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My greedy ass is over here contemplating RAM upgrades, when I haven't actually been doing anything that isn't perfectly fine with the existing 16GB. But, this laptop will go up to 32!
(Unlike with the last relative potato laptop, which did not in fact have the 2nd slot that it was supposed to from everything I saw. And the existing one wouldn't handle more than the factory 8GB. š”)
OTOH, I could always do with more SSD space. And this'll also take another internal drive. But, I do not particularly want to pay what I would need to for even an on-sale 1TB M.2 NVME. Would honestly hesitate less if I didn't have like a third of the somewhat readily accessible discretionary funds monthly that I did in the UK, without needing to request a top-up and probably explain myself. May have to pull the trigger anyway, because I did see one pretty tempting deal.
(We are not remarkably poorer, the difference in discretionary funds these days just ends up triggering Ghost Poverty Brain sometimes anyway. And I end up budgeting way tighter around things like groceries than is probably necessary. I really don't know why the auto-deposit got set up that way, and my beggarly unemployed ass honestly hasn't really wanted to inquire. In spite of the occasional splurge on shit like this or other hobby supplies, I really do not have a notable history of blowing money or anything. And he doesn't have a history of acting like the household resources are anything but shared. I really do need to figure out what for most people would be some type of side gig, but would be pretty much all my disabled ass could handle. It might be good for my mental health, if nothing else.)
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When Steve gets to his last year at Hawkins High, it feels like some kind of veil has been lifted right in front him. Or maybe itās more that the veilās actually been slowly lifting for years, and heās noticing it all the more because itās no longer there.
Either way, when he receives his yearbook, it doesnāt seem like the huge deal that his younger self wouldāve made it out to be; he flicks through the pictures half-heartedly, doesnāt even care when the candid ones taken at sporting events catch him in unflattering poses, lip jutting out in concentration.
If he tried to voice his disinterest, Henderson would probably spout off some precocious shit about societal expectations, and Steve would pretend to nod sagely before stealing whatever dorky hat he happened to be wearingāitās not like he could let the little shit suspect that he occasionally had a point, Steve would never hear the end of it.
The yearbook signings are predictably inescapable: people passing their books back and forth in class or in the cafeteriaāand that oneās a risky move, with the threat of drinks spilling on the pages, whether accidental or malicious.
Steve thinks the feverās dwindled out until he spends a free period in the school library. The seniors typically all bunch together in one of the far corners, the spots with the comfiest seatsāloners included, like the perks of age for once outweigh the usual ridicule.
But that silent truce is not exactly being upheld, Steve notesāEddie Munson is sitting alone at a nearby table.
It becomes painfully obvious when the signing starts up again. Thereās a cluster of girls on the yearbook committee who initiate it, and soon every senior in reach is either passing over their own book or signing one.
Almost every senior.
Itās not like Eddieās the only person ever to be held back. Heās not even the only one to be held back for next year, either: John Nelson off the swim team is in the same position, and heās still been asked to sign.
But Steve knows thatās not what the source of exclusion is, not really.
Heās gotten good at spotting silent crueltyāgood at avoiding it too, before his popularity gave him a temporary shield.
Itās all just bullshit, he thinks. Itās been a recurring thought lately.
He brings out his own yearbook because he knows itās expected. When itās finally passed back round to him, he ends up right near the seat opposite Eddieās, just by chance.
But actually sitting there is his own choice.
He can tell that Eddie has spotted him even though heās not looked up from whatever homework heās doing; thereās a silent tension in the way heās holding his pen.
Steve mulls it over before he asks the question. It could blow up in his face, but what did that matter, really? In the grand scheme of things, it would hardly count as a major embarrassment; itās not like itād be any more mortifying than telling his dad that he didnāt get into any colleges whatsoever.
So he pushes his yearbook across the table, because what the hell.
āWanna sign?ā
Eddie glances up. Thereās a guarded look in his eyes, and Steve can almost hear him mentally replaying the question.
āPardon?ā Eddie says with pointed emphasis, like heās daring Steve, let it drop and weāll say no more about it, Harrington.
Steve doesnāt take it back. He shrugs and flicks open the yearbook, finds a blank spot and taps it once with his finger, a silent offer.
Eddie stares like Steveās a riddle, like heās wondering just who the showās forābut the other students have turned away, have gone back to their seats, yearbooks temporarily forgotten.
Eddieās hold on his pen relaxes, ever so slightly.
āYou sure, Harrington?ā he says. Thereās still a wary edge to his voice, but thereās an undercurrent of something else, too, like heās secretly amused despite himself. āHavenāt you heard what folks say? I could curse you.ā
Steve scoffs. āThat all youāve got? Iāve dealt with way worse, man,ā he says mildly.
A corner of Eddieās mouth twitches into a surprised smile. Then itās gone almost like it had never been in the first place, his gaze turning thoughtful rather than defensive.
And obviously this isnāt Eddieās first rodeo at the whole senior year thing. Steve wonders if thereās a veil thatās been lifted for him too, wonders if he can see straight through it right now.
The bell rings.
Eddie stands up, gathering his stuff.
Steve thinks thatās the end of it: something thatās neither a success or a failure.
But then, lightning fast, Eddie darts across the table and scribbles something on the open page. Slams the yearbook shut and pushes it back over, and it feels like a challenge, like some of his caginess is backālike heās just daring Steve to reveal that it had been a joke all alongā
āBet youāre counting down the days till you can hold your own copy, huh?ā Steve says dryly, as he stuffs the book into his bag.
Itās a risk; he knows Eddie could easily take it as pure ridicule, could misinterpret it as Steve throwing the failed school years back in his face.
Eddie just shakes his head, but he could be laughingāthe momentās gone too quickly for Steve to know for sure.
āNah, Harrington,ā Eddie says easily, thrown over his shoulder as he leaves, āthose things arenāt worth the paper theyāre printed on.ā
Steve doesnāt check the yearbook until heās home. He eventually finds Eddieās signature, simple black ink right in the upper corner of one page.
Good luck, Steve. āEddie
Some of the letters are bunched a little too close together, drifting upwards on the blank page, as if they usually need lined paper to guide themāleft-handed, Steve thinks vaguely.
Within a sea of scrawled nicknames and loudly enthusiastic messages, Steve finds that he kind of likes how mundane Eddieās truly is. Likes the sign off with minimal fuss. Just āEddie.ā Likes how he was just āSteveā, too.
And yeah, if anyone needed to be told good luck, Steve thinks, with the kind of amusement that only comes from distanceāpictures his past self, freaking out about monsters come to life.
He slots the yearbook into his bookcase. By summer he might forget about it altogether, left to gather dust as he works for 3 bucks an hour, but for now he marks its significance: something real, hidden alongside the bullshit.
#back with the unexpected kindness in high school agenda#pre steddie#steddie#steddie ficlet#steddie fic#steve x eddie#steve harrington#eddie munson
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I love their complex relationship
#sometimes you have to think of your former mate#I love them sm#this fanart was kind of unexpected but#I promise to draw more silly and happy art about them haha#they are so precious to me#pirates of the caribbean#potc#potc fanart#jack sparrow#hector barbossa#sparbossa
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Unexpected Guests Chapter 10, Act Two: Page 7
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Gaster has many tricks up his semi-existent sleeves, including editing location values for entire blocks of carpet... and the people standing on them. But he didn't leave the battlefield, which means he's still a valid target for attacks, and there are two people entirely focused on doing just that.
The action continues next time, coming Nov. 30th! Stay tuned!
#undertale#undertale comic#unexpected guests comic#frisk (undertale)#alphys (undertale)#w. d. gaster#kind of a short one but drawing that first panel was fun
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Today's Seal Is: Truth Coming Out Of Her Pool To Shame Mankind
#seals#pinniped#daily#spotted seal#really love non-baby seal noises. Don't get me wrong the babies that go āah!ā are the cutest but between this clip that one baikal seal#with a voice video and whatever the hell leopard seals are up to. its just kind of unexpected i love it#mod ribbon
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Can we have a au where machete survived the assassination attempt after a struggle with the assassin and machete uses the assassin's corpse as a body double to fake his death?
Oh he's really min maxing this scenario. Two birds with one stone, good for him.
#that could actually be kind of fun#and an unexpected last minute inversion of his canon fate#he would appreciate this level of efficiency#answered#anonymous#Vaschete scenarios
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zac oyama PCs and kindness unbefitting of their station, of themselves. colin having violence as basically his only skill but refusing the kind of violence they committed under the fda's orders and deli's pursuit of it that follows; lapin casting fly on theo instead of himself, a moment where he could have guaranteed himself an out but instead chose to better the rest of the party's chances, ending in his own death; pib being a trickster spirit (and thus should be a certified piece of shit) but having all his trickery guided and motivated by his ultimate goal to help - to help his friends and whatever pathetic men he decides to take under his wing along the way. does anyone understand what the hell i'm talking about over here
#hell you could make a case for gorgug too in the sense that his kindness and genuineness comes unexpected#on account of him being a huge half orc barbarian very capable of cleaving heads in two#but Perhaps i am rambling senselessly#d20#neverafter#the ravening war#a crown of candy#lapin cadbury#pib neverafter#colin provolone#scal txt
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lucanis reading romance novels out loud to spite in the seventh attempt to explain to him what sex is and spite bemusedly being like 'wow you people really get up to that shit I thought that was just a bit mortals did or something'
#I personally don't think he'd be particularly interested one way or the other but the whole thing does sound kind of wild#on first introduction doesn't it. you would be puzzled#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard spoilers#dragon age spoilers#lucanis dellamorte#spite#is it spoilers. well the fact that lucanis canonically likes romance novels kind of is I guess lol#he and bellara really are unexpected twin souls in a couple of things#additional thought: lucanis reading romance novels out loud to spite AND rook while they rest with their head in his lap#and he strokes their hair. rook is there for moral support and help b/c while I don't think lucanis would be shy about talking about it#there must be a limit one can reach in having The Talk with a being that barely gets physical reality and lives inside you#rye with an infinity of affection: lucanis this might be the best and funniest thing that has ever happened to me please keep going#I had a morning thinking about spite a lot. can you tell
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squid game season 3 spoiler
Gi-Hun (after the inevitable Frontman reveal): if i had a nickel for every time I played the games and formed a close bond with player 001 only to be devastated when my choices directly lead to them being killed, and then later find out that not only did player 001 fake their death but turn out to be the person in charge of running the games, I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
#squid game#seong gi hun#hwang in ho#the frontman#yes i binged squid game season 2 i currently have covid and I've been locked away in my home for the past 2 days what else was i gonna do#also... might be here for the toxic old man yaoi...#was very unexpected but the way in-ho would stare at gi-hun???? girl#i know he was ''studying'' him because he is fascinated by him and why he makes the choices he does instead of running away with the money#but like that's kind of hot. not sorry bc i can enjoy toxic things if i want.#and not like I'm rooting for a happy ending i just want them to fuck nasty and then inho dies because he's a terrible person#if gihun ends up killing inho >>>>>>>#but uhhh anyways season 2 was good just a little messy bc it is incomplete#I'm kinda pissed that they're advertising the next one as season 3 when it's clearly gonna be season 2 pt 2#maybe that marketing doesn't sell as well but it would be less annoying
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Trust and belief and trust and belief and trust and belief and-
#Hajime hinata#Fuyuhiko kuzuryu#Sdr2#Super danganronpa 2#Danganronpa 2#Danganronpa#Kuzuhina#God I'm so emotions these past days what is happening#Anyway here's comfort! For all the recent hurt hehe sry#Also I got inspired by my OWN art#From being papanorth. Which was specifically like ... different responses to different traumas#And a recent post about being patient and kind vs being passionate and reaffirming#An art#ANYWAY I have feelings and emotions sometimes! It's good times#It's a bit late but im posting anyway while my mood is high#Oh I forgot to include my own thoughts#Fuyuhiko is suspicious and assumes every unexpected touch is hostile. Except... hes learning not to.#Hajime has moments where he goes away for a bit and cant really engage with people. But... hes finding ways to ground himself as himself.
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What is fun about the last time Shanks saw Mihawk he was probably 29 on the cusp of 30 and then they fall out and they donāt really reconnect until Mihawk is middle age and Shanks on his way there.
Thatās alot of time to miss someone you used to know intimately. A whole life has been lived there. And think how much Mihawk must have changed how much shanks himself has changed. All this to say that I really think Shanks loves watching this version of Mihawk being domestic and having his little old lady hobbies.
He loves watching him cook and bake and talk about recipes and how to make sure the little gremlins under his care are getting the proper nutrients. He loves watching him tend to his garden with his ridiculously domestic sun hat, he loves watching him pick strawberries and put them into a little quicker basket and plant and harvest cocoa trees for Perona, and teach Zoro how to chop vegetables really fast and embroider his little flower patterns and read erotica and newspapers Like the same thing and take naps in the sun spot like a cat and interact with the kids and just he likes seeing Mihawk live his life because I will never come down from the hill that Shanks really kind of subconsciously worries about him and his loneliness and kind of the empty way he was living his life.
Cause like I think for shanks itās such a jarring juxtaposition with the Mihawk thatās still freshest in his memories 10 years ago. 20 something young dangerous and wanted. Mihawk back then was probably the definition of vagabond literally bound to nothing and no one except occasionally shanks. Sailing around in a tiny ass boat with only wine and his sword a one man calamity.The Mihawk he remembers was always itching for a fight and would gladly start one. And because I headcannon Mihawk probably didnāt get his title till after his big blowout with shanks this is still a Mihawk with a lot to fucking prove and heāll prove it every chance he gets. This is a Mihawk who still regularly accepts challengers and is also actively challenging people. This is a Mihawk that is hunting marines for sport (or revenge Or both) His life revolves around wine, sword-fighting, violence and blood shed and in the way only a man that doesnāt even realize how lonely he is it revolved around shanks.
I just think 20 something Mihawk had 1 friend and 1 hobby and hewas a lonely fuck who was so intensely single-mindedly putting all his energy into both he ends up kind of losing both (shanks crumples under the weights of his expectations and he literally positions himself so far above the crowd in swordsmanship and the one fight he actually does want to have is ruined for him that for a long period of time he doesnāt even experience the same joy that he used to while fighting itās just another thing he can no longer fully indulge in) 20 something year old Mihawk was a discontent mess rapidly spiraling into depression and nihilistic boredorm and like Shanks canāt do anything about it because Mihawk wonāt do anything about it he wonāt even properly acknowledge itās happening. And suddenly they arenāt friends anymore the love of his life literally walks out of it.
And then 10 years go by and zap suddenly hereās this 41 one year old man mostly unchanged but definetly more mature on the cusp of something truly life changing and then thereās this 43 year old with an island and a home and these 2 kids that he canāt even properly contextualize how they fit into his life and that must be so jarring one moment shanks remember A 29 year old nihilist that is literally breaking his heart and now hereās a āmellowedā out little old grandma hobby having middle aged man doing needle point on a Sunday evening come to take his place. A whole life lived in 12 years and Shanks didnāt get to see a lot of it but heās so glad to see this now, that he gets to have this now.
#I donāt know just something about young Mihawk being an airplane crash made human form is right up my alley#like very rarely happens but burns fucking bright and is catastrophic when it does#born from my thinking that Mihawk had to be the most unexpected crash out back in the day#lliterally the one friend you knew in high school you were was going to drive themselves to an early grave dead in a ditch somewhere#grew up to be a kind of somewhat well adjusted adult if you donāt squint to hard#and by dead in a ditch I mean going out in a blaze of glory with a sword stabbed threw his heart#this is also born if my belief that part of why mishanks failed is because Mihawk had no other friends and being as obsessive as he can get#thatās not good for anyone#but also this is just an ode to young mishanks and the fun I they must have had being young talented and wanted#one piece#throwing thoughts to the void#dracule mihawk#op#hawkeye mihawk#mishanks#akagami no shanks#shanks#red haired shanks#akataka#red hair shanks#perona and zoro#perona one piece#roronoa zoro#goth family#goth fam
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No. No, you aren't.
#destiny#destiny 2#destiny the game#my art#osiris#baby birb osiris š„ŗ#felwinter#lord felwinter#ok that's it with this spontaneous series :)#if i planned it all beforehand i would've made it with more sense and at least in some kind of order#buuut it was totally unexpected so yeah#traditional art
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Youāre no longer mad at me, right? Iām fine. Youāre fine? Well, thenā¦
We Are (2024) | Ep.07
#we are#we are series#we are the series#weareedit#*gifs#april.gif#qtoey#winnysatang#winny thanawin#satang kittiphop#not a 'popular scene' i know. but i need this to heal my heart after those toey's crying :')#there's something about q closing his eyes as if expecting toey to kiss him. maybe.#and a different kind of happy toey. or was it an unexpected relief.
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Surprise! They wanted to bring you this pumpkin and when I say they bring you I mean sun makes a cute pose as moon carries all the weight
Awww! Thanks for the pumpkin! I am sending Sun and Moon back to you with something we quickly put together over here.
Hopefully Sun will be a little more helpful on the return trip.
#loaf art#nova doodle#fnaf daycare attendant#fnaf sun#sundrop#fnaf moon#moondrop#this was such an unexpected surprise! Thank you so much for this little picture nova!#as always your art is a delight: those expressive and bold ink lines a contrast to the vibrant blended colors!#I drew as fast as I could to get this reply out today which is why it is kind of messy#I tried a watercolor kind of look when coloring my drawing so it would sort of go with yours#also I have no idea how big your dca's are here so I drew 'em tiny because the idea of a mini carved pumpkin is cute#I hope the tag I used for you is alright - it was the only one I saw on your blog that you sometimes use. You make it hard to find your art#Say the word and I'll swap it to something else no sweat!#loaf replies#moot shenanigans
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Unexpected Guests Chapter Ten: Page 13
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Gaster's caught back up with Frisk, and he won't let anyone get in his way... But Toriel can give as good as she gets. Gaster's quickly learning this 'simple procedure' has a lot more complicating variables... And he's just made on of them very, very angry.
I really would have liked to get one more page done for this update, but alas--you'll just have to see how things go down in the next update, coming May 11th!
#undertale#undertale comic#unexpected guests comic#toriel (undertale)#frisk (undertale)#w.d. gaster#gaster hasn't felt pain in a long time. he's having to get used to it all over again....#kind of an unlucky page 13 for him lol#anyway there's going to be some fun things to draw in the next several pages :>
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there's no feeling more blessed than getting into a new piece of media that has sooo much content
#hi this post is about shoot from the hip#thank you random youtube suggestion a couple of weeks ago#my crops are watered my brain is rotating them so hard#i have so many more longforms to watch#unexpected hyperfixations are the most interesting kind#where did you come from leetle brain worm#guess we're doing circles now#vrambles#sfth
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