#supergirl and truffles

[seantaeanewgenie]

Shantae: A New Genie Fancast

These are the voices I imagined for the characters in my Shantae fanfic. This includes characters created for the fanfic (like Esmeralda).

Shantae - Cristina Vee (Original Voice)

Mia (NPC) - Tara Strong (Bubbles; The Powerpuff Girls)

The Mayor (Scuttlebutt) - Dan Russell (Richard Waterson; The Amazing World of Gumball)

Mimic - J. K. Simmons (Tenzin; The Legend of Korra)

Risky Boots - Cristina Vee (Original Voice)

Jack / The Pirate Master - Steve Blum (Vilgax; Ben 10 Original Series)

Bolo - Jack DeSana (Sokka; Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Harmony - Kiana Madeira (Kara Zor-El / Supergirl; My Adventures with Superman)

Aaron (Harmony's father) - Mathew Mercer (Jotaro Kujo; JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Emma (Chef Girl) - Eden Sher (Star Butterfly; Star vs. the Forces of Evil)

Serena (Harmony's mother) - Grey Delisle (Rebecca Holiday; Generator Rex)

Ana (Shantae's Mother) - Janet Varney (Korra; The Legend of Korra)

Karnov (Shantae's Father) - Fred Tatasciore (Buff Frog; Star vs the Forces of Evil)

Holly Lingerbean - Kari Wahlgren (Charmcaster; Ben 10: Alien Force)

Sky - Ashley Johnson (Gwen Tennyson; Ben 10: Alien Force)

Rottytops - Brittany Lauda (Foo Fighters; JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Iris / Empress Siren - Nancy Linari (Aunt May; Marvel's Spider-Man (2018))

Vera - Laura Stahl (Bea; Pokémon: Twilight Wings)

Agnes / Angler Fish Siren - Wendie Malick (Eda; The Owl House)

Molly / Coral Siren - Shelby Rabara (Peridot; Steven Universe)

Nora / Lobster Siren - Kira Buckland (Kyoko; River City Girls)

Aja (Vera's mother) - Tiana Camacho (Ermes Costello; JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Squid Baron - Tom Kenny (Ice King; Adventure Time)

Young Jack - Steve Blum (Spike Spiegal; Cowboy Bebop)

Cherami - Tara Strong (Truffles; Chowder)

Ignatius / Techno Baron - Tom Kenny (Doctor Octopus; Ultimate Spider-Man)

Genie Queen Esmeralda - Patti LuPone (Yellow Diamond; Steven Universe)

Cristina Vee is too iconic as Shantae and Risky, so I kept her in the role. With Vera, it's pretty funny because it's actually the same actress as before, but I just preferred her Bea voice from Pokemon: Twilight Wings.

I had wanted to go for a creepy feel for Techno Baron, so that's why he's got Ultimate Doc Ock's voice. With the Pirate Master, I wanted to pick an actor who could do a normal guy's voice (before he became the Pirate Master) and an almost demonic sounding voice. So that's why I picked Steve Blum for both versions of him.

[kuekyuuq]

Alex: So, Lena. No more CEO for you.. no more infinite riches. you're just as poor as the rest of us now!

Lena: *opens mouth*

Kara: No!!! *flies off, leaving the rest of them windblown*

Nia: What's with her?

Kara: *returns, looking miserable, covered in black goo*

Lena: *raised eyebrow™* Kara? Did you just-...

Kara: Who would have thought, oil was so slippery?

Alex: Weeeell...

Kara: Hah! Got it!! *speeds away again*

Lena: *sighs*

Nia: ...did Kara just drill for oil?

Kara: *returns, looking even more miserable, completely drenched, dripping on the floor, dropping a handful of pearls on the desk* ..okay, so not very lucrative...

Lena: Kara-...

Kara: Right! BRB!! *swooshes away again*

Alex: *stares at left behind puddle* ...I am not gonna clean that up. J'onn can get mad at her later for making a mess.

Nia: *plays with pearls* Uuuuh, pretty!!

Lena: ..I'll build a robot to clean up after her, it's okay.

Alex: Lena, you shouldn't-...

Kara: *swooping back in, drops a heap of some brown, funny smelling chunks on the floor, looking like a muddy mess, but with a happy grin on her face* Sorry, I took so long! Had to smell them out and not take all where I found them so they can grow back! *clearly proud of herself*

Alex: Eeew!!

Lena: Kara? Are those-...

Kara: Truffles!!! I hear they sell by a lot and they really don't taste half-bad either.. I may have tasted a pound or two on my way back...

Lena: Why?

Kara: We can sell them, so you're not poor, Lena!

Lena: ...you did this for me?

Kara: Yes! I can get more! I thought about digging for gold, but apparently when you want to turn it into money, you'd have to certify where it came from and do taxes and it technically belongs to the country's it was found in, and that would make it like stealin-... *looks at her truffle-pile* Oh, Rao! Did I steal someone's truffles!?!

Lena: Calm down.. it's okay. Also-...

Kara: No! I am doing it all wrong, I-..

Lena: Kara! Stop!

Kara: *stops dead, completely frozen still*

Nia: Wooooaaaah!

Alex: *whispers to Lena* How did you do that? Was it a spell? Can I learn it??

Lena: Kara, I am NOT poor. Far from it. Aside from growing up financially fortunate, I am also smart and think several steps ahead. I have investments, material and fluid, many of which Lex never knew about and therefore could not cut me off of. Also, I am a witch now. If worst comes to worst, I am sure I'll get that whole alchemy thing down, too.

Kara: *slowly unfreezes* ...oh, okay. Right. ...um, who wants some truffles?

Alex: ...you know, Kara, you could have just turned some coal into diamonds.

Kara: ...no, I couldn't.

Alex: What? You are certainly strong enough!!

Kara: ...hnn.. no. Not yet.

Nia: A diamond out of coal? Isn't that how Lois said, Superman proposed to her? Right? Am not sure, she was drunk when she told that story at girls' night back then... Uh, hey, Kara? Lena? Why are you two blushing..?? .......ooooh. It's alright if I take those pearls, right, okay, bai!

Alex: Um, Kara, you know, you can do something original, right?

Kara: HA! Alex, you're funny! Me? Proposing to my bestest friend whom I love so much I would reshape reality for to not lose her?! Ha!

Lena: You did what now!?!

Alex: --aaaaand that's my cue. Have fun, kids. Invite me to the wedding, right? Bye!!

[whatstheproblembaby]

AO3 Tag Meme

@klaineharmony tagged me like last week and I’m just now getting to this, oops. >.<

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

273, although I have collection of <1000 word stories that I originally posted individually on here and FFn, so technically I’ve written closer to 300 fics, probably?

2. What is your total AO3 word count?

497,239. Not half bad for a one-shotter!

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

5, if we count my Newsies/Supergirl crossover for both fandoms. The others are Glee, Riverdale, and Call the Midwife. (God, that’s eclectic to list.)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

They’re all Klaine fics, to the surprise of absolutely no one:

1. But Now I See, my blind!Kurt/sighted!Blaine fic. (Tbh, I don’t love that I took this prompt and made the big moment in this one curing Kurt’s blindness, but I wasn’t aware of how ableist that trope is when I wrote it. I’m not going to delete it because that feels like sweeping it under the rug, but please know that I know better now.)

2. Unforgettable, a Cheerio!Kurt/nerd!Blaine AU based off this prompt: “You probably don’t remember but you saved me from some bullies once in middle school and god damn it every year you just get hotter"

3. Finally Found the Boy, a florist!Kurt/barista!Blaine AU in which I utilized every trope known to man: “#okay but combine all four: person a works at a coffeeshop #person b works at a flowershop #they start fake dating to cover for person a who's lied to their parents about meeting their soulmate #but then they do whatever thing reveals soulmates while fake dating and start REAL DATING #THE END”

4. Covert Cupid, aka your classic nerd!Kurt/jock!Blaine gift-giving AU. (You know, like Secret Santa, but for Valentine’s Day.)

5. Make A Move, a Cheerio!Blaine based off this anonymous prompt: “a klaine alternate meeting fic where one of them is working at a kissing booth and the other one keeps coming back with money and asking for kisses “for charity” and they basically end up making out in front of everybody bc the kisses are so great okay love u bye” (Yes, I DID use a One Direction lyric for the title; no, I am NOT sorry.)

5. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Every time! At the very least, I drop a “thank you” and a heart, because I’m just that grateful that anyone has enjoyed my fic enough TO leave a comment. If there’s a more specific comment, I try to address it, too.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Uh, probably none of them? Happily ever after or BUST, pals.

...

Okay, I literally looked through all of my fics and this drabble is the only thing that even REMOTELY ends angstily. Plenty of my work has some kind of drama in the middle, but I firmly don’t believe in tragic endings. 

7. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve ever written?

I’ve only done one proper crossover (e.g., featuring characters from both universes), but I’ve done plenty of AUs based on other pieces of IP! My one true crossover is Just Be Real (Is All I’m Askin’), which mixes Newsies and Supergirl with a dash of past lives/reincarnation. Listen, when you put Jeremy Jordan in two things I love, I’m gonna find a way to combine those things, friends.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

I once got called out for using the term “maiden name” in a fic, but I’ve never truly been flamed or anything. Hope that stays true!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Not often, and not outside of the Klaine fandom, at least as of right now. In those fics, I leaned a little more M than E in my ratings, and there were some D/s leanings, but that’s really based on how I saw that pairing. If I ever do smut for another fandom, I may totally mix up my kinks depending on how I see the couple/throuple/etc!

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I think I had some stories posted to at least one of those random pirate sites back in the day? But I’ve never been deliberately plagiarized that I know of.

11. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I’ve definitely tried! Truffles and I worked on at least one co-authored fic once, but I don’t remember if we ever posted it.

12. What’s your all time favorite ship?

I’m only supposed to have one???

13. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Like many Millennials, I’m sure, it was Harry Potter. If you go digging in MuggleNet FanFiction, you should be able to find my terrible acrostic poems from when I was 14.

14. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

Oof, again with the favorites? I have a couple that I’m more proud of than others.

Of my Call the Midwife fics, I love What’s in a Name? the most, simply because I included so many characters and feel like I managed to capture all their unique voices/personalities. And I created a moment I want to see on the show!

For Newsies, my 9k beast We Just Might Win proved to me that I can write more than 2,000 words without having to base the story on another piece of IP, and I’ll always love it for that. (And for Jack, Davey, and Kath, of course!)

I’m proud of all my Klaine fics on some level, because they unlocked a creative output level in me that I genuinely will not ever be able to match again. I think a crowd favorite of mine was my Sound of Music AU, My Heart Will Be Blessed, but if I had to pick a personal fave? I’d have to go with Destiny. Caroline @thehouseofthebrave gave me this incredible prompt for it, and I just love how I filled it.

I think a lot of people have been tagged already, so anyone who wants to do this should tag me as their tagger, but I also want to see @knightsofthegaytable‘s answers!

[fanfictionfaberrycentral]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Supergirl (TV 2015), Venom (Movie 2018) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Characters: Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor Additional Tags: This was inspired by the movie "Venom" and similar characters, Other Symbiotes Came to Conquer, These Ones Came to FUCK, Give Lena Powers Already!!!!!, Creative Use of Appendages, everyone consents, really though, These Things Are Great, Three Thumbs Up, wait, everyone's a comedian, It Grew a Third Hand, THIS IS WAY BEYOND THE AUTHOR NEEDS JESUS Series: Part 1 of Sapphic Symbiosis Summary:

Once a year, Lena comes back to this lake outside Dublin. Sits down on the gritty sand of the shore. Talks to the water. Closes her eyes and thinks of all those myths of kelpies and selkies and mermaids and beautiful things in the deep off the storm-washed shores of Ireland and hopes her mother is one now.

She came later today and darkness fell while she prodded and picked at her emotional wounds. Lena unfurls the simple tent and wriggles into her bag. She wakes to a too-bright world where everything moves so slowly and where she turns a tent pole to powder with her bare hands. This must be what Kara feels like.

Going back to National City is rough. Being angry at Kara Danvers is nearly impossible, with her lightning quick smile and always making Lena try a spoonful of whatever ice cream she's raving about, cupping her chin to catch drips.

Then there's the small matter of the voice in her head. Scream, she calls herself. Something about a symbiote? Psychosis, probably. Until her quarterly assassination attempt ends with Lena watching blood-spattered tendrils of neon-blue flesh retreat into her own skin.

Fuck.

[chaossmagic]

I was tagged by @lightsofmyworld :)

RULES: name ten favourite characters from ten different things(books, Movies, tv, etc). Then tag ten people.

1. Emmerdale - Robert Sugden

2. Harry Potter - Luna Lovegood

3. The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Alec Lightwood

4. Sense8 - Nomi Marks

5. Arrow - Oliver Queen

6. Supergirl - Nia Nal

7. The Good Place - Eleanor Shellstrop

8. MCU - Carol Danvers, Tony Stark

9. DCEU - Diana Prince, Queen Mera, Victor Stone

10. Doom Patrol - Crazy Jane

Tagging: @dingletragedy, @whatstheproblembaby, @peoplediedrobert, @spreadlovelikelegs, @bitinglip4robert, @ihearthemcallingforyou, @captain-truffles, @felicityollies, @littlelooneyluna, @luststricken

[gveret-fic]

Prompt: Kara tries to convince Lena that, no, she's *actually* allergic to kale. No, for real, she is. Totally not lying. At all!

“Youcan’t be allergic to kale,” Lena scoffed. “You’re an alien.”

Karapushed her heaping plate of horrible, horrible homemade salad around the tableand started fiddling with her fork. “Well—well, exactly! The uniquemicroorganisms growing on leafy greens on this planet—my, my body can't—haven’tyou seen War of the Worlds?”

“Kara,I have seen you eat fries that have been sneezed directly onto. You haverescued Ebola patients from a flooded hospital, maintaining sustained physical contactthe whole time. Your cells regenerate so quickly you can’t even put on henna. Whatmicroorganisms?”

“The…unique microorganisms growing on… uhh…” Kara noticed she’d been tearingher fork into little ribbons and immediately let go. The pieces clattered tothe table with a series of loud clinks. Lena silently handed over her own fork.

Karadecided to shift gears. “You know, my complex Kryptonian digestive systemjust has a hard time with your Earth plant fiber. Tough cellular structure.Very inhospitable.”

“Humansdon’t digest cellulose, either,” Lena said with an annoyingly charminglittle smirk. “That’s what shitting is for.”

Karalooked at her in dismay. She would go to all the trouble of putting that stuffin her mouth and chewing and swallowing and then…? “Then—then—whatis even the point of this torture!”

Lenaopenly laughed at her. “Kara, I get it. You don’t like kale. You don’thave to eat the salad.”

Karafelt like she might cry. “Oh, thank Rao. Lena, I—”

“Butdon’t worry!” Lena cut her off brightly. “I’m creative. I willfind a way to make you enjoy one of Earth’s most versatile superfoods,Supergirl.”

Thenshe winked very very badly, and Kara really had no choice but to resign herselfto her bitter, fibrous, leafy fate.

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“Guesswhat!” Lena announced as she let herself into Kara’s apartment, carrying alarge Tupperware container. “It’s dessert week!”

Lenahad attempted to coax Kara into consuming a wide variety of deeply off-puttingdishes over the past several weeks. From kale-eggplant parmesan to mac, kaleand cheese; potato-kale fritters to French kale-onion soup. Kara hadsuccessfully dodged all of them so far, but Lena seemed completely undeterred.

“Canyou figure out this week’s secret ingredient?” she asked, opening thecontainer to reveal an assortment of sickly green baked goods. Baked… somethings,anyway. “I’ll give you a hint: it’s loveable, curly, and contains severaltimes the recommended daily value of vitamin K.” She leaned forward and kissedKara sweetly on the mouth. “Just like you.”

“Ireally wish you wouldn’t compare me to Earth’s greatest abomination.”

“Ha!Well, you might change your tune after you try one of these.” Lena heldout a muffin speckled yellow and green. “All original recipe.”

Karasquinted at it. Were those raisins in there? “Lena, thank you forgoing to all this effort, but as I said, I’m deathly allergic, so…”

“Uh—butlook, this one’s a chocolate chip cookie,” Lena said hopefully, rummagingaround in her Tupperware. “You love those? And the flavor is barelynoticeable. You might like it if you try it.”

“I’msure it’s great, but, you know, needles—they can’t pierce my skin, so, if I gointo anaphylaxis we might not have time to get to the DEO, and—”

Karawas lying so badly, she knew that. She was a terrible liar. But a flash ofuncertainty and concern still passed over Lena’s face.

Sheput the cookie away. “Well, salicylate intolerance has been linked to sensitivityto kale, but that’s more likely in people with asthma. Kale allergyspecifically is rather uncommon, and caused by significant exposure. I doubtyou’ve consumed large amounts of kale in the past?”

Karasilently shook her head. Could it be possible that Lena actually… believed her?

“Right.Then again, you’re an alien from outer space, so who even knows. You could besensitive to chlorophyll for all we know. You do eat mustard, so it’s probablynot the salicylate, come to think of it. A skin prick test would be impracticalfor obvious reasons, but I bet I can replicate it fairly easily, with L-Corp’sresources. Hm…”

Shewas taking this so seriously. Guilt sat heavy in Kara’s stomach like alump of Rao damned kale. She had to confess. Even if it meant more… salad.“Lena, listen, I—”

“Isthat a hair on your sweater?” Lena interrupted, already reaching for it.“Can I have it? Thanks. I’ll just run some tests in my spare time, not abig deal. Ideally some blood work would be nice, but I don’t want to impose—Ifthere really are any bacteria or another kale-specific component causing anadverse reaction, I will isolate it, rest assured. Maybe a mouth swab? You knowwhat, I’ll just grab that coffee cup I saw in your trash earlier.”

Shekissed Kara’s cheek, produced a sterile plastic baggie from her coat’s innerpocket, whisked yesterday’s used paper cup out of Kara’s garbage, and whirledout the door.

Karawould be hard-pressed to say whether it was a force of nature she was dating,or a natural disaster.

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Aweek later, Kara may still have felt a little bit guilty about her deception,but not guilty enough to abandon it in the face of Lena’s newest greenmonstrosity.

“Lena—um—haven’twe settled this? You know I’d love, really, would so happily eat anything, um,anything you made for me, but, I’m just concerned about my multitude of strangeand confusing alien organs shutting down, and then where do you even finda Kryptonian doctor, last of my people and everything—”

“Ahah ah.” Lena held up her index finger, an insufferably self-satisfiedexpression on her face. “Look at this.” She handed Kara a piece ofpaper.

Karascanned over it quickly. Lab results. Concerning all sorts of interactionsbetween various Kryptonian cells and brassica oleracea var. sabellica.

“You’reout of excuses,” Lena said smugly. “Now, please don’t tell me I tooka molecular gastronomy class for nothing and eat your damn spherified kale and salmongel pellets floating in deconstructed truffle foam.”

Karamade her very best beseechingly sad face, and when that had no effect except tomake Lena coo, kiss her gently and push the plate closer, there was nothingleft to do but to bite the damn bullet. Or more accurately, bite the damnspherified kale and salmon gel pellets floating in deconstructed truffle foam.

Karawould have preferred the bullet, all told. At least that would have had a bitof a crunch.

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Laterthat day, a nuclear power plant was attacked by unidentified assailants dressedin heavy alien armor. It had been a long, drawn out fight, and Kara was… kindof losing.

Not,like, completely, or really even very much. Just a little bit.

Oneof the attackers shot her in the shoulder with their big weird round gun, andshe felt the vibrations of it down to the bone. She had dull aches pulsing inher arms and abdomen, and now in her chest, and her vision was getting a littlewonky. If this didn’t end soon, it might not end well.

Karawent on the offensive. She grabbed the attacker’s head and smashed it againsther own. Ears ringing, she tore the weapon out of their hands and threw it intothe ground below. She got a kick in the stomach for her effort. Her opponentused the momentum to push away from her, turned around and fled. She let themgo.

J'onnkicked off another one’s helmet, Kara punched through the third’s breastplate,and they finally started to retreat.

Karafound herself staring at her fist in midair, watching it go in and out offocus.

“I’vegot you,” J'onn said quietly in her ear. She wasn’t sure how she’d endedup in his arms. “You’re okay.”

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Thenext time Kara had any sense of her environment, she was on a veryuncomfortable surface, surrounded by shadows. One very particular shadow wasbent over her, touching her, making noises.

“Kara,Kara,” the shadow begged in Lena’s voice. “Kara, oh, please—please talkto me.”

Karablinked until the shadow resolved into a blurry, lumpy, red-faced version ofher girlfriend, who sobbed loudly and cupped Kara’s cheeks when she noticed herlooking.

Karatried to lick her lips. It didn’t quite seem to work, somehow. Lena ran herhands over and over Kara’s face, almost compulsively, wiping away sweat andwhatever else, smoothing out her hair. Kara fought to keep her eyes open.

Herfirst attempt at speech produced only a groan. She felt Lena’s tears drop ontoher suit. Second attempt was more successful.

“See?”Kara croaked. “I told you I was… allergic… to kale.”

Lenastared at her in terrible, frozen, weeping shock for one painful moment, and burstout laughing. “Damn, shit, hell and fuck!” she shouted. “You’renever eating anything but junk food ever again, are you?”

“Iwouldn’t say… nothing,” Kara offered, valiantly attempting aneyebrow wiggle, and Lena collapsed on top of her, laughter and tears intermingling,pressing salty kisses to her lips.

Asshe faded out of consciousness, one shining thought settled in Kara’s mind:

Nomore kale.

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Supergirl exists in the same universe as Always Be My Maybe, but before Sasha goes back to San Fran. Sasha is catering her event and laughing to herself because her elevated Asian food is literally just regular 锅贴 but made woth truffle oil (as an aside, in order for dumplings to be considered pot-stickers, they have to be pan-fried, because the name in chinese refers to how the dumpling skin sticks to the wok during the frying process)

You know... I remembered the thing about potstickers being only fried after I posted that thing BUT I didn’t know about the origin of the term so thank you for sharing that.

Also: could you imagine Kara’s reaction if she had a potsticker made with truffle oil? Like-- the girl would be taking them out of people’s hands just to eat them all herself.

[twicetolivetwicetodie]

OTP Challenge

Rules: post 5 OTPs and tag your friends

I was tagged by: @xswestallen

Current OTPs:

1. Matt Murdock/Elektra Natchios (Daredevil)

2. Karen Page/Frank Castle (Daredevil/Punisher)

3. Anissa Pierce/Grace Choi (Black Lightning)

4. Ben/Maddie/Ryn (Siren)

5. Kara Danvers/Brainiac 5 (Supergirl)

All time favorite OTPs

1. Barry Allen/Iris West-Allen (The Flash)

2. Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson (Spider-Man)

3. Diana Bishop/Matthew Clairmont (A Discovery of Witches/All Souls Trilogy)

4. Peter Parker/Johnny Storm (Marvel Comics)

5. Rand al'Thor/Min Farshaw (Wheel of Time)

I tag: @agentmarymargaretskitz @incendiaglacies @a-little-more-with-truffles @sunshinesunsethappiness @hanorganaas

[canaryatlaw]

okay, well today was a pretty nice Christmas. I was allowed to sleep in longer than I expected, I was woken up at 10:37 am I believe and told we are doing breakfast than presents. One of our traditions is for Christmas breakfast my mom makes this ham egg and cheese bread pudding recipe that is literally the best thing I have ever eaten lol and definitely a highlight of the day. so that was delicious of course and fully enjoyed. We then did stocking quickly which featured some candy and a candle (one of the candies was a little thing of 3 ferrero rocher hazelnut truffles and I was like ??? You know I don’t do nuts?? but my mom was just like “well everyone got one” so I was like lol okay, but for the first time in many years nobody got me a present made out of polyester (mostly because I didn’t get any clothing, but in the past it’s been things like blankets as well) so I can handle a few nut candies. We then moved to open the big presents. All the gifts I got everyone went over very well, my sister was thrilled that I actually managed to get her a gucci belt because I am the queen of obtaining hard to find things on the internet for not nearly as expensive as they should be, and my mom was informed her and my dad are going to see “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” on January 12th, so she was very happy about that. My dad liked the shaving cream brush thing I got him (it like slides onto the can, he likes his shaving gadgets, and my brothers liked the rangers throw blanket and portable foot hammock I got the two of them (lol) and my uncle liked the book about 1,000 foods to eat before you die that I got him, so winners all around. I ended up with a cardboard cut out of Supergirl, which I’m still dying of laughter over and will have to be mailed to me in Chi because there’s no way I can take it with me on the plane, a wonder woman bracelet which were both from my older brother, a sister necklace from my sister (which made me very happy because I love my sister very much), a new pair of moccasins from my parents (I generally get a pair for Christmas and wear them the whole year until they’re very worn out and I get a new pair, and my old ones were very, very worn out by now haha), and a pair of shoes of some sort from my younger brother, they were made by Uggs (like the boot brand) but are kinda like sneakers? hard to describe, but they look like the could be cool. And lastly my parents got me a very nice work bag for lawyering and such that I know was very expensive so I’m happy about that. and my uncle always just gives each of us a $100 bill lol so that’s nice too. After we finished presents we kinda relaxed for a while, and I got recruited to help my mom bake the green bean casserole she was making, cooking the mushrooms and then cutting up the green beans. Not too long after that I started making the “crab puffs” recipe that I had been asked to make. My mom wanted something to do with them in a recipe but upon consulting pinterest there were many very different ones all under the same name, but I ended up choosing one that basically consisted of a choux pastry (and yes I learned that from the great british baking show) where you heat butter and water and then add flour to make a dough, then add eggs one by one till it’s nice and shiny. At that point you mixed in the crab and cheese, then drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture on a baking sheet (like you’re making cookies) and stick it in the oven. And apparently they came out really good because everyone was raving about them, so I was like alright cool, I’ll take it 😂 I was a little unsure about how they would turn out because the recipe called for shredded swiss cheese but I’m not really a swiss fan so I just used what we had on hand, which ended up being a combination of mozzarella, cheddar, and romano cheese, but hey apparently they were really good so that’s good with me. After those I went upstairs to get changed into something a little more Christmas dinner appropriate and then came back down and dinner was beginning to be served. we were doing prime rib with mashed potatoes and green bean casserole, everything was very good and enjoyable. Everybody hung out for a bit after that and then we did dessert, where I put the finishing touches on the candy cane cheesecake I made yesterday which I think most people were a bit full for but I do not doubt it will rapidly disappear over the next few days. After that we decided to watch Wonder Woman because my uncle hadn't seen it and he’s a huge history buff so I knew he would love it. He got a laptop today (his first computer) and was cycling through a bunch of youtube videos on different historical subjects and the trailer for Wonder Woman came up and he really liked it so I was like okay you need to watch the movie with us. So we did and my parents really enjoyed it again (my dad through in at the end how it’s basically a Christian allegory when you think about it) and my uncle very much enjoyed it as well (and managed to stay awake for most of it, which is a feat of great difficulty) so I was pleased everything went well with that. And yeah, after that I just chilled for a bit with my laptop. Oh, I should mention that at some point Jess and I were chatting (if anyone is wondering her tumblr is still suspended and she doesn’t have much hope of ever getting it back at this point which is a major ://// I know) and she had seen Aquaman today and thus wanted to meet Jason Momoa, so after looking at different Wizard World possibilities we decided to go with a con in Orlando, Florida in May because we could do con one day and Disney the other, so we’re making plans for that now. March-June of this year is gonna be super packed with cons, like at least one every other week lol so it should be pretty great. and yeah, I hung out for a bit and then came upstairs and started getting ready for bed and now here I am. It’s 1:26 am so I should probably be getting to bed now. Goodnight my dears. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas (or if you don’t celebrate, a wonderful Tuesday). 

[poledancingghostson]

Thank you to @singaroundelay​ and @queermistermarvin​ for the tag!

Rules: Answer 30 questions, tag 20 blogs

Nicknames: It’s really hard to nickname Drew tbh. Everyone seems to assume that it’s already a nickname.

Gender: Female

Sign ✨: Pisces

Height: 5’1”....shut up I know

Time: 11:48 am

Birthday: March 15

Fav bands: Green Day, SWMRS

Fav solo artists: Andy Shauf, Marc Scibilia (and more tbh but those are the main ones)

Song stuck in my head: It’s switching between the Russian part of The Abduction from tgc and Heart and Music from anb

Last movie I saw: Um,,,, Bridget Jones’s Diary on the plane to London maybe? I think that was it. I haven’t really had time to see movies recently, but I’m going to see Star Wars on Saturday!

Last show I watched: Parks and Rec cause I watch it when I’m going to sleep

When did I create my blog: Originally, I made it a long-ass time ago, but I made it a Broadway account maybe earlier this year or late last year? I didn’t really start trying, though, until the summer.

What do I post: Musicals (mostly Falsettos, a lot of other Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells musicals, some Waitress and Next to Normal) and some politics, with the occasional other thing thrown in there (TV shows or music or smthng)

Last thing I Googled: I really have no idea

Do I have any other blogs: No, but I do have a broadway page on Instagram

Do I get asks: Moreso recently, which has been great! But I don’t get that many, no. And they’re usually from my buds.

Why did I chose my URL: Because I thought it was funny and Next to Normal is my fav musical

Following: 306 (I follow a lot of people, many of which I don’t really want to be following anymore cause I followed them a LONG time ago I just don’t care enough to unfollow lol)

Followed by: 531

Average hours of 😴: used to be, like, 7-8, but now it’s more like 6 which is,,, not good,,,, I don’t function on less than 8 hours (or even less than 10 hours honestly lol)

Lucky number: 27

Instruments: Guitar mainly, but I also play very basic piano and ukulele and I used to play saxophone and clarinet. Also I sing a lot. Mostly sing really.

What I am wearing: Loyola University New Orleans crewneck sweatshirt, Stanford crop top, high waisted black jeans, Andy Warhol converse that are just,,,, destroyed at this point

Dream job: singer/songwriter

Dream trip: There are so many places I want to go, but I really love London, so I would just go back there again and again if I could.

Fav food: It was truffle burgers, but then I went vegetarian. Then it was, like, cheesy shit, but then I went vegan. So,,,, idk,,,, salad?? Okay, but, actually, Beyond Burgers are probably my favorite thing. Either those or, like, any curried tofu or a good vegan ramen or udon soup.

Nationality: Swedish and Russian are the main ones, but I there’s some French and German and other European shit in there too. My dad’s side is all, like, the classic European Jew nationalities and my mom’s side is mostly Swedish. We’ve been American for too long to follow any of those countries’ cultures though.

Fav song: idek man,,, Um,,,, Summer Clothes by Marc Scibilia, Martha Sways by Andy Shauf,,,, and musical theatre songs idk

Last book I read: Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides and Handmaid’s Tale (kind of at the same time)

Top 3 fictional universes I wanna join: Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Supergirl TV show

Accounts tagged: I think most of my buds have been tagged, but I tag all of my buds who haven’t been!

[kokolokomika]

Valentine’s Day

I’m scared but I think I’m going to do something for my crush and I need help guys. Like, I need something not super expensive but sweet and hopefully it can also come across as platonic if I’m rejected like AHHHHH;

He likes; 

Music (like, pretty much everything),

Hero shows (He’s watched like all of them- Arrow, Gotham, heck even Supergirl and like every DC/Marvel movie ever), 

Green (It’s his favorite color),

And those are just the most basic things I can think of for a vague set of basis for ideas. Help! Also, what should I subtly ask him that could hint to things, such as chocolates...cause I can make several different confectioneries and chocolates such as truffles. 

[twicetolivetwicetodie]

favorite & least favorite fandoms/bloggers?

This is a complicated question, cause there are a lot of series that I love where I hate the fandom cause of toxicity. 

Fandoms that I interact with regularly that I have good experiences with: 

Wheel of Time, New Warriors, and All Souls Trilogy 

Fandoms that I interact with regularly that I have had both good and bad experiences with (or have just noticed negativity): Arrowverse, MCU, Shadowhunters. I’ve had the most negative experiences with the Flash fandom as it’s pretty toxic (racism, ableism, etc.). I had to go on a mass unfollowing spree following 4x18 cause it was hindering my enjoyment of being on tumblr. 

Some other fandoms I like, but I’m not really as involved on tumblr:

Doctor Who, Timeless, Librarians, Harry Potter 

Second part of the question, are you looking for blog recs? lol I have a lot 

Wheel of Time: @pettymotives @rena-sedai @bartonsedai @elan-morin-tedronai @letsiuanstopmakingfishmetaphors  @gladysplummer @not-a-darkfriend @wheelofmeta

New Warriors: @kineticboyfriends @oxymitch @supertights

All Souls Trilogy: @daemonsdomain @rosalyn51 @pleasereadmeok @britgirl1988 @imabeweaver

Arrow: @queensoverwatch @minalaurellance @turtlejustice (I have a hard time finding Arrow blogs that don’t shit on the Flash, so I only follow three) 

Flash: @thewest-allens @valeriemperez @trashgaryen @sunshinesunsethappiness @royalsandwestallen @daddythawne @stars-n-spacee @ialwaysfuckingchooseyou @dailycisco @westallengifs @politeandnotgay @westhallen @flashallens @barry-allen-deficit-disorder @android-and-ale 

Legends: @agentmarymargaretskitz @incendiaglacies @coldflashwave-baby @kendrasaunders @sophiainspace @plinys @heatcoldandmurder @nixie-deangel @drnathanielheywood @larielromeniel

Supergirl: @autistic-danvers @danvearp-sisters-shenanigans

Marvel (Comicverse and Movieverse): @transnerdparker @traincat @bookoftheironfist @redringsideseats @sciderman @goddessofgamma @kamala-korps @giveshangchihisownshow

Multifandom: @just-truffles @emrysofgallifrey @humanformdragon @wildcardarcana @fourforyouodo @awwhawkeye @msanonships @mysqueuedview @hanorganaas @starklinqs @starkexpo

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Vancouver, Day 12: A Study in Improvisation (a day late)

Traveler’s note: For the record, I did not forget to post-- tumblr was just being an asshole.

Today I headed out to the Mt Pleasant area, and knocked out another recommendation. Yolks! I’m not super familiar with eggs benedict, so I went super basic.

Classic Benny’s, with a drizzle of house dijon and a side of their truffle lemon home fries. Turns out I could have done without the potatoes, as the lemon coupled with the hollandaise was a little much. But it definitely hit the spot on a day that was rapidly turning rainy.

It was my plan to go to the Riley Park Center near Queen Elizabeth Park to take advantage of their public skate, but turns out they rescheduled their public skates this week to never, so I was SOL. Still, Queen Elizabeth Park was right there.

(if anyone tells you that a rainy day in Vancouver isn’t pretty, feel free to sock ‘em in the jaw with this picture)

Fun fact: Did you know that Argo’s arboreum and where Supergirl saved the President in S2 was filmed at the same conservatory? I did, but only ‘cause I’ve been here before.

Look familiar? And I’m pretty sure the fire-dealing chick from this episode tossed Alex into this fountain...

And then if you go inside the Bloedel Conservatory:

Whoomp there it is. It does feel a little alien, with birds buzzing your head like little Kel-ex bots and the crazy ass flowers and trees and such. I was just tickled watching the beard-stroking scene because all I could think is “I’ve been there! Yes, anyone who’s ever been there is trying to play spot-the-exhibit”. (Stargate SG-1 filmed here too, just saying.)

After that I took a stroll around the gardens in an effort to get some exercise in. And there are some pretty amazing gardens. Excellent use of succulents. I mean, just look--

And because I have a thing for footpaths that lead into the middle distance, here:

For lunch I stopped by another recommendation: Le Marche StGeroge. It was not what I expected, in the best sense. It’s a cornerfront shop in a sleepy residential neighborhood, and it is legit the most charming place in the city.

I started with a chicken and pear quiche, and finished with a lemon and berry crepe. Delicious on all counts. They had pastries and such too, but I skipped in favor of the crepe. Worth it. After the abysmal showing in Whistler, crepes have been redeemed.

I spent the remainder of the day between a library and the hostel trying to linger and hit up the late public skate at the Brittania Rink, but didn’t make it. Turns out my energy wanes sharply at 6pm. Who’d’a thunk that vacation and good food makes me sleepy?