#sort of a valetines day thing

[foreverdolly]

hey im so sorry about your dad he sounds like a nice guy i understand the grief your going through i lost my mom to aids this year on valetines day i grew up listeing to a bunch of diffrent artist she liked including elvis and if it wasnt for her i dont think i would have the same appreciation for musicans like him

hello there, angel.

just want you to know that you’re not alone in your grief. i’m always here if you want to talk about her or just gush over the music that she enjoyed. either way, thank you so much for finding me and helping me to feel less alone. mourning someone is a really scary thing and is difficult to navigate. i am positive that it is still something that you’re dealing with on a day to day basis. this sort of thing doesn’t have a time limit on it. it’s a wound that will always remain open and painful.

you are loved and understood.

i know that your mom is up there dancing right along with you. music transcends 💗

[aoyama-division]

Later in the day, there was a present sent to a certain bodybuilder in Aoyama.

Inside the beautifully wrapped present were two things.

The first was a box of chocolates.

The second was a cute teddy bear.

'Hey there, gorgeous!

Happy Valentine's Day, hope you like the gifts!

- Lola 💗'

Karada, upon discovering that the gifts were from Lola, grinned a toothy grin as he took both inside his house into his bedroom. Truthfully, he wasn't big on teddy bears and the like, but considering this was one from the woman he had a thing for, he could make an exception. He then realized... he needed to do something for her before Valetine's was over. And there were only a few hours left!

Grabbing his phone, he quickly punched in a sequence of numbers.

"Tomi? It's me. I need a huge favor..."

A few hours later...

Upon coming down from her penthouse apartment after being told that there was a "very" large package for her, the model, Lola, sighed as she walked off the elevator to the main lobby. Who in their right mind would send a gift an hour before Valentine's Day was over? Her answer came in the form of a crowd who was gathered around a painting that was currently covered up with a sheet.

Noticing her, one of the several men dressed in butler suits that had the emblem of the Chōten family on them, nodded to the other. Asking her to please come to the front, the model obeyed, though she really wanted to know what was going on. Nodding once more to each other, the men grabbed one of the sheet covering the painting and pulled it off for Lola and the crowd to see. What was shown emitted 'oohs' and 'awws' from the people.

It was a painting of the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite, herself, holding onto the mythical and beautiful golden apple. Lola looked in awe at the painting; it was beautiful. Normally she didn't go for these sort of works of art, but even she had to admit, this was very nice.

She would have continued looking at it had not one of the men tapped her on her shoulder, handing her a letter, which was addressed to her. Unfolding it, she cocked an eyebrow and looked at it. It read:

'In the story, Paris had to choose between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite over who was most worthy of the title, 'Fairest of Them All'. Despite being offered the world, knowledge and wealth, he instead chose to take the hand of the most beautiful woman in the world, which doomed his city and his people. But if I were in his place, I'd choose the Goddess of Beauty, every time. Because like her, you are worth more than any wealth or knowledge I could possibly ever get. Happy Valentine's Day.'

[dreamtydraw]

WELL HELLO HELLO THERE!

I once made a post explanation of the designs step by step of my ol mc Cerise. Here is part 2 with my ol2 mc.

SYMBOLISM OF MY OL2 MC

Valentin Second ❄

First of all, contexte informations needs to be given to understand some design choice (infos and design might change once the game release). Valentin's name was chosen specificaly for the meaning of sweetheart. When someone says that you are their "valentine," they are choosing you as the person that they would like to show fondness to during special day such as Valentine's day. Second is the default name surname and i'm being honest, just tout it was funny in contrast to Cerise Fourth.

Just like Cerise was summer but for sad periode fall themed, Valentin is a winter kid. From the palette to the clothes and motifs, she's the physical embodiment of dark snowy night. I wanted to keep the fruit theme too, Valetin is also based on blueberries.

Like i said before, Valentin is a winter kid and not automn. the new place may be fun but this is not where he is from so that why her palette is made of blue and cold collors in contrast of Golden Grove. Valentin is out of place, coming previously from a snowy country.

Before moving on to design detail, one theme important about Valentin is their identity. Step 1 Valentin identify as amab non binary without really being sure about the label, she goes by she/he/them. Step 2 valentin struggle with their identity and the idea of feminity. Step 3 Valentin found a label and confort in their identity as a trans girl going by she/ them. An imagery of her gender identity journey: her scarf

From step 1 until step 3 the scarf is too big. It's pretty, white, and expensive, with a bow shape on the back. This is an important object and sort of embodiment of Valentin's coquetry. Be pretty even if it dosen't fit and you're scared of abiming it, it's special and is reminiscent of her previous place. It only starts fitting right during step 3 when her femininity feels right to her.

Step 1

Step 1 is wearing brown shoes to go play outside, the only thing that is allowed to get dirty, and who is more appropriate to where she is now rather than where she used to be (compared to all the winter warm but delicate clothes ). She is herself, a kid from another place but ready to go on an adventure and visit new places, getting her shoes dirty on the walk. She wears pigtails or occasionally a ponytail to look nice but also be comfortable to not get hair on her face. Little Valentin owns a lot of fantasy jewelry, mainly earrings, her favorite one is snowflake-silver-shaped earrings that she got from a souvenir boutique of her old town.

Step 2

Step 2 Valentin is a kid growing up too young on the internet and being heavily influenced by it. There is an unpleasant feeling of not feeling right in the young girl's heart. She wear strictly winter colors like blue or white, trying to get a hold on what she think defines her. There is also the toxique imagerie of what "feminity" is suppose to looks like. Valentin feels self conscious and want to feel pretty under standards regardless of developing a personal identity. This js reflect in her choice of keeping her hair long and lose despite it being inconvenient and having it on her face during windy days. Cute,skirt, very long hair, trendy fit and pastel imagery or else she won't look girly enough to fit her falsenn idea if who she sould be. She still wear her too big scarf

Step 3

Step 3 Valentin comes from a long way. Accepting the search for her identity, she feels at home in Golden Grove, autumn starts warming her wardrobe. Valentin dresses more as she wants and not like she thinks she should, starting by cutting her hair short and getting new piercings. She personalized her outfit with the embodiment of flowers or leaves, she is a mix of everything that impacted her. She matured, her scaf is well adjusted on her neck and she goes for either warmer or darker colors. Valentin also gives a chance to make up and she likes it, sometimes trying bold colors, sometimes doing simple.

THANK YOU FOR READING! Valentin's design is not complete,more may be defined once can add canon story elements through the evolution of her as a character. In the meantime, I hope you'll have a good day💙

[askadvancewars]

2014 - AW Zine

It could be I’m getting sick and I may regret this when I wake up but I can’t stop thinking about it

Though maybe people will be tired after the secret santa and valetine stuff 

(yeah it won’t be a fanbook just by me who’d want that

I’m hoping for a for-fans-by-fans submission pdf fanbook  kinda deal)

Nothing really came out of this, unsurprisingly.

I think I just really wanted to an Advance Wars fanbook but the best I could do was make one of myself.

Here’s a post I wrote back then which is the context of some pics I repost

While I still try to work out how to put together a pdf thing, just been thinking about guidelines

I really want this to come as accessible and not intimidating to submit because people submitting is great and people showing their love is super series through art

but I’d also like it to look nice, like quality-wise, as in you open it up and the quality of the art doesn’t like junk, as it happened when I tried

Also, I don’t want anybody to feel their art isn’t ‘good enough’ because the plan is to make expression of love for the series 

I’ve been tossing ideas, like should there be a theme or not? In general, I’d like to be the general theme of ‘What AW means/meant to you’/'What you love the most about the series’.

If there is a particular theme, I’d still want it to be open-ended enough for the artist’s interpretation

I would want to it be mostly new art made for the book but also open to old art they might want to showcase?

Right now the ideas I like best are 

COLORS

-depending how many people sign up, they get assigned a color and draw around that (maybe there would be four people and the colors split up, one might get black and yellow so they’d make a black page and a yellow page, the other might be get orange and blue)

DRAW ALL THE COS

-depending again how many people sign up, they get a random draw of COs to draw so everyone will draw everyone else, could be as simple as just drawing heads or stick figures or as elaborate as making a whole comic

Ah, but the Days of Ruin COs are always welcome which is why I always make it a point to include them in the guidelines.

Nobody seems to request, haha. (I probably will if this ever comes to pass, them and Super Famicom Wars peeps)

Other ideas are Seasons (particular Summer) and Food

But then I circle back to idea that these might be needlessly complicated and might work against me when crunch time comes around because the keywords are 'Advance Wars’ and 'for fun’

not that kind of fun

Even with willing participants, a thriving fandom, and no reward or gain other than a showing of love for a series, a fanbook would need a lot of work.

I did making my own fanbook so maybe “nothing” isn’t exactly the right word for it. But as someone who did not know what I was doing with anything…doing it all by myself? It obviously wasn’t very good.

I ended up putting everything on my askadvancewars a couple of years back.

The theme I went with was: draw every Advance Wars Classic COs once/sorted by faction+ Infantry guys

I called it Jake Wars because of course I did

I still really like that the divider I chose was having each nation’s soldier playing a game system where a Wars game appeared (Orange Star playing on a GBA SP, Blue Moon on the DS, etc) before introducing their group…except for Black Hole’s. Yeah, I ran pretty much of steam out that one.

I still really like this one of them playing on the GameCube. Ironically, the only Wars game on the platform wasn’t made by Intelligent Systems and the one I don’t know, haven’t played and don’t talk about ever.

[lothrilzul]

My sole survivor, Winter and Danse on a date in Sanctuary.

Referenced this photo. When it popped up on my FBdash, I immediately went; “That man has hair like Danse! I need to draw them!”

Made with various pencil (ranging from 0,1 mm rottring to 6B), edited in Gimp.

[suth-sardian]

valentine’s day cards: Kumatuya (1/8)

sorta sad but the story behind this is from a conversation between me and @ykoriana-imperatrix, i kept thinking about how what if Kumatuya wanted to trade Ykoriana access to Osidian and Molochite in exchange for the rescinding of Sardian’s exile. hence, Sardian being worth 2 JLs!

another interpretation could be that?? Sardian buys Kumatuya’s ‘life’ and Tyatxungo’s ‘death’ with his exile, thus him worth being 2 JLs again! man i should change the text from 2 to 4. Suth Exponential-growth-dian, so to speak

[kagedaddy]

confession - haikyuu!

Warnings: none

boyfriend scenarios [4] [masterlist]

valetines is coming up! stay tuned for a surprise hehe!

miya atsumu

You were in a pickle, it was meant to be fake but you’ve found yourself catching real feelings for the faux blonde setter, your heart fluttered every time you hangout and good butterflies fill your stomach whenever he calls you pet names. Even though you knew it was all an act.

Why did you fall for the obnoxious and arrogant but charming twin?

So you had decide to avoid the male until you could sort out these stupid feelings, everytjme you saw him you would run to the other direction and every time he invited you, you were quick to make an excuse.

You have been avoiding Atsumu for two days now and you’re pretty sure he’s caught on. He’s been trying to get you alone but you had managed to escape him everytime except right now.

“You can’t avoid me forever (last name)-chan. What’s going on, did I do something wrong?”he had a genuinely troubled look on his handsome face and you almost felt guilty but you couldn’t cave in.

He corners you in the halls, your back pressed against the cold concrete effectively trapping you. “I’m not avoiding you.”the male looks at you doubtfully, you look away from his piercing gaze, he takes your chin angling you up, so you’re staring right into his chocolate orbs.

“But you are though, what’s wrong?”his voice was gentle and you melt into his hold,“Miya we should stop this fake dating thing.”tears prick on the corner of your eyes but you refuse to let them fall, as much as you didn’t want it to end you needed it to.

“Why?”

“Because. As much as I hate to admit it, I caught feelings for you. I actually like you and I can’t handle this fake dating anymore.”you spin on your heel cheeks flaming from frustration and embarrassment, you didn't know if he was going to tease you.

“I’m glad I’m not the only one who caught feelings.”his arms find themselves around, capturing you in a warm embrace. Your face is even more red and you in turn wrap your arms around him, his lips press to your forehead, giving you a bubbly feeling inside.

“Let’s end this fake dating thing. So we can date for real.”

miya osamu

A group of girls were gathered by where your locker was located, you huff in annoyance as you try to push through towards your locker but they weren’t having it. “Can you get out of my way, this is my locker!”you cross your arms, narrowing your eyes to glare at them.

They thankfully move out of the way, giving way for you to pass but instead of your locker you’re met with the large build of Miya Osamu. “Miya-san?”you wondered why he was at your lockers when his was at the opposite end.

“I practiced making (favourite dish) and made too much, so I made a spare bento for you to taste.”he hands you over a bento, you can’t help the small smile grace your face as you the take neatly wrapped bunny print furoshiki.

You could feel the jealousy from the crowd and you feel embarrassed taking the bento, he flashes you a smile before heading off. The girls stay crowded and you quickly take your things and leave.

“Nee (last name) why are you so close to Osamu?”One of your classmates eye the bento on your table, leaning over your shoulder as you open the bento. You start to feel slightly uncomfortable, she was practically breathing down you shoulder.

A folded note was placed on top of the chopsticks your classmate stares at it with curiosity hand reaching over to grab but you thankfully take it before she does.

“If you’ll excuse me I’ll be having lunch.”you politely dismiss her, she throws you an ugly glare before leaving. You unfold the note and you’re amazed by his neat handwriting but your face becomes flushed from reading the words.

‘I made this cause I know yah like it but also because I like you.’

Miya Osamu likes you? You read the note over and over, eyes not believing but it was actually there. You think about it the whole day, head flooded with the thought of Osamu, did you like him back? You’ll just talk to him later.

You just got out of your club, quickly bidding your club mates goodbye you dash for the volleyball gym in hopes to catch the grey haired twin. Sighing in relief to see the volleyball club just about to end, you sit yourself on one of the benches outside.

The players pile out of the gym,”Oi Samu isn’t that the girl who came to our house?”his blonde counterpart points at your figure and the grey haired outside hitter jogs to your direction until he stood infront of you.

His tall build towering over you making you feel tiny,“Miya Osamu I didn’t know you were such a romantic.”you looked up to the male and a teasing smile plays on your lips, his hair covers his eyes but his cheeks glow a bright shade of red before he huffs a reply.

“So what do yah say?”

“Well since you made my favourite food, how can I not like you back?”you take the male by surprise throwing you arms around him in a hug, whispering into his chest,”I like you too.” You can hear his teammates holler and tease the poor outside hitter before he turns to them sticking out his tongue.

“Tsumu I got a girl before you!”

//

hiiya! i’m better today, starting a journal but i’m not really sure what i’m meant to put in it, if yah guys have any advice shoot me a message. anyways i liked writing today’s update i hope you did too, if you did please leave a like and comment. drop by my twitch and give me a follow, have a great day guys. jaa mata!

happy happy birthday daisuke kambe ♥️

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all the love xx

[divineb3auty-archived]

@risingsouls said: I'm creative: VADOS for the valentines alphabet :3

(     *     VALENTINE’S DAY ALPHABET   ! MEME.

V - HOW DOES YOUR MUSE FEEL ABOUT VALETINE'S DAY?

Vados is pretty indifferent about the holiday just because she's never gotten the opportunity to celebrate it, let alone does she really even know about it. This time around, though, she does get to considering her current relationship.

A - HOW DOES YOUR MUSE SHOW AFFECTION?

She's pretty open to showing it in any way she feels fit. Her actions are in correspondence to her mood. Be it that she's in a lovey mood, she might be cuddly or.. clingy. You get the idea LOL.

D - WHAT IS YOUR MUSE'S IDEAL DATE? WHERE/WHO WITH/ETC?

Being that she's sort of still new to the whole love/being in love thing.. she doesn't really have many preferences. I feel like even if she were to have any preferences, she wouldn't be too picky, honestly. A simple night in would suffice for her. A homemade meal, at home WITH VEGITO DUH.

O - DOES YOUR MUSE HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS?

Uhh... maybe? I guess she does. I mean, she's in a relationship so she must have some type of way with words lmao.

S - DID YOUR MUSE HAVE A CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART?

No, she didn't. She actually never really felt feelings like that toward anybody when she was younger. She was a very independent bean.

[moonbeamwritings]

your valetines playlist and ask list is so cute!! I love the playlist and def will listen to it some. could I ask for Rohan + more than a woman (it’s one of my all time favorite songs!) :)

thank you !! im so glad you like it!! and of course you can!! happy belated valentine’s day! (the bee gees are always on point) ❣️

rohan kishibe + more than a woman by the bee gees 

Rohan didn’t think a thing about you at first, you were a neighbor at least and an ally at most. Simple as that. Your stands and general talents aligned well enough, so you accompanied him on his photography excursions, staying up late with him to sort through photos and albums.

He was reluctant to work with you at first, scoffing as he ranted about how he could handle it perfectly fine on his own, thank you very much. The moment he saw how hard you worked and how intelligent you were, he began singing a different tune. He still wasn’t thrilled by any stretch, but he could at least tolerate your presence.

It all changed though, one late evening as you shuffled photographs around on his desk. It was all horribly mundane, putting albums together as idle conversation flowed between you. He lost count of how many cups of coffee he’d consumed. So why, under the warm glow of his desk lamp, did he find you so mesmerizing? You weren’t doing anything, just delicately sliding things around or bringing a mug to your lips, but Rohan clung to your every action.

Shaking the feeling off as being nothing more than tired, wandering thoughts, Rohan returned to the album he was flicking through, trying his hardest to think of anything but you.

Rohan marked that night as the beginning of a pathetic downward spiral, plunging him into an onslaught of thoughts about you. As he worked on Pink Dark Boy, he could hardly keep focused, finding himself sketching you instead of his beloved manga characters. He could never seem to get your features exactly right either, much to his chagrin. Perhaps he would need to focus more when the two of you were together.

The morning had been long and he already felt as if he’d been on his feet for far too long. He groaned, allowing his camera to flop around his neck. You were perched on a bench a few feet away, head casually surveying the train station. Rohan was getting antsy.

Glancing at you again, he caught your eye, but before he could look away, you sent him a shy smile and small wave. The interaction was brief, but the sudden flutter in his heart was not lost on him.

Looking down at his camera and back at you, he made up his mind. Practically storming over to you, he stopped just in front of you.

“Get up. We’re leaving.”

“Where are we going?” You asked, looking up at him as you collected your things.

“We’re getting lunch, come on.”

Rohan didn’t seem to be in any mood to be questioned, so you simply shrugged and agreed. A little lunch break couldn’t hurt, right? Besides, it gave you an opportunity to admire him up close, instead of from afar as you’d been doing all morning.

The second your bag was slung over your shoulder, he took your hand in his, pulling you down the street to a restaurant he had been dying to take you to.

You were far more than just his neighbor or someone to help catch a serial killer with. You drew Rohan in, fascinated and excited him in ways he hadn’t felt before, and he wasn’t about to drive you away anytime soon.

[tangledinmdzs]

an mdzs valetines~ [D-2]

what you would get the juniors for valentines day (hand craft edition)

»»————-　♡　————-««

Lan Sizhui

a candle (with some scents that he likes)

you’ve always been slightly sensitive to smells

which is why you’ve always liked the smell of Sizhui’s apartment

it’s a soft, calming warm scent

something like jasmine

but stronger

he tells you that its the incense that he’d picked up from his parents house

but you’ve visited them before

and it’s not quite that

it’s just a Sizhui scent

and so you’ve been enraptured by it ever since

because Sizhui was moving in with you soon

you thought this couldn’t be a better gift

you’ve been searching around for a few months, taking notice of scents that are calming, that smell nice, or that you think remind you of him

and just make this candle 

when you give it to him,

it actually smells really good 

and he’s happy that he brings you peace, calmness

alongside love

»»————-　♡　————-««

Lan Jingyi

paint on his jean jacket

you want to up your boyfriend’s style game

so what better way to do that then to just make him a jacket

or change one of his jacket’s

lying around in his closet is a jean jacket that’s pretty nice

but JIngyi never wears around

because 

“it’s kinda too blue, it’s a bit plain,” his very valid excuse

i’m being sarcastic

honestly speaking it was a really good jacket that had kept you warm whenever you were out

it was a really nice jacket

and if Jingyi thought that it was too plain then maybe you could just change his mind about that

you end up looking through your old photos together, something that had a dark enough background to paint before you make the plan to steal his jacket

this is also not your first rodeo with stealing his clothes so that goes relatively easy

the hard part is painting because the material is pretty textured, and you want to have a nice sketch before you try to actually add color to anything

it takes a lot of time

and a lot of 

“don’t go there, my room’s a mess”

“or ump wait i haven’t cleaned my room yet”

to finally

“i’m making something for you don’t spoil it for yourself!!”

when Jingyi’s nosiness can’t keep him away

but when you give him the finished product he’s more than surprised

and in awe

painted on the entire back panel of his jean jacket is an outline of two people standing atop a mountain overlooking trees

the colors are beautiful

and he realizes that this was taken from that one picture you guys took on a hike a year or so ago with friends

and now, Jingyi wears that jacket all the time

»»————-　♡　————-««

Jin Ling 

embroidery on his sweater 

you’ve always seen him wear his plain grey sweater

and it’s nice

and warm

but it’s also

just very plain

so you want to add a little pizz zazz to the neckline or something to it, by embroidering something on it

you’re not too sure how Jin Ling would react to this surprise, considering that it is his very favorite sweater

so you end up doing a small embroidery of your initials together on the edge of his sweater, towards the bottom

inconspicuous but visible

but then once the fabric was under the needle, you couldn’t really help yourself

so you added a few more small pink hearts, embroider the edges of his sleeve cuffs for the holidays

when you give it to him

he smiles an easy smile,

happy that you’ve made his sweater nicer

»»————-　♡　————-««

Ouyang Zizhen

crochet him like a little stuffed animal

you like to think that Zizhen thinks of you even when you’re not around

and of course he does

you’re each other’s wallpapers on your phones

and you both have some sort of couple item

but Zizhen’s going to be traveling a lot more for his job

and sometimes calls and facetimes don’t really feel the same

so during the week leading up to valentine’s day

you sit down and put your crocheting skills back into use after some time

and make him a little

stuffed bear 

it’s a tiny chubby thing that’s a little bit bigger than the palm of your hand once you’re finished

and you attach it onto his carry-on bag that he’s going to use for packing

just to see if he notices

it takes him a while

but he does

luckily before he has to leave 

but it’s a really cute, really you type of gift

that will always remind him of you

because with every stitch that you made you had thought of him

and he can see every weave and bump of the bear, almost feel the warmth of your hand on the yarn when he imagines you near

and honestly he can never forget you

but this gift brings you close even in distance

[himbowelsh]

hey! can i request the valetine’s day prompt for joe liebgott!! 🥺💛 thank u friend!! :)

@noneofurbusinez asked :   i am asking you for some liebgott valentine alphabets. do you accept?

valentines day alphabet  ( accepting! )

A   :   AFFECTION.   how does your muse show affection?

He’s got a very carefully guarded tender side, and Joe’s affection is exactly that  ---  softer than expected. Physical contact is easy for him, so he loves that; he definitely shows his affection through touch, whether claps on the back or more sensual caresses.

B   :   BOUQUET.   does your muse like flowers? which ones are their favourite?

Oh god, he’s absolutely not a bouquet type of person. The only reason he’s ever been in a garden was because he got lost and literally couldn’t find his way out. He tramples flowers and thinks they’ll grow back fine. Florists have him on a watchlist.

C   :   CHOCOLATE.   does your muse like chocolate? which one is their favourite?

Bitch, he doesn’t have a favorite. Give him any chocolate, give him all chocolate. Once someone left a box of Hersheys’ bars in the sun for hours; Joe claimed them before they could be thrown out, and had the time of his life just slurping hot chocolate sauce.

D   :   DATE.   what is your muse’s ideal date? where / who with / etc?

Definitely not your stereotypical romantic date. He’d love to just...  explore somewhere new, to be honest  ---  to make off with his partner and see what kind of hell they can raise. Joe’s got a naturally intrepid and curious nature, interested in other places, other things...  he likes just wandering sometimes, and seeing where they end up. Having someone who’ll do this with him is just living the dream.

E   :   EMBRACE.   does your muse like hugs? what are their hugs like?

For the love of god, please hug him. Joe wants hugs more than he knows how to admit; he’s thirsty for them. When given the opportunity, he will be a complete cuddlebug, but nothing makes him happier than having someone else initiate it first. However prickly his exterior might be, he loves physical contact, and really loves holding and being held. His hugs can be a little playful  ---  he might make a dirty joke or press cold hands to his partner’s back  ---  but overall he just wants to hold someone for a long time.

F   :   FLIRT.   is your muse good at flirting? how do they flirt?

He’s got this wink that leaves whoever’s on the receiving end feeling mildly dirty and a little overheated all at once. Joe knows he’s a handsome guy, knows the sort of effect he has, and carries himself with confidence. Flirting isn’t something he has to try hard at; it comes easy to him, and he’s shameless with it.

G   :   GIFT.   is your muse good at gift - giving or do they struggle to get it right?

Well...  he tries. He gives it his best effort. That’s the absolute most generous thing anyone can say about him, because showing up to a kid’s birthday party with a pack of socks or rocking up to Christmas with grill charcoal is not good gift giving, Joe. He tries to be thoughtful; his gifts always seem like good ideas at the time.

H   :   HEART.   is your muse quick or slow to give their heart away?

That’s the thing. Joe’s lived and learned enough to know that he shouldn’t...  but it’s not something he ever means to do. He’s a passionate guy, and doesn’t realize he’s falling in love ‘til he’s already too deep to get back up. It should scare him, but when he loves, he loves hard.

I    :   I LOVE YOU.   does your muse find ‘i love you’ easy or hard to say?

He has a gross soft side which comes out whenever he lets his guards down, and he feels comfortable doing this with no one moreso than his partner. Joe will say it a thousand times, just for the two of them alone. He’ll whisper it in their ear in public; he’ll trace hearts in the back of their hand while watching a movie; he’ll pull them close and mutter it over and over into the crook of their neck, just inhaling their presence. Joe loves saying “I love you”, but for him it’s a private thing. He doesn’t need to put it on display, because no one gets a piece of their love  ---  no one gets to love his partner the way he does.

J   :   JEALOUSY.   does your muse get jealous in a relationship?

Yeah, and he’s not subtle about it. He’ll straight-out ask his partner, “hey, what’s up with that guy? what’s he think he’s doing, touching you like that?” or, if he’s in a pissy mood, “what are you laughing with them for? I’m not funny enough for you?” It’s something he’ll grumble about, but there’s a line with Joe between sulky and genuinely upset. Once that’s crossed  ---  like, if something’s been going on too long, or he feels like someone ought to know better  ---  there might be fireworks.

K   :   KISS.   is your muse a good kisser? why / why not?

Joe Liebgott has a dirty, dirty mouth, and he knows how to use it. He’s rough with his kisses, very passion-fueled, impulse driven; it’s all about taking and giving in return, a fragile equilibrium that Joe subconsciously understands how to tread. He never leaves his partner unsatisfied. All about the lip bites, and he definitely never restricts himself to mouth-to-mouth for long  ---   he’s a traveller. If he can kiss someone’s neck, their ear, their collarbone...  Joe’s kisses happen in four different places at once. He can be overwhelming sometimes, which is just how he likes it.

L   :   LOVE.   who does your muse love?

He loves his Ma to death  ---  would literally murder for her, or at least help her hide the body, because she’s more than capable of doing it herself. Joe’s very devoted to his family; to everyone he loves, really. That can have its downsides, too  ---   if he feels like he needs to put distance between himself and his loved ones, he’s more likely to do it fast, like ripping off a band-aid, because he thinks it’ll hurt less.

M   :   MOONLIGHT.   is morning or night a more romantic setting?

He’s a morning person, regrettably, but that doesn’t mean he wants to, like...  have sex and stuff. No way. There’s stuff to see, things to visit, places to do... he’s more tired at night, but a tired Joe is at his softest and most romantic.

N   :   NAUGHTY.   what is your muse like in bed?

Again, it’s all about the mouth, baby. He’s everywhere at once, just...  exploring. There’s really no stopping him; once he sets his mind to pleasuring his partner, he’s gonna make it good, and no one gets to rush him. Really into hair pulling  ---  his own, not his partner’s  ---  and loves to fight for dominance in bed. If his partner is putting up a good fight, trying to wrestle with him for control, it’s a huge thrill. Don’t get him wrong, Joe loves enthusiastic consent. He craves it  ---   getting to get under his partner’s skin, get them to make those noises, to gasp his name until they’re screaming it, so out of their mind with pleasure that they don’t stand a chance of keeping quiet...  Joe’s a dirty talker, sometimes rougher than he means to be, but very enthusiastic in bed.

O   :   ODE.   does your muse have a way with words?

He...  jesus, fuck, he doesn’t know. Shit. He tries? Yeah. Fuck. Fuck yeah, he tries, he gives it his damn best, stop fucking questioning him, huh?

(Boy’s got a filthy mouth.)

P   :   PARTNER.   what does your muse look for in a partner? looks / personality?

B o o b i e s .  No, okay, Joe likes...  he likes something to hold onto, okay? He’s a skinny bastard as it is, but wouldn’t like that in a partner at all. He needs something, be it muscle or softness or something else.  Curvy girls and muscley guys are both exactly his type. Aside from that  ---  Joe needs someone who’ll scream at him, okay? It’s not a kink, except maybe it is, except he needs it sometimes. He needs it like he needs to remember to eat and sleep and pee; he needs a partner who’s not afraid to deck his goddamn halls, and remind him to get his head out of his ass. Joe will holler back, and he needs someone who won’t be intimidated by that; it’s a massive catharsis for both of you to just scream sometimes.

Q   :   QUESTION.   would your muse ask the big question or expect their partner to?

He’s got this, guys. It’s okay, he’s got this. Joe has cycled through about a dozen Perfect Ways to pop the question. Inevitably, when he does, it will be nothing like he had planned; it might even be spontaneous, like over a bucket of chicken wings, or in the middle of an argument. It just comes out, because it’s been on his mind for so long, that he can hardly believe he and his partner aren’t married at this point. How fast can they fix that?

R   :   ROMANCE.   is your muse a romantic or a cynic?

He’s not...  a romantic guy, definitely not. He’s not good at all the “candles and gondola rides” cliches...  but Joe’s romantic in his own way. He’ll think up surprises just to get a grin out of his partner, watch their favorite movies to cheer them up, make some elaborate breakfast-in-bed because he was “just up early, okay”...  he’ll go out of his way to learn an entire Broadway-class wedding dance, just for them. Don’t expect love poetry from him, but he does his absolute best.

S   :   SWEETHEART.   did your muse have a childhood sweetheart?

He had a few girls who thought he was a cutie, but Joe was stuck in the “girls are icky” phase for years  ---   he had a bunch of older sisters, he was prejudiced! ---  so it definitely wasn’t something he wanted to entertain. 

T   :   TRUE LOVE.   does your muse believe in true love?

Nah. He believes in love, sure, but he’s too much of a cynic to think there’s anything “true” about it. Nothing’s certain like that.

U   :   UNREQUITED.   has your muse had their heart broken?

In...  multiple ways, at various points in his life, most of them not even romantic. Yeah, he’s got a very bruised apple in there.

V   :   VALENTINE.   how does your muse feel about valentine’s day?

It’s commercial garbage. His favorite thing to do is raid all the convenience stores the day after, and buy a horrifying amount of chocolate at half-price. He’ll share if someone asks nicely, because he’s a saint like that.

W  :   WEDDING.   would your muse get married? why / why not?

Oh, hell yeah. He craves that domestic bliss, okay? Even before meeting the right person, he’s got plans, he’s got ambitions, he’s got dreams...  and Joe’s not much of a romantic, but when he meets that person, then he just knows. You know the teenage girls who plan their weddings on Pinterest boards and flowery notebooks, right down to the silverware they’ll use and the types of flowers they’ll carry? Yeah, that’s Joe. He’s ready.

X   :   XOXO.   does your muse use / like pet names?

He uses pet names in German, and knows exactly how damn cringy it is, but it sounds better than English somehow. More romantic, y’know? He carries a lot of pet names from his own childhood, like “liebling” and “Mausebär” (his mother’s favorite, always used with Joe when he was a kid  ---  “mouse-bear”) forward, eager to use them on his own kids. Also very fond of, like...  “baby”, “sweetheart”, “doll”, stuff that sounds kind of ridiculous to his own ears but feels right in the moment.

Y   :   YOURS.   does your muse get protective easily?

Do you even have to ask? He’ll kick anyone’s ass. He’ll kick his own ask. If someone he loves is in trouble, Joe’s there and he’s already swinging. He’s ride-or-die for the people he loves, until the moon falls from the sky.

Z   :   ZZZ.   how many people has your muse slept with?

Well, the Torah doesn’t say it’s wrong, does it? Like, does it explicitly say, “no, you’re not allowed to do that”? Is his dick gonna fall off? No? Okay! That’s all Joe needs to know. He’s very open to sex, and is usually willing  ---  so long as the mood is right and the partner’s a good match, he’s down for anything. So...  yeah, there’ve been a good few.

[winebleeds]

@bnjmin​   sent    ❛              b, d, p, q (for reasons), u for all                ❜

⤑   VALETINE’S HEADCANONS

B   :   BOUQUET.   does your muse like flowers? which ones are their favourite?

raleigh: he likes flowers in the sense of being around during hikes. so, if there’s a purple flower by a rock, he’ll comment that’s a pretty purple, internally or externally. but he isn’t someone to go out of his way to pick flowers out at a store (even, again, he may find a bouquet pretty when walking by) and he doesn’t really know the names of flowers compared to his preference of trees. he loves trees. but i’ll save that for another day. but, if he has to name a flower...

liz: yeah... she likes roses, mainly red or white roses. though, while roses are her favorite, she may buy something that looks nice / fits the current theme for her interior design. however, she’s not the best with maintaining plants, so they don’t last long. but she’s the most likely to buy a bouquet of flowers as a gift, either for a close friend she knows like flowers or a romantic partner. she’ll also make sure to know what flowers said people would like to best, which includes succulents. 

jamie: im not quite sure about his own preferences to flowers, mainly because it’s not something he thinks about. however, like liz, he’ll buy flowers for someone he cares about. first to come to mind was his college ex, where he would always get flowers after on of her dance recitals. 

maddie: she loves loves loves flowers! her favorite are sunflowers, but daisies, carnations, & chrysanthemums are on the top of her list. heck, she even has a tattoo (bonus link about all her tatts & the brothers; the main one here is #7 for maddie, though i do have to update this)  she’s also someone who looks closely at floral meaning, though she often just uses her own meanings based on how she views the design / color & the other person. for example, she regrets how yellow carnations mean rejection since yellow is maddie’s color, but will combined yellow & red roses as both representation of liz & herself and the happiness having her sister around brings her. she may even wear floral patterns, definitely more than liz, and use floral designs in her artwork. and, yeah, more like to work at a flower shop in those tropey flower shop au’s.

D   :   DATE.   what is your muse’s ideal date? where / who with / etc?

general: im answering this as the ideal first date, or early dates. while i think some of the settings to personalities shown in these answer may show the type of people that can fit these, im not going to say ‘who with’ since there’s a lot of flexibility on dating & “P” sorta answers that.

raleigh: somewhere that isn’t too crowded but isn’t too private either. so, don’t expect anywhere like a club or a home. he’ll like hiking the best, especially with his dogs & other pets around. while trails can be private, there’s also people that can come by & it’s not a crowded space. cafes at slow hours are also fine too. and outdoor settings, so like eating outside or dogs parks or just outside. he’s an outdoor person at heart, and spending hours in the hospital or off days where he can hardly get out the bed makes him appreciate any time he can get outside more, so he’ll prefer those as early dates, even if it’s as simple as reading on a park bench hearing the water. oh! and museums! he loves all kinds of museum & aquariums, maybe zoos. 

liz: she doesn’t date. don’t say that you’re dating. who cares if she spends more time with you, mainly doing things you like or asks you to meet her at her special chocolate shop so she can see what types of chocolates you like while you seeing all the dark chocolate she selects. or cooks for you or she even helps you with things you’ve been struggling with, even as she struggles herself at certain things.  you both go to the bar together without either of you hooking up with anyone else despite that being “the purpose.” hell, who cares if the two of you made out while stargazing on the top of a skyscraper or travelled to an open field or even woke up to the smell of breakfast the morning after. who cares if everyone calls you a couple or you fell yourself falling for her & the private moments you know she doesn’t share with anyone else but you: she 👏 doesn’t 👏 date. 👏

jamie: a sporting event may be something fun. and especially couple workouts. but also horseback riding together or being around animals. there’s also him cooking for his date, though he can tolerate going out to restaurants. but, overall, there needs to be some sort of active activity alongside the date just because he has a hard time staying still. 

maddie: concerts from other artists or her & the date playing music together. but she likes museums or aquariums too, though she leans towards art museums or photo galleries. then there’s even more exciting events like paintball or roller skating. i think she’s inbetween jamie & raleigh in the sense that she needs to be active but can be tranquil when the moment is right, and that she prefers more public locations but can be in big crowds. 

P   :   PARTNER.   what does your muse look for in a partner? looks / personality?

raleigh: uh, someone that’s strong & independent. someone that can take a leadership role but isn’t too demanding. while feeling he needs guidance sometimes, he likes his independence too. and definitely someone who doesn’t mind being around his dogs or mind husky hair on them, of course.  

liz: these are not things she necessary look for, but things i’ve realize occurs with romantic ships... someone she feels needs some sort of guidance in their life or someone that accepts liz trying to take care of everything. so someone submissive (mainly in bed) yet being able to remind liz to not overwork herself. because a lot of her partners give her advice or suggestions that can change her mindset or try to work to what the partner wants, even if she pretends to remain distant about it. she’s VERY internal & isn’t going to communicate her own wants, because she does get to the point where partner > her. and im about to go off topic since this isn’t about what she looks for in her partner uh... she likes tattoos & leans towards artistic people or people in subjects that can tell her things she doesn’t know much about (and she likes all sorts of knowledge). occasionally she’ll realize a fwb is getting to close, and sometimes that ends up as something more but usually her attachment issues kicks in & she leaves. :/

jamie: uh i guess someone who’s physically fit? or at least can keep up with him. as in, the other person doesn’t need abs but can learn to throw a football or walk a couple miles with ease. it’s more due to this being the types of people he hangs around with due to his job. he’s also drawn to sophistication, if that makes sense. like, his college ex was a ballet dancer. but it’s also like, someone he feels some sort of awe too, which could be being sophisticated in lets say physics or have a smile he feels is worth a million bucks. 

maddie: usually she ends up with another fellow musician or artist because it’s the folks she hangs around with & finds comfort in having that same interest. and she CAN loose interest pretty quickly in terms of dating, but can remain as friends. 

Q   :   QUESTION.   would your muse ask the big question or expect their partner to?

raleigh: he’ll ask first, but would be fine if the other partner asks. especially if they feel impatient with him trying to gain courage to ask. tho like someone else i could see him asking when drunk and not remembering in the morning & be like ‘... oops.’

liz: next.

jamie: he’ll ask. all the way. he’ll feel the most weird if someone asked him.

maddie: the partner to ask.

U   :   UNREQUITED.   has your muse had their heart broken?

raleigh: yep. half the time he breaks it himself because he puts high expectations on either himself or how things with someone will go.

liz: no. because she doesn’t have one. actually her parents have broken her heart as in her struggles with any sort of attachment, romantic platonic or whatever, due to her mother leaving and then her father’s later dependence on liz / his constant reminders of never get close to people have really damaged her but we won’t go there. 

jamie: yes. mainly with irene leaving him, though that was all his fault. there’s also the married woman and how she manipulated jamie’s heart where he has a hard time trusting others but we won’t go there.

maddie: yeah. though she’s fickle in relationships, but it hurts anytime a guy breaks up with her or she has to break up. and it’s happen enough where she became reserved about letting others know about dates because telling others ‘yeah we broke up’ hurts her a lot. :/

[lunareaped]

On the day that's supposed to be Valetine's day, a knock is left on Tsukasa's dorm door. Regardless if it was him who answered or not, the person has disappeared but a box of chocolates is left. There's all kinds, but mainly milk, white, strawberry and dark, all cutely arranged into a heartshape. Who's it from? Who knows, the tag says 'To: Suou Tsukasa, from: a secret admirer'.

█ * ✦ Tsukasa was the one to answer the door, Thankfully. Very confused by the box that sat there with a message to him written on it, what in the world …? Why has someone given him chocolates and saying it was some sort of secret admirer… ? Who was he even close enough to that someone may have some secret admirer-eqsue qualities. Well, he supposes that a secret admirer could be someone who has never spoken to him or hardly spoken to him… but this felt planned by someone close to him. Looking over it a few more times his stomach dropped when the realization hit him and his face heated him, quickly going back inside, closing the door and going to his specific room, closing that door as well.

█ * ✦ He knew that handwriting anywhere, having watched Leo compose hundreds of times at this point and scribble aimlessly on everything in sight if he was in that good of a mood, but why did he leave them like this? Was he embarrassed … ? Did he think Tsukasa would get the wrong idea ? (Not that tsukasa didn’t like Leo too but Tsukasa had way too many feelings to sort out concerning both Leo and his own sexuality to think about such a thing) Ah, this was by far more embarrassing than just handing them to him directly !! 

    ❛ He’s [unbelivable]… This is embarrassing, I know others give each-other chocolates but why not just give them to my [face] ?! Ahh, he is so confusing ! ❜

█ * ✦ Who could he even ask for help ? Eichi was here … maybe he could ask him for advice. He knows Eichi had two boyfriends from what he has seen and heard … So he must know about boys loving boys as well as know somethings about Leo … They were close once, weren’t they ? Leo still calls him “Tenshi”, though sometimes he calls him a blockhead. Regardless, who helped him make these ? Leo isn’t the best with cooking …

   ❛ Mmm … I’ll just have to ask around a bit. Well … it couldn’t [hurt]… ❜ Even if he was embarrassed, he’ll still eat the chocolates, he is sure they’ll be very good and well made just from the looks of it and he has a very hard time resisting sweets …

[rxpunzelwrites-blog]

what my kiddos are doing for valentine’s day!

laura tagged along with lydia and rosy for a lot of the day because she normally spends the day with lydia and felt a little lonely probably. but then she left the two of them to do their own thing and now she’s scotty’s valentine and eating donuts with him.

audrey isn’t even aware it’s valentine’s day. she was probably alarmed by the all the paper hearts in messina then eventually shrugged it off and went to work.

harper spent it with toby of course, and baked him heart shaped cookies and they probably went for lunch with their kiddies! she also baked rhodes a batch as well and kissed him all over his face and told him she loved him no less than thirty times.

reuben had to help bill pick out a valentine’s day gift from tori and suggested that he take her on a ghost tour. whether or not he took that onboard is up to jenny :’) and then reuben pulled himself to dinner and asked daisy on a second date and probably just took her somewhere nice for dinner.

mickey didn’t celebrate valentine’s day because it’s shane’s birthday which is a hundred times more important to him. he saved up his money and bought him a vintage signed photo of gregory peck.

dennis went right ahead and bought bret flowers and they weren’t crumpled this time and he says that he’s only making up for squashing them on their auction date and that he didn’t even know that it was valentine’s day but he said all this with a stupid smile on his face and probably helped with the rosy surprise even though he complained the whole way through it.

alice spent the whole day making out with jay. probably in front of quinn at some point. i am so sorry.

leon sent an anonymous card to freddie because he’s in way over his head. silly boy.

atticus kissed eeeeeeveryone on the cheek today. but finn and reggie and amelia and annie got TWO kisses. he didn’t get anyone any gifts bc he claimed that he is their gift and that they should feel blessed.

wren claimed quinn as her valentine like she usually does. she made him a card like she usually does. and she kissed him like she usually does. later on, she went birdwatching with henry and tried to ignore all the flutters in her tummy.

rosy spent her day with lydia and got the best surprise EVERRRRR. she definitely cried. and then when laura left them alone she demanded that she and lydia cuddle in bed for the whole night and then told lydia that it’s the best valentine’s day she’d ever had. also realised she’s in love with lydia but didn’t say it out loud because she wants to tell bret first and ask if he thinks she should tell her.

wilhelm literally just spent the day with ringo starr. his ankle still hurts so he couldn’t even dance, poor bb.

felix wrote little valentine’s day cards for raegan, hazel and monica and then he sent one to eddie ‘from mallory’. but yeah it’s mostly from him. felix loves valentine’s day oh my gosh.

jack sang love songs all day, i’m not joking. he probably shyly serenaded ivy as well.

justin definitely asked raegan out on a date. and then as a joke he’d pretend he’d asked colton out as well and then he’d pretend to be worried about being double booked and then insist that indy needs to come now as well so there’ an even number. it probably wasn’t even his idea because he’s too dumb for that so raegan is welcome to take the credit.

callum debated asking what scotty was doing and then decided against it and just wished kai a happy valentine’s day through the wall before ultimately just going to work and spending his night on the docks.

brody lmaaaao okay so brody bought hunter a bunch of the saddest looking daffodils in the whole entire world because that was all he could afford. and he left them at her desk and claimed that it was so he could ‘keep up appearances’ oh my god i’ve been waiting to type this all day.

riley received lots of valentine’s cards from his students and took them all home with him and pinned them on his wall after he conferred with barry just to make sure that none of them were serious love letters. he sent monty a card and said he only did so because that’s what the two of them usually do.

sutton probably went to hang out with kara and ollie fully aware that it was valentine’s day but didn’t mention it and if it was brought up he would feign ignorance like ‘oh??? it’s valentine’s day???’

let’s not talk about how greyson is doing today

elsie kept herself to herself even though she contemplated wishing tara a happy valentine’s day but decided against it. angelica probably tried to corner her for a kiss but she ran away.

wardo is the most loved up fucking goober right now. he spent the whole day kissing louis and then dancing with cecily and ivy and was even nice to ulysses. wardo was in the best mood ever today okay.

elliot cooked chicken nuggets for melody and then took her to a monster truck rally. he asked for a kiss from raegan and was probably denied it, but he definitely gave rhodes a big kiss. and he’s super worried about him after the break up.

pace and cece didn’t give each other valentine’s gifts, but pace wished everyone he came across a happy valentine’s day. he filmed a lot of people getting their gifts and even caught a proposal on camera so he’s had a good day living through other people’s happiness.

angelica gave everyone all the kisses including lizzie, bea, jess, seth, katie, carter, cassie, conrad, melody and nearly elsie. basically if you think there’s a chance that angelica would have reason to kiss your oc then she definitely did.

dean spent the day watching finding nemo with mellie and baby hadley :)

joe hooked up with someone he can’t remember the name of. very romantic.

sybil went ghost hunting as usual, possibly with byron and if anyone tried to suggest something about that she’d threaten to curse them.

ella had class but brought hazel cupcakes home for her to decorate. she probably uploaded the footage to her youtube channel.

aaron is spending the day with his girlfriend but let it be known that he text astrid saying, ‘happy valentine’s day, maine x’

harvey was working but as you can see, he’s talking to kenny which means he’s very happy about that.

nathaniel spent the day with will and jane and kissed them both and basically just tried to keep will’s spirits up.

will isn’t doing good right now and he misses alex a lot and he feels edgy and anxious but he spent time with nathaniel and jane anyway bc he knew it would make nate happy.

dixie was working but when she saw séamus in the lobby, she definitely wished him a happy valentine’s day and then spent the rest of her shift blushing about it. also her momma made a sculpture in her pottery class and ‘in the spirit’ of valentine’s, she gave it to mr croft. innocently, of course, but dixie knows better and wasted no time in telling cassie and david.

cecily spent her day playing with apollo and smiling and giggling at wardo and louis. she let wardo dance with her and she hugged ivy and after some encouragement from her brother, she got brave enough to kiss louis on the cheek and wish him a happy valentine’s day before all the excitement got a bit too much for her and she scurried off to the museum. but then she saw david and got all frazzled again :’)

levi IS GOING ON A SORT-OF DATE WITH AMELIA AND THAT’S THAT ON THAT.

dustin is making fun of all his students’ valentines. because he’s a dick.

diego probably isn’t doing a lot bc when is he ever but i like to think he enlisted caroline’s help to draw a picture of a butterfly so he could give it to cedric.

chase is getting high af and hooking up with whoever wants him. mess.

max is having the time of her fricking life and sent valentine’s to practically all of messina. she’s wearing heart themed everything today and her muse is through the roof so she’s probably planned like six new novels and she’s LIVING. and she’s asking after everyone else’s valentines and how they’re going and fangirling over all the cute things.

holly walked into a novel idea. glared at katie. left.

benji probably got another kiss of david because i say so that’s why.

jutta has no valentine but she plans to find one when she goes out clubbing tonight so really she’ll be fine.

taylor sent valentine’s to both darren and ronnie from BOTH her and james because she knew james wanted to but wasn’t brave enough, and it also helped her feel less guilty about everything that’s happened between her and the boys lately.

bennett got piss drunk then found some randomer to sleep with so he can forget about calvin and hero.

kit is in a surprisingly good mood today. simon gave her chocolates which she didn’t eat, but gave them to cody instead. then she baked cakes for daisy, simon, lo and beau. she was probably super shy about giving lo one but again, she’s in a good mood, she got over herself and did it.

simon woke up feeling sad but he still went into work and bravely wished billy a happy valentine’s day AS A FRIEND before saying the same to everyone else in a novel idea. then he went home and gave chocolate to kit and beau to be a gentleman.

evie demanded that jax be her valentine because she knew he hasn’t quite managed to work up the courage to ask ronan out and ronan remains oblivious.

oz gave out free candy to everyone and tried not to be sad when daisy told him she was going on a date with reuben so there’s that.

caroline heard that amelia and cassie were both otherwise preoccupied but decided that was okay because she woke up and tackled jason and gave him a big kiss on the cheek as well as a card that says ‘i love you to infinity and beyond’. she also bumped into gabe and pretended to not know it was valentine’s day pls just give me this.

mellie is probs very anti-valetine’s day right now. she’s avoiding che and probably pouted if indy did end up giving into justin and going out, so she watched finding nemo with dean instead.

ronan was working and being oblivious about jax and i hate him for it. he probably spent what free time he had attempting to find a date for his cousin, abel.

alfie baked all his friends a heart shaped pie and gave them all kisses even though he’s a little bi awkward around scotty rn because he’s not sure if he’s allowed to kiss his cheek anymore, but his spirits were up anyway!

emma was on set and i’m sure that drew did something charming so there’s that :’)

ellis arranged so many flower bouquets today and you can bet your goddamn ass she went to pick clara up at school and gave one to barry whether he liked it or not. she also graciously camped out in calvin’s room in order to give rory the space should he bring someone home :’) and because of that she probably bulled calvin into letting her braid his hair.

seth spent the day with all of his friend - not just katie. he gave all of his friend a valentine’s day hug - not just katie. he went out at night with all of his friends - not just katie. AND YES HE’S SURE HE STARED LONGINGLY AT /ALL/ OF HIS FRIENDS NOT JUST KATIE, THANKS VERY MUCH.

noah literally spent the whole of rehearsal belting every single iconic broadway love song at isaac just to get a reaction from him.

conrad was bullied by anya into wishing lizzie a happy valentine’s day. he’s going to be embarrassed about this for the next three months.

carter as we know was cassie’s valentine and the two of them shared alllll the candy and chocolate together. and then he met teddy and let a stranger hug him and that’s very important for him. also, he pined over jess. as per.

kevin WAS SNAKED BY CARTER FUCKING HEFFRON. he’s v displeased and pouted at katie for being the mastermind behind the whole thing.

piper probably took a selfie with hunter and sent it to brody saying that she was stealing his valentine. 

robbie spent it with blair and was appalled when jimmy showed up to ask if he could take blair out because EXCUSE ME CATTLE MAN THAT’S MY VALENTINE AND I NEED TO MAKE ALL THE MEMORIES WITH HER. so my headcanon is that he obnoxiously tagged along.

beau got cakes from kit and chocolate from simon and bought lo a big tub of marshmallows :) she’s not really up for celebrating though after her break up.

bailey sent all of her sisters gifts and then went to the stables so she could assist couples going on valentine treks together. she briefly contemplated how lonely single life can be but swiftly got over it.

adam definitely gave mack a card and a teddy literally just to piss off roy because he’s awful.

sawyer was in the ER and probably walked in on bennett and someone on the on-call room and is scarred for life. she debated going to see lux but then realised caleb might be working and decided against it.

micah spent the day at home with jd. he feels bad about not really checking on greyson but he knows he doesn’t treat jd the way he should or spend that much time with him on a good day and he wants to make that up to him on the national day of romance.

foster was working and probably received an inappropriate valentine’s from one of his students that probably left him close to tears because NO THIS IS WRONG WHY CAN’T I JUST HAVE AN EASY LIFE. he probably debated shoving himself back in the janitor’s closet before ultimately deciding to hide away at lunch time and share his babybel with ryke.

jimmy decided to ask out blair for the day and then realised that meant robbie would be tagging along. he was only a little annoyed.

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Week 10: the one with two Fridays

Monday morning was actually hot and sunny! Which was great as we had agreed to rent a car for the day as it was half a price (and definitely half as socially awkward) as a hotel tour of the sites.

In our very blocky Japanese car that had a weird talking dashboard display (no idea what it said) we set out. Our first stop was a place called To-Sua trench. This is a natural swimming hole that is filled by the sea coming in under the cliffs. It is beautiful. It also features a terrifying ladder to get down into it. Now I had been warned there would be a giant ladder, but I thought it would go straight into the water so should my crushing fear of heights be a problem, I could just fall off into the water. No. Some genius has built a wooden platform at the bottom of the ladder over the water, presumably so if you lose your balance on said giant, slippery ladder you can fall onto the wooden platform instead and sustain a serious brain injury/paralysing spinal cord injury.

So suffice to say I enjoyed neither the descent or ascent. I did enjoy the swim though and only required 10 minutes recovery time at the top for the adrenaline levels to settle back down (luckily there were kittens there to distract me).

The main island of Samoa is small, so our plan to enjoy the views on a drive over the mountain passes was, whilst pleasant, over swiftly. 

We then drove to the end of the island where they have apparently a super nice beach. Everything in Samoa is owned by a village clan (and they really make an effort, they have lovely planted verges through every settlement along the sides of the road to make it look nice) and you have to pay to access the beach. The beach was nice-looking but in a white sand, looks like the beach we have at our hotel for free, way. So we decided to instead do something you can’t do in your own hotel and go to the Robert Louis Stevenson museum. Except for when I say “we” I mean “I” because only one of us is obsessed with Treasure Island.

RLS was advised to go to Samoa for his TB (apparently thought to maybe really be sarcoid- oh the medical mysteries!) and so he came and looked sinister and cadaverous in a very nice mansion, which is now his museum.

It’s a slightly creepy museum as it has been recreated after being destroyed by a cyclone (and occupied by German colonists since his time anyway) and they’ve some slightly weird interior decor items like very malformed lions, rotting dresses and zombie portraits of RLS. 

It’s a lovely house though. He died here following a cerebral aneurysm whilst straining to open a bottle of wine (unexpectedly prosaic and middle class death for the tropics) and is buried here on top of a giant hill. I like RLS, but not enough to climb a mosquito-plagued hill in the sweltering humidity to see his tomb.

We then headed for a supposedly amazing marine reserve about a hundred metres off-shore for some snorkelling, which is in the capital of Apia (weirdly). We rented snorkels, headed out into the water and whilst I was roughly knee-deep I was knocked over by the incredibly powerful current and pulled my quadricep (the pain of which reminded me repeatedly of how often you use your quadricep over the next few days). I promptly decided that if a current is so strong I can’t remain standing in it, I’m sure as shit not swimming out to sea in it. That’s how weedy unfit people die. So I read a book on the beach whilst Marcel struggled out to it and had a look. To add to his woes he got attacked by a tiny fish that bit his toes until he bled, so whilst he said the snorkelling was quite nice there, I was fine without.

We then went for dinner at a super cheap Indian and then had the problem of how to refill the car. We had to return the car full, but the only petrol station on our side of the island shut. So we had to fill up in Apia until the tank was overfull and then drive very slowly the 40 minute trip home so as not to deplete the tank. Thankfully we made it.

Tuesday as a result I spent limping about the beach, reading a book. It was Valentines day and finally our hotel had filled up enough (about 12 guests) to serve dinner in their restaurant on the pier rather than on the shore.

Which was lovely and they’d decorated all the tables with flowers etc. 

They then decided at dinner to get the bar band to wish each “room” happy valentines as the whole place was small enough that they knew all our names from the guest list. It was pretty much all couples except one table which was a woman in maybe her late 20s or early thirties with her parents. They got around to announcing her table over the microphone and wished her parents (by name) happy valentines and then went “Elena doesn’t have a valetine”. Nothing like announcing someone is alone with their parents on Valentines day like shouting it out on a microphone to the whole restaurant. I felt so sorry for her.

Afterwards since the sky was incredibly clear and the moon was very late to rise we went down to the beach and lazed on the deckchairs- which were perfectly angled for watching shooting stars. Very pleasant.

Wednesday was pretty quiet, again more reading in the sun and limping for me. In the evening they had a “cultural show”and buffet for dinner which I would normally avoid like the plague but...there wasn’t anywhere else to go. After a long discussion about what they should do with a vegetarian at the buffet (normally they only offer buffet but the buffet was all spit-roasted pig and a thousand types of fish) they decided to break with convention and let me order off the menu. Oh the rebellion! The cultural show was actually okay (although none of us women got offered kava...) because it mostly involved dancing at high speed with fire, which is fun to watch and made me revisit mentally how to treat any major burns should they occur (thankfully they did not). And it didn’t last very long. And despite not paying for the buffet I did sneak some dessert from it (hardened criminal that I am).

Thursday we woke up with the same plan as every day (go to the beach, laze on the loungers, read books and occasionally swim when we got too hot) but when we got out of our room, horror of all horrors, the resort was hosting cruise ship guests for the day. Now being one of a tiny number of guests in a sizeable resort (February is off-season) I was already getting annoyed if we saw a single other person on the beach, so it was DEEPLY upsetting to find scores of elderly Australians taking all the loungers and swimming in OUR ocean. We were forced to...sit by the pool. I grumped with my book until they left mid-afternoon, after which we went back and claimed all the deckchairs on the again abandoned beach for ourselves. So the day was almost redeemed, save they drank all the coconuts and there were none at dinner. Oh the trials of my life! Dinner was quite fun though because just as we were finishing dinner a little storm blew up and threw all the table clothes off the tables etc and we had to race inside for cover.

Now our next stop after Samoa was Hawaii. This meant we had to cross the international date line, so we got two goes at Friday.

The first go of Friday the 17th we arose, ate a huge breakfast, checked out, then pottered down to the beach to enjoy a few hours of swimming and reading on the sun loungers before a late lunch. Then we went to the airport, where I realised I had forgotten to post our postcards and had to beg an airport employee to take them to the postbox outside the airport for me as I had already gone through security and been stamped out of the country (I’m guessing I won’t know for a really long time if he did post them or not as I doubt the service from Samoa to the UK is particularly swift).

Our flight was on Fiji Air and had come from Fiji so it ended up being late as for reasons unknown to me they got all the Fiji passengers to disembark, then re-embark. I thought since it was a pretty big plane and we had movies on our 2 hour flight from NZ to Fiji, that we’d be in for quite a nice flight. Nope. The plane had a couple of those overhead projectors and were midway through showing an ancient Matt Damon movie I didn’t recognise that had clearly started in Fiji. When it was over they didn’t show another one. What was slightly more alarming was when I got to the toilet, the toilet had been fixed in two places with ancient duct tape. Both the duct tapes were different so this clearly was not a recent problem in a well-maintained plane. I spend the rest of the 6 hour flight alternating between anxious, bored and concerned at what sort of germs the loo was breeding in that duct tape.

We arrived in Hawaii at 10 past midnight, which meant... we were back to the start of Friday the 17th! Friday round two was less fun. First we queued for immigration (lots of posters about not accidentally bringing in brown snakes- I always endeavour not to mistakenly pack snakes), then we got a shuttle to the world’s most expensive shitty motel (Honolulu is not a cheap town). The only other guest in sight was an incredibly drunk guy who in the lift got extremely “animated” about our Emirates address labels and only calmed down and shambled off when we said we’d come from Samoa not the middle east. Nice introduction into Trump’s America....

Thankfully we were leaving first thing (after a short night) for Big Island, officially known as Hawaii, which makes things confusing and hence most people call it Big Island. We arrived and went to pick up our rental car. The man enthusiastically tried to persuade us to upgrade from the tiniest rental car we’d booked (a Spark) “for a great 50% discount” because “there are a lot of hills here”. I said we’ve taken a Spark off road up a Bosnian mountain before, I think we can cope with your highways. He then decided to “give you guys an upgrade for free”- I checked outside the window. There were no small rental cars in the lot, so they’d clearly sold out of those.

After some lunch by the seaside in Kona, we headed over the centre of the island to our airbnb accommodation, which was near the town of Hilo. This involved driving up through the rain clouds (yay!) to a beautifully sunny plateau....and then back down into rain again. Apparently Hilo is one of the rainiest towns in the USA. I was less than thrilled to learn this fact. I was however thrilled to find their supermarket weirdly sold Maltesers (I had been missing cheap British chocolate). Less thrilled to find that apart from Maltesers, the weak pound plus everything being imported into Hawaii meant our shop was eye-wateringly expensive.

The next day we had evening plans but not day plans. First we went to the local state park where lava came at some pint in the past and entombed trees in...moderately amusing shapes.

Now my mental image of Hawaii was mostly hot and beachy. So after the surprise of discovering it was quite rainy, I had a further sense of humour failure when I realised that if you go up any of the volcanos, it gets very cold, very fast. We therefore decided to look for some cheap coats. I will spare you the scintillating story of us going, rain-sodden, into various stores but there are basically no coats on Hawaii despite the fact one of the main tourist attractions on Big Island has a DAYTIME temperature of 4c and is mostly a nocturnal activity. I did manage to get a hoodie, but only nearly died of impatience buying it (the man in front after requesting to use a coupon and paying all in change decided to think for about 3 minutes when asked by the cashier if he’d like to receive offers by email and when I thought he might have just died standing there responded “do other people chose to get emails” and then after a chat about that decided to get out his mobile phone to find out his email address in order to spell it for her letter by slow letter).

We had a late lunch (extra late because they forgot about our sandwiches, redeemed by free cookies) and then drove up to the Mauna Kea visitors centre. Mauna Kea has the northern hemisphere’s big astronomy centre up there because it’s super high (the atmosphere is so thin stars don’t “twinkle”), because it’s an isolated volcano clouds go around it and because there is basically no light pollution because there are no towns nearby. They therefore have a nightly nerdy programme at their visitors centre.

We arrived just before sunset and (wearing all of our layers) climbed an outlook to enjoy the sunset from above the clouds. Which was beautiful. We stayed up there until we were the last people (since there wasn’t anything to do until the stars came out at the visitors centre anyway) although this wasn’t such a great idea as it sounded as we then had to find our way down a very steep and rocky hill in the dark.

They had set up lots of telescopes and after giving us a star tour of all the cool stuff you could see with the naked eye there, they then showed us stuff on the telescopes like the orion nebula, venus, mercury, a close up of the seven sisters and the Andromeda galaxy (that one is sort of rubbish, looks like a smudgy thumb print). It was really cool. In both senses of the word. When we left we had the heating on max until we descended below the clouds (and it started raining again...)

Sunday it rained. Sensing a trend? We decided to improve our newfound star knowledge and visited the local astronomy centre. It was pretty good (you got a free planetarium show) and it also featured the posters from a school science fair, which was fascinating in a “oh so this is what they are always doing in the movies" way.

And so the week ended- last week we went from rain to sun. This week from sun to rain. Let’s hope the sun returns next week...

[bubba532to]

Title: The Wolf's Unexpected Mate   Series: A Valentine's Day Novella Release Date:  #AlreadyReleased Author: Cara Wylde Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan Genre: #PRN  #Werewolf #4Stars☆☆☆☆ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••      This really kind of cute but really short at 61 pages that for sure. Get in the mood for Valentine's Day.      Ashley Woods is human and from the United States who always spending Valetine’s Day alone so she decided on taking a vacation in Germany to a cute little town on the bottom of Mount Halbmond. Ashley loved this little town, doing all sorts of things, it was so beautful than she decided to go hiking in the the woods. Alone in the woods was Ashley safe?      Kevin is a Werewolf and the Beta of the Crescents Pack. He loved his life especially when he was in the woods, the freedom of the hunt. Than the smell changed it became a different type of hunt. Was he ready for this new life?           A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book and my comments here are my honest opinion.