#my parents 10th wedding anniversary

[mystery-of-arkham-asylum]

Didn't realise it had been this long already. Quick stitch to make them a card.

[yoohyeon]

I was so excited for my birthday I forgot my parents are leaving for a week….oops 😳

[lizzy06]

Naruto Fic Recs!! (AO3)

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Hey guys these are my favorite Naruto fics!! Hope u enjoy them too <3!!

No Paring

becoming the memory✨💖 by iinsomniatic(Time travel fix it, Jiraiya raises naruto) Out of options and about to die, Jiraiya writes a seal he’s sure isn’t going to work anyway. Then he wakes up, and damn it all, it’s October 10th. [ONGOING] From me to you: Unsent letters ✨✨by Lady_Ye(oneshot, suicide note)This made me cry so hard!! [COMPLETED]

Naruto Uzumaki x Sakura Haruno

Artistic purpose ✨by StormyInk (one shot, fluff) sai gets his new inspiration of drawing from his friends with which he also sets something off!! [COMPLETED] Just like me by bendingwing (oneshot, fluff)The beginnings of narusaku [COMPLETED] The Children of Omelas byFangirlJo (oneshot, Utopia, Dystopia, inspired by the one who walks away from omelas)She was 8 when she noticed the blonde boy in ragged clothing with bruises, sores and cuts all over him. She doesn't think the adults ever noticed him despite his bizarre looks, but she did.[COMPLETED] Date Night by TwinEnigma(oneshot Wingman sasuke, funny)In which Sasuke tries to do something nice for Naruto and Sakura's first anniversary. Hilarity ensues. [COMPLETED] Of pink and orange by FairyLetters (oneshot, reader is a spectator, fluff and angst)You watch as Sakura Haruno and Naruto Uzumaki come to an understanding that Sasuke Uchiha has left again.[COMPLETED] What now? by Kameodash(oneshot, after war)Naruto and Sakura try to cope with the trauma of the war together.[COMPLETED] Leaving You by THE_MAN42(oneshot, Love confession ,Sad ending)Naruto dies in her arms.[COMPLETED] Shinachiku and the Multiverse of...Wait There's a Multiverse?! by DuchessofChaos (time travel,falling in love) shinachiku travels to a world where his parents don't exist[ONGOING] Open Hearts by gabriella0807(post war,fluff)After the war there is a lot of work left to be done and many problems to be solved in the Shinobi world, while our heroes need to heal and move forward with their lives. [COMPLETED] Baby its you ✨by Behla(fake dating, friends to lovers, crush's wedding, single bed) Haruno Sakura finds herself in desperate need of a date for the wedding of a man she's been pining after for over eight years, in order to convince him and his bride that she's getting over him.[ONGOING]

Nara shikamaru x Ino Yamanaka

Red Ribbon by amuk(one shot,humour, friendship)They made a promise and Ino spent three years searching for Shikamaru to keep that promise. Time changes everyone, though, and Shikamaru looks cozy with his coworker, Temari. Some promises can't be kept. [COMPLETED]

In the forest 💖💖💖✨by SenkaHitomi(LadyTegan) - (post war, mission gone wrong, slow burn) shikamaru returns in catatonic state from a mission and ino must go into the labyrinth of his mind to bring shikamru back! [COMPLETED]

Its her again... ✨✨by atmymercy (Highschool au, pinning) Ino gets jealous of the girl who sits beside shika on his train and this leads to a whirlwind confrontation of her feelings..[COMPLETED]

Uchiha sasuke x sakura Haruno

Before the storm ✨by crissy_writes_garbage(Time travel to past, pregnant sakura)Sakura is pregnant and lost, a combination that leads to more trouble than necessary. Specially when you're lost in the past. [COMPLETED]

Gaara x Sakura Haruno

words that tie, ties that bind by Binxxx(soulmates, angst,SHUKAKU THE THERAPIST)During the chaos of the Chunin Exams, Sakura discovers who her soulmate is. [ONGOING] The four heavenly treasures by IRinna(arranged marriage, politics, friends-to-lovers)Princess Sakura of the Land of Fire is offered in a political alliance to the Land of Wind to help survive the incoming war. There she meets Gaara, leader of Wind and one of the champions of the Four Heavenly Treasures. [COMPLETED]

Uchiha Madara x Sakura Haruno

The Black bull by Vesperchan (oneshot, beauty and the beast elements)Based on the classic Scottish fairytale The Black Bull of Norroway.[COMPLETED]

Itachi Uchia(xf!reader)

Ikigai ✨by MissWriter97(arranged marriage, senju reader, alternate au) Uchiha Itachi gets married to the women he does not love to prevent the massacre! This is a lovely fic...[ONGOING]

Senju Tobirama(xf!reader)

A Step in Time by MizzGinger (senju tobirama x Princess! reader ,arrange marriage, time travel, second chances) This is and alternate au story with a lot of war time drama going on!! It has a brilliant set up!![ONGOING]

The Home I crave✨✨ by cafeinthemoon93( arranged marriage, angst, slowburn, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers )I really loved this fics, the detailing and pacing were chef's kiss!![HIATUS]

Some other pairing stories

Iruka x reader

Growing along the line✨✨💖 by FreakyPseudWriter(fake dating, strangers-to-friends-to-lovers, fluff)After a really bad day at your workplace you meet Umino Iruka, who quickly makes you open up to him. But you certainly didn't expect him to suddenly claim you two were romantically involved! [COMPLETED]

Sasori x Sakura Haruno

Bait and Hitch✨✨ by Aelynthi (fake dating, coworkers, crush's wedding)When Haruno Sakura finds out Sasuke is engaged, she does the only thing she knows to do in order to save her pride—she lies.[ONGOING]

[louislovesdilfs]

Homesick (part 2)

Happy 60th Doctor Who anniversary! how could I not release the second part of this fic today, this is a bit long but I hope you'll enjoy it anyway.

sources: MatPat (film theory) and r/gallifrey on reddit (it was a debate so I took informations from different people and kind of mixed them together to work with something reliable,sort of)

pairing: 9th/10th Doctor x male!reader

please dont take anything I say about Doctor Who universe for canon, this may or may not be true, some of these are just theories, take them as such.

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"I told you I didn't like him, right?" Y/n says getting in the TARDIS, he sits on the yellow seats near the console lookin at Rose tilting his head a little, The Doctor chuckles as he watches the young man teasing Rose.

"oh please Y/n, just admit you were jelous" she scoffs teasing him back, they're talking about Rose new 'Boyfriend' Adam, he turned out to be as dumb as a donkey...no poor donkey he is as dumb as a rock.

"jelous? of that guy? tsk" he says almost offended by Rose's statement, he wasn't jelous, jelous of what? Rose? yea right...she's like his little sister, she looks a lot like his actual sister...or how she would look like now...anyway The Doctor flirts with Rose too and it doesn't bother him, it does bother him when The Doctor flirts with anybody else but that's totally unrelated.

"got all defensive now have you?" she teases him with a victory smirk on her face, Y/n tho ignores her turning to The Doctor who's grinning while messing with the console.

"Y/n is right tho, he got a hole in his head." The Doctor points out, Y/n smiles at him and they bump fists as Rose sighs

"two against one, so unfair" she says as the two men laugh looking at each other.

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"is that a good idea?" Y/n asks genuinely concerned, Rose wants to see her father when he was still alive, she wants to witness his death, legit of course but absolutely not a good idea.

"I just want to know how he was." she says, a but of sadness in her voice,

"I'm not judging you, it's jus- it's ok watching your parents' wedding but witness his death?" Y/n says again, he knows about witnessing a parent death and it's not great, definitely not something he wants to repeat

"how would you know?" Rose doesn't actually snap at him, it's a genuine question born from his concern, he looks away not wanting to answer at first so The Doctor interrupts them

"he's just worried, and so am I Rose" The Doctor says resting a hand on Y/n's shoulder, the man probably understood, he can see Y/n's been trough something and doesn't want to share, after all The Doctor does the same thing.

"I want to see him." she says firmly, Y/n and The Doctor let out a defeated sigh

"your wish is my comand, just be careful what you wish for" The Doctor says pressing some buttons.

As Y/n predicted things went terribly, Rose did manage to adjust the mess she made anyway, the three are silently walking to The TARDIS but Rose is looking at Y/n and then at The Doctor who shifts his gaze from the floor to her and then him before shaking his head lightly at Rose.

"Y/n" she calls turning to him ignoring The Doctor

"yes?" he turns to her not suspecting anything

"do you have a family?" she asks, rightfully Y/n thinks, they both oepend up, The Doctor talked about the Time War and his planet, Rose made them witness her father's death and in general they always tell some stories from their past, Y/n doesn't, it did make the both of them curious even if The Doctor didn't want to admit it.

"once." he sighs and he is thinking about stopping there but seeing the curious gaze of his friends makes him give in.

"we were four, my dad, he was a lawyer, worked until his last day on earth, my sister...she...she was so sweet, she looked like you Rose.." he says looking at her, she did look like her sister, it was painful yet beutiful in his eyes.

"she disappeared, probably kidnapped." he says but his ideas on the matter where slightly different, he could ask The Doctor to go back just to have the answers but he doesn't want to, he doesn't want to know if she's dead. He wants to keep hoping.

"my mother died when I was 7, she died in front of me, she wanted to help a poor man on the road, he then tried to kiss her and she rejected him, he gave her 50 stabs, I was there, I witnessed it all. He wasn't a poor man and she wasn't his first victm. The police didn't arrive on time and he was running away. I grab his knife and- " he stops, his hands closed in fists as his eyes are holding back tears. The Doctor brushes his knuckles and holds his hand as soon as Y/n lets him. Rose looks at the two men hesitating before hugging Y/n, she didn't want to ruin the moment between the two.

"he will stay on a wheelchair for the rest of his life." he says looking at The Doctor and holding his hand tightly as he rests the other on Rose's shoulders accepting the hug. After a while she lets go of him and the three enter The TARDIS but she notices, the two men are still holding hands, they're sharing a grief, both of them are alone in this world, the look in their eyes is similar, Rose sees it, do they?

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to be honest all the time Y/n wasted flirting with Jack gave him something else to thinks about even if that would mean having the burning stare of The Doctor on his neck. His mind was repeating the same things, over and over: there is no escape, they're all going to die, what if Rose gets turned in one of them? what if The Doctor is the one? can't go home without him, they're going to be stuck there, forever, die like this, being emptied out...what a pathetic way to die. He wakes up from his thoughts, the group is not far from him still they sound distant, maybe cause he's not paying attention to them, something in the room feels wrong, something is off even if it's hard to recall what precisely. He sees it tho, after a few minutes, the little boy behind her, it's too late to yell at them to run, it's too late to warn Rose but something makes Y/n's legs move as fast as they could putting himself between Rose and the kid, he feels the touch of the tuny hand and the only thing he can do now is turn to face the others,

"Run" Y/n says with a pale face, what an idiot he is, sacrifice himself, the thought of it almost makes him chuckle,

"Y/n-" Rose tries to say something but the young man shakes his head interrupting her,

"no, I won't let that happen again. Go. it was good while it lasted." that's all he can say, the thing is pushing in his throat, it draws blood as it makes its way to the surface, it hurts, it's all so painful, he shuts his mouth trying to hold back the infamous words he feels in his throat; he helds back tears too, Y/n doesn't want them to see him that vulnerable, it's so pathetic. He couldn't let Rose die, he couldn't let that happen, not again, she...not her, not now.

"You're not going to die, Y/n, that's a promise" The Doctor says in a deadly serious tone, he looks mad, maybe at himself for allowing this to happen.

"go..m-mom-" Y/n falls to his knees before the complete dark, he doesn't see anything, he feels his body moving but has no control of it, that is his end, that's where he will stay for the rest of eternity but then a familiar voice brings him back to reality.

"Y/n!" Rose says as the young man opens his eyes,

"Rose? what?" he asks puzzled, he looks at her as she smiles widely. Rose pulls him in a tight hug and he allows her to do so, he's happy she's okay and apparently he is too. The Doctor joins the hug too as Y/n hugs him even tighter, The Doctor laughs shaking his hand in Y/n's hair messing them up a bit.

"you thought you lost me didn't you?" Y/n asks smiling at the man, the smile was genuine, The Doctor stares at the young man for a while thinking how complicated this guy is, there are worlds to discover in Y/n, worlds.

"you doubted me didn't you?" he asks offended but still smiling, his smile is wide, he's so happy to see Y/n again, he did think he lost him for a second,

"answer a question with a question?" he shots back looking in The Doctor's eyes with a cheeky smirk,

"avoiding to answer the question?" both of them laugh leaving Rose in confusion,

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"oh god oh shit!" Y/n says looking at the glass bridge, he is in some sort of game he doesn't remember how he got in or when he just know he is there, he needs to play to survive, squid game style, indeed the game he needs to play is exactly like the one in the show, 18 sets of pannels, the players have to jump on one of them and hope the glass they jumped on is the tempered one, if not they fall dying, Y/n hates the game, it's generally decided by random coin flips, worst case scenario we have 18 deaths, best case scenario 0 deaths but the chances are more than just low.

The chances for the first in line to get everything right are 1 in 262.144 wich gives and average of 9 deaths, meaning: first 6 people are screwed with less than 5% chance of survival while going 13th and later the chances grow to 95% or better. Y/n knows it, it doesn't take long to do the math, he chooses his number, 13, he's the 13th in line the game for him goes smoothly but he will always remember the screams he heard while the other fell in the nothingness. Once on the other side the bridge explodes and all the pieces of glass hit Y/n everywhere leaving him tiny cuts all over, he is a bloody mess and as soon as The Doctor rescues him he notice the lucid eyes of his.

"you ok?" he asks brushing the other man's hand in a caring way, Y/n doesn't answer, he just nods. lies.

Later on, The Doctor, Rose and Y/n are on floor 500, as Rose's speaks

"suppose" she says and The Doctor turns to her

"what?" he asks, Y/n turns to her too, hoping she has a good idea

"nothing" she shakes her head still thinking

"c'mon Rose, spit it out" Y/n sighs, his face still covered in tiny cuts and bruises bleading from some of them.

"No, I was just thinking. I mean, obviously you can't, but, you've got a time machine. Why can't you just go back to last week and warn them?" she says, The Doctor and Y/n both shake their head, it was a nice try, not good enough but nice.

"As soon as the Tardis lands in that second, I become part of events, stuck in the timeline." The Doctor explains but then he rants about something, it isn't clear to Y/n even if he can understand half the things he says, he learns fast and really smart but yet something about this Delta Wave and crossing his own timeline seems off and wrong, too late to understand it tho, the TARDIS starts to move Y/n rushes to the door before it closes shut but they don't lead where Y/n wishes, a vortex is what he finds, he falls in it as he hears Rose shouting his name and then the TARDIS door closing.

Y/n risked his life tons of time with The Doctor, he did always end up alive tho, The Doctor was such a brilliant man, it didn't last as long as Y/n wished; that's what his mind thinks before the pain, he's falling while the time winds shred his body, the pain is excruciating, he can't scream, he can't cry, he can't even breath; the air is stuck in his lungs while all his body gets older, he can feel his organs failing, but it gets also younger, his cells go back to when they were born. His body tries to heal itself as fast as it can, it borns and dies a countless amount of times.

His mind sees everything, every point in history, he's there. He has always been there. His brain gains informations it shouldn't get, too much he feels it melt, it isn't tho, no, no it is expanding itself in a painful process, as slow as it is quick. Time is relative, past, present, future...and then the end. He's back, a gold light makes him come back, it's like his heart beats twice, his chest hurts, his head hurts, his eyes are complitely red, blood is where is supposed to be white, he sees The Doctor, his Doctor kissing Rose...she's alive, he's alive...Y/n closes his eyes but a smile is formed on his lips as a tear runs down his cheek before the dark.

When his eyes open he is inside of the TARDIS, Rose is on the ground, alive but probably unconscious, The Doctor is near the console shining in the same gold light, Y/n understands something is going to change, his mind is still hurting him but that doesn't stop him from standing up ignoring the pain in his body.

"Y/n, oh you're so stubborn, you couldn't just stay in the TARDIS huh?" The Doctor says while his hands glow, it's not as pretty as before, it looks wrong.

"you're dying are you?" he says looking at the man's hand, The Doctor smiles shaking his head

"Timelords regenerate, we change appearance to cheat death, It's the last time you're seeing me with this face, Y/n" he says looking at the young man, he's looking at him like this will be the last time he will be able to do it, Y/n gets closer but The Doctor steps back telling him to stop, Y/n doesn't, he gets closer to the man touching his cheek with his right hand, no words are spoken between the two, just an understanding look, a stolen kiss, quick, meaningless.

Rose wakes up in time for The Doctor's goodbye, a burst of golden light and then a new face, he surely looks handsome, messy hair, cheeky smile, he's good looking for sure.

"where was I? ah yes..Barcellona!"

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as everyone is celebrating the Sycorax leaving Y/n feels like he already saw it, he knoes something is wrong as he looks at The Doctor faking a smile to avoid ruining the moment, but Y/n can't lie to The Doctor, he always seems to see right trough his lies sometimes. He gets closer looking at the young man

"what?" he asks, new voice, new accent...it's difficult for Y/n to see his Doctor in this man

"something is about to happen" and as he says that the Sycorax spaceship explodes attacked by 5 green beams that steak up in the sky

"what is that? what's happening?" Rose asks as her smile disappears quickly, Y/n stares at Harriet with fire in his eyes, not thinking about why he knew something was coming, it doesn't matter now, he feels his blood boil as he he grits his teeth before speaking in a very low voice

"they killed them." he says and then turns to The Doctor, the man sees the fury in Y/n's eyes but understands it, he shares the same anger, Y/n whispers something to The Doctor and he nods getting closer to Harriet's assistant, five words, and she's done. 

"Oh, it's beautiful. What are they, meteors?" Rose asks looking at the sky,

The Doctor dressed up with a brown suit and a long coat on top, he's wearing white converse which Y/n, who loves sandshoes, appreciates about this new Doctor,

" It's the spaceship breaking up in the atmosphere. This isn't snow, it's ash." he explains looking at the sky as well

Y/n stays behind, watching the two of them, he listens to the conversation, he doesn't want to interrupt them, he doesn't want to be the third wheel really,

"Well, back to the Tardis. Same old life." he says looking at Rose

" On your own?" she asks biting her nail a but unsure about his answer, Y/n scoffs silently, of course not, look at him, the man is lost.

"Why, don't you want to come?" The Doctor asks her raising his eyebrows

"Well, yeah." she says and in that moment Y/n interrupts leaning against the TARDIS

"I'm invited too right? just checking" he asks crossing his arms

"I'd love for the both of you to come" The Doctor says looking at Y/n and then at Rose, she takes Y/n hand dragging him near them, and then she takes The Doctor's too, they start pointing at the stars asking in which direction they should go, wherever will do, for the first time ever Y/n is actually feeling good about something.

[blindseer0]

Echo: November 1st

Happy Day of the Dead everyone. It’s the 16th* anniversary of Chase and Leo hooking up (in universe), so I felt like I’d do a long, rambling post about that day. For fun. Hopefully you find something to enjoy here.

First thing of note is that, in “Route 65”, November 1st, 2008, was a Friday. In our world it was a Saturday. Not super important, but as someone who pretty vividly remembers that day, it stands out.

(Well, the day before. My friend had invited me to her Aunt’s Halloween Costume wedding, which turned out to be at a strip club. There were poles but no dancers, unless you count the guests who were dressed as Sexy Devil in a speedo, sexy police women, and two sexy Borats in swimwear.)

Anyways, back to Echo. TJ was 13, Carl was 14 (though they imply 15 a few times), Chase was 15, and Flynn was 18. We don’t know the exact ages of any of the other characters, though we can guess. It’s implied Flynn is still in school, which probably means he’s in 12th grade, Leo in 11th, Jenna in 10th, Chase/Carl in 9th, and TJ in 8th.

Interestingly, TJ talks about how he talked to Flynn and Leo at lunch, which means either the schools are really close together and have open campuses, or they go to a combined Middle/High school (I assume this wasn’t intended).

Micha is implied to be in a grade below Chase, meaning he would have been an 8th grader. Jenna says in her route that he and Leo have a 3-year age gap. Micha also says in that route that he’s “almost 21”. Which means he’s either 13 or 14.

In Flynn’s route its mentioned that Leo is a year younger than Flynn and his birthday is in February. What that means is he’s either 16 or 17 (you can decide which age gap is worse/you prefer).

Usually the bus also carries (at least) Heather, Jenna, Jeremy, Clint, and TJ (no mention of Micha or Clint’s sister). We know Leo drives, and we can assume Flynn does as well. (It’s possible Micha hitches a ride with Leo, but no proof.)

Jenna didn’t go to school and TJ got a ride home from his mother. Jeremy was at school, but we don’t know how he got home. We don’t know if Clint or Heather went to school that day, though we do see Heather at the party.

November 1st is also Chase’s parents’ anniversary. That’s why they were home to catch him with his pants (literally) down. He says his mom is usually gone by five and his father by six, implying they caught him after six.

He says it takes about 45 minutes to get from Echo to Payton, so since school in the USA usually starts between 7:30 am and 8 am, we can assume they caught him around 6:30 am. (Now for the return timeline). School usually ends between 3 pm and 3:30 pm (though it obviously varies). 45 minutes back (plus time for the students to get on the bus in the first place) means the earliest they’d be getting off the bus is 4 pm.

We see the sun start to set while they’re driving back and while they’re walking to Carl’s house. Carl’s house is on top of a hill, so they walk up to it, walk back down, and then go to Jenna’s house. By the time they get there, Jeremy is back and lying on the couch in his underwear.

It’s hard to tell when the sun has fully set in game, but by the time they’re on their way to the factory, its officially night.  Sundown on that day was between 5:30 and 6 (depending on state). That means another hour and a half had to pass.

If we assume at least 20 minutes per mile (and arguably more for casual pace, uphill, and probably no sidewalks), then that adds at least another hour (plus talking to Jenna), which would get them right to when the sun is set.

(Chase and Carl aren’t mentioned to have their school stuff on them during the party, so we can assume they dropped them off at Carl’s before heading back down.)

Then the Parsons factory is three-ish miles away. Again, we can assume an hour to an hour and a half walk, putting their arrival between 7-8 (including hesitating at the entrance). They go in, things go bad, and Chase gets punched.

He wanders around in a haze for a bit before finding Leo and Micha in a van by the road (not that he remembers). Leo brings him back to the factory, finds TJ being dragged around, and kicks the shit out of some people.

By the time Chase wakes up, the blood on Leo’s hands is dry and TJ’s mother is on her way to pick him up. Carl has also run far enough away to regain cell service. We have absolutely no idea how long any of this actually takes.

While Leo and Chase are coming back from the factory, the sun is starting to rise, which means its probably around 6/6:30 (sunrise was 7 am ish that day, depending on state). This leaves like 6 hours unaccounted for.

(Again, I am putting more thought into this than the creators probably did, and definitely more than they should be expected to). The point being, Leo and Chase’s Anniversary was officially November 2nd (which means this post is still on time).

(In a previous route, I think Leo’s, its mentioned that their first kiss was actually in summer, which this story definitely isn’t. Not an issue, just something I think is interesting.)

Chase mentions on the way back that he’s been up for almost 24 hours, and that’s before they get to the train tracks. So in conclusion Route 65 (probably) takes place from roughly 4 pm to 7:30 am.

Thank you for joining me for this long, rambling journey. Hope everyone had a better Day of the Dead than our favorite unlucky friend group.

[ladyhindsight]

Family tree anon again. Another continuity error I’ve noticed is that in the CP2 family tree it states that Jem and Will were born in 1861 (I think Jessie is the same age as well) and Tessa in 1862, which would make them 17 and her 16 in TID (this is confirmed in canon afair).

I don’t know where these new dates originated, but in the TSC wikia it states that Jem Will and Jessie were born in 1860, with Jem’s birthday in November, Will’s in December, and Jessie’s in August. So means the 3 of them would be turning 18 in 1878. Maybe I’m just doing the math wrong, but this makes no sense to me in canon.

First of all: Jessie always mentions how much she hates being a Shadowhunter and how she wants to leave the Institute, but she can’t since she’s still underage. If she actually turned 18 in 1878, she would’ve been able to leave during the event if CP (which takes place in July-August).

Second: Jem and Will are always being excluded from things involving the Enclave since they’re underage, but I feel like if they were turning 18 that year they still wouldn’t be treated like children? Also when Tessa and Jem are talking about their wedding, Jem says he feel guilt for binding her to marriage at 16, and she replies “you’re only 17”. How could he be “only 17” if he’s turning 18 soon?

I just don’t get how CC could change something like this that’s so clearly in canon.

Helloo!

This was actually a bigger rabbit hole than I first anticipated. Also the biggest mystery why Clare changed Will’s and Jem’s birthdays at all!! Not the first time assigning whatever birthdays have fucked up things. So, the Shadowhunters fan wiki says Will’s birthday is December 30, 1860, and it is sourced Clockwork Angel 10th Anniversary Special Edition. I watched a flipthrough of that edition but I didn’t really see where the info was exactly. The trivia on Will’s character says that (as of December 7, 2023):

The birthday (December 30, 1860) assigned to Will and revealed in the 10th Anniversary Edition of Clockwork Angel contradicts previously established canon: In Clockwork Prince, he said he was three months younger than Jem (whose birthday was revealed as November 8, 1860, making him only a month younger), and his birth year was listed as 1861 in the "found" family tree released with Clockwork Princess and An Illustrated History of Notable Shadowhunters & Denizens of Downworld, though the family tree may easily be considered inaccurate.

But the An Illustrated History of Notable Shadowhunters & Denizens of Downworld should be accurate, and I did check and Jem’s birth year is 1861 as is Will’s. (Thought to note on accuracy, many details have changed concerning TLH characters as well.) Now Jem’s assigned birthday is November 8, 1860 (source Clockwork Angel 10th Anniversary Special Edition) and the trivia says, “In Clockwork Prince, Jem is said to be three months older than Will. However, in the 10th anniversary edition of Clockwork Angel, their birth dates were revealed as one month apart; causing a continuity issue.”

Definitely. The scene in Clockwork Prince, chapter 4 “A Journey” went like this:

“Yes, though Charlotte’s rather fallen off in tutoring us lately, as you might imagine,” said Will. “One either has a tutor or one is schooled in Idris—that is, until you attain your majority at eighteen. Which will be soon, thankfully, for the both of us.” “Which one of you is older?” “Jem,” said Will, and “I am,” said Jem, at the same time. They laughed in unison as well, and Will added, “Only by three months, though.” “I knew you’d feel compelled to point that out,” said Jem with a grin.

Soon, meaning next year? Which makes me wonder what the original dates of birth were.

Jessamine was born August 10, 1860 (source Clockwork Angel 10th Anniversary Special Edition), but no trivia notes on her birthday. Probably because it was intended to be the one stated. In Clockwork Angel she even says in chapter 6 “Strange Earth”, “As I am sure horrid Will has told you, my parents, my dear papa and mama, are dead. But they left me a not inconsiderable sum of money. It was put aside in trust for me until my eighteenth birthday, which is only in a matter of months. You see the problem, of course.” Which takes place in May once Tessa has arrived to London. Tessa is born January 28, 1862, sourced also Clockwork Angel 10th Anniversary Special Edition. No trivia notes on the birthday because it is what it is.

The book timeline is:

1873, November 10: “Will Herondale left Wales and his family to become a Shadowhunter. Months after, Jem Carstairs arrived at the London Institute and met his future parabatai Will.” I wonder how that year was come up with since Will only tells Cecily in Clockwork Princess chapter 10 “Like Water Upon Sand” that “I first came here when I was twelve” and “It was, to be precise, the tenth of November of that year. And every year after, on the anniversary of that day, I would fall into a black mood of despair.” Which, in the “original” timeline, would mean Will had already turned 12 by November, because originally he was born 1861. Now that canon has changed, it means Will would turn 13 in the end of December, making him already soon to be 18 years old in 1878, which is not the case as we later see here. What also speaks of the fact that Will turned 12 years old in 1873 is this:  “When he’d reached twelve years of age, he’d been sent to the Institute; at that time he’d still been so small that he’d looked barely nine.” Quite point blank period.

1878 April is when the events from Clockwork Angel begin. Will is 17, Jem is 17, Jessie is 17 about to turn 18, Tessa 16. In May, Tessa arrives at London. On June 5, Clockwork Angel ends.

July to August, Clockwork Prince takes place. I don’t remember there being a mention of Jessie’s birthday. On July 27 Benedict threw the secret masquerade ball which Tessa and Will infiltrated. At this point Jessamine is already 18 and engaged to Nate. In the chapter 11 “Wild Unrest” of Clockwork Prince Sophie finds the invite from Benedict and it is dated 20th of August, which means Jessie’s birthday came and went, and I couldn’t find a single mention of it.

One could argue she stayed at the Institute in order to spy the Institute for Nate (and by extension for Mortmain). She had a chance to leave but she was also enamored with Nate and subsequently played into his plans. And after her betrayal Clave took her wealth and she was ordered to return to the Institute by Charlotte. So, Jessamine essentially (after turning 18) was spying for Nate and Mortmain, subsequently caught and tied to a bedpost, interrogated and taken to Silent City. After being released from the Silent City she was returned to the London Institute where she was immediately killed upon arrival. I mean, she had her moments to leave but in the end she stayed and some of these could be reasons why. I don’t think Clare really thought of Jessamine as much, though in Clockwork Angel chapter 6 “Strange Earth”Jessie says:

“Don’t you? I can leave the Institute, Tessa, but I cannot live alone. It wouldn’t be respectable. Perhaps if I were a widow, but I am only a girl. It just isn’t done. But if I had a companion—a sister—”

So there’s the main reason. It isn’t proper. Additionally in Clockwork Prince chapter 2 “Reparations” Jessamine says, “I don’t want to be thrown out of the Institute if we can’t find the Magister,” Jessamine went on. “Is that so difficult to understand?” When Charlotte tells her she can leave if she wants. So there’s also that.

October to December, Clockwork Princess takes place. Will proposed to Tessa in the Institute Christmas party and later tells Cecily, “You can’t be married, Cecily! You’re only fifteen! When I get married, I’ll be eighteen! An adult!” So Will was still 17, also ironic that there wasn’t such opposition when James and Cordelia get married at 17.

Also interestingly, Gabriel’s birthday is June 2, also in 1860 but in Clockwork Angel he is described as “the youngest of the group, a boy probably no more than a year older than Jem or Will.” Which could be Well, he looked older! But in light of all that we have gathered here, Clare initially wrote Jem and Will having been born in 1861. Then later Callida Fairchild says, “Perhaps with help from James Carstairs and Will Herondale, but neither of them is any older than seventeen. How much help can they be?” Also meaning Will and Jem were both born in 1861. Also:

“Nate, Tessa thought disgustedly, is exactly two years older than Will. Hardly a century. Nor is he by any stretch of the imagination “mature.”

And Nate’s birth year is stated to be 1859.

In the chapter 24 “The Measure of Love” in Clockwork Princess, Will thinks how it is “First Christmas morning without Jem in six years. The purest cold, bringing the purest pain.” For which the birthdays make even less sense in the context of “Months after, Jem Carstairs arrived at the London Institute and met his future parabatai Will.”

1. Christmas morning, aged 12 (because Will was already 12 when he came to London Institute)

2. Christmas, aged 13

3. Christmas, aged 14

4. Christmas, aged 15

5. Christmas, aged 16

6. Christmas, aged 17 (When Jem has become a Silent Brother)

Because Jem was 11 years old when Yanluo attacked (“When I was eleven, Yanluo found a weak spot in the ward that protected the Institute, and tunneled inside.”), so it stands to reason it didn’t take years for him to arrive at London.

Anyway, the point of this tirade is the same as yours. There is so much stuff stating Will’s and Jem’s ages, so why in the earth would she change it by a year and fuck all of this up?? I cannot fathom.

[private-bryan]

Get To Know Me

Thanks for the tag @queer-cosette

🖌 - Do you have/want any tattoos?

Niet - I've never really wanted to get one either. If I was forced to at needlepoint it would probaby be the inscription from the One Ring around my bicep

💚 - What’s your favourite colour?

Royal Blue

🍕 - What’s the last thing you ate?

A bowl of Kellogg's Special K (gotta get that fibre in)

🕰 - What time is it where you are rn?

11:06 - I'm meant to be doing a security review, but that can wait for the more important Tumblring

🌟 - What is your zodiac sign?

Libra. And I've got no clue on anything more than that

🌍 - What is your favourite accent?

Canadian (just in case the missus is listening), but from the UK/Ireland it's any of the Scottish, Welsh, or Irish accents. They're extremely sexy (most of the time) compared to the bland Home Counties accent in my area

⚡️ - Do you have any scars?

Several.

My dumbest are the ones on my knuckles. It wasn't from a fight, but from slipping down an icy set of concrete steps, and not realising I was bleeding copiously from all the knuckles on my left hand until I was halfway to work (on a Rail Replacement Bus, no less)

I also have one on my palm from where it was cut by flaking paint (on the handrail of the same set of stairs!)

🌺 - What’s your MBTI type?

ISTP

🥀 - Favourite animated movie?

The Road to El Dorado

"Did you ever imagine it would end like this?"

"The horse is a surprise."

📺 - Favourite show?

Derry Girls. Also Taskmaster

😂 - Are you ticklish?

Yes, but the freewheeling elbows that follow usually disuade people from trying again

💍 - Do you ever want to get married?

I already am. Unless I divorce I'd rather not commit bigamy

😳 - Do you like your name?

I don't dislike my name. It's just... a name. My surname is quite rare though, so I've got that going for me

💙 - What colour is your bedroom?

Magnolia (we rent)

🤓 - How did you get your name?

I don't think there's a reason my parents picked it, unfortunately.

🎓 - When did/do you graduate?

I never went to Uni, but I left college (UK definition) in 2004

🍄 - Do you have/want any piercings?

Nope. Again, fairly bland in how I want my body to look. Aside from the beard (which was mainly an excuse not to shave every day) I basically just think of it as a slightly crappy vessel to live in.

👀 - What colour are your eyes?

Brown. Quite dark, in fact, so that from not too far away they look almost black.

👱🏻‍♀️ - What is your go to hairstyle?

Cut short twice a year (grade 3 all over), then I just let it grow until it gets too curly. I don't do anything with it, not that you could do anything with it anyway.

🥂 - Have you ever drank underage?

Not really. I was a/am nerd, and didn't really go past shandy until I was 18

🍾 - Have you ever gotten drunk?

Just twice - I don't really like how it makes my head feel. Once was after a funeral of a schoolfriend. I can't remember the other one

😱 - What’s your biggest fear?

Physical fear is either heights or dogs. But my biggest one is that one day I'll be alone and forgotten.

🥵 - Would you rather be too hot or too cold?

Too cold. I'm an overweight man, so I don't like almost literally swimming in sweat. And with cold weather I can just chuck on another jumper or t-shirt (I'm currently sat here in my dressing gown)

🌦 - What’s your favourite weather?

Pissing it down. So long as I'm at home and can listen while reading in bed

🍂 - What’s your favourite season?

Autumn. Cool, colourful, and has my birthday in it!

🐷 - What’s your favourite animal?

The Alpaca. I made the missus go to an Alapca farm on the Isle of Wight when we were over there for our 10th wedding anniversary

🐶 - Do you have any pets?

Three cats (Penelope, Irene, Helen). The wife has a dog called Fritz, but I don't interact with him

😴 - What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep?

Just over two days.

🎨 - Any hobbies?

Writing, gaming, bookbinding, sewing, model making, 3D printing, procrastinating

🛩 - If travelling was free, where’s the first place you’d go?

I'd like to tour the UK - Have a hoke around Scotland, revisit Wales and Northern Ireland, go and see some history in York or Nottingham or something.

🎇 - What’s your most searched thing on Google?

Currently, it's foiling techniques for my books - the missus bought a second hand set of the LOTR books, and I've got designs on rebinding them and want to make the edges gold

📱 - Favourite app on your phone?

Tumblr. Close second for NYT Games (gotta get Wordle and Connections in), and Duolingo

🤠 - Are you more of a city person or a country person?

I'm a suburbs person. Or at least a town person.

I like some people around, and being in close range to a supermarket and stuff, but I don't like being in a really big city (like London or Belfast) for too long - something like Portsmouth or Derry is ideal actually

Tagging: @areseebee @carouselunique @imstressedx if you feel like you'd like to have a go too :)

[poweredbylemonx]

Loved hearing this story.

Queer joy & celebration is so important.

My partner & I just celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary and we danced our asses off with our really close friends & family who were able to come out to celebrate.

We even invited our conservative family & parents, which to their credit they did come to try to be supportive. The difference between our friends & progressive family members vs our conservative family members was so clear though.

The conservative ones just didn't know how to celebrate, it was clear (to me) that just showing up was the only way they knew how to support. The difference in the congratulations, the body language, the overall lack of participation in the dancing, karaoke, and the photobooth was so different. The conservative folks mostly hung out at the dining tables and talked amongst themselves. Lots of "love the sinner" vibes in my opinion.

My partner & I still had a blast though. It was just such a striking difference to observe though. Is it all of their own loss? It 100% is their own loss & detriment that they can't really find a place inside themselves to celebrate queerness fully & joyfully with us.

Overall though I'm so happy and grateful to have friends and family (chosen or otherwise) that support me and my partner. Celebrate yourselves and the people around you!

Keep on keeping on everyone, keep on fighting 💖🏳️‍🌈

I’ve been contemplating for several days something, and I’ve been trying to distill it into meaning, and put nice little bullet points on how this relates to things that have been bugging me about some common Discourses I’ve been seeing, but at the end, I only really have a story. So here, have a story.

About ten years ago, sometime in the eventful 2006-2007 George W. Bush-ruled hellscape of my identity development, I was just starting to figure out how I felt about my conservative upbringing (not great) and whether I was some brand of queer (probably, but too scared to think about what brand for too long). I was working as a server at a popular Italian-inspired sit-down restaurant that was the closest thing my tiny South Carolinian town had to “fancy” at the time but isn’t really fancy at all.

The host brought a party of four men to one of my tables. It was hard to tell their ages, but my guess is they were teenagers or in their early 20s in the 1980s. Mid-40s, at the time. It was standard to ask if anyone at the table was celebrating anything, so I did. They said they were business partners celebrating a great business deal and would like a bottle of wine.

It was a fairly busy night so I didn’t have a LOT of time to spend at their table, but they were nice guys. They were polite and friendly to me, they didn’t hit on me (as most men were prone to do – sometimes even in front of their girlfriends, a story I’ll tell later if anyone wants me to), and they were racking up a hell of a tab that was going to make my managers happy, so I checked on them as often as I could.

Toward the end of their second bottle of wine, as they were finishing their entrees, I stopped at the table and asked if they wanted any more drinks or dessert or coffee. They were well and truly tipsy by now, giggling, leaning back in their chairs – but so, so careful not to touch each other when anyone was near the table.

They’re all on the fence about dessert, so being a good server, I offered to bring out the dessert menu so they could glance it over and make a decision, “Since you’re celebrating.”

“She’s right!” one of the men said, far too emphatically for a conversation on dessert. “It’s your anniversary! You should get dessert!”

It was like a movie. The whole table went absolutely silent. The clank of silverware at the next table sounded supernaturally loud. Dean Martin warbled “That’s Amore” in some distorted alternate universe where the rest of the restaurant went on acting like this one tipsy man hadn’t just shattered their carefully crafted cover story and blurted out in the middle of a tiny, South Carolina town, surrounded by conservatives and rednecks, that they were gay men celebrating a relationship milestone. 

And I didn’t know what I was yet, but I knew I wasn’t an asshole, and I knew these men were family, and I felt their panic like a monster breathing down all our necks. It’s impossible to emphasize how palpably terrified they were, and how justified their terror was, and how much I wanted them to be happy.

So I did the only thing I knew to do. I said, “Congratulations! How many years?”

The man who’d spoken up burst into tears. His partner stood up and wrapped me in the tightest, warmest hug I’ve ever had – and I’ve never liked being touched by strangers, but this was different, and I hugged him back.

“Thank you,” he whispered, halfway to crying himself. “Thank you so much.”

When he finally let go of me and sat back down, they finally got around to telling me they were, in fact, two couples on a double date, and both celebrating anniversaries. Fifteen years for one of them, I think, and a few years off for the other. It’s hard to remember. It was a jumble of tears and laughter and trembling relief for all of us. They got more relaxed. They started holding hands – under the table, out of sight of anyone but me, but happy.

They did get dessert, and I spent more time at their table, letting them tell me stories about how they met and how they started dating and their lives together, and feeling this odd sense of belonging, like I’d just discovered a missing branch of my family.

When they finally left, all four of them took turns standing up and hugging me, and all four of them reached into their wallets to tip me. I tried to wave them off but they insisted, and the first man who’d hugged me handed me forty dollars and said, “Please. You are an angel. Please take this.”

After they left I hid in the bathroom and cried because I couldn’t process all my thoughts and feelings.

Fast forward to three days ago, when my own partner and I showed up to a dinner reservation at a fancy-casual restaurant to celebrate our fifth anniversary. The whole time I was getting ready to leave, there was a worry in the back of my mind. The internet web form had asked if the reservation was celebrating anything in particular, and I’d selected “Anniversary.” I stood in the bathroom blow-drying my hair, wondering what I would do if we showed up, two women, and the host or the server took one look at us and the “Anniversary” designation on our reservation and refused to serve us. It’s not as ubiquitous anymore, but we’re still in the south, and these things still happen. Eight years of progressive leadership is over, and we’ve got another conservative despot in office who’s emboldening assholes everywhere.

It was on my mind the whole fifteen minutes it took to drive there. I didn’t mention it to my partner because I didn’t want to cast a shadow over the occasion. More than that, I didn’t want to jinx us, superstitious bastard that I am.

We walked into the restaurant. I told the hostess we had a reservation, gave her my last name.

She looked at her screen, then looked back at us. She smiled, broadly and genuinely, and said, “Happy anniversary! Your table is right this way.”

Our server greeted us, said, “I heard you were celebrating!”

“It’s our anniversary,” Kellie said, and our server gasped, beaming.

“That’s great! Congratulations! How many years?”

And I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and I thought about those men at that restaurant ten years ago. I hope they’re still safe and happy, and I hope we all get the satisfaction of helping the world keep blooming into something that’s not so unrelentingly terrible all the time.

[cozy-frog-legacy-simmer]

10th Anniversary Legacy Challenge Part 4

GENERATION NINE - 2022 It's not fair. Your parent got to live an exciting life before deciding to settle down and all you got was the farm life. So when you get the opportunity to go away to High School instead of staying on the farm, you jump at it. Time to have some excitement of your own. Packs: High School Years, Werewolves, My Wedding Stories Traits: Overachiever, Party Animal, Socially Awkward *I hate weddings and wedding gameplay. On top of that My Wedding Stories still contains numerous bugs despite repeated "fixes". I chose to ignore it, but if you enjoy that gameplay and don't mind the bugs go for it and enjoy* -Move to Copperdale as a teen and attend high school every day -Choose one teen aspiration and complete it -Join at least one activity and/or teen job -Move to Moonwood Mill as a Young Adult -Become or marry a werewolf and complete the aspiration -If you choose to be a werewolf yourself, careers are not available to you and you will need to make money in other ways. If you chose to marry one, you can work a regular career if you choose. -Have a "litter" (at least 3 kids) -Find and decipher all of the Moonwood Relics -Catch the luna fish and harvest the moon petal flower GENERATION TEN - 2023 You have had about enough of werewolves even IF you are one. You want out of this creepy dead logging town and you want out yesterday. Packs: Growing Together, Horse Ranch, Home Chef Hustle, and For Rent Traits: Rancher, Horse Lover, Nosy, Generous, Cringe, Child of the Village (pick any three) *Due to persistent bugs, I will be ignoring the residential rental gameplay. You can choose to include this if you want, but I don't think that it is worth it at this time* -Before beginning, create a vacation rental property in Tomarang. -Live in Chestnut Ridge on a ranch of your choosing with at least one horse, one goat, and one sheep. -Have a greenhouse to grow produce for nectar making and general cooking -Get married or have a live in partner -One of you will complete Championship Rider AND Expert Nectar Maker aspirations -The other will complete Appliance Whiz and Market Magnate -Chef sim will have food sales on the weekends in San Sequoia during fall, winter, and spring in front of the Recreation Center. Bring the kids and let them have fun while you work. -Summer weekends will be spent vacationing in Tomarang and having food sales at the night market -Make sure to hire a ranch hand to help out -Have at least three children -JUSTICE FOR INFANTS!!! Finally infants actually exist and you can (and MUST) treat them right for the last two generations. Make sure that they have a happy infancy. -Complete at least one of the new childhood aspirations with your heir (bonus points if you have four children and have each one complete one aspiration)

[rsnccookies-blog]

Journal 1

My life hasn’t been easy. Not as bad as it could be, I’m not homeless or anything like that. I have had what I like to say is just bad luck, but damn I wish it could have been different. A child of divorce, hearing how my father would come home drunk and beat my mother. Then the slew of men my mother dated assaulted my siblings (I was too young to remember if I was assaulted). Having extremely low self esteem and being bullied. My siblings running away from home once they hit 18. I started dating at the age of 13. My first crushes were girls but I only dated boys, not really knowing how to navigate a relationship, I was horrible. I always had someone ready to date after a breakup, afraid of being alone. In 4 years I dated/made out with almost 20 people. It was bad. I was jealous of the attention my much older sisters got from men, but at the same time a have a fear of them. Every relationship was on my terms. I made the first move. And I always ended it.

The boy I dated before 9th grade became my stalker. The boy I dated one month before school started became the first one to break my heart. The one I dated in the fall that year assaulted me. The one that took up all of 2009 broke up with me three times, caused me trauma and supported my ED. I cheated on him twice, because I knew he cheated on me and hoped it would get back to him. It never did, so I just lived with the guilt. The one spring of 2010 assaulted me after I had just cried in his arms.

In summer 2010, I met my biggest downfall. We met in late June. By July 4th we started dating. By the 10th we were in bed. We were 16. He was extremely jealous and controlling. I was naive and thought it was that he really and truly cared so much about me. I changed so much for him. My hair, my look, my friends, even my family relationships. He viewed himself as always the smartest in the room, enjoyed constantly playing devils advocate for the arguments that would ensue. Anything I showed interest in, he would deep dive and find something wrong with, and ruin it. Or he would loudly and aggressively complain how much he hated it.

As we got older, he expressed how if I gained “too much weight” he wasn’t sure if he could be with me. He went from planning baby names with me to exclusively saying he never wanted kids and had me get an IUD. I worked my ass off constantly, while he lied to his family about being in school, using the mortgage money to support his lifestyle. When the school lie and almost losing the house came to light, I stuck by him. At this same time, I caught him planning to meet up with an old female friend from high school. We had been together 8 years at this point. So to fix his little “cry for attention”, we got married. No one knew and he insisted no one ever know. He worried his parents would be mad at him for marrying me so suddenly. At this point we lived with them.

I was made to constantly be on diets, go to the gym daily, switch jobs frequently as a way to get more money, and support him while he went to college. My life completely revolved around him. He had to know where the money was going. And where I was at all times. I barely saw my family, and by our 10 year anniversary I was so depressed I was on multiple meds just to function. Once he graduated with his degree, we planned a wedding. I forced it on him. It was what he promised and I wasn’t going to let him postpone it any longer. I paid for most of the wedding, taking out my retirement fund early to do so. I planned everything but had to run it all through him for his approval. Instead of the black wedding dress I already bought, he insisted on buying a red one, which I only recently finished paying off. We got married on our 5 year anniversary (which no one knew about) so a total of 13 years together.

Shortly after the wedding, I was feeling extremely lonely. He spent all day and night on the computer playing video games, coming to bed around 3am. I worked all day, came home and went to the gym, then went to bed. Everyday the same routine. I was miserable. I couldn’t eat what I wanted, I couldn’t do anything I liked, and his solution to my loneliness was to join him on the computer playing games I had no interest in with people who I barely knew and who he frequently expressed distaste for in private. I had no friends, hasn’t spoken to my family, and was just so alone. I ended up on nsfw twitter, posted a couple photos, and got BOMBARDED with messages from people giving me attention. I would lie if say I wasn’t engrossed in it. It became a daily thing, posting a photo and waiting for the comments and messages to come in.

Then one night, he layes his whole body weight on me and said “you better not f*cking cheat on me”, then rolled back over. I was terrified. I deleted twitter at that point. I was so scared. A few days later, after he seemed to have calmed, I redownloaded it, and received a message from a girl. It wasn’t inappropriate or anything. She was checking to make sure I was okay. Saying my posts made her feel like maybe I needed some help. That simple inquiry woke me up suddenly. It was like a veil had lifted. I saw my life for the first time. Soon after that, I was being intimate with him, and I used my safe word. He responded by trying to continue. I began to cry. After that he left me alone in the room, to play video games. A few days later he said he would “not take responsibility for the pain he caused me” because he “read different literature on what using a safe word means”. Again, eyes wide open. I was disgusted and hurt and my heart was just breaking.

On Sunday October 2nd, 2023, I told my best friend everything. The diets, the isolation, comments on my appearance, and the intimate details and pain he caused me. She said the most amazing thing. “You will not be turning 30 with him” and I began sobbing even harder. The next day was go time, I was laying in bed sobbing with fear, because the next morning I was leaving. He had no idea. Or so I thought.

He came into the room around midnight and just said, “are you cheating on me?” I was taken aback. He kept pushing and repeating the question. And then he said “do you want to go to couples therapy?” I said no. Then he said “do you want a divorce?” I said yes. He began pleading. I called my best friend and told her he knew and I needed to leave now. She stayed on the phone as I got my things and he begged me not to leave. The whole time he sounded like he was crying, but there were no tears. He kneeled on the floor begging me to stay. But I had made up my mind. That was the last time I saw or spoke to him.

I got a lawyer, moved in with a roommate, and started my new life. On thanksgiving I told my family. They were shocked but supported me. He showed our whole friend group my “cheating” and turned them all against me. I didn’t mind as they weren’t really my friends. On November 30th the divorce was finalized. Throughout the whole thing, the girl I met on twitter was there to support me. Eventually, we have started dating. We are almost a year together and I am so happy. I have gained a ton of weight. I do things I enjoy, I have the hair I want and dress how I want. I got matching tattoos with my sisters and the piercing I always wanted. I am finally me.

Today I just got approved for my own apartment, and are making plans for my girlfriend to come see me. I am now confidently non-binary and just so happy. I see my family weekly and speak to them daily.

All this to say, no matter how stuck you feel, no matter your age, you’re not alone. It’s never to late to start over.

[surgerybaby]

On Grief and Parent Loss

My mother's 14 year death anniversary passed last month and it has me thinking of grief and how it follows me.

I have this playlist called "What is grief?" and it has a photo of my mom when she was a teenager. The playlist is filled with songs about grief, songs that remind me of her, and songs that actually played at her funeral. It's pretty cathartic sometimes to listen to it. It helps me think of her and remember her. But I have a very complicated relationship to my mother and her passing.

My mom died on May 21st 2010. Two weeks and two days after my 9th birthday. My mother was a drug addict who had been struggling for a long time with her addiction and she had just gotten out of jail the previous day, so she went on a bender and it ended her life. Obviously I was heartbroken. This was an inconceivable loss to a 9 year old. I can remember in vivid detail being told about her passing, but all of the details after are pretty fuzzy. I don't have any solid memories of the time after she passed. It was like I just suddenly woke up in the middle of a fourth grade science class, with little to no recollection of what has happened.

The years keep going and at different points in my life, I get really sad. She didn't see my 10th birthday. She didn't see me graduate high school. I never got to come out to her. She won't see me graduate college. She will never see my wedding. She is gone. I have spent a lot of my life so angry at her for dying. For dying before she saw these huge milestones in my life. I am still angry at her for missing all of these things.

I have lived 14 years without her, which is 5 more years than I lived with her. I don't remember her voice anymore. I only remember her face in the photos I have. The memories I have of her are minimal. I typically only remember the very good and the very bad. I don't remember the neutral. I don't remember much.

My relationship with my mother is complicated. She will never know who I am and I will never know who she was. Like I said, I have a very complicated relationship with her.

[princessmagichuman]

Angel The Cyborg Panda 10th Anniversary Story

In the Heaviside Galaxy, Angel is flying across the galaxy with her spaceship with her friends to explore around before going home to Planet Heaviside.

Amy is looking at the galaxy while Lucas sitting by her joining looking at the galaxy as well while holding hands.

“I really love looking at the stars in the galaxy. It’s very beautiful and interesting. Saving your parents from the monster planet and saving the world it’s just amazing journey.” Said Blue Moon aka Craze.

“You made new friends from different worlds such as Smoothie, Cameron and Candy, and most importantly, Princess. Moving from here to the human world to study plants and much more.” Said Potion.

“Mhm. Oh I miss being here. And I became a plant biologist and illustrator and now I came back here to see you guys and my family again.” Angel Said.

“I’m glad you came back, bestie. We miss you so much.” Said Pepper.

“Yeah and you came back here for occasions. Like birthdays, Holidays, and Weddings. And baby showers of course.”Said Bunny as she look at her and potion’s baby rabbit who’s cooing in her baby carrier in the middle seat.

The baby is a female brown rabbit with different ears from both parents, pink spots from her mother, and got different eye colors are from both parents.

“Oh your little kit is so adorable! Oh I can’t for Laser and I to have kits together in the future!” Said Cute exciting.

“Yeah.”Said Laser as he hold Cute’s hand as he smiles at her.

Angel smile at her friends as she’s riding a ship, thinking about the memories as teenagers and as Adults.

2 hours later they returned to Heaviside and sees that the whole city missing and no where to be seen.

“Huh, that’s strange? There’s no one there?” Said Pepper.

Blue Moon sniff out on the ground and then he said. “There’s no scent of people.”

“Do we think that Scratch has something to do with this?” Asked Amy.

Angel scan around as she said. “No one in those buildings. Looks like we’re going to save them guys! Come on!” Angel run to find people as her friends follows her.

After trying to find people in buildings including Scratch’s base but no one is there.

“Looks like no one’s in the building, boss.”Potion Said.

Rabbit Kit is cooing as she begins to cry.

“Oh no. Shhhhhh… It’s going to be okay. We’re going to find our people.”Said Bunny.

“Yeah. And we will reunite with them after we find them.”Said Potion.

The Rabbit Kit laugh as they made her happy.

“Now what?”Asked Lucas.

“What should we do, Angel? Amy asked.

“We must keep looking for them…” Angel answered as she’s sad.

Her friends gasp in shocked after hearing what she said.

“Ok, we’ll just keep looking for them until we found them. Said Laser.”

They keep looking for others until they see a hotel that’s covers in drapes.

Angel looks up and turn around to see others and said. “Well this is it. Get ready guys.”

Her friends nodded as they get into a position.

Angel carefully opens the door to the hotel with drapes blocking their way.

“Surprise!!!” Everyone Said as they see Angel and her friends. Her other friends, her family and citizens of Heaviside.

“Happy Anniversary, Angel!” Said Princess who hugged her as Angel hug her back.

Her parents Dan and Pearl goes to her and hugs their daughter.

“Princess?! Mom! Dad! Guys what is all this!?” Asked Angel.

“Of you guys come to life of course. It’s been 10 years. Even though I existed since 13 years. Rebel 12 or 11, my cousins 11, and a lot more that I can mention.” Said Smoothie.

Raeacat run to Angel and hug her tightly and said. “Oh my goodness! Happy 10 years! It’s about to be 10 years for me in November 13 or 14?“

“You can say that yeah.” Said Princess.

“Hey Angel. Happy Anniversary.” Said Purple.

“Thanks! I didn’t realize it’s 10 years!” Said Angel.

Carly and Rambo barks as they ran to Angel jumping up to her.

“Hey Carly, Hey Rambo!” Said Angel as she pets her dogs.

Rambo bark happily at her.

“Me, your friends, and everyone helped me out with this to this Anniversary very special for you, them, and your friends.” Said Princess.

“Awwww. How sweet of you, Princess.” Said Bunny.

“Mhm. Thanks Bunny.” Said Princess as she see a baby kit and gasp in excitement. “And who’s this little kit?”

“This is our first kit Rose!”Potion Answered.

“She’s so adorable! She looks just like you, Potion! The pink spots is from the mother, But the ears and the eyes is from both of you!”Said Princess.

Rose laughs as she smiles at Princess.

Princess see a mysterious present on the table and picks it up. “Hmm?”

“I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since we’re existed. But it’s mostly about you sis.”Said Regina.

“Yeah. 10 years. I found you after you gone missing since the kidnapping of our family and our younger brother Frankie.” Said Angel.

“And I escaped from and Scratch and then I found you and stick beside you until we got our parents back.”Said Frankie.

“Wow, Babe. Your Sister is a hero to us.” Said The Red Panda named Terrence who’s Regina’s Boyfriend.

“Yeah. She is, baby.” Said Regina.

“So Angel. I know you’ve been living in a human for 5 years now. Are you thinking about coming back here?” Asked Cameron.

“No. I’m moving back down here. To be for my people and saving the world here.” Said Angel as she smiled.

“Oh, Angel!” Said her Mother Pearl as her eyes tears of joy along with her Husband Dan.

The cat twins Frost and Snow walk to Angel as they hug her as Angel hug them back.

“I’m so grateful that you’re coming back home here. My Boyfriend and his twin sister told me a lot about you.” Said The Calico Cat named Melony.

“Yeah and stories about your adventures and life.” Said the Singapura Cat named Warner.

“Hey, Angel!” Yelled Princess as Angel turn around to her.

“What is it, Princess?” Asked Angel.

“Someone got this for you, but it doesn’t say who’s it from.”Said Princess.

“Oh.” Said Angel as she grab it from her and look at it. “Hmm.”She opening it and it was a hologram.

“It’s that a-“ Runt said as he was interrupted by his Wife Terri aka Smoothie.

“Hologram.” Smoothie Said.

The hologram turns on by itself and then it’s shows a woman that look identical to Princess.

“Hello Angel, and hello everyone who’s watching this hologram recording right now. It is I. The Real Princess aka the Creator.”Said the woman.

“Goodness me.” Princess said with surprise look.

“I can’t believe it’s been 10 years now. Times flies. I’m glad I kept you Angel and your friends. Oh and Enemies too. Which they should be here there too since I decided to invite them over too.” Said The Woman.

Angel and the others stared at Princess with harsh expressions on their faces.

Princess chuckled as she said. “What?! There can’t be an Anniversary without the bad guys right?”

All of the sudden the sound of laser broke the wall of the hotel.

Scratch and the rest of the villains showed up.

“Did I miss anything before we arrived?” Asked Scratch.

“Yes.” Angel answered.

Princess nods as she said “But… I’m glad you guys came for this special day.”

“Anyways as I was saying. Angel. Thank you so much for being there with me for 10 years. You’re like my comfort OC. From 2014 to 2024. Happy 10 Years, Angel and the rest of you. Hoping for another 10 years.” The woman said as the hologram shut off after the message.

“Well my real self sent this to us then.” Said Princess.

Angel didn’t say anything but tears forming from her only eye.

“Well. I guess I’ll just-“

Princess was interrupted by Angel as she hug her tightly by surprise. She then hug Angel back as everyone cheered and clapped by this.

“Well what we waiting for? Let the Anniversary party begin!” Raeacat yelled in excitement as the party was started as everyone danced.

The scenes shows them enjoying the party such as showing off the cake. The cake is a galaxy themed with half blue and half green, with Angel and her friends face and Scratch’s and her allis face’s, another one of Angel and her friends enjoying the cake, third one of Angel and her family, fourth is Angel and Scratch scrowling at each other with anger, and five of Angel and Princess.

Everyone is gather together for a big group picture as Angel puts her phone on a tripod to keep still, while holding a mini controller to take the picture and walks away to get to the group.

“Everybody say Happy 10 Years!” Yelled Angel.

“Happy 10 Years!” Everyone Said as the picture is taken.

The picture saying Happy 10th Anniversary Angel!

The End 🦾🐼

And that’s the celebration story!

OCs, Story, and Art belongs to me

[yoohyeon]

May is such a roller coaster of emotions fjsbjd

I’m excited my bday is in 13 days but I’m also scared of turning 25 (not cause I’m getting older I mean yes but mostly cause futur scares me and I have nothing plan yet)

On the 28 I’m also taking my parents to that Korean restaurant me and bestie love cause I always wanted them to try and going to that new kpop store buying “anything” I want (as much as my dad can buy fkdbdj) which I’m excited for and my brother said he would come with us 🥰

Friday is also my grandfather’s f*neral, it’s gonna be so hard…It’s been month since it happened and I was finally in peace with it but it will hurt all over again 😔

Also met a social worker and have to look for a job which I’m not doing cause I’m waiting for my dad to ask a place he deliver as if they would take me and my mom there cause it would be the perfect place for me but they want my mom to have it 😭

My mom also would like me to stay home with Puppy until they comeback from there 10th wedding anniversary vacation (June 3rd to 10th) so even if I had to choose I will forever stay with him cause I’m gonna terrified of leaving him alone after years cause leaving him home alone a long time is dangerous for him 😭

BUT Honey and DC comeback coming soon right before my bday such good gifts 👀

[pics-and-fanfics]

Waiting on my parents to get home (they went out for their 10th wedding anniversary, left around 6?)

Anyways my mom’s shower was finally finished so now I have my shower back to myself (I took a shower in hers, it’s so fancy!!! It’s got 2 shower heads!!! 2!!!!)

Also I’m bored af

[emeraldspiral]

#for my friends under say 20. you have no idea how normalized homophobia was in usa american culture even just 15-20 years ago#i remember reading the news about same sex marriage being legalized here on tumblr and i seriously thought it was a sick cruel joke at firs

People who got married immediately after the Obergefell ruling have not yet celebrated their 10th anniversaries. Korrasami happened only 6 months prior and it wasn't even explicit. Steven Universe was cancelled because Rebecca Sugar insisted on a lesbian wedding episode that debuted three years after it was legalized. At the time Zim was airing, being queer wasn't a protected status. You could still be fired just for being gay, especially if you were a teacher or worked in childcare, because people equated being gay with being a pedophile. The US Army's official policy was to automatically fire anyone who was openly gay and "Don't ask, don't tell" was considered generous for allowing people to serve as long as they stayed in the closet and discouraging investigation or forced outing. It wasn't repealed until 2011, the same year the Puppet Kiss happened, after Obama had already been in office for three years.

The recent surge of "Don't say gay" policies is in response to maybe 5-10 years of schools relaxing slightly on already existing policies that forbid acknowledging the mere existence of queer people, let alone educating students about queer identities and queer history or protecting queer students from bullying or being outed to their parents. Conversion therapy is still not universally banned today, but there certainly were a lot more of those camps back then.

I feel like newer fans can’t really appreciate what it was like to be introduced to IZ in 2001 and be a ZADR shipper in that early 2000s cultural climate. Openly hating gays was SOOOOO much more normalized than it is today. If you shipped a same-sex pairing, you did so knowing it would never be canon because it wasn’t allowed back then. Antis would constantly screech that the creators of your favorite series don’t support gays or gay pairings and hate yaoi shippers and it was safe to assume much of the time they were right. So when Richard and Andy made their puppets kiss, for us that wasn’t just about scoring a win against another ship we were in some petty competition with. It was a clear message that the people who brought our favorite characters to life don’t hate us and think we’re gross degenerates and perverts defiling their characters or fake fans who don’t respect the source material. They indulged us because we were just as valid as any other fan and they knew it would make us happy.

[bgallen]

A million sunflowers, skywells, and the 20 year old PSL

Happy Friday! Not sure if it’s just me, but this week has felt long. Definitely not bad, just drawn out. Today is my wonderful parents’ anniversary and I am incredibly grateful for their relationship and the mutual love and respect and fun that they have!

Also! Yesterday it rained for a good 15 minutes which was so, so needed….I don’t remember our last rain, maybe early July? Our water association sent out a message last week asking people to not water their yards unless it was around 2 AM because of the strain on the system. Hopefully the rain went south of us as well to help the farms there in desperate need of it.

I have quite a long list for you today. It’s been a while since I’ve had a longer one so I thought it would be fun. I’ve broken it into categories of: History, Love, Learn, Food, Movies/Music. As always, I hope that you are able to find something you really enjoy.  

 History

o   How ancient 'skywells' are keeping Chinese homes cool - BBC Future

“In Huizhou, a skywell is small but tall, and the rooms around it can block out sunlight on hot days, enabling the bottom of the skywell to stay cool, he adds. Meanwhile, hot air inside the house can rise and escape through the opening above the skywell, which "works just like a chimney".”

o   Seminary Square Historical Marker (hmdb.org)

This is in my hometown, since 1828 -195 years!- there has been a school building on this piece of land.

o   ‘The Iron Butterfly’: How Eloise Page Became the CIA’s First Female Station Chief (coffeeordie.com)

o   The Tigris: The river that birthed civilisation - BBC Travel

“Mosul's Arabic name, Al-Mawsiil, means "the linking point", likely because it was a crossroads of trade and a major hub along the Tigris between Diyarbakır and Basra. Established in the 7th Century BCE, it's one of the oldest cities in the world, and during its pinnacle in the 12th-Century AD, it not only wielded great power and influence over the region but became ethnically and religiously diverse.”

 Love

o   Ocean Springs couple celebrates 70 years of wedded bliss (wlbt.com)

“He does what I ask. I get along with her. I not only love her, I like her, and respect her. Those are three things. You’ve got to like them, you’ve got to love them and you’ve got to respect them.” Tony & Jean Ann Petricca

o   Pratt farmer plants 80 acres of sunflowers for wife of 50 years - KAKE

 August 10th was Lee and Renee Wilson’s 50th wedding anniversary, so he planted her “about 1.2 million sunflowers.”

Learn

o   Four scientifically-proven ways to live longer - BBC Reel

o   Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend | TED Talk

How you think and how you act can transform your experience of stress. When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage. When you choose to connect with others under stress, you can create resilience. The compassionate heart that finds joy ad meaning in connecting with others, and yes, your pounding physical heart, working so hard to give you strength and energy.”

o   Organize Your Bookmarks with the PARA Method for Lightning Fast Web Browsing (fortelabs.com)

“The key principle is organizing by actionability. PARA helps you keep the information you need the most right now front and center (while keeping everything else accessible but out of sight).”

o   Isometric Exercises, Planks, Wall Sits Are Best For Blood Pressure, Study Says (forbes.com)

This is so exciting to me, this has been my favorite exercise (wall sits) since high school and it is super easy to do almost anywhere.

 Food

o   Ghetto Gastro

My sister found these for me the other night at Target, I’ve only tried the Ghetto Gastro Toaster Pastries Chocolate Raspberry - 7.2oz : Target, they are so good!

o   Home - TruFru

We also have recently found these and become obsessed with these. These are our favorite ones: Raspberries White & Dark Chocolate 8 oz - TruFru and Blueberries White & Dark Chocolate 8 oz - TruFru. The dried strawberries are also really good!

o   Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte Turns 20: How It Was Invented | Entrepreneur

It seems that you either love or hate this drink….I am not a pumpkin fan, yet I really enjoy this drink every Fall. Can you believe it’s been 20 years?! In my opinion, the drink is best made with oatmilk.

Movies/Music

o   Video shows three humpback whales jumping out of water in unison - YouTube

Whales terrify me, but this is a beautiful video!

o   From Dumb Money to Saw X: 10 of the best films to watch in September - BBC Culture

This is a good list of different genres coming out next month. I am most excited about MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3 - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters September 8 - YouTube!

o   Dan Tyminski - Hey Brother (Official Video) - YouTube

Dan just did his own version of this Avicii song after appearing on the record for Avicii a decade or so ago. Here’s the original if you’d care to listen, it has a neat music video. Avicii - Hey Brother - YouTube

 I hope you enjoy this nice toasty, last weekend of August!