#mardi gras pets

[keepxsolxinxsolxinvictus]

From MardiGras Museum on Facebook

CHIHUAHUA: The Official Dog of Mardi Gras

My name is Boudreaux and I’m a Mardi Gras Chihuahua. I live in Uptown New Orleans and I have friends all over the world. They think that I am lucky to live in New Orleans, because the king cake is tasty and the Mardi Gras season seems to last forever.

My friends come to visit at the same time every year. We like to wear costumes and dress up real crazy. We look so cute and have our pictures taken by people. We play so hard all day then at night we get very sleepy.

My little brother is Thibodaux and he loves to dress up, too. He lives in the Marigny and he likes to dress up for his friends. His friends love to visit and dance to Broadway show tunes. Thibodaux and his buddies love to be in the parades. Their costumes are so glitzy and sparkle in the flambeau lights. They wear lots of boa feathers and even fishnet stockings But Thibodaux is my brother and I love him just the same, even when he tries to eat my food. e can be such a pain. He loves Mardi Gras and to be with all his buddies. Mardi Gras puts a smile on his face and a gleam in his eyes.

I have a sister named Lacey who lives in Mid City. While I am a small Chihuahua, Lacey is really itty bitty. She acts like a princess in her beautiful silk costume. She always makes a grand entrance when arriving in any room. She has dozens of Chihuahuas who lineup for her attention. Lacey loves to be noticed and to be hugged by everyone. She’s always very happy and loves to be held. Mardi Gras is the time of the year Lacey loves the most

All the Mardi Gras Chihuahuas get together on Mardi Gras day. We can’t wait to wear our costumes and be in the Krewe of Barkus parade. We walk along the parade route and all the people cheer. They hand us doggy treats and tell us we look so cute.

Maybe this year I’ll meet some new friends. And we can become best friends only like Chi doggies can be. All of us will have on beautiful costumes with colors so bright. We’ll have fun all Mardi Gras day and then go to sleep late at night.

© 2024 Jeffrey Pipes Guice

[scampthecorgi]

Scamp and his many beads and King Cakes through the years! Happy Mardi Gras!

🐶💜🦮⚜️🐶💚

[bisexualbaker]

[Alt]

Happy Rat Tuesday to all who observe!

[sleepy161]

Bringing Mardi Gras to other critters 🦎

Feat. Sparticus

[caffeinatedkris]

(via Party 4 Mardi Gras Dog Classic T-Shirt by kristalcurt) 

[fangtastic-vampyra]

Why hello there! I'm a Jester myself.

[murfpersonalblog]

IWTV S2 Ep8 Musings - The Ep8 Script (Pt2)

Thanks to slitwrstsavior sharing the script and @memorian for digitizing it! <3

Had to do Pt1 in chunks, cuz of Tumblr's 30-pic limit.

DANGIT. So this was INTENTIONALLY vague, not just some weird choppiness or cut footage.

Ohhhh.... They added just a tiny extra line--

But it's a SPICY line, cuz it implies that Les wasn't fully cooperating/on board with the rehearsal. BUT! Like I said, there's no effing mention/emphasis/indication that he was INJURED, either, which is an L.

They changed it--Louis looks UP, into the middle distance.

I'm fine with it either way--this scene had me and my bff SCREECHING.

Pet peeve, but the crew really should've been spritzing these vampires with a spray bottle of red blood, so we'd SEE the BLOOD SWEAT. (I was thinking about this when that post was circulating about vampire sex in IWTV fanfiction, like, AMC didn't show visual vampiric cues like Blood Sweat or blood (ejaculate) stains on the coffin lining--Les' was WHITE, and we KNOW Loustat was going at it in the coffins, so were they just reupholstering CONSTANTLY?) The books mention Blood Sweat all the time, all over their clothes, but the show just focused on Blood Tears (and ofc Les' ear hemorrhages).

OOOOOOOO.....!!! 👀 That highlighted bit was cut out! "You have grown warm again, filled with the love which you first came to Paris with." WUUUUT!?! So Armand's mind-wipe gaslighting BS against Louis was in the exact same vein as Claudia "finding her childlike wonder again"--which was IMPOSSIBLE, since ARMAND was the one that beat it out of her, Mr. 500 Performances, Mr. Sleep In Your Costume; Mr. They Gave Me A Choice; Mr. I Will Not Harm You.

I seriously suspect that every time Louis had an "outburst" like he said in 1x2, or "acted out," Armand would be like "Go back to your first night in Paris--forget all the bad stuff, just be warm & happy [with me];" but then Lou would FIGHT it (or rather: Daniel's constant prodding would PUSH Louis to fight it), and Armand would have to do it all over again. (My question's why didn't he just kill Daniel? Arrogance, I reckon--he severely underestimated just how good Daniel was; and "You can get lazy," like Lou said, cuz Armand didn't even bother to read Dan's thoughts to learn that the Talamasca was feeding Daniel all this extra information).

They cut that line, too--was Louis parroting him (fighting hypnosis), asking him (for clarification), or challenging him (indignant)?

That might also explain the new couches, LOL, if he wrecked them from the impact or bled on them or something.

(We already know Jacob improvised shaking Eric's hand.)

MLS = LePere Schloop?

Too bad we didn't get this--I wanted to see the main door/lobby of the penthouse (certainly not for my The Sims Dubai penthouse layout, no sir~!) .

They added extra lines about the hurricane being pre-July.

Uhhh.... This might imply certain things. Cuz I've been saying that the post-Paris timeline makes no effing sense (X X), and now we have confirmation(?) that Louis' had an Amex membership since 1951.... Even though Amex credit cards were only started in 1958, as a competitor for the Diner's Card that started in 1950 -- so was Louis an INVESTOR who helped launch the Amex credit card!? XD STFU, AMC! I thought y'all said No Forrest Gumpness!? XD

Also: HOW does Louis qualify for all these credit cards? (We saw he had a regular Amex Green Card in 1973 SanFran). According to Amex application qualifications, you need a US SSN or ITIN; OR a foreign credit card to apply.

And France isn't listed. (Unless anyone's French and has an Amex card who can correct me?)

SSNs have been issued since FDR (1936), so Louis SHOULD have one...but it would be from 1936-40 (pre-Mardi Gras), or after Paris () . Meaning on paper he'd be in his 80s in 2022, so I don't imagine he'd be a Black Card carrier for too much longer, unless he's got someone on the inside cooking the books for him.

Omfg AMC I hate y'all. got me out here overthinking effing PROPS.

They added a few lines about the green "pearly gates" of 1132:

And took out a few lines:

And took out an interesting bit of tea:

So the people of ~1940s NOLA thought Claudia was Louis' daughter (Claudia DPDL confirmed???) but the grapevine ALSO rumored that she was his child bride--OOF! 💀 (Which tracks with the AR pedo/incest stuff. Thank goodness they DON'T remember his name!)

Rolin keeps mentioning this smashed piano, but I HAVE LOOKED, but I also have crap eyesight (curse you, midnight gaming sessions), and I just don't frikkin see any smashed piano. HELP.

DEFINITELY not the Mayfair mansion though! XD DANG, I wish they'd included a few frames of gangs tryna rob the Garden District homes, coming up on the Mayfair house, and IMMEDIATELY booking past it like they'd seen a ghost. CROSSOVER, AMC, COME ONNNN.

Drats, I wanted to see Millennial Fledgling try to square up against Lou, and get one of Lou's patented condescending smirks. XD

And Les looked dirty, but he didn't look malnourished, sadly; which I'm still mad about.

In the FLOORBOARDS? OK, come through, BRUCE--I been saying this about Lestat, yet people wanna call me names!

New rule, AMC: NEVER remove Loustat lines. We need ALL the angst. Les out here like: ain't no way a baddie like Lou is SINGLE! XD

S3 BETTER show us Les watching the most vapid ish on Youtube, omg.

LOL

Drats--it might have been cool to see him with those huge pupils he gets when he's mad/hungry, but ah well; he still looked like a gorgeous BAMF.

EXCELLENT SCRIPT, EXCELLENT SHOW, GAAAAAAAH!!! ❤️

[candies-and-sparkles]

Introductory Post:

Heya! Livvy Sonden here, The Black Swans Physician, and you may know me better as Physic, the mardi-gras eye mask-wearing physician. I use she/her pronouns. I've been asked by the Black Swan to join this app called "Tumblr", and apparently, other members are here too. Free candy for everyone! My tags are: #physicwho, #livvytalks, #livvy sonden Okay, here are the other people you should know about: The people who might as well be my kids:

precious moonlark: @therealsophieelizabethfoster only good sencen: @keefe--sencen hurlfest vacker: @fitzroy-avery-vacker and @fitz-avery-vacker the amazing vanisher im proud of: @sparkles-make-anything-better strong technopath: @dex-the-smart-one

Prentice's son: @flasher-boi-endal emo boy: @tam-shade-song and @tam-song-the-shade the girl who saved atlantis: @linh--song the arson girlboss: @shut-up-i-will-burn-you the girl who helped save the alicorns or smt idk: @im-just-cooler idk her but shes in this too now yay more danger: @the-only-maruca-chebota jensi the amazing guy: @jensi-babbles-lots Fiesty girl: @amy-rose-foster

The triplets I stan: @lexicle-the-third @rex-dizzneeeeeeee @bexisthecoolest My questionable fellow adults: my fellow physician: @elwin-at-your-service / @elwin-h3slege

Alden vacker: @alden-dedrick-vacker

my def-not-ex-husband quinlin: @quinlin-sonden

the fragile as a bomb beauty: @edaline--ruwen

the okay principle: @magnatetheleto

failed parent no.1: @thebestsencen

ORGANISATIONS:

The Council: @thecouncil-official

councillor moron: @bronte-the-inflictor

councillor rosy-cheeks: @oralie-pretty-in-pink councillor prosthetic leg: @councillor-terik

my favorite library: @eternalialibrary-official

the school not the glowing fungus: @foxfire-official

exillium: @exillium

the matchmaking office that gave me a failed relationship: @the-official-matchmaking-office

Black Swan: @black-swan-official

Squall: @the-prettiest-ice-cube

Mr.Forkle: @norwegian-trickster-god

Blur: @blurrieidentities

Neverseen: @neverseen-official

failed vacker: @alvar-not-vacker

failed parent no.2: @lady-gisela

psionipath i hate: @ruy-tonio-ignis

telepathic disgrace: @gethen-inar-ondsinn-neverseen

i have mixed opinions about her: @your-black-cloacked-bestie

council disgrace: @fintan-pyren

dead shade: @umber-the-dead-shade

Bodyguards and pets

Ogre-Girlboss: @hunkyhairs-backup

Sandor: @igowhereyougo

Silveny: @therarestprattlespin

Greyfell: @greyfell-the-horse

Lord iggy: @iggy-the-imp

Princess purryfins: @adorablevenom Feel free to message or tag me! my ask box are always open! :) let me know if i missed someone!

[vee-crytraps]

Good Luck, Babe! | Ch 1-2 | Ice Cream for Breakfast

{Trigger Warning/Themes Masterlist} This is split into a billion parts because it's long as hell! Read on Ao3 to avoid the headache!

You might not have the freaky little memory that your family of detectives boasted, but you would be out of your mind if you ever let yourself forget that Bruce Wayne owed you one. Exactly one year ago to the day, Bruce, Dick, Jason, Tim and Damian had abandoned you at Rollerworld, a frown fixed onto your face as you had watched them all peel off in the name of Bat-Family business. The threat hadn’t even ended up being serious. Serious for Gotham, anyway. At the time, you had grateful to have corralled them together- at a roller rink of all places, for the twenty or so minutes that you had them- but you remembered finding it tough to remain in high spirits for the rest of the night. You hadn’t even seen them until the next morning, when Bruce had promised you a day of anything you wanted to make up for the embarrassment of having to carry home the remnants of a too-big-cake on your lap, enduring the stares and snickers of the other people on the train.

You reveled in the way Bruce’s frown deepened as he watched you sitting triumphantly at the head of the table. He fixes you with one of his patented bat-glares before finally giving in. “Fine,” he sighs, defeated. “Ice cream for breakfast.” “From the look on your face, you’d think you’d sentenced him to the electric chair,” Dick laughed, plopping down in his usual seat. He spun a spoon between his fingers like a drummer about to let loose. “C’mon, Bruce. Live a little!” “It won’t be so bad, I was kind enough to make sure to get everyone’s favorites. Even Damian’s god awful mint chocolate chip stuff,” “Mint chocolate chip is the most delicious flavor in the world,” Damian warns, and beside him Tim prays you two won’t get into a whole thing about it. “It’s a perfectly fine treat,” “It’s an abomination is what it is.” Tim laughs. You toss him a set of plastic Mardi-gras beads, which he snatches mid air with his impressive reflexes. “Did you give me these because I agreed with you?” He questioned aloud. “I see you’re being extra insufferable about today, birthday girl.” Jason hums, pulling up his own chair. You elect to ignore him, gesturing for Bruce to join you at your right side. “I even got some low cal, non-dairy vanilla for you. Matcha for Dick, Coffee for Tim, and for Jason-“ “Rocky fuckin’ Road.” Jason finishes with glee, cracking open the pint in front of him. “I’m sold. All hail the birthday princess.” He catches his beads and dons them with pride. “I expect everyone to eat at least one bowl. You are supposed to be making it up to me for ditching my party last year.” You reminded. The whole table erupts into groans. “Oh for the love of- how is it our fault that Scarecrow decided to have his grand re-debut like twenty minutes into your party?” Dick whines, digging into a spoon of matcha flavor. “To be fair, we would have back pretty quickly if you and Jason hadn’t gotten caught up one-upping each other,” Tim shrugged. “I don’t know why you’re all complaining, I’m the real victim here,” You joke, digging into your own ice cream. “Besides, Ace and Titus don’t seem to mind,” With your spoon, you gesture over to the pair of dogs who lap at the pet friendly ice cream seated into their bowls. Both beasts sport tiny paper party hats that had been carefully strapped to their heads. “Ace and Titus are animals, sweetheart.” Bruce cracks a small smile, pushing his ice cream around in his own. “I do not understand why you are making such a huge deal of this,” Damian interjects. “We’ve all had celebrations interrupted by villains." “It was my seventeenth birthday, Damian. The last one I would have before becoming a dumb, annoying and boring adult. No offense. Let me grieve for it, at least.” “It is wayyyy to early for this,” Jason groaned, leaning back in his chair. “And I was kind of looking forward to waffles.” The only people he’d rather be eating with less other than four superheros were probably four other superheros. You all eat together in relative peace, and as you really savor your first spoonful of birthday ice cream with all of the fixings, you can’t help but sigh with pleasure. “Oh my god,” you relax into your chair, savoring the melt of it on your tongue. “Now I know why you never let us keep this in the house. I could eat this for every meal.” “I can hear your teeth rotting from here,” Damian mutters under his breath. He can’t help but be confrontational, even if it is really good ice cream. He makes a face as Dick artfully squirts chocolate syrups into his matcha ice cream, topping it with crushed Oreos and a few gummy worms. “I have witnessed deaths more appealing,” Damian remarks, watching his eldest brother scoop the abomination into his mouth. “I’ve had deaths more appealing.” Jason snorts. “Babies! Whiny little babies, all of you.” You scold, pouting as you loaded your spoon once more.

Part 3

[heartbreakslow]

1x06

Darren: Cash is officially expired...I could just get shitfaced and forget he ever existed.

Darren 5 minutes later: Cash! I thought maybe you've been avoiding me?

Darren 5 minutes later: I am completely, utterly, spiritually done with Cash. He's an asshole.

Darren 5 minutes later: (looking at a picture of Cash and smiling and petting the picture)

Darren poses for Quinni’s camera as they vent: “I’m literally the hottest thing this side of the bridge and he’s treating me like a foot fungus! Cash is officially expired.”

Quinni suggests that maybe Cash doesn’t like sex as much as Darren does. Darren thinks that’s impossible: “when eshays aren’t dealing drugs, they’re wheeling with their dicks.” Quinni pushes back again, and says that Darren and Cash should have a conversation about what they’re both looking for.

Darren: Aww! Or I could just get shitfaced and forget he ever existed.

With this in mind, Darren impulsively organizes a party.

Later, they’re coming out of their building when they see Cash. They call out to him, but he explains he’s just delivering orders and Darren is visibly disappointed. Then they have the nerve to ask if he’s been avoiding them! He says that he’s been busy because Nan is in the hospital for what sounds like a sex injury. Darren laughs, then apologizes for laughing, and Cash admits it’s funny. They both stop laughing and awkwardly say bye to each other and Darren walks away squeezing their eyes shut like they’re going to cry.

Later, they knock on his door asking to talk. His reaction is mixed: he lets them in but leaves the door open. He sits on his bed looking wary and tells them he’s busy taking care of Nan and doesn’t have time to talk to them. Darren says that maybe the two of them have really different sex drives, but they could figure something out, “and I should have—“

Cash cuts them off saying “I can’t do this right now.” The two of them start arguing and he accuses Darren of only caring about themself.

Then the eshays all come in the house, saying they brought food for Nan. Chook very deliberately looms behind Darren, looking them up and down. He asks Cash, “what’s he doing here?” Cash replies, “Just a customer,” and that’s the last straw—Darren leaves. Chook laughs.

At the party, Darren doubles down: “I am completely, utterly, spiritually, and hormonally done with Cash. He’s an asshole.”

They eye one of Missy’s friends and we see a glimpse of the two of them having sex later.

When Darren is helping Quinni put her pictures back on the wall, they take a minute to look at the Polaroid from Mardi Gras. They see how Cash was looking at them. They smile at the picture and put it back on the wall.

Thoughts: you might think nothing Da$h happens in this episode, but actually a lot happens! Darren starts out with the perception that they’re being “treated like a foot fungus,” but Quinni is firm enough that Darren realizes it wasn’t like that.

They do a 180 once they’ve stopped seeing Cash’s behavior as an insult—which is a pretty big indication that this wasn’t about sex. (So is the fact that they have sex with another guy, yet they are still pining at the end.)

Once they understand, they’re open to making it work, but that doesn’t mean they’re ready to apologize. Well, I do think they were going to do a little apology when they came to Cash's house, but it was pretty weak. They just want to skip over the fact that he is justifiably wary after how they treated him, and they get mad when he doesn’t reconcile with them immediately.

Do we think Nan was actually in the hospital? It would definitely be in character for Cash to lie about that to avoid Darren, but I guess the show would have made it more clear if he was lying. Or is Chook getting chips for Nan the reveal that Cash was lying?

Also, in ep 3 we saw Cash was trying to avoid hanging out with Chook. Is it possible that he started drifting back to the eshays after things went badly with Darren?

With context, it seems reasonable that Cash introduced Darren as a customer, but it sure didn’t help with Darren’s fear of Cash being unsure/closeted.

[weather-mood]

Sorting my fics into categories for fun 🥰

Key: Collabs 🫂 Personal favourites 💕 and wips ✍️

Canon Setting

Rue Royale Era

🫂💕 Pirouette (with @nlbv): Lily and Lestat during that night at the FairPlay.

💕seven new ways that you can eat your young: the seven times Claudia’s blood is drunk by her parents.

Lead and Mercury (multichapter): Louis, Lestat, and Claudia’s point of views as they get ready for Mardi Gras.

Reliquary: what happened to the cane knife?

and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite: Lestat ruminates in the dumpster.

🫂💕 House (group collab): haunted house inspired click-through Rue Royale.

Interlude Era

Train Tracks: 90s interlude.

Burial Rite: Louis decides to go down into the earth. (Companion piece After Burial by @iwtvdramacd18)

Dubai Era

Easement: Louis and Armand’s first week in the penthouse.

💕Rumpelstiltskin: loumand, the mind gift, and the tower.

The Princess and the Pea: a little roleplay.

Glass Coffins and Golden Roses: practices in meditation by the way of bondage.

Instruction: Rashid fills in for Armand.

Optometry: Armand watches Rashid before Daniel arrives.

Tower: Louis dreaming in Dubai.

A Little Coffin Chit-Chat: Fareed and Seth interlude after Fareed treats Daniel.

Opheiletes: a quiet moment after the interview ends in episode seven.

Canon Divergence

✍️ Is this too much (series): Louis says no to Lestat in the church.

Charlie: Charlie is still alive when Claudia brings him home.

Ostentatio Vulnerum: Louis gets into the car in episode six.

✍️ Anamnesis (multichapter): Claudia in a time loop on the night of Mardi Gras.

💕 mental topology experiments to the tune of bubblegum bitch (series): post season-one in Dubai, featuring dreamscapes, loumand weirdness, indulgent star trek references, and Daniel refusing to remember his past.

AUs

✍️💕Once Upon a Wine-Dark Sea (series): Fairytale fantasy horror series inspired by The Little Mermaid.

✍️💕🫂 teachers’ pet (with @devotiondroid, series): Human AU- university setting with College Student Louis and Professors Armand and Daniel.

✍️ Juniper (multichapter): Claudia-focused fairytale horror au of ‘The Juniper Tree.’

Equity: Findom AU with human writer Louis and The Vampire Armand.

Enamel: Human AU. Armand takes care of Louis after he gets his wisdom teeth out.

Other/Wider World

Needle & Thread and Sounding Point: Following in the footsteps of the visionary To Pluck Gently At Strings by @iwtvdramacd18, Armand and Nicki in Paris.

The Seer and the Witch (series): Modern-day envisioning of Merrick Mayfair and Jesse Reeves in AMC-verse.

✍️Made myself mythical, tried to be real (multichapter): Set post season two, experimental fic of Claudia’s ghost reforming.

[merrock]

FEBRUARY 2024 GETAWAY TO NEW ORLEANS

Pack your bags, we're hitting the road! All Merrockites are invited on a fun trip to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras, and also just to get away for a little while, in an exciting, fun location rich in culture and history -- not to mention really, really good food. The Benefactor will be taking care of travel expenses for the trip, which covers your flight and stay, all you will have to pay for is any fun that you get into, and of course your food, drinks and souvenirs. The plane will leave early in the morning on February 11th, and be departing for Merrock late in the evening on the 17th. Hope you'll come with us!

ic date: February 11 - 17

ooc date: February 9 - 19

invited: everyone (kids welcome; please leave pets at home).

notes: this event will not be mandatory, but is highly encouraged! event is largely "freeform"; more details under cut.

ADMIN NOTES:

This getaway is a little scaled back compared to our previous events in Finland and Costa Rica. The reason for this is simply that we want to give you guys the freedom to have fun in a new location, while acknowledging that trips have been a lot of work for us, as admins, so this cuts us some slack! Where your characters stay, what they do, who they stay with -- will be entirely up to you. You're welcome to start plotting now, but we do ask one thing: everything must 100% take place in New Orleans!

There will be several mini-events happening on this trip, including: the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day, a singles party, and random act of kindness day. None of these events will be mandatory, but they will be fun ways to get your characters involved or throw out some open starters. All events can be written during the entire duration of the trip, to give you time to enjoy.

OOC, interactions will happen between February 9th and 19th, with the usual rules applying: all threads must be started during this time period, but can be continued after! IC, the characters will be in New Orleans from February 11th through 17th. The Benefactor is handling the cost of travel and lodging, and should your character need financial help to cover taking off work, etc., that will be taken care of.

While participation and attendance are not mandatory, it is highly encouraged! Children are welcome (there's still plenty of family friendly things to do in New Orleans!), but we ask that pets stay behind, unless they're emotional support or therapy animals. Should you choose not to send a character on the trip, activity will still be required during that time! It's not a free pass to sit inactive; you will either have to interact with those who stayed behind, continue other threads (as a reminder, we never ask people to drop/pause threads for a shift in events, it's up to the players), or choose to start things dated for another time! Childcare is available -- either in the form of personal babysitters or a daycare center, again, provided by the Benefactor, so you can enjoy your trip.

If you have any OOC-related questions, please feel free to reach out to us, or send an ask to main. However, if you have any IC-related questions, remember that you can always talk to the Benefactor! xx

[scampthecorgi]

Let the good times roll! Happy Mardi Gras!!

[bisexualbaker]

This little rat is gearing up for Mardi Gras next week.

[Alt]

I'm working on a little (well, in size) art project for my Dreamwidth account, and I'm just so happy with how this little cutie turned out, I had to share over here as well.

[doueverwonder]

Do not look under the cut unless u care about city oc's and also fankids k thanks

Mobile AL. (he/him): Est. 1702, born 1990. Currently 17 physically. 

Ft. Wayne IN. ‘Winny’ (she/her): Est. 1794, Born 1996. Currently 14 physically. 

Huntsville AL. ‘Hunt’ (she/her): Est. 1805, born 1997. Currently 13 physically. 

Evansville IN. ‘Evan’ (she/her): Est. 1812, born 1999. Currently 12 physically. 

Tuscaloosa AL. ‘Lucy’ (he/him); Est. 1819, born 2001. Currently 11 physically. (twin)

Montgomery AL. ‘Monty’ (he/him); Est. 1819, born 2001. Currently 11 physically. (twin)

Indianapolis IN. ‘IJ’ (he/him); Est. 1821, born 2002. Currently 11 physically. 

South Bend IN. ‘Joey’ (they/them); Est. 1865, born 2006. Currently 9 physically. 

Birmingham AL. 'Val' (he/him); Est. 1865, born 2007. Currently 8 physically. 

(Montgomery and Tuscaloosa are twins bc I found out they were officially established ten days apart so now it's stuck in my head)

(Est. is when the city itself was established, born is the year the personification came into existence however u want to interpret that)

(if u note the years and their ages you'll notice they age at half the rate of normal folks until they hit about 25, they keep aging after that but it slows down substantially)

(Indianapolis' nickname is IJ bc everyone had gotten used to calling Indiana 'indy' so they jokingly called him Indy Jr. to distinguish then it got shortened to IJ and stuck around. South Bend's nickname is Joey bc they're on the Saint Joseph river :] Birmingham got Val bc of the Vulcan statue (long story), and Ft. Wayne is Winny bc Ohio started calling her that and it stuck)

1987 - 2024: 37 years together this November 14th 

3 years together, 1990, they had Mobile by absolute accident. 

9 years together, 1996, is when they decide they want to have more kids, and that same year Ft. Wayne is born. 

10 years together, 1997, they have Huntsville. 

12 years together, 1999, they have Evansville. 

14 years together, 2001, they have the twins Tuscaloosa and Montgomery. 

15 years together, 2002, they have Indianapolis. 

19 years together, 2006, they have South Bend.

20 years together, 2007, they have Birmingham. 

Tldr; minus the time between Mobile and Ft. Wayne and the couple years between Indianapolis and South Bend they were that couple that was always expecting. Beat Utah in number of kids and smallest age gap >:] (the twins and Indianapolis are barely over a year apart) 

Mobile 

Typically very warm and friendly, and the top offender when it comes to passive-aggressively making people take care of themselves. Currently going through an aloof phase, he’ll get over it though. Has and has had, a lot of nonconventional pets over the years snakes, turtles, frogs, salamanders, a couple ant farms (fire ants once though he made sure his parents didn’t find out about that…). Locked in a lifelong feud with New Orleans over Mardis Gras (he also has a crush on her but the feud is more important >:[) 

Fort Wayne

Personality much like her namesake General “mad” Anthony Wayne. Her passion for just about everything she’s into isn’t always bad but she is very easy to rile up, very short fuse, regular in both the nurses and principals offices. Really much like Alabama, but somehow worse. Very passionate about the environment but in a very 14 yr old way, out here scolding her family members for things like not recycling and leaving the sink on while they brush their teeth. 

Huntsville 

Loudest of the kids no competition, the child can scream and will not hesitate to do so. Usually just because she’s just so excited and can’t keep it all bottled up or she feels like she’s going to burst. Got her passion for mechanics from Indiana, but instead of getting into cars and developing a bordering unhealthy obsession with NASCAR like mom and dad went “you know what’s cooler than race cars? Spaceships!!” and it all was downhill from there. Definitely a Mathlete. 

Evansville 

The most mild of all the kids, not really loud and angry like dad, not really quiet and passive-aggressive like mom. She’s the mild salsa of people, and she is definitely happy that way. Very interested in medical fields, particularly the ones most people find the grossest, knows a lot of medicine history though mostly civil war and ww1. Walk away now if you don’t want to hear about the history of amputations and prosthetics. 

Tuscaloosa

The rough and tumble kid, much like Alabama when he was young. Stubborn and very opinionated. Wishes he was still the capital, often jealous that Montgomery gets to be it. Football is already his entire personality, wears nothing but Crimson Tide merch, and has played youth football since he was four. Regular in urgent care, not always for football related injuries because he is also just has dumbass as a personality trait. 

Montgomery 

Most quiet and anxious of the kids, much like Indiana when she was young, and also like his namesake General Richard Montgomery. Even already often wishes Tuscaloosa was still the capital just to not have to deal with the responsibility of it. Absolute history nerd, “did ya know-” could be his catchphrase with how often he walks up to any available family member to go on his latest ramble. Plays football too, but really hates it, too nervous to tell Alabama he doesn’t like it. 

Indianapolis 

How to kindly call an eleven year old a snobby, self-important, prick. Genuinely thinks he’s the center of the universe, not helped by the fact that he is in the dead center of Indiana. Has that previously mentioned bordering unhealthy obsession with NASCAR. He's also just so... annoyingly patriotic, but doesn't show it until you're too far in to the conversation to just walk away.

South Bend 

I mean this affectionately, they’re weird. You either die a weird little boy or live to see yourself become a weird nonbinary teenager. Car enthusiasts, but not specifically NASCAR like the majority of the family, just generally likes cars. While you studied the blade they were at antique car shows. Really close with good ol’ Uncle Michigan. 

Birmingham 

Greco-Roman myths nerd over here, never going to leave his PJO phase. That baby of the family privileges really make up half this guys personality, gets whatever he wants bc he's mamas baby boy. Not really relevant to his personality but he is a solid kid, v dense.

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LEWIS BLACK FRIDAY

"I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake."

I hope everyone had a thankful day yesterday. I laid around the house with Lulu and gobbled some pizza. I'm stuffed. The neighbor's cats got plenty of food, treats, and love.

"Since there are so many idiots out there, you may actually start to think you're crazy. You are not. They are idiots."

Miss Sassy got extra attention. Originally she hissed and swatted at me. Then she was happy to see me but I wasn't allowed to touch. Now she loves her chin rubs. Yesterday I think she got jealous when I pet another cat.

The beautiful little Floofer didn't want put down. Everytime I did she would sit on my foot, look up, and demand I pick her up and cuddle some more. It reminded me of Dopey in Snow White, getting back in line. That was Dopey, wasn't it? I only watch Snow White once every 70 years.

"When I was a kid, you ate, and you drank, and you passed out and nobody woke you up and said, 'Let's go shopping."

So far I've spent $5.99 on Amazon's Black Friday Week. It was for a package of Mardi Gras flavored Community Coffee. It tastes a little like king cake. Real Mardi Gras would taste like stale beer and piss.

Yesterday my knee was hurting quite a bit. The new store bought knee. Maybe the cold reached to titanium or something. I dug out one of Mom's heating pads and it made a huge difference.

"Online, there’s no time. It’s always Christmas."

Now if you'll excuse me, it's time to get ready for Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and We Still Need Your Money Tuesday.

I love you, baby. You are the lolly to my pop. MWAH!

Y'all have a great day.