#not that the labels matter anyway because they're relatively modern

[sins-of-the-sea]

"All right, let's get this straight!

"Well, not 'straight' straight, but… you know what I mean!"

"I get what you mean, Ruixiong.

"I don't know if I'm truly bisexual. I've slept with women when I was among the Brethren of the Coast. Honestly? I felt nothing. Those times I did, it wasn't out of love or attraction, but for money and other goals. 'Gay for pay', so to speak."

"Oh! But… out of all of us, who still identify as men, you fell for the Captain."

"I was not attracted to Rashid's constant state of drunkenness, and while I have slept with younger men in the past, I was not attracted to any of you four boys at all. That is not to say Josep was the only choice due to elimination, though.

"I was genuinely in love with him before we started making love. He was the first man whose child I carried was one I truly loved. I had significantly more patience with him being comfortable with contact than I did with any other man, or women when the situation called for it. I mean it when I say he is my heart, my love, my life. I suppose in this case, all of this still applies even if he isn't fully male."

"So…. demi-bi? Pan? Or…."

"How about I say I don't care for labels for now? I never did with any of you, so the same should apply for myself, no?"

"That works!"

[waywardflowerturtle]

Having used every model of pen in this image for writing, I'm going to not just choose one, but rank them all:

Rank 7: #7 Functional, usable, cost-effective. If you are filling out forms, you could do worse, but if you have a passion for writing you should be using something with better control and finesse.

Rank 6: #1 Runny. If you have a light touch this can be better, but I've always had a bad time with the Uniball line smearing when I write quickly, impairing legibility. The biggest plus on the uniball is that it's a proper capped pen.

Rank 5: #3 I used to love grips, they were a good replacement stim for pen use after I got a mouthful of Bic ink from chewing on the back of pens in high school... Anyway, my real problem on this model isn't the grip, it's that I've come to hate any pen with unnecessary mechanical parts, like a retractable tip.

Rank 4: #6 This looks like my felt marker-pens. Really nice for strong, consistent lines, but most modern paper is not a good fit for it IMO. It bleeds on light paper, and feels like scratches through my arm on heavy paper. You need a fine and smooth paper to use this best.

Rank 3: #5 See Rank 5. Grips and a retractable tip, but it is a Pilot which earns it some saving points. I actually still regularly buy Pilot G2 pens for travel, because the cases are sturdy, but this is the last pen in the list I would choose to use as a preference -- the earlier ones I would generally only use if I had no better choices.

Rank 2: #4 Sleek and stylish, ink sets relatively well. Gel pens can bleed through a lot of paper. Capsule form is nice for handling. This is one of the better Uniball models, IMO.

Rank 1: #2 If you aren't choosing the Pilot Precise V5, you are wasting ink and paper for your writing. If you want to letter efficiently and effectively with one of the best pens on the market for technical handwriting, this is the one you should get. The only thing Pilot could improve is the style with a capsule-shape, but for technical fans of handwriting, that's entirely a matter of flair, and unnecessary.

If I had to pick one model of pen to be my handwriting pen of choice for the rest of my life, it would be the Pilot Precise V5 (rolling ball, black ink, in extra fine). Luckily, in real life, all of these have their use cases:"

The simple Bic (#7) is great for institutions who have a lot of people handling a lot of pens. They're cheap and effective, and provide consistent results on page for formal settings.

The Uniballs are great if you have the right control, but I'd probably recommend them for experts who aren't yet ready to move to fountains. Uniball ink, when it is dry, is one of the more stable in my experience.

The Sharpie is... good for labels, but not my choiice for on-the-spot writing.

The Pilots are the standouts, from the G2 to the Razor Point to the Precise V5. From novice or student to professional or dedicated hobbyist, you can find a Pilot that suits your needs.

DISCLAIMER: I am not sponsored by Pilot, Bic, or any other company mentioned in this post. These are my personal opinions only.

If you aren’t choosing 5, you need help. 

[feralaot]

happy almost new year I am wishing you all an uneventful 2022, may we finally have a year of relative quiet (unlikely)

AOT on New Year's Eve

drugs and alcohol cw

modern

eren

literally nobody asked him to throw a party. no one. his entire house reeks of weed and cigarettes and nobody wants to sit on his couches because who knows what's on there.

he invites his pals anyway, and they show up reluctantly, because if they don't he will text them nonstop for a week after midnight trying to figure out if he pissed them off or something. no dude, just clean your house

armin and annie

oh, my dear boy. parties make him anxious so he really doesn't enjoy them. he can't drink because he'll get sick. well, he gets sick anyway, he has a surprisingly sensitive stomach and it's worse when he's anxious. thus, our angel spends a lot of his time in the bathroom. last year he missed midnight because of it.

annie, on the other hand, sits on the floor of the living room or wherever they may be and either reads the labels of whatever she can find or looks around for any pets. now, if reiner is there, she is picking a fight, but that's a different story

mikasa

is slightly intoxicated on wine before she even gets to the celebration at eren's. sometimes she needs to be in order to listen to him without tearing her hair out.

jean, connie, marco, and sasha

they're together all night so.... putting them as one. oddly enough none of them really care about midnight they just use it as an excuse to hang out and have gummies that jean got from his cousin. marco eats way more gummies than he should because it helps his tics and jean always has to tell him to stop at some point.

thus, while jean, connie, and sasha are having a toast at midnight for the hell of it, marco is flat on the couch babbling about how he can't feel his teeth

historia and ymir

they usually just go out drinking a bit in the evening then have one of their friends bring them home so they can stay in together and watch the countdown themselves.

they rarely show up at new year's parties but when they do it's usually historia's idea and ymir just gets dragged along. they have had to leave several times because of fights being started.

erwin, levi, and hange

they are literally just. two gen x's and their millennial pal. it literally does not matter how much erwin drinks, he's calm the whole time and doesn't really make it obvious. levi doesn't drink at all he will literally just have tea. yes, tea, even on new year's eve.

hange sometimes has to be evicted into the garage for timeout because they get way too hype at the countdown and have on several occasions broken something in the living room at midnight

reiner and bertholdt

they usually just hang out with their dog but might bring her with them if they decide to visit friends for the night. she's their anchor to make sure they don't get carried away with alcohol or what have you because they still have to be responsible dads obviously

bert has a very low social battery and is most likely asleep not even five minutes past midnight. reiner however takes a while to get relaxed so he usually just tries to read for a bit while bert kicks around in his sleep lmao

porco and pieck

they literally just stay in his room with his cat and tune out the tv until midnight because they both think the performances are garbage. every now and then though they'll turn it up and ruthlessly judge the performer whether it be their outfit, moves, lipsyncing, etc. or if they just don't like the person in general because they're both spiteful of celebrities

zeke

sits either on a chair or couch, silently, 12oz can of cerveza palma in one hand, cigarette in the other, continuously checking his watch even though the time is on the tv. blows one of those paper party horns at exactly 12:00am then gets up and goes to bed

yelena

if the major news networks didn't know who she was on december 31 they definitely will on january 1.