#sorry it took me so long to answer this

[entrailseer]

Okay hear me out on this headcanon...Pomni write secret love letters and make little gifts for Ragantha

REAL i imagine she'd ask the other circus members what kinds of things ragatha likes, and then make the gifts based on the responses she gets (jax isn't entirely honest with his answers, though.)

as for the love letters, pomni puts a LOT of effort into them. why? because ragatha deserves the best, of course. she'll use metaphors, similies, rhyme schemes, you name it. they're a little bit cheesy, but ragatha doesn't mind in the slightest.

pomni could also drop subtle hints that she's the one making these gifts. perhaps she's making a few out of red, blue, and yellow materials. maybe she's throwing in lines such as "i'm a fool for you" in the letters.

but what does ragatha do with these gifts, you may ask? well, she puts them on a nice little shelf. the letters? she keeps them with her and reads them whenever she's feeling down. pomni notices this, and it fuels her motivation to make more.

[impishtubist]

so Harry is bringing Cedric home to meet Sirius and Remus for the first time. he’s obviously very excited, but the thing is - he doesn’t know Cedric had a huge crush on Remus when he was DADA professor. Cedric also doesn’t that Harry may possibly have the teeniest tiniest thing for his godfather (honestly it’s not a big deal.) so Cedric rocks up for dinner to find Remus in an unusually fancy shirt (sugar daddy gift), welcoming him in with a smile and a hug, and looking like he’s never been happier to see anyone in his life. Sirius is lounging over the sofa, glass of wine in hand, tiddies FULLY out. what happens next…….

So Harry definitely has a little tiny crush on his godfather in every universe, and honestly everyone's just accepted it. I don't know if Harry is fully aware of it himself, but Remus and Sirius (and all the Weasleys) have definitely picked up on it and think it's cute actually. But the point is, this is just Harry's State Of Being and it's not a big deal, like you said. He does groan a bit when he sees Sirius Tits Out Black (and also blushes, which no one comments on), because Sirius, come on, his boyfriend is coming over for dinner!!! Put on a shirt like Remus did!!!!

Unfortunately, Remus's shirt is the problem, as they find out after Cedric arrives. Cedric goes beet-red at Remus's warm greeting and it doesn't get better from there. Cedric, who is cool as a cucumber all the time, even in the early days when he was first weighing whether or not to ask Harry out, cannot function when faced with his crush. He loves Harry very much!!!!! He just can't help it that he keeps tripping over his words at dinner whenever Remus speaks to him, and blushing furiously whenever Remus pays him a compliment.

Harry teases him about it mercilessly after it's over. Cedric never lives it down. Harry holds it over him forever and uses it to his advantage: "oh, you're upset that I left my socks laying all around the flat? well, remember how you have a crush on my stepdad???" So, Cedric never wins an argument ever again.

[thebibliosphere]

hi, i have a kind of weird allergy question for you and you do seem to be the weird allergy question person. I have an allergy to a particular drug class, but my reactions don't happen until hours after I've taken the drug. Most of what I find online says allergic reactions are supposed to happen within thirty minutes of exposure. Is a delayed reaction really so uncommon, or any idea why it might take so long to happen? thank you and hope you have a good day.

The idea that all reactions happen in about 20-30 minutes is harmful, and I wish there was less emphasis on it.

A lot of drug listings will actually tell you in the fine print that reactions can occur anywhere from 1- 72 hours after you start taking it.

The slow-acting reaction is usually caused by a mast cell degranulation, which can be very rapid depending on the severity and nature of the response (That's what fast-acting anaphylaxis is), but sometimes they take several hours, even days of repeat exposure for the body to ramp up a full response.

I can take some medications and visibly have a reaction 8 hours later because I'm not experiencing a true IgE reaction. It's something causing other parts of the mast cell to become unstable. This can happen to anyone, whether they have a mast cell disorder or not.

And it's not that uncommon; it's just under-reported.

I hope that helps!

[little-pup-pip]

can u do a babyre pastel moodboard? (fem leaning)

Absolutely!!

[purpledisastertwin900]

YES

A THOUSAND TIMES YES 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥰🥰🥰🥰

[stpansy]

can we jus talk about "darling I know what you're going through" like ofc it's the infidelity song but whatever. Pete going behind Patrick for "I will never end up like him/behind my back I already am" and the implications of Patrick singing "darling I know what you're going through".. he is singing that to him

headfirst slide is so… yeah. like sorry to be that guy (although to be fair why else would you be coming to my inbox) but it being the infidelity song is in my opinion extremely relevant to the p2-ness of it all. and well. yes he is singing that to him. he very much is singing the whole song to him

Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On a Bad Bet (released June 15 2009) / archive of Pete Wentz’s blog from 2009 

[void-imp]

📩 from anon:

random simblr cas prompt of the day: pick your favorite sim couple throuple. what would they wear for a date?

[nucrests]

📩 Random simblr CAS prompt of the day: Pick your favorite sim couple (if you don’t have a couple, your favorite sim is fine) what would they wear for a date?

Most likely going out on a casual dinner date 🤍

[ask-the-6-souls]

are there any tv shows you guys used to watch?

[postsfromtheportalfuture]

godsareoverrated asked radiation-nursery-rhymes:

wait is PoP an abbreviation for Parliament of Planets? I dozed through civics classes because I figured I would never be allowed to vote.

unrelated, I saw you post a lot of politics stuff. any tips on how to get informed on candidates and such quickly?

radiation-nursery-rhymes:

Yeah, PoP does stand for Parliament of Planets!

I totally understand about not paying attention in civics classes, and you're definitely not the only one in this boat.

Thankfully, University Earth America realized this and have set up a page on their website with a really good crash course for those of us of voting age: [link]. This page gives a quick rundown of all the people who are going to be running as representatives of Earth in the PoP, what they're going to be campaigning for, relevant experience, etc. They also have a pretty good bibliography, so you can fact check them in case you're worried about biases towards any particular candidates.

On a broader scope, below are some links if you want to learn more about politics in general. A lot of these are going to be from offworld sites, but since you're interested in learning about candidates quickly, I'm guessing you're already out of Next Step and have unrestricted access to the wider net.

University Asgard on the Rights and Responsibilities of Parliament of Planets Representatives: [x]

University Zeus on the history, reasoning, and importance of the Military's stance of political neutrality: [x]

A quick and dirty rundown of Joint Sector High Congress and what situations require their intervention, by University Demeter: [x]

How Hospital Earth continues to fail its wards, and who must be held accountable, a comprehensive history by University Earth Asia, written in cooperation with University Earth Africa, University Earth America, University Earth Australia, and University Earth Europe: [x]

I hope this answers all your questions! Sorry, I know I've been posting about politics a lot recently, but I didn't actually go to school for it, and a lot of my knowledge of this stuff is a result of me hyperfixating what with the upcoming elections and wanting to make sure I'm properly informed. So please take everything I say with a grain of salt and make sure to do your own research as well!

I've tried my best to be as accurate as possible but if I made any mistakes in my answer, please let me know.

#politics #human rights #parliament of planets #joint sector high congress #history #human rights violations #this is not a hospital earth friendly blog #bootlickers can die mad about it

[stellarcoachman]

I hope you've been doing alright lately 💖I'm rereading Diverted Route for the nth time (I swear I lost count after my sixth reread) and it's just as good every time! I swear, I coo in delight every time Ingo uses his words. I aspire to be able to stir up emotions like that with what I write 💖💖💖

You're so sweet! I'm glad you enjoy it so much!

I am, admittedly, not doing so great currently, but I'm doing my best and trying to start writing again.

[entrailseer]

So when you posted that whole "Gangle write/draws fanfic/art of Pomni x Ragantha"

That got me thinking what would happen if both Pomni and Ragantha found out about it?

i've been thinking a lot about this ask. mainly because when i first got it, i honestly had no idea about how they would feel.

but, after many days of pondering, i have finally come to a conclusion! so here it is!

Ragatha

Ragatha wasn't entirely sure how to feel when she found out.

On one hand, she felt honored that Gangle took time out of her day to draw decent pictures of her and write about her, but on the other, she felt... awkward. Mainly because the works Gangle made were pretty much ship art.

She and Pomni weren't doing anything too weird in them, at least. The worst thing Gangle made was a drawing of them kissing.

At the moment, she doesn't know if she wants to hang it up on a wall so she can look at it every day, or throw it into the void.

But, she's leaning towards the first option.

Pomni

Pomni was very embarrassed.

Mainly because she was the one who requested those works to be made, and she had no intention of anybody (especially Ragatha) finding out about them.

She didn't expect them to be the best thing in the entire world when she asked Gangle to make them, but she certainly didn't expect what she got, either. The fanfictions are mediocre at best and the drawings are in a sort of anime-esque style that you'd find on the early days of YouTube.

That doesn't stop her from appreciating them, though.

...and she's definitely asking for more.

[alitontress]

Q&A: Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto

I’m going to be answering all of your asks about the story under a cut so no one gets spoilers.

Ask about the caretakers’ decision regarding Wassily going to Oslo:

Hi. Idk if you’re still doing Pluto asks but I have a question. I felt a bit confused about why the care worker ladies just let a couple strange men take Wassily away without consulting Epsilon. Maybe I wasn’t fully paying attention and there was some larger unavoidable reason for them giving him up? Did I miss veiled threats or something? Just felt like the ladies were all “oh well, we have to I guess…” Many thanks in advance.

Listen! When I tell you that part of the story makes me rage like a white boy punching drywall I just—! Ugh. Just call Epsilon *dial dial, beep boop bop* 'oh hey Epsi, my boss, the dude who takes care of the orphanage, hey ya listen, I know you're getting grilled right now, but uh there are some wack dudes here who want to take your kid away, you cool wit dat? no? okay. how fast can you get back here??' Done. Easy. Epsilon wouldn't have been put in the situation to go into Abra's trap. *punching drywall

I digress.

Here is my theory as to why they justified letting Mr. Johansen take Wassily without telling Epsilon based upon the circumstances and other factors which might have motivated them.

Of the seven most advanced robots, Epsilon has the most powerful and destructive capability. If he had joined in the war a lot of battles would have ended very, very quickly if he unleashed his photon energy.

The world might have believed a lot of people and robots wouldn't have died if he'd joined the fight. So they could've blamed him for not preventing so many deaths.

In the manga, it's stressed that people around the world very much despised and even abused Epsilon.

Not only did the world hate him for not fighting in the war, but also for raising human children.

Even though the war was over, Epsilon was still contemptible.

What I think is interesting is the false claim Mr. Johansen makes about him and his wife visiting the orphanage before, (in the anime, he says they've visited several times). Perhaps he's implying that Epsilon hadn't let them foster Wassily in the past and he's come back to try again but without Epsilon present to deny him. A child protection service would find Mr. Johansen, "a famous figure", being denied numerous times concerning if he had reported that experience to them. They might even send a representative with Mr. Johansen to see if something could be done about it...

What Ms. Griffith I think has to weigh is whether to deny Wassily being adopted because Epsilon wasn’t there to approve it, which would likely cause further scrutiny and a full investigation into Epsilon's orphanage as to why/if he's preventing children from being adopted and raised in a normal, human family environment possibly resulting in all of his children being taken away and the orphanage being shut down—or let Wassily be taken. They might even want to still take the other children away simply because they finally have enough of an excuse to prevent Epsilon from raising children, no matter how small the excuse was. Ms. Griffith knows the children are cared for by Epsilon more than any human could and she doesn't want that to stop. She could fear that if Epsilon had been there or if they had called him, that he might have denied Wassily being taken by Mr. Johansen which wouldn't have looked good, (unless, of course, Epsilon was given the opportunity to research the man and find out he had a fake identity and was working for Abullah). If the man accompanying Mr. Johansen had the authority to take Wassily away because of being some kind of child service representative, then maybe the caretakers legally didn't have a choice and they really were going to take Wassily no matter what. Letting Wassily be taken away would be beneficial to the orphanage and the children under Epsilon's care financially and maybe even legally.

So maybe the caretakers made the decision with the best interest of the other children in mind—and even to protect Epsilon.

But in the end, no one could protect Epsilon. Wassily and the other children still lost the one person who loved them more than anyone else in the world ever could...

[spaceboy-art]

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[little-pup-pip]

Could I pretty please get an orange husky moldboard with no paci

Here you go!!

[papermint-airplane]

😭👪🙈 for Rio - 🌌🙉💓 for Aiden - 💗🎵🔫 for Roman - Please? :)

Rio:

😭 CRYING - what makes them cry? do they cry easily?

It's not easy to make Rio cry. She doesn't express her emotions outwardly very often. Well, not all of them, at least. Annoyance, yes, she expresses that one outwardly all the time, but everything else sort of gets bottled up inside her and channeled out through her hobbies. Rio probably hasn't cried since she was very young.

👪 FAMILY - what is their family like? what is your ocs relationship to them? does your oc have any siblings?

It's no secret that Rio adores her big brother, Roman. They're all each other has had for years now. Rio was raised by her brother after their mom ran out on them. Rio was just a child, Roman was just a teenager, and neither one of them had any idea what to do now that they were on their own. They sort of had to make things up as they went along. As a result, their bond is diamond-strong and they trust each other implicitly.

🙈 SEE-NO-EVIL - whats a side of your oc that they don't want to show other people?

Rio. loves. cute things. 😱 I know, shocker. She'd rather die than admit it, but if you somehow manage to get a glimpse at her notebook, you'll see lots of cute little doodles in the margins. Mostly unicorns and flowers. She loves unicorns and flowers. She even has one or two plushies that she still hangs onto despite insisting that she's too old for them. When she's sure nobody is looking, she'll plant a little smooch on their little fabric foreheads.

Aiden:

🌌 MILKY WAY - what was the inspiration behind your oc? what was the first thing you decided about them?

Oh God. Ok buckle the fuck up. When I was 18 and playing Sims 2, I discovered the Sims community for the first time. I wanted to create a Bachelor/Bachelorette-type...thing...challenge? I guess you could call it a challenge. Anyway, I wanted other members of the community to participate because there was a show called "Married by America" airing at the time and I liked the concept of live voting. So I had people vote on the forum each week to see who would get voted off. Aiden, in his Sims 2 form, was a contestant vying for the hand of the lovely Bachelorette. Except he wasn't there willingly. He was new to Earth and had somehow gotten swept up in this reality show. He was constantly having mental breakdowns because everything was so new and strange to him. He was there a while. People really like seeing this boy suffer.

The first thing I decided for him was his name. I named him Aiden because it kind of sounds like alien, and also the idea of a space version of Ireland existing made me laugh. I can't really explain that part. I was a weird kid. I forgot what his original last name was so when I recreated him in the Sims 3, I gave him the last name Ayy because of the alien "ayy lmao" meme. I thought it fit because, you know, alien but also that it's sort of ironic because the alien in the meme is a laid-back stoner and Aiden is anything but laid-back.

🙉 HEAR-NO-EVIL - what is the worse thing your oc could hear from someone?

Anything his internal monologue tells him about himself. "You're a burden," "you make everything more difficult for the people around you," "people would be happier if you were gone." Hearing it from your own brain is one thing, but if anyone said that to him in real life? I don't think he could handle it.

💓 BEATING HEART - what gets their heart racing?

Aiden is a romantic at heart. He wants to be swept off his feet by the right Sim (any gender; Aiden is pan). You know those shoujo manga where the main character is walking with her senpai under a row of cherry trees as the blossoms flutter down around them? Aiden wants that. His little heart would just doki doki right out of his chest.

Roman:

💗 GROWING HEART - if they have a crush, is it noticable? what changes when they're in love?

Roman's a pretty big flirt so it's not immediately noticeable if he has a crush. It doesn't mean that he's a horndog, necessarily. He just really enjoys the back-and-forth banter of flirting, regardless of who it's with. It's when he's not flirting with someone that you start to think something is up. When he goes from suggestive innuendos to actual concrete displays of affection, you know he's got it bad.

🎵 MUSIC NOTE - what is their playlist like? their favourite artists? do you associate a particular song with them?

You know, it's funny, but I've never been the kind of person who creates playlists for my characters. I know a lot of people do, like my dear friend @happy-lemon makes these incredible playlists that somehow perfectly describe her characters, but I've never really been able to do that. There isn't any particular song that reminds me of Roman...however...

Ok this is weird. Stick with me.

When I'm writing Rogue Town, I usually have YouTube Music on in the background. I'll start with whatever song is in my head at the moment and then let the algorithm decide what plays next. Somehow, and I don't know how, it always ends up looping back to Hotel California. I don't know why. I'll be listening to Kpop and it ends up on Hotel California. I'll be listening to 80s funk and it ends up on Hotel California. I'll be listening to early 00s Nu Metal AND IT ENDS UP ON FUCKING HOTEL CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!! I guess you could say it's one of those songs you can check out any time you like but you can never leave. 🙄

So, while the lyrics don't fit Roman or his situation at all, I guess I'll always associate Hotel California with him.

🔫 PISTOL - do they trust people easily? how easily will they turn their back to someone? have they been backstabbed before? will they betray someone if given an ultimatum?

Roman is the most trusting guy you'll ever meet. Until he isn't. He'll let you come into his home, sleep in his bed, eat his food, wear his clothes, and act like you're part of the family...until you do something to hurt his sister. Then all bets are off. If you're willing to hurt someone who is, in his eyes, an innocent child, you are no longer trustworthy. Until then? You can do whatever you want to him and he'll still naively believe you didn't mean it and keep you in his life. Is that trust? Or is that something else? It's hard to tell with him. But yeah, he's been backstabbed before. That remains to be examined in the narrative. Whenever I get to it.