#recovery time is over i gotta get back to functioning tho

[nyckie]

waking up from a week-long binge of a game like damn what do i do with my life now

[fearowkenya]

im soooooo mad

definitely not mad At anyone, but the circumstances in which i find myself are frustrating ):

every time around the holidays when i have to hang out w/ my stepdads family i think to myself Hmm i would love to get to know them better and be more implicated in their lives so that i can Feel Something (some kind of attachment or what have you) so i always tell myself Well then you gotta start going to more family functions otherwise theyre going to assume you dont want to go , and then they just won't invite you, and then of course you will feel Nothing and make no connections

anyway so my stepdads niece is getting married today and months ago i agreed to go which is fine , no one had to strong arm me into it, was even kinda looking forward to being Part of something.

smashcut to now, and its just the worst possible time for me to go anywhere. i dont even think id be able to get back home tonight :/ id have to stay at my moms and go home in the morning and i hate that. for so many reasons.

cabbi (my cat) is just recovering from a UTI so im going to be thinking about her all day

its like a zillion degrees today (~30C today, 'feels like' 30-38) and we live on the third floor so our apartment gets even hotter. theres AC in only one room in my apartment and cabbi hates the AC. girl im sorry for trying to make sure you dont turn into a puddle

even tho the weddings at 3:30 i have to take the fuckall early train at 9:30am so i cant do my normal saturday routine for the second week in a row

i have to stay over at my moms (i might try to find a way around this) so i cant even go home tonight and start my sunday routine properly in the morning

my roommate also happens to be away today and is similarly not going to be back until like midnight so no one is gonna be home to feed cabbi , and tbh thats whatever , i can give her all of her food this morning , its the uti recovery + outrageous heat that im worried about

i knew this was happening but this week has been so turbulent that i didnt like, remember the Exact Circumstances as outlined above and now im just seething about not having been more prepared and making a better plan

"mattie take an uber home" i am not kidding you it will cost like 100 dollars if i do that. my mom lives so fuckign far away from here, and the wedding is in the same town that my mom lives in so i couldnt even take an uber from there

"mattie what about public transit" the closest public transit is a town over, and its a weekend so the schedule is skeletal at best

"mattie cant you get a lift with someone else who does not live out in the beautiful but very distant sticks" i am going to try but i dont now if i will succeed

fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[arthurtristankingsmen]

More and longer theory chatter with @flash-the-geist with guest stars who popped in. This one is longer since it’s theorizing but turned into something Flash affectionately named the ‘Esprestissimo AU’ which I am keeping because I love it so much.

Most of this mainly features Duet thoughts and then shenanigans ! The most I did was add a missing thing in my own comments for clarification or that my brain skipped over when typing it before, or where I adjust the order of the messages for cohesiveness

please enjoy jdjd

flaaaash — Today at 4:35 AM

hmmm what if the note-taker is Duet, taking notes about "Solo"? that implies they're two different people

Arthur — Today at 4:36 AM

that's what i was thinking-- that the ‘He’ in the note is reverb, and this note is in reference to reverb, but also a comment on Solo, and the Duet 'wrote' this character profile as like-- a case file if they're in charge of the organization

so duet is like 'solo' claims she still needs to study him for research in a note on the file he's taking on reverb or something like that

flaaaash — Today at 4:37 AM

this might be my deep, unfortunate familiarity with bureaucracy talking, but- if the person in charge is also the one taking notes, it's a very small organization

Arthur — Today at 4:37 AM

oh yeah

i imagined it was tiny personally

tempo seems on the smaller side so if it's all based there, i was imagining it was relatively small

flaaaash — Today at 4:38 AM

not international then, perhaps

adkjfakjf oooh now I want to make a little card for Flash

Arthur — Today at 4:39 AM

yeah no-- at least since the name tempo of the town following the motif like seemingly implies it's based in/related to the town since if follows the reference style

or that's my thinking anyways?

flaaaash — Today at 4:39 AM

very true

imagine if Tempo is just Like That and the rest of the world is totally normal

Arthur — Today at 4:40 AM

i personally think vivi didn't grow up in tempo now more tho-- because i think if she did and there is an organization, they woulda gotten wind of her and she probably would've been recruited since she's smart and clearly into that kind of thing

and if she was in the org and knew what she was doing, i don't know if she would've gone to the cave if she was at all in the Know 

flaaaash — Today at 4:40 AM

or they would have tried to study Mystery?

Arthur — Today at 4:41 AM

that too!!

even if they brought her in just because of mystery i imagine they would've brought her in

flaaaash — Today at 4:41 AM

maybe that's what the "her research into "REDACTED" is referring to. Research into mystery?

it all does seem to come back to him

Arthur — Today at 4:42 AM

or maybe she's relatively new to tempo still, and duet gave her a job because they intended to bring her in at some point but hadn't yet

like there were steps to take and like-- the cave happened before things could get fully underway

i mean at my job i applied in like-- march, and i didn't get an interview until may, and then i didn't get any training until november, and then i didn't get brought in to learn the job until december. so it'd be easy to imagine that if there was a reason, bringing her in could be a slow process 

flaaaash — Today at 4:43 AM

that might also explain why there were all these "go back" signs in the cave

clearly someone with English language skills put the signage there

Arthur — Today at 4:43 AM

that too! it definitely felt like it was to warn off people and keep them from tresspassing

but the gang were kids and also ghost don't haunt the places that aren't super scary and dangerous! so of course they gotta go in!

flaaaash — Today at 4:45 AM

maybe they weren't expecting someone like Vivi at all

she was a wild card that popped up and threw a spanner in the works accidentally

Arthur — Today at 4:45 AM

yeah!

i can imagine her just coming in and completely bamboozling everyone

duet is like 'okay we'll get her in on this but we'll take some time to sort everything and judge where she's at skill wise since we have time and it's not like she can get into any danger with all our protective me--oh no'

flaaaash — Today at 4:48 AM

that calls Duet's motivation into question a lil bc - there's at least a significant amount of time between Lewis dying and them finding him again

since their search is reasonably extensive and Arthur's had time to heal up. So why didn't Duet do anything during this time?

Arthur — Today at 4:50 AM

hmmmm--- well we know it's been less than a year since the cave happened at least, and i think the way Ben talked about it  sounded like it was a relatively short time table of only a few months, so maybe they wanted to give them recovery time or they weren't sure how to broach it-- i'm not sure. maybe the comic will give some kind of insight hopefully if the case is that vivi came in like that

i feel like it'd be interesting and make more sense given what she has available magic wise and mystery-wise if she wasn't in town until much later in life to explain why she wouldn’t already be working with the organization. but i'm still like hmm

because you do have a point that there would be a fair bit of inaction, unless for some reason vivi's memory issues or something was a problem or something happens in the prequel to explain or hint

tho now that brings into question if duet knows Lewis is dead, how are things not being managed better

i mean i've had arthur say in the past and i've said once or twice that like-- i think arthur was already working with prosthetics. so he could've had an arm mostly built and just had to make a more functioning one so that could've been fast. so hopefully maybe the prequel comic is set a bit before and might explain duet helping or something in a way that could make sense of it?

especially given he did make galaham's wheels already and such. he might've already built one but needed to make a new one set up for him

flaaaash — Today at 4:54 AM

I'm fairly sure people would at least know he's missing

I guess it's possible that the 'memory magic' thing that makes Vivi forget - it could affect everyone except Arthur and Mystery?

Arthur — Today at 4:56 AM

that's possible--

we have only seen mystery and arthur in the world seeming to know what's going on, so we don't know who knows what. just that vivi doesn't know lewis

but maybe nobody else does either to some degree

flaaaash — Today at 4:56 AM

Arthur being possessed at the time, and Mystery being a magical being himself. We don't have any evidence that anyone else remembers Lewis, although he seems to still be in pictures

Arthur — Today at 4:57 AM

people did seem confused arthur was freaking out in the store in the comic and like

idk. if i knew he lost his best friend i'd be more sympathetic/not look at him like he was crazy. I’d assume something set him off but probably feel bad for him if i knew what happened in the last year?

because i would imagine mental health is in the toilet after going on a trip and losing a friend even if he was only 'missing'

and the way arthur mentioned lewis and when vivi forgets he's just like 'nevermind'. if no one really remembers Lewis, then maybe giving up trying to explain is because he’s used to no one knowing who he means

flaaaash — Today at 4:58 AM

yea h

Arthur — Today at 4:58 AM

what if arthur only remembers lewis? (and mystery does)

Don't forget to take your meds ❤ — Today at 4:58 AM

In fairness most people would be confused if they saw someone having a panic attack in public, no matter how much was known about the person

flaaaash — Today at 4:58 AM

also if Lewis looked like himself for a moment just before dropping Arthur - does that mean Lance saw him?

or did he only see skele-version and thus didn't recognize him as Lewis

Arthur — Today at 4:58 AM

hmmmmm--- i lean to skele vision. he turned back pretty quick iirc

flaaaash — Today at 4:59 AM

I'm torn between analysing between a storyteller perspective and an in-world perspective

Arthur — Today at 5:01 AM

por que no los dos?

also

hmmm-- i think given people were like 'what's up with that guy', it seemed either not knowing what was going on with him or what it could stem from, but if lewis disappeared in a small town i feel like a lot of the details would've spread. so they might assume it had to do with that instead-- so it feels like maybe most people don't know

which seems strange in a smaller community because stuff gets around

flaaaash — Today at 5:01 AM

especially since the Peppers own a restaurant

Arthur — Today at 5:01 AM

yeah-- in a small town place a restuarant is usually a social hub of sorts

so if lewis disppeared i'm sure people would talk given he was a waiter and thus kind of a face for the restaurant

flaaaash — Today at 5:02 AM

also if they think he's missing and not dead, his family would be looking for him too. which means missing persons pics and all that

Arthur — Today at 5:02 AM

yeah and we didn’t see any. and some people not knowing or visitors i could get, but everyone seemed surprised by arthur freaking out, and if they knew lewis was missing and lewis and arthur were friends, it feels odd to like-- none of them to even look sympathetic

i would imagine if they knew lewis was gone they'd assume arthur would be more emotionally reactive than usual-- unless they have no idea that something is going on with arthur because you know-- lewis is erased jdjd

i mean the reason we know vivi doesn't remember is because her eyes glowed as lewis got phased out of the photo

but who knows maybe him being phased out was in general and that just meant she was affected too. everyone gets amnesia

flaaaash — Today at 5:03 AM

also slightly cracky theory but - if they ended up accidentally in the research facility during Ghost, that would explain why Vivi found a fully-stocked fridge alkja;gl

Arthur — Today at 5:04 AM

DSJDDLJSDLFJDSJL

that would be hilarious

lewis is his own scp in his tantrum mansion

they just keep an eye on the lot

flaaaash — Today at 5:05 AM

well what else are they gonna do with him??? xD

Arthur — Today at 5:05 AM

dslsdjdsfljdsfd

''welp no one knows who this guy is soooooo manor in the middle of nowhere time'

flaaaash — Today at 5:06 AM

"so the waiter turned into a vengeful spirit?" "oh uhhhh ok put him in a box i guess until we figure something out?"

ok theory- Duet knows Lewis is dead, but is trying to figure out a way to help/break the memory magic on Vivi, and that's why he's in the mansion/cave for a while before Ghost?

Arthur — Today at 5:06 AM

i like it! i think them knowing and approaching arthur in the comic and using 'rancid vibes' as an excuse would make sense

flaaaash — Today at 5:07 AM

"so that Vivi person wandered in again somehow and now the vengeful waiter ghost is loose?" "for fuck's sake you had ONE JOB-"

Arthur — Today at 5:07 AM

they know what's actually going on but they kinda act like everyone else while also getting arthur something that might help him in that book that i think will be important in the plot of the prequel

DL;G;HDGSAL;HKGSDHL;DGS

flash you have the biggest brain

 flaaaash — Today at 5:08 AM

,kadjgalgkj

"also there was this killer tree-" "I do not care about the tree, one problem at a time"

Poor Duet is having A Week

but the mental image of them trying to avoid Arthur and Vivi investigating, while trying to find ??? and re-capture him while shoving Lewis in a box is hilarious, and then they run into Shiromori and just throw their hands in the air like "can u not????". And then Murder Mystery shows up and they just quit

Arthur — Today at 5:10 AM

dlaajldkljjdl;dldjlfkfd

duet is just like

on their tenth cup of coffee

Don't forget to take your meds ❤ — Today at 5:10 AM

Arthur: Those are rookie numbers

Arthur — Today at 5:11 AM

they see murder mystery and go back inside the shop like 'can you add like 5 espresso shots to this'

flaaaash — Today at 5:11 AM

explains why they're like "Arthur pls your vibes. Do you KNOW what I've been dealing with"

Arthur — Today at 5:11 AM

asdl;;dfslhsdahg;as;dghkghsdllhsgd

flaaaash — Today at 5:11 AM

"five extra shots and a red bull chaser please-"

Arthur — Today at 5:12 AM

(also just still crosses my fingers for medium/spiritually-sensitive!arthur to be canon but if not it will live on in my fannon)

dsldjllssfdf

they just start shoving coffee grounds directly into their mouth

flaaaash — Today at 5:12 AM

this series has a lot of antagonists

akjdalgj just crunching beans down whole

Arthur — Today at 5:13 AM

i need-- to draw duet

looking tired with a coffee

flaaaash — Today at 5:14 AM

Duet with a giant cup of coffee, staring at Murder Mystery with a deadpan stare and going "Absolutely not, I forbid it, there is not enough coffee in the WORLD."

Arthur — Today at 5:14 AM

flash and will if i share this chatter on tumblr would you be okay with it ? or would u rather i block out names if i do

i feel like some of this is hilarious and people need to experience it

flaaaash — Today at 5:14 AM

akdflaf no go for it

I will out myself as a sham of a storyboarder

Arthur — Today at 5:15 AM

duet is that gif of the ghost busters lady going 'mmm nope not today, room full of nightmares'

and turning and walking away

duet is doing their best and needs a nap

tired as Arthur

flaaaash — Today at 5:15 AM

Duet walking around the corner to see the gang facing down Murder Mystery: swivels on one foot and goes right back the way they came

Arthur — Today at 5:15 AM

ldjldljd EXACTLY

Don't forget to take your meds ❤ — Today at 5:16 AM

Heheheheh

Arthur — Today at 5:16 AM

like look at this person

look at their eyebags

they are Tired

they have deal with this bullshittery

they have sass to provide

but they also are Tired and done with this shit

flaaaash — Today at 5:16 AM

I want Duet and Arthur playing a game of caffeine chicken

Marshy — Today at 5:16 AM

Huge massive sigh as they see the whole bullshit situation go down and turns around to go back to the bookshop

flaaaash — Today at 5:16 AM

just lined up at the cafe bar, espresso shots in rows down the counter as they lock eyes-

who shall win- the CAFFEINE-OFF?

Arthur — Today at 5:17 AM

flash

pls if you right that i will pay you money

or maybe art

Marshy — Today at 5:17 AM

It's me I'll win

flaaaash — Today at 5:17 AM

SLFKJLKGS

Arthur — Today at 5:17 AM

dlasd;sdgkd;djslj;dags

i'm rooting for you take those nerds OUT

flaaaash — Today at 5:18 AM

"Duet gives him a look of Supreme Weariness and Nopery. Arthur counters with a double eye-roll of Resignation and Angst. In the true synchronicity of the Absolutely Done, they each take an espresso shot and slam it down."

Arthur — Today at 5:20 AM

djdasd;ds;lsda;ldj;lkdsl;jkdsj;lkasljkdjlkdg

they clink the little cups together first before taking their respective shots

flaaaash — Today at 5:21 AM

they do the thing where they turn it upside down to prove it's empty

by the fifth they're trying to outcompete each other with anecdotes

by the tenth they've moved onto toasting each other

Arthur — Today at 5:21 AM

Bonding!

Don't forget to take your meds ❤ — Today at 5:22 AM

The anecdotes get concerningly similar to each others

flaaaash — Today at 5:22 AM

by the twelfth, Arthur begins weeping. Duet pats him in solidarity and knocks the next shot clean off the counter due to caffeine-induced twitching

Arthur — Today at 5:22 AM

DSGLAHGLDGHDGHAAHDSGDG

EXCELLENT

i

want them to be friends now

flaaaash — Today at 5:23 AM

by the thirteenth, the barista stages an intervention and starts giving them decaf

by this point, they don't notice 

Arthur — Today at 5:23 AM

asdlaadjsdsajd

thank you they owe you their life

they could taste the difference if they weren't vibrating into the 28the dimension atm

flaaaash — Today at 5:24 AM

after the fifteenth shot, the counter is clear and they're both full of sympathetic outrage for the other's plight. They sprint from the cafe, steamroll right over Shiromori, and punt the colours right out of Murder Mystery in a fit of industrial-strength caffeinated indignance.

Don't forget to take your meds ❤ — Today at 5:24 AM

Hahahaha

Arthur — Today at 5:25 AM

h;lsadlf;dsldj;fsljl;dfsajdfsa

flaaaash — Today at 5:25 AM

The newly Monochromatic Mystery has to then help Vivi contain the pair before they wipe all paranormal activity off the face of Tempo.

Arthur — Today at 5:25 AM

that's how the fifth video ends

flaaaash — Today at 5:25 AM

Lewis narrowly escapes by hiding in a box. THE END

Arthur — Today at 5:25 AM

dsal;gsdhldgsa;dgsdgs;hldgs;lhdsa

beautiful thank u flash

i owe you my life

flaaaash — Today at 5:25 AM

you're welcome it's my magnum opus

Arthur — Today at 5:26 AM

A+ story telling

i'm including it in the post

flaaaash — Today at 5:26 AM

ALKJGAGK

it's okay I don't have a reputation to ruin xD

Arthur — Today at 5:26 AM

dlasdl;dhsgldgdgs

this is a callout for flash being the funniest person alive--

or undead

flaaaash — Today at 5:27 AM

dead-

sfkjga

l

Arthur — Today at 5:27 AM

djdjdjdj

i thought about it and corrected myself xDD

flaaaash — Today at 5:30 AM

ok I have no idea if anyone will get this pun, but I dub this the Esprestissimo AU

Arthur — Today at 5:36 AM

djalsd;ldsjdsjldf

i LOVE THAT

music puns but espressos EXTRA ESPRESSOLY

flaaaash — Today at 5:49 AM

xD

[ssfghfrrggf]

I am angry with Severide, but I'm more dissapointed TBH. I get why he's doing this, really I do, but it's like his character development didn't happen. Recently I was watching old episodes and even then he wasn't so... so cruel because I think that he's behaviour towards Stella right know is cruel, she has no idea what's going on, she's afraid and hurt and ughh please Kelly, talk to her! I can see them being angry at each other but she has a right to know what's going on! Listen to Boden Kelly!

You have every right to feel that way, i even kind of see why you might feel that way, but i disagree with you on just about everything you just said except Stella being afraid/hurt and her deserving to know. Mostly i just disagree with everything you just said about Kelly. So here's my eassay:

I'm like annoyed this is happening, but i'm not angry with Kelly. I'm mostly just really really sad for him. He's finally gotten himself into a functional some what stable relationship after having pretty much an entire life time of literally nothing ever being stable ever. Like not even his job security has been stable. He's not used to it. Hes also form some habits and certain ways of thinking just from all the shit he's delt with in his. In a lot of ways he's tought himself/been tought he's gotta deal with shit and take care of everyone and keep everyone safe on his own. He's very much a "carry the weight pf the world on your shoulders alone" kind of guy. I blame a lot of this on his shitty child hood where its been made pretty clear he did a lot of taking care of his mom and mopping up after Benny. Like a lot of the time when people (ex wives) had a problem with Benny they'd go to Kelly and try to get him to do something about it. Even Kelly's mom. She came at him when Benny slept with his teacher. Like the boy has been fucked up. So he's got a lot of junk that he's still healing/recovering from/sorting out. And for you to say his character development didn't happen, frankly makes me a little angry. Change/healing (and i really do see it as healing) is not a liniar thing. There are going to bumps and steps back. I look at it kind of like an union, one layer of issues gets pealed back and there's another one, just because there's a new set back doesn't undo the recovery from the last one. Kelly still needs to learn he doesn't have to do everything alone, and it makes me really sad that Kelly thinks/has been tought that he has to carry his crosses alone and suffer in silence.

Next: him being cruel is just like... no??? I agree it's hurting Stella, but i wouldn't describe it as cruel. Also i think a lot of people aren't realizing how much this is hurting him. He fucking loves Stella, he would die for her, he'd do anything for her. And all the instincts hes formed over the years are telling him this is what he needs to do hes covered a lot of ground with fixing said instincts but hes still got stuff to work out. Not being with Stella is hurting him, not helping her is hurting him, him knowing that she's hurting because of what he's doing is hurting him. AND he's doing this for HER, not for THEM/ for himself being happy with her. Part of me thinks theres a part of Kelly that genuinely believes shes better off without him.

Also. Kelly did listen to Boden. He was literally going home to talk to Stella, but she wasn't there (i don't really blame her tho).

And now I'm gonna brutally honest for a second, and anon this isnt aimed at you or for you, it's for a large populous of the fandom i'm just sticking it here because i'm already going: i'm frankly angry with a lot of the fandom right now. Like do you all really think so little of Kelly? Like im just really fucking sad for him that his life so far has tought him that this the way he needs to deal with it. And even that he has so little worth he thinks Stella would want a promotion more than him. Like so many people be up in here lacking a general understanding of Kelly Severide and his character, and acting like he's purposely hurting Stella.

ALSO this particular situation is hitting me hard because i FUCKING GET IT. It's no secret that i project onto fictional characters a lot, but like in some ways i've been there done that. Not this exact scenario, but the hiding things out of a deep desire to protect the people you love even if they deserve to know? Yep. It's not right but when the primary instict is to protect (which is literally in Kelly's mother fucking job description) it is gonna happen. And the habit absolutely needs to be broken, but it is a damn hard one to break when it's something you've convinced yourself need to do. So just do me a favor and take a hot a sec to look at things from Kelly's side.

[t-underneaththeradardancing]

u mitta scene the vid - and wunder wtf - t - i thot u sick 

yah - i do have good moments tho - i take advantage - time spent setting up - tuning - practice - cosplay -  recording -15 min - i wuz exhausted out of breath and sweating by the end - felt better than i have in daze - promptly lay down for a bit 

went out for a few minutes - mailed a couple bills - 1 block away - warm sunny - no contact w anyone within 15 feet - fed a few of my murder  - slow af fuck walk up 3 flights of stairs - lungs - esp damaged ones being attacked - need some exercise or pneumonia and fluid settles in - i make it up without needing emergency inhaler - yah i completely stop at every landing - catch breath let heart rate slow - lay down for a while 

did some dishes - not many - took maybe 10 minutes and im slow window gaze - a bit baked cant remember if i already washed or rinsed - but standing in place and using arms aggravates sciatica and the activity makes me slightly out of breath - easily back in control tho - not quite exhausted but - i lay down for a bit 

sometimes just lie down for a bit after lying down for a bit - watch some financial news during day - have made trades most planned at various steps down in the market - expecting it to go down more but tbh im not paying enuff attention to take any of my advice - this could - i dont think it will - but get a lot worse - i have cash and skillz to ride it out - anyway after watching financial news for a while - i turn on something mindless - the new shaft w samuel jackson - omg how fing violent do we hafta get and how stylized - anyway mindless - im not really watching anywaze - drift til sleep - play w kitty - watch a few minutes financial - sip coffee- back to mindless maybe sleep a bit 

thats my daze - not much diff than lately w isolation except i would b making more vid snippets and spam product lol - its not product - we dont really gaf if we even break even - we want ppl to listen read look absorb transcend  dance sing go out and make their own art and get on board the love train which im workin onna arrangement donchu know but that wip been a while 

so doing a little toward dinner - mashed potatoes boiling - thats not exactly grueling lol - well i gotta chop some garlic and onions - i prolly - u got it - lay down for a bit when finished 

i did a bit more today than lately cuz i felt better - there are prolly gonna b days i dont feel as well - the recovery for most ppl seems to b slow and treacherous  - imma recover 

and if i dont 

NO FUCKING REGRETS 

imma being sent more love -thots - wishes - prayers and imma lucky motherfucker with the best friends in the world - here reel d hybrid - ppl who only have known me as t - a performance art conceptual comedian ( fool t fool - u dont even wanna b a comic ) who plays guitar and whines - i mean mean sings sometimes and ppl who know most everything - most somewhere in between - tho u no t - tmi always 

im ok - i think - i mean - i have a fukken flu - odds say corona esp since flu season over - seems to b a milder version - have a plan w my doc to get thru 

alive and functioning well enuff to be glad im alive 

love you all 

[headcrossed]

hiii can i get rfa + minor trio reaction when mc accidentally fart when she is with them? It's the first time tho 😂😂😂😂😙 thanks alotttt

A/N: Oh my god, nonnie, this is comedy gold, I love it XD Hope you enjoy!

RFA REACTS TO MC FARTING IN FRONT OF THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME

Yoosung

Oh boy get ready he’s the most awkward about it of all of them

You’re probably both playing LOLOL, having a grand old time

Now, he’s a practical baby boy. He gets that people have biological functions and all.

But… he’s so absorbed in his honeymoon phase with you that he just… forgets???

So when you beat a boss, turning around to high-five him, and you accidentally cut one? You both pause.

He’s just as stunned as you are, and immediately turns red from second-hand embarrassment.

By the time it occurs to him to try and be cool and ignore it, you’ve both paused for too long for that to happen, and you probably start apologizing.

“Oh god no! Don’t be sorry! I’ve just… never heard a girl fart before… wait! No… god, I mean, everyone does it. I do it too! Oh that’s such a weird thing to say, isn’t it? I was just…”

oh no sweet boy you’re making it wORSE

But after a long string of apologies, he concludes with “don’t be embarrassed, MC. It means you’re eating well and healthy, and that’s all that matters!” 

are u eatin tho?

Zen

You and Zen are home at last after a long day on set, which means you both get to indulge in what is known as the “Two B’s” in this household: beauty treatments and beer >:3

You two cuddle up on the couch, a couple of cute face-masks plastered to your faces, a beer can (or two) on either side of the table, and a good k-drama on tv.

Problem is… you hadn’t eaten anything that day. And you’d forgotten that fact completely before sitting down for this wonderful ritual with the hottest rising star in the world right now.

Despite knowing this, it was a complete surprise when you suddenly farted right into the couch.

You prayed that the cushion would have muffled the sound enough that he didn’t notice.

But a split second later Zen lurches in his seat a bit, trying not to spit out his beer mid-sip. 

He starts chuckling a little, holding back his laugh with the back of his hand.

“oh my god babe, did you just-… in front of me?”

He cuts of mid-sentence when he sees the look on your face, and just smiles wider.

“Oh-haha… awwwwww, you look so cute when you’re embarrassed, jagiya, I’m sorry.″

He kisses the top of your head then, and then pulls you back into his warm embrace like you were in previously, even closer than you were before.

“Don’t be so embarrassed babe. We’re a couple, right? Humans do gross stuff anyways, so don’t be worried about it in front of me, okay?”

Jaehee

You two were in a nice little coffee shop in the middle of the shopping district, scouting out competition for the shop and also treating yourselves on your day off. 

Jaehee sat across from you, holding your hand as you enjoyed a well-made cappuccino.

Everything was perfect… except for when the stuff you ate for breakfast came back to haunt you.

You try to hold it in, but then suddenly you BOTH fart, quietly, but loud enough to be heard by each other.

At first, you just stare back at each other, a blush slowly creeping up on Jaehee’s cheeks. 

You both utter your apologies amidst small, nervous laughs and coughing before going back to what you two were talking about before. 

Jumin

Here you were, having a nice and quiet dinner at home.

Jumin sat at the table across from you, smiling as you conversed about your day, and seeming to enjoy his meal.

Suddenly, you feel it. The urge to fart is upon you, and if you had any anxieties about farting before this, they’re probably amplified when you hang out with Jumin.

(I mean??? He’s a rich dude. He’s probably uppity about this kind of stuff…right?)

So you’re probably doing your best to hold it in, waiting patiently for the most opportune moment to just let it out and get it over with.

Said moment actually comes sooner than you expected however.

Out of the corner of your eye you see Elizabeth the 3rd getting ready to jump down from the kitchen counter, where she’d been perched for most of your meal.

She eyes her target landing spot, and you poise yourself, ready to let it out when she lands.

Everything went perfectly.

She jumped, sticking her landing with grace as always.

Your fart was timed impeccably, coinciding perfectly with her delicate thud on the ground…

… except. EXCEPT.

You really underesitmated the sheer volume that your fart would produce when it actually left your body.

The sound echoes in the dining room a little. Elizabeth jumps where she stands in surprise, giving you a side-eye before hesitantly going back to wandering elsewhere. Jumin’s eyes widen just a touch, mid-bite with a mouth-full of steak.

It’s dead quiet in the aftermath.There’s no way he didn’t hear that and you know it.

“… E-excuse me…” you say, weakly. Trying to at least make a polite recovery.

His eyes close. He finishes this bite of his meal, laying down his utensils and using a napkin to dab at his mouth.

His face is completely neutral when he looks up at you and says:

“Are you well my love? Perhaps there’s too much fiber in your diet, I can speak to the chef and ask him to cut down on the-”

OH MY GOD JUMIN ARE YOU KIDDING ME THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU SAY IN THIS SITUATION STOP

After that awkward 5 minute discussion on your dietary habits (jesus christ, Jumin) he reaches for his glass of wine.

“I must say, though… you have absolutely perfect timing. I regret not getting a video of that.” he says, chuckling casually, his smile only half-hidden by the deep maroon of the red wine in his glass, eyes trained on you.

No matter how surprised you are by that reaction, you end up smiling with him, and continue with your meal.

He’s not only cool about it, but also his usual human-shitpost-self about it. Why the hell were you worried?

Seven (Saeyoung)

So you’re hanging out, eating honey bhudda chips, drinkin’ phd pepper, maxin’, relaxin’, all cool.

You’re watching some dumb ytp or something equally hilarious and meme-ish.

And suddenly, without warning, you end up laughing so hard that you let out this big ol’ toot.

You keep laughing, hoping, PRAYING that the volume of whatever you’re watching is loud enough to mask the sound of it.

But any hope of that is completely dashed because he immediately, IMMEDIATELY starts laughing harder.

“Ha HA HA did you just fart??!!”

HE’S.  FUCKING. CRYING. LAUGHING SO HARD HE HAS TO TAKE OFF HIS GLASSES TO WIPE AWAY THE TEARS AND PAUSE THE VIDEO

You can be embarrassed about it all you like but his laugh is so infectious you’re probably laughing right along with him

He hugs you then, still laughing while saying “noooo! don’t be like that! it’s okay, babe! Let it out! Look I’ll do it with you this time! We’ll have fart solidarity!”

lmao omg seven gross XD

V (Jihyun) 

The floor is covered in a cheap plastic tarp as you and Jihyun happily work on opposite ends of the room.

You had both decided that it was time for some paint on the bland old white walls of your new home, and so you spent the morning moving all the furniture out so you could do so.

You had a coffee break not too long ago, however, and you were feeling slightly gassy.

You make an excuse, trying to leave the room and go to the bathroom before anything embarrassing could happen.

Except riiiight when you reach the doorway, you let out a little fart, and it echoes quite loudly in that empty room.

You wince, whispering out a little “sorry”.

You turn around then to gauge his reaction.

He is not fazed. at. all.

As in completely oblivious to what just went down.

He’s just standing there smiling and painting away.

He turns his attention to you after you stare at him for awhile, still blissfully ignorant as he says “There something you need, love?”, with a smile.

Finally realizing that he really didn’t notice at all, you continue on your way to go and relieve yourself. 

Truth is, he did notice, but he wants you to be comfortable around him, and those things are just naturally embarrassing when you first do them, so he figures if he doesn’t make a big deal out of it, you won’t either in the future. (you go Jihyun 10/10)

Saeran

It’s date night, and considering who it’s with, that usually means dinner, ice cream, and whatever horror movie is playing, and not necessarily in that order.

You get to the movie theater, and it’s not crowded at all. There’s only one other couple there, so you basically have the pick of the theater.

So naturally, you sit smack-dab in front of them. It entertains Saeran so to ruin someone else’s good time.

In the middle of the movie, whilst having a sip of your soda, realize that you gotta fart.

But you’re pretty sure the movie is gonna pull a jump-scare soon, so you try to hold it in and wait

Try is the operative word, because when the movie gets quiet and you’re sure the monster is gonna pop out, it turns out it’s a false alarm, and you fart so loud one of the people sitting behind you jumps.

“That was scarier than this whole movie has been so far” one of them whispers, laughing a little.

You try to shrink down in your seat, embarassed, but Saeran puts his hand on your shoulder.

He turns around, staring at the couple behind you.

*MURDER EYES ACTIVATE*

“Do you want to say that to my face, pal?”

Without saying a single word the couple gets up and walks out of the theater, eyes wide in fear, praying they wouldn’t be killed like all the victims in the horror movie before they made it to the door.

Saeran throws his arm back over your shoulder, grabbing some popcorn from the tub you were holding in your lap and popping it into his mouth.

“T-thanks.”

“Don’t get me wrong, you’re gross, babe.” he says in-between bites, “But you’re my kind of gross.”

(P.S. if Ray’s out to play he’s got a can of rose-scented febreeze on hand at all times so it literally smells like roses)

Vanderwood

Oh god get ready.

For Vanderwood this kind of stuff is grounds for divorce. You know this. So usually you try to not let it happen as best you can.

But it’s a little hard when you and Vanderwood are cooped up all cozy together in the safehouse cabin for a few days. (He told everyone that he was “on a mission”, but 90% of the time when he says that and Seven isn’t tagging along, it means he’s getting away with you and leaving Seven to suffer)

He’s made it look quite romantic. Fur rug on the floor, fire roaring in the fireplace, rose petals and champagne, the works.

He’s trying to put the moves on you, sweet talking in your ear in the low glow of the fire.

... what a shame it was that the dinner you shared before this was very filling, and that it caused you to let out, what you’d hoped would be, the smallest of toots possible. 

The color may drain from his face a bit, but otherwise, he’ll try his best to just ignore it and move on to… ehem… more fun activities ;)

[mmjjbbaannkkss]

2020 March 2-7 Springtime is for Cardio

“Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.” Alexandre Dumas

Make a log/journal, push yourself a little, be intent and focus on recovery, stop making excuses, have patience in all things. When a muscle is pulled/torn, don’t keep stretching it, rest and rehab it with cautious flexing. Identify the pain, take a break, google the possible causes, youtube the factual therapies. 

2 weeks till spring, 4 weeks until summer; opened window, smells better already, need to swap everything out; righto -- snack, ration meal: during 7-7s (FST training week), no snacks, if it’s three rations so be it. Sweating opens pores, need to moisturize, hydrate, but the pattern, the consistency and perseverance, my stomach is getting flatter, and my abs might not pop/buckle by September, but i can start working on volume/frequency if they do decide to show. 

As for the bug, you gotta live, it’s affecting elderly disproportionately, exercise boosts white blood cells and if you’re still super worried, try a pre-workout, something with vinegar, spicy foods, high fiber, something that’ll clear the colon, stomach acids will eat thru metal according to TV shows, worry about your blood. Get clean, get mean, stay keen? 

“Why the New Coronavirus (Mostly) Spares Children”

NEW YORK TIMES (Published Feb. 5, 2020, Updated March 3, 2020)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/health/coronavirus-children.html

Week 5 (all FST)

#25 Heavy Push (FST) neg-focus

Treadmill 10/stretch /stairs/ 5 > Shldr Press *7/10103030505070 > Lat Raise *7/551015*4 > Front/Hoist 7x7/35*3,50*3,65- > Chest press 7x7/70*7 > Chest press *7/90*7 > Dips 7x7/7*6,7s > Pec Deck 7x7/100*7- > Pullover/down 7x7/30*6,40 > Trics 7x7/40*7 > Abs 7x7/5060708090110130- > Treadmill 5, stairs 25, treadmill 5, cooldown 2

½ L; 2 med red potatoes, cottage cheese, c coffee; ½ ch br, C< rice, sriracha, ½ L tea/energy; gym, ½ L, ½ L; fruitbread, ½ L 30g whey; ½ ch br, C rice, sriracha

#26 FST Pull (FST) pos+focus

Treadmill warmup /x Palms-In Pulldown 7x7 100*7 > DB 1-Arm Row 7x7 / 35*2,50*5 > Lat Pulldown 7x7 /LR35*4,50*3 > Shrug 7x7 / 60*7 > Row 7x7 /smith supine 100*7- > Straight Bar Curl 7x7 /203040*5- > Preacher Curl 7x7 LR30*7 > Lock Pulldown 7x7/s20203030404050 > Delt Deck 7x7 55*3,70*3,85-L > DB Hammer 7x7 > Treadmill /x

Supine smith bent over row, isolates best w elbows up-down instead of angle

½ L energy; 3 med red potatoes, cottage cheese, tea; ½ L 30g whey; 4 egg-fried rice, ½ L tea/energy, 6 egg fried rice; 2 irish fruit muffins, ¼ L soymilk; 

/overnight/ excuses bad, but’ll wash those shorts and not wear them again, local inventory’ll have new garb soon enuf, already saw the thick t-shirts for $4; not best hoodie season, but might get peep clearance rack, in case shirt size goes up again. 

#27 FST Legs neg-focus

Treadmill 15 > Hack squat *7/203040*5- > Mule *7/507090110130150170190(1) > Horizon Press 7x7/30305050707090 > Deadlift+Curl 7x7/100*7 > Leg Ext 7x7/LR30*3,50*4- > Heel Raise 7x7/ 505070709090110 > Leg Curl 7x7/505070709090110- > Side Bends 7x7/x > Rope Crunch 7x7/70708585100100115115- > Rope chair 7x7/3550658095110125140 > Treadmill 15

¼ L soymilk (sans legumes experiment begins); ½ L b/taur; 2 oranges, 1 ½ C cottage cheese, ½ L tea/creatine/aminos/b/taurine; gym, ½ L, ½ L; C rice, 6 eggs; 3 muffins, C milk;

These headphones are so muddy it's like an amp where the horn is blown out there's no highs. high protein lunch, sweating to def, cell data cuts out, pull firewall, run major app updates? Wow, should got the treadmill and run in you ffs…. 

Went in a bad mood, sat in sunlight for 30 minutes, great long session until, breaking a sweat, listening to some northern voice, and they cut my cell data for some reason...went in thinking i’d use one machine over and over, hellish leg day style, left with schizophrenia, which is funny because I had thought i already had a schizophrenia...

https://youtu.be/WY22ed9aKUY ?

#28 FST Push  pos+focus

Treadmill 5 > Shldr Press 7x7/10103030505070 > Cable lat 7x7/5510 > Hoist  7x7/10152025303550- > Incl BB Bench 7x7/70*7 > Chest press 7x7/(2)1030507090110130 > Crossover 7x7/15152020252530- > Pec Deck 7x7/100*7,100bracearms*7 > Lock Pulldown 7x7/202030 > Triceps 7x7/3030454550*3 > Twist 7x7/507090*3,110*2 > Treadmill /15

Don't have an excuse for yesterday, sorry to say, but I'll tell you a clue. It was leg day, there's a baking factory a mile from here, and many hotties working out, sometimes it smells like cookies and you're hungry. 

Shoulder press better, cable lat needs therapy having to lean forward sometimes have to develop middle delt/support, hoist not hitting pecs ideally and need to see what best pec recruitment is then do only that all day, smith press could be better with delt work, chest press was good but not expansive pump but had warmups and did double in prep for 4-days-till-monday, crossover felt more shoulder driven than chest and may have to switch it for dips be that the case, pec deck double sets for chest focus might’ve been good, lock pulldown more of delt progression, triceps had massive recruitment and don’t hurt today as if well rested and good connection, calfs are solid, quads are rekt; treadmill anyway, stepping down 1ft was awkward; good session

Not going to gym without carbs ever again, as common as being sick in public is, or attenuated i am to low-carb CNS stress, i don’t want to bite anyone’s head off; legs didn’t stop inflammation and start being swole/stiff until like 2am

½ C onions, 1 ½ C rice, 6 eggs, black pepper, hawaiian salt, ½ L 30g whey; C chicken livers, ¼ cup onions, 1tbsp minced garlic, 2 toast; 

#29 FST Pull  neg-focus

Treadmill 15 slow > Lat Pulldown *7/30305050507070-L > Low Row *7/100*6,110~ > Wide High Row *7/35355050656565- > N pulldown *7/100*3,120*3,140 > Delt Deck *7/2025303535353550-L > Shrug *7/100*4,150*3~ > EZ curl *7/20304050/606060- > Cable Curl 1-Arm *7/20202525303035- > Preacher *7/30*3,45*3,60 > Twist *7/x whoops > Treadmill /15

Treadmill not 2.2mph, lat pulldown LR needs work on left rear delt and stretching right shoulder range upward; low row is 45deg cable 100lbs, plus 5lb stacks, trying to’ve done them slow, will have to go slower, b/w shoulders good deep reps maybe, will end up doing world’s slowest reps until lower back thickens for smith rows, (back) stabilizers training; high row was best form and seemed light, a little burn on rear delts or tric/forearm needs volume-training high rows, will adjust program maybe, something to consider; neutral pulldown, better deeper but then no stamina, might have to try wide grip pullups to target back-center; shrug are better, might try a wide-neutral bar cable shrug instead of the smith mchn, for variety; ez-curl good, until having needing to kneel for the lowest racked bar 60lbs b/c my quads were toast yesterday and tender today, educational tho, how keeping shoulders/back upright how much quads work/don’t; cable curl pulley front palm toward chest, gonna research best concentric curl; preacher curls full pump sleep to swole, if only every rep could boast such gains; forgot twist quads starting to force pimp walk; treadmill cooldown revealing left oblique not as extended/strong, at all; 

Legs stiff after rest not sore is good; 

½ L aminos/pwo-lite; c rice, ½ ch br; onion fried rice, C ch livers, ½ L 30g whey; gym ½ L, ½ L; C rice, ½ ch br; ½ L 30g whey; ch patty, 2 bread, cheese, mayo; ch patty, 2 bread, cheese, mayo again, w/ ½ L 30g whey; 

#30 FST Legs  Walk 5 > Mule *7/50*3,70*3,90- > Smith Sides *7/60*7 > Horiz 1-leg "7/10*7 > Horiz press *7/30*3,50*3,70- > Leg Ext *7/10*3,30*3,50- > Leg Curl *7/30,50*7 > Heel Raise *7/LR30305050707090-L > Rope chair *7/304560758095,105 > Lock triceps push *7/90*7 > Twist *7/3030505071507090 > Treadmill 5, stairmill 25, treadmill 5, cool down 2, 

L calf needs knot, need left obliques to take more of a support function, working on stretching, gym late; need to focus on repetitions of abs and pecs; ghost town; headphones shorted one ear; remember to check Walmart wicking shirt 2XT online; 

C+ ch livers, ¼ c onions,olive oil, C+ rice; gym, 12fl oz 6st explosion, ½ L pwo-lite, ½ L pwo-lite; home, c rice, 4 eggs, ½ L 30g whey; Sunday: ½ L 30g whey, c rice, ¼ lb beef, sweethot brown mustard paste, sriracha; sandwich; ½ L, sandwich;