#raj tent

[sangeetainternational]

Another popularly used type of tent is Raj tent and that is prominently because these are affordable and accommodative at the same time. The size of Raj tent is the greatest when compared with all the other types of tents and this is why they can be and must be used when the host has to accommodate a large number of people.

[sangeetainternationalusa]

Whether you’re aiming for a relaxed boho chic vibe or a sophisticated classic look, Raj tents and pavilion tents offer versatile solutions to elevate your gathering. Here’s how these elegant options can transform your event into an unforgettable experience.

[reasonsforhope]

Amazon delivery drivers and dispatchers walked out of their delivery facility on Thursday to demand that Amazon bargain with them. The 84 drivers currently on strike have held picket lines before, but this is the first time Amazon drivers have walked out in the U.S., according to a Teamsters press release. 

The drivers, who work for the Amazon delivery service partner (DSP) Battle-Tested Strategies in Palmdale, California, unionized with the Teamsters in late April, and are demanding that Amazon come to the bargaining table to negotiate a contract. Drivers have already negotiated and ratified a contract with the DSP, which voluntarily recognized their union. 

Amazon has previously stated that, because the drivers don’t work directly for Amazon—they work for the DSP, which is then contracted by Amazon—that the company is not obligated to bargain with them. For the past month, the union has been trying to prove that wrong, saying that, despite Amazon placing all responsibility onto the DSP, it is in fact in “complete control” of the DSP’s operations. 

“We are on the picket line today to demand the pay and safety standards that we deserve,” said Raj Singh, one unionized driver on strike, in a statement. “We work hard for a multibillion-dollar corporation. We should be able to provide food and clothes for our kids.” 

The drivers’ contract with the DSP guarantees a higher wage, protections against the extreme heat of California summers, and the right to refuse unsafe deliveries. Heat is an industry-wide hazard for delivery drivers. Motherboard has previously reported on how UPS drivers must deal with temperatures of over 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. Earlier this week, the Teamsters won a tentative agreement with UPS guaranteeing improved heat protections and air conditioning in trucks...

“Amazon has no respect for the rule of law, the health of its workers, or the livelihood of their families,” said Randy Korgan, the director of the Teamsters Amazon Division, which has been working to organize Amazon facilities to protect workers and maintain wage standards in the delivery and logistics industry. “Workers are on strike today because the only thing this corporate criminal cares about is profits. We are sending a message to Amazon that violating worker rights will no longer be business as usual.”

-via Motherboard at Vice, June 15, 2023

[boldlyspeedydreamerreturns]

I think that Bowie is going to sacrifice himself.

Now hear me out. (Spoilers ahead for the recent episodes.)

We've seen that Bowie is becoming conflicted about the way he plays in the show, and his relationship with Raj, who absolutely hates dirty tactics and cheating. He feels guilty about going behind Raj's back to cheat again, and I think it's going to come to a head in the next batch of episodes. Here's how I think it'll go down.

The team will be talking about whatever MK found out from the intern meeting, and Raj and Wayne will be against whatever strategy she and Julia have come up with.

Raj will try to get Bowie to agree with them, only for Julia to let slip that Bowie had been part of all their plans up to that point, which would absolutely break Raj's heart.

Bowie will try to apologize and defend his actions, but Raj will just shut down and not really listen.

This will cause Wayne to go off on Bowie about lying and breaking his promise to Raj, and being willing to cover up his actions.

The hockey bros will distance themselves from the rest of the team, with Wayne becoming increasingly protective of Raj, who's just kind of numb and sad at this point.

Bowie will try over and over to talk to Raj, only to be stopped either by Wayne or by whatever is happening in the challenge.

Bowie would be so distracted that he'd screw something up and cause the team to lose by accident.

Before the campfire while Wayne is probably gone to the bathroom and Raj is alone, Bowie will finally be able to talk to Raj, only for Raj to stop his rambling apology and ask him why he felt so okay with lying to Raj, and what else he'd be willing to cheat on.

Bowie would be absolutely horrified by Raj implying he'd cheat on Raj, and trying to say he'd never do that, only for Raj to dismiss him saying that his previous actions tell a different story.

Bowie will be so distraught and hurt that he'll do anything to make Raj believe him, so he'll sneak away to the production tent and tell Chris and Chef everything about the cheating.

Chris will likely brush it off, saying they were already fully aware of the cheating, but they allowed it to keep going because it was entertaining.

Bowie would feel somewhat relieved, until Chef says that since Bowie came forward, they'd have to make an announcement to the team at the campfire and he'd likely be voted off for messing up their plans.

Bowie is nervous, but feels like he did the right thing, and maybe now Raj will forgive him.

Chef makes the announcement at the campfire that one of the team members told them about the cheating, but not saying specifically who, and stating that if it's caught again, the person who cheats will be automatically eliminated.

Raj and Wayne, even as himbo as they are, figure it was Bowie who told because MK and Julia wouldn't rat themselves out, which does make both of them happy.

Unfortunately, Julia and MK also figured out it was Bowie, and in a last ditch effort to keep themselves safe, MK messes with the votes and gets Bowie eliminated.

Bowie would apologize to Raj again before he leaves, and Raj would hug him and say he forgives Bowie and they'll talk more after the show.

They share a sweet kiss, then Bowie is taken away.

The end.

[sarahlizziewrites]

Friday Kiss Tag

Posting this for the second time, because Tumblr deleted my last one! I was tagged by @sarandipitywrites here with their steamy kiss scene <3 <3

Here's an extra long snippet from The Ruby of Ranpur, because we all need extra romance in our lives right now, I think. This is a flashback to when the crime-fighting husbands first became crime-fighting boyfriends.

Since the night of the fireworks, Raj had been a guest at my home as often as we thought we could get away with. Intimacy like this - even if nothing had actually happened; nothing condemnable, at any rate, not yet - was always a risk, but we had both figured out that being apart was an option that hadn’t suited either of us. 

And even if nothing had happened, yet… the taut, struck-crystal tension between us put everything into sharper focus when he was around: someday, it would break. Since the night on the mountainside when I realised I loved him, I had only grown more magnetised to his presence, like a compass, oriented north at all times. 

“Ah,” he said, coming in and closing the door behind him. “I should have told you it’s Maha Shivaratri - she’s probably at home, praying with her family.”

��Damn,” I said. “Well, there’s nothing to eat. We could go out, try and find a restaurant in the city that will seat us–”

“Nonsense,” he said, turning down the corridor that led to the kitchen. “I can cook.”

In moments, Raj had whipped up a storm in the kitchen, placing the mutton joint in a shallow iron pot and adorning it with spices and a good glug of water. For each spice he placed in the pot, he crushed it in his hands and held out his palms for me to smell it, explaining the flavour profile and the role each one played in the cooking.

Little of it stuck, to my regret, because I was too distracted by the competent way he moved around the kitchen, and the enthusiasm in his smile. I was growing dizzy with the smells and the warmth of the hearth and his attention, and I hadn’t even had a drop of alcohol to drink. I didn’t want any.

“Try this,” he said, proferring a spoon. Somehow, both his bright kurta and my white shirt had been spared splashes of the oily, tomato-rich curry, and now, I leaned forward to carefully blow on the taste he offered me. This close, I was hyper-aware of how wonderful it felt to have the heat of his body close to mine, how I had to tilt my chin up to see his smile properly, and how becoming his thick, dark eyelashes looked against his cheeks.

Almost as soon as I closed my lips around the spoon and tasted the thick, creamy sauce, I’m ashamed to admit that I let out a noise somewhere between indelicate and sinful. My eyes slid closed in bliss. The flavours that exploded over my tongue were nothing short of exquisite: there was heat, and spice, and richness, but then, there was a surprisingly delicate herbal-citrus aftertaste that made my mouth water for more. 

I was so focussed on the pure sensation of the flavour that I hardly noticed when Raj slipped the spoon away and replaced it with his lips.

My mouth parted in surprise, but it was as though he was chasing up the rich heat of the curry with his kiss, soft and slow. I quickly determined that the taste of him was no less tempting. Something warm - something other than the curry - settled below my breastbone, tingling against my heart. 

He pulled away, and a breath of air fell between us. His hand had come to rest against my shoulder, fingers just brushing the short hair at the back of my neck. The expression on his face was somewhat tentative, almost worried.

“Say something,” he said, after a few long moments of silence. “Say anything. Tell me if this isn’t welcome. Curse at me and kick me out. I’ll leave forever, if you’d like me to.”

“God, don’t leave,” I whispered, regaining my wits and pulling myself closer to him. Those fingers tightened in my hair. “It’s only… I’m trying hard not to rip your clothes off and have you right here by the stove.”

He laughed, relieved and light, then tugged me close to kiss again, more insistent this time. In one movement, he pressed me against the brick wall surrounding the hearth, and dropped his spoon, letting it clatter against the tiled floor. I barely noticed: every inch he was touching me was alight with need, that crystal having shattered and spilled me like a spirit. I felt I could catch fire. 

“The curry,” he murmured between kisses. 

“Curry later,” I replied, digging my fingers into his kurta and trying to pull him closer, closer. He sunk his teeth into my bottom lip, and I groaned. “Kiss me now.”

I'm going to tag @queen-tashie, @theburnedoutnerd, @kaylinalexanderbooks and @late-to-the-fandom

TDDUP taglist (+/-): @vacantgodling, @imsoveryveryconfusedatlife @mrbexwrites, @glbettwrites, @writingrosesonneptune (+/-)

gorgeous dividers from @cafekitsune

[marzipanandminutiae]

The worst of that "fancy effeminate brits vs. manly american patriots" view you mentioned in th is probably The Patriot, which stars Mel Gibson (shudder) and fucks up histort so bad (even by usual hollywood standards!) to make the brits look as evil and poncy as possible.

My middle-school history teacher. Who was supposed to be ACCURATELY AND FAITHFULLY REPRESENTING HISTORY. Put on a faux-Posh British accent whenever she talked about things the British generals did during the Revolution. Made a huge deal about General Cornwallis- who was shitty for other reasons; see also: Irish genocide and the British Raj -taking his china with him on campaign. Of course she never ONCE mentioned that, you know...most of the American generals had trained with the British army, too, and did similar things. Washington's sleeping tent had freaking servants' quarters inside, among other interior rooms, and he traveled with eighteen wagons' worth of stuff at one point (source).

Women are subject to this, too: everyone knows Loyalist ladies were fancy, frilly, useless creatures who were all rich, and Patriot women were strong, salt-of-the-earth farm wives (but still Baseline Acceptable Levels of Feminine!) who had no interest in aesthetics or- heaven forbid! -fashion. </s>

[vexing-imogen]

nocturne

Elsie sees to him last, at his insistence. Rajan has never been overly fond of doctors (with one notable exception), and whatever she had done in the tunnels below Greyslate has kept him from death's door for now.

"I'll be back," she says, once he's settled on the sofa, assurance and threat in one. He won't be weaseling his way out of this one.

He regards the crumbling ruin of his torso and thinks that is probably for the best.

Rajan settles in to wait for Elsie to return, knowing it may take a while, given the extent of Cosmo's injuries alone. He closes his eyes, tilts his head back, relaxes into the cushions of the sofa, and...does not sleep. It is not the pain in his chest that keeps him awake, rather the yawning ache of emptiness. Stillness and quiet where there is usually a low drone of activity.

It reminds him far too much of their his house that sits abandoned in Briar Green. The only difference being that he knows the swarm will eventually return.

Soft footsteps draw him out of thoughts that are spiraling into maudlin. "Raj?"

He cracks an eye open, takes a moment to focus through the kaleidoscoping fractals. Elsie stands in the doorway, her black bag in one hand, still covered in dirt and blood, her hair falling from its pins. Beautiful.

"Elsie." He gives her a half smile, sitting up straighter, wincing as the movement pulls, close to tearing.

She brings a stool over to sit in front of him, sets her bag on the sofa beside him. "How are you feeling?" she asks, tracing cool fingers over the scars above his eye. He leans into the touch for just a moment.

"I've been worse," he tells her. That gets him a raised eyebrow and an annoyed twist of her lips.

"Right, of course." He can see the muscle working in her jaw as she turns away from him. Her hands clench and unclench in her lap. "You promised that you wouldn't make this difficult."

He hadn't really, not in so many words, and certainly not with any degree of sincerity at the time. But he knows when to swallow his pride, and so he takes one of her hands in his, strokes his thumb gently over her knuckles, his touch lingering on the indent where a ring used to sit.

"What do you need from me, darling?"

Elsie turns back to him with a sigh, pulling her hand back. She steels herself before pulling open the tattered remains of his shirt and jacket, exposing the gaping wound on his chest.

"Tell me how I can help you," she pleads. "How do I-" Her hands flutter nervously for a second. "Is there anything I can do to fix...this?"

Whatever Rajan may have been expecting, nothing could have possibly prepared him for Elsie reaching her hand into his chest and stroking along the torn edges of the hive. All of the breath leaves his lungs on a gasp, and something hot races down his spine. He meets Elsie's wide eyes, and realizes belatedly that his hand is clamped, vice-like, around her wrist.

"I'll take that as a 'no'," she says breathlessly, withdrawing her hand.

"The swarm will return," he says after a moment, his extremities still tingling, "and they will take care of...internal repairs." And expansion, but she needn't worry about that. "The most you can do for me is close the wound."

"Okay." She nods, reaching for her bag, all business. "Lie back."

She works in silence for several minutes, cleaning the edges of torn skin, numbing the area as best she can, and starting to stitch him up. The sensation is uncomfortable, but never painful. He allows himself to relax into it; her hands delicate and precise, her gaze intent.

"I-I didn't realize-" She starts and stops tentatively. "How long has this been a part of you?"

He doesn't answer right away. "Since the night I lost my sister."

"Raj," she breathes. He has to look away from the pity in her eyes. "Why did you never tell me?"

He hums. "I suspect for the same reason you never told me about your illness," he says. She freezes, and he reaches up to tuck an errant curl behind her ear. "It was my burden to bear, Little Bird."

She is nearly finished before she speaks again, working on the last few stitches. "I never wanted to hurt you, Raj," she whispers, loose strands of her hair tickling his bare chest.

"Nor I, you," he says. "And, yet, here we are."

"Where do we go from here?" she asks, once he is stitched and bandaged, his shirt mostly back in place.

Rajan sighs. "To sleep, Elsie."

"Be serious."

"I am," he insists. "It's been a long day, we're both exhausted. Anything else can be left for the morning."

He watches her shoulders slump, the stubborn set of her jaw relax. "Fine." She finds a blanket for him and turns off the lamps. Then he watches as she frees the rest of her hair from the pins, removes her shoes, and curls up like a cat on the opposite side of the sofa.

"What are you doing?" he asks, incredulous.

Elsie huffs. "All of the guest rooms are occupied," she says, adding in a softer voice, "and I don't have the energy to climb the stairs to my room tonight."

He hums, can feel sleep finally coming to claim him. "Sleep well, Elsie," he murmurs, running his thumb over her ankle; once, twice. "May your dreams be free from shadows."

She pokes him in the hip with her toe. "And may the morning come swiftly."

***

Rajan wakes just a few hours later, as the sky is starting to lighten in the pre-dawn. There is a warm weight pressed against his side, and he finds that he and Elsie have migrated towards each other in the night. Her head is on his shoulder, her arm flung across his waist, and he barely has to move his head to be able to smell the traces of jasmine and honey on her skin.

She mumbles something unintelligible and snuggles closer. He inhales deep, catching the underlying scent of petrichor and bleed, closes his eyes again, allowing them both a moment of comfort before they have to face a new day and whatever lies ahead.

[aru-loves-krishnaxarjuna]

Krishna x Arjunā breakup au...🥺😭

War au

Bg info: Draupadi had married the four brothers of Arjunaa

Krishna and Arjunaa were, a pair of lovers. Not yet married.

Krishna is still on the side of Pandavas

"Arju." Yudhishthir called out to his sister. "Can you get the two scrolls about our formations from my tent?"

"Of course, Jyesht." Said Arjunaa, and she walked out of the common tent.

When Arjunaa got there, she found the scrolls of their formations on the table...but there was another scroll with the...seal of the KURUS!? Arjunaa tensed and rushed towards the common tent, with all the scrolls.

She barged in loudly. "JYESHT! WHY DO YOU HAVE A SCROLL OF THE KURUS?" She exclaimed while holding up the Kuru scroll in her left hand. Everyone either gasped or looked in confusion. Yudhishthir got up from his seat and took the Kuru scroll. "I..i don't know about this. I swear i only had our two scrolls in my tent!" Yudhishthir answered.

The others now HAD to believe Dharmaraj because, he had never lied in his entire lifetime.

A few of the others crowded around to see. Krishna stuck his tongue in his cheek. He glanced at Arjunaa, who was still standing at the entrance. Their eyes met. Krishna swallowed. He knew what this meant, and what would happen now.

"Oh ho! I see you have gotten winds of our plans already.." Arjunaa felt creeped as she heard a voice behind her and she turned around and jumped backwards, unsheathing her dagger in reflex. Everyone stared in shock, except Krishna, who narrowed his eyes at the short, disgusting man.

Shakuni strode into the room. "How marvellous, Samrat." He addressed Yudhishthir. "We were looking for the scroll on which we had mapped out our upcoming military plans." He snatched it out of Virat’s hand, nearly giving the king a paper cut. "I'll have that, thank you."

"Gandhar Raj, what were your papers doing in my tent?" said Yudhishthir, bewildered.

Shakuni clutched his chest in faux-shock. "I should be asking you that! First you steal from us and then question us back?"

"We did no such thing!" snapped Dhrishtadyumna. "Rajkumari Arjunaa went to get our plans from the Samrat's room and found this kept there!"

Shakuni cackled. "What a believable story, General! Please do better!"

Virat came over. "Listen, Gandhar Raj. You have my word for it, we truly have not stolen anything from your camp. Stealing from the enemy camp is adharma and we could and we would never do that."

"Oh, I know it's adharma all too well." he snapped, stroking his beard and eyeing Virat in a rather maddening way. Arjunaa looked from him to Krishna to Yudhishthir and back to him. What even was happening?

"Samrat Yudhishthir never lies or cheats!" continued Virat. "You have his word as well!"

"Aah! Yes! The same man who accused me of attempted murder on them, especially his sister, and betted on and got his said sister disrobed...!" Shakuni grinned like a maniac. Loud gasps were heard. Arjunaa boiled in anger and clenched her fists, while Draupadi held her shoulders as if saying to calm down.

"Don't dare mention dharma when you have the aid of this man." He pointed at Krishna, who was still looking at him strangely. "People accuse me of cheating but if there is a more treacherous person than I...it is him!"

"We are telling you we!-" Krishna interrupted. "Tell me, Gandhar Raj. Where did you last see your plan scroll?"

Shakuni hesitated. "Well…I remember seeing it yesterday evening in my room. We were busy with war and cremating our warriors, hence didn’t pay our documents any mind. A few hours ago, when I went to retrieve it, it was gone!"

“Interesting." Said Krishna, placing his hands on his hips. "And what made you suspect us?"

"Intuition, Vasudev! Intuition!" He snapped his fingers. "My intuitions are rarely incorrect!" Said Shakuni as he eyed both Arjunaa and Krishna. He had heard that they were a couple without being married and he WAS going to use it to blackmail them.

"Also...Rajkumari...! I have heard about you and this cowherd being...together even though he has two wives already! How would devi Rukmini and devi Satyabhama react to...this information..?"

Arjunaa startled up. What was he on about?- "and how would the whole of Aryavarta react if they found out that Gandivdhari is having an affair with the Dwarkadheesh behind everyone's backs...eh?" Arjunaa gazed in shock, while Krishna stood still, monotonous.

"Everyone would be devastated and feeling betrayed.. about their favourite persons' doings and them committing adharma in war aswell... i take my leave now. Pranipat." Shakuni limped away, smirking like the maniac he is.

Krishna stared at his Parthavi. He had to do this now, or else...both of them would always be targeted, by the Kurus due to their on-going affair. Arjunaa inhaled and exhaled deeply, as she went towards her tent, without saying a word. She knew that Rukmini Jiji and Satyabhama Jiji would accept her without a word, but what about the world? The people? They wouldn't...at all...

Krishna wanted to scream and behead Shakuni right then and there with his Sudarshan, but this was required. Required to win the war, and for that...

it was required to...break...his Parthavi.

As everyone went to their respective room after cooling their heads down, Krishna went into Arjunaa's tent.

"Madhav? What are you doing here?" Arjunaa got up from her sitting position, from the edge of the bed.

"I have come to talk about something important..." The accusation and blackmailing still had Arjunaa nervous, and this gave her a bad feeling. "A-about today's incident..?"

"No. About...us."

"About....us..? What is it about us-?"

"We need to stop our on-going affair."

Krishna stared at Arjunaa silently, who had slumped down on the bed once again, but in utter disbelief, shock and melancholy. Tears had rimmed her eyes, that were shaped like a swan's, not even a moment after. But they refused to fall.

"We n-need to s-separate..?"

"Well, yes...but i will still drive your chariot and help you in war. But...we can't be together...like that...anymore...." Arjunaa's naturally big eyes now widened even more, as the tears that refused to fall before, did fall after his statement, as she clenched her teeth and gripped the edge of the bed with both her hands tightly.

Krishna's heart clenched tightly. Oh how he wanted to take this all back and wipe her tears, and hug her close and kiss her to sleep. But alas! That wouldn't be possible now. He couldn't bear the sight in front of him. Oh how he cursed himself for being the God of the Universe now..

Krishna then took his leave, and as soon as he left, Arjunaa got up too and looked at her now- tear strained face in the body length mirror. She stared angrily and sadly at her own face as she punched the mirror hard.

The big shards of the mirror got in her delicate skin and her fist, and they started bleeding heavily. But the Rajkumari didn't care. More and more tears cascaded down her beautiful face as she finally broke the mirror completely and slid down on the floor.

Drops of both blood and tears dripped down, as the young girl kept crying her heart out.

Unbeknownst to her, her Madhav was still standing outside her tent, and as he heard her heartbreaking sobs, he couldn't take it anymore and he broke into his own tears.

Oh how even the gods were upset at the separation of the lovers and their heartbreaking states.

Krishna had to get control over his mind and heart, like he always had to, unfortunately. He didn't want to..yet he had to...

Arjunaa had fainted on the floor due to blood loss and crying, as her body wanted to give up on life. The only one who she had loved and belived in in her whole lifetime till now had separated from her, what did she have now?

As she fainted, her mind and heart refused to accept this and still, like her body always did when she missed her Madhav, resonated with his name...

"Madhav..Madhav...Madhav...Madhav...."

That night was the first time Krishna had cried so heavily in his life...as he felt her pain and her body resonating her given name for him yet again...

[predict485]

A scene from the reboot rewrite... @fraudulent-cheese

[ Cut to the campfire area, where all the campers are sitting on the horizontal logs around the fire pit. ]

Topher: This is where you’ll have your campfire ceremonies. Every three days, you’ll all compete in a challenge and the losing team will come here that night to eliminate a player. Clear?

Chase: Can we pick where we sleep? Because I want a bed next to Emma.

Emma: No! I want a bed away from Chase! Please, Topher?

Damien: …Please don’t tell me wherever we sleep is gonna be co-ed, right?

[Scary Girl laughs from behind him.]

Wayne: Are we gonna be sleeping in cabins? Awesome! I’ll get to be in a camping cabin with Rajie!

Raj: We’ll be in cabins?! Awesome, I’ve never slept in a cabin before!

Zee: Can we sleep in tents? Because there are some really cool ducks out here, man.

Topher: Ah, about that. But just know it’s not gonna be co-ed, Damien. 

Now, for your sleeping arrangements, you will be sleeping in cabins near the main camp. 

[He’s met with wide grins for the hockey bros. Emma looks worried and on edge.]

Topher: Now, for the most important part of the show: I’ll split you into two teams and your sleeping arrangements will be based on that. 

Let’s get started. If I call your name, go stand over there. 

Priya, Millie, Julia, MK, Emma, Damien, Zee, Wayne. 

Wayne: Huh? But- but what about Raj?

Topher (ignoring him): You will be known as… the Killer Krakens!

[He tosses them an orange banner with an emblem of a giant tentacle stitched onto it, which Wayne catches and holds up.]

Topher: And everyone else… that being, Axel, Nichelle, Scary Girl, Chase, Bowie, Ripper, Raj and Caleb, you will now be known as the Screaming Sharks!

[He tosses them a blue banner with an emblem of a shark with its mouth open stitched onto it, which Raj catches and holds up.]

Topher: In these teams, you’ll compete against each other to win challenges and the losing team has to send someone home.

Xxx

Confessional: Topher

“In case you need to vent your feelings or let the audience know your dastardly schemes, you can take a break and let it all out in the port-a-john confessional!”

Xxx

Confessional: Emma

“So… so far this is looking more dangerous than I was expecting, I wanted to stay away from stunts! At least I’m not in the same team as Chase, eurgh.”

Xxx

Confessional: Julia

“Hey hey guys! This is my first confessional, probably of many, and I just know I’m going to win this thing. After all, I have nature’s spirits on my side, especially after attending that recluse in India. I don’t know how I’m gonna last without my phone though… hopefully this will be a good stand-in!”

Xxx

Confessional: Zee

[ He looks at a duck standing on the toilet seat next to him. ]

“Hold on, this guy has something important to say.”

[ The duck quacks. ]

Xxx

[sangeetainternational]

Another popularly used type of tent is Raj tent and that is prominently because these are affordable and accommodative at the same time. The size of Raj tent is the greatest when compared with all the other types of tents and this is why they can be and must be used when the host has to accommodate a large number of people.

[sangeetainternationalusa]

The fancy tent is developed to use the very same level of security and ease as traditional tents, otherwise more. Lots of elegant outdoors tents come equipped with advanced functions such as waterproof and wind-resistant products, boosted air flow systems, and ingenious arrangement devices.

[biffybobs]

"Bakers! Welcome to the tent, and to your first challenge! Some of you look absolutely terrified. Don't worry, we don't bite."

[Tino gulps loudly]

"For your first challenge Raj and I would like you to bake a batch of cupcakes. They can be any flavour you like, but you cannot use the Whipped Dream Cupcake Factory. Partly because we didn't have room on the lot for it."

"You have 2 hours. On your marks, get set..."

[happy-lemon]

The downside to equal rotations in the kitchen was that Rose was no longer flying under the radar. Luka yelled at her every bit as much as he yelled at Colin and Camilo. As much as she loved her job, Rose looked forward to her days off a little more than she had before.

One day off, when she was baking bread for the week, Rose heard some commotion outside. She peeked out the window and saw a car pulled right up to the building steps. Because Plavi Raj was a seaside town, people were always coming and going. Some of the apartments were short-term holiday rentals and others, like hers, had longer leases.

The bread was in the oven when someone knocked on her door. Rose opened to find a woman about her age in the vestibule. She offered a tentative smile and the redhead started talking a mile a minute in a language Rose didn't understand. Maybe...Italian?

"I'm sorry," she said. "I only speak English and a tiny bit of Croatian."

"Oh! You're American?"

"Yes...well, no...well, sort of," Rose said. "My mom is from San Sequoia and my dad is from Britechester, but I grew up in Henford-on-Bagley, so I'm a mix?"

"I'm moving into the apartment across the hall," the woman said. "I wanted to say hello. I'm Giulia."

"I'm Rose. How long are you staying?"

"For the rest of the summer maybe," Giulia said. "Longer if I like it."

"Welcome to the building. If you need anything, let me know."

"Actually, I was wondering if you'd like to go to the beach tomorrow, if it's not raining. It's no fun to go alone."

Rose's second day off was tomorrow but she wasn't sure about spending the day at the beach with a stranger. Still, she hadn't had much of a social life since she'd arrived in Plavi Raj. And the beach sounded nice.

"Sure," she said. "Knock when you're ready to leave."

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Some General Headcanons

—Prickly Pines, and thus Camp Kidney, Acorn Flats etc. are located in California somewhere. I say this mainly because Joe Murray’s own camping experience was there! Since the campers never get field trips to the beach, yet they do to the mountains, I assume they’re a bit inland. (A beach episode after a long bus ride, though. That has potential. Hmm.)

—The timeline floats. That’s why in all my stuff you may see smartphones ‘n crap, yet the Nineties still seem ten years ago lol. My justification: time is weird, especially to a kid’s mind, and this is a show centered around kids. I was still writing “2007” on my homework accidentally when it was 2014. (Also this is of course, just a cartoon.)

—Scoutmaster Lumpus is 64 years old. His birthday cake full of candles burst into flames when Slinkman counted to 63 in “The Bean Tree” so he couldn’t get that far pfft.

—Slinkman’s full name is Mark Slinkman! Get it. Hehe. Mark. Slugs leave slime trails. Slime marks. I’m so smart.

—However old Slinkman is, he and Jane Doe are the same age. I’m tentatively gonna say late thirties/early forties but it’s not set in stone yet. They clearly were buddies at camp, (“Step Clam.”) Also I just hate the little gag where she assumes he’s Lumpus�� pet slug and thus doesn’t know who he is so I’m retconning that.

—While we’re on the subject of retcon: I haaaaaaaaaaaate “Lumpus’ Last Stand.” Can’t see it. I can’t read suddenly. I don’t know. What’s this “Lumpus’ Last Stand” of which you speak? I’ve never heard of such a thing. Let’s never discuss it again.

—The campers of both camps are on average, thirteen/fourteen years old. Raj is the oldest, (we’ve seen he gets acne in multiple episodes,) and Edward is the youngest, aging from twelve to thirteen and thus becoming a “Big Boy” like all the other Beans in “Movie Night.” The campers also speak of “years” attending camp and maintain yearbooks, which tells us sleepaway camp isn’t novel to them.

There’s more I have to say for sure, and this is a bit disorganized! But, I need to make a first post of SOME sort, so there ya go.

[juliaynes]

So if there’s a Juliayne story line in season 2. (Hopefully) What do you want it to be like?

this is a long one and i’m discussing the leaks so here’s ur warning!

this is so tough because they’re such dynamic characters but i want to keep this realistic as they wouldn’t be a main couple or focus throughout the season. probably. maybe for an episode we could get a juliayne focus but even that’s a stretch. i want rajbow to have as much time as possible and i want them to steal the show because they deserve it :)

but i would also love some julia and wayne scenes! what i’m most interested in is the prospect of what we saw in the leaks.

a friend of mine mentioned this idea and i have not stopped thinking about it. in the team selection, what if bowie and priya make one choice of a player, for example, bowie picking raj. and then raj would have to pick the next player for his team after whoever priya picked (probably millie), which would let raj pick wayne. and then wayne would pick julia. you see the vision? wayne and julia are on the same team, and this would eliminate the whole “why did bowie pick julia” question because he didn’t! it was wayne. its realistic as she was one of the only people he talk to outside of raj and bowie. and he’s also attracted to her! this would also cause ALOT of drama as i don’t think bowie wants julia on his team. and the fact that wayne picked her makes things even weirder. exactly what this team needs imo, it’s interesting and has some silly possibilities.

it could also start a tentative juliayne plot, where julia and wayne chat a little more after he picks her. not many people on this team are fond of julia, and wayne may be her only hope to get far in the game. she would initially use him for votes i feel, but honestly? she grows attached to him. he’s silly, a leader, and always up for shenanigans that result in the other team getting hurt. julia likes this more than she’ll admit. i feel like this allies to friendship progression is the best i could ask for, but of course wayne will have confessionals where he gushes about julia and how cool he thinks she is. and i REALLY want julia to be glad she trusted wayne as opposed to how mad she was at herself for trusting bowie. it would be so cute for her to walk away from the game with a friend. i don’t think anything overly romantic will come of this, but it’s cute and it’s a good little storyline for both wayne and julia. nothing too romantic but it’s a little implied that they could have a relationship in the future :)

[hughjidiot]

Total Drama Level Up Chapter Four Behind-the-Scenes

Due to some unforeseen circumstances in my life, chapter twelve of Total Drama Level Up is going to take a little longer than expected to get out. In the meantime I'll be doing more of these behind-the-scenes blogs, picking back up with chapter four.

This one of the last challenges I came up with in the story's planning stages. It went through a few different versions. First I thought to have the players all driving miniature tanks around a battlefield, but thought that might be too similar to chapter two. Then I tried having them driving RC tanks, before settling on the version we see in the chapter with the players piloting drones in a space combat setting.

To be perfectly honest, I think this is the weakest chapter in the whole story. For one thing the genre - real time strategy - is one that I've barely played and am not a huge fan of, so it was very difficult to write about it in a way that felt exciting for the readers. Not to mention it felt awkward (to me at least) constantly jumping back and forth between what was happening out on the battlefield and what was going on with the teams in their respective bases.

That being said, there were still some things I liked with this chapter. This was where I started really teasing Mkulia, and where I had Lauren and Zee form their initial friendship that would go on to become romantic.

Speaking of which, this was also the start of the Lauren-MK-Julia alliance that would go on to dominate the rest of the story. I knew that after their actions in the previous seasons, MK and Julia would logically be high-priority targets, and they'd need allies to stay in the game. Their tentative alliance with Raj was a good start, but getting Lauren in their corner is what really helped. Especially since it helped greatly with my overall goal of having Lauren play a major role in this story.

Speaking of Raj, the reason I eliminated Wayne this chapter was to rectify one of my personal issues with season two, that being Wayne barely getting time to be his own character because Raj stuck around for so long. Personally I feel Wayne's victory could have had more emotional weight if Raj had been eliminated just an episode or two earlier than when he was, to give Wayne an actual arc of learning to be separated from Raj and get meaningful interactions with others. Since season two didn't do that, I decided to do it myself but with Raj as the focus.