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[timotey]

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A chance meeting between Julien Cohen and the 10-year-old prodigy Yeonah Kim at an airport. Magic happens.

[suitz3ro]

omgg this was so fun and cute to read, loved it🤍🥺

⋆⁺₊⋆ MEETING THEIR FAMILY — JJK MEN ✧ feat. satoru gojo, toji fushiguro, megumi fushiguro, suguru geto

details: jjk men x reader headcanons! unspecified timeline. allusions to the hidden inventory arc in gojo's part. toji's part is a bit suggestive if you squint. dad! gojo in megumi's part.

a/n: first post in a couple days :D pleeease send me ideas for works. i need them. desperately.

⋆⁺₊⋆ SATORU GOJO

"if my dad glares at you, just smile back. it'll piss him off, and it'll be funny. and if my mom tries to hug you, just let her. and if-"

"satoru."

your boyfriend's mouth snaps shut as an impatient voice sounds from behind him. satoru turns around and lets out a lengthy sigh. "long time no see, old man."

you recognize satoru's dad from the pictures, but he's even more intimidating in person. he has the same tufty white hair as his son, but his gray eyes are devoid of all the warmth in satoru's.

"satoru, will you ever grow up?" his dad sighs, barely looking at you before fixing his eyes back on your boyfriend. satoru’s dad raises an eyebrow as if he's waiting for something, but the only gesture he recieves from his son is an eye roll.

if satoru wasn't so carefree, you probably would've been crushed by the sheer tension in the room by now. but your boyfriend slings an arm around your shoulders and smirks down at you, trying to ease away some of your discomfort.

"ah, won't you even say hi to my girlfriend?" satoru cooes, still looking down at you from over his sunglasses. "c'mon, old man, i know you have it in you to be friendly!"

satoru's dad ignores him, gray eyes now focused on you. underneath the yukata that satoru insisted you wear, you fidget with your fingernails, suddenly feeling rather out of place.

after a moment, satoru's dad makes a disapproving face, but (out of courtesy) extends his hand. "nice to meet you." 

his tone makes it sound like this is the last thing he finds nice about today, but you shake his hand anyways. he has a firm grip, and as he pulls away he looks back at satoru, whose eyes have narrowed slightly.

"your mother wanted to see you," satoru's dad says, gesturing to the area behind him. "don't keep her waiting." and with that, the head of the gojo household strolls away, each step perfectly aligned with the next.

satoru watches him leave, a strange expression on his face. “sorry ‘bout him."

he hesitates before quietly murmuring, "he didn’t really like suguru either.”

you don’t really know what to say to that, and neither does satoru. after a second, he exhales and takes your hand, a lopsided grin on his face. “i think my mom’ll like you. she likes everyone.”

and she does – satoru’s mom is endearing and welcoming. the second you poke your head in after satoru, she gasps and rushes over to give you a hug. 

satoru’s mom resembles her son less than his dad, but you can still see bits of satoru in her features. the shape of his eyes and his smile, two of your favorite things about your boyfriend, definitely come from his mother.

“ah, you’re so pretty!” satoru’s mom says, pinching your cheek fondly. “does my son treat you well?”

you laugh and glance over at satoru, who’s looking at his mom and his girlfriend affectionately. both of your hands are now clasped in his mom’s, and it’s so much warmer in here than outside with his dad.

“he does his best,” you reply, laughing at the devastated look on satoru's unfairly pretty face. 

“i do more than my best!” he says indignantly, walking over to you and hugging you from behind. “you said i’m the best boyfriend you’ve ever had!”

satoru’s mom smiles at your banter, watching tenderly at how happy her son seems. she and satoru’s dad were only married in name – there was no love in their relationship. so to see her son, who had once flipped off his dad for even suggesting an arranged marriage, in a happy relationship? that was the best gift she could’ve gotten.

satoru notices the soft smile on his mom’s face and mirrors it with one of his own.

the gojo’s don’t have it half-bad.

⋆⁺₊⋆ TOJI FUSHIGURO

"megs, where are you?" your boyfriend calls, unlocking the door and pushing it open. toji gestures for you to go in first before following and locking the door behind you. "megumi?"

tonight was the first night you were spending at toji's place – before, the two of you had mostly met in bars and hotels. this was the first time you'd actually get to see his home.

most of it is what you'd expect – beige colored walls, comfortable-looking furniture, and hints of traditional elements here and there. 

what you didn't expect was for a little kid with a prominent scowl to appear out of nowhere. "what is it?" he asks your boyfriend, surveying you with his dark blue eyes before asking "and who's she?"

toji kneels down to the kid's height and ruffles his hair, grinning when his hand gets swatted away. "she's the pretty girl i told you about, remember?"

"i barely listen to half the things you say."

"watch it, kid. that mouth's gonna get you in trouble someday," toji says amusedly before standing back up and smirking at you. "this's my kid, megumi."

toji's son has the same spiky black hair as he does. in fact, coupled with his matching dark eyes, he's almost like a miniature toji.

you meet megumi's eyes and offer a smile. "hey."

megumi narrows his eyes slightly before crossing his arms and looking back at toji. "you bring home too many girls," he says plainly.

"and you hated all of them," toji grumbles affectionately, reaching out to ruffle megumi's hair affectionately. toji looks up at you and scoffs, muttering "don't listen to megs. he's just try'n to get you to break up with me."

megumi futilely tries to push toji's hand away, but this time your boyfriend doesn't let megumi's little hands dictate his own. 

amid toji's laughs and megumi's protests, you watch their banter endearingly. it's not all that common to see this softer side of toji – well, soft would still be the wrong word, but it could work.

"so," toji says conversationally after ushering megumi away. "what'd you think?"

"of megumi?"

"no shit," he says dryly, wrapping an arm around your shoulders. "i'm curious." his dark eyes focus on your own, and you can tell that he's genuinely interested in your opinion.

you shrug and say "he seems... sweet." toji laughs at that and shakes his head.

"you serious?" he asks, a grin tugging at the corners of his lips. "well, i think he likes you."

"really?" megumi didn't really give you any hints as to how he felt about you (just like when you met his dad), so you were mostly in the dark. "how do you know?"

toji removes his hand from around your shoulders and smoothes his hair, a lazy grin forming on his lips. "every other time i bring a girl home, he just scowls n' walks away. he stuck around this time."

"oh." 

you turn and glance back to where megumi was and think for a second before looking up at toji suspiciously. "and how many girls have you brought here before?"

"for all i care, zero."

⋆⁺₊⋆ MEGUMI FUSHIGURO

the first time megumi brings you home, an arm casually wrapped around your shoulders, you wonder why he didn't warn you what was coming.

"meguuumi!" a familiar voice calls from another room. "you're late!"

there's only one person you know with a voice as distinct as that one, and he pokes his head out from the corner and confirms your suspicions. 

it's satoru gojo, the strongest sorcerer alive, and apparently, your boyfriend's acting father figure. before you can turn to megumi and demand answers, gojo calls "megumi, since when do you have a girlfriend?"

he doesn't know?

megumi scowls and removes his arm from your shoulders and tucks a hand into his pocket. "why're you home so early?"

gojo looks at him from over his dark sunglasses and grins. "what, are you not happy to see me?" he tsks, before fixing his cerulean eyes on you. "you're megumi's girlfriend, yeah?"

it's hard to answer while those piercing eyes are locked on your own, but you manage to smile and nod. "yeah, i am." 

"tch, i'm not that scary," gojo grumbles, running a hand through his white hair and flopping down on one of the chairs. before he can continue talking, megumi grabs your hand and starts to walk away.

"c'mon, let's go to my room," he mutters, ignoring gojo's protests in the background. "i'll explain there."

the second megumi shuts the door behind him, you pull your hand away and cross your arms. "why didn't you tell me that satoru gojo was your dad?"

"he's not."

"fine, your guardian or whatever," you huff, squinting your eyes. "he's practically famous around here!"

megumi sits on the corner of his bed and fixes his dark blue eyes on you intently. "that's why i didn't tell you."

well, it wasn't a very good excuse, but it could be a lot worse. and megumi's not entirely wrong either – had you known that megumi was living with gojo beforehand, you would've acted drastically different. 

"could've at least given me a heads-up," you mumble, plopping down next to him. "then i might've been able to avoid looking like an idiot."

"you didn't look like an idiot," megumi responds automatically. "maybe just a little... timid? nervous? sh-"

before he can continue, a pillow hits him in the face. "what? i was just-"

another pillow interrupts him. "you're terrible at comforting people!" you huff, brandishing another pillow like a sword. "and you didn't even tell him about me beforehand! that was his first impression of me! ever!"

megumi picks up the two pillows you already threw at him and narrows his eyes at the third one in your hands. "i didn't have a reason to tell him."

"why not?"

"he'd be annoying about it."

you stick your tongue out at him and wrap your arms around the pillow, smiling when you see megumi visibly react. "i think that'd be funny."

megumi scowls, and your smile turns into a full-fledged grin. on the other hand, megumi's scowl deepens when gojo opens the door and pokes his head inside. 

"c'mon, you two, have some food. you just came back from school," he says, briefly eying the pillows in both of your hands. "what were you-"

"okay," megumi interrupts, standing up quickly and offering a hand to you. "let's go."

the rest of the day passes quickly. their house is entertaining �� you'll never get tired of the way gojo constantly tries to bug megumi, and the way megumi never reacts will never get old. 

and when it's time for megumi to walk you home, you think that he's lucky to have someone like gojo to lean on. sure, he has a reputation for being anything but reliable, but just from spending a couple hours with the two of them, you can tell that gojo would really do anything for megumi.

⋆⁺₊⋆ SUGURU GETO

“suguru, are your parents scary?”

your dark-haired boyfriend looks up at the sound of your whispered questinon, surprised. “what makes you say that?”

you shrug, crossing your arms and looking around. the two of you are sitting on the floor in his parents’ house – apparently suguru wants to surprise them. he hasn’t visited in a really long time, and to bring you along? he thought it was a master plan.

“i don’t know, your house is just so neat,” you say, still blown away by how everything is just in place. 

suguru laughs and shakes his head. “since when are neat people scary?”

“since i said so.”

before suguru can tell you all about why you’re wrong, a tall dark-haired man walks in, talking with someone on his phone. when he sees you and suguru, he stops talking.

after a second, he slowly says “i’ll call you back,” and flips his phone closed. “suguru?”

your boyfriend smiles warmly and stands up, walking over to the man and doing the half-handshake half-hug thing that guys do.

“where’s mom?” suguru asks, pulling away after a second and looking around. the man (presumably his dad) smiles and calls out an unfamiliar name.

“what is it? do we have visitors?” a female voice shouts back, sounding like it’s coming closer. a short woman with smile lines around her eyes walks in through one of the many doorways and perks up when she sees suguru and you. “suguru!”

your boyfriend’s smile widens into a grin, and he runs into the woman’s arms.

they seem like a tight-knit family, and it’s nice to see suguru this relaxed. lately, he’s been a bit on edge, but you weren’t entirely sure why. not wanting to interrupt the family moment, you stay sitting and watch them confer, feeling a bit out of place. then, suguru turns and gestures for you to come to him.

“i haven’t introduced you to my girlfriend yet, have i?” he says, comfortably wrapping an arm around your shoulders. suguru’s parents wear matching endearing smiles, and you wonder how you could have ever thought they’d be scary.

suguru’s dad has dark circles under his eyes, probably from the business lifestyle suguru’s mentioned to you a couple times. on the other hand, his mom looks well-rested, but they both seem like really nice people.

“oh, she’s so pretty!” suguru’s mom says warmly, opening her arms for a hug. you smile and hug her, a bit surprised by how tight her hugs are.

and just like that, the whole space becomes ten times more welcoming. suguru’s mom offers you a cup of tea, but you insist that you can make one yourself. 

“come on, sweetheart,” she says, taking both your hands in her own. “let me make a cup of tea for my daughter-in-law, please?”

daughter-in-law?

“oh, we’re not-” you and suguru both say at the same time, nervous smiles creeping up both of your faces.

“we’ll see,” is all suguru’s mom says as she turns and strolls off to the kitchen, humming a tune that sounds vaguely familiar.

“ah, sorry about my wife,” suguru’s dad says dryly. he has the same narrow eyes as suguru, but his hair is thinner than his son’s. “she can be a bit… overbearing,” he continues affectionately.

“it’s fine,” you say, a smile finding its way to your lips. 

“more than fine,” suguru chimes in, pulling you closer. 

it really is.

a/n: i think the toji one is my favorite tbh.

reblogs are very very very appreciated!

[animentality]

kicking a hornets nest.

[sarahmackattack]

One last talent show to save the rec center

Ok everybody here's the deal.

My science education nonprofit, Skype a Scientist (you might know her, creator of the squid facts hotline and matcher of classrooms + scientists) has secured absolutely no grants to support general operations for 2025. But! We're selling advent calendars to fund our program! They absolutely rule. They can save our nonprofit asses. If we sell 5000, which I realize, is so many, we can fund our program for 2025. Then I can offer a bunch of programming for free. Running a nonprofit is a weird job.

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[bugbuoyx]

i made tumblr pride flags! feel free to ask for more edits

[innerenigma]

•Normalize Fanart for Fanfics Again You Fools•

It's not cringe anymore (it SHOULDN'T be cringe anymore), just do it. You're doing something you enjoy, who cares what anybody else says! So spread the words my fellow internet brethren.

Spread the Word :)

[gayofficial]

weird freak mutual to weird freak mutual connection

[wowwforever]

if parks and rec was still being made they’d do a bit where ron swanson has to wear a pronouns name tag and it’d just be “???/???” And it’d cut to a talking head of him going

“I’ve been a fool all this time. It’s bad enough the government knows my name, but now they want to know my gender? So I’m not letting them know my preferred pronouns. As far as I’m concerned, no one in this building should refer to me at all.”

[samwisethewitch]

Homemaking, gardening, and self-sufficiency resources that won't radicalize you into a hate group

It seems like self-sufficiency and homemaking skills are blowing up right now. With the COVID-19 pandemic and the current economic crisis, a lot of folks, especially young people, are looking to develop skills that will help them be a little bit less dependent on our consumerist economy. And I think that's generally a good thing. I think more of us should know how to cook a meal from scratch, grow our own vegetables, and mend our own clothes. Those are good skills to have.

Unfortunately, these "self-sufficiency" skills are often used as a recruiting tactic by white supremacists, TERFs, and other hate groups. They become a way to reconnect to or relive the "good old days," a romanticized (false) past before modern society and civil rights. And for a lot of people, these skills are inseparably connected to their politics and may even be used as a tool to indoctrinate new people.

In the spirit of building safe communities, here's a complete list of the safe resources I've found for learning homemaking, gardening, and related skills. Safe for me means queer- and trans-friendly, inclusive of different races and cultures, does not contain Christian preaching, and does not contain white supremacist or TERF dog whistles.

Homemaking/Housekeeping/Caring for your home:

Making It by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen [book] (The big crunchy household DIY book; includes every level of self-sufficiency from making your own toothpaste and laundry soap to setting up raised beds to butchering a chicken. Authors are explicitly left-leaning.)

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair by Mercury Stardust [book] (A guide to simple home repair tasks, written with rentals in mind; very compassionate and accessible language.)

How To Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis [book] (The book about cleaning and housework for people who get overwhelmed by cleaning and housework, based on the premise that messiness is not a moral failing; disability and neurodivergence friendly; genuinely changed how I approach cleaning tasks.)

Gardening

Rebel Gardening by Alessandro Vitale [book] (Really great introduction to urban gardening; explicitly discusses renter-friendly garden designs in small spaces; lots of DIY solutions using recycled materials; note that the author lives in England, so check if plants are invasive in your area before putting them in the ground.)

Country/Rural Living:

Woodsqueer by Gretchen Legler [book] (Memoir of a lesbian who lives and works on a rural farm in Maine with her wife; does a good job of showing what it's like to be queer in a rural space; CW for mentions of domestic violence, infidelity/cheating, and internalized homophobia)

"Debunking the Off-Grid Fantasy" by Maggie Mae Fish [video essay] (Deconstructs the off-grid lifestyle and the myth of self-reliance)

Sewing/Mending:

Annika Victoria [YouTube channel] (No longer active, but their videos are still a great resource for anyone learning to sew; check out the beginner project playlist to start. This is where I learned a lot of what I know about sewing.)

Make, Sew, and Mend by Bernadette Banner [book] (A very thorough written introduction to hand-sewing, written by a clothing historian; lots of fun garment history facts; explicitly inclusive of BIPOC, queer, and trans sewists.)

Sustainability/Land Stewardship

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer [book] (Most of you have probably already read this one or had it recommended to you, but it really is that good; excellent example of how traditional animist beliefs -- in this case, indigenous American beliefs -- can exist in healthy symbiosis with science; more philosophy than how-to, but a great foundational resource.)

Wild Witchcraft by Rebecca Beyer [book] (This one is for my fellow witches; one of my favorite witchcraft books, and an excellent example of a place-based practice deeply rooted in the land.)

Avoiding the "Crunchy to Alt Right Pipeline"

Note: the "crunchy to alt-right pipeline" is a term used to describe how white supremacists and other far right groups use "crunchy" spaces (i.e., spaces dedicated to farming, homemaking, alternative medicine, simple living/slow living, etc.) to recruit and indoctrinate people into their movements. Knowing how this recruitment works can help you recognize it when you do encounter it and avoid being influenced by it.

"The Crunchy-to-Alt-Right Pipeline" by Kathleen Belew [magazine article] (Good, short introduction to this issue and its history.)

Sisters in Hate by Seyward Darby (I feel like I need to give a content warning: this book contains explicit descriptions of racism, white supremacy, and Neo Nazis, and it's a very difficult read, but it really is a great, in-depth breakdown of the role women play in the alt-right; also explicitly addresses the crunchy to alt-right pipeline.)

These are just the resources I've personally found helpful, so if anyone else has any they want to add, please, please do!

[ashrayus]

absolutely lost it over this fic by @neuro-psyche so. have this comic o(- (

go read it rn if u also love some Good identity reveal fic!!!!

[lakecountylibrary]

Just the essentials!

Music credit: "Cinema Blockbuster Trailer 7" by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/329-cinema-blockbuster-trailer-7 License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license (CC BY 4.0)

[Video Description: A 26 second video. Orchestral, cinematic music plays. Text reads The library is on fire! Grab the most important things!

A librarian at her computer spins around in her chair in slow motion, a look of horror on her face. Video cuts between various librarians frantically rescuing items. Each scene is labeled with the item:

The South Shore Posters: A librarian completely obscured by a framed South Shore Line poster she is carrying backs out of a room.

The hand chair: A librarian hauls away a large red plastic chair shaped like a hand.

Patron holds: A librarian shovels patron holds off the holds shelf onto a cart.

Benny the library skeleton: A librarian princess-carrying a large skeleton dressed in an oversized t-shirt frantically looks around for an exit before dashing away

The cardigan pile: A librarian almost completely obscured by the pile of cardigans in her arms runs toward the camera.

3D printer: A librarian dashes up to a large 3D printer and attempts to lift it off the table

Cecily the giraffe: A librarian pats a life size baby giraffe statue and then grabs it by the leg and begins slowwwly scooting backward to slide it across the carpet

The library tree: A librarian grips an enormous planter out of which springs an entire tree and pulls with all her might. It doesn't move.

James Patterson books? : The librarian carrying Benny sprints into frame between shelves loaded with endless Patterson books. Record scratch. The sound of a clock ticking as he considers the books for maybe two seconds.

Text changes to "Not enough hands". The dramatic music resumes as he sprints off frame with Benny.

End card with the library logo. The words 'Not actually on fire. Everything is fine.' are typed across the screen. End description]

[arrja]

Sukuna finds a strange creature in the forest and decides to bring it home

Fanart inspired by- The Child With Marks on AO3 (Make sure to check it out!)

[mercmama]

Deadpool 4 predictions

[naeplays]

Maxis match hairs that I'm obsessed with, and I think you should be too. 🤷🏻‍♀️🫶🏻

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[sculien]

PARKS AND REC 7.09