a race. So if you've got a story to tell, a song to share, or you just need someone to deal you weed for a (mostly) fair price, look for the white haired rusty playing banjo on the corner and come say hello!

Popahv Arlech

Popahv came from an amazing homestuck ttrpg campaign called Binary System, which we even tried turning into a fanventure for a little bit there! Popahv is just a sweet little guy with some serious attachment issues. He loves his friends more than anything and thinks it's his responsibility to take care of them, whether they want him to or not. Add this to an exploit in the game giving him some extremely overpowered mind control powers, and Popahv becomes just a little problematic! He means well, honestly. He just wants everyone to be happy and peaceful and never ever leave him. Meet the original Friendship Yandere, Popahv!

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Meadys Serpin

A rustblood museum curator/rebel supplier, Sylph of Rage, living embodiment of customer service face hiding blind fury

Wessun Ghunne

Oliveblood living out in the desert since birth, Maid of Void, you know those background applications that you never see pop up but are vital to the computer running? that's him

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Taluco Ialens

First started as a Trollsona, but after a while turned into her own thing and became a Fantroll. She is a Mutantblood due to some deep lore which will take to long to explain. She is an Artist and a big fan of fruity drinks

Soyuka Detoxa

Soyuka was a former escort in a corrupted church, with the help of Taluco (First Character Entry), she was able to turn the once brothel into a proper place of worship. She managed to be quaded with a Death God and a Rebel Leader...so...bonus bragging points for her. She speaks Alternian Spanish.

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Teranz Zitchk

he found his own corpse in the woods and that made him a channer. he taxidermies badly and hates everyone. has a real self-pity complex

Kizats Hatrak

a member of the troll men in black. a wildly incompetent bully who still manages to make and believe wildly inaccurate conspiracy theories despite being behind many herself. She knows shes kind of a terrible person.  

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@sekhmentson

Cysgod Quared

Mad scientist

Betroy Focalx

Local Horoscope Writer

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Noizod Explos 

Noizod Explos is the dancestor of Terriy Explos (My trollsona). Noizod is a troll with an interest of the weird and mysterious, mainly in mad scientists and old food mascots! Noizod is a heir of time/heart, a derse dreamer, And A rust blood. Their typing quirk is misspelling words sometimes and replacing every 7th word with the number 7.

Noizod has low psionics, yet is cursed with the visions of the past, which has led them to try and be like their ancestor, the Observer.

Noizod’s strife Kind is A yo-yo, and lacks a lusus.

Turpen Cansoi

Turpen Cansoi is an indigo blood that owes money to higher bloods, and because of this he’s been DEMOTED TO LOWER CASTE STATUS. Now he lives his life as a low caste blood and tries to make a Quick buck for a living. Turpen is either a maid/Page of breath And a derse dreamer.

There’s Not that much about Turpen other than that. Except the casino theme and being The Session starter, thus Why his trollian Tag is “wheezingCoupier”

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Sutoka Reddol

4 foot 5. Lesbiab. About 9 sweeps old but sgrub.

A rustblooded thief and thief of void skilled in pocketpicking, lockpicking, parkouring, sneaking, knife throwing, yoyo tricks and flute playing. She happens to possess psionics that let her hide her horns and grip onto surfaces. She's also immune to most poisons. Except alcohol. She'll pass out at the slightest sip of alcoholic beverages. Gunfire stuns her. Her lusus is a rat and her typing quirk adds a lowercase letter after a capital letter. Llike Tthis.

Eeliza Lindel

8 foot. 11 sweeps old.

Just about the least competent fuchsiablood to live twice. Her skills include being okay at leadership, insulting lower castes and making enemies. Formerly the heiress of her planet Liesteria, now the boss of a mafia known as the Kalpon gang. Her lusus is a big ol' gaggle of eels that do not make the same enemies as her. Her quirk surrounds individual words in square brackets and duplicates the letter e.

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Sarnen Rambuc

Sarnen is a talented prankster, thief, and craftswoman. She mostly tinkers but loves to try inventing her own machines, staying positive throughout the trials and errors. Her favorite prank involves the use of her robotic hands hidden under her gloves, they are detachable, so imagine someone’s surprise when they try to give her a handshake and they seemingly pull her hand straight off! Despite her apparent hunger for shenanigans, she genuinely cares about others, and no one will earn the ire of her foolery unless they are rude to someone she cares about. (Such as her matesprit, she loves her matesprit so much she will not hesitate to tell someone about her matesprit) 

Idzill Stoatl

Idzill has a passionate love for art, and can be seen displaying many skills of the craft. Although Idzill is also quite impatient if they are not actively doing anything, and usually goes straight from a zero to one hundred when trying to solve a problem. Tongue gets stuck on something frozen? Try to skillfully use a knife. Art not making the money you want? Go straight to becoming a vigilante assassin… Idzill uses their dexterous skills to be quite the terrifying assassin, though they try their best to only accept hits for people they would consider bad. Idzill does not speak and uses signs 🪧 with their quirk painted onto them to communicate, that’s one way to view sign language i suppose…

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Part 1

[theworldimworkingtowards]

Nourishment of Craft:

Sheep made out of moss that looks like sheep wool

Teddy bear shaped moss containers. Other containers have things like swans, a crescent moon, a rose, a lily etc

Deer plushie keychain 🦌

Culinary little library in front of MRC

Sourdough starter donation kit

Apothecary starter kit: basic herbs needed to get started on an apothecary space

Knot tying event:

Aesthetic knot-

Efficient knot-

What are things you feel tied to-

What are things that make you feel secured-

Knot keychains-

A practice in Cord cutting- rope soaked or spritzed in herbs good for cord cutting, cleaver, Motherwort, etc

High end Lesbian bar but the walls have straps of different sizes and colors on display

Art Murals- Rabbit in the cemetery mural

Newsletter- Mailing people a podcast

Little fragrance library

Little Bead library

Little *Adult Library

Little Cookbook library

Little Seed Library

Little Tea Library

Lollipop exchange

Winter food exchange

If I had a cafe- an hour (maybe 6-7) where an educational podcast is playing. Different themes every week

Bipoc marine biology/ science library

Bipoc Bread Library - Asian baked goods, Caribbean pastries, black southern chef sourdough, etc etc

Bipoc Mushroom library

Native fish of the [blank] lakes spray painted on the sewer lids

Apothecary vending machine - What Medicine is calling you? Illustrations of Herbs, Plants, Roots, Quotes, Literature, Fate, Spells, Rules to oneself, Tarot Cards, Spirits

Hot chocolate party; Raspberry hot chocolate. Beetroot hot chocolate. Orange mint hot chocolate. Ginger hot chocolate. Vanilla Chai hot chocolate. Cardamom sea salt hot chocolate

Book Swap party

Carnival day - popcorn tasting day (thyme popcorn, chili popcorn, caramel corn, more)

Cake day - ice cream social

Tea Party: Intimate Tea offering and tasting - building your own tea blends. Fundraising event.

Cookie swaps + clothing swaps

Rainbow potluck

Mutual aid market

Communal styling parties

Clarity: Event Based on Truth Telling. Cocktail drinks of different flavors but they’re all clear and served in the same glass. The little glass walls in 90s architecture, people wearing white/black/accents of green or other colors/ beige.

Cosmic Pull, escape based survival party about leaving [blank] - the cosmic pull this land has- wanting to escape but still ending up at the same place.

Libra Venus- Caribbean + African sensuality, queer, loving, movement and dancing and sexy based event. Food, cherry, dancing, party

Accessory party: everyone wearing all black/white except for their favorite accessories 🍌💎🐞💼

Christmas tree made out of children’s clothing and then donating the children’s clothing at the end

Christmas tree who’s ornaments are just gold metal mesh bags

Girl Drink: Bartending party where we serve or make feminine drinks (fruity, floral, juicy, colorful),

But also pushing back against the masculinization of drinks - there are beer girls, there are dry cider girls - there are fermentation girls, there are sake and souju girls.

Starting the night off with - we are not responsible for any injuries. Do you have someone who can take you home? Do you have a way of getting home safely? Emergency contact list in case something happens

Newsletter:

Curated Music. Curated Cocktail recipes. Curated Skill-share (bee keeping, gardening advice, circus, ink making). Online safety. Curated Podcasts list. ^ Fun things/ concepts in fashion. Curated recipes period.

Palestinian community reading lending library

Wrangler: Cowboy event (but evil)

By the Horns: Demonic Cattle, Cartel, and Livestock Worship

Orchid Mantis: Cunt in Camouflage

Sugar and spice autumnal party: Desserts spiced with ginger, cinnamon, pepper, cardamom, allspice and other warming spices.

Little gardening library

Wreath making party

Luxury bake sale fundraiser

Most expensive spices Mutual Aid garden : growing expensive spices like cardamom, fennel pollen, vanilla and more for community

Mushroom mutual aid farm / garden

Tea Subscription

Sexy/ Scorpio Yoga session: Cobra Pose Etc etc

Black farmer starter pack seed box - everything a farmer needs to start their first crop harvest

Simmering Rock: Community Rock/ Stone/ Clay playspace

Earring making workshop

Halloween costume swap

Fundraiser idea- Reaching out to local farms and seeing how they would feel if we hosted a petting zoo. Easier to manage animals like the baby goats and etc

[hillbillyoracle]

Roll Table - "Types of Gays"

_______ is a [d4] [d6] [d8] decked out in [d10][d%] garb who loves [d12] and spends their time [d20]

d4

Hard

Soft

Baby

Chaotic

d6

Goth

Androgynous

Butch

Femme

Skater

Rainbow

d8

Gay

Ace

Bisexual

Lesbian

Sapphic

Achillean

Omnisexual

Queer

d10 - Aesthetic #1

Pink

Plaid

Latex

Fishnet

Denim

Thrifted

Spiked

Leather

Irridescent

Monochromatic

d% - Aesthetic #2

Boho

Streetwear

Cowboy

Grunge

Punk

Glam

Y2K

Emo

Vintage

Avant Garde

d12 - Loves

hole in the wall brunch spots

oversized hand bags

neon religious iconography

niche drag events

nag champa incense

roller derby

costume parties

board games nights

iced coffee

fanfiction

the Williams and Sonoma catalog

cats and Cats

d20 - Hobby

collecting a niche type of bug

taking photos of powerlines at sunset

documenting weird litter on their instagram

stealing plants from public places and giving them people names

picking up smooth stones in questionable creeks

reading gay smut in fancy collegiate libraries

attempting to roller skate everywhere

painting their nails to match their favorite shows

thrifting CDs to replace their Spotify subscription

dumpstering food and cooking for their local Food Not Bombs

“playing the drums” in their friend’s local band

growing culinary mushrooms in their closet that no one believes are culinary

extolling the virtues of cargo pants & fishing out their EDC every chance they get

foraging for food and dye matter in public parks

reviewing food trucks via gifs and memes on their tumblr

knitting hats for their crush on public transit

picking through antique stores to recreate their grandmother’s decor

trying gluten free vegan recipes to share with their friends

putting together intricate inspiration boards they never end up using

making oil paintings of interesting gas stations

I'd love to see your results. Also I refuse to explain it because I can't. Majority of this was hallucinated.

[mb-blue-roses]

Lesbian/culinary aesthetic I made for myself

Aro-ace/culinary aesthetic I made for a friend

Made with MOLDIV, quotes and silhouette image from Google, all food photos + the rose photo taken by me or my friend

Reblogs are appreciated!

[artlessictoan]

ok so I was very bored at work today so while I was staring into the mixer waiting for the Fucking Mash to be done instead of contemplating death and the emptiness of human existence I thought about an old post of mine bc it was the most valid take I’ve ever had and it did not get the appreciation it deserved and I’ve had even more thoughts about it since so without any further ado, the Naruto Celebrity Chef AU That I Will Never Write:

sakura is basically gordon ramsay, she constantly swears and has zero patience for fools but is actually a very kind and understanding person and knows her shit when it comes to turning a failing restaurant around, her cooking style is classic haute cuisine, but she’s not pretentious about it

naruto is one of those really cheerful and friendly chefs, he likes to experiment and banter and make jokes and his shows keep in mistakes and bloopers, he’s the kind of guy you’d just want to watch even if you don’t cook, his food is homely, quick and easy to make

hinata is a baker, her show is all about cute and pretty cakes and biscuits and pastries, the kind of stuff you’d see in some fancy boutique bakery, but she still somehow makes it all look easy, her cakes are delicate and traditional (though she’s not afraid to mix it up with some more out-there flavours)

kiba and shino are co-hosts of a survivalist cooking show, kiba is the one who nearly kills himself every episode bc he wants to try the deadly poisonous mushroom, shino is the one who actually knows his shit and delights in going into gruesome detail about how horrific the death from eating said mushrooms would be. despite being mostly a comedy show the food they cook is actually quite good and they do give useful survival tips

ino’s show is half cooking and half gardening, each episode focuses on one fruit/veggie and she talks about how to plant it, care for it, growing conditions, different types and then she makes a few dishes with that ingredient as the star, her entire aesthetic has strong Garden Lesbian vibes

chouji has one of those travel cooking shows, he goes to various places all over the world to learn about local cuisine and try out cooking suna-style/kumo-style/etc dishes. basically everyone agrees that he’s an absolute joy to watch bc he’s just so passionate about trying new things while being super respectful of the culture they come from

shikamaru is literally this guy.

team gai are all on a healthy eating show, gai comes up with a ridiculous health challenge every week (like.. make a three-course dinner where kale is the main component in each dish) and lee tenten and neji all compete to accomplish it, with varying degrees of enthusiasm. no one is quite sure what a member of the highly-esteemed hyuuga culinary family is doing there but he has rejected all invitations to join higher-brow shows so he must be happy enough

gaara is a very direct and specific chef, he tells you exactly how much and how long to cook it and what temp, without any faffing about or charisma, he regularly gives tips on the very basics of cooking too (like general knife skills, how to tell when your pan is the right heat, etc) he’s the chef you watch if you’re a novice who actually wants to learn something, his style is everyday, but heavily influenced by traditional sunan cooking. bc of his utterly deadpan delivery he somehow ends up as a meme on the ninja-net and develops a huge fan-base, he doesn’t know how or why it happened but he’s absolutely ready to blame kankuro for it.

kankuro is…… heston blumenthal. just.. heston blumenthal. he does weird experimental shit that no one would ever be able to cook at home and no one would ever want to eat, but he’s funny and he can make some very good food despite all the theatrics so he’s pretty popular

temari was on a cheesy cooking game show once (after losing a bet to kank), despite being an absolutely horrendous chef and starting several fires she still got to the quarter finals bc she was such an entertaining mess to watch.

sasuke has an entire youtube channel where he just makes those ‘cooking with depression’ videos

[unmasteredartistry]

today i went to the store to get ingredients for cabbage soup for my mother and i got her iceberg lettuce.

i had full confidence it was cabbage. it looked like cabbage. i am 21 years old.

my mom wasnt even going to tell me i got the wrong thing-- my sister was the one who told me. earlier in quarantine i got ingredients for some zucchini dish and came back with cucumbers.

does not being able to tell the difference between basic-ass vegetables disqualify me from the cottagecore aesthetic?

when i lived on my own in boston i thought I was buying carrots for my gfs chili and it turned out i bought sweet potato strips. my brain has like a culinary mental block. i guess i'll stick to dark academia and lazy hey mamas lesbian.

[malbrockway-archive-blog]

((Hi everybody!  I’m K, and this cantankerous asshole here is Mal.  I am a sucker for character-driven plots, drama (only of the IC sort, of course!), interweaving storylines, and soul-crushing angst is my jam, so if you’re down for any of that definitely hit me up!  I’m EST zone and most often around online weekdays during the daytime, but occasionally in the evenings/on weekends.  Anyway, I also ramble, so without further adieu go ahead and peek under the read-more for Malcolm’s character info.  Looking forward to writing with you all!))

       [ jon fletcher, thirty-six, cis-male, he/him ] ━ hey, I just saw [ malcolm brockway ] walking/*rolling* down the streets of crownsville. they’ve lived in town for [ 36 years ], and you can catch them around town working as a [ chef and restaurant owner ]. I hear they’re known to be [ dedicated & clever ] and [ bitter & jaded ]. if asked, they would say their aesthetic would be [ a cast iron skillet, faded blue jeans, a quiet farm house, early morning sunrises, fingerprints on a dusty bible, the smell of a home cooked meal, an empty pill bottle, a handicapped license plate on an old pickup truck ].

You can read Mal’s detailed bio HERE ...

Otherwise, below are some important highlights:

Mal’s family owns and operates a pig farm just outside of Crownsville (in a notoriously rural region which he will refer to as “the shit end of Crownsville”, which will make sense to anyone who has ever smelled a pig farm...).  He was born and raised there, and aside from moving to Atlanta for a couple of years during culinary school he has never really left his hometown.  

His father is a hard-ass, his mother teaches Sunday school at the local Evangelical church, and Mal has one identical twin brother named Marshall.  Their upbringing was extremely strict, and staunchly religious.  Mal’s brother is married with two sons and still lives/works the farm.

Malcolm met Marjorie at a church function when they were teenagers, and the two became close throughout high school.  Amid much pressure from their fundamentalist Christian families they married just after graduation, and eventually had a son.  The boy, Mark, has special needs and Mal has struggled a great deal with this.  

Much to his family’s disappointment, Malcolm refused to follow in his father and brother’s footsteps on the farm and instead left to pursue a career in the culinary field.  He attended culinary school in Atlanta and returned to take a job as head chef at a popular restaurant in Crownsville; eventually buying it and turning it into Three Peaches Bistro.  

Despite Mal and Marjorie’s foundation of friendship and some effort to make things work insomuch as an Evangelical Christian marriage is supposed to, there was no passion in their relationship and the marriage became increasingly hollow, emotionally crippling, and miserable.  Eventually Marjorie came out as a lesbian and asked for a divorce.

Devastated and blaming himself for his failed marriage, Malcolm let his alcoholism get out of control.  Shortly after the divorce was finalized, he was in a horrendous car-wreck while drunk behind the wheel.  His injuries were severe and life-changing.  Recovery, both physically and mentally, has been a long and dark process.  

Malcolm is now primarily confined to a wheelchair, and has been for four years now.  Since the night of the accident he has not touched a drop of alcohol, though he is dependent upon prescription pain medication.  Locals and long time residents would likely be aware of what had happened.  

Mal does NOT appreciate being touched, by anyone, at any time.  Not casually, not affectionately, not at all.  

While he still cooks, he can no longer work the line in his restaurant’s kitchen and is most often found running things behind the scenes.  

Although those who may have known him when he was younger might recall that he wasn’t always so bitter and grumpy, he is generally not regarded as the friendliest fellow in town.  Still, he’s a good person at heart and ultimately would do anything for his family or the few he considers friends.     

Mal’s cousin, Zane, lives with him and works at Three Peaches Bistro.

Malcolm’s ex-wife has relocated to Atlanta with their son to be closer to the boy’s specialized school and medical professionals.  While Mal still provides financial support, he seldom sees the child anymore beyond a weekly Skype call and the occasional visit.

Recently, after months of friendship, he and Olivia Bennett have begun a relationship.

[her-culture]

Do It Yourself, For Yourself: What a DIY Project Taught Me About Myself.

GLORIA YANEZ

There comes a point in our lives, for some of us, when we realize that we’re not doing enough… for ourselves. I came to this realization while re-painting a floor lamp for the second time. I had decided to repaint my floor lamp rose gold because I found its original brown matte color to be too plain for my taste. After making my way to the closest Home Depot to buy the paint and brush kit (because spray paint would be just too easy), I finally started to work on the project that I had left written on my laptop’s to-do list for the past month. As I opened the paint bottle, I read the recommendation that I should use a primer or sand the lamp before applying the paint for better results. However, in my mind, I thought it’s just a lamp, it doesn’t need to look its best, especially since it will only be me who sees it  daily. Fast forward to 12 hours later, I went back to Home Depot to get a sanding block, slightly annoyed at the little voice in my head mimicking “it’s just a lamp.”

The funny and revealing part about this occasion is that I recognized this voice in my head, the voice of my inner femme libre that lives for herself and her tastes, and the feeling that she drapes over me when she wants to remind me that I should take myself into consideration… I should put myself first. I don’t do this enough. For example, when it comes to my meals, I’ve noticed, and particularly within the last two weeks, that I don’t try to make them taste amazing or even look aesthetically appealing. I have videos of food recipes saved on my Instagram, but I never think of making those meals for myself – when I save them, I save them for later, for a special occasion involving friends, family, or people I have only met a few times. On the rare occasions that I cook for friends, family, and guests, I do as above and beyond as my culinary challenged self can go. As for the failed lamp makeover, in that case, I convinced myself that my looking at the lamp alone wouldn’t be enough of a reason to make it look good. However, once the first coat of paint dried, I wondered whether people would notice the streaks from the paint brush or the dried-up drips of excess paint, and it wasn’t after the direct sunlight exposed them that I figured I should make it look good for others. As I write this blog, my inner femme libre is raging, “why didn’t you think of making it look good for yourself?”

This tendency to put myself, my preferences, and my dislikes second to those of others, as far as I see it, stems from an ingrained fear of being too much or not enough, of either being a selfish woman or a woman that doesn’t know what she wants. In fact, this is a fear that many girls and women grow up with. We’re either too emotional or not affectionate enough. We’re either too closed-off or not mysterious enough. We’re either too bossy or not ambitious enough. I have become more  aware of this struggle within the past six months after a painful breakup following a relationship that with all of its beauty and adventure, brought me face to face with the reality that I confuse my joys, truths, and preferences with the joys, truths, and preferences of others to soften any of my less-palatable extraness.

Here you might think, is this another blog that’s going to give a simple act, such as painting, a life-changing meaning? Well, Yes. Hear me out. A couple of months ago, I read an essay titled Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power* written by Audre Lorde. For those who do not know this warrior goddess of a woman, Audre Lorde was a “black feminist lesbian mother poet” who dedicated her life and career to the bringing together of seemingly incompatible perspectives (race, gender, sexual orientation, class, age and ability) to explore pride, love, anger, fear, and sexual oppression.

In her essay, Audre Lorde focuses on the importance of living our day-to-day lives as if we were experiencing one never-ending orgasm. A braingasm of some sorts that encourages us to accept, feel, and seek again and again this unapologetic energy within ourselves to do anything and everything that turns us on emotionally and mentally. In Lorde’s words, we are to “find the erotic such a kernel within [ourselves]. When released from its intense and constrained pellet, it flows through and colors [our lives] with a kind of energy that heightens and sensitizes and strengthens all [our experiences].” The erotic can be such a power-inducing energy, which is why society has convinced women to be suspicious of their erotic selves. Its badness and dirtiness are what make women inferior, and only those who suppress it are truly strong. “But that strength is illusory, for it is fashioned within the context of male models of power,” Lorde explains. As she so intelligently chips away at this mentality, she stresses that the sexual and pornographic presence of the erotic is but one of its many tones. The erotic doesn’t have to be merely and exclusively sexual, it can be “an internal sense of satisfaction to which, once we have experienced it, we know we can aspire.” In other words, it’s that being-turned-on feeling that we experience when we do something that makes us feel so happy and complete that we want to shout it from the rooftops. For me, it’s that highness I get after adding one more .decimal to my previous mile run, it was that weight-off my shoulders after completing a 60-page thesis, it was the last sigh I took while squeegeeing off the rose gold residue from the paint brush after adding the last coat of paint.

So yes, a simple act such as repainting a piece of furniture can be very eye-opening because of the therapeutic atmosphere that it places one in. Imagine, you’re creating something for yourself that you’ll get to look at in the following months or years and say to yourself, “yeah! I did that,” and when people comment on it, you’ll gladly add “thanks, I painted/drew/assembled it myself.” As for my own floor lamp makeover, although it took me a second try to realize that I should make it look good for myself, now when I look at it I’m reminded to put myself and my satisfaction first in every aspect of my life. This might sound selfish, but in all honesty, it’s okay to be a little selfish when it means living your best life, according to your own tastes, likes, and preferences

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