#so i'm kinda stuck with this for the moment

[pushspacetocontinue]

"I uh, I guess so," Russel said. That was a bit of a sad thought, that most adults ended up going down that route in the end, "I, I guess I kinda do that with, with my main job now. But I, I am glad it, it did work out for, for you, and you stuck with it despite the, the hard start."

Russell nodded.

"I, I can understand that. When. when you've, um, when you've thought a, a certain way for, for so long, it, it can be hard to say whether it's, it's ultimately helpful, and, and it can be hard to, to change that if, if it isn't."

Russell was quiet for a moment as he listened to the backstory behind the name.

"I, I can understand that too. When, when you're still working out your style and, and stuff, you can, you can sing about a certain theme, but then the band, the band name sticks even when, when you change things around," Russell said, "Oh I'm sure I'll, I'll enjoy it. I um, I've realised I, I don't seem to, to have any, any particular fav-favourite genres. I, I listen to, to just about, about anything."

The only playlists he had were for things like music to run to, or music to grind in a game or read to or work to, and one for trying to get to sleep at night. As well as a never-ending 'liked songs' list.

Russell managed to laugh a little bit as well, although it was definitely more in relief that Anton had appreciated the joke.

"Heh, I, I uh could never, never wrap my, my head around it. I, I could never get, get my fingers to, to cooperate with, with, with playing dif-different keys at, at the same time," Russell admitted, "And, and what's important is, is that you enjoy playing guitar. No, no one can take, take that from you."

Alex seemed to be pretty happy to see a new customer in the shop. They were always pretty social and loved meeting people, especially those previous customers had brought in.

"That would be our elixir of the fruitful bounty," Alex said, with a smile, "It's a coke with pineapple juice, if that sounds up your alley."

"Oh, oh yeah, it's, it's been a, a while since I, I had one of those. I, I think I'll go for, for one of those please, Alex," Russell said.

"No problem," Alex said, before looking at Anton, "And the same for you, newcomer?"

❛once you start school and work, it’s all you get.❜ anton grimaced - though he looked rather thoughtful instead of sad or annoyed. ❛a couple hours a day is more than enough, though. unless of course you turn your hobby into your job.❜ now his grimace looked regretful. ❛not that that’s easy, of course. but it’s possible, if your heart’s in there. and if you accept the fact that shit will suck in the beginning.❜

he had learned it well through experience - sometimes (not always, but sometimes), a bit of faith in yourself in the dark could guide like a dim light.

❛yeah. i suppose that might be why i think this way. like everything we’re unfamiliar with, death is scary. but no one likes to be afraid, i know i don’t. so i try to have thoughts that help. whether they do help or not, whether they’re good or not... that’s a different question entirely,❜ anton winced.

❛thank you. back in the day our first few songs were... a bit more rebellious. hence the name. we have a bunch of songs online if you don’t feel like committing to a concert yet. hope you hear something you enjoy.❜ he chuckled.

it was a couple of minutes until anton stopped laughing. what a precious moment. it’s been a while since i last laughed like this. ❛i still very much admire people who can play the piano. i know, like, three songs at most, all very easy. the guitar ended up being more fulfilling to play.❜ he took a note to scribble his phone on a napkin and give to russell later.

when russell’s acquaintance waved hello, anton waved back, returning the smile. ❛hi. nice to meet you.❜ he took a few seconds to decide what to order, his face becoming thoughtful. ❛...what do people order most often when they come here? i’ll have that for now.❜ oh man. ordering at a new place where he hadn’t been previously always felt a bit... well, scary wasn’t exactly it - but definitely a bit of a challenge. and, previously, so had been meeting new people and making friends.

it seemed that was about to change for the better with russell around...

[benobii]

[pigtailedgirl]

Bitch, are you trying to make me cry? Are you trying to make me lose it? You win some and lose some, and this could get gruesome.

[cluescorner]

Canto 6 was incomplete

Literally why are we there? Like, we just go to a manor that's in t-corp I guess. But why are we there? We've got another Heathcliff and he's cool but he just shows up pissed off for no reason and then we leave? Weird af. Nelly, Linton, and Josephine were cool and Hindley...existed. But it's a weirdly low number of supporting characters, and I guess that 1 really important and cool one could have made up for it but that didn't happen. Even the Mili song felt incomplete, like only 1/2 of it was there! Such an odd choice to make at the halfway mark for our 12 sinners. It just feels like a lot of stuff was missing and it's really sad because I was excited for Heathcliff's canto.

[laddertek]

I got into tangtho so quickly after being obsessed with decked out 2 and finding your blog was a godsend 🙏 thank you for all your work

aaaa thank you this makes me happy!! I'm so glad you're enjoying them too :D ty for dropping this ask 🤗 DO2 is such a golden age we're living in right now fr <3

[tecchan]

Good evening to everyone except the person who decided to have Haru disappear from the home screen after finishing the game

[longagoitwastuesday]

Can't believe I've been watching JJK for around two months and I'm still in episode 14 of the first season

[silverselfshippingchaos]

ugghhh wintertime sucks!! I'm sad and tired and sad all the time.. I need a nap.. and f/o cuddles.. and another nap..

[varjopeura]

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[wolves-in-the-world]

yes I'm rewatching red widow. yes it's still largely terrible. I'm having a whale of a time.

[astrahannah]

A ship so rare the biggest collection of fanfic for it is in my Google docs:(

[morningmask27]

god, one mild problem of asking friends who don't draw a lot for criticism is that They Don't See Shit. I'm obviously going to be Extra Critical of my own art and that's why I ask for their advise, but they just tell me it's pretty without warning me that one arm had a very fucked up anatomy or the chair I had straight up forgotten to draw for a good while.

I told them the thing was done (I meant a fucking table I had procrastinated to draw for eons and was a blue sketch in all those wip updates) while all the characters were still just colored sketches and the chair was missing and they just didn't see it; they rolled with the drawing as is.

They're wonderful people, but they are definitely not the people to go to for actual art advise and it's a bit annoying tbh

[ruvviks]

anyone else with tinnitus feel more disconnected from reality since getting it / it getting worse or is that just me

[grenade-maid]

well. 5 Centimeters per Second still makes me cry my eyes out.

[dadbots]

August… time to get spooky.

[honeebeeio]

Not my usual stuff but i have a notebook with lots of stuff inside (i don't feel very qualified or confident talking about it) and every Sunday when i watch cc talking about their notebooks and systems i end up feeling antsy (?) and doubtful of my own lil book and kind of go in a spiral of doubting that my current notebook is working well and looking at different one to see if they would fit my needs better but end up with nothing new so i don't really know what to do 🥲