#out of context little lulu

[ooclittlelulu]

[lulu-nightbon]

alright, i... didn't want to do this. i didn't want to have to do this. especially with all the hate ive been getting in my inbox recently. but i don't have a choice.

hi. im lulu. im a 21-year-old autistic immunocompromised queer person. i currently live with my mother (senior) and my little sister (10 years old). i need your help to get out.

(context and avenues to help below the cut)

as some of you may know, my stepfather died on august sixth from a heart attack. we lived in his parents basement, as it was all we could afford, and we depended on his income. he had a stable job, and mom decided to become a housewife and sell some things from the buisness they created together. when he died, the buisness was dissolved, as it was an llc partnership. his parents are extremely controlling, and as such, he was only able to finally start building up credit when mom came along, and we were almost at the point where he could qualify for a home loan so we could get out and get away from his parents.

that's gone now.

mom cannot qualify for a home loan because of her student loan payments and the credit card payments. we do not have the money to pay these off, and mom is trying desperately to get a job. we need the money to get out, as my stepfather's parents have been trying to get my sister away from my mom and shove both her and i out of the family for years. things are only getting worse now as we have reason to believe they are spying on our conversations and even going so far as tracking us (for example, they found a spare key to the car and went and took it and "cleaned it out" without mom's knowledge or permission, as it's her car now). they have been trying to circumvent mom and go behind her back during the entire process with the funeral home, coroner's office, all the legal documentation, and they are extremely infuriated that they cannot decide anything or push mom out because they are not the next of kin and have been trying to circumvent this. we have reason to believe that they're going to attempt to sell the cars that are still in my stepfather's name to collect on the money and never give us a dime, like they had with almost all of the money my little sister received as part of the college fund we set up at my stepfather's funeral as well as any money that my little sister had won in the past. we will never see a dime of it, and it's extremely upsetting that they are doing this. they have been running scams for years, and they have been nothing but hellish towards my mother, claiming she's withholding information from them when she has offered more than they've asked for and they have done nothing but take my little sister out and about without ever telling mom anything (for example- they screamed that mom was withholding information when she said she didn't copy the tox report for them because it was empty and claimed they needed to know his cholesterol levels [which doesn't even show up on a tox report- they didn't run his blood, either, and they didn't check his cholesterol levels anyway because they know that's what killed him, they could see it] and would not provide reasoning why [it does not affect them anyway just by nature of it being cholesterol], while on sunday they took my little sister out the whole day and failed to communicate with my mother that she would be with them and would be home after dinner).

they have been screaming at mom for collecting social security as though she was stealing their money and demanded that she doesn't get a job, and we have more than enough reason to believe that they are trying to get her to default on the bills so they finally have legal grounds to take my little sister and kick us out, leaving us with nowhere to go and no options. they have even gone as far as to threaten to take my sister away using force in the past, and, as they have firearms, that is a terrifying threat. they are unhinged and extremely upset that they cannot control us and make us do what they want, how they want, when they want, and they are up in arms over it.

when we move out, all hell is going to break loose, but the longer we wait, the worse it's going to get.

my stepfather, being 37 when he died, did not like thinking about his own mortality, so he didn't have a life insurance policy, a 401K, a will, nothing. we have been left high and dry by his death, and that is pushing aside the grief. we do not have the money to pay off the bills, pay for a lawyer, pay to have the car re-keyed to keep them from stealing it again, or to even flat-out buy a house to circumvent needing a loan, and on top of it all we have to deal with stepfather's parents not allowing us to grieve and implying that mom is a tramp and a heartless bitch that will blow any money given to her when she is more financially responsible than them. we also have to worry about them stealing our things, especially with how much they complain about how messy the basement is when most of the things here are theirs (stepfather's parents are hoarders- more specifically, his father hoards cars, and his mother hoards everything else, going out and shopping frivolously almost every day).

we need help with money, and i hate to ask, especially with the requirement of revealing my legal name and in light of the harassment i have been receiving for over a month now, but we need to get out of here, and we need to get out of here soon. it's only going to get worse the longer we stay. we need money to help with the bills, my mom's student loans, getting a lawyer, and getting a place to move into.

im posting this because im the only one my stepfather's parents won't find on any platform that i choose to use. my current goal is $9,000 USD, if only just to get enough money to get a cheap plot of land to move into, or one of the really cheap houses out here. this won't cover the loans or bills in addition, or the cost of getting a lawyer or anything else we need, but it is enough to get us a cheap place to live. i know it's a lot of money, but we are in a dangerous situation and need the money to escape. if we were to pay for everything, the goal would be in the hundreds of thousands, and i feel horrible just asking for this much. if you can't donate, please reblog, even the visibility might help and please do not spread my legal name. please remember to put "payment" or something generic in the reasoning box if it's required so that i will actually receive the funds instead of having my account purged from the site. i didn't want to ask for this, but i have no other options. please help.

c*sh*pp: $lulunightbon

v*nm*: @Lulilial

Goal: $0/$9,000

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SLENDERBROTHERS HEADCANONS

General Context

After Zalgo and Slender were separated in the lab, Slender was put with 3 other test subjects, the four became so close that they gradually treated each other like brothers. The three before Slender were already close and gladly accepted Slenderman into their brotherhood.

SLENDERMAN

-Slenderman is the voice of reason for his brothers

-Feeds off human bodies

-If anybody whether a worker or a brother needs advice, Slender is the go-to guy (unfortunately for him)

-Slender is the youngest brother of the group

-Slender doesn't exactly hate his brothers

-He just gets constantly exhausted and deflated whenever their around because these guys ALWAYS cause some sort of trouble

-Needs very long rests after they visit and he doesn't even need to sleep

SPLENDORMAN

-Middle Child, younger than Offender and Trender

-Joyous motherfucker

-Feeds off joy and happy energy

-He does have his own forest and his own workers, he enjoys managing them and being invovled

-He treats all his workers like friends

-His joy is seemingly never ending, so much so that it's scary to imagine pissing him off

-Its even scarier when you HAVE somehow pissed him off

-He. Goes. Ballistic.

-But it's only ever happened once

-The one time he invited Offender over, something unsavory almost happened to one of his workers

-Splendor promptly beat the absolute shit out of him

-Other than that, whenever he goes to Slender and his workers he never loses his cool

-Splendor will have tea parties with Sally and Lulu whenever they want because Slenderman refuses

-He tries his best to get everyone all together to have little parties and game nights

-The game nights barely ever work and somebody gets punched in the first 20 minutes usually by Jeff

OFFENDERMAN

-Second oldest brother

-He has workers but a very limited number

-Feeds off sexual energy

-Hes sorta of a Valentino from Hazbin esque character

-He rarely sees his brothers because everyone really hates him

-Slender has banned him from his forest, Splendor tries to avoid him at all costs and Trender tries to forget he even exists

-He has his workers under mind control, if they ever awaken from the mind control they will kill him

-He's sorta like a queen bee of a colony

TRENDERMAN

-Oldest brother

-He treats his workers like his models

-His workers don't kill, he's never had an interest in death and doesn't need to eat people to survive

-He has no need to eat or sleep, so he spends most of his time working

-He doesn't spend a lot of time with his brothers but will babysit the younger members of Slender's Forest (E.g. Sally)

-The most truthful and responsible brother

-Uses his workers as models

-He is where mannequins come from lol

-He watches MLP with Sally, his favourite is Rarity

[trashogram]

So… Alastor in the He Chose You-verse:

I haven’t worked out the logistics, all I know is that Alastor manages to worm his way into recurring contact with the royal family, to the point where little Charlie calls him Uncle Alastor and adores it when he wishes her a rare goodnight or happy birthday at the end of his radio shows.

The King and Queen of Hell barely tolerate his antics, but you can bet Lucifer is never more possessive and jealous than when Alastor is around his wife. One glance at Alastor holding Charlie while next to Reader, almost like they’re standing for a family portrait regardless of the context, has Lulu spitting fire (and it comes from a deep yet irrational fear that Al could possibly steal his family away — completely irrational but we’ve all got flaws).

Reader views Alastor very coolly. If he sets a hoof out of line, he will get a dressing down and the Queen is very good at ignoring Lucifer giving Alastor the double bird behind her back, no need to wonder about that. Alastor, for his part, both respects and resents her. She manages to put him on a leash yet at the same time he respects her power, and also sees her motherly attributes and is reminded of his own mom, the only being he ever cared about truly.

The jealousy the Radio Demon inspires with his petty antics that point directly at Lucifer’s insecurity do wonders for Luci and Reader’s sex life tho. Expect a Dom for a Devil if Alastor ever kissed your hand or danced with you.

[danieyells]

Context: in Taiga's affinity 4 chat, Moby asks you to bring Taiga some paperwork to sign. Taiga doesn't wanna read it and asks you to read it to him. It's basically paperwork confirming whether or not he defied Article 80, which is essentially "did you use your weapon when you weren't supposed to". Taiga says he didn't, writes a big X on the paper, signs his name, and throws it on the floor when you ask what the X is for. He tells you to pick it up and leave and he starts counting down. When you scramble to pick the paperwork off the floor he shoots next to you anyway. Obey him faster next time, i guess.

Affinity 6 chat: Romeo did not appreciate this.

Y'know Romeo I would argue that shooting bombs is a little worse than bullets. . . . Then again last time it was just smoke bombs. . . .

Taiga does not like working haha also i love that every other thing that comes out his mouth is "Lulu you're so pretty~" like obviously it's just to derail/flatter him/rile him up, but it's kind of cute.

[lu-lus-dicks]

Idk what to call this so you make up the title

@huskers-bar x @nunalastor

Tags: enemies to lovers, angst?, eventual fluff, yearning?, soft huskers-bar, both mods are separate people, no beta we die like i do in this fic (not yet though), minor character death, ooc, au: hellaverse (hazbin hotel), nunalastor is head of the marketing department of the hazbin hotel (lucifer grabbed them randomly), jealousy?, huskers-bar is an employee at voxtek, lulu and angie as villains, lulu is a dog

chapter: 1/? Word count: 1,431

Featuring: babygirl anon and (eventually) @xxx-angie . I may add more along the way depending on who wants to be added. I can probably shoe-horn-in a few more characters

For the sake of not tagging people a million times, I will call nunalastor as a single entity nunalastor, traumatized mod dickmaster and cursed mod nun. and huskers-bar just husk. babygirl anon will be babygirl anon. i will be shortened to lulu but I don't appear in this fic yet. Angie doesn't appear yet, but he will be angie.

A/N: anyway this is 100% going to be a huskers-bar harem fic because i can write whatever i want. This first chapter kinda boring but it gets better (source: trust me bro). Lemme know if you'd like to see any changes. Anyway, goodbye for now. I have uni to get to so less frequent posting (sorry dickmaster, you'll have to live without any of my horrid art for a little while)

"Did you know that Alastor made a happy deer squeak during this scene?"

Ah, yes, the words that twist people's dreams into nightmares. Innocent innitially, and maybe even amusing for a good while, but the longer one lingered, the more their skin would crawl with irritation and burn their insides. Especially when one knew the context surrounding this particular phrase. And boy, did Nunalastor know the context.

~

"Another day, another inbox to slay, another heavenly lord to betray" Dickmaster accessed their and Nun's shared blog, unsurprisingly to hundreds if not thousands of asks invading their inbox, all of which were echoes of different variations of *thumps* and *squeaks*. If Nunalastor hadn't already grown accustomed to such deviancy, they would be horrified. Still, the depraved ideas these people came up with never failed to send shivers down their spine, and not the pleasant kind.

And why do they subject themselves to this? you may ask. It was simple. In exchange for free housing, food and supplies, Lucifer Morningstar, the devil himself and father of Charlie Morningstar had requested their help. You see, originally their blog was not this unfortunate cesspool of deranged demons who wanted to see the devil, overlords and sinners squirm under immense sexual pleasure. It used to be a simple marketing tool for the Hazbin hotel, but as all things in hell, it never goes smoothly. It wasn't like they had a choice in the matter anyway, refusing the king of hell's requests was not an option! His commands were absolute.

Dickmaster took one deep breath, running both hands through their hair and clearing their mind, preparing for probably several hours of torture that was going to be their asks. They poured themselves a drink, setting down in front of their screen. Taking a few moments to relish the silence, they closed their eyes and listened to the soft hum of their beaten up 1950's style computer, courtesy of Alastor's ban on Voxtek products at the hotel. Clicking on their inbox tab, they mentally braced themselves. even if they knew, they could never truly predict the horrors hell had to offer.

"time for #housekeeping" They declared, stretching their fingers, getting their reaction images on the ready and sifting through their own version of digital hell. It would only get worse from here.

~

As Nunalastor started to clean their digital home, erasing one cursed ask after another, responding to one alastor circus theory after another, One ask in particular caught their attention. It was definitely a surprise, and a welcome one at that. It stood out like a sore thumb, simple yet elegant, divine and a blessing among heaps of cursed messages that would have asmodeus and satan themselves shaking in fear.

"hi dickmaster" - anon

Nunalastor couldn't explain it. They don't know what came over them, but they felt a strange sense of attraction to this one particular anon. They were sweet, they gave them a place of solace from the dread that was piss kink headcanons and cursed deer facts, equivelent of the clogged up plumming disasters alastor had to fix with his bare hands at the Hazbin hotel. It was the piece of gold nugget hidden in a swamp full of moss and dog urine.

Dickmaster stared at the message for a good few seconds, really taking in the plainness and beauty of the two words before their eyes, appriciating all that message was as a small smile made its way up their face. This called for a special occasion. Dickmaster gripped their keyboard, nearly smashing it with the force. Their fingers danced along the keys and crafted a response like no other, one worthy of this random anon that managed to make their day a bit brighter.

"Hi babygirl" - Nunalastor

~

On the other side of the pentagram, a kind, sweet and not at all deranged huskers was scrolling through hells version of tumblr. Voxtek devices had proven to be quite useful in the underworld. It served as the main source of entertainment and escape for the lonely, not only for husk, but other sinners alike. Besides, being an employee meant he had extra privileges with Voxtek. Regardless, it introduced husk to the nunalastor blog, which was the best moment of their life (or lack thereof, considering they're dead).

They'd quickly grown accustomed to the undeserved hate thrown their way upon their first ever interractioin. Though they didn't understand, they could play along. They found strange comfort in the twisted logic that any form of attention was better than none. After all, being singled out meant they were special in the eyes of Nunalastor, right? that's how husk comforted themselves anyway. And they haven't seen Nunalastor actually reply to anyone with actual love before.

That is... until it happened. Someone who would later reveal themselves as babygirl anon, husks worst adversary and the unfortunate victim of lulu's slander showed up on their feed.

"hi dickmaster" - anon

"Hi babygirl" - Nunalastor

Husk stared at the screen in shock, their eyes widening and heart growing heavy. Countless questions and conflicting emotions swirled within them, each clutching their hold for attention. 'Is nunalastor serious? Do I not want them to be serious? Why can't I be treated the same? What did I do?' And amidst the chaos, one thought rose to the surface, crystal clear in Husk's mind.

'I want to be loved like that'

The frustration of being at the end of every one of Nunalastors verbal spears finally caught up to husk. Every small jab they'd written off as jokes suddenly felt like small pin needles scraping their skin. Unable to deal with the whirlwind of emotions and the confusion of it all, Husk sought solace in the one place they could always trust, the bottom of a bottle.

So they took a swig. And another. And another. Intil there wasn't a shred of emotion left to feel. Not a single thread of frustration left in them, not a nerve of anguish, not a line of confusing verbal spewage...

And not even a speck of self-restraint

~

"THEY JUST KEEP COMING" Dickmaster exclaimed, more like yelled as their inbox was flooded with more cursed asks at a rate faster than they could answer. At this pace, they'll be there all day, answering these asks like a poor overworked minimum wage employee at a call center.

"They'll run out of ideas eventually" Nun responded, nonchalantly, leaning against a nearby wall, sipping on a drink of their own. Nun watched as dickmaster struggled to find another reaction image fast enough so they could call it quits and leave the rest of the struggles for future Nunalastor to handle, or more accurately when it would be nun's turn to answer all the unhinged people in their inbox.

The hurried clicking of the keys on a keyboard could be heard throughout the entire room, bouncing off the walls, reflecting exactly how much infestation was actually happening in nunalastors inbox by the minute. "it would be great if you could answer a few you know, my fingers are dyin-"

And then it suddenly went quiet. The clicking died down and the unbelievably loud buzzing of their computer, along with the hitched breathing of Dickmaster was the only sound bouncing around the room. Nun of course raised a brow at this. "what's the holdup? we can't afford to take a break you know" they said, as if they were the one answering all of the asks in the first place.

nun walked over, curious as to what exactly had stopped dickmaster in his endless pursuit of emptying their inbox, considering they were always the more enthusiastic one of the two. "are you okay?" nun asked, half sarcastically. Their eyes landed over the current ask in their inbox.

"I wish you'd love me" huskers-bar

and suddenly the silence made sense. the pause had been a justified one.

dickmaster inhaled, followed by a deep and saddened exhale. they didn't want to take their eyes off of those five words. they could stare in awe and amazement at them for hours. it wasn't even the fact that it was just another ask that wasn't cursed, but because it was huskers-bar that sent-

a hand on dickmasters shoulder snaps them out of their daze, being brought back to reality, the pitiful reality. they were in hell for a reason, they reminded themselves.

"you remember our deal, don't you, dickmaster?" nuns voice cut through the buzzing, sounding deep, gruff, threatening and slightly saddened.

"yes of course" dickmaster turned back to the monitor, giving one last look at the ask before typing out what nunalastor has agreed would be the appropriate response.

"you'll get over it. #we are a huskers-bar hate blog"

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[things-arent-what-they-seem66]

27. “You gotta work for it, My King” I changed the word 'love'

Fluff/Smut adamsapple

Context/Ideas: It's been three months since Lucifer and Adam got together, so Adam wanted to do something special for Lucifer on the three months mark, an anniversary if you well. Since Lucifer had been a hermit for the last 7 years, Adam had gotten them tickets to LuLu World, and since Lucifer hadn't been in a long time and Adam had never gotten the chance, he thought it would a wonderful date idea. Then after he a made a reservation at a nice little restaurant that servers both of their favorite foods. Lucifer couldn't help but feel guilty, Adam had put so much work into this evening, while Lucifer didn't do anything. I mean he haven't even heard of a 'three months anniversary'! Adam notices that Lucifer seemed down, so they talk about and Adam reassures him that it was okay, but Lucifer is refusing to believe him. So Adam takes them back home and shows him his final gift(Adam in red lace lingerie😳🫣).

I need me some Dominant Bottom Adam, I crave that

This is just gonna be short because to me, Adam is a ✨ princess ✨

The urge to be dominant rarely strikes him.

"You gotta work for it, my King.~" Adam purred as he loomed over his boyfriend in sexy red lingerie that left nothing to the imagination. This was his last gift to his King for their three month anniversary and Adam went all out.

Lucifer looked up to with lust filled eyes, Adam looked fucking amazing. "May I at least touch?" It was rare that Adam took the lead even when he bottomed.

Adam smiled, "You may touch right here." He placed Lucifer's hands on his hips, he bit back a moan when thumbs rubbed into his lace covered hips. Slowly, Adam undid Lucifer's waist coat and dress shirt messaging the pale skin beneath.

Lucifers breath hitched at the feeling. He had felt guilty about the wonderful day Adam planned, he knew about anniversaries for the year mark, but three months? That was a thing? Not that he's complaining....

Adam slid down until he was facing Lucifer's crotch, slowly zipping the pants open. "You're always bring a slice of heaven to me, let me return the favor my King.~"

[casually-slips-into-coma]

spoilers for iwtv s2e4

my thoughts after a rewatch:

i know claudia hates the baby loves window play but she ate up that little song

the lulu role really is so humiliating :(

louis’ expressions whenever he watches these plays always kills me lmao he hates theater kids

louis and armand talking over each other to daniel

armands theater notes lol

claudia no eyebrow big eyeliner look is kinda cunty ngl

im a fan of sam the irish vampire

making claudia be lulu all the time oooh armand i hate u so bad

almost threw up watching louis and armand give different answers to the companion question IN FRONT OF THE COVEN that shit was so embarrassing

i wouldve kms if i was armand

vamp catfight

armand stuck in this situationship dont worry king we’ve all been there😔

literally telling each other i love you and still having the what are we conversation

“do you notice how hot the room gets when you two talk about the secret” plsssss

louis only able to use the fire gift when hes angry👀👀 gee i wonder if thats gonna come back👀👀👀👀👀

louis going🤨🤨 to the schizophrenia question like it came out of nowhere

armands face while louis talked about dreamstat why not just shoot me in the head

loving these dutch angles whenever daniel dissociates and gets an armand memory

santiago looks so good in the gold suit? robe thing??

claudia santiago friendship is killing me santiago i know what u are

claudia killing the guy singing baby lu

i like that you can tell claudias french has gotten better. nice small detail

i love scenes of louis and claudia just talking about non vampire things

santiago mimicking louis was pretty cool

buffoon sighting!!!

whole dinner scene bangs

the guy saying theres smth “fragile” about armand in the photo louis took and louis saying “no he’s anything but” and then the guy saying “you’ve captured the soul he hides” 🤌🤌

louis would never survive a 4 hour art school critique

daniel telling a girl he’d only do her if she had a paper bag over her head??????

claudeline truthers how are we feeling

context for the eating paper clip in the trailer

romeo!!

armand is so down bad its sick

madeline tailoring a yellow dress for claudia😟😟

the whole claudeline interaction was great

amadeo☹️🔫

MARIUS KILL YOURSELF!!!!!!!

the way armand talks about marius

MARIUS KILL YOURSELF x2!!!!!!

“no one has painted me in 400 years” fuck

madeline period blood moment. theres so much here about femininity and maturing might make a separate post about this scene

armand pinning claudia against a wall armand i hate you so bad

we already know that armand is powerful but seeing him choke and manhandle santiago really solidified that i think

picked another one over me!!

delainey is ACTINGGGGG

louis not believing claudia about armand ooooh louis i hate you so bad

love makes you stupid clock it

louis still referring to claudia as his daughter in his head (thru dreamstat)

louis just actively talking to himself girl do that in your head

park bench moment <3

“wanker” i giggled sorry

that suit is his favorite on him :(

“im a little wet” and armand instantly pulling out an umbrella, armand lighting his cigarette, armand calling him maitre

louis calling him arun and armand calling him maitre and then louis throwing away the lighter this fucking scene is cinematic art

the other coven members calling santiago maitre

i kinda like that daniel can hear them arguing from another room. i feel like its a very human experience? really domestic? even given the circumstances

armands eyes were never brown!!!

san francisco flashback episode might kill me im not kidding

insane way to end the episode

ok this was much longer than i thought it would be but this episode has a lot in it. each episode gets better and better and this is definitely my favorite of the season so far.

i am LOVING louis and armands relationship and also both of their story arcs and characterizations. their dynamic is kind of the opposite of what i, and i think a lot of other people, expected but it still makes total sense and im enjoying it a lot

god i love this show

[hedgypipes]

Introductory Post:

Yo I’m HedgyPipes or HP for short. I also go by many different names kid Mr Gamer Dude or GD for example

⛏️ Annalynn

🔵 Sonic The Hedgehog

🍄 Super Mario

🦸‍♂️ Marvel

☯️ Touhou

🍕 Pizza Tower

🌙 Dreamworks

🧍‍♂️ Rayman

❤️ Undertale/Deltarune

🐢 TMNT

🦴 Bone Comics

🕺 DDR

��� Brooklyn 9-9

🐍 Metal Gear

🧽 Nicktoons

🟡 Pac Man

🐸Amphibia

🐦 Woody Woodpecker

🐈‍⬛ Felix The Cat

🦸‍♂️ DC

I also do art sometimes and run the out of context “Little Lulu and Friends” and the “Slayers/Lost Universe” accounts as well. I’m also a fan of those series as well.

Likes / Reblogs appreciated!

[portcharlie]

note to self stop calling her the toilet snooper it’s gonna stick. She’s Lulu.

There’s baddie Ava. What’s she up to… she runs a magazine? It’s called crimson. I’ve heard it before. MACIE (edit she’s Maxie oopsie) WORKS THERE IM GETTING IT GUYS.

I was briefly able to pause my lives but it skipped a bit so don’t do that again.

Brunette with the CUTE BLONDE BABY IS BACK. This particular storyline is WILD. Cannot follow. Will focus on this more later. Brad and Lucas adopted her baby, but I have no context on why. Have barely seen them.

Who is the girl in prison, I CANNOT GET A NAME. She has a baby with Michael. I know that Sasha and Michael are together. WHO IS HER BABY? I thought I met all the babies.

Back to sobbing BECAUSE WHY IS THIS HAPPENING???? SASHA. NINA IS SO HURT SHES GROWLING STOPPPP 😭😭😭😭 this is actually keeping things so straight for me, god bless.

(I feel bad for Nina but that little trot out of the church was cute and low key HILARIOUS IM SORRY. Why is she running away with the aussie?!??)

[ooclittlelulu]

[lovenpeace-pkmn]

Hello, Rotomblr. We are sisters living in Driftveil City alongside several Pokémon and one other human. You may recognize us from our former roles in Team Plasma, or from our subsequent involvement in restoration and rehabilitation programs.

I am Concordia (she/her). I work as a reference librarian, and type in black. I don't battle, but my registered Pokémon are Ginger the Growlithe♀ and Merriam and Webster the Unown.

I'm Anthea. I am aroace and use whatever pronouns you use. I professionally train audino for Pokémon Center work, and type in pink text. Please do not address me by the title "Lady." My battling team are Clover the Beedrill♂, Sunny the Cottonee♀, Hestia the Larvesta♀, Dawn the Genesect, and Iconoclast the Dwebble♀.

We are also collectively responsible for Cartwright the Porygon♀ and Campfire Smoke the Zorua♂.

Others we frequently speak of include our brother N, Connie's daughter Tropius (@/wingsofachampion), and our housemate Rood and his Pokémon (Snuffles the Swoobat, Lulu the Herdier, and Cinnamon the Fidough).

//(full ref)

//ooc:

Magic anons: OFF | Pelipper Mail and Mystery Gift: ON | Musharna Mail: OFF | IC anon hate: selective, may delete | Union Circle: selective, see info on in-person RP below

this blog involves themes of past child abuse and cults. common tags for that are "cult tw" and "child abuse tw" or "cult mention tw" and "abuse mention tw." All tags follow the "[topic] tw" format. Please lmk if I miss a relevant tag. -mod info+other rules below cut

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name is Oncilla, she/he/it. adult. likes/follows from @oncillaphoenix.

I am afflicted with the Curse (long covid) and have chronic brain fog and fatigue because of it. I may be slow to respond to things due to this.

if you're wondering what timezone i operate based on, me too. my circadian rhythm is a demented carousel and the state i live in is disarray

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rp info:

Games-based timeline, with the events of Pokémon Black taking place in 2010. pokemon intelligence works more like in the anime though

Generally ranges from low stakes through drama stakes (as described here). I may get involved with high-stakes events at my own discretion/if our characters have an established relationship, but my characters will definitely not be in the thick of the action because I don't have the energy to keep up with that, and i reserve the right to bow out at any time if I get overwhelmed.

will engage with: sapient pokemon, including legendaries and mythicals; fallers; doubles and alternate versions of associated characters (the multiverse is very much a thing here); crossover blogs (but keep in mind that i probably won't know your source material at all ^-^'); pretty much if you're not listed below you're good to interact (although i reserve the right to add things to the list)

will not engage with: anything involving glitches, meta horror, or strong fourth wall breaks; blogs that feature pokemon consumption as a major focus; events or posts featuring character death (especially of a violent nature) or extensive pokemon harm (may interact a little bit at my own discretion but don't count on it. canon character death or deaths in backstories are fine as long as they're not in too much detail); anything involving cannibalism. don't send me anything involving this content without asking first even if it's outside the context of RP.

please no nsfw asks! mildly suggestive jokes are ok but keep it PG-13.

offscreen/in-person RP (where the characters are interacting face-to-face instead of replying to each other's comments) takes a lot out of me energy-wise. because of this, i won't be accepting any of this kind of RP starter unless a) our characters have interacted before, and b) we've discussed it out of character first.

[coredrill]

this post is not abt bravern but it Is abt my Bravern Feelings

i miss this show so much already SOBS. i did enlist another g roup of irl friends to watch it w me though and we are starting tomorrow so yay :] and also beware the rewatch posts

[guy who has said that i'm glad i watched this live every week voice] i'm rly glad i watched this live, but this time its bc. i think there is something so truly and genuinely special abt the way that the theories abt bravern himself evolved week to week.........like at first everyone was like Well maybe he's an evil alien who is gonna Kill isami. and then everyone was like Well maybe he's a death drive and isami is his lulu. and THEN everyone was like Well there's still some knuth in there so. but none of that was the case!!! none of that was true!!! it was literally just this one guy and all of the love he has and Absolutely Sucks Shit at expressing!!!!!!! and i just. idk. that hits me rly hard that maybe it was percieved as sinister at first just cause it was a little Off but in the end it was something really really sweet :] it also just feels like yet another way of the show doing its "we know audiences aren't willing to accept optimism at face value these days" schtick like they mentioned in that one interview and just. showing how bravern himself evolves in the eyes of the viewer. it's rly special to me :]

i know bravern speaking german in ep2 was a nod to the translator he uses on superbia later but. what if someone loved you so much they became german (if i ever mention kyouji again in a bravern context just fucking shoot me)

WILD to watch the finale and then see the isami hate train take off FKSJDHFJ cause i feel like i adored him so much in that ep LMAO. my guy really felt every emotion known to man in the span of 22 minutes and then started makin gup new ones. he's very human!!! and i love that abt him!!!!

although some takes. i'm ngl. i know we joke abt subtext and cowards but it becomes less funny when the subtext that is there is missed LMAO

sorry to keep bringing up ep4 but i think its SO interesting how like. the way that bravern seems to helps isami out emotionally in that ep actually ends up not helping him in the long run aswell? like getting to know all those ppl care abt him is good ofc but it also feeds Directly into his hangups in ep5. and i remember being a little confused as to Why that was the case on first watch cause ep4 was So abt his beef w lulu (FLSDKJFH) but w the smith being a human again thing in the end it makes. so much more sense!!!!! i can't wait to rewatch the show w it still fresh in my mind and find even more!!!!!!

and omg the beef with lulu. literally nothing is funnier to me than "we are gonna have one Rival Fight in this show and that position is gonna be filled by isami and smith's fucking KID" SOBS. LIKE. it kills me FKSLDJFHL. though i will say again that i think it is So fucking special that in ep10 lulu specifically calls out isami taking care of her after smith dies and it apparently happens to such a degree that like. he is worth her time traveling back to save independently aswell? even though there was no way that he "took care of her" for more than a couple days? which i think just says so much abt isami in the sense that like. at no point before ep6-7ish in his arc would he have even entertained that idea. uwu

i think i said this before but ikd if i included the screenshot but. the fact that while bravern is dying he sees THAT SAME FUCKING PICTURE is just evidence that men do not take enough photos i think

there is literally Nothing more onbrand for bravern than the fucking. "ep13 abema listing" (if anyone who has not heard abt that sees this. it was just a rebroadcast of ep12 mislabeled) sending everyone into a tizzy regarding like. Secret Episode Question Mark except half of everyone being convinced its an april fools joke and the other half being convinced that the april fools joke is that we didn't expect it. and then it turns out to not be interntional atall and the real april fools joke is Fry Pan. SOBS

Crunchyroll I Am Begging You If You Dub This Please Dub The Songs Too Oh My God (<- delusional)

anyways!!!!!!!!!!! again i know recency bias is the killa but god. i really loved this show a lot!!!! it might be an alltime fave story for me in general!!!!!! even if it's not it was a really special experiance and story on the whole and i'm just really really happy i get to carry it in my heart forever :]

[chicgeekgirl89]

Writing Poll Tag Game Results

Okay so FIRST OF ALL, nobody told me that I was going to have to reverse engineer the math on this, which I am VERY BAD AT, and when I say it took me like five tries I am not exaggerating. They kept me out of AP math for a REASON.

And SECONDLY, it was VERY RUDE of all of you to vote and TIE No Sex Zones and More Adorable 5+1 so that I had to write 11 sentences for each. (At least, I think that's what the math said I had to do.)

Lol jk about the tie, but NOT about the math. Surprise math is the worst thing that can happen to a human being.

Anyway, here you go:

More Adorable 5+1: In which Carlos is learning that T.K. is not a morning person. (Also slightly more than 11 sentences for context)

T.K. has wrapped himself up in the sheet and pulled it up over his head like a cocoon. Carlos smiles as he sets their food on the dresser and is tempted to snap a picture, but instead he kneels on the mattress and gently pulls the blankets away from T.K.’s face. “Good morning,” he whispers, pressing a kiss to T.K.’s forehead. Nothing. He lays down on the mattress and puts his hand on T.K.’s hip. “Hey, wake up,” he whispers teasingly, shaking him a little bit. Still nothing. What the hell? Now he’s actually concerned. “T.K., hey,” he says, shaking him a little more harshly.  “Gowayyyy.” The words are slurred together and punctuated by a swipe of T.K.’s arm that narrowly misses hitting Carlos in the ribs.  Okay, so at least he’s alive. That’s something. 

No Sex Zones

Carlos starts violently and immediately turns around, eyes wildly searching the tiny room for anyone else as he whisper yells at his boyfriend. “T.K. what the fuck?!” “Hey baby,” T.K. says, eyes full of mischief and mayhem. He’s already wrapping his arms around Carlos’ waist and pinning him back against the copier. “T.K. how did you even get in here?” Carlos asks, eyes darting to the open doorway that any one of his colleagues could walk through at any given second. “Bribed the desk sergeant with coffee from Lulu’s,” T.K. says, hooking his fingers into Carlos’ belt loops. He tilts his face up and captures Carlos’ lips in a kiss that is not chaste and not short and definitely not appropriate for anyone else to see. “T.K., T.K. I’m at work,” Carlos says nervously, putting his hands against T.K.’s chest to put a little distance between them. “I know,” T.K. says, that wicked grin still on his face. “That’s what makes it fun.” Then they’re kissing again and Carlos is dropping the files he was holding because kissing T.K. always makes him just a little bit stupid, and it’s only the squawk of his radio that finally makes him stop.

Thanks to everyone who voted and @lemonlyman-dotcom and @bonheur-cafe for tagging me!

[zucchinibread777books]

Why Fish Don't Exist Book Review

Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller Review

Summary:

In this memoir/biography, Lulu Miller takes us through her obsession with David Starr Jordan and how he managed to persevere throughout so many hardships. In his story, Miller searches for the meaning of life and why she too should continue, knowing that in the grand scheme of things it’s pointless. Little did she know, it wasn’t his story that gave her that meaning, but the stories of those she met in her search. And the new knowledge that fish don’t exist.

Review:

To begin, I really think it is best to go into this story not knowing anything about David Starr Jordan. Miller very intentionally wrote this in a way where we would learn the information in the same way that she did, and knowing how his story ends will leave you questioning her intentions throughout the story and will take away from the impact a lot. So, if you haven’t read this book, don’t read this review because SPOILERS AHEAD!!

The good:

I really enjoyed this book. My first impression after finishing was just “wow, I really think everyone needs to read this”. I went into it completely blind. I read this for a book club and didn’t even read the summary before picking it up, so I honestly didn’t realize it was nonfiction at the beginning.

The way Miller writes is very engaging, especially for someone like me who doesn’t read a lot of nonfiction. She had clear goals for what she wanted to say with this book and in my opinion, she met them very well. She also clearly put a lot of thought and research into everything she mentioned, even going so far as to include illustrations primarily made with a sewing needle, which I thought was a nice nod to the story that started her interest in David Starr Jordan.

I also felt that a lot of what she put into words here were beliefs that I have lived by for a long time. Ideas of nothing mattering in the grand scheme, but they still matter to those around you. Other things like how small of a grasp humans really have on the world, and no matter how much we try to make sense of nature, there is always going to be so much we don’t know. How much we discount the intelligence of others due to our own warped sense of superiority. It was so comforting to see these feelings put so clearly on paper.

It also turned out to be a good warning about who you pick as your inspiration, because the person that you thought had it all figured out might have just been far too self-inflated.

Not all of this information was completely new to me, so I can’t say I was surprised by anything in this book, but for those who are truly unaware of the issues she discusses, I think there is a lot that could change your view of the world. I also think it may just inspire you to find interest in a subject that you may not have even known existed. I know I did.

Here are two of my favorite out-of-context quotes:

“Your mom? Absolutely. A fish.” (pg 175)

“His hurt, imagining him in some degree of anguish… it has a wonderful effect.” (178)

The bad:

When I was reading this book, there were a few things I was expecting her to delve into more. Things like how gender and race played into the topics she discussed. While she touched on them a little, she didn’t go very deep. It is clear she put a lot of research into this as a taxonomist and that gender and racial studies were not her specialty, so if you are looking for more commentary on that then this probably isn’t the book for you.

After finishing, I also decided to read some of the one-star reviews, because I was curious what could have led someone to hate the book so much when I really loved it. Many people said that she seemed to be idolizing a person who, with one quick Google search you would know, was a deeply deeply horrible person. I think this is true. Even though she does break down exactly what he did and how he ended up being the person he became, it’s still pretty clear that some part of her still obsesses over him. I will give her one benefit of the doubt, which is that the information available to us now was not so available when she first began her journey (see the linked interview). She started this research rabbit hole because of a legend passed around her school and learned the horrible things along the way. I think its very intentional that the book started out speaking so highly of him, because she was trying to take us on the same journey she went through, but she failed in making the horrors just as emphasized.

Miller also writes about some of her life experiences and choices, and at no point in the story did I think she was a particularly good role model either. She had something to say and she said it well, but she definitely made choices in her life that I am very morally against (cheating, for example), and failed to recognize the dangers of idolizing a man from a time so fraught with societal issues.

I may not agree with her on some things, and I may not have had to go through her same journey to reach the conclusions that she did, but I do think that what she had to say in this memoir was important and worth reading.

I would recommend this book highly and I definitely see myself rereading it in the future, so for those reasons I give this book

4.5 Stars

The interview: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lulu-miller-why-fish-dont-exist_n_5e90a9ccc5b6d641a6be4aef