#quinn is a good bean and they don't deserve this :(

[mytardisiscoolerthanyours]

You've got Mail

Chapter 3: Did We Just Become Best Friends?

Ch. 2

Hey Tim, 

Do you just go by Tim? No fun nicknames? Timbo, Timote, Timberlake? 

Fear not, new bestie, I'll come up with something. Everyone deserves a cool nickname.

I'm sorry that my letter was a surprise. Thinking back, the website was a bit outdated - I guess I didn't notice. If you’re rethinking it or not interested in talking to a random stranger now that you’re older and wiser - poor young Timmy :( - I’d understand and you can stop reading right now. No strings attached, no hard feelings, just crumple up the paper and throw it away.

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But if you keep reading….

Yup, it's too late now. We're officially friends. It's like it was meant to be, because I seriously don't know anyone else who will be able to read your handwriting like I can. (joking…kinda.) I only had to turn the paper sideways like twice. I got the jist. 

You're brothers seem fun. You mentioned them a few times, I bet you have tons of stories. Did you want siblings before you were adopted? I know that I always wished for a few when I was little. They're like built in friends! What's not to love, right?

As for my game, I'll absolutely let you play. It's still in the beginning stages and I'm mapping out the story, but once I have that down it'll be smooth sailing (hopefully). Because you were so nice in your letter, I'll even tell you a little about it. Itsloosely based on a D&D game I played with my friends, so basically an open world, choose your own adventure kind of story. And since you're doing computer science, maybe you can help me with bugs and stuff while i'm working on it? Two letters in and I'm already using you for free labor, but don't worry I'll give you your own credit at the end. I can see it now…

 

Game Creator, Writer, Designer, Director, Editor, Publisher: Quinnley Rose 

(Now imagine the screen scrolling… a lot of scrolling - like the screen just keeps going and going while cute music plays and little animals dance around the screen, and then finally, at the bottom right before it fades to black and goes back to the main menu…)

The Help: Timberly (or whatever nickname we decide on, still a work in progress until I know more about you)

  

I probably shouldn't be joking so much with someone who knows three types of material arts…. But really, THREE Timmy? Seriously, you couldn't stop at just one? I sense a bit of an overachiever over here, I knew this was all too good to be true. But actually, why three? I get we live in Gotham, but that's still a bit overboard. (plz dont karate chop me for asking) 

You do kinda make up for it with the coffee recs though. The cafe I used to go to got bought out by the penguin. It was called Latte Fever, on Park Ave. He must have skimped out on the coffee beans and ordered from somewhere cheaper once he got it though because the coffee is complete ass now. Plus the baristas are so mean and they can never spell my name right. How hard is Quinn? Somehow they always throw a W in there. Like how? Where do you hear a W, I need to know. Anyway, excuse my (very well founded) rant… know anywhere near downtown that's good? Maybe we can go together when we start school.

As for your incredibly well thought out questions about my powers of choice, I'd be happy to elaborate. In my perfect world, where I have these powers and there's equal rights and world peace, I wouldn't age when I stopped time. It would basically be a full pause on everything, but my body and brain would continue to function. All aging, sickness, or processes would freeze too and I'd be free to go about my business. Think of all the pranks I’d be able to pull, it would be beautiful. So going with that, I'd say time would have to universally stop, since there would be contingencies and problems if time stopped in one city, but kept going somewhere else. I'd imagine that if I stopped it enough, Gotham would end up being stuck in the dark ages while everywhere else progressed. Uhh what else? Oh yeah, I don't think anyone would know about the time stops, just me. It makes it more fun. Now the real question is, would I be able to stop time with someone else? That's an interesting idea. (and yes, Timberella, I would let you have a turn too if it worked)

Also your Robin crush is sooo cute. I also went through a BIG hero phase. (I think we all did). I was a Nightwing girl though, but can you blame me? The man is fine as hell. I do like that you think regular people can be heroes though,  it makes the title a bit more special. 

And lastly, but certainly most importantly, your question. 

Of course pineapple does NOT belong on pizza. What kind of animal do you think I am? 

If I hear that you're a pineapple supporter, I might need to cease all communication right now. I don’t think I could get over it. We would be too different. 

Now for my question: Is a hotdog a sandwich?

I’ll need a detailed explanation to back up your answer. 

For real though, thanks for writing back. This is nice, and I hope we can keep talking. Checking the mailbox each day has helped with the whole, all my friends are gone thing. Hope it's helping you too. 

All blues, no clues, 

Quinn

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Hope you enjoyed! What do we think Tim's nickname should be? Should we pick one or are we liking the variety? Let me know!

Check out the other chapters on my ao3, here!

[laststandx3]

this episode of daryl dixon i decided i would leave common sense at the door and take a double dose of suspension of disbelief, and let me tell you, it helped a lot. now i don't have to ask questions like: where the food comes from? how comes the bad guys have clean and ironed clothes, electricity, running water but the good guys don't have beans for soup? why every french person knows the exact convert rate from kilometers to miles? why there's no useful electronic like a a working radio? how comes they still have bullets? if the zombies are so easy to kill, why nobody cleaned up the street? why norman reeds looks like he never touched a fish in his life and doesn't want to start now? why french people start singing the anthem in the middle of a speech? or when they see a man about to fight a zombie? why do the bad guys have a zombie/gladiator arena instead of idk being generic evil in any other way? why do they imply that the people lining up to enter the show were there against their will if they are all cheering now?

anyway, now we can go back to focus only on the plot and the characters. good news: in the series titled daryl dixon, the 5th episode out of 6 is finally about daryl dixon. we find out how he get to france (sort of), it didn't had much relevance on the plot so i don't see why they kept if for dramatic value. but on daryl side at least something happened. on Isabelle side, writers weren't sure what to do with her, so we see her plotting how to kill Quinn, (she calls it off bc he quotes some catholic text about redemption, but this isn't brought up again, so it's more likely that it was just for that scene) she then thinks about killing herself but ish..also it's breakfast time, we don't to those things in front of a fresh salad. So at last she decides she will manipulate Quinn: it wasn't an hard task bc he's been simping for the past decade. Imo Isabelle lost her agency around ep 3 when the writers put her in idle. i hope the next episode she'll do something active. so far she's just been brought places. Laurant (little jesus) is the worst. but he's a kid- No. he deserved a face slap from paris to cannes. he cut the rope to the boat they were using to get to safety, bc he has abandonment issues? daryl calls him little shit and forgives him right away. you'll have to walk at least 100km in a place full of zombies, without food, without shelter, your other friend that was helping you just died in the worst way ever written and you cut our chance at safety? i'm leaving your ass! they in fact get captured by the bad guys like a minute after loosing the boat. anyway via plot convenience they all find themselves at the bad guys lair and daryl is to fight a boosted up zombie. will he survive? stay tuned! (episode ends here)

Now about the Quinn subplot, his new girlfriend is jealous of a woman that is there against her will (kinda) and she sells him out to Genet (boss of the bad guys). How does this work exactly? 1) if quinn wasn't useful, genet would've put someone else in his place already. 2)technically it was Anna who let laurent go, so she's the traitor 3)genet and quinn aren't part of the same organization, there can't be betrayal. they are 2 separate parties that at times cooperate. i'm not saying genet can't accuse him of treason but? don't give me bullshit reasons for locking up quinn. she (as french) could've just wanted to get rid of the birtish/american tourist. voilà, tout le monde deteste les touristes, est normal. but hey, my bad i got lost in logic again. my god this show gives us just the vibes of a story. there's no story here. the characters don't have an arc, they're the same people from ep 1, no change, no learning, nothing. things happen to them and they don't have reactions. And you know they're badly written bc the dialogue is obvious and empty and flat. and so absent. there's so much silence in this story that isn't highlighting actions, it's just silence bc nobody could find a way to fill it. I don't come from the walking dead, i have no idea what's up with daryl dixon and after 5 episodes (around 4hours and half) of a story about him I still don't know. What is this story about? faith? tyranny? how easy it is to fall for idols in a difficult moment? even the choice of setting the story in France, was it for aesthetic? were the writers trying to make parallels with french history and dictators? The annoying part is that even the few elements they throw around in could've been used: there's a military party, there's this kid that everyone is claiming is the new messiah, there's a nightclub in paris surrounded by death. those elements can fit in a bigger narrative. about looking for comfort for example. when the world ends where do you find the will to live? do you follow the path of order in hope to fix the chaos around you? do you look for a meaning, hoping it will all make sense and there's some god above looking down at you? do you see the zombie apocalypse as a punishment from above and now you follow only the righteous path? or you say fuck all of this! life has no meaning i'll go to the only nightclub left in the world? is this about avoiding pain or is it about living life to the fullest as much as you can with the limited resources you have?

there are endless possibility for a zombie story. a story about survival is never just a story about survival but about the things we do to survive. those are the stories people get attached to, bc they touch a part of us that we all have and can't explore. (bc hopefuly we won't find ourselves in extremely tragic situations)

they just needed to give genet a real need for order. not just army guys going around in their jeep killing pigeon lovers. give quinn a less aesthetic nightclub, make him sell drugs. this way he has a lot of people needing him and he has power and he's not just some generic bad dude with a night and a silly hat. give Isabelle a real sense of faith. living with nuns doesn't automatically convert you. give laurant actual lines or superpowers, everybody believes he's jesus bc he's off-putting?? he's just a weird kid. he did nothing. nobody knows how or why he's special. he didn't do any miracles. let him cure people. give us audience a reason to believe he's special, not the "he comforted a widow who lost he husband yesterday and was too heartbroken until laurent gave her a hug" bitch her husband died, what you want her to do? how was she supposed to feel? it wasn't even a week.

and into all of this give daryl dixon a journey, not just finding a working radio to go back to america. what meaning did he find in 11 series of the walking dead? does he believe in god? what does he do in front of a miracle? does he think religion sucks and it's all a lie, then he must agree with the new militia, everything illogical must be destroyed bc people will do terrible things for false idols. but then what if it's a child? and what if this whole problem doesn't touch him? can he keep going on the way of the lone wolf or does he intervene? there's no trouble in being alone but what does he do in face of injustice? what if you get killed for stepping up? how do you fight?

there's a lot of plot points that could've given daryl dixon and the other characters depth but unfortunately this series isn't about it :(

[krakenbait]

bragging rights bracket update #6

good day bracketeers!

i promised i would be back and here i am! unfortunately, i seem to have become the bearer of bad news. the canucks were knocked out by the oilers in game 7, setting up the western conference finals between edmonton and dallas. on the other side, it's the panthers and the rangers for the eastern conference finals.

at this point in a previous year, i'd probably be able to award bragging rights by now, but that's the fun of having a big brag-cket pool! instead y'all have to deal with me yapping until at least three more people bust. at least you get a break for a little while.

anyway, let's get on with it!

163 points

amelidek's bracket - you're the only person in the pool to pick all four conference finalists. you're either a genius or just plain lucky

135 points

cause chaos ( @andreisvechnikov) - enjoy this while you can, you hit your points ceiling.

132 points

win for quinn ( @morganfrost) - honestly i'm impressed the canucks made it that far. could say the same for you.

119 points

homer like the iliad (me) - this is a genuine surprise!

116 points

Been Bragging ( @natashastarkk) - i don't have anything to say, so here's the busted gif

t-birds for the win ( @shea-theodore) - my sandwich joke from yesterday is particularly appropriate with this year's busted gif

eldest daughter w ( @puck--off) - which canuck deserves a panera electric lemonade after that series? for better or for worse...

113 points

brack that et ( @nastybastian) - oh ye of little faith, you're still in this!

111 points

abeja's bracket - you had the first round of the western conference perfect, but everything went wrong after that...

106 points

Rats! (aaaahwhoah) ( @circle--of--confusion) - i think this is the longest you've kept your bracket alive

101 points

Le $$ Beans ( @stromesquad) - i don't mean to keep jinxing people, it just happens!

96 points

Pizza Rats (aokayinspace) - you have gotten exactly 50% of your picks correct

please happen. ( @builthebobder) - and your bracket is officially a lost cause! go have fun watching pwhl boston

78 points

kindanerdy's bracket - you right now

68 points

hellybracket ( @arsonandhockey) - you've still got the potential for points, so start rooting for the panthers now

45 points

Do It For JEdwards ( @patron-saint-of-boston-hockey) - i had trouble thinking of how i was going to top last year, but i figured keep it simple. what's better than one sword? two swords!

40 points

jt's kombucha tap ( @assistantcaptainmitchmarner) - if the brag-cket had money involved, i'd give you yours back.

[themrsmunson]

Joseph Quinn makes you beans on toast - fluff

I'm just out here amusing myself at this point tbh! Enjoy the man we all love making you beans on toast.

First up the beans. It's Heinz or nothing for our man. Not low salt, not the fancy one with all different types of beans in it, just the bog standard turquoise tinned baked beans.

He cooks them on the hob and keeps stirring them so they don't get all clumpy and overcooked. He refuses to use the microwave for beans because his lover deserves the fucking best.

Now for the toast. WHITE FRESHLY BOUGHT TIGER BREAD. Enough said. What a ledge.

Toasted perfectly under the grill because they're a dead funny shape aren't they and they don't properly fit in the toaster? Not my toaster anyway.

Lurpak salted butter spread, nay, slathered all over that toasty white goodness.

He cuts it diagonally of course and pops it on the plate. Only bellends cut their toast horizontally and Joseph knows that only too well.

Adds the beans over the top of the toast - perfect temperature, perfect consistency. Man done good.

Adds grated cheddar. Mild, Cathedral City

Dollop of HP sauce next to the toasty beany yummyness.

Perfect brew to accompany it - a partner who can make a brew AND beans on toast AT THE SAME TIME! You've struck gold my love.

Serves it to you on the couch, makes sure you have a cushion on your knee so you don't burn yourself.

Afterwards you have loads of oral sex but that's for a different post.

[daniellan]

Intro and guide

Today we'll get into movies,music,foodie treats,jokes,funny and weird facts and not forgetting the dessert: ecofriendly tips and celebrity gossip😌🤫🤭 Yall get comfy and get your reading glasses on.

Must watch movies.

Okay everyone I'm talking to is like shell shocked that's its already the holidays and they still haven't finished what they set up to do they just got too comfy and let the year slip them by all except me.

Anyways I thought of giving you guys a list of movies to catch up with before this year ends. Only two movies per post. Less talkie more listing danie.

Venom: Let there be carnage If you're a huge venom fan like me then you could have probably seen this one coming . Good old Eddie is still struggling to coexist with venom(like living and sharing your body isn't already impossible he's a freaking ALIEN)a serial killer becomes host to another symbiote and for crying out loud a killer and a man eater what a duo. Like talk about a match made in hell.So Good old Eddie and venom need to set aside their differences to save the world AGAIN🙄. At this point I'm so done because doesnt even know what hes doing for them and I always want to be appreciated even when I dont deserve it so I dont get how he does this.Guys like check it out and tell me.

The suicide squad.

If you're squeamish this movie definitely ain't for you.I mean I watched withal my siblings and I tell you no one was ready to eat after the movie even the hugest foodies in the family like....no words.In the movie the government sends the most dangerous supervillains in the world -- Bloodsport, Peacemaker, King Shark, Harley Quinn and others -- to the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Armed with high-tech weapons to find and destroy something in exchange for lighter sentences like 😑.And guess who does this the US government AS USUAL and when they get there after the crazy stuff they go through they find out that they're just covering up the government's mess.I know what you're going to say danie they're psycho killers danie but even they wouldn't perform experiments on other humans damn it some of them are products of experiments. Just watch it yourself otherwise you won't get what I'm ranting about.

Nothing more for this post more movies in the next post we can all agree I've ranted enough.

Trophie tracks

For me. As I said before God knows Im so into music there's almost no way back.And so to keep my post short here my trophie tracks

Butter.

I love this song so much I can't put it in words I could just

There's no saving me🤤.

Good 4 you.

Danie loves herself a good breakup song my obsession with this song I listen to it like almost every day.

PTD Permission To Dance

We don't need permission to dance that's all If I say more I'll ruin it.

Bad habits.

My 8 yr old brothers misheard lyrics led me to this one. Our house is so weird and I'm telling you it has the most... ummmh...just if you could hear the misheard lyrics. You'd be like

Ghost.

Considering how many deaths we've heard in the past few year all I honestly need to do is listen to this song that explains so many of our emotions. Because it's so hard to move on sometimes after we've been through something that we need to realize that the key to moving on isn't forgetting the past its accepting that its happened and making it apart of your present.

Slightly foodie

Now I'm hungry so heres a recipe for an easy lunch recipe, dessert and a quick dinner

Buddha bowls This is so easy and healthy all you need to is add

1 cup of maize

1/2 cup of beans

2 handfuls of lettuce

1 handful of onions

Then sprinkle with salt and pepper

And top with avocado (optional)

Ginger Tamarind ice pops.

Start by combining ginger Tamarind tea leaves in cold water

Then put this mixture into a saucepan

Let it boil and then add chocolate to taste

Then here I dont like to make ice pops personally so you can take it as tea.

But back to the ice pop recipe.

Let it cool then put it in the freezer for a considerably long time about 6 to 8 hrs.

Jamaica jerk chicken with sweet potatoes

In a large bowl toss chicken pieces with jerk seasoning

1/4 tsp salt and remaining tsp oil until coated

Arrange chicken in a pan and roast 25 mins or until juices run clear when thickest part of chicken is pierced with the tip of a knife.

Serve chicken with sweet potatoes and green onions .

Ok that dinner recipe ain't quick. APOLOGIES.

Dad Joke:

What did the snowflake say to the leaf?

You're so last season.

Eco friendly tip:

Using plastic bags is out of fashion🙄 and pollutes 🤢the environment so please a reusable bag🤓